The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-03
ut failed to get any loot
 REPUBLICANS QUARREL

ROANOKE Va. Mar 2g-Tln Republican state convention Is b. ing held here today. There Is b. i light in pr, r,,af a~ tr Warth.4 oI not the delegates shall 50 to ti.c national convention instructed. or whether they shall be free 10 act upon their own judgment
 MORE SHIPS FOR COAST. ! SEATTLE, Mar 30-A l. Reis i representing the Chinese American Exchange company, announced to day that the concern will build O. i buy three l0,000-ton steamships to | operate between Seattle and China l OLD GUARD WINS. 1 ROANOKE. Va, Mar 3O-Thc Re | publican delegation will 20 to tnn national convention uninstructcd ac- cording to decision reached lat night. after a bitter fight
 The progressive members of tn" party wanted the delegates to go instructed but the old guard pre- ferred to have them in posltlou to switch to whatever candidate they saw fit
 MURDER CHARGED.
 SEATTLE, Mar Early tht~ morning Pietro Troturici was arrest ed here as James Marlano and re. turned to San Francisco i'll charge of DeteCtivs Conlon and Evattt TroturCi is chargd with the mur der of E. Vilardo. of San Francisco. | which occurred several days ago
 HUMPHREY ENDORSED
 WASHINGTON D. C.. Mar 30. 1 Representative Ausctin, of Texas. today announced that he would vote for Congressman Humphrey, of 1 Washington, for yiccpIcSidpntiaI candidate. Representative Slemp. of i Virginia, the only Ntgtn a Ipepl. lican in congress. said. T am lo. l Humphrey for vice president"
 HE HAD HIS NERVE. i LEWIS, Del. Mar. 3u. The L,!t- ish ship MatCppO rnrou." from New York 10 Nladlyostok with a cargo Of munitions, put into this port today for the purpose of landing ! ierman stOwdway, whose presence 1l. board was discovered when the vr-. sel was off Sandy Hook The stow away held up the captain, wI'cA", the wireless and was trying 10 C. cape with the ships papers when members of the crew came to IT., rescue and put the man in iron: He was immediately placed under
 
 DEMAND SHORT DAY. NEW YORK, Mar 30 Four hun dred thousand eastern train:ncn hay" joined in a demand for an eight nou; day, without reduction Ot pay. Tn" ultimatum was presented to the Ir presentativcs of the companies to- day, with the request that the dc mand be answered not later than April 29.
 GETTING THE MONEY 1 FL PASD. Mar 3o.-Thc ire" sury Of the tarranza government la being enriched daily as the result of the American expedition, not withstanding the fact that the Amer can troops are attempting to ren. der the de factO government Ser vice. Carranza insists upon co lecting duty on all supplies enter ing the southern republic for th'' use of the invading army, and ha- already reaped a small harvest tn customs receipts.
 AERoPLANES ORDERED. WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 90. The war department has authorized the immediate purchase ul elHai modern aeroplanes for Use ill cor nection with the Pershing eNpedi- ton. The machines will be ns sembled at Columbus New Mexico. from which point they will operate. Soldiers are already engaged in pre- pairing a field for th" machines at the headquarters at Columbus
 WILL MAKE GAS.
 NEW YORK, Mar &I After 4 meeting of the heads of q number of firms engaged in tn" manutac | b. ment was made today that they would incorporate a company for the manufacture of gasoline. They claim that the present pric" is "N- orbitant and is a hindranCe to th' growth of ther business.
 WAGES INCREASED. i PHILADELPHIA. Mar, %l Tho old wage agreement that has e>- isted for some years between the coal miners and employers will eN- pire tomorrow and the new scale will go into effect. 'nder the new arrangement millions will be added to the earnings of the workers and much satisfaction is expressed in all quarters.
 ESCAPE FRUSTRATED. NEW YORK Mar 3l.-A number of Germans who were Interned on Ellis island shortly after the com mencement Of the war, today at tempted to escape, but Were trus. trated by the vigilance of the guards. No violence accompanied the at tempted escape, but it is declare1 that much more rigid methods will be adopted to prevent recurrence of the episode
 IS GERMAN SPY.
 1 LEWES, Del, Mar Erncsl Schiller, the stowaway on the steam ship Matoppo, who held up the ! captain and was later landed here as prisoner, today declared that he is spy in the employ Of the German government He adds that he was instructed to employ 1 all possible means to prevent the cargo of the vessel reaching tn" l Russian government
 ] CONSPiRATORS CAUGHT. ! WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar 3l- . Officials of the department of ju@ l tice this afternoon announced that two men are suspected of having been implicated with Captain Tau9- cher in the plot to blow up tho ! Welland canal connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, and have been placed under arrest An unCeasnS l investigation has been in progress l 10 plat uaC GtSr0VarI1