PRICE 10 CENTS
RELATIONS WITH AUSTRIA NEAR
BREAK! POINT-SECOND NOTE
Washington, Dec. 20—The sac
oud note to the Austrian govern
ment. regarding the sinking of the
steamer Ancona, and the destruct
ion of Americajx lives thereby, was
forwarded by the State di^pa-rtment
today.
Tho Austro-Hungarlau reply to
the first not, which was received
Friday, was considered by President
iWltacu and Secretary of State Lan
sing aa a flat evasion of the real
questions at Issue and unsatisfac
tory In every particular.
Diplumatio relation* with Austria,
while admitted to be In danger of
being broken off, will not be di3
| continued until after another reply
U received from Vienna, conse
quently the crisis may be said to
| be not In its *iual stage.
SHIFT TROOPS
10 EGYPT
London, Dec. 20—The British,
troop* cow stationed at Sulva and
the Alsace districts, as well as
those new at Gallipoli, have all
been withdrawn, and will be re
stationed at various points, some
of whom will be sent t^ salonlkl
and ethers sent Into Egypt.
TO SOLDIERS
Loudon, Dec. 20—Field Marshal
John French, who last Thursday re
Signed fc!s command of the British
armies cperating in Belgiuau and
Franco, spent yesterday and today
bidding farewell to the soldiers at
the front.
LONDON* SUBSCRIBES
Paris, Dec. 20—Minister of Fin
ance Ribot has announced that Lon
don bankers had subscribed $120.
(.•00,000 to the French wax loan.
RELIEF SHIP SI NK
Li ndon, Dec. 20—While bound
for Belgium with, relief supplies, the
steamship Leaven pool struck a mine
in the English Channel Friday
morrir:g and was beached on the
British coast, in a sinking condi
tion. ■ j ;
NOT 30 VERY
Rome, Dec, 20—According to
advices received here, the Kaiser
did not visit the Sultan during hia
trip to Constantinople, but devoted
j all his time to consultation with
' hJfl military chiefs and to receiving
1 reports oa the condition and 9Quip
ment of the fortifications at the
Dardanelles and other points In
close proximity to the city.
RECALLED ATTACHE
WELL. JOIN HUSRTAN
MEXICAN FACTION
Washington, Dec. 20 — Comflr
matioa of the reports that Captain
Praia Van. Papon, the recalled, mili
tary attache of th« Gorman em
bassy, *s planning to go to Mexico,
to ally himself -with the Huerta ad
herent was made by the Stat0_do
partment today.
PARIS NEWSPAPER
PREDICTS C. 8. WILL
CALL AMBASSADOR HOME
Paris, Dec. 17—La Figaro this
morning ventured the prediction
that the United State* will Bhortly
instruct its ambassador to Vienna,
Fredt-rlc C. Penfield, to ask for hta
fxissports, as a result of Austria s
evasiv® ajid unsatisfactory reply
to *ha American government's An
cona note
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Chrtatiania, Dec. 20—The Ford
peace commission arrived here to
day and will leave for Stockholm
Wednesday. Owing to the scant en
thusiasm shown in the welcome giv
en them here, and the evident in
tention of all tho belligerent gov
ernments to turn a deaf ear to their
T proposals, the members of the party
. have evidently given up the slogan,
1 "out of the trenches by Christmas,"
which Mr. Ford proposed at the
time of their embarking, and are
not no>w expecting any lmmadiatq
results to follow; their efforts.
PRESIDENT
IS IARRIEO
"Washington, Dec. 20—The core
many, uniting in marriage President
Wood row Wilson and lira. Edith.
Bolllny Gait was performed at the
home rf the bride in this city at
8:30 o'clock Saturday evening. Less
than thirty guests, all relatives or
very lutlmate friends o£ the con
tracting parties, wore present at
the wedding.
Hotspriuge, Va., Dec, 20—Presi
dent Wilson, and his bride arrived
here ye&t«rday morning und were
given au elaborately furnished and
secluded suite at the hotel.
LANE SEEKS
DEVELOPMENT
-Washington, Dec. 20—Secretary
Lane has completed his annual re
port, and has given the text of
the same out for publication in the
public press.
Development is the keynote of
the secretary's recommendations,
and while he touches on all por
tions of the United States, lie gives
much attention to the needs of Al
aska, and demands much for the
furjierins; of the government's in
terests in the United States last
frontier.
6RAKDSATTIIUDE
AS "INFAMOUS"
New York, Dec. 20—In a news
paper article, under the title of
"Sins '■{ the "Wilson Admiaistrat
ion," written by Theodore Roose-,
yelt, wh' 'h was published yesterday,
the colonel says that the attitudo
assumed by tho American govern
ment towards Mexico and Europe, is
one o* infamy. The writer Bays
that Piesident Wood row Wilson has
appropriated to his own use, claim
ins: them to be original with him,
the Roosevelt policies ou prepar
edness.
BURSJEu
CENT AT HIES
I Haines, LK;c. la—On. Thursday,
the 10th, lour soiuiors uumcu
■Holt, Cassidy, U'aUou and Suiilu,
\vt-r«] arraigned btuure Ccuumiamoa
ttr J. J. Kennedy on, a onarge tu
burglary, commuted at 'ilia \<j
geis saloon.
