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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
TEUTONS DESERT
AND SURRENDER
TO j. 5. TROOPS
GUNS HAD DE
MOLISHED FIRST AND
SECOND TRENCHES.
ENEMY PLANS ATTACK
Patrol of Sanlmies Enter Teutons'
First Line and Remain Six Hours,
But All of the Huns Had Re
treated.
(By the Associated Press.

ibN the Associated TTcsS).
With the American Army in
France March 2l,-(Thursday).-.
Enemy first and second line posi-
tions on a part OF the sector cast Of
Luneyille have been destroyed com
pletely by American artillery fire.
After the raid into the German po-
sitions last night, the American gun
ners shelled the positions heavily
all night and this morning
Today patrol without assistance
from the artillery crossed No Man S
Land and found that the first and
second lines had been wiped out.
The patrol also obtained additional
information and returned without
casualties, the Germans apparently
having decided not to molest them.
Artillery firing by both sides on
this sector continued all day.
Germans Surrender.
On the sector northwest Of Toul
a number OF Germans deserted last
night and surrendered to an Amer
lean patrol in certain wood. The
Germans approached the Americans
shouting Don't shoot The pris-
G RS were turned over to the
| French.
Much information was obtained
from the deserters, who said they
were fed up with war and decided
they would rather be prisoners.
Included in the information OBJ
tanned from the prisoners was the
statement that during the gas pro
jector attack against the American
lines February q, 900 gas project
ors were employed. Onc-half Of
the American gas projectiles fired
fell within the German lines and the
gas overcame many OF the Germans
The next day, according to the de.
. serters, II Germans were killed anC
80 wounded while taking out ih,
dead.
,, Officers Doubt Story.
American intelligence officers arr
inclined to doubt the story regard
, ing 900 projectors. American in
j formation is that only Is were used
An American patrol last night en-
tered the enemy first line and re
NAMED there six hours, but did no
see any of the enemy.
- 1t is reported that the German
9 recently had constructed trenche
9 that are concrete half way up in
side.
Great activity continues benin
n the enemy lines, Within the las
four days, a number Of rock crush
r ers and concrete mixers have bee
T. brought up and there are signs tina
i the Germans intend to construct
u number Of new pill boxes over th
d American front. Several trains {
material have arrived at towns !
it the German lines during the last
.e hours.
IS Today's reports say that thrC
If German airplanes flew over variot
parts of the American front line ;
* daybreak and fired their machir
E guns on our positions. Their E
." forts, however, were without resuI
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
DUTCH COMMENT
ON SHIP SEIZURE
NOW DEVOLVES ON ALLIES
TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC
FOR NEUTRALS.

Amsterdam, March 22-Comment-
ing on President Wilson's procla-
nation regarding Dutch shipping,
the Algemen Handclsbad says it
considers that there now devolyeS
upon the allied powers the moral
duty OF maintaining international
traffic for states which cannot exist
without it. Continued refusal to
permit Holland to obtain grain from
Argentina, it says, would be a Sc
rious matter for both parties.
The Telegraaf says it is wrong to
speak of rejection Of the allies ulti-
matum by Holland. 1t asserts that
the Dutch government acceded to
the proposals of the allies as far as
was compatible with its position as
a acknowledgement, and adds:
The ultimatum was thus accept
ed in principle, but in such form
as to maintain Hollands rights a,
against Americas unlimited power
The Dutch government thereby act
ed in accordance with the princi
pies set forth by President Wilson
in considering a future beace baseC
upon right above might
The Nieuw van Den Dag says i
is a singular fact that both tn,
Dutch and the allied government
seem to have little knowledge o
the course OF events. 1t adds:
"One would be inclined to asl
whether there is some one in be
tween who is holding up .reports.
Amsterdam, March "a dis
patch from The Hague to the Han
delsblad says one of the most prom
inent members of parliament in
tends to ask the government wheth
er it is not time to recall the Dutci
minister at Washington and ham
passports to the American ministe
at The Hague.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-22
(By the Associate

