The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19

been announced by the local packing houses. and consumers in this city. who though they already had been VI ho thought they already had been rise. are now wondering when the highest point will be reached, and if they will be able to mold on until conditions adjust themselves to the unprecedented high cost of living.
 Steers. No. quality. are now quoted at 121s cents a pound. an increase of 1 cent; No. ? quality has advanced 10 l2 cents and COWS are quoted at II cents. Hogs have gone up from r cents to r. cents These are the net prices quoted by the Fryc-Bruhn company.
 President Frye, who has lived in the West for 9 years. admits that he has never seen anything to equal the present prices, and confesses that he does not know where it is going to end.
 CONSTANTlNOPLE Aug. 12. - According to the estimates of to. days newspapers. the number of people killed by Saturdays earth. quake and tidal wave will exceed 1 .. 900 instead of 300. which was the limit placed by the earlier reports WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. - In discussing the Panama canal bill with callers at the White House to- day. President Taft volunteered the information that it is his intention to attach his signature to the mea sure as soon as it is presented to him
 BERLIN. Aug l3. A special message to the Tageblatt of this city received today, makes the results of the earthquake in southeastern turkey worse than any of the re ports heretofore sent out Accord ing to this message. more than 3.00c of the inhabitants of the islands have been killed. and 50.OOO are starving to death. Relief will be sent from here as speedily as possi hle, but il is feared in most in stances that il will be too late to be effective.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13.- Miss Nell Schmidt, aged 20, this morning S""4iI aNipSS lHt Day oI Sdn Tdfl | cisco. Miss Schmidt is the first woman who has ever successfully accomplished this feat.
 LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13. - In a riot precipitated by the Industrial Workers of the World this morning the police, in order to defend them. selves, Were forced to use their re. VolVers, with fatal result.
 Loulize Guietterez. an anarchist and one of the rioters, was shot and killed, and several were wounded Many arrests were also made.
 SEA GlRT, Aug. 13. It was announced this morning that the votes of women voters in the states where suffrage is now in force were 10 be looked after in the interests of the Democratic party by noted female speakers. As a beginning in this work, Mrs. J. Broden Hartman has been charged by Woodrow Will son to campaign for Women votes in the Middle West and Pacific coast states.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. - Senator Robert LaF0llette. of Wisconsin, this morning in the senate caused a sen Satlon to be sprung up when he made serious accusations against the post officials of Washington. The senator accused the officials with having rifled his mail to learn the results of his investigatiOns into the postal service. Senator LaFol- iette is chairman of the committee having charge of the matters af- fectins the postal service. and has been said to have been very active in his efforts to effect reforms he thought necessary to bring about bet ter results for the entire country In doing this the enmity of the off cials accused is said to have been incurred.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Con- sressman Underwood of Alabama. and Democratic leader of the house. this morning predicted that con- sress would adjourn sometime this week, unless unforeseen obstacles present themselves to make this i'm possible. The only thing that he could see at this time to prevent ad- lournment was the placing of vetoes by Taft on the legislative and judi. cial appropriation bills. Should the president veto these bills. MT. Un- 'erwood said, there was no telling when the national legislators would
 yet away from Washington.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. - The question of whether there is to be an agreement on the battleship en- tanglement now on between the senate and the house is slated to be fought to a finish tomorrow morn ing. The bill as originated in the senate and amended by the house has been in conference for some time now, but the conference commit tees of both houses have not been able to agree in all particulars. so Wednesday has been decided upon when the matter will be threshed out on the floor before the whole house. WASHINGTON. Aug 13. A formal call has been sent out by Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic party managers to assemble without delay for consultation on the is sues that are to be made para mount in the campaign throughout the country. The call states that there are many conflicting views of influential members of the great party to be harmonized and the sooner this is accomplished the bet ter will be the results for the party as whole
 SING SING, N. Y., Aug 13. - Sing