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Arizona republican., 1917-02-13
KANSAS CITY PRODUCE

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 12.-Butter: Creamery, 42c; firsts, 40c; seconds, BIC, packing, 26c.
 Eggs and poultry unchanged.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-13
CHICAGO PRODUCE

CHICAGO. Feb. 12.-Holiday for butter, eggs and poultry.
 Potatoes unchanged receipts 42 cars.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-13
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 12.-Cotton: Spot firm; good middling. s10.S5; middling. s10.75; low middling, s1O.50. Sales 5000 bales.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-13
Mir Dairyman:--

y AAAA~e If each of your would produce more pound of Butter Fat daily naturally you would feel that you had struck the equal of gold mine. itself this 
 Six months E. I1ogsets 30 pounds of milk, 6-O1 butter head day Sept 18th he feeding three pounds Cold Pressed Cake Today these
 
 The fat flym3 Mr. at the dof 
 nleanst ateachOn eof lis ing pounds of butter fat about pound increase As butter fat is worth 40c pound Mr. IIogse than months nothing of the value of the skinned milk ofmakng this leaving net profit about 35c day which $1OO  Mr. get be interviewed at the Doris Grocery 
 Made and Sold by the Arizona Egyptian PHOENIX sas SEED 1.tn nsn FEED co., Cotton Co., ARIZONA SEED co. of N. Ave-
Arizona republican., 1917-02-13

asked. Dark feed, $222h bid; s2.2715 asked
 Alfalfa s1s.OO@17.OO per ton to producers F. O. B. Los Angeles.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-13

Join the Y. todsy:-Adv:
Arizona republican., 1917-02-13

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14
LI1T ILESl0RlEs
16rbEDTIniE.
by THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1o17. By T. W. Burgess,
Buster Bear Retires.

1t was shortly after his foolish fight
with the swinging stone and himself,
about which all the little people OF the
Green Forest laugh to this day, that
Buster Bear decided that 1t was high
time that he made ready for the winter.
In one way he had been making ready
for the winter ever since early in the
fall This was by stuffing himself and
growing fat He knew that he couldn't
be too fat.
Sammy Jay. watching Buster stuff
himself one day, had exclaimed: BUS
ter Bear, you are the greediest. most
piggish person I know
Buster had looked up with twinkle
in his little eyes, for Busters eyes
really are little for the size of him.
You are mistaken, Sammy.S said he.
You are quite mistaken. l may seem
greedy and piggish, but I'm not In
the next few weeks I've got to eat for
all winter"
you've got to WHAT" exclaimed
Sammy.
1--WE got to eat for all winter" re-
piled Buster IF / don't stuff myself
now by the middle of winter I'll be
starving and no food to be found. But
if 1 get good thick layer of fat be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14

tween my skin and my ribs this fall 1t
will last me until spring. I'm eating
now SO as to sleep by and by. L tell
you what 1t is, Sammy Jay, there's no
fun In waking up In the middle of the
winter with an empty stomach and not
q blessed thing to put in It,. / know
because 1t has happened to me once
and don't intend to have It happen
again."
So Buster continued to stun himself
as long as there was plenty to eat.
But. as winter drew near. food became
scarce and Buster had to do q lot of
walking to. find enough for q good,
he was walking on the fat he had
tried SO hard to put on.
This will never do. This will never
dot at ALL" he grumbled. eft Is time,
high time. to make my bed and get
ready for winter"
Buster believes in doing things
promptly. Having made up his mind
that the time had come to make ready
for winter, he shuffled along through
the Green Forest until he came to
the ledge of rocks. where he had made
his homo the winter before. In q sort
of cave. made by an overhanginE shelf
Of rock. he scraped together pile of
dry leaves and spread this out to make
bed. When he had enough to suit him
he lay down on 1t to try 1t. Buster is a
bit fussy about his bed. 1T was very
comfortable. He felt drowsy. In two
minutes he was asleep.
From that time on Buster spent most
of his time sleeping. On warm days
he would prowl about e. little. hunting
for food, but he didn't go far. Some
how he wasn't very hungry. At last one
morning he awoke to find a world of
white.
Buster got up and poked his head out.
The ground was covered with snow and
the air was full of 1t. for the storm was
not over. For a few minutes Buster
blinked rather stupidity at the dancing
fakes. Then he shook himself, yawn-
ed and turned back to his warm. com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14
To Study New Motive Power.

