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1 v THE WANT AD. WAY. If your bnslnfeu Is not large enough: to Justify the use of big display ad -vertlMlnar. take a ahot at the S Dedal Column. Inexpensive and reralta are4 certain. voTcrm-.yo. ia. wiLariyGi-oyr, y. a; tpesday Monyiyp, octobeti , 1015 - GREA T- SUPERJBA T'TZ.P: liflEUf AMCDIPA JRIII RAQIftfC? ftPTlflM inicniicc dditicu AnnniiiiT nmni CRlMERS m BE PART OFNA VMPROGRAMME Would be Bigger, Faster, More Heavily Armed Than Any War Craft Afloat. WOULD COST $18,000,000 Secretary Daniels and General Board Considering Plans For Such a Vessel. ' Submarines for Coast Defense May be Urged Also. wasftlngrton, Oct 4. Super-battle' cruisers, bigger, faster and more heav ily armed than any war craft afloat or building, and which will cost $18,000, 000 each, will be recommended to Con gress as a part' of . the navy building programme for next year. Decision on this step was reached today at a con ference between President Wilson and Secretary Daniels and Representative Padgett, chairman of the House naval affairs committee. , Flans for such a vessel as is con templated already Jiave been prepared under the direction of Rear Admiral Taylor, chief constructor of the navy, and are being considered by the Secre tary and members of the general board. Just how many of. the new type ships will be asked for this winter has not been determined. Secretary Daniels said after the conference. War Increases Cost. Cost of construction ' of navy craft has risen since the outbreak of the European war with the consequent enormous -demand upoatAmerican re sources, some recent sjel contracts for the navy showing arrs increase of SO per cent. Dreadnoughtswhich also will be recommended for construction this winter, will cost $18,006,000 each, it i3 estimated, as against $15,000,000 for ships now bulj,dingv Part of this increase, however,-74s due ? to new hull construction, to prdviae - greater pro tection against torpedo attack. The number of ships of each class to be urged probably 'will be agreed upon within a few days. The esti mates, by law, must be in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury by Oc tober 15. ( Will Be Swift Destroyer. flans for the battle cruisers, Mr. Daniels said, contemplated a speed of 35 knots an hour. They will be fas ter than any but the swiftest de stroyer. In land terms, they will equal the speedT of railway trains making forty miles an hour. In size ' they will equal the largest American dread noughts building and far exceed any anoat. The armament has not been decided upon, but it probably will be equal or greater than that of present day dreadnoughts. It is understood that some officers believe each ship should carry twelve 14-inch, 5 Ocalibre rifles, but it is possible that a lesser number of guns may be mounted, or that the new 16-inch rifle, the largest naval gun' yet developed, may be used. In that case probably only 6 or 8 big guns would be mounted. All the items of the forthcoming navy estimates were considered' at to day's conferences. Secretary Daniels declined to disclose other details of plans. He intimated, however, that a building programme for the subma rine flotilla would be urged that would make possible an inner line of defense along both coasts to be maintained by submerslbles operating from bases es tablished at necessary intervals. The Secretary said that the value of sub mersibles for the defense of the wfde reaches of coast line on both shores could hardly be over-estimated. Heavily Armed Cruisers Needed. tie cruisers have not been rec ommended by the general board of the navy except once, some years ago. flans have been considered for uch ships every year, however, and tenta tive designs prepared. Many officers now feel that with bids advertised for the torty-fourth battleship for the navy, it is time that swift, heavily armed cruisers were added to the fleet aside from any lessons drawn from the European war. The "mission" of the navy, as it is discussed in navy war college prob lems, always has been regarded as de fense of the United States. With ef forts being made to foster the mer chant marine, however, and with the -Monroe Doctrine to uphold and the fanama canal to defend the officers think that the time has come when the navy should be given the same tools to light with that possible ene mies might have. - . Result of Recent Maneuvers. Recent maneuvers, It is said, Ijave brought out sharply the need of both swift scouts and fighting ships. It is regarned