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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
u. S. CONTROL OF ROADS
Is Advocated by Interstate Conn.,
merce Commission.
In Special Report to Congress Urges
Roads Be Operated as Unit
by President.

Washington, Dec. I'm q special
report to congress the interstate COM
merce commission recommends gov
eminent control in the operation of
the railroads of the United States
during the war.
The commission regards such a step
as the only solution to the freight con-
gestiOn Of the coutry and the rail-
road crisis.
After reciting conditions, the COM
mission says:
"The alternative is operation as a
unit by the president during the Pc
Rod of the war as a war measure un-
der the war powers vested in him
by the constitution and the powers
which have been or may be conferred
by congress"
Rate Increase insufficient.
Higher rates, Chairman Hall point
ed out, would not enable the lines to
obtain needed new capital.
The majority report, written by
Chairman Hail. said: I'm our opin-
ion the situation does not permit Of
temporizing. All energies. must be de-
voted to bringing the war to a sue
cessful conclusion and to- that end it
is necessary that our transportation
systems be placed and kept on the
plane of highest efficiency. This can
only be secured through unification
of their operation during the period
of the war"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT
EASILY RECOGNIZED
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected

An examining physician for one of the
prominent life insurance companies, in an
Interview of the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
20 many applicants for insurance are re-
iected is because kidney trouble is so COM
monte the American people, and the large
majafity of those whose applications are
declined do not even suspect that they
have the disease. u
Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence Of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is'
soon realized. It stands the highest for
its remarkable record of success.
We find that Swamp-Root is strictly
IN herbal compound and we would adj
wise our readers who feel in need of such .
remedy to give it trial. 1t is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
PLANES RAID ENGLAND
Six Foe Craft Penetrate To
London.
Defenders Down Two lnvaders-Take
Crews-Bombs Cause Fires
Casualties Light.

London, Dec S.-England has just
been raided by about 25 enemy air
planes. Six of these reached Lon
don.
Two of the raiders were brought
down, the crew Of three men on each
machine being captured.
Drop Bombs on Kent.
The bombing planes also flew over
Kent, dropping bombs.
Bombs dropped by the raiders
caused a number of fires in London
but all of them we're quickly brought
under control The casualties are be-
lieved to be light
Seven persons were killed and Il
injured in the air raid, Chancellor
Bonar Law announced in the House OF
Commons. OF the victims three were
killed and 10 injured in London.
London Puts Up Barrage.
The enemy raiders came early in
the morning, according to an official
statement issued by Lord French,
commander-in-chief- of home forces.
The airplanes were all clearly audi
BILE. A heavy barrage was put up
over LONDON against them.
Two and half hours elapsed be-
tween the first warning and the "ai'
clear" signal announcing the end Of
the raid.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
SoIons Promise Promptness In
War Declaration Against
Austria-Hungary.
DEBATE ITO Be SHORT
Turkey and Bulgaria Not Likely To
be Included at Present, Accord
ing to Indications-Both Houses
to Have Question at
Same Time.

Washington, Dec. S.-Within the
next Is hours, it is promised, Congress
will vote declaration of war against
Austria-Hungary.
Consideration of the war resolutions
will begin at once in both the Senate
and House and developments yester-
day virtually made it certain that SEN
timent in favor of including declara-
lions against Turkey and Bulgaria in
spite of President Wilson's advice had
been checked.
confidence that debate would be COM
paraticely brief, and that the declara-
ton would be approved by overwhelm-
ing votes before adjournment today.
The only obstacles lie in the difficult
ties of Senate procedure and techni-
cal differences over the form of final
draft.
War Existed For Months.
The House, after Chairman Flood
had submitted a report stating that a
state of war with Austria actually had
existed for some months and that Am
erican troops probably soon would be
fighting on the Italian front, formally
agreed to proceed with consideration
of the resolution as unanimously re-
ported by its committee. After sew
eral hours deliberation the Senate for
eign relations committee unanimously
approved a resolution in somewhat
similar form and directed Chairman
Stone to place it before the Senate.
The House committees report dealt
with the causes for the declaration,
reciting Austrian submarine depreda-
lions, her approval of the German sub
marine policy and the intrigues and
plots of her official representatives in
this country.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
.BYNC RETREATS
UNKNOWN TO FOE
British In Perfect Order Evacu<
~. ate PeriIous Salient AS
Measure of Safety.
TAKE BETTER POSITION
Ca4nbrai Salient Evacuation Take7
Place Before Germans Know of
ovcment-Teutons Make
Thrust On Italian Front.

