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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04

Fortnight Ahead Of Planned Attack.
washington, May 4.-The British
forces on the western front are two
weeks ahead OF their attacking sched-
ule, according to a cablegram received
here today by Secretary Balfour from
the foreign office The advance, It Is
said, has been much faster than Sex- :
pected and the losses smaller
The losses were said to be only one
half as large proportionately as those
in the Somme offensive last year This
Is attributed by members of the
mission to an incomparably better ar
tillery preparation and the fact that
the men are not allowed to outrun the
guns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04

lIu8L INC kW1u10SCS WuU uOI Ah AAAA ~ hs
pathy with the viewpoints Of the
wurkmen and soldiers. The present
loutbreak. which began yesterday, was
l i direct result Of the announcement
made BY the foreign Office to the al
lied nations to the effect that Rus
Ssia would not slacken her effortsS in
the common struggle against the
central powers and would observe
strictly her engagements with her al
lies. The worlkmerfs and soldierY com.
amattee members declared they should
have been consulted before this COM;
niunication was sent
d Asitaters Haransus Crowds.
AN yesterday afternoon crowds gath
arsd In the public squares listening to
I lhA cxhortations Of impromptu ora
tofA WoElemen on quitting work in,
she evening paraded the streets. At q
meeGing of the council Of soldiers and
WOrkmem the formation Of coalition
cabinet was favored
There were also demonstrations last
evening In favor OF the government. NJ.
RodzianAo. president OF the duma, cx.
horted the people to continue the war
until the attainment OF 4 victory
z 3WOltlIy VI IlI0 xSuA0ldu POOV1Ss
Some oe Nthe banners carried by the
parI iers were inscribed Down with
Gu9 Akof (the minister Of war) and
Down with the Provisional Govern
ment" {
Committee pisapprovss Demonstration.
The executive committee Of the
workmen,s and soldiers delegates dis
cussed NJ. Milukoff's note to the allies
All Of Wednesday night. It adjourned
1T daybreak yesterday without reach
Ing q decision. Late In the day the
COMMITTEES sat with the council Of the
i provisional government for discus.
sion of the. .government's motives in is-t
suing the note. The executive com
mittee 6nally decided that It must take
some action regarding the note but
thAt It saw no reason for demanding
the resignation Of the provisional gov
eYnsnent. ,,
The COMMITTEES induced the soldiers
sngAged Ia the demonstration to re-
turn to their barracks,
Whom Foreign Minister Milukoff saw
the banRaiv inscribed with the words,
Gown With 1 Milukoff." !" he addressed
j the demonstrators from the balcony Of,
Il tho pala6e saying that he was fearful,
not for Nilukof, but for Russia. II
the inscriptiop Interpreted the feelings
s y 4 n1ajority Of the citizens he asked
~. *: the eenditiaa a Russia.
/ The entente allies would say Russia
had betrayed her allies and wsuld
strike her name from the list Of allied
sewers.
; y; !AyssliuksHs Appsa, chssred. y NJ !.
The pr6visional government can not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
RocKEFELLER MONEY ron WAR.

More Than 100000 Donatsd Fer
Humanitarian Work.
New York. May 4.The Rockefeller
Foundation announced last night that
It has appropriated $l75,000 toSbe spent
in the United States for medical re-
search and Humanitarian aid as tho
beginning Of Its work In the war with
Germany @ =; a 55iii
An additional s400. 900 will 60 to con-
jtinue relief activities now being car-
ried on abroad. u
TO aid the work OF the Yonng Mems
Christian Associations In the tEAiuipS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
Winnipeg Market More Settled.

