The Alaska citizen., 1913-03-03

turned against John Archbold and . other officials of the Standard Oii l company on the charge of violating !. the terms ot the sherman antitrust l law. have been dismissed by order l of the attorney general The action oi the government is l. the subject of much dieussieH hrr 4e,duse et the quiet manner tu which ] the indictments were quashel. and i he failure of the department to eN. plain why the eases were dropped
 PLAYING SICK DODGE. CHICAGO. Feb @l The hearing of the ease of the United States against Jack Johnson on the eharg' of violating the Mann acr has been postponed indefinitely h',ausc 0, lh, illness of the coIored defendant. Who was taken sick early this week win Icumouia
 Johnson was removed from t,s county jail To the hospital &estel. day. and physicians state that | will be several weeks al the earliest before he can appear in court His condition is regarded as somewhat serious today.
 OUT OF JOB TWO DAYS. TRENTON. Feb 25. Governor Wilson presented his resignation to the legislature this afternoon fixing the date of his retirement from office for Saturday noon oi ths seek
 Turing the remainder of tre week he governor will be kept busy with matters of importance which are now 3t,=., t1.- .1 i, may turn his office over to his sue- ressor without unnecessary confusion ro the latter. in addition to this work. the governor expects to make
 flyin. visit to WashirGton for the purpose of eonlerrne with Presi- dent Taft and the members of the present cabinet
 PERFECTLY SANE.
 WASHINGTON. D C. Feh. 25- The supreme court of the United Stat+s has affirmed the judemen, O he federal court al Fairbanks in he casy CT the United States ys George Matheson. which resulted | the conviction of Matheson on the charge of murder aEd his sentence 10 life Imprisonment at MeNeil's Island
 Matheson was charged with the murder oi Gus LaWiess in the Forty mile country in 1908 and at the time of his trial at Fairbanks durine the following year. a strong effort was made 10 prove that Mathcsc. Has not sound ot mind Both his mother and father were put on the witness stand and told of the in sanity which they claimed was here iity in the family
 he same defense was urged he fore the higher court but in tho ruling which was handed down yes terday. the action of the Alaska ri5unal is sustained in every par, ticular
 The ease vas tried originally be- soIc Judge Thomas R Lyons
 TO COLoNIZE ALASKA.
 ALBANY, Feb. 25 Capt Conrad Sicm formerly a whaler in the Are lie. today talked over with Governor Sulzer q plan 10 coIonizo Alaska after the Panama canal is opened Governor Suizer expressed his aeartl approval of the plan.
 U. p. WAS RIGHT.
 WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-The Union 'acifie's contention that il has not lost the stretch of land 4oo feet wide through the center of Nebraska 10 Denver bY fencing in narrower stretch along it's railway is upheld by the decision of the United States supreme court rendered today
 IN EFFECT NOW.
 WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-A procIa- nation issued by Secretary of State Knox announces that the income tax amendment goes into effect at noon today
 TO BUILD A TENDER.
 SEATTLE. Feb 25. - Inspector Parkinson or the Sixteenth light house district announces that a 9o- foot lighthouse tender to be called the Fornan will he built at once for he Alaska lighthouse service
 TAFT's LOST MESSAGE.
 WASHINGTON D. C.. Feb. 26.- The centralized supervision of fed eral receipts and expenditures is one of the more important suggestions contained in a special message to congress which President Taft sent 10 the laWmaking body today The president asserts that such re- form will save the government many thousands of dollars annually
 The message also urges the adop- ion of national budget. and gives the details of the plan which has been worked out by the president. Another reform suggested is the re- tirement of greenbacks. anl stii! another is the repeal of the sinking fund.
 The message fairly bulged with suggested economies the adoption of all of which the president urges as much-needed improvement over the present systems in use in the various departments
 MAKING A HARD FIGHT.
 CONCORD, Feb, 26.-The monoto- ny Of balloting for senators, which has been in progress ill the state legislature during the past nrltl vas somewhat relieved today %Ec,l by the memf >ro of both the upler | nd the lower house No specific cie"ees of bribery were discussed 1harges have been made, but suf- ficient importance attaches to the rhmors to justify an investigation, and t was decided by vote today to appoint a joint committee to in quire into the matter
 The fight for the place in the United States senate. which will he come vacant within a few days. is one of the most bitter ever re corded in this state, and there ap- pears to he little hope of a choice being made by the legislature unless Q hrih ,,l,n |,