Nebraska Newspapers

    Hall Cains' Orsatstt Kovsl,
"The Woman
Thou Gavesl Me",
Starts Jan. $ In ?he B.
VOL. XLI1I NO. 107.
TEN BILLIONS WORTH
OF PRODUCTS RECORD
OF
Year 1913 Bumper One Agricultur
ally, Despite Drouths and
Other Setbacks.
EARNINGS HALF THAT AMOUNT
Little Hope of Lower Cost of Living
for Consumer Seen.
GOVERNMENT BUREAU REPORTS
Distributers and Middlemen to Ex
tent Control Market.
"HIRED MEN" GETTING MORE
Sargent Average Income Shown In
Minnesota, Nolimskn, lonn,
Kansas, Missouri nntl
Ttto Dnkotns.
WASHINGTON. Doc. 29 Ten billion
dollars worth of products-5.0CO.OCM.OOO
of, cash Income a bumpor year In spite
of drouths and other setbacks, Is tho 1013
record of 6,000,000 American farms.
The. most successful year of husbandry
In the United States brought forth 56.100.
000,000 of crops, of which $2,896,000,000 wero
represented by cereals alone and $3,tX0,
000,000 worth of animals sold and slaugh
tered and anlmii products. Tho value of
the 1913 crops Is twice as great as that of
JE89; more, than 11,0000,000,000 over 1909 and
substantially greater than 1912. Of all tho
crops, however, It Is estimated that 52
per cent will remain on farms where thoy
were, raised and that 20 per cent of tho
animal production will remain. On that
basis the cash Income is estimated by
'the Department of Agriculture at $5,817,
000,000. But despite a record year of crop
values although the record of production
has fallen an.d the fact that tho number
of farms has Increased It per cent since
1910 until there are estimated to be 6,600,000
farms In the country, the department, in
a discussion of the subject made public
today, does not take the view that a
lower cost of living will follow as a con
sequence. 3Vo Lower Price for Consumer.
However desirable Increased production
on farms may appear to bo from tho
consumers' standpoint It does not follow
that such Increased production would re
sult In any increase in the cash income
per farm or per capita of farm popula
tion, pr that prices paid by consumers
would' bo any "lower," saya the report.
"'Had the tota production in 1913 equaled
or exceeded the .1912 production. It seems
probablo-'tliat' thocash' income per farm
woula'not ha .bcetTgreater "and might
have been less than In 1912; but it Is ex
tremely doubtful whether the coat to tho
consumer would have been any less be
cause retail prices are promptly raised
On a prospect of under production, but
are very slow to decline If there la over
production. "The long line of distributers and mid
dlemen between the farmer and the con
sumer arc .In a position to take advantage,
of the market and to a certain extent
control the market In both directions be
cause they arc bettrr organized to keep
infprmed of crop and market conditions
and to act promptly than cither farmers
or" consumers, who are not organized and
as individuals are helpless.
"The high prices paid by consumer?,
ranging from 6 'to nearly 600 per cent in
some cases more than the farmer te
celves, indicate there !h plenty of room
for lowering the cost of farm product
to consumers and at the same time
largely increasing the cash income per
farm without increasing farm produc
tion. A Marketing; Problem.
"This condition is undoubtedly a mar
keting problem which will have to bo
solved by better organizations of farm
ers and improved methods of marketing.
When, as the result of such organization
and Improved methods, the prlco of farm
Products can be maintained at a higher
level without Increasing tho cost to con
sumers, farmers will he Justified in in
creasing the output of their farms with
(Continued on Page Two.)
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Fmiri no Important change In tempera
ture Tempernlnre nt OmnhH Yesterday.
Hours. Deg.
u a. m
a. m 21
7 a. m 21
8 a. m..., tl
9 a. m... 21
10 a. m .....21
11 a. m ,...27
12 m :3i
1 P. m h
2 p. m 37
3 p. in 3S
4 p. in 39
6 p. m si
P. m st
7 P. m , 37
8 P. in 35
Local Jlecord.
Comparative
, . . 4 13. 1912. 1911. 1910.
Highest yesterday 30 39
lowest yesterday 20 x i U
Mean temperature ao 32 13 .
