The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-02-06

by the officers and soldiers wher
i Ojinaga was captured by Genera
Villa.
| SEATTLE, Jan. 30.-Falcon Jos
Ign, the Alaska railroad man who il
now in Washington where he i.
working for the passage of the
Alaska railroad bill, has wired the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce thai
the prospects for the Alaska rail-
road bill passing the House on the
second Wednesday in February are
very good" Joslyn has been active
in the interest of favorable Alaskan
legislation and is in close touch
1 with the Democratic leaders in the
| capital.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 30
After many months of quiet investi-
cation on the part of the govern
ment the department of justice has
announced that suit is soon to be
| entered for dissolution of the Am
erican Smelling & Refining Com
pany.
NORFOLK, Jan. 30.-The steam
ships Monroe and Nantucket col
lided off the coast here during a
heavy fog last night with an appall-
ing loss of life. Wireless messages
were received from the Nantucket
shortly after the accident had &C.
Cured stating that it was believed
no lives had been lost and that the
steamers were standing close to-
gether until an inspection of the
damage could be made.
When the steamers pulled apart
it was found that the Monroe had
nearly been cut in two and that she
crushed forward of the engine room
and sank in 10 minutes carrying 49
passengers and members of the
crew with her. Scores of passen-
gers were thrown into the water but
were picked up by boats from the
Nantucket. The latter vessel suf-
fered from the collision and other
steamers have been sent to her as
sistance and will take off her pass
myers and the survivors of the
Monroe.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.-Miss
Alexander, who murdered Van
baalen, the special advertising man
of the Chronicle, has been acquitted.
She claimed that he had accom-
plished her downfall through prom
Use of marriage while he had wife
and family living in this city. She
has been at liberty on bonds and
was given her freedom today.
JUAREZ, Feb. 3.-Francisco j.
Getseman, who figured in the re-
volt in the City of Mexico which re-
suited in the murder of President
Madero, was executed in the front
yard of the house occupied by Cen
eral Villa here. Getseman had
come from Havana to get General
Villa to break faith with General
Carranza and form an alliance with
General Felix Diaz.
General Villa accused Getseman
of being instrumental in inaugural
ing the revolt among the students
which resulted in the overthrow OF
former President Diaz and then
joining with President Madero only
to turn on him when promised pro-
motion by Huerta. He declares that
General Diaz has no following in
Mexico since he has remained out of
the country fearing President
Huerta.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 81
Senator Lane, of Oregon, was re-
moved from the floor of the Senate
this afternoon in parliamentary
sense by the senate marshal because
he cast reflections on the integrity
of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission.
The senator was debating on a
resolution to investigate the rail-
roads rebating to the Steel trust
and entered into personalities. He
was called to order but repeated his
assertions and would have been
elected from the Senate by the
marshal had he not taken his seat.
The house was in an uproar when
the occurrence took place.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-So that
the militia will not starve should it
be called out for war and no cooks
should be found among it's ranks, a
school for cooks is suggested at Fort
Sam Houston with capacity of 30
purpiisi at a time. ,'
| WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 81
Uncle Sam had to pay $6,256.26 for
dog feed in the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1918. This and many other
unique features are contained in the
first report of the chief of the
tquartermaster's corps of the army
PORTLAND, Jan. 31.-The bank
ers and commercial organizations
which have. been working for a
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