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New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
GIRL CHOPS ARM
TO DIE FOR LOVE
Victim of Odd Mania Inflicts
TWenty-siX Wounds on Her.
self with Axe.
IFrom The Tribuno correspondent ]

Hampstead, Long Island, Dec. n
Lying on the floor in a faint, with her
left arm hacked until the flesh was cut
TO ribbons. Miss Jennie Haff. eighteen
years old. was found in the woodshed
Al the rear Of her home in Grove street
this afternoon. She was taken 10 the
Nassau Hospital. where it vas said
She Niu probably die from the loss OF
blood.
\ mania seized the girl while she
was alone i'm the house. it is believed.
and going to the woodshed she at
tempted to end her life by severing the
arteries in her arm with an axe. She
apparently had every reason to be
happy At home, and only few days
ago her engagement was announced TO
Howard Valentine, an employe in the
Brooklyn postoffice.
Il was when Mrs. Half the mother,
returned from a shopping tour to-day
that she discovered her wounded
daughter. The girl moaned dellriously
that she wanted TO die because she was
not worthy Of her suitor.
Going TO the woodshed. the girl
placed her left arm on chopping
block and struck ii repeatedly with the
keen axe. When found her arm was
broken in two places. while there were
twenty-six gashes inflicted. Physi-
clans last night expressed wonder that
Miss Han was able TO infict so many
blows. II Will be necessary TO ampu-
tate the arm II the girl recoyers suf-
fcient strength 10 undergo the opera
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
You CAN USE THOSE
GIFT RUBBERS TO-DAY.

This day, as they say at the ar
mory. is Christmas, and this story,
as you will say yourself will give
you no idea Of what the weather will
be, for il is based on nothing moro
substantial than the weather fore.
casters predictions.
Taking that as an excuse to ram
BILE on. the morning and early after
noon will be cloudy, and rain may
finish up the merry day. The fore
caster sincerely hopes that il won't
rain. but il is doubtful if his desires
will carry much influence.
On Friday, he remarks cheerfully,
we may have snow. He will not
venture to say how heavy the storm
may be.
He stops there. He refuses to
guess beyond Friday.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
GETS THE W00DCH0PPERS'
President Admired Painting
Christmas Gift from Wife.

painting which President Woodrow
Wilson has long admired will be one
OF his most priced Christmas gifts.
The art work is a landscape, THE
Woodchoppers, by II Hobart Nichols,
widely known as a landscape artist,
formerly Of Washington and whose
studio now is at Bronxville. y. y.
The canvas has been on view in the
Corcoran GALLERY, in Washington,
where the President had seen it and
expressed his admiration for the work.
With knowledge of this, Mrs. Wilson
bought the picture and has made IL a
Christmas gift to her husband.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
PLAYS SANTA CLAUS AT 81
Russell Judd, Yale, 40, and
Pauper, Needs No Makeup.
fBy Teierraph 70 Tho Tribune.

Marshall, Mich, Dec. 24--Russell p.
Judd. ninety-seven years old a mem
Der Of the Yale class Of 46. played the
role Of Santa Claus at the Calhoun
County Poor House this evening. Not
much Of a costume was needed. his
howing white beard and benign coun-
to the usual portrayal Of Santa Claus.
Judd is son Of Russell Judd, once
dean Of the Lane Theological Semi
nary. He was born in Cincinnati.
Though feeble physically he is vigor-
Gus mentally, and keeps abreast Of cur
rent events.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
LOUIS S0CKALEXIS DEAD
Penobscot Indian Famous as
Ball Player and Athlete

Bangor, Me. Dec. 24.-Louls Socka-
lexis. a Penobscot Indian who won
fame as "A ball player. dropped dead
logging operation in the town OF Bur
lington to-day. His body was removed
to his home i'm old Town tonight
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
Only Three in Hospitals.

