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CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE ' ]s DAY BY LAUNCHING SHIPS Washington, July 3.?(Correspondence of the Associated Press)?The s United States celebrates Independ-I\ ence Day tomorrow by launching, be-'c tween sunrise and sunset, more ships t than Germany's submarines can de- f stroy in a month at their present rate e of underseas piracy. One hundred ships?perhaps more h ?approximately half a million tons A of dead weight tonnage are expected 1; to slip from their ways. j\ Without holding back a single ship Y in order to swell the number for In-'e dependence Day Launching, the ship- J 2 workers by brawn and sacrifice have1 j made ready at least 95 ships, and it j is said to be not improbable that the|a number will be one hundred. These p ships, when completed at the same t rate of speed which has made possi-jj ble their launching today will take^c tfidir places in the "bridge of ships to f France" which will maintain the arm- a ies fighting to defeat Germany. s Today's achievement which probably will be accounted among the saf- y est and sanest Fourth of .July cele- v brations in the country's history has y been made possible only by the loy- j alty and devotion of the shipyard 'r workers themselves working underjr the organization of Chairman Hurley c of the Shipping Board and Charles M.'] Schwab, the new director general of t the Emergency Fleet Corporation. 5 The request of Chairman Hurley T and Mr. Schwab that the day be eel- 4 ebrated by launching the greatest t number of hulls ever put overboard in one day, specified distinctly that!] the war program was so pressing L that it would not be permissible to! delay launching which could be made < earlier. Any ships put into the wa- ? ter must he the result of extra exer- ] tion to get them ready ahead of scheduled time. The response of the workmen, the men who actually are building the merchant marine, needs no comment other than the lists of vessels to be added today to the world's marine population. Sacrificing their regular Saturday half holiday, accepting only i straight pay instead of time and a half for that work, cheerfully work-1 ing overtime, tiie men speeded up pro- j duction in a great drive for tonnage which has been so successful that the j lnunchings today exceed by 42,050 j deadweight tons the entire output in, 1901, the best pre-war year an American shipbuilding. If an official communique were is- ] sued on the result of the day's op- . erations, it might read thus: , "Our shipbuilders attacked the U- . boat campaign today everywhere in Amerrica, achieving their objectives early in the assault and pushing be- ] yond. The result nullifies in one day ? all that the German underwater navy { takes more than one monih to ac-/| accomplish. All our units behaved', magnificently and it is expected that;, distinguished service medals will be', awarded soon to some individuals by j the Shipping Board." {l Beginning in the east, because of differences in time, the launchings will continue throughout the day until the last hull has been lloated on the waters of the Pacific. \t least ships are expected to be launched, with a deadweight toust:-g?? of ! 70,580. ( Work was continueif until the last r minute in liope of launching otlicr ? ships also. Launchings planned for Atlantic and Gulf yards number 38, |! including 27 wooden vessels of 95,700 1 tons, and 11 steel ships of 70,486 tons. 1 The Great Lakes yards will launch r 14 steel ships of 47,700 tons. Main-!< taining its record, the Pacific coast !r will lead the rest of the country with 1 20 wooden and 17 steel launchings, totalling 250,700 tons. The Bethlehem Union Plant in San Francisco will have the honor of c launching three ships with a capacity , of 35,400 tons. The Moore Shipbuilding Company at Oakland, Cal., also will have a triple launching, the ^ tonnage being 28,200. Triplets also t will be born in the Ecorse, Mich., yard ^ of the great Lakes Shipbuilding j Coippany, the tonnage being 8,900. 1 1 T fl A ITOP /VI.' rvill \fv riAi iiU^iu.