The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-08-04

| ton in connection with the railroads
running out of Chicago is most
serious He has summoned the
managers of the railroads and the
representatives of the employees TO
confer with him on Saturday at the
White House. He is anxious if pos
sible to prevent the strike which has
/, been called for next Friday.
i CHICAGO, July 81. - Friday,
August Z, has been set as the time
for the strike on all the western rail-
roads centering in Chicago, and
which will affect $4,000 engineers
and firemen.
/ SEATTLE, July 30.-The col
| lector of customs has seized IL seal
skins that were shipped from Nome
by James Connor. They were con-
signed to New York.
PORTLAND, Ore, July 3O.-A
case that has been before the courts
for some time past has terminated
in the conviction of two principals.
w. F. Minard, of Portland, and J.
| W. Logan, of Tacoma, were found
guilty of using the mails fraudd-
/ lently, in the successful effort TO
sell fraudulent locations on rail-
| road lands. They succeeded in dis
posing of considerable land, of
which they had no title.
oil hyy
steamers. He said that not one
ton would go thru American ports.
WASHINGTON, July 3O.-Yester-
day afternoon the President had
several hours conference with the
business representatives of whole
sale dry goods, jewelry, glass and
machinery houses.
GARDNER, Mont, July 30.-Last
evening four stage coaches in the
Yellowstone Park were held up oy
a number of masked men. At the
were compelled to throw up their
| hands while the bandits went
Through their pocekts and relieved
them of their valuables. In addi-
ton to about $4,000 in money, con-
siderable jewelry was taken. The
robbers then took to the timbers,
where it is supposed that they had
horses to carry them away.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-There
was much qualification expressed in
administration circles this afternoon
after a message had been received
by Jose Castellot, who is a repre-
sentative here of Carbajal. 1t stated
that Carranza and Carbajal have
agreed upon basis for arrange
ments for peace in Mexico. 1t is
now expected that the preliminaries
will soon be disposed of and that a
new administration will soon reign.
SEATTLE, July 30.-In address
ing a Republican meeting at Brem-
erton last night Mayor Gill was
rather pessimistic over the good
that was being accomplished for the
northwest by the Wilson admins
tration. In his speech he predicted
that every ton of steel to be used
in the construction of the govern
ment railroads in Alaska would be
shipped from the east over the
Canadian Pacific railroad to Prince
WASHINGTON, July "a wire
less sent by DR.. E. Lester Jones to
the secretary of commerce states
that Hatton and Tongue, two of the
government agents on the Prlbilof
Islands, admit selling liquor to the
natives but deny the charge of i'm
moralities. 1t is expected that the
investigation will show that a de-
plorable condition has existed for
some time on the seal islands, which
is inhabited almost entirely by
natives.
| MEXICO CITY, July 2S.-Mes-
sages received state that Orozco has
abandoned his Independent revo1u-
| ton and that he will shortly leave
| for Canada.
TAMPICO, July 2S.-Antonio l.
Villareal, governor and military
commander, has issued decree
limiting the scope of the Roman
Catholic church to the state of
Neuvoleon, on the ground of pub
WASHINGTON, July 31.-Secre-
tary of State Bryan issued second
statement in defence of the Colom-
bia treaty. And in it he urges the
payment of $25,00O,000.
WASHINGTON, Aug. An view
of the European war the Republican
senators have united in a request
| that the Democrats permit the pend
4 ing antitrust measures to go over
until the next session.
SEATTLE, Aug. 4.-George H..
| Emerson, a millionaire lumberman
| of Hoquiam, died at his home yes
! tprdov afternoon after hrinf ILL