There vas not much work for the
many doctors who hurried to the scene
nc soon as the alarm was spread, for
those WHO we're not killed in the first
rush were held upright and safe by the
very force of the onrush toward the
exit. only three injured persons were
taken to hospitals, and A few went
home with the assistance OF friends.
For many days the children Of the
conner mine strikers had waited ex-
nectantlv for the Christmas tree eXer-
cises that had been arranged by the
Woman's Auxiliary Of the Western
Federation Of Miners. The entertain
ment was set for the early evening. and
the hall. which is on the second floor,
was soon filed to its limit.
The children selected TO recite Christ
mas selections and sing carols had fin
ished their part OF the programme, and
the man selected to play the part OF
Santa Claus had appeared TO distribute
the presents that were piled around the
large illuminated tree.
The children were instructed TO
march up the aisles TO the tree. so
that the presents could be handed 10
them. The aisles were filed with the
boys and girls when a large, bearded
man thrust his head in at the door OF
the main hallway and shouted Fire
Woman's Efforts Useless
Mrs. Cesar who was near the door,
realized the import .of the act, and
seized the man by the shoulders and
tried TO counteract the alarm. 1t was
useless. The man wrested himself
from her grasp and ran away. The
cry OF Fire" was repeated through
out the room.
The word was shouted in several lam
cuages as parents rose and rushed for
ward to get their children. The lives
were crushed out in almost twinkling.
Then the physical impossibility OF
further movement brought the panicky
persons to their senses. II was re-
allied too late that there was no fire,
but most of those in the hall could not
get out OF the jam that they had
caused.
Policemen and firemen hurried to the
to find the hall congested.
Several officers climbed the fire es-
capes and entered by the windows. In
n short time the uninjured and the
faint had been pulled from the tangle
of human beings and placed in the
front OF the hall
Corpses Set on Chairs.
Other men began to pull the bodies
Of the dead and helpless from the stair
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25

Calumet. Mich. Dec. 2i.-At least
eighty-three persons, mostly childreh'
were killed tonight at a Christmas
celebration Of copper mine strikers IN
an Italian hall because of a needless
panic caused by a false alarm OF fre.
While several hundred miners and
their wives looked on, the children
pressed eagerly toward the stage 10
receive Christmas presents. Just tneh
a man put his head through the door
of the hall and yelled Fire
The cry was taken up by those in
the hall. Every one started for the
doors. The weaker were thrown 10
the floor and those behind tried to
climb over those ahead of them.
Panic Follows False Alarm.
The stairway and other avenues Of
egress were blocked, so that those in
side could not get out and those With
out could not get in to aid the panic
stricken crowd in the hall. II was some
time before the panic subsded.
The alarm was spread outside the
hall by a few persons who had been
near the door and had escaped unhurt.
\ crowd soon assembled and the work
of clearing. the hall was begun.
The principal exit was narrow
stairway at the back of the hall.
When this had been cleared of the
bodies that filled It to the top and
quick accounting had been made 1t was
found that seventy-four corpses had
been piled up beside the hall buiidips'
II is thought that a dozen others we're
carried away by friends.
The dead that were piled up beside
the hall included thirty-seven girls
nineteen boys. thirteen women and fve
men. Excited men and women STOOD
about the building, some dazed by the
sudden change from holiday festivities
To tragedy. others calling hystericaily
for q missing child, and few even
threatening violence to the rescuers for
keeping them back from the long row
of bodies
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
Stairway Packed with Dead.

! The greatest number of dead in any
! one place. however. was at the bottom
Of the stairs. Those who reached the
stairs first were evidently hurled to
the bottom by those behind, and in this
fashion the stairway was filled TO the
ceiling.
That death in most instances was
due to suffocation under the weight OF
those who fell last was indicated by
the fact that few OF the corpses bore
marks Of injuries. Bodies were
crumpled and broken. but the features
were not cut or bruised.
Precaution. Taken Against Fire.
II was ascertained that there was
no fire in the building TO cause the
alarm. Even the Christmas tree did
not show any evidence Of fire. 1t was
lighted by electricity and every pre-
caution had been taken by those In
charge of the entertainment TO avoid
danger on account OF the large number
OF children.
Mrs. Annie Clemens. president OF the
yomen's auxiliary, in charge Of the en-
tertainment. said that she was on the
stage directing the distribution of gifts
when the panic started. She and other
women had been intent on keeping the
children in line and orderly, as they
were eager to see what Santa Claus
had brought them.
Mrs. Clemens said that the boys and
girls had been very patient in spite Of
the tiresome wait. and that the women
of the committee had just remarked to
each other how well the youngsters
behaved, when the cry Of Fire" spread
through the house. She said the
women In charge tried TO seem the on
rush and quiet the people. but their
shouts of warning that nothing was
wrong were futile.
The children even were seized with
panic, but the smaller ones. many not
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25

No New Year'sdinner complete without An
eostura 6Itters Delicious appetizer g. tonic
-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
Over 500 Children in the Hall.

