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the sixties"
The Department of Illinois Wom-
ans Relief Corps has made hundreds
of thousands of hospital garments I'M
der the leadership of Mrs. Helen. L.
Middelkauff, department president.
This corps, known as the 119th, has
raised $40, 900 for the purchase of six
ambulances, which are now doing
their share of duty in France. The
Illinois Woman's Relief Corps wom-
en- further demonstrated their pa
triotism by the purchase of over $780,
600 worth of Liberty Bonds of the
third denomination.
The Department Of Iowa has invest
ed $4,000 in war bonds Of the last
issue, and the hospital garments sent
to the men in France from this Or
ganization run into hundreds of thou
sands. The Woman's Relief Corps.
of Nebraska and Missouri, are per-
forming a work so arduous that they
send word that they have not time to
make detailed reports. The women
in the departments of those two
States meet at corps headquarters at
least once. in many cases, twice, each
week and sew, performing their work
in hundreds of units scattered over
every section of the two States. The
Department of Vermont, although
smaller than the majority of her sis
tiers, has turned over about $1,000
worth of Red Cross work to the State
headquarters of this mission of mercy.
AS might be expected, the Depart
ment of New York has done valiant
work for the cause of the nation. 1t
also has sent hundreds of thousands
of garments through the Red Cross
to the boys in France. Among other
phases of its work has been the or
ganization of a training school for
nurses. Its members are accomplish
ing important work for the war in
ambulance service, canteen units and
in the formation and support of full
hospital units. In New York City
alone there are 5000 members of the
Woman's Relief Corps, and this strong
body of loyal women comprises one of
the most important bulwarks in the
feminine line in the nations defense.
The extent of the war work under
taken by the Woman's Relief Corps
can best be exemplifed by the fact
that it's assistance Is in constant
; requisition by the American Red Cross
and other societies for war relief
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the fact, however, that men are being
put into active service at such an
accelerated pace that depletion
threatens in the Reserve Corps of the
Army unless new doctors in large
numbers can see their duty with such
unmistakable clearness that they will
allow no obstacle to stand in the way
of government service for them.
Physicians Should Await Notification
It is the governments wish to keep
everything normal and running as
smoothly as possible as long as con-
ditions will permit. AS rule fifteen
days are granted, after a notice has
been received to report for duty, in
which to make all definite arrange
ments before going into a training
preliminary to a departure for the
battlefelds and the hospitals of the
continent.
Application blanks can be secured
from either the Surgeon-General of
the Army, of the Navy, or from the
Council of National Defense. Every
large city in the country has its ex-
amining board for medical officers,
and a request for a blank to any one
of them will put the desired document
into the hands of the doctor.
Every physician who wishes to be-
come member of the Medical Re
serve Corps must be physically sound
and fit for arduous duties. He. is
obliged to submit to a severe exam
nation. Eyes and teeth are most
important. A high standard of vision
must be attained without glasses
though glasses may be worn to cor
rect certain minor defects. The &C.
cepted physician is never color blind.
A very careful test is held to ascer-
tain whether or not his perception of
color is quite normal.
His teeth receive a minute exam
nation from an expert dentist. AS
rule physicians, realizing even better
than the average individual, the men
ace of decayed teeth, keep them in
first class condition, though there are,
of course, exceptions to this. Other
minor physical defects which do not
tend to incapacitate a doctor for his
work are waived by an examining
board.
The a-ofessional examination is oral
and due credit is given for experience
and knowledge obtained through pur=
suing some one special line of medical
work. The various diplomas, certih--
Gates, letters, recommendations, etc,
must be investigated before the final
rating Is Forthcoming.
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greater number than was at first re-
quired gave every evidence of being
most anxious to take their places with
their fellow-workers of Europe when
the time is ripe. As the time has now
arrived large majority of these may
be counted upon to fulfill original and
informal promises; sooner or later
they will be sent abroad.
In all, physicians, including only
those in the forty-eight States and
the District of Columbia, number 144,-
$50. The State of New York claims
a greater number of medical men
than any other of the forty-eight.
More than 5000 physicians declare
themselves residents of that state.
