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INGRATITUDE SEEN
IN SOVIET OFFER
Demand for Archangel In
demnity, After Aid to Starv
ing, Stirs U. S. Ire.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Diplomatic relations between the
United States government and the
soviet government of Russia are far
from being resumed.
The controversy which has been
going on with reference to the au
thenticity of the documents urging
the followers of the third Interna
tionale to arise and put "the red flag
on the White House” is only a part
of the problem. The fact that the
Russians seem so exercised over
Secretary Hughes’ disclosures is in
teresting enough, but officials do not
observe the soviets disavowing the
third Internationale or denouncing
the doctrines which have been the
basis of soviet propaganda in the
United States.
Judging by the comments which
the episode has brought out, the
public has missed one point that has
not failed to arouse indignation in
inner circles here. It relates to the
Russian offer to recognize certain
debts due America since the czar’s
regime.
On its face the suggestion seemed
aa if the Russians were beginning to
meet the American govern cent half
way. but coupled with their offer is
a demand that the United States
reciprocate by paying damages for
the occupation of Russian territory
both In Siberia and in the Archangel
region.
Would Cancel BUI.
The Russians have been figuring it
out that for American consumption
they would recognize the war debt,
but would turn around and in the
same offer demand enough for the
occupation of Russian territory to
offset the amount of that debt and in
effect cancel the bill.
Danv h wifh h ?h Un M. ed States in
lth the allle » attempted to do
was th t?, nn!n OUS Russian expeditions
territorv- o?V UP approaeh es to the
tX 1 P J? e J many and to maiu
from all ad Vi iera!nst Germany
l.v'Vho tt " hatever was done
the United States was incident to
£rnCv eCU Tr « f the war
laSn y 'nf There never was a dec
larat‘°.n of war against Russia.
effort us ®ave t 0 0f T3 the American
tr-m starvation
siSr I sasaws .5
United Stat'ie P^° POSal to eharge the
united States for occupving Russian
during the wpr is con?
the h- t th< ' m ? st un S r ateful
relations. h history of international
The word battle over the docu
is er abmit° f th<? tl i‘ rd -’"teniationaie
Stated I 80 far M the United
States is concerned. Words are in
• teresting only as they are an index
of policy or action. If the Russians
,:ie ii ev e in the distribution of
propaganda among American work
men urging them to overthrow the
government here. they can give
testimony of their good faith by
, squelching the activities of Russians
i” America who receive their funds
Moscow 48 thelr encour agement from
Acts Will Prove Good Faith.
If the Soviet government wishes to
enter into diplomatic relations with
the United States government, cer
tain acts will prove the eligibility
of Russia to .be accepted in the
family of nations once more.
Objections are not raised so much
as to the kind of government the
KussUns have—that is an internal
but the United States con
siders It very much a matter of fn
ternational jurisdiction if one nation
stands back of propaganda which has
tor its object the overthrow of the
government of another nation.
There is in America a group of so
called ’liberals” who are criticizing
the administration here for failing
to recognize soviet Russia. There are
a few business men and promoters
who are trying to persuade the Wash
ington government to make trade
agreements with Russia. But there is
no nation-wide opinion in favor of
recogntion of the sovets so long as
they feel it necessary to spread hos
tile propaganda and plot to stir
American workmen to revolt. That’s
the sum and substance of official
thought here, and until Russia her- i
self shows signs of change the prob
lem can be relegated to the calendar
of unhnished business, which from the
present outlook will remain unfin
ished indefinitely.
EXPERTS IN MANY LINES
TO CONFER ON RAILROADS
Julius H. Barnes Invites 200 Rep
resentatives of Farm, Trade
and Education Groups.
Two hundred experts in agricul
tural. commercial, educational finan
cial and industrial fields have been
invited by Julius H. Barnes, president
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, to attend a conference
in Washington, beginning January 9,
on the subject of transportation.
Every state is expected to be rep
resented. The personnel of the con
ference will include spokesmen for
national farm and labor organiza
tions, public officials, editors and pub
lishers, heads of large commercial
organizations, bankers and insurance
company officials and executives of
railway systems, steamship and motor
transport companies.