as improbable that the es timates this year will include recom mendations for any considerable num ber, of scouting craft aside from the cruiser destroyers which have been included in annroorlatlon bills for several years. For the present it is thought the cruiser destroyers can THU the place of specially designed scouts, although later many' high speed .light Cruisers Will cnno-l,t t rnnnH rtllt the navy. With enormous coast lines to guard, such craft are viewed as ab soiutel ynecessary to a well balanced fleet. - Lost or Strayed. V Yellow collie, with white marks, beautiful, large dog; answers to name Wallace. Reward if returned to 119 Orance street or Chesnutt & Freeman Shoe Store. Cadvertisement.) FOREIGN LOAN IS Possibly $50,000,000 More Than Needed Spoken For. SUBSCRIBERS OF NOTE Rockefeller Reported to Have Taken 910,000,000 Worth of Bonds Bonds May be In Investors Hands Within a Week. s.Now York, Oct. j, The Anglo French . $600,000,000 f ;Tjbttd issue has leen over-subscribed: It is possible that when the underwriters books are closed at 10 o'clock tomqftbw morning, it will' be found that $50,000,000 more than needed has been spoken for. Both John D. Rockefeller and Wil liam Rockefeller have subscribed, the former, it Is reported, for $10,000,000, the latter for a sum believed to be less but not disclosed. Another subscriber of note, it was reported tonight, is Sir Ernest. Cassel, former privy councillor and financial adviser to the late King Edwardf VII of England. "Sir Ernest takes $5,000,000 worth of the bonds, paying Jitheref or with money on de posit in his country. Among the half dozen more men who have subscribed for JPf.000,000 ru mor placed today the names of . John Willys, automobile manufacturer, and Harry Payne Whitney and William Boyce Thompson, of thifc city. There was no confirmation of this by J. P. Morgan & Company. It is possible than within a week the bonds wfft be in Uie hands, of in dividual investors. Tloslng.of the ,underwriter8j!bjQpks .lofeogjwjjknorn-rng'-annbuncemeSit or which was made today, will " end the opportunity for small investors to obtain their bonds at 96 1-4, the underwriters terms. Hereafter the bonds will be offered at New York City, New England and Pittsburg have come up well to expec tations in the amount of subscriptions. It is estimated that they will take care of four-fifths of the issue. A number of responses were received today from Western and Southern cities with grat ifying results, it was said. Already there is talk in Wall Street of the second big credit loan which it is .believed England and France will have to negotiate within a few months. BORDER PATROL REINFORCED UPON WARNING OF MEXICAN. Swam Rio Grande and Reported Ban dits Were Preparing an Attack. Brownsville, Texas, Oct. 4. Heeding the warning given by a Mexican who swam the Rio Grande today to report the gathering of a number of Mexicans opposite Capote, Texas, the United States cavalry patrol in that secttoa was reinforced tonight. The Mexican declared that the bandits had planned to attack Capote during the night. A detachment of Carranza troops has established a patrol along the river near Capote, it was stated. TO 8E CLOSED ON SONDAY Mayor Announces That State Law Must be Observed. City Ordinances Permitting Saloons to be Open Are Nullified More Than 4,000 Saloons Are Affected by the Order. Chicago, October 4. Mayor Thomp- son, in a message tonight to the city council, announced that the owners or all saloons in Chicago hereafter would be forced to obey the State law, which provides that they remain closed on Sunday. There are more than 4,000 sa loons in Chteago. When Mayor Thomp son's message was read, the council chamber was filled to capacity. Outside in the corridors of the city hall, a throng clamored for admittance. If the galleries were surprised at the an nounced determination of the mayor to close the saloons on Sundays, the alder. men apparently were even more so. . Mayor Thompson was attended in the council chamber by three detectives. In the -recent municipal election Thomp son's opponent was qpenly supported by the liquor interests, but Thompson was elected by the largest majority ever re corded in a Chicago mayoralty election. Mayor Thompson set forth in his mes sage that Corporation Counsel Folsom had advised him that the State law pro vided a fine of not exceeding $200 for any place where liquor was sold which remained open on Sunday. The mayor said the . opinion of the corporation . (Continued On Page Eight) OVER