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WL LOAD 62,00 SHELLS EACH DAY GREAT GOVERNMENT PLANT IN NEW JERSEY TO START SHIP. MENTS BEFORE LONG. IS LARGEST IN THE WORLD Three Others Like it Being Construct e--Medicai Department Has Mobile Appa.atus to Provide Pure Drinking Wa'er in France. (Fron Commuitee' on Public Information.) Wasiington.-( Qia ittly Ii' not en pac ilty shilpIents will stiit soon fromt a pew governmlent shell-loadilg finetory In New Jersey', on' ef four such gov ernment pian ts ct i of which is larger than tny simiIlii platlI tin the world. When turnling out 52.000 loa(dcd shells a day under full opleration the plant will use 2,t0sl tons of shells and explosives (aily, the prolurets of some T5 factories. More Than 5.000 work imen will he requtire. lians contei plate the entiploymetnt of a large num ber of woten. 'ie' 1nIring of shells to designate size, lo1 antd range will require "t0.00i oIl-ratIions och (lay. The platt hins a oal a area of IppIrox imately 2.50I II) eres. lore t 11a1 1I) bullings, with aI e regate floor spneet of 1.:t00.000' snarec feet, will pro-" vide storage for ,hels an:cl parts luald for innllerital. A snonll city, with heat Ing and llrhting il:ruas. wat r ril sew age systlus. hsit'uals, fire-lighting plant :itti restaur:.A1s. was built to house the emlloyees. 'iIere is equip Iment to t'r'te't t she heialih of those who work Vit Ipoisinous guises, and a school for instrltetton In the lo1d tag of artillery mmrunilon) with high explosives. 'he operallig plant consists of 13 ehell-loading units, catch Iindependent of the ither, with 4iulpment for load ing 13 sizes of shells, ranging from the recently' (VlopIed ".'iii lli Hid er to 16 inches. On two sizes of shells the pro pelling ch:'ge also will he loaded, the shell anl nrtridge case bing assen bled ait the plint. All other shells ire 1assembled in FIr ane. In the cnstruction of the shell loading units the prohleii wa s far greater than one of inert' 1411111 ig. Im nense fans hiye hen Inst:alb-d44 to (IIs pose of the poilsonu funes from the high explosives. \V'hlin a ii tilt is In Operation the tilt' In (t lInding room is chnged every few nitiates. The Aiieriin sllier In Fir iii,- gets pure dlrinkinc water f'roa i i uhih-wter , tralns. Ti lr:ii:is hart' al er lit e 14 ujt rlsdlctlonr of Ile arly niedli:nI ti'bimt'i - mtent. Th'ey al''reininintiurt' water !torks, which chctnienally treat. tiller and sitrilize iter. 1n4: ilLn it lit for consutimption. \\'htit lisnh' ipal water Works do to Insure hieu Iihuitl water.1 to the pei4oplle of a c'ty the', tinls- du for the sleiers. A nttletrt of purilltion uit(ts wlilt attneched montor-taink trucks constitute ft train. Each uinit ik a comph-I.te lltr'a tin llat, including. Inhor tor. Ar rivlng lit nI stin1 it sets heise into the witlet' 14nd4 14ump1S thle wati1er through a pr''5tess Ile tak . Iliefire th walter' palsses throttgh a sndtir le tot IIIS trett 41ChemIl!clly toi rid it (If disea4se5 germs, Th'e4 1pure' wate Ir isi 1pumped144 into tak moun5 iibilted ott trucks, wh ic'h cari''y lhe water01 to thte 10ldIi'rs. 1i0neh mtobil1e wateI r intilt enies an'l0 1 *xperIt Chei' st, h41aet144erioi st andic oratory~ in thle fr'iint of 1the mnin tlie forCl Ite testIig oIf the walte'r. TIesl t are miade every two ieniurs 41'r41 mo ofteni whlen It Is tti elghit nece"'11Isr. The1 wn ter l) litinto the14 dIt hy411111 a gasoline of extra pipes4 1441 nd 1510(1 tool1' ( id s that till re.pulrs, eliher fromlt m-'etit Thle tt'rucks arie equ111Iip withi lectr1i 'l lights so thart thie worek ennl Ihe 1 larried On at niight. Manytl of th In chei'1sts' and1l~c hnt'riuologists5145 asined t4o 11h4 m11 ble bliornltorieis wer'e fi-merk I e41V 'il IieCetd ith iinumliellal wlterw'rks and5114( filt rantion idlnts. Ei'ery' co(lnniwill bei hion'11414d f~r War wortkeris. War ' idust r'ie's are'4 shor1lt near'ly -100,uli0 cllltlitin ili'4l'414 Jack of wuork4er's inI lie 44414-minin rg in. tion. lTher'e Is als~o at sertiou shorta440ge of skIlled 111h4or. Ottne f thre Ilrgest caliber guns. Is shor't 2.0100 mitehin ils s, The war planIls of (Connectiu and1IIm Marl'hand ar'e undicermannrredI :5,s00r~ chi nIsts. The UiJttedi Stattes emp113loyment serv ice ilhl begln-an intlensive rec'ruit ig of wor'kers for war work fromr the non1 fices will be inc(reaised andil the force of local agents and, traveling examli 1ners will be enlarged rand Rent into every commniity that relIef may be given before the han against private labor recruiting goes into effect on1 August 1. Nearly 2,000,000 girls and boys have 'Volnteeredl for the United States gar den army in the department of the interior. Their service flag bears a Crossed rake and hoe with the letters U.