The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-07
Distinguished Guests Present.

men who are shaping the work of
developing Alaska. something in re-
gard to their plans and program"
DistinRuished Guests Present.
In celebrating the discovery of the
north pole, Admiral Peary had as guests
distinguished assemblage. Secretary of
Commerce Redfield was guest of honor.
The other guests included Secretary of
Agriculture Houston. Secretary of the In
terror Lane. Senator Chamberlain, of
Oregon; Assistant Secretary of the In
terror Jones. Assistant Secretary of
Commerce Sweet. Commissioner of Fish
cries Hugh NJ. Smith, DIR. f. Lester
Jones. superintendent of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey; Commissioner of Light
houses George r. Putnam, Commissioner
of Education Phiander p. C1axton, Ad
miral Colby NJ. Chester, former superin
tendent of the Naval Observatory: DR..
o. II. Titman. president of the National
Geographic Society: Edwin A. Grosvencr.
professor of history at Amherst: Com
missioner Thomas Riggs, jr.. OF the
Alaskan Railway: DIR. 4. u. Brooks, of
the Alaska Geological Survey: Assistant
Superintendent r l.. Fars, of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey; Deputy Commits
sioner of Lighthouses John S. Conway:
Representatives Maurice Connolly, of
Iowa; Melville +. Stone, general man.
ager of the Associated Press; John O.
La Gorce. editor of the Geographic Mag
azine: J. c. O'Laughlin. correspondent of
the Chicago Herald; Frank b. Moves.
president of the Evening Star Newspaper
Company; Ashmun n. Brown. CORE
spondent of the Seattle Post-Intelligen-
Ger: Judson c. Welliver. of The Washing
ton Times: Frank /. Whitehead, of The
Washington Post; Charles p. Stewart. of
the United Press: Dudley Harmon, OF the
New York Sun; Justin McGrath. of the
New York American; Charles S. Albert,
of The New York World; Donald A.
Craig, of The New York Herald. and
Clinton T. Brainard. president of The
Herald Company.
In addition to its being celebration
of discovery of the north pole. the BAN
quet was a memorial of the formal &C.
QUESTION by the Bureau of Fisheries of
the Department of Commerce of the
steamship Roosevelt" in which Admiral
Peary forged his way to the pole. Be-
cause this ship will be used by the Blu
reau of Fisheries in Alaskan waters. the
speech-making was woven about |
Alaska.
Perjury Not Economy.
Secretary of Commerce Redfield deliv-
cred an address in which he said that |
frugality in appropriations |
Tor Alaska Is not economy. secretary
Redfeld said in part:
"As one looks back at the picture of |
things as they We're in Alaska even but |
two years ago. and as indeed they to
some degree still are. though happily on
the mend, it affords an excellent exam |
pie of the foolishness of that so-called [
economy which allows terrible waste of I
life and property in avoiding small ex-
penditure. Officers Of some of the serv-
ices here represented. aye. some of you
present. were sent to sea in vessels that
were both unsafe and unit for the work. |
rhe duties of an empire were handled
On a parochial scale. and with instru-
nents as conspicuously weak and want
ing as the men using the Instruments
were capable and fine. The shores of
Alaska are Uttered with wrecks. Manyt
more lives have been lost therein than
he entire force with which the govern
nent safeguards those dangerous shores,
Ind property has been wasted, need
essly. to certainly double the value that
Was paid for the whole of Alaska itself.
rhe whole discreditable record il ono
rom which at last It has been learned
hat what ID worth doing at all Is worth /
ioing WELL and that wise expenditure
5 true economy. We. however. are
acinS the light. not looking back at the
darkness.
For the new Alaska that Il to come.
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