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The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
Girl Wears Mems Clothes;
Asks Friends to Underworld

DENVER, Nov. 10. - Thinking
to play a prank upon two friends
whom she had not seen in years,
Ruth Williams, a seamstress, last
night made an appointment with
them by telephone She had pre-
viously had her hair clipped in
masculine fashion and when she
walked up to them at Eighteenth
and Larimer streets she appeared
to be railway employe just off
from work.
slip me match, mister" she
asked Of one of her friends.
The man gave her match. She
lighted a cigarette She then asked
them II they desired to accompany
her upon a little trip to the un-
derworld. The two men, thinking
her to be a youth, assented after
they consulted their watches and dis
covered that they had more than
thirty minutes before the hour set
for their meeting with Miss WILL
Jams.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

The girls laugh led to her undo
inl. Patrolman C. Smith heard her
silyery litter and then looked at
her feet. He decided that things
were not as they seemed. He asked
her to walk to police headquarters.
Instead walking she rode in the pa
troll. which happened to be passing.
Arriving at the Jail she boldly de-
clared her name to be "Bill Smith"
The fair Bill Smith" was assign
ed to the bull pen. Jailer Hugh
Smith finally called her out and
took her before Captain Lee just as
Patrolman Smith telephoned to
headquarters that he had "hunch"
that his last arrest had been
woman.
Miss Williams was then assigned
to cell in the women's ward, after
she laughingly told her story. Cap
tain Lee dispatched a patrolman to
her rooms to secure complete out.
fit Of woman's apparel before she
is taken into police court this morn
ing.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
AVIATOR RELATES
NOVEL EXPERIENCE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Capt.
Paul w. Beck, of the army avia-
ton school at College Park, Md,
told of his remarkable experience
when he become lost in the clouds
in his biplane while flying from
College Park to Annapolis.
The young aviator, who was about
1,400 feet in the air, suddenly found
himself enveloped in a dark cloud.
The pressure of air currents was
such that Capt Beck's craft rock
ed as a boat would in a rough sea
and he was seized with a feeling
akin to seasickness.
He felt himself losing all control
of the machine. which descended
rapidly for about 700 feet. This
brought him out of the cloud, when
he had no difficulty in recovering
his equilibrium.
Capt Beck was a newspaper man
before he entered the army and
was for some time employed on
Denver papers.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
BOY MURDERED
FOR SUFFERING

WASHINGTON, Nov 19-Investi-
cation by the detectives today in
dicates that Harry Smith the II
year-OId boy, whose charred body
was removed from Tony Melano's
shoemaker shop at Fourth and H
street, was killed by the shoemaker
in spasm of sudden anger because
the by suffered a request to have
quarter changed
Melano. who has been the butt
for small boys in the neighborhood,
because of his eccentricities, believed
the suffering youth was mocking
him and threw a hammer with fatal
effect, according to the police.
Finding the boy dead or badly
injured the Italian Is believed to
have dragged his body to the corner
where it was found, sofa piled
on it, and set fire to the shop to
destroy the evidence Of the crime.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
PINS TICKET ON
DAzED WIFE AND
SENDS her AWAY

Los ANGELES. Nov. 10. - Half
starved, i'll and pznniless,' Mrs. Ka-
tie Widmer, whose husband she said.
was tailor at Red Bluff, Cal, was
taken fr-m train today and brought
to a receiving hospital Upon the
womans bodice was a tag reading:
TO whom ii may concern: This
is MIS-. Katie Widmsr. She is feeble
minded and is enroute to her sisters
place, Mrs. Annie Eckart. 81 Green
wood avenue, Madison. n. j."
Mrs. w idmer said her husband
had beaten her into dazed con-
dition and placed her n the train
at Red Bluff after having provided
her with a ticket to New Jersey
and Two hundred dollars in money.
Two women, who bsfriended her
on the tain, she derclared, robbed
her Of the money
Il am not so feeble-minded as my
husband sesms to think" Mrs. Wild
mer told the police surgeons. He
tried to get rid of me because |
wanted to be with my five children"
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
PRISONER GOES
INTO FITS WHEN
WARDEN SINGS

