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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14
SIGNAL CORPS BUSY in
THE RECENT FIGHTING
INV United Press. }

With the American Army in
France Sept. 10. (By Mail. 1.-THE
signal corps men had to do some fast
work during the recent fighting to
keep up with the infantry and to
keep communications always open be-
tween headquarters and the villages
newly captured where the doughboys
were.
The signal corps was the connect
ing link between the infantry, artil-
slery, ambulance service, and head
quarters. The signal corps did Won
derful and lightning work. Every
other department says so.
It's no cinch being the signal corps
after a division that is continually
gaining ground AS soon as the in
fantry makes push you have to get
a telephone line strung into the
farthest ruins or woods or wheat
field, no matter how many German
shells are SCATTERING eclat over the
area. ..- 49,. ~.
Then, about the time you get q
wire stretched along the ground and
in working order, call up headquar-
tiers to tell them, "This is the new
post at Squeedunk, give us ring to
see how she works." along comes an
other boche shell and cuts the COM
munication. There's nothing to do
but go out and find the cut and fix
1t, and probably more boche shells
are trying to makemore cuts in com
munications. or even cut you Off.
The signal corps had wires every
where, in bushes, along the ground,
on poles left by the boches, under
ground, through ruins. Headquar-
tiers say they never had such quick
service, and they were never out Of
communication with regiments long
er than the few minutes 1t took a
signal corps man to inspect the wire
and repair a break. Z
A signal corps man was stringing
some wires across a wheat field
Some war this he said. II have
not had a sleep for more than tive
days. suppose I'd fall asleep on the
job If 1t weren't for these shells that
come whistling along. Duck There
comes one!''
After it exploded, he said, "They
kind of scared me at first. thought
every one was meant for me. I"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14
WELL, DON'T Bel
People Notice It. Drive Them OFF
with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

G A pimply face will not embarrass you
much longer if you get a package of DR.
Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin should
begin to clear after you have taken the
tablets few nights.
Cleanse the blood, the bowels and thel ivei
with DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sue.
cessful substitute for caiomel; there neyei
any sickness or pain after taking them,
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as effectively,
but their action is gentle and safe instead
of severe and Irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste. \
a bad breath, dull, listless, mo good
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bar
disposition or pimply face.
i, DR.. Edwards Olive Tahs.ets ar.
a purely vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil; you will kr.o7' the,
by their olive color.
DR.. Edwards spent years among pa
4ients afflicted with liver and bowei
complaints and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result.
Take one or two nightly for week
See how much better you feel and look
1Oc and Csc per box. All druggists. /
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14

This matter Of sugar conservation
and Of food conservation generally, Ia
after all, Just q question Of bsini
ighborly A woman writer for thu
Washington Herald, puts the whole
thing In ! nutshell al follows:
There II a dear old neighborly
custom In America that all the
rush of our life has not been able
to down. ...~...
HAS your nsighbor Of bak-
ing day, never run in with a pie,
fresh from the oven, for your sup
per table? Have you never passed
q glass Of jelly over your back
yard fence? And II there were
trouble or sickness or death in
any house on your street. didn't
you and all the other neighbors
vie with each other in sending in
thoughtful little comforts aud
tempting dishes OF food? s.
And when your little boy; comes
begging for cookies, do you ever
re4ese him second ba11dful TO
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14
DON'T FORGET GUM In
YANKEES COMFORT KIT
(By United Press.p

An American Hospital in France,
Sept. 13 (By Mail. When you are
making up comfort kits for soldiers
at the front, have you often wolr-
dered Just what is most needed aud
what Is extra among the oughboy's
finds" in that bag?
Here is; what they have found most
essential and useful:
A safety razor, shaving brush and
soap, tooth brush and paste, chewing
gum, playing cards, package of cigar
cites, and a can of tobacco. Towel,
wash rag, soap, hard candy or cIIoco-
late.
Asked what he thought most i'm
portant, doctor here replied, Chew
E ing gum" Often patients cannot
smoke, especially gas cases, or eating
is difficult. Gum does them lots Of
good. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14

