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LONDON, May 16.—The Bpitish
government, through a new depart
ment known as the Road Transport
Board, s about to introduce a “van
power scheme” for the control of
every knd of road transport in the
country.
” The'object of the plan, it is stated,
Is “to enforce every conceivable econ
omy in reducing the duplication if
all delivery services, to put every
vehicle engaged in road transport to
the best use in the essential trade in
terests of the country, and to provide
emergency transport for military
purposes by using the surplus ve
hicles thus secured."
The country is being divided into
thirteen districts, with a divisional
board in each composed of experts
in the transport trade. Every road
vehicle will be registered and full
particulars taken of its carrying ca
pacity and character, and licenses
will be isued showing the purposes
for which each vehicle may be used.
The whole scheme will go into
operation about June 1.
ICE III I INC SEI
1101 IS TO VESSELS
The steamship Alaska on May 13
caught a wireless mesage from the
government station on the Prlbiloff
islands to the following effect:
“The halibut schooner W. F. Bur
rows, reported drifting helplessly 100
miles south of Bering Sea, at Unimak
pass, on May 6, repaired her engines
and entered Bering Sea. Last night
she reported forty miles north of Port
Moller, out of oil and water and in
heavy ice.
"All of the vessels that entered
Bering sea were forced back because
of heavy ice, only the Benjamin Pack
ard succeeding in getting through.
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FISH MARKET
SEATTLE, May 15.—Seattle prices
for fish at noon yesterday were as
follows: Halibut, 15c; sable fish, 6%:
ling and red cod, 3*4c.
KETCHIKAN, May 15. — Yester
day's prices: Halibut, firsts, 13c; sec
onds, 9c; sableflsh, 4c; red rock, 2c.
AMERICAN AVIATORS
TRAINING IN ITALY
AMERICAN SEAPLANE TRAIN
ING CAMP, Central Italy, May 16 —
Americans in training here to be
come submarine hunters and coaat
protectors combine hard work and
serious study, varied by ocasional
trips to a nearby town or, less fre
quently, to Rome.
This is the first school in Italy for
Uncle Sam’s aerial sailors. They at
tend lectures, learn French and Ital
ian, go through all the lescons up to
"solo” flying, when they are allowed
to fly alone, thence on through care
ful training to the tlmo whon they
are recommended as fit for officers.
Next their names travel over the At
lantic to the War Department, and
finally they become officers, and have
their names enrolled among the
fighters for the United States.
"I know of no greater glory than
that ef being an aviator,’’ said the
American ambassador, Thomas Nel
son Page, to some of them at a lunch
given in their honor.
Their camp is located near the
banks of one of the volcanic lakes in
the mountains north of Rome. The
winter and spring have been mild
and the student aviators have been
flying almost every day since they
came, under the direction of Italian
instructor pilots. They utilize the
lake for bathing.
On their Saturday afternoon and
Sunday holidays they ride over to a
cathedral town set on a big rock and
they go to church, see the sights,
spend a little money on restaurant
one of the many little hotels that are
food, possibly put up over night at
languishing here since the war cut
off tourist traffic, and they ride back
again Monday morning for a new
week’s training.
Those fortunate enough to have
toothache or teeth in need or re
pair may go to Rome for that pur
pose, Uncle Sam not having yet pur
vided a dentist exclusively for this
camp as he has at the bigger camp
'or aviators in the south of Italy. As
;eeth connect with the nerves which
are supposed to regulate the sense
of equilibrium, it will be understood
iust how important commanding offi
cers consider such troubles. With
out a proper sense of equilibrium a
man can’t fly without running the
risk of breaking his neck or a valu
able machine.
Sometimes money becomes a draw-1
jack to the Rome excursion, in view
)f the irregularities of pay days. One
Bharp youth from Missouri overcame
:his handicap by borrowing French,
English or American money from his
comrades. In Rome he exchanged
his for Italian paper money at the
•ate of eight and one-half lire to the
lollar, spent what was necessary to
see the sights and returned to the
amp with more money than he had
vhen he started. He repaid his debts
it the rate of five lire to the dollar.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on the
21st day of May, 1918, between the
hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and 7 o’clock
p. m., an election will be held in the
town of Cordova, Alaska, and in the ;
territory hereinafter described, to de
termine whether or not there shall
be annexed to said town of Cordova
that certain territory adjoining said
town on the north described as fol
lows, to wit:
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 of U. S.
Survey No. 449, thence south 89 deg.
20 min. west 521.5'feet to the point of
beginning; thence north 30 deg. 30
min. east 663.4 feet; thence north 10
deg. east 1,715 feet; thence north 37
deg. east 1,630 feet; thence south 53
deg. east 1,025 feet to Cor. No. 2 of
U. S. Survey No. 829; thence south
39 deg. 40 min. west 1,510 feet; thence
south 19 deg. 30 min. west 490 feet;
thence south 0 deg. 40 min. east 1,320
feet to the northeast corner of that
portion of said town of Cordova com
monly called the Thirteen-Acre Tract,
but which contains 13.66 acres, which
corner is on the north boundary line
of said town; thence soutfr89 deg. 20
min. 1,313.5 feet to the point of be
ginning.
All qualified voters are entitled- to
vote at said election by placing upon
their ballots the words, "For annexa
tion to the town of Cordova,” or
"Against annexation to the town of
Cordova,” or words equivalent thereto.
The polling place in the town of
Cordova shall be on the second floor
of the city hall, on Second street,
therein. The polling place in the ter
ritory proposed to be annexed shall
be in the office of the Pioneer Pack
ing Company, on second floor of their
warehouse, situated on the approach
to the CJcean dock.
The officers of election in the town
of Cordova shall be the following:
Fred Rayer, D. A. Mosser and R. E
Hegg, judges; and George Kennedy
and H. I. Lewis, clerks. The officers
of election in the territory proposed
to be annexed shall be John Gillis
and A. E. Black, judges, and Emma
Shepard, clerk.
Dated this 17th day of April, 1918.
NATHANAEL GREENE,
(Town Seal) Town Clerk.
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