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rmiT ISSUED WEEKLY. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME XXXXII Asheboro, North Carolina, Thnradsy. July 26, 191T. NUMBER 3) IfttTi COURIER I r-i I i rsl J1JLL1LO DEVICE TO DETECT l-BO ATS NAVY'S HOPES If Perfected U-Boata Will Be Bottled I p at Bases Terrific Aerial and .al Attack Upon Germny Contem plated. The Navy Department's program of perfecting a device to detect subma rine at ten mi lex has been outlined. If the devico is perfected a cordon of lienruyers will liattle the U-boats at their base. The submarine, it is greed, must be eliminated before the war i.s won. The general board feels that t u present method uf fighting the ubniiir.rH.' menace is merely a make shift. :d that it will never make the was safe for merchantmen, no matter Lou will the surface is controlled by tii. allied navies. Some .success has tie, i ;i. hieved with the mechanism for t ting submarines, but the inven ts ti ha.-- yet to be perfected. The do- ire, it is hoped, will be ready for ser- icr within a few months. In the event that this invention pi- ws its value as a detector over a inline of ten miles, it is the purpose of the American Nary to establish a lino across the Skager Rak, another across the FnglishChannel and another across the North Sea in front of the German coast, Other lines of detectors will be ttretched across the various waters v."t.i re the submarines operate. The first consideration, however, will ( to get an underwater detection iu ross the channels used by the sub muriiics in leaving and entering their bast-s. When this is accomplished the submarine lighters which are now at tempting to pick up the submarines wiil te drawn in a solid line, in conncc turn with the detectors. When the underwater raiders at tempt to leave their bain they will be spotted by the detectors. The surface craft will then get a line on them, and it is believed that it will be virtually mopotwible for them to make their way to the trade routes. The detection invention represent the (treat scientific contribution which th United States has been reported to have in the making. Heretofore its nature was never explained publicly. Already the United States navy has had a great success with the under water tx plosive, which is dropped into the water and explodes upon contact with the submersible. These will be) used extensively in the new campaign- The general board of the navy turn under consideration a terrilic navaf aid aerial attack upon the German coat and upon the coast of HelgiuM now controlled by the Germans. Vtm navy expert believe that it w.ulj ha inadvisable to attempt to make this at tack until thousands of aeroplanes ore available to cary out the campaign. This joint attack will have to await the completion of the American fleets, and therefore it cannot be engineered before next year. Navul experts real ize that this attack, if sucessful, would be extremely expensive in life. The army and navy joint councils are satisfied that it is hopeless at pres ent to try to break through the west ern line and that no successful attack can be made until the German bases are destroyed and a force is landed on the German coast. Before this pro gram can be carriod out they agree ttiat trie submarine must be eliminated. Since the Unitod States entered the war the younger naval officers have urged the administration to suggest to Great Britain the advisability of making a naval drive at the German cowt and destroy the submarine base. Vice Admiral Sims, in command of the American Naval forces in European waters, has reported that such an at tack would not be feasible at this time Plans for a great naval engagement naye been worked out, but their con- sumation depends upon factors which cannot now be Drought into play. At the present time the United States has every available ship of the minor class in buropean waters assist ing the British fleet in destroying sub marines. Just as rapidly as more thips are sent down the ways they will be ent abroad. Camp Sevier Good Place For Guard Camp Camp Sevier, cantonment site for North and South Carolina and Tennes see troops, is located four miles from Greenville, S. C, and is within a mile of Paris Mountain of the Blue Ridge range. A concrete highway runs near ly all the way from Greenville to the camp; and an electric railway passes through the grounds. There are 1,000 acres in the camp site. All sorts of arrangements are being made for the welfare of the soldiers. The people of the city are preparing fer entertainment on a large scale and the Y. M. C. A. will have buildings on the site. The moral as well as the physical welfare of the boys will be well cared for. There are thousands of former North Carolinians living in Greenville, which has 40,000 population, and the North Carolina boys will be given a hearty welcome on August 5. Several compa nies of South Carolina troops have al ready pitched tents and will have the camp in readiness for the Tar Heel regiments. Stop "Joy Kiding." If the United States government is to have the petroleum it will need to prosecute the war successfully, the public will have to economize in the use of jrasoline, is the warning coming from Washington. Sufficient gasoline will be available to provide for all normal uses of automobiles, but pleasure riding should be curtailed. Not a gailon of gasoline should be u.