THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1918.
WHOLE FOREST
BY AMERICANS
IS CAMOUFLAGE
U. S. Artists and Decorators
Aid in Deceiving Enemy
With One of Largest
Plants at Front.
Correspondence of Associated Press
Beind the American Lines in
. France, Oct. 13. A make-believe
forest stands along the edge of the
' road at the entrance to the Amer
; ican camouflage station here. It looks
J as natural as the real woods along the
' ficrhtiniy front, with the 'shinv sil-
' ver bark of th beches, the rough,
jagged trunks of the old apple trees
and the sprouting tops of the dwarf
t willows. '
?. Yet, every tree in the camouflage
forest has a steel core within which
an observer peers forth to watch
1 th movements nf an enemv or a
machine gun is located to sweep
, forth from its moaen recess, iney
'iiare only one of the many strange
' devices to deceive and mystify the
enemy which this American camou
i flage station is sending forth to the
fighting army.
Origin of the War Term.
r- n :. - r u. A
1 v.auivuiiec ia one ji inc ma
ll tinctly new products of the war,
f even in the name, which was used
I j; for the first time by General de
I Castlenau, chief of staff of General
1 E Joffre. The word is not good
j Z French, but comes from the argot,
I or French slang, the verb
& "camoufler" being used by the
u French' police to indicate any ais
JJ guise used to capture criminals.
For example, a detective camou
4 flages himself dressing as a coach
& man.
Early in the war the famous por-
trait painter, uiron oe siveia, con
1 J ceived the idea of disguising bat
I teries and buildings by painting
a them in fantastic patterns blending
I f .with the landscape. He laid the plan
-.'hfr,r fonenl Att Castlenau. who.
v8truck with the practical value of
i the plan, exclaimed "Camouflage."
$ And from that time the word grew
ii.' and with it grew into a tremendous
magnitude this art , of misleading
!V U. S. Has Splendid Staff. r
L The American army has been
I quick to make a full use of the
I itrantre new weannn of warfare and
the camouflage plant is one of the
rnost complete in existence with a
working force of nearly 1.000 and
a staff including" many of the well
- known mural artists and decorators
and sculptors of America, all of
them engaged in producing these
curious devices by which military
art deceives the enemy.
One of the officers, Captain
Saint Gaudens is a son of the Amer
ican amlntnr Cainf f2HinVne Annth.
er. Major Tracy, is a prominent
1 architect who did much of the work
on the Lincoln Memorial. Lieuten-
ant Barry Faulkner is an American
... .. - 1 a.ti.f anil T I.Mt.ninf ShpiTtf
Frey, an American sculptor in
Paris. Sargeant Leslie Thrasher,
F..EarlChristy arid .Corporal Duer,
re .welt-known American illustra-
Ltorsj.VValt Lee is a cartoonist and
.Sergeant Murphy is an American
f mural decorator whose work is
I well-known in England.
I ' . Bennion in Charge.
1 But there must be something
? more than stage properties in the
production of these artists, they
must be practical and suited to the
J uses of warfare, and it is the part of
Colonel Bennion, head of the camou
! "flage station to keep these artistic
productions within practical limits.
i Th colonel is an engineer officer
i with West Point training, and when
any camouflage is adopted for
i American army uses, it has the
i s double merit oi oeing tne proum-i
i nt American artistic skill and at the
device from the standpoint of mil
itary cngneerng. .'
Plan is Adopted to Shut
Out German Made Goods
Washington Regulations in
tnnd to nrevent German owned
I firms with factories in Switzerland
from exporting their product under
I the guise of Swiss goods after the
war have been adopted by the Swiss
chambers of commerce in connection
French Kiddies like America Games
Waxtjns roxe' A iGOoi"omi.
French children like to. play
American games and are fast learn
ing to play our national game un
der the tuteleage of a Yankee
doughboys' and Y. M. C. A. athletic
directors. This photo shows a few
of the youngsters in position, sur
rounded by a group of Yankee soldiers.
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k CnantDcrs OI coiuhicicc wumvuui
I - with the establishment of a new na
v tional trade mark for all Swiss
exports.
