AMERICA.
! NINE MILLION RESERVES. WASHINGTON, Oct 21. It is announced that there are 9,000,000 men in the uncalled drafts. They will be divided into five classes, and catalogued according to the service for which they are most fitted, thus securing the best military ape. economic results. Those most eligible will be drafted first. It is not likely that there will be a second draft this year. The Liberty Loan of ■ 2,250,000,000 dollars closes in seven days AMERICAN ("CONVOYS. PROTECTION FOR TRANSPORTS. . WASHINGTON, Oct - 2XI ’•s (The -. loss; rof the Antilles will result in’ morel extensive convoys: being pro'¥iae.ff. hus.V oil-' ' .n.-= The United l States will spend a hundred -millions on the ordnance depot arid arsenal for United States troops in France-'. , ; r , • •• - I ;u:<: THE ROTTEN HUN. WOODEN RIVETS IN SHIP’S PLATES. Received 11 a.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 22. It is reported that German agents, working as mechanics, put in wooden rivets instead of steel, in ship’s plates, ■while repairing troopships. Thirty-eight were interned from’ Hoboken shipyards . :
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Taihape Daily Times, 23 October 1917, Page 5
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168AMERICA. Taihape Daily Times, 23 October 1917, Page 5
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