The Chitina leader., 1914-12-01


 from the state department, based on advices from Mexico. This is said to be the reason why Vice Consul Silliman is leaving Mexico City to join Carranza at Vera Cruz.
 CHICAGO, NOV. 0.-Arbitration of the differences in wages and hours of employment on 9S western rail- ways employing 5000 enginemen | began today before the board of arbitrators provided for by the New lands act. The men are represented l by Stone, grand chief of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers, and William s. Carter, president or | the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men, while the railways are repre- sented by 12 members of the Man | agers' Association.
 INDEPENDENCE, Mo, Nov. 30.- ! Joseph Smith, head of the Mormon church is dangerously ill at his old home here.
 DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 30-A state wide campaign just successfully closed, has assured the establish ment of State Training School for Girls. Club women were most active in prosecuting the search for sub scriptions.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-Wm. c. Edes has opened winter offices for the Alaska Engineering Commission in the Bureau of Mines and the work of preparing the commissions re- port has been commenced. The report will be ready in January for submission to the secretary of the interior, which means that Secretary Lane will not make definite recom- mendations at the opening of Con- gress as to the proposed route. PHILADELPHIA, Nov.i 28.-West rolnt cadets defeated Annapolis midshipmen 20 to o in their annual game on Franklin field tnis after noon. The score is represented by three touchdowns and safety. The game, as the score indicates. was )ne sided, the army showing superior power in carrying the ball and de tending goal. Mucn laxness in play occurred and forward passing Of both siaes as rule was poor. 4Ae navy appeared weaK on defense and rarely held the army when the latter tried to penetrate the line of the sailors, or go around the ends. army's victory makes the record of ne two teams tie, eacn having won nine games with one game tie.
 Other games resulted as follows: At Haverford, Pa.-Cornell asso- citation 3, Haverford College, 0.
 At Boston-All Stars 13, Carlyle 6.
 At New York-Washington and Jefferson 20, Rutgers 13.
 DENVER, Nov. 2S.-Prominent traffic officials of the west are in Denver today for the taking of testj,, mony by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Ogden gateway case" involving the Union Pacific sys- tenn. examiner Pattison will pre- side at the hearings which are scheduled to begin this afternoon.
 The case involves the attempt of the Oregon Short Line to close the Ogden gateway to traffic to and from points on it's line via the Denver x l Rio Grande and Colorado Midland road. The examiner will also take testimony in number of other Western cases.
 | GRAND FORKS, N. D., Nov. 28. ! l-Although the wheat crop through out the Northwest is the biggest in years, railroad men ,.aim that the movement is 33 per cent below nor nal. This they attribute to the high price of grain and war, which they say, have influenced farmers to hold the grain for higher prices. An un- usually open fall has allowed mut fa'l blowing and tlis. too, contri- buted to the slow movemen If grain. With the coming of real cold, when roads will be frozen and fall ploying delayed, heavier movement of grain is expected.
 KALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 2S.- A four-round boxing bout between Joe Mandot, New Orleans, and Hal