(By the Associate II ss).
British soldiers v met and
withstood the N upendous
attack German. y as hurled
against the ives, IN front i'll
three and one-half years OF war
fare. On a front Of more than
50 miles the armed hosts OF
democracy are at grips with the
forces OF PrussianiSm, and what
may be the decisive struggle in
the great war is raging in north
ern France.
In the first onslaught the en-
emy, after gigantic lombard
ment from great masses OF guns,
passed the British outposts at
some points and attained the
battle line, but nowhere did the
Germans gain the objectives
planned. Regiment after regi-
ment was hurled against the de-
fenses of the British front, and
Field Marshal EIaig reports the
German losses as exceptionally
heavy.
Plan of Enemy.
Desperate fighting continues
all along the lines from the Sen
see to the Disc, and especially
on the Cambria sector. Enemy
efforts before Cambria were
aimed principally to the north
and south of the salient left
after the fighting ceased there
last November, with the evident
purpose of cutting off the sa-
lient and driving through to-
ward the old battlefield Of the
Somme.
Germany's latest offensive
finds both sides prepared for the
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
The Pumps Of Lassigny
Red Cross Nobly Comes to the Assistance Of Re-
manning Residents Of Wrecked French Village

that
crowded the behind the line waiting their moved
it had wells in the before
months concealed of what had
sticking the tall
hove welhoe But the wells
Lassgny these little children the old
the Of the Femme France
line "Pumps Lassgny There
him When
the of the chatting
from Lassigny's
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
LAYING HENS need
FRESH AIR

The first three months of the year
are the months that demand efficient
poultry house ventilation If the stock
Is, to be healthy and if egg production
Is to be kept at a maximum, according
to the poultry authorities at the New
York state college of agriculture.
Proof of insufficient ventilation usu-
ally is found in damp or frosted walls.
damp litter, close or impure air, flock,
with consequent low winter egg pro-
duction. The body of the hen con-
stantly gives off moisture, and this
accumulates unless there is enough
movement of the air to carry 1t away.
Dampness fosters colds, and when a
cold is contracted, the body IS too
weak to resist the attack of q con-
tagious disease such as roup.
It is stated further that the house
should at no time be tightly closed.
The exercise Of judgment, and a few
trials, will show how much to leave
the windows open at night. Windows
should be removable so that they can
be taken out during the day, If 1t is
not storming. Experience indicates
that the birds will not suffer from the
cold If they are not in draft, II they
are kept working, and If they are not
overfed.
Plenty of air, may best be had by
fitting windows in at the top, as this
will not let in the rain nor put drafts
directly on the floor. There should
be a wide board at each edge of the
window to keep the rain out; a strip
Of wood, sash-plug, or nail on this
strip will hold the window ut any
desired angle. Both upper and lower
sash, where there ore two. should DC
arranged in this way to get the best
circulation.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Bee Farmers Declare Honey
Has the Food Value of Meat

A pound of honey or a pound Of sir
loin steak-which shall 1t BET That
there is as much food value in one as
in another has been proved ut the bee
farm at the University Of Wisconsin.
To emphasize the importance Of pro-
noting beekeeping in Wisconsin as q
profitable business pursuit, the univer-
sity extends its endeavors to the bee
keepers Of the state, In addition to the
instruction given the students In agri-
culture In classes.
Wisconsin annually produces about
!, 800 tone Of choice honey, but the bee
keeping industry has not advanced to
the point of recognition as q distinct
specialized branch Of agriculture. al
though much of the undeveloped land
in wisconsin and most Of the present
cultivated land Is not occupied as bes
pasture, a majority of it offers oppcr
tunity for excellent bee "9ocations.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Save Natural Ice For Use
in Summer-Saves Ammonia
as Well as Conserving Coal

