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I ImrmI VOLUME XIII. ATLANTA, GA... TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913 NO. 28. h EXPERTS IN SCIENCE FROM ALL SECTIONS HERE Fi MEETING Association for Advancement of Science Opens Annual Session With Hundreds of Visitors Present w-' Atlanta has entered on one of the busiest weeks she has known as a hos tess. Her visitors are men of science crom every part of the United States— the fellows and members of the Amer ican Association for the Advancement Science. The occasion is the six ty-fifth general meeting of that asso ciation. The meeting of the association will continue from Monday morning till Sat urday afternoon. The program is weighty with scientific subjects which will be discussed by experts who have attained national recognition. Kvery im portant line of scientific research is represented in it. The association is composed of rep resentatives of numerous scientific so cieties. Jts organization, is subdivided into eleven sections, covering respec tively the fields of mathematics, as tronomy, physics, chemistry, mechani cal science and engineering, geology and geography, zoology, botany, anthro pology and psychology, social and eco nomic science, physiology and" experi mental medicine, and education. Each section has its own vice president and seretary, and each will observe its own program in its own hall this week. FKOUKAM NOT COMPLETE. J he lull program of. the association's meeting was not made public until Monday morning, and even that is not complete, it is full of subjects of in terest not only to scientists but- to the general public. Each-society and eaclt section has its own program, no two conflicting, each being distinct from all others, and, ifl compiled form they till sixty-six pages of a pamphiet. Following is a summary of the sec tional programs: The section of mathematics and as- .ronomy will hold but one session. It will meet Tuesday atternoon jointly tvilh :the Astronomical and Astrophysi- cai Society of America at 2 o'clock at the Georgia School of Technology. The latter society will continue meeting during the week, holding morning and afternoon sessions at Tech. The physics section will merge its meetings with those of the American Physical society Tuesday and Wednes day morning and afternoon at Tech. The chemistry section will begin its . meetings Wednesday morning with, a TtKfrt—Sessmrn'wtth.- section B at Tech, it will meet there * again Wednesday vening. It will meet Thursday morn ing at the Winecoff hotel with the Georgia section of the American Chemi cal society, the Georgiaris having re served an entire floor of the Winecoff for the entertainment of the visiting chemists and those interested in chem istry. A smoker will be held there Thursday evening. HOLD JOINT SESSION. The mechanical science and engineer ing section will meet at Tech Tues day morning and yigain Tuesday after noon. Wednesday morning it will hold a joint session with the section of so cial and economic science for a sym posium on highway policies and en gineering. It will meet again Wed nesday afternoon and again Thursday afternpos. The section on geology and geography till meet in the senate chamber of the state Capitol Monday- afternoon, and v/ill continue meeting each morning and afternoon the remainder of the week. The. section of zoology began its work Monday morning in the histologi cal building of the Atlanta Medical college. It met again at 2 o’clock and again at 4 o’clock for a business ses sion. It will continue Tuesday morn ing and Tuesday- afternoon it will hold a joint session with the Entomological Society of America. SLAYER HOLDS POSSE OF 200 MEN AT BAY JACKSON DENTIST FOUND TWO DAYS AFTER SUICIDE Dr, M, D, Lanier Bolts Door and Takes Both Chloro form and Ether (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) JACKSON, Ga„ Dec. 2 9.