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The Omaha Sunday Bee PART ONE. NEWS SECTION PAGES ONE TO TEN VOL. XLUr NO. 28. V OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1913-SIX SECTIONS- FORTT-SIX PAGES. SINGLE COPY" FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHER. Cloudy SWEET CHARITY TO BENEFIT FROM THE BIG BALLTHURSDAY Interest in Holiday Sooiety Func tion Most Keen and Its Suo cess is Assured. FULL DRESS IS NOT REQUIRED Committee Decides that Swallow Tail is Not Necessary. TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST Dictz Sees the Mortgage Raised on the City Mision. OTHER BALLS REMEMBERED nm.i.n Una Turned Ont SoTrnl Times Before to liaise Panda by Giving Ultf Affairs of Similar Cliaraoter. ElTn though tho Who aro working tooth and toe-nail to mak th ciiarlty ball Now roar's night Omaha's greatest and most brilliant social function, or society leaders and b.lteve In formality in dress as well as manners, the commit tee In charge of the ball at a meeting at th Commercial club Saturday noon ac- clded that tho ball was not limited to those of well lined pocket books, but was tree and open to all and that evening rinthpa wero not a requisite. Thus tho r.lnln business man and the plain busi ness woman will be able to attond tho big functions without tho Inconvenience of wearing e dross suit or an evening gown nd thev will be Just as welcome na any. This public announcement that tho big ball was to be a democratic affair and that everybody was invited to bo In at tendance has Increased tho Interest among that vast class of persons, so eupnom ously termed tho third estate, and im mediately after the announcement It be onmn evident that the number who will trip tho light fantustlc on New Year's night, will bo very great. Already sev eral hundred tickets have been sold and i.nw thoso "tired business men, wno previously refused to consider attending bocauso the formality of a dress suit was necessary, have declared willingness to Join tho throng. All Details rrepnred. Every detail of the plans for the affair has been prepared and not a thing will go amiss when New Year's night arrives. The musio has been provided. Green's j band and Olson's orchestra have agreed; to play the tango harmonies at lntorvals j so that neither wljj experience the effects of tho lonEXCflJnslBrind and so that the dancers will bo able to enjoy tho differ ences In the pitch and tone of band and orchestra music and not become tired with tho monotony of the same kind of music all evening. Awnings are to bo stretched from the doors of the Auditorium to tho street curb In order to protect my miladies' finery providing the official weather prognostlcator Is disgruntled and arbitrar ily furnlBhes a spell of bad weather. Tho Scott-Rawltzor company has agreed to furnlBh the canvass necessary for such awnings. The lighting effects and the elaborate decorations uro ready, which means that tho big Auditorium will look its best on the first night of the year. The boxes have been draped as has also the balcony and stuge. Ticket Campaign. Starting bright and early tomorrow morning the real campaign to sell tickets to tho ball will bo Btarted when commit tees will begin to mako rounds of all ths business houses, tho wholesalo houses, tl: stock exchange, tho grain exchange, the offloo buildings anil every place else prospective purchasers of tickets may bo expected to bo In hiding. Each commit tee will consist of one gentleman and two women and it Is difficult to imagine any hardened creature who will be able to withstand the charms of such com binations. These committees will con tinue their work until the night of the balL Tho city commissioners, the county commissioners and other prominent men have guaranteed their co-operation. Mayor Dahlman, Commissioners Mo Govern. Withnell, Chief of Police Dunn, County Commissioner Lynch, Everett Buckingham of tho stock yards, T. J. O'Brien and scores of others have already bought their tickets and promise to bo on hand even though they may not be na active as some of the younger mem bers present. Enthusiasm ICeen, Enthusiasm over the ball seems so gen eral that Mr. Diets says tho proceeds will probably ba large enough to make a pay ment on the small mortgage still remaln- (Continued on PBge Two.) The Weather Forecast till 7 p. m. Sunday: For Omaha, Council Uluf fa and Vicinity Cloudy; somewhat colder. Temperature nt Omulia Yeaterdny. Hour. Dctt. 0 a. m 25 6 a. m 26 7 u. m 25 S a, m 25 9 a. m 26 10 a. in 27 Jl p. Ill 8 12 in ,.. 