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Father Knick
Spreads Xmas
Cheer To-day
Thousands of Dinners To Re
Given by Many Ch?aritable
?Organizations ; Tenement
Districts to I are Well
Toys for All Children
Special Entertainments Are
Provided for Orphans
ana Wounded Veterans
Advance agents for Santa Claus sped
through the city yesterday, bringing
tidings cf great doings in the hospi?
tals, settlements and churches, where
the city's poor will be invited to
Christmas feasts and revels.
Not since the war have there been
to many Christmas celebrations. From
the preat gatherings of the Red Cross
for wounded soldiers and the dinners
of the big charitable, organizations,
r?ch of whom boasts the biggest Christ?
mas tree ar.d the most appetizing feasts
ever, down to the forlorn sickbay of
an immigrant si.?p. where smallpox
has prevented the lending of 1,357
?teersge passengers?no section of the
city is too poor or too remote for an
invitation from Santa Claus this sea
son. Turkey and red stockings and
golden-haired dolls will be lavished
upon a!!.
Seventeen Christmas parties arc
planned for the people of the tene?
ments by the Association for Improv?
ing the Condition of the Poor. Christ?
inas stockings filled with clothing and
toys will be distributed to 5,00 ; cl
dren by nurses of the association. The
stockings have been filled by public
tchool girls nn?i members of clubs, in
accordance with suggestions made by
the nurses for i*3rh child. Girl Scout"
and other volunteers will assist in the
distribution.
Christmas Eve will see the tubercular
patie-its in the Victoria Apartments
gathered on the roof for a Christmas
tree and distribution of gifts, and par?
ties for ether wards or" the association
will fill the day3 until New Year's.
Salvation Army to Issue Baskets
The Salvation Army will begin Its
distribution of Christmas baskets to
needy persons at ;'? ur '; tioni in Man?
hattan and Brooklyn this afternoon.
I'rce Christmas dinners for aM who
apply will . .- rurnished at i o'clock
this afternoon by the Greater New
York Philanthropic Society -.". its
kitchen, 37 City Hall Place.
Although the obi Bowery midnight
bread line has not been in operation
since 1916, uneinplo*. ..? * on the Las,
f.ide las increased to sue. an extent
that the missiti w I distribute 400
Christmas <l:r::n**:: and is considering
the possil :' ' of - toring the bread
line a; .'? w 'i ear's.
The bigg ? ' ? . : ' ?* i ."
hilarious feaster: are always found at
the Cl ner of the Brace
M mortal Newsboys Home. This year
the banquet v, ill be - ; n ad ? ? < h fist?
ulas afternoon at 5 o'clock for 400 boys,
? ?- turkey and ham and cake and ice
cream and all * Afterward
who can move will tramp -up
Eta rs for a Christmas tree and
tainment, I
r.or e ta ent.
n '? Yoi ? for : he Pr< ?
venti m of ' 'ru< Ity to Children will
have a i irty in th? ! ? ??? d S! eiter, at
E14th Streel nd Bolton R?
ten Two hundred child re- whost
own home- will n? t be visited bj
Santa Claus will be given the toy:
which they a ked for in their letters
to the Christmas saint written twe
? ??.:?-. ago, and i I : ; f nds of tnc
?ssw h
Children's Aid Society Busy
The ' en's Aid I ty has a lis'
of 10,( i - ? in need oi
help from the ? :at theii
Ch ri s t m aa i s to mea . up to the il
snticipatio . A gift, a box
and a Christmas nni - ? be sup?
plied to everj one at twenty-three cen?
t?n and
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limbs, will ? "Tiny Tim,1
and other cri]
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poem and Carolyn Wells, Edwin Mark
harr, and Arthur Gn terman will he.If
oot ir. the hilarity. .' h< re
ings filled with " ys and a dinner or
Christmas mon
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which .- list, an
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provii ..... wards
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after the doll?' have settled down in
' ? ? new mothers' arms.
