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JUR Y IN AKN5TBN
f ASE DISCHARGED;
AGREEMENT FAILS
be*3ack Continues 20
Hoars With No Chances
Seen to Get Together.
After MVlr twenty hour* absence
Iroa the courtroom the inry
In th? CM* of Jnle? (Nicky) Anstein
and hi* alleged associate* nported
to Justice OooJd ysstsrdAy
morn ins, when csort convened. that
they were hopeleealr divided end
could not acre* o? either the gnllt
or innocence of amy ?lagls on* of
the defendants or on the (roup aa
a whole.
After beiag questioned by Justice
fiould aa to tlie possibility of their
reaching a vsrdlct If they again petired.
and aaawerlng In the negative.
the Jurymen were discharged
-with the thank* of the court.
Dufsadsats* Hopes High.
Arnstein. with Bowie*. Easterday.
Kullivan and their reapectlve attoi
TL. yn. faced the Jury when It cunt
in with high hope* for an acquittal,
but none of them was downcast
when they heard that the Jury had
" A*?r*<1;he Jury wa?
they all gathered in the hall, and
after a few minutes" conversation
with their counsel the d?tfnd""
were congratulated on their narrow
escape by many friends.
IV L eel We Pal O'Brten was on
hand When the Jury came in. and
immediately arrested Bowles upon,
the request of the New York lull,
on ilea. Bowles was not taken
by surprise, aa he found
day night that he would be arreated
and waa prepared. T. Morris
-W ampler, as In the eaae of Nick
C'.hn. wa* ready with a petition for
a writ of habeas corpus to secure
his client's relaaae on bond 'or u ii
appearance at the extradition proc.
Mltngs. which were set for Jaaumy
14'
4rm?tet. Dtaa??el?ted.
vrnstein said. -1 am disappointed
wtth the vsrdlct. I should have ner,
acquittad. I am sorry now that tb?
whole orltalr Is not over with. Howexer.-ibe
remarked. "I am anxious
to hesee tbe second performance beKin
a*d tbe saoner it doe* the better
1 will be satisfied. I am all
ready to ga through It again.
M'lUlam 3. Fallon, counsel for
Arnstela, said. ~t was expecting a
verdict of not gollty. The next step
will be taken ta New York. I have
been trying for months to have the
authorities there bring Arnstein to
trial, but they have hesitated and
hesitated?-and then they passed the
buck to the Washington authorities,
who indicted aad tried the men in a
group. As soon as I get back to
New York I am going to demand an
Immediate trial for 'Nicky* and then
you can bet be will be acquitted.
"In New York all of the defendants
would have to be tried separately.
but In "Washington that cannot
be done unless the court congents
to it.
Trow my point of vkfw It would
t>e a wute of time arid money for
the local authorities to attempt to
try these men over again. However,
jury conw teave done worn! lx>
on^ **-nse We have won a vlctory-r
th< tfbrerement failed to convict.*
Waaler Claims Victory.
T. Mtf-fis Wsmpler. counsel for
Bowles. Sullivan and Easterday, was
th.? most optimistic of all. He said:
"We jiave won hands down. The
prosecution started out and for one
monfci tried their hardest to convict
these men and they failed.
To attempt it again would only
serve to have another Jury disagree."
Assistant District Attorney John
T. l>e?llng. of New York, who first
investigated the $5,000,000 bond
robbery, refused to comment upon
the outcome of the trial. He did
deny, however, that it was his fault,
or the fault of the authorities in
New -York, that Arnstein and his
a'ieged associates had not been
brought to trisl in that city.
In answer to a question about
The possibility of an early trial in
Hew York City, Dooling stated that
h? was not in a position to make
any predictions. It all depends, he
stated, on the condition of the court
calendar in bis jurisdiction.
United States Attorney for the
JMstrlct. John R Laskey. who, with
Assistant District Attorney James
B. Archer, has been prosecuting
Arnstein and the others, expressed
keen disappointment at the disagreement
of the jury.