PITTSBURG, Ncv. 10. Friends
Of Warden Edward Lewis of the
Allegheny county Jail say he is
some singer, and he does not deny
it himself but recently a prisoner
threw fit while the warden was
ca.Olling a gospel hymn at the
weekly religious service in the Jail,
and now Lewis is in a troubled
frame of mind.
The warden had finished the first
stanza and his resonant voice had
started the opening words of the
second, when John Rampola, short
term man, enthralled by the appeal
ing sentiment of the song and its
feeling rendition, went into convul-
sions. He may recover. Lewis did
rot finish the HYMN.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
English Girls Don Their
Bathing Suits in Public

LONDON, Nov 10. William
Henry, England's famous swimmer
and life-saver, who was recently in
New York, has just greatly Mortified
the austere prudes of the Amateur
Swimming association here, who
have tabooed mixed bathing, in races
or otherwise.
Describing with warm appreciation
the mixed bathing at Folkestone,
where for years it was forbidden
after other English seaside resorts
had permitted it. Mr.. Henry said:
There are many ladies at Folk
stone who in the early morning come
down to the beach, undress on the
shingle and take their swim, feeling
none the worse, and probably no
cne thinks the worse of them for
doing so. Mixed bathing has great
ly increased the number of women
able to swim, and at Folkstone suf-
ficient undressing accommodations
are not provided"
At one time there was such an
outcry that Mr.. Henry had to do
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
Japanese Troops | Landed
Powers Amazed at Action

1t does from private sources.
PEkING. Nov. Is. - It is report
ed that the rebels have attacked
Hankow and that fierce fighting is
in progress.
SHANGHAI, Nov 1S - 1t is re-
ported that Admiral Sahs and the
remainder of his fleet have been
captured by the rebels.
CHIN KIANG. Nov. IS. The
struggle fer the possession of Nan
king will not be long delayed. Cen
eral Chang's army is within the
city. but gained entrance too late
to open the fight today and will at
tack the rebels tomorrow.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
man To Be HANGED
ASK BAND TO PLAY
FOR HIM NEXT DAY

ADA, Okla, Nv. 10. A band
will play at Frank Edwards funeral
if he has his way about it. He is
to be hanged December 20, and has
made all arrangements for his burial
His desires are contained in the fol-
lowing letter, written to William
Squirting, friend at Temple, Okla
Dear Sir-I will write yau a
few lines. l received your Bible and
was glad to receive it. My wife and
baby are here with me. My time is
set for the Goth day Of December, and
want to be buried at Temple Tell
DR.. Benson and Jim Webb and Bill
Holt to tell all of the other people
to meet the train the 21st day Of
December, for l suppose that l will
be shipped to Temple that day. Mr..
Squirting, you tell Money Bros. ard
the band boys to meet the train and
play some marches for me and open
my coffin at the station, so all Of
my friends can see me. When you
read this please send it to Bill Holt
at Taylor's store
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
Wrecked American Sailors Wed
Dusky Maidens in Isle of Tahiti

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 10. -
Lured by the charms of two dusky
maidens Of Tahiti, Harry Smith and
Martin Peterson Cf the crew Of
the bark Puritan, wrecked recently
in mid-ocean, are married men today
and bOSsirg work on banana and
cOcoanut plantations in that far
off isle. according to other mem
bCrs of the crew. who arrived here
on the royal mail steamship
AOrangi from Papeete.
First Mate II. II. Hatfield, who,
with ten survivors, came on the
Aorangi said that after sailing and
rowing 1000 miles his crew arrived
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
women CONTROL
THE SITUATION

