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COULD have
EVADEO SUSPICION
Brother OF Condemned Man Says
Slayer of Peck Had Poison and,
If Sane, Would Have Pur-
chased More.

New York, Dec. 25.-That DR.. AT
thur Warren Waite, awaiting execu
ton at Sing Sing for the murder of
Peck, of Grand Rapids, Mich, had
confessed to his brother, Frank Waite.
shortly after his arrest that he had
secreted bottle containing poison
in Frank Waites home, was asserted
in a statement here tonight by the
condemned mans brother.
DR.. Waite is quoted as saying that
he brought the poison with him from
South Africa, where he had been en-
ployed by a dental supply concern.
If he had used the South African
poison instead of purchasing a guam
tity of poison from local dealer,
Frank Waite asserted that the authori-
ties here probably would not have
been able to trace the crime to DR..
Waite. This oversight, the brother
commended. is of itself sufficient to
show that DR.. waite is not the con-
firmed criminal he has been describ-
ed, but that he is insane.
Frank Waite asserted this evidence
will be presented to the court of ap-
peals in an Effort to obtain new trial
for DR.. Waite.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
SHIP MARYLAND
SINKING SOUTH i
OF NANTUCKET
Wireless Call for Aid Says
Engine Room Flooded,
Boat Settling.

New York, Dec. 25.-The steamship
Maryland is reported sinking late to-
night, in latitude 80 degrees north,
longitude 67 degrees west
A wireless message picked up here
said the engine room was rapidly be-
ing filled and asked that aid be sent
Immediately.
The position given in the wireless
is about 60 miles southeast of Nan.
tucket Shoals, or about $50 miles
southeast of New York.
Two steamships named Maryland
are listed in maritime records. One
is a British vessel of 1892 tons, and
the other is an American ship, of 1892
tons. The latter was last reported as
leaving philadelphia. December %, for
Liverpool or London. The American
steamship Maryland is owned by the
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk
railroad company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
WILSON CONSIDERS
REVENUE PROBLEM

Washington, Dec. 25.-Various plans
for meeting the deficit it is admitted
the government will face next year
are being considered by President
Wilson and his cabinet. 1t was said
today that the president might decide
to. address congress on the subject as
soon as he has made up his mind as
to how the revenue should be raised.
Members of the house ways and
means committee already have dis
cussed the problem with Secretary
McAdoo and other administration Of
flcials. The committee will take it
up formally after the holidays.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
JEWISH CONGRESS
ORGANIZED With
SIRAUS At HEAD
fractional Fight Precipitated
at First Meeting by At
tack on Kraus.

New York. Dec. 25.-After a heated
meeting here tonight of the execu-
tive committee of 140, for an Amer
ican-J Jewish congress. Nathan Straus
of this city was elected permanent
chairman as compromise candi
date.
Washington was chosen as the
place for holding the forthoI oming
Jewish congress. The date proposed
is not later than May l, next, this be-
ing left to an administrative commit.
tee to decide definitely.
Two factions representing opposite
views as to the purpose of holding
the forthcoming congress, called for
a vote en- their strength tonight. The
nominating committee recommended
Adolph Kraus, grand master of the
BfNai Birth, to be permanent chair
man. A minority report, submitted
by Cyrus L. Sulzberger of New York,
"deplores the fact that the committee
had decided to nominate as chairman
a man who is at the head of an inter
national secret order. The reading
of this report caused an uproar in the
hall
Henry Morganthau, former ambas-
sador to Turkey, implored the meeting
Ito &orget "petty differences. Mr..
Kraus denied that his organization is
a secret one, and added that rituals
had been forwarded 20 Russia and
other foreign governments. He sug-
gested. however, that it would be bet
ter for him and Louis Marshall, can
,didate of the oposing faction, to re-
tire from their candidates..
Rabbit Stephen S. Wise then nom
mated Mr.. Straus, whose election was
made unanimous.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26

ushed to a hospital at Shreveport.
The eldest died shortly after his ar
rival there, and reports tonight were
that The other two have little chance
for recovery.
Seeks Toys; Finds Parents Dead.
The seven-year-old boy, the only
one in the house to escape, was
sleeping in the loft. He arose to
light the fire at davbreak, and made
the discovery that sent him running to
the nearest house.
Tracks around the house indicated
that at least two persons had part
in the killing.
The Reeves had lived in this parish
several years. Reeves was native
of Houston county, Texas. Accord
ing to several of his neighbors,
Reeves had openly boosted that he
kept $4,000 locked in q tool chest in
bis house and that he was prepared
tc defend it with hot lead"
The tool chest, with the lock brok-
en- off, was found later in a room,
which, according to the boy who gave
the first alarm, was not it's customary
place. Reeves, his neighbors said,
had no regular occupation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26

