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Evening star., 1917-04-12
The President and the Governors.
The Governor of Ohio has made thi,


recommendation to the President:
'In this time of stress I know of
| nothing which would be more inspiring
| than the circumstances of the governor
of every state counseling with and
| standing behind the President 1t is my
earnest recommendation, therefore, that
you call meeting of governors, to be
| addressed by yourself, the Secretary of
War, the Secretary of Agriculture and
the Secretary of the Treasury"
The governors of our states have, OF
soon will have, their hands full at home
Some state legislatures are in session
There is work aplenty of local char.
acter, and it could not well be post
poned. At present, therefore, Gov. Cox's
suggestion is hardly possible.
At later day, however, the President
might well consider this matter. After
the country has gotten into its war
stride-an army recruited or in the way
of recruiting, and the navy manned to
| the full and otherwise provided fort
would be an inspiring thing to have the
governors of the states assemble in
Washington and confer with the Presi,
dent and one another.
These officials do not need squirting
or speeding up. Whatever their politics
as respects domestic questions, they are
agreed as to the foreign question which
Congress by its declaration has for the
time put above all else. They want the
prestige of the national government up
held, and the fullest provisions made to
that end.
But the meeting proposed would bene.
fit all who attended. They would learn
at first hand of conditions throughout
the country; and each would return
home advised and strengthened as to
his further performance in support of
the national policy and endeavor.
As for the President, he would neees.
sarily be heartened by the messages and
assurances that would be brought to
him. And he would gather information
in that way, important to him, which
otherwise he might not receive in SO sat
isfactory form.
An empire in war action taxes the at
tention of those supervising the action
They should know resources to T, and
developments to the day. And the gov
| ernors of forty eight states and the
President of the whole forty eight, com
ing together to exchange information
and assisting, and being assisted
would know their work better and per
form it with greater success for the op-
portunity thus afforded of discussing the
situation
Evening star., 1917-04-12
War Service.

In both Senate and House the wal
spirit is moving members to offer them
selves for military service. They are
anxious to put on Uncle Sans uniform
and go for soldiers. Young enough tC
fight, they want to be where fighting is
in progress.
Applying a famous phrase, this is
magnificent, but it IS not war. We shall
need legislators as we'll as soldiers, and
both should be chosen with regard to
fitness for work assigned. The legisla,
tors should be competent for their
tasks, and the soldiers made competent
for theirs
The men now in Congress have passed
their examinations. so to say, and quail
fed for the duty of legislating They
have received their diplomas. Some
have been legisiating for years. Others
have had such professional or business
training as to give promise of special
fitness for legislative work. Hence the
ACCESSIBILITY of their remaining where
they are, and leaving to others the duty
of manning the ships, or filing the
trenches
War, as is being pointed out by those
who have been educated in the art-for
art 1t is-calls for a great variety of
service. Men are as indispensable be-
YpI bn Sr,, l..
farms must be titled Manufactures
must be operated. Transportation ia
cilities by land and water must be kept
thoroughly fit. Cities and towns must
be policed and protected. Legislative
bodies, national, state and municipal.
must sit and provide for the public well
fare. Unless this is done both soldiers
and civilians will suffer.
1t is clear enough, therefore, that these
different sorts of work must be per-
formed by the qualified. Farmers must
not be put to handling the complicated
machinery of mills. Skilled mechanics
must not be put to tilling the soil. Rail
road engineers and firemen and con-
ductors must not be transferred from
their tasks to others with which they
are unfamiliar. And so on. In brief,
to express it all, the shoemaker must
stick to his last
The desire for the soldiers part is
natural in all men of spirit, and all who
ask for it perform good service in ask
ing. They set fine example. But, in
the nature of things, many must be de-
MED, and can only console themselves
with the thought and assurance that
duty done behind the lines is as patriotic
and praiseworthy as duty done in hold
ing and advancing the lines in the very
face of the enemy. The country will not
lack for soldiers
Evening star., 1917-04-12

