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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-17


and DO not expect love.
When the boy tells you that he
would do almost anything for you he
is probably sincere aud takes that
way of showing that he likes you,
Dear Mrs Tumpson. have gone
with a friend for some time and |
like him very much lie comes down
10 see me sometimes. but he never
usks TO make any dates or take me
anywhere when he secs me on the
street he speaks tu me and treats me
Kindly would like To know II he
likes me or not DARLING
The boy likrH you or he would not
80 10 see you In your home. II may
ne that he does not have the money
10 take girls anywhere, or that he
In just houghtiess II he takes other
gitls places do not let him come to
see you again But II you are his
only Eirl be patient and you will
probably learn why he does not take
you places
A boy ought 10 take a girl some.
whore onre out Of every three umes
ne II with her. 4, would be all right
rur you Ia suggest going somewhere
Dcnr Mrs Thompson, / am "A girl
sixteen years old ana work In a store
| look us II were eighteen or TWEEN
~.
The kther day I received letter
from aNboN friend In his letter he
asked me for date lie has asked
me for u date several times. but
, have always told him 10 without siv-
ing any definite reason This time
hc said that II I turned him down
again he would cut his throat He has
asked me to answer his letter and
I don't know what to tell him.
Nv motber does not allow me to
no with boys a. all She thinks am
too young DO YOU think so?
Please tell me whether or not
should answer this note II do
what shall ! Say2 I REMAIN
You are too young to go with boys
Answer the note and say that YOU
are simply refusing 20 go with him
"1 account of YoUT u'ge and that he
MUST not persist In asking you to do
something your mother will not al.
luw Also tell the boy that you think
1t unworthy OF him to talk OF cutting
hrs throat
/ Dear Mrs Thompson % Wha,
vh remove letters and pictures from
Il flour sack?
t2i Is there any cure for buniou
that is Just starting And can" an
Old huuon be cured that you have
had a year or twU3
BLUE EYES.
'1 Roll the sacks IN water. add.
Ing . heaplng tablespoon fun oi
washing soda To two quarts OF water
luu might also add smRll amount
of potash II the culoring Is stubborn
t2b An operation ia the only cure
for bunion The pain can be eascd
however. 10y rubbing the ioint with
iodine Very special care should be
taken to wear shoes that ~ and dc
not hggrhNnte the trouble. In mosl
cases "a hunion protector helps to re.
hoNe the pain
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-17
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oy i MRC ELIZABETH THOMPSON
The Perfect Laxahue

unuo tu be friends IN u platpnIc wal
and do not expect love.
When the boy tells you that h'
would DO almost anything for you h'
Is probably sincere aud takes tina
Wa) of showing that he likes you,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-17
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ILLlE3 - n RC. NJ ORTON

unr ,rhhIUun ot oio,cH and W1co ana
snlt. two tablespoons ~ hard or any
hhortcninF two cups of Huur apple
sauce and dissolve Two level ten
spoons OF soda IN the appla sauce and
pdd to tie roN Of tho Ingredients
three cups OF flour and bake in ioaf
tlns about forty fNc minutes tn q
medium oven YOU can add rnslnH
" YOU IKE nud can usr brown sugar
in rlnor of Wonhsc4 40 you have ~
nud Nuu rru use drlcd applrH. only
SOAK them out and make apple sauce
uf them
You viii note these two rec pcu do
not require nilt egps. butter or
sugar N you don't want tp add &c.
and SOu win bc surprised al the nice
rcts uf the cakes. every one loves
them who hns iiicd then.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-17

illilti,'r
M III,n Annlic,ll,n

"pon't YOU Hike grand opcm Ia
'nudcville' sometimes the vulC'H
NJ" very fine
~ liko that part but It seems
FUNNY .'
WHAT"
To have u singer no thru three
songs without any change IN cog
tune"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-17
NH9S THE IRISH WOULD DO
WITH GERMANY q