Precipltatloi ,00 .CO .01 x
Temperature and precipitation depar
turea from the normal:
Normal temperature
nxcess for the day 8
Total excess since March 1 '
Normal precipitation 03 Inch
Deficiency for tho day 03 inch
Total rainfall since March 1..53.C9 Inch-s
Deficiency since March 1 5.51 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1912. 4.i inches
Deficiency for cor. period. 1911.13.37 Inches
Reports from Stations at 7 p, 51,
Station and State Temp. HIrh.T?i.
IU.. 1. T .. . .
fall.
Cheyenne, clear..,..,..,. 12 2s
Davenport, clear 2S 3J '
Denver, clear 20 30
Dps Moines, clear ttt 40
Dodgo fits'. Wear SO as
Lander, clear s 1
North Platte, clear 2$ 1
Omaha, clear 37 38
Pueblo, clear j st
Ilapid City clear 3Q )
Salt Lake City, clear.... 19 2t
Santa Fe, cloudy &i jh
Sheridan, cloudy 3i 38
8loux City, clear. IX 40
Valentine, clear 31
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,00
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.01)
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.80
M
.01
.05
.Wt
J9
.00
T Indicates trace oc precipitation,
vindicates below zero,
t, I A. WELSH, Local Forecaster.
AMERICAN
The
LAID IN TOMB MONDAY BY HIS
FELLOW WORKERS.
JOSEPH CULLEN ItOOT.
Oarranza Will
Direct Campaign
Against G-uaymas
HERMOSILLO. Dec. 29.-Oencral Ven
ustlano Garranza, the constitutionalist
chief, left hero today for Carbo, midway
between Henuoslllo and Nognlcs, on the
Arizona border. Tho reason for his un
expected departure for' the north was not
mado known.
Tho insurgent campaign is directed
against Guaynias, the California S;ult
port In southern Sonora, which has been
held so stubbornly by General Pedro
OJcda's federals. This was announced
from tho military headquarters here to
day, simultaneously with the departuro
for the south of the entire First regiment
of cavalry which set out on the march
Instead of entering.
Already there are In the vicinity of
Guaymus more than 2,000 rebel infantry,
for the most part composed of Yaqul nnd
Alnyo Indians, who have excelled in
the fighting In Sonora during tho pres
ent revolution The cavalry was left to
day to be used for scouting.
The desertions from tho federal garrison
nt Guaymus have encouraged greatly the
Insurgent commanders. Three federal ar
tillery men arrived early today at tho
Insurgents' base at Maytorena and re
ported that most of OJeda's gun crews
liad deserted their posts. This, it was
.believed., woyjd, encumber the federal ar
tillery. (t was reported also that only one of
the federal gunboats remains in Guaymus
bay.
constitutionalists 'mnj' use some heavy
artillery In an effort to eliminate the dan
ger of bombardment of the town from
the water. The location of .Guaymas, set
deep on a rango of hills, always had
rendered it difficult to approach, espe
cially in face of fire from tho bay, but
the Importance of capturing the town to
renew railroad communication between
Sonora and Slnaloa litis led military of
ficers hero to determine to make an At
tempt at Investment, nnd possibly an as.
saull of the federal position.
Former Law Partner
of Gaynor Indicted
on Perjury Charge
NEW TOHK, Dec. 29.-Edward M.
Grout, former, comptroller of New York
City, once president of the borough of
Brooklyn and r former law partner of
tho late Mayor Gaynor, was today In
dicted for perjury. He .is accused of
having made a false report to the super
intendent of banks of the resources of
the Union bank of Urookljn, where he
was two years president. ,
James P. Ashley, cashier of the insti
tution, also was Indicted on tho same
.charge. Both waived examination and
wero given ten days In which to plead,
Their indictment grew out of an In
vestigation byiha state banking depart
ment of the' affairs of the bank after it
closed, Its doors In April. 1810- The indict
mept sets .forth that the report, which
was sworn to by both Grout and Ashley,
gave the resources as $7,000,000," when they
were actually but tt.050.000. They over
valued loans and discounts by $1,000.6:0
and placed falso valuations hIeo on hold
ings jf storks, bonds nnd real estate.
