ie BUSINESS
Federal Board.
Alms To Speed Up Production Aircraft
Plants
Then Firms Making Am-
Given First Preference,
munition.
Was The
policy
Government's
nation's industries
with completion
of a new priorities order compiled by
the War Industrie
Tie
provides for conservation of fuel and
{ lacing industries
relative
hington.
toward the
was established the
s Poard
purpose of the order, which
in
importance, is
nt conflict of inte
us departments in the
Fests
and speed up produc.
rtation
t's action practically
business under
agreement with
manufacturers, a
cent. in the produ
instrument
War
h other
agreed
Board
manufacturers
Industries
for some time to
asi
the
aduction in
in
war work
plants engaged ex
cturing rail
food ex
ote
and
ants pi
1
Tels excep!
bunker cos not
spire. eraft, plants en
i
sly in buildhe ships,
including pleasure craft
ng exclusively
equipment there
f plants
plants
for
' '
in pla
nor in
inufactiu supplies
manufactur
and rolling
, except for patent
for.
ers
miliis, ia
leather,
ning
and rope and wire rope
Edward D. Parker, chairman
prio ities board. stated that the lat of
t be extended
Two factors, It
was dec] red wi'l ont
tion of es 1
] Relative
which the
utilized
“9
re
Oat eto]
extracts
egrential industries 1
from time to ti
determina
They are
ol
sential industries
urgency of the ses for
product of the plant fs
Percentage of the product of the
plant which js utilized for war work,
direct or indirect. or work of
tional or national im}
excep
Oortance
Newspapers and
placed on the preference list
The priority board in its official
gtatement asserted that it had not un
derfaken to clasgify any industry as
nonessential or to limit for the present
the quantity of fuel any particular
plant shall receive,
periodicals were
pl ¢
WIRELESS
HGHTING U-BOAT
lantic in Midwinter.
Then Battied Forward Alone
Most Reached Port Under
Power—Driven From
And
Own
Course.
comimissi
But there was no faltering. The
boats were gding to the front in
wariare Even when
parted in cases, unknown
the tuge and aceompanying craft,
the submarines battled forward alone
A majority of them reached their des
tination under their own power, ready
real
this time two
lines OME
to
Ter 4%
for duty
Some of the boats were driven far
They showed uj
but promptly put
reached sta
thelr courses
different
again
ports,
fo sea and their
With new fuel and supplies aboard
two, worn out by
long struggle the
replaced, In a few days the boat pu!
again. It went through
despite a fourth gale it encoun
nian or
the with elements,
to sea that
Little hag been said of the work of
British and French submarines in
hunt. They are playing a
part, however, and lurking
enemy bases. There have
been encounters between submarines,
reports of which read like fiction. The
service has been described as a try.
ing one, for which men of courage and
daring are needed. It is in that work,
presumably, that the American sub
marines are engaged.
the
close to
APRIL DRAFT CALLS
FOR 150,000 MEX
Three Times Number Scheduled
in Original Plan
Number Is Nearly Double the Monthly
Quota As Based Upon Calling
Out 800,000 Over
Feriod of Nine Months.
of Men
Florid
604
fowa
3.305: Louisiana
Maryland, 2,120;
Michigan, 65%0
2,004
M ns
Minnesots
fogsouri,
1.302 Nebraska, 1.460
New Hampshire, 576
New Mexico, 105;
Carolina,
407K;
Nee
New
New
13%;
‘ Ohio,
Oreg +}
x, 2291
10,956;
Carolina,
Te 4.751: Texas, 7.5817;
618: Vermont, 421. Virginia,
Washington, 1,566; West Vir
1.039: Wisconsin, 3.736; Wyo
ne
thode Isls
South 1.669: South Dakota,
720
tah,
1.065.
ginia,
ming,
Neate,
SHOOTS KAISER'S PICTURE.
Man In Davenport Carried Away By
Movie Show,
Davenport, lowa During the
formance here of a photoplay deplet
ing German atrocities, a men who
gave his name as E, J. Kell® and his
occupation ae a traveling saleaman,
fired two shots at the screen when
an impersonation of the German Em
peror wax shown, Kelly was taken
into custody, but it was announced
he would not be prosecuted,
per
»
A —
WAR (NE YEAR
standing Feature of Period.
Months’
Various
Twelve
Activities Shows What
Departments of Government
Have Decne.
Review of
The United States has been an oc
War
the
At
the
the
government
one year, Opening o
VeRr Coit
first twelve
whut
. ¢
mouths of
has
f the gov
States In
of the
showing been
branches o
the 1
to play an effective
by various
nited
ition
the ultimate defent of
|
informat
}
g 820
construction of an
France,
well ul
The
Lase In cost
Great qu:
forelgn
iden
way.
of in the
struction work have been shipped from
the United fabricated
ronwork for p to nails
crossties for and even
he piles to build
All the while there has heen a fairly
sven flow of and materials from
the United States to France. The men
in the trenches, back of the lines, on
the construction projects and in the
hospitals have been steadily supplied
Our losses at sea, In men and mnte
been gratifyingly =mall
single occurred on
British ship
nnd sunk.
