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THE 3EMLWEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. WHAT WOMEN CAN DOTO W1NTHE WAR Conserve Food and Buy Liberty Bonds Two Ways They Can Help, WOMEN OFAMERICA.WAKEUP! Pour All Your 8avlng Into Uncle Sam' Lap Keep on Saving and Pouring Until the World Is Free. By INEZ HAYNES IRWIN. What ran the women of America do to help win tills war? Two things ore curtain; one Hint they can do n great deal and another that, unions the war lasts ten yenrs longer, they can never do so much as the French, English and Italian women have done, they can never Buffer sd much as the French, English and Italian women have suffered. To me, returning to America after two years In tho wur countries, the un touched guyety of the American people came ns n terrific shock. I had left n world as black and silent ns night; a world In which I had seen no dancing, O world In which I hud heard no spon taneous laughter or except In the caso of military hands no music. At first the atmosphere of America was almost unbenrnMc. I was obsessed with the desire to get back to tho ullled coun tries, to suffer with them, ruther thun enjoy tho compnrutlve comfort of a comparatively unaroused America. Tho luxury everywhere appalled me. Thoso hundreds of motors gilding through our streets for Instance! 1'rlvato motors have long ago disap peared from allied Europe. Tho beau tiful fabrics, the furs and laces, the gorgeous sport clothes and tho dazzling evening dresses which still distinguish tho women of America. Ban on Evening Olothes. Tho first tlmo I was Invited to n dinner party on my return, I woro a long-slccvcd hlgh-ncckcd grny-und-black gown nnd found myself a wren among birds of paradise. No woman of Franco would think of wearing eve ning clothes. Indeed, both men und womon aro prohibited by luw from ap pearing in evening clothes at tho thea ter. On tho few social occasions In which they tako part, French women aro .dressed In black gowns with a llt Uo laco nt tho neck nud sleeves. Eng lish women still wear evening clothes. When their men return on-their rnro leave from tho front, they cover their aching hearts with ns much gayoty ns possible In order to send them bnck to tho filth and the vermin and tho rats and the damp and tho cold and tho wounds and tho constnnt sight of death psychologically refreshed. But most of tho evening dresses that tho English womon aro now wearing date buck to tho beginning of the war. And strang est of all, perhaps, for a country nt war, U1080 lustrous streets with their rows of electric lights and their vivid, flashing, changing, Iridescent electric signs. In Paris, you plunge Into a deep twilight when you lcavo your res- taurant, nnd In London you grope your wny homo through n dnngcrous Sty' tuu gloom. Then tho careless spend ing in American hotels and restau rants. In Pnris those plnces close at half-past nine. And foodl Food con ditions hnvo never been so bud In France as in tho other ullled coun tries, for Franco has always fed her self and Is, moreover, tho world's best cook. But In Italy nnd England, meat is n raro luxury to bo obtained only oucc In u great while; butter anil sugar are long-forgotten drenms. See Their Homes Destroyed, And then In tho case of Franco und to somo degrco of Italy, tho ullled vfcmen have seen vast stretches of carefully enred-for ancient forest nnd enormous sections of softly-bcnuttful farming country turned Into motal-rld den dumps;, they have seen dozens of small cities und hundreds of little vll luges transformed to nsh heaps; they nave seen so much old sacred beauty In the form of churches, cathedrals und historic monumcuts reduced to bills of rubble that tho whole world must seem u desert to them. They hnve even had to endure the extra affront of an exhibition in Berlin of tho nrt treasures looted from northern Frnttce, Tho allied women hnvo nursed the wounded, the tubercular, the under nourished; they hnvo taught new trades to tho crippled and blind und thoso who nro Invalided for life. They have taken enre of thousands and thousands of refugees from Belgium, northern Franco nnd Siberia. They have had to provide for the bringing up of thousands of orphan children. This has not come upon them gradual ly, but all the time und In Increasing proportions. But, after all, these things nro ns nothing to the death of tho flower of their male youth. England nnd Franco