FROM TUESDAY’S DAILY
Berlin, Sept. 7—Communication*
from the front today is to the effoct
that vonMackenzin has captured the
Russian fort at Drohyczin Chomik and'
has arrived within thirty miles of
Pinsk. Pinsk is a Russian stronghold
about 100 miles directly west of
Brest Litewiski.
-■ ■
Copenhagen, Sept. 7—Word reches'
this city that German warships have!
reentered the Gulf of Riga. The Rus-1
sians are fleeing, and it is reported;
that they have evacuated Dago Islandj
at the entrance of the Gulf of Finland.
■■ ■ ■ ■».
It is for the personal interest and
benefit of Dwight H. Robinson, known
in Washington and Alaska as Bob
Robinson, the Miner Poet, that W. A.
E. De Beque of De Beque, Colo., is
trying to locate him. Anyone know
ing of Mr. Robinson’8 whereabouts
will oblige by notifying W. A. De,
Beque, De Beque, Colorado.
♦
After serving nineteen years as
Federal District Judge of Utah, Joan
Marshall has resigned. The reason
for his resignation is unstated.
♦ ■■ ■■
Providence, R. I. Sept. 7—Judge
Willis Knowles, of the eighth district
court while enrouto to town this
morning was shot and killed. It is
not known who the assassin was or
what was the cause of the shooting,
as the Judge was well liked throughout
the* entire country. The assassin as
yet has not been apprehended, although
a thorough search is being made both
by state and city authorities.
■ ■ ♦ - -
Paris, Sept. 7—It is officially an
nounced from the Russian headquart
ers that the Czar has taken complete
command of the armies and will per
sonally direct the movements of his
forces in an attempt to check the
German advance into Russian territory.
♦
London, Sept. 7—The Allan liner
Hesperian, bound from Liverpool to
Montreal was attacked without warn
iug off the Irish coast last Saturday
ut dusk. The steamer remained afloat
and everyone aboard was saved. She
carried three hundred and fifty pas
sengers and a crew of 300. In a
communication from Montreal it is
learned that no guns was carried a
board the ship.
-» ■ -
Seattle. Sept. 7—The steamer Hum
boldt sailed for Alaska Monday morn
ing at seven o’clock with no passen
gers for Ketchikan.
The Admiral Farragut sailed at two
o’clock Monday morning with one
steerage passenger for Ketchikan.
The steamer Alki sails tonight.
■ ' ’mJ ' -'ll*
Last Sunday Steve Stamplo, an Aus
trian. was shot and severely wounded
by George Kusnick ,an Indian. Stam
plo and Kusnick was cruising along
Pennock Island in a gas boat when it
was agreed that Stemplo go ashore
and get some wood. He took the row
boat and just as he was getting a
shore Kusnick fired a rifle at him,
the ball passing through the muscle
of his left arm and inflicting a flesh
wound across the chest, finally leaving
his body through the muscle of his
right arm. Dr. B. L. Myers who is
attending the wounded man at the
local hispital, reports the patient rest
ing nicely this morning and unless
complications arise the patient will
speedily recover.
After firing the shot Kusnick left
the wounded man on the beach and
crossed the narrows to Saxman, where
he was arrested later in the day,
brought to Ketchikan and landed in
jail.
-♦
Washington, Sept. 7—The President
takes no action regarding the liner
Hesperian, as there is no present reas
on to question Germany’s good faitt.
in her promise not to torpedo any
more passenger ships without first
giving all passengers and crew an op
portunity to escape. As yet it is
not known whether it was a torpedo
or a floating mine that caused the
destruction. Ambassador Page advises
that the Hesperian sailed as a pas
senger steamer and wa / not com
mandeered by the British government.
♦
Boston, Sept. 7—In strengthening
their credit in this country a third
consignment from England of gold
and securities has arrived. The con
signment amounts to eighty million
dollars.
-♦
Athens, Sept. 7—After the passing
of the stringent cantraband law the
regular session of congress in this
city adjourned until October.
-» ■
. Queenstown, Sept. 7—The Hesperian
passengers and crew arrived in this
port yesterday with none of them
nny the worse for their experience, aB
the big ship remained afloat long
enough for everyone to be rescued.
