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New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Men Slightly Defective to Get
Chance inDraft to Do Their Bit

The man who is underweight, lack
ing in molars or slightly defective in
vision is to get his chance to serve in
the next draft army. Acting ON the
discovery that men minus thumbs are
sometimes captains of industry, the
provost marshals office has made elab-
crate plans to use the under normal
men in the nations war machine. Spc-
cial INSTRUCTIONS for the acceptance of
such men for special or limited mill
tary service yesterday reached the med
lcal advisory boards here
For example, men who have lost a
thumb and an index finger or two fin
gers on one hand, or who have other
defects of the hands growing out of
disease are to be certified to serve be-
hind the lines, provided their general
health is satisfactory
The general rule as stated in the Or
der is:
Reject no rcgistrant when in his
present civil occupation he is able to
pursue any occupation which would be
useful IN special or limited military
service" In holding men for sub
sidiary work under the colors local
boards are asked to specify what occu-
patton or task the man is fitted to per.
form.
Other categories of men who were
fatty rejected in the first draft. but
who will be accepted for limited SER
vice in the forthcoming calls. are ::
"Rcgistrants with one good arm and
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28

good lower extremity, provided he is
able to perform and is performing some
useful occupations; registrants with le-
slons or deformities of the foot total
~ disabling them for general military
service, and, in the opinion of the medi-
cal advisory board, irremediatble bv
treatment or operation; registrants
VINO are under the required weight but
who weigh more than 1870 pounds. and
men who do not satisy the dental re-
qulrements for general military ser
vice. Men who fall between the stand
ard of vision for unconditional accent
ance and that of unconditional reiec-
ton may be held for special sercice.
The end of the first draft was off
clally observed Yesterday. when some
1000 selected men, chiefly from Brook
lyn, left for Camp Upton. All future
acts and orders in relation to the Sc
lective service system will hencefortn
affect only the second and later incrc-
ments.
OF the final quota of men, only
Allan Anderson, who calls himself a
conscientious objector, appeared to
leave unwillingly. He is regis
trant of Local Board 40, With
headquarters in the Manual Train
ing High School. Anderson appeared at
the headquarters of the local board
yesterday morning and said he had re-
ceived permission from the Adjutant
General to delay his departure The
only response Of the members was to
handcuff Anderson, who had previously
boasted that he would not submit to
mobilization, and take him to the Carl
ton Avenue yards in an automobile
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Larger Air Fields
To Reduce Number
Of Cadets Deaths

WASHINGTON, Feb 27.-Immediate
steps to reduce the number of col
lisions by student aviators by spread
ing out the training areas are to be
taken by the War Department.
1t is planned to lay out flying fields
in various directions from the training
camps, to which the student aviatcrs
would fly each day in u previously ar
ranged schedule. It is believed this
will eliminate the crowding in the mir
which has resulted in many tight
places" in which young aviators have
not been able to man9uvre safely.
All things taken into consideration,
however, War Department officials feel
that the number of accidents has not
been unduly large.
The number of accidents has made
no difference in the personnel! of the
Aviation Corps. Not only their morale
continues unimpaired, but this coun-
try, officials say, remains the only
country i'll the world which has sur
plus Of aviators.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Bill to Deport
Alien Slackers
Passes House

