The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 28, 1917, Image 7
GIANT AIM ARMY
pUILDING MONSTEI FLEET WILL
WIN WAR FOR ALLIES
WEAPON EFFECTIVE ONE
IfoMure Calling for Hundreds of
Millions of Dollars to Develop the
Air Branch of Army Service Cer
tain to BO Approved—“Shoot Oat
the Eyes of the Enemy" is Cry of
th* Allies.
Decision of the world war, mil
itary experts now believe, will lie
with the newest of modern wea
pons, the aeroplane, and the great
hope of the Allied nations is that
the combined efforts of the United
States in the lead, will result in
the building of such a giant air
fleet that Germany will be quick
ly overcome.
“Put out the eyes of the enemy,”
the experts declare, “and the artil
lery will do the rest.” The govern
ment’s approval of the project is evi
denced by the fact that Congress will
be asked for an appropriation of
from $500,000,000 to $000,000,00u
ms the first move in developing the
American aero service on a gigantic
scale.
All the military authorities of
England and France have stated that
the developments of recent months
have shown the aeroplane to be s
more powerful weapon of offpnsc
than the submarine, and that the
I greatest service the I’nlled 8tat**»
tan render In thi« war at the pres-
time is to send machines nod
h • atom by the thousands
^ While <-• %>r •er lir.f »** *
aeveml hundred tbosaand Aghitm
men. they etQ he n email hat Impor
tant drop In the hoc bet. no hnge am
smrh ether It la recognised that It
oitt he tmpaesl%te te get
nr mnee men nr rues In the tfhting
linn in lens than th months The
trange have tn he trained equipped
trsMpnrted and fed
I .w • ' —
and tjnon nr hjnnn train** eetni-w*
■ aM mhl in the iffrucne
end raeld hn trnhspnstod tn the
ftgfcttn* tine in feet as the t mted
Ptalea rnnhfl pendnra thngh A Peera
af air nphtera anmhsnag tn ♦♦♦
* nntd pratswnltf srtpn net the #n^
mns Usee in a fen needs time
AirpAeaan hsostninra hnen hnsn
• • «etto thtefly fnt edseramien Ben
thnp era We tn si as In piny n strann
■ffi asm pan At the nrataaing e#
ths nar aeininra enrvtad entf 00
snlssra Then they nnra nsn*tpnd
nttn high pnnsrad rtftss and mere
raaonUy a masdlae ton nns dees tag
ad thni ran id hn instnlind Id an me
gif •
Id id# hraytsr amcbineo aen a
machine gnn It nttaehsd la the Ban
mi the dam The gns In nnt aimed
hod the ni»plane m aimed In thn
Ugaine airplane a machine pad is Id*
sislied id d tnrvot In hn grad te any
dlrartmn Hal n mere gnnsefnt ef
tenet ve esa|i has been ge# fee ted
nan agatast nhwd fnrtldsairaaa aad
tranrhsn see hnlgteas
N«rn hnmhs af nhlrh thn I'aHed
platen has nr*era! snernanfal hinds,
have rantrImams an arrsnged that
•hev mil evpinds hy air praaanra at
a stated dlstanrs from ths gvnnad -
fnar fsnt generally hn mstfser fram
what dmtUMwe they nra drnppnd. they
raph«dr olthta dwsr fert «d the
earth, proad «at and •rntler ••rath
and deetrwrth*n for si spare «* front
ind to gnn free. The tew hnmhs. If
supplied a monster air Hest such as
Vhe I'n+iod Mates rontemplats# balld*
lag would hr thr most effective wea
pon yrt devised for breaking up ad*
vances of troops, drlvlag defenders
I roro trenches and annihilating artll-
rry crews. ,
All advices from ofOcsrs of the
Allies, rspecially sines numbers of
officers from the rutted States army
have been attached to the Allied
armies on the western front In or
der to get in touch with the situation
and arrange for complete co-ordina
tion of effort when the United States
begins to get its fighting forces over
to the trenches, have emphasized the
importance of bending every effort
on developing air fighters.
“The Allies made the mistake of
underestimating the value of aero
nautics in the present war until very
recently. They never have had a suf
ficient number. America can win
this war hy sending over its fleets of
airplanes.** This is the universal
opinion of military experts along the
front.