— ■ ■ ■■■ ■
Job prliting at the Miner.
FROM TUESDAY’S DAILY
London, Sopt. 7—The liner Hes
perian finally sank at an early hour
Sunday morning, Captain Vtlly made
every effort to reach (Queenstown. Ater
leaving the ship and as she remained
a float, a part of the crew was taken'
back on board for the purpose of try
ing to get the ill fated vessel to port
but after heroic work she finally
sank. On account of deep water an
investigation was prevented to de
termine whether it was a floating
mine or a torpedo that did the damage.
Her passengers on arriving in Queens
town state that no sign of a torpeuo
was to be seen. Her passengers con
sisted mostly of Englishmen and Can
adians.
♦
Honolulu, Sept. 7—Three American
submarines of the F type, while at
anchor was put out of commission by
a United States supply steamer crush
ing into them. The accident was caus
ed by the supply sioamer becoming
unmanagablo while attempting to dock.
-» ..
SPOKANE GOES NORTH
The steamer Spokane was in port
Sunday with 45 tons of local fricght
and the following passengers for Ket
chikan: A. Boots, Mrs. B. Oxley, Miss
C. M. Vashon and Miss B. Tucker.
•»
London, Sept. 7—It is reported that
the liner Dictator, of the Harrison
Lino, while coming from Brazil was
torpedoed and sunk. The information
is without detail but it is reported
that forty of the cr.ew was landed
before the ship went down.
-» ■
San Francisco Sept. 7—Harry Thaw
completed his trip this morning from
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to this city.
The trip was made in his own machine
in five weeks without any misshaps.
When an interview was attempted he
positively refused to discuss his per
sonal affairs.
♦
NORTHLAND GOES NORTH
The steamer Northland of the Bor
der Line Transportation company was
in port Sunday morning, calling in at
the Standard Oil company’s dock with
a large shipment of case oil.
Amsterdam, Sept. 7—Word reaches
this city that Germany will deny tor
pedoing the steamer Hesperian^ as all
submarine commanders have been noti
fied to give warnings before firing
the fatal torpedc to sink any ship
of the enemy.
-- a
FUEL OIL AND
DISTILLATE ARRIVES
The Standard Oil company’s tanker'
Asunsion arrived at the local plant
Saturday evening where she discharg
ed about 11,000 barrels of fuel oil.
The tanker El Segunda, which sail
ed from Richmond. Califirnia, Septem
ber 1, is expected in today with fuel
oil and distillate. After supplying
the local plant of the Standard Oil
company, she will return to Point
Wells, where she will discharge the
balance of her cargo of distillate.
■ ♦
The City of Seattle arrived in port
yesterday southbound. Ninety four
barrels of fish oil was put aboard at
the Fish Canners By-Products plant at
Wards Cove, fifty one boxes of fresh
fish from Wrangell and 14,000 cases
of salmon from near by canneries was
also on board. Her passengers from
this port were Glenn Morgan, W. T.
Graham, Tom Ford, T. Neil, Allan
Harris, Harold A. Reed, Geo. Willett
•Tr., Anna M. Willett, Geo. M. Willett,
N. W. Heedman, F. Tuyemnami, E.
Merodir. Miss M Tee, ,T. II. Scott
and wife, and seventeen steerage.
-»
Fifty dredges in operation on the
Seward Peninsula is the prediction of
several of the placer operators in the
Nome district who state that there is
no question of the future of the
dredging industry in that section. Last
year 42 dredges operated successfully
on the peninsula and this year two
more are to be installed and by the
end of the year it is expected that 50
will havo been constructed. The new
est enterprise to arrange for the in
stallation of a dredge on the penin
sula is that of A. J. Jormauth and
associates of New York. They will in
stall a 5-cu.ft. buckot Bucyrus’ gold
dredge on Cripple Creek 12 miles
from Nome. The machinery is to be
shipped north this fall so that the
dredge can be put up next spring
where they have secured several miles
of good placer ground which will be
worked systamatically.
-—.
