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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-08
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chicago, Jan. -Hogs-Receipts,
sc, 900; strong, 25c to SIC above Satur-
days average. Bulk of sales, S1640m
1915: light, $1a.I5 a 1886; mixed. Sl6.T0
m16.so; heavy. siG.o5M16.25; pigs,
$i2.25M15.35.
Cattle-Receipts IA 900; strong. Ma
tive steers, $7.s5fp13.50; stockers and
feeders. S6.T6M10.50; cows and heifers,
S5.50Ml160, calves, $S.50ml5.75.
Sheep-Receipts 10000; firm. Weth-
ers, $9.50I1s.25: lambs, $1s50@17.30.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-08
WEATHER AFFECTS
new yoRK STOCKS
Buying Takes Sluggish Tul1,
Due to Storms in West
and South.
INDUSTRIALS ACTIVE
Liberty As Show Decided De-
cline Without Any APP
parent Reason.
ACTIVE

New York. Ian. THE sluggish
less resulted mainly from adverse
weather conditions, which materially
reduced business with important west
crn and southwestern centers.
Happenings over the wcek-end re-
ceived favorable Interpretation in tho
main. especially the war aims of Great
Britain as defined by Lloyd George.
Adyices regarding the Russian situa-
ton also offered fresh encouragement.
Rails Reactionary.
Tho order OF the Interstate Com
mercc commission requcstion railroads
TO file estimates of their. financial re-
quirements was in accord with pend
ing legislation by congress. but rail-
way shares were often reactionary,
when not heavy.
Additional statements of railroad
earnings proved disappointing and re :
ports from, leading terminals disclosed
less than normal movement of traffic
Tor such important commodities as
grains, livestock and lumber
1ndustrials> moved within narrow
limits until the final hour, when fairly
large buying of steels. coppers and
shippings effected n general rally
United States Steel rose almost 8
, points from its low. closing fraction
Under it's maximum at 947s.
Specials Irregular. =.
Special stocks. notably those owing
their activity to pools. were irregular
but ended with rallies. including Pull
man. which had registered an extreme
less OF over points. Sales amounted
to $4,000 shares.
Sound investment conditions were
denoted by tho speedy absorption OF
SAC, 100000 American Telephone pc,
cent notes at n per cent yield.
The only feature OF the irregula,
bond market was the further declines
in Liberty As from $3.50 to the new
minimum OF 96.42. the aus selling al
1854 to 9S.72. Total sales OF bonds
par value, $4,235.000.
United States bonds, old issues
were unchanged on call
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-08
Corn.
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN

Minneapolis. Jan. Flour. UNI
changed. Shipments, G0,7S2 barrels.
Barley-SL2aM i.57.
Rye--Sl. az Ml.S4ik.
Bran-S3a.50.
Wheat--Rcecipts 45o ears, compared
with dGl a year ago.
torn--No. 3 yellow, $l6Sm1T2.
oats-No, 3 white. 79A ISOsi.
F1ax-$357h u dlS.6Ih.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-08
ATTENTION, MASONS!

Missoula lodge No. 10. A. +. & A. NJ.
will hold a Special Communication this
evening at 1880 o'clock, for work in the
Fellow Craft degree.
DIR. Z. w. SPoTTSWOOD, w. NJ.
Adv
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-08
STORMS UPHOLD
CORN EXCHANGE
Severe Weather in Middle
West Tends to Slow Up
Market Sales.
FALL IN SEAROARDS
Provisions Advance Because
Of Small Supply of Hogs
Arriving From West.
FALL IN sEABOARDs

Chicago. Jan. 7.--Storm conditions
affecting the railroads tended today TO
uphold the corn market Prices closed
steady at the same as Saturdays fin
ish to u cent off, with January, 1.27A
ana May. l.25ks. oats gained 4 10 Z
cent and provisions II to ~ cents
Corn prices hardened a little at
times as result Of the fact that owing
70 train blockades the arrivals of corn
mere showed n much smaller total than
had been looked for. IT was the gen.
eral belief however, that a material
quickening of thc crop movement
would not be long delayed, and there
were numerons reports that empty
cars were being furnished freely to
rural shippers. a further handicap
was thu knowledge that to comply with
the views of the food administration
the board of trade directors had re-
fused to disturb the present maximum
price limit on future deliveries. Under
.such circumstances any decided show
or strength was out of the question.
b'it on the other hand the market
proved stubborn against the least i'm
pEtant decline
Oats Take Rise.
curtallment u receipts helped to lift
1he oats market. Besides. a falling off
IN seaboard stocks counted against tho
bears
provisions advanced because tho
supply of hogs was much less numer
Gus than had been expected.
Days range:
No trading in wheat
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06