Much more is being accomplished
by the United States than has gen
erally been made known. Three avi
ation fields in this country, at Day-
ton, O., Detroit, Mich., and Cham
pagne, 111., where the American avia
tors will receive their first taste of
practical training, already are more
than half completed and thousands
of men are rushing to work.
Six or seven other training fields
have been authorized and some of
the sites selected. Tentative plans
of the government provide for the
sending of a contingent of about
1,000 aviators a month to France,
the first big overseas force of air
men to he ready to embark some
time In September.
It is eatimated that nearly 5.000
of the young men who have entered
the training camp* for reserve offi
cers will be available for service as
aviators The srmy offleeri have
been keeping a cloee watch on the
bnsn to determine those beet fitted
lor the work.
t mm
In tho menntltne training plan**
will be turned out In grant numbers
to supply the campe In Europe and
the United Staten. Within a com-
paratifely short .tlms. If Congress
grants the proposed appropriation of
$000,000,000, It It hoped to relieve
the .British and French factorial
from nil work except the making of
the highly specialized fast flyers,
which are capable of 140 miles an
hour or. more. Factories In this
country, eventually, , will also turn
out that type of machine.
The heavy battle planen which
American manufacturers now pro
pose to produce will be capable of a
speed of from 110 to 1190 miles an
hour and will be used for bombinfi
and other fighting within a short
distance of the lines of the Allied
armies.
The plans were discussed In detail
at conferenoes between Mr. Coffine
and Gen. George O. Squier, who is in
charge of the army aviation program.
They are urging Congress to grant
the big appropriation and they have
the support of the president. After
a careful investigation of the indus
trial situation in this country they
hare come to the cenclusion that the
output of America will be limited
only by the amount of money which
is placed in the bands of the men
who are pushing airplane program.
Manufacturers of automobile en
gines are ready to respond and turn
their plants over to the government
without protest. In fact, at this time,
some of the plants are at work de
veloping their manufacturing facili
ties so that they may be devoted to
the construction of airplane engines
None of rhe officials was willing
to discuss the cable dispatch from
Paris expressing doubt that America
would be able to turn out aeroplanes
and avlatora on the large arale Con
templated. It la known that tba
'American aviation exparta are anxl-
oua to have French filers come to
thia country to nl4 In the training of
atudent aviator* They are aupreme-
ly confident, on tho other hand. In
the nblllty of tho manhood of the
United fitatea to moat tho emer
•racy
Tho promis«o which they have re-
cei vad from big maaafnrtarars of
automobile »n4’oei J|a»%joftt fa
ififurd Ihrai aV-st the eonatry •
abttftp to torn owl the machine# If
mar he that nwder tho present plane
few completed aeroplane# will he
oral te Kmc->,o an each ahlpasaata
ao«ld fwqwira marh grantee tannage
than it wowld take in aand the era
a rate para#
Thn agtnAan hah hnaw aageaaaed ho
Aownran netatinn sops rte vhef the
battle plane program af 9.A## a
month ran he incroerad la 1, nag er
t eaa atthta a raaoanabty oharf ttma
if eamdMlara ta Barapa aoeoonftaie
B The ftmgraoaOaa that tha Unwed
Bigiae. attb alt af tfa grant raaawrraa
ana poagarad ewiy ta hathi training
ptehaa ana darteead te he eeramoawa
A Msiemaa* taraed hr tha aterrafl
prod net tea hawed rand
""Tha AmerVwa eafamahtin mdno
try it tha moot bight? aegwauad and
the manl atlaamra e# Ha kind an tha
ootid, god tha ohasa sy—om af etaad
ardtead pane aad oaaoiatf peadgr
lino af mashtaea a s m s %** edahlad
Nha * *t«ed irate# te he»« rafl sad a
bait miMega af eatamahtteo mm tha
rawd ohara an ether aattaoa legeta
•t bora lean tiww a milBoa atll he
inroad te Ae arahiaa of at re raft
Farther thaw thin ether modofm
is nag plaeia can ha aaad far taro-
tag egt parte in gaaaotf Poms no
af rash regtster piaaio aad type
writer fariartae ran oaetly he taraed
la the maaaten «ra af oarall steel
parte Tha epBnfsr* af the mnoaen
ran he ferged nod knead aad la
gneettt? hy the m tattle no plants ago
making the tin, hat the rater tra asm
bar needed nltl oaf interfere with
the pr ad net Inn af ohetla
Tha whole gnawer la the problem
before at Is standard loaf lea Amor
Iran development af the airplane
grater will he a standardised motor
If a nr senary parts rid«1ly aUfeg can
he furaaf out la gaaatlty Is owe fee
tary aad shipped la a different place
to he assembled As the aorh do*
ralopa our engineer* von be engaged
constantly In further developing th#
motor, nnd ns tho Industry expands
In quantity It ran also tmprbve the
quality of its output.
