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The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
Hunter has Desperate
 Fight With Elephants

LONDON, Oct. 22. Mr. Carl Akeley, an American naturalist and explorer, who is making a brief halt in London. before returning to America after two years in Africa. after elephants" on behalf of the American Museum of Natural His tory, New York. very nearly lost his life in quest of specimens.
 It is indeed surprising that he is now alive to tell the tale of how a wild elephant attacked him and knocked him down, attempted to gore him, and finally left him to die.
 'I set cut with a few native boys to discover, if possible. tine altitude to which elephants go," says Mir. Akeloy. We went to the top of Mount Kenya, about 1000 feet, found a herd and followed it quietly for two days. They led us around the m untain till We lost sight of them in the bamboo forest. Suddenly. without warning, we heard some thing coming on us. Before l could seize a gun great bull ele- phant dashed through the bamboos
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
A IO.yR..OLD HERD
 SAVES C|RL
RATHER THAN RUN HER DOWN. BOY STEERS COASTER SLED
 INTO JAGGED ROCKS.

WALSENBURG. Colo. Dee. 12.- Forced 10 instant choice between hcadlong smash with his coasting sled into the rocks surrounding an iron fence or running down little girl, Richard Cadden the fo-year-old son Of W. l. Caddcll, of this city. chose the former. and tonight lies turn and bleeding at his home The little girl, x. daughter of Walter Hammond a furniture dealer. talks necessarily of the boy who did not run into her"
 The slide on which the accident took place is one of the steepest and swiftest in the country.
 Eyewitnesses say young Caddelrs speed as he struck the crossing of a side street. where he met the girl. was terrific Without a moments hesitation he turned his sled into the rocks.
 Several of his mortified companions rushed 10 pick him up He stag gered 10 his feet and in dazed manner asked about the girl; then fell faintiug into the arms of one of his schoolmates.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
GIRLS TOO PRETTY
 WIVES KICK
MOTHER-IN-LAW OF OWN SISTER JAILED FOR WRECKING PLANT
 OF BROTHERIN-LAW-soN.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15. - Al fred Collard and his son. Alfred, Jr. well-to.do glove manufacturers oi Germantown. have caused the ar rest of their respective wives and their brother-in-law. James Leslie. because the wives insisted upon visit ing the factory and driving all the pretty girls employed there into the street.
 Not satisfied with this. the women proceeded to break the windows of the factory and wreck the place gen. eralIy. They only desisted when the police, who had been tclephoned for by the respective husbands. arrived
 The women were arrested after a struggle.
 The CoIlards employ about forty girls, many of whom are attractive Why tho Mr. CoIIa~ds objected to the good looking young women has not been ascertained, as they have not had a chance 10 tell their side of the story.
 The male members of the Collard family declare that until their wives appeared al the factory their married lives had been happy. The women will be given q hearing. Meanwhile the husbands are eudeavortue to pur- suade their employees 10 return 10 the factory.
 The Collards married sisters. the elder taking as wife Elizabeth Leslie, who is now 5S years old. while the son married the younger sister. Jennie, 49 years old.
 By the matrimonial mix-up. Mrs Elizabeth Collard is the mother-in- law of her own sister.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
Science of Silence
 Broke Down Dynamiters

LOS ANGELES, Dec. II. - James B. McNamara's confession was brought about by putting into prac- tice a theory never before advanced in criminal case in America.
 The imaginative theories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes pale into insignificance in comparison with the methods used by Samuel l.. Browne, chief of the Los Angeles county secret service bureau, to break down" the man who blew up the plant of the Los Angeles Times, causing the death of 21 employees, little more than a year ago.
 The science of silence" is a term that might approp. lately be applied 10 this latest theory in criminology. Four weeks ago the prosecution be- gan to bring it into play. It was a veritab'e mental third degree" dem- onstrated in a grim way.
 Women J. R. McNamera had made love to, men with whom he had sky larked, and comrades with whom he had eaten, slept and drunk, were led into the court room one by one. Only moment were they permitted to remain in the court room-just long enough for the furtive eye of
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
KITCHENER STOPS
 R|OT|NC

