Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 26, 1913, Page 1

- VOL. LV.—NO. 309 REI.IEF FOR VICTI MS OF THE PANIC Big Mass Meeting Held at Calumet Yesterdayl ---No Outside Assistance Desired REVISED DEATH LIST PLACES TOTAL AT 72 More Than Thirty of the Victims Were Under Ten Years of Age—No Trace of Man Who is Said to Have Shouted “Fire”—May be Lynched if Apprehended—Story That Somebody Inside the Hall Gave the Fatal Alarm. alumet. which throughout et aside for rejoic of the Saviour, Calumet, an almost unbelievable atandé mourning beside its dead, the §2 vietims, most of whom were chil- fren, of the frightful panic on Christ- mas eve in the Italian hall. This panic followed a false alarm of fire during the progress of a Christmas tree en- tertainment arranged for families of the copper strikers. All bitterness and ill-feeling that has existed in this sirike-ridden community during the Jast months, is wiped away by one great, common affiiction. Today the people of Calumet can see only their meighbors, their brothers, their sisters end their little children staggering un- der an almost unbearable burden of wrief. Christendom 18 g over the birth stricken by No Outside Help Needed. A great mass meeting of lAlum?i o sitizens was held this afternoon express their sympathy de: eviate the s ferings death mittee of twe bereaved home nancial assistance is necessary. ted funds are assured and no outside aid will be needed. “With the kindest feeling for those who offer it, we ask no outside help,” state the resolutions of sympathy adopted. “These are our own people, and this is our sacred privilege to care ur dead and to comfort the liv- d Tallen so heavily. A com- e was appointed to vis 4 ascertain | Apprehensions of a Lynching. The statement of President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners that no benefits from the citizens would be accepted was disregarded. The this afternoon and strikers also met named a committee to call on the stricken relatives and learn their wishes resarding the funeral. This committee will meet tomorrow morn- ng to make arrangements for the ser- vices. The authoritles have so far cen unable fo trace a man who Is d to bave gone up the stairs of the ian hall and raised the cry of fire is surjposed to have started the Panic amd ghused the death of nearly four score men, women and children. There seen 1o be little hope that he will be apprehended. A lynching is feared in the event of his capture. The other theory that the cry of fire originated within the hall was substan- ed todjy by Matt Saari, a striker, hhis mon in the disaster. He Aeclared the cry came from a group of men and women near the front of the hall Deaths Total 72, A fourteen year old girl who died this morning brought the official re- wvised list of dead up to seventy-two. All have now been identified. Five in- jured are in the hospitals, all of whom are expected to live. Three little girls n the Calumet and Hecla hospital were able today to romp around a Christ- mas tree, unaware of the fate which had overtaken some of their relatives. A small boy who was taken to one of the morgues showed signs of life, but no restoratives or physician were im- mediately evailable and death ensued. One couple entered the town hall, where all the bodies had been gatl ered. to look for their missing child. Their hopes ran high when they had looked at seventy of the bodies without result, but the last body they viewed, the seventy-first, was that which they had feared to find. Futile Attempts at Rescue. Members of the Calumet fire depart- ment relate many instances of heroic attempts at rescue. PatPick Ryan, who arrived on the scene a few minutes fter the panic, estimated that ome undred people were piled in the erush snd smothering mass, leading haif-way uwp the stairway. They were wedged in so tightly that it was impossible to extricate anyone from the foot of A boy of about six caught n's hands and begged to be Mr rescued. The fireman succeeded in pulling the boy partially out, hut was smabie to extricate the littls legs. The Buman mass kept pressing down and moon crushed out the bov's life. A xirl of cight or nine grasped the hands of ‘Angelo Curto, another fireman, them and implored him to save He made a heroic effort to pull her out. but the crush was so great that he was compellgd to desist and #he perished. Saved Infant, Mother Suffocated. Mre. A. Niemala, ope of the victims. was suffocated while standing up. John Furrill, a fireman who witnessed her death, took a six months’ old infant from her arms and carried it to safety. Leonard Willman, fireman, pushed his way into the stairway and took onut a ing boy of six, uninjured. Near him mother and_ sister lay dead. His vear-old hrother was taken out An eleven year old boy rescued carrying him similar res- yov ater dis brother of nine by fown a ladder. Other vias accurred A Killed His Own Son. A child hurled from the front