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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-05
Where to Obtain FACTS To Refute Enemy Pr

How much have we done in the War and
how we'll is answered this week 10 the satslac-
ton of every patriotic American m the article
describing the activities Of the yariou. departments
ol hc Government
This exclusive and authoritative survey will
thrill and hcaten every reader The article
describe, the INN clso additions that have been made
to our army the coaoeIoss aIiity in the Ordinances
Department m the production 81 munitions Of war
how Inc Q4wtormaSjcr Corps is working ont the
transportation of men and material how our soldier
boys are fed how supple, are bought and bv whom:
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-05

now the health of our soldiers is guarded; what the
Aircraft Board has done activities of our coast ar
'luery the gratifying progress Of our navy step by
step; how our sailors clothed and fed; the cx
tent of our wireless operations; mobilization Of tbc
Marine Corps and the Naval Reserve how the State
Department is conducting war business; how war
expenses are being met what is being done by the
War Shipping Board by the Food and Fuel Admin.
straton Bureaus, etc in fact, all the principal de-
arments OF the Government have been investi.
gated This information will erfcctualy refuc
enemy propaganda designed to weaken our war
efforts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-05

armen in the official statement is
sued last night on aerial operations
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-05

D0PdI VUIU0Is dI washington and IHe KesUIJ
Article In Thi
Is Our Aircraft Program Tagging?
All England on Rations
German Press Raging At President Wilson
Reclaiming Our Manpower for War
Making the Autos Pay for the Roads
Handling Coal As Fluid
Books Wanted cover There"
Pictures of England's War Work
RUssia's New Gods
The Book of Job on the Stage
Full page Map Of Western Front and
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-05

week issue
Shipyards Gaining on the u Boat
Ireland Drifting Into Anarchy
How to Plan School, Community, and
Home Gardens
prepared by the U. s. Food Administration
Effect of War on the Next Generation
Supplying Candy for the Soldiers
Schubert and Schumann Saved to Us
Kaiserizing the Public Schools
The Million and Half at the Church Door
Important News of Finance and Commerce
Unusually Fine Collection of Illustrations
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
H HEALTH COMMANDMENTS.
 (Medical Brief ]


 1 Thou shalt have no other food than at mealtime.
 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any pies. or put into the pastry the likeness of anything that is In the heavens above or in the earth below Thou shalt not fail to chew or digest it, for dyspepsia shall be visited upon the children to the third generation of them that eat pie and long life and Vlgor upon those that live prudentiy and keep the laws of health.
 ,. Remember thy bread to bake it well, for he will not be kept sound that eateth his bread as dough.
 4. Thou shalt not indulge sorrow or borrow anxiety in vain
 5. Six days shalt thou wash and keep myself clean. and the seventh day thou shalt take a great bath thou and thy son, thy daughter and they maidservant and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days man sweats and gathers filth and bacteria enough for disease, Whereupon the Lord hath blessed the Dathtub and hallowed 1t.
 6. Remember thy sitting room and chamber to keep them we'll ventilated. that thy days may be long In the land
 '. Thou shalt not eat hot biscuit walt.
 8. Thou shalt not eat fried meat
 g. Thou shalt not eat thy food unchewed, or highly spiced, Or just before work, or just after it.
 10. Thou shalt not keep late hours in thy neighbor's house, nor with thy neighbours wife nor manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cards. nor his glass, nor with any thing that is they neighbors.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
SPREADING GLOOM.

e esteemed Hartford Courant" morning carried a, headline |ad across the eight columns of Front page as follows
 r. s. Troops Defeated, Berlin Re-
 B."
 Ar be 1t from us to attempt to It out to heads. older and wiser, danger that lies in presenting news to readers on Monday hing especially after a Sabbath ked by sensational rumors and ity of public feeling. Nor is it Ein our province to tell the editor Phe capital citys morning paper
 his front page should be made
 We only want to say that it us siokly sort Of feeling when
 picked up The Courant" to find depressing news staring us in
 face. .. It was an awful jolt. Of lrse the added words, which made Hear that the report came from hin, tended to restore our mental slibrium, knowing as we do the hency of our enemy to treat the tn with the same abandon as he s international law. But in our hion the very fact that the news hes from Berlin is the best reason relegating it to less prominent be. Toward the bottom of the be page we werc relieved to find lespatch from Washington stating t up to a late hour last night the department had received no con- hation of the report that our bps had been engaged on the Brit front, and in view Of this official Fs 1t was more difficult than ever us to understand why a news per for which we have the greatest beet should play up a sensational Sort emanating from such a source hout waiting for official confirma-
 h. We do not care to discuss the aual news value of the report, nor we wish to give the impression t we think bad news should be
 bpressed. The American people are enough and strong enough to re- I've in the proper spirit even worse |ws. But why give them such 2 Ire just on the enemy's say-so?
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
THE ANSWER.

