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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DEC. 26, 1913. PRICE, TEN CICNTS DEATH AND RIOTING SPOIL A SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS Constitutionalists Off to Exterminate federal forces CHIHUAHUA, Mex., Dec. 26? Four thousand Constitutionalist cavalry left yesterday to attack the Federal forces at Ojinaga. They are under command of Gen. Ortegas, and have orders from Gen. Villa to exterminate the Federal forces and take no prisoners. Japs Welcome Mexican. TOKYO, Dec. 26. ? Thousands joined in the march formally welcoming Mex ican Minister to France Delabarra to Japan. Huerta Gives Bread to Poor. MEXICO CITY,. Dec. 26 ? On the or der of Gen. Huerta, bread was distrib uted to the poor of this city yester- 1 day. ONE EINLANDER KILLS ANOTHER AT TENAKEE ? o? o ? United States Commissioner J. B. Marshall this morning began an inves tigation into the death of G.~ I>assila, Finlander, killed 5 o'clock last Wed nesday by Gust Jwusola, another na tive of Finland, in a bunkhouse at Tenakee. The coroner's inquest which was called to inquire into the case was continued until witnesses can be se cured to tell more about the affair. The residents of Tenakee held a meeting and made a short signed state- , ment, directed to the marshal's office, j which, however, did not contain any material facts. Following the meet ing the accused was given into the 1 charge of Paul Vincent and turned over to the marshal. From what little can be learned un- 1 doubtedly self-defense will be set up by the accused. His appearance indi- j cates that he was badly beaten up. The bullet which he fired from a rifle en tered the man's back and came out near the front. It is also claimed the dead man held a knife in his hand. o ? o ? o GOLDSTEIN'S EMPLOYEES GIVEN A BANQUET ? o? o ? The employees fo C. Goldstein were given a Christmas treat by the man agement consisting of a banquet and $10 in cash to each person. The spread at the Alaska Grill included everything the market afforded, and "then some," as one of them afterwards remarked. Those present were C, Goldstein, Mrs. C. Goldstein, Alvin Goldstein, Mrs. Alvin Goldstein, Marion Gold stein. Minnie Goldstein, F. Hamburg, O. E. Leafgreen, Mr. Roselle, Thos. Stoddard, C. Nickleson, Thos, Rich ardson, R. E. Maxwell, Elmer Hughes and Mr. Rogers. n ? n ? n DOUGLAS SHOOTING CASE DISMISSED ? o-o ? ? The charge of assault with intent to kill, growing out of a shot fired by Cleo Wardell, a colored woman of the un derworld, wounding James Carruth, was dismissed by United States Com missioner Marshall Wednesday after- 1 noon, after hearing the evidence. The woman claimed that she fired the shot in self defense, and introduced several witnsses who gave testimony to that effect. The injured man is still in a Douglas hospital. o ? o ? o CHAS. BOYLE FUNERAL BE HELD TOMORROW ?o-o? The funeral of Chas. Boyle, the well known pioneer, will be held at the Catholic church 2 o'clock tomorrow. The solemn requiem mass will be sung at 9 a. m. The Pioneers will meet at Odd Fellow's hall at 1:30 and march to the church in a body. On every hand is heard only words of the highest praise for the deceased and there will be a large number of pio neers who will attend the funeral. ? o ? o ? o CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR YOUNG COMPANY PATRONS Christmas prizes awarded by the C W. Young company are as follows from first prize to the twenty-fifth, in the order named: Henry Olsen, B. Rode baugh, W. N. Bell, Paul Benson, F. Buck, H. Karhanen, P. Garvey, Mrs. M. J. Hughes, Mr. Burridge, M. A. Wages, John Olson, S. G. Holt, Nelt Peterson, Albert Nadeau, Mrs. Mag nuson, C. Ringling, L. C. Hurlbutt, A. Quinn, Thos. McCaul, A. W. Clare, C. Biernotch, Robert Keeney, J. Krug ness. o ? o ? o Eat at the Pioneer, and die happy. VALIDITY Of LAW NOW BEFORE COURT The same points that were passed upon by Attorney-General James C. McReynolds in connection with Alas ka's revenue laws are now pending be fore the United States circuit court of appeals at San Francisco. They are involved in the appeal of A. B. Cal laham from the decision of Judge Fred M. Brown holding the poll tax law to be valid. The court of ap peals will probably rule on the mat ter before long. If the court of appeals should agree with