Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1913, Page 1

: = _ if WEATHER. i 4 About every one in Washing- i| Fair tonight ; Sunday increasing : i ton who reads at all reads The || cloudiness, probably followed by || | erg | snow at night. i| | FULL REPORT ON PAGE TEN. * \} ? —— No. 19,449. WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27 =D 1913—EIGHTEEN PAGES ONE CENT. DECIDE HOW BANKS MAY JON SYSTEM Secretaries McAdoo and Hous- ton Pass on the Form of Application. | PLAN TOUR OF COUNTRY | TO SECURE INFORMATION | | Washington One of Cities in WE Public Hearings Are to | Be Held. | i national or_admis- | banking | Secret Houston, con- the 1 committee. It ided 141 each bank, | ts of directors, to pi mal or tion, preseribed by the} rai comml&tec, which will constit a legal application for stock in the new regional bank thin sixty days each bank is directed to submit to its directors alternative | Propostt rejecting or epting the | resolution preseribed by the federal ganization ce tee the resolution | 4< adopted it will be forwarded to Wash- | ington by the cashier of the bank as | the formal application ef the bank i entry in the system. Form of Application Blanks. With its plans decided upon for choos ing cities for the new federal reserv banks, the federal bank organization ommittee today turned its attention to the perfection of formal application | blanks which shall be used by institu-/ tions seeking membership. Although more than 1,4 letters and telegrams expressing the intention of banks to enter the svstem have been received at the Treasury Department, every bank will be required to fill out and sign through its proper officers a legal appli- | cation which can be kept in the Treasury | archives i The bt was approved by Secretary | MeAdoo and Secretary Houston today and sent for tin: oval to the law-| Yers of the department. Secretary Me Adoo was still confined to his hor Sering from a slight fever, but is exp ed to return to his desk Mond i ‘The Treasury Department received many messages today from cities that were omitted from the list/ made public yesterday of places where| the preliminary hearings are to be held. | Officials reiterated that the selection of | the fourteen big cities for h« ng id | not Indicate the positive choice any of | them for the location of federal banks; but telegrams received from many tections showed that bankers accepted | the designation of the cities as indicative | of the location of most of the new banks. Selection of Districts. | The division of continental United States into regional districts—from eight to twelve in number, as provided | for in the new currency law—will be accomplished by the reserve bank or- ganization committee after considera- tion of evidence to be obtained at®pub lie hearings in New York, Boston, Chi nkers in| cago, St. Louis, Denver, Seattle, Port- land, San_ Francisco,’ Los Angeles Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Cin- cinnati, Cleveland and Washington. The organization committee will be- gin its peresrinations next Kk. An-| uncement of its prelim pro- | cedure was made in a statement issued by the organization committee last night ne first hear will be held in New York city, All the hearings March 1 ess men will be » views on geo- ences, needs of trend of bi ous will not phi each | jon siness. | tical No Cities Determined Upon. | ists that the be held t he ies shall Most of the in which to selection for regional reserve | | in the not b ing their s though t the only s tol the rested ¥ inte the t ry his work and expect t Jude labors about fe time al tonal banks are given ir intention | tem. | Statement by Committee. | ne mei made last 1 follows | A embers ht majority Hearings Open to All. tw n be possible for the com- but opportunity will be tions of the country contiguous to these ties to appeur before the committee and resent their views. It be ii J that the committee has determin- ‘d upon one of these cities as a loca- m for the federal reserve banks: they rve been chosen as places for holding exsions of the cominittee s yea use of their accessibility and conve ye committee will sit couse in New York cit :: in Boston, January turn to New K for additi n the Sth and 9th. 7 tia Washington from January 12 to 17 nary 1) and 21; St, on Fourth Page) {th | Vatican as well as intimate “FIREMAN” WILSON STAYS LATE ABED Gulfport Citizens May Give the President a Vote of Thanks. HIS FIRE-FIGHTING ROLE THAT OF DIRECTOR ONLY! Sought Bucket of Water, But Was Too Late to Take an Active Hand. PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss., December 27.