The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19


 American soldier was shot. SEATTLE. Aug. l3. A wreck on the Chicago. Milwaukee & Pu- get Sound railroad this morning caused the death of nine people and the wounding of many others. [ l he wreck was that of the roads crack steel train Olympian. which | left Tacoma at SIS a. m. When l near the station of keechelus. in the 1 Cascade mountains. the accident oc- cured. Five passengers and four i of the crew were killed Among i the passengers who met death was l Mrs. Simon Zurich. of Seattle ! WASHINGTON. Aug l3. The l house this afternoon administered a | Democratic dose to the president when it voted by large majority l to have bill once passed then vetoed, to make it the law in spite of all presidential opposition. By a vote of 174 for to that of 80 against l the wool bill. as originally provided. was again passed over the Taft veto. ! SACRAMENTO, Aug. 13-Gover- nor Hiram w. Johnson. now candi- date for the vice presidency on the Progressive ticket. announced this morning that he will not resign the governorship of California. This statement was made in order to 1 resignation.
 SEA GlRT, Aug. 13. - In a state ment issued this morning. Woodrow ! Wilson, Democratic candidate for the presidency, advised that in the main in the local elections, party should not be made the issue. He also favored local option, This course he believes would give the best re. suits to the majority of the people.
 SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. 13 - Ty Cobb. the noted ball player, became mixed up in an altercation in one of the resorts of the city early this morning, and as a result he Is now in the hands of the doctors for re. pairs to his anatomy. He was stabbed in the back three times by an unidentified man. The knife wounds are slight. and no serious re. suits are anticipated
 HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Aug. 13.- sam Schnepps, who was arrested here yesterday charged with being an accomplice in the Herman Ros- enthal murder in New York recently. has concluded to make a clean breast of everything in connection with the case. Schnepps stated to the authorities this morning that he lyn f,,ll T: trict Attorney Whitman as soon as he arrived in New York.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. The house today voted that Theron k. Catlin, now representing district of St. Louis in the house. be un- seated. and that Gill his opponent in the last election, be seated in his place.
 SEATTLE. Aug 13 At a meet 1 ing today of the Washington State ] Progressive campaign managers. it was decided to place a full Progress. sive state ticket, including candi- dates for all the state and country offices, in the field for the Novem- Der elections.
 | without strenuous opposition. as it is feared that the Republican ticket is in danger of defeat from the ac- ton taken.
 SASKATCHEWAN. Aug. 13.-Con- sternation reigns here over the ac- ton of the Royal Northwest Mount ed police, who ordered the manage nent of a travelling circus to pull town the American flags, which were waving at the tent tops when he show opened for business to- day. Old-timers here say that no l objection was ever raised before when travelling shows came to town With foreign flags waving, and they attribute the action of the police Tn this case to the hostility which $ caused of the passage of the Pan anna canal bill, which they claim is a dlscrimnatory measure against the | Canadian-owned vessels.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1S. - se- cret service men are engaged in a hunt for soldier who deserted from the army post at St. Michael, taking with him 100 blank army paymaster's checks, which he pur- Joined from the headquarters. The 1 government officials who have been on the trail of the deserter since ms disappearance was reported from the Northern post, estimate that he has successfully negotiated checks o date to the amount of $2O,OOO. OTTAWA, Aug 13. There is great indignation in this city over the provisions of the Panama canal bill as adopted by the United States congress- Prominent officials in his city declare that the Americans have no right to discriminate against the Canadian vessels in an enter prise which is worldwide in its scope and intended to benefit all countries alike. Great Britain will be importuned to place the matter before the Hague tribunal for set | clement
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. - Pres ident Taft has reappointed Jesse D. Jefferson to the office of post. master of this city.
 CONsTANTINOPLE. Aug. 13. - American Ambassador Rockhill ad- mitted today that he has received an invitation from the Chinese gov ernment to become the political ad- visor of that country on a very gen. erous salary.
 RUBY CITY, July 6. Twelve | thousand feet of logs in two rafto