Winnipeg. Manitoba, May 4.-The
grain market became moro settled to-
day than at any time in the last few
days, following the action Of the grain
exchange in "withdrawing facilities for
trading in May and July wheati'
It was announced today that trade
in May and July will be adjusted at
yesterdays> closing prices. The OPEN
Ing was very quiet and October be-
come the active trading month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
russ RADICALS
RESENT PEACE
DECLARATIONS
Soldiers and Citizens Make
Demonstration Against
Cabinet.
LEADERS DO NOT
APPROVE ACTION

Executive Committee Of Soldiers and
Wsrkmsn Finally Induce Crowds TO
pispsrss-Fersisn Minister MilukeH
Main obJ,et Of Attaek-Miiukon Ad-
drsssss Crowd and Tells Them Rus
Il. Can Not Bs Traitor 70 Allies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
GERMAN SUBS
REFUSE TO ND
j. S. SAILORS
Crew Of Rockingham Left
In SIS I Boats $50 Miles
From Land.
'sJNERS HAD NO
CHANCE TO SHOOT

Two undsrssa Beats In Vicinity ~
American ship But Remaln Sub.
merged Until Aftsr Torpedo nsss
Deadly Work-hsissins sest csn..
tanning Fourteen Men Picked VI 81
British steamsr.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
MATERIAL BREAKS IN
EARLY GRAIN TRADE
Decline Due TO Canadian American
Agreement to Regulate Pricss-May
Nhsat Early Drops Back 2t Cents
u iIssosvsry Quickly Follows.

m ~ r. Il ilAeas st ~ opens
- to1 osiIatiye reply
to ths G1I1diea Asnefican agreement
u = Itil Hin prices Wheat prices
yesterday touched new record tops
May this morning dropped q cents to
$2.5s; July, 10x cents to s2.15, and
September 8A cents to $1.S4 on the
flEst few sales.
A recovery followed. The volume Of
trade was restricted. May sold back
to $2l75. July at $2.21A and September
at $1.ssx.
! Resting orders In the hands Of COM
mission houses checked the decline in
corn. Offerings were light. After
opening unchanged to IN cents of, the
market underwent a general sag and
then recovered to within y cents Of
yesterdays finish.
Selling Of provisions was fairly lib
eral. Except in the case Of pork, tho
declines did not surpass 20 cents, a
setback not unusual on an ordinary
day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
Germans Launch Desperate
Counter Drives But Are
Repulsed.
BRITISH FAIL TO
MAINTAIN ALL GAINS
Compelled to Fall Back From Some
Advanced Positions Captured in
Thursdays Fishtins-Gernans Re-
port Capture Of Fresnoy and Por-
tions Of Advanced Positions Near
BuIIecourt by British.

British Headquarters in France, via
London, May 4.-The Germans made
desperate counter attacks thruout the
night against the positions won by the
British yesterday, but were everywhere
repulsed.
All thru the beautiful moonlight
night and again today British soldiers
were fighting on wide, front, tenaci-
ousIy holding the positions won yester-
day in the face Of the headlong coun-
ter-attacks of their foe. In some
places the fighting ebbed and flowed
as in the old days in the Somme cam
paign, when the casualties inflicted on
the enemy were regarded as more i'm
portant than specific gains Of ground.
The present fghting. however, Is more
intense. u
The latest reports from the battle
front showed that the Htnd denburg line
was pierced both northwest and south
west Of Bullecourt for long distances.
Germans Bitterly Defend Positions.
The Germans bitterly defended these
points, but once the British were in
the deep trenches they held on. They
fought so steadily there was neither
time for nor thought Of food. The
battlefelds were dry and dusty. how
ever, and water bottles had to be re-
plenished time and again.
y Today the sun lie shining. Ut Is one
of those rare days when all snatnrc
seems to cry out with the JOY OF liv-
ing. Yet under the early summer haze
Which is gathering about the battle
zone the grim bitterness Of war goes
on with an ever increasing toll Of dead
and dying.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
Aau.ne.d pn.itinna Moi Hald.

Advanced Positions Not Held.
London, May 4.-The British last
night made progress northwest OF ST.
Quentin and northeast of Hargicourt,
capturing Melskoff farm, the war office
announces. On the Arras front the
British have maintained their hold on
Fresnoy and all the positions captured
in that neighborhood in yesterdays
drive. 8zE
The British were compelled to fall
back from the advanced position cap
tured in the neighborhood of Cherisy
and astride the Arras- Cambria road,
the statement adds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
British Capture Fresnoy.

