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VOJj. 1. NO. 180.
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KNIFE IS HURLED
KANSAS CITY, May .SO.—
Theodore Roosevelt narrowly
escaped assassination today. As
he was riding in an automobile
up Crarid avenue a knife with a
four-inch blade was hurled at
the former president. The
weapon missed him by a few
inches, sticking in the tonneau
door, behind whicii Roosevelt
sat, and then fell to the run
ning board of the car. The
wonld-be assassin made his es
cape and the police have been
unable to locate him
KANSAS CITY, May 31.—
El w ard McDaniel, an excited
Oklahoman, tried to force his
way into Roosevelt’s room at
his hotel. McDaniel was arrest
ed, and his case is being investi
gated
GATHERING FOR
BIG POW WOW
CHICAGO, May 30.—Former Sec
retary ot Napy Myers is expected to
arrive here today to assume charge
of the presidential convention cam
paign for Roosevelt. The indications
are that the plan of Former Post
master General Hitchcock to have
the name of Hughes presented to the
Republican contention as the first
candidate may result in an interest
ing fight between, the Roosevelt, Root
and Hughes farces.
Hitchcock’s arrangement is, when
the roll of states is called alphabetic
ally in order to make nominations,
to have Albany yield in favor of New
York, so that Hughes may have the
advantage of having his name pre
sentel first. When the friends of
Root anl Roosevelt learnel of these ;
plans they declarel they would at
tempt to get recognition from the
chairman and present the name of
their candidate before that of
Hughes. They claim that the chair
man of the convention will be
obliged to settle the dispute when it
arises.
The majority of the New York
delegates to the Republican conven
tion favor the nomination of Hughes,
according to a statement given out
* by Frederick C. Tanner, chairman of
the Republican state committee and
delegate at large.
CHICAGO, May 30.—Chairman
Hiliis, of the national committee,
said that the Republican platform
would be grief, pealing principally
with Americanism, inasmuch as pre
paredness, a protective tariff commis
sion and a declaration in favor of
merchant marine were statements
set forth as part of the Democratic
platform.
CHICAGO, May 30.—Many Roose
velt workers of national prominence
are on the ground.
CHICAGO, May 31.—The Illinois
delegation to the Republican con
vention. which was formerly solid
for Sherman, is splitting in favor of
Roosevelt. The Hughes boom is
slackening up considerably. Weeks,
a presidential candidate and dele
gate at large, arrived today, and is
the second candidate to come to the
convention, Dupont having arrived
several days ago.
CHICAGO, May 30.—Chairman
Hiliis said that there were many
candidates for the presidency, all of
whom had the full confidence of
the Republican party. He refused
to be quoted as to who he thought
was the practical candidate.
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SOME REPUBLICAN POSSIBILITIES.
JOHN W* WEEKS
NEW YORK, May 29.—Roosevelt,
hefore leaving on a speech-making
trip to Chicago, Kansas City and St.
Louis, referred to the proposal to
confer offices on a certain number of
engineers participating yearly in the
naval training cruise for civilians as
a purely political scheme on the part
of Secretary Daniels for a new form
of pork barrel, which will supply the
politicians with thirty appointel and
yearly plums for the next ten years
to come.
KANSAS CITY, May 31.—In one
of his speeches Col. Roosevelt de
clared that the canal zone and
Alaska and her islands must be de
fended. He also called attention to
the transportation of Russian troops
from Siberia to France.
KANSAS CITY. May 30.—Roose
velt made several of his usual pre
paredness and Americanism speeches
here, one audience being composed
of Dnion-Confederate veterans.
OYSTER BAY, May 29.—Three
special trains, containing admirers
of President Roosevelt, marched to
Sagamore Hill, where the latter ad
dressed them. Among other perti
nent things he said he favored the
big stick to back up justice and that
“we have a right to demand that
every man who comes here becomes
an American; that or nothing else.”
