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No. 271 NINETEENTH YEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1916
PRICE 10 CENTS
MAN, WIFE ID II CHILDREN
MURDEREDDKHfilSTMAS EVE
Minden, I-a., D."c. 26—John N
Rejves, vife and two small child; eu
were brutally murd rd on Christ
mas evo, presumably ly three ne
groes.
Christmas mo.ning n. dghbors fail
ed to see any signs of life about
ttie Reeves home, and when at noon
quiet still prevailed about the
house, an investigation, was mad
and 'he bodies of the four veople
jwere found, all covtfd. with blood
and horribly mutilated. It is sup
posed that when the nogro-s went |
to 1 no liouse bent on robbing- the
family of the Christmas presents,
the older ye-cpJe heard, them and
in the fight wh,ich: follow td must
have made a hard fight for their
lives. It is thought Vict the chil
dTen( were awakened by the nois:
and wheu they were se^n by the
murderers, inorder to prevent them
telling, -were also murdered.
The three men who are. suspect
ed of having done the horrible d.:ed
have been arrest_<1 and are clos.Jy
guarded at the jail, as it is feared
that a mob may try and lynch them.
I). 5. TROOPS
KILL SNIPER
El Paso, Dec. 26—A band of
Mexican robots located' tiimsolve^
behind the rocks overlooking the
Rio Grande cement plant ti.ar this
ci,y Saturday aud begani shooting1
at thj American workmen.
As soon as possible troops were
summoned, and tlie fire was re
turned. The United St ites troops
picked 'he spots from which a gun
was fired, and soon succe .dedi in
routing the bandits. It is known
that one of the Mexican snipers was
killed.
<;kt increased pay
December 15, the Yukon Copper,
Ltd., advanced the wages of every
man employed in or around the
mine 25 en's a day; inesshouse
waiters, who are *>aid by the month,
got $7.5u advance. Tliia scale will
be paid as long as »he price of cop
per is 30e and upward. — White
horse Star.
MOKE i
H FIGHT
New York, D c. 26—Dr. Arthiir
W. Wai'e, who is condemned to
die i:i the electric chair for the J
niirrdvi of his father in law, John E
Peck bv poisoning, has begun pro
ceedings which may get him a n-jw ;
trial.
Frank Walte, a brother of the |
condemned man, has come for
ward and says that l->r. Waite is in- j
sane, he having known for some
time bv his brother's actions that
tiis mind was unbalanced.
PICKS VP S. O. S. SIGNAL
New York, Dec. 26—Distress sig
nals have been picked up by various
Marconi stations in which the S. S.
Maryland states th*it she is sinking
I off the Xantucket coast. The S. S
I Maryland cleared from. Philadelphia
on the morning of December 23,
be und for London. She was loaded
' with a cargo consigned to London.
BOOTLEGGER SPENDS MS IS
JAIL-UNABLE 10 FURNISH BAIL
Seattle, Dec. 26—Unable to raise
tho $ 12.• u bond which1 would re
lease htm from custody, Logna
.Rillingsley spent Sunday and Christ
mas day in t'.ie Pierce county jail.
Billingsley was arrestid in
San Francisco Friday after the
Ftdcral Orand Jury had returned
aa indictment against him for vio
lations of the liquor lows, and was
brought to th§ State of Washing
ton for trial.
It is believed that a bond in
the amount required by the court's J
■ruling will be put up today and ,
that he will bs released.
Christmas Ribbons
Ivory Finished Work Baskets
and Tea Wagons
Suit Cases Bags
New Cretonnes Growing Ferns
Flowering Cyclamen
NOW ON DISPLAY
1-3 OFF Men's and Boy's Suits
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
IIft.8. GlSIftS TREE
iS ft DELIGHTFUL SUCCESS
The feast is o'er, and once more
Time has turned oyer a new leaf in
s diary wherein he keeps accounts
of £o<od deeds, and the page just
turned is marked w'th. a bold "G"
for it was good.
l-ast night leng before the ap
pointed moment for the arrival of
the children's uatrou saint, St.
