HTffiMiyq LEDGBBPHILADEIHIA, WEDNESDAY, 8EPTEMBEK , 1817 rip5?' v ' YARDS HUM shin. l.IfS.TCS! -'''aP'8. i tVi'll lirjnlEfc Pipe that hi S' ror xaP'8. m'les of cause of fa,?.8!' put ,n- obviously be no purnosf i Pla""' a"4 wn,ch "rved meS that leVer Th8 crlmes aMlnst land wouir,We.re, commted In tho Vater shipyard even in';!;ated Jn no American wa?yftor?,truc?lon? lh'M hurr,cd tlmcs ' ara'lMn8 J?'. 8lxlcon ln '. arean In American trade at the present time. These were requisitioned, and Aus tria has already been paid for them. Another delicate problem with which the Shipping Board has to do Is that of the ships of neutral countries that come to American ports. The Government wants those ships diverted from trade that might be of benefit to the enemy and put Into that which will be of unquestioned service to the Allies. It has no authority over these ships, but there are privileges which they must have before they may clear from American ports. By denying them these privileges the United States Is In a posi tion where It may virtually dictate their course. These being war times no light hand Is used ln such matters. There are, for Instance, a number of Dutoh ships tied up In New Tork harbor and leaded with grain. Their cargoes were Intended for Holland. The Allies, however, havo not 'sufficient assurance that theao cargoes will not reach Germany. The United States, therefore, denies the ships export licenses under the food export pro visions of recent legislation They may also be denied bunker coal, without which they may not cross the Atlantic. But they are determined that they will not yield to Is said to be sprouting In their holds as they collect barnacles ht American docket. SIUPTARD CONGESTION Tho problems of the board are multitudin ous. There Is the necessity to build many ships and to build them quickly. There is a great shortage of shipyards In the t'nltcd States and alt had many more or ders than they could execute. This Gov- ernmeirt witMjiiiJatt Overcr&wdeil. ImliiiuV. WtO , was already demanding every aewi rf f ; ?fil AS U. S. PUSHES HUGE PROGRAM i source, it wouin nave neemea tiw hugo a building plan would have bn pa ond the possibilities. America had goaf out of business as a maritime nation ami was not well provided for shipbuilding. Tat Into this situation rim r great necessity and America Is meeting It ths demands of the Allies and the gralnj Af Construction Policies Take i3fe H If Shape in Development of li ft - u -.1 m V TTr $- i ' lUtUCIliUlli JLTJlrtlJlUU. vx.'i vri. LVAST PROBLEMS SOLVED I WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUT ' WASHINGTON, Sept 2. J, Th emoko of battle haa cleared away from the headquarter of ths United Btatea. thlrolnr Board and ths Emergency Fleet "corporation, where General Goethals and 'Cfttlrtnan Denman lately were camouflaging jnd emoke-bombing each other, and It Is iiow posilble to state definite gOYernmental fcetlelti on wooden and steel ships and take (he measure of the advance toward their -br!catlon. I in the first Instanoe, I was told today fit the Shipping Board that few or no l..in ehlos would be built after the com- S.t.lnn of 400 now under contract. This would Indicate that General Goethals's MUMel had prevailed In the argument as Uetwen wooden and steel ships. Still, there li a considerable concession In favor of flhe Penman Idea, for 400 wooden ships of ;;U5) tons each make no small Item In the -American mnno ui .wiu iuiuic aiiuiucui. fsll, H may do eiaicu mat in warn i 'ell along on many of these vessels, and fttie? will he taking to the water within five 'months from date. S The second question at Issue between f General Goethals, of the Emergency Fleet ('Corporation, and Chairman Denman, of the Shipping Board, was one of authority. Gen itnl Goethals tcolt the position that he was 'to proceed with his plans without the advice cf tne snipping uo&ru, ana unrmtn uen trin Insisted