The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-05-11

| MEXICO CITY, May 10-Soldiers
under General Barox made an at
tempt to assassinate Provisional
President Carranza. Officers who
were with him at the time frus-
trated the efforts. Additional pre-
cautions will be taken to prevent
any repetition of the occurrence.
NEW YORK, May 1O.-The teams
in the ten day campaign to raise
s250,000 for the Newsboys' Home
Club are working with force of
seven sections of seven teams each
and seven men to team, all actively
engaged in a canvass for contribu-
tions. Fire Commissioner Adamson
is captain of one team. Responses
were generous.
4 SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May To-
Congressman James r. Mann is an
active candidate for the Republican
nomination for President. Petitions
for Mann's nomination as a candi-
date in the Illinois presidential pref
erential primaries are in circulation
in Springfield, Chicago and other
parts of the state.
CHICAGO, May S.-There is con-
siderable activity among attorneys
for the banking institutions in this
city, in the preparation of the cases
for three suits which were filed in
the federal court here two weeks
ago. These are test suits attacking
the constitutionality of the war
revenue act, passed last October by
| Congress, affecting the tax upon the
capital stock of banks. The result
of the suits will affect $4,000 banks
in the United States. The banks are
the Continental and Commercial
| National Bank, the Continental and
Commercial Trust and Savings Bank
and the Hibernian Banking Associa-
ton. The Continental and CONNER
cial National Bank suit asks for the
return of S21,65734, which is al
legged to be the amount of taxes paid
by the bank to the internal revenue
collector as representing one-tenth
of 1 per cent on federal, state and
municipal bonds and other property
not used in the banking business.
The other banks asked for the re-
turn of smaller amounts of taxes.
SEATTLE, May SIN answer to
inquiries with reference to the re-
quest made by the Alaska Engineer
| ing Commission for material for rail
road construction from the govern
ment at Panama the following infor-
nation is given:
Commissioner Mears wrote to
Ancon asking whether the Panama
| officials could transfer to the COM
mission a French ladder dredge,
tugs and barges or clapets to serve
the same, four 2O1-class locomotives,
| four locomotive cranes, 60 12-yard
dump cars, two steam shovels and
two piledrivers complete. The reply
was that the material other than the
dredge, tugs, barges, clapets and
| locomotive cranes could be supplied,
but that rome of the former could be
spared for several months.
SEATTLE, May Last night at
O'Clock the steamer Mariposa got
away on scheduled time with large
crowd for the railroad terminals of
Southwestern Alaska. The pas
sengers for Cordova were: c. 7.
Russell, E. J. Colvin, Mrs. w. P.
| Pritchard, Mrs. w. Downing and
daughter, H. E. Gault, F. A. Hol-
labaugh and one second-class. For
Valdez there were six cabin and
second-class passengers. The large
number. however, are for the far
westward. Forty-nine cabin and
80 second-class are booked for
Seward, and 40 cabin and 80 second
class for Knik. For other west
ward ports there are IS cabin
passengers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May T.
The exposition championships open
to any amateur boxer in the world
is now on and will be contested for
three days. There are. eight classes
in each tournament, ranging from
the 10S pound class to the heavy
weights.
THE DALLES, Ore, May T.
Marking on epoch in the develop
. ment of the Pacific Northwest, the
Dalles-Celilo canal and locks, which
makes possible the uninterrupted