St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 25, 1912

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fére safely transferred today 421 iew 4 —* eutter Seneca, vhien tely for New York. the transfer came in a wire- ge ‘from Capt. Lindsay, com- f the Turrialba, to the United . offices here. The Turrialba ts 2 Y said the message. Mi nine miles north of Atlantic ngers safely transferred to “Ship lying A making no water.” clue - gphould reach New York close of Christmas day, prob- ne ) time this afternoon. — — ‘Lee Meriwether on Tur- List. rae New Passenger bas Passenger list, giv- “York City, appear the Mr. and’ Mrs. Lee Meriwether. wethers reside at 3716 Delmar ix; according to friends, ected to reach, New York about} but hav@ been away since and m after a long trip through ~ s of 2102 John street,. who and the Carribean Sea. . of Meriwether’s property fn absence, said he recently re- “ rf ’ ively. tter he in which Meriwether probably would spend maain New York City, and reach * ‘3 + out fr and his wife have trav- New Years. After an automobile 5 waste 2 Meriwether wrote t Liverpool and the Brit. | bound for this city | j wie — — — ao cols — oon ea’ * 2 * hoal, © —— — ————— men rhe nose in —— — mage oe fill. of the sand at but later started bacs * te ae — * ——— — ife savers from ‘to the that help was that both vessels to reach Philadeiphia = & / “Merion. were. 22 second: | —— passengers,

LEARN . 2 POEMS — if She Re-| ä han ‘Verse Well. tha Sender will ‘réceive $300 het ‘gréat aunt, Mrs. ) who Uled recently at Rt,’ Tels County; if at the she has suffictently mastered “to recite to the pastor “Befeil deine - : > t & i Rs 6 , $ * J pt 3 * = 7 7 jpressed that he had one ‘of his ste- }tonight in the historic blue room of «he , | ¥isions of the Panama anal, the Wule- ‘Pacific’ end of the canal,

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Tree at aSleighbells Jingle in Real Christ- mias Music Around President- “4 . Elect’s Home.

SENDS A TRAIN TO BOY Governor Remembers Lad Who Wrote Request for List of Presents to State House. By Associated Press. PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 2.—Presi- dent-elect Wiison played Santa Claus today with real Christmas mystery. Not until the Wilson family rose and tip-]| toed eagerly into the big studio did they find their gifts, which were crammed ir the old-fashtoned way into stockings ‘that hung over the fireplace. Presents from all parts of the coun- try came in great numbers to the Pres- ident-elect and his family, and Prince- ton friends came merrily fo the Wilson bungalow with holiday greetings. The weather had cleared, leaving a’ nicely packed snow, and throughout the day sleigh bells gave the Wilsons true Christmas music. Miss Louise and Casper Woolbridge, her brother, whose father is a cousin of the Governor, and a Chinese missionary, were the only household guests. Of the half dozen turkeys that came, the big- west, a 24-pounder, was served for din- ner. 10-Year-o1d Boy’s y's Letter Has Desired } EAST VRANGE, N. J., Dec. 25.—When Charley Conroy, 8 years old, got up this ‘morning, he found that’ the letter he sent to “Santa Claus, Statehouse, Tren- ton,” had been answered by Gov. Wil- son. Charley had: asked for a sweater, 3 pair of gloves, a necktie, a set of books, a train of cars, a box of biocks, and some candy and fruit. _., - President-elect Wilson was so im- nographers send Charley all the things pe asked for. '|MORGAN $10,000 GIFT TO MOTHER OF 13 REPORTED Dentist, Bays’ Story. He “Told ‘When He. Was Treating Finan- , eier bee bye Check Later. a By Aprect ORE Tee. 5.—A story. which |) j men’ of, the fmancial district ‘are telling at. their Christmas . dintiers’ today hed oP. Morgan;: a. dentist, and a; washer- ‘woman as-its principais. Morgan was in a dentist's oharr, was related suf‘ering’ considerable pain, for the relief of which the dentist was telling. the financier how the case of his wife's washetwoman was one of the worst instance: of destitution he ever knew. > “Her husband died an? left her 15 children, only five ‘of them being large

