The Chitina leader., 1914-03-24

service of the United States land
Office has arrived from Washington
He will arrange for the disposition
of the pending Alaska coal cases. In
other words it is expected that he
will have all indictments dismissed
and that the government will annul
the efforts made under former adj
ministrations to have coal claimants
sent to the peniIentiary.
SAN FRANCISCO, March "a
Today the steam whaler Herman
steamed to the North. She sails in
charge of Captain Peterson, who
walked overland last winter from
the Arctic to Fairbanks, as his vessel
had been crushed by the ice. The
Herman is being sent out by the
Canadian government and will try
TO find the Karluk, which was blown
to sea in the Arctic ocean last win
ter, while Explorer Stefensson was
ashore on a hunting expedition.
SEATTLE, March 24.-The can
merry fleet is starting north, the first
TO sail being the ful1-rigged Amer.-
can ship Abner Coburn, of Libby,
Mcneil & Libby. The Coburn will
go to Kenai. She has with her the
crew of the Kenai cannery of Libby,
Mcneil e Libby, 36 fishermen and
her own crew of Is men.
The ship st. Paul, of the North
western Fisheries Company left for
sea a couple OF days ago. She goes
to Nushagak The Charles Z.
Moody, J. D. Peters and Guy G.
Goss, of the same fleet, will follow
the ST. Paul to Alaska. 1he Moody
will leave April /, the Peters April
30 and the Goss April Is.
+ WASHINGTON, D. c.. March "a.
This morning the President as
serted that in asking the repeal of
the clause which permits American
ships to pass free through the Pan
anna canal. he is not only asking the
nation to do that which it is in
honor bound to do, but that he is
further following the wishes of the
large majority of the Democratic
party. He pointed out that when
of the Democrats in the House voted
against tolls exemption. 1t was only
because of a coalition of minority
Of the Democrats and number of
Republicans that the measure be-
came law.
PHILADELPHIA, March 24.-'
Miners and operators of District No.
2, of the Pennsylvania anthracite
district, reconvened here following
the dissolution of their meetings at
Dubois, Pa, on March 6, when fail
ure greeted their efforts to arrange
a ntw wage scale. A second failure
here would jeopardize the Industrial
peace of the whole coal district.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c.,
March 24.-Yesterday Judge Nor
Tison passed sentence on the coal
strikers at Nanaimo who had been
arrested and convicted of interfering
with other workmen and of making
assaults upon them. Joseph Angelo,
The organizer, was given four years
n the penitentiary. Fifteen others
each got six months. Suspended sent
~, Of he
others as the court viewed their
actions as secondary and prompted
in some instances against their will
by the leaders.
SEATTLE, March 23.-Harold
Wells, young man of 20 years of
age, did a daring act last night. The
Boring sea codfishing cruiser Fanny
Dutard, was lying at one of the
piers when Wells boarded her. The
crew were together and when the
command of Glands up" was given
they quickly complied. With his
gun drawn the young desperate.
went through the pockets of the
crew and relieved them of all their
valuables and money. He then
backed off the cruiser and made his
escape. The police were at once
notified and soon succeeded in locat-
ing Wells ashore. He was placed
under arrest.
WASHINGTON, March pa
more extensive use for the parcel
post has just been made available
through an order issued by Post
master General Burleson. He has
decided that butter and poultry
might be shipped to the larger cities
of the country. This is in compli-
ance with the demand of the small
farmer, who will thus be able to
deal direct with the customer or
retail store.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 81.
A resolution was offered in the
House to impeach Associate Justice
Daniel Thew Wright, of the Supreme
court of the District of Columbia. 1t
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