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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22
CALL TO COME may /
ORDER ONLY AWAITS BAKERS
SIGNATURE, SAYS REPORT.
Total Will Be 100000 Men, Called
to Camps in lnstaIlments Of
10000 Per Week.

Washington, Feb. 21.-The draft of
the second increment of 100000 men
to the National army will be initiated
on or about May 1, according to an
order awaiting the signature of Secre-
tary of War N. D. Baker.
Under the tentative plan the govern
ment will begin May 1 calling to the
training camps each week approx
mately 10000 men of Class 1 regis
trants, as recently reclassified.
Decision Significant.
The men thus called will supplant
an equal number who will have COM
pleted preliminary training and will
be ready for transportation to France.
AS transport capacity increases, the
weekly draft of men from Class will
be increased.
Significance attaches to the admins
tration's decision to draft the second
increment in May. Secretary Baker
recently said that no date was under
consideration and that the draft of
another increment depended largely
upon developments abroad.
Hope For Early Peace Fades.
It is inferred that the administra-
ton has about given up hope of peace
this spring and is preparing for an
other year of warfare. It also is in
ferred that the developments abroad
have emphasized the need of Ameri-
can troops as fast as they can be
mustered and trained.
AS soon as Secretary Baker gives
the order his approval it will be trans
mitted to Provost Marshal E. H.
Crowder.
Directions to Come In April.
Directions for assembling, concen-
trating and forwarding the men of
the second draft will be forwarded
to the $500 local boards no later than
April Is, it is reported. The work of
preparing for the new draft may pos
sibly be instituted a week or two
earlier than that.
Each board is to be told how many
men it must send each week, and the
total number that It must call for ex-
animation and the number it must &C.
cept for service.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22

Smallest Rivers and Harbors Bill.
Washington, Feb. 21.-The rivers
and harbors bill, carrying $19,227, 900,
the smallest amount in years, was
introduced in the House. No appro-
priations for new projects or surveys
are included. Among the largest
items are $5,00O,000 for continuing
work on the Ohio river, $2,200,000 for
continuing work in the East river at
New York, and $1,700,0OO for South
west pass, at the mouth of the Mis-
sdssippi.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22

Report Of school in district Sc for
month ending Feb. g.: Total enroll
ment, 80; total days taught, 20; total
No. days attendance \ $50; average
daily attendance, %. Those present
every day were Lois and Helen Boob
er, Amy, Carrie and Esther Yatckoske,
Margaret, Angela and Andrew Stumpf,
Dorothy Brixius, Rose 'Klasen, Naomi
Foss and Hildegaard Steuber. A
Junior Red Cross was organized. A
Loyal society was organized by the
school. Caroline Foss was elected as
president and Lois Booher secretary.
Rose L. Hoerner, teacher.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22
NO MORE HEATLESS DAYS
IN new ENGLAND STATES
Holiday Mondays Are Abandoned
After Prolonged Conference Of
Fuel Administrators.

Boston, Feb. 21.-Heatless Monday
holidays in New England have been
abandoned. After prolonged con-
ference fuel administrators of the
six states sent a joint telegram to
DR.. Garfield, national fuel administrat-
or, saying:
1--WE have decided that pursuant to
the authority which you have given
us, we will permit our industries to
continue in operation as best they
may according to their individual coal
situation, without interference from
compliance of any general rule"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22
WEEKLY WAR NEWS DIGEST
Gen. Pershing Praises American Figh1
ing Men in Trance

