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New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Nahna Slips Into
Waves and Sticks
In Bank of Mud
First Vessel Launched by
Downey Plant Strikes
Water Four Feet Deep
Rests on Oil Pipes
c err m ony Witnessed by
Throng of Notables, Miss Eat
on Serving as Christener

The Nahma, an earnest and literal
minded steel freighter of $500 tons,
whose name was chosen by Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, was launched yesterday
in the yards of the Downey Shipbuild-
iny Corporation, at Arlington, Staten
Island, amid cheers, fluttering banners,
foaming champagne and patriotic mu-
sic.
II chrsten thee Nahma-'Over the
top. with the best of luck'!" cried Miss
Aubrey Eaton, daughter of Dr. Charles
A. Eaton, head of the national service
section Of the United States Shipping
Board, as she crashed the bottle of
wine against the Nahma's bow.
Goes cover the Top"
With her hawse- holes staring cog
the platform. the vessel tobogganed
down the ways, swished into the wa
ter, drove across 400 yards of seaway
while guiding ropes snapped, and went
clean over the top of mud bank, jam
ming forty feet of her stern firmly
into the mud, which was concealed by
only four feet of water.
With the best of luck they hope to
get the too-obedient freighter out of
her plight at high water this morning
before her weight crushes any of the
six Standard Oil Company pipe lines
that are buried in the mud in which
she rests: Her keel is squarely on one
of the pipes. A shift of wind to the
west would endanger the other five.
1t was 1915 p. m. when the band
struck up "Thc Star-Spangled Banner"
and the vessel started down the ways.
After the excitement was over Miss
Eaton discovered she had cut her hand
on splinter of glass from the cham
pagne bottle. She noticed the wound
when she accepted a great cluster Of
La France roses, which one of the en-
ployes handed to her.
An aeroplane hovered over the yard
during the launching ceremony.
Prominent Visitors.
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Downey, Dr. and Mrs. Eaton,
Mrs. Luman Wing, A. G. Pessane, pres
ident of the Great Lakes Engineering
Company, and Colonel I. Thord Gray.
The Nahma is 396 feet long, 52 feet
beam and has depth of 30 feet. Her
keep was laid on November "a. She
is the first vessel to be completed at
the Downey plant for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation. Nine others are
to be built.
One of those who spoke after the
launching was Captain Bookwalter
general manager of the Hog Island
Shipbuilding plant, who said that it
would not be long before ships were
leaving the wa"s there at the rate of
one a day. Othe~ speakers were DR..
Eaton, Mr. Downey o. Mr.. Pessane.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Enlisted Marines to
Get Chance to Flv
Course at Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology To
Be Afforded

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Enlisted
men in the land and sea service of the
Marine Corps are now getting chance
at Marine Corps aviation, the newly
added phase of marine activities. The
aviation section is being rapidly ex-
panded, it was announced to-day, and,
in accordance with the general policy
of the Marine Corps, enlisted men get
the first chance to qualify as aviators.
Accepted candidates are given ten
weeks course at the navy ground
school, Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology, followed by three months
of actual flying training. Ground
school students rank as gunnery SER
geants. and completion of the flying
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
u. s. Has 118 Fully
Equipped Shipyards
And 44 Building