—-Shutting himself in his room Saturday night, Dr. M. D. La.nier, a dentist who came to Jackson from Sylvania several weeks ago, killed himself by taking both chloroform and ether. His body was found this morning in his room in the Baptist pastorium, in which he lived. It is thought he had been dead since Saturday night. A bottle of chloroform was grasped in one hand and a bottle of ether in the other. Several notes were found, one saying that death was preferable to his pres ent condition. Ill health is thought to have been the motive of the deed. Dr. Lanier, jvho was sixty-two years of age, came to Jackson last fall in search of health. He was a native of Oliver, Ga.. and practiced dentistry in Savannah for a long number of years, later going to Sylvania. He belonged to a prominent south Georgia family, Prof W. R. Lanier, a nephew, having been superintendent of schools in Jackson for four years. He is survived by. his wife and several. children, who reside in Syl vania, one sister and five brothers. A coroner’s inquest was held this morning and the body will be taken to his old home for funeral and interment. BISHOP FROM DOSE OF POISON Magician Declares He “Saw the Devil Walking in Their Eyes and Had to Kill Them” Old Stomach Pump Put Good Use After Mistake in Medicine’ to (By Associated Press.) BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 29.—Bishop Collins Denny, of the Methodist Epis copal church, south, was reported today to have entirely recovered from the ef fects of a dose of poison he stvallowed by mistake last Tuesday at his home in Richmond, Va. Bishop Denny has been here with his wife and daughter since last Saturday, but it was declared by his brother, former Congressman James W. Denny, the bishop did not come to Baltimore for medical treat ment. - Bishop Denny had been suffering from a minor ailment and took a liquid solution of poison in mistake for his medicine. A physician was stomach pump wa? found in the house and this was used with good effect. (By Associated Press.) CINCINNATI, Dec. 29.—"I saw the devil walking in, their eyes.” This was the reason Robert Maloney gave today for having killed his wife and baby daughter in a local hotel last night. His wife’s maiden name was Othello llarri- man and they were married two years ago in Little Rock, Ark. Her father lives at Cushing, Okla. Maloney was a magician and he registered at the hotel under his stage nameTof J. R. Willard. The double tragedy occurred in the Maloneys’ room. Mrs. Maloney and her baby, one years old, were shot as they slept. Immediately afterward Maloney rushed from his room and out to Sus pension bridge, where he was captured by a policeman. Maloney cried repeatedly in his cell that he had to kill his wife ‘‘because he saw the demon of darkness in her eyes and in those of the baby.” “I hated to do it, but it •’had to be done,” he cried when the coroner questioned him. The coroner expressed the opinion that Ma loney’s mind was unbalanced. The ma gician had not had an engagement for a month. He said he was the son of ‘AVillard the Wizard,” who had retired and now was living in San Antonio. Immediately after the shooting Ma loney, who was dressed in his under clothing, ran screaming out of the room carrying a revolver. "Men tried to stop him as he ran down the street, but he waved them aside with his revolver. When he readied the suspension bridge W. T. Curry, the tender, at tempted to intercept him. Maloney struck Curry a powerful blow in the face, knocking him down, and ran on. He finally was captured in the center of the bridge by Policeman James Holmes. THINKS EXPLORER’S SHIP HAS MET WITH DISASTER NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 29.— The fear that the Karluk, one of the vessels of the Stefansson artic expe dition, was doomed, .was expressed by Stephen Cottle in a letter written Octo for his medicine. A physician was Stephen Cottle in a letter written, ucio- . * ... . . • called^-but before he arrived' art olvtrber 17' r £nd just received"here! J Motile mcTuamg those ‘or forty-four children, SCHMIDT NEAR COLLAPSE AS TRIAL NEARS CLOSE (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Hans Schmidt, rhurderer of Anna Aumuller, probably will know his fate late today. The case is expected to go to the jury this afternoon and with the issue so plainly defined both sides believe a verdict will be reached with little delay. William K. Olcott, chief of Schmidt's counsel, expects a verdict of acquittal on the ground of insanity. The prosecution is equally confident of conviction of mur der in the first degree. Schmidt was reported to be near col lapse in his cell in the Tombs yester day. Prison officials said he was un doubtedly showing the strain of the ordeal. .SUFFRAGE LEADER MAY NOT LIVE THROUGH DAY AMERICAN WOMAN FAILS TO APPEAR FOR. HER TRIAL Widow of Former Consul For feits Bond of $250 Made in London was on board the steamer Belvedere, which was held fast in the ice, ten miles off Demarkation Point, Alaska. ‘‘Dr. Anderson,” he wrote, ‘‘is stuck about seventy-five miles west of us. with the two small vessels of the Stefansson expedition; the Karluk was last seen about ten miles off shore oif Flaxman island, four days ahead of us. We