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VOL. XLUl-NO. 173.
OMA1IA, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY G, 1914-TJ3N PAGES.
On Trains and at
Kottl Haws Standi, Bo.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
TWENTY-TWO MEN
SINK WITH VESSEL
IN ATLANTIC OCEAN
Tank Steamer Oklahoma Goes Down
Off New York, According to
Wireless.
EIGHT CREW MEMBERS SAVED
None of Several Ships Standing By
Able to Give Assistance.
OFFICERS OF BOAT RESCUED
Reports of the Disaster Arc Meager
and Conflicting.
CRAFT'S NAME VARIOUSLY TOLD
Liner, Owned 1i- J. M. McGutfey
Company, Had Left 'en York
Saturday for Iort Arthur,
Texns.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Tho tank steamer
In trouble, off Sandy Hook yesterday
was tho Oklahoma and twenty-two of
Its crew perished. Eight were saved. This
was the substance of wireless messages
received herS today.
Although several vessels were stand
ing by tho distressed tank liner besides
the Hamburg American lino freighter
Bavaria, bound from Philadelphia to
Boston, mono of them was able to rcn-.
der assistance. It reported by wireless
shortly after o'clock that It had been
able to take off Captain Alfred Gunner,
Chief Mato Bert Ivcrson, Second Mate
Knuto Dahle, Third Mato Carl Eklundo.
Operator William Davis, Boatman Chris
tian Rassmussen, Quartermaster Hamil
ton Powell and Norman Erlckson, the
hip's carpenter. No mention was mado
of the remainder of the crew, thirty In
number.
, The Oklahoma was owned by the J. M.
Guffey Petroleum company, was 2,795
tons net and 419 feet long. It left hero
Saturday for Port Arthur, Tex.
Although the disaster occurred less than
100 miles off Sandy Hook, wireless reports
throughout tho night wero meagre and
conflicting. The name of tho distressed
vessel was variously reported as the
Wasca, unheard of in shipping circles:
the Pennoll, chartered by tho Standard
Oil company, and tho tank steamer Dole
ware, The Spanish liner Manuel Calvo.
the Rayol Mall liner Caribbean and other
vessels stood by the distressed craft
throughout th"o night, but were apparently
unable to Identify It.
The Bavaria will continue, on to Boston
with tho rescued. It is due to arrive there
about noon.
RiotAttdndsaGo'ma'
" Smelters' Strike
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 6. Blood was
shed today In the worst fight of the
Tacoma smelter strike. Bricks and stones
flew, clubs wero wielded and a number
of men's heads wero cracked. Three
strikers wero arrested.
Fifty armed deputy sheriffs and tho
town marshal of Ruston were escortl.t?
a number of workmen to the plant, which
had been closed because of the strike.
fTho strikers, with women and girls, lined
the way taunting the men. Soon there
was a free-for-all fight which finally was
duelled.
Thero was an exchange of shots last
night between strikers barricaded In a
house and sharpshooters acting as dep
uties of the county sheriff.
ACTRESS KILLS HERSELF
BECAUSE OF FIANCE'S DEATH
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. Milan Synott.a
young actress, who had played In a
number of Broadway successes, was
found dead in her apartment today with
her throat and wrists cut. Friends said
she was dlsponded oyer the death of her
finance, who was burled today. Miss
Synott was engaged to Leslie Kenyon,
a well-known English actor and member
of the Lambs club. He died of apoplexy
on Saturday. She was 24 years old, and
lived with her invalid mother. She left a
note to her mother, begging forgiveness
for her act.
The Weather
Forecast tUl 7 p. m. Tuesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair and warmer.
Temperature nt Omnha Yesterday.
Hours. Den.
5 a. m IS
6 a. m 18
7 a. m 18
8 a. m 18
9 a. m 18
10 a. m 18
11 a. m 19
12 m 20
1 p. m 23
2 p. m , 23
3 i. m 21
4 p. m 24
5 p. m , 24
6 p. m. ........ .....23
7 P. in 23
8 p. m 26
Temperature t Dmniw Teaterday.
Comparative Local Ilecord.