-S. S. G. in blue on a field of white With a red border. The enlistment ~ ~tails a pledge on the part of 'the J ud aII1 to use efforts to increase food y. y ~ltivating one or mort ~ ~grden supervisor oi t work and t< V eequired Ensign Stephen Potter, Unite( States Naval Reserve force, killed I. action with German planes April 2t last, was the first American naval avi ator to shoot down and destroy a Ger man seaplane, according to a navy de partmeut statemient. The report states that on March 19, 1918, a long-distance reconnaissance of the German coast was made by large American flying boats operating from a British Royal Air force station. Ensign Potter wss one of two Ameri can naval aviato's accompanying this expedition and Potter was successful in shooting dlown a German seaplane which attacked the reconnaissance for matioti. A second enemy seaphane found safety in running away. Potter's death reflects credit on his courage. lie was killed in a light with seven enemiy single-senters. lie was second pilot to a Iritish air force cap tain, who was with him when he shot dlown the German plane in March. Two Rritisl planes had flown to a point 'ix miles from Ilider light, when tnc enemy planes headed toward them. 'The liItish planes closed on the nearest (lerman and opened fire. Two more ;o.l plnnes then appeared overhiea( 1indil nt'Seke( vigorously wil lie three other enemy pliane passed nstera. The two liritish planes dlived and si)eeded westward under contiiu oUs volleys from the rear. One of the Germunns dIiSappleatred. Of the seve'n erninas in action four were atlek('i: I'ot fir, who fell behind his 0niiiini1 and began to z.igzag. 'otter dodged, but was hroadside to all the einmy mnachiins atd lider thi ir fi- only 5 O f t' from tilie Vaiter. ills coin aiion, 250( feet above, saw I'oi ter's ntaiclne burst into fla2ne, (' uie u Part of the way indei'r contri'ol, then crash on the port wing tip. I'ot t'r was see1 last on Ilie surfac4 of tl' wate' tmid lIle, which turnd suid li'iy to a huge cloud of smiioke. 1\'hen the 1)n11 had lanred not even wr'ckage was visible aud the circll ng enemy dis appeared. German timidity before American pistol fighters armed with American .45-enlilb'r automatic pistols has brought about a change in the equip ment of the American Exp)editionary forces by the war department and the ordnance department is rushing pro duction of these weapons. About 3,000 are turned out (a3ily and production is inc'rensinig. The impression exists that a shot from an Amerlcan .45 takes a iiiaii onut of action comlpletely. Men hit from the smaller (;e'rmaa pistols freq u'ntiy coat1ntine in act ion effec tively. The .45 citlier was adopted by the United States army in 1911. Despite the heavy increased demand for these pistols the ammunition bra nlch of the ordnance department has e11e0ted a sIving during the past I''ii t 11( e n l:n r imiontihs of na rly $2.000, (1.t, tiostly otn sit1nil-anirms anmuntilon. Th'1e 141111 sayvings by th)e ordnance rIritic nt fo' tli'se two ioinths th rough saivage, w'asit' provenlion and hlit' ut ilization or sal' of discrded 212 It'rialis have aggregated $8,757,025. 'ost of Vicke'rs iurnchine guns has been reclured 'l 8i22.,5 'a! ; ('ot manc'hine giuns, $2841i each : ILewis machine guns, $22 ''a ch. Iov( rnnent irilles n(w 0ost $22 011ich, a rdoilut 1ion of $ i3 each. ii callh oi(f wiiien workeris ini munii tioii lhnts wvill lbe looked after by wonin hliII th olih-'irs who arie to be Itrainied mailer' thei direction of theI woincu's divislion of thec industrial servi'hice sieition2 of lie army or'dnanace An eight weeks' course of study for 'arieifuillyxi sel etd womnuu a lnIth ofil ('('rs htis opened at Moun t I Tolyoke col legie, MassnehusettIs. Thie couirse is un ideir thie geiinal di reeltion of Dr. KriisthI ie Mn n, heal th suliervisor' of thle woonen's brineh i o'i(f the ordnance de'ipart ment. The sta ff of Ilectunrers n tui iii'1truictors Iincludles wetl l-knownt speiatlists' in physiology and hygiene, phiysli': u'iecntlotn, fact ory or'ganiza tion and lihoir. W'''nin tuking the course arc college grauiite is