The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-20

POUGHKEEPSIE. \. Y, Dec. II There are known to be three dead and several hundred imu:!s- oned in trains near here as result of last nights blizzard snow ava lanChes are reported from various parts of the state and traffic in many places is at a complete stand still
 TALKS RECONSTRUCTION.
 CHARLESTON. Lee. lI-rpiutiaF to the European war g. Q proof tEat .b.fI ... I I-.F g H t., "E ficts have completely failed as pro tectoie of the peace. osca" strauss. formerly Ameri an anbai5adJJ to Turkey declared tonight. in a speech delivered b,iore the SOut4JIn Com mcrcial congress. that there mast be international rcCou5tiat T. oa an entirely different basis
 EATS HUMBLE PIE.
 WASHINGTON Il. C., Dec b The s-atn department is in receipt 1f adysss to the effect that Austria will admit that it was al fault III .D . L.a sI8aiN- .T .- Italian steamer Anoona, and that tAe note vii. be of cUnci.iatEIy na- ture. It is believed that this stand ny huzuia i5 assumed as the result of the influence brought to bear by Germany.
 REDFIELO TALKS
 BROOKLYN. Dec. 15.-The con struction of ships to build up a merchant marine in the government navy yards was advocated tonight in a speech delivered by Secretary
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 LABOR IS FOR DEFENSE.
 WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 15.- Samuel Gompers president Of the American Federation of Labor called on President Wilson today and as sured the chief executive that or ganized labor fayors the administra- tion's plan for national defense.
 RECORD BROKEN.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec l5- The nations harvest this year wia be a record breaker, net only in volume but in value likewise. It is conservatiyely estimated now that the crop may be valued at five and one-nali billion dollars.
 2s44lL hf CEoiTAL.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dee. 15,- .g-, #e j t Marshall returned to the capital today and in confer ence with the President assured the latter that he is heartily in favor
 SUFFRAGisTs APPEAL. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.- Leaders of the woman suffrage ,. ri rt'.v 0eale -u arGn,l [ committees of both the house and the senate.
 LAST WET PAY DAY.
 KELLOGG. idaho. Dec 16.-The miners of this district, who were paid in wages nearly two hundred thousand dollars. are just starting to celebrate the last wet pay day they will have here, as the saloons have to close on the first of the year and this will occur before an other payday.
 REPLY DIsPLEAslNG.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 16- The reply made by Austria to the note sent by the United States in ,rc:esE against the Ri,t3ii1g CI t}- steamer Ancona has been received in part by wire It is wholly unsat- isfactory, unacceptable and disap- pointing. according to semi-oficial information imparted through the office of the department of state. President Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing are reserving their comment until the full text of the note is received. It is considered certain here that the note is framed on the recommendation of the Aus tro-Hungary admiralty board, which insists that the commander of the ,i, ,tr,lo or,ir shnl,16 ha aNtnll4l hnr than blamed.
 MAY ABANDON TRIP.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.-m jew of the d7iay she has expert enced, it is believed that the steam CT Minnesota will discharge her cargo here and abandon her trip to the Atlantic.
 IMMIGRANTS FEW
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 16.-. The tide of immigration at the ores years, having fallen from over for the year ending June 30 last
 LOAN ALL TAKEN.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-The banks h~ndlod the allies lean cf half DIllIOl uOildIS IOtdy lCbh iItt = maining one hundred and eighty million dollars in bonds remaining unsold. The syndicate, as such, eX- Dired today
 FLEW TOO HIGH.
 SAN DIEGO. Dec. 16.-EXpress ns a desire to fly once before re- tiring to a quiet life. Mrs. Lulu Comstock, sevcnty-four years of age. arranged for a flight today with Anton Meyer Hoffey. The adven- ture ended when the flying boat fell into the waters of the bay The woman was killed. Mrs. Comstocll when up in the air fifty feet, be- came frightened and grabbed the aviator, leaving him powerless. The machine turned over and struck the water with great force. The avia- tor was hurled clear of the ma chine wreckage and escaped with minor injuries.
 REDFIELD REPORTS
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.- Legislation to protect the industrial commercial markets o3 the United States from the destructive type of struggle and unfair competition that is likely to result at the end of the war is advocated in the annual re-