and Itnty huve lost so much In man power that no member of our genera tion looks for happiness ngnln during his own lifetime I They hopo only for ono thing to Insuro tho freedom of tho next generation. Sons All Gone. "My husband Is a Parisian," said n beautiful American woman married to n Frenchman. "Ho has always lived In Purls. Ho has mnny friends here, llo Is forty-flvo yeuni old. His friends rnnge In ago from forty to sixty, Not one has n son left." "Thnnk you for your kind letter,' wrote an English girl to n woman who had Just sunt a letter condoling with her on tho death of the last of three brothers. "Wo find the country a lit tlo dreary now and wo are returning to town tho last of tho month. Wo shall bo at homo Sunday evenings. Ho sure to come to tis often. Wo want to see alt our friends and henr what they have been doing In tho Inst three months. Mother ami father look for ward with special pleasure to meeting you nil again. Pleaso bring any sol dier friends; wo will try to niako It gay for them." "What news do you get from Fred erick," a friend of mine asked of tho mother of Frcdorlck, a beautiful middle-aged English woman who was milking a great success of it diiuco given for somu convalescent Tommies. "Oh, you haven't heard, have you," the mother of Frederick answered, "llo was killed two months ngo." And she turned to answer with her ready sym pathetic smllo the Inquiries of a group of Tommies gathered about her. Fight Same as Men. Hut that Is not all. In a manner ot speaking, the women of Europe nro fighting tho war Just as tho men are. They have not, except In tho case of the famous Hattallou of Death, died In battle; and yet n half to three quarters of a million women have been killed as the direct result of war ac tivities. More women hnvo been kill ed In this war than men on both the N'orthern and Southern sides In our Civil war. That nearly three-quarters of n million includes tho women mas sacred by tho Turks In Armenia, by tho Austrlans In Serbia, by the Oer muns In Belgium and northern Franco; It Includes army nurses und women munition makers; It Includes civilian women killed by shells In tho war zone or near It, women killed by Zep pelin and airplane raids and by. sub marines. Whut can tho women of America do to equal all this service nnd all this suffering? For three years, tho French nnd English, and for two years, the Ital ians, have stood between us and tho denth of our democracy. What can we do to make up for that long, hesi tating neutral Inaction of ours? Tho men of our nation hnvo responded gal lantly. Wo hnvo n real army In Franco now. Ah Lloyd Georgo suld In parlia ment to a listening empire, "Tho Amer icans nro In." Wo are In nnd of courso wo nro In to stay, In rfor a century If need be, until the safety of tho world democrncy Is assured. Tho men of America arc doing their part doing It with suffering and death. What can the women do? What Women Can Do. It Is tho geographical mlsfortuno ot us women of America that wo cannot possibly glvo tho personal scrvlco that the women of Europe havo given. They nro near nnd wo arc far. They, so to speak, aro In tho front trenches and wo have not entered tho wnr zone. Only a very few of us, In proportion to our numbers, can work In tho hos pitals or canteens thore. Only a few ir.oro In proportion to our numbers can do Hed Cross work or T. M. 0. A. work here. Thcro arc, however, two things we can do all the time nnd with all tho strength that Is In us. Ono Is to conserve food. Tho other is to buy Liberty bonds. Wo can help tho government by buying bonds. Yet nKn,n wo llnvo nn ndvilntngo; it Is our peculiar misiortuno tnnt most of us enn help tho government only by help lng ourselves. For tho purchase of Liberty bonds nt tho generous rato of Interest which tho government grants Is not self-denial but in line with self- interest legltlmnto of course, but still self-interest. Women of Amcrlcn, wnke up I Pour 1111 yur "nvlngs Into Undo Sam's lap. Then suvo more, und pour them Into his lap. Keep on saving nnd pouring, pouring nnd saving, until the world is free. You hnve given generously of the sinews ,of wnr In those mag nificent boys you hnvo sent to France. Glvo as generously in the money which will keep them well nnd happy there. EXIT THE GERMAN DACHSHUND Marine Poster Causes Qtrman Dog to Be Driven From Streets of Cincinnati. Clnclnnntl. Exit the German dachs hund from the society of