Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 16, 1918, Page 1

| 4D N0 TIHE ] s , fWO MILLION MEN TO v.‘hoon. - The out-work branches in various WOLUME XVI, N MUST BE LOST ‘Will. Be i Class One Exhauste % - Says Crowder. i "BECALLED FOR:SERVICE iLocnl Boards Advised to Hold - Selves Ready for Con- = gress to Act. NILLIONS ARE |, in October, - S on the west front. shell range. AP ANAARAAANAAAA France, Class 1 must be replenished at the earliest possible moment by available men hoth below and above the present age limits-of 21 to 32. T ‘Washington,. Aug. 16.—Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that plans already have been made : for: registering the 13,000,000 addi- - tional men whom he"estimates will : mately "21000,000- qualified “for full “military ‘service art expectéd to be +secured. 2 : o urgent is the need for-addition- --g1 Tran. power,- General Crowder said, “*ilrak the draft machinery is being put Jinko shape for the great task ‘ahe ~without waiting for final action by congress. Men of the new draft will be meeded by October 1, and to get them registration day.-will have to be “1d not later than September 15, and \possible, September. 5. e Whien the 18,000,000 are enrolled, .Phearly 25,000,000 will have been reg- stered since the United States enter: M.gfhe war. = a M‘eigtate headqwarters,; local boards Y%nd other officials in“the varioug tates have been advised to hol themselves. in .readiness to proceed * promptTy With their work as soon as _congress has acted and the president, by prédiamation, has fixed the date *of Péplistration,” said General Crowr| €deriy-statement. - 5 i e Limits Ye oWh, il "Un‘tfie the ltggislgtg)fls ‘actually passed, it cannot be stated with ex- actness, of course, what the new age 1imits will be. But because of the urgency of the situation, it is ‘essen- tial that as much of the preparatory work as possible be done at this time hat-the administration may: prompt- " Ty avail itself of the mew-:law.i. fthat end, now, as in thé&past,,the ut- most Teliance is placed ba the Amer- jican people to Supply the necessary wo-operation dhid team work. z “The situation is urgent because Thy October 1 Class 1, under the age limits ‘of the original act, will have been entirely exhausted. Unless there s to he a very serious interruption Tin the flow of American troops to the +camps and thence across the seas to s|BATTALL e 'DURING FAIR WEEK | d{Scott Stewart, commanding the Be- There is, literally, no time to be lost. “The bill which ha’ been introduc- ed in congrcss at the request of the age limits at between 18 and 45 years. ‘That is to say, it would' in- clude, in addition to the men within the present limits, those between 32 and 45, inclusive (14 annual classes), and those between 18 and 20; inclu- Major H..Z. Mitchell of the Twen- ty-first battalion Home Guard, Lieut. midji company, Lieut. Harry -Rey- nolds; apd Lieut. Barker of the bri- gade staff and A. L. Molander, gen- eral manager of the Red Lake road, accompanied Superintendent W. F. Dickens, of . the Red Lake Indian agency to Red Lake today to look he proposed bat- Superintendent Ditkens is very anxious 0 have the ecampment held at Red La'ke @hd on thé dates' men- tioned, for ‘the réason it will be the 3 of holding the annual Red Lake d ‘should prove a huge attrac- n ‘for Tesidents in these parts and oin ‘miles distant. 3 September 17 had been designated as Bemidji Day and an endeavor will be made to have it the greatest day in the annals of the affair.,- It.is:plan- ned to have an- excursion run from Bemidji to Red Lake Lake on that date, over the Red Lake line, (By United Press.) Paris, Ang. 16.—The Paris Echo estimates that 1,500,000 Germans have been killed since the war start- ed. Killed, wounded and missing are estimated at 6,000,000. Many of the wounded have returned to the fight- ing line. BIGJOBSAREDONEWELL o (By United Press.) ¥ LONDON, Aug. 4. (By Mail.)— ‘One of the earliest forms of war activity undertaken by the American Red Cross in Great Britain was the manufacture of surgical dressings and other hospital requirements. From modest beginnings this work has increased until it now employs more than 2,000 workers in 30 bran- ches throughout Great Britain. The monthly output of these workshops averages 3000,000 separate articles per month, and the output has re- «ently risen to nearly twice that ‘total. 