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The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-04-01
Neatly Put,

We are told that Tom Hood liked
best to work In serious vein, on such
poems as "The Bridge of Sighs." AS
he put it himself: "It's only for my
livelihood that I'm lively Hood
Boston Transcript.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-11-07
ELEC TIuN

IS .A= c=su,. 9: ;1e election Tues.
ca::- to,a parties a-= claiming b>o,.
-orses G: CoaCsss :, this ;:n,e il
:oQi.s as :. --s .owe- house was Re-.
g-:a,icz2. The Seaz:= wi. :ye YER.
e.os=
surr2uis5 is away in the lead an
j: iooEs as i ne was Reelected GOV
$40: Q. Minnesota
The entire Republican State Tic
g: was elected. as wei! as the thre.
Republican Congresamen. Mis-
-islson is leading for State superin
saodent c: Public instruction and il
looks as il she was elected. Fo,
Judge ot lhe Supreme Court. Bronson
s1d Fisk are running close.
With the full returns in, the ma
5orilies given the different candidates
in this county are as follows:
Frazier III Baer 592 Kruger 81
Olsgaard %. Nelson 200. Durkee 223
Ness 227. Void 9SS, Burton 604. Blu
dack $50. Bergman 900. O. j. Olson
IL, Forbes 3S. Van Arnam 465
Tiegs 131. Hoefs e1s Miss Nelson
426, Mrs. Mertz 100.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-11-07
ADVANCE NOTICE

The William Fox photoplay that i:
coming to the Brown Theatre on Fr:,
day and Saturday. November and
9Th. called Why America VIII Win
is declared 10 he Ih= :lcS1 i,..portai
ona tha, has been before tn l..' II
for years There is nothing compan
able in interest 70 the life story oi
General Pershing. the Suti-o' Ct this
extraordinary picture.
This phosop!as- holds Z p,ac- ct is
own. for nothing like i. has ever bee-l
attempted beto7e. !, happens that
the life story OF the man who is lead
ing our troops in France is fall Of al
venture and excitement and thrill
and i, possesses romance and thu
deepest OF tragedy.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-11-07
GEORGE WORNtT
WnMrN aIyF OFT

Eo1sewo-. :. lard enough whe2
1ss.:h:. Ere-y "ahpe,on woman
Who IS ,.aT.2g osc.ecle. hue az.
nervous spells 5.zzr headaches and
Ednay Or b.adtar .-a1b!=s. should be
s!ad . :,eed this -"'@-2s:2n experience
Mrs. Philip .ca.e-, 5-s Bridge S..
says: y could hardly Go my house
work. had such dull. nGgging pain.
in nv back. When stopped over. my
hack pa;ned awtully. Frequent dizz?
headaches ANNOYED ne and ny kidneys
acted irregularly. used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and they were not long in
Kidding me Of the backaches AMI
lsmeness, and regulating my kidneys.
l feel stronger and better in every
way now
Price eoc. at all dealers. Don't
The Wahpeton times., 1918-11-07
Great Bend. y. D.. Oct. 30. 1918

