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NO YELLOW PERILi
Terauchi Says War Binds Amerl
ca and Japan.
RELATIONS NOT ENDANGERED.
Baron Goto 8ay He Hopes Nation*
Will Find Principles on Which to
Baa* Abiding Relations of Mutual
Trust and ConfidenceGreetings Ca
bled to President Wilson.
Tokyo, Japan."By the participation
of the United States in the war our
ties are strengthened," declared Pre
mier Terauchi _at the first dinner of
the recently formed American-Japanese
society.
He had Just asserted that never in
the history of their intercourse have
the two countries come to such a pass
as to endanger cordial relationship,
and he went on to say: "We are on the
eve of joining our resources In chas
tising a common and obdurate foe in
the cause of world peace. The friend
ly relations of the two countries should
Photo by American Press Association.
PBEMIEB TEBAT7CHI.
cemented more strongly than ever
by the.combined efforts. of ^.both gov-
,1 ernments and peoples."
Among the 300 members present
were many of the most prominent men
A in Japanese public life. Viscount Ka
i'j neko, ex-minister of Justice, presided
and the principal speech was made by
Baron Goto, ex-minister of communi
cations.
Baron Goto said: "There are few
6 questions of such vital moment to the
welfare of mankind as the relations of
1 Japan, and the United States. The era
I of the Pacific promises to surpass that
of the Mediterranean or the Atlantic.
All the forces of the east and west
will meet Will they unite or clash?
I believe It lies in the power of the
United States and Japan to answer
,j
that question, on which the future
7 happiness and progress of the world
will depend. For this reason the re
lations between Japan and the Unif
^vd States are of supreme Importance.
^Vith the awful responsibility that
they owe to mankind, will Japan and
the United States work hand in hand
or will they turn their backs on each
other? I hope the two nations will
find principles on which to base abid
ing relations of mutual trust and con
fidence."
Other speakers were Prince Toku
gawa, president of the house of peers
Count Okuma, ex-premier Baron Shi
busawa, chairman of the Tokyo Bank
ers' association Post Wheeler, who is
United States charge d'affaires at, To
kyo George H. Scidmore, United
States consul general at Yokohama.
After the dinner greetings were
cabled to President Wilson.
HYMN GIVES WARNING.
,,^Music Box Tells Autoist When They
Reach High Speed.
Taylors, S. C. Green D. Poole, a
clerk in the Southern railway depot,
claims to have invented a device which
is intended to prevent accidents to au
tomobiles. The working of the attach
ment is simple and is explained by
Poole as follows:
"While the car is running fifteen miles
an hour a white bulb shows on the
radiator, at twenty-five miles a green
bulb appears, at forty a red bulb, and
when the driver begins to bat 'em out
around sixty per a music box under
I the seat begins to play 'Nearer My Gx
to Thee.'"
S ALMOST EVERY30DY
IS DOING SAME THING
San Francisco. Jesse Lilien- S
thai, president of the United rail-
\4 ways of San Francisco, declared $
':-$ that he might be called the man $
ij 3 who put the "con" in economy. S
-3 He stated that five years ago he S
Y.^ figured he had enough money S
IW saved to keep the wolf at bay $
v- and decided not to save andher S
$ cent as long as he lives. His $
8 family hailed this plan, and Lil
ienthal asserts they have per- 3
1 formed their part not to let him
be disappointed by finding any
'$ surplus on the first day of Janu- $
S ary each year. $
A Dairy Ration Has Two Main Uses
Life and Product.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
A ration is divided into two parts:
1. The part needed to maintain or
keep the animal alive.
2. The part needed to make
stored up material like wool, fat,
meat or milk.
Milk is roughly in solids, one-third
each casein (protein), fat and sugar.
The casein in milk can only be fur
nished by the protein in. the food.
The fat and sugar may be derived
from either protein, fat or carbo
hydrates.
If a.cow has the ability to give 50
pounds of milk containing two pounds
of casein, and only gets enough pro
tein to make one pound of casein^
then she will only give 25 pounds of
milk.