-i in the present emergency except fur some useful end. NATIONAL GUARD MOBILIZED More Than Seven Thousand Mobilized in North Carolina for War Service Company K to be Mustered in Mon day, Chairman Finch of the exemption board of Randolph county has received the master lists of the army conscrip tion drawing, but too late to compare with the list as published in The Cou rier obtained from the best sources obtainable. The list as published by The Courier is practically correct. There may he a few mistakes, but at I. ist two persons have been continu-1 y at work on it since last Friday night The National Guard was called out yesterday and will be mustered into service next Monday. Company K of the hTird North Carolina Infantry, mobilized yesterday afternoon at Asheboro and when the bugle sounded it was found that the company had practically recruited to war strength. Only two companies of the 16 compa nies composing the regiment have as many men as Company K. Company K will remain in Asheboro for several days. The local company will report at the armory each morning at eight o'clock for roll coll and during tho day several drill periods will bo observed. Cant. Oixon has received a teleirram from Adjutant General Royste.r say ing that cots cannot bo furnished for the soldiers now, and the people of Asheboro have very generously provid cd for the entire company. Every per son requested to furnish rooms for the members of the company has gladly done ao without hesitation and without price The U. W. Club' Meet Staley Routa 1, July 16. The U. W Club met last Saturday with Miss Primmie Kirkman. Tho discussion for the afternoon was a study of the aitierent olucers from the head of the national government down to county olncers, including Sunduy School oiu cers also. A number of tho members were present and enjoyed a very pleas ant afternoon. The members of this club will sell cream and cake on tho lawn at Sandy Creak Church. Saturday evening, July 88. from 6 o'clock until 10 o'clock. Ev erybody is invited to attend and we especially mvibs the old people. Wanted 1009 Ma ffcs Vesiinghouse Interests at Pitts burgh, Pa,, art seeking 1004) men who ars willing to sign an agreement to enter a im plant to be built for the manufacture of was munitions by secret process and remain imprisoned ror ten montna, an communications from the outside world to be shut off. The plant will Manufacture a power ful Implement of war and the secret must be guarded until tho government see tit tu make the details public. Only picked men, experts in their line, whose Americanism is unquestioned, will be taken. Pay double that they now get it guaranteed, with bonuses fox high production. Conditions in Germany Reported Bad Reports reaching the State Depart ment from persons coming out of Ger many regarding the food conditions and outlook in the Central Empires are of a quite different tone from the optimistic view taken by the new Ger man chancellor in his speech to the Riechstag. There is a statement these reports that Germany lacks no leas than 600,000 tons of wheat to car ry tho population through the middle or August when the new harvest can be gathered. The harvest is also very poor owing to adverse weather condi tions and even potatoes promise a minus am production. The food situa tion ia appreciably worse than during the past three months and the German people themselves cherish no optimism as to the coming harvest, Burbank's Wheat to Check Threaten ing Famine Luther Burbank, the world's great est scientific agriculturist, whose labo ratories are located at Santa ' Rosa, California, has announced the perfec tion of a "super wheat", which he be lieves will go far toward solving the universal problem of grain shortage, lis yield is five times as much per acre as the average production throughout the country today. This "super wheat" has been tested in comparison with 68 of the world's best wheats and excels every one of them in productiveness. It is the product of ten years' exten sive and expensive experimenting. Shot For Telling Germany's Condition Jast to give an Idea of the kind of an enemy the United States is con fronting in the old world, a letter from a Northern State received last week is Southern Pines is worth noting. The letter tells of a German girl living in a Northwestern town. The girl not long ago had a letter from her mother back in Germany. After a sorrowful chronicle of what war has done to the family back in the Fatherland the mother in her desperation deplores the terrible condition, of which the end seems not to be in sight unless some one should shoot the Kaiser and stop the dreadful reign of death and desola tion. The letter was permitted to pass the censor and come to the girl in America. But on the margin of the letter was written: "Your mother was shot today for writing this." It was one of those bits of humor that the German authorities delight in when killing i.s going on. That is the thing that threatens civilization, that Ger man delight in cruelty and wallowing in Wood, HOOVER'S RULES FOR PATRIOTIC ECONOMY How to Save Wheat, Meat, Milk, Fata, Sugar, Fuel and Perishable Foods (From The Boston Transcript,) Mr Hoover's rules for patriotic economy are now, in condensed form, before the American peole. If they were observed religiously henceforth by every family in the United States they would constitute m themselves a national "food control" not all the control that is needful, but a very ben elicient arrangement. They involve n hfinlchir. Th,.,. nr.. u imtmrtnn! ,h)lt th t .nnsi,er:iti1n of them ,.