The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-22
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GOVERNMENT UPHELD.

GOVERNMENT UPHELD DUBLIN, June 15.-By vote oi to l, the justices of the Kings bench have decided that the govern ment was wholly within it's rights when it issued proclamation pro hibitinS the importation of arms and ammunition into Ireland. sup poSedly for the use of the Ulster ties in their threatened fight against home rule.
 TROUBLE THREATENED. ROME, June 15.-AS a climax tC the general unrest which has beer manifested in several of the Adriatil provinces, an attempt has been mad, in that part of the kingdom to es tablsh republic, and serious trou ble is threatened Troops have been rushed to the rebellious districts and although they are apparently in control of the situation now, it is feared that further outbreaks will occur, in which event there is the probability that considerable blood will be spilled.
 WANT CONSUL RECALLED.
 SANTO DOMINGO, June 17-Tht Dominican government has made q formal demand upon the state de partment of the United States fol the recall of Consul Frank A. Henry who is stationed at Puerto Plata The charge against Henry is that he sided with the rebels during the late movement against the government
 BOTH CAPTAINS BLAMED.
 QUEBEC. June 1.-The evidence thus far introduced before the court of inquiry which is Investigating the wreck of the steamship Empress of Ireland shows plainly that neg ligenCe on the part of one or both of the masters was responsible for the wholesale loss of life which re suited from the collision in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
 Chief Officer Tuftness, of the Danish collier Storsdadt, testified to- day that during all the time that the two vessels were approaChine each other Captain Anderson lay asleep in his cabin. After the col lision occurred, the captain was summoned to the bridge.
 At yesterdays session. Captain Kendall, of the Empress of Ireland, admitted to the investigators that he did not try to close the water tight bulkheads until his vessel be gan sinking. It was then found that the machinery would not work.
 ULSTERlTES GET ARMS.
 DUBLIN, June 18.-It is reported here today that large quantities of arms and ammunition have been landed on the East coast of Ireland for the fighting men of Ulster The government authorities and an in Vestigation has been ordered,
 VESSEL DEFECTIVE
 QUEBEC, June 1S.-The counsel for the Danish collier Storstadt in formed the court of inquiry today that he would introduce a witness who would prove that the steering gear of the liner Empress of Ireland was out of order at the time the collision occurred in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
 NOTED LAWYER DIES.
 LONDON, June 19.-Sir John Ed ward Gray Hill one of the best posted men in England on maritime law was found dead in bed at his apartments in this city this morn ing. The deceased was a member of the law firm of Messrs. Hill, Dickinson, Liverpool, and was a nephew of the late Rowland Hill, the postal reformer.
 Death is presumed to have been brought about by an affection of the heart.
 PLAYWRIGHT DIES.
 LONDON, June 19. Brandon Thomas, the noted playwright died here today Thomas was the author of "Charley's Aunt"
 MINERS FACE DEATH.
 CALGARY, June 19.-Two hundred and twenty-five coal miners are fac ing almost certain death in the low CT levels of the Hillcrest mine in this province, as the result of an explosion which occurred this after noon. Flames broke out soon after the explosion occurred, cutting off the escape of the men and making it impossible for the rescue parties to descend into the mine.
 SiXty-five of the miners were taken from the drifts before the fire start ed All of them were unconscious, and many died after being brought to the surface Others will die as the result of being crushed and mangled by the explosion.
 Advices received from the scene of the disaster late this afternoon state that scant hope is entertained for the rescue of the men still in the mine.
 HELP IS SENT.
 VANCOUVER, B. C., June 19,- A special train carrying doctors and nurses has been rushed to the scene of the disaster at the Hillcrest mine.
 MINERS ENTOMBED.
 LIEGE, Belgium. June 19.-Two hundred miners are entombed in colliery near this city as the result of an explosion which occurred in one of the chambers early this morn ing The explosion was followed by a fire, which has cut off the escape