the food which is changed by their spe
cial digestions and assimilations into
the special needs of their species, and
which out of the same soil bring fruits
of different taste, form and color, and
flowers of different color and perfume.
Any man can read that the water the
plants absorb is taken up by the many
delicate hairs which are attached to the
roots and that it goes through the tree
very much as blood circulates through
and nourishes the human body.
In the parks and gardens of the city
the precocious oriental magnolias are in
bloom. These pink, white and purple
blooming trees, though magnolias, lack
the glorious fragrance of the magnolias
native to this region and which are of
later blooming habit. These early
blooming magnolias, though not very
numerous in Washington, are conspicu-
Gus in the spring picture because they
are heavily hung with flowers while yet
their leaf buds have not unfolded, and
they give joyous touch to the world
often before the naples, the poplars
and other deciduous trees take on a tint
of green. These trees are of Asiatic
origin. 1t was Plumier. the botanist,
who established the genus magnolia, the
world magnolia being in remembrance
of Pierre Magnol, who first indicated
the natural families Of plants and who
was professor of botany at Montpelier
That was long ago, for Magnoi was born
in 1858 and died in 17l5. The forsy-
thias are giving golden glow to the
city gardens, and with a few days of
warm and genial sunlight all the ia
miliar spring flowers of the garden,
fields and woods will add their beauty
to the world.
Evening star., 1917-04-12
Geason of Sap and Blossoms.

This is the season of rising sap and
swelling leaf buds-a manifestation of
one of natures processes which pass
the understanding Of man. Explana-
tions of these processes may be made,
but the explanations are but words
which at best relate to observation of
the actual rise of sap and not to the
cause or reason for the great why of the
mysterious process. One can determine
that the sap of trees is the water which
they draw for their nourishment by
means of their branching roots in
the soil, and which by some unfathom-
able mechanism is distilled and distrib-
uted to every part Of the tree. No man
pretends to answer the question how it
is that number Of plants and trees
whose roots are in the same soil select
Evening star., 1917-04-12
Modern Facilities.

Twas not so very long ago as history is
set down
That Paul Revere, the patriot, went rid
ing through the town
To make situation and its eXigeneies
known.
He wouldn't ride horse today He'd
grab a telephone.
It's hayfoot, Strawfoot! Reuben, you're
a sight!
It's surely time for you to learn your
left foot from your right.
Hayfoot. Strawfoot. Make ready for
a fuss;
If you haven't any musket, bring along
a blunderbuss.
They had no locomotives. They were
shy on motor ears.
No factories sent their smoke clouds
curling upward to the stars.
And yet they were prepared, and most
efficient in the fray.
What it took months for them to do,
we'd finish in day
It's hayfoot! Strawfoot! Get ready for
the tramp.
Bills received telegram to join Il
training camp.
Hayfoot! Strawfoot! Nobody wants to
shirk,
Well finish up the business quick and
all get back to work
Evening star., 1917-04-12

Oh, war is largely fostered by the dia-
bolic crew
Who in the dark inferno Hook for wick
edness to do.
We have met one of the foemen and we
feel we're going some
Since by way of beginning we have
whipped the demon rum!
Evening star., 1917-04-12
The Colored Soldier.

From -the Louisville Courier JournaI
The American negro is "a first-cl lass
fighting man" There are no better
soldiers today in our army than those
of his race. The flag is his flag, and
he has the right to share in the re-
sponsibility and the glory of its de-
fense. White Americans and black
Americans will be the better Americans
for marching together to the defense
of that flag.
Evening star., 1917-04-12
War Husbands.

"How about the man who got married
so that he wouldn't be among the first
called to en1ist?"
"Let him alone. The kind of woman
who would marry that kind of man will
make him willing to go to war or any
where else to escape from home
Evening star., 1917-04-12
Food Forgotten.

GLOW did you enjoy your dinner?"
Didn't eat any. First the band
played The Star Spangled Banner then
The Marseillaise,' then God Save the
King Then they repeated, and / didn't
sit down all evening"
Evening star., 1917-04-12
Corset Covers &
Drawers
At Soc Each

Corset Covers, made OF fine
quality nainsook; lace and en-
broidery trimmed yokes. Special
at SOC.
Drawers, made of fine cambric
in open or closed models. En-
broidery and lace trimmed. Spe-
cial at SOC.
White Petticoats, made of good
quality cambria with fine en-
broidery ruffles with underlay.
Special at Sl.00.
White Petticoats, made OF CAM
brio, with deep hounce handsome
ly trimmed with laces. Exceptional
value at $l.95.
Night Robes, made of fine quail
ity nainsook; yokes are daintily
trimmed with laces and embroid-
cry finished with ribbon. Special
at 99c.
Envelope Chemises, made of
nainsook; lace and embroidery
trimmed. Special at 99c.
Third Floor-Lansburgh & Bro.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