—President Wilson today slept late, and it was after 9 o'clock before he left for his morning game of golf over the course ef the Mississipp! Country Club, thirteen miles away. For the first time since he left Washington the President had a ruddy glow on his cheel He had grown somewhat pale during his recent {liness, but rest, brac- ing air and exercise apparently have restored his health. Citizens of Gulfport, through which place the President daily passes on his way to the golf club, today were on the alert to see him. Mr. Wilson's Prowess as a fire tighter has added to his fame here. member of the volunteer fire department of Gulfport today, discussing the fire yesterday in One Judge Neville’x residence, revealed the discovery that President Wilson is quite mandatory in emergency. Took Orders From President. “I was standing outside the Neville the apparatus to a man came up. m, and asked me residence waiting for arrive. He he said, “whe noticed my unifor why L was standing there looking at the fire. ‘Why don’t you get up there and ? he asked. 1 told him [ couldn't go until the hook and ladder wagon came. “Weil, he said, ‘my men could climb up on the inside. I don't see why you n't.” It suddenly dawned on me that I was talking to the President, inside to help.” citizens a: oft and I » considering a for- anks to the President for = the destruction yes- terday of the ille home, one of the handsomest residences there. Didn’t Take Hand Himself. The President himself did not par- ticipate in the fire ‘fighting. After in- forming Mrs. Neville that her house Wes burning he asked for a bucket of water. But just then the fire fighters descended from the roof with the report ‘hat little damage had been done and that the blaze was out. “Well done,” said the President, and the entire purty left the house for the automobiles. ‘The local fire depart- ment was just arriving with hook and ladder and other apparatus. “The fire's over.” announced the President. and added with a proud smile, “My men have just put it out.” Judge Neville and his son came run- ning up at that moment and a big crowd collected. The judge was pro- fuse in his thanks and spoke apprecia- tively of the President's thoughtful concern for Mrs. Neville. STIRS THE ORIENTALS. Vedrines, French Aviator, Flies Over Holy Land, Creating Consternation. BEIRUT, Syria, December 27.—Jules Vedrines, the French aviator, now on an air trip from Paris to ro, caused a complete suspension of business here to- day when he made the first aeroplane flight ever carried out over this city. The patriarch presented the aviator with a bouquet prior to his departure for Cairo. JAFFA, Palestine, December 27.—Jules Vedrines, the French aviator, passed over this port teday on his way to Cair His appearance used consternation among inha ants, Tost of whom were ig- norant of the existence of flying ma- chines. mal vote his part in preventi BANK CASHIER RETURNS. lee | Alleged Forger Will Help Untangle | Georgia Concern’s Affairs. Al ‘A, Ga., December 27.—James me A stron cashier of the Irish- | American Bank, whose doors were closed | two w Ss ago becau of its financia: ndition returned to the city last night, and at 9 o'clock furnished bond before heriff! Clark in the sum of $10,000. Armstrong !s charged with forgery, it lleged that he forged the name i man as an indorser on a note h he gave an Augusta bank as col- lateral for a loan Armstrong will assist in untangling of the Irish-American Bank. t is said that he has never been over ten miles away from Augusta, and his relatives have stated at.all times that he never intended to evade the officers of the law. DENY RAMPOLLA MYSTERY. Cardinal's Body ‘Will Not Be Ex- humed, His Friends Assert. ROME, December 27.—Officials of the friends and atives of the late Cardinal Rampolla denied emphatically rumors put in circulation in certain quarters in Rome ysterious circumstances surrounding death. They also declared ) frfention of exhuming his for medical examination, as the of death had been already estab- lished. The rumors in question are assumed to have been founded on the disappearance of a small box supposed to have contain- ed some private papers. In spite of the denial given out at the Vatican the Messagero, a popular new vs the exhumation of the body al Rampolla has been ordered e of the suspicions aroused death and the disappear- in. Daniels Gets Report on Quizzes. Secretary Daniels has received the re- port