“A large percentage of tha first
machines of* course will be training
planes, both because we need them
and because it will take time to turn
out the tools and dies necessary to
manufacture In quantity the battle
plane models which nearly three
years of war have developed. Four
to six months, however, will find us
building in quantity motors service
able for battle machines.
“We have no intention at the be
ginning to attempt the manufacture
of the very speediest, highly special
ized, light fliers, which the Allies
are now turning out. We can pro
duce in vast quantities the training
planes and the heavier and less
speedy battle types, which are just
as essential, and which will leave the
British and French free to turn more
of their attention to the develop
ment of the fastest types.'*
TO PASS FOOD BILL
ITALIAN SHIPS LOST
BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK
AAxfy-three Drvaaed Whew
Waa
V
lambs like Mrasura Will Get
Through by July 1.
Prospects for passage* of tha ad
ministration food control bill by
July 1 as earnastly desired by Presi
dent Wilson appeared brighter aftef
the House had rejected important
amendments which promised to de
lay final action aad Senate leaders
had tentatively agreed to compro
mises designed to greatly expedite
consideration.
Rejection in the House of a point
of order of proposals to Include
shoes, clothing, farm machinery and
cotton seed under the regulation food
provisions cl6ared» the way to pas
sage to such an extent that a final
vote is expected some time Saturday,
Prohibition proposals and Repre
sentative Lenroot’s amendments to
strike out the licensing feature of
the bill constitute the only apparent
obstacles to a final vote at that
time.
While perfunctory debate was pro
ceeding in the Senate, subet&itial
progress toward compromising dif
ferences was made by the leaders at
informal conferences.
The changes tentatively agreed to
included: '
Elimination of the section author
izing the food administrator to re
quisition factories, mines and other
plants when he finds it necessary;
Elimination of provisions author
izing fixing of wages, Including those
of farm laborers;
Elimination of specific authoriza
tion to regulate consumption by ra
tioning or control of individual
meals;
Elimination of foodstuffs stored
by producers from the anti-hoarding
penalties;
Provision for control of foodstuffs
purchases In this country to prevent
competition In buying between the
Alllea and the United Stnira; and
Further provisions to prevent
hoarding or epeculntion In food*
stuff#
SINK 27 SIIPS
Twaaif eeaaa British ships af
mate than I *** tone have bran
sank, awarding ta tha a sadly Brit
ish samarary Ftra Bnilsh vaaaala
seder i.taa tana a Isa wars neat ta
lha hairara Xa Asking vessels a eve
Anal farad
The f■fusing Agnraa of Bmiab
v**pp«ag larase as the raaalt af MP*
many's aahgnaftne aarfara share a
her pay nomher af ranasis th thn l # *
Age rams at eras enragory aaad than
ta any ef the efts pvesedMg weshn
Hal move the raraa day petted end
ing apeit Si has a graatav nembee
«f ships af wear i an* rams besm de
ss rayed
tranag tka* mead Afty-eae neaneas
• kiMt eight ever aad tAhrraen am-
dee I .id# team tram eoAdh The
keavteat ratal stare the Tee tea eah
marine vsmgntg* was pss ■ t ra F*h
ronry teal wwe regteteeed fen tha
aeon ending April #|. akaa ••
stanmere mi mere than I.AAd rams
•sneitev tannage a era sent ta tha
Amen tha middle af dpsil. when
tha eodeewean heal artivtty reso>dad
its hlghsot tall 11| Bettlah raasam
«f shirk mtraarad arara than
I dd# team met# sand tha neehty
rami hstng as faOnne:
Orae t’ndev
i as# t.AAA
Weed end mg Twa* Tea#
April St «.••• fiA li
April It St IS
May I »»••••««*..• td ft
k May It /••I
May Id
mm id
JlBA g >e
Jana .1A ,
Jana Si i
TO ASSUME CONTROL
-' a '
GOVERNMENTCONTROLOFCOAL
AND RAILROADS URGED
A FAIR PROFIT BASIS
it
Seven U-Boat Victims Torpedoed
During lAst Week.
