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V . ' ' - V,- 1 - '4 -1 WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina Fair tonight" and Saturday; little change in tern-: perature. South Carolina Fair tonight and Saturday; frost tonight. -, , , XT V ILMING FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIII. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. crra SHiPPIRC PRACTICALLY TIEO OP W A STRIKE TO HADE WALKED OUT IN NORFOLK PTT9 ti es 3. - - " . ' ' ; - : -. - -AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 16, 1917. npir imnr Krr ! i - ' 3,500 MEN SUB I0ANISH PEOPLE 'U-BOAT MENACE t ESIRE TDKEEP DECREASES BUT IS ?Ut ItUHUIS ST LDJNGFRflUSif Waters of Piave and Sile Riv-i ers Are Loosed Upon Austro-Germans. ITALIANS HOLDING ' IN MOST PLACES! T1 1" T Venice Being Evacuated ! Russian News Still Conflict ing American Patrols Harrass Germans. Embattled for the protection of Venif and Lornbardy, the Italians h;ip opened the floodgates of the Pi;;y and Sil rivers northeast of Venire., to keep in check the Austro- German force which has crossed the j p;-tv novt Or solern. Tn attemi)..i ! to inundate the triangle whose apex i is near San Dona Di Piave, the Kal iarn hope to prevent any enemy, movement to flank the right wing of the Italian army aiong the Fiave. Near the Adriatic the riave ana Sile river:, are contained in canal running through land at or below sea lt-vpl ana whicu stretches tor many 1 -.i-ii ; .- "n ctvotphoc fnr mani? ! tmIs alons the Adriatic from thett Venetian lagoon. With the rivers al- J Icwed to flow unchecked,, it v.rould ap-i jjear to make Austro-German efforts! in this region barren of results. In thfi mountains between Asiago and the Piave thj? great pre3sum of; ; mm I air. Vioa nut hvnueht ETPflt rp iu niatn thP Ttal-I i n- ' H str .eJnz out heir lmej g aduX and it is here that ttie-Aus- r-.ri0T-Tn')T,5 hnvp nroErressei S'lentiy. ' Vr "Mtiv ,JpI IntL ni ntintl(ia and tho d.nnc-cT of the Piave line being outflanked although still present,; nrofcablv has not become serious enc.u.?Ii tr c-use any cnanges in we. Italian pirn. The Teuton pressure bptv.rcr. t' o Sugana valley and the Piavf is very strong, but the Italians ha bo.-i ablp to check attacks at va rious points along the sector 1 - A 1 r..,M 1, v,er.rir-.-.!rs riTPninls to i n' u-- ronriprpr, . l'util" bv tho Italian defense. The Ital ians are holding in check those troops whirli crossed near ?nson and in the marsh land near the Piave, the in vaders h id been unable to make' any nro-r-R3 in the face of Italian counter ati' ck- and artillery fire previous to tho openinT of the floodgates. The creator portion of the populace cf Venice ha.-? left that city from whb ail portable art treasures also ha vp been removed. The city, which is n.o.v but a scant 17 miles from the b r 1 1 ; . niav not be defended injA th. vnr or an attack in monuments and art treas- urm ta t r'-rviin there. i Communication with Petrograd rsfr;,.;n r berr. ;pLo -rd but n? dect lvw 'lpnn rpcoived from the Rus-i 1 sum ci'pna i ti Roip.npviKi are sun i . in crr.tiCl of Petrograd while Pre- niio? Krensky's troops are reported to be- in flight, and again, to be march ing :,n the Eoir.heviki stronghold. Ef foru of the Socialists to arrange a rotlli-mer.t with the Bclsheviki and to hrin' about a new coalition govern-tm-v- hjjve f.-iiled. Other reports say that th.. Maximalist leaders, Lenine and Trar.y, are losing their popular ity. . The. Bolshoviki in Moscow are re 1 ' to have been defeated com-4!-t..jy in street fighting, which 'hrnu-! 2.-;0 livos. Heavy figh'ng i- -.-.cfurrfd at Kiev, where the Cos s;fk - wrt-p said to have arrived sev eral (iavrs ago. has been little fieht;ng activ- ity -: in Fr; mans lery moment on the Eastern and m iron'.. The American troops j.c-c continue to harass the Ger in patrol act'on? anl with art) mi 1 4. Vrtti iif. more nav-; ' V. ' c!;;sl; No ians Land from wmca . wire man Lav, entanglements before the (jrcr- i t'vr,c'p:; and American gunners put. German machine gus out of a'-i'i.