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Serial O1SO7, Survey 746 Tn the United States Land Office, Jul neau, Alaska, May 2, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

NOTICE is hereby given that NEIL SON LAGOON PACKING COM pany, a corporation, as assignee of George P. Holland, being entitled to the benefits of Sec. 2306 of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has ap- piled to make entry of the lands em- braced in United States Non-mineraI survey No. TAG situate on Port Moller Spit between U. s. Surs. Nos. l034 and 1104, Bering Sea, Alaska, more particularly described as follows, to- wit:
 Beg. Cor. No. on beach at ordinary high tide Port Moller, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears East 2.2S chs; from which wit. cor. U. s. Cor. No. 4 Sur. 1034 bears N. 24 deg. IT min. East 22.49 chs; wit cor. sur. 1104 bears s. 27 deg. 15 min. w. 34.S5 chs; thence from true cor. No. 1 East 4.54 chs. to cor. No. 2; thence South 1000 chs. to cor. No. 8; thence West 9.19 chs. to cor. No. on shore of Port Moller, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears East 2.37 chs. dist; thence along beach Port Moller at ordinary high tide, N. 24 deg. 56 min. E. 11.03 chs to cor. No. 1, place of beg. Area 6.S7 acres. Variation at all corners l0 deg l5 min. E. Lat. 55 deg. 56 min. 27 sec N. Long. 160 deg. 30 min. 30 sec. w.
 AS additional to original home stead entry of George P. Holland, H E. No. 1882, entered at Boonville, Mo
 Any and all persons claiming ad- verSely any portion of the above de scribed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Ju- neau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of publication, or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 c. B. WALKER, Register. First publication May 15, 1917.
 Last publication July IS, 1917.
 TT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing notice be published for the statutory period in the Seward Gate way, newspaper of general circula- ton printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above de- scribed claim or survey.
 C. B. WALKER. Register.
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Survey 661, Serial 01805 IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, JUNEAU, May 2, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

NOTICE is hereby given that NEIL SON LAGOON PACKING COM PANY, as assignee of George P. Hol- land, being entitled to the benefits of Section 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amend ments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in Unit ed States Non-mineral survey No. 661
 situate one-half mile Southwest of mouth of Bear River, Boring Sea, Alaska, and more particularly describ- ed as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. cor. No. 1 at ordinary high tide beach Boring Sea, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears East 7.S9 chs. dist, from which wit. cor U. s. L. M. Sur 1149 bears N. 13 deg. or min. w. 40.61 chs; thence from true cor. No. East 12.O1 chs. to cor. No. 2; thence South 14.12 chs. to cor. No. 3; thence West
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Bay at ordinary high tide, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears North 2.33 chs. dist; from which wit, cor. USLMS HAS bears N. 32 deg. 26 min. D. 27.48 chs. dist; VIC Cor. 4 s. HAS bears N. 39 deg. O6 min. E. 26.08 chs; thence from true cor. No. 1 North 5.33 chs. to cor. No. 2; cor. not set, wit. cor. bears So. .3.52 chs. dist; thence from true cor. No. 2 along beach Port Moller at or dinary high tide, s. 92 deg. 38 min. w. 11.59 chs. to cor. No. 3, cor. not set. wit. cor. bears South l.48 chs. dist; thence from true cor. No. $ South 4.O5 chs. to cor. No. i, cor not set, wit. cor. bears North 2.30 chs. dist. ; thence N. 36 deg. 23 min. k. along shore Port Moller Bay at ordinary high tide, 10.53 chs. to cor. No. l, place of beginning. Area 2.93 acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg. 20 min. E. Lat. 55 deg 56 min. II sec. N. Long. 160 deg 33 min. 30 sec. w.
 As additional to original homestead entry of John Betcher, Fl. k. No. 373o, entered at Red Wood Falls, Minn.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- verSely any pOrVlon oI Iile dOoFe ue scribed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Ju- neau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of publication, or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 c. B. WALKER, Register. First publication May 15, 1917.
 Last publication July IS, 1917.
 TT is HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing notice be published for the statutory period in the Seward Gate way, newspaper of general circula' tion printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above de scribed claim or survey.
 c. R. WALKER, Register:
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Serial O1S3O, Survey 665 In the United States Land Office, Ju neau, Alaska, May z, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

