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U-Boat Fleet Sent to U. Say Germans Prisoners on U-l 51 Are Told Raiders Planned to Block Atlantic Ports Men Who Know America in Crews Submarines Said to Have Supplies for Voyage of Six Months The German undersea boat U-161, said by its officers to be the first of a fleet of submarines ordered to try to block the Xorth Atlantic coast, is car? rying a double crew and has two cap? tains on board, according to statements yesterday of survivors who had spent tight days en the raider. Captain Charles E. Holbrook. of tho schooner Hattie Uunn, one of the first victims of the U-161.

was authority for the statement that there were seventy six men in the crew of the German, al? though the usual complement for cruis? ing submarines of its type is between thirty-five and forty. It is believed that the additional crew and staff of officers were taken along for the purpose of placing them on an armed ship which might be capt? ured and then fitted up as a raider, after the fashion of the Seeadler. It is not thought probable that the Ger? mans had planned to put a prize crew on an unarmed prey, because of the distance which would have to be trav? elled in order to take the booty to a home port. Said I -Boat Fleet Left Kiel The boasts of a permanent blockade of important Atlantic harbors were made to some of the twenty-three sail? ors and officers of sunken schooners by several of the German seamen with whom they held conversation. The mate of the submarine told Knock Roker, boatswain of the four masted schooner Edna, that the subma? rines which had shown their periscopes thus far in American waters were only the vanguard of a large fleet which started out, after a big farewell cele? bration, from Kiel, seven weeks ago.

Roker. a huge Haytian negro, quickly made friends with memners of the crew. The mate told him that the sailors of this U-boat blockading fleet, now on the way, were recruited from the ranks of Germans who had seen service in American waters before, and, therefore, knew the geographical peculiarities of the coast and the currents. "The mate told me that when they left Kisl they were provisioned for a feix months' said Rokei, "and lie believed their orders were to re? main here until August at least. He didn't tell me how many submarines were in the fleet, but no doubt would have given me a great deal more in? formation if the higher officers had not cautioned him and kept a close watch.

Mate Lived in Philadelphia "To prove that he told the truth about sailors with knowledge of Ameri? can waters being especially chosen for the patrol fleet, the- mate declared that he himself had worked for the Ham? burg-American line for a number of years and had lived in Philadelphia, where he had a sweetheart. He planned to send a message to ner through me, but decided that it might fall into the hands of the captain and gave up the idea as dangerous. "He told me the voyage from Ger? many to this country was made by way of the West Indies, within sight of the Bahamas, and up the coast near Cape Hatteras. The Germans took ten days' supplies from tho Edna, and a hundred cast? of oil. With this addi? tional food and fuel, tho officers de I clared they could prolong their stay even belong their scheduled time.

"We had nrought off our phonograph frdm the Edna before she was sunk, and we swapped records with the Ger man suilors. Tho. only fuss they kicked up was when we started 'My Country, 'Tls of We had to take thf.t off in a hurry." Captain Holbrook proudly displayed a number of souvenirs which the ami able active'commander of the German craft gave him at parting. One was a copy of the "Berliner Illustrirte Zei? tung." German paper of the date of I the U-boat's from Kiel. On the margin of the paper the com mander had scrawled, "In remembrance of the German submarine, May, A brass button, which the German captain had ripped off his uniform, and a five-mark coin, completed Captain Holbrook's German possessions.

City Bright Last Night Compared With London, Says Flier The story of how London, prepare; for the German air raids and hov I British aviators drive them off wni told last night by Lieutenant John .1 Lynch, of the British Royal Flyinj Corps, who participated in some the first fights waged against the in vaders. Lieutenant Lynch, who has been fly? ing in France since October, 1914, unti recently, when he was discharged be cause of physical disability, said tha New York City last night compare? I with London when in festal dress. "That you may understand just wha i London has betn like at night sine I the prepared for air raids which re suited in the murdering of women an children and patients in hospitals, said Lieutenant. Lynch, "first imagin that you are in an airplane at nighl flying over London. All you see is darkness, except the Thames rive and a small pond here there whic reflects whatever light there may be i the heavens.

If you were over No1 York to-night you could pick out ever thoroughfare and bridge by aid of th I street lamps. Street Lights Hooded "Were you on foot in London night you could not see a ray of ligr in a single dwelling place or othc building. If you did and waite around you would see the owner of th light nrrested summarily, and if it his first offence he would get off wit I a fine of the next morning. Th street lamps are all hooded, the tor I being protected with a metal shiel and lights so dimmed that the flection on the street is not obscrvab from a housetop. "The flues of factories also are boo? ed so that the flares from the chin neys are not visible from aircraft.