Skunk is Friend
of All Farmers
WASHINGTON. Dec- 29The skunk
was today added to the list of natural
resources which should be conserved or
protected before extermination. The De
partment of Agriculture classifying this
animal as "of great economic Import
ance" in a statement made public to
day, asks that i( be given the same pro
tection that tfie federal agents are now
compelled to xerrlse In the prevention
of bird f laughter.
"Some of the most dektrurtlve insects
in agriculture are sued, as do their work
below ground and out of reach of any
method that tlje farmer can apply und
It is against many of these that the
skunk Is an Inretuate enemy," the
statement asserts. "Notwlthstandlngall
of this," It continues, "there la prob
ably not an animal that It as ruthlessly
slaughtered as la this one."
JOHN D. SH00P FORMALLY
RESUMES HIS OLD POST
i CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-John D. Shoop,
1 whose election as superintendent of Chi
I rsgu public schools to succeed Mrs. Ella
Flagg luung as cancelled several days
Hgo by the Board of Education, today
formally resigned the position and re
sumed his old post u first assistant su
perintendent. This action removes, It la
said, any legal objection to Mrs. Young's
re-election by tho board.
Omaha
OMAHA, THOSDAY
THREATENED STRIKE
OF FR
RPHERS OFF
it Committee Will Meet Re
ceivers Today in Attempt to
Reach Agreement.
WAGE INCREASE IS GRANTED
Company, However, Will Not Give
Fifteen For Cent Asked.
WILL ALSO PAY FOR. OVERTIME
Gradually Coming to Understand
ing, Assertion of Lusk,
CONFIDENT OF SETTLEMENT
Telephone Circuits Operated Over
Most of System Not Stnlcit
Whether This "Will Continue
If Men Do Not Uo Out.
ST LOUIS, Dec. 29.-Thero will be no
strike on tho St. Louis & nn Francisco
railroad, according to Indications tonight.
Tho strike committee of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers will nitet tho re
ceivers of tho railroad again tomorrow
In an attempt to reach nn agreement
James W. Lusk, chairman of the re
ceivers, said lie thought an agreement
would be reached.
The outcome of tho conference thus far
may be summarized as follows:
The railroad company hns agreed to a
wago Increase, but not to the 15 per cent
Increase asked.
The railroad company has agreed to
pay overtime, but not double overtime,
as demanded.
Tho chief points now at issue are
technical subjects regarding labor condi
tions. Ilelleve Agreement Ponnllile.
Receiver said ho felt that somo of the
demands ns to working conditions weno
Improactlcable, but he believed an amica
ble agreement would be reached,
"Wo arc gradually coming to an under
standing," ho said, "and such good spirit
has prevailed throughout tho conferenco
that I feel tho remaining points at Issue
will ho settled."
I ws announced at Frisco headquarters,
but not by the receivers personally .that
the company had polled the telegraphers
and agents and the results indicated that
most of the men would stay at their
posts.
Telephone clrsults were operated over
most of. .tho system today. AV. C. Nixon,
receiver and chief operating officer, did
not my whether this would continue If
a strike, is averted.
ArMtrntloivJIcnrliiRn nc-ttun,
CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. 29.'-Arbitration
hearings on the demands of the members
of tho Order of Railway Telegraphers
from the Wheeling and LaKo Erie.
Wabaah-Pittsburgh terminal, and Went
Side Belt railroads, wns begun here to
day. The operators are demanding a II
per cent Increase In pay and better w6rk
Ing conditions.
Dr, Shaw's Passive
Resistance to Tax
is Declared Illegal
WASHINGTON, Doc. 29. Women who
follow tho advice of Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, president of tho National Womans'
Suffrago association to offer "passive
resistance" to the Incomo tax law, lay
themselves open to serious trouble with
the government. In tho opinion of of
ficials of the Treasury department. In
an open letter addressed to "unfran
chised women of America" Dr. Shaw
further advocated that they "decline to
old the government In levying taxes cn
them by refusing to render an account
of their property." Treasury official
point out that It Is Just as much a
violation of the law to refuse to make
returns to tho collector as to refuse lo
pay the tax after tho assessment has
been made.
