The Alaska citizen., 1913-11-17
GENERAL NEWS
 BY TELEGRAPH
STORM FAR REACHING.

.. -tH-.. hauu4 today. some sections ...r.-Il- the most severe weather ..-- recorded in nearly all parts >- ii. storm zone great quantities .. -.1a have fallen. and traffic in a.. directions j~ raraly1ed
 CLOSE THE SCHOOLS.
 fEttSEI-RG Pa Nov. 1o-This section is 3n tae grp f the worst s.ar# m .he history of the state. H.I.rt- at!JU tS inter rs.f.. alI the m,Iger reports which have reached th.s city from out Hu4 districts indicate that traffic .- ....s~gl. t3. scores of trains 2.a stalled and there is much sui faf.rs. Ears are entertained for tT. -.fat. of many of the passen- as.s Va1 are stalled i'll isolated az~.rsers
 1ae e4ri became 90 intense day T I ru#lsr af cities that fl was 'sa i uae,ssary 70 close the public schools F~ay i-zlly all Of the amuse- MaHf p'4a,s h this city will remain closed ion 1ht. unless there is a -at5en rise in the temperature
 TRAINS WRECKED.
 I'tt Hotf. Mich. Nov. 1o-Re.
 received II this city this aft e-a aa tsN O. numerous wrecks thai h#-= o-eurrei through ut the East G.~-- -he last twelve hours in zeaHsHce f the storm Several ea.Hssu"s naTo occurred iu this state a' de,a#}s are lacking
 rToRH asATtN6 IN CHICAGO
 CHICAGO. Nov. le.-A slieh.
 =:mga- 1U rHe s-arm was no ed ta.s af.afuaaH. Aut iS still very uncomfortable ogt af d. rs. Traffic ut nil A.lds has hgrn stopped. and because of the severity of the Wa hgr no attempt can be made to Az'ar he streets of snow. Some s5 t4" ari.ls IF" The largest ever z..H H.Ea
 L ". W.'s REJOICE.
 BENTON. N I, Nov. There Y fer n the ranks of the Industrial +#n H'l~ The World today as the at-E ot the ae'iou of he state su .'H" court in the case of the ar- s. which "us taken from the low er court av Big BHl" Haywood and several others The higher court has s@' as.f" tEe verdict of guilty which #ts returned asaius the labor tes. and the Mau have been released from he eHs'ciy of the court.
 =H H.= assoa.atns Were arrested at rhe t.mp of the hig silk mill s's.he ana tried and convicted 6# t#" .Aa'@a e dis1rlcrlv ccnauc
 MILLION FOB TWO BOATS.
 fol'FtAND. Ore. Nov. 18.-Ac e.E.i,a 2" 4A aueouncemeat Whieh
 a fhr laral offices O. #a" Gss7t Noffhern Railroad com.
 .Hsf afternoon | is tho n. .anit V q tha lIiu system ra nIaee "a h stt tImer~ Cn the run be f'een Sa0 Francisco and Astoria to a-- e4mai9to the increased traffic l., , !s expected as result of the oIc.'As oi tae Panama canal.
 s" ne. bats 1iM hc among tho t"~t o1 He Pacific coast. each to approximately $59e.o00. Work 'ir6a'y has been started on ,bo yes. gels Al PAiIa'efrhia and as on as la"y aPe completed they will he bEoa-hr 10 n $ coast hy way of tho fah5m1 "aial l. is expected ina, -i''t VII -e ready 10 he placed in commission J wear from next Jam. arv. ''''"
 eoMPERs MEETS MOVER
 SEA HE, Nov 10. President samuel Gompers Of the American '0.f'ton of Labor was the prin- 'I. tl 9heahor al thp annual Iahor convention which opened in this citv uaE With an attendance of dele. gates rom every part of the conn. try. III his opening address, Gompers He9-ared that the present convention 'S oi great importance to workino. 4'!th' "AO, n" asserts. are just he L.iAiiR 10 realize their strength i'' predicted that the power of la
 would manifest itself at the
 Ill the Very near future.
 t'Stitni Mover Of the Western ederatton of Miners has arranged ''F conference with President Com. 9eLs and other officials of the organ. ."diloh. he chief matter to be dis. 'ussed by the leaders is the Michigan strike which has been in progress fhe Calumet copper region for many months. i0' Governor Lister and Mayor Cot. terlll were among those nresant ot today's session.
 LYONS REVERSED.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov 10- Tn decision handed down today. tbe supreme court of the United States aSlae Inc sentence imposed mon |, M. summers. the Juneau banker Nho was convicted cn a charge If irregularities in connection with his panklhs business. The ruling of the hlsher court is in effect practically dismissal of the indictment against Summers. Summers was tried before District Judge Thomas R. Lyons and sen. fenced to five years imnrisonmont
 OlAZ RELEASED.
 HAVANA, Cuba. Nov. lG.-FeIix Dlaz who was indicted last week on the charge of shooting an alleged aSsallant during a street fight, was released n bail this afternoon.
 DlaZ, who claims that he was at. lacked by agents of Huerta denies that he fired the shots which injured hls assailant. He says that one of the spectators did the shooting to protect him from the hired assassins
 MORE NOISE OF THAW.
 CONCORD, N. H., Nov 1O.-Tbe attorneys who are representing the state of New York in the Thaw case petltioned the court today for the dismissal Of the writ of habeas cor lns which was granted to the Mat te3Wan eScapp It iS eynectad tb.+