tBy T. VI s. kiefcr. Okla.)
When the war iS over. laddie.
Just take a tip from me.
There ~ hr no German submarines
A-driNing through the sea
For the fathcrand OF Kaiser RnI.
The guN we're goln TO lick.
Wen have "A brand new kaiser.
Aud the sime viii be a Mick,
Wen change he song. Die wacht
Am lthrin' into an Irish rect
Ana make the Dutchmrn dance to H.
II so Inclined We feel
For the police force In Berlin
Wen have Micks from County
Glare
When We put an irish kaiser
In the palace over there.
Sure, In every German parkway
uu VIII find u sweet colleen.
And the Nelds OF waving sauerkrnuN
We VIII plant with shamrock,
green.
TherrI he no n,erwurst or sausage
Who" 'er putchmen drink thei;
suds,
They'll pet cornNd beef and cabbage
Ana good old Irish spuds.
The heathen gums and gas bombs
Wen throw them an away
Aud make them use shillelahs
pr bricks Of Irish clay.
The 70 sport no iron crosses
sure ts -hanrocks they viii wear
When We put am Irish kaiser
lD thc palace over there
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-17

Nr and Mrs Fwuc.s uste0psths
canaan Uldg, Phones i525, 29sI.--
Alt,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-17

Warm Climate
'W mt .s This p'Cture7'
'EaN ~ rahylon
w JudE.ur from fhc "ogiume.
hu' had warm alI bon those parts
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Training Hundred
Thousand Officers

OUNCE April 6, 1917, the adjutant
~ generals Office has become the
largest single communication Office in
the world, with many activities added
to that responsibility. In addition to
its peacc-time duties the Office has been
engaged in raising the volunteer en-
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Douglas, Utah These prisoners are
employed at labor according to rank
and aptitude, officers excepted, and
are paid clothed and fed in accord
ance with the rules of international
law.
Whenever a casualty occurs in the
American cxpeditionary forces Motif
cation thereof is promptly sent by the
adJutant generals Office to the SOL
dler's next of kin or designated friend.
A list of the names of all persons who
embark for service abroad, together
with the emergency addresses fur
nished by them, is maintained.
In addition to the work of the com
mittee on classification of personnel
there has been established a commit
tee on education and special training,
under the direction of the chief Of
staff, to study the army's needs for
skilled men and technicians, to deter
mine how such needs shall be met to
secure cooperation of the educational
institutions Of the country, to repre-
sent the War Department in its rea-
tlons with such institutions and 20 ad-
minister such plan Of special training
in colleges and schools as r,ay be
adopted.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Troops Require
90, 900 Items

The complcNity of this problem in
manufacture, storage and distribution
is suggested by the fact that the nu,,
Der of items to be made and supplied
TO the troops Will total about 100. coo.
ranging from the small striker or Gr
ing PIN Of rifle TO q complete 1G-!nch
gun and empiaccment, or TO motor
truck OF tractor. AS an illustration. a
certain gun with its disappearing car
rlage has 1890 parts, exclusive Of
sights and accessories. A 3-irch pun
battery requires 1876 tools. accessories
and supplies which are simply part Of
the standard outfit of every 3-inch pun
battery. Reserves in all these snare
parts must be maintained and the dis
tribu,ion carried out with utmost eff
cheney under difficult circumstances.
The problem OF the Ordnance De
partment and It's achievements during
the first year OF the war however. cam
not be intclligently appreciated unless
1t Is first understood that the task has
been, IN largo part, to create an in
dustry new 10 the American people, to
create organizations of men in the in
dustrial field, TO finance them in the
building OF plants, to build the plants,
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Engines andMines
Send Their Quota

a 7 THE declaration Of war with
L. "a Germany the personnel of the
various Offices of the Engineer Depart
ment consisted of 1T officers and
civilian employees. This force has been
augmented until at the present time it
consists Of 2,818 officers, enlisted men
and civilian employees.
At tho beginning of the war the
engineer troops consisted of three
regiments Of pioneer engineers. with
trains, one mounted company. one engi-
nccr band and an engineer detachment
at West Point. The aggregate strength
was Approximately 4,125 officers and
enlisted men. At present the aggre-
gate authorized strength is over 300
600, with an actual strength Of approx
mately 10000.
Units Of the following classes have
been organized: Divisional engineers
(sappers), mounted engineers (sap-
pers for operating over extended ter
ritory), forestry (for numbering and
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

