The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-03-17
Late Telegraph News

! LONDON, March 16.-May Rich
ardson, the militant suffragette
who destroyed the famous painting
in the National Art gallery and was
sentenced to six months in prison
has joined the hunger strike and is
! being fed by force She is in Hollo.
way jail where Kitty Merton and
Phyllis Brady are incarcerated. The
| latter were convicted of having
| burned the Nottingham station and
have refused to refrain from mill
| fancy if given their freedom.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 49,
DR.. Helen Parker Crisweil, president
of the International Association OF
Nurses, has announced that nurses
from all parts of the world will hold
a worlds congress on the grounds
of the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition in San Francisco in June,
to which there will be 5000 accred-
tied delegates. The conclave will
include four great congresses: The
International Association of Nurses,
representing 10 foreign nations, in
Guiding England, Ireland, Germany,
France, Belgium, Italy, Australia,
China, Cuba and others; The Ameri-
can Nurses Association with $4,000
members; the National League of
Nurse Education with 10000 men,
bers, chiefly teachers and superin-
tendents of training institutions;
and the Organization of Public
health Nurses. The California State
Nurses Association will act as
hostess to the visitors.
PEORIA, March 13.-District No.
II, United Mine Workers of AM
erica, are in convention here. Dun
can Mcdonald, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
in his address attacked the Illinois
laborer's compensation law. A new
scale of wages for Illinois is to be
settled at the present session of the
convention as the contract with
operators expired March 1. The
miners favor a six-hour day, two
holidays every week and pay days
on Fridays.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March -.
The Senate yesterday afternoon
adopted Senator Chamberlain reso-
luton calling upon Ambassador
Page to explain his speech in Lon
don last night when he said that,
sThe United States would prefer
that no European governments
should gain more land in the new
world
NEW YORK, March 13.-George
Westinghouse, the famous inventor
Iin6 hero today
Deceased had been in ill health for
some time and his relatives were
summoned from Pittsburg to his
bedside.
He was born in New York state
in 1916 and patented his first in
vention when Is years old. He is
credited with inventing more devices
for increasing efficiency of the rail-
was president of 80 corporations
10000 and employing about
$4,000 men.
HAMBURG, Germany, March 10.
Prince Henry of Prussia, and the
princess, today were expected to
leave Hamburg for Buenos AyreS,
anu OtuGT OOulH ClIicS. II
is understood that the German gov
eminent, apprehensive of the rapid
strides the United States has made
in Strengthening trade relations
with South American countries, is
sending Prince Henry there to offset
any effects the visit of Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt to South America.
Prince Henry, it is said, will "cover
the Colonel's trail
LONDON, March IS. - United
States Ambassador Page has re-
ceived notice from Secretary Bryan
to cable a full explanation of his
speech delivered at banquet here
last Tuesday.
NEW YORK, March 13.-George
Vanderbilt's S20,000,000 were left
to his widow and daughter Gornelia.
The latter gets $5,00O,O00 income
property and the Baltimore estate
in North Carolina.
DETROIT, Mich, March 10
Some of the best roller skating
cracks of the country We're here to-
day going through final PAGES for
the amateur and professional roller
skating championship meet to be
held here beginning tomorrow and
continuing through Wednesday,
I March 25. The meet has been sane
toned by the International Skating
Union of America, the Amateur
Athletic Club and the National Skat-
ing Association of Great Britain.
WASH TNCTON n n March 10