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Germany's Industrial Loot.

+-Great ,dlficpfties will. of course, be
encountered in exact;ng and securing
from Germany tools, machines and ma
terials taken from the devastated re
R.ions of FRANCE and Belgium. But,
however great The difficulties, there
must, il justice is to he done, be some
means OF putting those two countries
as quickly as possible back into 4 CON
dition OF Industrial health. IN ap-
pall:rg amount of damage was done
by the Germans IN the occupied areas,
wholly apart from the distinctions n
eident:si TO warfare. Il is estimaied
that In Trance alone one billion
dollars viii not pay for the ma.
chimes stolen and ruined. materials
stolen and destroyed, and luanufactar-
ing buildings wrecked. Bat the less IS
not confined simply 10 the cost OF the
things taken and ruined. The indus
tfial loss is infinitely greater, for i'll
4Ae most highly developed portion Of
/; northcrn France. the Lille sector. the
f6ernans made it impossible to resume
ihanufadturiug for al least two years,
..;and in some lines il may be four years
{, before wheels can turn and goods can
be produced,
I; PROFESSIONALLY it was The German
/ plan in thus wreching the French in
!. ,dnstries not merely to secure vaiua DE
! loot for use in Germany, but TO put
Franco out OF the market as 4 pro
dneer for . lang time, and thus destroy
Her trade and force her TO become
'tpyer OF German goods. Had Germany
won the war France would have been
an industrial vassal of Germany, per
'sEaps Indefinitely.
-sThese French and Belg.an machines
ls4nd materials not used up entirely
are now scattered through Ger
many. n viii be probably impossible
l-to.trace all OF the existing articles and
recover them Most Of them would
ne Of little yalue If regained, for they
ohave been subjected to rough treat
sehent in removal and transportation
and replacement and have, been worked
Go the limit. Bat there are German
/ machines. and German materials per-
sfaps.eaaally good that perhaps can be
and should be taken, item for item, in
addition to any indemhities to pay the
iieost Of re-establishment and loss of
business.
- The full measure of the German
wickedness in the treatment of the
occupied Territories of France will
| never be known. 1t was SO extensive,
it was so detailed, it was so systematic,
that it is almost beyond recording. In
..,e looted factories with their smashed
engines and Quilted boilers, with every
thing that would be of value to Ger.
many taken away and everything else
possibly of value TO France smashed
beyond use, is a confession of the real
motive for the German warfare 1t
was:a commercial "dfiEe" rather than
po1tiral 1t was piratical enterprise
st.It st1&a Of; its full purpose, hut II the
pe1etasonferenee, does not exact the
fullest separation that can be wrune
from German industry AMI does moi
t4lea precautions to prevent German
trade developments while the cripplel
:'eountrses are re-establishing them
selves it VIII stin have succeeded in 9
hsue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

The American reporters in Paris are
housed in palace with gilded ceilings,
marble staircases and Greek statuary.
Preparations should be made imme-
diately to clean up and paint up the
old press galleries in the United States
Capitol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

tsncie Sam is, maAihg his first for
ward mote this weak in his big
campaign TO win world
F;~e+ Ga, r aid for American
-. hdsinesss He Is send
forward. ing fifteen expert
rtuss,tesss e1fsrn to Europe to- study
pa:asEsts ana the opportunity for GER
iain. specific con1medities. - >.
.These men, tery carefully selected
as specialists ID their particular lines,
are. bsing.sent. bysrseas by the bureau
sof2foreign and domestic COMMERCE to
be- bIsfness, advisers and commodity
s&xQsr+es co opera ting. with he, com
rsreTciat q ttaches rsgafding those par'
ficular schedules in: Which; American
TIE FIRST Investigations viii be re-
ecardlng trans ortation, industrial
ma ss7sian ery.. chemicals, noE-ferrous
,matals and building and factory com
,gtirietion. The mere mention of these
Tines of ffiqniry shows the broad
scope of the work undertaken. which
should lay strong foundations for
enlarging export trade
The bureau has advised Congress
that 1T intends to put into the field
tw erity- eight trade commissioners to
Investigate various lines OF industry
and markets to which The United
States products may he shipped. The
others VIII be sent forward just as
East as the right men can he found.
and will be asst gned 10 study condi-
tons that most pressingly affect the
commerce. OF this country. II has been
the pulley OF the bureau to employ
such trade scouts for specific ihvestj-
cations Or studies, as for cxump @
practically every cotton goods market
in the world has bean reported upon
for the benefit of the industry in the
United States. There r no intention
to abandon this line of work, but it
viii be given a stronger background
by assigning additional men. broad
gauged comm ercfal experts. 70 make
extensive studies of particular coun-
tries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

