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Evening star., 1916-05-28
Copyrighted. 1916. by Frank G. carpenter.)

(Copyrishted, 1916 by Frank g. Carpenter.)
CORDOVA.
IN HE preparedness program OF the
present Congress should include
Ill large appropriations for the de-
< fense of Alaska. As a naval
base this territory is key to the
northern Pacific. AS far as fuel for
our battleships is concerned. it is the
key to our whole Pacific coast. as well
as to Hawaii and the Philippines. In
deed, its coal and oil resources may
some day decide whether we are to
have victory or defeat in a war with
Japan.
Practically the only good steaming
coal in our Pacific coast territories lies
here in Alaska. The Asiatic feet OF
the future will need in the neighbor-
hood of half million tons per annum.
and the coaling stations of the Ha-
waiian Islands and of the Philippines
will be supplied from here: 1t is Of
enormous importance that the harbors
near which the coal lies be amply pro-
tected and defenses should be at once
instituted for all the approaches to
Resurrection bay. the terminus of
Uncle Sans railroad That road leads
to the Matanuska coal fields and the
branch line opening them Will be com
pleted this year. The coal Will come
from those fields to Seward. and it will
also go down to Anchorage. which is
perhaps a hundred miles nearer the
coal beds. The latter port will have
to be protected from Cook Inlet. that
wide and deep bay up which ships can
now sail to within seventy-five miles of
our best naval coal supplies.
Another important harbor is that of
Cordova, where this letter is written.
1t is within a short distance of the
Berins river coal fields. which have
great beds of bituminous and anthra-
cite. and also within easy reach of the
katalla oil fields, the petroleum of
which is said to be as good as that
OF Pennsylvania and eminently At for
the making of gasoline. Indeed. they
are making gasoline there now and
shipping 1t to Cordova for sale. Cor
dova is also within 200 miles by an
mines of the whole world. These are
the famous Kennicott properties, which
are now producing millions of dollars
worth of copper year at cost OF
less than cents a pound. Copper is
one of the great necessities of modern
warfare and any nation that has hold
of the Cordova harbor can control all
the copper 1t would need in any war
of the future. Moreover. by building
q railroad only thirty-eight miles long
Cordova could have access to some
of the best coal on the hemisphere
and also to the katalla oil fields, which
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Kenai peninsula. and just across the
way from the Island OF Kodiak There
are ara M npTser ,se s Of oil n ,S that
before the conservation scheme stopped
further exploration. The seepages are
strong and in one place natural gas
good harbor al Cold bay. which is open
throughout the year. This oil field 10
the nearest Japan of those so far dis
covered.
The fact that petroleum exists in
Alaska is not new. The Cold bay field
was known to the Russians as far back
as 1865, but no attempt was made to
investigate IL: and thirteen years after
was reported along the Pacific sea-
coast. 1t is now about twenty years
since attention was drawn to the ka-
talla and Yakataga fields and the first
little later a survey was made for a
pipe line from Controller bay to that
fleld
The first drilIings in the Iniskin field
was two years later that the wells were
sunk in Cold bay. The work of in
vestigarion was going on when the CAL
ifornia Oil fields greatly increased their
output This took the life out OF the
Alaska oil boom. and before 1t could be
revived the conservation craze occurred
and in 1905 all the petroleum lands of
the territory were withdrawn from
entry.
Among the most interesting of oil
discoveries is the one near the Arctic
ocean. 1t is in the shape of mound
of solidified oil which rises high above
the country about in the northernmost
part of our territory. 1t is so near to
the north pole that Smith bay. the har-
Dor hard by. is locked in ice for at
least ten months of the year. and for
this reason the field will not be COM
mercially profitable. The mound is the
residue of a petroleum fountain or
spring. 1t is several hundred yards in
diameter and II rises to a height OF $50
feet above the level of the tundra II
appears to be composed of petroleum
containing an asphaltic base. in which
are mixed vegetable matter and silt.
The discovery of these several oil
fields. at such wide distances apart,
shows how little we know of Alaska.
The oil mound at Smith bay Is almost
a thousand miles directly north of the
point on the Alaska peninsula where
the petroleum is oozing out at Cold
bay. The oil seepages along the Pa
cific coast extend at wide intervals
apart over a distance. east and west.
almost as great as that between New
York and Chicago. Only about one
fifth of Alaska has been carefully in
vestigated by our biologists. and there
are probably other deposits of Pc
troleum in the wilds Of the unexplored
regions.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1916-05-28

