The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1914-02-02
COCKTAILS ACCEPTS


Cocktails. in which the builder of
the Panama canal accepts the ap.
poiHtmen; as governor of the canal
zone. He will take up his new du-
ties on April l. the date set for
The establishment OF the new gov
eminent and the retirement of the
present commission which has had
charge of the construction of the
canal
PRISONERS MAKE COUNTERFEIT
JOLIET. H.. Jan. %. - Five in
mates OF the state penitentiary We're
caught in the act of making coun-
tertei' five-cent pieces today by of
ieials Of the prison, The conyiets
implicated in the counterfeiting were
employed in the workshops, and had
accumulated complete plant" for
The manufacture of the spurious
coins. A considerable quantity of
the phony money vas found. indicat-
ing that the plant had been n~opera-
ton for some time.
EVA BOOTH SICK.
NEW YORK. Jan. % - The con-
dition of Eva Booth is causing her
physicians considerable uneasiness,
She is suffering from nervous
breakdown and her condition is re-
1ariei as serious.
CULLOM FUNERAL SATURDAY
SPRINGFIELD H.. Jan. 29.-The
remains of the late Shelby NJ. Gull
ION. former United States senator
from this state, whose death oc-
Cured in New York this week, have
arrived in this city and will be laid
at final rest on Saturday.
BLIZZARD HITS DAkOTAS.
BISMARCK. n. D.. Jan. 29,-The
worst storm of the winter is raging
in portions of North and South Da-
kota this afternoon. l he blizzarj
is particularly severe in the central
and western sections, the reports
indicating that heavy losses will be
sustained by owners of livestock in
those regions
M'kINLEY REMEMBERED.
COLUMBUS. O., Jan. 29.-Thous-
ands of carnations were worn by
Ohioans throughout the state today
In honor of the memory of William
Mckinley, Today is the list ami
ye1sary Of the birth of the martyred
president.
Services appropriate to the occa
sion were held in number of Ohio
cities
OFFICIALS BANQUETED.
SEATTLE. Jan. 29,-Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary
Of Agriculture Houston were the
honored guests las night at a ban
quet which was arranged in order
that the business men of the city
might have an opportunity to pay
their respects to the distinguished
visitors, who are here for the pur-
pose o. gathering data in connection
With the establishment of a regional
bank in the Northwest.
The cabinet members conducted a
hearing today, in the course of
which were presented Seattles argu-
ments in favor of the establishment
of a federal reserve bank in this
city. Seattle's relation to Alaska
was used as one of the arguments,
it being pointed out to the commit
teemen that the establishment of a
/ regional bank at this point would
benefit the Northern territory, as
we'll as serve the needs of the entire
Northwest.
Governor Lister was present today
and Governor Strong was represent
d by letter.
AcoUiTTAL ASSURED.
SEATTLE, Jan, 80 Charles F.
Munday and Archie Shields, who
are on trial before the federal court
on the charge of conspiring to de-
fraud the United States Of the use
and possession of valuable coal claims
in the Boring river district of Alas
ka. were as good as acquitted to-
dav by the testimony of Secretary
Mcpherson of the Alaska bureau o.
the New Seattle Chamber of Com
merce. who completely exonerated
both of the defendants.
Mcpherson claimed to have had
an intimate knowledge Of the alleged
coal land steal, and he swore that
neither of the defendants was in
yolved in the affair
The group of claims involved in
The action is known as the Stacey
or English" group 1t comprises
154 entries and approximately H.
600 acres of coal lands in the Ber-
ing river field.
VESSELS COLLIDE.
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 80. - Much
the worst sea tragedy of the win
ter occurred off the Virginia coast
,odav when the steamship Monroe
was cut squarely in two by the
Nantucket during a heavy fog, and
at least third Of the former YES
sells passengers were drowned.
Eighty-seVen passengers were rescued
BY the boats of the Nantucket but
4 are still missing and it is be-
lieved that all of them have persisted.
The Monroe had entirely disap-
peared within ten minutes from the
time the vessels collided The Nan
tucket was damaged considerably
about the bow, but was able to reach
port without assistance.
GOMPERS is ATTACKED.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Jan. go
The proceeding of the biennial con-
ven,ion of the United Mine Work
ers of America We're interrupted to-
day by clash between one of the
delegates and Samuel Gompers, pres
iaent OF the American Federation
of Labor, and for a time there was
danger of the session breaking up
in general roughhouse.
When President Gompers entered
The hall, objection was made to his
presence by Duncan Mcdonald, who
charged the veteran labor leader with
being nothing more nor less than