"^Cordova, Alaska,,Aug. SI:—In a talk
to a .number of prominent citizens
Secretary of .the Interior Fisher de
clared that, Jn his opinion, -the coal of
Alaska should not be turned over to
private interests for exploitation.
Two plans for prompt and wise de
velopment of the coat lands present
themselves, he, said ''vOne contem
plated the government leasing the
lands to private individuals under
terms which will permit the govern^
ment to control the" lands the other,
h^ said, proposes dijpet government
operation of., tfe©/ coal^ lajidar vaiitP tte
sale of the coal{to psqiife ccsfe
LAST ^GERMANY
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Frenph 6abind%Jm^C Pres|deat
here.
Fallieres at
for the i)iiipose"cf%^lng.^Ai3Etbafe&a(!<5i
^mbon
mg^the
which
at Berlin „e?trlf
jrhowas
fa®®
-rt1,
men
were drowned in the Maumee river
when the. thirty-five-foot launch Nemo,
owned by Michael Mayer, was struck
by the 500-foot" freighter, Philiip
Minch, inbound for the' Cincinnati,
Hamilton and payton docks.,. The
drowned are:
Harry Batch, city •,councilman
jpmes Wisler, superintendent of wa
terworks Thomas Purcelly, mastei
mechanic, at the. waterworks, plant
Fred Shane, secretary pf Service Di
rector Cowell William Blatt, water
works Inspector William (^arroll,
bookkeeper at,,waterworks Rudolph
Yunker.
The party was bound for Kelley's
island, where they expected to do
some bass fishing over the Labor day
holiday. With the exception of Mich
ael Mayer, owner of the launch, all
were drowned. Mayer was saved by
members of the crew of the "Minch.