3J 1 p. in M 2 P. m 31 3 p. m 31 i t. Ill 30 5 p. in 30 6 ii. ni 'J 7 p. m 28 t'ouiiuirutix' Local lteeonl. 1313. 1312. 1911. 1910. Highest yesterday 32 00 12 39 Lowest yesterday 31 5 28 Mean temperature 27 36 8 34 Precipitation w .00 .00 .( Temperature and precipitation dopar turcs from tho normal nt Omaha since March 1, and compared with the pant two years: Normal temperature 38 lCxcess for tho day Total oxcess Blnce March V pit 910 Normal precipitation ,, .08 Inch Deficiency for the day 03 Inch rtalnfall since March 1, 1913.23.00 inohea Deficiency wince March 1,. 1913. S.4S Inches iMflciencv for cor. period. 1913. 4.20.lnchM Deficiency for cor. period, 1911.13 Jl loohe ROOT'S BODYM CITY HALL Will Lie in State that Friends May Pay Last Respects. FUNERAL TO BE ON MONDAY Arrangements Coniplcto for the Ktinrrnl of Sovcrclsn Com mander of Woodmen, "Who Died Last Week. The body of Joseph Cullen Root will arrive In Omaha this morning and from noon until Monday noon It will He In state In the rotunda of tho city hall .that his numerous friends may pay their last respects to tho deceased sovereign com mander of tho Woodmen ot the Wor'd. Tho funeral will be held from the late residence, 1031 South Thirtieth avenue, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Arrange ments for tho funeral were made yejter day by tho cxecutlvo council uf the Woodmen of the World, after a confer ence by telegraph with the members ot the family while onroute with the bedy to Omaha. Xloilr to Me in Stntc, The body of the deceased sovereign commander of tho Woodmen ot tho World left Clinton, la., at 9:53 o'clock last night over tho Northwestern. It was accompanied by relatives and V Wood Jewel, sovereign watchman; J. E Fitzgerald, sovereign jnanager; Ira W. Portor and A. D. Cloud, sovereign physl clans, and will arrive at 7:i0 o'clock this morning. It will be met at tho Union station by tho mombcrs of the executive council now In the city, menv bers of the uniform rank and consistory of the Masonic order. From the depot It will be escorted to an undertaking room, where It will bo prepared for j burial and at noon will be taken to the city hall, where In the rotunda It will He In .state until noon Monday. At that hour it will bo taken to the homo, where at 2 o'clock tho funeral services will be held, some Congrogai tional clergyman, not yet selected, of ficiating. Burial will be In tho family vault In Forest Lawn. Service to Br Simple. It is the desire of the members of the family to hold a funeral sen-Ice that will be slmplo and devoid of pomp or show. Consequently, there will bo no parade or other demonstration. Thero will not bo oven a Kadosh funoral. At the gravo the services will be conducted In accordance (Continued on Page Two.) 1 Reports of Number of Men Idle on the Coast Exaggerated LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 27. Five thousand men out of work In Los An geles, Instead of 30,000 as reported pre viously fronf polica and other sources, Is tho reporWlVed today by Acting Mayor V'. J7 Whlffen and tho city coun cil following a thorough canvass of tho whole city by a Good Fellows' committee, a private charity. Of the 5,000 unemployed, 3,000 have families dependent on them and Ihe re mainder aro "floaters," according to the report. The announcement that previous estimates wero exaggerated created a feeling of relief at the city hall. Preparations are .being made to ex pend emergency funds liberally In public improvements on which 3,000 or 4,000 men may bo employed for several monthB. Civil sen-Ice regulations will be sus- penaed so that every man who needs work for tho support of his family may find a place on the pay rolls. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 27.