The New Y ?:.- County Chapter of the
American Red Cross will distribute 900
steckin?a tilled with toys ?13d candy
I to the immigrant children detained at
l Filis Island. There an* Christmas trees
in ?11 t ho hospital wards, and on
Christmas evening thrre will be sing?
ing of carols in the lan'guages of the
I *;3.33*.igra!its. On Sunday 'then- will be
a Christmas concert by Alma Simp
son and Bohei33ian musicians.
Veterans To Be Honor Guests
, The American Re.d Cross has es?
tablished Christinas headquarters for
wounded soldier% nnd cx-servicc men
ai 3 East Fifty-third Street. One thou
' sand veterans V.3H have invitations to
dine 333 private homes on Christmas
Day, through the New York Com
] munity Service, at ITtO West Forty
? sixth Street. All pvsons wishing to
entertain veterans should apply bc
fori: 11 o'clock to-morrow morning at
' the headquartc3s. The Federal Hoard
: of Vocational Training has made ar?
rangements for Christmas dinners for
1 1.000 veterans, 700 being the guests
1 of the Hotel Commodore today, and
others at the Ui3?on League and Yale
elubs tomorrow. Mips Ann* Morgan
, will entertain sixtv ex-soldiers on
' Christmas ni^rht. On Deceii3ber 27 the
; People's Liberty Chorus wil1 give a
Christmas party at the High School
; cf Commerce.
And, last of all, the horses. The an?
nual Christmas feed will be distributed
; at Gansevoort Market, West Twelfth
i Street, on Christmas Day, 3jnder the
tlirection of Mrs. Stcila Ehrlich, presi
dent of the Horse Aid Society. The
horses who have hauled the city's pres?
ents for the last mor.th will pet their
reward in buckets of oats and carrots
.. 1 ? sugar.
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Sisters Sue for $500,000
On Release From Asylum
Mirles Brush Ask Damages of
: Doctors Said To Be Respon?
sible for Commitment
Phoebe M. Brush and her sister, Ada,
two spinsters who obtained their re
leas-.: from the State Hospital for the
Insane at Kings Park, L. !.. after being
confined there for ten" years, have filed
suits, it was icai3ied yesterday, against
the physicians who they allege are
responsible for their commitment.
The physicians are Dr. W. B. Gibson
and Dr. Walter Lindsay, of Huntington,
L. I., where the sisters formerly lived.
Each sister is seeking to recover $250.
("iii damages from each physician. The
suits have been filed in the Supreme
| Court of Westchester County, the sis
3ers now having a home near Yonkers
with a former nurse in the Kings Park
Hospital, who was instrumes3tal in ob
, tair.ing their release.
They allege that though the two phy?
sicians made affidavit that the sisters
i were violently and homicidally insana
i neither of the physicians ever had ex?
amined tiiem, that the affidavits were
false and the proceeding's illegal.
Douglass Co33klin, president of the
B:i:ik of Huntington, who was tr'.istet
of the Brush sisters' estate during
i their commitment, is p'eparin?. to re
turn to them the $30,000 property ol
which he was custodia3*..
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Court Reserves Decision
In Blosveren Divorce Suit
77t!i Division Officer, Son oi
Baron Accuses Former Model
in Father's Shop
Justice Van Sielen reserved decisioi
i yesterday in the Supre?3ie Court o:
Queens County after hearing testimony
in support of an application for divorce
filed by Benjamin Blo.iveren, of Flush
' ing, son of the late Baron Blosvercn
proprietor of a fur shop at 36 Wes
Thirty-seventh Street, Manhattan.
Lillian Gleason Blosveren, fron
whom the young man wants a divorce
' 3'ermerlv was a mod"l in his father'
shop. Bei3Jamin Blosveren was an of
fices attached to 77th Division Head
quarters and married her shortly be
fore sailing for France.
He was cited twice for gallantry i:
; action. After his departure his bride in
forn3ed his parents of their 3narriag
and went to live with her family, givin,
up her position in the Blosveren fu
shop. On his return from France, he
i'.-i'and failed to ask her to shar
his home, and about a year ago sh
started notion agaii-.st his father fo
alleged alienation of his affections.
