The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-28
GENERAL NEWS
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AvlATORS TAKE TUMBLE.

narrowly escaped death today when t.v aegoplane in which they "r.' making au exhibition liiEAL Wa~ caught ln a down current alter uad alta.ned considerable neigh. Munter vas unable to right taa machiu, anu Il fell with a great splash into Lake IniOu The men jumped before the machine struck the water and both escaped uuHul e
 NOMINATION. EXPECTED.
 WASnINtrTON. II. c. Feb. Fl It is confidently believed in local official circles that President Wilson will reach a conclusion tnis week regarding the war secretary ship The men most prominently mentioned for he. place are Secretary Houston. oi lne department of agriculture and Thomas Jones. of Chicago. If the latter nominated it IS esalded ..a ,rttain that he will be bit Ky
 tIr senate.
 GROVES NOT ANARCHIST.
 NEW YORK. Feb 2l Emma Goldman ant other ararchist lead cr, have informed the police official of this city that Jean CroneS F not an anarchist They declare that the Chicago soup poisoner is a lunattc anl not the eonspiratoE mat he has been pictured. Facs have volunteered to deliver the man 10 the police in case he seeks refuge at any of the anarchist r. OTIS
 SEARCHING IS LEGAL
 SEATTLE. Feb 21-Ac, ordine 10 {. decision handed down today by Super or Court Judge Ronald, the police authoritles have a right to enter private residences and search the premises fer liquor when they have reason to believe that the Ia" IS being violated The decision was rendered in the case of millionalra resident of this city, whose homo was searched recently by the police
 ANOTHER POISONER
 AMSTERDAM, Ohio Feb. 2l.- Mystery surrounds the illness ot thirty.tive residents of this city, all of whom attended a church suppes which was given tonight in honor of visiting diguitary. one doctor has pronounced the case one of ptoInainc pOisonins, while others claim tiat traces of arsenic have been found in the food taken from the tab.e. The case will be inVest gated by the federal authorities.
 DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
 CHICAGO Feb. 21.-An employee of a local trunk factory was held mp this afternoon and relieved of q considerable sum of money which nc was carrying from the bank to the office Of the factory, the sack containing the weekly payroll. The rob bcry was witnessed by many peopl" and before the holduD nan could make his escape several DO lccmer were on his trail. He Was soon overtaken and the money re covered.
 TAKES HER OWN LIFE.
 SEATTLE, Feb 21-Miss Alice Barea. a stenographer of this city, today went into vacant residence on the outskirts of Seattle and com mittad suicide by shooting herself through the head with 32-calibre revolver The girl left note stat ing that she could not get honest employment and that she would end her life rather than submit to dis honor.
 TRAIN TELESCOPED.
 SPOKANE, Feb 21.--Five passen- gers were killed outright and a score of others injured, many of them seriously, as the result of the telescoppg of North Coast limited train early this morning. The train wa badly wrecked and the fact tha, more of the passen- gers were not killed is regarded as miraculous.
 RELIEF ASKED.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 2l.-. Representative Thomas J. Heflin, ot Alabama has appealed to the attor- ney general for relief for the south eln cotton growers The bear Ope- rations on Wall street, he declares, are responsible for the present low prices.
 BUILDING DRY DOCKS.
 TACOMA. Feb. PA dry dock sufficiently large to accommodate the largest vessel afloat is being con structed in this city by local capi- talists. When completed the dry dock will represent an investment Of sl,500,000
 DYE PLANT EXPLODED
 PLAINFIELD, \. J., Feb. PA German-owned dye plant was nearly demolished ir this city late last night by an explosion of mysteri- ous origin In addition to the dam age sustained by the plant, two of the employees of the company were killed and SC, eral others more or l"ss seriously injured.
 SUBWAY WRECKED.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 21.-The new subway, which is under construction one hundred feel below East river. was partially wrecked today by an explosion of unknown origin Foul of the workmen were shot to the surface of the river and it is believed that others lave been en1omhed, Details of the disaster are lacking.
 SIX KILLED IN WRECK
 MILFORD. Conn. Feb. 22- SiX persons were killed and @ scCrn m- jured this afternoon as the result cured near this city between a ger train. Two of the passenger cd by the special.
 WIRELESS FOR CANAL. ZONE.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb D. Senator Miles Poindexter has start cd campaign to induce the navy to establish powerful wireless station in the Panama canal zone, primarily as an aid to navigation, and for the purpose also Of report ing the positions of vessels. Such a station. he argues, would he of particular value to the United States in case of war.
 GILL AGAIN.
 SEATTLE, Feb. 22.-Tha re-elec- ,a1