The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-16
NEW SEASE FEARED.

SEATTLE, Nov, II. Alarmed over the rapid spread of foot and mouth disease throughout the East and the discovery of symptoms among the school children in Ohio the local authorities have adopted rigid measures to ascertain if the malady has made it's appearance among local school children. The disease starts with a high fever, followed by vomiting and diar rhea Blisters form in the mouth and the gums swell. and very often the malady develops into pneumonia and Bright's disease.
 FUNCTIONS BARRED. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov H. Official announcement was made to- day that there would be no formal functions at the White House this year, owing to the death of Mrs. | Wilson.
 INVESTIGATE STRIKE. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov H. There is the probability that the industrial relations commission will begin it's investigation of the Col orado coal miners strike on the first of the month.
 CRUISERS COAL.
 HONOLULU, Nov. 1.-The Jap anese battleship Hazen and the ar mored cruiser Asama have taken on cargoes of coal at this port and left for unknown destinations.
 MARKET REoPENED.
 NEW YORK, Nov 1.-The curb market was reopened this afternoon, after having been closed since the commencement of the European war. NEUTRALITY ENDANGERED. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov H. The receipt of an order for twenty submarines from one on the belliger- ent nations of Europe has resulted in the appointment of a neutrality board to determine if American ship builders may build war vessels under such circumstances without violating the neutrality of the nation.
 YARDS MAY OPEN. CHICAGO, Nov II. Federal health officers announce that the Union Stockyards probably will be permitted to reopen on Sunday, un less further evidences of foot and mouth disease are discovered in the meantime.
 GEN. SCOTT NAMED.
 WASHINGTON D. C., Nov 13- Upon the retirement of MaiorGen- eral w. w. Wotherspoon on Monday as chief of the staff of the Ameri- can army, Brig.-Gen. Hugh L. Scott, veteran Indian fighter, will be ele- vated to the position.
 PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.- President Wilson left for New York this afternoon to remain over Sun day at the metropolis. MOTHER JONES TALKS.
 PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13.-Mother Jones, the little old woman cham pion of union labor, was introduced today to the delegates to the annual convention of the American Fedora tion of Labor, and in one of her characteristic speeches, she roasted the President of the United States and John D. Rockefeller because of their failure to put an end to the strike in the Southern Colorado coal fields. She declared vehemently that the strike should have been settled five days after it started. | This afternoon resolution was introduced urging President Wilson to insist upon the compliance of the Colorado operators with the federal plan of settlement
 DROP BLACKLIST. NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov 13- After an all-day discussion, which was characterized by many vigorous speeches, the delegates to the annu- al convention of the National Amer 1 ican Woman Suffrage association, which is now in session in this city, voted to drop the agitation for a congressional blacklist.
 MILITIAMEN UNPREPARED. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov 13- In circular directed to the na- tional guardsmen of the United States, Brigadier-General Albert L. Mills, chief of the division of mili- tia affairs, says that, in case of war. it would be found, upon the mob ilization of the militimen, that they are not nearly properly equipped for service.