The Alaska citizen., 1916-09-25

any NaTntUE. gave uli an lnltlN lew today ln which he stated that the torpedo struck the vessel wholly unr,pr,trdly. No warning was gN ru Th.-, Ner, several Americans on the boat when it was struck There w,r, not sufficient litcboatS tu gu around and the Americans. who had been employed as hostIers tor rhr horses put on life belts and 4mp,d overheard. They were all picked up fourteen hours later by d lravIer None were killed. The ktlNina was sunk by a German sub marine
 CALLS HIM TOMMY"
 COLUMBIA. :. C., Sept. IS While he was here today To attend the funeral of his sister, President and Mrs Wilson visited an aunt oi the chief executive Mrs. James Will son greeted her nephew as Tom my" Then she turned to the first lady of he land and with a broad smile, said.
 You know, until he took to writ ing books. We all called him Tom my When he got the writing bee. though he called himself Woodrow. guess il sounded better He was a great youngster.'
 Then the kind aunt proceeded to i'll Mrs Woodrow Wilson's ear with young Tummy'9 esCapades."
 HEBREWS WILL STRIKE.
 NEW YORK. Sept 1S.- The Unit I'd Hebrews Trades union an or ganization 100000 strong. voted to go out on sympathy strike for he carmen of this city, who are sticking il out for higher wages. The United Hebrews voted to strike at any tune they were called upon To do so by the central federated union.
 MANUFACTURED HERE.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. lS.- tht British motor cars used in the allies offensive on the western front, which were so successfully operated that they attracted world wide attcntion were built for the most part in Peoria, Illinois. They are built in the form of cater pillar tractors. and were designed many years before the war began To meet the steep hills and to over. come the difficulties of modern Farming.
 The machines used are an Ameri- can invention. except for the aTmor that is placed around them to pro feet them
 BLAME NOT PLACED
 SEATTLE. Sept. The hearing conducted by the marine inspectors Us 10 the nature and the cause of the fire which seriously damaged the steamship Congress was con cluded this afternoon. with the tx ception of taking the testimony fHe officers who are still WJH vessel.
 Of the many passengers and mem ber~ of the crew who took the wit ness stand at the hearing. nor uh person could throw any light on cause of the fire, and there was no evidence which would be interpreted To mean that anyone considered the fire 10 be of incendiary origin
 TRAINS COLLIDE.
 PUEBLO, Sept. 1S.-Two Missouri Pacific trains collided near this city today One of the trains had two cases of gasoline on board. An explosion followed the collision and two men lost their lives. The cause of the collision is being investigated
 eLACKMAILERs CONFESS.
 CHICAGO, Sept 1S.-Two mem bers of the blackmailing gang ar rested here yesterday confessed that they had secured about $1OOO,O0O in the last 12 months from promi- ncnt men all over the country, us ing the Mann White Slave act as their chief weapon. A country wide search l. being instituted for H. C. Woodward, the chief of the gang The seven caught will be arragned Wednesday.
 BANDITS MAKE HAUL.
 LAREDO, Tex, Sept. Bandits held up a passenger train on Sep tember 12 near TamOsopo and rifled the express car, taking s62,OO0 it was learned today. Then the rob bers lined up the passengers and re relieved them of their valuables, af- ter which they pushed the train down the mountain side into a deep canyon. The passengers were per mitted to detrain, however, thereby preventing the loss of life
 OLD SOLDIER DIES.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 1S.- Major General Albert l.. Mills, for several years president of the army war college and chief of the division of military affairs, died here today of pneumonia. The general had been i'll less than twelve hours.
 WORKED BOTH WAYS.
 LONG BEACH, Calif. Sept 1S.- W. l.. Jennings, former superinten- dent of the school of mines at Den yer, died here today. While chlor- oforming a cat he inhaled such a quantity of the chloroform that it killed him
 SETH LOW DIES.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-Seth Low, former mayor of Brooklyn and later mayor of Greater New York, and former president of Columbia Uni versity, died at his home here today after a long illness. The deceased was 66 years of age, and was promi- nent in educational affairs since the early sos.
 BLAckMAILERS UP.
 CHICAGO, Sept. 1S.-The charges against three of the seven black mailers who were arrested here last Sunday, charged with blackmail, have been dropped The preliminary hear ing disclosed that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant hold ing the persons.
 The trial of the other four who were arrested will be held on Fri day next Edward Donahue, Henry Russell, Mrs. Helen Travers and Jas. Christian are their names.
 Mrs. Regina Ripper, a Philadel- phia divorcee, who declared that she had been blackmailed, today identi- fled the four who will face the court