1914. 1913. 1912. 1911
Highest yesterday 25 21 10 44
Lowest yesterday 16 2 15 17
Mean temperature 20 12 2 20
m -1 I . . I on 1Q rp rn
Temperature anu precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature 21
Excess for the day 1
Total excess since March 1 9tt
Normal precipitation 02 Inch
Deficiency for the day 09 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1.... 23. 76 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 4.35 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1913. 4.11 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1912.13.43 Inches
neports from Stations at 7 I'. 31.
Station and State Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. 7. p. ra. est fall.
Cheyenne, clear 42 44 .00
Davenport, cloudy 24 34 .0)
Denver, partly cloudy 44 54 .00
Des Moines, cloudy H 30 .00
Dodge City, partly cloudy. J( 4S .00
North Platte, pt cloudy.. St .00
Omaha, cloudy 25 St .02
Rapid City, cloudy 42 M .00
Sheridan. oudy ... 50 .0j
Sioux City, rloudy . .. . 3 28 .02
Valentine, partly rloudy. 40 46 ,Wi
T" Indicates tra-e of precipitation.
" Indicates below zero.
L. A. WELSH, Local Forecaster,
PRESIDENT OF THE MID-WEST
IMPLEMENT DEALERS,
d Lehmkutd
IMPLEMENT MEN TO CONFER
Get-Together Meeting Arranged for
Thursday at the Rome.
LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
Implement nuslnesa for the Year
Just Cloned Shows n I.nfuo I n
crensc for Thin l'nrt of
the Country.
The retail dealers, manufacturers and
jobbers In tho Implement business aro to
get together in a conference Thursday
evening at the Hotel Rome as an Im
portant part of tho program of tho con
vention of tho Midwest Implement Deal
ers' association, which 1b to open Its four
days' session today. Tie Implement
dealers feel that many of their problems
aro mutual and that It Is of Importancn
that tho retailers, manufacturers and Job
bers get together occasionally for a heart
to heart talk on some matters pertaining
to tho handling of the goods. Every
dealer, manufacturer, Jobber and travel
ing salesman has been urged to be pres
ent at tli Is conference.
A large attendance la expected this year
for tho implement dealers' convention.
A)l tho dealers In what In known as the
Omaha territory aro ellglblo to member
ship. This takes In principally southern
South Dakota, western Iowa and Ne
braska. ;- -..V..
i an s nw ssniis..
-mo implement aeaiers are coming wun
enthusiasm this year, full of hope and
prospect, with the greatest year of im
plement business shoved behind them.
As this association rcpicscnts dealers who
do business on matcriul Jobbed out of
Omaha the retail Jobbing business of
Omaha for tho last year Indicates in a
general way tho prosperity these men
have enjoyed the last year. The Imple
ment jobbing out of Omaha for the year
was J12.K0.213, which fs far tho greatest
farm Implement jobbing business ever
dono out of Omaha. This figure, added
to $703,000, which represents the gasollno
engines Jobbed out of Omaha makes a
total of $13,0u.V13 as representing the farm
Implement business Jobbed .out of Omaha
to tho Omaha territory. These figures
are surpassed by only two lines of Job
bing In Omaha, those, of gruln and gro
ceries. The regular session of the first day of
the convention does not open until 8
o'clock In tho evening. A meeting of
officers and committees Is to be held
this afternoon.
Man Who Jumps Into
Well Ties a Rescue
Eope Around Neck
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Jan. 5.-(Speclal.)
Jumping Into a twenty-five-foot well in
the effort to commit suicide, and after
ward tying a ropo lowered to him by res.
etiers about his neck In the hope that his
life would be strangled out of him by the
tlmo the rescuers succeeded In -hauling
him to the top of the well, was the ex
perience of a Russian named Leo Marek,
employed on a farm adjoining that of
Lawrence Nelson, a Brule county farmer.
