• Republicans Looking Around
for Presidential Timber
COOLIDGE SUPPORTERS ARE CERTAIN HE WILL
GET NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT—RUN
NING MATE NOT YET CHOSEN, BUT MAY BE
SENATOR ARTHUR W. CAPPER OF KANSAS
Washington, D. C., Dec. 13.—Despite the favorite son
boomlets which are appearing here and there on the pres
idential horizon—some of them no langer than a mans
individual ambition—the supporters of Calvin Coolidge
for the republican nomination feel so confident of their
ground that they are casting about for the president s
running mate. It is agreed that in some manner Mr.
Coolidge must be linked up with the West—not the Far
West—but that great central belt of the country where
progressivism stalks around; where the Ku Klux Klan has
+ reared it ghostly head. By all means the vice presidential
candidate must be progressive.
Maybe he will be selected before the convention
meets. This is not usually done.. ‘A convention must
have something to amuse itself with, said Col. Roosevelt
once. But the advance selection may be made this time
in order to cut off as much steam as possible from Hiram
Johnson’s limited express, and to deter others from enter
ing the field. The men who are engineering the Coolidge
campaign feel that they can name the vice-presidential
nominee with equal ease. In other words, if Mr. Coolidge
is to head the ticket, courtesy would give him permission
* to name the man to go before the people with him.
Capper Is Mentioned
Iu the discussion here of vice presi
dential possibilities on the Coolidge
ticket, three names stand out, those
»f Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas.
Senator Capper is a progressive and
he is a great friend ot the farmer. His
farm paper reaches into thousand of
farm homes. One task of the republi
can party is to pacify the f inner and
bring him into closer sympathy with
republican aims. Mr. Capper is believ
ed to be one who could do this.
Another Kansan stands high on tne
vice presidential list of much discuss
ed eligibles. He is former Governor
Henry J. Allen. Gov. Allen has proved
his progressism and in many ways he,
fits into the program of Coolidge and
4 his backers.
Gov. Allen was a progressive when
Roosevelt and Pinchot and Hiram
Johnson were progressives, so it can
be seen that he belongs to a branch ot
the party which is entitled to consid
eration.
Senator Lenroot Possibility
The third bit of vice presidential
timber being talked about is Senator
Lenroot of Wisconsin, it would be a
piece of irony if Lenroot would be the
man chosen. For it is no secret that
Lenroot had been discussed by the
men back of Harding to be his run
^ ning mate in ’20. It the plans had been
carried out Lenroot today would be
president of the United States. But
the machinery went wrong, lue lead
ers let a small handful of Coolidge
boomers walk away with the plum.
Not even Massachusetts proposed Mr.
Coolidge for vice president They had:
wanted the head ol the ticket or noth
ing.
The West must figure on the Cool
idge ticket as an offset to the cry of
New England domination at Washing
ton,” which is certain to be the dem
ocratic slogan.
4 Gillett Is Safe in Senate
Speaker Gillett of the house of rep
resentatives was talked of in the light
of a sacrifice. Mr. Gillett, however,
could not see it that way. He has been
elected to succeed himself and prefers
a sure thing to a probability.
New England is going to flirt with
the broad hatted men of the West in
the coming convention at Cleveland
as she has never flirted before New
England, despite her long prominence
at Washington has not had a president
for seventy years until Coolidge was
sworn in, and she wants to keep him
TWO DELEGATES TO
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WASHINGTON, Decc. 13.—Under
the terms of apportionment agreed on!
this afternoon at the Republican Na
tional Committee meeting, Alaska and
the district of Columbia, Hawaii, the
Philippines, and Porto Rico will have
two delegates each to the Republican
National Convention whose member
ship will number 1110, with 5t>C ne
cessary to nominate.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 13—“The need
of our first settlers that had to be
supplied by the importation of vari
ous articles from other lands was no
more urgent and compelling than the
need of manufacturers today for for
eign markets,” President Farrell of the
United States Steel Corporation said
in an address before the National For
eign Trade Council.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. IS —Senate
republican leaders today lace an in
definite deadlock over the nomination
of Senator Cummins, president pro
tem of the senate for chairman of
the interstate commerce commission.
