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Fortythird Year-No. 310-Prlce Five CenU. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1913. Entered a. s.cond-o.... M.tt.r at th. Portofflce, Ofll.K M
FOUR SCORE XMAS CELFBRATORS
MEET WITH A HORRIBLE DEATH
Needless Panic Caused by False Alarm of Fire Ends in Shock
ing Disaster Parents and Children Dash for Hall Exits
Many Suffocate in Crush, Others Knocked Down
and Trampled Over Before Learning There
Was No Fire.
RESCUERS CARRY BODIES TO STREET
Women and Men Crowd About Temporary Morgue and Al
most Fight With Police to Learn If Any of Dead Are
Theirs Many Tales of Fierceness of Panic Are
Told Over Fifty of Killed Under Ten
Years of Age.
Calumet. Mich.. Dec. 26 The en
tire copper mining district is today
stunned over the disaster of last night
which cost the lives of many persons,
most of them children, In a panic
after a false alarm of fire during
Christmas exercises arranged hy the
W Oman's Auxiliary of the Western
Federation of Miners.
Nearly three score strikers' homes
h.ivo been desolated All during the
y night hundreds of persons gathered
In and about the city hall and under-
taking establishments where the bod
ies have been taken it was not un- J
til late this morning that the work
of preparing the bodies for burial had
. I teen completed.
The bodies of a woman, a girl and
a boy remain to be identified. The
authorities are of the opinion that all
of tho dead have been accounted for.
Tomorrow an inquest will bo held
to invcstigato the cause of the disast
er. It seems to be well established
that the alarm of fire -was raised by
a man who came up the stairs, open
ed the door of the hall and shouted
"fire."
Starter of Panic Missing
Witnesses describe the man as be
ing poorly dressed. He wore a beard
In spite of all the efforts of the au
thorities ho has not yet been found
Firemen and policemen called to
thi- hall were unable to stem the rush
of the panic stricken.
Ladders were raised to the win
dows on the second floor and firemen
began dragging women and children
from a heap of humanity which pack
ed the stairway. Other persons were
injured In their mad scramble toward
the single doorway leading to the
s, street So closely did the bodies pack
the stairway that entrance by this
means was impossible. Other rescu
ers, however, made their way into the
hall b meaus of a small fire escape
at the rear of the building.
Many Heroic Rescues.
Many Instances of heroic rescues
are being told today One boy thir
teen years old carried a little com
panlon down a ladder to safety. He
started back for another boy whom
he had seen trampled on bvlt firemen
nrpvr-nteil him from returning to the
hall
A woman and her little daughter
were among the first to he pustv-i
down the stairs by the crowd. Both
of them were killed. A son of this
I woman managed to light his way out
ot the throng and was not injured.
Most of the men iu attendance at
the entertainment acted bravel) The
men, however, were In great minority.
One man who sought to 6tay the rush
of the crowd was crushed to death.
Little children were the first to suf
fer. They could not get out of the
way of their elders and dozens ot
dthem were trampled to death.
It was only when persons from the
outside fought their way into the hall
that the panic was checked Bodies
of some of those who were killed
I were at once carried away by fathers
and mothers. But later these were
taken to the city hall for hotter iden
tification. Calumet, Mich. Dec. 26. Pour
score person:, mostly children, were
' killed last night at a Christmas cele
bration held by copper mine strikers
In Italian hall, because al a needless
panic caused bv a false alarm of fire
The children had beeu formed In
lines and were just starting toward
I the platform in the front of the hall
I to receive Christmas present wheu
the shout ol fire was heard Man;
I miners' and their wives had BCCOm
I panled their children to the exercises
I and occupied seats In the hall.
Both parents ami children made
I dash for the exits. The crush was
i so great that miiny are believed to
I have been suffocated Others were
t knocked down and trampled over
The greatest number of dead were
I found al the bottom of the stairs.
