The Chitina leader., 1912-03-30

city has been thrown into a state ol great excitement over the indict- ment of Rev. J. Frank Norris. He is the pastor of the First Baptist Church, and is charged with arson, in having set fire to the church which burned down.
 SAN FRANCISCO. March 2s.-At an election yesterday the city -decid- ed to purchase the necessary land and to erect new municipal buildings at cost of ss,0O0,000. The plans for the new buildings are artistic and commodious, and the vote was largely in favor of the improvement. WASHINGTON, March 29-It has been determined that Americans and all other foreigners may bear arms .< in their own defense in Mexico, ac- cording to an agreement with Mexi- can powers.
 WASHINGTON, March 29.-Be- fore the House committee on territo- ries Delegate Wickersham charged Governor Clark with making mis- leading statements about the condi- tions in Alaska.
 CLEVELAND, March 29.-Last night and this morning conferences have been held by the hour, but no agreement could be reached on the coal miners trouble. It is now gen. erally believed that on Monday next half million coal miners will be on strike. -.
 WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 2s. If the miners go on strike the mayors and burgesses of most of the cities and towns throughout the an- thracite coal region of Pennsylvania will send a petition to President Taft asking that he appoint commission to investigate the conditions.
 WASHINGTON, March 29.-Gen. Goethals, in charge of the work at the Panama Canal, told the Senate interoceanic committee that the first ship would go through the canal in August or September, 1913.
 LINCOLN. March 29.-The little city of Platte has experienced the worst flood, caused by the breaking up of the ice, that it has had for twenty years. Much property has been damaged and individuals have suffered greatly.
 WASHINGTON, March 2s.-Sen- ator Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, has introduced a bill providing for the registration of vital statistics throughout the territory of Alaska. This is a measure that has repeat edly been urged by Governor Clark.
 LONDON, March 29.-A termina- tion of the coal strike is prayerfully and anxiously looked forward to. Millions throughout England are in a state of semi-starvation because of the strike and its resultant paralysis of industrial conditions.
 SAN FRANCISCO, March 2S.-A great delegation of unemployed call ed upon Mayor Rolfe and demanded that they be given work. They were not particular what it was or where 1t came from, but they insisted in their demands. They were very pro- nounced and threatening in their demands. Unless compiled with they declared that violence would follow such as would make the whole world shudder."
 BOSTON, March 27.-The labor dissatisfaction found another outlet yesterday afternoon, when 12,000 employees in the cotton and cloth 4lAiiS di AOnSti Slt uCh iol hi6hSA wages. When the employers refus- ed to grant the demand decisive &C., ;, tion was taken, with the result that today most of the mills are idle. NEW YORK, March 27.-The Paris dressmakers' most startling contribution to milady's wardrobe this year is to be new skirt, very narrow, with slit at the side ex- tending we'll above the knee. A trade announcement here regarding the new skirt says: "If the directoire stocking, made of silken network with large meshes, is to be worn with the dress. as it is, the effect will be striking"
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