Two Italian steamers and five sail
ing ships ivere torpedoed by subma
rines during the last week, accord
ing to the official weekly announce
ment made public. Two other steam
ers were attacked but escaped.
During the same period 606 ships
with a total gross tonnage of 443.-
170 entered Italian porta and 531
ships with a tonnage of 481,755
sailed.
INVESTIGATE POLICE
Neva lurh Hh«irhnd at DUappraraar#
of TOO or ftoo Girl*.
Sensational allegations of a wide
spread traffic In girls In New York
city resulted in Police Commissioner
Woods ordering a rigid Investigation
of the charges. His action followed
the announcement that between 700
and 800 girls have disappeared from
their homes since January 1.
* This was the most important re
sult thus far of the belated discovery
by a woman lawyer and a private de
tective of the murder of Ruth Cru-
ger, 18-year-old high school student,
months after the police had ended a
search for her.
“Spare no one,” was the order
given by Commissioner Woods to In
spector J. A. Faurot, who was placed
in charge of the inquiry which is ex
pected to shake tho police depart
ment from top to bottom.
Faurot was directed to sift thor
oughly the avowal of Mrs. Grace
Humiston, the lawyer in the Cruger
case, that white slave traders are re
sponsible for the heavy toll of miss
ing girls, and to place responsibility
on those in the police department
whose duty it was to find Miss Cru-
ger’s body.
. ♦
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
Th# Rntiah irmaeport Cameraalki.
nttk a rami! nnmbae of trnop* an
taard a a* tornadoad and rank by
Wholesale Murders and Robberien in
d
Tomsk, Russia.
Martial law has been proclaimed
in Tomsk. Western Siberia, because
of wholesale murders and robberies
committed by criminals, who had
been granted amnesty and had Join
ed the forces of lha militant anarch
ists Mora than t.AOo of then# par
doned criminals have been a framed
with about ta# othars Twenty par
son* warn hilled and a aambar
wounded
Tti* arrant# fotWwed th# expo*are
af a plat ra piaadae a)i tho hanks
aad •maos and
Scheme of Federal Control of Distri
bution and Production—Trade
Commission Also Wants Govern-
' •* > J ...
men! bo Run Transportation Sys
tems — Alllea* Example — Stores
Should Be Built Up.
A gigantic scheme of pooling all
of the coal and coke production and
distribution and all of the rail and
water transportation systems In the
United States, to be operated by a
government agency, has been pro
posed in a report to the president
and Congress on the coal situation
by the federal trade commission.
This plan goes even farther than
does the Hoover food control MU, in
that it does not seek voluntary co
operation on the part of the coal
producers and the railroads, but pro
poses a uniform profit per ton to the
coal producers and complete direc
tion of the transportation system by
the president. The railroad and
steamship companies would motive
merely a reasonable rate of compen
sation for the public use of their
property.