T: " elder Blosveren was ill at Sar<i
t*".c Lake ?t the time and died befor
the suit came to trial. The younge
nan alleges that private detectives ot
tained evidence November 20 warrant
ing i.i:.3 in seeking a divorce.
Wil son Presents Turkeys
To White House Attache
President Also to Remembe
Children Living Along Road
to His Golf Club
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.?Prepare
tiens were made to-day at the Whit
: House for another quiet Christmas re
! ebration because of President Wilson
condition.
Distribution of tnrk?ys to all ?77hH
House employees by the President,
precedent Virat established by Preside!
Arthur, began to-day, nine barrels ?
turkeys haveng been riceived for tl
purpose. The usual decoration wi1
holly and greens also was in progress.
M - Margaret Wilson, daughter
the President; Dr. Stockton Axso
brother of the President's first wit
. a few of Mrs. Wilson's immedia
relatives wiil be at the White Hou
?ng the Christmas season. T
Pr< ?dent's other daughters, ?Urs. Fra
;.;..". and her three children, at
Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, and her two ch
, will not b* here this season.
On account of the absence of ch
dren there will be no Christmas tree
the White Hou-ie. The President ai
JVilson are expected to folk
their Christmas Day custom, howev?
and distribute gift? personally to ch
i dren along the road which the Prei
followed when in good health
visit to ;. goll club in 3i?an.?y V
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Italian Ship To Be field Here
2 Weeks Because of Smallpf
Announcement was made at Quara
? rti yesterday that the steamship Du
degll Abruzii, which arrived here frt
j Naples on ?Wednesday, will be detain
, in port for two week? because of sma
?pox in the steerage. The vessel ct
! ried l,40o steerage passengers, and
I will be held aboard for observation
Several stricken aliens were taken
nburne [?.land for treatment.
was planned to' divert the vessel
Philadelphia because of the congest
. condition of Ellis Inland, iiut the film
aboard made it imperative that i;hc
I ? id here in Quarantine.
Bootblack by Day, |
Joins the Society
Jazzers at Night |
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Brush Widder Seeking to;
Learn Latest Steps G<ns 30 !
Days for Invading Ball- j
room of Pennsylvania j
Boots and shoes play an important j
part in the life of Daniel Lorichio, !
twenty-two years old, of 19S8 Second
Avenue. In the dayti3ne he shines them |
and at night wears thorn to a frazzle, j
cavorting on the dance hall floors of the j
upper East bide. Daniel not only I
wields a mean brush, but he likewise
tripa a neat and light fantastic.
But the young man's associates are a
progressive lot and soon tire of the
same old steps. So it is distinctly up
to Daniel to make an occasional tour of
the more exclusive dance palaces of the |
city that he may learn new turns and
twists and bring them back to his
friends. Hence the bootblack Beau
Brummel's appearance yesterday morn?
ing in Jefferson Market court.
A eharge of disorderly conduct had
been entered against the prisoner by
Detective William Collen, of the Hotel
Pennsylvania, who briefly recited the
incidents leading up to and including
Lorichio's arrest. He said he had no-I
ticed the bootblack loitering about the1
main ballroom of the hotel on several I
evenings, but that he apparently was aj
man of refinement, his long fur coat!
indicating that he was likewise a man I
of mea is.
Lorichio caused his own downfall
Wednesday night, when he left the
ballroom's portals and made for a
washroom. The detective followed and
watched closely. The suspect removed
the costly fur coat, the detective said,
and rgvealed a soft shirt that had seen
long usage since it last visited a laun?
dry. The color of Lorichio's hands and
face was shocking, it was charged.
Magistrate Max S. Levinc fixed the
prisoner with a stern pair of eyes.
"What were you doing there?" he
asked the defendant.
"1 shjned eighty pairs of shoes yes?
terday," Lorichio replied, "and when I
got through I was too tired to wash. !
I belong to a dancing circle and was j
appointed to hang around the big hotels
8i;d get the latest steps so I could
teach them to the 333embers."
The explanation failed to register
with the court, and a sentence of
thirty days was imposed on the culprit.