Nicholas, thei cozy, hall of Camp
SKagway began to receive its guests,
and by the time Santa was schedul
ed to arrive frtm his long cold trip
from the north pole, every seat was
occupied. Several rows, 'way up in
lron-t, \vli€re everythin' could be
/s .i3n, had been reserved' for the kid
dies, and the balance of the seat
ing capacity of the lia.ll was given
over to the growu-ups. Not one seat
was vacant, and when] Arctiq Chief
Rasmuson called for quiet every
child and adult was in a state of
excitement. Af'er welcoming the
c-uffts of the Brotherhood, both
small and lareg, Mr. Rasmusou in
troduced Dr. L. 3. Kaller.^ Father
Tarnell, and Rev. Pedersen, jvho
each In turn made a few appro.priat
nntaiks bearing on the entertain
ment. Iietwe.n tjics remarks of these
men, the school childly' added their
numbers to the program, and it was
ida'n to be seen that the little
"jlks were by far the most popular
of the performers until Santa tap
ped on the window back of the
beautiful big tree, and from that
time until the close of the enter
tainment, Santa was the center of
attraction.
Mr. Claus remained in the hall
tor almost half an hour, and said i
'hat ' r would livae stayed! longer,
but he had so many other towns
and children to visit, so he told the
committee to pee that all the pres
ents were carefully; djjineredi and
he then passed cut the front of tho
hall, shaking: bands with the hun
dreds of little friend® as lie made
his way out.
There was not one hitch' in the
distribution of the packages, and as
I the committee had been made a
generous appropriation so as to be
allc to take care of the individual
needs and chiocse those, gifts which,
iu its opinion would be most likely
♦o pleas0, each and every little
child left the lu^l with that which
he or slie had most wanted Santa
■to briug.
The purchasing committee, which
consisted of three young matrons,
are to be congratulate uponi the
i- suit of thiir lalo.s, fad the
ti-aciiers and entertainmnt com
n iitee did their work, well, for the
ore gram was one of unusual inter
est and th» little piayl t in, which
a number of the school children
enacted, "A Strike in Santa's Work
shop" was wall acted.
Thos0 who assisted the members
of the Brotherhood, such as ushj?rs, i
dleivery boys, and 6tate carpen
ters, are also to b, congrautlated,
lor they did their work thoroughly
and pleasantly.
If ihere is one single criticism
mad,, of the entire affair, t must
be thai the one doing so, was not
in a happy mood, nor was he pres
ent *o see the mantle of joy and
hanj iness which was so manifest in
thc A. R. hall last night.
TO GOMPflEHEiDl
London, Dec. 26—The London;
Press took a 11 jr tack. Saturday
figuring out why President Wil
son of the United States sent his
H'.acel notg',
The first outburst of indignation,
having died down somewhat, the
newsuaper editorials today began
si\xu]atii g civ the belief that
the American President "has seme
thing uu bis sleeve.'1
Even in official circles both here
and in Paris, thre is a growing
iut-.vest in the peace note and ex
pressions are hard on all sid-«l that
there 's something behind the move
that is undoubtedly the* grt£test ac
tion tver taken in bringing about
l>cace in Europe.
According to several French pa
pers it is expressed freely that
"Prfieidert Wilson neveT talks un
less there is some action, of mo
ment and decisive nature to foIt
low."
T'e Temps says: "President Wil
son has nrver etartvfll anything! he
has no* finished. There is some
things of a bold nature behind hy
peace notes. His Dolicy before his
congress demonstrates that to is p
leader and effects what he starts
to accomplish."
Juneau, D;c. 26—According to a
report received at the local cus
toms house, three ai.jnljers of the
crew o" the halibut schboner Sum
nor Wood were washed orverboard
and los*. near Puffin Bay, south:
of Si'ka, 011 Dec. 3rd. Those lost
were Olivin Johanson, Ira Atwood
and Ole Hareu. The Sumuer AVood
was bound from Sitka for Puffin
Hay where she was to fish, and
when some distance from her| d.s
tination she was suddenly swept by
a moils'rous sea which, carried awa>"
her iories and fishing gear. At
the same time, the three men were
swept into the oc^an. The boat
was immediately turned and cruis
ed in the nedgh'borlitood all night,
bu' was unable to locate any trace
of th0 missing men.
At the time of the accident, whic
was at 10:30 d. m. of the 3rd, an
S0-!mile gale was blowing, the sea
was heavy, jvitty a strong tide run
ning ai.d it was Ditch dark. Af
ter cruising all night without find
ing 'he men, the Sumner Wood
made for Ketchikan and th©ra{ re
ported »he loss before proceeding to
(Seattle to "refit.