BR BED CHICAGO SALOONS OF fiLii ui niiiLiiiun QUULum nu ;nu uu 11 u iuuuulI u ill 1 11 1 ikihiiiiiiii n vrn IS NOT FULLY MET Last German Note on Arabic - Not Far-Reaching Enough. EVADES MAIN QUESTION Secretary anslqg to Confer With Count Bernstorff Within the Next - Two Days and Explain, That Note 1 Unsatisfactory. Washington, Oct. 4. Secretary Lan siflgill confer again with Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, withlii .the next two days and explain to him that the .last communication he presented with reference to the Arabic case did not meet fully the viewpoint of the United. States. The ambassador wilKbe informed, it is understood, that the document he presented does not go far enough, ini. that, while Germany admits that her submarine commander who torpedoed the Arabic erred in as suming that .Chei. liner was trying to commit a. hostile -act, .no liability or re sponsibility for the mistake is as sumed. The United States has insisted throughout;that there must be repara tion for the loss of American lives and assurances that there will be no repe tition of the; practice of torpedoing ships without' warning. Assurance as to the future, given several weeks ago by the German am bassador, are understood to have now been repeated, but on the manner in Which the question of liability is dis posed of depends the success or fail ure of the present negotiations. Situation Not Critical. High officials do not consider that the situation' again has become criti cal, and they Indicated today confidence that it would be amicably adjusted. This, it . is understood, however, pro ceeds from .the theory that Count von Bernstorff -has full power to satisfy ultimately the .American demands. Offi cials declined to describe in technical diplomatic language the nature of the communication given by Ambassador Bernstorff to Secretary Lansing. It has been commonly referred to as a note, as was the German ambassador's com munication on the subject of munitions of war, but which was known, offlcial- iy -gj?noritn.uum sent p.H B fwiijxtJ'uiBs'.wr,Dane- irmrc,- irom -tne of 'gejfteral- lristructldns 'from vthe Ber lin government. It is presumed here that in this case the ambassador has written the same character of docu ment with his own signature instead of that of the foreign minister, but pursuant to general instructions from his foreign office. CONFER ON FISH QUESTION Discuss Co-Operatlon Between Federal and State Governments. Washirtgton, Oct. 4. Co-operation between the Federal and state govern ments in the protection and develop ment of fish resources was the subject of a conference at the Department of Commerce today between Secretary Kedneld and a committee of the Na tional Association of Fish Commis sioners. Mr. Kedneld expressed wil lingness to ask congress for an ap propriation to render any practical aid asked for by the states. The commit tee included W. McDonald Lee, of Vir ginia; B. K. Greens and Swepson Earle, of Maryland, and Brayton A .Round, of Rhode Island. Liverpool, Oct. 4. The American Line steamer Philadelphia arrived here at 1 o'clock this afternoon, more than 24 hours late, having been delayed by stormy weather, fog and boiler trouble. When the Philadelphia returns to New York she will be laid up for seventeen days for an overhauling. PRESENTS CLAIMS OF Lansing Receives Chieftain's Washington Representative. Number of Conferences With Factional Agents Will Be Held to Gather Data for Next Pan-American Conference. GARRANZA GOVERNMENT Washington, Oct. 4. Secretary Lan sing tonight received Eliseo Arredondo, authorized representative in Washing ton of General Carransa, who present ed the claims of the Carranza govern ment in Mexico for recognition by the United States. The Secretary hitherto had made it a rule not to meet with representa tives of the Mexican factions but in line with his recently announced pro gramme of gathering information for the next Pan-American conference there will be a number of informal con ferences during the present week with representatives of the revolutionary elements in Mexico. No announcement was made after tonlghfs conference. The conference of Pan-American diplomats has been called for Saturday by Secretary Lansing in accordance with previous announcement at the last session In New Vork. No opinion as to the merits and various claims for recognition is to be rendered, it is un derstood, until the diplomats meet with Secretary Lansing. Mr. Arredondo gave out tonight a telegram received from General Car ranza declaring that the courts were being re-organized in Mexico and busi ness In general was resuming its ac tivities. . l - f J HoweveriTranspiring Events Are Brinjgfng Balkans Near er, the; Crisis -of War. a- SERBIA B THREATENED Germany Planing Men and Supplies Along Frontier; Allies Land in Greece. A1 London, Oci.