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THK MSMI-WEEKLY THIBUNg, NORTH PLATTK. NRBRAMCA. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNCLE SAM Buying Liberty Bonds Aids Our War, Our Army, Our Boys. HOW WORKMEN DO THEIR BIT investment Brings Good Returno, In Addition to Giving Financial As sistance Every Loyal Citizen Owes His Government. (By EVA DEAN of the Vigilantes.) It was Just another day In tho fac tory. There was nothing prophetic In tho hum of tho machines; It was qulto tho everyday hum. Tho workmen talked loudly to he henrd ; they nlways talked while they worked; they liked tho sound of their own voices. It mat tered not much what they said tho same Joko will do day after day In a factory; an old ono Is almost ns good as a new ono to hreak tho mental monotony. When one's habitual activ ity Is with one's fingers one Isn't very critical of mental efforts. btlll, were you to ask them, any of the men would have said they prc- rerreu nn argument to all other kinds of brain exercise. Argument Is what they would havo called any of the ver nal volleys they fired back and forth nt ono another from their Inexpert mental batteries, while their expert fingers moved ceaselessly nt their tasks. And nowadays there Is always enough to nrguo about the war I The only trouble though no ono really seemed to mind that was that there was no ono around to uphold tho gov eminent In these controversies. Of the hundred men employed for It was n small factory there was but ono with nn American-born parent, though a considerable number were themselves born In America. The ono hundred were all hero by choice, how ever, and hardly ono ever really ex pected to Hvo anywhere else. But they talked as though they might; and one could imagine they expected tho .Unit ed States to Immediately offer them Inducements to stay when It heard of their Intended leaving. They Discuss Liberty Bonds. Charles, In tho lightest corner a few years ago he would have been Karl was always talking about tho price of food: "I take a Liberty bond? Indeed Til not I If tho government hnd kept prices down, and protected tho working man, and kept tho rich man from making war profits, why, I might There is going to be trouble In thlB country somo day and tho gov ernment desorvos all that is coming to them. Th6 government ought to do everything It can to keep tho good will of the people. Why beer Charles can never talk long without mention ing beer. Jo whoso early training was in a protectorate was a born flnoncicr. He had actually boen talking nbout a bond on the dollar-a-weck plan, but no one in tho workrooms seemed to think it a good investment It would bo bet ter to buy sugar or whisky and keep It for & higher price. Bo Jo had simply talked for tho past two weeks; ho had not decided. One might get 4i per cent, or oven 5 por cent later I It would bo bettor to wait "Tho government don't feed the boys In campl" shouted tho porter, "Of courao it don't," yelled tho thin man by tho window. "Wo don't know what goes on there. No wonder lota of them commit suicidal" "Well I'd llko to buy a bond," broke In Old Bailey, courageously. Old Bai ley was born among tho Pennsylvania Dutch. "But, with sixteen dollars a week, and a family, I don't sco how I can." "Nor do I," said tho tall young man of whom tho men sold, "Ills mother waB born here." All Are Buying Bonds. The machines hummod on tho voices rising and falling in opposition, when suddenly tho eager face of Jo tho news guthorer was thrust through tho door: VThero'B nn Italian banker In tho second room talking to tho, wops about Liberty bonds," ho Informed. Tho voices ceased. Everybody wished he could hear. "Ho's still talking I All tho wops are In there," spread tho news to every corner of tho building; and then close upon that: "They'ro buying them; every ono of tho wops nro buying them V In a shorter time than it could have taken a man to walk through tho build ing, every ono In It know that tho wops tho lowest-paid men of them nil were buying Liberty bonds. Presently nil the workmen who could understand English were assembled In ono room. They looked about cu riously nt one another; never before hud they seen theiuselvcs en masse. It was n strange assembly, wJth its dirty aprons, Its rough, lined faces and quiet tongues. It must have seemed such to tho Balcsmun; his mouth set per ceptibly ns he looked about nt his au dience. Tho Italian orator had gesticulated grandly; and there hnd been much of "Italia 1 Italia I" But this man, after his first look at tho faces before him, decided not to talk patriotism. So ho Mmply stated that our government wns at war. Very clearly he explained what that ineont financially; ho ac knowledged that living wrts high and hard, but nevertheless everyone who did not help wns n slacker. And, in convincing conclusion: "If we don't tv our money, the government Is go ing to take it anyhow. It has to hnvq it It will make us pay It In