CORDOVA HONORS
! DEFENDERS OF FLAG
Cordova's celebration of Flag Day
in cortnection with the demonstration
in honor of the drafted men who left
in the evening for Fort Liscum, was a
day long to be remembered in this
city. The down-town business houses
and residences were gay with bunting
and everywhere the Star Spangled
Banner was in evidence. A general
holiday appearance was given to the
i city by the closing of business houses
\by all patriotic merchants, and the
t holiday-makers thronged the streets
'k in hundreds.
| The march to the dock, participated
|n by all military and semi-military
organizations, was an inspiring sight,
fend when the band on the dock played
{The Star-Spangled Banner" as the
- Donaldson pulled out into the bay,
|nd the immense crowd, with bared
leads, did honor to both the flag and
its defenders, there was enacted a
)cene which w’ill live long in the mem
ories of all present. The boys de
. iparted with three rousing cheers from
Ithe assembled multitude.
I The Day’s Program
"The people of Cordova have gath
ered together on many occasions for
many purposes but never before for
!ueh a glorious purpose as today,’’
ras the opening remark of Dr. W.
^t. Chase in his address in the Em
(press theater yesterday afternoon.
This thought typified the spirit that
til Cordova displayed yesterday during
\ie entire celebration in honor of the
rafted men who left last night for
|brt Discum as soldiers in the draft
Vmy Of the United States. This cel
aration was the greatest patriotic
temonstration that has ever been held
! Cordova.
I Dance Was a Hummer
\The dance given by Mrs. Nina Nich
s and Charles Rogers Thursday eve
ning in Eagle hall was the first of
Jhe series of entertainments. The hall
was packed to overflowing and the
dance netted $175 that will be used
}o buy the boys tobacco, cigars and
'cigarettes.
' Yesterday morning at ten o'clock
)the drafted men of Cordova and the
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Copped River valley, in all, sixty men,
met at the city hall and were formally
inducted into the military service of
the United States. Wynn Nourse
was placed in charge and squad cor
porals were selected by the exemption
board. The exemption board checked
up the men, gave them certain in
srructions and dismissed them.
Red Cross Luncheon
At one o'clock came ‘the luncheon
given by the women of the local
chapter of the Red Cross. “Fill a
man’s stomach and he is happy,” was
seemingly the principle on which the
women planned the lunch, and if a
solitary man of the sixty was not
happy it was not their fault. Fifty
seven and odd varieties of salad, cold
meat, sandwiches, ice cream, cake,
cigars and cigarettes, all of which
were donated by local business
houses and women of the Red Cross,
loaded the tables. Flowers, ferns and
plants were decorations. Everything
looked so good the ladies simply could
not resist summoning a photographer
and having a few flashlights taken.
When the men were seated girls who
were dressed in the regulation Red
Cross uniform waited upon them and
saw to it faithfully that they had their
fill. During the meal Miss Frances
Frasier favored the men with a song,
and Mrs. H. I. Lewis with numerous
piano selections. Dr. W. H. Chase
gave a short preliminary talk in
tended to put the men at their ease.
The drafted men, Council of National
Defense, bohrd of managers of the
Red Cross, Mayor Hillery and the ex
emption board were guests of honor.
Exercises at Theater
The exercises in the Empress thea
ter at three o'clock were the next
feature on the day’s program. E. F.
Medley, Dr. W. H. Chase and George
C. Hazlett gave inspiring talks, speed
ing the men on their journey to Ber
lin, and in their task of humbling the
Huns. Mr. Sorvick and Mrs. T. M.
Hubbert each gave a vocal solo. The
orchestra was present in full num
bers and gave several instrumental
selections. Mayor Hillery presided and
Rev. E. P. Zeigler gave the bene
diction.
And Then the Smoker
At 7:30 in the evening came the
smoker, a strictly stag afair. Eagle
hall was crowded, for it seemed that
every man in Cordova was there.
Malcom Brock led off with an infor
mal talk that earned hearty applause.
Humorous songs and stories were ren
dered by Harry Chapman. Then Jim
Watson gave some trick playing on the
piano. Clog dancing by Charles Ris
tine and a humorous skit by Kenny
Holden were other numbers. Mrs. A.
J. McConnell and Mrs. Jack Sapiro,
were the only ladies who succeeded
in getting past the door-keeper, and
they came to amuse the men. Mrs.
McConnell, with Mrs. Sapiro accom
panying, told a multitude of humorous
stories, recited an original poem, and
gave a number of piano recitations.
By the time the smokes and Bevo
were about gone it was time to as
semble for the march to the dock.
The Parade
At 8:45 the Home Guard, Spanish
war veterans, men from the radio
station and soldiers in town -assem
bled in front of Eagle hall and, led
by the band, marched to the city
hall, where they were joined by the
drafted men. Then they marched
! down First street to the Alaskan hotel,
turned around, and marched to the
dock, escorting the drafted men to the
Donaldson, which was to carry them
to Fort Liscum.
The Marine Display
At the float where the Donaldson
docked were also many private
launches and cannery boats. When the
drafted men boarded their boat the
people filled the other boats. When
the Donaldson pulled out into the bay
she had an escort of nearly fifty boats,
all blowing their whistles and horns.
The escort accompanied the Donaldson
until it was lost from view from the
dock.
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NOTICE
There will be a meeting of ihe
Council of National Defense at 2:30
tomorrow afternoon.
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pany stock at 75 cents per share.
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FORT WORTH, Texas, June 14.—By
a "rebreathing machine’’ here, the first
of its kind to be established by the
United States government, or any ot
its allies anywhere, aviators flying
under the Stars and Stripes hence
forth will be classified acording to
their ability to drive in high altitudes.
The machine is in the research lab
oratory at Barron field, and is in
charge of Ueutenant G. H. Hanson,
F. W. Thomas and James Blair, who
arrived in Fort Worth recently from
Mineola, N. Y. It produces all the
sensations of ascending and descend
ing, and has bfeen in use by the Ger
man air service, it is said, for four
years.
Henceforth no pilot from any of the
local fields will be assigned to active
duty overseas unless he has passed
the tests of the contrivance and been
classified according to his ability to
withstand altitude fatigue. One man
will be so affected that he will faint
Another will go along with his flying
mechanically and with his inind so
dulled that he cannot plan or execute
j an attack on an enemy. Still another
; will become stupid and his nerves will
; not react to the excitement of bat
tle.
The pilots will be divided into three
classes. In the first class will be
placed airmen who are never affected
by altitude fatigue and who can as
cend and fight anywhere their planes
will mount.
In the next class will be those whose
mental facilities are dulled by high
altitude.
And in the last, or third, will be
those who faint under the stress.
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REFUSED A COMMISSION
FUR DISTINGUISHED VALOR
LONDON, June 13.—Will H. Clem
ents, former London ashman, who re
fused a commission in the British
I army for distinguished conduct and
valor in action, has died in Egypt, it
is officially announced. Clements had
plied his humble trade for fifteen
years when war broke out. He vol
unteered for active service and fought
in France. Egypt and Salonika. Al
though he refused the tendered com
mission, he accepted the promotion to
the rank of company sergeant-major.
un LEc'ismc
10 cone mint
MEXICO CITY, June 15.—Recent
meetings of the National Legislature,
called by the president in extraordin
ary session to formulate an election
code for the republic, have, been
marked by attempts on the part of
the lower house to create a national
election board with powers that will
curtail materially those now possessed
by the president. The house first pro
posed to create a board of thirty
one deputies, to settle all election
contests, fix the limits of the various
election districts and alter them when
ever it was deemed advisable.
This plan of the house majority,
which in general opposes the presi
dent, met with a check in the senate.
The upper house, on receiving the dep
uties’ proposals, decided in favor of
an election board for each state, com
posed of seven members, none of them
of necessity government or state of
ficials.
Either plan, if enacted into law,
would limit the chief executive’s pres
ent powers, for he can now alter any
election districts, and control, in a
measure, the election of congressmen,
lip to the present time the gulf be
tween the plans of the two houses
has not been bridged.
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ENG* FUNS OPENING
MORE NATIONAL KITCHENS
LONDON, June 13.—Opening a
national kitchen at Stoke Newington,
! Mr. Clynes, Parliamentary secretary
to the minister of food, said there
were not enough of the institutions
in exisence.
“The best meals I have had of late
' have been those prepared under such
| conditions as in this building where
food is prepared under sanitary con
: ditions, and where you are certair
j there is no motive for eprsonal gair
' or profit,” he said.
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LAKE CHARLES, La., June 15.—
Aviators from training camps through
out the country are completing their
education in aerial gunnery at the
finishing school here. Prom sunrise
to sunset the airplanes are darting
here and there, sometimes near the
earth and again at high altitudes and
the rattle of the machine guns is
almost continuous.
The targets at the first school of
its kind to be established in the
United States, are reproductions of
Germany’s “taube” airplane placed on
the surface of the lake and with a
black cross painted thereon to repre
sent the enemy pilot, the principal
mark for the gunners. The student
easily discerns the striking of the bul
let on the water and is able to correct
his rifles almost instantly if the shots
go wide. The results, instructors de
clare, are more than gratifying but
ii.'St vwhat records the young fliers
have made is information withheld
from the public.
•i no training in gunnery ts as com
plete as is humanly possible to make
it. Before being sent to the camp the
students are required to undergo a
course of ground schooling Gerst
ner field, near here. From Gerstner
field they go to the lake and in classes
of thirty are ^ put to work on the
“taube” and a small aerial target is
released at an altitude of about 3,000
feet. The students are graded accord
ing to their proficiency in firing and
when they make the percentage of hits
required are discharged from the
school.
Both the small machines, carrying
only a pilot, and the larger planes
with a pilot and observer, are in use
at the school.
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FOOD IS LIFE
Following the food administration’s
! program is a more direct war service
!
| than may at first have been evident
or seemed possible. It means system
| atic international food sharing, and
1 food will defeat Germany’s intention
I to use starvation as a force to compel
| submission of the allies. Plenty of
! food also makes possible an aggres
j sive allied war policy.
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I out regard to the desires or
I conveniences of the
I individual.
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