-rjThe time allotted Bulgaria by 'thd;; Allies, . through Rus sia, to turn her back on Germany, Austria and Tuke Texpired this af ternoon, but no immediate surface in dications to 'clarifyt the situation re sulted. Whether;-tfteV Russian minister promptly left the Bulgarian-capital, as his government threatened' provided Bulgaria declined to tneetthe Russian ultimatum, whether, Bulgaria asked for further tlme,Vb;wh'etner Kihg Ferdi nand merely - observed, silence, was not known in Londop up to 11 o'clock to night, u : ' . Events have been transpiring, how ever, in keeping with the fast ap proaching criais involving the entry, of the Balkans in the European conflict. Russian warships have appeared off the Bulgarian Black sea port !f Varna; French and British .troops have landed at Saloniki, a Greek -port ;C$0 miles south of the Bulgarian frontier, and Bulgarian troops have , been massed in grea.t numbers along' the Serbian bor der. Prepare Blow Against Serbia. . From the central powers' side have come amplified' reports wOfr. the great weight of men and metal; beihjr' piled up preparatory to a blow, against Ser bia from that side, as the first step in what the popular imagination has ac cepted as . a -fact German determlna. tion to smash through 'the cbrner"of Serbia and link uti wifchrBula-ae4.&. er.l Austrian border to Constantinople Delayed cables told of the landing of the Allied troops at Saloniki. With these reports arrived" comments from the Athens papers, the gist of which was that the appearance of French and British soldiers in Greece at a time when Greece still was outwardly neu tral should cause no excitement in that their mission was, as one of the Athens papers expressed it, "to defend the railway against Bulgarian aggres sion and give help to Serbia, the ally of Greece." The Greek minister at London re fused to comment on the report that the Hellenic government considered the "landing of the allied troops a vio lation of neutrality, and had formally protested to Great Britain and France. Germans Re-Take Positions. In the West the Germans have per sisted in their driving counter attacks against the British until they have re taken most of the Hohenzollern ' re doubt, so named by the Oerman sol diers. This is admittedby Field Mar shal French's latest report, but it is (Continued on Page Eight.) AT 10,950,000 BATES Government Report Predicts Smallest Crop Since 1909. DECLINE IN CONDITION Estimated Condition 1 60.8 Per Cent., a Falling Off During the Month of 8.4 Points Cansed Mostly by ' Weather Extremes. Washington, Oct. 4. a heavy de cline in the condition of the growing cotton crop, during September, almost double the average decline of the last ten, years, has decreased the produc tion prospects forecast earlier in . the season by almost a million bales. The Department of Agriculture today esti mated the crop at 10,950,000, equiv alent 500 pound bales, which would be the smallest crop since 190 In announcing the condition? report and roduction estimate, the cop re porting board made this statement: "The cotton crop condition declined 8.4 points during the month, August 25 to September 25, which compared with an average decline in the same period in the past ten years of 4.5 points. The estimated condition of 60.8 per cent, of normal on September 25 forecasts a yield per acre of about 168 pounds and a total production (al lowing a reduction of 1 per' cent, from planted area for abandonment) of about 10,950,000 bales. Last year's pro duction was 16,135,000 bales, and the 1913 crop 14,156,000. A crop less than 11,000,000 bales would be smaller than any crop since .1909. "The unusual deterioration has been due principally to the extremes of weather conditions; periods of exces sive rainfall, cold weather and drought having characterized the season in most of the cotton belt. Lack of fer CContinued on rage Eight.) ESTIMATED TRADE SITUAT! Consul Skinner Called Home For Consultation. ON IMPORTANT PHASES State Department Desires Facts Re garding British Exports and Re exports Before Answering Britain's Recent Note. Washington. Oct. -4 Robert P. Skinner, United States consul ' general in London, has been summoned to Washington for consultation on the trade situation existing between the United States and Great Britain. Mr. Skinner will confer not only with Sec retary Lansing but with Counselor Polk and the foreign trade advisers, who are handling the negotiations with Great .Britain over contraband. In London the consul generaj has gathered much information concerning British exports and re-exports, and it is this phase of the situation in which State - .