Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-24 | Page 27 | President Receives Many Christmas Gifts

PRESIDENT RECEIVES I MANY CHRISTMAS GIFTS Pardons to Two Federal Prisoners Among Presents Given by Him Hint Washington W D Dec c. c 22 President President Wil Wilson's Wilsons rl r sons son's Christmas celebration began to toda to- to da day Turkeys were distributed to all al I married White House employees while b by express and mall mail mai gifts gUts for tor the Pr President Pres Pres- s- s ident arrived from all al parts of or tho the States In addition to presents sent Mr r. r Wilson Wison Wi- Wi Wilson Wil Wil- son by personal friends he received remembrances from admirers unknown to him personally There was holl holly holh end mistletoe b by the barrel and books of or man many descriptions description The President has hns no engagements ments before Tuesday and plans to spend pend to tomorrow to- to tomorrow morrow morro and Monday Monda quiet quietly with tho the members o of his family The largo large Christmas tree treo for Cor the children at the tho White House was sas put In place today President Wilson today gave Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas pardons to two federal prisoners and directed the tho department of or Justice to expedite their release so o the they might spend Monday wI with th their thol r families In Inthe tho the ordinary r cour course e of or procedure the cases would not ha have vo been acted upon for tor several weeks A word picture of or three small smal children chil chil- then dren cren whoso whose mother died while the husband husband husband hus- hus I band and father was In prison moved I tho President to order t tho Ie release of ot otHal Hall hail Hal Ro Ross of or W W. Va found gult guilty of ot engaging in tho the retail liquor business without paying a n ta tax un and sentenced to three mon months in Jail lh The other prisoner ordered released was Lillian C. C Munson of ot Georgia convicted con con- at Edgewater N. N N J J. J 3 of ot persuading lag ing InS a 0 man to embezzle money from rom a bank She Sho was sentenced to two years ears In the penitentiary but the President Pros Pres ident acted on the tho ground that It never had been proven she had a l part partIn In the tho embezzlement Q