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FOOf SOLDIERS GIVEN -GREAT CARlE NUTRITION OFrIGLiRS WHO ARE EXPERTS PEING STATIONED IN THE ARMY CAMPS. EDIBLE WASTE IS REDUCED Navy Department Sends Uniformed Desk Men to Active Service-An cient Armor Supplies Models for Modern American War Equipment. Nutriith1 ,~Ilic'rs tire to Ill. sf14 4424'( ini every N'4i44iual tlllI1Y' c~i~iit': 14net 5114(1 in 4.'4'2' Xut414l (:Ittbit 0:21'1, 4as well as5 in tier.* c en tu'.v" whr 10,0(10 or1 1ll4'.(', siih(l's tire ill traillilig;, ile wa foot! s '' I' -1s. I t'l'o t hey Jill nod till :.1t'.ty its arjl'tiihnrs of' the (Iiv.isioli of f(""1( iii at t iti of442 441 1 ti ledicuii lel 'art .'n II 111''x We're ('(11 II'et4.'d with (-(lieges 1111(1 j'utie 110(110 Its I'hyslolo gists. chemlist 'c(Iunillsts, foo(I lt. 4le~lr 4311 exper. 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Trhe nutri I iout ('ti'er1 gave te t4leos sel'geIlltS std '(ri' 111'. l 1111' 111ul f(124 2ave(1 24~.Z' (litle .' .'rite w I.14 r4''111ct'( to 0.43i 1111 'i ' t'r 111:111 per' day4, it Saving (if l I. r' 412t' 4 4' tit' St'\1'11 114''5,tes. l'1' ('l "e '.ta'. Al . .:!1t fn''~l 'j t'' iatlI ts simuil:tt' 40 \''l .:':' ' ty it"' 4i ' t'll' S l n :le. 11 t) Inil' . 1 1u' ll ll a i rS i iitt .:'4":t fo'r til,' A21('4l(:tIn solliers. l t. ''. t'it(Il5 44141 hi't'4:25t11i14es, Is t I . r "tl.(! 'Ii 11 t ht' wor(41kshopsJ oIf tilt \(' ;' 4 .'"ta t 1125e4 lt of At, Ne'w. ' 4.11:. ; ' 1142 r (141':11 t1114-lit 1 41(4 414)11144o!, (11rt':f4'4112 d1a(44y1s I being wr' iought The navy department has released from ofeilo and shore duty the regu lars of the navy and the reservists and has assigned them to active duty With the fleet. Their places ats clerks will be taken by women wherever possible. Riear Admirail McGowan, paymaster general of the navy, issued the order in connection with this change in )Olicy. "Every mau released from shore duty, whatever his raiuk or rating, adds just one more to the lighting force," says this ,rri'r. "Every man of every rank iuil rat ig desires, of course, to get to ti- iring line as soon as his services asiorei call e spared, "Nma a in the navy is willing in war tiali' to 44 anything that a woman can doI as well; whereas no ollicer can be exp4eted to be content in any part of Iie sAore establishment unless engaged t'upon suipervisory work so I mportant in its 1 Initure thatt it cannot pr4per'ly be (l(eI'gated to any person of lesser rat ing. "W'herefore it is requested and di rected that the oflicer in charge of ('eh division of the bureaua of supplies and accounts mlake it careftl and criti cal survey of his personntel, both com mnissioned and11l enlisted, to the 'end that the paymist er general may k now how man1ty and which mien can be spared without seriously interfering with the work. 'I'l(se reports wIll include not alone reservists but regulars as well, and it is to be distinctly understood In this connection that applications from individuals for sea or overseas service will not he necessairy-the one and only object being to carry on the work here and at the saime time release the mnaxitnua number of men for duty at the front." The Liberty motor, (leveloped by the department of militayi' aeronautics, is to have a special engine oil which is to be known aIs the "Liberty nero oil." It wais developed by the lubrication branch while the latter was still a part of the signal corps. It is a mineral oil and will be used not only on the Liberty motor but on all stait ionairy cylinder aircraft engines of the army and navy. Its developmnlt is due to the energy an'd skill of a1 staff of men who worked exclusively nn the problem for a year. Capt. O. J. May, who deserves greatest credit for its produetion, so exIauisted hiuself by huis labors that he could not recuper)iate front an illness ad1(1 (lied. W1ihen the alrairaft program was an nlounced in 1f17 no one in authority had a dt'tliite idea Its to tht' proper Iitll of liubrication renluulrt'. 