Notice is hereby given that NEIL SON LAGOON PACKING COM PANY, a corporation, as assignee of George Bell, being entitled to the benefits of Sec. 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in United States Non-mineral survey No. 665, situate about 2 1-2 miles North east of Harbor Point, Port Moller Bering Sea, Alaska, and more par ticularly described as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. cor. No. from whence USLM S. 1O34 bears N. 23 deg. 56 min. w 123.25 chs, c. & G. s. Mon. bears $. 49 deg. 49 min w.; thence North 5.61 chs. to cor. No. 2; thence East 5. 20 chs. to cor. No. 8; thence South 5.61 chs. to cor. No. 4, Bearing Rock bears N. 12 deg. 19 min. w. 1.13 chs; thence West 5.20 chs. to cor. No. 1 place of beginning. Area 2.92 acres Variation at all corners 90 deg. 25 min. E. Lat. 55 deg. 56 min. 47 sec N. Long. l60 deg. go sec. w.
 AS additional to original homestead entry of George Bell.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any portion of the above de scribed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Ju- neau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of publication, or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 C. B. WALKER, Register. First publication May 15, 1917.
 Last publication July Is, 1917.
 TT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing notice be published for the statutory period in the Seward Gate way, a newspaper of general circula- tion printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above de scribed claim or survey.
 C.. F. WALKER, Register.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

NOTICE is hereby given that the NELSON LAGOON PACKING COM PANY, a corporation, as assignee of George C. Laws, being entitled to the benefits of Section 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in United States Non-mineral survey No. 1918 situated around and including Harbor Point, Port Moller Spit, Der ing Sea, Alaska, and more particular ly described as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. at NJ. C. Cor. No. 1 on beach of Port Moller at average high tide, cor. not set, wit. cor. a granite in ground marked s. A. H. 1, N. L. P. c. w. C. bears East 1.55 chs. dist; from which wit. cor. U. $. l.. M. No. HAS bears N. 33 deg. 50 min. E. 111.64 chs. dist; 4. 77 chs. from M. c. Cor. No. 1 to M. c. Cor. No. 2, cor. not set, wit. cor. a granite set in ground, marked s. A. H. 2, N. L. P. c. w. C. bears West 3.59 chs. dist; from which wit. cor. U. s. c. s. M. bears N. 32 deg. B min. E. 105.48 chs. dist; thence meandering shore of Sand Spit Port Moller at ordinary high tide CD s. 23 deg. 40 min. w. 400 chs; (2) $. 19 deg. 31 min. w. 600 chs; (3) $. "A deg. 26 min. W. 3.64 chs; (4) s. 30 deg. 34 min. w. 500 chs; (5) 28 deg. 21 min. w. 3.49 chs; (6) N. 1 deg. 02 min. E. 40 chs; CD N. IA deg. 3S min. E. 300 chs; (S) N. 29 deg. 26 min. F.. 7.54 chs. to M. C. Cor. No. 1, place of beginning. Variation at all corners 19 deg. 40 min. E.. Latitude B deg. 55 min. IT sec. N. Longitude 160 deg. 34 min. w. Area 7.64 acres.
 AS additional to original homestead entry of George c. Laws. H. E. 95S at Ironton, Texas County, Mo.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- verisely any portion of the above de- scribed. tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of publication or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 c. B. WALKER, Register. First publication May 15, 1917.
 Last publication July IS, 1917.
 TT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing notice be published for the statutory period in the Seward Gate way, a newspaper of general circula- tion printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above de- scribed claim or survey.
 c. B. WALKER, Register.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

Notice is hereby given that NEIL SON LAGOON PACKING COM PANY, corporation, as assignee of John Betcher, being entitled to the benefits of Section 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in United States Non-minera! survey No. 664, situate on Sand Spit at Port Mol Ter about IA miles west of U. s. Sur. HAS and 1-2 mile Northeast of liar bor Point, Port Moller, Boring Sea, Alaska, and more particularly de- scribed as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. Cor. No. shore Port Moller
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