upon passing on the program ef the builder of the Panama Canal. In the midst of the bitter controversy that en 'sued the President asked both to resign and ' anoetnted Edward N. Hurley and Rear Ad- plrr Washington Lee Cappa as their suc cessors. SHIPPING BOAIID IN POWER "Th Kmercenev Fleet Cornoratlon." It ills now eald and uncontradicted at the i Shipping Board, "is a subsidiary of the (board. The latter haB the direction of the fliulldlng plan, as well as that of the opera tion of the ships when they are ready to be Iput Into commission." t So, In the second jententlon between Penman and Goethals, tie former chairman 1' items to nave won me aay. as me mai rtf.ifi(i wnrlrnd mit It vpam within hl nrnv. Since to exercUe nuthorlty over the worlc Fcf the builder of ships. Rear Admiral '..Cuds admits that authority, which sits 1 lightly, and is proceeding with the work. ' These vast enterprises of the Government i In meeting the war situation contain much ret Incidental news from day to day, but In the mass of It the whole plan and ths is extent to which It Is being accomplished tare difficult to rollow. I thererore asKed at the Shipping Board that I be helped to .picture the status of our shipbuilding pro I gram as It exists today. y In the first place there Is tho measure 4ef the job In the light of appropriations 'from Congress. Early In the camo the $ Emergency Fle,et Corporation vhb formed ,(unaer tne authorization or Congress which .'provided It with $50,000,000. protesting at fithe largeness of the amount. Then, after Cwe werewell Into the war and the sub- .imarlnes were sinking many ships, a new 'measuro of the situation appeared to Con- trees and authorization was given for the t expenditure of 5750,000,000, or fifteen times ;, the original appropriation. Contracts have .,,kn let that will absorb that $780,000,000, and Congress has provided for an addl ' tJonil billion In legislation now nniiin- 1 hut scheduled to pass within a few weeks. ,', So the authorizations for ships Is nearlng j the two-billion mark. The first S7EO.ooo.oon u m ti.ir.- .., ltxt to the 400 wooden ships progressing toward completion, there are eighty com posite ships building. These vessels are part wood and part steel and are of 5000 tons each or thereabouts. Some of them .Wll be ready In six months. FABRICATED STEET. SHIPS The third Vnnfllr In ttulMtn. fM -,.-, Pttted steel ships. There are 140 of these tPOW contrartnd fnr T-. Frjnglng from 6000 to 70ui). They are the pmps mat promiio to be standard for future Construction. Thv nn Kt X..H. ii v. La system 0f co-ordinating production that f bum h ,r 'l,a man'8' ot American in- iitimiia'n"":"" .r 1a.",?a, demon- I,,.. : '" wi are Duiu in parts at IB7J1. ??1 P'wes, numbers of great Indus- t .." aB8lnel the manufacture i fate .h.Eri,ons .? tI,e Bhlp that best fiiT i,I "'. xnese various parts J'LaSEb,d., at.JIo. Ilai.d and tKewarle v V "iawaro "'ver. nnd at BiIai '. f Wnen once thl Piece of ?aMatl0n ,3 ln 0PatIon each Sf these I aembllng plants will be able to turn out ThS", h'P. ? ! ry two day J terniZi... Z B"'PB- le Prospective mas ri' EmernovUh8. J"'" Board and the H t lnt 7.5 eet Corporation, will begin to fmm.i,. "to ,n len montns to a year ... irom the present date. rhii. wo mo uunainsr plan for JtolV?.0. ' ready available. The blU Juieiv in ?h come wm probably be used nI steel ships. composite wood i 300.000 TONS OF SHIPPING SEIZED I fe0Mdwnr,aSt ""dwlng oMhe Shipping RdeTf3 "A0 commandeering of ships un. Itween ,,,' .T Jn a" tn8 BhlPyards be- Ithat were "t.,r ..."aa..."1"? ? ." wnvnWu. tVV." . w"os regara to has ifviS-. n.ha8 .Dald for thesa sh'P "! to rr.1, ., "u"ora to tneir builders as sine. rfnn 0f 70tk- lIan' of them hve "ea?v V " c.omP,l- As they Tmve ljeen I Ls?,2iteFi.th .traae' thB Government r naiJ!'f,.,neP t0" "& w Ue army SlnitiVh - ' "asea tnem ror operation SaVa hrta,Wa that Jt woula b. most bene- rr h,,- ,VBael or more than 2500 tons to a teniV'?' but lh0 total has amounted hi. V "l u,wuw, ana tne number of Th. orathlng like a hundred. tm.