would supply 1t with gasoline. now the
fe-blood of modern warfare.
This port. by the fast warships of to-
day, is within less than three days Of
our Puget sound cities. The shortest
distance is only about 1900 miles; and
Japan. for instance. has three dread
naughts of over $1,000 tons each which
could make that journey in less than
two days. These ships are the Kfr1-
shima. the Harvena aud the Hi-Yei. each
Of which has 6S. 900 horsepower and can
make twenty seven knots per hour
Japan is ten or twelve days from Seat
tie. 1t is much less from Cordova. and
the advantage of any of the Asiatic ma
tions having a naval base in Alaska
can be easily seen.
have referred to Japan because she
is the only oriental nation that needs
to be taken into account at this present
writing. That she should be consid-
cred / find plenty Of evidence. Every
where l go I hear stories of how the
Japanese are spying Alaska. Like the
two men whom Joshua, the son of Nun,
sent out from Shittim to Jericho, they
seem to be going out secretly and using
all sorts of methods to learn the lay of
the land. One difference is they are
not tying scarlet strings to the win
dows to mark the localities where they
are working. and. as far as possible.
their tracks are kept covered.
am told that the Japanese are now
employed in all the fishing stations
along the coast. / saw a large number
at Ketchikan and in other parts OF
southeastern Alaska. They are to be
found at all the salmon canneries. and
here and there about the mines. They
were employed in the Bering river coal
fields before the government closed
them, and they have worked in all ca
pacities in the mines at kennicott and
about Cordova. They have also been
employed in the oil fields of katalla.
and doubt not they have full informa-
tion as to the other oil and coal de-
posits of the territory.
One of the last Japanese stories I
heard relates to a Seattle man who was
operating in the Bering coal fields be-
fore they were closed by the government
This man had cook from Japan. whom
he called Henry. and whom he boasted
was the best cook in Alaska. He was
always talking of Henry's capabilities
could make excellent sketches. and that
he was able to keep a diary and make
all sorts of notes. He was SO reliable ana
trustworthy that his employer sent him
on all kinds of missions and gave him
the care Of his papers
As time passed on the man, seeing the
fate of his coal property, left Alaska in
DISGUST. and came to Seattle to engage
in the wholesale fish business. He had
then no further use for Henry the cook,
and he dismissed him with the best Of
recomme ndations.
Then the Japanese Russian war broke
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PREPAREDNESS and the TenyIo and Oil Resources Should Be
Protected From the Nve the PafcDages That Might AnseDeenses
Needed for Bay and CmdaPetom Beds ofte Pacific CoasWhe
Shores of the Arctic.
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r. WALTER F. RITTMAN. the
N government chemist. has lit
III ~ orally stepped into the breach
~ TO effect the country's saliva
tion in regard to the establishment Of
a domestic dyestuf industry.
Or. Rttman's process is of inesti-
mable value to the nation. since he has
made it possible for the United States
TO make at once all of the high ex-
plosives she wants without having to
depend upon other nations for the raw
materials. The process, which is the
first to obtain benzol and toluol from
crude oil. just as it comes from the
earth, instead Of from coal. is dis
tilIation process. by high temperature
and high pressure. and instead OF just
breaking or cracking the molecules in
the liquid oil. IL breaks them UP when
they reach the vapor stage and thereby
more action Is obtained, for more Of
the molecules are thus broken up or
cracked. as the chemists term il, than
in the old methoI
The same process is used for obtain
ing gasoline and benzol and toluol. but
in getting the gasoline none of either
of the other two ingredients are found
with it. When the process is set for
benzoi and toluoi a little gasoline Is
obtained with them.
These basic chemicals may thus be
provided in abundance to meet the de-
nands Of both the explosive and the
dyestufr industries. which have been
crippled through the withdrawal Of the
German chemicals Had the United States
become involved in war and the Germa n
embargo upon these raw materials con-
tinued this country would have been COM
PEELED to go back TO the type of explosive
used during the civil war. Moreover. had
not DR.. Rittman evolved this process. the
women of the land would shortly be
blacks and whites.
Ii has not yet been determined whether
the benzol and toluol obtained from crude
oil will be cheaper than the same prod
ucts obtained from the coal but the
bureau Of mines is able to conduct either
process and the United States has all
Of the raw materials for all its needs
Never before in the history Of man did
chemicals play so large part in the
scheme Of the worlds work. In no pre-
vious age were so many Industries
and so many commercial commodities
dependent upon chemicals for their op-
erations. This may be realized when
IL Is remembered that all of the dye
stuffs. the explosives and much of the
fuel used in place of wood and coal,
like drugs. have their basis. il not
their entire composition. in chemicals
Particularly is the need of chemical
plants realized when the nation is
evolving plans Of national defense.
Since modern warfare has displaced
the old hand-to-hand encounters and
the chemist supplanted the armorer.
vessels. guns and men are useless
without powder and the nation with
out chemical plants might as well dis
band it's army and send its navy TO the
junk heap.
OF all the wonderful achievements
of the United States. IL has never taken
it's place in the manufacture Of dye
stuAs. depending almost wholly upon
its importations from Germany Ger
many. with her dyestun factories. could
supply American buyers Of dyes with
all they needed cheaper than American
competitors could produce them.
With the outbreak Of the war. when
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Process Has Accomplished and What Promises for the Future
w Front When the United States Feels Shortage
GnanyPtecon the ndStyBac Chemicals Of Dye
Exposves-Why the Germans Held Monopoly.
Evening star., 1916-05-28

