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NOME, ALASKA, OCT. 25, 1915.
News that the wireless telephone has
reached the point of development that
it is possible to send the human voice
nearly a third of the distance around '
the world comes with such startling,'
suddenness that one is apt to overlook
the full significance of this latest '
achievement of science. The announce
ment from the government wireless
station at Arlington, Va„ that the hu
man voice has been heard across the
wide Atlantic and has also crossed the
continent and been heard distinctly by ;
the Honolulu station marks an epoch
in the development of world communi
cation and is the most wonderful '
achievement attained by man along 1
those lines. It is but a few months ago 1
that the world was given the announce- 1
metn that the human voice had been 1
transmitted across the American con
tinent by means of the usual wire ap
paratus. This was then thought to be
a distinct achievement and was re
garded us the beginning of a new era
in communication which would ulti
mately result in bringing the human
race into closer touch and fellowship
besides resolving many of the difficul
ties of commerce and industry.
Scarcely six months have passed
since this was recorded as practically
the ultima thule of scientific achieve
ment along the lines of communication
but it already cast into the back
ground before this newer and more
wonderful development which speeds
the voice over a still greater range
on the mysterious ether waves em
ployed in wireless telegraphy. As in
the case of so many other remarkable
developments of science during recent
years, one is very apt to lose sight of
the true wonder of it. We have grown
used to wonderful things during the
past few decades. Science has literal- 1
ly burled us beneath a flood of remark
able developments that would have !
caused our forbears to anticipate the
coming of final chaos through viewing j
them as tho heralding signs of earthly j
destruction. The telegraph, telephone, j
the phonograph and various other elec- I
trical wonders have all been perfected
within the memory of persons yet liv
ing hut the real wonder of them is
lost to us for the very reason that one
development has followed the othe
| with such rapidity that we have hardly
had time to speculate on the one mar
vel before another appeared.
This h.-s in turn led to a singularly
blase attitude which has ceased to
marvel at anything, however wonder
ful it might be. Today we look upon
the achievements of science and the
perfections of human art as heritages
of our day and age and wonder not at
all at anything through it be a some
thing that revolutionizes the affairs of
mankind. Wonders are dally multiplied
before our eyes but we hardly stop to
take more than a glance and waste
but a moment In wonder before turn
ing away. The world is being made
an entirely different place but we real
ize it not. Within the memory of liv
ing man has occurred a change In hu
man environments greator than has
marked the advancement of the race
during all previous periods of history.
A century ago we walked or rode some
cumbersome means of conveyance
when we journeyed; today we literally
speed upon the wings of the wind and
our messages lly through the ether
faster than the gale. The world has
been made so small that it requires
hut a second to reach to its uttermost
boundaries by means of mechanical ex
pression; tomorrow we will hurl our
speaking voices over the whole earth
and probably do It with as little re
gard for the marvel that has been ac
complished as if It were the veriest
commonplace thing.
SOLVING THE DYE PROBLEM.
Not long ago it was reported that
alrge amounts of American capital
were ready for Investment in the man
ufacture of dyestuffs, but large mills
continue to close their doors because
of the failure to get dyestuffs from
Germany.
Great 3ritatr» nas not yet been per
suade to life the ernbargo on the dyes
that are awaiting shipment in Germany.
Her control of the seas enables her to
forcp the closing of scores of American
textile mills. Meanwhile England her
self is manufacturing textiles and sell
ing them in competition with the Uni
ted States. She Is using the war for her
own commercial advantages, and not
merely for the purpose of starving out
Germany.
It must be clear by this time that
the administration, If it wishes Amer
icana to manufacture their own dye
stuffs, must meet the situation frankly.
There has been a determined effort by
administration officials to avoid the
jb\ ious necessity of a protective tariff.
The various substitutes which have
been suggested, such as an antidump
ing clause which would prevent Ger
many from deluging the American
market as soon as the war is over, do
not meet the situation.
