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Evening star., 1917-11-18
PLANS SAFER QUARTERS
FOR BELGIAN CHILDREN
Red Cross to Move Thousands From
Within Firing Lines to Col
ony Of Their Own

Correspondents Of the Associated Press.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, October 22.-Several hun
dred Belgian children who are now
living in the danger zone close to the
fighting lines in the immediate future
will be established in safe and COM
Portable quarters in a colony of their
own. This is being prepared by the
American Red Cross at certain places
in free Belgium. Sections for ten bar
racks were shipped from Paris yester-
day and under the supervision Of
Messrs. Bicknell and Van Schaick these
will be set UP at once and the little
folk moved In.
Here they will be given comforts
which they have not known since the
Germans overran Belgium. and in ad-
dttion will be placed under competent
teachers, who will pick up the broken
threads of their education. Six thou
sand Belgian children already have
been sent to homes in various parts OF
are being shelled. bombed and gassed
almost every day. and should be taken
away to safer quarters.
The new Red Cross colony is being
established to meet the growing de-
mand for refuge on Belgian soil. There
are several strong reasons for this de-
mand. One is that the Belgian au-
thorities like to hold together what is
left of Belgium as much as possible.
The wonderful hospitality of allied
countries is appreciated. but the senti-
ment Is strong for the retention in Bel
gium Of as many people as practicable.
Another very vital factor is the fact
that mothers are reluctant to let their
children go SO far away that they can
not visit them. To meet all these de-
mands the Red Cross is establishing
the colony in the safest place avail
able in free Belgium. where 1t will be
possible for parents to see their chill
dren often.
Education will be in the hands of the
suggested by the Red Cross will be in
cluded in the curriculum. One thing
which has pleased the little Belgians
has been the introduction of instruc-
tional games In the various homes. A
short time ago a carload of games was
sent to the Belgian asylums in France
and beneficial results were noted i'm
mediately. The same system will be
employed in the new colony. The idea
which will not only amuse them. but
train them mentally and physically.
The Belgian authorities are giving
the heartiest support to the Red Cross.
The queen Is deeply interested in the
new work and Is making a special
study of American educational meth
DDS. A plan for the establishment OF
may be stored is being worked out
rapidly. Three sectional warehouses
have been set up already and six more
will be on the way from Paris soon.
A considerable amount of food has been
purchased for the rainy-day store.
Evening star., 1917-11-18

the committee tor In kfnd words and
ADMITS Plan May Be Unfair.
I asked the particular COMMITTEES
which thus informed me II this seemed
TAR fair to the employer; Mostly the men
asked me who in my opinion ought to
pay the committee members I told him
thought the workers might pay at
least part of their salaries, and per-
haps also give the employers casting
that
They seemed to find the idea humor-
Gus, AZ except one nne: thoughtful
an element Of unfairness in some Of the
present conditions, but time will adjust
them. There ts no question but that
the workers should own the industries,
never had q square deal. and now that
they have seized the powers Of govern
ment. nothing less than condscation Of
industries @ % WIN satisfy them"
rather less OF square deal than any
other in the modern world. II is true.
The factory system being comparative
ly new in Russia, there has not been
time for the workers to organize close
1y, and under the autocracy there was
little or no chance to obtain enlightened
factory legislation. There was hardly
chance for the Russian workman to at
tain a very high degree of skill in many
industries. He could not as a rule.
learn the finest processes Of his trade.
because until the war broke out most
of those processes were in the hands
When was In RusliA IN 1905 one OF
the most striking things to me-. was
the prevalence Of German shepksep-
ers. German managerA German fore
men You hardly ever saw . Russian
In command Of any industry. spoke
Of this to . Russian friend and told him
that I should not like 10 80 In my
country all the business controlled BY
oven Russian citizens. He shrugged his
shoulders and said ''itchevo. which
means almost anything and II Q gem
eral expression Of indifference or res
no heads for that sort Of thing. we
Russians" he apologfzed
Kept Back by Germans.
"But what If you should ever go to
war with GermanyT asked. And he,
sobered q little, said: We should have
to learn to be business men and
skilled mechanics, in that case, and we
should have a devil Of a time doing It"
Eight years later. almost to day.
they did go to war with Germany, and
they did have a devil Of q time adjust
ing their industries to meet the crisis
caused by the exodus OF thousands of
highly skilled German managers and
department heads in hundreds of fac
tories and shops throughout the em-
pire.
One story told me in Moscow is rep
resentative, I believe. A very large
factory taken over by the government
for the fine toolmaking facilities its
machines afforded was found to be
managed exclusively by German fore
men and managers. Not only had they
drawn large salaries for years in that
factory. but they had insisted on hir-
ing for the last processes the most
highly skilled workmen from Germany.
They didn't want. or rather the Ger
man government didn't want, the Rus
sian people to know how to do skilled
work. They wanted to keep Russia in
exactly the right condition for perma-
nent commercial exploitation by the
Iatherland.
Evening star., 1917-11-18
Committee Forbids Visit.