British Capture Fresnoy.
Berlin, via London, May 4-British
troops yesterday only succeeded in
taking F'resnoy and a"smali portions OF
our foremost reimbursement Bullecourt,
says the official statement issued to-
day by the German army headquar-
ters staff. @r
The battle against the English, the
statement adds. is continuing today.
The Germans took more than LOCO
prisoners.
Strong English cavalry forces have
been assembled southeast of Arras
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06

the farm woodlot, since the necessary
labor can for the most part be per:
formed in the winter, or at other
times when the farm work is slack.
War conditions make it especially
important that the farm woodlot be
utilized to the fullest at this time in
particular as source Of fuel. Coal
is high and scarce and even govern
ment Intervention cannot insure an
adequate supply throughout the win
ter on account Of labor and trans
portation difficulties. Every cord OF
fuel wood that is used will relieve
the tension by just that much, and
every farmer who can do so will
doubtless find it to be to his advan-
tage to put in good supply of cord
wood for himself, and to sell to 9TH
ers wherever possible. Many farmers
owning woodlots within hauling dis
lance Of towns and cities are now
finding a profitable sale for cordwood
in large quantities.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
WINTER FLOWING OF VALUE
Importance Of Opening Up Soil Not
Generally Realized by Farmers
and Gardeners.

The importance Of opening up the
soil of all land that was not put into
fall crops in time for it to get the full
benefit Of disintegrating frosts and
enriching SHOWS is not so generally
realized by farmers and home gar
deners as it should be.
More particularly are these atmos'
pheric effects of value on clay and
other stiff soils, and in the vegetable
garden and the orchard the turning
over and loosening Of the earth ex-
poses the alternating forms OF many
Insects to the sharp eyes OF BIRDS
poultry and the smaller rodents, while
those that are not eaten perish from
the disturbance.
While it is altogether better that
this working Of the ground should be
done in the fall, before the ground
has frozen, it can also often be done
during open spells from midwinter
until March, with the subsequent
freezes and SHOWS to produce the good
effects desired. OF course, this can
not be done unless the warm spells
are of sufficient duration to have the
ground thoroughly settled, else the
Job would be difficult and uusatisfac-
tory.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
GOOD MIXTURE FOR POULTRY
6iue Ointment and Vase'ine or Lara
Rubbed on Fowls Will Keep Away
External Parasites.

Don't forget to dose the hens and
chicks, after feathering, with an ONT
ment made of equal parts Of blue
ointment and vaseline or lard care
fully mixed together. Rub this thor
ough1y onto the skin under each wing
and also q little below the vent OF
each bird, using a portion of the ONT
nent the size Of q small grain OF
wheat for each Of the three places,
and half as much for aalf-grovn
.h!ck. Repeat once in two or three
>,cRths. This Is a sure remedy for all
s!nds' Of external poultry parasites, @
-ept mites
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06

bacteria that live on their roots. These
bacteria in return for being. given a
home (nodules) on the plant roots and
for food from the plant take nitrogen
from the air and leave it in the soil
for the plants use.
There are millions of dollars worth
Of this nitrogen over each acre; so the
bacteria have an almost endless sup'
ply to draw on.
The way to tap this great wealth is
to grow these plants that have these
wonderful bacteria on their roots.
These plants do not do well without
the bacteria. When alfalfa, clover,
peas, beans or any Of the other of
these 1egume plants are sown on
piece of land for the first time it is
usually necessary to SOW the bacteria
as well as the plant seed.
In these days when plant food is SO
important the greatest possible use
should be made Of the legumes, the
greatest food producers for man and
beast.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
efficient SCALY. LEG CURE
insects Which Cause Trouble Can Be
Killed by Application of Sulphur
and Lard.

Poultry kept in dirty houses often Is
troubled with coarse scales on the
legs. These are due to the presence
of mites, which have burrowed be"
meath the scales. They are air breath
ing insects, and the treatment consists
in depriving them of air.. This is done
by applying a mixture of equal parts
Of sulphur and lard, two or three
times. 1t is simple remedy, but an
efficient one. A free application OF
an ointment made by mixing a tea
spoonful Of coal oil. with teacupful
of lard, will bring relief, and should
in q short time work a cure.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
OATS IN FATTENING RATION
Good Feed for Brood Sows and Grow.
ing Pigs, But Not So Useful in
Finishing Hogs.

