AMERICAN SEArLANE TRAIN
ING CAMP, CENTRA ITALY, May
25.—Americans in training here to
become submarine hunters an? coast
protectors combine hard work and se
rious study, varied by occasional trips
to a nearby town or, less frequently,
to Rome.
This is the first school in Italy for
Uncle Sam’s aerial sailors. The at
tend lectures, learn French and Ital
ian. go through all the lessons up to
“solo” flying, when they are allowed
to fly alone, thence on through care
ful training to the time when they are
recommended as lit for officers. Next
their names travel over the Atlantic
to the war department, and finally
they become officers, and have their
names enrolled among the fighters of
the United States.
“1 know of no greater glory than
that of being an aviator,” said the
American ambassador, Thomas Nel
son Tage, to some of them at a
lunch given in their honor.
Their camp is located near the
banks of one of the volcanic lakes in
the mountains north of Rome. The
winter and spring have been mild and
the student aviators have been flying
almost every day since they came,
under the direction of Italian instruc
tor pilots. They utilize the lake for
On their Saturday afternoon and
Sunday holidays they ride over to a
cathedral town set on a big rock and
they go to church, see the sights,
spend a little money on restaurant
food, possibly put up over night at
one of the many little hotels that
are languishing here since the war
cut off tourist traffic, and they ride
back again Monday morning for a
new week’s training.
Those fortunate enough to have
toothache or teeth in the need of re
pair maj go to Rome for that pur
pose. Uncle Sam not having yet pro
vided a dentist exclusively for this
camp as he has at the bigger camp
for aviators in the south of Italy. As
teeth connect with the nerves which
are supposed to regulate the sense of
equilibrium, it will be understood
just how important commanding offi
cers consider such troubles. Without
a proper sense of equilibrium a man
can’t fly without running the risk of
breaking his neck or a valuable ma
chine.
Sometimes money becomes a draw
back to the Rome excursion, in view
of the irregularities of pay days. One
sharp youth from Missouri overcame
this handicap by borrowing French,
English or American money from his
comrades. In Rome he exchanged
this for Italian paper money at the
rate of eight and one-half lire to the
dollar, spent what was necessary to
see the sights and returned to the
camp with more money than he had
when he started. He repaid his debts
at the rate of five lire to the dollar.
ANNUAL MEETING OF
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO
SEATTLE, Wash., May 25.—The
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Alaska Steamship company
was held during the month in the of
fice of Vice-President Baxter, in the
Colman building, Seattle, at which the
directors elected for the year were
Stephen Birch, F. R. Raiff, W. E.
Bennett, R. W. Baxter, E. S. Pegram,
W. T. Ford, W. H. Bogle, W. B.
Sprague and R. R. Pierson. No chan
ges were made in the officers as elect
ed at a special meeting in January,
following the death of former Presi
dent Eccles, Stephen Birch being re
elected president, R. W. Baxter vice
president, W. H. Bogle, second vice
president, W. E. Bennett, third vice
president.
The report of the president cover
ing a general statement of the affairs
of the company and the financial
statement as of December 31,'/1917,
was read, showing the company to
have continued in its career of devel
opment.
The insurance department of the
Emergency Fleet corporation, which
was organized in December, li)17,
was established to centralize all the
insurance affairs of the corporation
as a unit in the auditing division. The
duties of this department embrace the
administration of all matters pertain
ing to insurance in connection with
properties in which the corporation
is interested, as well as the operation
of a scheme of self-insurance in con
nection with vessels being built
throughout the country.
This plan of self-insurance, com
monly referred to as fund insurance,
also contemplates the assumption of
insurance risks on plants and other
work undertaken by the corporation
as owners, including the manufacture
and transportation of materials where
such interests are solely at the corp
! oration’s risk.
The principle of self-insurance, as
it applies to properties and vessels
owned or under construction for the
Emergency Fleet corporation, was de
termined upon by officials of the
| corporation after exhaustive study.
It has always been the practice, in
connection with vessels under course
of construction, for an owner to re
quire the ship-builder to furnish in
surance of the broadest nature to pro
tect the owner for cash advances or
other investments made during the
process of building. This method of
self-insurance constitutes a new de
parture in protection of shipbuilding
risks.
In view of the fact that builders
are relieved of the necessity of plac
ing insurance, the risks of building
being assumed by the insurance fund,
a deduction is to be made from the
contract purchase price paid for each
vessel equivalent to the . sum that
would otherwise have been paid for
the customary insurance protection.
The*sums so deducted are to be held
in reserve to cover any losses which
might occur.
