The Chitina leader., 1915-01-19

The signers wish 1t understood that
their motive is to change existing
! conditions, in which there is moth
ing personal
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WASHINGTON. Jan. l5.-Col.
Wilds P. Richardson, president of
the Alaska Road Commission, is IN
the city and recently presented his
annual report to the war depart
ment The Colonel states that the
annual appropriations made by Con-
gress are consumed in repairing and
maintaining existing roads. Fur
lther development cannot be expected
unless the allotment of funds is in
creased While the old conditions
prevail, with the amount of mileage
Enow required to be maintained, and
ialthough additional new projects, all
more or less meritorious. are being
tpresented to the board every year.
with petitions for aid, it is impos-
Ecept to very limited degree.
Colonel Richardson has submitted
a plan for the. extension of the roa,ls
covering a period of three years,
with an estimate of s750,000 for
the first year and it is earnestly
hoped that this plan may receive
no
of next seasons work.
While again disclaiming any in
tention of antagonizing the pro-
jected railway construction i'll
Alaska will follow the construction
of trunk lines of railroads to the
interior unless preceded. or accom-
panied by the construction of many
wagon roads and trails as feeders.
Regarding the bill now before
Congress to create a general develop
ment board for Alaska to open It's
resources, Colonel Richardson de-
clares that 'it is no egotism to say
that no other agency of the govern
ment is more competent or better
equipped for such tasks than the
army" and he points to the extern
sive public works accomplished in
Alaska in connection with the cable
and telegraph systems and the roads
and trails run through the wilder
ness to support this statement.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The
supreme. court today denied the ap-
plication of writ of certiorari pre-
scented by Charles Houston and H.
W Bullock. the Seattle coal dealers
convicted of conspiracy to defraud
the government in their operations
at Nome The men must serve time
in the federal penitentiary.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18th
! suffrage amendment to the cOnstitu
ton was defeated in the House to
day by majority of thirty.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. S.-AttOrney
General Joseph A Peterson and
State Auditor Fred w. Houston have
been indicted on the charge of en-
bezzlement in connection with the
shortage of former State Treasurer
Allen.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1S.-A son
was born at-the White House Sun
day to Mrs. Sayre. one of the daugh-
tiers of President Wilson. The new
ruler of the White House weights
7H pounds.
WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. = The
amendment to the appropriation bill
providing TO ra prohibition amend
ment to the constitution was de-
feated in the Senate today by vote
of 3S tn 40.
LOS GATOS, Cal, Jan. 18.-Wil-
liam Discus Landers, U. S. attorney
at Porto Rico and formerly assistant
district attorney at Nome, died to-
day at his home here from a tropica
disease contracted at Porto Rico a
year ago.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1S.-James
A. Smiser, the newly appointed dis
tirct attorney for the first district
of Alaska. is a resident of Columbia
/ Tenn, and was boyhood chum and
schoolmate of Thos. w. Gregory, at
torney general of the United States
who as schoolboy lived at the home