A fine of J20 to 31.000 Is the penalty
provided, and treasury officials declared
that they propose to enforce the law.
They mako it clear that everybody sub
ject to tho Income tag, whether men or
women, would-have to obey the law le
iulrlng returns on the amount of annual
Income and that the government would
take tho proper steps to enforce the
law where an attempt is made to evade It.
Gorgas Slated for
Surgeon General
WASHINGTON, Dec, 29. - Colonol
Willis 111 C Gorgus, the army medical
1 officer, who mado the Panama canal
zone numtaDio tor wnito men, bo that
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans might
be connected by the greatest engineering
feat of the timer, is foremost among
those likely to the appointment of sur
geon general of the army to succeed
Brigadier General George C. Torney, who
died Saturday. It had originally been
planned to promote him to be surgeon
general on Goneral Torney's retirement
next June,
Colonel Gorgas Is now in British .South
Africa, whero at tho request of tho
! British government and consout of the
IWar department, ho Is (tying to stamp
out deadly diseases, which infest the
regions In which tl.'o diamond mines aro
operated.
The appointment Mes entirely with
President Wilson.
Home Coming Day
for Fort Pierre
PIKRRK. 8. D., Dec. 20.-(Speclal Tele
gram.i The people of Fort Plenc, are
arranging to make next Saturday a holt
duy and the mayor has appointed com
mittee of reception and outertuliment for
the delegates from the Judicial circuit
who are to meet at Fort Pierre on that
date to make an endorsement.
It Is expected there will be 00 people
at Tort Pierre for that day, as all com
mitteemen get mileage both coming and
going In attending tills meeting.
MORNING, DECEMBER 30,
YET, IT' DEAR 'J
Drawn for Tho Bee by Powell.
GRAND JURY TO BE CALLED
District Judges So Decide at a Pre
liminary Conference
NO MORE PAPERS FROM FILES
Zlculer Sluleil for Insanity Commis
sioner MokV llernstelii to lie
nenppolnted EiikUnIi to
Re PresldliiK Juiluc.
-w'tir- :--' r
District Judges at r conference pre
liminary, to tho annual meeting to be
held .Jnnunry .1, decided to call 11 grand
Jury fbr tho beginning of tho February
term of court; to uUollsh tho rulo allow
ing attorneys to take flics from tho of
fice of Robert Smith, clerk of tho district
court, to elect James P. English, presid
ing Judge; to reelect logy Bernstein
ns chtcf probation officer, and to select
Isador Zleglcr aa Insanity commissioner
to succeed Alvin Johnson.
According to statements made by thn
Judges, tho conference was marked by
peaco and harmony and nono was dls
xatlsflcd with tho decisions of tho ma
jority. Judge tfutton, who now presides over
court room No. 1 will tnko equity docket
No. 7. Judge Sears, who wns assigned
to tho other equity docket, No. 6, will
take charge of tho Juvenile court. The
law courts were assigned as follows;
Judge Troup, No. 4; Judge Day, No. E;
Judge Leslie, No. 2; Judgo Eatollc, No. 3.
Jurico Encllsh will occupy court room
No. 1, February 1. His associates voted
unanimously for Him for presiding Judgo.
Mr. Smith expressed pleasure that the
Ismo with regard to withdrawing papeis
from the files had been settled by the
Judges "Wc havo merely been doing
wha. tho rules of the court permitted."
hn unl.i "i.'ilen which uro now out of
tho office will be colled In at once."
Attitude oil 1''llo (locution.
The attitude of tho court toward tho
withdrawal of flics was expressed by
0110, Judge as follows;
"Copies of papers must, be filed by-at-tornlco
and these copies may be taken
out, but the originals must bo left In
tho office unless permission Is granted
by i Judgo to withdraw them. This,
however, will never be granted."
The calling of a grund Jury was ex
nect.' 1 and had been forecasted by stato-
' intuitu nisdo caily In the present term
by tho Judges. It Is now practically
'their established policy to summon a
i grand Jury every two years, the Judges
say. The -last one sat two yonrs ngo.
