Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 7, 1921, Page 2

$10,000,000 AID . FOR VETERANS !Red Cross Provides Friendly Service of Many Kinds to Army of Disabled. /BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS 12,397 of These Are Helping Ex- Service Men Obtain Bene- fits U. S. Provides. + One field of Red Cross service alone, |that of assisting disabled veterans of the World War, entails expenditures $4,000,000 greater than the aggregate receipts of the Annual Roll Call of 1020, the American Red Cross an- nounces in a statement urging a wide- spread increase in membership at the Annual Roll Call, November 11 to 24 At the present time National Head- quarters and the nation-wide chain of Chapters of the Red Cross is spend- ing approximately $10,000,000 annual- ly for the relief of disabled ex-service men and their familles, while the ag- gregate receipts from last year's Roll Call were approximately $6,000,000. It is in the 2,289 of the 3,800 Red Cross Chapters which still are helping solve the veteran’s. problem of adjust. ing himself to a normal civilian status that the greater part of the cost of this service is bogpe. Of the total sum spent for veterans’ relief last year, National Headquarters expended a to- tal of more than $2,600,000, while the remaining disbursement of approxi- mately $7,000,000 represents the con- tribution of Chapters in this country- wide effort to assist the Government in providing the aid sorely needed by thexe men and their familles. An Ever Expanding Problem That the problem of the disabled service man Is ever-expanding and * probably will not reach the peak be- fore 1925, is the assertion of well-in- formed Government officials and that 2,397 Red Cross Chapters regard it us their most important work is evi- dence that the expansion is In nowise confined to a particular section but Is, on the contrary, nation-wide, At the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1921, there were 26,300 disabled service men in the 1,602 United States Publie Health Service, Contract and Govern- ment and Soldiers Hom ——— 1 S0 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER President Hardin Now Head's Red Cross. © Succeeding former President Wilson, President Harding was recently elected president of the American Red Cross. Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Ircland, Surgeon General, office. From left to right: He is here seen accepting the U. 8. A.; Dr. Livingston Farrand, chairman Central Cdmmittce of the Red Cross; the President; Asst. Secretary of the Treasury Eliot Wadsworth; Rear Admiral Edward R. Stitt, Surgeon General, U. S. N. —e e and that number s increasing at a rate of 1,000 a month. Thousands of these men recelving medical treatment, compensation and vocational training from the Govern- ment today, started thelr efforts to obtain them through the Red Cross Chapter. The Chapter, acting the disabled man’s agent in nst the Government, informs the man as to the procedure necessary to gain for him that which is provided him by Federal statute. His applications for compensation, medical treatment and teaining are properly filed with the aid of the Ited Cross Clapter, tany Forms of Assistance It there is delay before the man's claim s aeted upon, the Red Cross Chapter Tends the man money to meet the imperative needs of himself and his dependents. Maost vital to the man's gaining full henefit from the Government’s eare s ahout Keeping the veteran's fam- fly from hardship of every kind and Informing him of its w GIRE other provinee of the Chapter, F from féar on this score, the man's re- and advancement usually is Keeping his mind free from worry his home, covery. rapid. | Every month during the last year, the American has given service of one kind or another to an former serviee men An indication of the extent of the faith reposed in the Red Cri Chapter is to he found in the fict that there were quests for friendly aid o the solution of persona! prohlems. 448 Workers in Hospitals While man prior to enterlng Gover » denls largely with the ward he eome Red Cross average of and their e tact with the thonal Hes de I « 418 United . 1 are hein to provide f 1 with his compen- cep him i touch meeting his every ded by the While these are a few the National ve by no means Anion Red Cross accom- nerts for the yerr a Y It handled 70, allotment and Towsnee el Tt deliv poniectio al- through its Chapter or- ilotment cheeks to the Child Welfare associaiton DAKOTA CLUBWOMEN IN ANNUAL SESSION Fargo, N. D., Oct.6.—The wisdom of hammering swords into plow- shares was the topic of discussion by Mirs, Sumner T. McKnight of Min- neapolis at the annual meeting of the North Dakota Federated clubs. Mrs. McKnight injected into her address the inspirations received from 'a recent visit to the war:torn sections of Europe. In view. of the coming disarmament conference, hev talk and the discussion it provides was expected to be a real feature of the convention. i Clubs in the state belonging to the federation now number about 200 according to Mrs. H. Hallen; retary. Individual about 4,300. Mrs. J. A. Jardine is chairman of the general arrangements cormittee which has provided for the enter- tainment of the club wemen, gath- cred here until this evening for their twenty-fifth annual sesstons. Speukers included M Thomas Winter, president of the Gene Federation, who talked on “This Moving World;” M Rhode ¥sland, nation Rose V. S. Berry, Berkele; Cal,, whose subject was “Art and Its Place in Life,” and Dean C. B. Wal- dron of the agricultural college Social features inciuded the endow- ment fund concert Wednescay eve- ning, a reception in honor « Winter, Tuesduy afternoon home of Mrs. R. N. W rer at Ceres hall, agr lege, Thursday. cultural col- Geographical and Spiritual. At Leamington there stands a tree which elaipis, or has claimed, to be the geographical center of Bogland. A few il lies Siratfond on the Avon. so near the oxraphical center that one might faney it placed there on purpose to signify it as the spirisual center of Engl ‘c Waterspout, recently measured I ship in the Indian 00 feet high to the base clond, The column 500 feet wide at the Junction with the cloud to 130 feet 'wide at the sea, A wae from a1 ocean was of t > had moved from the ad- ed to the Bureau of Insteance, al fund of $10,000 ce to men under voeation It made to men taking voe which 83 per cent has been repa s.