With the British Army in France,
Dec. S--Apparently without the Ger
mans even having knowledge of the
movement, the carefully laid plans of
General Byng to withdraw his troops
at various points on the Cambria sal
lent to more tenable positions have
been carried out in perfect order.
The falling back was made neces-
sary by wedges driven into the salient
last week by the Germans which on
several sectors threatened disaster to
the British should they continue to
hold their positions. From an arc ex'
tending before Cambria, distance OF
about Is miles, the new British front
has been lessened to a length of about
10 miles with the bases resting in
the north in the region Of MoeuVres
and in the south near Gonnelieu.
Germans Claim Towns Won Back.
AS a result of the backward move.
ment the Germans claim the reoccupa'
ton of Graincourt, Anneux, Noyelles
and the woods and heights north of
MARCHING and that their uncontested
gain has been to depth of about two
and half miles over front OF six
and quarter miles.
The Berlin war office asserts that
since the German offensive in the Cam
brai region began British prisoners in
excess of 5000 and 14S big guns have
been taken.
Violent Battles in Italy.
On the Italian front the Austro-
Germans are making frantic attempts
to break through upon the plain of
Venetia. In the Asiago plateau region
battles of almost unprecedented vio-
lence are taking place. the Teutonic
allies using a great array of guns and
countless thousands OIL men.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
Three Germans Plead Guilty.

San Francisco, Dec. 7.-Lieutenant
Baron Wilhelm Won Brincken of the
German army, former military attache
of the German consulate here with
drew his plea of not guilty in the
Hindu plot trial and pleaded guilty.
The example was followed by two
other observation-disclosures Roedik, for
mer German consul at Honolulu, and
H. r. Shredder, Roedik's former Sec
rotary. The three men will be ar
raigned for sentence. Bopp and Won
Schaak, two other defendants, will
stand tlial.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
II G Ieoion of Honor Asked.

Washington, Dec. GA joint resolu-
ton to establish an American Legion
of Honor and to permit American
soldiers to receive decorations Tor
gallant service from foreign nations
has been introduced by Senator Ow-
en-. The legion would consist Of 200
named by the President, with con-
firnation by the Senate. who had per-
formed distinctive war service in con-
nection with military operations or
otherwise. 1t provides for ribbons or
other decorations to be selected by
the President and for cross of valor.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head.
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation OF
food, palpitation Of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach. August Flower
is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and atimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and Impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
30 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
Champion Steer $2.1o Per Poun,

Chicago, Dec. Beef on the hoof
went up to S2.10 pound here when
the grand champion steer of the In
ternational Live Stock exposition
Merry Monarch-was sold to the
Congress hotel. The steer weighed
1000 pounds and was entered by Pur-
due University. Clay, Robinson &
Co., as Purdue's agents, sold him to
the American Shorthorn Breeders AS
ISOLATION, for S2.O5 a pound. He was
Immediately resold to the Congress
for 1891, or s2.10 pound, the high.
est price ever paid for beef steer.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
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ROUMANlA SENDS WORD
. NO SEPARATE PEACE

+ A Pacific Port, Dec. IA mes :
+ sage from King Ferdinand of .
+ Roumania declaring his country :
+ would never make a separate :
!. peace is being carried to Presi- :
:. dent Wilson by members of the :
!. Roumanian Red Cross mission to :
j. America, which has landed at a :
j. Pacific port, according to a state :
j. ment here by Lieut.. Frank Con- :
j. ner, interpreter for the mission. :
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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
Work on AirpIane Stock Begun.

