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OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20,- 1917. TWENTY PAGES.
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FIRST DAY OF LIBERTY DRIVE
YIELDS GOOD RESULTS HERE;
filORE THAN 1,500 TAKE PART
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Omaha Being Thoroughly Canvassed That None May
Have the Excuse That They Were Not Given a ,
Chance to Lend Their Money to the Govern
ment to Wage War on the Kaiser.
With more than 1,500 men and women at work soliciting
for the Liberty Bonds in Omaha, the second day of the windup
drive now pushed in earnest.
Thp first day, which was Thursday .O
brought in a good volume of sub'
scription, though the committee has
not been able to tabulate them all as
yet and to make up totals, so strag
gling are the reports of some.
l EET NONE ESCAPE,
i However, the town is being so
thoroughly, canvassed that hardly a
man can be found who has not been
v approached on the subject.
Rolland Wellmaa, a Boy Scout,
canvassed practically all the homes on
both sides of the street for a dis
tance of two blocks in the Hanscom
park district Thursday night, and
found that every -family had either
taken bonds or had promised to take
them through the firm, with which
the head of the family is employed.
This shows something of the thor
oughness with which the city is being
canvassed.
The Liberty float which appeared
for the first time in this connection
on the streets of Omaha Thursday,
drawn by two gray horses, attracted
a great deal of attention, while the
electrical bell contrivance aboard the
float played patriotic airs constantly
,.as the float' was drawn through the
streets. . .. I
Women Do WU.
The womdn who operated the
booths in the various ; department
stores during the day, and wiir con
tinue to operate theta during Hbe jre
- mainder of the week, met with a
glowing success, the first day. -scarcely
a man who entered any of these
stores escaped without buying bonds
'' or giving his solemn promiseto do so.
Printers Subscribe."
The printing companies of Omaha
have canvassed their employes, and
have reported Liberty loan subscrip-
Hons to the amount ot $vou. mese
HUMAN BLOOD
STAjNS HAND
OFTHE KAISER
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Former President Taft Makes
' Case Again$t Kaiser and
Decries Peace Until He.
Is Dethroned. '
HOW THE GERMANS HEMMED THE RUSS The Rus
sians are bottled in Moon Sound, after desperate engage
ments with German warships in which several of the Kaiser's
torpedo boats were.
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SEVENTY LIVES LOST WHEN
TORPEDO STRIKES ANTILLES;
GOES DOWN IN FIVE MINUTES
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innnv'c vin.at.nnc n( th laws nf intpr-
subscriptions come from , sixty-foufT,,ationai morality, telling of the drop-
employes out pf the following com
panies:
Cotnstbck Bhia Prlntlm Co "0
Douglaa Printing Co 150
Gato City Stationery Co. -....J..;.... 100
Hancock-Bpateln lilthographlng Co... B0
Hoga I-inotypo JJJ
Kramer & Chandler 160
I. W. Longacr CO
Manrum Printing Co 160
McCoy Flnlayson Co 100
National Printing Company E50
pnmha Typesetting Co 100
Ii. J. (Julnby Print(pg Co 100
Ralph Printing Co. .100
Swarts Printing Co. 650
United States Printing Co. 200
Watera-Barnhart Printing Co. S50
Total by Employes , 14,160
Soldiers Boost Total.
The four Soldiers of Gamp Funston
who spent the first part of the. week
.. (Continued on rge Twenty. Column live.)
Brieve piser's Trip
South Preliminary
Step Tow'ard Peace
Zurich, Switzerland, Oct 19.-Thel
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journey or .emperor vvuu.aiu auu jtui
eign Secretary von Kuehlmann should
be regarded in a certain sense as a
preliminary 6tep toward peace'ays
the Neuste Nachrichten of Munich.
- "The emperor's conversafJpn at So
fia and Constantinople certainly mean
the examination of every possibility
in that direction, although it would
be a mistake, to exclude that the de
cision might embody concessions in
tthe .nature of a program' of annexa
tions by the enemy. V ,
; "The peace by conciliation which we
desire has nothing' in' common' 'wijh
tht of Lloyd George and Asquith."