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The So
called "alien Stacker BILL" to bar from
citizenship and authorize deportation of
aliens Of draft age WHO claim cxemp-
tion from military service, and author
izing the drafting of any aliens for
agricultural or manufacturing work,
was passed by the House to-day by a
vote Of 3d4 to 2l. 1t now goes to the
Senate
The Administration opposes the bill
on the ground that it would embarrass
the government in negotiating treaties
with the co-belligerents providing for
the drafting of their nationals resident
IN this country. Such treaties with
Great Britain and Canada have been
signed and those with France and Italv
are about completed.
The bill is applicable only TO citizens
OF countries at war with Germany who
are eligible to American citizenship. II
provides. not only that they shall be
forever barred from citizenship in the
united States, but that they shall be
deported as soon as practicable.
me immigration Committee in rc
porting the bill and speakers in the
house day said it would not be pos
slole 10 deport any appreciable num-
per or affected aliens any time soon, as
ships to carry them would not be avail.
able. ''e''
Before passing the bill the House de-
feated. 235 to 1873, an amendment bv
Representative Rogers, of Massa-
chusetts, which provided that the act
should not supersede any existing
treaties which stipulate that the United
States shall not subject the nationals
OF treaty country to compulsory mill
tary service. This amendment had
been agreed to week ago by the House
sitting as committee of the whole.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Baker Disapproves
Death Penalty for
Desertions i'm u. S

WASHINGTON, Feb 81. - Recon-
mendations by Major General Charles
G. Treat, commanding the 37th Ma
tional Guard division, that the death
penalty be imposed to check desertions
and to bring soldiers to O. realization
of the gravity Of that offence have been
disapproved by Secretary Baker. Cen
eral Treat based his recommendation
on the number Of desertions from his
command. composed almost entirely of
Ohio troops, and stationed at Camp
Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala.
1t would be unwise at this time, Sec
retary Baker held, for the War Depart
ment to formulate definite policy, but
he instructed the adiutant general to
issue bulletin to the army pointing
out the seriousness with which de-
sertions must be regarded in time of
war.
Desertions Cause Concern
The Secretary acted on an opinion
by the judge advocate general which
held there is a clearly drawn differ
ence between desertion from training
III the zone Of hostiiities.
The plain intimation is given. how
ever. that men who desert in France
may expect no lenency.
General Treat. after calling attention
to the number of cases of desertion oc-
curing in his division, expressed deep
concern over the situation His recon
mendation concluded:
''As much as I regret the necessity,
fully believe that the supreme penalty
should be meted out in fragrant cases,
in order to bring these young men to a
realization Of the enormity of the Of
fence of dcscrtion in time of war"
Homesickness the Cause
The judge advocate general doubted
if the death penalty should be i'm
posed for desertion in this country cor
would be justified and sustained by the
sentiment Of the country" 1t is very
probable, he suggests, that descrtion in
many cases was because of an "over-
whelming sense of loneliness and home
sickness" and also due to the fact that
the young men in the army are wholly
new to military life and still accus-
toned in their minds to the freedom of
action of civilians
The number of cases Of desertion
from the 37th Division or from other
army units is not available.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Two British Ships Rescue
Ten of the Cherokee's
Crew
------.-
Twelve Taken OFF
Raft, but Two Die
Lieut.. Newell, Commander,
Among the Dead; Craft
Bound for Norfolk

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 27.-Twenty-
nine men are believed to have lost their
lives yesterday morning when the sea-
going naval tug Cherokee foundered in
a severe gale fifteen miles off the Mary
land coast.
Ten survivors and the bodies of eight
ether members Of the crew of thirty
nine were brought to the Philadelphia
Navy Yard to-day on two British rescue
ships, which carried their colors half
mast. No trace-of the remaining men,
bers of the crew was found. Among
those missing is Junior Lieutenant Ed
ward d. Newell, commander of the tug.
Ordinarily the Cherokee carried crew
OF forty, but one man was not aboard.
According to the captain of one Of
the rescue ships, the primary cause of
the disaster was the breaking of the
steering gear A fifty-mile northwest
gale was blowing and the little vessel
was at the mercy of mountainous seas
The tug was thrown broadside to the
waves and wallowed in the turbulent
sea until her matches were Battered in
In the meantime two RATS were
launched and the crew abandoned the
ship as she was about to founder.
Two Die from Exposure
81 saw wreckage about six miles from
the scene of the disaster" said the cap
tam. Later | found an upturned boat,
and then we sighted the raft on which
there were twelve men. We took them
all aboard, and two died from exposure
II saw six bodies and summoned an
other vessel to pick them up, as
wanted to give assistance to the living
men,"
Virtually all the twelve men on the
raft were unconscious when picked up
There were four men on the second
raft. Two were washed overheard and
the other two died.
The wireless man aboard the Cher
okee stuck to his post to the end The
wireless operator at the Naval Reserve
station at Cape May, n. j., picked up
the first call from the tug at 7:55
o'clock yesterday morning Word was
relayed to the naval coast patrol at
Lewes, Del, fifteen miles across Della
ware Bay, and cutter was sent in
search of the distressed tug.
Signals Became lndistinct
The Cape May wireless was in touch
with the Cherokee operator for some
time after the first call, which was
clear and distinct, but did not state
the cause of the tugs plight. Later the
Cherokee's signals became indistinct
and by 8 o'clock they had ceased.
The Cherokee was formerly the tug
Edgar f. Luckenbach and is said to
have been bound from an Atlantic port
to Norfolk, Va, for repairs
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28

