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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
TENT HOSPITALS help SMALL
CAMPS IN RED CROSS WORK

Cross came to us this morning, and
while you know how I have appre-
ciated your help and whOlehearted
thoughtfulness in getting our hospi-
tai equipped, I want to tell you so in
this way l shall not try to enumer-
ate the things you have given us.
1t is sufficient to say that thanks
chiefly to the American Red Cross,
more than 800 American soldiers here
can now have as good care and be as
comfortable when sick as they could
at home. We are especially apprecia-
tive of this because we previously
had for a hospital only small hut
with plank beds, straw mattresses and
no pillows.
"The magazines, newspapers and
phonograph are greatly appreciated
by our convalescents, and it would
please you to see our Sun Room this
afternoon. The men are sitting IN
comfortable easy chairs, reading,
smoking and gaining rapidly. The
milk and eggs which you furnished
are a big factor in rapid GONZALES
cence. One patient owes his life
to the vaccine which you sent US last
week and which we were unable to
obtain from any other source.
eve had almost given up hope of
getting what we considered necessary
for the proper treatment of our SICK
soldiers; so you know something OF
how the present situation pleases me.
The American Red Cross has larger
place in the forces helping to win the
war than many Of us realized
BEFORE"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
TOMORROW REGISTERY
DAY FOR 2l-YEAR-0LDS

T. Tomorrow is registration day for
young men who have reached the age
of 21 years since June 5, 1918, in
compliance to the draft order issued
by the war department.
Bemidji is in district No. and all
affected in the city and other nearby
villages, towns and countryside must
register in the court house. The dis
trict to register at the court house
comprises: City of Bemidji, Villages
of Tenstrike, Farley, Turtle River,
Wilton, Solway, and Redby; town
ships of Jones, Grant Valley, Bemidji,
Frohn, Township 146, Range 81, Su-
gar Bush, Turtle River, Northern,
Eckles, hammers, Buzzle, Liberty,
Turtle Lake, Port Hoke, Taylor, Ha-
gall, Durind, Maple Ridge, Roosevelt,
Alaska and Nebish.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
This DAY IN THE WAR

Aug. 23, 1917-Gen. Letchitsky's
Russian army retires from Ragged
zem and Kemmern. *.,.;. vs.
- ~ Aug. 1523; Igr6-British gain
ground on Thiepval ridge. Deutsch-
land arrives safely in home port,
Aug 20, 19f5-Forty British war
ships lombard Belgian coast. @z;
! Aug. %; 1914-Japan declares war
on Germany. -.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
JACK HERBERT IS
NOW FIRST LIEUTENANT

Well, he got there-"Jack" Her
bert Of Bemidji.
Now he's First Lieutenant John
Herbert, still ssof Bemidji, word ar
irving today. of the issuance of his
commission by the president, he hav-
ing successfully passed his examina-
tions in the officers training camp,
Zachary. Taylor, in Louisville, KY.
When Lieut.. Herbert was home on a
brief leave a few weeks ago, he said
he had taken his training and also
examinations and expected to pass,
and he came out splendidly, which his
host of good friends will be pleased to
learn. He left Bemidji a year ago as
private with squad of recruits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
SENATE BODY ! { J
AR|'R|.AIICNS ] J
AIR MANAGERS
FOR FAILURES |! 1 ! ! ! ! Is
/. Millions Of P People's Money Are
Wasted by Ignorance Of
.5- Management
DAYTON, o., CONCERNS ..=
GROW FAT ON CONTRACTS
No Bombing Planes; Common
Sense Lacking, According I
- to Committee
DAYTON, o., CONCERNS
3 GROW FAT ON CONTRACTS
WHAT HAS BEEN - z. -, ::
DONE IN AIRPLANES