Flams New Trial*
Laskey set at rest the rumor that
the government would not attempt
to bring the men to tfi&l. again
in Washington. 'These defendants,"
h? said, "will be tried again, but
1 cannot say when. The government
is justified in going to the espmse
of another trial in the attempt
to put these men in prison.**
David W. Sullivan stated that
he was disappointed with the verdict
+lso. "1 was almost absolutely
sure of an acquittal." he said.
"There was not sufficient evidence
to convict me. How the Jury came
to disagree is beyond me."
Arnstein left the city on the Congressional
Limited for New York,
from whence he will go to Chicago
to spend the holidays with his actress
wife. Fsnnle Brlce. He took
with him $5,000 In cash which he
obtained from the clerk of the court
after having arranged to furnish
a recognisance of $10,000, instead
of allowing the $5.00* to remain
here as surety for his appearance
when wanted again.
It was reported to Laskey, after
the jury was discharged, that one
of them, who stood for conviction
of all the defendants, wished to
say that he (the Juror) felt very
much humiliated because three
other Jurors stood for acquittal after
listening to the evidence for a
whole month of a nature sufficient
to convict anyone. L*askey did not
learn the name of that juror.
Hyattsville Girls Ready
To Fight in Next War
Not to be outdone by the boys,
the girls at Hyattsville High School
have decided to organise a cadet
corps. The uniform will consist of
navy blue skirt, white middy blouse,
blue tam o'shanter with school letters
and taa shoes. Commissioned
officers will be appointed through
> 'impetitlv* examination.
Chamberlain Resting,
? Following Operation
Following an operation at the
Smergency Hospital yesterday Senator
George E. Chamberlain, of
Oregan. was reported last night to
be resting comfortably. The Senator
la suffering from kidney trouble
aad has been In Mi<* hospital u
week tod7 ri i visited yes*"
' s stenographer
.kii a r? .. .. ....da. \ f
Birthday Greetings 1
?
, Hi
Dr. U BIUU,
Eyesight specialist, who resides
ia the Horns apartment. Seventh i
and K streets northwest, was
born <2 years ago today. Dr.
Berman is prominent In the Elks
organisation as member of '
Local No. 15. He received his
professional education In Phil- _
adelpkia. where he graduated In
HW and has been practicing
in Washington sinee that time.
BRITAIN ISOLATED
FROM ALL WORLD
Three-Day Celebration Sans
Travel, Cables or
Wires.
LONDON, Bee. 34.?Great Britain,
not content with a mere pre-war
Christmas tomorrow, begins celebration
of a pre-Victorlan holiday.
Business is to be suspended for
three days. The curtailment of
communication was the nearest approach
to the olden days when
telegraphy was unknown, the cable
was not even a wild dream and
newspapers were not ^ necessarily
bearers of news.
With no interest in what transpires
In the rest of the world in
the next three days. Great Britain
was supposed to settle into an oldfashioned
Yuletide, with blazing
logs and warming drinks to aid the
merriment.
Transportation by rail, steamer
and truck was ordered confined to
the most necessary business. No
Will will be delivered and telegrams
will be distributed only at
certain hours. Newspapers will be
idle Saturday. Sunday and Monday.
R*-ports of Irish difficulties, complications
in France and the Near
East, unemployment and all other
troubles confronting the government
will cease for those three
days to worry the ordinary citizen.
All trains leaving the city were
packed to capacity today. Guests
were leaving for week-end partie*
in all sections of England. Those
at home shuttered their office an4
UhoD windows and planned celebra
dens in Jy*n<JoQ.
Loadun'f treats was* .busy tM
?- Uf**?ier. hustHti*
tte r .as' Brass Sknda *?-1
' tr to some stores Ar
h? .'it- > > the curbs witb their {
an.?..c. ,nd thetr appeals for
tonirlbvticxs.
Bandit* Get $5#00
In Ex.rress Hold-up
N'EWBDlcQ. f! y,f Dec. 24 ?
