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CONFERENCE CALLED

Advocates of Several Retirement Plans Will Determine

Nature of Ballots

POLL WILL BE TAKENON THREE SCHEMES

Watcfrecs re Be At Booths toL k Out for Re-

peaters

Plans forPoll onRetirementTaking Shape

Advocates ef varie e piaas ferof saperaBHuated Gsv

erajaeat eapfeyes t held caafereace next Tuesday

Kind ef ballets te fee used in TheTimes peel will Be agreed upon atthe ceafereace

Committees te fee named by rivalfactwis ef retireaeat aseeciatwato work m campaign

Government employes receive permissies te participate ia

Series ef artid B f r and againstretirement picas te begin IK TheTimes ea Tuesday

Leading adTO tee of the severalplans lor the retirement of superan-nuated Government employ IB theclassified dvfl service WIll sold a con

dde oa the details of Tbe Times pollOne of the questions to be lidded will

be the nature of the baUets dealing

It la desired to have the ballots embody all points at tome sad ewer follythe salient phases of the variousschemes o that the isnjiluyes era

Both ladies eC the Untied StatesCivil Service Retirement AssociationwCl be represeated at eoattoreaeeall diff

advocating different phi of retire-ment They recognize the importanceor The Times poll and Ks effect onCongress and have consented to joinhands with The Times to maka thepoll a sucoocc

The CeafereesThe element of the oooclntlou favorIng straight civil peaatoo as oeateaaplated by the GouMen affl be rep

resented by FrtaMeat Michael FCantwellthe part in the outright pension cam

They believethe Gotddea bill is the most Just andequitable and have directed theirefforts to obtaining the passage of thatzaeasureDr UewHya Jordan secretary ef theether faction sad H D Brown who

drafted the Gillette bill will attend theconference in the of the comcontributory retirement peopleBoth men been laboring for tenyears on the problem andtheir investigations have been thoroughGovernment will bepresent at the conference to urge otherschemes of retirement one whatias been called the compromise plancontributory form of retirement wherepension fund is provided by

from both the Govern-ment and the employesThree Puns te Be Voted OB

Thus far only the three plane mentloned have developed large foNowingsamong employes and it is thereforeprobable that the poll to be conductedfcy The Times will be OB those prepo-sitions Other schemes suggested Insetters to The Times mad agitated by acomparatively few employes virtuallycontain the same general principles astiose on which the three plans ia ques-tion are booed

A series of articles or arguments onthe three plans wM be begin

iie straight pension plan The followagainst the outright pension plea TheLest day an article on the compulsoryf ontxfbutory plan will be and itwen Te rebutted on the day followingTe compromise plan be con

in the ame mannerThe preparations for The Times poll

include the naming of committees bythe two of the United States

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WEATHER REPORTrr RKCA9T FOR THE DISTRICTCloudy and colder Snnsr j

frlr and moderately eat loans ttonight 21 degrees mawesterly winds

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TO ARRANGE DETAILS

OF VOTE ON PENSION

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SCENES WHERE SANTA CLAUS AND ST NICHOLAS GIRL WORKEDALL SHE WANTED GROUP OF THOSE WHO REALIZED THEIR FONDSST HOPES

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USING UP TO RECEIVE CHEISTatAS GIFTSr

DEATH IN CRASH

Six Killed Forty Hurt AsChicago Special Hits

Express

UPPER SAXDUSKT Ohio DecSix were killed ia beadoa eoinston be-tween westbooad psBsengc4 train NoS and eaettpuod express No 48 eight

east f here OB the Peaaaylvaaia-raflroad envy this More thanforty persons were med

Both engines completed oomoi-ished The first Pullman of the west-bound train was tees opedbetween the engine and the other sterfPullmans behind it It was 4Ued with

C Miller and C CGreggs both of Fort Waynewere instantly killed aa aloe thebaggage master of the passenger train

A freight wreck near Bucyras earlier-In the night had completely blocked thewestbound track necessitating the run

of the passenger overthe south tracks on the expresswas coming tower a mile and-a half east of Nevada was reachedwestbound train stoped for orders Therewas a flash of light from the beadlight of the express train as it roundeda curve only a few hundred feet away

at the rateof over a mile a minute Crashing intothe passenger train was a roarthat could be heard for miles in theKill air aa both engines

The force of the wassuch as to drive the steel Pullmansta time rear of the long trainthrough the shell of a wooden Pullmanand a baggage car next to the engine

Nearly every passenger ha the firstPullman was wore or less seriously in-jured although the expresstrain aside from the engine was notbadly damaged and nurseshi autos with newspaper mereand supplies

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Cotton Milling FirmsForced to the Wall

KBW YORK Dec The RaadtoManufacturing Company and the

Naomi Falls Manufacturing Companyboth of Randleman C have faileda d receivers have boon appointed forboth concerns

According to private matcher re-

ceived here from RandlemaB today thefailures are attributed to the depres-sion in the cotton mining business Thetotal indebtedness of isplaced at 800000