-n. j rti: XortliclifTe, newspaper pro )V.i" -- ;.n,i hoari c." the British war ":.-.-:. -.n th-- United States, has de ii!ii !-; v.ocome head of the new a'r riini:try in t'ae British cabinet. His ''!'.! -0). v explained in a letter to P .'' T.'ovrl George, is due to d's- ti''"in ",-jih pome of the methods j Prt niier's administration. Lord ''Pffc i;: dissatisfied, he says, . !( to tlie present relations Unitnd States, vhich coun int'mptes. may have to take 1 Continued on Page Eight) 1 TV . .Mans -.uu 4.4 ; Talready reported in news cables and Vnericans returned unscathed L JJreW .J a situation an it n patrols hve reac-d he M" -tact oes fiiRna.teliec: of L; ' , CITY OF VENICE BARR'S ADDRESS -ALMOST EMPTY! AROUSES LABOR Population Has Been Reduc- ed from 1 60,000 to 20,000 Since Hun's Approach. (By Associated Press) j Venice, Nov. 15 (Thursday) Ven- ice is now almost empty, tne popuia-;aress 01 vviniara n. carr, presiueui Atlantic Ccast Line because he car tioh having been reduced from the1 of the National Founders Association, ried a brotherhood card. The trans usual 160,000 to 20,000. Despite the ' in which he criticised the govern- Potation offlcwl seem conflfident that proximity of the enemy lines at the; t, H , dealin- with labor's re4,.vri11 b a way of adjusting the mouth of the Piave river, the rem- n . s pollcy ? eaI n Wltn, aDo situation befora night. That is it seri- nant of the population is calm. Tho j -1L llliL ue ucicuucu n v. an attack in order, to spare the monu- ments and art treasures. tion of Labor here todaV( and a re. Th- outward appearance of the city.nlv wns ipH fnr frnm tl,p flnnr nf - desolate, much like when the; Austrians made their last descent up- on it more tiian 50 years ago All thei '1 mam hotels, cares, ana iac:ories anu,ered in New York, is 'the jewelry and glass shops patroniz- j pfi i,v trnrts ar closed m, i 1 1 1 1- v . u, uwi uirn ai T iuiinoiiiii, 1 the remaining population who wish to tui? rDAUTM DDlMrC 1 rltli L.IJ Wli 1 4t.llIL TAI kTQ WITH RIIFinW i4Tuuiw m m. m. m. jt-r w rm : 1"! Conerha sei TNov 16 -The German' crovPrince'rele 4-. itu x..; r,,cito the. r.-LvJl"- ZTZZv1 ilTn ADtFl,nori! ,r.pirfi nntp rf thp rnnvpr. sntion and some comment on the r,. prir,pp'c f.;,u and the Prince's . 1 candidacy tor rus om posi as uvius a ; noteworthy event. Undoubtedly it is a little too early to regard the Crown i Prince, whose visit to' Berlin was ac counted for by the christening of his youngest daughter, as again attempt- insr to nlav the role of overtnrower oil nV,onn0ii,ra Prinvo von Rnelow is be-, Hcvprt to hp in aacord with the Crown IPrince regarding Germany's political ; and war objectives while Chancellor von Hertling is the exponent of a pol icy to which the Crown Prince is op posed. American Troops in Canada. (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 16 Armed Amer ican troops are today invading Can- ada but the "invasion is a peacerui .. . t - j - . ,-! ci1;rvc tn tnkp ownv anv ofithe aerreement between the Secretar- one, wv nuuya v,vu4p4 4. 4 8 rf:,Vi. tw;; v,w ; rr fh Mow York FiPlfi Artlllerv. order to;Cting as an escort to the Britisn, feature victory : loan parades in uttawa ana loroniu. The tank has been on exhibition in Central Park, in this city. . . . -inr- x iSHin HEARS FM AMBUSS But Mr. Francis Had No Late ' Nr c: ! eWS on KUSSian Oil- liation. I (By Associated t-ress.) ' Washington, Nov. 16. Dispatches i from Ambassador Francis at Petro-' grad, iated November 12, arrivea to day but contained nothing not already reported in news cables and in fac. described the situation as it was pre sented in the news dispatcnes o date, when fighting was in progress in o - ' orl tho Rnlc.heviki ha'd not s - r , " Masl ,,1f1 w y k uovii-v u 4Vii x that date, wnen ngnuns was m iv ress in Petrograd, and the Bohfae":ki had. riot been ousted by Premier Ke.r ensky's forces, as later dispatcht 3 have indicated. AmbassacDr Francis re;,-orted h had no written or oral communication with the Bolsheviki government. His message was the first received No vember 8, although it stated that he mad filed cable reports every day. Fighting was in progress in the streets and he said the telegraph and telephone offices had changed hands ceveral times. The ambassador had no knowledge of the situation outside of Petrograd. ADOR Federation Expected to An- swer Statements of Presi dent of Founders. (By Associated Press.) Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 16. The ad- problems was freely discussed by the delegates attending the 37th annual Convention of the American Federa- the convention. The eight-hour day, - Ir. Barr declared in his speech deliv- an economic wagte an(1 a ve menace in time ' rf it o t T-T r r rTt rivry rA rct rt inula T1 -xr 11 . jies of War and Navy that any manu- ( ifacturer accepting certain war con- j tracts should be governed by union' 1 hours, wages and conditions at the ! timp nnmiIlv in Pvitr.0 in hie 1 '"" j " " icahty. A resolution introduced by Vice ; President Barnes A. Duncan of the j . a ; t a rm,4UUU Ul auui now before the resolutions committee,: covers the plan of naming an emer- rrnimicQinn TOhirh i 'gency labor supply comm Mr. Barr condemns RANKER I IPTPY FOR BOND PROMOTER ; (By Associated Press) New York, Nov. 16. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in Federal Court here today against El-1 mer Dwiggins, promoter of the "Unit-1 pd States Or.vpmmpnt T4.hprtv Loan . Club," through which it is charged I thousands of dollars were collected 1 from small investors on the $1, a week plan for the second government war. .loan. Dwiggins was arrested yester day at Montgomery, Ala., on charges I of misuse of the mails. The petitioners are Theodore At Hetzer with a claim of $175; Mark,' nimpnhpim 3!?u2 and nnrnthv Hpnrn I f1- uwi65ii4S3 uuomco.-, is bi't" j.a oroKer anc ocaa aS"ni. DENMARK WILL EXPORT BUTTER ! (By Associated iressj j Copenhagen, Nov. 16. The Danish government now has before Parlia ment a bill which provides for the continuation of the export of a certain amount of butter. The bill also pro vides for the reservation of enough butter to furnish a half pound ration weekly or about 1,700,000 pounds I weekly before any is sold for export. ' This will consume between 60 and 70 per cent, of the estimated production this winter. - It if? expected this will leave -700,000 to 800,000 pounds available for export .weekly to be divided if the present ar- rangements are continued between Germany and England with sr-all amounts also to Nrr'y -nc1 S en. The food commission, which prepar- the butter bill will later submit al bill for the ration of pork and lard in order to secure a fair benefit. FAMOUS SCULPTOR IS SERIOUSLY ILL (By Associated Press.) Paris, Nov. 16. Auguste Rodm, the famous, sculptor, .is seriously ill. Hi? physician, Dr. Stephen Caauvet, has issued the following bulletin: "Congestion of the-lungs has cans- r 1 4 Kreat. weakness. The patient'3! jj4.j Mnn ' -andition is grave Auguste Rodin was born in Paris injket at lower prices and in greater 1E") and his peculiar style did not l quantities. . Erai- recognition until 1830. The last j In regard to the political aspect, tiix-1 M. Rodin was reported seriously 1 ill r 1 Tanuarv 29 of th-s vear, it was t )Ji, r t janudiy , ui u.l:", ' rev3 d later that he naa oeen mar- ried to Mme. Rose Beurre me SCUli tor's v.