WASHINGTON, July 27.-America's
great chain of ship manufactures is
approaching completion. There are now
1lS fully equipped shipyards in the
United States and forty-four partly
complete, of which twenty-three are
only six less than 25 per cent ready to
begin building tonnage.
Many have been built from the
ground up while the others have been
extended and enlarged to such degree
that many of them amount almost to
new yards.
The building of shrips has been such
fascinating problem to Americans
| that they have been quick to lose
sight of the herculean task of organi
zaton and development which had to
| precede the construction of new ves-
sells to beat the submarine. Back of
the weekly outputs of tonnage has been
long stretch of work, some times dis
couraging, always necessary, which
only just now is nearing completion.
Thirty seven steel yards, which the
United States had when the war began,
have grown to seventy-two. The old
yards have been increased from 1862
ways to 1876, and more are being added.
Eighty yards for building wooden
ships now are in operation or nearing
completion. The rest are for building
!
Hog Island, the greatest of all ship
yards, and one of the four government
fabricating yards, is 80 per cent com
plete and will launch it's first ship next
month, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson acting as
sponsor. Bristol and Newark, two
other fabircating yards are almost
complete, while Wilmington, N. c., the
fourth was commenced only in
May and is still in its infancy.
Wherever expansion can be made
efficiently, the Shipping Board Is lend
ing its aid to increase the capacity of
existing yards. Within the month
eighteen new ways have been ordered
added to the country's ship manufac-
tories--as Chairman Hurley prefers
to call them, for America is getting
ready to manufacture" ships instead
of building them.
The Alameda CAL, plant of the Beth
lehem Shipbuilding Corporation has
been authorized to add ten new ways ct
an estimated cost of 100000, 900. The
same company's yard at Sparrow's
Point, Md, is adding three additional
ways at a cost of $3,000,0 900. The New
York Shipbuilding Corporation, at
Camden. N. j., is building FIVE new
ways at cost Of $4,000
The 11s yards which are complete
are distributed sectionally as follows:
Pacific Coast, forty-eight; Atlantnc
Coast, thirty-eight; Great Lakes, six
teen. and GuH Coast saxtAan.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
eelved s.e a large Caproni order. Both
m;ta mlths OF OF night bombers are equipped

Sseived ssed a large Caproni order. Both
ENDS Of night bombers are eouipned
with Liberty motors. 4"'fpe"
me aoandonment of the Bristol also
marks the beginning Of the manufact
ure OF pursuit planes in thia country
:, On large scale. Hitherto our people
nave either inclined to depreciate the
puTsult planes Importance or they have
heid that 1t was better to leave its
,"anu1acture to our Allies, while we
.oncentrated on the heavier two-seaters
nnown NM, as the S. E. 8, presumably with
the Hispano-Suiza motor. has been or
aered into large production at the Cur
VS.. s!ss piant. and the assurance has been
gwen that at last that plant will have
q osnnite pattern to follow instead of
AeeIing changes. No changes will be
made IN the model except those nee
esssry TO adapt It's parts to quantity
th tph,oouction. No effort will be made in
: :ne midst of production to make an
Improvement on the model.
Home Idea of the financial loss in
vowed in abandoning the Bristol NAV
oe gained from the fact that the ahan,
comment has cost 1900 workmen their
tpSosltaons, temporarily at least, and
M .nele seems to be an implication that
man many OF them were long retained on
@ ehe payrolls doing little or nothing in
order to have them ready for the "get
away Ty on the Bristol that never came.
Inc Senate Committee has now
cailed on the Aircraft Production Sec
ti .ion Tor detailed statement of what
eae hasco cost, all told. 1t will prob
ao1y I!' De around $5000,00O or $4,000, 900.
:, The new aircraft production regime
mas adopted policy of intensified Sc
crecy which is self protective rather
Inan IN military in its purposes. John
". Ryan is strong for low visibility.
IL Is, therefore, almost impossible to
learn anything about the new produc-
tlon programme, but there is reason
!or pelieving that instead Of involv-
ing any gradual discarding Of the Lib
erty motor in favor of foreign or new
American models, the original eight
cylinder Liberty will be revived for
use IN certain types of planes.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Michigan Shipyard
Launches 3,50O-Ton
Boat in Id Days
Especial Dispatch to The rribuns)


