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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
What Soldiers know

Three Australians were the first to
reward my search for light, and the
prompt reply of their spokesman was:
eyes, We know, because that Bochc
tried to put US off the map, and
We had to fight or wear German col.
lar"
The next to be sighted was a Cana
dian. who said, among other things, and
speaking with much seriousness:
"England came in to keep our word
to Belgium; but VIC knew when VIC did
it that it was our life Or Germany's.
We had to choose between living as
freemen or as practical subjects Of the
Hun. We know VIC must beat the Boche
or lose all that we hold dear, and We
are here to win or leave our bones un-
der the French sod, as so many of US
already have and as the rest of us are
ready to do"
An English "Tommy" was studying
an open war map in the window OF .
book shop when I stopped at his side
and after some preliminary skirmishing
put my question.
"Why am ! ERE, eh? Well. I'm ere
cause the bloomn' Kaiser wanted to
run the whole bloomin' world show,
and we're here, me and me pals, to
have ii look in and put i'm where he
bloomin' we'll belongs. That's Why"
To Can the Kaiser
1t was five days before had the op-
portunity to ask an American, for our
soldiers are not much given the liberty
of Paris; and then ] ran into two SOL
dicrs and a young yeoman OF the navy
recently arrived to join the hydro
plane service.
II was drafted. | had to come" an
swcred one of the khaki-clad youths.
81 wanted to get INTO the game was
the half amused response Of the other.
"But," asked again, "what are you
here for-why is our army here?"
ooh, we're going to can the Kaiser"
"But why?" | persisted.
because England and France want
our help, and SO we've come over" they
agreed.
And as they all started off down the
street, ooh. boy think Of me in Paris!"
exclaimed the sailor laddic to his com
paniOns.
Yet the ignorant boys do but reflect
the complacent provincialism. the
world unconsciousness of the average
among their nont thinking home folks,
accustomed as they are to take un-
questioning their foreign viewpoint
as it is interpreted for them.
Things Obscured
When we recall that for two years
before our entrance the meaning Of
our concern" in its purport denied,
Continued on Last Page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Secretary Tomorrow to
Reveal State Here
and in France
Hearing Will Be
In Committee Room
Fight to Reorganize Depart
ment To Be Renewed
This Week

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-secretary
baScr' when he appears before the
Senate Military Committee Mondav to
make the Administrations reply to
Senator Chamberlain's speech in the
Senate Thursday on War Department
shortcomings, plans to take both Con.
sress and the country more fully into
the confidence of the government as
to war preparations both at nome and
in France.
Mr.. Baker said day he would am
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27

own deliveries and keeping the cost
down to S1.c6 per hundred copies.
This arrangement, according to Bus-
ness Agent Fcnamore of the Newspaper
and Mail Deliverers' Union of New
York City and Vicinity (to give its full
title to what goes in circulation circles
as the "Hustlers' Union"), is destined
to hc shortlived. Fenamorc said the
distributor employed by "The Brooklyn
Times" is not a member Of the union,
and consequently will be notified on
sight that he'll have to give up his job.
In Manhattan only "Thc Evening
Post" and the Socialist organ, "Thc
Evening Call" circulated freely. "The
Call" while raising its price to two
cents, but set the wholesale cost at 81
q hundred. That is an even better rate
than the newsdealers arc holding out
for. The price they want is sl.2O a
hundred copies. as opposed to the $1.4O
rate announced by the publishers.
The dealers threatened last night not
to deliver to-day Sunday newspapers
already ordered, and not to offer any
for sale. although the supplement sec
tions are already in their possession. To
both dealer and public the price Of all
Sunday papers remains the same as be-
fore.
Call Profit Too Small
The facts of the situation are these:
For long TING the newsdealers had
been complaining that there was too
little profit in handling one-cent news
papers. The newspapers were sold to
the distributing news companies at so
cents hundred. The news companies
sold them to the dealers at 60 cents a
hundred. The newsdalers' profit, there
fore, was 40 cents a hundred.
1t was Il narrow margin to work on,
with labor and other expenses rising,
and at one time the newsdalers dis
cussed taking matters into their own
hands and selling l-cent newspapers
at 2 cents.
Last week the publishers all agreed to
adopt a 2-cent price. Under the new
arrangement the newspapers are sold
to the news companies at $125 hun
drcd, and the news companies sell
them to the newsdealer at $l.40 hun
dred. The newsdealcrs' profit there
forc,( is SO cents hundred, against
40 cents before.
The distribution of newspapers
price. now and before, may be shown
as follows:
On the old onc-ccnt basis:
Mills.
The newspaper got, Per copy..... 5
The news company got, per copy. !
The newsdealcr got, per copy.
Or one cent
On the new twO-cent basis:
Mills.
The newspaper gets, per copy. 12,s
The news company gets. per copy u
The wsdealer gets, per copy.
Or two cents
The newsdealer gets half again as
much as before. The increase in the
margin of his profit is so per cent, ant
he gets nearly half as much for selling
the paper as the newspaper gets for
itself, but he complains that this
it not enough to compensate him
for the risk entailed by larger outlay
of capital The margin of profit for
the newsdealer on the new basis is
practically the same as in other cities
,yh ore +yO.ccnt paperS are now selling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Explosive Shipments
Being Diverted From
New York, Says Baker