Mrs. Wm. Thompson who writes
under the name of Ruth Kenzil Wood
in the preparation of a book on Alas
ka for Do<Ul Mead & Company, was
a passenger south on the City of Seat
tle yesterdav( after some time spent
in Alaska in gathering material for
her book. She is high in her praise
of the Northland, and says that the
scenic attractions of Alaska is enough
to justify anyone to cross the conti
nent for a view of the wonders they
FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
are sure to see.
Mrs. Thompson siys the Outside
world knows very littlo of the indus
trial and scenic possibilities of Alas
ka, arid that each town should ndvor
tise themselves and get the idea nway
from the majority of the people that
our country is a barren waste of ice
fields where as a matter of fact
fruit and vegetables grow far north
of the Arctic Circle, while in the In
terior there is a wonderful posibillty
for cattle grazing and farming. South
eastern Alaska with its fishing and
mining industries and scenic attrac
tions is well worth the attention of
anyone.
■ - ■ ■»■ ■
ROBBERS OAFTUjEtED
C. C. Baker, brother-in-law of Roy
and Flody Ryns, onetime resident of
Ketchikan and who is now Postmaster
at Kittitas, Washington, captured two
men in the act of robbing the post
office nt Kittitas. hie. Baker had
been out on a hunting trip and return
ing nt a late hour Sunday night
August, 29, he discovered the two men
in the office and covering them with
a gun he held them until the sheriff
arrived.
- ■»
THOMAS EDISON AND
WARFARE OF THE FUTURE
The possibilities of chemistry and
electricity have hardly yet been touch
ed upon in modern warfare. That Is
the opinion of Mr. Edison, the elec
triclal wizard. ‘-‘Primitive man,” he
said, in recent interview, ‘‘fought
with clubs and stones. Then it was
swords and javelins, and later bullets
and boyonets. When this war be
gan, it was shot and shell and high
explosives. Now they have only just
made a beginning with burning liquids
and poisonous gases. The warfare of
the future is going to be more and
more a matter of chemistry and elec
tricity. There is no knowing where
it will end.”
In F .lison's opinion wars of the
future will be far more terrible than
the present conflict. Armies will
fight with germs and kill off whole
populations by disease. An entire
country might be infected with bu
bonic plague, for instance. Electricity
will be used for destroying stores and
ammunition and setting off high ex
plosives at a distance by wireless.
“Neither should I be surprised,”
says Mr. Edison, “to see a great
change come about in ship construc
tion, and you may be sure some way
will be found to offset the torpedo.
A ship might be so constructed that it
would not sink after being hit.”
Mr. Edison confesses that he could
invent something more dcally than
gas bombs. “But he says, “I
can’t get myself to work on any such
stuff as that. I don’t want to de
stroy life; I want to make the world
a better place to live in. But if
the United States gets dragged into
thig war, and is attacked, I will help
t0 make war worse.”
Mr. Edison has just recently been
appointed chairman of a war Inven
tions committee, and we may look for
some startling i-icas soon.—Ex.
♦ ■ ■■
VALDEZ COUNCIL
BLOCKS PROGRESS
All over Alaska people are enjoy
ing a good laugh at the expense of a
few of the insurgent citizens of Val
dez in their efforts to make the
Municipal dock pay. The history of
this dock is too well known to need
repetition. It has never been in use
hy tho steamship companies and has
only boon utilized for the mosquito
fleet in purely local traffic. Follow
ing the fire the Valdez Dock Co.,
which is owned by J. M. Dathrop, a
former citizen of Valdez who for
many years was prominently identified
with the upbuilding of that town, at
once ordered material with which to
rebuild the dock destroyed by the
fire. Immediately thereafter the Com
mon Council of the town notified J.
C. Martin, agent rnd manager of the
dock, that at a meeting of the Coun
cil a motion was made and passed
by unanimous vote of those present,
instructing the mayor to notify the
dock company thnt it had no author
ity to rebuild. Such notice was serv
ed upon the dock company but no at
tention was paid to the matter and
the work continued. The mayor fur
ther notified the company that in
constructing its dock it was commit
ting a tresspass and creating a public
nuisance and thereupon ordered the
town officials to close the street lead
ing to the dock until such time as the
illegal structure might bo removed.