CAIRO, Dec 2. - For the first time since he succeeded to the po- sition of British agent here Lord Kitchener has been obliged to exer- else his authority in a manner which rsviyes the recollections of his cam paign against the dervishes.
 Ever since the Italian invasion of Tripoli a cloud has been gathering among the Moslem population of Egypt and last week it burst with Alexandria as it's storm center.
 Those who remember the previ- GUS Alexandria riots. finally ending in the British occupation - and there are many in Egypt who were eye witnesses of these scenes - say that the parallel was exact as regards the manner and streets in which the disorders began. Happily, however, the mounted police and firemen man. aged to drive the mob into Moham- med Ali square. where. after some violent demonstrating, the crowd finally dispersed without doing much damage. The morning following all was quiet, but in the afternoon a much more serious outbreak occur red, and for an hour it looked as if an attempted massacre of Euro peans was certain vast mob fir ed by fanaticism. and gathering in strength, dashed through the city.
 Lord Kitchener, who arrived in
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08

cruiser got alongside. The princess and her daughters were taken from the burfetod ship, but hardly had the boat Ioft the DcIhrs side when il capsized A sailor rescued a daugh ter of the princess, swimming with her 10 the shore.
 The Duke of Edinburgh. with 2N rescued passengers, arrived here to- night. Il was expected that the royal party would reach Gibraltar aboard he battIaship London, but latest reports are that they had decided to remain for the night al Tangier, where they are housed ill the British legation.
 All preparations had been made here for the reception of the royal party, which included the duke of Fife, who if is learned, remained aboard the Delhi until most of the passsug,rs had been transferred. Wireless dispatches say they are in good spirits, but exhausted from their dangerous adventure. The ride on horseback 10 the lighthouse. and the journey thence to Tangier
 The Delhi is reported to be in a critical position
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08

Alexandria from Cairo just before the worst of the riotiug had commenc, ed. personally visited some of the affected quarters He proceeded 10 call on the khediye who summoned the prime minister from Cairo. who al once left by special train. accom- panied by the under secretary of state for the interior. and followed by the British adviser
 IL is owing 10 Lord KitChener's $ foresight that his majestys ship Lancaster is at present anchored off Alexandria. and was able to land a force of POO blue jackets with field guns, whose presence had a tranquil izing effect. not only upon the na. tives. but also upon the Europeans. His majesty's ship Diana, the cruis. CT. which brought the new British agent to Cairo. was relieved by the Lancaster. ship of a more imposing type.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08

the younger of the two prisoners to fall on them-then they were hurried away. Twenty-eight of these witnesses" were brought in during the three weeks.
 Several high in the confidence of the prosecution declared that with out the effect of this campaign on the mind of the younger McNamara, efforts to induce him to confess would have proven fruitless.
 The particular thing that did it. said Samuel Browne, was the posi- tive, personal identification, day af- ter day He knew that as these peo- pie came in and identified him it proved that we had picked out an other place where he had been and that it was going to plant him in the center of the circle
 He knew that it was story that was telling him, without say ing anything to him, and knew how to do it and watched him didn't care about the witnesses identifying him; l watched him. knew when he was identified. and he knew it. And he would tell Mir Darrow and then he would whisper to MT. Davis. and MT Davis would come to me and say: Who's this fel
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
HORSE PAYS PRICE
 .0F MURDER
WITH NC, ONE TO FEED IT AMI, MAJ STARVES TO DEATH
 IN ITS STALL.
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OREGON CITY; Dec!>11. - Coron- CT Wilson, after an investigation to- day said that lie was confident that Julius Norris, the aged recluse who was found dead Sunday in his barn beside his dead horse, was killed by the animal mdre than a week ago. His skull was crushed and his body was badly mangled. The animal had died of starvation, and two cows in the barn were almost dead,
 The coroner is of the opinion that MT. Norris was kicked by the ami nal while he was tying it in the stall immediately upon his return from tip to this city. A box of groceries was found in his buggy.
 Frederick Calger,. a neighbor of
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
SAVING QUEUES AS
 RELICS OF POSTERITY
Treasury Department Allows Comb
 ings to Come m Free of Duty.

