WICKERSHAM NOME'S
CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR
That Judge James Wickersham is
the choice of the people of Nome. .».«*
well as of the citizens of the mere
southerly districts, for governor of AN
ask:i. is clearly indicated by the readi
ness. even eagerness, displayed by the
hulk of our local citizens in signing
the Wickersham petitions now being
circulated here. Considerable more
than half of Nome residents have al
ready affixed their names, although
the petitions have been out only four
days, and more are being added daily.
It is expected that by the close of the
week fully seven eights of the popula
tion will have placed their signatures
on the list. Those In charge of the
petitions assert that few persons have
shown a disposition to demur at sign
ing, and in only a few isolated eases
has solicitation been necessary. Ti.
signers include people in every walk
of life and of every political view. AN
though the only perceptible opposition
appears to come from the democrats
and their supporters, a large number
of known democrats have placed their
names on the petition, making Wick
ersham’s support distinctly represen
tative in every way. Nine out of
every ton persons affixing their signa
tures. do so with alacrity and every in
dication of hearty endorsement of Al
aska’s “Grand Old Man" for governor
of the territory. Tn numerous instanc
es citizens have voluntarily hunted .
up the petition’s custodians and re
quested that they be permitted to
sign. More convincing evidence that
Judge Wickersham is the choice of a
big majority of Nome residents could j
hardly be forthcoming.
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His candidacy has also been en
dorsed by the local republican club.
Judge Wickersham has already re
ceived the endorsement of the leading
republican organisations in other sec
tions of the territory. The Juneau.
Douglas and Treadwell republican
clubs endorsed him unanimously hist
week and thousands have affixed their
names to petitions In Ketchikan.
Wrangell. Petersburg and other
points. If popularity counts, the form
er Alaskan delegate will evidently I.
the next governor of the Territory.
ALASKA STEAMER DORA
RUNS AGROUND
Seattle. Pec. 2.1—Thf Ala skit
steiuuer Dora, bound from Seattle for
Dutch Harbor, struck a reef off Kodle
Island Monday morning and was
beached on the upper end of Vancou
ver Island. All hands were saved.
Ten mrtnhers of the crew of the
steamer and Deputy Marshal Pauli
Buckley, the only passenger on hoard'
the ill fated steamer, arrived here to
day on the steamship Admiral Bod- 1
man. from Ocean Mills with the first
They reported that the officers of
the vessel are standing by hoping to
get her afloat. The steamer Is own
ed by the Bering Sea fisheries Co.
FOUR KILLED IN MINE CAVEIN
killed today in a mine eavein at Black
Diamond, according to information re
ceived here.
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REFORM OF 0. S.
FOREIGN SERVICE
Senator Harding's declaration th.il
there is need for n complete reforma
tion of our diplomatic .and consulai
service* is to receive due attention
from the republican party when it as
sumes control of -.overnment next
March. Proposals ooking to remedy
ing the defects in the present foreign
service system a-e already taking
shape and will in .ill probability lead
to congressional action. The outlines
of the republican views on the refor
mation proposal are broadly set forth
in the following article by Hon.
Jonathan Bourne Jr. president of the
Republican Publicity Association.
"Senator Harding has well icid that
our foreign service is our first line
of defense. In a pacific and commer
cial sense it is our first line of of
fense as well. ‘Our diplomacy as ex
pressed in our foreign policies has a
vital effect upon our foreign trade, de
clares Senator Harding. ‘The con
sular service is excellon*. hut the lack
of an organization • to collect and di
gest information about current poli
tical affairs in other countries has he
lous that what has amounted in some
instances to the wile of the higher
diplomatic posts was resi>onsible in no
degree for our entering the
Great War uninformed and unprepa*.
o«.l. Men whose claim to a share in
party siKiils seems to be in direct ratio
to their contributions to the party cam
paign chest were appointed with little
or no consideration to their fitness
for diplomatic offices.
“Government scholarships in ap
proved educational institutions, re
L-iassi float ion and regrading, the appli
local allowances to foreign officers,
when justified, and an equitable pro
vision for retirement pay. are the
salient features of the reformation to
he accomplished. The advigibillty of
the Unit: .1 States owning Us foreign
service residences is also an import
ant point in the scheme. It is practi
cally certain also that the annum ap
propriation contemplated in i».is plan
would aggregate less than *the annual
receipts now l>eing covered Into the
Treasury through the imposition of
fees for services performed by foreign
officers on behalf of foreigners. For
example, it Is estimated by the State
Department that the receipts from the
consular service alone for the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1021. will exceed
|>y not less that $5,500,000 the total
cost of upkeep of the consular estab
lishment. ■ While this has been a
somewhat abnormal year. It is con
fidently predicted that the fees legal
ized and exacted from foreigners will
exceed the upkeep of the service by an
tverage of not less than $3,000,000 an
nually in the future. Services per
formed by foreign officers on belv.i'f
yf Americans are. of course, gratis as j
i part of the duties of such officers,
ind those services are well-nigh in- j
"The principal feature of the sug- j
rested plan deals with the method fot*!
