Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 2, 1920, Page 2

“ENEMY RM‘T[E[] flUBLIC HEAL'—I'H SERVICE BY FIVE TANKS| Ruse That Kept Germans Guess- ing on Eve of Argonne Disclosed. STAGE ONE-NIGHT STANDS Their Bluff Attacks Divert Two Ger man Divisions—U. S. Army Gets First Two of Improved Type of Battle Tank. ‘Washington.—The story of five little American tanks ‘and the part they played In the great Argonne offensive s told as follows in a statement Is- sued by the war department: “Gen. Pershing with the first Ameri- can army had just finished awakening the German high command to & healthy fedr of the American soldier by re- ducing the St. Mihiel salient, and the plans for the Meuse-Argonne offensive were about to be carried into execu- tion, . In these days of the airplane and wireless telegraphy, it seems im- possible to deliver g surprise assault. Nevertheless no pains are spared to deceive the enemy as to the exact point of attack. As a means of cover- ing the true point of attack, the chief of tank corps presented a scheme which received the approval of the Righ command. Cut Up Like an Army of Tanks. “Accordingly, after the withdrawal of the tanks from the St. Mihiel sec tor, Lieut. Higgins with his platoon of the Three Hundred and Thirty-fourth battalion tank corps, was directed to proceed from this point in a north- westerly direction along the lines via narrow gauge railway. He was to stop each night and make a reconnalssance tn front of our positions with his tanks and immediately load uf and repeat the operation the following night further down the line. “On Sept. 19, the five tanks and thelr crews were loaded and the ex- pedition started. That evening they stopped in the rear of a little wood, many kilometers west of St. Mihlel. Off the little narrow guage flat cars tumbled the the tanks and nosed into the woods for concenlment. About 11 o'clock all was ready and the minia- ture army started forward on its mis- sion. Everything went off as sched- uled. The tanks rolled through our positions and into No Man's Land. “They were operated back and forth for half an hour. After this they were quietly withdrawn, crawled back on thelir little narrow gauges -and started merrily on their way. ' They timed their work perfectly, and as they pulled out a terrific barrage hit the wooil they had left. “The following evening the proced- ure was repeated. Again the bar: rage descended too late to hurt the Jaunty band. For six successive nights the troupe staged their one night stands, and the reports all along the sector showed that the Hun was up ‘n the air. All day long the sky was full of planes searching for the army of tanks which the enemy was sure was concentrating on this front. All' 3uspicious looking places were -bomMarded with the usual Hun thor- ougliness and intensity. All night Tong the darkness was dispelled by hundreds of flares and rockets, and all in.dications showed that Heinle was not going to he eaught napping. Diverted Two Divisions. “Best -of all. just as the little hand was preparing to entrain to get into the bhig show fin the Argonne there eame a message from the intelligence rection stating ‘two German divisions withdrawn from Argonne front. En- training for your sector.'™ The tank corps has just recelved at Camp Meade, Mi.. from the Rock Islan¢ arsenal two Mark VIIL tanks. This type. the largest yet placed In quantity production, was especially de- signed for use agninst the Hinden- burg line und similar defenses. Not s0 fast nor o easlly handled as the lighter types, it possesses the ability to cross much larger ditches. crush more formidable obstacles, and car- ries a ‘much heavier armament. . The great difficulty with the Iarge Rritish tanks was that they were un- derpiwered and. on account of the ar- .rangement of theé machinery within, did not afferd the proper room for the crews, A commission of British and American experts has corrected faults largely through the adoption of the American Liberty motor. BR!TAIN_HAS BIG NEW SHELL Projectile s Said to Pierce the Heaviest Armor Without Shattering. London.—The British navy may soon be given a new and “unsufpassed” weapon in a large caliber shell which will pierce the heaviest armor without shattering, said Sir Robert Hadfield, chairman and managing director of Hadfields, Ltd., steel manufacturers, cecently. He indicated that possession of such a shell during the great war would have been of inestimable value to the British fleet. Washington’s Birthplace Sold. Fredericksburg, Va.