The Alaska citizen., 1916-09-04

.hile they wished to cleo hrthur 1 'a-trrly. their own first lieutenant | .ater they consented to drH under !. lieut. Wills of another company
 IN HEART OF FRISCO.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 21-A ! roup of bandits this afternoon held , ? the Mission street branch of the i .uglo-California Trust company at he corner of Sixteenth and Mis- ion streets, fleeing with their boot, 1 n communicated automobile One | f them was captured The men l ot away with $S000.
 FLEEING FROM RUSSIA. SEATTLE, Aug 31-One hundred | nd eleven Polish Jews. who are flee l ug from Russia. reached the United 'tates on a Japanese liner today nd were admitted to the country. where they hope to find relief from he prosecutions and prosecutions f the Russian government
 THE NEXT REUNION KANSAS CITY, Aug. 31-The an lual encampment of the Grand Army f the Republic will be held at Bos- on in 1917 This decision was cached al a business meeting held n Convention hall here today. The -eterans are attending the present eunion here this evening
 HAS REFORMED.
 SEATTLE Aug. 31.-Logan BiI ings,ey announced today that he lad completely reformed The no- orious tconegger stated that Le hoped 10 epier the University of NaShiuet0n in the fall He Will work for q E. A. degree.
 WHITE SLAVE CAUGHT.
 SEATTLE. Aug. 31-rhilHp Win enborn was arrested here today .hareed with violation of the white slavery charges for methods used in with getting Margaret 5istsoff, the daughter of Rev Leon Sistsoff, oi Kodiak. from her home. 1
 The girl came to Seattle to at end school and was living with her sister here. The man attempted to ure her to a life of vice and wa 'aught in the act
 BILL IS NO GOOD.
 CHICAGO. Aug. President Holden. of the Burlington Lines, de Jared tonight that the passage of he Adamson compromise eight-hour pill would not be satisfactory to he railroads and would not settle he pending controversy. President Holden stated that the railroads would take no precipitate action in he event that the bill was passed. He said tonight:
 Its my understanding that the court of the United States Ias held recently, in two cases, hat the congress of the United States has absolutely no power to .iX wages, and that is what the Adamson bill amounts to, to my uu- ierstanding." The Adamson bill is agreeable to the trainmen.
 UNORGANlZED LABOR.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-Unorganized aborers on the railroads of the 'nited States today sent a telegran o Congressman Adamson to include n the eight-hour law which he is provision for an eight lour day for unorganized labor.
 BIDS CALLED FOR
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug 31- The navy department today adver- ised for bids for the construction 'I lOuI DcltltSilIpS, lOul Stoul Cl ulS- ITS, 20 destroyers and 30 submarines
 PAY CAR ROBBED
 DETROIT, Aug. 31.-AutomobiIe bandits robbed the Standard Oil com ,any's collection car at Dearborn, 'uburb of this city, today. They ,ot $4 0OO
 BIG PROFITS.
 DETROIT, Aug. 31.-The financial statement of the Ford company which vas made public this evening shows hat the automobile manufacturer made a profit of more than a nil ion dollars week for every week n the year which ended on the 31St 'f July.
 PLoTTeR ESCAPES.
 ATLANTA, Aug 3l.-Robert Fay ,ctmaa, the army officer recently convicted of conspiracy against the 'nited States in connection with the intuition plots in New York, es 'aped from the federal prison here oday, together with William Kno- block the president of the company through which the frauds against he government were being carried put.
 L :" oHnoo NlOCir lCO
 CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-The presidents ,f the important railroads of the vest today rescinded or modified he freight embargo which was es- ablished in preparation of the gen sral strike which was feared The action that led the presidents to do his was taken by the men who lad served the corporation for years md who announced that they would 'enounce the brotherhood and stay with the railroads. This the broth erhood officials deny.
 THE ADAMSoN BILL.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug 31- The house vote on the Adamson pill was 239 for and 56 against it. l Party lines were ignored by all the 
 This evening, shortly after II o'clock, the senate agreed to the pro )Osal of Senator Newlands, to the 4ffect that the senate close the de pate on the bill at I o'clock tomor- row afternoon. The vote on the pill, as introduced in the house, will This decision was voted upon at 6 | tlOCh lUulSHI, at WHICH Illlle lHt | house adjourned to meet tomorrow at 10 o'clock
 READY TO RETURN.
 CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-The railroad | heads say that if the Adamson bill | s passed they will have to obey it. |
 The presidents received notice to. lay that 1000 conductors on the | Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul rail l 'Oad had announced their intention l )f staying with the firm, and refused 1