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forces tho wheels into tho ground
When Che power is turned on. the diff
fercntial gears are subjected TO
greater stress to move the excess
weight Thus we can see that when
the load is TOO far in excess. the driv-
ing effort on the aXles will also be cx-
cessivc.
With the frame built to hold Ger
tain tonnage. an overload is bound TO
cause q detection each time it is so
overloaded. If the elastic limit is
orers;eppcd continually, the frame Will
eventually break
1t must not he forgotten that the
motor truck is built to perform Ger
tain service the same as any other
common carrier I was recently talk
ing with driver OF a motor truck
which l knew had been in commission
for considerable number of years.
] asked the driver how it was that the
he answered.: Because II has never
been overloaded. | make ii a point a.
all times 20 see that IL does not carry
more than its rated capacity | have
driven trucks that have been over
loaded. and | could not get anything
out Of them. They were always in the
repair shop. and when they were in
commission, | was continually forced
TO shift gears on grades that they
should have taken on high with ease
| had TO be overcarctul in rounding
corners for fear that n sudden jolt or
slight shifting OF weight would prove
the breaking point to the aNleS or
frame / was never sure Of rcaching
my destination without having to stop
and tighten up the bolts. and instead
Of getting ten or twelve miles All hour
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minimum amount of waste space be-
tween the different cases. This not
only produces an evenly distributed
weight but makes the load more COM
pact and less liable To slide about while
in transit.
If truck drivers would use Judgment
in loading and insist on not overload
ing. their trucks would not prcmaturely
wear out, better tire. gasoline and oil
mileage would be secured-more de-
pcudublc service OF the trucks would
result. which would insure owners
meeting shipping and express schedul
more easily and with great deal more
certainty.
Truck ovcrspeeding Is another habi,
easy to acquire which results In cx-
ccssivc strains and greatly accclor-
ated rate of depreciation. The auvau-
taGcs Of motor truck haulage over
horses are not only matter OF :peed
but rather the gain accruing from
constant operation In all sorts OF
weather IT any time OF the day or
night
Cplicep aud depreciation are serious
.;cms TO the truck owner. and the re-
!ation between efficiency and speed is
of equally vital Importance. That's
why the overspeeding of heavily loaded
trucks in rough-and tumble fashion is
every bit as dangerous as truck over
lo3dinS."
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on gallon Of gas. as should hnve

on gallon OF gas, as I should have
| was lucky If got four or nvc.
While ! am on the subject /. want
10 state that there is just rs much
science in loading Il truck as there is
III loading freight ear \ good MANY
owners do not appreciate the fact that
II truck is not evenly loadcd-hy
mat mean the weight evenly q s.
tributcd-they are suDicCtjnG certain
parts to the same stress and strain as
If the truck waa carrying an overload.
when III reality It might be carryin.
only half of it's rated capacity.
In loading truci;. ! always asccr-
tain. II possible, just what articles are
schedu!cd 10 Z" on-the approximate
individual weight. the size and shape
and whether they are boxed or loose
By knowing this beforehand. in loading
my truck can arrange the goods 50
that when entirely loaded, there is {;
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"ooncr" Company Invadcs RaIciGh.
kAi-EiGH. ~ c.. July 20.---The
american Tobacco Company has nc
CURED commodious building IN this
city TO be used n stemmcry. Con-
tracts have been let for the improve
meat and enlargement OF the property
and for the equipment.
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facture gas bombs for war purposes In
the plant which is to be built here.
The Mathison Alkali Works. long In
operation here. will furnish the neces-
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GINS nomo Factory mt Snltv!ile.
SALTVILLE. VA. July 2O.--lt Is now
4 settled fact tina, the War Depart
ment OF tho United Stater vii, mann.
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sary chemicals. The contract for -,
building OF the new plant has ben,
awarded to New York parties. who vii,
""Sh the work Il comp,eti n as rapldh
az possible. "
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The index word of cnch "Rooms For
Ecnt" nmSEcstN n new plncc 10 live.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15
Destrustion q French Sugar Mills.