After five years have elapsed there
is, of course, possibility that the gov
ernment will be running the railroads
so we'll that the people will not desire
their return to private ownership. ~ .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Washington has had some delightful
summers, and congressman have learn
ed to find in an extra session pei sonal
enjoyment as well as the pleasures that
arise from devotion to duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Senator Borah is apparently one of
those old fashioned statesmen who be-
heve that debate is improved by be-
lag founded on complete and accurate
information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

A large number of men temporarily
unemployed wiI be regarded by sound
economies as an asset to be carefully
developed. 49, -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

A New York state senator suggests
making a separate state Of "Greater
New York" This presents a new and
acutely localized phase of "self deter
mination."
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.aIlRSe
49,

hufts in fixing allowances for main
,4snznce haze gone to great pains in
sp4king varying distinctions as.to what
rssMt3tuted necessities. The new lux
':AsY3tax may be Of service in fixing an
fsfact standard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

IF reform goes SO far as to interdict
tobacco, the style of leafy crown on
the Freedom on the Capitol dome viii,
as a matter of consistency, have to be
changed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Great Diversity.

When censorship doth undertake
Some items to suppress,
Each one is privileged to make
His own especial guess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Eggs are selling in. China for
cents Dozen. This seems cheap I'M
til the number of handfuTs of copper
cash required to make 6 cents is com
[ puted..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Precisely what principles or ideals
polshevism stands for are not easily
defined and there is not much use of
asking a bolshevist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

The month Of February always calls
for renewed efforts to inform the
world precisely what Washington and
Lincoln would have done under the
circumstances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

A tendency asserts itself abroad to
develop conferences to accommodate
all subjects of discussion and phases
of opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Aloft.

f9Was our friend Dustin Stax inter
ested in the uplift?"
"Wen, he was pretty strong for
overhead charges"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

The self-respecting workingman
hnds it necessary to take precautions
TO Prevent the red flag socialist from
posing as representative of labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

The term apache as applied to the
European underworldling is another
gross injustice to the American Indian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Mr. W. J. Bryan smiles from time to
time, and when he. does so the occasion
is historic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Diamond T." whoever he was, dealt
in gems of thought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Impractical Thrift.
ais Bliggins thrifty?"
"Unreasonably so. He is hoping for
heavy snowstorm so that he won't
feel he has wasted the money he spent
for a snow shovel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Ocean'travel continues to be remark
ably brisk for this time of year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
LITHUANIA SEEKS INDEPENDENCE

One of the most interesting of the
results OF the war in Europe has been
the revival of an
| NOT Named cient nationalities
on Old Maps. ton of claims nsAt Of
distant groups of people for recogni-
ton as independent states The
Czechoslovaks are one of these
| groups. Their state is in being. per-
fectly functioning and definitely rec
ognized. Now come the Lithuanians,
asking independence from whatever
form of government may prevail in
Russia after the present turmoil there
is settled.
Lithuania is that part of old Rus
STA which borders the Baltic above
East Prussia. 1t cannot be found on
it is one of the grievances of the
Lfthuanians that the government at
st. Petersburg, as it formerly was,
sought to extinguish their identity
as separate group of people The
Russian provinces embraced within
the bounds of photographic Lithuania
are wilma. Koyeno, Suwalki. Grodno,
Minsk, Vitebsk and part of Courland.
In addition the Lithuanians claim on
an chronological basis the provinces of
Tilsit, Memel. Gumbinen and Koe-
.nigsberg. in East Prussia This
area is approximately $4,000 square
miles. with population of about
100000, of whom 100000 are
Lithuanians and $3.50 are Poles. The
nationalistic claim. however. does not
embrace the whole of this area.
X *
Lithuania's ambition for statehood
Is not a new development, although
for many years
Revolution Gave the spirit of ma
tionality was at
an Opportunity. low ebb. owing
to the suppressions under which the
people suffered. The opportunity for
autonomous organization was pre-
scented by the Russian revolution of
March, 1917. following which various
groups of the Russian people demon
strated their disposition to break
away from the main body and set UP
for themselves. notably the Ukrain-
ians and the Firms. The Lithuan3ans,
however. have received but little at
tention owing to the confusion of
Russian affairs. They made their first
declaration through the representa-
tives of all Lithuanian parties and the
representation in the
duma February II. 1917. From time
to time thereafter this demand was
expressed with greater dehniteness,
and at a convention of Russian ma
tionalities held at kief in October.
1917. with twenty-five different
groups in attendance, resolutions were
demanding that the provi-
sional government of Russia recognize
the rights of Lithuania to form d SOW
ereign state.
In one of the documents issued by
the Lithuanian national council in this
country IL is stated that all the par
ties liz Lithuania recognize that il
would be both futile and wrong to de-
which, as constituted in the
days of Algirdas and Fitautas, extend
ed over vast expanse inhabited by
many other races"
Elimination of the proposed new
state is not so difficult as might ap-
pear from the fact that the |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Some men," said Uncle Eben, "git
deirse'fs all tired out dodgin' work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Elimination of the proposed new
state is not so difficult as might ap-
pear from the fact that the
Distinct Lithuantans are generally
regarded as Identical In race
1aCe' and speech with the Rus
si.ns and. the Pe!as. TAey regard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
BLOWER The TOP FOR BUSINESS

