IKF flFWlirAT UOLUffMILHI MOST BE CUT 50 PER CENT Scant Supply Available Before Next Harvest Alarms Food Administration; America Behind in Program. (By Awnx-lated Preno.l Vkhingur, March 2.5 Fui ther r. ''.action n the consumption of !'fat was , sked of the public to i : t by the food administration, that ;'-c fcant supplies available before the lifvt harvest may be stretched to meet the neecs of the army, domestic consumers, and the allies. Myery American is requested to cut his average ration of wheat by 50 per rent, which would reduce the total monthly normal consumption to 21.000,000 bushels. That gives a ra tion of not more than one and one half pound at wheat products weekly for each person. Hour sales will be cut to one-.nehth of a barrel for a town customer, and to one-quarter of a barrel for iiiv country customer, so t&at retailers stocks may be" distrib uted to as great a number as possible. As the demand for wheat has grown, the rupplies in elevators have dwindled. Too, the usual flow of grain to market has decreased in the last month from 8,000,000 bushels weekly to 3,000,000 due, it is declared, to the desire of farmers to hold out their grain for the higher price pro posed in legislation before congress. Corn growen have added to the con fusion by threatening that if the corn price is not raised and fixed, as the price of wheat has been fixed, they would plant wheat instead of corn, which officials declare would work untold loss In the meat supply. Slackers Hamper Work. The price of flour will be increased to $15 a barrel if the $2.50 a bushel for wheat becomes law, according to food administration officials. Food administration officials said tonight their work had been ham pered by the .refusal of many persons to co-operate in food conservation. One German-American in New Mex ico " was discovered to have raised 8.000 busheii of wheat and to have purchased an additional 100,000 bush els, all of which he stored and refused to sell. The grain was requisitioned. Several similar cases in Minnesota are under investigation, and the full power of the law will be invoked to punish hoarding that attempts to hamper the prosecution of the war. Regulations for the enforcement of wheat conservation are being worked out by the food administration and will take the form of further limita tion of distribution. As the new reg ulations probably wilt be necessary only until the harvest, a matter of three month, the administration has abandoned the idea of ration cards, and will impose restrictions on mills, wholesalers and retailers which can he established inexpensively and done away With quickly. Control of wheat at ; the mills probably will be tightened so that its distribution throughout he country will be based on an equitable scale and no dealer will have more flour than he can sell other than tjy strict apportionment, if he desires to take care of his trade. GERMANS USE MORE THAN MILLION MEN .IN GREAT BLOW (CoatlaiMl From Pa Oim.) English resistance is very efficient in everything and the German losses are very heavy. The fighting line is brought .back to about six or seven kilometers behind the third line. Confidence remains complete." vvquiq rine Anyone ou For. Destroying "Fit" Food New York, March 24. Pasjage of an ordinance which would prohibit the wasting of any food "fat for hu man consumption'' with a tine of $30 and 10 days' imprisonment was recom mended in a report made by the di rector of the bureau of food and drugs, of the department of health of the senate committee yesterday. Food, worth $16,000,000 is thrown away ia New York City annually, ac cording to the report,- which followed a survey intended to determine the ex tent of food wastage in various parts of the citv. It is estimated this amount or money would pay the yearly food bills of 136,000 people. Legislation, the ivestigators said, constitutes the only effective means of curtailing the wasting of food among Jthe "more well-to-do" element where it was reported the loss was -greatest. Jap Newspaper, in Powerful Editorial, Demands Action Tokio, March 24. The Jiji Shimpo, in a powerful editorial today says: "The question of supplying ships to America cannot be regarded as a business deal any . more than the dispatches, of Japanese ships to the Mediterranean.' So long as Japan is one of the allies, she should be ready and willing to do so. It is Japan's duty to furnish America with bottoms to help the cause of the allies. To talk of compensation is to misunder stand, the position of Japan. Sacri- ices aie unavo.dable; talk of profits is a sicrn of business. is a sign of business.' In conclusion the Jiji urges the government- to exercise the tight to regulate the charter rates and force selfish: commercial interests to realize the situation and the national obh gationi and cease talking of com' i-gT '. ' ; " ' ' . Funeral Services Monday i, For Lorentz A. Hansen Lorentz A. Hansen will be luried Monday afternoon in Sprinsrwell cemetery. Services will be held ia the Danish -church, Twenty-second ind Leavenworth streets, at 2:30. Mr. Hansen1 was 62 years of age. res'u'ed