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MOOSE WILL GATHER
AT MONTHLY MEETING
The regular monthly meeting of
Zenana Lodge, Xo. 1193, Loyal
Order of Moose will be held at the
home of the organization tonight, at
eight o’clock, for the transaction of
^ business of importance to the lodge
All members are urged to be on
hand.
FA1RBANKSANS ARRIVE
TO WORK ON RAILROAD
The launch Eagle arrived from
Fairbanks this morning, bringing
ten nassengers. all of whom are
figuring on going to work on the
government railroad.
The Eagle left Fairbanks at 3
: o'clock this morning and made the
run in about eight hours’ time.
Among the passengers arriving on
the bdjt were Emmet Kincaid, J.
Sells, Pete Ostrom and Steve Spreit
zer. the last named being the owner
of the launch.
LOOK YOUR BEST
In the Good Old Summertime
Have your neckties, coats, suits
and hats cleaned, renovated, and
made like new, at the house of
moderate prices and first-class work.
MRS. DORSAYS TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Streets.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
Electrical Goods
Stoves and Ranges
Water Pipes and
Fittings
Bath Fixtures
Sheet Metal Work of All Kinds
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
Nothing Succeeds
Like Success
Our Goods are Right. Our Prices are
Right
Watch and Jewelry Repairing, Engraving
Wm. TAYLOR
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War Department History
Tells of Production of
Airplanes During War
WASHINGTON, D. C-—Admis
sion that both military and civilian
experts overestimated the country’;
rapabilities in setting out in 1917
•to accomplish the impossible task”
of producing 22,000 airplanes in 12
months is made in the official his
;ory of the government’s efforts to
build up the industry, just made
public by the war department.
Realization of this error resuited
almost immediately in the placing
of contracts in France for 5,975
planes of the Spad, Nieuport and
Bregeut types.
Tne report shows that by May
23, 1919, American factories bad
delivered 5,270 planes, or 24 per
cent of the ambitious program,
svhile the French had delivered 31
per cent of the number promised
on that date. Up to November 11,
a total of 11.364 airplanes had
been produced in America, but
these were largely training ma
chines, fighting planes completed
during the war period totalling
only 3,329.
•'Broadly stated," the history says,
‘'the United States produced for her
army alone in her second year of
manufacture, as many airplanes as
England produced for her army and
navy in her. third year.”
Organization of the manufactur
ing industry is declared to have
been the smallest of the air serv
ice's problems, an alarming short
age of cloth and varnish, or “dope”
for the wings developing at the very
start. Lack of an adequate supply
of linen was overcome quickly
through the assistance of the United
States bureau of standards, which
evelved a special cotton fabric with
a tensile strength of 90 pounds to
the square inch. Production of this
material was soon at the rate of
1,200,000 yards per month.
“Cotton proved to be not only
an admirable substitute for linen,
but even a better fabric than the
original cloth," the report says.
“No matter how abundant the sup
ply of flax may be, it is unlikely
that linen will ever again be used
in large quantities for airplane
wings.”
Search for a varnish to protect
airplane wings resulted in the es
tablishment of 10 large chemical
plants to produce acetone, the prin
cipal ingredient.
“Had the war continued,” say;
the history, “these new plants would
have taken care of all American
and Allied military needs, allowing
the production of private plants to
go exclusively to fill commercial
Development of aircraft was so
rapid that frequent changes in
models and designs were before the
service experts for consideration.
At the time of the armistice, the
whole production machinery had
been, or was about to be. turned
over to putting out a new De Hav -
land, known as 9-A; the Lepere. a
two-seater built around the Liberty
engine, and the great Handley-Page
machine for bombing work. Experi
ments also were under way with
the Italian Caproni, to be driven by
three Liberty engines.
"But American invention was able
to bring out a strictly American
bombing plane that promised to
supersede all other types in exist
ence,” says the report. ‘‘This was
the Martin plane which, with a wring
spread of 75 feet, attained a speed
of 118 miles an hour against 100
for the Har.d!ey-Page and Caproni.
Where the foreigners required 4o
minutes to climb 15,000 feet, the
Martin craft took 30 minutes.
One entire chapter of the history
is given to the evolution and prep
arations for the production of the
Liberty engine. First drawings were
made May 29, 1917 and the first
8-cylinder engine was delivered July
4, 1917. On August 25, the first
Liberty “twelve” successfully passed
a 50-hour test.
“As an achivement in speed in
the development of a successful new
engine this performance has never
been equalled in the motor history
of any country,” the report de
clares, quoting a British official
statement that more than one year
from the conception to completion
must be allowed in such cases. The
performance was possible, it added,
because all the inventive and manu
facturing talent of the country was
turned over patriotically to the gov-'
ernment for use without stint, even
secret patents and processes being:
thrown into the common pool.
Deliveries started with 22 motors j
in December, 1917. This was in
creased to 39 in January, 1918; 70:
in February: 122 in March; 415 in
April, and 620 in May. By Oc- j
tober the daily production was 130*
complete machines. The report as
serts that as a fair standard of!
comparison it could be said that the-;
most famous British aviation engine j
never reached a larger production j
than 10 machines a dav.
i
Liberty motors comprised about
one-half of the aviation horsepower
produced in this country, the re-1
mainder being divided between the
Hispano-Suizas, Le Rhomes, Cur
tisses, Hall-Scotts, and or two ex
perimental types. Disappointing re
sults met efforts to produce the i
British Rolls-Royce and the French
Bugatti engines in this country, this
being attributed largely to insuf- j
ficient data obtained from the orig
inators.
Vivid description is given of the
development of the various special
equipment for war planes, such a?
the synchronizing device, permit
ting the aviator to fire through his
propeller, the special compasses and '
sights, the camera “gun," and many
types of bombs. As an illustra
tion of the adaptability of Ameri
can factories, the report cites the
case of a manufacturer of skates
who turned out thousands of demo
lition bombs daily.
