Twin City Star

VOL. 8. U.S. MARINES LAND AT VLADIVOSTOK U.S. MARINES LAND AT VLADIVOSTOK AMERICAN FORCES JOIN JAPAN ESE AND BRITISH TROOPS SENT TO SIBERIA. HOPE TO QUELL RUSS FEAR International Character of Move Is Shown Which Is Expected to Have Reassuring Effect on Slavs. Washington, April 12.—American marines have been landed from United States warships at Vladivostok, the great Siberian seaport, according to a dispatch from Harbin, Manchuria. The dispatch states that the American forces are in addition to the Japanese and British troops sent to guard the city. The Americans are in control of the docks, the dispatch says, while the Japanese are guarding the railway and ammunition depots. Distinctly International Action. The landing of American marines at Vladivostok is expected to have a reassuring effect in Russia. With American forces joining the British and Japanese forces in protecting life and the vast stores of war material belonging to the Allies at the Siberian port, the enterprise is given a distinctly international character, which, it is believed here, should quiet rears of the Russians aroused by German suggestions that a Japanese invasion has been begun. Since the attitude of the United States is credited with having stayed the proposal for real Japanese intervention in Siberia to check German influence, participation by Americans is counted upon to emphasize the purely local character of an operation undertaken to protect life and property where there is no competent Russian authority to enforce order. Step Not Unexpected at Capital. No details are available as to the number of marines landed. In fact the Navy department has not been officially informed of the landing, though American warships are at Vladivostok and the step was not unexpected. The dispatch indicates the marines have been in Vladivostok nearly a week. Ships Go Into Hands of Railroad Administration By Edict of President. Washington, April 12.—Leading Atlantic and Gulf steamship lines will be unified Saturday under control of the Railroad administration. President Wilson, by proclamation, has commandeered the Clyde, Mallory, Merchants and Miners and the Southern steamship lines and assigned them to the supervision of Director-General McAdoo, who already has control of railway-owned lines, the Ocean, Old Dominion, Southern Pacific, Baltimore Steam Packet and Chesapeake Steamship companies. This action adds 63 coastwise vessels, averaging 33,500 tons each, to the 48 other coastwise ships already under government management, making a total of 111 vessels, aggregating nearly 400,000 tons. These will be assigned to carrying coal and other materials between Hampton Roads and New England, cotton from the South to New England and other traffic which will result in relieving rail transportation. No Fuel for Northwest, No Food for the East, Is Judge's Ultimatum. Washington, April 12.—Food and iron ore shipments to the East will be cut out of if the decision to restrict anthracite coal to the Eastern section as decided by the state administrators from the anthacite states, is persisted in. This was the startling statement given out by J. F. McGee, chairman of the Minnesota Public Safety commission and State Fuel Administrator for Minnesota, shortly after his arrival here. "If they are determined to freeze us, we will starve them," was the terse manner in which Mr. McGee put it. The decision to restrict anthracite coal to the East was reached in the final conference of state fuel administrators with fuel administrator Garfield. THE TWIN CITY STAR C. NARROT & EVANS Dr. August Phillips, the minister from Holland, who has been in Washington but a short time, has been granted leave to return home. He says it is because of his poor health but there were reports that his government was being pressed by Berlin to adopt measures of retaliation for the seizure of Dutch shipping by the United States and Great Britain. U. S. ASKS FRANCE TO HELP REQUEST MADE FOR FRENCH OF FICERS FOR TRAINING CAMPS. More Men With Actual Experience on Fighting Front Needed as Instructors. Washington, April 12.—France has been called upon to aid in hastening the movement of American troops across the sea by sending additional officers for the training camps in the United States. General Vignal, military attache of the French embassy, after a conference with Major General March, acting chief of staff, cabled his government, suggesting that any officers that can be spared be detailed for duty in America. Many French instructors already are on duty at the camps, giving American officers and men the benefit of their experience in actual fighting at the front. It has been decided that more are needed to carry out the plans for sending the troops to Europe and to the front much sooner than the original program contemplated. BUY L. L. BONDS IOWA IS FIRST STATE TO FILL LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA Third Bond Campaign Shows Total So Far for United States of $275,919,000. Chicago, April 12. Iowa is the first state in the United States to fill its quota of the third Liberty Loan, it has been officially announced. Washington, April 12. Liberty Loan subscriptions for the first four working days of the campaign reported by banks and trust companies in 10 of the 12 Federal Reserve districts, amounted to $275,919,000. These represent pledges backed up by initial payments, but since many banks' reports were not included in this total and two districts, Philadelphia and Minneapolis, were missing from the tabulation, it is believed the actual total is near $400,000,000. BENTALL FOUND GUILTY BY MINNEAPOLIS JURY Socialist Candidate for Governor Faces Twenty-Year Prison Term By Verdict. Minneapolis, April 12.—Jacob O. Bentall nominee for Governor of Minnesota, has been found guilty of "attempting to cause insubordination, discontent, mutiny and refusal of duty in the military and naval forces of the United States." The Socialist party standard bearer is already under sentence of one year for draft obstruction. The maximum sentence for the offense of which he has just been convicted is 20 years in a federal prison and $10,000 fine. He will be sentenced by Judge Page Morris in United States district court Friday, April 19. BUY L. L. BONDS U. S. Troops Kill 4 Mexicans. Sierra Blanca, Texas, April 12.—Four Mexicans were killed and at least five wounded at Santo Nino ford near here when American troops returned the fire from the Mexican side of the Ford where a large body of Mexican federal troops were encamped. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., APRIL 13, 1918. MESSINES RIDGE IS TEUTON OBJECTIVE GUNNERS REPORTED TO HAVE GAINED FOOTHOLD SEVERAL TIMES. ARMENTIERES IS EVACUATED Haig's Troops Retire to New Positions Three Miles West of Town—Arm- entrieres Without Strategical Value to Enemy. London, April 12.—Swinging his heaviest legions and mightiest guns far to the north of the Picardy battlefield, Field Marshal von Hindenburg now is driving attack after attack against the British lines between Arras and Ypres. Charging across the level country behind a tempest of high explosives and gas shells, the Germans have succeeded by terrific fighting in penetrating the British defenses at points over a form of nearly 30 miles to a depth of almost six miles just to the south of Ypres. Paris, April 12.—A German attack in the Champagne has been broken up by the French fire. Armentieres Evacuated. Armentieres has been evacuated by the British, while ethe Germans, driving in from the southwest of the town, are struggling to push forward in the area southwest of Messines Ridge, the keypoint of the British line in Flanders. The British have retired to new positions three miles west of Armentieres. Messines Ridge Objective. Messines Ridge itself has been the objective of desperate frontal attacks, and the Germans are reported to have pushed on to the ridge several times during the fierce hand to hand fighting. Each time, however, the British came back at them with effective counterattacks and today were still holding the ridge. Armentieres Full of Gas. Armentieres is reported full of gas by General Haig. West of Armentieres the enemy struggling in his deep salient, has pushed the fighting to the limit and at one time succeeded in driving some three miles beyond the river Lys to Lacheche. In this situation the British likewise reacted strongly and by vigorous counterattacks ousted the Germans. Wytischaete, South of Messines, was also the objective of heavy German attacks and possession of it changed several times but Thursday found Field Marshal Haig's troops holding the town. Without Strategic Value. There was a similar hard fight for Lestrem, at the western tip of the German salient on the River Lawe. The Germans worked their way into this place Wednesday but were unable to move on further and ultimately were driven out of it and back across the Lawe. The evacuation of Armentieres had been discounted as the place is without strategical value. What is left of the town is full of gas, hanging there from the copious gas shell bombardments. Aim to Wipe Out British. Emperor William and the German military leaders in the present offensive, it is reported in dispatches from the battle front, plan the wiping out of the British army. It is believed that the Germans now are seriously attempting by swinging their attacks to the north, to annihilate British resistance. In consequence, further assaults along the British front and much desperate fighting is expected. BUY L. L. BONDS SHIFTING OF AMERICANS IS ABOUT COMPLETED Reserve Forces of U. S. Troops Now In Fray With Hard Pressed British Soldiers. Washington, April 12.—Shifting of the main American reserve into the West front battle is about complete. The men already turned into the British front are well seasoned and have been tested by the Teuton fire. Their record has been splendid. BUY L. L. BONDS More Money for France. Washington, April 12.--France has got another credit from the treasury of $125,000,000, making France's total $1,565,000,000, and the total credits to all the Allies $2,585,600,000. BUY L. L. BONDS MISS MARY RADFORD C. HARRIS & EWING Miss Mary Radford, granddaughter of the late Rear Admiral William Radford of Civil war fame, is to christen the United States destroyer Radford, which will be launched at an Atlantic port. Miss Radford, like a great many of her friends among the society girls in Washington, is holding a job with Uncle Sam. GERMAN ALLIANCE DISSOLVES VOTES TO DISBAND AND GIVES RED CROSS $30,000. Thirteen States Represented at Philadelphia Meeting Which Takes Final Action. Philadelphia, Pa., April 12.—By unanimous vote of the delegates to the special congress of the National German-American alliance, it was decided to disband the organization. The delegates also voted to donate $30,000 of the alliance funds to the American Red Cross. The formal dissolution will take place at once in the assembly hall of the Philadelphia Turingemeine. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, lasted nearly four hours. Representatives of 10 states were present and three others were represented by proxy to make a quorum. The states represented at the meeting were: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, North Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas and West Virginia. The resolution providing for the donation to the Red Cross was introduced by John Tjarka of Baltimore. It was adopted unanimously. AMERICA ESTABLISHES BASE ON AZORES ISLANDS Will Be Fortified, With Portugal's Consent, for Naval and Airplane Base. Washington, April 12.—For the protection of the Atlantic trade routes to southern Europe, the United States, with the consent of Portugal, has established a naval base on the Azores islands. Guns have been landed to begin fortifications of the station which, in addition to being used as a naval base for American submarines, destroyers and other small craft, also will serve as an important homing station for American airplanes, a number of which already have been assembled there. BUY L. L. BONDS MILL CITY POPULATION ESTIMATED AT 415,748 Minneapolis City Statistician Announces Breaking of City Into 400,000 Class. Minneapolis, April 12.—Minneapolis has 415,748 persons. This is the population estimate as of January 1, 1918, given out by H. A. Stuart, city statistician. With the announcement, Minneapolis for the first time in its history breaks into the 400,000 class of cities. BUY L. L. BONDS Big Cannon Bombards * Paris, April 12—The bombardment of Paris by the German long range gun has been resumed. One shell struck a foundling asylum. The total victims of the bombardment were four killed and 21 wounded. BUY L. L. BONDS FRANCE EXPOSES EMPEROR CHARLES FRANCE EXPOSES EMPEROR CHARLES AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN RULER BE COMES ENTANGLED IN WEB SET BY PREMIER. REVEALS LIE TOLD TO KAISER French Minister Makes Public Austrian Monarch's Note Recognizing Right of France to Alsace-Lorraine. Paris, April 12—The following note has been issued: "Once caught in the coog wheels of lying there is no means of stopping. Emperor Charles, under Berlin's eye, is taking on himself the lying denials of Count Czernin and thus compels the French government to supply the proof. Herewith is the text of an autograph letter communicated on March 31, 1917, by Prince Sixtus de Bourbon, the emperor of Austria's brother-in-law, to President Poincare and communicated immediately to the French premier: "My dear Sixtus: The end of the third year of the war, which has brought so much mourning and grief into the war approaches. All the peoples of my empire are more closely united than ever in the common determination to safeguard the integrity of the monarchy at the cost even of the heaviest sacrifices. "Thanks to their union, with the generous cooperation of all nationalities, my empire and monarchy have succeeded in resisting the gravest assaults for nearly three years. Nobody can quoll the military advantages secured by my troops, particularly in the Balkans. Warm Praise for France. "France on her side has shown force, resistance and dashing courage, which are magnificent. All unreservedly admire the admirable bravery, which is traditional to her army and the spirit of sacrifice of the entire French people. Supports Alsatian Claim. "With this in mind and to show in a definite manner the reality of these feelings, I beg you to convey privately and unofficially to President Poincare that I will supply, by every means, and by exerting all my personal influence with my Allies, France's just claims regarding Alsace Lorraine. "Belgium should be entirely reestablished in her sovereignty, retaining entirely her African possessions without prejudice to the compensations she should receive for the losses she has undergone. Serbia should be restored in her sovereignty and as a pledge of our good will we are ready to assure her equitable natural access to the Adriatic and also wide economic concessions in Austria-Hungary. "The events in Russia compel me to reserve my ideas with regard to that country until a legal definite government is established there." Would Prepare Ground for Pact. "Having thus laid my ideas clearly before you, I would ask you in turn, after consulting with these two powers, to lay before me the opinion, first of France and England, with a view to thus preparing the ground for an understanding on the basis of which official preliminary negotiations could be taken up and reach a result satisfactory to all. "Hoping that thus we will soon be able together to put a limit to the sufferings of so many millions of men and families now plunged in sadness and anxiety, I beg to assure you of my warmest and most brotherly affection. (Signed) "'CHARES'" Charles Sends Denial. Vienna, via Paris, April 12.