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The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
SUPPORT OF TAFT.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S - Tele-
graphic pledges of support were re-
Ceived by President Taft today from
the governors of nine states Wash
ington, Minnesota. Maryland, Iowa
Pennsylvania, Utah. Delaware and
Rhode Island.
President Taft and William Barnes
of New York held a long conference
yesterday. and ii is probable that
Barnes will be chosen to manage
the Taft campaign in New York
state
In the senate today. Senator Ray.
ner denounced the speech made by
Theodore Roosevelt recently at Col
umbus. Ohio. stating that it was
The most dangerous doctrine ever
enunciated by any American whose
opinion is entitled to any weight OF
respect whatever
BOSTON. Feb. 2S Theodore
Roosevelt today canvassed the New
England situation with Governor
Foss and other Massachusetts lead
ers. They also considered the seIec,
ton of national manager for the
ROOSe welt campaign
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04

The old man put sign on his
back telling e his career as a stage
rObber and entertained the crowds
going to the theater by treading the
circle behind the boycott parader
Old Pete used some picturesque Ian
guage i'll condemning unions until
policeman came along and arrested
him for disturbing the peace.
In the city prison Pete was thrown
into cell with gentleman who in
sisted that his name was Napoleon
Bonaparte Napoleon had been
drinking and was quarrelsOme Pete
questioned his authority to the title
and Napoleon began TO fight There
were two other men in the cell and
before the police could get there Ma
poleon had lived up to his reputa
ton and had battered Pete and the
other two into submission.
The police stopped the fight. Ma
poleon was removed to st. Helena
and Old Pete was led to a cell as
quiet as any alkali desert he had
roamed in days gone by.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04

death, but the time will come when
we shall know that those quotations
are right. One cannot oppose them
without suffering. | have learned
that, and have learned that the
wages of sin is death-and worse.
1t is hell on earth"
Friends of the woman say she
realized the mistake she had made
in forsaking her husband for No
bic, and that she ended her life
for that reason
Mother In State of Collapse.
Mrs, John J. White. mother Ct
Mrs. Noble, and who allowed her
daughter $25 week, is in state
of complete physical collapse.
Saturday night Mrs. Noble visited
her mother, who supposed she would
remain over night. Upon awaken
ing yesterday morning and finding
her daughter gone, Mrs White hur-
ried to Mrs. Mobiles apartments in
West Twelfth street. The door
was locked. Alarmed, the mother
summoned the police. When the
door was broken open and a barri-
cade of chairs and tables removed.
the couple were found dead. No
ble's arm encircled the woman's
body.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
MORE FROM T. r.

BOSTON. Feb 81. Il am per-
fectly happy once more. because |
am making straight fight for
principles said Colonel Roosevelt
this morning. continuing his cam
paign work Il stated in section "
and reiterated in section VII of my
letter of retirement that | would not
accept the nomination Ct a third term
for the presidency | meant. of
course, third consecutive term. In
addressing the legislature of Ohio,
said that if the people know
enough to make constitution they
know enough to interpret it. II is
my wish to put an end to the habit
Of some courts of multiplying the
laws which the people deem to be
necessary laws, and the recall of
judges is the only way If my po-
sition is revolutionary. then may the
opposition to my views make the
most of it
WASHINGTON, Feb. q. The
straight Republican members of con
gress, speaking of the Roosevelt let
ter, declare that they are glad to
have him place himself before the
people of the United States in his
true light, as The demagogue he is.
They say that nothing could be
palmer than his original declaration
that he would never again be a
candidate for the presidency, and
that he has now eaten his own de
claration is no surprise to them.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
TEDOY'S ANNOUNCEMENT

NEW YORK. Feb. 2G-"I will
accept the nomination TO the pres
idency if II is rendered. and will
adhere TO this decision until the con
vention has expressed its prefer
tuCe." said Theodore Roosevelt in
his formal answer TO the letter of
the governors asking him to be a
candidate. The wording of his re-
ply does not leave the matter to a
straight Republican convention.
alone
The foregoing statement is in re-
ply to Part VII of the governors
letter. In closing he says: Il had
hoped that. as far as possible. the
people might be given a chance.
through direct primaries. to express
their preference as to who shall
be the nominee OF the Republican
National presidential convention"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
BANJO tune PLAYED
BY WIRELESS GHOST"
English Operators Hear Music and
Voices from Depths of North Sea