> a I > semet-solvay plant , 1 REMAINS UNDETERMINED ( i d Syracuse, N. Y., July J.?The cause j of the fire and explosions which killed t at least 60 workmen, injured more]a than three score, some probably fatal- s ly and destroyed the TNT plant of the t ctejnet-ftoivay company at r>pm, kock, near here last night had not been de- a termined tonight. A double investiga- i tion is under way and District At- \ torney Walrath said several "peculiar ( circumstances," including the break- a down of the water and lighting sys- p tem, w'ould be thoroughly investi- r gated. t The company was engaged in man- I ufacturing TNT for the United States t government. Ten buildings were de- t sttoyed and others damaged. The p property loss is said to be in excess ? of $1,000,000. The full extent of the t disaster did not become known until long after daylight when search of the 1 ruins disclosed the bodies. i 1ERIOUS PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED IN NEAR FUTURE Washington, June 30.?(Correpondence of the Associated Press)? Vith the population of the world inreasing faster than the growth in he meat supply, government experts oresee a serious problem to be solvd in the not far-distant future. The situation in the United States las reached an interesting stage. Vithing the last ten years, .the population has increased about 18 per cent vhile the herds of the nation which rought the meat industry to its presnt high development have declined !0 per cent. In Europe the condition s even more serious because of deletion due to the war. Australia ind New Zealand continue to produce creat quantities of meat, but the disance to the congested centers of mpulation adds much to the expense >f marketing. South America's vast ields and spendid herbage, therefore, ire being looked to as the source of :upply, now as well as after the war. Argentina is today the most imlortant beef producing country in the vorld, according to a review of meat innHrur in Ssmifh A mnrirn hv tlio jatin-American Division of the Bueau of Foreign and Domestic Comnerce. Uruguay also is becoming a enter of the industry and Brazil, 'araguay, Colombia, and Venevuela o a less extent. Out of a total of III),047 tons of beef, mutton and lamb irodueed in 1910, Argentina produced 1.10,400 tons, New Zealand and Ausralia 202,176 tons, the United States !0,.r>22 tons, Uruguay 43,895 tons, Brazil 33,571 tons, Canada 21,723 tons ind other countries the remainder. Development of cattle breeding in Bouth America has been a direct remit of the discovery of refrigeration. Jntil the practice of freezing meat vas introduced, South American comnerce in meat was negligible, being onfined to the shipment of low gradei smoked or salted beef, for which here was little sale. When American and British capital established dants in Argentina and Urugauy, \nd later in other countries for freezng or chilling meat so that it could >e shipped fresh across the ocean, ommanding high prices and being in rreat demand, native ranchmen' be?an to improve their stock by the introduction of thoroughbreds. As a result, millionaire ranchmen n Argentina and Uruguay are almost as plentiful as millionaire oil men in Oklahoma. Frozen meat is aeing used extensively by the Allied armies and the flow of gold in the world's commerce has been showing an increasing trend toward South America. Meat packing in Argentina has aeen so successful because it was spared the hardships which a new inlustry usually encounters. Profiting ay American experience, the plants were established along modern lines without costly experiment. A market already had been created in Europe av the shipment of frozen meat from the United States. Argentina is now seokin"- to increase her herds to keep aaee with the capacities of the packng houses, while Brazil is endeavorre to augment the number of packrg houses to handle *he plentiful snpnlv op stock. The Brazilian govu-nmept is e-iving evew encouragement to breeders to improve their drain of cattle. Columbia has offered a subsidy of 'iu.ihmi to the tirst packing house esnblished in that eonntrv. Colum>ia ha? approximately 1.000,000 head >f