of tha buflding was caught by a specta- tor. Chief Trudell of the fire depart- ment caught another child thrown out of a window by a frantic father. John | Saar killed his hoy of five by falling »n him, and he, to0o, perished. Scores pscaped by passing from a smail rear baleony to the balcony offan adjoin- ing house. President Moyer of the Woestern Tederation of Miners received a mes- sage from Governor Ferrie this af- ternoon, stating that he would render all’ possible assistance to those strick- en by the dlsaster. Efforts to Avert Panle. Many tales of the flerceness of the erush during the height of the panic were told today. One man was seen to stoop to pick up his Ifttle fllughtel‘ only to be pushed on and forced to trample her beneath him. A weman ‘who ran to the aid of thres small boys was crushed to death with them, When the rush began a woman went to the plano and began playing. An- other woman stood in the center of the staze on which the :‘hr(:dxmu tree been erected and start to sing: efforts to quell the panic were catastrophe, | futile as they were not heard above the tumult. More Than 50 Victims Under 10. Matti Kof arvi, his wife and two daughters were all Kkilled. Christian Klarich and his two daughters were crushed to death, but Mrs, Klarich managed to_escape. John KeikKenen and Henry Hanley and their children were all killed together. Mrs. Henry Isola, who is believed to be dead, held her little son and daughter by the hand when the panic started. The boy was torn from his mother and escaped but the little gir! was killed. A large number of families lost two or more children. More than fifty of the dead were under ten years of age. President Shaw Wires Sympathy. Boston, Dec, When informed of last night’s tragedy at Calumet, Mich,, Quincy A, Shaw, president of the Cal- umet and Hecla Mining company, sent the following telegram to James Mc- Naughton, superintendent of the mines: ‘In some way through the local pa- pers you will convey our sympathy to the men and women to whom the ioss is a personal one and to the whole | community w has to face such a dreadful calamity, “I feel sure that when this mes- ge reaches you, you will have done rything in the company’s power financially and with our vice to pender as: and their famil cident.” A Thifteen Year Old Hero. Many instances of herolc rescues are being told today. One boy 13 years old carried a little companion down a lad- der to safety. He started back for an- other boy whom he had seen trampled upon, but firemen prevented him from again entering the hall. A woman and her little daughter were among the first to be pushed down the stairs. Both were killed. A son of this woman managed to fight his way out and was not injured. Most of the men in attendance at the entertaiument acted bravely. The men, however, were in the minority. One man who sought to stay the rush of the crowd was crushed to death. It | was only when persons from the out- side fought their way into the hall that the panic was checked. President Moyer's Statement. President Moyer decried attempis which he said had been made to in- terpret his statements in the catastro- phe as efforts to make capital for his organization out of the calamity. He stated emphatically that he had merely offered testimony of eye wit- nesses for what that testimony was worth and that the persons who told him that the miscreant who started the panic by calling “Fire!” wore insignia of the Citizen's ailiance would be pro- duced as witnesses at the coroner’s in- quest. TRAIN BANDIT IS READY TO HANG. Confesses to Murder of Passenger on Southern Pacific R. R. hospital s stance to the victi n this frightful ac Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 26.—“I have no friend. I will plead gullty. I am ready to hang.” John Bostick, confessed train robber and slayer of Horace E. Montagus, a Bouthern Pacific traveling passenger agent, made this statement today shortly after he arrived from San Francisco in custody of Sheriff Ham- mel. Bostick held up the Sunset Lim- ited near El1 Monte Dec. 11 and killed Montague, who was a passenger. Sheriff Hammel sald on the way from San Francisco, where the pris- | oner was captured Tuesday, Bostick had made a complete confeasion, not only of the El Monte murder and rob- bery, but of another holdup, Nov. 24, near Richmond, Cal. since killing Montague he “haunted.” had been ATTORNEY ENDS LIFE WITH GAS Friends Unable to Asslan Any Reason for Rash Act. His New York, Dec, George F. Park- er, an attorney, formerly of Brookline, Masa, who was connected with the law office’of Alton B. Parker, commit- ted suicide today by inhaling gas. He was not related to Judge Parker. His friends here could assign no reason | for the aet. The attorney came here last sum- mer expecting to bring his family as #oon as he was admitted to the New York bar. A letter from his wife, ex- pressing her regret that he was un- able to spend Christmas with her, was found among his papers. PROVIDED DINNER FOR HOMELESS MEN City Officials Plv for Feast from Their Own Pockets, St. Louls, Mo., Dec. Fifteen hun- dred homeless men today were treat- ed to a hearty Christmas dinner by the { twenty-elght membars of the houss of delegates, or lu#er branch of the mu- nicipal assembiy. The oity officials not only paid for the feast out of their personal funds, but actually prepared ihe meal and served it to the men. The dinner was served in the base- ment of the old courts building, mow used as a municipal lodging house. As the men flled out each was handed an apple, the gift of Mayor Henry W. el, Wireless Message to Greenland, w York, Dec. 25.