4 The center of this activity is in a large building at 36 Grosvenor Gar- ‘dens, adjoining the administration ‘offices of the American Red Cross. ¥ifteen rooms in the building are; «evoted to various branches of this ‘work, which is in charge of Mrs. H. S. Waite as chairman. All the rooms occupied in the manufacture of sur- gical dressings are large, light and airy, and the most modern appliances are at the disposal of the workers. At this central station 350 workers are employed of whom 250 are vol- unteers while 100 are paid a moa- " erate allowance. The paid workers are all- women who have suffered financially -owing to the war, and to whom the small payments given them by the Red Cross are a great parts of England are mostly, under British administration, but the Amer- ican Red Cross furnishes all the ma- terials and patterns, which are seént out ip large hampers. Fifty hanmipers are in constant circulation for: this purpose. The supplies, when gath- * BYTHEAMERIC RICANRED CROSS sent out through ‘a regular system of distribution, to six principal hosppi- tals in Great Britain, and the a great number of hospitals on the British, French and Amerfcan fronts in France. ; g A few weeks ago, the central work- rooms received an urgent appeal from the American army for 200,000 first aid packages to be supplied to Amer- ican soldiers. Each of these packages was to contain 12 articles, the whole order thus involving the manufacture of 2,400,000 separate dressings, to- zether with an enormous amount of labor in cornection with the careful packing and shipment of the -pack- ages. The work, moreover, was to be- carried on without interfering with the regular duties of the work- rooms in supply their usual hospital supplies. It was a big order; but the executive committee telegraphed its answer immediately: “We will deliver first-aid packages as request- ed, at rate of 15,000 per week, be- nning immediately.”” From the first k, this rate has been exceeded, and the entire order has mnow been filled and is in the hands of the Amer- ican army authorities. Some time ago, the workrooms made arrangements with Mme. Car- ton de Wiart of the Belgian reliet committee for a large number of hos- pital garments to be made by Belgian women refugees in Great Britaifi. These garments are made in their homes in various parts of Great Brit- ain, the cutout garments being.sent in hampers to Madame de Wiart and returned finished to the workrooms. Payment for the work is made to ered into thé central warehousé, are ve PaAase /| problem. September 16, 171 Getting water to the troops in the trenches is one of the problems that ‘has been .solved by the Oanadian forces Previously horse transports were used to carry the water, but the, that. armored tractors have:been substituted for transportation. There were times when the tpoops had to walt - hours for a drink of water, but things are different now. The photograph shows a large tank being filled within WILL PREPARE PLANS ""FOR WATER SYSTEM F. L. Anders, superintendent of the Fargo filter. water works system, has returned . home aftér a conference with the wate mmittee of the eity council, ralative to the water sup- ply of the city. He will send an en- gineer here to draw the plans for what in his opinions would:solve the. One of the chief obstacles encoun- tered is the securing of 4 sil ‘pump, -as it would requife fully 4 year, it is said. GIVEN ARRIVES Y. | R. L. Given-this morning received a war department postcard which con- tained the information that his broth- er, N. E. Given, had arrived safely in France.. He is'in the aviation sec- tion of the army and was one of the special class sent from Bemidji to the Carnegie Institute, Pa., for spécial in- struction. BOYS IN HOSPITALS _ WANT HOME PAPERS (By United Press.) London, Aug. 16.“More home news- papers’” is the appeal continually made to the library committee of the American Red Cross by American sol- diers in hospitals in Great Britain. The. library committee is at pre ent furnishing reading matter for more.than 25,000 men a month, both in hospitals and in camps. The com- mittee has its headquarters in a build- ing at 14 Pall Mall East, London, where itekeeps on hand at all times about 25,000 books and a large sup- ply of magazines and newspapers. The-hooks are either gifts or are purchased in London. In its pur- chases, the committee restricts jtself. almost entirély to cheap popular edi- tions, “costing ‘from fifteen. to ‘thirty cents a volume.' “Our reason for do- ing this,” says a committee report,” is that we get most for our money in this way. The books inevitably get hard usage, and some of them, used in the hospitals, must be de- stroyed almost immediately, owing to the danger of infection. Altogether, the-life of those books is exceedingly short, and cheap editions, bound in paper or light cloth, are undoubtedly the most serviceable and economical. “We have inade no attempt to im- port books from America, because we realize that at the present time ton- nage is needed in more essential ‘di- rections. As to the class of reading matter selected, “we leave it mainly to the demands of the men, and they ask principally for fiction, and light fiction at that. Where we are supply- ing more or less permanent libraries for hospital staffs or for American naval stations, we try to give an all- around tone to the collection of books, including classics, essays, poetry, biography and scientific works, but still for the greater part, fiction, “The magazines and newspapers must of necessity come from America. It is our experience that this class of literature gives greater satisfaction to the men than books. Their cry is continually for more of the home newspapers. SOUTH ST. PAUL STOCK YARDS MEN GO OUT (By United Press.) South St. Paul, Aug. 16.