The Alaska citizen., 1915-01-18

The committee certainly had a right to use it's own judgment in this regard.
 FROM present indications, prac- tically the whole of Europe will be at war soon It is becoming a sort of "freelor-all" fight. ANOTHER effort is being made to get congress to declare that the United States is not prepared for war IL would be interesting to know if the big steel corporations have anything 10 do with this agitation ships.
 EARTHQUAKES in Italy continue 1 to destroy property and lives, and to keep the people there in a sort of perpetual panic. What they seem to need there are some log cabins, which are probably the best kind of residences to withstand the effects Oi an earthquake.
 PRESIDENT WILSON refused to endorse a plan to give women na- tional suffrage. but he is now work ing for women's political rights in New Jersey. This may be taken to mean that the President is in fator of the states using their own rights where possible.
 PEOPLE who are in doubt regard ing their exemption from income tax HIaS cbn1ll take he trtIlhlp Q the necessary information from NJ. Wood at the First National bank, A little caution in this way may avoid disagreeable controversy with the government later.
 PRIMITIVE men organized them selves into tribes or nations for mu tual protection from their enemies and to use their united strength in punishing their enemies. When civ iiization is perfected the only purpose of social organization will be for mutual improvement. and not for de structive purposes.
 TT is reported now that Governor Goethals, the canal builder will not Superintend the construction of the Alaska railroad. There was never any practical reason advanced why some other good engineer should not be able to direct the work, which really involves no great en- gineerinS problem.
 FROM information coming from the Outside, it seems that nearly l; advertise Alaska as tourist at traction in their literature that will be distributed this year at the San Francisco snd San Diego fairs. Ger tainly that amount of advertising should bring big results.
 IF street rumors count for any thing, the gentle art of cradle robbing" is again being practiced to it's fullest extent. One former resi- dent of Fairbanks has yet ten years to complete for that offense and if the next grand jury does it's full duty there may be others whose future address will te Bee. Washing ton.
 ATTENTION of The Citizen l as been called to a provision in the road bill prepared by Delegate Wick ersham which puts the legislature in control of the license funds both in and out of incorporated cities. The Citizen will look up the various features Of this provision within the next few days and will explain the result in next weeks issue.
 
 AT the conclusion of a siX-hour dehate, the members of the national ouse of representatives refused to pass a bill giving women equal sui frage But the States are coming rapidly to the aid of the women. and it is quite certain that within few years, every American woman will have the same political rights as those enjoyed by her male relatives.
 OVER in Seward a minister ask ed the district attorney to close the moving picture show on Sunday, and he complied, even trough the people did not like it. In Juneau the authorities seem to look at the matter in a different light for when H. BrimsOn miner, insisted that the big Treadwell mine be closed down on Sundays, they put him in iail on a charge of insanity.
 AT a recent meeting, the members of the Cordova Chamber of Com