Judgo English will have cliargo of ap
peul cases brought from police court.
Judgu Sutton will prcBldo at naturaliza
tion hearings. Judges Leslie and Day
will preside during sessions of court In
AVash.ngton and Burt counties, which
arc in the local district.
Election of Judge English, tho only
democratic Judge of the district court, to
be presiding Judge by his republican as
soclateH was said to bo a compliment to
him personally and to lmllcalo the non-
Ipartlfan attitude of the Judges.
; Actress Jumps from
Window of Hotel
CHICAGO, Dec, S. -Mrs. George Sccord.
to years old, nn actress, fell or Jumped
from a fifth story window In a hotel
here today and was killed. No one saw
her fall. Mrs. Secord's husband is an
actor. He left her Saturday to Join hi
company. Mrs. Hecord left a sealed letter
addressed to her husband at Applcton,
Wis. Her parent live 111 jiopKinwn. jru
Three Men Killed in
Indiana Coal Mine
Hlt'KNKLL. nd . Dec. 29. -Three men
were killed and four Injured today at
the Indian Creek coal mlno four inllos
south of here when a aa" explosion or
cuurrod. The dead are Emery Williams,
Robert Cotton and an unidentified man.
r.3 cSigig
Daily
11)13 TUN PAUES.
Making the Most of It,
r .
Steamboats Will
Run from Chicago
to Kansas City
CHICAGO, Dec. 2b. Steamboats are to
enter Into, active competition with tho
railroads for freight and apsscngcr traf
flo between Chicago nnd Kaunas City,
Mo., next spring, according to announce
ment which reached Chlcagp merchants
today.. The nume announcement nlaled
that boats would ply between this 'city
nnd New Orleans, stopping at the prin
cipal transfer points on tho way.
Tho now lino will ho established
through an arrangement between tho
two existing steamboat lines tho Chi
cago, St. Louis & Gulf Transportation
company of Chicago and the Kansas
City-Missouri River Navigation com
pany, which has boats on the Missouri
river.
Tho new lino Is made possible through
tho development of tho Missouri river,
accoiili.ig to nn official of tho lornl com
pany. Barges loaded with freight will loavo
Chicago and pass through tho drainage
cannl to La Salic, 111., and steamers will
ply the Illinois river from that city to
tho Mississippi. Freight Intended for
Kansas City will bo transferred at St.
Louis. The govornmcnt recently has ex
pended 120,000,000 in improving tho Mis
souri. Officers of tho local compnny declare
that the now servlco will afford a saving
of 20 to 30 per cent In freight rates. It
In proposed to mako tho trip to New
Orleans In six dnys .and tho return' trip
In eight days. Klght barges and three
steamers uro to bo used.
Tho announcement wns made ut the of
fices of thn Chicago, St. Louis nnd Gulf
Transportation company, of which M. B.
Lott Is president nnd J. B. McCaffory
truffle manager.
Yeggmen Tunnel
Through Concrete
Into Vault of Bank
SAN FRANCIHCO, Cal.. Dec 29.
Cracksmcn tunnelled IBo feet and pierced
tho concieto walls of the First Natlonul
bank of Orvllio vault sometime between
cIohIii gtlme Saturduy and Monday morn
ing. They obtained W.VOo In silver, hut
were unable to blow tho Manganese st'el
coin safo In which was stored a much
larger amount of gold and currency.
Tho news whs telephoned hero today
by W. W- Glnglos, thn cashier, who dis
covered the loss when, tho bank was
opened.
The base from which the robbers
worked wns the cellnr of a building oc
oupieil only when lodge meeting were
hold at night, and they had ample time
to dig their tunnel at lelsuro and stow
the dirt where It would not be observed.
Currency Hearings
Are Postponed
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.-Sccrctury
McAdoo, acting on tho advice of Bur
geon General Rupert Blue of tho Public
Health service, announced lato today
that tho hearings of tho federal reservo
bank organization committee, set to be
gin in New York January 2, would be
postponed until January 6. Tho com
mittee will meet in New York January
5, 1, and ft; in Boston January 9 and 10.
