THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. WHAT WOMEN CAN DOTO WINTHE WAR Conserve Food and Buy Liberty Bonds Two Ways They Can Help. WOMEN OFAMERICA, WAKEUP! Pour All Your Saving Into Uncle Sam's Lap Keep' on Saving and Pouring Until the World Is Free. By INEZ HAYNE3 IRWIN. Wlm t cnii tlio women of America Co to hul win this wnr? Two thing aro certain; one Hint thoy can do n gront donl and another (lint, unless the war Inula ton years longer, they enn never do so much as the French, English nnd Italian woman hnvo done, they can never suffer ho much as the French, English and Italian woinun have sulTered, To me, returning to America after two years In the wnr countries, the un touched gnyety of the American people enme ns a terrific shock. I hud left a world as black nnd silent as night; a world In which I hnd seen no dancing, a world In which I had heard no spon taneous lnughtor or except In (ho ense of mllltnry hands no music. At first the atmosphere of America was almost unbearable. I wns obsessed with the desire to get hnck to the nlllcd coun tries, to suffer with them, rather than enjoy tho compnratlvo comfort of n comparatively unnroused America. The luxury everywhere appalled me. Those hundreds of motors gliding through our streets for Instnncol Prlvnto motors hnvo long ngo disap peared from nlllcd Europe. The beau tlful fnbrlcs, the, furs nnd luces, tho gorgeous sport clothes nnd tho dazzling evening dresses which still distinguish tho womon of America. Ban on Evening Clothes. Tho first time I wns Invited to a dinner pnrty on my return, I woro n long-slcovcd high-necked gray-and-blnck gown and found myself n wren among birds of paradise. No woman of Franco would think of wearing eve ning clothes. Indeed, both men nnd womon aro prohibited by Inw from ap pearing In evening clothes at tho thea ter. On tho few social occnslons In whlcl! they tnko part, French women nro dressed In blnck gowns with n lit tle laco nt tho neck nnd 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 no much guyoty ns posslblo In order to send' them back to tho fllth and tho vermin and tho rats and tho dnmp and tho cold and tho wound and the constnnt sight of death psychologlcnlly refreshed. Hut mft of tho evening dresses that tho English women aro now wearing dnto back to tho beginning of tho wnr. And strang est of all, pcrhnps, for a country at war, thoso lustrous streets with their rows of electric lights and their vivid, flashing, changing, Iridescent electric signs. In Paris, you plungo Into a deep twilight when you lcavo your res taurant, nnd In London you gropo your wny homo through a dnngorous Sty gian gloom. Then the careless spend ing In American hotels and restau rants. In Paris thoso plnces closo at half-past nine. And food I Food con ditions hnvo never been so hnd In Franco ns in tho other allied coun tries, for Franco has always fed her self and Is, moreover, tho world's best cook, nut in Itnly nnd Englund, meat Is n raro luxury to be obtained only once in a great while; butter and ugnr arc long-forgotten dreams. See Their Homes Destroyed. And then In, the case of Franco nnd to some degrco of Italy, tho allied women lmvo seen vast stretches of carefully enrcd-for ancient forest and enormous sections of softly-beautiful farming country turned Into metal-ridden dumps; they hnvo seen dozens of small cities nnd hundreds of llttlo vil lages transformed to ash heaps; (hey have seen so much old sacred benuty In tho form of churches, cathedral's and historic monuments reduced to hills of rubblo that the whole world must seem a desert (o (hem. They lmvo even hnd to enduro (he extra affront of an exhibition In IJerllu of the art treasures looted from northern France. The allied women hnvo nursed tho wounded, the tubercular, the under nourished; they lmvo tnught now trades to tho crippled and blind and thoso who aro invalided for life. They have taken euro or thousands and thousands of refugees from llelglum, northern Franco and Siberia. Thoy have had to provide for (ho bringing up of thousands of orphan children. This has not come upon them gradual. Ij. but all tho time und In Increasing proportions. Hut, after all, (heso things nro ns nothing to tho death of tho flower of their male youth. England und Franco and Itnly hnve lost so much In inun power (lint no member of our genera tion looks for happiness