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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DEOEtBER 28, 1913.
TWELVE MENARE DROWNED
Death Hides in Storm that Sweeps
New Jersey Coast
PROPERTY DAMAGE ENORMOUS
rnrt of Ttmn of Senhrlfiht Wrecked
hy Waves and Mimerotm Sninll
Craft Are Driven Ashore
lir tinlr.
NEW YORK. Dec. 57. Two men
drowned In East river nnd ten tncn
the crown of two tiargos wrecked
tn tho New Jersey coast given up as
lost, li the cost In human liven of tho
storm which swept over this city and
this vicinity yesterday.
At Seabrlght, K. J., a fashionable sum
mer lesorl, thirty miles south of here,
most of the houses havo either been
wrecked or are under water. Several
hotels and many flno residences afo
rmorp those- undermined and badly dam
uc. Seventy families arc homeless.
Tho damago dono to property l esti
mated at 11,000,000. most or It borno by
Scabnght and other points along tho
northern section of Now Jersey coast.
Most of tho damago was duo to bulk
heads moving away under the onslaught
of waves lashed Into fury by a gale
whlcn at one time reached a velocity qt
ninety miles mi hour.
Tho two three-masted barges whoso
crows havo been given up. as lost were
In tow of tho sea-going tug Edgar Luck
nbacn. . Whllo the storm, was at Its
worst tho barges broke away and then
drifted tn shore midway between llfo
caving stations 15 and 10. six miles south
of Seaside Pork, N. J. At 9:30 this
morning only one of tho masts of tho
bargis was visible and on It was the
form of a man. A little later both mast
rml man disappeared.
Heroic efforts on tho part of the Ilf
savin: crews have failed so far to reveal
a slnglo survivor of tho wreck. Tlio tug
was reported safe In this port lato to
r.lght Tho two men drowned hero wore
longshoremen, whose boat was caught
In the storm and swamped.
All doubt as to the fato of the crows
of the wrecked barges was removed lato
tonight, when the revenue cutters Seneca
and Onondaga, which were rushed to the
scene early today, reported that no trnco
of the men had been foud. LIfo savers
on shoro had not been able to reach the
wrecks and thoy declared It was out of
the question that any of those on board
could havo lived , In such a sea as pre
vailed all day. Much damago has been
dono to tho pound fishing along tho New
Jersey-coast for somo distance south f roin
Sandy Hook, The estimated loss to tho
various plants Is JlfM.OOO, At Arverno, tho
water swept In so far that cottages were
flooded and tho owners tonight prepared
to move out should tlio rlso continue
Henry Kimmv I" Mew York.
ALBANY. N. Y.. Dep. 27. A hcavcy dry
snow fell today In depths vurylng from
flvo to eighteen Inches throughout this
part of tho stat.o. In this city about flvo
Inches of snow fell, but the record mark
was set In Vhltot Halt und fourteen.
Inches had fallnt In. Glens Falls by noon.
Nine Inches of. snow was reported from
Johnstown. Elcctrlo and steam transpor
tation lines suffered as a result.
Nevcro nt Atlantic City.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec, t7,-
Vulkheads wero smashed, tons of lumber
were washep up on tho beach and other.
damago was caused by a storm which
raged hero last jilght and today. The
five mllc3 of meadows between this city
and main land resembled a turbulent sea
oil day. Tho tide was three feet above
normal, Hull, snow and rain fell.
At Margaifto City several cottages
wero saved from destruction by hard
work of the residents.
lfnurn tn l-ntU in I'ennsylvnntn.
PHILADEPUfA, Dec. 27.-Death and
considerable- .property damago resulted
from storms' which raged throughout east
ern Pennsylvania last night and today.
Michael Clark, ah Inmato at the Schuyl
kill county alms house, and Dennis Ale
Faddcn, a farmer, wero frozen to death
today In snow drifts near Pottsville,
High winds, heavy snow and low tem
peratures at Heading and Haielton de
moralized wlro communication and se
riously delayed trolley and railroad traf
fic
Shamokln reported all the coal mines
in tho region tgio. as the rosuit or a
severe drop Id temperature and a flvo
Inch snowfall.
