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The Omaha Sunday Bee PART ONE. NEWS SECTION. PAGES ONE TO TEN THE WEATHER, Pair VOL. SLHT-NO. 30. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1914-SIX SEdlONS-lTCFTr-TWO PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. GERMAN OFFICERS HELD BLAMELESS FOR ZABERN ACTS .Courts-Martial Acquit Them Charges of Breach of law in Alsace. of THEIR WORD IS EVIDENCE Aooepted Against Sworn Testimony of the Citizens. STATE MUST PAY THE COSTS Conduct of Army Men Declared to Have Been Justifiable. ACTION TAKEN UNDER OLD LAW Act of 1820 Intended to Preserve Divine Rights of Kings Gives Military Permlaalon to Dis place CItII Anthorltr. ATRASSBURO, Jan. 10. Courta-martlal today acquitted all the German officers charged with breaches of the law In con nection with the recent violent Incidents between the military and civilians of Zabern. The military Judges In all cases accepted the word of the officers against the sworn testimony of the civilian wit n eases. Colonel Von Router, commander of the Ninety-ninth Infantry, was charged with wrongful Imprisonment, but the court found his acta Justifiable. lieutenant - Schad, accused of striking a prisoner, was released by the same court on the ground that the charge had not been proved. lieutenant Baron von Forstner won his appeal before & second court-martial against the sentence of forty-three days' imprisonment imposed on him In Decern ber 19 for sabering a lame shoemaker. The Justification of Colonel Von Router's acta was based by the court on a decree Issued by the king of Prussia In 1820, which gave the right to the mili tary to Intervene without waiting for request from the civil authorities in case the latter were powerless to suppress dls orders. This decree was Inserted In the most recently Issued army service in' Btructlons and Is Valid at the present date in Alsace, although subsequent law does not authorise military action with a requisition from the civilian authorities The decree was Issued at the time of the holy alliance which existed, from 1815 to 1830 botween the European sovereigns and was Intended to perpetuate tho reign - Ing dynasties and prevent revolutions. Colonel Von Router's detention of the civilian prlsonorn over night, although recognizee by the court as .illegal in itself, was considered Jutified'because the transfer of the prisoners --at night might' have caused most serious disorders, The president of tho court-martial in explaining the verdict of acquittal Bold it hod been established by the evidence that the officers of the Ninety-ninth In fantry regiment had. been constantly in.' suited and stoned by civilians in Zabern and on one occasion shoteOiad been fired. The court, he said, was convinced that tho civil authorities of the "town had failed to act with the necessary energy in suppressing tho outbreaks and In th opinion of the court tho military officers were undoubtedly Justified In arresting the people who had Insulted them. The court ordered that the costs of tho suit should bo paid by tlic state. Crown Prince Prepare for Wnr. BERLIN, Jan. 10. Not only are all the rumored reasons for the recall of the German crown prince from Danzig to Berlin denied by his Imperial highness in the course of an Interview published In the Zeltung Am Mlttag today, but the crown prince makes tho startling state ment that Emperor William recalled htm "because his majesty believed no more time should be lost In preparing his eldest son for tho higher command" which he would have to assumo In cant of war." Tho transfer of the crown prince to the General staff was to have taken place last autumn, but ho requested year's extension of his Btay at Darifclg. The crown prince said to the interviewer: "This extension was at first) granted, but was withdrawn in December, I was detailed to the general staff because his majesty considered that I esould Imme diately study how to conduct large bodies of troops. I should naturally, in a certain contingency, command moro ttyan a regi ment." The newspaper says the crown prlnco will probably visit Africa In the course of this year. Millionaire Dies Intestate. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. 