The Chitina leader., 1913-11-04

1 legislature three senators, Willard, of Valdez, Roden, of Iditarod and Bruner, of Nome, will leave for Washington this week to aid in the passage of the Alaska railroad bill. The legislature declared in favor of 1 government aid in the construction of railroads in the northland and the senators named will add their personal prestige to secure favorable action by Congress.
 ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. Com missioner of Corporations Davis announces that under the direction { of the President a scientific investi- | gation of the industrial situation will be made. This is to be in con- nection with the administration s proposed trust legislation.
 John V. Thomas was found guilty of pocket picking, the jury return ing a verdict on Saturday evening | at o'colck, after being out three hours. The act was committed at Chitina. Thomas was without funds so the court appointed Attorney C.. E. Bunnell to defend him.
 VIENNA, Oct 31.-"The first few years of the twentieth century indi- cate that it will attain to the doubt full fame and characterization of the ''suicide century," declared Neritz Wertmann, Secretary of the Volun- tary Rescue Society, at the second International Congress of Rescue Workers which has just come to close here. Wertmann declared that statistics from all parts of the world showed an appalling increase of sui cides and suicidal attempts.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 31-The Fusion party held big demonstration last night at Madison Square Garden. Chairman Seth Low delivered a stir ring speech. Among other things he declared that the way to destroy Tammany was "by putting it on the hunger strike and not trying to fOrcibly feed it.'
 PLYMOUTH, Mass, Oct. 3O.-The greatest human interest drama of the year in this state was staged on October IA when Mrs. Jennie May Eaton faced court charged with the murder of her husband, Rear Ad- miral Joseph Giles Eaton, retired.
 Since that time until the case went to the jury last evening at 6 o'clock the most intense interest has been manifested in the case. This morning the jury brought in yer dict of not guilty, and considerable of demonstration followed.
 NEW YORK, Oct 3O.-Clarence Mackey caused his wife to be served with papers in an action for divorce, while she was stopping at the Hotel Plaza last evening.
 ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3O.-In the will of the late Adolphus Busch there is provision for a fortune, in trust, for the widows of Charles Nagle and August A. Busch.
 TRINIDAD, Colo, Oct. 3O.--Mine strikers routed the guards at Aguilar after short contest. The strikers are charged with then up- setting stove in the store of the Southwestern Fuel Co.,, which started conflagration. In the store was located the post office. The structure burned, destroying the contents and most of the mail, in- cluding money orders. The post master, however, claims to have evidence that the mail was first rified before the fire was started. While the firemen were fighting the flames they were fired upon by men having guns.
 WASHINGTON, Oct 3O.-The President this afternoon sent to the Senate the name of Albert Vile, to be postmaster at Iditarod. The term of the present incumbent has expired.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-It is re- ported from the navy department that the trial trip of the collier Jupiter has been a pronounced suc- cess. She is electrically driven and during her trial trip along the Cali fornia coast maintained a speed of 14% knots per hour.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Edward Everett Mccall, Tamnany candidate for mayor, opened his campaign a week or moro ago in speech in