NEW YORK, May 29.—A galaxy
of famous authors, including George
Ade, Winston Churchill, Waldo Em
erson, Rex Beach. Hough and Wister,
have formally notified Theodore
Roosevelt that they had started to
mobilize the literary resources of the
country to aid him in the splendid
fights he is making for Americanism.
In his reply, the Colonel said: "If to
cross the national coat of arms we
draw the bar of the sinister hyphen
' this republic will have before it only
' an ignoble life and even will be in
danger of perilizing that ignoble life,
which will be ended by an ignoble
dtath.’’
CHICAGO, May 29.—The Repub
lican Roosevelt headquarters were
opened by Herbert L. Satterly and
Lawrence Graham, of New York,
who have begun the work of rustling
for delegate votes. The headquar
ters were opened several hours be
fore Roosevelt arrived en route to
Kansas City, where he delivered an
address last night.
ANCHORAGE MAYOR MAKES
RECORD AS A BOWLER
Mayor J. A. Moore made a record
on .Tack Robarts’ bowling alleys last
night that will pribably stand for
some time to come. The alleyy were
in good shape, and Mayir Moore was
evidently in fine form, for in five
games he made 201, 226, 226, 232
and 253. an average of 227 3-5 per
game. The game was between Mayir
Moore and Sam Wagner, and while
Sam bowled a good game all honors
went to the mayor, and is the record
of these alleys up to date.
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MAY BUILD ROAD
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Secre
tary of Interior Lane, in a letter to
Senator Key Pittman, indicates that
President Wilson will reach a deci
sion this summer as to whether the
government will spend any money in
the building of a railroad to open up
the Bering river coal fields. The
Cordova Chamber of Commerce sent
the presidest a strong memorial urg
ing the building of a branch line to
these-fields, which will not cost more
than $1,000,000.
CARLESHIP BURNSIDE IS
NOW IN ALASKAN WATERS
The cableship Burnside has ar
rived upon the scene of the break in
I the cable, off Hinchinb'-ook island,
but is unable to do any work, as a
| storm is raging there at present. It
j is expected, however, that the re
paiis will be made and communica*
I tiin again established within the
: next day or two.
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Clark to Nominate Wilson.
WASHINGTON, May 30:—It is
probable that Speaker Champ Clark
will place in nomination the name of
Woodrow Wilson at the Democratic
national convention.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—When
the appropriation committee of the
House reported the sundry civil bill
it hit Alaska hard by materially cut
t ng the amounts asked for the coast
and geodetic survey work. Senator
Johnson, of Maine, introduced an
amendment to the sundry civil bill
in the Senate, which the committee
cut out. He says he will press it
for adoption when the bill reaches
the Senate.
The Senate has passed the rivers
and harbors bill, carrying with it an
appropriation of $43,000,000
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN TO BE
COrRTMARTlALKD JUNE 1
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Gen
erals Pershing and Gaviera have ar
ranged tc hold a military conference
at the former's headquarters at
Namiquipa. Pershing has issued a
formal order directing a trial by
court martial on June 1. at Fort
Sam Houston, of the members of the
Texas national buard who refused to
present themselves to be mustered
into federal service, a copy of which
order has been forwarded to General
Funston.
HIM, LEAVES FORTUNE OF
NEARLY HALF A BILLION
ST. PAUL, May 30.—The funeral
of the late J. J. Hill will take place
on Wednesday, interment to be
made in a private mausoleum to be
erected at. North Oaks farm, his
summer home. Hill’s fortune is es
timated from a quarter to a half
billion dollars.
AMBASSADOR GERARD IN BAD
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
NEW YORK, May 30.—The Trib
une publishes a dispatch from Wash
ington which says that President
Wilson will strongly admonish Am
bassador Gerard for saying that
peace in Europe is on the way, in an
interview given to the Munich
papers.