-'tment officials are particu larly anxious to obtain first-hand in formation from him. In its last note Great Britain pointed out that in con versation with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, "the acting councillor of the State De partment referred to the unfavorable impression created at Washington by reports as to the increase in British exports to northern European neu tral ports since, the outbreak of war received from Consul General Skinner, the reports having given figures show ing increases in the .British exports of some' commodities to these countries." The note cited statistics to refute reports that Great .Britain, "in order to capture trade for the British Em pire,", was allowing goods "to be ex ported from the United Kingdom which they have not anowed to be Imported into the same countries from the United States." Before answering this note, State De partment officials thought it best to consult General Skinner. Other impor tant phases of the trade situation very likely will be discussed. MINNEAPOLIS AND COUNTY VOTE TO RETAIN. SALOONS. L Iniagrief e Returns Glte Wi LeadIllegal Voting Charged. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 4T Hennepin county, of which Minneapolis is the county seat, voted to retain its 433 sa loons in a local option election today, according to returns available late to night. When 105 of the 193 precincts of the county had reported the "wets" led by 5,000, the count standing: "wets" 20,831; "drys" 15,894. Rev. George B. Safford, head of the "dry" organization, in commenting on the vote said: "It now appears that the 'wets' have carried the election, but we do not yet concede it. If it had not been for the grossest frauds and illegal voting there would have been no doubt about the results." Of the 433 saloons in the county, 399 are in Minneapolis proper. PRACTICALLY HAS DECIDED ON NO SPECIAL SESSION. Convinced Better Not to Call Senate Together Now. Washington, Oct. 4. President Wil son practically has decided not to call a special session of the Senate before the meeting of Congress in regular session. Although he is desirous of having the Senate's rules amended so as to give the majority power to limit debate, he Is understood to have be come convinced that it is better not t call the Senate together at this time. KNOWN AND REPORTED AT There Are Still Many Persons Unaccounted For. Tons of Supplies Forwarded to Stricken Districts Damage to Levees Over f 1,000,000 He.vy Rains Drive Many From Homes. New Orleans, Oct. 4. With 30 resi dents of New Platform, previously re ported dead, accounted for, the total known and reported dead along the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf coasts as a result of Wednesday's hurricane stood at 353 tonight. There stil! were many persons unaccounted for. Fresh water, food, clothing and med ical supplies were forwarded into the, stricken districts today. Tons of sup plies already have been sent to Various points, but all relief parties returning here declare that food must be kept moving regularly unui conditions re turn to normal. Much Damage to Levees. " Louis J. Hennessey, representing the association of commerce, who returned today with Federal and state engineers from an inspection of river levees, stated the damage to the levee sys tem would exceed 51,000.000. The en- gineers declined to give out an esti mate of the damage until they have prepared their official reports. Mr. Hennessey reported immense damage to orange groves and crops and asserted destitution among the inhab itants was serious. The flood waters were reported to be receding in all af fected sections. A heavy rain today drove hundreds (Continued On Page Eight.) 