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enough to work,’ he said, and while keeping on with his dental work he con- tinued ** hard luck narrative In de- tail. . Morgan left the operation withott comment. but the next dey the dentist receivéd a letter which is quoted as fol- lows: “Dear doctor: You hurt me like the| devil yesterday, bdut your vivid story about the widow and’ i:er 13 children helped some. Enclosed find my check for $10,000, which please turn over to the washerwoman, and tell ter for me that she was a fool to ever have 13 chil- dren." SOUTHERN PACIFIC IS 10 BUILD NEW $10,000,000 LINE Will Cross Tehachapi Range at Low Grade and Rival Santa Fe. ROBERT TAFT TO PLAY SANTA IN WHITE HOUSE Christmas Tree Party for Chil- “dren to Be Given in His- toric Blue Room. WASHINGTON, -De. %.—With Robert Taft in the role of Santa .Claus, a mer- ry -Christmas. tree party will be held

'8AN FRANCISCO, Dee. 2%.—The Chronicle says today that the Southern Pacific Co. finally has acquired the last tight of way for a low-grade line over the Tehachar! Mountains between Mo- jave and Kern Cit: & line, which will be begun immediately, calls for an ex- penditure of $10,000,000. The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision on che merger on the Southern and Union Pa- tific railroads is directly responsible, according. to the Chronicle, for the build- ing of the new line. The buliding of the low grade track is expected to bring about a vigorous fight between the Southern Pacific and the Santa Ie for transcontinental busi- negs. At present these lines have joint use of the only track over the Tehachapi. The Southern Pacific owns the present high grade line and for several years it has planned to double it. That pur- pose has now been abandoned in favor Spends Christmas| of the low grade project. Niewing Work and Fortifi- To have the right of ownership of the 4 ; new line, the Southern Pacific has de- icided, according to the Chronicle, to shut out the Santa Fe from participa- tron in the cost of construction and will ondeavor to force the Santa Fe to abide by its terms as to the use of the track.

rie ane ‘White House. The guests will be ‘‘Tom- 'my" and “Billy” Laughlin, sons of Mrs. ‘Thomas K.-Laughiin, a sister of Mrs. Taft,-anl the five children of William . Herron. » Robert and Miss Helen Taft spent the day tn decorating the tree, which is an unusually lafge one, and in hans- ing on it the presents for the children. tree will be : cations. > PANAMA, Dee, 25.—President Taft | spent the forenoon of his Christmas | ‘inepecting the Central and Pacific -di- bra Cut and the fortifications at th

San Franmctxcu Bures Hammer. | Percival H. Dodge, American Min-

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 26.—-Un- @er the auspices of a morning newspa- per, a mamoth hammer was burned at Lotta’s Fountain, in the presence of a erowd which blocked the streets for sev- {ral squares, signalizing the “end of jeivie discord” in San Francisco.

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Albany Marchers ‘Travel Miles to Hudson, Reaching There in Darkness.

Y., Dec. 25.—The suffra- its way HUDSON, N. gette band, with to Albany Sulzer. did not, ‘on a message for Gov.-viect march today. Gen. Rosalie Jones for the first time since the army left New York on Dec. 16, ordered a full day’s rest for the observance of Christmas festivities. The ‘program of celebration included a skating party, a Christmas dinner and, tonight, attendance at a. charity ~ ball, where Miss Jones and. others will have opportunity to make speec hes for the causé. Tomorrow the marchers will go 6n through the show to Stuyvesant Falls, a nine-mile journey- The courage of the women marchers was-put to its severest test yesterday by the 18-mile walk from Uppgr Red Hook to this city. Facing a driving snow- storm, the little army started off on the Old Post road early in the morning. The first stop was at Blue Stores, where Miss Lillian Dubois Rockefeller of German- town, N. Y., entertained the marchers at luncheon. - It was the intention of Gen. Jones and her army to spend Christmas eve at Livingston, completing the trip to Hud- son today, but at Blue Stores word was be provided 4 Livingston. A forced march to this city was ordered and skirts hastily pinned boot high and ear muf- tlers adjusted before the woman soldiers started out on their long, weary way. ‘Courageously they plowed through snowdrifts, slipping, sliding and some- times falling, but always. up, and away