twenty shots at spray In single
discharge it makes sound like the
neighbours boy swatting the cellar door
with the back of an axe. With sol
diers holding it in belted cap at the
hip and advancing, firing automatically.
the sound bursts in waves. like hail,
wind driven. on marble windows.
The report of the Bureau Of Public
Information has it that the Browning
rifle has met some remarkable War
Department tests. They. applied cor
roding chemicals to it, they blew sharp
abrasive dust into the mechanism with
a bellows, and did not affect it. They
fired 10000 rounds of ammunition in
bursts Of 1000 and got fifty bad shots
out of the 10000. They cracked the gas
cylinder in the first 5000 by plunging
the gun in a barrel of cold water, but
that taught them wisdom, SO they tried
cooling by sponging with cold water
and found it worked.
Of course, the real test is still to be
met The holes in iron gray uniforms
in Flanders will offer the best evidence
as to the success of the Browning gun.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28

and designed by A. A. Daugharty, for
merly Of New York. It's dimensions
are: Length, $40 feet; beam, 4S feet;
moulded depth, 27 feet. 1t will have a
carrying capacity Of 400 tons and will
be equipped with triple expansion en-
gines of 1,45o horsepower 1t contains
more than two and q half million feet
of lumber. It's propeller blades are
more than 10 feet in length and 21a
feet wide.
The ship was built by the National
Shipbuilding Corporation, and there are
now six vessels of similar type under r
construction at its yards. Altogether
there are thirty-fve oceangoing ships
in the various stages of completion in
the yards at Orange, good share of
them being built for the government
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
5 Bodies Recovered
From Liner Florizel
Fishermen Had keported
They Saw Signals From
Survivors

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 27.-Mcn
from the steamer Terra Nova who
boarded the Red Cross liner Florizel
after word reached shore to-day that
signals had been observed on the ship,
rapidly breaking up on the rocks near
Cape Race, reported that there was no
living person aboard Every part Of
the vessel remaining above water was
searched and the bodies OF five men
and woman were recovered. None.
however, was identified. The body of
an unidentified woman Was washed
ashore this morning.
Advlces to the government authori-
ties that fisher folk had reported sig
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Biggest Wooden Ship
In World Is Launched
Keel of 4,700-Ton Vessel Laid
Only Five Months Ago in
Texas Yard

ORANGE, Tex, Feb 27.-With none
of the pomp usually attending such a
ceremony, the largest wooden steam
ship ever built was launched on the
Sabine River here to-day, just five
months after its keel was laid
The steamship was built for the Gu
nard Steamship Company, of Liverpool.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Japanese to Study AirpIanes
[Stof Correspondencel c