The regulations provide that use
of. the trade mark be confined to
firms two-thirds of whose capital
is Swiss and to goods that actually
;Care made in Switzerland exclusively
ty the Swiss. It is known that many
f firms operating in the country which
5" l re ostensibly Swiss, have been es
tablished by German capital, or ac
quired from their original owners
by German manufacturers, in order
that an snnarentlv neutral outlet
I might be secured for German-made
in th nost-war oeriod. The
president of the Geneva chamber of
! commerce is quoted in advices re-
ceived here as stating that control of
"these will not be easy, but that the
hsmW ; alive to the orobability
J of improper use of the trade mark
v and Swiss manuiaciurers arc ucuis
E asked to bring cases ot this kina to
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omciai noutc.
Ocean-Goina Tugs Built
I Crin Rv Wis. Thirteen tugs,
eightW steel and five of wood, to be
delivered to tne governmem soon
J. mttmr th nnminer of navigation in
l 1919, will be built in Green Bay by
f the Northwest Engineering works,
t The first launching of an ocean-go-s
ing tug here took place August IS.
""The boat was completely equipped
f to do towing and lightering on the
anther side of the Atlantic. No
S'tooner had the tug left its berth
I . Two hundred and seventy-five
I nien are employed in the shipping
yards nere ,
i Londoner is Pavina High
I ? Price fof Safety Matches
5 London Before the war a dozen
J boxes of safety matches sold in
England for. the equivalent of 3
I American cents, h Today London-
i ers are lucky if they have the chance
! , to buy TiZ boxes lor 50 cents, ,
Tanks Play Their
Part in Winning
Battles in Europe
Behind British Lines in France,
Oct. 3. (Correspondence of the
Associated Press.) Tanks, cavalry
and armored motor cars have had a
larger part in the recent fighting on
the western front than ever before
in the war. They have added greatly
to the driving weight and, speed of
assault of the modern intensive at
tack, and their use has been de
veloped tremendously by the Brit
ish command since last year.
The modern tank has twice the
speed of the earlier type, and more
than twice the radius of action. In
fantry is practically powerless
against them. - If infantry attempts
to rush an oncoming tank, they
are machine gunned in the open. If
they stay in their trenches, the tank
straddles the line and enfilades them
with direct short-range fire; if they
retreat to the shellholes or dugouts,
the tank lumbers along right over
them, crushing them into -the
ground and caving in the dugouts.
The light high-speed tanks
known as whippets are a devolp-
ment of this year. They are killing
machines pure and simple, for they
can bear down upon fortified points
and batteries at such a speed that
there is little chance of getting the
guns or men away in time.. Their
reserve of fuel enables them to re
main in action for a full day without
refilling. ,
Moreover, the advance of the
whippets is quickly followed by the
so-called supply tanks, which can
cross any ground, bringing up re
serve supplies of gasoline and ammunition.
The armored motor cars are
necessarily limited in their radius of
action, owing to the fact that they
must stick to the roads, but their
great speed makes them very use
ful in pursuit, and they have a fac
ulty of getting well back behind
the enemy front and doing end
less damage by taking command of
a vital road junction and prevent
ing the escape of enemy guns and
transports. Possibilities of infinite
adventure are open to the command
ers of such detached units.
Henry Oberholtzer, One
of Bluffs Pioneers, Dead
Henry Oberholtzer, member of
one of the pioneer families of Coun
cil Bluffs, died Sunday at the Ed
mundson hospital of apoplexy. He
was 57 years old. He had spent all
of his life in this city. He had been
in poor health for some time, and
was taken to the hospital for care
and treatment. Mr. Oberholtzer is
survived by two sisters, Mrs. John
F. Davis and Mrs. K. H. Bloomer,
and one brother, Charles M. Ober
holtzer, now in Berkley, Cal. The
tuneral will be held Wednesday
morning at 10 o clock from the
residence of his sister, Mrs. R. H.
Bloomer, 729 First avenue. It will
be private. Burial will be in the
Oberholtzer family lot in Fairview
cemetery, lhe body was removed
to Cutler's funeral home, , where
friends may view it.