Voices from Depths of North Sea
LONDON, Feb. 2. - Banjo tunes,
whistling and singing by wireless
have recently been heard by opera
;ors on the English coast and all
the shore operators are seeking to
discover the owner of what they
term the voice of the North sea
ghost"
Operator Ross of Dalston heard
the ghost" on Saturday, according
to the Daily Mirror, and wrote the
following note of what occurred:
Il heard a voice speaking 1t
said One, two, three. four, five, six,
seven eight, nine, ten Now the
ghost is whstling tune 1t talks
now, but cannot distinguish the
words
The Scheveningen station, on the
coast of Holland then called us
and said: Gould you hear words
spoken? heard plain language
spoken as though over the tele-
phone
"A few minutes later | heard the
same voice reciting figures again
and whistling and singing, also the
sound of musical instrument, either
banjo or a mandolin"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
BRITISH COAL STRIKE.

LONDON, March l. Save and
except the Warwickshire colliery, ev-
cry colliery in England is closed to-
day owing to the strike Of the min
ers. The Warwickshire cClliery is
working with a reduced force, and
may be yet compelled to close down.
LONDON, March 2. Four mil
lion employees of industrial enterpris-
es will probably be thrown out of EN-
plOyment by the coal miners strike.
because of the lack Of fuel to keep
the works running.
LONDON, March 2 - Asquith an
nounced today that if the principle
Of minimum wage is not granted
by the collieries, 100000 men will
go out on strike. He says that the
government will find a means to
bring the strike to an amicable end.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
CARES FOR JAIL PIGS
EIGHTEEN YEARS; THEN
CONVICT LOSES HIS JOB

:. MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan, :.
:. 30. After giving eighteen :.
:. years of affection and tender :.
:. care to the wOrkhouse pigs, =
= Emil Larson has lost his job :.
:. In the Ill sentences he has :.
:. served in the workhouse, Lar :.
:. son has made good in the pc :.
:. sition of swineherd, but on the :.
= 112th sentence he was told that :.
:. his job at the workhouse now :.
= would be that of assistant cook. :.
:. The superintendent of the work :.
= house declared Larson had lost :.
:. his skill as pig feeder. :.
!. :. = :. :. = :. :. !. !. !. !. !. !. 1.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
OIL Pete HATES unions
Police NAPOLEON

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. g. - For
white-haired old chap-seventy-
one years old-"Alkali Pete" who
calls himself THE Stage Robber,"
had lively time one night
Early in the evening he was hired
to appear in front of a restaurant
at 26 Ellis street, where sand
witch man with a boycott sign had
been parading all day. The proprie-
tor thought he would offset the boy
colt by putting Pete on his trail.
He did.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04

any train will arrive before Thurs
day. The depth of the snow is
the greatest in the history of rail
reading in the state.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. %. - The
blizzard which has been raging in
this section of the country for the
past thirty-six hours has begun to
abate.
PlTTSBURG. Feb % Ice is
beginning to run in the rivers in
this section of the country. The
entire district is covered heavily
with snow.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
NOT GUILTY, SAYS DUPONT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. .. - Moved
by the proposal to investigate the
election of Senator Dupont. of the
state of Delaware. the powder trust
magnate has come out with an en-
phatic denial of the use of improper
methods to secure his reelection to
the senate
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
KNOX DEMONSTRATION.

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Feb. Is
AS demonstration in behalf of the
South American republics toward the
United States, in the effort to evil
dence their good will, the day of
the arrival of Secretary Knox from
Washington will be made a general
holiday throughout Nicaragua, and
will be celebrated sumptuously.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
TWO STAGES COMING.

CH1TINA, March /. The pass
engers out on Stage No. 81 were
George A. Parks, T. A. Karsten and
Flossie Lysle. On Stage No. 50
the passengers were George A. Hunt
er, William Auckland, J. Balzimer,
r. NJ. Gibson, Ira NJ Orion, G. w.
Johnson, M. Beegler, Judge and Mrs.
Pratt, Mrs w. w. Clarke and Au-
gusta koeneke
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
ORGANIZER ARRESTED.

SPOKANE, Feb. 81. Albert
Beck, international organizer of the
Cooks and Walters union, was
placed Under arrest in this city to-
day on the charge Of grand larceny
Warrant for the arrest came from
San Francisco, where the offense is
alleged to have been committed.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
CONFESSES MURDER.

