The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-30

THE ALASr where he will try conclusions with Lesdary for the middleweisht cham pionship of the world.
 NO SPIES IN U. s. WASHINGTON. n. C.. Aus 27- Because charges were made thd; number ol Germans in the eul. ploy of the government were spies. quiet but thorough investigation Las been in progress for several months past, secret service men be ing employed in the work Today Secretary Of War Garrison an nounced that as a result of the probe all of the charges have been proven to be false
 PRIEST RUNS WILD. W1NONA, Minn., Aug. 27.-Thc Right Reverend Patrick Heffron. | bishop of the diocese. was shot this morning by Aloysius Lesches, a priest. one bullet taking effect in the chest and another in the hip. Unless | unlocked for complications result if | is expected that he will recover. | Lesches. who, it is believed. is de mented. had been admitted to the i bishops library and shortly after ward servants were attracted 10 the room by the shots. The wOuld-be assassin was overcome before he could empty lis revolver and is now being held in jail.
 1 WANTS CITIZENS TO ORGANIZE. | BOSTON, Aug. 27.-Before the conference of governors today Gov i ernor Alexander, of Idaho. made a | strong plea for greater preparedness | for war on the part of the United States. urging. among other things. the necessity for citizen organiza- | tions. Governor Alexander is one of the few members of the Jewish race who have ever been elected in | this country to such a high position.
 DON'T BLAME WOODS.
 NEW YORK, Aug, 27-Comment- | ing on the criticism passed by Sec i retary of War Garrison on Major l General Woods, because the latter 1 permitted Theodore Roosevelt's speech at the training camp at Plattsburg. the former President this afternoon stated that Woods was not iii any manner responsible for the speech and that Garrison was quite well aware that be, Roosevelt, had been | invited to make a talk.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 27.-- | On being interviewed this afternoon | Secretary of War Garrison said that he had nothing to say in reply to | Colonel Roosevelt, adding that he was too busy to keep track of man who wants always to keep in the public eye.'
 LARGEST EXPORTER NOW. WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 27.- With total exports for the past year of two billion, seven hundred and | sixty eight million dollars the United | States, for the first time in it's his | tory. takes rank as the largest eX l porter leading Great Britain. it's nearest competitor, by a wide mar l gin. The exports from the United Kingdom totaled two billion. one hun dred and seventy million, a large falling off from previous years being shown as the result of the European war
 FAMILY ALMOST OBLITsRATED' tOtA-N T TIAti.NcltNNo, Aug. - llS wife of Brigadier-General John J. | Pershing and his three young daugh ters, were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the old colonial resi- dence occupied by the general at the 1 Presidio. The fire broke out at about five o'clock this morning and spread with such rapidity that the work of rescue of the inmates was made al most impossible. Three guests, with | their children, were rescued unin ] jured, as, also, was Warren Pershin9, the only son of the general. Mrs. Pershng who was a daughter of Senator Warren, of Wyoming, was thirty-five years of age The daugh- ters who perished in the flames were Helen, aged s; Ann, aged 6 and Mar garet, aged 8 Warren, the boy saved, is five years of age. Brigadier General Pershing is at present in charge of the border patrol on the Mexican frontier.
 FL PASO, Aug. 27.-When in formed that his wife and daughters had been suffocated in fire which destroyed his residence at the Pre- sidio, General Pershing broke down and for a time was threatened with a mental collapse. He started for home this afternoon.
 ANOTHER ONE INDICTED CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-Charles Green baum, the manager of the Eastland 1 Navigation company, of Cleveland, the owners of the steamer Eastland, was formally indicted by the grand jury today on charge of man slaughter growing out of the sinking of the Eastland on July 24 last, Cap tain Harry Pedersen, First Mate Joseph E. Ericksen and other officers of the vessel have already been in dcted on similar charge.
 THE BLAME IS LAID.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 27,-A scathing report was today filed by George P. West, of the federal committee on industrial relations, as a result of the investigations recently made into the causes leading up to the Colo rado coal strike. The blame for the Ludlow strike and the bloodshed in connection herewith, is laid against John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr., and the re- port states in no uncertain terms that they are practically responsible for the lives lost