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
ALI who can possibly do so are urged
by the United States department of as-
riculture to harvest supply of natural
ice this winter and store it for sum-
mer use. This Is of vital Importance
ut this time, for every ton gathered
will help in the wartime conservation
of ammonia which is necessary in the
manufacture of ice.
Ammonia salts are regarded as an
essential in the manufacture Of certain
fertilizers and the cost of fertilizers is
dependent to some extent on the mar
ket value of ammonia. OF extreme sig
nificance ut this time, however, is the
fact that the most important chemicals
used in making ammonium nitrate and
other explosives are readily made from
ammonia and every quart of Americas
already small supply of this substance
that can be saved means more power
to Americas armies.
Thus the farmer is interested in the
conservation of ammonia not only from
national standpoint, but because of
his personal interests. Ammonia saved
through harvesting of natural ice
means more ammonia for fertilizers
and more ammonia for ammunition.
The man who harvests ice now and
stores it in pits or ice houses, next
summer may have the satisfaction of
helping out his nelghbor who depend
cd on an ice plant.
In addition to the saving Of am
monia, conservation Of coal is to be
effected through the harvesting of nat
ural ice. American ice factories and
refrigerating plants, according to fig
ures of the United States fuel admin
istration, use annually 100000 tons
of coal.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Enemy Of the Dog Figures
High Cost of Keeping Pet

A dog hater in New Hampshire, slim
alated by the campaign for food con-
servation, sharpencd his pencil and this
is what he figured:
One person in 20 keeps dog; that's
100000 dogs. 1t costs ten cents
n day to feed dog, or $3.50 year
for one, and $1S2, OOO! 600 per annum for
all Of them. With -four ut SIS bar
rel, this sum would buy II, 600 bar
rels Of flour. If loaded Il barrels to
each motortruck. 100000 trucks
would be required to load the flour, at
one time, and they would make pro-
cession 2272 miles in length.
The figures seem to be all right and
unquestionably impressive. but who
can estimate the heart pangs and per-
auual loss Of 100000 small boys II
depeivea Of their dearest treasured
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Declares CattIemen Facing
Large Deficits-Government
Alone Can Save Bankruptcy

Cattle feeding is Il manufacturing
business. The farm with it's buildings
and equipment is the plant. The steers
digestive apparatus is the machinery.
Corn silage, cotton seed meal, straw,
hay and fodder, the raw material to be
converted into beef. SO many pounds
of corn, silage, cotton seed meal and
forage passed through the machinery
of steers digestion turns out 100
pounds of beef, the finished product,
writes Wymond j. Beckett, in the H.
dianapOlis Star.
The amount of feed, when properly
combined, required for 100 pounds Of
gain, remains practically constant. The
cost of feed known, the cost of 100
pounds of gain can be easily deterlnin-
ed. This has been worked out at agri-
cultural experiment stations, and on
the farms Of the country by actual
demonstrations. Cost of beef is not
absolute, but relative, depending who'll
ly on the cost of feeds. The cost of
100 pounds of beef normally, bears Il
direct relations always to the cost of
NuC "AlSA ClAICA AAIlV pAouuN
ton. Every business man understands
that the cost of the raw material and
the expense of operation determines
the cost Of production. These same
items determine the cost of agricul-
tural production. Then it should be
comparatively easy to determine the
cost Of 100 pounds Of beef and what 1t
r A. ~ \
the farmer reasonable profit for his
labor and investment. Is the cattle
feeder today getting even the cost price
for his finished product? If not, why
not?
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Textile Tests to Ascertain
If Cloth Is AduIterated or
Misrepresented in Any Way

The laws of this country offer no
protection to the purchaser Of mate
rails. Therefore to protect them
selves, women should know few prac-
teal tests to determine the content
and value of materials. The object in
making these tests is to discover If
cloth is adulterated, artificially
dressed or misrepresented in any way.
The following tests from Extension
Circular Al, Principles of Sewing, Uni
versity of Missouri college of agricul-
ture, Columbia, may be used in any
home:
1. If the water is dropped on cot
ton and linen goods, the moisture
spreads, the moisture spreads rapid
~ on linen but will remain unabsorb-
ed on the cotton for some time. This
is not always a safe test as cotton
and linen are often heavily sized with
dressing, which prevents the water
from being absorbed.
2. A much safer test may be made
by dropping glycerine on cotton and
linen. Linen will become transpar-
ent, but cotton will not be affected.
3. Crushing cotton and linen ma
terials in the hands will show the Diff
ference In the materials, as linen
wrinkles more than cotton.
4. Cotton and wool mixtures when
mofstened wrinkle more than pure
wool materials.
5. Material may be tested by pull
ing out threads and examining the
ends. Cotton fibers are short with
fuzzy ends, while linen ibers are long,
with uneven ends, usually pointed.
Wool f1bers are short, kinky and stir
fibers of reeled silk are long, straight
| and lustrous, while flbers of spun silk
| are short and easily broken.
6. Sizing may be discovered by rub
bling the material between the hands
! to see If the dressing will come out
sWashing will also remove dressing.
| Z. Each fiber has a characteristic
burning test which may be easily dis
tinguished.
! a. Cotton burns quickly with flame
| b. Linen burns like cotton, but Il
not fnflammable, as it has less oil II
the fiber and less air in the wover
cloth.
c. Wool burns slowly, giving OF
an odor like burnt feathers and leave:
q gummy residue.
d. Silk burns more slowly and will
less Odor than wool. It leaves crisl
ash. Silk leaves more ash whel
weighted.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Try a New Way to Cook
Potat0eS-just a Few Of
the Styles in This LiSi

