The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-05
GENERAL NEWS
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MILLIONAIRE DIES.

MILLIONAIRE DIES
 PORTLAND. Ore. May 2S-Chs- Sweeney. .uulti-u.lllionalre mining man oi Spokane died today in a local hospital
 FRICTION IN CABINET.
 WASHINGTON D. C. May 2h.- According to rumors afloat in onl ciaI cirCles there are serious di,. fvr.uo.s of opinion in the cabinet a. Co the proper procedure in regard to the oil lands ol California
 Secretary Lane layors the Iestota- ton Of oil lands to the original ic- catorS. which We're withdrawn from entry by President Taft for thr benefit of the navy,
 Secretary Daniels Is opposed L. this plan. and as result ot thIs difference breach is said to he widening
 HE KNEW TOO MUCH.
 PORTLAND May 2N-Thr body of Fred Eastman, the chauffeur who disappeared after he had driven an unknown man to the farm of Mrs- Helen Jennings was found today Mrs Jennings was murdered in her bed
 CRUISERS NEAR FRISCO.
 SAN FRANCISCO. May 2S.-TwO British cruisers are lowering myo teriously off the California coast While nothing is known here as 10 the reason steamboat men beiieN z that there k a German raider some where in the Pacific and that the cruisers are searching for it
 TELLS LIFE STORY.
 NEW YORk May 29-On the witness stand III his own defense. Dr Waite testified that he hal placed ground glass in the marma- lade and disease germs in the can ot fish which had been given to Katherine Peck, his mOther-in-law. He told of pilfering from his class mates at college, of dOctoring the diploma he received from the Uni yersity of Michigan so that he might enter Edinburgh university. how he stole from dental supply house and oi his travels in South Africa He stated that he expected to get approximately S2 100000 from the Peck estate He said that he was not insane. and was in his right mind His plea. however, is one of insanity.
 RO I FL BURNS.
 SEATTLE, May 29.-The Sol Due Hot Springs hotel was destroyed b. fire Friday The loss amounts 10 approximately $500 900 The hotel was built by Michael Earls in 1912 Al the time of its destruction j, Earling and Percy Rockefeller were among the guests registered therc
 POLICEMAN KILLED.
 
 lice Sergean; John Moriarity Was klled al the gar barn this mornirs g 5y an alleged counterteiter whom he sought to arrest A hundred policemen immediately surrounded the shack and pumped bullets into IL The bandit Was wounGtd and th,n arrested
 OFFICER SUICIDES,
 SAG HARBOR May 29--Lieut. Lawrence Richards. commander of 'he destroyer Tanning, was killed oy all electric wire in the power sta ton at this city. The watchman states that he ie of the opinion that the officer committed suicide and chose that way to end his life
 OPERATION NECESSARY.
 ST. PAUL, May 29.-Dr. William Mayo. famous surgeon. is rushing n a special train from Rochester 10 the bedside of J. J. Hill. the veteran railroad builder An ope- ration may be imperative to save MT Hills life.
 EXPORTS LARGE.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May % The exports for the fiscal year amounted to $3.40l ,O0O 900, which is $ll7500 900 greater than last year. The war orders are the only reason assigned for the large in crease.
 GIVING BIG MONEY.
 NEW YORK, May 29.-John D. Rockefeller has announced that he has appropriated $1000.000 to br used as War relief fund in Poland Serbia. Albania and Montenegro,
 LABOR WINS STRIKE
 LINCOLN. May 30.-The building workers of this city who have been out on strike for the past few weeks. have returned to their labors. the employers having agreed to their demands.
 JIM HILL DIES.
 ST. PAUL, May 30.-James J. Hill is dead Unable to stand the shock of an operation performed on him by Dr William Mayo, who was rushed to the bedside of the master builder of railroads in special train, the first man who realized the opportunities of the great northwest passed quietly away. carbuncle, upon which an operation was absO- lutely imperative if the life of the veteran financier was to be saved, was too much for him to stand. He was 7S years of age at the time of his death.
 CRUISERS IN THE SKY.
 OLYMPIA, May 30.-The state for estry service contemplates the em- ployment of an aviation corps to patrol the forests of the state. It may be tried out this summer
 DOES GOOD JOB.
 HERMISTON, Ore, May 30-James Ralph, viee-president of the Hermis- ton Light and Power company, was shot and killed by Joseph Roth president of the company. AS soon as he saw that the shot was fatal Roth turned the gun on himself and put bullet through his own brain The exact trouble which led up to the shooting is not known, but it is thought that Roth was suffering a mental derangment brought on by business worry.
 HEAT CLAIMS VICTIM.
 CHICAGO, May 30.-Theobald Ohi-