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The Coconino sun., 1918-02-08
Local Brevities

William Davis, of Winslow, was here on business Saturday.
 Several of Flagstaff's young people took in the dance at Riordan Saturday night.
 Mrs. Johnson Curry has returned from ten day stay at her ranch near Maine.
 George Dunnick, the carpenter, is home from few weeks visit in south ern California.
 Mrs. A. Linn, of Tuba City, was in town visiting Flagstaff friends the first of the week.
 Miss Lucy Branch has accepted a position as saleslady in the J. c. Pen ny store at this place.
 Al Sanford was up from his Ash Fork stock ranch the first of the week to visit his family.
 A. M. Bezzer, an old pioneer of Will Hams, arrived here the first of the week to enter the county hospital.
 I. B. Rock, superintendent of the A. L. & T. Co.,, was in Phoenix sev- eral days this week on business con- nected with his company.
 A. J. LeBarron arrived Saturday from the Salt River valley, where he has his sheep browsing for the win ter, to visit his family for few days.
 Craig Pottinger left the first of the week for business visit in Phoe- nix. Mrs. Pottinger is expected to ar rive in Flagstaff this week from the east.
 Charley Priest, who is working for the Colin Campbell sheep outfit at Peoria, returned to that place Mon day after few days visit with home folks. tf
 Mrs. Robert Shafer, who has been residing here this winter, was called to Phoenix Saturday on account of the illness of her husband, who is sheep inspector.
 Jesse Bushnell, forest ranger in the Oak Creek district, accompanied by his family, have returned from a sev. eral weeks visit at Mir. Bushnell's old home in Louisiana.
 Mrs. L. A. Howerton and two chil. dren arrived Saturday from Kansas to join Mir. Howerton, a new conner who recently took up a homestead east of Flagstaff.
 Jasper Owen, who has been employ. ed at the Grand Canyon for a few months, arrived here Saturday, ant left Monday for a visit with his pa rents in Los Angeles.
 Lewis Watt, a former resident o1 the Salt River valley, but now making his home at Redlands, Calif., was ir town Saturday while enroute home from a trip to Kansas City.
 Dr. H. K. Wilson, physician at the Tuba City Indian school, left Monday for his home, after few days visit in Flagstaff with relatives. He has daughter attending school at the N A. N. S.
 J. Lukus, the San Francisco street shoemaker, accompanied by his wifi and baby, returned Sunday from sev- eral weeks stay in Phoenix. Mrs. Lukus underwent a surgical operation while away and has almost recovered from it's effects.
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TODAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

