The Chitina leader., 1911-04-15
TELEGRAPH NEWS
 :. TOLD IN BRIEF

1 ing Filipinos side by side with the
 Hawaiians Is awaited with much in-
 terest. If successful it will mean an
 influx of "Gugus'' into the Hawaiian Islands within the next few years. St. John, Newfoundland, April 12. Seven thousand emigrants have ar- rived here during the past three days, all bound for Western Canada. Washington, April 12.-Thc open ing game of the Washington Nation ! al League Baseball Club, played to-
 day will be attended by the iPresi- dent. as is. his usual custom The
 Boston team will oppose tie Sene-
 tors.
 Seattle, April 12.-The opening
 games of the National and American
 leaguers did not take place today on
 account of rain.
 New York, April 12.-The grand jury has indicted the owners of the
 Triangle Shirtwaist factory for man slaughter It will be remembered
 that the factory was consumed by fire on March 27th and one hun dred and forty-three persons, mostly young women, were burned to death. 1t was claimed at the time that the 5hirtwaist company was criminally negligent in not having proper fire escapes provided and in using a
 building for their factory which evad- ed the fire inspectors rules. Eyi-
 iently there were good grounds for this contention. as is shown by the indictment,
 Seattle, April 13.-On July IT, 1897, the steamer Portland arrived n Seattle from Alaska bringing a ton of virgin gold from the rich new fields of the Klondike, and start ing the great gold rush which gave the first impetus to Seattle's growth and prosperity. On July F, 1911, Seattle will inaugurate an annual carnival to celebrate the gift of gold, he celebration to be called the Golden Potlatch, '97," and to con sist of a week of pageantry and mer- ry-making in which the whole city will take part. The name and gen eral nature of the festival were de- cided upon by committee of lead ling citizens early this week, and the details of the big carnival are in the hands of several committees, while the whole city is subscribing funds for the event by purchasing official buttons.
 The name Golden Potlatch, '97, ? is derived from the old Chinook word. Potlatch, which meant to give. or. as a noun, festival of giving. 
 The Seattle carnival might have been termed festival in commemoration of the gift of gold in 1897 the short
 Indian word being used to express his idea. The celebration will fur sher be known as "A Hot Time in a Cool Place." catchy reference to the attractive summer climate of Puget Sound.
 Seattle's big festival will be wide l ly advertised throughout the east and south, as an extra attraction '.o summer tourists, and the railroads
 will assist in calling the nations at tention to this unique celebration of an event which marked the begin ming of the present great prosperity | of the Northwest Water pageants
 and fetes. street parades, electrical displays and carnival features of ev-
 cry sort will be prominent in the weeks celebration.
 Paris, April 13.-Twelve regi-
 ments of cavalry and four of infantry
 are proceeding to Epernay to quell
 the riots in the Champagne district
 Boston, April 13.-Mrs. Clara
 Russell, crazed with grief over the
 separation from her husband. stran-
 gles their 12-year-old daughter to |save her from future pain.
 r. Washington April 13.-The In
 surgent senators are still fighting
 Senator Lorimer and declare that he
 will be busted from office. I !. Portland. April 13.-The grand l jury will next week hear the charges Eof graft against the city officials ir
 receiving money for protection 1T