Judge Brown, it is believed by attorneys, who have discussed the matter, that the Department of Jus tice will follow the court's ruling rath er than the opinion recently signed ! by the Attorney-General. ALASKA-JUNEAU SUES FOR POSSESSION OF PROPERTY o-o ? Several suits were commenced Wed- ' iiesday afternoon by the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining company against parties occupying portions of the millsites claimed by the company in the neigh borhood of the sawmill. These suits are against persons occupying portions j of the hillside some distance back from lower Front stteet and none of them ??ffect parties living on that street. It has been the general policy of the Alaska-Juneau company to permit persons wishing to do so, to build cab ins upon and occupy such portions of the property of the company as it has no immediate use for, and to recog- 1 nize the rights of all those who had occupied parcels of ground before the millsites were located. The suits now brought are against parties who built cabins on the millsite within the last few weeks, and who were notified at the time they went on the ground that it belonged to the Alaska-Juneau com pany, and that the company would re quire the ground for immediate use. The defendants to the actions are as follows: Henry DuBois, James Dixon, Ben F. Kodenbaugh, C. E. Biggs, Emil Latanzi, Alex Prossing, Dan Delhardt, ; Tim Torgensen, F. G. Adam, James ! Tillens, William Hyde, Mrs. William Hyde. z ST. ANN'S SISTERS ACKNOWLEDGF CHRISTMAS REMEMBRANCES The Sisters of St. Ann's hospital ; wish to express their sincere thanks and gratitude to their many friends and benefactors who remembered them at Christmas. u o O TWO HUNDRED ATTEND CLATHOLIC MASS Two hundred attended the Midnight Mass Christmas at the Catholic church, solemnly celebrated by Very Itev. Father Crimont. The choir de serves the highest praise for their excellent rendition of La Hache's mass and the beautiful solos. o ? o ? o EXCITING RUNAWAY ON MAIN STREET An exciting runaway in which two teams figured took place this after noon on Main stret. A delivery wagon belonging to Fry-Bruhn Co. came down the street full tilt, driverless. One j of the Juneau Transfer Co.'s wagons was standing immediately in front of Winter and Pond's store. The run away horse attempted to pass the standing wagon but slipped and the delivery wagon crashed into the trans fer wagon wedging it against a tele phone post. The runaway horse re gained his feet and started up Front street but was stopped. Beyond smashing the double tree and cracking the axel of the heavier wagon, no damage resulted. o ? o ? o BEHREND'S EMPOYEES ARE REMEMBERED The employees of the B. M. Behr ends Mercantile company and the B. M. Behrends bank were presented with $20 each as a Christmas gift by their employers. o ? o ? o CENTRALS STATES ARE STORM-SWEPT ST. LOUIS, De^~?26. ? Eastern Mis souri and Western Illinois are being swept by a severe snow storm. Wide spread suffering has resulted, and sev eral deaths have been reported. STREET SPEAKERS TO TEST CITY LAW E. C. Briggs and John Kayser, ar rested Wednesday on the charge of violating city ordinance, Sec. 3, No. 125, making it a penalty to block any of the public streets, were arraigned before Police Magistrate E. VV. Pettit this forenoon and each demanded a separate jury trial. The hearing was then continued until this afternoon. The two men demurred to the le gality of the city ordinance, claiming that it was contrary to the Constitu tion of the United States which grant ed every one the right of free speech. City Attorney J. B. Marshall read an opinion from the higher courts which held that every municipality had the right under the Constitution to make certain reasonable regulations for the community welfare; that the public streets were for the purpose of public traffic only, and that every artisan, every merchant, every advocate of any cult, would, in the event of de fendant's contention, have the same right to use the public streets and re sult in continual interruption to traf fic and a chaotic condition. The opin ion field that tradesmen and others whose living depended upon their call- ; ing, who were residents and taxpay , ers, would certainly have a better right | to the public use of the streets than speechmakers. Moreover, all lecturers and