hE'F uSns @"T ?GSS aS"p RUIZ RSss st. st. and Mary
HI%aFF E~atrcd &fnG Mar 26Ss AIT NTch ST. st. ana
Fr@nk @ Hickeyyo yo5s &"5S lqmSrTa ., St. and Mat
carl Eaufinsn, o57 locust ave. and Grace
Lathe, V57 Locust ave.
MfEk Fishor F'e%pF sS64 o!d hom''0uFS 5G and Mary
Georg@ B. Conery., 4l5o Terrace st, and
paH M ndn%r H"%rs s 4'H w. T"snSS sasansHanna S
asSFS" %naa S:HS ::Is4 ets e. st, st. and
THn%io WFisht Rsy Waype T6$I ,Iof rn and
Jams fSss"$ Mc "o'sJ nRs5SSiDuFf Fa "a
John Ault, 1917 Butler st. and Sophia Baker.
MIcha%i iiH9e +. veaIo. 221l Rainbridge st. and
n?%ar& S!l F X5s1 7d$ 7Ss ,2}@ FPanEl,n Si st.. and
RhaPd aPdnr NJ NySti yHe "4 aa Am5nd n45H f's st. and
catherine, ii ,W4d,,T. s4$4 Z st. ,,,n,'
Rogaoz. S44s Almond st.
f"rd. and EihcI M iarason, o Olney. '"''"
Raymond i, EroMni Florence Apis. ant
oFS%F' FS2 M% aInH and "Sf5FE saTSS EenSea2 " r2G,
jesse Sc 9 9 Day New York city and Gertrud,
Z; Judd; Nsw York city; ,..,,o ,
! William j. Frederick, SwHdeSDOrO. y. J.
and Marion J. Henry. sTl " 5Oth st.
| Peter McCorry, 2sl9 Mutter st. and Agnes
Creamery. 2l44 Nedro ST.
! Charles +. Costello. ll3 W. Ontario st. ant
AIic" ". Doherty. 9l3 +. Tioga st.
James S Gourlay 1884 Farmount ave. anc
p, JoseRhi4s McCormlck. WyndmooT ave.
f. Gibson Reading. Pa.
Joseph NJ Donnelly. Y. ). navy. and Heller
NJ Hanson. !29+7 y. Taylor St
Harry Cloud. 1910 Agate st and Anna l.
Hall. 1874 w. Palmer 81.
I lIpa M ATnr
Wnikcr 1900 Ridge ave.
! Eppie VI Garland. 4646 Aspen st, AM
Louise Barr. 838 \, 45th st.
Harold I. Jones. 2o85 Master st. and Mar,
! Wethersby, $50 n. llth ct.
! Herbert T. Erwin. 1916 Ritner St, an
Hrlen MCMenamIn. 1904 Rtner 81.
Carl a. Rogers. L. s. y. Cincinnati, o.
and Isabel MGDeyitt. 2+o8 Fedora, 4
crime NJ McKenna. Atlantic City.
Thomas J. Hines. 2927 $, 18th st, an
Louis p. Lukert Jr., 827 W. York st an
Mary f. Saltzer. Eagleville Mills. Pa
Maurice n. MusCOtt 1915 Columbia ave.
and Leah r. Pinheiro. 32O3 oxford St
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to France and has in operation e67
standard-gauge locomotives and 1914
standard-guage freight cars of Amer.
can manufacture. In addition II has In
service 350 locomotives and 973 cars
of foreign origin. To meet demands
which the existing French railways were
unable to meet, S43 miles of standard
gauge railway were constructed. Five
hundred miles of this have been built
since June I. on top of this the de-
partment OF light railways reports the
construction of 115 miles OF road and
140 miles OF German light railway were
repaired and put in operation. Two
hundred and twenty-five miles Of French
railway were operated by the Ameri-
cans.
These figures represent n fairly good
sized American railway company but
railways represent only a fraction of the
transport efforts. Modern warfare Ia
motor warfare and It is virtually i'm
possible to present In figures this phase
of the work OF the American army. In
building new roads as the exigencles Of
battle operations required, in keeping
French roads repaired under the cease-
less tide of war transport and In CON
structing bridges in devastated battle
regions American engineers worked day
anu nlEHI Inc "nOlP region DtIllHu lht
American lines Is full OF typical Ameri.
can road machinery. much of It of a char.
acter never before seen in Europe. To do
this work the American expeditionary
lorces had In operation on November | !
more than $4,000 motor vehicles of all
description.
Even at the present stage of the armi-
stice. which may precede peace. It is not
permissible to hint at the vast stores
of munitions and armament brought over
and held in readiness. The Associated
Press. however. Is allowed to give ap-
proximate figures showing what has been
accomplished in the accumulation OF food
supplies. It will be seen that the Amer
lean eXpeditionary forces were in no
danger Of being placed on short ra-
tions. had the war continued, although
the Americans had promised the Allies
vast quantities of food. in addition to
their own needs.
In army terms, one ration represents
the quality of each article each man Is
entitled to daily. 1t is interesting to
note the supply of some of the principal
ration Components on hand today. For
instance, the Americans have 100000. 900
rations Of beans alone, $4,000, 900 ra-
tions Of flour and -four substitutes, 267.-
900, 900 rations of milk. 161,000,000 ra-
tons of butter or substitutes, 143. 900. 900
rations of sugar, S9,000,OoD rations of
meat, 57,000.000 rations of coffee and
100000 rations of rice, hominy and
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GIANT WAR WORK
BY i. s. IN FRANCE
Construction of 843 Miles
of Railroad Part of
Great Task
FIGURES ARE AMAZING
Yankees Solved the Transport
Problem, Opened Big Ports
and Fed the Allies
FIGURES ARE AMAZING
By the Associated Press