—An official statement giving the text of a telegram from Emperor Charles to Emperor William relative to the claim of Premier Clemenceau that the former recognized the claims of France to Alsace-Lorraine, has been issued. The statement reads: "I accuse M. Clemenceau of piling up lies to escape the web of lies in which he is involved, making the false assertion that I in some manner recognized France's claims to Alsace-Lorraine as just. "I indignantly repel the assertion. At the moment when Austro-Hungarian cannon are firing alongside of the German artillery on the western front no proof is necessary that I am fighting for your provinces." The statement concludes that no intrigue can endanger the perfect solidarity between the two empires. BUX L L BONDS MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY YANKEES DEFEAT FOE'S BEST PICKED TROOPS SENT TO ATTACK MOWED DOWN BY AMERICANS. Extensive Gas Shell Bombardment Precedes Assault—Attackers Are Caught By Barrage. With American Army in France, April 12.—The Germans have attempted an attack against the American positions northwest of Toul just before e sunrise, but were completely repulsed. Stopped in Full Strength. Two German prisoners said the en- emy planned the attack with a force of 800 men, but that it was stopped in its full strength by the effective fire of the American artillery. The Americans lost no prisoners. One of the German prisoners died later of wounds. For 72 hours before their effort the Germans had been firing an increas- ing number of shells at the American positions and making extensive use of gas shells. Shells Fall All Night. At noon the enemy began a hara- ssing fire against one of our strong points and kept it up throughout the night, dropping hundreds of shells of all calibers on both front and rear positions. The American artillery replied vigorously, the men in some batteries working with their gas masks on for two or three hours at a stretch. About 5 o'clock a. m. German infantrymen in the front line signalled their batteries for a barrage and started for the American front line. The American gunners laid a counterbarrage almost immediately. Caught By Yankee Barrage. The attackers, who were especially trained for this operation, were selected from among the best men in three regiments. They were preceded by shock platoons, but the American barrage caught them before they were able to reach our wire entanglements. BUY L. L. BONDS Hoover Demands Greater Savings. Washington. April 12.—Voluntary food conservation in households must be extended if the United States is to meet Allied and domestic demand. Food Administrator Hoover told the National Conference of American Lecturers. The response of the public to requests for restrictions has been so general, Mr. Hoover said, that there is little prospect that an arbitrary food rationing system ever will become necessary. THE WEATHER. Unsettled weather today and tomorrow, not much change in temperature. BUY L. L. BONDS DAILY MARKET REPORT. Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, April 12.—Oats, May, 86%. Duluth Flax. Duluth, April 12.—Flaxseed, May, $4.12½; July, $4.08½; Oct., $3.61. Chicago Grain. Chicago, April 12.—Corn, May, $1.27½; oats, May, 86¼. South St. Paul Live Stock. South St. Paul, April 12.—Estimated receipts at the Union Stock Yards: Cattle, 2,000; calves, 700; hogs, 5,000; sheep, 50; cars, 146. Railroads entering the yards reported receipts for the day by loads as follows: Burlington, 1; Great Western, 1; Milwaukee, 23; Rock Island, 1; Omaha, 46; Great Northern, 39; St. Louis, 2; Northern Pacific, 19; Soo, 14. Cattle—Steers, $7.50@14.50; cows, $8.00@12.00; calves, $7.00@13.50; hogs, $17.20@17.25; sheep and lambs $13.00@19.50. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, April 12.—Hogs—Receipts, 32,000; unsettled, about 10c above yesterday's average; hulk, $17.45@17.80; light, $17.30@17.90; mixed, $17.20@17.90; heavy, $16.45@17.75; rough, $16.45@16.80; pigs, $13.25@17.17; Cattle—Receipts, 14,000; steady; native steers, $10.35@15.95; stockers and feeders, $8.50@12.20; cows and heifers, $7@13.15; calves, $10.50@15.50. Sheep—Receipts, 10,000; steady; sheep, $12.65@17.85; lambs, -$16.50@21.10. Butter, Eggs and Poultry. Minneapolis, April 12.—BUTTER—Creameries extras, per lb., 39c; extra firsts, 38c; firsts, 37c; seconds, 36c; dairy, 30c; packing stock, 27c. EGGS—Fresh prime firsts, new cases, free from rots, small dirtier and checks out, doz., 31c; current receipts, rots out, case, $9.00; checks and seconds, doz., 26c. Quotations on eggs include cases. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, fat 10 ibs, and over, 25c; thin, small, 10@12c; cripples and culls, unsalable; old roosters, 18c; ducks, 25c; gese, 22c; 1917 roosters, 25c; 1917 staggy, 20@22c. MODERN ROMEO TRUE TO HIS LOVE Lover Steals Into Morgue to Place Flowers on Bier of Girl. Since That Time Sweetheart Has Palo Stealthy Midnight Visits to Gaze on Face of One He St. Louis.—In the corner of a cold, forbidding room, attached to one of the largest morgues in St. Louis, lies the body of a beautiful girl of twenty. She rests in a glass-covered coffin, a amile upon her lips, and with features as carefully preserved as they were when they pulsed with life and love and hope some 15 years ago. The body has remained unclaimed through all the years, though not forgotten, for at regular periods, a lover, whose identity has remained a secret, quietly slips into the dreary and grewsome death chamber to deposit beautiful roses upon the casket and gaze at the face of the woman he had loved in life. The young woman, fair and wise, left her home in an Illinois town to become the wife of a prosperous merchant, much older than herself. The love she craved was withheld, because her husband was wrapped up in business affairs. One night the young bride stole silently away and, though she was sought and ultimately found, she refused to return to her husband, and took up her life in St. Louis, where she found work and supported herself meagerly, too proud to appeal to her husband for the care he would have given her. Met a Younger Lover. One day she accidentally met a young man, a struggling youth who was ambitious to become a lawyer, but was without means aside from his pittance obtained in an attorney's office. Their friendship ripened into love, as they were drawn together'by A man in a suit stands before a coffin, holding a bouquet of roses. Deposits Beautiful Roses Upon the Casket. mutual understanding of each other's struggle and difficulties. The girl planned for a divorce and the young man pledged his scanty funds to aid her purpose. One evening the young man called at the girl's shabby apartment. He found her dead. An autopsy revealed that she had died from a natural cause, a malady of the heart. The newspapers told of the finding of the body of the young woman, and a few hours later the deserted husband appeared and identified the remains as those of his young wife. He promised to return later to arrange for the burial, and requested that the body be carefully embalmed. Then he disappeared and never returned. Lover Made Strange Request. The body, with its glass-covered coffin, was placed in a corner of the death room, and some hours later, a man's broken voice came over the telephone, requesting that the body of the girl be held until further orders. That night the death chamber had a visitor, and on the casket reposed a bouquet of roses and a note. The contents of the note were not divulged by the undertakers, but the body of the girl remained unburied. That was 15 years ago. Through some mysterious potency of the embalming fluid the girl's body has remained as it was in life. Twelve times during the 15 years the undertakers have found fresh flowers on the glass above the girl's smiling face. Each time the lid of the case has been found open and the hair revealing the touch of a caressing hand. Occasionally a note is found, a word of thanks for keeping the promise to save the body from the tomb. The undertakers declare they will never bury the body until the faithful lover either reveals his identity or eventually falls to return to pay his tribute of love to all that remains, earthly, of the one he loved and lost. SHE WANTED HOME; MAKES OWN BRICKS Detroit Woman Shuns Washtub Two Days a Week to Provide Material. Detroit, Mich.—When she wasn't bending over the washtub at the rate of $1.50 a day, Miss Kate McDonald was making bricks at the rate of 320 a day until she completed 8,000 of them—enough to build the home of her dreams. Eighteen years ago Miss McDonald, washerwoman, cook, brick manufacturer, and general good business woman, found herself alone in Detroit with a A woman is putting blocks into a box. Made the Bricks Herself. very small capital. She invested in a 20 to 50 foot lot, where she lived in a shabby frame house, alone with dreams of something higher and better than anybody else had In the neighborhood; something of her own design and ingenuity. But how to accomplish her dream on an income of $1.50 a day was somewhat perplexing, even to Miss McDonald, until, visiting the state fair one day, she became interested in a brick mold. The mold was purchased and Kate began in a little barn, to sand and cement her dreams. July 4, 1915, Kate made her first brick, October 20, 1916, she had manufactured 8,000 which to her seemed enough to build another Tower of Babel. She had devoted only two days a week to the task and did all the work unaided. The dream, which in this case was a ten-room double house is completed, and is valued at $4000. THEY BUY TOO MANY BUCKETS Expert Window-Cleaners Charged With Jewelry Robberies Amounting to $50,000. New York.—Sealskin coats by night and window-cleaners' overalls by daytime proved such a contrast as to result in the undoing of two clever New York thieves who are being held on the charge of jewelry robberies amounting to approximately $50,000. The men gained easy access to exclusive homes by professing to be expert window cleaners. They bought too many pairs of overalls and too many buckets from the same dealers. And, according to the history of window cleaners, they dressed too well and spent too much money on Broadway at nights—that is, too much for window cleaners. THRILLING RESCUE OF MAN FROM ICE CAKE New London, Conn.—Til Tilm, a South Sea islander, is recovering at the hospital at Ft. Michie, Gull island, in the sound, from a thrilling experience on a floating ice cake. Tilm says he was "jolled" by some deckhands on a Fall river boat who told him he was to be arrested on his arrival at Fall river. He says he jumped overboard into the icy waters and clambered on a big ice cake, whence he was rescued the following morning. BOYS TAKE A WILD RIDE Necessary to Shut Off Power on Indiana Interurban Line to Stop Mad Race. Michigan City, Ind.—Albert Williams, twelve, colored, was lodged in jail after he had piloted a Gary-Michigan City interurban at a fifty-mile clip while the car crew gave vain chase in an automobile. Albert and two other boys started on their personally conducted speed test when the crew left the car standing in front of the station at Gary. It was necessary to shut off the power of the whole line to stop the mad ride. Looks for Honest Thief. Hardin, Ill.-On the theory that not all thieves are dishonest, C. H. Lamar, editor of a paper here, has advertised he will leave the back door of his office open at night so that the person who stole Lamar's laprobe and horse blanket can return them. THE TWIN CITY STAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. An American Woman at Front + Descendant of Robert E. Lee Has Famous Hospital in France :: HE publication of statistics of all army hospitals shows that an American woman—Mrs. Zalma Bradley Lee, formerly of Baltimore and New York—operates a hospital having the lowest mortality rate of all the in- HE publication of statistics of all army hospitals shows that an American woman—Mrs. Zalina Bradley Lee, formerly of Baltimore and New York—operates a hospital having the lowest mortality rate of all the institutions in France. Although the hospital of Mrs. Bradley Lee at Creil is for contagious cases—and nearly every patient is also suffering from a wound or from gas besides—the death rate is only a little more than 3 per cent. Having received the bronze and silver medals of honor for services for la Patrie, Mrs. Bradley Lee has now been proposed for the gold medal and will be decorated with it when she takes possession of her new hospital. French army engineers are building this hospital with a capacity of 500 beds, on the hill just south of this town, which is the principal base and depot of the Army of the North and Centre. Nearly 5,000 men have passed through Mrs. Bradley Lee's hospital during the three years she has had it, and the beautiful American woman has been seen at the bedside of every one of the hundred-odd men who have died there, ministering to him until the end. Mrs. Bradley Lee is the widow of David Bradley, and a descendant of Gen. Robert E. Lee. She has lived in France for some years, owning a handsome chateau near Chantilly. At the beginning of the war she served as a nurse and assistant on an army automobile carrying a portable X-ray machine. In those early days of the great struggle the hospital arrangements for wounded had not been organized, and few X-ray machines were available anywhere near the front. So they were taken from hospitals and laboratories in Paris, mounted in big high-powered cars and sent tearing along the front from place to place, where photographs were made of wounded soldier's. The X-ray ambulance squad to which Mrs. Bradley Lee was attached worked along the Flanders front during the terrible battle of the Yser, when the Germans were trying to break through to the Channel ports, and during the first battle of Ypres, when attempts were made to drive a wedge between the French army and the British expeditionary force. *Wounded by Shell Splinter. In November of 1914 Mrs. Bradley Lee was wounded by a shell splinter, just behind the Yser line, as her X-ray automobile convoy was approaching a field hospital, to photograph a number of Belgian, British and French soldiers in whom were fragments of bullets and steel. After Mrs. Bradley Lee was wounded a general order was issued by the allied armies prohibiting women in Red Cross work from going so near the fighting area as to be under fire. Mrs. Bradley Lee's wound proved only slight, and in January, 1915, she opened her hospital for contagious cases here, only a few miles from her chateau at Chantilly. In the three years that have elapsed she has not slept once under her own roof, and has only visited her home a score of times a year to inspect it and obtain new outfits of clothing and other necessaries. She has been to Paris only half a dozen times in the three years, and was then on business with the ministry for health. She has not taken a single "day off" since the hospital was opened. Owing to its importance as a military base and army headquarters, Crell is one of the hardest towns along the front for any civilian to go to. Before the war it was the junction point where passengers from England, who had come down by rail ENJOYED SIGHT OF CROWDS British Soldier, Home on Leave, Avers That Even to See White