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NOME, ALASKA, AUGUST 31, 1915
If one may judge from effects, the
“very definite policy" of the adminis
tration seems to be about on a par with
“watchful waiting" in the matter of
securing definite results its beyond a
smoothly worded statement of friend
ship from Carranza nothing has de
veloped that could be called definite in
the least degree. In the meantime the
little game of the Mexican leaders goes
merrily on, probably with an added
zest due to the realization that their
naughtiness is achieving a wider pro
minence. Also it adds still more to the
"champion of the people, fighting for
their freedom,” aspect -and who does
not love the limelight, especially when
it brings glory?
Strange, is’nt it, that the nation
which produced the submarine should
be the one thhat is most poorly
equipped with that most wonderful of
all implements of war? It wll be re
membered that It was an American
wtio developed the first vessel of this
type which could be called a success.
Prom the Holland boat, upon which
practically all of the later models are
based, it is a long cry to the long
cruising and thoroughly effective fight
ing craft now being employed by the
Germans and yet it is upon the original
Holland patents taken up by Germans
after both the United States and Bri
tain had failed, to realize their possi
bilities, that this wonderful efficient
fighting weapon lias been evolved. At
the present time there is not a maritime
nation of any size that has not at least
twice as many of these much discussed
implements of war as has the United
States. As in the ease of the aeroplane,
which was also an American invention,
lie it remembered, the United States
has failed to take advantage of its
opportunities, and so offered to other
nations an opportunity that they were
not slow to seize. America, it is true,
purchased the first successful sum
merslble from Holland, hut beyond
building a few more slightly improved
models no serious attempt wu» made
to realise the full possibilities until
ver\ recently. As a consequence we
are not only among the poorest pro
vided in point of number, hut are also
miles behind other nations in the mat
ter of efficiency. True we have some
few thoroughly modern vessels of this
type, but they are few indeed, and
practically all were developed, not be
cause the government realized their
possibilities, but solely because of the
fact that other nations were accumulat
ing superior numbers. Until a very
few years ago the original Holland
boat was still on the roster of the
United States navy and a considerable
number yet in commission are hardly
more servlcnble than was that first
primitive vessel. We are a busy peo
ple hut, withal, we are not ns wide
awake ns we would like to believe our
selves. and tbe proof lies In tbe aero
plane and the submarine. The United
States was the first nation to build
such machines but t'neir ultimate de
velopment has been the work of other
notions who w'ere less employed in
talking than in looking after their
notional welfare.
That the agitation over Moxiro is
not animated solely by tbe humanitar
ian inclinations of the administration
has long tieen acknowledged and' the
press of the nation and also the public
have not failed to realize just where
lay the primary motive for the desire
to restore that nation to a more peace
aide tate. It is probably due to this
fact that there has been blit little pub
lic sympathy with even innocuous ef
forts to bring an end to the distur
bances. The idea of war with Mexico
has not appealed to the American peo
ple In the least as wets plainly evi
denced at the time of the Incidents
leading to the occupation of Vera Cruz,
when the newspaper extras with lurid
headlines went begging for purchasers
because of a general lack of interest
and their publishers soon returned to
the normal Issue thoroughly eonvtneed
that a war with Mexico would hardly
pay to advertise. That portion of the
press, which represents the "interests"
has kept as busy as possible, of course,
in the hope that something would de
velop which could be used to turn the
public sympathy against the Mexicans
and have spared no effort to dilate upon
any circumstance which might tend to
inflame the public Imagination to the
legree that armed intervention would be
acceptable. Tlut so far they have had
hut little success. The public do not
want war with Mexico nnd there is no
mistaking the fact.
GOV’T DEPENDENT UPON
TORPEDO FACTORY
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 28.—Last May,
when Joseph Daniels took his trusty
fountain pen in hand and spilled several
quarts of ink over a lot of good white
paper which was subsequently "wish
ed on to" President Garfield of Williams
college, he said:
"Congress has enlarged the torpedo
plant at Newport, more than trebling
its capacity, and the cost of manufac
turing torpedoes has been reduced from
14.202.11 to 13,245.72 each."