I Those who reached the stairs lirst
I evidently had been hurled to the hot
I torn and were soon covered with the
weight of many bodies Only a com
r narahw-lv lew persons were success-
I ful in reaching a lire .-Map.- at ll. e
Krear of the hall. The rush was toward
I the main exit al the- front oi the
I I building. A feu . -. aped uninjured
by jumping from windows to thts
ground only a few feet below
When the i rush at tin- main exit
I was at Its height, Impossibility ot
f further movements seemed to brlug
I the panicky persons to their senses
I and tho hall was soon cleared.
Policemen : ml i i it-lin n hurried to
I the building but at flrBt could not
gain an entrance because of the con
I geulon of bodies in tho hallway and
I on the stairs Plnallj several ofu
I; cora climbed the fire escape and en
I'tercd the hall by the windows.
Rescuers Carrying Bodies.
Rescuers were 30011 carrying the
I bodies to the street and laying them
I In rows beside the building The
I police formed a cordon about the
I hall and a lane was opened through
the crowd and the bodies removed to
the Red Jacket village hall, whjcb
was transformed into a temporary
morgue
Pot hours the streets were crowd
ed with women calling for their chil
dren. Both men and women crowded
about the building and almost fought
with the police to get a view of trie
dead in an effort to learn If an of
their relatives were among the num
ber. Few of the corpses bore marks
of injury
Many tales of the fierceness of the
crush during the height of the panic
were being told today One man was
seen to stoop to pick up his little
daughter only to be pushed on and
forced to trample her beneath him
A woman who ran to the aid of three
small boys was crushed to death with
them.
Women Try to Quiet Crowd
When the, rush began a woman went
Quickly to the piano and began to
play. Another woman stood In the
center of the stage on which the
Christmas tree had been erected and
started to sing. Their efforts to quell
the panic were futile as they were
not heard above the tumult
Matt! Kotzjarvl, his wife, and two
daughters were all killed Christian
Klarlch. and his two daughters were
crushed to death, butMis. Klarich es
caped. John Helkkenen and Henry
Mauley and their ( hlldren were all
killed together Mrs Henry lsola
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 girl was killed A large
number ol families lost two or mote
children. More than fifty of the
dead were under ten years of age.
President Sends MesGage
Bodon. Mass. Dec. 'lr. When in
formed of last night's tragedy at Calu
met, Mlcb Qlllncj A Shaw, president
of the Calumet and Eiecla Mining com
pany, sent the following telegram to
.lames McNaUgbton, superintendent ot
the mines
' In some way through the local pa
pere you will convey our sympatny
to the men and women to whom the
loss Is a personal one, and to the
whole community which baa to face
such a dreadful calamity
"I feel sure that when this message
reaches ou. you will have done ev
erything in the company's power fi
nancially and with our hospital ser
vice, to render assistance to the vic
tims and their families in this I right
ful accident
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COLORADO PUNS
HAPPY CHRISTMAS
Industrial Strife Is Forgotten
and Good-will Reigns
Throughout the State.
Denver. Colo., Doc. 2r. Colorado
gave Itself oxer to the observance of
the Christmas holiday today. Even
In the coal mining districts, where
several tbousuml men have been cn
strike since September 23, the indus
trial strife was forgotten and Christ
mas good-w 111 was In evidence. Christ
ma? exercises were held In each of
the strikers' tent colonies. In some
tho festivities centered around huge
trees, gaily decorated and loaded with
gifts for the children. The Cnlted
Mine Workers of America provided
more than S000 baskets of candies
fruit and sweets for tho children.
Christmas decorations were lavish
in the militia camps in the strike
zone and holiday boxes from home en
hanced the pleasure of the militia
men's festivities.
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NEW COPPER MINE
SHOWING UP WELL
Salt Lake, Dec. 25 J R Walker,
president of the Walker Copper com
pany., has just returned from the pro
pert) In Plumas county, California,
with favorable reports a to the pro
gress of development work.
