The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-27
LEWIS OPINION.

fostered by native born Americans growing out of a lack ct NarMotr among certain classes. k held lafee ly responsible for actiyi'ins ni ihr foreign born citizens c0ndemuet jy President Wilson in his recent mp- sage to congress. stated James Ham ilton Lewis. senator from il'inui.. iG an address delivered tonight
 WILL ANSWER SOON WASHINGTON, D. c. Doc. 21 - Secretary of State Lansing today stated that he exp" ts an immediate reply from Austria to the not ra- cen ly dispatched to Vienna
 vAn 9ApEN LEAVES NEW YnRE. Dec. 22..-"aptain von Papen, the former miil,@ry atta,he at the German embassy. whose re call was insisted on hy the United States. saIieG on the steamship Noordam today. Before leaving. hc stated that le was sorry o leave the country. but was assured that the future would vindicate him. He added that he was glad to be able to g't near the trenches. MISSING LINK FOUND. ] NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-Edmur i Justice. a night watrNwqn e'npl y% ! by the Ham burg American line. was arrested tonight, ana it iS aSsorte | by secret service men that he is the 1 link hitherto missing whereby thof can connect mp the munitions con 1 spiracies.
 TOO MUCH WATER. 1 SEATTLE. Dec. 22-Heavy rH inr are falling in the Southwest par cl ! the state and also along the Coll%- bia river and in many places di>Hs. trous floods have been z, c,.aasi~n -
 XMAS IN FRISCO
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 24 To, night is being observed in true Christmas Eve style. There is a municipal Christmas tree to which all are invited who have ro other means of properly observing the occasion. Mayor Rolph delivered an address in accord with the Christ mas spirit md Alys True Cont" sang several selections. The muni- cipal band and several boy choirs were also busy aiding the festivities. OTHER COMPLICATIONS. | WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 24.-- The Ancona case, which has been under discussion for many weeks, with the Austro-Hungarian govern. ment, has now become further com plicated by the sinking of the Jap anese liner Yasaka Maru with one American aboard, in the Medter- ranean sea. The boat is said to have been attacked by an Austrian submarine without first having been warned. as was agreed should be done In such cases between the gov. ernments of the United States and Germany.
 WILSON MAKES GIFTS. 1 WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 24.- 1 l. H. Hoover, the chief usher at tho White House, enactng the role Of Santa Claus. took an auto this afte" noon and went to the Virginia side 1 of the Potomac, to a neighborhood ! in which President Wilson frequently plays golf and distributed presents i to fifty of the children living in the district.
 TO BE PRoBEo. 1 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec 24.-- The sinking of the Japanese liner Yasaka Maru by a submarine in the Mediterranean sea will be probed 10 the limit by the state department The consular agents have been asked to obtain the fullest details of the incident and forward them at once to Washington.
 JUST LIKE KIDS.
 HOT SPRINGS, Va, Dec 24- The presents arriving for President Wilson have been taken in charge by Mrs Wilson, and those arriving for the first lady of the land have been appropriated by the President each determined that neither shah have chance to see them until the proper time arrives. Among the gifts arriving for the President are two from his grandchildren.
 HAD CHRISTMAS TREE. HOT SPRINGS, Va, Dec 24- President and Mrs. Wilson celebrated tonight with an old fashioned Christ appearance of the newlyweds since Claus presided over the function and program. It was long after midnight when the revels stopped PRoHl3ITIONlsT DIES. | PORTLAND, Dec. 24.-lsaiah Amos, who for the past many years has been at the head of the prohibition movement in this state, died today as the result of an operation for l appendicitis.
 i NEW JAIL WANTED. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24-The re- port of the grand jury, which was made public today, states that the city jail is a disgrace and should be abandoned at once or made over | It is described as nothing but the greatest fire trap in existence. SOME SANTA. i PITTSBURG. Dec. illionair Fl. c. Prick announced tonight that he would pay in full, as Christmae gift. all accounts of the forty-ona 1 thousand children depositors in the l Pittsburg Bank of Savings which l closed it's doors here on Wednesday. The total of the children's deposits amounted to one hundred and sixty seven thousand dollars.
 WAS POORLY BUILT. SPOKANE. Dec. 24.-An investi- gation into the causes leading up to the recent collapse of the Spokane river bridge. which precipitated | street car into the river, causing the death of seven persons. has de veloped the fact that poor material was used in the construction of the bridge.
 GOES TO JURY SOON. LOS ANGELES, Dec 24-The in dications are now that the Schmidt dynamite case will go to the jury by the first of the year. The de- fense is proceeding rapidly, few of R1-