I \DEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
WANT MITCHELL REMOVED
NEW YORK. May 30.—The
United Independent Democratic or
ganization of Kings county has
adopted and sent to Governor Whit
man a strong set of resolutions ask
ing for the removal of Mayor Mit- j
chell because of the scandal impli
cating the police in the tapping of
the W’ires running into the offices of
prominent financiers and bankers.
FRENCH HONOR AMERICANS
KILLED ON BATTLEFIELD
I'ARIS, May 31.—Impressive ser
vices were held here yesterday for
the Americans killed in fighting for
France. The stanes of Washington
and Lafayette were also buried with
flowers.
ADMIRAL ARRAGUT SAILS
ON WAY TO ANCHORAGE
SEATTLE. May 30.—The steamer
Admiral Farragut sailed yesterday
for Southwestern Alaska. Among the
passengers booked for Anchorage
are Or . M. Boyle, George F. Raber
and C. I7. Estes.
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
EL PASO, My 30.—General Jose
Ynez Salzar, and three privates who
followed him and his harmless revo
lution, appeared before General Ga
vira at Juarez and obtained safe and
credit papers which would allow
them to return to civil life.
Civil War Veteran Dead.
WASHINGTON, May 30.—Col. R
S. Mosley, of civil war fame, died
here today.
FOB FEN CENTS
WENATCHEE, May 31.—John
| Stewart, a farm hand, has confessed
to the murder of Mrs. Erma J.
Smith, an aged woman, whose life
he took for ten cents.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 31.—A
terrific tornado swept this section of
the country yesterday. Three men
were killed.many injured and a num
ber of properties badly damaged.
T4COMA, May 30.—During the
progress of an amateur- baseball
game Palmer Hellingsen, aged 21
years, was hit over the head with a
pitched ball, and he died shortly
afterwards from his injury.
Pioneer Seattleite Is Dead.
SEATTLE, May 29.—John Bren
nan, a pioneer inspector of street
lights and a former Seattle police
man, died at his home in this c ty.
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READY 10 EIGHT
WASHINGTON, May 31,—In
I President Wilson’s memorial address
j he warned citizens of foreign birth
not to set themselves against the
! purposes of this nation. He said
(hose who do would be cast out of
the confidence and even the tolera
ance of the country. Wilson also
declared that the United States was
readv to fight for mankind and
against any aggression from w thin
or without..
COMMISSION RECEIVES RIG
SHIPMENT OF LUMBER
The Columbia Contract Company,
of Portland, has the contract for de
livering six million feet of lumber
in Anchorage this summer for the
Alaskrn Esgiseering Commission.
One of the barges arrived hnre yes
•erday with a consignmest of 600.
000 feet, and another barge
transit, the rest of the shipment to
he brought north as soon as possible.
S. F Kildall is here representing the
company, and will remain for the
summer superintending the dis
charge of this lumber.
I NTIiK SAM NOT COVETOUS
any foreign possessions
WASHINGTON, May 29 In ad
dressing the League to Enforce
I Peace, President 'Wilson said he be
I lieved the people have a right to
fight the sovereignty under which
I they live; that the seas should be
I free to the nations of the world, and
that there is nothing the United
States wants for itself that any one
nation has.
BURNED CANNERY AT KENAI
WILL LIKELY BE REBUILT
P. H. McCue, general superintend
ent of the Northwestern Fisheries
Co., with headquarters at Seattle, is
a passenger on the Mariposa en
route to Kenai to take up the mat
ter of a new' plant to replace the one
recently burned down at that place.
Su> erintendent P. J. Lafflin leaves
tonight for Kenai on the company's
tcamer, the A. B. Carpenter.
1 MURDERS HIS SWEETHEART
! BECAUSE REFUSER MARRY HIM
SAN DIEGO, May 30.—James L.
Miller, aged 25 years, a boiler tender
on the cruiser Pittsburg, shot and
killed his sweetheart, Beatrice Sher
man, 17 years of age, on account of
her refusal to marry him. The young
girl was shot in the head, the trag
edy occurring at her home.