OF the 700 persons in the hall more
than three-fourths were children. many
of them having gone without their par
ents. These fathers and mothers soon
confusion. They did not understand
what had taken place and hindercd the
rescuers by insisting on information Is
TO what was the matter.
There was a fire escape at the rear
Of the building. but only those who
we're very near it could make any use
Of it until after the fatal rush was
over. Probably not more than a hun
dred persons escaped the first rush by
way Of this fire escape. About a score
more jumped from the windows near
which they sat. AS it was not many
feet from the ground. the jump did not
cause injury.
The Italian hall was built about five
years ago and was we'll provided for
emergencies, IL was thought. The en-
trance was a hallway about ten feet
deep. A stairway about eight feet wide
led up from this vestibule to a small
landing about eight by ten feet. The
main door of the hall opened on this
landing. There is a small cloak room
about ten feet square 10 one side ot
the main door.
The loss of life was heavy at the
small door OF this room. The rush APP
parently turned many against the door
of this room and crushed them to death
within the doorway
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
GENERAL.

So Killed at Christmas Festival. .... !
Wilson Greets Three States. l
Glynn and Osborne Play Hide and Seek q
+. G. Dale Divorced in Reno. ....... q
Relatives TO Aid Lawyers Slave. 2
Turn Bull Ring Into Battlefield 60. q
Munsey Clinches Grip on L. S. Trust. 3
McAdoo Begins Picking Bank cities 3
steel 10 Fight l.. 5. Suit............. 4
Even l.. S. Honor To BE Arbitrated. 4
Community Trees in Many Cities. ~ s
Missouri Mulcts Lumber Trust. Ia
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
Enormous Night Force.

/
/ longer
Enormous Night Force.
The new law permits MS 20 put on an
enormous night force. so that all the
mail arriving at night is sorted and
ready for fresh carriers 20 take out the
! first thing I'm the morning. Mail Is be-
ing sent out at half-hour intervals.
We have arranged TO work all day
Christmas. or until the postofice IS
cleared. even II far into the night. but
we expect that parcels received this
evening and even until noon tomorrow
! will be delivered before dinner time
About noon yesterday the postmaster
took a stroll through the corridors ~
the general pOstofiice and sighed Nth
relief when he saw that the long lines
OF men, women and children anxious 10
dispatch their gifts had dwindlcd be-
fore each r.indow 10 mere handful Of
Hurried and exhausted beings. This
meant that the backbone Of the rush
had been broken and that from then
on he and his man might relax n tiny
bit. The incoming mails continued as
heavy II they did not increase in bulk,
but then New Workers themselves had
already sent most OF those presents
destined for relatives and friends out
OF town.
J. +. .cott, chief clerk in this city Of
the railway mail service, said yesterday
that the Pennsylvania and Grand Cen
tral terminals had been handling a
daily average during this week OF 1850
sacks Of parcel post mail, each sack
containing an average Of twenty-five
pieces Of mail. He estimated from
! ,2OO to | 800 as the average daily
number Of sacks handled each at tie
Erie and the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey terminals, 500 at the Lacka-
wanna terminal, 900 at the Long Isl
and city terminal and 200 on Staten
Island.
All Delivered To- day.
1t was said at the postoffice last
night that with the two deliveries this
aorning all the Christmas mail which
the railroads had been able to get into
the city would be distributed.
The experience Of the local depart
ment was duplicated on smaller scale
in every part OF the greater city and Of
the United States. For the most part
the postmasters had been amply fore
warned regarding the extra burden Of
mail to expect this Christmas. due to
the enhanced popularity Of the parcel
post, and had prepared themselves for
the emergency.
"The worst rush ever" is the way
Postmaster Edmund w. VOORHEES,, OF
Brooklyn, yesterday described condi-
tions in that office.
All mail collected in the borough was
being sent away as fast as brought in.
but the office was slightly behind in
the matter Of delivering mail from out
side. and Mr.. VOORHEES, feared that
heavy mails from Manhattan late in
the night or early in the morning might
result in some congestion.
The parcel post is working we'll he
told a Tribune reporter, "but 1t is max
ing an enormous lot Of work for us.
We have seventy-four extra clerks on
duty, all on that work, while the reg
ular men are working sixteen hours
day. Receipts so far this month are
S9O,WU greater than for the corre-
spending period Of last year.
Christmas Day we will have 100
extra wagons on, delivering stuff that
will have come in. The carriers VIII
make but one delivery. but they Will
have To take out all there is ready for
Confined nm secopd n.s. ,hl.d roIuyun
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
Victims Of False Alarm Of Fire Given by
Unknown Man at Calumet Mich,
Mostly Children Of Miners.
.STAIRWAYS BLOCKED BY CORPSES
Leaders in the Wild Rush for Safety Sufocated by the
Weight of Those Following Them-Few
Think to Use Fire Escapes.