out. and the agents of the mikado came
to the United States to buy food for the
army One of them came to Seattle to
purchase a large consignment of fish. He
was referred to the former coal miner.
Evening star., 1916-05-28

DIR. W. r. RITTMAN,
Who Invented the process which oh
tains bensoi. gasoline and tuluol from
crude oil.
ordinarily bringing the price of SIS.
brought. at a London auction. 1880
Still another witness. who represent
ed q firm Of dyers and bleachers OF
one particular dyestuff made In Ger
many. which. prior to the war. cost 20
cents per pound. now cost his people
s5.76 per pound. In addition to certain
freight charges Also. the particular
cost $l.74s. but through the increased
rates cost $4,000. This same witness
further stated that II his arm were
to receive orders to reproduce the col
ors OF the American flag they would
have to use dyestuffs that hay, Gar
Evening star., 1916-05-28

With the outbreak Of the war. when
Germany speedily turned her dye fac
tories into mutation factories, the init
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r. WALTER F. RITTMAN. the
government chemist, has lit
orally stepped into the breach
TO effect the country's saliva
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
A WORD FROM JIMMIE"

The following exposition of the car
dinal principles to be observed by all
true golfers has recently been re-
ceived from Jimmie" Melville, at
Elgin, Ill, who has been the very eff
cient professional of the Wausau Coun-
try club for the past four years, but
is engaged by the TuscumDia Golf club
at Green Lake, Wis, for the present
year:
l. Golf is an old time sport enjoyed
by the ancient Scot. 1t exists today
for the same reason. Remember, it's
Scotch.
2. Golf etiquette is a rule of conduct
established for the general welfare.
1t is strictly observed by keen players.
All others are in a class by themselves.
8. Keep a correct account of your
strokes and retain the respect of your
caddie It's dollars to doughnuts that
you'll count correctly when you set
tie for the drinks.
4. Replace your divots. Any fool can
dig up the turf, but it takes a good
player to put it back.
5. Fill up the holes you dig and level
the sand in trap or bunker, on leaving
The ground hog never does. but then
he is only 7- hog.
8. Refrain from climbing over bunk
ers. Golf is a genteel game not a
hurdle race.
Z. Do not get impatient and drive
your ball into those ahead. Abide
their second stroke and avoid being
| called down - or something else.
s. Retain your place and do not lag
behind and cause delay. Golf is played
by day and those behind can hardly be
expected to 6cish by the light of the
moon.
9. When all is said and done, the
player who observes the rules is en-
titled to a blue ribbon-he is a nine
day wonder. The beginner we forgive
he is in the stage of incubation, but
the thoughtless and Indifferent are be-
yond redemption.
10. Remember the game is not fin
ished until the waiter is called.
II
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OCCURRENCES OF LONG AGO.
ITEMS OF NEWS BOILED DOWN FROM THE
WAUSAU PILOT THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO

right arm was broken above the elbow
and his elbow joint dislocated.
Parcher & Turner's apiary is pro-
ducing some of the incest honey ever
brought into this city.
The fire department held picnic
at Schubert's park last Tuesday.
Headed by Dana's band, they marched
from the engine house to the park at
one o'clock p. m, and in the evening
ended up with dance.
Mrs. Jas. McCrossen and son, Henry,
went to Rural, Wis, last Friday.
Arthur Millard left for Antigo last
Tuesday to get in readiness for start
ing his paper. Paul Millard will also
be one of the firm.
Will Scholfield visited in Merrill a
few days the past week, with a view
of starting into business in that lively
burg His intentions are at present
to put in planning mill complete in
all it's arrangements.
1t has been reported for several
weeks upon our streets, that H. E.
McEachron was about to purchase an
interest in F. Herchenbach's Touring
mill, but nothing was known for Ger
tain. Last Thursday the bargain was
consummated, papers made out, and
the firm known from that date as
Herchenbach, McEachron e Co.
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Monday, August 81, 1882.