Should this plan be adopted, it
mould dlspoa# of tho railroads* claim
of a 15 per cent. Increase In fraight
rate#, argument upon which has just
bran completed before lha Interstate
commerce commission
In substance, dho federal trade
commission finds tbnt control of tbe
nation • supply of coal ears, and n
unified direct lea of tbetr transfer
from point to point. Is tbe hey te the
central of th# coet of foot to the te*
diiql/tes pad le |be homsg of U»e
«rw
radwrad. the r< t**...* rays oeee
N not that the sheet age of seal oara
in tho httumtaoos field* boo brought
shout tho as* of aothrartte foe to
d not rial purposes This fen lata, has
draaoeaBsed tho entire coal marh*t
man argues raotd mahe met ala the
gull ra«v mi rurntn ados ante numrara
to the raraea BMommona minos
maotd peodoso at foM cars * !•
geniftse hue arsa*ag the notloo hue
oar oootg ho ohte to gat choog foot
AOikrgryso suppcsos ooolg ha cuoacv
og Doe gogasaCkt osao The nhura to-
gamrral Inhike moolg ha raoiBBBlHB
nag ataraaMfiag an a roanfil
TW euakspia mi tha MaPOfigga go#
•vamaota m tho peoaaat oar in enog
Due aarh sethsa go «a proponsg hf tho
gaAMBMBteh than
ttui pvagaeoaasas ta thin oaehi
oar ho an hod ra ostso tho foot peoh
ftara ohkra Bao mi tha hase af aaoif
mititory nod Mkdaatrkal ordinMP-Wv
hara triad sacra as espaeimsara nod
•hatr tedacua gad aaceooma map trad
|gu«4a go la aai soareh Inc n ra lot ran
In Boa God tha goeaenOkaal tooh
mprata ««o«coi af thn anal miAan
Igfitef raw radteol msdhod* af rags
lulrao failed The Ffua h gOisrU
mi has 41• i4—I Fyaa«u tara tkrae
caool roaau ra orgoe to oqsmirao gm
trthathra nog the goiaeamaot he
coarao n sad* aoagoe fte May P.
Ifill* the Boodna peovmioaal dno-
uesumoot i«rah osar ail tha cool mte*a
of viral rondtff with n etao la earn
irat roal gtatcthottoa nog petaag
"Arara after tha oothrooh af tha
oar Germany tong oraoearag ta stiB
farthat reatraUae nag control the
ohoks coal lagastry mi the umpire
ungec go* era meat admtauer ratloa
The Italtoa governaseot imports nil
tho cool heooght into tha country
sod ario as a Clearing hooas foe Ha
distrthuftion
.“All the net lea* at war have re
lieved coal mlbefs from military
duty, urging that tbetr graatset ser
vice to tha stmt a can be performed
by remaining la their regular em
ployment. Already, la this country
the ranks of the miners are being
seriously depleted by enlistment.
“In the anthracite industry In this
country coni has been traced from
point of production to consumption.
Weekly reports are required from
producers and Jobbers wherever
needful, with the result that af re
gards domestic sizes, high premium
coal has largely been eliminated
from the market and speculation and
inordinate profits have been cut In
the wholesale trade In these sizes.
.“During the first two months of
the coal year—April and May—
there has been an increase in the
production of anthracite of 2.433,000
tons as compared with the same
months of 1916. This is an increase
of 24 per cent, and should have been
translated into a distinctly favorable
condition of the market.”
The commission finds that coal
miners are crushing up domestic
sizes in the breaker to supply steam
sizes, the price of which the commis
sion has been unable to curb.
“If this practice continues it will
constitute another evil for the fu
ture of the domestic user,” the com
mission declares. “The present pro
duction of bituminous coal the coun
try over is about 40 per cent, short
of the possible maximum, and the
limitation is solely charged as a pri-
mary'cause to faulty rail transporta
tion. The present demand for coal
is unprecedented* but the mine« now
open are capable of filling this de
mand If adequate car supply la fur
nished.
“Tha commission believes there
are enough coal cars In the country,
but that there are oot enough coal
cars delivered at the mines, and that
loaded cars are not moved to tbe
point of consumption with tbe grant
ee! expedition
The tom mission bell# to* that
tho eoai la*2.•iry te |ef«.iyf<.ag the
tadasinea o4 ti s country and that
CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS
All
A»fcs Men Belt
IB
40
to Jcdn the Army.
President Wilson has Issued a
proclamation designating tha week
of June 23-30 as Recruiting Week
for the regular army And called upon
unmarried men without dependents
to enroll for war service in order
that the ranks of the regulars might
be filled promptly.
This was the president's first call
for volunteers In the pr sent war.
