PLUM DUFF! SAYS
LOCAL ALASKA
DIRIGIBLE M AN
MR. LANGLEY COMPILES A FEW
STATISTICS AND FACTS ON
GROWTH OF INDUSTRY
The master of a schooner fed his
crew practically nothing but mush,
called “duff” until a mutiny was threat
4 ened, when, dashing plum juice over
the duff for Sunday dinner, it became
“plum duff” and made the crew very
happy. Thereafter Sunday was look
ed forward to with greatest of antici
pation. and no further trouble with the
crew was ever experienced.
Germany, before the war, made 118
Zeppelins or dirigible balloons, sever
al of which were lost in action, and
others were dismantled and utilized
in making of improved designs. At
close of the war, by the terms of the
treaty, all excepting those then under
construction, later turned over, were
delivered to the Allies.
Germany was forbidden to make any
more dirigibles; however, America not
being signatory to the Versailles Trea
ty nor a member of the League of Na
tions, the Zeppelin crew at Frederick
haven was transferred to Akron, Ohio,
where the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corpora
r
tion was formed, utilizing the Good
year Tire & Ruubber Co. Aeronautics
Department, which company held op
erating possession of the Naval Sta
tion at Akron, where German Zeppe
lins are now being manufactured, with
Dr. Hugo Eckener and his Fredericks
haven crew who brought over the
“Los Angeles,” in charge.
Europe has entered into and is en
gaged in dirigible transportation on a
large scale, having well established
routes running as regularly as Ameri
can steamboat routes. Germany, be
fore the war, operated one single diri
gible, the “Bodensee,” making 100 trips
in 98 days, on a seven hour schedule
i each, over a distance of 430 miles per
trip, at a profit of more than a million
marks; she carried over 2 million peo
ple, without loss of life or ship. Prac
tically every foreign country has dir
igible airship service today.
Therefore a New York newspaper
statement, that would mislead a read
er into believing that “only one ship
remains” inferring that 117 ships were
lost by the usual and ordinary hazards
of the air, is merely substituting plum
duff for the same old duff that has
become revolting to the vast American
crew who are not so possessed of anx
iety for American railroads as is the
New York World.
Even if the story was accurate the
comparison with airplane losses,
steamship and railway losses, would
yet be favorable to the airship; dur
ONE
GOOD TEST
—of the purity and stability of a
motor oil is the amount of carbon
it forms.
Zerolene forms, on an average,
30% less carbon than other oils.
The carbon is soft and fluffy and
most of it blows out with the ex'
haust. For this reason the Zero'
lene'lubricated automobile or mo'
tonboat may be driven from 25%
to 50% farther without having
the valves ground or the cylinders
rebored.
Zerolene forms less carbon than
any other motor oil \nown to us.
Insist on Zerolene—a better oil.
Ask for it by name—Zerolene.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
ing the same identical war, ships
and cargo of the value of 8 billipn
dollars. Even outside of the war zone,
by the usual and ordinary hazards of
the sea, shipping lost 2 million tons
of which slight attention is given, even
though water craft dates back to the
days of Noah; aircraft losses in the
same war, were stupendous both in
machines and lives lost. But the New
York World makes not a word of ref
erence to these in this article, altho
airplanes are frequently as viciously
attacked. Nor does the “World” even
mention that a war was involved in
the losses, nor even say outright that
the dirigibles were lost in that war.
The inference intended to be drawn
is that 118 were made, 117 blew up or
burned, and 1 alone remains.
As proof the article names 4 that
everybody knew about. But fails to
cite the 113 that are merely dashed
with plum juice. The story is mere
plumb duff.
At Akron, Ohio today, an airship
factory, grown from a few dozen to
over 2800 employes is turning out daily
more than 22,000 yards of inspected
cloth for dirigible aircraft. One de
partment alone, which is composed
entirely of women workers, has in
spected more than 4 million square
wards of cloth while the Car depart
ment, Cordage department and General
Aeronautics department is as highly
specialized. This condition existed at
the time that Dr. Eckener took chorge,
and is very much advanced today.
Tremendous advancement in com
mercial aircraft is immediately before
us and while this may perhaps seri
ously affect American railroads, it will
prove advantageous to isolated coun
tries having very limited rail and
steamship facilities. The airship is
the most wonderful of wonders and is
now within the reach of all mankind.
Sacrifices have been made just as sac
rifices have been made and are still
being made in railways and steamship
transportation, and in irplane trans
portation, but the path of all human
progress has always been and forever
will be resultant from experience.
Just as there exists powrful inter
ests favorable to aircraft, so also does
there exist equally powerful opposing
forces whose strongest efforts, in ab
sence of substantial substitutions, is
merely plum duff. Don’t devour it
without full knowledge of what is im
mediately beneath.
H. H. Hungerford, of the Bureau
of Fisheries, is among the passen
gers on board the Admiral Watson,
bound for Kodiak, where he will be
stationed for the winter by the de
partment.
Keith McCullough, who has been
interested in the fox raising business
to the westward for a few years
past, arrived in Seward today from
Seattle on the Admiral Watson. Mr.
McCullough is on his way to Seldo
via.
William Forchak is a recent arrival
in Seward. He is registered at the
Overland Hotel.
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biliousness, constipation
and because 1 had
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I now
carry them always
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RENDERED CASE
N. W. FISHERIES
EMARD CASE COMES TO END
wuth JURY BRINGING IN
VERDICT—NOT GUILTY
In the case ol' U. S. vs. Henry Em
ard, which was continued yesterday
afternoon in the Federal building, in
which Mr. Emard was charged with
illegal waste of fish, the jury brought
in a verdict of “not guilty.” Attor
ney L. V. Ray of Seward, represent
ed the defendant.
The case of IT. S. vs. Northwestern
Fisheries,which was tried before the
court later in the afternoon, the de
fendant facing the charge of illegal
fishing, a verdict of guilty was re
turned.
The specific charge in the case was
that the Chinilna fish trap on July
20, 1925, was found containing a
large number of fish. Attorney A.
J. Dimond represented the defend
ant.
Following the conclusion of the
above named case a hearing wa« \
held in the probate case of the W
N. Dawson estate, of Kenai.
A divorce was granted Nina Mc
Clellan from George B. McClellan.
Both formerly resided in Anchorage.
The case of U. S. vs. W. J. Imlach.
according to the court calendar, was
set for trial this morning.
No definite word as to the arrival
ot the steamer Yukon had been re
ceived up to the time of going to
press, but according to the local or
fice, the big liner should steam into
port alte tomorrow" afternoon.
John Bange, a recent arrival in Sev. A
ard, is a guest of the hotel Van Gil
der.
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