'Ih'i're I Was n4o1 inifo)rtnity, or ev'er'y engi1le there wits i selhE'tic oil. Sime en Miiu-t'rs linsisteil oli eiltor" oil, others aiiniral 'il, still others 11stor) andil1 inilierial oils nixel. It was estiimated that .0Fi ,.001 gallons of leastor oil, costimi $3 le' galhin, woulI be re (iiri anil that (quanltity 'its not avail able. C('aptain May and tassistants set out t41 develop a suitable lubricant for the Liibe'ry 1m otori' at t iverago cost of 75 tcents it gallon, and also a syste'in for reclairning oil already 11se1. In 25 (ays Captain May supervisel the run ni ig of 37 engine tests in i laboratory where five engine tests a week would he a complete program. These en gines were run with different kinds of oils anl each oil wts analyzed and meitasurned before and after tests. The work reqlulredl ceaiseless vigil. Alti ttud~e tests were madle in an airtight building capamble of lhav~ing the air within it partly' exhausted. F~roma these tests thme Liberty nero oil dievelopedl. It will cost about one foutth1 the price of castor oil, saving lhe govenmientt perhaps $11 ,00.0,000 a yeart. A systemi if rech'liing used~ oIl was de4.veloped'( iad at least 50 per cent can hile mad1 te lIt to use atga in. Theui nati onail wair labor board has de chh-ld a gaintst ('stai shament ait thli s ltime of ai milnium wage to lie alpplied~ trianrally throughouitt indlustry. It adpilt s ani ait t~14it' imly opposed both to unjul st prolfis (il the part (of ca pitalI aind unreasonaale demnands etn the part1 (if labor, staltitg that (aitI~l shoiuld liatve ontly suich re4a soniale retunts its wvil aIussuire Its iuse for thle wor'ld's and~ lhe mitlion's cause, and)4 tha t lie physl ('al wellbheling (of labior and its phy3sleal and1( m)entail effectIveness, In a comifort reasonblel ini view~ of the exigencies of he war', likewise should be uasured. The boatrd~ delarltes the war to lie an I nterr'eginm In wh'lich the wheels of 1indulstry'3 shtouuld turn only' in thle comn m)an1 ('ause5 andi~ for commhionl ends, and neither for unjust pr'oflts on the part oif caii ta ior1 unfailrly Inflated w~ages for labor, stressing maximum produc tlion as the paramount necessIty andl untselflsh co-operationi as the prelimi nairy essentIals to thlis accomplishment. There Is a reaftilrmatIion by the board of the princIple that the worker is en titled to a wage sufliclent to sustain himself and his family in health and comifort, and a restatement by thme board to apply thtis principle in each of the cases to colme before it for de cision. American dIetitians have made bread by substitutIng as high as 25 per cenit of rice for wheat flour and have obtained a whlite yeast bread of excellent flavor. The id-WVest states are turning to a larger use of motortrucks In the (he livery of hogs to the imnortant Interior markets. Tihis relieves railroad trains portation conditions to a considerable extent. The motortruck business is becom lng so important that commercial or ganizations of Omaha are taking active nieasures to utilize the trucks on re turn trips to country points for haulIng various kinds of freights. IExperience has shown that motortruck marketing lsas feasible in winter as in other sea 1-American, English, Canadian, 1 over the German lines in France. aboard a hospital ship. 3-Steamer t being present anttd Mrs. Wilson chri NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR British and French Begin New Offensive Between Albert and Montdidier. HAIG DIRECTS THE DRIVE Allies Force Crossing of the Vesle Riv er in Face of Strong Resistance Plans for Siberian Expedition -March States American Army Program. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. IHnving thoroighly whipped the rmiles of the German crown prince ndi driven themV back heyond the Vesle river, Foch, now a marshal of F'ralice, tiried hils attention in the tiiddle' of the week to the forces un der the Pln.vauriaun crown prince, Rup Irecht..t (hIwn on 'i'lThnrsday the Brit Ish Fomtii :1rmV and11 the French Flirst airiny, nowlr cominmand of Field Mar shal hlair, began an offensive on a wide front in the reaion east and south enst of Amiens, . Timl front under at ttk was nlout twenty-eight miles in length. fr otn Albert south to the vicin ity of Montdidier. Within 24 hours the allied forces had penetrated the enemy lines to points from six to seven miles heyond thestart, had taken more than 10.000 prisoners and great quantities of material and many guns, and had occupied numerous towns. Their own losses were remark ably light. Tranks led the infantry in the attack and did wonderfully good work. C'omplete success in this offensive would result in obliterating the Ger man salient in thle Montdldier region antd would imperil the entire Hun line from Rteimis to Ypres. The Germans seem to havye ant id pated this move ment by the* aillies and sonie dlays prev iously withldrew t heir forces there and in ot'ter sectors to stronger positions. P'rogress by the allies here carries hem iiuto thle Ptlenrdy enmtry wh ith was ravnged by thle Germtans it thtelI' ret renit of Marchel. 