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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23

have been erected, and all troop trains
are switched on either side Of them
that the men may be served quickly
and efficiently.
Upon the return recently of the ma
tional field secretary to the national
headquarters Of the American Red
Cross. after a three months transcon-
tinental tour of the canteen stations,
she presented a list of delightfully."-
varied cooling refreshments served the
troops-lists registering ingenuity and
thrift in utilizing local u to
make al appetizing and attractive
menu for the boys. The prime re-
quisite, of course, in the summer
months was something cool, refreshing
and perfectly harmless-inexpensive
and easy to prepare and serve in large
quantities on short notice. Soap and
water and towels, while not on the
menu exactly, were Immensely appre-
ciated, and flowers were a real refresh
ment. All were enthusiastically re-
ceived by the men after a hot and dirty
trip.
CollhS SluCllEhlS VI Tic Sdll-
teen activities the length and breadth
of the country find their way into the
national headquarters of the American
Red Cross and give n a very human
insight into the work.
In one city where it was known that
nineteen nurses were to pass through
on the train, en- route overseas, twelve
canteen workers in uniform boarded
the train on its arrival and presented
each nurse with a beautiful red rose.
They were quite overcome and declar-
ed the courtesy was one of the incest
things that had e happened to them.
He Got Ninety!
At another canteen station a lone
negro was served. He had been in
France, had been wounded and was
sent home on a furlough to get well.
~'Yessum," he said, 81 was hit in the
arm and the knee. And l got so mad
when l was hit l grabbed my gun and
l sure let her go. Yessum, Use salts
ied-got ninety of them Germans !"
En- route to Waynesville hospital, q
sergeant with six invalid soldiers ap,
piled to the American Red Cross Can
teen at a station for a more suitable
lunch for the men than could be found
In the regular lunch o Service
was given Immediately and eggs, fruit
milk, etc, supplied to the men. This
is but n of many instances that
demonstrate the efficiency of the Can
teen service in emergencies.
A soldier who had'not seen his moth
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23
ARTICLE n,

Somewhere in France.-With a gaso-
line can as a rostrum Secretary of
War Baker, in the course of his in
spection tour over there, addressed
and audience of more than 1000 Col
ored %stevedore troops during their
lunch hour. The speech, as well as
the entire stage setting, was highly
informal. Part of the secretary's
saudience lay sprawled upon the roof
.of a ~half-finished warehouse overlook
dng the local gasoline can, and nearly
all of them went on munching the con
tents of their mess kits, as it was in
tended they should do. The secre-
tary told the men how proud the peo-
ple-all the people, home-were of
them, and especially how proud their
own race was of them. He told them
a couple of short, comical stories that
quickly surrounded him with an
amphitheatre of white teeth all set in
a broad smile. When he wound up
by telling them that when he got
back to America he vas going to tell
their people how well they had been
doing, and the big shove they were
giving to the army supplies which
made it possible for the men at the
front to win battles, he got such a
hand as only strong and honestly
caloused palms can give a speaker.
Both before and after his talk to them
Secretary Baker mingled among the
men, asking them questions right and
left, and thus getting much first
hand information from these Colored
s~tevedores.
Perhaps the most impressive fea
ture Of the secretary's trip among the
Colored men over here was at Blois
Here there is a battalion of Class 3
and C men, all of whom had been
wounded in action, and many of whom
proudly wore the Croix de Guerre OF
the d. s. c. They were lined up fol
inspection, together with their splen,
did band, also composed of B and c
men. The secretary woulr not con
sent to their being introduced to him
but, as he put it: 1T is an honor to
be introduced to YOU" From the mid
die of the boxing ring and bandstand
combined, which is the pride of the
Blois camp, Mr.. Baker told them how
much their efforts had been appre
ciated by the nation; how greatly the
nation was indebted to them, and
how they, all of them, would be mark
ed men in their communities through
out their entire lives for the service
they had rendered their country iT
time OF urgent need. 'In after years,
ne said. men viii ONE home to theil
families and tell with pride, and will
A elQw upon .thair faces, how they has
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23

