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- -" ssmc .BBiP I IsS 1 '! rsT (!)akntaiikru. SSI C J 4sJ COLDER IN VLTO.; ' WEST PORTION. 1 FEARLESS, INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER. 1 Forty-third YearNo. 311-Prlce Five CenU. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1913. Entered as Second -ctaai Matter at the Pestofflee, Ogden, Otan. BIG STORMS IN EAST AND WEST Blizzard Rages in New York Much Damage on At lantic Coast. SNOW IN MIDDLE WEST Highest Combers in Years Break Over Pacific Coast Ocean Park Suffers. New York, N. Y . Dec 26. New York and northern New Jersey sui fered today from a combination 01 wind, rain and tide, incident to .1 storm which began last night and In creased in fury near dawn Two bar ges, broken from their tow, 9ank near the Forked River N J . life saving station with a possible loss of ten lives. Seabrlght. N J , was partl Inundated, man fishermen s smacks destroyed, hotels undermined and the central railroad of New Jersey put out of commission. Small craft hero and there broke away from theli moorings and were damaged or led A car float ran amuck in the East river, sinking eight motorboats. anc the Erie station at Jersey City was flooded. How many, if any, perished in the sinking of the barges will be deter mined only when the ldentitv ot the craft is established. Owners of the tug Edgar of the Luckenbach, report ed that Bhe was slowly coming into the harbor minus two barges which Bhe had been towing. Each had a crew of five aboard. A driving rain in (he storm belt gave way to snow for a time this afternoon. Highest Tide In Years. Los Angeles, Cal . Dec. 26 The . . . A K -, kmnL' nignest liue in ers, luyj'vu u,cun ers that rolled far inside the high water mark, carried away and wreck ed dozens of launches and yachts an chored off the beach at Venice, a sea- , side resort, today, swept three ocean front residences from their founda tions and destroyed an automobile road Much damage vas wrought all along the 6hore from Venice north to Santa Monica One of the piers at Venice was dangerously weakened. L and near Santa Monica great holes were torn In an automobile road that ordinarily Is high above the tide line. The tide measured seven and a half feet, and it is predicted It will be higher tomorrow. Now York, N. Y, Dec 26 The Forked River. N. J. life saving sta tion, reported toda that three barges sank about three-quarters of a mile o't that station this morning Whether others were ou board the bargeB, the life savers could not de termine, but If their crews were not taken off before the vessel sank, they have been drowned. The barges were not identified, nor was there any slgr. ot the tug from which they presum- j ably broke away during the storm A imall metallic life boat such as Is usuallv carried bj tugs, and bearing the name "Undaunted." drifted asnore from the wreckage The tug Edgar of the Luckenbach which left Delaware breakwater the day before yesterda . with two bar pes in tow. arrived off Sandy Hook this afternoon, minus the barges. Her owners feared that the barges thai sank near Forked River belonged to the tug. They had a crew of ttn men Blizzard Is Raging Syracuse, N Y , Dec 26. Syracuse and the outlying districts are planket ed todav with a neavj snow. The first real blizzard of the winter Is raging, interfering with telecraph wires and trolley service. Rochester, N. Y Dec. 26. A bliz zard which rnged all nlgbt and con tinued with less violence this morning, paralyzed street traffic in this city today. Cleveland, Dec. 26 Several persons were Injured and a score were buried In wreckage this morning when a shelter house on the public square was blown down by the high wind which accompanied the snow here The Bhel ter house was crowded with persons waiting for street cars when the crash came. Storm Does Much Damage. Seabrlght, N J.. Dec. 26. The storm which ragod along the northern New Jerrey coast early today left a trail of wreckage on the meaches for miles Seafarers were warned in time to seek safety, but the heavy storm washed away houses, under mined streets and furrowed bulk heads. The fishermen of seabrlght were the worst sufferers. Many who lived T iu huts near the beach were home- loss today and found shelter In the .'I town hall and In vacant buildings. B Ocean Park. Cal., Dec. 26 Two twenty-foot breakers tumbling In on the crest of too season's highest tide, broke over bulkheads guarding the strand today and nearly drowned