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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-07
.S|STERSO OF CHEER
FOR DAKOTA BOYS
Young Women of Sioux Fall
Plan Benefits for Sol
dier Lads.
Associated Press Service

Associated Press Service
SIOUX FALLS. ;. D., oct. G.
Members of the fourth South Dakota
infantry. in training at Charlotte, :.
c.. and the first South Dakota cav
airy at Deming. y. NJ. will receive
news from home, magazines, tobae-
co and other things TO break the
monotony and loneliness in camp,
through the efforts of the United
States Army Sisters Of Cheer, an or
ganization Of South Dakota young
women, who have pledged them
selves to aid in making the life OF
the soldiers from their home state
as cheerful as possible. The organ
ization, which originally was formed
in Sioux Falls with the assistance
OF a Sioux Falls newspaper, and now
has chapters in every county in the
state which has boys in the former
South Dakota national guard, re-
sembles the Loyal Girls of America,
a Chicago organization, insofar as
the object is concerned. But the
Sisters of Cheer will communicate
only with home state boys, while
the Chicago organization furnishes
names of men in the United ST. ties
army and navy, 10 whom those de-
string, can write.
Each member of the Sisters Of
Cheer society has been given the
name of some South Dakotan with
one of the two regiments, with
whom she will communicate and in
quire as 10 the things at home in
which he is interested; the maya
zines he enjoys reading, If he
smokes and the brand of tobacco
he prefers, and with what portion
of the worlds news he is especial
Iy eager to keep in touch.
The members of the society are
requested to use good judgment in
sending the soldier exactly what
will please him. The soldier. whose
name has been given a member OF
the society, is assigned TO the mem
Der during his service for his coun-
try, and the m lem ers are request
ed TO remember that he may be gone
for years. and not to shower him
with gifts all at once. IL is the plan
Of the organization 20 continue com
nunication with the South Dakota
soldiers when they go TO France
more so then while in training in
the United States, for they will be
farther away from home with little
chance of getting those things they
could obtain while in camp in the
United States.
The members of the organization,
who hope TO see the movement fos
tered by them spread 10 other states,
are asked to- send. aside from let
ters, tobacco, or cigarets, such ar
articles as home made candy, tooth
bpaste, tube Of cold cream or men
tholatum. a shaving stick, small can
Of talcum, or as a surprise gift a
towel, a wash cloth, a handkerchief,
or a pair of socks.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-07
BRITISH SURGEON
COMES To j. s.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Sir Berk-
eley Moynihan, senior consulting
surgeon TO the royal army medical
corps OF the English army and in
spector OF army hospitals in France.
well known 10 the American pro-
fession as an authority on. abdom-
inal surgery, has been delegated by
the British government to come TO
America 20 aid in the war perapara-
tons OF the medical corps Of the
United States army. Surgeon Gen.
WE'iai1 e. Gorgas announced today.
Sir Berkeley comes to take part
in the war session of the Clinical
Congress OF Surgeons held in Chi
cago the week of Oct. p and TO de-
liver the convocation address of the
American college of surgeons on
Oct. %, bring an official message of
The royal army medical corps con
corning the work OF the surgeons on
the battle fields and in the recon
struction hospitals Of France and
England.
He will explain the needs today of
the allied armies to save a maximum
Of the wounded and will describe
the notable advances in war sur
gerry since the beginning OF the war
The weeks of oct. % IN Chicago
will see the greatest war medical
meeting ever held on this contin-
emit" said DR.. Franklin Martin of
the council of national defense
About three thousand leading sur
geons from all parts OF North Amer
lea will hear discussions of the new
methods in the treatment of the
sick and wounded and see clinical
demonstrations OF many of these
methods in the hospitals.
This meeting will bring home to
the American profession an intimato
knowledge Of military medicine and
surgery such as has never before
been related on this side.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-07

