THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
foT entrv as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18*9.
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MANDATORY.
One of the common misconcep
tions of the covenant of the League
of Nations comes from spelling
alike two differena words, explain
a writer in an exchange. The ad
jective "mandatory" means “an au
thorized nation." When the League
of Nations talks about making a
state mandatory for advice, con
trol or administration of one of
the German colonies or a backward
country, some people get the im
pression that this duty is to be
imposed upon a power without its
consent. They seem to see China
and Peru compelling the United
States to undertake the job of po
licing the Congo.
Of course, nothing of the kind is
contemplated. The United States
will not be commanded by the
League of Nations to take Armenia
or Syria in tutelage—contrary to
the advice and consent of the sen
ate. If we voluntarily accept such
1 a mandate it will be because we.
more than any other country, have
helped the Armenians and Syrians
when they were under Turkish op
pression and that we are now will
ing to help them get onto their
feet.
AVIATION FEILD DEATHS
A hundred and six men were;
killed at the three big government
aviation fields at Fort Worth,Texas,
between Nov. 15, 1917, and the
recent close of aerial activities, ac
cording to official figures just
made public.
In the same period, the thre
fields now being closed turned out1
1,475 finished aviators, most of
whom were sent to the western
front. A thousand commissioned;
aviators were also transferred from
other schools to finish their gun
nery course at Taliaferro field.
The statictics made public show
that during the training period the
actual flying hours at Carruthers
field totaled 35,000, at Barron
field 26.608, and at Taliaferro field
32,488.
The tail spin and nose dive were
responsible for a large majority of
the accidents, according to officers.
In the entire training period not a
single American cadet was killed
on the first solo flight. This is
attributed to the thorough instruc
tion in ground work. Three British
fliers were killed in solo flights.
Captain Vernon Castle, the Am
erican dance interpreter, who had
faced death numerous times over
the German lines as a British avi
ator, swerved his machine sharply
to avoid hitting another aviator
here. He lacked height for the
manoeuver, crashed and was killed.
The young son of General Peyton
C. March, chief of staff, was killed
at the gunnery field while engaged
in combat practice at a height of
2,000 feet. The wings of his ma- ■
chine become entangled with those
of his opponent's plane.
Captain Robert Isett, of Provi
dence, post adjutant at Barron field,
fell from the greatest height, 5,000
feet. Two men fell from their
planes at great heights because of
failure to strap themselves in.
TESTS FOR SOLDIERS
Ability tests for discharged sol
diers seeking executive or clerical;
positions have been authorized by:
the war department for the 22 de-;
mobilization camps.
The tests, to be given only to
men requesting them, will be in
stituted by Sherwin Cody, manag
imr director of the Associated
Schools of Scientific Business, wi.'n
the co-operation of the educational
department of the Young Men’s
Christian Association, and classifi
cations of candidates will be filed
with employers through the United
States employment service, the Y.
M. C. A. and local chambers of
commerce. In addition, the men
themselves will receive certified
copies of their records.
The Cody tests, applied by the
non-profit-making associated schools
to several thousand office workers
and high and grammer school pupils
in Xew York and other large cities,
were adapted to army conditions
by the committee on classification
of personnel of the war depart
ment. Their use in connection witn
the demobilization of the military
forces, it was declared, would give
employers definite information re
garding the capabilities of men
applying for business positions as
against the genera! appeal of the
war work and employment agencie5
for places for former soldiers on
the ground of patriotism.
The army tests, according to Mr.
Cody, will require only 30 minutes’
time and are given to applicants
for positions as clerks, bookkeepers,
office managers, correspondents and
salesmen. Authority to introduce
the plan generally into the canton
ments followed a favorable report
by army officers on an application
of the scheme to a group of
men at Camp Upton, N. Y.
Use of the test records, it is ex
pected, will aid materially in solv
ing the problem of the unemployed
soldier in the clerical field.
IKS OF FRANCE
IS MAN OF IRON
PARIS. — Premier Ciemenceau’s
wonderful constitution is ascribed
partly to the fact that he devotes
half an hour every morning to phy
sical exercises. At eight o’clock
Edouard Leroy, his gymnastic mas
ter, arrives to put him through a
series of movements demanding the
greatest flexibility in all parts of
the body.
M. Clemenceau. attired in gym
nastic costume, endeavors to per
form exactly the most difficult ex
ercises. Sometimes, however, when
a sudden idea crosses his brain, he
darts from the room to make a
note of his inspiration.
For years the premier has not
missed his morning drill, except for
a few days after the attempt made
to assassinate him by Cottin; but
he resumed it as soon as it was
safe to do so. It is to this daily
exercise that M. Clemenceau at
tributes his indefatigable energy.
Even during the most anxious hour5
of the German offensive he con
scientiously went through the drill,
and found that after a sleepless
night it made him fit for the
strenuous tasks of his office. The
lesson is followed by vigorous mas
sage. Ten minutes later, the pre
mier, who rises at six in the morn
ing, winter and summer, leaves in
his car for the war office, fresh
and ready for the day’s work.
An Instrument of Precision.
Dibbs—Do you believe that there
is really something which can in
variably tell when a man is ly
ing?”
Higgs—I know it.
Dibbs—Ah! Perhaps! you have
seen one of the instruments?”
Higgs—Seen one? I married
one!—London Tit-Bits.
The Canadian parliament has re
duced the Yukon legislature cr
council to three members instead
of ten.
LAKE I
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WASHINGTON'. D. C.—First hon
ors in the building of ships during
i the" war has been awarded by the
Shipping Board to the Ninth or
Great Lakes district. Held by canal
restrictions to a lighter type of ves
sel than was built on the seaboard,
the district did not produce so many
net tons as other sections, but out
stripped all other districts in the
number of ships. In one year it
put into service 125 more vessels
than were delivered from all Ameri
| can yards in the year before the
United States entered the war.