- ... "". B"'r coramanaoerlng ships S2jrah5SfU0M00 Uvlhat of "luloltlonlng -T iuhk.7 . ""iP""- very American ship Is I ay3'm-o W ,".rt. of commandeering at ii. -i wwnoro aro, oi course, ' wSS'll4, Thft my may want rans: faaV hV .''y "7wanl ",er8- There i ef ,. 1.7. ur wn OI lno ormer ana sit I iiJ tt'r tom,orrow, The Shipping Board I L,uu av !U "WPP'nSf maP- It notes that I Solnt..a!i ps Rrfl om,n" Port at certain IP r..7i . ' . """ ln" certain otners have L recently docked and unloaded. It seizes i e sixteen ships, that best liult Its numoMa rtnMiarimort avaUab'8- It turns them Ira- L tor fh la Berv,C8 '"at has called UERMAN IKRiryiCITOVrrr. TV... ,1..- .i . ..... tli v w'ro "re tne uerman snips that "v been Interned In American waters. B -. " ooui juo or ineae, an or which i rC. J"ora or 'e8a damaged. The. Navy i S,,D7tte,8nt ,s handling the task of re i pairing these vessels. Many of them are t 1.1 mmmlMfiin ninj.. .uj .i i ... .. v. ,cujr mm uuiers are rap- " ". approaching' entrance Into service rf-,..r "" "wii "' puitt mem. Jnci tiW' "pa'rlhK these ships Is dolpg 2-h.iowani Pricking that bubble of Ger W?, unduly Jllated upon during the irNff -r JW fO J.-U ft utw m i IPS IWSM &w U Wfo m? m V n .'..it' " ??",' V Mft Vifc ?v. o &s N wj- LV mmLMM Men today are boys" at forty young men at sixty. And in cities hi the heart of things men of seventy dress young men 's parts. OUR policy of quality demands that Society Brand Clothes must retain those elements of style, tailoring and high value in all-wool fabrics that have made them standard. No garment is a genuine Society Brand model unless the inside pocket bears the label. Go to "Style Head quarters" the store that sells Society Brand Clothes. ,;V ALFRED DECKER & COHN, Makers, Chicago ForCanadai SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES, Limttedi Montreal The following is a list of dealers in the surrounding territory: PENNSYLVANIA Alttntown, ShankweUer t I.ehr 'Altoona, Leopold & Dlgley nerwlek, Ilomcnlck A Co, Illooratbarg, Iloasenlek ft Co, lllasabarr, n. II. Roberts Trading, C. llradfordt.Jamee It. Kvans rr Chester, Canter Quality fihop Clearfleld, If. J. Flfrl CoateiTllIe, Star Clothing IIoni ' nanvllle, K. I. Fents Bon - . Ponora, Mose Sillier Da Dols, Im E. Weber A Co. Erie, r. A. Meyer ft Sons Franklin, Thlppt ft Byke , Oettytburg, Roy FunUhouier Oreensburr, Knhns Johnson 'Co. Hanoveri The Olobe, Ine. Ilarrtabnrg, II. Mark ft Son Ilaileton, Bmnlyan Ilroi. Indiana, Dlntmore Rros. Jolinstown, Woolf ft Reynold ) PENNSYLVANIA Continued Rlttanlnr, Joseph ft Kennerdell I.atrobe, Altman nrother Lancaster, The.DonoTan Co. Lebanon, Manafac.tnrer Clo, Co. Htw Caslle, Cooper ft Rutler Xw Kensington, The U. II. rlslier Co. Oil City, Fred If, I.inmiri rittiburili, Dogs ARnhl FottsTllle, Dontrlch ft Co, . Heading, Isidore Whlteson , .- Hcranton, Barater Bros, Sharon, Shont ft Myers .,.. Shenandoah, Morris Oppenhelmer Tnnaaas, M. Losos TJnlontenn, tVrlfbt Meliler Co,' . Warren, Geo. JJ. Odtll WMhlogtoa, Jack Hart Wellsbero, Mas Dernkgpf ft Bro. VTllkes-Barre, Simon Long' Son fTtlllamspart, "Sam, the Hatter ft Clothier" . York, II, S. Schmidt A Co. V DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington, Hecht ft Co. DELAWARE . , Newark, Sol Wilson t.' .MARYLAND : Annapolis, T. Chattle Hopklna ft Co. Maltlinnre, Tile Hob , Frederick, II. ICotcnour ft' Son . Haserstown, Ilcalrj- Ilrn. NEW JERSEY i Aliunde Cllr, II. A. Brand Aloory Turk, btjlnlmcll ft C- Nwrk, Ju rttr Clollio Slio. l'it'.sr4n, (Ire.n.rrc Co, ' V 'nld, Bornoerg' Vlneland, II. Stennle ft Son VIRGINIA Norfolk, Shulmnn Co., Inc. lllohmond, trer Orontre Rraaoke, (llobe Clothing Co. Winchester Ilyun ft Orndon ; N ' '- J ? va .; yv y . nw r.y n '
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