Henry Dern has moved into his new
| barber shop.
Sol Smith Russell at the Music hall
day evening.
James Meehan was chosen by ac-
clamation at Stevens Point last Fri
day., to lead the Greenbackers on to
victory in this Ninth Congressional
district
Rotten rock is now being hauled
onto Third street in large quantities,
and as soon as completed and beaten
down, water will roll off it like as if
it was a ducks back.
Harv. Haseltine was able to sit up
Friday, the first time since his severe
accident.
Mrs. James Single, while driving
home in her carriage with her young
est son, experienced lively runaway
last Friday. The horse was stopped
before doing any damage.
On Saturday, during Heavy thun-
der-storm, the head sawyer at j. c.
Clarke's mill, was knocked down by
a flash of lightning, and was unable
to attend to his work the balance of
the day.
VIM. Sells boy, eleven years old, was
wrestling last Friday and was thrown
onto the sidewalk so heavily that his
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-03-28
HEAVY STORM
Dark Clouds. Thunder and Lightning,
and Rain Saturday MOrI D'g.

Just after six o'clock a. m. Satur-
day. dark, lowering clouds filled the
sky, so heavy that the city was en-
veloped in darkness. There were NUT
terings of thunder and flashes of light
ming. This was followed by very
heavy downpour of rain. The peculiar
formation of the clouds rather fright
ened many who were up at that time;
as they came up from the south and
as they reached the city they divided
with a rolling motion. 1t certainly
looked ominous. AT about 8 o'clock
heavy clouds again covered the sky
and it became dark as night; lights
had to be turned on throughout the
city and again there was every indiea-
ton OF something outside of the usual
about to occur, but happily nothing but
rain. This was repeated many times
during the day.
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SHORT ITEMS

annual spring vacation of the
Dg ,bools is held this week. A num-
o's o<,fa teachers have gone to theiI
sone. De, to spend the week.
charter las been issued for a
hank at Manawa, with a capital
A1' oe. The incorporators are
.. ., r-r.r.. ". Clapp, F. H. Goetz and
r. Me.aaiohn.
~,l~. will be services in the Metho-
49,. .tn, very evening commenc-
l ,o-r up to Easter. At the
.- l-7+ rr- lettings DR.. Marsh OF Ap-
,,s-op Vii be present.
or grounds Of desertion, Theodore
,-a...t.- begun an action in circuit
.. r.r r. divorce from his wife,
,,.-. rarr-ss. Some jarness in that
.r-,a to he brought out later.
Tho Wausau News agency, W. H.
r.or.pson. proprietor, is removing
~ A. Bartholomew store, SIT
~sf-5 street. opposite the Masonic
..,rra and when fully located this
,.bH.bmeat will be better fitted than
t.,,ra to rye the reading public
..,b n. news of the day, monthly
magaz.n,-. periodicals., etc.
Dr W A. Fricke has rented the
,o-t5 aym.ment of the residence
.+ tfa corner of Fourth and Franklin
..-.er owned and lately occupied by
Nc Ewing and family. The building
hos lately been rcmOdeled into a du-
-rev residence Mr.. and Mrs. Jos.
romers occupying the south half. DR..
rrfcse and family will take possession
he first Of May.
Abe Lfwc. engaged in the saloon
br.inass I'm the town of Maine, oppo-
.i-a the Wausau Paper Mills Co. S
n-snt at Brokaw, was brought to this
city Wednesday morning on a warrant
charging him with selling liquor to
minor. When arraigned in Justice
rarDers court the defendant plead
NOT guilty. His examination was post
poned until Wednesday of this week.
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Wisconsin Box Co
Sells Good Lumber
and Shin giles

There is no school this week, be-
cause of the regular spring vacation.
Rehearsals for the Play, which is to
be "Much Ado About Nothing" and
for the Opera, which is to be "The
Pirates of Penzance," will begin i'm
mediately after vacation.
Wednesday evening, March %, the
team representing the High school in
the Y. NJ. G. A. City Championship
Tournament, defeated the "Argyle"
team by score of % to 10. The score
at the end of the first half was IA to 4
in favor of the High school. The High
school team, which is composed OF
members of the former First and
Second teams, seems to have better
combination than formerly. The
team work is excellent, and their
playing fast and "snappy." They are
able to hit the basket, too. The
captain of the High school team, Ear
] Olson, was the star of the game
securing II baskets. Duey Wright
also of the High school team, came
next with baskets to his credit.
The line-ups follow:
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Louis wilde was arraigned in mu-