1 asked him mildly II he was sure
that he had the power to keep me out.
and I suggested that he put the case
up to higher authority. the manager.
phone in his little gate house and con-
versed with some one at the other end
Of the line. Then he said: "The COM
mittee Is in session and will see you"
yard and past many shops brought me
to the ONCE building Of the plant. and
there. in a small room. found the
committee, that is. the group Of work.
men elected by the entire working force
of the factory to manage the industry
and to fix all conditions Of labor. Every
industry in Russia is thus managed.
had a long talk with this COM
mittee, but I did not get into the fac
tory. The men would not permit me to
get in. They wouldn't even allow me
to see any one connected with the once
force. Kindly but firmly they gave me
to understand that they were all the
could give me all the information I
could possibly need. So sat there for
an hour or SO, through my Interpreter
learning how manufacturing Is carried
on when the workers own their own
tools.
Most Of my notes having been de-
stroyed by the censor. am not certain
how many delegates per thousand
workers make up committee Of man
think each unit of 100 men elects .
representative. Perhaps there are zoo
men to the unit. My memory for num-
bers Is not always reliable.
At all events. the committee MEM
bers, who are usually the Intelligent
and highly paid workers, do no work
except committee work. But they draw
their full pay. The employer has no
ness. The committee tells him how
much he pays his employees, what their
hours Of work are. when they arrive
and when they depart and how much
they produce. And the emnloyer DAYS
Evening star., 1917-11-18
Socialists Plan Faulty.

It was good reasoning up to a GER
tain point A man with piece of land
thinks twice before he puts that land
in danger of being absorbed by his
neighbors. He hesitates before he
takes a course OF action which might
turn even bad government out. At
least, the bad government protects his
title.
But the leaders of the social demo-
Gratis left an important human element
out of their reasoning. A landless man
makes good revolutionist, it is true.
but he does not necessarily make a
quarters times IN ten he is just as
strong for number one as the real es-
tate owner. When he gets a chance to
grab power and money he does it, and
he divides up just as little as the others
let him.
I was given an official document,
elaborately stamped and signed. au-
thorizing me to enter and inspect any
factory in Petrograd. and began. bright
and early the next morning, with one
Of the largest munitions factories in
the viborg district of the city.
I showed my pass to the man at the
gate. who read it doubtfully, and said
he didn't think 1t was good. What
right has the minister of labor to give
you permission to visit this plant% he
inquired. IF anybody had q right
to give you such permission, I should
think 1t would be the minister Of war.
for only war materials are manufactur-
ed here. Anyhow, I don't think you
can get in.''
Evening star., 1917-11-18
RyaHrrA CHuDr DoRR.

