The Chitina leader., 1913-10-21

that William G. Ellis, of Cincinnatti, told about he and his wife having g formed a suicide pact did not sound
 good to the police, who began an
 investigation along other lines. When
 he found that he was under suspi- cion Ellis broke down and confessed
 wife the previous night and that dur ing the early morning when she was sleeping he first shot her and then cut her throat. He hacked at his own throat with the idea of substan- tiating the story that they had both agreed to die and had cut their own : throats. He will be tried for mur-
 NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-The Ma tional Women's Suffrage convention will meet in annual session at Wash ington on November 29. This deci- sion was made just before Mrs. | Pankhurst arrived on an ocean steamer. It was expected that she would be the shining light at the convention. But less than three hours after the steamer docked Mrs. Pankhurst's case was heard before special board and the militant suf- fragette and law breaker was or dered deported to France.
 BERLIN, Oct. 1S.-Another fatal- ity occurred just after the disaster to the airship Zeppelin LII. These army officers forming part of the flying corps, took flight in an aero plane to this city when they met with an accident and all were killed. One of the number was It. Baron Won Bluel, who had a narrow escape from death on the LII. But it seems that he was doomed to meet a violent end.
 ALBANY, Oct. 1S.-Former Gov ernor Sulzer has issued a statement in which he declares that he had kept faith with the people and was giving them a fair and honest ad- ministration and carrying out his platform pledges. He likened his impeachment to a political lynching in which Boss Murphy was the judge, jury, prosecutor and bailiff. He states that he owes s76,000 and that he is much poorer than when he took office. He charged that Peck lied while on the witness stand.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-Accord- l ing to advices received here by the | state department President Huerta | of Mexico plans to assemble the foreign diplomats and make state | ment of the situation. Special rep resentative John Lind reports from Vera Cruz that information received by him from various sources indi- cate that Huerta intends to resign.
 FORBES, Cal, Oct. 1S.-A fierce battle ragged between the striking miners and the mine guards. It re- suited in the killing of two of the strikers and mortally wounding two others. One of the guards was nor tally wounded. While this fussilade of shots was being exchanged a ma chine gun was fired into the miners camp.
 LONDON, Oct. 16.-The will of the late J. Pierpont Morgan has been submitted to probate. An in- ventory shows that the value of his possessions in England aggregate over s6,OOO,OOO.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.-J. H. Cobb, the Juneau attorney has ar rived in the city and will appear be- fore the circuit court of appeals in connection with the cases against the Copper River & Northwestern Railroad company in their appeals from verdicts he secured last spring at Cordova for Mrs. Emma Reed for s20,000 on account of the death of her husband in bridge accident last winter, and Dan Reeder for s5,000 on account of railroad accident. He will also appear for the Territory of Alaska in the poll tax case. FAIRBANKS, Oct. 16.-The ice began to form on the river on the 10th and on the 18th the river was closed. However, navigation had closed couple of days prior and all the steamers were in winter quarters.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.-The sensation about town yesterday was
 the killing of J. D. Van Allen, who aI ~f snl ,1f nS