A balanced ration is one that has
just the exact amount of protein, fat
and carbohydrates that the cowthe
needs.- Just what this is we cannot
ever say exactly, because the amounts
vary from week to week and no two
cows are alike, nor are feeds alike.
A practical ration is one that has
sufficient protein and enough total
food to make the greatest amount of
milk without the cow losing weight.
A commercially successful ration is
the one that makes the most milk or
profit, keeps the cow healthy and en
ables the use of the most roughage.
All the hay and ensilage cow can
eat will keep her alive and make
about 15 pounds of milk. Any more
milk has to come from grain or grain
feed.
The farm can usually raise carbo
hydrates cheap in the form of hay and
ensilage, and, outside of clover, peas,
etc., protein can usually be bought
cheaper than it can be raised.
The average price of protein feeds
with 20 per cent digestible protein
was about $25 to $35 per ton before
the war, but the prices are much
higher now, while hay (clover) with
5% per cent digestible protein has
been rated at $10 per ton, so the pro
tein feed at $40 would furnish protein
about the same as clover at $10.
DIFFERENT COWS, DIFFERENT
FEEDS.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
No suggestions that we can offer
nor any other formula that can be
made can be followed to the letter as
a dfuggist follows the prescription of
a physician. Feeds vary in their nu
tritive values, some being better than
the average and some not as good,
and cows vary in theirability to di
gest and transform nutriment. These
conditions make it necessary for the
feeder to use a good deal of judgment
and not follow too blindly the sugges
tions of others. Any good stock feed
is recommended as a base, to be sup
plemented by home-grown roughage.
CONCENTRATES FOR RATIONS
Taken From an Article by E. S. Sav
age, Professor of Animal Hus
bandry, New York College
of Agriculture.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
A good rule to follow in all rations
is to have at least three plants repre
sented in the ration. There are seven
factors which should be considered:
(1) Bulk, (2) Digestibility, (3) Rela
tion between the digestible protein"
and carbohydrates and fat, (4) Vari
ety, (5) Suitability of the feeds to the
animal and product, (6) Palatability
(7) Cost.
As an example, choosing the cheap
est feeds relatively, considering ma
nurial values, suitability and all, we
would recommend the following mix
ture of grains as suitable for dairy
cows at present prices:
600 pounds distillers dried grains.
400 pounds gluten feed.
300 pounds wheat bran or brewer*
dried grains. swci
400 pounds hominy feed.
300 pounds cottonseed or oil meal.
SALT FOR CATTLE.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
Professor Henry says that a cow
requires three-quarters of an ounce
per day per 1000 lbs. of weight and
six-tenths of an ounce per day per 20
lbs. milk. Therefore, a cow which
weighs 1200 lbs. and gives 30 lbs. milk
should have 1.8 ounce salt. It must
be remembered, however, that salt is
generally included in high-grade dairy
feeds: It is well to give cows access
to extra salt. They will take what
their roughage demands.
THE PRICE OF FEED.
[National Crop Improvement Service.1
Feed is handled on a smaller mar
gin than coal, ton for ton. The retail
feed dealer who buys in carload-lots
can sell as cheap as the manufacturer
can in less-than-carload lots, the dif
ference freight rates being the
dealer's gross profit. In nearly every
instance, a group of farmers can or
der their feed, through a dealer, in
carloads and make a material saving.
The difference in freight alone will
show a good profit.
Take the chill off the drinking water
in cold weather and cows will drink
more and produce more.
Don't figure too fine on rations,
Be liberal but don't overfeed. You
can kill all of your profit by feeding
more than the cow can assimilate.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
The human element in dairy feed is
important. Two men may have the
same equipment, one make good
money, the other fan, while both are
supposed to be feeding by the same
system and the same tables.
Horse sense is good cow sense
Defective Page
THE AVERAGE REFORMER.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
The average reformer having so
little at stake himself, plunges about
like a bull in a china shop, regard
less of the results of his ardor.