or of equlivalen It teghienca idunt''ion'. Almuost all oif thiemi have had'xlperic in dealIng with wiiork ini wom'tac. li'ra reqiulireint foi' ad 21nission to' lhe coursxe Is pierfe'ct lhenaith anid only tho'se wer'ie sielecti'd wiho will 12nspirei whioli'some li ving iimonuig the Theii arntiy has suflllicent v'eter'ina ritans, Surigeon ((enel~O Gor'gas an-i i'noues. IExamuinationrs for conmmis 'Ions In the veterInary cor'ps have "lo'sed. Th'iere is a wiaiiting list o f t hose ('ligibile to commtiisslins atnd un il thIs list is exhausted t here will be0 no mior'e exainatlons. The corps has 171i12 ofillers and~ 10,000 etnlisted men ott aetive duty. Ve'terinary graduates called b~y the draft ill ebter the army service as pr'ivates. Later they will be. allowed to takce examinatIons for veterinary officer commissions to fill vacancies. Men over the dIraft age and under forty may enlist as privates and seceure an equal chance with selected men for commissions, One hundred men are graduated each month from the train itng school for commissioned veterinary officers on active duty at Camp Green leaf, Chicekamauga Park, Ga. Th le department of labor reportu ad justment of 80 Industrial disputes dur ing a recent wveek. Tis is a record, Eleven strikes and two threatened strikes wvere adjusted. Included in tihe strikes settledl was that of machinists at the Curtiss Airplane company plant, Buffalo, where 300 men quit and 15,000 were affected indirectly. The division headquarters at Camlr Lee Is within a stone's thrOW of the ahot where the housys~tood that housed Of~pt 84316 sieg a 'iIIII.I iii This is the American hospital s without prot-ection to test the behavi Castle the 1)11111 has been held up an NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Most Glorious Independence Day in History of the United States 'Celebrated. HUNDRED VESSELS LAUNCHED President Wilson Declares There Can Be No Compromise With the Foe Secretary Baker's Heartening Statement - Confusing State of Affairs in Russia. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. With more than a million Americans in France lighting for the freedom of the world ; with more than another million Americans in training for the same great contest ; with the subma rine menace finally overcome, the "bridge across the Atlantic" completed and its maintenance assured by the tremendous amount of shipbuilding ac compIished and underway ; with quan tity a)d quality production of airplanes uanui artillery announced ; with huge crops in prospect, and finally with the nation solidly behind the government in its 1)1an. for the prosecution of the war to a victorious finish, the people of the United States very properly made the celebration of the Fourth of July the greatest celebration in the history of the country. No task so great and glor'ious ever before coni fronted thiemu, no more lofty idiealism ever Inspired them to perform the task, niever was thelir confidence in thelir po0wer .5 fl)o abslte. With reason, too, was tile national holiday celebrated by the allies of America, andi espee'la 11y gratifying was the fact that tne (lay was made a na tional holiday by3 nmany of the Latin A mericana repulics for that Indicates that the unr'easonable jealousy and fear of tile United States some of them have entertainedl is passing away. Though last Th'uirsday was nlot so noisy ais thle old-timte Fourths, there was one mlost glorious noise that, flg uratively speakinug, must have been (list inceily heard in Bierlin and Vienna. That was thle "'grand splash" when about one1 hundl~red vessels were launmc-hedt at thle vari-ouis shipyards of the c'ouintry. Biet ween sui'se and subset aprimatOi~lltely half a mi11 ion touns of dead weight shipping was add edl to the fleets that are defeating the submarine pirates, carrying our armies to France and transporting the food and1( imunitlons for them andl our al lies. This greatest ship launching in all history waus Llhe most significant featur'e of thle (lay's celebrations. In the fiscal y'ear' just ended 1,022 new ships were numhered by the bu reau of nlavigationi, their gross ton nge being 1,430,793. This was a rec ord output and one-half of it was com pleted in the last four months. In the new fi'scal year this recoril will be eclipsed, for many new shipyards are just getting started, The loyalty and devotion of the shipyard workers were justly. recognized by the government