cattle, which can he exported now >nly on the hoof. American, British ind Swedish farms are reported to >e investigating the subsidy offer. WHY NOT LEARN RUSSIAN Washington, June 20.? (Corre;pondenee of the Associated'Press)? "Why not learn Russian? It isn't < learly so difficult as is popularly sup- j >osed, and America needs for the war1, oday and the commercial reconstruc- i ion after the war a large number of) ntelligent citizens who can use the anguage." Question, suggestion, and patriotic ^ easoning are made on the responsitt^u?i r> jinty ui tile uiiiiuu otcittr duit'au ui j Education, on the staff of which Dr. I Ren Levin Swiggett has been con"jt lucting expert investigation into the|( >ossibility of equipping larger num>ers of Americans with languages ind information that will fit them to ;ustain and rebuild the fabric of in- * ernational relationship in the future. s * 4 Dr. Swiggett says that all the asiumption of difficulty comes because ( nquirers are normally confronted^ vith the Russian alphabet and Us * Jreek letters, the Russian grammar ind its many tenses, and all the para- 1 ihernalia of scholastic lore. , lie inti- 1 nates that the absorption of this has 4 >een altogether too difficult for the * tussians themselves, because he cites * he fact that hardly four per cent of he Russian millions ever got to the 1 mint of going to school to learn their < iwn language. They can all talk it, i hough. < A proper method of acquiring the t anguage as Dr. Swiggett outlines it,i< nvolves only the simple process of 1 | How | PURI | LOYAL | WEI 5; | THERE ARE I 1 THERE J | We i Are M Vt T x Benefits v Lodges in all the Principal ?|? Cities of the United States. . Y Club Rooms open every day Y 8 a. m. to 11 p. m. x % Open Charter Fee Only | $3.QO "S Regular Fee $25.00 Join Now X and Save $19.00. X 'i S7.00 a week sick and accident benefits; SI00 Burial >" Benefit, Free Medical AttenY tion for Self and Family. 1 Fh IPC ft I f\n nor moni h no I ^ A-' ttVU V 1 . W pV/1 A IIV/Ai til) 11V/ assessments. f ? ? i What The The Loyal Order of Moos V ance organization. His an ex X. with beneficial features. Its < # aid the sick, bury the dead b V into the dark places. It he !? S+ other things, as hopes great tl the darkness cf the dead, the r i % t friends. f x I Over X m I caroii x ?learning a few of the simpler words through cc ind phrases that mainstay daily inter- higher plai :ourse and thereafter absorbing some products, f< nore. By dint of practice and a selfish gain sound memory, which he considers "I wish to more difficult of exercise than is sia's great ;he American ear for the latest pop-|techinacl ? jlar song, a modest Russian vocabu-jeyes on the ary can be acquired. Then if it isjtry. Whih lesired, the books can be consultediCommerce. ind an ambitious young American work is ye :an do more with the language than for a natio nany Russians. - to do our Yet in spite of this ease, Dr. Swig- nee(' 'n thi yett finds that only 10 educational in- "^et us jtitutions in the United States at- study of R ;empt to teach Russian, and only here Poses. Ou >f those have courses that are de- message ft jigned to qualify students in the spok- thereby a ;n language. message ca "Ifniw rliffnront tlio ofnrv foa/Ia mercial re] England," he says. "Of 12 universi- n*(( in co ;ies reported, nine teach Russian. Of ? ..T16" prf 11 schools of the type of Eton, Rugby, u?s" ind Harrow, 10 offer it, and 15 city , exchai ichool systems, all maintain classes. roa contlu "I have no wish to make a brief for (jjve hirr ;he study of Russian for any purpose \ barber an^ >ther than the establishment of ways world couli ind means whereby our nation may ? some to know modern Russian better, The diffe :o creat^ a way for the comirffe ex- man and a hange of ideas, and wares that mnst very good 1 >e mutually helpful. That way lies necessary. / /dy P. TY AID PROG! ORDER OF LCOME BROTH SFO MOOSE IN PC ^RE NO HUNGRY % Notice Opening. ... Of The ... UNION LODGE (Open Charter) SEE John T. Storm At Edisonia Theatre For Applications for Membership. "Texas" A. B. RITCHIE DISTRICT SUPERVISOR Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal Order ol Moose After 1,500 In Union County JOIN NOW AN1I BUILD YOUR OWN HOME. T y Are Char I e is not an insur- The Loya, 0rdl cellent Social Order . . e interference with oi cardinal virtues are . , , . . . , Political or Sectarh ind inject sunshine .Ids hiah above all anced in the lodge hrobbing star, above ience to law, equal love of wife and others insisted u so he departs?a fn 10,000 I] nas This 1 >t A A A A A A A A A A A v?