The Alaska citizen., 1914-03-09
.OF INTEREST
 ID ALASKANS
COMMITTEE AGREES.


 A the ialj meeting ot the house and senate conference cumrat ee. which was held his afternoon. the mem 1ers reached an agreement on the Alaska railroad bill and il is ex- pected that the revised measure will 9e reported back for final passage before the end of the present week. II E regarded as certain that the bill will be in the hands cf the President by Saturday.
 In CT tho terms Of the agree uer. the President is given 6 lae hand in the e ection of routes gl in practically all other matters n connection ai h the construction f the proposed railroad. He may lurshase existing rads if he sees ,t -al he may decide also the gauge Of the branch lines Hh th aHl couuece with the main line.
 % many changes have been made il the bll since t reached the conference committee that it is considered probable hat President ailson win not sign the measure 'rfI Secretary Lane has had an opportunity to study the new prsyi- 'oas. Whether or not the Pres- em Hjll sian he bill Will depend 5rselr unon The opinion rendered .v the secretary.
 ALASKAN LAWYER DIES.
 OLYMPIA, Wash. Nar,h 2.--J5h7 .. Os rau5er, for many years en- aed in he nractise of law in tezE9 taed in this city today from afafr er tha so49ah The dee1as- ! ras member of the odtime
 as Cst-aIGer ( Donohue of a}aez.
 SENATE APPROVES BILL
 M SHiE@T0N. D. C., March g. ate this afternoon. the upper house If c ugress approved the conference eaort on the Alaska railroad bill, Ha he measure will now go to the l#or house fer final action in that hamber of congress.
 As he biH Il W stands, if proyile5 os the appropriation of S35,00000o saeat from the national treasury, .aa toot iss9e provision having .saa eliminated. Ii provides also hat he interstate commerce com
 ssl-a shall have no jurisdiction ..~ tLa railroad 50 long as it is ue~atad br the government Should he system. or any part of it, be aas }. however. the in erstate com a~rga las will become applicable. "rov'=i-n is made for rights of way or e"nin"I purposes Another fea- unn cf the revised bill is that it il he impossible for the govern no7t 10 1alI an extension of the tGanef rfapr. < %nrthwestern rail- sd. hee7usa of tIa requirement. that aHa ~8EerHmeH own complete nc or lines from ti1e#a'er to the
 teIior.
 EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.
 WASHINGTON. D. C, March 8 resar~ Of tae Interior Lane and ro'one1 George W Goethals discus ez the Uso00sa7 Alaska @ yernmenI -aIroqa at length last night. The AuiIder of the Panama canal was a-s toned rogar1irg the amount and haraater of raiIreai Iipman- ah luaonel by the canal commission, md he rcFartad that large Quauti-
 of matzr'al is available for use n Alaska. suitable both fr con struJtion work and for general use liter the mo0osed roads is in onera- ian. Tfe esuiPmen is in such shape hat it ma he shipped North on hort nctice.
 EARTHQUAKE FELT.
 ST. MICHAEL. March &.-A SC ere earthauaEe shock was felt here shortly before o'clock this evening.
 lasted for only a few seconds, .nt was so distinct a shock that tfa eeei'eats were extremely fear II that t WIS but the forerunner o.her more serious shocks.
 fNs the time at St. Michael is .apRs he shock there was felt at re same t're that i, was noticed ere)
 COMMISSIONER DIES.
 VN DrZ. March 3.-United States '1umiseioaer Paul DHeirry, of Chit ina, died suddenly at the Interior -aflroad town this morning the i'm mediate cause of his dea h being heart disease.
 The deceasod was aH oldtimnr in tte North. having been eagaged for . number of years in naV=0a 0er work on Seward peninsula, and later in Valdez. Before receiving the ap- ointment as Tinted States cOmmfs- f-oer. nHeirr1 was editoI of the Valdez Prospector.
 peforc IT." Sac of Waehia" on -as admitted -o statehood. DHeircy rc1a roejtian as torr;t2~''i alto. general
 LEASING BILL FAVORED.
 WASHITGTON, D. C., March 4.-' The Ferris Alaska cal land leasing bill, which has been under consid- aratio1 before the house committee on public lands since it's in.roduc- ion recently, was reported for pass age by the committee today.
 One of the changes made by the committee was the adoption of a provision limiting he rights of les sees 10 the coal found on the leased lands.
 SEATTLE. March 1.-The latest 1drices received from the national apital are to the effect that the eoaference committee was to have met this morning al 10 o'clock fir he purpose of signing the report on the Alaska railroad bill, after which it was to be submitted to both houses of congress fir final passage. Under the house rules the bill must ie over for one day in order to give the printers time to print the re- nort, so that no action can be taken bef1re tomorrow.
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