TV automobile headlights also are dimmc so that their reflection on the road not visible from the heavens. This accomplished by pasting a piece paper inside the glass of the headligh And as for too, are pa of the general a bridg being one of the most important meai of comunication, is a primal object attack by hostile Lieutenant Lynch then told how Lo; don is warned and prepares to meet tl German air raiders. Tells of London Defences "Almost the moment the enemy avi tors leave the held for a raid on En lard," he continued, "the informati? is sent across the Channel by wirelcf The alarm is then given, and Britii aviators stand beside their machin while searchlights illumine the sk And jus't as the Huns arc nearing o' shores word is flashed to all the a 'plane bases of the direction of the Ge mans and then we go into the air meet them. "We watch the i when one of them picks out the spe which we at once recognize as a Gc man airplane, other searchlights co centrate their shafts of light on hi and we dash forward to attack. i "Meanwhile the anti-aircraft gu are pumping away at Fritz, and stay, if he survives, is very brief.

A while, the mid is in progress the ci zens take refuge in cellars and dugoi whose every opening is protected thick blanket or other heavy hangii for the German drops gas bombs whi seep into the deepest places whe these precautions are not taken, a I while adults generally recover fr I the gas, it is fatal to babies and cl dren." For Men's Suits Is a Mark of Quality at WANAMAKER'S "It is safe to assume," says a late report, "that the Government will require all available medium wools." a This is significant. It means, for one thing, that GOOD woolen fabrics will be scarcer even than they are at It also means the end of suits like these at $25.50. -v If there are no medium wools there can be no suits at $25.50. That fact is so obvious that the foresighted man needs no urging. But this announcement has quite another object; to tell you that GOOD suits are still obtainable at that Wanamaker quality is just as definite an element as it has ever been.

There is satisfaction in knowing that a suit worth while can still be had for $35 and for various other prices up to $50. Burlington Arcad? floor, Building. U-Boat's Skipper So Polite Victims Longed to Hit Him Apologizes to the Haskell's Captain and Sees Crew Get Their Traps Waved a Farewell Submarine's Men, However, Were a Dirty, Sneering Outfit, Says Survivor BOSTON, June 4. -The tubmarine which sank the Boston-owned schooner Jacob M. Haskell off the Jersey coast Sunday night was 25? feet long, mount? ed two (3-inch guns and was in com? mand of an officer who formerly was on the big German liners which used to run into New York.

So declared First Mate George GUliatt, cf the Haskell, who, with seven members of the crew, arrived here to-night, after having been picked up by the steamer Grecian, which made a fast run through the submarine zone with lights out and fog whistles dumb. "Beyond ail possible doubt the fel? low that sunk us was one of the officers who used to run into New York on the German liners," said GUliatt. "He not only spoke perfect English, but he was far more familiar with the waters off Jersey than any man could be who trad not travelled them. "I'd have liked him better if he was not so damned polite. It, was his polite? ness made me nervous.

The men he brought aboard the ship with him were of another class. They seemed to take r. savage delight in the work of plac? ing nombs to blow up the ship, stand ing grinning and joking among themselves until I longed for a crack at some of them with a capstan bar. But with the sub lying but 300 yards away, and the officer armed, there, wasn't a chance. Interrupted at Dinner "I was below Sunday noon eating dinner when I heard the sound of a shot, and later, an explosion.

I went on deck, whero Captain Davis and the lookout were. "Five minutes after the shell the pirate hove in sight. The boat was about 250 feet long and she had two six-inch guns. As she approached she. signalled "A in the international code.

"In a few minutes the U-boat put off a small boat in command of a lieu- tenant. Ho was the politest man I i ever saw. He apologized to tho cap? tain for bothering us and sinking the ship and to me for making any trou? ble. said he, 'it's all part of the job and, it must-be "Then after saying something in German to the men with him. he told us we had ten minutes to get off in and not a second more.

By this time the sailors were planting bombs all over the ship. Then he hauled down tho American flag. Allowed Little Food "Better burry, you've only four min- I utes left," was the next we heard from him. I was busy getting the vawl into the water. When it was alongside the men piled in with their things and we I started to put in some food.