10. Bernard Corrlgan. former president of tho Metropolitan Street Railway company of thlK citv. who died last Tuesiuy and whose estate Is valued at $1,500,000 left no will : according to an Announcement today, unaer tne law tne wiaow win receive one-third of the estate and tho remainder win oe aivioea equauy among fourteen children. The Weather For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity Sunday fair: not much change. In tem perature. Temperature Omalia reateruay. Hours. Deg. C a. m C a. m 7 a. m 15 ... 15 ... 15 8 a. m, ...... ... l'i ... 18 v IV- 1(1............ 10 a. m.. 11 a. m..., 12 in 20 21 23 1 p. m 21 2 p. m 20 3 p. m 26 t v. m 27 6 p. m 27 6 D. m 27 7 f- in 26 Comparative Local Record. 1914. 1913. 1912. 1911. Highest yesterday 27. 34 1 W TavmI vest&nlav 15 14 6 8 Monn limiwnituro ...... 21 21 4 S3 Precipitation T .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from tno normal: Normal temperature 20 Excess for tne aay Total excess since March 1 992 iNormal precipitation 03 Inch TWlelencv for tho day 03 Inch Total rainfall since March 1... .23.76 Inches Deficiency since March 1 4 44 Inches Deficiency since March 1 4.47 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1912.13.52 Inches T lnaic&tea trace or precipitation. . ri84tofttM below aero. at NEW HAVEN SURRENDERS i Reaches Agreement with Govern ment for a Reorganisation. TO DISPOSE OF MANY HOLDINGS Wilt let Go of Stock In Boston A Maine, Give Vp Trolley Systems and Several Steamship Lines. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Tho New York, New Haven and Haft ford railroad and the Department of Justice tonight announced a preliminary agreement de signed to effect a reorganization of the New Haven and to prevent a suit for its dissolution Under the Sherman law. In compliance with department demands tho New Haven will dispose of IU hold- ings In the Boston and Maine, railroad, cancel Its Joint agreement controlling tho Boston and Albany, give up Its trolley lines and several of its steamship lines. The question of Its retention of the so- called sound lines of steamships will be loft for the present at least to the In terstate Commerce commission. Under the Panama canal act. the road Is re. quired to give up all steamship holdings by July 1, unless the commission finds that their continued operation by tho railroad Is to the commercial advantage of tho people and not in restraint of competition. It was conceded tonight that the De partment of Justloe golnod practically every point it demanded. Announcement of the agreement was made In the fol lowing statement from Chairman Howard Bllott and President Arthur T. Hadley of Vole, a member of the New Haven board: The Statement. An twocn the Department of Justice and the Now Haven railroad. The Now Haven In addition to the cancellation of tho Boston and Albany agreement Which becomes ef fective u-ooruary 1. will dispose of its holdings In the Boston & Molno railroad the various trolley system tho merchants and miners transnortatlon oomn&nv. the eastern Bteamship corporation and the Maine SteamBhln eomnanv. under a nlan. tho details of whlah will be worked out as promptly as possible with representa tives ui mo jJODariment or justice uv Chairman Howard Klllntt and Messrs. Moorfleld Storey of Boston and Walker D. nines of Now York, special counsel for the Board of Directors. concerning other steamship linos, ap plication has been made. under tlio Panama canal net, to the Interstate Com merce commission, and their disposition will bo determined bv that body, until tho plans are worked out and put Into effect, tho management and operation of the properties will bo continued as at present. The conference was between the attorney general and special assistant to tne Attorney ueneral T. w. uregory, as (Continued on Page Four.) Expect Superior Bank Will Be Able to Reorganize SUPERIOR, Neb., Jan. 10.