The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-04-06

from six months to five years in the
penitentiary for former Patrolmar
Paul R.. Schuman, who was con
victed of accepting the earnings OF
fallen women, under promise to at
ford them protection. This is the
second conviction secured by Prose
lting Attorney Lundin in his in
vestigation of alleged graft in and
out of the police department Felix
Crane, negro saloon keeper and
underworld boss, was convicted OF
a similar offense recently and sent
enced to serve from two to five
years in the penitentiary. Charles
Shea, who was arrested at the same
time as Schuman and on the same
charge, will be tried later. He is in
the county Jail, ill with rheumatism.
WASHINGTON, April s. The
American note on the sinking of the
wheat-laden vessel Frye was made
public today. 1t politely but firmly
suggests that Germany make repara-
| ton.
| CHICAGO, April 3.-The women
are going some in politics in this
city. The interest was intense at a
political meeting held last night in
the First Ward. 1t was largely at
tended and feeling became bitter.
After firing many volleys of warm
words the meeting broke up in a
general riot. A call for the police
was necessary to prevent more seri-
Gus injuries than scratching and
hair pulling.
NEW YORK, April 3-The Inter-
national Mercantile & Marine Com
pany, organized by the house of
Morgan, has gone into the hands of
receiver. The application Was
made upon the part of the New York
Trust Company. The defunct COM
| pany controlled 119 vessels and ap-
| parently had been doing an extern
sive business. The failure came as
a surprise to the general public.
WASHINGTON, April 2.-There
| is probability that the Alaska
| Engineering Commission will not be
able to soon utilize some of the
construction equipment of the
Panama Canal railway. A telegram
has just been received from one of
the canal officers stating that much
of the equipment needed for the
building of Alaska railroads cannot
be spared for several months In
view of this fact the Commission
realizes that other arrangements
will have to be made, as it is ex-
oected to start building in the north
n the early part of May
SEATTLE, April 2.-Register
Boyle of the. Juneau land Office has
Just received a telegram from Wash
ington from the Commissioner of
the General Land Office. 1t states
that the coal lands in the forest
outside of the Matanuska and Ber-
ing River districts may be leased
The leasing bill which passed Con-
gress last fall excluded lands con-
tanned in forest reserves.
WASHINGTON, April 2.-The
United States officials have again a
hope that permanent protection may
| be extended to foreigners in Mexico
City. 1t is proposed that Villa, Car
rama and Zapata declare neutrality
so far as Mexico City is concerned.
SEATTLE, April 2.-Another
woman last evening followed the
suicide route. Having been away
for some time the former wife of
Police Sergeant w. F. Dolan, re-
turned recently to find that di-
| vorce had been granted from her.
She was very much affected by the
news and yesterday complained that
her husband had secured the divorce
without giving her an opportunity
to defend herself Later she took
| poison and ended her life.
CHICAGO, April samuel Com
pers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, arrived here
this afternoon. He is already at
work to try to prevent a general in
dustrial tie-up, growing out of a
strike of the painters and plasterers.
| Other unions have become involved
and unless some speedy action is
taken the men in various vocations
will go out on sympathetic strike
The business men generally are
anxious that there should be an
adjustment of the difficulty as a
general tie-up would seriously affect
the returning prosperity that is now
being enjoyed.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.-The
Exposition management plans to
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