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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12
FONTAINEBLEAU FOREST DOOMED.
Trees May be Used for Lumber 10 Meet
Wars Demands.

by Associated Press to Every Evening
Paris, April 9-Will the forest Of
Fontaineblcau have 10 be sacrificed To
military purposes? That question ls
agitating French historical artistic and
literary circles. There is little of these
questionings in the practical military
mind and it is believed probable that
before long the ancient forest will resemble
n lumber camp on the Ottawa or the St
Maurice rivers.
The drain of lumber during the present
war has been very great With the diff
Guilty III transportation growing more and
more acute the supply Of timber has had
Ia bc obtained from local tracts instead Of
from the virgin forests al Northern Ganada
There is a panR of regret IN artistic
circles but il is remembered that England
has sacrificed without m,irmtir the bea'iti-
full trees in the Royal Park of Windsor
and IL is believed that unless lumber can
bo obtained elsewhere under as favorable
conditions, Foniaincblcau II doomed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12
SPEEDING Up" IN
UNIVERSITY COURSES
airing and Firing, Discipline, Pen
Sons Included in Intensive
Curriculum.
r, Associated rrcss 70 rxerx Evening

By Associated Press 70 Every Evening
Washington. April II Speeding up Of
war production Is gwen aS the purpose
of the SIX week course Of intensive
training in employment management DOW
in progress at the | nlVerSltN OF Rochester.
at Rochester. New York The Count
Of National Defense IN statement
issued today outlined the need Tor employ
nent experts which caused the Industrial
SarviCa Sections of several departments
OF the government including tho Emcr-
gencv Fleot Corporation. The Ordnance.
Quartermaster =, Labor. and Navy de
partmcntS 10 ask for the course
Twenty prospective employment man
ayers. representing firms engaged on
important war work aud particularly
shipbmldlng, are enrolled IN the course
Laboratory work Is being provided by
fifteen Rochester factories.
The training viii consist Of an intensive
study OF methods 60 promote activities
affecting the human relations ot the
workers The enormous labor turnover
in the shipvards which has greatly slack
ened production j. evidence u discomfort
on the part of the workers 4ud he present
course aims To tram mon Who Viii ht
able 10 overcome these difficulties
among the many activities dealing
with human relations oi the employed
are legislation, safety. education. recroa-
tion. -hinpg ana firing, discipline.
the wage system. pensions. slck benefits.
etc. THIS type q work although compare
tivcly new was tined ~ some extent
before the war and wherever a service
department was organized Ia look after
tic human welfare Of the employed 1t
was never discarded The tendency has
been TO take out OF the hands al super
ntendents and forcmcn authority over
the management 81 tho personnel and
place II N charge of special depart mcnt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12
A Simple Way TO
Remove DandruH

There is one sure wny that has never
failed To- remove dandruT NJ once, and
that ~ to dissolve II then Won destroy 4
entirely To do this just get about four
ounces Of PLAN. common liquid arvnn
from any drug store this IS all you Will
need, apply it n; night when retiring.
usc enough To moisten the scalp and rub
il in gently with The finger tips.
By morning, most # not all Of your
1andruT will hc gone. and three Or four
more applications will completely dis.
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace Of IT, no matter how much
dandrun you may have
You Will find all itching and digging
of tho scalp will stop Instantly, and your
hair will be fluffy l,lstrous. glossy. sllkv
and soft, and look aud feel hundred
Tunes better
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12
U-BOAT TARS NERVOUS
AND GREATLY DEPRESSED
British Captors Describe Sub"
Crews as Pallid, and Excited
in Manner.

London, March IS Crews of the
German submarines are downhcarted
and often extremely nervous British
scamcn whose vessels have been tor
pedocd and who have thus had AN op-
portunliv 10 observe the Germans, bear
testimony to this fnct In the official
records Of the submarine war, says the
Manchester Guardian, again and again
the submarine crews are described rs
every depressed" or "vcrv nervous" Here
is ono description: Master and Grew all
agree and were very much struck 10y the
pallid appearance of the officers and
crew of the submarine. and by their ner-
vous and excited manner The captain
of the submarine was continually urging
haste and the officer who was placing
the bombs could hardly hold them from
the condition of nervous tension IN
which he appeared 10 be"
One of the crew who had lived long IN
England, speaking to the boats crew,
cursed the war and wished II was over
In many C;lsrs the Germans tired io Ius-
tliy themselves or excuse Themselves
IL their fellow scamcn. Some oi these
reports show the hdeousnCss ut the Ger
man fighting system, but they are all
mild compared with the classic story ot
German hcstlality, rs in the ease Of the
belgian Prince. where the men were
taken on the submarine deck, their life
belts removed and then IL submerged
The mon of ono thrcc-masted schooner
were left with only ono oar IN their boat,
and for this the master had to beg, the
others being thrown overheard,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12
RED FLAG FOR RUSSIA.

