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Show CABINET OFFICERS ON WAY TO ALASKA i Attorney-General Wickersham and Secretary Nagcl Are Northward Bound. VANCOUVER, B. C. July 24 United States Attorney General George W. Wic.kerflham and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagd arrived from the east this morning and left immediately imme-diately for Alaska aboard the fish commission com-mission steamer Albatroas. The Alha-trosB Alha-trosB was lying in the harbor with steam up ready to proceed when their train arrived. ar-rived. The cabinet officials expect to be gone Until September Their itinerary will include in-clude all the prinelpal points on the Alaska coast as far north as Kodiak Island. At Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward brief excursions Inland will be made, but none of them will consume more than two days' time. Mr. Wickersham Wicker-sham eaid that they could not spare the time to make the trip over the Valdez trail to Fairbanks. Neither of the cabinet officers would discuss the political phase of their Alaskan Alas-kan tour. Politics in the northern territory terri-tory are In a turmoil, and It has been understood that while in the north Mr. Wickersham and Mr. Nagcl will look into the difficulties that threaten to disrupt the Republican party in Alaska- with a view of giving President Taft a complete report on the attitude of the public toward the two factions. Upon their return to the United Slates they will stop at Seattle and will be the gtiests of Secretary of the Interior Bal-linger. |