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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Secretary Declares Subma'
rine Menace Presents
Grave Problem to U. ,.
Sees Hope, However
Must Determine if Capital
Should Be Used in At
tack on Bases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-There was
another conference tonight at the
home Of Secretary Daniels between the
Secretary and Admiral Mayo. hdmira
Benson and the Navy General Board
we're also present. The principal ques'
ton under discussion tonight was sub
marines
Secretary Daniels said to-day that tho
submarines presented the gravest prop
lem the navy had to consider.
"But the problem is not more serious
now than It has been heretofore ne
fastened 10 add. ut is not well either
to minimize or magnify this question:
he said. at is the greatest problem De-
fore the navy, but it is one l am sure
we will handle successfully"
1t wa. in the ligh, Of the new infor'
nation brought by Admiral Mayo tna'
tho problem was discussed tonight
and this and the conferences 20 follow
will determine the grave question OF
whether the capital ships will 20 in to
the attack on the submarine bases
That the question is right up. to the
Navy Department now was evident TO
day in the gravity OF all those in touch
with the conferences.
"The problem requires very serious
discussion" said Secretary Daniels.
He found comfort in the failure OF
the Germans to carry out their threat
TO starve England out this summer oy
means of their submarines, but at the
same time admitted that fewer sink
ings by the U-boats last week did not
mean that they were overcome. Ihe
sinkings 20 up and down." ne said
"One week they are high and the next
week they are low"
Asked If fewer sinkings might not
mean only fewer boats TO sink, he re-
piled that American shipping was
steadily increasing There was more
American tonnage in the water every
week, he said.
The impressive thing, however, was
the very evident gravity Of the prob
lens Admiral Mayo has brought home
10 be solved. There seemed to be
much fuller realization Of the situation
in official circles after the conference
Of Saturday and Sunday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
u. S. Takes Over
American Ships
For War Traffic
All Cargo and Passenger
Vessels of $500 Tons and
Over Seized

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Approxi-
mately 500 American coastwise and
ocean ships Of $500 tons or over were
commandeered to-day by the govern
ment. Ships on the Great Lakes are
not affected.
While the government control be-
came effective to-day, the ships Will
continue in the same traffic and under
the same plans as heretofore until they
receive orders TO the contrary.
All along the Atlantic, Gulf and "a,
cifc coasts American registered ana
enrolled ships, all carefully listed IN
advance in the Shipping Board MES
were taken over for government con-
troll As requests from the army, navy,
Allies and other government sources
are passed upon for use or Ger Il
amount of tonnage, orders viii De tele-
graphed TO ships, assigning them "
particular service. The order requisl.-
tons all cargo ships carrying, LOW
tons total dead weight, lnciuuIhs
bunkers. water and stores, and all pas
senger steamers Of not less than LOW
tons gross register. apr
four-hfths Of the number taken over
are cargo ships. H. .L.-,.o
Commissioners Colby, in active charge
Of The communicating Of the shlps' sara
the reduisitioning would not maze any
material difference in the present
movement Of ships.
1--WE arc turning the ships back TO
the owners TO operate them on govern
ment account, under the same system
as in England. We will not disturb
them until there Is a concrete case or
need" he explained.
Our purpose Is to unity the cohtroi
of all these ships available Tor ocean ocean
traffic. We have fixed a requisltion
rate. based on a fair appraisal, which
rep. aces the speculative, hectic bidding
for tonnage under old private charters.
The rates are considerably under the
prevalent high rates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Mexico Arms Embargo
frightened by Board
All Shipments Will Require
Permits in Future, Re-
vardless of Size

WASHINGTON, Oct l5.-The hrs'
order OF the newly created War TRADE
Board. made public tonight, tighten'
tho embargo upon shipments OF mum
lions to Mexico. In tho future regular
application, for permits must be made
for such shipments. regardless Of their
sIze. Heretofore less than 500 worth
OF munitions could be sent into Mexl-
co under customs collectors license
granted upon declaration by the
simmer rs 10 destination and purpose
The board also gave out tonight inc
text OF an agreement which all ex'
portcrs will be required 20 sign when
shining TO their own branches IN Tor
eign countries. The shippers must
guarantee that their goods Will not go
10 an enemy or the ally OF an enemy,
directly or indirectly, that they VIII
not trade with enemies or allies OF en-
emies and that none OF the goods eX-
ported by them will be sold or dellv-
cred without written approval OF the
United States consul at the place OF
sale or delivery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Britain and Germany
Both Made Trade Pact
For Food From Holland