Nelson was engaged In making repairs to
the well whon Marek came to his .farm
and after a few remarks commenced low
ering himself Into tho well, which had
five feet of water in It. Nelson at first
believed Marek was Joking, but the latter
soon disappeared In the well, which la
only eighteen Inches In diameter. As
Marek Is elx feet In height his head stuck
about a foot above tho water In the well,
and as the eighteen Inches of space did
not permit him to throw himself sideways
Into the water, his attempt to end his life
by drowning was unsuccessful. Then Nel
son and others who' had been attracted
to tfle scene lowered a rope to him, and
this he fastened about his heck, thinking
that this would furnish a means for him
to end his life. When nearly to the sur
face the rescuers discovered where he
had the rope fastened and observed that
he was gasping for breath, so they
dropped him back Into the well. After a
great deal of parloylng with the desporata
man thoy prevailed upon him to fasten
the rope around his body under his arms,
and in this way he was drawn to the
surface of the ground. When rescued he
was unconscious.
ROCK ISLAND ENGINEER
IS GIVEN A PENSION
FAIRBURT, Neb., Jan. 6. (Speclal.)
E. W. Mason, one of the oldest Rock
Island engineers on the Nebraska divis
ion, has been retired by the management
of this railroad and pensioned. Mr.
Mason has been a locomotive engineer, in
both passenger and freight service, on
this division with' headquarters In Fair
bury since lS8i During the last few
years and prior to his retirement, he
has been runnnlng local freight runs
from Fairbury to Nclxon.
BLEACHED FLOUR SUIT
PURE FUOUJCT TEST
Nebraska Controversy Coming Up
in United States Supreme Court
of Vital Import.
MANY INTERESTS ARE AFFECTED
Result Will Involve Grain Growing
States Especially.
GOVERNMENT WINS AND LOSES
Final Test to Come Now in Highest
Tribunal of Land.
SCOPE OF ACTION IS GENERAL
Government Determined to Ascer
tain Whether Pare Food I.niv
la Constitutional na It Af
fects Mnny Articles.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The supremo court today, after
handing down u number of opinions and
clearing Its decks for more Important
opinions now duo, began consideration of
tho United States, petitioner, against tho
Lexington Mill and Elevator company,
respondent, commonly known as tho
"bleached flour case," In which imuiy
milters of the country aro vitally Inter
ested. In April. 1910, the United States under
tho food and drugs act of Juno 30, 1SKW,
filed a libel, subsequently amended, In
the district court for tho western dis
trict of Missouri, seeking tho seizure and
condemnation of G2S Backs of flour
shipped from Lexington, Nob., to Castle,
Mo., and thero found In original, un
broken packages In possession of tho
consignee. Tho flour was seized, tho
consignee failed to appear, but tho Lex
ington Mill and Elevator company, tho
manufacturer and vender as claimant ap
peared and answered.
Government Wins by Jnry.
Upon tho Issues raised by the pleadings
there was a trial before a Jury an a
verdict for the government rendered. On
a writ of error tho circuit court of ap
peals for tho eighth circuit reversed the
action of the court below, whereupon tho
United States through tho attorney gen
eral on certiorari brought tho case bo
foro tho supremo court.
Tho amended llbcd charged that the
flour was both adulterated and mls
branded and that as a result of tho so
railed Alsop process for bleaching the
flour, it contained poisonous or deleterious
Ingredients which might render it In
jurious to health that It was mixed,
colored and stained whereby damage and
Inorlorlty wero concealed and that It had
usubstBnco mixed and packed w,lth It
so as to reduce Its quality and atrongth.
Tlie 'answer ofThV milling 'company ad
mitted tho treatment, dented Hie adul
teration and set up tho unconstitutionality
of ho ac. Before food, can bo ttccmed
adulterated by tho action Of poison,
within the provisions of tho food and
drugs act, the court of appeals held that
tho government must establish Its ex
istence In sufficient quaulty la render
food Injurious to health nnd thut It docs
not suffice merely to show the presenco
of aded poison of an Injur ous character,
Flnnl Teat of the Lnw.
The court of appeals also held that tho
Jury should determine whether a sub
stance has been so mixed and packed
with tho flour as to reduce or Injuriously
affect Its quality and strength within
tho meaning of the food and drugs act.