Bandits today h?- up' W. J. Neale
?gci.t at iiir
^e?t it I- Station at fort
Montgot - y kfr? anrt tool|
from him -^i? than $5,000 It, rur7
jMncy. The three T?a^iu <iad a
limojsme. One sran reirvned >
the car another acted ** loo'i
out. while the third went to the
station.
When a Northbound train arrived
with the payroll of the Hudson Iron
Mine Company. Neale. who is crippled.
received the money from the
express car. One bandit approached
him and putting a revolver to
Neale's side took the grip containing
the money and started to run.
John Anderson, an assistant at the
station, witnessed the theft, and. securing
a revolver, fired si* times at
the highwayman. The man fell
once and is believed to have been
wounded.
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1 HE HERALD!
What When Where
Amusements.
Belasco?Cecil Lean and Cleo
May field in "Look Who's. Here."
National?"The Half Moon."
Poll's?"Aphrodite."
Keith's?Vaudeville, matinee daily
Strand?Vaudeville and pictures,
matinee dally.
Cosmos?Vaudeville and pictures:
matinee daily.
Oayety?"Parisian Whirl"
Folly?"Naughty, Naughty."
Metropolitan?"Unseen Forces."
Rialto?"Oh. Lady. Lady!"
Palace?Bert Lytell In "The Misleading
Lady."
Garden?"Heliotrope."
Columbia?"Idols of Clay."
Knickerbocker?Dorothy Gish In
"Flying Pat."
Crandall'a?"The Tiger's Coat."
?
To Our Frien<
We wis
Merry Xmc
Happy Neu
We thank you for y
and hope to serve
Berman <
813 7th
dr. l. berman
DISTRICT BUDGET
APPEALS RECEIVE
CLOSE SCRUTINY
Senate Committee Hearings
Expected "to Continue
Several Days.
Investigation of the District budEet
by the Senate Appropriations
subcommittee ?u prolonged yesterday
by the tedium of examining
charities and corrections and courts
lata, presented by George 8. Wlllon,
secretary of the Board of Charities,
and the District commissionirs.
This means that the hearings
will continue this week for perhaps
several days and a report to
Congress before the first of the yaar
will be Impossible.
Senator Curtis, chairman of the
subcommittee, would not say whether
the appeals of District officials
for the full appropriations asked In
the annual estimates for the yeai
beginning June 30 next are likely
to bear fruit, but Indicated that the
hearings have been very enlightening.
Wuli 50-00 Basis.
Commissioner Boardman made an
extensive argument In favor of the
50-50 basis of tax relation* between
the District and Federal governments.
which were abandoned
through the passage of a law at the
last session for the plan by which
the District pays 60 per cent of the
District's taxes and the United
States 40 per cent. A bill baa been
Introduced in the Senate proposing
the re-establlshment of the old halfand-half
plan.
Mies Boardman told the Senators
the capital city served as a home
seat for the government, where Federal
officials and employes and army
and navy people receive the benefits
of the streets and the policing,
schools and other conveniences; that
Washington as a center of beauty,
art. literature and culture la of
benefit to the nation at large and
that the city Is as much the nation's
as It Is those who live here.
Data Give* oa Coarts.
Further Information on the Items
relating to the courts of the District
and their connections with
-harltles and corrections, and on the
xtimates In a general way are to
mark the sessions this week. It Is
inderstood the District commissioners
will be asked to select what In
their opinion can be most easily
'pared of all the vast array oi
"items." with an explanation by the
sub-committee that while the government
is willing to do the best
It can there will be nt> escape from
the fact that economy Is necessary
In everything. "We must economise,"
said a Senator In discussing the
irospects of DisVlct appropriations
"That's all there is to It. But the
Oistrict commissioners have made a
very strong case in their efforts to
obtain the full amount asked, so I
mderstand. Their efforts probably
vill not be entirely wasted."
3EACH AGAINST
PATUXENTPLAN
i
Engineers Think the Potomac
Best to Increase Water
Supply.