' Rescue ,100 Americans Lost
In England for Five Weeks
London, Oct 18. The American
Young Men's Christian association re
ports that a detachment of niriety
uine American soldiers which had
' been "lost" in England for more than
five weeks has Jjow rejoined the
American forces. By some mistake
' these men were set down in a British
camp without a ingle officer or a
penny,! The day after they arrived
twenty-eight of them fell victims of
the German measles and were sent to
an isolation hospital.
For five weeks the Americans were
unable to obtain stamps for letters
home or even tobacco. Then thev
were discovered by an American cof
:v lege student, who is in - a British
Young Wen's Christian association
hut, and they were restored to their
. prpper ut-. -
Through Trains Service
. Between Riga and Berlin
Amsterdam, Oct. 19. Through
runs are running from Berlin to
vkiga, the trip consuming twenty-four
' hours. A person can now travel from
the Baltic seaport to OWend, Bel-
gium, with one chaage of cars at Ber
lin, in forty-five hcmrSj
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Setting up the. ideal of a league ,of
nations to enforce peace, William
Howard Taft former president of the
United States, traced the 'history of
the international conflict since Aug
ust. 1914. and showed how that iaeal
could not beattined while Prussians
iiiitiiai i3iiK.ny.v3. it. xaua lain,
Real Peactf 'and Not a Patched-Up
Promise," was given, for the, Omaha
Socity of Fine Arts at the Boyd thea
ter Friday afternoon, the profits to
jro to the. Red Cross society, the na
tional commission -of which -is headed
by-'Mn'Taft,--" ":"'v ;":' .
, Standing against the background of
a huge American nag, Mr. latt out
lined simply, but in telling fashion,
thej, world's caSe . against Germany.
First he revitwed the conditions exj
Jsting-at tHe outbreak of the war, then
rev.erted back 100 years to Napoleon's
time in orderv to cite Germany's mili
tary and Teutohizing policy. Step by
step he 'piled . up evidence of
gas, floating mines, bombardigN de
fenseless cities . and sinking neutral
merchant vessels wjthout without
warning.
' Germany Guilty of Murder.
"In sinking the Lusitania, Germany
was guilty of what domestic law calls
'murder.' International law furnishes
no other name Mr it 3rhe United
States guarantees protection to Amer
ican citizens on board a ship flying
the United States flag, as well as on
the shores of our country.
senator La.follette says it is a
'technical right-'we are defending.' It
shocks me deeply to hear a United
States senator state that the victims.!
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or me JLusuama were navino oniy a
technical right to life violated by that
torpedo. He ignores the honor and
prestige-f a great nation. If Vene
zuela did it, all the pacifists and La
Follette as well, would demand repa
ration. What's the difference in this
case except that Germany is the
greatest military nation on earth?
"Whether We ,defend the constitu
tional rights, of our ctizens,,or give
up what we won in 1861 s the ques
tion. x: '
"Shall wesurrender our usefulness
to the world to take this pusillanim
ous position. ,We must defend our
selves by war when nothing but war
will protect us."
, Tribute to the Allies.
The United States' part iji the war,
how the United States stayed out of
the conflict until its safety demanded
entrance into the world struggle, a
passionate tribute to the allies and es
pecially to France for hurling back
the Teuton hordes at the Marne and
saving the world, and a stirring, ap
peal to loyal citizens to stand behind
President Wilson nad the government
in"prosecuting the wafT followed. 1
Touched here arid there wtfh
humor, the audience which filled the
theater apjfauded every patriotic utterance-made
by the former president,
while the deep Taft chuckle which
punctuated many of the humorous
passages, never, failed to bring a re
sponsive chuckle from his listeners.
"This war must be foughtso. that
German warships . protecting the
landing of troops on Oesel island
penetrated the channel (1) between
tha island and Dago island and en
gaged in battle with the Russian fleet
in Moon , sound. Several German
torpedo bpatJ were sunk here and for
a time it was a successful fight for the
Russians. German vessels, however,
slipped ground Dago island Wednes
day and blocking the channel betweetj
that island and Worms island now
hold the Russians bottled. Arensburg
(2) capital of Oesel island has been
captured and the Germans now hold
Moon island (3). The Storb peninsula
(S) has been isolated.
SUGAR BUYERS v
LilTED: PANIC
SEIZES WOMEN
No
T.
