The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-07-16

in Alaska.
SANTA CRUZ, July 10.-So dis
gushing has the Raging at dances be-
come that the city council passed an
ordinance prohibiting it.
COLON, July 10.-In the Culebra
cut the earth is again sliding and
millions of yaros have caved in.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-Taft
headquarters will be opened next
week in New York, Chicago and
Portland, when an aggressive cam
paign will be started. The tariff will
be the main issue.
LOS ANGELES, July 1O.-Attor-
neys barrow and Case INDUCED in a
wrangling match and became SO
abusive that the Judge fined them for
contempt of court. Later both apollo
gized and the fines were RENTED.
SEATTLE, July 10.-At the an
nual meeting of the American Food
Association resolutions were adopted
praising President Taft's enforce
ment of the pure food law.
BUTTE, Mont, July 10-The So
cialists here have declared for six
hours work when the mercury is
high. They believe all industrial en-
terprises and the government will in
time see the necessity for adopting
such schedule.
LISBON, July 10.-The rebel and
government troops engaged in bat
tie in the north of Portugal in which
the'latter were defeated.
WASHINGTON, July 1O.-Tom
Taggert, of Indianapolis, former
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, has proved poor wit
ness in the investigation of the ex-
pense accounts of the big political
parties, as he testified that he had
burned the books and his memory as
to figures was not very good.
CHICAGO, July 10.-On the stand
today Mrs. Henning testified that the
suit brought by her husband against
Clarence Funk, charging the latter
with alternating her affections, is the
result of conspiracy partly for re-
venge and partly in the hopes of Sc
curing money. Her statement Great
ed sensation.
ATLANTIC CITY, July lU.-1he
National Prohibition party, in ses-
sion here, attacks Taft, Roosevelt
and the Democratic party, urging its
supporters to vote for their own can
didate.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-Counsel
for Judge Archibald, whose impeach-
ment has been recommended ny the
jdiciary committee of the House, has
issued statement asking the public
to withhold it's opinion until the de-
tense has presented its case.
WASHINGTON, July 11.-Senator
Smith today declared on the floor of
the Senate that the crisis in Mexico
is near; that the outrages against
Americans must cease, the only other
alternative being intervention on the
part of the United States.
SEATTLE, July 11.-Wilmingt on
Parker, local agent of the United
Wireless Company, who was SEN
fenced to two years on Mcneil
Island, will be paroled next week.
The government prosecuted the COM
Ipany for using the mails to sell
stock. One of it's stations was locat-
ed a few miles out of Cordova.
OAKLAND, July 11.-Joaquin
Miller, the well known poet and
writer, is seriously i'll and his many
friends are greatly concerned.
DIES MONIES, July 1.-THE Re-
hpublicans in state convention here
refused to endorse the national Re-
publican platform by vote of two
to one. The progressives are jubi-
liant over the action. |
WASHINGTON, July 11-Through
the British ambassador, Great Brit
ain has made an official protest
against any legislation providing for
the passage of ships through the
Panama canal, until it has filed a
statement in which will be included
it's reasons for having British COM
merce placed on an equal footing
with American shipping.
PORTLAND, July 1.-THE Elks,
in session here today, decided to re-
fuse sanction to the "goat ritual in
future, feature which has been a
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