CHRISTMAS CHEER
FOR UNFORTUNATE
New York, Dec. 14.:?Christmas!
cheer for the people of the war
torn nations of Europe, refugees in1
the Near East and American .;oi
diers abroad is goin<? forward <
through this port :n greater volume j
than ever before. Postoffice officials
here estimate that the volume of
the 1920 Christmas foreign mail(
will approach twice the amount of
previous years. I
Thousands of packages have al-j
ready been received here from ail
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parts of the country ana postar uiu-i
cials prepared for a precedented
rush during the first two weeks of
December. The bulk of the mail,
offiicals state, is being sent to Ger-,
many and Poland and comprises
principally foodstuffs and clothing
Italy and the Balkan states will al-;
so receive large shipments with j
smaller amounts going to France,;
{ Britain, Norway, Sweden, Belgium)
and the Latin-American countries.
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In addition to the Christmas pack
ages going direct by parcel post and (
by express, various American relief
organizations are planning to bring
something of the season's spirit to,
many thousands of destitute chil-j
dreru The Near East Relief has
made elaborate Christmas plans for'
the refugee youngsters in the NeaT j
East and the Red Cross has planned;
cheer for children in the various dis
tricts in which it is operating.
The volume of soldier mail this
year has materially decreased over
recent years because of the with
drawal of most of the American for
ces from Europe. The several thou
sand "doughboys" still on the Rhine
will be well remembered as a large
shipment of gifts has been accumu
lated at the Army Transport Ser
vice at Hoboken. Soldiers serving in
( the Canal Zone, Hawaii, the Philip
pines and Alaska will also <be re
membered. Some of the vessel's
bearing gifts for these men sailed
during November.
Men of the navy, wherever sta
tioned will also be the recipient of
Christmas gifts from home and the
Navy Department has made special
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I Co-operating with the Junior Red
Cross, Secretary Daniels of the
Navy Department has ordered a
vessel to take Christmas gifts for!
thousands of Dalmatian children.
This action was taken upon recom
mendation of Admiral Andrews, in
charge of American warships sta
tioned in the Adriatic. Two thou
sand pairs of shoes and stockings,
thousands of cans of condensed
milk, hundreds of bars of chocolate
and toys from Red Cross ware
houses will go to destitute children
in Northern Italy and in Jugo
slavia.
The Near East has made arrange- c
ments whereby United States sail- n
ors and marines stationed in Turk- t
ish waters are to make Christmas ?
merry for thousands of -children. a
Each of Uncle Sam's fighting P
men there have been asked to c
"adopt" a child and provide some S
kind of a Christmas present.
A Christmas tr*e with elaborate
exercises will be placed in the Near' f
East Relief tubercular hospital in I
Constantinople. In Harpoot, where S
there are 6,000 Armenian orphans s
another tree will be provided by the ?
Near East Relief organization. At ii
Batum, on the Black Sea, where \
conditions are at he worst the popu- t
lation is looking forward to a ship- h
ment of one thousands tons of q
flour from America to add joy to
holiday. Tbe flour left here Novem
ber 23 and is expected to arrive be
fore Christmas.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
A special meeting of the stcikr
holders of the Planters Bank is here
by called by the directors to meet in
the office of the president of Said
bank at 12 o'clock noon Thursday,
December 30th, to consider a resolu
tion adopted by the directors to in
crease the capital stock from $40,000
to an amount not exceeding $100,000 j
and to transact any other business j
that shall come before it. i
OTTO BRISTOW, Cashier, j i
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?LACE FOR AUSTRIA
FOUND IN LEAGUE
'irst Former Enemy State Elected
Without Opposition?Thirty
Five States Vote in Affirma
tive
Geneva, Dec. 16.?The assembly
>f the legaue of nations elected to
lay the first former enemy state
nember of the league without op
>osition. The vote on the admission
if Austria came after an unexpect
d passage at arms between Giu
eppe, Motta, Switzerland and M.
fivani, representing France.