ministers also would have the same right unless certain rules were made by the city for the government of the same. It was a question of con sidering the rights of the individual or those of a community. The defendants having nb authority to submit sustaining their contention that the city ordinance was illegal. Magistrate Pettit over-ruled the de murrer. Thereupon each defendant pleaded not guilty and demanded a separate jury trial. They deposited $100 cash bail each. They stated that they desired to "try out the sentiment of the community" and see if enough public pressure could be brought to force the council to allow public speak ing on the streets. ELKS' CHRISTMAS TREE FOR CHILDREN MONDAY The children still have in store an other great treat, the same being San ta Claus and a Christmas tree under the direction of the Juneau Lodge, No. 420, B. P. O. E., in Elks' hall Monday night. Everything has been arranged to make it worth while. All children j under 14 years of age are invited to be | present. The glass jar in which collections are received for the Christmas tree is j B.ill available for those desiring to contribute. JACKSON PARTY IS FOUND; THEIR BOAT WAS LOST One of the searching parties re turned yesterday with the Indian par ty which had geen given up for lost, including Jackson, his wife son, and another Indian. Their sloop was a total loss. After being caught in a storm, the rudder i of the sloop failed to work and the members of the party finally landed un der great difficulties. They then made "much smoke" which was seen by the searching boat. The many Indian friends of the party have been shower ing the rescued ones with congratula tions since their return. membershipVrowing in TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION The membership of the Alaska Teachers 'Association is steadily grow ing. Those who have recently joined are Prof. R. R. Bell, Miss Case and C. Green, of Juneau; Prof EHsh, Prof. Conwell and Miss Jamison, of Doug las. To date over fifty nan.es have been received. The teachers fully realize that such an organization is more im portant, if anything, for Alaska, than are similar organizations in the States for their sections. There has been a total lack of co-operation between the teachers of the different towns in Al aska, with the result that different courses of study are in vogue. The purpose of the association is to make the class work in Alaska uni form, to encourage the highest efficien cy possible in the Alaska schools and to be in a position to recommend need ed legislation. Everything that will please a smok er may be found at BURFORD'S. tf o ? o ? o SEE the wonderful poinsettas at Winter & Pond's. o ? o ? o Desk calendar pads for 1914, at Nel son's stationery store. 12-13-tf o ? o ? o The Empire $1.00 a month delivered STAWPfDE KILLS 73 AT CALUMET! CALUMET, Mich. Dec. 26.? Seventy three persona, mostly children, were killed Wednesday night at a Christ- j mas celebration held by the striking ! | miners and their families at Italian j i hall. A panic followed a false alarm of lire and the children were trampled j to death. 0 ? o ? o RECOMMENDS PIONEERS TO HE SENT WITH EXHIBIT ? o~o ? At the next regular meeting of the Jnneau Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska,, to be held the first Tuesday in January, in Odd Fellows' hall, Congress will be ; a.;ked to provide an exhibit represent- [ ing the pioneers at the Panama-Pacific exposition. It will also be requested that the appointments of those to have the as sembling and exhibiting of the display ; be named from among the ranks of pioneers. o ? o ? o SANTA CLAUS MAKES MOTHERLESS BOY HAPPY ? o ? o ? There is one little boy in Juneau who was inclined to be skeptical about j Santa Claus that is no longer a doubt er. Little George Learning, the moth erless son of the former assistant man ager of the Cain hotel and a guest at that place with his father, is the happy young man. Little eGorge saw all the preparations for a Christmas celebra tion going on about him with j the eyes of an observer. He saw no ! personal connection between himself > and all the doings that were in the course of development. But the guests, employees and others about | the hotel did not forget the little man, and Christmas Eve a handsome Christ mas tree, laden with all the things that