It is claimed that there are more
than 100 ways to cook potatoes, from
the primitive (and still probably the
best) methods of boiling or baking
with the skins on, to the most COM
pick and seasoned dishes. Here are
some of the ways known to the United
States department of agriculture.
Have you tried them all, or do you
know about as many more?-Boiled
chips, lyonnaise. mashed, pan Drowned,
salad, in chowders. baked. shoestrings
hashed brown. mashed fried, stuffed,
in fish cakes, in light bread, plain
fried, french fried, gauffre, souf-
file. riced, in hash, biscuits, saute,
creamed, croquettes, au gratin, soups
in stews, in meat pie crust.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Oriqin Of the Ukulele.

There are 10000 Portuguese in the
Hawaiian islands, and it Is charged
that these people, and not the na-
lives. are responsible for the ukulele.
It has long been a matter OF common
knowledge that the instrument was In
troduced into the islands by Portu-
guese, but that is not really the ques-
ton of greatest moment. So long as
the ukulele was confined to Hawaii 1t
was almost as harmless as a banjo
the guitar, or the mandolin. Nobody
then had q word to say against 1t. The
point that needs to be cleared up IS
Where lies the responsibility Tor IN
PRODUCING 1t, not into Hawaii, out Into
the United States?-Christian Science
Monitor.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Cash and Carry.

Quite providentially it happens that
the doctrine of carrying home ones
groceries promises to attain full
growth at time when capacious and
decorative bags are not only fashion.
able, but almost necessary for house
wives. It is evident, says the Spokane
Spokesman Review. that there is In
tention Of seeing that the buyer Is
paid in cash for carrying his own food
home. Already dealers are looping
cent sand even nickels of the cost of
things not delivered. A cent, for in
stance, goes thus with every loaf Of
bread. Cents and nickels grow rapid
" to quarters. and quarters will buy
war stamps that pay 4 Per cent 1t he
hooves us to look closely to such de-
tails.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
The Champion Wood Chopper.

A record in wood choppins is claim
ed by L. ]. Haugen, fifty, who
lives near Clinton, In. Up to the
opening of the present numbering sea-
son he chopped 6.2O7 cords. He is a
Norwegian. During the summer he
works for farmers about the county,
but as soon as the first touches of
winter are apparent, he shoulders his
ax and starts for the timber lands.
He figures his chopping career from
the time he was twenty, since which
he has averaged two cords day dur
ing the chopping season.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28

that the digestive glands may secrete
a healthful quantity of digestive fluids,
and the food be prepared for and as
simulated by the body.
No excuses should be INDUCED in,
particularly the taking of alcoholic
beverages. You should Hive in pure air
night and day, but the very young and
the very old should not be exposed to
extremely low temperatures.
Careful observance of these sugges.
tons will do much to prevent, and at
least to some extent, help pull you
through congestive or even infective
colds. which are prevalent when the
weather is so very changeable as it is
in winter in our North Atlantic cli'
mate.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
| win Be Worthy Of It.