Cause For 'Alarm, Says
Monroe; Beet ' Sugar ; Will
SoOn Arrive and Umits
Will Be Removed.
(Continued on Face Sixteen, Colunjft Six.)
A sugar panic lias seized the people
of Omaha. Reports-that -New York
City is to be put on half sgar ra
tions ledto many rumors today. ,
George Monro, Omaha food , ad
ministrator, says tHat a large number
of.Omahans have, smarted hoarding
sugar in a frenzy. .
"The stores have adopted a , rule,
refusing to sell more than '50 cents
wocth of sugar to any one customer,"
isaid Mr. Monro. "To get around .this
rule many people have gone from
store to store, ordering-' 50 cents
worth of sugar, at each place."
One woman boasted that-she had
secured 200 pounds of sugar by this
method. ; -
Omaha jobbers have no sugar in
stock. Whatever-sugar is' still-for
sale in Omaha is in the retail stores.
The 50-cent rule has served to alarm
many people, who have felt, for the
first time,- i. restriction placed upon
th amount of sugar, they may buy.
"There is no need for panic," says
Mr. Monro. "Just at this time , we
are between the end of the cane sugar
crop and the beginning of the beet
sugar crop. ' Some of. the beet sugar
factories are already in operation and
within two weeks their sugar will be
gin to arrive at the stores. Then it
will be possible to buy any quan
tity." The beet sugar crop this year
is one- of the largest, inthe history
of the country.
' "The price of sugar will not ad
vance. The big crop df beets makes
that sure and besides the price is fixed
by the food administration. Retail
ers are buying it at $7.85 per 100
pounds. They are selling it at about
9 cents a pound.
"The supply will be ample for all
within the next two weeks. 'Those
who hoard it now do not benefit them
selves and may hurt others," he said.
Rufsian Aviator Flies
Over Caucasus Mountains
Pctrograd, Oct. ' 19. A Russian
aviator has arrived at Vladikavkaz,
after a flight of ten hours from-Tiflis
across the Gaucasus mountains.'
COAL MINERS
fflAKtTHREAT TO
DEFYJGARFlELfi
On Verge of Rebellion Against
Mandates of Fuel Adminis
trator; ' Chicago. Is in (
Desperate Straits.
Chicago, Oct. 19. Despite the
threat of Frank Farrington, president
of the Illinois Mine Workers, to oust
any. striking miner from that or
ganization who didnpt immediately
return to work, it was predicted here
today that the coal strike would not
be settled : until the fuel administra
tion permitted a higher price schedule,
so that the operators might meet the
miners' demands.. . ! '
The Black Diamond, drsran of the
coal industry, in tomorrow's "edition
will say that no settlement is possible
unless Fuel Administrator Garfield
yields. D. ,W. Buchanan, an official
of the Illinois Coal Operators' as
sociation, .said thjt reports received
from southern Illinois were that the
miners were on the verge of open re
bellion .against Garfield, Farrington
and John P. White, international
president of the mine workers.
' Peori9 Miners Back. '
- A dispatch from Peoria stated that
400 miners returned to worl this
morning in that' district. The miners
said that, they had qot been actually
on strike, but had suspended work
pending the outcome of the trouble
in the Springfield district.
r Mr. Buchanan's report showed that
the miners had returned , to work
around 'VirSen, Thayer,, Auburn
Athens and Andrew, ID., 'and in the
Clinton fields of Indiana.
On the other hand, walkouts oc
curred In Toluca, 111., the first trouble
in the northern part of the state; the
United States Steel corporation
mines at Benton, and the Madison
CoalXqrporation at Glen Carbon. Mr,
Buchanan figured, the loss to 'about
Balloon From Fort' Omaha to Fly .
; Over City Boosting for Bonds
Bearing the largest American flag
in this part of the country, which he
has had made especially for the pur
pose, Leo Stevens, chief instructor a
the FortOmaha army balloon school,
will today fly over Omaha in the in
terests LlftStty bonds.
Mr. - Stevens will use the largest
passenger balloon at Fort Omaha and
will take with him three student pas
sengers from the, fort. The big bal
loon with the immense American flag,
60 by Oieet in dimensions, will cir
cle the city for several hours.