It now appears that “the torpedo
plant at Newport" is not engaged in
“manufacturing torpedoes" at all, that
it is not capable of such manufacture,
and that there is only one plant In the
United States which today can turn out
a finished torpedo. That is the E. W.
Bliss company, makers of the llliss
Leavitt torpedo, in the patents of which
the United States claims an interest.
It was on account of its interest in the
patent that the government refused to
permit the Bliss tv’pany to manufac
ture torpedoes for any of the belliger
ent European nations.
This information comes to the front
In connection with a schedule for pro
posals which was sent out in May by
the bureau of supplies and accounts of
the navy department, and asking for
bids on every patr, except the explosive
that goes into the manufacture of tor
pedoes. The propsul snei lfies del-.’
evry of thes. parts culieu or. when as
semhled, would make 310 torpedoes.
This schedule calls for the delivery
of the various parts of torpedoes for
which bids are asked, twenty-live per
lent 150 days after the contract is sign
ed and twenty-live per cent each month
thereafter t.n il t*r • contract has been
tllied. Now, torpeioes are practically
nothing but miniature motor boats which
carry a heavy charge of high explosives
in the head. This schedule calls for a
variety of parts, such as 311 casings
for the torpedoes, 320 forward and 320
after propellers, 325 each submerged
guide bottoms and tops, 360 turbine
wheels, engine pa its, casings, combus
tion tlasks, driving gears, and a long
list of minor parts such as any machine
shop could turn out.
The schedule itself is an acknowl
edgement on the part of the navy de
partment that it is not equipped to
manufacture any of the component
parts of torpedoes.
Ss it is difficult to imagine just what
Josephus Daniels had in mind when he
spoke of "manufacturing” torpedoes. As
a matter of fact, if any disaster should
overtake the Bliss factory, the govern
ment would lie unable to obtain even
tlio most important parts of torpedoes
in Itie United States, and in case of war.
the Newport torpedo station would be
practicaly useless, as the finished tor
pedoes could he manufactured much
more quickly at the Bliss factory.
GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2^—The grass
hopper plague has made its appearance
in Central America, reports Special
Agent Harris, now in San Jose, Costa
it lea. Tlie grasshoppers appear to be
working south. Those appearing in
Guatemala are from the state of Shia
pas, Mexico,, and now that they are In
Costa Kira it means ar, iijvrslon of
Panama also. Aa this la the beginning
of. the rainy season and the tender
. oung corn is just getting a start, and
as the voracious grasshoppers prefer
corn to anything else, it looks as if the
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assist Central Americans with ship
ments of food for perhaps another crop
j ear. This may have a tendency to
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gentina. which now finds an easy mar
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Pursuant to an order of Court made
and entered on the 3rd of August, 1915,
notice Is hereby given that a Special
Term of tile District Court of the Dis
trict of Alaska, Second Division there
of. will be held in the Court House, in
the city of Nome, In the Division and
District aforesaid, commencing on
Monday, the 27th day of September,
1915, at tho hour of eleven o’clock in
the forenoon, and continuing from day
to day thereafter according to the fur
ther orders of the Court.
Given under my hand and with the
seal of the Court affixed this t7th day
of August, 1915.
G. A. ADAMS.
Clerk of the District Court for the
District of Alaska, Second Division.
Aug. 17, 24, 31, Sept. 7.
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; tilled spring 1904-1905, bought in bond
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government by tha bot*U ar gallon.
Chickens 50c per pounj; also some
nice fryers. Eggs 75c per dozen. Geo
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1915 and 1916. The hest tailor madf
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We have over three hundred of the
latest patterns to select from beside?
fancy vests, overcoats and raincoats.
Please order before the Victoria sail?
Sept. 4 so we can get them before the
lose of navigation.
Please bring your cleaning, pressing
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