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be q nasty point. and the Twenty
ninth were told to take il. So the
battalion crawled out on No Mans
Land and lay there for two hours
while the artillery got in its work.
Unknown to them the Germans in
the opposite trench had also crawl
ed out in q similar srrand, and when
the opposing barrages lifted there
was q sudden fierce conflict in the
open.
The Germans quickly had enough
Of It and backed up to the trench
stub. which was powerfully defended
by barbed wire, and a terrible ma
chine gun on the parapet demicated
the Canadian ranks. OF the $50 men
who went over. perhaps two-thirds
reached the entanglements in front
of the trench stub, but many fell
there, the gun playing on them like
a hose. Hanna, however, plunged
ahead, wormed his way through the
entanglements and hurled a bomb
at the gun. Luckily IL struck, and
the gun was shattered and the crew
killed or injured. Hanna was alone.
All his comrades seemed killed or
wounded. Every officer was down.
The rest OF the battalion had swept
on. Hanna Jumped down into the
trench and in a second saw a num-
Der Of Prussian Guards advancing.
They rushed him. but as the FIRST one
was five yards away he shot him,
using his last bullet, and then at
tackled the others with his bayonet.
He killed two, and then, as another
appeared apparently from the sky,
he dashed his brains out with his
butt.
Alone In German Trenches.
He continued to advance down
the trench. Presently he heard
voices and saw the mouth of a dug
out He was without ammunition
ana had no bombs. but he spied a
German bomb and this he hurled
into the dugout killing or wound
Ing every German there. He moved
along Q few feet further and saw
another dugout He hunted round
in the trench and got hold of a
couple more bombs, which he threw
Into the dusout. He remarks,
There was no more noise in this
dugout" Soon Afterwards Hanna
caught sight Of q number of Cana
dian soldiers from another COM
pany, and as there were no officers
anywhere about he took charge of
them and led them through the en-
tire trench in . "mopping- ex-
pedition. and the position remain
ed in the hands Of the Canadians,
thanks to Bob Hanna, a couple Of
years before . lumberjack.
Saved Many Lives-
Hanna had accomplished some
thing more than the slaughter Of q
score or two Of Germans. He had
saved one battalion. perhaps two
rrhe Germans who were killed In
the duEouts had besn left there "a
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RAPS NEW SYSTEM.
Correspondent Believes II 0fes
Danger to Passengers.

Danger to Passengers.
To the Editor Of the Washington
Herald: With all due respect TO the
new sktp-stop. etc. of the street cars
Of Washington City, beg leave 20
call attention TO the following: I
have listened to many complaints In
regard to the transfer stops.
Just one case now / mention has
been my experience. Going south
on Fourteenth street with q trans
fer for @ and Fourteenth, I found
that ] had to walk across two
streets in front OF four (t) lines OF
passing carsI II will not be diff
cult to main or kill q person there.
Some eight or ten years ago
Congress passed Q law that the
transfer should be on the same side
OF the street the passenger got or
This law was passed because %
many had been hurt as one had 20
cross IN front OF cars for q trans
fer. as Is now arranged. Has the
law mentioned been repeaiedf !
hope not
p. IRWIN Matthew
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We're going to have flour made of beans pretty
soon. That1l be fine. piece of pork slipped into
the dough and we'll have combination of bread
and pork and beans.
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Columbia University, though faced with def
cit of 100000, due to student enlistments has
bought $Iso,ooo worth of liberty bonds
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"Danny, the Detective!S
BY v. C. Barclay.