-(Speclal Tel egram.) Reorganization of tho nf fairs of thb closed First National bank of Su perior Is expected by the bankers who are hero Investigating tho conditions which necessitated tho Institution's clos. Inc. Thn tart that th directors them' selves called upon the comptroller of the currency to take charge lends support to tho belief that the bank Is not In a serl nus condition. By noon today the State Savings bank. which is in the same building as the First National, had been examined by State Examiner Van Horn and was opened for business, being found In first class con ditlon. Natlonnl Bank Txamlner Floyd Sey bolt is In charge of the closed bank, but he will not as yot mako any statement or its conauion. inose wno are uncr eated dcclaro tho bank will be open lor business within a week. Walter Gleselman, a banker of Benson, Is here, together with Cashier Moore of the City National bank of Omaha, both of whom are Interested as holders of some of tho Superior bank's paper. Cashier Moore declared he saw no reason why tho depositors should not be paid In full. Several out-of-town stockholders are hero, among them being Hugh Hunter and Henry Wlchtnan of Guide Rock State bank, ono of the strongest Institutions In Webster county. Ebsom Bros, of Bostwlck are nlso interested in the out come. The Citizens State bank, which received a charter last year, whose stockholders are composed mostly of Kansas lnevst ors, have secured floor space In Gray's grocery store and expect to be open for business before the month Is over. They found It Impossible to secure an empty store building on Main street or Central avenue. Dealers Fined for Misbranding Eggs NEW YOItK, Jan. 10.-A fine of $500 was Imposed on the James Vnn Dyk com- I Pany. egg dealers, on their plea pf guilty to selling cold storage eggs as fresh.. It I. hn first conviction of its kind In this tate. The action was brouKht bv the state department of health, which has been conducting a crusade against the practice of misrepresenting cold storage products. Girl Found Guilty of Manslaughter CONCORDIA, Kan., Jan. 10. Bessie Moore, who shot and killed her sweet heart. Joseph Kelly, October 16, last, was found guilty of manslaughter In the third degree hero today. Miss Moore, who Is 19 years old, alleged that Kelly wronged hor. INDEPENDENT STEEL PLANTS WILL WORK FULL TIME PITTSBUnail, Pa., Jan. 10. Orders were posted In a number of Independent . I t .. l nlnn(. In .1 1 nn nrnttnn next Monday, due. It Was said. the anDearance the last few days of spec!. flcatlons calling for approximately 100.0CO tons of finished steel for immediate de livery. Operating officials expressed thn opinion that the depression which for four months has affected the Industry was passing. The orders affect some 5,009 men who have been ldl or working one-fourth TWELVE KILLED BY AMINE Over Two Hundred South of Birmingc Blast. Occurs FIVE WHITE MEN ARE VICTIMS Other Seven Laborers Meeting Death Are Negroes. NONE OF BODIES Little for Rescue Squads to When They Arrive. FOREMAN ONE OF DOZEN DEAD Had Gone n Jnit Fire Minutes He fore to Set Vp Some Brattice Dust Ivnttlnir Believed to lie Cause. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. lO.-Twelvo men, .five whites and seven negroes, wero killed in an explosion In the Rock Castle mine of tho Davis Creek Coal company, thirty-five miles south of Birmingham, In Tuscaloosa county, early today. Moro than 200 men were at work In the mine when the explosion occurred. All but twelvo got out of the workings berore tho after-damp affected them seriously. The dead: W. W. QUARLES, foreman. FRANK TILLQRY, blastman. JOB BOSNICK, miner. PHIL. MALNBR, miner. JOHN HOADLEY, miner. SEVEN NEGROES. Mine Foreman Quarlea had Kone Into the mine only five minutes before tho explosion to set up some brattices. Resoue squads were rushed from Birm ingham as soon as news of tho explosion reached here, but there was llttlo for them to do when they reached the mine, The explosion is believed to have been of gas origin, igniting dust In the mine. Tho bodies have not been brought out. Attempt to Block Fourth Trial of Dr. Clarke Hyde KANSAS CITY, Mo Jan. W.