The Chitina leader., 1915-02-09
Late Telegraph News

dreadnaughts. A hard fight was
; made to cut the number of battle
ships down to one but the supporters
of a greater navy were successful, by
1 a close vote, in. securing two.
I NEW YORK, Feb. John D.
Rockefeller, in testifying before the
federal commission this afternoon
denied that the. Rockefeller Founda-
ton, which was organized in 1913
is a menace to society He declared
that it was merely for the purpose Of
systematizing donations. The old
gentleman was very much in earnest
as, he told of the good work which
I it was hoped to accomplish by the
! Foundation.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Former
President CarranZa has ordered the
| Spanish minister at Mexico City de-
ported, unless he surrenders Angel
Del Case. The latter is alleged to
! be an agent of General Villa and
| Carranza declares that he is an
obstacle to the peaceable settlement
of the difficulties in Mexico. 1t is
! not believed that the request will be
I complied with and trouble is ex-
pected in consequence
| LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5.-Articles
were signed this morning for a bout
between Willie Richie. and Freddie
| Welsh. They will meet at Madison
Square Garden on March II and will
box for ten rounds. There will be a
| lively interest in this event by the
sporting element
SEATTLE, Feb. 5.-The steamer
Admiral Watson sailed north this
morning, having Timothy Riardos
as passenger for Cordova. There
are four passengers for Valdez and
/ four for Seward.
HARRISBURG, Ill, Feb. 5.LLast
night earthquake shocks were felt
in the southern part of the state.
Houses rocked and glass was broken,
but so. far as is known no serious
damage was done. Many of the
people, however, were badly fright
ened.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. Sleeve
land will float million dollar bond
issue for new municipal market if
City Market Master Charles Ramp
succeeds with a project just out
lined. The old municipal market,
, established a little over a year ago
with a capacity, of less than 100000
people on busy days, is inadequate
Kamp told the city council.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 4.-Three
conspirators who were implicated in
the assassination of Archduke Fran
els Ferdinand, heir presumptive TO
the Austrian throne, We're executed
yesterday afternoon at Serajevo,
SEATTLE, Feb 4.-Big Charlie
Livingstone, an old Alaska miner,
was yesterday sentenced to As days
in the county Jail for signing the
name of his friend Tom Mulligan
to check. There was a good deal
of sympathy for Charlie, who is
generally regarded by Alaskans as a
good fellow. The court offered him
clemency but he insisted upon doing
full time to atone for the mistake
! that he now regrets.
WASHINGTON, Feb. A. The
House passed a resolution authoriz-
ing the government to postpone the
annual auction sale of seal skins.
This was deemed advisable because
of the inability to ship the skins to
4 Europe because of war conditions.
If these skins were now thrown on
| would bring ruinously low price
and government officials have ad-
vised that they be held until the
market conditions improve.
MARSHAL, Texts, Feb. 4.-Last
night this town was thrown into an
intense state of excitement as a re-
| ouII VI lcCIuIS uSllNGt gu ucIo ny
William Black, of Ballaire, Ohio.
He made an attack on the Catholic
church, following which general
fight resulted. Black was killed and
John Rogers, prominent Catholic.
was fatally injured. John Copeland,
a banker, who engaged in the con-
! flict, had his gun ready for action
and accidentally shot and killed
himself. Many arrests have been
made and the town is alltorn up
/, over the conflict.
LONDON, Feb. 4.-The probate
court has disposed of question
that has caused general interest
throughout England and parts of the
i United States. The large estate OF
the barronical family of Slingsby
was in dispute. Claims have been
made that a baby boy born at San
| Francisco, was the son and legal