1'he Putnams will publish in the
late spring q volume entitled Danny.
the Deceive. by v. c. Barclay. II,
this delightfully-told story. Wolf
Cubs figure prominently. The Wolf
Cubs form the Juvenile section. Of
the Boy Scout Movement, and in
this service there are great oppor-
tunities and much promise for boy
betterment. The present book is a
stirring story Of adventures and
detective work. The author. q
daughter Of Mrs. Florence l. Bar
clay, the well-known novelist, has
done notable service in the develop
ment of this fine branch Of boy bet
terment work.
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Newsie Notes.
.Raymondt Life and Death,


edition of Sir oliver Lodges Ray
mond, or Life and Death: with EX-
ampIes of the Evidence for Survival
of Memory and Affection After
Death" The continual popular de-
mand for this book, which was one
of the notable publications OF 1917.
makes necessary its being issued in
this new form.
1t is always OF interest to know
what books the public likes to read
and such data on new publications
is comparatively easy to obtain
from the frequently published lists
of the six, twelve or twenty best
sellers OF the week. month or year.
But it has frequently been Ques-
toned whether these temporary
favorites actually indicate the book
lovers mature judgment. The rec
ords of the public libraries show
that the titles most in demand for
a given period are far down on the
list a comparatively short time aft
erwards. So the results of the
guessing contest which Is now be-
ing conducted by Boni & Liveright.
publishers of the sixty-cent Modern
Library series. will be of some little
interest when they are announced
in July.
The publishers are asking the
reading public to guess which
twelve of the thirty-five titles on
their list. prior to March 1st (there
are now fifty titles) were the best
sellers from March 1. 1917, to March
1, 1918. Although the Modern Ii
brary includes books that have
never before been published in this
country. most Of the list is made
up of reprints of copyrighted and
uncopyrighted modern classics" by
such well-known authors as Ibsen,
Wilde. Wells, Meredith, Shaw, Tur-
geney. Dunsany. Howells. Anatole
France, Swinburne. etc, etc.
So far from this contest we may
receive information that will add to
our knowledge of the public's more
sober literary taste. As guide
to the guessers. the publishers an
nounce that the two most popular
titles were, The Way Of All Flesh
by Samuel Butler. and Nietzsche's
"Zarathustra," the two worst SELL
ers being Kipling's Soldiers Three
and Maeterlinck's "A Miracle Of St
Antony"
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The Panama Plot.

The Panama Plot, by Arthur B.
Reeve Harper q Bros, N. Y, s1.40
nett is scientific deduction to the nth
degree. Mr.. Reeve hardly needs to
be introduced to readers in Washing
ton. His stories are well known, in
fact, better known than any modern
detective fiction.
Sherlock Holmes had his day, a.
did other uncanny sleuths. but Mr.,
Reeves hero, Craig Kennedy, creeps
In on the tired reader with an entirely
new interest and shows him that
criminals are caught BY method
bsyond his fondest imagination. Thil
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time Mr.. Reeve carries yus TO South
America, where both the climate and
temper Of the individuals therein are
about alike as far as temperature u
concerned. Mr.. Reeve has about given
US his best in the Panama Plot. For
the man or woman who II tired OF
commonplace detective stories It u
the best ever.
Men Who Are Making America.
This publication (Forbes Publishing
Company, Inc, s. neD might well be
called "The Men Who Are Making
Democracy Safe for the World" II
deals with instances In the lives Of
Americas greatest geniuses. II can
not but help inspire and assist the
millions Of ambitious and dfligent
young men who are bending their en-
ergies to become successful and use
ful citizens.
Many Of the men mentioned In this
book are now giving their entire time
to the government to help prosecute
the war. They have been called upon
because Of their extraordinary abili-
ties along some particular lines-for in
stance. transportation. finance, manu-
facture. shipping. mining, engineer
ing. etc. We might mention hun
dreds Of other lines OF business, but
they are too well known to everyone.
The book contains biographies of
practically every man in America who
Is recognized as a captain Of finance
or industry. and many a struggling
young man can gain valuable infor-
nation and inspiration by reading
about the great men who are admit
tedly the backbone Of the greatest
countr yon earth.
The Soul Of democracy.
Democracy. a word, we think too
often Juggled in these days when
the forces of autocracy stand face
to face with the forces of what We
know as democrcy. The Soul Of
Democracy" by Edward Howard
Griggs, deals with as important q
subject as peace itself-he deals
with the state OF democracy in a
manner calculated to inspire his
readers. What at bottom does the
war mean? Why has IL been ol2'
war from the beginning? What will
be the effect OF the war upon our
social philosophy and upon the fu-
ture of democracy? These are the
questions which DR.. Griggs answers
in this volume. The respective
values Of democracy and paternal-
ism for efficiency. invention. en-
durance and finally for the welfare
and progress OF humanity are stud
led in a series OF chapters cuimi-
mating in an analysis of the effect
of the war upon socialism. femin-
ism. religion. education and litera-
ture. While the book Is one of pro-
found social philosophy II is simple
and attractive in style and popular
in its appeal. (The Macmillan Com
pany. s1.25 net-)
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Ewes Loquacity.