- is th,,ir rom.tition: Save the Wheat. One whrntlcss meal a day. Use corn, oatmeal, rye, or barley bread anil non-wheat break last foods. Order bread 24 hours in advance, so your baker will not bake beyond his needs. Cut the loaf on the table and only as required. Use stale bread for cooking, toast, etc. Eat less cake and pastry. Save tho Meat. Beef, mutton, or pork not more than onco daily. Use freely vegetables ami fish. At the meat meal serve smaller portions, and stew instead of steaks. Make made dishes of all left-overs. Do this and there will be meat enough for every one at a reasonable price. Save the Milk. The children mu.st have milk. Use every drop Use but termilk and sour milk for cooking and making cottage cheese. Uso less cream. Save tho Fats. We are the world's greatest fat wasters. Fat is food. Butter is essential for the growth and health of children. Use butter on the table as usual, but not In cooking. Other fats are as good. Reduce uso of fried foods. Soap contains fats. Do not waste it Make your own wash ing soap at home of the saved fata. Save tho Sugar. Sugar is scarcer. We use today three times as much per person as our allies. So there may bo enough for all at a reasonable price; use less candy and sweet drinks. Do not stint sugar in putting up fruit and jams. They will savo butter. Save the Fuel Coal comes from a distance and our railways are over burdened hauling war material. Help relieve them by burning fewer fijoasv Um wood when you can get it Use the Perishable Foods, Fruits and vegetables we have in abundance As a satioo ws eat too little gmsn stuff. Double their ass sad Improve your health. Store potatoes sod ache roots properly and they will fceap 8t gin sow to eae or dry all surpkes ga don product ' ' Use Local Supplies. Patronise your local producer. Distance mean mos ey. Buy perishable floods from the neighborhood nearest fov and thus save transportation. Everything must be used this year, and nothing wasted. All that is spared must go to those who need it. For the organiation of this distribution, we need the "food bill." Let it be passed as soon as possible. And let there be an end sf the unintelligent and unpa triotic Congressional riducilo and ob struction of one cf the noblest pro ceedings that the American people have ever been engaged in the mas tering of their own stomachs for the feeding of a world that is struggling for the right. I District Boards Are Named President Wilson has named the dis trict draft boards in North Carolina as follows Eastern district C P. Bred- ham, J. a Langeton, Dr. Charles O. M. Laughinghouse, E R. Pace, and A. W. Pate. Western district, which includes Randolph county, VT. D. Gibson sf Statesville, chairman executive oom mittee of the Farmers' Union; Q R. Jarrett, Aaheville, labor man; Dr. John Wesley Long, Greensboro, physician and surgeon; R. B. Redwine. lawyer, Monroe; W. N. Reynolds, business man, Winston-Salem. Appropriation For Air Service Passes Senate ThA TTniino hilt nnnrinrlntlnv Kftin . fOOO.OCO for the aviation servic j paappd tfie benaxe Saturday without amend ment. The only dispute was over Sen. Hardwick's amendment to strike out a clause authorizing the drafting of men for aerial service. The amendment was rejected. Details of plans for ex pending the sum appropriated have bees withheld, but it is known that it provides for at least 22,000 airplanes and lOq.000 men. Alter work is begun ft is honed to build 8500 machines the first year with a great increase each succeeding year. Student planes for Instructing the aviators will first be Instructors and there has been talk of bringing British and French instructors to this country : for training the American flyers, , Charged With Running Disorderly House C. W. Mills and Euirene Lanier, nro- prietors of the Bellevue Hotel, High Point, were nrra;imed in Thursday's municipal court, charged with running a disorderly house, 'lhe two men and a white '.voman, Clara Dean, were ar rested when the policemen raided the place late Wednesday afternoon. As a result of the trial Mills was adjudged not guilty while Lanier was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of 30 days on the county roads. The woman in the case was given 30 days in the county workhouse. Peter Mclvtr, the 20-year-old negro who ran down and killed Percy Mor ris, an 11-year-old white boy, about a month ago, was convicted of man slaughter in Buncombe county Super ior court Saturday and sentenced to serve two years on the county roads. TOE FALL FOOD ACRE Valuable Suggestions