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4 / SIX MILLION TOILERS ARE GET TING MORE MONEY ALL INDUSTRY AFFECTED Striking Increases Throughout Entire Country Shows That Workingmen Are Receiving Higher Wages Than When Protective Tariff Flourished. . . 0 - % The entire army of American labor is sharing in the uation’a pros perity. Information gathered by <he De partment of Labor shows a pro nounced trend upward in the wages of the men who work with their hands in every industry and gainful occupation. In every state of the union the full dinner pail is a reality; there are no “bread lines;” the calamity howlers are put to rout. Government experts are of the opinion that the general average wage increase th the last year will approximate 12 per cent. An examination of 1,486 reports indicates 1300,000,000 added to the annual pay checks of approximately 6,700,000 workmen. Tabulating Wage Increases. Secretary of Labor Wilson has had compiled the wage announcements and reports appearing in such news papers as came to the Department, and has summarized the interesting result. The period covered was from July 1, 1916, to May J6, 1916. The publications examined included 18 dailies. 20 monthly and semi-weekly trade journals, and 100 weeklies—in all 138 publications. About 3,000 wage increase articles [were tabulated, which by careful 'checking to eliminate duplications netted 1,486 wage Increases reported In the 138 publications. Of the 1.486 wage Increase re ports. 794 reported the.numhac-uX. fAhii»hiMn*« wttaotmA- a* -2;9-4-7.- a similar basis, the total number of establishments affected by the 1,486 wage Increases would approximate 4,200 establishments. Near Mix MUUea Wage Earners. Again, only 493 of the total 1.- 4 86 wage Increase articles gave the -number of wage earners receiving the increased pay. But thee* 493 reported a total of 1,961.322 wage earners affected. On a similar basis, the total number of wage earners affected by the 1,4 86 wage increases would reach 6,706.000. The number of wage increases re ported by these 138 newspapers and trade journals represent, of course, only a partial story. If the flies of 1,000, instead of 133 publications had been consulted, a far more aear- ly complete review of the labor flald of the 4 8 states would have result ed. It is true, likewise, that hun dreds of wage Increases are made which do not get press publicity. All American Industrie* Affected. The rate of increase ranges all the way from 6 per cent to 30 per eewt; from 5 cents to 60 cents per hour; from 26 cents to |6.00 per day; from tl up to 326 per week. Here are a few of the Interesting cases, showing how general the wage movement has been both aa to terri tory and occupation. Five thousand Arizona miners and ameltera get a flat raise of 20 per cent; while 4,000 get 88 cents in crease per day, and 4,000 more up to 60 cents per hour. California printers and bookbind ers get raises running from 32 to from X6 __ _ New . Hampshire textile mills, re port tifo wage increases reaching 30,- 000 workers In ^each case. There are ISO wage Increase re ports for New Jersey, covering bak ers, building trades, clothing, foun dry aad machine Shops, iron and steel, “miners, munitions, printers, railroads, teamsters, Textiles, and common labor. Bakers got raises of $1 to $2 per week; building trades, -49 cents to feO cents per day. There were 16 foundry and machine shop raises -of 12 per cent to 30 per cent, and nine textile mill raises of 10 per cent to 25 per cent. New York Share* Prosperity. ' Over 180 wage raises were listed for New, York. One clothing qase added 50 cents to $2.50 per week to 40,000 wage earners. Three build ing trade raises ran from 26 cents to 50 per day for 26,000 mechanics. Fifty foundry and machine shop rais es touched 100 to 3,000 men each, and one common labor settlement placed 10,000 men on a basis of $2 to $2.76 per day. There were seven wage jumps for street railway oper ators, and 15 for printers, iif each case affecting thousands of pay en velopes. It takes about 200 wage articles to cover Ohio, and about the same for Pennsylvania; and the wage wave reached every lini of industry. Even water transportation raised wages in Ohio, and two iron and steel raises of 10 per cent each affected 60,000 men, while nine cases involving thousands raised Ohio street railway wages. Oklahoma bakers, builders, print ers and stonecutters got busy with the pay envelope; and out in Oregon the same industries plus railroads and miscellaneous took wage liber ties, in one case adding $2 per week to 4,000 pickets. Record of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, which used to think that high tariff was necessary to high wages, gives 80 wage increase set tlements in the Iron and steel indus tries and the foundry and machine shops—38 of these wage increases being from 10 per cent to 30 per cent, and nine of them affecting 5;- OOOto 24,000 men