here, whose u%nyielding spirit and
bravery is making history for the
race.
l have learned that Hill 304, which
the French so valiantly held, and
which suffered such a fierce lombard
ment from the Germans that there is
not a single foot of it but what is
plowed up by shells, and whose sides,
eve today, are literally covered with
the corpses of French soldiers who
still lie where they fell, was later as
valiently held by the Colored soldiers
from the United States, who fought
with all the heroism and endurance
the best traditions of the army has
chronicled. The Colored soldiers, I'M
der their own captain from Dayton,
Ohio, who SO splendidly maintained
their line in the Argonne Forests. and
those who held that bloody and for
ever historical Hill 3O4. had the odds
against them, but like Tennyson's inn
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23

Rev. Dawson, the new pastor of
Bethel A. M. E. Church, is located at
2449 Highland avenue, the residence
formerly occupied by Rev. F. D. Wells.
He comes to our city from Arkadel,
phia, Ark, highly recommended By the
citizens of that place as a Christian
gentleman and we'll accomplished to
do the work of the Church. The fol
lowing is a letter sent to him by the
mayor of Arkadelphia introducing him
to the citizens of this community:
Rev. B. G.. Dawson,
Pastor A. M. E. Church,
Arkadelphia, Ark.
Dear Sir: l have noticed in the
city papers of your recent call to Kan
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23

Canteen worker, bearing the he'd
Cross insignia, is worn conspicuously
when on active duty. The officers Of a
Canteen unit includes a captain, first
and second ~lleutenants, a supply clerk
and a mail clerk. The size of the Can
teen unit depends largely on the fire.
quency of the troop movements
through its location. 1t is estimated
that a unit of fifteen women can serve
five hundred men.
At first both Army officers and rail-
way men felt that the Canteen service
was not a necessity, in that it duplicat-
ed the provisions of the Government
and the railroads. But observers in
both Army and railroad service have
come to acknowledge that the Canteen
Is a unique addition to troop transpor-
tation. At a time when the whole ma
chinery of travel is geared to an I'M
heard-of speed, 1t is inevitable that ac-
cident and weather should result in
unforeseeable delay and discomfort
the ~prolongation of journeys far be-
yond their expected time often de-
pletes the troop stores, and the enOr-
mou travel on the railroads often lin
its the available railway supplies. The
American Red Cross canteen service
assists the officer conducting trans
portatiOn by giving him an immediate
depot of supplies and helps the rail-
road by feeding the troops in the rail-
road yard, thus preventing congestion
at the station.
In n city the president of the rail-
road ordered a freight car given the
American Red Cross. 1t was equipped
with light and gas and placed on a
side-track lear the railway station.
The canteen unit is thus able to keep
the coffee hot and have refreshments
on hand for the incoming troop trains,
and 1t also serves as a protection to
the workers against cold while waiting
for the trains.
The equipment of an American Red
Cross canteen Is just exactly what a
community decides to make 1t. Some
canteens In the larger centers are high
ly developed, while others embrace
the minimum equipment. All are do
ing a wonderful work In which 1t is a
pleasure to have a share.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23

mortalized six Hundred" they fought
bravery and well, "firmed in the be-
lief" it was not theirs to a why.
1t was theirs ito do and die" and,
like the patriots they WERE, they did
DO and this wars history will SO
record,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23

sas City, Mo-, and l wish to say, we
dislike to take any of our good and
influential citizens, and those especi-
ally of your race, as l have watched
your activities while pastor in this
city and you have done much in the
upbuilding of your Church and your
daily walk has been an example for
better citizenship to your people and
Kansas City can be congratulated in
having you one of her colored citi-
zens.
Respectfully,
J. J.. KRESS, Mayor.
Rev. Dawson extends an invitation
to the public to attend all of his SER
vices.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23
OIL LEASE FOR SALE.

