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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
NEAR 3 BILLION
FOR i. s. FROM
INCOME TAXES
Harvest Pours Into Golfers Of
National on the Final Day
for Collections.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. June 26-The
biggest harvest of taxes ever gathered
by the federal government was fin
ished last night with the expiration OF
the time for paying excess profits and
income assessments without added
penalties for delinquency.
Estimates placed the sums collect
ed from these sources at 775,000,000
and exact figures probably will be
known next Monday or Tuesday. AL
most half billion came in from cor
porations and other big taxpayers.
who postponed payment as long as
possible.
Payments not made yesterday are
subject to penalties Of 5 per cent,
with per cent a month interest. In
dications were that the aggregate de-
linquent payments on returns actually
filed would not be large.
Will Prosecute Slackers.
Hundred of small business and pro-
fessional men and other individuals
failed to file returns or to make pay
ments, however. and against these an
intensive campaign will be waged.
starting In two or thre weeks They
will be required to make belated re-
ports OF incomes and to pay heavy
penalties to avoid prosecution as tax
dodgers.
The internal revenue bureau, with
its ramifications in sixty-four collec-
ton districts and its methods of gath
ering accurate information on incomes
already has prepared a quantity OF
statistics to serve as proof Of the in
tention Of many citizens and business
firms to dodge tax liability.
Tax collectors have instructions to
tabulate their receipts as soon as pos
sible and to telegraph the result not
later than next Sunday night, June
80, the expiration Of the fiscal year.
Gotham Over $44e,122,o 24.
NEW YORK. June 26.-William H.
Edwards, collector Of internal revenue
for the second district Of New York,
which includes the financial section Of
the city, announced at the close OF
business that, on the last day fixed by
law for the payment without penalty
Of income and excess profit taxes, to-
tai receipts amounted to $446,122,O2t.
He added that he expected to find in
tomorrow's mail many checks which
would be credited to today's total
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
$6 ,OOO, 900 Melted
Into Bullion BY u. S.

WASHINGTON. June 26-Sixty-four
million dollars have been melted into
bullion and most of 1t exported to
India. since the destruction Of the
dollars began two months ago today,
the treasury reported today. During
ficates have been withdrawn from cir.
culation and destroyed, as the dol.
lars on which they were secured
were melted down. The treasury now
holds 426,000,O0O silver dollars. and
$500, 900, 900 in silver certificates are
outstanding against them. New fed
eral reserve bank notes of 81 and s.
denominations are being printed. and
will be issued within few weeks to
release the silver certificates with
drawn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
War Gardeners Advised
to Cultivate Soil Now

Now is the time to get busy with
the hoes and garden plows according
to City Gardener Murphy.
War gardeners should cultivate the
soil in their war gardens and get a
dust mulch on top to retain the mois-
ture within the ground as long as pos
sible. If the soil is not cultivated af-
ter each rain, the sun will draw the
moisture out of the ground. while by
cultivating and producing dust sur
face, the vegetables will grow much
faster and better.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
Mrs. e. L. Swigget Made
Officer of Science BODY

Ray E. Swallow of Richmond has re-
ceived word that his aunt, Mrs. Glen
Levin Swigget is executive secretary
of the Pan-American Scientific con-
gress. Mrs. Swigget is former resi-
dent of Richmond and has been in
Washington for several years where
her husband is engaged in government
work
Mrs. SWigget's name recently ap-
peared in a Washington paper which
told of luncheon which the congress
had given for a number of wome,
from South America who are with
their husbands there
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
LEAGUE MEMBERS
HEAR ADDRESSES.
BY CHURCHMEN.
Drive for Increased Member
ship Planned at Closing
Session of Epworth Leagues

