Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 11, 1917, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextPA'OE THREW OLD GLORY TO FLY SEVEN SEAS E LIKELY CALL CONFERENCE El ENEMY LINES BY TO EFFECT ELECTIONS OF APPLE GROWERS I HELD IN SWEDEN 8. , SEP. 13 ISWi MEPFORT) MATT, TRTT.TTNT5, MTCTYFOTIT), ORE(10T, TUESDAY. RF.rTEMT.ET?. 11. 1917. AS IN OLD DAYS Shipping Board Makes United States England's .Rival as Queen of the Waves and Lays Basis for Great Profit After the War America to Become Great Maritime Nation. By Basil M. Manloy. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. What Is the most powerful corporation In the world? The steel trust! You're wrong. Guess again, and keep on guessing. The most powerful corporation In the world today Is the United States shipping board, operating In part through Its subsidiary the emergency fleet corporation. Today oceanic transportation rules the world, and the shipplnb board comes very near controlling oceanic transportation. Most Americans have an Idea the shipping, board Is doing a big Job In building cargo vessels to circumvent the U-boat, but they have no concep tion of the part in making the Uni ted States ruler of the seas. Merchant Murino Restored. Submarines or no submarines, the program the shipping board Is putting through will enable the United States after peace comes to haul every pound of goods she ships abroad, Instead of paying heavy tribute, as In the past, to British, French, German, Italian, Scandinavian and Japanese merchant men. . ' Think what this means. The ship ping board is going to put the Stars and Stripes on all the seven seas, to carry commerce where Old Glory has not been seen since the days of our clipper ships. , The shipping board's construction and commandeering program will add nearly 10,000,000 tons to the 8,500, 000 tons we have today. From the least considered of maritime powers we go at a bound right up to the top. Only Enfrluml to Rival. Only England will contest maritime supremacy with us. She has today some 17,000,000 tons, most of which is ocean-going, while a large part of our pre-war tonnage consists of lake I una river uoais, so sue prouuuiy win I have the edge on us when the war ends. Germany, which had about 4,500,- 000 tons In 1916, has lost In 1917 more than the 500,000 tons we com mandeered. iNorway, next in strength with about 2,500,000 tons, is com pletely outclassed, while all the rest will drag along with less than 2,000,- 000 tons each. iBut mere ship tonnage is only a small part of our enormous maritime influence now and for the future. The United States, through the shipping board. Is the arbiter of ocean trans portation rates throughout the world. TheBe rates are now under discussion with representatives of the allies and revolutionary readjustments are soon to be announced. I'IvIhk Ijilxir Conditions. Furthermore, through the seamen's act the shipping board Is now deter mining labor conditions for the sail ors of all nations. The act, by mak ing the sailors of every nation free men when they are In American ports, openB the way for them to- force the vessel owners of other nationalities to come up to American standards And as the ships of all the world must now come to America for cargoes, the leveling process Is proceeding with great rapidity. Many Americans, view the enor mous sums Invested In ships by the United States as non-productive ap propriations. They have never stop ped to consider that the merchant ships will always be a Bource of reve nue. Knormntu Profits. Former Chairman Denman of the shipping board tells me even If pres ent shipping rates are cut In half ev ery ship now building or comman deered for the United States will pay i. for Itself Bnd yield a profit of 100 per cent in a year's time. I" Uncle Sam today could sell every ship contract signed by the shipping board either to American or foreign ship owners at half again as much as the government is to pay. LONDON, Sept. 10. The official report from British headquarters In France tonight reads: "la addition to those reported this morning, a few prisoners were taken during the night In the course of pa trol encounters In the neighborhood of Languicourt. Last night there was local fighting in which we captured several prisoners southeast of St. Ju lien. , "Southeast of St. Jcnsliook the en emy raided one of our advanced posts from which a few of our men are missing. The post has since been re established. The artillery has been active on both sides during the day east of Ypres. "On Sunday a thick mist greatly hampered aerial operations. Artil lery co-operution wus carried out when possible and a few bombs were dropped by duy and night on hostile airdromes. Three enemy machines were brought down and four were driven down out of control. Five of our machines are missing. i 'It Is impossible to include In the daily communiques the almost num berless Incidents that are occurring dally and nightly along the front, of ten entallng hard fighting by small parties and demanding high qualities of courage and endurance on the part of the troops concerned. A short summary is given showing the gen eral nature of the work constantly be ing done. 