taxes and then we not only will not havo any Interest, but we'll hnvo nothing tq show for Uio money. In tho second, room they nil helped. How many of you arc going to help? How many here want bonds?" Partnership With Government Evidently tho factory considered It a "good argument." And then tho wops, with their despised salaries, hnd subscribed; cveryono was thinking about tli nt. The hands began to go up, and n lino of applicants wan quickly formed. The tall young man (whoso mother wns an American) had stood, hcsltat' Ing, until ho snw Old Bailey's gray head bend over tho signature bench; and then, smiling, ho slipped In be hind him, muttering, "If he enn, 1 cuii." Now the machines wore humming again and argument began onco more, The thin man by the window was the first to speak. "Well," ho com mented, "wo'vo got to do something for tho boysl" "When I get this pold, maybe they'll have a 5 per cent bond," said Jo, the financier. "America and Italy; wo gottn mako kill alia do kings alia no goodl" nod ded ono of the contributors from the Recond room, with approval. It was tho same everyday hum of the machines, but tho factory was dif ferent. It wns no longer a critical, skcptlcnl spectator of the strugglo of civilization, bitterly suspicious of its own government It and tho govern ment wero now partners. The war no no longer the government's war; It wns our war, our army, our boys, and tho factory wis doing Its bit I Tho bond salesmnn, pcrhnps, added up the result of his work with boiuo satisfaction; but by far the greater and . most Important part of it ho knows nothing nbout. WOMEN TO THE FORE Wives and Mothers Know Value of Liberty Bonds. War Behind the Lines Is Being Prose cuted on a Tremendous Scale Every Woman Can Help Do Something. (By ALBERT W. ATWOOD, Financial Writer for the Saturday Evening Post) Tho day seems to have passed when woman's education consisted of piano lessons and a little pollto French. Now she studies biology, phychology, and all tho other ologles. In this great and radical chango In tho posi tion of woman it will not do to over look tho change In her relation to money matters. It is no longer un womanly to know something ubout money. Femlnino charm Is not di minished by knowing tho difference between a bond and a sharo of stock. Millions of women cam their llvlne today. Hundreds of thousands have Independent menns and must decide for themselves in affairs flnanclnl. More and more of tho wives, mothers, and sisters not only spend tho house hold money, but nro consulted by tho men when nn Investment Is to bo made. It matters not whether the Investment consists of a vlctrola, nn automobile, or a bond. It Is snld men do not take their wives Into their con fidence when they gomblo or tako a flyer, but It Is also said that deception In theso matters does not pay. So there Is every material reason why women should do their part and more In flontlng tho Liberty bonds. Indeed n womnn recognizes i gold dollar Just ns quick as a man, nnd when It pays good Interest In addition she Is not going to turn It down. But there Is moro than a purely busi ness and Selfish side to tho women of this country. They hnvo surprised even themselves with their executive ability and powers of business organ ization. The lied Cross and every Other variety of relief work has been In Its detail largely the result of woman's effort. Behind tho II new women are prose cuting tho wnr on n tremendous scale. There aro millions of men ns well as women who cannot fight In the trenches, who cannot even drlvo mo tortrucks or work In munition fac tories. Thero nro some people who can not even successfully raise a vegetable garden, but thero Is not nn adult man or womnn outside tho poorhouso and tho hospital who cannot either buy or help to sell a Liberty bond. It Is tho least they can do, Don't Buy Too Big a Bond. Hero Is n word of advice for tho farmer bond purchaser. Don't bite off moro than you can chew. Your gov ernment doesn't want you to "strap" yourself or run Into financial ill moni tion trying to pay for a bond. Buy ono small enough so you will bo nblo to pay for It la tho nllotted time without having to borrow money to meet the obligation. Its valuo will represent your savings for that period of time. If your circumstances won't permit of you purchasing a $1,000 bond, buy on ly a $500 ono. Don't complicate our already complicated financial problem by assuming a debt you can't pay. Ho Wants to Win This War. Do You? A father In a little Illinois town re ceived a cablegram tho other day from General Pershing, announcing tho death of his two Bons over there, "kill, ed in action." Ho went out and sold his homo and bought Liberty Bonds. "I'm tho only one left now nnd I'll rent n room for myself," wns his only comment UNITED STATES ST WAR Oi YEAR Expansion of Armed Forces- Out standing Feature of Period. 