The vein, which Is a large one sixty
toot In width, dips al an angle of
about sixty-five degrees and develop
ment has been made by sinking a
shaft, above It al such distance u to
strike the hanging wall something
like forty feet from the surface. The
vurface showings In the vein were
not very favorable, the values on the
footwall side being as low as one and
one-half per cent, but when it was
opened by the shaft It was found that
next to the hanging wall there was
i a streak of nine feet that assayed 7
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BILLION DOLLARS IN PROPERTY IN CHIHUAHUA SEIZED BY
VILLA; VAST HOLDINGS OF CREEL FAMILY AMONG THOSE TAKEN
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Chihuahua, Mexico.
All property held by the Creel and Terraza interests in Chihuahua, totaling- more than a billion dol
lars, has been ordered seized by General Villa. The land holdings alone include nearly two-thirds of the
state of Chihuahua and important interests in the city of Chihuahua.
Included in the order is the property of Enrique Creel, former governor of Chihuahua and later Mexi
can ambassador at Washington, as well as the property of his brother, Juan CreeL Tht Creel property
consists oX banking interests in Chihuahua and mining and railroad holdings.
per cent copper After this shaft had t
leached a depth ol sixty-five feet a
crosscut was run to the hanging wall
revealing more clearly the conditions
stated
A hoist and compressor has just
been installed and sinking In the
shaft has been resumed As this
work progressed It was found that
the leached zone had been passed and
nt this depth the footwall side of the
vein carried high values also some
spi i i nuns of bornite brought in 1 1 1 1 .
estimated at twenty per cent copper,
and it Is believed Hie full width of
the vein at this depth carries better
than seven per ceut.
John F ('owan and other local min
ing men recently acquired a large in
terest in the property which Istwentj
nlles northwest of I'ortola on the
Western I'aclfic. The company has
all its equipment in place- and sup
plies on hand for the winter's cam-,
pa'.gn Mr Cowan Is of the opinion
that they have a big high grade cop
per property which will develop very
rapidly from the present showing It
Is financed for considerable develop
ment and should be In shape for
some regular shipments during 1914.
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XMAS GIFTS FROM
THEWHSTEHOUSE
Two Automobile Truck Loads
of Food and Toys Sent to
Poor Families.
Washington. Dec. 25 Christmas
Day in the national capital passed
' quietly and w ithout any public cele
b rations. The absence of President
Wilson, Vice President Marshall and
I some of the cabinet, with the holiday
recess of congress, depleted official
I circles Those cabinet officers and
members of the diplomatic corps who
remained in town spent the day in
i the usual hollda ob-er unci-s
Practical Christmas guts from the
White House brightened many a poor
I home. Two automobile truck loads
, of food and toys Were delivered late
yesterday and early today at the di
rection of the president and Mrs Wil
son, to a carefully selected list of de
serving case which had been investi
gated by Mrs. Wilson and her
(laughters.
1 Secretary McAdoo, the ranking
' cabinet officer, left In town and there
fore acting president, spent much of
the day woridng on the details or
organization of the new currency
! system.
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DEER MEAT IS SENT
TO POOR FAMILIES
Council Bluffs. Ia., Dec. 26 A fea
ture of Uie Christmas observance In
Council Bluffs was the killing of two
deer that have been kepi In the pub
lie zoo by the Park commissioners
and the distribution of the meat, over
1000 pounds to the poor of the city.
The municipality gave more attention
to providing Christmas cheer for the
: needy this year than ever before, and
, was warmly seconded tn Its efforts by
the arious charitable societies
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DISSATISFIED NEGRO
SHOOTS ATTORNEY
ldabel. Okla., Dec 26. George W.
liratcher. a city official here, was shot
and killed early today bj a ne-ro
who was dissatisfied with Hratehn s
response to a request that he arrest
a band of men who were observing
Christmas noisily near the negro's
home
Alter Bratcher had promised to In
vestigate the complaint, the negro shot
him through the abdomen and then
escaped. A posse started In pursuit.
