The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-13
hINN ESO1A DUE,

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 MINNESOTA DUE.
 SAN DIEGO. Dec. 9.-The steamer Minnesota will probably arrive here early tomorrow morning in tow Cf the wrecking steamer lnQua and tug Dauntless. No account has been r,.- eeiysd here of what has transpired on board.
 JEWELS FOR BRIDE.
 WASHINGTON. n. C.. Dec g A bracelet of Brazilian jewels and corsage of rare tropical flowers arrived today for Mrs Galt. tha Presidents fiancee, They were the gifts of delegates to the Pan-Ameri- an scientific congress.
 BUSINESS GOOD.
 NEW YORK. Dec. i0.-Dun's Re jew tomorrow will say that thcrs is no longer any complaint CI tf. part of mill owners and operator of factories c: deferred buying Thc difficulty they are faced with i- meeting the stcaii V increasing de mands Freight carr'ers. on bcth rail and overseas Srn inaiCquat to handle the rush of tr1fic al . most of the large uauufl turin plants are heavily overtaXed t1 kacI up with the flow of orders th"y ar receiving continuously There is every expectation that the vclln # business will increase before f shows any sign of Giminut'cn.
 IS ULTlMATUM. WASHINGTON. D C.. Dec 10 - n | IT, ,rr1r . .s 3 protest against rha dasttucttrn by an Austrian submarine of tho Italian steamship Ancona. demanding a disavowal of the act, reparation for the American lives lost a.d a sur
 nee that such acts will be di5con tinued, is practically an ultimatrm it was stated officially today. Tn. uitcd States is placed in the p3ef tion to sever diplomatic relation unless Vienna accedes to all the demands embodied in tho note,
 WILSON SPEAKS. COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 1O-A | dressing the members of the Cham Der of Commerce this morning. Pres | ident Wilson asserted that if the | United States preserves its self pos session in the present crisis il will have a great influenc or the recon struction of the peaceful course of the world, by being in the position | to bring other nations together fO. | the consideration of more sane mo | thods.
 Tumultuous applause greeted the | President when he appeared in the | hall, every member standing and cheering until he had taken his seat | Governor Willis. Former Governor Judson Harmon, Senator Atlee Pom creme, Senator Harding and Repre sentative Clement Brumbaugh set | near the President, and the hal was thronged.
 Preparedness by the business men along the line of mobilizing the re sources of the nation as a measure of national defense, was urged by MT. Wilson, his words being given pending between the United States and Austro-Hungary and Germany He told the business men assembled that it was impossible to separate 1 business from national affairs-that the life history of business in tn, United States is linked with the his. tory of the nation. He dwelt, a: considerable length. on the need oi ships to carry the nations commerce A large bouquet of roses was sent to President Wilson at his hotel this morning by the suffragettes of the city.
 REBUILDING TOWN. HOPEWEl.L. Va, Dee. 1O.-N'iti, he debris occasioned by the fire yes terday still burning, plans have been completed for the immediate rebuild ing of the town The entire twenty. five thousand people who came here on account of the vast orders hay ing been placed with the Dupont Powder company have been set to work on the reconstruction. There was no time during the conflagra tion yesterday when the ammuni tion mills were threatened, as they are located at safe distance from the town. The fire was purely ac | cidental and was never considered otherwise
 MUST GO DRY. OLYMPIA, Dec. 10-In a decision handed down today comprising near ly twenty thousand words, eight of the supreme court justices of the state declare that the state of Wash ington must go dry on January first, in accordance with the voice of the people as declared at the election held a year ago. The ninth judge, recently appointed to hear the argu- ments, took nc part in the decision Governor Lister has issued a state ment saying that the supreme court has upheld the will of the people, who voted for prohibition within the state. Public opinion, he says. will have much to do with the full enforcement of the law, and he as serts that the people should now enforce the law in every detail so that violators of it may at once be brought to justice. He declares that there will be no trifling on the part of the state officials.
 SAYS WE ARE "GOUGED."
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec 10- Representative Kent. of California, in a statement made today, charges that the United States is being gouged by the International powder trust and he declares that he will introduce in congress a resolution providing for the appointment of a commission to investigate the mat ter, with a view to recommending government monopoly on eXplo- sives.
 WILL LEAVE SOON.
 WASHINGTON, D C., Dec. 1o - Ambassador von Bernstorff tele-