Realizing tho tremendous Importance of
tho case and Its direct bearing upon
many articles that aro specially prepared
fur tho market, tho United States througli
Us legally appointed officers determined
to set at rest once for all whether the
fcod and drugs act was constitutional and
if constitutional whether flour could bo
bleached by a patented process and still
be held'for market purposes.
Ed P. Smith of Omaha Is In Washing
ton to represent tho Lexington Mill and
Elevator company.
James A. Donohoe of O'Neill, a well
known attorney of tho Third Nebraska
district who Is on his way to New York
on business, was admitted to tho supreme
court today.
POLICE THINK LOPEZ
IS IN SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6.-The poltco
of this city have been asked to keep an
eyo out for Ralph Lopez, the bandit who
. killed six men and disappeared in tho
depths of the Utah-Apex mine, where a
posse is searching for him .yet, Lopez Is
; said to have friends here on whom he
' could rely for an asylum.
i ST. LOUIS, Mo Jan. 5. A letter signed
' "Ralph Lopez" and mailed in St. Louis,
was received today by a local news
paper. The writer claimed that he was
tho bandit wanted at Bingham, Utah,
and that he had been hero since Decem
ber 31. The letter, which was written in
Spanish, was turned over to the police,
who believe it is the work of a practical
, Joker;
MEMPHIS OFFICIALS TEAR
UP RAILROAD TRACK
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 6-Hcading a
large force of citizens, Mayor H. Crump
and Thomas Dies, commissioner of public
utilities, today tore up the railroad
tracks at the grade crossing where five
persons were killed and several woundil
last night when a freight train on the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis road
and a street car collided. The freight
train was operating on a track that cltv
officials had ordered removed several
days ago.
MEMBERS OF NON-FEDERATED
UNION ARE LOCKED OUT
ST. LOUIS, Jan, 5.-The Hamilton
Brown Shoe company locked out of Its
factories hero today 1,500 former em
ployes who are members of the United
Shoo Workers' union. The lockout Is a
development In the war between the
United Shoe Workers' union and the
Boot and Shoo Workers' union, which Is
affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor. Only members of the latter
union were given employment when the
factories opened today.
Drawn for The Bee by Powell.
ARREST IN KEARNEY THEFT
Postoffice Clerk Accuses Former
Sheriff of Looting Safe.
SAYS HE GAVE HIM THE KEYS
Walter I". Snntmona la Locked Up In
County Jnll na Result of Con
tension Seventy-Five Hun
dred Dollar? Taken.
LINCOLN, Jan. 5. A, W. Lane, dep
uty federal district attorney, today filed
formal complaint against Walter F.
So.mmo.ns, former sheriff of Buffalo
county, and Dclbcrt Smith, postofflco
clerk at Kearney, charging them with
breaking into tho postofflco Christmas
ovo and stealing registered mall to tho
amount of 5,000 or more.
Prosecutor I-nno left tonight for Grand
Island to prosecuto the caso before a
United States commissioner. Tho ac
cubed men wore taken to Grand Island
this afternoon and turned over to Deputy
United States Marshal Logan Bammons.
brother of one of the alleged robbers.
Arrrsta Made lSnrly.
KEARNEY, Nob., Jan. B.-(8peclaI
Telegram.) Walter F. Sammons, ox-
shcrlff of this county for several terms,
and Delbcrt Smith, clerk In tho Kearney
P08tqfflce wero taken Into cutody this
morning at 5 o'clock In connection with
tho robbery of tho Kearney postoffice
on Christmas night.
Secret Service Agents Brauer, Booker
and Rla havo been following the caso
unceasingly and today tho arrests were
made. Sammons Is In Jail and Smith
is In custody at his home.
A warrant from tho federal court at
Lincoln will be received this afternoon
and a deputy United States marshal will
tako tho. men o Grand Island, where,
they will recelvo a hearing before the
federal court.
Mr, Sammons Is a colonel in the Ne
braska National guard and olalm agent
for tho Union Pacific railroad, with
headquarters at this place. It is tho
opinion of the detectives that the theft
was committed by Sammons with out
side help, having first received the key
and combination from a clerk.
The hearing will be hod Immediately.