ugnln during his own lifetime! They hopo only (or ono thingto Insuro (ho freedom of tho next generation. Sons All Gone. "My husband Is u Parisian," said a benutlfin American woman married to n Frenchman. "Ho has always lived in Paris. He has many friends here. Ho is forty-five ycurs old. Ills friends range In ago from forty to surly, Not one has n son left." "Thank you for your kind letter," wrote an English girl to u woman who had just sunt a letter condoling with her on the denth of the Inst of threu brothers. "Wo find tho country a lit tlo dreary now and we nro returnlnn to town (ho last of the month. We shall bo Zi home Sunday evenings. Ho suro to come to tis often. We wnnt lo kco nil our friends and henr what they have been doing In the Inst three months. Mother und father look for ward with special pleasure to meeting you all ngaln. Please bring any sol dler friends; we will try to make It gay for them." "What news do you get from Fred orlck,!' a friend of mine nsked of the mother of Frederick, u beautiful mid- dio-uged English woman who was making n great success of n dnneo given for somo convalescent Tommies. "Oh, you haven't heard, have you," the mother of Frederick answered. "He was killed two months ngo." And she turned (o answer with her ready sym palhetle smile the Inquiries of a group of Tommies gathered about her. Fight 8ame as Men. Hut that Is not nil. In a manner of speaking, the women of Europe nro fighting the wnr just as the men are. They have not, except In (he case of tho famous HnKnllon of Denlh, died In battle; nnd yet a half to three iunrters of u million women have been killed ns the direct result of war ac tivities. More womon have been kill ed In this wnr thnn men on both tho Northern and Southern sides in our Civil wnr. That nearly three-quarters of a million Includes the women mas sacred by tho Turks in Armenia, by Iho Austrlans In Serbia, by tho Uer mnns In Dclgluin and northern Franco; It Includes army nurses and women muiltlon makers; It Includes civilian women killed by shells In the wnr zone or neur It, women killed by Zep pelin und airplane raids and by sub marines. What enn tho women of America do to equal all this service und all this suffering? For three yours, (he French und English, und for two years, (ho Itul-' Inns, hnvo stood between us nnd tho death of our democracy.. What can wo do to muke up for that long, hosl-, tilting neutral Inaction of ours? Tho men of our nntlon have responded gal lantly. AVo hnvo a real army In France now. As Lloyd George said In parlia ment to n listening empire, "Tho Amer icans are In." Wo nro in and of courso wo aro In to stay, In for a century If need be, until the safety of tho, world democracy Is assured. The men of America aro doing their part doing it with' suffering and denth. What can (ho women do?, What Women Can Do. It Is tho geographical misfortune of us women of America that wo cannot possibly give tho personal service that tho women of Europe havo given. They nro nenr nnd we ere far. Thoy. so to speak, aro in the front trenches and wo hnvo not entered tho wnr zone. Only a very few of us, in proportion to our numbers, can work in tho hos pitals or canteens there. Only a few more in proportion (o our numbers can do lied Cross work or Y. M. 0. A. work here. There are, however, two tilings wo can do all tho time nnd with nil (ho strength that is in us. Ono Is to conservo food. Tho other Is to buy Liberty bonds. We can help uio government by buying bonds. Yet ugaln we have an advantage; It is our peculiar mlsfortuno that most of us can help thojjoycrnnient only by help ing ourselves. For tho purchnso of Liberty bonds at tho generous rate of Interest which the government grunts Is not self-denial but In lino with self interest legltlmnte of course, but still self-interest. Women of America, wake up 1 Pour all your savings Into Undo Sam's lap. uiieu savo more, and pour them Into his lap. Keep on saving and pouring, pouring and saving, until tho world Is free. You hnve given generously of tho sinews of war in those mag nificent boys, you hnve sent to France. Give as generously In the money which will keep them well and happy there. EklTTHE GERMAN DACHSHUND Marine Poster Causes German Dog to Be Driven From Streots of Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Exit tho German dnehs. hund from (he society of Cincinnati dogdom. A