= Los ANGELES. Nov. 10. - !.
:. The women of the working =
:. mems families are pitted against :.
:. those Of the aristocratic homes :.
:. in the municipal campaign to =
= determine the mayOrality. =
= The women Of the city hold the :.
:. balance of power, and there =
:. are 10000 of them registered. ::
:. Socialism is the whole issue :!
:. now. The battle is Centered in ::
:. the fight for and against Job :.
:. Hartman, who is McNamara's :.
:. lawyer. and the Socialist nomi- :.
= nee for mayor who made such =
:. wonderful showing In the pri- :.
:. mary. presaging victory at the ::
:. election on December 5. The :.
:. women were eDfranchised at =
:. the same election that gave ::
:: Hartman and the good govern :.
:. ment candidate Alexander :.
:. their primary nominations. Pol :.
:: itical leaders admit their help :.
= lessness and claim that the wo- :.
:: men CT the city have the situa- :.
:. ton in their own hands. :.
:. +
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
CITY IS
ALASKA MAD

SEATTLE, Nov. 10. There is
on foot a movement to align the en-
tire Pacific coast in a mammoth
endeaycr to advance the interests OF
Alaska before congress; and to gen
orally exploit the territory. The
movement is fathered by Seattle
men in the chamber of commerce and
IS gaining at rate not dreamed of
p rtland has enthusiastically joined
and now San Francisco is evincing
the deepest interest and extending
assistance with a big financial and
nfluertian support. A great Alas
ka dinner will be given here to-
morrow 1t will be attended by the
best men in Seattle. 1t is rumored
that a move is on foct to have
spontaneous offering of checks in
big amounts to swell the fund with
which plans are to be carried out
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

finitely worse than any to have &C.
CURED since 1906 are now devastat-
ing the valleys of the Puget sound
basin. Already the train service has
been completely demOraliZed. Around
Seattle the rivers are still rising
from Puyallup to the Canadian bor.
der. They are running bank full and
overflowing all the lowlands. The
citizens of Stanwood are prepared
for flight Boats are now plying the
streets of the valley town.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

PEKIN. Nov. 10. The most
startling and sensational develop
ments came in the Chin Sc reyoiu-
tion last night with the landing III
Japanese troops at Chefoo. The 9th
er powers are amazed at the bold
ness CT the act. Action by the gred.
powers has been withheld in tn
landing of troops because of the
belief that their landing would fan
into blaze the latent antifo, eign
sentiment among the native popula-
ton Now of course all other ma
tons must follow the lead f the laps
SHANGHAI, Nov. 10 The reb-
els have all of the Manchu force
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
CHILD REFUSES
TO HONOR FLAG:
IS SENT HOME

r JERSEY CITY. Nov. 19. =
= The public school authorities OF :.
= New Jersey are called upon :.
= today for the first time in the :.
= history of the state TO deal :.
+ with the situation arising from :.
= the refusal of a pupil to salute :.
= the American flag or take the :.
!. oath Of allegiance during school :.
!. exercises. For many years the :.
:: state school laws compelled the :.
= salutation of the flag and the :.
:. renewal of the oath OF allegi :.
!. anCe TO ii every morning :.
:. At the opening # the Perth :.
= Amboy schools Thursday Cath :.
= crime Audsley, 14-year-old pu- :.
/. pill, refused to comply with this :.
!. law and was sent home by the :.
:. school superintendent. NJ. F. :.
!. Audsley. the girls father, who :.
= is a British subject, went to :.
+ New York at once and placed =
!. the matter before the British :.
= consul He said he did not pro- :.
!. hibit his children from paying :.
= all the respect due to the Amer :.
= lean flag. but he had instructed :.
= them not to take the oath of :.
= allegiance to it, :.
= The British consul will send :.
= to the proper authorities in :.
= Perth Amboy papers confirm f.
+ ing the statement that Mr.. =
:. Audsley's children are bona fide :.
!. subjects of Great Britain. =
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

stage threatening life and properly
to a greater extent than it does to-
night. Sedro-Wooley reports heavy
losses sustained by the lumber in
terests. The entire district between
here and Sedro-Wooley is flooded.
BELLINGHAM Nov IS. The
flood has finally rolled down on
this city creating havoc fully as
disastrous as predicted from the
points above
This city is entirely isolated. Wa
ter surrounds it on every side.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

