WOMAN OF UNDERWORLD IS
MURDERED M DOUGLAS
Douglas, Deo. 14—One of the
worst crimes comitted in the his
tory of Douglas Island was revealed
yesterday afternoon a few minutes
alter one o'clock when the body of
"Babe" Brown, ooie of the women
of the uuderworld, was found in he
lit'le turee room cabiu with her
head crushed in by a blunt instru
ment and her throat cut with a
knife.
About one o'clock Fannie Miller,
a frlei'd of the murdered woman,
began to wonder why the curtains
of the cabin© were still drawn, as
the woman w<is an early riser, and
'he curtains had been drawa since
eleven o'clock the night before.
Knocking on her doors and windows
hr( uehf no response, Bo'Frank Cos
tomotile. a man Qftan employed
laiound the district, was appealed
to a-id told to force the door if lie
could. He forced open th« kictheu
door and stepped back, the friend
of rhe murdered womaai then going
'o the bed room. On opening the
bed room door, she gave a loud
sci earn of murder, for the bed,
floor and walls were spattered with
blood.
Deputy Marshal FrainJc Back was
immediately telephoned to, ' who,
uoon arriving at the cabin, found
the body partly wrapped in a blan
ke* the head being crushed on
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Washington, Dec. 19—The di
ylomitic relationship between th»2
United Spates and the'Turkish gov
ernment is at the present time
verv strained on account of the
latter government's failure to af
ford safe conduct, and its later re
fusal to permit Americans and oth
ers to leavte Turkey.
It is quite possible that owing to
this condition, the United States
inav refuse to red ive Kuad Bey,
the newly appointed) ambassador
from Turkey to the United States.
AMERICAN'S LOSE LIVES
OX LilUTISH TRANSPORT
London, Dec. 19—Prom investi
gations which, have been made jnto
; 'be sinking of th»* British) traaisporV
Russian, which, was sunk in the
Mediterranean by a German, subma
rine a snort time ago, it was bro t
to light that there wro "seventeen
American muleteers on board at
tbe »ime the ship was sent to the
; bot'om and that th«y all lost their
1 lives.
The treasurer's report to the
! city council at Fairbanks recently
' sho ved the expenditures for the
mvjth of October to b0 $8,418.23
and the receipts for the same per
iod S7.217.14 making a total defic
1 U to Nov. 1, of $22,147.10.'
RUSSIAN FORCES SILOS BE
TBEAT OF RUMANIAN ARMY
Pari?, Dec. 19—Word has just
been received here from the east
ern Rumanian battle front that a
large portion of the Rumanian ar
my was saved from total annihila
tion by the timely interference of
a large Russian, force which was
inter'K>sed between the pursuing
Teutons and the fleeing Ruman
ians.
The Rumanian forces w.ro hard
pressed, and having had no rest
from their stubborn resistena:f in
ihe defense of Bucharest, had the
Ruse'au forces net come to their
assistance they would undoubtedly
either have be^n captured or else
annihilated .
| In d:recting their retreat towards
t'ae Russian frontier, the Russians
6eii* a strong force between the
Teu'ons and Rumanians and as
samed the defensive against "fhe
onrushJrg Teutons. In this count
er a'taiK, the Russians were able
to make a stand,"and under cover
o* this defense thJc Rumanians were
able to cross the Seretli river 'a*
Joesy and Bessarobrun .
It was near Buzu>e that the Rus
sians acted as a shield for the re
trea'lng Rumanians whlcl^ result
ed in the escape of the survivors
of th^» Rumanian army.
Christmas Ribbons
Ivory Finished Work Baskets
and Tea Wagons
Suit Cases Bags
New Cretonnes Growing Ferns
Flowering Cyclamen
NOW ONDISPLAY
1-3 OFF Men's and Boy's Suits
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
DOMINION TO TRANSPORT 1000
MILES OF mm TO EUROPE
Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 19—Lalwrars
'this morniug tegaa th« work of
tearing up one thousand miles of
railroad in thifil 0-Ction/ ofl Canada
for the purpose of sending the ma
terial tnus aecurod tq the western
J part of France and Belgium.