WASHlNGTON, Jan. % In letter
to Senator Calder, Of New York. Secre-
tary of War Baker to-day told of means
which arc being taken to divert ship
ments of high explosives from the Port
Of New York and route them through
other ports, in order to lessen the
danger to the metropolis. The note
was III reply to a protest by Senator
Calder against the peril to which the
citl WAS eXpoSed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Different Reactions of
Americans, Austral-
ians, Canadians and
English to the Ques-
ton What Are We
Here For?"
Wonderful Work of the
\. M. c. A. for the Minds
and Bodies of Our Soldiers
in France-Random Notes
From an Uncensored Note
Book

[NOTE.-Caspar Whitney, travel-
lcr, aV''itcr, explorer aud one of the
best Enolcn 7car correspondents IN
the arorld, was q member of the
Hoover Commission ;tor Relief II,
Belgium, until tho United States
acent to avar acith GERMANY IN De-
cembc' last he joined the staff of
The Tribune and ,ccnt to France as
general correspondent. He wos so
affected by conditions there tNat on
his oWoa iuitiatiue he returned to
bring the American people an un-
censored message that aUould not
'uoit. THIS is the fourth Of scoeyal
articles. The purpose of printing
them is thrcefold. Light is curative.
Truth is compelling. The mind Of
great democracy requires to be
moued.-7he Tribune.
By Caspar Whitney
a MONG the many admirable cs-
~ says in constructive patriotism
making in the American sector
By the Young Mems Christian Assoca-
tlon none is more needed or more i'm
Lortant than its effort TO bring deeper
understanding to our soldier boys OF
the reason they arc in France.
That fifty Of a given one hundred
lnen picked at random from American
troops would have no real comprchcn~
sion of why they arc in arms seems un-
tclicvabc. Yet the Y. NJ. {. A. workers
assured me this percentage is probably
low; that "half the boys' have no clear
idea Of the import Of this engultng
world struggle, of it's meaning to Amer
lea, Of the issues at stake for US; that
thousands of them were moved to en-
list by the force of example or by q
spirit of adventure; that comparatively
few of the draft realize they arc in
France to fight anew the battle of
liberty.
The statement left me so incrcdulous.
| confess. that I determined to test il
for myself by asking not only the very
first American soldier met on the
street, but, for purposes of comparison,
carrying the experiment also into the
Allies ranks, By putting the same queS
ton to the first Of their soldiers ell
countcred in Paris, where | happened
30 be when the information WAS given
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Rakers Must Use
Mixed Cereals
Orders Issued to Mill
ers, Retailers, House
holders; Patriotism
Is Appealed To
TStaf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Increasing
n. stringency Of food conservation
,.rulstions in an attempt to meet the
Mounting needs of the Allies. Herbert
G. Hoover announced to-day that all
bakers bread must hereafter contain
per cent Of other cereals. This per-
.entaee will be gradually increased
unti, February "a, when all bakers
hresd must contain 20 per cent of other
cereals.
The new war bread, to be known as
"victory Bread" will completely dis
plsce white bread, the baking of which
in public bakeries is prohibited for
tie present.
Other wheat conservation measures
made effective by the Food Adminis-
traitor are the limitation Of flour pur-
ehsses by wholesalers and manufact
urers Of cereal products to 70 per cent
Of their last year consumption. Millers
are directed 10 increase their milling
percentage from to per cent by pro-
ducng the standard barrel of 1e6
POUNDS from o64 pounds of wheat.
Similar conservation measures in
dorsed by the President in special
proclamation issued to-day are urged
on the consuming public. Houscholders
are requested to purchase an equal
quantity of cornmeal or similar wheat
sabstitute with every pound of white
aour bought
Retailers to
Cooperate
Retailers are requested to cooperate
By selling white flour only with cquiva-
..nt quantities Of other cereals.
Monday and Wednesday of each week
arc to be wheatless, and similarly one
meal every day is TO be Wheatlcss. The
food administration recommends that
the evening meal be the daily wheatless
one, though this preference may be
modified by ruling of the state Food
Administrator.
Tuesday is 70 be a meatiess day. and
there is to be one meatless meal every
day.
Tuesday and Saturday are declared
porklcss days. On these days the food
administration urges the use of fish.
poultry and eggs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Things Obscured

