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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-08
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
s..@ RECORDS
and
HOW TO KEEP THEM
MRS. c. c. ELY
Membership Director
BOSTON METROPOLITAN CHAP.
TER AMERICAN RED CROSS

TER AMERICAN REO CHOSS
1917
$40. Importance Of subject-In sub
managers of Membership Campaigns for
the American Red Cross. want to en-
phasize very strongly the fact that Inc
partment of Chapter depends largely
on the care with which all the details
of the Campaign are carried out Inc
preIiminarlss Of bS oe ap congdtons but
the methods of reporting the results OBJ
tanned should be practically the same
in all Campaigns There sn .pu M aiMays
ship Director who should have general
oversight of recording all the enroll
m M planes ana THIS person may
be a paid worker. or a volunteer; andsi II
possible, should be the future head of Of
&c Membsrh h 3 paf pezsble in hee
should at least work in the office dur
ing the campaign to hamiiafi1ze IF fersei
ing, filing; reporting. etc This work & is
all carried on in the same way by her
when the campaign is over ana the re-
suits turned over 10 the .hap.er,
ships, two forms of enrolment blanks
are used, the individual application
ten to forty names may be secured. At
first it may seem only necessary to send
out as many enrolment blanks as pos
sible into the community. and as fast
as they find their way back to the office.
enter the persons whose names appear
on them as new members of the Chap
ter. Unless. however, some system is
used in regard to the outgoing and in
coming blanks. much confusion Will
arise. From practical experience the
following plans for properly conducting
the details of the records and reg1stra-
tion of Campaign have been found to
be of great value and every chapter is
urged to follow them as carefully as
possible.
342. Record of Outgoing Blanks-It
is not necessary to keep any special
record of the outgoing of the individual
blanks, although 1T is possible, by means
Of small private sign. placed on each
individual blank sent to a meeting to to
back This is rather Indefinite, how
ever, and is not especially recon-
mended. In the case of the large en-
.rollment blanks or blanket applications
as they are sometimes called, the, case
blank should be numbered either from
No. / upward. or the numbers may be
combined with letters as MI to M-5000;
FL to F-5000; CT to C-5000. A large
supply of these blanks should be ready
at the opening of the campaign and the
personnel and supplies. described on the
following pages should be on hand also.
The work of the Membership Depart
nent during. the Campaign falls nat
separate from the other but each de-
pendent upon the other, to make it's
work a success. The details of the two
departments follow:
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tional Defense on April Is will be of interest
That the Council record its belief that
aid for dependents of enlisted men should
be extended by the Government, and that
accordingly the Government should not
give recognition to any organized move
ment in behalf OF such dependents; but
thst this should not be construed as an
objection to any such supplementary aid
a. might be provided by private charity
Th- immediate problem OF helping the fsmi
lies Of troops already in the field is now beinc
met by . large number Of Red Cross Chapter
throughout the country. The problem will not
beeome Q large one until many more troops
are called into the field. By that time, nc
doubt, We shall know what action the Gov
ernment will take and can make the perma'
nent plan accordingly.
ELIOT WADSWORTH.
Acting Chairman.
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CIRCULAR LETTER TO
CHAPTERS
A-32

