The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-02-06
Late Telegraph News


parcel post system similar to tina
of the United States will be added
to the Canadian mail system. Tht
new service will go into effect OF
February 10th. While the measure
was before parliament it met will
opposition from the express com
panies as the establishment of tht
parcel post system in the United
States has resulted in decreasing the
revenues of the express companie:
fully one-half.
COLON, Jan. 2S.-A storm has
sprung up and the Vanderbilt
yacht Warrior is in danger of break
ing to pieces. The crew are still or
board but will be taken off as waves
are breaking over the vessel and
driving her higher on the rocks. A
wireless message received late this
afternoon from the doomed yacht
states that the pounding on the
rocks has caused her to spring a
leak and that the water would put
the wireless out of commission as it
was raising rapidly and would soon
reach the engine room.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29.-The United
States Circuit Court of Appeals has
handed down decision upholding
the decision of the lower court in
the Oklahoma Jim Crow law.
Four Oklahoma negroes tested
the validity of the Jim Grow" car
law. They sought to enjoin the
Atkinson, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
road from obeying its provisions.
declaring it violates the Fourteenth
Amendment inveighing against dis
elimination because of color or race.
They also contended that it violates
the Oklahoma statehood act, and
that railroads were not furnishing
equal accommodations for whites
and blacks. The federal circuit
court of Oklahoma held that the law
was valid.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2s.-Mrs.
Clark, wife of F. Lewis Clark, the
Spokane millionaire who was be-
lieved to have committed suicide at
Santa Barbara, has received a let
ter demanding a ransom of $4,000
before her husband will be freed.
The letter was enclosed in news
paper of this mornings edition and
indicates that the millionaire is a
prisoner in or near this city.
The letter has been turned over
to the police and experts on hand
writing declare that the letter was
written partly by a man and partly
by a woman. Mrs. Clark believes
the letter is genuine and is trying
to get into communication with the
blackmailers. The police are keep
ing close watch on Clark's chauffeur
as he was the last person to whom
the millionaire spoke after taking
Mrs. Clark to the depot at Santa
Barbara.
PRETORIA, S. A., Jan. 2S.-The
government here has taken drastic
measures to suppress any revolu-
tionary movement in connection
with the miners strike. Eight lead
ers of the strikers have been de-
ported from Africa and have been
sent back to England.
The situation is rapidly clearing
and many of the men have returned
to work. The diamond mine strik-
ers are still out but negotiations
are under way for an amicable adj
justment of the matters under dis
pute. Soldiers are still patrolling
the towns in the Jagersfontaine dis
trict.
NEWPORT NEWS, Jan. 29.-The
John D. Archibald, the largest oil
tanker ever built, was launched here
yesterday. She will have a capacity
of $1,000 barrels. The launching
of the big tanker was attended by
many prominent officials VI INC
Standard Oil Company.
PORT AU PRINCE, Jan. 20
American bluejackets from the Mon
tana and marines from the German
cruiser Vereta are guarding the
foreign legations in this city. The
fighting still continues in the city
with the Oreste government troops
gradually being driven back by the
revolutionists under Senator Theo-
dore.
BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 2S.-A
violent earthquake preceded by sub
terranean rumblings caused a panic
among the natives at Mendoza. Many
buildings were damaged. Sounds
like constant firing of cannon pre-
coded the disturbance. 1t is be-
lieved that a new volcano has
broken out at some distant point as
Mendoza was plainly not the center
of disturbance.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 80
The Mexican federal garrison at
Saltillo has fallen and not a single
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