The thoroughgoing quality Of German fright
fulncss has had It's most impressive illustration
n the oblitcration OF French industrial establish
ments wherever the Hun has come. Organized
groups Of expert workmen have been employed
ID denuding mills and factories of their machine
cry, and when everything movable has been
carried off, engineers are called in. and soon in
puifs Of high explosive and clouds Of dust the
building disappears Nowhere has this been
more effectively carried out than in the opera
tons against the sugar mills In the occupied
portion of France the Germans surrounded 203
out Of total Of 2l3 French sugar mills. as we'll
- very large proportion of the sugar beet
lands These mills have been Systematically and
completely destroyed. Machinery Of all kinds
was removed to Germany, and the buildings were
demolished. A result Il that the pre-war sugar
production for France Of 967.44o tons has been
cut to z0440S. or less than one-fourth. While
the French people have restricted their use Of
sugar to the lowest limit, they look to the world
outside for q considerable supply to make up the
shortage. America must continue to share with
them for long time to come available stocks OF
sugar.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15
Triumph of the Marines

That the American marines above Chat
eau-Thierry, fighting with the French, have
achieved the most signal triumph for our
colors thus far in the war may be inferred
from the strength of the defense they were
certain to meet.
Germany's March advance on the Somme
and its May advance on the Marne are
roughly, two triangles, each too narrow for
comfort and further progress. Between
them lie the allies, with shorter local lines
of communication. In these June days the
Germans have pounded hard to drive a con.
nection westward. AS at Chateau-T Therry
so at Torcy and Bouresches the Americans
have shared no quiet sector" for instruction
but place in the heat and brunt of history's
greatest battle.
To have held German advance that had
been continuous for fortnight would be in
the circumstances a distinct advantage Tc
have driven the foe back, In jone case even
beyond the objective, is a feat of strength
skill and valor that justffes the highest
praise. Berlin may yet have to reconsider
its contempt for the wooden sword" of the
west.
In their own motto, "The Marines &C
First" When that is the order, they &C
forward. A swiftly-growing army of theii
countrymen aspires to rival their pace and
follow their direction New York Wor1d
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15
In Which Glass Are You?
The Time to Make Some Sacrifice for Humanitys Sake
Prudence Bradish in New York Post.

something be done that wouldn't "help wit
one or other of the two categories createt
by the boys imperative division of "thoss
who did and those who didn't"
II seemed to me that not only every per.
son. but every act of every person, must fall
on one side or other of that merciless line
And the division is, after ALL the old division
about which we have talked so much and
heard preaching so much, between Me and
Others.
More than that, If the war means any
thing but stalking horror and world-chaos,
II is between those on one side of this line
md those on the other. Germany stands in
the struggle for those who regard self, per-
sonal or national, as the be-all and endall
Of existence, and those who regard the well
fare of all as having first claim, and selfness
as thing to be suppressed.
In ordinary times it is difficult to impress
children--and grown people, too--with the
duty and privilege Of considering the welfare
of others. The material of life is relatively
tame and undramatic, the recognition of the
principle has to be taught in small and rou-
tine ways. But now on every hand arise
conditions each of which carries its oppor-
tunity to teach the lesson
The man, woman or child who thinks, or
is permitted to think, that he must" have
this or that for his comfort or enjoyment
white bread, for instances losing or being
deprived of the benefits of this opportunity;
is falling inevitably on the didn't" side of
the line. And the parents who fail to use
the dramatic circumstances of these times
for the training OF their children are greatly
to blame, from every point Of view.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15

