The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-12
STORM CAUSES LOSSES.


 the canal zone inspecting the forti- tiCations
 STORM CAUSES LOSSES.
 NEW YORK. April 5.-The gale which swept the Atlantic on Satur- day and Sunday caused heavy losses 10 life and property along the coast lt IS estimated that between Go and loo persons met death.
 Two steamships are known to have foundered and many smaller craft, including number of sea going tugs. are believed to have gone down. The old Dominion liner Jefferson and the steamship Prince Mauritz We're the two big boats lost, the latter going down off Cape Hatteras with 4s persons.
 WANT PAY FOR FRYE.
 WASHINGTON. D. C. April 5.-- The state department, through Am erican Ambassador Gerard, has made formal demand upon the German government for the sum of S22S 900. the value placed upon the Ameri- can bark Frye. which was sunk re gently in the Atlantic by the Ger man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Frederick
 POLICE HEAD INDICTED.
 LOS ANGELES. April 5- Charles Sebastian, chief of the Los Angeles police department, was indicted by the grand jury today on the charge of attempting corruptly 10 intiu- ence the grand jurors. Sebastin's lawyer was also indicted on the same charge and both were held un- der 5000 bonds.
 Sebastian recently was accused of joy riding" with girls under age.
 DlsLIkEs PlNCHOT.
 THE HAGUE, April 5.-Gifford Pinchot. who was sent to Belgium a $ special representative of the state department of the United States, has been expelled from the kingdom by the German military authorities, for reasons which have not been made public. It was the intention of the former chief forester to write series of articles for Harper's Weekly during his stay in Bel gium
 WHOLE GANG CAUGHT.
 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April 6.-- The trial of Mayor Roberts. of Terre Haute. and the 26 other politicians who were accused of election frauds ended today in the conviction of the
 
 permitted to return to their homes with orders to report to the court on April 12 for sentence.
 OLD SOLDIERS MEET.
 DECATUR Ill. April 6.-The fiji tieth anniversary of the founding of the Gr Army of the Republic was c! cryo1 here today, with a large attendance of veterans from all part If tur luifcd States. The principal event on today's program was the unyeit0g of handsome bronze tablet, wi h marks the place where the organization was founded
 F-4 LOST AGAIN.
 HONOLULU, April 6.-The sub marine F4. which was dragged to shallow part of the harbor last week, slipped from the ledge today and is again resting on the bottom where the water is deepest
 MOVIE FACTORY BURNS.
 NORRISTOWN. Pa. April 6.--The studio of the Lubin Film company is threatened with destruction by fire which started this afternoon.
 CLIMBING ON WAGON.
 DETROIT, Mich, April 6,-Re- turns received from various sections of the state indicate a sweeping victory for the drys in local option contests. IL is believed that fully 300 saloons will be compelled to close as the result of the election.
 WILL SEE GAMES.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. April G. President Wilson has received his annual pass to the American league baseball park, and announces that he will be on hand to root for the Senators when the season opens here.
 NEW YORK, April 6.-Collector Malone, of the port of New York, has complained to the government that British cruisers which are pa trolling the Atlantic coast are guilty of neutrality violations. He says that the foreign warships are coal ing and taking supplies from vessels leaving this port.
 The admiral in command of the British fleet denies the charge of Malone in toto He says that the cruisers are getting their supplies from Halifax.
 MAKES PREDICTION
 SAN FRANCISCO. April G. David Starr Jordan, university presi- dent, who has made an exhaustive study of conditions in Europe, makes the prediction that the complete eX- haustion of the belligerents will com pei suspension of hostilities at the end of another five months.
 TO HONOR JEFFERSON.
 NEW YORK, April 6.-Many prominent Democratic speakers have accepted invitations to attend the annual Jefferson day banquet, which is scheduled to be given in this city on April 13. under the auspices of the National Democratic club
 OAKLAND Cal, April 6.-The oarsmen of the University of Wash ington, who are here to take part in the regatta scheduled for Satur day lost their shell today while practicing for the race, and were compelled to swim ashore. Their frail craft was shattered as the re- suit of colliding with a log
 An order was immediately rushed 10 Seattle for new shell.
 CROP WILL BE LARGE.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., April T. According to bulletin issued by the department of agriculture today, the winter grain crop of the United States is estimated at 619,0O0,OO0 bushels.
 SUSPENDED BY REQUEST.
 LOS ANGELES, Cal, April r.