Million For CharityLeft By Mrs Garrett

PHILADELPHIA Dec 9L A summerhome for poor children and a aooacrefarm in Delaware county for singlewomen who are to earn theirsane living are some of the Christaiaspresents that Mrs Elizabeth Wittfamsea Garrett beo eatAs by will whichwas probated here today

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MOVING TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEKS IMPATIENT WAITING

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f HEISTMAS is a day of gladaws for all men Not only do the more conafortabie staretheir gifts with their brothers asking their prayers in return but each all rite

and poor young1 and old are gain made rich and youthful in the hopes and promises ofthe new born Saviour All seem to feel what the angels sang at Bethlehem Gloryto God in the Highest and on earth peace to men of good wilL

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PIS SWINDLE CASE

GETS MM HALT

Duchess Withdraws HerComplaint and Secretly

Leaves City

TOURS France Dee 2 A fresheeasatioa was easy added to the edmaster awiadlte ease of the Duchessde Cnoteoul Praslra formely MrsCharles Hamilton Paine of Bostonagainst Count dAulby and MadamedAulby to collect tM9 when theduchess suddenly withdrew her formaleomplaiat secretly left the city

Despite this the public prosecutorwent on with the case The departureof the duchess followed the withdrawal-of her lawyers from the case and puta mew phase upon one of the meet

turbulent cases in theannals of French litigation

Tht case virtually comes to a closeand Attorney Bernard representingdAatby his to producea bundle of letters alleged to havebeen written by the duchess to dAulby

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Fear Fresh Outbreak-Of AntiJap FeelingS-

AN FRANCISCO Dec 3L antifeeling in California promisesto break out afresh with theof the incoming Legislature Immediate-ly after

So serious is the situation consideredthat it is Governorelect JohnsonAnd his advisers much concern It wasstated on today that as soonas meets the labor LIeroent will demand that it

laws prohibiting the ownership orin the and ex-

cluding the children of Chinese andJapanese from schools attended bywhite children

Huge Grave Will HoldA Two Hundred Bodies

MANCHESTER England Dec 3L Acommon grave will hold the bodies ofmore UB 2t4 of the 911 victims of thePretoria mine meter at Leigh

Oae hundred and eightysix bodiesnew been recovered but of tillS

aber not than have been

cxl bUrled in one huge grave

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FOUND IN NORTH SEA

Picked Up Near Texel Amsterdam Report Aviator

Believed Dead

A3STERDAM Dee washere today that n oeroplRBe-

sttppoaed to b that of Grace wowas lost Thursday while attemptinga return Sight from Cam to DoverWAS picked up in the North Sea nearTexel

Texel is the southwastarnraost andlargest of the Friaiaa latewis fon acpart of the Dutch province ei NorthHolland

Grace was last sees by the coast-guardsmen on the Goodwin Sands inBiiahnnl at 3 odocfc Thursday after-noon He had left Calais an hourearlier preparing to fly back across th

and the interior of Bngland The guards saw hiss white stilt

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GRACES AEROPLANE

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Mexicans LynchersEscape IndictmentS-

AN ANTONIO Dec 3L The grandjury that investigated lynching ofAntonio Redrigues a Mexican who wasburned at the stake by a b avenging-the murder of Mrs James Hendersonnear Rock Springs failed to return

Itsreport was to the effect the Jurorshad net evidence on which the Identity-of the mobs members or the supposedguilt f any known could beproven It is understood Federalwho aided in the investigation willmake a report to authorities inWashington

Guard of SheriffsProtect Negro in Jail

MBMPHIS Tenn DocJones a negro who was arrested yesterday charged with attacking andbeating Mrs Robert Lynn wife of ad has been locked in Jail anda guard of deputy sheriffs placed aboutto prevent mob violenceIt Is reported a raob is forming

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Snow Promised UnlessWarm Winds Convert It

Into Another Rain-

A Christaias is forecast bythe Weather Bares There is a slightChance that Team winds aiatanospheric strata will convert thepremised mantle of anew to anotherdrbaty dkmgr eahte rain Santa Clansis praying that this threatened calamityneap be averted that he raay be permitted to arrive tonight IB all Ms story

sleigh bells and the swift leap ofover the housetopsA cold wave is rnsUac eastward

congealing the moisture aad making eectain according to the official prophetChristmas night at the latest it fe notprobable that coM weatherw prevail or that snowfall wtttapproach the dimensions of a W rd

WHITE CHRISTMAS

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the arrival a heavy taU of sooty DT

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Four Killed in PlungeDown 500foot Shaft

BECKLST W Va Den 3L Four

Collieries Coaoaay at Ewes W TaA bucket in which the men all employes of the Dravo Contracting GOMwere ridingthe men 00 feet down to tine bottomof the shaft

An met instant death and the bodieswere horribly crushed and mangled

Score of PromotionsIn Postal DepartmentPo-

stmaster General Hitchcock calledin Chief Clerk Weed today and notifiedhim to make about a score of promotions as Christmas presents to tileclerks The promotions are all amongthe minor clerkships and

Through the holidays the departmentis busy things in readiness forthe opening of postal savings baaksJanuary 3 Lat busi-ness day of new year Chief Clerk

and his are devotingmuch attention towhich Involve a great amount of work

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Scotch Express Burns AfterCollision and

