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Ten captains and thiry first lieu
tenants in the engineers reservt
corps will be commissioned frorr
Alaska in a short time according tc
information received by Gov. Thos
Riggs from Major Ge..neral W. M,
Black, chief of engineers of th«
United States army.
JOSLIN OUTFIT
HITS NEW FLOW
OF COAST OIF
Chilkat Oil Company Make* Good
Find At Katalla and Plan*
More Well*.
“Another good producing oil well
has been struck near Katalla,” is
the report William Corliss brought
to Cordova recently from the prom
ising Alaskan oil camp. He is en
thusiastic over the prospects of the
Bering river coal and oil fields.
The latest strike, according to
Corliss, was made on the property
of the Chilkat Oil Company, in which
George C. Hazelet and Falcon Joslin
are interested, at a depth of one
thousand feet. This is considered
one of the best wells thus far found,
j and so encouraged are the owners
! that they are building a derrick for
| the sinking of another well
The coal mines are also to be at
once opened up,” continued Mr.
Corliss. “There are two veins ex
posed, which are forty feet wide
and contain a high grade of coal,
j They can be easily worked and the
! fuel could be marketed as soon as
| transportation is provided.”
Alan Batemen, one of the best
known mining experts, is on the
ground and is making a thorough in
vestigation preliminary to putting a
large force of men at work on the
old English company’s claims on
Carbon creek.
Tom Kehoe, formerly purser on
the steamship Admiral Evans, is now
in the service of the government,
, plying between Xew York and France
j on the steamship Seattle, the big
| 8,000-ton steel steamship built at
the Seattle Construction Company's
plant in ninety days and taken
through the canal and used for
transportation of supplies to the
American army in Fiance.
Fred Wyatt, former heavyweight
champion of the Klondike, and mid
dleweight champion of Canada, died
recently, according to a letter re
ceived by the Moose lodge of Cor
dova.
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SCRIBE LEARNS
HOW AIR STARS
BECOME KNOWN
Official of British Air Ministry |
Tells Correspondent How
Men Are “Found.”
LONDON.—How does the British
Air Service pick out from its thous
ands of airmen the particular men
who are destined to become the star
“fighters” at the front? This ques
tion was put to an official of the
Air Ministry here by The Associ
ated Press correspondent in an in
terview. Here is his answer:
“The pilot who is destined to fly
the single-seater machines of the
Air Force is ‘discovered’ almost as
soon as he has been baptized in the
air.
“To begin with, he must have
passed certain physical tests with a'
hundred per cent result. Many wise
men, doctors and organizers, sit in
conclave over these tests. They de
fine certain factors that go to make
up a ‘perfect’ airmen—perfect sight,
age 24 or its equivalent in physical
make-up, a total abstainer, good
hands, quick brain, keenness, con
fidence. It is odd how much em
phasis is placed on a man’s hands
by the examiners, who argue that
there is as much difference between
flying a scout and an ordinary ma
chine as there is between riding
a thoroughbred and a cart-horse.
“Some men show their destiny
from the first moment of training.
Men like Ball and Bishop promise
well right from the start; they revel
in finding new stunts and tricks of
their own, long before their heavier
handed brethern begin to attempt
the things that are safe on all mod
ern machines.
“Other men begin slowly, and find
themselves through sheer pluck and
hard work. Having gone over the
Channal to pilot a placid artillery ob
servation or photographic machine,
they give a good account of them
selves in the first scrap they get
mixed up in and thereafter they look
for, and seem to enjoy, fights. An
observer in his official report cas
ually remarks that Pilot So-and-So
is always wanting to tackle the
Huns instead of taking photographs
or ranging guns, and straightway his
commanding officer sends the trou
ble-hunter off to headquarters with
a recommendation which lands him
in a special post-graduate school or
aerial gunnery for training in what
the airmen call “fire-eating’.
“Here he meets men—aces they
call them in France—who have been
fighting in single-seaterso and who
are resting or have been sent back
for use as instructors. The public!
knows little about these post-grad- ■
uate schools for young eagles; the ,
work is intensive and thorough, the 1
science of air-fighting is taught by i
stages up to a degree of perfection 1
almost unbelievable.
“To the airmen who fights, such
things as tactics and deflection,
ranges and sights, must come by in-!
stinct. The good fighting man it |
is generally believed, is born, not j
made. He must have the quick brain
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COMMITTEE WILL
REPORT WASTE
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Senate Committee Will Make Report1
When Congress Convenes of
Waste of Money.
WASHINGTON, D. C—The senate
committee appointed some time ago
to inquire into the alleged waste
of money in airplane construction,
will make its report as soon as con
gress convenes after the recess.
Millions of dollars, it is alleged,
have been wasted in experimenting
with English, Bristol and other types
of aeroplanes and six million dollars
worth of airplanes were found to
have been junked as they were con
sidered too dangerous for use after
several aviators had been killed in
flights with the dangerous types of
machines.
The planes which will be adopted
for the future use of the army are
said to be of a much improved type.
IDLE BANK DEPOSITS
IN ENGLAND TO HELP
LONDON.—An effort is being
made by negotiation, to utilize some
of the huge deposits now accumu
lated at various city banks, for in
vestment in National War Bonds.
The chancellor of the exchequer is
consulting with bankers to arrive at
some understanding regarding a dis
continuance of the high rates allow-;
ed on deposits and the diversion of
some of the funds into National War
Bonds.
that will direct the hand with the
judgment of experience. He must
have keenness, and also luck. He
must love ‘the game’, although it is
not necessary that he should have
been a sportsman, or a yachtsman,
or a racing motorist in his pre-war
days.
“It is the general opinion among
pilots that a scout fighter who has
completed a month on the Western
front has passed through his proba
tion and will be good for a long
time unless bad luck or the laws of
chance bring him down.’’
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Berlia 1* Reported to Have Seriou*
Outbreak of Typhoid Fever In
Epidemic Form.
LONDON.—According to reports ]
received from reliable sources at .
Amsterdam, a serious outbreak of:
typhoid fever exists in Berlin.
The report states that the number
of cases occurring daily is very large
and the mortality much higher than
is usual in an epidemic of this
nature.
The greatest sufferers from this
cause are said to be '•he laboring'
classes, among whom the mortality |
is exceptionally high. The authori
ties are said to be straining every
nerve to put down the outbreak, but
it is believed that owing to the
inability of the working classes to
purchase the necessary nutriment
needed in building up the constitu
tion to withstand the ravages of the
disease, the efforts of the authori
ties, to a large extent, will be rend
ered useless.
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