late Telegraph News
JUAREZ. Dec. 26.—The rebel
army is retreating to Torreon after
haring suffered a heavy defeat in the
attack on this city. The federal
troops are in pursuit and are hard
pressing the fleeing army. It is
estimated that the rebels have left
fully 1,000 dead on the field. The
retreat is an utter rout, the officers
having lost all control of their men.
No prisoners are being taken. The
rebels have been forced to abandon
many of their guns. Their camp
equipment and a large supply of
arms and ammunition have fallen
into the hands of the federals.
CHIHUAHUA, Dec. 26.—General
Villa, commander of the rebel troops
here has issued orders to General
Ortega that the war must be one of
■extermination and that no prisoners
are to be taken. General Ortega is
in command of an army of 4,000
cavalry and has gone to take up the
attack on the left of the feceral
position at Ojinaga
The order of General Villa is due
to the extermination of a number
of rebel officers taken prisoners at
Juarez. They were lined up against
the wall and shot by orders of the
federal general. The rebel soldiers
captured were shot if they did not
avail themselves immediately of the
opportunity of taking up arms
against their friends. Those who
had previously been enlisted in the
government army were not even con
sidered but were lined up with the
officers before the guns of the fed
eral soldiers.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—One
man was killed and scores injured
in a riot of the unemployed which
took place here on Christmas day.
Hundreds of hungry men fought for
the remnants from the Christmas
tables at the big hotels.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.—Two
persons were instantly killed and 30
injured in a rear end collision yes
terday afternoon while a crowd of
Christmas pleasure seekers were re
turning from the beach. The dead
are: Miss Mary F. Alburgh and Carl
Havener. The street cars came to
gether with terrific force, the car in
front being literally telescoped.
SEATTLE, Dec. 26.—This city
was visited by an earthquake at 6:40
on Christmas morning which caused
people to flee from their homes be
lieving that the buildings would col
lapse. The shocks lasted for 90
seconds and were sufficiently strong
to cause dishes to rattle and goods
to tumble from the shelves.
The shock did not cause any dam
age to buildings although they
swayed with the earth. It was not
an upheaval such as caused the
buildings at San Francisco to crack
and crumble, but was a steady
tremor of the earth.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—This city
and vicinity is in the grip of a ter
rible storm. Ten persons are known
to have perished in the east river on
the Jersey coast. Shipping along the
coast has suffered and it is feared
that many of the smaller vessels en
gaged in the coastal trade have been
lost.
Many steamers are overdue and
anxiety is felt for their safety. Ocean
liners which were caught in the
path of the storm are arriving late
and others report by wireless that
the storm extends far out to sea.
The damage to shipping will run
into hundreds of thousands of dol
lars.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.—Five
thousand poor children and parents
were given a real Christmas in
Central Park, where the trees and
bushes were loaded with presents,
candies and household goods. A
dozen Santa Clauses distributed the
gifts. Other relays of children will
, be entertained nightly until all have
been provided for. The celebration
was financed by the woman’s clubs
of Los Angeles.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Dec. 27.—A
suit for $2,000,000 has been file!
In the circuit court here by the at
torney general’s department against
the St. Louis & San Francisco rail
road.
GULFPORT, Miss., Dec. 27.—
While driving along the county
road In his automobile President
Wilson discovered that the home of
Mrs. J. H. Neville was on fire. He
immediately directed his chauffeurs
and two secret service men how to
extinguish the blaze. Mrs. Neville
was overcome with fright when told
that her house was on fire and the
President allayed her fears while
directing the men at their work.
President Wilson had been to
Gulfport where he had spent the
morning on the golf course and was
returning home to Pass Christian.
LEXINGTON. Ky., Dec. 27.—
Solomon Jackson and Edward Tate,
founders of Pineville, fought a duel
to the death here yesterday. They
clasped their left hands and with
revolvers in their right hands
fought it out. Both are dead.
The men had been friends for
many years but recently quarreled
and were very bitter. Mutual
friends attempted to bring about an
understanding but without avail.
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Haz
zard, the starvation cure doctor,
took her departure this morning for
the penitentiary unattended by
guards. She will have to serve two
years unless sooner pardoned.
Mrs. Hazzard was convicted of
having been instrumental in hasten
ing the death of Claire Williamson,
a patient at her Olalla sanitarium,
through starvation. She was con
victed here and appealed to the
supreme court for a new trial on a
writ of error. The lower court was
sustained and she must serve her
sentence.
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—A mail sack
which had been slit open and the
letters rifled was discovered float
ing in the bay this afternoon. The
sack belonged to the Anacortes mail
and contained 1,500 letters.
When the mail clerk on the
steamer was checking out here there
was one sack missing and it was be
lieved that the error had been
made at Anacortes. A warrant has
been issued for his arrest pending
an investigation of the affair.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—President
Moyer, of the Western Federation
of Miners, is under treatment here.
Physicians state that his wound
where he was shot in the back is
not dangerous and he will speedily
recover.
The attorney for the Federation
has announced that he will demand
a grand jury investigation of the
affair.- Moyer is fully convinced
that his assailants, who entered his
room in the hotel at Hancock were
in the employ of the Citizen’s Alli
ance. He has received hundreds of
messages from unions in all parts
of the country hoping for a speedy
recovery.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Uncle
Sam, it was announced, will play
Santa Claus during the year 1915
to hundreds of crippled soldiers and
sailors of the United States army
and navy, if he can secure an ap
propriation of $275,000 from Con
gress. This large amount will be
spent for wooden legs, artificial
arms, glass-eyes, false teeth and
similar articles. The year 1915 is
the specified time for the renewal
of this “equipment.”