again. It was after night before. the . Post-Dispatch~ Christmas Festival SUFFRACISTS REST | received that accommodations could not ¢ te Se i 4 a

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12,500 Tickets Issued to Women. Children — Generous People “of City Are Hosts.

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—— Sent Out in Baskets Being Prepared ia! 4500 Homes— Magnificent Tree Dazzles ~ Coliseum HostSanta Claus “Appears Early.

Execut ve Committee — — Calis Today’ 3 Festival — as Christmas. Festival is the greatest that. St. Louis ever ss ; a I wish —— the —— of St. Louis in behalf of the Ex | ecutive ttee, t the Pést-Di for the ng oes way in which they have wae ed for this grand feast feast of Onritems 2 aS hospitality, As I have, said: before, it is not a charity, but an act of f hospitality, and it is a pleasure and. ap honor to have 9 = —* soon = be —— — many ae and women t.t s homer, nm. this when they: might a. erre with Pele’ lowe tied node hard duy's 6 Workin: tables Ate — — * wir rewarded which t | v * —*

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in tree It w: Chi iatmad 1% ‘of ‘the ‘biggest “at the the gift iseum ‘stirval. was finding tal, Steplren ‘Martin, the ————— ‘of the tree and the home of’ Wealth'in St. liant in‘iIts ‘sparkle. vy t. a a — ‘ : Its ‘green red, blue ‘and cheer and bounty. and catter colored ifelits to burst ‘and s

Biggest. Christmas Tree in St. Louis at the Festival Si. is a Missouri cedar, Bell ‘Telephone —2* trees to use for poles, chairman of the Tree Committee, was in charge of hanging Louis had so big a Christmas tree, boughs reached the tips of the flags hang- ing front the Coliseunr rafters, and it was gorgedus, golu adorned the center of.the Col- feet in height. and makes a business of Louis OG Co., which ornaments upon it. No or one: more:bril- of all the way up, with spheres, like peaceful bombs about

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Denouncipg Sante. Ciaus a pagan who usurps the honors of Christmas from the jJeity whose birth it commeim- drates, the Rey..M. W. Twing of the First Baptist Church. at Alton has di- rected the. committee in charge of an entertainment .to be given at the church Wedpesday. night. not only to. close the door in the .face of. the. haint should he appear, but-to.prevent even a mention of his nanie during the program. His opposition to Santa Claus, the pas- tor related, -arose 15 years ago when a litle boy -disecovered that the Santa Clats of a-«chinreh entertainment was a counterfeit, and: asked: “Ts the story about Jesus a fib, too.” “Children are at’ an impressionable age,”’ said the clergyman, “and are apt to confuee the story of Santa Claus with that of Christ. ' Fairy tales are all right in the nursery, but they are not proper in a church.” At all thé other Alton ‘churches Christ- mas prografis have béén arranged in