,L1zDAS. Martin. 1919 H Street. Waukegan.
MEYER. Fred H.. 222 West 144th Street,
New York
MINOR, Ernest F., Thornton. R.. I.
NAUMAN. Merle L., Arspe, Iowa
PFAB. Joseph H.. SO Burlington Street.
Dubuque. Iowa.
POWERS, Everett, Carlisle Iowa.
SALISBURY. Jesse R., Patterson, Iowa.
,SCHUSTER. Clemens W.. 63 Caledonia
Place, Dubuque. Iowa.
SHAW. Earl G., 626 Eleventh Street. Du-
VAN DUYNE. Arthur c.. California, Penn.
,ZAU1SZA. John. 81 William Street, Mid
dletown, Conn.
Died of Wounds
PERRY. Gordon E.. sergeant Creston.
,LEcHNER. Carl j., corporal. Cedar Falls,
SHEA. James c.. corporal, Roslindale.
DAVIS. Everett c.. cook, Nora Springs,
Iowa.
ATKINSON. Clemmie Denmark. Ore
COFFEE, Holly. Morgan. KY
HAZARD, Samuel, Atlantic, Iowa
iHi,unxIABLE, Wayne E.. lie Mars. Iowa.
N. MDOMALD. John H.. Wellington. Mass.
SAUNDERS, William M. Garwin Iowa
SCHUBERT. Joseph Ford City. Penn.
STALEY, William A.. 1915 Avenue I,
Council Bluffs. Iowa
liza EN-, Cnaries d., Milford, Conn.,
Died of Disease
y, PATNoDE. James Dudley. corporal. Fort
Henry, N. Y.
DoNDERo, Frederick Joseph, "a Wash
ington Street. Flushing. N. Y.
M'NEILL. James N, 266 West 123d
Street. New York City.
Wash.
PHALEN. John F.. 5S5 Vinewood Avenue,
Detroit.
POOLE. Shellie j.. Wedowee, Ala.
RUGH. Joseph, Emlenton, Penn
VIOLA, James. 81 Salem Street, Boston.
Died of Accident
SMITH. Howard R., lieutenant. New Cas-
tie, Ind
BECHTER, Donald. sergeant. 1ndepen-
dence, Iowa.
JONES, John NJ. e714 Hudson Place,
Pittsburgh, Penn.
Severely Wounded
CRADDOCK. Abram P, lieutenant, Lynch
DAMBRAUCKAs, Adam P. lieutenant,
4764 Melnor Street, Philadelphia.
SULLIVAN. Walter j.. lieutenant 400
Michigan Avenue, Chicago
WESTPHAL. Frederick August, leuten-
ant. 159 Lenox Avenue. Providence. R. I.
DUMAS, I1uHn r., sergeant, llV LdnS0On
Avenue. Toronto, Canada
RANDALL, Clayton, sergeant. sos Mer-
chants Bank Building, ST. Paul.
KENNEDY. Albert L., corporal, Charles
town. Mass.
OCONNELL, William. corporal. Cam
bridge. Mass.
PUTNEY. Fred W., corporal, Hutchinson.
MINI.
PRETZEL. Herman H.. mechanic. Still
water, MINI.
BRISSON, Laurence R.. bugler. Virginia,
MINI.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Britain Threatens
Reprisal on Prisoners

