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Suggestion Made That One Board
Combine Work, Remain Resident in
Territory and Be Responsible

direct, prompt and certain in its .
ton.
TO this end we should have a single
development bard appointed by the
President and confirmed by the Sem
ate. Their s~allriCs should he sufficient
to enable men Of ability 10 devote
themselves exclusively TO the work of
the board, watch 81 nd have its head
quarters II Alaska. The board should
make It's reports and he directly re-
Spons!h,e for is actions to "A single
Cabinet officer. the Secretary { the
Interior, who's" Department most
closely identified with Alaskan Affairs
and probably best equipped 10y eXperi-
ence and organization to handle such
matters.
The board would do the work now
done in Alaska 10y the General Land
Office. the Forest Service. the Road
Commission. the Bureau of Mines, the
Bureau of Education and the Score.
tary OF tie Interior. II should take
over part Of the work and authority Of
the Bureau Of Fisheries. There are
good reasons why the control of the
seal industry. the salmon hatChcries
and the sea fisheries s'puld he left In
the hands f the Department of Conn
merce. BEGINNING at tac shore line.
however. the deve opmcnt board should
have complete control Of Ill govern
ment activities and interests connected
with the development of industries and
transportation and the settling Of the
g untry. This should include the on
troll Of water powers. building and
! maintenance ~ roads and trails and
operation and rates of the railroads
and telegraph lines.
The hoard should also have charge
Of TIE protection and control of game,
fur bearing animals, pubic lands. min
cral deposits. coal. oil, gas, hot springs,
timber lands AMI timber. together with
the work Of education among the
+ nltvcs and the supervision Of the
: reindeer industry.
1t should control the work of the
survryor-gcncral's office. II should
} have authority to succeed the Depart
: mcpt of Agriculture in supervise n Of
the agricultural experiment stations
IN the Territory 90 Z" supplement these
station. with demonstration farms for
the benefit of homcst"adcrs. All these
activities are Glossy related; all form
q part ~ the one hg \laskan problem.
Their l.recti n should Ice in the same
/ hands.
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les, for which there is the greatest need
Of regular inspection. This rtct. 90
gether with the limited personnel ard
the limited appropriation for II .ve!iIg
expenses, enables the bureau at The best
to possess no definite knowledge and
but scant Information regardins "A l. rye
number OF the fishing localities md
opci atioHs.
While this patchwork system W
administrative machinery has an
swored well enough while the Govern
ment's p Icy has been merely to keep
the door shut AMI discourage develop
ment. it viii not answer under the
new policy
II tho work needed in the future
were to be pu,cly and so!e.y admins
trat!ve 1t must still be efficient and
under responsible an readily respon-
s.ve supervision. Alaska's remote
ness alone MAX anything Ike super
vision by bureaus located IN Washing
ton mere or less perfun"tory and
superficial. What We now Have N
Alaska is little more than a number
Of Independent and unrelated agents,
acting largely upon the r " in!tia-
tive. each attending only to some spec
c!al branch OF police work and Nc
branch Adequately organized Ia cope
with is own pr hlems. without eyer
attempting To- coordinate its WORK
with that " the other branches.
But the task az administering the
laws relating To the disposal and de-
velopment ~ the public domain and
in Alaska IL also a task OF
constructs n. The problem il the
settlement and development Of the
country and 90 all is resources to the
best advantage. Each branch Of work
now under n G.ffcrcn, supervision. is
a part 90 one and tn" same problem
! It is a huge task that Is ahead hut ii
is a single task. and to undertake II
successfully 1t must be put into the
hands II q single auth lritative direc-
torate.
| have pointed out, in some detail
the SHORTCOMINGS of the present Sys'
TENTS dc.ays. red tape, Circumlocu'
ton. divisions and overlapping Of an.
tn rity and Effectiveness, as well as
the Ctscoutagcmeuts il offers To set
tiers whom We want to encourage
To- secure effectiveness We must ".imi'
nate these delays together with tn,
I red tape and the confusing and con
fused machinery now in Use and sub.
! stitute for it machinery that VIII h'
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Copyright by Harris & Ewing
Franklin X. Lane. Secretary of the Interior.

