The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-07-23
Late Telegraph News

SALEM Ore, July Ex-Governor Oswald West has left
here make the 40Oe trip Boise Idaho to
attend the Northwest Congress of Governors which
August r@ssSNs
The governor is making the trip partly for pleasure to get
the benefit of the fresh and partly order to meet the
pie and learn more of their needs.
He has inaugurated system at the state penitentar OF
placing the convcs honor parole allowing the prisoners IN
instances to out and hunt jobs without restraint
other than their word return certain date and other
gangs allowed build roads and make other state
ents free from guards The satisfied that his plan
has passed the stage and will formulate
mendaons in the hope that they will be adopted at the con
yention. s~s ID sssE 10 saSH
SEATTLE July 15-Edgar Clark, member of the Inter
state Commerce Commission has left here for Skgway to
study the transportation question
If he has enough his disposal he intends to make
trip to Cordova His main mission however to inquire
rates and conditions which figure in the suit involving the
Humboldt Steamship Company and the White Pass Railway
He will interview the different interested parties and
cry facility will be afforded him by officials Of the respective
companies to aid in his investigation.
LONDON, July 15-Real alarm is expressed in official
circles the violent tactics of the sugette Assassna
ton by of bombs feared and every precauon being
taken
number of have made which have served
aggravate the situation The demonstrations reach
point of frenzy before and of those
taking part absolutely careless Of life and property
PORT TOWNSEND July 15-The value of exports from
Alaska has broken all records for month of June reaching
three million dollars
The receipts largely from the canneres The showing
ade will prove another big advertisement for Alaska Owing
to the increased copper shipments from Corova this in
addition to the number of canneres operated allow
ing for falling off placer gold in of the placer camps
estimated at this time that the value of exports for the
year will show substantial increase other year The
biggest increase IN mineral will come from the Cordova section
WASHINGTON, July Ex-senator Elhu Root, of New
York. and Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio uphold the
contention OF England that the United States has right to
its merchant marine free of charge through the Panama
Canal and place toll upon foreign shipping.
The senator's declare that the only safe and equitable plan
to place all shipping the footing the United
reservng the right to ory the canal and formulate certain
rules for governing shipping.
Many OF the senators accredited with possessing
manship qualities Of the opinion, and think would
be both unwse and dangerous to attempt discrimination
against foreign shipping.
NEW YORK. July 16-He11nan Rosenla lost his life for
making charges of graft against city officials At least such
is the theory of friends and others who know something
inside facts leading to his murder
Rosentha standing in front of his hotel this morning
when an automobile containing six approached swiftly and
came to halt directly opposite him. They opened fire
and he fell to the sidewalk Immediately all excitement
and confusion Meantime the automobile sped swiftly
sight.
The murder has caused renewal of the talk of graft
high city circles and will probably result in thorough probe
The friends OF Rosenha determined he shall be revenged
NEW BEDFORD, July 16-Twelve cotton mills are closed
and l3OOO employees out strike of the
fusa OF the companies to grant the strikers demands
1t is likely the strike will spread until includes all the
cotton mills. Other trades actively supporting strikers
In their fight and promises last time since the oper
aors declare they will not grant the demands made upon them
BUSHAREAST, Roumana, July 16.-Carbolc acid in
stead OF wine served at wedding feast and the
and bride and number of guests dead.
Those responsible for the deaths claim that it mis-
take Owing to the prominence of the contracting parties
affair has stirred considerable excitement and there will be
rigid investigation.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. July 1.-THE Western Fedora
ton OF Miners assembled convention have unanimously
to reject the Red Flag decoration owing
with anarchy opposed to the American flag and constu
tional form of government.
The question debated at length 1t is believed that
other conservative trade organization will follow the example,
as 1t known that the rank and file of the better organized
ions are actively anagonstc to the propaganda
the red flag followers The officials of the Western Federation
contended that owing to the msconcepon of the general pub
Inc as to their patriotism for the American flag it was time
the lines be strictly drawn.
WASHINGTON, July 1s.-Senators O'Gorman and Lodge