MRS. FRENCH VANDERBILT
HONORED FOR SERVICES
TO ALLIED FIGHTERS.
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Mrs. French Vanderbilt has been
awarded the American Liberty
mrlal hv the lihertv mcHal mm n it-
tee Of the American Social Science
association of the council of the Na
tional Institute of Social Science.
Mrs. Yanderbilt's efforts in the in
terests of soldiers' and sailors at At
lantic ports have been untiring. The
fAmmittr wrAte her "Vnn Vi
become a recognized leader in all
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mat maxes ior sounu, sane patriot
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YANKEE PRIVATE STEPS ON
HUN WITH HIS "SMALL
NUMBER ELEVENS."
Privite Carmen Bruno, of Forest
Park. 111., photographed at an Amer
ican base hospital, where he is re
covering from a slight wound, show
ing trinkets he captured from the
Germans and his "small number 11
hobnails," which he stamped into
the face of a treacherous Hun.
Bruno went over the top with a
Yankee company, and while passing
over the first Hun line noticed a big
German lvine in a shell hole. Bruno,
thinking the Hun was through, was
about to go ahead, but turned in
time to notice a treacherous move
on the nart of the Hun, who was
playing dead. Bruno turned and let
the Hun have his nearest Boot in
the face, and then gave him the
other one, putting the quietus on the
Hun with his bayonet.
Americans Laugh
and Joke When
Shot Full of Holes
With the American Army in
France, Nov. 3. The laugh and
the joke and the prank are not ab
sent from the American military
hospitals. There is suffering, of
course,; in these great, splendidly
equipped institutions, but even the
shrapnel loaded American citizen
soldier has his fun. One surgeon
tells this story:
"When the lines of stretcher cases
were being brought into his hospital
the surgeons stood in the reception
ward making quick examinations.
One stretcher was brought silently
in, the form of a soldier lying rigid
under blankets drawn over the head.
This is the sad sign of one who
needs no more help. They mo
tioned the bearers to set it aside in
a corner and when the last wounded
man had been looked over the sur
geons reverently lifted the blanket
from the face, lhe dead man
sat suddenly up with a loud "Boo."
Then the "case" laughed, lay down
and again drew the blanket over his
face. They let him play his joke on
others for a while, then sent him
to a ward to have some machine gun
bullets picked out."
Do you suffer very much, lad
die," asked a nurse of a soldier who
lay in his cot with white face and
tight lips in an American field hos
pital. "No, miss, oh, no," was the reply.
"We marines don't suffer, you
know."
Soldiers Who Speak Russian
Are Talking for Uncle Sam
Archangel (Correspondence of
the Associated Press) Those of the
American army contingent' stationed
here who speak Russian are press
agents for Uncle Sam. In the troops
selected for Russian service were
many of Slavic birth, who are reviv
ing their old language now and using
it with the pretty Russian girls and,
more important, with the Russian
workmen who are inclined to think,
sometimes, that the allies are quite
imperialistic.
In odd moments between guard
duty one finds American soldiers
telling .Russians that the . United
States is here to help them, and
that's all.
Germans Saving Men
Through Skillful Use
of Machine Gun Nests
With the American Armies in
France, Sept. 25. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press) Conserva
tion is the word one hears coming
over the German lines now. Always
economical, the Germans are saving
now more than ever before in man
power. Since the day the Germans
started backward from the Marne
they have been conserving their
numbers as never before and they
have done it in a most admirable
manner. But it has been at the ex
pense of positions.
The German losses in men have
not been so great as might have
been expected. In the fighting north
of the; Marne, the retreat was skil
fully planned and carried out in a
manner that excited admiration.
Machine guns were substituted for
men at almost every point and the
way in which the German army is
ouilt around that particular bit of
ordnance has been very thoroughly
demonstrated.
Every backward step of the en
emy was guarded by the automatic
guns. Get back the artillery and the
bulk of the infantry was the order
repeated in the German army as the
French and Americans prodded
them. In almost every instance the
rear guard action meant the resist
ance of little machine gun units and
because of the clever manner in
which the "nests" were placed they
were able to hold their own long
enough to enable the main armies
behind them to fall back.
