The Alaska citizen., 1915-02-08
GENERAL NEWS
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KILLS FAMILY. THEN SELF.

KILLS FAMILY. THEN SELF.
 NEW YORK. Feb. l Armed with magazine rifle equipped with an automatic silencer. Herman Auerbach. wealthy realty opera tor. shot and killed his wife and two daughters in this city today. and then turned the gun on himself with fatal results IL is believed that recent heavy losses affected Aucrbach's mind.
 MIDDLE WEST COLD.
 CHICAGO. Feb l The Middle West is in the grip of sleet and snow storm and in many sections traffic is demorallzed Numerous of tie railroads operating in the storm zone report delays, and wires arc down in all directions.
 OEmURRERS DENIED,
 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind Feb l. Holding that the federal government. nas jurisdiction over the election machinery. Federal Judge Anderson has denied the demurrers of Mayor Roberts. of Terre Haute. and his associates who were recently indict- ed on the charge of election frauds
 WOMEN CAN'T ESCAPE
 WASHINGTON n. C. Feb l. The supreme court of the United States has handed down a ruling in which it is held that women who gre transported from sf.te tp state in violation Of the Mann act must be indicted as conspirators when their male companions are taken into custody as white slavers.
 TO BE TRIED AGAIN
 FREEPORT, N Y Feb The second trial of Mrs Carman for the murder of Mrs Bailey will be held at an early date according to statement given out today. In the first trial of the case. the jury dis agreed
 ROCKEFELLER BLAMED.
 NEW YORK. Feb John Nit chell. second vice-president of tho American Federation of Labor, de clared. in a statement before tue federal commission on industrial re, la'ions today. that John D Rocke- feller, Jr., as chief owner of the Southern Colorado coal mines had been largely responsible for the trou- . ble which occurred in that region during the prolonged strike Nit chell informed the commission that the miners do not went benefactions but that they insist upon having independence
 Mitchell was followed this after noon ty J r Morgan
 TO GET MORE WHEAT.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb l. According to an announcement made today z ele will be a million bush els of Canadian wheat ready for delivery in the United States ln July. Arrangements have been made by the federal government to secure that amount iii case the grain is needed
 REHEARING GRANTED.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb l. The supreme court of the United States has granted rehearing in the Leo Frank case. February 20 being the date set for the review Frank was convicted last year at Atlanta, Georgia on the charge of killing Mary Phocaa girl en ploye- of the pencil factory of which Frank was manager.
 DACiA SAILS
 GALVESTON Tex. Feb 1-The AmericaniZed German steamship Da- : .cia. laden with q cargo of cotton for Rotterdam, sailed for Europe yes terday noon, her owners having de- cided 10 run the risk of seizure by the warships of the allies It is genera Ny predicted here that the sailing will result in prize court pro ceedings.
 WHEAT STILL CLIMBS. = CHICAGO. Feb. 1-There was a .steady advance in the price on the ? focal exchange today. and when the market closed this afternoon sl54 was offered for May delivery. When the market closed on Saturday the price quoted was s1.517a It is be. lieved locally that the high price mark has been reached for the pres ent.
 BLOWS UP BRIDGE.
 NANCEBORO, Me. Feb ? German giving the name of Werner von Horn was placed under arrest in this city today on the charge oi dynamting the railroad bridge which crosses the St Croix river at this place and forms the connecting link between the Maine Central and the Canadian Pacific railroads. One span of tie bridge was almost completely wrecked ar
 The police say that von Horn lidS admitted that ne NfeCkeQ the bridge. his excuse being that he desired to put stop to. the ship ment. of war munitions across the international boundary into Canada. He says that he purchased the ex- plosve on the Canadian side.
 When arrested. von Horn had German flag in lis pocket and ad- mitted that he was a German sol dier, although he claimed that he was not of the government rank.
 DOMINATE RAILROADS
 NEW YORK. Feb 2-QuestioneG today regarding the charge that the Morgan interests own the control : gng interests in more than half of the railroads in the United States. J. P. Morgan declared emphatically before the federal commission on in- 'dustrial relations that the charge was without foundation, Morgan admitted that many of the roads were dominated by his firm, but h. said that it would be gross ex + aggregation 10 say that the number included one-half of the companies.
 CANADA MAKES AMENDS. WASHINGTON D. C.. Feb.