Portland, Ore, Dec. Cool. Bryce
p. Disque, u S. A., director of spruce
production in the Northeast, announc-
ed that the first contingent of troops
for service in Getting out airplane
stock had arrived in the Northwest.
Actual operations of the spruce pro-
ductfon bureau will be begun at once.
Colonel Disque said, and it is expected
the maximum production of 100000
feet month will be attained within
a few weeks. Organization of the
Loyal Legion of Loggers and LuD-
termen is proceeding rapidly.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
6 BRITISH SHIPS WEEKS LOSS
U-Boat Toll Two Greater Than Week
Before.

London, Dec. 7.-Sixteen British
merchantmen of more than 1000 tons
were sunk by mines or submarines in
the last week, according to the admir-
atty statement. One vessel under 1000
tons and four fishing vessels also were
sunk.
The loss to British shipping by mine
or submarine the previous week COM
prised IA merchantmen of 1900 tons
and over and seven of less than that
tonnage.
Italy Loses Five Ships.
Rome, Dec. CLOSES of Italian
shipping from submarine activity dur
ing the week ended Dec. 2 were one
steamer of more than 1900 tons, one
under that tonnage and three small
sailing vessels, it is officially an
nounced.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
DRAFT INSTRUCTORS GUILTY

Nine, Including One Woman, Sen
fenced In Kansas City.
Kansas City, Dec. IA jury in fed
eral court here returned a verdict of
guilty against nine of the 10 defend
ants charged with conspiracy to OBJ
struct- operation of the selective
draft law Judge A. S. Van Valken'
burgh sentenced the eight convicted
men to terms of two years each IN
tl.. federal penitentiary and fines of
$1,000 each and costs, and fined the
one woman, Mrs. Leonora Warneson
Moore, a former school teacher
81, 900.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
Money Rate Raise Due to Peace Talk

Money Rate Raise Due to Peace Talk.
The Hague, Dec. THE rapid rise
of the exchange rate of the German
mark is due to peace rumors, in the
opinion of finance circles, peace that
would mean a German peace. About
a year ago, when financial circles re-
ceived premature information of the
peace offer, 1t was preceded by a
sharp fall of the mark, as also the
case at the time of the latest peace
efforts of Germany. From this it may
be gathered that this is considered
a favorable period for Germany to
make peace.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
CAPTURE 1900 ITALIANS
Berlin Claims New Success Against
Allies in Italy.

Berlin, Dec. 7.-Eleven thousand
Italians have been captured by the
Austro-Germans in their new Often
sive on the mountainous front OF
northern Italy. it was officially an
nounced by the German war Office.
Italian positions in the Melette re-
gion of the northern front were taken
and held by the Teutonic forces, and
captured more than 60 guns, the state
ment says.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
An Opportunity.

do you think Bliggins wants to
fight for his country?"
Undoubtedly. He never missed
any other chance to fight. he now
has the opportunity Of his life to put
q belligerent disposition to a good &C.
count
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
LIBBY ON SAFETY COMMISSION
Succeeds Ames of St. PauI-O. S. Not
To Intervene.

% InteTVcUS.
St. Paul, Dec. 7.-Removal Of G: W..
Amas of ST. Paul as a member of the
Public Safety commission; appoint
ment of H. w. Libby, former vice
president of the State Federation OF
Labor III his place; explanation of the
controversy over the wearing of but
tons and an appeal to union men to
be done with such trivial and tech
meal matters" by Mr.. Libby; and
word from Washington that depaprt-
ments there would not intervene while
matters were under state control, are
developments tending to clarity the
situation in the Twin Cities.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
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: EMPEROR Of AUSTRIA
: IS STRONG FOR PEACE

Amsterdam, Dec. AT the
reception of the Austrian dele
CATION, says Vienna dispatch,
the emperor remarked to the
president of the parliaments:
1T will be the finest day of my
life when l can conclude peace
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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
SAMMIES ON CASUALTY LIST
Two Killed and Eleven Injured by
Last Report.


