The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-01-27
WAGES INCREASED


morning between The Wabash rail.
railroad agrees TO increase the wages
| of 2,oF0 of its employees per cent
per annum
BAD FIRE.
ST. ANTHONY. Idaho. Jan. %
The city firemen battled five hours
today TO save the city. hut The fire
loss will reach s125 900.
PANIC is DUE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-Repre.
sentative Glass declares that panic
is probable unless the financial sys
TEN OF the country is changed at
once.
LOAN SHARKS CUT.
/ ALBANY, Jan. 22.-The court of
appeals today decided that the limit
interest loan sharks can collect is
/ 2 per cent per month.
SOCIALIST MAYOR.
SALT LAKE. Jan. 22.-Henrv Law
renee. wealthy Socialist of this CITY.
was yesterday elected mayor of the
/ city for the ensuing year
Although the distance between
this city and the capital is nearly
twice as great as the distance he
tween New York and ALBANY. the
women say that the twenty suffra-
gettes who marched to the state
capital last month demonstrated that
the proposed trip is easy OF ac-
compishmenf, and that. with plenty
OF time along the road. they will
be able to reach Washington without
sreat fatigue. They figure that the
TRIP VIII require twenty-one DAYS.
Upon their arrival at the capital
the women will demonstrate their
strength by giving parade on
/ pennsylvania avenue. permission al
ready having been obtained for the
use of the street on March Sd,
DYNAMiTERS RELEASED.
LEANENWORTH Jan. 21-Three
OF the men convicted at indianapolis
on the charge of dynamiting. were
+ released from the federal prison to-
day on bonds, pending the hearing
OF the appeal before the higher
court
The men released today were.
i William Redden. of Milwaukee,; Will
fred Brown and William Kane. of
Kansas City.
kNUTE NELSON AGAIN.
ST. PAUL, Jan. Ex-senator
knute Nelson. Republican. who has
represented the state of Minnesota
in the upper house of the congress
of the United States. was reelected
today by the state legislature. and
will begin his fourth term in the
senate on March 4.
WHEELING FOR VERA CRUZ
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.-The
converted gunboat Wheeling, with
crew of nine officers and 129 men.
is under orders 10 proceed to Vera
Cruz at once. where 1t is understoo
there is danger of an outbreak
among the rebels along the Atlantic
coast. The Wheeling has orders
70 anchor in front of the threatened
city, and to afford whatever protec
ton the Americans there may need
in case of trouble.
TRANSFER PRISONERS.
SEATTLE. Jan. Flowing to the
crowded condition of the state prison
al McNeifs Island, the state an,
thorities have appealed to the fed
eral government for the removal Of
1 sufficient number of Alaska prison
about in comfort.
/ In compliance with the request.
the federal government has granted
permission for the removal of Dis
many as may be necessary TO the
prison at Atlanta. Georgia. where
they will serve out their terms.
The names of those who will be
sent East have not been made public
4at, h,,f to holt 81 1 IN
be made up within day or two
CADETS TO PARADE.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. %
A prominent feature of the bis
parade which Is being arranged b.
the committee In charge of inauoura'
program, viii be the full strength OF
the government military academy at
West Point. according to an an
nouncement which was made public
by the committee today.
The cadets we'll be brought to the
capital at the expense of the war
department. and it is promised that
their appearance in the procession
will add much to the attractiveness
of the parade.
The rSmber of cadets at West
Point approximates nearly six hun
dred
sULZER WILL HELP
hrBANN. Jan. 23-There is great
among Me advocates of woman's
suffrage cas- a result of the action
of the upper house of the state
legislature, the senate having passed
the bill providing for the extension
of the franchise to members of the
fair sex,
There was considerable opposition
to the measure before the vote was
taken. but the bill passed with a
substantial margin. If the house
follows the lead of the senate. the
bill will become law without fur
or already has promised TO attach
his signature as soon as the measure
is presented to him.,
STEADY ON THE JOB.
PORTLAND, Jan. 23.-The indict-
ments which have been standing
against three prominent residents of
Roseberg since the time of the sen
sational exposure of the Oregon
land fraud conspiracy. were dismiss
/ I'D TODAY by the federal court.
/ The Indictments were returned at
/ he instance of Special Prosecutor
Heney, who WAS employed by the
government to aid in the exposure of
the alleged conspiracy
SIXTY LOST IN FIRE.
M'K1NNEY. Texas, Jaa. "a
Great excitement prevails in this
city as a result of the suspected
death of nearly sixty persons, who