^ A v?v >. J V V V V V V V >T V V V V V V V V < immerce, exercised on a BEEF MAY BE SERVED ie than the mere barter of ONLY ONCE ar immediate and therefore ' Order is Emphatic as to 1 to call attention to Rue- Eating pi,M8_B,.prodUc need for engineers. Our schools should have their *e ^8ed s man market of that coun- T, , , , , ~ , ... . ,. .. . Roast beef, whether hot or i related only directly to ' constructive engineering be served in Public eatinS P t a great commercial asset one day a week. n, and we should endeavor Beef steak has almost enl share in meeting Russia's appeared. Most hotels an s respect. rants throughout the Sti now urge .the immediate ussian for commercial pur- ma^ed heef steak off the m r nation has a peculiar wbde? under the regulatic >r Russia, and possesses steak can be 8erved for on< distinct advantage., This one day a week' the ,ood a( n be delivered by our com- t,on looks Wlth favor uP?n t presentatives. We shall |1,c eatin* Places which have nsequence a large number ??? Dee/ 8teak entirely fr< pared immediately to trade ?' *are unt'^ there is ? on the unselffish basis of ar7 Possibility of danger t rige, and the spirit of a Wl1' not be enou?h beef to 8 istador of commerce." a y needs' Patriotic peopl , m - staining from ordering roast i six weeks away from a b?cf steak in restaurants ai I the richest man in the and are not eating beef at 1 In't borrow carfare. By-products of beef, sucl tails, livers, tongues, sweei rence between a very good hearts, kidneys, brains ar very good friend is that a may be eaten at any time, ,.-;n i:- ?i? A? ni^wu nm ??w jruu wuni ure ui vne present not restr pork. ( I A A A A A A A A A A A A A Ai v *vn A..F3*! ^ RESS | 1 MOOSE 1 [ERS i ? i iTTFRS FTF!T TV I MOOSE! f X > In | America X ? : 1 T Organized In % 1889 i X Club Rooms with Bath, JL Reading. Writing and ^ Lounging Rooms. V T T i * Games, Music and Other Entertainments Free to V Members. Free Vocational Education for the Children of deceased members. V _ <!< Mother's1 expenses paid while children are in school if she desires to accompany them. ^ 'acteristic T er of Moose does not tolerate ne's religious or political views. Jj^ in discussions are not countenrooms, but patriotism, obedrights and respect for opinions pon. As one enters the lodge, le man. % n The 1 ? Year { k TWO ALLEGED DESERTERS A WEEK KILLED BY THE SHERIFF . I VH Public Coushatta, Lr., July 3.?Cresley Harts May vey' ^ years an(l h*9 brother Reuben, 23, alleged deserters from Camp Beauregard since last April, . . were shot to death near here late yesco (, can ^er(jay by sheriff T. M. Brittain and laces only Deputy Floyd Jones after Cresley had sent to the sheriff a note declaring .5 i_. jj 4L?i. L:. I n ?J L- 1 * ureiy uis- wmi ma uromer ana ne never WOUia d restau- from Black Lake swamp . , alive. i e avc sheriff Brittain and three deputies lenus, and went ^ swamp and separated in>ns, beef two searching parties. Brittain ; meal on an(j jonea came upon the fugitives Iministra- an(j when ordered to surrender Creshose pub- jjarvey is said to have pointed a pliminaf. * . . ... . -? ? ... - - ? I pistol at the sheriff. Brittain killed >m their |bjm before he could fire. When he no longer Baw bis brother fall Reuben Harvey hat there fired at Jones but missed and Jones \ upply the killed him with the first shot, le are ab- m J , beef and When you see a man with a chin nd hotels, like a hen's you know that you can iome. slap his face without starting any- '* i as ox- thing, t breads, * id tripe, If Adam was a good fellow, he and there probably muttered to himself that the ictions on apple was darned good while it lasted, anyway.