-Another attempt to block the fourth trial of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, charged with the imjrder- today, when . attornoys -representing Aneoaoro u, peitser and -Ocorire E. Bowling, taxpayers of Jackson county. filed a petition in tho circuit co'ur't- askfrlg an order restraining tho cdunly court from paying any money toward tho ex pence of further prosecution. In tho peltlon Peltser and Bowling do 1 A ,t. .... , viuiuu mm sucn -use or tneir money wunout their approval constitutes a nils appropriation or public funds." The petitions not, only asked that, the county court be enjoined from spending further money on tho prosecution, but demand that $8,000 spent on the last trial be re turned to the county treasury. The petition for injunction is a result of the action of the court promising tho county prosecutor that the court would Pay the expenses of a fourth trial of tho accused physician up to $15,000. Floyd Jacobs, oounty prosecutor, announced ho was ready to proceed with the trial on tho date fixed, Monday, January 12. FIVE MILLION HARDWARE CORPORATION FAILS NORWICH, N. T Jan. 10 Tho Pierce, Butler & Pierco Manufacturing com pany, a $5,000,000 hardware corporation, ono of the oldest In New York state, was today placed In the hands of a federal receiver. Creditors filed a petition ask ing to have the coupany adjudged bank rupt and alleging Its Inability to pay Its debt. Assets were placed at $3,291,000 and liabilities at $1,902,000. The business was founded In 1633 by Sylvester E, Pierce, father of William K, Pierce, who recently withdrew as president of the concern, CHILDREN'RECEEVING'THE - HIGHEST THAN-HALF -THEIR SUBJECTS- BANCROFT KlKbth I) Class BANCROFT ANNEX Third A Class John Willis. CLIFTON HILIj KlKbtlt B Clasa Ruth Ooeme. ISlKhth A Clasa. Donald Islington. Willie Hoyt. Aloys Berka. ' Ttnth Hill. Catherine aicuaoe, Tforluf Olsen. PauUne Semerad. Elshth A Class, Florence Jensen. Ray Luebbe. Agnes Mathouser. Helen Maxwell. Hermlne Pomy. liouise nmmo : Hevrntli A Claim uciuiae ur. 1 T nrloirs. Seventh Jl Claim Margaretha Hornlg. Frederic Hoffman. La Vesta Lawless. Sevrnth A Claaa Edward Chrlss. Mabel Reldy. Jessie Watson. Sixth B Claaa TAanh T)rnntfaft1 Hlxtli B Claaa Edward Hambek. Helen Nepdodal. Sixth A Claaa Agnes McCabe. Edward SelUer. Mildred Byrne. Fourth B Claaa Ella Hornlg. Oliver Sautter. fourth A Claaa Ivah Clement I.00 McCabe. Mary Manlike. Third II Claaa Leslie Van wostrana. Sixth A Claaa Edith Hawkins. Nellie Jessop. Anna Stangl. Fifth n Claaa James Cllenger. Aleander McKle. Fifth A Claaa OarlR Fischer. Pearl Gamble. HAXfl Huston. I.nclle Parr). El'zabeth Howell. Humid Taylor. Irene Tlmme. Oscar Wlttlake. Ptiorth II Claaa Harry Berso. Lydla Flesher. Beatrice Jackson. Bonnie Rucg. to!.Tnnio Dovlo uiaays joiihum, 1 Mar jorle Melhsner. rhfX l lima Tlo-otby Itahn. Orrln Khlers. Ottilia Kinder. Tlilr.l U Cluaa Doris Connell. Frank Frelhaee. Fred oeback. mu m- acoM A Going RECOVERED tfWlSTO&SS Mf Do 1 1 . i UHi ' 111 lllllllllllllllllIMIIl5lllilllllllllllllllll Illlllllilllllllilllllllil Drawn for Tho Boo by Powell. OMAHA JOBBERS GET MANY EARLY ORDERS Are Filling Un Stocks of Country - Merchants Whioh Save v RmfLow. GREAT OUTLOOK FOR CROPS , , Railroad Men All Report the neat Outlook for Some Yenra All Over the State for Biff Crop Yields. Assistant General Freight Agont Jones I of tho Northwestern is back from a trip over the company's lines In the western part of Nebraska, where he found con ditions with business men and farmers tho best In many years. Generally, bust iicsh Is good in tho towns and merchants aro in a most optimistic mood, laying In largo stocks and preparing for an cnor mous trade during the coming spring and lummor. The winter has been an open ono and stock Is coming through In the beat of shape and with llttlo feed. The result has been that farmers and ranchers have wintered their cattle at the minimum ex pense and that when the animals are sold next summer, whatever Is received for them will practically all be profit. All .through the western portion of the state, according to Mr. Jones, tho outlook for tho crop next season was never bet ter. From Cordon west to tho state lino tho en tiro country Is covered with a blanket of sncw, ranging from three to six inches in depth, Insuring an amplo supply of moisture In tho event the pre cipitation front now on should be light. Other railroad men, those of the Union (Continued on l'age Two.) CLIFTON IIILIi Fourth A Claaa Frances Moser. Kdlth Olson. Valeria Rohr. Third D Clasa William Deake. Third A Clasa Marie Busse. Richard Hyde. Mary Knudsen. Amy Steavenson. Ardath Wagner. LINCOLN Eighth A Claaa. Jean Blossom. Fannie Kulakofsky. Seventh A Claaa Vera Andres. Oroce Kalnla. James Kokrda. Elmer Krcbs. Marie Znbke. Margaret Llnlnger. Sixth II Claaa CI lady a May, Fifth n Claaa HIIISKMAN Hlichth II Claaa Elvor Holm. Seventh A Claaa Clarence Wooldrldge, Sixth B Claaa Minnie Wohlner. Fourth II Claaa ir..,nn T.