appeal to those still in the first decade of life, was set up in the handsome lobby of the Cain, and at exactly 12 o'clock, with no lights except those furnished by the candles on the tree, little George was got out of bed and brought down to view the work of Santa Claus. H. O. Smith, of the Fed eral fisheries bureau, a Cain hotel guest, was' toaster of ceremonies. Al ter the distribution of the presents, little George was called upon to make a speech. The laconic response, in the words of young America, fully ex pressed the too full for utterance feel ing of the recipient of Santa's gener osity. "You've got me stung," said George; that, and no more. o ? o ? o SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE SHOWING MUSICAL TALENT ? o-o ? Considerable musical talent is being developed in the public schools. Prin cipal Green says much credit is due to Rev. Kashaveroff, who, for the past 'month, has been teaching music gratis. Said the principal: "The interest the children have taken in the music, es- ' pecially the third and fourth grades, is ; unusual. There seems to be abundant j musical talent in the grades, especial ly the lower grades. The music for the exercises at the Orpheum theatre was hastily prpared by Rev, Kashaver- j off under difficulties. He would be a valuable addition to the school as a teacher of music. "The spirit of the entire corps of teachers was gratifying indeed. Miss Mallette, of the high school, offered her serv crs after school houm. also going down <?fter school w>n tint ?< help with the cxercises. Mr. Bell, Miss Andrews, of the high school Miss Cou ture, of the first grade, a.tc offered their service. The work of Miss c.ln- s Tripp as accompanist was val uable. The help of Mr. Hai'.ax ll?-rn er, of the high school footbv' team, .!? worth mentioning. Miss Cmture ami Miss Lacey had the first and second grade exercises in the second grade room, and Miss Getchell had her sixth grade exercises in her school room." o ? o ? o MANY PRESENTS FOR TELEPHONE EMPLOYEES The spirit of Christmas was mani fested in a way that pleased the sev eral young women who operate the keyboard at the telephone exchange. Each on of the five ? Misses Marita Hanson, Florence Rhoday, Grace Web ster, Rhy Brennen and Hazel Elkins ? has no reason to feel otherwise than thankful because of the liberality of potrons. Even "Old Grouch," who is always snappy and crusty about his "number," was among those making donations. o ? o ? o CLOSING OUT stock of chafing dishes, percolators, casseroles, bear pots, pie-dishes, at a sacrifice. I. J. SHARICK. 12-10-tf o ? o ? o Even the cook eats at the Pioneer. Opp. City Dock 12-20-tf. PRESIDENT ENJOYS LIEE IN SOUTH PASSCHRISTIAN, M iss. Dec. 26.? President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson arrived here yesterday morning. Later in the day President Wilson walked to the postoffice and purchased some stamps, and then spent several hours mushing along the country roads. The President is getting genuine Christmas weather here. It is the coldest in the history of the town. President and Mrs. Wilson are en joying their rest. WILSON ACTS AS FIRE FIGHTER GULFPORT, Miss., Dec. 26.? Presi dent Woodrow Wilson not only discov ered the home of Mrs. J. H. Neville to be on fire this afternoon but he di rected the work of his chauffeur and the two secret service men that ac companied him in the work of exting uishing the blaze. After the fire was put out, he allayed the fears of Mrs. Neville and then continued his jour ney to Passchristian. He was on his i way home from the golf course when j he discovered the fire. WOOLEN TRUST* QUOTES LOW PRICES FOR 1914 ? o -o? BOSTON, Dec. 26. ? The American i Woolen company, commony called the "woolen trust," which has begun man ufacturing on the 1914 fall season stock, announces that prices will be materially lower than they were a year j ago, and on a basis that will leave lit tle profit to foreign producers. The re sult should be cheaper clothing. CARNEGIE LOOKS FOR GOOD TIMES SOON WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. ? Andrew Carnegie, who called at the White 1 House here, said he expects to see present quietness in business soon pass away. The iron master came here to attend a meeting of the trus tees of the Carnegie institute. Carnegie Booms Root. Carnegie also started a boom for Senator Elihu Root for the Republican i Presidential nomination. He said: "I believe Senator Root would be the most popular man the Republicans could nominate in 1916. 