The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-25

gu be The choice ol inc Eepubi- cans for United States senator in line statewide primaries which are fl, be held m the k. stone state tomorrow. It is also predicted that Mitchell Parker win be non mated bv inc Democrats. and Clifford Pin clo, by the TI0-TessI.ts-
 BEACHY PERFORMS.
 CHICAGO. May k. Before crowd of more than lao.uuo admir- In- spectators. Lincoln Eeachy. inc celebrated av3atg. -.re d wonder! ful ezhlbt-ion this afternoon al Grant park. Auou- the numerous stunts performed by rhe darin2 ayt ator were the Corf-rGsW. the flip flop. and tae ~Hav.sal4J. at holeht uf -u98 feet.
 The performance ts pronounced more sensational shan any yei at- tempted by resoud. the heT'y Frenchman.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. May IS Governor Goe,n.l- Of the Panama canal zone has made an anouhoe- ment ,o the effect tlat only Aneri- can ril1t- will be permitted to con- duct vessels throU-h Jae Panama canal
 STATE RESTS CASE.
 NEW YORK. May l>-lle state rested is case against Charles Beck er late this afternoon. Charles Pitt former press agent and adviser oc Becker being the last witness placed OH the stand for t1e prose cutfon Pitt svoge that tle former police lieutenant ins'iGared the as sassination oG Gambler I'osenthai and supplied He meaey ~itA which his agents were paid
 The deser-e Will be-in the intro ducrion of testimony tomorrow morn
 LINDSAY SCORES MILITIA.
 CHICAGO. May 19 Interviewed regarding the strike situation in Southern Colorado Judge Ben 5. Lindsey. who arri ed here today from Denver. where Lc BEca4Des uteF t." juvenile court. was loud =l his pro tcstations against ,He actions of tho state militia. which he said was almost entirely responsible for the deplorable conditions which exist tn the strike zone. He expressed the belief that it would le iuadyisable fer the government to Wjghara" the federal troops at present since they afford the only protection which the people have against tae state troops.
 Speaking of the Ludlow affair Judge Lindsey described it as q black spot on tho history of the nation. lie said gdst the militia men and mine guards had conduct ed themselves in manner almost beyond belief Mothers who ven fured from their homes 10 rescue their children were shot down by the soldiers and their bodies nutilated. Children only 6 few years old were murdered as they played in the streets. the atrociousness of some ot the crimes riyaIiUg the War scenes of the Balkans.
 ROOSEVELT RETURNS.
 NEW YORK. May 19.-One day ahead Of time Colonel Roosevelt ar rived home tonight from South America. in the wilds of which con tinent he has spent the past four months at the head of an eNplora- 1ion party sent out by the National Geographical society.
 The colonel was greeted al tAe dock by a score of reporters and questioned reeardme his views on the Mexican. political and other i'm portant questions of the hour, but he refused flatly 10 make any state ment for publication
 BECKER DEFENSE BEGINS.
 NEW YORK, May 19, - The de fense in the Becker case began the introduction of testimony today and at the opening of the session it was stated by the attorneys for the form CT police lieutenant that an attempt would be made to prove that Dis trict Attorney Whitman had com pelled his witnesses to give false evidence against Becker, The an- nouncement caused somewhat of a sensation, but the prosecutor de clares that the defense will have a hard time proving their charge.
 MELLEN TEsTlFlEs.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.- Testifying before the interstate com merce commission, Charles Mellen. former president Of the New York, New Haven &, Hartford railroad, began today the remarkable story of the vast and complicated financial operations of the hydra-headed sys- tenn. Mellen declared positively that the Morgans controlled the railroad and it's many subsidiaries.
 CHICAGO GETS HOT.
 CHICAGO, May 20-A new heat record for the month of May was established this afternoon when the thermometer registered so degrees. Reports from other cities through out the state indicate that the heat wave is general. The temperature rose over ten degrees in few hours
 PINcHoT NOMINATED.
 PHILADELPHIA May 20. - As was predicted earlier in the week, yesterdays primaries resulted In the nomination of Clifford Pinchot, Mitchell Palmer and Boise Penrose as candidates for the United States senate and as all three of the men have strong followings, an interest ing campaign is expected Wm. D. Lewis, Democrat and Martin Brum- baugh, Republican, will strive for gubernatorial honors at the head of their respective tickets.
 JACOB RlIS DYING.
 WORCESTER, Mass, May 20.- Jacob Riis, the noted author, is