The Boy Scouts of Italy, beginning
at once, will not only give their own
help in the actual work Of reforesta-
ton, but will inculcate it as one 81
the cardinal principles Of their Or
/ ganization. It'll I'LL
While reforestation long has been
one of the vital problems facing,
Italy, it has become doubly impor-
tant as result Of the past two years
of war italy has no coal supply,
and her railways, factories and In
dustries generally are dependent upon
coal fields of England and America.
Decreased Importation of coal
caused by was has created a coal
shortage in Italy that was one of i'm
portant factors. contributing to Italy's
military disaster last fall. The short
age, which was at it's acutest point
Immediately following the Italian re-
treat, threatened to entail even still
greater military disasters, and to pre-
vent this the Italian government has
recourse to it's forests for sufficient
fuel to keep the railways and muni-
ton factories going.
Olive wood was chosen as the best
wood fuel for railways, and hum
dreds of thousands Of Italian olive
trees have been cut down. Burning
of the olive wood resulted in ruin
Of hundreds of locomotives and burn
ing of thousands of acres Of crops
along the railways, but it tided over
the situation until the allies arranged
for larger importations.
Italy still is receiving hundreds
of thousands of tons Of coal less than
her minimum needs, and as con-
sequence she is obliged to continue
obliteration of her forests with thel
certainty that in the end she must
suffer from it all OF the evils that
have been sustained in China, the
United States and other countries by
the denuding of the forests.
Every railway station in Italy Is
center of great deposits of firewood
which Italy is holding for emery
ensies should her coal supply again
be diminished. Hundreds of thou
sands of soldiers are cutting down
wood and hauling it to railway
centers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14

''The absolute necessity OF saving
sugar as war measure by reducing
the ration for each person to two
pounds month leaves many In doubt
as to just how they may know whether
they are keeping within the ration or
not" says A. d. Wilson. Federal Food
Administrators for Minnesota. AS
sumo that one OF the two pounds goes
into the cooked food you eat and that
you consume the other one pound in
tea, coffee, on breakfast foods. or with
fruit The problem Is to weigh the
one pound you consume In the latter
way with your teaspoon"
"This is very simple matter" adds
Mr. Wilson, 1T you will consult the
accompanying drawing"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14
WEIGHING A POUND OF
SUGAR WITH A TEASPOON

share with hts playmate! Even II
your giving dsplstes the cooky
crock to the point Of your sub
shutting something else for supper
that night? III
Your son always shares his
cookies with his comrade. Your
jelly, the glasses with the clsarest
of ruby lights in them. is carried
to your neishbor always
Cant We women think about
the war problems Of our kitchens
in the same way7 There ID sick.
ness and death In the house Of
Americas neighbors. Ensland
and France and Italy and Belgium.
though we have realized our close
ness to them only . little while,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14
LIKE 4 MESSAGE
FROM THE GRAVE
Lieutenant Receives Letter From
Sister Long Thought to
Be Dead.

Trenton, N. Like a note from
the grave was a letter received a short
time ago by Lieut.. George Dinges, sta
toned at Tullytown, Penn, from his
sister, Mrs. A. A. Haywood Of Long
Hill, Conn, who was kidnapped "a years
ago when she was a baby, and who
was long since given UP as dead.
The story of Lieutenant Dinges and
his sister being reunited reads like
fiction. George Dinges and his sister,
Ida May, were the only children of Mr..
and Mrs. William Dfnges Of Mount Kis
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14
SCOUTS WILL REFOREST
ITALY: VITAL PROBLEM

/ (By Henry Wood, United Press
Correspondent r.
Rome, Sept. Is. (By Mail. ITO
the Boy Scouts of Italy has Just been
entrusted the nationwide propagan-
da for reforestation. 4 ss-
Results the boys may obtain prob
ably will. count as one of the most
effective services ever rendered to a
state by this organization. which has
attained fully as great proportions in
Italy as it has in the United states.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14
5000 GO 90 600
> HOPE TO CATCH FEMALE
, RAFFLES BY PERFUME

4 Berkeley, Cal.-Berkeley po-
lice are literally on the scent of
+ female Raffies who is believed
? to have robbed several homes
) lately. The female thief smokes
cigarettes while she works and
r leaves the stubs scattered about.
2 On each. occasion strong odor
) of perfume was left in the
! homes, and the police are sniff
fing all suspicious-looking fe-
Z males in an effort to detect
D similar aroma. ..g
5-c-c-c-c-c cc-o- CO. CO.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14