1t may be possible for an assassin or
an incendiary to receive a decoration
for ruthlessness, but he can never be ex.
peeted to take much pride in describing
how he got it.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

Slackers who marry to escape service
threaten to produce a collection of
worthless husbands who will try in self
defense to revive the mother in law
joke.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

Copies of President Wilson's message
dropped in Germany by airmen are
calculated to damage the kaiser's pros
poets more than bombshells could.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

Another man who wants to go to war
is Jess Willard. This disposes of the
old insinuation that all pugilists would
rather talk than fight.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

Republics are being organized all over
the world with an enthusiasm which
shows that civilization will try to go
ahead without the help of the Hohen-
zollerns.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

It is not absolutely certain what Aus
trias attitude would have been had she
been far enough away from Germany to
remain neutral without provoking Kaiser
Wilhelm
Evening star., 1917-04-12

Sentiment is not supposed to be fig
kured in cold cash, but the bond issue
proposes three billion dollars worth of
sincere and practical sympathy for the
allies.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

In time of public apprehension con-
cerning food supplies, there is little
sympathy for the speculator who got in
just as the market slumped.
Evening star., 1917-04-12
Easy by Comparison.

"You must put your shoulder to the
Wheel" said the earnest citizen.
"Glad of the chance" replied Mr.
Chuggins. 81 feel lucky if I don't have
my back to fix the works"
Evening star., 1917-04-12
Fate of the Turks. .

From the Philadelphia Press.
If they drive the Turks out of Europe
on one side and out of Asia on the other
side, there will be nothing for the Turks
to do but hang up in the air like
MahometS coffin Z
Evening star., 1917-04-12

Attacking a munitions plant from the
inside suggests itself as an easier way
of making war than firing ON ship or
a fortress.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

Censorship sometime ago put stop to
much reckless talk that was being
circulated by wireless.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

In war, as we'll as in politics, the
farmer steps forward as the man on
whom the eyes Of nations aye turned.
Evening star., 1917-04-12

Sinking relief ships represents neither
courageous war nor perchptive diplo-
macy.
Evening star., 1917-04-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
MisnomeI.

"Bliggins says he's pacifst"
"He says that because he is naturally
quarrelsome and is looking for a fight
Evening star., 1917-04-12
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
l1th ST. and Pennsylvania Avenue.

New York Office: Tribune Bldg.
Chicago Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
European Office: Regent St. London.
South American Office: La Vale 341.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Evening star., 1917-04-12

The Evening Star. with the Sunday
morning edition, is delivered by carriers
within the city at As cents per month; !;
daily only, 25 cents per month: Sunday
only, 20 cents per month. Orders may be
sent by mail, or telephone Main 244o.
Collection is made by carrier at the end
of each month
Evening star., 1917-04-12

subscription by maif-Payabie in d vance
DAILY. S u lay nc l u e d. 60c per month.
DailF. u n da except tee 40c per month.
Saturday Star. 81 year; Sunday star. $40 year.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
Kidney & Co
(BY DE- v. M. PIERCE

The kidneys and the skin WORK in hac-
mony. They're companions, she skin
being the second partner. If: we are
anxious to keep we'll and pressrve the
vitality of the kidneys and, also4 free the
blood from noxious clements, we must
pav special attention to gooG action OF
the skin and to see that the kAlaeys are
flushed so as to eliminate tic pols4'ns
from the blood The pores yh the skin
can be easily clogged, and frequent baths
with soap and water help to remove the
injurious products that clog he pores;
Sweating, by hard work on in a bath,
at least once q week, helps TO Keep tn9
skin andkidncysin in good condition. Flush
the kidneys by drinking p;snsy of pure
water with meals and between roeals.
Occasionally obtain at the nearest, drug
store Anuric, which will help flush the
kidneys and the intestines. You wiA find
that Anuric is thirty-seven times more
active than lithia and that it dissotTes uric
acid as hot water does sugar.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
CLASSIFIED
eo1 AAII.

