The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-01-13

ington and nearby states are running
bank full. A sudden warm spell %.
this time would result in the tlooG
'ng OF Il vast area OF country.
FRIGlD WEATHER IN TROPICS.
TAMPA. Fla, Jan. :. he ,u.f
wave that has enveloped the gredtrr
part of the United States reached
/ Florida last night, and the frui.
+ growers are making desperate eff
/ forts 10 save their orchards from the
! killing frosIs. The country IS lola2c
! With the warming fires which have
/ been built to keep the frost out OF
/ he orange groves. and all manner
+ OF schemes are being devised 10
/ ii-ht off the cold which is increasing
steadily. So far the Florida crops
are safe, but the limit of cold is al
mos, reached a, which the fruit can
lac protected.
TROOPS FOR sUFFRAGETTEs.
+ WASHINGTON. Jan. t. - II is
/ understood that President Taft in
tends 10 station troops about the
+ city during the inauguration cere-
PONIES in order that the sutfragettes
who will throng the capital at that
dine may receive the fullest protec
ton,
lie sufiraSettes are planning ore
Ct the biggest demonstrations ever
the President appears to antieiEatn
lively time in consequence CT .he
assembled Women. who hope to iii.
press the incoming chief executive
sifh their importance
HOKE SMITH AND WILSON.
TRENTON. Jan. 8. Senator
ll1ke Smith, OF Georgia, and num-.
Der OF other prominent Democrats
! were III conference with President
Elect Wilson this afternoon.
TO CLEAN UP CITY.
san FRANCISCO. Jan. 8. - The
first gun OF the purity campaign
which Mayor Rolph has inaugurated
III this city was fired last nigh,
when number of poolrooms were
raided by the police, and several
hundred people arrested
The mayor made the threat upon
his return from the East that he
would clean up the city. and in an
interview today he declared that he
intended to keep up the raiding un-
Ill all OF the poolrooms and other
vice joints are closed for all time.
NEW DEMOCRATIC SENATOR.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Jan. b.
Governor Donashey has appointed
J. y. Heiskell TO the vacancy IL
the United States senate caused by
the death last week of Senator jeff
Davis. Heiskell is editor of the Ar
kansas Gazette, one of the LEADING
Democratic papers of the state. aEa
is man We'll qualified to fill the
important position to which he has
been appointed He will serve only
until the end of the present session
OF congress.
FoUNDEREO ON PEACOCK SPIT
ASTORIA Ore, Jan = 1hirg
eight persons lost their lives today
when the steamer Rosecrans found
cred on Peacock Spit, where she wa
driven ashore by the storm which is
raging Off the coast
When the life saving crew reached
the vessel only two of the torts
men who manned the vessel were
found These two had dashed
themselves to the mast, and although
badly battered by the storm, they
s.otc little the worse for their ex-
perience.
They stated that their companions
had been washed overheard by the
huge waves which rolled over the
ship with terrific force and finally
drove the unfortunate vessel high
up on the shoal, where she is now
being knocked to pieces by the surf
NOT TO AID HOCkIN.
LEAVENWORTH, Jan. :. - II. S
iockin, former secretary of the In
tcrnational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers, and one
OF the 81 conspirators convicted re-
Gently at indianapolis, received word
today that it is not the intention
OF the unions TO raise funds for his
| release, although all of the other
convicted men will be bailed out rs.
soon as the money can be collected.
Hockin is the only one of the
! convicted men whom the union mem
! bers profess to be guilty, and it is
for this reason that he has been
| deserted.
NO RADICAL DEPARTURES.
| HELENA. Jan Z Samuel V.
Stewart the newly elected COVER
nor of Montana, addressed the legis-
lature today with his first annual
message. Governor Stewart, like his
/ predecessor, Governor Norris. is a