TJia men oil admit tod thoir guilt, 1
and wtvei neiu «o await the action
01 tau i^raud jury, 'llieir ball was
fixed ui live nimdrwd dollars eacn,
unit failing to giv« ihjuo they. yi.PtA
commuted to tau federal Jan. l)o
puiv Marshal Cooibs cxyecis to UU"
tiiciii to Jaucau um tUo Georgia. to
uisat
Madaline Gibson, a jvonum of the
underworld was also held on the
same. charge as tile men, Jjuiug im
plicated in, the. Uui'jary. Hail was
placed at two hundred dollars in
lier case, which, she gave and w"t>
discharge Irom custody.
C-.mp Haines, No. 17, Arctic lfro
thorftood, adopted the by-laws re
quired by tho act of the territori
al legislature at 'be meeting held
liii-t Ftfda.v and is n<>w duly; in
corporated under the laws of Al
aska.
Walter Watt, will leave on the
fieorg*. tonight for Thane, where
he Las accepted a position in the
Thane laundry.
Camp Haines of the Arctic foro
thuiaood, will give the annual
Christmast tree in their hall, Chrit-:
m:.s eve, and it Is going to be a
Jolly time for everybody.
The Red Men will give a hard
tiiuss ball, in the A. B. hall on
New Year's eve, and it goes with
out waying that there will be fun
to sell at half cost.
There has teen quite an epidemic
of la grippe in Haines for the
last two weeta, but we are glad
to eay that none of the cases
have so far, prove! fatal, although
some have been quite Bick.
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TKII* IS URGED
Washington, Dec, 18—la his an
nual rsport Secretary of Commerce
William S. Redfleld recommends |
that the department of commerce bej
relieved of the uupervision of fur- j
bearing animals in Alnska, and asks |
that a joint committee of cougrees j
visi' the PribUof Jslaiwte noxt
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PEACE AT LAST III MEXICO
-VILLA QUITS-COMES TO U, S.
Washington, Dec. 20 — Secretary
of State Lansing today announced
that thp state department had de
cided to give Villa the privilege of
asylum In, the United States gen
erally accorded to political refugees.
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 20—It is
announced on the authority of his
friends in, this city that General
Villa h.'1# decided to quit the Strug
gla "wi'h Carranza for supremacy In
Mexican, affaire and will enter the
United States probably tomorrow.
Hia wife and family are already on
American territory and have been
for some months.
It is said that a few of his of
ficers will follow him, but the men
and a majority of the officers will
lay down their arm3 and take the
oath of allegience to the Carranza
government, accepting the amnesty
p">mlaed them for bo doing.
ADVENTUROUS AMERICAN PLACES
FAITH IN BRITISH ARMS
lea following article taken, from
Uio X'ooatella Tribune, tplis the
story of tb« wounding of one,
Jake Crum, and is a fair oxcjnple
oX the "American" when he gets
intoi a fight. It is Tqprinted to
show the spirit of adventure, so
strong iu the American cannot be
appeased until it is satisfied, and
to satisfy bis longing for adventure,
which, could not be had at home,
Jake went to the front and joined
the French army. The writer knew
him iu 1892, and his letter, written
in a British hospital, while convales
cing from a wound received in bat
tle shows that he has changed very
little during the last quarter otf a
century:
With tb<j same old spirit at ad
venture, says the Tribune, al
though considerably Babered by. the
tragedies of the great w»nr, Jake
Crum wrlteB home again to his
friend, "Curley" Brown, and Btatea
'hat he is Just getting out °f a
hospital, and yill soon join, his di
vision at the French front. He is a
gamester and no mistaking that,
and is anxious to again get into
the war game that haa been the ex
citement of a large part of his life
He appears to think that the Ger
man cause is dwindling, and his
quaint bit of j>hilosophy to the ef
fect that he haa lost faith In
everything but the British arxna is
one of his characteristic and ori
ginal expressions, and hia letters
are read by many PocatcQlo friends
with about as much eagerness and
popularity as vonce surrounded the
famous letters of Billy Baxter. He
writes from Ireland in hla latent
lettere .which was nearly a mouth
ago, it requiring nearly; three w»ekfl
;for a letter to reach him:
| Curragh Hospital, County Kll
jdare, Ireland, November 28, 1915—•
Utar Old Friend Curley: Yoiur most
welcome letter just received and
can assure you. It was indeed a
very pleasant surprise. I have not
done much writing of latQ as I jvaa
coifined to bed for about ten weeks
You asked mo about my old game
knee—well it is not very well at
present X collected a few piooes
of high explosive shell in it and it
has almost dono me up. Of course
tnere Is no chance of stopping me
until they fill my system so full of
it that I won't be able to carry it
and break down from over weight.
I am receiving treatment here and
with good luck should be out in. a
few weeks. And then back to
France for me. 1 had not got Btart
! good until 1 was knocked o<ver, but
I Know that I will have better luck
' next time.
Yes. Curley, the Germans are a
marvelous people, but why should
thay not be. They have been, prepar
ed tor this and sprung several sur
prises on the world. They have tak
en too big a Job on thia time.
When 1 left Franco their shells
were not so numerous nor as ef
fective. They could not keep go
inr; the way they started. It was
a "hell" for a while but nothing to
It now. As soldiers there are none
ca i equal the British for bravery.
Ah they know is fight. They are
the best men in the game when it
comes to fighting, while the Ger
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