1917, and atgatin (1e viistated by them whlen they drove for wvard this year. The defeated hut not disorganized finns bet weent Soissoits ant deims, as wa*s predilcted, gathiered thelir strength for n pause in th?ir retrent btetween the Vesle and the Aisne. Their gnns we're brouight iunto play from the plat cau in tlhit region whieh commands the Vesle valley. The Germans, in dleed, made strenuous attempts to pre Vent the French and Americans from crossing -the Veslo, especially Int tihe vicinity of Fismnes, but numerous rel~a tively small units forced the crossings and held onto their newv positions de spite futrious counter-attaceks. rTese operations were mostly beotween Rraisne and Fismes. Up to the close of the week Marshal Foch had not tried to send any very large forces across the river, prohnhly waiting unl til his artillery could (drive the Hunls from the nearer lills to the north. The Germans were using only medium enliher guns, which was ttaken to mean that their heavier artillery was being placed nlorth of the Aisne to defend that line; for there seemedl little doutit that they would be forced that far ntorth before very long. Their position souith of the Aisne was said to he reail ly untenable though seemingly strong. At the west end of the line the French and Americeans were steadily pushing east along thme Aisne, and at the east endl Immediately north of Reims the French made considerntble advance be tween the railways running to Lon and Itethel. The city of Fismes, which was so gallantly taken by the Americans, Wats as gallantly held against all attneks, though the Germans deluged it with explosive and gas shells. T1he macline gun and rifle fire of the Yankees was so accurate as to arouse the admirn tion of their allies. Activity increased during the weekt L Z vew Zealand and South American aviat 2-Iun prisoners being made useful juisconck, first vessel built at Hog Isit stoning the ship. mladle toward Bethune and Hazebrouck. On the southern side of this bulge the British moved forward between the f~awe and the Clarence. In other sec tors of the northern line also the Brit ish attacked successfully. These op erations probably were all related though their full significance was not known here. At least, it was clear that Foch had no intention of allow ing the Iuns to have any rest, now that he has them on the defensive. Authorities admit that the kaiser's strength is still prodigious and that he has large reserves, but all unite in as serting that he has passed beyond the high point of power and efficiency and can never regain numerical supremncy, nor can he ever again have the oppor tunity to achieve a victory that was his two months ago. Those of his peo ple who know the truth now admit that his ultimate defeat Is a certainty. The more fearless papers of Germany and Austria do not hesitate to say this plainly. The military and pan-German leaders are held responsible, and as their only hope lies in administering to the aillies the crushing blow so long promised by them, it is reasonable to expect another great Hun offensive be fore long. That is, if Marshal F'och gives them a chance, which doesn't seem to be a part of his present plans. tt Arrangements for the American-Jap nnese expedition to Siberia have been going forward rapidly and the Czecho Slovak forces over there will soon have the active support of a small but competent lo(ly of allied troops. It is announce( that two regiments now in the Philippines will form part of the American contingent, and that it will be commanded by Maj. Gen. William S. Graves until recently assistant chief of staff of the army. Later it will be determined whether he will com mand the entire expedition. At Vladi vostok the Americans will be joined by an eqinal number of Japanese and proh) ably they will first drive from the Anmur branch of the trans-Siberian railway the bolsheviki and the Teuton wvar prisoners who were armed to aid them. Eastern Siberia wvould then be in the control of the allies andi loyal Russians. British forces were landied at Vladivostok last week, for what pur pos was not stated. .Japan haes given evidence of eager ness to do more in Siberia than merely aid tihe (zechs, if she has the excuse, anid it is reportedl that Lenine now plans to declare war on tihe Japanese. hinmg Inst igmatedl by Germany. The sue cses of tihe Czechs have had great ef fect in Aumstria. and( reports from thmat country tell of the dlesertion of nhout a1hu itmio soldier'is of the Austrno-Hun garinn army. Eighty thousand of these de(serters are living in Vienna and thme government fears to take any step against them. Conditions in northern Russin are very encouraging. The allies have been driving the bolsheviki