The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-05-04
PiTTsFIELD. Mass. April 3d.

I'll PIITSFlELD, MASS, April SO.-
: Yesterday in this city in making his
: speech Colonel Roosevelt was con-
siderably excited and used much ven.
r ON in his denunciation of the Presi.
A dent. At one time he declared, "Ii
3 you vote for Taft you vote for Lori
: mer, Penrose, Gallinger and Gug.
1 genheim."
e LONDON, April 30.-The Ameri.
: can dispatch ship Texas, which was
Y struck by torpedo in the gulf OF
Smyrna, was demolished to such an
extent that she sank. 1t is reported
that fifty of her crew have persisted
l WASHINGTON, April 3O.-Presi.
dent Ismay, of the White Star Line
: who has been On the verge of col
= lapse, has sufficiently recovered to
go on the stand this afternoon before
the Senate investigating committee.
: CHICAGO. April 3O.-The report
; is insistent that James J. Hill, chair
man of the board of directors of the
Great Northern Railway and one of
| the country's greatest railroad lead
ers, will retire. Mr.. Hills place as
chairman of the board will be taken
by his own son, Louis w. Hill, now
, president of the Great Northern
, Railway. Carl R. Gray, now presi-
dent of the Hill lines in Oregon, will
succeed Louis w. Hill as president
, of the Great Northern. The changes
are supposed to occur soon after the
, first of May.
WASHINGTON, April 30.-The
: Supreme Court recently declined to
review legal questions arising out of
the dramatic seizure in Alaskan wa
tiers in 1910 of the Japanese sealing
, schooner Tokai Maru by the United
States revenue cutter Perry. Each
of the 3S members of the crew was
fined $500 by the commissioner in
Alaska, but the Circuit Court of APP
peals says the crew as whole, and
, not as individuals, should have been
: fined. The ship was held liable for
this fine. Chesmon XII Kuchi, owner
of the ship, asked the Supreme Court
to review the case. ~.
ST. PAUL, April 30-The govern
: ment this afternoon filed suit against
the International Harvester Compa-
ny, charging a monopoly in restraint
of trade, and4 asking that the COM
} pany be dissolved.
MEXICO CITY, April 3O.-One
thousand rifles had been shipped to
: Ambassador Harry L. Wilson for use
of the American colony, to be used
in the event of trouble and for per-
sonal protection. AS they were be-
ing distributed thirty of them were
seized by the police, and the further
: distribution was stopped. Later the
rifles were returned without any ex-
PLANTATION and no further attempt was
made to interfere with the distribu-
ton.
TACOMA, April 30.-Judge James
Bradley Reavis, who has been in fail
ing health for two or three years,
died here yesterday. He was chief
justice of the supreme court of Wash
ington from 1896 to 1902. After he
retired from the bench he practiced
law until 1909.
WASHINGTON, April 3O.-Sena-
tor Works, in defense of Christian
Science, declared that under the laws
J of New York Christ would be fined
, for healing the afflicted. He declar-
ed that in many instances the enact
: ments against the principles of Chris
tan Science was a method of perse-
cution.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 20
, Another fierce cyclone swept across
the southwest part of the state, in
, Guiding that country generally term,
ed the Panhandle. Forty were kill
, ed and many injured, with consider
: able loss to property.
TAMPA, April 3O.-William Jen-
. nings Bryan declared that he be-
lieves the bitter fight that is now be-
) ing waged between the Taft and
= the Roosevelt followers will result
in third man being nominated at
| the Chicago convention. He does
) not, however, hazard an opinion as
to whom the man may be.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-The
Z government will file a suit to dis
solve the International Harvester
: Company, at st. Paul tomorrow.
7 This action is taken as a result OF