information for Chapters:
April "a, 1917.
s3o. Cooperation with National
League for Woman's ssrvtce-The fol-
more will be of interest TO all chapters This
letter has Miss Wetmore's entire apI~ovai
April TO- 1911
Miss Maude Wetmore,
Chairman. National League for woman
Service,
Ioj West 4o,h Street,
new oTk City
bear Miss Wetinore:
Following our several conferences you ta
asked for definition OF the cooperation be
tween the American Red Cross and the Ma
tional League for Woman's Service:
The American Red Cross is charged with the
dut, % helping TO provide the troops with com
fort and necessities when in the field help
inG them in transit. and assisting the Army
Medical Corps IN taking care OF the s1ck ana
wounded Tho Red Cross will also expect lts
rhapers 10 raise funds and carry on relief
work for the families Of soldiers and sailors
who MAY be left in need by mobilization OF
Tho American Red Cross IN the case of
food famine p"stea"e, - supposed to take
che re nj lcn.t Of the organization Of local
com,o,tt.es 10 develop the needed facilities.
beth material end personnel, and II necessary
continue ~ charge of the work untl II Is
rotnplcted or until it IS running satisfactorily
To enable the Rcd Cross to carr. ont ~
activities local Chapters are formed III Giles
towns aud counties. which are practcolN Az
tonoilous <pnd to n greater or less extent
compile. Nd cross organization in themsrls Is,
represqnlinE the Red Gross mcWb, RS OF tia'
community II j. through these chapters that
the Red Gross carries on lis work, ana the IN
strrr,ion which the Red Cross program pro
,idrs namely. horne nursing. FIRST ard max
ing Of surgical dTrssings and diet"ticS. Where
there il NO Red Cross Chapter. these courses
are provided hy the appointment oil Speclal IN
xirurtorS and examiners,
As go tho work 81 The National League lot
Moman'- Servire I understand u covers a
different field OF activltlcs and for women
slone lis Emergency Program comes under
the following divisions
Social and Welfare
Sorial clubs near military camps
b Industrial cantcenS.
e Housing of industrial workers:
Railroad station canteens tunder the
direction of the Red Cross " here
il Is organiZed)
. Welfare Of Industrial workers.
Cooperation with the Red Cross ana
other agencies in caring for the
families of soldiers and sailors
2 tommssarlat
q Motor driving.
For communication service.
4 Agriculture.
3. General Service:
StenographerS
File clerks.
Record clerks
Telegraph clerks.
y Telephone operators.
Signalling, map reading, wireless
| understand that where the National
or detac hmcnts who are fitted for and willing
to do Red Cross work thome nursing, first aid.
hospital supplies and dietetics). they must
take their courses of instruction ana also act
under the Red Cross. ,
II this states the case correctly, it would
seem tina, the two organizations did not over
lap in their activities and could cooperate sue
cessfuiv
tSignedI ELIOT WADSWORTH
Acting Chairman.
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were also instructed to take up activ.,,
the work Of membership development ana
all Red Cross Chapters were urged to
make a vigorous attempt to increase m.
membership of their respective organic.
tons. The results may be shown briea,
by the following table comparing ~
membership of December /, 1915, with IN.
membership of December l, 1916:
l. 1915 l. Isl
Patron Members. ............. q M
Life Members .......-'......... LSs2 4S@
Sustaining Members 322 4oi;
Annual Members ............ N.o64 e77,Ss
This is an increase during the i
months of 1,1739c.
We have set our stakes for this effor, a,
a total membership of 100000, which does
not seem an unreasonable goal wher
compared with the Red Cross membershn
in some other countries. The effort has
not as yet become nationwide. but has
been chiefly concentrated on a few of the
ent membership, about s2ro Is to be-
found in our Chapters. and about SC. in
the membership at large.
The financial returns from memberships
are not without interest. The reports
available cover the II months from Jan.
summarized as follows;
From Patron and Life Member
snip OueS Sql IHl IA
From Sustaining and Annual
Membership dues .............. l4@3S
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S265 6o4 Is
Dues collected by Chapters but not yet
received by the National Treasurer:
Patron and Life Membership. ST.. 425OD
Sustaining and Annual Member
ship OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l53Si5s
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s267s2N
GRAND TOTAL.
From Patron and Life Member
ships Observation-Disclosures. sloalss.ls
From Sustaining and Annual
Memberships Observation-Disclosures. 1N,250Is
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1863. Exhibits

A-Duplicate cards showing the best
method of recording the enrolment
blanks both alphabetically and nu-
merically.
B-A registered blank with cards proper
ly made out, different colored card
for each class of membership. n. B.
Life and Patron Members may be
recorded on the same colored card
as each of these represent a single
payment, all the others being annual
CA certificate of Membership in the
American Red Cross.
D-A page of Washington Report.
E-Financial statement accompanying the
Washington Report.
IA condensed daily report.
GA town report
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22
PAGE SEVEN.

and their war, the war for Holy RUS
sia. But in the end suspicion of the
Liberals. fear Of what the people
might do, and the influence Of the
empress, the Baltic Germans, and
Rasputin seem to have aligned 1.-The
czar on the side Of those who believed
that German victory was the lessor
of two evils. - ~ \.
In personal appearance Nicholas
closely resembles his cousin, George
Of England. As to his personal char
acter, aside from his amiable desiro
to do something beneficial, his super.
stition. and the ease with which. he
has been deluded by persons prsying
on his feelings, there is little evidence
Of Prince George Of Greece. IN eye.
witness Of the first attempt to assas.
sinate him. made in Kyoto In 1891,
who told how "Nicky ran down the
street. into shop and out Of it
again." to get away from the japan.
ese fanatic who had struck It him
with a sword. seems to have been 4
fair forecast of character which
had not within 1t the strength needed
by the emperor Of q great nation ens
gagged in the war of 1914 Il
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tahl6ts Oct IA
the Cause and Remove II !.

