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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-16
CASH WHEAT is
DOWN IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO. May 1s.-6Special) -
Although the board of trade declared
speculation is not connected with the
high price of wheat. July and Sep
tember futures are under continued
restriction, trading is on the tooog-
gan Cash wheat sold at $3.50 or 63
cents under Saturday records OF
S343. Dealers said the drop is due
to a "ioosening ups by farmers of
wheat they are holding in an effort
to sell at a maximum.
Range of Chicago prices today:
Open. High. Low. Close.
Jallv seas S24O S2.1S $3.50
Sept. s2.I3 &2.13 S1.9s S2.O7
Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore May is.-tSpe-
ciaD-Club $2.75; biuestem $3.50
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-16

CONTINUED on Page ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-05-16
DAILY EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS

The East oregonIan has the largest bonS
fide aud guaranteed paid circulation OF any
paper in Oregon. east OF Portland and by
fan the largest circulation In Pendleton OF
any newspaper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
CHANGES IN PERSONNEL.
Appointments and Promotions in
- Department of Commerce.

. The Department of Commerce has an
snounced the following changes in it's
personnel:
a.. Office of the Observation-Disclosures
s.J John W. Charleston, laborer. $3.50; Joe
Milan. Waterman. s72o. and Wellington
J., Perkins, clerk, 5000. Justin E.
Richard has been reinstated as watch
operator. s720. and Henning r. Nelson.
.aferk. $1,000. have resigned.
Bureau of the census-Promotions
Charles W. White. Charles E. B. Hol-
land. Maurice Simons, Michael ]. Raci-
appi and Blanche E. Sprague. clerks,
tst4from $500 to $1,000. Maud E. Under,
John ". Farrar and Adele r. Redick.
clerks. from 81 900 to 81. 200. Resigna-
- ions: Robert E. LindelI. clerk, 5000:
-s4iarriet Ennis Marks. clerk. $1,000, and
I; .Tohn A. Hart, clerk, $1,000. Edna Has
clerk, 5000. and James ]. Hart has been
s'a1pointed mechanical craftsman, $1,000.
Bureau of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
!. .niamin H Hirchensohn. laboratory
assistant from $500 TO $1,000; Edward
y. Fonseca and Earl C. Laughlin. lab
oratory assistants, from $1,000 to
8 POO: George E. Merritt and Henry T.
so to s. S6e s9h j from from
laboratory assistant, 1900. to assistant
physicist. s1,3s0: Edith NJ. Radiant and
$1,000: Joseph F. Dubois. clerk, from
$1,000 TO 81 200: NJ. NJ. Hubscher, ma
chinist. from $500 to s1.440; Carl s.
C-a-oe. assistant physicist. from 81, $50
to Sf.40o: Carl F. Hanson and Chauncey
@. Peters. assistant physicists, from
--s1.4o0 to $500, and James F. Skogland,
assistant physicist. from 81 500 to
$500. designations: Maurice Good
man and Archibald Robinson, jr, lab
-oratory helpers. $500. and Winifred
SGhowaiter. clerk, $1,000. Appoint
fTents: Oscar L. Schebloom. clerk
81 900: Vivian Ayre. assistant gauge
Inspector. $1,000; George C. Gemmeu
and Ernest Henninger. toolmakers
$3.50 and $3.50. respectively; William
= Cruise. assistant chemist, $500:
f1staye Hibbeler, ir., and Roy C.
r'nrse. assistant gauge inspe ctors.
$3.50. and Horace W. Munper, master
gauge expert, s2.eo9.
~. Coast and geodetic suryey-Promo-
fions: Charles NJ. O'Brien. 5r.; William
l. Suitsand Preston s. Williams. plate
printers helpers. from $500 to $500. and
~ Rein J.Carothers, clerk. from $3.50 to
x9o4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
.TEN-MILLI0N-DOLLAR
SHIP COMPANY CHARTERED
Colin a. Livingstone Of This City
81 Is President of Plant to Be
at Alexandria.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
= RICHMOND, Va, December S.-To-
day the american Shipbuilding Corpo-
ration, with its principal Office and
plant at Alexandra. was chartered by
Ihe state corporation commission with