-,,int,nr.irv lcnatlua Ondrlck. Rudolph Soukop. Isaac Sternhell. Fifth A Claaa Annie Qerellck. Mario Martlnek. Jeanette Olsen, Mary Randaxzo. Fourth 11 Claaa Louis Cerntk. Third A Claaa Ruth Drozda. WJIllam Kalman. Leona Soukop. Marie Palme. Philip Retz. Third 11 Claaa Frelda Mitchell. Lulu Potter, Fred Retr. Tlilr.l A Claaa George Burrls, Sidney Qtvens. Clurk Hutchison. LOTH HOP Eighth II Clnaa Helen Benson. Ardls Carter. Klithth A CIiinm. Clarence Bantln. Clara Schultz. Helen Qlvlii. Ralph Kerr. Laurence Wells, Seventh A Claaa LINCOLN F.lKhth U Claaa Marie Andres. Rose Epstein, bevciith U Claaa Frank Chapek. Sadie Johnson. Maud McCarter, Emella Talbot. Harold Cunningham. Fred Funk. Myron Price. wzub mm ooxTarvw or tomoxxows myxxixq mmb. to Church Then and Superior Resort Proprietors Pay For Protection BUPSRIJsB, Wlo.t Jan. 16. During an executlvo session today of tho. Wisconsin atatd -vloo hearing, when lnrrifi.tesot tho segregated djatrlct were being examined, Mayor J. 8. tobhkel and Rev. Harry Mil ford, formerly a local reform leader, be caina Involved In a. hen ted controversy. Mayor Konkcl characterized sonsatlonal statements made on tho stand yesterday by various reformers as "it pack of lies." The mayor and preacher challenged each other to physical combat. Chairman Toasdalo of the commission ordered. the mayor and preacher, together with a crowd, to leave tho building. The proprietors of houses In the segre gated district testified today that $53 n month was collected from each house, the nggrcgato being $13,000 a year. For merly the proprietors paid this money in norson to tho Judce of the municipal court, but lately It baB bocn collected by a young drug clerk without offlolul posi tion. Laborers Wreck Tool House in Flffllt lOr uODS a. iuu J-" u v iw PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 10. Several la borers were painfully bruised and r.ut today while fighting for hummers with which to break rock for tho city at thn recently established rock pile. In tho scramble tho tool houso was wrecked. The trouble wub the result of tho eager ness of the men for employment und tho limited number of tools available. The men fought with their fists, knock ing ono another down. Men who ob tained hammers were attacked. - MARK - IN - MORE LAST-WEEK- LOTIIBOP Seventh B Claaa Fred Laughlln. MnrJorloJJoBworth. Robert Ilanna. Vera Bradford. Sixth II Claaa Carl Petersen. Sixth A Claaa Robert Jenkins. Conrad OUon. Oeraldina Olson. Mario Klchorst. WALNUT HILL ElRhth U Class Ralph II. Whitney. Seventh II Claaa Velma Aleander. Josephine Eotf. Seventh A Clasa Edith Flynn. Ellen Smith. Sixth A Claaa Charles Trobltcock. Lorln Thompson. Fifth A Claaa Rcedcr Sears. Duane Mctzgcr. Hurold Nelson. Dorothy Johnson. Emily Boss. ' Lois Thompson. Flflh A Claaa Carroll Glctxen. Ellnore Judson. Wlnnifrod Kerr. Dorothy Rich. Francis Burdgo. Irene Carlson. Fifth B Clasa Mildred Dunham. Mary Myers. Fourth B Claaa Ruth Green. Fourth A Claaa Ruth Bardeleben. Helen Brown. Fourth A Claaa Lillian Simpson. Third II Class Frank Paeton. Henrietta Teal. Pauline Hartnett. Third A Claaa Thyra Anderson. Fourth A Clnaa Dorothy Payne. Allco'Vlnum. Corlne Anderson, Helen Searson. Ruth Cunningham, Adolf Eltner. Catherine Lavelle. Frances Clark. Austin Speake. Joel Nelson Marjory Nye. Edward Gordon. Marguerite Latttmer. Third B Claaa Elinor Pickard. Edward nahmer. Third A Claaa Doris Pinkerton. George Williams. Harold Lattlmcr. Joan Palmer. Martha McAuley, William Toll. irma jsawaras. Raymond Mcrnth. Marvin wara. Ruth Wlliniky, Now LAWYER ATTACKS . JODGE M'PHERSON Attorney General of Missouri Makes Sensational Spccoh in Court MAKES CHARGE OF FAVORITISM Jurist 1 Told that He Cannot Con tlnuo to Pollen Stnto In Inter est of tho Railroad Companies KANSAS CITY, Knn., Jan. 10.