Cincinnati dogdom. A United States mnrlne corps poster wan responsible for the German dog gie's social demise here, Tho poster depicts nn American bulldog chasing n German dachshund with the words; "Teufel hund (devil dogs), German nickname. for U, S. marines." Slnco tho appearance of tho poster the local dachshunds, of which there are a great number, hnve led n miserable existence, as small boys have "sicked" bulldogs; terriers, hounds nnd every other ca nine breed on tho poor "Frltzles," un til nt Inst they hnve been virtually driven off the streets ot Cincinnati. Navy Bean Lauded. Tho navy bean, besides being "plenti ful In thnt branch of the war service Which boars Us name, s also well stocked In tho nrmy. It follows tho flag to the front and Chicago food ad ministrators say it should be- used lib erally at homo to save other foods for the soldier boys. Guests Provide Own Sugar. When friends go "n-vlsltln"' nt Al ton, 111., they bring their own sugar along for sweetening the refreshments served. A tivo-pound sugar ration to each family compels It Sugar has been unusuully tsenrec for somo time. 1--Actual destruction of a German U-boat by u depth charge dropped tograph being token by nn ofllccr of army, acting division signal olllccr, American troops going through wire NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR .Huns Falling Back Toward the Vesle River Line in the Aisne Marne Region. YANKEES WIN NEW LAURELS Defeat Best Division of the Prussian Guard In Desperate Fighting Ger mans and Bolshevik! Face Re- volts In the Near East. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Tho fifth year of the great wnr opened with tho German forces In the Alsne-Mnrne region on tho defensive after tho collapse of the drive on Par is nnd the assumption of the Initia tive by the nllles under General Foch ; the British enlmly awaiting tho prom ised offensive by Crown Prince Rup precht; the French and Itnllnns driv ing ahead In Albania; Ukraine, Hou iuiinlu und much of Russln rising against the tyranny of German dom ination; Turkey quarreling with Bul garia and Austria with Gennnny over ftho spoils of war In the near East; tho allies putting Into execution their plnns to help the nntl-Gcrmnn ele ments In Siberia, nnd, ubovc all, the American troops In the thick of tho fighting In France and winning the plaudits of the world for their splen did work. With tho apparent Intention of mak ing n Btnnd, nt lenst temporarily, on tho Veslo river line, the Germans slowed up their retrent from tho Alsne Marno salient last week nnd bronght their heavy artillery Into nctlnn. De-' spite the determined and dashing at tncks of tho allies from the south. ,West and eust. the Huns hnd with- drawn In most cases with deliberation. 'choosing tho ground for their renr- ,11(11 1 UWllWlin (II 111 nil Wllfe (IHHFiUIIJ IHU grentcr part of their supplies. The possibility of cutting off und capturing any very large number of them passed when It wnH found that their power- 'ful resistance nt the ends of the arc. mear Solssons nnd Reims, prevented nny eonsldcrnnlo ntlvanco or tno ni lies there. At the south front of the salient the Huns fought fiercely for duys while their guns and munitions were being transported to the north, nnd then quickly moved bnck, the TT 1. 1 1 ! JAlf 1,1. ii-n-nuil mm vmriiuium iuiummui; nun n rush, This movement carried the .battle up to nnd beyond the Ulver '.Ourcq. There was evidence thnt the German commnnder Intended to hnlt louth of that river for n time, but he wns not nllowcd to do this. To the front between Fero-en-Tnrde-nols nnd Pnssy were brought the crack divisions of the Prusslun guards, to hold back tho Americans, but the lat ter refused to be checked, and with n gallantry that aroused the cheers of the allied nations they met and de feated the best fighters of tho kaiser's armies. Thesr Prussians, unlike so mnny of the Huns, fight to the denth when told to Jold a certnln position, nnd tho Amerlcnns, nlso, do not know the word surrender. Consequently tho combat was bloody In the extreme. It was centered In nnd about the villages of Neslos, Sergy nnd Clerges, and they changed hands repeatedly before tho Yankees finally got the upper hnnd and established themselves firmly In the towns nnd then pushed on beyond the river, tnklng Serlnges nnd mnk lng a salient In the German lines that threatened what remained of the en emy In thu pocket between there and Vlllc-en-Turdenols. Thnt It was not nn Idle threat was proved two days later, when the Amer ican and French troops struck hard at this pocket, storming tho heights .between Sergy nnd Serlnges. They were preceded by n rolling bnrrngo nnd moved forwnrd behind n smoko cloud. It was announced that this nt tnck wns for the purpose of straight icnlng the nllled line, but Its possibili ties were considerable. The ndvnnce, which was stubbornly rwelsted nnd wns rondo difficult by miles or? barbed-wire 'TQtnnglemonts, carried the allies close ono of the troopships attacked. 