Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11

realm act to commander the output
of munition factories which refuse to
give the government fair prices.
Owing to the piling up Of important
war legislation in congress there Is
talk of holding night sessions In order
that the legislators may finish their
work before the hot weather sets In.
Liberty Loan" a Great Success.
officials Of the treasury department
were delighted at the way the public
subscribed to the first liberty loan"
Subscriptions at the rate Of millions
an hour were received for the first few
days after the books were opened to
the general public. There will be no
difficulty whatever In floating the is
sue, but nevertheless wide publicity is
to be given the call for funds. Robert
W. Woolley, direokor Of the mint, Is
chairman of the publicity committee
of the liberty loan. He is serving with
out pay.
To Check Submarines.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels strong
ly intimated the other day that the
navy. is taking definite steps to fight
the submarine menace. Everything
possible is being done, he said, to meet
the submarine problem In a direct way,
as well as to find some new device that
will rob it of its terrors.
MI. Daniels would not give any hint
as to the measures adopted or In con.
temptation. To do so, he said, would
be of great value to the enemy.
While the administration has not
been advised of secret channels through
which information is reaching Ger
many from this side, so many ingen-
ious methods have been devised In the
past that officials are taking no
chances.
War Loans of Europe.
War loans Of the six chief European
belligerents, according to the latest
figures available to the federal reserve
board, aggregate approximately $685.
liz, 100000. The list follows:
Great Britain, to March 81 last, $751;
sos, 100000.
France, to Feb. % last, $10,500,O00,-
900.
Russia, to Dec. 81 last, 81, 96,000,000.
Italy, to Dec. 81 last, $2,520,000,0 DOC.
Germany, to Dec. 81 last, $11,226,'
100000.
Austria, to Dec. 81 last, $5,8S0,O00,-
600.
Hungary, ST. 3O,OOO,O00.
French Mission Successful.
The French mission to the United
States, headed by Joffre and Viviani,
has been successful.
When it's members left Washington
for their tour of the west they had
been informed that the American gov
eminent will go to the limit of its pow.
err In supporting France and the other
entente allies in the war against Ger
many.
They had virtual assurances that a
division of soldiers will at IN early
date be started for the battle front In
France, that this government will send
5000 ambulances and 400 doctors
and drivers to France In addition to
1000 medical men to be sent at once
to England and that in all probability
a force of nearly 10000 American rail
way men will be sent to France to put
the railways of France on a strategic
military footing for use by British.
French and American forces in the
war against Germany.
Railway Expedition to Go.
The fact that a railway expedition
would be sent to France became known
when Daniel Willard, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio, who has charge
of transportation under the Council
of National Defense, in a speech be
fore the National Defense conference
of governors, said that there would be
an early curtailment of passenger
trains to enable this country to obtain
railway men for use in the expedition
to France.
Mr.. Willard said the entire output OF
railway rolling stock and rails for
some time will be shipped for the use
of the allies in France and Russia.
1t is considered vital that France and
Russia be provided with locomotives
and cars that can only be obtained in
the United States. To do so this coun-
try will have to get along with the
railway a-nuipmanf IL has and n1t oroot-