The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-14

election held in this city today Rev | CorwIue defeated Mrs. Eva Hard m- by a yyrs close mar-in for the Democratic nomination for represon- tHlss from this district
 AGREEMENT PROBABLE.
 NEW YORK. Aug After second conference held late this af t.ruoou by Mayor Mitchell and 2 committee of four. two men repre- s,utiug the railway officials and two the unions. the tentative agree m,ur which had been rejected rari5 CT in the day was ratified and the plan submitted for the settlement of t.. -tt.a. W.- accepted hy all con ccrned Traffic on the street rail ways of New York the elevated and the subway. will be resumed a-au tomorrow morning pending thr rra sediment of the difficulty he. tween the employees and the off Oal4 of the companies.
 TRAIN WRECKED
 LEANF\WoRTH Aug : The Overland Limited the fast mail train on the Burlington route. from Chicago for the west coast points. wa~ derau,d al this city today One tramp who was stealing a ride was killed
 STRIKERS MAKE TROUBLE.
 SEATTLE Aug 7=S. A Gray car inspector of the Great Northern railway. and Moody Gray. his broth CT. were attacked and beaten up by the striking longshoremen this alrluvou one of the strikers. Jack Soyeu was severely stabbed by s. A Gray.
 STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA.
 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 7.-Tratfic in Philadelphia is tied up today Everything IS al a standstill as the result of the street car strike. which went into effect here today. Twen t,tiyr hundred conductors and mo- tDrmen refused To go to work unless their demands for shorter hours and larger pay were granted As the company had no strikebreakers on hand to handle the cars. practically all e them were kept in the barns this morning.
 GAPING FIRES.
 WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug l. Al the navy department this morn. ing announcement was made that Secretary Daniels had instructed the commander ot the Brooklyn navy yard to make a thorough inyestiga- tIon al once of the fires that were -.4rsaa .b It5 th" ireadnnug OK In.ma the battleship Maine and rhe battIeship New York.
 BREMEN IS NEAR.
 WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug T. The navy department states that there k no American submarine r ar Cross island and that the re ported submarine might be the I.rrmcr hrt that t',re $ no Way of ascertatning definitely at this time.
 STRIKE IS IMMINENT.
 NEW YORK. Aug. 7-Leaders of the 100000 unionized railroad train men of the United States have cleaned up all of the work of bal l0r tabuIation The men are busy now preparing for the big strike Unless heroic efforts are used to prevent it. the strike will tie up 250000 miles of railroad. The for maj announcement of the result of the ballot will be made tomorrow .nlts~ t'r rrilrD l "myJDFc's c"d the eight-hour day and time and a half for overtime, the most disaS trous and farreaching industrial bat tie in the nations history is prob able.
 WILL REsUBMIT PLANS.
 NEW YORK. Aug 7-The rail way employees will resubmit to the managers of the railways tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the plans they made for the settlement of the strike that threatens to tie up the traffic on all railroads of the United States. If their demands are not satisfaC- torly settled at that time, the strike will be declared on the fifteenth of the month.
 MANY NEW CASES.
 NEW YORK. Aug. 7.-One hun dred and forry-five new cases of in- tantile paralysis have been reported in New York in the last 24 hours. Torty-four deaths have been report ed The total number of eases in this city to date amount to 5.itS, while the death list numbers 1142.
 FIRST DEATH THERE.
 SPRINGFIELD Ill., Aug. 7--The first adult death in this state from nfantile paralysis was reported to the health authorities today.
 VOTE TO STRIKE.
 SEATTLE, Aug. 7.-Six thousand railroad employees in the terminals on Puget Sound have voted by an overwhelming majority to join the great railroad strike which is con, templated by the railroad men of the country.
 STILL ON THE LOOKOUT.
 PORTLAND, Me, Aug. 7.-EVery point on the Maine coast is still being watched for the two subma- rines. believed to be foreign yes. sels The report that it was the Bremen and her consort is still be lieyed by some but the reported loss of the Bremen, either by cap ture or accident, has made the peo- pie all the more curious to ascertain what the two boats, cruising four miles from Canadian waters, might be.
 It has been suggested by some that the boats are German Subma- rines operating from secret base, awaiting the departure of some Brit ish boat with war munitions. Still others believe that it is the mer, chant submarine Deutschland bound for Germany
 The conflicting reports have caused much excitement off the New England coast and all eyes are anXiously scanning the horizon for some sight of the mysterious craft. AGENT DID NOT KNOW IT.