The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-07

there Is constant danger that the banks that are holding back tn" nood> will break.
 BELOW MEMPHIS.
 MEMPHIS. Feb 2-Accordinc to reports received here, leYees have
 .yr pig sS be ow here, and small settlements laT" been completely wiped out SiN towns iu the northern part of tn" state oi Mississippi have been inundated. and as q result 200 people are facing death by drowning. They are hemmed in behind th" Red Fork leTr" ana will certainly perish unleS, help reaches them within t." neNt lr" hours The floods ar" m"nar!n every farm alonG the Nj a~.. 'ipP' river in the states of Arkansa7 anu Mississippi.
 NEW YORK PREPARING.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 2-Announce' ment was made today by Cornelius Vanderbilt chairman of the com, mittce appointed by Mayor Mitche! to confer with the national govern ment a. to the advisability, prac- tiCabuity ard best method Ct carry ing out the defense and preparcd' ness plans. that an inventory WCu'd be taken of the resources Of New York. That is, the committee will make an investigation to determine how many men there would De Tn ! this city available for duty in de fense of the metropolis, how much ammunition could be turned over tc the defenders. and how much money could be raised to withstand siege or bombardment.
 SAYS WILSON WILL LEAD.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2.-Josep Folk. former governor of Missouri and at the present time s5ll2ito' for the State department. said today that President N Wilson woulT Dc nominated at St. Louis on u" first ballot. He admitted that there would be a fev scattering votes cast by the followers of Bryan, but declared that the President would secure the nomination on the first ballot.
 SHOT IN QUARREL.
 GALVESTON, Feb. 2.-Georgc Nc Carty, secretary of the cotton eX change, was shot and instantly klli"' in this city this afternoon by Robert Shaw. exchange Inspector, Tn" shoot ing was the result of quarrel De tween the two men. shaw has givcr himself up and probably will b. hold on the charge of manslaughteT
 POLICEMAN SHOT.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2.-ia tsolHan sweeney was mortanl wounded in a pistol duel which took place fast night between several pa ir.l4"n and q gang Ot safecraCkrr1 l, lott on e u.i an attempt 70 make off wth the contents of 6 footed safe. l!lrce O. the crooks were placed und"r ar rest. and it is the belief of ,Ie au thorities that the gang has beer broken up.
 NAVY GUNS LOST.
 SEATTLE, Feb. Flour eight inch navy rifles, belonging to thC ! United States government, are rest ing at the bottom of Puget Sounv at BremertOn. the big guns haN in- 1 slipped into the water While ben. loaded onto scow today. EAcn U, the rifles weighs twenty tons. ar, ! the loss if the guns are not recoE cred, will aggregate $1O0,00o
 GIVEN BIG RAISE.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Th" vast army of employees of the United States Steel corporation. numbering approximately a quarter of a mil lion men, have been granted tel per cent increase in their wag"s the advance in pay extending to practically every branch of the grea' industry. The new schedule Of wages became effective yesterday 4rH iS the direct result of the in creased business enjoyed by the cor poration in consequens of the re ceipt of many large contracts from European nations
 DIES AT HIS POST.
 LOS ANGELES. Feb. 2.--Justice Bennett was shot and killed in his courtroom late this afternoon, fol lowing the conclusion of case whict was bitterly contested. Several shots were fired before the jurist was dropped, a number of persons in the courtroom at the time narrowly es Caping with their lives. One of the bystanders was shot in the arm.
 STRIKE IMMINENT.
 CHICAGO, Feb, 2.-There is muct uneasiness iIi transportation circles today as tho result of tho demand of railroad operatives for an eight hour day. Il is the general beIicl locally that d tie-up of large proper tions will occur unless a compromise is reached at an early date.
 ON THE FENCE.
 1 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb 2-- 1 The arrival of the British liner Alp pam at Hampton Roads in charge of German prize crew has raised a new and DerpleXing problem whicl is now receiving the attention C, the state department. The vesse may be inteIned as an auxiliary , cruiser or it may be decided to in tern the Germans who made the | capture and release the ship. The question is shrouded with doubt an5 some time probably will elapse be fore decision is reached.
 The Appam was captured by a German submarine on January 15 at which time the liner had on board many German prisoners taken il South Africa. The liner also has a cargo valued at more than a million dollars.
 BRITISH VESSELS WARNED. i NEW YORK, Feb. 2-The British 1 conSul-general has issued a warning ! to British shippers to beware of l German submarines in American wa ters. information received by the consulate from private sources en, courages the belief that the British | liner Appam was accompanied across ! the Atlantic by a submarine and that several of the underseas craft are now lurking in American wa