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No. 299 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1917
FOUR CHILDREN MURDERED UNO
bodies LEFnyomc HOME
Mother Takes 3-year-old and Leaves 4
Older Ones to the Father's Care Whoj
Crushes Skulls and Then Sets Fire to!
House—Insurance Carried on Children
Seattle, Jan. 29—The todies oJ
lour cbildTeti of Mr. and Mrs. S. A
Hewit' were taken from the home a
Auburn yesterday while the building
was in flames. When the children
were gotten to a place of safety it
was found that all of their skulls
had been smashed in by blows ■whicl
had been made jvitb some blunt in
strument.
Monday Mrs. Hewitt left ho*me
wi'h the youngest child, which is
E! Paso. Jan. 29—Disregard by
Mexicans of a quarantine regulation
against crossing the international
at Jaurez, resulted in many
anti-American riots yesterday, and
i> was finally found necessary to
call out Company A, of the Tweu
ty-Third U. S. Infantry to dispell
the mcb.
Before the Mexicans who were de
fyin<» the quarantine regulation in
attempting to cross the bridge could
be made to desist it was necessary
fcr the infantry to charge the mob
and literally drive them back at
Hie print of the bayonet.
AFJEMH
KING'S LIFE
Madrid, Jan. 29 — An attempt
was made on the life of King Al
phor.so XIII, Sunday, when the
train upon which was riding was
brought to a standstill Just before
it had reached a spot where the
rails had been loosened in such a
manner that had the train run on
to them, it would have, in all prob
ability, been precipitated down a
steep embankment.
tlireo years old, leaving Stewart
' Ephrain, aged ten years, Arthur,'
I seven years, Jlyrtle, six years and
! Clarence, five years.
| All of the lives of the murdered
children w<yre insured, the policies
having been >vrtten up last April.
| Hewitt has freem placed under ar
res* charged, with, the murder of his
four children. He hag been em ploy
■ ed as brakesman, on the Northern
; Pacific railroad.
New York, Jaa 29 — No word j
has been received here relative to 1
tjie undersea merchantman Deutsch
jland which sailed from her home
: por* c-£ Bremen, Germany, on Janu
: ary ?, bound for the United States'
with a cargo of merchandise con
( signed to American merchants.
I It is now believed tha* the big
submarine vessel has either been |
captured or that she met with some
acciden* which caused her to sink. I
MOM BIG;
London, Jan. 29 — Unusual ac- i
! tivities on the part of the British |
admirality has given rse to ru-1
mors that a great sea battle ia ;
about to be fought No intima
tion as to where the impending lia- i
val engagement is to take place <
is given out.
I
Mrs. Adelbert Baker, who has j
■ been confined, in the hospital fori
I tht past 6everal days with a se-!
v» re cold is greatly improved and ]
I will be out in a day or two.
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Prices $2.50 to $6.00
You will be much pleased with the
New Models
OUR CLEARANCE SALE IS STILL ON
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
RUSSIANS WREST THREE MILES
BATTLE FRONT FROM TEUTONS
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Petrograd, Jan. 29—Russian, forc
es assumed the offensive against
the Austro-Gorman fortlflfi'li po
sitioai on t>oth Bldop of the Ki®a
polung and JokoTaony road to the
Moldavia frontier. After a fierce
struggle, lasting Beveral hours, the
Teutonic lines were pierced and
over three miles of the fortified
front was wrested from the enemy.
Berlin, Jan .29—According to
an announcement made tjiis morn
ing by the Admiralty, an Allies
transport, crammed full of troops
<vas sunk by a German submarine In
the Mediterranean Sea last Thurs
SOW BOYS KILL
SIX IN BATTLE
Nogales, Ariz., Jan. 29-—Six Mexi
cans were killed recently by two
American cowboys, 30 miieg west of
here, when they were fired upon
while herding back cattle "rustled"*,
by the Mexicans, according to j
ports to the sheriff's office here. A j
froon of Utah cavalry, stationed |
here, is o« the way to the ranch of
the Aravaca Land ruid Cattle com- J
pany, on the Ameiican side of the
border, owner of the cattle.
A detachment of cavalry already !
it the ranch has been ordered to
ja'rol the border near there. Dep
Uy sheriffs have left here to lnvee- j
:igate the affair.
Ninety head of cattle were taken I
from the Aravaca ranch by 20 Mex- I
it'ins who crossed the border there,
it-cording to the sheriff's reports,
i hey were seen by Roy Martin and |
Vlatf Burch, cowboys at the ranch, |
who watched the alleged rustling I
hroush field glasses. .They followed'
he Mexiocns across thie border and J
started to herd them back, they said
Che Mexicans opened fire, and the" I
;o\\boys. from behind boulders, kill
ed six of the Mexicans and took
tome their cattle.
IVI Mi TRY TO LEARN
HOW PRISON* IS RUN
Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 29 —
Thomas Mott Osborne, ex-warden of
Sing: Siiiji prison; John JloCormick,
professor of political science nt
Rowdoh; college, and Osborne's sec
retary. Harry Brosky, entered the
United States naval prison here yes
terday handcuffed and in gray uni
forms, to begin a week's voluntary
servitude.
