Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1928, Page 44

DREDGES REPLACE ALASKA GOLD PAS Sands Worked by Early Sourdoughs to Be Treated Again by New Process. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (P).—Alaska's! golden heart is throbbing again, its beat | quickened by mechanical giants which | ere displacing the hardy prospector of the adventurous geid-rush days 30 years 880, ®Modern marvel of the gold industry, huge hydraulic dredges, supplemented with novel methods, have attracted new Iife to this vast district in the very heart of Alaska. Streams where the “sour- Gough” labored with pick and shovel will be mined again. $10,000,000 Project. ce and frozen earth, long the enemy er!zm Alaskan placer miner, have been conguered by extensive systems of cum»_I water thawing, and gold which the early fortune seeker failed to get will be taken by machinery from the gravel of many creeks s Large-scale operations, made possil by the expenditure of more than $10,- | 000,000, were started this Summer after two years of preparation. During this time the Fairbanks Exploration Co. & subsidiary of the United States Smelt- ing & Refining Co., constructed an 85-) mile canal and an electric power plant | velop 5,000 horsepower. i o e i of pipes was built to make possible the thawing of ice and frozen ground by the pressure of cold mm.gr, thus loosening the gold-bearing gravel for two dredges. This method of thaw- ing was adopted after carlier experi- ences with steam and the building of fires on the surface of the ground had | proved too costly. The company also erected here the farthest north fireproof office building in North America. 25 to 30 Years. ve more dredges will be added to e operations within the next two| vears. It will take from 25 to 30 years, | it 15 believed, to wash the known gold- bearing gravel beds near here, with ex- tensions to adjacent territory assuring| years of additional production. More than 1,000 persons were employed dur- ing the preliminary work, but with the start of actual mining this number was t that the hundreds of claims pur-| g}l\(;zsf-d by the exploration firm along in- terior streams will yield from $100,000,~ 000 to $150,000,000 in gold. Company | officers, however, make a_much lower | estimate of about $50,000,000. 4 Introduction of the gigantic plne}; operations has sent the population of Fairbanks upward, but the mushroom growth that followed the first discovery of gold is lacking. At the time of the eat rush the town boasted 20,000 in- bitants. Within a few years the number dwindled to less than 2,000, bu!.‘w the revival of mining has sent the total to near 4,000 CHICAGO JUDGE SENT | 70 TRIAL IN PLOTS! Eller, His Father and 18 Others | Must Answer for April Pri- maries Fraud and Violence. By the Associated Press. o sl CHICAGO, September = Emanuel Eller, hisphther. Morris Eller, eity collector, and 18 others charged with conspiracy by the special grand ury investigating violence and fraud in connection with the April primaries. must go to trial September 17 under a ruling today by Judge John O'Connor. Judge O'Connor upheld the validity of the special grand jury, overruled a motion of defense atforneys to quash the indictments and upheld the demur- ver of the special pro: tor to the motion to discuss the chaiges, includ ing one of conspiracy to murder Octav- jus Granady, colored politician, who opposed Morris Eller for ward com- mitteeman and was slain election day. The defense attorneys had argued that two grand juries—the special one and the regular one—could not meet simultaneously, that the expense of the inquiry could not be met by public subscription as was done when the eounty commissioners refused to ap- propriate funds, and that an indict- ment against Morris Eller was voted before he appeared to testify before the grand jury, . ‘The court overruled all these con- tentions. Always Take Care Of Your Money! In this day and generation the only | women who do not to handle | money are a very few very rich women. It is a fact that many a very wealthy woman almost never actually touches | money. She needs no car or taxi fares, | for she always has her own limousine | at her beck and call. She needs noth- | ing to pay for purcheses little or big. | for she has accounts at every sort of shop If she is at a hotel she needs nothing, | because the bills she runs up in the hotel restaurants are put down to her general account. If she has a secre- tary to take care of her correspon- dence and to manage her affairs the secretary attends to tips \nd fees. But most of us do not dream of being so rich that we need not handle money. In fact, w'th most of us the more we have to handle the better satisfied we are. Never leave large amounts of money In your purse. If possible have a check- ing account and pay by check all but small accounis. Have a separate purse for change and for bills. If you open a general purse every time you want a bit of carfare there is a chance that you may let fall a bill. The chance is Temote. but it isn't worth taking. If you have to carry or keep large amounts of money, have a small bag hanging around your neck or other- wise kept securely out of sight, or a pocket in your petticoat. Some women think that if they