They were not always placed in
lines but left here and there just
over the brow of a hill or in the
deep woods on the ground and in
the trees and almost always skill
fully camouflaged. But always their
disposition was co-ordinate. In the
end it was up to every machine gun
crew to fight its own way out or to
resist to the last, until swept away
by the allies' artillery or run over by
their tanks or infantry) but they
were so placed that until that time
came their fire was so directed that
it swept very effectually the advanc
ing lines. The Germans have lost
thousands of their machine guns by
such tactics but they have saved
proportionately in men.
It is this evident intention to save
manpower, so different from their
attitude earlier in the war, that has
gone far toward convincing many
that their big military machine is
cracking and that they will not be
able to withstand a winter cam
paign. -
Holland May Send
Mission to America
to Cement Friendship
Correspondence Associated Press.
Amsterdam, Sept. 30. Hollanders
have been told by their friends in
the United States , that American
opinion is undergoing a change ad
verse to Holland. To combat this a
Netherlands society is preparing to
send a special mission to Amercia
in the hope of more firmly cement
ing the friendship of the two na
tions. Friends of Holland in the United
States, according to the Handels
blad, which is regarded as the lead
ing newspaper of the kingdom, have
sent word to Holland that the feel
ing in America is that the people of
the Netherlands seem indifferent
to the American issues of the war.
The paper declares that the con
sensus of American opinion is that
the Dutch fail to appreciate the pur
ity of America's motives, that the
Hollanders think of nothing but to
keep out of the war and enrich
themselves and that the loudness of
their protests against any inconven
iences they may have suffered as a
result of entente war measures is
not proportionate to the moderate
ness of their complaints against
Germany s crimes on land and sea,
The newspapers freely admits that
there is good ground for teproach.
"Many persons in Holland," it says,
"judge the war and the leading
statesmen of the various countries,
especially America, in a captious,
hpresumptious, even cynical spirit,
which is calculated to grieve Amer
icans sorely. Amercia can justly
expect Holland to believe in the
good faith of its declaration that it
entered the war not from egotistical
or selfish purposes but to free the
world from the cancer of militaristic
imperialism.
"Holland has not done nearly
enough to enlighten public opinion
in America regarding the true
feelings of the American people. The
spirit of the Dutch people is largely
misunderstood and misrepresented
abroad ' . . ,
CAMP DODGE
ISREOPENED
TOJISITORS'
Military Police Look for Rush
of Relatives and Friends
of Boys in Training
for Army.
Des Moines, la., Nov. 3. (Spe
cial) Saturday was the first day for
a month that Camp Dodge visitors
could get into the cantonment with
out a pass. From 1 to 5 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon and from 8 a. m. to
5 p. m. Sunday anyone will be ad
mitted to the big cantonment. Mili
tary police are predicting an unpre
cedented rush of relatives and
friends into the camp now, that vis
itors are thus permitted to enter the
camp.
Soldier's Wife Wounds Self.
When police officers answered a
call to 717 Third street Saturday
they found Lena Egan, wife of
Frank Eean. a Camo Dodge soldier,
had shot herself through the fleshy
part of her left thumb with a .38
caliber revolver. The police said
Mrs. Egan admitted having quar
reled recently with her husband, but
that she denied any suicidal intent.
She explained that she was replacing
the cylinder in the gun when it was
accidentally discharged.
Machinists May Strike.
Machinists employed in the rail
road shops of the Des Moines Union
station threatened to walk out Sat
urday. The trouble arose over back
pay, said to be due them since Janu
ary 1, as the men claimed the recent
increase granted them was retroac
tive. Over 100 men did quit work
and went to the Trades assembly
hall, where they held a meeting.
Word reached them that the checks
were received and the men went
back to work at noon.
Woman Candidate Dies.
Mrs. Myrtle Curyea, republican
candidate for county recorder of
Kossuth county, died suddenly at
her home in Algona after a three
day illness with Spanish influenyi
Two years ago her husband died,
leaving her to support four children.
