Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 37, 24 December 1914 — Page 1

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SANTA VISITS RICHMOND DISTRIBUTING PAL BOXES TO 1 87 POOR FAMILIES

Each Boy Receives Toy, Stocking Full of Candy, Apple, Orange and Necktie, While Girls Are Given Handkerchief, Dolls, Fruit and Candy.

PROCEEDS OF BELGIAN WAR FILMS GIVEN TO POOR

Joy Filled Children Rejoice as Old Santa Claus Draws Up and Delivers Tokens of Good Will and Cheer to Many Families Happiness Reigns Throughout City.

Santa Claus got into Richmond ahead of scheduled time today and spent nearly the whole day in this city transacting business. "Got any presents for me to deliver?" inquired Santa as he drove up in front of The Palladium office this forenoon, creating much excitement,1 especial among a flok of young news-j hoys. "I am going to deliver gifts to the poor kids t his morning and afternoon and tonight I'll slip down Ihe chimneys of the rich little boys and girls." There happened to be 187 Christmas! packages to bring dicer to over 400 poor children in the Palladium office bo Santa was told he could deliver them if he desired to. "Sure I will," he said, and by 4 o'clock this afternoon Joy reigned supreme in 187 homes where little tots had been fearful that Santa might forget them. Gifts for All, In each of the Palladium's packages there were gifts for two or more children, for poor families are generally large ones. Each litle boy received a toy, a stocking full of candy, an apple and an orange and a necktie. Each little girl received a handkerchief intend of a necktie and their toys were winsome and prettily dressed dolls. These presented were purchased for ARIZONA STORM INFLICTS LOSS OF $2,000,000 Five Persons Dead, Hundreds of Ranchers Marooned, and State Militia Called Out to Help. TRAINS ARE STALLED

Heavy Rains Quickly Swell Heavy Mist Causes CessaOtherwise Dry Streams! tion of Artillery Fire, But

Into Torrents and Waters Do Heavy Damage. BY LEASED WIPE-l TUCSON, Ariz. Dec. 24. With the great est force of the worst storm Arizona tins over known spent, this section of the state today estimated the property damage as far as known at $2,000,000. Five persons are atready known to be dead, and it is feared the list will grow. Hundreds of ranehers are marooned on the tops of houses, barns and wills, and detachments of militia were being sent to their rescue today. . Two Overland Southern Pacific trains from Chicago stalled seventeen miles west of Tucson by a washout, were expected to move this afternoon after a delay of twelve hours. Traffic in other directions has been suspended for twenty-four hours. Traffic Tied Up. nain has fallen in torrents almost continuously since last Saturday. The lives of hundreds of ranchers were imperiled, hundreds of head of cattle and other stock were destroyed, and many (owns cut off from communication. Traffic is at a standstill. Thousands of acres of improved farm laud from Phoenix to the Mexican boundary were under water. Scores of houses have been swept away by rasing streams. The desert country today was a veritable sea. Three rivers, the Salt, (Jila and Santa Cruz, have reached the highest levels ever recorded. A train on the Nogalos branch, due tirre yesterday, is stalled at Otero, fifty miles away, and the passengers have had nothing to eat for twentyfour hours. The $2.nnii.0ii!) project of the Tucson Farms company, owned by the Magenheiruers of Chicago, suffered heavy damage. The city pumping plat at Tucson is Mibmerged. Trees and houses were today drifting past Tucson in the Santa Cruz ri.er, ordinarily a dry bed. POLICE HOLD BANDIT BY LEASE HAMMOND, hid., Wright, the Howai D WIRE.l Dec. 24.- Charles d county bandit. Who terrorized worn of the state by wi was captured near posse last night. Y when captured near cers were unable to his limp body. Six en in that section lolesale hold-ups, Sycamore by a right faked death a hikstaek. Offido anything with riff McDonald of Wrightstown arrivei 1, and by tickling his ribs brought, the crook back to life. VETERAN KILLED BY LEASED WIRE.l . JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Dec. 24. Albert Congleton, a veteran emplaye of the Pennsylvania railroad, who was to have been retired on a service pension next month, was struck and instanly killed this morning at a starion here by the west bound mail and express.

