The Chitina leader., 1914-04-07
Late Telegraph News

FOLSOM on saturday night. he
officials were warned in time to
interfere with the plans that had
been carefully worked out. AS a
result three of the convicts were
shot as they were making their
escape, two of them being fatally
wounded. This action had the effect
of lettering other convicts from
making a break for liberty.
SEATTLE, April 6.-The Miners
& Merchants bank of Ketchikan, has
sued the united States Fidelity &
Guarantee Co., for $25,000. This
concern is the surety in that sum
for Mack A. Mitchell, former
cashier, through whose defalcation
the bank alleges that it has lost
$4,000. The surety company has
declined to pay the amount because
of the alleged carelessness and un-
businesslike methods pursued by the
bank officials in the codnuct OF
their business.
SEATTLE, April 6.-The shipping
firm of Olson & Mahony will engage
in the Alaska trade out of this port,
beginning April Is. On that date
the steam schooner Carlos will leave
Seattle for Cook inlet with passen-
gers and freight. The vessel will go
North via Southeastern Alaska, but
will only take freight and passengers
for the Cook inlet country. The
Carlos was formerly operated be-
tween Seattle and San Francisco, but
has been laid up for time. She has
accommodations for so first and %
second cabin passen gers and cargo
space for about 1000 tons of freight.
Ballard & Dautrick will act as
Seattle agents for the Carlos.
the wrong man was convicted, and
adds, Sin my opinion Frank will not
hang, as the murderer is known to
me and he cannot get away"
WASHINGTON, April 2.-The
House has passed the bill granting
pensions to the widows and minor
children of the officers and men who
served in the Spanish war, the
Philippine instruction and the
Boxer uprising in China. Efforts to
secure this result have been made
for several years past and when the
bill is finally signed it will bring
relief to a large number of women
and minor children.
PHILADELPHIA, April THE
winds that blow in northern Alaska
are to be harnessed to light up the
long polar night in the cause OF
religion. Bishop P. 7. Rowe, of the
Diocese of Alaska has authorized
DR.. w. E. S. Temple, head of the
electrical engineering departmnt of
the University of Pennsylvania, to
design and build an electric light
plant, operated by a windmill, for
use of the Episcopal mission at
Point Hope, Alaska. Point Hope is
more than 100 miles north of the
Arctic Circle, where the polar night
continues several months each year.
SEATTLE, April Lieut.. Crit
fiths, disbursing officer of the army
had been accused of misappropriat-
ing funds and was supposed to be
present today for courtmartial. BIT
he did not put in an appearance. The
police were appealed to in the effort
to locate him, but Griffiths could not
be found.
SEATTLE, April 1.-THE steamer
Alameda, which arrived from the
north on the third, sailed again last
night. For Cordova she had "a
cabin and 20 second-class passen-
gers. In the number was S. K.
Hedges, station agent for the Cop
per River & Northwestern Railway,
who has been looking after the
settlement of brothers estate.
Capt. Rude, with II men is also
going to Cordova and will get the
survey boat Taku in readiness Tor
the seasons work. Other passengers
are r. C. Briggs and David Steele.
For Seward there are 81 first and Z
second class passengers; for Valdez
six first and s second class.
PORTLAND, April 7.-Bankers
who are on the inside pretend to
know that on July 1st, Secretary OF
the Treasury William McAdoo Will
resign to become governor of the
federal reserve board created under
the currency act. The board Will
consist of seven members, consisting
of the secretary of the treasury, the
comptroller of the currency and hVe
others appointed by the President
with the consent of the Senate,
WASHINGTON, April THE
Senate foreign relations committee
voted this afternoon to allow 15
days for hearings on the repeal
amendment allowing American
coastwise vessels free tolls through
the Panama canal.
PARIS, April 6.-The French