The Alaska citizen., 1916-09-25

[ tI NlllllAs HUN %. |ilf t4fst't ''h Nitf American force in Mexico. would soon be raised io the rank ot major general by the war department The death Of Major General Mills makes if imperatiye that another appoint ment be made. and il is believed that the tried veteran of the Philip pine and Mexican expeditions will be promoted 10 the position of ma jor general
 MINERS STRIKE.
 JACKSON. Calif, Sept 19.-A gen eral strike was declared by all the miners in Amador county, who want a slight increase in wages and short er hours and who will not work until they see that their demands will be met.
 ODD FELLOWS ELECT.
 CHATTANOOGA. Sept. l9.-The sovereign grand lodge of the odd Fellows today elected Frank (. Goudy. of Denver, Colorado, the grand sire of the order The elee- ton was unanimous NIT. Goudy Is well known to most of the odd Eel lows throughout the world.
 STARTING SOMETHING.
 SEATTLE. Sept. 19. i've now propose to destroy the commerce of every Puget Sound port and of the greater part of the Pacific coast, said Secretary Madsen. of the Pacl- fife Coast district of the International Longshoremen' Association, when in formed that the employers had re jected the latest proposal Of the la borers. Immediately after the an swer was given by the employers, Gordon J Kelly. the Vicep president for Washington, left for Buffalo, New York. for conference with Presi- dent O'ConnoT, of the International organization.
 The Puget Sound longshoromen hope to get sufficient financial aid for the International organization to make if possible for them to wage strong fight against the steamship and trans sportation companies. Local representatives of the steam ship companies are authority for the statement that the companies are not bothered by the announce ment.
 DEPOSITS LARGE. SEATTLE. Sept 19. According to information given out here today, the total bank deposits of this city amount to $99.00OOO0 at the present time. This is the largest in the history of the city.
 NEGOTIATION FAIL.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The efforts made by the committee representing the business interests of the city to settle the transit strike and thereby avert general sympathetic labor strike failed. it was learned late to- day. when President Shonts, of the Interborough company, refused to consider the plan suggested by the committee to reopen negotiations with the car employees.
 MERGER PROBABLE.
 SEATTLE. Sept, 19- President Barnum and General Manager Ward of the Pacific Coast company, are holding a conference in San Fran cisco with the object of taking over by lease or through merger arrange ment, or possibly by sale, the fleet of the Pacific Coast Steamship com pany by the Pacific Alaska Naviga- tiOn company. Negotiations with his end in view were opened in Seattle about week ago, after the arrival of President Barnum from New York.
 WAR IS ANYONE'S.
 SEATTLE, Sept. 20 Samuel Hill returned to this city today, having visited all of the warning nations of Europe. He says that it is any body's war yet, and that to predict which side will win is impossible.
 TWO KILLED IN RIOT.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-After Mayor Mitchell had failed in his eff forts to settle the street ear strike in this city today, a general riot oc- cured, which resulted in the death of two and the serious injury of many people.
 OPEN SHOP DECLARED.
 SEATTLE, Sept. Severing all connections with the lOngshoremen's union, the Warehouse company and Miluse X Co. have joined the Ship Owners association and the entire Seattle waterfront has now declared for open shop. The employees un- derstand the position of the big companies toward the union.
 THREATENS WILSON.
 PITTSBURG Sept. Morris Dia- mond, aged 62, resident of Bay City, Michigan, is held here under the scrutiny of alienists to determine his sanity. He was picked up fol- lowing his writing threatening let ters to the President, in which he told President Wilson he would kill him.
 ACCIDENT ON BATTLEsHIP.
 WASHINGTON D. C. Sept. 21- One of the 12-inch guns on the bat tleship Michigan burst while the warship was at target practice m Chesapeake bay today The vessel sustained severe structural damage, and one enlisted man was seriously injured by the bursting of the gun. The vessel was ordered to proceed at once to the Philadelphia navy yard, where repairs will be made immediately. The cause of the acci- dent is as yet unexplained.
 WILL GO THE LIMIT.
 NEW YORK, Sept 21.-Mayor Mitchell today called the labor lead CTS to the city hall and there warn ed them that he would go the limit, using the full civil and military pow CTS conferred upon him by the law, to prevent any disorders if the gen eral strike of the trade unionlsts is called tomorrow to aid the car strikers in their fight against the street railway company.
 SHE USED STRYCHNlNE.
 HARTFORD, Sept. 21.-Mrs. Amy E. Archer Gilligan is charged with poisoning five of the inmates of her home for elderly persons at Wind sor. There are five counts against lo, opj uba ic held wit hOnt bail