t
material used
Stateg—from
an ordnance he
and raliroads,
docks,
men
rials, have
The
February 5,
Tuscanin was
loge
when the
torpedoed
greatest
France, have been found and 55 others
were #till missing on March 16,
To secure an adequate number of
rompetent officers to lead the new
armies various plans were devised
Two classes nat West Point were grad:
pated In advance of the usual gradu
ating dates and special examinations
were held In varous parts of the coun:
try for appointments from civil life
Three series of officers’ training camps
have been held, Of 63.208 candidates
in the first twn series of camps #4078
qualified and were awarded commis
sions. In the third series of camps
spened January 5, 1018, gbout 18000
largely of en-
1 ee
attenaanoe
candidates, consisting
Heted men, have been 'n
Corps of Evgineers,
At the beginning of the #
ginecer f ths
iIgtedd of
ments
troops Cons
of ploneer eng
trains, one mounted co
gineer detachment nt
agiregate strength
ly 4.125
present
officers and en
the REET
200,000, w
an
120 063)
aver
ual strength of approximsie
Of the
cruited
the
special engineer units re
.
anc
for service on rallways
maintenance of lines of communi
many are in France
are recruitment
to full strength in order to he rend}
for service. The first en
gineer troops, 1,100 to he
France about three
cation, nlready
others awaiting
OVersens
strong cent
in
months after war was declared. Since
abroad, arrived
that time the number has been greatly
augmented, These troops have heen
constantly engaged in
work, Including
of rallways,
general en
the
wharves
con
struction docks
eantonments, and hospitals for the use
of the
They
performance
American expeditionary
in
of
combnt
forces
have some Instances,
their
vith }
Ordnance Department.
the
duties
ive the en
outhreak
sioned personn
departinent ha
rating with yenariy
14.000 (6)
about
r cooled
48 minut
« without maif
onds alfuncti
KN
Quartermaster Corps.
ide of the wi
1 divi
re
3
food sup
eLce
h the
of
plies for the army are avaliable at all
stations from the Philippines to Lor
raine Purchases recently in
cluded 40000000 pounds dried beans
116.000000 cans baked beans of, the
1017 crop, 65,184 470 cans of tomatoes
1.000.000 cane of condensed milk,
20. 287.000 pounds of prunes,
sponsibility seeing
made
and
The establishment of the subsistence
centralized the purchases of
foodstuffs for the army, previous to
which such products were distributed
Ef
fective January 1, the central control
has resulted In greater effi
In January
system as compared with the
prices obtained by depot quartermas-
and In February a saving of
Production of 10,000 new sutomaobile
trucks is In progiéss for the army, in
ger cars, 8.126 motorcycles, and 5.040
bicveles, with appropriate repair and
replacement equipment,
In three months the cantonment di
vision of the quartermaster general's
department built 16 cantonments, ench
one practically a small city, compris
ing about 1,400 separate bulldings and
providing quarters for 47,000 men,
In the construction of these 18 can-
tonments over 22.000 individual byild-
ings of many types were erected for
the housing of the National army
while in training. The construction
cost approximately $186.000,000,
ghtly more than twice the cost of
ling the Panama conal., The co
profits the several 1
aged only 2.08
Air Bervice,
service has
on
per cent,
heen called
f4hesit
S040 GK) (KH) act vithou
ail, made a 1006 (XK
» for the first year.
¢ been obligut
April the air
negligible force officers
120 fields
pra
no aviation industry, and only
en
HK secon planes
the most scanty knowledge of the ka-
development abroad. The
extablis
progri
oblem was
work out the
The pr
first,» personnel ; and
ment,
Today
BeCon
the
that
nember a skilled man
reonnel is
of go, p
through ar
£chool
Development of Navy
velopment of the navy «
GEO
od
¢ been
time for 40 vessels
re than 700 pri :
have been purchased or charters
navy
authorized bs
ttloshin
eships
1.500 tor
six navy
these boats have crossed
were weather
Naval training
of 102.000
in winter
in s«¢
camps have a on
in summer, 84000
Shipping Board's Progress.
Up to date cougress has authorized
of which £1.135.000,000
been appropriated, for
States Shipping board
Fleet corporation;
53.247 055.837 of this
has the
and
on
sum
The Emergency Fleet corporation
720 steel
vessels, making a total of 1.145 steel
chips, of an aggregate dend-weight
contracts for 40 woodell vessels, ag
gregating approximately 1.715.000
dead-weight tons; it had repaired and
put in operation TRS.000 dead weight
tonnage seized from Germany and
Austria.
(mn March § the building program
of the Emergency Fleet corporation
was being carried on In 151 plants
First Year's War Cost.
Total estimated expense of the
United States government in the first
vear of war, without loans to the
allies, is $12,067.278670.07.
To help meet this expense, the treas.
ury department floated $6.616.532.300
subscriptions to Liberty bonds,
Bonds, certificates of indebtedness,
War Savings certificates, and Thrift
stamps issued by the treasury up to
March 12, totaled $8560 802,002.00.
The United States government had
loaned to foreign governments wsso-
ciated In the war on March 12, 1818,
$4,436.320,750.
To March 12 the war risk insur
ance bureau had issued policies for a
total of $12.465,110.000 to the armed
forces "