MOYER SAYS HE WAS
SHOT IN THE BACK
AND BADLY BEATEN
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HIGH THJli ALONG TUB PACIFIC
Hundred Mile' of Ileaeh Town Are
Had.tr Dninnurd.
LOS ANGELES. Cat.. Deo. 57.-One
hundred miles of beach towns and sum
mer homes from Long Beach to Bnnta
Barbara showed desolating effects to.
night of a ulglitttdo, combined with groat
swells which swept the southern Call
fornla coast early 'today.
The Mallbu highlands above Los
Angeles and other cliffs were unaffected,
but miles of streets on theMow beaches
und a tile summer towns west of Los
Angelos Were Inundated. y
So far as Is known none of the flimsy',
pretty cottages' was carried from Its
foundation' out to sea, although some were
restrained by cables and anchors. Ixlt is
feared that tho damage to houses and
pleasure craft, already considerable, will
be augmented by tomorrow's tide which
should run over eight feet, not counting
swells.
In today's flood tide, 100 feet of sea wall
was taken out at Santa Barbara, the
winter home of many wealthy easterners,
and the ocean bqulevard was piled with
rand and kelp. At Venice, houses along
the beach were held In line with ropes
and .an amusement pier was weakened.
At Santa Monica the sea climbed over a
road well above the usual high tide Hue.
Tho for co of the tide and waves scoured
cut the beach for rods, and heaped it
with wreckage.
Fight Duel to Win
Girl, and She Euns
Off with Third Man
PASADENA, Cal., Dec !7.-Wlth long
knives and a revolver, Tlburo Garcia and
Donqulne Domlnguez. young Mexican's,
fought duel today for the love of
girl. Both were fatally wounded and the
maiden disappeared with a third man.
Garcia and Domtnguex met at the home
of the girl and quarrelled. They agreed
to fight a dueL The girl's only objection
was that they should not clutter up her
bouse. They repaired to a vacant lot
and fought with knives until Garcia went
down. As ho sank, he violated tho agree
roent by drawing a big revolver and fir
ing a bullet Into Domlnguezs stomach.
Both men were placed on adjoining
operating) tables in an emergency hos
pital, and lying there, they alternately
cursed each other and begged to be pil
lowed to continue the fight In the
meantime the' girt left her home with
another young Mexican.
In Chicago just long enough to get
"fixed up" and then he would go back
to Calumet to lead tho fight of the
striking copper miners. He sold that his
federation was bound to win.
"I have never said that a member- of
tho Citizens' alliance caused tho panic at
Italian halt," said Mr. Moyer, when !
asked as to his reported statements.
"I did say that thero were twenty-five
men who would swear that they saw
n man wearing a Citizens' alliance button
rush up tho etalrs, stick his head through
tho door and yell 'fire.' "
"We can take care Of our own people.
We havo fought their battles. We have)
fed them whllo they wero hungry and
clothed them when they were cold. Now
we con bury them. We ask no help from
ethers.
"The labor organizations of the world
hnvo come forward In fine shape. We
have now about $16,000 and it will reach ,
P,000."
Thinks .Sheriff Tarty to It.
Mr. Moyer would not say whether any '
of tho men who attacked him were In
the sheriffs party which had talked with
him just a few minutes before. Ho said
that ho did not recognlzo any of them
as the name. i
"BUt," ho continued, "I cannot under-
stand how tho deputies Happened to bo
at tho station waiting when the mob
got there. Neither can I understand how
It was they had Chicago tickets' for Mr.
Tanner and myself, nor how they could
summon a doctor and tell him to chargo '
the treatment to the county, unless tho
sheriff knew all of the time that the
attack was going to take place."
Moyer hinted that he thought tho sher
iffs conference was simply a ruse to
find out whether he was alone and It It
would bo safo for tho other party to at
tack lilni,
Although Moycr'n bandages and bed
linen wero bespattored with blood he did
no appear to be In uny pain and greeted
reporters cheerfully and talked for nearly
twenty minutes.
Former Congressman IJcrger of Mil
waukee entered the car and was greeted
warmly by Moyer. Ho Invited the Injured
man to his homo and sold that the Mil
waukco socialists would go to the aid of
tho Calumet miners.
Nnyn McNnnglitnn flenrohed Htm.