mediately after the passing Of the
pending post office appropriation meas
ure Of \ bill to authorize inyestiga-
ton Of tho mysterious ''Garabed" dis
covery was approved yesterday by the
House rules committee.
The bill provides for protection of
the rights Of the discoyerer. who
claims "garabed' is a power that will
drive anything from an aeroplane to a
battleship without fuel.
Features which caused President
Wilson to veto a similar measure last
session have been eliminated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14
ASK TENANTS TO REPORT
DEFECTIVE FURNACES
Fuel OmciaIs Plan to Save Coal by
Making Landlords Put Heat
ers In Repair.


Landlords who run defective furnaces
and thereby cause a waste OF fuel viii
be sought by officials of the United
States Fuel Administration and COM
PEELED to make necessary repairs, II
tenants will cooperate with officials
and promptly report defects.
This was the statement OF the ad-
ministration today following COM
plants from various sources that land
lords and agents have refused to make
suitable repairs to furnaces and heat
ers.
Each furnace which does not render
the maximum service II a waster of
fuel, the administration declares, and
the tenant Is deprived of comfort.
worn-out, leaky and badly. placed rad
iators are as wasteful as out-of- order
furnaces. the officials assert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14

Portable bed. II won't 20 out today"
thought he, as he closed his eyes.
He didn't. Though he didn't suspect
it at the time, Buster Bear had retired
for the winter. His sleep became deep
err and deeper. It changed from orIfi-
nary sleep to that wonderful sleep
which Is called Information. Buster
wouldn't open his eyes again until the
coming of Mistress Spring,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14
Excuses Not to Be Accepted.

In an effort to save these registrants
from the penalty that will be enforced
against them as the result or failure
to receive missionaries and answer
them within seven days. Acting Adj.
GEN Donovan for the District today
issued a final warning that excuses
about not receiving mail will not be
accepted. If a registrant does not re-
ceive a QUESTIONABLE it IS up to him
to report the fact to his board, or take
the consequences
IF a reg1strant mas the ieast douoe
about which board has jurisdiction
over his case" said Mr.. Donovan to-
day, .'he Immediately should commune
cate the fact to the secretary to the
board of Commissioners at the Dis
trict building.
His letter or post card should
give his full name, written or print
ed carefully; the city and ward or
town where he registered; the home
address which he gave to the registrar,
and his present post Office address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14
ARE YOU 4 Mc|STRANT?
THEN READ THIS STORY
Final Warning Issued That Draft
Boards Must Be Notified Of Ad.
/, dress Changes.

Every registrant should read this
story.
Il IL a final warning to him TO notify
Immediately his draft board II he has
changed his residence since registra-
tion day.
Failure to receive the missionaries,
which the boards will begin mailing
out Saturday, and to MI them out and
return them within seven days, as re-
quired by law, will result in the regis
trants being placed in class one and
recorded as Immediately available for
military service
Between $4,000 and $4,000 question
nairss are to be sent to District regis
trants between December Is and jan
uary 2, In allotments of per cent a
day for twenty days. 1t is certain that
many men have changed their resi-
dences aimee they registered and
failed to communicate their new adj
dresses to the local boards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14
Still Another Warning.

Registrants also are warned by Mr..
Donovan not to depend upon having
some one forward the qeustionnaires
to them If they have changed their
addresses.
Hundreds of men," he said, ARE
now advertised as deserters because
friends or relatives who promised to
forward mail to them, forgot or didn't
think it was important
This applies even il you have been
examined and granted a discharge or
exemption and whether you haze regis
tered or not, II you were twenty-one
years Of age June s. 1917, and had not
passed your thirty -first birthday on
that data.
Attend TO this matter today. Write
30 plainly that you are sure there
viii be no mistake. This may save
you serious trouble"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14

eighty-six civilian postal employees al
ready in the field. and the postal on
cials take care of the mail until it
Is ready to be delivered to the or
CARNATIONS in the Army. Them the
Army men take It and distribute Il to
the individual soldiers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14

the House. when It was made clear that
the United States has established a
postal service Of Its own In France. II
was stated that the mails are delivered.
at . cost of IL cents per man per
month. to the American soldiers who
have gone over there" There are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-14
George Botsford, Historian, Dies.