Maj. Gen. L. H. Beach. Chief of
:he Army Engineers, in a letter to
he Speaker of the House yesterlay,
reported that as a result of a
-horou*h investigation, the Army
Jngi \?ers have decided in favor of
he i/otomac and against the Patuxeni
proposal for increasing the
rater supply of the iJis^rict.
At 'he same time Gen. Beach, In
i preliminary statement relative
- progress of the survey being
conducted by the Engineers into
he feasibility of harnessing Great
Falls for the production of elecrical
energy, stated that a conclusion
had been reached that this
work could be accomplished at a
cost cheap enough to be both feasible
and economic.
VA. UNIVERSITY
HAS $25,000 FIRE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.. Dec. 24.
?Fire starting in the furnace room
at 4 o'clock this morning practically
destroyed a large brick building on
"he north corner of the west range
of the University of Virginia, causing
a loss of $25,000. In the build
ng were the physiological anil pharmacological
laboratories, and much
ipparatus was consumed. Including
ill records and correspondence In
he office of Dr. J. Alexander Wadl
el I. professor of pharmacology, who
Is absent in Florida.
There was no wind at the time, or
else other laboratories and offices,
including that of Dean Hough, of
the medical department, and Edgar
Mian Poe's room, at 13 West Range,
would have been destroyed.
President Alderman and membei*
of tht faculty aided in removing
records from the laboratories. Th.
burned building, a brick structure,
was one of the original designed by
Jefferson. In the baaement. several
years ago, was discovered an
entrance to a mysterious subterranean
passage-way, leading north.
Gonzaga Trims Alumni.
Gonzaga defeated the alumn!
yesterday by 37 to 10 in the Ganzaga
gym. O'Connor, Byrne and
DufTy starred for the winners whil"
Costello, Mills and O'Donohue did
the best word for the losers.
ds and Patrons:
>h you a
is and
i Year
our past patronage
you in the future.
Optical Co.
SLN.W.
HOME AND FIRE
CITY ON XM/
CAROLERS
Streets Deserted Ev
Dawning of C
t '
In the pale light of a full December
moon, Washington stole
home to Its firesides early last night'
and trimmed It* Christmas trees for
pajama-clad youngsters who nestled
under covers dreaming of toys that
would come with the dawn.
Done with Its bustlo and bargaining,
the city silenced Its prehollday
noises and drifted quietly
Into Intimate celebration of the
family sort. Downtown was deserted
except for a few late shoppers
whose wants were quickly satisfied.
Theaters played to audiences that
were numbered.
During the evening Christmas carolers
of social service agencies, under
the supervision of the Com
munlty Service, caused late farers
to pause a moment as their Christmas
anthems floated out on the chll)
air. In the outlying sections trucks
carrying lighted Christmas tree*
and choir singers brought residents
to their windows In curiosity and
appreciation.
Carolers Slag.
,The carolers toured the city
through the oo-operatlon of the Jacobs
Transfer Company, the Red
Star Line, Semmcs Motor Company,
Merchants' Transfer Company and
the Globe-Werneeke Company
whose trucks were placed at their
disposal.
In the peacock alleys of the city's
hostelrles the oft-seemlngly homeless
for once appeared to have
found Invitations that took them
from their favorite lounges and
put them within friendly circles
where celebration bid loneliness begone.
Telegraph ofllces alone seemed to
thrive on the comparative desertion.
Inside at wire terminals was coming
the flood of Christmas telegrams
whose destinations ranged
from the stately White House with
POUCECfflEFHELD
AT PISTOL'S POINT
Prisoner Draws Weapon and
Makes Escape at
Danville.
DANVILLE, Vs., Dec. J4.?
Through streets crowded with
Christmas shoppers Danville police'
nen at 6 o'clock this evening engaged
In a running pistol battle
*lth Ira Solomon, alleged automobile
thief, wanted In Roanoke, who.
In the course of the chase of a mile,
f\red thirty-eight shots from an automatic
pistol without wounding a
soul.