HEAVY FINE FOR
LUMBER TRUST
Twenty-five Companies Oust
ed and Aggregate Sum of
$436,000 Is Assessed.
Jefferson City. Mo., Dec. -5 Tweu-ty-flvc
lumber companies were lined
an aggregate of $436.00ii and ousted
from Missouri by the supreme court
of the state yesterday, as the result
of antl trust proceedings which haw
been pending several years
Elevcn of the companies are ousted
entirely. Judgment against the thlr
teen others was suspended on the
condition thai the fines be paid with
in thirty days Failure to pay within
that time will make the ouster In
their cases also absolute.
The companies which must p..
thelf fines Immediately conclude their
business in Missouri and withdraw
from the state, follow
Bow inan-Hicks Lumber company of
Kansas City. 10.000.
Bradley Lumber company, St. Lou
is, $50.00U.
Calcasieu Long Leaf Lumber com
pany. Kansas City. 550,000.
Central Coal and Coke company,
Kansas City. $50,000
lieorge VV. Miles Timber and Lum
ber company, St Louis, $1000
Qrayson McLeod Lumber company,
St, Louis, $50,000.
Long-Bell Lumber company, Kansas
City, $50,000.
Lufkin Land and Lumber company,
Kan.sas City. $8000
Missouri Land and Lumber Ex
change company, Kansas City, $6000
Missouri Lumber and Mining com
pany. Kansas City, $50,000.
Chicago Lumber and Coal company
of Iowa, $50,000.
The twenty-fifth concern, the V.'
R Pickering Lumber company of
Louisiana was fined $1000 A6 this
company left the state in 1909, no
ouster was necessar.
11V CHILDREN SEE
UP-TO-MTE OLD
CLAUS
A real live Santa Claus visited ll.e
Eagles home last night where about
'uii children were assembled This
Santa Claus was an up-to-date old fel
low and was well up OD the latest
styles for he left his reindeers at
home and carried his presents to Lhe
ehiidren in a baby carriage Bacii
child present received a presi nt be
bides a sack ol candy and nuts, alter
which all Joined tn a most enjoyable
dance which followed Prof. L 8a
vllle with his seven-piece orchestra
furnished excellent muslt
A short program preceded th dll
trlbUtlon of the presents, the follow
ing persons taking part.
Miss Delia Williams vocal solo, ac-
companled by .diss Vide Stewart
Leo Austed. recitation, accompanied
by Miss Vlda Stewart.
r'a Wright, vocal solo, accompanied
by Miss Vida Stewart
Henry Wright piano solo.
Charies Blair vocal solo, accom
panied bj i SavlUe.
The following children were preseui
-also many others whose names were
not registered on the roll provided
bv Santa Claus.
Genevieve Bstelle cyphers, John
Roach, Pay Wright. Myra Wright,
Paul Wright, Kay Slnilsler. Kalph
Smith L.?ua Bngelko, Nora Engelke,
Karl Engelke, Ted Welch, Kennoth
Welch. Nellie Welch. Florence Bird,
Clen Bird, Blanc he Bird. lolet Bird.
Leona V Harrington. Wilda Harring
ton William Stoddard, Cora Stoddard.
Earl Slmlster. Jimmle Doyle. Francis
Doyle. Bill Barnes. lone Hayes, Geo
Bnlvely, Cleo Snively, Mildred Snive
l Fern Pardoe, L. Zupann. May Law
son Kyvonne Lawson. Clarence Iav
son, Hattle Lawson, Edward Lawson.
Edith Lawson. Lamond Buckner, Glen
Buckner, Fern Buckner Ray Buck
ner, Zeiia Buckner, Rnlph Buckner.
R l Buckner, Huth Davidson. Ken
neth Davidson, Muriel Owens, i'Iii
fcrd Owens. Mary Keld, John Keld.