By RHETA CHLDB DoRA
COPYRIGHT, 1917, By the New York nveaing Man.
.s . -. s..-.n.
..a - % "..,.ss. @ ...,.a,.. % ~. -
Russia from the United States. had
.ho,vr th. R,..,.r -ov.rnm.nt hov 70
s,..,
increase aes transportauon fscahties
n n,d.Aupu.t Mr. stevens .aid that the
:. a., .,.. ..,.,.
chie1 cause oh ene 1a'iloAo Sl.s's "s
bad management Locomotives Travelled
$500 versts q month whom they could
+. nn.aa "a tr.ve, 600 ver.t.. verst
10 ABOUT tnfee-ouatteFs OF mia 1"ice
as much freight al was being hauled
could be carried, said Mr.. Stevens.
r,.,.s. a.. ~. con.tart,x h.,n1 ..nt
'FeiSn' o"s .'. o :, ns eeAs
out only half loaded. MT. stevens
recommended government dictatorship
Of all. raflroads both publicly and
p'isaseiy o"
One Of the great dreams OF the So
Of the day when the worker snaI own
his tools, as they put II; wnen an IN
dustry shall be owned py the people
VINO operate the macnines' ana al
really is a great dream. and will prob
day. But not now. The human race
rs not yee eoucAteo 70 sucn otop.a.
.vstsr, is NOT VET rsadv to mass ia the
well known fact that the secret ambi-
efon OF almost every human oein9 IN
taiist. largo or sman.
This has just been proved on IN
enormous scale in Russia. The work.
ors have seissd the factories, shops,
department stores and ofaoea and in no
instance Of which I could learn, and I
searched dilieeutly. have they used
their great opportunity wisely or un-
selfshly for the common good. They
have used Il to get all the money Dos
sible out. Of the employers and to rem
der back >the minimum Of service.
This IL what IA the matter with the
Transportation system in Russia.
"a 1anu1. ctnrsd s-ticIe. The Wortine
naonIs =. : c1ass hsva money snoneS
70 nav for they and mt until the mar
chants. stocks are comnIeteIy gone and
line Ions honrs IN ordsr to bnv uiii
tha ..s.ty,S s.i-a, s~.,,.s &Saj -,t
,at,an Mt ,,rtsi th.n ,s,i1i ths. r..ia..
mhat .hatv sa1en.na.. 80 nr,,.i Sai,.,
mas cone 20 tnemselves ana ene entire
"o1Ains CHESS VI she coun.1S'
p..,
6oss1as EbceolaeS &1oouct1Ve.
q. ...,,.,- =.
90 su ueA was oy ene eness OF
goods IN the shops and the soaring
prices Of almost every article that /
.. .,,.t...,
"eh' " ene A1lA1see1 Va 10ool e"o @sAeu
him to tell mo something OF industrial
conditions in the country
-.
W. 49, Mos enureV isAnt OF
.uoee N. So.vs. AnSw. Lor e4ampIe'
tnat RUSSIA ~ not SAciuslVeiy an ag-
IIcui.uIal Counuy, mat on ene con-
IraIy, ner oeVeiopment as q manutac-
Evening star., 1917-11-18
RUSSIAN WORKMEN CONTROL
FACTORIES; CHAOS RESULTS
Of Employees Run Plants, Die
tate Wages and Hours German Skilled
Labor of Other Days Gone.

the committee for III kfnd words and
deeds.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
NO MUSIC TEACHER SENT IT
Recipient Of Case Of Scotch Sent by
David Warfield Couldn't Make Ex-
press Agent Believe Him.

Hearing that a friend Of his had
gone to spend the summer in a pro-
hibition village, David Warfield sent
him a case of Scotch whisky.
As none of the expressmen was IL
censed to deliver liquor, the case rest
ed for q couple Of weeks in the express
office, and finally the man to whom It
was directed was notified to call at the
express Office and explain the contents
Of the box. AS the name of the brand
of whisky was blazoned in large let
ters on the side OF the box. the man
saw that there was no possible chance
Of passing it off either as patent medi-
cine or ginger ale. "Ah, yes! This was
sent by Mr.. David Warfeld, the music
master"
For half minute the expressman
looked at the man sneeringly, then
with q superior smile he exclaimed
"You can have the box If you'll cart it
away. It's addressed to you and I
know it's whisky. But don't never try
to make me swallow that music yarn.
That box didn't come from no music
teacher"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
Corn on the Cob.

From Maine comes the good news
that the season for corn on the cob
is to be made to include II months ev.
cry year, says the Boston Herald. The
man who loves to pick an ear of corn
from the platter, spread it deep with
butter, sprinkle it generously with salt,
then gnaw the corn from the cob In
the way that nature intended such
things to be attended to will no long
er have to limit that sort Of CASTRO
nomic ecstasy to the months of late
summer and early fall. For Maine,
where the industry Of canning sweet
corn is recognized the world over as
without a rival, has begun to can
sweet corn on the cob. It has been
done in q small way before, but this
year it blossoms into real Industry
SO much of an industry that one con-
Germ there has recently booked sim
gle order for 10000 cases Of "a cans
to the case. I
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08

| ~ acres good hardwood land east
of city and north of river; only SIS
| per acre; will trade.
! 20 acres joining first buy; in this
country; only $500.
91-acre farm 211 miles out; we'll
| improved. A bargain.
4O-acre farm 3 " miles out, good
5-room house; part of crop in, and
only $1,000. Easy terms.
| Well improved 1O-acre farm one
mile out, $1,000.
| 4O-acre farm, miles out, partly
improved, $1,000. 49,
VERY FINE THOROUGHLY
MODERN 7-room house and 2 lots.
Elegant location near lake and nor
NAL grounds. Only $1,000. Vacant
now. 49,,
Good S-room we'll finished house
and lot, only $1,000.
Good Groom house, right down
town; dandy little home for only
| $3.50. Might trade towards automo-
bile and pay cash difference.
| 5-room house and one acre cleared
land, only $S25.O0.
! My beautiful driving mare ruby
/ 4A1AAAAS uouO AoAA uAAS vi NC IL
1903, harness and buggy. Cost me
$365.00; will sacrifice for $3.50;
buying automobile.
Good sound young horse, 1880,
only $16O.
| $4,000 Fair store stock to trade
for good improved land.
$50 pairs good new shoes to trade
for we'll improved 40, 60 or 80.
| 5-room house, lots, $500. Good
Overland 5-passenger car, $3.50.
Trade one or both for good improved
| land. Even deal
| 3 good lots to trade towards house
or automobile and pay cash differ
| ence.
Groom thoroughly modern house,
5O-foot lot, reduced to $4,000; 8
! blocks from business center.
This is only few of my bargains
Come and see. I'll make you twice
| glad.
E. J. WILLIS.
Phone Al. us 3rd St.
LET ME INSURE YOUR HOUSE
! OR AUTO. 5-613
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
Nevada Adopts the Sagebrush.

Nevada Adopts the Sagebrush.
After the legislature had refused to
adopt the sagebrush as the emblem
Of the state of Nevada, requests by
womans clubs throughout the state
obtained a reversal of the former &C
ton, and the desert shrub has been
officially adopted by the present ses'
sion as the state insignia. Nevada has
been known for years as the Sage
brush state, but the name was applied.
not because of a legislative action.
but because of the large proportion OF
Nevada covered by shrubbery.-Car'
son City Correspondent Portland Ore
gonian.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
SHOULD NOT GO BAREF0OTED
Who Can't Afford Shoes, Cited
40 Warning.

An argument very frequently id.
vanced to justify radical changes In
our present mode Of living is the hack
neyed reference to customs in animal
life, or that of our primeval ancestors.
1.-THE animals do it; why shouldn't 1t
be natural, for we are all animals7"
Is the usual way Of presenting it.
The casting aside Of many Of our
modern articles Of clothing would be
a great advantage to the human race
in the course of a few generations, but
certain reversions to antiquity some
times recommended are dangerous or
impossible. The most notable Of these
relates to discarding shoes and adv0-
Gates bare feet.
The barefoot theory has much to
recommend it, an exchange says. Mod
ern shoes are a practical abuse Of the
feet and choke of the elimination OF
body poisons. Yet that the shoe and
stockings cannot be entirely discarded
has recently been proved by medical
observation Of the condition Of the ma
tives' feet in the island of Hayt, In
the West Indies.
OF the 100000 Inhabitants of this
land there are probably not more than
q few thousand who wear shoes or
stockings. The population is so poor
and degraded, the laborer's daily wage
so low, that such articles of dress as q
pair of shoes are looked upon as rich
mans supreme luxury. AS a result OF
such a state Of affairs, the feet Of the
majority of the natives are diseased
and in frightful condition. In this re-
gard it is worthy Of note that most OF
the population are Of the African race,
not accustomed to shoes as the Cau-
casian races have been.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
PLANTING Small Potatoes.

Not many years ago I had seventy
barrels of potatoes. all about the size
Of small hens egg. writes New
York farmer in American Agricultur-
ist. The buyer did not want these. 50
I sorted out a load, and they were
planted in the field with others. The
small potatoes were busheled up at
digging time and the best sorted out
for big seed. These potatoes all were
planted June -. The field of two
acres yielded 300 bushels to the acre.
I prefer a potato of natural. size.
cut the potatoes into four pieces. When
whole potatoes are planted they start
earlier than the cut ones.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
Value In the Coyote.