each—and all tin der a Democratic tariff law. Also, without a tariff, I’> a aagaa oi- apai rniweu b aa 1 fullunsv In two cases 20,000 each, one case LOOKS LIKE DISASTER FOR AUS TRIANS IN THE EAST RUSSIAN LINE STRONGER New Tork Timoe Expert Points Out Increased Danger of Destruction Which Recent Developments Have Produced In the East—Austria Has Been Dealt a Hard Blow. The Russian offensive still holds thk centre of the stage In all con siderations Of the military situation in Europe. Every day brings its re port of fresh advances, and not only against the Austrians in Galicia. This is in a measure expected be cause of the disorganized condition of the Austrian army as a result of its eqormous losses during the last three weeks. But further north about Crartorysk, the Russian ad vance is even more rapid than in Galicia, although in the former case the Russians are opposed almost en tirely by the Germans. The rapidity of the Knasian move ment west of the Mtyr Is comparable only to the rapidity of the German advance against Russia somewhat leas than a year ago. Since the Rus sians forced the line of the Styr River and broke loose from the marches which at Intervals line the river they have never once been halted. As an example of the rate at which they are driving the Germans before them it is only necessary to compare the situation as it was on Saturday morning to that which ex ists.. On Saturday morning the Ras- stans, who had been in operation westward along the line of tto Kovel-Saruy Railroad, had reached and taken the railroad station *t Manevitchi, which is about thirty six miles *•** Tlf Knit 1 ^"T Tir 40,000, on* case 50,000 and another 176,000. Rhode Island praeents 3 5 good cases, in which textile workers take the lead with an avenge of about 10 per cent wage lacreaae; six cases Involving 24,000 wage sarnera South un M—--- HolL Moat of the Southern stake* .acre wise oa the honor roll of Increased wages, the big empire of Texas showing strang. Maryland sad West Virginia make showings similar to those ef Otito and PannayUanU. Wisconsin furnishes one case ef 12.000 wage earner* getting an In crease ef 10 per cent to 12 par.eeat. Utah and Vermamt. which endors ed Taft aad the Payne tariff, .are whet mere modest in presenting increases under Democratic auspice*, though Utah boasts oat- case where 1,000 miners were heneflted. Then there are 33 wage reports on In tersest* corporations, such as the big steel companies and some of the textiles. One textile raise affected 4 4 eetabllehmeats and 36.000 hands One Id par cant steel raise went to 162.000 men, and another to 2B0,- ddt. Increase Near gSdO.fMMWBOO. By reason of the great variety of ways la which wages have been rais ed throughout the United States— sometimes by tbs day or week, and again by horizontal percentage or hr the piece—the Labor Department has not attempted to strike an avelagr rate of lacreaee. It Is qaite probable that the aver- layt the line of the Stokhod U forc- sd. the fall of Kovel to practically certain to follow. The Stokhod of fers th* one good defensive position between the Russians and Kovel. If high board fence reaching far into the ‘Teutons cannot hold that they will not be able to 'protect the town, rhe fall of Kovel, coupled with the Russian successes In Galicia, will force a general retreat. How far It will be carried no one can say. It Is certain, however, that a radical change will have to be made in the entire Teuton front. In Qallcla the Russian advance Is apparently suffering another tempo rary check, rielatyn, the junction of the roads from Kolomea and Stanls- lau to Jablonitza, in. the Carpath ians, has been taken, so that the railroad situation insofar as It af fects the territory between the Pruth and the Dniester is entirely in Rus sian hands. There is still a strong possibility that the Russians will be able to cut this section of the Austrian army off from 4he forces along the Styrpa and thus turning the flank of the Strypa line, either roll it up or force its immediate retreat. Lemberg will then once again be about to fall into Russian hands. One finds that the Teutons, Instead of growing stronger, as they always seemed to have done previously, are growing weaker. For example, in Volhynia, a pitched battle has been in progress for weeks between Lutsk and Czartorysk. The Russian for ward movement was halted, and the Germans, for a while, gained ground Now it Is beginning to appear that the Germans have lost the fight and have had to give way. Between Koki and Ceartorlsk the Germans admit having retired from a small salient, due to pressure on- Its 8ld*>s. In this retirement, however, the Russians report having captured over 7,000 men. Nothing could show more clearly that the Russians are ready to throw into a tight where mod when they are needed more than enough men to offset superior Ger- effictency. After nil, the essence of all strategy is to have at the right