The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-13

the entire government was behind them in their efforts to drive both the attaches from the country, arI he added that they would drive everyone else out of the country who was of the same class or they would send them 10 prison"
 THEATRE BURNS.
 CHICAGO. Dec 7.-The Alhambra theatre. the oldest playhouse in the city. was destroyed by fire today. The cause of the conflagration .s as yet unknown. as no enc WIS lO the building at the time it oriCinat- ed
 WAS AMERICAN BOAT.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. ' The United States cruiser Des Moine' has wired 10 the navy department that the American boat that sent wireless ralls for help on Saturday from a point eff the island of Crete, was the Standard oil tanker Petro- lite It is presumed that the boa WIS firrl on by an Austrian sub marine The message stated that ~ne man was wounded, but it re ierrCd to no other damage.
 MINNESOTA IN TOW.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7-Thc wrecking steamer InQua, with the tug Dauntlesa. has reached the dis abled steamship Minnesota and has taken her in tow. The reports that have reached here regarding the q tempt to disable inc big boat ar meagre and are causing great con ccrn here.
 ORDERED HOME.
 NEW YORK Dec. St is re ported that Captain von Papen and Captain Boy Ed may possibly leave the country next Tuesday. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. S. The German kaiser has a personal interest in the case of Captain Boy Ed and Captain vCn Papen as it was he who appointed them to their positions with the German embassy. it is believed that he will give the order for their withdrawal, in view of the fact that Ambassador Count von Bernstorff has advised that their recall would be for the best interests of both countries.
 NO MUTINY. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.-A wir. f fs message wa' received from ! Captain Garlick. of the steamship | Minnesota. tonight. which states that | the troubles encountered by the yes 1 sel have been entirely of mo chanical nature. He adds that there | has been no mutiny, as reported | and that he has had no trouble witt | the crew.
 NOTE FORWARDED | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. B. 1 X note has been forwarded by the state department to Austria a-Hungary asking the prompt disavowal of tn } submarine attack on the Italian liner | Ancona which occasioned the loss 1 of American lives. The note also demands reparation for the Ameri 1 an lives lost and the assurance that such acts shall not be repeated,
 BOY SCOUTS FIRE LEADER.
 NEW YORK, Dec. S-The national council of the Boy Scouts associa- tion has dropped Ernest Seton from 1 it's leadership and has issued q statement to the effect that Seton has not resigned but has been let out on account of his position OF the question of real Americanism 1 It is now known that Seton is not an American citizen.
 WHEN BIG MEN MEET. WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. S. At the annual meeting of the Am | erican Red Cross society, held here | today, former President Taft an l | President Wilson greeted each other warmly. the latter being the recipi- ent of cordial congratulations re Snprtinp his
 LAST ONES LEAVE. SEATTLE, Dec. 8-SiXteen of the Ford peace delegates sailed today for Cnristiania, Norway, on the steamship Frederick VIII. where they will join the members of the first expedition. Emil Hurja was one of the members of today's party.
 TOWING HER IN. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.-The steamer Minnesota is being slowly lowed toward this port, her speed being no greater than four knots an hour. She vas reported to be six hundred miles south this after noon.
 AS PER INSTRUCTIONS. NEW YORK, Dec. S.-Nearly q thousand owners of yachts and moto~ boats have offered their crafts as ! auXiliaries for use in the navy as mapped out in the administration measure for national defense. TELLS LIFE STORY. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8-Ortie McManigal, the informer in the Nc Namara Cases. testitying today against Schmidt, immediately plunged into story of his career as d union iron worker and later as dynamiter.
 CONTRACTS LET. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. s. Secretary of the Navy Daniels to- day announced that contracts for the construction of battleships Nos 43 and IA had been awarded to the New York and Mare Island navy yards respectively.
 CASES PENDING.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec g. The state department has been ad- vised by Great Britain that orders for the requis istioning of the Ameri- can Transatlantic company's steamer Herking would be cancelled, and that the test cases that are pending will be promptly taken before the prize court
 ANOTHER "DUPoNT" FIRE.
 PETERSBURG, Va, Dec 9.-The boom town of Hopewell. founded by the Dupont Powder company, was virtually destroyed by fire today