The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-03
GENERAL NEWS
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STRIKER SHOT.

! ! union lougShoreman was shot in tn" stomach and several others were more nr less severely injured today when the striking longshoremen made a rush on the Sperry dock. where the steamer Santa Cruz was being loaded by strike breaking long -aurrmrn. Many arrests were made.
 KILLED BY MExICANS.
 NACO. Ariz.. June 26.-A mem t.r uI company l. of the Fourteenth cavalry from For; Lawton was killed hy William Humphrey Mexican guard al the wa,erworks here. Three soldiers were injured when they attempted to arrest the murderer lie was finally arrested.
 STORM IN OREGON.
 rENDLETON. Ore. June 26-A cloudburst struck this city today. Sidewalks and buildings were de. stroyed and the basements were flooded Many of the merchants lost quantity of their stock of goods while others had their wares severely damaged by the water
 OFFICER DIES.
 SEATTLE, June 26.-Deputy Sher- if George Nj Leighton. formerly connected with the city police de uar'ment dropped dead at his home here yesterday.
 PHYSICIAN SUICIDES.
 SEATTLE June According to cable dispatch received today by Dr C < Peterk n. Dr Wal'eT $ G Ellhorn, Seattle physician. who was taken from the steamship Kirk wall while on his way to join the German army. committed suicide in a British prison.
 Dr Ellhorn was well known in Seattle and a prominent physician here for some years.
 MANUFACTURER KILLED.
 SEATTLE. June 2S-Hugh l.. Cur rin a well known shoe manufaCtur- CT of this city, was killed yester- day when his automobile skidded and hit a telephone pole.
 TEDDY MAY GO.
 NEW YORK. June 2S-Announce- ment was made today that Col Theodore Roosevelt is preparing to offer 10 raise an army division of 10000 men In the same C.fer C. the government he will make appli- cation for commission as major general
 Col Roosevelt will not make hi offer unless war is actually declared on McXir 0 and at the present time he is waiting for such action on the part of the administration
 MUST NOT INTERFERE.
 TACOMA, June PA temporary federal injunction, restraining the union longshoremen from interfer- ing with the strike breakers w3u are loading the vessels in this D7r' was issued in this city today The officers were instructed tJ enforce the order of the court and to arrest anyone who molested the strike breaker.
 EIGHT KILLED.
 OAKLAND. June 3O.-Eight per sons were killed in the smoker Of a Southern Pacific train here today when the car was blown from the track by an explosion, the cause of which is unknown.
 QUITTING IN.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.; June 30 Senator Marine, of New Jersey, 2t the earnest request of Mrs. Agnes Newman. a sister of Sir Roger Case ment, introduced a resolution ir the United States senate today in which he requests President Wilson
  for a stay of execution until such time as the various efforts which are being made in behalf of the and in Europe, can be properly presented to the British officials.
 THE SUSSEX AGAIN.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30,- The state department today issued in Nhi ed that the United States was pre- pairing to send to Germany for nal inquiry to discover what was done to the commander of the sub marine which torpedoed the chan nel steamer Sussex. An informal inquiry brought no response, and the United States vii insist that the German government make known what punishment was meted out tU the commander.
 BIG FIRE IN SEATTLE.
 SEATTLE June 30.-The United States quartermaster' dock in this city was burned this evening with a loss of $5O0,000 in powder and small arms and ammunition The fire is still raging, but it is under control The firemen are working under the greatest difficulty, as they must keep lodging the explosion of the shells, of which there are over $200,000 worth of six inch ones alone stored on the dock.
 A small boy, two blocks away was struck by piece of a six inch shell and seriously if not fa tally injured.
 The cableship Burns ide, which re gently returned from the north, pu, out into the harbor. her rigging a mass of flames. Quick work on the part of the crew put the fire out without much damage to the ship The cause of the fire is nlys tery A strict investigation will b. made, as it is believed that the fire is of incendiary origin
 The indications are that the dock will be a total loss. At midnight tonight the fire is under control but it is doubtful if anything or the dock will escape the flames,
 TAUSCHER ACQUITTED.
 NEW YORK, June 2o--Captair Tauscher the husband of Madau Gadski, the noted prima dCnna. was today acquitted Of the charge of con spiracy to blow up the Welland canal.