SKAGWAV AI.ASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1?12
KirrKKNTH YKAH
PRICK 10 CKNTH
M WOMAN MAKES
ATTACK ON PRES. TAFT
Columbus. Aw*. 2!? An attempt
?aa m?d?> wpon the life of Presi
4hii Tafi Ihl* morning hT Caroline
Hn>r*, t h?> v\>m>u mho caused aj
ow in Cincinnati last year by at
tempting to force he-self into the
preaemce of the hat *as
stopped (n- the police.
Vs Mr Taft entered the Uinta*
room of the Souther hotel this roort*
in*. Carolrie Reer*. who *a? occupj*
m* one of the tabli*. *ros?' ami
startled the guest* by e\claimin* in a
Msterical voice, "he i? my huahand"
.in! then made a n?sh for the head
<?f the nation Mr. Taft was arvoio
j inie*| hv private detertires mho
reached the noitian before she could !
?et to the pmMeM and she was es
corted, under a protect of exclania
? ioiis that "he was her husband,'' to
the street where the city police took
her to the station.
When the woman was examined
it was found that she had several
knives secreted on her person, one
of them having a three inch blade,
sharpened like a ra*or. The woman
is somewhat demented, and had she
been able to approach the president,
would doubtless have made an at
tempt upon his life. The police
have discovered that her home is in
I*a.-ton and that she cam* liere for
the purpose of making the attack on
the life of Mr Taft
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l.ondon. Aac 2? Orrat Britain
;s not icoing to stand fw tV Atftpri
mn discrimination In ihf matter of
loll rate* throwth the Panama can
al That (tovfrniwul decided
i<>nU,( to take th<? matter before the
tunc for ?HlleWM?t
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ratN NKXHit in \i;r/'>vV
IV>U)tlAA. Aril, Aug CS Awteri
<-an* residing in Mexico are to be
killed after September lMh is the
ration of rebel c^neral l"ani pa
He Ims issued his order* to his ?
t'>??p? to ser that the Vn.erk*ns are'
?em 'row th? pro\ <es under his
> <>utrol and that if any of them fail]
:?? h?-?M the warning, to destrft* th^n
ilong with the federals. He mti
that he cannot spare th^ men and
? \per??< of protecting foreigners and
th?Hr fate will be in their own hamls
if they ?io not join his army or
leave th?- count p- Such is the re
port rec? ive?l in this city.
I \IUIi\\K?. I\l? IK?K\H
in si>?t t mm: iu?. nii.ii ;
Chif*t.\ Ann t ? Vice Presi
dent Charles Fairbanks .^nd Senator
Horaii hare been selected as two of
the speakers to stump the ?"ountry
i faror of President Taft They
will h?>*in the campaign at once an-1 :
? :i \isit the entire country in their |
>i?w)i making tour.
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Oyster IVty. Aug. 25 ? Theodore
Roopovelt is not satisfied with the
probing of the campaign expenses of
himself an?I a few other*, he wants
I he whole thine cleaned up and wip
ed off the slate He said toda>
i Hat he should use all his efforts
to have the records of Alton B.
Parker and Vice President Sherman
investigated "While we are inves
tigating. let ro guilty person es
cape." is the motto of the strenuous
Teddy. believes that many of
the leaders of both the old parties
have accepted large sumg for catn
I ii?n experts which must nectMton
i'v have bo^n used to Influence leg
islation. because corporations are
not in the habit of being charitable
Jo a sentiment. They contribute as
r. bw*l?j??ss Investment because they
want favors and use that means ofj
obtaining their ends.
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Philadelphia. Aug. 29? John Wan
amakvr is in a serious phy*ical con
dition. due to the debilitating ef
, tects of aid age and a general
breaking down Mr. Wanamaker is
seventy-five years old and has al
ways led an active life. He was
born in Philadelphia, and afterward
IwiiN? one of America's merchant
l-rinces He was postmaster gener
al of th? I'nited States from 1SS9
to 1903,
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I?ondo?. Aur. Jt? On# of the lar
gest ud most Impressive funer*ta
iwr held in the city of l<onilon oc
curred ycwterday, when the fcurlal
of General William Booth wan per
tormed last niftht.
Over thirty thousand people parti
I cipated In the solemn went. Forty
! hands of music were in the proces
sion, scores of carriages containing
royalty and the hiRt? official* of thei
city, hundreds of prominent clti-l
*ens of Kurope lent their preacnop.
while thousands of the populace
bared their heads ail the solemn pro-;
cession slowly maqjhed to the place
of interment. The religious services'
were conducted in one of London's i
iantest halls, which wni filled to
overflowing and thousands stood
outside.
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New York. Anjr S9- Polk*? Com
missioner RhineHnder of this city,
has made public the names of *11
owners of pambling houses, and the
publication of the information has
caused . consternation in the camps'
<.f many so-called respectable peo- j
pie. Not only h.vi he published the
names of the owners of disreputable
Me placed, but he has cited them to1
appear beforo the court upon the
ihe charge of maintaining nuisances
lhat offend the publltc moral* and de
cency of the city. The sites upon
which many of the worat dires are
situated, are owned by some of New
York's most prominent men.
Th? killing of Rosenthal ha* serv
ed the good of 'bringing to light
some of the corruption In high
place*.
sum iis the
toons i ww
Washington, Aug. 28 ? Th?odore
Roosevelt will appear before the
probe committee on September 80th :
to answer the charges of John D. ?
Archbold and the Hon. Hoise Pen
rose.