way and lay them in a row beside the
pied bodies was found inadvisable be-
cause Of the hysteria it caused among
the spectators, and the corpses We're
carried back into the hall as soon as IL
All the chairs were lined with bodies
and other corpses had to be placed in
the kitchen of the hall and beneath the
stage.
Inside Of an hour nearly every one in
Calumet was as near the scene rs ii
was possible to get. The police formed
Gordon about the place and kept back
the crowd. After much effort lane
was opened through the crowd and the
bodies Of the children were carried
through ranks Of moaning and waling
parents to Red Jacket Village Hall,
which was made ,ito mOrgue. II was
many hours before all the bodies were
identified.
During the confusion several bodies
Of children were wrongly identified by
mothers and taken away, only to he re-
turned later by the parents, who had
found their own offspring safe. In
other cases parents ran about for some
time uncertain whether their children
were dead or alive. ,ld1y mothers
tainted, while fathers cursed all those
who interfered with their mad search
for lost girls and boys.
For hours frantic women ran through
the streets calling for their little Jnes.
Efforts were made to calm the frantic
women, and many were taken lao
homes that had not been bereaved so
that they might have proper attention.
In this way sometimes husbands and
wives were separated.
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
This Mornings NewS.
LOCAL.

LOCAL. Page.
Test DR. Mortons Right 10 Practise. /
Parcel Post Triumphs s..................
Girl in Frenzy, Chops Arm.........
Auto Crushed by Tree. ee...............
Graft Trail Again Near Albany. y......
Mitchell Stands by Choice .'.........
Death Shots on Christmas Eye......
Charities Begin Christmas Work
Madison Square Celebration Begins. 5
Colonel Clinton II. Smith Dies ....... 7
Beby Girl Found in Hall............ 9
Kearny Stops Christmas Rallies 9
ST Johns Chapel for Sale. ..........l3
Flash Greeting TO Far North. ......l4
Schmidts Friends Raised $4,000. IA
Kline Warns Waldo in Film Case. IA
Zelaya Warns United States es....l4
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
PARCEL POST WINS
SANTA'S APPLAUSE
Large Cities Join in Tribute
to Uncle Sans New
Venture.
500 EXTRA MEN
AT N. Y. OFFICE
Million Pounds of Christmas
Gifts Leave City in Twenty
four Hours.

From almost every city Of conse-
quence throughout the country there
came last night enthusiastic reports OF
the satisfactory service Of the parcel
post. I'm New York Postmaster Morgan
estimated that the volume Of parcel
post matter handled by his army OF
clerks and carriers had doubled in a
year. Yet he was able to report an
utter lack Of congestion. All mail mat
ter. he said. was being delivered on
time thanks to his foresight in hiring
countless express wagons, brewery
trucks. moving vans and other assort-
ed vehicles 10 handle the tremendous
surplus OF packages.
Although Yesterday VAS the day be-
fore Christmas, the heaviest day for the
local postofIice department vas Tues
day. Tuesday, MI Morgan said, was
the heaviest day ever experienced by
any Of Uncle Sans postoffice forces.
Considerably more than "A million
pounds of Christmas gifts left the city
by it's many railway and steamship
lines in the tWonty-four hours from
midnight to midnight Not quite so
great volume poured in from every
quarter for distribution here.
We have employed more than 25o
extra wagons" said Mr.. Morgan yes
terday. We have added more than
500 employees to the staff, not irclud-
ing the drivers Of these wagons. In ad-
dition VIC have had orr men work three
or four hours overtime each day, a
thing We could not do before under the
cid law. This year the men are paid
for overtime and they make no objec-
ton. Under the old Ian We could not
work the men more than eight hours A
DAY. even II they wanted 20 work
longer
New-York tribune., 1913-12-25
Corpses Set on Chairs.