-One thousand men were put to work today by the city and by Monday there will be Jobs for 3,000. which, from present Indica tions, will bo about 1,000 more places than aro needed. Unfilled applications ror work today numbered only POO. In tho meanwhile co-operatlvo em Ployment bureaus probably will supply all thn hungry who apply with food. Ijist night there was trouble between the management of tho bureau and tho cut Iriary committee of the unemployed be cause tho men wanted the kitchen kept open all night and the management re fused. Trust Estate of Late Lady Curzon is Now Million and a Half WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The sum of J1.C13.1G0 Is to be turned over to the new trustees of the fund created by tho late Levi Z. Lelter of Chicago nnd Washing ton as a marriage dower for his daugh ter, Mary V. Lelter when shs became Lady Curron. according to a report of the aocount made by the district auditor In tho district supremo court. The In come on the total settlement since the marriage In April, 1895, to Docember 22, lost. Is shown to hi.v aggregated f903,916. Tho accounting wan made necessary by i the resignation of the original trustees! nnri thm Bllhstltlltlnn tn th!r nl.ip!i rf I two others. The original marriage settlement was $700,000 and when Lady Curzon's father died the fund was Increased by an addi tional cash payment of $1,000,000. Pay ments have been made to the bene ficiaries as follows: To Mary V, Curzon. before her death, $394,2&0; to George Nathaniel, Karl Cur zon, $162,210, and to the earl as guardian for his three children, $320,291. Civilian Shoots at Sentry at Zabern ZAUERN. Alsace. Germany. Dec. 27. Two shots were fired today by an un identified civilian at a sentry stationed in front of the barracks recently occupied by the Ninety-ninth Infantry regiment. Uoth shots went wild and civilian escaped. This is the first Incident of the kind in Zabern since the removal of tho ninety ninth Infantry, whoso place has bu:i taken by another regiment. IJcutunant Huron Von Forstncr, one of the Ninetylnlnth, caused the recent trou ble between the Military and the towns people. Feeling on both sides is still blsh. WILSON'S GREATEST TASK IS BEFORE Proper Selection of Members of Re serve Board Determines Fate of Currcnoy Sysctm. WILL HE GO OUTSIDE OF PARTY? If He Does, Will it Not ing Party Disse YATES' STATEMENT Omaha Banker's Reasoning Challenged in Part. NOT AFTER REGIONAL Cnte Citr Una Slude No Request liut llonril Might Decide City Was Proper 1'lnco to KNtnMUn One. iFroin a Staff Correspondent) WAHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 27.-(Speclal Telegram.) Will tho president appoint members of the federal reservo board without regard to politics or will he t-eek wlthn his party thoso qualifications which tho new banking and currency law contemplate? This question la uppermost In tho minds ot thinking legislators today. Thuro are several who have openly eald they would not recommend anybody for these vastly Important places. It Is known, howovcr, that several senator and number of representatives have filed recommenda tions for individuals, which may em barrass the president not a little and as an aftermath of the passage ot the cur roncy bill create dlssentton that may last through Mr. Wilson's term. Only Representative Men. Of course, domocruts of high standing will he preferred to those of opposite political faith. This Is admitted, not withstanding the elimination of politics. as first requisite of candidates for mem bership on tho Iteservo oBard. Howover, If thero aro not enough democrats meas urlng up to tho high standard required, and who aro willing to serve on the board ot probably less salary than they Heum?, mandvjn private llfo, republicans, "bull moosors" or prohibitionists, populists and socialists will recclvo consideration If they possess tho necessary financial ex perience and undisputed ability. None but representative men of the United (Continued on Pago Two.) Banks Must Make Formal Eequests For Membership WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. The molhod to be followed by national banks In mak ing applications for admission to the new federal reservo banking system was de termined on today by Secretaries McAdoo and Houston, constituting the organiza tion committee. It was decided to require each bank, through its board bf di rectors, to pass a formal resolution prescribed by tho federal committee which was to constitute a legal application for stock 'in tho new national banks. Within sixty days each bank Is directed to submit to its directors alternative proposition, rejecting or accepting tho resolution prescribed by tho federal organization committee. 