Reeves Home Like CharneI House.
Other neighbors were summoned,
and when the party entered the
Reeves home, they found Reeves dead
in bed, his head crushed, and deep
wounds, apparently inflicted with an
axe, covering his body,
Lying before the fireplace in an
ether room, was an 11-year-old boy,
unconscious, his skull fractured, and
his legs and arms slashed. Still
clutched in the arms of the older
brother, was his 15-months-old broth
er, badly cut and bruised. In third
room, wrapped in a blood soaked
blanket, was a 5-yearold boy, also
cut and bruised.
Parents Slain While Playing ''Santy.'
Neatly arranged on a pine board
table were the simple Christmas pres
ents which, before retiring, the par
cnts evidently had placed there to sur
prise their children in the morning.
After searching the rooms of the
house, members of the party went in
10 the rear yard, where they found
Mrs. Reeves, a bullet hole in her
head, and her body mutilated.
The three wounded children were
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
QUIET CHRISTMAS
IN CT. BRITAIN

London, Dec. 25.-Except in the
camps and hospitals this Christmas
was the quietest Great Britain has
ever known. Economy was the watch
word among the upper classes. Tarv-
ell was unprecedentedly small, because
the newspapers and the government
appealed to- civilians to stay at home
and give up the trains for soldiers on
leave.
Soldiers everywhere were literally
entertained. The hospitals were dec
grated, and supplied with delicacies,
while professional entertainers volun-
teered their services to help cheer the
patients.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
LASSAN CELEBRATES.
CalifOrnia's Volcano Erupts, Belching
Great Clouds of Smoke.

Redding, Calf. Dec. 25.-Lassan
Peak celebrated Christmas today by
emitting great black pillar OF smoke.
The wind came in and whipped the
smoke into a ring-like halo around the
top of the restless old mountain
which has been in state of eruption
at intervals since 1914.
Housetops here were covered with
folk viewing the spectacle with field
glasses, even before they had opened
their Christmas packages.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
KING GREETS FIGHTERS.
English Ruler Sends Christmas Mes.
sage to Soldiers and Sailors.

London, Dec. 25.-The king has sent
to the British land and sea forces the
following Christmas greeting:
II send to you, my brave sailors and
soldiers, heartfelt good wishes for
Christmas and New Year. My CRATE
full thoughts are ever with you, for
vietory's gain, for hardships endured,
and for your unfailing cheeriness.
Another Christmas has come around,
and we are still at war, but this en-
pire, confident in yon remains deter
mined to win. Nav God bless and
protect you."
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
u. S. CONVICTS HAVE
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. Pa day of en-
tertainment by visiting actors. sing,
ers and comedians, aided by the pris-
on orchestra, an easing up of stern
rules and a dinner more bountiful
that that which was laid for many
who are free. marked Christmas Day
at the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
Warden Zerbet gave out the program
last night, saying he hoped it would
be enough to make the 1,19O inmates
forget prison bars for Christmas Day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION.

NJ. J. R. Stevenson, president of the
Arkansas Tractor & Supply Co., will
continue the demonstration Of the
Avery tractor, on Mr.. Fred Senyards
plantation, on the Tamo pike, We'd
nesday and Thursday of this week.
A special invitation is extended all
-our planters, to call and see the work
done by an, Avery. tractor, pulling four
14-inch plows. 12-26-3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
SUFFRAGISTS HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICE

Washington, Dec. 25.-Memorial
services for a woman suffragist were
held in the capitol today for the first
time. when members of the Congress
sional Union for Woman Suffrage
gathered in Statuary Hall, by per-
mission of Speaker Clark to pay tri-
butte to the late Inez Milholland-Bais-
sevant, and such crowd tried to join
them that the police had to bar the
entrances
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
0PREG0N PLANS
TO TAKE FIELD
AGAINST VILLA
Gonzales, Relieved by Muir
guia at Juarez, Goes TO
Mexico City.