Are Injured

X TWClA EL OJrTY2sTB Eagteadhoc M glga Basiangtn w s bvraeilto death today ia the wreck of tileScotch eaaros ant locomotives OHthe Xortbeaatera raBroad searBteaaea

Amours the victims was a child whosesereaauc were heard fc aririy as4f anhour

Fortyseven persons were injuredmany being scalded by raping steam

TIle wrecked train ws ORe of thefastest in the country It was raaalBgnot a high rate The front ears werejjias ilnd to kindling wood The crashwas heard for a mile aad the boilers ofthe locomotives exploded with a roarwhich snook the earth

Upon the train were laaay passengershurrying to their homes for the Christ

tae holidays Rescuers worked withsavage energy to extricate the imprison-ed men and women but the femes-gaiaed such headway that the wreckagewas a seething pyre before all bad beentaken oat The weather was very coldand the water which was poured uponthe mom of twister iron and tbabersIrene Houses along the way turn-ed into hospitals where thewere cared for

Bark Wrecked in FogBut Crev Is Rescued

NORFOLK Va Dec 24 The Nerlieu bark Soerrow was wreckedCape Hatteras in a dense rot today

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Mexican Rebels RuinEntire Railroad Line

EL Texas Dee 24bridges OB the Mexican Northwesternrailroad have been burned south of

station by the revolutionists and

Bridges and trestles are in Seines over-a stretch of many miles This was ascer-tained when a trainrunning without made a dashas for as Cases Grandes and was forcedto turn back at Lena The entire Toadsouth of Lens is out of commission thetrain crew reports and it wilt requiremonths to rebuild it

Passenger Is WreckedFireman Dead Many HurtMEMPHIS Tenn Doc 24 Passenger

train No 24 on the BHaels Centralrailroad running between New Orleansand Grenada Miss was atSimpson Hiss today

Fireman John Hamilton was killed andCharles Mils engineer and aof passengers were seriously injured

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LITTLE TOTS TODAY

Two Thousand Bags PassedOut From The Times

Toy Room

OLD KRIS HIMSELFDOES DISTRIBUTING

St Nicholas Girl sod AsetstafttsKept By Thr gX

Incidents of Santa Day atTimes Office

Two tbaecaad gift dtsrfi rtedby Santa Clans The TiaesSt NxMtas Girl today

Tets threag lower laac af MessyBuiWiug where many ef taaa seeSt fr first time

Four with words afness keep little feiks ia linewhile iatzih d a takes place

Sight tiriiks many a pasaersy andbelated eaatxfbaiiasc are TB

Every MiN pi viaVa fvrcalled who bad sat written taSanta

tore taaa twthe cnys hanwiClara today

Some ofof

Some of UMstime before rather orwhen Saata Claas ooae and J ft edithood JOTS m his woks Taay rsaMsabored tee Ia

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about a desolate Jhialsi tint let ew tothis Otaad OU Man of taa Yvfcsttdewent ttaaaswerea and dulsisaaaday had dim set cfcaertose aadhad been as

But it was different this moialatu At

and the St leaoias GIrlnearly tweatya cMMre-novoacyes wouderta beUevtar rery

teed came andtheir little laden with

oelook Saata Gabsearns of assist vatsBet to appear nt8 t The earlystood upon the threanoid of the MKbuilding their eyes pivoted npaa afairyland within where dolls badether good tMa s of life aa at beIn glorious profusion awaiting the CUBtedianshia of tressbims little heedBy 9 oclock hundreds of expectant

windowslobby within Four poacemea whoruled throufapossessed not a note ofthe little ones line

Big OpenThe hour erase Through the M

swinging door came Saata Clans theWad old foliose Ute impatient boys badgirls had otteR heard about Psamd-Mm came tile St Xtcaotas Girt Mtes-Seieite Armstroag of The Times anda doses or more assistants whose la-bors aided by tIN of tinepublic had DIMe totaysand yet In some instances patheticscene possible

the paseerby aood It was an occaolonthat inspired the meet caHoos to asire to do better things It taught UK-leesoa of a Christmas worth wafle Itbrought hove te every nee wao wK-nessed the ewfoui d happiness of littleones the words of Hlm ho said

Inasmuch as ye have done it aatoone of the least of these

The cynic as he elbowed his waythrough the hundreds of expectant chil-dren was forced tomist on his way dawnstreet He remembered tfcat be hadntmade anybody happy He caBed a si

ehiM sMe ant modeatonement

Two Thousand BagsTwo base Oiled wMfi r

membraaces that go to make tile iMeuof the child harry were Olstribated

Times building tins morning Some othe bags contained gtfts tor ormore chUdrea members of the samefamily There was a human intereststory in every pair of outstretched erasehere was reverence writtea ta the faceof every child who Based upon SantaClaus

Over in the corner stood adecorated Christmas tree There wereclose to the window panes ta bigroom this morata who bad novc seena Christmas tree Trey wets etkind that one sera with eyes presseddoes to the window panes te

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Seduced Christmas Holiday EaresBouthern Ballway Advt

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