The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-06
GENERAL news
BY TELEGRAPH
PRESIDENT AROUSED.

President Wilson has been thor
oughly aroused by the slanderous
attack of Representative Joseph X
Knowland OF California. who. on
Saturday. while debating the Sims
bill declared that the executive had
entered into an agreement with
Great Britain to secure the repeal
of the preferential clause OF the
Panama canal act in exchange for
Grea. Britain's support of the ad-
ministration's Mexican policy, The
President denies emphatically that
there is any understanding between
himself and the British government,
and brands the statement of the
Californian as an insult,
GREY MAKES DENIAL.
LONDON. March @0-Foreign Min
User Earl Grey denies that there
Is any understanding between Great
Britain and President Wilson with
regard to the repeal of the preferen-
tial clause of the Panama canal act.
EARTHQUAKE INDICATED.
TUSCON. Ariz March 3o.-The
seismograph at the federal magnetic
observatory was greatly agitaied to-
day by the disturbances in the earth
at some point as vet undetermined.
The REGISTRATIONS indicate that the
earthquakes were OF mos violent
character, and reports OF disaster
from some remote part OF the "orld
are anXiously awaited.
GEORGE HILL DIES.
WASHINGTON. d. c., March 30,
prominent official of the department
of agriculture, died at his home in
Franklin, Virginia, today, according
to advices received from the South
his afternoon.
SUSPECTED MURDERER TAKEN.
SEATTLE March 81. Charles
Hopkins. who is suspected OF hav-
ing murdered Charles Hodge, An
thony Gerb and an unidentified man
since Friday, and who is known to
have wounded four others. was ar
rested at Concrete. Washington, this
morning. The man was found asleep
in a warehouse and vas overcome
by a posse before he could defend
himself. He was found to be heavi-
" armed.
GEN. GORGAS RETURNS.
NEW YORK. April l. - General
Gorgas. who was in charge of the
sanitary arrangements during the
construction of the Panama canal,
has Just returned from South AT
RIGA. where he vent to inVes ,lgate
the sanitary conditions of the min
ing camps.
ENGINEERS TO MEET.
SAN FRANCISCO, April |. The
largest body of distinguished engi-
neers ever gathered together will
meet at the exposition here in Sep,
TENDER next year Invitations have
been extended to members of the
profession in all parts of the world,
and many already have been &C
cepted.
wlTHERsPooN PROMOTED.
WASHINGTON. d. c., April l.
Major-General w. w. Witherspoon
has been selected TO succeed Gen
eral Leonard Wood as chief of staff
of tie army He will take over his
new duties on the 22d of the pres
ent month Major-General Wither-
spoon has for several years acted
as assistant to TIE chief of staff.
COCKTAILS ASSUMES DUTIES.
PANAMA, April l. - Colonel G.
w. Goethals today formally assumed
his duties as governor of the canal
zone. The Inauguration was marked
by brilliant function at which
were present most of he officials
who served under Goethals during
the construction OF the canal.
NJACEC EIYEn
OLYMPIA, Wash, April /. - The
conference committee that has been
investigating the subject today ar
rived at the decision that the mini
mum wage scale for women employ
ed in mercantile establishments
should be $40 per week. 1t is prob
able that legislation along this line
will be enacted at the next session
OF the legislature.
LUMBER KING BETTER
Los ANGELES. April Fired
erick Weyerhaeuser. the lumber
king. whose life was despaired of a
few days ago, is now making
rapid recovery and his physicians
sta-e that all danger is over.
BRYAN WORKS FOR BYRNE.
PASSAIC, n j.. April 2.-Secre-
tary of State Bryan is campaign
ing actively in the interests of
James o. Byrne, the Democratic nom
inee for congress from the Seventh
district Bryan has made several
speeches here and will stump the
country before returning 20 the CAPT
tai.
The Republicans are making a
hard fight for the office, which was
made vacant recently by the death
of Congressman Bremner.
SAN FRANCISCO GETS BANK.
WASHINGTON. d. c., April g
The list of twelve cities throughout
the United States in which are 10
be established regional banks was
announced this afternoon by the
federal organization board which re-
Gently made tour of the country
gathering data to enable the men,
bers to designate the most de-
sirable points for the establishment
of the new financial institutions.
San Francisco has been selected as
the Pacific coast federal reserve
city.
The Golden Gate city is the only
point on the Western coast where
a regional bank for banks can be
established regularly under the new
currency and banking law The law
itself prevents the establishment OF