The Chitina leader., 1912-11-19
Late Telegraph News

reelection, mas given IorM6l uotiCe
that he will ask for recount OF the
votes at the recent election for Cub
ernatorial candidates. Hay was de-
feated by a slight margin by the Dem
ocratic candidate, Lister.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15-Banker
Geo. F. Baker has made munificent
gift to the New York hospital. He
gives that institution the sum of four
million dollars, with the only proviso
that it affiliate with Cornell medical
school, 1t is believed that the gift
and proviso will be eagerly and CRATE
fully accepted by both the institu-
tions. The trustees will meet in two
or three days and take action.
SEATTLE. Nov. 15--City Comptrol-
Ter Harry Carroll has had force of
nearly sixty men employed during the
past week checking the $4,000 names
on the petitions for the recall of Ma
yor Geo. F. Cotteill. 1t is expected
that this work will be completed by
Monday. Carroll has made a new
rule relative to the checking and in
stead of allowing partisans to have
free access to the petitions as they
are being checked, has has limited
this inspection to one person repre-
senting the recall association and one
person representing Mayor Cotterill.
Sixteen thousand five hundred
names are necessary for recall cleo
ton. The council must call the cleo
ton not sooner than thirty days after
the comptroller eertifies the sufici-
ency of the petition and not later
than forty days from such certifica-
ton.
SALT LAKE, Nov. 15-This after
noon a fall of rock at the Horn silver
mine in Beaver county entombed
twelve people. In addition to the
men working in the mines two girls,
Daisy and Hazel Alexander, aged
sixteen and nineteen, had gone down
to see the workings and are among
those who may lose life. Rescurers
are now at work aud they have hopes
that the entombel people may be
saved.
CLIFTON. Arizona. Nov. II
Franklin B. D. Orr, former proprie-
tor and editor of the Douglas Dis
patch. was shot and killed by William
Allender. They had had some differ
ences and as Allender stepped from
a store and saw Orr approaching he
pulled his gun and Immediately kill
ed Orr. The affair caused great ex-
element and Allender was immedi-
ately surrounded. He brandished
his gun and all were afraid to ap-
proach him. Officers arrived and the
murderer turned the weapon on him
self, committing suicide.
LONDON, Nov. 14-In the House
of Commons yesterday stormy
scene resulted over the proposal of
Prime Minister Herbert Henry AS
quith to rescind the amendment de-
feating the financial feature of the
home rule bill. For a time VERT
able riot prevailed. In the dist IL
bance not only hot words, Int missiles
of various kinds. were thrcwn about
the hall. Home Secretary Chutchiii
was hit by heavy book, huc'ed at
him by an opposition member.
OLYMPIA, Nov. 1.-THE Supreme
court has brushed aside the remain.
ing objections that have temporarily
held up the great work of Senttle's
HdIDOI improvements. oOuuS were
voted last Spring and an agreement
made with New York capitalists fol
the construction of terminals and
warehouses, but there has been some
question as to the validity of the
bonds. The court upholds the bono
issue and there is nothing now to pre-
vent the great work from going IN.
WASHINGTON. Nov. IA repor
has just been issued by the geological
survey, from the pen of DR.. Alfred H
Brooks. In it he declares that tn
full industrial development of milan,
Alaska is possible by constructing
such railroads as will furnish trans
portation to the open ports of tn
Pacific. This statement has consid
cradle significance because OF tn
fact that DR.. Brooks is now q mem
Der of the Alaska Railroad Commits
sion that has been in Alaska investi
eating conditions for the past tw
months. The members of the Com
p,io,fnr oro ovpaotal IN VIZ chiv, 1rt ~