People is a Luxury. The man who thinks he has the loneliest job in all war was recently on leave in London. There he was spending all his walking hours walking the streets and looking at the crowds. Three years ago he was a cog in London's commercial machine. Then he went to Gallipoli. Now he is at- Wounded Poliis recuperating at Mrs. Bradley Lee's hospital. Mrs. Bradley Lee is shown in first row dressed in white Red Cross nurse costume. from Calais, could change cars and take through express trains for the Riviera, for Switzerland or for Germany. The great steel bridge across the Olse, which the retreating French blew up in August, 1914, before the battle of the Marne, is still resting in the river bed, and traffic is carried on by several smaller bridges thrown across the stream by army engineers. from Greece to Marsellies and had wandered all the way up here. The two Americans who were just released after getting over the mumps were the first Sammles I had. "During the first two years I was here it was mighty exciting, particularly at night, when the German airplanes used to fly over and bombard the town. Recently they have not "What sort of diseases do we get here?" she repeated in answer to a question; "why, everything from smallpox and typhus down to scarlet fever and measles, with diphtheria and typhoid and bronchitis perhaps the most prevalent. And whatever success I have made of this hospital is due primarily to the fact that I have used American methods everywhere. I have scandalized the patients and shocked the French doctors, but at the beginning they were kind with me and let me have my way. Since they have seen the results that have followed the application of our American treatment and methods they have been willing for me to do so, and a few of them—a few of the more advanced physicians—have followed my example and have instituted American practices themselves in other hospitals. "I have had wonderful success with my typhoid cases, using the ice-bag methods instead of the hot bath treatments that they wanted to insist on giving. And I have always specialized on fresh air and cold air, too, except under certain circumstances, and cleanliness everywhere. "No patient has ever used a handkerchief in this hospital, and no one ever will while I have anything to do with it," continued Mrs. Bradley Lee. "Science knows that nearly all contagion is spread through the nose and mouth. Well, none of the soldiers here are given handkerchiefs or are permitted to wipe their noses or mouths with anything but little squares of gauze which they throw into closed receptacles immediately after they use them once. "That is one reason why this is the only hospital in all of France in which no member of the staff, no physician, no nurse, nor even an orderly or scrubwoman has ever caught a disease here. I have never had anything worse than the cold and the sore throat that I have now since I have worked on men suffering with typhus and smallpox, and been with them for days and nights, hour after hour. "There is not another hospital in France that has that record, and I have only lost one typhoid patient in all these three years, just by strictly following the American method of treatment all the time." Patients Frightened at First. "The poor patients were a little frightened at first; they who have been taught that fresh air means a 'draught' and who have never become on too intimate terms with soap and water, especially during cold weather. "Today I received a Kabyle—a native from the French colonies in northern Africa—and that man finished my collection. I have had a man from every nationality fighting in this war during the last three years. Chiefly my patients have been French, of course, but I have also had a good many Belgians and British, sent down on the main line railroad through Amiens. Then when the Russians were on the front I had a number of them with scarlet fever. We had Senegalese, the black troops from Central Africa; we had Moors and Algerians, Itallans and Roumanians from the foreign legion, a Portuguese aviator, and the chauffeur for the king of Montenegro. Many German prisoners of war have been brought here, and I had an Austrian aviator who was with the German flying service and had been shot down on this front. Then a Turk who had escaped from a concentration camp was picked up here with diphtheria, and finally a Bulgarian who had smuggled his way tached to the Sudanese army near the Abyssinian and Belgian-Congo frontiers. He is the only Englishman in an area of 200 miles and none of the native troops in his command speak English. He has a smattering of Arabic and his only conversation is in that language. Some of his men, who, he says, are fine soldiers, were enemies not many years ago. In an interview reported by the Manchester Guardian he remarked that the very sight of crowds was a luxury after his experience. His from Greece to Marsellies and had wandered all the way up here. The two Americans who were just released after getting over the mumps were the first Sammies I had. "During the first two years I was here it was mighty exciting, particularly at night, when the German airplanes used to fly over and bombard the town. Recently they have not come very often." Sister in German Countess. Mrs. Bradley Lee is a sister of the beautiful Mary Lee, who married Count Waldsersee, former chief of the German general staff. She was formerly the intimate friend of the kaiserin, and is rumored to have "taught religion to the kaiser" several years before the war. Mrs. Bradley Lee often visited her titled sister in Berlin or Altona before the war, and had a large acquaintance in the German "army set," among which Countess Waldserse moved. The German army under Von Kluck occupied Chantilly, after Creil and Senlis, during the first weeks of the war, and a German general and his staff stopped in Mrs. Bradley Lee's chateau, doing no damage there, although the Rothschild estates and the property of Duchess de Chartres, adjoining were looted by the invaders. This fact, together with the fact that it was known that Mrs. Bradley Lee had a sister married to a German field marshal, caused considerable gossip, and there have been many unfounded rumors current that the beautiful American woman who has operated the hospital at Crell for so long had been arrested for giving intelligence to the enemy. WAR AIDS GENERAL HEALTH Sight of Sturdy Soldiers and Sailors on the Streets Declared to Have Had Good Effect. An observing physician says that the presence in New York's streets of many soldiers and sailors has an indirect effect on the health of civilians. He believes that most persons become imitative when they see one of Uncle Sam's men with head erect, shoulders back and chest thrown out. The natural result is deep breathing, and from this comes improved digestion and circulation, thus causing better health. The doctor called attention to the fact that Poe in pointing out the psychological effect of one person on another in regard to acts and mannerisms said he could figure many thoughts of persons in the streets by watching their actions. As an illustration, Poe told of a man hurrying along in a slouchy manner until he approached a hunchback, when he immediately straightened, the similarity of carriage causing an unconscious effort at the instant the hunchback's misfortune was flashed to the brain of the normal man. Still another influence affecting the general health of the public, due to the war, is the increased number of patriotic men who have gone into training after rejection by army or navy surgeons due to minor physical disability. Others, too, have undergone lesser surgical operations, long neglected, so that they might pass. Money in Snails. An investment of ten centre three years ago in two red snails has netted a profitable business for Mme. Veronica Varle Scrimshaw, who is known to hundreds of school children as "The Snail Queen." The small investment brought thousands of snails, which Mme. Scrimshaw sells to school children 50 for five cents, and the madame throws in a bit of seaweed and sand. The children are so eager for snails that the madame's profits sometimes reach $12 a day. She is said to be the only woman known to raise snails. chief diversion in Africa is playing "pattence," although this is diversified by incidental lion hunting and the casual chance of shooting other big game. None the less he could say that while "the loneliness gets on my nerves occasionally, on the whole I like the job, and we get some jolly little scraps which are not reported in the newspapers. Still I should welcome the society of a war correspondent or two. Which possibly goes to show that even in the desert the newspaper has its usea. DADDY'S EVENING FAIRY TALE BY MARY GRAHAM BONNER TURTLES GET UP. "Time to get up," said Mrs. Turtle. "Oh, we're so sleepy, we're so sleepy," said the little turtles. 1 "But the spring is here," said Mrs. Turtle. "There will be lots of exciting things happening down in the pond. We must hurry and get our summer homes ready. I'm sure Mrs. Hard Sheilled Turtle will be all settled by now." "Just one more little nap," begged the little turtles. And then Mrs. Turtle Looked little nap," begged the little turtles. And then they yawned, such big turtle yawns! "No more sleeping now," said Mrs. Turtle. "You may take naps later on, but your winter's sleep is all over. It's spring and we must be awake. We must see all that is going on in the big world down in the pond. I must find out what my neighbors are picking out in the way of coats and suits and evening gowns. Mr. Turtle promised me a leaf evening coat, didn't you, my love?" "I did indeed," said Mr. Turtle. "But I'll have to wait before I can get it. I have my order in but the leaves aren't out yet. It's too early. You'll have it though just as soon as they arrive in the turtle shops." Mrs. Turtle looked very happy. She had always longed for a green leaf coat to wear over her shell suit. In the evening she called it a shell evening dress. "Hurry," said Mrs. Turtle again to the little turtles. And soon they were all out of their winter beds of mud and were looking about the pond for the nicest kinds of homes. "What do you think of this?" asked Mrs. Turtle. She was much pleased, after all she had gotten to the pond in excellent season. Very few of the summer cottages had been taken and Mrs. Turtle had quite her pick of the lot. "It is a very fine looking home," said Mr. Turtle. "Let's see how we can fix our porches. We must have three. I couldn't abide a summer home that had less than three porches." "No more could I," agreed Mrs. Turtle. "We like plenty of porches," agreed the little turtles. "Ah," said Mr. Turtle, twisting his head far out of his shell, "it's so nice that we all like the same things. It makes us get along so well. We all like porches. We like to sit upon them in the warm sunshine. We enjoy a quiet nap on one of three porches, but we always like to choose between three." "Yes," said Mrs. Turtle, "it would be such a pity if we only had one porch. Just imagine how hard it would be to think, 'Oh dear, which porch shall I take my nap on?' and then remember that there was only one porch anyway." Now the turtles have three logs outside their homes which they call porches. Sometimes they are of logs and sometimes of funny, ugly snags which the turtles think are quite beautiful. "It's going to rain," said Mr. Turtle, after they had all decided upon their summer home and were settled upon their porches. "How do you know it is?" asked Mrs. Turtle. "You say that in such a decided fashion. Of course I know you are a wise turtle and know a great deal, but I never before knew you were a weather prophet." "Tm not a weather prophet, my dear," said Mr. Turtle. "But I know this time." "Tell me how you know," asked Mrs. Turtle. "Because," continued Mr. Turtle, "I see Mr. Tortoise." "Does he like the rain so much?" asked Mrs. Turtle. "Like it!" exclaimed Mr. Turtle. "Gracious, he hates the rain. He simply cannot stand it. He thinks the rain is horrid, yes, extremely horrid." "I don't understand at all," said Mrs. Turtle. "You say you know it is going to rain, and the reason you know it is because you see Mr. Tortoise in the distance. And then you say that Mr. Tortoise hates the rain. It's all very confusing." TURTLE "Mr. Tortoise hates the rain, and he is the "Mr. Tortoise Hurrying Away hates the rain, From a Storm. and he is the weather prophet. He always knows when it's going to rain and when he sees that it is going to, he hurries away where the rain won't touch him. 'I can see him hurrying away from an approaching storm now. The storm is coming because he's hurrying off. Just see if I'm not right. Mr. Tortoise never makes a mistake.' And sure enough, in a short time, it began to rain! ff Warmings About Tornadoes Conditions Usually Preceding Severe Windstorms \and Pre- cautions to Prevent Injury The causes and effects of windstorms, the seasons when they are most Ukely to occur, how to forestall tornadoes, and precautions to prevent injury are outlined in a series of warnings issued by ‘the United States weather bureau, which are briefly summarized as follows: ‘Tornadoes are usually preceded by high temperature and humidity—a ‘weather condition generally said to be “sultry,” “sticky,” or “oppressive.” Rain may come before, with, or after a tornado, or, very rarely, there may be no rain at all, ‘The barometer does not foretell tornado, though # indicates low Pressures; and tornadoes always occur in 4 “low” area. : ‘The season in which tornadoes may be expected varies According to the region, They may visit the Gulf states in winter, and as the season advances the region of greatest frequency 1s in the Plains states and the Mississippt valley, from April to September, inclusive. In this region May 1s the worst month, with April next, East of the Appalachian mountains, however, torna- does rarely occur until after July. Generally they come between 3:30 and 5 P.m,, but they may even come at night. Persons may somewhat avold tornado danger by watching the local signs ‘and reading the weather maps, which at least show the conditions which favor tornado formation. The local signs are heavy, dark clouds, first in the south- west, almost immediately followed by clouds in the northwest and north. A tunnel-shaped cloud is a sure sign, though there may be a tornado when such a cloud is not readily seen. If a funnel cloud cannot be seen, the whirling motion of the air may be known by a peculiar roaring noise, somewhat like the rumble of distant thunder or the approach of a heavy.train of cars, If one can see the cloud and get an idea of the direction m which {t is mov- ing, the zone of safety is at right angles to the direction of motion. ‘The south- ern margin is usuelly more dangerous than the northern, and this should be remembered in seeking a place of safety. The width of the path of greatest destruction is ordinarily not more than a few hundred yards, though this de- structive diameter may be from some rods wide to a half mile, or sometimes wider. However, the worst part is comparatively narrow, and relative safety may be had only a short distance at right angles to the line of the advance of the tornado, In some of the Plains states there are so-called “cyclone” cellars, and where these are not available the southwest corner of the cellar of a frame bullding ts the next best place, Brick buildings are not so safe, but the cellar is probably the safest place in them. In the Omaha tornado of 1913 very few brick