point at the right time more than ones' opponent. In this th* Russians are succeeding because the Germans have not enough men to to any threatened point WOULD RAVE TO BE REBUILT FOR ACTIVE WAR USE INVESTIGATION IS RIGID Capt. Koenig Says Fleet of Ten Vet sels Will Be Used In Trade—Con fident No Ground Can Be Found • V • Upon Which to Detain His Shlj^— Experts to Leave for Germany In Ten Days. The giant German submarine Deutschland, pronounced by the United MUtes government officials an unarmed, peaceful merchant vessel entitled to all the privileg es and protection pertaining to such, is discharging her cargo of dyesfoffs at Baltimore. This task practically will be completed on Thursday,' after which she will begia to Uke on her return cargo of nlckle and rubber. ALUE$ REAIY TO big EFForr m Expert DiAermtaed Opposition the Germane Before City #v ; : 325 per week; while meUl worker*. 4Re raise throughout the Doited foundry and nuachlne^ shop operator!., this 7 c«r wttt approximate 12 per cent. But. to be conservative, let us call It 10 per cent. The average annual wage will ap proximate, say, $600 a year. This would make $60 a year as the aver age increase per hapd. This Increace, it has been shown, would certainly affect 5,700,000 wage earners. Bat apply this conservative estimate 1t> an arify of even 5,000,000 wage earners, and you have $300,000,000 as Ihe-vdlume of Increase In the pay rolls of American labor during re cent months, as approximately re ported to the American press. Doubt less this^ is only a small part of the big story of this hlgh-wage era, fox the tidal movement of good times for American labor is still rolling up and on. STTd~the building trades get increases of 50 cents to $4 per day. In Connecticut there were 35 wage increase reports in foundry and ma chine shops alone, the rate of in crease being from 10 per cent to 25 r cent. One of these increases, of 15 per cent, affected 19 establish ments employing 23,COO wages earn ers, and another 30,000 men. Eight Colorado cases increased 10 per cent the pay of 24,000 miners and metal workers. Various Increase* in Illinois. Illinois increases reported to the number of 85 included bakers, build ing trades, clothing, foundry and ma chine shops, laborers, printers and bookbinders, railroads, street rail ways, stock yards and packing plant#, teamsters and theatres, affecting hundreds of establishments and thou sands of wage earners. Three wage increases in packing houses reached 75,00(1 men. —— Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Ken tucky wage increases reached a broad list of industries as in Illinois; the principal increases being 10 per cent to 20 per cent, or $1 to $5 per week. In Maine the wage gains wefe largely in paper mills and textiles, one raise reaching 7,000 textile Work ers; though the building trades, printers and longshoremen also got theirs. Bay State’s Good Fortune. Over 200 wage increases were not ed in Massachusetts, embracing prac tically every industrial occupation. Two cases covered 97 bhilding trade establishments. There were about 50 cases affecting foundry and machine shops; the number of wage earners being from 50 to 5,000, and the rate of increase being commonly 10 per cent to 15 per cent. There were also 50 or more wage Increases In cotton, wool and other textile establishments. One 10 per cent raise went to 50,000 textile workers, and 20 other raises dt 5 per cent to 15 per cent affected ,000 to 30,000 wage earners each. IB Michigan. Minnesota and Mis- uri, bakers, building trades, foun- drymen and machinists, printers and _ railway employees got rsisaa, ona cent Michigan raise hitting 14.- 000, while in Missouri $1 per week was added to 30,000 pay employees at one clip. . . In Montana the bnildiaf trade* got • jimp of $1 per day, aad miaers RUSSIANS LOSE GROUND Berlin Reports Success, But Petro- grad Recounts Its Prisoners. Russian troops advancing In the direction of Kovol have been beaten back by the Germans In a counter at tack near Hulewicze, south of the Sarny-Kovel railroad, says Berlin. The Germans captured three ma chine guns. Petrograd reports the approximate total of prisoners taken by the Rus sian’s during General Bruslloff’s op erations up to July amounts to 5,- 620 officers ard 266,000 men, the •mr office announced today. Guns to the number of 312 and 866 ma chine guns havt been captured. BIG LOSS IN ALABAMA Torrential Rains Cause Great Dam age To Agricultural Products. Reports from the various sections of Alabama embraced in the flood ares. Tuesday sight stated that the torrential rains have ceased, and bu\ little rain has fallen, since midnight Monday. The clearing weather has encouragement that actual damage may be mini mixed “The crop damage in Alabama will not be leas than from SS.sOO.OOO to $7,- 000.000." «id the eommiesioaer of agrirsKsre. "sad may raa as high aa tll.MMM" at Gulevttchl, 'hut twenty-two miles east of Kovel, s