I may not reach the heights I seek.
MY untried strength may ian mo.
Or half way up the fountain peak
Fierce tempests may assaH me.
But though that place never, gain,
Herein Hes comfort for my pam,
I win b worthy Of It.
I may not triumph In success.
Despite my earnest labor:
1 may not grasp results that b>ess
The efforts Of my neighoof-
But though my goal never -
This thought shall always dwell With ~
I will be worthy OF It.
The golden glory Of loves lighs
May never fan on my way.
My path may always lead threuG. 1a9Ao
Like some deserted byway.
Though Hfe's dearest Joy ] mfsA
There lies a nameless strength IN tins
win be worthy Of It
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Nu.< h~t~eeQ
Ten Rules for Householders
To Obtain Greatest Heating
Efficiency and to Save Coal

The efficiency with which the house.
holder operates his heating plant de.
ponds mainly upon the type Of furnace
and the conditions under which it 10
installed and operated. In the inter.
ests of fuel conservation during the
present extension division, co-operat'
ing with the state council of defense
puts out the following suggestion:
1. The base of the heater must b
tight and must make an alright con-
nection with the floor so that no air
can leak into the ash pit.
2. The chimney and all connections
into it must be tight. A burning match
or candle held close to all joints will
indicate leaks.
8. The chimney should be high
enough. The top should be ut least
2 feet above around surrounding OBJ
jects.
4. The smoke pipe from the furnace
to the chimney should be straight
short, and should grade up to the
chimney.
s. The crates must not be warped
must move easily and should have nc
holes or broken places for unburnet
coal to drop through.
g. All basement piping, heater sur
faces and smoke pipes should be Gov
cred with asbestos covering.
Z. A shut-off damper should be pro
vided in the smoke pipe to control the
intensity of the chimney draft and
check draft damper Is required in thu
smoke pipe beyond the shut-of damp
er.
8. There should be a lift or slide
damper in the fire door and a DRAFT
damper in the ash pit door.
9. For highest efficiency, some typ
of automatic draft regulator such ~
thermostat should be provided.
10. All doors and windows In TIN
house should be as tight as possible
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
EaVorites.

"Do you have
lneatlesS days ut
your hOuse?"
eyes. OF course
we have to make
exceptions. Every
body goes without
meat except Fido
and the cook"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Something to Think About.

The food waters which 80 to waste
annually in the great central valley OF
the United States and often cause
great destruction Of property. II i'm
pounded and employed In the develop
ment of electric power. would render
the use of mineral coal unnecessary
within the borders Of the country. This
statement has been made repeatedly
by competent engineers.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Maybe So.

II wonder why hot soda won't go
like cold Soda"
"Not spectacular enough" suggested
the druggists friend. ut might go
better If you could squirt steam into it
from d fine nozzle"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Mexico Stops Dyes.

,;yein. material has been coming In
considerable volume from Mexico dur
ing the past two years. However. the
Mexican treasury department has an
nouncet n prohibition of the export Of
ana1ine and coal tar eyes and natural
artificial, vegetable dyes. The difficulty
c?usctl by the new regulation. vii: be
rxncricnced chiefly b. United States
Coil. manufacturers
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
Things Worth Knowing.

A new typewriter attachment
feeds a fresh sheet of paper Into
the machine a. the written one
IL removed.
About $4,000 900 knives and
forks and 100000 Spoons have
been supplied to the allies In
France since the commencement
Of the wNr.
A new .ea wagon has an cleo
trieal co,..Aection for keeping edi-
bles rs hot rs may be desired.
Anew IRE hose nozzle Is capa-
bic of many adjustments oy
which the efficiency OF the
stream Is greatly Increased.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28

your meals should
be taken with reg.
ularity, and you
should take a
moderate amount
Of exercise, not
too near meal
time. No better
form of exercise
can be found than
that Of walking
with a good brisk
step and swing
ing of the arms.
You should keep
up a good ,circu-
1ntiOn of blood
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
No Deprivation.

"Are you having any lightlcss
nights in Brindleburg?"
"Sure," replied the old resident. ''Be-
sides we don't need any lights in this
town. We've only got one picture the
alter and every man, woman and child
in the community could find the way to
It blindfOlded."
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-02-28
We'll Fixed.

"How are you fixed for coal Ct your
house?"
"Fine. Wc'vr -os = couple Of shovel
fnlS N Tire hin AMI TIE rtciuiSe Of
more III u we.S 81 S19,:.