A boy know was arguing with hi
father in support Of his desire to get into
some form OF war service. He was too
young to be drafted or to enlist. The ques
ton was whether he should remain in schoo
for at least another year, or go to work IL
a shipyard or some other industry drectl.
connected with the war. Never mind how i
came out; overheard the discussion, ant
just one thing remained in my mihd-thi
remark of the boy:
AFTER the war there will be only twt
kinds of people in America--those who dit
and those who didn't" And he went on t.
say something like this: 49,
II don't mean those who did and thos,
who didn't fight in the trenches; mean those
Intentionally in this big thing that's goins
on. I want to be able to look back after
ward and say to myself that didn't sit b,
and do nothing simply because of the day
when happened to be born"
1t struck me as pretty clear statement
Of the situation as it affects, or ought to at
feet, every American man, woman or chile
old enough to understand anything about 1t
Oddly enough, that same day / dined with
the family Of very wealthy man. Wher
we came to dessert the mother said, BIZ
apologetically, to me:
II was planning to have ice cream today
but the children forbade it, even for you
They have decided not to have ice cream al
present because of the sugar it takes, and
because it Is one OF the things they can &c
things, too, to help win the war; In fact
they tyrannize over u.s. and call attention to
every form of waste" She added with a
laugh: "Of course, there are a good many
forms of waste in house like ours that
they do not recognize"
In another home few days later we had
the old-time white bread, and when I re.
marked that "Mr. Hoower1l get you if you
don't watch out" the mother said:
I'D be perfectly willing myself to 60
without white bread altogether, but my little
Alice simply insists upon having it, and the
girls in the kitchen say they will leave if
they are deprived of it,
Still later, in an employment Office where
| spent an hour or so, ! heard cook say
to woman whom she was cross examining
work:
II simply won't work for you if you are
going to skimp me on sugar the way the
last lady worked for did
While I was meditating about this last
declaration a woman bearing every mark OF
wealth came in and said to the employment
agent:
81 want waitress. I must have her by
tomorrow. She must be young. good-look-
ing, cheerful, willing, obedient. And above
all, she must have no gold in her front teeth
that shows. when she smiles"
Pretty good, I thought. In the midst OF
world-agony to have time or thought for
that sort of thingl
And my mind went back to the children
who were tyrannizing over household lest
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15
"Over There and Here

Parentless children are now listed
among the mascots adopted by Amer.
scan units In France,
One OF the jebless grand dukes OF
Russia is said to be holding down a
clerkship in London. Any kind Of a
job looks good even. to dukes forced
to work for q living.
New York and suburbs wish II
clearly understood that the residents
we're not bit afraid to go home in
the dark. Lightless nights served to
lengthen the hours Of sleep.
During May "a ships were COM
pleted. q tonnage OF 263,571, or, In
five months, 1,112,S97 tons. This is
equal to about six years output be-
fore the war. We are going some
1--WE are willing" says Arthur Hen
derson, British labor leader, ito con-
verse, but not negotiate, with German
labor" That Is to say, British labor
has no facilities for storing scraps of
paper"
Over at the Great Lakes training
station the bold seamen-to-be have
launched monthly q borrowers
cleanup day." designed to wipe out
all grievances II borrowed goods are
borrowed smokes" and spells consid-
erable returns,
The birth record OF the family bible
presented by his mother was required
to jar loose the 1s-year-old Gilbert
D. Werner OF HARRISBURG, Pa, from
service at Camp Dix, n. J. The lad
donned an elder brothers long trous-
ers and thus comoufiaged deceived
the recruiting officers "a IN his ara
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15
Oratory and the Senate.

Senator James Hamilton Lewis deplores the
decadence Of oratory in the United States senate.
A motion to change the rule governing debate
and place narrower limit on the flow of words
inspired him to lament over the passing art OF
ornate speech-making, The senate has orators,
but no oratory, says the Illinois orihanme, whose
reputation as a dispenser OF tinkling phrases and
sonorous sentences has been we'll built up on
many 4 Chautauqua platform. If Daniel Web
ster or Henry Clay were to be brought back to
active service In the United States senate they
would find their usefulness seriously impaired,
because OF the newer methods Of disposing of
questions presented.
AS to oratory, Ciceros denunciation of Cati-
line might. be listened to, but were Perices to
start unrolling the manuscript of his speech ex-
tolling the soldiers on their return from Salamis
his auditors would scatter as blackbirds before
the hunter. All of which is important from the
viewpoint of the professional word juggler, but
it does not help the case. While the senate
chamber no longer resounds with the eloquence
of inspiration, dropping in deathess expression
from the lips of gifted speakers, its echoes are
daily disturbed by the droning Of intesmnable
talk. The slightest provocation serves to stir
into active flow the fountains VI speech, anu mil
lions of words are recorded for the output of
each session of congress, most OF which might
as well have been left unsad so far as they affect
the course of legislation or the destiny Of the
nation.
Th. senate has little enough of oratory, bu,
it does indulge in an immense amount of unncces-
sary talk.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15
WhaHled to O. Point