—Willlam G. uune of Butte, Mont., who married Miss Mary Lindsay of Frederickshurg, *‘has purchased Wakefleld farm, in Westmoreland county, where they will make their home. The farm is the birthplace of George Washington. ! ing victims of the flaxen-haired. blue- o Maryland’s Junior Senator. United States m Josoph 1. France, Republican, of Mary- .iand, is & physician and nrnon. and llnea entering public life he has . inaturally taken an especial interest health sérvice. He has recen Sivities of the 1<) in the betterment of_ the public a gurvey of the various /ac- to public health, sanitation and pertaining ‘the care of the sick apd injured, with & view to making recommenda- d imorovement. . tons for their exnension and LAMENTS PASSING OF RUSSET New England Journal Voices Regret That Famous Apple Is Becoming Increasingly Scarce. The russet apple seems to be in a fair way to extinction. It used to be the commonest of our New England apples, but it is seldom seen nowadays. In Rhode Island the princlpal varie- ties are the Baldwin and greening— both fine apples, easy to sell and easy to “keep,” fine of color and flavor. But there is room for the russet, too, and It would be a great pity if it should continue to be neglected by so many growers. ‘There is no other apple that has just the russet tang. It somehow embodies the pungent quality of New England life—Iits spice. its juice and its humop. It is not so showy an apple as some -of its crimson, green and yellow com- petitors, and yet there Is nothing hand- somer In the apple kingdom after all than-a ripe russet, brown and yellow commingling on its smooth surface, to- gether with a faint blush of red. Perhaps there are localities where the russet flourishes ag of old, but it is out of fashion in this neighborhood. Let its friends arise in its behalf, and see that it does not wholly disappear. Why not a Russet soclety, systemat- fcally bent on its preservation? There have been organized movements for less worthy causes. Apple lovers with only small tracts of ground might at least pledge them- selves to set out one russet tree. A henring apple tree 1s as good as money | fn the bank.—Providence Journal. SAVAGE TRIBE ON TIBURON N “White Cannibals” Said to Infest Pa- cific Island Believed to Be . Rich in Pitchblende. Tiburon island. in the Pacific. four miles off the Mexican coast, 18 inhab- ited by a tribe of “white cannibals”, who are said to be descendants of the Duteh, Swedish and German prisoners ! who escaped from Mexican prisons several centuries ago. Yaqui Indians, who live on the mainland, call Tiburon the “Island of Death,” for the reason that any person who lands on it is- shot by poisoned darts and then eaten' by natlves, says an exchange. Tn addition to poisoned arrows used by the batives the cannibals also use an anclent blunderbuss' in nttncklng' their victims. They are supposed to number from 500 to 2,000 persons. Of 16 persons known to have visited the' i tsiand in the last few years, in parties . of two and three, only nine are said to have returned alive. the others fall- oyed “white Indlans,” as the Mexican peaple call them. Tiburon Is said to have rich depos- fts of pitchblende, from Wwhich radium 1s extracted. Catfish Made to Change Names. Some catfish have been nosing around In the mud of the rivers to the north of Rlo Janeiro for 31 years without konowing their right name. They supposed their name was ¢'Stein- dachneria,” under which they had been baptized by Carl H. Eigenmann and Rosa Smith Eigenmann in 1888. But G. Brown Goode has given this name to some other fish belonging to the aristocratic gadoid family of Macru- rids. Confusion and correspondence ensued until Prof. David Starr Jordan insisted that the catfish change their names. Therefore their sponsors have rebaptized them “Steindachneridion,” and the catfish can now nose around in the mud of the Rio Jequintinhonha, the Rio Doce and the Rio Parahyba without fearing that the piscatorial mail intended for them may get car- ried out to sea and delivered to the WManrride Put Them in Trenches. “The trouble encountered in holding the big British dirigible at her moor- ings,” sald Forest Hillers at the office, “gave me an idea which I think I will pass on to the war department. If a trench had been dug at Mineola, say 1,000 feet long and as wide and deep as the balloon, she could have been anchored in it, shielded from the wind, -and perfectly safe.” “But,” somebody asked, “how would they have gone about it to get the R-34 down in the hole?” “Oh,” replied Hillers, “that would have been up to the jofficers of the flylng fleld."