Solomon, doggedly pursued by the
officers, was cornered under a house
In North Danville. He shot one
more time from this point of vantage,
when Police Detective Campbell
attacked him in the dark from
the rear and quelled him with a
blackjack.
Solomon was taken at 4 o'clock
to police headquarters for examination.
While a sergeant was telephoning
to Roanoke be drew his
pistol and, in the chief's sanctum,
backed Police Officer Jack Adams
out into the hall and to the door
and with one bound was down the
steps. The chase went through the
retail district. Several shots were
flred back at the officers. The officers
dared not Are, but continued
their pursuit.
Solomon Anally reached Forsham
street bridge and here made a stand.
The bridge barred to automobiles,
was deserted except for a buggy
containing women entering from the
far side. Leaning his arm on the
railing, he flred fifteen shots with
meticulous care, but none found
their mark, the officers dodging to
shelter. The fugitive, in army uniform.
proved a strategist. When
to found other policemen about t?>
take him from the only exit ho had
he turned his fire on them.
They could not shoot lest they
kill the police behind Solomon. The
oldier reached the edge of the
bridge and the officers commandeered
a car and tried to rush him
Solomon, seeing the ruse, hailed a
passing .automobil* driven by Jake
Tate and, standing on the running
board, told him to "run like hell."
Tate did so and Solomon, evading
the police, dodged under a house
Residents saw him and gave the
clue leading to h)s capture. He had
a pocket full of steel bullets.
I Local Supreme Court
Adjourns for Holiday
The District Supreme Court adjourned
yesterday for the holidays
and will not convene again until
January 4 except in special instances.
.w.al J?,? no court calendar
published in The Washington Herald
until that date, unlet* assignments
arc posted In the meantime.
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g A MERE
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f?, season
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I 708 7th Street.
SIDE LURE
5 EVE WHILE
> CHANT TIDINGS
ly as Citizens Await
ireen Holiday.
It, fat holly wreaths to simple
home* that once sheltered sons who
"couldn't make* It this year."
At the Treasury European Relief
pictures were flashed on a screen In
an effort to remind the few who
came that children whose only
Christmas will be a hot bowl of
food must not starve when only
miles and money separate them
from plenty.
Christmas for the service man.
the stranger In the Capital and for
Inmates Of various Institutions will
be A happy day, thanks to arrangements
made by charitable Individuals
and heads of hospitals and
asylums.
Columbia Chapter of the American
Red Cross will hold open house
for men in uniform at 1* Jackson
place northwest. All girls of national
headquarters and Potomac
and fourteenth divisions of the Red
Cross are Invited as well, and will
assist In entertaining the veterans
The chapter also has provided I
three decorated Christmas trees for
the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital
4t Mt. Alto and Casualty andProvidence
hospitals.
At St. BlIwMk'i.
In the Red Cross Convalescent
House at St. Elisabeth's Hospital.
250 patients will be guefts at morning
celebration features, 1.200 will
be shown motion pictures In Hitchcock
Hall In the afternoon and 2(0
will attend a dance in the evening.
All service men will be given fruit,
candy, cigarettes, etc., in the wards
As on Thanksgiving, Washington
is partially depopulated by the
heavy exodus of government workers
and oollege students gone home
for the holidays.
At George Washington University
a varied program of social activities
has been arranged.
Experts of the Bureau of Standards
gave a Christmas Eve party
yesterday. Scores of children with
their parents enjoyed a big tree
laden with gifts.
THE WEATHER.
'' ' east f.r Today Tmimw.
For the District of Columbia and
Maryland?Pair today and tomorrow:
not much change In temperature:
moderate northwest winds,
becoming variable.
Lara I Ttapmtsrt.
Midnight.... 39 12 noon 27
2 a. m 39 2 p. 36
4 a. m 38 4 p. m 35
6 a. m 36 6 p. m 34
8 a. m 35 8 p. m 32
10 a. m 35 10 p. m 32
Highest. 39: lowest, 32.