listed force of the army to its maxi
mum authorized war strength, in Sc
lecting and appointing officers to COM
mand both this force and the National
Army, in selecting and appointing army
field clerks, in caring for prisoners Of
war and interncd enemy aliens, and in
keeping complete record of every man
going abroad
There has been an increase in the
work of the adjutant generals office
corresponding to the increased size of
the army. Training camps for officers
were established and conducted, ap-
polntments and commissions were pre-
pared and distributed, the work of the
recruiting service was maintained, spc-
clal orders assigning officers to duty
issued, general orders, bulletins and
circulars pertaining 20 military mat
tcrs compiled and sent broadcast. thou
sands OF records Of all sorts received
and llled, and tremendous amount Of
correspondence conducted with both the
military service and civilians.
10 securing an adequate number of
competent officers special plans were
devised. Two classes at West Point
were graduated in advance of the
usual graduating dates and special OK
amnations were held in various narts
of the country for appointments from
civil life. At the present time prac-
tically all vacancies in the regular
army have been filed.
The first series of officers train;no
camps, numbering sixteen in all and
situated at advantageous points
throughout the country, was opened
May 10, 1917, and continued until the
middle of August. or 4O,203 candi
dates, 27,341 qualified tor ,mmssions
The successful candidates left the
camps with their appointments in thcir
pockets, and sufficient officers were at
the cantonmcnts to receive and com.
mand the National Army when the men
arrived.
"A second series of officers training
camps was begun on August 27. 1917.
to add 20 the line and staff Approyi
mately $4,000 candidates attended, Of
whom 172237 were awarded commits
sions. Many who failed to receive
commissions have since been enlisted
and appointed commissioned Off
GERS in the National Army.
A third series was instituted on
January 5, 1918, continued April s.
1913, 10 create an officers reserve
force. Only enlisted men were ad
mitted, except for a limited number
Of students who have received military
training in schools under army officers
during the past ten years. About 49,
600 are in attendance.
Some 2,04o war prisoners and alien
enemies are now confined in war
prison barracks at Fort Mcpherson.
Ga; Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, and Fort
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

and to design and manufacture No, A..
the intricate weapons Of modern :.
fare, but the incalculable numh,
tools, master gauges, gauges and !,
required for their manufacture.
AS an illustration of the difscp,S
the Ordnance Department des;ra !,
take advantage of the courtesy of 4.
French government in Offering a.
American use the secret recoil me,,,,
ism of its gun carriages. In a,
manufacture of these mechanism, ,
IS necessary to machine steel cast,c
so accurately that they will not BE- d
two-thousands of an inch in d,
tance Of more than six feet. The. 4,
never been any machinery built in n,
country to work on so large a sal
with such degree of accuracy. II
Ordnance Department had to persu,,
manufacturers 10 undertake this aid
cult work, to assist them financially
the building of thirteen acre plant
the purchase and manufacture Of 1,
100000 worth OF special tools, and
the development of manufacturing 0
ganization. The contract for this NO
was signed November /. To-day Il
plant is completed and is turning 0
the recoil mechanisms.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

rived in Paris on June A. 1917, sixty
nine days after the declaration of war
The first American troops arrived in
France on June %. On July a, in cele-
aration of our natal day and a new
fight for liberty, American troops pa
raded the streets CT Paris and were
greeted as the focerunnors of great
Am merican armies and vast quantities of
supplies and munitions.
On October 10, 1917, 1877 days after
The war was declared, American sol
dlers went on the firing line. m jan
uary American soldiers took over per
sn2ncntiy apart of the line as an Amer
'can sector, and this line is gradually
lengthening.
Behind the fighting line in France the
American forces have scientifically pre-
pared groundwork Of camps, com
munications, supply bases and works, in
anticipation of operations BY ihe full
force OF the army. They are building
and have built railroads, hospitals, ord
nance bases and docks in France They
have constructed immense barracks,
erected sawmils, reclaimed agricultural
lands and carried forward many Incl
dental enterprises.
The construction Of an ordnance base
in France, costing S25 900 600, is now
wc!l under why. Great quantities of
material used in the foreign construc,
ton work have been shipped from the
United States from fabricated iron
work for an ordnance shop to nails and
crossties for railroads, and even the
piles to build docks.
American engineers have gone into
French forests and done the work Of
the pioneers of our own Northwest.
They have frequently been under fire.
One of their first tasks was the recon
Etruction and extension Of a railroad
six hundred miles long to carry our
products from ports of Decentralization
to general bases of operation.
The first engineer troops, 1,10O
/ strong, arrived in France about three
months after war was declared. Since
then the number has been greatly aug
mented.
An American army locomotive was
ouilt IN this country in twenty-one days
and shipped to the expeditionary forces.
Many other locomotives, cars, logging
trains, trucks. dissembled buildings and
other equipment have been shipped to
augment the output and facilitate the
construction operations of American
forces abroad.
All the while there has been a fairly
even flow of men and materials from
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Guns and Rifles
To Arm Million,

