The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-02-24
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its Importance, is to be held Wash
ington's birthday in indianapolis
Speakers of countrywide reputation
will deliver addresses in the after.
noon and in the evening, expoundine
the meaning and purposes of the
proposed National Reserve Associa
ton. The meeting is now being ar.
ranged by the Chicago office of the
National Citizens League.
Indianapolis, historically asosciat
ed with movements to improve the
American system of banking, is
properly chosen as the scene for this
gathering. Commercial bodies in all
parts of the United States will be
represented by delegates. Special
trains will be run to indianapolis
from Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati,
Louisville Des Moines, Omaha, De-
troit, st. Paul, Minneapolis and other
middle western cities.
BAN FRANCISCO Feb. 20.-Bob
| Adams, who was formerly an oper-
ator at Nome, and who is supposed
to represent one of Rex Beach's
characters in 1.-THE Spoilers" was
married yesterday to Miss Gertrude
Wall, of San Gabriel.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20.-A battle
ragged at San Pedro, near Torreon
| Fifty seven. rebels were killed by
the forces under command of Col
Emilio Madero, brother of the
President of the republic.
BALTIMORE, Feb 2O.-A lone
bandit again demonstrated what he
could do with a Baltimore & Ohio
train. He got on at reidmont, West
Virginia, and at the point of gun
relieved the passengers of all their
valuables.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2O.-Theodore
Roosevelt left this afternoon for Co.
lumbus to deliver a speech tomorrow
before the Ohio Constitutional con-
vention.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-Cwen
Moran won a victory last night over
Joe Bedell, of Brooklyn, in ten
round go.
LYNN, Mass, Feb. 20.-Aviator
Atwood announces that he Will at
tempt to cross the Atlantic in an ae-
roplane some time during May. He
expressed confidence that he will
succeed in his efforts.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Repre-
sentative Ferris, of Oklahoma, has
introduced a bill authorizing the
President to prepare to withdraw
our sovereignty from over the Phil
ippines.
, SEATTLE, Feb. 20.-An unfor-
tunate affair occurred last night at
the Thistle apartments H. H. John
son killed his wife and then COM
mitted suicide. 1t is claimed that ne
became desponednt over business re-
verses.
WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE
House has adopted an amendment to
the army appropriation bill provid-
ing for the consolidation of the divi
sons of the chief of staff, the adju-
tant general and the inspector gen
eral under one head or bureau, the
former official to be chief of the bu-
reau.
SEATTLE, Feb. 17-Among the
passengers on the Northwestern
leaving today are: E. M. Adams, S. E.
Curtis, H. o. Kroght, H. T. Doyle,
Mrs. Roy E. Maddox, w. Uckland,
Henry Cook, ]. A. Conley, R. T.
Blakeley, Mat Casalegma, A. Sarto
ris. d. Negrie, A. L. Hurux and wife,
A. Copeland, Alice Dome, T. Wilcott,
C. A. Crestein, Geo. A. Parks, Ella
Jacobs, A. COPYRIGHT and wife, Mrs.
H. Bailey, Mrs. A. c Young, Mrs. M.
Charleton, M. Rowan and wife, and
twenty steerage.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE province
of Chilli has presented it's needs.
CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-Judge Lam
dis having stayed the execution an
hour. Thomas Jennings, a negro,
was today hanged for the murder of
Clarence Hitler.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE war
department will deal drastically with
Lieutenant Fields for having invad-
ed Juarez with American soldiers,
and thereby endangering the peace
between the governments of Mexico
and the United States.
NEW YORK. Feb. ia COM
mittee of the Stamp Collectors Club
of this city is preparing plans for
the entertainment of the Interna-
tional Stamp Collectors convention
and exhibition to be held in New
York in November, 1912. Stamps to
the value of $5,O0O,OO0 will be ex-
hibited. This will be the first inter