Pennsylvania is next in order with
over 1900 to her credit, and Illinois
is a close third with more than TO-
500. Delaware, Wyoming, and Ne
vada have fewer than the other
States, and of these three Nevada
has the least-only 154.
Commissions In Reserve Corps
The Council of National Defense
realized, when the United States went
into the war. that the Army and Navy
would have to have the services OF
all available physicians. AS conse-
quence it undertook the enormous
task of compiling data concerning
able physicians from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. This mass of information
was at the disposal of the Surgeon
General. 1t was examined in detail
and with extreme care and as a re-
suit approximately $4,000 doctors
were noted by the Surgeon General
and the names sent to the Adjutant-
General with recommendation for
commissions in the Medical Reserve
Corps.
Physicians, who wish to enroll as
! members of the Army Medical Re
serve, are commissioned as first lieu
tenants, captains, and majors accord
ing to their attainments. The expert
enced experts will naturally be
granted a higher commission than the
young doctors who are just beginning
their career.
A current report, emanating from
the Office of the Surgeon-General
shows t;1at ever $4,000 physicians
are members of the Medical Reserve
Corps. Not all of these, however, have
yet been assigned to active duty,
though by far the greater portion,
over Is, 900 men, have.
Reports which are sent each week
to the Surgeon-GeneraPs office. reveals
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lief Corps, and now patriotic Instruc-
tor of the Department of the Pc
tomac. In a recent interview Mrs.
Ball said:
This year, when war is going on,
those who honor the dead who have
died under the flag deplore and pro-
test against the dissertation of the day
by picnics, horse-ra cling, sport contests
and gala affairs of every description.
Memorial Day, when we honor our
soldiers and sailor dead should be
honored as the National Sabbath, and
kept sacred to the memory OF the
heroes who have given their lives that
our nation might go on"
In the thirty-ive years since its
organization the Woman's Relief
Corps has expended over $4,000, 900
in charitable work. This has been
used mainly for the care of veterans
and their dependents. The entrance
of this body of nearly 10000 loyal
women into work for the present war
was the chief subject under discussion
at the last annual convention of the
order in Boston last August. At that
enthusiastic congress 500 delegates
unanimously endorsed the formal TAX
ing on of war work in behalf of sol
diers now fighting for humanity.
Following the Presidents sugges-
ton that women's work for this wal
would be acceptably rendered through
the Red Cross the Woman's Relief
Corps Immediately organized as Red
Cross units in their various localities
Since that time each of the depart
ment, presidents has taken up work
in her own locality, and the 1854
corps of the organization have some
time past been actively engaged il
one or another form of relief work.
States Line Up
The Department of the Potomac
with headquarters in Washington, il
one of the smallest departments, sine
it comprises but five hundred mem
bers. Miss Marie Elizabeth Buckle
is president, and although the young
est president in the order she is on,
of the most active. Twice every weel
the Woman's Relief Corps of Wash
ington meets at the Local Red eros
headquarters for work on hospita
supplies, and thousands of comfort
for the soldier boys have gone GU
from the hands of the members, com
posed of wives, sisters and daughter
of the men who fought for the flag Il
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1nIernallonal oynQleate.
are visited upon other folk. Con-
tagious and malignant diseases exact
their toll from members of the med
ical profession with deadliness and
ruthlessness, despite scientific precau-
lions. In proportion to sicknesses suf-
doubt appreciably reduced because Of
the physicians superior medical
knowledge. Nevertheless, they fall
i'll, sometimes seriously, often not.
These men too are not infrequently
victims of accidents, automobile, train
and a multitude of others of divers
natures. Occasionally a man is con-
PEELED to remain inactive for a con-
siderable period after such a misfor-
tune has overtaken him. Besides these,
other conditions are constantly arising
which make it Imperative for the med
ical officer to withdraw from service.
These things cannot always be fore
seen and in truth, in countless cases
are disconcertingly unexpected. But.
, in any event, the result is always the
same and necessitates the doctors
withdrawal and leaves a place which
must be filled by one of the reserve.
1t is because 1t is very necessary to
have at all times a fairly wide margin
to play upon that the Surgeon Gen
erals of both Army and Navy have
issued calls.