railway equipment and appliances.
electrical equipment and Industrial
plants, electrical goods. agricultural
machinery and implements and sani-
tary supplies and appliances.
| These investiga tions will be made in
Great Britain, France. Belgium, Hoi-
land Switzerland ITALY,, Russia. in
Europe: AustFalia and New Zealand.
South Africa and northern Africa and
the. countries of the Levant.
/! There is another phase of this in
yestigatien work that business in
tterests are just beginning TO appre-
ciate. and which argues for enlarged
rather than curtaf1ed appropriations.
latter June 80, 1919. it will be uHlaw
/ full for cooperation in meeting the ex-
penses If foreign Investigations be
tween the Department of Commerce
and large serni-public commercial as
sociations. The bureau of foreign and
domestic. comrne cree has undertaken
certain foreign Investigations on such
a cooperative ba sis. One of these. for
example. concerns lum Der. which is
supported in part financially by one of
the largest orga nizations in the c0un-
try. These Investigations if not com
pleted by June sc will have to be cur
tailed or carried on entirely at gov
eminent expense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Associations
Necessary.

interests are forming associations for
economic Development of foreign
trade, and that it would be good
5usi ness policy TO allow such asso
Citations. sanctioned by law, TO have
the assistance OF the bureaus corps
of technical experts. which they fore
see they may not have if it is left
to Congress to appropriate all the
funds necessary for such investiga-
tons The fact that these business
interests are eager to spend large
sums in this way and in many cases
TO meet fffty-fifty the government al
lowances, is pretty strong testimony
that they approve of the federal blu,
reaus program f4s practical and well
worth while.
There is a very 1argA proportion
of the manufacturers and exporters
who are especially Interested in the
South American opportunities IN
order to enlarge it's work in this di-
rectioh the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce asked Congress
for an increased appropriation Tor
South American studies, but was held
in the bill reported to the same al
lowanee as for the present fiscal year.
II now appears that new inVestiga-
tons, solicited by the business men
of the United States. which the bu-
reau proposed to initiate must wait
until supplemental appropriations are
made.
Foreign commerce prospeetors are
unanimous in agreeing that when the
war is over there will be intense com
petition on the part of the principal
exporting nations for the trade of the
Latin Americas. They say il is es-
sential that the federal bureau should
maintain an adequate force reporting
on the economic changes that are
"a cidly taking place, due to war con-
tlitlons. What the business interests
are demanding from the federal bu-
reau are detailed information gath
cred on the ground by trained in
vestigators and greater facilities for
sales PROMOTION. The United States
now is leading all nations in South
American trade, but must be prepared
to meet very keen competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
Resident Trade
Commissioners,

Commissioners. ern Chile Uru-
quay Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
It's program also provides for con-
Quoting special Investigations to
cover the market for drugs. chem
icais and dyes; machine tools. store
and Office appliances, miscellaneous
rubber goods, peri dmery. soap and
toilet preparations; motor vehicles
bicycles and accessories and musical
instruments and talking machines.
There is a big trade in the orient
awaiting the American merchant ma
rine. and American business men are
turning their eyes eagerly upon that
market With the present dislocatIon
of world commerce the question or
raw materials is of vital Importance
to American factories and industries
Experts with the war industries board
and other government establishments
have pointed out that this country
must draw raw materials directly
from the far east A systematic study
of what the United States can secure
in that part of the world in direct ex-
change for manufactured products is
of timely and pressing Importance.
There are countless opportunities for
the investment of American capital in
the orient and every year that goes
by without the United States taking
advantage of the opportunities will
limit the future commercial activities
of this nation in that virgin field To-
day no nation is securely intrenched
in China, and no nation is as welcome
there as the United States-and China
and the entire far east has a con-
stantly increasing purchasing power.
Other governments are prepared to
carry forward intensive campaigns
for commerce in the orient. The jap
anese apd British governments. in
particular. are sparing no efforts or
expense to dominate this region as re-
CARDS trade. The United States does
not want to be in the position of pay
ing tribute to japan or England for
raw materials that we could get di-
rect from China or the other far east
countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

These men will not be res
vestiga tors, nor have establ
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The federal bureau has plans for
assigning resident trade commission
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

The business men are appealing t
members of Congress 10 remove tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

be resident in
established Of
fees. They Will
study general
trade. i II q U s.
trial and fnan-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
SHOOTING STARS.
Impractical Thrift

BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Naturally, in these circumstances
there was a heavy migration from
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Program for
Next Year.

