The Alaska citizen., 1914-02-16
THREE PEOPLE FROZEN.

~--@+ N'4+Asnt .hl4tll4r tD. l-.- Three are dead in this city as the resul. ot the cold weather which is he most severe experienced in this state in years.
 COLDEST OF YEAR.
 NEW YORK. Feb. l2.-There has been q steady lowering of tempera. .ures throughout this state during the past two days. It is colder to- nigh. than al any previous time this winter
 HEAVY SNOW FALLING.
 NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-Snow is falling heavily throughou. the state { day.
 STORMS IN MIDDLE WEST.
 CHICAGO. m, Feb, F. - General storms are reported from many points throughout the Middle West.
 EVELYN THAW RELEASED
 RICHMOND Va. Feb. l2.-Eye- 'yr Neshit Thaw. Who was arrested yesterday because of her appear ance on a local stage in defiance of he orders of the chief of police. vas released rom GUS dy today non tba promise that she would ot attempt another performance in this citr,
 The authorities claim that the iancirg act the notorious Eveyln immoral
 THAW AWAITS BAIL.
 CONCORD. N H. Feb 12. - The 0eyt chapter of he Thaw case will e recorded in the local cur:s next eek. when the Petition of the Ma aawan escape for release on bail si1l be taken up Tor consideration. he date of the hearing has been et for February 2o.
 AslATiC BILL VOTED DOWN
 INDUS. S C, Feb. 13.- The antiAsiatic land ownership bill which has been pending before the tate legislature for several weeks, vas voted down in the assembly his afternoon after a heated debate.
 VESSEL GOES ASHORE.
 WASHINGTON, D, C.. Feb. 13.- Adyices received today from Virginia state that a large unilen flied steam hip was driven ashore at Cape harles curing the early morning in ] binding sa -wstorm, It is not lnoHn how serious the wreck is or if there were any lives lost.
 CORE SUIT WEARS END.
 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Feb. 13. The suit brought by Mrs Minnie 3ond against Senator Thomas ?. fore for defamation of character nd attempted assault is progressing mach more rapidly than was al first .arectcd, and it is probable that I, in, barlls n he jury by morrow evening With he close of today's session of court he prosecution rested it's case, and he defense will commence the in- reduction of it's testimony tomor- '0W.
 Although the plaintiff asks for amages in the sum of S30000 for he offanse, which is alleged to have Deen committed two years ago, from he evidence introduced she has q GOT case against the blind sena- or. and at the most will obtain yery little of that sum.
 AID FOR MOTHER JONES.
 DENVER Feb. 13.-It is under saedd that organize1 labor will make I determined effort to secure the reiease of "Mother" Jones, the aged hampton of the miners who has been leld prisoner by the authorities uring the past several weeks. The eport is in circulation this afternoon D the effect that habeas corpus 7roceedings will he instituted.
 BOURNE URGED TO RUN.
 PORTLAND, Feb. 12. - Petit ns are being circulated in this and other Oregon cities with the object of in iucing Jonathan Bourne, Jr., to be- eome candidate for United States senator to succeed Senator Chamber lain, whose term expires next year
 Bourne was a member of the sen- ate from 1907 10 1913 He has the backing f the PrOgressiyes.
 WEATHER IS COLDER.
 NEW YORK. Feb 13.-There was a further drop in temperature last night and continued cold weather prevails today throughout the East. lTp to noon today, eleven deaths had feen reported to the police and 1t $ expected that the repor~s from other points will swell the t-tal considerably.
 There is much suffering in the tenement districts where the fuel requirements have proved a heavy gur1en nu00 the poor.
 PROTECTORATE WANTED.
 MANILA, Feb. 13. - The conven- ton of National Progressives, in ses- sion in this city. has adopted resolution asking the American con gress t establish protectorate over the islands by local autonomy. The resolution was adopted without I dissenting vote, the progressives being much opposed to the plan giving the islands independence as proposed by the administration.