At the outbreak of the war. Great
Lakes yards, which had developed
a highly efficient type of cargo car
rier, were at work on 100 bottoms
for foreign account. All were re
1 quisitioned by the Shipping Board,
and the first ship turned over to
j the board under its war program
was the Limoges, a 2,930-ton freight
jer, built at Toledo. Twenty-seven
] ships were finished and put to sea
before the canals froze in 1917.
While winter gripped the lakes
1 new work was continued and the
existing fleet, even old boats which
| had been laid up. were overhauled.
Summer saw every available craft
worked and overworked as never be
fore, keeping the stream of grain,
i iron ore. coal and manufacture;
moving toward the east, for ship
ment to the men in Europe. At the
opening of navigation, 20 ships
slipped from the ways, and work
was carried forward at increased
speed. In November a total of 28
ships—nearly one a day—was put
into service by Great Lakes yards.
The total for 1918 was 163 new
freight carriers, all of them steel
except one. The smallest yard on
the Lakes, having only three ways,
delivered 13 ships, and finished a
fourtenth only a little late for de- !
liverv before the ice closed naviga
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tion. Between the end of Novem
ber and the end of March, six more
were launched. All wrere 4,200-ton
boats
One yard built a 3,500-ton ship
in 84 days. Another launched a I
3,400-ton hull in 28 days, a record
which was clipped to 24 days by
another plant soon after. That rec
ord stood but a little while, for!
still another yard launched a 3,500
ton ship in 17 days after the laying
of the keel, and delivered it com- j
plete 14 days later.
Expansion of the yards to meet
the war's demands gave the Lakes
a total of 112 berths, 79 for cargo
ships and 33 for tugs. While the
average total number of rivet gangs
in the Great Lakes district is only
ten per cent of the nation’s total,
they point proudly to the record or
delivering 30 per cent of the coun
try’s total ship tonnage.
Additional contracts for 346 ships
of 4,200 tons each have been placed
in the district since the last requi
sitioned ship was finished in Oc
tober, the program to be completed
by the close of navigation this year.
Since the signing of the armistice,
400,000 tons of shipping have been
delivered. Orders also have been
placed in the district for 25 steel
seagoing tugs, 13 wood seagoing
i tugs, two steel harbor tugs, and 39
1 wood harbor tugs,
j Completion of the building pro
gram, according to officials, will give
ithe Lakes district a record of 447
cargo ships and 79 tugs delivered
I to the government, the largest num
|ber of ships and the largest ton
i nage built in any district.
Genuine Buhmch at Fowler
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LONDON.—Stripped of his out
side clothing, a young American
sailor was found in a semi-con
scious condition in the early morn
ing several days ago on the pave
ment outside a hotel in a fashiona
ble West End district. His socks
were missing, but he wore half
laced shoes, which revealed his con
nection with the navy.
At the United States Naval hos
pital, to which he was removed, he
has been unable to give any ac
.count of himself, not even his nam;
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Team of young horses,
weight about thirty hundred.
Guaranteed to work single or
double, wheelers or leaders, and
perfectly gentle. Yachon, Tolo
vana. k21
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
Calling Cards printed to order on
sho*-t notice at the News Office.
FOR SALE—Chiffonier, oval glass;
high top gilt bedstead, complete,
with spring and mattress: rocking
chair, leather cushion; settee
with cushions: Encyclopdia Brit
tanica, 29 volumes, new; largo
clean empty barrels. Apply at
Casey's warehouse. k27
DANCING ACADEMY
SOCIAL DANCE
Sat. May 24
UNION MALL
Mrs. Belle Campbell - Director
or address. He vaguely associate
home with the Great Lakes.
On the afternoon of the day he
was found, a pair of American
naval trousers and a hat were dis
covered in the grounds of Lord
Lansdowne's residence in Berkeley
square. They apparently had been
thrown over the wall from the
street.
The lad is not more than 20
years old and his height is 5 feet
S inches. He has ruddy cheeks,
merry blue eyes, fair wavy hair
and very white and even teeth.
When he recovered consciousness
his first words were "Black Jack.'
and ‘‘I won’t sign it." He does
not know what he meant by those
expressions.
Harry Owen left this morning
on the steamer Shusana to work
on Billy Lynn’s contract near camp
449.
Giving Her a Tip.
"Bridget, I don’t want you to
have so much company. Why,* you
have more callers in a day than I
have in a week.”
“Well, mum, perhaps if you’d try
to be a little more agreeable, you'd
have as many friends as I have.”—
Boston Transcript.
Children tell the truth, but un
fortunately it doesn’t take their
parents long to break them of the
habit.
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WS.&
1 HAS SAVINGS STAMPS
ISIUED BY TUB
"UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
YOU
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BUY
WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
Wet Weather Goods
Rubbers, Boots, Rubber Shoes
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
Raincoats, Slickers and Shoe Oils $
GO TO
FOWLER & MORRIS
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
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Tom Smith, Prop.
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BLAINKFIELD EXPRESS
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind,
OFFICE AT THE ARCTIC RESIDENCE PHONE
The Important Point.
Dissatisfied Householder—Do you
mean to say that this meter mea
sures the amount of gas we burn?”
Gas Collector—1 will enter into
no controversy, sir: but I may say
that the meter measures the amount
of gas you will have to pay for.—
London Tit-Bits.
{nicely house
I With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
! Rates By the Week or Month
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Op;n for Business with
full Lin: of Requisites
R.S.McDO MLD
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
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Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
DU'Iding, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 a. m.
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second and Fourth Tueidays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
ATTENTION
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