"a capital stock of $4,000 900. The
company is empowered to engage in
the general shipbuilding industry In
fevery way, to build any and all classes
-lof vessels.
- Colin H. Livingstone. Washington, is
president; B. W. Morse: New York.
vace president: B. G. Highly, New York.
vice president and secretary; H. F.
Morse. New York. treasurer.
The following are named as directors
for the company: Davis Elkins. Washing
ton; William Guggenheim. New York;
Robert Jackson. Concord, N. Y; G. W.
Toft, N Y: C. W. Morse. New York. and
R. Lancaster Williams. Baltimore. The
charter permits the promoters to do any
and everything that is not contrary to
,sthe laws OF the state-building of manu-
fact,ring plants. machine shop foundries.
. wood working piants-and allows the sale
and operation of all vessels by any power
: devised or to be devised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The following list. arranged by sub
jects. includes some of the latest ad-
ditions to the Public Library.
The lists, which appear in this col
unn each Sunday. are reprinted at the
end of the month in the library's
monthly bulletin. Copies of this may
be obtained free at the library. or will
be seat by mail for Is cents year:
Religion.
Rib,e. Old Testament. Poem of Job. CBMD-
" n The Development Of the Young
. r,rn-Is.s Movement. DU-Eri2d.
ttoi,son, A. a. Positive Protestantism. Dh-
JoT'ian. L. H. Comparative Religion 1915,
'is. Robert. City of the Dawn. 1915
. als.
Philosophy and Psychology
= -t1win. J. NJ Darwin and the Humanities
.au-ETass. Arthur. The Ultimate Belief
R.aedetto. Philosophy of the Practical.
r..aks. Douglas. Laugh and Live. Bos
TALON. francis Inquirie. Into Hg.!an Fac
nv ana III Development. 1908. Ri1ti1ssi-
= lIalIsm Mrs j. X c. Studies Child De
velop;nent 1918 BIE-H156s.
i'm. J. a. Psschicai Investigations BIZ
Sinclair, May. Defence Of Ideai,sm. BF1-
Steele. r. R., ed The Russian Garland.
BU5fsss3r.
Biography.
Clodd Edward. Memories. E-Csc3.
- Emerson T. w Henry Thoreau- E-T39e
re Garland, Hamlin Son Of the Middle Border.
Hamilton. c. NJ on the Trail OF Stevenson.
K:mban. Mrs. ~ P. b. Soldier Doctor Of
Triievre, Ma:hs5f Iaan Wesley, Vida 81
ohra- 1911. E-w51l.
Maenaghtsn. Sir N. l. Days Of My Years.
Minor. Z. l. c. The Real Lincoln. 1901.
peasants. Mrs. s. Mco. Old Virginia Days
K ana Ways. E-P7ic.
!, Sanborn. II. ]. Anne of brittany. E-AnI4s.
sarolea. Charles. The French Renaissance.
E-aSa7sf.
swinburne. A. c. The goyhOod of Alsernon
Tarbeii, l. NJ Madame Roland. 1909. E-Reft.
~ Sociology.
Ashe. $. W. Organization in Accident Pre-
vention. HFk-As33o.
5 Eres. Il. F. The Law and the Woman. KwY-
BIS l.
Humphrey, s X. Mankind. H-Hsssm.
- More. Ade,yne. Fecundity Versus Civilization
Noxon. F. W Are We Capable of self-govern-
meut: HCS3-NSe9.
Stewart, Anna. Social Problems. H-St4Ss.
Education.
Burnet. John. Higher Education and the War.
1X-Ra33h.
Franklin, y. s. Bilrs School and Mine. TX
Fs55.
MangoId. G. B. Problems of Child Welfare.
= norton H. R. Department Store Education.
ssKHX-NS26d-
smith, W. R. An Introduction to Educational
Sociology. IKI-Smssi-
swain. G. F. How to Study. IoY-Sw14h.
Weeks. S. B. History of Public School Educa-
ton in Delaware. IUS55-W41h.
Economies.
Collins. G. W. The National Budget System.
K Hobson, J. W. The New Protectionism. Nv
owen. Sir Douglas Ocean Trade and Shipping.
1914. HJS-Ow26o.
Rhodes J. E. workmen's Compensation. HFK
E346w.
Single Tar Year Book HTE-si64.
Law and Politics.
Arndt. W. T. The Emancipation Of the Amer
lean City. JN-Ars3e.
:. Scafsfcrd, H n. League Of Nations. JX-
McIaren. A. D. Germanism From Within.
JU4T-M223g.
( Muir. Ramsey. The Expansion Of Europe.
JU3e-Ms94e.
=, omond. G. W. T. The Law of the Sea. JYA-
Ionic I.
i Sims, n. l. Ultimate Democracy and Its
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
CHRISTMAS MAIL
HERE UP TO NOON
TO Be DELIVERED
Fifteen Wagons and Autos
Distributing Parcels Today