WASHINGTON. Nov 19.-Confi-
Dental reports at official depart
ments indicate that a second Mex
lean revolution is practically GER
tain The United States frees are
being moved toward the bo:der to
be ready for action when the new
trouble comes General Reyes has
been heralded as the leader Cf the
new revolution. II is thought that
Juarez will probably be the first
point where the outbreak will oc-
cur
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. - Major
General Leonard Wood has notified
all commanders of posts in the south
to be prepared to depart for the
Mexican border on IN ment's no
ticp
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
Mayor Gaynor Wouldn't Hunt
On Strange Ground for Wife

NEW YORK. Nov IL Almost
any woman Is too coed fer nearly
any man TO marry, is the opinion of
Mayor Gayror. The mayor gave eX-
preston to that view in replying
TO letter sent 20 him by a man
in Arkansas City, who asked for a
wife. The mayer won't recommend
one
This is the letter that Mayor
Gaynor sent in reply
Your letter ackirG me TO find
wife for you is at hand How is
this? Why do you send way up
here to NeN' York for wife? Do
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

at Anaa, 300 miles from Papeete.
They were received with great hos
pltality by the natives, who had
seen no white man for long time.
Roast pig and other delicacies that
the island c-uld provide were pre-
pared for the hungry castaways.
When We reached Tahiti" said
Hatfield, this kind treatment con.
ttnued, and the natives pressed us
to stay the:e, but only Peterson
and Smith consented"
Germany has canal boat operat.
ID by trolley. 1t works to pertcc.
ton
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
New Mexican Revolution
Calls for Attention Now

public divulge the news that the
cabinet member is soon to resign
his position.
MEXlCO CITY, Nov. IS. - The
apprehension, prevalent in some quar-
ters of revolution in this coun-
try, is gIoundless. Washington is
tco fearful of the supposed anarch-
istic sentiment in Mexico
SAN DIEGO, Cal. Nov. IS - Tha
insurgents of Sonora are carrying on
quiet preparations for another out
break. Tia Juana is again teeming
with a motley crowd of vaqueros and
greasers who have slipped in from
nobody knows where.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Nov. IS
General Reyes was given a prelim-
mary hearing today and is held un-
der s. 900 bail
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
GREAT SOCIALIST
ON ROOSEVELT

= TERREHAUTE, Ind, Nov Is. =
:. Eugene V. Debs, in an inter :.
:. view on Roosevelt. says that :.
:: Roosevelt knows that he can =
:. not show his head over the po- :.
:. litical horizon at the present =
:. time, and that he suspects =
:. Roosevelt is doing underground =
:. work for La Toilette Debs =
:. says that he would not be sur :.
:. prised if Roosevelt were to :.
:. frame LaFollette's nomination :.
= speech, and then trick the :.
!. convention into a landslide for :.
:. himself at the last moment. !.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, tov 1S-
\ tinted States marshal las arrest
ID the Independent revolutionary
l-adCr, General Reyes. T .e charge
on which Reyes will be arraigned
in tie United States court will al
lege that he has violated neutrality
laws. Reyes was indicted at LaIe-
do, Tex
Eli PASO. Tex. Nov. Is. En-
pl yes OF tbs secret service are
shadowing the movements of Reyes
and his council in this city. con-
sequcutly the active insurgents here
and across the river in olarez are
being watched
MENICO CITY, Nov. IS. - Private
correspondence between senor Co
mcz. minister of finance and parties
AhOs names have not hen made
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