WASHINGTON, Oct. l5.-The sub
stance of the agreement between Great
Britain and Holland. given herewith
for the first time. regulating the
amount Of food TO be obtained by Eng
land from the Netherlands and also
the amount to go into Germany, dis
closes that Great Britain and Germany
made similar agreements with Holland
at about the same time
The British agreement was made NO
vember !. 1916. and the German agree
nent was made on December ], 1915.
only commodities produced in the
Netherlands are concerned. Imports
arc governed by the Netherlands Over
seas Trust. which guarantees TO Eng
land that none of the products sha
be sent into Germany. The agreement
proyided that the total exports from
Holland TO the United Kingdom shall
be pro-rated. IL is assumed that the
remainder not sent to England goes
into Germany.
II is provided that the United King
dom shall get half the total exports OF
pig meat, one-quarter OF the butter
ore-third of the cheese. and two-thirds
of the milk. Not less than one-half the
total exports Of meat from Holland &c
bellirerent countries must go to the
United Kingdom. This leaves the other
half free TO go to Germany, as required
b. the German agreement.
Great Britain by the agreement has
the right to at least one-half the tota
exports of potatoes at a price no.
greater than 90 per cent over the price
fixed by the Dutch government for
home consumption. England also gets
one-half Of the potato -four, which in,
cludes sage and pudding powder, and
obtains one-quarter OF the exports OF
fruit and vegetables at an average
price. One-quarter Of all the eggs goes
TO Great Britain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Machinery Makers Falling
Behind Constructors
of Hulls
Launch Special Types
Shipping Board Lets Con-
tracts Along Lines Sug-
gested by Builders
STAG Corr-prodercel

WASHINGTON. Oct 1.-THE stand
srdized steamship. Of which there was
30 much talk when the Shipping Board
began It's work and which has been
carried TO such a ooin: Of perfection
in England that large ships are being
launched within sixty days, does not
appear TO have contributed {" yet 70
speeding up shipbuilding in the United
States.
Contracts FOR steel ships which have
recently been let by the Emergency
fleet Corporation are based on SIZE
plans and designs suggested by 'he
builders. which means that to very
large extent these ships will be con
strueted of parts that will have TO De
made especially for them. 1t appears
that the standardized plan ships are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Swedish Exports to
Germany Are Maintained

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 15.-There Is no
evidence that exports 70 Germany are
slackening in any way. The German
Consul at Malmo officially informed
the "Svenska Dsgbladet" that Ger
many is sending $4,000 tons Of prod
ucts TO Sweden, including wheat and
potatoes, in return for which Sweden
is expected to send $4,000 tons of pa
per to Germany.
He also declared arrangements were
nearly completed whereby Germany
would export to Sweden 100000 tons
Of coal in compensation for iron ore.
wood, paper and horses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
u. S. Seizes Iron Works
Takes Over Risdon Plant IN Cali
fornia for Shipbuilding Purposes

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15.-Offcial
announcement was made to-day that
the government has commandeered the
R.sdon Iron Works. covering thirty
acres adjoining the Union Iron Works,
and turned it over TO the latter for
government shipbuilding work.
The Rsdon plant has not been &C
lively operated for several years. Il
was purchased in 1911 by the United
States Steel Corporation. and has re-
Gently been used. as shipping point
for the United States Steel Products
Company. 1t has eight building slips.
Approximately $4,000 men will be en-
pioyed as a result Of the combine, il
was announced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Embargo Conference to
Figure In Conspiracy Trial

CHICAGO. oct. 15.-Questions asked
prospective jurors in the Federal Court
to-day indicated that the activity Of
the American embargo conference.
which attempted 20 have Congress place
an embargo on ammunition shipments
abroad. will be inquired into during the
trial OF four men charged with con-
spiracy 70 foment revolution against
the British government in India.
The defendants are Gustav II. Jacob.
son. wealthy real estate dealer; Albert
II. Wende. curio collector and art con-
noisseur: George Paul Boehm. mechan-
ical engineer. and Heramba Lal Gupta.
a Hindu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16

They won't, OF course. They'll go on
being magnanmous and generous
DR.. Wise was not the first speaker
of the evening TO advocate theu SO OF
other than persuasive appeals for
woman suffrage. Commissioners OF I'm
migration Frederick s. Howe, VINO
presided. had earlier advised the won.
en- to stop petitloning for the vote II
il is denied this time.
Demand the vote" he said, ana
leave the shops and the stores and the
factories until you get it. You've been
patient and lady like long enough.
Joseph Barondess, Mrs. william
Jennings Bryan and "0klahoma Kate"
Barnard were also on the programme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16