All Christmas mail received in Ok
Iahoma City mp to noon '!oday will be
delivered today This promise was
made this morning by Robert Hansen,
superintendent OF the division Of mails
at the local postoificc.
The crest OF the flood Of Christmas
packages was reached Sunday, when
more than a carload was received here.
Beginning early last week, additional
wagons and automobiles were put on
duty delivering packages. and this
morning there were twelve wagons and
three automobiles bringing presents to
the homes OF the city
Christmas mailing from here was neg
ligble this morning Until the posiof
flee ceased weighing parcels last night.
however, packages were brought to the
main office, WbstationS and downtown
Christmas branch
DELAYED train service is slowing up
deliveries somewhat. but the bulk Of the
packages for delivery here will have
been received this evening, it is be
lievcd
Carriers were making but one dcliy-
cry IN the residence and business dl~
triCts this morning
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
NOT A CHILD WITHOUT A TOY,
NOT A FAMILY WITHOUT FOOD
IN CITY, DR.. URCH DECLARES

OF the city Five hundred youngsters
will gather at that time to ENJOY the an
nual ChriScmaS exercises at the com
munity house. The exercises will center
around a huge Christmas trcet which
will be loaded with peanuts for the kid
dies. A pageant IN which ten young
women will appear j, also feature.
Suffering in Oklahoma City was not
only relieved today by the Times fund.
but since the cold weather OF two weeks
ago money given Mr. Urch direct and
contributed to the Times has gone to-
ward purchases OF coal and other fuel
food, clothing and other necessities.
Only Yesterday Mr. Urch caused the
gas 10 be- turned ON again in the home
of a sick woman who had been wllhou'
fire for hours
Since the first cold wave OF the win
t. the Times fund has purchased SlSO
worth Of blankets alone, to say nothing
Continued on Page ?, Column a.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
BOLSHEV|K| HEAR
Of PLOT AGAINST
RUMAN|AN KING


PFTROGRAD. Monday Dec "a
News oi revolutionary plot against
King Ferdinand oi Rumania has been
received at the Smolny Institute, the
Bol,hcvlh headquarters. according to
the evening newspapers There are
also said to he disturbed political con
dlllous IN Rumania
A Bol,hcyiki dispatch announces that
6OOO troop, OF General korniloirs
command have been defeated near Biel-
gorod by Bolshewki, chiefly soldiers
and sailors Of the Black and Batc
Sea fleets Many machine guns and
much ammunition, it Is said, have been
captured
The BolShc,iki have begun an attack
ON kharkov about 400 miles south Of
Moscow The BolSheviki controls the
south, according to the official news
agency
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
Police Santa Claus
Presents Motorists
With Stolen Cars