The party In power may Just as well
recognize that capital will not be In
vested in the manufacture of dyestuffs
in this country until there Is a pro
tective tariff that will equal the differ
ence In the cost of production at home
and abroad. Germany has mastered
the art of making dyestuffs. The busi- I
■ss is in Us infancy in the .United
■ lutes. Aside from the disadvantage j
■ if inexperience. there is the additional
disadvantage that comes to the Amer- |
leans by reason of the payment of a j
higher standard of wages. ‘
Just as the tin plate, silk and other |
industries have been built up in the
United States so can the dyestuff In
dustry be built up. Until the govern
ment adopts the remedy which has
•rn used os successfully in the past
the country must continue to depend
upon the favor of foreign countries.—
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ALASKA
J NOTES
S. D. Pinkliani. United State* postal
Inspector, whose headquarters axe at
Spokane, Wash., arrived In the city on
the mall boat last Saturday and after
spending several days In checking up
the local postofflce, left on Tuesday
evening last on 'dene Norton's launch
the Comet, for Dikeman, to make con- j
neetlons with the Washburn. He Is on
his way to lower Yukon river points
and Nome, from whence he will take i
ship for Seattle.
As the result of colliding with a drift
pile at a point on the Tanana river
about fifteen miles below Chena. tho
steamer Marathon, her barge and a
cargo valued at about $2,000, are a
total loss. The accident happened at
an early hour on Saturday morning,
July 31, Four rfien, including W. R.
Sherwin, the owner of the boat, barely
escaped with their lives, but managed
to jump to safety on the drift pile, from
which they were rescued about seven
hours later by the government launch
Midnight Sun. The Marathon was on
her way to the log Jam on the Tolovana
river, loaded to the guards and pushing
a barge. Most of the freight was con
signed from Fairbanks to Hahan &
Gillis, merchants of the Tolovana. Nell
McDonald, the Tolovana mining man,
lost an outfit of 1,800 pounds of sup
plies in the wreck.
Dr. P. P. Claxton, federal commis
sioner of education. Is a Juneau visi
tor, says the Kmplre of July 29. He is
with W. T. Popp and W. U. Beattie, of
the Alaska educational service. Dr.
Clexton said: “I was sent out here by
Franklin K. Pane, secretary of the in
terior, to investigate the situation at
.Metlakahtla, with the view of arriving
at the easiest solution of the difficul
ties there. Any statement published
here that Father Duncan lias been un
ceremoniously ousted is not true. It
is a pity that such things are published. !
1 gave Futher Duncan to understand ;
that Annette island was lo be used fori
the benefit of the Southeastern Alaska
Indians, and not for the furtherance ^
uf the ambitious of any individual, and ;
1 talked with the Indian council there
while I visited Father Dunean's set- j
tlement. It will take some time to
adjust matters at Metlakahtla, and un
til it has been fully investigated I am
not at liberty to hazard any guesses
as to the outcome. I expect to go to
Haines tomorrow with Superintendent
Beattie and Mr. Popp, and will return
through here on my return from
Ketchikan. It is probable that I will
make another trip to Metlakahtla."
As the result of an argument, Julius
Miller was arrested at Olnes on July
31 and taken to Fairbanks, charged
with assault with a dangerous weapon.
Scotty Lamb is carrying an ugly
though not serious cut under his left
army as the result of the encounter.
Miller is one of the men later charged
with the murder of Mrs. Rowe. The
men were discussing the war, and as
the argument progressed it became
more bitter. Finally a scuffle ensued,
and Lamb threw Miller down a caved
In shaft, which was half full of water.
Miller scrambled out of the hole took
out his pocket knife and cut Lamb un
der the arm. Miller was the proprietor
of the Ninemile roadhouse, on the Val
dez trail, until this spring, when he
sold out. He was employed as cook
by Morgan on Dome creek. Scotty
Lamb is an old man, well known all
over the creek. He was not seriously
injured. i
J. A. Singleton, a Tanana Crossing
rancher, who has been In that district
for a number of years, is endeavoring
to get the government to sanction his
idea of domesticating a herd of cari
bou, and from them to raise enough
meat to supply the whole Interior. He
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bou, and has the means of taking caro
of them. He figures on securing a few
good specimens of caribou, and after
securing a number of calves, to set the
old ones at liberty. In this way, rais
ing the young caribou from the time
they are born, he thinks they can bo
domesticated without ditllculty, and the
government probably would have no
objection to such a proceeding. He
has consulted with Delegate Wicker
sham on the proposition, and he h*8
promised to give his support to the
undertaking, The delegate also sug
gested that he might find it easier to
raise and domesticated mountain sheep,
and It is possible that he will try to
j do so. His experiment will depend en
; tirely upon the way the government
I officials take to it.
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