NOTICE is hereby given that NEIL SON LAGOON PACKING COM PANY, corporation, as assignee of George P. Holland, being entitled to the benefits of Section 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has ap- piled to make entry of the lands em- braced in United States Non-mineral survey No. TAI, situate on Northeast end of Port Moller Spit, about IA mile north of U. s. Sur. l034, Port Moller, Boring Sea, Alaska, and more particularly described as follows, to- wit:
 Beg. cor. No. 1 shore of Port Mol Ter at ordinary high tide, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears East 1.96 chs. dist; from which wit. cor. U s. l.. M Sur. 1034 bears N. 23 deg. 04 min. k. 7.63 chs; we Cor. Sur. 1884 bears S. 15 deg. 32 min. w. 20.9l chs; thence from true ccr. No. East $50 chs. to cor. No. 2; thence North 5.22 chs. to cor No. 3; thence West 4.59 chs. to cor. No. 4, cor not set, wit. cor. bears East 1.S9 chs; thence along beach Port Moller at ordinary high tide s. 9 deg. 46 min. w. 5.3C chs. to cor. No. place of beginning.
 Area 2.63 acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg. 15 min. R. Lat. 55 deg. 56 min. 27 sec. N. Long. 160 deg. 30 min. 90 sec w.
 AS additional to original homestead entry of George P. Holland No. 1882, entered at Boonville, Mo.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any portion of the above de- scribed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Ju- neau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of publication or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 C. B. WALKER, Register. First publication May l5, 1917.
 Last publication July Is, 1917.
 TT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing notice be published for the statutory period in the Seward Gateway, a newspaper of general cir culation printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above described claim or survey.
 c. B. WALKER, Register.
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APPLICATION

United States Land Office, Juneau
 Alaska, April 1, 1917.
 ALASKA PACKERS ASSOClA- TON, assignee of David Jenkins, be- ing entitled to the benefits of Section 1906 of the Revised Statutes of the United States granting additional lands to soldiers and sailors who serv- ed in the Rebellion, does hereby apply to enter United States Survey No. 1928, situate on the left bank of Nak- nek River, between United States Surveys Nos. 69 and 527, about fifty seven (57) chains southwest of latter survey, Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, Dis trict of Alaska, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
 Commencing at M. C. Corner No. l on the left bank of Naknek River whence Witness Corner bears South 1.03 chains; thence South l2.37 chains to Corner No. 7, whence southeast corner of cannery building on Survey 544 bears North 75 deg. 23 min. West and mast at Wireless Station adJoln- ing Survey G9 bears South 66 deg Oe min. West S3.SS chains, and 3-inch iron pipe marked "U. s. l.. M." bears South 49 deg. co min. West 1S.45 chains; thence East 12.17 chains to Corner No. 2, whence southeast cor ner of Cannery building bears North 76 deg. 45 min. West, and Witness Corner to Corner No. 1, Survey 527 bears North 20 deg. 57 min. East STOP chains, and United States Location Monument, Survey 1928, bears North 31 deg. 35 min. East 24.7O chains thence North l422 chains to M. C. Corner No. 4, whence Witness Corner bears South .9S chains, from whence southeast corner of Cannery building bears North S2 deg. Al min. West; thence meandering along the shore line to Nalnek River;
 CD North 60 deg. 3l min. West l.6l chains; CD North A deg. 58 min. East l. .98 chains; (3) North 10 deg. 09 min West 0.83 chains; (4) North 6l deg 36 min. West 0.66 chains; (5) South 63 deg. 0G min. West 3.53 chains; (6l South 73 deg. 3S min. West TIT chains; CD South S3 deg. O9 min West 2.4O chains; (S) South 49 deg 4l min. West O.7S chains; CD North 75 deg. 40 min. West 2.27 chains; 10) South 72 deg. 12 min. West 1.5j chains; CID South 57 deg. 21 min West 1.22 chains to M. c. Corner No and the place of beginning.
 Area 17.87 acres. Variation 21 deg 33 min. East; as additional to the original homestead entry of Davic Jenkins, No. CIT, at Sioux City, Iowa dated November 4, 1867, containing 120 acres.
 Notice is hereby given that any anC all persons claiming any portion o1 the above described land are required to file a protest during the period oi .publication or thirty days thereafter in accordance with law, with the Reg ister and Received of the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIATION
 By Harry F. Fortmann, President Address: San Francisco, California.
 Notice of the above application vii be published in the Seward Gate way" printed at Seward, Alaska which hereby designate as the news paper published nearest the land ap' piled for in said application.
 c. B. WALKER,
 Register, United States Land Office
 Juneau, Alaska.
 First publication May 15, 1917. l Last publication Sept. 16, 1917.
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lessen the importation of such into the Territory. In this way the develop ment of agriculture will be promoted and thrift increased in a way that will rebound to the benefit of all the peo- pie.
 Given under my hand and the sea! of the Territory of Alaska, in Juneau, the capital, this second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-first.
 (SigneO J. r. A. STRONG By the Governor:
 CHARLES E. DAVIDSON,
 Ex-Ofiicio Secretary of Alaska.
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GOVERNOR CALLS ON ALGSKANS ID
 RAISE PRODUCTS