LONDON, June 5.-The sentence
PASSED by German court martial in
March on several British officers who
were prisoners of war at Claustal has
called from the British government
definite threat of reprisals. The fol-
lowing announcement was made on the
subject ip the House of Commons:
IN the opinion OF His Majesty's gov
ernment the sentence of seven months
imprisonment passed by the German
authorities on these officers for an ac-
ton which was incidental to an attempt
to escape is in direct contravention
OF Paragraph 16 of The Hague agree
rlent
The Netherlands Minister at Berlin
nas been requested to take any action
possible to secure a reduction of the
sentences and to inform the German
government that His Majcsty's govern
went will be forced to interpret this
paragraph in manner similar to that
n which it has been interpreted by tho
Yerman authorities in this case unless
sshe latter gives an assurance that such
breaches OF the agreement shall not
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
The Casualty List

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The army
casualty list to-day contained 10
names, divided as follows: Killed in
action, thirty-nine; died of wounds,
thirteen; died of accident, three; died
OF disease, six; wounded severely,
forty-seven; missing in action. two.
Officers named we're: Colonel Bert
ram I. Clayton, Salisbury, N. c.; Cap
tains Harry A. Bullock, Cambridge,
Mass; Edward o. Fleur, Des Moi,.es,
Iowa; Lieutenants Clarence Green,
Winterset, Iowa: Richard Mortimer,
jr., Tuxedo Park, N. Y, killed in action;
Lieutenant Howard R. Smith, New
castle, Ind, died of accident; Lieu
tenants Abram P. Craddock, Lynch
burg, Vt; Adam P. Dembrauckas,
philadelphia; Walter j. Sullivan,
Chicago, and Frederick August West
phal, Providence, R. l., severely
wwounded; Lieutenant Ralph U. Noble
Galesburg. ILL.,, missing in action
Lieutcnants Benjamin C. Byrd, Hart
ford, Conn.,, and Robert Baker Nc
Dowell, Jersey City, N. j., prisoners,
previously reported missing.
The list follows:
(Au names not othersUise marked are those
OF prirdtes.)
Killed in Action
:. CLAYTON. Bertram T.. colonel. Salisbury
BULLOCK. Harry A.. captain, Cambridge
Mass
FLEUR. Edward O.. captain, 1926 Dean
Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa.
GREEN. Clarence. lieutenant. Winterset
Iowa.
~ MORTIMER, Richard. jr., lieutenant
MURRAY. Willie K, sergeant, Newfound-
land Ky.
TILLMAN. Jesse F.. sergeant, creston,
: ,DIIXoN, Walter j., corporal. 1874 Sixty
MATTSON. August, corporal, KiplinR
Mich.
ORR. Frank W., corporal, COL Park Ave
DAVIS, Fred NJ, bugler, Lorimer, Iowa.
DOWNS. Joseph cook. Kinmundy. Ill.,
ALONGI. Nicolo, Priggi, Italy.
ANDERSON, Sigurd O., 1881 PENNSYLVANIA
Avenue, Mason City, Iowa.
=, BAkEN. Claude, 145 Fifth Street, S. w.,
Mason City, Iowa.
BAKER, Oscar. As South Locust Street,
BEvERsDoRF. Carl B.. 2e17 couler Ave-
nue., Dubuque, Iowa.
BROWN. Frank r., Red Oak, Iowa
COULBORN. Lloyd R., Salisbury, Md.
CRAIG. Otis E.. 1S11 North Third Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
CROFT, Bruce c.. WSpterset. Iowa.
FORD, Eugene. WnteNset, Iowa
FUNDERBURK, WillfoEd, Durand. Ga.
GETTYS. Lloyd W., StuNrt, Iowa.
HAM, Smith, WinterseA Iowa.
HEWITT. Gladstone c., AOl South Walnut
Street, Creston. Iowa.
HULSEY, Admiral d. Ret,ecca, Ga.
KELLlSH, William, 205 Fairview Avenue
Lancaster, Penn.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06