e. j. Llewelyn, of Newcastle, men,
Der Of the state council of defense,
sounded the keynote of the Epworth
league convention at GRANGE M. E.
church Tuesday and Wednesday when
he said we must put into the work Of
the church the same spirit as the
boys on the firing line. Over 200 del
egates attended the convention.
In his address he lauded the 142
members of the Epworth leagues of
the Richmond district in the service.
A service flag representing the dis
trict was dedicated
DR.. Somerville Light, superintendent
of the Richmond district, made three
addresses on Evangelism. He empha-
sized the importance of Christian ex-
perience, as being the outgrawth of
character.
In these days we talk about the
world brotherhood, but this is impos-
sible without world regeneration -
he said.
THE Big Drive for greater mem
bership and the general advancement
of the Epworth league as a society
was the plea made by DR.. Charles E
Guthrie, of Chicago, acting General
secretary of the Epworth league.
Over $1,000 was pledged to be
turned over to DR.. G. D. Lowry to be
used in his mission work in China.
Each league pledged certain amount
Tuesday evening after the recer-
ton for outside leaguers, a shower OF
linen and other presents was given
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowry for the Chinese.
Grace M. E. Sunday school orches.
ira, which furnished the music, was
highly complimented by the speakers
An extensive music program was Civ
en- at each session.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
AMERICANS MAKE
SUCCESSFUL ATTACK
(By Associated Press.)

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, June 25.-In an attack upon
the German lines on the Marine front
last night, the American troops ex-
tended their line northwest OF Bail
leau wood Up to 10 o'clock this
morning PIG prisoners had been count
ed. together with a number OF ma
chine guns and other booty. Add
tional prisoners are coming In.
The new sector held by American
troops in Alsace is in the region north
west of Gebweiler. This sector is
not far from the famous Hartman
'sweiler-Kopf, the scene of SO much
hard fighting in the past. The Ameri-
cans are now holding a considerable
front in three different sectors in
Alsace.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
MARKETS.

EAST BUFFALO. N. Y. July 20
Cattle-Receipts 900. steady to strong.
Calves-Receipts so, steady; 500 q
$500.
Hogs-Receipts 1900; pigs steady,
others strong; heavy $17.15@17.40:
mixed $17.40@17.50; Workers $3.50 q
1880: light Workers $17.60@17.75;
pigs SITS; roughs $500 q 1925;
stays $10.O0@12.50.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 500;
slow and easier: lambs $14.00@18.50;
yearlings S100O@15.50; wethers $13.-
25@13.75; ewes $6OO@1200; mixed,
$12.O0@12.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
Civilian Relief Bureau
to Be Reorqanized

The immediate reorganization of
the Wayne County Red Cross Bureau
of Civilian Relief will be in the hands
of Mrs John H. Johnson who sue
ceeds Mrs Ebert Shirk as director.
Mrs Shirk resigned on account of her
continued absence from Richmond.
AS several of the ward and precinct
chiirmen have resigned for various
reasons the reorganization of this de-
partment has been thought advisable.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
Army School Officers
Arriue in Richmond

Captain C. E. Roberts and Lieut. r.
H. Morse who will have charge OF the
Commercial club detachment school
that opens Monday at the barracks on
North Tenth street, arrived in Rich
mond Wednesday
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
Wheat.

Local prices of wheat are computed
on the zone basis of $2.24 Baltimore
for No. red less 1c per bushel, less
the export rate from point of ship
ment, plus the local rate from points
of shipment in Cincinnati.
Corn.
No. 2 white. s1.9061.95; No. 8
white. 1850 100; No. white, $40
G1s5; No. yellow. $1.65@1.70; No.
8 yellow. s1.6001.65; No. 4 yellow,
$150@1.55; No. mixed, s1.60@1.70;
ear corn. white. $1,000 .65; yellow.
s153d1.60; mixed. s$1.5O@ 1.55; No. 2
white, S1@S11sc; No. 2 mixed, TAO 75c
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
10 Industrial Disputes
Settled by Government

WASHINGTON, June 26.-Adjust-
ment of 80 industrial disputes during
the week ending June %, was report
ed today by the department of labor
The most important, the strike Of ma
chinists at the plant of the Curtiss
Aeroplane company, in Buffalo. where
800 men quit work, indirectly affecting
Is 900 others.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
Leo Thatcher Safe
After Ship Collision

Paul Thatcher of South Seventh
street has received word from his
brother. Cleo. saying that he has land
ed safely in New York.
on the Carl Schultz ship when it col
Thatcher was the wireless operator
lided with another steamer off the
coast of North Carolina. Only one
life was lost in the collision.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
PRODUCE MARKET

CHICAGO, June z5.-Butter-Mar-
ket unchanged. Eggs-Receipts, IT,
IT'S cases; market. unchanged. Live
poultry-Market, unchanged. Potato
market. higher; receipts. new, so
cars; Louisiana and Texas, sacked
triumnhs. $250@2.75; Va. barrels,
$5.OO@$5.50; old, 70 cars; Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan, bulk, $3.50
LAO; do sacks, $1.50@155.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
LOCAL QUOTATIONS

