The Chitina leader., 1915-04-27

i WASHINGTON, April 22.--Otto
i H. Tittman, superintendent of the
United States Coast y and Geodetic
Survey for the past 10 years, retired
today. He was As years in the
government service. DIR. E. Lester
Jones, deputy commissioner of
fisheries, succeeds Mr.! Tittman.
| WASHINGTON, April 22.-End-
ing four-day session the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution
adjourned this afternoon. The
meetings were we'll attended ami
the liveliest interest was manifested
in all the proceedings. A spirited
contest was on for election of Presi-
dent-General, resulting in Mrs. Will
liam Cumming Storey again being
selected. Her strong opponent was
Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey,
state regent of Kansas She had
support from Influential sources but
not enough to place her at the head
of the organization.
CHICAGO. April 21.-Michigan's
labor war in the copper mine dis
trict was recounted today to the In
dustrial Relations Commission.
Union leaders and operators of the
copper mines today told of the
causes, violence and results of the
strike, at the closing of an eight
day hearing held by the commission.
1t has investigated labor conditions
of the stock-yards, the Pullman,
Illinois Central and Hartman
strikes and the telegraphers' dis
! putes.
CLEVELAND, April 81. Two
navy aeroplanes are being built by
the government for the Cleveland
aeronautic corps of the U. S. naval
militia, and are expected to soar
daily above Lake Erie this summer.
The corps has been in training for
several weeks, making frequent
trips to Dayton and other cities
where aeroplane schools are located
and. in addition, has been given
weekly lectures by competent avia-
ton instructors.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-There
is considerable uneasiness felt in
the navy department because of
recent information received from
the Panama canal. The plans for
the Atlantic fleet going through the
canal in July and proceeding to San
Francisco and Seattle may be
changed. 1t is possible that the
fleet will not be able to pass through
the canal because the dreadnaughts
are too large for the channel.
SYRACUSE, April 21.-Colonel
Roosevelt again took the witness
chair this morning in the libel suit
brought against him by William
Barnes. Objection was made by
counsel to the continuance of any
further evidence in the line of
politics, also a motion was made
to strike out the great mass of evil
dence given yesterday dealing with
politics. A lengthy argument en-
sued and the. court finally ruled out
evidence of this nature.
OSSEO, Wis, April 21.-The
community center theory idealized
by progressive educators, has passed
the experimental state in Osseo.
This city is to have municipal
opera house, an art gallery, a NOV
ing picture theater, a public library
and a gymnasium, according to
plans just launched by citizens. One
building-the school house-will
house them all. The old school
building, which has been the scene
of many public meetings, is to be
torn down. Some time ago Dwight
H. Perkins, an expert of community
building, gave a talk here in which
he said that building a school house
| for community center purposes as
well as the regular school needs,
helps rather than binders the regu-
lar school work. Also it is possible,
he told the citizens, to secure the
equipment for five buildings, so
constructed, almost as cheaply as it
could be secured for the one. The
building, when completed, will give
| Osseo a model community structure.