The Chitina leader., 1914-03-03
Late Telegraph News

| HOUGHTON. Mich, Feb. u.s.
John Hupta, secretary of the iocal
branch of the Western Federation
of Miners, Nick Verbanas, an
organizer, and Joseph Junleum, &
member of the Federation, were
arrested here today on warrants
sworn out by deputy sheriff. The
men are accused of having muir
dered three non-union miners il
! Pinesdale last December. The
bodies of the strikebreakers were
found mar shack where Junleum
lived and witnesses testified before
the grand jury that they were last
seen alive in company with the
Federation men.
| PHILADELPHIA, Feb 2S.-The
| demands of the miners for a wage
| increase and other concessions, to.
gether with the counter propositions
| of the operators, were placed in the
hands of sub-scale committee to-
day by the general committee OF
miners and operators of the btu
| minous coal miners of Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, which has been in session
here for a week.
The subcommittee consists of
eight miners and eight operators,
while the general committee con-
sists of 80 miners and 80 operators.
Before submitting the wage ques-
tion to the subcommittee, the con-
ference unanimously adopted a
resolution providing that should d
new interstate agreement be
effected prior to April l the men
should continue work pending nego-
tiations of state and district con-
tracts.
President Wilson yesterday sent the
nomination of Harvey M. Hutchin-
son to be associate justice of the
supreme court at Porto Rico. Judge
Hutchinson has been professor Of
political economy at Princeton Uni
versity.
MADRID, Feb. 27.-The govern
ment has been advised that state
of anarchy and revolution exists in
Portugal. The government officials
have caused the arrests of scores OF
sympathizers of the monarchistic
form of government. 1t is feared
that another rebellion similar 20
that which occurred in 1912 will
break out in the near future.
PORTLAND, Feb. 27.-The For
estry service has made arrange
ments to advertise for bids for the
sale of 100000 feet of spruce
and hemlock on the Tongas forest
reserve near Sitka.
GRASS VALLEY. Cal, Feb. a.
Bandits robbed the North Star
Mine here this morning and escaped
with amalgam valued at $4,000. The
sheriff is following their trail with
bloodhounds.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 27.-W. X.
Bixby, who was appointed receiver
of the Wabash railroad by the court,
has resigned. He was one of the
directors before the company went
into bankruptcy and his appoint
ment has been numerically criti-
cized by the press of the country.
1t was openly charged that he was
largely responsible for the Wabash
becoming insolvent through using
it's earnings to control other rail-
roads.
WASHINGTON Feb. 27.-Lime-
stone shippers had their inning to-
day inning today before the Inter
state Commerce Commission in OPP
position to requested increases in
Eastern railroad freight rates
ATLANTA, Feb. Ex-Governor
Slaton has appointed w. S. West, of
Valdesta, to succeed Senator Bacon.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 81
day before the Interstate Commerce
~, mi hn c,,hinnt for n
sideration in connection with the
requested increase OF freight rates
for the Eastern railroads.
OSSINING, Feb. 27.-In the Gus
tody of a deputy sheriff and accom-
panied by his wife and attorney,
Lieutenant Becker, formerly of the
New York police force. left the
death house here this morning for
New York. Becker is confident that
the new trial which is soon to take
place will result in his acqulttal.
The date of his trial has not been
set but as the gunner whom he
hired to kill Rosenthal are sent
enced to be electrocuted early N
April it is expected the trial will be
held in the near future.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Lieut.
Charles Becker, who was recently
granted a renearing of his case by
the supreme court, has been placed
in the tombs. The court of appeals
yesterday fixd the date of execution
of his four gunner who killed
Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, TO
take place during the week begin
ming April 12. Becker has been IN
Sing Sing death house for many
months and was brought here for
the new trial.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 26.-
Assistant Commissioner Jones, OF
the fisheries department, has an
nounced that he will spend five
months in Alaska next summer in
vestigating the fisheries with a view
to recommending restrictions fol-
the preservation of the fish.
TACOMA, March 2.-Three new
halibut fishing schooners, with a
! combined capacity of 10000 pounds
of fish, were launched from Puget
Sound shipyards during the pass
month. They are owned by three
! different parties but will all operate
at the new Yakutat halibut banks IN
Contharn A1oclyo