' The aeronauts will drop down from
the, clouds literature urging the. pur
chase of Liberty bonds. Two ether
free balloons will follow in the wake
of Mr. Stevens and then will fly over
the surrounding country. t t
In eacji of these balloons will be an
Omaha boy. Sergeant R. G. Duke will
pilot one balloon' and Sergeant Ryan
the other. These students will also
drop liberty bond literature over the
landUab they fly across it. For each
of these students this will be the first
"solo" flight, of which a student at
Fort Omaha must hive taken one in
order to qualify for a balloon pilot's
license
A
150,000 tons daily in Illinois alone.
Situation Is Serious.
- The situation in Chicago became
more critical today as the (tempera
ture shot downward toward freezing
mark. Fred W. Upham'. presidtnt of
the Consumers' company; announce
that his company would be without
coal within five days and that no
new orders were being accented. Hos-.
pifais will be unable to get coalwftcr
next week, was his statement) alter a
talk with other dealers. The depart
ment stores are fortunate in having
about ' two weeks' coal supply tin
various yards. Other loop buildings
appear to be in desperate straits.
Norwegian Held for
Attempted Sabotage
New York, Oct 19. The police ,
turned over to the federal au
thorities today Charles W. Walnum,
a Norwegian, 32 years old, ' sus
pected of trying, to get aboard a
United States government vessel,
formerly an interned German liner, .
with intent to loosen some of the '
rivets. The ship is being converted .
into, a transport. , . -
Walnum has been employed as
chef and pantryman on a yacht
'owned by Hajry Payne "Whitney.
He was to be arraigned late to-
day -before a United States com
missioner.
SLAV CAPITAL
TO BE MOVED
TO MOSCOW
Capture of Oesel and Mopji
Islands and Threatened In
vasion of Esthotiia Causes
V Evacuation;
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ny Asoelntd Frrm.) ,
Petrograd, Oct. 1 19. The govern
ment has definitely determined, to
move to Moscow in the very near fu
ture. The newspapers publish a official
announcement that the evacuation of
the fortified port of Reval, on the Bal
tic at the entrance to the Gulf of
Finland, has begun. ,
The schools at Revil have been
closed. The inhabitants of the city
'are being sent to the Interior of Rus
sia.
Announcement that the government
will move to Moscow was made to
day by M. Kishkin, minister of public
welfare.
The sailors of the main Baltic fleet
are demanding that the ships be sent
out to meet the Germans, but the gov
ernment is understood to have taken
the position that as the enemy forces
are of superior sjze, it 'would be dis
astrous to leave Petrograd. unde
fended. , , ' , . i
The Germans on Wednesday befcan
to land trooos on Dasro island, south
of tite entrance the Gulf of Finland. i:
REMOVAL PLANNEp BEFORE;,
' After the capture of Riga by the'
Germans preparations for removal of
the government to Moscow were be
gun. The failure of the Germans to
develop their offensive after taking
Riga, as well as the approach of win
ter weather, making open campaign
ing .impracticable, relieved the fears
for, the safety of Petrograd for the
near future.
Last week announcement was made
that, the preparation for transferring
the seat ot government had been
stopped, as there was no prospect that
suc'i action would be necessary, at
.feast for some time.
Threaten Esthonia Invasion.
The new offensive operations bv
the Germkns resulting in the cap
ture of Oesel and Moon islands and
the threat of an invasion of Estho
nia again changed the situation, how
ever, and may be responsible for the
decision to remove the government to
Moscow, the ancient capital. The
turbulent political contlons in Petro
grad and the presence there of large
umbers ot extremists and agitators
nay also have influenced the cabinet
Reval, a town of about 65,000. 200
miles southwest of Petrograd, was a
naval station, and with Helsinfors
No Trace of Submarine That Did the fatal 'VYork; k
Of Missing Enlisted Men Not Announced Until
Ascertained From Muster Roll of
General Pershing.
ames
(By Anoelalfd Pre.)
Washington, Oct.19. The American transport Antilles,
homeward bound, was torpedoed in the war zone October 17,
and went down with a loss of about 70 lives.
. The ship, a former Ward liner, was. under convoy by a
naval patrol when attacked. The submarine was not seen, nor
was the torpedo. ' -
All naval and army officers aboard were saved and all but
three of the ship's officers, but 16 soldiers out of 33 aboard
were lost. .
