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SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1916
It is significant that neither
congress or the administration
have paid the slightest heed to
the statement of ueneral Goethr
als before the house interstate
commerce committee that the
joint lanu commission was paying
millions for land claims in the
canal zone which were not fairly
worth as many thousands. The
statement of the famous canal
builder was uttered something
three months ago but diligent
perusal of numerous journal of
subsequent periods fails to reveal
a s,gn that any one has taken an
active interest in the statement.
Specifically, General Goethals
declared that nearly eighteen
million dollars will be paid for
lands within the canal zone which
are actually not worth one mil
lion. If the statement is correct,
as it doubtless is, the joint land
commission, which was created
for the purpose of settling private
land claims lying within the area
purchased by the United States
from Panama and known as the
canal zone, is handing out some
thing like eighteen million dol
lars worth of Uncle Sam’s money
for something worth no more
than a fractional part of that
sum.
And there is hardly a word
said about it, except by the anti
administration press.
It would seem the manifest
duty of congress to look into a
statement of that nature even if
it were not from a source so un
impeachable. An added reason
for investigation was the further
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statement of General Goethals
that he had embodied the same
declaration made before the com
mittee in this official report but
that it had apparently been ex
punged by somebody before the
report was allowed to reach the
house- >
According to the - • published
(accounts of the hearing, this
statement created a naito sensa
tion among the 'member* of' the
committee, but it does.'not ap
pear to have lasted more than a
moment or two as the general
was scarcely questioned on this
phase of his testimony
Now, the question is why is not
? matter of this character made
the subject of an immediate in
vestigation? Here is plain evi
dence of both graft and rascality
which seemingly could not be
overlooked but which is appar
ently being passed over as a tri
via'. matter—with little consid
f-tion atm 1.0 apparent investi
gation.
i.aying aside the evidences of
graft, who among the depart
mental officials is so interested
in preventing the statement of
General Goethals from reaching
the house and the public, and
why? Is there some one high in
office who is interested in this
manifest attempt to loot the na
tional neasury to the extent that
they dared to mutilate the re
port of the governor bf the canal
zone in order to prevent the mat
ter from reaching congress and
the people? If so why has con
gress made no attempt to root
them out and prevent them prof
iting by their rascality? Is it
that the ^hieves are too many
and too mighty that a steal of
millions must be covered up to
prevent exposure? Some one
who name does not occur at the
moment once said that, aside
from Russia, the greatest graft
ridden and politically corrupt
country pf the world was the
United States. We smiled at his
charming candor then and doubt
less would again. But it may
well be that he was right after all.
COMPLETE RACE STORY.
A complete story of the All Alas
ka Sweepstakes Dog race, day by
day. with the score card wa9
printed in issue of April 15
Nome Daily Nugget. Extra cop
ies will be on sale at this office.
PRES. OF AERO cun
IS ENTHUSMSIIC
At least one man conversant
with the situation as it exists in
this territory believes that the
carrying of mails in Alaska by
aeroplane is feasible. After stat
ing that while some of the hard
iest and most adventurous white
men in the world are found in
this northern country, and that
not one of them is an aviator, and
that the fulfilling of the contract
will be harder still because of the
'general shortage of experienced
aviators in the United States.
Henry Woodhouse, governor
of the Aero Club of America, re*
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views the recent call for bids for
carrying the mail by aeroplane in
Alaska, as follows:
“Mail carrying by aeroplane in
Alaska is quite feasible, and
would be quickly established if it
were not far from the aviation,
centers, and aeroplane manufac
turers were not vo “busy thaf they
must keep all their trained avia
tors at the factories; testing and
inspecting machines that are
being shipped to Europe at the
rate of 16 a day. Compared with
an aeroplane, the dog team, used
to carry mail at present, is ab
surdly primitive. The aeroplane
can in three hours carry mail to
places where dog teams would
take ten to fifteen days to reach.
The fiying machine promises to
be one of the most potential fac
tors in the future development of
Alaska. The time required to
reach different points in Alaska
from Seattle at present and the
advantage to be gained with aero
planes have been carefully inves
tigated, with the interesting re
sult that, if flying machines were
substituted between Seattle and
Nome for the all-$ea route, via
Cordova and Fairbanks, instead
of 40 days in winter as now de
manded, the aeroplane would
make it in five days, five and one
half hours. In summer, with no
changes, the present time be
tween these points is eight days.”
THE DEVELOPMENT.
Continuing further, after ex
plaining some of the routes, Mr.
Woodhouse says:
"The development in size,
ispeed and carrying capacity of
aeroplanes has been phenomenal,
the speed reaching 140 miles an
hour and the useful weight car
ried more than one ton- There
are aeroplanes under construc
tion that will carry as high as
five tons of a useful load.
Whereas the automobile, the rail
’d and other terrestial means
of transportation, and the ship
must halt before obstacles, and
progress isflimited in the first in
stance to overland, and in the
second instance to over-water,
the progress of the aeroplane is
unhindered and unlimited. It is
‘hoped that public-spirited per
sons will take advantage of this
opportunity to apply aeroplanes
to solve problems of transporta
tion.
A HARD ONE.
“In advertising for bids for
carrying mail by aeroplane in
Alaska, the postoffice department
is beginning its experiment in
aero mail carrying with the most
difficult routes. There are eas
ier routes, hundreds of them. I
am glad to see that in conhection
with the seven remote Alaska
routes, our manufacturers are 1
asked to bid on aerial service
from New Bedford to Nantucket,
56 miles and return, 18 times a
week front June 15 to September
14. and six times a week during
the remaining months of the
year.”
THE CONDITIONS
Governor Woodhouse then ex
plains the conditions that exist
in Alaska both winter and sum
mer over the routes as they now
are, tells the distances and the
amount of the contracts now paid
to the various mail carriers in !
Alaska. In commenting on the
reason the government asked for
the bids for carrying mail by aero
plane, Mr. Woodhouse states
that a strong showing as to the
desirability of faster mail service
between Seward and Anchorage
md Fairbanks has been made to
the postoffice department by the
Alaskan engineering commission.,
Alaska mining men and commun
ities have generally expressed
^e€.n. .'n^eres^ improving the
facilities of communication be
tween the coast and the various
mining centers of the interior.
“A scat in the stage,” contin
ues the aeroplane authority/‘over
3ne of the routes the government
has selected for aerial mail ser
vice costs $100 or more,and meals
and sleeping quarters from $5-00 *
to $to.oo a day in addition there- 1
to. Sugar, salt and oatmeal are
*5 cents » pound, bacon, 40 to 60 m
tents a pound, condensed milk 75 *
tents a can, and everything else
n proportion. These things will -
ill have to be taken into consider
itiOn by the manufacturers who 1
lecide to submit their bids for a '
>ervice to tantalizing delays 1
:hrough motor idiosyncrasies. It !
s not easy, but it is feasible, and J
jrobably will be accomplished." ;
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COMPLETE RACE STORY.
\ complete story of the All Alas
Sweepstakes Dog race, clay by
lav, with the score card was
printed in issue of April 15
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