To The Editor of Wahpeton Tirles:-
Having been at Camp Grant. II.
over two weeks and Mrs Wcrner over
three weeks. where we had very sick
son. with the Spanish Influenza at /
pneumonia. ard his life was On & bal
ance. but hy the ha!p of Cos has re-
vived. The doctors and nurses did
all in their power . save him. And
we cannot than. Captain Doctor
Rindlaub from F2rso. North DaEo-a
enough for what ~ has done for our
son. he stood By Us like brother.
The boys wa-e AIKEN sick in suci. a
number with this horrible epidemic
that help was needed very much a.
the beginning. t1t help came t-o-.
various places wherever available
the Government IS doing al, tina, i.
possibly can 70 save the lives Of our
boys
And me Red Cross is doing worh
thai canno. be paid with gold. w.
and Others came 70 tne Camp al il
P. N and q dark night not knowing
any one. but the Red Gross ladies Mel
US there and had sufficient autos -
take al that came on tha, train 70 1ha
information bureau. and helped Is
find o,.r boy in the hospital! and a.r=r
We had saen hin? tcots is ro rha Civ
Of Rockford Ave miles away from. -he
camp. and assisted Us in finding I
good hotel. VIZ offering 10 pay .taem
h-t would no. accept pay under anv
consideration. nov if any person says
a-yth;ng agsins: rhe Red Gross IL
= NJ. WORTHY 10 y recognized g.
sa1e p@-<on. and wouli recom.ner2
l2s. such q perSo,- 90 and invesri-
sz,a ard then talk
-s-d lhe people OF Poc.:or,. ara real
y ge1erols people -al.;ng ato't
l3H. visitors esct. Ia! bzc.: ard forth
fco-c IN. camp TO Rockford every
.a!zg IS done 80 sys,en. a.:ca,iy o..
;a.l. ends thai 10 person has 70 wait
a.s- ,=a minutes al any tirae, and a,l
i tr=a for Gll.s
C3- son i ors Of the hospital ~
10. OF: 0: danger os 2 Relapse, ms
i-+ar. is ,=ry weak. bu! We hop= in
cogg,e o. ~+eEs IT, Will IL a1,@ 70
co-.a 1o-:e n & :urlough.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-11-07
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Next Sunday will be Rally "a: for
our Sunday School. j is especially
desired that all the boys and girls x:l.
come and register FOR the full scaool
year.
All other services az us-ai ET=ry
body invited.
MAGAZINES and Games for Soldiers
Wanted at Once!
The men leaving R:c5land County
next Monday morning will be Joined
by men from various other counties
of the state TO make in all special
train party OF nearly 500 men. They
will be riding for several days The
Y. N. c. A will have representative
with them oserve them in the usua!
way and help TO brighten the trip fe,
the men. 1t will help materially ii
anyone having magazines of raaS, ,n
ably recent date or checker board: or
other games OF value to the men wi!l
leave them with the city librarian al
the court house or give the::: 10 tie
undersigned not later than Saturday
F. E STILLWELL
Y NJ c. A Represenlativ
The Wahpeton times., 1918-11-07
The Bee Hive Co.
Wahpeton, North Dakota.

The name Pershing is or every ton
que these days and it is surprising
how little VIZ know abou, him. This
pictuer unreels such story as coul.,
no, have bean dreamed OF by the live
liest fiction writer's. it has thrill
picture uarsels such story as could
excitement in each episode.
lies. fiction writer's II has thrill
and ne" chapter OF adventure ana
eXcitemen. III each episode.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-11-07
1 False Report

Thursday afternoon .,.ess.g.
ven: over the wires that e p=ac-
Protocol ha: been signed: Whistles
we-s blown. bells rang sto.e> closed
ans everybody was celebrating The
event. when il was learned thu.
Peace terms had no, bee. signed. bu.
,ise Germany Commissioner ws-e Al,
The Western Front. !, is expected
tina, within day q TWO the va vii.
en3
The Wahpeton times., 1918-11-07
Viola ClauSinc l,elle

Mrs Viola C!aus:ng Gelie was
another victim q the Spanish iaauan-
"a. Mrs. Ge!ie was the only child OF
A.-. aid Mrs. c. c Claas:ng. who left
to- California by auto coupl4 OF
weeks ago
Besides 1l.e parents she leaves
there is loving husband and little
baby
The Wahpeton times., 1918-11-07

simply ask for a kidney remedy-ge,
Dosn'. Kidney Pills-the same tina:
Mrs Achrer had. Foster -Mii5urn
Co., Nfgrs.. Buffalo, ~ Y.-Adyer
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
She Knew What She Meant.

Spring Is the time women plan new
dresses. They plan new dresses at
other times Of the year, Of course, but
they do an unusual lot Of planning In
the spring.
A certain worthy Washington wom-
an, I am told. was getting some new
spring dresses for her daughter. We
will Gull her Mrs. Smith. She Is q
most worthy lady, but not given to die
tionary research. She ought 20 hay"
looked up the word pendant
The dressmaker asked her how she
wanted the neck Of her daughters
dresses cut. - ,
90 do you want them 'V-neck' or
round?" asked the dressmaker.
snake them v, make them "" re-
piled Mrs. Smith. 'IIer father Is go
Ing to buy her pendulum."-Wash-
ington Star. 49,.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
Parcel Post Is Loaded Down With
Unnecessary Articles for
j. Army Men.
PRIVILEGE May Be CuR1A|lED
Postoffice Department Statement As
serts That Large Number OF
49," Articles So Carried Can Be H.
,S Purchased at Canteens.

Washington-That the parcel post
mails TO soldiers in France are greatly
burdened by reason of so many I'M
necessary articles being mailed, ana
that. there may arise necessity Tor
curtailing the. parcel post privilege 10
soldiers are shown in the following
statement given out by the Post "
fee department: IL.
Recently a government transport
reached France carrying to the sol:
dlers at the front 1880 letters and
1886, $40 pieces of parcel post and news
papers. The letters weighed 81 tons
and the parcels and papers in excess
Of 113 tons. BY reason Of the bulki-
ness Of the mail, this shipment took up
in excess of $4,000 cubic feet of space
on the transport. This means slice
Of the ships cargo space 100 feet long,
10 feet high, and IL feet wide. The
715,9SO letters went into 346 sacks but
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
BOMB INVENTED BY STUDENT
New Missile Will Explode at A.,
Given Distance Of "orop,"
Claims inventor.