Corrected Daily by Omer G. WheIan)
Paying-Oats, Csc; ear corn, $1.35
@1.5O; rye, $1.35; straw, $500 a tor.
Selling-Cotton seed meal, $3.50 &
ton, $500 a cwt.; tankage. $4,000 a
ton, $475 a cwt; oil meal. s63.50 a
ton, s325 a cwt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
Retail Merchants Will
Hold Meeting Tonight

A meeting of Retail Merchants
Association to elect officers will be
held at the Commercial club, Wednes-
day night at 7:30 o'clock. Co-opera-
tion between merchants and consum-
ers will be the keynote subject of the
meeting Retail merchants and COM
mercial men are especially invited
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
NEW YORK STOCK LIST.
NEW YORK, June 26-The closing

NEW YORK, June 26-The closing
quotations on the stock exchange
were:
American Can, Al.
American Locomotive. G. 1-2.
American Beet Sugar, 60 bid.
American Smelter. 70.
Anaconda, Sc 3-4.
Atchison, IS.
Bethlehem steel, bid Sc IL.
Canadian Pacific, LAT IA
Chesapeake e Ohio, Sc "a.
Great Northern Pfd., 80.
New York Central, ~ Ia.
No. Pacific, 81 IL.
So. Pacific, SO "a
Pennsylvania, 43 So.
U. S. Steel Com, 100 IL.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
CHICKEN PIE PotsoNs 1000

WINDSOR, Ont, June 26.-Nearly
I 1000 persons here are reported to be
ill today as a result of having eaten
chicken pies, which are said to have
been served at a picnic at the Saint
Jean de Baptiste society held near
here Sunday. More than 5000 persons
attended the picnic. None of the cases
reported are serious
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
PARKER FUNERAL THURSDAY

WHITEWATER, Ind, June %
Funeral services for Lear Francis
Parker, 63 years old, who died here
Tuesday, will be held Thursday after
noon at 230 o'clock. Friends may
call at any time. The Rev. Mr.. Zerba
will be in charge.
Burial will be in Whitewater GENE
terry.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
JUNK
(Rrice4 Maid hx Sam .Iaffel

(Pr1CeS PdTo by sam JdneJ
No. rubber boots and shoes. &c pei
ID; No. rubber boots an:. shoes, 10
aye per h.; automobile tires, 4c per
lb.; inner tubes, S@16c per h.; bicycle
tires. &C per h.; buggy tires, 31s GAG
per h.; baled paper. 40c per hundred
lbs; country mixed rags. $3.50 pei
hundred lbs: mixed iron, $1.0O per
hundred lbs; heavy brass copper from
13@1Sc per lb.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
U BOATS OFF WEST INDIES

NORFOLK. Va, June 26.-Captains
of vessels from Central and South
America reported the presence in
West Indian waters of fast and heav-
lily armed German raider. which they
believed to be mother ship of SUBJ
marines.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED.
fBy Associated Pressl

fBy Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, June 26-Czecho-
Slovak troops have entered Yekaterin-
burg on the Asiatic side of the Urals,
in the center of the Ural mining re-
gion. according to a Moscow telegram
received by way of Berlin. Heavy
fighting is proceeding there.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26

CHICAGO. June 26-Corn-No. 2
yellow, nominal; No. 3 yellow S1.67@
40; No. yellow, $1.5O@1.65.
Oats-No. 3 white. n 1908 SAC;
standard, IS 1-4@79c.
Pork-Nominal. Ribs-$22.70@23.20
Lard-$25.35.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26

TOLEDO, O., June 26.-Clover seed
Price cash, $3.50; Oct, $13.25. AL
sike-Prime cash, s11.10. Timothy
Prime cash. $50; Sept, $4.30; Oct.
and Dec, $4.05; March, $4.25.
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CINCINNATI, O., June 26-Hogs,
receipts $500: market strong; pack
ers and butchers. s16.506 1885; com.
mon to choice. $13Q14.75; pigs and
lights, $15@16S5.
Cattle-Receipts 500; market slow;
Calves-Market steady
Sheep-Receipts 700; market slow,
S4I11.75
Lambs-Market slow, $S61S.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
BERLIN CLAIMS so
CAV Assoc,ated press,

