The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1911-12-16
NEWS
BRIEFLY
TOLD

uuChuS tihat q DuACdu Va WI PoheehoAAs
be established under executive au.
thority, to supervise corporations
chartered under a federal incorpOra.
ton act. 1nis is believed to be q
very important move that will meet
the favor of the President and will
be one of the means of keeping close
supervision over the trusts.
This method of dealing with a.
very perplexing question has been
generally discussed and will likely
meet with puulic approval.
Kansas City, Dec. Hilary
Waldron the juror in the DR.. Hyde
case who escaped from the hotel
where the jurors were kept, was 10
Gated yesterday at his home. He
was Immediately arrested and cited
for trial. A jury was drawn but it
was soon dismissed for the reason
that Waldron was considered ment-
ally incompetent.
Washington, Dec. 14.-There Is
agitation for the appointment of
two vice admirals for the navy, one
for the Pacific and one for the
Atlantic. Many think it would be
b,, <cia ? IN
fleet, f., in the Gr'en' the prestige
Of Off tai rank is more important
than it is elsewhere The United
States navy has grown to such size
that the office of vice admiral seems
to be necessary.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Amer
lean Association for the Advance
ment of Science will hold it's 63rd
meeting in Washington, December
q to 80. DR.. S. o. Howard, per-
manent secretary is connected with
the Smithsonian institution. Thous-
ands of people belong to this asso
citation. the membership fees being
small and the publications of great
value.
Briceville, Dec. 14.-Up to this
afternoon 81 bodies have been TAX
en- from the coal mine where the ex-
plosion occurred. Rescuers are still
at work.
Washington, Dec. 14.-William
Suffers joint resolution to abrogate
the treaty with Russia, because Of
the treatment against American He
brews in that country, passed the
House by a vote of 800 to one. II
is now pending in the Senate, where
Senator Culbertson, of Texas, is
looking after it's passage.
Troy, N. Y. Dec. 14.-An afro
cious crime has evidently been COM
mitted in the home OF a very re-
spectacle family. This morning the
dead bodies of Mrs. Mary Morner and
her two daughters, Blanch, aged 1S
and Edith, aged 21, were found in
an adjoining building to their home
where they kept COW. The bodies
were hidden among a lot of hay and
refuse. A son, Arthur, is missing.
and it is believed that he has also
been fOuIly dealt with. Excitement
is running high and the entire de-
tective force is interested in the
hunt for the perpetrators of the foul
deei.
Augusta, Ca, Dec. 1.-THE Sig
nal corps is establishing its winter
aviation camp at this place. Two
more officers will probably be as
signed to this school, which will al
so he given two more aeroplanes
Under Captain c. de F. Chambers
guidance. the school is becoming a
proficient and valuable institution.
The army aviators are given severe
training, which is said to make
them the most efficient air pilots in
the service of any country.
Washington Dec. 14.-Attorney
General Wickersham is now person
ally directing the nationwide in res
tigation of the various dynamite
outrages that have occurred during
the past few years. Developments
so far indicate that many sensation
al matters will be brought to light.
Washington. Dec. THE sew
enth annual convention of The
here teIday, with big attend
ance. President Taft made an ad
dress in which he approved of the
objects of the organization and al
so endorsed their demand that q
government bureau take over ant
manage all the national parks anC
reservations.
Gibraltar, Dec. 14.-During thu
rescue of passengers from the steam
ship Belhi, several of the boats wer
capsized. One contained the Prin
cess Louise and Princess Victoria
sister and daughter of King George
They were thrown into the sea bu
were saved by the sailors. Othe
than nervous shock they suffere
no injury. All lives were save
owing to the daring of the men o