Necessity of producing in Alaska all possible in the way of farm pro duce has already been set forth and is now emphasized officially in the following:
 Territory of Alaska, By the Governor
 PROCLAMATION
 Whereas the maintenance of food supply is absolutely essential to na' tional preparedness; and
 Whereas the people of this Terri tory and the United States have cause for grave concern, owing to the de pletion of the food reserves Of the world through crop shortages of last year, increased demands from the countries engaged in war, and the fact that there v little promise of abundant winter grain crops; and
 Whereas, while Alaska is not strict ly an agricultural country, still l. IS we'll known that our soil is capable of producing many kinds of fruits and vegetables, and especially potatoes may be raised in abundance;
 
 And it is clearly recognized that the man who tills the soil and produces food for his family at home will thus aid in furnishing food for the soldier in the field by decreasing our impor- tations of certain kinds of foodStuffS. A service may, in this way, be ren- dered as truly patriotic as that given by the men who wear the brunt Of battle.
 Therefore, in the present crisis a peculiar responsibility rests upon the farming population and citizens gen erally of this Territory, and there Is imperative need that the people of Alaska shall fully realize the neces- sity for the largest possible produc- ton of farm products during the pres ent year, and every available plot of land should be utilized in the produc- ton of foodstuffs;
 NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. F. A. STRONG, governor of the Territory of Alaska, do urge upon the farmers of Alaska, and the citizens of the re- spective towns, that they recognize this responsibility and their duty to safeguard the welfare of the Terri tory and the nation in this crisis, and to plant ground and increase the vol tune of agricultural products and thus
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Serial 03562, Survey HAY Tn the United States Land Office, Ju neau, Alaska, May ', 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

Notice is hereby 123456 12S45666
 NOTICE is hereby given that PA CIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES, a corporation, as assignee of John Betcher and Moses E. Lowell, being entitled to the benefits of Section 2SOt of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto has applied to make entry Of the lands embraced in United States Non mineral survey No. ll47 situate just inside Entrance Point, Port Moller Bering Sea, Alaska, more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. cor. No. 1 beGch Port Moller at ordinary high tide, cor. not set wit. cor. bears North 5.62 chs. dist. thence North 15.S3 chs. to cor. No. 7 from whence Point Divide bears S. 49 deg. 24 min. w. USLMS 1l47 bears N. 5S deg. 55 min. E. 4.15 chs. dist thence East S.27 chs. to cor. No. & thence meandering beach at ordinary high tide Port Moller, CD s. 16 deg B min. E. 1.52 chs; (2) s. Al deg 58 min. E. 3.09 chs. (3) s. 38 deg B min. E. 4. 34 chs. (4) s. 52 deg O1 min. w. 6.35 chs. (5) S. 41 deg. 51 min. w. 1.54 chs. (6) s. 25 deg. 3s min. w. 1.95 chs. CD s. 49 deg. 01 min. w. 3.63 chs. (S) N. 82 deg. 3S min. w. 3.9l chs. to cor. No. 1, place of beginning. Area 15.18 acres. Var iation all corners 19 deg. 40 min. k Lat. 55 deg. 59 min. 19 sec. N. Long 160 deg. 34 min, w.
 AS additional to original homestead entries of John Betcher and Moses E Lowell, No. 373S and No. 3542, en, tered at Redwood Falls, Minn., anc Junction City, Kan, respectively.
 Any and all persons claiming ad versely any portion of the above de scribed tract of land are required tC file with the Register and Receiver ot the United States Land Office at Ju' neau, Alaska, their adverse clain thereto, under oath, during the perioC of publication, or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 NELSON LAGOON PACKING
 COMPANY,
 By NEWARK L. BURTON, It's Attorney in Fact. First publication May 15, 1917.
 Last publication July 1S, 1917.
 IT'S HEREBY ORDERED that tn, foregoing notice be published for tho statutory period in the Seward Gate way, newspaper of general circula tion printed at Seward, Alaska, tho nearest newspaper to said above de scribed claim or survey.
 c. B. WALKER, Register.
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Proof of labor blanks for sale at Gateway.
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A lighted Cigaret thrown into saw dust cuSpidor started a fire in the store of Capt. links of Wrangell re- gently causing a loss of $50.
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Serial No ll60I