Their purpose is to investigate
conditions at tho prison for the na
vy department at the request of
Secretary Daniels. On the detention
shiD Southery they were subjected
to the customary examination and
then were put to work in tho laun
dry and scrubbing down the deck.
day.
According to the advice received
• he ship went down beneath the
wavss 'en minutes after Bhe was
struck. The transport wa3 being
convoyed by a French torpedo boat.
OPPOSED 10 DW
LIGHT SAVING
New York, Jan. 1G:—Residents of
Alaska are opposed to the daylight
saving plan. The New York daylight
saving committee, which is urging
the adoption of the plan in this
country, made puiblic today the fol
lowing letter from the secretary of
the Skae;way Commercial club of
Skagway, Alaska:
"I regret to Inform you that the
residen's of Skagway could not pos
sibly co-operate with1 you in this
movement from the fact that we
would prefer to turn the clock back
in 'he summer time, remembering
that In th§ summer we have all
day all night, with nfew minutes at
midnight that is called dawn.
•'Residents in the northerly part
of the Yukon report that there is
so much daylight there that ft is
necessary to blindfold the chickens
so they may go to roost."
The above dispatch, is taken from
the Evening Telegram and shows
what effective work our Commer
cial Club is doing in affairs of the
Nation.
WAK SECRETARY NEEDS
ADDITIONAL MILLIONS
Washington, Jan. 29—Because of
the increase in cost of labor and ma^
terial since the 1917 army budge*
was made up at the last session,
Secretary Baker submitted to the
Hcnse a deficiency estimate of $1,
795,000 for ordnance stores and
supplies, including $220,000 for ad
ditional expenses for small arms
on J target practice. He also ask
ed for a deficiency; appropriation of
?244,500 for support of disabled
volunteer soldiers.
BOILEAU, ARTIST, DEAD.
New York, 'Jan. 29 — Philip
Boileau, the artist, noted for his
delineation of types of American
girls, died here January 18 of pneu
monia. He was nursed constantly
by his wife, who was his model for
several drawings.
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Just the Thing For This Cold Weather
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P. H. GANTY
GRAND JURY REINS INDICT
IENTS HEIST BOOTLEGGERS
Sheriff Hodge, Maypr Gill, Chief Beck
ingham, Billingsleys, Millionaire Hunt
and Patrolmen All Charged With
Violation of Liquor Laws
Seattle Jan,. 29—The Federal
Grand J.ury finished its labors of
investigating the alleged bootleg
ging cases which charged Logan,
Fred and Ora Billingfeley with con
spiling in shipping intoxicating li
quors nto the State of Washington,
last Saturday night.
indictments were returned against
Sheriff Hodge, Mayor HI Gill, the
three Billingsleyis, former Patrol
man Margett, W. H. Pielow, H- C.
Hunt the millionaire manager of the
Jessie Moore Humt company of San
Francisco and E. D. Baker, the
Seattle manager of the Jessie Moore
Hunt Company, and detective Pey
iser, Poolman and. McLenan, the
charges in each and every case be
ing for conspiracy to commit the
crime against the United States
government in shipping liquors into
MAY RECOVER
FROM ILLNESS
Seattle, Jan. 29 — Jafet Linde
berg of 'his city, is today reported
*.o be out of danger by his physi
cians, and strong hope is entertain
ed for his Bpeedy recovery.
Mr. Lindeberg was taken down
suddenly with a severe attack of
pneumonia several days ago, and for
the first few days little hope was
given out for his recovery.
YOUTHS CONFESS TO
THEFT OF 21 AUTOS
Log Angeles, Cal., Jan. 29—Three
youths, who confessed they stole 21
automobiles in, three months, ac
cording to the police today, were
charged with grand larceny.
They were arrested last night af
ter parts stripped from some of the
cars were found at the home of
Paul Gilbert, 17 years of age, know
as the "president" of the "corpora
tion." The two othter boys are
only 16.
the State of'Washington.
All tlie indicted inein, when ar
rested, were immediately released
'on bonds, Lawrence Coleman be
ting one of the sureiteg on Mayor
I Gill's bond.
Mayer Gill, when arrested, as
I sorted that lie was indicted by a
packed jury, and that he was iiuio
| cent cf the charges preferred
against him, and that lie would be
able to provo hig innocence. Ho
! also declared that he would lie a
candidate for re-election as mayor
of Seattle in 1918, ajiti that he felt
confident that the people would
♦hen again vindicate him.
At ten o'clock this morning,
Mayor Hirum C. Gill was arraignied
before the court and when th&
charceg were read to him, he en
tered a plea of not guilty.
London, Jan. 29—The Auxiliary
cruiser Laurentic is reported to
have sunk off the const of Ireland
yesterday aftrenoon.
The Laurentic was a ship cf fif
teen thousand tons burden, and car
ried a crew of 120 men, all of whom
were saved. It is not known
whether the ship struck a mine cr
was sunk by a German submarine.
Seattle, Jaji. 29—A movement
was started in this c>'i" this n>orn
iug in which an effort will be made
to have the Drys of Seattle back
i Mayor Gill in his defense against
the charges under which he was in
I dieted bv the Grand Jury
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