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1 1'ypicul cumouiluge rdud on the Murne front, extending Tor several miles una masking the innvehicnts of tlie French troops In that section. 1! Major General Liggett, commander of the western division, which will have four training camps contulnlng from 110.000 to 40,000 men each. 3 A fleet of Dutch ami Norwegian ships held up In an Amerlcun port because of the food embargo. 4 Training men for officers of the merchant marine at New Bedford, Mass. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Haig and Petain Start Another Drive in Flanders and Make Big Gains. AIMING AT U-BOAT BASES? Good Work by the Russo-Roumanlan Forces Teutonic Peace Move Dc rlded Agreement Reached on Food Control Bill Exemp tion Boards Are Busy. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. After twenty days of the most tre mendous artillery lire of the war, the Anglo-French armies In Flanders be gan on Tuesday a great drive that aroused the highest hopes for delinlte results. Great masses of troops dashed forward along a front of twenty miles, overran the enemy's first three lines of defense between Wnrneton and Dlx mude and captured eleven towns and more than 5,000 prisoners. They crossed the Yser at many places, the engineering corps performing prodigies In the way of brldge-buildiug under lire. Tanksffund airplanes played im portant parts In the terrlllc conflict. The Germans resisted stoutly and on Wednesday, when the allies' advance was checked by torrential rains, the Teutons by fierce counter-attacks won back u little of the lost ground. Next day the British again drove the Ger mans back, and then the artillery re sumed the tusk of blowing Prince Uu precht's men out of the supporting de fenses to which they had retired. Generals Haig and I'etaln exchanged telegrams of congratulation on the success In Flanders, and the kaiser, not to be outdone, congratulated Uu precht on his "great success" and at once called a conference in Brussels of Ids commanding olllcers on the west front and other olllcials. The German losses are reported to huve been tre mendous und those of the allies com paratively light. Several American surgical teams worked on the lighting line side by side with their British al lies. The exact objective of this drive was not olllclally announced, hut the peo ple of the allied nations hoped and the Germans assumed that the Anglo French armies Intend to push along the Belgian coast and force the Germans to abandon their submarine bases. Such a movement would also turn the right end of the German line and might well compel u general retire ment toward the Rhine. If the allies could reach the Dutch border It Is be lieved Holland might be persuaded to throw lii her lot with them, u decision which Germany evidently has feared for some time. Conditions in Russia. The disorganized Uusslun troops continued their retreat eastward through Galicla, und at some points the pursuing Teutons and Turks crossed the Uusslan border. However, there was a perceptible stiffening of re sistance by the Slavs, and further north they held their lines fulrl;' well. On the Roumunlun front the Russo Houmanlan army fought bravely and successfully, making considerable ad vances. Its good work may go far to ward saving the rich grain tields of southern Kusslu from the enemy. Meanwhile Kerensky and his col leugues are working fast to avert dls UBter. Their program, according to the ollielul newspaper, is to restore the army's power by a clear definition of the limits of Russia s present iinerty, the taking of the severest and most merciless measures for re-establishing military discipline, and the restoration of the shaken authority of Hussla's most disinterested and sctf-sucrilleing servuuts, her olllcers. Hundreds of German spies In Uusslan uniforms found mingling with the soldiers have been executed summarily, und the mu tlnous troops are being punished as traitors. It Is now reported that Le- nine has escaped from Russia, proba bly to Germany through Finland and Sweden. Uusslan secret service agents report that Illndenburg, having prepared for the Galiclan affair with the aid of his spies, promised the kaiser he vbuld put Russia out of action within two months. But Kercns"ky, though he Is terribly handicapped and Is not a sol dier, Is proving himself to be a much greater man than the German chieftain and civilization still looks to him with couildence In his ultlmute success. It was announced oil Thursday that General Brusslloff had resigned as commander In chief of the Uusslan armies and that General Kornlloff had been made generalissimo, being suc ceeded on the southwestern front by General Tcheremlssoff. The -heroic conduct of Vera Butch mareff's feminine