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BRITAIN FAILS
TO PROTECT ITS
SHIP INTERESTS
Measures Taken Sufficient,
Declare Owners of Vessels
in Ocean Trade
Liverpool, March 23. The annual
report of the Liverpool Steamship
Owners Association, which includes
practically all the important ship
owners in England, emphasizes the
seriousness of the shipping situation,
and declares squarely that all the
measures thus far taken by the gov
ernment are insufficient. The report
Insists that state management of ship
ping has failed and must fail, and ex
presses the opinion that only the most
radical curtailment of imports and
similar radical limitation of the
amount of tonnage used for military
purposes can save the nation from
the most serious shortages of food and
vital raw materials.
Commenting on the appointment of
a shipping minister as a member of
the Lloyd George cabinet, the report
says: "The association welcomes the
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FRIDAY EVENING, tXAUffISBURG TEEEGRXPH MARCH 23, 1917.
appointment of a minister charged
with the duty of seeing that the mer
cantile marine is used to the best ad
vantage of the nation, and It will ren
der every assistance in Its- power to
that minister. But the problom of
providing the nation with Its essential
supplies of food and raw material is
only a part of the shipping problem.
The essential factors, the limitation of
imports, the amount of tonnage to
bo devoted to purely military pur
poses, and the labor shortage, can bo
dealt with by no one department.
They must be faced and dealt with
by the whole War Cabinet."
Direct state management of ship
ping is impossible, says the report.
The state Is so bad a manager that
state control of the nation's tonnage
would mean quick starvation. "The
association views with grave concern
the growing number of British ships
placed under state management. The
experience of two and a half years of
war has shown that under state man
agement there is constant and serious
wastage. The conditions under which
our overseas supplies are obtained, the
voyages made, and cargoes loaded and
discharged, are so varying that waste
In carrying power can only be checked
through the compelling power of com
mercial pressure—individual profit
and loss acting directly on all those
concerned whether as traders, ship
owners or transport workers.
"The inevitable results of state
management have been waste of time,
loss of ocean-carrying power, and
therefore the imports, if these be re
duced under state management by
only ten per cent. —and judging ,by all
past experience it might well be re
duced by 25 per cent, and upwards,
the nation would be faced with imme
diate shortage of essential supplies,
privation and panic prices. Weighed
against such perils, the saving of
freights, even if cargoes were carried
for nothing, is a negligible factor.
"To satisfy military demands since
the outbreak of the war. about one
third of the British mercantile marine
has been devoted to purely war pur
poses. One-third of the British mer
cantile marine has a carrying capacity
: in ocean trade, in the course of a
year, of upwards of 55 million tons
j weight of imports and exports. It is
i manifest that if the remaining two
| thirds had been utilized only in pro-
I portion to the one-third under mill-
I tary control, the nation must have
! starved long ago.
"It Is no reflection on the officials
| of the state that they have been un-
I able to build up an effective organiza
j tion. Their task has been an impos
j sible one. They have obtained and
welcomed the advice and assistance
of business men. but it is idle to
imagine that departmental manage
ment, either with or without such
help, can ever exercise over hundreds
of ships the kind of control which the
shipping companies, with their high
ly trained and specialized staffs, must
exercise over tena of ships If the max
imum of carrying power Is to bo ob
tained.
"Under average conditions a ship
spends half her time In port loading
and discharging, and thus there is
on every voyage the risk of heavy de
lay. The avoidance of undue waste In
these operations Is at the root of the
effective uso of all ship carrying
power. To secure this the energy and
enterprise of the ship owners and
their staffs at home and abroad are
taxed to the utmost. There is only
one British steamship company that
has under its control more than 100
vessels, and among the big British
lines the average number of vessels
under a single management is about
twenty. Among the 'tramps' there are
few companies or firms having more
than twelve vessels. With this form
of management the shipowner Is kept
In the closest possible touch with each
vessel on every voyage, and also with
the requirements of the shippers and
receivers of the cargo."
FIGHTING STRENGTH OF NAVY
In our navy to date we have in
commission at best fourteen capital
ships, of total fighting value (after
the "Jane method" of calculation)
of 124 units. Before the beginning of
1916, Germany had completed cor
responding capital ships, twenty-one
in number, of total fighting value,
figured on the same basis, of 18!) units.
As a matter of fact, the Michigan and
South Carolina are so light, so slow,
and so weak in gunpowder that they
are now ranked as second-line ships
by Secretary Daniels—leaving us
really only twelve capital ships in
commission.