Washington Post: Kaiser Bill need
never become jealous over the honors
paid to German ace, as there Is only
one German two spot.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: A southern
army division has adopted the name
of "Stonewall Jackson" Can't have
any too much of that stonewall stun
on the fighting front these days.
Brooklyn Eagle: Dividends from
surplus accumulated through a term
of years are not income" to be taxed.
So the supreme court decides Com
mon sense reached the same conclu-
sion the moment the issue was raised,
but the conclusions Of common sense
lack finality.
Louisville Courier-J Journal: Dis.
patches state that the Germans now
are drenching villages in the Ukraine
with gas and killing all Of the inhab-
itants as a form of reprisal against
peasant disorders. The Ukraine
wanted peace at any price. This Is
part Of the price.
New York World: Another nation
takes its place In the battle line today.
1t Is Poland. The Polish legion of
$4,000 men, mainly recruited in the
CnteQ States, ioiioNS III rranSe the
white eagle flag. Poland's hope OF res
direction is In allied success. She will
ot abandon hope.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Twenty
years ago America had great~army
Of 10000, regulars on their way to
Cuba, and II anyone talked Of the
need OF any army OF 5,o00.o0e within
Q quarter OF a Gentry he was regarded
as one who should be consigned to an
asylum as an incurable lunatic-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15
Has Faith In Ringer.

Omaha, June 14.-To the Editor Of
The Bee: In this evenings edition
Of your paper is an article about
Booze Sleuths Mix" To anyone not
knowing the true situation one would
think that Mr.. Ringer and the police
department were not giving the right
kind Of cooperation in handling the
prohibitory law in the city, but ask
any Of the bootleggers themselves If
they will tell the truth and Mr..
Ringer is absolutely right in not even
allowing any Of the class Of so-called
state agents that our governor has
had here up to date even in his Office.
I would not like to state that the
governor knows the caliber of men
he has sent here to try and tell our
city commission and police depart
ment what to do and what not to do,
and still insist on them taking orders
from the type Of specimens that he
has sent here as his representatives.
The chief of the governors staff
Of "booze hounds" as his title seems
to be, was highly insulted because he
was not consulted when our superin-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15
Foundation for the New Tax Law.

Today's experience will give the Treasury de-
partment basis, for It's final calculations as to
what form the new revenue law will take. When
the totals for income and excess profits taxes
are made up something definite will be had to
work from. At present the estimates of revenue
from this source are variously placed at from
two and one-half to three and one-half billion
dollars. The latter figure Is an extreme guess,
and not likely to be attained. TIE best calcula-
tons have placed the expected total of income
and excess profits taxes under the existing law
at around $2,700000,000. This, with collections
from other sources, will bring the total revenue
for the year up to little above $4y000,000,000
This is against expenditures of O00000,000 in
round numbers.
We have 50 far betrayed one-third Of our war
expense by taxation. Economists are divided as
to what proportion should be provided by taxa
ton and how much rest on credit, but the ratio
for the current year seems sound. Treasury esti-
mates for the coming year have gone as high as
$25,000,000000, but the ability of the country to
expend that amount is challenged. Analysis of
expense to date shows that almost one-third of
our outlay has been loans to allies, while very
considerable part of the remainder has been in
the nature Of capital expenditure, which will not
require duplication and which will soon become
revenue producing.
Allowing for this, it is admitted the require
ments OF the war for the next fiscal year will
exceed that now ending, and that much larger
collection of revenue from taxation will be forced
The general financial condition of the country Is
healthy, and an even greater strain can be sup-
ported without serious business discomfort.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15