The suffrasettes and feminists will
not approve of the statement that
at was Ewes over-speech to Adam
which engufled our race" and ap-
parently has kept Il fairly well en-
quilted ever since. So.l at least.
Charles Courtenay asserts in 'The
Empire of Silence" This book.
which Is encyclopedia in its scope.
is published In this country by Stur-
gis and Walton Company. .. It con-
tains every aspect Of silence as an
antidote to the Ills of garrulousness,
and should make rs love silence. the
fifth monastic virtue, and TO cease
from being "a mouth unbridled. Of
which the gates stand ever wide,
to quote Aristophanes. The book
contains quotations from Maeter-
linck, Oliver, wendell Holrcs. 81.
Francia d'Assisi Madam Guyon'
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Modern Civic Art.

Modern Civic Art q. p. Putnam's
Sons, N. " written by Charles Null
ford Robinson, Is a book Of all books
for Washington. II there is any city
in the country wthoe residents have
both studied and practiced civic art,
II Ii Washington, the National Cap
ital.
Nevertheless. Mr.. Robinson tells a
great deal more about how cities are
made beautiful than we have ever
learned. or ever will learn. from Con-
gressional debates on the subject. Be
ginning wita an explanation of his
book, Mr.. Robinson deals with every
imaginable problem that IL apt TO al
any time face those engaged In the
work Of beautlfying q city.
He II well known to the improve
ment committees OF nearly every
large city In the country and there
fore well qualified, not only to deal
with the beautiful, but with the prac-
teal side Of city building and beau.
tification as well. The publication
sells for s5 net, S3.25 by mail, and
should be In the hands of every citi-
zen interested In municipal welfare.
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Dante, Robert Burns and confucius.
and many others. As We have been
recently assured by Mr.. John Cooper
Powys that our education u I'm
headiines," this book should be use
fuL for We can either uss it 10 head
iine," or take it 81 it deserves TO be
taken and become at least . little
more profound. The euffragettes and
their grandmother, Eve, are amply
revenged, since they draw only one
chapter ont Of twenty-five, and mans
loquacity has reached the narcotic
stage Of Papa. chatter 10 US, that
We may fail asleep"
Prank wedekind.
In the midst Of the great world
events now passing, the death Of
Frank wedekind. In Munich. on Feb
ruary D. at the age Of 81, has re-
mained almost unnoticed. Yet he 10
one Of the outstanding literary hg-
ures OF our age. q writer whom crit
les place on q par with Ibsen. Strind-
berg. zola and Dostoyevsiy. Merci-
less In probing the truth to the bot
tom, no matter where II led, he un-
covered In his dramas all the Ills and
the ugiiness of existing society. cut
the body Of humanity open, took its
heart into his hand and exhibited Il
to the gaze, Of all. II was not Q
pleasant sight. but wedekind hated
sham above everything else. He
wanted the reality. and II that was
disappointing. then, in wedekind's
opinion. the best way TO change and
improve II was not to fool oneself
about 1t and pretned that It Is what
it is not. but to boldly face the ac-
tuality.
wedekind was a man OF striking
personal appearance. and an actor, of
high rank. who performed in his
own plays. We catch a glimpse of
him as actor In "Erdgeist," from
the following description by a dra-
matte critic, which Is especially In
teresting In view OF the recent pub
lication In English (Boni and Live
right Of "Erdgeist" and "Pandora's
Box"
He stood on the stage with wide
open eyes. his strong chin thrust
forward in defiant aggressiveness.
His face was hard and implacable.
His left hand played with the circus
whip: with his right he pulled the
pistol out of his pocket and fired
away. Come In! Come in" he
cried, every word q command, So
Frank Wedekind. the actor. stood
before the public as manager Of the
menagerie, when he recited the pro-
logue to 'Erdgeist.' And SO wede-
kind stands as poet in the worlds
literature
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Botehkarova Q womans