It is stated that Senator Cummins
will relinquish one or the other of
his appointments in case he secures
the coveted nomination as chairman
of the interstate commerce commis
sion and friends rather expect it to
be the leadership of the senate.
Should Mr. Cummins relinquish the
chairmanship, Senator Lafollette of
Wilconsin, a leader ot the progressive
group, will be in line for the senate
chairmanship under the age old seni
ority rule. While efforts may be made
to break the rule, some of the majority
leaders say frankly that this would
not be posible if the democrats in
sisted on its observance.
If Senator Cummins withdraws as a
candidate to succeed himself as pre
siding officer of the Senate, the field
will be open at the senate republican
conference to be held Saturday.
Senator Curtis of Kansas, the repub
lican whip, and Senator Moses, of
New Hampshire, are among those sug
gested for the place. Senator Capper
of Kansas, chairman of the farm bloc,
came out openly today in favor of
Senator Cummins.
As there is no vice-president, the
senator elected president pro tem
will be entitled to the vice president’s
salary of $12,000 per annum instead
of the $7500 he normally receives and
will also receive other perquisites of
the office.
KELLOGG CONFIRMED
AMBASSADOR 10
COURT ST. JAMES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Former
United States Senator Frank Billings
Kellogg, of Minnesota, was confirmed
today as ambassador to Great Britain.
Senators Johnson, Shipstead, of Min
nesota, and Brookhart, Frazier, Nor
ris, Copeland, Dill, Ferris, and Wheel
er voting against the appointment.
MAN LAUGHED TOO SOON
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—D. Maggio,
who laughed three weeks ago when he
received a letter signed in smeary
black demanding money or hi3 life,
was shot and killed by three men
after his wife and three children had
been chloroformed.
BRYAN CALLS ON COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—William
Jennings Bryan called on President
Coolidge today.
WIFE OF COAST GUARD
SUICIDE IN PORT ANGELES
PORT ANGELES, Dec. 13.—Mrs. H.
B. Gibson, 21, wife ol Harry £. Gibbon
a member ol the crew of the coast
guard cutler Snohomish, conunit.ed
suicide acre today by shooting.
She left two small children
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Sugges-j
tions for the relief of farmers in the1
northwest and western states were
laid before President Coolidge today
by Senator Summers, republican, of
Washington. They included:
Increase of tariff on wheat to dou
ble the present duties.
Creation of a government agency to
handle export wheat.
Reduction of freight rates on farm
products, and elimination of unfair
discrimination.
Encouragement of co-operation on
banking and business interests with
wheat growers for the holding and
orderly marketing of wheat.
With reference to his suggestion
for a wheat export agency Senator
Summers’ said:
“Such agency should have at its;
disposal the $58,000,000 profits that:
were taken from wheat growers dur
ing the war. To this should be added]
interest, giviing a total of $75,000,000j
on which this federal export wheat
corporation could operate without in
any way drawing one dollar of ex-1
peuse to other industries or to the
taxpayers of the country.”
During his talk with the president,1
Mr. Summers declared that it was im-,
perative that the reclamation of arid
lands in the West be placed on an
economically sound business basis.]
He also announced that he would in-!
troduce a bill authorizing the admin
istration to use tiie navy in the en !
forcement of prohibition.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13.—William
G. McAdoo, democratic candidate for
the presidential nomination, in an ad
dress here last night made reference
to the soldier bonus, saying, “although
reductions in tax burdens can be made
and compensation for soldiers and
sailors be provided at the same time,
President Coolidge is determined that!
justice shall not be done to the war
veterans, but is strong for the mainte
nance of the Fordney-McCumber tariff
bill which gives favored trusts ana
conbinations in restraint of trade a
subsidy of three billion dollars or
twice as much as it will take to pay
the soldiers’ bonus in cash ”
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—A demand
will be made on the House Leaders to
have the soldiers’ bonus bill reported
from the ways and means committee
within thirty days, it was decided by
republican ex-service men who met at
the office of Representative Fish erf
New York.
“Politicians apparently do not real
ize that the ex-service men are iu
deadly earnest in demanding adjusted
compensation legislation passed a>
this session of congress and that no
more evasion will be permitted by
the administration. The 4,800,000 ex
service men are united in their de
mand and it will fare ill with any po
litical party standing in the way of
such legislation,” said one of their
leaders today. Administration offi
cials are said to be seriously alarmed
at recent developments in the so-call
ed bonus bill, and are rapidly shift
ing plans to conform with the pres
sure.
