The Alaska citizen., 1912-07-29
ton 10 our citizens.

given out today from official sources that the buboniC plague. existing for some time in Porto Rico is now ip- Creasing
 Fifty new cases have been reportel in the last few days.
 NEWPORT. l.. l.. July %. - In an emphatic denial made today. Mrs. Paul Andrews says that her daugn- ter Margaret is not engaged to Vincent Astor.
 It is rumored that the girls suitor. is none other than Herman Oelrichs.
 SAN .ECISCO. July 23. The Exposition committee of the fair II 1915 has been notified by the Jal- anese commissioners that Japan vii. spend at least $1 1.000000 on the ex- hibit to he made by that nation
 This sum has been appropriated and set aside for the exposition by the apanese government.
 LONDON. July 23. In parlia- ment today Churchill is introducing a resolution to have q supplemental naval appropriation of five million pounds added to the previous esti- mates In his speech urging the measure. Churchill declared that Germany was grave menace to England, and that no means of de fcnse should be overlooked.
 SEA GIRT. x. j.. July 23.-Wood- row Wilson announced today that he was going into absolute seclusion for a while 10 prepare his letter of acceptance. This course he said was necessary to insure the quietness he needed in his work on the speech
 Where the governor intends going has not been disclosed
 MACON. Ga. July 23. Elsie Carter. a young woman of Dublin. Ga, was last night. at midnight. dragged from her home stripped of all her clothing and then horse whipped.
 Miss Carter refuses to disclose the identity of her assailants, but says the crime was committed be- cause she spurned the attentions of young man named Vodolzer. r. years of age. who had become in fatuated with her She is now in a dangerous condition
 NE WYORK, July 23 District Attorney Whitman this morning or. tody five additional suspects in the Herman Rosenthal murder case. CHICAGO. July g. The An | cient Order of Hibernians in con vention assembled in this city today 1 denounced Socialism in all it's forms | All members of the Irish society have been ordered. to withdraw thei1 affiliations with the Socialistie 1 cause.
 SPRINGFIELD. H.. July 23. - Governor Deneen of Illinois. whc
 was one of the floor leaders in the l Chicago convention for ColOne 1 Roosevelt today. declared that he
 vas now a supporter of President 1 Taft. for reelection to the presi | dency.
 The governor said We can only | have one re%ular Republican party | and l will not support or cOunten | ance a third party movement. nc matter in whose interests it may be inaugurated"
 NEW YORK. July 23. - The no
 lice department of New York was this morning notified of the disap
 pearance of Miss Dorcas Snodgrass
 who has been missing from hel
 home for more than a week past.
 Miss Snodgrass is a popular young
 society girl of the upper set ir
 New York
 l The disappearance is similar tC that of Miss Dorothy Arnold of whom no trace has ever been dis | covered.
 CHICAGO, July 23. The ex elusive Union club of Chicago today announced that it's official existence as a club had terminated The reason for the action on the part of the club membership has not been made public, but it is pre-
 sumed to be on account of the
 lorimer scandal, in which many oi
 it's members were involved
 TOXIC, Japan. July 23. - Reports from the court physicians now in attendance on the emperor of Ja
 pan this morning give more en couragement than those issued yes | terday
 | They now say that the emperor malady has been checked and that | there is a slight chance of his re covery.
 WASHINGTON. July 23. Con gressman Martin w. Littleton. of New York, and a member of the l congressional judiciary committee in a minority report made to congress today, recommends the establish | ment of joint commission to re wise the monopoly laws and bring all trusts under federal supervis l ion.
 The commission suggested is to | consist of an equal number of sena. | tors and members of the house. | BERLIN. July g. Three bank messengers who had been sent to | make collections from various banks took S10O,000 of the money collected 1 and successfully disappeared. Herr Haase of the American Ex, press Co.,, lost s25000. The Leon Miabell private bank. $30.000. and from Gustave Pruning, of the Ores, | dener bank. who had sent to the Imperial bank for s250.0OO the. mes sengers took s45,000 while the money | was being checked
 1 VALDEZ Inly 22 = Eoster man.