Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 5, 1920, Page 3

I | BELGIANS DO NOT . FIND OLD HOMES Al Landmarks Obliterated by - Shell and Shrapnel Fired ! % VL A l e SR NEgESSARY {“.un and .Compli- ! ise—0ld Boun- daries 'of Farms Ags Completely d Wiped t. » y Ypres, ‘Belgium.—Thousands of Bel- <) - glan families probably never will find I their former homes in No Man’s Land. /-All” means of identifying them have been shot away. They . will find homes, of course, gomewhére in that desert waste, per- ='|* haps. .on what used to be somebody else's land. But the exact location of thelr own sacred bit of ground may, forever remain a mystery. " Nearly five years of ceaseless bom- bardment has. obliterated the land- marks cupon which the pre-war land surveys were based. The old bounda- | ries’ which' distinguished .-one farm | from ' aunother have literally been potinded into the earth—too deep for resurrection. . New-siirveys will-come in time, prob- bly more scientific than the old. Ev- ryone’‘who once owned part of the sat ' battlefleld will receive some- g,-equal in size ard as near as pos- el to ‘where his former home is thought to have been. " . peace of Mind Vanishes. _ " put In"another sense this can never compensate.. Nor can the old peace of ‘mind. ever fully return to folk so at- “‘tached to. their own little plece of earth’ that nothing less than certain death from_ shell fire—and sometimes nat even this—could induce them to desert it. This is-‘one phase of tomorrow’s hu- man story in that vast, cratery deso- iation which reaches here beyond eye range in‘every direction—once one of Belglum’s most beautiful farming dis- | triets, i /_"Al'bet. very few homeseekers have ) returned. "Of these, some took one de- ! spdiring ‘look at the miles of water- logged shell areas and climbed back on a train for the’place from whence they | came—to Wwait a few months more un- ' til_the process of reclamation has had time to make a little progress. .Othere are still searching among the _ruined trenches and shell holes, filled + with marsh grass and stagnant water, for clues to their homes. Landmarks Are Demolished. The-big ‘stone at the corner bound- ary—and from which, perhaps, all sur- . veys for the entire neighborhood were .made—the ‘vell in the front yard, the house, the | arn, the shade tree over the gate— 'l have simply disappeared under war | terrible effacement. Noth- ing rema’ : to indicate where they | once wer T . ... What ¢t happen when the real van- “guard |!0Ce exiled Arcadians finally lrr(ve?‘h'e, pinione here differ. h ; Somd " {dict a general scramble to vy Wt stake out plots on the most desirable— or, rather, least undesirable—locations, a mild restaging of some of the inci- dents in our own American history, such a8 when the squatters rushed in- to the Middle West. And then a long series of disputes and complications when others arrive Y who believe themselves the rightful o | “agners of the “claims,” with probably B v of legal entanglements in court. For it is easily conceivable that under { prevailing conditions it might be ex- tremely difficult to dislodge a claim Jumper, SPEAK FRENCH,‘. ALSACE RULE Strassburg Citizens Intent on Elim- inating German as Language " of the People. : Strassburg, Germany.—The language most commonly heard on the streets here is not German or French, but Al- satlan, a patois not more dissimilar to French thdn is the patols of the Bre- tagne farmer or Brest longshoreman. Strassburgers are intent, however, to eliminate German as much as possible. This evening I heard loud talking in a corner of a dining room of the hotel Just behind my table. It was the head waltér berating one of his help. The voice bore an especially strong German accent, although the words were French. They were: “I don’t want to hear a single word of German spoken here; French it must be from now on.” Club Women Bar Silk Hose. Cedar Rapids, Ia.—No more silk hose will be purchased by members of the current events department of the Woman's club here for one year. A resolution pledging the members to| such a course has been adopted as one step in combating the high cost of liv- ing. The women also agreed not to wear silk stockings after those they now have are worn out. ' Does Not Like His Name. Lincoln, Kan.—One of the young men is Lincoln high school feels that he is unfortunate gp his name. It has not thus far in Mis life- affected his popularity in the school or in the com- munity where he is well known. But tow about the time when he shall have to begin life on his own account? This boy’s name is Kiser and Royal Kiser, at that. i . in Napoleonic lore. .