The table "Dreadnaughts Build
ing," reveals our small hopes of add
ing these ships to our fleet quickly
enough to be of use in this war. Com
ment on this table is almost super
fluous. Theoretically, here are fifteen
additional first-line ships. Practically
only three of them can soon be finish
ed; and these were all authorized be
fore the Great War began. The two
dreadnaughts which Congress did
authorize since the war began—the
Tennessee and California—though au
thorized nearly two years ago, are
practically not started yet. Secretary
Daniels has given explanations for
this incredible delay (he has wanted
to bulid them in navy yards, to keep
the "munition makers" from alleged
enormous profits, and whatnot), but
the bald fact remains that It was his
duty to get them built —doubly his
duty in these months of national
peril—and they are not fairly started
yet.—The March World's Work.
WICKEDEST CITY
IN THE WORLD IS
NOW MODEL PORT
Military Authorities Succeed
in Cleaning Out "Sinkhole
of the East"
Port Said, Egypt. March 2 3. —When
the war broke out Port Said held the
reputation, as indeed It had held from
time immemorial, of being the wick
edest city from a moral standpoint of
any place on the face of the globe.
Into this port the flotsam and jetsam
of the underworld drifted from all
parts of the universe. Here every
type of vice imaginable was repre
sented. But to-day, after thirty
months of military rule, the "Sinkhole
of the East" Is well nigh a model
city, the iron hand of the army hav
ing cleaned it up as no other power
could have done. Something of the
transformation which has been
wrought was told to a correspondent
of The Associated Press who has been
touring the East.
When the military first took hold of
affairs In Port Said gambling, drink
ing and vice of all sorts was rampant.
Letters which were Intercepted by the
censor showed that traffic In women
was thriving.
Now most of this has been stopped,
military law enabling the authorities
to deal with situations over which the
civil courts had no control. That street
of international notoriety, Hue Babel,
so named because of the many lan
guages spoken by its inhabitants, has
ceased to thrive as the leader in the
world's iniquity. Many of its vice lead
ers have been sent away from the
country; certain forms of vice which
could not be eliminated have been re
stricted, and one can walk the streets
without being beset by the denizens of
the underworld. Even drinking has
been limited and it is impossible now
to procure intoxicating liquors except
ing between the hours of 1 and 3 in
the afternoon and C and 9 in the
evening.
Flogging As Punishment
Flogging is one of tho most effec
tive punishments used to meet the
situation in Port Said, and it is no
nursery chastisement that is meted
out by the military authorities. What
less vigorous punishment would the
average father, mother, brother or
3ister of the world suggest, asks Col
onel Elgood.
As a result of the measures insti
tuted crime has decreased fifty per
cent, and disease has dropped at least
forty per cent., according to the latest
figures available. One of the most ef
fective regulations put into force has
been that relating to drink. By virtual
ly eliminating drunkenness a great
stride was made toward the suppres
sion of crime and vice, much of which
was the direct result of intoxication.
There was a time early in the war
when the authorities hesitated to let
soldiers take their leave in Port Said,
as much trouble resulted. Now, how
ever, hundreds of Tommies are about
the city on holiday all the time and
are giving the officials no cause for
worry.
One of the striking changes is in the
lighting of the city, which is now in
total darkness at night. The restric
tions on lighting were put into effect
because of the submarine menace, the
lights of the port having furnished a
beacon for the under-water boats, but
the lack of lights has greatly assisted
in the suppression of vice as com
paratively few people venture out into
the darkened streets .
Harrisburg Woman to
Speak at Charities Meeting
Pitsburgh, Pa., March 23. —Among
the Pennsylvanians selected to speak
at the 4 4th annual National Confer
ence of Charities and Correction, tp
be held here June C to 13, to "lay the
ax at the root of the tree of social
evils" are Roy Smith Wallace, execu
tive secretary of the Seybert Institu
tion, and Dr. Owen Copp, superintend
ent of the Pennsylvania Hospital, both
of Philadelphia; Dr. Henry W. Mit
chell, superintendent of the Warren
State Hospital; Helen Glenn, state su
pervisor of the Mothers' Assistant
Fund, Harrisburg, and Dr. E. Bos
worth McCready, of Pittpburgh.
More than 3,000 delegates are ex
pected from outside Pennsylvania at
the conference and the preliminary
program, issued to-day, announces di
vision programs on nine groups, chil
dren, community problems, correc
tions, the family and the community,
health, mental hygiene, public chari
ties, rural social problems and social
insurance.
Mr. Wallace, who is also secretary
of the Pennsylvania Society to Protect
Children From Cruelty, will speak on
"Local Implications of State Programs
for Child Welfare." Dr. Copp will be
chairman of the division on mental
hygiene, an important section of the
conference. Dr. Mitchell will speak on
alcohol and drug inebriety as toxic
causes of mental disease and mental
defect. Helen Glenn will lead discus
sion on State aid to families. Dr. Mc-
Cready will talk on mental problems
as related to the juvenile court.
