The Alaska citizen., 1914-03-16
GENERAL NEWS
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MERCHANT SUED.

filed suit against Lloyd Frank. member f the firm of Meyer X Frank. for alienation of his wife's affections. He seeks to collect dam- ages in the sum of s2O0,0oO Mrs. Gerllnger recently lost a suit Tor breach of promise against Frank.
 TALKS TO PRISONERS.
 SACRAMENTO. March 9.-IWelve hundred conVicts at the State pehi- tentiary at Folsom listened yester- day to d talk on temperance deliv- cred by Mrs. Ballington Boo.h.
 SENTENCE AFFIRMED.
 WASHINGTON. March 9.-One Of the last chapters in the nation -"lde story of the dynamite plots which eA, tended throughout the country ana culmna ed in the fatal explosion Tn Los Angeles in 1910, was written today when the supreme court at- drmed the sentence imposed on Frank M. Ryan. Olaf Tveitmoe and ,wenty.eight others. who. at Indian ap lis in December. 1912, were con victed of the illegal transportation of dynamite. Ryan, the president of the Bridge and Structural ron workers union. drew seVen-year sentence, while Tveitmoe. of San Francisco, and six others were given six-year terms. The other prison terms ranged from four years to one year and one day. These we're all suspended awaiting the final decl- sion of the higher court, but there Is now no further hope of escape from the penitentiary for the c h. victed men. unless it comes in the form of pardon.
 ARMY NOT WANTED.
 SAN FRANCISCO, March g. Mayor Rolph has wired to the mayor of Sacramento, requesting that he will on no account send the unem- p,oyed army officers" back 0 this city.
 "OFFIcERS" ARRESTED.
 SACRAMENTO. March 9.-Eleven of the officers of the army of un- employed enroute to Washington, including General" James Kelly, were arrested here today on a charge of yagrancy and consigned 10 the bastile.
 ARREST SUSPECT.
 MILWAUKEE, March 9.-Charg- ing that he gave the false alarm Of fire which resulted in the panic and loss of 75 lives at Calument. Michigan, just before Christmas, Lew Ritchie, of the Burns detective agency, arrest ed an unnamed Slav here yester- day and has hustled him back 10 the copper district.
 CLUB BUILDING BURNS.
 ST. LOUIS. March 9.-The Mis- souri Athletic club was completely destr yed by fire today, and it Is estima ed at this time that 9 lives have been lost IL was at first thought that the loss of life was much less than has subsequently, been indicated, and even Yet it is possible that the list of fatalities may be increased. It was rumored that the fire had been caused by an explosion, but this is denied tonight by Fire Chief Henly. He states. however. that he has been unable to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion as 10 what caused the fire.
 COLLIER RESIGNS.
 SAN DIEGO. March 9,-Asserting that he cannot spare the necessary time for the work, Col nel Collier has resigned fir m the presidency of the Panama-C California exposition LISTER FAVORs FREE TOLLS.
 TACOMA, March Ex-Governor Lister has wired protest 10 Presi- dent Wilson against the suggested repeal of the free tolls through the Panama canal for vessels engaged in the American coastwise ;rade. The governor asserts that if the clause allowing the free tolls Is repealed it will result in the timber interests of the West suffering to very great extent,
 BOYLE IS MARSHAL.
 WASHINGTON, March 9,-The senate this afternoc n confirmed the appointment by the President If John Boyle, of Tacoma. in the office of federal marshal for the Western district of Washington.
 EVERMANN RESIGNS.
 WASHINGTON, March 9.-Dr. B. W. Evermann, chief of the fur seal division of the bureau of fisheries, resigned his position today to ac- cept the directorship of the mu- scum of the California Academy Of Sciences IL is reported that it is the intention of the department to abol' ish the fur seal division.
 DRIVEN FROM SACRAMENTO.
 SACRAMENTO, March 10. - number of the followers of General Kelly were driven from the city to, day, the authorities having decided that it is cheaper to run them out of town than it is to feed them. The Kelly army is now badly disor- ganized, the general being in jail and most of his followers scattered over the SUIT ounding country.
 ROB PosToFFICEs.
 LOOMS, Cal, March 1O.-Thirty desperate men. supposedly members of General kelly's army of unem- ployed, raided the town of Lincoln today and made off with more than $3,OOO in cash and stamps belonging to the federal government. The money was taken from the post office, the holdup men breaking into the building and blowing open the safe. A considerable sum in stamps also was secured. Posses were started in pursuit of the desperadoes as soon as men could be gathered together for the purpose, and the sheriff promises to have the gang rounded up before morning. Orders have been issued
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