The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-21

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 si1UDr.CN DELICATE
 NA.HiNGION. D. C. Feb. l. Nha, i- rc-arded in official cir ,los a. the most delicate situation .g winch this country has been placed since the commencement ot ..o p:ss. ut var has Te-utt"d from ,lc um stand taken by the state department on the question Of armed r...s..a. sIps Secretary ol State Ian ms Ea- refused Ah-0luiely t0 -.l7r .a,- ,.,..r ui J., l,HlM.u gov s.am,Lt ana WII continue tJ uiicE
 shelter t1 foreign merchant saIpS which arrive m ports ol the United ~tat.- with guns mounted on their docks. GJlv UhstaLUIGE i.r kaiser $ G,eialatI.u t.at suea vessels vii . D. ..gall,u a. warsaifz by Tn" s.r.au -c,esumcnt after ItrrH l. TRIr ABANDONED. HARRINGTON. D. C. Feb. l5- l Auuaaa,.Icn' was made today by ,.,r..s, IumUlty that President +~u. sr .a4 abandoned the idea of
 uaktu- }lc se-ond speaking tour
 throughout the central and south vest -,ates as contemplated ANARCHIST CAUGHT. CHICAGO. Feb Exchanged with ! .a t..sted murder oi al the . i.. ta.rurt gwen recent 1 ly m honor of Archbishop Munde- 1 lein. John Allengerine, an anarchist, 1 waa taken into custody today. i..far- gDJ pfb. r. i 4ueu4tIt5 found in the effects O. l AilunIarue. sne police learned ot Ia pIu, ,,HIe, was to cause death i 4Ed 4e.IIa,lign throuEIout tat whole United states The plot, tro lc!Ina ieIu4e. was arranged by l5 members of an inner circle oI anal . chists. but tie worN was to be car ] rle1 cl by assistant, Fl ali parts | I the country.
 ! According to the po.ie i5 peo- 1 pIr in Chicago were senteced to l Icath by the anarchists. These in ,luded all the leading clergymen O: 1 the Roman Catholic church, the mayor. number of prominent ' bankers and others. The plot also
 Included the destruction of Holy 1 Naue cathedral, the blowing up and i razing of the Peoples Gas com 1 pany the destruction of the Union
 League club and other buildings. l PURSE SNATCHER BUSY.
 SEATTLE. Feb. l5.-While alight,
 .ns from a Jitney bus today Mrs. . JOAn panton, the wife of the de i partmcnt store proprietor lost a l landDag worth $4,500 A thief ! 5natChed the bag from her hand, and, | jumping intc another automobile , hat was near by, made his escape 5. OTr the woman realized what had
 taken place.
 CAMPAIGN STARTED.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. l5.-A ! ampaign Tor the establishment of i { SC oud Annapolis in this city was ! ,ta;ted today by the Pacific Coast . ,rlnusc league.
 WANTS TO DEBATE. i OMAHA. Feb. 15.-Richard l. Met l all. t former partner of William l j. bryan and one ot the former secretary's staunchcst supporters ! .as announced his willingness to ] so1tc i.c 4uesL.on ot preparedness
 Jn the public platform.
 BATTLESAlP ON FIRE.
 PHILADLLPHIA Feb. 15.-The
 oattleship North Dakota was threat i ned with serious damage, if not
 .otaI destruction, today by d tire l .aused by tn" blowing out of d tGse i Il the dynamo room The fife had i -ained considerable headWay. but l he prompt work of the sailors i when the flames were discovered 1 tycrted serious loss.
 LANG'S LIFE IN DANGER ] SEATTLE Feb. 16.-What is be- i lieIed to have been an attempt to i hill Chief of Police Lang, of this i Itl, was discovered today in the i .orm of a bomb addressed to the i ,lHc.aI. Th' explosive, timed to 1 Np!od= al t given hour was found y railroad employees and turned { ..,T iJ the authorities.
 BOATS BURNED.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The Brit
 ssh steamships Pacific and Bolton
 astle, laden with war supplies, 1 were destroyed by fire today EnIIc making ready to depart for IuIopc The loss is estimated at .aIee million dollars.
 FOlSONER LOCATED. CHICAGO, Feb 16.-Infornation
 .e> eiyed in this city today indicates .Iat Jean Clones. the man suspect
 Ii of having placed poison in the
 soup served at the University club Jauquet last week, is now in hiding It Louisville, Kentucky. A search , IS being made for him in that city TOWN ON FIRE. FALL RIVER, Mass, Feb. 16.-~ For more than an hour today this city was threatened with destruc ion by fire, the flames having start cd ill the COngeSted business dis lrict and spread with such rapidity that it was with the greatest diff culty that they were gotten under control. Two entire business blocks nave been destroyed, with a loss .au.uated at two million dollars.
 KNOCKS INSPIRATION. NEW YORK, Feb. 16-Elihu Root,
 winner of the Nobel peace prize md possible candidate of tie Re publican party for the presidency, attacked the policies of the present administration in speech delivered before the Republican state conven- -ion today. The attitude of the ad- ,ninistration on questions of an in teInational character is too weak,
 declared Root.
 CONCESSION MADE.
 A concession made by the German government today in the Lusitania .ase encourages the belief that the controversy will soon be terminated 10 the satisfaction of the United