" WASHINGTON, Dec. II. The free entry into this country of "combings of human hair" practi- cally ill their crude condition. from China and other lands for the man ufacture of wigs, puffs, rats, switches and other articles of per sonal adornment, will not be dis turbed by the treasury department.
 investigation of the subject de veloped that the imperial Chinese edict ordering the clipping of the historic queues of the subjects of the celestial empire has had no effect on the available supply of human hair for commercial purpcs- es. The market has not been swamped with Chinese pig tails" for the sons of China are care fully encasing the clipped queues in boxes of gold for preservation as relics to posterity.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
HUNTING EVERETT
 OFFICIAL
APPARENT SHORTAGE OF $2oOoO SHOWS, BUT GUILT HAS NOT
 BEEN PROVEN.

EVERETT, Wash, Dec. l2. - The city administration and the bond ing company have placed detectives on the trail of City Treasurer Alex keay, not waiting until full investi- gation discloses the real condition of his books or whether Keay is inno- cent or guilty.
 The detectives have as one clue the name of woman with whom he is said to have been seen in Seattle a short time before he left Everett on November g. An investi- gation is being made at the offices of steamship companies There IS a possibility that keay may have departed on the Minnesota for the Orient.
 Thus far in the investigation of the books apparent discrepancies of from S20,00O to $29,00O have been discovered Official Everett is try ing to hold to it's original opinion that the absent treasurer did noth- ing wrong, so far as city funds are concerned, and hopes that com plete exporting of the books will ex- plain away the present unceItain- ties.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
UNCLE SAM HAS BIG
 AMMUNITION SUPPLY
Ordnance on Hand to Last Three
 and One-haf Years.

WASHINGTON. Dec. Enough ammunition to supply the United States army. navy and state mil itia for three and a half years will be in the arsenals and strong box es of the United States at the end of the present year
 Brigadier General Crozier, chief of ordnance of the army, told the house committee on military af- fairs today that the army would be ready 10 meet any contingency of war, so far as ammunition was concerned.
 The government has been con tracting for enough ammunition from private concerns to keep the companies running, as an "insur- ance against times of war"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
Sailor Saves Princess
 From Sea After Wreck

GIBRALTAR. Dee. l&. Louise Vic toria. princess royal of Great Britain and Ireland and a sister To King George V. and her daughters narrow Iy escaped death today when a small boat in which they were being rescued from the stranded steam CT Delhi capsized in q stofm-tosscd sea. Several French sailors were drowned.
 The royal family was going to Eaypt when the Peniusular and Ori- ental steamer on which they were voyagtng suuck a reef off Cape Sparol. he northwest extremity of Africa The accident happened at o'clock in the morning in a dense fog. Water poured into the cabins and waves mast-high, broke over the helpless ship.
 Passengers, in life-preseryers. rushed from their cabins while wire less signals of distress brought the British armored cruiser Duke of Ed mburgh, and the French cruiser Friaut to the rescue. It was long past daylight. however. before either could render assistance.
 Then a long boat from the British
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08

MT. Norris, not having seen him for
 more than week, called al his home Sunday afternoon 10 see if anything was the matter. Not re celVing any response to his knock ing on the door of the house he went 10 the stable where he found the bodies. Mir. Norris was more than 70 years of age and had lived on the ranch near Maple Lane for several years. His wife died about 10 years ago and he is survived by son and a daughter.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
Says Chinese, Quakers of
 the East, Can Whip World

he'd ag muumerable ties of unself. IHn ss and self-sacrifice
 The Chinese are exclusive. We are told Is 1t a crime? Al least | lay.od no passport to enter China. fh Chinese have assimilated as many nations as Russia has. and Fl. end is nar yet Modern armed politics may intervene. but China vas Iu % fair way to absorb Tibet. Morg ia. Corea. Burmah and Indo China Yes. and will do it yet within a huHd,ed years.
 t.aaaNMI, she will nave to reab- s1.h herself Young blood must re 4.a taa 1oDr.pit fatherly system of sut rUmtur.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
SEER ROBS MINISTER'S
 WIFE: SLEUTHS CRUSADE

LONDON, Dec II. Scotland Yard is today conducting a vigor- ous crusade against clairvoyants, palmists and other fakers who for many years have piled their trade without Interruption in the fash ionable London. west end l. is undertaken until the wife of a cabinet minister, while visiting a soothsayer. was relieved of a con siderable sum of money.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
THE NEW YEAR.