It Is stated that Smith made a confession
during the night to the Inspectors and
that a clean breast of the affair was
made by him.
Smith and Sammons havo been close
friends for tho last year. After the sup
1 posed confession Sammons was placed
under arrest at his home. He disclaims
any connection with tho affair and says
the robbery was pommltted by Smith,
j and he Is trying to blame It on him. The
' money has not as yet been recovered.
Smith says ho did not receive any of It,
iand that the keys were returned early
next morning.
Mr. Summons Is ono of the most widely
known men In Buffalo county and his
reputation Is good. Tho registered pack
ages taken from the postoffice safe con
tained 7,EC0, consigned to Kearney banks
from Omaha banks.
Deputy United States Marshal Logan
Sammons, who has been working on the
case, is a brother of Walter F. Sam-
mons. The prisoners were turned over
I to C. P. Hensel, deputy United States
; marshal, of Lincoln, who took them to
) Grand Island this afternoon.
BETTER BABIES PRIZE
WINNERS TO ATTEND MEET
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. 5. (Special.) Children
who won prizes In the better babies con
test at the rtate fair will be In Lincoln
during the week of organized agriculture.
The films depleting the scenes at the
contest, the awarding of 4he prizes and
other Interesting things will bo displayed
at the Auditorium.
Dr. O. E. Condra will he in charge of
the moving pictures, A number of scenes
at the fair grounds will be displayed, in
addition there will be a number of films
llustratliig the resources of Nebraska.
Cultivating Closer Acquaintance
. 1 CALENDAR lf
Treasurer Burke
Accepts Invitation
for Omaha Speech
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. B.-(Speclat Tclo
gram.) Ex-Governor John Burko of
North Dakota, treasurer of tho United
States, today accepted the Invitation of
tho president and faculty of Crclghtou
.university, .to. bp proscni arid speak .at, jthe
banquet In honor of founders' day, Feb
ruary 21. Some tlmo ago Congressman
Lobccki on behalf of tho president of
Crclghton oxtonded an Invitation to tho
treasurer of tho United States to bo
present on tha occasion abovo mentioned.
Governor Burke took the matter up for
consideration and after ascertaining that
ho could make the Journey, Informed Mr.
Lobeck that ho would gladly go to Omaha
for founders' day.
OMAHA ASKSMIONAL BANK
Will Send Committee to Meet the
Organization Board.
AWAITS WORD FROM M'ADOO
Victor Cnldwell Heads Committee
Omnha llnnkers, After Sovcral
MectlnK, Decide to Aaka
City lie Selected.
As soon as an appointment can be ar
ranged through Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, a committee- of six Omaha bank
ers Is to meet tho organization board of
tho now regional tm-.:s to ask that
Omaha be consltlra as a favorablo place
for tho location of ono of tho regional
banks. After many meetings of tho
Omaha Clearing Houso association on
this matter, It was finally decided to
send a commlttco to ask for a regional
resorvo bank.
A letter was at onco sent to Secre
tary McAdoo to ask that ho arrange an
appointment for the Omaha committee.
Tho organization board is to hold confer
ences in various parts of the country
where bankers and business men of all
parts of tho nation may meet them and
present their claims to consideration as
a favorablo point for tho location of one
of the regional banks. Just when and
where would bo the best tlmo and placo
for the Omaha commlttco to meet the
board, Is what tho committee is waiting
to hear from McAdoo.
Victor Caldwell Is chairman of tho local
committee that is to present the case of
Omahtf. W. II. BuchhoU is vice chair
man. The other members of the commit-
teo aro Luther Drake, F H. Davis, II.
W. Yates and H. c. Bostwlck.
State Normal Board
Looking for a Head
for Kearney School
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jan. B.-(Speclal.)-8o far no
application for tho appointment of presl
dent of the Kearney Normal school has
been filed with the board from teachers
In Nebraska. There have been many ap
plications from outside the state, but
there Is little Indication any of them
will be selected If the right sort of a
man can be found within tho ranks of the
teachers of Nebraska.
It Is not beyond the possibilities that
Deputy State Superintendent Robert I.