in Omaha 35 years, and was car penter and contractor. He is survhed by three children,' Miss Helen, F.lmer S., and Emil. Emil Hansen, stationed at Camp Grant, has arrived for the funeral. Hais's Ttops Hold Line Firm From Somme River to Peronne I (Continued From Face One.) the Somme between Peronne and Ham, a well as at Chauny, j were repulsed with the heaviest losses." j "The army of General von Below (Otto) took by storm Monchy height and south thereof, carried forward the attack in a westerly direction beyond Wancourt and Henin. It nowr is engaged in a fight northwest of Bapaume for the third enemy positions. Strong British counter attacks were repulsed. - "The army of General von Dermar-Witz, following upon the heels of the vanquished enemy, pressed forward in dote pursuit Friday night as far as Eauancourt. Nurlu, Templeux, "Early yesterday morning the enemv and defeated him, in continual countr attacks. A junction with the left wing of the attack of General von Below was effected. PERONNE HAS FALLEN. "Between Mahancourt and Peronne the troops of Generals von Kathen and von Gotard have forced a crossing over thn Tortille sector and on the Somme battlefields are fighting around Bouchevesnes. Peronne have Dressed forward to the south thereof as far as the Somme. "As early as Friday evening tier, pressing closely forward, took by storm the third enemy position, broke through it and compelled the enemy to retire. "In ceaseless pursui, the corps of Generals von Luttwitt' and von Oettinge have reached the Somme. CLAIM 30,000 .PRISONERS. The number of prisoners captured by the Germans now numbers more than 30,000 and the number of guns 600, the German official statement says today. French, English and American regiments which were brought up from the southwest for a counter-attack were thrown back on Chauny, the official statement adds. Ham and Peronne have fallen, the German official state ment says, which was received here by wireless. PROBABLY U. S. ENGINEERS. Washington, March 24. Nothing has been received here to indicate that American regiments were brought into the fighting, as referred to in the Berlin dispatches. If any American troops participated, officials thought, it would be found they probably were American engineers, caught in some sudden movement as they were at Cambrai. BACK FIVE MILES. The town toward which the German official statement mentions French, English and Americryi regiments as being thrown back is probably Chauny, on the Oise river seven miles southwest of La Fere and about five miles back of the previously established line. Saturday's German official statement reported the forcing of a crossing of the Oise west of LaFere, where the British and French lines are believed to have joined and the recession of the British right wing here would necessarily have taken the, French left wing along with it. American troops are known des-Dames line just to the east of LODGE ROOM NEWS OF GREATER OMAHA South Omaha Camp, Woodmen of the World, Making Plans for Entertainment of Cen tral Committee . The "central committee, Woodmen of the World, will visit Seymour camp in a body Tuesday night, preset: mg the loving cup won by this camp in the' drive for new members. This camp secured 75 per cent of the auota a'lloted. . The dancing party given by this camp last Tuesday night for thtir members and friends was a success and enjoyed. v Camp No. 211, South Omaha will have the honor of entertaining the central committee and members of all camps in Greater Omaha at the Morn ing degree Wednesday night, April 10. City Manager Mather had the pleas ure of calling upon the following camps and personally inviting them to take part in the Morning degree, to be held April 10 in the rooms of South Omaha camp No. 211: Cedar wood camp, No. 19; Columbus, No. 69- Sobieski, No. 75; Zizkuv Dub. No. 115; South Omaha, No. 211; Koscius zko, No. 352; Lithuanian, No. 44, and Poniatowski, No. 482. Alpha camp No. 1 vill give an enter tainment and musical Wednesday night. It has invited all sovereigns and their families, also all soldiers at Fort Omaha and Fort Crook and their friends to attend. Druid camp No. 24 is a live camp at the present time and has always some thing doing at its meetings to interest a,nd hold the attention of the mem bers. German-American'camp No. 104 has a well attended meeting last Tuesday night, when the new campaign for membership and the prizes offered for new members was enthusiastically discussed and entered into. Schiller camp No. 304 claims 'hat it wilt be on hand for the next ban quet with a better percentage of new members than any other camp in Omaha. Thomas camp has taken up the challenge. The delegates from Alpha camp No. 1, to the central committee, have se cured for its camp a commission to write new members. At its last meet ing this commission was accepted and it is now up to the 1.400 members of this camp to get one new member be fore May 1. Alpha camp No. I will stive a mu sical entertainment Wednesday night n me nan in me rew iaoor temple. to which the members and their friends are invited. A special invi tation is extended to the members of the Woodman Circle. Loyal Order of Moose. The meetings of the Loval Order growing more interesting every week, j ,i,. ' ot .Moose, Umaha lodge No. 90, are (.