Amplifying his talk with reporters at
Milwaukee, Moyer sold that James Mc
Naughton, manager of the Calumet and
iteclo. passed tho mob In his machine
nnd was at the railroad station when tho
1 inrib arrived. McNaushton.. the mlnn
leader said, searched him In tho station
whtto two armed men held hi in, and took
a jiockctbook containing valuablo papers.
'There was a mob of about seventy-
flvo persons, howling and making
threats," Moyer asserted. "McNaUgh
ton," he said, "Instructed tho two guards
to stay with him untl ho was safely
away.
Ho said that he would return to the
copper range at tho earliest possible
moment, and that Governor Ferris. In
his opinion, should declare martial law
In the strike section.
Moyor was put In a lower berth In the
front of tho car and Tanner, bruised
from kicks: and with' a badly bruised and
swollen left eye, was placed in the next
berth. . t
The two' guards, each armed with two
pistols In. holsters, according to Moyer,
Tanner and Edmonton Krafft, the porter,
took seats across the alslo and remained
there until Channlng, Mich., was reached
at 3 a. m.
"Tho guards told me and the conductor,
Georgo Harris, that they wero riding
with Tanner and Moyer to protect them
from further molestation," said the por
ter, Krafft. Krafft said that Moyer did
not protest, and Moyer confirmed this.
"The conductor and train crow could
see what was happening; I didn't need
to tell them," said Moyer.
Two hours before the attack Moyer
had completed a plan for tho settlement
of the strike.
"It was to the effect that the president
of the United States and the gpvernor of
Michigan should appoint five or seven
arbitrators to settle the whole thing and
that the striken) should return Imme
diately to work," explained Moyer.
As the train drew near Chicago Tanner
assisted his companion to dress In the
berth. Victor Merger, Who accompanied
them from Milwaukee, assisted Moyer
from the train.
Ntronir Denial by MoNnuRhtoii.
CALUMET, Mich., Dec 57. "Any charge
by Mr. Moyer that I had any part In the
occurrences of last night nt Hancock Is
absolutely and unqualifiedly false," said
James McNaughton of the Calumet A
Hecla company today. "I passed the
evening In Calumet, accompanying my
wife, calling on friends, and later walk
ing across the street from their home to
a social club. I certainly could not have
been In Hancock at tho time Indicated."
An Associated Press representative saw
Mr. McNaughton tn the' club about IMS
o'clock last night.
Mns Meeting of Protest.
CHICAGO, Dec. !7.-Char!es II. Moyer.
beaten and shot and run out of Hancock,
Mich., by a mob last night, arrived here
mis anernoon. tie was taKen to a hotel.
but later In the day will be removed to a
hospital, where a surgeon will probe for
the bullet In the muscles of his left
shoulder,
CHICAGO, Deo. 57.-M. J. Wley, Chi
cago representative of tho Western Fd.
eratlon of Miners, today received a tele
gram from Charles H. Moyer, president
or tho federation. In which Moyer charged
that he was shot In the back while In his
hotel room and dragged out of Hancock.
Mich- ly a mob of guards and members of
the Citizens Alliance. The telegram
reads:
HON MOUNTAIN, Mich.. Dec. 2&-
Jftnner and myself were brutallv as.
saulted. In ray room In the Scott hotel In
Hancock today. I was shot In the back
and dragged for more than a mile and a
hair through the streets of Hancock by
a mon or. waaaell-Mahon thugs nnd
Citizens' Alliance men. put aboard a Mil
waukee train and threatened with death
If I dared to return. But have press say
this for me: That the cause Is well
worm the sufferings which 1 have under
gone. The cause of the striking miners
is just and they will win.
"(Slgnsd) CHARLES H. MOYEIt."
Officers of the Chicago Federation of
Labor have called a mass meeting for
tomorrow to protest against tho treat
ment Moyer says he received.
115 DURATION WILL ?f AKK FIGHT
Propose to Prosecute Kidnapers of
President Moyer,
CALUMET. Mich., Dec. 57.-Evldenc as
to the Identity of the men who last night
seized Charles H. Mover, and John Tan
ner. officers of the Western Federation
of Miners, and sent them out pf the cop-
per strike district, was gathered by local
MONSTER C
ISING
Will excel in every respect our sensational FIRE SALE last August
ft
Su
n
ALE!