of the board which marked the papers of the seventy-five enlisted n of the navy who were examined | | for appointment as assistant paymas- ters in the be taken ta this cit Final action will not until the President returns It will then be determined whether “any remaining vacancies shall be filled by civilians on the old basis, e recent examination contined to enlisted men, and the re- their benefit. | ! | wus | was an executor in March, juirements were specially modified for ‘STORM TOLL HEAVY |the guests fhospitals, doctors and nurses went about ON JERSEY COAST Mayor of Seabright Asks Aid for Fisher Folk in Rebuild- ing Homes. BARGE ON A RAMPAGE IN NEW YORK HARBOR Wharf Rats, Driven From Shelters by the Storm, Swarm Cel- lars in Brooklyn. SEABRIGHT, N. J., December Fisher folk, tradesmen and laborers were setting Seabright in order today, clearing up the wreckage left by yesterday’s storm. The bulkheads battered and broken by the waves received first at- tention, for upon the bulkheads the co ony relies for protection in the future. A big force of men will be kept busy for ten days making repairs. Shelter has been supplied- those of th fishermen whose houses were destroyed and there is little suffering. ‘The Central railroad of New Jersey tracks washed away or covered by sand were repaired during the night by gangs of men. Restoring Damaged Homes. NEW YORK, December Reports from the New Jerse ast today were that the gale and high tide had subsided and \that the fisher folk at Seabright, which felt the worst of yesterday's storm and suffered the most damage, were at work restoring their damaged homes and collecting property which had been floated away by the high waters. Eight fishe homes’ were completely carrie Y and many others badly wrecked. Mayor George W. Elliott has started to raise funds fo: the fishermen, who at best make but a scant living, so ‘they can re- store their homes. Several thousand dol- lars have already been subscribed. ! ‘The barges A. G. Ropes and Undaunted, | wrecked ni Side Park, N, J., have | been broken up. None of the bodies of the ten sailors who composed the crews of the barges and were lost nas as yet been found. Two men drowned in the East river and ten men—the crews of two barges wrecked on the New Jersey coast—given up as lost is the cost in human lives of yesterday's storm. Several Hotels Wrecked. At Seabright, which is a fashionable summer resort twenty miles south of here, most of the houses have either been wrecked or are under water. Several ho- tels and many fine residences were among those undermined and badly damaged. Seventy families are homeless. The damage done to property is esti- mated ut from $500,000 to $1,000,000, most. of it borne by Seabright and other points along the northern section of the New Jersey coast. Most of the property losses are due to bulkheads giving way under the onslaught of waves lashed into fury by a gale, which at one time reached a velocity of ninety miles an hour. Bulkheads were smashed, tons of lum- ber were washed up on the beach at At- jantic City and other damage was caused. ‘The five miles of meadows between At- lantie City and the mainland resembled a turbulent sea all day. The tide was three feet above normal. Hail, snow and rain fell. Twenty-foot breakers, tumbling in on the crest of the season's highest tide, broke over bulkheads guarding the, strand at Ocean Park and nearly drowned between thirty and forty men and women who were breakfasting in the basement grill of a hotel. Hotel Guests Deluged. The combers swept over all barriers, smashing in the windows, and fell upon at the tables. Waiters and guests got out before the second wave dashed in, but a few minutes later there was several feet of water in the grill. A heavily loaded New York Central railroad barge broke away from its tow in New York harbor during the storm and went on a rampage. It was blown against the Brookly shore, bumped its way from pier to pier and finally struck a fleet of motor boats at anchor off the Ocean Yacht Club, sinking eight of them. The presence of thousands of rats along the dry border of Flushing bay and in South Brooklyn was one of the interest- ing details of the storm in this vicinity. In Flushing the dry cellars of many houses were invaded and it required hours of clubbing and ling before the frantic army of litle gray animals was riven out. Brooklyn streets bordering the river were fairly overrun with wharf rats, and men and boys, with clubs and dogs as assistants, engaged for hours in their