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-The pro.
posed extension of the japanese naval
flying corps has found Japan lacking
struction. The naval authorities arc
sending to France thirty picked
mechanics from the Kure naval AZ.
senal to study the building of air
planes, it was learned here to-day.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28

nails from survivors on the Florizcl
caused the immediate dispatch of the
Terra Nova to the scene, although
agents Of the Red Cross Line declared
that all survivors had been taken off
by tho rescue fleet which returned
here Monday with forty-four persons,
most Of them members of the crew.
OF the 1876 men and women who
sailed from this port on the Florizel
Saturday night ninety two were lost
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Jersey Filler Killed Day
After Getting Commission,

HOUSTON. Tex, Feb. 27 Hammitt
K. Elliott. who enlisted as flying cadet
at Haddon Heights. N. j., last October,
was killed at Ellington Field to-day.
He failed to right his airplane when
essaying a tail spin.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. PHI. Ken
meth Elliott was 10 years old.
He enlisted after being graduated from
the high school at Haddon Heights,
n. j., and was commissioned lieuten-
ant yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28

the upper picture shown the 1918 model Of the Browning machine
American will
belt of 50 rounds of cartridges has fired
ue and 6 seconds with only three
cartridges. The
with the jacket filled.
Below shown American
ing machine This the shoulder position
to fmd his sights like those
hundred and fifty continuous shots with magazine changes requiring
OF two and onehaf seconds between
tired from this The rifle weighs fifteen pounds
pcurescan be obtained Public
Information, Washington.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28

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30 broadway, cor. 9Th st.
s47 Broadway, near14th.
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1898 Broadway (Times So,)
"34 Third Avenue.
~ 4O2 Third Avenue.
t2202 Third Av., cor. r.11Oth St.
Stores marks
New-York tribune., 1918-02-28

1853 Manhattan Avenue.
1879 Pitkin Avenue.
JERSEY CITY is Newark Avenue.
kHOBOh EN-t20 Washington St.
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X EW ARK - S31 Broad Street.
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The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-19
ROLLING SHOCK ID BE SHIPPED
 ID FAIRBANKS
Flat Cars, Locomotive and St5am Shovel Will Be Sent to Fair
 banks on Next Boat.

On the barge Stewart, which ar rived here in tow of the steamer Yukon recently, there were eight flat car bodies for the main line and four complete narrow gauge box cars and two flat cars and a passenger coach which had been re- gently purchased from the White Pass & Yukon Railroad for the branch line.
 All but the two narrow gauge flat cars were unloaded on the Ne mana dock, The flats, together with one of the small locomotives and the steam shovel will be shipped to Fair banks as soon as possible for use in the construction of the branch line to Nenana. The other narrow gauge rolling stock vii lbe held in Nenana and will probably be sent over the line to Fairbanks as soon as through train service is estab- lished between the two towns.
 The steam shovel which will be sent for work on the branch line has not been in use ever since it was brought to the Nenana yard from old Camp 6, across the river, where she did good work on a through cut near the beginning of the Nenana end of the line. The locomotive was in use on the main line in the early days of construc- | tion before the big locomotives were received and the tracks laid to standard gauge, and hauled the mar row gauge dump cars and all of the freight for the line between Nenana and old Bailey station.
 Both the locomotive and steam shovel have been thoroughly over hauled and repaired and are now ready for service. It is expected that they will be loaded onto the ! barge Stewart, on which the two White Pass flat cars are The barge will probably be lowed to Fairbanks on the next trip of the steamer Re liance.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-19
OUTLINES
 PLANS FOR WINTER

Frederick D. Browne, engineer in charge of the Fairbanks division of the government railroad, told a News representative today that he will employ as many men as he possibly can on the government rail road during the coming winter, and will continue, during this period all such work as can possibly be continued to advantage.
 The various branches of the ac- tual construction work on the line will move steadily along and the forces engaged in this work will be continued for as long a time as pos sible in pushing the railroad for ward towards Lignite, a cessation of construction work will take place only when the weather conditions render a continuance of such work absolutely impossible.
 Employment will be given to all men whose services can be util- ized to advantage during the winter on the main line to Lignite and on the branch line to Fairbanks and in the offices, shops and yard.
 It is still a little too early in the season for any definite statement to be made regarding just what branches of railroad construction work will be continued, but it will be safe to assume that MT. Browne will so arrange matters as will give employment to as large a number of men as can possibly be used to advantage consistent with the de. mands of the. road and the amour, s
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-19
It's Authentic You'll Find In The Nenana Daily News First
LINE STILL DOWN;
 NO TELEGRAPH TODAY