1,528,924 MEN IN THE ARMY Official Review of Twelve Months' Aotlvltles 8hows What Various Departments of Government Have Done. , The United States has been an ac tive participant In the great world war for one year. At the opening of the second year the government commit tee on public information has Issued a review of tho first twelve months of hostilities, showing what has been dono by various branches of the gov ernment to plnce the United States In a position to play an effective part In the ultimate defeat of Germany and her allies. The committee on public Information says that all statements contained In tho following summary of the review are authorized by the wnr department, nnvy department, United States shipping board and treasury department. The outstanding fenture of the first year of war, It Is pointed out in the review, has been tho transfor mation of the standing army and Na tional Guard, composed of 9,524 offi cers and 202,510 men into a fighting force thnt now aggregates 123,801 of ficers and 1,528,024 enlisted men. A statement of the adjutant general shows that tho regular army which In April, 1017, comprised 5,701 officers and 121,707 men, now is made up of 10,008 officers and 603,142 men. Tho National Guard la April, 1917, Includ ed 8,733 officers and 70,713 men, whllo now It comprises 16,893 officers and 481,083 men. Tho reserve corps in service one year ngo Included 4,000 men. now it inciuacs uu.aiu omcers department handles material amount and 77,860 men. The National army, ing to approximately 10,000 carloads a wuicu aiu not exist one year ago, now I Includes 610,830 men. A substantial vanguard (military xpeaiency proniDiung puuucauon oi actual numbers) of this army is meet- lug-uioenomyinarancotouayorisen- camped there awaiting the call to the trenches; in 10 cantonments and 16 vnujya Bna on numerous aviation neias cnino guns ; Drought the rate of pro and in a variety of other schools In duction of machine guns from 20,000 all parts of tho United States the men td 225,000 per year: increased tho rt of the remaining array are hardonlng ana irainmg ror tneir part in the great contest overseas. Behind the activities of this vast force lies a great industry organized to produce an adequate supply of mu- nltlons, equipment and provisions, and to provide transportation to the firing line, almost every branch of vneuutu juuuoiry oi tne country nav- ing been drawn upon to produce these siaseriai requirements. Expeditionary Forces. Military necessity particularly for- bids a detailed review of the activities I ui mo American expeditionary rorces. uenerai reraning ana his staff ar- rived in Paris on June 14, 1917, 60 uny aiwr mo declaration or war. The first American troops arrived in France on June 20. On July 4, in eel- ebratlon of our natal day and a new fight for liberty, American troops pa- raded the streets of Paris and were greeted as the forerunners of great American armies and vast quantities of supplies and ammunitions. vu vciuocr iv, ivu, mi days alter A.I.I J mm a . I the war 'was declared, American sol- dlers went on the firing line. In Jan- uury American soldiers took over per- manently a part of tho line as an - - - - American sector, and this line Is grad- ually lengthening. Behind the fighting line la France the American forces havo scientifically prepared a groundwork of camps, com munications, supply bases, nnd works In anticipation of operations by the lull force of the army. They are building and have built railroads, hos- tho operation of the subsistence dlvl pltals, ordnance bases, and docks in slon, which Is charccd with the r?- France. They have constructed Im mense barracks, erected sawmills, re claimed agricultural lands, and car ried forward many incidental enter prises. 'Die construction of nn ordnance base In France, costing $25,000,000, is now well under way. Great quantities of material used In tho foreign con- structlon work have been shipped from the United States from fabricated Ironwork for an ordnance shop to nails and erosstles for railroads, and even the piles to build docks. All the while there has been a fairly even flow of men and materials from tho United States to Franco. The men tn the trenches, back of the lines, on the construction projects, and in the hospitals havo been steadily supplied, Our losses nt sea, In men and mate- rials, have been gratlfylngly small. Tho greatest single loss occurred on February 6, when the British ship Tuscanla was torpedoed and sunk. The bodies of 144 soldiers, en route to France, have been found and 55 others were still missing on March 16. To secure an adequnte number of competent officers to lend tho new armies various plans were devised. Two classes at West Point were grad uated in advance of the usual gradu atlng dates and special examinations wero held In various parts of tho coun try for appointments from civil life. Throe sortes of officers' training camps have been hold. Of 03,203 candidates In the first two series of camps 44,578 qualified and were