days later. On March %, 1909, Mar
rett filed at the land office at Juneau
an application TO enter the lands IN
braced in the survey. His application
was accompanied by the prescribed
affidavit that the lands were non
mineral and by the requisite notices
and affidavits OF publication and post
ing. In statements to the interior
Department Marrett later declared
that the survey cost him 500. .
on November 10. 1909. Marrett
went to the Land Office at Juneau
with his witnesses and completed his
final proofs. Six days later there was
issued to him final certificate No. 0IS3.
in which II was stated that "on pres
! entation of this certificate to the Com
missioner OF the General Land Office
the said Walter II. Marrctt shall he
entitled to a patent for the tract of
land above described"
The application, final proof and
other papers were then sent to the
General Land Office at Washington.
There is no record of any action on
these papers in the Land Office in the
| lulu" IFS N'dls vi AN'NNlli''l - I'i'i
Marrett wrote to the Commissioner of
the Land Office asking why his pat
ent had not been issued. To this let
ter he received a rep.y from the AS
sistant Commissioner informing him
that action on his entry had been de-
ferred awaiting instructions from the
Department under the act of June %,
1910, providing for the withdra wal OF
lan6s for coal classification. ON De-
Cember %, 1910, the Commissioner OF
the Land Office referred the claim "a
the Geological Survey, asking informa-
ton as to whether any Goa or petro-
leum deposits were embraced in the
entry.
Three months later the direCtor OF
the Geological Survey wrote to the
Commissioner infoi ming him that the
survey had made no examination oi
the land and had no data on the sub
ject, but "believed that no deposits oi
coal or petroleum occurred In that vi
entity"
In the meantime Marrett wrote &c
Delegate Wickersham requesting hi
aid in securing the patent To his claim
Mr.. WiCkersham wrote to the Com
N'
missioner of the Land Office on Janu'
AIRY 3, 1911, inclosing Marrett's letter
and on January IS, l9ll, the Com
missioner wrote to Mr.. Marrett in
forming him that the lands embraced
in his entry had been withdrawn foi
examination for coal and petroleum
under the act of June -, 1910, ant
that action would be taken upon the
entry as soon AS information concern,
ing the mineral deposits WAS receiveC
from the Geological Survey.
Patent was issued May %, 1911
three years after the survey had beet
made and nine years after residence
had been established.
1t will be noted that although acton
on this final proof was deferred for
year and a half, pending determination
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sloner OF Fisheries in his last report.
In a paragraph OF which he says:

sloner OF Fisheries in his last report.
In a paragraph OF which he says:
Il is recommended that the Secre-
tary take under consideration the nd
visibility OF appealing to Congress for
relief from TIE necessity of adminiatc-'
Ing the laws and regulations affe ting
the fur bearing animals Of ALASKA. Thi'
subject is not even remotely related e.
the legitimate functions OF the Bure ~
of Fisheries, hut comes naturally under
the jurisdiction OF another GOvarnmcr;
bureau. The continued administration
of this incongruous service with he
, absurdly small and inexperienced fIrcr
allowed by Congress is not only impos-
ing on the bureau an uncongen,al duty.
which il Is not equipped to perform. hu'
H. distracting and diverting mlc. n.
tcrtion that belongs to and is required
by the fs'ing industry.
should this recommendation ~
adopted and the protection OF Eur
bearing animals be transferred To- ttr
Department of Agriculture, under a.
administration of he Biological ST..
vcN, as proposed. the police and rcCu
, lltory work would require the rrccto.,
~ still another piece Of ]spocia!,a ':
governmental machinery in ALASKA.
An amusing and. to some extern.
Troublesome conflict OF authority has
been occasloncd ny the law making
the brown bear a game animal. unJer
the control of the Department Of .Ae.
%riculture. while the black ocar 10
recognized by law as a fur bearing an.-
mai, under the jurisdiction Of the De-
partment OF Commerce. The question
has more than once come up for con-
sideration whether every brown bear
is a game animal. even II It's parents
are black. The law Is ambiguous. but
was intended to afford protection -
tn" great brown or kadiak iaar ana
did not take COgniZanCe of The fac;
that in n litter Of black bears one Cut
may he black and another brown
In other words. a brown bea- Is not
necessarily the brown bear.
RegulSt;on of the salmon aad thcr
fisheries and enforcement II 'hc avs
is under the direction OF the Commits
, S!oner OF Fisheries of the Department,
of Commerce. How inadequate the
present service is may be gathe ed
from the following pertinent lara
graph in the latest annual rpuyt II
the Commissioner.
The laws and regulations nave y
general, been well receiyed 10y Inc ,Sl
ing interests and, with rare except ms
have been respected throughout Alaska
So far as the field agents Of the bureot
have been able to determine, The -"
g!on Is So vast, however. and the flci'i
ties 50 lamentably inadequate 10y r"nch
ing the various fishing localities. mlrl
In number and widely separated. ia.
personal inspection IN many asc5 Il
utterly impossible. Unfortunately. H.
applies more particularly TO IN" fsh'r
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
Fierce Fighting Rages
For Combres Heights,
With Heavy Death Toll