can get no further news from them and I fear it is the last of the Kar- luk. We are in hopes the crew has been able to reach a place of safety to the west of us.” Mrs, Lrllian Devereu^x Blake Desperately III at New Jersey Sanitarium NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Lillian Dever- eux Blake, a pioneer in the woman suf frage movement in this country, who is ill iri an Englewood, N. J., sanitarium, is not expected to live through the day. According to the attending physician she has been steadily growing weaker since last night, and may pass away at any time. Mrs. Blake, who is eighty years old, was for many years known as the cham pion of women’s rights. For eleven years she was president of the New York State Woman Suffrage association. She was also prominent in national suffrage organizations. Boy of 13 Arrested On Charge of Murder 5 I (By Associated Press.) PITTSBURG. Dec. 29.—Firing as he j ran, Henry Rokowski, who last night shot and killed Constable Martin Windt, and probably fatally wounded two oth er persons at West Homestead, a sub urb, held a posse of 200 deputies and citizens at bay, on the 1 f Is above Mo- nongahela valley early today. The shots were returned but Rokowski escaped to a deserted cabin where he barricaded the doors and, taking position at a win dow, fired at every movement within range. Soon after daybreak the posse was reinforced by a party of county detec tives and preparations were made to rush the fugitive. Mrs. Estella Yekbik, who was shot twice when she refused to admit Ro- j kowski to her house after he had killed j the constable, was in the Homestead hos- pi. .. hovering near death with a bul let wound close to her heart and an other in her head, while the doctors mo mentarily expected the death of Ignatz Ratfkpski, who had gone to her assist ance. The aged father of Rokowski, who had be«*n beaten by th-~ son yesterday afternoon and for whi. h Constable Windt tried to arrest him, was held in the police station as a witness. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Dec* 29.—Surety of $250 given by the American consul general i in London was forfeited today when*! Mrs. Sheridan Pitt Read, widow of a : CHATTANOOGA, Te n., Dec. 29.—Fol- former American consul at Tien Tsin, lowing the death of a young playmate China, failed to appear to answer the I whom he struck in the head with a rock charge of obtaining credit on false pre- j several days ago, Mabron Smith, thir- tenses, which arose out of a bill for j teen years of age and member of a well $40 presented by a London hotel. J. Arthur Bariatt, an American law yer, told the magistrate today the Child Victims of Calumet “Fire” Panic Biiried While Thousands Chant Hymns 4 ■ \ * >*■ s DEAD WISE PILED TO CEZLIITO INSIDE THIS DOORWAY. Procession of Mourners at Funeral Sunday Afternoon Was Over Two Miles Long, . Fort^-four of Dead Were * Children (By Associated Press.> CALUMET, Mich., Dec. 29.—The Western Federation of Miners buried : Z. _ J. . , a ' ' ' . . . money for bail had been handed to the American consul general by a woman, letters from whom had been found on Mrs. Read at the time of her arrest. The lawyer also mentioned that letters and cablegrams from Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and others offering to assist her, had been received. The police magis trate issued an arrest warrant and an extradition warrant, remarking that bai. appeared to have been furnished that the accused might escape. BODY, PACKED IN TRUNK, IS DUMPED INTO GUTTER NEW YORK. Dec. 29.—A trunk con taining the still warm body of a man, which had been bound, then murdered, was dumped out of a push cart in the heart of the East Side today and left in the gutter. "Look out for this trunk and we will pay you when we return,” said one of the two men who led the cart to a passing boy. The boy watched it thirty minutes, then told a policeman. The victim was about forty years cld and emaciated. The lower part of his face was muffled in a red bandana ’• HidkerchieT" by which, the police be lieved, he had been smothered. The body had been doubled up and packed in the trunk with a covering of straw. ACTRESS IS KILLED IN PLUNGE FROM WINDOW No One Knows Whether Wom an Jumped or Fell to Her Death (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Mrs. George Se- cord, thirty years old, an actress, fell or jumped from a fifth story window in a hotel here today and was killed. No one saw the fall. Mrs. Secord’s husband is an actor. He left Chicago Saturday to join his company. Mrs. Secord left a sealed