Moscow, Russia, Tuesday. April Q Il
Russia : national flag hcnccforth will bc
red with the inscription Of "Rossiskay
Sotzialyitichcskava tcderativnaya 50
victskaya Republics" Russian Socialists
Fcderative Soviet Republic THIS was
decided upon today in a resolution passed
unanimously by the central executive Of all
Russian SoVicts
Chairman Sverdlof, proposing the res
olution, said IT was Imperative 10 decide
the question of the flag Immediately "as
the Russian flag viii have tn wave over the
embassies IN Berlin and Vienna and We
cannot have the old trl-color, SO think it
most proper to adopt the rcd flag under
which VIZ fought and gained victory"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12
MUST DESTROY PRUSSIANIsNf.
Jacob H. Schiff Says Impos crishment
Worth " Whiie 10 Win This War.

New York April l2-Jacob ~chlf the
millionaire banker, speaking III the
Liberty Loan campaign yesterday. urged
everybody to hIy
He said that peace could not bc assured
except by the utter destruction of the
Prlissian military power. and that in
prosecuting the war for the freedom and
peace Of the world II was necessary to
make sacrifices Even i the war lasted -
long that this country was impoverished.
both III matcrlal resources and IN young
manhood. the sacrifices would prove worth
while if u ended Ill victory winch guaran-
teed freedom and peace to the generations
to come, declared he banker
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12

I'VE need an gained territory ID bur,
our dead, SAID q German officer prs
pncr and for once the censor .c, something
worth while yet through
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-12

What il clock ahead ono hour IA
the kalscr's turned back 10 the middle
agrs2
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
CompleteCast Of Characters
HIS. Minstrels for Red Gross

Miss Jane Hayner will preside at
the piano.. r.
The high school quartet will be
under the direction of Miss Dorothy
Torrance.
Cast of Farce.
The OliO will be devoted principal
ly to a farce entitled "The Coontown
Thirteen Club" The cast of char
acters will be as follows:
o. Worthing Butts-Walter Balk.
j. Dishwater Black-Norman Kit
tleson. a t.,4
Alonzo Hightis-Theodore Will
Its.
Percy Low Shoes-Ferris Knapp.
Harold Innbad-Carl Tennstrom.
Chester Gravy Dubbs-John ST.
mons.
Hannible Tredmore Tacks-Jolln
Koors.
William Horace Turnover-Philip
Denu.
Charles Lusty Overfed-Leo OPP
sahl.
Isben Beaneater-Carl Crothers.
Julius Seemore Knott-Bert Nay
lor.
Kennelworth Redear-Dick Gotta.
C. Swanson NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Naylor.
Patrick O'Toole-Harold Morse.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16

The minstrel show to be given by
the high school boys for the benefit
of the Red Cross at the Grand thea
ter Thursday night, February Fl, Is
progressing satisfactorily and there
will be dress rehearsal tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The high
school boys will be assisted by tai
ent, former attendants Of the high
school.
The cast of the company is as fol-
lows: %. ... ,-..s.
s~-5Interlocutor-C. NJ Jacobson.
Ends-Ferrfs Knapp, Leo opsahl,
Norman Kittleson, Carl Tennstrom.
Soloists- Balk, Walter Nc
Donald, Raymond Hannah, John Ca
hill, Clarence Rood, Chris Neumann
and John Koors.
Chorus-Jerome Higgins, Harold
Morse, Philip Denu, Sanford Hur-
locker, Elwood listed, Carlton Croth-
ers, Haven Hanscom, Thomas ST.
mons, Leslie Raco, Charles Raco,
John Henry, Nils Rode, Harold
Swisher, Lawrence Harvey, Roy
Trafton, Robert Naylor, Bert Nay
lor, Richard Gotta, Theodore Willis,
Percy Goldberg, Arthur OLeary, Ar
mande Thoraldson, Victor Jahr and
Kenneth Longballa.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
COUNTY SCHOOLS IN
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN


L.. The county Red Cross chapter met
this morning in the high school
building, the purpose being the pro-
motion of the Junior Red Cross IN
the schools throughout the county.
There were several teachers from
this vicinity present, similar meet
ings being held today at Baudette
and Blackduck. One patriotic teach
er walked seven miles to Bemidjl to
be present.
= Rev. l.. P. Warford, president OF
the Beltrami County Red Cross chap
ter, spoke on organization work, and
Miss Hall, teacher in the Bemid]l
schools, spoke on material and what
is needed in the way of articles. MRS.
e. E. Mcdonald, field director OF the
Northern district, supplemented the
program by speaking on the work
and G. w. Harnwell gave a talk on
the thrift stamps. Miss Budelman'
another teacher, spoke on Red cross
work in the schools.
This afternoon at the central
school there was display OF Red
Cross work and the articles were ex-
planned and instructions given on
kow to use them.
Z The Red Cross drive is being made
between the birth anniversaries OF
Lincoln and Washington and is a
national movement.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
TURNED. OVER
TO THE RED CROSS BY >.
MOVIE PICTURE HOUSES

The .Beltrami County Red Cross
chapter is richer by $111.77 than
it was before last Tuesday, when the
motion, picture theaters of Bemidji
put on a Red Cross day on ''heatlese
Tuesday," the. ban being raised by
the state fuel director in case the
proceeds went to the chapter. The
suddenness of the order and the
Willingness on the part of picture
theater owners caused a scramble to
secure films but they made good. No
film could be obtained in time for
the Grand and the Elko had one on
hand. The Rex was without a pic
ture and sent for q special two-days
feature to Minneapolis, calling by
long distance on. the order. .a,s.zz.ss.,.
The Elko ran its film and the total
proceeds of $5S.42 was turned over
to the Red Cross. The receipts at
the Rex were $79.75, and after pay
ing the expense of the special order
turned over $685.. ~
St. Philips church Red Cross So
ciety has just given to the Red Cross
$25. This; in addition to the con-
tribution of the Knights of Colum-
bus, $105, which was donated after
the official report was made by Miss
Lycan, secretary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
MISS BROWN WINNER
FDECLAMA10RYPRIzE

Miss Carrie Brown. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. p. l.. Brown, won first
prize in the sub-district declamatory
contest held in the high school au-
ditorium last evening, and Miss Mil
dred Page of Park Rapids won Sec
ond prize.
In the oratorical, Welcome McNeal
of Akeley carried off the first and
James Beach of Walker second hon
ors.
The judges were. superintendent
H. P. Spaulding Of Cass Lake, Su-
perintendnt o. B. Anderson Of Bag
ley and Superintendent A. F. Bank
of the Park Rapids school.
The audience was the largest that
has ever attended a contest of this
kind in Bemidji. In two weeks the
first two prize winners will attend
the district contest to be held In
Crookston.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
SIS PER WEEK OPERATOR
SEEKS FIFTY MILLION LOAN

New York, Feb. 16.-How a SIS
a week telephone operator posing as
"His Excellency, the Marquis Ed
mond Rousselot di CastillOt, conf
Dental representative of his majes-
ty, King Alphonso XIII OF Spain,' y
opened negotiations with the bank
ing house of J. P. Morgan & Com
pany for a loan of $50,000,000 to
Spain and, by promising that Spain
would enter the war on the side OF
the entente allies brought the state
department into the matter, was re-
vealed in the federal court here to-
day when three indictments were re-
turned against Edmond Rousselot,
under the espionage law.
Rousselot was pressing his plan
for the loan when chance caused his
arrest on another charge and his
castle in Spain quickly toppled.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
DoNAIDs sH'JJAIGs