—Thréugh the Arctle regions last night, imless the aurora boreadis message fr the sponsors of the COrocker Land expedition sepd te its leader, Donald B, MacMillan, and his compenions at Elnh Greenland, 1,600 miles away, It wes a Christmas mes- sage from the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geo- graphic soolety and the University of 1llinois, and was signed by Dr. Bdmund &'Hm-w of the museum, director of lms Bostick said that | interfered, a wireless ! Cabled Paragraphs FIV. Killed in Train Wreck. Groningen, Netherlands. Dec. 26—A son of Premier P. W, A. Cort Van Der Linden and four other pusen:srs ‘were killed and twelve injured today in the wreck of a holiday train which jump- ed the track near this city. Death of Alberto Aguilera.” Madrid, Dec. 25.—Alberto Aguilera, at one time a prominent member of the Spanish cabinet, died today. He was civil governor of Madrid during the Spanish-American war, and on several occasions prevented the outbreak of disorders. Y Flight Across the Alps. Berne, Switzerland, Dec. 25—Oscar Bider, a Swiss aviator, made a success- ful fiight across the Alps today, though for several hours he was unable to see his way because of the heavy fog. The airman arrived here at 215 this afternoon, after a journey from Buc, from which place he started at 9 a. m. British Government Reproached. London, Dec. 25.—The Weekly Econ- omist in an article on the Panama- Pacific exposition reproaches the Brit- ish government for refusing a bare act of courtesy to a great nation of cus- tomers, while it lavishly expends pub- lic money on diplomatic effort in push- ing the trade of British armament firms throughout the world. Danish Research Ship Wrecked. St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Dec, 25—The Danish research ship Mar- grethe, which had been on a survey- ing expedition in the West Inates for many months, lies a total wreck on the Anegada. reef, the most northern of the Virgin Islands, British West Indies. Captain Hansen and the crew were all rescued and arrived here today. The records of the expedition, however, went down with the vessel. Mmiss BHANCE RECOVERS A PORTRAIT OF COUCH. Widow Had Taken It and Refused to Give It Up. Monticello, N. Y., Dec. 25.—Miss Ade- laide M. Brance spent a lonely Christ- mas in the Monticello jail. Her only joy was the return of a photograph of the late Melvin H. Couch which had been taken from her effects in the attor- ney's office where she had lived for three vears in a secret room. Mrs. Couch got posession of it and refused to give it up to the woman whose se- cret companionship with Couch was discovered after his sudden death last Sunday. Miss Brance pleaded and threatened and late this afternoon Mrs. Couch sent the picture to her. the only thing I care for on earth” Miss Brance said tonight. "It is the best Christmas present I could have receiv d" Miss Brante waited expectantly the coming of her brother, H. O. Brance of Hartwick, N. Y., but he did not arrive during the dav. She received more than fifty letters today from sympathizing people and from theatrical managers. A therough search of Couch’s effects revealed no will. Tn searching through her father’s safe today Miss Louise Couch found Miss Brance's will, which was made two vears ago. She willed to Couch evervthing she possessed, which included two mortgages amount- {ing to $600. The will was not signed by any witnesses, but attorneys say that it is valid. GOVERNOR FOSS AT THE STATE PRISON. Mrs. Foss Only’ Woman tho See Jesse Pomeroy Except His Mother. Boston, Dec. 25—Governor Foss paid his usual Christmas visit to the state prison today, and delivered a short ad- dress to the 750 convicts. He told them he hoped the time would come when they would receive pay for pris- on work and that the money would be given to their needy families. Both the governor and Mrs. Foss talked for a few minutes with Jesse Pomeroy, a notorfous life prisoner. With the exception of his mother, Mrs. Foss is said to be the only woman who has seen Pomeroy since he enter- ed a solitary confinement cell 37 vears ago. NICHOL’S DEATH NOT DUE TO ALCOHOLISM. Danbury ManWas Probably Injured by an Automobile. Conn., Dec. 25.