- i"e oecame 111 suou ciueiwaius .o r.irJ she died on February 16. Clerks and Longshoremen of All Roads Except Seaboard Walk Out. STRIKE IN. SYMPATHY WITH CLERICS' UNION Discharge of Union Man on Atlantic Coast Line Is Giv en as the Reason for the New Situation. (By Associated Pressi Norfolk, Va., '. Nov. 16. Striking clerks and longshoremen of all the lines entering Norfolk, with the ex ception of the Seaboard Air Line rail way, has practically tide up all rfhip . p;ng in this harbor todav. Much 'freight that ia important for fovrn-' unon leiers here today. n-.ent us is involvoi in the situation! Goncrrl R- W" 'cWade, representa. land while the mn at the head of the!t;Ve Department of Labor, when i strike declare that the only way to -he heard last nighb that this develop j settle it and get the employes back to j ont war, ahnut. tn tnkP ninpp SMt a work is for all of the lines involved to recognizee the clerks' union and to remstat3 the man discharged by the ous now, they al admit. That the Seaboard Air Line rail way is not included in the lines that are affected by the strike is because that xtoad and its cterks have put the matter up to the government for ar bitration and are awaiting the decis ion. The strike of -the longshoremen is in sympathy with that of the clerk. 'They have recently become affiliated TXT1 tit t nn r 1 es.-rAr r i - T- - ce""y organized. PircrTC orr T7Sr lv'"tJ1 mv. ui PRISON SENTCES : . .,. ,JUJ AS Seated, Press) , vv asiiinuton. IMOV IK When trials I of the Woman's . arty militants for . Picketing the .xWhipuseame up4 P,ohc,VH$f CMtS: William ' "A v,., Beuieuteu iu a fine of $25 -or 15 day3 in the work- house, found that her husband, a mem- f ter of the tariff commission, had paidjbut it has not been confirmed, how- j her fine- Mrs. Kent protested to the : ever, that unless the Coast Line strike ! n, rerusmg to accept that settle j is settled within a tew days, the clerks during tne coming year nave iar iess it of the judgment against her, and! on the Southern Railway will go out; than half of the usual amount of fod landed that she b permitted to go in sympathy with the Coast Line,der stuffs with' which to carry on the TVl r r. vii -r4- c n -v . : -h'at the issue should be settled with- When Mrs. Harvey W, Wiley, wife of the pure food expert, was called forUion oh the Coast Line and has found sentence, she insisted on taking a i workhouse term, but an attorney, gagea Dy ner nusDana, insisted on the curt granting an appeal. The court announced it coma not ao Doth and aavisea tne lawyer to get nis cnent agree to a course and report later. Wo- i mans Party headquarters announced that Mrs. Wiley refused to permit fil - ing of a bond necessary for. an appeal and would begin a 15 day 'sentence in the workhouse at once. All the' other militants recalled' .for Sentence Were rven the usual short mrkhmiw tpnns . -v- Twontv-oiirht a nnw diincr t.mo in I the workhouse, who were to be lines connecting with their system atlin the interest of our economic neu broueht into court for sentence for Mr.rfr.iir tn lity and indepenaence, despite al- second offenses, could not be produced . as some official, referred to in court, as "higher up" had forbidden their re moval from the workhouse. Pledge Their Support to Union in Helping to Win the War. (By Associated Press.) Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 16. A pledge from tho farmers o ioin hands with -Union labor to help irn the war, was given at today's session of the Ameri can Federation of Labor by A. C. Townley, president of thp Farmers' Non Paif ii,an eLarue, and L. V. Stray- or, second vice-presioent ot tne JNa-i tion'al Farmers' Congress. "The farmers realize,," Mr. Strayer said, "the great responsibility that "rests upon them in this great world crisis. The fallacy that we are oddos- l ed to you and you to us, should be ! corrected. rnrrortpd " President Tov,m!ey urged the Fed-j pratinp tn m-n-ncTPAo in nnttinsr fiplrl . eration to co-pperate in putting field and factory vr&r r-iriu't the mar- ivir. lowniey sam. Remember mat tnis would be no mean co?viiiion. lcumers 01 mis, r'uniry renreeni 01 per ceui., laouri lot . , 4- 4V.Q notinn'o w!n' J. 44 KJL CXAtJ. 4.UL1U44 O VUL44J5 Ftrcngth." 