| MONDAY. EVENING, JANUARY §, 1920 DEAD ARE MOUNTING GUARD Soldiers Who Were Killed at Douau- mont Still Thrust Their Bay. onets Above Ground. At Douaumont, France, Cardinal Du- bois, archbishop of Rouen and former bishop of Verdun, blessed the historic Tranchee des Fusils, the “T'renches of the Rifles,” September 14. The cere- mony occurred in the presence of Gen- eral Valentin, commander of the forts and heights of the Meuse; of M. Robin, mayor of Verdun, and a delegation of the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh regiment, according to Current His- tory, New York Times. The Trench of the Rifles lies behind a humble wooden cross erected near Douaumont, which is a shapeless mass of .splintered rock, of barbed wire writhing as if in torment, of name- less litter, through which poppy and bramble trled to thrust upward dur- ing the summer. This cross overlooks the bloodiest battle field of the war. It was erected by men of the One Hun- dred and Thirty-seventh regiment be- cause close by their dead comrades are still mounting guard—there in the Tranchee des Fuslls. It was a small episode amidst a cata- clysm and soon over. In Indian file the men of the One Hundred and Thir- ty-seventh crept forth to mount guard, rifle on shoulder, bayonets fixed; there came a sudden, thunderous boom; the earth shuddered and cracked open, closed again, and swallowed up all. Thrusting above the ground, aligned as on that last march down the nar- row trench that led to death, the bay- onets: of the section rise a bare six .inches. It was.this Trench of Rifles, and the dead heroes, still mounting guard below, that the cardinal blessed. LAW AS TO COLOR BLINDNESS Does Not Mean Loss of Sight, Accord- ing to Ruling Made by Georgia Superior Court. 'Color, blindness does not mean total loss of sight in the meaning of the law, it was held recently by Judge John T. Pendleton in the motion division of Superior court at Atlanta, Ga. Judge Pendleton’s decision cleared a legal point raised only once before in the United States, so far as is shown by court records. This was in Ne- braska, where both the lower court and the State Supreme court held that color blindness means total blindness. The question was raised in a suit brought by George L. Fallin, who was a locomotive "engineer for the Atlanta Joint Terminals, against the Locomo- tive Engineer Mutual Insurance and Accldent association, a branch of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-| gineers. Engineer Fallin, it was set out, be- ‘| eame color blind while engaged in his line of duty and was discharged from his position. He then applied to the engineers’ association for his insur- ance—$1,500—for the loss of his eye- sight, as stipulated In the policy. The association, however, declined to pay the amount on the ground that color blindness did not come within the terms of the policy concerning blind- uness. Fallin then brought suit in- the courts through his counsel, City Attor- ney James L. Mayson. Chinaman and His Queue. On April 16,-at what was once the village of Fanpoux, I met a Chinese who was trying to grow a queue. It was only about a foot long and did not improve his appearance any. That day while out In the flelds salvaging ammunition, his nose told him he was in the’ vicinity of some unsuccessfully buried foreigners. He was hardened by this time to all sorts of disagree- able things, but the'incident went to the back of his head and only served to strengthen his belief that he should grow a queue. Foreigners wear their hair cut short. He had been in France going on two years and had long since concluded that he did not want to iml- tate them. Hence the quene.—World’s Work. Dantzig Rich in Memories. The old fortress of Dantzig is rich It was here that the man of destiny falled to heed the intimations of a grand council of his marshals—Murat, Ney and the rest— that his star had passed perihelion; it was here that he upbraided them for having grown soft in prosperity, and for opposing the invesion of Russia; and it was from Dantzig that his le- glons “jumped off” for the ill-fated Moscow campaign. In a later day Dantzig was the back- ground and base for the northern shear of Mackensen's gray-green pin- cers that took Warsaw. The Gridiron. “But you have no field of honor in zis countree,” said the French visitor. “Oh, yes, we have,” replied the Amerjcan citizen. “Qui?” “Oui, oul. We have a fleld of honor with two goal posts at each end, and our husky young Americans take a de- light in plowing it with their noses.”— Birmingham Age-Herald, Her View. Edith—I hear that Helen is to marry a rich man fifty years of age. Agnes—How foolish! He is twen- ty-five years too old and twenty-five years too young.—Boston Transeript. Isn’t It the Truth? When a woman asks you to be can- did she expects you to be complimen- tary, just the same.—Bostou Tran- script. n ~~ _ THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER : . | \W|BIG EATERS GET SCOPE OF FOOD LAW|® < ipDNEY TROUBLE Misunderstanding as to Applica- tion of Act. . .Does Not Afizct Foods er Drugs Con- sumed in State \Where Manu- factured. Washington.