—An autop- sy performed today on the body of James Nichol, who died last night in | 2 hospital here, revealed the fact that internal injuries caused death, and not alcoholism, as was at first supposed. ichol was found in the roadway near | Ridgefield by Charles R. Barrett of Georgetown, who brought him here in his automobile. The supposition Is that the man was struek hy an automobile and left to die_along the roadside. Coroner John J.Phelan of Bridzeport will come here tomorrow and conduct an inquest. WIFE PLEADED FOR A SOBER CHRISTMAS. Danbury, Depraved Wr-tch Rospondl by Killing Her and Himself. Inddanapolis, Tnd., Dec. 25.—In the presence of thefr 12-year-old daugh- ter LFaura old, shot and killed his wife today and then, putting a shotgun to his neck. pulled the trigger, blowing ofl the side of his head. Mrs. Karney was plead- ing with her husband to refrain from drinking, especfally on Christmas day. CANTON MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF IN TEMPLE. State Hospital. Winstad, Conn., Dec, 25.—With a self- inflicted bullet wound in his right tem- ple, G. Kimberly, aged 50, of Canton, was brought to the county hospital here today in a serious condition. Doctors fir&'bed for the balet without suocess. imberly was formerly an inmate at Ih‘ahmlum! in Middletown and Nor- wich, Boys Released for Christmas. Ogden, Utah, Dec. 25.—With their Eromiln to return: the only pledge, 45 0ys end young men serving terms at the Utgh state industrial school were released by Supt. B. G. Gewans after & special ruling by the beard of trustees. They were all able to reach their homes in time te eat Christmas dinner and will not return te the state school until Dec. 29, Blizzard at Byracuse. Syracuse, N, Y. Dec, 25.—Syracuse and the outlying districts are blanket- ed tonight ,with a heavy snow. The first real blizzard of the winter is rag- interfering with telegraph wires the trolley service James T. Karney, 52 years | Was Once an lnmatn of the Norwich | Sees Sighw of Winter Capita! PRESIDENT VISITS PASS CHRIS- TIAN POSTOFFICE. MEETS VETERAN PONY Once Handsome Shetland Shows Ef- fects of Long Service Under Uncle Sam—Temperature at 40 Degrees. Pass Christlan, Miss., Dec. 26.—Pres- ident Wilson, by a mid-afternoon visit to the town postoffice, made Christmas today memorgble in the history of this quaint seaside city. Only a few na- tives had caught a glimpse of the pres- ident and his family when, in the cold gray dawn, they motored to a cottage a mile away from the tiny railroad station. The peaceful quiet of the hollday afternoon was broken sudden- ly when word spread everywhere that the president was out walking. Observing holiday hours, the post- office was closed, but someone set off immediately to the home of Mrs. An- nette Simpson, the pustmistress, to in- form her that the president was wait- ing. She came quickly, followed by two little daughters, one of them at- tired for the occasion in a mortarboard hat of the college type. Forgot President's Change. “Merry Christmas! 1 didn’t expect you,” said Mrs. Simpson. “Oh, I didn't think there would be anyone over here, but I thought I'd try,” said the president. “It's very kind of you to come over.” The president bought two 25-cent books of stamps, and in her confusion the postmistress forgot to give him 50 “cents change. This, however, will be despatched to him tomorrow. “I wish he had said something about letting me have three years more,” Mrs, Simpson, who is a candidate for reap- pointment, later told her friends. “They're fighting me hard for the place.” As the president stood at the door of the postoffice several little cnildren walked shyly up to him and grasped his hand. The president stopped, play- fully asked their names and wished them a merry Christmas. Horse Had Seen Better Days. His attention soon was arrested by the arrival of the town mail carrier, who drew up proudly with his sacks of malil, climbing out of a small can- vas covered cart, attached to which was a peculiar looking animal of shag- gy limbs, in color a reddish brown. “It's part dog,” volunteered some- body in the crowd, and the president smiled at the diminutive horse. Orig- inally, the villager said, it was a well groomed Shetland pony. but since car- rying Uncle Sam’s mail the animai has’ grown a thick, unkempt fuzz and ac- quired a hesitating gait. President Taboos Overcoat. The presideut continued his walk. Tt was nearly the coldest day in the memory of the inhabitants. The mer- cury touched 40 degrees early in the forenoon and hovered thereabouts all day. To those of the presidential party who expected warm and balmy temperatures the “winter capital” didn’t come up to expectations, though Mayor Saucier and other prominent weather forecasters In the vicinity maintained that the cold spell was but temporary. The president set the seal of ap- proval on.the climate, however, by scorning an overcoat, as did Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U. N., his physician, though a half dozen correspondents