2 Major who recently won the Croix de Guerre entanglements to meet the Huns. to Chnmery, tho town where Lieut. Quentln Roosevelt fell to his death with his airplane. rsi Between Fere nnd Solssons the French, with the nsslstance of certnln Scottish units, mnde somo progress townrd the north nnd enst in tho face of powerful reslstunce. The Scots captured tho park nnd chateau In tho outskirts of Buzancy und held them agulnst repented countcr-nttneks ; und the French occupied Grand Bozoy and Cugny nnd, In n brilliant operation, took by storm the Butte Chaulmont, a commanding height. On the enstern side of the rapidly diminishing salient the French nnd British moved stendlly northwnrd un til the entire Dormnns-Rclms road was In their possession; Romlgny, Bllgny were occupied and VIHe-en-Tnrdenols wus reached. Along here the Huns put up some of their most stubborn re sistance nnd strongest counter-nttneks, nnd Infantry operations there enmo al most to a standstill, though the artil lery continued Its Activity, ns it did on nil other sector. In the early dnyj,"rf the nllled of fensive the Germnns were vastly In ferior In tho nlr, but Inst week many of their best pilots were summoned, nnd their machines swarmed over tho allied lines nnd communication ronds. fighting with remnrkable daring and doing considerable execution, The nl lled aviators were by no means lack ing nnd there were Innumerable stir ring combats In the nlr. fca When General Foch relaxed some what In Infantry action, perhays to give his troops a bit of rest, perhaps In preparation for further Important operations, It was expected tho Hun would seize tho opportunity to attack. But he did not do so, evidently not be ing anxious to meet the nlllcs oftencr than necessary. Observers thought, from tho movements of the enemy, thnt he would not stop long on tho Veslo river lino, but would retire to the plntenu between that strenm nnd the Al3ne. This might be rendered com pulsory by the capture of Vllle-en-Tardenols, which would open the wny for the allies to advunco down the Ardre valley to Flsmes. )08 Up to the time of writing, according to French estlmntes, the Germans had used -15 divisions on the Solssons Helms front, some of them having been brought Into notion several times. Ber lin claimed to hnvo taken 2-1,000 pris oners, while those captured by the allies were said to number 3-1,000. The object of each army has been to kill as many as possible of Its oppo nents. tea Germnn prisoners, It Is said, are deeply depressed by the failure of the crown prince's drive and tho success of Foch's offensive. They now realize tho strength of the American arms, and the people In Germany also ure beginning to learn the. truth about that, despite the attempts of the lead ers and the press to minimize It and to excuse the army's severe reverse. On the other fronts there whs not u grent deal of action, though the Brit ish struck a swift blow In the north, surrounding nnd capturing the town of Morris nnd taking prisoners. There wns little change In the Albnn Ian situation, though Vienna claimed tho Franco-Itallnn forces had met with n reverse, The Austrlans are very s.ore over the repented bombing of Poln nnd other bases and are threat ening retaliation on Italian cities, espe dully Venice. American troops arrived In Italy lust week and were, received with Joy that was almost hysterical. 11 In the near Hast the best news camo from Ukraine, where the peas ants aro reported to be In full revolt against the nuns. Field Mnrshnl Von Elchhorn, tho German cotnmunder In Ukraine, who had treated the people like slaves, was nssnsslnnted by a young Russian social revolutionist In Kiev, and It wus said the life of General Skoropadskl, the hetman n tool of Germany nlso was threatened. Germnh correspondents who have been traveling In Russia report that the feeling there agnlnst Gormnny Is very strong nnd widespread nnd that tho business men nro nil nntl-bolshev-Ik. Lenlne nnd Trotzky admit thnt the bolshevik government Is In peril and by an Amcrlcnn destroyer, the pho It. D. Paddock of the American nnd wears a wound strlpo. 