Elliott may bo selected to fill the posi
tion. Tho normal board will meet January 13
for the purpose of selecting a president
and to take up other matters In connec
tion with normal board work.
According to Statu Superintendent Del-
1 zell, president Hayes of the Peru Normal
I w.ll not lose his head when the board
Iincf Ih, ciwitVi in rrtstnt rumors
afloat that he would be dethroned.
LYNKA GOES TO MARK HOME
Gypsy Girl Prefers Adopted Parents
to Own Grandmother.
GIVES HER CHOICE OF EITHER
Juilirn Snttou Decides that Yonns;-
' iter's Inclination Shoald Be Con
sidered Since Sho Wni Sold
hy Iter Parents. '
Lynka Thomas pretty. 15-yoar-old
Rypsy girl, sold by her relatives in Cali
fornia two years ago to Mitchell Hark
and his wlfo, rulers of the Omaha
gypsies, for 11,125, was allowed by DIs
trlct Judge Sutton to chooso whom sho
would llvo at the closo of a habeas cor
pus hearing yesterday. Sho said she
would rather dlo than leave her foster
parents and fled to her wlntor home near
Florence as soon as sho was released,
It Is said sho Is pledged to marry a
young gypsy at Florence. Kho and Mrs.
Mark appear to bo passionately fond of
each other.
Judgo Sutton arranged a private Inter
view between the girl and her gypsy
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Thomas, who
como from Sacramento, aCl., to attempt
to recover hore. Saying that she could
not bo comfortablo In a chair the aged
woman sat on the floor of the judge's
private office and pulled Lynka down
beside her. Though the grandmother
pleaded desperately with the girl and
was given overy opportunity by Judge
Sutton to win her consent to return to
California, she failed. Finally Lynka
ruthlessly pulled her dress from tho old
woman's grasp and ran laughing to the
other gypsies.
Grandmother Forfeits' Illwht.
Judge Sutton sutd the grandmother had
forfeited her right to Lynka by soiling
her and offering to settle tho habeas
corpus caso brought by her, for $3,000
more. He said:
"During my ten years' experience on
tho bench this has been the most re
markable and difficult caso I have had;
I havo no abiding conviction that what
I am about to do Is right, but can merely
do my best.
"This case must be decided on gypsy
evidence, which la nlways unsatisfactory.
At first I thought I might solve the caso
by Bonding tho girl to a county Institu
tion, but I think now this Would be un
fortunate for her. If sho were not of
gypsy ancestry tho case would be dif
ferent. But the court recognizes that
thousands of gypsy ancestors are behind
her and that It could no more change
her nomadlo Instincts than alte r the
course of the stars. All her life she
would long for the outdoors and tho
wllemess and would almost beat out
her youni; life against the bars of civili
zation. As soon as she becamo of age
sho would retuni to the gypsies.
Exchnnire of Presents.
"Tho court is convinced that the girl's
relatives who are applying for her cus
tody are gypsies and that Mark and his
wlfo paid $1,125 for her. They say they
exchanged presents, but that Is only a
poltto way of describing the Bale.
"This sale leaves the grandfather In a
position where she cannot ask much of
tho court If the girl were returned to
her there Is no assurance that she would
not mako another sale Just as she has
offered to settle this caso for 13,000.
"Yet If the girl had wanted to return
to her grandmother the court would have
allowed her to do so. But she refused,
saying that she would rattier be burled,
"Tho court thinks the' best thing Is to
let the little maid havo her wish and
If she changes her mind, means will be
found to send her back to her relatives.
Ilullroud Kmnloyc llurned,
BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 5. (Bpeclal.)
John Peterson, who has charge of u
turntable for the Burlington at Wymore,
was seriously If not fatally burned last
evening, in the railroad yaids by the
explosion of a smull gusollne stove,
which ho attempted to light
GOVERNOR FERRIS
MAKING EFFORT TO
END COPPER STRIKE
Miohigan Executive Visits the Dis
turbed District and Offers His
Services as Mediator.
ALL FURNISHING INFORMATION
No Indication that Operators Will
Yield Anything.