Still later an ordinance was intro
duced dcfiuing the harbor limits of
the municipality of the town of Val
dez and providing the most unheard
of regulations governing the use of
landings, docks and wharves which,
in effect^ sought to force all steam
ships to the Municipal dock and mak
ing it a misdemeanor and unlawful to
tie up or do business with the old cs
tablished Valdez Docke Co. This re
markable ordinance was introduced in
the Council and permission was ask
ed for unanimous consent to give it
its three legal readings and pass it
immediately. This, however ,was not
done and it was given its first read
ing, several of the Councilmen refus
ing to attend the meetings. Both the
Valdez dock and the City dock are
not within the town limits, each dock
being reached by an approach from
the city.
No attention was paid to the matter
nor will the Valdez Dock Co., nor any
of the steamships pay attention to the
remarkable attempt to block progress
in its own town. Those responsible
for the effort are M. Boyle, Mayor;
K. P. King, Ross Heckey, V. Von
Gunther, O. P. Hubbard, formerly
of Nome; and some others. In jus
tice to the always patriotic and dis
tinguished citizens of Valdez, they are
heartily against this attempt to pre
vent in the most flagrant manner the
operation of steamship business which
could only result in loss and delay
in the rebuilding of that city. Com
ing at a time when the steamship
lines were seriously considering with
drawal from the Valdez Route, owing
to the fact that such route has not
paid for a long time, this attempt on
thc part of the misgdided councilmen
and antics to work out a special per
sonal grudge against the owner of the
Valdez Dock is much to be regret
ted.
Valdez is in a serious predicament
at present and needs all the upbuild
ing and development it can possibly
secure and to take an action at a
critical moment when the curtailment
of its steamship service is under dis
cussion, it looks ns if these men. re
sponsible for the outrage, -are trying
to ruin their own town and drive
steamships away. Owing to the fact
that the legal status of the case is
quite clear in giving rights to the
dock owner, nothing can possibly be
< "complished but the effort has cre
ated no end of talk and those respon
sible are being severely condemned
while the ridiculous effort is being
regarded as one of the best jokes of
the summer season_Railway & Marine
News.
■ ♦
ANCHORAGE WILL HAVE
A WATER SYSTEM
Anchorage,—A permanent water
supply for the new townsite compre
hends the installation of a steam
pumping plant at some point on Ship
Creek, not yet definitely determined.
The water will be pumped to a steel
tank and tower, 80 feet in height,
placed on concrete abuttments. The
tank will have a storage capacity of
1000,000 gallons. A 5-inch pipe lino
will convey the water from the pump
ing plant to the tower.
The tank will be located on the east
end i f the town and a (3-inch main
underground will be laid from there
down the alley between Fourth and
Fifth avenues as far as K street, on
the west end of town. Latteral lines
will reach out from the main at every
other cross street, ending on the oj
posite sides of Fourth and Fifth aven
ues( for accommodation of persons
living on Third and Sixth, as well as
those in the immediate vicinity.
The proposed system will
water within easy reach of most of
the inhabitants, but it is planned to
make further extensions of the system
should the funds permit at this time.
It is figured, and the figuring has
been liberal, that the proposed system
will cost $15,000. Should this amount
prove more than required for the sys
tem planned, then, as stated before,
further extensions will be made.
The townsite manager and those in
authority have taken this proposition
up with the people, as represented by
the local chamber of commerce, and
the plan has been heartily endorsed.
Of course the property owners will
have to pay fcr. installation, but the
system of payments will extend over
a period of five years, so that the ass
essments will not prove burdensome.
♦
The Austrian minister of the inter
ior is reported to have announced
that there were 1566 cases of Asiatic
cholera in Austria On August 19.
* * *
A. Aloxanilerof, member of the
Russian Duma, who published 18
months before the war began, an ar
ticle predicting war between Russia
and Germany, is to be placed on trial
at the end of this month for the pub
lication of the article.
• • •
Senator Loughcd, acting minister
of militia of Canada announced that
public contributions for the purchase
of machine guns for the Canadian
troops had been so generous that fur
ther donations were unnecessary.
* * *
•m
Premier Pacbitch of Serbia, declar
ed recently that Austria has tried
repeatedly since the beginning of the
war to make a separate peaco with
Serbia but each time has met with a
flat refusal.