found overcoats a necessity. The pres- ident wore a heavy woolen sweater vest under his coat. He walked “home” in apparent enjoyment of his stroll. Enjoyed Motor Ride. Farlier in the day Mr. Wilson had taken a short walk with Mrs. Wilson on the beach road that runs for sev- eral miles along the gulf coast. They also took a motor ride to Gulfport, the nearest city, but spent most of the day in the square-shaped cottage which is the “winter White House” for the next three weeks. They exchanged presents, read scores of holiday greet- ings that came by telegraph and mail, and sat down tonight to a Christmas dinner, a happy family party. For a complete change from the city of Washington, where he has been overwhelmed with official tasks, the president could not have chosen a more out of the way setting. The natives are heeding the president’s desire for rest and isolation by keeping loiterers and idlers from the vicinity of his house. The President’s Cottage. The president’s home is a raised cot- tage, square shaped, with colonial col- | umns and two balustrades that reach | to the upper story from a well kept | {lawn. Tt is an humble contrast to the many handsome homes which border the gulf coast, Bnt Is plotureaqiely set, overlooking the still waters of the Mississippi sound, and somewhat hid- den by a cnster of live oaks, ferns, | palms and pines. Low mud flats | streteh away for some distance from the beach road, from which at every hundred vards long runways, sunnorted by saplings, extend to little bathing | | houses far out in the sound. The gulf was of blackish hue most of the day, reflecting the dark, overhanging clouds | and only occasionally did the sun ven- ture forth. | Christmas Celebrated Noisily. The president’s plans for his vacation | are much the same as on his trips to | Cornish, N. H., the summer golf in the morning, a motor ride in the afternoen and a quiet evening at home, with absolutely no social dlver- | slons or political callers. | The goif course is 13 miles away, a distance In keeping with the presi- | dent's fondness for the number 13. A | Presbyterian church is not quite half | a mile away, The president expects to | have a restful vacation and town au- | therities are anxjous that he shal] | have It. The cracking of torpedoes and fireworks, by which Christmas is cele- brated in scme parts of the south, was the only noise that the village authori- ties could not very well control, but the president said he enjoyed it all, Tariffville Laborer Attempts Sulcide. Hartford, Cenn, Dec, 25.—Peter Karina, aged 80, a Tariffville laborer, is in a local hespital in a serious eon- dition as the result of ap attempt to epd his life today by shooting. He hot himself under the chin with a re- volver, the bullet tearing through and flndfix‘lt lodgement at the top of the | Speaker Clark on Lecturs Tour. Washington, ‘Dec. 26—Speaker Clark left today for New York and New Eng- land for a week’s lecture tour, dur- ing the recess of the house. It is the fil‘lt time d the last two BESS‘OHS ‘fert Washington to lac ihat 1ié has capital— | 4051 Acciden!s in l}onnecncutt RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS COMMISSION’S REPORT Proximity of Poles and Tracks on Thames Street Receives Attention— Losses of the Express Companies. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 25.—Public service corporations and their relation to the people of Connecticut are de- scribed In the second annual report of the public utilities commission ending June 30th, which will go to Governor Baldwin tomorrow. The figures which deal with the finances of the com- panies reporting to the commission are big ones. ?n the chapter relating to the loss of life and limb through operation of public utilities it is shown that in 4,051 accidents 240 persons were kill- ed. The railroad companies reported 194 killed and 1,700 hurt and the rail- way companies 34 killed and 1,519 in- jured. It is pointed out that of the number killed about one-half, or 110, were trespassers on the property of the roads. Losses of Express Companies. ‘While no reference is made to the operation of the parcel post by the federal government, the chapter in the report relating to express companies gives some striking figures. ,The Ad- ams Express company had a loss of $89,872 in operating income as com- pared with the previous year, while if interest charges, dividends and other items are included the loss was $204,- 598. The American Express company had a decrease of $763,537 in operating income, while its loss for the year was $281,892. There are 187 corporations - Ort- ing to the commission whose cupital stock, excepting express companies, amounts to $894,169,531. Trolley Traffic. The railways in the state carried 185,588,980 fare passengers and 34,- 430,849 transfer passengers, a total of 220,019,829, an increase over the pre- vious vear of 10,154,861 fare passengers and 1,659,770 transfer passengers. Brought down to an average of per passenger, the rate was .0485 cents per ride, which, including transfers, the rate per ride paid by each passenger was 4.35 cents, a fraction less than the customary nickel fare. The report, in part, follows: Total of 4,051 Accidents. There were four thousand and fifty- one accidents reported to the Commis- sion, two hundred and sixty-two of which were attended with death, se- (Continued on Page 8.) A CHILD'S MURDER DUE TO VOODOOISM. Twe Negroes Undor Arrest for Crime at Havana. Havana, Dec. 25.