FOR SALE ousehold furniture and
piano, HOP Miss avenue. Phone
655-W. 3t1015
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14
WANTED

WANTED - Girl at St. Anthony's
hospital. 6-l0l9
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14
Want AID DEPT.
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-At a bargain if taken
at once. Heavy team Of geldings
weight about 1000 lbs. Box 81,
SolWay, MINI lOt1O24
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14

WANTED-Girls for general house
= work. Apply 1922 Dewey avenue.
Phone 797. 4-l0l6
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-10-14

for general house
work, Telephone 74O-J or 239.
81 2td1O15
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
EXPECTED TO PUT
IN VERY BUSY WEEK IN LOOK
ING AFTER SEVERAL IMPOR-
TANT BILLS.
. Associated Press.

Washington, Feb. 17.-Urgent war
measures and the administration
railroad legislation, the war finance
corporation measure TO give bill
lion dollars in the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill, wiA have the right
of way in congress this week. A lull
in the controversy fover the war eff
ficiency is in prospect while congress
devotes itself to legislation desired
Immediately by the government. and
also while further strategic moves
are made in respect to bills. for the
reorganization of waraking machin-
cry.
Disposal during the week of the
railroad bill, to govern the operation
of carriers under federal control, is
planned in the senate. In the house
the billion dollar deficiency bill and
a daylight saving measure is to be
acted upon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
SPECIAL MEETING
OF COUNTY BOARD

At ten o'clock this morning a spe-
cial meeting of the board of county
commissioners will be held to con-
slider plans for substituting a steel
draw bridge for the present perma-
nent structure spanning the Little
Bayou.
Manager t. J. Hanlon, of the Pen
sacola Electric Company, Captain J..
E. Turtle, representing the war de-
partment and a bridge expert from
the Virginia Steel and Bridge COM
pany have been invited to meet with
the board and assist the members in
finding a solution of the situation.
Before the shipbiulding company de-
cided to come here the Commission
ers agreed to move the present
bridge, as did the Electric company
their trestle. 1t has not been de-
cided, however, whether a single
span is to be substituted for both of
the present bridges, or two spans.
These details will be completed as
soon as possible and the bridge built
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
POWER OF BOLSHEVIKI IN
RUSSIA SLOWLY WANING

Stockholm, Feb. 17.-That the
power of the Bolsheviki in Russia is
slowly waning is the conclusion of
an American who reached Stockholm
today from Petrograd, where he re-
sided for eighteen months. He said as
long as troops remained in Petrograd
the Bolsheviki opponents felt that
anv attempt to establish an ordered
government is impossible, but now
troops are leaving for farms and viii
lagos and it will be impossible to
bring them back.
Another factor against the Boil
sheviki, he said, was their campaign
against the church.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
RELIEVED OF MONEY
BY LONE R0BBER

Holton Branch reported to the po-
lice station early Yesterday morn
ing that he had been held up and
relieved of all the money he carried,
at a point on Tarragona street, a
short distance south of the Gonzalez
street intersection. He was with an
other man at the time and Branch
stated that his companion deserted
hlm, running off in the darkness.
The robber presented a knife in a
threatening manner, Branch reported,
ana inflicted slight cut on the arm
OF ms victim seemingly as a re-
mlnder Of what might happen if de-
nlands were resisted. 1t is believed
that the robbery was done by local
negroes. Branch lost $3.50.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
A. F. L. SAYS IT.
A WORKINGMAN'S WAR

Washington, Feb. 17-American
labor's endorsement of the war AIMS
as stated by President Wilson, and
a recognition that the war against
Prussianism is the workingman's
war, was recorded in a declaration
issued tonight by the executive coun
ell of the American Federation of
Labor at the close of a seven-day
session here. The declaration says
peace parleys between Russia and
Germany have shown the futility of
diplomatic negotiations until the
German militarists are convinced
they cannot superimpose their will
on the rest of the world; that spon-
taheous uprisings in Germany is still
stronger than the movement there
for emancipation. A gigantic strug-
gle lies ahead and now is the time
when all workers must soberly face
grave Importance of their daily
work, the declaration says.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
ONLY CRITICISM OF FRENCH
GENERAL is THAT THEY'RE
TOO ANXIOUS TO GET AT
GRIPS WITH ENEMY"
(Associated Press Summary