battalion nf the front has resulted In a popular move ment for the formutlon of a great army of Russian women. Teutonic Peace Bunk. The beginning of the week was marked by the ascension of three large peuce balloons sent up by the central powers. One was piloted by Chancel lor Michaells, one by Count Czernln, Austrian foreign minister, und one by the un-American correspondent, Ben nett, acting for Michaells and Luden dorff. The balloons went up swiftly for a time, but, being filled only with hot air, they soon came to earth again, the descent accompanied by ,the Ironic laughter and cheers of the allied .na tions. The Imperial chancellor, to abandon the metaphor, told a vivid tale of secret treaties between France and Russia looking to conquest, and Pre mier Rlbot promptly branded him us a liar. Michaells uttered a lot more claptrap about the wicked alms of the entente allies and "the Justice of our defensive war," and, through the un American correspondent, gave out a mess of high-sounding phrases and foolish accusations, und declared the submarine warfare would continue un til the British raise their blockade. Czernin gave an Interview that sound ed more reasonable, and a couple of days later a Vienna paper announced authoritatively that Germany would gladly act upon peace overtures com ing by way of Vienna. The entire peace move of the week, however, was declared by Washington, London and Paris to be insincere and evidently mnde In the hope of slowing up the wnr preparations In America and tlio restoration of authority and discipline in Russia. On Wednesday the kaiser issued two proclamations, to the German people and to the German army and navy and colonial forces, In which he defiantly set forth his determination to prosecute to n successful termination "this right eous war of defense." The German attempt to bunko the Poles with vague promises of a re stored kingdom has fallen through. Dispatches from lk'rlln say the Polish legions have been disarmed and In terned, because the Germans found themselves confronted by a mutinous Polish army, while Austrian subjects enrolled In the Original legion Insisted on taking the oath to the new Polish kingdom as If Galicla were a part of It. America's Submarine Detector. The problem of the submarine Is still holding first place In the consider ations of the allied nations, for while the Germans admit he U-boat cam paign Is not reducing Knglnnd to star vation. . Admiral Jelllco ndwMs the submarine has not yet been mastered, and says until the effective antidote Is discovered the allies must concentrate on the building of patrol boats and merchant vessels. Secretary Daniels believes the American navy depart ment has found a plan for protecting American shipping and It will be put In operation very soon. The department Is working on n giant detector which Rear Admiral Grunt thinks will bring Immediate results. The details of this detector, of course, are not revealed, but It Is expected to be effective over a distance of live miles, and If these expectations are Justified the depart ment will stretch the device across the waters In the vicinity the German bases and thereby locate submarines as they start out. Meanwhile the trained gun crews placed on American merchantmen are giving a good ac count of themselves, generally getting the better of any submarines that ven ture to attack the vessels they are guarding. The British admiralty's weekly re port showed a decrease In the number of British merchantmen destroyed by THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. U-boats. One British warship, the old cruiser Ariadne, was sunk by a torpe do nnd IIS of its crew killed. What Congress Ig Doing. One month behind time, the adminis tration food control bill was reported out of conference without the features that were objectionable to the presi dent. Its enactment within a week was coillldeptly predicted. The chief features that were eliminated were the congressional war expenditure com mittee and the three-member food con trol board. The prlce-llxlng and con trol provisions were greatly restricted and the prohibition section Is less dras tic. Partly as a result of the compromise on the food control bill, the senate adopted the Sheppurd resolution for a national prohibition amendment to thu constitution. The vote ft" to UO would have been much closer had the dry forces not consented to a provision that the amendment shall not he opera tlve unless It is ratified by the states within six years. The constitutionality of that limitation Is doubtful. The dry leaders decided to await the December session of congress before trying to get the resolution through the lower house. Another commendable action of tlio senate was the adoption of MeCum ber's resolution