NEW HAVEN, Nov 10. - Gaby
Deslys and company were driven
from the stage during Yale stu
dents riot following the football de-
feat by Princeton yesterday Sou
brette Manuel Love and chorus girls
were voluntary prisoners in the the
alter until midnight because OF fear
Ct the student mob which was en-
gagged in wrecking the exterior Of
the building.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

huddlcd inside the walls of Nanking
and this morning were mobilizing
troops with cam and ammunition
to storm the city Immediately. The
troops will be supported in the
charge ty The fleet on the Yangtse.
The fighting was fierce all day yes
tsrday. \ terrific battle was also
fought at IIankow where three hun
dred were slain by both sides during
the day.
TOXIC. Nov. Is. Advices re-
ceived here today say that an at
tempt has been made on the life of
the new premier. Yuan Shi Kai. The
infn- matiOr is reliable coming as
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
Puget Sound Country is
Ravaged by Great Flood

TACOMA, Nov. IS. - Srhe flood
damage is taking on a mere serious
aspect every hour.
BELLINGHAM. Nov. IS. - Heavy
rains are swelling the floods being
brought down by the rivers Of
Western Washington. A soaking
d,wnpour is general over the flood
belt.
LACONNER. Wash, Nov IS. -
The river is at flood stage with ii
feet of water. A time can not be
recalled when the Skagit was at
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
Pope MUST Wait A While

that DR.. Mazzoni has warned the
pope not to hold consistory this
month for the creating of cardinals
because Ct the pontiff's weakened
condition. He fears it might result
fatally.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

you not know the proverb that he
who goes far from home for wife
is apt to be fooled?
Mot any woman man happens
TO meet is altogether too good for
him.
But 1t seems you are unable to
find a wife among all the women of
your locality Do you not think that
you are altogether too particular?
am very certain that there are
many there who would make good
wives"
The writer gave his name as Will
lam H. Mummey and says he Is a
farmer
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

his best to explain how the English
girls don their bathing suits in
public. In his explanation he says:
They come to the beach wearing
long mackintoshes. Some clothing Is
removed first; then the macintosh
es, and the bather steps forth in
swimming costume. At the end OF
their swim they put the macintosh
over the wet bathing dress and
squat on the ground A great com
motion then takes place under the
macintosh, and shortly the gentle
bather gets up apparently fully at
tired and wrings out her wet cos
tune. How she gets out of 1t Is a
mystery to me. But she does and
enjoys it and, of course, there
is no immodesty"
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
The jewels we're Stolen

LYONS, France, Nov. 49, In
mail robbery today the jewels of
Lord Crew Earl Cf Durham and
Shaftsbury were stolen. The jewels
were to have been worn at the
Durbar celebration and ceremony in
India
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
Great Games Cause
Excitement and Riots

went down to defeat on her home
grounds today before the Tigers
from Princeton The score was 6
to g.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov IS. -
Harvard won from Dartmouth this
afternoon in a hotly contested game
before a large turnout of rooters
for both sides. The margin was
but two points, the score being
to g.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
WILL ASK MONEY FOR ROADS

VANCOUVER. B. c.. Nov. 19 -
DR.. Thompson, the new member CT
parliament from Yukon is here en-
r-ute to Ottawa. He will urge
vigorous policy for internal develop
msnt and will ask for extensive cam
paign of road building
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. IS. - The
Washington state university team ut
terly overwhelmed the Oregon II
on the football field here today.
Washington %; Oregon O.
MADISON. Wis, NCv. Is. The
Badgers locked horns with the fam
ed Gophers from Minneapolis this
afternoon. The score at the finish
was six and SiS.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. IS. Yale
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
BIBLE IS BEST
SAYS PIONEER