be tween SO and 40 men and women who , were breakfasting in the basement grill of a fashionable hotel. The combs swept over all barriers, smashing in windows and fell upon the guests at tho tables. Waiters and guestB got out before, the second wnvo dashed in, but a few minutes later there was several feet of water iu (be grill. Sevr-1 blocks of the cement shore line tsdthead wore washed out. INVESTIGATING I XMASJDlSASTERl Dispute Being Waged as to Who Shoud Bury the Dead. PEACEMAKERS BUSY ! Big Labor Battle in Calumet Forgotten in Grief Over Gruesome Horror. Calumet. Mich.. Dec. 26 While foi separate investigations of Calumet ! Christmas tree disaster. In which 72 persons, most of them children, were killed were being made today and a dispute was being waged as to who should bur the dead, peacemakers were at work In a supreme effort to bring about an end to the copper mine strike in this region. Over the bodies of the little ones the leaders of the peace movement hoped to see an end to the labor strife which has torn the Calumet cop per district for several months. United In their grief over the snuff ing out of so many lives, the warring factions, mine operators, guards ano strike breakers and the stricken uni on miners and their friends gave no thought to the big labor battle thai Indirectly Is blamed for the most grue some horror In the history of Calu mot There was still a dispute over whether the offer of the Citizens' Ai llance. an organization that has been considered hostile to the strikers, to defray all the burial expenses, would bo accepted. Officials of the We3i ern Federation of Miners declareJ that the offer would be spurned VA e will care for our own dead' was the response to the alliance The feeling; of hostility was not so marked today when It was seen that the citizens of Calumet and other clt les in the strike district were earnest in their efforts to raise funds for the stricken families. Alarm Started in Hall. Chicago, 111. Dec 26. Miss Grace McArron of Calumet Mich., arrived in Chicago from her home today and said she knew positively that the story of the man coming to the head of the stairs and shouting "fire" in the ball, where more than aeventj persons were trampled to death, was not true. "The alarm was started right i.i the hall." said Miss McArron "A little blaze started on the Christmas tree and someone In tbe hall cried fire. The cry was immediately ta ken up bv others, and there was a mad rush for the doors'' oo WILSON MAPS OUTJROGRl Selection of Federal Reserve Board and Special Address Main Work. TENTATIVE NAME LIST Personel to be Decided After Careful Scrutiny of Past Affiliations. Pass Christian, Miss.. Dec 26 Pres ldeut Wilson today mapped out a pro gram erf recreation for his visit here He will sleep at least nine hours each night After breakfast he will motor to tho Mississippi Country club, 13 mlleB away, for a game ot golf with his physician. Dr Cary T. rason. U. S N At noon bo will dispose of whatever Important letter Ot telegrams may reach him from the White House and after luncheon will take an automobile ride with his fani lly, followed by a long walk The president plans to spend the evenings reading With this proportion ot exercise and air. he hopes to get back to vigorous health again While the president will do little official work there are at present two things uppermost In his mind the ae lection of members of the federal re serve board, and the writing of a spe cial address to congress on the rela tlous of the government to "big busi ness" and the trusts. Of the choice of members of the beard, which will put Into operation the new currency system, there Is little possibility that the president fi nally will decide on any Individuals but Will add to his tentative list of names It Is virtually certain the presldeut will use the Eame sifting process he used when selecting cabi net members, carefully scrutinizing their previous affiliations When the presldont returns to Washington he probably will confer with cabinet advisers and friends re garding the personnel of the board Those cloBelv associated with the president believe there will bo no nominations until the full sixty-day period allowed by law for tbo selec tions has about expired. The president will probably make a rough draft of his anti-trust address v bile here and later submit It to leaders In the campaign Those who conferred with Mr. Wilson before he left Washington, drew encourage i ment for the ultimate establishment of an Interstate trade commission to i compl with requests for Information made, by business concerns desiring accurate details of what the Sherman law permit or prohibit. GOVERNORSHIP RACE IN NEBRASKA MAY BE FAMILY AFFAIR; BARTON AND METCALFE BOTH WANT JOB; WIVES AMBITIOUS jwl - Ibsssssssssssssssssssmsip Sb 1?