An amusing incident is told of the
Secretary of Commerce? The can
manufacturers put up a howl that
unless they could get tin-plate to
make up, no canning.of fruits and
vegetables could be done, so without
looking over the field it is said that
an order was made that steel was to
be diverted by the manufacturers
from other projects and put at the
disposal of the can manufacturers.
It looked all right on the face of it,
but when the manufacturers of har
vesting machinery demanded steel
which they contracted for, and found
that there was not steel for aprons,
itTliaving been diverted to cans, a
hurry-up call modifying the order
was issued, so that our harvesting
machines could be made in time for
growing crop.
This illustrates how many plans
are ignorantly made robbing Peter
to pay Paul. Every enthusiast
who has a pet reform which is
always hitting some other business
instead of his own, never looks
around to see what the effect will be
before ho plunges. The manufac
turers of feed and the most success
ful feeders in the country have a
right to demand that that delicate
machinethe dairy cowshall not
be wrecked by hasty legislation.
Revolutionary reforms are seldom
efficacious. Anything which disturbs
the food equilibrium should be
handled gradually. Experience has
shown that the most efficient way to
handle cereal products is to remove
the human food first and feed the
residue to stock. Any other system
is sheer extravagance.
WRONG FEEDING METHODS.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
There is an old story about a ship
captain who had a medicine chest. A
sailor was sick and he found that No.
47 in his book was the indicated rem
edy, but alas! the bottle of No. 47
was empty, so he took equal parts of
No. 40, which was strychnines and
No. 7, which was carbolic acid, and
added them together and made No. 47
and the sailor died.
The application of this old story is
that many a feeder will think that if
a little of cottonseed, or oilseed meal
is good, a whole lot will be better.
And, like the man who put the green
spectacles on the horse and fed him
shavings-dust &M he,, got him
trained the horse died.
It is human nature to experiment
in feeds, and the poor cow has to suf
fer for an overdose or an underdose
before the proper ration is estab
lished.
DIFFICULT TO MIX FEEDS
A More Scientific Result Can Be Pro
duced By Machinery.
[National Crop Improvement Service.}
As no two lots run alike, it is very
difficult to mix straight by-products
of oats, barley, rye, corn, cotton-seed,
flaxseed, etc., by measure, because it is
purely guessing. Only a few years ago
intentional fraud or unintentional
carelessness was the rule. Before the
feed laws were passed, each manu
facturer adulterated all the trade
would stand.
Every car of feed sold to the con
sumer is not analyzed, and the farmer
cannot become a feed expert because
he has no laboratory. Not one car
out of five hundred is officially in
spected. In the old days country
millers were throwing feeds together
with no knowledge of feed and were
ruining valuable cows and making the
farmer poorer. In those days the feed
tables were wrong, the feeds didn't
nt the tables the digestible analysis
method was incorrect feed standards
for animals were not agreed upon nor
complete the animals didn'tfitthe
standdids the buyer didn't know
what was in the feeds he bought to
mix and there was an unavoidable
\anation in the concentration of the
fetd.
Tuese conditions have been largely
overcome through the joint action of
the government and state experiment
station- '"p mixe*1
"fe^d manu-
facturers who have every facility for
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using these scientifically prepared
feeds, many a herd has doubled its
yielu and profits. There are some
painters who can buy lead, oil and
aiytr and mix and match their own
color uniformly but the best painters
of today have learned that mill-made
brands are much better than any
thing they can mix with a paddle.
The same is true in fertilizers to a
great extent. In mixed feeds there
can be no economy in home mixing
because the mixing factories, being
ntar the large markets, can utilize
by-products to the very best advan
tage. Home mixing cannot be accom
plished at one-tenth of a cent per lb.,
besides the result is never twice alike
and cannot be without the help of a
laboratory.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
A practical test shows that eight
tons of a first class dairy feed will re
place 13 1-3 tons of farm grain, mak
ing a proportionate saving of about
$20 per ton and it also puts three
times as much fertilizer back on the
farm as is in the grain this farmer
could sell.
[National Crop Improvement Servloe.]
