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Ii^Og^Oa&OLMjl J Experiment on Barley ? ae'lA/ho<jf Cnhi as'Wheat Substitute Madison/ WKe—Barloy mut- flllfc; hurley brena. barley break fast food- and barley bakes may become as caminim on our ta- Jtecent Conferencerin Washington Shows the Great Importance of <t J>lcs. as white bread grab 11411 the P^rilcTpati0n of the United States in This Regard—Has f Better Facilities Than the Allies Had at the Be- J muffins anil oatmeal, according ❖ to |h? results of experiments ❖ bow being carried bn by 'the ❖ ‘war research committee of the ❖ home economics department of ❖ ‘the University *bf Wisconsin., ❖ In seeking cereals torvlicVe' ❖ the wheat shortage the depart* A 'm^Br'lbund "that the“fitud and ginning of the War rupet turned to consider the whys and 4aeatis_of_gettIng the aviators ufid'um- chines. ' —\ ; ::/ / . ^r~ To do 7 this >ho a via Mon frn 1 ni n^a- vil’itiW and th^ sources of supplies for aircraft Inu.st he greatly'exVaded. It was shown that at the beginning of the war threat Britain"did not have one- third of the neromuitic jun'ndfaoturing facilities we have tn the United States today and there was read,-a stiltelnent from, the British conTroTTef of aoYo- U; Washington^—“We Must Strike Gor- -many: i'imTnjth'rtTo; Atr !, is-the-^ew-slo. gun which has resulted from the meet ing in Washington of -members of the aircrafVr1>DM.luciifm hoard of the Unit ed States and the hoard of governors of the .Aero Club of America, after study of the present war situation and ■ bft iff* ‘ w# y>f ; and., the a ns for carrying. fxti mi effective campcftlgn of. education. made It advisable -to,- begin re- 4, search- along lines that would, conserve Jho barley, industry of -4, W1 sconsin, - whllg 7 ^a't ihi> same tlmp bringing/biidut economical results for ,the hbusvwjfe. *• Wisconsin, according ro re- •> cent-•■Sta'tistics, produces • one- J 3H liautlc ‘supplies reporting that tlieM staViinnri-: a.re P5S finds engaged on work for the British directorate of aeronautic sup plies,. 301 of which are direct contrac-, tors and (15-7-are sub contractors. v.Thfs report states that the total number of hands employed by the 50 firms of greater prominence is G(5,70C( There was tjlso brought out the fact that the British budget for aeronautics for the present year totals. $375,000,- 000. "This is made public ,as a result "of Its publication In connection with a -discussion Which took place in- the house bi combions recently.- Kngland and France lmd to. come up from a ^production of a few airplanes a month ■to the pre-K*m4-pr<uluetlun of about 4,- 000 airplanes a month and have had t-o do that with limited resources In per sonnel. and;, materials. The /United States today has a hotter start than 1 either France <>r England had at the r 1 , -T — - ‘W? - -* ~ - beginning or rhe war and it lias tre mendous resources in workmen und nited States necessity’of keeping the German tleet bottled up ;ire occupying the navies of the allies-, niid no decisive victory over the Germans is expected in naval ac tions in the near future. Likewise ad vances against tho. Germans on land ■are slow', and* Germany* has seemed" aide so far to always’ throw new thoip aaiuls of men and nfewr" lines. *of treitches ami .countless, guns to meet tW‘ u 11 vi in Cos hf~ U ie -allies. The only victories inn the part of the allies so far have been as a .result of supremacy of the air, as a,result of the nnttchThg of skilful.■ during ’ allied aviators against Gorman..aylatocs..and Observes ♦J* ♦j* ♦*•*♦{♦ * «{♦ *J« *1* MAJ. THEODORE ROOSEVELT duiim listening to a speech by ope oi their comrade.*. g—Maj. Geu. Tasker ubsemv bf .General S<ott.'3- British cavalry advancing over newly captured tates mine layers Coinha and Whitecap being fitted out with six-inch- gun9 11. Bliss, wlin is-ading chief ‘ot stall' in th* ground’ jn .ttf^rtlrern I'runn/SJ- United :• at the.'Charlestown navy yard. PARK OF FRENCH BATTLE “TANKS tlon balloons Masters jn. the Air. not butLLthe Genua 11s witrf allies’ aviators, being *tuasters of the «lr. <*ouli 1 foll.oW the moveuieiits of the, eticniy And legate tlielr batterb's und ' their 1 adopting an •%hi!e the United plates Is b.egin- ptng to lielp substuiTtiaHy. n(t\y, etl'ec- tive lnT{> of the kind that leads to per manent victor^/an only come at ihv end of months of prejiaratiort. and in considering In which way we chn best prepare to help to achieve permanent victories It is fouiul that the aerial extensive enough campaign to insure, large