WASHINGTON. July 27.-A new
record in steel shipbuilding was made
yesterday by the Great Lakes Engi-
neering Company at their Ecorse
(Michigan) plant, when a 8,5oo-ton
steel vessel was launched fourteen
days after its keel was laid. This is
declared worlds record in the con-
struction of vessel of this type by
officials of the Shipping Board.
1t also places the Great Lakes dis
records made by the building of the
6,bO0-ton Tuckahoe in thirty-seven
days and the Launching or the 10000
ton defiance in thirty eight days.
A. g. Pessano, in a telegram concern
ing the new ship to Shipping Board
officials here, said:
"The ship is 263 feet long, with a
beam of 43h feet. Its keel was laid
July IL. and no work has been done
on Sundays, thus making fourteen
working days from the laying of the
Keel to the launching of the boat. All
credit for this supreme and remark
able record is to be given Superin-
tendent Charles A. Baislcy and his
men,"
Director General Charles M. Schwab
replied as follows:
your telegram announcing the
launching from your Ecorse plant to-
day OF ship constructed in fourteen
days is indeed welcome news to me on
my arrival home. 1 remember with
much pleasure my visit to this plant
and the kindly and interesting recep-
tion given me by the workmen. I then
remarked that I felt they were equal
to any unusual tasks that might fall
to their lot. and your telegram to-day
convinced me that my judgment OF
them was correct. l heartily congratu-
late you"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

Brooklyn, New Jersey and Long leland Customer.
Direct to CIMBEIS via Tube. and Suh,~.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
New Hotel Annex for Soldiers

The New York War Camp Community
Service has opened Unit No. 18, at 35
West Twenty fifth Street, the use of
the premises being the contribution of
Mrs. George T. Bliss. of East Sixty
eighth Street. There are 100 beds
available and the unit will be an annex
to the Service Hotel, formerly the
Hotel Darlington, at 49 West Twenty
seventh Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
New Conservation
Requirements

Deliveries restricted to
one trip a day over a route.
Return privilege limited
TO three days from pur-
chasing date.
Special deliveries re-
stricted.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Buy! Buy! Buy.
War Savings Stamps

0"VITtSS OCdl1itl
They are such little bits of
paper, but such a powerful
force (and for which everr
purchaser soon becomes
gratefully, for they help
win the war. and they
teach you how 20 save
without making you un-
comfortable.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21

Ths peach tree is a native Of Persia
and China. II was brought to Italy
by the Romans in the time Of the
Emperor Claudius. was cultivated In
Europe as early as 1850 and brought
to America about 1880. Its name Is
derived from PersIco. its native coun-
try. The ancIents regarded II with
diatrisf. a. according to PlIny they
supposed the king Of Persia had sent It
into Egypt 70 poison the inhabitants
with whom he was at war. The Chi
iiege have traditions Of d peach tree
Of knowledge and anothel Of lumor-
taiiiy
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21

Steamer leaves baltimore. Pier 3,
Light Street, Tuesday. 5 p. m, for the
loliowing p0iuts, weather and time per-
mitting
siilmf'e. Brome'a. Porto Belio, Gra-
sons. Coan. Bundick'a. Lakc's, Walnut
Point, CowaTt's. LCwisetta, Lodge,
Mundy'a Point. Ksnsale.
Returning. steamer leaves Kinsale.
Wednesday. ~ nom, weather and tide
permitting. for Baltimore, stopping at
u the above lal dinss Niller'e. .
a ;; GFason'H. 5 p. n Porto Bello.
~. arriving 10 Baltimore. Thufaday
morning.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21
and serve
the cause Of freedom
y us. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
DELICIOUS CORN muFFMS.

Here's an old fashioned recipe for
corn mullins that has recently been
revived and used With unusual success
IN several Of the larger New YORK ho-
tells To make three and half dozen
mufins take one quart milk, six ounces
butter substitute, twelve ounces of
light syrup or honey. four eggs. pinch
Of salt. two ounces baking powder,
one and halt pounds cornmeai aRs
one and half pounds rye -four. The
butter and syrup should be thoroughly
mixed then add the eggs gradually.
Pour in the milk and add the rye Hour
mixed with eornmeai aud baking p0w-
der.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21

The mushroom In form Of slime
fold was the first plant to evolve on
earth. The aigae plants Of the FIRST
seas thrust out fungus ~ land to
drlw minerals from the oyerhanging
rocks. ON this primitive fungus
hchens evolved ana the three pIai.ts
interfed each other. three hundred
million years ago and today. Later
true inusIlroonas evolved, at frst with
small cnfs, forlS first food sups
ply for tho late ng living cfea-
8tlires
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21
The aperfsct peav,v.. I !.