1 tho resolution is adopted it will be forward to Wash Ington by the cashier of tho bank as tho formal application of tho bank for entry In the system. Officials reiterated that the selection of the fourteen cities for hearing did not lndlcato tlio positive choice of any pf them for tho location of federal reserve banks. HEBREW STUDENTS TO HAVE CHANUKAH ENTERTAINMENT The Daughters of Jacob, whose gener ous philanthropy Is directed toward the support of the Hebrew free school con ducted in conjunction with tho synagoguo at Twenty-fourth and Nicholas streets, are Interesting the llttlo folks in an elaborate "Chanukah" celebration for Sunday evening. Clinnukah is known as o uuuiaio i. jiiiiiuiiu,u mcui nuuii tui the feoM of dedication and is celebratod by tho Jewish peoplo in memory of the vlctoiy won by Judas Marcnbeas over liplphanon, which restored tholr posses sion of tho tabernacle. Among other In- ttrestlng numbers tho program will In- elude Hebrew pongx und raro Instru mental selections. Arrangement aro be ing made to provldo for an extraordinary attendance. RECEPTION TO DAVIDSON ON LEAVING WASHINGTON (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON. Deo. 27.-(Speclal Tele - I gram.) Dr. W. M. Davidson, present ! superintendent of schools of Washington, will bo tendered a reception Monday even ing In the apartments or senator nnu Mrs. Thurston In the Woodward building In this city by the .Nebraska association, of which F. A. Abbott, asslstnnt commis sioner ot Indian affairs, Is chairman. Dr. Davldsonv with his wife and daughter wilt leave Washington on th day after this reception, for their new , home In Pittsburgh, where, he goes as ' superintendent of schools of the "smoky . itv" Tt 1k Axnantefl a. Nebraska irod- ' .n.rt will h eiven Dr. Davidson on this occasion for he has "made good Washington. BENKLEMAN APPRENTICE PEREFCT PHYSICAL MAN SPOKANE, Wash., Dec 27. - (SpecIal.) - Tha local nacal recruiting station yester- day enlisted as apprentice seaman Walter C. EdwnrdK, aged 21, of IJcnkleman, Neb. According to the recruiting officers, Kl wards is the most pcrfoct physical speci men of man examined at this station In many months. Ho Is five feet eight Inches tall, weighs 165 pounds and has a chest expansion of five Inches. Teeth, vision and hearing aro without flaws and his pbyslque it perfect in every particular. bank . vmwm.Trm)m - - -,-srE-- i Drawn for Tho Beo by Powell. FIRE AND DISEASE Zero Weather Adds to Suffering Caused by Water Famine. LONG- BREAK IN BIG' MAIN L Service Cannot He Itesloreil ' Severn! Dnyi nnd Many Bnllrt liiKa Close necaniiu of I.nok of Water for Hollers. MONTREAL, Dec. 27. Zero weather to day Increased suffering caused by tho water famlnti here. Many big buildings, including two hospitals put out tholr fires because they could get no water for tholr steam boilers. The cold hampered tho distribution of water In tank carts bo causo tho water froze berore tt reacnoa consumers. In the hospitals doctors and nurses went about their duties In fur coats and extra blankets wero heaped on the ratlonts. Many business offices were rinsed from lack of hoat. Tho city faces two dangers, nro ana disease, owing to lack of sanitary con veniences. Several days must elapse before the slxvty-foot break In tho Intake pipe from tho St. Lawrence, which caused the trou ble can bo repaired, . , President Orders Fireman Watching Fire to Get Busy vars cniUSTTAN. Tex.f Dec, 28. Citizens of Gulfport. which place Mr. Wll - rfnllv nasses on his way to tho golf ... . . club, today were on tho alert to w mm. Mr. Wilson's prowess as a firefighter has added to his fame here. One member ot tho volunteer flro department of Gulf port today revealed the discovery that President Wilson la quite mandatory In emergency "I was standing outside the Novlllo resi dence waiting for the uppsratus to ar rive." he said, "when a man came up. "Ho noticed my uniform and asked me I why I was standing there looking at the fire. " 'Why don't you get up there and help?' he asked. I told him I colldn't Ko up until the hook and ladder wagon came. " Well.' he said, 'my men could climb , up on the Inside. I don't boo why you ! can't.' It suddenly dawned upon me that i was tnllilng to the president and I went inside to help Qulfport citizens nre considering a for mal vote of thanks to tho president for his part In preventing tho destruction yes terday of the Neville home, ono of the handsomest residences there. Damage by High Tide is Enormous LOS ANGHLKS, Cal., Doc 7. Although In ! tho tide wus higher than yesterday, when j 'considerable damage was done, xne seat was calmer today and the coast towns be-' tween Long llcach and Santa Harbara suffered less. Preparations made In ad- 1 vance to meet the crest of the tldo shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, proved ade-, j (mate, and the losses, estimated at be- i ! tween $1K,000 and $200,000 yesterday had ) ( no additions today. ' Houses on the strand at Venloe, Ocean park and Santa Monica, which seemed yesterday about to topple ovor Into tho wlrl of water the ocean threw Into tho streets, wero drawn back out of danger during tho night. Wood bulkheads eroded In place ot tho cement barriers which went out yestorday under the onslaught of tha breaker, held ffUccersfuUy, MONTREAL Trying Out His New Skates Fariss, Confessed : Bandit and Slayer Sentenced to Hang LOB ANQHLICB, Cal., Dec. 27,-Ilalph Farlis, known as John llostlck, tho con fessed train bandit, was sentenced to bo hanged at San Qucnttn fpr tho murder of Horace I Montague, tho passenger agent who was slain by Farlsa when the latter held up a Southern Pacinoc,JCt press train at ICl Monto December L The bundlt confessed his name Is Ralph Fariss and that, his father Is James FarlBB, a railroad innn who has been In tho employ of tho Southern Pnclflo at Bakcrstluld, Cal., for twenty-flvo years. lrnt-4na wnm tnltAii linfnrA JllrilTA Oavltl rvn.- tn .,. orim.nni ,in.ri,n,nt nr? the. and before 12 o'clock struck he was back In tho county prison, a condemned man. preparing to leave for San Qucntln to night to meet death on the gallows within ninety days. Entlro proceedings, from the tlmo the bandit was arraigned In a township Jus tlco court until ho passed out of tho superior court condemnod, occupied Just two hours and eighteen minutes. When he came Into court, the youthful bandit and slayer wan hardly able to talk audibly and Judge Craig admonished him to speak louder. In a whisper Karriss waived all rights accorded prisoners an to attorneys, delays and methods of procedure, nnd then In answer to the nuostlou: "Aro you guilty or not guilty?" ho answered: "Qullty," and sentenco was Immediately pronounced, Judge Craig say ing that the offense charged-the murder of Montague, who appeared In a Pull man coach while Karlss was robbing the .passengers, was an offense that merited no less than death on the gallows. Fariss bowed his head and was led back to tho Jail. The caso of Fariss was ended In record j time. Ho was captured Tuesday in Ban Francisco, brought hero on Christmas day, confessing to Sheriff Hammel on tho way and today he was sentenced to dlo for his crlino. BLOCKS PLAN TO RUSH POTATOES FROM EUROPE NEW YORK. Dec. 27 Sccretnry Hous ton of the Departmrnt of Agriculture blocked a plan to rush foreign potatoes to this country when he changed the date of their landing for the New York mar ket from January 1 to December 23. After the recent hearing In Washington when the secretary fixed January 1 as tho limit for loading potatoes abroad for this market, receivers hero cabled orders to rngugo trump steamers and load potatoes beforo tho tlmo