The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-17

tonight. The park benches are all full. and hundreds of men and wO- men are sleeping on the i,le cap Eight deaths are reported to the au thorities. At sundown tonight the thermometer registered 95 in the shade.
 Reports from other cities of the east indicate that the heat wave is general Boston reports great suffering. with five deaths reported in the last 24 hours Seven have perished in Philadelphia Eight have died in Detroit and Rochester r" ports that two men dropped dead from the heat in that city today
 LAYING DOWN LAW.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 13.- President Wilson. in addressing citizenship convention today. served notice on all hyphenates in America that they must be loyal to the United States, whether or not they are pleased with the United States He declared that the political ac- tlyety of any orgdniati Il of natural ized citizens incompatible with the idea Of loyalty to the United States would not be tolerated
 SHARK HUNTING.
 NEW YORK. July 13.-ArmeL hunters in motorboats are patrolin2 the coast of New York and New Jersey in an endeavor to extermi- nate the fish which have already claimed four victims and which have made it unsafe to swim All of he teaches are free from batherS no one caring to venture into the .La young boys in Matawan. New Jer- Sey
 A half dozen sharks have been seen along the coast recently the latest to report them being Brit ish sloop which arrived yesterday from Bermuda
 The sloop reports killing six of the sharks. which are further north this year than they have been at any time before.
 The residents of the town of Mata- wan. where the two boys were killed by the sharks yesterday, have or dered a thorough search to be made They have promised to pay $loo for every shark brought to them
 IS UP TO UNION
 SAN FRANCISCO. July 14.-Thr settlement of the longshoremen's strike is up to the union men ev- .uSieiy The waterfront employers union has withdrawn the demand for an open shop and the longshore- men's union will vote whether u. not to consider a compromise in three days, that is, on July 17th.
 POLICE ARE CoWARDs
 SEATTLE, July 14-Mayor Hi Gill issued a statement today in which with the longshoremen's strike He department after the strike is set tied The mayor states that he has conclusively determined that there are many towards on the Seattle police force, and states that there are innumerable instances where the police have failed to perform their full duty.
 Many Seattle policemen carry union cards. Fights have been daily occurrences for the past three weeks without any arrests having been made In the meantime most of the docks in this city are boarded up, preventing all approach from the streets, and the strikebreakers eat and sleep on the wharves.
 Although most of the vessels are moving, usually from six to 24 hours late they are not being properly loaded, and the handling of the freight is a very difficult problem. All shipments are more or less de layed and there is much freight accommodating for Alaska ports. There can be no change in the situation until the 17th.
 MORE CHILDREN DIE.
 NEW YORK, July 14-For the 24 hours ending at 10 o'clock this morning 164 new cases of infantile paralysis were reported in this city. During the same period there were q deaths The city and state boards of health as well as many private institutions are giving the matter their most careful attention, trying to eliminate 1t.
 BABIES EXAMINED.
 NEW YORK, July 14.-All babies arriving on all trains in New York city are being examined by physi- clans to guard against the spread of infantile paralysis. A general movement has started also to exam inc all babies in the city.
 HURRICANE SINKS BOAT.
 CHARLESTON, July 14-The na- val collier Hector. bound for Santo Domingo with 50 marines aboard, was sunk off this port today. The lighthouse tender Cypress went to the rescue of the boat, but was un- able to breast the storm and re- To ;p h,, The loss of the Hector was due to many were killed
 PRAYERS FOR CADDY.
 NEW YORK, July 14-Mrs. Oscar Lewisohn. formerly Edna May. the American actress, and other society golfers, dropped to their knees to- day and began to pray when light ming killed their caddy, Felix Jacohu The boy did not die instantly after being struck and as he breathed his last the women united in prayer for the youth.
 SOLDIERS STRUCK.
 DIES MONIES, July 14.-Ten na tional guardsmen at Camp Dodge, Iowa, while awaiting orders to pro ceed to the border, were struck by lightning today.
 SOLDIERS HUNGRY.
 CLEVELAND, July 14.-Seven hun dred New York militiamen passing this city on the way to the border left the train here and raided nearby stores and commission hous- es, taking food and merchandise and destroying what they did not carry away. When number of them were apprehended by police they de