United Stntes mnrlnc corns r.oster was responsible for (ho German dog gie's soclnl demise here. Tho poster depicts an American bulldog chasing n German dnchshund with the words; "Teufel hund (devil dogs). German nickname for U. S. murines." Since tho nppearance of (ho noster tho local dachshunds, of which there are a great numhor, havo led n miserable oxlsittneo. as small boys havo "sicked" bulldogs. terriers, hounds und every other ca nine breed on (he poor "Frllzles," un (11 nt last thoy havo been virtually driven oil' tho streets of Clnclnnntl. Navy Bean Lauded. Tho navy bean, besldos being plenti ful in that branch of the wnr service which bears lis name, Is ulso well stocked In the army. It follows the flag (o (he front and Chlcngo food ad ministrators say It should be used lib erally at homo to save other foods for the soldier boys. Quests Provide Own Sugar. When friends go ''u-vlsltln' " nt Al ton, III., (hey bring their own sugur along for sweetening tho refreshments served. A two-pound sugar ration lo each family compels It. Sugur has been unusually Bcarce for somo time. 1 Ilemurknble photograph 'showing the last plunge of n torpedoed steamship. 2 American troops at the dedication of the new Wilson bridge nt Lyons, France. 8 Ruins of the beuutlful Albert cathedral which the Huns have becu using as n site for their guns. EWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR Advances of Allies Threaten the Whole German Line From Ypres to Reims. FRENCH CAPTURE LASSIGNY Fall of Noyon Made Certain by Vic tories of Humbert and Mangin- Halg's Forces Give Huns Sev eral Hard Blows North of the Somme. By EDWAD W. PICKARD. Blow after blow was delivered at tho Germans last week along the 120- mile front between Solssons and Ypres, and with each blow their resistance grew weaker and their definite retire ment In PIcardy more certain. At no point did the allies gain any great expunso of, territory, but everywhere they struck they gained ground tlmt was of vital Importance to the defen sive system of the IIuus. When the week closed It appeared likely that the enemy must withdraw from the entire Plcnrdy salient and that he probably would be forced back to the Chcmln des Dames bofore long. Mar shal Foch was not only "picking the pockets" of tho Hun, but he was turn ing them lnsido out. More than thnt, he was forcing tho Germans to light where and when he chose lnstend of awaiting their attacks in sectors of their selection. Thus ho mndo It al most Impossible for them to reorgan ize their battered divisions and pre pare for a counter-stroku thnt might be effective. Ha Tho severest blow sustained by tho pneniy during tho week wns tho cap ture of Lasslgny, ono of the key points Df his defensive line. Tiio town, which tins long been hut a mass of ruins, (vns taken by General Humbert's French army Wednesday. In the same attack Chlry-Ourscunip was entered, Orval wood was taken with tho grenade and bayonet nnd tho plateau (but dominated the valley of tho Dlvetto wns occupied. During the succeeding night Humbert's men drove forwurd between the Mntz nnd (he Olse until they hnd reached the Allette. Humbert's troops occupied (lie height of Plemnnt on Thursday and then captured Thlescourt, tints completing tho conquest of the hills comprising the Thlescourt massif. This, In the opinion of competent ob jcrvers, mndo certain the early full of Noyon. To make assurance doubly sure, General Mungln with another French army was steadily forcing his way up the left bunk of tho Olse, not. only helping to surround Noyon but endangering the German lines north of the Vesle. In this Olse-AIsno triangle the Huns were retiring rather rapidly mid General Mangin took many thou sands of prisoners. At some points, however, notably Vezuponln, (hey brought up re-enforcements nnd coun-(er-nttneked heavily, with no result ex cept to Increase their wn losses. Earlier In the week Mungln's troops had won a brilliant victory In thnt neighborhood, In tho Vessons valley, overcoming very heavy gas attacks of the Huns. Still nearer Solssons, on (he extreme right of this battle front, (he French (ook l.nvul nnd reached ndvnnlageous positions on the plntonu north of tho Alsne. H- On Wednesday General Hyng with a Hritlsh nriuy hit the Huns with ono of his sudden blows, nttncklng on u ten-mllo front north of the Anero fac ing Hnpaume and driving the enemy