The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-05-18
BALTIMORE, May 1.-THE diff

i BALTIMORE, May 1.-THE diff.
culties between the two Republican
forces over the election of delegates
to the national convention have been
satisfactorily adjusted. The sixteen
votes to which Maryland is entitled
will be split evenly between Taft and
Roosevelt.
| VALLEJO. Cal, May 14.-on
Wednesday outfits for the wireless
stations at Cordova and Unalga
Alaska, which recently arrived at
Mare Island from the Navy Depart
)ment, will be taken north by the ex-
Ipedition departing on the collier
Nero. Ninety thousand dollars will
be spent by the expedition in wire
less work on the Alaskan coast. New
stations will be installed and those
already established will be improved.
ST. LOUIS, May IA promising
young aviator, Ray Wheeler, while
making a flight near the city, had
some little trouble with his steering
apparatus and was dashed against
telegraph pole, killing him instant
ly.
| WASHINGTON, May 13.-The
President has issued a statement in
which he denies that his aide, Major
Archie Butt, had gone to Rome on
matters pertaining to the Vatican.
NEW YORK, May ia startling
innovation has been made by Post
master General Frank Hitchcock.
He has designated New York City as
an aerial mail station, the first in the
world. He has further directed
Postmaster Edward Morgan, begin
ming May %, to send the mail regu-
larly to Washington through the air.
This experiment will be watched with
much interest not only throughout
the United States, but also all over
the world
CHICAGO, May 14.-William
Hayward, secretary of the Republi-
can National Committee, has arrived
and will Immediately open head
quarters. There are many prelimi-
nary arrangements to be made in
connection with the forthcoming ma
tional convention. Preliminary to
that, and on June 3, the committee
will start in hearing contests. They
will likely be kept busy with that
work until the time of the calling
of the convention on June IS.
| WASHINGTON, May 15.-The
House yesterday passed joint reso-
luton providing for an amendment
to the Constitution to submit the
popular election of senators to the
different states.
The following is copy of bill,
amending the mining laws of Alaska,
passed by the House of Representa-
tives, at Washington, ON May 1, after
amendments had been adopted:
| 'Be it enacted, etc., That no as
ISOLATION placer mining claim shall
hereafter be located in Alaska in ex-
cess of 40 acres, and ON every placer
mining claim hereafter located in
Alaska, and until a patent has been
issued therefor, not less than 500
worth of labor shall be performed or
Improvements made during each
year, including the year of location,
for each and every 20 acres or ex-
cess fraction thereof.
"Sec. 2. That no person shall
hereafter locate any placer mining
claim in Alaska as attorney for an
other unless he is duly authorized
thereto by a power of attorney in
writing, duly acknowledged and re-
corded in any recorders office in
the judicial division where the loca-
ton is made. Any person so author
lied may locate placer mining claims
for not more than two individuals or
one association under such power of
attorney, but no such agent or attor-
ney shall be authorized or permitted
to locate more than two placer min
ing claims for any one principal or
association during any calendar
month, and no placer mining claim
shall hereafter be located in Alaska
except under the limitations of this
act.
"Sec. 3. That no person shall here
after locate, cause or procure to be
located, for himself more than two
placer mining claims in any calendar