The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-24
GENERAL NEWS
 BY TELEGRAPH
TO HONOR EDUCATOR

institute as permanent memorial to Booker r Washington The suC- ges,ion was made after the memori- al services held for the Colcred edu rator in this city today
 REBELS WIN.
 SAN FRANCISCO Jan. l7#Tne revolutionary troops in China are reported to have scored a very im- portant victory over the government forces fighting under the standard Of Yuan Shi Kai The battle took place in the province of Szechun. the greater part of which territory is opposing the return 10 the monarch ical government The Chinese news papers published at Picking are in sisting that Japan deport pr. Sun Vat Sen and other revolutionary leaders Until this is done, they assert. Japan must rest under the susp.ci.r of fostering and in every way encouraging the revolution.
 POWDER FOR RUSSIA.
 AUBURN. Wash Jan. 17.-Fifty- seven carloads of powder are being held in the yards here awaiting the arrival of a steamship to transport t to Russia for the use of the czar'S government
 WERE GOOD BOYS, BUT
 CHICAGO, Jan. 17-Having con fnssed to being guilty of Conspir- tu murder their parents, Irving Jo5ika aged ~ and Herbert Up dike, 21. are now held in the custody cf the police. They are the sons of Fornam D Updike, millionaire business man of this city
 Suspicious of the young men hay ing been aroused, they were closely watched While hidden in a garage a stenographer employed in the of flee Of Chief of Police Lee overheard the plot and their arrest was at once ordered The sons broke down anl confessed when confronted with the evidence in the hands of the police and stated that they planned the 4ur.- -a icy raj rafs5 to believe their father intended to change his will and disinherit both of them.
 PANKHURsT HERE AGAIN.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. IT. Mrs. Emmaliue Pankhurst, the Eng fish suffragette leader is now on parole in New York under the i'm migration authorities. President Will son opposed her exclusion from the country, as was proposed by the authorities when she arrived at Ellis island on Friday She asserts that her mission in this country at this time is the advancement f Serbian relief movement.
 THREAT EXPECTED.
 WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan IT. IL is expected that Great Britain will again suggest to the United States that. unless the lives and interests of foreigners are protected in MeXi- CO., the European nations will be compelled to consider steps 10 pro tect their owr interests. The Brit ish embassy here has issued orders that all subjects of Great Britain must leave northern Mexico. So fai England has withheld it's official recognition of the presidency Of Carranza.
 DEsERTIoNs DECREASE
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. IT, The assertions from the regula. army have fallen off two per cent in the last year, and a similar de crease is noted in the navy. The better showing in regard to tha navy is believed to be due in grea' measure 10 the policy of Secretary Daniels, through which there has been provided various forms of en tortainment Tor the enlisted men.
 TROUBLE BREWING.
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. IT, There is a suspicion here among in fluential Democratic politicians that the St. Louis convention will not b. an undisturbed love feast, as until recently it was hoped would be the case The feeling is becoming gen eral that William J. Bryan intends 10 start trouble at the convention, using as his casus belli the one-term plank in the Baltimore convention platform, and insisting that this should be enforced.
 RAINIER CLUB RAIDED.
 SEATTLE, Jan. 17.-On informa- tion being lodged with the authori- ties to the effect that a large stocr of liquor was on hand at the Rainie.' club that institution was raided by the sheriff today Armed with search warrant, the officers went through the establishment and in one room they found two hundred gallons of whisky. The club wtl be proceeded against for selling liquor in contravention of the prohibitioa law.
 LOS ANGELES FLOODED.
 LOS ANGELES, Jan. IA series of cloudbur5ts in the mountains has caused serious flood in this city and many of the towns in the south ern part of the state. The streets are turned into rivers, a vast amount of damage to goods stored in cellars and basements being done, and there is much delay in railroad schedules on account of waShouls. As the rains have ceased it is believed nor nal conditions will obtain again no later than tomorrow night.
 IS ALL IN.
 PORTLAND Jan. 1.-The Multno- nah hotel, the largest hostelry i'll the state of Oregon and known throughout the country, today went into the hands of a receiver.
 URGES PREPAREDNESS.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-In a speecA delivered before the New York State Bar association today, Elihu Root urged the need of military prepa1 edness and the adequate defense of the coast.
 FOUND NoTHlNG
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Two sep arate investigations were made to- day as to the cause of the eXplo- sion which wrecked the United States submarine F-2 in the local navy yard on Saturday, when three men were killed and twenty injured. The cause of the accident could not be definitely determined and the find ing in each case was that it was