slaughter. CITY HAS WATER FAMINE Zero Weather Adds to Suffering at Montreal—Faces Grave Dangers. December —zero weather today increased the suffering caused by the water famine. Many big buildings, including two hospitals, put out their fires because they could get no water for their steam boilers. The cold hampered the distribution of water in tank carts, because the water froze before it reached consumers. In the MONTREAL, their duties in fur coats, and extra blankets were heaped upon the patients. Many business offices were closed from | lack of heat. Mayor Lavelle’s advice that the manu- facturing plants shut down temporarily was generally followed. The ratlroads | aw having trouble getting water for their locomotives. ‘The hotels have | bought up the supply of- aerated and | distilled waters, and are dealing it out! in small pi guests drink as sparingly. as. possible. | In most of the hotels baths are un- thought of. i The city faces two dangers, fire and | disease, owing to the lack of sanitary | conveniences. Several days must elap: fefore the sixty-foot break in the in-| take pipe from the St. Lawrence, which | caused the trouble, can be repaired. Surrenders to Start New Year Right. SAN FRANCISCO, December want to start the New Year right,” said a man giving the name of E. L. Allor, | an attorney of Detroii, Mich., as he walk- | ed up to a policeman today and asked to be arrested. Allor says he misap-| propriated funds of an estate of which Be 1912, and that since th his conscience’ would not let him alone. The police took him in el until Bp story could be investigated. hers, with’ tiie féquest that | - iT cooLsaey ABIT, = SPECULATORS IN CROPS FACING STORMY TIVES House Members Are Deter-| mined to Prevent Gam- bling in Futures. More trouble is in store for “Wall street,” according to the plans of the! House committee on agriculture and number of representatives from agri- cultural districts in the south and west. A series of hearings is to be commenced immediately upon resump- tion of the session after the holiday | recess, and the committee on agri- culture proposes to go after the specu- lators in stocks, cotton and grain with | a sharp stick. | ‘That an anti-option and anti-futures | bill, covering gambling in futures on] both cotton and grain, will be pushed to enactment seems very likely. A} number of such bills are pending in the House, and the men back of them are | very much in earnest. The Senate is waiting impatiently for a chance to in- dorse them, having been foiled in an attempt in that direction last session by a promise of future action on a sep- arate bill. Cause of Postponement. ‘The practical reason for the post- ponement was recognition of the fact; that hasty action might militate against legitimate dealings in cotton und tend to depress the price of that staple. The | southern representatives, having won | their fight for six-month national bank i leans on agricultural products and five- year loans on farm lands, under auth ste ity of the new currency + , are in-j clined to scrutinize legislation which might affect the market price of cotton. There are southern men, however, from | the big cotton-growing states who are | most earnest in advocacy of anti- futures bilis. Senator Clarke of Arkansas, Representative Heflin of Ala- bama, Representative Harrison of Mis- sissippi, Representative Byrne of South Carolina and Representatives Goodwin, Wingo and Oldiield of Arkansas are urging action to regulate dealings in futures in cotton, while Representative terris of Oklahoma would prohibit op- tions in grain. Chairman Lever of the House com- mittee on agriculture has a bill which deals broadly with the whole subject, and other bills are pending to regulate | gambling in stocks. } The committee will begin hearings on} these bills early in the new year. 1 By = | ROBERT EMMET MacALARNEY i | | A story that will make ideal reading for the holi- days. Tomorrow in the Sunday Magazine : ---of--- The Sunday Star | | mountains i siege will be | ployes. TROOPS 10 STARVE CLAN Henricksons, Kentucky “Mountain- eers, Are Barricaded in Mine to Resist Militia. PINEVILLE, Ky., December 27.