ing NIGH III FRANCE
In a recent communication to Secre-
tary of War Baker, the commander o.
the American Expeditionary Forces
said:
''There has never been a similar
body Of men to lead as clean lives as
our American soldiers in France. They
have entered this war with the highest
devotion to duty and with no other
idea than to perform these duties in
most efficient manner possible. They
fully realize their obligation to their
own people, their friends, and the
country. A rigid program of instruc-
tion is carried out daily with tradi-
tional American enthusiasm. Engaged
in healthy, interesting exercises in the
open air, with simple diets, officers
and men, like trained athletes, are
ready for their tasks. Forbidden the
use Of stronk drink and protected by
stringent regulations against sexual
evils, and supported by their own NOR
al courage, their good behavior is the
subject of most favorable comments,
especially by our allies. American
mothers may rest assured that their
sons are a credit to them and to the
Nation, and they may we'll look for
ward to the proud day when on the bat
tie field these splendid men will shed
a new luster on American manhood. -
9
Number Of Paint shades Will Be Re-
duced After July
To conserve tin, linseed oil, and 9th.
or Ingredients of paint and paint con.
tainers necessary for war use, manu-
facture will be limited to 80 shades of
house paint after July l. Some firms
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22
Modify War Finance Bill.

Washington, Feb. 21.-The war f.
nance corporation bill has been mod
flied by the Senate finance commit
tee to eliminate any power on the
part of the corporation to issue cir
culating medium. The clause author.
izing the corporation to issue notes
and obligations was amended to per
NIT the issue of bonds only. while
it is not the intention to permit the
issue Of circulating medium" declared
Chairman Simmons, "there was some
doubt that the original wording OF
the blu prevented It,"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22
Says BoIsheviki Insane.

New York, Feb. 21.-A phychologi-
cal analysis of the Bolsheviki was
made before the American Institute
of Mining Engineers here. Dr.. E. e.
Southland, psychologist, of Boston,
discussing the mental ills of laborers.
which, he said, had increased since
the war began, declared Of the Boil
sheviki: They are not sick. They
are insane. They are mentally alb
normal under distress Of excitement
bought on by the wal. There Is some
thing wrong which hardly comes IN.
der the head Of medicine.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22
Story Everyone Should Read.

Dr.. Edward Everett Hale is best
known to the present generation as q
writer Of fiction that has taken q high
and deserved place in American Iitera-
ture. His immortal short story, "The
Man Without a Country" was pub
Iished anonymously in the Atlantic
Monthly in 1868 and collected with
other stories in q volume issued five
years afterward.
Great as were Doctor Hale's contrl.
buttons to the literature of his coun.
try, there Is nothing in all his works
which will live longer than his por.
trayaI Of Philip Nolan's unfortunate
career. Since its first publication,
now many years moro than half cen.
fury ago, It has been considered q mas
eerplece Of literature as we'll 40 an un-
equaIed inspiration to patriotism. e.
peciaIiy to tho young and impetuous
does the story make thrilling appeal
and at tho same time teaches stern
lesson. No American can read It
without a keener sense Of tho duty
which he owes to his country.
The first installment of tho story
can be found on page z.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22

On account Of the unavoidable de-
lay in the preparation Of forms and
regulations returns will not have to
be made on income, war, excess taxes,
etc., until April I, the time being ex-
tended one month. Returns, however,
should be made as early as possible.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22

tended one month. Returns, however,
should be made as early as possible.
-~A
. One of the stock arguments of those
opposed to government ownership of
railroads is that it will put the rail
roads INTO politics. While in some
states the railroads are less in politics
than a few years ago, there are many
Of the states still in absolute control
of the railroad as far as legislation
is concerned.
The employment by the council last
Tuesday night of an engineer to make
a proper survey Of the water works
system, was approved by all the citi-
zens who took occasion to express
themselves. It is admitted that a pro-
per valuation forms a better basis for
negotiations between the company
and the city whether for a new con-
tract or for purchase of the plant
by the city. AS far as contracts are
concerned those for only short term
of years are considered proper. As a
matter Of principle The Herald be-
lieves city should own and operate
its public utilities, and further be-
1ieves that a very large majority Of our
citizens are possessed Of the same idea.
If We remember correctly over 80 per
cent Of the water plants of the coun-
try are owned by municipalities. Even
though the dam could not be purchas-
ed, it would seem that proper rate
could be secured from the Water Pow
er company to fur A1sh power for a
distributing plant owned by the city.
At any rate start has been made,
and a solution of the matter is to be
worked out and it is a matter in which
every citizen of Little Falls is vitality
interested, and therefore up to each
individual to give it the attention it
deserves.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22

