The Chitina leader., 1913-12-23

been seized by the customs officials.
 The government is fully alive to the conditions of affairs in the province which threatens to rebel il home rule is granted Ireland. l The training of the troops, armed
 with wooden guns, is of daily oc- currence but no action is taken by 1 the government unless some overt
 act is committed. Sir Edward Car
 son, the leader of the opposition to
 the home rule bill in the British parliament has declared that the
 province will declare its independ-
 ence before lowing to the rule of the other provinces.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23.- Senator John D. Works, of Califor- mia, has introduced a bill in the sen- ate to repeal the Hetch-Hetchy bill recently approved by Congress and signed by President Wilson on Sat urday last.
 Senator Works in introducing the measure stated that the bill had been passed without full knowledge of it's workings and was creating a monopoly of the water systems of lower California.
 MAYFIELD, Ky, Dec. 23.-The case of Lucien Turk and May Cope land on trial for murder in the Graves county court is drawing to close They are charged with the murder of Hugh Atchinson at Bard we'll last summer. The case was brought to this county on change of venue The evidence against the pair has been strong and it is believed they will be convicted.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dc. 23.-The California State Railroad eommis- sion has been reversed by the supreme court of the United States in a decision handed down Satur- day.
 Some time ago action was brought before the commission to compel the Pacific Telephone Company to make long distance connections with the numerous small independent lines. The commission decided that the Pacific would have to place the use of their lines at the service of the subscribers of the independent com panies or forfeit it's charter to operate in the state. The Pacific company appealed from the decision of the commission and carried the case to the supreme court which has sustained their contention and re- versed the commission.
 TULSA, Okla, Dec. 22.-Mrs. Albert E. Patrick, wife of the New York attorney who was pardoned from Sing Sing, died here last Sat urday. Her husband was sentenced to death several years ago for mur- der and it was due to her loyalty that he did not pay the penalty. Several times he was given reprieyes on the day previous to that set for his execution.
 PARIS, Dec. 22.-Jack Johnson, the heavyweight champion of the world, and Jim Johnson, a Galveston negro, fought a ten-round draw be- fore a club last night. It was a rattling affair from the tap of the gong and the Texas negro kept the champion busy. Jack claims to have broken a bone in his arm in one of the first rounds which prevented him from putting his opponent out.
 LONDON, Dec. 22.-Great Britain will not be officially represented at the Panama exposition at San Fran cisco to mark the opening of the Panama canal. The cabinet at it's session on Saturday turned down 8 proposition introducd at the in- stance of Sir Thomas Lipton provid- ing for an appropriation for that purpose.
 SEATTLE, Dec. 22.-The police are mystided over a shooting affair which took place in this city Sat urday. N w. Geddes, a wealthy farmer of Davenport Iowa. shot and it is believed fatally wounded
 Joseph Blaine, quartermaster of the steamer Humboldt. He fired sev- eral shots and one of the bullets
 wounded John R. Erickson, a sailor.
 Erickson will recover.
 Geddes claims that Blaine has
 been bothering him for 20 years and that he could not longer tolerate his