JOHNSON HEADQUARTERS
READY FOR RACE TO OPEN
Hitchcock Will Arrive in Chicago
About First of Year to
Assume Charge.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 26.—National
headquarters for Hiram Johnson,
candidate for the republican presi
dential nomination, were made ready
today for the official opening when
Frank Hitchcock, national campaign
manager for Mr. Johnson, arrives
here about the first of the year,
A suite of four rooms was espe
cially furnished in the Auditorium
Hotel for the Johnson campaigners,
and a young woman operator was on
duty at a telephone switchboard.
Mr. Hitchcock recently announced
that although the National conven
tion was awarded to Cleveland in
stead of Chicago, the original plan
, of maintaining national headquarters
' here would be adhered to, and that
he would return from the east by
January 1 to officially open the offices.
26 DRUNKS ARRESTED.
Twenty-six persons were arrested
for intoxication during the twenty
four hours ended at 8 o'clock this
morning, and there were six arrests
1 for driving automobiles while under
the Influence of liquor. Other liquor
arrests during the twenty-four hours
Included two each for selling, trans
porting and illegal possession of li
quor.
American advertir’i.p' women who
attend the conventio’ of the Adver
tising Clubs of the WoMd in London
in 1924 will be received by Queen
M.ry.
CHURCHES REPEAT
PAGEANT TOMORROW
[ “The Word and the Way” to Be
Presented at Central High
School.
“The Word and the Way” Bible
pageant—drama in seventeen scenes,
which was presented last Saturday night
2 at Central High
feiht, School .by the
churches of the
Bpr**. city will be given
W&tf' its second perfbrm
mm. ance tomorrow at
8:30 pm ” und€T
mt the direction of
Marie Moore For
rest, assisted by a
k large staff of dlrec-
X tors, incl udl n g
wV Caroline McKinley,
director of rhythm ;
Paul Whitney Fish
baugh, director of
music; Harold
Snyder, lights dl-
Marle Moore Forro.t, rector; Dennis E.
Connell, make-up
director; Jesse E. Veltch, properties;
Mrs. C. O. Goodpasture, costumes; Mar
guerite Allen Ross is choral director,
and Arllng Alclne, formerly director of
the President Players, is stage manager,
assisting Mrs. Forrest and Bess Davis
Schreiner, who, besides being the author
of the pageant version of "The Word
and the Way,” is presonnel director of
the present production.
Rev. George M. Dlffenderfer, chair
man of the interdenominational com
mittee, in charge of the production
of "The Word and the Way." will
again appear in the important role of
Prolog, and the Rev. Earle Wllfiey,
pastor of the Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church, will also appear again
' as the Voice. Both clergymen have
taken these same parts in every
presentation of "The Word and the
! Way” since 1921, when in December
it was produced for the first time at
Luther Place Memorial Church.
Leading players In the city who
will appear in important parts in the
various scenes are; Arthur B. White.
Maurice H. Jarvis. Denis E. Connell.
Jesse E. Veltch, J. Martin Scranage
and Maud Howell Smith of the Arts
Club Players, and Mrs. Wifllam
Channing Johnson, Judy Lyeth. Nina
L. Norman. Caroline McKinley, Estelle
Wentworth. Albert Parr. Harlan
Randall, Warren Terry and George S.
Parker. Tickets for this last per
formance this year of “The Word and
the Way" are now selling at the New
Willard, and may also be had tomor
row night at the door, at Central
High School.
LIEUT. WOOD MAKES
$700,000 IN STOCK;
HALTED BY FATHER
(Continued from First Page.) .
deposited in New York and the ex
change rate' made it desirable to trans
fer it to Manila I did so. It is abso
lutely untrue that I incorporated.
• • • ••
Lieut. Wood said he had depended for
advice on a New York concern which
cabled him daily as to investment con
ditions.
. Manila people say .Lieut. Wood's
purchase of expensive automobiles
caused some comment here to the ef
fect that he was getting rich through
investments, although the more general
opinion was that his money was due
to the fact that his wife is a daughter
of Henry - B- Thompson of Delaware,
president of the United Stales Finishing
Company, with offices at 320 Broadway,
N. Y., who 1# reputed to be wealthy.
Mr. Thompson visited Manila last Jan
uary. Recently his daughter purchased
a residence in Manila, where she and
Lieut. Wood live.
ARMY INVESTIGATED.
Nothing- Found on Which to Cen
sure Young Officer.
NEW YORK, December 26. —Finan-
cial operations of Lieut. Osborne C.