ments. where she has sung. the pro-
ceeds going for the beneht Of our
soldiers and sailors who viii soon De
in contact with the enemy.
Mrs William G. McAdoo. wife OF
the secretary of the treasury. and
another OF the daughters Of Pres't
Wilson. has been a prime mover in
the work of interesting the women
OF the country in war loans Mrs.
McAdoo travelled all over the United
States addressing women's organ
izations. and carried on an extensive
campaign in behalf of the Liberty
loan. Mrs. McAdoo organized and
became the head of the women $
Liberty loan committee and brought
women's organizations in all parts OF
the United states into line.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. wife of
the former congressman and daugh-
ter OF Col. Theodor, Roosevelt. was
not To be left behind in the patriotic
movement of women. How could a
daughter of The Colonel" be back
ward when the United States is at
war? Mrs. Longworth. who. when
she was Miss Alice Roosevelt. had
the distinction Of receiving "a pro-
posal OF marriage from the much
married sultan of Zulu. turned her
home in Cincinnati over TO the Red
Cross for war work.
Miss Elizabeth Harrison, daughter
Of the late PRIEST Benjamin Harri-
son. donned khaki and Instructed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-07

ions Of Death" but they haven't had
10. and never will have to. for Amer
lean men will never run away from
the enemy. If any such thing could
possibly take place none of us doubt
but that American women would
promptly put such cowardly men to
shame. as did the women soldiers OF
Russia.
on the battle line Of France. how
ever. American women have already
undergone their baptisms OF fire. In
the Red Cross hospitals and auto
mobile and field ambulance services
many American women are at work
and have been at work for some
time. Many American women have
driven ambulances in France, facing
the daily danger of instant death 10
pilot an ambulance through she'll
torn areas TO the front to bring back
to the field hospitals the heroic
French and English wounded.
Among the more prominent OF
American women who are doing
their Bit are the Daughters of the
White House." Miss Margaret VIII
son, daughter of Pres't Wilson. has
thrown herself whole heartedly into
aid OF the Red Cross. Miss Wilson
has appeared at many entertain
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-07
Wilson's Daughters Aid War Work

lege Of law I'm military drill and food
conservation Miss Harrison did not
organize q Battalion Of Death. but
what she did organize correspondent
To- the English battalions OF women
for home defense Miss Harrison
was most active in spreading the
movement for the conservation 81
food throughout the country. II
Food Dictator Hoover rs 60 be be-
heyed. the conHrvation OF food is
quite as important in the plan 20
beat the kaiser as the manufacture
of shot and sheu.
Miss Helen Taft. dean OF Bryn
Mawr college and daughter Of the
former president got out IN the soiI
with "a broad-brimmed straw hat and
taught the girls AT the college how
10 garden and conserve food. Miss
Taft instituted n complete course ia
gardening and food conservation.
Miss Esther Cleveland. daughter
OF the late Grover Cleveland. is do
ing a work OF particular mercy in
France. She is teaching blind
French soldiers how 70 read. Miss
Cleveland has written OF some OF the
most pitiable cases. Later. when
American boys 90 into battle and
come into contact with liquid hra
and poisonous gases. Miss Cleveland
viii turn her attention 10 such OF
them as are unfortunate enough TO
lose their eycsight. In the mean
time she is caring for the unfortu-
nate OF our allies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-07

WASHINGTON. oct What
the women Of the various nations
have done i'm the war is one of the
marvels of the great conflict. Eng
lish women, who, before the civil
lied nations turned civilized Europe
into charnel house, found outlets
for their energy in hurting bricks at
the homes of the ministers in Down
ing st. and holding disorderIy gath
erings before the houses Of parlia-
ment. have organized home defense
lattalions. raised money for the Red
Cross and have donned the white
uniforms Of mercy and braved the
dangers of the battle front
Russian women, who before the
car hurled his defy at the kaiser,
were either the carefully guarded
wives and daughters OF Muscovite
mobiles or the hard saving victims Of
vodka-sodden moujiks. donned the
uniforms Of the Russian soldiers and
entered the "Battalions OF Death
where noblewomen fought and died
beside the women descendants of the
serfs. And the same is true in a
more or less degree of every nation
in the war.
American women have not hest
-ated to come forward and do their
bits" since Uncle Sam cast in his lot
with the allies True. American
women have not organized "Battal-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-07