Mr. Roosevelt says that Senator!
Penrose has always been a valuable
???id and agent of the Standard Oil
company In Pennsylvania. That he
was elected by them and received
vast sums from them in the various
processes he has pursued in shap
ing legislation for them. Archbold
is a confessed bribe giver and Mr.
Roosevelt desires nothing better thiS
to answer the charges made by such
men who have betrayed the public
into the hands of the greatest mono
poly In the United State#.
One of the many letter* now in
the hand* of the committee connect
ing the names of Penrose and Arch
bold, who tan the agent of the
Stand.r. d OH people, dated October
13, 1904, reads as follow*:
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M> l?esr BtMtm :
In fulfilment of our under^
standing. It gives me great pleas
ure to hani you ht-r? with certificate
of ilcp<i?ir o >o*r t redit tor $25,00^,
and wi'h good wlif.'its I am,
J mo I). Arch bold
H -n Ikiise Penrose
Several other letters of like char
acter sent to Penrose and other men
in i^lbllc office in Pennsylvania are
in the hands of th? committee.
srKX1?S l? \ Y IN AI.ASK V
KNOWS MX ABOrT IT
Salt l-nke. Auk If? Former t*n?
ted States Senator Kearns has just
returned from a trip to Alaska and
Is roasting Roosevelt for nil the Ills
that have fallen to the lot of the ?
northern Territory. He said that It
Is owing to the withdrawal of the
coal lands from entry. and the crea
tion of large forest reserves that is
the matter with Alaska, and he lays
the blame wholly upon Mr. Roose
velt. for his action when president of
ihe Unlt?d States In tying up every
thing of value In the North.
Kenrns then goes on to boost for
President Taft, calling him the only
Simon Pure and sanctified friend of
the vast domain lying to the north
west He says that what Alaska
needs is capital and brawn, and that
she will get neither if Roosevelt or
anyone else is elected but WIlHatn
Howard Taft.
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?ke is mam
Portland, Ao|. 29 Attorne? Wal
! ter K?an? who ?n selected by Gov.
West to take over the office of the
district attorney made varant by the
removal of former District Attorney
' a me roii. refuses to occupy the sit
! nation and the governor will make
(mother appointment today
Governor West arrived here b few
days ago and he is hostile at the
mornl depravity which has been al
lowed to flourish under the patron
age of the police The report of the
! Vice commission which ha* been mak
an Investigation says that the
city Is reeking with rottenness.
Never In the history of Portland
has such a terrible official arraign
ment been made, for, like surgeons,
the Vice commission has laid bare
the festering, cancerous social evil
In a manner no lurid, detailed and
fortified with *nch fart*. the re*ult
of ion* investigation. that the tra'h
'?an not be doubted and the evil
' ahow* In all It* horror
Into the very dreg* of the under
world the commhwloner*. through
their cperatlve*, have delved, fish
ing wit of the nauseating me** a
1 rferiea of fart* which *eem almost
unbelievable, and yet the rommlMlon
make* no statement without haying
' it barked up.
Profit* of 540 per rent., the sa
loon and brewery a**oc1atlon, the
sense of security the underworld ha*
I from molestation, 1*3 plarm where
women sell liquor without llcen*e;i.
protection from the police, the*e
and paces upon page* more of detail
are spread out by the commission.
PKKKINS OF CAMFWlMA
Ql'ITS POl.lTIC'AIi <;am*
San Francisco, Aug. 29 ? Senator
George Perkins announces that he
will resign from the senate and per
manently retire from politics.
Mr. Perkins was formerly gover
nor of California, and ww selected
in 1893 to fill the unexpired senat
orial term of the Hon l.eland Stan-j
ford, and l.as held his seat In that ?
body since. His term of office e*- j
plres in March, 1915.
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\f) MOHP TlfOOPR NKKI>K1>
Rochester, Aug. 29 ? Prealdp-it
Taft has rescinded the order dir?ct- j
ing the Immediate dispatch of
troops to Nicaragua from Panama.
The committee selected by rongreas.
Just before its adjournment, to look
In'o the necessity of protecting Am-i
ericans In the South American re- '
public, have notified the president
that there will be sufficient troops
arriving oo the scene by next week
to ably handle the situation, and It j
would not be necessary to order any j
more at this time. Acting upon the.
advice of the committee, the presi
dent recalled his order.
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home to th?* states. 75c. per month <
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WHAI.KM (IF NORTH MdFIf
Seattle. Aug. 29? The whaling
1?o?ts whirb have always found plen
ty of whales in the north Pacific
water#, are returning tWI?> fall with
empty boats, saying that for some
reason the marine mammals ran no
longer be found in their usual
haunts. The fishermen claim that
ft is owing to tha recent eruption
of Mt. Katmaf.
PRIMARY KI.WTIO* ( MWK
IN HTATK OK Mlf'HIftA*
Detroit, Aug. 29? The Michigan
State primary. Toted Tuesday on the
preference election of state officers,
national electors, and county and city
officials The results so far Indi
cate that Amos Musselman haa be
come the i-hoice of the voters for
the governorship, though Fred Mar
tindaie is leading him a close flnUh.
The president's private car con
taining W. B riotie, Prest Dlcke
son, Supt. Hahn and Traffic Mana
ger Brock left yesterday for a trip
of inspection over the line of the
White Paaa * Yukon. Mr. Brock
will' go to Dawson for several
weeks and th* rest of the party in
tend returning In ahont a week.
They are making a business trip for
the purpose of directing methods of
operation for the winter's business
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