1t is familiar axiom that there
are no duplicates In nature. The phyrsi-
ologists claim that this is one Of the
causes for differences in the features
OF the same person--that nature never
models two eyes or ears In an exactly
identical way. But there are persons
In whom the difference is so small that
u practically does not exist. And near
ly always this 10 a woman. Then we
get what IL called a perfect beauty
Exchange.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21
nullt fer oIar4

Gardner. Mass, has In one Of its
parks what is believed to be the largest
chair IN the world. made for actual
use. It is 81 feet square at the haas,
and ~ feet In height. The seat IL nix
feet from the ground, 40 that those
who wish to slt in II have to literally
climb up into the chair, like children.
The chair weighs 1000 pounds. 1t wRp
presented 10 the city. and 10 an object
Of considerable attraction to strangsrs
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21
AntIauIsy 4 lili,l q q. ! aafa.x j pIn.

That the Hittites were in constant
communication with the other nations
- shown by the fact that Egyptian
scatabs and amulets. Phoehician pot
terry. Greek terra Gotta figures are
found In the tombs Of different periods.
Bronze daggers and iewelry are fairly
common, and Woolley proudly showed
me safesy pin, 5000 years old. that
would prk. Some stone.aee pot
terys very ancient emblems Of
thunder + the weather god, was
found n Id original kiln. Christian
s<feraid.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21

81. amer leasea Baltimore, Pier 3
Light Street. weather and tide permit.
ing. Wednesday at ,. m for Leon
ndtnwn, ard laudiHgs a. follows
Mitler'p, firosne's. Porto Belt, Gra-
wr's. Cosu, sa. M Bundpk'a. Lakes.
Walnut Point. Cowart'a Lewieetta,
Klnaale. Lodge Landing. Mubdy's Pt.,
Piney Point, 10 >. o.. Barhwn0d. Rock
poini, cobrum's. hay Side. Abell'A
beonardtosn
Returning. stfamcf leaves. weather
and tide permitting I.soDardtown.
Friday. & a. m; Lodgu Landing, 70
n., kinsale, " ne0n. Aiiler's, Z y.
N Porto BclIa, 8 . m, arriving IN
Baltimore. Saturday morning. stopping
At all the above landinga,
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21
FACE the FACTS

FACE the FACTS
7 EFT US face the facts The war situation is critical
II Unless the Allies fight as they never yet have
fought defeat threatens Hungry men cannot fight
and Italy are going hungry unless we feed them
Wheat Savings--Thyy must ha
best food to fghtbn. II il tbt 49, q
alone spare II 10 them. BY aNHe0sst
less than quarter 81 what we ate last yearwe can
support % i those WIG srs fighting Our bates M And G gs
% substitute another food just as good.
The Corn Of PIenty.-Corn Ia that food There's
surplus Of t. Providence has been generous in the
hour Of need IL has given In such bounty
never known before. Tons Of corn. Train
loads Of corn Five hundred million bushels and
learn to appreciate It. Was patriotic duty made
SO easyY And so clearG
Amsriea's Own Food--conl II is the true American
food. The Indians, hardest of races, lived on It.
Our forefathers adopted the diet and conquered
continent For great section Of our country i
fought @ o 4 history e s No Ga S Se "a Ass aas
win world war
Learn Something-Coml II isn't one food. It's
IT'S dessert It's nutritious more food yaae n Il
dollar for dollar than meat OF eggs or most other
sqUa Ss 20 n0T goon you
Best of all it's plentiful and it's patriotic
corD's Infinite vsriety-How much do you know about
eous Sags o " aoot @S ss ou
by not knowing more about III Here are few
Of its
There are at least nifty ways to use corn meal to
make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch break
fast. Here some suggestions:
HOT BREADS DESSERTS
Boston brown bread. Corn-meal molasses cake.
Hoecake. Apple corn bread.
Muflins Dumpngs
Biscuits. Gingerbread.
Gridde cakes. Fruit gems.
Waf1es.
HEARTY DISHES
Corn-meal eroquetteS. Corn-mea hsh balls.
Meat and eorn-mea dumplinga.
Italian polenta Tamales.
The recipes are in Farmers Bulletin 565, Corn
Meal Food and Ways Of Using IT, free from the
Department of Agriculture.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21
RlHltlHU. DELAWARE d VIRGINIA Rf co
WINTER SCHEDULE.
Potomac River Line