the poor children with the fund raised

from the proceeds of the exhibitions of the Belgian war films, recently shown in Richmond under the auspices of the Palladium. Mrs. H. Ij. Monarch secured the names of the children to whom these gifts were distributed today and a large number of good-hearted women assisted in dressing the dolls. Greet Old Santa. Santa received an ovation in every district he visited today. As soon as the first boy saw his long white beard, his red costume and his gift-laden sleigh, he spread the good news as if by magic. As soon as Santa would rein in his prancing charger (the reindeers are being rested for tonight's work) he would be surrounded by entranced and wonder-eyed juveniles, and the delivery of a gift package at a home was the signal for an earsplitting, outburst of enthusiasm. "I though you said there wern't no Santa?" indignantly remarked an urchin of seven to a lad of twelve, when a group of children surrounded the gift sleigh on a street in the north end. "Yer a big liar; that's what you are." "I ain't never seen him before, so I thought he was a fake," the older boy offered as an excuse. GERMANS TAKE CAPTIVE 1,330 WAR PRISONERS Allies Cease Attacks on Nieuport and Transfers Activity in Camp Chatons Neighborhood. RUSS LOSSES HEAVY Fierce Bayonet Takes Place. Fighting BY FREDERICK WERNER, BERLIN, (By Wireless) Dec. 24. , The capture of more than 1,330 pris- , oners is reported in an official state- ' ment issued at. 2 o'clock today by the chief of administration of the German armies. It follows: "In the western theatre of war the enemy did not renew his attack in the neighborhood of Nieuport yesterday. At Bixschoote in the engagement ; Tuesday we took 230 prisoners. The 1 enemy is again active in the neighborihood of Camp Chalons. In the region of the Souai and Perthes infantry at- ' tacks by the enemy followed fierce artillery attacks yesterday. All were repulsed. Trenches which had been retaken by us were abandoned because j of the continuous artillery fire directed against them. Parts of the trenches had been leveled until they afforded no shelter. We took more than one hundred prisoners in fighting in this district. "In the eastrn theatre of war we have resumed the offensive, advancing from the Niedenburg-Soldau line. : "Alter several days of fighting we have repulsed the enemy's attacks near Mlawa. and the Russian positions there have been taken by us. At the ; confluence of the Bzura and Rawka rivers there is fierce bayonet fighting, ! as a result of misty weather which has i caused a cessation of artillery fire. ' The Russians have suffered great losses. On the right, bank af the . Pilica and southeast of Tomazzow the 1 Russians have delivered a number of : violent attacks, but. the Teutonic allies repulsed all with heavy losses to the enemies. Further south the situation is generally unchanged. The Weather i FOR INDIANA Fair tonight and Friday; much colder with a cold wave. Temperature. Noon Yesterday Maximum Minimum 21 12 LOCAL CONDITIONS Fair tonight and Friday except for local snow flurries late this afternoon and evening. Much colder with cold wave temperature going below zero within the next I16 hours. GENERAL CONDITIONS A storm of considerable energy is central over the Great Lakes and is causing snow flurries over the central states. It is being followed by a severe cold wave from Canada with temperature five below zero. W. E. MOORE, Weather Forecaster.

KAISER SPENDS XMAS IN WEST FLANDERS Armored Train Carries Ruler From Cologne to Front of line.