CHICAGO, Nov. 19-At the last
meeting of the Western Association
OF California Pioneers which was
will ever be held, President J. NJ.
Studebaker of the association yes
terday related mary anecdotes of
his trip across the plains in '49
Il built the wagon with my own
hands that bore myself and our band
from Indiana in 40" he said. My
mother made me belt, and in it
put s65. She bade me read my
Bible, but, boylike, l thought more
of that s65. incidentally, that sum
was all We had and We listened
meekly to our father, a newspaper
man, for advice We lost all our
money at Omaha with a 'capper
as We called gamblers then. He
fleeced US with game called
'Three-card monte, and l was glad
to turn to my Bible for consolation
when | saw the long faces of my
companions.
The next day we saw the cap
per- strung up and | decided then
and there ! would stick to the
Bible and leave gambling alone
Out of the 1900 gathered there in
Omaha, hardly 100 got to the coast
The cappers' were too much for
them"
MRS. BELL GOES HOME.
Mrs. Arthur Bell and infant re-
Wi 10
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
CLYDE MORRIS Will Win

SEATTLE, Nov. 10. - Clyde Nor
ris is certain of reelection rs pres
ident of the Arctic club. The other
officers are in doubt. The election
will be held Friday.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
PRESIDENT TAFT HAS A COLD

WASHINGTON, Nov 10. - Pres
ident Taft upon orders of his phy-
sicians has cancelled all engage
ments. 1t is believed that mis- af
Fiction is nothing worse than d
severe cold.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
3 KILLED IN PACKING PLANT

NEW YORK, Nov. 49, Three
were killed and two fatally injured
by an explosion of compressed air
pipe at the Swift packing plant.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
LIMA WANTS HER BOB
TO PAY UP NOW

PARIS, Nov 19. Lima Cavelia
has filed suit against Sheriff Bob
Chanler for divorce. She askes for
ssventy-five thousand dollars and
4 settlement. The case begins to-
morrow
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
JOHN BROWN DEFIES Law

SALT LAKE, Nov. 10. John
Brown. a rich cattleman, after hav-
ing killed his daughter and wound
ed his son-inlaw, is now besieged
by a posse in his home. He says
he will not be taken alive.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
SEVENTEEN ARE RECOVERED

BLUEFIELDS, West Va. Nov. 10.
AT midnight seventeen bodies mad
been recovered from the coal mines
which blew up. yesterday.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
JOHN D. DONATES To LABOR

BRANTFORD, n. Y, Nov. 19.-John
d. Rockefeller has just given fif-
tesn thousand dollars for the erection
of labor temple. General surprise
is expressed in all directions.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
HENRY BEAT1IE CONFESSES

RICHMOND, Nov. 10. - 1t is
rrmored here that Ienrv Beattie
under death sentence confessed last
night to Reverend Dennis with whom
he vas in long conference.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
GOVERNOR WILSON'S
life IS Threatened

FRANKFORT, Ky, Nov 10. - Gov.
Wilson, who pardoned the man con-
victed Of Goebel's assassination, has
asked for police protection against
persons who have threatened the
lives of himself and family.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
MRS. DREXEL GIVES ADVICE

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. IS. - Mrs.
Anthony ]. Drexel has told her
friends to secure divorce in secret
so that the details will be denied the
public.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-11-20
VIM. !. BRYAN
fLAYS EDITOR

:. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Wil- :.
= liam Jennings Bryan bsf re :.
:. sailing for the West Indies :.
:. took occasion to flay Roose- :.
:. welt for series of trust cor :.
:. rections expressed in the Out :.
:. look editorial. The Roosevelt :.
:. editorial has been taken as an :.
:. intimation Cf the authors in :.
= tentiOn to re-enter politics. :.
:. Bryan agreed such construction :.
:. OF his action was justified, but :.
:: declined to express his own :.
:. opinion. Bryan made an earn :.
:. est deferse of the Democratic :.
:. position in regard to big busi- :.
:. ness, and holds that c-mpeti- :
:. tion is possible and should be :.
:. fostsred. He declares that the :.
:. Democratic congress will pre- :.
= vent mon poly and gain abso- :.
:. lutte control of corporati ms. :.
:. !; :. : :. !. !. :. :. :. :. :: :. :. :. :.