Elizabeth Callahan, Arleen Patch. Bud
Patch. Delia Williams. Vida Stewart',
Raymond Harrop, Foyce Harrop, Jo
seph Baumelster. Leona BaumeiBter,
Violet Newcy, Cecil Newey. Hubert
Orell Charles Allen. Thomas Allen.
Hlldcn Austed. Cloyd Bartonetk. Vl
Ian Baumelster, Dorothea Odermat..
Arnold Odermatt. Alheru Odermatt
Arvllla Odermatt, Lela Odermatt. Viv
Ian Odermatt, Alvea Odermat
Blanche Cazler. Thelma Ca:cier, Thom
as Carler. Leonard Cazier, Lean Au
stnd, Hildon Austad. Vernon Inga
bretsen, May Wllklns, Calve Berry
Leroy Williams, Urace Wllkins. Leota
Davis. Inez Allan, Goldle Thorne
Marsha Allan, Don Dalton. Waller
Da Hon. Frank Oreenberg Lenora
(reenberg, Kenneth Kendall, Elv.ood
Kendall, Viola Jamison, Vcfl Jamison
Frances Brighton. Howard Scriven
Cordon Scriven, Oscar Anderson, Vlo
la Anderson Frances Wessler, Joseph
Wessler, Lenta We-sler, GlennS
Webb. Marstella Webb. Howard
Southwlck. Joseph Southwick, Theo
dore Braun. Gordon Braun. Koscoe
Reese. Thomas Flelitz. Ned Fielltz
Allan Morris. Milton Morris, Robert
E. McChesney, George Smith, Minnie
Neuterman. Angelina Vankampen. Cor
nelia Neuterman, Pauline Carlisle, ai
nold Carlisle, Solma Rogers. Raymond
Hudson, Arthur Hudson, Behind Hud
son, Florence Rogers, Norman Hunt.
Myron Hunt, Arthur Rogers, l.uciic
Foulger. Clifton Lund, Elmer Syphers,
Eugene Syphi rs, Twin Hanley, Helen
Hanley, Evorell C. Rollaw, Vera Ship
ley, Raymond Jewell, June Celger and
Clellis Rackham
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; CAROL SINGERS GET
MONEY FOR CHARITY
St Louis, Dec. 25. More than $1200
was collected today and last night by
carol singers who toured the resident
parts of St Louis and sang hefore
, every window where a lighted candle
shone. The money will go to charity.
Every jxrson who placed a candle in
his window signified that he was will
ing to contribute to the fund which
tlie singers sought
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WIDOW OF TITANIC
VICTIM REMARRIES
New York, N. Y . Dec. 25 Mrs.
Daniel W Marvin, who was made a
widow by the Titanic disaster, will
be married In Hii. ity today to Hor
ace do Camp, a local merchant.
Mrs. Marvin's husband went down
with the Titanic while the couple
were returning from a honeymoon
trip Mis Marvin was Mary Ur.i
ham Faruuharson. daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Farquharson of this city.
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ATTORNEY COMMITS SUICIDE.
New York, N. Y., Dec. 25 George
F. Parker, an attorney, formerly or
Brookllne, Mass . ho was connected
with the law office of Alton B. Park
er, committed suicide today by in
haling gas He was not related to
I Jude Parker His friends, hero
could assign no reason for the act.
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MAJOR SMITH DEAD.
New York. N. Y Dec. 2&r-Major
Clinton 11 Smith, secretary of the
board of park commissioners, died at
his home here lost night after a long
lllneSB He had been in the 1 1 n ii I
of the park departmeul for ovci ;4
years.
MAN SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF
Indianapolis. Dec. 2o. In the pres
ence of their 12-year-old daughter
Laura, .lames T. Karney, 52 years
old. shot and killed Mrts. Karney today
and killed himself.
PRISONER GOES
HOMEFOR XMAS
Gray-haired Father Allowed to
Spend Holiday With His
Eight Children.