Goodwin's Gift Stands
-
Miss Gardner, Who Was En?
gaged to Actor, Gets Effects
Surrogate C'ohalan decided yesterday
that Miss Georgia L.,Gardner, who, it
was said, was engaged to marry Nat C.
Goodwin at the time of the actor's
death, was entitled to the furnishings
of his apartment, at 601 West 115th
Street. This gift made by Mr. Good?
win, both verbally and in writing, was
attacked by Klaw &. Erlanger, who have
a claim of $11,000 against his estate.
They sought to have the articles
claimed by Miss Gardner declared a
part of the estaie.
At the same time Surrogate Cohalan
decided that. Nathaniel C. Goodwin,
father of the Jead actor and admin?
istrator of his estate, must account for
515,374, the amount of a judgment ob?
tained by Nat Goodwin against a mo?
tion picture concern for breach of con?
tract and turned over to hiB father.
The question of the elder Goodwin's
right to retain the amount, of this
judgment must be presented to the
court in another form, the Surrogate
ruled.
Plans Industrial Democracy
Chicago Gas Company to Share
With Workers
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.?The People's
Gas and Light Company, one of the.
largest public utility concerns in the
country, plans to establish an "indus?
trial democracy" among its workers, so
that the employees will have an equal
voice with their employer;; in deciding
questions affecting them, it. was an?
nounced to-day by Samuel Insull, presi?
dent of the company. He wrote a letter
to every employee outlining the plan,
which must first be approved by the
esnployees.
The principle of.-tl.e plan will con?
sist of joint councils in which the em?
ployees will have equal representation
with the en ployers.
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Gobs Play Santa to Orphans
VENICE, Italy, Dec. 23.?in addition
to playing Santa Claus to thousand: of
refugees at Cattaro and Kagusa, the
men of the Arno an naval forces are
plasining to provide Christmas gifts,
for thousands of orphans at Venice and
also to thousands of Dalmatian chil-j
dren. ?
Meanest Thief Strips
Church Christmas Tree
ATLANTA, Dec- 23.?Atlanta's
meanest thief broke into All
Saints' Episcopal Church last
] night and stripped a big Christ
mat' tree of all gifts, even carry?
ing away ribbons and decorations.
Most of his loot was boxes of
candy or other goodies, ready for
! the children's Christmas celebra?
tion.
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Police Union Head Held
As Spurious Bill Passer |
Rhode Island Man Proffers $10 !
Notes in Payment for Xnias
Present for Priest
A man giving his name as Thomas
Smith was arrested in Macy's yesterday
for proffering two alleged counterfeit
?.10 Federal Reserve notes in payment
for a Christmas present.
George \V in ship Taylor, Assistant
United States Attorney, said that Smith I
had been on the police force of Provi- j
dence, P. L, for twenty years and was
president of the policemen's union
there. Smith refused any further in?
formation about himself. He would not
say how the alleged spurious notes
came into his possession. When ar?
raigned before United States Commis?
sioner Hitchcock he waived examina?
tion and was held in $5,000.
According to Mr. Taylor, Smith was
buying a wallet for a priest in Brook?
lyn. It was to be a Christmas gift and
its price was $11. Smith gave the clerk
two $10 notes. The cashier called a
I house detective. Smith was arrested
i and an operative of the Secret Service
was sent to investigate. He said that
the notes had not been "raised" and
i were excellent counterfeits.
Lee Funeral in Church
Despite Suicide Theory
Priest Insists Nassau County
Police Are Wrong in Their
Explanation of Death
Nassau County officials held to their
? theory of suicide yesterday in the
| death of Mrs. John A. Lee, widow o?
a Brooklyn surgeon, .whose body was
j found in the surf at Long Beach Mon
? day night, although the circumstances
I of her death do not wholly agree with
. that theory, and funeral services were
\ held for her yesterday in the Church
j of Oar Lady of Victory, in Brooklyn.
I "Under no circumstances," said the
| Rev. Joseph Woods, pastor of the
, church, "would funeral services He
, permitted for Mrs. Lee in a Catholic
| church if she had committed suicide."