letter ad dressed to her husband at Appleton, Wis. Her parents live in Hopkinton, Iowa. were carried through the streets, down a winding country highway and laid in graves in a snow-enshrouded cemetery within sight of Lake Superior. Thousands of saddened miners formed the escort of the funeral parties and passed between other thousands who as spectators testified to the grief that oppressed the community since seventy- two men, women and children were killed in the Christmas Eve panic in Italian hall. For hours the Sabbath calm was broken by the tolling of bells and the sound of voices intoning‘burial chants. In half a dozen churches services were heid earlier in the day, and the mourn ers went about the streets, passing from their homes to the churches, back to their homes, after brief respites, ana again to the churches to prepare for the last sad trip to the gravesides. NOT ENOUGH HEARSES. The supply of hearses was inade quate, and there were only fourteen of these vehicles in the van. Then came three undertakers’ wagons and an au tomobile truck, the latter carrying three coffins. These vehicles contained the adult victims and the older children. Be side one marched eight women who acted as pallbearers for a . member of tne woman’s auxiliary of "the Western federation. Behind the hearses was a* section oi the procession which brought tears and sobs from onlookers. Thirty-nine whit© coffins, their size testifying to the short yfe of the little forms with in, were carried by relays of strikers. Four men bore each coffin and as their arms grew weary or their feet slipped on ' the roadway, companions relieved them of their burden. MOURNERS CHANT HYMNS. Fifty singers chanted hymns in the wake of those carrying the children’s coffins. Most of these men were Eng lish miners, who had learned in Corn wall to chant Christmas carols in the streets and years ago brought this old known family, was arrested today upon I = ustom to ‘ h « copper country. Today, a charge of murder. He will be given a | however, they did not smg songs of a i new life born. ‘‘Jesus Lover of My Saturday. BELMONTS FINED FOR BREAKING GAME LAWS Soul,” “Rock of Ages” and “Nearer, My crod to Thee” came from throats thick with emotion, but the harmonies were full and rich. As the singers turned into Hine I street, which led to the cemetery road, COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 29.—August the open ranks of marchers wheeled Belmont, Morgan Belmont and C. Oliver into line. Ishpheming and Negaunee Iselin, Jr., all of New York, paid fines men came first, followed by a brass Saturday, aggregating $300, for viola- band and the members of the copper tion of the state game laws by hunting country locals. without non-resident licenses, according The last marcher had scarcely to A. A. Richardson, chief game war-; started from Calumet before the head den of South Carolina, who returned to- of the procession had reached the cem- day to Columbia. All were required to | etery gates, two miles away. ™. out non - resldent hunter ' s u 'iCalumet Miners Seek According to' Mr. Richardson, Mr.! Mail WTlO Cried “Fil’6“ Belmont haid he was perfectly willing! CALUMET. Mich., Dec. 29.—With the to pay the fine imposed, the violating most of its dead buriedi CaUlm ' et today having been due to his negligence in failing to secure licenses for himself and his guests. The party was hunt ing on Mr. Belmont’s game preserve, known as the Paugramauga club, seven miles from Garnett, S. C., in the Savan nah river vall<|y. Members of the party turned its attention to the coroner's inquest into the Christmas eve panic, which cost the lives of seventy-two per sons and to the Houghton county grand jury investigation of the forcible ejec tion from the copper country of Charles H. Moyer, president of the had just killed two fine deer when Mr. I Western Federation of Miners. Richardson arrived. CAPT. R. L. SMITH DIES SUDDENLY AT ALBANY (By Associated Press,) MACON, Ga., Dec. 29.—Captain R.Lin- wood Smith, 41 years old, who has been running on the Macon-Albany division of the Central of Georgia railroad, was found dead in his roerm at Albany yes terday afternoon. Captain Smith was one of the best known conductors on the Central. The body will be brought here. POLICE DETAIN THREE MEN FOUND WITH EXPLOSIVES (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Dec. 29.