A UUMB1JN ATIUJN oi circumstances makes tins movement on our part an absolute neces-
Jt sity. Between the flames of our disastrous fire and the wonderfully successful sale which followed, our
stock of goods was swept almost entirely away. We placed unusually heavy orders with manufacturers but
unfortunately they were unable to get these heavy stocks to us in time for fall business. Factories wouldn't
accept cancellations as the goods were already made up or were on the way. As a result our warehouse and store
are just packed full of goods that must now be forced out at whatever prices they will bring.
Everything to Be Forced Out at
FIRE SALE PRICES
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To those who know of the terrific sacrifice made during
our sensational Fire Sale of last August we would say
that this movement will equal and excel that most event
ful sale in every way. The sacrifice of prices will be as
sensational, only that we will be giving away fresh, new
articles and NOT damaged goods. Everything goes at
prices equally lowat next to nothing prices absolute
ly the lowest prices ever made in Omaha on. Furniture,
Bedding, Floor Covering and Stoves.
About $35,000 worth of goods to be
SACRIFICED IMMEDIATELY
In this sale we must sell every article of this overstock,
(about $35,000.00 worth of goods) in 'record-breaking
time. We must convert these belated shipments into
cash and get them out of the way so as not to interfere
with our regular spring business. We realize that we
must suffer loss of profit if we are to dispose of such a
vast quantity of merchandise in such short notice. We
must make people buy. We submit to the inevitable. We
gladly sacrifice profit for quick sales.and Ready Cash.
SALE BEGINS AT 8 A. M. TOMORROW
Come with your expectations worked up to the
highest pitch Come expecting the biggest
bargains you ever saw in all your born days.
Solid
Oak
Thoro are Just thirty Dining- Room Tablos
In this lot, selected solid oak", well made
tables. $20.00 tablos at 110.75; $18.00
tables at $0.75, and $15.00 A- Ap
values, now to be swept t M
away at only Whw w
Other Extension Tables
Ono lot ot Tables, $10.50 and $17.00 val
ues at JR8.75. Somo $22.00 Colonial
Tablos now at $11.00. $25.00 Tables
nt $12.00. $27.50 Tables at $12.85.
Masslvo, elegant Tables, $30.00 values at
$14.50. A few $45.00 and $50.00 val
ues at loss than half. All at sensational
prices.
Buffets
Mads of solid oak.
French bovol mir
ror. Think of it, only. . .
Solid oak Buffets, ell
them, swell fronts,
now going
at ,
Handsome $25.00 Buffets, solid
oak, different
finishes, now
at
Elegant Buffets In solid oak,
massive and well built, differ
ent finisnes. to be
swept away, now
at .
Sacrifice of very fine Buffets,
quartered pak, different fin
ishes, to be cioBed
out, now
at
Other fine buffets, oak cases,
also somo in mahogany. Prices
are less than half In some
cases considerably less.
Dressers
Spoclal lot of handsome
Dressers, largo bovel mirror,
They go fi i
at
Dressers, excellently made,
bevel mirror, $1S ft 7K
values now I w
Dressers, solid oak, value
$20: now at $9.80
Dressers, oak, value $30
now $13.98
Drossora, oak and mahog
any, value $35.00, now
at $14.50
Dressers, walnut, value $35;
now at $17.00
Others, vory fine pieces,
values $30 to $90, all at less
than half real value.
Chiffoniers
One lot Chlffonleres, made of
solid oak out they J "Id
Stf?: 4.75
Other Chiffoniers In oak. ma
hogany, blrdseyo maple and
Circassian walnut. All cut to
the very limit
Brass Beds
6.95
heavy
8.75
-.Beds,
10.75
elabor
:ed lac-
12.75
Bress Beds, 2-Inch
posts, different
sizes while they last . . .
Splendid Brass Beds,
handsome beds,
extraordinary sac
rifice now at only ...
Very handsome Brass -.Beds,
large massive tub
ing, fine beds, go
ing now at. only .
Extra fine Brass Beds, elabor
ate designs, guaranteed lac-
3uer, now at vat.