Mexico City, Dec. 25.-General
Obregon, the minister of war of the
&c facto government, and General
Gonzales, will have meeting tomor-
row, for the purpose of arranging
matters so that General Obregon may
take command in the north.
1t is reported in we'll Informed cir
cles here that General Obregon will
take the field personally against Villa
Immediately.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. 25.-Three
persons were killed, three probably
fatally injured and ten others seri-
ously injured when gas plant in the
home of John Faaberg, near Kimball-
ton, Ia, exploded yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
HINTS AT GERMAN INFLUENCE.

Petrograd, Dec. 25.-(via London.)
The Novoe Vremya, limiting that
President Wilson's offer was due to
German influence. severely arraigns
the United States government for
what it terms unwarranted interior
ence in the war, the principles Of
which, the paper says, it thoroughly
misunderstands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
Murguia Commands at Juarez.

Juarez, Dec. 25.-Gen. Jose Muir
guia, the new commander of the
northeastern zone, has assumed COM
mand of the border forces here and
in northern chihuahua, relieving Gen.
eral Francisco Gonzales. who had
been the military commander here for
eight months.
General Murguia has arrived in
Juarez from Chihuahua City with 700
troops which relieved the command
of General Gonzales here, in Guada-
lupe, Zarakosa, San Ignacio and the
other nearby border towns.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26

La. %.
kill
children z
The prisoners heavily manace and after being
in building
violence
o within 100
early
house home
of family killed"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26

ANTAGONISTS. to separate the bones
of skull sometimes fill it with small
beans and place the whole in basin
of water. The beans swell and slowly
split the skull.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26

Sergt. Charles Roussel of Worces-
ter, who enlisted in the Thirty-fifth
French infantry at the outbreak OF the
war, is said to be the only survivor
eOf that regiment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
GIVES LIFE FOR MOTHER.

Eagle Lake, Tex, Dec. 25.-Clara
Bitner, aged s. is dead from burns
sustained in a heroic attempt to save
her mother, Mrs. Emily Bitner, whose
clothing bedame ignited.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
WAR CABINET FOR PORTUGAL.

> Lisbon, via Paris, Dec. 25.-The
cabinet has decided to create a war
committee and public economy COM
mittee. Both bodies will have ex-
'tensive powers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
The Weather

Tuesday. rain. turning to snow:
colder, with cold wave; "wednesday.
fair, colder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-26
Heavy Guard About Minden Jail
Where Negroes Suspected of
Butchering Family are Held
JOHN REEVES, HIS WIFE AND THREE Chill
DREN HACKED TO DEATH JUST AFTER
PARENTS HAD SET OUT CHRIST
MAS TOYS

Neighbors of Webster Parish Man Awakened with
News at Dawn by Seven Year Old Reeves Boy,
Who Had Slept in Loft and Was Overlooked
by the Murderers- Eleven Year Old Found
with Arms Clasped About His Baby
Brother.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

Ed. Nelson was an Ashland visitor
Sunday.
Rudolph Renstrom was a visitor
in Ashland Sunday.
Phil Axelberg was visitor at
Ashland Sunday.
Austin Carson was visitor at
the Garland City last Sunday.
Vivian Paulson spent Sunday in
Ashland visiting with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Wilmer were
visitors at Ashland last Sunday.
Steve and Fred Walters were
visitors at Ashland last Sunday.
DR.. FL. G.. Mertens of Bayfield, was
a visitor in the city last Sunday.
Ray McAndrews spent Sunday in
the Garland City visiting with
friends.
Miss Lillian Lund, who is attend.
ing Gordon's business college at
Ashland, spent a few days in the
city the latter part of last week
visiting with relatives and friends.
Large numbers of people from
here attended the dance given by
the German-American National
Alliance which was held at the
Eagles Hall Sunday. A Dig time
was had by those present.
Two Ten Acre farms, both within
city limits. Ideal places for per-
sons desiring to work in the city
and still have room enough to do
considerable farming. The city is
growing and these pieces will ad-
vance rapidly in price. Get next to
the propositions by calling on w.
A, Robinson, Times building.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
An Awful Jackpot