IACOMA, Feb. 26. = Willis
Brown, of Puyallup, confessed today
to the murder Of his wife and John
Alden, a Tacoma butcher, whose
dead bodies were found on the coun-
try road between Tacoma and Puy-
allup yesterday. They had been
beaten TO death with a club. Brown
pleads the unwritten law. He is
"a years of age His wife was "a.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
IDITAROD TRAM WAY.

1DlTAROD, Feb. %. - James Will
son has left for the Outside to pur-
chase equipment for the improve
ment of the tramway that runs be-
tween Iditarod and Flat City. The
scantling that has served for rails
will be torn up and replaced by
steel rails. The mules which have
furnished the motive power will be
dispensed with and big motors will
operate ON the rails. The entire
equipment will arrive on the first
water, and will be in place before
the end of June
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04

and the insurgent Republicans were
scored roundly today by Bryan in his
speeches here. his opinions as tc
peace politics being expressed most
vehemently. The Taft administra-
ton is an unparalleled one in the
things it has accomplished" declared
Bryan, but the president himself
had no part in the great reforms 8"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
COAL MINERS STRIKE,

LONDON, March l. - Despite its
Intervention. and every effort it
could make to prevent the strike Of
coal miners in Great Britain, the
government is compelled to announce
that the strike is inevitable. At
p. III. 100000 coal miners had gone
out on strike. and the Premier an
nounces that by midnight he believes
there will be a million out on strike
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
DOUBLE CROSSER.

President Taft is not the only Re
publican presidential candidate who
has been double-crossed in politics
by Theodore Roosevelt is declared by
Walter Houser, state manager fer
Senator LaFollette. Houser says
that Roosevelt was responsible to a
great extent for LaFollette's candi-
dacy, and after seeing the senator
launched in the campaign. the colo
mel entered the lists against him.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
TAFT DELEGATES,

WASHINGTON, March 2. The
South Carolina state convention to-
day endorsed the administration of
President Taft. Delegates for Taft
were elected today in the South Ala
bama congressional district. in the
Third district of Missouri the Eighth
district of Michigan and the Second
South Carolina district.
TACOMA, March 2. - The state
committee met today and fixed Aber-
deem as the place of holding the
state convention of the Republicans,
and the time as May 10. They
passed resolutions endorsing Taft.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
CASE DISMISSED

LOS ANGELES. Feb. &c. - For
want OF sufficient evidence, the Ben
der case was dismissed this morn
ing. This disposes of the charges
connected with the alleged attempts
TO dynamite the county hall of rec
ords
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
STEEL TRUST REPORT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S. The
house committee on the steel trust
reports that the corporation is one
in unlawful restraint of trade and
that for organizing the trust Morgan
e. Co. received $70,000,0O0 in cash.
The trust has made a profit of
81 900, 900 in nine years, from sell
ing steel at profit of so per cent.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
PLEADS GUILTY.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 81. - Bert
H. Franklin, former detective for
the Mcnamara defense, pleaded
guilty today to the charge of having
bribed Robert F. Balm, a sworn juror
in the Mcnamara trial, and having
attempted to bride George N Lock
wood, venireman summoned in the
same case. Franklin will appear in
court for sentence on Friday.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
SPECTATORS ClUBBED.

KINGSTON, Jamaica. Feb. Is
Captain and Mrs. Fritz DeQuesne
of New York city, and other prom
inent American tourists who We're
Witnessing the progress of the street
riots among the striking railway
workers and the police. We're severe
ly dubbed by the rioters. Mrs. De
Quesne being dangerously hurt.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
SHERMAN AGAIN,

WASHINGTON, March l. The
plans of the managers of the Taft
campaign contemplate placing Vice
President Sherman on the ticket
with Taft, to succeed himself as
vice-president President Taft will
extend his speech-making tour as
far north as New Hampshire, as far
south as Georgia and as far west
as Chicago.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
MILITANT SUFFRAGlSTS.

LONDON, March 2. = Incensed
because the government has recog-
nized the striking coal miners, but
has refused to recognize the suffra-
gettes, Mrs. Pankhurst, at the head
of her forces of militant suffragettes
today went on the war path, demol-
ishing hundreds of store windows in
the prosperous district by stones and
brickbats. Four windows were also
broken in the residence of the pre-
mier. Mrs. Pankhurst and many Of
the other women have been i'm.
prisoned
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
TEXTILE STRIKE.