A flower unbloWn; a book unread; A tree with fruit unharyested, A path untrod; d house whose rooms Lack yet the hearts divine per
 fumes
 A landscape whose wide border lies In silent shade, meath silent skies; A wondrous fountain yet unsealed; A casket with its gifts concealed This is the year that for you waits Beyond To-Morrow's mystic gates.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
TOO OoG-GoNED MODEST.

In Delta, Colorado. the town coun- cil is becomingly modest; and We are told that when tax on dogs was imposed, they made the ordin- ance read: Tax on each dog male. one dollar; vice versa, three dollars -
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08

drew it under the door to her, mak- ing her escape She found her un. cle dead upon the dining room floor. Bloodhohnds were placed on the trail and followed the footprints to the street ear tracks.
 Nelghboring Women Attacked. Two hours after the murder Mrs. F.. Norquist. living near the Sim mons home. was awakened by a burglar prying out the window. She screamed and ran out the back door. where the burglar bounced upon her. bearing her to the ground He gag ged her with a mitten. then carried her into the house, where he search ed for money. The woman got to a window and began screaming wildly for help, frightening the magauder fir m the place Rloodhounds were placed on the track a few minutes later, but soon lost the scent.
 T. is minated that the father and uhcle of Anna Weber. found mur- dered Friday morning near St. T.ukc's hospital, may be arrested in connection with the crime. Start ling revelations involving both in an splsode of the girls earlier life are alleged to have been made by doctors and nurses in St. Luke's hos pital Monday afternoon.
 While confined in that institution five years ago, when onlN. r years old, Miss Weber declared her con dition was blameable to relatives Both men are being subjected to rigorous cross examination again to- day. The police believing they are withholding actual information con rerning the murder
 Quarrel Among the Webers.
 The father and other members of the family have continually avoid ed clear explanation of the heated quarrel III the Weber home Thurs day night, just before Anna Jeff. The police declare their belief she was killed soon after leaving the house instead of during her return from town, as it has not been proved she was in town that. night.
 Peter Weber, the girls uncle. re- mains firm in his eforts to east suspicious upon the members of local society, sergeant from Fort George Wright and the wife of q wealthy Spokane man. He declares the girl Was being paid. weekly al lOwance by the wronged husband To k-ep her hefe as divorce witness against his wife, and Miss Weber Was warned to keep her mouth shut or suffer the consequences
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
Murder, Assault, Burglary
 Terrify Spokane Citizens

SPOKANE. Wash. Dec. 12. - Frank Pasquale, third victim in the carnival of crime that for a week has possessed this city, was found murdered at the door of his home this morning. Citizens are terror stricken and the demand for fire. arms as a protection against the bru, tai class of thugs and burglars at work is unprecedented.
 With three murders upon their hands, together with more than 30 daring burglaries and holdups. the police are bewildered.
 While a large part of the detec, tive force was still working on the mysterious Anna Weber murder case Monday night, ChaunCey Simmons, county accountant. was shot down in his brothers home by thug who had ransacked the house and at tempted an assault upon Libby Simmons. the victims niece. aged 16
 Pasquale. who was an eXpressman. was found with a bullet in the base of his skull this morning in the eastern part of the city. If robbery was the motive. the thug fled i'm mediately after the shooting. leaving $30 on his victim.
 Citizens. angered by the slowness of the police in the Anna Weber murder mystery, are loudly clamoring fir results, pointing to a long list of resent crimes that still are un- punished ,.
 One Arrest in Simmons Case.
 Tony Ross, alias Tony Alardo. a man with an alleged burglary record, was arrested shortly after the Sim mons murder. being subjected to a severe examination today. Libby Simmons is unable positively to iden- tify him.
 The police believe Simmons slay- CT was either intoxicated or insane from the rambling talk attributed to him by Miss Simmons. He con fronted the girl as she entered the home shortly after 6 o'clock last night After taking 10 cents. the only money she had, the burglar fore ed her into bedroom, where he gagged her. At this juncure the girls uncle stepped on the porch. The burglar thrust Miss Simmons in to q closet and an instant. later three shots were fired in rapid sue Cession.
 For fully ten minutes the girl la bored frantically with her hatpin, till she worked the key from the closet door on the opposite side and
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
 PARTNERSHIP.