—A strike occured in the stock yards here today, the demand being for an eight-hour day. Officials claims there are only 135 men out, while tlfe strike leaders say there are 3,000 out. | THIS DAY IN THE WAR | Aug. 16, 1917—British and French advance on nine-mile front near Ypres. Aug. 16, 1916—Allies capture trenches on three-mile front on Somme: Aug: 16, 1915—German submarine bombards three small towns on Cumberland coast,England. i Aug. 16, 1914—Japan sends ulti- Madame de Wiant in bulk and dis-{matum to Germany, requiring Ger- tributed by her to the individual|mans to quit Kiao-chau, China, with- workers, lin a week. 1 ek yle) BEMIDJI, MINN., ERIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1918 (GETTING WATER T0 T made such slow progress JUDGE HARRIS PERFORMS RITES FOR TW0 COUPLES Last ev‘,;gning at 8§ o'clock Judge Harris ofticiated at the wedding of Justin Stoddard and Maltilda Fulch- er, both of Tenstrike. They will make their home at Tenstrike. .. This morning at 11 'o’clock Hjal- mar’ Nelson of Baudette and Clara Wilma Petrowske of Birch Islqnfl township were married .},‘1(459 Harrjs officlating, They, vyfih\ ke, their fu- ‘ture home near Bjudette, where the iGofinéeted Wwith the Dahl ny. greom _ Ditch AligsArsHalf ‘Way Around Roye, Report (By United Press.) “.-Paris, Aug. 16.—Germans ‘are giv- ing way north of the Avre. Little by little they are falling back. The French are- progressing and tlireaten to envelope-Roye, half the allied line lhow being half way atound the city. GERMAN AIR RAID. - (By United Press.) Parls, Aug. 18.—(Official).—Air planes droppped many bombs in the region of Paris last night, inflicting some casualties. - SHAVITCH PROMOTED . SECOND LIEUTENANT Fred A. Shavitch, ‘a brother of Alex Shavitch of this city, who en- | listed in the military service here De- cember 15, has recéived his commis- sion as second lieutenant, according to word received by his brother to- day. Mr. Shavitch went from here to Jacksonville, Fla., and after six weeks at that place entered the Joseph E. Johnson officers training camp. He will be stationed at the Chicago de- COAL CARRYING ORDER RESCINDED IN DULUTH Minneapolis, Aug. 16.—J. F. Mc- Gee, state fuel administrator has res- cinded his recent order relative to carrying of coal, insofar as the order relates to Duluth. Retail coal dealers of that city canvassed the local situation and proved, satisfactorily, that the labor supply in their city was such as to permit exclusion of Duluth from the order. The latter prohibits coal compa- nies or any of their employers deliv- ering to the bin any coal that could not be unloaded from wagons to the bin. Its result has been to force un- loading of coal on lawns, from where the purchaser provides his own car- rier to the bin. BAKER’S JEWELRY STORE MOVES SEPTEMBER 1 The finishing touches are being placed on the display windows, and the steel ceiling is nearly done in the new store of the Dalton building, and about the first of next month George T. Baker will move his jewelry and music store to this location. The oak panel work is now being set and when completed the store will be spacious and ideal for its pur- pose. MINNEAPOLIS INDUSTRY COMES TO BEMIDII FOR WORKMEN The first representative of an in- dustry to come to Bemidji in search of workmen arrived today from the Twin Cities Forge & Foundry com- pany and will remain here for about 10--days. He reported to Charles Daily, of the United States employ- ment service, for co-operation in se- curing employes. _ PIONEE FRENCH DOMINATE CITY OF LASSIGNY; TROOPSWORKWAY; h (By United Press.) inhif While the allies are continuing their Picardy prog- ress, directly threatening the fall of Lassigny and Al- bert, eastern developments are overshadowing those on the west. widely separated sectors In the east, activity is scattered over of European and Asiatic- Russian, some 4,000 miles apart. ' (By United Press.) Paris Aug. 16.—The French now possess the entire piatéafi firing:in the Vesle region. south of Lassigny, dominating the whole southwestern corner of the battle front. Troops have worked their way to within less than a mile and a half of Lassigny._ _'GERMANS CONTJNUE INHUMAN TACTICS. .- With the Americans Afield, Aug. 16.—Only intermittent . - Americans discovered that the Germans had mined an ancient chateau, with a step ladder connected with the wires. If the ladder had been moved the chateau would have been blown up. In a room of the chateau was also discovered an American rifle, also connected with wires running to bombs. Americans successfully bombed the railroad yards at Do- mary. : b BRITISH ARE ENCIRCLING ALBERT. London, Aug. 16.