OFFICER IN CHARGE
United States Secret Service
Agent Foregoes Own Holi
day for Counterfeiter.
Chicago, Dec. 25. So that a gray
haired father, who Is confined In the
county jail, might celebrate Christmas
at home with his eight children. Cap
tain Thomas I Porter of the United
States secret sen Ire today gav tip
the Joys of a Christmas at home.
Early today he went to the county
Jail and gave his personal word to
Jailer Davles lor the safe return of
Edward Westcott, who was arrested
osterday while making counterfeit
bills The secret service agent ac
corupanled the prisoner to his home
and spent tho day with the family.
This evening he will return Westcott
to his cell
The sight of a Christmas tree and
Dumerous presents when he was
searching the Westcott home vester
day for hidden counterfeit mone led
Captain Porter to determine tr fore
go his Christmas Westcott. who was
a member of the notorious ep(j-Westcott-Brown
hand of counterfeit
ers, who Hooded the country with
BpurloUB 5 bank notes in 1908. was
arrested In Company with Otto Allen,
who has served a penitentiary term
for the same offense
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BOARD OF KM
WORRIED OVER
EVICTION
Speaking of the rather troublesome
question of the school board moving
Its quarters. President Hiram Plngree
of the hoard stated this morning that
he is at a loss to know just what
to do. The next regular board meet
ing will not be held until next week,
and It Is a question whether the board
numbers would care to be disturbed
in their Christmas festivities by meet
ing in special session.
However, President Pingree says,
something must be done and he is f
the opinion that as soon as he eats
his Christmas dinner he will turn his
attention to the task and will proba
bly ask tho board to meet in special
session before the end of the week
or, perhaps, next Monday.
"We very much desired to erect a
school administration building." said
Mr. Pingree "bul we were opposed
in that undertaking by arlous par
ties, among them the city park com
missioners, threats of injunction be
ing made If we attempted to build on
the ground that had been offered by
the city board of commissioners, so
that we Ka-p up the idea of buildlnc,
even after we had our plans drawn,
as we did not care to get Into legal
entanglements We then had hopes
of getting tho city hall building re
modeleJ so as to make room for us
there, but that has not materialized.
So what are we to do?
"The city Is determined that we
shall move and I guess we will have
to do so, but where are we going to
locate? This is a question that I
cannot answer. It seems to me that
the city hall might be remodeled so as
to furnish pleuty of room for the city
loard of education as well as other
departments of the city government.
The ceilings are exceptionally high
and. by reducing some of them, would
furnish ubout one-third more room
than at present "
Mr Pingree stated further that It
is absolutely necessary for the school
board to have commodious quarters
and that, lhe heard desire, o reduce
the cost of su)ervlsing school affairs
to the minimum, which Is accomplish
ed to a great extent by obviating the
necessity oi paying rent. It has been
' suggested by some of the schoolmen
j that the commissioners' chamber Is
larger than ls needed for that body
and that by cutting off the north end
of the hall three good rooms could be
provided for the board of education.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
IN NEW ENGLAND
BoBtoD, Mass.. Dec. 25. Snow, deep
drifted over mountains aud valleys,
brought the traditional whin- Christ
mas to northern New England, but
iu the southern portion the grounc
was bare, rain clouds were lowering
and the temperature was springlike.
More community observances than ox
er before marked Christmas eve In
the section when' in Puritan days the
celebration of Christmas was a erlm
jnal offense, bul the holiday Itself was
essentially n day of home festivities
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ARRESTED FOR ARSON
Kansas City, Dec. 2. John Burk
hart was arrested here today by the
sherltr of Ochiltive county, Texas, In
eonucction with an attempt alleged to
have been made to bum the town of
Ochiltree, Tex., last October. Accord
ing to the sheriff. Burkhart confessed
and announced his willingness to re
turn to the Texas county without re
quisition DatK-TS.