NELSON. Walter g.. Hutchinson. MINI.
NORTHAM, Lawrence W.. La Porte. Ind
OGREN. Harvey L.. 750 West Sample
Street. South Bend. Ind.
OSBURNE. Angus f.. Book. Minn.
PAUL. Leroy. Little Canada. Mimi.
PERRY, Charles D., Ponuonock, Conn.
PIERCE. Willie L.. Exeter. Va
RODGERS, Gerald A.. Lacona. Iowa.
RUHL. William Carl. 400 Rose Avenue
Akron, Ohio.
TATHEM. Glen R., Ipava. Ill.
THORSTAD. Hans. 14l0 East Thirty-sec-
ond Street. Minneapolis.
WAGNER, Charles, 229 St. Anthony Ave
nue.. st. Paul.
WINGE1S. Joseph. lis Shepherd Street,
Buffalo.
Missing in Action
NOBLE, Ralph, lieutenant, Galesburg. III.
JONES. John W., Oxford. Ala.
Prisoners previously Reported
Missing)
BYRD, Benjamin c., lieutenant. 76 Whit
more Street. Hartford, Conn
MCDOWELL. Robert Baker, COG Bramhall
Avenue. Jersey City. NJ J.
HARGER. Melville s.. 47la East Main
Street. Battle Creek. Mich.
Note.--List for June A, address of Private
Emmit J. Prosser, held as prisoner. should
be 200 North Sheridan Street, Minneapolis.
Kan, not Minneapolis, MINI.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Kaiser Views Ruin
On West Battlefront

o@STERDAM, June 5.--Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburg accompanied the
herman Emperor on his tour Saturday
o. the newly gained territory between
yee Chemin des Danes and the River
sesie, according to the description
Written by Karl Rosner. of the 'Lokal
nnihzeiger." The two military chiefs
hIst visited the headquarters of Cen
.fal Won Boehm, commander in chief Of
s9e army fighting on the Marne, and
received reports on the situation
ahen the party visited Pinon and the
..;Sshaux- -Conde region, thence going fur
.ner south to recently captured hill,
mnere they could see the fighting west
o. SCISSORS. After going to Fere-en-
!srdenois to view the captured terri.
soIy as far as the Ourcq the Emperor
Fismes. ~
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06

IomASSETTI. Fiodi F.. cook, 120 Spring.
dale Avenue. Meriden. Conn.
BECKER. Nicholas. White Bear. MINI.
Haverhill Mass.
FuLCHER. Clyde. Talladega, Ala.
FURCHNER. Henry, 500 Schafer Street.
GATHER. Ray B.. 2o4 Hayes Avenue,
GLoWAcK1. Walter. 5000 Pulaski Avenue,
HANCOCK. John E. 60 Marshall Street,
Paterson. N. ].
HOuLE; Anthony j.. Spencer. Mass.
HouSBf. Edward T., Dayton, Ohio.
,JANObI. Rufus, 1921 Alderman Street,
JOSEPH. Manuel A.. 1919 Atlantic Street,
West Oakland. Cal =
KELLY. Eugene R.. 2120 Seventeenth
Avenue South Minneapolis. MINI
KING. Earl S., r. F. D. No. s, Waterloo.
Iowa. 'N0'
KRYsCYsYNs. Stanley. Poduski. Russia.
LEFFlNGWELL. Eben c. 4O3 r Seven
teenth Street. Des Moines. Iowa.
:, LEONE. Joseph, 406 Hanover Street.
MARTz. Harry c.. 700 East Sixth Street,
st. Paul.
MCCARTHY. John j.. 4s5 Smith Avenue,
st. Paul.
MORGAN. George H.. oss York Street,
ST. Paul.
MUFF, Walter. ss1 Bayard Street, St.
Paul
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Drive Against Italy
Is Expected Soon
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)

Especial Dispatch to The T.4bune)
WASHINGTON, June 5.-An official
dispatch from Rome to-day indicates
the Austro Hungarian offensive against
Italy will be started in a few days. 1t
says:
"War correspondents report the
enemy continues to concentrate large
numbers of troops on our front, and
everything indicates the battle begun
in France soon will spread to the Piave
front. Military authorities have def
nately recognized sixty Austrian divi-
sions distributed in three distinct lines,
but there is reason to believe there are
more.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Germans Decry Foes
For Needing the Pope
By George F. Stewart
Especial Gable to The Tribune,

V"Vectd1 Cabte to The Tf1bMnc]
ROTTERDAM, June 5.-It is impos-
s1ele to find in the German press any
friendly recognition of the Entente
governments acceptance of the Pope's
request not to bomb Cologne on Corpus
Christi day.
The following. from the "Dusseldor-
fer Nachrichten." is characteristic:
at is typical of the spirit of the
English that such a request was not
granted on humane or religious
grounds, but only because military in
terests we're involved"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
3 Killed in French Air Crash