Relative humidity?8 a. m., 6J; 2
p. m.. 45: 8 p. m? 50.
Rainfall (8 p. m. to 8 p. m.). 0.
Hours of sunshine. 3.5.
Per cent of possible sunshine. 37.
Departure*.
Accumulated excess of tempera*
ture since January 1. 1920. 7.
Excess of temperature since December.
1, 1920, 106.
Accumulated deficiency of precipi-|
tation since January 1. 1920. 1.21.
Excess of precipitation since December
1. 1920, 0.90.
Temperature same date last year
?-Highest, 39; lowest, 32.
. Other Temperat?fe?.
Highest Rata- '
yesterday. 8 d m. fall.
Asheville, N. C 30 24 ....
Atlanta. Ga 38 34 ....
Atlantic City, N. J.. 40 32 ....
J Baltimore, Md 38 32 ....
Bismarck. N. Dak.. 10 4 ....
Boston, Mass 40 34 ....
Buffalo. N. Y 28 24 0.02
Chicago. Ill 16 14 ....
Cincinnati, Ohio.... 30 26
Cheyenne, Wyo 34 26 ....
Cleveland, Ohio 26 20 ....
Pavenjyrt, Iowa... 14 10 ....
Denver; Colo 32 28 ....
Des Moines. Iowa.. 10 8 . ...I
Detroit, Mich 24 18 .....
Duluth, Minn 0 6 ....
El Paso. Tex 62 46 ....
Galveston. Tex 50 48 I
I Helena, Mont 34 28 0.02
| Indianapolis. Ind... 22 14 ....
Jacksonville, Fla.. .60 44 0.01
Kansas City. Mo... 20 18 ....
Little Rock. Ark... S8 32 j
Los Angeles. Calif.. 54 62 0.01
Louisville. Ky 28 18 ....
I Marquette, Mich....' 20 ft ....j
| Memphis. Tenn 34 32 ....I
Miami, Fla SO ' 66 0.46
Mobile, Ala 50 44 ....
New Orleans. La. ... 48 46 ....
New York, N. Y 3S 32 ....
Norih Platte. Nebr.. 18 18 ....
Omaha. Nebr 10 10 ...J
Philadelphia, Pa-... 38 34 ....
Phoeplx, Ariz 60 56 ....
Pittsburgh. Pa 26 34 ....
Portland, Me 36 28 . ...i
Portland. Oreg 52 50 1.04
iSalt Lake City, Utah 38 32 0.12,
|St. Louis. Mo 20 18 ....
I St. Paul, Minn 4 2 ....
San Antonio. Tex.. 52 46 ....
|San Diego. Calif.... 58 56
San Francisco, Calif 56 64 1.56
Seattle. Wash 46 46 0 .18
Springfield, 111 14 12
Tampa. Fla 60 54 0 .28
Toledo, Ohio 24 20
Vicksburg. Mass.... 42 38 ....
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PINING FOR GIRL
AWAY AT XMAS,
FATHER IS SUICIDE
Gift To Daddy" Lies
Near as Eldridge
Fires Bullet.
/
With a Christmas package "To
Daddy from Edna" within arm's
rcach, and still unwrapped in accordance
with instructions of the
little daughter. Frank W. Eldridge.
41 years old. Apartment 301, 8033
Sixteenth street northwest, killed
himself with a pistol-shot to the
right temple yesterday morning. because
of despondency over the inability
of his young daughter to be
with him for Christmas.
Today Edna Earl Eldridge, 11
years old. the daughter, who is with
her mother, Eldridge's divorced
wife, at Decatur, Ga.. will open a
Christmas package from "daddy,"
a Vlctrola. sent early in the week
by Eldridge.
Broods Over (i|ii*i Abseaee.
Eldridge had been brooding over
the absence of his daughter for
several days, relatives say. and had
made the remark it was "certainly
a sad Christmas" Thursday night.