There is no sense in hauling two
loads of cheap feed when one load of
high-grade feed will do the work and
costs but three-fourths as much as the
two loads. /_ -f.c:/.-v^. Ju_.':,j--.*
ST. PAUL AKD MINNEAPOM^aCENN.. SATURDAY: JUNE 16,1917
MAY HARVEST FISH
Secretary Redfield Holds Out New
Cheap Living dope.
FARMERS TO RIANT PONDS.
Predicted That Within Fw Years Til
lers of the Land Will Be Counting
on the Fish Crop Just as Now They
Count on Wheat, Corn and Other
Products. J4J
Washington.In a communication to
the house of representatives asking
for anew building forJfee bureau of
fisheries Secretar^'^eafi^ki of the de
partment of commerce makes several
interesting suggestions, and one ofground
them Is that within a few years farm
ers will be counting on their fish crop,
just as now they count on wheat, corn
and the other regular products of ag
riculture. The idea of planting and
harvesting sunflsh, perch, fresh water
mackerel, shad, eels and carp is prob
ably a strange one to the average city
man, who has little practical knowl
edge of farming, but Secretary Red-
Photo by American Press Association.
SECBETABY REDFIELD.
field's communication to congress
shows that serious thought has been
given to the idea.
It is also possible that with the great
weight in congress attached to the
magic word "farmer," the members
will give the fish commission a new
building with more alacrity. The free
seed legislation always meets unani
mous approval. Perhaps in some fu
ture congress along with the packages
of turnip seed and corn there will be
sent out under congressional franks
letters something like this:
"My Esteemed ConstituentI am
sending you under separate cover a
choice collection of fish eggs, including
the roe of the shad, the perch, the dace,
the chub and the dogfish. Plant these
in your fish ponds, where I hope they
will grow to be large and luscious
fishes."
Secretary Redfield has been a consist
ent booster for the bureau of fisheries
since he took office in the department of
commerce, and under his administra
tion the country has received several
valuable suggestions as to the edibility
of fish little known hitherto. On the
subject of fish for farms he says to con
gress
"Nothing has been done toward the
improvement of the races offishesin
respect to size, vigor, rapidity of growth
and edible qualities. It is certain that
the culture of fish in ponds on farms
will assume Importance within the next
few years, and the farmer should have
at his command the best brood stock
obtainable and information in regard to
its handling and improvement at least
equal in reliability to that which he
can obtain respecting poultry."
FISTS TESTED RECRUITS.
Riley Made Sure Men He Recommend
ed Were Fighters.
Chicago.Tom Riley of West Fif
teenth street was told at-the recruiting
station that he was too old tofight,al
though he begged for an opportunity to
enlist.
"I guess I'm too old to fight," he said,
as he twisted his gnarled and bony
hands, "but maybe I caa send ye some
likely lads. Whin they comes in, cap,
and tell ye ther're fr*m Tom Riley, take
me wor-rd they'll be aH right."
That.was one day recently. Since
then more than twenty-five huskies
have come in, saying they were "re-
cruited" by Tom Riley. Barring black
eyes and bruised faces, they were ideal
recruits and were gladly accepted.
Old Tom himself appeared again at
the station and was informed that all
of his recruits had been accepted.
Shave Renews His Youth.
Bridgeville, DeL Shaved for
first time in fifty "years, Daniel P.
Long, who lives outside of Bridgeville,
is expecting to become a regular vil
lage "cutup." Long is about eighty
years old and has not been shaved
since he was thirty years old. Long
has never visited a large city, never
saw a circus, never was on a railroad
train and never went to a moving pic
ture show. He expects to go to a
''movie" and plans to visit Philadel
phia on the next excursion.
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THE EEST DAIRY FEED
Made From Grain From Which the
Human Food Values Have
Been Taken.
By Profk p. D. Puller.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
The reason why the best dairy
feeds are less expensive than the same
grains on the farm is because the
principal elements of human food are
taken from these grains before they
are ever made into feed. The by
products of cereal mills, glucose fac
tories, malt houses, etc., constitute
often more than 50 per cent of the
total bulk of mixed dairy feeds bt the
better class.