Wood, son of Gov. Gen. Leonard
Wood of the Philippines, who Is re
ported to have accumulated a for
tune of between $700,000 and SBOO,-
000 in Wall street, were made the
subject of a War Department inves
tigation, the New York Times said
today.
“It has been learned also, on the
best of authority," the Times said,
"that the department found nothing
whatever in the transactions of the
young officer to call for censure, but
that the department did strongly ad
vise him to stop speculating at once,
and that communications on the sub-
I ject passed between the department
I and Maj. Gen. Wood, who directed
, iiis son and aide to put an end to all
I his speculative operations. The ad
\ vice and the command were imme
diately responded to.
“Lieut. Wood's financiering ceased
at once.”
Began in Fall of 1922.
“Local investigation of the reports by
the Times,” it says, “has disclosed that
Lieut. Wood began making remittances
to this country in the fall of 1922 and
that these grew steadily, although at
all times subject to the usual fluctua
tions of an active account. The funds,
in the main, were cabled drafts pur
chased in the Manila office of the Hong
kong and Shanghai Bank, with in
structions that these funds be trans
mitted to the New York office of that
institution. On arrival here the New
York branch of this bank paid the funds
to the Chase National Bank, which. In
turn, transferred them to the Central
Trust Company of Chicago, where they
were deposited in the name of and to
the account of Osborne Wood.
“This year some remittances were
made by Osborne Wood to his father
in-law. Henry B. Thompson, president
of the United States Finishing Com
pany, 320 Broadway. • • • Several
months ago the account of Osborne
Wood in the Central Trust Company of
Chicago was closed, and the accumu
lated fdnda were retransferred to his
father-in-law in New York and deposit
ed to his account in the National Park
Bank, New York. This account, for
merly in the name of Mr. Thompson,
acting for his son-in-law, was changed
later to the name of Lieut. Wood. It
has been reported to aggregate nor
mally between $175,000 and $200,000,
although it has fluctuated considerably,
running as high as $260,000 and to as
low as $150,000.”
Thompson Makes Statement.
Mr. Thompson Is quoted by the
Times as making the following state
ment, regarding his son-in-law's finan
cial operations:
"When in Manila last winter I
learned that my son-in-law had made
some money in fortunate speculation,
which permitted him t 6 live In bet
ter style than was expected of a sec
ond lieutenant. I know, under my
advice, he la entirely out of the mar
ket, and X hope he has hung on to his
savings.”
Hardened Wall street speculatdrs
are inclined to tho belief, the Times
says, that Lieut. Wood must have fol
lowed the speculative method known
as “pyramiding” or the purchasing of
additional stock with the profits ac
cumulated on paper from a former
purchase. This method is in daily,
and often disastrous, practice, and
frowned on by most conservative
members of the New York Stock Ex
change, where the stock of the Stan
dard Oil Company of New Jersey, in
which most of Lieut. Wood’s for
tune ts believed, to have been made, is
traded in.
Call Practice Hazardous.
Th ultimate result of such trading
is the building up of a thinly
buttressed pyramid, which becomes
more precarious as prices advance
because each profit, instead of going
on the bottom to aid the foundation.
Increases the load on top. In this
manner, with a small fortune and
good luck, one can build up a fortune,
provided that the stock continues to
advance.
Lieut. Wood, the Times says, *s
believed to have “caught” the be
ginning pf the socalied dividend mar
ket in the fall of 1922, and happened
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1923.
FEW OF THE MILLIONS MADE HAPPY BY SANTA’S VISIT.
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Chrlatmaa morning scene at Children's Aid Society. 315 John Marshall place.
President Provides a Treat
For Reed Hospital Patients
Christmas Spirit Dominates in City the
“ Day After,” and Likely to Prevail
Till Netv Year Datvns.
Washington awoke this morning
after a joyous Christmas, rubbed its
sleepy eyes and trieji to go back to
work, but nevertheless imbued with
a holiday spirit, that will stretch out
through the week until New Year
day is over.
Festivities of the #AVhite House,
churches, homes, institutions and or- j
ganizations for the most part cen
tered about Christmas eve and yes
terday, but there will be a number
of entertainments and festivities
throughout the coming week.
President Coolldge and family last
night deserted the White House after
an old-fashioned Christmas at church
and at home and went to Walter
Keed Hospital, where, through the
courtesy of the President and co
operation of the producers, the new
motion picture, "Abraham Lincoln.”
was presented. The President had
intended to view the" picture at the
AVhite House, but its appropriate
ness as a subject for entertainment
of the veterans caused him to change
his plan, because of its Americani
zation value and the President’s in
terest in the Lincoln subject, Mr.