S lNCE the outbreak Of war the COM
~ missioned personnel OF the Ord
nance Department has expanded from
ninety-sevcn officers. operating with
yearly appropriations of about Sl4.-
100000 and with manufacture largely
confined to government arsenals, to
5000 officers in this country and
abroad, transacting an unprecedented
war programme for the supply Of ord
nance, the total direct appropriations
and contract authorizations for one
year having been s4.756 503,1S5.
The average monthly disbursements
Of the Ordnance Department during
the 'ilrst year OF the war were $69, 1885,
6l2. or nearly five times the total an
nual appropriation in peace times.
Thus, measured by the increase IN it's
commissioned personnel, the Ordnance
Department in a single year has been
expanded 20 more than fifty times its
peacetimc size. Measured in dollars
the actual disbursements of the first
year OF war were on scale sixty times
as large as peace-time expenditure,
while the total appropriations ana
contract authorizations for this first
year of war were three hundred and
thirty-nine times as large as the aver
age total appropriation in the years
Immediately preceding the war.
To its peace time task of administer
ing eleven government arsenals has
been added the problem OF getting
quick production fron, about 400 man
ufacturing establishments engaged
upon ordnance contracts.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Extent Of the
Ordnance List

An idea of the extent Of the oH
nance programme may be gained ''''
the following few items OF pu'chss
Twenty-threc million hand grensae
725,0o0 automatic pistols, 25O'Oou H
volvers, 23,00o.000 projectiles 10Y :,
calibres OF heavy artillery, 42I'zsses
pounds Of explosives, 10000 maenD
guns, and 2,4s4,00o rifles.
Tie ordnance problem, however
no less one of quality than OF qusns''
production. Tie American solder
being provided with weapons waa.
give HIM an additional safeguard ;
life and further guarantee OF vic'0''
Achievements Of the Ordnance =
partment include the Browning ~ =.
chine rifle, model OF 1918, ano v
Browning machine gun, heavy sr
model OF 1918, production OF Tue ~ :.
mer now being on quantity oss'' y
machine process, while similar p'0'''
ton Of the heavier type is immineaS
The heavy Browning machine 8.
water cooled. in a government ": y.
fired 10000 shots in forty-elgn' D''
utes and sixteen seconds without ~
function. -,
The creation and adequate p'0', :,
tion of the United States rifie' NV.
1917. which was a modification %
British Enfield rifle with imp'os,
ments, and acceptance Of the s''a''
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

rent must be frequently renewed, or
dcrs have since been placed for equip
ment equal to that required by 40
infantry divisions.
On August "a, 1917, orders were
issued to supply the various National
Guard and National Army camps and
environments with engineering equip
ment. Within two weeks from that
date all necessary equipment. totalling
1000 tons, was en- route.
Engineer depots for the receipt,
storage and shipment Of engineering
materials have been established at
various points, with approximately 800
acres OF ground 100000 square feet of
floor space, and with all necessary
yards, tracks, docks, trucks and cranes
for the efficient handling of supplies.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Cost of Plants
F or Making Powder

