The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-02-02
GENERAL NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH
SOUTH is FLOODED.

SOUTH is FLOODED.
san FRANCISCO. Jan. 26.-Gen,
uige alarm is felt for the safety Of
the III usauds o tourists at Paso
Robes and other winter resorts south
Of this city, because OF the extremely
high water in the Streams in that
section Of the safe. Communication
has been cut off for 20 hours.
WILL APPEAL COAL CASE.
SEATTLE. Jan. 26,-At the con
rl4sioa Of today's sessi n of court.
it was practically assured that the
Muudas Shields Ct al coal land eases
would be appealed to the supreme
,uur. OF the United States in case
Of an uafaForable decision at the
conclusion o the present trial
The attorneys for the defense have
taken formal except n to the court 5
ruling denying their application for
an instructed verdict in their favor
SENATOR CULLoM ILL.
WASHINGTON, II. c.. Jan. 70
There has been little change in the
condition of former Senator Shelby
NJ Cullom since Saturday night, but
the fact that he is still alive has
filled his PHYSICIANS with renewed
hope. Oxygen is now being used to
keep the patient alive.
MAYOR CLOSES HSOWS.
PORTLAND. Ore. Jan. 26.-Mayor
Albee has issued formal warning
to the owners f all places where
cabaret shows are maintained mat
he will not tolerate any form 81
entertainment which does not con
form strictly tn the law. The mayor
SAYS he will give everyone reason
able time in which to comply with
the law after which he will cause
the arrest + viola ors.
MINER MAY BE FREED.
HOUGHTON, Mich. Jan. 26.-At-
foruey Kerr. counsel for the Western
Federation of Miners. has made d
.a,u,4l request of the court that
the indictments returned against Pres
ident Mover and other members Of
he organization by the grand jury
be dismissed without the cases be
ing brought 10 trial.
The court has taken the matter
under adyisement and will render a
decisi Il next Monday.
WAR VESSEL IN QUARANTINE
NEW YORK, Ian 26-The battle
ship Arkansas has been placed in
quarantine as the result of the dis
colery Of case Of diptheria among
the seamen Inasmuch as practically
all Of the sailors have been exposed
to the disease. it is feared that many
cases will develop.
Ex-coNGREssMAN ARRESTED
NEW YORK. Jan. %. - Former
Congressman Littauer was placed un-
der arrest today, following his i'll
dictment on the charge smuggling
a diamond necklace into the country
al the time of his return from Eu-
rope last December. The charge
vas presented by secret service men,
who male he discovery soon after
Littauer's arrival in this city.
SOPHIA GOES ASHORE.
SEATTLE. Jan 2G.-The Canadian
Pacific's paIatial steamship Princess
Sophia southbound from SkagWay,
ran agr uud early this morning at
the entrance to Alert bay and for
several hours Law impaled on the
rocks Soon after riking, the pass
engers were transferred to the Al
HI, which was close at hand when
the SOPHIA sisnaled for assistance,
and they are due at Vancouver late
tonight. The AK Was enroute to
this city when she responded to the
wireless call.
Adyices received late this af er-
on state that the Sophia has been
floated and is now on her way to
Vancouver under her own steam,
which encourages the belief that the
damages sustained We're not very
serious. The accident VAS due to a
binding snoWstorm,
Alert bay is a small indentation il
Vancouver island at the head Of
Queen Charlotte sound.
DISMISS FUEL INDICTMENTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26.-The
indictments against the Officers Of
the Western Fuel company, charging
them with short-weishin coal sold
to the government, We're dismissed
today by order of the court,
This is one of the cases which
caused the retirement of former Unit
ed States Attorney McNab, the prose
cutor having made the charge that
the department e justice refused to
allow him to proceed against the
coal company.
SECRETARIES GO TO COAST
DENVER, Colo, Jan, 26.-Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo and
Secretary of Agriculture Houston left
for the Pacific coast this aftern on
to conclude the regional bank hear
ings, which have occupied their time
during the past week. They will go
direct to Seattle, where the next
hearing is to be held, and where
elaborate preparations have been
made by the citizens of the Puget
Sound city.
ALLEGED CRAFTS PROBED.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Questioned
today regarding the rumored inves-
tigaticn OF alleged state gratis I'M
der the protection of Boss Murphy
and the Tammany organization, Dis
trict Attorney Whitman admitted haV-
ing inaugurated such probe, and
he added that he had already gath
cred sufficient evidence TO send a
dozen or more of the grafters to the
peHitentiary.
District Attorney Whitman refused
to divulge the nature of the lnVeS-
tigation, but it has been learned
from other sources that the prose
cutor has in his possession now the
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