The Chitina leader., 1914-12-08
| Late Telegraph News

. miner rom tue l0ltATOu WAO SOOi passage on the steamer Mariposs from Cordoya. committed suicid' this morning. while the vessel wa 'oK Vancouver Island. Despondenc, over lack of success in fortun ing in the north is supposed to b. the reason for his act. The yesse arrived in port late this afternoon
 t'WENATCHEE, Dec. SD. 6 Franklin, on trial for assaulting little girl 10 years old, and J., C Parsons, member of the jury, wer' shot and killed in the courtroom d Cashmere today by Harry k. Carr a prominent merchant of Leayen worth, whose daughter also had been assaulted by Franklin. The bullet from an automatic revolver o1 large calibre passed through Frank, lin, killing Parsons. Carr is in custody.
 EVERETT, Dec. 1.-Uttering a startled. cry as the villain in a motion picture drama threw the heroine over high bridge, Mrs Phoebe May Sherman, aged 50, died last night in her seat in a moving picture theater Sometime ago she had suffered from a paraly- tic stroke that affected her heart and had been warned by her physi- lcian against excitement.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Repre- sentatives John J. Fitzgerald and E. T. Shurley informed President Will son today in person that they in tended opposing Representative Gard -ner's resolution for invasion by making public the details of the committees report on the unpre- paredness of the United States for war.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.- Hon. Thomas Spring-Rice, the British am- bassador, informed the state depar.- ment today that reports are current that General Carranza is planning to destroy the British owned railroad between Vera Cruz and Mexico City. It is expected that American troops will again be sent to Vera Cruz to aid in maintaining order, should Car ranza's followers attempt to carry out these threats.
 ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.--Walter John son, Washington's great pitcher, to- day signed a contract to pitch with the Chicago Federals for two years at salary of $17,5O0 year and he was paid bonus of $6,000 when he attached his signature to the docu- nlent.
 This contract, following that with Plank, signed yesterday, means that all negotiations intended to bring about peace between the baseball armies have been declared of. Part of the peace plans proposed that Chi cago should have two teams next season; that the Brooklyn Federais were to have either the Brooklyn Nationals or the New York Ameri- cans. and the packers of tse St. Louis Federals were slated to buy the Car dinals. In the cities where the Fed erals did not conflict with the Ameri- can or National leagues the Ameri' can Association and International were to be absorbed by the Federal magnates.
 The Chicago National League team has been the wedge with which or. ganized baseball has been attempting to bring about peace.
 Chas. H. Weeghman, president anc owner of the Chicago Federals, anc Chas. P. Taft, owner of the Chicago Nationals, had reached an agree ment and announcement had beer made that the deal would be con summated December l.; but "some' one spilled the beans,'' and the bal war will be continued with all the attendant horrors.
 A report was circulated that Chas w. Murphy, former president of thu Cubs, was blocking the transfer o the team to Weeghman; that Murphy etill held 52 per cent of the stoci and demanded $450,O00 for it.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Secretar! of Commerce Redfield, addressing the Maritime Exchange today, sai' that lack of funds with which t' carry on geodetic surveys in Alaskan waters is responsible for the loss o lives of many passengers and severa steamships. The secretary is exert ing his influence to secure more ade uuate appropriations for this impor tant and neglected work and will have the united support of al maritime interests.
 CLEVELAND, Dec. 4.-Negotia tions to end the strike of 15,OO' miners in Ohio, which has been il progress for several weeks, hay