-Y LEASED VIRE. BERLIN, Dec. 24 Emperor William will spend Christmas on the battle front among his troops in West Flanders. Traveling In a specially armored train, bearing big angle guns to repel any attack by hostile aeroplanes, the kaiser and his suite have passed into Belgium from Cologne. Dispatches from Sluis say that the German soldiers in Belgium have made preparations to pass Christmas according to the spirit of the day, and it is expected that there will be a complete lull in hostilities. At some points the German soldiers have erected Christmas trees in the trenches on the firing line. It is reported from Cologne that three 42-centimetre guns have arrived there from the Krupp works at Essen. It is expected that they will be sent to Poland. RICHMOND PLANS TO SPEND QUIET CHRISTMAS DAY All of City's 25,000 People Will Receive Some Joy From Holiday Through Friends Thoughtfulness. MANY WILL WORSHIP Children Anxiously Await Clatter of Reindeer Hoofs on Roof and Annual Visit Of Santa. I Christmas cheer will gladden the hearts of 25,000 Richmond people tomorrow, regardless of station in life. One man had his Christmas today. His Christmas cheer Is in the shape of a five cent corn cob pipe given him by little children who are his neighbors. This man Is "Uncle George," an old slave, who lives on a small piece of ground just outside the corporation limits. Last week Uncle George broke his clay pipe. He, satisfied himself with puffing alternately with his wife on the clay pipe she smokes. He has had ambitions for a corn cob pipe. Today the little children of his neighborhood marched to his home and gave him the corn cob pipe, which was secretly filled and lighted in advance. Make Slave Happy. The old slave declared it is the happiest Christmas he can remember. Having no relatives and being penniless, he and his wife expected no Christmas gifts. They would have been filled with Christmas spirit in their way without the pipe but the little gift increased the joy of both the old people. Persons who are in touch with all j classes of people declare that no one I will be without the Christmas spirit 'and the Christmas cheer tomorrow. I Hundreds of people will have their ! Christmas cheer tomorrow chiefly in anticipating the effects of their gifts 'as well as in the receiving of gifts themselves. Many Will Worship. Equally as many will not forget to I give part of their day to worship and in remembering the real significance ; of the day. Short religious services will be held in all churches. Other iactivies of the day probably will keep the special services restricted to j Christmas music and short sermons I telling of the discovery of the three j wise men who were led to the manger in Bethlehem. j Many of the families in Richmond will be re-united for the day, children ,ti vra e It LUllllllh IA HHriilD IJU1U other cities where they have settled, and relatives gathering together. The general jollification of all members of i..i,. ... of many homes tomorrow. Rail Traffic Heavy. Excursions of various kinds have been planned. The railroads have been doing a heavy business within j the last few days of people making Christinas trips. Many of those who I will regard tomorrow as a holiday ifor amusement purposes, will go to I the larger neighboring cities. There will be no large attractions !in Richmond during the day. Polo fans probably will congregate at the i Coliseum for their evening's enter tainment. The real joy of Christmas will be for the children who will go to their beds early tonight and awaken at various times before morning believing they hear the jingle of sleigh bells. Before daylight tomorrow they will be gleefully standing before the fireplace where, stockings are hung from the mantle. MEDICINE DEALER IN DIVORCE SUIT BY LEASED WIRE. NEW YORK, Dec. 24. Dr. John R. Hopkins, millionaire patent medicine manufacturer of Atlanta, Ga., has been named as defendant in a divorce action by Mrs. McKie Bennett Hopkins. The Identity of the "other woman" in the case is concealed. Dr. Hopkins is the father of Russell F. Hopkins, who eloped with Vera Lawrence Siegrlst about eight years ago. At their summer estate at Irvington-on-the-Hudsou, young Hopkins maintains a private menagerie of wild animals i for his children. He took out insur ance policies for life, health, fire, burglary, tornado, automobile, menagerie, yacht accidents, and finally a blackhand policy.

BURNING COVERS GRADUALLY COOK FEEBLE WOMAN Flames Resist Futile Efforts of Mrs. Mary Rife to Smother Fire Starting in Dress.

