The Chitina leader., 1913-10-14
Late Telegraph News'

patches from Panama indicate that after President Wilson pressed the button yesterday the destruction oi the Gamboa dyke was successful III every way. It is a source of much qualification to the President and he is anxious to visit Panama and see the canal at this stage. If Con- gress adjourns early in November the President will likely make a visit to the Canal Zone.
 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 11-Mexico had made application for the extra dition of Gen. Brito but after con- sidering all the facts in the case Governor Jarey Y. Sanders has de- cided that he is not warranted in ac- ceding to the request, which he denied.
 SEATTLE, Oct. 11.-Represen- tative Humphries and Delegate Modernism have arrived from Washington and will remain west until the next regular session in December This morning Represen- tative Humphries was walking along Pike street he met Representative Bryan in front of the new Daily Sun office They had a few words and were in the act of exchanging blows when they were separated. Humph ries replied in Congress to a speech Bryan had made assailing present and former officials of the state of Washington. The affair grew out of the episode during Potlatch week, when some jackies from the navy cleaned out the headquarters of the I. w. W.'s and Socialists.
 VALDEZ, Oct 11.-Late this afternoon Dr. Sleem, one of the best known practitioners in this section of Alaska, dropped dead from heart trouble.
 LAGENSCHAW, Albach, Prussia, Oct. 11-This morning Adolphus Busch, of St. Louis, died. He had been in ill health and was over here in the hope of gaining strength and vitality. He was "A years of age and president of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Associations and was re- puted to be very wealthy.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The urgency deficiency appropriation bill has been finally passed. It was con- sidered this afternoon by the House and vote was taken to concur in the Senate amendment, which pro- vides for the removal of deputy in- ternal revenue collectors and deputy marshals from civil service. The House concurred in the amendment.
 SEATTLE, Oct. 11.-Word has been rceived here that Delegate Wickersham declared to friends of Alaska in Washington that the rail- road bill would have passed at this special session of Congress had the Washington state delegation been united on the bills prepared by Sem ators Jones and Chamberlain and the Delegate. It is presumed that he refers to Senator Poindexter, who declares that he is in favor of appro- priating thirty-five or forty million dollars for constructing railroads in Alaska, but at the same time he wishes to inject features like steamer transportation, opening of coal mines and the acquisition of public utilities generally, in Alaska, by the government. Delegate Wick ersham and other friends of the railroad bill believe that these issues should be taken up later and not cloud the first big enterprise by the government that the administration forces have agreed to, and which they expect to enact into legislation next December.
 PEKING, Oct. 11.-Intense ex- citement was caused yesterday afternoon during the inauguration of the newly elected heads of the republic. Chen, chief of the mounted police, was arrested while the ceremonies were at their height Bombs were found in his possession and he confessed that he had been bribed by the southern rebels tc assassinate President Yuan.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Society circles have been very much worked up over the reported action fol divorce by the wife of Dr. Joseph A. Blake, who considers that he hal given too much cause for gossip 1T