BOSTON, Feb. 81. Governor
Foss today ordered an official inves-
tigation of the causes leading up to
the Lawrence strike.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. - The
lower house has decided not to press
the investigation of the strike stu
alton at Lawrence, Mass, but to
leave it to the state to settle in its
own way
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
PROBE BRIDGE DISASTER.

MONTREAL, Feb. q. - Investi-
CATION is now being carried on to
find out whether the Mcnamara
dynamiters had hand in the
destruction of the great bridge at
Quebec in 1907, when 70 men lost
their lives Recent evidence dis
covered in connection with other
dynamite plots has created the sus-
picion that the disaster may be trac-
ed to the same source.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
ABOUT OUR COAL,

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. - Sec
rotary of the Navy Won Meyer, be-
fore the committee on naval affairs
today, urged that the coal fields of
Alaska be developed by the govern
ment, and advocated building a rail-
road for that purpose, or the making
of arrangements with the private
railroad now built from Resurrection
bay
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
NELSON'S SIZEUP.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-The real
stumbling block to the progress of
legislation entirely in favor of Alas
ka, is the delegate from Alaska, de-
clared Senator Nelson of Minneso-
ia. chairman of the senate commit
tee on commerce. TODAY
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
PETITION TO CONGRESS,

" WASHINGTON, March 7. = Rep
resentatives of the principal ports of
entry on both coasts have petitioned
congress and the president to pre-
vent the transcontinental railways
from operating lines of steamships
through the Panama canal, as such
action on the part of the railroads
would be unlawful restraint for indie
pendent shipping companies.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
SUPREMACY THREATENED,

" WASHINGTON, FEB. 2. = Sec
rotary of War Won Meyer today
warned the house that unless Amer
lea builds two new battleships each
year, in 1916 Japan will have wrest-
ed from America the position OF
third naval power of the world, a
condition which he views with
alarm.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
BARROW SCORES.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26. - Clar-
ence Darrow won a point this morn
ing in the court of appeals when
that court issued an order forbidding
Judge Hutton, of the superior court,
from setting date for the hearing
of the case against barrow, and dir
Getting instead that the lower court
appear and show cause why a full
transcript of the evidence before the
grand jury in the Darrow case should
not be given TO Darrow.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
RANCH ATTACKED,

San ANTONIO, Feb. Is. = Next
can rebels today attacked and start
an American named Wilson The
Wilson cowboys were at home, and
the rebels retreated with loss of
four killed
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
CLOSER RELATIONS.

PANAMA, March l. - Secretary Of
State Knox. in speech delivered
here and addressed to the peoples
of all countries he will visit, said
that the completion OF the Panama
canal should mark the beginning of
closer relations between the Unit
ed States and the Latin Americans.
and he says that the countries ia
Vor each other and should continue
to do so, as their interests are iden-
teal
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
BARROW SCORES.

Los ANGELES. Feb -. - Judge
Hutton. of the supreme court, to-
day granted the petition of Clarence
barrow for complete transcript of
the evidence given in his case b =
fore the grand jury which returned
the Indictment against him The ac-
ton OF the court was directed by the
court of appeals
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
GETTING PARTICULARS.

NOME, Feb. 81. - Mayor Gilmore
has wired to the American consul
at Vladivostok, Siberia, for particu-
lars concerning the ice-breaker Kit,
which it is proposed to bring over
to Nome to pillow way through the
ice and enable the approach of a
collier to the beach The Pacific
coast delegation at Washington is
reporting progress in the endeavor
to secure permission on the part of
the government to engage the Kit
to relieve the coal famine here
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
DOUBLE MURDER.

TACOMA. Feb. %. Mrs. John
Brown. Of Puyallup, and John vii,
son, a Tacoma butcher. We're found
dead today in the road, having been
murdered, John Brown. husband of
the murdered woman. is missing
and is suspected of the crime.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
END IN SIGHT.

LAWRENCE, March /. = The end
of the great millmen's strike seems
to be in sight tonight Most of the
mills have agreed to grant the ad-
vanced wages and shorter hours
asked by the strikers, and the other
mills will probably join in the con-
cession
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
NAVAL NEEDS.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Feb 26-
Secretary Never is urging the house
TO appropriate money for two more
battleships. besides a million dol
lars for an around-the-world wireless
telegraph system
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
STARVED TO DEATH.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 2
The population CT the fishing col
ony of one island of Novazembia, in
the Arctic ocean, including all the
children of the villagers, persisted
during the winter, from starvation.
The last alive subsisted for a time
upon the dead bodies of the others,
but even that food failed them in
time
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
FAKE JEWElRY,

NEW YORK, Feb. 81. The
wearing of fake jewelry has come in
to vogue to great extent since the
taXicab hold-ups have become fire.
quent in this city and the police
have failed to cope with the new
style of laWlessness.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
BROUGHT TWENTY-SIX.