oxplrcd. Ar rangements had bren made for 200.000 bags, which with the ?00,0G0 on hand, would have, made a stock of 450,000 bags of foreign potatoes for this market. Secretary Houston heard of the move nnd blocked It with the chango of date. Several tramp steamers that had been chartered wero released. The Wonderful Tree of Light.... Omaha's Christmas Tree Post Cards 6 for 1 Oc At Hfo Office or iroru N'ewsbojs and Carrier. OKVEISS Kir MAIL. J2 CKXTS OLD SILVER DOLLAR AT OMAHA L Coin Like That Found at New Haven in Local Collection and Kept 'Locked in Safe. .ONLY A FEW IN EXISTENCE Hnvc Become Ho lliire thnt Those Held by Various Owner Can not He nought Nnvr nt Any Price. An 1$04 sliver dollar like the one un. , ven, Conn., said to bo held priceless sr numlsma stn and saleable at several U1MUBU.IIU UyillUB IL U&1CIVU IU Is lri the Byron Ileed collection of rare coins at the Omaha public library. It Is so highly prized that tt Is kept In a safe, guarded by many locked and electrically protected doors, whllo a "dummy" Is ex hibited tn Its place In the show cose, Dyron llecd paid $570 for It many years ago, but since then other 1S04 sliver dol lars have been sold nt from $760 to $3,000. nnd specimens of that particular Issue of tho silver dollar are now so scarce thnt none can bn bought at any price, although coin collectors aro authority for the statement that as high as $3,B00 has been offered for a specimen with no takers. The Byron Ileed 1804 Hllvor dollar Is tho finest specimen of the rare Issue known to be In existence, according to old notes In the Byron Reed room at the library. It Is an exceptionally dear cut numplo and to keep It so, It Is never handled excopt on extraordinary occa sions. Miss Edith Tobltt, the librarian. has herself not handled tho priceless coin (Continued on Page Two.) Body of Rampolla Will Not Be Exhumed ROMB, Dec. 27.-Offlclals of the Vatl can, as well an intimate friends and rel atlves of the late Cardinal Rampolla to day denied emphatically rumors put Into circulation In certain quarters of Rome of mysterious circumstances surrounding tho prelate's death. They also declared thero was no Intention ot exhuming his body for medical examination, as the cause of death had been already estab llshed. The rumors in question nro as sumed to have bean founded on the dis appearance of a small box supposed to have contained some private papers. Quarter Million Fire at St, Louis ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27 Flro ruined a five story building In the heart ot the city, causing a loss ot $260,000. Ono hundred nnd fifty guests at the St. Regis hotel were routed In their night clothes by I flames which Iraped across the alley and i threatened to attack the hotel windows. I Fix firemen wore Injured, though not fatally, by showers of burning embers , canned by the collapse of walls and roof. The Adams Htamp company, the Harris Bhoe company, tho McNlght Tailoring company and the Young Women's Christian association down town restau rant were the principal losers. nnrnl Carrier Ilropa Dead. VIVIAN, S. D Deo. 27.-(Bpec!al.) Hoart trouble coustd the sudden death ot ohn Culver, in charge of tho rural ' mall delivery route extending from Vivian ; to Fort Pierre. Culver "died in harness," j tor nis aeau uouy waa lounu oy a lurmcr . In tho road beside his mall wagon, from ! whlrh he evidently toppled when death overtook him. He had left tho Vivian poatofflre only aboat ten minutes before j his brttr ova4 MOVER SAYS HE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK AND BADLY BEATEN Head of Western Federation ot Miners, Deported from Copper District, is in Milwaukee. DRAGGED MILE TO THE STATION Says He Was Threatened by Mina. Manager. EXPECTS TO RETURN SOON Will Stay in Chicago Until He Re covers from Wounds. ACCUSES CITIZENS' ALLIANCE Assault Tnkea Place in Hi" Iloom In Hotel nt llfincoclc Soon After Conference vrHh Sheriff nnd Committee. SIIIjWAUKBTS, Wis., Dec. 7. "1 wat attacked by about twenty-five men in, my room at tho Bcott hotel in Hancook, Mich., last night at about 8:90 o'clock, struok ovor the head with the butt ot a revolver, shot