priujuction and of placing orders for oonYinuous deliveries of nirplanes add training of aviator?: and nieehanics in l|lrge numbers. To do that there will be required large appropriations, but no trouble Is anticipated ip that The government’s committee on pub lie Informationlhas Issued the follow ing statement regarding part of the details of the steps already taken to train ayiators- In large numbers: “Last month a group of army offi cers visited the Training camp pf the Royal Flying corps at. Borden. Out., one of the four camps established Canada, and the aviation schooU at Toronto, where cadets are tralp^d un der military discipline for the service. In these schools -there has Been incor porated the latest Eiirfrpnrrrexperience In the deve studied tbeHnatter closely have come to the conclusion th^t the additioii of IO.ixh* a vi at orn—'today to the allies’ present - aerial forces would -Insure 'blinding the German batteries and pre venting German aviators from conduct- Irtg operatlons over or near the allies’ lines. An additional lO.OOf) aviators would make It possible to conduct ta’erlnl raids on a large scale and to atrlke Germany In . the .most vital French "milks’’ that are being used effectively In the battles ugu^nst the Germans/ On top-of euch Is the canva* that Is draw n oyer It to conceal It from enemy airplanes. ~ ' - FOR THE WOMAN WORKER RED CROSS AMBULANCE SHIP “SURF’ MuJ. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., ot the Officers’ Reserve corps In training at the IMattsburg camp, tMajor Roosevelt Is only one of the Roosevelts In camp. Kermlt. another son of Colonel Roose velt, and J. A. Roosevelt are also train ing there,- ' ionmeyt of this new art of places, To strike hard enough to dead to permanent victories.” The authorities who’ met In Wash* ingbm readily agFeed that every effort sliHuld be concentrated In striking Ger- manyxthrough the lilr. Several In stances (luring the-.raeethig emphasized that althoitg^ different pi‘rsons pres- “Our officers were deeply impressed with thetr observations, and tfs n re cruit we cntled together here the heads of six prominent engineering schools’, which also have, military training, and made arrangements to establish a* sim ilar system In the United States. The six institutions are the Universities of California, Texas, Illinois and Ohio, Massachusetts Institute of Teelmol- .ogy and Cornell university. Three technical .. Instructors from each of who will be training at the same time. “The hangars will take care of 72 airplanes. The preparation of these fields will cost approximately a million dollars each, including the construc tion of the necessary buildings, dorm itories, work shops and hangars. A erif hud obtained their Information from separate sources, their lnfnrma tlon was practlcallyXilke^ ' / Board of Governors Meets/ The* meeting o'f the b/grd y of gov the Aero They returned after a comprehensive Been worked out, the firlil > p wjll±ui.ap study -of the course given there, pre pared to teach It themselves. These, HX engineering schools have opened similar cadet aviation sebripts at their \c‘vpeH|v ct n sfjinrt I'Vn s. ^Courses in Aviation. , “These (mil schools might he de scribed asTalMoratory courses in avia tion, The smdetiK are glven thormigli In-trio tiou Jir‘t|ie tnxpj’v of Trtying. in- '•Suilurg' the nee('ss;irys. pliysles ajbl hiatheinat_l.es nml jb>» n»/■ ■ Tv.;,. T . = .»i f.i^ • pratie . coij>enieMoii.'* - Tin* training schools -art*.Thoroughly f'tpiipp.ed with samples-of *!ilrplane .parts and iusrrn ments' , Tor (huubust Kath)ii.* ai^veil ’ as text books. T<*clinl(Svl matters relating to niapTiiaking, photography, tioinh- • dropping, sun-sighting and all similar subjects which a mjjlitary aviatormust know are also taught. All during this 'time tlu> cadet is under military train ing. follow ing the mefhods which Gireat Britain and Canada hn-vq found, so suc- -c(*s.sfuh. yVt th/ end of two months of this preliminary woifk the-cadet is giv en ,a final test to determine whether he shall go on to the aviation canipT “General' JSquIejp’s office has been handling these schools. All applica tions from persons who. wish to become, military’ aviators have been furned over to thfs department, over which Prof. Hi film Biilgham of Yale has been iivciFgcnonid direction’ by General .Bipiier, and. ^Liinre have hepn fur more applicantsr-rttan could be admitted. ' The schools began ton May 10 and 25 proxliinitely jr mile square, and great care is helng taaen by the military of