The Alaska citizen., 1912-07-08

Allen. the Arctic club candidate for Tyee of the Seattle Potlatch. has been elected to fill that position.
 TACOMA. July l. Tacoma's brilliant Montemaro Festo. to last until July ,. was opened today. The city is crowded with visitors.
 Montemaro is the first of ser ies of festivals to be held on the coast. Next in order will be the rose festival at Portland to be fol lowed by the POtlatch at Seattle. then the Portola at san Francisco. WASHINGTON. July 1. - A reso- lution was offered by Senator Works of California in the senate today to investigate Taft's campaign con tributors by congress. This reso- lution extends the current appro- rriations through July.
 WASHINGTON. July 1. - Nomi- nation hy President Taft of Marshall Bullitt. of Kentucky. as solicitor general has been sent to the senate. LONDON. July |. China has absolutely refused a loan of S3oo.- uOU.UU0 on the terms of the three powers. which are undertaking the making Of the loan. The terms proposed include that of the super vision of the Chinese finances. This is the feature objected to most em- phatically by China.
 LONDON. July 1. - Politicians are figuring that ;he next import ant issue to be brought by the gov, rrnment at the next election will be that of the standardization oi the railways
 NEW YORK. July 1. Deck hand. marine tiremcn and oilers numbering more than "0,00O went out on strike today. The situation is serious for the owners of vessels as this is the busiest season oi the year.
 PHU.ADEI PHIA. July 1. = Elm Dloyes of the PcnnSylVania railroat to the number of 20,0Oo, have voted 10 accept arbitration. thereby avert ing a threatened strike.
 This decision gives much satisfac lien 10 all interests concerned.
 LOS ANGELES. July 1. - Sat urday afternoon Detective Burns made statement to the newspaper reporters that he would be callet to the witness stand on Monday and further said his testimony woult be sensational and damaging tt Darrow's side of the case.
 Darrow commenting upon Burns statements. said he had nothing tt fear from anything that Burns miSh say.
 WINNIPEG. July l. - A terrific tornado. the worst in the history O Canada. swept over the province O Saskatchewan this morning. spread ing death and destruction every where.
 At Regina. the capital of the prov ince about loo people were killed and brick blocks in the business section and residences in the home district were razed to the ground The city is sad sight today, an( there is mourning everywhere.
 Relief trains are on the way 1t Regina from all directions to assis the stricken people, Ten million dollars worth of damage was don' in Reeina alone. and the entire Northwest is appalled, at the terri ble effects of the tornado.
 BOSTON. July ?. The frs American licensed woman aviator Miss Harriet Quimby, was killed through the machine in which sh' was riding falling yesterday after noon.
 Miss Quimby carried as a passen ger. w. A P. Willard, manager o the aviation meet now in this city Both were instantly killed when th' Bcrliot monoplane in which the! were riding fell into Dorchester Ba! from a height of 1,00o feet. The monopanc was struck by a suddel gust of wind tilting the machine perpendicular and threw the couple out
 NEW YORK. July ?. = Timoth, Lester Woodruff. eX-lieutenant gov ernor of New York. and who mad' the speech nominating Sunny Iin sherman for the presidency a the Republican convention whici nominated President Taft. has an nounced his intention of quitun' the regular Republican party. Wood ruff will join the Roosevelt hoiter in the new organiZatiOn.
 SEATTLE. July ?. - An electric car, operated by Mortorman Shinol last night. through some appliance getting out of order, got beyond th' motorman. and ran away. Motormal Shinolt was killed and six passen gers were injured.
 RENO, July ?. - Governor Oddi' has appointed former Justice of th' Supreme Court w. A. Massey, al senator to succeed the late Senate Nixon.
 WHITE PLAINS, x. Y.. July g. That Harry K Thaw. the slayer o Stanford White is still insane il the verdict of the New York stat' alienists called to pass upon his re quest to be released from the White Plains Insane Asylum on the ground that he is now sane.
 PORTLAND. July ?. - GoVerno West of Oregon today declared mar tial law against a roadhouse, an' is using the state militia to make the place close it's doors.
 BERLIN, July 2. - Emperor Will jam started yesterday for the Baltic port to meet the cZar of Russia
 SEATTLE. July 2. An appro priation for building lighthouse on St. Elias having been cut out o the appropriation bill by congress the chamber of commerce of thi! city has wired a protest agains