1 think the West as well as the East is coming to recognize his ability." ONE KILLED AND TWO INJURED NEAR SEATTLE SEATTLE, Dec. 26. ? Jack Jackson was killed and two were injured in an explosion in a mine of the Pacific Coast Coal company at Black Diamond, east of Seattle Wednesday. AUTO KILLS AGED 'FRISCO BANK CLERK ? o-o ? SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26? James W. McDermott, an aged bank clerk, was run down yesterday by an auto mobile and killed. FORMER VICE-PRESIDENTS WIFE PASSES AWAY BLOOMINGTON, 111., Dec. 26? Mrs. Adai E. Stevenson, wife of former Vice-President Stevenson, died here yesterday. STEFANSSON EXPEDITION AGAIN REPORTED SAFE O-O OTTAWA, Dec. 26. ? Anderson, a member of the Stefansson expedition, has reported to the Minister of Naval Affairs that the scientists and mem bers of the crews of the Alaska and Mary Sachs are safe in winter quar ters at Collinson point. The report says that neither vessel is damaged to any extent. CHURCHES APPROPRIATELY OBSERVE CHRISTMAS The Christmas exercises yesterday were attended by crowded houses. An execellent program, with first class mu sic, was rendered at the Trinity Epis copal church. The full vested choir rendered sacred music in a way that thrilled the audience. St. Luke's church of Douglas, joined in the ser vices. The midnight mass at the Catholic church and the other services there al so included a musical program of un usual merit. The true spirit of Christ mas was brought out in a way that im pressed those present. The Presbyterian churches and the Methodist church of Juneau provided special programs in which Christmas music played its proper Important part. Rioting and Accident Mar Los Angeles' Christmas SEATTLE MAIL SACKS RULED SEATTLE, Dec. 26. ? Fifteen hun dred letters in the mail between Ana cortes and Seattle were rifled yester day. The slit mail sack from which the letters were taken was found in the bay. o ? o ? o "PUCK" ABSORBED BY SOCIALIST PUBLICATION i NEW YORK, Dec. 23.? "Puck," the j New York comic weekly, has been ta : ken over by "The Masses," a socialis j tic monthly. Puck for many years, ex cept in the campaign of 1896, has been Democratic. o ? o ? o FINANCIAL STAGNATION IS PASSING MATTER NEW YORK, Dec. 23.? W. C. Van Antwerp, one of the New York Stock Exchange governors, says that the present stagnation is only a passing condition, such as has occured at in tervals in all lines of commercial en terprise and in speculation the world over. v. ? o ? o NEW ENGLAND WANTS INTERSTATE COMMISSION ? c-o ? BOSTON, Dec. 23. ? The New Eng land Shoe Wholesalers' Association has voted to request President Wood- j row Wilson to appoint a New Eng land man as successor of Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prontv. o ? o ? o SENATORS LINING UP FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.? Senator F. M. Simmons, of North Carolina, chairman of the Senate finance com mittee, said: "I am in favor of govern ment taking over the telegraph lines. I think the project is entirely feasible 1 I do not know what the program will be, but I presume that before the pur chase bill is passed, a thorough inves tigation of the properties will be au thorized and made. I do not expect to see a bill passed this session." Senator Charles F. Johnson, of Maine, is in favor of the government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines if the government can acquire the j lines at a reasonable price. The proposal to take over telephone and telegraph lines is declared to be favored by a majority of the Senate, although many members are not ready to commit themselves pubilcly. o ? o ? o NOT ALL DEMOCRATS FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP ? o-o BOSTON, Dec. 23. ? A Washington special says Democrats are by no means agreed on the govrenment own ership of telegraph and telephone lines and their operation by the post office department, to which policy the Wilson administration is strongly leaning. UNION PACIFIC TO CUT TIME TEN HOURS ? o-o ? WASHINGTON, Dec. 26? The Union Pacific has agreed to furnish the gov ernment with an 86-hour mail train between New York and San Francisco, clipping off 