The proclamation follows:
'’Proclamation by the president:
“I hereby designate the perfbd of
June 23 to June 30, next, as recruit
ing week for the regular army and
call upon unmarried men between
the ages of 18 aiid 40 years, who
have no dependents and who are not
engaged iirpurtuits vitally necessary
to the probecution of the war, to
present themselves for enlistment
during the week herein designated
to the number of 70,000.
(Signed) “Woodrow Wilson."
The president acted at the request
of army officials who have been se-,
rlously concerned over the slow rate
of recruiting for the regular army.
It had been hoped that the regular
service could be brought to Its whole
war strength of approximately 300,-
000 men by July 30, which would
have permitted the war department
to carry out its plans In regard to
the training of all tha forces to be
raised and also as to the dispatch
of armies to France. For several
dsys, however, the average enroll
ment for the army per day has been
little more than 1,000 men Instead
of the 5,000 or more the department
hoped to obtain.
Tha racruitlng bulletin shows that
stnea April 1, 111 Adi man have
been enrolled as war volunteer# of
the H3.&kl nereaaury to bring the
service to war strength. Tha army,
therefore, la now ta the neighbor
hood of ?#.#•• men abort of war
viraagtb
TEAR DOWN BANNERS
The pvrulataury of euffPugv aaotl
aaAs at tba WbMo Ituuge la ksisitag
baooscs ran nag laorvtptraao rate#-
prated an being traaesaoMa/* end*
mioatad ta no aon aaffi one demon
Steal mo #4 WraArngioo Tbaraday
era# a irood af aaaftp t a#e pas
•eaa tefe dooa tbu ban a era fat g
soraad tiara YtonadhM»
Tbo •toad s tratagy was sAovt
Band, buwuras lav ta toa anouras
van masu tmaaovs Bad boon sOaora
mi r»uua mPteoge AaaAaaafteOi ana#
av Fnmrumuo asaebp uedlAad peon
uara aavttev m in* dag a boa too
audfvudtese sgpsorat eah a bnaoes
booftaa tba asm* mavetpstea as teAl
rasa dweu Wadtmadnf a varan
rawed dmuiasbod a nbbnwl masb
botswvav tba gaatit
wan a now baaoev
a«basa abt«a ts*y
rawwbs waa id bara
ra dsatewptaa
Tn* «i • g
ibo asset past, bat
a neb nod dtd n*t pflfimb tbu eu
ube bate tba bboaovu Pwltee <
» ^ * v *:•••»
mi t no BTbflbs Mows* sanovol I
bat atwapu taaaaaad te raavb tbo
veoas ml tbe ottesu on tbo baaaoea
lool u o ■ —ai tea lot#
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NEW W FOE
MARCONI SAYS GERMANY WILL
■find SUBS UNPR0FITABUE
SINKINGS VILL DECREASE
GEIftANS GAIN UTTli
After Algorba
Tbe bftg Ouraraa uffewetvu ugaiost
tbe Fraa< b Hoe vast mi Van toll tea.
Monday, la wbieb I raws baa were
stormed and ruptured, has goo* ut
most for naagkt. rays Parte, for tbo
Fruark forraa lb u violent counter
attach have recaptured nearly all
their lost ground
Although the German crown
prince had launched his attack with
huge affactlvaa. composed of ptekad
troops, and covered It by u heavy
artillery fire and by bomb dropping
aircraft, his tenure of tha captured
positions was short lived and only n
salient 400 metres northeast of the
Moisy firm now remains In his
hands. In addition heavy casualties
were inflicted on the Germans.
Likewise in Champagne the crown
prince has been badly battered be
tween Mont Carnlllet and Mont
Blond. In an attempt to recapture
positions previously taken from them
the Germans first were repulsed by
thn French, who then assumed the
offensive and advanced their line on
a front of more than 600 yards and
to a depth in excess of 300 yards.
Here also the Germans lost heavily
In men killed or wounded.
FREE GREECE OF BLOCKADE
Allies Evidently Satisfied With the
Hellenic Situation.
Lifting of the Allied blockade of
Greece was announced In a brief
cablegram to the state department
from Minister' Brophers at Athens.
This is taken in Washington to mean
that the Allies are satisfied with the
Greek situation and there is no fur
ther need to apply repressive or
punitive measures. ,
Cordial co-operation between the
powers guaranteeing Gre4k inde
pendence and the new Greek king.