Cooltdge has consented to write
a tribute to Lincoln, which will be at
tached to a specially prepared copy of
the film to be presented by the pro
ducers, A1 and Kay Rockett, to the
government for preservation in the
Smithsonian Institution.
Greeted at the Hospital.
President Cooltdge was accompa
nied to Walter Reed by Mrs. Coolidge
and their two sons. Calvin, jr., and
John. They were greeted at the hos
pital by Col. James E. Glennan, com
mandant; Col. William L. Kellar, chief
of surgical service, and Miss Margaret
Lower, field director of the Red Cross,
In whose building the entertainment
was held. Besides viewing the pic
ture with the veterans. President and
Mrs. Coolidge mingled with the boys,
conversing with them, wishing a
merry Christmas to all. remained for
a while during the opening of a dance
and departed shortly before 11 o'clock.
Earlier in the day the wounded sol
diers themselves had given a Christ
mas party for children of the imme
diate neighborhood at the Red Cross I
building.
Christmas Tree at Capitol.
Employes of the Capitol building—
which includes all sorts of artisans,
experts and men in practically every
line of work that Is to be found in
any community—enjoyed a commu
nity Christmas there and Yuletlde
party yesterday.
The electricians and shopmen rigged
up a Christmas tree, while the wives
of employes in all departments that
are operated for the comfort and con
venience of members of Congress and
to keep the wheels of federal ma
chinery working smoothly at the
source of power and authority pre
pared sandwiches, cakes and other
Christmas cheer.
David Lynn, architect of the Capitol,
who recently was appointed successor
to the late Elliott Woods, and who is
extremely popular with members of
Congress and all who do business or
work under the great dome of the
Capitol, was presented with a valu
able leather bill fold, the speech being
made by R. D. Holcomb, shop fore
man.
Arthur F. Cook, chief assistant to
the architect and who is directly in
charge of the Capitol power plant,
and Marcellus C. Shield and Kennedy
Rea, respectively clerks of the House
and Senate appropriations committees,
also made speeches expressive of the
good fellowship and seasonal felici
tations that the community gathering
felt.
Children Entertained.
About thirty children, the major
ity of whom are year round residents
of the American Children’s Aid So
ciety at 315 John Marshall place, yes
terday gathered about a large tree at
to pick out the one stock whose ad
vance was most violent and con
sistent. This was Standard Oil of
New Jersey, whose directors in the
early fall of 1922 were laying plans
for a stock dividend of 400 per cent,
which they declared on October 11 of
that year. „ _ . ..
In the late summer of that year the
stock touched Its low price of $169 a
share. On September 1 it sold at
$lB3. moving up to SIBB two/weeks
later. In the week of September 30 It
crossed the S2OO mark and between
September 30 and October 11, it rose
exactly fifty points to $250.50. Then
it broke to S2OO. The new four-for
one stock now sells around $37 a
share.
WAR DEPARTMENT SILENT.
Secretary Weeks Not Here to Com
ment on Speculations.
In the absencp of Secretary Weeks,
who Is away over the Christmas holi
days, the War Department today
withheld formal comment on the
financial operations of Lieut. Osborne
C. Wood, son and aide of Gov. Oen.
Leonard Wood of the Philippine
Islands, but,it was indicated that the
question never had been formally be
fore the department, and that noth
ingl in the way of instructions or
orders had been issued dealing with It.
Apparently Secretary Weeks some
time ago was advised Informally of
Lieut. Wood’s transactions and Inti
mated through private channels,
which would reach both Gen. Wood
and his son, the feeling that continuance
of speculative operations by the offi
cer might prove embarrassing to Oen.
Wood. So far as could be learned
this was the only connection of the
the institution and received presents
from Santa Claus. While at the
height of enjoyment over the gifts,
they were interrupted by a big tur
key dinner.
In addition to those small boys and
girls who are cared for dally at the
aid society, several were called in
from homes that could not provide
the type of Christmas that'every boy
, and glhj anticipates,
j The Society receives its support
from netvspaper solicitors who in fact
accept anything drum private resi
dents that can be converted Into
money.
Legion Greets Disabled Veteraaa.
