The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-02
GENERAL NEWS
 BY IELEGRAp
MAY GRANT NEW TRIAL.

L. Becker. for uew. trial under advisewtut. and announces that he will render a decision early this week The attorneys for the con demued former police lieutenant aIe now confident that there client will get al least stay 1f execution.
 BELIEVES lH WILSON.
 LOS ANGELES. July 2f-in an interview 4iyeu tp the Io,Il news papers today. Alton 5. Parker says that President Wilson will Ul ra- nominated at fhe tl.,hgomiug Demo cratic convention.
 Colonel Roosevelt. who arrived this afternoon From San Francisco was shown tire Parker interview and asked his opinion. lie would make no comment. however. beyond calling the statement tomfo5lery
 U. S. ANXIOUS.
 WASHINGTON D. C-. July 26- The sinking Of the HeelanaW has caused grave anxiety in official cir Cles. as ft is feared that It will fur thsr complicate matters between the United States and Germany The Leelanaw was well known on the Pacific coast where if operated for a number Of years. T was oDeHaaed in the Alaska trade last year
 SPIES NUMEROUS.
 WASHINGTON, n C., July 26.- II is admitted in official circles that the spy menace iE America is be coming serious There are many Europeans, it is claimed. in the em- ploy of the government and much in formation fs leaking from the yari- ous departments. The government has an insufficient force tp combat the foreign activities.
 TO STOP RELIEF WORK.
 WASHINGTON. ?. C.. July 2E.- Officials of the American Red Cross society are authority for the state ment that relief work on the battle fields of Europe will be abandoned on October first because of the ina bility of the society 10 secure sudi- cieut funds to carry on the work.
 VICTIMS TOTAL 1,20t
 CHICAGO. July 2G.-Reyised gstt mates of The Easrland disaster, which threw pail over this city last Saturday. place the total at 1.2ol Failure to report escapes on tLs day CT the disaster caused Inc officials tn believe that a greater number had perisEed. IL is now believed. however. that all Of the survivors haze been accounted for and the figures given out tonight are regard ed a7 accurate
 Eight hundred and nine bodies have been recovered thus far. and fl is lcilese3 that another hundred or more will be found when the steamer is raised. Plans for raising the boat were completed today and the work probably ~ill start tomor- TOW. In tho meantime suarCheTs arc dragging the river
 The federal iurestigation ta as certain the cause of the disaster began here today, the members of the crew of the Eastlapd being the first witnesses called They were questioned rerardi9@ the condition of the steamer al the time of the accident. the object of the ilvesti- gators being to determine whether or not the regulations had been com piled with. President Wilson has sent word from Cornish directing that a thoroueb iuyesji2ation be made.
 Throughout the shops and offices of the Western Electric company heartrending scenes were enacted today when an effort was made to resume operations. The employees of several of the departments, con sisting mostly of girls, were wiped out completely by the disaster, and in other branches of the great con cern so many familiar faces were missing that many of the girls be came hy8terical and were removed 10 their hOmes
 Three hundred funerals were held today.
 STRIKERS START WORK.
 BAYONNE. July 27.-Fifteen hun dred employees of the Standard Oil company. who went out on strike last week because of the refusal of the company to grant a demand for increased pay, returned to work to- day, and it is believed that the rest of the strikers will go back before the end of the week.
 The strike has not yet been settled, the men having merely returned to their places pending negotiations which are now in progress.
 PROHIBITION IS VALID,
 OLYMPIA, Wash. July 27.-Judge Wright of the Thurston county court, has handed down a decision III WHICH lie UOlOS tict lL1 SJdlt- wide prohibition law is valid The liquor interests. which are financing the light to set the law aside, an nounce that they will take the case to the supreme court for a hear ing in October The new law goes into effect on the first of next year.
 REDFlELD ACTIVE.
 CHICAGO. July 27.-Secretary of Commerce Red6eld arrived in this today from Washington to take personal charse of the investigation of the Eastland disaster. He says that none of those responsible for the terrible loss of life will be eX- cused on any preteNt.
 As a result of the investigation conducted by the federal grand jury, warrants were issued today for the arrest of Captain Pederson and three members of the crew of the East land One official of the company operating the vessel also will be placed under arrest
 Divers report that about forty bodies still remain in the hull Of the steamer More than 400 bodies were taken from the ballroom Of the vessel today.
 EXPLANATION ASKED.
 WASHINGTON July 2S.-The state department has cabled Am