'FARMERS TO ii WITH UNION IAB0R i Local Union Leaders Hear of j Sympathetic Action in Virginia City. SEABOARD AIR LINE ALONE IS UNAFFECTED j Many Rumors With arid Without Foundation Cur rent Here This After noon. Thirty five hundred men, including 2.500 freight handlers and 1,000 clerks, have refused to handle any further shipments either to or from the Coast i Line syctem at the city of Norfolk, according to information reaching telegram to the Seaboard clerks at Norfolk, reading substantially as fol lows: "Under no circumstances should the clerks of the Seaboard Air Line, male or female, walk out on a wmnathtln etrilro T oot then, ,ft V V u 4-vT 1 r Ly oDservmg an fcer obligations as a p r T.ibe reemfnt made by neutral) when she was wJrking in ac. President Harahan and Vice Presi- cord with the commercial police ent Spldon of the Seaboard withlWhich the United states followed Grand President Forrester, of the:when she was still a neutral, so the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and;country will know how t(J adjugt itg General McWade. representing the, methods of action with the same soli- i m run srnrns pnvcrn m r General McWade has received telegram, in answer to his appeal, in posed upon it. which it is stated that the Seaboard! '-And just as Denmark has looked clerks will stand by the government j with confidence to the United States and be loyal to their agreement, and J as the powerful protector of the rights their organization may be relied upon) of neutrals, so it is certain that Am to stand by its agreement entered in- j erica as a belligerent in no wise in to with the company. tends to injure a loyal neutral coun- General McWade also stated that i try. the Seaboard Air Line' is living up to i "At the same time, I do not be its agreement and said that, "knowing I lieve it is realized in the United as I do its officials and employes, I have the utmost confidence that all cohcerned will do the square thing by their country and by thpse who are , m ny -way U1 organization." There is; also a well defined rumor, I men. It is stated on reliable authority ! that the government has had its i agents investigate the freight condi- much congestion due to the strike, en-.which has heretofore not been gen- i erally known by the public. The) agents are said to be from Food Ad - ministrator Hoover's department and ; have reported their findings to Wash- ington President Kenly of the Coast Line iand other officials, who have been vi . Norfolk and Washington, returned to .the city this morning. It is not known what these officials did with in re- ;gard to the strike situation, but it is presumed that they conferred w?th . w . i vut uui v iu,io u b . acu; iik iuji r j :tu j- 41.. . -j. . - POSSIBLE RELIEF FOR RAILROAD CONGESTION (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 16. Substantial relief from war time railroad conges tion loomed as a possibility as a re-1 our millers ana creates winter aarK sult' of recommendations of the rail-lness in a hundred thousand, homes in road war board to the government i which there is no electricity. This hat all transportation be denied to has forced us to look for a new sup more than 500 non-essential commodi- ply in Galicia. ties. "Denmark's people are looking for- Although the list of articles propos-iward to the future with concern and ed to come under the ban was not j also with hope. " And their thoughts in made public, it was said today that an! these gloomy days often go out over effort will be made to bar from rail j the Atlantic tofthe day when Presi privileges any article not necessary j dent Wilson shall stretch out his hand to the conduct of the war or vital to the every day needs of the public. TEUTONS EXPECT TO STAY IN ITALY (By Associated Press.) gary ana uermany are taKing steps to organize a business bureau tor tnej occupied regions of Italy. The Itali-' an is to lose no time in arranging for the planting of earlv vegetables on a large scale to meet the expected snrimr fnnr. r-risis WANT REICHSTAG TO DISCUSS PEACE OFFER (By Associated Press) London, Nov. 16. The Independent Socialist group in the German Reich- ; tag has requested the president to , convoKC an lmmeuiw sessiou ui uie r: h. naooA nfp.i! ncisms i" s,,-j -..