ofmicals from the president downft and by the people, and the praise for their efforts is shared by the railroad work ers, without whose devoted co-opera tion the achievements of the vessel builders would not have been possible. Beautifully dovetailing in with all this was the announcement by Sena tor Swanson,.,chairman of the naval affairs committee, that wvith the co-op eration of the American dlestroyers ,the allied naval' forces hlave destroyed 6& 1per cent of the submarines sent oult by Germnany, and that they are now de stroylng the U-boats faster than thiey can be replaced Secretary of War Baker's detailed statement to the house committee os military aftairsWas made just in timer toa lva adda*d %mt to the elahbentior1 1i Cofr hl tewa ea tent r...4. or of the Germans. Since the sinking o myb bnoeI and 2,010,000 enlisted men and that on .July 1 aeically a mrillion of them were In France ; that the death rate for ditsease among allp tosiing e Ufnlted Sates was only 3.1( per thou sand ; that the number of combat planes delivered to June 8 was 280, the production for the week ending on tnat day being 80; that 5,315 training planes had been delivered to June 8, more thua 2,000 Liberty engines, anl 37,500 machine guns for use on air planes. Between the declaration ol' war and June 1 more than 1,300,000 rifles were produced and delivered and enough are now being received to equlp a division every three days. Mr. Baker told many other encouriging facts, and enlarged on the wonderful work of the American eng'neers who enlarged port facilities and built rail roads In France for the landing and movement of American troops. If the central powers would know the unwavering determination of the people of the allied nations, they have but to read President Wilson's Inde pendence day address at the tomb of Washington, in which it was voiced most eloquently. "There can be but one issue," declared the president. "The settlement must be finial. There can be no compromise. No halfway decision would be tolerable. No half way decision is conceivable." He thus put our greant objects in a single sen tence: "What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the gov erned and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind." In less formal language, the I-Inns must be whipped to a frazzle, for until they are their rulers will not accept such a peace as the allies will grant, and the people of Germany and Austria, with too few ex ceptions, are like sheep. In the absence of any great military operat ions on the French andI Italian fronts last week attention w~as iargely directed toward Utussia. What shall be done to aid that distracted country is a probilem still unmsolvedl, and it is made more (difileult by the lack of re lIable information as to what is going on there. The reports of the dowvnfall of the bolsheviki andl the re-establish meat of the monarchy with Griand Duke Nicholas as czar, which came through the always unreliable German sources of news, were given little credilt, but it appears to be the truth that Grand Duke Michael is co-operat lag with the Czecho-Siovak forces in Siberia and that they are establishing their rule in that country. The Ukrain Inn telegraphm bureau at Kiev says Mi chnel has been proclaimed czar and is mnarching townard Moscowv. WVashlngton received olial reports confirming the news that the Czecho Slovaks had whIpped the bolheviki its a bloody battle at Vladivostok ,and takeni over the adlministratlon of that port. It may lbe they will form the nucleus for the gathering of the ele ments that have revolted against the bolsheviki and before long be recog nized by the allies as a stable govern ment and given aid. It ia now admit ted in Germany that the German and Austro-Hlungarian war prisoners in Russia are fighting on the sidle of the bolshevik I. Up in the province of Archangel. whlich ex tends across northerly Russia in IEurope, there is new trouble brew ing. At Kola and along the railroad southward from that port are great stores of wvar sujpplies now guarded by American and allied miarines and blue jackets, and moving towardl that region is a large force of Germans and Finns. Submarines alreadly are reported to be in the White sea. It may be the -allies will find it nrecessary to sena troops up there. Delegates from the Murman and White sea coasts already have asked them for protection. The Swvedlsh press says the kaiser has ordered the Finnish dliet to intro duce monarchiai rule without delay, threatening that if it does not comply Germany will Bet up a military dic tatorship. Having discovered extensive move ments of troops and materials behind the German lines in the Chateau Thier ry region, indicating a coming attack, the Americans stationed there took the initiative and, in the most Important oner'ation they had thna far under }'{, ...........LyJ.J"rr':{i:.r;i{:..'' ...