(jir.uwis aic turning in num- ; bers, and in the near future Omaha will be able to boast of having the largest lodge in the west. It was very much regrtftted last Monday night that Albert B. Wim sett, district supervisor of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa, had to be at Springfield. Mo., where his daughter was undergoing a serious , SorgicaJ operation. The organization of the Women's Moosehart legion is progressing and will soon be completed. " . . .... r . ... .... wn me nigni oi April ! public in stallation will take place and the en- tertainment committee promise a remedy, iu use as a household neces treat for alt who attend. Everv mem-i sity for over 200 vears. ber will be expected to bring a friend, i The meeting will be open to the public. . Brotherhood of American Yeomen. Last Wednesday night Omaha homestead No. 1804 initiated 17 mem- THE BEE: the third enemy position in the La Fosse, Berneshne. we renewed their attack against spite of his desperat dfns, and has fallen. Other divisiohs the army of General ron Hu- to have been on the Chemin this front. bers. The degree work was in charge of the Omaha team. The of ficial instructor in degree work from the supreme office, W. S. Meyers, spent three days in Omaha schooling the team, in order to make' it 100 per cent perfect. Next Wednesday night Omaha homestead will give a dance in the Lyric building. Workmen. Union Pacific lodge No. 17, Ancient Order of United Workmen, will give t progressive high five card party for its members and their families next Friday night. There will be prizes for both men and women. Refresh ments wilt be served and dancing will close the evening. Woodmen Circle. Emma B. Manchester grove No. 156, Woodmen Circle, will give its regular monthly dance on Thursday evening, March 28, at the Ancient Or der of United Workmen temple. Order of Stags. Omaha drove No. 135 meets Thurs day evening. This is ladies' night. Dancing will feature the evening. Re freshments will be served. The pub lic is invited, a large class will be obligated. The Stairs have onened their free employment bureau and all members out of employment should call Tyler 753, or call in person. Ladies of Maccabees. Commander Mary Bauer, Omaha hive No. 952, Ladies of the Macca bees, initiated a large class at their meeting Wednesday afternoon. Of ficers were selected from the hives of Omaha and Council Bluffs. The meeting was conducted by Deputies Williamson and Patterson of Michi gan. Music, in charge of Miss Thelma Williamson, and a program followed. Adopts Baby Who's Father Fights for U. S. in France Four weeks ago a brown-eyed, brown-haired baby boy was born in a little town near Sioux City. Over in France his father occupied a )'t.ce among the fighting men of the United States army. At home, the girl mother feared she would not be able to provide for and care for her child. So the baby was brought to Omaha. Then it was that Mrs. A. G. Critten don of Sioux City, wife of a traveling salesman for M. E. Smith learned of the brown-haired, brown-eyed cabe. She had always wanted a bnwn naired, brown-eyed boy. So she came to Omaha yesterday and now the i-Mle chap has a home. MORE DEADLY THAN A MAD DOG'S BITE The bite of a rabid dog is no longer deadly, due to the now famous Pas teur Treatment, but the slow, living death, the resultant of poisoning of the system by deadly uric acid is as sure and inevitable as day follows night. are so important to health making ; as i i.:j.r.. , . . " m"k as riuucvs anu oiaaaer. Keep your "u, V v.ieii tiiu your madder in working condition and you need have no fear of disease. Don't try to cheat nature. It is a cruel master. Whenever you experience backache, nervousness, difficulty in passing urine, "get on the job. our kidneys and bladder re quire immediate, attention. Don't de lay. This is the time to take the bull by the horns. GOLD MEDAL Haar lem Oil Capsules will do the trick For over two hundred yews they have proven meritorious in thp trMtmi ! of diseases of the stomach, bl.v. ver and Madder. It is a world-famed you have been doctoring without results get a box of GOLD MEDAL riaariem Uil Capsules today. Your druggist sells them. Absolute ly guaranteed or money refunded. Be ware of imitations. Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on every box. OMAHA, MONDAY. MARCH 25. 