The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-02-02
Late Telegraph News

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x SEATTLE, Jan. 28.-Frank !
x A. Vanderlip, the New York =
X banker who is here to perfect \
! X the merger of the Oregon !
X Washington, Oregon Short Line =
! X and the Union Pacific Railway !
! x companies, said in a speech at !
x dinner given in his honor last !
X night that better times are at !
X hand not only for the North \
X west but for the entire country. \
X He advised the bankers to get =
X into politics, to make their 4
X entrance through the front y
x door and to avoid secret, back r
x door methods. 4
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-The
Senate held night session last
night, devoted entirely to consider
alton of the ship purchase bill which
the Republicans are trying to talk
to death. One of the best organized
and most powerful Hobbies ever mob
ilized at the national capital is
occupying the outside trenches, .
and the "big guns" are operated
under direction of those who believe
it is all right for the government 10
appropriate public funds for sub
sides to shipping concerns but all
wrong for it to build or purchase
and operate shipping of its own.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-Presi-
dent Wilson, in a special message,
today vetoed the immigration bill
because of the literacy test provision
therein. Friends of the bill believe
they have sufficient votes to pass
the measure over the veto.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The
cabinet at a meeting held last night
discussed the problem of holding
government expenses within the in
come. of the fiscal year.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 2S.-Proyi-
sional President Cara and those
connected with his administration
left the capital today for Cuernavaca
where the new seat of government
is to be established. The city is left
in possession of the combined mill
tary forces of General Villa and
zapata. Provisional President Quit
errez, Garza's predecessor, has To-
Gated his movable capital at
Pacheco, while General CarranZa,
first chosen to succeed Huerta, is in
control of Tampico, center of the
Mexican oil industry
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Formal
opening of the Panama Canal will
probably be arranged to take place
in July. The President will go to
san Francisco by rail in March and
go to Panama later when the naval
review will be held
SEATTLE, Jan. 27.-Police Ser
geant Lee Dagner and Patrolman
Stanley Olstrom have been dis
missed from the force because of
their connection with the death of
E. R. Johnson, civil engineer, who
died from injuries received January
21 when he was run down by the
officers in an auto.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Harry
X. Thaw pleaded not guilty today
when arraigned on the charge of
conspiracy, on which he was brought
here January 90 from New Hamp-
shire for trial. Attorney Travers
Jerome will no longer be connected
with the case. Thaw is confined in
the Tombs
OLYMPIA, Jan. 2S.-A bill, which
if passed, will open up the race
tracks of Washington for horse rae
ing under the direction and control
of a state racing commission has
been introduced in the Senate by DR..
J. A. Client of Seattle.
The proposed law is said to have
the backing of business men of
Seattle and other cities of the state
where the ponies formerly pranced,
and it's promoters claim for it that
if enacted into law it will be pro-
ductive of clean, high class amuse-
ment which will make all of the fairs
in the state, most of which are now
losing money. more than self-sus-
tanning.
The bill provides that every detaii
of the racing meets shall be under
the direct control of competent
racing commission. and that instead
of adding a dollar of tax burden to
the state, it will be productive OF
revenue to the. state.
The bill provides for betting on
the horses In an enclosure provided
for that purpose, under tue Paris
mutual machine or totalizer system,