to the Southern Farmer by the Chief of the Farm Demonstration Work in the United States. The following letter addressed to the people of the South by Bradford Knapp, chief of demonstration work in the United States, should appeal to me xarmer ana gardener as containing much of practical helpfulness. The splendid response of th South ern farmers to the appeal made for increasing rood production during the war has been a source of great satis faction t the leaders of the food cam paign ant to the country in eeneral Much encouragement and finacial aid has been given to the Government and State forces in the work by business men, bankers and railroad men throughout this section. In order to keep up the interest and ouuze every possible onnortunitv x ussist and offer helpful suggestions iuoiijc mm uno, i am writing this let ter to all the people in tho Southern territory, urging the importance of planting a FALL FOOD ACRE for every larm. With lorurer irrowini? season in this territory, valuable food crops may tie planted dunng July and August which will rantuVe in the fall and early winter At least one acre of good land can be found on every lauu u(h.h wuicn grows tnese crops, If the hoil is properly prepared and care is exercised in selecting thf. rnms much valuable feedstuff for the home and for the livestock can be made at comparatively little expense. The ob ject of the FALL FOOD ACRE is to provide food for the family and fenl for the livstock during the fall and early winter without usina from Spring from spring planted crops or using irom we stock preserved during the summer for winter use. The aver age farm family should plant for a full family supply but not for market. Only huui crops snouia De planted as may be harvested and utilized without ex tra expense ror cannmg, preserving, Vhe following sutrtrestiona for the territory below the northern boundary of this county are offered. These may be modified to suit local conditions or personal preferences. For the conven ience of division a square aco of land is used in this plan: String Beans 2 rows, 9 quarts of seen, tune to plant, August 1 to Sep tember 1. Pens - -8 rows, S quarts of seed, time bta-,' rows. 6 ounces of seed, nans-to plant, July and August. Carrots t rows, 4 ounces of seed, August and September. Uabbage 4 rows, 1 ounce of send, bed July and August, set September. Onions 2 rows, 4 ounces of seed, time to pkuit, September and October. Potatoes (Irish) 10 rows, 2 bushels ot seed, time to plant, July and Au gust Spinach 4 rows, pound of seed, time to plant, September and October. Kab3 2 rows, 1 ounce of seed, time to plant, August and September. Collarde 1 row, hk ounce of seed, time to bed, July and August, set Sep tember. If all the above is planted, 4-7 of an! acre would be left, wnich can be plant ed during August and September to such crops as turnips, rutabagas and rape, either in rows or broadcast. 1 hone that every county agent and every business man throughout the Southern country will get interested in mis piaa and demonstrate to the peo ple bow much can be done to relieve the food situation on the farm on one acre of ground. Lottery Scheme Falls Throueh George R. Salisbury, alleged bank swindler with eight or more aliases and an alleged long record of arrests throughout the United States and as many terms of punishment for the last 14 years, was taken in custody at Shelby last week by the police. Salis bury came to Shelby as a stock sales man but later went into the real estate business, securing an option on the Cleveland Springs property for $35000. tie men began a unique scheme to sell 150,000 tickots at $1 each which en titled each purchaser to a days accom modation at the hotel he proposed to build within a year from the sale of these tickets. Each purchaser was to suggest a name for the hotel, and the one suggesting the name chosen by the committee appointed for the purpose was to get a deed for the hotel and the property. Salisbury was to get $35, 000 for his trouble. The board of trade investigated however, and put a crimp in the procedure, Salisbury has a long list of swindling schemes to his credit and is blacklisted by the Bank- en Journal. Edward A. Hohn Dead Edward Austin Hohn, who was in jured last Christmas a year ago, by falling on a saw near Glenola, was so cut that his under jaw was almost gone. Last Christmas he had a second operation and since then he has not been so well. The ether used for the operation so chilled his lungs that he contracted consumption and this dread disease caused his death on Monday night, July 23. His funeral was at Fairfield, just across the Guilford line from where he lived on Muddy Creek on the Billy Bean farm which Mr. Hohn purchased a few years ago. The deceased leaves a widow, Ruth Hill Hohn, is a daughter of Mr. Sidney Hill, and four children, Misses Beulah, Es ther, Troy and Rosa Hohn. The deceased was nearly 32 years of age, ami a son of David Hohn unfl l.y dia Hendricks Hohn, and was a grand son of the late Anthonv Hohn Haillev FARMERS' INSTITUTE TO BE HELD AT LIBERTY MONDAY Entire Day for Institute Work Picnic on Grounds. Mrs. Jane McKimmon Will Work With