\ inltCede to send across the Atietie the Canadian hospital ship Llandover village of Vaux an". d the Bois deC in Itoche, advancing their lines on a front of several kilometers and occupying strong Strategic po.sitions. Previous to the attack tihe American artillery Utterly demI1olished Vaux, and the as snult which followed was equally ef fielent and complete. The enemy lost heavily in kIlled and wounded and sev eral hundred prisoners and consider able materIal were taken. All next (lay the new Anmerien positions were subjected to heavy bombardment and then the Hunis made a tierce counter attack, but did not regain a foot of the ground they had lost. The American machine gunis . and artillery mowed dlown the enemy in heaps, andl our losses were comparatively slight. A complete American army corps of 220, 000 men under command of Gen. Hunt er Liggett now holds the Chateau Trhierry sector. The French started off the week with an important advance between Sois sons and Chateau Thierry, capturing a commanding ridge and other points that the Germans had organized ns the jumping off place for their next attack. The British moved their line forward northwvest of Albert, but after several counter-attacks they were compelled to withdraw to their former positions. On Independence day the Austral ians, assisted by some Americans, took the town of Hlamel and neighboring woodls, and the French cut through the enemy lines near Autreches. Observers at the front believed the Germans were about ready to launch another great blow, perhaps the great est of all, despite their terrific losses since the beginning of the offensive on March 21, estimated at 800,000. The opposing forces there are now nearly or quite equalized by those losses and the arrival of more Americans, and the allied commanders and troops have not the least doubt' of the solidity of their lines of defense. The Italians continued their bril liant work last week, and the Austri ans suffered accor'dingly. The latter were gathering their forces for new attacks in the mountain region, but Genernl Diaz struck there first, and in a fierce hattie won the formidaile heights of Monte del Rosso, Monte di Val Beliua and the Col di Chelo. These mountains on the northern edge of the Asiago plateau andl just wvest of the Brenta river, are of great strategic ftn portance. Their capture put the Ital ians in the stfongest possible position to meet the expected offensive, in which German troops were expected to take part. The Italians also kept up a continuous series of attacks on the enemy along the Piave, and on Wednesday they forced their wa yfor ward across the par'tly flooded ground1 near the mouth of the river. A characteristic piece of German brutality was the torpedoing of the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle off the Irish coast. About 200 lives were lost, including medical corps men and nursing sisters. The commander of the submarine ques tioned officers of the steamship con cerning American,flying officers whom ho mistakenly supposed to be on board. Berlin sought to evade responsibility for this new outrage by asserting that the ship was sunk by a British mine. It may he that the sinking of the Llandovery Castle will cause our war dlepartment to abandon its plan to send thme hospital ship Comfort across without convoy -or tany attempt to avoid the enemy. It is difficult to see how Secretary Baker can find any ex cuse for trusting to the decency and humanity of the Huns, for they have repentedly proved that they are whol ly lacking in those qualities. Holland has again arousedl the Unit ed States and Great Britain, this time by making an agreement to sell 50,000 tons of potatoes to Germany in ex change for the right to purchase 50,000 tons of German coal. In Washington and London it was more than intimat. ed that unless Holland cnneeled this greement the breadstuffs promisedt the Dutch from Ameries will not be provided. The sultan of Turkey died