All thfey would allow us was one bucket of wa- tcr and a basket of ship's bread. The lieutenant said: 'You're only forty miles or so from the Jersey coast and i you don't need "By this time we had cast off and the Germans had returned to their boat. Before we passed them, the bombs on the Haskell had exploded. As we passed the sub, the skipper waived at i us and wished us good luck. "The skipper headed for the Jersey' shore.

Wc had gone but a little ways when the motor went dead. We had run out of gasolene. It was then a case of drifting until late Sunday night we ran into something. This we found to be a fish weir, and we made fast to it. By this time our was pretty much gone and the water had spoiled.

"Monday the Grecian hove in sight and picked us up and our yawl. We were making for this port when we ran across a naval patrol, which ordered the Grecian into the Vineyard. We stayed at the Vineyard a while and then went ashore in the- yawl. "Altogether we were in the open boat about seventeen hours." U-Iioat Well Stocked The German, according to Nelson, declared before sinking the Haslcoll that they had more fo'od iban they needed on board the submarine. "The cook said as wc were shoving off, 'You'd better take what grub we have bofore you sink 'We don't want your replied the officer, 'and we don't want your coal.

All we want I of you is your Fear Cyclops Was Submarine Victim Missing Collier May Have Been Sunk or Captured as a Prize WASHINGTON June the i German submarines which raided i American shipping off the Jersey coast destroy the missing collier Cyclops, or was the collier captured at sea, a prize crew put aboard her and an attempt made to reach Germany? These questions have been raised by the passing remark of one of the sub? marine commander? to Captain Lowry, of the steamship Texel, that the boats had been on the American side i of the Atlantic for two months. The Cyclops has been missing three months to a day. It is possible, though not probable, naval experts say, that the collier with her great cargo and some 300 persons might have been "spurlos versenkt," sunk without a trace, after she left Barbados, where she had put in for fuel. It is more likely, however, they say, that the Cyclops, steaming home ward some time after March 4, when I she cleared from Barbados, was met at night by submarines at a time when only an officer on the bridge and a small watch on deck was to be reck oned with. If this was done it would have been very easy to send an armed I crew below, where most of her men were asleep, and take possession of the ship.

Whether then could have been skilfully navigated through the Allied blockade to Germany or I hidden in some out-of-the-way port adds to the mystery. The statement of the U-boat com mander that he had been in American waters two months strengthens the theory of those who have maintained i that there is a submarine base on this side. British Destroyer Sunk LONDON, June 4. A British de stroyev sui.k in collision on Fri? day. Tha Admiralty announcement says there were no cafualtiea.

Captain Tells of Futile Efforts To Tow Three Lifeboats to Port Captain Thomas Thomassen, of the schooner Isabel S. Wiley, landed here to-day by an American coastwise freighter with fifteen more survivors of three vessels sunk off the New Jer? sey coast by German submarines, told a throng tale of a dash he made tow? ard shore after he had taken to hir. motorboat and received aboard twelve persons held prisoner on the undersea craft. When the submarine left him there wore pitching about in the sea near him three boats of the steamer Winne conne, which had just been sunk. In these boats were survivors from the Winnoconne and Captain Gilmore anil the crow of the Edna, another victim.

Captain Thomassen, who hud in his motorboat not only his own crew but Captain Sweeney and ten of the crew of the schooner Iiauppaugo and the mato of the schooner Hattie Dunn, wished to take the three lifeboats in tow. Holding conference on tho high seas, tho occupants of the four? small craft decided that with the three lifeboats in tow Captain Thomassen, hnving only a small supply of gasoline, could not proceed more than ten miles, although the shore was seventy-five miles away. It was decided Captain Thomassen should leave tho three lifeboats and make a dash for help. He was heading for the nearest land when he was picked up by a const liner which later transferred him and his to another ship. They turned back, bul could find no trace of the three lifeboats of tho Winneconne.