being reserved for the fabrication
plants that the government is erecting
for operation by private companies and
for large new yards being made ready
by other companies on their own ae-
count.
Engine Makers Not Modified
1t also appears that contracts are
still being let OF the one-shift basis
which would not indicate that the con
struction OF ships under such contracts
was TO be rushed An explanation or
this apparent deliberateness IN the race
Of such an emergency as now confronts
the shipping world is probably 70 he
found in the extreme difficulty OF
mobilizing the boiler and engine manu-
facturers 20 such point that they can
keep up with the yards.
A shipbuilder who has q government
contrac. and has given special atteh-
tion 20 the problem before the snip,
ping Beard declares that the board
will have more trouble getting the boil
ers and machinery built on time than
il will the hulls. This applies 10 both
WOOD anC steel ShipS.
While not even single ship or the
shipping Boards building programme
has vet been launched, new ships for
the Cnited States Shipping Board Meet
are nevertheless going into commission
rapidly.
when the Shipping Board comman-
deered all vessels Of more than 2,bOO
tons that were under construction on
d. NJ No
% some that were so nearly complete
that they were in service In September.
By working double shifts and doing
away with some superfuities OF finish
and equipment other ships that would
not have been completed for several
weeks vet have been made ready for
service.
Five New Ships Last Week
Five new ships were completed in
one ward last week. and the crews and
officers were on hand to take them
out with full instructions for the first
voyage.
These and many Of the other COM
Wandered ships that will be among
the first Of the new feet TO sail were
ordered for the Cunard steamship
Company. Many ships being built
originally for Norwegian owners are
also nearing completion.
There is an impression that the
Shipping Board did not commander
vessels being built for the French gov
eminent. There were some vessels Of
more than $500 tons building for
France on the Pacific Coast when the
Communicating order went into effect,
and il is not certain that these were
taken. but the bulk Of the shipping
building IN American yards for French
account consists Of wooden ships OF
about 1000 tons, equipped with aux
iliary power in the form Of Diesel type
engines. which would not fall within
the SCOPE Of the requisition pro-
gramme.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
A
Lady
Pacifst

Envelope bag. shotrn open and closed,
o. black grained patent leather. cOlored
elk lining. sUedc-lncd coin com pGrtmcnt,
puff case. mirror. memo. sldte and
pencil top handle. ertra pocket az back;
4s2 Is inches ................... yII.5O
Black or colored uorocoo. ...... SIP. rs
Gold plated niono0rGms. to order
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Japan Now Exports Pencils

TOXIC, Oct. 5.-Before the war a
large importer Of pencils, Japan has
made such strides in home manufac-
ture that she is now exporting pencils
in ever increasing quantities. In 1916
Japan sent 16s000,O00 lead pencils to
foreign lands, at a value of S620,000.
The lead used is chiefly imported from
the United States and India. but It's
production is increasing here.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-09
Spurned His Money.

A judge who used to wear very
long, waving hair, was on his way tc
court when he was accosted by
little street bootblack, with an ex'
ceptionally dirty face, with the GUS
tomary Shine, sir?" He was very
importunate, and the judge, being
impressed with the terrible state OF
the boys face, said:
Il don't want shine, but if you'll
go and wash your face I'll give you
sixpence.
All right, sir
"Well, let me see you do it,
The boy went to a neighborlng
fountain and made his ablutions.
Returning he held out his hand
for the sixpence The Judge said:
We'll, you earned your money
Here it is
But the boy said:
Il don't want your money, old fel'
low. You can take it and nave youl
hair cut" and forthwith scampered
off.-Life.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-09
New Luminous Paints.

New Luminous paints for varied
uses have been brought into increas-
ed demand by the war, and the best
results have been obtained from those
consisting essentially of prepared
zinc sulphide with small percent
tage of radioactive material. To de-
termine the brightness and life of
different mixtures, elaborate tests
have been made at the British Ma
tional Physical laboratory. 1t is
found that increasing the radium
adds to the brightness, but also in
creases the cost and the rate of de-
cay, the differences in Frightening
and decay becoming much less after
a few months. Keeping cost in mind,
it is concluded that the most salts
factory paint has one part Of radium
to about 5000 of zinc sulphide.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-09

Read The Herald, $3.50 per year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-09

It is almost crime to dose children
with calomel-that nauseating, pois-
onous mineral that some folks still
think is the one thing that will relieve
constipation, headache and other bill
ious conditions. I wouldn't give calo-
mel to dog unless wanted to kill it.
When you need liver or stomach
medicine, use safe, guaranteed veg
etable preparation like Martins Liver
Medicine. It tastes good. 1t acts
powerfully on the liver and bowels
without pain or gripping. And it often
saves one from a spell Of sickness.
One Of the best known men in Had
dock, Ga., is C. H. Keller. On the 18th
of May he wrote the following letter
to the proprietors Of Martins Liver
Medicine:
81 have FIVE children in school and all OF
them showed decided sallowness and were
very sluggish. I gave each Of them dose
of Martins Ha~er Medicine night and morn
ing for two days. Their compilations cleared
I'D and they are now normal children IN
every respect. The medicine did not inter-
For Sale BY MACK'S DF
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-09
But ONE CASE.
OnIy One Trial for Witcbrrafft in the
South Held i'm Tennessee.

