The Chitina leader., 1914-06-16

threw little bomb into administra- ! tion circles yesterday afternoon. He first announced that he would vote
 for the repeal of the Panama exemp-
 tion tolls clause. He then went on
 to explain that his common sense was
 which his party had been placed, and , that he was unable to understand why the President had projected the tolls fight into the party at this time.
 WASHINGTON, June 11-General Funston reports to the department here that railroad communication between Vera Cruz and Mexico City is menaced by the Constituencies. It is assumed that they seek to cut
 off the probable retreat of Huerta
 from the capital. Rumors have been circulated that Huerta intends to
 evacuate.
 | CHICAGO, June 11.-Theatrical circles were interested last night in the marriage of Harry Cort, of
 Seattle, son of John Cort, who has
 a chain of theaters throughout the country. The bride was Miss Mar
 garet s. Jones, of Los Angeles. The ceremony was witnessed by many cf the prominent artists now in the city.
 NEW YORK, June 1.-The honor l zc fallen to the yacht Resolute. In the final trial she won out and now active preparations are making for the contest with Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock ", later in the month. 1 The event will be fraught with intense interest and the admirers of the Resolute are confident that another Shamrock will again go | down to defeat.
 l NEW LONDON, June 11.-Frank A. Vanderlip, who was assistant secretary of the treasury from 1897 to 1901, and who is now president oe the National City Bank, of New York, addressed the annual conven- tion of the New York Bankers asso- citation, which is now in session here. He declares that the business situa tion has become dependent upon political rather than economic fac tors. He said he based his conclu- sions after accepting President | Wilson's diagnosis of the psycho- logical trouble.
 VERNON, June 11.-There was some classy boxng witnessed here last night. It was fast and furious for the short time it existed and a new champon has been put forth. Since 1907 Johnny Coulon has held the worlds championship for bantam weights, 116 pounds. But his glory faded soon after he started on a 20-round go with Kid Williams, of Baltimore. The latter started right in from the start to be the aggressor and kept it up until he knocked out Coulon in the third round. The quick result was a great surprise to the packers of the old champ, and they lost many thousands of dollars on the outcome.
 OTTAWA, June 10.-The govern ment announced that an appropria- tion of S50,000 would be immedi- ately made for the sufferers of the Empress of Ireland, which recently | went to the bottom of the sea. Many of the survivors are utterly destitute, while the families of some of the men drowned have been left with out means of support.
 WASHINGTON, June 1O.-The revenue cutter Bear, which is known as the rescue cutter, having made
 memorable trip to the north in the fall of 1897 for the rescue of large
 number of whalers who were caught
 in the ice of the Arctic has again been ordered to the north, to rescue the crew of the schooner Karluk. This vessel was swept out to sea and
 crushed and sunk by the ice early in the year. But the members of
 the Stefansson expedition and the
 crew all escaped and are now
 marooned on Wrangell Island. This
 island is situated approximately 200
 miles due north of Cape North, Siberia, and it was across this
 frozen, trackless wilderness of ice
 and snow that Capt Bartlett and his
 five Eskimos must have fught their
 way thrugh the stinging cold, until
 they were picked up by ship and
 recently brought to St. Michael. } CHICAGO, June 10.-The noted singer, Mime. Schumann-Heink, was granted a divorce yesterday. She } was born in Austria in 1861 and is : still attractive enough to have more } suitors.
 : SEATTLE, June 10.-Delegates , from every local coal miners union , in the state of Washington will meet