stow | money away in some unusual place in | their house it will be safe. So they tuck | it down the hollow tubing of a brass | or iron bed, or behind a picture on | the wall or under the cover of the family Bible. But just Jsemember that thieves who enter houses to steal are | pretty good psychologists. They know the sort of places that women keep money, and usually they will not leave | | Luke on the other. | Prospects are looming on the horizen of another fight in Congress for the adjustment not only ef the pay of naval officers but to get the Navy divorced from the general service pay act which was passed in 1922, and which was in- tended to equalize the pay of all the services. It provided a general base pay scale for the Navy, Army, Marine | Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Serv- | ice 4nd Coast and Geodetic Survey. | In an effort to adjust the troubles. which are causing no little dissension | in the naval service because of the al- legations of inequity, the Navy Depart- ment_some time ago appointed a board |of officers consisting of Rear Admiral McNemee, Brig. Gen. George Richards. M. C.; Capt. J. V. Ogan. U. S N.; Capt. J. R. Hornberger. U. S. N., and Lieut. Comdr. S. P. Fullinwider. U. 8. N., to attempt to iron out the dif- ferences and to determine what steps should be taken to correct the alleged evils. While the commissioned officers, and graduates of the United States Naval Academy, are seeking increases, never- theless the greatest bone of contention scems to be the pay allowed to former enlisted men’ who have reached the commissioned grade and are now lieu- tenants. Whatever the board deter- mines on the matter, there appears to be little doubt that the fight will be shifted to Congress if a proposed change in the pay law is recommended which will take away from these former en- listed men any of the emoluments that they now are receiving, for the most part not for rank but for years of service. Are Well Organized. These ex-warrants, as they are called, appear to be well organized and have their representatives to watch out for their interests in any matters before Congress. On the other hand, the An- napolis graduates usually stand by and take no concerted action, for they insist on complying strictly with the naval regulations which say that “there shall be no combinations in the Nav; The | Annapolis graduates do not understand, hey say, why the warrants ean con- istently get away with this action; but the fact is that they do it, and they usually get what they want. Generally speaking, the Annapolis graduates want a special pay law for the Navy which will provide pay commen- surate with the rank and responsibility assumed. There are innumerable in- stances where these ex-warrants, who usually fill minor billets on a ship, re- ceive considerably more pay than the captain of the vessel, who bears all the responsibility, or in some cases the ad- miral commanding a fleet, who is re- sponsible for its safety to the Ameri- can people. an officer does not receive an increase i only after he has served a certain num- ber of years of service. For instance, an officer may be promoted to lieuten- ant commander, and it may be several years before he gets an increase in pay, yet his responsibility usually increases from the day he is promoted, for he may be sent to command a vessel worth sev- eral millions of dollars. There are in the Navy 750 officers of the grade of lieutenant who came into the eommissioned ranks during the war. About 500 of them were temporary offi- cers who came into the Navy for the first time during the world conflict and | remained, and the others are the ex- warrants. Special legislation was passed which retained them in the service as lieutenants without the necessity of taking a substantiating examination to show their qualifications for retention of rank The Britten bill, which was reported favorably out of the House committee on naval affairs, provides that any of the lieutenants, upon reaching the promotion stage, who fail to pass their professional examination for lieu- Q,emnl7 commander are to be placed on the retired list with a retirement pay of 2% per cent of their base pay for each year of service counted for pay purposes. provided they are 45 years of age or older or have had 20 years of commissioned service to their credit. ‘The Annapolis graduates contend that this is another bit of favoritism for the “mustangs,” as they are known in the service, for they will get more retired pay upon failure to pass the coming examinations than the Annapolis grad- uates would receive after ten and a half years in the commissioned rank of lieutenant commander. The fight will be a two-handed one and will be aggravated by another skirmish, with the bachelor officers on the one hand and the married officers The bachelor graduates ppear to be the lowest paid in the service and they are objecting. Married Men Lucky. ‘While the ex-warrants beat them out on pay by length of service, the mar- ried officers get allowances while at sea for dependents. As yet the bachelor officers haven't found anything to do bout this, except to get married. But even this isn't the only side line which the board will have to consider and which later will reach