Discussing the exact accom- +
plishments of the aircraft board
the report says: >.-.~&r .-%5~
..Six hundred and one Dehavil-s j.
and Fours had been embarked for
France UP to August l.. or these
5 sixty-seven reached the front by
July /. - :.
!. :. .7s% aOn August z a squadron OF.
eighteen Dehaviland Fours heW
p over the German lines. II. L..
rs eve have not a single Amer1-s
can made chasse on the battle
+ front. # i = e & =
: No Bombing Planes.
"We have not a single Ameri-
!. can made heavy bombing plane on
the battle front" - z,~.. =: ;. - z..t;
I'VE have not developed in
!; quantity product ction a successful
: chase or fighting plane. Z. II ~
- Other cTf tisims included: Il ~ -
. :. Abandonment of the Standard
J,a training machine after 1,200
. had been built at a cost Of S6,00O,--
/. .ss sss u. r :..:% =. -,
wasted. ::.::.: 7
anesI lation Of orders for
600 Spad, single-seated fighting
machines last September as obso-
lete and safterward ordering 1000
s. p. 55-single-seat Spads:
80 - abandonment Of the Bristol
fighting machines after expendi-
@ture Of $6,5OO,O00 and the loss
of several valuable lives. III .
Delay in developing the De-
haviland machine. - 1885,
Failure to rush manufacture
of the Caproni and Handley-Page
heavy bombing machines.
"Failure to develop an airplane
around the Liberty motor.
"Incom potency Of inspectors.
"Patent monopolies of original
inventors. :,
Reasons for Delays.
."In the opinion of the commit
tee," the report states, "the dis
appointing results in production
are due to the fact that the air
plane program was largely placed
in the control Of great automobile
and other manufacturers, who
were ignorant of aeronautical
problems, and because we failed
in the beginning to adopt the
common sense course of reproduce
ton the most approved types of
European machines in as great
numbers as possible.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
RESIGNS POSITION.

Miss Lily Hankins, who has been in
charge of the alteration department
of Schneider Bros, ready-to-wear
store, has resigned her position and
will go to Spokane, Wash, to make
her home She will visit in Mime
apolis and points in Iowa. before go
ing west:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23

Washington, Aug 23.-The long
awaited report of the senate military
subcommittee investigating aircraft
production has been submitted with
a scathing arraignment of delays in
the early days of the war, a review
of the improved conditions and rec
concentrations for the creation of a
new department of aviation with a
cabinet officer at it's head.
Failure to adopt successful foreign
airplanes and motors, waste OF mil
. lions of dollars, dominance of the
airplane program by inexperienced
automobile manufacturers, "unsyste-
matte and Ineffective" organization
and excessive profits are among crit
icisms made by the subcommittee.
Quantity Production Near.
Disclaiming wholesale condemna-
tion of aircraft program the sub
committee praised much that has
been accomplished and predicted.
1--WE are approaching period when
quantity production of planes soon
may be hoped for"
The report is impersonal and says
all questions of dishonesty or corrup-
tion are left to the Department of
Justice
While condemning failures under
the former aircraft production board
and signal corps control and noting
great improvements since John D.
Ryan and Major General Kenly were
placed in charge, the committee urges
lone man control" in the future"
Congress Also Blamed.
Part of the blame for poor organi-
cation at the start is assigned to
congress.
Stating that much can be said Gin
extenuation of disappointments in
aircraft production" the committee
details delays and failures, including
transportation to General Pershing Of
defective machines during more than
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
MRS, SANBORN SPEAKER >
FOR BIG Y. W. e. A. DRIVE
(Special to PiOneer.) }

lOpGCIoI 20 Z Z
Minneapolis, Aug. 23.-Mrs. G. R..
Sanborn of Bemidji is to be one of the
speakers for the Y. W. C A.. in the
United War Fund drive, which Is to
be held November II to 18. Mrs.
Sanborn just returned from Lake
Gen eva, Wis, where she attended a
conference of speakers for the asso-
citation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
TRANSPORT OFFICER AND
FOUR MEN DIE IN BLAST
nv United Press \

Wy O1I1VOU
Washington, Aug. 23.-Lieut.
Commander Williamson and four
others were killed and 19 injured by
the explosion of a depth bomb on the
transport Oriziba, the navy depart
ment today announced.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23

In suggesting that favoritism had
been shown by the old aircraft board
in placing contracts, the committee
says that the presence of Dayton in
terests on the board and the large
contracts given Dayton companies
provoked justly much of the public
sentiment which made the investi-
eating imperative"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
FRENCH ADANCE OVER
TWENTY-F FIVE Mile FRONT
(By United Press.)

