The Chitina leader., 1913-06-10

| WASHINGTON. June 5-The lob.
 byist Investigating committee sub
 poenaed sixty persons identified with ; the sugar interests, who are now at i the capital. It has also developed 1 that there is a large lobby here both l for and against free sugar. WASHINGTON, June 5-Secre- tary of the Navy Daniels has award ed the contract for the construction
 of the submarine tender Bushnell l to the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company. The contract price is s35,00O.
 WASHINGTON, June 5-Secre- 1 tary Bryan and Senator Bacon, chairman of the Committee on For eign affairs, held a conference yes terday over the treaty to give the
 United States a Naval base on the
 Gulf of Fonseca, with exclusive rights of the canal across Nicafa- qua.
 WASHINGTON, June 6-Secretary | of War Garrison has stated that R. IL. Metcalf, editor of Bryan's Com- moner, is to be member of the Pan anna Commission and not civil gov. ernor, as at first erroneously report | ed.
 WASHINGTON, June 6-Presi- dent Wilson visited the capitol yes terday and announced that he de- sired to discuss appointments with United States Senators.
 WASHINGTON, June 6-Tha pro- posed reorganization of the customs service has been delayed until Jan- uary l next, upon vote of the Sen ate Commerce Committee.
 WASHINGTON, June 6-The spelling bee of the National Press club last night was largely attended and afforded considerable sport. President Wilson and Secretary Bry- an were among the guests. In the spelling contest between newspaper men and statesmen, Congressman Willis, of Ohio, downed everybody, Senator Poindexter being the last of his victims to fall.
 SALT LAKE, June 6-Governors Ammons, Oddie, Haines, Cary and Spry were present at the conference with government officials to try and arrive at an adjustment of some of i tie conservation questions.
 ROME, June 6-Italy has decided to be properly represented at the Panama exposition, and has appro- priated $4O0,OO0 for that purpose.
 CINCINNATI, June 6-Judge Caldwell has renderer a decision in which he cleared George B. Cox of the indictment charging him with misappropriation of funds of the Gin cinnati Trust Company.
 CHICAGO, June 6-Jach Johnson has been found guilty of the charge of white slavery, and was sentenced to a year in the penitentiary and a fine of $1,000.
 COLUMBUS, June 6-Lee Gage, a member of the Iron Moulders' union, of Wheeling, confessed to the federal court that he killed Detective John J. Reardon at Steubenville, in 1910; that he had been once tried for the Reardon murder and acquitted. COPENHAGEN, June 6-The United States has been admitted to membership in the International Football Association.
 WASHINGTON, June 6-Bolivia and Argentina have approved Secre- tary Bryan's peace plans. WASHINGTON, June 6-Chair- man Overman, of the committee in- vestigating the lobby question, says that President Wilson's charges have been fully sustained.
 WASHINGTON, June 6-Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has an- nounced his in ention to clean out the San Francisco customs service. He also demands the resignation of Naval Officer Stones, Surveyor Me kinley and Appraiser Mattos.
 SEATTLE, June 6-The I. w. w. have called a strike of the logging camps of the state of Washington. WASHINGTON. June 6--Presi- dent Wilson and Ambassador CEinda held conference over Japan's reply in reference to the Webb bill.
 WASHINGTON, June 6-Attorney General McReynolds is of the opinion that neither the Standard Oil or the Tobacco trusts have been dissolved, and that further action will likely be taken by the government. | PRINCETON, June 6-The world S