$ Br vis ' :4BM BplPP ' B9BflBQsnBflBBsV B IHnEk HKufl pp jjx Left to ripht : Mrs. Richard L. Metcalfe. Richard Metcalfe, Mr. and A mBHr'W' Jjfl Mrs. Silas R. Barton. The rn.ro for the governorship of Nebraska noxt year may be a H&W . " regular family affair, with Richard L. Metcalfe, present governor of ApSl. thr Panama ran-.il zone and a Democrat , pitted against Congressman Bffit BHHk mHwImBI Silas R. Barton, n Republican Both men make do secret of the fact wjk MSS j that they would like to be the state's chief executive. The wives of Tk A both men are very ambitious, and each would like jto have the title of NbbbV -a- Mr sl .first lady of Nebraska." c) Harrii & Ewinsr. MUTUAL LAW IN LOS ANGELES Cordon of Police Surround I Riot District All Who Pass Are Searched. MANY PLACES RAIDED ! Rendezvous of I. W. W. Visit-1 ed and Lead Pipes, Clubs and Weapons Taken. Iais Angeles. Cal.. Dec 26. The historic plaza district In the older section of Los Angeles where a riot among unemploved men resulted in tho death of one man and the injur of more than a dozen others late Christmas afternoon, was practically placed under martial law by the po lice toda A cordon of patrolmen surrounded the district, searching for weapons all who attempted to pass, while city detectives hunted through the Mexican quarter nearby for Infor matlon concerning tbe reported deatn of two more rioters. During the night the police raided every restaurant saloon pool hall and lodging house in the vicinity of the plaza, taking into custody all who were armed, or who showed signs of having participated In the riot Dm Ing their operations, the police vis ited the rendezvous of I. W W mem bers, where they claim to have touud short lead pipes clubs and other w capons. The riot occurred late yesterday af ternoon when the police attempted to break up a street meeting attended by nearly 1000 unemployed men. mOBtl) forelpners, at which speeches inclt Ing to violence were belns made In the fight which ensued ' Rafael Adames. a Mexican, was shot and ki' ed bv Harn Koenlshelm. a patrolman. Witnesses declared that Koenlgheloq probably saved the lives of half a dozen policemen by his action. The officer admitted firing several shots Into the crowd when ho saw a Mexi can point a revolver at another pa trolman. oo KIN ON BANK UNDIMINISBED Mexico city. Mexico Dec 26 Tbe run on the Dank of London ami Mi x Ico was in no way diminished today, double lines of depositors extending out Into the street for half a blot 1; raymout on checks was restricted, ai on previous da to "no pesos i .-pi for pa rolls and other urgent re quirements. W B Mitchell, (1ih manager of the bank expressed confidence in the ability of the Institution to weather tho drain on it. He declared the bank's financial condition was sued thai If all deposits were paid out, there still would remain .OO'i.nim p S03 In assets The run on the Bank of London and Mexico was reflected, but in a very minor degree, on the other banks In the capital. OEFENSE BRINGS MANY QUESTIONS Thirty Thousands Words Of fered in Proof of Insanity of Hans Schmidt. New York. N. Y . Dec 26 Hans Sfhmidt's attorneys brought Into court today hypothetical uue3tlons o't, 100 words long Thc expected to spend more than two hours reading these questions, this afternoon or to morrow to the all. nlsls called by tne state to prove that Hans Schmidt as sane when he killed nna Au mulier. Dr Carlos F McDonald, one of the states medical experts, continued his testimony at the murder trial today EVIDENCE MAY REVEAL CAREER Letter and Black Derby Hat Clues Found in Room Oc cupied by Bandit. Los AtiRcles, Cal . Dec 26. Evl deuce which It is believed will result In revealing the Identity and career of John Hostlck. the bandit, who held up a Southern Pacific train and killed Horace K Montague, a traveling pas senger Agent; December 1. was found today at the rooming house where Bostick lived at the time of the crlmt- The proprietor of the rooming house said that the day aftt-r Bostlcls register.'