It has been given out that the next
Liberty Loan will not be called for
before April 1.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22

Theatrical Companies at Liberty The
aires Draw Huge Crowds


Musical comedies draw the heaviest
crowds to the Liberty theatres and en-
tertainment tents at the camps and can
tonments. "Standing room only"
signs are needed whenever a musical
show appears.
The sale of smileage books-pack-
ages Of coupons good for admission to
camp theatres and tents-has been
large throughout the country. The
commission on Training Camp Activi-
ties, which is in charge of the sale, has
been hard pressed to get books print
ed rapidly enough to supply the de-
mand.
"victory'' Bread Must Contain Not
More Than 80 Per Cent Wheat
Flour
Any baker will be permitted to ad-
vertise his product as "victory"
bread if it contains not more than 80
per cent wheat flour. No stipulation
is made as to what ingredients shall
compose the other 20 per cent, so long
as they are selected from the list rec
commended by the Food Administra-
tion,S which includes corn -four and
corn meal, barley -four, oat meal, rice
and rice flour, etc.
Until March rye flour may be used
in making victory bread. After that
date it will be placed on the same
basis as wheat flour, as rye flour is
now being shipped to the allies. Bread
made of graham or wholewheat flour
may be termed victory bread.
q q
Coal Shortage in Austria Causes Trains
to Stop and Schools to Close
A recent commerce report contains
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22
Athletic Instruction Is Given Men at
Army CAMPS


Special courses of training for ath-
letic instructors have been Established
at Camp Kearny, Linda Vista, Calf.
One lieutenant and one non.comm;ss;on.
ed officer from each company have
been detailed to take the courses
which include boxing, wrestling and
eal1sthenics. The classes are held
three times each week, and the officers
in turn instruct their men.
= Two athletic fields have been laid
out at Camp Lewis, American Lake
Wash, and stands with seeting capa-
city Of from 10000 to $4,000 persons
built at cost of S., 900 each. The ex.
pense was met with funds derived
from athletic contests and entertain
ments given by the men.
Attendance at boxing at Camp Up
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-22
ton, Yaphank, N. Y, to which officers
and non-commissioned officers have
been assigned, has been made compul-
sorry.
Deaths in British Forces in Action
and from Wounds Estimated at
But Per Cent

NOW That Amefican troops are LAX:
ing their places in the trenches, at
tention is again directed to an esti-
mate by the secretary Of war, that the
losses up to June l, 1917, of the Brit
ish expeditionary forces from deaths
in action and from wounds amounted
to but 7 per cent Of the total Of all
men sent to France since the begin
ming of the war.
The ratio of losses of this character
today, because of improved tactics, is
less than Z to every 100 men.
The Newark journal., 1918-01-10

pressed views of the President of the United States and the civil and military authorities o1 France, to coordinate along helpful lines all relief work being done in France and Am erica. Every man, woman ana child ought to consider 1t a privilege and honor to be a member fo the Independence county chapter now being or ganized. Pay your dollar ana wear the Red Cross button and plac the Red Cross seal ln your window, showing your loyalty to Uncle Sam and those who are jeopardizing their lives tor us.
The Newark journal., 1918-01-10
TAKEN UP