Last Report.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE war de-
partment announces the names of ID
more American troopers killed or
wounded in the trenches. The cas-
ualties cover a period from November
IL to II.
The list contains the names of two
dead, seven severely wounded and
four slightly wounded. They were
taken under the fire of Germans dur
ing their training period in the
trenches somewhere in France
General Pershing gave no details of
the fighting. It was made plain at
the war department, however, that
these were not the men who took part
in the fighting on the Cambria front
These we're all infantrymen.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
1t Has All Been Said.

"Are you getting ready to make q
big speech in congress
NO." answered Senator Sorghum
mot unless a new topic develops.
think I have offered or listened to
every possible observation on every
conceivable subject available up to this
time"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
TO SPEND 40 BILLION A YEAR
Allies Annual War Cost Five Times
Greater Than Huns.

Washington, Dec 7.-Forty billion
dollars a year-five times Germany's
annual war expense-is what it is
costing the Allies to eliminate the
Hohenzollern menace, according to
figures furnished by reliable sources
here.
While Germany is spending $780,
ooO, 900 monthly, according to ner
own admission, Great Britain and
America together will spend s29,0O0,-
Oo0. 900 in the first year of this coun-
try's participation in the war. France,
Italy and other Entente Powers will
bring the total up to 40,00O,0OO, 900.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13

Bulgaria Wants Message Direct.
Washington, Dec. 7.-Dr. Stephan
Panaretoff, Bulgarian minister, will
ask the state department to transmit
President Wilson's message to con.
gress direct to Bulgaria.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
BOURBON, ""POCKET OF HE'LL"
Trees Shattered, Ground Scared,
Corpses Everywhere.

With the British Armies in France,
Dec. 7.-Trecs of Bourbon heights are
splintered away. The ground Is
evilly pock-marked by the dread dis
ease of war. Pools of Shiny, sugges'
lively red, water stretch everywhere.
Corpses are scattered about thickly
The defenders are too busy to bury
them. A horrible stencil from these
torn and mangled remains rises to
mingle with fumes of exploding shells
and Prussian gas. Overhead Boche
shrapnel bursts in an everlasting
barrage.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
To Stop Wire Tapping in N. Y.

New York, Dec. 7.-Announce-
ment that the tapping of telephone
wires would not he permitted after
Jan. 1, except under the authority of
the courts or district attorneys is
anade by John F. Hylan, mayor elect.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
The Draft.

Said a "rooky'' to his companion,
both bound for military service at
Camp Sherman at Chillicothe, o.:
Say. what put the chill in Chilli
cothe?'' O. .r-t
II don't know. What did?'
1.-THE draft" -lndianapolis News.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative, three for cathartic. Adj
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
sims on Allied Naval Board.

Sims on Allied Naval Board.
Washington, Dec. 7.-Admiral Sims,
commander of, the American naval YES
sells in foreign waters, will unioubt-
eddy be the American representative
on the newly formed inter-Allied ma
val committee.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13

. A political victory only lasts about
forty-eight hours. Then the struggle
begins to prevent 4 future defeat.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13

The difference between a skin-deep
beauty and the other kind is that you
get the other kind ut the drug store.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
U, S, to Send Troops to Italy.

.. >. TO SeHu IrUUPS 20 Ttdry'
Washington, Dec. THE House
foreign affairs committees report on
the war resolution declares the Unit
ed States probably soon will send
troops to Italy.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-12-13
TRAGEDY Of the Cuisine.