American Headquarters in France,
Nov @"
The extent of Americas military ef-
fort in France at tho time the armistice
was declared is shown by statistics
which the Associated Press is now per-
mitted to make public. While the stu
pendous figures required to tell the
story are in themselves amazing. II
should be remembered that they show
only a part OF the great effort in war
preparations in men, money and ma
terial
On the morning OF November II the
United States had in France 1881 Of
ficers and 1,sS1,376 men. n total OF al
most 100000. AS has already been an
nounced. there were 100000 combat
ber does not include the American units
engaged on other parts OF the front
Man-Power Only One Factor
Man-power alone, however, was only
one factor in the preparations for Amer
lean participation in the war Behind
It lay vast machinery which was re-
uuired In operations. Railways and
motor roads were constructed and across
the sea were brought locomotives cars,
rails and motor transport of every kind.
Behind this again was the requisite
food clothing and general supplies for
the men, as well as dockage and ware
house construction. Every effort OF
civil life, plus the requirements of war,
was exerted
The American army has brought over
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other foods There. are requisites such
as fiavorings, fruits, candy and potatoes
In proportion, while for smokers there
are 76i ,O00, 900 rations of cigarettes and
tobacco in other forms.
Food Represents Economy
Army Authorities point out that these
vast necessary supplies for the army
represent food economies on the part OF
the people at home. without such econ
omies the work would have been vir-
tually impossible, nor would the Amer
leans have been able to, promise cer-
tain Of the Allies great assistance in
meeting their requirements during the
winter. The Associated Press Is In
formed that the American army had
engaged to give the French 100000
pounds of meat, 100000 pounds OF
beans and rice, -four and milk In pro-
portion. To the British 5000, 900 pounds
of meat we're promised, while the Bel
gians we're assured that they would
receive 100000 pounds of rations Of
all kinds.
1t Is difficult to describe in exact
figures what the American expeditionary
forces have done in the construction
and improvement and dockage and ware
houses since the first troops landed. This
work has been proportionate to the
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GIRLS FARM 200 ACRES
Youthful Daughters of s. J. T. Hall Fill
His Place Successfully

Hagerstown. Nd. Nov. 2O.--Miss Let
tua Hull, seventeen years old, and Miss
Nina Hull thirteen years old, daugh-
ters of Samuel J. p. Hull, of Indian
Spring district have demonstrated the
efficiency Of their sex as farm managers.
Their father having been Ill since last
spring, the daughters took charge of
the 2O0-aCrC farm and raised fine crops,
DESPITE the scarcity of labor. Each
plowed the fields with a two-horse team.
They operated the binder, driving four
horses and also assisted in hauling n
large wheat crop into the barn. They
have plowed, narrowed and seeded
twenty-nine acres for next seasons s
wheat crop. and they spend spare hours
in handling a cross-cut saw and piling
up firewood for winter fuel.
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whole EFFORT in other directions. Steamer
bcrths have been built at Bordeaux, hav-
ing a total length Of 400 feet At
Monitor, near st. Nazaire. eight berths'
are under construction with n, total
length OF over 5000 feet. These. how
ever, do not indicate the magnitude Of
the effort of the English corps in this
phase of Improvement to French. ports.
great labor has been expended in drede-
ing operations, repairing French docRs
and increasing railway terminal facili-,
ties. Warehouses having an aggregate
floor area of almost 23.000,OOO square
feet have been constructed.
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ADDITIONS TO DAYS
LIST OF CASUALTIES

Washington, Nov 2l.-(By A. P)-
The following additions to the list OF
casualties are furnished by the War De-
partment;
Wounded Slightly. Previously Reported Miss
ing In Action
CQRPoRAL-James L. Sheridan. Pitts
MEcHANIC-Roy N. Shaw. PembertOn.
PRIvATEs-Frank Bernard HarbidEe. 500
North Fortieth street. Philadelphia; Philip
Mcdowell. 45O0 Laird street. Philadel-
phia.
Wounded DECREE Undetermlnedl, Previously
Reported Missing Action
PRIvATES-Peter Bauman, Ancongie
pa Duval II. Bower. North Berwick, Pa {;
VILLA m Burns Phoenixvilis. Pa. George J.
Cc<ie col North Twenty-frst street Phila.
8>inhIai Elmer Lytle, York. Pa. Raymond
~ Vert. Fullerton Pa.
n Y inG IL Action p q
tHIyATE s!s<5 :!l I, ysrts. .s,r so' Nsr'h Law
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monweath has done In the present
emergency.
This acton probably will be taken
notwithstanding the fact that some
months ago the states historical COM
mission. of which GOvernOr-elect Will
liam G. Sproul is chairman, began work
on the collection of similar data.
Another matter that will come before
the commission next week is the limita-
ton of the Committee of National De-
fense with headquarters in Philadelphia,
organized for the period of the war.
and which since the arrnisticc has been
in effect has been gradually cutting
down its work.
Lieutenant Governor Frank b. Nc
CLAIM. who is the States representative
on this body, will make report to the
state war board on this matter.
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LICHNOWSKY ASKS LENIENCY
Declares Armistice Conditions
Inspired by Spirit of Revenge