! he roc Ived a letter Irom some town In Iowa with B picture oi a hotel and the printed name "Bos tick on the envelope. Whether this was the name of the hotel or Its proprietor was not known The police an- trying to ascertain whether the young bandit had accom pill i b here. Th black derbj which Bostick wore When he robbed the train at Li Monte was found In his room It was pur chased in bicago and under the swcalband was discovered foldeu strips or ;i Chkapo newspaper, bear ing the date Septi mber 5 In the light of these discoveries, the police i ndvano- the lln-ory that Bostick prob j ably Is from Iowa, and that he came j to California via Chicago but a few i months ago MAGNIFICENT XMAS GIFT. Vienna. Dec 25. Arch Duke Fred o,'k, the richest member oi the Im per'al family has made the nation a magnificent Christmas gift. ha has pin chased the Augustine Monastery near tho Palace where his famous Albertlna collection ,,i I'miou original drawings and 200.000 engravings It housed He intends to build on the tite an adequate galler for the col lection which date:, from the fifteenth century ami Includes Durers Raph aels, and Michael Augelo The gal lcry will be for the use of tho nation. EMPEROR OPENS DIET Toklo, Dec. 26. The. Emperor today I personally opened tho Japanese diet CAR PLOUGHS THROUGH PARTY j Driver Runs Down Group of Children and Goes on Without Stopping. SURPRISED AT ARREST Little Seven-Year-Old Girl's Skull Fractured and Body Crushed. San Francisco, Dec. 26. After ploughing through a little group of three happy children, on their way home, Christmas night, from a mov ing picture party. J G Casnelll, chief engineer for a manufacturing com pany, did not stop his motor car and did not see when he was arrested to da' why he should have stopped "1 knew 1 had hit one of the little i girls," he said "but when l looked I back I saw that somebody had picked her up. I saw she was all right and kept on." The little girl is dying today. Her skull was fractured and her body crashed. She Is Carmela Sarra, sev I en years old, and with her were two guests, who were also Blightlv bruis ed. A search of the garages for a car showing evidences of a collision led to Casnelll. His arrest Is the second In two days of drivers who ran per .ioi;r. down and did not stop. John W. McDermott. a bank teller, was killed Christmas morning by n chauf feur who dragged him 100 feet down Market street hefore the machine could tree Itself. Louis Kantor, a professional chauffeur, was arrested ! BANKS APPLYING FOR MEMBERSHIP Over 400 National Banks and Trust Companies Comply With Law. Washington D C. Dec. 26. More than 400 national banks and trust companies, representing every slate and altnost every large city In the country, have applied tor membership In the federal reserve system of bank? accordlug to an unofficial estimate made today by tho treasury depart ment. Applications have come so last thai Officials hne been unable to keep pace with them, but a careful count and record ot the time When they were received will be made todav Hanks In New York. Chicago and Bos ton have not applied In great num bers for membership, but Secretary McAdoo Is of the opinion toda lha; their applications soon will be lorth coming. Mr McAdoo and Secretary of Agri culture Houston, the organization committee provided for in the law, got down to hard work today on plans for the division of the country into reserve districts and the locution of reserve banks An official an nouncement of the plan is expected to digbt or tomorrow. SHOT FIRED INTO HOME OF f MRS. 0. ECCLES ACCIDENTALLY II Plate Glass Window Destroyed and Piano Perforated by Buckshot From a Sawed-off Shotgun Guard Was New on the Job, and Careless With Firearms Officers, Had a Scare and Began to Think of More Blackhanders. Considerable excitement prevailed in the vicinity of the home of Mrs David Kccles on Jefferson avenue anJ Twenty sixth street, when a shot from a sawed-off shotgun rang out on tho night air Christmas eve and visions' '. the blackhand were recalled. Sheriff DeVlne was hurried to tne scene and he as somewhat pertuibed over the situation until he InYOBtlga ted As he made his way to the Ec cles' home he began to fiRure out the problem and wondered whether the wrong man was In jail Had the shot bepn fired by an unknown per son, It might be evidence that the ring leader of the blackmailers still was at large, having determined to disturb the holiday festivities of the Kccles' people by a reign of terror similar to that institute when an at 'lain was made to blow up with dy namlte the home of L. R Eccles. When the sheriff