are two obvious reasons. one is
that in the submarine Germany has
found she can develop an offensive
weapon faster than defensive meas
ures could be taken against it-as
long as the worlds navies are out
of cOmmission-and she has dis
covered that in the stealthy re-
cesses of the laboratory she car
cOncoct munitions OF horrid war
fare which might, in the end. lay
an unarmed world at her feet
But whether contemplating per-
mament peace. a bristling truce,
or universal disarmament. the ma
tons of the world should accept II
now as a fact. that they cannai
deal with the German nation until
that evil spirit which controls its
imperial government has been ex-
orcised.
Copyright. 1870
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-07
And. finally. YOU will v

the OF the WHICH
usually possible by Real Value policy and the
exceedingly liberal upon which will deliver you.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
NO COMPROMISE

"No order of President or a Gov
ernor will persuade me or force me
to this business of killing. On this
issue-for me at least there is no
compromise. Once war is here the
churches will be called upon to enlist,
as will every other social institution
Therefore would | make it plain that
SO long as | am your minister the
Church of the Messiah will answer no
military summons. Other clergymen
may pray to God for victory for our
arms; | will not. In this church, if
nowhere else in all America, the Ger
mans will still be included in the fam
lily of Gods children. No word of
hatred shall be spoken against them.
no evil fate shall be desired upon
them.
Il will remember without distinc
ton the peoples of all lands who bear
this day the agonies laid upon them
by the Governments which deceive
and use them"
John Haynes Holmes.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03

Ct. N IT, into pellets. In seven
days pleric acid stained her face and
arms copper color. The dye is al
most indelible. Our doctor orders
Julia to drink quantities of milk lest
the poison break out into slow-heal-
ing ulcers-when she must be sent
home to live on her pre-war insur-
ance, five shillings a week, now
worth 81 cents. Quantities of milk
might postpone the poisoning; but
milk costs II cents quart-Julia
earns cents an hour.
"Those gas helmets from the
trenches are for fuse makers in the
factories. Good fuse makers have a
definite value-even to sweater.
MARY here fills the decorators of
shells with illuminate of mercury.
Every day she fills 1000. Should she
drop a grain, the danger hut would
fly to pieces. 1t is nervous work;
long hours would be perilous-for
others. Her wage, at the standard
rate Of cents an hour, averages 81
for a 48-hour week. Call sovereign
1851 ten shillings ($2.5O)-which is
today it's real value-and Mary
lodges death for about So week!
"Neutrals are led to believe that
the minimum munitions makers
weekly wage is S.. A handy woman
with four months experience at lathe
work earns about $8.75-now equal
to $4.36 before the war. But the
world is NOT told that munitions
manufacturers profits have risen
$500 per cent!
while the rich grow richer, poor
men and women in England can be
sent to prison for demanding shorter
hours, increased pay, or longer lunch
time. No worker has industrial
rights, all labor laws are set aside;
IT IS A CRIME TO STRIKE! What
wonder that capitalists employ idle
strike breakers to manage munition
factories and preach patriotism "
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
WOMEN STREET CAR
DRIVERS WIN STRIKE

BERLIN.-The street railway SER
vice in the city of Madgeburg was
tied up for three days recently, when
the female conductors and motor
men" went on strike.
Because of the increased cost of
living, the women demanded a raise
of 40 cents per day, besides a reduc-
ton of their working hours. The
lines are owned by the municipality.
The city authorities at first re-
fused to grant the demands and tried
to run the cars with the aid of old
men and boys, but the public took the
part of the strikers. Fearing serious
disorders, the mayor asked the strik-
ing women to send delegation to
his office. The conference ended
with complete victory for the "lady
conductors" and within an hour all
of them were back on their cars.
The pay of the women now is about
a third higher than what the male
conductors and motormen got before
the war.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
POLICE GET A RAISE

The police of the city of Everett
petitioned the Commissioners for a
raise in wages recently and were
given a five dollar a month increase
We are of the opinion that the 16
cents a day increase is poor reward
for the noble service rendered by
the police during last years strike,
The grin that was bestowed by them
on the strikers who were being
beaten up by strike breakers at the
Cargo mill was worth great deal
more than a miserable 16 cents a
day. We suggest that the police
join the zone Big Union" and learn
how to sabotage on the "boss" in
order to make him come through
with a living wage.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
FIVE ALDERMEN ELECTED TO
ROCKFORD, ILL, COUNCIL

