The Chitina leader., 1915-01-05

best, even the girls and younger
children taking active part. The
comapny was defeated at first in the
courts, but Dietz was unable to con-
tinue the expensive legal fight and
the corporation finally secured as
sistance of the authorities. 1t was
| while resisting the officers sent to
serve papers on and eject him and
his family from the premises that
the fight occurred in which several
were killed and wounded, Dietz fin
ally surrendering in hopes of saving
his children from prosecution.
ROME, Dec. 31.-King Victor
Emanuel III today signed decree
making William Marconi, the noted
electrician, senator.
On his fathers estate in Bologna,
Italy, Mr.. Marconi in 1890 began
experiments to test the theory that
the electrical current is capable of
passing through any substance and,
if started in any given direction, of
following an undulating course with
out need of wire or other conductor
The present wireless system of COM
munication is the result of those
experiments. Mr.. Marconi is "A years
of age His mother was a native. of
Iseland.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The
Senate in its vote today on the immi-
grafton bill refused to strike out the
provision for literacy test. A SINH
lar provision in former bills caused
their veto by Cleveland and Taft.
President Wilson is opposed to the
literacy test and powerful influences,
foreign and domestic, are being
brought to bear to induce him to
veto this one. Friends of the
measure declare they have sufficient
votes to pass it over veto.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 81
Secretary Lane announced today
that J. P. Morgan, representing the
Alaska Syndicate, had submitted a
verbal proposal to sell the Copper
River & Northwestern railway to the
government at it's appraised physical
valuation. The secretary added that
the proposition as to whose valua-
ton should be used was not dis
cussed.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-Joe
Shugrue of Jersey City outfought>
Charley White of Chicago in 10
round bout at Madison Square Gar
den last night.
BINGHAM, Utah, Dec. 30.-The
State Bank here was held up and
robbed of $4,000 by lone bandit
today. Bert Heasted, the robber,
was overtaken and arrested and all
of the money was recovered%
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Troops
of the Twelfth Cavalry, that have
been on duty in the Colorado strike
district, were started for their home
station at Fort Mead today.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-There
is much talk and speculation here
regarding the proposed government
railroad in Alaska, and it can oe
stated positively that this talk now
centers about bill providing for
the taking over of the Copper River
& Northwestern, the Alaska North
ern and the Tanana Valley railway
lines. Traffic possibilities of the
Copper River line, the great value
of the Seward terminal of the
Alaska Northern and the fact that
the Tanana Valley road must either
be taken over or paralleled, make
strong appeals.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Con-
gresham Humphrey of Washington,
in a House debate today, criticized
Chairman Fitzgerald for having cut
out of the sundry civil bill an appro-
priation for wire drag survey OF
Alaskan waters. Mr.. Humphrey
asserted that because of lack of sur
veys and aids to navigation, govern
ment vessels valued at $850,000 had
been lost and that the $67,00O,O00
in commerce and $4,000 passengers
carried in those waters during the