Dr.. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the sub.
stitute for calomel. act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through Dr.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar.
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
by all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gen.
tty but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action.
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any OF
the bad after effects.
All the benefits of nasty, sic1eeuins,
gripping cathartics are derived from Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets without grip.
ing, pain or any disagreeable effects.
DR.. F. M. Edwards discovered tho
formula after seventeen years of prac-
tice among patients afflicted with bowel
and liver complaint with the attendant
bad breath.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are pure
ly vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil; you will know them by their
olive color. Take one or two every
night for a week and note the effect
l0c and 2sc per box. All druggists
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22
From Older Sections.
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS
You have swollen feet and hand

You have swollen feet and. hands!
fstiff. achy joints! Sharp-shooting.
rheumatic pains torture you. You
fhave aching back. pain in the lower
Xabdomen. difficulty when urinatins!
Look out! These are danger signals.
3Trouble is with your kidneys. Uric
acid poisoning. in one form or anoth-
$er. has set in. 1t may lead to dropsy
Tor fatal Bright's disease If not check
led.
Get some GOLD MEDAL Harlem
FOIL Capsules immediately. They are
fan old preparation, used all over the
Sworld for centuries. combining natur-
Val healing oil and herbs, weii-known
ITO physicians and used by thousands
Fin their daily practice. The Capsules
3are not an experiment, make-shift
II aa'patent medicine" or SALT whose
seffect is only temporary. They are a
sastandard remeay. and act naturally,
ssgently and quickly. But when you 20
Ito the druggist. insist on getting the
Epure, original HARLEM, Oil in Cap
sules. Be sure the name GOLD MED
SIaaAL Is on the box and thus protect
ayourself against counterfeits-Adv.
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22

started. on August 10, 1914, he is
sued the famous manifesto which
proclaimed the autonomy Of reuni-
ted Poland as one OF the things for
which Russia was hghting. Later
came his manifesto holding out hope
line with some Of the cardinal prin-
ciples Of Russian liberaHsm-resist-
ance Of German aggression. promo
ton Of the smaller Slavic nationalities,
liberal treatment of the subordinate
peoples within the empire. Yet after
two years he has been brought to
abdication.
The explanation. apparently, lies In
court intrigues and camarillas. with
ttcism and cruelty which have In re-
cent months been stigmatized in many
quarters as Oriental: which, it has
been said, could have occurred no
where but in Russia. Yet the cir
cuitous politics within the Russian
court differs only in degree. not in
kind, from matters which have not
many, which have even been limited
at from time to time in countries re-
publican in name and form.
Ozark Forces" an Element.
The growth of the Russian court of
the influence Of the dark forces"
against which the Liberal revolution
has fought seems to have been due
in great part to the personal tempera
mefit and personal relations of Mich
olas. Treason was rife from the first
among q large section Of the Baltic
nobility, which holds many of the
highest posts in, the bureaucracy. and
still more in the upper circles of court
ceremony. That this. influence was
sufficient, apparently. to paralyze the
emperor himself on more than one
occasion may perhaps he attributed to
the empress. to the psychological re-
action of the revolution of 1905 on the
czar, and to his religious mysticism.
The Empress of Russia, Alexandra
Teodorovna was Princess Alike Of
Hesse- Darmstadt. For years common
rumor has held that she was unhappy
in the court Of Russia. that her tenn
perament and that Of her husband
were not In sympathy, despite the lack
of any open scandal In the imperial
household. Since the war began the
| assertion Of the countries allied with
Russia, that the empress sympathized
| with that portion Of the nobility of
Germanic stock which would regard
| a German victory as not undesirable
in a struggle which the Russian people
had made their own.
That the emperor feared and dis
trusted liberalism more than ever
since the uprisings that followed the
Japanese war is generally accepted
and he. too. could not have failed
to take alarm at the. growing strength
Of the Duma, at the evidence thot a
Russian victory. the possession of
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22

