The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-08
RAIN PUT OUT FIRES


 notice. and the outcome k being awaited earEerly.
 RAIN PUT OUT FIRES.
 PORTLAND. Ore Sept. 3.-Gcu- eral rainstorms throughout Oregon and Washington have neuishca the forest fires which have threat eutd the forest of the TWO states at various times during the past two months.
 Chief Clerk Black, f the forestry serv4ce. says the fires ot the pres ent summer were the Hghtest re- corded in the Northwest He esfi- mates the combined losses of Ore gon. Washington and Alaska al s. Gro for the season, which is a trc- Int udOus saving over last year
 II $ generally admitted through out the Northwest that the small losses sustained this year are due largely 10 the splendid w.rk Of the forestry service iu eliminating the dangers of fire and in fighting the few fires which have occurred. X favorable season also contributed to the protection oi the timber
 HE eLAMEs THE GIRL.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 8 Drew Caminetti, on tral on the charge ut violating the Mann white slave act, took the stand today III his own defense. He coutradicted the testimony of the Norris girl. who was on the stand yesterday. declaring that he had not contrib uted 10 her delinquency and that he was an unwilling member of the party of elopers which made the trip from Sacramento to Ken Like b b.gGs, GaminetG testified that the girl had compelled hm to accom- raHy her to Reno, threatening 10 expose him if he refused.
 NOT UP-To-DATE.
 NEW HAVEN. Conn. Sept. B According to the best information Obtainable today, the antquated sig nal system ill use on the E ston X Maine railroad was directly respon- sihle for the disastrous collision @h oh occurred yesterday between the Bar Harbor Limited and the White Mountain Express.
 The revised list of fatalities shows d total of 20 dead. and 1t is be- lieyed that several more will be added to the number. several of the injured being ill d precarioas s ndition today.
 4 federal investigation has been ordered by the interstate commerce commission, and it is generally be lieved that the company will be held responsible for the wreck
 GUERRILLA WARFARE.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 3.-Ameri- cans returning from Mexico declare that the Southern republic is over run with desperadoes. who are talk ing advantage Of the present uu- settled conditions to sack unpr tect- pd towns. Conditions are part cul- arly bad along the coast. where mur- der and pillage are raging. with prac- tiealy no effort being made by the government to protect the people of ihe stricken nation.
 LAUNCH FOUNDERS.
 NEWPORT R. l.. Sept. 3. @.-Eish sailors. attached to the battleship Nebraska. lost their lives day when the launch ill Wh.ch they We're riding was sWamped by the hurri- cane which is sweeping the coast. The launch foundered when about halfway to shore from the batt.e= ship. but il was impossible to render the unfortunate sailors any assist ance, owing to the violence of the storm.
 BAD MAN IN CUPS.
 BOISE, Idaho, Sept 3. Former Congressman Wilson was placed un- der arrest today on the charge of inebriety, and narrowly escaped be ing guilty of more serious Of fense. Alter the arrest. and while he was still under the influence Of liquor, Wilson whipped out q re volver and attempted to kill Deputy Sheriff Chaplain. who was responsi- ble for his Incarceration. F How ing his futile attempt upon the life of the officer Wilson turned the gun upon himself and inflicted seri- ous. but not fatal injuries.
 RECOGNIZES GLYNN
 SPRINGFIELD. H.. Sept B. Governor Dunne has given official recognition to Liutenant-Governor Glynn of New York. The action was taken today when requisition vas received from the New York official and granted on the advice of the attorney general of Illinois
 THAW FREE A MOMENT.
 SHERBROOKE, Quebec, Sept 3. Quite unexpectedly. Judge Hutch inson rendered his decision this aft ernoon ill the Thaw habeas corpus proceedings, summarily ordering the release of the prisoner. ThaW re mained out of jail but a few mo- ments. however. the immigration of ficials causing his rearrest before he could be spirited out of town.
 The charge against ThaW noN is that of being an undesirable i'm migrant, and it is expected that his trial will take place immediately.
 SHERBROOkE, Quebec, Sept. 3. Following the arrest of Thaw this afternoon by the immigration off cials. the prisoner was taken to Coaticook for trail on the charge f being an undesirable alien. II is understood he will be deported to Vermont if the government is sue cessful in it's suit.
 ThaW was accompanied to Coati cook by his Canadian attorney and expresses the belief that he will be acquitted if he is given a far trial