•■i ..'mmto.'Hi ■ .IN—UL. ..-VH
FROM WEDNESDAY’S DAILY
Fort Scott, Kansas, Sept. 8—The
Marmaton river a small stream near
the town of that name and within
20 miles of this city rose thirty feet
in a few hours, reaching its height
yesterday, flooding the entire resi
dence district of Marmaton • It is
not known that anyone has been drown
ed, but many lives have been imperil
ed and a wholesale flooding of the
many acres of farm land has been re
ported. The Marmaton is a small but
tong stream, and a heavy rain far
back on the praire swolling the trib
utaries is the cause of the disaster.
Vera Cruz, Sept. 8—In a communi
cation to this city today it is learned
that the principal portion of the in
habitants of the state of Tabasco,
Mexico, have revolted agalnct Car
ranza and that the situation over the
entire state is becoming serious.
In the city of San Juan BeautiBta,
the capital of the state of Tabasco,
where rioting ensued, Governor Colo
rado and the Chief of Police of that
state were both killed.
Seattle,Sept. 8—The steamer Alki
was late in getting nway for the
north, leaving this port this morning
at 1:30. On her way north she will call
in at a British Columbia port which
will delay her ten hours. He passen
gers for Ketchikan are A. Larson, L.
E. Cross, E. H. Sampson, Mat Ander
son and wife, Marie Anderson and two
steerage.
The sailing of the Northwestern has
' e-’ii postponed until tomorrow morn
ing. The City of Seattle and the Dol
phin will get away for the north to
morrow night.
London, Sept. 8—The main body of
the German army advancing in n
wedge shape in western Bussia is ex
periencing great difficulty In pene
trating the trackless swamps. Becent
rains have made it difficult for so
large an army to advance in a coun
try more favorable, and when the Bus
hian swamps were encountered they
found it almost impassable.
4
San Francisco, Sept. 8—Tho Ad
ministration’s Philippine policy in at
tacked by Ex-President Taft in a
speech in this city. While the gov
ernment is holding out a hoge that
the people of the Philippine Islands
can be given homo rule, Taft is high
ly opposed to the measure, and says
that Governor Harrison of the Philip
pines is a Tammany congressman of
long standing, and such a measure
if carried into effect would demoralize
our situation in the Islands. He at
tacks the Jones Bill, in giving the
people of the Islands home rule, say
ing that the passage of the bill will
be completing demoralizations.
4
Los Angeles. Sept. 8—Governor
Johnson of California in a Labor Day
speech in this city attacks Ex-Presi
dent Taft for his remarks regarding
the Administration’s Philippine pol
icy and says that tho Republicans are
living rar back in the past and are
completely bewildered by the on
ward sweep of the Democrats.
4
In yesterday’s session of tho Dis
trict Court, Judge Jennings disposed
of tho following cases:
In the case of the Ketchikan Iron
Works, vs The Launc.i Frevea, the
Court ruled that the boat be given in
to tho custody of the United States
Marshal by thd R.eferee in bank
hnptcy of the Alaska Box & Lum
ber company, ponding a settlement of
the claim.
Antonio Bivera. an old offender, be
ing convicted for selling whiskey to
Indians, was sentenced to two years
at hard labor at McNeils Island.
On conviction by a jury, for sell
in liquor to Indians E. Henandez
sentence was with-lield on a motion
being filed by C. E. Ingcrsoll, attorney
for tho defendent, for a new trial.
.—4
Providence, B. Sept. 8—As yet no
Clues that will throw any light on the
parties who shot Judge Willis Knowels
have been obtained. The Judge be
ing well liked by everyone, the citi
zens, in conjunction with the author
ities are making every effort to lo
cate the slayers.
♦ - —
The saloon licenses for Ketchikan
were granted yesterday at two o’
clock by Judge Jennings. All those
interested in the matter was request
ed to be present and after reading the
law covering the sale of liquor, which
meant that those securing license were
to run an orderly house, not to sell
intoxicating liquors to minors, intox
icated persons or women, and dwell
ing somewhat on tho details covering
the question and being convinced that
tho majority of the people of Ketchi
kan are in favor of having saloons,
the licenses were granted.