—(Official.)—The British are encircling Albert. They have crossed the river Ancre, thus menacing from the north, also menacing from the south and west. LOCAL EXCHANGE 0. K. C. H. Raynor, traveling auditor for the Northwestern Télephone com- pany, was in Bemidji today and checked the books of Manager Bielitz. They were found 0. K. USE OF COTTAGE CHEESE BEING URGED BY FOOD ADMINISTRATION EXPERT Look who's here. Nel- And the strange Cheer up! son, the cheeseman. part of his visit is that he is come’ as a -representative ofy, the federal food administration to assist the gdod, people of this part of “tiig” state in keeping the wrinkles out of the front part of their backs. Nelson is N. L. Nelson of Minne- apolis. He is a young man who has been in Washington, working for the national food administration, and his mission is the promotion of the use of cottage chéese, with reférence to help- ing the farmers and the consumers of the cities, towns and villages. Mr. Nelson is making an endeavor to interest the farmers into making cottage cheese for local markets. The food administration is advocating the use of cottage cheese as a palatable and prime food factor, and arrange- ments will be made to secure a dealer in Bemidji to handle cottage cheese supplied by the food administration and at the same time not be of the variety that looks and tastes like a plate of jackpine sawdust. Mr. Nel- son will be in Bemidji and vicinity several days and will endeavor to im- press upon householders the benefits of cottage cheese as a portion of their daily menus. M'DONALD IS RE-ELECTED FOR NINETEENTH TIME E. E. McDonald has returned from Faribault where he attended the an- nual meeting of the state bar associa- tion, at which he was-re-elected a member of the board of governors for the nineteenth time. When he en- deavored to withdraw and have some one else elected his request was re- fused and back he went on the board again. Thié was the convention which ex- pelled from its ranks Albert Pfaender, of New Ulm disloyalty fame, and “Jim" Peterson, convicted of disloy- ity in a federal court. The asso- ciation held that although Pfaender had made so-called loyalty speeches elsewhere, hé had never opened his mouth to make one in New Ulm, and the camouflage didn’t work. The officers elected by the associa- tion were: President, L. L. Brown, Winona; vice president, Albert Allen, Fairmont; secretafy, Charles L. Cald- well, St. Paul; treasurer, J. M. Brad- ford, St. Paul. PERSHING'S CASUALTY LIST. (By United Press.) ‘Washington Aug. 16.—General Pershing today reported only 43 cas- ualties. ROOKS IN CONFERENCE OVER COMING LOAN W. L. Brooks of the Northen Na- tional bank, chairmen of the Beltrami County Liberty Loan committee, is in Crookston today conferring with heads of bther county boards of this district, relative to the coming Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. The next campaign is scheduled to be of short. er duration than previously and hence will have more “pep’’ injected into it. With the installing of the machin- ery ordered for the new Bemidji Po- tato Flour Manufacturing Co., the de- partment of agriculture at Washing- ton will send a committee to inspect the new plant when running. This is information received today from H. E. Gubalka of Minneapolis. writing for the Potato Machinery Mfg. company. The coming of the committee will be to inspect the workings of the new concern, which will- he second of its kind in the entire United States, as the government desires to get a line on it with regard to its place in the war, A few days ago letters were sent out to several wholesalers, asking the prospects of handling the potato flour from the Bemidji plant. Every reply received was favorable and one wholesaler said he was ready to order from 10,000 to 20,000 pounds of po- tato flour whenever it was available, as his initial order. ANNUAL MEETING BUILDING AND LOAN The annual meeting of the Bemidji Building and Loan association will be held next Tuesday afternoon, August 20, in the offices of the secretary, Markham building. The election of a board of direc- tors for the coming year will be held, and Secretary J. P. Lahr will read his annual report. This association is making rapid progress, it paying more than 13 per cent to its stockholders this year. A new series of stock is issued about four times a year and an opportunity is afforded both old members and others to take additional shares. This. stock may be withdrawn at any time by giving thirty days’ notice. The present officers are: Presi- dent, G. E. Carson; secretary, J. P. Lalr, and treasurer, W. L. Brooks. POLICE AND SOLDIERS HALT DILLON SPEECH (By United Press.) Dublin, Aug. 16.—Police and 500 soldiers today dispersed a meeting at Omagh where John Dillon was about to deliver ai address on violence.