The Chitina leader., 1913-07-01

60 injured, and the complete de struction of the huge flour mills O the Husted Milling Company is tht result of an explosion of dust in the plant this morning.
 Fire followed the explosion ant spread throughout the mills witf frightful rapidity, cutting of the escape of four of the men, whose bodies are still in the ruins. Sixty of the men employed in the mil were badly burned by the explosion and the flames following, some O. them so seriously that doubts art expressed of their recovery.
 FL PAsO. June 25.-The Consti tutionalist armies are now moboliz Ing at Guzman, preparatory to an at tempt to capture Juarez. The inhabi tants of the city are panic stricker and are leaving the city in numbers The Federal forcers are strengthen. ing their positions about the city and are preparing to make a desper. ate attempt to hold the city, although considerably outnumbered.
 SEATTLE, June 25.-The steame, Mariposa sailed for Southwestern Alaska at g o'clock last night. Her Cordova passengers were Mrs. L. R Baird and daughter, Mrs. E. T. Fyler, Mrs. Jack Shapiro, Miss Minnie Finkelstein, Mrs. w. A. O'Neil, Miss Mabelle Rice, Miss Evangeline Church. Misses Alice and Dorothy David, George w. Sias, N. P. Sias, J. c. Pike, J. D. Razor, Olsen IIelund L. v. Gray, Charles Cerney, Frank Snow. Solomon Albertson, R. F. Wiley and Aaron Steel.
 Mrs. Rowe arrived on the Alameda last night, coming from Dawson to visit her son, William Rowe, who is confined to the Katalla company hos pital from the effects of the gunshot wounds inflicted by Daniel Resder.
 Mrs. c. S. Bratton has returned to Cordova from an extended stay in Seattle during which time she successfully underwent an operation,
 ALBANY, June 25. - Notwith- standing the strenuous efforts of Gov ernor Sulzer, Colonel Roosevelt and others. the bill providing for the selection of United States senators by direct primary, and to secure the passage of which special session of the legislature was called by the gov ernor, was defeated today in the assembly.
 "A bitter fight was waged over the measure, between the old line re- publicans and democrats on the one side and the independent republicans and the democrats partizan to the governor. After prolonged debate the measure was brought to a vote, resulting in the defeat of the gov ernor's pet project by a majority of 38.
 NEW YORK, June 25.-Colonel Roosevelt has announced that he will leave for Argentine, where he is scheduled to deliver several ad- dresses before the business men of that country on American progress, the first week in October.
 On his return voyage he contem- plates visiting Brazil, Chile and pos sibly, if time permits, the interior tropical country.
 SEATTLE, June 25.-Frank F. guslin, a shipping clerk in the employ of Galbreath, Bacon & Company or this city, was arrested this morning charged with embedding the funds of his employers.
 Tuslin's peculations have, it is al feged, extended over a period of sev- Sral years, and have aggregated $50,C00 or more.
 WASHINGTON, June 26.--The forestry bureau is in receipt of dis patch stating that forest fires are doing an immense amount of damage to the timber of the Kenai Penin- sala, Alaska.
 WASHINGTON, June 26.--By a large majority the democratic mem- bers of the senate, in caucus this morning, voted to sustain the sugar clause in the tariff bill as reported by the senate committee.
 SEATTLE, June 26.--The case against Leroy Saunders, editor of the Star, indicted by the grand jury be- cause of an alleged attack upon County Commissioner Hamilton ap- bearing in the columns of that paper, was today dismissed upon motion of counsel for the defendant.
 In dismissing the case the court ruled that criticism of the acts of a public official by the newspapers did not constitute a crime, and that the prosecution had no case.