The Chitina leader., 1913-05-13

Charles D. Hills has issued call for
meeting of the Republican Nation
al Committee 1t will meet at Wash
ington on Saturday, May "a. Plans
will be discussed in an effort to try
to bring together the various ele-
ments of the party, and to establish
permanent headquarters where polit-
ical work can be pursued looking to
the next presidential campaign.
SAN FRANCISCO, May S-The
of the Pacific Gas and
Electric Cimpany have been dissat-
SIZED with wages and hours for
some time past. Their demands for
various changes have not brought
satisfactory results AS a conse-
luence yesterday three thousand en-
1loyees went on strike.
SEATTLE, May differentiation
of all the western divisions of the
Great Northern Railway is a matter
of the near future, according to
statements attributed to road ofiic-
ials now ON the Pacific coast on a
tour of inspection President Gray
and other executives Joined the of
ficials now in the west and the en-
tire party, it is said will go up the
nI, N, h; 10 riy 70 70 a %
for starting work. The river which
will furnish the power is only six
miles long, forming an outlet for
Lake Chelan eight miles long flowing
into the Columbia river. which is
several hundred feet below the level
of the lake. Power rights were ac-
CURED several years ago by direc-
ton of j.. +. Hill. The Great Nor
thern operates a small plant at Leav-
Wash, ON the Wenatchee
river.
WASHINGTON, May S-The sun
Try civil service bill passed the Senate
yesterday. 1t had previously passed
the House. 1t carries an appropri-
alton of $117, 100000, including va
rious items for Alaska. This is prac-
tically the same bill that was vetoed
by President Taft.
ST. LOUIS, May I'll. E. Bas-
eler, teller in the Third National
bank. has been placed under arrest.
He is charged with the embezzlemc nt
of SIS, 900. He has been living he
ond his means.
NEW YORK, May Tt is an
nounced that an elaborate banquet
will be held Friday night to the re-
turning delegates from the Interna-
tional Peace Conference, which was
in session last week at St. Louis.
Secretary of State William j. Bryan
will be present and he is expect
ed to make an important announce
ment.
SAN FRANCISCO, May THE
transport Sherman sailed to-day Tor
Manila with five million rounds Of
By some this action
is regarded as significant, in con-
rection with the present trouble with
Japan
VANCOUVER B. c., May T.
1t was supposed that Lin Toy "a
Chinese girl had committed suicide
on Monday. Investigation how
ever, shows that the body is that of
Esther Mitchell, who formerly re-
sided in Oregon. She secured
much notoriety as a member of the
Holy Rollers and whose brother
George Mitchell followed Franz E I.
Creffield to Seattle and killed him.
He claimed that Creffield had ru-
ind his sister. The latter then
came to Seattle and killed her broth
er, asserting that Creffield was inno-
cent of any wrong doing and that
she loved him. The girl was tried
for murder and was acquitted. She
afterwards disappeared, and has now
ended tempestuous career by COM
hitting suicide.
LONDON, May S-The bill to en-
franchise women was again defeat
ed yesterday. This time in the
House of Lords. 1t lacked forty
seven votes of carrying.
NEW HAVEN May 6-Dr. w. H :.
Taft, in lecture before his class at
Yale, declared. "If we are to have
free trade, let's have it. Let the
party that favors it vote for it, and
let the country try it,
SEATTLE, May THE steamer
Admiral Sampson sailed on Monday
night having among her passengers
the following:
For Cordova-H V. Andrews
and wife, Ralph W. McCrary and
wirc, w. Dempster and M. V. Fox =.
Tor Katalla-C. R. Gosset and
Jo res Wardell.
For Fort Liscum-Wm Soule.
L 1r Valdez-S. Mantusald, Max
Sc'-een, Logan Archibald. Geo. Pull
CT. George Mead, E. Whalen, F 4.
Beresford, wife and baby, E. Snyder
Herbert johnson, Mrs. Dibble,
With the sailing of the Admiral
Sampson the Alaska Coast Company
inaugurated a new summer SEIZED
ule, giving ten dams service, the
Sampson and Yukon leaving here
after on the 5th, 18th and 25th OF