NEW YORK, December 1s.--George
Willis Botsford. historian. died sudden
~ in his once at Columbia University
yesterday. He wrote a number of text
books on history for school use.
Washington Journal., 1917-06-08
@iSsriprcdcnSe @tfahIt.
Sine beitlc auiiOrLeruns aH bic yb5be-
rem I5htcr" in 5rnntrei6.

6ine beitIc auiiOrberuna aH Die y6Sbe-
rem G5htcr" in 5rantrei6.
Der Reitor ser Cartier uniDeriitGt
ridtete an Die 2siterinnen Der bobsren
S0tterIduIen Oss 9onoss Die f%sisrli-
DE Iufforoerung, ibrs oberItsn Rlais
fen gu psrIommeIn uno ibnsn gu srs
tIGren, oob ole 2onbpirti9aft Der
nOtigen Qrbsitstroft entbsbre uno
ibrer !Silfe beoiiris. Die WGobsn
3eistsn Iid, 10 sr5Gblt Dos poriisr
8latt .2'SeuOre", BON benz @orldlas
&c ent3idt. Dor ibrem @siit itiegsn
ole @eItoltsn Worie 4ntoinettsns. Der
2ombale uno Der PoIi9nnc, uno bic
qnlaaen 0es 3rionon ouf. Sis erin@
nerten iid Der 6arm un0 Der 9dueriH
oes 0egeIippe Moreau uno Oss tHr=
gen R0dbens DER Ysrrette. ytur onB
perrette plotiiobli9e S6ubs trug. oas
poIte ibnsn nitt redt paiisn. DEM
70 cpFeripiais oieIe 5rGuiein audi osm
Yaterldnb entgegeniopmen, Oas Gp~
fer Der Qouis XVsabIGbe eriteint
Oo6 ettpos bart. @ber Die 0irsttrice
Orin9t in bic Sdilerinuen. sic mad5t
i6nen tlor, OaB es iih oa nidt Wa
cine 6lobe 2onopartis ban6elt. IS
gilt, bleibenoe Nerpfli9tunesn einSns
geben, bic Iie unter5eidnen, bic GItera
gegen3ei9nsn miihen. Woden.Ii@
einmol muB mon ms JelO uno mub
audi bic 5erien bieier Grbeit piomsn.
9a puroen bic iuneen 9umen ooA
unIider. sic boben bod priifungeD
3u beIie6en, unO Dor allen feblt ibnen
cine paKenoe alsibun9 fir ole raube
SGtigtsit auI benz qder. 4u9 gebridt
es linen an Sodfenntnis uno an
lebung. lnb nod meniger 8eoeiIts@
runo beipieIen ole Mitter. Menn ni6t
oler 4nIdein iri9t. 70 Diro oieier
bon einem llnipsrIiiGtsrettor ausge>
benoc BerIu6 ser Ginfiibrung Der
,3ioiloisnitpflidt nur serin9e gr9s6>
mile Seiti9en. 4ber es III ia nug elm
anIang, unb oils elm 4nfong befibt
er 0en 0or5u9 ribrenoer HaiDetdt.
Wenn audi bic 2p5euml4iilerinnen
jebt, no ie Ieben, Oab 6rontrei9 fo>
gar an ie oppeliert. nidt mon6e
!0eltdr @runo unb 8oben umfpaten
perSeu, 10 moden iie fid pieueidt
bod ooourd psroient, oob tie peniger
90rtden ellen. Gs fGnt 10 idper. Die
prObleme gu loIen, bic Die ge9enpdr-
tisen 9erbGltniGe u%nlerer 3eit itelen,
Dob i6on BARN Elm 8erOienIt lie9t.
bic Sdiilerinnen gum Radbeuten
boriiber an9ere9t gu boben.
Washington Journal., 1917-06-08
9ludj cine ariessitOtiitif.