calling upon the presi dent to undertake to obtain the consent of the European nations allied against the central powers to the draft of their subjects In the United States for the war. It Is believed the allies will quickly agree to' this and that the plan will be lit operation before long. The new war industries board, with Frank A. Scott Instead of Bernard Ba ruch as Its chairman, hus taken up with vigor its work of government buying and supervision over the gen eral Industrial activity. Mr. Scott an nounced that protit-making must now yield to patriotism, extravagance to economy and sellishness to service. The reorganized shipping board also Is speeding up and last week it mnde the Southern pine producers promise prompter delivery of the timber they have pledged, for tic board Intends to build as many wooden ships as pos slble. The embargo that Is designed to shut off Germany's supplies of food und war munitions Is going to have an ef fect on the supply of shipping. Nor way already has proposed to place al most its entire merchant fleet at the disposal of the allies and promised to export nothing but fish to Germany If assured of receiving American food products, and Holland, too, Is willing to exchange sldps for food if the ves sels are not to be sent Into the danger zone. Sweden and Denmark, it 1b be lieved, will follow suit. The effective ness of the embargo policy, however, depends to n considerable extent, on whether or not the shipment of food- stuffs from Russia Into Germany can be prevented. The shipping board Inst week pro pared to commandeer all American shipping, and President Wilson Issued an order that has the effect of cutting off steel exports to Japan unless .lap ane.se vessels are diverted to war uses Exemption Boards Busy. The examination of drafted men by the exemption boards Is going on rap Idly and smoothly, and under Instruc tions from Provost Marshal General Crowder the hoards have tightened up on the exemptions. They have been told to keep In mind Unit the two things to lie accomplished art- the rais ing of armjes and the maintaining of Industries. " Meanwhile the federal and local authorities all over the country are rounding up the slackers Continuing their work of co-opernt-Ing with the Germans, the Industrial Workers of the World stirred up vari ous troubles for mine owners, lumber producers and themselves, In many Western localities. Some towns fol lowed the example of Blsbee and de ported the disturbers, and one of their leaders, Frank Little, was taken ouj and hanged by masked men at Butte Mont. Such occurrences, of course must be deplored theoretically. The government cannot nnd will not tolerate strikes that tie up Industries that are vital to the successful conduct of the wnr. This was demonstrated by the quick ending of a strike of thou sands of railway switchmen that started at Chicago. When tile federal authorities took a hand, both sides found they could yield points and reach an amicable agreement. 1 Launching of the United States Chrlstopoulos of the newly active Greek army questioning Bulgarian prisoners, camp at Leon Springs, Texas. GREEKS Greek buttery of 7JVs starting for The last horse car In New York made Its last run at noon a few days ngo. Tho start was from Uleeckcr street and Broadway, the eastern terminus of the line. Members of the public service commission, representatives of tho New York railways nnd reporters were in the old car, making the biggest load of passengers it had carried for n long time. A week beforo It earned 15 cents in one day. RusiTvi i in in tilers working on mnv ban, ars at one of the aviation training schools "somewhere in the United States." IJuch day as more men Join tho air Borvico the need for greater training enmps becomes pressing. Kvery camp is being enlarged for tho great corps of llyers Uncle Sam Is training. Caldwell at Mare Island LEAVE FOR MACEDONIAN tho Macedonian front to light si do by destroyer jszz. rrrrrzz. rrr sir ..j&izsmm? Francisco. :i General view of tho cuntonmenti 8 General FRONT wide with the entente allleH. Ten pound loaf of bread l iked unj tho Gettysburg battleileld. This size of loaf Is culled war-bread, for It keeps) In good condition for three wewksj Uncle Sum's bakers turn out bread that delights thu soldiers. , ONE OF OUR HUGE SHELLS stu.it ni ..dicer beside a M-lnch pro ie. titi the weight of which Is 1,070 pounds In the bags are 82ft poundfi of powder, smokeless, Natural Process. How did your wife manage to make the carpet man keep hid ap pointment?" "Oh, sho llobred him with an argu ment and Just nnllvd him down." With the Mosquito Fleet. First Sergeant What's thnt wrlg gllng object off tliero near tho horizon! Second Mnto Guess it must ho i nervous wreck. navy yard, San i