Congress, where there is little doubt unat there will be strong opposition to the legis. lative representatives of the ex-wi rants, who are going to see at least that none of their emoluments is taken away from them. There will be the special claims from the aviators be. cause of the hazards of flying. The; We Specialize in Fitting Extremely Narrow Feet Phone Franklin 8725 Fitbor Goon Hooesr Smart Shoes for Hard- to-fit Feet FITTED our way, in Wilbur Coon | Shoes, the wide foot loses inches in appearance. They can be had as wide as El E 3 See + pair of Wilbur Coon Shoes on Under the 1922 pay law, | n pay when he is promoted, but gets it | THE STNDAY FIGHT LOOMS IN CONGRESS OVER NAVAL PAY CHANGES Present Salary System, With Increases for Length of Service Rather Than Rank, Attacked. will want their increased flying pay | retained. There will be the claim of |-the submarine officers, who will peint to their hazards as evidenced by the rnmglrnllvely recent catastrophes to the 8-51 and S-4. The line officers on the ships even now contend that their duty and service i= just as hazardous as any other branch of the service, and they cannot see the special privileges n pay. t is the contention of those fighting for a new Navy pay bill that there can- not be one pay system for all of the | services because their various duties cannot be compared on any ground. Speaking for their own service, naval officers contend that the Navy and the Marine Corps cannot be matched by | all the other four services combined in | @ consideration of the activities of the | forces, the responsibilities of the offi- | cers and the degree of skill, discipline | and work expected in the routine per- | formance of duty | Whatever the board and Congress | may decide, the fact is that many offi- | cers are experiencing financial diff particularly those of the line who are | culties, which is distracting their at-’| tention from their official duties. Such facts have been reported to the board. and they include reports of commis- sioned officers who have even asked for leaves of absence, stating specifically that they wished to find work in the commercial world for long enough period to straighten out their financial troubles. ~ Those familiar with these conditions point out that with such a situation facing the officers it s difficult to maintain the service at that high standard of efficiency which has characterized it over the many years it has been in_existence as the first line of defense of the Nation, It was pointed out that there are fifty-five officers of the Naval Academy class of 1917 who have reached the rank of lieutenant commander, yet these officers are deprived of the pay of that rank because of the lack of the service required under the 1922 pay bill, and they will not reach the pay Dromotion until March 1031, yet they must assume the responsibilities of that grade, pay for necessary changes and do other things for which there is no remuneration. buf expense, B MANGANESE PRODUCERS’ BODY MEETS TOMORROW Problems of Industry Will Be Dis- cussed During Two-Day Conven- tion—Informal Dinner Planned. The first annual convention of the American Manganese Producers’ Asso- ciation will be held at the Mayfiower Hotel, tomorrow and Tuesday. After registration of delegates tomor- row morning at 9 o'clock, Francis P, Sinn of the New Jersey Zinc Co,, will preside at the-business session. J. Car- son Adkerson, president of the associa- tion, will deliver the addres of welcnm‘c. then will start discussions of the prob- lems of the industry, There will be a meeting at 4:30 o'clock and an informal dinner at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night at which Maj. Alfred H. Hobley of the War Department will deliver the principal address on “Stra- tegic Minerals." ‘Tuesday also will be devoted to discussing phases of the industry, ) In 1026 vessels with a gross tonnage of 26,836,000 paid tolls for the pflvlll‘gl‘ of using the Panama route, while the traffic through the Suez Canal during the same period aggregated but 26,- 606,000 tons, according to latest avail~ able data. 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This | year probably $5,000,000 worth will be sent to foreign countries. South America is our principal export field. France used to dominate it. Now the Latins are looking to the United States for aviation supplies. The Lindbergh | good-will tour across the Equator has hai something to do with that. Commerce Department's View. | Department of Commerce authorities at Washington declare it is legitimate to speak of aviation as one of the fastest expanding industries in the United States. Two or three years ago | manufacturers had to depend almost ders for aircraft. Now the eivilian demand is the principal source of activity in the trade. The country is | being steadily dotted with new air mail rying services and with so-called "joy- riding” lines operated for excursions through local regions. has been the creaticn of a manufac- turing industry that now rests on solid foundations and has certain prospects of growth. In 1927 establishments engaged pri- maril* in making aircraft built 1995 airplanes valued at $§14,504,999. The total value of all “air products” was $21,161,853. The increase over