Examination of her lungs showed
j that Mrs. l.ec bud not been drowned,
j as was at first supposed. It was found
! also that she had in her purse half
I of a return-trip ticket to Lo.ng Beach,
i entitling her to passage back to New
: York. The footprints she left in the
, sand follow a wavering course, as
though she made them while fleeing
to escape from a pursuer.
"While friends may be reluctant to
; accept the theory of suicide," said
I Captain Walter Barr?scale, of tbve Long
? Beach, police, "we have been unable
I to find any one else in any way con?
nected with her death or any indica
i tion that she was murdered. Chief
I P. J. Tracey and I have not changed
'. our opinion that it was a?case of self
1 destruction. In the absence of posi
< tive evidence I want to make it clear,
however, that it is merely an opinion."
?Blonde Wins Her a Divorce
?Court Announces Mr?. Barry
I Will Be Awarded a Decree
l Justice Platt announced yesterday
j in the Supreme Court at White Plains,
N, V., t^at be would grant a divorce
1 to Mrs. Frances A. Barry, of I'lcasant
ville, after the testimony in the case
: ha?! been written. She is the wife of
I Walter If. Barry, an auctioneer, who is
a member of the 7th Regiment and of
the Union League Club. He made no
defense to his wife'a action, although
his attorney was present.
i Private detectives told of following
I Barry one night last May to the Hotel
Knickerbocker, where he nier, g blonde
young -woman, who was described as
"some pretty thicken." They went to
a restaurant, th?* detectives said, and
I then returned to the Knickerbocker,
? where the joung woman got. a suitcase.
) She waited with her suitcase for Barry,
i they said, in the Grand ("entrai Station,
while he went to the Union League.
Club
Then, the detectives said, both went
to the Hotel Commodore, where they;
registered as W. B. Henry and wiio j
and were found together in a room.
Girls' Faces Dirty,
Says Father Suing
For Their Custody I
12-Year-Old Daughter!
Stamps Foot as She Re?
sent Parent's Charge on i
Stand in Nvack Court
George Howe, a New York real estate
man, in habeas corpus proceedings
brought in the Supreme Court at Nyack
against his wife to obtain custody of
bis four young daughters, charged that
they weren't being properly fed or
clothed and that their faces were often
dirty.
Mary Iiowe, however, who is twelve
years old and the eldest of the girls,
stamped her foot on the witness stand
at White Plains yesterday and said it
wasn't true. The case began December
4 at Nyack and was continued at White
Plains yesterday in open court. Howe's
wife obtained a separation decree from
him in December, 1918, on the. ground
of abandonment.
Mary, Evelyn, ten years old; Dor?
othy, seven ye-ara old. and Ruth, five
years old, arc the daughters for whom
the father is fighting. They arc now
living with their mother on Alta Ave?
nue, Park Hill, Yonkers.
Mary became vehement as she tes?
tified. "We always live aa my girl
friends live," she said. "I know abso?
lutely I've never been dirty, because I
have, always had enough clothes to
change to. I wash my face and hands
five times a day. It is ridiculous to say
that they have been dirty.
"In order to Vic up to the 3nark to-day
a girl has got to have ut least a clean
face and ilean hands."
Howe told tho court that he wanted
Mary, Evelyn and Dorothy put. in a
good boarding school for girls, and said
that the youngest, Huth, might be "left
on probation with her mother." lie
said that in event the ?rirls were placed
in his custody he thought the alimony
of $-150 being granted -Mrs. Howe might
be reduced, as it would cost about
$1,000 a year each ,to send his daugh?
ters to a school he considered proper.
Mrs. Howe denied her husband's allega?
tions. The case was adjourned until
Tuesday.
No Snow, Santa Must
Visit U. S. in His Aero
Northern Netv York Among
Few Sections to Enjoy
'Good Old' White Xmas
WASHINGTON, T>ec. 2.'.?-Santa Claus
in his visits to the homjs of American
children to-moriov.- niglft will be com?
pelled to resort almost completely to
an airplane or similar new-fangled
conveyance, for the Weather Bureau to?
night* forecast, a snowless Christmas
for almost the entire United States.