FOR SALE-161 acres of land Of the
following description: Lot 3 or
the fractional South Half (Sh)
Of the South East Quarter (SEA)
of Section %, and Lot One (1) or
the fractional North East Quarter
fNEH) of the North East Quar-
ter of the North West Quarter of
the North East Quarter of the
North East Quarter Of the North
West Quarter Of section 26, town
ship 148, range 80, Of Beltrami
county. Fifty acres of the above
land has a lake frontage. Inquire
of L. S. Frisch, of Chisholm, MINI.
Would also trade the land for a
stock of gents furnishings. 6d-811
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
CANADIAN FLYERS TO TRAIN
IN SOUTH THIS WINTER

Toronto, Ont. Aug. 1.-THE Cana
dian branch of the Royal Flying
corps is planning to migrate to one
of the Southern states, probably to
a camp in Texas. for the winter
months. The exodus from here will
start about the first week in Novcm-
Der.
It will include several hundred
perhaps as many as 5OO-aviators In
training. together with their instruc-
tors and full equipment now in use
at aviation centers in and near
Toronto and in Camp Mohawk.
which in the aerodome and flying
field section of Camp Borden.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
Niaaara's Transmutatlons.

The Niagara that mantles itself in
ice at the silent touch Of the Frost
king in its turn touches sand and coke,
and they become near diamonds; wa
ter and salt, and they become purity
in drinking water; clay, and it gives
forth a marvellous metal; a dead wire.
and it lights 4 city or drives . car;
carbon and silica, and they are trans
formed into lubricants or inks Di-
rected by the magic Of mans ingenu-
ity, the resistless energy Of these rag
ing waters is transmitted into hardness
in steel, speed In manufacture. healing
in antiseptics, whiteness In linen, cheap
ness in automobiles, durability In ma
chinery.-Nat1onal Geographic Maya
zine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
MUSICAL GUARDSMEN
CLOSE CHAUTAUQUA

The Musical Guardsmen, singing
band, brought the Vawter chautau-
qua to a close last evening. The
company consists of six young men
and were dressed in natty white and
blue military uniforms. Each men,
Der was a vocalist and capable of
playing band and orchestral instru-
ments in an artistic manner. Every
number played or sung by the COM
pany was enjoyed by the audience
and they. responded to encore after
encore.
In the afternoon at o'clock the
children gave the pageant Of the
year, and tournament Of knights and
peasants.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
DRUGGISTS PROTEST

St. Paul, Aug. 7.-Protests against
the tax bill which levies assessments
on products containing small guam
titles of alcohol by the Minneapolis
Retail Druggists association are In
the hands of Minnesota representa-
tives in congress.
1--WE are protesting because it Is
impossible to ascertain the amount
of alcohol in perfumes and patent
medicines and the rate of tax could
not be satisfactorily determined,
said Henry Rauch, secretary OF the
association.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07

FOR SALE-Dowden potato digger,
practically new. See Carl Opsata,
Bemfdjf, MINI. 6-814
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
Wsll Covered.

Private Jimson was relating his ex-
periences Of the war. He said he VA
once taken prisoner. and the enemy
stripped him Of all his clothing.
did you feel the cold much? ?" asked
a friend.
NO." replied Jimson, mot at all.
You see, they carefully covered me-
with their rifles. Teleg1sph
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07

FOR SALE OR RENT-Good 5-room
house on lot 50x10O, near lake
shore. Cash or terms, ~o50.O0.
225 Mississippi Ave. So. $50
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
BUSINESS COLLEGE TO
OPEN SEPTEMBER ;

The Bemidji Business college will
open for the fall term September 3.
The rooms are being remodeled and
redecorated. Some of the partitions
are being taken out to make the
rooms larger. The college will oc-
cupy three large rooms upstairs in
the Schroeder block.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
NEW PHARMACIST

waldemar Johnson of Minneapolis,
son of w. w. Johnson and brother OF
Dr. F.. w. Johnson and "Fuzz" john
son. has accepted a position as phar-
macist at Netzer's pharmacy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
HOME FROM HONEYMOON