The boats had been picked up in the moan time by another vessel and landed hero on Monday It was nt 8 o'clock Sunday morning when Captain Thomassen, bound from Princess Bay to Newport News and Montevideo, first sighted a astern. He took it for an American vessel, but an it, approached he made out two stranpro flags, which he do as "black white diamonds," showing that it was an enemy cruft. When tho submarine fired a shell toward the Wiley, which fell a hundred yards from the ship, Cuptain Thom'ns sen called his crew on dock and low? ered the motor lifeboat. At that mo? ment tho Winneconne came in view, and the U-boat fired a shot across her bow, forcing the crew to take to the boats. After the Winneconne and Wiley had both been sent to the bottom, the.

sub? marine came alongside Thomassen's motor boat. After transferring ihe men to the motor boat and dividing twelve more passengers among the three small boats, the submarine sailed away. Navy Well Prepared, Senator Lodge Says He Believes Raiding U-Boats Will Be Unable to Stay Here Long (Special Dispatch to The Tribune.) WASHINGTON, June Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, ranking Republican on the Naval Af? fairs Committee, following a confer? ence with Secretary Daniels, to-day ex? pressed confidence that the navy.was taking all possible measures to combat the German submarines operating in American caters. "This has not been a surprise, by any means," said Senator Lodge. "The navy has been expecting that German boats would put in an appearance in American waters for several weeks, and has been prepared.

"Although I cannot, of course, dis? close the details of the anti-submarine programme, I feel every confidence that it will be successful. Every provision has been made for weeks and months that human foresight could conceive. We have abundant vessels of the type adapted to fighting submarines, as well as an adequate number of hydro? aeroplanes for coastal patrol work. "No one could tell when or where the German submarines would put in an appearance The waters of the At? lantic offer quite a sizable range, and it is no discredit to the navy that the U-boats have been operating unchecked against non-military tonnage for a few days. The navy is wide awake and is doing the very best that can be done.

I have every confidence that the subma? rine raids will not only produce no ap? preciable military results, but that the U-boats will find the waters of the North Atlantic too uncomfortable for any extended stay." "Staats-Zeitung" for Loyalty Demonstration By er man-Americans Yesterday's evening edition of thi "Staats-Zeituug" contained the follow? ing editorial: "To the Americans of German birth "War has been carried to the shores of this country. Not far from this port German U-boats liave sunk ship: and greatly damaged shipping. "The German-American press didn'i venture, up to now, the opinion thai tho Germans were under any obligator of giving special proof of their loyalty That is trii3 also at the present time for there is no reason for doubting the loyalty of the German-borVi citizens While we must repudiate any outaidi suggestion of especially emphasizing our truthfulness and arranging demon Ktrations of loyalty, tho same may no bo said of an appeal originating fron within our ranks. "Therefore, we submit to our read ers the following proposition: "To arrange an immense manifesta tion of citizens of German stock show the rest of American citizens thai there is only one united nation at thii hour of danger. "That demonstration is not designe? to especially manifest our loyalty, bu to give all Americans the irrefutabb asurance that, in this war, there i only one flag, the Stars and Stripes." City of Columbus Arrives Safely in "An Atlantic Port' AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 4.

The Savannah liner City of Columbus with passengers, reported sunk German submarines that raided Amen' can shipping off the New Jersey coas Sunday, arrived here to-day. sub marines were observed, and while of fleers of the ship hoard gun firing fou hours after the City, of Columbus ha? picked up an SOS call from th steamer Carolina, none of the passen gers realized that they were in th danger zone until the news was ob tained from coast patrol vessels here There wero more than sixty passen gers aboard, and when all lights on the steamer were extinguished Sunday night, Captain J. H. Diehl and other of? ficers explained that this was the usual precaution. The explanation, Captain Diehi said, satisfied nil hands, and they came through without the least intima? tion that vessels were being sunk all around thorn.

Captain Diehl did not know that his ship was reported lost. He sent no messages, he said. After hearing shots directly ahead, the vessel's course was changed and she proceeded at full speed, close in. Last night the wireless caught calls for help from a tanker off the Dela? ware coast. The City of Columbus proceeded on her voyage afternoon.

War Economy To Be Discussed at Conference Here The opening session of the National War Kconomy Conference begins to? night in the Horace Mann Auditorium, 120th Street and Broadway, when sev? eral hundred Governors, Mayors, Fed? eral, state, county and municipal of? ficers, chamber of commerce delegates and representatives of business, labor and civic organizations will discuss the problem of meeting the cost of the war. Papers will be read advocating econ? omy measures which the state and na? tion should adopt, such as the institu? tion of budget systems, continued edu? cation in community thrift and a greater reduction in all public expendi tures. The Hotel Astor will be the scene of the second and third sessions, which will be held to-morrow morning and afternoon. The conference will end with at the City Club'to-mor rpw evening. Speakers on the programme include: Governors Carl Milliken of Maine, Martin G.

Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania, Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois, and Emer? son C. Harrington, of Maryland; Frank? lin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Samuel Gompers, V. erit Macy, Paul M.

Warburg, Mayor Andrew J. Peters of Boston, Control? ler Charles L. Craig of New York City, I Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland, of Boston; W.

F. Willoughby, R. Fulton (hitting, Nicholas Murray Butler, Mortimer L. Schiff, Thomas W. Arthur N.

I Pierson, Professor Howard Lee Me I Lain, of Columbia University, and Vic? tor Morawetz. The conference, to which admission is free, is being held under the joint auspices of the Academy of Political Science and the Bureau of Municipal Research. The National Municipal League and other civic organizations are cooperating. To-night's session be? gins at 8: Given to Pershing Men PARIS, June American flag, the gift of the Marchioness de Lafay? ette, was presented to the American troops v.i Tours to-day. Speeches were made by General Fi lonneux, chief of the French Mis? sion to American headquarters, and Colonel Edwards, command ing the American troops in the Tours region.

U-Boais increase Recruiting BOSTON, June activity of the German submarines off the At? lantic coast resulted in a large in i crease in applications for enrolment in the merchant marine training ser I vice of the United States Shipping Board to-day. Henry Howard, Director I of Recruiting, reported th.it 123 men passed examinations to-day and would begin immediate training for sea duty. I No Shells on Hospital Ship LONDON, June 4. -The British Ad miralty, in an official statement issued to-day, denies a German wireless report that a captured English student saw munitions unloaded from the hospital ship Western Australia in Rouen har? bor. "No munitions of any description ever were carried in the Western Aus? tralia or any other British hospital ship," says the Admiralty statement.

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Tho new weapon is one that makes "spurlos versenkt" (sinking without a trace) the significant phrase used months ago by Count. sonably certain. It Is a time bomb that is smaller and lighter than a tor? pedo, that explodes with comparatively small noise and doi-3 not set a ship ablaze. These facts have been revealed by examination of the oil-burning schoon? er Edna, found derelict off the Dela? ware Capes on May 23 and for a time supposed to have been wrecked in a collision. Great holes in the side of the Ediia below the waterline were found later.

They were supposed to have been caused by torpedoes. When reports began to come in of activity of U-boats off the Delaware and New Jersey coasts the mystery of the Edna was supposed tc be solved. Now, however, the divers who have been examining the schooner, beachet on the mud flats off Port Richmond report that, not torpedoes, but bombs were used. A commander supplied with the nev time bomb halts a defenceless ship takes off the crew or forces it boats, suspends tho bomb in such i way that it rests against the of the vessel, adjusts a time fuse lights it and speeds away, knowing tha in three hours or whatever other tim? is determined upon the vessel will blown up. Were the bomb placed inside th ship the explosion would be deafenin? and would be heard for miles, and th vessel would be set on fire.

The blaz i and the explosion would be a warning and shortly the submarine would fin itself beset by enemies on all sides. Another advantage of the bomb i that it is lighter and smaller and les noisy than a torpado, but just as el I fective. Mines Scattered Delaware Bay By German Raider PHILADELPHIA, June 4. -While stroyers, submarine chasers and hydn aeroplanes were seokjn-- the Germa i submarines off the mouth of Deli I ware Bay, the government discovere that the raiders had sprinkled mini I off the entrance to the bay. Officia of the Fourth Naval District sent ol mine sweepers and this morning tl first mice was picked up.

Word wi at once sent to Washington, whei official warning was sent to mariner Admiral Nelm, the commandant the district, confirmed the finding day, but would give no details. The mouth of the; bay is now beir 'swept, and far out to sea the sh lanes arc being searched for mines. The chasers and airplanes are ope ating a3 far as seventy-five miles fro this base. Ensign Aliyn Ryerson Jennings, Philadelphia, son of Ryerson W. Je riings, attacked one of the German su marines with a hydro-aeroplane, devoloped to-day.