' i Sub&cribe for the Dally Alaskan)
On CHristmas Day
Let us fill Times' golden goblet with the
vintage of the year,
Let us quaff the wine of fellowship to
friends afar and near;
Peace, good will and joy we send them, and
we lift the cup to say
Let all hearts be kind and gentle on this
MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY
P. H. GANTY
ma nraw holds
UP IN ON SHIRE STREETS
- Seattle, Dec. 26—Daring the
last two weeks a woman) alu,g^;,r
has been operating1 in, several parts
of this city, not confining h.er sespe
of activity to any ou& locality
It is the practice of the woman tci
stajpi ud quietly behind; h:r victim,
and witih a blunt instrument of
some kind, deal him a stunning
blow on the head which; fells him
to tlie ground. She then, quickly re
lieves her prey of any ready cash:
or other valuables wh-icto phe i3
able to get her hands on. The po
lice have been, una]>Ie to get a goodi
description of iJhe woman bandit,
but are continually on, the look
dut for htT| in ail parts of th« city.
Amsterdam, Dec. 26—In a report
which was received: lxere today, it
19 stated tha* the Kaiser of Ger
many will hold a conference with |
Mr. Gerard, American) Ambassador ^
♦ o Germany and also the Swiss min
ister today for t]ve purpose of pre- j
suiting to them a proposition by
which negotiations tending to the
establishment of peace between the
warring nations may V>e made.
FOR GOV. ROADS
Anchorage—Freight ra*es for the
government railroad were announc
ed today In a schedule entitled1 "Lo
cal Tariff No. 5," by the Alaska
engineering commission. In. it are
set for'h the class, commodty and
distance rates between Anchorage
and 3eward and other points along
the line.
Like all tariff schedules, it takes
a Philadelphia lawyer to figure out
just what the rate is on, any par
ticular article.
Class rates from Seward to Kern
Creek vary from 18 to 88 cents per
hundred, from Seward to Mile 25
10 'o 50 cents per hundred, Seward
to Woodrow 4 to 20 cents pe.r hun
dred. From Anchorage to Kings
river the rates vary from 16 to 80
cents perr hundred.
These are rates on carload lots
ani. every description of freight is
considered on a different rating.
The schedule Is based on the
western rate classification by; the
Interstate Commerce Commiseioi
and is. now effective.
HI BITES
ROBBER'S HAND
"Seattle, Dec. 26—Miss Henrietta
Legs, a fourteen, year old school
g'irl had an encounter with a high
wayman last nig lit while. she was
going from her home to the home
of a nearby friend.
The young girl tells the story
that she was approached by a man,
and before she Jiad time to run, she
refused to give up her purse, and
the man tried, to force it from
her. In an attempt to! kepi hee
her. In an attgjn.pt to keep. her
from crying for help! the man put
bis hand over her moutji, and think
ing that she could; forcei hi!m to let
go his hold, she bit his hand. With!
a screim of rage and pain, the thug
struck the young woman and thcfrii
flung her from fclm, making a hasty
get-away. 1 , ; ' - *
Skagway Igloo, Pioneers of Alask
held its regular election of officers
last week, with the following re
sult:
President, W. L, Stevenson.
First Vice-presidiept, Johi^ Woods.
Secon Vice-president, W. C. Mul
TihUl.
Treasurer, Tony Dortero.
Secretary and Historian, Prank
Doree.
Chaplain, Frank Fowler.
Rertjeant-at-Arme, Fred Tanner.
Trustees, V. T. Dortero, chairman,
Fred Tanner and Frank Fowler.
The members of the Igloo took
uo a collection among themselves
and sent a big bets of Christ
mas presents to ■'he inmates of th»
P'oneer's Home at Sitka, Alaska.
rlRISTMAS gives us the oppor
tunity to send your our greet
ings and to tell you that we have
greatly appreciated the business
received from you. It is
only through your appreciation
of our sincere efforts to favor us with good
patronage that we are enabled to continue the
improvements in our service and give the finest
goods on the market at the lowest prices.
CJ We hope the Christmas Season will bring
to you and your family much to be thankful
for and with best wishes, we are,
Yours respectfully,
WILL'CLAYSON