She made her husband's livery busi
ness a success and then came out
for recorder. It is reported from
there that she was practically as
sured of success.
. Many Applicants.
More than 100 men here filed ap
plication with Capt. J. F. Tallman
in two days for entrance into the
officers' training school at Camp
Fremont, Cal., which opens Decem
ber 1. Iowa is to enroll 420 men
with a possible 10 per cent over en
rollment. The men include many
above draft age, successful business
men, anxious to get the , military
training even though a commission
might not be forthcoming at the
end of the course. Married men,
whose wives or families have in
comes or can be self-supporting, are
among the applicants.
' Municipal Waterworks Fight -
City ownership of the waterworks
is advocated by a committee of the
Chamber of Commr,ce here, which
has been investigating the question
of fire protection. Alex Fitzhugh,
chairman of the committee, declares
that "the fundamental problem with
which the city has to deal, is to se
cure an adequate water distribution
system. 'The city will probably
never have adequate fire protection
until the waterworks are publicly
owned."
lowans at Camp Funston
to Cast Ballots Tuesday
Camp Funst'on, Kan., Nov. 3.
Citizens of the states of Kansas and
Iowa, who are in military training
litre and are eligible to vote, will
cast their ballots Tuesday. Ar
rangements have been made to
transport the voters in the various
companies to the polling places at
designated hours in order to avoid
confusion. -
Quarantine Still on as
; Applied to Funerals
Despite the fact that the quaran
tine has been lifted. Council Bluffs
undertakers, co-operating with the
clergymen of the cityr have decided
not to lift the ban against public
funerals where death has resulted
from the epidemic. For the present,
at least, an effort will be made to
dissuade relatives who might de
sire to have services in the usual
manner and secure their approval
of the open air gatherings in the
cemeteries. The funeral of Mrs.
Hattie Wood, who died Saturday
of the disease, will be held in the
open air in Walnut Hill cemetery
this afternoon.
There was no deaths from influ
enza Sunday, but ambulances were
busy carrying victims from their
homes to local hospitals. Under
taker King answered six calls dur
ing the day and Undertakers Wood
ring and Cutler an equal number.
French Kiddies Receiving Their First Lesson
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French kiddies receiving their
first lesson in the Yankee art of
self defense. The youngsters, with
Ct. r-r
boxing gloves almost as big as
themselves, are mixing it up to the
enjoyment of the Yanks grouped
about them.
Ruthlessness of the
German Continues
to Be Displayed
With the American Troops in
France, Sept. 30. (Correspondence
of Associated Press.) Renewed evi
dence of German ruthlessness in
dealing with the civilian population
of invaded territories is contained in
a captured army order. It pre
scribes the treatment and the pro
cedure to be followed in a section
south of the Vesle river (Marne sal
ient). ,
All the inhabitants capable of work
ing, the order says, must be used
for the needs of the army; regard
less of their age. Their "salaries"
are to be paid in paper currency at
the rate of 50 cents a day as the
maximum for men, 40 cents for men
and women between the ages of 17
and 20 and 30 cents for boys from IS
to 17.
The inhabitants, however, must
pay in French gold or silver for
their rations. The supplies, of
course, were taken from the popu
lation before being sold back to
them.
RAISING HOGS IN ARMY
' HUGE SUCCESS.
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Lt.-Col. C. H. Smith, quartermas
ters' corp, at Camp Mills, L. I., has
solved the problem of not only stop
ping the kitchen waste of great
army camps, but making it pay a
profit besides. Aided by Mrs. Ar
thur Scott Burden, prominent Red
Cross worker, Colonel Smith has de
veloped hog raisnig on waste food
in army kitchens into one of the
most remarkable wartime conserva
tion undertakings. Camp Mills was
selected as the scene of the piggery
experiment, Mrs. Burden offering a
tract of 110 acres about six miles
from the camp. There are now about
800 hogs at the piggery which con
sume about 15,000 pounds of gar
bage a day. Government officials
are interested in the experiment,
and it is predicted that piggeries will
be installed at all cantonments,
which will probably save the gov
ernment millons of dollars on the
purchasing of meat for the camps.