. SEVENTY ARE MISSING. - ,
Those lost Include:
Walker, third engineer officer; -Boyle, O'Rourke, junior
engineer officers. , - !
Navy Men E. L. Klnzey, second class seaman, Water Valley. Miss.f
J. W. Hunt, second class seaman, Mountain Grove, Mo.; C. L. Ausburn, radio
electrician, New Orleans; H. F.AVatson, radio electrician, Rutland, Mass.
EXAMINE MUSTER ROLL.
The names of the soldiers and of the merchant crew missing cannot be
determined until the muster roll in France of those on board has been ex-
amined. Further details will be made fublic by the Navy department as
soon as they are received.
No army units were aboard the vessel.' Such officers and men of the
army as were aboard were being sent home on special assignment, invalided
home, or those to be discharged for some reason or other. The list of these
will not be available until It can be obtained from General Pershing in -
ine army personnel aDoara .returning ships-ii'not communicated
t
i
France.
to the War department in advance.
(Continued on Fag Twenty, Column Four.)
Drafted Chemists Are
-Given Special Duty
Washington, Oct 19. Several hun
dred chemists drafted into the na
tional army have been assigned to
The ininers-fspecial work under governmental de
partments. and-others are being with
drawn from cantonments dailyt it
was announced today. Army authori
ties were able to picft out these men
with the aid of a census of all cliem-
lcta .t.f1.it. iliji 'Amft net A l.m.fe r.
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ranged by the bureau of mines. A
similar census hag been made of min
ipg . engineers, 'showing age, de
pendency conditions, position in the
draft liability list and the nature of
work each could do if drafted.
Admiral Mayo Makes
Report to President
Washington,' Oct ' 19. Atlmiraf
Mayo, commander of the Atlantic
fleet, who has just returned from the
allied naval conference in London,
went. to the White House today, ac
companied by Secretary Daniels, to
make-his personal report to President
Wilson. : The admiral went abroad
at the. president's personal direction
to discuss further means of naval co
operation with the allied fleets.
BERNSTORFF'S
-FRIENDS DENY
PASHA AFFAIR
Tageblatt Declares Ambassa
dor Never Knew Spy; Calls
It "Another Forgery of
; Secretary Lansing's."
Amsterdam, Ocl. 19. Count von
Bcrnstorff, former German ambassa
dor to' the United States, did not
know, Bolo, Pasha, the Frenchman
held as a spy in France, according
to the Tageblatt. Discussing the
Bolo affair, the newspaper says:
' "In connection with the Bolo
pasha episdde and the "disclosures of
Secretary Lansing concerning v the
part Alleged to have been played by
Ambassador von Bernstorff and For
eign Secretary von Jagowr we , are
informed by a competent source that
the. personality of-Bolo Pasha was
not known to Voir- Bernstorff in
Washington, inasmuch as' the. ambas
sador did not have recourse to sources
in ,1 lie- United States, which might
have been at the disposal of official
quarters here.
,Never Knew the Name. "
i "It is also established that the name
of Bolo Pasha was never made known
to Von Bernstorff and his banker
intermediaries did not mention him.
Consequently the passage in the al
leged telegram ' published by Secre
tary Lansing in which Von Jagow
asked Von Bernstorffi 'What is new
about Bolo?' is false,,
"This warrants the obvious deduc
tion regarding the trustworthiness of
other details in this telegram."
The Taglische- Rundschau says that
the mention of Bolo's, name in the.
Von Jagow dispatch is'"anqt.icr for
gery of Secretary Lansing's for trans
parent purposes."
Bolo Got $1,700,000. .
In the inquiry into the Bolo af
fair in New York early this month
it was learned that Bolo had an. ac
complice In Switzerland, through
whom he had learned the terms on
which Germany would conclude pca?e
with France. Bolo Pasha is said to
have received more than $1,700,000
from Von Bernstorff to aid in-carrying
out his lot.
American Flyer Defeats German
In Fight ThreqMiles Above Trenches
Headquarters of the Lafayette s-,
cadrille, on the French Front, Oct. 19.
Lieutenant Raoul"Lufbery of Wel
lingford, ConTf., member of the Lafey
ette escadrille, fought the latest fight
in which'ie brought down a German
machine (reported yesterday as his
thirteenth) at. an altitude of; 5.000
yards and directly over .the trenches.