honses were seriously damaged. ‘These are ordinarily unroofed, though sometimes the walls crumble or fall outward. Saving Foodstuffs By MRS. LUTHER BURBANK 1” Wile of Noted Plant Scientist In‘ all ages the plentifulness of food or its shortage has meant victory or defeat. ‘When _ Napoleon made bis great | drive on Moscow, } he accomplished 2 } his military ob- eo Jective, but he a , went down to de- i feat because he F aan i} could not keep or } open his lines of bee | © ¢ o mm unication. eta Italy lost a quar- eo ter of a million a met to the Teu- oe tons a few Lon months ago be- Vrs cause of hunger. Reay | Napoleon's food ie a } ran short; his Heh soldiers hungered Lage ewe) and, while he had Mrs. Burbank, &USSia on her rag Lt, | ee | = i= Fates ee Mrs. Burbank. himself gtill the military genius of old, starvation forced his retreat. ‘And so it will be in all ages and for all times. A well-nourished body means victory, whether in civilian or military pursults, while a hungry per- son-can neither fight nor work. ‘This country has been asked to save wheat, meat, fats and sugar. Why? ‘Wheat is the grain most easily trans- ported. It takes up Tess space and does not spoil, Europe knows nothing of handling cornmeal, and, even if she aid, it would do her no good, because corn easily spolls. Wheat does not. ‘The sugar shortage in Europe has been caused by lack of transportation, hence ft is up to America to get this aeces- sary food to them mm our own ships and from our own supplies. Fats are vital in making ammunition, such as nitroglycerin, and in keeping the soldiers in warmth-produeing food. ‘The chlef reason why so much stress is laid upon the saving of pork ts be- cause tt fs the easlest kept and con- tains nourishment and fat, Pork prod- ucts, such as bacon and hams’ and ‘shoulders, may be kept for an indefi- nite period, whereas other meats will spoll unless they are kept upon ice. Refrigerator ships cannot be had, ex- cept in Mmited numbers, hence it 1s de- etrable to transport only those supplies which take up the least cargo space and with the minimum risk of spoiling. No fan or woman in this country would refpse a starving person a slice of bread, but this is, indirectly, what we are doing. The allies are holding back the German hordes while the American armles are preparing. Yet these people are in want; thelr chil- dren are suffering from lack of proper foods and if we refuse to give up some of our pleasures of taste that thelr sufferings may be relieved, we are placed in the same position as one who has plenty yet will not give to the hungry. Already we have shipped to the al- Hes our surplus of wheat and now all future shipments must come direct from sovings from our dally consump- tion. I? we fail in this we will have sacrificcd thousands upon thousands of lives tovour taste and greed by pro- Tonging the war. By getting food to the alles we enable them to hold Ger- many until American troops get on the fighting front, and once they are there, victory is in sight, In all China there are about 440 newspapers, and of these only about fifty have good circulation. American Mills Are Urged to Manufacture Peanut Oil; Good Market for By-Products | It is possible with the use of im- Proved machinery for cleaning, shell- ing and pressing peanuts, to make a high grade of oll in American mills which is well sutted for use in cook- ing, according to the United States de- partment of agriculture, Before the war cut off practically all imports of French and Dutch peanut olls, the United States was importing nearly 900,000 gallons a year at an average price for all grades, including soap Stock, of more than half that of edible olive oll. Specialists of the de- partment state that American oll mills should prepare td make this oll ‘at home both to utilize the large peanut crop and to increase thelr profits, Peanut oll mills, the specialists say. should be located where the farmers can profitably grow thé Spanish type of peanuts, which are high in oll con- tent and have less shell than the farger Virginia varieties. The mills should be equipped with peanut cleaners, and all the nuts, after going over screens to remove the stocks, stones and other trash, should be thoroughly scoured. For the by-products obtained in the manufacture of peanut oll there is a growing market especially for the press cake, which stockmen now real- ize is a very high-grade cattle feed. ‘There is also a demand for flour made from hull-less peanut cake for human food, and there is no reason why it should not become a popular article in human sustenance, the specialists say. ‘With the manufacture of high-grade Peanut oll for cooking and shortening, the manufacture of hull-less peanut cake for human food and peanut-hull cake for stock feed, the millers can utilize all of the peanut crop to best advantage. Do You Know That— ‘There is no fat in potatoes. Lard is nearly 90 per cent fat. Butter is practically a pure fat. ‘The fat of plants is contained in the seeds. At least a third of the body's food should be fat. Cocoa is the only popular bev- erage which has “fat.” Body fat is of three kinds— stearine, palmitin and oleine. A loin of mutton has more fat nutriment than any other joint. Hotel Manager Puts Ban on Bones and Meat for Canines Bones at 40 cents each and chopped meat at 50 cents a portion for aristo- cratic dogs Bave been cut from the Kennel menu at the Hotel Majestic, notes the New York American. ‘The Hooverization of this hostelry is now complete, according to the manage- ment. Recently there were many dogs in town seeking the blue ribbons at the Garden show. Copeland ‘Townsend, manager, served notice that eatables would not be supplied for dog con- sumption at his hostelry. “Many sweets and meats and milk are purchased for blooded dogs,” he said, m explanation. “This food 1s needed here and by the allies, Even the Dones that are given to dogs are in demand. ~ “T understand a conservation dog bis- ‘cult is belng manufactured. If this is ‘so, the problem will be solved, but un- esa tt 1s, some other means must be found to supply pets with food.” Six of the dogs at the Majestic were Poms, They are owned by Miss Es telle Keleey of San Francisco, who {s sald to have purchased them from s destitute Belgian prince in Paris. THE TWIN CITY STAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ra sora ge eg eta ee PRAYER OF THE ARMY MEN | Reo epee At the going, when wo stumble up the gangway to the ship, ‘While we wish, and curse the wish, that ‘we could stay; On the channel, as we watch the yearn- ing cliffs of England dip, Help us, Lord, to hide our sickened hearts ‘away! On the’ marches—oh the marches with the blisters on our feet, ‘When our kits weigh not much less than halt a ton, And our one idea of heaven 1s « place to a Sleep and eat— : Give us strength, Lord, till our thirty miles are done! ‘Through the weary, starllt vigils when we ‘guard the sleeping tents, ‘When they huddle gray behind us in the Bid us challenge every phantom that our fear of death invents; ‘Keep your ears alert to hear the creep- ‘ing doom! In the trenches, with the bullet-ridden O® “earthworks spurting dust, ‘And ‘the peering rifle muzzles spitting flame; In the sweating bayonet charges, with the hrust and wrench ang thrust, Hear us when we, dying, call upon Thy name! 5 In the winning, in the losing, In the ‘triumph, the despair, Be we victors of the holders of defeat, Keeps us mindful of the honor of a na- ‘tion that wo bear; Lat our souls, Lord be above the fate we meet “ Kenneth Proctor Littauer, in Leslies. SOME SMILES OOOO NONI “smith was telling the other night of the awful trouble he hgd one time when he was shipwrecked in getting away from a man-eating shark.” “Yes, but did he ever tell you how he succeeded in dodging his wife when she was after him for a bargain hunt. ing shopping trip?” Quick Success. @ “Well,” satd the ep KS) young lawyer, “I {X pleaded my first Py suit yesterday, uw and won it.” “You don't ® say!” | “es; congratu \\ AA late me, old man; Fl WE i'm engaged ta os J. Miss Rich.” (~, Well,” said te ep £S) young lawyer, “I {X pleaded my first Py suit yesterday, uw and won it.” “You don't ®) say!” | “Yes; congratu- \\ late me, old man; es An Tm engaged to Ze J. Miss Rich.” With a Benediction. A private had recelyed from England a’gift of a new pair of woolen socks, and put them on joyfully on the morn- ing before a heavy march, He was soon limping, but got no chance to take his boots off till the end of a 20- mile day. ‘Then he got the socks off, and found in the toe of one a piece of sti writing paper, on which he could just read the words, written im a childish hand: “God bless the wearer of this pair of socks!” é Drat the Cat. “That man ought to be ar- restéd! He threw ‘a lump of coal at a cat!” “Are you going to tell the 8. P. C. Ar “No, I'm going to tell the fuel commissioner !” Rs Sead cg ought to be ar- rested! He threw y a lump of coal at a cat!” Z | “Are you going x to tell the 8. P. C. § 323 ar o “No, I'm going 3 Op, g to tell the fuel ” % commissioner !” Out-Hooverizing Hoover. “are you doing anything to econo mize on your pleasures?” “Oh, yes; I've cut out my wife's matinee trips and the children's movies.” Vernacular. “Why did you discharge your cook?" “She said she wouldn't be repri- manded.”* “Did she express herself to that of- fect?" “Yes, but what she really said was, ‘I won't take no sass offen nobody.’” One Man Delegated to Rename Over 15,000 Sioux Indians To make the Sloux Indians’ inherit- ance of land more simple and secure, the United States government commis- stoned Dr. Charles A. Eastman to re- name more than 15,000 with their fam- ily names. The task was a hard one, says the San Francisco Argonaut. Where possible Doctor Eastman kept the original Sioux name of some mem- ber of a family, as in bestowing the name “Matoska” meaning “White Bear,” on the family of that chief. The hardest task was in finding new names for the absurdities of Indian no- menclature. “Bobtalled Coyote” was ‘a young Indian who has come to pre- fer himself as “Robert T. Wolf.” After a long struggle with “Rotten Pumpkin,” Doctor Eastman at last re- corded the owner of the name on the tribal records under the noncommittal bad of Robert Pumpkin.” Blame It on Mars. During the 1916 opposition of Mars the northern snow cap of that planet extended about 185 miles farther south than in the previous opposition. In re- porting this observation, Prof. W. H. Pickering suggested that it would be Interesting to see whether a cold win- ter on Mars would be followed by a cold winter on earth, Apparently thia was the case, as the winter of 1916-17 seemed to have been considerably cold- er than the average in both Furope and America,—Sclentifie Amcrican, Mammoth Orchid-Flowering Canna he Eleven-Inch White Blossom Developed From a One- Eighth foch Canna Bloom of Dark Red é OE Se af be 4 a cS ° : CV a lr bL i ia ys Ve A Wa hae yy I a. \ Wee 4 eS ie ' \ : : SV 4 : 4 ener ‘ . “a — es : Va Er ey eae yw : \ = Se id | __(\/7 sa A 7 : a a ' a ; an = a ok Fifteen years’ time has been required to produce the immense flower. A famous expert of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington fancied that the small spike of red blooms of the canna might be cultivated into something beautiful, and hie experiments, supplemented by those of Antoine Wintzer, resulted in this superb-bloom. Every shade of pink, red, yellow, and all the lovely tints of the orchid, as well as the variegated varieties, have also resulted. ‘The cost of producing a white lily-canna was about $30,000. J, i Mother’s Cook Book eiei-t Fhe people pooote Work With best ats of- Teaver cuore aie Se Ae Lis copter Na. wl Bees ean be i a eee as snail nt verre peste hee akin Menge eck waned sah een Milk and Milk Dishes. ‘The value of milk for the growing family can never be too often express: ed. In these days when feed for the cattle costs so much more than formerly, when labor Is higher and very scarce the dairyman must raise his price of milk or go out of bust: ness. Milk at 12 to 15 cents a quart 1s cheaper food than meat. Cut down on other foods but never on the milk tor the family, for Mm it are the growth determinants or growth stimulants which are so essential for a good body framework and healthy blood. The yolk of egg and good Dutter are also rich mn this growth stimulant. A growing child should have if possible three glasses of milk per day, even when eating the usual amount of solid foods found In vegetables and cereals, milk is not a beverage, tt 1s a food. ‘Milk with eggs mM the form of cus tards is one of the best, most whole: ‘some and easily digested desserts for young people. “ Skimmed milk may be bought cheap: ly and ts a most nutritious food, Inck- ing only tn fat, which may be supplied in other ways. _ For cream soups skimmed milk may ‘be used, and egg added to supply the lack of fat with butter and flour used in the binding makes It is as good a% ‘whole milk, Cold skimmed milk may be given the children at meals for thelr drink in summer and hot tn winter, It plenty of good butter is supplied the child will be well fed. Cheese in various forms may be used tn the place of meat; as souffies with macaront in cream satice over toast, in cream po- tatoes or escalloped potatoes and in many other dishes which will occur to the house mother. A simple and wholesome supper dish which ts easy to prepare is the following: Spread the required number of slices of bread with butter, place in a shal- low granite baking pan, cover each slice with a thick layer of finely cut cheese, or grated cheese may be used if ft is dry, then pour over enough milk and eggs to cover the cheese. Use one egg for every cupful of milk used, odd salt and a dash of cayenne pepper,’ then bake until the custard Is set. Serve hot. A glass of hot milk for the restless ‘child upon going to bed will often Prove most soothing. Milk is too val ‘uable a food to be slighted or cut out of the diet because of fts cost. It wil bo tar better to cut down on the meat ‘and buy more milk. Home-Made Solution Makes Pasteurized Cream Whip. People who use pasteurized cream often fave trouble in getting thelr cream to whip. This is due to the ‘substance ealled viscogen, being de- stroyed by heating. This trouble can easily be remedied by adding a small amount of homemade viscogen, which can be peerareia. follows: First dissolve ¥wo find a half parts sugar five parts water. Second, dissolve one part of quick- lime in three parts water. Mix the two solutions and let stand few hours. Siphon off, or pour off, the clear Hquid, and what is left is an excellent substitute for viscogen, which with proper care, will keep for a Tong time, Use about a tea- spvoaful for a pint of cream, More That 1,000,000 Pairs of Shoes Needed for Atmy— Many for Pershing Warriors Although the war department now has on hand and contracted for a total ‘of 15,437,000 pairs of shoes, Secretary Baker announces that more than 1,000,- 000 pairs of shoes will have to be ob- tained for the army this year. This is made necessary by the building up of adequate stocks of reserves, both in France and in this country. General Pershing, having in mind the length of time shoes are expected to last the men in France, has re- quested shipments of 18,590 pairs of shoes for each 25,000 men monthly, or approximately nine pairs of shoes for each man annually. This quantity is In excess of actual consumption, and when a reserve supply is built up the quantities will be reduced. For troops in this country after the first issue of 100 per cent, 17 per cent a month is required for upkeep, and 72 per cent as a reserve stock. At the embarkation concentration camps 150 per cent is the ratlo for equipping a given number of men with 325 per cent as the ration for reserve stock, In France the upkeep is placed at 75 per cent for a given number of troops, with 75 per cent for the reserve supply. Wise and Otherwise. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and we'll admit that the farther off some men are the better we like them. d In the days before the tele- phone how did father manage to get word to mother in the afternoon that he wouldn't be home for dinner, A lot of valuable time is wasted in boasting. One of the things most of us need to make up our minds to is that the other fellow is just as patriotic as we ourselves are. How tender home-grown let- tuce looks in the catalogue pic- tures! Female War Workers Among Cardiff’s Busy Night Throng At no hour of the day or night Is It now possible to walk along the main streets of Cardiff without meeting women, war workers, Even in the small'hours of the morning they can be seen trudging through driving snow or sleet or groping their way in the thick fog, states the Cardiff Western Mall. Some of them do not get home un- til well after midnight. Others, such as tram condiictors and drivers, set out for their day’s work soon after four in the morning. By 5 a. m. a large number may be seen in any part of the town walking briskly to their allotted task, Postoffice employees finishing. work after midnight are taken home in a taxi, but the others cannot even get a tram ride. » $uez Canal. One of the greatest engineering pro} ects of the world, the Suez canal, was formally opened 48 years ago. The ennal cost $100,000,000. The festival given by the khedive in commemora- tlon of the opening of the canal cost $28,000,000, or a fourth as much as the canal. Calro was gaily decked for the event, which was attended by the em- peror of Austria, the empress of France, and many other high person- ages. ‘The engineering work of the canal was under the direction of the great French engineer, De Losseps. The canal is $8 miles long, “Lord of the Sun and Moon, Great Magician and Great Thief’—A Monarch’s. Title ‘The youthful shah of Persia has an ‘amazing array of titles, ranging from shah-in-shah, (king of kings) to such poetical attributes as “The Rose of De- light,” “The Branch of Honor” and “The Mirror of Virtue;” while his ma- Jesty of Arracan used to be proclaimed as “Emperor of Arracan, possessor of the white elephant and the two ear- rings, and in virtue of this possession legitimate helr ef Pegu and Brahma! Lord of the twelve kings who place thelr heads under his feet.” Somewhere in the wilds of Afghants- tan there is an Ameer who boasts of as many high dignittes as there are days in the year, among them being: “The sovereign of the universe, whom God created to be as ‘accomplished as the moon at her plenitude; whose eye glitters like the northern star; a king as sptritual as a ball is round, who, when he rises, shades all of his people, ‘and from under whose feet a sweet odor is wafted.” But perhaps the most remarkable title any monarch was ever proud to own was borne by the king of ‘Monomotapa, whose praises were sung by his court poets and musicians as “Lord of the Sun and Moon, Great Ma- gictan and Great Thief.” Another striking example of royal dignity ts that of the former emperor of China, whose recent coup d'etat ended in such failure. He was hailed by his subjects as “The protector of religion, whose fame {s Infinite and of surpassing excellence exceeding the moon, the unexpanded Jessamine buds and the stars, whose feet are as fra: grant to the noses of other kings as flowers to bees, most noble patron and God by custom.” i For the Poultry Grower§ We have in this country 104 vari- eties of domestic fowls which have been described and recognized as standard breeds, ‘There are various classifications, Among these are such terms as fancy and practical; eggs and meat; according to their place of origin, ete. For instance, all of the recognized breeds are said to be practical except the. bantams and games which are sald to be fancy or ornamental. Under the so-called egg breeds are grouped most of those that originated around or near the Mediterranean sea. ; Barred Rock Prize Winner. | He was fourth exhibition cackerel at the 1917 Missouri Slope Poultry show, at Bismarck, N. D., with cockerels in his class. Owned by W. W. Davenport, McHenry county, North Dakota. ‘They are active birds, largely non-sit- ting, and do not as a rule do well in close confirement. ‘The Mediterranean breeds are Leg- horns, Mincreas, Spanish and Anda- lusian, ‘They are small, of excellent tybe and noted fcr the large number of eggs they lay. ‘The Leghorns are typical and the most popular of this group. They are hardy; feathers lay snugly to the body; welght 1s three to five ‘pounds. ‘The American races contain what is generally known as general-purpose fowls or dual-purpose fowls. The ‘Orpington {s an Englishgbreed, the oth- ‘ers are all of American origin, Among the most popular are the Plymouth Rocks and other Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, ete. In the Asiatics, we have the Cochia China, the Brahmas and the Lang- shangs. ‘These are generally speaking the meat breeds. ‘The French 1s rep- resented by the Houdan; the Dutch, by the Hamburgs; Indian, by the Corn- ish and White; the English by the Or- pington, the Dorking and Red Caps. Do Not Hoard Canned Foods if You Have a Large Supply. What a difference a long row of canned foods in your fruit closet makes In your state of mind. ‘It answers the question, “What am I going to have for dinner tonight and how am I golng to get it?” It also does away with the terrors of the un- expected guest. Your problem ts solved, the row of canned foods’ has simplified life for you. Last summer the entire country was ‘smitten with the healthy contagion of canning. Women who had always dell- cately avoided even speaking of what went on in their kitchens, rolled up their sleeves and spent hours studying and putting into effect the “cold pack” method, other women who generally only “preserved,” last summer canned vegetables, meats, soups and, some of, them, even fish, & Now that we have all this canned foodstuff on hand, don't hoard, use Itt, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY CHARLES SUMNER SMITH, Minneapolis. Minnesota. Entered in the Post Office at Minneapolis as second class matter. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. ONE YEAR .....$2.00 SIX MONTHS .....$125 THREE MONTHS ......65 Hamlet B. Rowe, Local Agent. ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch—1 Insertion—One Dollar. Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, Months, or 1 year contracts. We do not run free ads, or over-run the time contracted for by our advertisers. We respect their right to advertise at intervals, and rather have them do so, than to run continuously an "adv." and an increasing account. Write all Checks payable to THE TWIN CITY STAR 1317 North Sixth Ave. MINNEAPOLIS - MINNESOTA Call at 1317 6th Ave. N. on Wednesday to insure matter for publication. The Star's Phone, Hyland 1205. Send your subscription. Our prices have not changed because of the war. Let your dollar do its duty and The Star will reach a higher standard of service and better circulation. Remember the "THIRD LIBERTY LOAN." THE NEGRO HOME GUARD. It appears that the Negroes of this state will be organized into a Home Guard unit, and St. Paul citizens have the credit for taking the initiative steps to get his military organization for Negroes. The fact is that the powers that be have first recognized St. Paul and are now willing to do something for the "cullud peepul." around election time. While the wave of loyalty was at its height Negroes were not wanted, and would not have been, if the war situation had not proven more serious than ever dreamed of by many patriotic politicians. Unfortunately, many are reluctant to join any organization after such contemptible treatment by our state officers. However, they will meet the conditions like men, demanding that their officers shall be men of their race. They will give a good account of thimeselves and reflect credit on themselves, their state and nation. OUR UNCHANGED POLICIES. Now that the candidates for office are entering the race in the coming primaries, and The Twin City Star has always taken an active part in discussing the political situation and presenting the issues of the campaign; it will try to maintain its former policies of giving a fair expression of the attitude of all office-seekers, so far as the Negro is concerned. It does not (for revenue only) write up every candidate as "a friend of our race" or "the right man in the right place." It gives cach the advantage of the columns under "paid advertisements." The Twin City Star intends to expose any candidate whose record has been against the Negro. Its editor has a fair knowledge of the history of several campaigns and has made a study of the value of the Negro vote. He is not bound by any individual or party, and has stood, at all times, for the political recognition of Negro voters. The Twin City Star is a paper with a worthy purpose, recognized by its readers as a reliable source of information, an intelligent and fearless advocate for equal rights for all men. We have never known two injustices to make anything right. The Saturday News has prospered by being as just to the white man as it has ever been to the Negro. We have never gone off half-cocked upon any proposition. Whenever we grope, we are in search of the truth. We want to be right and avoid as nearly as possible being wrong. We are not for the Negro right or wrong. We want him to be right. We complain because a majority of white people will always side with a white man when a question arises between him and one of our color; still certain colored newspapers, without making any investigation whatsoever as to the evidence, would have the entire Negro race do identically what they condemn the white people for doing. Because the white people do wrong is no reason why the Negroes should do wrong. The best preparedness to receive justice is to be just yourself.—Hopkinsville (Ky.) Nows. Owing to an increase in cost, we have raised our prices on all composition. Reading notices will be 10c per line under one inch and 50c per inch thereafter. THE TWIN CITY STAR will be sent to any out of town address. Send your subscription in postage stamps. Read your home paper while visiting in other cities. It's like a letter from home. Francis Condemns Wrongs Agairst Negro Americans This country and its European allies are engaged in a titanic struggle to make the world safe for democracr. Thousands of black boys have been called from their homes in the South to the training comps to prepare for the journey across the sea to fight in the trenches in no man's land. When they left their homes they had to wait in dark and dingy seperate Negro waiting rooms to board Jim Crow cars, and as they whirl thru the state of Tennessee I fancy I can see the picture arising before their mind's eye of the recent horrible bruning at the stake of one of the members of the race; as they rode thru the state of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, I believe they saw in retrospect the pictures of black men and women and children lynched by unawful mobs. After they had reached the camp and especially at Houston, Texas, and while wearing the uniform of the American Army, and as they passed along the streets of Houston by the public parks, I feel with them the humiliation they suffered when their eyes rested upon the signs at the entrance to the park "Negroes Not Allowed." A few day ago in the great city of New York, in its laudable purpose to celebrate the birthday of our-frst president, George Washington, whom we delight to honor as the father of our country, plans had been made for the parading of ten thousand American soldiers with a view to stirring patriotism and inspiring loyalty. It was intended that no black soldiers should participate in this patriotic demonstration, but the Negroes of that city, filled with patriotism to the country and loyalty to its flag, were not satisfied with the thought that they should not be represented in the honors given to the soldiers while in this country after they had trained for service abroad, demanded that some of the black soldiers from the same training camp whence came the white, be permitted to follow the flog on Broadway. After great pressure brought to bear upon municipal, city and government officials it was determined that one battalion, 600 Negroes, should be in the line, provided, that the Negroes of the city of New York should furnish the food for the black boys on the day of the parade. Undaunted by this unusual provision, they were equal to the emergency and met the condition and through their loyalty and patriotism their hearts were made glad by the sight of 600 real, simon pure, hundred per cent United States American patriots in that great celebration. The deeds of the American Negroes in the wars in which this country has been engaged furnishes some of the brightest pages of American history and no greater loyalty upon the battlefields of France, and no nobler deeds of valor in the front line trenches will be done by any soldiers, and no man will die with a brighter smile on his face in sacrificing his life for the principles of democracy than will the Negro. This race segregation and discrimination is caused by the viper prejudice which has spread its virus from South to North, East and West, but we are praying that pulpit, church, press and all right thinking people will cry aloud and spare not until this crime against God and humanity is destroyed from the earth. ATTY. W. T. FRANCIS. A COMING EVENT. Hon. Moorefield Story has shown his unwavering attitude in standing for fair play and justice to the Negro and is giving all of his time, money, energy and intelligence to secure their rights guaranteed under the constitution. His recent victory in arguing so successfully the Louisville segregation case in the supreme court in which a unanimous decision favorable to us was handed down, marks him one of, if not the greatest, modern abolitionists. We can best show our appreciation to Mr. Story as he says: "Do not hold laudatory meetings but I shall feel best repaid, if every branch will join enthusiastically in the effort to secure 50,000 members for the N. A. A. C. P. We need a large membership to insure the permanent success of our great movement against race prejudice. Plans are being perfected for the great MOOREFIELD STORY DRIVE for members. Do your bit towards its success. Join the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People! Do it NOW! The Minneapolis rBanch has opened up its campaign to contribute its share to the 50,000 membership in the Moorefield Storey Drive. If we are determined to stem the tide of prejudice and safeguard our rights; the association must be strong in numbers and in financial resources, and it will be a greater power throughout the nation. The membership fee is only ONE DOLLAR a year, one half of which is remitted to the New York National Headquarters and the other remaining half is retained in our treasury for local expenses. Will you not become a member and help the Association to make America free for black humanity? You must not be a slacker and you cannot be a conscientious objector. Have your dollar ready for the drive; let Minneapolis be in the race by sending no less than 500 membership. R. AUGUSTINE SKINNER, Local Secy THE TWIN CITY STAR. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. PETER H. REV. A. CLAYTON POWELL, D. D. CALL FOR LIBERTY MEETING. Rev. A. Clayton Powell of New York City and Editor W. Monroe Trotten of Boston, Mass., are urging the leaders of the race to meet at Washington to approach the Government for the removal of all political disabilities and race discrimination from colored Americans, since they are subject to draft in this war. The pulpit and press are asked for a distinctly racial presentation of the Negro's just demands for a share in the world's democracy, for which Our Country is in this war. A gathering of men to demand their rights will render a great service to their race. As loyal Americans let us peacefully organize and make an orderly protest against every injustice. We owe this to the black men who are dying in the trenches that America may be a safe home for all people. A Temporary Gathering. This movement will not affect any existing organization for it is to be called under an organized national committee independent of any other organization, and the convention is not to be a permanent body. This will be done so all existing bodies and all individuals and churches will be free to attend or send delegates to this Liberty convention. Every true American should encourage this meeting. Let us appeal to the lawmakers of our nation before this divine opportunity is gone. God helps those who help themselves. Write to W. Monroe Trotten, 21 Cornhill St., Boston, Mass. Mr. Nye Seeks Judgeship. Ex-Congressman Frank M. Nye is a candidate for judge of the district court. He has always shown his readiness to secure equal rights for Negro citizens. His legal ability, honesty and ripe judicial mind, fit him for the position. Mr. Nye is an eloquent speaker, often his voice has been heard, advocating justice to and opportunity for the Negro. It is their chance to show their gratitude by their suffrage, and they will. Negro Must Use "Extreme Caution" and Face Facts Squately. Atlantic City, Feb. 28. "The American Negro needs to exercise extreme caution lest it be swept away on a wave of false optimism," says Floyd Delos Francis, secretary-general of the Negro American Alliance. In a statement which the Alliance is sending out from its national headquarters, the Secretary General continues: "It is well to be optimistic and look on the bright side of thnigs, but there is a danger mark that must be carefully avoided. At the present time there is much machine-made opinion finding its way into the public print. The Negro is being assured that all is well. There is much talk about what he has done in the past and how he can be depended upon in the future. He is being lauded as an American citizen who always rises equal to the emergency. While being filled with enthusiasm by hired enthusiasts it is well for him to plause, face the facts squarely and use his common sense. "We are at war with Austria, yet Austrian alien enemies have more privileges than Negro soldiers in uniform. The fact is that democracy is being made a farce and mockery right here in America. It is time for the Negro to cease fooling himself or when the war is over he will be lost." - Balto-Afro-American Ledger. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MASAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., of THE TWIN CITY STAR, published weekly at Minneapolis, Minn., required by the Act of August 24, 1912. Editor, Managing Editor, and Publisher, Chas. Sumner Smith, Owner Chas. Sumner Smith, Minneapolis, Minn. Known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: None. (Signed) Chas. Sumner Smith. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of April, 1918. Brown S. Smith. Notary Public. Hennepin County, Minn. My commission expires Sept. 16, 1922. WE HAVE OBSERVED That the man who thinks he lacks time generally lacks energy. That no amount of culture will make a fat man stop snoring in his sleep. That a fellow doesn't have to be a Marathon runner to be long-winded. That is the constant sifting of life men generally land about where they belong. That there are lots of men with just enough knowledge to be nuisances. That a homely face saves a woman from hearing a lot of rank nonsense.—Boston Transcript. SAYS THE OFFICE OWL Be yourself. In the space of 70 years you haven't time to be anybody else successfully. There's something wrong with the house that the children have to go outside of to play. The right man always comes along, girls. The trouble is that sometimes he passes right by. It takes all sorts of people to make up a world, including those who are sure your doctor doesn't know anything. When it comes to washing the dishes ma discovers that she has brought up several conscientious objectors. Wonder if there ever was a woman who thought it right that her husband should pay 25 cents for two cigars? Somehow or other we've an idea that we wouldn't care much for this world if it weren't for the fools there are in ft. Some men are so mean that whenever a good man dies the neighbors always get together and wonder why they should be permitted to live.—Detroit Free Press. LITTLE TRUTHS In spite of the gossips, 90 per cent of the evil things said are not carried. There is a cure for insomnia. March between the handles of a plow eight hours a day. No man was ever fortunate enough to be entirely bald on his chin, where he'd like to be. A man will frankly exhibit his affection for a dog, but if he likes a cat he will dissemble. Boys who play marbles for keeps are those who don't believe in frittering away their time. There are people who have reached the conclusion that taking quinine might as well be an incantation. It takes genius to run a bookstore. You've got to sell something that people often don't think they need. Bookstores should be as cleverly advertised as theaters. --- THINGS WE'D LIKE TO KNOW How bank presidents learn to sign their names so illegibly. Why a man always feels like a criminal when he draws money out of a savings bank. Why somebody doesn't invent a floor for banks that won't have an evil smell, when being washed. How anybody is going to know which is a bank's favorite vice president, when it has six or eight of them. Why a check has to be indorsed on the back, when it could be done so much more easily if there were a space provided for that on the front. Whether the eight vice president ever gets despondent over the possibilities of outliving the other seven and getting a regular job. Why a cashier will spend days tracing a one-cent shortage when he could make the books come out all right by giving the bank a cent out of his own pocket. Why the new style banks, whose cellings are from 30 to 100 feet above the floor level, don't utilize the wasted space by hanging a big bird cage from the roof and putting the president in it during the dull hours.—Life OUAKER QUIPS "Live and let live" is a motto that no longer appeals to soldiers or profiteers. You never can tell. Many a man isn't even strong enough to break a promise. Necessity knows no law, but nevertheless it generally takes its hat off to the lawyers. Wheat will win the war, but that shouldn't influence a man to drink more than his share of rye. The cynical bachelor rises to remark that after a man is married his troubles never come singly. When a man says he is wrapped in thought, don't suggest that good goods come in small packages.—Philadelphia Record. TIPS FROM TEXAS And when a girl has pretty teeth she will yawn if she can't smile. Our observation is that, no matter how much inspiration a man has, he gets grouchy without an income. Our observation is that when a woman wears an ultra stylish hat it makes her husband look common. As a general thing, when a man is devoted to what he calls "the big central idea," other people have to do the work. It may get so pretty soon that the most liberal giver will be the one who drops a slice of bacon in the contribution basket.—Dallas News. FLASHLIGHTS The hero of today has no title deed for tomorrow. Some bank balances grow rapidly, but they are easily checked. Some people can't stand prosperity, but the majority don't get a chance to try. Next to doing things that should be done is learning to leave undone things that should not be done. If you suffer from headaches or your eyes tire or blur the reading—Let me examine them, expert advice and examination FREE. I duplicate any broken lenses made by me or anybody else. PAEGEL OPTOMETRIST-OPTICIAN, 45 S. 6th St. Minneapolis N. W. Cedar 8190. Res. 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W. Main 2388 Minneapolis Auto 34497 DRS. BROWN & BURGER Chronic Diseases and Orthopraxy 10 South 3rd Street Nic. 3555 Minneapolis Nothing Changed But the Price Sight Drafts Still the Same Fine Old Cigar You've Always Liked When your dealer asks you six cents apiece for your old friend Sight Draft, don't get the idea that he is trying to put something over on you. The plain truth of the matter is that our labor and other manufacturing costs have increased so much that we had the choice of cutting down the size of the Sight Draft cigar, using inferior tobacco, or raising the price one cent. We believed you would rather have the same old Sight Draft quality, the same old size, even if it cost you a penny more. So, from now on Sight Drafts will be six cents. Try a Sight Draft today. It's worth six cents, and you experienced smokers KNOW it is, W. K. Gresh & Song, makers. W. S. Conrad Co., St. Paul, wholesale distributors. Advertisement IMPORTANT NOTICE Unless notes are written plainly and properly arranged they will not be inserted. Many people send in notes regardless of names, initials or composition. Arrangement by the publisher will be charged for. Free notices must be correctly written. Secretaries of Louges may send notices of their newly elected officers for free publication and office information. Do not forget to send the money to the Star which you owe for subscriptions. The Hotel Nicollet dining room, which was closed, has reopened. White girls have succeeded the colored waiters. The ladies of Alpha Chapter of the Red Cross, under the supervision of Mrs. Noah Stone, have exceeded their quota of surgical dressings. The picture of the station appears in The Crisis for April. Mr. J. M. Morris has moved his office from the Boston block to his own building at 1719 Fourth avenue south. Many important news items were received last week too late for publication. READ THIS CAREFULLY If you receive a newspaper by mail and do not wish to pay for it, just refuse it by informing your postman. Then it will be returned to the publisher and he will be notified to discontinue sending it. There is no reason why a person should pay for a paper forced on them, but every reason why it should be paid for when ordered and accepted. ANNUAL WELCOME MEETING The Annual Welcome and Get together meeting of the Minneapolis Sunday Forum will be held on April 29th at St. Peter A. M. E. Church. A committee is working hard to make this one of the best ever given. It is the annual invitation by the For- um to strangers for better acquaint- ance and co-operation. A splendid program is being prepared. Send us your subscription in stamps, check or postal order. Do it now! ELKS MEMORIAL AND * THAKSGIVING SERVICE The annual joint services of Ames 106 of Minneapolis and Gopher 105 of St. Paul, I. B. P. O. E. of W., will be held Sunday night, April 14th, at St. Peter A. M. E. church, Minneapolis. The public is invited. An excellent program has been arranged. ELK'S INITIATION The following new members were added to Ames Lodge on Tuesday night: Chas. Ward, Andrew Smith, S. G. Franklin, Roy Austin, McDuff Woodard, C. H. Blackwell and Noah C. Stone. C. J. Wyatt, a charter member, renewed his membership. Ames is rapidly increasing its membership and has a treasury of which they may boast. NEGROES TO ORGANIZE A HOME GUARD UNIT Mr. Clarence W. Wiggington of St. Paul has been authorized to organize a Home Guard unit of Negro citizens. There will be two companies in St. Paul and two in Minneapolis. Mr. Wiggington has enrolled nearly 100 men and officers will be elected at an early date. Gov. Burnquist has authorized the formation of this unit and will commission its officers. "SEWING FOR THE HEATHEN." A drama presented by young ladies of St. Paul at Bethesda Baptist church, April 23rd. Tuesday night, under the auncles of the Dorcas society and the Gleaners club of the church. A social after the drama. Refreshments served. Admission 15c. Everybody invited. Mr. George Trevan of Chicago, who has been very ill, is visiting his brother, Mr. J. C. Trevan, 519 Humboldt Ave. No. He will remain a short while to recuperate. Mrs. B. F. Cabbell has written a play, The Spinners, which will be produced by local talent at St. Paul A. M. E. church. Mrs. Cabbell is known for her literary ability and "The Spinners" will be well attended. Mr. Harold Kimbrough is sick at his home, 562 6th Ave. No. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Lewis have moved to 3533 4th Ave. So. Mr. C. T. Wyatt, formerly of this city, now a prosperous business man of Wagner, S. D., spent several days here visiting friends. He was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Price. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Borders have moved to 3635 40th Ave. So. Miss Eva Jackson is sick at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Miles Jackson, 3830 35th Ave. So. THE STAR is the CHEAPEST and BEST NEGRO PAPER in the NORTHWEST. It needs 500 more Subscribers to keep it going. Help to get us A BIGGER CIRCULATION. PATRIOTIC SERVICES HELD AT ST. PETER A. M. E. CHURCH Two Flags Presented—Red Cross Workers Given National Emblem There was a large attendance at St. Peter A. M. E. church last Sunday night to witness the flag exercises. A service flag was dedicated in honor of the following members of the church and Sunday school in active service: Webster E. Stovall, Percy Hughes, Mason Lewis, P. T. Buford, Geo. Simmons, Thos. B. Stovall, Jr., and Taylor Cisco. Prayer was offered by George Ricks, remarks by Rev. T. B. Stovall. Attorney Harry L. Scott presented the service flag. Mrs. Annie English, (Mrs. Fannie Duncan, Mrs. Prince Walker and J. A. Abbey spoke on behalf of the church. Mr. Abbey is a Civil war veteran and he received much applause for his inspiring remarks. Henry Morgan of the Odd Fellows, Attorney B. S. Smith of the N. A. C. P. and Attorney W. R. Morris of the Hennepin County Safety commission made excellent addresses. Mrs. C. E. Walker sang "Over There" with much expression. Mrs. Fannie Pierce rendered a patriotic song. Appropriate songs were sung by the audience. The Sunday school orchestra played a selection. Mrs. Pearl Stone and Mrs. L. B. Franklin spoke on the work of the Alpha chapter of the Red Cross and asked for volunteer workers. Red Cross Workers Receive Flag. The Young Girls Club, which has taken the lead of all organizations, because of their untiring efforts for the religious, civic, social and patriotic advancement of our people, presented to Alpha chapter a beautiful set of colors, the American flag and a Red Cross flag. Chas. Sumner Smith made the presentation speech. Mrs. Stone accepted on behalf of her co-workers with thanks. The program was original and instructive. Mrs. W. H. H. Franklin, who arranged the affair, announced the speakers and struck a keynote which met a responsive chord, by each succeeding speaker. Every one felt inspired and every address rang true with loyalty. The occasion was a grand tribute to the boys, who are off for the front, and to the Red Cross ladies, who are so nobly doing their part for them. N. A. A. C. P. BANQUET. Pians Outlined" at Dinner for "The Moorefield Storey Drive." There was a round table talk of the executive committee at Stewart's hotel on last Friday evening to arrange for the great new membership drive, which will begin on April 17. Wm. M. Smith presided. The service was splendid, and Mr. Stewart made the cost very moderate in consideration of the cause. A vote of thanks was tendered to him and Chef James Ogelsby. Talks were made by nearly all present, among whom were Press. B. S. Smith, Sec'y. R. A. Skinner, Miss Eva B. Walker, Mrs. W. R. Donovan, W. R. Morris, P. H. Southall, L. C. Valle, W. M. Smith, W. C. Jeffrey, all of the executive committee and B. M. McDew, Wm. Cratic, Fred G. Thomas, Archie Watkins, Ralph Watson, W. R. Donovan, Rev. T. B. Stovall, Rev. D. E. Beasley and Chas. Sumner Smith and Prop. J. Edw. Stewart. There will be a public reception for all members and friends in the near future and every member will be asked to bring a prospective member. Miss Lillian Thomas will be the Queen at the May Festival given by Ames Lodge of Elks. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Harden, 1710 6th Ave. No., have purchased a five-passenger Studebaker, 1918 model. They ordered this car at the Automobile show last fall and it is among the first '18 models in this city. They have disposed of their roadster. Mrs. Marguerite Washington had her auto stolen last week. It was covered by insurance. Mr. S. G. Franklin, the news agent, has a Ford for his quick delivery service. Mrs. W. J. Grimes left last week on a visit to relatives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Charlie Williams, 615 Fremont Ave. No., has been very ill. His wife also has been quite indisposed. Both are rapidly improving. Several friends of the late Robert Showell are surprised to hear of his death, and many who would have attended his funeral were unable to get proper information. Mr. Bruce Black, formerly of Duluth, one of the young men about town, died suddenly last Sunday evening at the residence of Mrs. Mattie Fox. He was a brother of Mrs. Mary Black-Mason of St. Paul. His remains were taken by his parents to Chicago. Wanted—A live, honest, correspondent and agent. Apply to Twin City Star. Mr. Stanton, father of Madam R. L. DeLeo, died Tuesday evening at the City hospital. A service flag will be raised in Bethesda Baptist church on Sunday, April 28, with appropriate ceremonies. THE TWIN CITY STAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. SCOTTISH-RITE MASONS TO MEET IN CINCINNATI Cincinnati, Ohio, April 8.—Announcement is made that the 37th annual session of the United Supreme Council of the 33rd degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, will convene in the Consistorial Chamber of King Solomon Consistory, this city, on Monday, May 13, at 9 o'clock a. m. All illustrious Grand officers, deputies and active members of the Council are ordered to be present and a courteous invitation is extended to all past active members, members emeritus and honorary, to sit with this notable conclave. Those planning to attend should communicate with Ill. William Copeland, 33rd degree, 748 Barr St., Cincinnati, Ohio, for any information desired and should notify him of the true time scheduled for their arrival. An elaborate program has been prepared covering those days, beginning with Divine Services on Sunday, May 12th, at St. Andrew's P. E. church, with business services and social diversions throughout Monday and Tuesday. Many notable Scottish Rite Masons from every northern state and from sections of Canada, will be in attendance and much business of importance relative to the growing order will be transacted. The call is signed by James Francis Rickards, M. P., Sovereign Grand Commander, and attested by William Henry Miller, Secretary General. NEGRO TAKEN FROM HOME AND BEATEN BY MOB. John L. McHie was the victim of a gang of masked men who called him from his home and took him to the suburbs, where they beat him. He was accused of making disloyal remarks. McHie, when interviewed, said that the report in the Daily News that they threatened him with a rope is untrue. However, he admits that he was roughly handled. He was asked to come out of his house, and strongarmed into an auto, carried to the outskirts of the city, and left to find his way home. The men were masked, Race prejudice, McHie claims, caused the assault. We inserted an "ad" last week: "For rent—A cottage," when the advertiser wanted "To rent—A cottage." The lady called us, saying she was very much annoyed by numerous calls which shows that advertising in The Twin City Star brings results. We cannot afford to publish extra copies for weekly sales. We specialize in subscriptions and deliver by mail. Send in your name and have The Star sent direct to your address. Atty. W. T. Francis of St. Paul, was in the city Thursday on legal business. Editor Adams of The Appeal, was over to look out for his delinquent subscribers, who are very numerous. Dr. R. S. Brown has been indicted for alleged violation of the State Drug Act, by selling drugs. He immediately furnished bail of $3,000, and will be defended by Atty. B. S. Smith. The cases of Drs. Wilcox, Darby and Whipple (all white), who were indicted at the same time, will be tried first. Dr. Brown has a host of sympathizers in his trouble and is confident of an acquittal. Dr. Brown is not accused of malpractice as many think, but if reports are true, there is a specialist in that line who has a lucrative practice. The records of a coming divorce case are going to unmask this menace to many men. CARD OF THANKS I wish to extend my sincere thanks to my many friends for the kindness and sympathy shown me during the death of my husband. Also for the beautiful flowers and fraternal respect from Ames Lodge of Elks and the Uniform Rank of Knights of Pythias, which gave me much comfort in my sorrow. MRS. EDW. F. MITCHELL. A CARD OF THANKS. We wish to extend our sincere thanks to our friends, especially All Saints church, for their kindness and floral offerings during our recent bereavements in the death of our wife, mother, and sister. C. M. HARPER, HARRY C. HARPER, MRS. M. T. GREY. MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Wilson will give in marriage their daughter, Miss Hannah Josephine, to Mr. Bert Maynard Roddy, on May 24 at their residence, 20 South Parkway, East, Memphis, Tenn. The Star wishes Bert and his bride a long life of prosperity and happiness. He is the cashier of the Solvent Saving Bank of Memphis, one of the representative men of our race in the business world and Miss Wilson is a well qualified co-partner. AGENTS WANTED—NOW! Reliable and intelligent agents all always wanted to solicit business for THE TWIN CITY STAR; also correspondents in principal cities. A chance to earn a good living. Write The Twin City Star, Minneapolis. SMOKE THE RELIABLE SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR EVERY DAY is BARGAIN DAY at the ROOT & HAGEMAN STORE, 407 Nicollet Ave. SEE McDEW! for real estate. MALE HELP WANTED. A reliable man to wash windows and cut lawns. Steady work till November. Good wages. Write to Louis Cavette, 4553 Bryant Ave. So. Call Colifax 947. BUILDING LOT FOR SALE. A fine building lot, 43 ft. front, 125 ft. to alley, sewer, curb, etc., all in and paid for. Lays high and is as level as a table. Situated on 11th Ave. So., in Minneapolis. Apply to J. S. Wright at Main Postoffice, Minneapolis. NEW NORTH SIDE CAFE. Anderson's New Location Meets Approval of Many Patrons. The North Side Cafe is now located at 901 Sixth Ave. No., corner Bryant Ave. "Count" Anderson, the proprietor, has spared neither pains nor money to make this the ideal dining room for our people in the Twin Cities. The furnishings are new, and the neat arrangements appeal to the most particular patrons. Comfort and cleanliness are the special features of the North Side Cafe. It is already famous for high class service and delicious cooking. A mid-day luncheon will be served at popular prices. The a la carte menu offers thichest food in season. CHOP SUEY and Chinese dishes served at all hours. Choice pastries and refreshing beverages a specialty. The North Side Cafe is the place for ladies and gentlemen. All open dining rooms. The management invites every one to come and inspect our new quarters. Luncheon and dinner parties arranged for on short notice. Call Hyland 5851. COAL, WOOD AND CHARCOAL THE SUNDAY FORUM The regular meetings of the Minneapolis Sunday Forum are held bi-monthly as follows: First Sunday Each Month. St. Peter A. M. E. Church, 22d St. between 9th and 10th Aves. Third Sunday Each Month. Bethesda Baptist Church 1122 8th St. So. The public always invited. Exercises begin at 3:30 p. m. We have some among our advertisers and subscribers who are a credit to our race for their business-like methods. They pay promptly in advance and expect nothing unreasonable in return. Others want to know "Why we can't 'trust' them?" or send a bill, and then a collector, and finally censor a Negro editor because he can't run his paper "like the white man." Few persons realize that it pays to pay as you go. The Star is not an installment plan proposition. It is a real newspaper run under many difficulties mostly due to the foolish notions and ignorant whims of those whom it serves and protects and from whom it should get its support and their consideration. Do not waste your time making promises to our agents. Send your money by Express or Post Office Order or in cash or postage stamps. YOUR PUBLICITY PAYS All persons interested in the progress of their lodges, churches, societies etc., should value the power of printer's ink. They should see that their secretaries SEND ALL NOTICES to the newspapers in proper time. They think the Editor should attend every affair, whether invited or not, and should know "What is going on?"—without being informed. Many exchanges clip from our columns, and often things done in Minneapolis get national publicity. THE WAY TO MAKE MONEY. If you wish to add to your income, you can do so by accepting an agency for The Twin City Star. Good commission to competent agents. Use your spare time in soliciting ads and subscriptions. Only honest and intelligent agents wanted. Call Hyland 1205. The South Side Barber Shop is now located at 212 11th Ave. So. The Twin City Star stands for equal rights for all American citizens. THIRD DENRY LOAN Invest in Liberty- Wear this Button ALBERT GREENLAW in RECITAL 1. Piano Solo—Etude De Concert..... McDowell Miss Marienne Jeffrey 2. a. King of the Main..... Marks b. Dreams..... Strsleyki c. Amour's Song..... DeKoven Albert E. Greenlaw 3. Vocal Solo—Bliss All Raptures..... Robyn Mrs. Wm. M. Smith 4. Thy Sentinel Am I..... Watson Albert E. Greenlaw 5. Reading..... Miss Eva Walker 6. a. Memory's Flowers..... Greenlaw b. To My First Love..... Lohr c. You Better Ask Me..... Lohr l. June Will Bring The Roses..... Higgins Albert E. Greenlaw 7. Good Night, Beloved..... Pinsuti Mesdames Mason, Arthur, Glenn and Sexton 8. a. A May Morning..... Denza b. "God Remembers When the World Forgets"..... Bond c. "Good Bye"..... Tosti Albert E. Greenlaw Miss Marienne Jeffrey, Accompanist. BENEFIT DANCE THE COLORED EMPLOYES of the MINNEAPOLIS STEEL & MACHINERY CO. McCullough's Orchestra. Friday Evening, April 19th, 1918 At Coliseum Hall 2706 East Lake Street. Twenty Elegant Steam-Heated and Electric Lighted Rooms. A la Carte Meals at All Hours—Popular Prices. STEWART'S HOTEL 246-250 FOURTH AVE. S., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Private Dining and Reception Room for Ladies. Special Temperance Beverages. Men's Buffet and Grill; Billiards; Barber Shop in Connection. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR The Sunday Forum presented the Canadian Basso Cantate, Albert E. Greenland, on Thursday night. The church was filled with lovers of music, who gave Mr. Greenlaw a fitting welcome on his first appearance in Minneapolis. The program was excellent. Each number received hearty applause. He was ably supported by Miss Marlene Jeffrey our talented pianist, and several renditions by best local talent. Mr. Greenlaw is a wonderful singer. He has a clear voice and has mastered volume, expression and harmony. He enrages his hearers by his pleasing manner, and perfect interpretation and sang as if his soul were in his songs. Mr. Greenlaw made a most favorable impression as an artist and won a host of admirers. Dr. W. E. Burton, president of The Forum, deserves credit for accepting the advice of The Star that Mr. Greenlaw would be well received should be appear here, and with the assistance of the Forum workers, it was a musical, social and funicular success. PROC 1. Piano Solo—Etude De Concerte Miss Mark 2. a. King of the Main..... b. Dreams..... c. Amour's Song..... Albert E. 3. Vocal Solo—Bliss All Rapture Mrs. Wm. 4. Thy Sentinel Am I..... Albert E. 5. Reading..... 6. a. Memory's Flowers..... b. To My First Love..... c. You Better Ask Me..... 1. June Will Bring The Rose Albert E. 7. Good Night, Beloved..... Mesdames Mason, An 8. a. A May Morning..... b. "God Remembers When t c. "Good Bye"..... Albert E. Miss Marienne Je Tickets BENEFIT BOY S THE COLORS of MINNEAPOLIS STEE McCullough Friday Evening, At Colis 2706 East Admission 50c. Minneapolis Steel Committee Wm. Pitt Thompson Curtis McCullough Ray Wells Ira Allen Earnest Thompson Clinton Borders Odell Graham Assisting Citizens' Committee Atty. Wm. R. Morris Office Phones—Main 2869; Auto 36 Twenty Elegant Steam-Heate A la Carte Meals at All STEWART J. Ed. Stewart, Prop. M. ALBERT M. GREENLAW. the church served refreshments after the program, which was as follows: GRAM. McDowell Jenne Jeffrey Marks Strsleyki DeKoven Greenlaw Robyn M. Smith Watson Greenlaw Miss Eva Walker Greenlaw Lohr Lohr Higgins Greenlaw Pinsuti thur, Glenn and Sexton Denza e World Forgets" Bond Tosti Greenlaw Frey, Accompanist. 35c DANCE COUTS ED EMPLOYES the L & MACHINERY CO. Orchestra. April 19th, 1918 Bum Hall Lake Street. Dance until 1:00 o'clock. Atty. B. S. Smith Atty. H. L. Scott Noah Boswell Atty. R. A. Skinner Dr. R. S. Brown F. G. Thomas W. M. Smith Martin Brown W. C. Jeffrey, Scoutmaster. J. C. Batten, Asst. Scoutmaster. 74. Dining Room—Main 2831. and Electric Lighted Rooms. Hours—Popular Prices. 