Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 7, 1919, Page 3

», time, at their option. ,«f «demand Director Cholmeley-Jones has FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1919 ASK CHANGES IN WHOS WHO A WORLD HANSON TAKES LEAGUE STRAW VOTE WAR RISK ACT Uncreased Compensation for Disabled Ex-Service Men Is Urged—Bureau Seeks to Give Fullest Possible Service to Those Affected. Washington.—*Oi Work in ¢onduct- ing the affairs of the bureau must be guided by the counsel of the soldiers, :sailors and marines themselves. Our -aim 18 to be of the fullest possible serv- Adce to those affected by the act.” Thus Colonel R. G. Cholmeley-Jones, «director of the bureau of war risk in- :surance, in the course of a talk to -wounded soldiers at Walter Reed hos- pital, Washington, D. C., epitomized the motives behind the action of the ‘bureau in requesting congress, through the treasury department, to enact sev- .eral important amendments to the war risk insurance act. These may be di- vided into two general clagses—those affecting the compensation features of the act, and those concerning war risk insurance. | A very important proposed amend- ment, and one which meets with wide- .spread approval, is the upward revi- .sion of the schedule of compensation payable to disabled ex-service men. Under the present schedule a man to- tally disabled is entitled to a month, if single. The amendment raises this by $50, making $80 pay- able under these circumstances. If he has a wife but no child living he gets $45; the améndment provides $90. If e has a wife and one child, he draws at present, $55; the amendment gives Shim $95. Extend the Provisions. The law now provides that if a man Joses both hands, both feet, or the sight of both eyes, or becomes helpless and permanently bedridden, he shall receive $100 a month compensation. Experience has shown that many men who have lost an arm and a leg, or one 1imb and the sight of one eye, are just as badly crippled as men who have dost both feet or both hands, and so the bureau has recommended that in -addition to the injuries ‘at present en- ‘titling a man to compensation at the rate of $100 a month, the following shall be included : The loss of one foot and one hand ; the loss of one foot and the sight of one eye. These are deem- ed “total and permanent disability” by the express wording of the amend- ment. There {8 also a provision that for a “double total permanent disabil- ity,” meaning-ctases in whith men are maimed so seriously that their injuries include two of these classifications, the . compensation shell be $200 a month. The bureau has found a very wide- spread sentiment among ex-service men in favor of having their pollcleé made payable in a lump sum, or in in- stallments covering a short period .of To meet this wrgently recommended a modification «0f the war risk insurance act to permit anaking provision in the contract for «converted insurance for optional set- tlements on the part of the insured, making such instrance payable either in one suin or in installments for thir- ty-six months or more. If the insured has not exercised his right of election, under the proposed amendment the beneficlary may elect 10 receive the insurance in monthly installments. covering a period of not less than three years. Include Other Relatives. Another very important item is the proposed enlargement of the permitted «class of insurance beneficiaries (spouse, <hild, grandchild, parent, brother or sister) to include, in addition to those .enumerated, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, brothers-in-law and sisters-in- Jaw, . All of the amendments described j-above, together with several other pro- ‘posed measures of less general inter- est, but of much importance, are incor- porated in the so-called “Sweet bill,” introduced by Congressman Sweet of Jowa in the house of representatives .on August 26, 1919, * The whole trend of the bureau's recommendations manifest its desire to be of the greatest possible service " ito those for-whom it was created—the :men who served our country in the «Great War. Not only .in recommending the adoption of amendatory legislation, but in every other possible way, the bureau is doing its best to expedite Ats service, and to carry out the letter . :and spirit_of the act in hehalf of the men for whom it was prepared. In the matter of the settlement of in- surance claims the bureau is practical- 1y current. Of over 123,000 claims, all but 9,000 have been settled, and regu- jar payments are being made. The 9,000 unsettled cases consist