The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-02-10
SEATTLE, Feb. 9.-Mrs. Emily


M. Harff, of Vancouver, has began
suit against Rev. w. A. Major, as
administrator for the Frederick
Freeman estate to recover $4,000.
Freeman was an Alaskan miner
who died in this city shortly after
arriving from the north where he
had lived since the beginning of
the Klondike rush. She claims to
be relative of deceased and helped
him to go to Alaska where he
earned the money by wages.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. g.
Representative Bowdie, of Ohio, IN
a speech on the floor of the House
Saturday, denounced the system of
protecting the officers of the army
and navy from being sued for ali
mony. He demanded that the
names of the officers in the army
and navy who are alimony dodgers
be published.
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, Feb.
9.-The situation here has been re-
lieved by the election of Orestes
Zamor as president by the national
congress. The marines from the
warships who have been guarding
the foreign legations, have been
Withdrawn and business is being
resumed. The city shows the effect
OF the engagement which was waged
in the streets for several days.
! PARIS, Feb. 10.-Glenn Curtis,
while here recently in the interests
of his flying boat, told the United
Press correspondent that he con-
sidered it extremely probable that
the Atlantic would be crossed by an
aeroplane in the course of the next
summer.
Pressed for details Curtis admit
tedi that he personally is interested
/ in one attempt to be made and that
! he has been asked to supply the
engine for the machine of another
aviator, who, he says, has splendid
ing in the water, en- route. and TAX
ing supplies from liner, though
the other person proposes to make
a nonstop flight from shore TO
shore in SO hours.
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 10.-The
state comptroller has reported that
NJ lot N
meet the payments of the $27, 000,-
600 of short terms notes which
matured on February 1. The issue
was the first of its kind in the his
tory Of the state. 1t was made last
June to relieve shortage in the canal
funds.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1O.-The
limited Mine Workers convention
failed to complete it's business on
Saturday last as was expected.
There are nearly 500 resolutions
yet to be considered. Many of the
/ delegates from the eastern states
and Canada have returned home as
district have been completed.
/ SEATTLE. Feb. 10.-Councilman
| Wardell, OF this city, has instituted
proceeding for an absolute divorce
against his wife, charging desertion.
| The couple have been married only
a short time.
( CLEVELAND, O., Feb. lot is
! estimated that railroads and other
big corporations throughout Ohio
! have larger supply of coal in stor-
age or ordered for immediate de-
livery than at any one time in their
| history The action was taken fol-
| lowing notice from coal operators
that Ohio mines might be closed
April / upon which date the agree
ment between miners and operators
| expires. Coal operators also claim
that the passage of an anti-screen
bill introduced into the legislature,
! by which miners are paid on a run
of-the-mine basis or for all coal
J
/ when the coal has been screened
will force them to close because
| they allege they will be unable TO
! operate at a profit.
DENVER, Feb 10.-Action on
the suggestion of Secretary Lane,
Governor Ammons of this state has
invited the governors of the west
ern states to hold conference in
this city to plan a convention which
would include representatives from
every section of the west. The secre-
tsry desires expressions of public
sentiment on the governments
policy regarding irrigation and
reclamation of the arid lands in
the west. 1t is planned to hold the
convention in May.
| : WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. TO-
The Democratic members of the
Senate have announced that they
will take no action on President