American exporter on a par with that
which is now being furnished to the
manufacturers of Japan or Great
Britain The program calls for as
signing resident trade commissioners
to cover the Dutch East Indies. China,
the Philippine Islands, British India,
Japan and the Malay peninsula In
addition to these seven resident trade
commissioners, whose duties it. will
be to study general conditions in the
countries, the bureau proposes to send
out seven additional travelling trade
commissioners, who will investigate
in the aforementioned countries spe-
cial opportunities for American ner-
chandise and capital These investi-
cations Will include port and trans
portation facilities, mineral resources,
investment opportunities. industrial
machinery and other Investigations
which might present themselves as a
result of the ending of the world war.
The work of the commercial at
taches during the next three wears
will have a direct and pow erful in
fluence on the future of American
commerce. Commercial legislation IN
foreign countries, even in allied coun-
tries. is being enacted that will have
far-reaching effect on our trade flu
ture. The commercial attaches have
been devoting their efforts principally
to war. problems, acting as ofscfal
representatives of the Shipping Board,
the War Industries Board and the
War Trade Board.
WILL P. KENNEDY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

After the decision of Congress not
to permit the use of the Capitol for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Lithuania's ambition for statehood
is not a new development although
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-09
INDIAN TRIBES HIT BY "FLU''
Many Found Dead In Remote Places,
Far From Medical
Aid.

Salt Lake City.-Certain tribes OF
Indians on reservations in Utah have
been almost decimuted by the iniiu-
enza epidemic, according to uhcon-
firmed reports reaching the state board
Of health here.
Advices from San Juan county, in
the southern part of the state, say
chat fully 1000 persisted when the cpl
demic. swept the Navajo reservation.
Bodies are being found in many out
Of the way places, it is reported, where
Indians, men, women and children,
died alone and far from medical as
sistance.
A canvass Is being made in this
section, and 1t is feared that one or
two small tribes may have been wiped
out entirely. Realizing the epidemic
character of the disease the Indians
wandered away from their tribesmen
it is said, and strict account Of deaths
Is virtually impossible.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-09
GO TO THE RESCUE
Don't Wait Till It's Too Late-Fol-
low the Example of a
Bemidii Citizen


Rescue and aching back.
If it keeps on aching, trouble may
come.
Often it indicates kidney weakness.
If you neglect the kidneys warn
ing,
Look out for urinary disorders.
This Bemidji citizen will show you
how to go to the rescue.
Mrs. J. P. Pogue, 521 Fourth ST.,
says: II had dull pains in my back
and hips for a long time. My kid
neys acted irregularly and l always
felt worse after I exerted myself. My
feet would swell and my head ached.
I tried different kinds of remedies
without relief. Finally I got Doan's
Kidney Pills at Barker's Drug Store
and began using them. Two boxes
cured me and | have had no return
Of the trouble"
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Pogue had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-09
Why Druggists Recommend
Swamp-Root

For many years druggists have
watched with much interest the re-
markable record maintained by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kid
ney, liver and bladder medicine.
1t is a physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is strengthening
medicine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver
and bladder do the work nature in
tended they should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of
years. 1t is sold by all druggists on
it's merit and it should help you. No
other kidney medicine has so many
friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and
start treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test
this great preparation send ten cents
to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
N. Y, for a sample bottle. When
writing be sure and mention the Be-
midi Daily Pioneer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-04-09

Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. White, who
have been visiting at New Orleans
and San Diego, Cal, for some time,
are expected to return to Bemidji the
first Of the week.
Clarence Rood, son of MI. and Mrs
o. c. Rood Of this city. returned to
Bcmidji last evening from France,
being member Of the ISL Engin-
GERS. Rood had been in france since
last September and during the last
two weeks of the war. was at the
front.
The Minnesota Electric Light &
Power company will not keep open
until ten o'clock evenings of the
tenth of the month as formerly, but
will close at p. m. 2d4lO
Mrs Elmer Ryan and little son,
Robert, of Bend, Ore, are visiting
Mrs. Ryan's brother, Henry Wilson,
who lives near Bemidji. Mrs. Ryan
will be a guest at the Earle A. Bark
former residents of this city, having
llloVCu " bOAu Gl5uI cal .
ago.
George w. Hinton, travelling rep
resentative for the Eyes of the
World" photoplay feature which has
been drawing packed house in St.
Paul and Minneapolis, was in the
city yesterday. The play is from the
book written by Harold Bell Wright.
1t will be shown at the Elko theatre
next week.
r. K. Doe of Duluth, United States
naturalization examiner, was in Be-
midi last night. Mr.. Doe conducts
the examinations of persons in Bel
trami county desiring citizenship.
and will be at the September term of
district court for such purpose. He
announces that all applicants for
citizenship papers and their wit
nesses must present their draft
classification cards when they ap-
pear in court, If within draft ages,
IS to 49,