LIGHT SERVICE IN
ALASKA NOW
IMPROVED
Alaska equipment and light service
Is treated In the annual report of the
secretary of commerce. The part re
ferring to Aaska says:
Attention has been given to the
Improvement of various types of ap
paratus and equipment. Experiments
were made with temporary gas lights
for winter use at certain Isolated sta
tions on the great lakes, with good
results. Radio apparatus was ordered
for five lighthouse tenders. Line
throwing guns have been installed at
several Alaska stations, to faclltate
landing- through the surf.
During the fiscal year 47 tenders and
66 light vessels were in commission.
Two new tenders were completed and
immediately placed on duty; the
Laurel, for service in Chesapeake bay
and the North Carolina Sounds, and
the Fern, for service in southeastern
Alaska. Two new light vessels were
also completed and placed on station;
No. 9, at Poo Reef, southerly entrance
to Straits of Mackinac, Lake Huron,
Mich., and No. 98. at the entrance to
Buffalo harbor, I^ake Erie, New Tork
The following new vessels are now i
under construction: The first class1
tender Cedar, for Alaska, the medium
draft tender Rose for Washington and
Oregon, and light vessels Noa. 101 and
102. for the Atlantic coast. A contract
has also recently been awarded for
the new tender Palmetto, for service
In the Inside waters of the South At
lantic coast, and plans are In prepara
tion for two new light vessels.—-Chit
Inu Leader.
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UNITED STATES
RANKS AMONG
OLDEST NATIONS
The United States of America is one
of the oldest nations on earth, the
Pheladelphia Ledger states. With the
exception of England and Russia It
is, as an existing nation, older than
any country in Europe. And alone
in the western world it has stood foi
the last 125 years with an unchanged
government. Its boundaries have ex
panded and its constitution has been
amended and It has gone through civil
war; but the United States is “ruled"
today as it was ruled in 1789 and It is
the only western nation that is.
The constitution of the United States
of America was adopted in the year
the French revolution began. Since
1789 Europe has been remade Among
the nations four stand out sb “ancient"
—England, Russia, Denmark and
Spain. Yet In the last century and a
quarter these countries have lived
through governmental changes that
show beside the stability of the Uni
I ted State* rule as exceedingly slgnlfi-1
1 jant "shifts."
The changes that have taken place
n the English regime are the most
.nteresting, because they are the least
known to the world. It Is Inevitable
with us all that the mention of an
ancient nation,", a "stable govern
men." the "oldest country on earth”
should bring the thought of England
to our minds
But the government of England, as
wo know it, today, date Its beginning
from the year 1832 That is the date
of the passage of the first reform bill.
These bills—the first in 1832, the 2nd
in 1867 und the last in 1884—shifted
the government of England from lords
-o commons, from nobles and men of
great property to the people them
selves, changed the “limitations” of
of England’s monarchy from a feudal
to a popular right. Without revolu
tion, the government of the country
WILL TAKE FIVE YRS.
TO BUILD R. R.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Chairman
Edes was closeted for a long tlrao
yesterday with Secretary Lane con
cerning the conditions and progress
of the government railroad in Alaska.
Mr. Edcs Informed the secretary
that 1,600 men were Icebound at An
chorage, the government railway town
as the result of the early closing of
Cook Inlet
The railroad commissioner also re
ported that hts commission had built
35 miles of road during the past year
He said he believed that the road
-
could be built without any difficult
engineering feats, and he estimated
that It would require five years In
which to build the road to the Tanana
river.
Mr. Edes stated that the climate
' was healthful and that the health of
i
tiers had eliminated the mosquito an
noyance as they went along by at
1 tacking the breeding ponds and the
swamps
Mr. Edes advised that most of the
work on the railroad be done under
contract
MANY IMMORTALS KILLED
IN GREAT CONFLICT
Since war and other causes have
threatened to exterminate the French
Academy's Hall of Forty Immortals
by cutting Its membership so low It
hasn't enough legal votea to perpetuato
itself, urgent pleas have been made
to Anatole France, himself an Im
mortal, to forget the misunderstand
ing he had with this fellow Immortals
a few years ago and come on back
with his much needed vote. Franco
has not Indicated whether he will do
so. Of the forty Immortals who con
stitute this illustrious body, death has
claimed these six: Jules Clarelte,
Henry Roujon, Alfred Mazeres. Jules
Lamat,tfe, M; de Hun and Paul Har
riett fistir new Immortals who have
been elected: Oener&l Lyantoy, Pierre
de la Qorce, Alfred Capua and Henri
Bergson, have not been Invested with
the rights of Academicians entitling
them to vote on new members. Valid
election os an Immortal requires a
number of votes not now to be had.
It Is being urged that the four now
members be Invested with the right
to vote although they are not yet full
Hedged Academicians. Memberships
of other Institutes connected with the
French Academy also are depleted ol'
members on account of the war. The
Institute of belles lettres has three
vacancies; that of sclenco six; that
of fine arts tnree and that of moral
and political science six. Not a few
was effectively revolutionized.
The striking revolution which began
in 1832 with the granting of the ballot
to the merchant* and men of small
property In the realm, moved on to its
(Inal step in the parliament bill of 1912
which took away all but "suspensive
veto power" from the house of lords
and left the commons rulers of Eng
land.
France began Its revolution, us all
the world knows. In 1789. Since then
It has had two empires, three kinds of
kingdoms and three republics; It has
executed one king and deposed two
others, and It has forced each of Its!
two emperors to abdicate. Since the
final formation of the third French
republic its cabinet has been changed
very nearly on an average of once a
year.
Out of the Franco-Prusaian war
grew as everyone knows, the present
German empire. In 1789 there still
existed in central Europe that "Holy
Roman Empire" which, as Mr. Bryce
has pointed out, was "neither holy,
nor Roman, nor an empire." It con
sisted at that time of between 360 and
■100 separate and practically Indepen
dent states.—Exchange.
SOBSCRIBB FOR TUB NX'CKSHT
of these vacancies were caused by the
fact that the respective institutions,
struck from their roll of membership
all Germans who had previously been
honored by election. Delay In filling
these vacancies is due partly to the
desire to have seats vacant when peace
comas so hey may be conferred upon
the QOfiquercg heroes.
SEATTLE MAN INVENTS
NOVEL STYLE OF OUN
Up iu the little pent house on top
of the Lowrnan building, during his
spare time a Seattle man has been
working on an Invention which may
revolutionize the small arms Industry
of the world.
He Ig Arthur Dickey, superintendent
of the Lowrnan building, and an on
thusiastlc sportsman. "I reckon 1 have
naturally an Inventive mind,” he said,
"and always having been a gun man
it Just turned to inventing something
to shoot with, The pneumatic door
stops In the building, which I have
often had to repair, gave me the Idea
of using air instead of powder behind
a bullet. I have worked on this for
six years, but only last fall brought
It to a state of perfection sufficient
to Justify manufacture .After fully
patenting my device I showed It to ai
local capitalist, who immediately finan -|
eed it. In about six months we ex
pect to place the gun on the market
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