These oats, barley and corn by
products are considered by experts in
animal nutrition as^very valuable
feed materials. After these cereals are
in the manufacture of alcohol,
for which the use is growing more im
portant daily in the arts, the solid
residue is dried in vacuo, and is then
known as "dried grains." If made
from corn, these grains contain on an
average of about 30 per cent crude
protein and 10 per cent crude fat. If
made from rye, while valuable, they
are of somewhat lower feed value.
The barley residue contains over 70
per cent more crude protein than
wheat bran and twice as much crude
fat. In fact, their food value is
largely increased -by the prodess.
All these products are widely used
by the best dairy feeders and are re
lied upon very extensively in milk
production. There is no doubt of the
fact that if the supply of these prod
ucts were radically limited or entirely
exhausted, it would have a serious ef
fect upon the milk production
throughout the country and the
dairymen would have one more bur
den added to their already overtaxed
strength^
Cottonseed meal is composed prin
cipally of the kernel, with such por
tion of the hull as is necessary in the
manufacture of oil. Cottonseed meal,
if choice, must contain at least 41 per
cent crude protein. It is one of the
richest of all feeds in this substance
and carries about 8 per cent crude
fat. On account of*its extreme con
centration it can be fed only in lim
ited quantities and always in con
junction with some products to fur
nish bulk. This meal is an important
ingredient in many manufactured
feeds.
HOME MIXED FEEDS.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
When a man undertakes to mix his
own rations, what does he do? He
buys straight feeds. Take cottonseed
meal as a common example. There
are a great many different grades of
cottonseed meal, and the man who is
looking for a low-priced feed is sure
to get a low grade. The demand for
cheap feeding ingredients has caused
the quality vto be gradually whittled
down. Consequently the farmer
nearly always works with feeds which
*ce poorer than he believes them to
be. He does not get adequate state
protection because inspectors do not
go to a farmer's barn to draw sam
ples, and even if they did, it would be
hard to get a complete chain of evi
dence.
A farmer has no facilities for hav
ing his feed analyzed and he doesn't
know what he is working with. The'
analyses of mixed feeds costs about
ten cents per ton, and if every farmer
will read the various bulletins from
the agricultural colleges he will soon
know those brands which can be de
pended upon. There is no doubt that
at the present prices of grain any
farmer can save money by selling his
cereal crops and buying mixed feed.
Cornmeal, oil meal and cottonseed
meal are all high, but the by-products
of barley and rye are all more reason
able in price.
Corn has become costly largely due
to the demand for pork and beef/
Americans will have those meats at
almost any price. This puts corn on
a meat basis, and the dairy business
will have to fall back on the by-prod
ucts of grains.
GIVE COWS PLENTY OF WATER.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
When cows are in full milk they re
quire plenty of water. It is stated
authoritatively that cows in full flow
of milk will consume 50 per cent
more water than when dry.
Poor feed sells to poor feeders.
Only that part of the feed that di
gest is of usethe rest is mostly fer
tilizer material.
No proteinno casein no casein
no milk not enough proteinnot so
much milk also not enough feednot
so much food..
Poods with the highest protein and
highest analysis are usually but not
always the cheapest to use.
Cows won't make milk out of water
and air.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
Starchy feeds like corn and oats
often sell as high as protein feeds be
cause of the demand for themi for
horses and other work animals.
feeds are also good to fatten
steers. That is why they are often as
high in price as dairy feeds, which are
strong in protein.
theStarchy
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
Home-grown grains can often be prof
itably traded for protein feeds. While
oats are generally demanded for horse
feed, they are nearly always too ex
pensive for dairy feed. Oats by-prod
ucts, however, are very useful for
bulk.
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PUBLICITY BUREAU
LIBERTY LOAN OF 1917
R. W. WOOLLEY, DIRECTOR
WHAT IS A LIBERTY LOAN BOND?
A Liberty Loan Bond is a solemn
promise of the United States to pay
at maturity the amount of the bond
to the holder thereof, and to pay in
terest semi-annually each year from
the date of the issuance of the bond
until it is fully and finally paid.
WHAT IS THE SECURITY FOR A
LIBERTY LOAN BOND?