| “I Will Praise Tanlac as Long \ 3 FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1921 8aving Time With House Plants. When potting a plant that will some time need repotting make a “lining” for the pot, using pleces of old wire fencing, tightly wired into shape. 'This cnables one to repot the plant withont distirbing the roots and the wire pot can be placed with the plant in the larger pot also, making it possible to repot again without disturbing the main roots, though the coarse mesh has not prevented roots from filling the new soil beyond its confinjng limits. You can keep ferns beautiful for many years by this system.—Mrs. M. C. 8., Colo. Eleventh Commandment. Answering a question as to the re- liglous significance of the so-called Eleventh Commandment, a reader states that the answer is found in the book of John 4, in which Jesus sald: “A. new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another.” DULUTH WOMAN MAKES BIG GAIN I Live,” Declares Mrs. Milesvick as “P'll praise Tanlac as long as I live, but if I live a hundred years I can never praise it enough for the! good it has done me,” said Mrs. Mary Milesvick, 17 Mesaba Ave., Du- luth, Minn. “I just want everybody to know {what this medicine has done for me. Why, Pve actually gained thirty pounds in weight and feel so well it seems almost too good to be true. For over a year I had suffered from stomach trouble. My appetite was gone entirely, and what little I did good, and often I couldn’t retain any- thing on my stomach. / Even the sight of food would make me sick at times. For six months I didn’t get a good hours of night I was sitting up so nervous I couldn’t stay in bed, just worrying and wondering if there was nothing that could help me. I was so weak and run down I couldn’t do my housework and suffered constant- ly from awful headaches. “Well, I will always remember the day my husband brought me a bottle of Tanlac, for I started to get better right away. My troubles are all in the past now, and I'm glad to give statement, for I just wish every suf- ferer would try Tanlac, as I believe me.” Tanlac is sold in Bemidji by the eat seemed to do me more harm than |3 night’s sleep, and often in the dead | it would help them just like it has| STAR WITNESS AGAINST ARBUCKLE DISAPPEARS San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 6.—Jake Lawrence, star witness for the state in the investigation of the Roscoe Arbuckle manslaughter case, has dis- appeared. Rumors were circulated' that he had left for Austraiia, Warrants for Lawrence, charging him with vio- lation of the prohibition laws, were placed in the hands of the United States marshal today. HORSE SHOW STAGED AT FORT SNELLING TODAY Fort_ Snelling, Minn., Oct. 6.—All Twin City society turned out today |, for the Horse Show staged by officers of Fort Snelling. Military events were on the pro- gram this morning, Fancy riding and driving was scheduled for this after- noon. Entries of the finest animals in the northwest was mede. “UNCLE” JOHN DAUBNEY REACHES 102 MARK TODAY St. Paul, Oct. 6.—Another birth. day celebration up on the St. Croix river attracted country-wide atten- tion today. Uncle John Daubney formally ob- served his 102nd birthday anniver- sary at his home in Taylor Falls. He is known throughout the north- west as the oldest white man living in this section. Recently he went to Decorah Towsa, to visit his young brother, Wilson, Daubney, 99, who said he was i old to fravel.” John Daubney said + he is “fit for a fight.” . His parents came to_ the Um.tcd States in 1824 from Lincolnshire, England. In 1845, Uncle John went up the St. Croix and ‘“never came down, except to go right back up.” INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, BELTRAMI CO, BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA. The regular meeting of the, Board of Bducation was. called to ord Tuesday, September 28th, 1921, at 5 o'clock P. M., by President Tuomy. All” members present. Minutes of the regular meeting of Sep- tember 13th, Moved and sec smith, that® t amounting to $ 713 1921, read and approved. nded by Brooks a September payroll g 3,70 be allowed. Car- rled Moved and seconded by Smith and Ritchie that the depository bonds of the nd_the School Treasurer’s bond red to an attornev for his ap- as to form. Carried. 1 and secondea by acolander and Netzer, that the Treasurer he directed to transfer the $50.00 item from Class Fund to the General Fund. Carried. Moved and seconded by Smith and Netzer that the report of the committee on the School l'arm be accepted as read and placed on file. Carried. Moved and seconded by Smith and Netzer that the Finance Committee be in swer to negotiate for the sale or lease of the School Iarm to the Beltrami County Agricultural Association, Car- ried. Moved and seconded by Smith and Netzer, that,a committee be appointed to investigate the financial condition and affairs of the School District and changes as necessary. Carried. Moved ani seconded by Ritchie and Molander that the freight hill of $102.08 to the Soo lLine Ry.. for chairs from ¥ A._Rowles, be allowed. Carried. Moved and seconded by Smith and Brooks, that the meeting adjourn, 3.7, TUOMY, President. FLORENCE F. NETZER. Clerk. From 16 ‘To 21 Junior Order of L NOW ORGANIZING BE <A CHARTER MEMBER Ge! full Injormation from EARL LUKE City Drug Store, and leading drug- gists everywhere.—Advertisement. Phone 456 LAST CALL FOR THE FIRST PERIDD THE 'CAMPAIGN DEPARTMENT WILL BE OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL 9 P. M, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AS LONG AS THE CAMPAIGN OF- FICE IS OPEN——THE CREDITS WILL BE PUBLISHED MONDAY. ONE MORE CLUB OF $20.00 MAY MAKE A GREAT DIFFERENCE IN YOUR .STANDING, SO IF YOU WANT TO BE A WINNER NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT FORTH YOUR BEST EFFORTS—A LITTLE HELP NOW WILL BE MORE TO YOU THAN A LOT OF CONSOLATION LATER. 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