Florence Harper. who had a keen
eye for the Russian revolution as II
affected women. has this to say of
Botchkarova and her Women's Bat
talon OF Death in her new book,
Runaway Russia: The object of
the Woman's Battalion was to in
spire the men TO fight. They failed
in this. It was a splendid failure, but
nevertheless they failed. That these
women were brave goes without say
ing. They were sincere and patriotic.
No doubt many OF them enlisted for
the adventure Of the thing. but they
enlisted while knowing that they
were playing with death.
"Botchkarova was q maitresse
femme. It IL impossible to think Of
her as q woman. She II muscular
and strong. She walks and talks like
man, and she has the face Of q
man. She has a. much pride in her
physical strength as she has in being
the first woman officer Of the first
women's battalion. II In said that q
great many girls left the FIRST bat
talon because of the discipline. That
10 partially true. but a great many OF
these girls left the first battalion be-
cause they could not stand the per-
sonal conduct Of Botchkarova. This
was proved by the fact that 90 per
cent OF these girls Joined the second
battalion and made good soldiers"
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Saved Many Lives.

Hanna had accomplished some
thing more than the slaughter Of q
score or two Of Germans. He had
saved one battalion. perhaps two.
The Germans who were killed In
the dugouts had besn left there "a
>oxr,xrxn az ,.a, NIX.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE MN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
INCREASED DIFFICULTIES
FOR THE ALLIES.

St. Joseph MO- News-Express: ::
Germany is now harder customer
to handle than she was a few
months ago. The Russian breakup
aud the Rumanian peace have had
a depressing effect upon the allies,
but their reaction in Germany will
be fully as deplorabie. These things
have changed the entire aspect of
the war, and made highly improb-
able any genuine political reform
within Germany. The American
people have not failed to see how
greatly encouraged Germany is as
the result of what has been taking
place. The success in Italy, partial
as it is, was the beginning OF this
better feeling. Then came the
Russian collapse, with the possibili-
ties that thousands of square miles
of territory, once the property OF
dreaded enemy, are to come under
German control. The peace with
Rumania only adds to the Joy OF the
military leaders. The depression
and apprehension of last summer
have given way to high hopes of a
triumphant march toward the cast
By bringing home all this plunder
the junkers can snap their fingers
at the danger OF political up
heaval, and the conscience OF the
German people will probably be put
to sleep by booty.
1t is doubtful whether Germany
would now consent to peace on The
basis of the status quo ante. Thi:
she longed for while things were
going against her, but now the ole
time arrogance and lust for con
quest have reasserted themselves
That there would be any chance
now for acceptance of the peace
terms outlined by President Wilson
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
MEN WHO CAME BACK
BY Harry Lauder.

You folks out here, so lar from
the war zone, cannot comprehend
the hellishnesS OF the Hun. On your
map OF France there are names of
towns. They simply do not exist
They have been cleaned out by the
Hun, wiped off as clear as the floor
on which ! stand.
do not see how 4 man physically
fit can stay away from the front
when such a menace faces the world.
What are the folks at home going
to do for Us when this war is over
the boys yon are asking.
we here at the front do not want
to quit until the Hun is broken,
they say.
Every one OF us at home must
see to it that he does all possible
to back up the boys at the front.
They are there to give their lives,
their limbs, their health, ii need be,
and for Gods sake let us at home
not try to measure our dollars
against what they are gladly sacri-
hcing,
We all must fight and stick. We
must and will win, and this will be
better world after the war is over
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HARD ON FRANCE.