back In disorder for several miles. Starting at dawn In n heavy fog, the Hritlsh took Von Holow's troops com pletely by surprise nnd before tho day closed thej hnd enptured villnges, guns nnd prisoners in large numbers und had Inflicted heavy casualties. Close behind u sweeping barrage the tanks nnd then the Infantry rushed forward until they were almost within reach of Hnpnume. The Germans put up stout rcslstunco nt some places, especially Courcellos, but the tanks rolled iwer them remorselessly. Meanwhile (ho whippets" (ore about the (hid. clean ing out the numerous machine guu nests. The prisoners were In good condition, but seemed very glad to bo captured. Next day Marshal llalg delivered an other blow,, this time immediately south of the scene of Byng's success, between the Aucre nnd the Somme. Satisfactory progress was made there also. On Thursday Halg let loose a third attack, in the Albert sector extending south to Bray. The town of Albert whs taken und the British rushed for ward for a gain, of several miles despite desperate resistance by the enemy. Meanwhile the Germans were slow ly getting out of the salient between Ypres nnd La Bassco under steady pressure by the British. The lighting here was continuous nnd sharp for the Huns did not wish to be hurried, but when they moved too' slowly they were prodded with vicious nttneks, as north of Bailleul and near Mervllle. fm News from the Americans chiefly concerned those holding the center of the Vesle river Hue. These men mado no especlnl efforts to advance, but successfully held on to nil their posi tions, despite tho grout activity of the enemy nrtlllery. Their aviators did much excellent work during tho week, especially In tho lino of bombing. This seems destined to be their particular duty, nnd It will prove to be of ut most Importance. The arrival at the front of Amerlcnn-mndo planes caused great rejoicing in the army. In the Woevrc tho Americans, by quick work with rifle nnd grenade, frustrated attempts to rnld their trenches. -a- All of the Jnpanese troops for the Slberlnn expedition hnvo been landed nt Vladivostok, and more of the Amer ican contingent hnvo arrived there. Despite rumors to the contrary, these two nations nnd Chlnn nre operating' there In complete harmony und their forces nre getting Into nctlon at once to nsslst (ho Czecho-Slovuks and lo maintain control over the trnus-Sl-berlnn railway Tho enemy, opposing the Czechs In enstcrn Siborln, mode up of soviet troops and Teuton war" prisoners, has a strength of -10,000 men with 70 big guns nnd 200 machine guns. In truns-Balkalla, nlso. the Czechs aro fighting against heavy odds and haste Is needed to secure Irkutsk nnd western Slbcrln. In Hussia the Czecho-Slovaks captured Shadrlnskl, an Important rullwny Junction eust of the Urnl mountains and between Ekaterinburg and Kurgan. No definite news came from Arch angel and the Munnnn coast, though German dispatches asserted the allies hud withdrawn beyond range of the bolshevlkl artjllery. Pctrograd lias been the scene of bloody battles between Lettish guards nnd rioters who demanded food. Hun dreds were killed and wounded, and finally martial law was proclaimed. In Moscow there Is a veritable reign of terror nnd several hundred of the IS, 000 ofllcers arrested have been shot. PES Scarcity of rice caused serious riots In Japan, the trouble spreading to many parts of tho empire. The gov ernment took forceful action to stop the disorders anil also bought up all tho rice In storage to be, sold (o the people nt reasonable prices. The out breaks were duo to the diking over by (he wnr department of large stores of provisions for the Slberlnn expedi tion and (o the hoarding of stocks and Inflation of prices by the rice growers niid speculators. Ha The submarines operating otV the At lantic const have turned their atten tion mainly to (he fishing Hoots on (he Grand banks und have destroyed n number of trawlers. One of tho lat ter was captured, fitted out with two guns nnd u Germnn crew ami sent out as n raider. It sank several llshlng vessels, but the navy put a large num ber of swift craft on Its trail and It wns predicted that Its cureer would be brief. It Is bcllowd there are three submarines In American waters, and ii number of steamships have re ported buttles with them. The navy department unnoiinced thut the Amerlcun stciimer Moutnnan, used as an urmy supply ship, wns tor pedoed and sunk In foreign witters with the probable loss of throe mem bers of the civilian crew nnd two members of the naval tinned guard. 