Other men began to pull the bodies
Of the dead and helpless from the stair
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-20
THE DAY in
CON q z E S s
SENATE.

Senator Kenyon introduced amend
ment to tariff bill to automatically free
list products of any concern ad1udged
a monopoly.
Passed urgent deficiency bill appro-
priating 100000 for postoffice depart
ment.
Passed house bill requiring Panama
California Exposition company to de-
posit money guarantees for awards
and prizes.
Senator Burton reintroduced his sea-
mans Involuntary servitude bill.
Senator Clapp introduced bill to pro-
hibit senators and representatives from
serving on or soliciting funds for any
political committee.
Chairman Simmons called a meeting
of finance committee for Tuesday.
Referred Kern resolution for investi-
cation of West Virginia coal strike Il
committee on education and labor.
Mrs. Helen d. Longstreet, formel
postmistress at Gainesville. Ga, heard
before postofhce committee.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-20
THE GENTLEMAN FRIEND.

A 16-year-old girl, committing
suicide in Chicago, apparently be-
cause of parental ''intermeddling, .
leaves a note addressed to her father
and mother. in which she says:
THE only thing 1 am sorry for
is leaving my dear girl friends
and my beloved gentleman friend.
He thought of marrying me, but
now he can bury me-
The foregoing is typical of many
similar cases of suicide in Chicago
A certain convention dismisses such
cases with a sigh of pity, and pity
naturally leans toward the poor vic
tim to whom is credited some extra
Ordinary provocation for the deed
committed. Instinctively, we con-
clude that death discharges all obli-
cations and that charity, at least, de-
mands that we refrain from censur-
ing the dead says the Peoria Herald
Transcript.
Society, however, owes its chiei
duty to the living and society, nc
doubt. is largely responsible for the
tragedy which closed the life of Alice
Goodman. In the first place, no 16.
year-old girl should be permitted to
have "a beloved gentleman friend
with matrimonial intentions. Fol
such conditions, the custom of which
sanctions familiarity with yount
girls is party to blame and the in
diligence or indifference of parents
supplies the rest of the responsibility
The home, the school and societ,
should cooperate to make the life o
to make the respect of her parent
her first love as 1t should be her frs
duty.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-20
WATCHING EXPORT COTTON.

The opening of two new gulf ports
on the Texas coast will have an i'm
portant bearing on the export cotton
situation this fall. Extensive prep
arations are being made to handle
cotton through Port Arkansas and
Freeport, which are now open for
vessels and for the in
tercoastal canal traffic Some cot
ton was shipped through Port
Arkansas last season, despite the tao
tees employed by the railroads to
|get long haul to Galveston. Traffic
problems that were encountered last
year promise to be overcome this sea-
|son. and it is expected that heavy
shipments will be made through that
port. Back of Port Arkansas is a big
scope of cotton-producing territory.
The same thing is true of Freeport.
Now what will they do with the
tariff.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-20
IN POLITICS

California has been named the sui
eide state by opponents of its Japanese
police.
Mrs. Margaret Howe. President Will
sons niece, is a noted suffragist lead
err
Expecting a heavy reduction in tariff
duties, Texas takes the liberty of re-
minding congress that the last demo-
cratic platform says: we favor the
ultimate attainment of the principles
we advocate by legislation that will
not injure or destroy Legitimate indus
try" There is danger according to
noted Texans, competition from coun
tries employing cheap labor.
In the belief of many members of
congress another summer spent at
work in washington may cost the lives
of number of the older men in the
house and senate. If congress does not
finish with its work until the middle of
July or August it viii be the fifth
mid summer spent in Washington for q
majority of the members.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-05-20
HIS PURPOSE IS NOBLE.

Walter Pulitzer announces he will
use some of the great wealth inherit
ed from his father to found a Ma
tional Magazine in the interest of
conservative thought and conserva-
tive people. He says the muck-rakers
and the sensationalists have had so
much sway of late years, that the
country is in danger from plethora
of radicalism, largely due to the peo-
pie being given a false point of view.
This he proposes to correct, by pub
Fishing well digested, common sense,
plain facts on public questions here
and abroad.
We admire Mr.. Pulitzer's purpose
but cannot help remarking how re
tribution strikes home where Least
expected. Joseph Pulitzer whose for.
tune of $4,000, 900 is now to pro
mote conservatism. made it because
ihe invented something new in pub