net gain of fourteen miles. Aa advance of fourteen miles in two day* against such the tJm mans surely indicates * tre- mendoms driving power, ami. what Is nisae indicate* a disorderly treat. hen troops retreat In good order they fill back slowly, keeping in constant touch with their pursu ers. their rearguard fighting n con stantty delaying action. Where the rate of rrtrnM becom ee anythtog approaching the rata at which the Germans**re falling back or hplter. perhaps, have fatten back dunag tbs last two days, there le no time to hgfct; there is only time to take ns much srtlflsry and other tm pedhnenta to the rear as possible sad to selie the first strong position available. In the hop* of checking the pvrsntng force*. If the Rumtans In this advance were moving forward at any such rats on a narrow front only and thos biting a deep wedge Into the German llaea there would be a distinct sis- meat ef danger in their progress, aa It wodld point to a possible over extension and the consequent expos ing of their flank to a audden at tack which would spoil the whole movement. This was the danger of the wedge which the Russians push ed forward from Lutck, and which was held up southeast of Kovel when It struck the Stokhod River. This latter reproduced on a vefy small scale the •'tlst-in-a-pniow” effect Which characterized the Wai^ saw position last year. As the Rus slan movement threatened Kovel, a point absolutely necessary for the 'Germans to hold If they hope to maintain their present line. It was a very tempting formation for the Germans to drive against from the north. The RwHKian advance, however, has hem lust to the north of the laitsk salient, so that instead of msming Into danger as a result of their progress they are, in fact, completely eliminating the danger of their former jxWttlon. by push ing their entire line up even witli the apex of the saJtent previously created. Their line now, after the advance follows very closely the line of the Stokh River throughout its entire course as far north as the Pripet. The course of this-rlver is a peculiar one, particularly west of Kolki. In the neighborhood of Gulevitehl, after running from northeast to south west, it breaks suddenly almost at right angles and rnns to the south east. It follows this course to a point Just east of Ugll, where It turns again suddenly and runs west. . This creates al Ugll a very sharp point. As stated, the Russian line as now located follows the course of the river, so that the Germans still rer tain between Ugll and Gruziatyn a sharp wedge jutting eastward Into the Russian position. It is at this point that the Russians have forced a passage o fthe river. The Stokhod has been the one great obstacle to their advance to Kovel. They reached the river in the early days of their offense, but the Germans retiring behind the screen of the river had successful ly resisted every attempt to cross. Now, however, that their Tine to the north has almost if not quite caught up with the fmitre of the first ad vance, th* RuHlan position has been greatly improved. The advantage of terrain is still strongly with the Germans. The western bank of the Stokhod is dot ted with numerous hills; in fact the entire ground on the weet side is very mnch higher than on the east. 11m RussUas on the other hand have fought their way dear of the Meet the great Marshes with which Styr Is limed. This was their I eet problem aad bow that M has brill lastly aerumpllshed It is Hue. they •wwre frthr gfivnitlge and thsloglcaT enn- Confldent that the efforts of the diplomatic representatives of the Entente allies to have his vessel classed as a warship and interned will prove unavailing, Capt. Paul Koenig, master of the German sub marine Deutschland, prepares to leave port on his return voyage within ten days. Capt. Koenig expressed satisfac tion, but no surprise, when inform ed that three American naval offi cers, who inspected the Deutschland Tuesday, had reported that not only was ah« an unarmed merchant ves sel now, but was so constructed that she could not be converted Into war craft without virtually being rebuilt. Capt. Koenig said he could only reiterate that tbs Deutschland like other submarines built or build ing for Germany's new undei _, merchant fleet, was Iifc18 fs-jim-Hf- rMTflFrr V WuuWg • Be Take* From .The British gains in the battle the Somme, after ten days coat ons fighting, cover a front of eight miles and Include the entire German first system of defense, »- cording to the official report mi warded by Gen. Haig, th* Brtusti commander-in-chief on the front. This advance includes a her of small tow&a or positions which are consldened Of great strategic importance. At the same time the French under Gen. Foch, has moved the Southern section of the until he now holds the dominating hills around Peronne, a town whkflk has been strongly fortified by Uso Germans and the possession of which they are likely to