—By- refusing to say to what purpose they intended putting an infernal machine, firearms, explosives, dynamite caps and fuses, found in a sail boat, three men arrested Saturday night by the Rich mond police, across the bay from San Francisco, caused a score of detectives much Work with few developments. The men are Charles King. Joseph Browln and H. G. Hanlon. King is said to have been the leader of the trio,- The Richmond and Oakland po licy say they have information that Kihg is a professional dynamiter. ( ' ■■■ John B. Densmore, solicitor for the lepartment of labor, is expected here today to investigate the strike of the copper miners. Gathering of evidence as to the iden tity of the men who escorted Moyer out of Hancock Friday night was con tinued by strike leaders. The man who shouted the false alarm of “fire,” thereby causing the panic at the Christ mas tree celebration for the children of striking miners, remains at large. Union men intimated, however, that they have a clue to his identity and that an arrest may he made soon. v Several witnesses, who expected to testify at the coroner’s inquest, were prepared to say that the cry of “fire.” which started the panic, came from near the center of the hall, instead of from the doorway as was related in first accounts. Entrance to Italian hall at Calumet, Mich., where fifty-nine met death in a panic uhat was started by a false Are alarm on Christmas Eve. ARE HEMMED IN MINE (By Associated Press.) PINEVILLE, Ky„ Dec. 29.—The Hen- its dead yesterday. Fifty-nine bodies, dilcksou clan of mountaineers, who fought refuge Sn the mine between here and Ely, Ky., last Thursday, is still in hiding there today. Shortly before dawn three men were seen to approach the Knox county entrance to the mine. The guard there gave the alarm, but before help arrived the men disappeared. Later two men were seen at the four-mile en trance, but disappeared immediately into the recesses of the mine shaft. The belief that the number of clans men in the mine is not as great as was at first supposed was confirmed when George Hendrickson, a cousin of “Hap py Jack” Hendrickson, and who was sup posed to be in the mine, was arrested at the home of a man on what is known as “Sandy Creek.” George Hendrickson participated in the battle between the clan and the sheriff’s posse, at the home of “Happy Jack” Hendrickson. He was wounded in the hip. He was charged with murder and shooting with intent to kill. It is be lieved others who took part,in that bat tle did not go to the mine. Twenty additional citizens of Pine- ville and ten from Barboursville have been sworn in as deputy sheriffs, and with this augmented force the six en trances to the mine are being guarded by four shifts of men, each working six Hours. * The trouble started Wednesday, when it is alleged “Happy Jack” Hendrick son, leader of the clan, killed a man, and after reaching his home he, with friends and relatives, engaged in a bat tle with a sheriff’s posse. After the skirmish the Hendricksons fled to the mountains and were traced by bloodhounds to the abandoned mine shaft. FARMERS ARE AROUSED BY COLEMAN MURDER (By Associated Press.) CHESTERTOWN, Md. f Dec. 29.—Kent county farmers streamed into town to day for the meeting of the grand jury named to take up the case of the ne groes accused of the murder of James R. Coleman, a well-to-do farmer. Outwardly, at least, the population was calm and the authorities seemed satisfied there w T ould be no repetition of the wild scenes of last Saturday night when a mob unsuccessfully storm ed the jail w’ith the avowed intention of lynching the prisoners. Inside the jail this morning the con fessions of James Parraway and Nor man Mabel were repeated and reduced to writing for presentation to the grand jury. Parraway has admitted he was the slayer of Coleman and that Mabel robbed the body. FRENCH BISHOP FORBIDS TANGO IN HIS DIOCESE RESERVE OINK SYSTEM RAPIDLY BEING FORMED (By Associated Press.) - .WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.--Copies of the federal reserve act, the resolution to be adopted by banks which wish to enter the system and thp blank drawn by the organization committee for use of applicants for membership will be mailed today to every national bank in the United States. There are 7,500 national banks in the country and since the time limit for their entrance into the system was set by congress at sixty days, treasury of ficials will bend all their energies to morrow to give them this sort of for mal notification of the enactment of the law. The other 35,000 banks in the United States will be notified as soon as the national ban£ list has been com-, pleted. There is no time limit upon banks of the latter classification. The physical effort to get 7,500 en velopes and pieces of mail ready to post by tonight will tax the treasury department’s resources. A special force of trained men was put to work early in the day, however, and the organization committee hopes it will be able to finish the task by nightfall. Scores of telegrams from applicant banks continued to reach the treasury today. Holds City Office 17 Years Without Pay; Now He Will Resign ORANGE, N. J., Dec. 29.