BLIZZARD IN NEW MEXICO KILLS
TEN PERSONS
Much Suffering Reported When Storm
Kings Sweeps Mesa and Valley
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.f Dec. 13
Ten persons were killed in a blizzard
which swept over New Mexico last
night and this morning. The sudden
drop in the mercury caused much suf
fering.
BRITISH NAVAL PLANS DROPPED
LONDON, Dec. 13.—The Singapore
naval base project is understood to
be dropped as a result of the govern
ment's bad showing in the recent elec
tion.
THE PAS, Dec. 13.—The executive
committee has set March 11 as the
date for the dog derby. The race will
be for purses of $2,500, the winner re
ceiving $1200.
mm hams
WASHINGTON, Dec. II. —Work of
organizing the Senate was blocked
this afternoon when a deadmck. djvel
oped in voting to confirm Senator Al
bert B. Cummins as chairman of the
Interstate Commerce Comnusr? >n
Much opposition developed to the
Iowa solon among the progressive re
publicans backed by the democrats.
Would Wipe Out Labor Board
WASHINGTON, Dec 11.-Senator
Senator Smith W. Brookhart of iowa
introduced a bill today which would
wipe out the Railroad Labor Board,
and revise the transportation act.
WASHINGTON, Dec. II.—President
Coolidge today specihcally recom
mended to Congress today a reduction
of $300,000,000 in the national lax bill
and at the same time presented his
views in opposition to am soldier bo
nus. The executive in a message
transmitting the annual budget said
I rankly that "any program of tht new
expenditure is impossime lor years to
come'
Nominations Sent to the Senate
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11- More thau
2000 nominations were sent to the sen
ate today by President Coolidge. 'i hey
include the name oi Prank A. Boyle
for registrar of the land office at An
chorage, and Henry S. Sogn, for post
master at Anchorage; Kellogg for am
bassador to Britain, and Robert J.
Grant for Denever director of mint.
Pension Given Mrs. Harding
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The Sen
ate notified te House of the passage
of two bills granting a pension of
$50Ui) a year and extending postal
franking privileges to Mrs. Harding.
Coolidge Recommends Reduction
Coolidge Favors Repeal Taxes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—President
Coolidge in a budget message to con
gress further said, “I am in favor of
a repeal of the tax on telegrams, on
telephon messages and on admissions
to amusements which are a source of
inconvenience to taxpayers. Govern
ment expenditures for 1924 were esti
mated at $3,298,080,444 which is $268
957,644 less than the expenditures
during the current fiscal year.
The Anchorage Times is authority
for the statement that Judge Ritchie
announced before leaving for the
south that a term of court would be
held in Anchorage in April, with a
petit jury in attendance and in all
likelihood a grand jury will also be
called to convene there at that time.
“Anchorage will have a petit jury
term, that is certain,” the judge is
quoted as saying. ’“I also believe that
you will get the grand jury term but
this will depend on the business that
will come up between now and then.
If a majority of the investigations
originate at points south of here then
the grand jury session will be held
elsewhere.”
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ARRESTED SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 13.—O. J. Ruckman
recently employed as a conductor on
the Alaska railroad between Seward
and Curry, was arrested by detectives
today as he came down the gangplank
of the Admiral Watson, arriving from
Seward this afternoon. Ruckman who
has been known under the name of
Long in Alaska, is wanted at Santa
Clara, California, having jumped $2000
bond twelve years ago, charged with
robbing cars on the Santa Fe railroad
on which he was employed. He will
be taken to California tomorrow.
Arthur Long left Seward on the
Admiral Watson, en route to the
States to spend the holidays. He was
well known in Seward having run as
conductor on this end of the road for
many years, making hundreds of
warm friends. His arrest is a great
surprise to the many persons here who
knew him and liked him under the
name of Long, and it Is hoped that
there is some mistake in Identity.