Tragedy of the Cuisine.
did you tell the cook she must
economize?"
"Yes," replied young Mrs. 'rorkins.
"She asked me what it meant and l
said to avoid waste. She said she mao
90 more waist than have and 1t was
nobody's business anyhow; and she's
going to leave tomorrow"
The Dickinson press., 1917-04-07

Wendelin Lacher, living southeast
of Richardton, is going to do some
bonanza farming this spring. He in
tends to put in 100 acres of wheat,
$50 acres Of flax, 125 acres of barley
and rs acres of oats. Last fall he
harvested 2270 bushels of wheat, 700
bushels of flax, 1860 bushels of barley
and 800 bushels of oats. Mr.. Lacher
came to Richardton from southern
Russia Is years ago, poor in this
worlds goods but rich in energy and
thrift. Last summer he built beau
tiful farm home 30x26, two stories
high.
For the first time in their history
Schafer and Watford has a smallpox
epidemic. The disease first broke out
in Watford several days ago. A
number of cases have developed there
since and when it was supposed the
spread of the disease was checked it
broke out at Schafer. There are two
cases there at the present time.
Those affected are young son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Elickson and
young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. L.
Moe. No new cases have developed
since. School was dismissed and
every precaution has been taken to
check the spread of the disease.
The Dickinson press., 1917-04-07
The Dunn Center rifle club has
membership of rs.

The Dunn Center rifle club has a
membership of rs.
Hettinger is planning On having a
market day on April 7th.
Mrs. Ed. Herbert of Werner was
called to St. Louis, Missouri, on Mon
day last by the serious illness Of her
mother.
The oldest child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Richardson of about eight miles
east of Schafer is suffering with diph-
liberia.
OK. Wildegrube of California ar
rived in Werner last week to have
charge of the Werner creamery. The
creamery was opened on Monday last.
It is reported that Peter Palm of
Richardton, who is now in Arkansas,
is not improving in health as fast as
his friends desire.
J. E. Gunderson, cashier of the
First State Bank Of Killdeer, is en-
joying a visit from his brother,
Casper E. Gunderson Of Ryder.
H. H. Eldredge has resigned as
agent at Taylor for the Standard Oil
Company and Filing Helmer has ac-
cepted the agency for the Taylor To-
cality.
Adolf Rieger and family, for the
past several years residents on a
farm five miles north of New Leipzig,
departed last Saturday together with
their household effects for Montana
where they will make their future
home.
Herman Brown is back at Verne,
from Hope, Idaho, to which point he
moved last fall. He says Idaho is q
good state but he is back in Dunn
county to stay, as he considers that 8
young man has far better chance
there than farther west.
Joe McGrath Of Haynes was burnt
to death recently when a shack locat'
ed a mile and a half southwest o.
Haynes caught fire, cremating Jot
McGrath. Mr.. McGrath had livet
there for the past seven years ant
was about so years old.
A. N. Gather of Defiance wal
found to be insane last week ant
was taken to the hospital at James
town. Mr. and Mrs. Gather are wei
known in Golden Valley, having livet
there last summer and then moved t,
defiance, where he taught school tn
past winter.
Chas. Smith, who sold his farm ma
chinery and stock at public sale il
Dunn county in the fall of 1915, an
left for Wisconsin, is back again il
Dunn county. His car of immigran
movables was unloaded in DUN
Center late last week and his famil
Iarrived last Tuesday evening. MI
Smith thinks that Wisconsin is al
right for anyone that likes it but fo
him there is nothing like the broad
free prairies Of North Dakota.
Chas. Book and Miss May Rosell
Hughes Of Marmarth were united i
marriage at the Methodist parsonag'
at II o'clock last Wednesday morning
Rev. Benson speaking the words tha
Joined this young couple as man an
wife. They will be at home on thei
farm south of Marmarth, where Nj
Book is a rancher and farmer.
The Dickinson press., 1917-04-07

which brought me out of it all right, so
am now we'll and do all my housework,
besides working in my garden. Several
of my neighbors have got we'll by TAX
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. - Mrs. VIOLA FIN1CAL, Wagon
er, Okla.
Such warning symptoms as sense of
suffocation, hotfashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through the crisis.