—After having given seventeen years of service without pay to his home town, William H. Kemp, a retired New York City banker will re sign tonight as president of the township committee, the governing body 6f South Orange township, N. J. As president of the committee and president of the board of education from which he retired several years ago, Mr. Kemp attended on an average of three meetings a week for seventeen years. At $10 a meeting to which he was entitled and which he always refused to accept, it was figured he had turned $26,520 back into the township treasury. BURLESON PROMULGATES NEW PARCEL POST RULE WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Postmaster General Burleson has barred from the mails any parcel containing the body of any wild animal or bird killed in viola tion of the laws of any state, territory or district. Such game animals or birds may be shipped by mail when they have been taken lawfifily, but not beyond the second parcel post zone. All such parcels, including those con taining furs, skins, skulls, meat and plumage of birds may be accepted for mailing only when their contents are marked plainly on the outside of the package. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS INCREASE AT CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Automobile BAR-LE-DUC, France, Dec. 29.—The! accidents in Washington are increasing, bishop of Verdun today issued a pastor- j according: to statistics compiled by the al letter forbidding the dancing of the! P°li ce department. The figures show tango in his diocese.. j that since January 1, 1913, fifteen per- “The tango is intensely dangerous,” he I son f have been lulled, forty-two seri- says. “It is one of the greatest dissolv- ousl >' >^ ure<3 and 28, persons received ents of the morality .of France.” j ™ ,nor h ’ lrt ^ as ‘ be , result of automo- He appeals to all Christian families to blle accidents. While the toll of deaths exclude it from their homes. was ‘ w0 le / s thls >' ear than ,n ^} 2 ’ * be number of injured was considerably A special request was addressed to all I the clergy in the diocese to call the at- j tention of their congregation to the bish op’s letter. i greater. Men, Women and Children Crushed in Rush for Exits After False Alarm at Christ mas Celebration SHOT WHILE HUNTING, BOY DIES OF WOUNDS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 29.— James Julian Cates, Jr., fourteen years of age, died at the home of his father EXPLOSION OF GAS IS FATAL TO THREE MEN (By Associated Prees.) BICKNELL, Ind., Dec. 29.—Three men | Squire John W. Cates, near Cleveland, were killed and four were entrapped by Tenn., yesterday from the effects of a nn explosion of gas in the Indian creek gunshot wound in the hand, received by mine near here today. The blast oc- the accidental dischaKe of a gun in the curred just as the night shift of 150 men hands of a companion while out hunting was leaving the mine. two weeks ago. r )* (By Associated Press. 1 CALUMET, Mich., ,.Dee. 29.—Holiday festivities were forgotten Christmas as nearly the entire population joined ih making arrangements for a public ftp- neral of the eighty persons, • mostly children, who lost thetr lives in a panic, at a Christmas celebration Wednesday night tor the children of copper mine strikers. The coroner continued his work of impannelling a jury to make an inves tigation of the panic and public meet ings were held in nearby towns to take subscriptions for the bereaved families. Out of respect for the childless homes many parents dismantled Christmas trees. A bearded man who is said to! have started the panic when he ap peared in the doorway of the hall and yelled "fire," is being sought by the authorities and officials of the miners’ union. Thorough investigation showed there had been no fire near the hall. The exact number of dead is still unknown this morning. Although sev,- enty-four bodies had been recovered anil identified it was believed half a dozen or more were taken home by relatives. The identified dead include thirty-seven girls, nineteen boys, thirteen womejr and five men. Most