Paris, Aug. 23.-The French ad-
vance continued last night on the
whole of the 25-mile front between
the Disc and the Aisne, the war Of
five reported today
The entire south bank of the Oise
and Aisne have been cleared Of the
enemy to Coucy le Chateau.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
PREPARE FOR FUNERALS
OF THIRTY VICTIMS
(By United Press. }

Tyler, Mimi, Aug. 23.-Thirty
identified dead and three missing, is
the coroner's count Of the cyclone
toll here
Preparations for the burials are
being made today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
U. S. EXPERTS BELIEVE
FOCH WILL CONTINUE
BY CARL D. GROAT.
((United Press Corrcsp0ndent.)

NNUHIIeU T 7 e5S CUII IC5pUHUCHL.J
Washington, Aug. 23.-That FOch
intends to pound the Boche hard all
winter is the belief of high military
experts today Prominent officers ia
vor strenuous winter campaign,
thus preventing the Germans recuper-
ating to resist the mammoth allied
spring offensive.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
q GERMAN PLANES
ARE REPORTED DOWNED
(By United Press. }

London, Aug. 23-Destruction of
twenty-one German airplanes is re-
ported officially by the air ministry
today. Eight British are missing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
] ALBERT /. B I IN BRITISH
HANDS;IMP0RTANT
! RESISTANCECENTER
CARRIED in ATTACK.
,<.. By De Gandt.
Omitted Press Correspondent.)

F.. h~-.> Omitted Press Correspondent) -
Paris, Aug 23.-The French advance has swept the
Germans back to within three miles of Chauny,
highly important railway center between Noyon and
La Fere.
-. General Mangins forces reported to have
reached the border of Coucy lie Chateau, only three
inf eastward into the town from the Ailette
Noyon is being attacked from three Sides The
French the Oise and have reached the
edge of Morincourt.
(By United Press) -
London Aug. 23-Albert, which formed the the
German resistance between the Somme Scrape in
British hands today, despite desperate
attack carried a sixme front yesterday
afternoon.
GERMANS ORGANIZING NEW DEFENSE LINES.
By Webb Miller
UNITED Press Correspondent >4sm'.
Paris, Aug. 23-General Boehm is 4qrganizng new
defensive lines far in the of the
in Picardy The
French passed in at various points the
today. -
The enemy preparing to make stand Hill 1884, Por
Court wood and Mont Renaud total than fifty
and villages have been reoccupied by French
London, Aug. 23-The British attacking practically
the whole tenymile front from Coeu the vicinity
Chaulnes and making AT number of points, General
Hag reported slight advances three widely separated
of the Flanders front.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
JAPANESE TROOPS ADVANCE.

(By United Press.)
Toxic, Aug. 23.-Japanese troops
are advancing beyond Milolaievsk.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-08-23
Charges Favoritism.

a years efforts to secure domination
of the air on the fighting front.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-26
TELL
SHOCKING TALES
Men Worked Like Beasts and
Starved to Death,

LONDON, Nov b-(Britsh wire
less service )-shocking stories Of
their treatment are told by many
British prisoners who have reached
England from Germany Unfortunate
Britjshers who arrived at Friedrich
felde, Prussia after ho,tltes ceased.
had hard lot They had been taken
prisoner shortly before OF during the
British advance and were compelled to
work behind the lines being driven
from place to place like something
lower than beasts"
OF one working party Of 1900, only
282 came into Friedrichsielde, From
twenty to thirty daily went into hos.
pitals and fifty Of the party died during
the first week in camp Several OF
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-26
BAvARIAN REPORT
PROVES GUILT or
HUN WAR MAKERS
kilograms Reveal TreaCher-
Gus Plot Against World,

