The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1911-03-04
NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF


and resulted in Carter H. Harrison,
Democrat. and Charles Merriam, Re-
publican, being nominated.
Seattle, March 1.-The steamer
Admiral Sampson is undergoing
changes and will sail for Southwest
ern Alaska next Sunday, and every
twenty days thereafter.
Seattle, March 1.-The lid has
been clamped down tight on this city
since Mayor Dilling took office and
the scattering of the undesirables to
other cities and Alaska continues.
st. Louis, March 1.-Two bandits
hold up the express car of the Iron
Mountain train and take all the
money in the safe.
Seattle, March IA hundred and
forty witnesses have been summoned
to appear before the Frost-Laberee-
Watson coal hearing re Matanuska
claims at Chicago on March Z. This
investigation was begun a year ago,
by a suit started in the federal court
here by locators Banter and TAX
against Frost for money alleged to
be due on contract claims, in which
the former asked that the property
be restored to them for non-fulfill-
ment of contract.
San Francisco, March 1.-The Su-
preme Court has vacated the order
granting Abe Ruef rehearing and
he must serve fourteen years in the
penitentiary. He was Immediately
arrested and returned to prison.
Seattle, March 1.-Consideration
of the best and cheapest methods for
clearing logged-off lands was given
by the delegates to the Southwest
ern Washington Development Lea
que convention at Vancouver, last
week. In Western Washington alone,
there are 100000 acres of fine log
ged-off land that would make excel
lent home sites, if cleared. Conse-
quently, this problem is rightly en-
gaging much attention. Secretary
Barnes report showed that the Lea
que is making Roadway.
10 M
is investigating the Michigan-Alaska
Development Companys acquisition
of Alaska lands, in which one hun
dred and seventy-five claims are in
volved
New York. March 1.-Two hun
dred dance halls have closed on &C
count of the law being effective pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor in these
resorts.
Washington, March Senator
Piles has introduced joint resolu-
ton for the appointment of five SEN
ators and five congressman to visit
Alaska this summer and gather data
for the framing of future legisla-
ton.
Seattle. March 1.-The proposed
Workingmen's Compensation Law
will raise an annual fund of $4,000
900. To administer it effectively,
will require a large corps of depu-
ties in all parts of the state. In
fact this part of the work will eat
up S5 per cent of the fund. The
laboring classes, whom the measure
proposes to benefit. do not like this
phase of the bill. 1t smells of graft
and provided the way for building
up big political machine. Because
of these undesirable features, decid-
ed opposition has developed.
Vancouver, March Another
daring robbery has been committed
on the steamer Princess Beatrice, be-
tween here and Skagway. About
$4,000 and the registered mail were
stolen.
Kansas City, March Federal in
dictments have been returned against
thirteen doctors, charging them with
improper proposals in advertising
matter.
Seattle, March Washington
stands No. II among the states or
the Union in the matter of deposits
of all kinds held in the national
banks of the state, according to the
latest report of the comptroller OF
the currency. This is interesting
when it is recalled that Washington
is thirtieth in the matter of popula-
ton. The banking situation in the
Evergreen state is sound. The out