The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-31

figure fell back on the floor Turn inE on the light. Mrs. ThornbOrg. recognized the face as that of a neighbours wife, Mrs. ! A McWil- Hams
 The police were immediately sum moned and upon investigation found that Mrs. McWilliams was wearing a suit of her husbands clothes and that her pockets were filled with burglars small tools
 DANIELS PRAISED.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 28- Senator Benjamin R Tillman. of South Carolina. chairman of the senate naval committee. referred to Secretary Daniels today as the great est secretary the navy had ever had. He spoke words of praise for the manner in which the affairs of the navy have been conducted since the appointment of the present sec retary.
 The senator severely criticised ex- Secretary Meyer.
 TO BAR ARMED SHIPS.
 hSls!NG TON, T.. i. .@@'. -S.- hs the result of the arrival re- gently of several foreign merchant vessels equipped with guns, the state department has notified the na- tions of the world that hereafter merchant ships thus armed will not be permitted to enter United States ports. They will be treated as ships of war belonging to the belligerents.
 BOAT LOST.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2S--Large Quant. ties Ct Wreckage from the steamship Aberdeen have been washed ashore near the Cliff House, the result of the founderine of that vessel on the rocks early this morning.
 The Aberdeen carried a crew oi eight, but it has not yet been learned whether CT not any lives were lost when the vessel came to grief. A sharp lookout is being maintained along the coast in the hope of find ing survivors of the wreck.
 MORE KILLED IN FLOOD.
 SAN DIEGO, Jan 28.-Fourteen persons were killed today and a vast area of highly cultivated land devastated as the result of the burst ing of dam which forms a part of a water system near this city. The great structure gave way under the strain of flood waters and a second dam of almost equal size is now threatened.
 WILL TEST LAW. SEATTLE, Jan. 2S.-The seizure of liquor by the sheriff and his depu ties in private homes in this city will be made an issue In court. those behind the movement claiming that the action of the officials involves the federal constitution. The trou. ble was started as the result of the seizure of quantity of liquor in the home of a millionaire resident of this city. There is the possibility hat a civil suit will be institute d In an effort to compel the authori- ties to restore the goods confiscat- ed.
 WAS BAD FIRE. DETROIT, Mich, Jan 2S-Five flremen were overcome by fire and F'n~}5o this afternoon while engaged fin fighting a big fire in the down town district of this city The con dition of the men is serious. The fire resulted in the loss of property valued at several hundred thousand dollars, and for a time threatened the entire block in which the flames originated.
 LAW UPHELD.
 ST. PAUL, Jan. 28.-ln a lengthy decision handed down today by the state supreme court of Minnesota the constitutionality of the presiden- tial primary law is upheld
 BRANDlES NOMINATED. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan 2S.-- The name of Louis D. Brandies, Of Boston, was sent to the senate to- day by President Wilson for con- firmation as associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, to til the vacancy caused by the death of the late Justice Lamar
 IS ExONERATED. TRINIDAD, Colo, Jan 2S.-Walter Belk, a detective employed by the coal companies during the recent strike among the coal miners of southern Colorado, was acquitted to- day of the charge of killing Gerald Lipplatt, one of the union organiz- CTS, during the late labor troubles,
 LAPS GET BUSINESS. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 28.- According to a statement issued by the department of commerce today, Japanese manufacturers have cap tured the American cotton goods trade in China. The only hope of renewed business, says the depart ment, lies in an entire change in tk- class cf gods intended fer ex. port to the Orient
 HIS PRERoGATIVE.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 2S-In an ad- dress delivered in this city last night, President Wilson admitted having changed his mind on the questions of defense and the tariff, and gave his reasons for so doing. He declared that he is now in favor If a tariff board and fully in accord with the provisions of the bill intro 'n"0d in congress this week Re garding his program of prepared ness, the executive stated that he considered the liberty and honor of the nation more important than peace.
 BOY BANDITS CAUGHT. CHICAGO, Jan. 28.-Less than 24 hours after the footing of the Park Savings bank, the five boys impli- cated in the robbery were landed in jail by the police and the greater part of the money stolen was re- turned to the bank The arrests were made at an early hour this morning and the loot recovered dur ing the day, following disclosures made by one of the youthful ban dits. The balance of the loot, it is believed, will be recovered before