on July .', but this is unimportant for he was bvt thae toot ofte Youvnge m..r. prt. ATTIACK GERMANS .ON PlCARYFRONT BLOW DELIVERED ALONG' FRONT OF THREE MILES TO DEPTH OF ONE MILE. BRITISH FORCES ARE ACTIVE Austrians Revolt in Serbia as Does Turkish Garrison in Asia Minor. Striking the Germans on a front' that has been quiet for the past six weeks, the French have once more broken through the enemy defenses and advanced their lines. This new blow at the enemy was launched be tween Castel and Mailly-Raineval, on the Picardy front, southeast of Amions, where there has been but little fighting since the French by a local attack pushed the Germans out of Senecat wood late in Mway. The attack was along a front of approximately three miles. It swept the Germans back out cf the village of Castel and the Anchin farm, about a mile to the south, and cleared out a number of strong enemy positions. The French Penetrated the German lines to a depth of more than a mile. The American attack on CantigWny, some time ago, advanced the line ma terially at that point, while the Aus tralians and Americans on July 4 and 6 cut deeply into the German lines at Hamel and Villers Bretonneaux, south of the Somme. The French attack was launched at a point between po sitions of the Americans at Cantigny and the Australians further north. Between the Marne and the Aisne, the French have continued their of fensive operations. It is reported that the village of Longpont, south of Corcy, the capture of which was r.a ported on' Thursday, has been taken by General Petain's men who have also made progress north of Corcy, at the Chavigny farm. East of Fa verolles, according to the French of ficial statement the allied lines have been advanced, this marking a south er'ly extension of the fighting line which has heretofore not been un usually active farther south than Longpont. On the British front there has been spirited fighting, according to the German official report which indicates that from Ypres around the Lys salient and down in the Picardy sec tor as far as Albert there have been scattered attacks made by the British. A -revolt of Austrian' troops in Ser bia is reported from Italian sources. The mutiny was suppressed after hard fighting. Athens reports a similar state of affairs in a Turkish garrison in Asia Minor, where it is said Ger man officers were murdered by Turk ish soldiers. PRESIDENT VETOES PRICE SET FOR COMING WHEAT CROP Washington.--In vetoing the $28,. 000,000 annual agricultural appropria tion bill because of its amendment fix ing the government guaranteed mini mum wheat price at $2.40 a bushel, the President informed Congress that he did not believe the farmers of America "depend upon a stimulation of price to do their utmost to serve the nation and the world at this time of crisis." A fixed minimum price of $2.40 a bushel, the President said, would in crease the price of flour from $10.50 to $12.50 a barrel and would put an additional burden of $387,000,000 this year on the can'sumers. Such an in crease in price, he said, would force a similar Increase in Canada, thus en larging the whole scale of financial operations in this country. 'The President said the patriotie spirit of the farmers has 'been "wor thy of all praise and has shown them playing a most admirable and grati fying part in the full mobilization of the resources of the country." Ho added that the bumper crops they have raised this year have relieved "the anxiety of tho nations a-rrayed against Germany with regard to their f9od supplies." VOTE ON PROHIBITION IS POSTPONED UNTiL AUGUST 16 Washington.-While the senate con tinued to debate house resolution authorizing government control dur ing 'the war of telegraph, telephone, cable and radio systems, leaders framed a program for presentation calling for a vote on the resolution at t'hat time, postponement of a vote on prohibition -legislation until late next month and a mid-mummer vacation by interim recesses for three days until August 20. OTHER SHORT LINES TAKEN OVER BY GOVERNMENT Washington.--The short line situa tion seems to be clearing up. Senator Simmons was notified that the Pied mont & Northern would be taken over. The Aberdeen & Rockflsh, the East Carolina and the Durham & _ Southern will also be taken over.W The Piedmont &/ Northern lines formerly 'were operated I by the gov ernment, but this was one of the lines the railroad administation ....