Larger Enrolment Necessary
Fortunately, due to the govern.
ment's splendid foresight. men who
are members of the medical profes-
sion werc requested to enroll some
months ago. Not all who signified
! their loyalty and desire to be of valu
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a
through the length and the
breadth of the land for great
y D er number of physicians and
surgeons for the United States Army
and Navy.
DR.. Franklin Martin, who is chair
man of the committee on medicine of
the advisory commission of the Coun-
Gil of National Defense, has sent forth
a statement importuning all doctors
who can possibly arrange to enroll
for the service of their country to do
so at once.
Since the beginning of the war there
has been a need for physicians, but
this need has abruptly grown very
pressing as new conditions have I'M
expectedly arisen which have to be
met quickly. The increased draft,
which is an emergency measure in
tended to assist in coping with condi-
tons abroad, is partly responsible for
Dr. Martins call.
High Grade OF Service Required
As troops are released and rushed
to Europe every army division de-
mands its quota of medical men. The
Navy, in order to transport soldiers
from the busy shores of America to
those of fighting Europe, is compelled
to have for the protection of these
men a large number OF physicians
who can work with dizziness, precision,
and the highest efficiency under the
strongest stress and strain should &C.
casion arise.
Doctors, whether in the United
States Medical Corps or not, are sub
3ect to all the Ills and frailties which
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Many Beautiful Customs Observed In Different
Parts of the Country = Our Dead In France
To Be Especially Honored= Work
As Red Cross Units.
As Red Cross Units.
Copyright, 1918, The International Syndicate.

and theirs has been the task of fit
tingly decorating the last resting
places of Americas heroes.
In referring to the return of Me-
mortal Day this year Mrs. Lois NJ.
Knauff, national president of the
Woman's Relief Corps, said in her
order for the coming thirtieth of
May:
las the fragrant flowers are placed
in loving remembrance over the rest
ing place of the heroes of '61 to '65,
let us not forget the hero of the pres
ent, who has sacrificed his all and
given his life"
Varied Customs
The Memorial Day customs of the
Woman's Relief Corps have been as
varied as they have been beautiful.
In the cemeteries throughout the Unit
ed States there is a plot reserved for
! soldiers known and unknown. If there
has been a town whose graveyard is
without its soldier plot the Woman's
| Relief Corps has made it it's duty to
see that it is provided. In the center
Of that plot the Stars and Stripes are
unfailingly seen on memorial occa-
sions, the faithful women of the COM
munity almost without doubt having
placed it there. Look again, near the
center of thousands of those soldier
plots and you may see a white cross
| of wood. Sometimes it is handsomely
carved; always it is pierced with
many holes at regular intervals. Each
| Memorial Day those pierced crosses
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MA EMORIAL DAY will have
new and more solemn sig
nificance to America this year
4 than it has had since its in
stitution half a century ago. When
the day was set apart in 1868 by rec
ommendation of General John A. Lo-
gan, for memorializing the dead Of
the Civil War, hearts and homes had
adjusted themselves in the main to
the loss of dear ones. Today grief
for the thousands of those who have
died in camp or fallen in battle is
fresh, and in the observance of the
day is added poignancy of anticipated
sorrow.
In every one of the thousands of
cemeteries throughout the United
States, where services are held for the
soldier dead on Memorial Day, the
burden of chastened thought for
those who have fallen In the past,
goes forward to those who must give
up their lives in the future for the
freedom of a nation.
Organized 35 Years Ago
No womans society has striven
of its soldier dead before the eye and
mind of the American nation than
the Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary
to the Grand Army of the Republic.
Since its organization. thirty-five years
ago, this body of 1877, 900 women have
made it their duty to see that appro-
pirate services are carried out in every
cemetery where soldiers are buried
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6&H1S CAIsaI WZ0IeoA2<TGN
US. Medical Reserve Corps Real Work for
Patriotic Physicians Atthe Front = Commissions
Offered 49, Qualifications Are Strict.

Copyright, 1918, The International Syndicate
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TwN URGENT APPEAL has gone
Az through the length and the
breadth of the land for a great
y y er number of physicians and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-31
REVISION OF
FOOD RULINGS !