Tbe taitn and honor of the United
States, -backed by all of the resources
of the nation and the American peo
ple. A Liberty Loan Bond is a mort
gage on all the resources and taxing
powers of the government and all of
the resources of the American people.
WHAT IS THE NATURE OP A LIB-
ERTY LOAN BOND.
There are two kinds of Liberty Loan
Bonds. Bearer Bonds are to be issued
in denominations of $50, $100, $500
and $1,00Q. These Bearer Bonds,
which are made payable to bearer,
have interest coupons attached which
are detached by the holder when the
interest installments they represent
are due, and can be cashed at any
bank the same as a United States
treasury note.
Registered bonds are to be issued,
which are registered as to both prin
cipal and interest, in denominations of
J100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,-
000 and $100,000 checks for the
amount of interest due will be mailed
out semi-annually to the holders of
these registered bonds.
WHAT ARE THE TERMS OF A LIB-
ERTY LOAN BOND'?
Liberty Loan Bonds of the first is
sue of $2,000,000,000 are to bear date
of June 15, 1917, and to run for thirty
years, except that the government re
serves the right to pay them fifteen
years after date. If this right is not
exercises by the government fifteen
years from date, the bonds will run
the full thirty years.
These bonds bear interest at ZVZ
per cent per annum, and the interest
is payable semi-annually on the 15th
day of December and the 15th day of
June in each year.
WHAT SPECIAL ADVANTAGES
HAVE THESE LIBERTY
LOAN BONDS?
One especial advantage no other
bonds, national, state, municipal or
corporate, have is that if the United
btates during the continuance of this
war shall issue other bonds at a high
er rate of interest, the holders of these
Liberty bonds have the right to ex
change their Liberty bonds for bonds
bearing.the higher rate of interest,
dollar for dollar.
WHAT OTHER SPECIAL ADVANT
AGES DO THESE, BONDS
POSSESS?
They are non-taxable. If your city
county and,state taxes are three mills
on the dollar, a not unusual tax, these
bonds are equivalent to ordinary cor
porate bonds or other investments
bearing 6% per cent.
In addition no federal tax which war
conditions may later make necessary
win affect these bonds. The only tax
these bonds are subject to is the in
heritance tax, which applies to all
property of all kinds whatsoever.
HOW ARE LIBERTY BONDS OB-
TAINED?
Blank forms of applications for the
purchase of these bonds can be obtain
ed from the Treasury Department, any
federal reserve bank, any national,
state or private bank, any express of
fice and any postofflce in the United
Mates. Any bank or postmaster will
aid applicant in filling out his blank
and the other acts necessary to obtain
these bonds.
IF THESE BONDS ARE SO DESIR
ABLE, WHY IS IT NECESSARY
TO ADVERTISE THEM
EXTENSIVELY?
It is not necessary to advertise these
bondsarnestly
lu
to sell the whole issue, but it
f,
desired that this loan
shall be a popular loan, a loan by and
from the people at large of the United
btates, and not alone from banks,
trust companies and financiers. To
that end bonds are to be issued of
small denominations, and subscribers
for small amounts are to be supplied
before the subscribers for large
amounts are granted their full sub
scription. IS IT PATRIOTIC TO PURCHASE
THESE BONDS?
Yes every American who sub
scribes to the justice of the course of
the United States in entering and
conducting the war we are now en
gaged in should subscribe to the Lib
erty Lo a
Bon
isgu
tn his or her financial
abilityee
MINE FIELDS LAID.
Entrances to Important Harbors
Are Quickly Protected.
COAST ARTILLERY IS READY.
Every Square Foot of Water Near Port
of New York Made Unsafe Even For
RowboatRear Admiral Knight 8t
About Safeguarding Narraganaett
Bay Naval District.
Washington.When the break with
Germany came two of the most elabo
rate and intricate mine fields that a
nation ever devised for the safeguard
ing of a city's water gates were plan
ned by the coast artillery and tiie
corps of engineers to protect the en
trances to the waters immediately
about New York. It was a task which
was completed in all save the last de
tail, the actual laying of the mines, and
these were stored by hundreds at Fort
Totten and Sandy Hook, ready for the
message from the war department
which would send the mine layers out
with their gingerly handled burdens.