—The murder of the 6-vear-old girl, Eugenia Hernandez, on November 25 at Artemisa, in the prov- ince of Pinar del Rio, in connection with the practice of “voodooism,” is at- tributed to two negroes, Jose de la Cruz and Bugenio Cardenas, now un- der arrest. According to those who investigated the crime, the negroes obtained the consent of the parents to draw blood from the child’s body for the purpose of curing a sick womian named Salva- dora Arjona. They went throught the usual weird ceremonies in the presence of the parents preparatory to taking the blood. The little girl was seized, but managed to free herself, and ran to her mother, clinging to her skirts. This was repeated each time she saw the knife in the “wlzard’s” hand. The negroes then decided to wound the sirl by an explosion of powder, but the ex- plosion proved so violent that it killed the chiid. TRIPLE STABBING AT A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Fatal Dispute Over Proper Use of An English Word. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 25.—George Janusauky, 30 years old, was stabbed to death, John Palubesky, 27 vears old, was stabbed so that he lies at the point of death at City hospital and Mrs. Anna Stilless was siabbed in the face tonight during a Christmas cel- ebration in Mrs. Stilless boarding house. George Notacarage, 22 years old, was arrested charged with murder. According to the police he is wanted in Russia on an old murder charge. Palubesky idéntified Notacarage as the man who stabbed all three with an jor- dinary pocket knife, The dispute that ied to the murder was over the use of a eertain word in the English language. PRISONER KILLED, SHERIFF STABBED. Two Friends of Former Dying as Re- sult of a Scrimmage. Chattanooga, Tenn fight between a deputy sheriff and | «ineers near Devil's Creek, in a | ion of East Tennessee, one lled and three others were unded, ,according to reports Gillies had a when Harr ilson xu(l Sam bnml*tafl‘ friends of | Hawards, attempted to rescue the | prisoner. In the fight Edwards was | shot dead and Tilson and Grindstaff eceived wounds of which they are dying. Deputy Sheriff Gillies was stab- | bed and doc say he canmot live. Engine Blows Up, Two Killed. Buffalo, N. Y. Ded. 25—Two men | were killed and six Injured when a ‘Wabash railroad engine, running light, blew up on the Erle railroad tracks a quarter of a mile east of Main street, | near the nerthern city line, today. The dead are: John Torpe, fireman, Fort Erie. Ont.: Gustave Spuns of Buffalo. Explosion in Ihhan Factory. Rome, De. 26—The explosion of a fireworks factory today at Torret An- nuziata, in the prevince of Naples, re- sulted in the death of many persons. The building collapsed, burying the victims in the wreckage. Fourteen dead and five injured were taken from the ruins, and it is believed many other bodies are covered by the debris. Steamship Arrival St. John, N. B, Dec. 25.—Steamers Corinthian, London; 25th, Grampian, Liverpoel Gnndemé' Telegrams M Thomas Bennett of Kensington, ork, celebrated her 1024 hlrfll- day yesterday. Alfred Moonhnuu, a leading cotton goods broker in New York is dead at Darlen, Conn., aged 78. The Garage of Andrew Carnegil near Hastings-upon-Hudson, N. Y. was burned Wednesday. A Possum and an 18 pound live turkey were among the parcel post packages received at Flushing, L. I, this week. A Loss of $150,000 was caused by the burning out of a six story brick building on Union street, Lynn, Mas owned by the Blake estate yesterda: it is said That a fund of at least $15,000 has been subscribed for the defence of Murderer Hans Schmlidt by persons who are unknown even to Schmidt himself. ’b B Giy's Ty Dinners Given Nearly 130,000 NEW YORK ORGANIZATIONS SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER. CELEBRATION OF SPUGS Over 11,000 at Christmas Tree of This Society—“Good Fellows” of Chicago Respond to All Santa Claus Letters, New York, Dec. 25.—Well attended church services and the distribution of Christmas dinners to nearly 100,000 of Believing Herself Unworthy of her the city’s dependents were the features fiance, Jennie Hoff, of Mineola, L. L, backed her forearm with a _hatchet, severing several arteries. Her co ditlon is critical. Mrs. Margaret Dailey, 68 yvears old, and her grand daughter, Miss Margaret Murphy, 16 years old, were suffocated in a fire in the home of Martin M. Mur- phy at Providence yesterday. Theodore P. Da Yale 1913, came all the way from Texas to appear in the New Haven court on Wednesday ‘where he was fined $100 for reckless g:vlng of his auto on commencement y. