The Chitina leader., 1913-11-04
Late Telegraph News

evening for Southwestern Alaska She will carry a number of stamped CTS to Cordova and considerable freight. It is realized that the only safe and quick way to reach the Chisana is via Cordova and Me Carthy. On the Northwestern will be 22 horses for the Chisana and 30 porcupine boilers. In the 100 tons of supplies for the new gold digglngs will be ton of baking powder, five tons of sugar and five tons of dried fruit. On later steamers the crowds will begin to leave for Cordova and the Chisana.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-A wire has been received from Captain Bal finger, commander of the revenue cutter Bear, asking for $2,000 to aid the Eskimo at Nome. He repre- sents that they are destitute and badly in need of assistance.
 SEATTLE, Nov. Mayor Geo. Cotterill has publicly announced that he will not be candidate for reelection. It is believed that he will allow his name to go before the primaries as candidate for United States Senator, to succeed Senator Wesley L. Jones, whose successor will be elected in Noyem- Der, 1914. It Is expected that the friends will go to W. H. Moore, formerly mayor and superior court judge. Councilman Griffith has announced that he will resign his present office and be a candidate for mayor. Several others are pre- pairing to cast their hats into the ring.
 BERLIN, Nov. 1.-The Mexican minister of finance has communi- cated the announcement that Mexico has arranged to borrow $25,000,000 in Paris, to pay the federal army.
 DULUTH, Nov. 1.-The United States Steel Corporation paid into the treasury of Minnesota during the last half of 1912, the sum of a million and a half dollars, for taxes.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. L. The Canadian consul reports the arrival of Danil and Everaristo Madero at Vera Cruz. They were aboard Mexican gunboat and were brought ashore and lodged in prison.
 CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-This morning Edward Morris, one of the wealthy meat packers of the city, died at his home. He was 57 years of age and was an officer and director in large number of banks and various com panies.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 31.--Judge Me- Call made an address last night dur ing which he scathingly criticized William Sulzer and his attorney, Hennessey, ''the graft investigator" He said that "by their perfidiousness shall the Fusion cause be known"
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. The resolution presented yesterday after noon by Representative Frank o. Smith, of Maryland, with reference to ceding the Southeastern Alaska panhandle to Canada also provided that the President may exchange this strip of territory for either money or British territory. The resolution was referred to the committee on Foreign Relations, where it is ex- pected that it will peacefully slum- Der.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Construc- tion work is soon to begin on the greatest road-building project ever attempted since the time when the Caesars, in building the highways which are still the main thorough fares of Europe, gave rise to the saying that "All roads lead to Rome." The modern counterpart of these ancient roads is the Lincoln Highway, a national thoroughfare that will extend 3,1OO miles across the American continent from New York to San Francisco. Unlike the Roman roads, which were a mani festation of imperial power, the Lincoln Highway is the result of a popular movement and is to be built by popular subscription. After over a year of careful investigation and after numerous conferences with the officials of the different states that the highway is to pass through, the route has been definitely decided