-A spir ited attack on tho acts of Judge Smith MoPhcrson of tho federal district court In tho Missouri rallrond rate casos was made by John T. Barker, attorney gen eral of Missouri, today at a hearing con- ducted by Judgo McPhorson preparatory to entering a final degroo dismissing tho cases In accordance with a recent de cision of the United States supremo court, holding tho state rnto laws constitutional." Attorney General Barker demanded that Judgo McPherson dismiss tho Injunctions dissolved by the United States supreme court decision at once, "without further argument or delay," and announced that if the Judgo did not do this tho state "W0U,J K0 t0 th0 u"lted States supremo CoUrt nnd obtain an order he would obey. You cannot continue to police this railroads," shouted Mr. stato for the. Baker. "Vou cannot always act to savo them from hurt" Tho attorney general's attack followed tho filing of a supplemental hill In tho case by tho railroad lawyers, asking Judgo McPhorson to enjoin tho attorney general from prosecuting suits brought In stato courts against the railroads to col lect millions of dollars In excess charges mado white the rate laws were In litiga tion. "When a Judge dissolves an Injunction i always supposoa mo injunction was dissolved," tho attorney general said, "but, maybe, I am not so familiar with federal court practice as some railroad lawyers hore. "Why aro the railroads afraid of the state courts? Why do they always seek this court when thoy aro in trouble? I want to know tho reason. The peoplo of Missouri want to know, It seems to me that all there is to this caso Is for you to enter the decrees you nave already written and which the United States supreme court directed you to enter." Judge McPherson sat silent through Mr. Barker's speech. When the attorney general naa nnished the court said: "Your outside remarks are not per uasive with me." Supplemental Bill Filed. A supplemental bill asking Judge Mo, Pherson to grant a perpetual Injunction restraining tho attorney general from prosecuting suit filed In the state courts to collect alleged overcharges made by tho railroads was filed today by Frank German, attorney for tho railroads. The attorney general has filed suits against thirteen railroads. An attorney representing stockmen of this city asked permission of tho court to file an In tervening petition In which a claim against v six railroads for alleged over charges was set forth. STEALS FIFTEEN THOUSAND FROM A U. S. MAIL POUCH CHICAGO, Jan. 10. Harry L. Watson, 120 years old, of Betlo Plaine, la., con fessed to Chief Postal Inspector James E. Stuart here today that he had stolen 115.000 from u mall pouch in Bella Plaine, January 7. The sum was In checks and money orders. Watson said that ho was a newspaper man. Attention of the po lice was called to htm, It Is said, when he attempted to purchase Jewelry here, tendering two checks for $400 each In pay ment STRIKE BREAKERS TAKEN TO MINES AT P01NTOF PISTOLS Sensational Charges Mad Against Copper Hino Managers in Re port of Ffttjcral Officials. SITUATION IS MISIlEPaESENTED Men Not Informed that Stride Was in Pifogress. P10FTT OF COMPANY IS LARGE Calumet and Eicola Fays Enormous Dividend, on Capital, WILSON GIVES OUT THE BEP0R1 Secretary of Lnlbor Intlmatea that tt May Be Made the Baala of Pronoard Investigation by Cnnsryaa. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Rcport of th Department of Labor's) Investigation ot the Michigan copper strike, mado public here today, declares thtlt strike breakers wero Imported Into the copper -region by misrepresentations; that, some were taken to tho mines at the point of pistols; that strikers -wero wounded by firearms in the hands ot armed guards, but that no ovldenco was found ot officers being in jured by tho strikers. It was pointed out that while many of the smaller copper mining companies lit tho region were operating at a loss, thn Calumet and Hoc a companies, . which employs more than CO per cent ot the men In the region, had "had extremely largo profits." With an authorised capital of $2,600,000, of which H.2CO.O00 was paid in, tho report declares that slnco 1S91 tho company has paid $l!l,OGO,00O In dividends and reinvested SftOOO.OOO In its property. It pays wages for a ten to eleven-hour day ranging from $2.8 to $3.63 and with nnd nvorage of J3.2S, whllo the average day wago of tho other companies Is $171 Tho report also points out the wctfara work tho company conducts for Its em ployes, such as hospitals, a