Captain Douglas Dunham and Motor
cycle Officer Ray Frazier played the
role Of Santa Clause yesterday after
noon when they recovered two auto
mobiles which are said to have been
stolen, and returned them to their own
erS as Christmas gifts
One OF the machines, a tivc-paSScn-
ger car, was practically new and valued
at 81 400 II was stolen day before yes
tcrday from H. +. StonehouSe.
DR. =. {. Christian, 1872 North Nc
kinlcy avenue, was visited by the Santa
Claus officers, their present to him be
ing a roadster which was stolen from
him sesethl days ago
1T Ga ot Of fun playing Santa
Claus, Tlafi Captain Dunham today,
and IsANcct me just lots of good to see
anoter ptfson made real happy"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
Billy Bonner
Enjoys Tree
In Hospital
Little Patient With Iron Staple
in Throat Has Christmas
Party Before Operation.

Santa Claus came to little Billy Bon
ncr last night a, he lay in bed in S.
Anthony'S hospital, and Santa brought
little Billy all kinds Of wonderful
things, Tor he love, sick little boys best
OF all.
And this morning when lhlle Billy
woke up, he saw a wonderful train on
tracks, and he's leaning back in bed
now propped up by pillows playing with
IT, and from time TO time he smiles at
his sweet mamma who never leaves his
bedside.
A week ago little Billy swallowed a
staple while he was playing with lit
tie friend in the front garden at his
home, 4jJ West Twelfth street His
mamma was busy and did not see him.
He came and told her right away
though and in alarm she hurried him of
to the doctor An X-ray photograph
showed a staple half an inch in length
lodged in the bronchial tube The
sharp points had worked their way hall
an inch into the chid's lung The sur
gconS feared 10 operate, and his
mamma says that as soon a. he i, well
enough a well known physician may
come from Philadelphia and perform
the operation, for she says that she does
not think that Billy can be moved by
Friday as was first expected
Besides his train Santa brought him
other pretty things that he knows lit
tie hoy, like. There is ila,hlight and
Rllly's mamma SAYS that he is playing
with that too a beautiful Santa Claus
book. a big bail and horn Every
thing that Billy had asked for NJ,
stocking was hung mp for him bat OF
course Santa Claus understood that he
could not eat candy and nut, AMI
orange, like other we'll little children
so he put some more toys into his
stocking
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
Ball Looks Hourly for News
From Chicago Meeting,
UNIFORM SCALE AT STAKE
Wage Rates to Be Similar All
Over Country He Says,
PACKING HOUSE MEN
AGREE TO MEDIATE

~IIlCAGO. Dec. 2S.--John T.,
Il Williams, fuel administrator OF
~ illinois, carly today was ap.
pointed referee in all labor disputes
arising IN the packing house in.
dustric, Of the United States during
the war The appointment was
agreed upon by representatives OF
packers and laborers after confer
cnces with President Wilson's labor
mediation board which started yes.
lcrday morning and did not end I'M
III nearly daylight this morning. The
packing houses represented were
Armour, Swift, Morris, Cudahy and
Wilson concerns The agreement
affects all Of their plants, located In
Chicago, Kansas City. Denver, St,
Louis, East ST. Louis, Oklahoma
City, Sioux City St. Paul. Omaha
and St. Joseph. The workers direct
" affected are said to number close
to 100000,
Both sides agreed that while the
United States is at war there should
he no strikes or lockouts in the pack
ing plants and that Mr.. Williams
decisions should be final In all mat
tcrS.
Stock yards workers some time
time ago demanded that their unions
be recognized by the packers |,
that they be allowed to Join any
union they saw ft They also de-
lnandcd increased pay and a read
justment Of working hours, II is un-
derstood. Right Of the employees to
present their grievances TO the pack
ers through a committee was an
other demand
All Of these matters which may
arise in the future will be settled
by Mr., Williams, according TO the
agreement,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
Here's Story of Kaiser,s
Suppressed Interview in
1908 With u. s. Writer