south from Archangel. and a new government has been estambished in that city embiracing half a dozen districts. Volunteer- de tachmments of White guards are as. sisting the allies. M. I. Terestehenko, niniister of foreign affairs in Keren sky's (anbinet, has been assassinated in Poltava. Seemingly not yet quite satisfied that Zeppelins as raidlers are a failure, the Germans sent a fleet of five of these monsters across to raidl Engalnd last week. Their coming was signaledi and they were attackedl by the British air defenlse before thley couild reach tile coast. One of them was shot down in flames over thme sea, its commander, thme noted Captin Strasser, and all tihe crew perishing. The other airshlip( fled. The submarine pirates continutetl their diepredations in the western At hant ic, torpedoinlg a number of mer Chanl~t ships and fishing boats and sink hng the D~iamond Shoals lightship ofi Cape Unitterns. Tis last-mnentione(l explocit muay be part of a set plan (3i destroying important navigation sig nals In order to hamper shipping. The doings of the U-boats, however, n~ longer cause the allies extreme anx iety, for it is evident they are on tht decline. Addressing the house o1 commons, Premier Lloyd George sait1 160 submarines had been sunik by tilt Biritish rnvy, and the Ziritish admir ~ __ S. -r: ' ", bYlob by 3 eatern Newspaper Union ors examining a map prior to a flight in carrying wounded British soldiers Lnd yard, being launched, the president alty announces the output of merchant ships by the allies and neutral nations for the three months ending June 80 exceeded the losses from all causes by 2906,090 gross tons. The American yards are now turning out vessels with extraordinary rapidity. The launch ing of the first one from the great gov ernment yard at Hog island was at tended by President and Mrs. Wilson. Our war department's army program was partly revealed to the senate com mittee on military affairs by General March, chief of staff, when he ap peared before it to urge all possible haste in passing the bill extending the draft age limits to eighteen and forty five years. Concisely stated, the pro gram is as follows: Ninety-eight divisions - 3,020,000 men-to make up troops obtained un der existing law. Eighty divisions-3,200,000 men-to be sent to France. Eighteen divisions-720,000 men-to be held in reserve in the United States while additional recruits are being trained. An army when completed of 5,000, 000 men, minimum strength. Troop movement to France at the rate of 250,000 men a month until cold weather sets in, meaning over 1,000,000 more men abroad before the first of the year. An expeditionary force of almost 2, 500,000 men in France by January 1. General March told the committee the United States can end the war by getting 4,000,000 trained troops, fully equipped, into France, and he intimat ed that Marshal Foch is only await ing the arrival of the Americans in full strength to hurl the entire united military strength of the allies at the Huns on the western front. This tre mendous blow, he intimated, was due to fall next spring. The chief of staff said he did not believe it would be necessary to send the eighteen-year-old class to the firing line, but that the government wants these young men trained and in readiness. He said it would be satisfactory if the bill were passedl immediately aifter congress re sumnes the transaction of business on August 20. Some of the senators be lieved quicker action would be advis able. Chairman Dent of the house mnil itary affairs committee, clinging to the anti and ante-war ideCas that always have animated his actions, shows no desire to have the bill considered by his committee in time for early pas sage. It was stated that the sensible memb~ers of the committee, headed by Itep~resen1tativye Kiahn, probably would have to take charge of the measure. Why the small-minded D~ent is not ousted from his chairmanship of this most lmportanat committee remains one of the mysteries. Other men connect ed wvith the administration and the government, who were pacifists and small army and navy advocates, have seen the error of their ways long since andl are doing everything in their power to help win the wvar, but no such light illuminates the dense mind of Dent. Th~e house ways and means commit tee is still busy v'ith the next revenue measure. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has informed Chairman Kitch in that he is strongly in favor of a flat war profits tax of 80 per cent, which he believes would render unnecessary any increase in the existing excess profits tax rate, and would also be found the only way to reach real war profiteering. The committee has agreed upon a section that wvould call on the presidlent to pay a tax .of $24, 000 as his part of the country's finan cial war burden and under which the Supreme court justices, all federal judges and all state officers would be taxedl. "There is a great sentiment all over the country," said Mr. Kitchin, "that no one should be exempted from taxation." In which Mr. Kitchin speaks the exact truth. The federal trade commission has recommendedl that the government -take control of all the principal stock yards, cold-storage plants and ware houses and~ of refrigerator and cattle cars, in order to destroy the monopoly which it (declares is exercised by Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Morris & Co., Wil. son & Co., Inc., and the Oudahy Pack lng company. Thme commission nc cuses these concerns of tillegally and oppressively controlling and mantpu lating the meat and other food supplies of the ntin, andofa .siemia.a. NEW LINE OF FOE IS MADE INSECURE GERMAS ARE COMPELLED 1' GIVE GROUD DESPITE STRON C DEFENSE. ARE KNOCKING AT THE O0a ) French and Canadians Gain Thr. Miles Front and Knock et. Door of Roye. Evidently it is not in the ph the entente allies to leave th - plans secure in their possession i new line they are now holding region between the Somme ai Oise. Although the front fro south of the Somme past Ch and running through Roye to has been studded with, fresh forcements and innumerable g order to keep back the allied the Germans nevertheless agai been forced to give ground points where seemingly their e soon must crumble and the eastward be resumed. French and Canadian troop tween Goyencourt and Laucour front of about three miles fought their way west of Roye they were virtually knocking door of the town which is one keystone positions of the Germ tense in Picardy. The retirement of the Germ: parts of the northern front coi but these manuevers as yet lac nite explanation. Following upon the evacuation of front 1 sitions north of Albert, whicl taken over by the British, hat another voluntary relinquishm trenches in th Lys sector. T lage of Vieux Berquin has beer up and ground over a front of nine milse to a depth of from two miles has been ceded a fighting. Along the Veslo river fron Germans are deluging the tions held by the French Americans with shells, gas proj and bombs from airplanes, bu' effobts have gone for naught as causing a relinquishment of tory is concerned. The An aviators are busily engaged in ing operations behind the 0 lines, especilly against the l: leading northward across the river. TOTAL GERMAN LOSSES ESTIMATED AT 6,0 Paris. - The total German from the beginning of the war t end of July, 1918, are understood six million, according to the papers. RAILROAD 4EAD WARNS SHIPI Washington. - B. L. Winchel gional director, has issued a d: warning to shippers and industri beware of waiting upon transport until the months of congestions. says: 'Every effort should be made I duce all classes of shippers, and particularly, the industries, to f: the p~olicy of stocking up during remaining months of good wea when the flow of transportation ih easiest and( the dlemands relat lighest." "There is no doubt but that ii tries in general for economic reai have avoided carrying stocks, rel% upon the railroads to meet their rent needs from day to day, or v to week, but it is clear that fif ti is an explanation made of the g*.' demands which the carriers will I. to meet dluring the winter and difficulties of transportation that likely to occur (not merely becaui the total volume of traffic, but preference that must be given to requirements), the probable shom, of equipment, etc., thy will be wi to stock up for their own protect MPORTANT WOODS ARE TAKEN BY FRENCH TRC2 W4'th the British Army in 'Fran By a brilliant maneuver, the Fm have finally captured "Z"' wood Damnery wood. In these two w tracts the Germans have been ing out desperately for several realizing the value of those posh 2 The little patches of forest 1 are now in the hands of the allie virtually on the exertme right 0 Brititsh line. RELATiVES OF WOUNDED AND SICK T OGET Fi 'Washington. -- Eract inflorir ."s concerning wounded and sick A'su can soldiers admittedto hospitals seas will be made ihmmediately able to relatives or friends. Secretary Baker said he had v tthe offices of Surgeon General gas to look into the daily reports the hospitals with a view to h them carded, catalogued and ti ted so that the most instant inf tion can be g'iven to all innniriei