The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 04, 1918, Page 8, Image 8
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.
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1 REMAINS UNDETERMINED (
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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
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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
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to call attention to Rue- Eating pi,M8_B,.prodUc
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t a great commercial asset one day a week.
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share in meeting Russia's appeared. Most hotels an
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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
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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,
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TWO ALLEGED DESERTERS
A WEEK KILLED BY THE SHERIFF
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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
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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.