Amsterdam, Nov. 2l.-(Bv A. PD 49,
Prince Lchnuwsky. former German am
bassador at London. is the author Of the
latest German appeal for Clemency. His
appeals appear in the Berlin Norwaerts.
He declared The conditions of the
armistice were inspired by spirit Of
revenge and will lead TO starvation,
anarchy. chaos and the spread of Rus
stan tendencies which are the most dan
gerous enemies of democracy and free
dom
The overwhelming majority Of Ger
mans did not desire the war and earn
cstly wish for reconciliation. cruel
EXPLOITATION of our present situation
would cndanger the ideal league of ma
tions do not appeal to pity, but to
perspiCaCity."
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New Bank for Cuba

New York. Nov. 21-The Banco Mer-
camille Americana de Cuba. with a cap
ital and surplus of S2,5O0.O00, has been
organized by the Mercantile Bank of the
Americas. in conjunction with the Guar
anty Trust Company of New York. 1t
Is announced here The new cuban
bank. it was said. would be opened on or
before January 1. 1919
Charles H. Sabin. of New York. has
been elected chairman of the board OF
directors and Albert Breton. also of this
CITY. president.
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Soldier Outwiis Censor

Smithfeid. Pa, Nov. Elbow Jud
son Grimm. OF Smthfield, put one Over
on the army censors Is shown in let.
ter just received by his mother. He
wrote that he was not permitted to tel
where he was. but if she reCollected the
man who kept a confectionery store al
a certain time the first four letters OF
the mans name would locate him. The
mans name was MetZler.
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58 KEYSTONE MEN
INCASUALTY LIST
739U. S. Soldiers Included
in Report Made by Cen
eral Pershing
I1O KILLED IN ACTION
22l Americans Are Officially
Recorded as Missing
in Action