When we recall that for two years
before our entrance the meaning of
the war had been steadfastly obscured
our concern" in its purport denied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Hoouer's Statement
Decreeing Food Rules

Inc following Is summary Of the
rules that have been formulated by
the United States food adminstra-
ton, with the approval Of the Prcsi-
dent, III order to effect the further
conservation in foodstuffs necessary
10 support the Allies and our own
armed forces over the next four
months. These rules arc effective
from the morning Of Monday, Jau-
uary IS.
Ihe effectiveness Of these rules IS
dependent solely upon the good will
VI and the Willingness to sacrifice by
'ae American people. In the last
analysis the success or failure Of any
Plan such as that here outlined rests
with the people. We arc dependent
upon the cooperation of the trades.
We have but one police force, the
american woman, and we depend
upon her to organize in cooperation
with our state and local food admin
s'rators to sec that these rules arc
Voeyed by that small minority who
may fail.
fart Of the rules will be enforced
uhoer the Lever food act; other parts
are voluntary, and will depend for
.ucir success upon public sentiment.
our experience hitherto has shown
mullngness Of the vast majority Of
,pphSumers and full cooperation Of
sa sae trades to undergo the self-sacri-
"sc necessary to render such meas
s, wes effective. The small minority
u"o refuse to cooperate should not
eessities.
Request to
All Consumer.
!. As their part in reducing the con-
-. sumption of wheat flour the
.Onsumers Of the country are called
Sp' Spv"' IN purchasing such flour, to
~ - ~ tue same time all equal weight
a.. a. 1he other cereals (cornmeal, corn
b.,sn, corn flour, hominy, corn grits,
uI'ey hour, rice, rice flour, oatmeal,
ao"e a.eu oats, buckwheat -four. potato
49, sweet potato flour, soya bean
TIuf anl fcterita hours and mcals).
a,s,s "v housewife may use these prod
cs. sls separately in making bread,
,b;s, bses ana pastry, or mix them as she
'alnks best
/ mi. "e retailers arc to sell wheat flour
o,h,y with an equal weight Of these
"Csaes cereals:
6. consumers will be able to obtain
ls.s mixed cereal bread from their ba-
s's' VINO will be required under tho
orn~s. 4,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20
BY Associated Press.

With the British Army in France,
Sept. l9.-Despite the serious men-
ace which the British established
yesterday over the Hindenburg line
by their capture of ridges northwest
of St. Quentin, the Germans this
morning continued to nurse their
grievances without renewing on a
large scale their costly counter at
tacks of last evening.
Fighting still proceeded, partic-
ularly on the extreme flanks of the
battle front, where the British were
cleaning out strong points and
Strengthening their line. but the in
itiative remained entirely with them.
That the situation created by the
British seizure of the long Hinden-
burg outpost line and the dominat-
ing heights in front of it could not
remain stationary for long seemed
a foregone conclusion. Whether the
enemy would essay further heavy
counter attacks depended entirely
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20