IS.ANN0UNCED
DR.. Ladd Gives Out Latest Set
! of Regulations, Effective 4
on Tuesday
BUT TWO POUNDS OF SUGAR

: Revised regulations in which appear
important amendments to former rul
ings, are issued today by DR.. f. +
Ladd, federal food administrator fol
North Dakota. One OF the changes
which will most Immediately affect
every home with sweet tooth is the
ruling made effective tomorrow which
reduces the sugar allowed each family
to two pounds per month. Heretofore
each individual has been entitled to
three pounds a-
Dr.. Ladd's complete. list of rulings
revised to date, follow:
Must Be Recorded.
l. All sales OF wheat flour or sugar
made at retail in North Dakota must
be recorded on federal food admins
tration customers card No. 2, which
must be signed by the buyer, retained
by the merchant and sent to the coun
5ty administrator or the federal fooa
administrator at the end of each
month. ID,
2. FLOUR SALES: Flour sales, are
limited to a@thirty dayfsupply OH the
of 1-2 pounds per person per week,
except farmers or others engaged in
hard physical labor in construction
camps. who are inaccessible to baker
les, are entitled to six ounces per per-
son per day or 2 3-4 pounds per per.
son per week, not including children
under four years of age.
Farmers Excepted.
g. No flour sales in the city in ex-
cess Of "a ~ pounds at one time. No
flour sale in the country in excess OF
AZ pounds. EXCEPDION-Farmers,
ranchers or threshing crews, located
CONTINUED on Page FOur.)
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.HA|G|AN 4 FINDS
BIG GAIN IN.
STATE CROPS
Declares Marked Improvement
Is to Be Noted in Dakota
Generally ,
CALLED TO WASHINGTON

recent rains, have materially
helped the crop situation over the
state generally and losses will pc mucf
less than estimated two weeks ago, !
said Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor John n. Hagan this morning
I'm some sections in the northern part
of the state the rains came too late to
be of much benefit and the losses will
be heavy This is particularly true
OF Great Northern territory from Mi
not west"
Mr.. Hagan has been called to. Wash
ington as a member of the national
agricultural advisory board for con
ference which he is advised will be
of great Importance Mr.. Hagan is OF
the opinion that the meeting will have
to do with the fixing of the price OF
cotton. The commissioner made no
reference to an alleged interview
which emanated today from Fargo, ev'
identity originating with league news
paper organs there, to the effect that
North Dakota will require at least
$2,OOO.OOO for the relief of farmers
who los THEIR crops through drouth.
He indicated no intention of asking
for $2,OOO.O00 Of the $5.tOO.O0O appro'
priation set aside by congress for the
relief of farmers. Fl.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-31
SO MILLION
PER DAY Is
us. WAR BILL
Nations War Debt Now IL Bill
ion as Compared to Eng
lands 36 Billion
is s2,OOo,O0O.O0 PER HOUR

Washington, d. c., July 3l.-Ameri.
cas- war expenses are now running
about fifty per cent higher than those
OF Great Britain, it was shown today
10y comparison OF treasury reports
and recent financial statements. Ow'
ing to the shorter time the Unitea
States has been in the war. however,
the national debt is only one-third az
large, and the burden of taxation II.
this country is only about 0ne-half Naa
much as in England.
Although the United States has
largely superseded Great Britain as
the financial reservoir upon which
other allied nations draw, the agre.
gate of such loans in this country Is
still one-fourth of Great Britain.
Fifty Million Day.
The United States is spending fifty
million dollars per day or more than
two million dollars per hour The
nations war debt is now little less
than $12.50O.OOO,0O0 as compared
with Great Britains $36,009,0a 900.
Before the war both nations co)lect.
ed approximately one billion dollars in
taxes each year. Now Grea- Britain
collects y$3.75O. 100000 and the United
States about four billion, but the pcpu-
lation Of the United States is about
twice as large. On proportiOnate
per capita basis the people would 90
called upon annually In the United
States 10 raise about eight billion or
about the amount now cont emplatet.