Louis Wilde was arraigned in mu
nicipal court Saturday afternoon. OF
charge of having committed a stat
utory offense. His preliminary ex.
animation was postponed until April
9th, and ne is out on bail bond Of
$4OO.
Having been found guilty of usine
profane language in Justice Larner's
court Saturday forenoon, Mrs. Ida
Heise was fined $1,000 and costs OF
thirty days sentence in the county
Jail. She chose the latter and was
taken there.
The building and stock of the Chip
pewa Falls Mercantile company. a
wholesale grocery concern, was de-
stroyed by fire last Friday morning
involving a loss of $160,OOO. 1t was
a great loss to Chippewa Falls. The
origin of the fire in not known.
Following the morning service at
| the Methodist church next Sunday
morning, the Mems club will have a
debate, Resolved, "That the u. S. Army
Should Not Have Entered Mexico
The affirmative will be led by A. A.
Hooper and r. P. Kuhlmann, and the
negative by E. d. Clapp and F. o.
Crocker. The Y. NJ. C. A. orchestra
will f,1rD cb ,,,,,e;o
John Keslo, a stranger in the city,
arrested early in March for the theft
of some clothing, amounting to about
$4,000, and who had subsequently
waived preliminary examination, was
arraigned in circuit court Saturday
forenoon, plead guilty and was SEN
fenced by the court to serve a term of
eighteen months in the state reform
atory in Green Bay.
A meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce of Merrill, was held on Wednes-
day evening to take into consideration
the forming of a society similar to
Wausau's Merchants and Manufac-
turers' association. A. Jacobsen, of
Milwaukee, who organized the Wausau
association was present and also w.
r. Chellis, ]. w. Laut, c. G. Hooker
and Carl Bliese of this city. Merrill
will have such an association in the
near future.
On Thursday evening Mrs. c. H.
Ingraham had the misfortune to fall
on the icy sidewalk near the home of
G. S. Giffin, sustaining quite. severe
injuries. Her arm was badly wrenched
and there were two cuts on her face,
besides the shock from the fall. A
doctor was called and dressed the
wounds which kept the patient con-
fined to the house for several days.
The icy sidewalks have been menace
to everyone during most of the winter
and it is astonishing that there have
| been so few accidents.
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Last Monday, at 3:45 p. m. the Girls
Basket Ball tournament was held.
The games were very fast and inter
esting. The Senior girls were the
best, due no doubt to their having
longer training, and more practice.
Miss Zellhoefer was the referee. The
results were:
Sophomores 2, Freshmen 4.
Seniors Is, Juniors 5.
The members of the teams were:
Seniors-Center Capt., Irmagard
Geisler; Forwards, Esther Donnelly,
Lucille Lehrbas; Guards, Leona Gies-
Ter, Edna Chellis.
Juniors-Center Capt., Leona Erd-
man; Forwards, Gertrude Dionne,
Helen Sisson: Guards, Frieda Dickoff
Evelyn Jondron.
Sophomores-Center, Lilly Larson;
Forwards, Myrtle Larson Capt. J,
Bertha Sack; Guards, Emma Jarnes,
Mildred Conklin.
Freshmen-Center (Capt), Wilma
Neuling; Forwards, Marie Mathison
Grace Goerling; Guards, Cornelis
Schmidt, Evelyn Peterson.
The Scorers were: Elvin Hartlett
and Earl Olson.
Mr.. Tobey gave a most interesting
illustrated lecture on, yellowstone
National Park" last Tuesday even
ing. The pictures were on "Johr
Halifax-Gentleman." Both were
very much enjoyed by the large crowt
in attendance.
Homer S. Hemenway, principal o.
the Edgar High school, spent Wednes
day morning visiting at the Higf
school.
Mrs. Scholield, a former teacher Of
the High school, visited the school
last Thursday afternoon.
Thursday evening, the Girls De
clamatory contest was held. This il
always one of the most interesting
not the most interesting event of th'
year. The selections were all wei
chosen and we'll delivered, making ;
most interesting contest. There wa
plenty of variety, humor, pathos
tragedy, and romanticism, all appear
ing at various times.
The program follows: