Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 3, 1919, Page 3

MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1919 : THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER . PAGE THRER FULL ACCOUNTING| NN N B NI i === War Councl Tells Howmiians | PV M CH NS5 AN W —EAT— Contributed by Public Were - Used For Rellet. BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED In Twonty. Months $184,000,000 Was Third Street Cafe e ———— Our Waiters Do the Waiting Already customers have or- dered of Rich Portrait Studio their ’ 7. B, Di ‘halt of the war’counell, S iy & CHRISTMAS iRed Cross Roll Call, November 2 to PORTRAITS 111, has fendered an accounting of thé jmany millions given it by the Amerl- lean people to help our fighting men /and our allles. The statement is, in part, as follows: : o “The ‘wér council of the American |- Red Cross is now prepared: to make & complete: accounting to thé American people of money contributed. and ex- pended, as well as the work done by the American Red Cross during the | ° jperiod in which the war councll was /in control -of its. affairs.: The war |councll was appointed May 10, 1919, and went out of existence February |. - 28, 1019, = | “It was the practice of the war:|. council to give complete-pubiicity to.| ' . fts policles and finances, but it is only |- . |now that a plctura of the war period &8 & .whole can be presented. It is the feeling of the war council that a |~ report in this summarized form should made directly to the public which provided the money and gave the ef- fort which made the American Red Cross a success. % “A- statement of the American Red [Oross effort and finances since the 'war council relinquished its control —the popular, economical, ac- ceptable gifts. Your photo in a beautiful calendar, free, extra with orders this month, at Rich Portrait Studio Phone 520W 10th St. & Doud PHONE =/7= —_— FOR YOUR LIVERY CAR will be made to thé public through the executive committes, and it is im- D.y i :!l’flll‘!flthe ol portant, therefore, that the fact that New Dodge and'Ford Cars Ithis report covers the period only until IMarch 1, should be carefully noted.” | Following are certain round figures jcovering American Red Cross particl- pation in the war, as revealed by the war council’s report: - Some Outstanding Figures. O natoriar ana msneyy. $400,000,000 mo| . X Red Cross members :‘e’ e at your service Ad 000 Red orkers 00,000 workers...... 8,14 Relief articles produ volunteer Kk 871,577,000 Y¥amilies of-soldiers aided S by Home Service In US. 500,000 A bath for all ailments for 2 ents serv Ig ‘canteen workers in U.S. 40,000,000 Nurses enrolled for serv- ice with army, navy or either ladies or gentlemen Ladies hairdressing and massages Lady attendant. Call at 1009 Bemidji Ave. TOSS Kinds of comfort articles distributed to.- soldlers and saflors in U. S.... 2,700 Knitted articles given to soldiers and sallors in s ‘shipped overseas * Foreign _ countries In which Red Cross oper- ated " Patlent days in Red Cross Make your appointments by phone 776-J hospital in France..... 1,155,000 Ffench hospltals given material ald ...c. .00 3,780 . . S Orn Splints #spplied ican’ softliGes Gallons “of " pitrods and o . _French itals 4,340,000 Men served by _Bed Cross & ‘canpeens. in France.... . 15,876,000 Refugeds alded in' France 1,726,000 e d Crosd ‘'movies in France 110,000 8ol ‘?‘- éarried bz Red B L G ;ambulances - In 148.006 — T : chnidser "enred for by NO NE “I don't care for Tmar~ Red Cross [n Italy..... 155,000 “You have very little to eat, and you might starve to death.” “That wouldn't be pleasant,” ob- served the visitor, “I showid say not,” returned the | officer. “And you might be eatem by Of the $400.000,000 in money and | Argument Had Convinced Man That supplies, contributed to the American Arctic Expedition Was Just the Red Cross during the twenty months Place for Him. the ‘war council ~ was In existence, 5 ERT S GOOD TEETH Are Essential to Good Health ,000,000 was alloted to national A middle-aged man, with what ap- headquarters, while $187,000,000 went a load on his mind, visit-| your comrades.” e . " {6 the chapters to fnance thelr ac: | ba" e wroud. stesmet Just before If | “And then” continued the offcer, . If everyome realized the Aldrich & English _-tivities. Expenditures In the twenty | gtarted on the expedition, and seemed| “Y0u wouldn't see your wife for three im| of caring for al Blacksmi months totalled $213,000,000, divided | greatly interested: in what he saw. years, and possibly longer. You know the teeth, there would be G-"m: hoolng w8 ‘“'h‘l a8 follows: By natlonal headquarters | ~ wgay» he said to the officer on deck,| You ¢an’t take her with you.” less sickness and pain. B y “Oh!" returned the would-be ex- plorer, after @ long pause, “then yow can put my name down on your books. Your last drgument captures me.” Oxy-acetylene Welding and Cutting 214 FOURTH STREET Don’t allow the poison- ous gases from your de- mdmthhhp&ym th, Guaranteed Work 10 Years .Qeneral Examinanation Free YOU SAVE PRACTICALLY 80 4 AT THE UNION DENTISTS Guid Croms ::::x} $5.00 Pure Oxygen - Nitrous Oxide UNION DENTISTS o me. BEMIDJI Smowe Dr Norcrcss & (0. Owners e _ Opes from 8:00e. m.t0 8 p. m. - Suadays, 10t01 — in France, $57,000,000; eliewhere over- | «pq. jike to go with you on this ex- seas, $64,000,000; f the United States, | ‘pedition of yours.” = =~ & $48,000,000; by chapters In the United | * «jps awfully cold. up there” re- States, $43,000,000; cost of chapter- | ;. 1xeq tha officer. discouragingly. B T S , , Stors Your Battery for fho Winter | nce, $25,000,000, elsewhere over- seas, $8,000,000; in the United States, $28,000,000, making total expenditurés in France, $82,000,000, elsewhere over- #eas, $72,000,000; in the United States, !110,000.000. 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