LONDON, Monday, Nov, 25-(Brit.
lSh Wireless Service Publication oi
official reports from the Bayarlan min
ister at Berlin TO his home government
confirm evidence in the hands OF the
entente that Germany and Austria con-
splred 20 bring about the war. II was
for this reason that the terms OF Aus
tria'1 ultmAtum 10 Serbia were made
90 drastic that hoNlities were bound
10 follow
These revelations have been pub
ished in Munich after permission had
been asked by the BAyarian premier
and foreign minister Of the German
federal government They are in the
form Of a report sent to Munich oN
July l8, 'ol4, by Count Won Lerchen-
teld, the Bavarian minister at Berlin
Serb Submission Feared
According 10 the report, the deliver
OF the uhimatum TO Serbia was DELAYED
until after President Poincare and Pre-
ner Viyiani OF France had gone 10
81 Petersburg which would make Il
difficult for the entente nations TO ar
rive al an understanding and take
eountcr-mea'ures.
Count Won Lercheni,ld said thai
SERBIA obviously cannot accept such
conditions as will 10 laid down and
that as consequence There must be
war" He declared hat action on the
part of Austria could not be long de-
lsyed. "ior that might give Serbia, un-
der pressure from France and Russia,
en- opportunity % offer satisfaction"
Plans Told in Advance.
In a telegram to Munich from Berlin
Oh luly 81, 1914 Count Won Lerchenield
,sld that Sir Edward Crews efforts 10
preserve peace would Certainly not
succeed in arresting The course Of
events Later the same day he wired
information as 10 ultlmaun' 10 Russia
and France and forecast their rejection
by both nation, and told ot plans ~
hurl Gernany'' armies against France
which. he said. would he overwhelmed
In four weeks" lie said that the NOR
ale Of the French army was poor anil
that !, was poorly armed
On Argus, I the navaran minister
outlined Germany's intention to VIC.
late Belgian neutrality. saying
"The chief Of the general staff has
declared that even British neu,rali,g
will he paid for too dearly Il the price
Is respect for Rs'c-m An attack m
France is possible only through Bel.
sium'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-26
HER RELATIVES DIED
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-26
Contracts for 29
Vessels Cancelled

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov B-Can-
collation. Of contracts for the building
OF twenty-nine wooden ship, ha, been
ordered in the Oregon district
Thirteen thousand men are employed
IN wooden ship yard, in the district
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-26
TURKS TO Ask AID
Of AMERICANS IN
REVISING FINANCES
BY The Associated Press.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday, Nov.
2S.-American control Of the Turkish
gendarmerie and finances is being
urged by group OF nine newspaper
seven Turkish and two French-in
Con'tanlihople The group also adyo.
Gates American supervision OF the edu-
eatlonal system and the separation Of
church and state.
A depu'ation will request permission
to present the program TO President
Wilson during his visit 10 Paris The
program will be announced this week.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-26

PARIS, Nov. b-Every family In
Nice will have an American soldier as
its guest for dhner Thanksgiving day
A religion, ceremony at the American
church at Nice has been arranged By
the Rev Burgess
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-26

the men said that they caught snaili
and ate them while On the march.
II was admitted by the German doe
tors, current adyiceS state. that a
large proportion OF the SDO British
prisoners at a camp at Lasqun Gae
ken') nine miles from Brussels, died
from starvation or exposure
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-07-18
OF SKOWIIEGAN

RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts 79sOs.6i
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured, 3653.5l
bonds OF 1871 10000 90
Liberty Loan Bonds SS550,00
Securities other than L, S. Bonds l439a5.0 90
Stocks other than Federal Reserve
Bank stock tlls.0C
Stock OF Federal Reserve Bank 100000
Banking house, furniture and
hxtures 100000
House l2,bOOOo
Law full reserve with Federal
Reserve Bank 65,3l9.30
Cash in vault and net amounts due
from national banks 3gl,S4l 81
Due from Banks and Bankers 1900 10
Checks on banks In the same city
or town as reporting bank i73M
Checks on banks outside of city or
town of reporting bank 1880, 10
Due from u. S. Treasurer 10000
stamps actually owned 10000
Total, 81 ,s26, 100 10
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid In sl60,000 90
surplus fund 60,O000O
Undivided profits, less Xpenses and
faxes paid 1853. Az 6s
fircuiating Notes 1850 90
Due to Banks and Bankers l0T,g7iS2
check 772ot6 SO
Certified Checks 102S26 ~
Dividends unpaid 1880
Other demand deposits 1855 70
Postal savings Deposits II. N6. ~
Other Time Deposits 26i iO2. 50
United States deposits (other than
postal snvings) 100000
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-07-18

Don't hunt for what you want to
buy; advertise, and 1t will hunt Tor
you.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-07-18
sl,s26.l90.l0

STATE OF MAINE
County OF Somerset, S.
| Bin w. Page, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
BLIN W. PAGE, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day OF July, 1918.
GEo. w. GoWER,
Notary Public
Correct-Attest:
CHAs. f. YOUNG
JOHN w. FoGLER Directors
WALTER p oRDwAY
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-02
BLUEGOwNs Are BUSY
Restoring Manned Soldiers to
Trades, Their Job.
Reconstruction Aids" Coax Wasted
Muscles Back to Their Nor
NAL State.

Washington.-Teach nurses and
healers too, are the Blue Gowns" Of
the army medical corps, at work now
In the hospitals of the United States
and lover there"
Reconstruction aids Is their official
name, but the CHEEKY hue of their dis
tinctive uniform already has won a
seventy women whose membership
treats and teaches among the MANNED
soldiers brought back from the battle
front. Theirs Is the work of coaxing
back the wasted muscles and disused
limbs of wounded men, and later by
patient tutoring instilling deftness I'm
new arts and vocations which the hos
pital schools are planning for the re-
turned soldier.
Most of the "Blue Gowns were re-
cruited from the instruction stats Of
manual training schools and civilian
hospitals.
Beside table young fellow In
uniform was carving a conventional
flower border on a wooden picture
frame," says an official description Of
their work. ''The design was his own
and the work was his first piece. He
was inclined to be clumsy because he
was using his left hand. A Blue
Gown was ready to guide and advise
him. AS he becomes adept in left-hand-
ed carving he is preparing for the time
when he again will begin to draft, this
time with his left hand. This mental
concentration upon a new task Is be-
lieved by doctors and psychologists to
be valuable antidote for discourage
ment.
"At the same open-air workshop one
man was knitting scarf. One group
Of men, temporarily crippled. were
carving designs upon wooden blocks
and several were learning to weave up
on hand looms"
In the treatment rooms inside the
''Blue Gowns" were guiding electrical
appliances and administering the com
plicated series of treatments that per.
| feet the restoration work started by
| the surgeon at the front.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-02
FRENCH CITIES ARE GROWING
Secondary Municipalities and Towns
Are Gaining Rapidly by I'm
migration.

Paris.-The statistics for the popula-
tions Of the secondary cities and towns
of France, completed before the exo-
dus from Paris began, show an extraor-
binary increase owing chiefly to the
immigration of foreign and colonial
workmen employed in munition and
other factories.
Marseilles, with about 100000 inhab-
itants when the war began, has now
population of more than 100000.
With the many refugees from the
towns about Paris, evacuated because
of the German advance, and with some
of the population of Paris which flew
from the big cannon. that figure may
be said to be even higher. Lyons has
increased its population from $4,000
to 100000, without including additional
thousands in the suburbs. Bordeaux's
population has risen from 261,6 ,678 to
325, 5000, and the suburban parishes
have grown from $500 to 120,855
Havre has increased from 136,159 to
$4,000 without including the garrison
of $4,000 foreigners and $4,000 ref.
ugees, mostly Belgians.