VALDEZ, Feb. 30. - The Alameda,
which sailed from Seattle last Sat
urday. with % first cabin passen-
gers, mostly for interior points. left
this morning for Seward. The
steamer Bertha also left port at the
same time.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
DUKE OF FIFE BURIED.

WINDSOR. england. Feb 2S -
The body of the Duke of Fife. broth
er-in-law of King George V. was en-
tombed here today. The Duke of
Fife died in Assuan. Egypt. on the
last day of January, after suffering
from pleurisy and congestion of the
lungs as the result of the wreck
of the steamship Delhi on the coast
of Morocco.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
MAY DEFER CONVENTION.

WASHINGTON. Feb. q. = To
take every advantage offered in a
political way from the advent of
Roosevelt into national politics, the
Democrats are considering delaying
the holding of their convention,
that they may be in shape to take
any advantage of any split that may
arise in the Republican national par
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
WANT CORRESPONDENCE.

WASHINGTON, March 2. - The
senate today adopted a resolution
directing the president to submit
all correspondence between the Unit
ed States and the Republic of Col.
umbia regarding the purchase or
the acquisition OF territory within
the Panama canal zone
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
POWERS COMBINE

WASHINGTON, March l. - Great
Britain, Germany, Russia and Japan
have agreed to combine with the
United States in joint action regard
ing Panama canal matters, without
seeking for the advantage of any
one of the countries.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
PROBE ORDERED.

WASHINGTON, March 2. - Am
bassador Wilson has been instructed
to ascertain the authenticity Ct the
AncOna interview, and if Ancona
made statements attributed to him.
Wilson is to protect himself
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
HiGHWAYMAN ARRESTED.

NEW GORk, Feb. q. = Three
men and two women have been ar
rested on the charge of highway
robbery. II is believed that they
are part of the gang which has
been operating by means of taxi
cabs
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
ANDREWS COMMITTED.

RUBY CITY, Feb. 81. - Scotty
Andrews, wood-chopper, was &C
sioner's court of the charge of sell
ing liquor without license.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
TAFT is HURT.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb 20
President Taft is deeply hurt at
the attitude OF Roosevelt Speak
ing 70 senator today. he said: Il
know We are right. and am conf
dent that we will be successful"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
ITALIANS LOSE

ROME, Feb 2S. = a serious re-
verse has been suffered by the Ital-
ian army in a pitched battle with the
Arabs. The engagement took place
at point 30 miles south from the
city of TripOl. The Italian loss is
said to be heavy
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
Double Suicide Closes
Famous "Soul' Romance


NEW YORK, Feb. > - With only
members of his immediate family
present, the remains cf Frederick
Noble, the young plumber who end
ed his life in a suicide pact with
his bride of month, was buried
in the Noble family lot on Long Isl
and The body of his wife. who
left her millionaire husband. Wal
ter Lispenard Suydam, to elope with
Noble, today lies in receiving
vault. her coffin covered with scar
let rises and lilies of the valley.
placed there by her former husband
Both bodies were found in their
apartments here. dead from asphyx-
iation by gas.
Take Bodies to Philadelphia.
This afternoon the dead woman's
body will be taken 10 Philadelphia
for burial Her mother and her
former husband will accompany the
corpse.
The double suicide was the culmi-
nation of an unhappy romance A
week ago Mr., Noble said to a friend:
We laugh sometimes at the law
and at religion when they say
Thou shalt not and we may sheer
at the saying The wages of sin is
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
FRANKLIN FINED,

LOS ANGELES, March >. - Con
victed of offering brides i'll con
nection with the Mcnamara trials.
Franklin. who was associated with
Clarence barrow, was today fined the
sum of 81 900
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
ARKANSAS TORNADO.

LITTLE ROCK. Feb pa tor
nado swept over Lincoln, Arkansas
and jefferson counties this morning
killing seven people
The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-04
FATAL FIRE.

PORTLAND, Feb. %. The fam
Gus Gilman hotel was destroyed by
fire today. Two occupants of the
house We're burned to death, and five
have not been accounted for.