PRESIDENT HAS S I
A RESTFUL DAY I
Mayor of Pass Christian Wei H
comes Nation's Executive to S
Winter Capitol. H
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS I
Group of Villagers Wait From IH
Early Dawn to Say H
"Merry Christmas."
Pass Christian Miss , Dec 25.
President Wilson's Christmas day was 'M
spent here In the restful quiet of t
ypaclous cottage fronting the waters 'M
of the Gulf of Mexico The president
and members of his family occupied
themselves getting settled In the H
hou3e where they will live for the fl
next three weeks.
Although the president's special ''j
train reached here before sun-up, the -im!i
remained on board until H
o clock Mayor Saucier boarded the
train and welcomed the president lo
his "winter capital."
"I see you haie had a 6torm here."
said the president, looking at the
wet ground.
"Yes, that's true," replied the may- 'M
or. "but It was merely to get things
nicely washed up for your arrival "
The president laughed.
Mr Wilson was assured that care
had been taken for his complete uulet
isolation during his vacation here
The president expressed his gratitude
and Introduced Maor Saucier to the
members ot his parly
As the president left the special
waiting for the waiting White House
automobiles, shipped here In advance,
there was a hearty cheer from a
group of villagers who had awaited
I In tho chill since dawn to greet the
I distinguished visitor.
' .Merry Christmas. Mr. President' "
they shouted and doffing his hat, thu
president smilingly said.
Thank you, I wish you the same '
The morning was cold and gray and
'he damp air penetrating. The party 'iM
uas warmly dressed for the short mo-
i n ride. President Wilson wearing a
; gray coat. At the Herndon
cottage, the party was given welcome
bv Mrs Herndon and her daughter,
Miss Alice Herndon. In addition to 'M
l'r sldent Wilson, the party inciudeu
Sin W ilson Misses Eleanor ana Mar-
garet Wilson, Miss Helen WooaroA-
Bones, the president's cousin; Dr. Ca-
ry T CraysoUy U S N., the presl- jm
dent's physician; Charles Swan, Mr. w
Wilson's personal stenographer, and
four secret service men. 9
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LIGHT ENGINE I
IS BLOWN UP I
Two Killed and Six Injured by H
Disaster on Erie H
Railroad. H
Buffalo. N. Y , Dec 25 Two men
were killed and six injured when a jH
Wabash railroad engine running Ugh., iB
blew up on the Erie railroad near H
tin northern city line today Tho 'M
dead are: V I
John Thorpe, llreman, Port Erie,
Ontario. J
QuBtav Spang, night watchman, Buf-
BOMB EXPLODES II
BENEATH BED I
Mother and Daughter Are H
Fatally Injured and Home H
Is Wrecked. H
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Des Moines. Ia . Dec 85. An explo
Blon of dynamite, which probably fa
tally injured Sophronio Johnson, col
orcd. and her daughter, aged 11.
wrecked the Johnson home here early
today
The police learned that the dyna flH
mite bomb had been placed under llWl
neath the bed, occupied by the mother
ind daughter, and exploded by means
of a fuse 75 feet long, which ran from pM
the bomb through the bedroom win- 09
dow out into the alley. Detectives C
ailed to get trace of the perpetrator Lfl
early today.
At the hospital where Mrs John- Iflfl
son was taken, it was 6ald that am- jUR
putation of both feet would be ncces- m
sary.
NETHERLANDS
TRAIN IS WRECKED
Croningen, Netherlands, Dec. "5. 'jfefi
A son of Premier P. W. A. Cort Van ;9M
Dcr Linden, and four other passeng- jEps
ers were killed and twelve Injured
today in the wreck of a holiday train jpfe
which jumped the track near this E1
AUSTRIAN MINISTER DEAD. 1
Meran. Austrian Tyrol. Dec. 25.
The death occurred here today ot
Wensel Rltten Von Zaleskl, Austrian JOj
minister of finance, who had been jpa
a member of the cabinet since No
vcmber, 1911. ZVfl
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