Ground oats will be- found a good
feed for brood sows and growing
pigs but not so useful as corn for
fattening hogs. When made a part
Of the fattening ration oats should
not constitute more than one-third Of
it, and probably one-fourth would be
better. The great hog fattener is
corn, aud nothing else on earth equals
it for gains or quality of product. But
corn is most effective in making gains
when balanced by some tankage or
oats or middlings, and here the oats
may be useful In the fattening proc
ess.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
PROFIT IN WOODL0TS
Big Increase in Income Can Be
Made With Good Handling.
War Conditions Make It Important
That Every Cord of Wood Be UtiI-
ized-Coal. lis Scarce and
Prices Are High.

(By F. G. MILLER, Dean. Idaho School
of Forestry
The United States census schedules
Of 1910 called for the value in de-
tail Of woodlot products sold from or
used on farms III 1909 This sched-
ule included irewood, fencing mate
rails, logs, railroad tfes telegraph and
telephone poles, materials, for barrels,
bark, stove wood, or other forest prod
ucts.
With proper handling the income
from the farm woodlots can be ire
mendously increased, and no other
class of forest land lends itself quite
so readily to forest management as
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
as.sa. 4 = ~
HELPFUL TRACTOR HINTS

Oil and grease on a tractor arc
cheaper than repairs plus t'mo
lost in obtaining 'them and get
ting started again.
Looking over all parts OF the
machine regularly is just as I'M
portant as regular feeding anu
watering of horses.
The wrong kind OF luDrlcat-
ing oil wastes power and fouls
every working part. Get IN
structions from the builders as
to kind and quantity OF Oil.
Sharp plows call for less pow
er from the engine to do good
work, hence less cost to operate
and longer life for the tractor.
Lengthening Of bitches between
engine and plow will often elm
mate a large part Of side draft,
which is another way Of reduc-
ing the cost of the work.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
WHY. RAISE LIVE STOCK?

Because the by-products OF
live stock are from year to year
advancing in prices and promise
to continue to in advance.
Among them are wool and hides.
Because no permanent system
Of agriculture is likely to be
adopted if the farmer does not \
base that on the growing of live
stock, in part. 1t is the lack OF
a permanent system that has led
to the exhaustion of our soil,
both as to it's plant food and as
to its humus.
Because the raising Of live
stock enables the farmer to utll-
lie his pastures, which, rightly
handled, are among the most
profitable acres on his farm.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06

Hundreds of young men from the
middle West won their shoulder straps
at the officers training camp ut Fort
Sheridan, III. Approximately 1900 were
made officers out of the 300 who took
the war course.
The Toledo CO., police announced
the capture of the six bandits who held
up the Huebner Brewery company
bOollkeeper and got away with SoHooo'
and the recovery of all the stolen
money.
Canadian wheat is pouring into the
United States duty free through every
customs district on the northern bOr-
der in largely increased volume, the de-
part1nent of commerce announced at
Washington.
Solicitation of bread production by
government supervision extending
from the wheat field to the bakery with
consequent elimination Of boarding
and specula ton, makes it possible for
the farmer to receive 40 per cent OF
the price paid for the loaf Of bread,
the food administration announced at
Washington.
William 3. Wilson, secretary of Ia
Dor, remained in his car and denied
himself to all callers after his arrival
at Portland. Ore, at the head OF the
presidential mediation commission,
seeking the adjustment of labor dis
putes in the Northwest. Felix Frank
furter, secretary of the commission
said Mr.. Wilson was i'll.
The commission which is to deter
mine the cost of producing milk and
the cost of distributing it in the Chi
cago district was made public at Chi
cago by Harry A. Wheeler, Illinois
food admin strator. From it's report
of costs, the government will set the
price Chicago consumers will pay for
milk. Likewise it will fix the price
Chicago milk dealers must pay the
farmers.
John Kentield, an expressman, fifty
two, was arrested at Peoria, ILL.,, ny
government agents and will be IN
termed. He said he hoped the kaiser
would kill every American soldier sent
to France.
Miss Tatiana Nichotaevna Romanofr,
second daughter Of Nicholas Roman
off, deposed emperor of Russia, has es-
capped from Siberia through fictitious
marriage to a son of former cham
berlain of the emperor and now Is on
her way to the United States, chape-
roned by an Englishwoman, according
to information made public at New
York by persons connected with the
Russian civilian relief.
Alice Karlson, a young school teach
err, who recently shot and killed her
father at their home in the Town OF
SCOTS, near Kalamazoo, Mich, was
acquitted by a circuit court jury.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
LEGUMES ARE MUCH FAVORED
Come Nearer to Giving Something for
Nothing Than Any Other PIants
Add Nitrogen.