— Newark News. ' Feet Hurt? They “need hurt no longer. ‘A Chicago Foot Expert whom we have arranged to bhave here dufing business hours MONDAY March 8 will examine your feet and advise ;?u how to quickly obtain comfort. e is a specialist, and he knows all about foot troubles and their causes and correction by scientific means. He is being loaned to this store to give all our patrons and others the benefit of his skill and knowledge. ‘There' is no charge whatever. His expert are Absolutely FREE anierhil i, N dls el ing o] There is no foot trouble too small or too great for him. Come and see for yourself This' lpedl.l.lfit is a ‘member of the Staff of - Dr. Wm. M. Scholl the Great Foot Authority and was personally trained by him in his methods ans in the ubsz and 2mng of his scientific ve Corns, bunions, callouses, weak arches, ankles, cramp- ing .toes, “rheumatic” foot and leg pains, tender feet and all other foot discomforts can_be relieved at once and corrected quickly. Come In Sure “B. & D.” SHOE STORE Next to City Drug Store ‘““Watch Your Feet’’ llIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIl||||||IIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIl||IIII||I|I|||I||I||I|I||IIIII||||||III|||IIIII|III|IIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIllIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIlIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII' FASHIONS IN BRIEF Very few raglan sleeves are seen. The. knee-length coat is a favorite. Tallored dreues are made of taf- feta. France ‘18 for bloused effect in L coats. Fur finishes the ends of some trains. Velveteen “and corduroy are mate- ridls used extensively In making cold- weather lounging robes and negligees. “Net blouses continue to be regarded favorable ' and the new ones are trimmed with ‘lace frills or with finely plaited rufflings. ‘ The new corsets being bronght out for spring and summer are generally a little more definitely corsets than have been' worn for several seasons. Nearly -all ‘'have very ‘long 'skirts, Among ‘stmplé models that are re- ceiving commendation may be men- tioned plain slip-over blouses of crepe de -chine, entirely untrimmed, finished at ‘times with a plain round neck, at others with an accordion-plaited frfll about the.neck and down the front to the walstline, SWISS -SMUGGLE, GET RICH One Family Is Asked by the Austrian / Government to Explain Affluence. Berne.—Smuggling across the fron- tier between Switzerland and Vorarl- berg has been a highly remunerative vocation recently. and many persons are alleged to have amassed consider- able fortunes in contraband trade, One family engaged In working a small farm near Lustenau, Vorariberg, has been asked by the- Austrian gov- ernment to explain its present appar- ent affluent circumstances. One son is living at Bregenz and reputed to be worth 170,000 crowns, another recently lost 125,000 crowns at roulette in Vienna, while another lost still more heavily at Monte Carlo. 2 A fourth is sald to be lving at an expensive hotel in Berlin. It s charged the whole family was engaged in -mnmllnz onemflnm; lines. FINATIN L3 ed. priced. PN THE‘ WANT ‘'YOU WANT TO. GET YOU WANT TO GET IT IN THE GREAT WANT GETTER, THE BEMIDJI PIONEER ith-pain. Everything worries: and ‘the victim - becomes desbondént cnd downhearted. To bfing bacb flxea shirie take ‘The mfionnl remedy of Holland for over 200 years; it is an enemy of all pains re- sulting from kidney, ‘liver and uric acid troubles. All druggists, three sizes. Look for the name Gold Medal os every box and accept no. imitation Fér RiIOIIlllltilm A good hot mustard plaster or poultice is pretty sure to overcome moat rheumatic pains and even sci- atica and gout but it’s a mussy affair and gener- ally blisters. Heat is abso- lutely necessary if you want per- manent relief. Begy’s Mustarine made of true yel- low mustard with other pain reliev- ing ingredients added is just as hot, is cheaper, cleaner and more effective than the old fashioned poultice or plas- ter and cannot blister. Besides rheumatic pams and swell- ings Begy’s Mustarine is speedily ef- fective for lumbago, . backache, neuritis, pleurisy, bronchitis, sore throst, chest colds nad all aches and pains because heat eases pnm——ao and 60 cents. - M TA U STA QVI N N THE (ELL W BOx HOTEL RADISSON Minneapolis [n the heart of the retail and theatrical district; 450 rooms at moderate rates. Four large cafes. The largest and most ' complete hotel in the northwest. S Bazdar Store | * You will be happily surprised in look- ing over our Sprng line of Ready to wear, to note the very reasonable prices in all Dresses in Wodl Jersey, $25.00 to $45.00 Dresses in Taffetas and Satins, i $25.00 to $75.00 Dresses in_Tricolette, $40.00 to $85.00 Dresses in Georgette, $40.00 to $85.00 SUITS IN ALL THE POPULAR ‘'SPRING SHADES new and snappy styles, $25.00 to $85.00 and worth from $10.00 to $20 more today than we are asking for them: : COATS IN TRICOTINE, SERGE, VELOUR and POLOCLOTH Both in sport and regular lengths, sellingat . .......$20.00 to $85.00 Also new Dress goods in Voiles, both plain and fig- Georgettes in beautiful patterns, reasonably Everything in staple goods for Spring at right prices at the BAZAAR STORE AL IIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIllIIII|IIIIlIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIlIIllIIllIflIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIlIL. 00O O |IIIlIllllllllllllllllllllllllllll(llllllllllllIIIIIIlIIIIIII||IIIII|lllllllI||IIIIllIIIIlllllllllllllllillIlllIlllllllllllllllllllllIlIlIlIlIIlIIllllllllllllllll Dafartiva