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E. Gideon Carcross, Y. T.
E. L. Pllimau Atlin^ B. C.
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THEY WANT AX KXtTSE
Just now som«j o' the Democrats
are scrambling hard for some sort
oi excuse for criticizing Senator
Borah. The item providing the ex
cuse "« of small moment. Any
thing will do. At this moment
th.y have conceived the notion that
the senator slipped in voting a
gaiast the government contiol of
wires. The senator's attitude in
congress is as clear ai day, and
that Is what hurts the erudite Jet*
f» rsouians.
When he voted against the gov
'latent control of wires—teiephon'
t ft:rat>h and cable—we are firmly
of the belief th^it he refused to
'•ttil hi indorsement to u. project
st 'j destined for trouole in the
tuxe.
Xhiough the past few months
livad and various other corpora
te have b.*en "taken over" by
the governiUHst, admittedly for war
purposes, aud r opably useful un
ilt>r single cont,ei to that end. It
should be bornc yi mind that these
enterprises have not been conCiscat
ed, bu» are controlled. On the
face of things there was a sugges
tion that the control was exercised
oecause of laoor conroversies ap
pearing on the surface in sinister
manner. Thus labor was partially
mollified, while the owners, operat
ors and stockholders were permitted
to oreathe freely in the earning
of regular dividends, while duck
. g the responsiDuitv or operation.
The same Bituaflonffls involved in
the wire control measure, various
reasoas, aside from the real one,
bein? intimated as crobable justifies
tioa for the exercise of governments
control, assuming, of course, that
some measure of merit exists in the
control. Ther.j is to criticism of
the plan, gave waere Democrats
would take advantage of the mo
tive, which they are slyly doing.
As & matter ot fact it is a
pretty definite proposition that
this control business inspired more
by the corporations than any other
agency. Vr'hile situations are up
set they would piefer protection
'o taking a chance on individual
operation, and prefer that the gov
ernment operate where they might
get nto trouble. Envelopments a
long that line would almost induoe
one to laugh aloud, when day af
ter day adroit methods are being
uncovered, and through the use
o' pliant quantities, cue after one
of the big corporations is taking
shelttu* under the administrative
wing. The wi"e companiee are nd
protesting the control. The coal
companies didn't. The railroads
didn't. There was a semblance of
moderate resistance that the ad
justment might-be suitable for
the time, out in-, realiay there was
not the slightest corporate opposi
tion. u..
The paekirs are promoting a
V?at publicity campaign Just now.
Is™k%£dl
V. S. Food Ailmiattrition.
Baking: powder biscuits, co'n
bread, muffins, brown bread, grid
dle cakes en waffles is wot dey
call "quick breads."
You all ma!:s8 'em wid one cup
er wheat fJcur ter two cups er
substitute C'ar to save all de
wheat dat 1 in Ve saved fer de
sojers. P«ma ' !!>s kin Kit er'lon?
widout a-y vhcat at all and are
glad to do it tor help win de war.
Dat ain't bad med'eine to take,
fo' who's gwine tu'n up his nose
at cood co'n bread er biscuits er
flapjaeks?
showing the "injustice" being done
mem by the puDlic in not imposing
the most implicit faith.
Most of thes© mild and weil
arr&nged protests may very con
sistently be billed out as camouflage
and the gentle inspiration is to De
found in the soft and yielding bos
om of every public service body
at thi$ time.
There ia the sfladow of possi
bility that Senator Borah Is look
ing ahead to considerable degree,
and declined to Indorse one-sided
confoination that in the no distant
future may be very material stumbl
ing stones to the period of recon
struction.
The fighting is not going to
last as long as some agencies are
wont to make us believe, and it is I
beyond the bounds of rational |
prediction to figure that the sound I
of the last gun, will be heard be
for Christmas, and the boys head
ed homeward. The war natural'y
will nQt be over for a considerable
period after hostilities cease, and
it is during the reconstructive per
iod that internecine trouble will
develop. Our far-seeing and think
ing men have this in mln4, and are
following the wax program to the
letter, but maintaining a firm
judgment on the wisdom of some
things that later will hare to be
weighed in careful manner.