Forty acres in Montgomery County,
3a years to run; taxes, due in April,
$40. Producing wells within $50 feet
on all sides Of lease, 5000. See Barker
at The Kansas City Sun office.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23
Business Course at Lincoln Institute

BEGINNING OCTOBER FIRST, LINCOLN INSTITUTE WILL
OFFER A COURSE IN BUSINESS TRAINING, INCLUDING TYPE
WRITING, SHORTHAND. BOOKKEEPING. AND COMMERCIAL LAW.
TWO COURSES: NIGHT COURSE. OPEN TO ALL; DAY COURSE,
OPEN 10 STUDENTS Seeking A CERTIFICATE.
CLEMENT RICHARDSON, President.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-23

Ill lIit wv N0h NNN
y Cross canteens extending
fronl the most northern point in Cana
da to the most southern in the United
States and from the Pacific to the At
lantic. Together with the canteen
kitchens, medical supplies and small
transfer hospitals, they comprise the
equipment of the Canteen service,
primarily organized to stimulate the
morale of the soldiers and to let them
know that the country is with them
and appreciates the sacrifice they are
making. 1t was also organized for the
purpose of meeting emergencies which
may arise with troops In translt-un-
avoidable delays. accidents, supplies
exhausted, sudden illness or accidents
to the men en- route.
The American Red Cross Canteen
Service is one branch of the service
which, owing to its nature, requires
a certain amount of secrecy. The
United States is a tremendous coun-
try, with miles of track, and its troops
are spread over tremendous areas.
Men are sent from their home towns
to camps, troops are moved from n
camp to another, and they are shipped
from camps to embarkation points and
sent overseas, but wherever they are
they find the American Red Cross has
already blazed the trail and is there
ION the Job" This service, like all
efforts in behalf of the soldiers, sailors
and marines on duty in the armed serv-
ice of the United States, both of this
country and in Europe, is rendered to
white and colored officers and enlisted
men alike, without distinction.
Six hundred negro sold RS were
served recently by an American Red
Cross canteen at a point in Arkansas.
IL a press report of the work it was
stated at will be a long time before
the activities of that great Organiza-
ton, the American Red Cross, will
perform a better service, or n that
gives the good women, both white and
colored, more pleasure. They were en-
listed colored men coming direct from
their farms and homes in Louisiana,
going to a strange city and surround
ings. They We're a timid set when
they stepped off the train here like a
drove of lost sheep, but there was a
far different feeling when they left.
The interest shown in them here made
new and fighting men out of them.
They will take their places in the
trenches just like the white soldier,
and every time one of them does it he
takes the place of your boy or my boy.
He's an American soldier, and all hon
or is due the splendid work of our
Canteen women and their colored wo-
men helpers"
Negro Auxiliaries.
Many cities of the South are ,rgan-
izing colored auxiliary canteen com
mittees. The colored canteen in New
Orleans is in charge of a very fine col
ored woman of education and a gradu-
ate nurse. The canteen has headquar-
ters on the ground floor of the Pythian
tai. 1t has five large rooms, well equip
ped for rest and recreation, and to
date has entertained every batch OF
negro selects leaving for environments
1t is maintained by New Orleans Chap,
ter funds.
At some points, notably in Texas
Canteen service is maintained to give
refreshments to the aviators 1t theil
landing fields. In some of the large
abroad yards model canteen building,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

ways jars on the nerves of the
newspaper man, but not sufficiently
so that he prefers to send the paper
free. Not quite. But we will admit
we are easy marks all right, all
right, but thanks to Uncle Sam, who
has told us a few things, we must
stop the papers if they are not paid
for. And when the gentle winter
breezes are floating around, pushed
about by fifty-mile gale and you
don't have the Gazette to read, then
you can think if you feel like it,
what an idiot you were on the day
you failed to pay for your paper.
And you got mad because it was
stopped; and you had no right to
in such foolish thing; you
would have felt better to have paid
your money, secured a receipt and
gone home sober with the satisfacz
tion of knowing you had discharged
a duty you owed your wife and
Children. Don't get mad at the
Newspaper man if he stops your
paper. Here is the preventative:
Drop in and pay Saltwater Ga
zette.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
SECTION THIRTY.

