The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-15
GENERAL NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
ROOSEVELT REACHES SPAIN.

i HOOoEN6l REACHES SPAIN. i MADRID June 9.-Colonel Roose- i welt and his daughter, Mrs Nich- olas Longworth. arrived here today i from the United States. having made 1 the long journey in order 10 be 1 present at the wedding of Kermit l Roosevelt and the daughter of Am bassador Willard. The marriage will take place on Thursday at the home of the Wilards.
 COAL GOES TO SEATTLE.
 SEATTLE, June 9. The coal mined in the Matanuska region by the government for naval testing purposes will be brought to Puget sound by the steamship Admiral Sampson, which is now enroute to the North. The coal is sacked and ready for shipment where it was delivered al tiGewater by Jack Dal- ton during the winter. It is the intention of the government to store the coal at Bremerton until the cruiser Maryland is relieved from duty on the Mexican coast.
 CITY WANTS ROAD.
 SEATTLE, June 10 - The city council has taken the preliminary steps to acquire xthe Renton car line.
 sINeERs DIVORCED. i CHICAGO, JuEe 10 Madame Schumann-Heink, prima donna. was granted a divorce today from Will iam Rapp, her third husband. to whom she was married in 1905.
 HAMMER SENTENCED.
 SEATTLE, June 10.-V Victor Ham mer, convicted on the charge of oh on April 9, was sentenced today to a term from five to ten years in the penitentiary.
 THREE KILLED BY HEAT.
 CHICAGO, June Extreme heat was responsible for the death of three persons in this city this aft ernoon, and the prostration of a score of others. The temperature began rising early this morning. and mounted steadily all day.
 AdyiceS received here this after noon indicate that the heat wave is general throughout the Middle West
 WIFE ARRESTED.
 LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 10.- Mrs. Kate Schwartz aged p, is be- ing held by the local authorities pending an investigation of the cir cumstances surrounding the death of her husband Charles Schwartz. who was found dead in the Schwartz home this morlAng Mrs. Schwartz claims that her husband committed suicide.
 WIRELESS TELEPHONE WORKS.
 NEW YORK. June 10, - AdviCes received today from London an nounce the perfection of the wireless telephone. upon which inventor Mar conf has been working confidently since his first wireless achievement. MarcOni cOnyeTsed with an assistant roo miles distant from London, and now announces that he will soon be ready to place the new invention 9n the market.
 MERSTElN's SON DIES
 NEW YORK June Il. - William Hammerstein, son of Oscar Hammer stein. the well-known impresario, died at the Hammerstein home in this city today~ of Bright's disease.
 JOURNALIST DIES.
 OAKLAND, Cal, June 11.-George Peckham, veteran journalist and Democratic politician of this state, died here today at an advanced age. OUTLOOK GOOD.
 NEW LONDON, Conn, June H. In an address delivered before the State Bankers association today, Frank A. Nanderlip, president of the National City bank of New York, declared that there was no danger of a panic in the United States. He said the state of the public mind, rather than physical conditions, was responsible for the apparent lack of enthusiasm in financial circles, and that conditions would improve as confidence in the future returned.
 KERMIT MARRIED.
 MADRID. June 1.-The marriage of Miss Willard, daughter of Am bassador Willard, to Kermit Roose welt was sOlemnized this afternoon at the British embassy, in the pres ence of a brilliant assemblage. The couple were united by civil cere- l mony yesterday, and today the re- ligious ceremony was performed,
 WILSON CRESTED. i WASHINGTON, D. C.. June H. President Wilson is taking a lively interest in the Democratic plans for the fall campaign throughout the East, and there is the probability that he will make a speech-making tour in the interest of certain can didates for congressional nomina- tons. The President is particularly interested in the nomination of Con- nelly, of Iowa.
 HEAT KILLS MANY.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., June H. Extreme heat throughout the Eastern states has resulted in many deaths during the past two days. The wave is general, extending from Pittsburg, where several have succumbed, to the Atlantic.
 Sixteen fatalities had been report ed up to late hour this afternoon, and in addition to this heavy toll of human lives, the damage to crops is enormous
 SINGER ARRESTED.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 11,-Cor- inne Lesser, a popular cafe singer of this city, was taken into GUS tody this afternoon on suspicion that she is guilty of having stolen many valuable gems which have been missed in the fashionable resi- dence district during the past sev- eral weeks. The entertainers hus- band also is under arrest.
 COAL PATENTS GRANTED. SEATTLE June 1.-The depart