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, June 25.-The raid Monday
morning in which two companies of
French and American troops near Ba-
donviller lost prisoners. was made by
an entire battalion OF German troops.
The enemy advanced in two columns
after the way had been prepared by a
heavy bombardment with gas shells.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
FRENCH CABINET MEETS
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, June 26.-The cabinet met
this morning under the presidency of
President Poincare. At the sugges-
ton OF the minister for blockade, it
ratified the agreement entered into be-
tween the allies and Sweden.
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CHICAGO, June 26--U. S. Bureau
Of market. Hogs-Receipts, 10000;
market, mostly Is to Csc higher than
yesterdays average. heavy packing
grade slow; bulk of sales. S16.15@
1896; packing. S16,0061645; butch
ers. $16.60@16.95; rough. $15.50@
1900; pigs, good and choice, $16.25@
1915.
Cattle - Receipts, 5000; market,
opened slow; beef steers, steady to
strong; butchers stock mostly Is to
25c higher than yesterday. Calves
steady.
Sheep Receipts. 10000: market.
some best spring lambs 10 to 15c high
er others and sheep mostly steady.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
c. A. TURNER IN ENGLAND

Word of the safe arrival of Glenn A.
Turner in England has been received
by Miss Edith Bradbury, III North
Seventh street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
"HAPPY" HoDAPP JOINS NAVY

William Happy" Hodapp, 32S South
Thirteenth street, enlisted Wednesday
morning as machinist's mate in the
naval aviation corps.
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The official statement issued Tues
day in Berlin said: THE number of
American and French prisoners
brought in yesterday morning east Of
Badonviller has increased to more
than CO."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26

You can't always tell from his dry
humor how many drinks the humorist
has had.
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PITTSBURGH. Pa. June 26.-Hogs
Receipts, 1900; market. strong;
heavies. $16.70@16S5; heavy workers.,
S1775G17.S2 1-2; light workers. and
pigs. $17.9061S.00.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 300;
market lower; top sheep. $500: top
lambs, $3.50.
Calves Receipts, goo; market,
steady; top, $3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-26
BRITISH


LONDON, June Fisherman pris-
oners and machine guns were taken
by the British last night on the Pic
ardy and Flanders battIefieIds, says
the official statement from Field Mar
shall Haig today. On the other fronts
the enemy artillery has been active.
The statement reads:
1--WE captured a few prisoners and
machine guns last night in raids and
patrol encounters in the neighborhood
Of Sailly-Le-Sec (Picardy) and west Of
Merviile (Flanders.) The hostile ar
tilIery has been active in the neighbour
hood of Ville-Sur-Ancre and CONNIE
court and on the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sector"
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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

CHICAGO, June 90 - The range of
futures on the Chicago Board of Trade
follows:
M TRADING IN whoat
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FRENCH.

PARIS, June 26-American troops
carried out a brilliant attack near Bel
ieau wood last night, capturing $50
prisorers, one Of whom was captain,
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No trading In wheat.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-02-22
MADE THE COAT
EVERYTHING COSTS MORE
Wholesale Prices Have IncreaS-
ed Seventy-F Five Per Cent
Since the War
Began

Washington, Feb. 1S - Average
wholesale prices have increased 20
per cent since the world war began
according to review made public to-
day by the bureau of labor statistics.
Most of the advance has been within
the last two years.
From January to December OF
1917, the wholesale prices of farm
products increased 80 per cent; food,
% per cent; clothing 2S per cent;
lumber 81 per cent; drugs 60 per
cent; house furnishing goods, 81 per
cent. The only relief afforded the
household was 10 per cent decrease in
fuel and lighting.
Metals and metal products decreas-
ed 8 per cent.
Retail prices have fiuctuated at a
relatively lower lever than wholesale
prices. Dressed poultry and granu-
lated sugar only of twenty-eight i'm
portant foodstuffs show larger per
cent of increase in the retail than in
the wholesale price.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-02-22
NEUTRAL