The District of Columbia Depart
ment, American Legion, assisted ma
terially In the Christmas Joy of dis
abled veterans In the hospitals of
the city, checks having been forward
ed from a special Christmas fund to
be used in the hospital celebrations.
Department Commander McGahan an
nounced there had been a good re
sponse to requests for contributions.
Aside from the local hospitals, others
receiving remembrances from the
local department included the naval
dispensary at the marine headquar
ters. Quantico; the hospital at Oteeh.
N. C., and some hospitals in the west,
especially in California and Arizona.
Sufficient money is left in the fund,
Commander McGahan announced, to i
continue relief work considerably |
through this week.
“Chrlatmaa Party” Planned.
A community tree and community
Christmas party will be the center
of attraction Friday night at the
community house at Trinity Church,
headquarters of the Episcopal city
mission. Gifts were carried by auto
mobiles to various hospitals and
charitable institutions by representa
tives of the Episcopal churches In
the city.
Under the auspices of the Episcopal
city mission, services were held yes
terday at the jail, in charge of Rev.
George W. Dow.
A happy Christmas reunion was
brought about yesterday •through I
agency of the Disabled American I
Veterans, when a Polish farmer who
served with the American forces in I
the war was joined by his wife and \
child, from whom he had been st-pa- •
rated nearly ten years. W. S. Clark i
representative of the Disabled Ameri- 1
can Veterans was the guest of honor
at the reunion. The man was
Wladislav Cernues. who was a far
mer near Warsaw, celebrating the
arrival of a son when the war broke
out, and he was driven away from
his wife and child. Coming to
America, he enlisted, went overseas,
was blown from his horse by a shell,
and has been under treatment at
Perryville, Md. The mother and
child were found after years of
search at»d arrived at Ellis Island
last week.
Maaoalc Bodies Celebrate.
Christmas services were held by
the six commanderles of the Knights
Templar at the Masonic Temple yes
terday, with tributes to the fraternity,
to Christmas, the nation, and the
President. The Christmas ritual was
enacted.
Almas Temple saw that twenty
two truckloads of Christmas baskets
and presents were lodged in homes
of needy families. More than 300
baskets, each containing 80 pounds
of staple articles of food, together
with canned goods, fruits, candies
and cakes, composed the cargo of
the trucks. In addition, fourteen
Institutions were provided with such
things as would add to the comfort
and happiness of the Inmates.
In dispensing Christmas cheer in
this manner Almas Temple followed
out its custom of several years made
possible by the unselfish work of tho
charity fommlttee. This committee
is composed of Andy Loffler, chair
man; Max Oppenheimer, secretary;
Milton Hofenmaler. Herbert Guggen
heim, George M. Curtis, George W.
Hess, George Plltt, A. J. Glnelly,
George B. McGinty, George Efferon,
Lawrence Walker and Ed Burk
holder.
War Department with tho matter.
Lieut. Wood has not filed an appli
cation with the State Department for
appointment to the diplomatic service.
The next examination for diplomatic
secretaries will be held about the
middle of the coming year.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
The art section of the Twentieth
Century Club will meet tomorrow, 3
p.m., at 1447 Irving street. Mrs. A.
R. Crandall, will speak of “Lorenzo
the Magnificent”
Young Men's Hebrew Association i
Nominations and elections will be
held tomorrow, at the association’s
building, 8 p.m.
A “kiddles’ ” party (or Royal Ar
canum children, will be given by
Loyal Ladies tomorrow, 7:80 p.m.. In
Grand Army Hall.
The Capitol Hill History Glnh will
meet tomorrow at tho home of Mrs.
Charles Fisher.
Odicers of the Washington branch
of the American Association of Uni
versity Women announce that the
meeting scheduled for Saturday has
been postponed until January 26,
when a program of plays will be
presented under the direction of Mrs.
H. Foster Bain.
FEWER DEPUTIES VOTED.
By the Associated Press,
PARIS, December 26.—The chamber
of deputies today approved M. Lou
cheur's proposal to reduce the num
ber of deputies from 626 to 6M. The
vote was 290 to 230.
CUSTOMS DIRECTOR
WEDS SECRETARY
Romance Develops in Office at In
terior Building—Plans
Kept Secret.
Romance flitted through the office
of the director of customs In the In
terior building, and now there his
come about a wedding and a honey
moon.