Alfalfa, clover, beans, peas and the
rest of this. family produce the most
nutritious food and at the same time
add more nitrogen to the soil than
they remove.
Legumes come nearer to giving
something for nothing than any other
plants. Yet there is nothing mysteri-
BUS about these plants. They have
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
European War News

A congress of the Second Russian
army, with one dissenting vote, mas
adopted resolution approving all the
measures promulgated by the council
of national commissioners, including
the decree for an immediate armistlce
and peace and favoring the government
of the workingmen's and sol diers' del
egateS.
British cavalry have captured Bit
tir Station. about six miles southwest,
miles west of Jerusalem, according to
a British official communication issued
in London.
Apparently the peril of the Italian
troops guarding the Pave line and the
hill country in northern Italy against
the Teutonic allies is at an end. Large
numbers of British and French re-en-
orcements-infantry and artillery
have arrived upon the scene. Although
faced everywhere by superior numbers
of men and guns, the Italians have val
inntly defended every foot of ground
in the hills and along the Piave.
In an attack in the Verdun region.
the French troops captured first and
second German lines Of defense, in
Guiding deep dugouts, and also took
500 prisoners, according to the French
official communication issued at Paris.
British troops on the Cambrai front
in France have captured Bourlan vii
lage and virtually the whole of Bour-
Ian wood. including all the high
ground within Il, Field Marshal Haig
officially reported to London.
In the past few days the Germans
have sunk five Dutch fishing boats,
three outside the barred zone, accord
ing to a special dispatch to London
from Amsterdam.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
domestic

Emil Seidel, former Socialist mayor
of Milwaukee, was found guilty by a
1ury at Horizon, Wis, of using libel
bus language against Mayor Charles
Hawks, November II, and fined $50.
Seidel was charged with calling Hawks
"a traitor to the Constitution and a
two-by-four kaiser"
More than 100 Italians, most Of them
miners and shipyard employees, said
to belong to the Circolo Studj Social,
an alleged anarchistic society, were ar
rested in Seattle, Portland, Spokane,
Tacoma and other Northwestern cities
by federal agents in raids. According
10 federal agents, the Italians plotted
to help Germany win the war by TO-
menting a rebellion in Italy to over
throw King Victor Emmanuel.
g. $500
A cause for the suicide of Bryant n.
Barber, the Polo Cll.) banker who
feaped off the Grand Detour bridge
November 16, was revealed when Rob
ert l.. Bracken, attorney for the moth
or of Barber, gave out the statement
that the Barber bank was insolvent
and that 100000 of the depositors'
money was gone.
Ten persons, nine of them police de-
tectiyes and one a woman, were in.
stantly killed when a bomb exploded
in the squadroom of the Central street
police station at Milwaukee.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-06
Foreign

Dispatches from Copenhagen say
that behind the meeting of the Scandi-
navian monarchs and ministers at
Christiania this week lies the fear, I'M
founded though it may be. of Norway's
entry into the war and Of the German
menace that, in this case, she should
feel called uron to occupy Denmark as
CONFERENCE.-The.
The Victoria Cross has been award
ed Corporal Flip Konowal, Russian.
who enlisted with the Canadian forces
at Ottawa. Single-handed, he killed
ten Germans in q cellar Later he
captured machine gun, killing the
crew and bringing the gun back to his
own lines.
The Vatican is accused in an edi-
torial in the London Morning Post OF
| being implicated in the propaganda
which, the newspaper says, was large
| ly responsible for the recent Italian
| reverses.