The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

W HIGH tetIF tt' i'l''' " for the interyiewers. In the mean time. the colonel is plunged in the huge mass of correspondence which accumulated during his absence, and which has piled up considerably since his return.
 II is expected that the colonelS statement will be ready for the pub lie about Sunday IL is also eN- uec-ed that he will get back into politics at an early date, reports indicating that he plans trip through the country in the interests of the Progressive party during the .au campaign,
 CHURCH WORKERS CONVENE.
 CHICAGO. May 21.-The general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States convened here this afternoon, with large attend anre of church workers from all aalts of the country
 STORES CLOSE SATURDAYS,
 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. May 22- Acc0rdiuI to an announcement made today by John Wanamaker the big Hauamakcr stores will close each saturday during the months of July
 nd August.
 LINDSEY MAKES PLEA.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., May 22.- Iadge Ben E. Lindsey, magistrate of the Denver juvenile court. con ferred with President Wilson this afternoon at the White House on inc Colorado strike situation. and urgod upon the executive the neces- ,ity of retaining the federal troops for an indefinite time in the strike zone. One of the arguments advanced by Judge Lindsey was that the fed .raI soldiers were necessary to the protection of the women and chll- drcn of the coal mine towns.
 24 FIRES REPORTED. SEATTLE. May 22.-Reports re ceiyed in this city during the past two days state that there are "A forest fires raging in the mountains i'll various parts of Western Wash i fngton. Government officials and | hundreds of volunteers are fighting ! he fires. but thus far they have .er with little success in staying i the progress of the flames. BIG FOREST BURNS. 1 PORTLAND Ore, May 22.-Mill- ] ions of feet of valuable timber have l been destroyed during the past sev- elal days by terrific fire which is ] +aling in the Snoqualmie national crest.
 DAMAGE IS $2oo,000. ! VANCOUVER, May 22.-lt is es- tinated that damage to the extent of $z00OO has resulted from the i forest fires which are sweeping Grouse mountain and vicinity The flames are spreading with great l "api3iry.
 JUNGLE JOE" CANDIDATE. DANNILLE. III, May p. - "Cn- l ele Joe" Cannon, veteran congress- Imsn and former speaker of the house of representatives, has made formal announcement that he Will ! te a candidate for congress this fall ! PRIMARIES HELD. 1 CHARLOTTE, N. C., May 22.- Only four of the ten North Caro- lima congressman were opposed in l the primaries which were held last week. Representative Stedman, Pou, i Kitchen. Goodwin. Doughton and | Small being nominated unanimous 1 ly. while Page and Webb defeated their opponents by a vote of to l l in the Third and Tenth districts. Gudecr and Faison probably will i 70 to a second primary unless ac- ton is taken by the convention which is to be held tomorrow. 1 Senator Oyerman was unopposed i n the primaries.
 BECKER CONVICTED. | NEW YORK, May 22.-The second trial of Charles l.. Becker on the charge of murder in connection with the death of Herman Rosenthal, end ad late this afternoon in the second conviction of the former police lieu tenant. The jury was out just four 1 hours.
 The introduction of testimony was completed yesterday. the arguments 1 beginning late yesterday afternoon and continuing until noon today. i The case went to the jury early this i afternoon.
 ] When the announcement of the verdict was read, Becker stood as if frozen and after being led back to his cell in the Tombs, he collapsed completely. Sentence will be i'm posed on May 29.
 ] The first trial of Becker resulted i in a verdict of guilty followed by sentence of death. Shortly before | the date set for his execution, how ever, the condemned officer secured stay of execution, and later was granted a new trial. At that time l it was freely predicted that he would escape punishment, because of the number of influential friends and the amount of money at his disposal. The conviction of the former lieu 1 tenant in the face of the powerful | influence brought to bear upon the i case by Becker's friends is a notable i achievement for District Attorney i Whitman, who was compelled to pre- ! pare his case against all those con- cerned in the murder of Rosenthal, i without the assistance of the police, the majority of whom appear to have been in league with Becker and 1 his associates.
 | The four gunmen who were con- victed of murder in connection with 1 the case were executed some time ago, and it was reported at the time the death sentence was carried out that one of the men had made