Donald McCuaig, short mention of
whose death appeared In last weeks
Union, died on February 7, and the
remains were laid to rest In Oak
Knoll cemetery. Princeton, on Febru-
ary g.. All children were present at
the obsequies.
Donald McCuaig was born in Can
ada in 1885 and for 80 years was
one of the thrifty farmers Of Green
bush. On November II, 1853, he
was married to Agnes T; F. Gray,
and seven children were born of the
union, five of whom are living, viz:
William McCuaig, Bemidji; Duncan
McCuaig. Wahkon; Mrs. L. A. An
derson, Kasson; Mrs. A. L. Tufty and
Robert McCuaig, Milaca. =.
Donald McCuaig was an honorable
gentleman, we'll known to many of
the old timers in Greenbush and
Princeton. He moved to Milaca about
13 years ago. Those who knew him
will regret to learn of his DEATH
Princeton Union.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
DYER CLINES ITO !.
!. ACCEPT POSITION:
SUPERINTENDENT
OF CITY SCHOOLS.
- .-- a-yS AZ X ;5,
! Has Notified Board That He VIII
Accept Offer rendered Him H :=: ..:.
H. By the State. /. =s-. !.
J WILL CONTINUE UNTIL s. - =
= =. ;,.. SUCCESSOR IS SECURED
Has Been Head Of the City Schools
II for the Past Eight =
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL :.
y ;.:s SUCCESSOR IS SECURED

W.: P. Dyer, superintendent of the
Bemidji schools, has notified the
board of education that he will not
accept his reappointment to the posi-
tion, the announcement being made
todhy. ....z. - -: .,-
ii ! For some time Mr.. Dyer has had
under consideration an offer of q
state; educational appointment and
has decided to accept. He will re:
main in his present capacity until
successor is named which will in
al1{sprobability be within the ensu-
ingsfew weeks or until the right man
Is occurred. 49,, ----=....z ~.
Mr.. Dyer has been with the schools
of Bemidji eight years, and his leav-
Ing will be to take up other duties
of greater import.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
SIXTEEN TUNNELS FOUND
AT FORT DOUGLAS CAMP

Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 16.-
Incident to the removal of the civil
prisoners from the southern section
of the war prison camp. at Fort
Douglas to a new location within the
compound, two more. tunnels were
discovered by prison authorities.
This makes a total Of sixteen tun-
nels that have been found within the
last two and a half months.
Two were found Wednesday about
the time Miss Augusta Minnie Deck
man, fiancee of Ernest A. Leybold,
an interned enemy alien, was arrest
ed on a charge of rifling the mail
pouches in the censor's office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
Part Of Draft
0uotat0Leavo;
Baudette25t|l

When the next quota of the draft
leaves Beltrami county, part of the
quota will leave Baudette and the
other portion will leave Bemidji.
They will meet in st. Paul and to-
gether leave in a single delegation
for camp.
Sheriff Johnson, head of the draft
board of Beltrami county, today re-
ceived this advice. The quotas from
both Baudette and Bemidji will leave
on the same day, February 25. Bau-
dette is to furnish between so and
IS men, while Bemidji is to send
about a hundred.
The Baudette quota will will leave
that point at 11:47 o'clock the night
of the 25th, arriving at Minneapolis
at 6:4O O'Clock the next evening.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
Ely BIRD FORGOT SIS FINE:
AND IT COST HIM $500

Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 16.-When
Ely Bird confessed to Judge Jepson
that he had forgotten SIS fine for
bootlegging pronounced on him four
years ago, Judge Jepson decided to
sharpen his memory and fined him
$500 for the same offense.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
RUSS REPUDIATE ALL
EXISTING TREATIES

London, Feb. 16.-Russia's with
drawal from the war was a real with
drawal, and the throwing away of
all agreements with her former al
lies, said Leon Trotsky, the Bolshe-
Wiki foreign minister, in reporting to
the all-Russian workmen'? and SOL
diers' councils on the result of the
Brest-Litovsk conference, according
to a Russian wireless dispatch re-
ceived here.
The dispatch says the councils ap-
proved Trotsky's policy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
KIRK PLEADS mot
GUILTY" BEFORE COURT

George Kirk; until recently super
intendent of the water works, this
afternoon appeared before Judge
Stanton and entered plea of not
guilty to an indictment by the grand
jury on a charge of embezzlement
of funds from the water department
E. E. Mcdonald represented Kirk
Kirk was held in bonds of $1,000
which were furnished.
Euclid Emon, of near Williams
pleaded not guilty to a statuatory
charge and was held for trial.
In the case of the State VS.. Nor.
din Goodin, statuatory charge, no
bill was found
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
GRAY JOINS CoLoRS;;
THREE MORE ENLIST

r. JOHN Gray, son Of Daniel Gray OF
the town of Bemidji, left Friday noon
with the delegation of volunteers for
Duluth Mr.. Gray was accepted in
the Twentieth engineers by Recruit
ing Officer Clarence Foucault.
Those who will leave next Mon
day and who have been accepted are
Bert T. Miller, Clarence Sinclair and
Aroul Denonne. The latter two will
go to the Twentieth engineers and
the former to the surveying division.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
SOLDIERS GIVEN UNTIL ....z
-s..s, -.s., APRIL FOR INSURANCE