GAS mad as a hornet" is put
ting it mildly when compared
with the feelings of the resi-.
dents of the east end of the city
after the new survey of that
district was made the other day.
And they had reasons for get
ting hot under the collar" for
the new survey pushed some of
the houses in that district out in
the street, while others found
they had planted fine orchards
in the street.
Those particularly affected by
the survey were HI. c. Koenig,
George F. Cross and G.. C. Gray.
When these people purchased
their land the property was
staked and when they started
their buildings they built ac-
cordingly. Now Mr.. Koenig
finds the residence which he is
building and which he thought
was 100 feet from the lot line
on the avenue, to be butted right
up against the street. George
F. Cross finds himself in a worse
perdicament for his well is in
the street and fifteen feet OF
the house is also located on the
public thoroughfare.
c. G. Gray another resident OF
that section finds that he has
planted 100 fine apple trees in
the street, and so on the survey
hits everyone up that avenue.
Just how far the mix-up will
affect people is hard to say, for
if that avenue is laid out wrong
the same condition will probably
be found to exist in avenues
farther east. It's a bad mess
alright and the surveyors are
catching fits" for their mistake.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

Wanted-Boy Clerk at Mark s
Store, who can talk the Scandi
navian language. Call at once al
the store.
M. S. Lamoreaux of Chicago anC
E. E. Kenfield of Bemidji. of the
Kenfield Lamoreaux company, are
transacting business in the city
today.
One of the daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. Olof Olson is reported as be
ing i'll with scarlet fever. The case
is mild one.
The Knights of Pythias have
changed their meeting nights to the
LIST and Bird Tuesday of each month.
A special meeting will be held Oh
Tuesday evening of next week at
which the 1st and End degree will
be conferred.
Fall bearing straw berries for sale.
A. J. Fraser, old phone. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Run Over by Fire Truck

Arthur Anderson, electrician
for the Washburn Electric Light
and Power Company, was quite
seriously injured last Friday at
the noon hour when he was as
sisting in taking hose truck to
a fire in the Jones residence in
the west end of the city.
Upon the first tap of the bell
Anderson and Ed. Lereaux
rushed to the hose house on
Lereaux's motorcycle. No team
being handy Anderson and Lee
reaux endeavored to haul the
truck to the fire with the motor
cycle, Anderson sitting in the
side car attachment and hang
ing unto the ropes of the truck.
AS the motor car rounded the
corner at third avenue west
Anderson was pulled from the
motorcycle and the truck passed
over his legs.
At first it was thought that
Anderson's legs had been broken
and he was rushed to his home
where physician was called.
No bones were found to be
broken but Anderson's legs
we're so BADLY bruised that he
will be laid up for some time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

Good BoarG and room by the week
or month. Mrs. Peter Chartraw,
one and one-haIf blocks from Ii
brary on 3rd street.
Ed. Getty went to Superior Tues
day for the purpose of taking the
BARRIERS examination before the
State Examining Board.
Miss Mary Bye. who has been
visiting in the city for some time,
left Tuesday for Tioga. N. D. where
she will spend some time visiting
relatives.
FOR SALE--Lots l, 2, 3, 4, and
5, in Egan's subdivision of Lot 4.
Block IL Vaugh's Addition on third
street and 7th avenue east. Inquire
of Box 81.
Doan's Regulets are recommend
ed by many who say they operate
easily, without gripping and without
bad after effects. 25c at all drug
stores. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
new BUSINESS BLOCK
Fine Building to be Erected
by Estabrook-Downs
Company.