Eugene, Ore.-A student in the Uni.
versity Of Oregon battalion has invent.
ed a bomb that will explode at any
given distance Of drop" The bomb
can be hurled horizontally and will
not explode, but when dropped 1t Is 20
arranged that it will explode nftef
any number Of feet fall-the length of
harmless fall being regulated by an at.
tachment. If the bomb proves salts.
factory under tests Mat are now icing
made 1t will be turned over to the war
department for use by aviators.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25

food in sufficient number and quanti-
ties to make our war program effec-
tive. You as boy scouts can greatly
aid by growing home vegetable gar
dens, raising pigs and poultry. con-
serving food by canning and drying for
home use and in many other ways
open to you. f
: "Will you not help your country
again this year even In bigger and a
better way than you did during the
summer of 1917 Your task will be to
beat your own record in food produc-
ton and conservation. May your motto
for 1913 be, Every scout to feed a sol
der and one other
81 desire to extend to you the hearty
good will and cooperation of the Off
Gals of the United States department
of agriculture, also that of the coop
erative club leaders of boys and girls
extension work at the agricultural col
leses, who will be glad to assist you in
your work"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
LOVED WISELY, BUT TOO MANY
Seventeen ear.oId Girl Married
Three Men, but Finds Third
10 Real Thing.

Oakland, Cal.-Edna Metcalf, sew
.enteen-year-old girl, who loved wisely.
but too many, is under the wing Of
her mother here, while attorneys are
debating as to how she shall be disen'
tangled from three marital compiled.
tons.
Edna's love-making was entirely con-
fined to the navy. Last August she
welded Ensign Edward Reese. Duty
called him from her side, and soon
she met and promptly married Jack
Overstreet, a Mare Island marine.
Finally, naval radio operator, Lewis
Linwisky,. wooed and won her.
Although desperately fond of each
Of her naval husbands ut the time Of
the marriage, she now declares that 1t
took the third application for the love
virus to take.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
For Every Bomb Dropped in Eng
q land 999 Are Sent Down
+ : ~. in Germany. r.
SILENCE MANY BATTERIES
Feature Of the Air Combat Is the Con-
nnuous Gailantry and Audaeity Of
the Piiots-Difference in ~
T. .-.@~. Strategy. -:

LOhOen.-Capta1n NJ, one OF the
British Flying corps, ambling watch
fully behind great bank Of rolling
clouds. spied in a rift below "a Ger
man patrol IF six machines. The COM
bat was short, sharp and unequal. I'm
mediately his gun barked of. A Ger
man dived headlong for: the earth. His
leader swept out of formation to meet
the daring Britisher and followed suit.
Enraged, the four others dashed for
our man simultaneously, firing as they
came. For the latter only one course
was optional. Sweeping low from the
sky until he almost SKINNED the tree
tops and the roofs Of the houses he
reached home in safety. .--sz.:s+ -. .'.-~s, :,
Which is to relate a recent blythe
way air raid incident in that thrilling
and most audaciouss factor Of up-to-
date warfare, aerial activity. When
the day is clear and bright or when
the hunters moon illuminates the night
the pilots and observers of the Royal
Flying corps work overtime, and then
some. From dawn to dawn, without
intermission, until the rain clouds
gather or the fresh wind grows too I'M
ruly, they are hard at 1t, fighting high
up among the clouds or bombing rail-
ways, ammunition dumps, aerodromes
and billets in back villages. ;. -ts.-
Nine Hundred and Ninety. Nine for One
= For every bomb on London In a Ger
man raid there have been $50 dropped
by our men on points and posts behind
their lines. In this new warfare of
give and take while the Boches are
busy over England the English are
buster over Bocheland. In a single day
as the result Of aerial observation 127
hostile batteries were silenced, % gun
pits were destroyed, so men were
bombed and over 60 explosions were
caused in ammunition dumps. e..
I In two short months 1890 bombs.
aggregating a weight of 238 tons, were
placed at the disposal of troops, in
trenchments and batteries in the
enemy lines. The r. T. q. in the period
from Saturday, February 16, to
Z Wednesday, February 20, accounted
for 20 German alrplanes with loss of
y. The naval airmen bagged further
eight without loss and the French
were responsible for 26. ". W. Ia - + +.
The German airmen are. not lacking
in courage, but the policy of their COM
manders appears to be to lsaneuver
them In large formations, Is and 20 at
time. Six is common party. The
Tip, and run strategy of their bomb
err is only IF advantage at night. From
a great altitude they ''lay their eggs"
indiscriminately and then make off at
a breakneck speed for their base. The
larger types of machines, such as the
triplane, are greatly favored. And
more than anything they are lacking
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25

