The Chitina leader., 1913-11-11
M4-o41I.<uIO.S, NOV,

s5 sn>.t on of John Purroy Mitchell, ; colleoto of customs for New York, was accepted by the President
 esterday afternoon. MT. Mitchell was president of the board of alder men of the city when he was nomi.
 ated to succeed Collector Loeb last spring. His recent election as layor of New York necessitated his retiring from a federal position President Wilson sent the name of Dudley Malone to the Senate as col lector to succeed MT. Mitchell.
 NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-For sev- eral months past an arbitration commission has been taking testi- mony and looking into the labor conditions on the Eastern railroads. The several hundred thousand en-, ployees had made a demand for in- creased wages, which was strenu- ously opposed by the railroad off, cials. This morning the commission reached conclusion and granted the employees an increase in wages of seven per cent.
 ROME, Nov. 11.-Bluejackets on the battleships Utah, Delaware, Yer mont and Ohio have been robbed of $12,000. This money they entrusted to a former bandmaster on the Utah, named Camerazzo. He dissi- pated the funds and disappeared. The tackles on the various ships have arranged to have an audience with the Pope.
 SEATTLE, Nov. 11.--There are two organizations of the Arctic Brotherhood and what is known as the original lodge is holding it's annual session in this city, the first meeting having been held this morn ing. When the grand lodge ad- journed last fall at Vancouver, after having decided to meet this year at Seattle, there was much dissatisfac- tion evidenced, Many contended that as the organization was strictly Alaskan it's meetings should not be held beyond the confines of the ter ritory. As a result various lodges sent delegates to convention held at Juneau last spring, when a prac- tically new organization was ef- ected. At the present convention efforts will be made to draw the two organizations together.
 ST. LOUIS, Nov. 11.-Hundreds of good roads advocates from all parts of the country are now in this city. This morning the good roads convention opened and it promises to be one of the most interesting conventions ever held by the organi- zation. A number of prominent men
 
 jects concerning the building and maintenance of good roads.
 PARIS, Nov. 11.-That Japan is backing Mexico in her belligerent at titude towards the United States and that the latter country is afraid of Mexico" are some of the intimatiOns constantly finding expression here.
 Americans living in Paris find it hard to understand the attitude of the French press on the American policy in Mexico, unless they accept the explanation given by the MeXi can Constituencies here who as- sert that the Huerta government has spent $30O,0O0 to create in the newspapers anti-American articles. They point out that Japan had the sympathy of Europe when she i'm mediately threatened war on China because three Japanese were killed at TNdn hlnS III tuo CldSu DeIWcCh 6o'- ernment troops and rebels, yet Am ericans have been insulted, killed and mistreated all over long period in Mexico. Geraldo Murillo, editor of "The Mexcan Revolution" printed here as the organ of the Constitu- tionalists, told the correspondent: "It is only fair to say that President Wilson has shown remarkable for bearance. Had Mexico been In Europe the great powers of the old world would have intervened long ago." Says the Echo de Paris" one of the most serious of the French morning papers:
 President Wilson has declared that he is 'unalterably opposed to any government in Mexico irregu-