It all happened to Ernest W. Camp,
director of customs, and his secre
tary, Miss Rose I. White, of 1620 R
street northwest. Few, If any. knew
when they left simultaneously the
latter part of last week.
But surprise news came sizzling
back over the wires and through the
mail to friends here that they had
gone to Baltimore, and on Saturday
been married. Kow they are away
on a honeymoon, for nobody knows
how long.
Xo one here seems to know just
when the bride and groom first met.
hut the romance began to bud and
bloom, they say. shortly after Mr.
Camp became chief of customs in
February. 1922, with Miss White as
his secretary. Mr. Camp has beer,
making his home at Wardman Park
Hotel.
The entire village of Reno, Tex., has
moved three-quarters of a mile from
the railroad, to be on a new automo
bile highway, preferring the highway
to the railroad.
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CITIZENS’ BODY ELECTS
CAPT, QUEEN AS HEAD
Flve-Cent Car Fare for District
Urged at Benning, Glendale,
Oakland Meeting.
Capt. Howard D. Queen was elect
ed president of the Benning-, Glen
dale. Oakland Citizens' Association at
the December meeting- of the organi
zation. Other officers for the ensuing
year are: William O. Speaks and Mrs.
Betty L. Edmonds, vice presidents;-
Charles F. A. Longus, secretary; John
Batty, assistant secretary: G. M.
Longus, treasurer; Rev. A. D. Holder,
chaplain; W. P. Edmonds, sergeant
at-arms; delegates to the federation,
Leo Smoot, Rev. Holder. W. H. Hollo
way, Mr. Batty and Capt. Queen.
The association in resolutions, urg
ed a flve-cent street car fare for the
District; requested the board of edu
cation to prohibit the solicitation of
funds in the public schools, and in
dorsed the teachers’ salary bill and
the 1924 budget for the District.
It was decided to protest against
the contemplated change of police
jurisdiction. It was announced that
this community would be placed un
der the eleventh precinct, which
brought statements from members
that they would rather remain under
No. 9.
In Its Favor.
From the London Telef rtpb.
Old Lady—That parrot I bought
yesterday uses most violent language.
Dealer—Lady, I don't deny that he
does swear a bit, but you must be
thankful he doesn't drink or gamble.
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Boys With Rifle
Charged With
Shooting Lights
The urge to try out a now .22-
caliber rifle presented as a Christ
mas gift was too strong for three
twelve-year-old chums, Daniel
Frolick, Duclan Bernhardt and
Michael Dally, residing in the
Chastleton, 16th and R streets
northwest, to overcome last night,
so the trio are alleged to have
practiced shooting at street lights
near the apartment house.
Police of the eighth precinct
charged the boys with discharging
firearms in the street and turned
them over to their parents. The
affair is scheduled to be investi
gated in Juvenile Court.
STATE WEALTH GROWS.
Delaware Figures of $629,430,000
Bepresent 107 Per Cent Gain.
Delaware’s wealth is placed at
$629,430,000 for 1922 by the census bu
reau in its preliminary estimate an
nounced today, an increase of 107 per
cent over 1912 in the principal forms
of wealth. The per capita value of
wealth Increased from 1,474 in 1912
to $2,744 in 1922, or 86.2 per cent.
THIRTEEN CLUB MAKES
180 HAPPY WITH GIFTS
Wives Aid in Distribution of
Christmas Baskets to Needy
Families. ’
The Thirteen Club made 180 per
sons happy this Christmas. Assisted
by their wives, who form a scparat'
organization known as the Clover
Club, the "Thirteeners” prepared and
distributed forty large baskets over
flowing with good things to as n any
families having an average of nearly
five members to each family.
Each basket contained a large b.Tg
of flour, cans of various vegetable
also bags of sugar, etc., as we!i as
special articles of a Yuletlde che* r.
Members of both organizations dis
tributed toys individually. The
Christmas work was under the di
rection of Maj. A. H. Randall. /
The Thirteen Club will meet at
the City Club January 3, to ir
new officers. A dinner will pr.oed •
the business session. Speakers will
discuss the merits of the leadin r
presidential aspirants. Maj. Ra--<i ■ ,
succeeds Ben Do PeVre as president
of the club.
NOW ARTILLERY CAPTAIN.
Kermit Roosevelt, son of former
President Roosevelt, has been an
pointed captain of field artillery, or
ganized reserves. He served in tl
National Army during the world war
and made a good record.