One 2-year-old heifer, pale red, with white face and red ears, not marked or branded. Also one blue mare mule, 8 to 15 years old,about 12 1-2 hands high, small underbit in each ear. Owner may recover same by paying for this advertise ment and cost of feeding. If not called for in reasonable length of time will be posted.
 C. E. IMMERSION. R. F. D. 1. Newark, Ark.
The Newark journal., 1918-01-10

undertakings of the Red Cross in France is to combat the tu- berculosis peril. The repotrs say that at the present time 500,000 persons are afflicted with tuberculosis as a direct result of the war, and that scientific efforts to control the spread of the malady are not only of supreme concern to France herself but they are ot great importance in making France healthy for our own troops.
 For the relief of the wound ed and sick French soldiers and their families the Ameri- can Red Cross has appropriat- ed $1,000,00O.0O and the or ganization has made plans to take care of the hundreds of thousands of destitute refu- gees in France.
 Generally speaking, the Red Cross is making constant eff fort in accordance with the ex-
The Newark journal., 1918-01-10

work in India. Due to her su- perior work at the University of Arkansas, Miss Wilson was sent to India without being required to take the one year graduate work in the National Training School for Y. w. c. A. workers. It is understood that Miss Wilson is connected with a school for the children of English officers.
The Newark journal., 1918-01-10
What the Red Cross Is Doing!

supplies is one of the great pieces of work of theAmerican Red Cross. When supplies come in-as they are coming in now from every part of the country, 1t is a real piece ot executive work to know where they are most needed and
 where to send and store them. IIfthere is a call for certain SUD- plies the supply Bureau must know where to get them. After much work the Red Cross has standardized the supplies need-
 ed for our soldiers. Storing,
 shipping and keeping track of
 these supplies-caps gloves,
 bed socks, bandages, etc. up to
 base hospital outfits-and
 knowing just where and when
 to get them; this entails an
 enormous amount of work.
 There is no part of the Red
 Cross better organized or eq-
 uipped in personnel than the
 Nursing Service and daily
 there are hundreds of patriotic
 women enrolling and studying
 to fill places which can be fill ed by non-professional women.
 From the moment the wounded soldier is placed in a Red Gross ambulance back of the firing line, to the time he is discharged from the base hospital, the Red Cross either had prepared or is preparing to care for him. They know where the supplies are or where they can get them, and they have trained and are training the personnel for the work. However, this does not mean that there are no need for workers. There is hospital units from small hospitals, am- bulance companies, sanitary units, to take training courses and first aiders are still want ed and needed. An American Base Hospital with about five hundred beds is regarded as sufficient to care for the sick and wounded of one of our army divisions of about twenty thousand men. Each unit or dered to the front consists of |23 doctors, 2 dentist, 65 nurses, and 150 enlisted men from the sanitary service and in addition a reserve quartermaster and two officers of the regular medical corps. The seniors of these will exercise military command of the units and the juniors will be the adjutants and act as company command
 CTS of the 150 enlisted men in each hospital.
 There are various stages o1 removal of the wounded from the firing line. The thearte o1 Operations is divided into three lmain zones; the zone of ad
The Newark journal., 1918-01-10

NdiIS, ul CSlly bCliiiiu ciiC first line trenches; the line of communication and the zone of the interior or home territory. In the first zone are situated the field dressing stations and the field hospitals; in the sec ond, the evacuation and the base hospitals and in the third the general and home hospit- als.
 There are several field dress ing stations directly in the rear of the trenches, located in the dugouts or in some protected place if possible. Here, first aid remedies can be applied inn mediately and the danger of infection minimized. From here the wounded are taken to field hospital containing about 216 beds. This is the first stopping place in the journey to the rear, of the wounded, after leaving the first line trenches. The second stop is the evacuation hospital. Here, removed somewhat from the firing line, the slightly wound ed are kept until recovery while the more severely wound ed are sent to the base hospit- al. From the field hospital in the zone of advance the wounded are taken by motor ambulances to the Evacuation Hospital containing about 432 beds and from here to the base hospital by Red Cross train to the Base Hospital, where there are 800 to 1000 beds. The final pause on the road to recovery is the home hospital. Here at great hos pitals in peace and quite far from the battle strife, the wounded of the warning na- tions are held until they are fit to return to the firing line, or discharged.
 The first and supreme of American Red Cross is our own army and navy. The Ameri- can Army in France is received in large reception camps on the coast, and after several weeks of preliminary training the men are sent across the country to permanent training camps back of the firing lines. Along the route followed by the troops the Red Cross has established infirmaries and rest stations, each in charge of an American trained nurse, with an american trained man to as- sist her.
 Canteens are being estab- lished by the Red Cross at railway stations where Ameri- can soldiers on reerve duty or on leave, and those returning to or from duty, may find rest and refreshment. Near the firing lines the Red Cros is es- tablishing field canteens.
 ] One of the most important
The Newark journal., 1918-01-10
FORMER Y. w. C. A. SEC'Y. .
 ATU. OFA. NOW IN INDIA