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Com- pany of Manchester, N. H., announced to the 16,000 operatives of its cotton mills yesterday that the new law limit- ing employment to 55 hours each week would not bring any reduction in wages. The mills now run 58 hours weekly. The Success of the Law and Order league of Kearny and Arlington, N. J., In stopping turkey raffles in all saloons was met with swift ratalia- tion. when the saloon men called up- on the police to stop all lotteries, raf- fles and other games of chance at the fairs of three churches. Lincoln Beachsy celebrated Christ- mas by breaking a world's record at San Francisco looping the loop five consecutive times from a height of 750 feet and landing in & narrow street on the Panama-Pac exposition grounds. BReachey turned a double loop at a height of 200 feet. FLETCHER SAILS FOR VERA CRUZ American Admiral to Assign Recently Arrived Battleships. Washington, Dec, 25.—Apparent quiet In the Mexican situation was in- terpreted here today by officials as merely a temporary “holiday armis- tice.” Strategists believe General Vil- la, the- rebel er,. whose - victories already have placed him in the for front ‘of the constitutionalist movi ment, will press his campaign south- ward toward the federal district to compete with General Huerta for the mastery, of the Mexican capital. Official reports received hers today were meagre. Rear Admiral Fletcher, commanding the American squadron In Mexican gulf waters, reported his departure on the flagship Rhode Island from Tampico for Vera Cruz. As his recent laconic despaiches from Tam- pico have told repeatedly of the restor- ation of order in that lately disturbed sectlon_it is believed he has gome to Vera Cruz to assign to their proper stations the battleships which have just arrived.there to relieve the vessels about to return to home waters. As Admiral Fletcher Is directing the bat- tleship manoeuvres at his own dis- cretion, officials thought he might re- turn without notice to Tampico, where further hostilities may ensue as a re- sult of rebel determination to gain control of a port of entry en the gulf coast. Federal Guards in Mexico City. Mexico City, Dec. 25.—President Huerta’s plan of. orgenizing state guards to act Independently of the federal army is to be extended to the federal district. Announcement was made tonight that after January 1 a federal district garrison of 5,000 men will be entrusted to safeguard the cap- ital and environs. This body is not to be subject to service elsewhere. Rebel Activity About Tampico. Mexico City, Dec, 25.—Reports still b t of rebel activity around Tam- pico, although there have been n) clashes of late Avith ' the federals. Christmas passed quietly in the cap- ital, Mexicans and Americans in many instances mingling together In the day’s festivities. CHRISTMAS WEATHER WA MOST UNUSUAL. Snow Reported Only in Contral South- ern States. , Washingion, Der. 26—Christmas 1913 “as entered in the annalt of the weather bureau as one of the most { unusual and unsertled Yuletide holi- Gay on record. Tespatches received tonight show- ed that the central southern states from Southern Arkansas northward through the Mis: ppi. Missouri and Ohic valleys reported snow. Raing { were recorded In the Pacific coast states, witl light smows in Washinseon. nghout New England and North- York the condiiions were un- Rains we.e reported geuer- Gulf s and nowhere seitled. ally throngh 3 ¢ the highest for the day and Devi , was the coidest, the the mometer registering 14 degrees biow zero. | PR AT e | | HEAVY SNOWSTORM VISITS TWD STATES. | Blizzard Candl!lovu in Eastern Mis- | | i souri and Western lllinois. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 25.—A snowstorm i which began late last night and con- tinued until almost midnight, covering eastern Missouri and western Illinois, has resuited in one death, widespread suffering by human beings and farm stock, and thousands of dollars dam- ame to property. Probably the first fatality from cold in the Mississippl valley this winter was recorded at Calro, Ill, where Den- nis Cavendar, 60 years old, lost his way ! in the storm and froze to death. | i e Qn:ak Thlef at Thomplonvlll. ‘Thompsenville, Cnnn. Dec. 26.