The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-04
LATE CABLE NEWS

WASH: United States Geologi- cal Survey says commercial devel- opment of vast peat deposits in lieve fuel shortage. It has long been used in Europe, where 15,O00,- 900 to 20,000,000 tons are con- stunned annually. Estimated over 11,000 square miles of swamp lands in United States contain peat tai available fuel in these deposits is over 12,0O0, ,00O tons. More than 0,O0O,OOO tons can be ob- tained from Minnesota alone
 WASH: Meyer Bloomfield, head of the Industrial Service of Elmer gency Fleet Corporation, says ship yards of the Pacific Coast are rela- lively far in advance of those on the Atlantic scaboard with war con struction.
 WASH: United States govern ment has been confidentially inform 9d that as wages of British ship yards workmen have increased their output has decreased. In January only 5S,000 tons of shipping were produced in England and 100000 in February, while the British pro-
 gram calls for 1,800,000 tons this year.
 NEW YORK: H. c. Smith, vice president of Bethlehem Steel Co.,, md general manager of Fore River Works, says: Unless we can pro- duce ships fast enough to replace tonnage destroyed by the enemy, this country cannot win the war Losses to shipping are far greater than the amount of ships we are building. We cannot overcome the loss before next winter. We must by that time, and in order to do this we must be sure the workers in the shipyards are imbued with the light spirit" u-A
 NEW YORK: New York Ameri- can says war and navy departments have begun schedules for 1919 mu- nitions purchases involving orders for $500, 0,000,000 worth of shells and guns, contracts to be placed within next two months. These are to be only advance orders The total is likely to exceed $2,000,0O0,- 900. Wright Martin Aircraft Cor poratio his negotiating for an addi- lional order for Hispano-Suiza en- zines of 400 h. D.
 WASH: It takes an average of two airplanes to train each aviator to the high point of efficiency re- quired, a minimum of six airplanes Der aviator to keep him fighting for year, and a spare motor for every motor used.
 NEW YORK: New York Sun says Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., loses $1,000,0 ,000 annually by dishon- est fare collectors. Counsel Bro- phy for the roads says 80ct of men who apply for positions as con ductors do so with the deliberate purpose of making extra money by cheating the company. In 1917 the company hired 2999 conductors and 2793 left.
 NEW YORK: A. Paul Keith, theatrical man, who has returned | after three months in France, says: "Get fighting men over there. Send | over guns Send them ammuni- 1 tion. Build airplanes and ship them | over. If there is any one thought | above all else that l have in mind, It is necessity of putting out the | eyes of Germany by con trolling the air. That will do more to hasten the end of the war than anything else know of One of the great dangers as I see it, is that we are apt to waste a lot of L lime, money and energy no side is- Il sues" He said general opinion in France is that the war will last two | years.
 WASH: One phase of forthcom- ng Liberty Loan to be given spe- .ial consideration at conference in was uncertainty of the amount of revenue to be derived rom income and excess profits tax IS. It has been estimated that these you'd. yield s2,427 ,0O0, 0,000-About ,1,226,0 6,0OO,0O0 from excess profits md $1,2O1. 100000 from incomes- ut many believe actual amounts will be greater. For this reason ome treasury officials are inclined O urge loan of only enough to car y government to end of fiscal year 'une 30. in neighborhood of $5.-