The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-18
ties during the coming summer.
 STRONG TO SEE WILSON,


 WASHINGTON. D. C, May 13.- Governor Strong has arranged meeting for this week with President Wilson. for the purpose of urging the enactment of needed legislation. The principal measure in which the governor Is interested is the coal land leasing bill which is now pend, ing before congress. The President will be asked to use his influence to hasten the passage of the mea- sure
 DISPATCH MORNING PAPER.
 JUNEAU, May l3. The Daily Dispatch. the pioneer paper of Jul neau, has quit the evening field and is now being issued as morning paper.
 TO ENTERTAIN ENGINEERS.
 SEATTLE. May 14. - The mem bers of the Alaska engineering com mission will be the guests of the Commercial club upon their arrival in this city from the capital on their way to Alaska The club received a wire today accepting an invita- tion to attend a banquet which will be arranged in their honor. The engineers are expected here on May 20 and they will leave for the North three days later on the Alameda
 STRONG TO RETURN.
 SEATTLE, May 14.-According to information received from Washing ton this afternoon, Governor Strong expects to leave the capital on Saturday on his return to the Pa cific coast The governor will come direct to this city and. according to present plans. will leave almost immediately for Juneau. He has been absent from the territorial capital several weeks.
 PANAMA BREAKS UP.
 CHENA. May 14.-At S:27 this Panama river took place in front of Cinema. Shortly after the breakup occurred. the ice from the Cinema river filled the Panama in front of the town, and from shortly before @ o'clock until noon the run was unbroken. From the time the ice started to run until the river cleared there was no jam at any time.
 Up to midnight. the upper river ice had not come past here, and indications are that 1t will not start until late tomorrow morning. Al though the breakup yesterday was spectacular and beautiful sight to behold, it was tame as compared with those of number of former years.
 Had the ice from the upper Tan ana come down yesterday at the 60 fino that tho Chana river ira went out, it is almost certain that the town would have been flooded. As it happened, the water did no damage to any of the dwellings or business houses of the town.
 Late this afternoon bridge, supposed to be the one swept out at Moves slough, passed Cinema. Sever al attempts were made to save the structure, but the current was so swift that it prevented the rescue. An attempt was made to rescue barge that floated by during the day. The barge was partly sub merged and the name of 1t could not be discerned.
 MAKES ANOTHER STRIKE,
 SEATTLE, May 14.-Private adj vices received in this city today state that "Swiftwater" Bill Gates. the much-married oldtimer of the klondike, who has made and lost several fortunes since the discovery of gold on Bonanza, has struck it rich again, this time in Peru, where he is reported to have discovered a great placer field.
 COAL GOES SOUTH.
 SEATTLE, May 14. The coal which was mined in the Matanuska coal fields during the past winter for testing purposes will be shipped to Bremerton in the near future. where it will be stored until the cruiser Maryland is relieved from duty in Mexican waters The Pa cific Alaska Navigation company has been awarded the contract to de- liver the coal at Bremerton and the fuel will be brought south on the Admiral Sampson.
 ALASKA CLERKS NAMED.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May H. Ben Tillman. Jr,, and Ralph M. Mover have been given positions as clerks of the Alaska engineering commission Tillman is a son of Senator Tillman of South Carolina,
 O'cONNOR IS ISSloNER.
 CORDOVA, May 15.-William O. Connor. labor candidate for delegate to congress in the 1910 campaign. has been appointed commissioner at Chitina. succeeding Paul d'Hierry. deceased. O'Connor is Harrais Democrat, having taken an active part in the Valdez convention which nominated Martin Harrais two years ago.
 CAMPBELL APPOINTED.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.- The name of Benjamin Campbell has been added to the list of Alaska engineers who will work in con nection with the new engineering Campbell has been as- sociated with the N. C., N, II. & H. R. R. engineer corps and Is we'll known throughout the East
 JONES AFTER EXHIBIT.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.-- Senator Jones. of Washington, has announced his intention of offering an amendment to the sundry civil bill providing for the of s20O,0O0 for the cree ton of an Alaska building at the San Francisco fair and for the in stallation of territorial exhibit.
 ENGINEERS COMING