- , vi i;a.uiai v.r ."v nion Rr.ichov.ir. thp AmRtornam ftorre-ithR C4U41 -.4.14. ' ' . f spondent of the central we ws caDies. Mir. of Interior Rode Out line? the Position of Den mark in War. CUTTING OFF OF FOOD A SERIOUS MATTER Recent Action of United States and England Is Caus ing Concern Among the Scandinavian Neutrals, By Associated Press) Copenhagen, Thursr I-'mster of the Interior Ove Rode. who is in close touch with the I .12 A- - . vu . I unions .underlying the negotiations!,,,,, , ...k..,. . " ' . witt the United States, today, in", iort Zm statement to the Associated Press, ; that anti-submarine measures - have outlined Denmark's position empha-: proved wholly effective. They agree sizing the necessity of Denmark to; that progress is heins made but nre-; - mu.mi.aiLi its uaue relations wim Dotn j Ar 10 postpone judgments on wheth groups of belligerents in the interests er the U-boat has been eliminated as'.' of its commercial neutrality and eco-'a factor until the theory has been nomic existence. M. Rode said: ,'more thoroughly tested. Meanwhile it iias not Deen easy for'the Dan-1 ish people to understand just why the entry of the United States into the war should have had r.uch fateful con 27 oTir --t;:. ' w - . aS urna a wd!1 must SU11C1UOUS- I citude to the new conditions which a I America's entrv into thp wnr hns iin- States to what degree the cessation of .supplies from America threatens Den- mark: with ruin. We require, to feed the population and for the production fx i.uE. 0iu0 extraordinary j drought of this summer has. resulted in a failure qf a great part of the harvest, and . the farmers, therefore, "And since the inland production of margarine has entirely ceased, owin, to the complete interruption of sup plies of oil containing raw materials, the population cannot receive its ac- customed amounts of fats. Must -as v.e aireaay naa rauonea oreaa and -si gar on the -card system for the population, now. we must ra tion iats, li we are maintain tuai quantity for export which is essential to the economic life of the commun ity. "The consequences of this will be for a long time increased exports of horses and of slaughtered cattle, par ticularly to Germany, which hitherto has been only a casual customer for even if we endeavor to organ- . .... -n izc the export Deei. to tingiana, aiso "If, however, the Un'ted States and England continue the blockade policy so far as foodstuffs are concerned, still we hope we may receive other supplies of which we are greatly in need. Particularly - we require pe troleum, the lack of which handicaps toward peace ana to secure iuh ui,u and noble aims of peace which the world has heard him formulate. The Danish people's blessings wilLgo with him." TEUTONIC LITERATURE DROPPED ON TROOPS (By Associated Press.) With the American Army in France, Nov 15. A German balloon, used to distribute propaganda behind the hos tHo lines, came down today in tne town occupied by American division headquarters with copies of The Gaz ette Des Ardennes, which is published in Freneh at Charleville, attached. The leading article attacked Presi dent Wilson for his alleged pre-war attitude and for not prohibiting the eale of munitions to Germany's ene mies. In an attempt to convey an '.dea of reliability, the newspaper also yumcu """"" "iV"" toiling - nf the ftfl.nt.11rR of. a1 thousand n.'"0 - . , ... - y- . ' newsDaDers were sent to vreneriii - jfersmng. Officials Not Willing to Admit: Vt' That Submarine Warfare v V j i Will Cease. ":'::'t r NAVAL OFHCERS ARE VERY HOPEFUL! British and American Officials fM While Believing Submarine59?j is Being Overcome Warn r 41 Against Optimism. (By Associn Washington, Nov. 16 American na (Troi . . . .