The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-25


 M'AOOOS ENTERTAINED.
 SALT LAKE. Oct lS.-Prior to the departure of Secretary McAdoo afternoon d public reception in their honor was held. Mir. and Mrs. Me Adoo plan 10 spend some time at he exposition.
 NINE KILLED.
 OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct 19.-A Rock Island southbound passenger train this morning collided with a freight near Chicasaw and as re suit nine are dead and twenty eight injured. A misreading of signals is ascribed as the cause of the acci dent.
 OFFER REJECTED.
 NEW YORK. Oct l9.-The em ployees Of the General Electric com pany who are out on strike have re iected the offer of the company of . slightly increased wage and nine ena one-haf hour dav.
 WIRELESS MEN STRIKE
 NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-Four hun dred wireless operators, employed in the east, are today taking a strike vote, the outcome of which is not yet known. The operators
 re demanding s75 month pay
 PRESIDENT TO VOTE.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19.-- President Wilson left Washington last night to go to Princeton, where re will cast his ballot in favor oi voman suffrage.
 BRITISH GOLD HERE.
 NEW YORK. Oct. 19.-The lat est shipment of gold from Eng land is said to be larger than any consignments which have hitherto been made, The shipments arrived here today, and consists chiefly oi British sovereigns worth $25,000,0 900 The gold was consigned to J. P Morgan & Co.
 ROBBERY ATTEMPTED. NEW YORK, Oct 19.-A band o1 bandits attempted to rob the Amer. can Express company's train at the ntrance to one of the river tunnels ere early this morning. The trair contained a large shipment of golC md jewelry.
 LAUDs HIS COUNTRY. CHICAGO, Oct. 19-John R. Pa landeih, a Serbian leader and ed; tor, addressing a meeting in this city today, stated that Serbian army would soon be on the firine line fighting the Germans and the Austrians. and that many of then would go to the old country rather than see Serbia devastated by Ger nan arms and German soldiers. FOUR KILLED IN WRECK. OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 19.-FouI persons were killed in head or collision of two Rock Island trains ear ChicaSaW.
 ANOTHER AoLDUP.
 NEW YORK. Oct 19.-Bandit; aeld up and footed a West Shore train in the suburbs of Weehawke1 baggage car and escaped with the { ill an auto.
 ANOTHER WRECK. JOLIET, H., Oct. 19.-Chicago 2 Alton No A, the fastest trair on the line, crashed into a switcl ngiEe nelc this city tcd"v Ms Randolph Taylor, of California, { passenger on the train, had botf Ter legs broken when she was thrown from her seat in the crash SEATTLE BANK ROBBED. SEATTLE, Oct. 19.-The Rentor i ank, in the suburbs of this city, was cid up this afternoon by two ban its, who escaped with S1,400. The | 'C5Ders were heavily armed, but un | masked. A boy standing near tho ,ank was shot by one of the rob >ers. A number of police officers | Ire following up every clue and il | is believed that the arrest of ths | robbers is probable, as the bank | clerks were able to furnish goo( | description of them.
 AFTER BANDIT. PASADENA, Oct. 1S.-More thar a hundred cowboys and officers are pursuing Harry Duncan, an automo pile bandit, who this morning killed 'elgeant Toolcn when the latter wen1 to his house to arrest him. Blood hounds are being used in the pursuit which has led into t. h. ,tuIns -. is believed that before morning Duncan will have been captured ol filled.
 ANOTHER BANK ROBBED.
 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19.-A su ourban bank of this city was rob Jed this afternoon of five thousanG dollars by three men at a time that the bank was full of desposi T S Two of the men overawed all ol those in the building and lined them up against the walls, while the third bandit collected from the cash fer They then made their escape md are still at large, although
 everal posse" ore engaged in a unt for them.
 FRt''o CHARGED.
 TRENTON, N. J., Oct 19.-Watch he anti sufflagists have practiced wholesale fraud. The election is being held for the purpose of voting on the amendment to the state constitution, extending the franchise to women. Tn" watchers declare that open electioneering was con- 'n"ted within t"" nolling booths oy those opposed to the amendment TAGGERT CLEARED. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 19.-All ut the indictments that were found by the grand jury against Thomas Tag gert, charging him with fraud ill connection with the last election, have been dismissed on the motion of the prosecuting attorney.
 ALL TOGETHER.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 19.- Among the distinguished visitors at the exposition today were Henry Ford, the Detroit automobile manu- acturer, Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, and Thomas Edison, the in