It is said to ha been the undersea boat that attack' and sank the tanker Herbert Sighting the crew leaving in srni boats Ensign Jennings volplaned to i ard the tanker. As he did so he si the periscope of a submarine. It was rapidly submerging, but volplaning he got over the submersit and dropped several depth bombs. 1 Reported there was no th any of his bombs had found their ma; In his attempt to destroy the raid I Ensign Jennings flew close to the wat and at one time was near the st vivors of the sunken ship. A virtual network of naval cri patrolled the costal waters all li night, and there was continued change of wireless messages betwe tho ahips at son and the bases.

local base is in close touch with Wa? iugton und const stations and repo are received at short intervals, 1 i officials are withholding all word the operations of the ships in quest the I'-boats. Ship Mistaken for Targ? i WASHINGTON, June wars! engaged recently in target pract mistook the battleship Louisiana a target and exploded a shell abo; lier, killing one man, the Navy Depr. ment announced to-day. The aceid was due to hazy weather. The man killed was Fireman Mo L.

Morgan, of Gulf Point, Fla. i further details were given in the announcement. The death of Fireman Roy II. Jol i U. S'.

of Water Mill, Long Island, an accident aboard the U. S. S. Hov. May 27, was reported to Navy Department tc-day.

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You deal here with the Commander-in-Chief. Army and Navy Uniforms $30 to individual measure "Hi1 11 lart. And Navy Tailor Broadway at St On Thi? Canwr Powers of "Cruiser" U-Boats Exaggerated New Type Merely Modelled After Deutschland, Says British Expert LONDON, June of many's submarine cruisers may be dis i missed, says Archibald S. Hurd, widely known writer on naval subjects, in an article appearing in "The Daily Tele? graph." "They are merely large submarines, i such as we have seen building," he says. "They do not represent a tri- umph of German engineering any, more conspicuous than a triumph our) shipbuilders have achieved.

It was i because German submarines of about SCO tons could remain at sea only a short time, were very uncomfortable and the conditions were very telling on the nerves of the crews, that the enemy i evolved a larger type, modelled on the i Deutschland. This type having been i designed, it was decided to indulge in i exaggeration in order to impress the I world. "What is the about the Ger? man submarines?" he continues. "These 'cruisers' displace not 5,000 I tons, but about 2,000. They are not I -150 feet long, but less than 300 feet.

Their speed on the surface is not twen i ty-eight knots, but about twelve knots. When submerged they do not travel at I the rate of fifteen knots per hour, but i r.pproximately ten knots or so. "It happens that we have heard more i about the operations of German sub marines than about the British, simply because the enemy offers few targets for our submarines while we offer the enemy thousands of targets every week. The percentage of hits by our submarines is, in fact, about three times that of the Germans, which itself indicates the high standard of efficiency of British ship design, con? struction and operation. "The work which British submarines are doing is magnificent.

Our officers are handicapped by many things be pides the small number of targets afforded them. The Germans are able to maintain their campaign only by de? fying every law of every nation and ig? noring the ordinary dictates of hu? manity. There is nothing easier than murder." m-7 Edge Puts U-Boat in Sea Serpent Class Governor Edge put U-boats in the rea serpent class, and said the attack on our const was a German "grand? stand play," in an address yesterday at the convention of the Imperial Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles Mystic Shrine? "For years the enterprising amuse? ment promoters and newspaper corre? spondents tried to wish the sea ser? pents on the Jersey coast," the Gov? ernor said. "We used to fear that they would do us harm. "We found in the course of time that every sea serpent story increased the excursion rush.

Now I see they are trying to wish submarines upon us. "No one in loyal Jersey will worry about that. The hotel men know they cannot come within five miles of At? lantic City, because the sand bars will prevent them. There is not a proba I bility that they will try. The chances I are, after bagging a few unarmed I shies by grandstand play they are now hotfooting for German harbors with Uncle Sam in hotfoot pursuit.

I hope he gets them before they escape be? yond reach." Son or Brother in In the American Array or Navy If mall him a package of ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled 1q the foot-bath. The Ameri? can, British and French troops use Allen's Foou Ease, because It takes the Friction from the Shoe and freshens the feet. Jt is the greatest comforter for tired, aching, tender, swflfllen feet, and gives relief to corns and bunions. The Plattsburg Camp Manual advise? men in training to shake Foot-Ease in tbelr shoes each morning. your dealer to-day for a 25c.

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Clyde Liner Huron Makes Port AN ATLANTIC PORT, June Clyde liner Huron, from Jacksonville for New York, with ninety passenger? and a heavy cargo, put into an Atlantie port yesterday to escape the subma? rine menace and arrived to-day at th? Clyde docks in this city. The passen? gers were sent from here to their des? tination by rail. Dixonize Your Differential with Dixon's No. 677. the grease the "speed kiries" use.

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