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Ralph N. Moyer, officer and director
of the Bank of Alaska filed suit last
Friday against Charles E. Herron,
president of the Empire Development
Company and Charles E. Herron per
sonally. The case arises from non
payment of a promissory note in the
amount of approximately $21,000. The
note was executed in Seattle, King
County, Washington, and has no bear
ing on the Anchorage situation other
than that Herron is president of the
Anchorage Daily Times plant located
in Anchorage, and owner thereof.
The Times is said to be solvent, but
its officers were not in a position to
furnish bond and acquiesced with the
Bank of Alaska in the appointment oi
a receiver in the person o' Leopoid
David.
Mr. David was appointed receiver
in order to continue publication of
the Times. Mr. David will act as re
ceiver pending the furnishing of the
delivery bond or other proposed set
tlement. Mr. Herron is now in Wash
ington, D. C., and advises that he will
leave for Anchorage on the first boat
the Times continuing with the same
force as usual.
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SPOKANE, Dec. 13.—Russell Hill,
president of the Washington State
Press Association, publisher of the
Davenport Times-Tribune, died in the
hospital in this city today.
JUSTICE HALTS TRIAL TO
PERFORM HASTY WEDDING
LIMA, Ohio, Dec. 12—A wedding
may be more important than a trial.
This is the judgment of Justice Win
H. Guyton.
A jury case was in progress in the
Justice’s court. It wras halted however
by the squire until he performed the
ceremony uniting Miss Edna MacKile,
19, and Walter Martin, carpenter, 29,
in the presence of the jury and spec
tators.
The couple explained they were in
a hurry to catch a train.
STUDY OF ARCTIC CONDITIONS
WILL BE MADE SOON
Big Dirigible Shenandoah Will Be
Used in Making Survey
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—An ex
haustive study of records of Arctic
expeditions will be started shortly by
the special navy board appointed for
that purpose. Exploration of a mil
lion square miles rather than a mere
dash to the pole is the chief object of
the expedition.
(An aoiage Ttrm-a;
You’ve het id ot the Northern Pa
cillc railroac as "The Yodowsirme
Park Route.'
And you’vi ucaid of the G’vat Nor
thern raiiroa t as "The Gmco t Nation
al Park routi ? ’
Then perhaps you know tltai the
Chicago, Gree \Yestern rai'amd is
called the "Corn Belt Route."
Ail ot which e to iutroUuce to you
‘‘The McKinley Park Route," other
wise known as lhe Alaska Railroad,
which belongs 10 \our own Uncle
Samuel and you and which today is
adopting "The lUcKmley Pa't Route”
as a phrase for advertising pm poses.
Landis wonts Phrase.
The phrase was decided upon by
Col. Lee H. Landis, general manager
of the railroad system, in order to
give the Alaska railroad a distinctive
slogan that would help to convince
people that Alaska is not a synonym
for ice, snow', polar bears ana other
frigid elements and that Alaska uas a
real national park on the line of the
railioad.
Not long ago Col. Landis coined a
phrase which he used in connection
with the Thanksgiviing excursion
rates on the railroad that instantly
caught the fancy of Alaskan editors.
It was "To the North Star in a Pali
raan Cai.”
Gnamber May Use Slogan
With announcement that “The Mc
Kinley Park Route” will go on ail
Alaskan railroad stationery, folders,
and advertising matter, a movement
was started today to have Anchorage
firms and business men take up the
idea. Mr. Loussac will ask tne cham
ber of Commerce to officially lecog
nize the phrase adopted by Colonel
Landis and members will be urged to
place ou their business statiunei;.* 'he
words - “ On the line of the Alaska
Railroad the McKinley Park Route.’’
Col. Landis told friends that he ex
pected to use two pages instead of one
as heretofore in the National Rail
ways Guide for the time tables and
map of the Alaska railroad. The copy
for the advertisement is now being
prepared. The map will be a typical
railroad map and will be twice the
size of the map used in the last guide.
Another plan of the new railroad
chief is to name one train “The Mc
Kinley Park Limited” when the tour
ist season opens next year. This
train will be the Alaska railroad’s
crack passenger carrier and will b©
operated throughout the tourist sea
son.
This train will carry extra sleeping
cars from Curry and will be operated
on a faster schedule than the regular
trains.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13—The Cana
dian rum running gas boat Borealis
carrying a crew of six founded oft
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