tute in Pittsburgh General Won lowcn.
tIcld. commander ol a pruS,an guard
corps aud Priyy Couuclllor Won lhnc.
court architect
Though these men were crunlct oi
the kaiser, lowcnlicld WI, not factor
IN the war party, being what was knowa
N Berlin as a salon general
After few days delay, 1t was ar.
ranged through l.owcnlield and lhuc
that Hale should proceed 10 Norway
Tor an interview with tho cmpcror
The interview was granted ON the eve.
ming Of July ~
SiN day, later Hale rclnrncd from
Norway and gave me the first mkling
OF the sensational uttcrauccs oi the war
lord 10 the best Of my rccollectious,
hc summarized his story thus
"Thc talk at dinner IN the imperial
Yacht was more Or less pcrlunclury
The kaiser explained to the that we
should have real chat ON deck after
dinner walked up and down with
him Tor tho better part of two hogrs,
that is, we were walking all the time
except IN those moments when the en-
peror would stop all Of sudden to
hammtr in some point by standing at
the rail and pounding 1t with his fist
AT times could hardly believe
my own ears The man now and
then would rave When be talked
about England, he was simply fe-
rocious. He snapped out csstisa-
.. ton on his periidious Cousins, ges-
Hculsting wildly and deriving fresh
emery from his incessant outbursts
and from the cigaretS he smoked
continuously, lighting one from an
other.
Il have not the slightest doubt that,
il dared publish what the kaiser told
me. there would he war between Ger.
many and England tomorrow morning.
The newly formed Anglo. japanese
alliance seemed to be particularly on
(eon,inosd on Page 4, Column ~ n
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
RED CROSS FORMS
CIVILIAN RELIEF
ORDER FOR CITY
SERVICE, NOT CHARITY, AIM
Employment Is Found 10 Be
Prime Need,

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under the county Red lro,, chapter
and will be cla,,cd A, 4 branch a, ,hc
Rod Cro,, o,c,,,,,,;,n E,o,.. ..,,....
49,. p''
!" '"' o"''eu ''"teS I'"S ORGANIZED or
VIII organic a civilian relief branch
Fred Bearly has been appointcd chair.
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S.L.s ,,,,,';t,on 49, e '';,i "Iu w. sur,Si J w., H, n
Mr. Bearly says.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
OREGON HEN LAYS EGGS
WEIGHING FOUR OUNCES

EUGENE. ore DR. / /. Straight
Of this city is the owner OF a hen that
LAYS eggs weighing four ounces each.
DR. Straight states that an egg is pro-
duccd every other day, and that all are
Of uniform size
Tie hen is Of ,hc barred Plymouth
Rock variety The eggs, when broken
apparently arc normal in their proper.
tons. aside from their great sire d.
Straight said that he may experiment
with a setting OF the eggs TO see u a
large egg having strain OF chicken, can
be developed
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
london Correspondent Recalls
Circumstances in William
Bayard Hale Story Which
Would Have Set Europe
Afire,

Editors NOic The first person To
whom In William MyHrd Hale. tho
American journalist, gave an iuklinE
~ tho sensational interview he OH
plned from the German cmperur Inv
tho summer Of 1908 WAS Frederick
". Vile. then Herlu correspondent
of the loudon Daily Mail aud for
many years representative of Amcrl-
Cnu newspapers abroad
In the statement below Mr Nllc
confirms the extraordinary story
told ~ the time OF the knistr'H sup
pressed interview. In which he pre-
dlCtcd the world war, aud gupplics
additional details On July rs, 1905,
Dr Hale burst into Nr Wlle's Of
flee In Bcrllu. worn from travel and
calculated oNcitodly, VILE, have
heard things from the kaiser which
II ! dared publish, would cause war
between England and Hermany In
side Of twenty four hours"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
Bv Frederick W. VILE.