T When it was first seen by Lieuten
ant Lufbery the" German" airplane
was several hundred yards above hihi,
but by making a ' wide detour and
climbing at a'harp angle the Ameri
can was able to make a near ap
proacn to tne uerman biplane betorc
being discovered. The German pilot
was killed at the first burst of fire
from Lufbery's machine gun, and the
enemy returned the fire, despite the
fact that his pilot had been killed and
that his t)wn death, was imminent.
One bullet from the German machine
gun- punctured the radiator oh Luf
bery's monoplane and lodged in the
carbureter, so that he was compelled
to land immediately v '
Except for "the -fac'V that a' stropg
wind had beenvbloWhrg'in the direc
tion of the GernUrt lines, the weather
of; the past few days has been ideal
for flying, and tlif members of the
Lafayette squadron have been busily
engaged. While on a low patrol pro
tecting a photographic machine, Ser
gent Walter Lovell of Boston was
attacked three times and his machine
badly shot up by machine gun bullets.
O Secretary . Daniefs authorized th
following statements
;'t:SfNKSN Fl,VE.MINUTEsV '
, The department is in receipt of
advice from Rear Admiral Sims which
states that the steamship Antilles, an
army transport, was torpedoed on Oc
tober 17, while returning this coun.
try from foreign service. This vessel
was under convoy of American patrol
vessels at the' time.,. .
"The torpedo which struck "the An
tilles was not seen, nor was the sub-'
marine which fired it. The torpedo
hil; abreast of the engine tiom bulk
head and the ship sank within nve
minutes. One hundred and sixty
seven persons out of about 237 on
board the Antilles were saved. About
70 men are mwing. . 1
ARMY OFFICERS SAVED. T
"All the naval officers and officers
of the army who we're on board at
the time were saved, as were the offi
cers of the ship with the exception of,
the following: -
Walker, thirds engineer ' officer;
Boyle, junior engineer , officer and
O'Kourke, junior engineer officer.
The following enlisted naval per
sonnel were ldst: E, L. Kiniey, sea.
man, Second class, - next to kin,
Thomas M.'Kinzey. father, Water
Valley, Miss,; J. W. Hunt, seaman,
second class, next of kin, Isaac Hunt,
father,- Mountain Grove, Mo.; C L.
Ausburn, radio electrician, first class,
next of kin, R. Ausburn, brother, New
Orleans, La., and H. F. Watron, radio
electrician,' third class, next of kin,
Mrs. W. L. Seger, mother, Rutland,
Mass. . ,
' SAVE 17 ENLISTED MEN.
"There were about 33 of the army
enlisted personnel on board of whoiii
17 were saved. .The funnies of the
missing of the army enlisted person
nel and of tne merchant crew of the
ship cannot be given until the muster
roll in France of those on board has
been consulted. As soon, as the .de
partment is in receipt of further de
tails concerning the .casualties they
will be made public imndiatcly."" -1
' Crack Coast Liner. ;
New Ydrk, Oct 10. .The Antilles, a
frei&ht and passenger ship of 6,873
tons gross, owned by - the.. Southern
Pacific Steamship company (Morgan.
line), was one of the, crack Americau
coast liiicrs. '
It plied between Xew Orleans and
New York and had carried thousands
of persois to the Mardi Gras celebra
tion in the southern city. The vessel
was taken over by the government
as a transport early in the war; .
Captain IV F. Bojde, master of the .
Antilles, retained his command wben.
the. vessel entered the government
service as did most of his officers.
The crew as recruited, by the quarter
master department included many of -the
men who had rved on the steam
ship when it", was in-the merchant
service. -" -
The Antilles was built by the
Cramps at Philadelphia in 1907. - It
was 421 feet long with a beam of S3:
feet and a depth of 27 feet. - ', .-
Baker Accepts First:. ; t
: ' Two Heavy .Army Trucks
Washington, Oct." 19.In the pres- '.
ence of many distinguished officials1
and others Secretary Baker today ac-
ceptcd on behalf of the War depart
ment the first two heavy-duty war
trucks to be completed undtfr'designs
prepared by the quartermaster's de
partment, the automotive products
section of the Council of National De
fense aiM the Society of Automotive
Engineer.
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