The aggressiveness and determina
tion with which an attack can be deliv.
ered are a lesson of the European war
which has not been lost upon the mili
tary and naval ofliclals of this country.
BEAB AOMIBAL KNIGHT.
It has certainly proved of vast value
to the coast artillery, which as a sec
ond and third line of defense will be
intrusted with the defense of New
York. The first line is the navy, the
fourth is the mobile army.
Newport, R. I., the seat of a torpedo
factory, a mine base, fuel station, mu
nition magazines, the naval war col
lege and other departments of high
naval importance, was formally trans
ferred from the control of Collector of
Customs Fitzsimmons to Rear Admiral
Austin M. Knight The latter immedi
ately set about protecting the harbor
and the entire Narragansett bay naval
district against any emergency.
Mines were collected at Forts Greble
and Adams ready for distribution in
the waters of the harbor approaches.
Every strategic center was placed un
der double guard, the public was re
fused admission and troops refused
leave of absence except in special in
stances. Officers received what is
known as the "mobilization slate," in
dicating the posts which they will be
called upon to fill in the event of an
actual mobilization order.
The naval torpedo factory was espe
cially busy. Extra time by workers
and operation in shifts have been or
dered, while efforts were made to re
cruit 400 additional machinists. Three
torpedo boat destroyers, with a full
quota of torpedoes, are protecting the
factory and ready at the same time to
perform such other duties as the com
mandant may order.
"ITS
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Every American who subscribesoto
the belief that an American should
stand by his or her country should
subscribe to the Liberty Loan Bond
issue.
Every American who loves America
and is jealous of America's honor
should subscribe to the Liberty Loan
Bond issue. The real success of the
loan is
tofbe numb
more determined
bygthe Americans participatin in
it than by the amount subscribed. The
spirit of the nation is going to be
judged abroad, especially by our ene
mies, more by the number of its Amer
ican men and women who support
this bond issue than by.the mere
amount of money subscribed.
YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTYBUY A
LIBERTY LOAN BOND.
A LIBERTY LOAN BOND I S A
MORTGAGE ON THE UNITED
STATES.
REMEMBER THE LUSITANIA AND
BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND.
WHY "LIBERTY LOAN?"
The $5,000,000,000 bond issue of this
year is named "The Liberty Loan of
1917" because it is to be a loan from
a free people tp be used in freeing the
world.
It is the loan of a liberty-loving peo
ple to be devoted to the establishment
of liberty in Europe and on the high
seas.
It is the loan of the great democracy
of the New World to redress the
wrongs and support the cause of de
mocracy of the Old.
IT' REAL SPORT."
This Fighting of Duels In Air, Aviator
on Furlough Says.
Cleveland, O."It's real sport," said
Robert Rockwell, a member of the
French aviation service, who is home
on a furlough.
"The Americans in the service," said
Rockwell, "look upon it as sport They
forget it is war. When we come back
and, laughing, tell how some enemy
birdman escaped, our officers remind
us we are 'at war.'"
Rockwell went to France two years
ago as a member of the hospital serv
ice. He joined the air squad last
March. He will rejoin the service on
the Somme front His cousin, Kiffin
Rockwell, was killed in an air duel.
U. S. LAYS SUBMARINE NET.
It Blocks Entrance to Hampton Roads
and Is Two Miles Long.
Norfolk, ITa.As a protection against
hostile submarines a powerful steel net
has been placed in Hampton Roads be
tween Fort Wool and the government
pier at Fort Monroe. The net blocks
entrance to the entire channel of the
roads and affords absolute protection
to Fort Monroe and Old Point Com
fort
The net was laid with so much se
crecy that its presence was not known
until masters of vessels were forbidden
to pass over it without authority from
the commanding officer of the navy pa
trol boats now on duty in the roads.
The net is about two miles long. Its :---M
efficiency was proved by the capture
of the steamship Madison..,
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