-. - -iiXii dLa, it was maae piam toaay, , j h ( 6icc vvuu me view inat. rjie r!r rrr - -r.. ...,'4i 4.1 . .jr., , ... e : tu5 American navy will continue its preparations to deal with the menace. '1 It was said officially at the Navy . Pdinuem ioaay tnere was nothing. hno,rJrrI. ' " very, amps neXl WeeK, Of at any subsequent period, and that vary- me results rrom week to week still were expected. Secretary Daniels authorized this statement: . ;:.v('.:.f "The submarine menace has not proved the decisive factor in the war' '--K-that the Germans predicted it would. . be. It has done great harm , which should not be under-estimated, and la still a menace. Its purpose was; to , ''. starve England by August, and this, of " course, it has failed to ao. ::,i; Protection against them Is being in- , i creased every month. Additional de- ' stroyers are coming into action and , building of a great fleet of new Am- erican destroyer is proceeding rapidly. ' :. Various devices for detection of U- . boats are, being made more effective ?? and , instrumentalities .for their de- ; in struction are being improved.. Tho ' convoying system swrking out well and will became- lncfgglfegraliy as new destroyers and other craft arri added. . "J r&t. Secretary Daniels conferred today ;, with shipping board officials to adjust t,M the two building programs so as tq secure the maximum available factti'-4'S ties. Mr. Daniels said later that.he Navy and, the Board were working in perfect harmony and that every ener gy was being concentrated onitht''-:v:" production of destroyers and merchant j ' -ships. .'. .. ' f , ; - V Sir Eric Geddes' Opinion. : - t London, Nov. 16. In reply to a; question in the House of Commons,' - ; Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the ad miralty, said: ' ' "The good return of tonnage sink- - . , ing by enemy submarines last week and indeed the comparatively lfavor-'; able result of the last two month. ' ought not to.be taken as indicating r : that the submarine menace is a thing- : of the past, or defeated." '.11 Sir Eric recalled his recent speech' ' in the House of Commons in which he said the enemy's attack on British ' 7 trade was being held but had not been . ! defeated, that the Germans were'" building submarines faster than the; Bj-itish were destroying them, but that- . with improved methods, he looked for . . . the eventual defeat of this menace'. He .. " also reminded his hearers he had said V" mercantile marine tonnage was notr " being maintained against the depreda-' . , tions of submarine. ' r f , "I see no reason in which has hap- v,: pened since, or in the favorable re ' ; I suits of the last week," he continued, ; "to qualify or modify in any way what' I have said that the calls upon the ,;"yvf merchant shipping of the world for. :': waging war are so great that nothing v ; ; ; should be left unsaid or undone which will bnng nome to the people of this and allied counties that economy is ' 7 everything which is sea-borne has. . a " direct, vital and early result in the 7 sucessful prosecution of the war; that - hip yards are short of men and wo-", men .and that all labor which can be 'V.7 saved from unnecestsary wOrk and dl-' , verted to ti:e sn:p yards will have a : direct effect on winning the war. . I - .; j ask the House and the country not to ."7; "" be lifted up Or castdown by one good 7 , 7; or bad week or month in tonnage sinkings. , . ;iy The steady downward urve . since 7 ' April shows that we hold and f or the ; i, . ; present are mastering the submarine. ' The rise in merchant ship building. at present and proposed shows we are ' 7 counter-acting the enemy's efforts. But 7 V I repeat that we must have ' increased ' output in marine engine shops and ship yards." . - , ". 7:-;,7'; '-'. : 7' ;7:-'''' Warship Bombed. . (By Associated Press) " .- ' . -r London, Nov. 16. During a recent air raid over the Gallipoli peninsula and Constantinople by British, avia tors, the former German cruiser Goe ; ben, now the Turkish warship Sultan 7T Selim, was hit and a large explosion caused, it was officially announced c;tO , day. ..' . -v;;7 ..-.- v.: 'I iriiiis m m to iele we apt i- i c, m ' ' J". "
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