The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-22

which heard the case of the State ] vs ia-il tnplan, the alleged dyna- inter was excused by the court and ;lr defendant will Le placed on trial again accordine 10 tn" | st .t-nfent made todal by the dis. irict attorn"v.
 WOOD FOR PRESIDENT CHICAGO. May 1S.A determined effort is now being made 10 launch successfully 2 campaign which would end f ccossful. in the nomina tjon Of General Leonard Wood. for mer chief of the staff. for the presi i dency OF the straight BepublicH ticket. IL is believed by those who are fayoring the candidacy of the l American soldier that his vast knowledge of the military ncCcsSi ties of the United States would make him a popular choice with the peo pie
 LANSING NOTIFIED. WASHINGTON. D. C.. May lS.- Secretary of state Lansing has re ceived dispatch from Ambassador Page telling him of the reported loss of the Batavier V. and tic death of one American. The tele gram states that the loss of the that the boat struck a floating mine The state department is awaiting details. which will come later.
 WILSON SENDS REPLY. WASHINGTON. D C., May 19.- President Wilson announced today that he had sent reply tc the pope. Some few weeks age the pope addressed confidentia message to the President of the United States presumably in the interests of peace The content. of the message were never made pub lie. and the reply of the President is likewise a secret
 FlREMEN OVERCOME. SPOKANE, May 19.-Seventeer firemen were overcome by smoke ir a fire which gutted the Peytor building in this city
 PENROSE WINS.
 PHILADELPHIA May 1S.-SenG tor Bois Penrose won an easy vic tory in this state today The ma jority of the delegates to the ma tional convention will go to Chi cago pledged to support the fight ing senator from this state.
 strenuous effort was made hy those opposed to Penrose to defea him. but he captured 76 delegates a big majority, and he did it with out any apparent effort.
 RIVER ON RAMPAGE NEEDLES, Ariz.. May 19 -Twent, houses in the Indian settlement noa1 this city have been washed away and more are threatened by tho high water in the Colorado river, I force of 200 men are working nigh and day attempting to protect thu railroads. which the flood threatens to wipe out. The river is highel than it has ever been within th' last twenty-five years and grea damage is resulting from the higi water It is estimated that S1,00O O00 worth of property has alread, been destroyed and the river is stl rising.
 DANIELS PLANNING
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.- At the navy department it became known today that Josephus Dani els. the secretary of the navy. wOu!t soon be ready to announce his plan for the reOrg sanitation of the At lantic fleet. Admiral Mayo now com manding the first division of tho Atlantic fleet is slated to succeed Admiral Fletcher as commander-in chief of the fleet. His flag shiI will be the Arkansas.
 ROOSEVELT KISSED
  Republican convention held in thi. city yesterday, the name of Theo doro Roosevelt was loudly hissed b, some of the stand pat Republican, who were present. Applause Dol lowed the misses and a riot followed the applause, The police were called in to quiet the convention
 BLIND PIGS OPERATING.
 MONTGOMERY Ala, May 19.-I1 a raid upon the blind pig" saloon! of Girard. Russell county today representatives of the attorney gen erals office seized $300,000 worth O whiskey, beer and gin, which they found in the thirty saloons of tha town.
 GERMANS INSTRUCTED.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19.- Count von BernStorff, the German ambassador, is in receipt of a let ter of instruction from the German government which he has been or dered to publish broadcast through out the United States so that ev cry German in this country may be made acquainted with it's con tents.
 Tn" message calls unOn the Ger mans in the United States to- ob serve strictly the laws Of the United States and not embarrass the Fath erland by disobeying the statutes of the country in which they ar. living. The kaiser states that by scrupulously observing the laws o the land the Germans who are uL able to get to the Fatherland tt bear arms for their country will as sist their country materially by pre- venting any diplomatic breaks oc | curing.
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