the federal trade commission and the
department of agriculture the neces-
sary funds. Certainly such an inves-
tigation cannot furnish immediate re-
lief, but 1t would be absurd to oppose
1t for this reason. 1t does not stand
may be wise. 1t docs not prevent any
constructive action on the part Of any
municipal or local agencies. We must
have the facts and >the sooner the in
vestigation is undertaken the better.
It is highly probable that as a result
Of it large permanent improvements
may he made"
Immediate Relief.
For partial and immediate relief.
every individual and community
should consider earnestly the matter
Of food conserva ton and the limita-
ton of waste. 1t is urged. 1t is point
ed out that as a nation we seem to
have disdain for economizing and
In many homes that there IL a strong
feeling that it Is "only decent to pro-
vide more than will be eaten and that
1t is demeaning to reckon closely
The experts of the department Of
agriculture report that the dietary
studies made by them point to an an
nual food waste OF about $70O.0O0,-
900. OF course. the waste in families
Of very limited means is slight, but
in the families of moderate and ample
means the waste is considerable Even
II the estimate were reduced by half
the waste would still be enormous.
The food waste in the household.
the experts assert. results In large
measure from bad preparation and
bad cooking. from improper care and
handling. and, in well-to-do families
from serving an undue number Of
! courses and an overabundant supply
and falling to save and utilize the
food not consumed. AS an instance
Of improper handling, 1t is discovered
that in the preparation of potatoes 20
per cent of the edible portion in many
cases is discarded
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22

Constantinople, must bring with II
more In, the way Of liberal reform
than the autonomy Of Poland and
the rmoval Of restrictions on the
Jews. s
The emperor has been credited, too,
with fears that success in the field
might have the result of alienattns
the sympathy OF the people from his
own personality. never of the sort to
hold the Imagination OF arouse in
stinctive enthusiasm, and make. the
great national hero his uncle, the
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch,
who commanded the army during the
successes Of the first year of the war.
But still stronger influence. ac-
cording to the belief which has set
tied already into almost a certainty,
long series Of religious wonder-work-
ers who had held ascendancy over
the czar. IT was in this field that the
Oriental possibilities OF his ONCE made
themselves most apparent. He seemed
as creduloue in the presence Of a
monk who had gained some local
reputation for religious power as any
mujik. .T.'s
Philippe Landard. the Frenchman.
Theophile; he by 1lioaor. the mad
monk" Of Tsaritsin; and finally came
Gregory Rasputfn, introduced into the
court circle by a woman, making
his career on the credulity and weak
ness Of women, and finally gaining
his influence with the emperor. ac-
cording to general belief, through his
ascendancy over the czarina.
It was only in January that Raspu-
tin was murdered in Petrograd by
a small group of literally minded
nobles who are said to have included
in their masked circle at least one
grand duke. The killing Of Rasputin
was followed by some 'action-not as
strong as might have been supposed
to. punish his murderers and to
suppress the liberal party that they
represented. 1t seems to have been
this reaction that sealed the fate of
Nicholas.
More than once there had been evil
dence that diverse forces were fight
ing'for the soul of the emperor. His
firm stand for the popular crusade
against the Germans and for some of
the reforms demanded by the Liber-
ais at the outset Of the war had been
followed now and then by evidences
that at times he could shake of the
dark forces" that beset the. palace.
Most notably did this occur in Septem-
ber, 1915, when, after four months
of continuous disaster in the field,
the czar transferred the Grand Duke
| Nicholas to the Caucasus and took
personal. even II only nominal, COM
mand of his armies.
This act at once made It plain to
the Russian neople that the c1ar was
with them, that 1t was still his war
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22
CUTTING DOWN OF ENORMOUS
FOOD WASTE URGED TO COMBAT
INCREASING COST OF LIVING