awarded commis sions, in the third series of camps, opened Janinry 5, 1018, about 18,000 candidates, consisting largely of en listed men, have been in attendance, Corps of Engineers, At the beginning of the war tho en glneer troops consisted of three rcgi ments or pioneer engineers, with trains, one mounted company, ono en glneer detachment at West Point. The aggregate strength was approximate ly 4,i omcers and enlisted men. At present tho aggregate authorized strength Is over 200,000, with nn act um strength of approximately 120,000, or tne special engineer units re cruited for service on railways and In the maintenance of linos of communl cation, many are already in Franco and others nre awaiting recruitment to full strength In order to be rendy ror overseas service. Tho first en glneer troops, 1,100 strong, to bo sent noroaa, arrived In France nbout three months after war was declared. Since that time the number has' been greatly augmented. These troops have been constantly engaged in general en glneering work, Including the con structlon of railways, docks, wharves, cantonments, and hospitals for the use or tne American expeditionary forces. They have. In some Instances, In the performance of their duties, engaged in active combat with the enemy. Ordnance Department since tne outbreak of war the commissioned personnel of the ord nance department has expanded from 07 officers, operating with yearly ap propriations of about $1-1,000,000 and with manufacture largely confined to government arsenals, to 5.000 officers In this country nnd abroad, transacting an unprecedented war program for tho supply of ordnance, the total direct appropriations and contract authoriza tions for one year havlnir been $4.- 750,1503.185. Tho ordnanco storneo nronertles embrace separate warehouse buildings nnd miles of railroad sldlnir. all com- prehended within the depot premises, wnicn are inclosed by clectrlenllv charged wire barriers nnd lighted nnd patrolled with unremitting vigilance. One of theso depots, now under con struction, will Includo 100 aonnrnto buildings nnd 50 miles of railroad spe cially built to serve the depot's needs. The supply division of th nrrtnnnn.' montn. While bulldlne the fonndntlnn for greater "production, the ordnn DfA fin. partment has provided 1.400 000 riflM- has brought the rate of rifle production up to 40,000 per week, sufficient to equip three army division : nmra deliveries on moro than 17 000 ma. of production of 3-lnch to 0-lnch call- Der guns from 1,600 to 16.000 ner year- and has arranged for the mnmifnpHiro of some 85.000 motortrucks nnd trn. tors for hauling heavy guns and am- munition, which are being delivered almost as fast as they can be shipped, One billion rounds of ammimiMnn has been purchased for the tralninc oi troops in tne cantonments nlnno An Idea of the extent of the ord- nance program may be rained from the following few items of tinrrhoA- Twenty-three million hand 726,000 automatic pistols, 260,000 re- voivers, 23,000,000 projectiles for all calibers of heavy artillery. 427.24ft ono pounds of explosives, 240,000 machine guns, ana 2,484,000 rifles, The ordnance problem, however, Is no less one of quality than of quantity production. The Amerlcnn aniriior i. being provided with weapons which give him an additional safeguard to life and a further guaranty of victory. Achievements of tho ordnnnro J partment include the Brownintr m. t . cnine rule, model of IMS nn,i k Browning machine gun. heavy tvne model of 1018, production of the for- mer now being on a quantity basis by machine - - " - wsMa VUUUV; tlou of tho heavier type Is Imminent The heavy Brownlnc machlnn mm! water cooled, In a jrovernmont test fired 20,000 shots In 48 minutes and 10 seconds without malfunction. Quartermaster Corns. The magnitude of the work of the mmrfermnstnr nrn i. i.i ., u.. sponslblllty of seeing that food sup piles for tho army are available at all stations from the Philippines to Lor raine, Purchases recently made In cluded 40,000,000 pounds dried beans, 116,000,000 cans baked beans of tim 1017 crop, 05,184,475 cans of tomatoes, 91,000,000 cans of condensed milk, and 20,287,000 pounds of prunes, Tho establishment of the subsistence division centralized the purchases of foodstuffs for the army, previous to which such products were distributed through tho dcDot ounrtcrmasttr v.r. fectlve January 1. th rintrni systora has resulted In greater effl- clency and a big saving. In January, for Instance, $100,000 was saved under this system as compared with the prices obtained by depot qunrtcrmas- tors, nnd In February a saving of $30,740 was made on potatoes alone. The central control system is still be ing perfected. Production of 10.000 new automobile trucks is in progress for tho army, In addition to purchases of 3,520 passen ger cars, 0.120 motorcycles, and 0,040 bicycles, with appropriate repair and replacement equipment In thrte months tho cantonment di vision