The Chitina leader., 1913-11-25
late Telegraph News

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-It wa stated this morning that whil there had been an agreement to talk, up in the Senate the Alaska railroad bill on December 8, it was likel! that the measure would have to b, postponed, as the currency bill will not have been disposed of by tha time The Senate will first dispose of the currency measure before con sidering the Alaska bill.
 SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 24.-Or Saturday night Col. Theodore Roose- welt addressed the attendants of the University of Chile. Among other things he charged that the judges in the United States had little real knowledge or sympathy with the real toiler. He stated that the gentlemen who enshrouded them selves in robes of ermine usually held aloof from ordinary mortals.
 SKAGWAY, Nov. 24.-On Thurs day night last the w. P. & Y. Route railroad shops at Skagway were closed down and will not be re- opened until some time in march of the coming year. All the men were let off with the exception of Howard Ashley, master mechanic, F. !. Weber, forman of the machine shops and P. J. Flynn, car inspector. The report that trains would not run during the winter is incorrect as the announced schedule provides for trains to leave here twice week for White Horse, on Tuesday and Fri day morning. Several of the shop men have wired to Cordova hoping to receive work in the railroad shops there.
 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24.-Mrs. Vera Scott is gaining notoriety in this city. She has been arrested for badgering and this morning made a sensational confession. She had previously recognized a body as that of Marshal Field, Jr., of Chicago, presumably killed in an accident. She now says that it was not Field. She was formerly known as Vera Prosser and killed her husband Reese T. Prosser while on the train going through the state of Montana. They had started from Seattle and the woman claimed that she did the deed in self defense. A jury found her not guilty.
 NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Ten thou sand tickets to the Army-Navy foot | ball game to be played at the Polo i Grounds here November 29, were put on sale today. They were quickly gobbled up. Three times that num- Der could have been sold to the most spectacular athletic event of the year. Special precautions have been taken to prevent the usual New York way of permitting spectators to buy up great blocks of seats to turn over to the public at highway robbery prices.
 VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 21.- The world touring baseballists under Manager McGraw bade goodby to American shores. The Giant-White Sox aggregation sailed from here and the first stop will be at Yoko- homa, where they are scheduled to show the Japs how the American national pastime is played on De- cember 8. The next day they play in Kobe.
 SPRINGFIELD, Nov. 21.-The whole of Illinois paid homage to the memory of Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, following the request of Governor Edward F. Dunne that the fiftieth anniversary of Gettysburg day be celebrated by every citizen with the reading of the Gettysburg speech. The exercises were held this afternoon at the Tomb of Lincoln. Colonel Clark E. Carr, of Galesburg, who heard Lincoln deliver the memorial address, and Mayor Brand Whitlock, delivered addresses.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Revi- sion of the names of fruits is one of the subjects scheduled for discus sion in the convention of the Ma tional Fruit and Nut Growers which is now in session here.
 SEATTLE, Nov. 19.-The Ameri- can Federation of Labor had a lengthy discussion today on the sub ject of immigration. A resolution was finally passed favoring the literacy test for all aliens who seek