M. Motta, speaking on the re
tort of the committee which was
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nany's application for admission by
he peace conference, saying that
Switzerland had always regretted it
,nd that there were now three
daces vacant in the league, which
night to be filled by the United
itates, Russia and Germany.
At the mention of Germany, M.
fivani sprang up and asked for the
loor, and upon the conclusion of
I. Motta's speech in which the
>wiss delegate appealed to the as
embly for justice, M. Vivani
nounted the trilbune and launched
nto a fervid defense of the French
iewpoint. It was soon apparent
hat the assembly was with him and
us remarks were greeted wiui ire
luent applause. When he descend*
d fom the tribune he received the
neatest ovation of the assembly.
The voting for the admission of
Lustria, which immediately follow
>d developed 35 votes in favor of
Austria's entrance, two members
vere absent and four abstained
Tom voting.
The four elective members of the
eague council chospn by the assem
>ly today were Spain, Brazil, Bel
gium and China, the final success of
3hina coming after several ballots,
>eing greeted with enthusisastic ap
riause.
China today took rank among the
mncipal powers directing the af
iffairs of the world though its entry
nto the council of the league of na
;ions in succession to Greece. The
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<i. A. NEUFFER, President.
ALBERT HENRY, Vice-Presiden
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lection of .China had been dis
ounted largely since the assembly
reviously had adopted the recom
lendation of the committee on or
anization that another elective
lember be allotted to Asia.
It was doubtful up to the last
loment, however, whether the mem
ers who for the last few days had
een advocating Slav or Scandina
ian representation would not suc
eed with their argument that the
.siatic races could not expect two
laces on the council while two im
ortant European countries were
ot represented at all.
The maioritv of the delegates,
the recommends
mittee on the
states which it 1
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approve.
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j league today ai
J ceived and welc
i bly. In the dis<
1 suppress the wh
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j Denmark, took
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! ciseness which il
might have shoi
of the assembly.
owever, held to their implied prom
e, but the success of China was GOVERNMENT
ue largely to the personal strength
lat Dr. Wellington Koo of the Ohi
ese delegation has acquired in the Washington, 1
ssembly. $840,000,000 a?
The delegates appeared to be less men^ *aEs due r
iterested in the election of newlsame ^me *
;ates to the league and followed $650,000,000 in
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E. E. COX, Cashier,
t. P. E. BELL, Asst. Cashier.
ition of the com
admission of new.
lad long been known
bnclusion they would
her debut in the |
id wds cordially re-1
omed by the assem
:ussion of action to
il+n clovo Mllo I
j profits taxes.
About $700,000,000 in treasury
[ certificates of indebtedness mature
today and at the same time the
semi-annual interest on the first
liberty loan and the victory loan,
aggregating about $140,000,000 be
came payable. In order to provide
for current expenses and to meet
t:ViP rpmflinH<?r nf fVio loainr
led, a substitute for
the floor and in the
gave the delegates
clearness and con
f it had come earlier
tened the meeting
tions which mature in January, in
cluding $300,000,000 in certificates
Secretary Hoiiston has offered two
new issues of certificates aggregat
ing about $500,000,000.
BORROWS
M OF $500,000,000
Dec. 16.?A bill for
jainst the govern
today and at the
reasury is to collect
income and excess
Over 5,000 mules and burrors
daily pass over the La Paz-Yungas
road in Bolivia, which goes from La
Paz up and over the Andes and
down into the valley of the Undua
vi.
Mademoiselle Napierskowski, a fa
mous Russian dancer, has insured"
her feei for fifty thousand dollars.
Chance!
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;mber how hard it seemed to get 'round
e actual strating of that savings account
urs? *' ' .
. Christmas gi\*es a bully opportunity for
o help some young person over this rough
on the road to financial advancement.
a Savings Account?for any amount?
it; uuy ur gm.
'11 appreciate the thoughtfulness ol" such
: and have pride in building it up.
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