PARIS. April 10.-Fierce fighting on
the Combres heights east of Les Epar-
ges, with a terrible toll of dead, was re-
ported continuing in dispatches received
here today.
Following the capture Of Les Eparges
in a bloody engagement yesterday, the
French are pressing home their ad-
vantage by heavy smashes against the
center Of the northern side of the Ger
man wedge.
over rocky hillsides the battle about
Combres is proceeding. The Germans
hold strong positions on the top of the
plateau Their machine guns are rak-
ing the cliffs. But by daring rushes
with fixed bayonets the French are
slowly fighting their way up the
heights.
The Combres battle is the most des-
perate now going on between the Meuse
and the Moselle The French believe
they have found a weak spot in the
German line and are hammering 1t with
q vengeance. In the ALLY woods. SOUTH
east of St. Mihiel around Regnieville
and north of Flirey, the attack on the
southern side of the wedge is proceed
ing with almost equal violence.
To lift the pressure on their lines in
this region, the Germans have launched
offensives in the Champagne and near
the seacoast. In Alsace fighting has
been resumed and there are indications
that a general engagement will soon be
under way from the sea to the extreme
eastern end of the battle line.
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
COOPERATION URGED
BY MAJOR PULLMAN

Cooperation between the public and
the police for the maintenance of good
order and a new system of pensions for
incapacitated policemen and firemen
weer advocated by Major Ralmond W.
Pullman, superintendent of police, in
an address before the Brightwood Citi-
zcns Association last night. Other
speakers were Capt. Thomas Judge, Of
the Tenth precinct, and Secretary
George Sellers, of the Policemens AS
sociation.
Under the present system the police
man and firemen dependent on their
pensions only receive 81 or 20 or some
other percentage of what Is due them.
said Major Pullman. But the butcher
and landlord never shave their bills
any corresponding percentage. and the
result is a hardship for the man who
has given his community years of faith
full service.
THE fine system of raising money
for pensions is wrong In prinCi >ie. I he
man who is arrested is apt to say
that he was only arrested TO get money
for pensions, while the policeman may
fail to make an arrest because of the
resultant criticism on this point The
most efficient force is not the one that
makes the most arrests, but the one
that maintains the best order. Some
times its. efficiency ma be in an in
verse ratio to the number of arrests.
II want the psople of Washington to
understand that the members of the
Police Department are servants of the
public. and to cooperate with the de-
partment in every way possible SO that
the service rendered may be of the very
best. This matter of service is some
thing lost sight Of in the relationship
between citizen and policeman. hut 7 cx-
rect to emphasize it on every proper
ocasion."
At the conclusion of Major Pullman s
address a resolution was adopted urging
Congress to provide for the payment Of
police and firemen's pensions in full
NJ. NJ. Mclean. president of the asso-
ctation, occupied the chair and intro
duced the speakers. r. #. Howe was.
made chairman Of the committee on ar
rangements fer TIE Brookland rose
show, which will be held May - and q
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
SUCCESSFUL AS
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
Jobs Found for 1,245 Men and
Women During First Two
Months of Work.