of the quartermaster general's department built 10 cantonments, each one practically a small city, compris ing about 1,400 separate buildings and providing quarters for 47,000 men.' In tne construction of theso 10 can tonments ovor 22,000 individual build ings of many types were erected for tho housing of the National army while In training, The construction cost approximately S130.000.000. nllghtly more thnn twice the cost of Diuidlng tho Panama cannl. The con tractors' profits on the several con tracts averaged only 2.98 per cent Air Service. Ane air service has been called) upon In tho past 12 months to bulla nn enormous structure of the most highly trained personnel and the most intricate equipment with practically no lounontion to start from. Three largo appropriations, Includ ing the $040,000,000 act passed without a roucnll, raado a total of $091,000,000 available for tho first year. All of this nas sinco been obligated. Last' April the air service had an almost negligible force of 05 officers ana 1,120 men, 3 'small flying fields, less tnnn 300 second-rate nlancs. nrnc- tlcnlly no aviation Industry, and only tho most scanty knowledge of the ka leidoscopic development abroad. Tho urst two months of war were required to secure Information, establish a staff, and work out the program finally adopted. The problem was twofold flrst, personnel; and, second, equip ment. Today the personnel Is over 100 times that of a year ago, practically every member a skilled man who has gone through an Intensive course of training. Schools of 11 different kinds have been Instituted, courses or instruction laid out and lnstmc tors secured, Including foreign ex ports in a score of lines, as follows: For flyers at ground schools and flying fields; for raeclinnlcs at the flying neius ana at over n dozen different factories; for photographers, balloon lsts, adjutants, supply officers, engineer omcers, armorers, and Instructors of mechanics. Development of Navy. The development of tho navy durlnc the flrst year of war has given tho greatest satisfaction. Its crowth and achievements during this period mny De epitomized In tho following para grapns: airengtn or the nnvy today Is n a . . nearly 21,000 officers and 380,000 en listed men; strength a year aco was ivt omcers and 77.046 enlisted men estimated total expenditures of the navy during flrst year of war: Dl Dursements and outstanding obli. uons, ?i,B8i,ooo,ooo. Total naval appropriations, real and pending, $3,333,171,605.04. auiuitau uesiroycrs arrived - at a J . British port to assist In patrolling En ropean waters 28 days after the decla ration of war. Thero are now four times as many vessels In the naval service as a year ago. Nearly 78,000 mechanics and other civilian employees are working at navy yards and stations. When war was declared, 123 naval vessels were building or authorized. and contracts havo been placed since mat time for 949 vessels. More than 700 privately owned ves sels have been purchased or chartered by the navy. Sir new authorized battleships are designed to be of 41,500 tons, the larg est battleships in tho world. Our 35,000-ton cruisers, 35 knots, will be the fastest in the world, their speed equaling the fastest destroyers. Prompt repairs of 109 Interned Ger man ships, partially wrecked by their crews, added more than 700,000 tons to our available naval and merchant tonnage. The navy has developed an Ameri can mine believed to combine all the good points of various types of mines, and is manufacturing them in quanti ties. During the year the latest type of naval 16-Inch gun was completed for our new battleships; It throws a pro jectile weighing 2,100 pounds. Navy has In its possession now a stock of supplies sufficient for the average requirements for at least one year. Several hundred submarine chasers, built since tho war, have been deliv ered to tho navy by 31 private con cerns and sir navy yards; many of these boats have crossed the Atlantic, some In severe weather. Naval training camps have a ca pacity of 102,000 In summer, 94,000 men In winter. Shipping Board's Progress. Up to dote congress has authorized $2,034,000,000, of which $1,185,000,000 has been appropriated, for the United States Shipping board and Emergency Fleet corporation; on March 1, $353,247,955.37 of this sum had been expended. Tho Emorgency Fleet corporation had requisitioned March 1, 425 steel vessels and contracted for 720 steel vessels, ranking a total of 1,145 steel ships, of on aggregate dead-weight tonnage of 8,164,503 tons; It had let contracts for 400 wooden vessels, ag gregating approximately 1,715,000 dead-weight tons; It had repaired and put In operatton 783,000 dead-weight tonnage seized from Germany and Austria. On March 5 the building program of tho Emergency Fleet corporation was being carried on In 151 plants. First Year's War Cost Totnl estimated expense of the United States government in the first year of war, without loans to the allies, Is $12,007,278,079.07.' To help meet this expense, the treas ury department floated $0,010,532,300 subscriptions to Liberty bonds. Bonds, certificates of Indebtedness. War Savings certificates, nnd Thrift stamps Issued by the treasury up to March 12, totaled $8,500,802,052.06. The United States government had loaned to foreign governments asso ciated in the war on March 12, 1018, $4,430,329,750. To March 12 the war risk Insur- nnco bureau had Issued policies for a total of $12,405,110,500 to the armed forces. M MEN GALLED 150,000 SUMMONED BY ORDER OF PROVOST MARSHAL. 