Military Cops Control
Traffic Behind Lines
and Have Busy Time
By Associated Press.
Writh the Americans on the Brit
ish Front in France, Sept. 30. One
of the interesting characters seen
on the roads behind the line is the
military policeman. He is stationed
at every crossroad, regulating traf
fic with all the gestures of a pro
fessional traffic policeman in New
York or Chicago, but in a khaki
uniform and with a red brassard on
his arm as the badge of his author
ity. Everything from a gigantic motor
truck to a sputtering motorcycle
comes within his jurisdiction. The
haughtiest staff car, with its proud
staff flags and its red-capped pas
sengers, is subject to the law as
laid down by that firm arm in khaki.
It is a motley pageant that he
marshals. There are big closed cars
containing generals; there are great
open cars filled with young staff
officers of lesser rank, but alert,
energetic and keen. There are evenly-moving
ambulances with the doc
tor sitting calm beside the driver.
There are huge lorries, long columns
of them.
All day long the rush of traffic,
on these great main roads continues.
Towards night the roads are some
times quieter, but there is still ac
tivity. All through the night, the
lorries plod on their way backward
and forward, the cars dash by, the
dispatch riders come and go. There
is no rest. Layer after layer of
white dust settles on the houses and
the fences. Day after day the ma
chinery behind the war goes whir
ring on, growing constantly more
complex and more powerful.
German Given His
Reward When He
Becomes Traitor
Correspondent Associated Press.
With the American Army in Field,
Sept. 30. An instance of cowardly
treachery on the part of a captured
German officer who had beei wound
ed and who had been offered help
by an American officer Is told by
Lt. Edward Nichols, Jamaica, N. Y.
After the big drive of the allies
in August Lieutenant Nichols was
placed in charge of a company of
soldiers whose task it was to clear
the field of American dead and
wounded. Although his" duties did
not require him to aid the German
wounded on the field until the Amer
icans were disposed of the lieutenant
went to the assistance of a German
infantry officer who seemed more
than any of his comrades to be in
need of succor.
The lieutenant was in the act of
unfastening his canteen and giving
the wounded man a drink of water
when the German dreaw a revolver
while the unsuspecting American's
face was turned and aimed it at the
head of his rescuer. , Before he
could pull the trigger, however, a
quick-witted American sergeant
plunged his bayonet through the
German's heart. The German's act
was condemned by his captured
comrades.
Puddlers' Wages Raised.
Youngstown, O., Nov. 3. At the
by-monthly wage settlement here,
between the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Work
ers and the Western Bar Iron as
sociation, wages of puddlers in mills i
throughout the, country subscribing
to the Amalgamated wage agree
ment were increased to $16.80 a
ton. Finishers' wagss were corre
spondingly raised. Bar iron work
ers' wages are based on selling price
which is now $3.45 a 100 pounds-
, British Soldiers Entering Shattered French Village
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British soldiers occupying a shell-shattered French village. This vi llage changed hands severaltimes,
but -finally after desperate fighting t he British j-outed the'Huns, " -' ! i
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MUST SHIP MORE
MEATS, HOOVER
TELLSPACKERS
Imperative That Shipments of
Foodstuffs to Allies Be In
creased Next Year, Ad
ministrator.Says. By Associated Press.
Chicago, Nov. 3. America must
ship, in the year ending July 1, next,
2,600,000 tons of meats and fats for
consumption by allied civilians, and
armies, our own armies, the Belgian
Relief and certain neutrals depend
ent upon this cduntry, to fulfilLthe
meat phase of the food program, ac
cording to figures presented to the
American Meat Packers' associa
tion in convention here today.
How to meet the war demands
will be the outstanding problem at
the three-day meeting, but leaders
in the industry slso will take up the
labor shortage situation, present
market conditions and discuss plans
for coping with a number of post
war problems.
The figures on meat shipments,
presented at the opening session to
day, were compiled by the federal
food administration and were the
outgrowth of conferences with rep
resentatives of Allied nations. The
increase in meat shipments this year
over last year will total 1,050,000
tons if the program is to be carried
out, packers declared.