arrived at the home he learned that the reulai fcuard, W. W. Richardson, desiring to Hpend Christmas evening at home, had turned over his sawed-off gun to a man named Miller, who evidently was not accustomed to the use of a shot gun tor he accidentally discharged It. the buckshot passing through the large plate glass window at the front entrance of the home and lodging In the piano and other furniture Inside. Miller at first denied that he had fired the shot, saying that he did not know where it came from but an examination of the room by the offi cers convinced them that the shot was ,rom his gun Some of the shot were taken frcm the Interior of the room, which at this time Is only partially furnished because of remodeling that I .. r.ArrwA0 .1 A llV M 1 ' T i . f HI I 1 1 ft to be th same as tho'e with which the Miller shoteun was loaded and the blank cartridge on the porch was ;ne same as that used in his gun slur-.f: icYine became a little im patient with Miller because of hl9 rather abrupt denials and he took him to the county Jail where he de talned him until morning When Mil ler was released he told the officer that be fit"' 1 i bo shot He was sit in i - on the railing of the porch In front of the w.nuo.v he .aid, when he accidentally pulled tbe trigger The damage to tbe plate glnss and the piano will amount to mere than J100, but 'he piano is not badly mu tilated Mrs Eccles and her family are in the east at this time where they will n mam for the winter The home is not being kept up. but one of the Ec cles boys Is there at night The horn was practically vacant on ChristmaJ eve. WHIT BE ICE H OEOEII MIGHT BE MADE TO PRODUCE In a visit to California coast points this winter the most Interesting fea turn of the southland, by reason of Its apparent solution ot things economic and BOClali In the opinion of V v'' , Oillls of Ogden, is the Little Landers colony at San Ysldro. 14 miles south Of San Diego and one mile north of the Mexican border Cooperative colonies have been born and died na tural deaths after short periods of struggle all over the country in the last few decades, but the Little Land ers apparently are well along the road to prosperity and their future is full or promise, for with them co-opera- ! tion is uot a vital issue, but is a most ! Important essential to their well be- i Inf Mr Cillls says: The colony was founded fie years I ago by a handful of pioneers who be lieved" that a Ihing could be made easllv on one acre of ground. An acre and a living is their slogan, and . while 1 was In an Diego the Little Landers celebrated their fifth an niversary with s conTention, at which their gospel was spread and their ex periences told Men from all walks of lite make ! up the olony In all there are about 130 families living there at present. There Is B retired minister, a depart ment head from Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, several business men who gave up their establishments to seek health and Independence which the life of the colony affords, quite a num ber of men recruited from the better trades nn.l one picturesque old man of ?n wars, who declared that If he could make s living for himself off ol one sere Burelj the younger gene ration should be able to do so Besides these, there are a few families who bad ample means to start out with and are living there merelv because the like the life and not because they have to. The majorliy of the colon ists are ritybred with no previous gardening experience, and they had only a couple of hundred dollars to Man with There have been no fail ures and no selling ou. because the seller had gotten tired of the life. All s' rts oi produce are raised celery, rhubarb, small fruits and the usual variety of garden truck. Some of the colonist? have goue In for chickens with phenomenal success, as eggs are always sky-high In California , and the Little Landers system of mar-1 '-"ting Insures een better than the I market price One man has, a herd of goats and Is making a fine living from the sale of goats' milk, there be ing an active demand for Goats' milk Is said to be a strength-builder of merit. This man receives 25 and 30 cents a quart for all of this milk he can market The Little Landers have a store In San Diego whete all their products are sold. A man Is hired to manage It and all receipts over and above ac tual running expenses are returned to the colonists pro rata. Going back to the chicken business, all eggs are sent to the store