0ie nnmenge BON Stobl. bic nab
reno bee Sample Dor YerDun in Die@
Iem &tobidnitt uusgeitreut pure
be, bat cinen Mitarbeiter Oes i4peOi~
iben 8lattes .SuouItritioningen
Ror0en" gu elmer lebt lntereiianten
8erednung an9ere9t. Auf 9runo
Der angaben iibsr bic artiaeriege=
i9oiIe, pelde i'm 3ompfabidnitt INN
8erbun perfeuert nuroen, pirR
ndmlih bic Stablmense berednet,
bic beute Oas SdladtfeIb nm @ers
DUN bebsdsn mub, Mon9mal purs
Oen in Oieiem &ompfabI9nitt or
einem Gage BON beioen Parteien 3uz
Iammen cine Miaion GrploIipge.
IApife p~trfeuert; bn biefe 3o9l aber
li6erlia nett iiber ben 0ur9I9nitt
binausgebt, sebt bic 8ere9nung Don
Der 4nnabme aus, Oob nls Mittel@
3abl cine Minipn @eI9oFe in Der
Wode bel iebr niebriser 8ere9nung
in an!dlag gebradt perOen miiFe.
@enn Das 0ur9i9nittssepidt ON
Mstal BEL jsbsm @eI9ob nit 45
&ilogrnmm angenommen ipiro, 10
purbe inner9olb Der 30 &fpoben.
bic in Yetra1t tommen, bos GrDs
rid um 0erbun nit 1,350,O0O
9onnen Stobl iibsridt, Gum Sranss
port oieIer Stablmense pGren bel
boiler 2abung nitt psniger als
10000 grobe Observation-Disclosures
notpenbis eepeien. 0o bic @eIamt-
flG9enousbebnung oeS &ffel0eS
ii9 nidt gang genau umgrenSen
lGbt, nimmt man bierTiir fpieber = Eel
m5sli9it niebriser @inI9dbung
elm @ebiet bon 260 Quaorattilometer
ooer 10000 Se!tor $4,000 @cres)
an. Bel elmer Our9I9nittsbere9s
nlng ouf @runb Der e%ripdbnten s3iis
fern tGmsn nlio ouf iebe !9ettor oes
@robooens nidt ipeniser oIs so
Sonnen Stobl. @enn ma peitsr<
bin ben preis Der 9onne nit $3.50
beredne... 10 itellt Der Stabl, Der cuf
iebe ein5elne 9ettnr geItreut purpe,
einen Wert bon $3.50 Oar. pa Der
idueoii6V glutur bieIer He9nune
iiberaa notwithstanding ileine 3iI=
fern einItsllte, 10 bob bic Sddbung
bon Der Wirtlidteit erbeblid iiberz
t%roffen perben oiirfte, tommt er au
benz Sdlub Oab Der Wert Der
Stablernte ouf Dem 8open nes
&umpfobi9nittes nm 8erbun idmtz
lide grnten, bic iemols betonnt purs
ben, mel. in ben Sdotten iteIlen
miibte. Die Sroee. OF unb in pels
diem MoBe nn4 Dem &riese cine
Iolde Stoblfaot pirb geerntet uno
pieoer psrfoerten perbsn t0nnen, 1T
Der 8eattuns pobl merit.
Washington Journal., 1917-06-08
tells OapOn. Sin edbel 1T tsins au.

tells bopOn. Sin edbel 1T teine au.
gel.
Rein! Gs lam ni6t Iein! Gr bat
ia i9on gu r0deIn b%sgonneu, ols mir
a0reiIten! 8, bas lam nift iein! SD
bobe linn fslbit bic WunOen perbuns
benz SDlpel iper0en mir iein," rief
Der oneebeiterte !Serr 3ogIpbo, ouf
ben Sid i9logsnO, rSOlpeI percen
mir Iein, lpenn mir ieBt bic 6uriiin
ni6t auHu9en; mir perben ie nit
Stroetusti ber~bsiraten, uno 10 Soft
min, perben mir nod lire 3inber
aur Soufe baItsa Lno al bies, neil
mir 9obun nieoergemo9t babsn."
n@s lit ibm rs9t eei9eben!" f9Iob
@rIoObiOpsti, Der ni9t bemertte, bob
9err 3agIOba ii9 in bas 8erOienIt
teiIte, 9obun setDtet gu boben.
Washington Journal., 1917-06-08