Five Socialists were elected to the
Rockford, ILL.,, city council at the
spring elections. Oscar Ogren failed
of election as mayor by a vote of
1864 to 6,691. The vote last fall for
Benson was only 1928.
"The increase from two to five in
the city council was made in the face
of a deliberate attempt by gerry
Wandering and redistricting the ward
lines as we'll as the method of repre-
sentation to put US off the map"
writes Frank II. Hall. eve made
large gains for our aldermanic can
didates in entirely new sections of
the city"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
HIGH PRICES
HELP BOOST I
GRAFTON
British and Scottish Cooperative
Societies Have Great Increase
i'm Sales and Members
BY f.. RALPH CHEYNEY,
OF the Cooperative League of
,no,inn


In the light of the threatening food
famine in the, United States, and as
an aid to the intelligent discussion
of various ways of combating it, it
may be of interest to consider the
effects of the war upon the British
cooperative movement during the
past year.
The last quarterly meeting of the
Scottish Cooperative Wholesale So
ciety, which convened short time
ago in Edinburgh, received the re
port of great increases in the soci-
ety's business. The trade for the
quarter amounted to S13 ,450, $50
Figuring on the basis that Ii is
equal to $500, an increase of $2,424,-
301 over the corresponding period of
1915. The net sales during the last
half of 1916 amounted to $37, 062,-
015.12, an increase of $9053, 1906 40,
or 2S.3 per cent over the last half
year of 1915. While total sales for
1916 were $67,S55, 493. 16, an increase
of $14,675, 297,48, or 25.1 per cent
The amount available for distribution
after meeting all expenses, including
interest on capital and depreciation
on buildings, machinery, plant etc.
was $1,590,049, and this despite the
fact that the various distributing
centers encountered many difficulties
and much additional expense in the
transport of goods.
From the 1917 diary of the Co.
operative Wholesale Society, Ltd, of
England, we take these interesting
and, to those who can read between
the lines, tremendously significant
figures
Eleven hundred and ninety-five So
cieties, representing an Individual
membership of 2,586,859, are now
stockholders this is an increase of
50,887 over the 2,535,972 individual
members of 1879, while 1916 soci-
cites are supplied with goods This
vast cooperative enterprise owns and
operates three steamships, five Irish
and ID foreign and colonial depots,
eight flour mills, three printing
works, two canneries, two farms with
total acreage of l ,467, and IS fac
tories. Its sales for the year ended
June, 1916, were 5000, 1868, 278.56, and
$34,574,845.45 was the sum of its i'm
ports during the year. The total
of sales since the society was start
ed in March, 1864, is 1926, 987, O45.75
and its total profit during that time
$53,948, 702.16, while the average rate
of expense has been 2 per cent. In
September, 1916, there were 28,818
employees, an increase of 1865 over the
1888 Of the previous year.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
MORE SEATS WON
BY SOCIALISTS
X IRK PATRICK AGAIN MAYOR
OF GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS

Marshall f. Kirkpatrick, former
Socialist mayor of Granite City, H.,
was reelected at the spring elections
by a majority of .451 votes, defeating
the candidate of the Independent par
ty. The mayoralty vote was: Kirk
patrick, 1868; Independent candidate,
1911.
Kirkpatrick was mayor of Granite
City from 1911 to 1915. He was de-
feated for reelection in 1915 by a
combination of the old political par
ties. This time he won out by a
clear majority.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
ARRAYED AGAINST US.

| hope the Socialists Of Everett will
realize their power as consumers to
obtain advertisements from the mer-
chants of their city. Let the working
class everywhere trade only with
their friends. The business man as
a rule is very conservative and ar
rayed with the force of capitalism
Boycott all such men.
WALTER PRICE.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
THREE ELECTED

At Silvis, Illinois, the Socialists
came into their own, electing three
out Of the four candidates. Silvis is
the seat Of the largest railroad shops
on the Rock Island System. Nearly
all the men living at Silvis are en-
ployed at the railroad shops. The
campaign was clean-cut and the com
rades are elated over the results.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
ELECT ALL BUT ONE
ALDERMAN AT BUCkNER, ILL.