SHOTGUNS and Shotgun Ammu
nition-new stock just opened, at I
Anderson Bros &. Nerland
i
FROM SERVICE!
_
; SAX FRANCISCO. — “Good-bye
dear old Oregon.” was the senti
ment voiced by hundreds of men, •
women and children during the last
week of the Victory Liberty Loan
campaign when they visited the:
famous old battleship for the last!
t:me as she lay at anchor in Sar.
Francisco bay. Within a few weeks
the grim fighter of nearly a quarter
of a century ago will take her;
place with the “Constitution” in the
hearts of the American people: the
Oregon will go out of commission
and become a memory.
A few weeks after the sinking of
the battleship Maine at Havana, the
Oregon was in San Francisco har- ’
bor when there flashed across the
continent on March 12, 1898, front
the navy department to the Oregon> I
commander an order to proceed to
Callao (Peru* as soon as practicable. |
On Match 17, Captain Charles E.
Clark assumed command, and two*
days later began the celebrated trip
around the “Horn.”
Captain Clark was not advised j
that war had been declared against I
Spain until his arrival at Rio Jan-;
eiro, April 30. Great concern was1
felt in the United States for the I
lonely Oregon, as the whereabouts!
of the Spanish fleet under Admiral
Cervera, which had just left the
Cape Verde islands, was unknown.
The nation breathed a sigh of re
lief when word was received thu: ;
the Oregon had arrived safely at j
Jupiter Inlet, Fla., May 24, after'
a trip of 14,000 miles made in 6s
days. A few days later she joined
Admiral Sampson's fleet off Santi
ago, Cuba, and she participated in
the great battle of Sunday, July 3,
1898, when Cervera’s fleet was an
nihilated. The Oregon forced the
Colon, the last of the Spanish ships,!
ICE CREAM |
AND
SOFT DRINKS I
(INCL UDINQ THE WAR TAX)
THE PORTLAND !
JACKSON & EKELAND. Prop..
ishore to her destruction.
Subsequently the Oregon steamed
from New York to Manila, where
she was on duty during the Ameri
:an operations in the Philippines.
Of late years she has been used
for a training school for young sail
ors and has been the feature of
many celebrations and other events.
She was built at the Union Iron
Works at San Francisco in 1896
and carried a complement of 34
officers and 671 men. Her dis
placement is 10,286 tons.
Genuine Buhach at Fowler &
MorTi*.
ORPHAN FUND CLUB
MEETS ON THURSDAY
The regular weekly meeting of
the French Orphan Fund club will
be held on Thursday afternoon at |
the residence of Mrs. S. E. Ivey. '
This will be the last meeting of the !
club for the summer, and it is
therefore important for all mem
bers to be present. The meeting
will start at 2:30.
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Genuine Buhach at Fowlw &
Morria.
HATCHERY COMMISSION IS
NAMED BY LAWMAKERS
—
Senators Heckman and Ronan and 1
Representatives Sowerby and Noon
recently named the membership of
the Territoral Hatchery commission.
Senator Heckman named J. R.
Beegle of Ketchikan. Senator Ronan
named Hugh Dougherty of Seward,
Representative Sowerby named Chas.
D. Garfield or C. J Alexandef and
Representative Noone named A. J.
Adams of Cordova.
Under the provisions of the bill
the four members of the legislature
were to name the commission, sub- j
ject to ratification by Governor
Riggs. It is understood Governor
Riggs has objected to two of the
men named. The members of the j
legislature, however, declare the;
have named the commission, and un
less the men are ratified they will
wash their hands of the entire
matter. ' I: is believed the matter
will be adjusted to the satisfaction
Df all concerned.
Among the 200 persons arrested
in Cleveland. Ohio, May 1, for riot
ins, was C. H. Rutherford, a Nome
Socialist and a candidate at one
time for mayor of the city.
PROHIBITION OF DANCING
WELCOMED BY GERMANS
BERLIN'.—Police-President Ern
st's prohibition of public dancing
in Berlin has been welcomed by
the great mass of citizens, whose
indignation had been aroused not
only by the great number of balls
held nightly, but also by their char
acter. One such ball, held recently,
was a beauty competition. Thu
dance fever has been raging in
Berlin since the war-time prohibi
tion against public dances was
withdrawn.
Reports from provincial towns
show similar conditions. The sol
diers of a garrison in a small town
in Brandenburg sent a delegation
to the commanding officer to pro
test against requiring them to be
gin drilling at 8 a. m. when they
had been dancing until 5 a. m.
LONDONERS MOST
PAY FOR PRIVILEGE
OF RENTING HOUSES
LONDON.—In many districts,
and particularly in Yorkshire, where
the dearth of houses is acute, the
practice of paying "key money” is
growing. So keen are prospective
tenants to get into a house directly
it is vacant that as much as $50
to $100 is offered to the occupier
for the key, this transaction gen
erally carrying with it the under
standing that the landlord will ac
cept the succeeding tenant.
(euu. WTiere Rall» ana Rlvn Man
COLISEUM
f STRONG WORLD FEATURE FOR PROGRAM TONIGHT.
Wm. A. Brady Picture Play*, Inc., P-e»ent*
THE DISTINGUISHED DRAMATIC STAR,
Martha Wedman
WITH
John Hines
ASSISTED BY A STELLAR CAST, IN
A PICTURE WITH PLENTY OF ACTION, FILLED WITH IN
TENSE THRILLS OF ROMANCE AND HUMOR,
IN FIVE POWERFUL ACTS.
MUSIC-VIOLIN, PIANO AND DRUMS
ADMISSION 25c RESERVED SEATS 50c
THE SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK