The Empress
TONIGHT AT 8:00 SHARP_
A TRIP TO LOS ANGELES, etc.
Your Little Sweetheart
MARY PICKFORD
In the Six-Act Drama
A Powerful Drama of Smiles and Tears. If you enjoy a
o-ood Photoplay, don’t miss this
SUNDAY—William Farnum in “The Man from Bitter Root”
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Mrs. Nina Nichols at the Piano Regular Prices
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It has frequently been claimed, in ^
the press and in certain scientific
quarters, that the principle of stand
ardization to which the government
departments are, committed in the de
sign and manufacture of airplane en-j
gines and parts, has a serious ten-1
--dency to discourage and stifle inven
tive initiative throughout the coun
try, It is stated that these officials,
once they have decided on a standard
design, continue along that line with
out reference to the inventions and |
puggestions offered from the outside
by patriotic scientists.
In view of this feeling, which is not
alone confined to enthusiastic inven
tors who have had their schemes for
overnight aerial-domination refused by|
the government, a statement is given
relative to the policy of the aircraft!
board in this matter.
In no department of the govern-!
meat's war preparations is more'
money spent for the encouragement
of new designs than in the develop-1
ment of inventions which give prom
] ise of definite results. To anyone;
who has ever encountered the inven
tive genius of this country when thor
oughly aroused to action, manifesting
itself in thousands of schemes which
pour in from all sections of the United"
States, ranging in practicability from
the one suggesting a formation flight
over Germany with huge magnets to
draw up in the air and fly away with
the entire steel supply of the central
1 powers, to those suggestions whose
I value and adaptability are at once pat
ent, it will be seen that even in the
most cursory consideration of all these
ideas submitted there is a tremendous
. task.
For the conscientious performance
of this task the following three bodies
of scientists pass on inventions in
their respective lines:
1. The national researctr*council,
1 made up of engineers and scientists,
both of the war and navy departments
Iand members of the gre^t engineer
ing societies of the country. This body
deals with scientific development gen
erally as related to the military and
naval forces.
2. The naval consulting hoard, under
the chairmanship of Thomas A. Edison,
and composed of two representatives,
each chosen by vote from It national
engineering and scientific organiza
tions of the United States. This body,
created originally to deal with inven
tions and developments In connection
with the navy, has, since the outbreak
of the war, extended its services as
an invention bureau connected with
the council of national defense.
3. The national advisory committee
for aeronautics, created by congress,
appointed by the President, and re
porting directly to him in all matters
of aircraft development. It is to this
body that all questions relating to in
ventions in connection with aircraft
are first referred. The personnel of
the committee is as follows:
Chairman, William F. Durand, Ph.
D. ; secretary, S. W. Stratton, Sc. D.;
Joseph S. Antes, Ph. D.; Lieut. Col. V.
E. Clark, U. S A.: John II. Hayt'ord,
C. E.; Charles K. Marvin, M. E.; Hon.
Byron R. Newton: Michael I. Pupin,
Ph. D.; Maj. Gen. George O. Squier,
U. S. A.: Rear Admiral David W.
Taylor, U. S. N.; Lieut. Commander
J, H. Towers, U. S. N.; Charles D.
Walcott, Sc. D.
Here an invention is analyzed, ex
periments are conducted at the bureau
of standards or elsewhere, and, if a
favorable decision is reached, recom
mendation is made to the aircraft
board that a full working-sized model
be constructed. After such has been
done under the direction of the board
it is turned over to the joint technical
committee of the war and navy de
partments for trial and for decisions
as to whether or not the invention is
j of such military value as to warrant
its being put into quantity production
I for the purpose of training or of war.
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SCHOOL"EXHIBIT
A large number of parents am
friends of the school pupils attendei
an exhibit at the school' building yes
terdav afternoon, which consisted o
the knitted work of the girls and t
showing of the progress made by th
children in their various studies
Teachers and pupils alike were hlghl;
complimented by the visitors.
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By going to the Empress theate
Sunday night we will all learn sotm
thing about the war and the part Unci
Sam is taking in it. as Malcom Brocl
our local Four-Minute Man, will glv
a brief talk on this vital subject.
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