Owing to the fact that the man
ufacfurers of steel rails are unable
to supply ths (demand of the emer
gency call for Immense quantities
of rails In the European countries
this quick means of securing1 a eup
,oly of steel is the cause of the Do
minion government; moving the
railroad to Euro<p«.
From the following dispatch,
wh.rh is taken from the Jumeau
limn ire of the 14th in»t., it will be
seen th?t the passage of the Al
askan Fisheries bill is meeting
with jusl opposition from Delegate
James Wickersham, and lie presents
facts rind figures that back u<P his
assertion that by the passage of
rhe measure Ala&ka would) virtual
ly be lobbed of a just source of
revenue which by all rights of ln
h.eri>ance should go to the coffera
of the Territory.
j Washington, Dec. 14—All the
I branchis of Alaska's fishing indus
♦ rv vcuid be brought 'under a Fed
| oral license system and the manu
factured products bo taxed, if a
J)i!l in the House today becomes a
law. ReDresentative L. H. Hadley,
of Washington, is the chief defend- ■
er of the measure and James Wick
ersham is opposing the bill. It is
very improbable that time will not
be givtn to complete consideration
of the measure thi* session.
"The passage of the Alaskan Fish
eries bill will be a gift of $99,000
annually to the big canning? com
panies," declared Delegate Wicker
sham on the floor of the House,
"i*. would relieve them of that sum
;n taxes." he said.
The provision, Delegate Wicker
sham objected to is the one which
proposes a $50 licemse on each can
nery plant and a requirement that
the Alaska Territorial Legislature
shall not pass any law taxing the
companies for licenses of any kind.
DOl'CiLAS WOMAN'S CLUB
11AVE INTERESTING MEETING
Douglas, Dec. 15—The Douglrs.
island Womaai's Club enjoyed ' a
•'Swap Party" at the close of their
regular literary program ooi Tuesday
afternoon last. Each member 'car
ried a neat package containing
something she had 110 further use
[for, aud swapped it for another
package containing something some
body else had no further use 'for.
Alach merriment jvas occasioned by
the opening o£ the swap-packages
and display of prize "cast-offs." The
ou'ire inenibreahip then became the
guests of the president, Mrs. Ferris,
who lighted candles on a specially
preoared Christmas tree, and serv
od tea and dainty home-cooked
cooKies. The clufc than adjourned
until the second day of January, at
which time the "Club^Iusbands"
will be fed and' entertained at
an evening session.
MINE liPEuIOn
HIS GOOD TRIP
Territorial Mining! Inspector Wil
liam Moloney, recently in. this city,
suoke favorably of tlie Alaska mln
iug industry for 'lie year 1916. All
cf t e camps made good showings
due to plenty of available water.
Mr. Maloney left Juneau June
23, and went to th§ interior on the
first boat down thiet | river £rom
White orse. He has been spending
bis time in the Iilitarod, Ruby Fair
banks Marshall City; section,' Hot
Sprin/5 and1 Tolovana. He reports
a. v«ry successful season in all sec
tions i-his past Bummer.'At first,
♦te water wa<s short in several sec
tions bji; later the rains came in
'be bills and there was plenty
of water .
A* Nome the big cleanup; was
made by the Pioneer Mining Com
pany, mostly from the Portland
bench, where that company is work
ing a big hydraulic plant.
"They made a $200,000 cleanup
just before I get there," said Mr.
,Maloney. I
"The Marshall City camp is a
a;ocd one as far as one creek is
concerned, but if no other pay is
discovered this winter') the camp>
will bo practically deat rted after
next summer.
"They have one very good creek
with acout six claims on. it, but
so far nothing more has been
lound. Ther© are aJ>out 500 men
prospecting ia the section mostly
from the Iditarod and Ruby section
and they fully expect to find some
thing before the winter is'over.
PRESIDENT STEVENSON
ARRIVES IN CHlCAjGCJ
A cable was received by Cashier
Landsborough, of 'he Bank of Alas
ka. from President Andrew Stpven
sor this morning to which, the lat
ter states that he had reached' Chi
cago safely and wag enjoying him
self w"n his family. Mr. Steven
son stated that he would return to
Skagwav on or about the first of
February, and that before he re
turned' it was his intention of Vis
iting in Atlantic City, Washington,
New York, Philadelphia and other
eastern cities.