INVALID WAS ALONE Physician and Firemen Find Woman Suffering Terrible Torturo With Flesh Burned From Bones. BULLETIN. DOVER, Eng., Dec. 24. Consternation was caused here today by a German air-man who fled after dropping one bomb. The bomb had evidently been aimed at Dover Castle. It exploded 400 yards from the castle. Fragments broke many windows, but no one was injured. The bed which comforted her sufferings incident to the infirmities of advanced age late yesterday afternoon proved to be the rack of torture and the funeral pyre of Mrs. Mary Jane Rife, ag-i 69. living at 120 North Second street, while she was alone at the home of her son, Peter Rife, with whom she resided. She slowly cooked to death for nearly a half hour before discovered and died at 8:30 o'clock last night at Reid hospital. No victim of the Spanish inquisition ever met death with more agony than Mrs. Rife. Besides her son she is survived by her j daughter, Mrs. A. B. Parks, wife of the' former trustee of Boston township. Fire Carries Torture. I When Mrs. Peter Rife left the house ' yesterday the aged woman locked the doors and went to the kitchen range , to warm herself. In some way her clothing caught afire and she hobbled to her bed intent on smothering out j,he names with the bedclothes. But; AnH, ......... .. 1 ...... .. .1 U.. spread to the bedclothing and the1 feather tick. In a minute she was be-; ing roasted alive. This pitiful tragedy ! she related with difficulty to physicians and firemen when they finally reached her side. She had inhaled the flames and it was almost impossible ; for her to talk. It was realized at once that there was no chance for her re covery ana large doses ot morpnme were given her to relieve her excruciating agony. Although the unfortunate woman's garments, the bedclothing and part of the feather tick were burned to ashes the., dwelling,, which sheltered three families, was not damaged, the flames not spreading to the walls, flooring or ceiling. Flesh Drops From Body. City Physician Huffman said that he had never seen any person so horriMy burned as Mrs. Rife. Her flesh from her ankles to the top of her forehead was charred to a depth of a quar-1 ter of an inch. Much of this burned flesh fell from her body when she was removed to an ambulance. Long strijs; of skin hung from her hands. She was in a conscious state until opiates were given her. A little after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mrs. Kromer, a neighbor, saw smoke issuing from the Rife home and I she called the attention of a passing ! messenger boy, Richard Thomas, to this. He tried to enter the various! doors but found them locked so ho ! broke in a window with a piece of ice. j Entering the house he was almost overcome with smoke but he heard j Mrs. Rife moaning and caught a i glimpse of her in bed surrounded bv ; walls of tire. Horrified the boy left the! house, called for help and sent in the i fire alarm. The companies responded i promptly and firemen soon had the! flaming bed extinguished. Members of the family telephoned to three or j four physicians without getting any response, then Officer Wenger sum moned City Physician Huffman, who responded promptly. Recalls Lipscomb Death. "In such emergency cases." Dr. Huffman said today, "one of the two citv physicians should be summoned at once, it me iamny summons us ! , t . ! own physician, then he can take oyer 1 the cast ll',on J arrival. The delay in securing a physician yesterday was not fatal because Mrs. Rife was too badly burned to recover, hut her ag' onv was prolonged that much longer, ! Similar delays in other cases might prevent the saving of the victim s life." It was a vear ago yesterday that Charles I.ipscomo wrjs iatany ournen in a tank at the Standard Oil plant when an explosion occurred while he was cleaning it. MEXICAN TROUBLES STIRS WASHINGTON Officials Firm in Belief Peace Will Result From Conference. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Administration officials today gave much of their attention to lie situation in Mexico City, and turned temporarily from the border at Naco. They had no official confirmation of reports that Provisional President Guittierez had left the capital because of a clash between his followers and those of Zapata. But they exhibited some concern about this new complication, said to have arisen in the affaira of the troubled republic, and efforts were made to verify the dispatches which came through Constitutionalist sources at the border. There were no new developments in the boundary situation to shake the optimism of officials as to the outcome there, and all official advices j seemed to give assurance that peace will result from the conferences be tween Major General Scott and the warring Mexican chiefs.

mm CARDS FOR BRITISH SAILORS LONDON. Dec. 24. The King and Queen have sent 700,000 Christmas carda, one for every British sailor and soldier at the front. The cards bear photos of the king and queen, with the words: "With best wishes for Christmas. May God protect you and bring you sate home." The wounded will receive a separate card which is inscribed: "May you soon be restored to health."

TEUTONS MAKE SKY RAID OVER PART OF DOVER Daring Aviator Flys Across North Sea and Drops Bomb on Biff Coast City of Jhngland. NO DAMAGE DONE

jthis country brought about a condition of affairs which made' British Airman Starts Out! charity doubly acceptable this year. Afw Invul-r Rnt ! ln this cit-v the Salvation Army, the society for the relief of

Prey in Heavy Fog. Bank of I I BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Dec. 24. A German aeroplane made a successful raid over Dover today and dropped a bomb. Official announcement of the aerial attack was made by the government press bureau. This was the first time the British government has officially admitted a German aerial raid, but it had been reported some time ago that a German Taube machine had flown over Dover. Press Bureau's View. The press bureau announcement follows: "One of the enemy's aeroplanes fie wover Dover this morning and dropped a bomb but no damage was done. "A British aeroplane ascended as soon as the presence of the German machine became known, but the English aviator did not catch sight of the hostile machine. The weather was very' foggy and cloudy. 'The German aeroplane was seen over Dover by persons in the city at 10:55 o'clock. It dropped a bomb which exploded in a garden. The aeroplane was seen for only a few 'seconds, when it disappeared in the fog, sailing toward the North Sea." Came From Belgium. It is presumed here that the German aeroplane come from Belgium, having flown over part of the North Sea and the Straits of Dover. Dover is 70 miles from Ostend, the 'pp' from which the daring German a r started. The round trip would ; entail a journey of 140 miles. I This is the second German attack against England within a fortnight. the bombardment of Scarborough and Hartlepool having been very recently. AUSTRIANS REPULSE REPEATED ATTACKS Dispatches Tell of Russian Failures to Carry Lines on Dunajec. BY FREDERICK WERNER BERLIN. Dec. 24. Desperate fighting is in progress at several points on the Russo-Prussian frontier, it is officially announced. A Vienna dispatch states that the Austro-German forces at Cracow have been successful in beating back the Russians and that all danger of Russian invasion of Silesia is at an end. "A favorable situation for the Teutonic allies has developed at Cracow," the Vienna dispatches say. Germans Concentrate. The statement from the German war office says: "The Germans have concentrated a very strong force around Sochaczew which is described as the jpj. to tju, RUSSian right wing. If the llt'l lllrtlin ."I l IV t l 111 WH HOlHh 111 I here the Russian right wing will be cut off from the center." j Military experts point ojit that sochaczew is a most difficult point for the Germans to attack as the Russians are protected by rivers and their positions are defended by previously built fortifications. It is pointed out that a decisive result, in this region cannot V expected soon. (Sochaczew is near the Vistula between Lowicz and Wyszegrod.) KING ALBERT SPENDS XMAS IN TRENCHES BY LEASED WIRE CALAIS, via London, Dec. 24 Albert of Belgium will spend Christmas in the trenches upon the small area of Belgium territory which is still free of German domination. FIGHT HAND-TO-HAND I BY LEASED WIRE.l AMSTERDAM, Dec. 24 A Sluis tel-

egram to the Handelsblad reports that! to give the poor and needy, and esthe battle of the Yser, between the pecially the kiddies, a merry Christ- j

tjermans aiiu luw anie, niit, ut-t-n i, - - sumed violently northeast of Nieuport. There is a fierce hand-to-hand fighting between Iombartzyde and the sea.

The allies are fighting among the, CHRISTMAS IN SOUTH. dunes in an effort to cut their way I ATLANTA, Ga.. Dec. 24. Following through to Westende. ia good business holiday season,

WHOLE COUNTRY JOINS TO BRING CHRISTMAaJ CHEER TO THE NEEfrY

Depressed Financial Conditions Make Offerings of Fortunate Ones Acceptable to Thousands in All Cities of the United States Generous Gifts Given. , Mi: I

MUNICIPALITIES PROVIDE

Cleveland Only Big City Not Making Systematic Effort to Scatter Happiness Among Its Forlorn Lodges and Societies Vie in Dispensing Charity.

BY LEASED WIRE. NEW YORK, Dec. 24. Christmas cheer will be dispensed i

among neey families throughout

!as the Salvation Armv. will provide food in various cities, while

other charitable energies will be directed toward supplying the children of the poor with toys and candies. The European war and its resultant ill effect upon business ini

vate charities will provide food, clothing and other necessities for the needy. Various missions in the Bowery and elsewhere on the1 East Side will have turkey dinners for "down and outs."

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Washing-; ton charitable organizations today completed plans on a nr-ore extensive '' scale than ever before to give the poor of the nation's capital a merry j Chistmas. The Salvation Army, Central Union Mission and Rescue Minion have provided about fifteen hundred turkey : dinners for the unemployed and hun-j gry, while the Mystic runners nave , purchased five hundred baskets bulg ing with ham and other good things to eat, which they will distribute at their headquarters to worthy families. The kiddies, too. were not forgotten. and a Santa Claus had heaps of toys at local newspaper oiifes to give to the youngsters who could not obtain them elsewhere. INDIANAPOLIS GIVES. INDIANAPOLIS, Dee. 24. A total of four thousand needy Indianapolis families, certified as d-?serving by the clearing house, will be provided with a free Christmas dinner tomorrow. The charity organizations this afternoon will superintend the distribution . to poor children of presents purchased by a fund raised Try a morning news-! paper. The fund pasted the $5,000 mark.

ersf ield and a football game between 1 DETROIT GENEROUS. ; teams of the inmates at the Connetimt i DETROIT, Mich.. Dec. 24. Christ- reformatory were among th a rra neemas day of 1 1 4 will be memorable ment s made for celebrating Christmas ! in Detroit. First and b st. every in the state institutions. child in the city and suburbs will be! showered by presents collected and j CLEVELAND BROKE, donated by citizens through an or-; CLEVELAND. Doc. 21. Cleveland" ganization of good fellows who have ' r;ty treasury is empty, and it was imraised $25,000 in cash, besides large possible for the municipality to tak quantities of clothing, and an immense an. ,;tepS to promot a Christmas ; amount of food to be distributed to the , spjrjt among the needy Public, spirit- : poor. i efj citizens in Cleveland and those Every public institution will enjoy charitably inclined, hate taken upon' ! good dinners, and many presents are : themselves to be Santa Claus, and, being sent to jails and hospitals. A j through arrangements with the newF- ! municipal Christinas tree in front of j papers, are caring fo.- the needs of i the city hall is loaded down with PCVeral hundred familiep. pretty things, which the mayor and j Cleveland factories, which often sup-1 'councilman will distribute this even- I pjy an their employes with Christmas , ng. i turkeys, are not doinc so this year, exI Icept in verv few instances. REMEMBER PRISONERS. ,

PITTSBURG. Pa.., Dec. 24 Thous-J ands of dollars in charity are being : delivered among the citys' poor by organizations, churches, societies, clubs, and individuals today. There is a j determination that no one in Pitts- j burg shall go hungry on Christmas day j and that, insofar as it is possible, ev-1 erv one's Christmas shall be a merry i one. Even the prisoners haven't been forgotten in the plans for spreading Yuletide cheer. The second annual municipal Christmas tree, the largest in western Pennsylvania, will be dedicated this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The tree stands seventy-five feet high and has twelve smaller trees grouped about it. SPREAD GOOD CHEER. COLUMBUS, O , Dec. 24.- The Yuletide spirit has prompted the more forward citizens of Columbus to make ample provision for carrying Christmas cheer into the home of the poor. Many business men and manufacturing establishments will make Christmas day the occasion for giving employment to worthy people. City authorities will gladden the hearts of thousands by means of a Christmas tree planted in the state house yard, which will serve as the background tomorrow fo a chorus choir and appropriate festivities. Fairy tales and folk dances will constitute a free entertainment for thousands of school children in a mammoth hall. SANTA CLAUS ARRIVES. SPRINGFIELD. 111., Dec. 24. This city is bringing cheer to thousands today. The first community Christmas tree ever decorated in Springfield is