MORE MINERS ARE AT WORK.
Managers Say Union Men Are Giv
ing Up Cards and Returning.
M0YER HINTS GENERAL STRIKE
Leaders of American Federation of
Lnfanr Say that They Have Heard
Nothing of Nadon-AVIde Sua.
pension of Work.
CALUMET, Mich., Jan. 6. Facing an
other Investigation of tho strlko situation.
this tlmo at tho hands of tho governor of
tho state, company managers and West
ern Federation of Miners leaders today
prepared to open up every avenuo of In
formation which tho stato executive may
desire to explore. At the same tlmo both
sides to the controversy wero dubious as
to the ability of Governor Ferris and
State- Labor Commissioner Cunningham
to find any lasting solution ot tho
trouble.
Tho most general opinion was that signs
of further nctlvlty in federal circles, espe
cially In regard to tho deportation of
Charles H. Moyer, president of tho Fed
eration, wero responsible for tho gov
ernor's determination to visit tho district.
It was pointed out that the governor
spurned every invitation to como here
when tho strike started last July and had
manifested little Intention since of pro
jecting his personality Into tho situation.
Somo union sources, In fact, said tho
time In which ho could, havo accomplished
anything toward settling the strlko had
passed long ago.
At least one phase ot tho controversy
remains for the stato executive to work
on. John B. Densmore of tho federal
Department of' Labor failed to end tho
strlko after ho had first learned how
far tho union would go nnd then had
tried to persuade the companies to meet
it. So far as could bo learned tha em
ployers havo nover been asked officially
to give their "last word," and tho gov
ernor may find some unsuspected field
for effort In that quarter.
Those who advanced this theory, how
ever, wero willing to concede in the next
breath thut there was little likelihood of
the empUiyors receding from, their stand
that. onlyy men who would rcnounceatt
affiliation with tho union would ba re
ceived ns workmen.
A contlnutnce of this policy would
constltuto a stone wall bo far as union
Bcntlmont Is concerned.
More Miner nt Work.
Additional workmen wero reported as
having enlisted with the companies this
morning. Ono coach load of nonunion
men renchod tho Qulncy mine from Chi
cago, and tho managoment of that mtno
announced that almost as many moro
of their former men had turned In their
union cards and had gono hack to work,
Several mines said they had received
visits from volunteer workmen who had
como to the copper country ot their own
volition. Tho possibility that these In
dlvlduals might be union agents mado the
managers hesitate In hiring them.
Tho case of unfon printers employed on
Tyomlhu tho Finnish socialist paper whoso
editors and other employes wero named In
warrants recently Issued, has been taken
up by the local typographical organization.
The. tyepsetters wero charged with con-
cplracy to publish statement Inciting to
riot, as wero the editors, reporters and
buslnoss managers of the pnper It was
cald that tho International union would
bo asked to call tho attention ot AVashlng
ton authorities to those cases.
Htlll another sldo of tho strike that Is
being Inquired into 1 tha charge that
tho foreign miners brought in, Ignorant
of the strike, havo been forced to remain
ot work. It was learned today that tho
consul general of Austria-Hungary had
delegated an attorney. ot Ironwood to look
Into tho reports.
31 oyer Tnlka of Nntlon-Wlde Strike.
CHICAGO, Jan. B. A meeting of the
executive commjtteo of the American
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Children Know
A Thing or Two
The younger generation is
coming on. Children don't miss
much these (lays. They know
what they want and they In
tend to have It It possible,
Along the lines of their In
terests they keep up with the
times even moro than their
elders do in some cases.
,lf you want to make your
children happy, keep up-to-date
by reading the advertisements,
in The Bee, and learn all the
latest ideas in children's cloth
ing, sports, amusements, etc.
It does not cost any more to
get the things that will please
your children than it does to
buy the things that "nobody
else has."
Children are Imitative. They
want to have and do the samo
things as their friends.
The merchants who adver
tise in Tho Uee know all the
latest of the children's de
mands and are prepared to
supply them.
Pay attention to what ther
tell you through their adver- ii
tisements and have smiles In
)ur bouse instead of tears.
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