The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-03-23
SAN FANcIsco, March 20

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Vice President Thomas Marshal ar
rived here this morning and repre-
scented the President at the formal
/ opening of the Panama-Pacific expo
sition The attendance is large and
the ceremonies were participated in
by number of visiting officials
from neighboring states. In the
presence of a number of newspaper
men the Vice President declared
that Woodrow Wilson would be the
next President of the United States,
and he further expressed the belief
that he would be renominated by
reclamation. When it was suggested
that his running mate would again
be Thomas Marshall the Vice Presi-
| dent only smiled.
| WASHINGTON, March 19.-Re-
ports received here indicate that
there is soon to be resumption of
open hostilities in Mexico. General
Villa, with 10000 men, is now with
in so miles of Carranza's forces at
Tampieo.
| DENVER, March 22-Brig. Gen.
| Hugh L. Scott, of the general staff
corps of the army, returned today
| from Bluff, Utah. 1t is stated that
through his diplomacy the Indian
| troubles were satisfactorily settled
| Of "a i,,tn
| for murder by the federal authorities
were surrendered 1t is expected
| that peace will again reign and that
| for the present. least, no further
depredations will be committed.
WASHINGTON, March 20-It
was announced this afternoon that
| the final figures had just been re-
ceived on the cotton production in
| the United States for the year 1914.
They are given as 16,102,143 bales,
of 500 pounds per bale. This was
| the greatest record in the history
of any country. In 1913 the
| United States also held the record
| for the greatest maximum produc-
| ton, it then being 14,156,46S bales.
| The country then holding second
! place was British India, with
4,776,S00 bales.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10
The early days of Nome were again
voiced in the courts here yesterday,
and in a sensational way A big
suit is on trial in which Mrs. Ella
Helm is the claimant for a share in
Nome mining property that is vari-
ously estimated as worth from three
to six million dollars. Her attorney
is w. T. Hume, who was assistant
District Attorney under Joe Woods,
during Judge Moves reign. joseph
Wright, former postmaster at Nome
is out in an affidavit charging Hume
with attempting to influence. testi-
mony in the case. The matter was
presented to court and will be in
vestigated. Old time Alaskans here
say that the occurrence reminds
them forcibly of the good old days
of litigation in Nome, when all kinds
of questionable methods were re-
sorted to in the effort to ~secure
mining property.
BARABOO, Wis, March 10
Arthur H. Noyes, after lingering
illness died here this afternoon. He
was a federal judge at Nome,
Alaska. during the early days when
big mining litigation was on. Judge
Moves and his party of court Off
Gals first arrived at the northern
| camp early in July, 1900. He re-
NAMED there until the fall of 1901,
when he was summoned to San
Francisco before the circuit court of
| appeals, for disobedience of the
courts orders He was found guilty
but because of i'll health was allowed
| his liberty, after severe reprimand.
Alex. Mckenzie, receiver for the
Pioneer Mining Company, and whom
the Judge favored, was also before
the circuit court and was sentenced
to the penitentiary serving a few
months before he was pardoned by
President Mckinley.
SALT LAKE, March 19.-The leg
islature of the state of Utah has ad-
| journed and among the last legisla-
ton passed was a statewide prohibit
ton bill. This was vigorously fought
both before the House and Senate
| but the sentiment was too strong for
it for the members to resist. After
its passage the liquor interests i'm
mediately started to work on Gov
ernor William Spry, and with good
effect. This morning he announced
that he had vetoed the bill.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March
19.-United States Senator James