Tulsa World: While we are CON
Sidering what the United States has
to lose by the evident intention of
the bolsheVik government 10 repu-
diate all obligations entered into by
former regimes, it is well that we
remember that France of all the
nations is hardest hit by the Slav
smashup. France stands to lose not
less than $l,600,000,O0, and the
probability is that, even should Len
inc and Trotzky disappear from
leadership there will not be CO.
herent nation to assume and pay
the debts OF old Russia. At the end
of the war the once mighty Slav
empire will be found under half a
dozen unfriendly flags. Ukrainia
is already separate nation. and it
comprises some of the richest por-
tiouS OF the old combination. Fin
land has gone into business OH her
own hook, and Poland and the Bal
tic provinces are in German hands,
Siberia, ii not gobbled up by Japan,
will be an independent entity. None
OF these fragments will volunteer to
assume any part ofthe Russian debt.
Russia proper if any such thing
survives, will be too poor and too
saturated with Socialistic ideas to
have any sense OF obligation or
ability to pay.
The reputation idea seems to
appeal to the Russian Socialists. 1t
is relic of a regime that they have
discarded and they feel like these
debts are not their affair. They
will tell US to collect them if we
can from the exile Nicholas. This
i'll addition to the fact that France
has been the chief sufferer in a
military sense. Had the Slavs re-
mained by their guns there is nc
reason to believe that the Germans
would have been able to strengthen
their western line with hundreds OF
thousands OF seasoned troops from
the eastern theater. 1t behooveS Us
then, in common with Britain and
Italy, to do all We can to relieve
France from the enormous burden
placed upon her.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-19
ArttmOre, Tuesday. March ls, 1918.
UNSINKABLE SHIP IMPRAC-
TlCAL.

Official examination by United
States navy experts OF the convert
ed Austrian steamer Lucia IS SAID
to have resulted in the conclusion
that this much-advertlsed vessel IS
really "nonsinkable" But for all
that, ii is not expected that the ex-
perts Will approve the device that
makes il so, and recommend It Tor
general adoption by our merchant
fleet.
The 'buoyancy boxes with which
the Lucia is packed and lined are
evidently sufficient to keep her atioat
after receiving injuries that would
send any other craft to the bottom.
She may be filled with water, and
vet float like a raft. This would
probably save the lives OF many
sailors who might otherwise be
drowned before help came. But
from the standpoint of transporta-
ton efficiency, the plan rs said to
have this fatal defect-it We" ldnt
necessarily save the cargo or the
ship.
A torpedo might damage the YES
sci so that she would be OF no fur
ther use after the survivors were
taken off. There would be little
likelihood OF towing her TO port and
salvaging her.
Ii is argued that real progress III
building our bridge to Pershing
consists rather in the methods al
ready adopted, providing ordinary
types of ships in great numbers, and
meanwhile fighting U-boats more
vigorously. The experts don't ek-
pect this or any other big war prob
lem TO be solved by miracle or by
a single happy thought. They e1-
pect TO win by what were doing
now-and more OF it.
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GUM FOR EUROPE.

Our European brethren have al
ways ieered at America tor our
sum-chewing habit. And now Eu-
rope itself is chewing gum.
A big English business man ar
rived in New York the other day
with orders from the British gov
ernment to buy large quantities OF
yum. lie reports that an American
gum factory opened in England a
Short time ago is so oyerrun with
business that it is SIX months be
hind in its orders.
The gum, it appears, is mostly
consumed in the army. The British
officers encourage their men to use
it. When the practice was first in
troduced, early in the war, by Cana
dian troops and American yolun-
teers, it was frowned upon. But the
army authorities have seen a new
light. They hnd that the gum Is I
pretty good substitute ior tobacco.
Chewing, like smoking, tends to
quiet the nerves. IT therefore has
military use, particularly during
the strain of waiting in the front
trenches during a bomhardment.
And the doctors say that ii is pre-
ferable to tobacco. The men tend
10 smoke too much. They get so
much nicotine into their systems
that their nerves are further irritat-
ed instead OF being soothed. And
when an excessive tobacco-uscr is
wounded, il takes the wound longer
to heal. Any substitute OF gum for
tobacco is therefore considered a
clear gain.
This is comforting news to Amer
leans. Not that we take any special
pride in our national vice Of chicie-
masticatiou. We know that it is a
disagreeable habit. But now we
won't feel the reproach so keenly
II we were consistent, however, we'd
accept the real lesson involved, and
leave the chewing gum to the sol
diers.