The Chitina leader., 1914-11-24
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.-peclar-

ing it impossible to defend the l Panama canal and American terri torial possessions by present or pro- l posed garrisons. unless they can be I rapidly reinforced, Major General
 William W. Wotherspoon, chief of
 the general stan and president of the
 board of ordnance and fortication
 has again recommended increase oi Il the regular army to membership . of 205.000.
 | WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.-Mid. l shipman Claud o. Kell, from Nome
 Alaska, because of his high standins I while a cadet has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant and has been
 assigned to the command of one oi
 the twelve companies in the Naval l Academy at Annapolis. MT. Kell was
 formerly a drug clerk at Nome and
 was appointed to the academy by
 Delegate Wickersham.
 NEW YORK, Nov 1s.-John Treadwell. one of the original ewn- CTS of the famous Treadwell mine 1t l Douglas, has filed a petition in bank
 ruptcy, the liabilities being placed at s3,000.0G0 with no assets. MT. Treadwell realized substan- tial fortune out of the sale of his interest in the mine. taking part of his pay in stock. He removed to New York but made investments in California where he is supposed to have met with reverses. Among the investments which proved unprofit- able were coal mines.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1S.-CoL D. c. Jacklin, the mining magnate who is the head of the syndicate which is developing at Juneau, what is to be the largest quartz mine m the world, expressed the belief today that Great Britain's pronouncement that copper will be considered abso- lutely a contraband article, will cause a reduction of soc, 100000 pounds a year in the production of the metal in the United States. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1s.-Presi- dent Wilson, in letter to Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, summed up the business outlook of the United States as bright with the promise of the best things. With fundamental wrongs. righted," he said. ''all dis- ferences will now clear away" Using a rural figure of speech. he said that the soil had everywhere been laid bare and out of it monopoly will slowly be eradicated; that the Euro pean war had made it necessary for the United States to mobilize it's resources in the most effective way.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Secre- tary William B. Wilson, of the de- partment of labor. has started things going, and the newly organ ized federal department of labor is going to try and help the jobless man to the manless job.
 Secretary Wilson has arranged for practical cooperation between his own force, the post-office department and the department of agriculture, something out of the ordinary, for these big departments of the gov ernment seldom work together.
 In pratccial operation he is organ. izing the United States into a num-. Der of districts. in each of which he will have labor employment head quarters, under an officer of the government from the immigration service, who. through the news papers. local immigration offices and rural mail carriers. postmaster, etc, will advise farmers and others need ing men of the whereabouts of men wanting work, and will attend to bringing the man and the job together.
 For the past six or seven years the Immigration Bureau has con- ducted division of information i1 w know where work was plentiful; it has run an employment on a small scale in New York City At last Secretary Wilson has taken hold of and intends making it practical, living organization. It is hoped to have it in working order before the first of the New Year.
 SEATTLE, Nov. 20.-Lieut. Fred erick Mears of the Alaska Engineer ing Commission will leave tonight for Prince Rupert to observe the operations of the elaborate coal handling terminals at that city. He
 will also traverse a portion of the Grand Trunk railway studying con-
 struction of the mountain division before proceeding to Washington.
 Messrs. Edes and Riggs, the other
 members of the commission, will Ileave for the capital in few days. n l. Y