THE BREAT SCARCITY
OF VESSELS
The scarcity of ships unit the conse
quent great Increase In ocean-freight
rates Is checking our foreign commerce
in a very serious way, especially in as
much as It is becoming Impossible in
many cases to get freight room for love
or money. Adventurers and traders are
building new ships as fast as they can
turn them out. They are rapidly restor
ing the American merchant marine. At
the end of 1915 the merchant marine of
the United 9tates. Including all kinds of
shipping, was made up of 26,701 vessels of
S,389,429 gross tons, which was an in
crease In the year of more than 460,700
gross tons. This fleet, which is second
only to the merchant marine of Great
Britain (with a total of 20,874,309 tons)
t.» composed of 6,952 steam vessels of
5,781,416 gross tons, 5,866 sailing vessels
of 1,384,474 gross tons, 4,327 barges with
gross tonnage of 999,166; 8,996 documented
motor vessels of 16,394 gross tons and
more than 500 documented canal boats of
an approximate tonnage of 61,900 gross.
There were under contract on March 31,
1916 in American shipyards 31 vessels
of between 8,000 and 12,000 gross tons,
as compnreu with 26 in British yards. In
American yards there Were 77 vessels un
der contract of between v.otjy and Ts.o-iO
gross tons, against „8 of the same size
In British yards.
But this expansion of American stop
ping, however, pleasing, Is far from
being enough. We have succeeded In
Impressing our manufacturers with the
Importance of trying to get as much ns
possible of South AmAerlcn's 1,200 million
dollar yearly Imports, ns Ails will mean
a GO per cent Increase in our exports If
we get ah of It. In spite of all that
has been done so successfully thus far,
wc are about to lose much of our new
trade there unless something is done im
mediately to relieve the situation.
Prior to the war freight rates 10
Buenos Aires were about $4 a ton. The
purchase price of a freight steamer is
about $50 per ton Bocetit rates have
actualyy reached $40 to $50, according to
commodity, and this was paid because
it was absolutely necessary. So that
freight rates for a single 30-uay trip are
now greater than the purchase price of
the steamers before the war. Mining
and Engineering Journal
Tl»» Family Paper Is the Nome
Daily -Vvgitet.
ATHLETIC FILMS THE LATEST
The first release of the Solig Atlilct s
tilms will be placed on the market soon.
These lllms will show every athlete "f
note In actual competition and the com
pany intends filming every athletic con
test of Importance that may occur in
the future.
A number of the world's foremost
champions in their respective lines have
already been filmed excluslvelt for this
series.
If one wishes to see Frank Ootch, the
world's champion wrestler. In a (Inis!)
wrestling contest, or Jess Willard, tl e
world’s champion boxer, or any of the
leading bicycle riders, billard players,
skaters, or the leaders in track and
field sports, they will now have the op
portunity whether the spot! lovers reside
in the smallest village nr in the largest
cities.
These films will bo In single reel form
and three or more subjects will be in
cluded In each release, making, in cer
tain details, an Athletic News re I
A numoer of contests already hu\ a
been filmed and, shown to experts, hut a
been pronounced by them as containing
as much excitement and benefit as if
the spectator had a choice seat by tfia
ringside or in the arena.
These athletic films will not only ap
peal to men but will be interesting t.»
women and children. Special care h.ii
been tanoti In Milling tin* • vents that
nothing offensive is presented.
The first release of the Athletic and
I Feature film series will show Mike Gib
bons. champion of all middelweight box
ers, in a glove contest that will prove
a revelation to lovers of the fistic arena.
In addition. Gibbons shows the methods
he uses to condition himself for his ring
battles.
Tin* next ••vent is a billiard eontsl
I between Koji Yamada, the Japanese • \
| ponent of the cue, and Albert Cutler,
the Yankee champion, of Boston. In
addition to the billiard match each ex
pert presents a number of marvelous
exhibition shots.
i lie final event in the first release of
the Athletic film is a wrestling match
to a linlsh between Dr. I» F. Roller,
one of tn • greatest of \\ t esters, and
Frank Dalkus. the Lithuanian champion.
Every more can be plainly seen from the
time these two famous wrestlers enter
the ring until the referee declares Roller
the winner.
The flans Will be released at regular
intervals through V. L E. S Inc., which
company lias offices in all of the
large cities of the Dnited States and
Canada.
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STRANGE ARMORED
STEGOSAURUS
With the strange armor plates stand,
lng up along Its spine, and a head unt
brain relatively more diminutive thus
those of any other known land verto.
brato, the stegosaurus, preserved is
Jurassic strata of Colorado and Wyom.
ing, was one of the most strange of
the gigantic dinosaurs of Mesozoig
times. C. W. Gilmore of the United
States national museum, who has beeg
studying the remains of this monster,
states that its weight when living hug
been estimated at between seven and tell
tons, its length at about twenty feet,
and its tieight to the top of the highest
dorsal plate at about twelve feet. Thg
•small and feeble teeth indicate that itg
diet was succulent plants—probably In
low, swampy regions. It had the dino
saur characteristic of massive hind legs
with small fore legs, but its ancestors
ure believed to have been bipeds. Grow
ing weight ol body and armor made it
slow-moving with apparently Just enough
bruin to direct the mechanical functions
of life. The armor of neck, back and
tail was formed by two rows of erect
plates, tile plates of one row alternating
with those of the other. The animal
seems lo have typified a kind of pre
paredness for passive defense, with bulk
and armor as protection, but so inert
and sluggish that even its powerful tail,
with only unwleldly side movement, was
no weapon against an active foe.—Kx.
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SUBSCPIBB FOR THE NUOGET.
CLAIMS TO HAVE A
•<K\V PROCESS OF THAWING
An old time Klondiker has sunt the
Dawson Nows a most interesting article
to the Klondike mining fraternity. It
deals with the possibility of thawing
frozen gravels by electricity and with an
invention brought out by Mr. Qualn, one
time manager of the Ottawa Telephone
Company, and who is declared by his
friends to lie a genius with electricity.
Old time Ottawa people who have been
in the Klondike know Mr. Quain well. He
has been working on the electrical thaw
ing Idea in London the last two years.—
Ouwson News.
(J tKAT ACTIVITY IN
KANSAS Oil, FIELDS |
T*'l'KK A—The uctlvlty in the newly
discovered oil fields of southeastern Kan
sas is unpreecntcd, a rush of enormous
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proportions on tin* part ot nil prospectors
from all over the United Suite now :
being hi progress The owners ol the i
land on which the oil was discovered are ;
fully aware of the value of the product ;
from their land, and accordingly lease :
prices are higher than were ever known
before In any oil field
The great developments are Hiking
place In Butler and Cowley countries. 1
further, prospecting, however, Is being]
done In adjacent counties, as It Is
thought that the oil belt may lncludp
of the counties In the southeastern part
of the state.
As a result of the oil a,seoveries. the
price of land In the southeastern counties
nas trebled.
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