The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-19
GENERAL NEWS
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AFTER THE BOOZE.

1 blii IS IlNtSllSdIlIS d llllB Oi DODt- 1 leggers operating with liquor which is taken from the stock which the city authorities have confiscated 1 II On those who were caught with an illegal amount in their posses sion or who were selling or dis posing of it illegally.
 The stock had been stored in the i police station Lee Meyers. an ele- vator boy, who operated the eleya- | tor in the building in which the | liquor was stored, was arrested on Sunday night with suit case full of beer taken from the police sta tion storeroom.
 A second employee of the building and three patrolmen are thought to be implicated in the liquor steal ing deal, and it is believed that the | thieves have been getting away with the liquor for over two months now
 BIG BOAT LAUNCHED NORFOLK, June 12-The super, dreadnaught Pennsylvania was placed in commission here for the first time today. The vessel is one of 32 900 tons displacement, will makc p knots an hour, Is sos feet long. and is the most powerful warship afloat Captain H. B. Wilson com mands the vessel.
 OUT OF FRYING PAN. | SEATTLE, June 12.-Claude Far mer, from Edmonton, jumped into the sound with his clothes ablaze and was drowned as result of bis attempt to escape from a death by fire in a sensational fire which destroyed the Standard Oil com pany's plant, with a loss Of S500UG. There were many explosions, 25O tanks of distillate flying high in the air as they exploded. The oil from a half a million gallon tank was released and lost
 SMUGGLERs CAUGHT. SEATTLE. June 12.-Louis Ding, indicted as one of the Yellow Owl gang opium and Chinese smugglers, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $500, one of the sentences being pronounced on one, and the other on another count.
 Louis Lung Gun was sentenced to Is months. Eighteen others of the same gang are under indictment They have been operating over two years and have made millions of dollars.
 AUTHORIZES DIES.
 NEW YORK, June 12.-Jean Web ster author of "DaddyLongLegs," died here today after giving birth to a baby girl. She was author of the "Daddy-Long-Legs" serials that ran in the magazines and also of the play of the same name which had such great run throughout the United States
 Other books written by her were When Patty Went to College" Jerry Junior" "The Wheat Prin- cess" and a number of other popu- lar novels.
 She was born in 1876 in Fredonia New York, and was a graduate of Vassar.
 DEWEY's OPINION.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 12.- Commenting on the naval battle in the North sea between the British and the German fleets, Admiral Dewey stated that from the reports received to date from official sourc- es, he should judge that the battle was a draw.
 IO HGS OH6 OHOeH.
 NEW ORLEANS, June 13-Seven hundred and fifty marines were load ed on the transport Hancock today and started for Santo Domingo where they go to maintain ord"r The rebels are again active on the island of Haiti, and the American government has decided to police the entire country of Santo Do mingo and Haiti, too, If necessary.
 WORKED BOTH ENDS
 SEATTLE, June 13.-Mayor H, Gill today ordered the chief of DO lice to suspend Motorcycle Patrol men H. R. Clark It is stated that the officials suspect Clark of having something to do with the ring Of thieves who were stealing the con fiscated whiskey from the storeroom of the station house and selling it back to those from whom it was stolen.
 DEMOCRATS WRECKED.
 OWENSBORO, June Ex-Governor Stanley and former governor Me Cruiry were caught in a railroad wreck near this city today. The men were in one of the sleepers which overturned, but were not in. jured. One of the sleepers burned, but all of those in it managed to escape without any serious injury The Democrats were on their way to St. Louis to attend the Demo cratic National convention.
 HIS VIEWS.
 WEST POINT, June 13.-Presi- dent Wilson in an address delivered at the graduation exercises of the military academy here stated that the United States must show the world that when the United States says a thing she means what she says and that it is the duty of the American people to be prepared to prove 1t. if necessary
 TAFT SPEAKS.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., June H. In order to protect Alaska, the Phil ippine Islands, the Monroe doctrine and Americanism, the United States must have a larger navy, accord mig to an address made yesterday by former President William Howard Taft to the graduating class of Georgetown university The former President stated that the United States should have better navy than Germany today and that 1t should be kept better than any