3 cnll for "mass terrorism" ngnlnst the bourgeoisie, nnd tho repulse of tho Oxecho-SlovnkB. A part of that re mnrknblo forco hns penetrated to the south us fur as tho Black sea, captur ing n port and vessels, nnd another body has taken Eknterlnberg, nn Im portant town In tho province of Perm near the Siberian border, tho center of a rich mining district. The allied powers were still negotiating concern ing the extension of aid to the Czecho slovaks nnd other anti-German ele ments In Russia, but were going abend with their mllltnry preparations for tho proposed expedition, and it was said on Thursday that American, Brit ish nnd Jnpnnese troops nlrendy had been dispatched to Vladivostok. The soviet government of Russln Is reported to have renounced all claims to tho great provinces of 'Esthonla and LIvonIn, nnd these, together with Courlnnd, probnbly will bo united un der n general government under Ger mnn auspices. 11 From Copenhagen, the source of mnny lies, camo the statement that Turkey bad severed relations with Germany nnd Austria because of the disputes between the Turks nnd Bul garia over territory tnken from Rou mnnln nnd Russln. There wns every evidence thnt this was "greatly exag gerated," ns Mnrk Twnln snld of the report of his denth, but there Is no doubt thnt Turkey Is tired of the wnr nnd Is getting all the worst of It. How ever, Germany, being In control of Turkish finances and In command of Turkish armies, has the whip hand nnd probnbly will bo nble to keep the Turks to their alliance for some time yet. General Mnrch, chief of stnff, hns been working out the details of n plnn by which the Amerlcnn Innd forces are to bo nmnlgnmnted Into one army, tho existing distinctions between the reg ular army, tho National army and tho federalized National Guard being wiped out. This will do nwny with mnny Jenlousles concerning promo tions nnd every soldier will wenr on his collnr the letters "U. S.," tho "N. A." nnd "N. G." being removed. The chief of stnff nlso, Is beginning to "loosen up" somo regnrdlng informn tion ns to what American units nre engaged In certnln operations. The wnr depnrtment prcpnrcd the country Inst week for tho reception of long disunity lists. The cnsunltles In the Alsne-Mnrne battle, though not excessive when tho magnitude of the struggle Is considered, may run as high us 10 per cent, It is stated. It is comforting to know thnt the vnst .mnjorlty of tho wounded nre suffering only from clean bullet wounds nnd will soon be buck In the lines. Sir Erie Geddes, first lord of the British admiralty, told the house of commons the nnvnl situation was sat lsfactorj' and that the civilized world was gaining steadUy on the U-boats by reducing the sinkings nnd lncrens lng the building of ships. He snld Amerlcn's program of destroyers nnd anti-submarine craft Is beginning to come along and "will become a verl table torrent." More trouble In renllzlng the Amerl can aircraft program came to light with the Information that General Pershing had told the wnr depnrtment to send over no more of the De Hnvl land-Four planes It hnd been building, until changes were made, as they had proved useless. Secretary Bnker half denied this nnd half admitted It by stntlng thnt Improvements nre being mude In tho plane that It Is hoped will make It satisfactory, and thnt General Pershing hns requested a large ship ment of the De Havllands. The sen nto committee Investigating airplanes heard testimony highly praising the work of General Kcnly, director of airplane operations, but wns told thut John D. Ryan, In charge of production, was only beginning to get his bearings In the big task. 11 While Mr. Hoover Is In Europe con ferring with other food controllers, tho food administration has cut the monthly allowance of sugar to two pounds per person, nnd wnrns tho country Is thrcntcned with n serious sugnr famine. The vient situation Is better and citizens are released from the voluntary pledge to do without that cereal. m TAKE FISMES HUNS' SUPPLY BASE CARRIED BY- STORM, SAYS PERSHING. ENEMY RETREAT CONTINUES Believed Foe Will Not Make Stand Until Chcmln Dcs Dames Posi tions Are Reached. Washington, August 