The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-08
IWO BOATS SEIZED.

TWo BOATS SEIZED. l EALIEAV.N.S.. Nov Tine Am eri an steamship HocKins and ,he Dutch steamship Homberg, se.E-G ! by British warship. were brought | to this port today in charge of | prize crews. No reasons for their ! capture have been made public. It 1 s believed that both vessels were ! engaged in the coastwise trade.
 OWNERSHIP QUESTIONED. | HALIFAX. Nov. It was 3ta. ed this evening that the American steamship had been seized on ac- count of question in regard to it's ownership.
 GOVERNOR DISMISSED. | LONDON, Nov. It is reported that General Souberzweig the Ger man military governor at Brussels, has been removed because of his treatment of the case of Miss Ca we'll, the rchool teacher who was exc cuted for espionage WAR MAILS CLOSE.
 VANCOUVER. B. C.. Nov 2-Th, Christmas mails for the soldiers at the front close on the thirteenth of this month. Governor Black, of 1 Yukon territory has asked the min ister of militia for permission to raise half a regiment for service Tn France from among the miners of the Klcndike.
 MONARCHY PREFERRED.
 SHANGHAI. Nov. 2.-The election returns as they are received from outlying districts continue to indi- cate that China has registered an overwhelming vote for monarchy to replace the present republic form If government.
 MUST FIGHT IT OUT. PARIS, Nov. 3.-The position that France is assuming at this time, said Premier Briand today, Is that the war must be fought to the end Action and not talk will be the watchword, and every effort will be strained to keep the army at the front supplied adequately with tho means for pursuing the war on more aggressive scale than hereto fore
 BIG MONEY WANTED.
 LONDON. Nov. 4.-Prime Minister Asquith will immediately ask the parliament for permission to incur another debt of s1,25O, ,0OO ,oOO Ia spite of the recent bitter attacks that have been made on the govern pected that there will be but little opposition to the appropriation.
 STEAMER ON FIRE.
 HALIFAX, Nov. 4.-The British steamer Rioleges is on fire at sea, according to wireless information that has been received. Many yes sels are hurIying to her assistance The vessel left New York for Queenstown on October 31. As she is in the regular steamship lane II is expected that her wireless appeais would be answered with prompt as- Sistance.
 STOPPING THE MONEY.
 LONDON, Nov. 4.-The money or der department of the general post office has issued a circular to the effect that hereafter no individual or firm will be permitted to send mere than $500 weekly to any per son or firm in the United States. This order IS to continue in effect until further notice
 SUBMARINE STRANDED.
 THE HAGUE, Nov. "A German submarine was today lowed into Terscheling island, one of the West Friesian group. in distressed con dition. The underseas boat is being until the end of the war.
 The German submarine which was lowed to Terschelling island was the U 8. She had stranded a, hoOIutSOlu.
 GIRL HoNORED
 OTTAWA, Nov. 5.-Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, has been selected for recoy- milton as national monument and will be dedicated to the memory of Nurse Cavell, who was recently ex- ecuted by the Germans. The name of the peak will be changed to Mount Cavell.
 HIGH WATER THERE.
 ROME, Nov. 5.-Thousands of resi- dents of the low-lying sections of this city and throughout the Tiber river valley have been driven from their homes by high water. The river is rising steadily and already has inundated a large area of coun- try, causing severe losses.
 STATUE UNVEILED.
 LONDON, Nov. 5.-The recently erected statue in honor of the late Captain Robert Scott. the explorer, who lost his lie in the South polar regions, was unveiled today the cere- mony being witnessed by many ad- mrers