Women. The Farmers' Institute for Randolph county this year will be held Monday, July 30, at Liberty. The entire day will be given over to institute work, a big basket picnic dinner being served on the grounds. Mr. J, R. Rives, a prominent Lee county farmer, will conduct the msti- tute for this county. Mr Rives will be accompanied by other agricultural experts and leaders and a a valuable) and helpful institute is assured, At the same time and puce, there will be held a Women's Institute under the direction of Mrs. Jane S. McKira mon, State Agent of Home Demonstra tion Work, at which there will be dis cussions pertaining to food conserva tion, household economics, home con veniences, health anil other topics of vital interest to farm women. The Farmers' Institutes in North Carolina during the last decade and a half have been a tremendous factor in th development, of all branches of ag riculture. The institutes paved the way for the farm demonstration work, which is probably the greatest factor in progressive agriculture in North Carolina today. The work of the farm demonstration agent, however, does not take the place of the institutes. These have a distinct place and afford the farmers of the State an opportuni ty to get first hand information from the best agricultural experts available, with whom they are privileged to dis cuss tho every day practical problems of farming. fiornrise Marriage A surprise wedding of wide interest occurred last Wednesday night et the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. McCrary, at Lexington, when their daughter, Miss Louise Becson, was rjuietly mar ried to Paul R. Raper, a well known young attorney, also of Lexington. The ceremony was performed by Kev. Low is T. Wilds of tho Presbyterian church. The wedding march was played by Miss Pattie Walser and Mrs. Dermot Shemwell sang preceding the ceremo ny. Only members of the family and a it.v intimate friends were present Shortly after the ceremony air. and Mrs. Raper left in an auto for Greens boro, from whence they proceeded north for a motoring trip to Atlantic City and other eastern p Laces. lhe bride is the only daughter of Mrs. McCrary and a talented young woman. She graduated two years ago from Peace Instittue, Raleigh, where she took a leading part in the student life. Recently she ha& been holding a position of deputy register of deeds at Lexington The groom was educated at the University of North Carolina and Wake Forest and has been prac tiicng law with his father, Emery E. Ranur. At the last election he was chosen prosecuting attorney of the recorders court w ithout opposition in either primary or election. Cheese Factories in Watauga, Cheese factories are operating in full swing in Watauga county. There Is one bie factory at Core Creek which has a capacity of 300 pounds of cheese a day, to malto which It require S00 gallons of milk and for which tho far mers are paid 17 cents a gallon. The factory obtains 22 cents a pound for its product wholesale. There are 12 factories operating in the Core Creek section, having an average capacity of 150 pounds of cheese a day. The prices paid for milk amount to a tidy sum in the aggregate. The cheese factories do not pay so much for milk as cream eries but it would not be possible to operate these so far from the railroad. Randolph County to Furnish 118 Men For New Army This county must furnish 118 men for the firet army under the selective draft The county gets credit for the 127 men in the guard from this county. This quota of 118 men is on the basis of 15974 men to be called into the ser vice from the state. The other counties must furnish quotas as follows: Anson 216, Cabarrus 200, Chatham, 102, Davidson 158, Greensboro city 122, High Point 65, Guilford county outside Greensboro and High Point, 178; Iredell 135, Richmond 234, Rowan 245, Stanly 278, Union 290, Alamance 165, Moore 154, Rockingham 168. Administration's Food Bill Passes the Senate The administration's food bill was passed Saturday morning by the Sen ate, the vote being 81 to 6, and the bill will be in the President's hands the first of next week. The bill gives the President authority over foods, feed and fuels, the latter including kerosene and gasoline; provides administration by a food board of three members; au thorizes federal fixing of coal prices; and authories a minimum price of not less than $2. a bushel for wheat. The prohibition section prohibits the manu facture of distilled beverages during the war and directs the President to buy all distilled spirits in bond. The Senate added provisions against hoarding of foodstuffs and for regula tion of grain exchanges, authorizing the President to close them if neces sary to prevent speculation in futures. .McNeill-Williams. s On last Sunday, July 22, Miss Lou- ells Williams of Mitehlicld. was marri- I to r. Enoch McNeill, of Steeds, at the home of Rev. Joe Comer, Asbury. Tliev will make their home at Steeds. Mr.' McNeill is the father of Mrs. I.ydia Craven of Asheboro. "WHY THIS WART (Judge Robert W. Winston of Raleigh, in Charity and Children.) You ask, "Why did we get into this war?" May I tell you? And I will take Germany's last