from every House. These had to be
cleared out, and this had to be done
Systematically by small parties who
dared the hostile fire and bombed
the Huns out of their hiding places.
Struggle at Close Quarters.
+ A far more serious engagement
was waged east of the village, where
the Germans had constructed a
quadrilateral trench system, which
was heavily armed. Here the con-
tending forces struggled through
out the day at close quarters. The
British toward evening gained a
footing in the trenches and con-
tinued to press the attack during
the night. Part of the system was
still unsubdued this morning and it
was being stormed.
Throughout this sector there were
pockets of German-manned machine
guns and each of these garrisons
was legion unto itself. Between
Holnon and Fresnoy-Le-Petit were
three little patches of woods. These
fairly bristled with machine guns,
They were finally cleared out, but
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20
I'VE Make War to
Very End Of the End,"
Premier Clemenceau

New York, Sept. 19.-President
Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell
university, who arrived here today
after a three-months' tour of Eng
land and France, said he asked
Premier Clemenceau for a message
to the American people, and that
the premier replied:
1--WE make war to the end-to the
very end Of the end"
The next day President Schur-
man met Marshal Foch and asked
for a similar message, and the gen.
eralissimo replied:
Tell the Americans to send as
many men as possible and as quick
ly as possible, because the more
men they send the sooner we will
bring the war to an end. The Amer
ican soldiers are fine soldiers"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20
Hindenburg Reminds
German Army of Duty
To Continue Struqqle

Amsterdam, Sept. 10. - Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg has is,
sued a proclamation to the Ger
man army in the field, according
to the Zeitung Ammittag of Ber-
lin, in which the German COM
mander-in-chief alludes to the re-
cent Austrian peace offer, saying
that it does not involve an inter-
ruption in the war operations.
The field marshal adds that
readiness for peace is not in con-
tradiction with the spirit with
which Germany is waging the
struggle. 1t is the army's duty,
he says, to continue the struggle
while waiting to see whether the
enemy is sincere and ready for
peace negotiations.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20
Nation Takes Tips
from Methods Of
State Fuel Heads

Just as Omaha and Nebraska have
set the pace as leaders in means
and methods of making the thrift
stamp and war savings popular, so
is the Nebraska fuel administration,
under John L. Kennedy, being made
model for emulation by the Wash
ington officials of the federal fuel
administration.
The attention of the central body
has been called to the effective ad-
vertising and other methods of edu-
cation devised and originated by the
Nebraska administration and have
recommended directors in other
states of the union to adopt many
of these.
An instance of this is the action
of B. N. Allen, acting director of
conservation of the fuel administra-
ton. at Washington, asking for Mr..
Kennedy to send to Mr.. Norris,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20
FUNDS TO BUY
PAPER LOANED
BY IS BREWERS
Alien Property Custodian
Makes Public Proofs of
Charges After Senate
Calls for Them.
By Associated Press.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE ted
eral custodian of alien property, A.
Mitchell Palmer, made public today
the names of the Is brewers, who,
with the United States Brewers as
sociation, raised fund of $407 500,
from which $575,0U0 was loaned to
Arthur Brisbane to buy the Wash
;ngton Times.
Mr.. Palmer acted Immediately af-
ter the senate had passed a reso-
luton introduced by Senator Jones
Of Washington calling upon the
property custodian to show the
proofs on which he made his speech
in Harrisburg, Pa, last Saturday,
describing the efforts of brewers
to control newspaper in pro-Ger-
man interest, to exert their influ-
ence upon congress and finally on
which he charged that the brewing
interests had advanced the money
for the purchase of newspaper to
fight the battle of the liquor traf-
fig under the shadow of the dome
of the capitol.
Admitted by Brisbane.
Mr.. Brisbane, in published state
ments in the Times, already has
stated that he bought the paper
with money loaned by c. w. Fei-
genspan, brewer and president of
the Federal Trust company of Tren-
otn, N. J. Mr.. Brisbane also has
published a letter from Feigenspan,
defining an arrangement by which
the loan was syndicated to IS brew
| ers. Mr.. Palmer includes in his
disclosure this letter and also docu-
ments to support his assertion that
the loan was made in a way to con-
ceal its course and purpose.
Included in Mr.. Palmer's papers
are copies of letters written by
Alexander Konta, evidently a Ger
man agent, to Capt Hans Tauscher,
notoriously associated with German
propaganda in the United States,
and to DR.. Bernard Dernburg, Ger
many's chief propaganda agent, up
on the prospects of buying come
great American newspaper. Mr.
Palmer connects these with his dec
laration that the influence which
the brewers attempted to exert was
thoroughly in the interest of Ger
many.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20

