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Show Ill I'M I 00 im, MANY SHIPS ARE GOING DOWN 0 H' t Have you been noting the daily re-jjjah re-jjjah (ports from Lloyd's? Perhaps half a H M s J dozen lines , cover the news, but the l ll I information is of more significance ; than the size of each item would seem ; lU -to indicate. 'jUr Today the following dispatch ap-iffflh ap-iffflh 'pears: ! m t London, Dec. 9. Lloyd's reports ' if ; the sinking of the Danish steam- IS ship Sigurd, 2119 tons, and of the Ij 9 British steamships Avistan, 2818 tons, Conch, 6520 , and Fairfield. Four large ships sunk in one day! Mm At this rate, there will be. a great scarcity of shipping before the end iilll With German submarines operating well out in the Atlantic and attacking jlitt In the Mediterranean, the U-boat men- if'ln 5106 seems e beyond control by W the entente alliance. : Ljj While the undersea boats were con- fining their destructive work to the jlm English channel and the waters close ijm . in to the British isles, the nets were making regular captures, which discouraged dis-couraged submarine activity. Of lato the German campaign has been meeting meet-ing with unequaled success. nn |