: The total subscriptions to the
Fourth Liberty Loan amounted to
SIS, 100000. The allotment here
was 100000.
Miss Eva Stearns, principal of the
school left for her home on Wednes-
day, owing to the closing of the
schools.
Several more cases of influenza
have developed here but SO far, none
have been serious.
Gust Killen, chief clerk at the
mine, made a trip to Duluth on Sat
urday and returned Monday with the
influenza. He was taken to the hos
pital at Ely on Wednesday and late
reports are that he is improving.
G.. A. st. Clair was a business
visitor here on Wednesday.
The wine seized in blind pig raids
by Deputy Hendrickson last week
was shipped to st. Paul, having been
accepted by the military authorities
for the use of hospitals.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
STATE Forester
cox EXPLAINS.
MODIFIES HIS STATEMENT OF A
FEW DAYS AGO REGARDING
CAUSES OF FIRE.

Lack of sufficient appropriations to
maintain an effective patrol and not
neglect on the part of Governor
Burnquist, the members Of the public
safety commission or the heads of
any of the state departments was re-
sponsible for the disastrous forest
fire in northeastern Minnesota, &C.
cording to new statement issued
yesterday by w. T. Cox, state for
ester.
The new statement said:
''The fund appropriated for the
forest service by the 1917 legislature
was $50, 900 year, just one-third Of
the amount asked.
An even smaller appropriation only
| $4,000 year was granted by the
legislature of 1915, although the de-
partment asked $4,000 per year,
the amount it has asked Of every
legislature since it was created by
the legislature of 1911. That legisla-
ture granted $4,000 for the years
1912 and 1913. The legislature of
1913 granted an appropriation of
$4,000 a year for the succeeding
two years.
"The legislature Of 1917 granted an
emergency fire fund of $4,000 for the
remainder of the fiscal year 1917 but
a request for a fire emergency fund
of 100000 was refused.
Governor Burnquist went further
and recommended fire fund OF
100000, but it was refused, as had
been requested from Governors Eber-
hart, Hammond and Burnquist for
increased appropriations for the de-
partment.
"The safety commission later came
to the aid of the department with an
appropriation of $4,000 from its
funds for the purpose Of fighting fires
and the federal government contrib.
uted an additional $4,000 to its reg.
ular allowance to the department.
"The safety commission ut the re.
quest of the department also issued
orders prohibiting the setting Of fires
except under permits from the forest
officers, within certain dates. There
were several successful prosecutions
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

EAT onions to. help America ham
mer the Hun is a slogan now beine
sent out by the Minnesota food ad.
ministration to encourage the con-
sumption of Minnesota's surplus on
ion crop. Minnesota has more on
ions than can be taken care of by sto-
rage or shipment this fall. A SER
wing of three or four medium onions
or one-third cup escalloped onions
contains as much food value as two
slices of Victory bread, two small ba-
king powder biscuits, or two table
spoons of sugar, all of which are
things Americans are trying to save
for the sake of the boys "over there
Therefore, the food administration
makes the appeal to Minnesota people
to substitute onions in part for these
things in their diet, release foods for
shipment abroad and prevent waste
at home. This is a good war policy
and good home policy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
ALLIE MEITUNEN DIES.

Directly on the heels of the fire
disaster at Brookston in which Mrs.
Matt Meitunen lost her life, comes
She news from Chicago that the
daughter, Mrs. Lieutenant John A.
Saari, had died on Wednesday Of in
fluenza. She was before her mar
riage, Miss Allie Meitunen, former
resident of this city where the FAM
lily resided for many years. She
was 25 years of age. The remains
were sent to Duluth for burial.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
Hunters are asked by the food a

Hunters are asked by the food adj
ministration to guard against waste
of wild meat this year. They are
urged to save all edible portions of
every animal killed and not to let
wild game be an added luxury but let
it take the place of their market
meat. The food administration says:
4"No more game than can be eaten
should be killed.. Good sportsrnen
and good patriots will observe this
rule.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
HOw'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that cam
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Halls Catarrh Cure has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past
thirty-f1ve years, and has become
known as the most reliable remedy for
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure acts thru
the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, ex-
polling the Poison from the Blood and
healing the diseased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Cure for a short time you will see a
great improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh
Cure at once and get rid Of catarrh.
Send for testimonials. free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. TIC.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

A warning against agents can
wasting from door to door for publ
cations purporting to be issued by the
government is being sent out by the
United States food administration
Publications issued by the govern
ment are always given away or sold
at cost except in the case of certain
school text books, prices on which
range from 20 to SO cents. The pub
locations the fake agents are selling
are sold for as high as $4.75
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
TEN MEN CALLED.