PAR1S, June 6.~--Three French avi-
nn,ors, named Gaillauroux. Hutin and
siamand, were killed at the Amberieu
as,nrome today when two airplanes
sgnded just as they were about to
ssna after trial fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-11
DEMAND FOR OAK
Activity Reported in Hardwood
 Business

A special from Memphis to the Amer ican Lumberman says:
 Practically everything manufactured here is in good demand, though the big vest inquiry at the moment is for thick oak and high grade quartered oak, the latter for the manufacture of airplaae propellers, and for low grade cottonwood and gum, which are wanted in much larger quantities for box manufacture than can be supplied from available holdings. There will be. in the opinion of hardwood lumber interests here, large demand for thick oak to be used in and other vehicles for the government and much attention at the moment is be- ing paid to the making of this class of stock. Yellow poplar too, is wanted for propellers. but red oak cannot be used. There is very satisfactory call for the higher grades of cottonwood and gum, of either demand or prices in connection with ash, hickory and cypress
 There is good call for inch oak ir plain stock, but offerings are reported generally rather light because of diver sion of machinery to the manufacture of 6-4 and thicker stock. 1t is estina ed that Memphis mills are not producing more than 50 per cent of their normal output because of shortage of cars for log handling. Meantime, there is slow ing down again of the movement of out bound shipments because of new eml,lr- goes which close most of Central Freight association and all of Eastern Trunk Line territory to lumber shipments from this point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-11
THE COAL SHORTAGE
Editorial Views of Kentucky News
 paper


 The Franklin Qxy.) Favorite says:
 Now that the government has gotten the labor question pretty we'll in hand, and has virtually assumed control of railroad activities. it is to be hoped that the coal shortage can soon be remedied. That was a master stroke of policy in the settlement. wherein the miners were required to put in a minimum of time each week, the penalty for falling to do so being fines in proportion to the dere- fiction.
 This provision strikes at the keynote of the trouble. The reason why the country has suffered coal shortage is simply that the coal has not been mined. Many causes have worked to produce the result. Part of these lay with the oper- ators and part with the men. In some mines labor disputes interrupted opera tiCns, in others there seemed to be no ambition to show a large output, but rather the reverse.
 The truth of the coal situation, taking the country as whole. is that there is plenty of coal in the mines and plenty of men to get it out If the two are properly connected up there is no vand reason why the country should suffer from a lack of fuel If the operators will bend their energies to increasing their output rather than controlling the markets, the situation will soon take a turn foxSthe better. Let us hope the re- cent settlement will have this effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-11
Concrete Ships to Be
 Built at Brunswick

A Brunswick special to the Industrial Index says:
 The first concrete ship ever constructed on the Atlantic coast will be built here by the Liberty Shipbuilding company which will begin immediately the con- structon of shpbuilding plant.
 The company, winch has it's headquar- ters in Boston, has received contract from the government for the construc- ton of 50 concrete ships, the building of 49 of them being contingent upon the success of the first one.
 One of the ways of the Brunswick Marine Construction corporation will be used for the first ship, and the company in the meantime will start building a plant on it's permanent location, which has already been secured
 If the first vessel is a success, and shipbuilders generally predict that there is no question but that it will be, 1t means that Brunswick will secure one ot the largest and most up p-to-date shipbuild- ing plants in the country.
 So certain are the officials of the Lip- erty that the concrete ship will be a suc- cess that they intend to proceed with the construction of their mammoth plant while the experimental ship is in course of construction. The site secured for the permanent plant is one of the most desirable in the harbor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-11
Increasing Facilities
 for Launching Ships