JOHN RITTY, INVENTOR OF
CASH REGISTER, IS DEAD
DAVTON, O. Doc. S.-Jnhn nitty, or, 1
yoarj old, who is credited with Inventing'
I thn oash register, died at the home of ,
hi, sinter, Mrs. Thomas Coope, here ,
today Ho got his ideu of a cush regis
ter from watching the .distance recording
dovlo lu the boiler room ut an ocean
liner. Itltty died in only fulr circumstances.
Bee
On Trains Mid at
Botsl Nsws Stand, So.
HIGH TRIBUTE) J, C. ROOT
Thousands View Body in State at
City Hall and Attend Funeral.
CIVIC BODIES REPRESENTED
Funeral Hervlres Held at the Home
nnd Woodmen Illtiml is Ilead
nt the Grnve -nurlnl In
Tomb nell Wife.
Irriprcislvo funeral services' at'tohdod' by
hundred of Omaha's prominent citizens,
representatives of its leading organiza
tions, and officers of tho Woodmen of
tho W6rld and sister orders from nil
oVer tho United States and Canada were
held nt 2 Monday afternoon over the
body of Joseph Cullon Root, lato com
mander of the Woodmen, at tho home of
the family, 1034 South Thirtieth avenue.
Tho services at the home wore con
ducted by Rov, Frederick T. Rouse, pas
tor of the First Congregational ' church,
who delivered a briof eulogy of high
tribute to tho founder of the Woodmen
of tho World and tho Modern Woodmen
of America. Tho body was escorted to
Forest Lawn cemetery by a long cor
tege of relatives, friends and fratornal
associates.
Tho respect of tho city to the founder
of tho great national fraternal order wtie
shown Sunday nfternoon nnd evening
and Monday morning by tho thousands
of citizens who passed by the bier while
it wss in state at the city hall for
twenty-one hours, surrounded by a
guard of honor from the ranks of the
(Contlnuod on Page Two.)
One Cell House
in New Mexico
State Prison Burned
SANTA VK, N. M Dec. 29.-Flro In
the New Mexico stuto penitentiary, ono
mllo from Santa Fc, this morning de
stroyed the roofs of the main office build
ing nnd one cell house. The damage is
estimated at tl.000. coGvercd by Insur
ance. Tho fire Is supposed to have
started in accumulations of paper In the
ventilators of the cell house.
Two hundred prisoners uro lodged In
the coll houso where tho blazo startt-d,
hut all but five were out at work. Gov
ernor McDonald, fearing an outbreak by
tho 200 prisoners In the penitentiary,
run lied two companies of tho national
gii9"d to tho scene. No attempt as es
cape was made,
Mile of Hose Saves'
Montreal from Fire
MONTREAL, Canada, Dec. 29. A mile
of hose, stretched to the St. Lawrcnoe
river, saved Montreal today from a se
rious conflagration. On account of the
break In the water works Intake pipe,
which had caused a water famine here
for several days, the flro hydrants wero
ntl but useless. Tho flro destroyed a
block of stores and houses at St. Hubert
and Ontario streets and caused fuOO.OOQ
damago before it was checked. With
only one weak stream of water at its dis
posal, the fire department was obliged
to depend on chemical extinguishers.
Dynamite was sent for, but before It ar
rived, coupled hose brought plenty of
water from the river and the oxploslve
Was not used.
MISS LILLIAN DEVEREAUX
BLAKE IS CRITICALLY ILL
NF.W YORK, Dec. 23,-Mrs. LlJIIan
Devereaux Bloke, a pioneer In the woman
suffrage movement In this country, who
in 111 in un 'KnKlewood, N. J., sanitarium,
Is not expevted to live through the day.
Mrs. Blake, who Is SO years old, was for
many years known as the champion of
woman's rights,
THE "WEATHER.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
YELL WHICH CAUSED
TRAGEDY IN CALUMET
COMES FROM INSIDE
Medium Sized Man Dressed in Dark
Clothes Sitting Near Stage
Yelled Fire.
MRS. SIZER DESCRIBES HIM
Grabbed Him by Shoulder and Told
Him to Keep Still.
