The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1913-04-08

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! WASHINGTON, April s-Yester-
day the Supreme court rendered a
decision in the Humboldt transporta-
ton cases, which was appealed by the
government from the decisieh of the
Juneau court. A large number of
steamship officials and companies had
been indicted on charge of restraint
Of trade. Most of the indictments
were annuled. But the highest tri-
bunal in the land now declares that
this action was in error and that the
defendants must go to trial, thus re-
versing Judge Lyons.
i SAN DIEGO, April 3-Rear Ad-
miral Walter C. Cowles, who has been
commandant at the naval station at
Hawaii. has succeeded to the COM
mand of the Pacific fleet
Ell PASO, April 3-Brid.- Gen. E.
2. steever, who has reached the age
limit, retired today from service in
the army.
| PORTLAND, April 3-Gavi E.
Caukin. an officer of the Oregon COM
mandery of the Grand Army COM
mitted suicide this morning. IIe had
been somewhat respondent recently.
! LONDON, April 3-Mrs. Pank-
hurst, the notorious Suffragette. was
today sentenced to three years i'm
prisonment for attempting to dyna-
mite the residence of Lloyd George.
Her followers are very much exer-
cised and threaten to do other deeds
of destruction.
WASHINGTON, April S--The wife
of former Senator Jonathan Bourne
has filed an action for divorce. She
alleges that she is in fear of physical
violence.
BUTTE, April 2-Former United
States Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon of
Montana, chairman of the Progressive
national committee has returned
from Washington. He says:
when l left Washington the Pro-
gressive members of Congress tad
decided to ut up complete ticket in
, the house organization fight, from
speaker down to sergeant at ar,ns.
Congressman Victor Murdoch will be
the speakership candidate. OF
course we will not win against the big
Democratic majority, but we will let
the other fellows know we are there. :"
Mr.. Dixon announced that the ex-
ecutiye committee of the Progressive
national committee will meet in New
York in April
| OMAHA, April 3-The wife Of Col.
John Hull, Judge Advocate, jumped
into the Missouri river yesterday and
was drowned. Her husband had
been transferred to the Philippines,
and becoming respondent at his de-
parture she decided upon taking her
own life.
LUNEvILLE. France, April 8
George Zeppelin was on an air cruise
with six officers, when he suddenly
came to a military landing ON the
parade ground. The party was at
once seized and Zeppelin explained
that the airship developed a defect
and he was unable to control it.
SEATTLE, April 3--Mayor Cot
terfu has appointed delegates to at
tend the third national drainage con-
gress, which is to be held at the
I Planters hotel, in st. Louis, April 10,
In and 70. The object of the meet
ing is to induce congress to create a
| rational drainage commission with
| power to evolve and put into effect a
I national plan for the reclamation by
| drainage of 100000 acres of
swamp lands and their utilization for
agricultural purposes, and protection
/ from flood by levee construction, and
SO forth.
+ NEW YORK. April 3-Mrs. F.
/ Augustus Heinze, who recently Sc
! cured an interlocutory divorce from
her husband, died here at her apart
ments last night Before the end
Fcame she had several interviews with
Mr.. Heinze and reconciliation was
affected.
i CHICAGO, April 3-Yesterday
afternoon A. c. Frost testified that il
an interview which he had with At
torney General Wickersham the lat
ter assured him that he would have