To.S..hlooded men of courage u1e 81
the firing nn9-fnd there are many.
anemic, weak, discouraged men and
women left at home. y Y.
At this time of the year most peopls
suffer from a condition often called
Spring Fever. They feel tired, worn
out, before the day is half thru. They
may have frequent headaches and
sometimes "pimply" or pale skin. ..
Bloodless people, thin, anemic PEG.
pie, those with pale cheeks and Lips,
who have poor appetite and feel that
tired, worn or feverish condition Ia the
springtime Of the year, should try the
refreshing tonic powers Of good al
terative and blood purifier. Such one.
Is extracted from Blood root, Golden
Seal and Stone root, Queens root and
Oregon Grape root, made up with
chemically pure glycerine and without
the use Of alcohol. This can be OBJ
tanned in ready-to-use tablet form In
sixty-cent Walls, as druggists have sold
1t for fifty years as Doctor Pierce'6
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t is .
standard remedy that Gun be obtained
In tablet or liquid form.
A good purge should be taken once
a week even by persons who have
movement daily, in order to eliminate
matter which may remain and cause &
condition of auto-intoxication. poison"
Ing the whole system. To clean the
system at least once a week is to prac.
tice health measures. There Is nothing
so good for this purpose rs tiny pfll1
made up of the May-apple, leaves OF
aloe and jalap, and sold by almost
oil druggists In this country as Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, sugar-coated,
eaHY to take.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
u Demand on Demand.

1.-THE war Is demanding great things
of US, but it's u holy war, and We don'e
mind"
The speaker was representative.
He continued:
mo, we don't mind-0n the con-
trary, we're glad-but the wars de-
mands, somehow, remind me Of Smith
ers.
"Smlthers entered n hatter's and
produced a very dirty check to cash
for him.
"'Can't do 1t, Mr.. Smithers,' said
the halter. Il couldn't possibly DO it.
"'All right said Smithers. Iron
the durn thing for me, them"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
DARING FLYERS
AVENGE LONDON
in that code of traditions fostered by
the British navy and SO admirably de-

in that code of traditions fostered by
the British navy and SO admirably de-
velQped by the airmen. 4: :- - -
The outstanding feature Of the aif
combat is the continuous gallantry and
audacity Of the British pilots. One
youthful veteran, attacked by a fight
ing formation Of Boches,< fred into one
machine, which turned over on its back
and spun down out of control. Then
he turned his attention to another and
fired 200 rounds into it. Suddenly it
went into a spin and crashed. :.
Out with battle flight of our own
the following day he added another
German to his bag. Then, to make full
measure that day, he spun lower and
fired an observation balloon, In the
afternoon he finished the aggregate of
four enemy airplanes and balloon In
three days. p. " .,. .-,.~e,,
{ Two British machines photography
bound ran up against half dozen of
the enemy's. j. Strictly speaking, theirs
was nonc6mbatant craft. but, an
noyed at the Interruption they laid
about the enemy with their machine
gun to such effect that in a short time
they had knocked out two Of their at
tackers. The rest then few away and
the Britons returned in peace to their
,picture making. .;s.~.~,......, 49,.
Recently our bombers achieved d.
rect hit on German army kinema
with results which, according to prls-
oner's story, were disastrous. mmedi-
ately the Germans retaliated by bomb
ing our hospitals and stretcher bearers
behind the lines. ~s. .-
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25


The helmet of Alderman underotticer
captured by Sergt. Major Charles II.
Smith Of Brooklyn who has just re-
trEned from Europe after serving three
Years with the British army in France.
Gallipoli, Salonica and on the Mac
.edonian front. Sergeant Smith. a
naturalized American Of English birth
heard the call Of his mother land when
fifty years old. He spent his f1fty-third
birthday on. the ship bound for home
after his discharge from the British
army for physical disability. He is
now lecturing on his experiences in the
trenches. H.. =.. =.
Note the inscription ON the front of
the helmet: INIT Colt Fur Keonig und
Vaterland" with God for King and
Fatherland." w.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
BOY in JAIL FINDS
He HAS A MOTHER
Carried Away While a Baby, He
u. Is Identified by His
Ill. 49,. Brother.