19.7S, $17.SO
. 5.75
mm
K.XSBM I MSSM 111
5.75
Davenports, Hookers, Chairs, Lamps, Rugs, Carpets, Bedding, Stoves and General Home Furnishings
Thero are other articles too numerous to mention hero. Thero is nn
extonsivo lino of living room goods. Bed Davenports in Oak and mahog-
AH Sales Final
No Exchanges
and No Refunds
all Perfect Goods
1513
UnUJADIl CTDCCT Corner Near
i j i j nuiifinu o I net i
SIXTEENTH
NOTE This is a
Sale of Fresh,
Perfect Merchandise
No Damaged Stock
In This Sale.
Solid Oak
Library Table
Positively the greatest sacrifice on Tables
ever witnessed in umana. tho aoovo is a
fair sample, solid oak table.
A $12.50 value. They go
now at
Other Library Tables
In solid oak, mission and other designs.
Some very elaborate, massive Tables go at
amazing prices. All to be sacrificed at
whatever prices thoy will bring. Values
$25.00 up to $80.00. Prices S9.95
to S35.00. Buy now and save to .
any, also Divans, Morris Chairs, Rockers and small pieces, in all woods
and all coverings. All priced at surprising figures.
officers of the union today. They an
nounced that several members oi ine
"kidnaping" expedition hid been reco
n(xed nnd that affidavits to their Identity
had been obtained from residents ot Han
cock. It was ceneratly believed that
these sworn statements would be made
the basis of warrants for arrests, but de
cision on this point was reserved, pendlnK
tho arrival hero ot Ciauua u. iiayior,
president of the Mlchlcan State Fcdera
ton of lbor, who was summoned from
Grand Rapids as soon as the forced de-
iinrturA nf Mover became known.
Much of the activity at union ueaaquar
I... uinn p.ntred on Diana for the funer
als of some seventy victims of the Christ
inas eve panic In a union hail. ix local
-i,iircii. will be the scenes of funeral
rites tomorrow, the services beltut dl-
ided accordlne to tha nationality ana
rellclous beliefs of the victims. A few
6f the dead will not be burled until hus
i..,n.iatini fahra who Journeyed to west
ern states to find employment can arrive
here. 1
Joint Procession to Cemetery.
irranrmntnli have been made for a
Joint procession to the cemetery, where
100 members ot tne reaerauon loaay aug
graves In lots purchased by the union.
All the noman Catholics will be burld
In nnn action of the cemetery and the
Protestants on an adjoining plot. Whether
thero will be any spcsKlns at tne Braves
has not been determined, as President
Moyer had this phase of the plans In
charge and the local union officials had
not been Informed of his action In this
matter
Hearses will convey the bodies of six
teen adults to the cemetery, but the cof
fins containing1 those ot half a hundred
children who were killed tn the panic
will be borne through the streets on the
shoulders ot marchers. Four men havu
been delegated to perform this service
for each little casket.
Local union officials announced that
the entire union membership from Ols
pemlng and Negaunee, In the Iron mining
district ot Michigan, would attend the
funerals. A special train Is expected to
bring these men to Calumet tomorrow.
.Accounts of, Moycr's deportation ob
talned today differed In some respects
from those available during the excite
ment last night. Then It was snld that
three men escorted the union executive
from tho Scott hotel In Hancock across
the bridge to the Copper Range station In
Houghton. Today's account generally
agree that fifty or more men went Into
the hotel and that a crowd of several
hundred awaited them at the railroad
station.
The affidavits given the union officials
stated that Moyer was literally dragged
no Influenced In his action in this matter.
There was also Information here that
two shots had been fired and that somo
members of the ejectment committee car
ried whips which they piled with con
siderable frequency on Moyer. The man
ager oi the hotel said that when the In
truders left there Moyer was uninjured
an,d was walking upright. No shots were
fired In the hotel lije said and there was
no struggle or other evidence of dlsordir
within its walls. He said " a number of
men" went to Mover's room.
First word or the whereabouts of tho
federation president came to Calumet In
Associated Tress dispatches from Green
lliy. Wis. These dispatches were followed
by a telegram from Moyer himself In
whtcli he told the local officials to carrv
out plans previously agreed on and asked
them to tell the rank and file ot the
strikers that his removal to Chicago need
not discourage them.