—The fedcral food and drugs act does not apply, as many peo- ple suppose, to foods and drugs which are manufactured and produced in one state and not thereafter shipped out of that state, that is, that are consumed within the state where produced. Such foods and drugs are subject to state laws, The provisions of the federal food and drugs act ‘do apply to the foods and drugs which (1) are shipped or delivered for shipment from any state or territory or the District of Columbia into any other state or ter- ritory or the District of Columblia; (2) are shipped or delivered for shipment from any state or territory or the Dis- triet of Columbia to any foreign coun- try; (3) are being imported into the ‘United States; or (4) are manufac- tured, sold, or offered for sale in the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States. The words “food” and “drug” as de- fined In the federal food and drugs act have a somewhat different meaning from the popular understanding of those terms. For instance, water un- der the food and drugs act is classed a8 food. The term “food” includes all articles used for food, drink, confec- tionery, or condiment by man or oth- er animals, whether simple, mixed or compound. The term “drug” includes all medicines and preparations recog- nized in the United States pharma- copoeia or national formulary for in- ternal or external use, and any sub- stance or mixture of substances in- tended to be used for.the cure, mitiga- tion or prevention of disease of either man or the animals. Beltrami County —Travelers— will find a warm welcome at The West Minneapolis Service our watchword " ICK RELEF FROM CONSTPATION Get Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets' That is the joyful cry of thousands since Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician - for 17 years and calomel’s old-time enemy, discovered the formula for Olive Tablets while treating patients for chronic constipation and torpid livers. St alomel, bat & bealng, soothng conf omel, but a , S00! veg‘etable laxative. _No griping is the *“keynote” of these little sugar-coated, olive-colored tab- lets. They cause the bowels and liver to act normally. y never force them to unnatural action. If you have a “‘dark brown mouth”— bad breath—a dull, tired feeling—sick headache—torpid liver—constipation, you'll find quick, sure and pleasant re- sults from one or two of Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousands take them ight just ¢o keep right. Try them. .l&na%égi YONLY ONE THING . BREAKS MY GO ‘“That’s Dr. King’s New Dis. covery for fifty years a cold-breaker” 'OTHING but sustained quality and unfalling effectiveness can arouse such enthusiasm. Noth- lns but sure rellef from stubborn old colds and onrushing new ones, grippe, throat-tearing coughs, an croup could have made Dr. King's' New Discovery the nationally popu- lar and standard remedy it 18 today. Fifty years old and always rell- able, "Good for the whole family, A bottle fn the medicine cabinet means a short-lived cold or cough. 60c. and $1.20. All druggists, Regular Bowels Is Health Bowels that move spasmodically —{free one and” stubborn the next—should be healthfully regu- lated by Dr. King's New Life Pills. In this way you keep the impurities of waste matter m circulating through the system by cleansing the bowels thoroughly and promot- ing the proper flow of bile. P Mild, comfortable, yet always re- liable, Dr. King's New Life Pilis work gwith precision without the constipation results of violent pur- gatives, 25c. as usual at all drug- gists, Take Salts at First Sign of Bladder Irritation or or Backache The American men and women must guard constantly against Kid- ney trouble, because we eat too much and all our food is rich. Our blood is filled with uric acid which the kid- neys strive to filter out, they weaken from overwork, become sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and the re- sult is kidney trouble, bladder weak- ness and a general decline in health. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead; your back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; if you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheumatism when the weather is bad, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jed Salts; take a table- spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This fam- ous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generation to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys; to neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in- jure, makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water beverage, and belongs in every hovpe, because nobody can make a mistake by having a good kidney flushing any time. DRY CLEANING Olothes Cleaners for Men, Women and Children B. 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