New York.-The prospect Of doing
a bit in a penitentiary for carrying q
gun isn't a particularly happy one. es-
pecially when. fellow has pleaded
guilty, but sixteen-year-old George J.
Burke was smiling all day in the
Tombs, and he doesn't give whoop If
the court of special sessions sends
him to Jail for life. because he now
knows he has real, honest to good
ness mother, and what's more, he's 60
ing to see her at once.
That's the big idea," he told Ward.
en- Hanley in the Tombs. II didn't
know If I came to this earth in flour
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
Almost Succeeds in Getting Huge
4. Loan From New York
Bankers. z
BLOCKED: BY LANSING
Former Telephone Worker at SIS Z
Week Bought Brilliant Uniforms
and Had Merry Time Pooling
GulIibIe New Workers. ~

New York.-Chance alone caused
the castle Of the bogus marquis Ed
mond Rousselot di Castillot" to top
pie over, after he had captivated the
beauties of New York city with his
brilliant uniforms, secured loans from
wealthy men and contracted bills at
the Waldorf-Astoria and other famous
hostelrles amounting to thousands of
dollars. His success at issuing bogus
letters, decorated with the coats. OF
arms Of imaginary estates In France
and Spain, and intimate correspond
ence with the king f Spain, all his
own handwriting, gained him admis-
sion, not only to the leading homes OF
Americans in the metropolis, but en-
trance to military clubs and organiza-
lions.
Went Step Too Far.
Emboldened by his success. which
included masqrerading in the, uni
forms of various French regiments,
all made to his order by New York
tailors, the marquis" conceived the
idea of conducting negotiations be.
tween New York bankers and Spanish
authorities, by which Spain was to
enter the war on the side Of the allies,
and was succeeding fairly well when
the state department decided to take
a hand. 49,
When the subject of the. loan was
preached to the bank by Roussclot.
who had been introduced properly by
w. E. D. Stokes of New York city, the
bank communicated Immediately with
Secretary Lansing, who opposed the
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25

loan to the Spanish government
through an individual, and suggested
that It be taken up through the rcgu-
lar government channels. d..
Rousselot objected to this method
of procedure, explaining that the loan
was to be made personally to King Al
fonso, and 1t was because Of this Sc
cret arrangement he could promise
that Spain was to join the entente al-
lies. The negotiations for the loan
still were under way when the
Frenchman was arrested on the charge
of falsely representing himself as
"Count Rousselot," French diplo.
mat hare on a secret mission.
Cook by Trade. .r~5.
Rousselot, O former telephone work.
man ut SIS a week, accidentally met
a wealthy New York woman and to
her he confded the story that he was
Of noble birth, although his occupation
in France was that of cook. She
advanced him stocks on which no
realized $4,000, hired an expensive
suite Of rooms at a leading hotel, Or
dered brilliant uniforms. and in due
time secured entrance to select cir
cles. A half dozen expensive auto
mobiles were constantly at his com.
mand, as well as fancy riding horses.
He succeeded In convincing even gov
eminent officials that he was French
officer here on a great secret mission,
and obtained passes to shipyards and
war vessels.
He made ardent love to actresses
and actresses and when his rooms
were searched, dozens Of photographs,
bearing endearing bits Of sentiment,
were found. Following his arrest the
marquis" said he merely wanted to
see how far he could 60 and how bad
II he could fool the people Of New
York.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
FIND NEW BOOZE TRANSPORT
Woman Arrested In kentucky Wears
Peculiarly contrlved "Onder.
alls" with Many Pockets.

Newport, Ky.-Omcers here discov.
cred Q new ''booze transport" when
they arrested woman who had sew
eral aliases as she stepped of train
from Popular Bluffs, Mo. She wore .
peculiarly contrived pair Of "under-
alls," which contained many pockets,
and in each pocket was q pint Of Mis-
souri, whisky. Lacking money to pay
the imposed fine Of $500. the woman Is
now In jail. .---.-.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-25
HOW BOYS CAN HELP
Can Play Big Part in Upholding
American Ideals.
secretary Houston Says They Can Aid
in Home Gardening and Con-
servinga e God.

Washington.-How every American
boy. although separated by the Allan
tic ocean from the actual theater Of
the war against autocracy, can play
his mart IN upholdirg American ideals.
Is pointed out by Secretary OF Agrlcui-
ture Houston In message addressed
to the hoy Scouts Of America. The sec
rotary pledges to the boys the hearty
cooperation Of the fedora! and state
agricultural agencies.
Secretary Houston's statement fol-
lows:
.The splendid army OF Boy Scouts
az America can be Of very great help
to the nation in this time OF wesld
need. The war can be won only Ii We
deliver tie men, the ships, and the