16 Wentrrn Nepnper Union' Losses of allied and neutral mer chant shipping durlmr Julv'ticcreimted 313,011 gross tons, an Increase over tho month of June but n big decrease rroin the losses of July, 1917. There Is nothluK In the shinnlnir situation to change the opinion thnt the submnrlne campaign Is a flat failure. Its out- oreaKs now nre sporadic und more un noylns than serious. Amonir the ncu trnl nations thut hnvo suffered from It Spat., is showing the most resent ment, and last week It notilled the imperial German government thnt, Spanish tonhnge having been reduced to tho extreme limit. Snnln will be obliged, In case of new sinkings, to substitute therefor German vessels In terned In Spanish ports. At the same nine, tne Spnnlsh cabinet announced, Spnln will continue to observe neutral ity. There Is a stronir nro-Gormnn element in Spain, and every hint of u rupture of relations brines violent protest from the pro-German press tliere. Pa- Germany's latest peace offensive, consisting of speeches by lending men. wns opened by Doctor Solf, minister of colonies, who devoted himself mnln ly to blnmlng Englnnd for "starting the wnr" nnd nttncklng the British In tention to retnln the conquered Ger man colonies. He nlso defended Ger man's course In the nenr Enst, as serting that she was merely protect ing the frontier peoples of Russia un til they are cnpnblc of detennlninp their own nntlonnl future. The Cze,cho-Slovaks he denounced ns "land less robber bnnds." The expressed de termlnntlon of tho allied nations to defeat the Germans on the bnttlefleld gives Doctor Solf great pnln und nrouses his bitter nngcr. m With troops going across the Atlnn tic ut the rate of about 250,000 a month, with tho new draft law about to be put on Its passage, and with war Industries well organized am' ready to operate full blast, tho Amer ican government Is confronted with a serious shortage of labor. A million workers nro needed nt once nnd tlu administration Intends that they shall be provided for tho concerns that ure making wnr materials, no mutter what hnppens to prlvnto business. Nones sential Industries will be called on to give up many of their men; all Idlers will be put to work, and women will bo used to release men for wnr work that women cannot do. Tho emergen cy Is one that must be met, and those In authority propose to meet It In the same spirit in which they hnve met the need for a huge army of lighters. B A general feeling of satisfaction pervaded the country when It was announced that the 100 I. W. W. lead ers on trial In Chlcngo for dlsloyulty had been convicted. Next on the list of alleged disloyalists to be given a dose of Justice nre live Soclulists Victor L. Berger, Adolph Gcrmer, Ir winvS(. John Tucker, J. Louis Engduhl nnd William F. Kruse. The charges against them nre even more 'serious thnn were those against the "Wob biles." Pa The house ways and means commit tee nearly completed the draff of (ho $8,000,000,000 revenue bill, but hud still to decide between two proposi tions for (ho excess profits tnx. Ac cording (o Chairman Kttchln these were, llrst: An S per cent deduction In addition to the $3,000 specific ex emption, with a H!5 per cent tax on profits between S and lfi per cent; fiO per cent tux on profits between 10 und 20 per cent, nnd 70 per cent tux on profits nbove 20 per cent, nnd, sec ond, the snme exemption an,i tuc. tlon, with -10 per cent tax on jirollts between 8 and 20 per cent, and 70 per cent tax on profits exceeding 20 por cent. The committee decided on u flat 10 per cent deduction as a minimum on war profits. Tho proportion of excess profits nnd wnr prollls taxes will re mnln tho same; thnt is, 00 per cent of business will fall under tho war prof Its tnx. It decided on n flat 10 per cent minimum deduction for prewar earnings In computing the war rjrollts tax. A provision nftectlng corporations with swollen profits directs dial any corporation whoso capital oxceeds SI, 000,000 shall pay a tax of at least 10 per cent of Its net Income as excess profits. YANKS If HIT FOE WASHINGTON BELIEVES U. S TROOPS PREPARING ATTACK. GREAT ALLIED VICTORY IN SIGHT Considerable Speculation at Capital? At Whereabouts of American First