The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-13

been given the option of withdrawing from the teachers union or quitting he employment of the city. The union was recently placed under the ban by the Chicago school board and it is this action that will be op- posed by Goupers. backed by the powerful influence of the federation. There is the possibility that a teachers strike will be advocated by ,he veteran organizer.
 ENDORSES WILSON
 CHICAGO. Sept I'm an ad dress delivered in this city last night at the peace convention which is being held under the auspices of the Friends oi Peace. William Jen- uings Bryan unqualifiedly endorsed the foreign policy of President Will son. declaring that the people of the United States had selected au able and staunch advocate of peace to administer their affairs abroad.
 MIGHT TAKE WRONG VIEW.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. T. President Wilson has declined to allow the Democrats of New JeT sey to indorse him for second term. stating in his letter requesting that no such action be taken, that he feels that such step might place him in the light of trying to take advantage of the international situation to advance his personal in terests.
 SHOE MEN HELD
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. T. According to advices which have reached the state department. two representatives of Boston shoe company have been placed under arrest at Moscow and are being held by the Russian authorities on sus picion that they are spies in the em ploy of the German government. The two men are Americans and have appealed 10 the officials of the state to rescue them from their precarious position.
 TAFT TALKS TO BANKERS.
 SEATTLE, Sept S.-W. II. Taft former President of the United States, for the entertainment of whom elaborate preparations have been made in this city, will arrive from the south tonight. Tomorrow after noon the professor will address the bankers who are assembled here in annual convention, and tomorrow night will be the guest of honor at ! banquet which has been arranged Y the local chapter.
 FORD GOING SOME.
 n D,.l proprietor of the great Ford auto mobile works, announces that he will give employment to inmates of the Michigan state prison immediately upon their discharge from the insti tuition at Jackson. He says he has places for all of the eX-convicts who desire to go to work and promises to pay them $5 a day for their labor
 The employment of eX-convicts is along the lines of reform which have been outlined by the auto maker who upset the manufacturing world recently by taking his employees into partnership with him.
 MOAR MYSTERY.
 PROVIDENCE, R. l. Sept S. The Mohr murder mystery, which the pOlINt tIIuo ldI nave Dttl ulldB1t to unravel, will be thoroughly investi- gated by the grand jury, which has been summoned for September 20 Evidence is now being gathered by the prosecution for presentation to he investigators.
 PRAY FOR THEIR RACE
 NEW YORK, Sept, s.-The ob servance of Jewish New Year will be devoted largely this year to praying for the thousands of Jews in the war-stricken countries oi Europe. The holiday began at six o'clock tonight and is being re ligiously observed throughout the country.
 TWO MORE BODIES.
 HONOLULU, Sept S-Two ad- ditional bodies were recovered from the wreckage of the submarine "A today. the remains having been found among the debris in the engine room of the long submerged craft. Identi- ication is impossible.
 TAFT TALKED TO BANKERS.
 SEATTLE, Sept 9.-The 1915 con, vention of the American Bankers association closed tonight, the SC ; sion terminating with vote of thanks to the people of Seattle fo- the splendid manner in which the listing delegates have been enter tained during their stay here. The afternoon session was taken up with the election of officers, followed by an address by William Howard Taft
 The former President urged a better understanding between labor and capital The prosperity of the one, he pointed out, is dependent upon that of all classes. There is no reason he said further, why the nation should not suppress injustice and punish the abuse of power Vicious legislation he branded as a menace to wage earners. In cor clusion, the professor assured the bankers that he prided himself on Icing an optimist.
 James Lynch, of San Francisco, was elected president for the en- suing year and P. H. Goebel, of Kansas City, was elected vice presi- tent of the association
 CELEBRATE ADMISSIoN
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9.-The SiXty-first anniversary of the ad mission of California to the union as a state was celebrated at the Panama-Pacific International exposi- tiOn today in most elaborate style, the celebration being the most largely attended of any held since the opening of the fair The chief feature of tEe celebration was a parade several miles in length, with of Native Sons and Daugh-