Preference For Graduate
Study in English "Lit"
Growing at Princeton
Prnceton, N. J„ March 23. A
striking increase in the preference for
graduate study in English literature
and other modern languages as com
pared to the sciences is noted in the
annual report of Dean Andrew F.
West of the Princeton Graduate
school.
In his formal statement Dean West
observes the increasing competition
for fellowships in the graduate school,
recommends reciprocal relationship
between Princeton Seminary and the
school and states that the increased
cost of food materials was responsible
lust year for a financial deficit in the
school's operation.
Since the opening of President Hib
ben's administration the proportion of
Princton University graduates who
have been enrolled In the graduate
school has risen from 14 per cent to
26 per cent Princeton graduates en
ter the school on the same basis as
graduates of other institutions. Less
than one-fifth of the students applying
for fellowship in the Princeton Grad
uate School actually become fellows.
Six years ago, more than one-third of
those seeking to enter the Princeton
school on this basis received fellow
ships. The number of competitors has
In this period jumped from eighty
four to two hundred and twenty
seven.
Dean West predicts that during this
college year, the food supplies will be
from $3,000 to $4,000 higher than the
previous year. Last year an increase of
about 20 per cent, was noted, which
was responsible for the deficit of more
than |2,500.
FLOWERY EMBLEMS
Teacher —Now children, can you
tell mo what are the national flowers
of England?
Class —Roses.
Teacher —And France?
Class—Lilies.
Teacher —And Spain?
Small voice at the backo of the
schoolroom —Bull rushes, ma'am!"
First American Zeppelin
Object of Keen Interest
Washington, March 23. With the
increasingly tenso international situa
tion, the first American "Zeppelin"
which the Navy Department Is now
planning Is a subject of keen Interest
In natlonul capital circles. Rumor has
It that the exact measurements and
a detail description of the German
super-Zeppelin recontly brought down
in Essex, England, are in the hands
of American authorities and that the
first American military dirigible may
show several features of Germany's
latest model, with at least one great
American Improvement.
This particular German super-Zep
pelin was 680 feet long and 72 feet
across the beam. With Its six 2 40-
liorsepower engines, Its crew of about
twenty-two men, guns and all, It
weighed only fifty tons —less than a
single twelve-inch gun on an American
warship. The secret of Count Zep
pelin's success In building this war
ship of the air so light, engineers say,
lay In its skeleton framowork, made
up of a myriad of aluminum girders
and hoops. Wonderful us this is,
American engineers say they can go
the Germans one better, through se
cret processes known only to Amer
ican fuanufacturers for producing the
finest aluminum alloys. These pro
posed improvements will, it is said, en
able America to surpass the German
Zeppelin both in speed and carrying
power.
Finest of Aluminum
The American group of aluminum
alloys known as Lynite Is to-day the
finest aluminum produced anywhere.
The development of this alloy has
given American manufacturers a big
lead over every other nation. It is
already used extensively in the motors
of leading American automobiles and
for many other parts, where, through
reduction in weight, it effects an im
mense savings Its application to aero
plane motors, and to the American
"Zeppelin" is a new departure now be
ing - observed with interest by such
men as Hudson Maxim, Howard Cof
fin, Admiral Peary and others.
It is said that, owing to tills ad
vance made by American manufac
turers in aluminum construction. Sec
retary Daniels has decided not to un
dertake the construction of the Zep
pelin in the Washington navy yard, as
first contemplated, but will let the
contract to private organizations.
Ol'll PROSPERITY DUE TO WAR
In the two and a half years of the
war the United States has changed
from a debtor to a creditor nation.
Where formerly out of every dollar
made in this country a little interest
had to be sent to Europe to pay
for the money Europe had lent us,
now we have not oniy paid back
the debt hut we in our turn receive
interest from Europe. When the
war began, as a nation we probably
owed Europe 4 or 5 billion dollars, or
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A Drunkard's Plea. Tells How
He Was Released From the
Bondage of Alcoholic Slavery
| I.railing Druggist* turuntee ItcHults
My heart bleeds for every drunkard,
and I sincerely wish I could meet them
face to face and tell them how I was
saved from the clutches of the demon
drink. If this were possible thousands
could be saved from drunkard's graves.
Yes, my appetite for drink was com
pletely destroyed. Here, is the prescrip
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j don't experiment with anything but
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have paid off most of our five billion
debt and have lent the Allies four of
Ave billion. It is this money which
they have spent hero and which ac
counts for our phenomenal prosper
ity,—The World's Work For March.
(See money refund guarantee, which
druggists are authorized to give when
above prescription is tilled.) There is
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have everything to gain and nothing
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terrible habit with no expense if it
fails. If druggists were not confident
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Note—A leading druggist, when
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for the drink habit. It is harmless,
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class druggists.—Adv.