"Fair and cold" was the weather fore?
caster's prediction for almost the en?
tire portion of the country accustomed
, in "the good old days" to a "whit?
Christmas." The only snow of suf?
ficient depth for the sleigh of the:
Christmas saint, tiie bureau said, would
be in Wisconsin, northern Michigan
northern New York and northern New
England, where snow fell early in the
| week and has not melted. There maj
be some new snow in the northern
Rocky Mountain region, it was said
but elsewhere the fall will be confin?e
to flurries.
The Pacific Coast was execpted fron:
the forecast for fair weather, the chart;
and maps of the Weather Bureau show
ing that rain and generally unsettle?
weather might be expected eecat of the
Rocky Mounta-ns.
The South, where si3ow seldom ap?
pears as early as Christmas, if at, alj
will have weather slightly below th<
average for this time of (he. year, the
bureau said.
Barbour Surrenders in
Model's $500,000 Suits
Paterson "Millionaire Returns
From Europe; Gives Self Up;
Says Plaintiff Has Husband
Robert Barbour, millionaire thread
manufacturer, of Paterson, N. J.. sur?
rendered hi3nse!f yesterday to Sheriff
David H. Knott, on an order of arrest
that has been outstanding against bim
since last September, when Miss May B.
Rollins, a Brooklyn artist's mode!,
brought two suit.s each for $250,000
against Mr. Barbour, one action alleg?
ing breach of promise and the other
assault.
The order for the arTest of Mr. Bar?
bour was issued at the time by Justice
Aspinall, in Brooklyn, bnt was turned
over to Sheriff Knott, In New York
County, because ?counsel for Miss Rollins
was infon33ed that the defendant was
about to sai! for Esirope.
Charles S. Pryor, attorney for Mr.
Barbour, said the latter was unaware of
the order at that time, and went to
Europe on business. Mr. Barbour re?
turned from Europe on Wednesday 033
the steamship Olympic. A bail bond was
arranged soon after Mr. Barbour sur?
rendered and he was released.
Miss Rollins alleged that Mr. Bar
hour promised five years ago to isiarry
hoi*. She went to his apartment in Pat?
erson on July 1" last, said the model,
and the millionaire severely beat ber.
Mr. Barbour appeared to 3iot take the
suit serious!.*.* He said he intended to
prove that at the time of the alleged
assault Miss Rollins was oui motoring
with another man. As to the alleged
breach of promise to marry her, Mr.
Barbour said that the plaintiff already
had a husband.
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Policemen Said to Have
Raided Jail, Hanged Man
Grand Jury to Sift Lynching
of Patrolman's Alleged Slaver
bv Masked Mob
FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. 23. A
special session of the grand jury* was
called to convene to-morrow to inves?
tigate the lynching last night 0:'
Thomas W. Vickery, who was in jail
charged with kil?33g Policeman Jeff
Couch. Reports that policemen made
up a party who removed Vickery from
jail will be investigated, it was usider
stood.
Twenty-five masked men entered the
jail and overpowered the jailer and
his assistants. The prisoner, clad only
1 in night clothes, was removed from
his cell, taken to a grove near the
packing house district, and hanged to
a tree. After firing a few shots into
the body the masked men dispersed.
Sheriff Smith and Chief of Police
I Porter, warned anonymously by tele?
phone that Vickery was being hanged,
reached the grove shortly after the
mob liad disbanded.
Vickery was thirty years old and a
service car driver. He had been in jail
since Monday night, when Policeman
Couch v,a;; killed. The latter was on
duty and had answered a call from a
garage to arrest an intoxicated man.
The officer was shot, when he arrived at
the garage.
; Cardinal Gibbons Weak but
Cheerful, Bishop ?Reports
BALTIMORE, Dec. 23. ~ Cardinal
Gibbons's condition was unchanged to?
day, it ?a.- said at Union Mills, Md..
where he is staying at the home of
friends. He is declared by those close
to him to be cheerful and is conserving
his strength in every possible way.