LONDON, Dec 25 Early in June.
1908, ! received a call in the Berlin
office Of the Daily Mail from DR.. WI.
liam Bayard Hale, who at that time
wa, literary editor of 'thc New York
Times lie had come to Germany as
special correspondent; ] had repre-.
scnted the Daily Mail in Berlin for
two years and had been correspondent
OF several American newspapers four
or five years before,
Hale on arriving in Berlin, found
that the emperor had Just left in the
llohen1ollern on his annual yachting
cruise to the Norwegian fiords.
He found, however, that he could
proiitably employ his time In Berlin
by invoking The good offices Of two
Prussian dignitarIcs whom he had met
at the dedication Of the Carnegie insli-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
U. S. S. OKLAHOMA
SENDS GREETINGS

NARS. J. W EDWARDS. pres
Ml idcnt Of haywood W { T. T.,
SVS has received the following
Greetings and all good wishes ior
the New Year, from the captain Of.
iiccr, and crew OF the [ s S Okla
homa
10 lhi. hll'c,hrp ha, been sent
much knitted work lrSm the May
wood union
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
SIXTEEN KILLED
IN TROLLEY SMASH

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 2s.-Six-
teen Christina, shoppers were killed and
more than 100 injured, some seriously,
when a runaway street car crashing
through tunnel turned over on its
side Many Of the injured can not re-
cover
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25
bulletin

GREENWOOD, S. C., Dec. as
Mrs J. l. whitman and her siI
children, ranging in age from 10
10 years, we're burned to death In
their home near here last night. The
cause Of the fire is not known.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25

"Therc will not be one child without
. toy, one woman without heat or
clothing, ono man hungry in Oklahoma
City tonight as far as ! know. And ii
there arc such and their cases arc called
to my attention they shall be given
aid"
Thus Rev w. II. 4. Urch, pastor OF
the Pilgrim Congregational church
summed mp this morning his Christmas
charitable activities, Mr. Urch is ad-
minigrator OF the annual Times Santa
Claus fund
All day yesterday and late into the
night Mr. Urch assisted by number
Of friends who volunteered to help him.
was busy distributing Christmas has.
kctS 10 various poor families Car,
were furnished by Shrlnet, and by 9TH
er citizens
Baskets Distributed,
Each basket contained among other
things a chicken, a can OF corn, a can
Of tomatoes three pounds OF sugar two
pound, OF candy ono peck OF potatoes.
ten pounds OF ilour a can OF baking
powder one can of fruit and two loayc'
oi bread Three hundred of the has.
kcis were distributed
At : 30 o'clock tonight the Nanl'
Claus fund will prove a ycrihblc Santa
Claus u the children Of the south part
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-25

The ringing ot church bells mi,
morning hc,aldcd to Oklahoma CITY
the most pro,pcrou, Christmas since
il, Incorporation in April, 1880 Never
before in the history oi the city have
the merchant, had quite So large a
volume OF bu,lncS, a, they have cx-
pcrlenCcd thI, season, and when the
bu,lne,, house, report Unprecedented
sales IT is an indication OF great pros.
pcrlly IN the community.
Not only have the merchant, had a
splendid trade this season, hut the
needy and the poor Of the city hdyt
been remembered this year to a greater
extent than ever before. which is again
an indication OF the prosperity Of the
citizens OF the community
Poor Are Helped
The charitable institutions have had
by far the greatest amount OF money
with which to spread Christmas joy
among the poor and needy OF Shc city
than ever before, and hundreds OF IN
dlylduals are assisting in the work this
season by giving to those who are too
proud to accept anything from the
charitable institutions So far as has
been able to ascertain there is no fam
lily worthy Of assistance which has not
been helped,
The orphanage asylum, Of the city all
had Christmas trees for the inmates
patients at the hospitals were remem-
bered, many OF them having Christmas
trees and even the inmates of the city