The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-07
WOOL AND SUGAR FREE.
OF INTEREST
TO ALAS!KANS
DIDN'T MEAN THAT.

CHICAGO, April l. FroSf test
wing today. saii the letter he rete
. Banker Osborne o. Toronto in
which he said: Nov that Haliineet
4 seerel3re II the interior - en-
ge; any thing we want, did not
mean that they wanted n fhire
from the secretary which they could
get excepting information about oo1i
lands in Alaska which had been with
held b. former secretaries of the IL
terror
PLUNGED TO DEATH.
SEATTLE. April Mrs. Whit
tleseN. wife OF William Nhittleeel Of
seward Alaska. was Killed sessar-
las when the auto in which she
Has riding plunged 2ao feef into l
l.er ehasm. Her sons. Cedric T.
and W. y. were dangerously injured.
WHOLESALE POWERS.
CHICAGO, April . In the FroSt
coal land cases todag. the cover
ment introduced a letter written hN
t.abaree Of Spokane to Frost in
September 1905. With the letter
Labaree sent Frost fifty powers ef
attorney ana aske him TO locate
coal claims for them. I.9baree II
the letter asked Frost to fill III the
names of the blank powers Of attor-
ney and forward the list to Laha-
rec by first mail.
TO FLOAT ALONG.
VALDEZ, April 2. - In complain e
with the request of the department
the annual trip to the westward
With the floating court, according to
a wire which was sent by the judge
today to Secretary McReynolds.
Overfield has requested however,
that he be relieved upon his return
to Seward on September %, which
will be several months beyond the
expiration of his term.
1t is probable the Tibet will be
used as the court transport.
MOTOR TRUCK FOR MAJOR.
VALDEZ. April 2-l.ieutenant-
Colonel Richardson. president of the
'lasla road commission, has import
ed a powerful motor truck for use
in the North The machine will be
used to distribute supplies to the
crews engaged in work along the
cover. ment roads.
nature of an experiment, but the
head of the commission is confident
hat it will prove valuable acqni-
stion
RICHIE STILL MAYOR.
VALDEZ April OF the success
full candidates in TUESDAYS election,
Mayor E. +. X tchie received a suffi-
cient number of votes to retain him
in his present office.
The election was ore of the quiet
est ever held here. the people eyi-
dencing no interest in the contest
whatever.
NOME WORKED UP.
NOME. April 2.-Althoueh two
members of the old council have
been returned to office. the comb ned
opposition of the big corporations
md the local branch of the Western
Federation of Miners prevented the
reelection of the complete ticket
returned. but he will not be the
next mayor. He received the lowest
vote of the seven elected George
Jones. member of the Western
Federation. received the highest vote
the returns showing a total of $50
Gilmore received 490. The lowest
vote polled for any candidate was
3S1.
One thousand and one votes We're
cast out of a total registration of
1870
DEFENSE CLOSES.
CHICAGO, April 3.-The attor-
news for Albert Frost have closed
their defense in the trial of the
former Alaskan who is charged with
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment in connection with the location
" coal claims in the Matanuska
region. The government began the
Introduction of evidence in rebuttal
this afternoon.
Frost took the stand today in his
own defense
Oi,lastgoxarm.. il .ruen aon
HE DON'T KNOW US.
CHICAGO. April 4.-"The West lis
composed of bunch of crooks"
declared ASS slant Federal Attorney
WEIGH today in his opening state
ment in the Albert Frost coal claim