when they were moved down like
wheat with the machine guns, or
swallowed up in a mae1strom of
crashing shells from the British bar
rage.
Fight Way Along Ridges.
There were few. spectacular Incl
dents in yesterdays fighting, al
though the operation as a whole was
spectacular enough when one con-
siders that these gallant English
and Australian veterans had in
many places to fight their way up
three lines of ridges, with valleys
intervening, working forward dog
gediy over Shiny ground in the face
of vicious machine gun and rifle
fire from a myriad of strongholds
and from numerous villages and
hamlets, which had to be surrounded
and crushed into submission.
On the right flank there was espe-
cially bitter fighting about Holnon
village, The British had captured
part of this place the day before,
but the Germans still held a section
| of it, with machine guns trained
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20
ALLIES REPUL Sc
FOE ONSLAUCHTS
WTHHEAVYLOSSES
Teutons Couner-Attack Vigorously Northeast Of Sos@
sons Against Strategic Positions Threatening High
Ground More Than 10, 900 Prisoners and so
Guns Taken by British in Quentin Drive
By Associated Press.

London, Sept 19-The prisoners taken by the British
the operation begun Wednesday northwest Of ST. Quentin
exceed 10000 according to Field Marshal Hags re-
port tonight. More than 60 big guns taken.
Paris, Sept 19-The French, continuing their attacks
southeast of st. Quentin have reached the outskirts OF Beny
according to the war office tonight In the
Scissors sector enemy west OF Juo
repulsed with heavy losses.
The important town of Contescourt, in the ST. Quentin
sector entirely in the hands of the French who also
occupied Castres, further to the northeast.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20
BRITISH ATTACK UPON ST. QUENTIN FRONT
DEVELOPS INTO BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF WAR

on the badly drained resources at his
command, for the next move un-
-doubtedly belonged to the Germans,
since they must push the British
back or continue to live with the
naked. sword hanging over them in
this vital sector.
Zone Strewn With Dead.
The enemy losses yesterday were
extremely heavy, both in the early
fighting and in the numerous couh-
ter attacks, which were thrown in
toward night, in a desperate attempt
to regain part of the lost ground
The whole zone of the long battle
front today was strewn with dead
in the field gray uniforms and more
than 5000 prisoners were in the
British cages.
The entire British operation has
grown into a brilliant and impor-
tant success, which was not fore
cast in the original limited plans.
Not the least important feature of
the victory was the slaughter inflict-
ed on the enemy forces, particularly
during their frenzied counter attacks,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20

Leverguier and Vilerst were taken
without much trouble. About Har.
gicourt and Templeaux-le- Guerard,
however, there was hard fighting,
There are numerous quarries in this
section and these were filled with
German machine gunners, who had
to be disposed of before the advance
could proceed. The delay was not
great. The rangy Australians were
about and amongst the enemy like a
whirlwind, and he was lucky Hun
who lived to take the long trail back
to the prison camp.
The Australians had to negotiate
three ridges here, and on the last
of these the Germans made a de-
termined last ditch stand.
Savage work characterized the
fighting here but the Germans were
forced to fall back little by little un-
til they reached the outpost system
of the Hindenburg line. This de-
fense was heavily wired and strong
ly held. Back of it, on the eastern
side of the canal, lay the main Hin
denburg line Of Notifications.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-20

it was a desperate adventure for
those doughty English troops who
went charging through them amidst
a hail of bullets and bombed the oc-
cupants into silence.
The eastern part of Fresnoy was
still in the hands of the enemy this
morning, with the British holding
the western section and pressing the
defenders hard.
Australians Strike Savagely.
To the north in the center of the
battle line the Australians pushed
through to their final objectives and
even beyond in some places, with
their accustomed thoroughness and
disregard for their personal fate.
The overseas men worked round
these villages which were strongly
held and employed a heavy smoke
barrage with great success.
Prisoners declare that because OF
this smoke screen they never knew
where the Australians were going
to strike next and as result there
was more pr less confusion among
the Germans opposite them.