It is not an easy task to find a rea- son for anything Germany does or at tempts to do nowadays, but perhaps these few thoughts will be of assist ance to those who are trying to find a reply to the question: ''Why are they making this mammoth drive?'
 Ever since the battle on the Marne, the Germans have ceased to boast of conquest. and even their subsequent successful campaigns in Poland and in the Balkans were not able to con- vince the people of the country that the war would end with German victory. The writer has been in a position to observe from day to day the gradual change in their tone, tri- umphant in 1914, subdued In 1915, skeptfcal in 1916 and almost de- spondent In 1917.
 After the failure of the army to terminate hostiities, the people of Germany were promised that the navy would bring the foe to his knees With unrestricted Submarine warfare and that promise. like all the others on which they have been fed, has been proven false. The recent mu- tinies in the German army and navy, as we'll as the demonstrations in the Reichstas and the riots in various communities have all shown to the Kaiser the handwriting on the wall. He knows he cannot win and he knows also that when his subjects awake to the full realization of the extent to which they have been mis- led, they will demand vengeance for his gross deception. And so, stalk ing and snarling like a beast at bay, he is making a final fight in order that when the day of accounting 1 comes he may go before his people l and say: we did the best we could .' Perhaps he thinks that in this way he can obtain from them q mllder jude- ment than otherwise.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
HOLY WEEK

lm Sunday with all it's pomp grandeur is now behind us and
 g the coming days We shall wit
 the rest of the drama to which
 a prelude. The eyes of the stianized world are fixed on Cal
 We shall see once more the hmm ation of the greatest sacri- Pver made.
 would be difficult for the most ened of hearts not to be moved pnsider and reflect on the Pas lat a time when another terrible Edy is being enacted here on ! On the battlefelds of France |utonic traitor to the God he to call his Ally is endeavoring last mad struggle to cruelty de- lacy on the cross of mbition. It |en possible that he may succeed Rorariiy, even as the enemies of Saviour were able. as they |ght, to accomplish their evil But although the events of the soaching hours may seem dark foreboding, though they bring them sacrifices far greater than D of their predecessors let us hope and consolation in the ay will come with thoughts of lh and despair, just so surely will
 dawn of Easter Sunday bring 1ise of the triumph which will Fy crown our efforts-for our e is just.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
P AND DISTRIBUTION
Consrription of Labor for Farms; Producers Claim Distributors Are Responsible for High
 Cost of Living

Increased production of foodstuffs the coming season Is an imperative @ necessity and the regulation of it's distribution is just as i'm rerative The statement that with sufficient food we win the war in which we are engaged is doubtless true, but there is an absolute certainty that We lose without it.
 The extension of the home garden system will help. probably much more than it did last year, for the eXperi- ence by those, to whom the work was new, will stand tn em in good stead the coming season. The saving of food formerly wasted and the looping away of eXtrava gant habits of food use will also lend material aid in the service. But these things will avail us little if for any reason the farmer falls behind or drops out of the game or turns his attention to the growing Of crops which will bring him more money but are not of vital necessity in this hour Of our need.
 Now there is not a more loyal body of citizens in this country today, than the farmers. But they are handl~
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
 [. s. N
Charley Noble

Kipling speaks of the Neolithic spring.
 When the elf and gnome and
 dverg,
 And the Gods of cliff and berg
 Were about me and beneath me
 and above"
 The Navy has no hIghbrow sprites like that. She may have Gnome motors in her airplanes, and the Gods no doubt smear the fog on thick when cursing gun-crews are blind behind their high-power tele- scopic sights. But in the peace Of a dog watch pipe tNavy plug in it's bowD one hears of homely cha' acters like Charley Noble.
 He was the first ships cook the original creator of seapie, the primal baker of beans, the Gold Almighty or Mulligan (canned beef and onions baked on 8 shovel in the fireroom) He made the coffee strong, the soup thick, the bread light, the pudding hot and sweet. He gave guy sec onds He fried 'em eggs sunny side up, four apiece to the deck hands and six to the Black Gang relief.
 This legendary kitchen mechanic knew the value of good draft for his galley range. No higher smoke pipe than his was seen on the ringed horizons of the Seven Seas. He became known by this smoke pipe his stove chimney that is. So today to honor his name the galley pipe Is called the Charley Noble
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