tn the back, dragged through the hotel and streets and put on a train and told to leave the country forever,' said Charles 1 1. Moyer, preeN dent of tho Western Federation of Minn era. during his stop here on a Chloago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train enroute to Chicago. Moyer, when he arose from his berth loft his bod coverod with blood from wounds in his scalp and back. Ho waa good natured dosplto his wounds and sold that after ho got "healed up" In Chicago lie would return to Calumet afid, fight "thoso mlno owners to the last." "At 8:30 o'clock last night Sheriff Crusa and nbout fifteen other men came to my room to ask mo about arrangementa for the burial of the poor persons wha met their death In the Christmas catas trophe They remained nbout fifteen, minutes and left, after I had told them that the Western Federation of Miners end tho labor organizations of tho ooiinn try conld nnd would (caro for Its own uni fortu nates. "Wllhln four minutes, or In time befora the commlttoo of citizens could leavo the room fifteen ruffians burst Into tho room. I was standing at the telephones at tho time and was putting in a call, Charles It. Tanner ot California, traveU Ing auditor for the Western Federation of Miners, was with me. ShnntltiK Aclilentnl. "Several men grabbed hold ot me an held me whllo another man came up from behind and struck mo wlththj'Jjutt oC his revolver on the head. Then thero waa a report of a gun and I felt a piercing sonsatlon In my baok. I don't think onyi one shot mo deliberately. I think that tho gun used in hitting me on the head, was discharged during tho action. "Then two men got hold of my arma and dragged me out of the hotel. Down street wo went. When two men beoama tired, two other huskies took hold of me. and although I was on my feet part or. the time, yet for blockn I was dragged. It Is a little more than a mile ta Houghton, where the mob took me. All the while they were pulling me along tho others wero yelling 'Lynch him!' and Hang him!" and calling me tho vilest ot names. Implicates Minn Mnnimte. "When wo reached tho station James MoNaughton, general manager and vlco president of the Calumet and Hechv mines drovo up In on automobile. He rushed up to me and sold: " 'You get out of this country forever. If you ever como back I'll hang you.' Then he continued to abuse me in tno vilest manner. When tho train Ieit. t was thrown bodily onto It. Two men who claimed to bo deputy Bherlffa then, got on. They took mo into tho sleeper und soon after Mr. Tanner was brought! In. He too had been assaulted In tha room and forcibly taken to tho station. One of the deputies handed the conductor our tickets and said that we wero going to Chicago. Tho doputles stayed on tho train until bo had passed over into Wls-i consln. Depaty Hherift Approver Bill. "Somewhere on tho trip a doctor waa called to dress my wounds. He was sum moned by ono of tho men who said thoy were deputy sheriffs and he told tho doctor to send tho bill to tho sheriff at Calumet. ' "In order to prove my case I got a statement from tho doctor." Mr. Moyer then reached Into his coat and got two eheots ot paper, on Which was written this statement: Charles H. Moyer was treated by mo for a gunshot wound in the back, appar ently superficial in nature, and lacera tions of tho scalp. J. W. STORY. M. D. (Countersigned.) W. II. ltBNDLBY. Deputy Sheriff Mr. Moyer said ho was going to stop; (Continued on Page Four.) A New Light Coming! A year or bo ago a now light waa Invented that' Importantly reduced bills for Illuminating. Now hints leak out from the laboratories that soon another light will come on tho market that will be oven more revolu tionary. Probably tho first news ot this groat discovery and many others of equal Importance! will come to you In the adver tising columns of your favorlto newspaper. Progress naturally seeks tho channel b ot progress; and busi ness news likes to run along Uvo wires. Advertising is tho channel through which now ideas oeek their market. If you expoct to keep up with what tho bright mlndo aro doing jou must read tho advertising. JL