The Chitina leader., 1914-07-28
Late Telegraph News

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cincts in the First Division on Sat
urday last. A good vote was polleG
in nearly all the precincts and so fal
as known all delegates elected arr
favorable to the nomination a
the Skagway convention of straigh
Democratic ticket. At Juneau Johr
ticket advocated by the Democratic
club as a delegate to the convention
He advertised the fact that he fav
ored the nomination of James Wick
ersham for delegate to Congress
and as consequence he was badly
scratched and defeated. The juneau
Democratic club held a meeting and
declared for full territorial govern
ment, the direct primary, and a
partisan legislative ticket. The
strongest kind of an endorsement
was also given to the administra-
ton of President Wilson.
SEATTLE, July 27.-Taking the
lead of great Atlantic shipping con-
Germs, the International Mercantile
Marine has definitely announced its
intention of establishing a Pacific
Coast service upon the opening Of
the Panama Canal and has issued
the first schedule and first passenger
rates for the route. 1t gives the
rate of Sl2J for first class passage
and $50 for third class. A. E. Dis
ney, North Pacific Coast passenger
agent of International Mercantile
Marine lines, with headquarters III
Seattle received advice to this effect
from New York and while the an
nouncment is of a San Francisco
New York service local shipping
men are led to believe that Seattle
will ultimately be the North Pacific
terminal
POTTSVILLE, Pa, July 27.-The
mountains of culm or coal waste
which break the sky line through
out the anthracite coal region eff
Pennsylvania and which were for
many years considered nuisance
are now being made to serve very
useful purpose. There is at present
a market for almost any grade of
anthracite that will burn, and no
more coal goes to the culm bank eX-
cept for temporary storage and sub
sequent recovery by washers. These
ranges of artificial hills, unsightly
monuments to former waste, are
contributing their share to the total
coal production and are rapidly dis
appearing. Even the waste from the
culm bank washers is being utilized,
for it is flushed into the mines and
partly fills old workings where it
cements together and furnishes sup
port to the roof when the coal previ-
ously left for pillars is removed.
PORTLAND, July 2i.-The Even
ing Telegram, which is one of the
city's oldest institutions, has been
sold to J. E. Wheeler, L. R. Wheeler
and John T. Carroll. The paper
was established by the owners of the
Oregonian and for many years past
has been under the editorial man
agement of Mr.. Carroll.
SEATTLE, July 23.-At meet
ing of the school directors of this
district it was decided that here
after there should be separate
classes for the boys and girls.
SEATTLE, July 25.-The steamer
Alameda sailed north last night and
carried as passengers for Cordova,
w. ]. Brown and wife, Mrs. c. c.
keenan,, H. w. Sheridan and wife,
e. r. Eastman and wife, A. P.
Reems and one second-class. For
Valdez she had four cabin and an
equal number of secondc-ass pas
sengers; for Seward three
SEATTLE, July 27.-The fifth
branch of the. United States bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
will be established in Seattle about
August /, according to official infor-
nation received from r. H. Bald.
win, chief of the bureau in Wash
ington, D. c. Such offices have been
established in New York, Chicago,
New Orleans and San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Otficial
and society circles are all agog over
the expected announcement of the
engagement to marriage of Attor-
ney General James Clark Mercy
nolds and Miss Lucy Burleson
daughter of Postmaster General
Burleson. Mr.. McReynolds is so
years of age and bachelor. He re-
sided at Nashville for many years
He was assistant attorney general
from 1903-O7, when ne removed tc
New York to engage in the practice
of law. Both the contracting parties
are popular in Washington circles
MEXICO CITY, July 2o.-Presi'
dent Carbajal has ordered careful
examination of the finances of the
country. AS a result warrant
was issued last evening for the ar