0 REMANS OF AT LOOS Capture of the Position Great Victory for the British. TOWN IS NOW IN RUINS German Trenches Elaborate and Some So Permanently Built That They V Were Impenetrable Humor ous and Tragic Scenes. British headquarters in France, Sun day October 3 (via London, Oct. 4). The scene of the British attacks in the Lens region is a flat mining country slag heaps, mine pits, ruined buildings, splintered and felled trees and earth works, churned by explosions, with slightly rising ground toward Loos and Lens. Nothing is visible except the soft puffs of shrapnel bursting and vol umes of black smoke from British and German high explosive shells, marking positions where, the British troops are organizing their gains and the Germans are preparing a new defensive line. It is with infinite satisfaction to the British, who had long looked at the eye-sore twin towers of the mining works at Loos, that they now have in their possession this German position. The church at Loos, which had been used as an observation post, is. a heap of stone as the result of the bombard ment preceding the attack. Remain Through Battle. The normal population at Loos is 10,- 000 miners and their families. Three hundred of these remained during the battle, taking shelter in the cellars of their wrecked, miserable homes. As the skirmish line, approached the town it saw six women and a child coming toward .it in the midst of the battle. Some of the British soldiers tried to rescue them, but before they could get the women to a shelter, two or three were wounded. The elaborateness and permanency of the German trenches indicated the apparent conviction of the Germans in the security 'of their line. Dugouts, often three, feet deep, werecemeij.teA FIGHTING s,W,pnd--;cra irged.v :-BhairwQjQe of ' thenwwere impene - trable; even to high explosive "shells of big calibre. The British bombardment cut the wire in front of the German trenches to bits and battered the firing trenches and traverses into irregular piles of earth. Under such a flailing of shells, it was suicidal for the Germans to at tempt to remain outside the dugouts, or to try to man their machine guns, or use their rifles. Take Trenches Unopposed. When the artillery work was per fected, the British infantry sprang over the parapets at a given moment. Sprint ing toward the German trench they ar rived almost without opposition. Then the German trench was theirs "with the Germans who were alive huddled in their caves. Some of the dugouts had their openings blown in by shell ex plosions, and their occupants were ei ther buried or suffocated. When a dug-out had been unharmed the British soldiers, with bayonet fixed or bombs in hand, appeared at the en trance to find the Germans still inside or perhaps just starting out. All in the dugout might surrender, or, on the other hand, if a British soldier started to enter or even showed him self, he was received with a fusillade. In case of refusal to surrender, bombs were thrown into the dugout. The Ger mans surviving the explosion usually (Continued on Page Eight). OVER 9,000 UNION HEN QUIETLY GDM STRIKE Two-Thirds of General Elec tric Employees Quit Work. Union Leaders Declare Every Union Man Will Walk Out Today, Which Would Mean Complete Tie. up Eight Hour Day. Schenectady, N. Y., Oct. 4. More than 9,000 union workers, comprising abojit two-thirds of the employes of the General Electric Company, quietly went on strike here today for an eight- hour day. They have been working ten hours. Union leaders declare that every union man in the plant will be out by tomorrow night. Should this situation arise, it is generally conceded a complete tie-up would result. Despite this forecast, however, there is algeneral feeling tonight that a compromise will be effected. Union leaders said the machinists were will ing to consider a compromise and in the past George E. Emmons, general manager of the plant, always conferred freely with his employes. Although the strike is a part of the general movement of machinists to ob tain the eight-hour day while war or ders are plentiful, these orders have little to do with the local situation. The plant has possibly 300 men em ployed in making small shells, Mr. Em mons said tonight, and it has no large war orders In reserve. No violence was reported today. At meetings today and tonight union lead ers urged the workers not to resort to violence. These appeals were ap WHOLE DUMBER 39,542 GREAT NAVAL WAR GAME OFF ATLANTIC T Fleet Divided Into Two Divis ions, One to "Attack" and the Other to "Defend." TO TEST PREPAREDNESS Practically the Entire Coast, From Maine to Florida, is Subject to "Attack." Washington, Oot. 4. What navaU-au-thorttlea expect to be the most Im portant war game ever played in time of peace by the American navy began tonight off the Atlantic coast. Every available vessel on the active list was ordered In place. They were divided into two