Western hunters who have despised
the coyote as a worthless creature. to
be killed if the sheep are to be pro-
tected, now find that dead coyote
is worth more than live sheep. They
are getting eight dollars or more for
each coyote pelt. The tough hide and
warm fur make coyote skins especial
" valuable for clothing for the SOL
diers in the trenches in Europe
Youths Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
1. f. i. + j. i. i. + i. i. !. f. r + /
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

+ Do not encourage visits to your I!
/. barn from the neighbor whose I
+ stock is always ailing. 1
+ There is a theory that the way !
+ to keep a hog well is to keep him I
!. and his food and surroundings !
+ clean. Worth trying. I
+ When the flock has been eating I
+ roots the change to the fresh !
!. grass is not so relaxing. !
!. Some five dollar calves may !
/. grow into hundred dollar cows; !
i. don't send them to the butcher. :
+ The pigs need shade in the pas "
+ ture. There should be trees as :
i. well as shelter. "
+ Do not let the little pigs hang :
i. over a high trough or they will :
j. grow crooked in the backs and :
+ be spoiled. :
i. :
!. + + i! i. i. i. i. i. j. j. + f. i. f. i. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08

FOR SALE-Township plats show
ing government surveys and to
which has been added roads,
bitches and other local informa-
ton. CSC each. Pioneer office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
Proved.

Proved,
Full-Say, Old Hardupp is an honest
fellow, after all.
Fuller-ThaZzO?
Full asked him today If he ever
intended to pay back that ten-spot he
borrowed two years ago, and he said:
mo, of course not"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
WATCH LIBERTY MERCURY
scontinued from PAGE ID

Slater, J. ". Towle, Harry BROOKS
Peter C. Valley, J. A. Hayward, r.
D. Britt, Wallace Grey, Harold Pot
ter, Bert Youngberg, Carl Boquist,
Arthur Youngberg, Walter Bradber-
nv. Richard Youngberg, Andy Lar
son. Herbert Rasmussen, C. G. Camp
bell, ]. M. Herbert, George C. Klung-
ness, J. A. Younggren, John c: Mes
self, H. w. Bolger, G. S: Malone,
August Monson, c. L. listed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08
Oairv Stable Floors,

Only concrete floors should be per-
mitted in a dairy barn. They cost
more, perhans. originally, but they are
the cheapest in the Ions: run. For one
thing, they make it possible to save
some of the liquid manure, n very valu-
able item.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08

H. G. Wells is both prolific and
an eloquent writer upon u multitude
of topics, yet as public speaker he
is hating and nervous.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-08

The report Of a gun a mile away
takes five seconds to reach the ear.
Remove from your vocabulary "don't
like" or cant t."-Emporia Gazette.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-21
FINLAND CUTS
RUSSIAN TIES

HELSINGFORS, Finland, July 21.-
A conflict with Russia is regarded as
inevitable because Of the action Of
the Finnish diet in adopting bill
granting independence to Finland.
The socialist members Of parliament
assert, however, that Petrograd has
it's hands too full with its own
troubles to attempt repression.
Before the adoption OF the bill pro-
viding for independence was adopted
decision was taken on the question
whether the measure should be treat
ed as urgent or postponed until the
Eext session. The decision in favor
Of urgency required a five-sixth ma
jority under Article 60 of the consti-
tuition. which the socialist majority
had agreed to respect. The decision
involved the immediate voting on the
bill, the result giving a two-thirds
majority necessary for the alteration
of fundamental laws.
The announcement Of the vote was
received by prolonged cheering and
cries of Long live Finland" and
END Russian connection" The diet
thereafter rejected. 104 to 81, pro-
posal by M. Talas member Of the
Young Finnish party, that the law, as
prescribed by the constitution, be
submitted for Russia's approval or
veto.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-21
AK TO Be USED
ON SOCIAL ICE;
CLUB WILL ACT
Committee Will Extend Glad
hand to Newcomers in
City's Name.

Social ice in Richmond is due to be
broken with a mighty smash.
Plans for finding and disposing OF
floating cakes Of coldness in the city
either among the town-folks or in their
relations with outsiders, were laid al
the meeting of Shuman Jones' social
committee of the Commercial club Fri
day noon.
The railroad companies that bring
people to the city are to be asked to
give the names and any other informa
tion they may have on the folks that
come into Richmond to live.
Viii Help En- All. ~ -
II the newcomer is a prospective
merchant, he'll be given all the infor
nation and help possible, If me.
chanic, work will be found for him, and
the real estate man will be asked to
locate homes for the newcomers.
A folder giving Richmond's good
points, what to see and where to 60
factories, buildings and parks, will be
placed in the hands of the merchants
along Main street, and with the hotel
keepers.
The social committee Is going to
have a selective draft in the Commerc-
ial club and get thirty or forty of the
members into the welcoming work. 1t
also is going to work with the enter
tainment committee in providing get
together times for the club.