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Crazed
with the fear that he was the vic
tim of heart disease Henry Knell,
secretary of the Philadelphia Steel
& Forge Company, killed his wife
and their two children. He then
wrote a will and called an attorney
and two neighbors to witness the
instrument. When they had com
pleted the task he informed them
what he had done and before they
could Interfere he placed the re
volver to his head and fired a bullet
through his brain. He died instantly.
He willed the property to his own
and his wife’s relatives.
PARIS, Dec. 29.—Convicted last
week of a series of thefts which he
inspired his dog to commit, Wil
helm Volkamps, a German baker,
is serving a sentence of 30 days. At
Volkamps’ trial it was shown that
he had subsisted for eight moBThs
on choice cuts of beef, poultry, flgh
and sausages which he had taught
his dog to steal from neighboring
shops. The dog has been adopted
by the gendarme who arrested its
master. An effort will be made to
reform it.
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss., Dec. 29.
—President Wilson celebrated his
57 th birthday yesterday by attend
ing church and going for an auto
mobile ride on the county roads in
the afternoon. He received many
congratulatory telegrams including
messages from King George of Eng
land, and the German Emperor.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.—
Brigadier-General George H. Tor
ney, surgeon-general of the United
States army, died here yesterday ot
pneumonia. He had been. ill only
a few days and his illness was not
regarded as serious by his friends.
He was to have been retired on
June 1, 1914.
CALUMET, Mich., Dec. 29.—The
remaining 59 of the 72 children
killed in the Christmas eve stam
pede from Italian Hall were buried
yesterday by the members of the
Western Fedeiation of Miners.
Pathetic sights were witnessed at
the cemetery. Thousands attended
the funeral, following the wagons
piled with ihe little coffins.
LIMA, Dec. 30.—A serious earth
quake is reported to have occurred
in southern Peru. The shock was
felt in this city but the center of
disturbance was too distant to cause
damage to buildings. A volcano,
which has been extinct since the
earliest recollection of the natives,
has become active since the earth
iuake and is discharging lava. Tne
lava is flowing down the mountain
and has engulfed several native
villages with a great loss of life.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 30.—Peti
tions have been filed with the gov
ernor bearing double the number of
signatures to guarantee the placing
of the proposed law providing for
state-wide prohibition on the gen
eral election ballot next year.
MONTREAL, Dec. 30.—This city
narrowly escaped destruction from
fire yesterday afternoon. While the
waterworks was out'of commission
a serious fire broke out in the busi
ness section of the city. It was
necessary for the department to lay
a mile of hose to connect with the
St. Lawrence river before water
could be played on the flames. One
block, occupied by retail stores was '
iestroyed. The flames were begi l
aing to catch in adjoining buildings vt
when the water began pouring from
the nozzles. Wildest excitement
prevailed for a time as it was feared
:hat the engines would be unable to ^
pump the water up the long grade. (
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“Guilty as charged in the indict- t
nent, without capital punishment,” i
s the verdict that was returned by i
the Fairbanks jury in the case of i
the United States vs. Frank Albani, t
n which the defendant was accused <
pf murder in the first degree. The ■,
trial of the case consumed five days, ’
ind the deliberations of the jury in <
WRANGELL MINER MEETS
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Fred Stark, a resident of Wran
gell for years recently left that
place to go to his mining property.
He failed to reach his destination
and a search party was sent out.
They discovered his boat adrift and
later found his dead body on the
beach. An investigation will be
held as to the manner in which he
came to his death.
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PAYROLLS BRINGING
PROSPERITY TO JUNEAU
President F. W. Bradley, of the
Juneau Gold Mining Company, in
outlining the operations of the com
pany stated that they would depend
upon the residents of Juneau to
room and board 1,600 employes of
the company. They expect to mill
12,000 tons per day at an expense of
not to exceed 80 cents per ton.
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NOME HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM FIRE
The Headquarters Saloon in
Nome, one of the places which
escaped damage by the big storm,
recently caught fire and was par
tially destroyed. A gale was blow
ing at the time and the department
had difficulty in preventing the
flames from reaching the adjoining
buildings. The loss amounted to
several thousand dollars.
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HIGH GRADE ORE IS
FOUND AT BERNERS BAY
The Juneau Empire states that
miners doing development work on
the Greek Boy group of claims in
the Berner’s bay section have
struck a big body of high grade
>re. The ledge, mostly low grade,
iverages 15 feet wide. The rich
say shoot is said to have a width of
sight feet.
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rEANIE ABANDONED TO
THE UNDERWRITERS
The steamer Jeanie, of the Alaska
loast Company, which was wrecked
n Calvert Island, in Queen Char- !
otte Sound has been abandoned to J
he underwriters. She was valued \
t $25,000 and her cargo at •
15,000. The steamer went on the ■
ocks during a dence fog, at low ■
ide. Her hull was pierced in sev- ,
ral places and she filled with water •
is the tide rose. Her crew and mail ■
vere taken off by the Dominion gov- ■
srnment steamer Estavan. ■
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government at New Year’s and will
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the necessary $100 worth of work
on the claims as required under the
new law. Many Nome miners are
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the ground which wi 1 become open
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