In cartons, marked with the breed of poultry which laid them, and the eggs are graded. That is, they figure that White Leghorn pullet eggs will weigh from 22 to 26 ounces to the dozen A fully matured hen of the breed will produce egps weighing from 21 to 28 ounces to the dozen Other breeds of poultry lay even larger eggs and the consumer buys his eggs according to their av erage weight The eges are sorted as to color also and eah egg Is stamped with a number according with the ow'ner's name and also the date when ! the egg is laid It has been the de sire of the colonists to sell eggs by j weight only and not bv the dozen but i one of them told me that the public was not educated quite up to that point vet, although he hoped that an- I other year or so would make this plan feasible. "The colony Is laid out so that at every ion feet there will be a neigh bbr when the tract Is settled com pletely In the center of the tract is a commodious clubhouse where all meetings of a business or social na ture are held and where there Is also a dance hall, and sewing rooms for thr w i, menfolk, where they may gath er tor an afternoon of semi-social di version In the clubhouse also are phonographs, pianos and other musi cal Instruments, and this place is the center of all the social life of the community. There Is a school house and a church, but no Jail and there are j no police, nor lawyers. I was told that there had never been occasion In five yenrs for the calling In ot either an officer or an arbiter ot the law The land is sold at a nominal fig- 1 ure and in the equable climate of southern Californlana model frame and canvas houses of three rooms can he purchased for 1"5 Water for ir rlcatlon costs JL25 per acre per The colonists fairly exude con tentment with every breath and af ter the sordid strife for a right to live which Is so characteristic of city life j In southern t' allfornia. It Is witch a ; feeling of relief that one listens to the enihiisfnstlp stories of th!r ay. perienccs told by the Uttle Landers And one is forced to ask himself if these people ha.e not found a path which leaJs to that mythical country j Arcadia. "It has not been mv purpose, said Mr Clllis, in telling of the Little Land- j ers to advertise that country ip panic ular or to persuade any one to go ! there but rather to propound the I query hy cannot we have a Little Landers colon in Weber coun'y? Na tlirally, one reply would be that Weber county Is not In California, where tbe climate 8 conductive to the growing i of crops the year round. But wait Several years ago the leading paper in Kansas City started a campaign In the spring which would have as its J result the answering of the question. What will an acre produce'' I watched ! the course of events all summer as 1 chronicled b the new spuper and when the last crop had been garnered from the acre which won the prize it was found that the plot of ground had pro- duced, net. 1300 worth of crop. Two men had tilled the ground. Surely this was preity good for a summer's work even for two men, and surely the climate of Kansas Cltj Is no more adapted to such results than U Og den s J There Is plenty of land around Og j den sultalde to tlie launching of such a colony, and the really only one great essential is for some one ot our wealthy men to do as was done at San Ysldro stand back of the proj- t' ! ect with his means and counsel, help j Ing the colonists over the rough places ! thereby bringing contentment and hap j pjness to a few score families and making of hlmsell an unconscious philanthropist of the right stamp." oo H TINKER CONFERS 1 WITH FEDERALS I Chicago, III . Dec. 2b. A final con jlfe ference between Joe Tinker and the la Federal league Is scheduled for late !H todav according to the Chicago Dally & ' News Tinker said to have acknowi- (pi, edged that he has been negotiating O with the Federals for several days ij I The terms offered the deposed man- H Bg0r of the Cincinnati league by the $9 new league are said to be a three m war contract at $12,000 a year with nf an option on a block of stock to be ' paid for out of dividends. In the course of the day It became rumored that Tinker would sign with MB the Federals at the afternoon meet- En UU liflj Rome Italy Dec. 26 -No additional K bodies have been found In the ruins of the fireworks factory destroyed by sm an explosion at Torre Annunzlata yes- lerdny Fourteen employes were kill- X ed and five 4nl in lured by the gi explosion. ijPj