If the Democrats can pick any
flaws in Senator Borah's sys
tem for using his Drains, or can
snap at his heels ar every oppor
tunity and get anything out of it,
they are quite welcome to the
pastime.—Ex.
\Y VR REVENUES COME
FROM MANY 90URCE8
Washington, Aug 16.—How the
government war coffers were filled
wita billions in taxes gathered
from a wide variety of sources,
rangine from stamps on pUylng
cards ♦ " huge levies on excess Prof
its. v-as shown in detail today by
a report, of Internal Revenue Com
missioner Roper to Secretary Mc
Adoo * r the year ending last June
30. The figures will be used by
the house ways and. means commit
tee in framing the new revenue
bill.
To al internal r«venue for the
year amounted to $3,694,703,000,
of which $2,839,084,000' came from
income and excess Profits tax pay
ments in June and $855,619,000
from a multitude of miscellaneous
sources, collected largely in pen
nies, dimes and quarters, added to
the Drices of various articles paid
by consumers.
Collections for the entire year
were only enough tc pay the na
tion's blllfl for two and a half
montns of the war a* the rate the
eoverament is now spending money.
Next fro Income an* excess profits
taxes, the backbone of the revenue
schedule, liquor taxes, brought in
the most money, $.44 43,838,000, in
cluding $317,553,000 from whiskey
brandy, wine and soirits, and $126,
285,000 from beer and other fer
mented liquors. Taxes on cigars,
cigarettes and other tobacco pro
ducts yielded $156,188,000. These
figures are somewhat higher than
those reported soon after the close
of the "year by Commissioner Roper
and are subject to further slight
modifications.
After income, excess Profits,
liquor and tobacco taxes, the big
gest yield came from transporta
tion and utilities, amounting to ,
$70,734,000, divided as follows: ,
Freight, 3 per cent. $3.0.002.000; (
passenger tickets, 8 per cent, $24,- (
1306.000; express. 5 per cent, $6,
458,000; berths and staterooms, 10 ,
pe- cent, $2,236,000; telephone, tel- i
egraph and radio messages, 5 cents j
each, $6,299,000; oil pipe llnee, 5 ]
per cent, $1,433,000. ,
Lev'es on estates of deceased ,
persons brought in. $47,452,000. |
Amusements, such as theaters, j
cabarets, etc., taxed at virtually 10 ]
Per cent on the admission price,
yWdW $26,357^00. f
X notable feature of the report
Was the item of only 112,995,000
collected in excise taxes on sale of
articles usually classed as luxuries
—piano players, moving: picture
films, jewelry, perfumes, cosmetics,
proprietary medicines, chewing
gum, cameras and yachts. The ad
ministration program this year calls
for raising about a billion dollars
from luxuries.
Taxes Jn the value of capital
stock of corporation last year
amonuted to $24,996,000; on manu
facturers or dealers in automobiles
and motorcycles, $23,981,000; on
munition manufacturers, $13,296;
000; documentary stamp taxes, im
posed since Decemner 1, 1917, pro
duced $18,813,000.
Club dues, taxed at 10 per cent,
yielded $2,259,000.
Taxes on insurance policies a
mounted to $6,492,000; on oelo
margarine, $2,636,000; on bowling
alleys, pool and billiard taDles,
$1,086,000; on theater, circu^ and
museum proprietors, $865,000, anc
on stock brokers, $333,0000.
Tbe volume of taxes collected
during the year is shown by com
parison with those of the year pre
ceding, -when total collections were
$809,3913.000.
U. S. DESTROYER COMMISSIONS
70 DAYS AFTER KEEL LAID
Washington, Aug. 16.—Secretary
Daniels this morning announced tha
he had received a telegram stating
that the U S. destroyer Ward was
put into commission at Mare island
Navy Yard, Cal., "0 days after her
keel was laid.