Army. Hoover Back In U. S. Washington, Aug. 20. The success it the great allied offensive during Hie past week on the 50-mIle front itretchlng from Solssons northward .o (ho environs of Arras has raised liopes in military circles here for the Jiost severe defeat yet administered ,o the Germans. Observers ure of the. Dplnlon that General Foch's whining Indies of the past six weeks havo ocon so effective that opportunity has como for n' glorious harvest. Absence of any mention of Ameri can troops In (he descriptions of the. grent fight led to Interested specula lion ns to the whereabouts of General Pershing's 30 division which, nccord 'ng to recent announcement, nre to he ncluded in the first American field, army. That practically all of these units hnve completed (he (mining for which (hey woro brigaded with the French and British hns been known for some (lme. It has been thought a considerable number of the Americans nre still with the British third nnd fourth ar mies nnd most military ofllcers were at a loss to understand whv they hart not been Identified In the capture of some of i the importnut enemy post dons overrun during the past few dnys. . Some advanced tho theory (he move ment of American divisions' the- sec tor assigned to the first- army Is under way. Concentration at this tlino of the United States divisions m. ti. American front when the forward movement of the more northern ap- nucs promises so much might meait General Foch hns nNsinmi r- shlng some important task closciy llnked with the major strategy. Hoover Returns from War Zone. New York. Am?. 9rt rT..ir btntes will shure with tho allies their sacrifice of food in the cause of world democracy, de clared Herbert C. Hoover, federal food: administrator, on his nrrlvni n.. wvl day, nfter a brief visit to Englnnd and' x'runce. Asserting thnt "wo have tn mnke good," a pledge to this effect which he hnd clven tn Mm nil! ml fwt admlnlstrnors while sitting "nt a com mon table in n common cnuse," Mr. noover snld (hat to do so America, will next year have to sunnlv itn -it- lies 4.000.000,000 pounds of fats. OOtt, 000.000 pounds of beef products. noa 000,000 bushels of cerenls nnd l.nOtt, 000 tons of sugar. However. Mr. Hoover added, beginning September !, there will be no need for drastic foot rntlonlns In the nlllcd countries ex cept In the case of sugar and beef. British Give Foe No Rest. With tho British Armies in France Aug. 20. General Bynsr Is gradually overpowering the German defense or tne whole front from tho Somme- northwnrd to the Cojeul river, desnfter desperate resistance nt mnny point. Thousands of prisoners nnd great quantities of wnr mnterlal have licctt taken by the British. General Bynjf troops found Albert a battered hwm of ruins. The famous church, fmm which the figures of the Madonna anA Child hung suspended for so Innir. t destroyed. A battalion commander ;ind his staff were captured nt Allvert.. Japanese Rioters Destroy Food. Toklo. .Tnpnn. Aiumst 20. Itt stores in twenty houses hnve been de stroyed In the prefecture of Yarns guchl by n mob of several thousand persons. "Twelve rioters were killed and seven were slightly wounded, fn I ouio there hnvo been 1.000 arrest flncp the beginning of the rice riot. The unrest In th country hns affected: tne mining districts, several strlk: nnd disturbances being reported. Motion Picture Industry. Essential. Wnshlnstnii. Ain on ,, " ----f.. -.. tin- iiiiiuim picture Industry In nil Its branches hns been rccognlxod dustry by fhr wnr Industries board. nairiniin inmieii announced that this action had been taken In line with Provost Mnrshul Oenernl CrnwderX ruling under the work nr fli.lif . -i-.i iiiii.i- tlou thnt the Industry nrr.n-.io.i ,.I...r..r occupation. The erfctlon of new pic- nut- uowever, will not b permitted during (bo wnr. Need 90,000 Officers for Army. San Francisco. Put., a ,, . -" um tllO Will' (IlMIMI-f irum! 1..M1 .., 111. " in-ril liw.inm ofllcers of nil ranks between now nnd next .Tulv for servlm wiin ti.. ' - " .i in- ill in v overseas niul nt home, mill Unit u nnr proportion or this number must com from the college und universities of tho United Stntes. wn the announce- iiu-iii. mini? in i iif conrrencr here he twfipo rent ,-xii.'ill'iMt nt ,i.u.... cntlnnnl Institutions mill the intlltnrv ..iWl.i.i.ltl.u. -r.. . - i.uu.i.init- j i it jor w, it. mh)n of mi" t'lM-rju tinu.