The Chitina leader., 1911-08-19

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vention, it was proposed to have a
permanent commission to pass upon
all proposed legislation. The action
came as a disqualification of the SEN
timent that the laws of the state
need to be renovated. According to
this. scheme, NO laws shall be enacted
until they have received the o. K.
of the board of sages. The unterri-
fled have raised terrible wall, as a
result of this proposal, that gives no
promise of subsiding.
Seattle, Aug. 1.-two submar-
ines for the South American Repub-
licsof Chilli will be built by the Moran
company of Seattle. This same firm
is completing similar vessel for
the United States navy. Its fame for
this sort of work is spreading rapid
ly. The Chilean contract involves
the expenditure of 100000. These
boats will be constructed under the
greatest of secrecy. Some years ago
the Moran company built the battle
ship Nebraska, one of the fastest
crafts in the American navy.
Washington, Aug. 14.-The House
steel investigating committee has ad-
journed to Oct. 16. w. E. Temple,
chairman of the Steel Plate Associa-
ton testified that at one time j. P.
Morgan refused to take an option for
$3.50, 100000 on property for which
he afterwards paid 100000.
Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 15.-Aviator
Atwood arrived here from ST. Louis
early yesterday afternoon. covering
the distance in his flying machine in
two hours and twenty-five minutes.
Liverpool, Aug. 15.-The strike
committee at midnight ordered
general strike and 1000 lockers are
out at Birkenhead, 10000 of all
classes quit work in Liverpool and
the greater number of the workmen
at Manchester.
Toxic, Aug. 15.-The unusually
passive volcano on the slopes of
Mount Assamasyama, ninety miles
from this city, is in state of great
activity and more than thirty peo-
pie. half of them believed to be
American and European tourists,
were burned to death. A volcano
near Keruisaja. the principal summer
resort, is emitting millions of tons
of lava high in the air and Destroy
ing everything in it's path.
Tecumsch, Neb., Aug. 16.-The
authorities are searching for E. E.
hesse, whose wife and seventeen
year-old daughter Junianta were mys-
teriously murdered and their bodies
thrown in well.
Chicago, Aug. 1.-two lives were
lost at the aviation meet yesterday.
The propeller on the machine driven
by William R. Badger, of Pittsburg,
was smashed and Badger fell one
hundred feet, breaking his neck.
st. Croix tombstone, Of Chicago, was
pitched from his biplane, while it
was 500 feet in the air, and was
drowned in lake Michigan.
Seattle, Aug. 16-The steamer Ad-
miral Sampson sailed at five o'clock
this afternoon. Among the passen-
gers were Secretary of Interior Fish
er and son, Walter Howard, his pri-
vate secretary; Dr. Alfred Brooks
of the Geological Survey; Robt. D.
Heined, j. j. Underwood, William
Smyth and Ed Thomas, the last three
Seattle newspaper men.
London, Aug. IA meeting with
a view to a settlement of the contro-
versy between the railway company
and it's employees is being held.
Every soldier at Aldershot is under
orders for duty.
London, Aug. 1.-THE conference
was fruitless and an industrial war
declared, the employees of all the
railroads in the kingdom being cal
led out at once.
London, Aug. 1.-THE Cabinet
has announced that the government
promised the strikers of Liverpool
and other cities that royal commits
sion would be appointed at once to
investigate their grievances.