Washburn is to have another fine
business block according to inform
alton given out this week by the
Estabrook Downs company. The
building is to be located on the lot
now occupied by the Office of Frey
and Lampson and will be 25x80 feet
IN length, two stories in heighth,
with a full basement underneath.
The building Will be built of brick
with concrete basement, and will be
finished in the finest of shape and
when completed will be one of the
finest business blocks in the city.
Work on the new building will
start some time next week and
will be rushed to completion.
The lower floor of the building
will be fitted up for store purposes
and has been leased to the Palace
Clothing company; who will occupy
bne lower moor ana the basement.
The Palace people have leased their
building to Pascoe Rose who will
move his candy kitchen from the
Lamoreaux property to the new To-
cation. The upper floor of the
building has also been leased. The
front rooms will be occupied by
Drs. Frey & Lampson, and DR.. Fl.
l. Lewis, while the rear rooms of
the building have been leased to
the Wisconsin Telephone company
for their central office.
The new building will add greatly
to the appearance of that block.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Junior Prom MAY AZ

The Junior class of the Washburn
High School are making great
preparations tor the annual Junior
Prom which will be held at the
High School on the evening of May
18th. This gives promise of being
the biggest social affair held in the
city in some time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Wrestling Match

The Mysterious Finn, the local
wrestler, has been challenged for a
match by Chris Pearson of Duluth,
and the match has been staged for
May 10 at the Gem Theatre. It
promises to be good match.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
COURT CONvENES
next MONDAY
Calender of Cases is a Light
One
Few Cases of Importance
Will be Tried at This
Term of Court.

The regular May term of the
Circuit court for Bayfield, county
will convene at the Court House
in the city on Monday of next
week. The first day will be
taken up with motions and try
ing of default matters.
The jury will meet on the
second day of the term for the
trial of all jury cases. On the
criminal calender only cases of
a minor nature appear. Henry
Weaver, Ed. Baldwin and Victor
Wiornen are charged with sell
ing liquor without a license, Joe
Schachte will answer to the
charge of illegal voting, Martin
Flynn is charged with burglary
and Georgiana Anderson will be
tried on an assault charge.
The jury civil calender is ex-
ceptionally light this spring,
only twelve cases being listed on
the calender. A number of
these will go over for the term.
In divorce cases the calender
seems to be we'll filled, eighteen
cases appearing where there is
dissatisfaction and the parties
want a separation. Eleven of
these are residents of Bayfield,
county, the balance coming from
Ashland and Iron county.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
More New Cars

During the past week T. HI. Rob-
inson brought to the city new Ford
cars for FL. H. Peavey, Ed. Will
Jams. Hugh Ross and Mr.. Elliston.
Mr.. Robinson says he also has a
number of other sales made. The
"chug-chug" of the Ford will be a
familiar sound in the streets this
summer, judging from the number
in the city.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
LOCALS
Items of Inf erest Concerning
gour NeighbOrs

Carl Joanis was an Ashland visit
or last Sunday.
Lewis HaHsen of Eau Claire, ar
rived in the city last Friday and
has accepted position at the dyna-
mite plant.
Wanted--An appren tlce girl in
dressmaking, Inquire of Miss
Durocher, Kinney Block, opposite
Times office.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
ALL.WILMINGTON
LEAGUE MEETING.

The Wilmington League will
meet in THE EVENING JOURNAL. or
fee at 7.3O O'Clock tomorrow night.
All the team managers are urged to he
present on time
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
urRcrIES.nTPnNT.

dupont No. took two out OF three
games from Hercules No. ,, in the
Hercules-duPont Bowling League on
the Crescent Alleys last night. The
scores.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18

Matthew Donahuc has returned
from City Point, Va. where he has
been established with the DUPONT
Powder Company. lie comes home
this time to work ont the kinks, in
order that ne may hold down tho
initial sack for the Wilmington Allan
tic League Club. Manager Ernest
Greenwell has already filed Mats
signed contract. and hopes to develop
the boy into star grass eater Matt
is a good man with t5e stick. espe-
cially in the pinches. While playing
the initial asck for the Pioneer team
Of the n-Wilmlngton League his
batting average showed a .37O mark
He broke up several games in the Del
Mar League for the Parkside aggTega-
tion with his timely wallops For
three years he displayed wonderful
athletic ability while attending Will
mington High School. He has cap
tanned various teams for the Cherry
and White. I'm addition 10 being a
promising ball player. Mat has made
a great name as a basketball and
football man. lie is Wilmington's
best field goal kicker
Last year he practically won the
State championship for the Chesrook
eleven single-handed Mat has thou
sands Of friends who will be pulling
for him to make good at Union street
grounds this season.