The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-16
GENERAL NEWS
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CRUISER DIsMANTLEO.


 and will be held until the close of the war Her guns were dismount- ed and her officers gave their pa role 10 Rear-Admiral Moore of the United States navy
 LARGER ARMY WANTED.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. g Taking a lesson from the European war it is generally understood here that plans are on foot for a large increase in the United States army forces
 CANADIAN STOCK BARRED
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9 A quarantine order issued by the department of agriculture bars the shipment of live stock from Canada to the United States until all evi- dences of foot and mouth disease have been eradiCated.
 DISEASE CHECKED.
 CHICAGO. Nov. 9.-It is believed that the foot and mouth disease has been checked here. but the most maintained
 CALIFORNIA HAS QUAKE.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. g. - A severe earthquake shock was felt throughout the state last evening. At RoCkaway beach two men were killed being buried under a rock slide al quarry. The various seis- mographs indicated that the shock va. connected with the eruptions of Mt Vesuyius and Mt. Etna. No damage to buildings in any part of the state has been reported but general alarm was occasioned
 eURDETTE DYING
 LOS ANGELES. Nov 9-Robert Burdette the humorist and author 1. dying
 LABOR OPPOSES WAR.
 PHILADELPHIA, Nov, g - The Thirty-fourth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor opened here this morning with large conCourse of delegates from all parts of the country in attend ance. One of the first matters to come before the convention was the suggestion that an international so- ciety for the prevention of war should be formed. The matter has been thoroughly discussed by the executive committee and the plan carefully formulated. It is believed that it will be fully indorsed by the convention
 PRESIDENT HOPEFUL.
 WASHINGTON D. C.. Nov 10 In discussing the future of the present administration, President Wilson stated today that he realized tNaf his re-electinn denendnd very much upon the things accumulated during the next two years He eX- pressed confidence. however in his ability 10 carry out the administra- tion program with a Democratic con gress back of him
 ARMY HORSES KILLED.
 NORFOLK. Nov. 10.-Seven hun dred and ninety-three horses, care fully chosen for the French army, were suffocated in the hold of the steamship Rembrandt while enroute across tNe Atlantic. as the result of a fire which is believed to have been started by German spy. Of the shipment of 800 horses, only seven were alive when the vessel reached port.
 CHILDREN GET DISEASE.
 AKRON. Ohio, Nov. 10.-As the result of the discovery of symptoms of foot and mouth disease among the pupils of the public schools of this city. one thousand children were placed under quarantine today and the schools closed pending further investiga- tion 1O-year-old girl is suspected of having contracted the dread dis ease.
 TO STOP SHIPMENT.
 SALEM, Ore. Nov. 10.-There Is the probability that the state of Oregon will establish a quarantine against the importation of cattle from all the Eastern states in which foot and mouth disease has been discovered.
 KENTUCKY oUARANTlNED.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 10.- The discovery of three cases of foot and mouth disease among cat tie in Kentucky has led to the es- tablshment of a rigid quarantine in that state.
 CHICAGO RELIEVED.
 CHICAGO, Nov. 10-The federal authorities who are in charge of the crusade against the foot and mouth disease in this city are of the opinion that they have checked the spread of the epidemic among local cattle.
 sIEGEL TO BE TRIED.
 GENESEE, N. Y, Nov. 1O.-The jury is now being selected to try Henry Siegel, head of the firm of Siegel. Cooper & Co.,, who is charged with violating the law in the conduct of the firms business. The Siegel Cooper company is now in the hands of a receiver.
 INVENTOR DIES.
 CHICAGO, Nov. 10 Frederick Goss, inventor of the printing press which bears his name, died in this city today.
 PLAY BENEFIT GAME.
 MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Nov. 10.- A benefit game of football will be played here on Thanksgiving day between two teams composed of the star players of the Michigan and Minnesota university elevens. The proceeds will be sent to Belgium to relieve the suffering of the des- titute people of that nation.
 1000 MINERS STRIKE.
 PITTSBURG, Pa. Nov. 10. - One thousand miners employed in the Cherokee coal fields have gone out on strike as the result of the failure of the operators to consent to an increase in wages. There is the probability that the number of strik CTS will be augmented largely unless the trouble is adjusted promptly.
 CRUISER SIGHTED.
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