of the dead are children of miners who have been on strike since last summer and who are being supported during their idleness by labor organizations. MAN MAT BE LYNCHED. Because of conditions surrounding* the prolonged strike which has been contested bitterly by both the miners and the operators it is feared that should the unknown man who yelled “fire” be apprehended a lynching may! follow. President Meyer, of the West ern Federation of Miners, in a telegram 1 to President Wilson last night said, according to his best information, m, one In sympathy with the strikers brought about the catastrophe. So bitter has been the labor trouble that President Moyer today declared “the Western Federation of Miners will bury its own dead,” and that "no aid will be accepted from any of those cit izens.” He said organized labor will take care of the relatives of the de ceased. Regardless of this attitude, the citi zens of Calumet. Houghton, Red Jacket, Louline and other nearby villages con tinued the collection of funds which will be turned over to relatives of the, victims. It Is probable all work will be suspended in the copper mining dis trict when the public funeral of the dead Is held. Whole families were wiped out in the rush which followed the cry of fire. The Christmas exercises wore being held in Italian Hall by the women's auxiliary of the miners’ union and chil dren predominated. The cry of fire was taken up in many different languages and in an instant most of the 700 per sons in fhe hall were panic stricken. The children had been formed in line and were just starting toward the plat form in the front of the hall to receive Christmas presents, when the shout of fire was heard. Many miners and their wives had accompained their children to the exercises, and occupied seats in the hall. Both parents and children made a dash for the exits. Men were power less to rescue their children from ths rush for the doors. The crush was so great that many are believed to have been suffocated. Others were knocked down and tramp led. The greatest number of dead was found at the bottom of the stairs. Those who reached the stairs first had been hurled to the bottom and covered with the weight of many bodies. A few persons were successful in reach ing a fire escape at the rear of the hall. A few escaped uninjured, by jumping from windows to the grouna, only a few feet below. When the crush at the main exit was at its height the impossibility of further movement seemed to bring the penicky persons to their senses, and the hall soon was cleared. Policemen and firemen hur ried to the building, but «t first could not gain entrance because of the con gestion of bodies in the hallway and on the 'stairs. Finally several officers climbed the fire escape and entered the hall by the windows. Rescuers soon were carrying thUt bodies to the street and laying them In rows beside the building. The bodies later were removed to the Red Jacket village hall, which was transferred into a temporary morgue. For hours the streets were crowded with women calling for their children- Both men and women fought frantical ly to get a view of the dead in an ef fort to learn if any of their relatives were among the number. Few of ths corpses bore marks of Injury. STORIES OF THE PANIC. Many tales of the fire and of the crusn during the height of the panio were told today. One man was seen to stoop to pick up his little daugh- to trample her beneath him. O wom- ter only to De pushed on and forced an who ran to the aid of three small boys was crushed to death with them. When the rush began a woman went to the piano and began playing. An other woman stood in the center of the stage on which the Christmas tree had been erected and started to sing. Their e. rts to quell the panic were futile, as they were not heard above the tumult. Matel Ketzjarvi, his wife and two daughters, were all killed. Christian Klarich and his two daughters were crushed to death, but Mrs. Klarich es- ed. John Heikkenen and Henry Manlew and their children were ail 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 girl was killed. A large num ber of families lost two or more chil dren. More than fifty of the dead were und.r ten years of age. GREAT BRITAIN PLANS FOR AN AIRSHIP FLEET (By Associated PresO LONDON, Dec. 29.—According to the Daily Citizen there are substantial grounds for saying- the naval estimate next session will be swollen by more than $5,000,000 for an airship fleet. This proposed airship fleet will consist ofi eight or ten dirigibles to begin with.