1.460 GO FROM NEBRASKA Iowa Will Send 3,412 Every Stat Affected Mayor Says Law Caus ed Pro-German to be Lynched. Washington, D. C, April 0. Ap proximately 150,000 men will bo sent to training enmps during the five-day period beginning April 20, under or ders sent to state governors by Pro vost Marshal General Crowder, for mobilization of the April call of the second draft, and this Is three times tho number It was originally planned to call, nnd Is nearly twice tho month ly' quota as based on the calllnc of 800,000 men over a period of nine months. Calling out of tho increased num ber wns made necessary because the decision of President Wilson to ro- spond without delay to tho need of Franco and Great Britain for rein forcements in tho great bnttlo in Plcardy. Advances In national nrmy resulting from the withdrawal of men, to complete national guard nnd regu lar army units and for the formation, of special technical units General Pershing will Jiovmnde good by tho April draft. Thefee divisions- farthest advanced in training nro tc recclvo flrst attention in order that the miixlmum number of complete units mny be sent abroad soon. Ne braska will furnish 1.400 men and Iowa 8,412. The order nrnetlrnllv winds up the flrst draft In nil states, Including the south, where the move ment of negroes hns been delayed un til warmer weather. Accepts Hun's Challenge. Baltimore. April 8. I'reslilnnf. Wil son in nn address at tho "Over Thero"" cantonuient Saturday accepted tho German challenge and preached the used of unstinted f'orco to achieve right and justice. It was the close of America's flrst year of war and tho end of a solemn, day for tho president "Force without limit, rlchteous and triumphant," Is America's "one re sponse," he said, "to make rlcht Un law of tho world and cast every self ish dominion down In tho dust." He came h6re to open tho Hhni-tv loan campaign, but that ho said wa unnecessary, as tho people, he de clared, are awake, ready for tho sacrl. nee, nllve to Its need. "Germany 1ms once more declared' that force, and forco alone, shall de cide whether right, as America see It, or dominion, ns Germany sees It, shall determine the destinies 6f man kind," ho said. America "accepts the chaHon!'.'" Henceforth everything she says ot does must resound, he said, to this- answer until "the mnjesty' nnd .might of our concerted power" shall defeat those who "flout and misprize what we honor nnd hold dear." The president's address wn ht- far the strongest pledge he hns yet made to wage the war to the bitter eno. Law Caused Illinois Lynching. Colllnsvlllc, III., April 9. Laxltv of the Inw cnused tho lynching of Rob ert P. Prncger, said to be of Germun parentage, .who wns hanged to a tree- ono mile south of tho citv limits bv a mob of 350 persons, which dntirzeiT lilm from the basement of the city hall here, whore he had been in hid ing, according to Mayor J. L. Slegel of" this. city. Tie asserted that ho tele graphed to .Senator Overman, chnir innn of the senate Judiciary commit tee, urging immedlnte passage of the law Imposing a severe penalty on dis loyalty. In his opinion, he says, the violence- was the result of a neglect In tin- federal government to furnish this penalty. "We arrested n man chnrKcd wtll disloyalty Just recently," he declared, "but because of Insufficient evidence under the present law we wore unable to I old him." Hlndenburg's Piano Upset Washington, April 8. French and British tenacity huve upset the am bitious plans of the German high com inand for the conquest of Plcardy, suys tho Win- department's weekly .military review, and the, enemy, do- leriiiiued to gain some sort of succes at any cost, Is 'throwing fresh force Into the battle In an effort to sueura llmlted objectives. Because of this. the situation Is expected to remulu uncertain for spine time to come. Country Ready for Corn Ration. Washington, April 0. The notion. now Is In n position to ho put on a corn ration, If It should become nec essary to totally abstain from wheat. tno food administration announced. through mi Increase, of 200 per cent lit tho corn milling capnclty of the coun try o'fer Inst year. A canvass of the entire country Just completed by th administration shows that tho actual milling output of cornmenl Increased 100 per cent from 3,000,000 barrels In October to nearly 0,000.000 barrels fof March.