Serial No. 0160I Additional Entry Under Section 1906 of the Revised Statutes of the Unit ed States.
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We carry Symphony Lawn Station ary the Seward Drug Company.
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Serial 02S60

IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
 OFFICE, JUNEAU, MAY ', 1917.
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The Loyal Order of Moose has the distinction of organizing the first lodge in the new railroad town of Nenana. The new lodge starts off with a membership of more than thirty.
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Butterlcist popcorn for sale at the KEY. n
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Native experts at Nome state that not for many years have the fox skins been of such fine quality as those caught this year. The fur is very long and even.
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The Cordova fire department has recently received a Brewer life-saving net. the first ever brought to Alaska. It was given a tryout recently and pronounced great success.
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The Juneau land office has received word from Washington that the Virgil Moore and Gertrude West coal claims at Cape Lisbourne have been read mitted to entry by order of the presi- dent. who has cancelled the order of withdrawal. These entries are now approved for patent which will be granted in reasonable time.
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Survey 663, Serial 01797 In the United States Land Office, Ju- neau, Alaska, May 2, 1917.
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Serial 0lS06, Survey 744 In the United States Land Office, Ju- neau, Alaska, May 2, 1917.
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An-AlaSka News

Walter Clarville, formerly manager of the Royal hotel at Ketchikan, re- gently sent to Attorney Warder of that place a receipted bill showing that he had paid Is cents pound for Alaska humpback salmon on the sec ond of March in the Chicago fish mar ket, this being the wholesale place on that date.
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Serial O1sOS. Survey 664

In the United States Land Office, Ju.
 neau, Alaska, May 2, 1917.
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Proof of labor blanks for sale at Gateway.
 -:.- City Express. Phone Main 122.
 --.s---- Oyster cocktails at The Branch. A. McIver, licensed undertaken.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-03
USING AMERICAN PATENTS.
America Keeps Publication of Inven
tions from Neutral Nations.

WASHINGTON, Dee 3.-German
spies have forced the government to
discontinue sending the Patent Office
Gazette and other publications an
nouncing new patents to all neutral
countries. No official announcement of
this step has been made. but it has
been learned authoritatively that the
transmission of such documents to Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark, Holland
Spain, Mexico and other countries,
where German spies are numerous, has
been stopped.
Since the war broke out American
inventors have flooded the patent office
with applications for patents on every
conceivable form OF War-like devices,
particularly submarine devices. 1t Is
known that the particulars Of some of
these have already been transmitted to
Germany, and that some Of them have
been used
The latest American device employed
by Germany Is said To be the use Of
an improved submarine ear. - which
permits a submerged submarine to de-
toct an approaching vessel at dis
tance of five miles, TO detect its direc-
ton and to measure its speed, thereby
enabling torpedo to Be fired without
rising to the surface As a result, a
strict censorship is to be applied to
all patents news hereafter, although
the allied governments fighting with
| the United States against Germany
will be advised officially of all patents
which may be Of use in the Joint en-
dcaror to defeat the central powers.