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which Santa Claus will be the central! figure, SHOOTS A NAIL INTO BOY'S EVE d@ective air rifle, which went off unexpectediy, sericusly Injured Charles Smith, 12 years old, of 1921. North Ninth The boy pulled: the trigger when he was locking into the muzzle of the’ rifle, and a‘nail. which he had droppea into, the barre!, rierced his right eyeball. He was taken te the city hospital and’ the phy siclans said they probably could save the sight cf the cye. With teats’ welling’ from the unban- daged eye, Charlés told’a Post-Dispatca reporter at ‘tit¢ Nuspital ‘that‘a boy he didn’t know apdeared near the Smith | home Tuesday afternoon, threw the air rifle to the roof of a shed’ and ‘told Gharles he might have it if he would get it down, “I went up and got it.” he sald, “and whiie I was tryin’ to miake it work ft went. off."’ Charles said he had planned to have a great time Christmas with his little sisters, Mamie, 5 years old, and Lily, 1, and begged the ‘physicians to let him go home. They decided he must stay at * The thirteenth Post- Dispatch Christmas Festival, biggest — brightest of the annual eveuts which . have . bronght. C | cheer to hosts of St,: ‘Louisans, began with the opening of th ¥ a —— seum doors at 9:30 this morni - While .the. holders.of the ee S | children. for the Coliséumt reception and dinner re ‘cony and gallery; other guests of the Festival were “Midday Lunéh: Room,’ 313, Pine’ street, where the dioher fees * ‘homeless men was: served.’ And ‘in 2500. homes. chicken dinners. —* ‘cooked —— ‘the’ contents of baskets sent du by, the: on. F ittee, whose_arduous tal lasted — a + «tt wo. % 8* —* Prag: * a J et ee * by one of the mostearnest workers for the suécess of-the festiv — come its motto: Ita appropriateness was ‘proven by a glance at —— of women and ehlldren in the Coliseum” balcony and gallery, a tow mate” utes after the doors. below had opened, - : | All at the Coliseum Are Guests. The mothers; boys, girls and infants in arms gathered * recipients of eharity· They were guests of the hospitable St.) which has.come to look on these annual festivals,’ — Dispatch, as the most otfeetive and acceptable means of enterts who, for whatever’ feason, cannot have a bountiful and road Ch in their own, homes.~ *." ,» And they gazed at the great Christmas tree, adorned and and at the white-spread tables in the arena, as guests survey me: | ments in a homé which las opened its doors to them. Even the tree; the biggest in St. Louis, could not hold the! sole | tention of the laughing, expectant boys and girls who piled into thé ti | of seats. The appetizing smells from the kitchen reached them, and eyes soon fell on the heaping piles of toys later to be distributed: them. ue The festive? really began when, between & and 9 o’clock, the children * and their’ mothers started from their homes for the Coliseum, | = n@ need ‘for any to walk. Each had, attached to the Coliseum street car ticket calling for transportation to the Coliseum up to lla ‘Another coupon provided for the return home. The tickets were @ | of the United Railways Co., through the company’s president, Capt. McCulloch, one of the most: enthusiastic. members” of the — J mittee. The doors were supposed to open at 10, but this merely 4 general time for arriving, and mothers with infants, and any oth whom waiting outside might be unpleasant, were admitted as- soon, a8 afrived at the Coliseum. At 9:30 the doors were opened wide, aud tish began. Almost faster than the ticket takers could accept t the hurrying boys and girls went through the Coliseum’ . peatal Santa Arrives at Coliseum in Auto. And while the boys were whistling with Seymour’s Band the « medley which the musicians wero playing, Santa Claus, patron | Christmas, and particularly of the festival, was as URS Ss ee — ee 2 "to the place where so-many of his boys and girls were Driven in an cleetriec coupe furnished by Louis Goodbart, « of the Colonial Automobile Go.; the red-cled and‘ wh | to the Post-Dispatch office while the Coliseum was being: filled, ceiving word, at 10:15 a. m., that the children were —* started for the Coliseum. It was noticed that Sante’s ‘pe ay « bright ‘eyes resembled those of Otto F. Kathe, 2-5-5 3 ee bates Wy When he was driven into the building and, in sight of : e cheering thou sands, got out of the coupe, the Executive Committee, headed by Av crick, was drawn up teady.to meet him. : Frisking” about th commit were five motley-arrayed clowns, loaned by Frank “Talbot's Hiipp Santa Claus shook hand® with the committee, then be os around-the-rosy about him, and the festival march around band’s liveliest airs, was started. ae ft

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