Pacific N«w« Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON, An interesting
question before the military authori
ties has to do with character of de
fense to be placed on Tabogu Island,
,vt the Pacific end of the Panama canal.
That Island has been selected as a
site for some important defensive
works, particularly to obtain a bur-sing,
and so avoid a dangerous concentration
of armament.
It is planned that guns of sufficient
power mounted on the island will serve
as a protection against the hostile fire
upon our warships coming out of the
canal to engage an enemy under which
conditions, of course, a defending fleet
I would be at a disadvantage of column
formation head-on. However, it Is a
question whether the supporting
armament at Taboga Island itself
would not be subject to a concentra
ted fire by a line of hostile vessels
drawn up In an arc of which the Island
would be the center, and that would
be far enough out to be beyond the
range of the guns at the mouth of the
canal. That is a very Important
question. There have been some
opinions expressed to that effect, and it
has been said that. If possible, the
guns of Tuboga Island ought to be
mounted behind the central ridge of
this island, so that they would be shel
tered from the fire of vessels directly
beyond the Island, In the prolongation
of a line between the mouth of the
canal and the Island, so consequently
be incapable of delivering a fire out in
that direction that a fleet drawn up
with the mouth of the canal as a center
woud be subject to it. That Is a dif
ficult matter to accomplish, and the
exact position of the guns has not
been fixed.
However, it has been decided that
the mortars that are to be placed on
Taboga Island will be sheltered from
Ore in any direction, as they can be
placed as most of our mortars are, un
der shelter and by their fire they can
keep hostile ships away or at least
can keep them away a greater dis
tance from the mouth of the canal
than the fortifications at the mouth
can.i can keep them.
In addition to these considerations,
attention also has to be given to the
increased guns of the latest battle
ships.
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the day by subscribing for the Nome
LARGE TRACTS OPENED
TO ENTRY DURING
DECEMBER
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON. During ‘-he month
of December, 1916, Secretary of the
Interior Lane opened to entry under
the enlarged homestead act a total
of 1,867,600 acres of the public do
main. The lands have been classified
as non-lrrlgible.
In California more than S7.600
acres in 22 counties were designated.
More than 196,200 acres were opened
in Colorado, 25,700 acres in Kansas,
262400 acres In North Dakota, 66-,100
acres in New Mexico, and 116,400
acres b South Dakota and 9,900
acres in Utah.
Some of Jhese lands already have
been filed upon but many acers still
are open to filing.
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PLAN TO STANDARDIZE FOOD
PRODUCTS TOPROTECT USERS
Pacific New3 Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON. The trend toward
standardizing products to protect
both seller and purchaser has gone
another step further with the intro
duction by Senator Jones of Wash
ington of a bill providing for the es
tablishment of standard for all food
products. Cotton standards and grain
standards already have been provided
by law and are declared by officials
of the department of agriculture to
be working well.
Senator Jones' bill would provide
that all food manufacturers must
submit samples of their goods to the
secretary of agriculture who shall set
standards for each article and de
termine whether or not sample of
products submitted come up to the
standards. Changes in the standards
shall be made from time to time if
experience shall show that changes
are necessary.
The shipment of gcods not comply
ing with the food standards in inter
state commerce would not be permit
ted under the bill, thus insuring the
public against poor grade goods and
also insur.yg responsible manufac
turers against spurious goods.
Twenty thousand dollars would be
appropriated under the bill to launch
the measure.
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SHIPBUILDING AT HONGKONG
WITH MATERIALFROM AMERICA
Pacifio Newt Ssrvios, Wash. Bu>**au.;
WASHINGTON, Although there
have been many elvneuts brought
about by the war to hamper the Hong
kong ih'MJ' I'ding Irdnsny *' con
struction of vessels has gone forward
at sufficient rapidity to i dd consider
able tonnag.' to the Far East shipping
during the last year, according to con
sular reports to the Department of
Commerce.
Most of the materials used in build
ing and repairing the larger vessels at
Hongkong now come from the United
States. High ocean freight rates have
discouraged the shipment of unusually
large supplies but enough have gone
forward to keep the yards reasonably
busy.
The principal new building, It ap
pears, has been to supply the lack of
bottoms engaged in the Slngapore
Bangkok trade. This trade formerly
was handled by Oerman steamers
which, of course, have been driven
from the seas since the outbreak of
the Europan war.
Five good-sized steel screw vessels
have recently been completed and
twelve more are under construction.
Most of the vessels will be for the
China coasting trade.
In addition to these larger vessels
yards have been very active in con
structing sea-going launches, tugs, lor
ries, barges, yachts and similar small
vessels. The remodeling of several
large vessels also has been completed.
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WANT FEDERAL POWER
TO SUSPEND SENTENCES
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WASHINGTON. A bill giving fed
eral courts the power to suspend sent
ences and penalties has been intro
duced in the house by Representative
Scott, of Pennsylvania.' It has been
refercd to the Committee on Judiciary.
The bill is designed particularly as
a relief measure for first offenders.
Should it become a law Maury Diggs
and Drew Caminetti, of the famous
white slave case which is now await
ing decision in the supreme court, and
many other law breakers who have
been convicted and whose cases are
on appeal, would bo subject to dis
charge.
The ultimate object of the adminis
tration of criminal law is preventive
rather than retaliatory; confinement Is
designed as a deterrent to others, as
a means of preventing future offenses,
and a.i the immediate protection of
society, states the bill In arguing that
more laxity be made possible for fed
eral offenders.
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PROPOSE ENLARGEMENT
OF NATIONAL PARKS
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON, The movement for
the enlargement of Sequoia Natoinal
Park of California to include Mt.
Whitney le well under way, according
to members of the California deleg
tlon who are Interested in the con
servation of the nation's public play
grounds. A bill that would add Mt.
Whitney, and the head waters of the
Kern, Kings and other important
rivers to the Sequoia park and to lib
erally appropriate for the improvement
of Yosemlte National Park at federal
expense will be lntrdouced next au
tumn, California representatives de
clare. The Interior department, it la
understood, has been inclined to look
with favor on the plans of the "bigger
parks" propagandists.
All kinds of eloigh and ski wood an
aalo at Res* mill and ahep, Alas
building and mining timber.
Freeh cabbage, carrots, rutsbagoes
and parsnips at Lahmann'a.
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