The Chitina leader., 1914-05-12

weeks. She was porn as LliiiaI Norton at Pennington, Maine, 1T 1859. She made her operatic debu at Brescia, Italy, in La Traviata, ana appeared in London in 1887, ant later in Paris, St. Petersgurg ant other European capitals. Her rep ertoire embraced 40 operas, al though she was best known II iWagnerian parts. She appeared 1T grand opera in the United States fol many seasons past. Her third ven- ture at marriage was in London 1909, to George Washington Young COLUMBUS, May 12.-Discussion of wages and labor conditions was the principal subject considered by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America which convened here in annual session. The association passed resolutions condemning the Rockefeller management of the mines in Colorado.
 CATANIA, Italy, Ma y11.-Later reports indicate that the eruption at Mt. Etna was more disastrous in it's results than was at first thought. Besides wiping out a number of towns it is known that over 200 have lost their lives and 400 have been injured, some fatally
 ! WASHINGTON, May 11.-Late Saturday afternoon the House passed the regular pension bill that appropriates $170,000,0
 ST. PETERSBURG, May 1.-The government has decided to send an expedition in search of Lieut.. Sedotf, who started for the north pole two years ago. Nothing has been heard of the expedition for year past and it is feared that something serious may have happened.
 WASHINGTON, May 11.-Late Saturday afternoon the President approved a joint resolution setting aside the second Sunday in May as Mothers Day He also issued a proclamation advising it's observ- ance, which was immediately wired throughout the country so that there could be an observance of yesterday. He commanded a display of flags from federal buildings. The resolu- tion being passed at such late hour did not give. much time for prepara- tions to fittingly observe the day this year, but it is expected that hereafter there will be general observance.
 WASHINGTON, May S.-The de- partment of commerce today issued statistics indicating that 630, 100000 bushels would be the winter wheat crop, the greatest ever grown in this country. The entire product in 1913 was 753,233,0OO bushels, for which the value was S579,- 9S9,410.
 CHICAGO, May S.-James Keeley, editor and general manager of the Chicago Tribune since 1898, has formed syndicate that has made a big newspaper deal. They have purchased ? daily morning news papers, the Record-Herald and Inter- ocean. They will be merged and run as the Record-Herald. w. '. Chapin, formerly one of the owners of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and later editor of the San Francisco Call, is in on the new deal and will have leading position. MT. Keeley will be remembered by many Alaskans as he made a trip to the northland two years ago, spending T week or two at Cordova. Ever since he has been a persistent booster for Alaska.
 WASHINGTON, May s. - The Juneau Commercial Club has been exerting efforts to induce the war department to operate an all night cable service in Alaska, or at least between Seattle and Juneau, in order that the Daily Dispatch might run morning paper and get it's tele- grams at night. Secretary Garrison announced last evening that he could not grant the request. He says that for the present he cannot see his way clear to put the necessary force on to maintain the cable offices through out the 24 hours, and he believes that if one section were to have this service it should be made general.
 INDIANAPOLIS, May S.-The International Executive Board of the United Mine Workers voted this afternoon against general strike There was a strong contest waged in the discussion of the matter but the conservatives won out.
 DENVER, May 7.-As a result of a wordy contest between two well known characters yesterday, a death is likely to result. Col. James C. Bulger, soldier of fortune, resented