Warrington. Nov y.
The names OF ffty-eight Pennsylvania
ans are included in the list Of 73o United
States casualties announced by the War
Department today OF the list 22l were
marked missing in action
Summarized the losses TO date are:
Rnnnrtnd rntnla
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efficiency which won fame for the Amer
lean destroyer hotilla in the Irish Sea
had it's beginnings at the great repair
yard here.
No end of "chasers" were made ready
for overseas duty at League Island Two
score American speed craft of this type
we're fitted with towing gear, big gas
tanks and depth-bombng tackle at the
yard; another batch Of about dozen
we're similarly made ready for the French
navy. Every one of the less modern
American submarines that went across
was prepared there for deep-water serv-
Ice. Many battleships for the fleet now
In British waters were outtitted and
made ready at League Island.
Attention to Merchantmen
And in between other jobs the navy
experts and their 1000 workmen gave
some of the energies to the repair of
merchantmen. All the merchant ships
that came up the Delaware River had
necessary work done at the League
Island drydocks and Quitting piers 1t
was the only repair and docking station
along the Delaware. There the mer-
chant ships were fitted to carry troops
and additional cargo, or put In shape
to take across some of the war mate
rails that were more difficult of trans
port
For instance, It was a problem to get
the huge flying boats" built at the
navy yard over to France, because when
Grated these craft were too big and
bulky to lie fat on the deck Of any
ordinary ship. So the navy experts
built skids ten feet high on the decks.
to which the big crates were iashed
fast 1t had to be a thorough job
the flying craft were too precious to risk
having them slide overheard in heavy
sea-
Perhaps the most interesting thing
of this sort done during the entire period
of the war was the shipping of the now
famous naval guns built at the Baldwin
plant.
This has been mystery gun" from,
the time the first rumors OF its con-
struction leaked out Even since the
war comparatively little has been made
known about 1t by the authorities.
All the guns Of this type that went t
France were shipped from the Philadel
phia navy yard. The great gun Shoots
a projectile sixteen inches in diameter
and has range of thirty miles The
gun itself weighs 100 tons. The mount
ing for it weighs another hundred tons
The small" parts weigh fifty tons each
Shipment a Problem
The problem was to carry these gun
on the decks of merchantmen. Tn
mammoth cannon weighed SO much tina
there was a real danger that they woult
smash through the superstructure Of ;
merchant ship and tear their way out
the bottom. A dozen Of these big gun
had to be rushed to our armies II
France.
Every one got overseas. Far NOR
of them than the Germans cared t
, reckon brought flying earthquake to tn
boche lines.
= The men at League Island found
way to send them across safely. The
simply shored up the decks of the ship
which carried them. building support
! ing frame for the big guns that Wen
! down clear to the keel plates
!, Another big job-that must only b
hinted at here, even though the war
over-was the Quitting of America
fighting craft with a device that auto
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achievements In peace time to add to-
the fine list Of things accomplished
during the war. 4
1T looks as IL there would be plenty
Of work this winter for all the present
employees of the yard" said the Ad-
miral, land work for even more men In
the spring
we expect this to be the biggest
navy yard In the country. We don't
brae much, but we think we can do as
good work here, as quickly, and at as
low a cost, as can be done In any prl.
vate yard.
I'VE are educating our own men. We
have schools for apprentices and schools
in the shops Some Of our apprentice
boys are getting theoretical schooling
in such branches as mathematics and
drawing. in addition to their practical
work. Much OF the, work done here
has been directed by men we have Nedu-
Gated ourselves. This has been very
successful phase of our general activity.
Wonderful Development
"Since the war the yard has developed
Into a tremendous plant. A few years
ago people thought the Philadelphia
Navy Yard was so big that we could
never make use Of the ground we had
Now we are forced to go outside the
yard limits for needed extra space.
During the war period we had about
$4,000 persons In the yard--not all at
one" time, but all employed here or on
duty here constantly. Seven thousand
sailors are in camp at the yard. When
the aircraft factory was running at ca
pacity we had In all about 1900 women
employees, counting In the girls who
hold yeomen's ratings. ..
Our biggest task will be the build
ing of the battle cruisers. Our orders
are to 60 right ahead with them. All
the activity at the farther end of the
yard Is in preparation for the beginning
of work on these ships next spring"
Admiral Hughes has at his command
the most wonderful equipment for doing
big work that one could imagine. When
the wartime prohibition Is raised and
Philadelphians are free to enter the
yard and see the changes that have
taken place. they will marvel that so
huge plant could have been created
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, matically sweeps for mines as the ships
steam through a danger zone, The
George Washington, President Wilson's
ship, is fitted with this device, which
originated with the British and was
perfected by American naval experts
1t has been attached TO twenty American
war craft at the local yard.
These are Just a few of the big under
takings that have been completed Sue
cessfully, but without a word OF pub
| licity at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in
the last eighteen months.
Now for the future. The yard is
starting Off with thoroughly modern
ized equipment. Electric and acety-
/ lene welding is used In practically every
operation where old fashioned methods
could be replaced with new.
New buildings are going up on every
hand. A new structural shop for the
shipyard is nearing completion. It is
a huge building of concrete, steel and
glass 500 feet long. Then there is a
new galvaniEing plant, known as the
gas and flame plant, about 100 feet
long by 100 feet wide. of the same
modern type of construction. 1t will be
used for electric and acetylene Welding
for galvanizing, ''pickling' and polish
ing-all very essential operations In
the building and repair Of ships.
A new smithery is being built; new
boat shop, for the construction of small
craft of various kinds---a great deal OF
this sort of work was done during the
war period. by the way--and new
mattress factory. where they make life
buoys, belts, pillows, out Of "kapoc,'
a silk-foss material that is extremely
buoyant.
LaunchinEs Next Spring
Next spring they will launch the
hospital ship now on the ways, ant
the four mine-sweepers that are alread,
well advanced toward completion.
And then the Philadelphia Navy Yarc
will enter on new phase of its histor,
with the laying of the two battle
cruiser keels it will spring into first plac
as a shipbuilding yard
There are four new shipways practic
ally ready. Two are for smaller craft
J two for the immense new battle-cruiser
that Will be the pride of the American
navy, and the most powerful fightinj
ships afloat.
These will be sea mammoths $50 fee
long. armed with guns of the heavies
callber, yet capable of extreme speed
one of them will be named the "Con
stitution." AS yet no name has bee
! provided for the second, which is know
as mo. g." its listed name in the de
partment. They were to have cos
about $20,o00.000 apiece. Under wal
! time conditions, with material and labo
| costing double or more, 1t is estimate
that when completed each Of these ne,
e super-dreadnaughts will represent a
! OUTLAW of abOllt $40 mn nm
. On a par with these big ships is III