The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-28

ter Adams. the well known aviator k making preparations to start on a round-the-w orld flight which will! re attempted Ill lydroplane oi uls own design. The start will be l.ade from this city as soon as the necessary preparations ,.,u EC c0H- pleted.
 AFTER BLUE FUNNEL.
 SEATTLE, Feb. Anonymous letters received rom San FIancls, c 1 by local representatives of the Al tIcu Holt company state that dy- namitrrS are cnrOute from that cI'y with jae mention ol setting fire i il the Biuc tunnel liner Ta!tnybine. Nn.Cu Is loading a cargo of rubber ] .pr Nladivostok.
 BUSINESS BLOCK BURNS. PASSIAC, \. J.. Feb. 25-An ell i iIrr block in the residential portion | of this city Was completely destroyed 1 by fire today. with an aggregate loss 1 tp property owners of more than ! three million dollars A strong | wind wh5 was blowing at tAo 1 inc the fire started was rcspousi h!e for the rapid spread of the l flames. which. for time, were be yond the control of the department
 TRAIN ROBBED.
 i SEATTLE, Feb. 25-The Northern l Pacific east-bound limited was held dp today near Auburn by two ban | ditS and the mail coach robbed 1 If much of it's valuable contents 1 the exact amount of the loss not yet having teen made public Y i tF known however. that the coach contained heavy consignment of registered mail from the Orient After sacking the mail car. the bandits took possession of the en.
 in" a9d escaped.
 BRYAN IS WITH GORE.
 WASHINGTON. D. (. Feb. D. 1 President Wilson has scored a tem. l porary victory in his controversy with certain members of congress 'n the question of attempting to pre- 1 vent Americans from taking pas sage on armed merchant ships be, i longing to jhe belligerent nations. | The Gore resolution which prohibits traffic on armed vessels, was intro l luced in the house today in sub ] Sta1tially the same form by Rep i resentative Mondell, of Wyoming but action on the measure was post l pOned indefinitely and there is the probability that no effort will be i made to reopen the discussion until 1 negotiations now pending between l the state department and the Ger. N''H government have been Conclud- 1 ed
 ] At a conference held today be. tween President Wilson and Con. l gressmen Clark Kitchen. Flood ana Stone. the executive made it clear that he opposed any action tending l to abridge tho rights of Americans i William Jennings Bryan has sent number of telegrams to members of congress urging them to support the Gore resolution
 GET THEIR WARNING
 NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-The fifth
 armed Italian merchant ship to reach the American coast since the first of the year arrived from Flu. rore today and reports an unevent. ful voyage. The commander of the vessel, however, received wire less warning while off Halifax, eau | tioning him to look out for a Ger. man raider And since arriving | here, warnings have been received | | Germans to carry out their threat 70 sink all armed merchantmen after the first of March. The warnings state that such vessels will be | treated as enemy warships, suh-
 feet to attack without warning
 TRYING TO BOYCOTT. | WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb %
 H. C. Strong. of Ketchikan recently arrived in this city from the north i fer the purpose of influencing con cresSmon to take up the fight Ct the halibut interests to prevent the | loss of their business. which is 1 now threatened by Prince Rupert l An effort will be made to impose an export duty of two cents a pound on all halibut shipped by way of 1 the Canadian town, thus forcing l Alaskans to continue selling their 1 fish to Seattle dealers. Several l N2stem senators have promised their 1 support to the plan.