—A sharp battle between militia and the Hen- rickson clan of mountaineers has expect- ed all day at Four Mile, near Bly, Ky. Assistant Adjt. Gen. J. T. Ellis of Frank- fort and the Pineville company of state troops moved this morning to the mi where the Henricksons are supposed to have taken refuge. It was reported that the Henricksons intended to give battle. It is estimated that there are about twenty of the clan concealed in the mine shaft. There are thirty-five picked men in the company of militia. The trouble started Wednesday when Jack Henrickson killed a man and after reaching his home, near here, gave battle to a sheriff's posse. One of the Henrick- son party was killed by the posse. After the skirmish the Henricksons fled to the and were traced by blood- hounds to the mine shaft. ce yester- day the civil authorities have kept a close watch on the mine. Decide Upon Siege. The militia and deputy sheriffs after arriving at the mine decided to inaugu- rate a siege and starve out the Hen- ricksons. A cordon of troops was thrown around the mine entrances. It is believed the Henrickson clan has no food and little water and that the short. Three of the party in the mine are known to have been wounded, as a physician claims to have dressed the wounds. The physician, however, steadfastly refused to divulge the place where he was called to attend the men. People from all parts of the county have gathered near the mine today to watch developments, but are being kept at a safe distance from the en- trances to eliminate the possibility of their being hit by flying bullets in case the clan attempts to rush the militia. BOTH PARTIES ASSESS ERIE CANAL WORKERS Testimony of Man Who Says He Aided in Collecting Cam- paign Funds. ALBANY, N. Y., December 27.—For fourteen years, under both republican and democratic administrations, workers on section 1 of the Erie canal have been forced to pay political assessments, Harry Bogue testified before Gov. Glynn's inves- tigation commissioner tod: s there any way to stop this prac- tice?” Corimissioner Osborne asked. No,”” Bogue replied. “The men have soft jobs and they are willing to give up rt of their wages.”” Aided in Making Coiiections. Bogue was a clerk on the canal for fourteen years and told today of his aid in collecting campaign funds during 1912. to This money, he said. Owen Kearney, supe tion, who in turn dist ous di organizati The Hectors took no cl voluntary contributions of the worker Bogue testified. He said the money was taken from the pay envelopes before they were turned over to the men. In 1911, Bogue declared, the various foremen made collections from their em- Regardless of whether the r publicans or demo ts were in powei collections always went to the canal section superintendent. Usually Began Early. When Bogue started to work on the canal a republican superintendent was in charge. Collections usually began tive months before election and continued un- til election day, Bogue said. James K. MeGutre, former mayor of Syracuse, was on the stand for a short time this morning. Hig testimony de- veloped nothing ugy : he turned over tendent of the se’ it to vari- on th GUESTS OF TWO HOTELS DRIVEN OUT BY FLAMES Property Loss in St. Louis Placed at $250,000—Blaze in Cleveland. ST. LOUIS, December 27.—Fire ruined Ja five-story building in the heart of the i business section here early today, caus- ing a loss of $250,000. One hundred and fifty guests at the St. Regis. Hotel were routed out in their night clothes by flames which leaped across the alley and threatened to attack the hotel. Six remen were injured, though not fataily, by showers of burning embers caused by the collapse of walls and roof. The Adams Stamp Company, the Harris Shoe Company, the McKnight Tailoring Company and the Y. W. C. A. downtown rest s0sel Cleveland Hotel Damaged. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Thirty families and the Perry Hotel, Woodland avenue and East ‘d street, were driven into the streets eariy this morning when fire damaged a three-story brick building which housed the hotel, the Perry The. ater, bank and several stores and jfamily suites, The hero of yy John Caldwell, a negro, who was [sleeping in the rear of the building, just above the basement, where the jilames started. Me was awakened by |the smoke and ran through the building December eighty guests at jand aroused the occupants. Several Women and children were carried out unconscious, Guests Flee in Night Clothing. One hundred and fifty persons were forced to flee in only filmy night cloth- ing. It was at first feared that a number of hotel guests had been suf- focated in their beds, but a search of the ruins revealed no fatalities. An overheated furnace is blamed for the fire. The loss is estimated at $10,000. THOUSANDS WITHOUT WORK. Number in Los Angeles Not as Great as First Reported, However. LOS ANGELES, December 27.—Five thousand men out of work in Los An- geles, instead of 30,000, as previously re- ported from police and other sources, is the announcement made today by Acting Mayor Whiffen and the city council fol- lowing a thorough canvass of the whole city by a good fellows’ committee, a pri- vate charity. ‘The announcement that previous esti- mates were exaggerated created a feelin! of relief at the city hall. Preparations are being made to expend emergency funds liberally in public im- provements, on which three or four (hou- Isand men may be employed for several months. Civil service regulations will be suspend ed, so that every man who needs work for the support of his family may find a place on the pay rolls, FOR CORPORATION CONTROL. Prof. J. H. Gray Says System Would Stave Off Federal Ownership. MINNEAPOLIS, December Prof. John H, Gray, head of the department of political science and economics of the University of Minnesota, in an address at the opening session of the twenty- sixth annual meeting of the American Economic Association here today advo- cated @ more rigid government control of all public service corpora Prof. Gray claimed that such control, wisely administered, would stay th possibility of public ownership, fo ‘s which the coun- he declared, was not prepared. No state can long endure when one of its citizens or subjects, or any or- ganized group of citizens or subjec' is stronger than the state itself," he said. With the rapid development of corpora- ions and the constantly increasing com- binations of capital, it fs « the government more rigidly control all {RRcerMs suppiying public service utili- es. 73 | | | | led with various foreign enterprises in Central America, was given weight by the fact that it is well known | that ant Were the principal T the blaze | | | Ment, and later came to Washington, is | said to be organizing an expedition OFFICIALS STIRRED = BY BRITAIN'S AGT England Reported to Have Landed Marines Near South- ern Mexican Border. NEWS IS UNCONFIRMED AT STATE DEPARTMENT Enforcement of British Neutrality Believed to Be Purpose—Brito Said to Be Arming. Reports received here that 00 British marines have been landed from the eruis- er Hermione in British Honduras to pre- Vent fii ibustering expeditions into Me: were without conlirmation at the Si Department today, but aroused official circles. It was pointed vut that if the report true it shows that Great Britain is determin neutrality on Mexico's southern border. The report, which was first conveyed in a telegram received here by Russell Mastings Millward, an explorer connect- there has been much smuggling of arms and ammunition into Mexico from British Hondur: Although the Mexican embassy here was without any definite news on question, it was thought possible that the Mexican government might have asked the British government to land marines to stop the smuggling. Since Great Bri in occupied British Nonduras, in 1785, it has mot found it necessary to send troops into the interior. Brito Plans Expedition. Manuel Brito, former governor of the state of Campeche, in Mexico, who was arrested in New Orleans several months ago on a charge of murder lodged against him by adherents of the Huerta govern- in British Hondui purpose of crossing into Great Britain is_part in the southern Mexican states of Cam- peche, Tabasco, Chiapas ana Yucatan, because they are near the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, across which runs the Te- huantepec railroad, built and principally the group of British capitalists headed by Lord Cowdray. The offer of Japanese army officers to enlist under the Huerta \standard in Mexico, which the Mexican war office aims ‘to have received through its em- bassy in Tokio, has not been made known to the State Department. It fs, however, regarded as nothing more than one of the manifestations of a certain element in Japan which is seizing upon the special mission of Senor de la Barra as an occa~ sion. to embarass the Japanese xovern- ment. Whether that service could be ren- dered, it is pointed out, would depend entirely upon the status of the Japanese the interested d to enforce British | BEATEN BY THUGS, MOVER DECLARES President of Federation of Miners Wears Bloodstained Bandage About His Head. , ON HIS WAY TO CHICAGO © ABOARD A PULLMAN CAR Strikers in Calumet, Mich., District Charge Leader Was Kidnaped. Bitter Feeling Aroused. MILWAUKDPE, Wis. December 27.