contest with th* utmost determination. The British have retaken Contal- maison and are again in control efi nearly the entire extent of Troynea Wood and Memetz Wood. Thorn has been desperate fighting Is both of these sectors for several day* past. The French along the Bomase ear* ried vat some minor detached oper ations, which enabled them to strengthen their position at La Maln- onette and apparently the French are waiting for the British to straighten ont their line before mak ing the attempt to drive the Gor mans out of Peronne. sequence of the many-sided attacks. Interest in th* Russtaa movements still centra* In Galicia In spite of th* large numbers of prisoners that are being taken In other sectors. Th* Russians here have carried through successfully s local but, at the same time, one of the most amaxteg coups of the Their line ef advance south of th* Pruth was currying them along the railroad from JKolomea te Delatyn The letter was the Immediate objoc Uve. since It le the point where tbs railroad into Hungary sputa into two ports, one going to Kolemwa and tba other to fitantslan. Aa long as tbs Austrians bold this road their line of retreat was ments from Hungary could be sent north. It seemed Impossible for Delatyn to hold ont Mere than a day or two more If the rate of the Rus sian advance was maintained la aomo way, hewwver. a larg* Russian force mad* a wide detonr which escaped the netlee pt the Asa trian scouts and suddenly appeared at Mlkeltexyn. half way between Delatyn and K n ro*meso. and almost without opposition seized the rail road. This is tbs only railroad, which eroMea the Carpathians between Kol omea and 8tryJ. Therefore In a stretch of 100 kilometers (63 miles) there is not a road south ef the Dniester available for Austrian use. This is oae of the hardest Mae* Austria ha* bees dealt In the ineewt fighting. Stanislao is deomed to fall into Russian hands again, and that in a short Urns. As to the predicament that Austria finds herself In on aceonnt of the Russian success. It is sufficient that the Austrians have attempted to ob tain authority to call to the colors men between the age of fifty-six and sixty years. From the first records of warfare down to the present time wars have always been fought by young men. There has never been a case in recorded history where men of such age have been fighting. o That Austria should think it necessary to call them shows the condition of her reserves. It shows also that Brussiloff is near er to obtaining a decision than any other commander has since the be ginning of the war. A decision will be reached If Austria is elim inated. It Is to this end that the Russians are approaching. ( BRITISH PATROLS LOST Austrian Cruiser Minks Four Boats \ In the Adriatic. The Austrian admiralty announc- e 1 Tuesday that an Austrian cruiser had sunk four or five British armor ed patrol boats. Only nine men from the British vessels were res cued! The announcement follows: "Our cruiser Novara met a group of four or, according to the declar ations of prisoners, five armored British patrol boats off Otranto road, at the lower end of the Adria tic. All the patrol boats were de stroyed by artillery fire. All the steamers sank in flames, three of them a. er the explosion of their boilers. The Novara was a?>l6 to rescue only nine members of the Brk.su crews.” EPIDEMIC IS SPREADING New York Has 1,278 Cases Now— 270 Are Already Dead, n If l* the tghUM of the A large Increase in the number of deaths and new cgsos In the epi demic of infantile paralysis was re ported Tuesday. During 'the last twenty-four hours 19| new cuon. dm. veloped In th* five boroughs of New York city, and thers were thirty- two deaths. Thera art now a total of 1.271 caeas of iafaatfl# paralysis in tka greater city the eat break of th* 1270 Dallas. Tax., few lain. Miss At least eight of these H was authoritatively leagued, now are butidiug at Kiel, aad with these, la addllioa te the aad the IS "P9TEN1UL WAKFAtr Allies Hay Deutschland Is Not titled to Treatment of Trade Formal, representations have Brit The torpedo being a submarine s saasatlal weapon to mafc* her ef fective aa a war craft. It was th* possibility that th* MeatsebUad might be pierced for torpedo tubes that was tbs chief coacern of th* American naval officers, beaded by Ongt. C. P. Haghee. who Inspected msdo by the British and French bossies bolding that the sc is a “pRential warship” notlontitlad UkA Iroadom ml Am— . . designed solely ln( j tu bject to cluck rj..Tight dti.1 high sans. The contention* wfit aw considered In cocnuct on with tho im port if th* fodsral it Acting 8* isUry Polk the sltlod ctplcnmte would (omod of tho result only If made inquiry. Tie duty now tho United official* explained, te to sea that no structural changes are tba Dsutschlsad's sf.y la Ami waters, whisk would It her Ula purposes. Bat ahoal*. tag of the navy aad treasury Ugators bo land, Uka woald bar* the right