The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-09-22
Late Telegraph News

Il Connecticut, has been nominated fol
the Senate by the Democrats.
j BUTTE, Sept. 21.- Ehile here OF
/ a business visit J. ]. (scotty) Fergu
son, of Seattle, was taken suddenly
i'll and died this afternoon.
j SEATTLE, Sept. 19.-Capt. Z
w. Smith, retired mariner, shot
and killed an unidentified boy who
was caught looting the home of .
policeman at Ballard.
| CHICAGO. Sept. 19.-The Red
Cross movement and the cause OF
world peace were given foremost
recognition in the program for the
Home Exposition which opened in
the Coliseum. The proceeds of the
first night went to the American Red
| Cross Association. A big peace
pageant was given yesterday. The
exposition is under the auspices of
me Home Circle, a federation of
womer's charitable organizations. 1t
will continue fer ten days.
HARRISBURG, Sept. 17.-There
has been q combination which as
Isures the election of Vance B.
Mccormack of this city for governor.
He is the Democratic nominee and
the Progressive nominee William F..
Draper, has Just withdrawn in his
favor
VALDEZ, Sept 17.-After exert
ing their efforts for some time past
the friends of Judge John Lyons
have finally prevailed upon him to
announce himself as a candidate for
the House of Representatives. He
has large acquaintance throughout
the division and many personal
friends in every section. 1t is also
said that Dad" Ingram, who was
member of the last legislature. will
seek to be returned. Al White is
also a pronounced candidate from
this town and has already conducted
an active campaign.
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Former
Ambassador Garden, who served N
Mexico, bitterly arraigned the recent
action of the President in ordering
the withdrawal of troops from Vera
Cruz. He sailed yesterday afternoon
for London and before going to the
steamer characterized the with
drawal of the American troops at
this time as desperate shame. He
declared~that it was just at the time
when the decent people of Mexico
need help and the protection to their
interests which the. presence of
troops implies
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19-The
Republicans in the House have held
a caucus and decided that there was
no necessity for legislation providing
FOR war revenue.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-Spring
Rice promptly informed Secretary
Bryan that former Ambassador Car
den had no authorization to criticize
the Presidents order for the re-
moval OF troops from Mexico. IT
has been revealed here that Car
rama practically deported Garden,
as it had been charged that Huertas
logged resistence was due to- the in
fluence of such tmen as Garden.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Yes-
terday afternoon the House passed
bill abolishing the slum section of
Washington city. This was a move
in which the late Mrs. Wilson was
very much interested and of which
she spoke to the President but a
short time before she passed away.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. ia dis
tressing accident occurred last even
| ing on the St. Louis, San Francisco
{, Texas Railroad, near Lebanon,
Mo-, about $50 miles distant from
mere. A cloud burst filled gully
with a torrent of water which car
ried away the bridge. A passenger
train was wrecked and 40 people
we're thrown into the water and
drowned. The widest scenes Of ex-
element existed for a time and many
narrow escapes from loss of life
occurred
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-The
American troops have been ordered
withdrawn from Vera Cruz. Explana-
ton for this action comes from the
White House and is to the effect thai
the order is justified because of the
removal of the circumstances which
were thought justified the occupa
ton.
4 MEXICO CITY, Sept. 16.-Thert
is great JOY throughout the city ovel
the order which removes the Ameri
can troops from Vera Cruz. This il
taken as practical reconition tina
President Wilson recognizes thu
: ability of the present administration
to handle the situation.
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