1918. $4,000 TO SHOOT ONE SHOI OF BIG GERMMNON Army Men Unable to Determine Exact Mechanism of New Gun; Skilled Mathemati cians Direct Fire. Paris, March 24. The newspaper Lejournal in its article regarding the new German gun says the p;cce of 240-millimetres caliber is of Austrian nipnufacture. It is a very delicate piece of ma chinery which must be handled by ex pert mathematicians and gunners, the newspaper adds, as the loading and pointing is a difficult task. It de clares each shots costs about $4,000. "This is a new conception of our enemies," the newspaper comments. The ordnance experts were not ready last night to commit themselves as to whether the shell was a sort of aerial torpedo driven by propellers, whether an inner projectile contained in the original shell is released by an. explosive after the shell has traveled a certain distance ironi the gun, or whether the original projectile itself reaches its destination propelled per haps by an explosive of a force hith erto unknown. Armies Regulate Firing. In yesterday's bombardment 24 shots in all were fired from 7:20 a. m to 3 o'clock p. in., a shell dropping every 20 minutes with monotonous regularity. The bombardment presented all the characteristics of a bombardment by heavy artillery, there being regular in tervals between the shots and the shells falling within a restricted area. Enemy aviators flying high over the city during the early hours of the bombardment regulated the firing. The government has decided that the bombardment of Paris by long distance guns shall not interrupt the normal lite of the capital, but that the population shall be warned of the bombardment by distinctive means, different from the usual warning for an air raid. New Warning Devised. Drums will be beaten and the po lice will sound whistles. The public service, the subway trains, the tram ways and the automobile busses will continue to be operated normally. 1 he new warning is to be known as warning No. 3." It will mean that any formation of crowds in the streets is prohibited and that all shelters ex cept the subway stations will be open. The end of any kind of a raid will be announced as before by a special trumpet call and the ringing of the church bells. The subways and tramways began running again before noon today and in the afternoon, the streets were in a still greater state of animation. It is believed in military circles that the Germans are using two long dist ance guns against Paris. The "all clear" warning was sound ed at 3:30 o'clock, indicating the bom bardment was over. W'-"tman Presents Negro Troops With U. S. Colors New York, March 24. Amid shouts of "Hurrah for the Buffalos!". and other cheers, Governor Whitman to day presented a stand of colors to the 367th infantry in front of the Union League club, where the 2,000 or more negro soldiers of the new national army unit had halted in their parade up Fifth avenue. Two negro bands played "Dixie" during part of the ceremony. The regiment, commanded by Col onel James A. Moss, has had many months of training and seemed well prepared for action in France. A vast throng crowded the sidewalk to see the marching soldiers, whose erect and military bearing was the subject of remark on all sides. It was the unit's first public appearance, and the review of the governor and the pre sentation of the Union League's gift of colors were the chief incidents in a lively day for the men who soon will join Pershing's forces abroad. British General in St. Louis Confident Haig Will Hold St. Louis, March 24.- Minimizing the results thus far of the Germans in their offensive on the western front, Brigadier General W. A. White, in charge of British recruiting missions in the United States, declared in an address before the Commercial club tonight his belief that the lines of the entente powers will stiffen and the Teuton drive be checked. General White is a veteran of the war and has been invalided home several times Mad by Hartmaan Ar Different Thajr hav GibralUrixed Cor nan, Padded Hinged Top, Rin forcod Trayt, Spacia.1 Lock and Hingei, Spot Welded Frames to Carry the Drawers. .All above feature ere patented. Why not buy the best? . Priced at $30, $35, $40. J 17.50, $50 and $75. Freling & Steinle OnMshtt's Beat Btfff Bnildcri." 1803 Farnara Street n innnii i r 1 '.. .'. i j. ! i i i'i ii i ' to BEN GRETZINGER Ben Gretzinger, manager and buyer of dry goods for McDonnell-Young & Lo., ot i air bury, Neb., has been ap pointed buyer and manager of the yard goods section in the down stairs store of Burgess-Nash company. ine Mcuonnell-voune & Lo. was destroyed by tire early in February and Gretztnger decided to cast hi lot with Burgess-Nash, British Press Confident 1 Vcn Hindenburg About Done London, March 24. Commenting on the great battle in France, the Sunday Times says: "In all previous great assaults the chief success has been gained at the first thrust but in this battle, whereas the Germans were unable to issue a flowery report at the close of the first day, it has to be admitted that their second and third communiques will be more satisfactory from this point of view. The German military caste are out for victory, even if to gain they must destroy the people to whom they promised its fruits. They have already flung nearly one-third of their , entire western, resources against the sector measuring one tenth of the western front and must continue to fling fresh divisions into the blood bath. "With time on our side and fewer troops exposed to the death blast, we may reasonably count on holding iu hand reserves powerful enough to deal a crushing counter stroke when von Hindenburg has shattered his last legions against the