Jobs were found for 1.gI5 unemploSe
men and women during the first two
months operation of the Department
OF Labor free employment bureau,
which was organized, as Secretary OF
Labor Wilson said. to "pring the man
less job and the joblcss man together.
or this number, 113 found jobs in
in the District. Many of these cases
where the man ind the JON were
brought together were due to tho pub
fishing in The Times of the labor OPP
portunities' in Maryland, Virginia, and
ment of Labor sad today.
New York city. with 2S2 jobs filled.
and Chicago, with $50, lead the list. or
the total jobs filled, 9lS were during the
month of March and 3?7 during Fer
ruary.
The nation wide system of employ
ment and distribution inaugurated by
the Department OF Labor in co-opera-
ton with the Postoffice Department and
the Department of Agriculture was put
into operation during the month of jan
uary.
AS the work was entirely new to prac-
tcally all the field officers of the i'm
migration service, who were put in
charge of II, and to the publis as well,
there were few returns In February.
the first full month. Every week dur
ing March there has been an increase
filed with the departments agents in
the eighteen zones. and a larger num-
Der Of jobs filled.
Secretary of Labor Wilson and his
associates in the work of building up
the Government employment bureau.
expressed qualification today at the
results attained by the bureau at the
outset. They believe that the bureau
Will be a medium through which
thousands of men will find jobs every
month when the work becomes thor
oughlS systematiZed.
Returns received by the department
show that the large majority of Jobs
!illed thus far are farm jobs. and most
of the men and women recruited for
these jobs have been from the cities
due 10 the publication in city news
papers of farm labor opportunities.
Most OF the jobs for men on farms
provide work for wives as well and
for grown children Letters reach
ing the department from farmers who
have employed this class of help ex-
press qualification that the farmer no
longer is compelled to depend on row
ing tramp labor when he needs help.
From reports received by tho depart
ment tho following table has been pre-
pared showing the number of persons
directed to employment in the eighteen
distribution zones and the District of
Columbia during February ard March:
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
NAME MELVIN TO
ANTNSALOON BOARD
M. P Conference Elects WASH
ington Pastor to Trustee
Position.

The Rev W. A. WelNin, pastor OF
the First Methodist Protestant Church,
was appointed a member of the board
of trustees of the Anti-Saloon League
at this mornings session of the Mary
land annual conference of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church.
The Rev. DR.. ]. NJ. Sheridan con-
Quoted the devotional service.
The convention was startled by the
announcement this morning OF DR.. y.
7. Tagg. of Baltimore. that he would
tender his resignation as a member of
the board of managers of the Home for
tho Aged, at Westminster Md The
resignation was not accepted. and after
considerable discussion, was laid on the
table.
Three young men who are studying
for the ministry. e. T. Kirkley, !. :.
Owens, and w. l.. Jumps, were ell
coined to the conference by President
John S. Bowers. who told them that
he felt sure they would never rcsret
their action in entering, the ranks of
the ministry of the Methodist Church.
The convention adjourned at noon.
and the delegates are taking advan
tage of the balmy weather to see the
sights of the National Capital The
will convene tomorrow morn
ing at Q o'clock
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
Man Pronounced Dead"
Yells, Jumps Up and Runs

PHILADELPHIA, April 10 - After
every medical test known to the pro-
fession had been applied without result
and no had been pronounced dead. a
man whose name was not asccrtaincd
jumped from the operating table at the
Howard Hospital and disappeared.
According to DR. Leon Davis, chief
resident physician at the hospital. the
man had collapsed during the bouts at
the Olympia Athletic Association hall
Monday night, and was brought to the
hospital for treatment.
Unconscious for two days. drastic
measures were determined upon. and
he was placed on the table for an opera =
tion, when it was noticed TINT he sud
denly became rigid. Then his pulse
ceased. and no heart action could bc
detected by the stethoscope.
Suddenly color returned to his face
and he sat up. When Informed that he
was about to have been sent to the
mortuary. tho stranger yelled. leaped
from the table. and fed ont of the build
ing without waiting for his hat or
clothes.
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
Has Device to Aid
Wireless Phone
Dr.. Irving Langmuir, of General
Electric Co., Discovers Means
to Popularize Apparatus.

