The Alaska citizen., 1912-07-29
Outside Happenings of the Week for Quick Reading
of the United States.

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 WASHINGTON, July 27. Alas ka's home rule bill Is still not in sight of passage at this session Of congress. The bill as emasculated by the senate Is not meeting with favor in the house. The senate went as far as it dared in this di- rection by taking away the provision for an Alaskan senate as passed by the house. Now the house objects. The house committee on territories this morning voted to accept the amendments to the bill as made by the senate, with the exception that they will insist on two legislative houses as originally passed by the house. As the matter now stands there will have to be conference committee appointed by both houses with strong probability that there will be nothing accomplished at thls session.
 NEW YORK, July 27. - Opposing gangs of roughs today engaged in a battle in the streets The fusilade of shots exchanged between them wounded several children who were on the street at the time.
 POCAHONTAS, July 27. Ar thur Mills today killed a man who had assaulted Mrs. Mills. and this community insists on making hero of Mills. He will probably not be prosecuted.
 ST. LOUIS, July 27. The pope today announces that hereafter Pro- testants who marry Catholics will not be required to sign an agree ment to rear the children from that union in the Catholic faith.
 MEXICO CITY, July 27. A re- port just received here from Paris states that former President Diaz Is seriously i'll there, and that his re- covery is doubtful. Since leaving Mexico DiaZ has resided in Paris
 SAN FRANCISCO, July 27. - Nicholas McNamara, a local million are, is rushing to New York In special train to rescue his wife, who is fleeing from him.
 LONDON, July 27. - Kid Mccoy he noted American pugilist, w-s.- this morning arrested by Scotland Yard detectives on the charge of robbery
 The ground for the accusation was the disappearance of a large col lection of valuable gems from one of the swell hotels of London while the owners were temporarily absent from :he room.
 Kid Mccoy being found in the vicinity, was suspected of having committed the crime and was plac- ed under arrest
 The stolen gems are valued at SS0000.
 DETROIT, Mich, July 27. De tcctive Burns this morning arrested eight of the aldermen of the city of Detroit. The arrests were made on he charge of accepting bribes from the street railway companies, said 10 have been paid for the granting of franchises over the streets of the city. The president of the board, after his arrest, made con ''o'iOi ihipiiNoNiiS ti' arrest, and acknowledged that he had received $l,000 for his share of the money that has already been receiv- ed
 WASHINGTON, July 27. The senate this morning voted to re- peal the Canadian reciprocity act between the United States and Can ada, passed at the last session by congress-
 WASHINGTON, July 27. Pro .gressive Republicans, assisted by the Democratic senators, this morning in the senate passed new excise tax bill. The bill as passed pro vides for the taxation of private firms as well as corporations, and amends the bill now in force by ex- tending its scope to reach all class es doing business above a certain amount each year.
 SAN QUENTIN, Cal, July 27- The warden of San Quentin prison this morning admitted that the charges made by members of the In- dustrial Workers of the World that James McNamara was being kept in solitary confinement at the prison were true.
 On being pressed the warden ad mitted that McNamara was now in the black hole of the prison for the purpose of forcing additional inform. ation on the dynamite conspiracy
 EDMONTON, Alberta, July 27.- Industrial Workers of the World have for some time been fomenting trouble among the workmen on the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, now building across the continent
 This morning the lieutenant gov ernor of the province of Alberta ordered a large body of troops to be dispatched to the scene of the outbreak at once.
 The strike has been called on the section being built through the Rockies, and 5000 men have al ready gone out. with prospects that more will follow.