'Our patrols are continually work ing both on the battle front and also upon what are generally regarded as quiet parts of the line. Small parties go out day and night to Investigate the enemy's wire, to ascertain the condition of his trenches, the strength of his garrison or the position of the German machine gun emplacements and strong points. Much valuable in formation is obtained and encounters with the enemy's patrols and work ing parties are frequent." LONDON, Sept. 11. The follow ing statement from an authoritutlve source was made to the Associated Press today, with reference to the revelations concerning Sweden: -"There is no need for auy action on the part of the allies regarding the Swedish exposures, nor is any ac tion, joint or otherwise, contemplated. The facts as narrated speak for them selves. , "This is not a case of any quarrel on the part of the allies with the Swedish people, but of Individual ac tion by Individual officials, which it Is confidently believed, will ue strong ly resented by the Swedish people. There-can be no doubt that Sweden will take the earliest opportunity to explain her position, and this, It 1b hoped, will clear tho air and even lead to a' better understanding." In Swedish circles In London tho view Is expressed that the revelations came just in time to insure a big victory for the liberal socialist bloc In the Swedish elections, which are now under way and which will con tinue until September 21. This should be followed by the fall of tho present conservative government as soon as parliament reassembles in January, and Us replacement by a cabinet headed by Hjalmir Brantlng, the so cialist leader. ASK AN INSPECTION OF TALENT IRRIGATION PROJECT SALEM, OreTrseptTll. The Irri gation securities commission today received a request from representa tives of the Talent irrigation district near Ashland, Ore., to make an In spection of the land under the pro ject preparatory to passing on a dis trict bond issue of $000,000. PAPER SUPPRESSED WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. The raid on the Philadelphia Tagcblatt by federal agents is regarded here today as the first step In the government's campaign to summarily throttle sedi tious press utterances. it is not yet disclosed whether the authorities' action will take the form of raids and arrests or the exclusion of the offending publications from mall privileges. Daily Issues of at least six other newspapers printed in the enemy tongue have been closely scrutinized by officials for several months, and it Is expected steps of an equally dras tic nature will be taken by federal agents. WASHINGTON. Sept. ll.-The food administration today called a confer ence of apple growers, shippers' as sociations and box manufacturers nt Portland, Ore., September 13 to dis cuss conservation of this year's apple crop. It is the purpose of the administra tion to help the growers save all their product that It may be of use In the United States markets or for the al lied nations. Tho boxmakers will have an amplo supply of boxes this year, It Is as sured, but the question of distribu tion of tho shooks to all sections of the Pacific. Northwest Is to he set tled. Large box supplies are expect ed to be derived from the spruce lum ber used In airplane stock. The mills of tho Pacific Northwest have ordors now for more than 100,000,000 feet of airplane material. It is stated that only about 20 per cent of the lumber Is fit for the manufacture of planes. A largo portion of tho waste materi als will he available for boxes. PARIS, Sept.' 11.. An agreement obtained from the belligerent powers by King Alfonso permitting the free movement of French and English hos pital ships also provides, It was an nounced today, for the removal from French hospital ships of German of ficer prisoners nfter today. On Its part, the German government will re move French prisoners from exposed positions on tho front whero they were placed as acts of reprisal. GERMANY STOPS I! AMSTERDAM, Sopt. 11. The Tei egraaf says Gornuiny has stopped sending coal to Holland. The paper expresses the belief that Germany's attitude is intended as pressure on Holland to grant a loan which thus fur has been refused. Ill'ENOS AIRES, Sept. 11. News dispatches to the effect that pass ports may be handed to the German and Swedish diplomatic representa tives to Argcnltan aro declared by the foreign minister to be premature, as the government Is unable oven to consider such a procedure unless It receives details respecting the Wash ington revelations. The foreign minister announces that the steamers Oran and Guazo, referred to In one of the messages sent by Count Luxburg through tho Swedish legation to the German for eign office, arrived at French ports In June, after Luxburg hud sent his dispatch. An Argontino patriotic society has Issued u statement that Count Lux burg must not he given his passports, but tried for a criminal offense of inciting tho assassination of Argen tine citizens. This action is impossi ble, howovor, as diplomatic repre sentatives aro immune from court summonses. All documents relating to questions between Argentina and Germany havo been published, tho foreign minister declared, adding that nothing had held held in reserve and that there is not now, and never had been, a pact, written or verbal, with Germany limiting in any way the freedom of Argentine shipping. "Further doubt concerning Argen tina's faith and truthfulness after this declaration, must 1e considered a na tional offense," the foreign minister declared. Ho added that the best proof of the Inexactness of Count Lux- burg's May 19 dispatch was that eight Argentine steamers cleared for the war zone during Juno. "Corn wasn't really Kinftsays tQtfi&u until they made P05T JOASTIES Live Forever Says DR. WILEY In a recent lecture. Dr. Harvey W.Wiley, the noted chemist and food expert, said: "If you mix whole wheat products with milk you can live forever." 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