The local board of District No.
has received call for ten men for
Camp Riley, to leave during the five
day period beginning November IL,
for induction into the army. These
must be men who were on the list
prior to the registration of Septem-
Der 18th and must be of the first
class.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

Word has been received of the
death in st. Cloud of the young son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Childers and
the serious illness of Mrs. Childers
and son Frederick. The family have
the sympathy of a host of friends
in this city and Winton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

A citizen of the United States who
does not in all ways uphold the gov.
eminent should be informed during
the war and at the conclusion OF
peace be shipped to the country he
thinks is better. America has now
reached the point where it does not
want as citizens men who are not sat
isfied with the present form of
government. -Biwabik Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

Rev. Father Iciek, who will be re-
membered as having made one of the
best addresses ever heard in this city
on the occasion of the Loyalty Pa
rade here a few weeks ago, has left
Duluth for the east from where he
goes to the Polish amy as chaplain.
Father Iciek was a patriot of the first
water and his late action in going to
the front on his humane mission,
further enhances him in the eyes of
his admirers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

5 Rev. John Jershe, recently or
dained priest and now stationed at
Chisholm where he is assisting
Father Schifferer, is in the city as
assistant to Rev. Father Mihelcic who
has been ill the past two weeks. Rev.
Jershe at one time was resident of
this city where his mother resided
for several years. The large number
of burials the past two weeks have
kept him busy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

Representative Charles T. Muir
ply of Aurora was in the city We'd
nesday looking over his chances for
reelection. Mr.. Murphy intended
to call on many of the voters but
owing to the prevalence of the "fiu"
in the city, could not do so.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

A snowstorm breezed in from
Medicine Hat Saturday of last week
and painted the ground white to the
depth of two or three inches. On
Sunday it was about all gone by a
rain falling upon it. Together the
two wet up things nicely and elm
mated any danger of a forest fire.
Had it arrived two weeks sooner a
thousand lives would have been
saved. The streams are all very
low and the lakes as we'll and the
water is needed badly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

neer mine is doing the work with
Chas. Johnson as runner. Capt.
Geo. Kelly was in the city Saturday
getting things in shape. The Mu-
tual company which formerly con-
trolled the McComber has sold out to
the National Iron Company composed
of prominent St. Paul citizens.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

One hundred and eighty million
persons in Europe are facing star
walton and they are not Germans or
Austrians either. In planning to
help feed these unfortunates the
United States food administration is
giving the people of this country a
chance to be the worlds benefactors
and to win the world over to lar
ger faith in democratic government.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

Canadian consumers have been put
on an allowance of two pounds of
creamery butter per person per
month";, but this is better than the
Englishman's allowance, the whole
of which is only one-half pound of
butter and one pound of oleomar-
garine a month.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

John H. Gill, candidate for the leg
islature was in the city Saturday
looking over his prospects for re-
election. Mr.. Gill expressed him
self as highly pleased with the out
look. He has been member of the
lower house the past two terms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01
!. Vern Mccarthy, who has beer

]. Vern Mccarthy, who has been
spending two weeks furlough with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Nc
earthly in this city, left Wednesday
morning for an eastern port. Vern
has been in the service for the past
year and during that time has made
nine trips across the water in the
transportation of troops. His many
friends were pleased to see him and
he left with the best of wishes from
all of his old acquaintance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-01

Mrs. B. M. Lambert and daughter,
Mary, visited with the parents of
Mrs. Lambert at Two Harbors Tues
day. Her mother, Mrs. Dennis
Hayes, is seriously ill at the family
home at Two Harbors