Employes of the Waddell-Mahon cor
poration and local members ot the Clti
lens' Alliance denied Meyer's charges
as to the Identity of his assailants.
Appenl to Federal Government.
DENVER. Colo.. Dec r.-N'atlonal of
ficers of the Western Federation of
Miners at headquarters hero today sent
a telegram to Secretary of Labor Wilson
raking an Investigation of the deporta
t'on of Charles 8. Moyer. Other tele
rrams were sent to various local organ
izations of the Western Federation of
Miners directing them to hold mass meet
ings In protest against the attack upon
the president ot the order.
Officers of the union stated that, after
tho receipt of Information from labor
attorneys In Michigan, efforts would bo
made to secure redress by constitutional
means.
This Is the second alleged kidnapping
in which Moyer has figured. With
William D. Haywood and George A.
PetUbone, secretary and vice president
ot the western federation, he was ar
rested In February, 1906, charged with
the murder of Former Governor Frank
Steuntnberg of Idaho. The arrest was
made on a requisition Issued by the
governor of Idaho and honored by the
governor ot Colorado, and the three
union officers were hurried Into a spe
cial train before their counsel had time
to secure writs of habeas corpus.
After the prisoners had been taken to
Idaho, habeas corpus writs were sworn
out 'n that state, but after prolonged
I litigation the supreme court of the
United States rendered an opinion that
Jtho so-called kidnapping of Moyer, Hay
wood and Pettlbone was legal. The
union officers were acquitted of tho
Steunenberg murder in a notahlo trial, In
which Harry Orchard mode a dramatic
confession, In which he claimed he had
been hired as a wholesale slayer by the
Western Federation ot Miners.
Only three men employed by the cor
poration tn question are in the strike dis
trict now. One ot these was In bed suf
fering from the effects ot being caught
in a Jam when he was attempting to
rescue strikers' children from the Italian
hall disaster and the other two denied
they were In any way concerned in the j
deportation.
Alliance Denies Responsibility.
The Citizens' Alliance has no formal;
organization and all men approached on
the subject today said they were totally
Ignorant ot the happenings at Hancock.
Efforts to get an authoritative statement
from any one person met with failure
both here, tn Hancock and In Houghton.
The relief committee which yesterday
tried vainly to give away KS.OOO today
called on William Rlckard, head of tho
local union of the federation to help
them In extending relief ito families
stricken by the Christmas eve disaster
when seventy-two persons were killed.
Rlckard attended a meeting of the com
mittee and explained that the disinclina
tion of union families to accept aid was
due to tha fact that so many members
of the relief committee wore Citizens'
Alliance buttons. He said that he knew
of no ordor from union circles forbidding
acceptance ot relief from nonunion cltl
zens. Rlckard resented Intimations that there
was any acute distress among strikers'
I families, saying that union supplies ot
I food and fuel were available to all that
asked it.
Pinned down to a "yes" or "no" an
swer as to whether tho federation would
allow any of its members to accept out
side aid, Rlckard and J. E. Antllla, sec
retary of tho Calumet local, said that
was a question for each Individual. They
declined to promise that any word for or
against the proposal should go out from
union headquarters, saying that In this
they were reflecting the wishes of Presi
dent Moyer.
Tho committee, finding Itself facing an
other blank wall, adjourned until later In
"rfto day without taking action. Investi
gators reported that rebuffs similar to
those experienced yesterday had been met
at all honxv visited today.
Double Funeral for
Brothers in Iowa
DUBUQUE, la"! Dec. 2T.-Bemard
Lagen, ased 75 years, and John Lagen,
aged 74 years, brothers, and prominent In'
business here, died within twenty-four
hours of each other, with the death of
tho former today.
John Lagen died yesterday afternoon.
The double funeral will be held Sunday.
The brothers were pioneers In Dubuque!
PUCK IS PURCHASED
BY NEW CORPORATION
NEW YORK, ec. 27-Nathan Straus.
Jr.. It was learned today has purchased
Puck, a weekly comic paper. The arflrlr..
I of Incorporation of a new ompany which
will publish the paper, have been filed
, in Albany. The Incorporators are Mr.
, Straus. Max J. Kohler and H. Grant
Straus. Tha capital stock Is (iO.OOO,
)
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