The Chitina leader., 1914-11-10


 k ! k WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.- : \ Tho completion of the report of ; \ the Alaska Engineering Com- , 4 mission will be done in this < city. The commission, com ] X posed of w. c. Edes, chairman, ! \ Lieut.. Frederick Mears and ! \ Thos. Riggs, Jr., have com ] < pleted their work in Alaska. \ The various routes suggested ! Y for government railroads have ! X been surveyed and all possible ! k data secured. Maps and detailed x information are being worked ! X out at the office of the commis- } x sion in Seattle. But the com & X pletion of this work will be x k done here and the final report < X prepared. Secretary Lane an- x < nOunces that it was expected to * X have the three members of the k X commission in Washington by X k November 20, but Lieut.. Mears *
 kwill be delayed as he is now in < k Cordova awaiting steamer to k < sail south. Secretary Lane says X x that it is his hope and expecta- X X tion that the report will be < k ready for submission to the x X President early in January. x k%< < &<4 < <%A A%&4 %x<
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-A des- patch to the Constitutionalist agency here from Cordoba said that Car ranza had agreed to recognize the actions of the Aguas Calientes con- vention,, which named Gutierrez as the provisional president.
 AGUAS CALIENTES, Nov. 1O.-- Gutierrez, who was selected by the convention to serve as provisional can be held, today proclaimed him. self chief executive of the republic from this date and he named his cabinet.
 ATLANTA, Nov. 10-Definite plans for fund for the erection of a memorial for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, to be known as the Ellen Wilson fund for Christian education of mountain youths, were inaugurated at a meeting of interested women held here today. A letter from the President approving the. movement was read. Mrs. Wilson was, during her life, an active worker for the welfare of the so-called common peo- ple of the South.
 VERA CRUZ, Nov. 10.-A pri- Vate telegram states that the National Bank of Mexico City has been sacked by Constitutionalist mob. Details are not given and the amount of treasure the bank con- tained or was taken, is not known here.
 BOSTON, Nov. 10.-Few of the fox companies in Prince Edward Island that own foxes are offering stock for sale to American investors, says Consul Livingston T. Mays, Charlottetown. Most of the con- panies that offer stock have based their capitalization on options only, and own no foxes. In many cases a very careful reading of advertising matter and thorough investigation are necessary to discover this fact. These companies have paid ten per cent on options for foxes for future delivery, at prices ranging from $I6,000 to $30.000 per pair, and, after appropriating certain other stock for organization and promo tion, have offered the bulk of their stock for sale in the United States, expecting to pay back the amount invested if enough is not sold to complete the purchase of the foxes. Tn extremely few cases have the companies assets that will guarantee LuiS TGLuTn, dltcI tHc IU pCi SCit already paid on options has been lost by failure.
 JUNEAU, Nov. 9.-The Democrats charge that there was a liberal ex- penditure of money in this division by their opponents at the recent cleo tion. As a result there will be an insitent demand that the new legts- lature enact a registration, Austra- Han ballot and corrupt practice act.
 The first gold dust to enter Port land from Alaska since 1899 arrived there recently on the steamer J. B. Stetson, one of the vessels of new line from that city established dur ing the past summer. The bullion was from J. w. McClosky, of Juneau and was worth $39,000.
 JUNEAU, Nov. '9.-On Friday last Governor Strong accompanied by Mrs Strong, left for San Francisco and San Diego They will attend Q