Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-04-20 | Page 5 | Sailing Dates of Ships Are Secret

SAILING DATES OF SIPS ARE SECRET Officers of the first presidency of the Mormon church woro yesterday advised ad-vised by a number of the steamship linos operating on the Pacific coasi that sailings would not be given out for any length of tlrao In advance of tho departuro of ships. This is the rulo being followed by transatlantic lines and, It is expected, will be in effect ef-fect until the close of the war. The action of tho steamship companies is said to have been taken on account of fear that submarines m i ght begin op- I eratlons in the Pacific or in the South i seas. The Mormon church sends a great I number of missionaries to Australia, 1 New Zealand, Samoa and other South , sea places and as a result must know the sailing dates' several weeks in advance. ad-vance. Drafts and money to points in the orient and the South seas for mis-I mis-I sionarlos of the church are sent ac-1 ac-1 cording to tho sailing dates of steamers. steam-ers. This is done in order that the approximate ap-proximate date of arrivals may be known to the church authorities. Confidential Con-fidential lists of sailings are being received re-ceived at the church offices from all the larger lines. oo