TO be raised this year by revenue and
income taxation and other forins of
assessment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-31
Won ElCHH0RN
ASSASSlNATED
IN UK R ( AL { N E
Field Marshal of German Army
"a Killed by an Agent of
RevOlutiOnists
PLOT HATCHED AT MOSCOW

Amsterdam, July 3l.-Field Marshal
Won Eichhorn, the German command
er in the Ukraine, and his adjutant
were killed by "A bomb in kiev on
Tuesday, according to official an
nouncements received here. The bomb
was thrown at the men while driving
TO their headquarters from the casino.
The field marshars adjutant was Capt
Won Dressler. .tis1
The bomb was thrown from q cab
which drove close to their carriage
as they were approaching the mar
shars residence. The assassin and
the cab driver have been arrested.
The crime has been traced to the 50.
cial revolutiOnists in Moscow.
The assassin of Field Marshal Won
Eichhorn was lad of %. He de.
clared at the inquiry into the crime
that he came from the province near
MOSCOW to kill the field marshal as
an agent of communist committee.
General Herman Won EichhOrn, the
German military dictator of Ukraine,
had a brilliant career in the armies Of
the German emperor. He played an
important role in the development Of
the German military machine and was
one of the first commanding generals
to use the telephone in commanding
troops in the field. He demonstrated
the practicability of the telephone in
September, 1908.
When the great war broke out he
was assigned to the Russian front.
His work attracted much attention
and he was in command of the Ger
man army which captured the Rus:
sian stronghold of Kovno in August,
1915. For this achievement he was
awarded the medal of merit by EN-.
peror William.
In April, 1918, he was sent to
Ukraine by Germany to supervise the
of new government
for the Republic. He placed the whole
republic under martial law and ar
rested members of the ministry who
he said were conspiring against the
central powers. ........... -,
~ Dictator Of Ukraine.
tuC OFCIlhIOW oA
the Ukrainian government in May
and succeeded in placing Premier
Skeropadski. who has since been Oper-
ating virtually under the orders Of
General Won Eichhorn. >>
When it was found that the peas
ants OF Ukflraine had secreted their
stores of grain General Won Eichhorn
put into operation strong measures
which amounted to confiscatiOn of all
stores of food in the country. 1t has
been reported that ruthless measures
were adopted against peasants, who
organized to precent looting of their
possessions. .... .f="
Late in May he sent an urgent ap-
peal to Berlin to meet an insurrec-
tion in Ukraine. 1t was later an
nounced that large force of troops
was held subject to his call.
General Won EichhOrn was born on
February 13, 1S4S, at B'reslau, and en-
tered the military school in Berlin in
1886
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-31
SCORES OF HUN
TROOPS DESERT
Germany. Warns Public of Faith
erland to Not Aid Them
(Rt NevspaDer Enterprise Assn.

(BJ Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n)
Amsterdam, July 3l.-Desertion
from the military and naval forces is
rampant in Germany. Soldiers are
quitting the army by the score at the
first, opportunity that presents iself,
according to stories in the German
newspapers.
The government has issued proc
lamations warning the public and the
army that it will take stern meas
ures to prevent further desertions,
and limiting that desertions< and es-
capes of British and French prison
ers of war are being facilitated by
civilians, who do not shrink from
helping men to flee the country If
they can make few marks by it.
Help is said to be rendered by fur
nishing deserters with clothes, cash,
.safe conducts to the frontiers and
in other ways. The government re-
minds the public that Smuggling Of
human beings" is tantamount to Itrea-
son and will be ruthlessly dealt with.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-31
SAFETY DEVICE
TO AID AVIATORS
NOW sue CCESSFUL

Amsterdam, July 3l,-Capt. Sarratt,
a French aviator has carried out the
first experiment on record of falling
from moving plane With a para,
chute. He dropped 800 yards with an
umbrella IL feet in diameter ana
landed safely. Similar experiments
for the pilot will be undertaken soon
Although the trial was made at a
henght of 800 meters it is said there is
no obstacle to dropping from even
greater distance. When successful
the employment of the parachute will
save the lives OF many aviators, who
will be able to leave their flaming ma
chimes, and will not meet death as
did Capt. Ra0ul Lufberry. Capt. Sar-
ratt was in the air about eight min
utes after leaving his aeroplane. ID.