The Chitina leader., 1914-02-10

Grange has adopted resolution
J calling for a committee to inquir
, into the expenditures of the depart
, ments of the state government an,
| to ask about the publication of re
, ports, especially of the Auditor
, General and Department of Interna
Affairs. A resolution was ais,
: adopted demanding that the taxa
ton laws be revised and propert.
be assessed at its actual value TO-
taxation of all kinds.
i CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. 5
i George P. Penniman of Pittsburg
representing the London syndicate
seeking the purchase of number
of the biggst coal operations in the
New River field at a price approx
mately of s5O,0O0,O00. is in this
city procuring signatures of several
operators to the contracts of sale
which are to be taken to London
and filed with the syndicate for
examination.
When the contracts have been
| approved by the syndicate counsel,
Penniman stated, the first payment
of the purchase price, $2,500,000,
will be made. The balance is to be
paid in June.
JUNEAU, Feb. 5.-Acting upon
advice from the department of JUS
tice in Washington, Judge Jennings
today made an order resubmitting
the case of Banker Summers to the
next grand jury which will probably
meet in Ketchikan. Representatives
of the department were in the city
during the present term of court
held here and were known to have
appeared before the grand jury in
connection with the case.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-The body
of the woman which was taken
from the river has been identified
as that of Anna Lindberg. The
body was well dressed and showed
bible was tightly clasped in her
hands when the body was taken
from the water. The police are
working on the theory that the
woman was thrown from one of the
river craft.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5.-A
statement issued today by the man
agement of the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition shows that
1000 men are now employed on
construction work and that the
daily payroll is $4,000. All the
exhibit palaces are under way.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-Secre-
tary Redfield, of the department of
commerce, replying to letter from
Delegate Wickersham, states that
the purpose of the government is to
increase the work done for Alaska,
particularly in regard to the mat
tiers of fisheries and aids to naviga-
ton. The correspondence between
the delegate and Secretary Redfield
concerned the report of the Bureau
of Fisheries in Alaska.
CHICAGO, Feb. THE entire
country from the western states to
the Atlantic are being swept by a
cold wave which is sweeping down
from the north. 1t is below zero
in this city and much suffering is
reported among the poor. Heavy
SHOWS in the middle states have
interferred with railroad traffic to
a considerable extent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 10
The Rev. Frederick Bingham How
den, recently created bishop of New
Mexico, has gone to assume his
position at Albuquerque, N. M.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. T.
Only handful Of the boys in blue
belonging to the Department of the
Potomac, G. A. R., are here to par
ticipate in the forty-sixth annual
encampment. Capt. John Middle
ton, of the 'Old Guard" is assigned
to duty as officer Of the day, and
First Lieutenant James F. Collins as
officer of the guard.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. o.
Secretary Redfleld, Of the commerce
department has announced that the
government will drag the ship
lanes between Seattle and Alaska in
order to discover the submerged
| pinnacles Of rock which are con-
slant menace to shipping. While
the generally travelled routes have
been charted by the geodetic sur
vey, the pinnacles are known to
exist in many places in the waters
of Southeastern Alaska. There is
scarcely a month in which some
mariner does not report sharp
submerged point as endangerine
his vessel.
SALEM, Ore, Feb. 9.-Attorney
General McReynolds has notified
1 CSovhrnOr Vast that President Will.