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Show Robbers In Alaska. Scattlo. Alarraod for tho safety of millions of dollars' worth of gold dust In nnd about Fairbanks, Alaska, ns tho result of almost dally hold-ups of mln-era mln-era by armed bandits, tho secretary of war nnd tho Washington congressional congres-sional representatives havo beon asked to seo about sending troops now stationed nt Fort Gibbons to tho scono ot tho trouble. Albert Whlto, secretary secre-tary of tho miners nnd prospectors' as-soclatlon, as-soclatlon, hns telographod Secretary Tnft that tho necessity for troops is Imporatlvo. Gonornl Williams, com-mander com-mander of tho department of tho Columbia Co-lumbia has been ordered to mnko an Investigation. |