This case of witchcraft was in the
year 1885, and originated on the
banks of Obey's river, tributary of
the Cumberland, and in Fentress
county, Tenn. 1t was first tried be-
fore Joshua Owens, a justice OF tbs
peace at that time.
An old man named Stout, who liv-
ed in a very quiet way in the neigh
borhood, who did not attend church,
who had been sitting up late at
night, reading strange books, and
about whose early history nothing
was known, was suspected of being a
wizard, and when a daughter of one
Taylor was taken violently i'll with a
disease that the doctor could not di-
agnose, it was determined to arrest
old man Stout for bewitching her.
A large posse was secured, and
guns were loaded with silver bullets,
for it was thought that nothing less
would kill a wizard
The old man was arrested and
brought to trial before Esquire Ow-
ems. A vast array of witnesses testi-
fed as to his habits, and added that
they had seen him escape from dwell
ing houses through the keyholes in
the doors, and that he had thrown
people and animals into strange spells
by his influence when they were miles
away from him. The officers and
posse subjected him to a great many
indignities, and he was held to await
the action of the grand jury.
When court convened Judge Abra-
ham Caruthers, who was on the
bench, and who founded the great
law school Cumberland university, at
Lebanon, Tenn, and Gen. John B.
Mccormick, the prosecuting attorney,
refused to indict the old man. The
action of the court and the attorney
general almost precipitated riot, it
is said. in the court room.
Old man Stout then sued the Off
GERS and posse for damages, and they
pleaded as a defense that they were
in the act of arraigning criminal,
and cited the statutes of Henry VII
and. James I, making witchcraft a
felony, which they declared had new
er been repealed in Tennessee. Thus
ended the first and only trial for
witchcraft in Tennessee by the con-
viction of the persons who had arrest
ed him and subjected him to great
indignities.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-09
Don't Poison Your Child
With that Sickenin&
Calomel.

fere with then, in school and did not gripe
like liver medic.n ne formerly used. My young
est child, three gears old, was sick last sum-
mer and it took careful nursing and the at
tention OF physicians to save him, and 1 am
sure that a few doses OF Martins Liver
Medicine has prevented recurrence OF the
same trouble. Therefore I feel it my duty
to others to let them know what Martins
Liver Medicine did in my home"
You run no risk in buying Martins
Liver Medicine. It is recognized
standard preparation, made according
to the prescription Of prominent
Southern physician. It is composed
of absolutely pure drugs and is guar
anteed to give positive satisfaction.
If after taking a bottle of it you are
dissatisfied with the result, carry the
empty bottle to your druggist and
you will receive your SOC back.
If your druggist hasn't Martins
Liver Medicine, he can easily get it
for you. Do not accept any substl-
tute. There is no other medicine
"just as good"
JTG STORE. Bamberg, S. G..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-09
DANCE MUSIC BY WIRELESS.
Catchy Fox Trots Sent 81 Miles
Through the Air.


Dancing to music transmitted by
wireless was a novelty offered the
other night to guests at house party
in the home in Morristown, N. j., of
Theodore Gaty, vice president of the
Fidelity and Casualty company. The
music was played in the laboratory of
the De Forrest Radio company at
Highbridge, this city, and was receiv-
ed at the Gaty home on an instru-
ment so delicate that it has picked up
radio signals sent from the German
government station at Berlin.
The fox trots and waltzes played 81
miles from the Gaty home were made
sufficiently loud by an ampiflying de-
vice designed by P. F. Cooley, an
electrical engineer OF Montclair. The
plan was suggested after music sent
from the De Forrest laboratories had
been heard by accident. Music has
also come over the Gaty aerial from
New Rochelle.
The receiver caught the sounds so
distinctly that it recorded remarks of
the sender and the grinding of the
spring as the phonograph was wound.
Mr.. Gaty and his two sons, one of
whom is a student at Cornell univer-
sity, have made hobby Of wireless
and have a very elaborate plant.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-09
Refined Savagery, This.


'sThey have cut out my tongue.
For Gods sake send help These
words were written under a stamp
on a letter received from Fred Stone,
aged about 27, by friend in North
Carolina, according to reports re-
ceiyed from Kingston, n. G.
Stone holds a commission in the
British army and was captured by
Germans. The letter itself contain
ed no reference to torture, but his
friends say the Germans would COM
pei him to write only of kind treat
ment and that his message under the
stamp was a mute appeal for aid
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-08-09
In Him.

"Children," said the teacher, in
structing the class in composition
"you should not attempt any flights
of fancy, but write what is in YOU
As a result of this advice BObble
turned in the following composition
I'VE should not attempt any flites
of fancy, but rite what is in us. In
me there is my stummick, lungs,
liver. two apples, two cakes and my
inner.'-Current Events.