Alexander, la expected. The block
ade originally was Imposed us u re
sult of former King Constantine's
antagonistic policy.
Wireless Wizard Buys Methods are
Kept Secret Indlcuteg Submerat-
bleo Will Be Destroyed TaDta of
War and Italy's Part Thsridu
Give# Interesting Opinloos.
Such u development in the nab-
marine warfare an will make tha
employment of submerttblea unprof
itable for Germany wan predicted by
William Marconi, the inventor of tha
wireless, and the leading figure of
the Italian mission now visiting this
country.
“There have been extensive de
velopment* of one or two previously
used methods of combatting subma
rines," he said, “and these may soon
bring about a decided decrease In tbu
number of ships sunk by u-boata.
In fact, I would not be surprised If
the Germans soon found It unwise to
manipulate submarines against mer
chant ships, owing to the number of
boats they will bare to loon to gink
an appreciable number of merchant
men ’*
While Marconi told there were
many methods that were effective at
preeent, be seemed enthusiastic over
tho possibilities of tha newsr man os
of running down tha submarslbtea
Probably It will bo asraral months,
hs added, before the pubHc will learn
much shout tha mso*eras that are
bring tahuu To protart shipping aad
the •scraes they are uchteetug
"Mo uewspupor would prist aorh
informal too If I gave H. ho ouAd.
aad I would not waul u> rad Our-
f hy g let eg »t Ooa of the ihrags
ftfil
IS y af
oul ho wmfm I
mavslbte gm bush te Mu
te raahs u raps rt to the
Mtea MuoeeMte tbo
to ths dark as i# why
teg thstr baotu*
fefuraeot would oot as
«oo taraotteoa whteh u
oot aura
mi rira
fiteUft*.
• ••• fuerau to Uta
U* A <
oag mi
and ararat
I.
I
well
dust nr or tbo systematic distribution
of coal; to give priority ta the move-
meet of high freight rate com modi-
tteo. sad to uae the device of the
teag haul*
Whatever ragged? may
Bhoold i* apfitud as
BigMiig tew Mmi
va-ra (has •• #u
•out 25 hhd te Bo
mi tbetr shipment
Thu .’.**»• ran
with teod. said M
of wheat aad other gratae hara
fur tergor thou tho w
Nurmnily Italy ti
ate. aad hs eoAd that
Bosnia might ha rutted, upon fas
soma, u Mute ut u time to t:d# eras
ths out leu until tha suit hkirnat
When asked as to tha moot offer
lira usa that might ho mud# oi
Americans on the firing Hue. Mur
roul woe careful to ray that ho wui
only able to give his personal opin
ion on tha snbjact. He thought tht
forces from this country would bt
used to brace up France Although
that nation needs men. be added
that It has enough nt tbe front tc
hold Its own, and even to conduct
offensives. If necessary.
The English, according to liar
coni, sre in fine shape. They ban
all the men and ammunition tba]
need, he said, and hara some forem
at the front that have not yet beet
aasasrautteu
<•«#. prah^em raa u*4
> ai os mug as m-u
■■hi dhrafi* and ajnra tsuf |
in tei ugwte^usms a* Brag
te team mransBBrao stMmt m
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mm*9 mm
WORK OF ENROLLING ARMY
Machinery for Selective Draft Ready
Nv: by July . 1.
Machinery for enrolling an army
of 625,000 men by selective draft
will be complete in every detail by
July 1, two months before the tenta
tive date considered for calling the
first of the troops to the colors. Reg
ulations for the exemption process
will be made public shortly.
, Brig. Gen. Crowder, the provost
marshal genera), who worked out
the plans for both registration and
selection, foresees no more compli
cations with the selection and ex
emption machinery than was expe
rienced with registration. Secretary
Baker and his advisers repeatedly
have given assurance that the selec
tion system will be favored by rea
son of political or other relations.
In order that neighborhood knowl
edge of a man’s work and bis de
pendents might aid In tbe task of
sending to tbe front men who can be
spared at homo, tbe country un
doubtedly will be highly subdivided
and tbe exemption districts be small.
Governor Meaning
following telegram fr
pun moot
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