SCHENE("TADI April l0.-ThrouSh
an invention by Or. Irving l-anSmulr.
of tho research laboratory of the Gen
oral Electric Company here. it is be-
lieVcd the wireless telephone has been
made practical for general use.
series of important tests between
this city and Pittsfield Mass, has been
IN progress. and research engineers
have succeeded in exchanging mes
sagcs between the two cities. a distance
of fifty miles.
In wireless telephony the magnetic
waves superimpose upon them addi-
tional waves corresponding in tre-
uuency to the sound waves OF the hu-
man voice spoken into d transmittcr
This superimposit ion Of additional
waves. engineers here say. has be an
the point at which inventors have
struggled in their efforts to perfect
the wireless telephone. The Langmuir
invention accompanies this.
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
Berlin Asks u. S. to See
How Its Prisoners Fare

BEELIT Wia Wireless to sayvrlle,
l.. L,N. April 1".-The German govern
ment has again asked the United States
TO investigate the treatment of crews Of
German submarines held prisoners in
England. to determine whether :hcy are
being treated dishonorahly or as pris-
OncrS Of war.
The government is not satisfied with
the statement recently made public by
Sir Edward Grey, regarding the treat
mcnt Of tho suhmarincrs The news
paper I.okal Arzeiccr today demanded
immediate retaliation if it is found the
Germans arc not receiving proper treat
mcnt.
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
BL|STERS ALL OVER
BAbY'S BODY
Itched and Burned. Clothing Irri-
tated. Face Badly Dis6gured.
Used One Cake Cuticura Soap
and 0neaBox Ointment. Before
Finished Trouble Was Gone.

Route 6, Huntington, Tenn.-"At thres
months old my baby broke out with blisters
all over his body. They would form sores
which we could not cure. They looked like
burn blisters and they itched and burned SO
that it was almost impossible for him to
sleep at night. Whenever he scratched
them they would make bad sore and his
clothing irritated them so that he kept me
awake a greater part Of the night. His face
was badly dishgured.
Il got different kinds Of salves but they
didn't do him any good. Then l noticed
an advertisement OF Cuticura Soap and
Ointment SO sent for sample. They helped
him so much that bought a cake Of Cuti-
cura Soap and box Of Cuticura Ointment.
I would bathe him good In Cuticura Soap
and apply the Cuticura Ointment twice
daily and before had finished them the
sores had entirely disappeared and the
trouble was gone" (signed) Mrs. Myra B.
Nesbitt, Oct. 8, 1914.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad-
dress postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T, Bos-
sea.". Sold throughout the world.
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
DISTINCTIONS Placed at
British Port Entrances

LONDON, April l0.-The following Of
fetal notice appears in the London Ga
Zette
The admiralty notices that ii may he
necessary to forbid entrance to certain
ports OF the empire. Vessels approach
ing these ports should watch for certain
signals and approach with great eau
ton as obstructions may exist"
Appended to this notice is list OF
the ports and anchoraEes affected. The
list includes Belfast. Dover. Falmouth.
HartlepooI Harwick, Jersey, Lough.
Swilly. New Haven. Plymouth. Portland,
Portsmouth. Queenstown. and Sheer
ness; the rivers Humber, Mersey, Tay,
Tees. Thames. and Tyne; the harbors
of Esqumault British Columbial. Hall
fax. Quebec. Gibraltar. and Malta ait
the important ports of India British
Africa. Australia, and New Zealand
also Rermuda.
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
Paper Package Is Not
Baggage in New York

ALBANY. April ia paper package
is not subject to free transportation
as baggage on passenger lines Of New
York. the Upstate Service Commits
sion decided.
a test case was made when the New
York Central lines refused to check A
cardboard box. wrapped with paper
and equipped with handles.
The road contended that its employees
would either have to handle such ma
teral more slowly and carefully than
that in leather or other stronger CON
tainers o. else be liable for damage to
the contents. The commission sus-
tained this view.
The Washington times., 1915-04-10
Secretary Redield to
Witness Yachts Trial

Secretary of Commerce Redheld went
to New York today to witness the trial
trip of the yacht Dixie. which will he
purchased by the Government as a no
lice motor boat if todaE's test is sat
isfactory. The Dixie will be assigned
to the Atlantic coast district from
Maine to Florida. and viii be charged
with tho duty Of compelling motor boat
owners to comply with the Bureau OF
Navigations regulations. The police
boat Tarragon has been SO successful
In stopping thousands of Violations of
the navigation laws and its work has
grown so that the new yacht is needed.
The Tarragon has paid for its cost
and maintenance many times over in
fines and fees collected.