KELL! SAYS
After spending the winter in the
states in the interests of his mining
property, the Brooklyn and Milo Kelly
mines in the Willow creek district
Milo Kelly returned to Anchorage on
the Alameda and is at his home await
ing weather conditions preparatory to
! visiting the mines.
Development work on an extended
; scale will be carried on this season on
the Brooklyn and the Kelly mines ac
cording to Mr. Kelly and as soon as
[the weather conditions permits active
work will begin.
j The Willow creek camp will develop
into one of the richest gold camps in
Alaska said Mr. Kelly and that as
soon as the war is won outside capital
will begin coming in in great amounts
and will mean that the camp will rap
idly come to the front. A lively inter
est is being shown by Seattle people
in the development of the camp and
great things are expected of it there.
APPLY IT!
Now, since the Congress passed a law
That’s not so bloomin’ ‘chicken
hearted’,
The time seems ripe when we should
see—
Some things are stopped, or ‘some
thing started.’
We now may deal with Traitors, who
Cause Liberty to Bleed and Weep,
Who ‘Rah for Freedom ’till they’re
Blue,
And “Hoch der Kaiser”—in their
sleep.
The Pacifist, with Yellow7 Soul,
Who would his Honest Duties shirk,
Must cleanse his Tongue, or hunt his
hole,
Together with the ‘I WONT WORK.’
Our Home-growm brand of Bolsheviki
Who would our Honored Flag assail.
Will switch his ‘system’ P. D. Quick,
Or spend his Thirty Years in Jail.
Would that each man might see and do
His duty,—and with all his might
Contribute his best efforts that
The Earth be freed from Greed and
Might.
(Signed) AN AMERICAN.
It often happens that after a man
recovers consciousness in the hospital
he is walling to admit that he mis
judged his enemy.
With the American and Italian
flags flying and the Moose band play
ing patriotic airs the members of the
Fourteenth infantry detachment of
United States soldiers under com
mand of Lieut. Thomas B. Longre and
the members of the Home Guard com
manded by Capt. Thomas Dwyer pa
raded east on Fifth avenue and west
on Fourth avenue last night in honor
of Italy day, which was appropriately
celebrated in Anchorage yesterday.
A float artistically decorated with
the American and Italian colors and
a wealth of flowers appeared in the
parade between the soldiers of the
Fourteenth infantry and the Home
Guard. The places of honor on the
float were occupied by Miss Popp and
Miss Affleck, both of whom were
robed in the colors of both countries.
At the conclusion of the parade a
! short address was delivered by John
| F. Coffey in front of the United
! States marshal’s office. A dance at
j Eobarts’ hall later in the evening
! closed the day’s celebration.
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10 FORESTALL
THE I. N. W.’S
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—
It is announced in Washington today
that a naval patrol will be established
along the southern coast of Alaska,
for the purpose of forestalling activi
ties of Industrial Workers of the
W orld leaders.
It has been brought to the attention
of the authorities that leaders of this
organization are seeking to create
strikes among cannery employes at
various points in Alaska. Naval
; patrol boats will ply along the coast
' and gather up those guilty of stirring
up trouble among the men. Under the
recently enacted sedition law, these
i agitators may be vigorously prose
cuted.
13 GERMANS
ARE EXECUTED
LONDON, Mary 25.—Fishermen arc
authority for the statement that thir
teen German sailors have been sen
| fenced to death by a German court
martial, on the charge of attempted
; treason, growing out of the British
raid on the German submarine bases
at Zeebrugge and Ostend. The German
authorities charge that the sailors
j sought to aid the British raiders.
TWO AMERICAN"
AVIATORS KILLED
—
| WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—
j General Pershing reports that two
I American aviators, First Lieutenant
| Wralter Barnby and Lieutenant Cor
I bett, died Wednesday, as : result of
| an aeroplane fall. Both were decorat
ed with the war cross before dying.
Barnby was a resident of Sumner,
Washington.
S. S. SALVERADO
ADRIFT ON OCEAN
PACIFIC PORT, May 28. — The
steamer Salverado, from Honolulu, is
reported in distress sixty miles off this
port. The vessel lost its rudder and is
drifting helplessly about on the ocean.
Tugboats have been dispatched to the
scene.
NEVER TOGETHER.
“Do you spend many evenings at
home together?”
“We spend many evenings at home,
but not together. You see, one or two
night a week I stay at home to mind
the children while the wife goes to the
movies, and then she stays home for
the same purpose while I go to lodge
i or elsewhere.”
ACTIVITY
The plant of the Franklin Packing
company, Capt. A. W. Thomas, man
ager, is being constructed on Hoodoo
Island, Prince William Sound. The
plant will prepare herring and salt
salmon.