offense first In iyi6 Germany was sinking all enemy's ships without warning, contrary to law. We adopted the advice of Chari ty and Children, "Let Americans sail on American ships and keen off bcllifl- erent ships." We followed this advice Americans generally sailed only on American ships. We swallowed our pride, gave up our rights, wrote note after note, and begged Germany not to make war upon our tmolTending men, women and children, upon our commerce; not to violate the laws of the seas. Her answer was to sink Americaji hospital ships, to destroy Belgian relief ships, and even to tor pedo American Red Cross ships on their mission of mercy; hundreds of men, women, children, some sick, many wounded, others dying, indiscriminate ly and without warning, deliberately andpremeditatedly, not once, but time and time again, sent to the bottom of tho seas. This was the straw that broke lbs camel's back. Wo fought Spain end liberated Cuba because of the tyranny, cruelty and barbary of Spanish rule. Shall it be said that w wilt fight a email tyrant but will run from a big one? May the Germans, unmolested, break solemn treaties, overrun peaceful Belgium, destroy fair France, annex Serbia, outrage women, burn houses and churches, terrorize little children, and shall wc not join the poLico force and put down this terror which menaces the peace of the world tor generations T This ia our legal and moral Justlflcatioa, God knows it is onooghj. But suppose we had not entered the fight at all. We would then have been branded as cowards by the nations of the earth, dubbed "Old Money Bags;" China would have outclassed us. It is not all of life to live Well, we would have stayed out and saved our bodies end lost our souls. Germany would have won the war; she would have taken over Belgium; the rich coal and iron districts of France, regained her colonies, possessed herself of the British fleet and received an indemni ty so large that the Kaiser and Hin denburg and Von Tirpita would have said, "See what we have done, any war is a flood war when it increases the suvr of the state." The war-like Herman people and the German army, lushed with victory and wealth, would have backed up th s sentiment ant poor little shrinking Unitod States would be hiding uway- in a corner wiih her money bags concealed under tha bed and Germany would be saying to her, "Come out, you must make good the loss which you inflicted upon us by furnishing arms and munitions and! food and contraband of war to our en emies." We would have shelled out all right. Talk about a million men springing to arms overnight, why my dear friend, half a million trained sol diers with high grade machine guns, could and would over-run and conquer our one hundred million unarmed, un trained and peaceful citiens as fast as they could march from city to city. They did it in Serbia, they did it in Roumania, and they did it in Russav yet Serbs, Roumanians and Russia! were as well armed as we are and bet ter trained. But this is not the worst that would have befallen ns. By that time we would have begun to wake up to the tact that Germany's conquest of Eng land was the enthronement of force, and we would have begun to arm oar selves and get ready for the final bat tle between eivilization and savagery. Our boya would have left the farms for the camp and more money would have been spent on arms and munitions, on the pomp and ceremony of war than on interal improvemets, food, raiment, charity and religion combined. We know that the entrance, of Amer ica into this war will bring peace t the nations and dethrone Force. We believe that the Kaiser is an anarchro nism. We feel that the stars in their courses are against Sisera, but we al so know if civilisation is saved we must do our part to save it. My youngest, the Benjamin of our household, is now training for the con flict Yo uod not despise the war more than I do, but I feel that this genera tion had better face the trials of the hour than postpone them for our chil dren and grandchildren to settle on a bloodier and vaster scale. . - IJ Need Is Speedy Ships Danger from submarines is virtually non-existent if the vessels attacked can attain a speed of 20 knots an hour, according to charts displayed at a shipbuilding conference held ia New York last Thursday. All vessels hav ing a speed of five knots and less which have been attacked have been sunk. At 16 knots an hour the per centage sunk has been about 25. i The grave admission is that the sub marines are sinking 600,000 tons of shipping weekly, and if this keeps up the allies will lose the war. The indus tries of the country must run at maxi mum capacity to keep the submarine menace from becoming immediately disastrous. Ollicial estimates place the allied nations' tdiiphuilding totals at from 200,000 to 300.000 tons a month. This leaves a net loss of from 300.0(H) to 400,000 tons of shipping a month, if tho minimum loss of 600,000 tons a month continues. Five per cent loans to farmers us der the Federal Farm Loan system are being approved by the Federal Board ;.t Washington at the rate of $j()0,00tf a i lay. Hendricks. i
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