The Alaska citizen., 1913-03-17

STEPHENSON GETTING READY.
 SAN FRANCISCO. March B. The whdier karluk. which will take Explorer Steffanson to the Arctic re siOnS, left here today for Victoria SteffansUn is making ready for his trip and he plans to get away for the North on May 1 He will take with i him a crew of fourteen and plans 10 winter at Herschel island or Prince Patrickland The start will be made from Esquimalt. ! PORTLAND MAN SHOT. . PORTLAND. March During heated argument Isaac Bloom. a well known commission man of this city. was shot and killed by James Ham. mond. one of his employees On being reprimanded by Bloom. Hammond drew revolver and fired several shots at his employer, who died al most instantly Hammond is being held without hail and will be charged with murder
 JUST ONE MORE DEMOCRAT. ! CONCORD. March l3.-What is re- garded as one of the most hotly con tested senatorial elections in the his tory Of this state came to an end today with the election of Henry Hollis to the place vacated this month hy Senator Burnham. Hollis k Democrat, the first member of hat party to secure election as a senator in full score of years.
 The halloting for senator began early Tn January. since which time the legislators have been what al times seemed hopelessly deadIocked
 SULZER AND THE TIGER.
 ALBANY. March 13.-According to friends of the governor there has been an open break between the chief executive of the state and Boss Murphy, oi Tammany hail II is understood that the trouble which reached q head a day or two ago has been brewing for some time, the .ause of il being the fact that Sul- Ger objects to the too frequent die tation of Murphy
 NEGLECTED HIS DUTY.
 ALBANY. March Ex-Governor 5ulzer has preferred charges against Col Joseph F. Scott. superintendent If state prisons. anl il is understood that sweeping investigation is scheduled Scott is charged hy the governor with nonfeasance and neg lect of duty.
 HYDE TRIAL AGAIN.
 KANSAS CITY, March l4-The jury trying the case of Dr, Hyde for he murder of Millionaire Swope re tired this afternoon to consider the ease.
 SPENDS LIKE DRUNKEN SAILOR, OLYMPIA. March 14.-The Wash 5ngtou state legislature adjourned ;oday after having appropriated S20,- .0On during the session
 GOT OFF EASY.
 SAN FRANCISCO. March H. Charles F Baker, assistant cashier 9f the Crocker National bank of this ity. was today found to be short in his accounts to the extent of stoo.Oeo. He is said to be dying al his home in Piedmont, and il is prob iblc Ho effort will be made to pros. acute him.
 NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.
 LOS ANGELES. March 14.-Presi- lent Hadley. of Yale university. ar rived here today, suffering from a nervous breakdown.
 BEASLEY AGAIN.
 SAN FRANCISCO, March II. = linn Reasley. erstwhile Alaskan. who mas figured prominently in the news papers of the country during the past several months, appeared before the court today in an effort to have made final the interlocutory divorce decree secured by his wife some time ago
 Since starting the divorce proceed ings Mrs Beasley has changed her mind, and now refuses to go ahead with the matter. At the time of Beasley's arrest several weeks ago, she endeavored to patch up their differences in the hope that her bet ter half would come back to her Beasley is anxious to marry Miss Wood. an heiress, which accounts for his desire to secure his final separa- ion from the woman he deserted.
 MOVING DAY AT cULEBRA.
 PANAMA. March 14 - The com Dletion of the Panama canal has been seriously delayed by another great slide which occurred today in Culebra cut, the reports from the great excavation stating that hun dreds of thousands of tons of dirt and rock have sloughed down from the mountainside most unexpectedly, Considerable equipment is said to have been buried and other damage done which will require months to . repair
 SOCIETY DANES TAKE HAND.
 CHICAGO. March IA As re- suit of the exposures which were made during the investigations of the senatorial vice commission. re- lating to conditions among the work ing girls of this city. number of prominent society leaders have in augurated a movement which has as it's object the protection of the de- partment store clerks and other girls who. because of their meager salar- ies. fall easy prey to the white slavers.
 | The society women will organize a society and endeavor to remove temptation from the paths of the i young workers.
 JONES STANDS FOR POLICE.
 WASHINGTON. March 14 Al CT having listened to all of the estimony presented to the senatorial committee which has been investi- gating the disorders which accom- panied the suffragette parade dur ing the inaugural celebration, Sena- i tor Wesley Jones. of Washington, has taken the stand that the police are not guilty of having neglected their duties during the rioting.
 Senator Jones was one of the chief instigators of the probe, and