American troops in France are now
in battle on three sectors on their
own line east of ST. Mihiel, and with
the French in Champagne, and one
on the most famous battle fronts in
the world, where ruined villages and
devastated country generally tell the
tale of hard fought battles, when the
Germans pushed forward their line
and ultimately were driven back by
the French.
Everywhere the Americans are
proving themselves fighters of the
highest calibre, and are winning
encomiums from the high French Of
ficers. One distinguished French of
ficer said the only criticism was
''they are too anxious to get at grips
with the enemy"
There is still no indication of the
near approach of an expected big of
fensive by Germans alone the line in
France and Belgium. The operations
consist almost entirely of mutual
bombardments and minor attacks by
raiding parties.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
President Wilson's Curt Re-
ply to Head of Carpen-
ters and Joiners.
mo BODY MEN HAS
A RIGHT TO STRIKE"
Federation of Labor Un-
equivocally Decides to Sup
port Presidents Measures.
Associated Press.

Washington, Feb. 17.-President
Wilson today telegraphed William L..
Hutcheson, president of the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners that
he can see nothing to be gained by
comforting with him personally about
the strike of shipyard carpenters un
til Hutcheson has accepted and acted
upon the principle that in the pres
ent circumstances of the nation no
body of men has a right to strike un-
til every other method of adjustment
has been tried to the limit. eff you
don't act upon this principle" said
the presidents message, "you are un-
doubtedly giving aid and comfort to
the enemy, whatever may be your
own conscientious purpose"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
GARDEN SEED FOR
FREE DISTRIBUTION
BY THE JOURNAL

Another shipment of gar
den seed has arrived and will
be distributed at the Journal
office today, as long as they
last.
When Congressman Walter
Kehoe learned that many were
disappointed in the last distribu-
ton because there were not
nearly enough packages to sup
ply all who wished to make
home gardens, he applied to the
Department of Agriculture for
an additional allotment. which
was granted. and the seed was
sent to the Journal for distribu-
tion.
The varieties are carrot. Gu
cumber, lettuce, radish and tur-
nip and there are about 1000
packages. They will be given
away free to the first callers to-
day, but they will not last long
and those who fail to call early
will probably be disappointed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
HUGE SUCCESS OF
THE "OPBN HOUSE"

One Of the most successful open
Houses" of the Army and Navy Club
room was that given Saturday, VIII N
scores of the service men visited the
club between $50 and s o'clock to
hear the informal musical program,
and to enjoy the light refreshments
provided each week by the Red Cross
and which are becoming famous
among the men stationed here.
The Saturday entertainment is -
regular feature of the work here and
is much enjoyed by the men.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
ENEMY FL|ERS
DROP BOMBS
NEARHOSP|TAL
Patients and Residents Near
by Severely Shaken Up
by Explosion.
u. S. AVIATORS
CHASE INVADERS
American Patrol Outwits
Germans When Latter
Entrapped Them.
Associated Press.

With American Armies in France,
Feb. 17.-An American field hos
pital, in a town within our lines. ap-
parently was the target for a Ger
man airplane which flew over it last
night and dropped several unusually
heavy bombs. None of the missiles
reached their mark, although hos
pital patients and residents of the
town were severely shaken by ex-
plosions. American anti-aircraft
guns engaged the enemy without
success. The hospital will probably
be moved to less dangerous spot.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
AMERICANS WIN URGENT WAR BIG SALVATION
MUCH PRAISE MEASURES TO BE ARMY DRIVE IS
FOR BRAVERY CONSIDERED LAUNCHED HERE
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A
DAY IS QUOTA ASKED OF
PENSACOLIANS FOR THIS
LAUDABLE ORGANIZATIONS.

