The Alaska citizen., 1912-08-19

pilF Di lilt ilOst SCdHuaiOhS Cnap- iers in our history"
 WASHINGTON. Aug 15. - In the ruling made today by thd courts the interstate commerce com. mission is granted more power than 1t has heretofore possessed. The concession as made is one that the commission has been contending for and has sought to enforce, with the result that it became necessary for the courts to adjudicate the matter at issue. The commission as now settled, has been given the power 10 interfere in. and break all exist ing combinations and others that may hereafter be formed between rail and water lines.
 WASHINGTON. Aug. ,. - Appro- priation bills are beginning to have their inning in both houses of con @ress. The latest of these bills to pass is the one known as the army appropriation, which passed the sen. ate today. The bill appropriates ninety-four million dollars for army purposes. The bill also omits the elimination of Major General Leonard Wood from the service. as was con. femplated in a former bill intro. fuced. Another bill passed was that appropriation one hundred and 'itty millions for pensions. A fea lure of this bill is that all pension agencies must be abolished afte, January 1. 1913.
 MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Aug. D. The spirit of revolution. allayed for short time, has again broken out in this republic. Rival fac. ions that have been dormant are becoming active, with the result that engagements between the ex- istlng government forces and those in opposition are of almost daily occurrence. Today the revolution. ists encamped near here resumed four days battle and made an at, tack upon this city, but were again repulsed.
 CHICAGO. Aug. 15. - Charles D lilies. former secretary to the pres ident. and now chairman of the Taft national campaign committee. this morning issued statement re- "arding the outcome of the presi- dential elections next November.
 As Hilles views the situation, there is nothing to 1t. He claims every thing for Taft; Wilson, Roosevelt and the doubtful votes are given but scant consideration.
 According to the statements made, President Taft will carry 34 states. with an electoral vote of 3S4. leav- ing the balance of 34 votes to Will son, and those classed as doubtful. Roosevelt is not conceded any at all.
 SALEM, Ore, Aug 15. - Governor West has announced that he will be a candidate for governor to sue ceed himself.
 TACOMA. Aug. 15. - After hay ing narrowly escaped being sent to the bottom of the sea by the ice Hoes encountered in Bering sea. the United States army transport Sheridan arrived in Tacoma with the Sixteenth United States infantry reg iment. The men aboard told of their thrilling escape from death when caught in the grip of the ice in northern seas For seven days. off St. Lawrence Island. to the west of Norton Sound, enroute to Nome. the Sheridan lay icebound, making but 90 miles in this time. For 4S hours her captain, Mike Healy, and Pilot krarasky watched on the bridge of the ship. and at times the captain stood on the nrow, di- recting the slow advance of the shin through the tremendous ice floes.
 The enlisted men embarked en- dured urto'd hardships from cold, the st"Hmire facilities of the Sheri- dan being inahenuate. and two died Of pneumonia on route. The off cers of the Sixteenth reeiment aboard the transport. returning 10 the Unit ed States. have presented Captain Hea'v with a loving cup. The Sher- idan is cnroute 10 San Francisco
 NEW YORK. Aug. 15. - The mass meeting hc'd here last night at Coop CT Union hall appointed a vigilance committee to see that the public officials of New York City do their duty in the matter of the treason able alliance between the police force and organized crime" District At torney Whitman, who is endeavoring to purge the rotten police depart ment was present at the meeting and was given an ovation
 SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 16.-In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals today one of the greatest marine disasters of the Pacific coast was echoed when the court limited the libility of the steam schooner San Pedro to $16,5OO for sinking the steamship Columbia off Eureka, July 20, 1907.
 WASHINGTON. Aug. l5. - The Democratic members of the house in caucus today agreed to allow ap- prOpriatiOns for the building of one new battleship only.
 ATHENS. Aug. 15. - It Is semi- officially declared that a serious movement Is on foot among the of ficers of the Liberal party in Turkey to place Prince Mehid Effendi, son of Sultan Mourad, on the throne owing to discontent with the pres ent sultan, Mehmid Rechad Khan.
 LONDON, Aug. 15. - The gov ernment is aiming another strong effort to get the London dock strike settled. The chief Liberal whip, the master of Elabank, called a conference which met at midnight at Premier Asquith's official resi- dence. The premier and Lord Dev- enport represented the port authori-