producing some Of the things they had simply handed from John to Henry hitherto. A year Or two in the army of producers might give them @ clearer idea of the cost of produ'- ton and the value of real service to the nation. Incidentally, it might le@'l some of them to see that the ol'' hive could very well get along "ltho"' quite so many drones as It hdo pVeli obliged to carry and support
 There are a thousand ana one "c- equations which we as pcopie oA ,,urs,inc that we could readily dis ,,ense with and feel little ultlmate loss ff WIG could look within the bounds or c.o,.o,o,1- now we would realize better t1,an we do just how much energy opd force we are wasting that could he utilized in the furtherance of the end we have in view. It is Crlmlnal folly to pursue "busincsS as usual and continue to send our best to the battle front and leave them unSup- norted. thus prolonging the war, lh- creasine it's horrors and inviting de- feat.
 With a contract whose maShllude we cannot estimate on hand, nothing should be allowed to stand in the way of ifs prosecution and completion at the earliest pra cticablc moment. If the esta bIishment of government mar kets would help, that is the thing to
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

do. If the entire discOntinuance of the manufac cture and sale of intoxicating liquors would help, that, too, is the thing to do. and so the same thints may be said of dozens of other occu- pations not helpful now or even neces- sary. One question every man can put to himself is this: Is the work l am doing helping in this great cause? Ann [ a producer of something that will aid in prostratine this rampant fiend of AutoCracy which threatens to lay in waste and ruin all the progress lih- erty has laboriOusIy made in the past two thousand years? If we are not doing this, then We are a drag-a hin dranCc in the work and we should find a place where We can help at tfe earliest possible moment If nowhere else, then somewhere on the land This is true patriotism: this is the loy- atty that counts. A people like ours permeated With this spirit, can never be defeated.
 Contributed by Charles H. Aspin- wall, Berlin Conn.)
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

But on the turreted men, of war this leads up into wide steel-armored smoke-stacks, So We lean on our squeegees in the morning. watch when thin black column squirts out of the great stacks edge and says: Clamp down, mate; Charley Noble's smoking up and we'll be pipin' to breakfast before this hero decks dry
 When Cervera led his fleet out of Santiago one of the first Spanish warships had a very prominent Charley Noble just abaft her main- mast A lucky shot struck this pipe and cut it away clear to the deck.
 A great cheer arose from the pur- suers At least one of the enemy was doomed For who would dare hght on when loss of his Charley Noble portcnded certain defeat? Indeed that gun-crew near it had already ceased 10 fire Which was true enough. no doubt, because Charley's splinters must have cut them ltko an exploded cactus.
 So Charley Noble still lives. He's lover there" in the British Home Fleet, and he's here in our own Home Fleet. And we hope he stays; for. after all, what would even glori- ous War become were it bereft of tho "chow" that Charley stands for.
 But alas. we're beginning to cook bv electricity on the new ships. Charley'N have to ship with the Fly ing DutChman. .....
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
X Durable Peace.

We all want peace, but by the
 token,"
 It must be peace that cant be broken, The moment some designing men Think times are ripe for war again: If those who set the war dogs loose When they see fit, may call a, truce, And wait a more propitious time To slip the leash renew the crime. What safety can their neighbors feel Save in the might of shining steel? Must all our Virile force be spent In keeping up our armament. Must we be on our guard for aye 'Gainst a recurrence of the day When sanity is brushed aside And wars floodgates are opened
 wide?
 we must have peace that will not
 fade , Not bogus goods, stamped, German
 made, That when it seems the proper caper Will be but worthless scraps of paper. And as for those on conquest bent Who started this mad tournament, They need a lesson for all time. A punishm ent that fits the crime: | Not based on wrath, or human hate. But simple justice stern and straight And here or there, without a doubt, The measure will be meted out To them, by law that will not sWerve That will not wind, or twist or curve One hairs breadth from the perfect line. That marks justice all divine. WILLIAM GILLEN RODGERS.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
capped in many ways The high

capped Tn many ways. The high p1ces the consumer has to pay for living expenses is no indication that the farmer is getting large rake otf, for he is not, It is the old story. the mlddle-n1an the handler the distributor, builds up the cost beyond all reason, to the consumer As usual, he reaches back and plucks the producer and then forward and skins the consumer.
 The farmers sons and helpers have gone out for the war in large nunl- bers. In other cases they have been attracted away from the farm by the nigh wages paid in munition plants and on government work. with the result that 8 serious inrOad has been made on the farmers producing ca pac1ty, which in spite of home gar dens and conservation of food will, If no remedy is adopted, make this years production less than that of last year And the demand is con- stant'y growing. Every increase Of our military establishment. either here or abroad, reduces our produc- tive power here and at the same time increases the need of more produc- ton
 