Application for soldiers risk in
surance may be filed up to April u,
congress having extended the time,
George F. Porter of the insurance
branch Of the federal service notified
Secretary H.. w. Libby Of the State
Public Safety commission today. Au-
tomato Insurance, however, has
ceased entirely, the telegram said,
and no man is now insured by the
government unless he has applied,
This is held to make voluntary ap-
.plication doubly important. Mr..
Libby was urged to continhe the Min
nesota campaign to bring family In
.fuence to bear on elisted men who
are not yet insured.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
SOMEBODY PICKED OUT
THE WRONG PARSON

Chicago, Feb. 18:-Rev. Howard
e. Canister, rector of Christ Episco-
pal church, Waukegan. devised a
means of setting to rights his claims
as an American citizen. His father
lost a leg at Antietam in :sthe: Civil
war. :. :.
"A rumor has reached me that
am pro- German" he said. ''':.There is
little space between the rectory
and church. It is walled in. here
by issue a London prize ring, bare
knuckle, tooth and claw challenge to
anyone in Waukegan, Chicago and
the world, who will come out and
lust intimate I am not an American ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
TREATY RESTORES CITY

Amsterdam, Feb. 16.-By virtue
of the treaty with the Ukraine, by
which the status quo ante Of the
frontiers between Austria-Hungary
and Russia were established, Austro-
Hungarian troops Wednesday enter
ed Brody and took peaceful possess
sion of the town, says dispatch
from Vienna.
Thus the last big town in east Ca
licia was returned to Austria-H Hun
gary.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
FIRST HONOR ROLL
! OF SOLDIERS ARRIVE
ii, VI SO0O
(By United PreSs)

Washington, Feb. 16.-The war
department has written on the Honor
Roll of americas dead the names OF
the Aeighiy-two American soldiers
who peT9hed when the Tuscania was
sent down.
The list is the first casualty list
from Washington, and contains the
names of Fred Allen of Ada, Walter
Crellin of Virginia, Frank Drahota
and John Johnson of Big Falls,
James. Buckley of Minneapolis and
William Tragser of Cottonwood.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
LIGHT COMPANY SHOWS ITS
PATRIOTISM: LIGHTS SIGN

The Minnesota Light and Power
company has shown it's patriotism by
extending a friendly hand to Cor
poral Foucault of the recruiting Of
flee, and has furnished an arm cleo.
trio light for lighting up the sign
of Uncle Sam calling for soldiers.
The light has Deen placed on the
post at the Northern National bank
corner and beneath it is the adver-
tisement of the government.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
DRAFT MOVEMENT TO .
!, CONTINUE INTO MARCH

Washington, Feb. 16.-Movements
of men to complete the first draft,
beginning on Feb. %, viii not be
completed within the following five
days as originally planned, but will
extend. over into March: A move
ment not included in previous an
nohnce1nents will begin March 4
moving 10,077 men to Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ca, and Camp Funston.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
VATICAN OF BELIEF
PEACE DRAWING NEAR
(Ry United Press)

Rome, Feb. 16.-The unofficial
belief at the vatican is that peace
is nearer than ever. Wilson'S speech
has greatly impressed German DEM
Ocracy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
Enemy WATCHES 5lmYs1s Americans.

United Press Staff Correspondent
With the American armies afield,
American sector opposite Mount Sec,
This is gfsatHn hill like
a hump on the horison n The mount
Is dotted with machine gun nests
and observation posts. The hill af-
fords the enemy observation Of our
territory like a perpStual sausage
balloon. Mount Sec three miles
northeast Of Xivray, where Ameri-
cans were reesntly eADtured. It is
located ten miles south Of st. Mihiel
and twenty miles north Of Toul.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-16
PRESIDENT WILL ACT
IF THE STRIKE GROWS
(By United Press)

Wy OH1CCU 1C0oTl
Washington, Feb. 16.--If the walk
out of woodworkers in eastern ship
yards grows rapidly the president
plans to; act definitely to end the
strike. He is expected to drive at
the heart of the difficulty by appeal
ing to the mems loyalty. It is learn
ed definitely there will be no con-
scription of labor.