ponslon fund nnd the like. The report was made on the Investigations ot Walter B. Palmer, a special nmp of the Department of Labor: John FA. Motfltt and John B. "Densmore, solicitor for tho, department, who wero sent out to thowpper region as conciliators, Secretary Wilson, making public a summary of, the report' y.' feeling to say what hts'nejtf sep would be, but )n tltnatixl !, thn flnrtlna nf til laves- tlgatora might bo mado the basts ot a proposed congressional investigation. Twenty-Si,PhBaeB Covered. A summary ot the Investigation, inadi publlo today, details tho work or Mr. Falmer and also that ot John B. Dens more, solicitor for the Department ot La bor, and Special Agent John A, Motfltt, who were later sent as mediators. Their Investigation covered twenty-lx phases of the strike situation, beginning with the causes, wages, hours ot labor and Including th Western Federatl6n ot Min ers, violence, tne miuua ana armca guards, Injunctions against picketing and ending with the earnings ot the com pany. Secretary Wilson today declined to say what tho next step In tho department'! participation in tho situation would be, although he Intimated that the report! of the Investigators might become the jasls ot a proposed congressional Inves tigation, What Report Shorra. "In connection with tho efforts of th department at mediation, the reports ot John A. Moffatt and John D. Densmore, John A. Mofflt and John B. Densmore, who acted as commissioners of concilia- That uirirestloi'ia were made that the managers of the companies meet the rep resentatives of the minora with tho view of effecting a mutual settlement. Tnat tno wnoie question in uiopuio ui submitted to arbitration. That tho questions bo submitted to ar bitration and no .nember of tho West ern Federation ot Miners bo selected on tho board, . . . That tho companies agree to reinstato all ot tho workmen without discrimina tion relative to thslr being members or non-members ot a union. Tnat tlio companies posi nonces mat they will re-employ all tho strikers with out discrimination relatlvo to their being members or non-members of & union. Each of these propositions as made were accepted by the representatives ot the miners as a basis ot settlement, but wero rejected by tho representatives of tno companies on the ground that they would not deal with the Western Federation ot Miners or have any ot its members in their employ. The companies on Decem ber 1 posted notices to the effect thut thereafter the minimum wage rate wouiu be $3 and the hours ot labor eight and three-quart srs. Tho data contained In this report was collected prior to tho shooting at tfee bervillo. tho shooting at Palnsdale. thn Calumet tragedy at Italian hall on Christ mas eve ana tne asportation at unariea H. Moyer, and does not Include any re ports on these points. After reviewing the preliminaries which led to the strike, the report says: "Before the strike began J, A. Cruse, sheriff of Houston county, had sworn in about VO deputy sheriffs at the request ot the mining companies,' nearly all of them employes of the companies. That number waa increased after the strlku began until it numbered about 1.700 on November 1. The companies also Im ported from other states a largo number of armed guards supplied by the Waddell Mabonoy agency ot New York and other agencies. A number ot minor riots oc curred during the first two days ot the strike, but It is not shown that any fire arms or any otner dangerous weapons wero used by the strikers at that time. A number of sttikera have been killed and others injured by the use ot guns In the possession ot the Waddell men. Not Informed ot Strike. The first strikebreakers were brought In by the Qulncy Mining company. They were engaged by the Auatro-Aroerlcan Labor agency, 8 First street, New York City. The statement ot labor contract furnished each showed that ho was en gaged to work underground at $3.50 per day ot nine hours, and waa to pay the cost of his transportation from New York -$21.60 out of hla earnings during th first six months. The items on the con tract were printed in seven different lan guages, but the blanks were filled out In German, most of them In typewriting, but the word 'strike' waa written )n Cng- (Continued on Pge Two )