Cine aborbnung bon 5ar-
mern aus Der @reenfielos @egenb tom
biefer Gage no6 8reot Sails, Mont..
Der unb eriudts ben 9onbelStlub, lie
gu unteritiiben sur Durdiebuns III
res WunIdes, SeiIe bes Sun-5luB>
biitritts aus benz 9epdfferungspro@
ietie ousaui4alteu. Sic iinb fir
Srodeniormnirtihoft.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-23
SUB NORMAL CROP is
RESERVE BANKS VIEW

Minneapolis, July 2s.-Comparative-
ly discouraEing tone IL found In the
mid-season crop report OF John II.
Rich, federal reserve agent of the
Ninth district.i Small grain crops are
declared to be only SO per cent normal
in many parts OF the western section
OF the district ts4
Z Northwest Minnesota, western
North Dakota, and much OF Montana
are the chief spots in the territory az
fected.
THE. shortage in crop production is
ascribed to lack OF rain and a cold
spring, followed by high tempera--
lures. Widespread soaking rains are
declared absolutely necessary in many
counties" the reporS says.
THE central and southern Red riv-
err valley in Minnesota is in good shape
and reports from west central Mime
sofa promise average grain yields,
with crop about two weeks late. The
central part OF the state IL declared
in very good condition, with corn
making good progress"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-23
RUSSIANSATTACK
NORTH OF PINSK.
Advance Two Miles But
Success is Jeopardized
49,. By Dissensions
(By Associated Press. }

Petrograd, July 2s.-The Russians
yesterday attacked the Germans near
Krevo and Wilma north Of the Pfnsk
marshes and penetrated the Teuton
line for a distance OF two miles, ac-
cording to an official announcement
made here today.
The Russians captured more than
1000 Germans, but the success, the
statement adds. Is being jeopardized
by the moral weakness and instabil-
ity of certain Russian attachments.
Between the river Sereth, Stripa,
and Zlota ,Lpa" the Russian. state
Tnent says "the Autro- Hungarians
continued their offensive occupying
villages. The chief of the Russian
divisional staff was killed while re-
establishing order among the units OF
the east Galician 'front.'.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-23
FROM "uNpER The OLD ELM"


The longer on this earth we live
And weigh the various qualities of
men,
Seeing how most are fugitive,
Or fitful gifts, at best. of now and
then,
Wind weavered corpse lights,
daughters of the fen,
The more we feel. the high stern
featured beauty,
OF plain devotedness to duty,
Steadfast and still, nor paid with
mortal praise,
But finding amplest recompense
For life's ungarlanded expense
In work done squarely and I'M
wasted days.
Lowell
The Old Ways.
Tit-Bits: A simple young man
was invited out to dinner one even
ing, and it fell to his lot to take in
a lady Of very vivacious tempera-
ment.
The lady did her best during the
meal to make Mr.. Simpleton talk,
but ELECTED nothing more satisfactory
from him than monosyllables. AS a
matter of fact, Mr.. Simpleton was
feeling very much bored.
Dessert came and. as a last effort
at conversation, the lady said:
ooh, Mr.. Simpleton, do you like
bananas? ~ D.. 70.
The young man appeared to be
thinking deeply for O. few moments,
and then answered:
"Er-no, no: ! think prefer the
oldfashioned nightgownl"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-23
HOPED GOOD FAIRY WOULD AID.
Mother of Four at % Tells Why She
Abandoned Her Little Girl.