The interruption on the tele- graph line reported near Beaver Dam has apparently not been cor rected yet, and up to late hour this afternoon no press messages had been received by the News.
 On inquiry late this afternoon it was ascertained that the break in the line, near Bear creek on the Valdez trail was located yesterday by the party sent out to restore communications, but they found it impossible to reach the break in the line owing to the prevailing floods.
 Storms and heavy rain is reported from the coast and the country in the Bear creek district, so it is not not known when the line will be repaired.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-19

of the appropriation available for railroad purposes.
 Later on, when a more accurate estimate of the requirements along the various lines of the railroad work can be made, MT. Browne will be in a better position to make a statement. Some of the outside work, as in past winters, will of necessity have to be discontinued, but it is thought that other work, such as is done in the machine shop commissary store and the offices of the Alaskan Engineering commission will be continued as in past winters.
 MT. Browne stated that it was his intention to push the construction of the road towards Lignite as rap- idly as possible and he will conse- quently use as many men as he possibly can towards this end. He is anxious to reach the Nenana Can- yon as quickly as possible so that the rock work on the tunnels in this section of the right of way can be taken in hand. The work on the tunnels can be continued during the winter undeterred by frost conditions and will afford em- ployment to a large force of men, but it is impossible, at the present time, to say just when a commence. ment can be; made with the rock work on the tunnels.
 There is no immediate cause for worrying over possible shutdown of part of the works on the rail. road, and none for at. least month " ~ ~ So4uS- - ..---f-
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-19
ARMY DEMANDS
 BAND INCREASE

IN FRANCE.-A recent general order of the American army increas- Ing regimental bands to fifty pieces and giving all bandmasters the com mission of lieutenant is understood to foreshadow a general reorganiza- ton of army bands and music. Like good many things that military theory had either abolished or re- garded as of secondary importance when this war began, music is to come into its own again as a prim- ary essential of soldering.
 The commander in chief recently sought the advice of Dr. Walter Damroshch, American orchester leader and composer who is now in France, and as a result the army bands are to be brought up to date and perfected. At present, army musicians also act as stretcher bear CTS when action is on. It is pro- posed to relieve them of this duty. if the military authorities think it feasible, and compel them to prac- tice constantly. The band leaders are to be examined as to their musical ability and an effort will be made to find the best instru- mentalists in the service so that every regiment Fin the service will have highly trained band.
 The army authorities have learned that music is a big part of war. The men want it and they appre- ciate good music, sa is shown by the big turnout for the concerts. Good music is a tonic to the units re- iieved from the front lines and wear jed troops straighten up inwardly and outwardly when they are played into rest camps after action. It also has been foundt that to play the men out when they start for the front improves their morale.
 Experiments are being made with view to the introduction of the French bugle in our bands. The American bugle is keyed in c and does not lend itself we'll to a band, while the French army Dugle, keyed in B flat and with a clear ringing
The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-19
TOLOVANA LAUNCH
 LEFT FOR FAIRBANKS

The launch Helen M, under chart CT to Carl White for the service be- tween Fairbanks and the Tolovana, arrived in Nenana early this morn ing with little mail and the follow. ing passengers for Nenana: Mrs. M. V. Tyler and daughter Echo, C. Lynn, George Craig and another man whose name could not be ascer. tained.
 She left for Fairbanks about ar hour after arrival. She had the following passengers on board ir transit for Fairbanks: Messrs Nc. Quarrie, Morris and Miss Peck.