Bishop O. B. Corrigan, vicar general
of the diocese, paid a visit of several
hours to the Cardinal yesterday. He
said upon his return that the Cardinal
was about the same as he had i.?e<*?i
for the last three or four days. "I
found him weak, but in a very cheer?
ful mood," the bishop added. "There
seemed nothing in his condition Lo
warrant present alarm."
Summons in Suit
For Goodvear Co.
Receiver Quashed
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Action in Franklin County,
Ohio.Nullified; Meeting of
Stockholders To-day; New
Financial Program Sought
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Pec. 23.?Judg? ?'
: Kinkead, in the Court of Common
: Pleas, to-day sustained a motion to-1
i quash summons in the -suit filed ny
: Frank S. Monnett, former Attorney Gen
eral of Ohio and a minority stock- :
t older in the Goodyear Rubber Com-!
pany, asking appointment of a receiver;
for the company. This nullifies the ac- -'
tion in this county, it was said, un:ess
cervice can be made on an agent.
At the same time, the court sus?
tained a demurrer filed by F. V. Free?
man, a local broker, named in the Mon?
nett suit as a defendant. Freeman as?
serted that he had no connection with
the case and should not have been
named in the suit.
There are no company agents in
Franklin County, it wae asserted by
counsel for th-* rubber company, on
whom summons coubi be served.
The annual meeting of the stockhold?
ers of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company is scheduled to take, place to?
day at. Akron. Much interest in the
meeting is manifested in New York, as
it is believed that a decision may be
reached there on plans for putting
through a new financial program to
take care of the pressing needs of the
corporation.
Certain of the leading creditors of
the Goodyear compa?iy have been con?
ferring in New York relative to what
course of action to pursue. J. P. Mor?
gan <?? Co. bave been approached on
the matter of helping to finance the
company, it was learned yesterday.
Bankers who have been working or.
1 a plan whereby the Goodyear company
; would be provided with $40.000.000
through the public sale of securities t->
take care of bank loars and supply ad?
ditional working capital arc said 10
have refused to go ahead nntil certain
changes had been made in the manage?
ment of the company.
Shares of the Goodyear company rose
1 r'.iarply on the Curb yesterday follow?
ing announcement from Columbus that
; the suit for i receivership had bc^n
i dismissed. The common stock, after
opening at 16Va and dropping to 16,
? -allied to 21. The preferred Rold as
? low as 1)6 and then soared* to 41.
$265,000,000 Pension
Bill Is Passed by House
Action Unanimous, Only 30
Members Voting; $309.985.
490 More To Be Spent
X'rom The Tribune-'? Washington Bureaj
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.?The an?
nual pension bill, carrying a total ol
. 51265,000,000, was passed by the House
this afternoon unanimously. There
were thirty voting. Debate on the
measure was limited to two hours.
Estimated disbursements providec
under the bill are: Civil War, $251.
I 612,192; War of 1812, $21,145: Mexicai
War, $840,439; Indian wars, $2,168,91.5;
| Spanish-American War, $5,844,360
World War, $36,754, and regular estab
i lishment, $4,476.215.
The sub-committee which drafted th<
: bill estimated that in addition to the
. pension..- the government in the next
1 riscal year would expend $309.985,49(
in war risk compensation, maintenance
of soldiers' 'coin?s, medical and hos
: pital treatment t'or war veterans 8nt
I vocational work.
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Battle Honors Protested
26th Claims Credit Gnen to
2d Division iu France
Fpeciol Dispatch to The Tribune
BOSTON, Dec. 23. -The report
brought from Europe by Colonel Ed?
ward A. Logan that monuments bave
be?33' erected at Vaux and between
Vigneulles and Hatton Chattoi to com?
memorate the recapture of those vil?
lages from the Germans by two regu
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those tow'3?-. and ought to get the
credit.
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is :.? monument saying that the 2d
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ghes to the I?t Division ??????lit for
their capture. Men of the 2?tb recall
that they entered loth places six
'ours ahead of the 1st Division.
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