The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-07-20
|ATE TElEGRAPH|C NEWS NOTES
Record of the Principal Happenings of the World

WASHINGTON, D. c., July IL
Large quantities of food supplies are
arriving at Mexico City from the coast
and the famine conditions heretofore
prevailing there have been largely re
heyed. Most of the food so far
received is corn. The Carranza
forces are maintaining excellent order
and no trouble of any kind has oc.
Cured between the populace and the
soldiers. From information received
from the Mexican capital it is believed
that General Villa has evacuated
Aguas Calientes and is retiring north.
ward. This report has not been con-
firmed by any of the state depart
ments agents in Mexico, but comes
from an authoritative source.
PARIS, July 13.-Saint Quentin,
supposed to be the general headquar-
tiers of German armies operating in
France and Belgium, is the concentra-
ton point for damaged guns and roll
ing stock. The Krupps have installed
in motor car works there, plant for
the repair of cannon, machine guns,
automobiles gun carriages, etc. Ger
man workmen were imported from
Essen to equip the plant. Barbed
wire is also prepared for use and dis
tribution from there.
The Saint Quentin works turns out
an iron picket in the form of a cork
screw to replace the wooden pickets;
they are thus able to stretch their
barbed wire defenses without reveal
ing their work to the enemy by the
noise of driving pickets into the
ground The Germans have also in
stalled chemical works at Saint
Quentin.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July IA
It has just been disclosed that an at
tempt was made to hold UP the
British ambassador, Sir Arthur Spring
Rice on the night of the day that
Morgan was shot by assassin Holt.
The ambassador, who had remained at
Morgan's home all day, had entered
an automobile and was on his way to
the home of Willard Straight. He had
but just telephoned to Straight that
he was coming, and nobody else knew
of his destination. When but a short
distance along the road, from Glen
cove party of men in an automobile
not bearing a license plate, attempted
to stop the ambassadors car 1t was
plain that they had been lying in
wait along the roadside, and it is a
mystery how they learned the plans
of the official
When the men in the roadside auto
pointed their guns at the Chauffeur
he put on full speed and crowded past
them in safety. No shots were fired
WASHINGTON, D. c.. July 1.-THE
agency of General Carranza in this
city today announced that dispatches
had been received from their leader
at Vera Cruz stating that the Zapata
troops had suffered heavily in the
recent battle for the control OF Mexico
City, and asserting that as fighting
unit his army was entirely disorgan-
lied. The announcement said that l.
the last four days fighting which re
suited in Zapata evacuating the CAPT.
tai 5000 Of Zapata's soldiers were
killed. Many more than that were
wounded and missing, besides a large
number of prisoners that Gonzales
took.
SEATTLE, July 15.-All the big
papers throughout the east are fea-
turing the Associated Press dis
patches sent out from here. which
give details about the beautiful
weather that Alaska is enjoying this
summer. and about the long sunshiny
days. The daily temperatures in the
different cities throughout Alaska are
opening the eyes of the people of the
United States to what a wonderful
country Alaska is and is a powerful
agent in disabusing the popular mind
of the idea that the northern terri
tory is land of snow, glaciers and
icebergs.
SEATTLE, July 1.-THE steamer
Northwestern left here last night for
Alaska two days behind schedule. The