interesting information on the food
sltuatlon as 1t exists In the country
eooay was received from A. ]. Sur
feft OF the bureau Of crop estimates
OF the United States department Of
kasrtculture, whose offices are located
s IN the local federal building.
= Basing his statements on facts and
figures compiled by the United States
department Of agriculture, Mr.. Sur
ratt asserts that there is nothing in
the food situation Of the country
) which 1ustifies hysterical action or
: : thinking.
No Time for Hysterice.
In statement Just made public by
secretary Of Agriculture Houston"
aid Mr.. Surratt, "he says that this IL
n not time for Mysteries, nor a time
b for the thought of the American peo-
pie to be directed or dominated by
Y Y nose who have the interests of an
any selfish interest to further"
Il Quoting facts and figures gathered
ITby Secretary Houston. Mr.. Surrntt
,S "A full and satisfactory explanation
4 k01s prevailing prices Is not possible on
fthe basis of existing knowledge. It
only recently that agencies have
teen created in the country to. study
mod distribution. and we have not the
MScessary facts to enable us to arrive
the truth. Where the food supply
lSlocated. who owns it. what may be
AMe difficulties of securing 1t, whether
1e local market conditions are due
SaS0, car shortage. whether there Is
Neifcial manipulation or control. no
5&ne can state with certainty. It is
sential that we have the facts not
nly because of the light they might
hfow on present conditions but also
fHecause they are prerequisite for tho
A0rking out Of a permanent, Just and
rpnomical system Of marketing.
Merefore the investigation directed
the president ought to be made
and congress ought to give
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22
Believed in Autocracy, But Mod
flied Fathers Stern Repressive
Measures-Many Paradoxes in
His Career Rebellion Has
Been Brewing Since War With
: Japan.

Nicholas H., Car of Russia, has
abdicated his throne following a IAb.
eral revolution. He has had to sur
render it because he was unwilling, OF
una BILE. to lend his influence. with
SUFFICIENT intensity to the q successful
prosecution of a foreign war. If he
had died three years ago, he would
probably have gone down in history as
the man who called the first Hague
conference. and who gave Russia her
first constitutional government.
Yet the paradox is not az great
as it appears, for the whole career OF
Nicholas has shown hin, as man OF
excellent Intentions, but vacillatine
resolution; with no -ery great UNDER
standing, with spirit that comes eas-
lily under the sway of others without
any critical examination of their
character or motives; weak and
timid man, who now ana then nerves
himself to some act of determination
which apparently exhausts all his res
olution and leaves him weak a.,d
helpless for long time afterward.
He came to the throne on Novem-
ber>1, 1894, following the thirteen
years of reaction under his father,
Alexander ItT. In temperament and
aspirations Nicholas seems to have oc-
cupied middle position between his
father and his grandfather, the mur-
dered Alexander III. Like his father, he
firmly believed in autOcracy; he had
few, If any, Of the liberal tendencies
which made his grandfather's MUIR
der in 1881, the, greatest misfortune
Of the Russian liberal movement. But
he had not the temperament, perhaps
not the power, to initiate and continue
the stern measures of-repression which
his father had carried out.
Softens Reprcssive Measure.
Instead, the first years Of his reign
showed him an. emperor of mildness
and amiability-rather a dreamer.
disinclined to a vivid personal interest
in public affairs. with something of
the mystic about him, but withal a
moderate and BENEVOLENT ruler. The
entente cordiale with France. entered
into under his father. was strengthen
ed to a close alliance; the repressive
measures of bureaucracy and police
that had dealt such blows to the rev
olutionary parties of earlier decades
were modified. and finally, at the be-
ginning Of 1899, the autocrattc ruler
of one Of the worlds greatest military
empires took the initiative in calling
a conferences te. discuss disarmament
and arbitration. ~ -
Perhaps a. man of different tenn
perament would have devoted more
Of his attentions. to. trying to- settle
some of the outstanding causes Of in
ternational dispute. But political ac-
tivity has never been oneIof the czar's .
principal interests. He. called. The
Hague conference. He did not orig
mate the idea: as in most Of the other
Grand Forks herald., 1917-03-22
LIEUT.. GOVERNOR TO
RUN FOR GOVERNOR
AT NEXT ELECTION

Helena. Mont. March 22.-I1ieuten-
ant Governor w. w. Mcdowell Of
Butte, announced his candidacy for
governor on the Democratic ticket at
the 1920 election in Aaale of his
speech at the Commercial club
luncheon today, in which he defended
the legislative method of law-making
in Montana.
Mr.. Mcdowell said he favored a ses-
sion of the legislative during the
months, every four years, instead OF
two months every two years. A.