of those in which the beneficiaries live in for- «ign .cotintries or for Some other rea- .son cannot bé reached. A diligent ef- {fort is being made to get in touch with “,#his comparatively small residue. ] Insurance Paid Promptly. A great many, people do not realize -that there f8 & wide difference between -the insurance feature of the act and the provision for compensation. . An :insurance claim is paid immediately itc the beneficiary; but in the case of a «elgim for compensation a great many e con- ’ featires must, under the law. b THE BEMIDJI WEEKLY PIONEER The public—at least the traveling public—doesn’t care a cooky about the League of Nations, in the opinion of Ole Hanson, former mayor of Seat- tle, Wash. Mr. Hanson, who is credited with | nipping in the bud the first inciplent bolshevist revolution in America, ar- rived in Chicago a few days ago with the results of several straw votes on the league which he took on trains while traveling to Chicago. “We took a straw vote on the Santa Fe train between Kansas City and@ Chicago,” he eaid. “Sixty-five votes were cast against the league and fifty-one in favor of it. “The people are not interested in the league. They want congress to either vote it up or down and have done with it. What the people wantis world peace. I have visited 11 states during the last few days, and I have found they are more interested in the return of $7 shoes and 40-cent butter than in the Fiume question. What the politicians and congressmen need to learn 18 to ‘see America first' and get {lown to the business of reconstruction.” sidered, such as the members of the family within the permitted class, the extent of their dependency, and the extent of the soldier’s disability. This accounts for the fact that claims for compensation have not been settled as promptly as insurance claims. The compensation ‘and claims division of the bureau is bending every effort to determine these cases as quickly. as thorough and intelligent handling will permit. A large staff of examiners is working night and day in making com- : pbensation awards. The medical division has just com- pleted a very trying and difficult task —the preparation of a schedule of dis- ability ratings for different injuries and combinations of injuries, based on $100 per month as compensation for to- tal disablility, If the Sweet bill (H. R. 8778) becomes ‘law, all compensation for disability will be based upon $100 per month as a maximum instead of upon $30 as at present. This schedule is necessarily very complicated, being designed to cover all grobable conibina- tions and degrees of injuries, and must be revised from time to time in accordance with the bureau’s experi- ence in order that full justice may be done in all cases. “Unquestionably, the government in- surance contracts will be constantly lmpx_'oved,/ as_experience indicates the need for improvements, and it is de- cidedly to the advantage of all of us to hold the maximum amount of this government insurance,” adds the di- rector. B . Reinstatement of Insurance. “A recent treasury decision has auth- orized the reinstatement of govern- ment insurance within 18 months after discharge by the payment of only two months premiums on the amount of in- surance to be reinstated, one covering the month of grace during which the policy was in force, and one for the month in which reinstatement is made. This 1§ a very generous provision, and will make it possible for all ex-service men to retain their government insur- ance after they have become adjusted again in their normal civil life. Indeed, I look for a very heavy reinstatement and conversion as soon as the Sweet bill passes the senate and becomes an act and. it is made known to all those who are affected. “The bureau appreciates tremendous- ly the co-operation it has had from the insurance officials and the men of the insurance profession, and it is to be regretted that there are some few who disregarded thelr moral obligation to assist the ex-service men by encour- aging the men to drop their govern- ment insurance and take out insurance in private companies. It is my per- sonal opinion that all ex-service men in such instances should combine in their disapproval of such action, and should in some forceful way express their utter disgust for those who are found guilty of such practices. Indeed, in the years to come, I feel confident that in such cases where ex-service men have been advised in such way as to allow them to lose their government insurance, that there will be at least one man in the world whom the