-»
The halibuter Eureka arrived in
porj this morning with a good trip of
fish. She disposed of her catch, about
5,000 pounds, to tho San Juan Fish Co.
•* * '■« '"’Tl ~OThp«i.
FROM WEDNESDAY’S DAILY
Paris, Sept. 8—French aviators
yesterday hurled sixty bombs on the
German aeroplane camp of Medard
Dieuse, doing an immense amount of
damage. Both French and British
aeronauts cooperated in an attack on
Ostend yesterday doing much prop
arty damage nnd killing many people.
~ ——♦
« The case of assault with a danger
ous weapon, charged 'against All
Chong, of Loring, was dismissed on
motion of the District Attorney.
An assault and battery case from
Kasaan was dismissed on motion of
the District Attorney.
-»
Seattle, Sept. 8—It is announced
that the Pacific Coast Navigation Co.,
known as the Admiral Line, will pos
sibly purchase tho Pacific Mail steam
er Newport. It is not know in case
the purchase is made just where the
now owners will use the Newport. Tin
owners and charters of the steamer
Paraiso have filed a petition in tlu
Federal court asking for a limitation
in the damage suit filed by the AJ
miral Line.
-♦
London, Sept. 8—Among the miss
ing passengers of the Hesperian there
is known to be one American whose
same is Wolff. It is not known that
Shore arc any life boats missing ex
cept the two that wore capsized in
'•lunching and it is feared that the
•uissing passengers and members of
the crew were drowned.
-►. ,
(Jconstown, Sept. 8—After an exam
ination of the pa. scngcr list of the
ill fated liner Hesperian, it is found
that six second class and six third
class passengers are missing, together
with 13 of the ship’s crew. In launch
ing the life boats two of them worr
capsized and owing to darkness com
ing on before tho work could be com
pleted, the occupants of tho capsized
boats could not be found and it is
feared that they have perished.
-*
Berlin, Sept. 8—The Germans have
completed a giant biplane which is
now undergoing tests and if succes
sful, will supercede the Zepplines. The
largo air craft is capable of carrying
four men and sufficient fuel for an
eight hour trip and if the tests prove
it to bo a success it will add great
efficiency to Germany’s air fleet.
-»
London, Sept. 8—The Germans made
another nir raid on the cast coast of
i'lngland last night in which ten civ
ilians were killed and forty were
wounded. The property damage was
nominal. j .
. -♦
Berlin, Sept. 8—While cruising in
the Sea of Marmora the Turkish tor
pedo destroyer Yarhissar was attack
ed and sunk by an Allied submarine.
The submarine made good her escape
leaving her victims to a common fate,
•
Seattle, Sept. 8—The arrival of
fresh halibut in this port yesterday
amounted to two hundred thousand
pounds and sold for five and one-half
plus twenty.
•-» —
Rome, Sept. 8—It is learned from n
communication to this city today that
Gen. Joffre is visiting the Italian
army and the general belief is that
he is making arrangements for the
combining of largo forces of the Al
lied armies in a great offensive move
ment against the Germans.
-•
WIRELESS IS READY FOR
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS
Tho city- office of the Marconi
Wireless Co., located on Market St. in
the rear of the Revilla Hotel, is now
ready for business. A competent man
will bo in charge of the down town
office and a cssenger will call
for and deliver your mes
sages and thus a continual anf effic
ient service will bo given the people
of Ketchikan. Messages will be re
ceived at tho station at any hour
during tho night.
-V
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT MAKES
PORT ON FIRST TRIP NORTH
On her first trip to the North, the
steamer Admiral Farragut made port
early this morning from the south.
Her freight for this port consisted of
eighteen tons of concrete sewer pipe,
for use here in town. The Admiral
Farragut takes the place of the Wat
son, which was rammed by the steam
er Paraiso whilt at the dock in Seat
tle, and it has been announced that
she will be kept on the run, alter
nating with the other two every 21
days, thus making an Admiral boat
arriving once a week each way.
- ♦
COURT STENOGRAPHER
RETURNS HOME
Having finished her duties ns sten
ographer at the present term of the
District Cuort, Miss L. A. Green sail
ed on the Admiral Farragut this morn
ing for her homo in Juneau.