—"T fas attacked by about twenty-five men in my room at the Scott Hotel in Han- cock, Mich., last night at about 8: o'clock, struck over the head with the butt of a revviver, shot in the back, dragged through the hotel and streets and put on a train and told to leave that country forever,” said Charles H. Moy President of the Western Federation of Miners, during his stop here on the train while en route to Chicago. Mr. Moyer was confined and his pillow and bed line with blood from wounds i and back. He was good his wounds, and said that “healed up” in Chicago bi to Calumet and fight to the last.” “At S:0 o'clock last and about tifte to his berth, were soiled his scalp ured, despite after he got would return > mine owners Sheriff Cruse their death in the Christmas ca’ They remained about fifteen minutes and feft after I had told them that the West- ern Federation of Miners and the labor organizations of the country could and would care for its own unfortunates, Grabbed by Ruffians, He Says. “Within four minutes—before the com. mittee of citizens could leave the hotel fifteen thugs burst into the room. I was standing at the telephone at the time and was putting in a call. Charles H. Tan- ner of California, traveling auditor for ; _, Western Federation of Miners, was me. srabbed hold of me and held me while another nfin came up from be- hind and struck me with the butt of his revolver on the head. Then there was a report of a gun and I felt a piercing sen- | sation in back. I do not think that |amy one shot me deliberately. I think that the gun used in hitting me en the head was discharged during the action. “Then two men got hold of my arm: and dragged me out of the hotel. Down the street we went. When two men became tired, two other huskies took hold of me, and although I was on my feet part of the time, yet for blocks I dragged. “It ts a Tittle more than a mile to Houghton, where the mob took me. All the while they were pulling be along the others were yelling, “Lynch officers making the offer. It is not doubt- jed that their own government would re- fuse them permission to leave their own country if they are still on the active list of the Japanese army. Sails With Refugees. Rear: Admiral Fletcher, commanding the American squadron in the Gulf of Mexico, reported to the Navy Depart- ment today that the army transport Sumner had asiled from Tampico for Gaveston, Vex. with thirty-nine refu- gees. The Sumner was sent to Tam- pico when the fighting in that port en- dungered the lives of foreign residents. Admiral Fietcher said there /was no change in the situation at Tampico. Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo has ar- rived in Vera Cruz and will assume command of the fourth division. Although the vessels of the interna- tional fleet off the Pacific coast of Mex- 1co have made visits to most of the important ports during the past few days, no alarming reports have been received at the State Department con- cerning Americans or other foreigners. It is puinted out that although pro: visions are running short, there 1s not much likelihood that any Americans are suffering extreme privations. No official advices have reached the State Department concerning the alieged straits of thirty Americans in Topold- bampo, and officials attach little im- portance to hearsay accounts of cond.- tions there. The American Red Cross has aided many Americans in different parts of Sinaloa, but no application has been made for ‘assistance by residents 1 ‘Lopo.ovampo. German Cruiser Arrives, The arrival of the German cruiser Nuernbers at Mazatlan from San Blas is reported in today’s consular dis- patches. A British gunboat has left Mazatlan for Manzanillo, but expects t return December 31, The American cruiser Pittsburgh is now at Mazatlan. Officials say that any of these vessels would extend succor to foreigners in any Pacific Mexican ports if reports of distress should prove true. A disagreeable impression has been caused by the report from Chihuahua that the bodies of several Spaniards have been found near that city. They evidently were killed when the federal troops, along with most of the foreign residents of Chihuahua, recently evacu- ated that city and fled to Ojinaga, on the frontier. Will Operate Railways, Word came to Washington today from Hermosillo, the constitutionalist head- quarters, that the rebels are considering the creation of a commission to take charge of the sections of the National Railways of Mexico lying within consti- tutionalist te: ory. It is claimed that almost half of the mileage of the Na- tional Railways is under rebel control. ‘A part of this plan now being consid- ered is said