The cannery of the Alaska Packing
& Navigation company located at
Fresh Water Pay, about 85 miles from
Juneau, is being constructed by C. W.
Bender.
It is reported that the Carlson can
nery at Taku harbor, has been pur
chased by Libby, McNeil & Libby.
Pinnacle Rock Canning company
have opened a new clam canning plant
at Cordova.
The Bell Island Canning company
David Moss president, has purchased
the cannery of the Ketchikan racking
company at Ketchikan and is prepar
ing to enlarge it to a capacity of 9000
cases.
The Alaska By-Products company,
Alfred Curtis of Blaine, president, is
erecting a plant at Ketchikan for the
production of fish meal and oil.
Petersburg Packing company has
purchased the equipment of the Chat
ham Straits Packing company at
Washington bay and Idaho inlet and
will operate salteries at these stations
and a store at Washington bay.
The Southern Alaska Canning com
pany, Finer Beyer, has taken over the
I Northern Trading and Packing com
pany’s plants at Saginaw Bay and
j Port Alexander. In both plant salt
| fish will be prepared.
The Marathon Fishing and Packing
1 company, operating the floating can
! nery barge “Amelia” will locate the
barge at Petersburg during the com
ing season. The barge is equipped to
put up a pack of from thirty to forty
thousand cases of salmon.
A new halibut bank has been located
off Porpois island, near Hoonah.
The one-line cannery of William Se
mar of Sitka has been completed.
T. P,. Keenan, of Juneau, contem
plates the erection of a salmon can
I nery at Douglas.
■ Pioneer Clam Cannery, of Cordova,
has resumed operations with improv
i ed equipment and is employing about
| 200 people.
Lighthouse Canning company of
; Cordova, has started operations with
an enlarged plant that is employing
I 75 people.
The Sitka Canning company, of
j Sitka, is declared to be a sort of deli
catessen canning establishment, fitted
j with enamled washing tubs and vats,
presided over by white waisted, white
; aproned Thlinket ladies.
MERCANTILE.
The Marshall Newman company, of
| Juneau, has absorbed the business of
I the L. P. Davis Motor company, and
i are now prepared to conduct a general
j plumbing, garage and Ford sales
> agency business.
The Boston & Leader stores at Ju
neau owned by M. Michael and George
! Corey, respectively have been combin
! ed and will reopen in the old Louvre
location as a department store.
Four hundred and fifty reindeer car
casses are now in cold storage at j
Nome awaiting shipment south by the
first boats.
The Juneau Furniture company is
preparing to retire from business.
Suffecooi & Itzen has opened an
undertaking establishment at Skag
way.
A sawmill has recently been estab
lished at Takotna by Wr. Weedman.
Cordova Machine Works have mov
ed to new quarters on the Sitka dock
where they occupy a building 36 by 60
feet and are prepared to handle all
machine and blacksmith work.
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Construction has started on a new
dredge for the Fail-banks Gold Mining
company located on Fairbanks creek.
KNOWING GEOGRAPHY.
Two highly polished and white-clad
children ,a boy and a girl, got into a
Sixth avenue “L” train and proceeded
to distract the attention of patient
Sunday readers.
“I would of skepped from th’ fourth
to th’ sixth garde on’l fer ’rithmetie,”
said the boy. “I didn’t have no mis
take except in geography, besides
everything wrong in ’rithmetie. I said
the animals that come out of shells
and inhabit the desert is camels, and
by right it’s ostriches.”
“Well, that’s wrong,” said the girl.'
“Ostriches don’t inhabit th’ desert—
they just run around on top of it. The
answer is Arabs.”—New York Herald.
(Codova Times)
J. E. Riley, one of the best-known
mining operators of interior Alaska,
who for several years past has oper
ated dredges on Otter creek, in the
Iditarod district, was shot and in
stantly killed on Sunday, May 5, by
Mailo Cegaro, a Montenegrin wood
chopper, according to a dispatch from
Iditarod.
The crime took place in Riley’s
boiler house. While the victim was
repairing the boiler, with his back
turned, Cegara fired three shots from
a .38-caliber Colt pistol, which enter
ed Riley’s back.
The physician said that any one of
the shots would have proved fatal.
The operator died without uttering a
word. The murderer threw the gun
in the snow. He was arrested a short
distance from the boiler house by the
employes and escorted to Riley’s of
fice and placed under an armed guard
until the arrival of the deputy mar
shal from Flat City.
The coroner’s jury brought in a
verdict of guilty, and Cegara was
placed in the jail at Flat City.
