The Chitina leader., 1915-07-06

in making difficult streke he had
ruptured a blood vessel.
Campbell will be remembered by all
Nomeites as one of the counsel in the
Moves. Mckenzie mining scandals,
which have been made famous by Rex
Beach in his noval based on the
trouble at Nome, entitled "The
Spoilers"
ALBANY, July 1.-Governor Chas.
Whitman, who prosecuted Lieutenant
Becker, when the latter was convicted
Of the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
today granted the condemned man a
reprieve until July 20.-Becker will
die on that date unless the United
States Supreme Court interferes, for
the governor says that he will not
commute the sentence. Whitman says
that under no circumstances will he
grant an additional reprieve or will
he take any further action to assist
Becker, or prevent him from being
electrocuted.
nation of England died here today.
SEATTLE, July 1.-The Central
Labor Union of this city has con-
sidered the labor conditions prevailing
at the new camp of Anchorage, where
the government is building the
Alaska Railroad, and has passed reso-
lutions condemning the policy of the
Railroad Commission in adopting the
station work system on the road. An
investigating committee has been ap-
pointed by the Union, which will make
a trip to Anchorage and report on the
conditions there for the purpose of
bringing the matter to the attention
of Congress, if the working situation
is found unsatisfactory.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-Joseph
G. Campbell, a prominent lawyer and
politician of this city, and well known
to all Alaskans who were in Nome in
the early days died suddenly here
today. He was playing golf, when he
toppled over without warning. ana
when his friends reached him he was
dead. An examination showed that
DOUGLAS, Ariz., July 2.-Wages in
the, shelters and the copper mines in
this state have all been advanced a
further 21a per cent. This is because
of the intention of the mine owners
to allow hte men to have a part in
the increased profits now being
earned because of the high prcie of
the metal. This last advance brings
the wages of the miners and smelter
employees of Arizona to the highest
point they have ever reached in the
history of the industry. There is a
strong possibility that the price of the
refined metal will soon see another
increase in price, and if that happens
wages will be again raised. Copper
is firm at we'll over 20 cents.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July lone million,
eight hundred thousand chocolate
drops have been ordered, here for
shipment to the Philippine Islands.
There is great demand for the con-
lection among the natives of the
island, and as they have always here.
tofore been bought in Germany, and
are now bought in America because of
the war. 1t is expected by the busi-
ness houses concerned, that the trade
will remain permanently in this coun.
try. 1t is believed that this first order
is only forerunner Of the many that
are to come.
HAINES, July 2-All the native
fishermen went on a strike at the
Alaska Pacific Fisheries cannery on
account of cut in the price of fish
from Is to 1914 cents per fish. All
the natives signed an agreement to
stay out until the price was restored
to the former scale and within a
couple of days the cannery acceded to
their demands and they were all back
at work again.. .. &c.,.
LONDIN, July 3.-The military
regulations regarding the lights of the
London district are so strict that a
chief petty officer of the anti-aircraft
corps was fined 20 shillings in a police
court for having too powerful light
on his motor car.