Mr., and Mrs. Arthur Grafton nave
roturned from Minneapolis where
thev spent their. honeymoon. MIS-.
Grotton was formerly Miss Florence
Virginia Hazen.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07
PROBE FOR NEGLECT
NV United PreSS)

(By United Press)
St. Paul; Aug. 1.-THE poisoning
of so patients at the Walker sana-
torium June 27 may be punished on
the grounds of negligence. state
hoard visitors allege negligence in
sterilizing a milk can is the cause.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07

The lord chief Justice Of England
receives $4,000 ($40 OoO) a year.
Trouble is the most thorough teach
er in the school Of experience.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-08-07

WANTED

WANTED-Bel1 boy at Markham
Hotel. Day work. 3-89
WANTED-Girl at Dickerson's Ho-
tel. 2-89
WANTED = Laundry woman at
Birchmont. Call 1872. 81tf
WANTED-Four or five good milk
cows, Jerseys preferred. Birch
mont Hotel. 3-87
WANTED-Dishwas at the Dairy
Lunch. 86tf
WANTED-Goodm man at Koors Bros.
Co. 1888
WANTED-Dishwas at Nicoletf
Hotel. 1858
: WANTED-Lady or girl to assist
with pleasant work, all or part
time. Call at Troppman's store
| for Miss Parker. 1888
LOST-Bracelet watch engraved "A.
B." Return to Pioneer for liberal
| reward, 1888:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02
FARGO Is
BACKWARD
ON FLAGS
Travelling Man Insists Citi-
zens Should Show Their
Patriotic Spirit.

what is the matter with the res
idents of Fargo?" asked G. F. Leonard
who returned last night from a trip
Of six weeks through South Dakota,
for the mechanical
branch Of the U. s. Rubber Co. II am
surprised that the people of the city
have not put up flags at their homes,
and 1t looks to me as though Fargo
was away behind even the small towns
Of South Dakota in this respect.
There was not a town in that state
that visited where nearly every res
idence did not have a flag
flying. Some had even gone to
the expense Of erecting poles
on their lawns or on the roofs
of their houses, and the flag is kept
flying. .....
The business district Of Fargo
shows up rather well in this respect,
but / notice that the residence district
is woefully lacking in flags. Even in
the little towns in South Dakota nearly
every residence had flag flying"
Mr.. Leonard reports the travelling
men Of the northwest very much
aroused over the prospect of a war.
There is not travelling man who is
not back of the president in any action
he takes. In fact, the travellers are
for the purpose Of offering
their services to the government in
any way 1t sees fit to use them, and
q meeting will be held in Minneapolis
soon for that purpose"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-02
Robbery and Intent to
Kill Charges Are Laid
Against Negro Shooters
Pistol Fight When Police Raid Rendezvous Of Coored Men
Sunday Night Officer Miligan Narrowly Escapes
Death as Bullet Plows Through Overcoat.

Joseph J. Watts is held in the coun-
ty Jail on charge Of assaulting q
police officer with intent to kill; Rich
ard d. King is held to the county court
on a charge OF interfering with an
officer, and Bud Fuller and Bob Jack
son. are awaiting extradition to Moor
head to face charge OF assault with
intent to kill and robbery. as the re-
suit of a holdup in Moorhead and a
gun battle with the police in Fargo
about 10:30 o'clock last night.
The battle with the colored men
took place at 20. Third street, when
the officers went to the rendezvous to
arrest Fuller. Watts and jackson on a
charge Of assault with intent to kill
and highway robbery. preferred, by the
Moorhead police. 1t is charged that
they held up and beat another negro
by the name of Witt. and took q gun
from him.
Night Captain Morton Sydness and
Oflcer Milligan went to the house and
found the three negroes. They were
placed under arrest and searched. and
4 .S8 caliber Colt was found on the
person Of Fuller. While getting ready
to 70 to the station with the officers,
Watts, in some manner. got hold OF
the gun that had been taken from
Fuller. and leveled 1t at the officers.
Ohicer Milligan grabbed the negro's
gun hand and at the same time pulled
his own gun. Watts grabbing the off1-
GERS wrist as he did so. In the fight
both guns were discharged. the bullet
from the negroes gun blowing through
Milligan's overcoat just over the
abdomen The discharge from MilIi-
gan's gun blew away two OF the