The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-08-18

lpOSSeSSiOH Oh the palace IN tue ndme
of Carranza. He will remain In
charge until the arrival of the new
provisional president.
4 JUNEAU, Aug. 15-Chas. Il. Bun
lnell, the Democratic candidate fol-
Delegate to Congress, returned yes
lterday from Ketchikan, where he
was most fayorably received. Last
night the Democratic Club held A
lrousing meeting. at which Mr.. Bun
nell was the guest of honor. When
the candidate appeared he was
enthusiastically received He made
a short speech and impressed his
hearers with his ability as speaker
and the soundness of his doctrine.
The club appointed a campaign COM
mittee for the First Division, con-
sisting of FIVE members, two of whom
are women. Today and tonight Mr..
! Bunnell is meeting and mingling
with the voters of Douglas and
Treadwell. Everywhere he goes he
>.
He will leave on the steamer Ala
media tomorrow morning for his
home at Valdez, meeting the people
of Skagway. and Cordova en- route
He will shortly go to Fairbanks aud
down the river to Nome, thus max
ing campaigning tour that will
ri oil Of
SEATTLE, Aug. IA fatal and
generally regretted auto accident
occurred last night, resulting in the
death of Mrs. Lottie Reed, widow of
the late Bishop of California. She
was run down by machine driven
by R. M. Semmes, general freight
and passenger agent of the Alaska
Pacific Navigation Co., who was ac-
companied by Rev. Morgan ]. By
water. After being struck by the
auto Mrs. Reed was Immediately
taken to the hospital, where she soon
died from her injuries.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-The
government this morning COM
menced suit to recover S57 900 from
the U. S. Beet and Sugar industry.
1t is claimed that while the Under
wood tariff was under discussion by
Congress that numerous pamphlets
were circulated throughout the
country under Senator Lodges
frank, and that they should have
gone through the mails in the regu-
lar way. 1t is now contended that
the industry should pay to the gov
eminent the amount of the postage,
which is the sum sued for.
VALDEZ, Aug. 1.-THE office Of
the U. S. marshal is industriously in
vestigating the recent death that oc-
Cured at the foot of Tazlina lake,
east of Willow Creek. But So far
no definite clue has been located 1t
was on Friday last that the decom-
posed body of John Smith was found
with his skull crushed and his body
hidden in the brush. A coroner's
| jury rendered verdict that the
deceased was killed by unknown per-
sons. Smith is supposed to have been
dead for two months. He was an
Austrian and was a member of the
Miners Union. at Black Diamond,
Wash. He was also a member of
the Eagles and was about 80 years
of age. 1t is suspected that Indians
are responsible for the murder,
which occurred about 25 miles from
the scene of the murders committed
last year on the Willow Creek trail.
WASHINGTON, Aug 15.-Car-
rama has been named as provisional
president of Mexico. An agreement
to this effect was signed last night
| outside the City of Mexico. Accord
| ing to an announcement made here
| by a press agency the document was
signed by General Obregon, as a
representative of the government of
Iturbide.
WILLIAMSON, W. Va, Aug. Is.
Last evening bandits effected an
entrance into the Office of the Glen
Alum Coal Company and with drawn
guns at once started to shoot the
officials present. The unfortunates
who were murdered are named:
Joseph Sheler, DR.. w. Amick and F.
D. Johnson. Part of the pay roll,
consisting of $4,000 had been pre-
pared and was in the office. This
was evidently the motive for the
murder, as the bandits secured the
money and Immediately made away,
taking to the woods. A posse is now
on their track. "a
WALLA WALLA, Aug. IA
There was intense excitement this
afternoon at the neighboring town
of Tekoa. Two laborers were caught
firing a threshing outfit, and a
| large number of field hands secured
them and held short conference
AS there had previously been depre-
dations of this kind committed il
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