10 hours from the previous schedule. MEYER'S SAN FRANCISCO BANK WILL CLOSE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26. ? The bank of Daniel Meyer, who died re cently, one of the oldest financial in stitutions in San Francisco, will cease active business at the end of 1913. Dr.niel Meyer's heirs have decided to wind up his bank. It was founded in 1851 in the days when the principal medium of exchange was gold dust. SAFETY RULE WITH NEW YORK SUBWAY NEW YORK, Dec. 26? Not a pas senger has lost his life in a collis j ion on the New York subway routes since the system was opened in 1904, and accidents have attracted attention principally because they have been so few in number. President Shonts calls the observance of safety first the "rule of reason." o ? o ? o Nicely furnished room to let, with bath, two minutes from business dis trict. 123 Gold st. " 12-18-tf. o ? o ? o Good board and rooms by thp day, week or month. Rates reasonable. St. George House, formerly the Simpson j hospital. 10-, W LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26. ? On<- was killed and ",:o injured in a riot of the unemployed here yesterday. Th< po lice raided the rioters and disarmed many of them. Street Car Accident Adds to Horror. A street car accident just after the rioting added to the horror of Ix>s An geles' Christmas day. Miss Mary F. Alburgh and Carl Havener were fa tally injured and 30 others hurt. The accident was due to a rear end collis ion. DIVIDES CELL WITH MAN HE SENTENCED OREGON CITY, Dec. 26. ? George Bingham, justice of the peace at Oak Grove, was arersted Christmas day charged with beating his wife. He oc cupies the same cell in the county jail as that in which R. W. Moore is incarcerated. Bingham sentenced Mr. Moore to jail for six months last Aug ust for the same offense of which he is now charged. CAPT. POND TO SUCCEED COTTMAN SEATTLE, Dec. 26. ? It has been un officially announced here that Capt. Chas. F. Pond will be assigned to the command of the Bremerton navy yard to succeed Rear-Admiral V. L. Cott man. Capt. Pond will soon reach the rank of Rear-Admiral. ?JIM" HILL TALKS OF BUSINESS MATTERS * ? o ? o ? NEW YORK, Dec. 26. ? James J Hill says: "I have not followed the case of the Eastern roads for an ad vance in rates, but naturally I think the companies have made a strong pre sentation. It would be their own fault if they did not; for the necessity ex ists, and there should be no difficulty about showing it. "In the Northwest business condi tions are very good. The earnings of our roads are running a little behind last year, but will rank next to it as the best on record. The conditions in the Northwest are not, however, rep resentative of the whole country, for we produce what everybody must have at all times, whereas in other sections things are produced for which there is not a general or stable demand. Ac tlvlty in the large centers of indust try ha? slowed dow n, but not to a very serious extent. "Wall street seems to be very much depressed; but that is a state of mind, and not a n-flex of the real business situation. Gambling in the stock mar ket is dead. Intelligent speculation is. of course, another matter; but the wisest man is the one who makes it a rule to buy for investment, and to con fine his purchases to what he can pay for." seattle~shXken by XMAS EARTHQUAKE O? o ? SEATTLE, Dec. 26.? An earthquake that continued for 90 seconds caused dishes and other articles to rattle in Seattle homes and buildings yester day morning at 6:40 o'clock. No dam age resulted. laurier toTead LOW TARIFF FIGHT ? o-o ? NEW YORK. Dec. 26? An Ottawa special says that Sir Wilfrid Laurier will inaugurate a great tariff discus sion so as to bring on a general elec tion in which the rapidly increasing cost of living, decreasing revenues and "hard times" will be the principal polit ical items. CONGRESSMEN MAY LOSE FREE MAIL PRIVILEGE BOSTON, Dec. 26. ? A Washington special says that an effort will be made next winter to abolish the post al franking privilege given members of Congress. o ? o ? o HINTS TO THE WISE:? It is get ting near to the day when you will fi nally have to make up your mind Just what to buy for Christmas and New Year's gifts. The popular fancy runs this year to Parisian Ivory. A splen did assortment of it may be seen at Doran's Drug Store. 12-10-tf.