One thousand dollars in one day.
To Pensacola before the war that
would have seemed to be almost inn
possible, but to Pensacola of now, it
is hardly more than a trifle.
To a Pensacola that has doubly
subscribed both Liberty Loans, raised
$4,000 for the Red Cross, doubled
the membership campaign allotment,
given $4,000 to the Y. NJ. C. A. war
work and raised three thousand dol
lars in three days for the Life Ac-
tivities Committee, 81 900 in one day
is a modest request.
That is the amount asked of Pen
sacola by the War Service branch of
the Salvation Army. This work by
the Salvation Army is considered by
officials to be as important as sim
liar work done by the Y. M. c. A.
and the X. of c. 1t is nothing new,
but has been done for months, before
America entered the war
Now that our own troops are going
across they will require the same
care and attention that the allied
troops required before we entered.
Their need will be as great as that
of the other men with whom they
are fighting.
All of us have seen or heard on
Palafox street the meetings of the
Salvation Army. Perhaps visited
their local headquarters, and seen
them at work That was their ex-
elusive business in peace times. but
now, in a world at war, from the
very beginning that peace army
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
AMERICANS OUTWIT
GERMANS WHEN ENTRAPPED

With American Army in France,
Feb. 17.-An American patrol hav-
ing passed the first line of German
entanglements, and approached the
second line last night were suddenly
cut off by a current of electricity
along the first wire line. Instead of
attempting an immediate return to
their trenches, which would have
meant certain death from electro
cution or of machine gun fire. the
Americans clung close to the earth
and later when the electricity was
cut off and returned safely.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
ARMISTICE ON RUSSIAN
FRONT EXPIRES TO-DAY

Berlin, Feb. 17.-An armistice be-
tween Russian and German forces IN
existence for several weeks on the
Russian front, will expire at noon
tomorrow, says an official German
statement.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
ONE GERMAN BOMB
FALLS INTO LONDON

London, Feb. 17.-Only one of the
six German airplanes which attacked
London last night succeeded in reach
ing the capital, it is officially an
nounced. This raider dropped one
bomb in the southwest district, caus-
ing four casualties, an invalid Off
Ger, his wife and two children.
The aerial raid on Dover was re-
PEELED by British pilots who engaged
the Germans over the Kent coast
One large raider was reported to
have crashed into the sea.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
NATIONAL LABOR PROGRAM
ADVANCES ANOTHER STEF

Washington, Feb. 17.-Estabhsh-
ment of a national labor program,
which was begun with reorganiza-
ton of the department of labor, pro-
gressed another important step to-
day with the announcement of the
personnel of point conference of en-
ployers and union leaders. who will
lay down their basis of relations be-
tween capital and labor during the
war. The first session will be held
February 81.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18

ney Warren, Jr., New York; Stan
ton Garfield, Washington, ID. C.;
Philip A. Rogers, Binghampton. n.
Y; Thomas F. McAllister. Grand
Rapids, Mich; William c: Towle.
New York City; c. Law Watkins,
Rye. N. Y; join Clark, Cornelius
Winant, Townsend Martin, Winthrop
Cortelyou and Redmond Moreland: all
from New York; Gerard Genew, Bos-
ton; William Moreland, Pittsburgh:
Edward Phillips, New Have Conn.
Patterson, Ann Arbor, Mich;
and - Cohen, New York City.
While the young men were sign
ing {. cir names to the list, an off
Ger appeared at the mess and said
something that evoked whoop Of
delight. With hurried good byes and
"send my regards to America" all
ran outdoors to enjoy their first In
struction in "barrage fire" and bar
rage dispersement."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
-FOUR NEW NAMES OF
THE TUSCANIA VICTIMS

Washington, Feb. IA list of
twenty-seven known Tuscania dead,
as published tonight, contained four
names not previously reported in the
Associated Press list of American
soldiers buried on the Scottish coast:
Chauncey Davidson, of Montana;
Thomas Llomelyn, of Pennsylvania;
Clifford Norris, of Wisconsin, and
Leigh Wright, of Michigan.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-18
BOY SCOUTS BOOST
THRIFT STAMP DRIVE
Associated Press.

Washington, Feb. 17.-Boy scouts
numbering some three hundred and
fifty thousand have been enlisted for
a house to house thrift stamp cam
paign. Five million red postcards
have been printed for their use and
upon them taking orders for stamps
boys will drop cards in the nearest
letter box and the postmaster will do
the rest