II hate to do this. used to command
an American liner and I have some good
| friends among the commanders Of American
steamships. But war is war, so we will &c
through with this little job" I
The speaker was the commander Of a
German submarine, his little job" the sinking
of the freighter Texel-a job that was part
was the same submarine that sank the pas
senger steamship Carolina, with the conse-
quent loss of life, is not yet determined. All
OF the Cardinals passengers or crew whose
lives were Jost are the victims of murder,
coldy calculated and deliberate. "War is
war;" but piracy and the murder of helpless
noncombatants are not part OF war as de-
cent people understand war and practice it.
Il have some friends among the COM
nlanders of American steamships" this Ger
man pirate said. Never was Hun more mis-
taken. He might have been right had he
used the past tense, for there was day
comradeship of other followers of the sea.
Never againl American seamen are seeing
their dead, as British seamen have seen
theirs. Can there be any doubt that German
seamen henceforth will be pariahs in the
eyes of American, as we'll as of British, men
of the sea?
The attitude of British seamen is set
forth in recent statement of Mr.. Havelock
Wilson, president Of the Seamen's and Fire
mems union of Great Britain, on the subject
OF the sacrifices of the British mercantile
marine and the future punishment of the
murderers In that statement Mr.. Havelock
Wilson says:
Il shall be we'll within the mark If state
that nearly $4,000 British seamen have been
murdered by German pirates since August,
1914. And the pace grows hotter, so far as
the loss OF life is concerned, for, although
there has been decline in the number of
ships attacked, the Germans are more than
ever determined that the sailors in the ships
they do manage to sink shall none of them
live to tell the damning tale of murder of
which our comrades have been the victims
1T cannot be too widely known that the
British sailors are in deadly earnest in their
determination to apply the punitive boycott
to Germany after the war Less than year
ago the limit of the boycott was fixed at two
years; but the penalty grows with the crime,
and at the moment the period during which
We shall decline to have anything to do with
the transport of goods to or from Germany
is five years and half
And If there are people at home foolish
tugh to think that this penalty will not be
Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-15
Hun Pirates Poriahs of the Sea
League of Seamen Fosered by Murder Of Combatants
New York Herald.

cxacted to the uttermost, ! can assure them
that / have the most positive proof in my
DC session that the commercial folk in Ger.
many are living in no such fools paradise
They are very uneasy about it, because they
know that we already possess the power and
influence to make good our threat, and tina,
public opinion in this country is growing in
our favor every day. Almost by every post
We are enrolling new members in the Mer.
chant Seamen's league, and we have vet to
discover hall that is too large for Our meet
ings in any part of the country.
Since the foundation Of the league al the
Albert Hall last September more than 100
meetings have been held in various parts of
the country, and members are being drawn
from all classes of the community. We have
mere than 10000 members in the league al
ready and the membership grows with every
fresh outrage committed by our urspcakable
foes. | am quite satisfied that the rolicy of
the boycott will be supported in this country
as the only punishment to fit the crime, and
how any Briton can think otherwise passes
my comprehension.
Those candidates for Parliament at the
next general election who do not definitely
pledge themselves to the policy of tn. league
to Parliament. We are organizing branches
Of the league in every constituency, and shall
be prepared to run candidates against those
who do not satisfy US on the score of their
sympathy with our objects. We are not
taking this line because we want Parliament
to do anything for us. We do not want Par
Lament to interfere We want this thing to
be carried through by the people"
Replying to the question, How do you
propose to carry out your policy after the
war without the sanction of Parliament"
Mr.. Wilson said
Easily enough. No man can be COM
PEELED to work for any particular firm, or
buy from any one shop; nor can our members
be made to work for firms that deal with
Germany, if they make up their minds not
to do so. Our league, as we'll as our union,
is in this business to the last man. Masters
and officers are with US in hearty unanimity,
and it would be interesting to know where
the owners-even if they wished to do so,
which is far-fetched assumption-are to
get their seamen from to handle stuff in any
way connected with Germany, seeing that
there is not man in the service who will be
party to such work. For the work in the
constituencies we have some rafting good
hustlers' already on the job, and we have
the money to build up thoroughly efficient,
aggressive organization"