The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-03

sives, slandered and defamed inpo- cert persons. and violated the eight. hour law. Two days after preferrine the charge. he failed to appear be | fore the committee to substantiatr it, but was promised another oppor tunity after the holidays. i VOLUNTEER ARRESTED. : CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Fred J Clarke formerly teller of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Saskatchewan. who ] recently resigned his position and announced his intention of startin 2 l for England to give his services to his country, WAS taken into GUS tody in this city today by dctec tives who arrested him and are hold ing him pending the arrival of the ! Canadian authorities with a warran; charging him with embedding the funds of the bank In which hr was employed
 HIS PREDICTION.
 WASHINGTON n. C. Dee. 24. - In paper ! f"f rin befora tho American Sociological society. which met in this city yesterday. Colonel Roosevelt stated that war would h. abolished about the same time it became unnecessary to police the streets of New York city. Tn other words never
 SHIP IN DISTRESS. 1 NEW YORK. Dec 29-The Greet, steamship Thessalonlka. from Pir- aeus for this city. with 300 souls aboard is reported to be in distress 200 miles off Sandy Hook Cut. ters are rushing to the assistance of the vessel, which Is the prop, erty of the Greek lines and plys reg ularly between this port and Piraeus. The cause of the trouble is un- known. The s. O. & call wa flashed
 URGES CHINESE TRADE.
 SEATTLE, Dec. 29-In an ad- dress delivered to the business men of Seattle at a luncheon given in his honor, Thomas Sammons, Unit ed States Consul General at Shang. hal. urged upon his eager listeners the necessity Of the United States going after the trade of China i'm mediately
 PROTEST ENTERED. SEATTLE. Dec. 30.-This morn, ng the Seattle Melting & Brewing company, famous as the brewers of Rainier beer made application in the federal court for an injunction directed against the attorney gen eral.
 The company seeks to prohibit the attorney general from entorc- Ing that section of the law which stops the manufacture of malt H. quors in the State of Washington and which will become effective at one second affar 10 pJo
 TAFT AONoRED.
 NEW YORK, Dec 30-There was launched in this city today by the biggest men in the United States the plans for what will be known as the World Court of Judicial In vestigation. As honorary presiden. of the court William Howard Taft has been unanimously chosen. The active president of the board will be John Hays Hammond
 NOTE FORWARDED.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec 3O.- Ambassador Penfield has cabled to the state department that the Aus trian reply to the second American rcte has been delivered to him. l. contains three thousand words and will probably be before President Wilson and Secretary of State Lan- sing tomorrow morning. High off cials here, whom, it is presumed have been informed of the salient features of the reply, intimate that the situation as it now stands gives greater hopes that diplomatic rela tions may be preserved between the two countries, the note indicating an opportunity for settlement along lines acceptable to both the United States and Austria.
 It is also reported from Vienna that Americans there who are unable to show birth or naturalization cer- tificates are unable to leave because the German consuls refuse to wise their passports.
 IDAHO TOO.
 BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 30.-Prohibi- tion becomes effective in this city at midnight Friday One hundred and fifty saloons are affected. The major portion of the state has been dry for some time, under a local option provision.
 NO CLUB DOPE
 OLYMPIA, Dec 3O-The attor, ney general of the state has ruled that social clubs will not be allowed to maintain lockers in their rooms after the first of the year, when the prohibition law goes into effect.
 SCHMIDT CONVICTED.
 LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.-Mat. thew A. Schmidt was today convict ed by a jury of murder, after trial lasting about two months, for parti- cipation in the dynamiting outrages which eliminated in the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building five years ago. when twenty persons lost their lives. It was charged by the prosecuting attorney that Schmidt was the purchaser of the nitro-gelatin with which the build ing was wrecked.
 The attorneys for Schmidt, as soon as the verdict was rendered gave notice that they would appeal the case. As soon as the foreman of the jury announced the verdict Olaf Tvietmoe, secretary-treasurer of the California trades council, loudly declared that the result of the trial meant industrial war
 STILL HONEYMOONING. WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec 30.-- It was announced today that Presi- dent Wilson will extend his honey moon at Hot Springs, Va, until next Wednesday, instead of returning to the White House on Monday, as he at first intended doing.
 CLIMBING HIGH. HOT SPRINGS, Va, Dec. 30.- President Wilson and his bride this afternoon scaled Flag rock, lofty ! wh