0. "Our troops havo taken Flsmes by assault und hold tho south bunk of tho VuSlo' la this section," says General Pershing's, communique as received by tho Wur deportment Sunday. Allied troops In the Alsne-Murne- isullent reaped "tho full fruits of vic tory" Saturday, "when tho enemy, iwho met his second grent defeut on.' (the Murno, wns driven In confusion be yond tho line of the Vesle," General: Pershing reported. American troops Pershing reported. "The enemy, In spite of suffering the severest losses," says the Amerl cnn commander's renort. "has nroved Wapnble of stemming the onslaught of our troops fighting for liberty side by side with French, British nnd Ital ian veterans. In the courso of the op erations, 8,400 prisoners nnd 133 guns hnvo been enptured by our men ulone." Flsmes wns once Germany's grout ammunition nnd supply depot, midway on mo rauwny netween solssons anu Rhclms. Apparently, the second grent bnftle of the Mnrne hris resolved Itself Into a rnco for tho northern bank of tho Alsno river by the Germnns, who hnvo been evicted from strngetlc positions nlong the Vbslo river, In the center of jthe line and directly enst of Rbelms, which seemingly renders necessary- that they nut the Aisne between 'them- Iselves and their pursuers to escupe further lnrge losses of men made prls 'ouer. Tho Vesle river, which wns flooded; lowing to the recent henvy rnlns, hasf hampered the Germnn rear guards, "which were unable to ford the strenm rnud had to fight for their lives. Tho nost of those Germnns were Killed uul the rest were made prisoners. Indlcntlons are the Germans do not intend to mnje n permnnent stund on tho bnnks nf' tho Alsnrv hill- thnt Mifv jwlll retreat to the Chemln Dcs Dames irldge, which Is one of the strongest .'positions In Franco, and for tho mo jmcnt.wlll try to hold tho French Kvhlle getting nwny with their stores. ;Tho nllles enptured tho Chemln Des tDnmes once. Aside from the strategic gains made- hy tho nllled armies In tho pnst week,. the morale or tho men has been won- jderfully relnvlgorated. At one depot ;nenr Fero-en-Tnrdenols, It Is estl- mated thnt more than $4,000,000 worth- pf ammunition and general stores fell' Into the hands of tho allies, while tho volume of supplies destroyed at this, same depot Is believed to amount to several times thnt vnlue. In scores of vlllnges from the Ourcq to the Vesle, the French nnd Amerlcnn troops encountered scenes of demolition. Everything thnt could be burned had been set on fire. Tho (crops were not extensively damaged: owing to the rain, which put out the Jlres. Draft Extension Before Congress. . Washington, August 0. Providing, (draft ages of 18 to 45, tho new army ihlll, now before congress, lllngs nn. American challenge to Gennnny that; itho United States Is prepared to en 'list every able-bodied man In the country, If pecessnry to win the wnr.. Already 1,800,000 American troops are .overseas nnd between 1,500,000 und L 750.O0O In training camps here. The LIU practically puts every able-bodied! man on n "work-or-flght" basis. Senator Chamberluln suld he be lieved there would be ample material to provide 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 (troops abroad and nn equal force at (home, should any such huge army be necessary. Chamberlain believes the 18-yenr-old never will be reached, and' he doubts thut many above 31 will lie called for actual fighting unless n great emergency should nrlse. Secret tury Baker snld the bill Is not n labor conserlptlon measure, although lt would direct certnln Inbor to war channels ns n strictly mllltnry need.. British Losses During War. New York, August 0. British land' and sea casualties total 2,500,000, and of these 500,000 nre dead, Louis Tracy, In charge of the press section of the British mission, said hero recently. Great Brltnln has raised 7,500,000, he declared, one man In. overy seven and a half English popu lation. Agrees to U. S. Siberian Plan. Washington, D. C, August . Joint notion between Japan, the entente powers and Amerlcn In Siberia Is ns sured Japan has found acceptable the 'American proposal which primarily looks to the aid of tho Czecho-Slovnks. now operating in Slberln, and nfter exchanges between Toklo and Wash Ington which have cleared up nlr doubtful points nnd removed nn. p s nihility of future mlsuuderstnndliiu, n complete agreement hns been reached. The plan of operation will be put Into exirtitlon ut once.