 squarely In the face, provide the means to overcome this loss and pro- duce 8 surplus adequate to the de- mands which must be met. If no other way opens, non-productive en- terprise must cease and our whole attention be directed to intensive pro- duction followed by equitable and just distribution. To the end that this ! frr Inc nf ity. shall be won and that our people shall not suffer the pangs of hunger in the process.
 If we are not to resort to conscrip- ton of labor for the farm it will be necessary that the price of the farm CTS products be high enough to en- ! able him to enter the labor market and pay wages that will attract men to the work. As things are now it is impossible for him to do go. It would now seem to be the time for non- producers to get busy, and there are a vast number Of this class who eat three meals regularly every day. The government has the power to change all this. In the exercise of this power it has already taken over inc railroads. guaranteeing the owners a certain margin of profit. Why not go on and guarantee the farmer som ne- thing by establishing government mar kets in all the cities and towns throughout the Union ?-markets to which the farmer could go and be as Sured of a stable price for his prod ucts, thus taking out of his calcula- tiOns one of the many elements of chance with which he has to contend in his work At the same time the consumer would receive the benefit of a decreased price which would accrue through the cutting off of unnecessary middle-men'S profits.
 What would these men do? you ask. Well, it has not been customary to worry very much about the fellow who lost out in the competitive game as It has been praCticed hitherto, or about the small fellow who got squeezed out when great business con- solidations took place. He found m openlng somewhere, perhaps not aI- ways to his liking: yet he had to take it. To relieve anxiety, however. on thus score many of the middlemrn best fitted could be utilized in the gov ern1nent markets. The rest of them. Tn the absence of something better, could probably find work on the farm,
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Public officials who are out for record in the matter of remaining holding office will have to go some to catch up with Edward I. GoodnoW who has just been reelected town clerk in Westmoreland. New Hanp- shire, for the 52d time.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Casabianca, who stood on the burn ing deck, is beaten by the American telephone operator in France who, entombed in his dugout by a German shell, kept right on sending messages until dug out by his comrades 15 hours later.-Buffalo Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Opposition to Japanese interven- ton in Siberia will cease if ToI1io re- ports are correct that over 200,00 trained German soldiers, who were prisoners of war until the Boisf1evili assuming control of Siberian fortifi- cations
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Food Administrator Endicott of Massachusetts has the right idea. He has warned the Bay State hoarderss that if they don't reform their names will be made public, they will be prosecuted, and made liable to 0 fine of 5000 or two years imprisonment. Really, it's far too good for them.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Remember that British, French and Russian offensives Of the past have also been successful during their tni- tiel stages Wait and see whether their first advantage,
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

The coal controller this week went down a coal pit for the first time. Few of department heads can boast of such practical knowledge of their ubiect-London Globe.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

The Topeka woman who sued her husband for divorce because he re- fused to pay board is unreasonable about it. If a man must continue to pay board what would be the object of getting married ?-Capper's Week. lN.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Now watch what the para grapt7ists the Germans have captured Ham.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Holland should take cheer of the past. A Dutch ship with an English captain did good job in this quar- ter of the world. d.---New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
COMMUNICATED

Editor Herald:
 In these days Of many rules or com mandments concerning food and other things, your readers may be interested in the suhjoined commandments re- lating to health. I copied them from g, clipping that Mrs. Shepard pasted into an old cook book many years ago
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Jess Willard has heard the call to fight not for his country, but for a valuable consid eration on July A. Middletown Evening Press.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Secretary Baker may truly say that being under fire in Trance is nothing compared with being under fire in America. .-Springfeld Republican.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Every one hopes to catch, q gar dening expert in the confidential mood some day and make him con- fess that he never raised a tomato like the one on the seed package Pittsburg Gazette Times.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

If everything were left undOne that somebody says is impossible, nothing would be accomplished, ---- Albany Journal.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

The country will expect every war garden to do it's iladelphia Inquirer.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
High Priced.

Victories that are cheap are cap. Those only are worth wing which come as the result
 hard fighting WARD BEECFIER.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Hooray! Ye ed has found home,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-19
NEEDED A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS.

Let us not fail of preparedness for
peace. Whether peace is near at
hand or shall be delayed for months
it must come and we must be pre-
pared to meet the problems that
peace shall bring. problems that must
have brought to their solution the
best and all the best of this count
try. When We endeavor TO disentangle
the knots made by war We shall need
the skill OF our strongest statesmen
and 10 reconstruct the nation again
upon a peace basis the acquisitions
will call all of our strength and all Of
ouI wisdom.
In short we shall need the recon-
structiye ability of Republican con-
gress. The lesson OF history proves
that without question. The record Of
the party is its own best recommended
ton to a task requiring not alone an
executive but a legislative branch OF
breadth, ability and wisdom sufficient
to the labor that lies before US.
The war and its pre- eminence above
all else for the present has actually
adjourned partisan politics in fact so
far as the republican party is con-
cerned. That party and its adherents
have served and attempted to serve in
the ranks while the war is on. Never
has criticism from one party been so
mild and tempered AMI avoided ex-
cept as national necessity insisted as
the criticism of the republicans
against the democratic administration.
This also in the face Of and evident
intention to ignore sincere prefer Of
service from republicans except upon
complete subservience to party pres
emily in power and the president; but
we face a period of after the war re-