ficers as regards their location. “We ibout four inoutlisYIs tlu* period for getting these students r<mdy for army service. ‘‘The aircraft production -board is working hard to assist tli(> military de- parTtrients In their : nl*faffgefnetifs’ id li.ive all these related activities co- ordijiy-ted and at the same time.to get dry training imtidtlues jready- r th-eir use.. "t by maiHitacturipg profitmh aihiipr problem.uijj ^u-nineh ttie sccimd yetH* . wi tiie, pmfier eo-ordination of effort.this yeSk. Tin* manufacturing capacity can easily be doubled the sec- IH'tlL gin thousands of aviators, and' e to'.manufacture tens of tiimi- i»f-n-aoiteru—■atepin lies -of di ffer- >es f«ir training,*liomb-dropping. spotting, lighting inachineS lbmarine destroyers, the board — -Re(T Cross amlmlnnce-"sinp ^Sirrf, irtljTt UiWti.qiL oUered for. service'by lir. John A. ilarriss of Ney/ York anil accepted-by the navy: depart rilentr Inserted 1h u portrait of t.’npt.T’hrLstopher I*. Cordsen, her navigating officer. oml ye^jk' ‘ In,getting, tlie co-operation ONE MENACE REMOVED luring plants of fhe - w hole country, and have carriert-Tonservatism’s first line of- .trenches’. AfteHmuch hesita tion the women have donned the serv iceable, unadorned 'bvenillsgxand DOW yOu couldn’t get them to change back. The' photqgrnph, shows a young wom- n worker in an industrlaFTff^bjBfae- tnrlng plant at Bloomfield, N. J., tired In the costume worn by-the wom en Who work there. CEREMONY IN VATICAN GARDENS | Joffre IB Mathematician. General Joffre, had he not chosen | the army, as a profession, might hav« Ueea il pmfessnr, of mathpmntleB/and >; |- the new French war minister. M. Paln- ;?ve. Is one of the most’brilliant of f contemporary mathematicians. As a hoy, indeed lie was a mathematical : Kyu*odigy. and befoce h-* entereiTpolltlca he had written several hooky on ad- | yiinced mathematical problems. Mathe- I inffilcal calcuhitinn and applied science I will prolmbly prove the most Important I | factors Irr emllng the-wi>eLd-vi'ar, and |sithe-.alllcs have now ; a galaxy of ,sden- T’Mf brains In their service. HOTEL MEN TO TRAIN CHEFS Americans UltimatelyHo Supplant th«» "y Foreign -Chef* in-The - 1 Big Hotels-’ cadets a week are entering each of fhe six colleges, which means that as soon as tin* fuj-st entering class com pletes it- prelifnTnary work 'approxl- inu.teiy 150 students a week will be available for the regular training camp with a good’ground work on which to. start.,their practical traiidhg. Six Hundred Cadets in Six Colleges.-- . . “There., will -Jill JGQQ cmkitk ip the. six colleges; by July'.-' In the, Mumio, Tnd. — Ameriatn chefs, trained in an AmeVican Tmte.1 man’s training school will ultirnately^sHiT- plant tne foreign chefs in the big nt/ tels of thrCountry. This is tin* aim of members of the Hotel Men’s asso elation w ho *hdve concluded an agree- iwent to establish a large training ahead for the nine aviation‘fields to re- ployees In the. Mtmcie,National insH lute, wdiich is in finii*n'*ial trouble. —— Telegrams were- received by repre- associatlon from Onq of,the most effective weapons celve their'men when thoy arB'-reatly In the wa,r. but oile which has had hut small notice, is the ship that scours the-sefts^^'ir t,ie ( ^ >a U» engine*,that lurk everyw here«waltlbg for unsus- pgctlng meri'hnntmen. Tills lr a guotT view of a mine,, just taken aboard a aweejjer. ‘Great Britain’* .fleet i«f ■weeper* have been very successful In destroying the enormous flelds-planted In the Monk sin bar . the Germans. The a 1 rcraft production hoard is'wbclv- ing constantly with thckYnilltHry . de partments in preparing for T|je c'on- stfuctlon of these, fields. The standard ffeTiT’bh w hich we are ba^ln^our pro- grani wl|l provide ftrr accommodating t^ro squadrons of 150 students each wi th the necessary officer Instructors and enlisted men, together with a cer tain number at additional enlisted men seritatlves of the "many-of the leading hotel men of the country niL siippoiT;ji2£Qr&. The. agreement was signed. Messages have also "been received from many United States senators and_govemors. who de clare ’tt is a “patriotic movement’Yaod is now most Umaly, In >ieW •ha vnrlA aalala — . — 3 * Pope BepedfftvJ&ehted on dais at leTt^aUrrounded by the pontifical court la the garden*‘Of the Vatican. The occasion was the presentation of the statue af Santa Mariat de la Guardia by the Genovese to the holy father. The statue Is shown In the background. - k- ’ l. ' the world criafe 1 - . . j -J .... J- ■