Steamer leaves Baltimore. Pier 8,
Light Street, weather and tide permit
ting, Saturday. s. p. M, for WaahiDg-
ton, y. q, and intermediate landings
as follows
MiIler's, Broome's. Porto Bello, Gra-
son 3, Coau, 5 a. m, Bundick's, Lakes,
Walnut Point. Cowart's Lewisetta. Kin.
ale. Lodge Landing, Mundy's Point. :
Piney Point. 10 a. M, Leonardtown.
I2 noon, Abell's Cobr0m's. Bayside.
Bushwood, Rock Point. .. M, Nor
gautown. Glymont. Indian hcnd, Alex
andria. Washington.
Arriving Washington Monday Morning.
Returning. leaves 7th ST. Wharf.
Washington, Monday. weather and tide
permitting 81 4 p. M. LeonaFdtown,
Tuesday, 8 q. m. Lodge Landing. 10 q.
M; Kinsale. ~ noon; Miller's, 4p. m
Porto Bello. e6 p m, arriving in Bal.
timors, Wednesday morning. stopping
at all the above sndings
Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-02-21
Concrete for Cater

Concrete ~ 2 inaferiai for gate
structures In AIneriean irrigation
canals Is beginning 10 dIsplace wood
lts durability overcoming 'hc dlsad-
Fantage Of higher cost.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-21
DOES NOT WORRY
Her Husband and Nine Brothers Ar
In the War.

Her Husband and Nine Brothers Az
In the War.
At 4 large commercial school In Chi
cago, studying Office work SO az to do
her part In the war. Is Frenchwoman
who has nine brothers and husband
In the fighting forces Of the allies.
She is Mrs. Alice Carter, whose hus-
band, w. j. Carter, although consider
ably over the draft age and veteran
Of the Boer war, is now in the United
States aviation service in Texas. He
Is an expert machinist and was for
merly in the automobile repair busi-
ness in Chicago.
Carter, who is of English birth, mar
ried Alice Latour in Paris eight years
ago and then came to America, where
he was naturalized. He also has three
brothers fighting on the western front.
"Unless one of my brothers is killed
will know nothing about them ex-
cept Indirectly" said Mrs. Carter.
wounds are sO-what do you say?7
the common thing that we do not fuss
over them any more. When q French
soldier is wounded it is merely part of
lie days work and he only mentions it
casually"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-21
BEAT AMERICAN PRISONER
Germans Also Kept Him for Days
Without Food, He Says.

The Stars and Stripes, the official
newspaper of the American expedition
airy force, identifies the first American
private soldier to escape from prison
in Germany as Frank Savicki, and de-
votes three-column article to his ex-
periences. Savicki. whose home was
in Shenandoah, Pa, is a Russian Pole
by birth and has taken out his first
naturalization papers.
While prisoner in the hands of the
Germans Savicki spent ten weeks be.
heind the German lines, where he
worked IA hours daily on military
work. He then was sent to q farm.
He often went days without food and
water, and was dubbed by his guards
for picking grass along roadside to
eat. Finally he was sent to the prison
camp at Rastatt, where he received
American Red Cross parcels from
Switzerland.
After several weeks in the prison
camp Savicki escaped and got through,
the mountains into western Alsace,
where he has rejoined his regiment.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-21
CHEAPER GRADES OF
PAPER MUST Be USED
DonneIIey Points Out the Urgent
Necessity for Conservation
j Of Paper.

