The Chitina leader., 1914-05-12
Late Telegraph News

f CATTNA, Italy, May 9.-Mt. Etns ) is again in eruption and as a con
 sequence dozen or more villages ir
 it's vicinity have been destroyed. St far reported more than a hundred people have been killed in fleeins from their homes and trying tt l escape the flow of lava that ha!
 proved so devastating. The prop |. erty damage is also considerable. | SEWARD, May 7.-The city coun l Gil is preparing for expansion ir
 anticipation of the increased inter
 est taken in the town by reason oi
 the fact that the Alaska Engineering
 Commission is to make it's head.
 quarters here, and the real estate
 boom that is already on and which is expected to increase as hundreds of people flock here from the out side. The fire limits have been ex- tended and street grades located preliminary to improvements to streets and sidewalks.
 ] LONDON, May 7.-Announce- ment is made that Prince Alexander of Teck has been appointed governor general of Canada, effective October 1. He will succeed the Duke Of ! Connaught. The prince was mar ried in 1904 to Alice Mary, daugn- ter of Leopold, Duke of Albany, a descendant of the late Queen l Victoria.
 PARA, Brazil, May 7.-Colonel Roosevelt proudly boasted to his | acquaintances in this city that since he had left New York, and as result I of his hard work in the jungles, he had lost 55 pounds of weight.
 SEWARD, May Tt is currently reported here and generally believed that F. R. Brown will in the near future erect shelter at Unga. LONDON, May After many de- bates vote was finally taken last night on the woman's suffrage bill ! by the House of Lords. In was re- 1 jected by vote of 104 to 60. In the meantime the parliament build | ings had been surrounded by thou sands of women who offered prayers and made many speeches in favor of the measure When the announce I ment was made there were many adverse demonstrations and the extra force of police was kept busy in quelling the rioters.
 SAETTLE, May 7.-The steamer Mariposa sailed north last night, carrying a large number of passen- gers. For Seward there were 5S cabin and 21 second class passen- gers; for Valdez 37 and second class. Of this class there are Il for | Cordova and the following first class passengers: Mrs. S. Pederson, Mrs. | Thomas s. Scott, Mrs. w. w. Council, E. WI. Schnorr, H. Bremstishl, An drew Cline, N. o. Nelson and wife, Mrs. Otto Lubbe; William and Dorothy Lubbe; MT. Edwards, Paul Seideningland, Geo. c. Cruickshank and E. M. Baxter.
 WASHINGTON, May 7.-At 6 o'clock this evening the wedding of William G. McAdoo and Miss Eleanor kandolf Wilson was solem- nized in the blue room of the White House. Although a small affair it was attended by members of the cabinet and prominent senators and representatives, as well as num- Der of personal friends of the con- tracing parties who are not in official life. Miss Wilson was given away by her father, President Wilson.
 SEATTLE, May 6.-George Eno- sawa, of the North American Times, the local Japanese daily newspaper, has informed the publicity and in- dustrial bureau of the New Chamber of Commerce that the Japanese training fleet, consisting of two battleships and their consorts, will visit Puget Sound and Seattle early in July. The fleet is under the con- mand of Rear Admiral Tujius Kuroi. There will be 1,500 officers and men aboard the battleships.
 ! The vessels will remain in Seattle five days. The battleships in the fleet are the Asama and the Azuma
 Capt. T. Huaga is in charge of the former and K. Sato the latter. Capt. Huaga was with Admiral Togo when he visited this city several years ago. SEATTLE, May 6.-The Port Commission recognizes the need for the erection of cold storage ware house and wharf for the accommo- dation of the halibut industry of
 Alaska. Norman Warehouse, repre- senting the Pacific Coast Fisher mems Association appeared before the commission and pointed out the absolute necessity of providing ade- quate facilities here for the storage