recruiting of the foreign service wilh j
i view to abolishing the spoils sys- i
:em. Tentatively, students who have j
for two years pursued a general cul
tural course in educational institutions
»f approved standard, and who have
»een properly certified, and others
ivho can give satisfactory evidence >f
possessing the requisite qualifications
ing competitive tests, he granted gov
ernment scholarships for a two year
period in schools of their own choos
ing: provided the course in diplomacy
ind commerce given by such schools
ire such as commend themselves to a
Board of Selection and provided fur
ther. that the donees enter into a
binding agreement that they will well
[tnd faithfully perform the duties im
posed by the scholarship, and in ad
dition. will reftnaip in the foreign ser
vice of the United States for not less
than five years running from the date
of completion of the eholarshlp, un
less sooner released by the govern
ment. The amount cf the scholarship
is placed at $1200 anaually. With Its
completion the student will again be
examined and if his second test is
successfully passed he will he given
six to eight months practical training
In diplomacy and commerce under tlie
direction of the State Department, as
a salaried probationer. If his proba
tion has :> en satisfactory he will be
regularly Inducted into the foreign
service as s “foreign service officer.’
Thenceforth his success in that field
will be measured by his own ability.
“The numb-r of scholarships t« b*
grant'd annually should not exceed
double the number of vacancies or
'ourse of the ve r next preceding, a ■
in no case should exceed 60, for ie
immediate future. The co imposition
of »he Board of Selection, under whose
auspice* examinations will be held and
educational standards maintained, is
suggested as followis: One detailed
from the Civil Service Commission,
one from the office of the Secretary of
State, one from the Consular Bureau,
one from the Department of Com
merce, and one designated by the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, a private orgs uiixation which
ably represents at Washington the
trade and commercial bodies of the
country.
"The reclassification and degrading
features should contemplate the com
missioning of all members of this ser
vice as 'foreign service officers.’ rat
ing from Class 1, In the case of am
bassadors, to Class 14, in the case of
consular agents, interpreters, and other
minor officials: and the (salary grades
ranging from $20,000 for ambassadors
to $2,000 iti Class 14. The diplomatic
and consular service should be so co
ordinated that a foreign service of
ficer' may pass readily from one to
the other.
"The feature of the. measure which
would give greatest assurance of per
manent officers—who would make the
foreign service a life career—is that
providing for generous retirement
pay at the end of SO years service and
retirement by request, or on reaching
the age of 70. when retirement cornea
automatically. The three-fourths re
tirement pay of officers of the army
and navy should be the basis of re
tirement for ‘foreign service officers.'
The latter are as justly entitled to re
tirement pay. after many years' of ser-1
vice abroad, as are military*officers, i
Men long in the foreign service are I
precluded from establishing themsel- j
ves in private business abroad or at I
home. This retirement feature will1
accomplish wonders in fostering es-1
prit de corps of the foreign sendee: j
in relieving the beneficiaries of the
worries incident to an uncertain fu- I
, ture: In enabling them to devote a
'greater portion of their Milarles to the |
maintenance of more respectable ap
pearances :and. above all. In insuring
to the United States a far more effi
cient foreign sendee. This country
is alone among the great nations in
its failure to make any retirement
provisions for its superannuated for
eign service officers. The salaries
and allowances now given them do not
begin to meet their actual expenses,
and they have nothing to depend on in
their old age. Because of this in
human attitude of their Government,
more than for any other reason, these
officers are resigning in numbers which ]
give grave cause for apprehensions as|
the host of more remunerative private j
undertakings engendered by the new
era are opened to them. They love
the service, but self-preservation Is
the first law.
"The matter of this Nation owning
its foreign service residences is one
which must comim^nd itself to any
business man. The rentals now paid
by the Government for buildings which
reflect discredit on America aggregate
a fair rate of interest on a sum which
would construct most, if not all. of our
embassies, legations and consulates.
Their construction would make for
economy and better morale in the
foreign service."
CLAIMS OFFICIALS
COAL PROFITEERS
Washington, Dec. 21—Charges that
government officials Joined in cof.l
profiteering during the shortage lft3t
summer were made here today by
George H. Cushing, managing director
of the .American Wholesale Coal As
sociation, before the Senate coal In
vestigation committee.
INAUGURAL PROGRAM
GIVEN OUT YESTERDAY
Washington. Dec. 22—President
Wilson will lunch with Hardin*? at the
White House following the latter’s
ftrmal Inauguration, according to In
augural plans announced today.
Secretary Joseph Tumulty said the
president will also ride to the Capitol
from the White House in company
with Harding before the inaugural
ceremonies.
WRECKED TANKER TOWED
TO KETCHIKAN
Ketchikan, Alaska. Pec. 22—The
wrecked Standard Oil Co. tanker At
las. which went ashore on the rocky
<-oast near Snow Pa*». Wrangell Nar
rows Monday, arrived here last night
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