The controversy which resulted in
Riley’s death arose over some wood
cut by the prisoner and his two part
ners for Riley.
J. E. Riley, better known as
“George” Riley, was the senior mem
ber of the firm of Riley & Marston,
which firm was dissolved last fall, Ri
ley buying out his partnuers. He had
operated in the Fairbanks district,
and was one of the first operators in
the Iditarod district. In 1913 he in
stalled a dredge on Otter creek, and
later another one on one of that
stream’s tributaries. He acquired
large interests in the Tolstoi, which
proved to be of little value and which
resulted in much litigation.
At the time of his death Riley was a
member of the territorial road com
mission for the fourth division, and
was known as a most enterprising
and energetic operator, though of a
somewhat erratic disposition.
Platinum in paying quantities and
tremendous deposits of lignite coal
have been located on Hyas river, a
tributary of the Skwentna river, ac
cording to a statement made today
by Helmer Rundin, a well known
prospector, who arrived in Anchorage
yesterday from the Skwentna district
on the power boat J. J. from Susitna
station.
Mr. Rundin, who has spent the past
six months in the Hyas river country
feels certain,that with a proper work
ing of the ground paying quantities
of platinum may be mined. The great
dificulty according to Mr. Rundin is
the presence of water which renders
the working of the ground at this
time particularly difficult. He will
return in the fall and remain there
for the winter, working with a drill
and will thoroughly prospect the
ground in this manner.
Coal deposits of tremendous dimen
sions exist along the Hyas river and
veins from fourteen to sixteen feet
are in evidence in numerous places.
The coal, says Mr. Rundin, is like
pine knots and will burn readily in
a Yukon stove.
MURDERER GETS
UFE SENTENCE
KALAMA, Wash., May 28.—Will
iam Homer, who confessed to the
murder of Mrs. Bassett and her two
children near Kelso, Washington, one
day last week, was yesterday sen
tenced to serve a life term in the
Walla Walla penitentiary.
POOR OLD PAW.
Willie—Paw?
Paw—What is it, my son?
Willie—Could you say that a chief
of police is a copperhead?
Paw—Willie, you had better shut
up!
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT.
Unlike some humans, a fly washes
his feet 40 times a day!^
CACHE CREEK >
DREDGE STARTS
ABOUT Ml
CACHE CREEK, May 19.—(Special
Correspondence)—Owing to the deep
snow and the late spring, the big
Cache creek dredge will not start
running until Jupe 1.
Jim Murray made a flying trip to
Talkeetna. Made it from Talkeetna
to the dredge in seven hours’ travel
ing time. The Mining Queen, Mrs.
Anna Bub, is at her old tricks and is
setting a pace for us old-timers. She
has her flumes all shoveled out and
new' gates and boxes all ready to turn
the water in the pit the minute the
water comes up. She also has her
garden ready and the fact that there
is ten feet of snow around the edges
of the garden plot does not seem to
bother her in the least.
All the prospectors have finished
their freighting. There is a crewT of
fifty men at the dredge. Casper Seil
ing, superintendent of the Anna Bub
mine, made a trip this week to Mc
Dougal and left his mother’s dogs
there for the summer.
Every one is anxious to see the
break-up, as no mail has come to . 0
McDougal or Cache creek since April
15. Mrs. Bub was the first in our
district to put the eight-hour law into
effect and says that a good man can
do more in eight hours than a poor
one can in fifteen hours. Charles
Harris will leave in a few days for
a business trip to Talkeetna. The new
trail between here and Talkeetna will
be the one in use no doubt from now
on. ^
TEDDV BLAMES
THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25.—
| The reply of Col. Theodore Roosevelt
! to Postermaster General Burleson, in
| the controversy over the alleged dis
1 crimination by the post office depart
ment in the treatment of anti-admin
istration publication. It is charged
that the administration played for and
against different magazines and news
papers. Roosevelt places the blame
on the president, whom he declares is
responsible. Senator Poindexter of
Washington presented the Rooseveit
letter to the senate today.
REFLECTIONS
Kaiser Bill, your propaganda
Lacks the ‘kick’ to ever land-a
Knock-out blow, or even hand-a
‘Man-sized jolt; nay, nay!
But the kind that we’ll distribute,
To your downfall, will contribute, ^
And to Honor you’ll pay tribute,
Some sweet Day.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. A. W. LUEDERS
DISEASES OF
Men and Women.
626 -4th Ave. - - Anchorage
C. H. SUNDMACHER
LAWYER
Notary Public.
Bolte Bldg. - Anchorage, Alaska
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LAWYERS
Lathrop Bldg., Anchorage, Ala
IB. C. NICHOLS
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