The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19

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 Great Bu,au. and he believed An 'iic4 sfeglt even plan c. mako the best iR the world within r. usNt la years.
 Turning 10 Oriental affairs. Judg 1aft said that the United States i very inconsistent lu its Orienta dealing@ iii that America wants [ get the Oriental trade but does n want their people this country color scheme being black and whit and discarding brown and yellow.
 STRIKE IMMINENT.
 NEW YORK. June 14 One of tn most important meetings ever hrl in this city was held yesterda when representatives of the railroa presidents and of the railroad eu ployees met and discussed the ls Dor situation The railroads of tn United States will be tied up il definitely if the roads do not mee 'ha G'w9uds of the employees. an the tentative proposals made toda on behalf of the railroads were rt fused by the men employed on tn roads of the country through thei representatives.
 WAS BIG CELEBRATION.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., June IA Flag Day was fittingly celebratd il Washington today by a giant prepar edness parade. at the head of whicl marched President Wilson. Afte making a tour of the main street the President returned to the re viewing stand where he sat fo five hours while the thousand passed by
 The President closed a strenu ous day by making a Flag Day ora tion. He stated that the foreigr born citizens of the United State were new irving to levy politica blackmail and to undermine the in fluence of the national government
 ROOSEVELT ILL.
 NEW YORK. June 14.-Col. Roose welt underwent an X-ray examina tion for a possible breakage of tn muscles around his rib which wa broken when he fell from his hors in May of last year. The colone met his son Kermit Roosevelt. an, his wife, who were returning iron Buenos Ayres at the dock. H W9s o@t7"f with 2 sharp pain il the side and the examination Col lowed His condition is not re garded as serious
 PLOT TO KILL GOVERNOR.
 BUTTE, Mont, June 16.-What i believed to have been a dastardl attempt on the life of Governo William Sprye, of Utah, was un earthed here today when a packag addressed to the governor explod ed, showing that 1t undoubtedly cor tained a bomb The explosion too place In an Oregon Short Line mai car while mail was being trans ferred, Ross Winterwood, a mal clerk, being severely injured by fly ing glass all of the windows il the car having been broken. Tn package exploded when the mal sack containing it was thrown ircn the top of a pile of mail sacks t. the cement floor of the car
 It is generally believed that tn work is the result of the action O
  Joseph Hillstrom, and whom the w. W.'s promised to kill unless h cOmmuted the sentence from deat' to life Imprisonment.
 The governor of Utah stood firI and HlllStrom was shot. Another al tempt has been made on the govel nor since that time, but the polio caught 1t before the assassin coult even approach the governors house
 STEAMSHIP WRECKED.
 PORTLAND, June 16.-The steam ship Bear, with 216 passenger aboard, struck a reef near Cape Men docino at midnight on Wednesday according to reports received in thi city. The vessel struck in a dens fog All of the boats were immedi ately ordered lowered Wireless call were sent for help and brough quick response from the U. s. bat tleship Oregon and the freight steam CT Grace Dollar
 The Oregon fired a light gun tt direct the Grace Dollar to the scene Searchlights were played through tn, fog.
 Two boats, filled with men anC women in their nightclothes, drenchet to the skin, landed at the mout! of Bear river early in the morning
 The Grace Dollar landed 164 sur vivors of the ill-fated Bear at Flu reka.
 Five bodies have been washed ashore. The hope of seeing any o the survivors of a lifeboat which is known to have contained 25 soul< when 1t left the Bear has been aban doned. It is believed that 30 people lost their lives in the wreck.
 Captain Nolander and three sail ors are still aboard the vessel. The captain refuses to leave his ship The Bear was enroute to San Fran cisco from Portland. Full details of the wreck are unobtainable as