forces, one the red or hos tile tleet, and the other, the blue, un dertaking to prevent the enemy from landing on American' soil. The purpose of the game is to de velop data to assist the navy In work ing out a scheme of national defense, and for that reason it was explained tonight by Rear Admiral Benson, chief of operations, that the move ments of the contending forces and all particulars of the maneuvers would be kept strictly confidential. Two Force Sail. The attacking foroe sailed from New port, R. I., and tonight had assumed battle position at eome point oft the coast. The blue defenders, compris ing most of the battleships of the At lantic fleet sailed from Hampton Roads and through Its scouts, began search for the enemy. Plans for the maneuvers were work ed out by the naval war college at Newport and were designed to demon strate how an enemy approaching the coast might best be intercepted and de stroyed. The game will continue for. ten days or more before the final result Jhave been fe stations- aTofra the coast, requested to communicate. what messages thev may receive from! the ship to the Navy Department. Sep arate wireless codes have been worked out for each division ao that reports may be read at the Navy Department, though neither fleet can learn In that way what the other is doing. Use Submarines and Mines. Submarines and mines will play an important part, in the maneuvers. The oretical mine fields have been sta tioned at strategic places along the coast. The only branch of the naval servicer not participating in the game is the aeroplane corps. No provision for the work of airships was made by the war college in drawing up the plans. The defending fleet is commanded by Admiral Fletcher, oommander-ln-chief of the Atlantic fleet, and the at tackers by Vice Admiral Mayo. Under the rules practically the entire coast from Maine to Florida, is open to "attack." FOURTEEN WARSHIPS SAIL. Defense Division Puts to Sea from Hampton Roads to Sleet "Enemy.?' Norfolk, Va., Oct, 4. Headed by the battleship Wyoming, flagship of the Atlantic fleet, 14 of America's great est warships steamed from Hampton Roads at 1 o'clock this afternoon for the Atlantic ocean, to meet a make-believe enemy in the shape of another fleet of warships flying the Stars and Stripes. The ships had on warlike appearance when they left the roads and two hours later, when they steam ed slowly through the Virginia Capes, they hung close together, apparently making about 12 knots. Orders had been given to have every ship leave for sea by noon today. They were ready by 10 o'clock this morning, but not a ship moved until the Wyo ming,, which only yesterday returned from Chesapeake Bay, ' where she en gaged in individual practice, ran up a signal to "get under way. An Inspiring Procession. It was exactly 1 o'clock when this signal was displayed and a few min utes , later every one of the 14 big ships had weighed anchor and began to move slowly towards the sea. The Wyoming went to the head of the line, and the procession, an inspiring one, began. After the Wyoming came the New York, Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Utah, Michigan, Rhode Island, South Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, New Hampshire, Louisiana and Celtic. Warlike preparations had been made for the departure- of the fleet and the utmost secrecy was maintained , concerning the plans for the maneuvers along the coast and the hour of the de- parture. Strangers were not admitted on board without special permission and the members of the crews which were given shore liberty were not per mitted to discuss anything relative to the proposed movement of the fleet. Five thousand men'were given shore liberty Saturday afternoon with in structions to report on board their ships at 8 o'clock this morning. It is said that every man reported and that each ship sailed with a full crew com plement. Sail Under Sealed Orders. Only Admiral Fletcher was aware of the part each ship is to play in the forthcoming war game, when the fleet left Hampton Roads tbday. It was stated on good authority; that the cap tains of the various ships composing the big fleet did not know what part their vessels were to take in the mimlo warfare. They sailed under sealed or ders, which, it was said, would not be come known to the various ships unti) they were well out at sea. After clearing the Virginia Capes, the fleet is expected to scatter in aU (Continued On Page Eight. GOAS BEGUN
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