impregnable British wall." Americans Hurl Gas Shells Into German Line Near Toul With the American army in France, March 24. Hundreds of gas . shells were fired by the American artillery on the Toul sector in the village of St. Baussant. The American ob servers reported that the work of the artillery was effective. At the same time high explosive shells were fired into the town, against batteries in the rear of its cemetery, and into Sonnard wood, where there were other enemy guns. An enemy observation balloon near Montsec, broke from its. moorings this morning and floated toward the American lines. The artillery brought it down in No Man's Land and then completely destroyed it. Fairbury Man Comes Omaha Store j f 0- MMMM I III. I HI I I I V , - m BIG GUN FRENCH INVENTION, SAYS PARIS PAPERS Paris. March 24. The comments oi the French presi thij morning were about evenly divided between the big gun, which is bombarding the city from back of the German lines and the terrific battle raging on the Brit ish front. Tht tone of the comment on the bombardment is one of astonishment at the feasibility of the performance, while as to the battle the favorable ending of it is confidently expected. The newspapers do not conceal their admiration for the mechanical t.at of the Germans in constructing their new weapon, but speak passion ately of the useless barbarity of the bombardment. The Matin says it is consoling to note th,at the number of victims is small, but it asks for reprisals on German cities. Use Tungsten, Says Painleve. Professor Paul Painleve, former premier and president of the academy of sciences, told the Excelsion that by "ising tungsten in the fabrication of the projectile, the tungsten shells would be about half the diameter of steel shells of an -.ven weight and that therefore the atmosphere resist ence would be less, this accounting for the extremely long range. He also touched upon the possibility of a propeller Deing employed on me projectile. Alfred Capus, in the Figaro, alludes to the making of the gun as a great mechanical feat, but points out that as a military factor the weapon is en tirely inefficacious. The Petit Parisien comments upon the bombardment as an exteremely minor incident as compared with the gigantic battle in progress on the British front. LePetit Journal says that Jules Verne had foreseen this gun and it declares moreover that it is a French inve-uion. "More than a year ago" it adds, "we discovered the secret of firing our canon more than 100 kilo meters. The secret lie3 in the greater suppression of the atmospheric re sistence." The Echo De Paris declares fne bombardment is designed to give the impression that Paris is within the range of the German guns. "It is a politcal cannon," the newspaper says. The Weather For Nebraska Fair. Teniprturf h In Omaha Ymtcrday. . . . 36 84 84 36 ......42 60 CS 60 64 Hour. 3 a, m 6 a. m 7 a. m 8 a. m ' 1 i'm 10 a. m 11 a. m 12 m... 1 p. m 2 p. m 3 p. in I p. in. 5 p. m 6 )i. m S7 ! 66 6 67 66 63 7 p. m Comparative Local Record. 1918. 1917. 1917. 3913. HighMt yesterday . . 68 67 70 48 Lowset yesterday . , 33 36 36 it Mean temperature .. S 52 53 41 Precipitation 00 .00 .04 .01 Temperatur and precipitation depar ture from the normal: Normal temperature 40 Exces for the day , 18 Total exceia since March, 1..., ....257 Normal precipitation 0.06 Inch Exceee for the day 0.06 inch Total precipitation since Mar. 1..0.11 Inch Deficiency since Mar. 1 0.tt Inch Excew for cor. period, HI? 0.32 Inch Deficiency for cor. period, in 6 0.a inon li. A. WKLSH, Meteorologl.,. pfor the Bevo is a great favorite in the Army Canteens, where none but pure, soft drinks may be sold. After drill or march, you are sure to see a long line of hot and dusty-throated soldier boys making a bee-line for Bevo. They know that there lies complete satisfaction, full refreshment and pure wholesomeness. At home or abroad at work or play between meals or with meals, you will appreciate what we have done for you in making this triumph in soft drinks. 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"Thev may bend 'em, but they'll never break 'em," he said, in speaking of the British defense lines. He also spoke of the Russian situa tion; the causes leading up to the present crisis; the chaotic condition resulting from premature attempts at changing methods ages old and the unfortunate selection of a modern Moses. German Aviators Ua turcd. Havre, March 24. A German O: iha airplane damaged by artillery tire was forced to descend back of the Belgian lines Thursday evening. The three men in the crew, two officers and a corporal, weremadjmoners. Hotel Dyckman Minneapolis FIREPROOF Opened 1.910 Location Most Central 300 Room with 300 Private Baths Rates $1.75 to $3.50 Per Day H. J. TREMAIN Pres. end Manager SAMMY'S AN CP. STANDING SORT OP A HAT DEPENDABLE AND LOTS OF PEP! A NEW Lanpher Hat T i Use Soothing Musterole ' When those sharp pains go shooting through your head, when your skull seems as ii it would split; just rub a little Musterole on your temples and neck. 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