To Whom IL May Concern;
 Notice is hereby given that the co-partnership heretofore existing between J. C. kellum and N. l.. Pc tersen was dissolved in the month of May, 1911, and said parties are net jointly interested in any propo- sitton whatsoever, and no partner ship now exists between said par ties
 N L. PETERSEN. Fairbanks, Alaska, December 30 1911.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08
FRISCO 4OO'S BAD.
 BREAK
BARBARY COAST ENTERTAINER DANCE TEXAS TOMMY" AND
 TURKEY TROT."

sA\ FRANCISCO, Dee. 12. - The eaaenajnmcu. given by the mem se.s of San Fraueisco's smart set have been from time to time charac. rsru.. ay .h.r ccceutricity and t1eH daring, hue fl is being conceded
 aE that fer peculiarity and uncon- 'eeaIry .he party at which Peter HatH Was .o-t few nights ago. canned rhy record.
 l aE hir tle doings at tha, af.
 I have leaked out although the aae~.s were sworn To secrecy. until
 Ie the affair is the subject os =o~zlp in .t.ry hoHdoir and at every club. and 'le said IGatrous of the aa# hun.rcI announce themselves uetua iu .pr cssjbly shocked.
 Party at Mothers Home.
 Peter Martin gave his party at the e9u f his mother. Mrs. Eleanor Marlin. To aHom is conceded the tsGeI s.errrr in San Francisco. It .a- a .rag paIty.'s that is to say
 e Texas Tommy" and the Fur aeE Tro." the dances that have made San FraHctscos tenderloin ttaaas formed the piece de resist aaa, of inc entertainment. But in a-HHrh as Martin considered that a#H ae" of he guests were experts fH faese novelties. he look plecaution 10 invite a number of entertainers from the "Barbary Coast" to in .rrar The maids of the smart set N racw iuwicacies.
 F.om what is being whispered arcard town loIay the dancing floor of ,j an tls-piring spectacle. Jen- Inc Gro. h.r CaIjfornia's richest heir ess ok the floor with dancer from "Gcach Mikes" and swirled aHas ill the mad mazes of the Texas Tommy" Her example was followed by many of the others, while the men in he party chose the fe- male entertainers for partners and oa}.med around with them,
 Buds Are Sent Home.
 + appears that when the fun -reH hilari Us and spirits mounted al The inspiration Of the good cheer pro jde1 the buds were sent home, no1 allowed to join in the maddest Of The merrimeut. According to the stories told, Ms. Theodore Roose- veil Jr, who with her husband was pr. ent at the party. found the enter taiHment not to her liking and left iu disgust
 Another feature was the presence of "nigger' band. culled from Lou PucelIs notorious dive on the Bar bary C asst, The darkies cavorted as gaily as any others present, al though ir is not of record that any of the white guests danced with them.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08

low you had in court to identify "Jim?' and l would say Forget ii ."
The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-08

Job printing of all kinds at Citizel office. Not too cheap to be good.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-17
9&1:.fE4
Continued from Pass Eve,

manuel Methodist church will give an
old fashioned turkey dinner Friday,
Nov. 20, in the rooms formerly occu-
pied by the Standard Furniture COM
pany, from $3.50 to 1880 o'clock. Fifty
ladies will serve. A bazaar Of useful
and fancy articles for Christmas gifts
will also be held and these will be
offered for sale at very moderate
prices. The following menu will be
served: Roast turkey. dressing. mash
ed potatoes, gravy. cranberry MARINA
lade, fruit and nut salad, home made
jellies. pumpkin pies. hot biscuits and
coffee.
: The money is to be applied to the
reduction Of the church debt and the
ladies who have worked so hard to
raise money for that purpose hope they
may be we'll patronized.
-
Hap. Hazard Club.
Mrs. D. o. Bear entertained the Hap
Hazard club Monday afternoon at her
home on Jefferson street. The house
was artistically decorated with cut
flowers and sprays Of the pepper tree
sent to her by Mrs. Anna Clark OF
Long Beach, CAL, who Is q member Of
the club. Mrs. ]. r. Manville was the
guest of honor at the session.
-
In Honor Of Birthday.
The Misses Hunting on North Twen-
tieth street entertained Saturday Mrs.
Julia Walt OF Fort street in honor of
her seventy fifth birthday anniversary.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Masterson and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Walt and family of
Meridian and Mrs. Price and daughter
of Nampa.
During the latter part Of the week
Mrs. Walt received numerous post
cards from out of the city from many
friends.