There was a large crowd at church
Sunday night. There will be church
again in two weeks.
John Shultz visited relatives in
Parsons last week.
Sam Shultz made n trip to Wichita
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. AlsenE spent
Sunday with B. Cox and family.
Rena Kitch spent Sunday with her
sister, Allie Kitch.
Mr.. Anson Braman and family took
dinner with W. A. Braman Sunday.
Miss Joyce Mishler and Flossie
Dunn spent Tuesday night and We'd
nesday with Nina and Geneva Mish-
ler, Coral Williams and Mamie Shultz.
The oyster supper given by the M.
W. A. was well attended and a real
good time is reported, also a grand
supper.
Floyd Bumgarner spent Saturday
night and Sunday with his parents.
Miss Grace Gaines of Baxter spent
last week with her cousin, Fern
Gaines.
The Sunday guests at the Dunn
home We're, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II.
Augustus and children, Mrs. Chubb,
Ida, Chubb, Mr.. and Mrs. Head and
little Geneva, Rena and Allie Kitch,
and Hester and Gladys Shultz.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Hibbard visited
relatives in Neutral Monday.
Miss Clair Auman spent last week
with her mother, Mrs. Ida Auman.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-02-22
OLD Time CORN BREAD
FOR WHEATLESS DAYS
It Should Be A Pleasure For
Kansas Pioneers and Their
Children to Obey Wheat
less Day Order

In these "wheatless days" there
arises the voice Of a prophet extroll-
ing the virtue of corn bread. Will
liam Allen White in the Emporia
Gazette writes:
1t should be no hardship for early
day Kansans, nor the descendants Of
these pioneers, to obey the food reg
ulations by eating corn bread. Time
was in Kansas-thru the late fifties
the sixties, the seventies and the
early eighties-when corn bread was
on the table twice a day in every
home, and three times a day in
thousands of others. Many man
and woman of middle age in Kan
sas carried cold bread in the little
tin pail to school for noon-day lunch
and frequently that corn bread or
corn cake was stirred up with salt
and water only. The cows went dry
because of shortage Of feed, and
when their only shelter was the sun
ny side of barb wire fence or a
few rails there wasn't much encour-
agement for them to give milk, even
had there been feed. The hens,
roosting around the COW lot, any old
place, in the hope of picking up a
few stray grains of corn, quit laying
and stayed at it much longer than
in these days of tight, warm chick
en- houses and plenty of water and
feed. So it happened often there
was no milk and no eggs to put in
the corn bread to add to its nutri-
tive value and to its palatability.
When the COW went dry, mother
mourned because the corn meal no
longer could be made into a mush
and milk supper, but she made the
mush just the same, and the family
ate it with sorghum, and she fried
what was left the next morning
provided she had grease in which to
fry it. Corn bread stirred up with
water and salt, without butter OF
meat or eggs, with sorghum as its
only accompaniment, was the diet
of the early Kansans, week in and
week out, for months at time.
The person who grumbles at the
food order today should be stood
I'D against a wall and shot without
trial.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-02-22
NEW TOWNS|TE
NEAR BAXTER
Baxter Springs Adds Another
Suburb to Her Already
Large and Happy
Family

Kidd, is the name Of a new town
site just opened. 1t lies about four
miles southwest of Baxter Springs, IN
close proximity to several producing
mines and at the junction Of the
Mineral Belt and Southwest Missouri
(interurban) railroad. The location
would seem to be very advantageous
and the sale of lots so far indicates
that Kidd will shortly he q town OF
considerable Importance. The founder
is James X. Kidd, of Baxter Springs.
In an advertisement elsewhere in this
paper Mr.. Kidd announces a sale OF
lots for the goth. The sale was to
have been held on the 14th, but a
small difficulty between Mr.. Kidd and
L. C. Hooker arose over the validity
of a prior lease; but this matter was
settled in an amicable way and Mr.
Kidd's lease was granted full and ex-
elusive rights.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-02-22
HIDE SUBMARINE LOSSES
Germans Encounter Increasing
Difficulty in Getting Crews
for Undersea Craft

A Swiss engineer employed for the
last ten months at the electrical
works at Keil, says a Geneva, Swift,
dispatch, and who has recently re-
turned, informs the press that the
Germans are making every effort to
conceal their submarine losses, espe-
cially from the navy, because OF in
creased difficulty in mastering crews
He estimates the Germans lost 80 pei
cent of their submarines during the
time that he was at Kiel.
81 saw q score of submarines lined
I'D in the canal undergoing REPAIRS
he said. "They had been hit by depth
bombs, which the Germans seem tc
fear greatly"
The engineer added that there ha6
been two serious mutinies at Kiel dur
ing 1917.