mr.. Hoover" means to millions
-save foods" "Mr. McAdoo" means
save transportation :" "Mr. Garfield"
means "save fuel" and more recently
INF. Donnelley" has come to mean
rsave paper"
The writer, had occasion to talk over
the paper situation with Mr.. nOnncl.
ley. and many interesting sidelights in
paper economy were opened up.
When asked regarding the conserve.
ton Of paper on the part Of state print
ers. city printers and other semi.odi.
cial organizations. Mr.. Donnelley sug-
gested that steps would probably be
taken in the near future to curtail the
printing Of city manuals until after the
war. Mr.. Donnelley also suggested
that eventually Liberty loan commit
tees, fuel commissioners, Red Cross,
department managers and such organi-
cations as the Y. NJ. c. A., Y. W. G.
A.. and X. Of c. would be called upon
to observe certain rules for conserving
paper. When asked the scope Of the
curtailment necessary he replied that
I'm nearly every case. cheaper grades
Of paper can be used when the litera.
ture was absolutely necessary, and the
circulation should be boiled down and
reQuisltion made for only the number
Of prints required" He added that
Yin nearly every case newsprint paper
was advisable, except when halftones
were used"
The greatest waste Of paper today"
said Nh. Donnelley. "is on the part Of
various organizations and commissions,
and In view Of the present paper condi.
lions, all purchasing agents should
keep constantly In mind that reduc.
ton in paper consumption Is necessary,
and advice should be sought regarding
the most economical method of manu-.
eacture. In order to secure the needed
attention"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-21
MOTOR TRACTORS HELP

Keep Artillery Almost Abreast Of Al.
vance At Al Times.
Americans in London who are famil.
lar with late developments in army
methods believe that the American
success in the Soissons.C Chateau Thier.
~ counter-ofensive was due to their
ability to move heavy artillery for.
ward quickly.
Artillery motor tractors, it is b.
lieved. are the answer. BY use Of the
armored tractor they could keep their
artillery almost abreast Of the ad-
vance at all times. The tractor 10
said to be able to do six miles an hour
over the toughest ground.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-21

Chicago Hotel Converted Into School
at Which Young Americana BY Hun.
dreds Are Prepared for scientifically
Keeping Fires Burning on Nations
"erldse Of Ships 70 Europe"-lntsn-
sive Course Of Study 10 Laid Down.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-21
MORE FATAL THAN AUTO

ANIMAL Drawn Vehicles Cause Many
Deaths In Massachusetts.
Animal.drawn vehicles caused more
deaths in Massachusetts during the
past year than did automobiles.
The annual report Of the state In.
dustrial accident board, just issued,
states that there were 43 fatal acct.
dents, Of which q were caused by We
hicles drawn by horses and 20 by those
self propelled.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-21
Fiirtina Not Patriotic.

"SUO SNOS VOSs1VSt0s
The dirt Is not q patriot In these
times. according to Doctor Crossdale,
~ho addressed gathering Of the Sc
attle WOmen's Business club recently.
Young women should be taught" said
Doctor Crossdale, ''that the most val.
liable thing they can give to men in
service is wholesome comradery."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-11-21
Ex-Governor chop. wood.

Herbert s. Hadley, former governor
OF Missouri, now professor Of law at
the University Of Colorado. is q boss
wood chopper. As evidence Of his
prowess with the az he has piled up
on q siding near q railroad so cords
Of pitch wood ready for consumer.
About fifteen university students help.
ed in the chopping, all paid by Profess
cor Hadley. who is head Of the Pstzs-
otae league Of tie univeesitZ.