the previous year was 65.4 per cent in num- ber of machines and 60.8 per cent in value. Nearly 5.000 men and women now earn wages in the aviation indus- try. Their pay envelopes this year will aggregate close to $10,000,000. Engine Shortage. It is the shnrufc of airplane engines that 18 now most marked. The three leading manufacturers—the Wright Aeronautical Corporation of Paterson, N. J.: the Pratt & Whitney Co. of Hartford, Conn., and the Curtiss Air- plane Corporation of Garden City, L. I. are swamped h orders for motors 606 - 614 new silhouette. Philipsborn’s q A leading | exclusively upon Army and Navy or-| routes. with passenger and freight-car- | The net result | D. €. SEPTEMBER | All over the country factories are springing up almost like mushrooms and turning out fully equipped air- El:ms of all types. Wiehita, Kans., 5 seven or eight plants, some of them with a capacity of a complete plane a day. Like the manufaeturers of en- gines, the builders of finished planes are behind with their orders. It is esti- mated that the total output of com- mereial airplanes in the United States is now in the neighborhood of 500 a month, representing something like one- sixth of the total number of machines in flying commission at this time. Like the automobile industry, the aviation trade is T’“dml all over the Unien. It is coming to be the ambi- tion of every community of any size to have an airplane factery of its own The larger and longer-established com- panies on their part are constantly ex- panding. The Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Corporatien has just finished an enormous new plant on Leng Island, and the Alexander Air- craft Co. at Colorado Springs, Colo., has opened a great new factory in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. At the present rate of increase in produc- tion, the United States will shortly lead the world, if it does not do so already, in its annual output of aircraft. Stock Attracts Speculaters. As_recent events on the New York StocR Exchange proved, the American speculating public has now actively turned its attention to the shares of the aircraft industry, Realizing that the nation is more and more coming to to look upon aviation as an ordinary part of the country’s communication ny‘ltem‘ with corresponding interest in the financial aspect of the movement. New York capitalists recently formed a corporation called Aeronautical Indus- tries, Inc. It will devote its entire time and energy to the investment of funds in the aviation industry. Still more re- cently the National Aviation Corpora- tion was formed. Its declared purpose is to use the funds of the company “profitably by participating in the busi- ness of established concerns and by helping to finance new companies as they are organized.” One of the leaders in the last named concern is C. M Keys, president of the Curtiss Aero- plane & Motor Corporation, and the Transcontinental Air Transport. 8till another indication that avia- |tion has become a .ublic utility that is taken seriously is the formation by four leading fire insurance companies and four ecasualty companies of the ‘United States Aireraft Insurance Group.” They are pooling their facili- ties in order to provide a market for VERY DAY IS BARGAIN DAY At McDevitt’s 50-in. Sunfast Damask, yd...$1.65 36-in. Silk Marquis Valance Fringe, yd.. 50-in. Sunfast Taffet: Just Phone Main 3211 McDEVITT’S 1211 F St. N.W. (2nd floor) M,3211 PBhilipsborn ELEVENTH ST. 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Now Main stree. aspires to bz en one of the Post Offize Department’s air mail routes and chambers of commerce and other regional boostlns organizations |are conducting drives for building of | airports, so that the flying mail wi.l be picked up and dropped regularly some- where in their vicinity. ~This home- 7 |lca, Mexico and China are regarded | particulgrly promising fields. Canada also Luyirg heavily from us, and so is the Netherlands. (Copyright. 1028.) . Veterans' Set Reunion Date. CHARLOTTE, N. C. September 8 (#).—Dates for the annual reunions of the United Confederate Veterans and the Sons of Confederate Veterans, to be held here, late today were scheduled for next June 4-7 by the reunion finance committee, in conference with | Edmund R. Wiles of Little Rock, Ark., | commander-in-chief of the latter or- | ganization. Thomas Nast, newspaper cartoonist, is said to have been the first on> to use the elephant and the donkey to symbolize the political parties—about pride spirit is ‘vater on the mill of the | 56 years a; aircraft industry. Early next December the United States will be host to the natlons of the world at the first international vonautical exhibition ever held. It jwill take %:ce at Chicago and is des- | tined to an eye-opener both for | Americans and foreigners. That it will | {be the forerunner of a vastly increased | export trade for our aviation industry | is anticipated by all the authorities con- cerned. The Department of Commerce for some time has had aviation experts | exploring foreign markets and paving | the way for regular supplies from this | country. In addition to South Amer- | SPECIAL DINNER = = E E : E = = = Ham: and Cream. 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