ex- service men will utterly despise, and distrust, and that will be the un+ scrupulous agent who in a time of test was found wanting.” ., . Cotton In the Far North. i Fiowers' grow profusely (n many parts of the arctic reglons. Oné of the most frequently met with is the cotton plant. Northern miners have a sayfag that wherever cotton blooms, ice is 1;9; far below. One may walk for miles, between the months of June and Au- gust, through flelds of cottonpiants in flowek, the white, silky tops sway- ing Tn thé arctic breéze. At present little use is made of it, from an in- dustrial point of view, except where the down Is gathered for filling pfl- lows. The flowers bloom luxuriantly, as 18 natural where the sun shines continuously during the summer months. Among others, the flower- hunter may gather purple larkspur, bluebells, monk’s hood, primroses, asters,. lilles-of-the-valley and even s kind of arctic geranfum, pink or white ia color. .| open;up. DOUBLE APPLE. Good old Dame Nature has given us many wonderful things, and also many freaks. While in a good many cases she has had the help of men who have made a study of social phases of plant life, she can take full credit for a Jarge majority of them. Now, up amoung the apple orchards of the great Northwest she has 2dded new laurels to her already long list by producing some really remarkable double apples. “Siamese twin” apples, if you please. In one shipment of 900 boxes there were more than a boxful of these curious products of fruitland. The fruit will be exhibited merely as a curi- osity.—Popular Méchanics Maga- ine. 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After another application or two your hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy, soft and luxuriant and you appear years younger. Quick Action When Pneumonia Threatens Tightness and Soreness In Chest Calls for Begy’s Mustarine Don’t fool with slow acting lini- ments, poultices, plasters, hot water bottles and the like, when Begy’s Mustarine, the first and best improve- ment on Grandma’s old-fashioned Mustard Plaster will subdue the in- flammation and put you right over night. i 23 It's hot stuff—is Begy's Mustarine —that’s why it's the speediest killer of pain in the world. o But it can not blister—yon can, always - in double quick timei It’s the real honest remedy for all aches and pains, for congestion and inflammation, for swellings and sore- ness. Use it the minute you suspect that Influenza is attacking you and re- ' member to apply it promptly if you want to conquer sore throat, tonsi- litis, croup, coughs, pleurisy or bron- chitis in just a. few,hours. Always -in the yellow box—never sold in jars—and money back if not as advertised. Be sure it’s Begy’l,v Mustarine. ek S. C. Wells & Co., LeRoy, N. Y. MlISTARIN “CANNOT BUSTER ‘on ;that, but it willik 'm%fidcfi:&m‘;fi' - DRS. GILMORE & McCANN Physicians and Surgeons Oftice Miles Block GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Miles Block Phone 560 THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Dr. W. K. Denison—Dr. D. R, Burgess DENISON & BURGESS Veterinarians Phones: Office 3-R; Res: 99 Bemidji, Minn. A. V. GARLOCK, M. D. SPROIALIST Eye—Ear—Nose—Throat Glasses Fitted Subscribe for The Pioneer. PAGE THRER J. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGRON ..Office and Hospital 3 doors west.. of Troppman’s. Phone No. 309 3rd Street and Irvine ave. D. H. FISK Attorney at Law Oftice, Northern National Bank Bidg. Phone 181 Collections a Specialty Phone 181 ! The Bridge of Ships When our country entered the world struggle we lacked ships and yards in which to build them. Fifteen months later, in July, 1918, America long! But not for launched 123 ships—about one every six hours. Food, including bread cereals, was one of the things that had to go constantly across this “bridge of ships.” MOTHER’S BREAD when war time food regulations were strictest, stood the test. It saved wheat for the Allies ‘“over there”; it maintained its flavor and nutriment for those who were backing up our boys over here. HOME BAKERY SPECIAL For Saturday Nov. 8 We will offer specials in Men’s Detachable Collars. Have a Fur Collar put on that army coat and use it for civilian wear. At the present prices you can effect a big saving in your winter coat. Taupe Nutria Collars .........$15.00 Beaver Nutria Collars .........$17.50 Natural Raccoon Collars. .$20 and $25 Some hew médeb in Ladies’ Coats in Sea Lion, Austral- | jan Opossum and Seal Coats at prices to fit every ]{ pocketbook. ‘ BROCKMAN’S i FUR FACTORY At TROPPMAN'S DEPT. STORE