—The police are searching for a sneak thief ‘who stole into a local five and ten cent store last night during the rush of Christmag¢ shopping and while the cashier was momentarily absent from her desk secured $180 in cash. There ‘wre no definite clues of New York’s observance of the day of nativity. ‘The day broke with the gentlene: assoclated with “Indian _summer, clouded up threateningly about ncon and then ended in showers and driz- zles. One of the results of this was that the celebration planned in connec~ tion with the people's out-of-door Christmas tree in Madison square had to be postponed until tomorrow night. Spread Christmas Chee The Salvation Army led in the dis< iribution of Christmas cheer. In ad- dition to issuing 5,000 Christmas din- ner baskets, each of them containing food enough for six, the organization entertained 3,500 children with a Christmas tree party. Commander E: Booth presided at this and personally distributed the presents. One thousand baskets were given by the Volunteers of America and 5,000 dinners were served by the heirs of “Blg Tim” Sullivan. Congressman George W. Loft's donation amounted to 1,600 dinner baskets. A complete Christmas dinner was given in each instance. Turkey Dinner for Prisoners. At the various public and charitable institutions also the inmates were well remembered. Turkey dinners were served in all of thein, and appropriste entertainments were given. More than 3,100 were fed at the city home, 1,900 at the New York children's hospital, 1,200 at the Metropolitan and 1,350 at Bellevue hospital, 1,500 at the munici- pal lodging houses, 4,500 at the Man« hattan state hospital and 2,600 at the Catholic protectory. Inmates of New York's prisons we: not overiooked, though in most c the usual entertainments were omitted. At the Tombs turkey dinners were served to more than 500. The peni~ tentiary on Blackwell's Island provid< ed an exceptionally good spread for 1,200, and those detained at the various police courts also fared well, in ace cord with custom. 11,000 at Spugs’ Christmas Tree. One of the notable events of the day was the celebration organized by the “Spugs,” or Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving. Over 11,00 adults and children, rich and poor, atténded its Christmas tree party, at which presents, coffes, cake, sandwiches and candy were distributed. "GOODFELLO’WO" BUSY. Responded to Every Santa Claus Let- tor at Chicago Postoffics. Chlcago, Dec. 25 —Chicago enjoysd its most successful Christmas today, so thoroughly did the charitable organ- izations do their work. More tham 100,000 basket dinners were distributed, The downtown missions and several churches kept open house and fed hun- dreds of residents of the cheap lodging houses. Santa Claus, in the person of “Good- fellows” visited about 20,000 homes where Christmas otherwise would not have differed from any other day. The “goodfellows” responded to every letter addressed to Santa Claus received by the postoffice and to every appeal sent to their organization. They distrib- uted food, clothing, toys and money, the prisons and hospitals not being overlooked. MAN KILLED IN RIOT OF THE UNEMPLOV!D. Five Los Angeles Policemen Injured—= Twenty Arrests. Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 26.—Rafael Adames, a Mexican, was killed and five policemen were injured today in a riot at the Plaza when the officers started to break up a meeting of several hufl= dred unemployed and hungry meR. Twenty of the rioters were arrested. ‘When the police arrived and began to clear the streets, stones were thrown and clubs used by the meR who had been listening to speeches. Adames was one of the leaders In resisting and was shot by an officer. Although the rioters put up a vige orous fight, none were armed and the police suffered injuries from clubs and stones only. The Plaza was finally the disturbance ended. OBITUARY. Mrs. Adlai E. Ste Bloomington, TI1, lal B. Stevenson, wife of former Vice President Stevenson, diad early to- night. She had been {ll for several months. Mrs. Stevenson was 70 vears old and is survived by her husband and fhree children, ITewls (. Stevenson, president of the Tlnois state board of pardons; Mrs. Martin N, Hardin of Chieago| and Miss Letitia Stevenson, at homa. Mrs. Stevenson was elected president- general of the Daughters of the Amer- fean Revolution four times and had recently published a historv \¢ that or- ganlzation. William H. Lucas. Meriden, Conn., Dee. 25.—Failure to respond to a cheery “Merry Christmas” brought to light the death of Willlam H. Lucas, aged 74, one of Meriden's oldest Grand Army veterans, Mr. Lu- cas was found dead in his room by tha fanftor of the building. Death was dus to_heart failure. He was found at 6 o'clock this morn- ing seated hefore a card table where ha was_evidently plaving solitaire when he died. Tt was quite evident that he Aled Wednesday evening, as he was partially undressed and had not retir- ed. Fe enlisted with Company H, First Conneeticut Heavy Artillery. Willlam W. Auleck. New York, Dec. 25—William W. Atleck, newspaperma nand magazine writer and widely known in theatrical cireles as representative of one of the big producting companies died today at Flushing, L. L. He was stricken with paralysis last May and had been con- fined to his home ever s Auleck was born in Richmond, Vs. 4 Years and as a boy was a page in the ted States ltnl.tc He had been connected with in this and other m l-'