» «
■1
FROM WEDNESDAY’S DAILY
ENORMOUS COMPRESSOR
STARTS SEPTEMBER 16
Early next week tlio big new com
pressor will be tried out at Persever
ance mine, and will give to the mine
a total capacity of ninety machine
drills, increasing tho work of r<the
Thane mill from 0,000 tong to 10,000
tons.
About' six weeks ago the installa
tion of the compressor was begun by
Master Machauic Fred StevenBon,
who had charge of the work, and tho
huge machine will be put into actual
operation September 15th. The com
pressor is of the Nor berg type, of
constant capacity and is a direct-driv
en synchronous motor coupled direct
ly with the shaft. This typo of com
pressor does away with tho necessity
for belts or ropes and is consequently
if a much higher degree of efficiency •
than the belt-driven type. With a
sapacity of 2860 cubic feet of free
air per minute the machine will oper
ate 30 machine drills, giving the rn^ie
i total of 90 drills, and a total com
pressor capacity of 9,000 cubic feet
of free air per minute.
This compressor is tho second of $ts
typo to be installed by the Alaska
Gastincau company and will supply
sufficient pressure to take care of the
vork of the mine for an extended
period of time. These two compres
sors are the only two of their sort
•.n the territory, the bolt-drive var
iety being in general use. Both com
pressors are air -started the firse being
>f the variably capacity and tho scc
rnd of constantcapacity The motor
if the new machine has a capacity of
560 horse power. *
, ■ -♦
REVENUE LAW WILL
PRODUCE GOOD SURPLUS
_ «
Tho Territorial revenue law is work
ing better than its authors believed
that it would, according to Territor
ial Counsel J. H. Cobb. That it will
produce more money than the Legis
lature appropriated is the belief of
both Mr. Cobb and Territorial Treas
ure Walstcin G. Smith.
Mr. Cobb thinks the Territorial in
come from taxes will amount this
year to $200,000 or $225,000—wliiclf
will probably be from $50,000 to $75,
000 in excess to the expenditures un
der tho appropriation bills. Whilg
Mr. Smith said that he had rnado
no attempt to make any estimates, he
thought it likely that Mr. Cobb’s fig
ures are not far out of the way.
“That the law will produce more
than tho expenditures will amount to
there is no reason to doubt,” said
Mr. Smith. “It is a'most certain that
a good many of tho Legislative ap
propriations will not be used in full,
and the income is likely to be quite
a lot in excess of tho total appropria
tions. ’ ’
If the law should work out as Mr.
Cobb and Mr. Smith expect it to de
velop there should be no extra ses
sion of the Legislature, the Third ses
sion of the Alaska Legislative Acccm
bly will find a surplus of from $100,
000 to $200,000 when it convenes next
year. Tho wide range of this esti
mate is due to uncertainty as to the
growth of Alaska during tho year and*
consequent uncertainty as to increase
in revenue production in 1916 over
1915.
“Tho best part of the measure.”
said Mr. Cobb, “is that it not only
produces a large revenuo without great
e.ost in its collection, but the burden
falls on those who possess the abil
ity to pay tlio tax, and it is homo
by the natural resources of the coun
try rather than by struggling home
builders.”
Tho revenue law was adopted by
the legislature after a protracted do- ‘
bate. Many of the members of the |
Legislature favored the valuation of
property and the collection of a pro
rata tax from it. Others opposed this
system on account of tho cost that
fthc assessment and collection of tax
es under it would entail. The prop
erty assessment plan would have re
quired assessors in each division with
numerous deputies and tax collectors.
Tho system adopted is a license and
income tax system of tho Federal gov
ernment. Tho taxes are collected di
rectly by the Territorial Treasurer__
Juneau Empire.
-♦
THE WORLD WAR A YEAR AGO
TODAY—SEPT 8
i
—
Russians were attacking south of
Lemberg, on Dniester river.
British and French Fifth army
drove vonKluk toward the Marne,
flic Sixth French army repulsed by
vonKluk’s right flank. vonBuelow’s
xriny. east of vonKluk, was forced
back on Rheims.
Germans drove the French on Mio
Ourcq back three miles, bending tlio
enemy’s lines to face from oast to
north. J
Persistent reports of Russian troops
on French soil.
* i