- Abandoned Her Little Girl
From The New York Herald: Lit
tie Lillian What's Her Names moth
er, Mrs.. Nettie Drummer, was ar
raigned in Brooklyn court on a
charge OF having abandoned the
child. Lillian, years old, was un-
able to remember her last name and
had been kept by the Children's So
ciety two weeks before her mother
was found.
Il thought that by leaving Lillian
on the street maybe some woman like
Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard would get
her and give her a good home and
maybe make her an heiress," Mrs.
Drummer said. The mother is a frail
little person, whom trouble has aged
far beyond her % years.
March 49,. 1910. when I was 16
years old, / eloped with Ellsworth
Drummer, and we were married in Jer-
sey City. Trouble began with the
first child, and / have four of them.
Ellsworth is fireman on a Hudson
River tugboat and gets S13 a week,
but he is gone most of the time, and l
haven't had enough money to feed
my babies.
I'VE were dispossessed from our
rooms the first week in June. and ]
walked the streets with my children
all that night. The Salvation Army
would not take me in because of my
children, so 1 decided that I would
leave Lillian on a street corner, hop
ing good fortune would come to her.
After had kissed her and told her
to wait there and had walked two
blocks, my conscience hurt Ime and
went back for her, but bhe was
gone. Then, with the baby, Grace;
Howard, who is 2, and Edward, 8,
went to the Home for Friendless
Women and Children, and We were
taken in"
Magistrate MCGUIRE held Mrs.
Drummer in $1,000 bail for arraign-
ment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-23
Daniels Explains In Detdilsthe t,..
Information on Which Story of
Sub Attack on Troops Was Based
CIV Associated Press }

tied Press.)
reported that submarines had made
attacks upon two divisions OF the
transports. ,,
"As soon as the news was COM
municated. q statement was given
out that evening, which. ! ~, knew
would intensely crafty all Ameri-
cans. The message OF Rear Admiral
Gleaves, announcing the attacks, OF
course had not been given. TO the
public, and consequently IL had been
spared anxiety. The statement
which gave to the public conveyed
the feeling OF all who had been watt
ing and hoping for the reassuring
telegram. The facts were stated not
in the very words OF the Gleaves'
cAblegram. for 1t is the policy OF the
department in time of war not to
employ the language Of a message
coming in code. Otherwise. Ii would
be easy for the enemy to learn the
cipher. Moreover, the message Of
the rear admiral contained the names
OF the ships, which for military rea-
son are never given out during a
war. ~
1.-The important part of the state
ment was that all our soldiers and
marines and ships had been convoy
ed to France in safety. Two Of the
groups without being attacked and
two were unsuccessfully attacked.
II the terms battle and attacked in
force are open to criticism, the fact
still remains that the. rejoicing was
warranted. II the torpedoes, in
either Of tho attacks, had sunk AM
erican ships the criticism made
would not have concerned itself with
the difference between what might
have been called battle or ant'en-
counter or a brush gEs
1.-THE cablegrams from the rear
S>dmiral, which have not been given
to the public for reasons stated
abovS> are, of course, subject to the
inspectN<n of the naval affairs COM
mittee." p.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-23

Npy @kAEhOGA
Washington, July %. - Secretary
Daniels. In a letter sent to the sem
ate and made public today, explains
at length the information on which
ne based his statement of July 8 re-
| garding submarine attacks on . the
American expeditionary force, and
reveals that inconclusive reports OF
the encounter had reached the navy
! department fve days before the
| statement was issued. a,
The secretary wrote in reply to
Senator Tillman, chairman of the
naval committee, who sent a letter
or inquiry after resolution had
been introduced in congress request
ing that the department submit the
text or Rear Admiral Gleayes, dis
patch on the subject. Several sena-
tors have charged during debate that
the secretarys report was a greatly
exaggerated paraphrase OF the off,
cial report prepared by the public
information committee. The resolu-
ton of inquiry, however, was not
passed.
Late in the afternoon of July 81.
wrote the secretary, 1.-THE welcome
news came that the last ship of the
conveys and transports carrying the
first American soldiers and marines
TO night in France had reached its
destination in safety. The navy de-
partment had known for Ave days
prior to their arrival that two at
lacks by submarines had been made,
and you can well understand the
painful anxiety lest torpedoes should
have caused the loss of some of the
brave men who were carrying out
this hazardous enterprise. You may
imagine. therefore, the unsp<akable
relief to me which the news on
nouncing the arrival of the last sflfn
brought. This relief was of course,
shared by all others in the depart
ment who had been apprehensive
every minute since June %, when
Admiral Gleaves in a brief cable had