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Show WILSON APPOINTS ALASKAN ENGINEERS Washington, May 1. Secretary I Lane announced today, President Wilson had appointed William C Edes and Lieutenant Frederick Mear-as Mear-as member of the Alaskan engineering engineer-ing commission, which will hav , charge of the location of the rail-1 roads in Alaska, under the recently enacted Alaskan railroad act. Mr. Kdes g chief engineer of the Northwestern Pacific railroad in Cali-1 fornia Lieutenant Mears is chief j engineer of the Panama railroad and Wll suggested for the Alaskan work by Colonel George W Goethals. The engineer will proceed to Alas 1 ka at once and begin the location of route! through the Susbitna vailey from the .south coast to the Tanans river. |