The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-30

Is department stores. and which
was closed at the time of the failure
OIL WELL CAUSING BOOM.
SEATTLE. Nov. "a There is
great excitement in this city and
throughout the Sound country gen
orally as the result OF the alleged
discovery of oil in the Crescent well
at Tenino. Stock in all of the
companies on the local market has
jumped on the strength of the Cres-
cent showing. and stock -jobbers are
reapng a harvest. The Post-Intelli.
gencer las warned investors to be
ware. lest the boom be unwarranted.
Mayor Hoffman. of Olympia. has
resigned as president of the Cres-
cent Oil company. on the strength
OF whose alleged discovery the en-.
tire boom is based.
MOTHER OF LlPPY DEAD.
SEATTLE, Nov 24.-Mrs Lippy.
mother of the well known capital
list, who made a fortune in the
early days of the klondike. died here
today at an advanced age.
CRUISER is DISABLED.
PORTLAND, Ore. Nov. 24-Pri-
vate letters from Victoria to resi-
dents of this city tell of the disable
ment of the British cruiser Rainbow
by the German cruiser Leipzig and
Nurnberg. The fight is reported to
have occurred off the Oregon coast
and the Rainbow was rescued By
the French cruiser Montcalm, which
came to her assistance. The Rain.
bow is now in drydock at Esqui-
malt and many of the sailors of the
damaged vessel are in the hospital
The news Of the engagement was
suppressed by the Canadian authori-
ties
CROKER TO MARRY.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25-Accordinr
to information given out today, the
fiancee Of Richad Croker who is to
become the wife of the politician
tomorrow is full-blood Cherokee
Indian. She is a princess and has
been frequently spoken of as the
most beautiful woman in the United
States of the pure American type.
Her name is Keetaw Kaluntchy, but
among her associates she is known
as Beulah Edmondson.
T. r. NOW REPUBLICAN,
w oAN, ~ u, 4NON. CO.
1t is reported here that Colonel
Roosevelt has admitted to polti-
clans that the Progressive party Is
no longer a factor in national poll
ties and that he is ready to return
to the ranks Of the Republican party
The announcement has caused no
surprise in this city.
WITNESS ASSASSiNATED.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Barnette
Baff, who was the principal wit
ness against a number of officials
OF the poultry trust who We're sent
to the penitentiary recently. was
assassinated last night while walk
ing along the street The assassins
made their escape in an auto SINH
lar to the gangsters who killed Her
man Rosenthal
PRISONERS THANKFUL.
COLUMBUS, S. c.. Nov 25-In
honor of Thanksgiving. Governor
Cole L. Blease has ordered the lib
GRAFTON OF rs inmates of the state
penitentiary Full pardons We're
granted to some of the lucky con
victs and parole extended to others
This is Governor Blease's last OPP
portunity to grant Thanksgiving par
dons, as his term will expire in
January.
TO STOP REBELLION.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. IS
The transport Hancock, now at
Havana, has been ordered to pro
coed at once to Santo Domingo,
where a new revolution threatens
the island republic The Hancock is
toll in
store order among the islanders.
WILSON WITH DAUGHTER
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass, Nov 25
President Wilson, who will eat
Thanksgiving dinner with the Sayres,
has arrived from Washington
and is now the guest of his daughter
and son-in-law
TWO MURDERED.
MIAMI. Fla, Nov. 25.-The dis
covery of the mutilated bodies Of
A. A. Boggs. prominent attorney
and his daughter Marjorie, in the
charred ruins of their mansion has
caused a sensation in this city, and
the police are now searching the
premises for some clue to the mys-
terry. The evidence indicates that
father and daughter We're murdered
and the house set on fire by the
assassins.
WORKING FOR PEACE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov 26.-
Evidence is accommodating which
shows that a concerted effort will
be made soon by the neutral ma
tions OF the world to bring the
European war to an end. Sweden,
Norway and Switzerland already are
throwing out feelers to ascertain
the attitude Of the nations at war,
and as soon as the peace plan is
formulated it is expected that Eng
land, France, Russia. and Germany
will be asked to suspend hostilities
while the proposal is considered
BATTLESHlP ASHORE.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov 26.-The bat
tleship Michigan is aground inside
Cape Henry, having gone ashore at
an early hour this morning. during
a heavy fog. 1t is believed that the |
vessel can be floated without serious |
results.
FIRES DESTRUCTIVE.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. 90
Death and destruction have been
found in the wake Of the forest fires |
which are sweeping the Southern |
valley states The flames |
leaped across the Mississippi today |
and are now sweeping the forests |
Of Louisiana. as, well as spreading
Arkansas.
Owing to the rapid spread Of the
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