"This oreaks the world's record,"
said the Secretary in making the
announcement. "Before the war
from 20 to 24 months were re
quired to complete a destroyer. The
keel o' the Ward was lad on May
15 at 7:30 a. m. The vessel was
launched at 8:30 p.m . June 1—
17% days after her keel was laid.
She was put into commission June
24—70 days after the laying of
the keel.
"The Ward was built at the Mare
Island Navy Yard, which has set a
last oace in destroyer construction,
and in building the Ward has made
a new world's record."
FORMER ALASKA LAWYER
(JETS GOOD appointment
Seattle, Aug. 15. — Attorney R.
E. Capers, formerly attorney for the
Copper River railway at Cordova,
and well known throughout Alaska,
has Deen appointed assistant to
United States Attorney General Clar
ence L. Rearaes ai Seattle. Un
der the direction of Mr. Reames
Mr. Capers will handle selective
draft cases, violations of the es
pionage act, and suits and other
proceedings for the cancellation of
naturalization certificates of dis
loyal citizens. The office is an
important one and carries a good
salary.
BROADENS REQUEST RELATIVE
MOVEMENT OF SHU'S
Washington, Aug. 15. — Secre
tary Daniels makes the following
request:
To the press in America:
I issued a request to the Press
in America on Jui.v 6, 1918, to
eliminate any mention, either in
the advertising^ or news columnns,
of the Bailing, or departure, or lo
cation. or supposed location, of
any ship in American waters.
I am very haopy to say that
there has been hearty and complete
compliance with this request, and
that the cooperation of the press
lias aided the Navy Department
greatly in its work.
Experience, however, has demon
strated the fact that the request
should not have been limited to
American waters, and that the pub
lication of the sailing, departure,
ocation, and movements of ships
In foreign waters is also danger
Jus and should not be made. I
un therefore, amending my request J
>y adding "or in o'her waters." The
(mended request is as follows:
"The appearance of submarines
>n the Atlantic coast makes it im
perative that no mention' should be
nade in any newsoaper, either in
he advertising or news columns,
>f the sailing or departure, or lo
cation, or supposed location, o!
tuy ihip in American or other wat
ers.
"This information conveyed, by
tdverlising is as dangerous as in
he news columns, and I am mak
ng 'his request to all the news
>apers in the country in the as
urance that they will cooperate
with the Government in its efforts
o prevent any information about
hip6 reaching submarines which
nay r>o off the Atlantic coast."
JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
FORMED HOSPITAL ERECTED
III TEN HOURS AND 38 MINUTES
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The following statement is au
thorized by the War Department:
Under the direction of the Con
struction Division of the Army a
40-6ed hospital ward was recently
erected and ready tor occupancy in
10 hoars and 38 minutes. The blind
ing *s an addition to the hospital
establishment of General Hospital
No. 10, known, as th,» Fix Hills
Clearing Hospital, at Staten Is
land, N. Y
The building is s one-story frame
structure, with ' a convelesclng
porch, and has an addition to tba
ward a diet kitchen, surgical dress
ing room, linen roqm, bath,
ward officers' toilets. it is 156
feet long by 24 feet wide. The
porch is 10% feet wide ai]d runs
the length of one side of the build
ing. • .
When work was begun at 7 o'
clock in the morning not a post
hole had been dug and no other pre
parations were made beyond that
I which Is always done before work
begins on a building. The four
corner posts only hsd been Bet to
indicate the extreme dimensions of
the building. Considerable of the
lumber for use on the building was
I in progress. Even the foundatioa
posts had to be lined up by instru
ments and sawed to the proper
length.