Fayetteville, Jan. 8.-Miss Margaret Wilson, formerly sec retary of the Y. W. c. A. at the University of Arkansas is now engaged in Association
The Newark journal., 1918-01-10
BY MRS. I. N. BARNETT


 appealing call in the history of the world to aid suffering hu- manity confronts our RedCross. We shall not realize what the war is until our men, those be- loved by us, have been expos ed to the dreadful dangers, to the character of woundlng that is so horrible under this modern system of warfare. The Red Cross is the only me- dium through which we may help to take care of the wound ed of the armies and the na- tions that are fighting our bat ties. Every country has Red Cross, and every country must have it, because no army can furnish the instrumentalltles adequate to meet the propor- tion of wounded that this war furnishes. Forty million at the colors. Seven million dead, six million on beds of pain, and the whole of Europe taken up with hostilities. You cannot exagerate this function that our Red Cross will have to per form merely in attending to the wounded of our army and other arimes in carrying on this fight. The medical work of our army is divided into two parts: One, the regular line men enlisted in the medical corps-regulars in the army; and the reserve medical corps the American Red Cross al- ways under the direction of the army and navy and in war time subject to their colors. It is supported by voluntary con- tributions, to be sure, and some think it is like state militia. Here is the difference. The state militia is a state affair; the American Red Cross IS a Ngovernment affair, always working in connection with, in collaboration with ,and un- der the regular army and navy. The Department of Military oelief of the American Red Cross has fostered and helped clubs, social organizations and big business, railroads, mines, manufacturing concerns, etc., to organize and equip ambu- lance units which may volun- teer for service upon call; and it has, under the Red Cross, given first aid calles to men in every walk of life. Then there has been the organization of base hospitals which cost $25,- 900 apiece. To adequately operate one of these hospitals it is necessary to have a train ed hopital staff. It would be as criminal to send wounded and sick into a hospital where the staff was not co-ordinated and trained as it would to send untrained troops into battle
 The Red Cross, in addition te the organization of units has undertaken in conjunction witt five great national medical SO cieties an enrolment of the profession so as to acquire record of the capabilities anC accomplishments of the medi cal profession of the United States.
 By an arrangement with the National Association of nurses it has enrolled and holds ready for service seven thousand nurses, the cream of the nurs- ing profession of this country Non-professional personnel k also being enrolled for service in war, such as stenographers clerks, chauffeurs, cook and hospital attendants.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-08
AIMS AT B. R. 7. HIGHER UPS"
Kings District Attorney Blamcs
Officials for Big Wreck,

District Attorney Lewis of Kings
county declared his belief yesterday
that the men higher up" in the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
could be punished for the wreck OF
November l. in which more than 200
persons were killed and injured, and
that their punishment would he af-
firmed by the higher courts. In the
event that indictments were returned
against any OF the directors or officials
of the road he said he was prepared to
contest any effort for a change of
venue.
THE Brighton Beach line il the
most recklessly run railroad OF which
I know" said Mr. Lewis. II say that
after a months investigation OF the
facts. II is n mystery to me that the
disaster did not occur before. The
factors that made the wreck n GER
tainty were poorly equipped road,
poor construction in many places and
a shortage Of qualified men. These
things cannot be laid at the door of the
minor employees, who have to accept
conditions as they are made for them.
THE men above them are the re-
sponsible ones. The wreck would never
have occurred II the line had the safe
guards which exist on almost any
other railroad In the country"