He did not go to work yesterday,
having been confined to his home
for the pant three days by illness
Eldridge was left alone in the
apartment by his brother and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Eldridge,
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Eldridge returned at 1 o'clock
and found the bereaved father lying
dead* on the floor of his room, a
pistol shot from a .38-caliber weapon
in his right temple.
Eldridge, who was employed as chief
dark of the United Fruit Growers
Express, with offices in the Munsey
j Building, came here from Greens11?nrp.
N. C., six years ago. He was
I divorced from his wife at that time.
The daughter, Edna, haa lived with
I her father during the summer
I months since and with the mother in
winter.
Miaaetf Daaghter at Xau.
I Eldridge was very devoted to the
daughter, relatives say. and had always
been morose at Christmas
time and seemed especially so this
year. Thursday night he received a
package from tire daughter. It appeared
to intensify his despondency
and yesterday he ended his life. He
| left no word to relatives regarding
his action.
Police from No. 10 Precinct and
Coroner Nevltt were callod by Mrs.
I Eldridge. sister-in-law. upon discovery
of the body. Eldridge was
pronounced dead by Coroner Nevltt
and a verdict of suicide rendered.
Neighbors in the apartment say a
sound in the building, thought to
have been the death shot, was heard
about 11 o'clock, at which time It is
thought Eldridge killed himself
Eldridg* is survived by a mother,
Mr*. Emma Heath Eldridge, of Charlotte,
N. C.; four sisters. Harriet,
j Pearl. Deryl and Mrs. Charles Owen
Shaw, of Washington: and three
brothers. Irving H. of this city; Albert
D., with whom he made his
horap; and Chauncey T., of Danville,
Va. The body will he taken to Charlotte,
N. C., for burial.
Woman Sues City.
I Til* District of Columbia was sued
yesterday in the District Supreme
Court for 15,000 damages by Malvira
L. Difendorf, who claims that amount
(for alleged personal injuries which
she claims to have sustained on
January 13, last, by falling Into a
depression in the sidewalk on Euclid
street northwest, between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets
northwest. The attorney ia H. Walton
Hendry.
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Parole for Boys
Omit* 1?Lonely
Yuletide for Him
BOSTON. Dec. 14.?A lonely Wtli
t(iire roamed the deserted dormitories
of the boys' reformatory on
Rainsford Island here today and
wondered what tomorrow will bring
him.
Every boy but Jimmy?his real
name doesn't matter?was allowed
to 10 home for Christmas. Hs went
down to the wharf and watched
them, laughing and chattering, stsn
up the harbor for their homes. Then,
his lips quivering and his eyes
bright with tears, he trudged slowly
back up the hill.
Jimmy is a nice youngster, but
he has been bad In his day. and
the authorities decided he could not
be paroled for Christmas because
his mother is not the kind of a
woman to look after children.
Tomorrow Jimmy will have the
whole of Rainsford Island to himself.
He will be allowed to do as
he pleases, and Superintendent
Shaughnessy has some secret plans
involving a stocking and a Christmas
tree which he hepes will make
the ?-year-old boy forget the disappointment
of not going home.
Shaughnessy himself came to the
city today and purchased the trse.
it will be set up In the big living
room of the reformatory When
Jimmy wakes up tomorrow morning
he will find that some of his dreams
of Santa Claus wilt have come true.
Christian Visit
To White House
Is Rumor Again
George B Christian, private secretary
to President-elect Harding,
appeared yesterday at the White
House and conferred fer two hours
with Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary
to President Wilson.
"It means nothing." state*
Christian. "I came home for the
holidays and merely took the opportunity
of renewine mv v??v
-l?s?ant acquaintanceship with Mr.
Tumulty."
Tt multy likewise attempted to
belittle the significance of the visit,
but neither of their statements explained
why Christian spent two
hours in the Executive offices
Christian was accompanied by |
Gus J. Karger. newspaper correspondent.
who has. himself, been j
mentioned as a possibility for the
secretaryship.
T^ry
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ALEXANDRIA. V*.. Dec !< ?Tti.Brst
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T o'clock Trinity Methodist Episcopal
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