Promptly at 7 o'clock 1130 la
borers under two foremen began to
dig the postholes. This work was
finished in eight jninutes. During
the next hour 434 men, carpenters,
plumbers, ajid electricians, were
occupied on the building. As fast
as the carpenters set th(.ir boards
the plumbers began to set their
pipes and the electricians to run
their wires. During the next hour
the number of workmen was in
creased to 450 men. Between 11
EAT FISH THIS WINTER AND
SAVE MEAT
After the season is over at the
fish canneries and the weather gets
colder, I will pack some silver sal
mon and chum bellies mixed in
small Barrels, about 60 lbs. of fish
lor family use, at ' 16 cents per
pound. I will also smoke some
strips at 25 cents per pound. As
barrels are scarce give your or
ders *t once. &s prices may ad
vance, so that I may m^ke prepar
ation to care for your wants. Leave
yours orders in an envelope marked
"Fish" this office. Delivery will
be made the first part of October.
K. A. Paykell, Pyramid Harbpr.
Sat. Tues. Thurs.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULE
The schedule of steamship ar
rival# from the south during
August, according to the yari
month of July, according to the yari
ous steamship company's schedule
aa published elsewhere In this pa
per, is as follows:
ARRIVE LEAVE
2 Rupert ' ' 3
6 Alaska 6
6 Alaska 5
7 Spokane • 7
8 Jefferson 8
8 Sophia 9
9 George 10
12 Northwestern 12
14 Alice 16
16 Seattle I6
16 Rupert 17
20 Alameda 20
20 Jefferson 20
20 Spokane ! 20
21 Sophia 1 22
23 George 24
2S Seattle | 28
28 Alaska "* 28
<30 Rupert " F- 31
31 Jefferson ' 3 J.
31 Sobhia 31
NOTICE OP FINAL ACCOUNT
la the U. S. Commissioner's Court
for the Territory of Alaska at Skag
way )n probate In the matter of
the estate fo 8. H. Yeomans, exe
cutrix of the estate above • stated
has filed ia the above entitled court
her final account of the estate of
the said deceased, and the hearing;
of same has bean fixed for Satur
day the 28th day of September,
1918 at two o'clock in the after
noon. of said day at the court room
in the federal court house at Bkag
way, and all persons having Inter
est in said estate are notified then
and there to appear and file any
objections they may have to. said ac
count and to show cause, if any the
have, why said final account should
not be allowed.
Mrs. Ella Mary Yeomans.
Administratrix.
Dated at Skagwsy, Alaska, this
27th day of July, 1918.
and 12 o'clock 566 men were em
ployed. At noon the roof had been
finished and all windows had been
fitted. At this time the following1
men were working: One carpenter
superintendent, 2 general .carpenter
foremen, 15 carpenter foremen,
3071 carpenters, 6 carpenters' la
.boV foremen, 61 laborers, l plum
bers' superintendent, 4 plumbers'
foremen, 16 plumbers, 29 plumbers'
laborers, 1 electrical superintend- i
ent, 2 electrical foremen, 2Z electri
cians, 1 pteam-fitters' superintend
ent, .4 steam-fitters' superintendent,
4 steam-fitters' foremen, 30 steam
fitters, 30 Bteam-fUters' helpers, 1
concrete foremen, 12 concrete work
ers, 1 cement- finishers' foreman^ 4
cement finishers. 1 metal-lathers'
foreman, 2 metal lathers, 1 pipe
coverers' foreman, 4 pipe coverers^
4 pipe-coverers' helpers, 1 sheet
metal workers' foreman and 3 sheet i
metal workers. From noon to 3 o'- j
iclock more than 500 men worked on
the building. At 3:30 the eloctri-|
clans, plumbers, sheet-metal work- |
ers, and pipe coverers had finished, j
At 4:30 only 88 carpenters re
mained at work ,and at 5:38 the
last nail was driven.
The finished building was fully |
wired; the lights , ready to be |
switched ou; water was running in j
the oipes. All the radiaotrs had I
been set and hand extinguishers
w«re hanging on the wall when the
building was reported finished.
The C onstruction Division is J
prepare-* for similar work In all cai *
j tonments and camps should the i
[necessity for increased hospital fa- j
cilities arise. #
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