FRANCE WANTS SHIPPING POOL
Paris, Dec, 19—It was developed
in *he session of the Chamber of'
Deputies today that Fran>ce wants
the entente shipping feool> after
the war is ended. France will In
sist tba*. the German Empire be left
completely out of it.
Fruit Cakes Mincemeat
Plum Puddings
ARE GOOD IF THE INGREDIENTS ARE
Our stock of Citron, Lemon and Orange Pee!, Seeded
Raisins, Sultana Raisins, Currants, Spices and Extracts is
the best and absolutely fresh. No time like the present.
PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR YOUR REQUIREMENTS
P. H. GANTY
RED-LIGHT DISTRICT OF UuM
if BE CLOSED BY COUNCIL
' Douglas, Dec. 14—Mayor M. J.
O'Connor stated last evening that
he now has under consideration an
ordinance to be presented to the
city council which will close the
resiricted district of Douglas and
force its forty or more female resi
dents and the several male leeches
who make that district, their hang
out to seek new fields.
j The underworld residents of
Douglas, both women ami men, have
long been tjie cause of more
trouble to the c;ty than all other
deDart.menta of the city combined.
Recently an ordinance was passed
making it a misdemeanor for any
persin to deliver intoodcants to the
restricted district and tbat ordin
ance lias been constantly Violated
regardless of the vigilance of the
nolice force. In fact, nearly all
tlielawlesene ss in thg city can be
traced directly to the 'red-light dis
tr;c» and to those wio frequent it.
The Mayor and members of the
council have grown weary of the
whole combination, o£ lawbreakers
and an ordinance wiping out the
distrlc* is a possibility of the near
future. In fact, it is more than a
possibility, it i£ a probability.
The horribly murder of a woman
jn the red-lcifct district yesterday,
Mayor O'Connor considers, the last
straw and further tolerance of the
community is not likely to exist
for long.
BANKERS TAKE OVER
REMINGTON PLANT
New York, Dec. 19—The Reming
ton Arms-Union. Metallic Cartridge
C.cmpanv, with, its majiy million dol
lars worth ot war orders yet to be
filled, will be operated at the di
rection of a committee of bankers
and business men for some time.
Marcellus T. Hastlgy Dodge, whc|
owns all but a few shares of 'the
company's $50,000,000 capital, has
retired from the presidency.
CORONATION OP KING
LAST DAY OF YEAR
London, Dec. 19—According to
advices received from Budapest 'to- j
day, arrangements have been com-,
pleted for the coronation of King {
Charles of Hungary and Emperor of
Austria to take place on Saturday,
December thirtieth •
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CbriBimas. Novelties at Kellers'.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 19—Sen
ator Shafroth, Democrat of Colorado)
has introduced a resolution for a
constitutional amendment to abolish,
the electoral college and 'make the
presidential term eix jears, no
president to he eligible for re-elec
tion.
The amendment would not abol
ish th.e electoral vote, but the re
turns in each state would be can
vassed by congress, the candidate
for president and vice-president re
ceiving the highest number of votos
in each stat§ to be entitled to the
electoral vote of tbat sae.
The amendment also would pro
vide that congress should assemble
at least once in every year on the
first Tuesday in January.
$8,500,000 ASKED FOR RELIEF
OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS FAMILIES
Washington, D-c^ 19—Secretary
of War Baker has asked Congress
for an aplwopriation of ?8,500,000
for immediate use for the purpose
of distribution among the families
of the enlisted men Jn the United
States Regular Army and the fami
lies of members of the National
Guard who have bes?a stationed
along the Mexican frontier and
o'hgr points In connection- with, the
Mexican situation.
In bis request for tlxe appropria
tion Secretary; BaJ^r 'asserts that
owing to the prolonged service of
the men notw doing duty In the
souih, the families of the men are
subjected to hardships 'vrhichj the
immediate appropriation) of this
amount of money alone can appease.
Here For The Holidays
It's a pleasure to introduce these smart
Winter Suits to the men of oar town.
We knew that nothing would be to good
for you as a Christmas surprise, so here
they are, ther best money can buy . . .
HALF HOSE
SMART WINTER CRAVATS
REAL LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
SWEATER COATS OF ALL WOOL
Holiday Sets of All Hinds
WILL CLAYSON