Gulfport, Miss, March 10.-(SpeciaD. Tho Mississippi Shipbuilding Corporation, which has shipbuilding plant on Back Bay, has secured permission from the war department to dredge two slips in front Of the companys yards for the purpose of launching ships. The dredge is expected to reach Biloxi within the next few days
 At the same time the Misslssippi Shipbuilding Corpora ton has started a movement to have all of the shipbuilding companies located at Biloxi contribute to a proposition to dredge the channel. The proposition has been submitted to the Biloxi Commercial club.
 w. w. Dwyer, one of the officers or the Mississippi Shipbuilding Corporation. has submitted to the Commercial club a rough estimate of the probable cost or dredging He states that rough survey from the drawbridge three miles south east up to the ending of Deer Island can be dredged for $3O,0Oo, the channel to be fl feet deep, 45 feet at the bottom and 6 feet at the top.
 MT Dwyer states that the company with which he is connected would be willing to pay it's portion of the work for dredging the channel.
 He suggests that the city of BILOXI pay for one-half of the cost and the three shipbuilding plants the other half.
 It is pointed out that this would probably be impossible unless a law is passed by the legislature, which gives a municipality the power to issue bonds for that purpose although at the same time it is stated that Pascagoula has is sued bonds for similar work.
 Considerable opposition has heretofore developed against the dredging of the channel and for that reason Congress- man Harrison stated recently in a com munication to the Biloxi Commercial club that Congress would not grant an appropriation for that purpose
 The movement heretofore has origi- mated among ctiens who wanted to give facilities for shipbuilding to induce com panies to locate here.
 The present effort is coming rom enc of the companies whose officials state that they need the work in order fo facilitate the building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-11
SHIP TIMERS BEING
 PROCURED WITH EASE

A Texas Port. March 10.-(Special.)
 Any who might question the ease with which shipbuildng timbers of all except the most extraordinary sizes may be ob- tained from the southern pine lumber mills would do we'll to visit the ship yards of the National Shipbuilding com
 pany here, where the largest wooden steamship ever built has just been launched yesterday
 Here may be seen wooden shipbuild- in's material of the finest quality, stacked in orderly fashion over an area totaline several acres. A. A. Daugherty, presi- dent and general manager of the Ma tional company, says that he has had no difficulty at any time in procuring all the material he needs, and that too in spite of the fact that the first two ships built by the company were for private owners. while the government has call on all materials for wartime shipbuilding.
 As was pointed out recently by J. F. Rhodes. secretary manager Of the South Pine association, the only requirement that hampers practically unlimited pro- duction of ship timbers by southern lu1nbernien, is that demanding such ex- treme sizes that the lumber manufac- turers are compelled to SCOUT the woods in search Tor trees from which they can be manufactured The methods oi construction in use by the National company permits of building up frames with medium. sized timbers, with no sac. rAfice of strength or rigidity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-11
Big Shipbuilding Plan
 Now Nears Completion

A government special to the Industrial Index says: Working more than 800 men
 on necessary initial preparations at their new site, the Foundation Shipbuilding company rounded out the first week of their activities in Savannah, and if plans do not go awry the keel of the first
 war boat for the French government probably will be laid in less than 30 days.
 The work now being done on the Rrampton tract. the site of the plant, consists of the erection of substantial frame office buildings, quarters for work men, one main line railroad track, with necessary spurs, and temporary docking facilities. It is anticipated that this work will be completed within the next few days. after which preliminary steps will be taken ir the construction of the 36 mine sweepers intended for use in French waters.
 Two French naval officers are in daily attendance at the Foundation plant, giv- ing such council as will expedite the work.
 We are pushing the work at Bramp ton to the utmost limit" said Charles R. Scott, city manager of the Founda- ton company. Great headway was made at the plant last week, which also
  | if nothing foreseen occurs we will be | turning out war vessels in a compara- 1 lively few days
 1 So far the weather has been ideal | for our purposes, and as we have not 1 encountered labor difficulties we have 1 gone forward with great speed. We have now something over 300 men at work on the preliminary work and there i is no reason. so far as can now be seen, why we should not be actually building ships in the next few weeks. We are delighted with conditions in | Savannah, and are much impressed with the industrial possibilities presented here. While it is much too early to go so far | ahead in the way of forecast. l may say that l can now see no reason why shipbIilding should not become one of the big industries at Savannah. The city has everything that is desirable, climate, good labor conditions and excellent ac- cess to the steel fields of Alabama and northern points.
 Savannah appears to me to be making great progress at this time. and con | tinuance of the same spirit that has made these things possible undoubtedly will prove of tremendous industrial bene- l fit to the city.