cargo la cl ad lag gaac, German reservists. GERMANS CAPTURE 2:145 tba Deutschland could be armed liks a German naval aab: rtne, antlre reconstruction forward would be nscsssary. This fact was sufficient in tba minds of tAetr Am ericas experts to warrant their de cision that tbs Deutschland could in eo wtee b* considered a war vassal. Tbs possibility that guas coaid b* mounted on hsr superstructure was understood to have been const dared also. But there ware nsltber guns a or emplacements in evidence. GegC Hughes were given the ewtire freedom of tho ship, and there was no space within the Interior that they aid not ex plore. The Deutschland's comman der was not present during the ex amination, aa h* was not notified that the nary officers were coming. Capt. Hughes and his assistants, Lieut. Fischer, of the bureau of steam engineering, and Naval Con structor Howard, spent more than two hours in the vessel. Capt. Hughes declined to discuss what he had seen, but said that not only did the young officer who escorted them through the boat, freely answer all questions, but eVen vounteered in formation. “He was poud of his vessel, and I do not blamo him,” said Capt. Hughes. “It is a wonderful piece of mechanism and a monument to German incentive genius.” If the Deutschland has any new devices or mechanism which are new in submarine construction, Capt. Hughes now dtnows them. He would not say if any such existed, but made it clear In this connectiop that every thing he wanted to know was frank ly explained. He had no instruc tion or intentions, he said, to report any knowledge he may have gained. Deputy Surveyor Howard, who also was one of the party, said that the American experts were “highly enthusiastic and ejaculating.” Collector of ,the Port William P. Ryan searched the submersible Mon day from stem to stern. Inspectors James F. Farrell and F. A. Rouse made independent exhaustive exam inations, and Surveyor Guy W. Steele went over the craft foot by foot. We found her absolutely unarm ed, save for five piatojs sife Carried ~ in her ship’s stores for the use of her officers,” Ryan said. Mr. Steele and the two men’s subordinates con curred with Collector Ryan that not a trace of anything could be found aboard the boat that would give a vestige of reason for calling her any thing but an innocent merchantman. Ail those who inspected her de clared that Deutschland's . officers had treated them with the utmost courtesy, aad had manifested a wil- Hegasss to show they eared to eo*. _i “I had-her partition deera from on# sad to th# other. I ed nil through her, and there nothing to be found to dtepata claim that tka te a varnal of c Tho German attack on bask of th* Ms week with great menu of Infantry delivered assault* oa a short frost Ws and succeeded in taking trenches at tka Jaactioa of tho i aad aVux roads, last la frost at Souvlll*. Tho Bor 11a stoteteoat ro— coivod nays tho koavy Attach am too east bank of tho Mspoa gate tho Gar- mans 2,145 prisoner*. I mm To Notify ProsldooT Wlteoa probably will he formally notified of hte at Shadow Laws, hte sui in Now Jersey during the first in August. were continually t at Washington, thorough aad this port. At iU conclusion CoflnO- tor Ryan sent a long telegram to bin superiors In Washington, In which he declared at length and in detail that the Deutschland had prov*4L herself a merchant vessel and noth ing more. Meantime Special Agent E. Bil ling* Harris of the Department, of Justice went aboard, looked all over the Deutschland, and came off- to declare he could find no evidence of the craft being armed. A trump card played by th# Deut schland's skipper in his effort to ro- move all suspicion from hte vaoenl was the securing of an Indorsement of the ship's manifest from Ameri can Connsul William Thomas Fee ak Bremen, th* Deutschland’s port of origin. This esUbMshed- her char acter legally as a merchantman la the opinion of authorities on marfan law. Extraordinary precautions hag been taken to protect the Dentacto land. Af 'soon as she reached bar dock an army of guards drove awaF i all.river craft and a huge boofck Of logs was drawn around her to pre vent vessels approaching within a hundred feet of the ship.. On the land side of the dock a the river had been erected. On tea of the fence were half n dozen rows of heavy barbed wire, curtained with burlap to shut off all view. No oaa without a permit was allowed neo* the entrance, to the-docks- - “My orders are from my homo Government,” said Captain Koenig. “No one can go aboard without au thority. I am sorry. I would lika the whole world to see, but I obegf orders.” Early this morning when officials first went aboard th* host Umw thought for n few moments they hna discovered something the submarine’s equipment, found a number of what proved to b* rockets, which both sound and light, and wl used for that gun, aad at that InstrnsM ear produced it It about n l ■tea of s for nay