The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-27
GENERAL NEWS
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DONATION DAY.

An executive proclamation issue today desisHat"s January list as the day on which the people Of the United State shall donate food and clothing and money for the reliei of the inhabitants of Poland
 HAVE AGENT THERE.
 SEATTLE. Dec. 2o.-The Russian 1overrr nt wiu establish an agency in Seattle fcr the purpose of fo.- warding 10 Elldivostok products rom t. Puget Sound and Alaska salmon.
 IS LAST WORD
 WASHINGTON. n |. Dec, 20 The reply sent by the United State+ government tc Austria's note cot tained six hundred words It IS understood to be a virtual reitera ton of the original demands couch ed in more stringent terms.
 GOVERNOR DEAD
 BOISE Idaho. Dec 20-J. T. Mo rison. formerly governor of ldahD, died here suddenly yesterday from heart trouble.
 TAKING VACATION.
 WASHINGTON, D. c. Dec. 20 The members of the supreme cour, art. taking a recess until January 3
 REVOLUTION IN CHINA.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 20-Cd- hle advices received tonight stata tat tiy5 provinces in :he south Of China have declared their indeper- dence against Yuan Shi Kai and that there arc evidences in other parts of the 0untry that the decision ar rived at through the recent election tN rcrcrt to mcnarchiCal form of government will not be accepted i quietly hy th" majority.
 PATTERSON CELEBRATES.
 NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 2o-Col- mel Henry Watterson. the veteran editor of the Louisville Courier, Journal. is celebrating his golden wediina anniversary here with his wife and number of friends.
 ALONE AT LAST.
 HOT SPRINGS, Va Dee. % President Wilson and his bride are keeping to themselves here and their desire for privacy is beins 'n1ct'y respected They are eX- pected 10 remain for two weeks and preparations for Christmas are be ing made by them. The members of the Wilson family may come here for the holidays.
 WILL BE THERE.
 CHICAGO. Dec. 0-The belief that Colonel Roosevelt intends to participate in the presidential pro- gram gains ground here from ob- servatons tha have been dropped by men known to be in his c1rfi- dence. X further indication of his purpose was given today. when his friends took an Cnti~n cn the F1ornDtine rooms a' the Congress hotel for the period in June during which the Republican national COT vention will he in session.
 KEEPING WATCH
 WASHINGTON. D C.. Dec. 20.- Officials of the navy department are seriously concerned over the in :'oor", force that is available to guard the navy yards and arsenalS and other places where equipment for the use oi the government is manufactured or stored The deve!- opments of the recent inquiries into the alleged munitions plots appear 10 indicate that the government plants have been threatened as well as the privately owned factories that were supplying the allies.
 ONE cONFEssEs.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 20-Frederick Metzier, who was arrested here With others in connection with the bomb outrages, has confessed to federal agents that the activities of him self and hers who were concerned extended to all points along tho coast and also to Quebec
 GOMPERS TESTiFiES.
 NEW YORK. Dec. 21-Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. today cor luded his testimony before the federal grand jury which is inquiring int the big munition strike conspiracy
 SUMMER RESORT BURNS.
 PORTLAND. Ore, Dec. 20 The noted Garhar summer resort was today destroyed by fire.
 AIR ATTACK PLANNED.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 2I.-Arriya!s from England state that just pIio:' on the Kiel canal was being elaho- that the greater part Of the German fleet is supposed to be taking refuge and this is the objective of the con templated attack
 SETTLEMENT POSTPONED
 
 The full settlement of the Lusitania case, including the reparation for the Americans who lost their livey when the biz Cunarder was sent to the bottom ot the sea, has been in definitely postponed by the Imperial German government says Secretary of State Lansing in an official re- port made public this morning.
 STATE RESTS
 LOS ANGELES. Dec. 2l.-Ttt state has rested it's case against Schmidt, who is charged with con nection with the celebrated dynami : ing cases which eliminated with 'hp destruction of the Los Angeles Times building, William Burns. the celebrated detective, being the last witness called. IL is understood that the defense will be gotten through with in much shorter time than was necessary to present the states case. as there are less than fifty witnesses to be placed upon the stand
 STEEL IS HIGH.
 PITTSBURG. Dec. 21.-The price of steel is mounting sky high rap idly. Structural steel, and also steel plates. have advanced two dollars, the prize now being S36 per vOn, while steel hoops jumped during the past week to $40 per ton.
 ARREST EXPECTED.
 NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Federal officers here who have been con nected with the conspiracy cases