ATTEMPTS TO STEM THE PANIC
She Then Began to Play Loudly on
the Piano.
NUMBER OF WOMEN TESTIFY
Mrs. Clemens, Lender of Wnmnn'a
Anxlllnry, Says No Member of
Citizens' Alllnnoo Wna lu
the Unit.
CALUMTTT, Mich., Doc. 29. The In
quest into the cause of tho Italian panlo
In Calumet on Christmas eve, which cost
the lives of seventy-two men, women
and children, held tho center of Interest
In tho copper country strlko district this
morning. The, room was crowded to
capacity.
A half dozen witnenses testified. In
cluding Mrs. Annie demons, leader of
tho AVomnn's Auxiliary of tho Western
Federation of Miners, tho organization
Which wns distributing Christmas gifts
to the children, when tho panic in tho
Italian halt broke out. Tho testimony
of tho witness disproved tho generally
circulated rumors that a man wearlutr
a Citizens' Alliance button had rushed
up the stairs and shouted fire, and that
deputies stood at tho foot of the stairs
and beat back those coming out of the
hall. All testified to the effect that
they had not seen any men wearing a
Citizens' Allianco button coining up tho
stairs nor any person In the hall wearing
such a button.
Mrs. demons had generully said to
have been one of those who pcrslstentlv
circulated tho report that tho man who
gnve the false alarm of flro woro un al
lianco button, but on tho stnnd she dis
claimed any knowledge of that kind and
asserted she had seen no ono nfflllnted
with tho Citizens' Alliance, nn organiza
tion opposed to the strike, come Into tho
hall.
Describes Mnn Who Yelled "Fire."
, Mrs. Threse Slzer, the only witness who
saw the man who yelled fire, described
her experience graphically. She was
standing on the table new tho stogo at
tempting to restrain a 'rush of children
toward the- Ohriatmis tree
Wheh-slioheaTd'thb alt arm. s"he jTSnped
from the laoio and ran to tho man and
grappled him by the shouldors,
"Man, man, what aro you doing,?"
"There Is a tire," ho replied.
"No, no, keep still," said Mrs. Slxor,
and tried vainly to, fbrcc him Into a
chair.
Ail lu the back of tho hall were rush
ing towards the exit and th6 panic was
beginning to spread to those about tho
stage. Mrs. Slzer quit arguing with the
man. ran to the platform and began to
play loudly on the" plnno. Then the panic
began to die down.
Mrs, Slzer described tho man aa of
medium height, dressed In dark clothes
nnd said ho hod a dark mustache. She
said he woro no button or other insignia,
and was not near tho entrance of the
hall when she first heard hln voice.
MclIonnlU IIcrIii limulr-.
Congressman MacDonuld of Calumet
reached Calumet at noon today and be
gan an Investigation of tho strlko eltua-
(Continued on Pago Two.)
You Are IT
Mr. Dealer
Mr. Dealer, you aro tho pivot
on which tho whole scheme of
merchandising turns.
You may do a business of.
only a few thousand dollars a
year, but1 men who handle mil
Uon in their operations bit up
nights thinking about you.
You aro the roan who makes
it possible for the factory
wheels Uj turn. Without you
tho makers and tho tisorn oC
thousands of famous products
would never get together.
Do you understand tho part
you play in tho marketing of
nationally distributed articles?
Do you take full advantage of
that part?
Goods on your s h e 1 v 0 s,
known' by namo the country
over are advertised by the mak
ers in good newspapers llko
The Bee.
Have you done anything to
let tho patrons of your storo
know that you sell these
goods?
Enterprising dealers all over
the country aro making perl- 1
odlcal window displays of stan
dard articles advertised in tho
columns of local newspapers.
Take stock of all the products
on your shelves that are adver
tised in Tho Dee. Put these
products in your windows and
show them on your counters.
You will do more business
and so shall we, because with
your help wo can mako adver
tising doubly effective.
The Bureau of Advertising,
American Newspaper Publish
ers Association, World Build"
ing, New York, will gladly lu
nlsh without charge to man 11- 1
facturers contemplating news
paper advertising campaigns
special data on local conditions
in all parts of tho United States
and Canada,