Similarly, the nitrate division Of ID
Ordnance Department was obliged 4
build plants and to develop an indaI
try heretofore unknown in this eou.l
try Two plants for the manufastgs|
Of powder are under construction, d
cost S45, COOS ,0G0 each. In various o.hs
undertakings, notably in the diffeg1
manufacture OF gun carriages, the Ord
nance Department was compelled 4
create organizations and build the I'D
tories.
While building this foundation ID
the war programme, however the 0ra
nance Department has provided l,MI
600 rifles; has brought the rate Of rtI
production up to $4,000 week, whs1
is sufficient to equip three army dlr1
sions; secured deliveries on more ttii
1000 machine guns; brought the rot
Of production Of machine guns frt'
10000 to 225 goo per year; incresss'
the rate Of production Of 31s-inch Z
9-inch calibre guns from 1900 to lS@A
per year. and has arranged for a'
manufacture OF some $4,000 noN'
trucks and tractors for hauling hea'l
guns and ammunition. which are bel's
delivered almost as fast as thsy c''
be shipped.
One billion rounds OF ammunlt''
has been purchased for the training o
troops in the cantonments alone.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

operation of sawmills), railway con-
struction, railway operation. railway
maintenance, and railway shop engi-
neers, road (highway construction and
malntenance), supply and shop (gen-
eral supply, including all supplies ex
cept those for railway repairs). gen
eral construction buildings wharves.
docks, etc., mining (military min
lngD quarry for obtaining stone to
be used in engineering structure). sur
Veying, ranging and mapping (topog-
raphy. mapping and sound and flash
rangng), gas and fame, electrical and
mechanical installation and opera
ton of electrical and mechanical
pl'nts), water supply, motor transpor
tation, searchlight (for battlefront
illumination, assistance in transporta-
tion and use against aircraft). ptontoon
bridge, clerical, labor service, replace
ment troops, crane operators (port
terminal serice). camoufaee and
storekeepers and miscellaneous trades
Or The special engineer units re-
crulted for service on railways and in
the maintenance of lines of commun;-
cation many are already in France and
others are awaiting recruitment to full
strength in order to be ready for over
seas service
Through the inability of the Rms
sian government to accept ccrta;,
railroad equipment and supplies mr.
oered IN this country, the Engineer
department has been able to secnre
2oo locomotives, by assuming . l;a-
billty of sll,000,O00 therefor. with tho
understanding that the Russian gov-
ernment could purchase them lator ;f
desired. These locomotives have been
rented to American railroads. and
nave thus assisted in reducing the
shortage of motive power in this conn
try
Rails were obtained in the same
way and, in great part, sent to Franco
IN return for rails loaned by the
French government to the America,
expeditionary forces.
The Office of the Director Canera,
OF Military Railways, from the becir-
nlng of the war to February % 1o1e
had placed orders for railway SUM-
pines having an aggregate wcight of
$4,000 long tons and value of abont
Sl42 100000.
The general engineer depot, from
April /, 1917. to January 81, 1918. had
issued a total of over $500 orders
Tor material, with value Of about
$2o2 100000. As the general engineer
depot acts, to certain extent, as dis
bursting officer for the Director Cen
er of Military Railways, the amount
gwen as expended by the depot in
Guides IN great part the railway mate
rial above mentioned
Whcn war was declared the pur
chasing office OF the corps Of enri-
necrs, consisting of force of ono
officer and twcnty-seven civilian om-
ployos, faced the problem of securing
equipment for an army. On the fol-
lowing day advertisements had been
issued for the procurement of couip-
mcnt for seventy infantry divisions,
Within two weeks after the declaration
OF war, awards had been made cover.
inG the requirements Of n force Of
l'ooo,ooo men, total OF about 9,7oo,-
600 items.
In view of the rapid deterioration
OF equipment used in the theatre of
war. and thc fnct that such euuin-
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

the United States to France. The men
in the trenches back of the lines, on
the construction projects and in the
hospitals have been steadily supplied.
Our losses at sea, in men and materials,
have been gratifyingly small. The
greatest single loss occurred on Feb
ruary 5, when the British ship Tus-
cania was torpedoed and sunk. The
bodies of 144 soldiers, en- route to
France, have Eeen found, and hfty-five
others were still missing on March 16.