Buckner, Illinois, Socialists elected
their entire city ticket at the spring
elections with the exception of one
alderman who lost by only few
votes. C. 0 Harper was elected ma
yor. All of the officials elected are
union men.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
THE w. G.. S. LEAGUE

Will meet at the home of Mrs.
Hanna Crosby, 1927 Broadway, Tues
day afternoon at 2:30. The name of
the organization is going to be chang
ed and your presence at the meeting
is desired. Don't forget the address,
1927 Broadway.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
ELECT MAYOR IN KANSAS

Hillsboro, Kansas, has elected DR..
H. Brunig, Socialist, for mayor. He
was sent to the city council last cleo
ton, and the council made him ma
yor later when the mayor resigned.
Now he is elected to the office by
the people.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
LOCAL SOLIDARITY

Will meet at the home of J. A..
Shuey, 1921 Rockefeller, Monday
evening, May at 8 p. m. All mem
bers are requested to attend
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03

Congratuations on your breaking
into jail, that in the not far distant
future is going to be regarded with
the same Cor higher pride as which
the Heidelberg student takes his
scars earned cheaply.
GEO SUTHERLAND,
Occur d'Alene, Ida.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
BREEZY BITS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Send the Northwest Worker to the
following four addresses for three
months. John Lee is our new school
director. After we elected him |
found he is the holder of a red card.
S. ID. WILLIAMS,
Mt Solo, Wash.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03

Enclosed find check for $500. Two
collars of which is for the sub cards
sold by me and one dollar to assist
you in your little trouble in court.
WALTER PRICE,
Outlook, Wash
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03

Here's my check for one dollar to
help keep the Socialist paper alive
in the Northwest territory of this
capitalist United States.
c. w. BARZEE,
Portland, Ore.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03

"Society is composed Of two great
classes-those who have more din
ners than appetite, and those who
have more appetite than dinners, -
Chamfort.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03

Enclosed find $500 for sub cards
Send me another bunch
BERT GODDARD
plummer, Ida
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03

Have sold the two sub cards you
sent. Enclosed find money for same,
f. II. KANGAS,
Seattle, Wash.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03

| want to contribute my mite to
keep the Northwest Worker alive
Enclosed find fifty cents.
BERTHA ZEITZ,
Snohomish Wash.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03

Sold the two cards you sent and
hustled another sub besides. We need
the paper.
II. d. HARDNESS,
Liberty, Wash.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-14
TAKE CARE OF ASPARAGUS.
A Healthy Growth of Foliage Now Means
Larger Crop Of Shoots Next Season.

Don't ignore the asparagus bed, now
that the cutting season is over. 1t has
given you its food contribution; now see
that it has plant food to make a good
growth of foliage. Fertilize and cult
vate well now to insure that strong,
healthy growth which is essential to a
good yield of shoots next spring
That timely advice for gardeners is
contained in new publication of the
United States department of agriculture,
farmers bulletin 500, Asparagus,
which deals with asparagus growing,
both on a commercial scale and in the
home garden. The bulletin discusses the
culture of this vegetable, its various dis.
eases, forcing, canning, and also good
methods of marketing.
After the cutting season the ridges
should be leveled and the asparagus bed
thoroughly cultivated, says the writer of
the bulletin A good high grade fertiliz.
er then should be applied at the rate of
900 10 1900 pounds 20 the acre. A
fertilizer containing ? TO per cent
of nitrogen, to s per cent. of phos-
phoric acid and q to per cent of pot
ash viii give good results. Muriate
of potash and kainit are preferable TO
sulphate of potash Where the land |
is already heavily MANFRED, the nitro
gen may be left out of the fertilizer |
mixture The fertilizer to be applied |
should be distributed broadcast over
the bed or in strip on either side of
the row and thoroughly mixed with
the surface soil by narrowing or cultiva.
tion. Flat cultivation should be prac.
iced after the cutting season.
In many sections the asparagus plants
ire cut down as soon as the berries turn
ed, and after drying sufficiently they
ire burned to destroy any disease germs
VI insects that may be present. In re-
gions where severe freezes occur, it is