'ready for the children. Hundreds of 'stocking filled with candies, nuts and Kin'tovs have been contributed for thosa

children who otherwise would have no Christmas this year. Santa Claus arrived at the state arseual at 2:30 o'clock. The first thing he did was to order a squadron of automobiles, carrying picked singes from the city's talent to tour the streets, serenading hospitals and homes. CHILDREN HAPPY. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 24 Ample preparations have been made here jno. v.,w w. j . give away 12,000 baskets of food and; toys at Convention hall tonight,

RELIEF FOR THE POOR

the entire country today and toChristmas will be cebbrated tomorrow in Atlanta befitting that tiuie-hoiiored anniversary of good will toward men. Elaborate preparations have been i made for the distribution of food, toys' and c lothing to the needy of the city. The Salvation Army. Volunteers of America, Associated Charities, lodges and churches will all join in bringing cheer and warmth to the less fortunate population. Special and elaborte prepa rationshave been made for the observation of the day at the federal prison, with a musical program and a Christmas : dinner. ' BUFFALO'S CHARITY, BUFFALO, Dec. 24 Preparations 1 ma(le by various organizations of 'charitable institutions give assurance ! it being extended to all of Buffalo's unfortunates. The Elks. Eagles. Salvation Army and other organizations have prepared thousands of baskets containing the requisites for Christmas dinners to be distributed today to the poor. Arrangements have been made to feed ten thousand persons. MOVIES FOR CONVICTS, j xeV HAVEN. Dec. 24. Moving . nictnres at the state orison in Wpth- . CHEER MINERS' CHILDREN. WHEELING. V. Va.. Dee. 1'4 The people of Wheeling ar playing Santa Claus to seventeen thousand raeced. and ill-fed little children of striking' miners of the nearby eastern Ohio coal fields. The miners have been out. of work since the first of April, and' conditions at many points are pitifuLi ELKS ASSIST POOR. SOUTH BEND, Ind.. One thousand Tuddies," the sons and daughters of the poor of this city will be made happy tomorrow afternoon by th local Elks. The Christmas party tomorrow will be the climax of tho charity work done this winter by the) lodge. A huge Christinas tree will be( a feature at the party. Already the Elks have spent close to $2,000 on clothes for poor children. Several hundred dinner will be furnished by the associated charities to-i morrow. In addition every Sunday school class in the city will prepare a basket of food for the poor whidW will be distributed tomorrow morning. SCHOOLS ADOPT POOR. CHICAGO, Dec. 24 The Hew tiling in this Christinas here is the "adop-i tion" by two high schools in well-to-do neighborhoods of two grammar schools, attended by children of working men. The Nicholas Senn high , school has raised Jl.nuti. and the Hyde) I Park high school $2.r.O by subscription j for the students, and the two schools ' have been given wagonloads of clothing. This movement originated with the students. Chicago's Christmas is the greatest in every way on record. The parcel post shipments, which aro the best index of gifts sent, totaled on Wed-j ' nesday 4TU tons, and increase of 5flj per cent over the second day before Christmas last ear. HELPS 800 POOR. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Dec. 24. Mrs.. Will Noll distributed presents to eight! hundred poor children this afternoon, the King's Daughters will have a pubilic Christinas tree celebration on the court house square and the Empress theatre gives the children of the poor a free matinee and alter the performance will distribute presents to them. SCHOOL CHILDREN SING. ELKHART, Ind., Dec. 24. One hun dred school child reu will lift up their voices in song as a feature of the citv's first municipal tree celebration. j I I j (Continued on rage Ten..