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Show SERVICE OFFICES I OUTSIDE CITIES OPEN j Provo, Logan and Bingham Ready for Shipyards Registration. Offices for the registration of skilled mechanics in the public service reserve, organized for securing men for shipbuilding shipbuild-ing on sea and lake fronts, have been established at Provo, under the direction of J. JJ. Lytel: at Logan, in charge of J. M. Zundell, and at Bingham, in charge of T. B. Elevens. For . several days C. C. Clisc, federal examiner of the department of labor, has been at Ogden registering workmen. At the close of registration last night at ir.3 West South Temple street a total of a '. had been registered, and this number added to the number accepted prior to the time of opening the office in Salt Lake, makes a total of close to 1200 now on the honor roll of men ready to respond to the call for shipbuilders and artisans whenever it may come. Further urging the nred of vessels, and the need '"if men (o build them. Fuel Administrator Ad-ministrator Garfield last night sent out the following telegram: Slups cannot move without coal, but neii he: can coul move without ships. "We must have f-hips to earn' freight away from t lie seaboard terminals or coal will be tangled up again as it was three week ago tangled uo with outbound out-bound freight and unable to reach the ships waiting for fuel u enable them to carry out cargoes fram the congested con-gested tracks. "With plenty of ships to keep the terminals Hear wc slujl be able to move con 1 to Xh places where it is most needed an we shall have coal enungh to move. In fact, the faster we novo it the faster we can produce it, for the mines load directly from I tipple to ear, and when there 'are no ears they halt their output, for bituminous bi-tuminous coal cannot be stored at the mines. Cvery man, woman and child in the United States has had at least a touch of war hardships through interruption of the coal supply. We all know now . that more hardships will recur unless we remedy the fundamental conditions. condi-tions. That means that-we are all interested in-terested in building ships. Do everything every-thing you can to speed shipnrng-foi shipnrng-foi your own comfort, for your safety, for the honor of the Cniteii States, to enable this country to bear" its share of the burden of the war. |