Other figures showed that -it is
planned to increase breadstuffs ship
ments 3,600.000 tons over last year;
sugar 330,000 tons and feed grains,
750,000 tons.
Means Further Self Denial.
"Even this program" said a state
ment by Food Administrator Hoov
er, presented to the convention,
"means further self-denial by the
Allies next year. They are making
this sacrifice in the common cause.
We must maintain the health and
strength of every human being
among them or they will be unable
to put their full strength alongside
ou.- own in the supreme effort.
"At the president's direction 1
have assured them that 'in this com
mon cause we eat at a common
table,' and upon entering these con
ferences in Europe we promised
them that whatever their war-food
program called for from us we
should fulfill. ' '
"If we survey our ability to meet
this definite promise tothem, we
find that while our wheat production
(his year is better than last year,
our production of other cereals is
less. We have had severe losses
through drought. in many sections.
On balance our resources are no.
better than last year. -
"We find, however( that we can
give this increase in food supplies of
5,730,000 tons over last year and
still have a margin over the amount
necessary to maintain our own
health and strength."
Speakers at the convention will in
clude Dr. John'R. 'Mohler1, chief of
the bureau of animal' industry of the
department of agriculture; Charles
J.Brand, chief of the bureau: of mar
kets jf the department of agriculture
who will speak on "The Meat Sup
ply as a National Problem"; Charles
C. Pearson of the British food min
istry; C. S. Churchill, general super
intendent of all Swift & Company
plants; and Dr. L. M. Tolman,
chief chemist for Wilson & com
pany. Retail Trade Not Affected
by U. S. Ruling Till Spring
While the goverment is enforc
ing rules which regulate the manu
facture and price of shoes, the retail
trade will not be affected until at
least next spring. The ..federal'
aufhnritira tnnlr tVio nr.i,i!n
form the regulating rules that deal-
-73 toum dispose ot tneir stocks
without loss.
The government will "not permit
the manufacture on and after Octo- '
ber 31 of shoes to retail for more
than $12 but dealers now have on
their shelves footwear, that cost
them more than $1? an J :n u.
11 "r- "u tuvjr win uc
allowed to dispose of them at a reas-
uuauie pronr. .
This does not mean, however, that
Shoes Of th hrchist nii?1,t-., u-
purchased at the maximum price of
$12, but that the public will have to
be satisfied with a lower grade shoe
uumiik me period ot the war.
The government is endeavoring to
conserve leather U .Um.-.,-: V.
unlimited array of styles that have
featured particularly the finer grade
of footwear.
Misinternrptatmn f ul .1
- vt lllc govern-
?ni erJ hiS confusel the public
mind and Hea cr ,n. .
. - ait.ijju.jnir to
correctly inform their patrons of the
-I. -umiuions. anoe Ketailetv
People of Siberia Asking
for Supplies from Norn.
Aome, Alaska-Siberians across
the Bering sea from here, fearing
that unsettled conditions in Vladi
vostok will cut them from their
Russian source of supply next sum
mer, have asked Nome's city council
to send merchandise from here.
The request was made in a letter
received by the council from the
I eople's administration of Anadyr,
a Siberian town on the Gulf of
Anadyr, an arm of the Bering sea.
The letter was written in R, ..;...
and was sent over in a trading boat, v
Jome responded to the request
far as it could. A - committee oi
councilmen was named t6 communi
cate with the Russian municipal of-.
ficers and render as much assistance
as possible.
Skilled Labor Now is Paid
. Very High Wages Again
Tokio. Sent. 30. Skills uh
Japan is now receiving'the highest
wages, according to the Tokio
Chamber of Commerce. . .Before the
war. carnenters wer i naM m
equivalent of . 65 cents a. day, and
now are getting a cents. Other
trades bv increase nowrrtWa.
follows: Masons, 95 cents, a, day;
roofers, 75 cents; bricklayers-$1 ;
joiners, 75 cents; gardeners, 60 cents;
shoemakers, 75 centsi oundrymea,
1 : nrintfrrs and comioilnrr.. ,A7tt
cents; unskilled UDorers, 03