to contemplate the sending to New York of a commissioner to look after the interests of the part of the railroads under rebel control. Word reachihg here today from an ap- parently authentic source in London was to the effect that the Huerta govern- ment had obtained 11,000,000 pounds ster- ling. or about $55,000,000, from various foreign sources before August 1, but that at that time an agreement was entered into under which Huerta can get no more money from foreign bankers, him’ and ‘Hang him’ and calling me the vilest Kinds of names, Accuses Company Official. “When we reached the station James McNaughton, general manager and vice president of the Calumet and Heela mines, drove up in an automobile. He rushed up to me and said: You get out of this country for- if you ever come back I'll hang you. “Then he continued to abuse me in the vilest manner. When the train left 1 was thrown bodily upon Two men who claimed to be deputy sheriffs got on. They took me into the sleeper and soon after Mr. Tanner was brought in. He, too, had been assaulted in the room and forcibly taken to the station, “One of the deputies handed the con- ductor our tickets and said that we were going to Chicago. The deputies stayed on the train until we had passed over into Wisconsin. “Somewhere on the trip a doctor was called to dress my wounds. He was sum- moned by one of the men who said they | were deputies and he told the doctor to send the bill to the sheriff at Calumet. “In order to prove my case I got a state- ment from the doctor. Physician’s Statement. Mr. Moyer then reached into his coat and pulled out two sheets of paper upon which was written this statement: “Charles H. Moyer was treated by me for a gunshot wound in the back, appar- ently superficial in nature, and lacera- tions of the scalp. (Signed) (Countersigned) J. W. STORY, M. D. “Ww. B. HENDLBY, “Deputy Sheriff. Mr. Moyer said that he was going to stop in Chicago just long enough to get “fixed up,” and then he would go back o Calumet to lead the fight of the strik- ing copper miners. He said that his fed- eration was bound to win. “I have never said that a member of the citizens’ alliance caused the panic at Italian Hall,” said Mr. Moyer, when ask- ed as to his statements. ‘There were twenty-five men who would swear that they Saw a man wearing a citizens’ al liance button rush up the stairs, stick his head through the door and yell “Fire!” “We can take care of our own people. We have fought their battles. We have fed them while they were hungry and clothed them when they were cold. Now we can bury them. We ask no help from others. “The labor organizations of the world have come forward in fine shape. We have now about $16,000, and it will reach Does Not Implicate Deputies. Mr. Moyer would not say whether any, of the men who attacked him were in the sheriff's party which had talked with him just a few minutes before. He said that he did not recognize any of them as the same. “But,” he said, “I cannot understand how the deputies happened to be at the station waiting when the mob got there. Neither can I understand how it was ney had Chicago tickets for Mr. Tanner and myself nor how the ycould summon 4 doctor and tell him to charge the treat- ment to the county unless the Iknew all the time that the attack was going to take plac Moyer hinted that he thought the sher- if's conference was simply a ruse to 4d out whether he was alone or not, and if it would be safe for the others to attack him, SOARS ALOFT 20,295 FEET. French Aviator Breaks the World’s Altitude Record. ST. RAPHAEL, France, December 27.—The world’s altitude record for aero- planes was broken today by Georges Legagnoux, the French aviator, who ascended from the aerodrome here to a height of feet in his monoplane. The duration of his fight was one hour and thirty-five minutes, The highest altitude hitherto attained in an Edmond Perreyon, at Bi March 11, when he rose 19, France, fect, eroplane Was that established by | Moyer’s bandages and Although Mr. bed linen were bespattered with blood, he did not appear to be in any pain, re- ceived reporters cheerfully and talked for nearly twenty minutes. Former Representative Victor Berger of Milwaukee entered the car upon its ar- rival here and was greeted warmly by Mr. Moyer. He invited the injured man ta his home and assured him that the Milwaukee socialists would go to the aid of the Calumet miners. Miners Are Angered. CALUMET, Mich., December 27.—Strtk- ing miners in the copper region were generally aroused today ovgg the de-