'S HOTEL Chas. Brody, Mgr. S., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Room for Ladies. Special Temper- Grill; Billiards; Barber Shop in ES CO. LDERS TAN LIFE BLOG. NE NIC. 1534 ; if you own your lot. MONTHLY PAYMENTS. UR FAMILY FLATS PLANS FREE. FIRST YEAR OF WAR REVIEWED Achievements of United States Recounted in Official Statements. Land Forces Now Aggregate 123,801 Officers and 1,528,924 Enlisted Men—Navy Personnel is Trinidad The United States is now entering upon its second year of war. On the first anniversary of the beginning of hostilities between this country and Germany, the people are interested in knowing what has been done by the United States in waging and preparing to wage war upon the forces of Prussian autocracy. The committee on public information of the United States government, in a review of the first year of the war, gives a resume of the activities of the various departments of the government as they are concerned with prosecution of the war. The committee announces that all statements made are authorized by the war department, the navy department, the United States shipping board and the treasury department. The outstanding feature of the first year of war, it is pointed out in the review, has been the transformation of the standing army and National Guard, composed of 9,524 officers and 202,510 men into a fighting force that now aggregates 123,801 officers and 1,528,924 enlisted men. A statement of the adjutant general shows that the regular army which in April, 1917, comprised 5,791 officers and 121,797 men, now is made up of 10,698 officers and 508,142 men. The National Guard in April, 1917, included 8,733 officers and 76,713 men, while now it comprises 16,893 officers and 431,583 men. The reserve corps in service one year ago included 4,000 men. Now it includes 96,210 officers and 77,360 men. The National army, which did not exist one year ago, now includes 516,839 men. A substantial vanguard (military expedition prohibiting publication of actual numbers) of this army is meeting the enemy in France today or is encamped there awaiting the call to the trenches; in 16 cantonments and 16 camps and on numerous aviation fields and in a variety of other schools in all parts of the United States the men of the remaining army are hardening and training for their part in the great contest overseas. Behind the activities of this vast force lies a great industry organized to produce an adequate supply of munitions, equipment, and provisions, and to provide transportation to the firing line, almost every branch of essential industry of the country having been drawn upon to produce these material requirements. Expeditionary Forces. Military necessity particularly forbids a detailed review of the activities of the American expeditionary forces. General Pershing and his staff arrived in Paris on June 14, 1917, 69 days after the declaration of war. The first American troops arrived in France on June 26. On July 4, in celebration of our natal day and a new fight for liberty, American troops paraded the streets of Paris and were greeted as the forerunners of great American armies and vast quantities of supplies and ammunitions. On October 10, 1917, 187 days after the war was declared, American soldiers went on the firing line. In January American soldiers took over permanently a part of the line as an American sector, and this line is gradually lengthening. Behind the fighting line in France the American forces have scientifically prepared a groundwork of camps, communications, supply bases, and works in anticipation of operations by the full force of the army. They are building and have built railroads, hospitals, ordnance bases, and docks in France. They have constructed immense barracks, erected sawmills, reclaimed agricultural lands, and carried forward many incidental enterprises. The construction of an ordnance base in France, costing $25,000,000, is now well under way. Great quantities of material used in the foreign construction work have been shipped from the United States—from fabricated ironwork for an ordnance shop to nails and crossties for railroads, and even the piles to build docks. All the while there has been a fairly even flow of men and materials from the United States to France. The men in the trenches, back of the lines, on the construction projects, and in the hospitals have been steadily supplied. Our losses at sea, in men and materials, have been gratifyingly small. The greatest single loss occurred on Shell-Cap Cigar Lighter. Capt. John Corrigan of the traffic squad of the police department has received a souvenir from his son, V. R. Corrigan, who is in France as a member of base hospital No. 22, and is displaying it to his friends. It is a cigar lighter, made from a machine gun one-inch brass shell cap. After the shell had been fired some enterprising Frenchman made it into a lighter, to be filled with alcohol and a wick, which is lighted by the friction of a steel wheel against a point of steel February 5, when the British ship Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk. The bodies of 144 soldiers, en route to France, have been found and 55 others were still missing on March 16. To secure an adequate number of competent officers to lead the new armies various plans were devised. Two classes at West Point were graduated in advance of the usual graduating dates and special examinations were held in various parts of the country for appointments from civil life. Three series of officers' training camps have been held. Of 63,203 candidates in the first two series of camps 44,578 qualified and were awarded commissions. In the third series of camps, opened January 5, 1918, about 18,000 candidates, consisting largely of enlisted men, have been in attendance. Corps of Engineers. At the beginning of the war the engineer troops consisted of three regiments of pioneer engineers, with trains, one mounted company, one engineer detachment at West Point. The aggregate strength was approximately 4,125 officers and enlisted men. At present the aggregate authorized strength is over 200,000, with an actual strength of approximately 120,000. Of the special engineer units recruited for service on railways and in the maintenance of lines of communication, many are aligady in France and others are awaiting recruitment to full strength in order to be ready for overseas service. The first engineer troops, 1,100 strong, to be sent abroad, arrived in France about three months after war was declared. Since that time the number has been greatly augmented. These troops have been constantly engaged in general engineering work, including the construction of railways, docks, wharves, cantonments, and hospitals for the use of the American expeditionary forces. They have, in some instances, in the performance of their duties, engaged in active combat with the enemy. Ordnance Department Since the outbreak of war the commissioned personnel of the ordnance department has expanded from 97 officers, operating with yearly appropriations of about $14,000,000 and with manufacture largely confined to government arsenals, to 5,000 officers in this country and abroad, transacting an unprecedented war program for the supply of ordnance, the total direct appropriations and contract authorizations for one year having been $4,756,503,185. While building the foundation for greater production, the ordnance department has provided 1,400,000 rifles; has brought the rate of rifle production up to 45,000 per week, sufficient to equip three army divisions; secured deliveries on more than 17,000 machine guns; brought the rate of production of machine guns from 20,000 to 225,000 per year; increased the rate of production of 3 1/4 inch to 9-inch caliber guns from 1,500 to 15,000 per year; and has arranged for the manufacture of some 35,000 motortrucks and tractors for hauling heavy guns and ammunition, which are being delivered almost as fast as they can be shipped. One billion rounds of ammunition has been purchased for the training of the equipment plans. An idea of the extent of the ordnance program may be gained from the following few items of purchase: Twenty-three million hand grenades, 725,000 automatic pistols, 250,000 revolvers, 28,000,000 projectiles for all calibers of heavy artillery, 427,246,000 pounds of explosives, 240,000 machine guns, and 2,484,000 rifles. Quartermaster Corps The magnitude of the work of the quartermaster corps is indicated by the operation of the subsistence division, which is charged with the responsibility of seeing that food supplies for the army are available at all stations from the Philippines to Lorraine. Purchases recently made included 40,000,000 pounds dried beans, 116,000,000 cans baked beans of the 1917 crop, 65,184,475 cans of tomatoes, 91,000,000 cans of condensed milk, and 20,287,000 pounds of prunes. The establishment of the subsistence division centralized the purchases of foodstuffs for the army, previous to which such products were distributed through the depot quartermaster. Effective January 1, the central control system has resulted in greater efficiency and a big saving. In January, for instance, $100,000 was saved under this system as compared with the prices obtained by depot quartermasters, and in February a saving of $39,740 was made on potatoes alone. The central control system is still being perfected. Production of 10,000 new automobile trucks is in progress for the army, in addition to purchases of 3,520 passenger cars, 6,126 motorcycles, and 5,040 bicycles, with appropriate repair and replacement equipment. In three months the cantonment division of the quartermaster general's department built 16 cantonments, each one practically a small city, comprising about 1,400 separate buildings and providing quarters for 47,000 men. Air Service. The air service has been called upon in the past 12 months to build an enormous structure of the most wire. A lid, or "cap," for the lighter is made from another piece of brass shell inclosed at one end with a French copper coin. It is a novel contrivance and neatly made.—Indianapolis News. No Longer "Made in Germany." Clinical thermometers have, in the past, been a feature of Germany's trade; and so, when the German prisoners in France were sorted out last year, they were asked if any of them were thermometer-makers, and if so would they care to work at their trade. highly trained personnel and the most intricate equipment with practically no foundation to start from. Three large appropriations, including the $640,000,000 act passed without a roll call, made a total of $691,000,000 available for the first year. All of this has since been obligated. Last April the air service had an almost negligible force of 65 officers and 1,120 men, 3 small flying fields, less than 300 second-rate planes, practically no aviation industry, and only the most scanty knowledge of the kaelidoscopic development abroad. The first two months of war were required to secure information, establish a staff, and work out the program finally adopted. The problem was twofold—first, personnel; and, second, equipment. FORCE OF ARM ANSWER TO Finish Fight for Liberty manded By President at Baltimore. CHALLANGE ACCO Declares Force Without Today the personnel is over 100 times that of a year ago, practically every member a skilled man who has gone through an intensive course of training. Schools of 11 different kinds have been instituted, courses of instruction laid out, and instructors secured, including foreign experts in a score of lines. Development of Navy. The development of the navy during the first year of war has given the greatest satisfaction. Its growth and achievements during this period may be epitomized in the following paragraphs: Strength of the navy today is nearly 21,000 officers and 330,000 enlisted men; strength a year ago was 4,792 officers and 77,946 enlisted men. Estimated total expenditures of the navy during first year of war: Disbursements and outstanding obligations, $1,881,000,000. Total naval appropriations, real and pending, $3,333,171,665.04. American destroyers arrived at a British port to assist in patrolling European waters 28 days after the declaration of war. There are now four times as many vessels in the naval service as a year ago. Nearly 73,000 mechanics and other civilian employees are working at navy yards and stations. When war was declared, 123 naval vessels were building or authorized, and contracts have been placed since that time for 949 vessels. More than 700 privately owned vessels have been purchased or chartered by the navy. Six new authorized battleships are designed to be of 41,500 tons, the largest battleships in the world. Our 35,000-ton cruisers, 35 knots, will be the fastest in the world, their speed equaling the fastest destroyers. Prompt repairs of 109 intermed German ships, partially wrecked by their crews, added more than 700,000 tons to our available naval and merchant tonnage. The navy has developed an American mine believed to combine all the good points of various types of mines, and is manufacturing them in quantities. During the year the latest type of naval 16-inch gun was completed for our new battleships; it throws a projectile weighing 2,100 pounds. Navy has in its possession now a stock of supplies sufficient for the average requirements for at least one year. Several hundred submarine chasers, built since the war, have been delivered to the navy by 81 private concerns and six navy yards; many of these boats have crossed the Atlantic, some in severe weather. Naval training camps have a capacity of 102,000 in summer, 94,000 men in winter. Shipping Board's Progress. Up to date congress has authorized $2,084,000,000, of which $1,135,000,000 has been appropriated, for the United States Shipping board and Emergency Fleet corporation; on March 1, $353,247,955.37 of this sum had been expended. The Emergency Fleet corporation had requisitioned March 1, 425 steel vessels and contracted for 720 steel vessels, making a total of 1,145 steel ships, of an aggregate dead-weight tonnage of 8,164,508 tons; it had let contracts for 490 wooden vessels, aggregating approximately 1,715,000 dead-weight tons; it had repaired and put in operation 788,000 dead-weight tonnage seized from Germany and Austria. On March 5 the building program of the Emergency Fleet corporation was being carried on in 151 plants. Total estimated expense of the United States government in the first year of war, without loans to the allies, is $12,067,278,679.07. To help meet this expense, the treasury department floated $6,616,532,300 subscriptions to Liberty bonds. Bonds, certificates of indebtedness, War Savings certificates, and Thrift stamps issued by the treasury up to March 12, totaled $8,560,802,052.98. The United States government had loaned to foreign governments associated in the war on March 12, 1918, $4,436,329,750. To March 12 the war risk insurance bureau had issued policies for a total of $12,465,116,500 to the armed forces. A large number stepped out; and now nearly all the thermometers for use in France are made by these German prisoners. Their workshop is one of the old dismantled forts near Paris, and apparently they are most happy in their work. Possibly this is in part due to the fact that they are teaching their art to a number of French women.—Joseph S. Ames, in the Atlantic. These are days when it is not most for man to live by wheat alone. FORCE OF ARMS ANSWER TO FOE Finish Fight for Liberty is Demanded By President Wilson at Baltimore. CHALLANGE ACCEPTED Declare Force Without Stint Must Triumph and Make Right Law of World Casting Selfish Domination in Dust. Baltimore, April —Utter defeat of Germany was declared the aim of America by President Wilson at a great Liberty Loan celebration here. In a memorable address, the President gave answer to the German drive on the Western front; to all proposals to end the war before Germany is awakened from her dream of world dominion. "Fellow citizens: This is the anniversary of our acceptance of Germany's challenge to fight for our right to live and be free, and for the sacred rights of free men everywhere. The nation is awake. There is no need to call to it. "We know what the war must cost, our utmost sacrifice, the lives of our fittest men, and, if need be, all that we possess. The loan we are met to discuss is one of the least parts of what we are called upon to give, and to do, though in itself imperative. The people of the whole country are alive to the necessity of it, and are ready to lend to the utmost, even where it involves a sharp skimping and daily sacrifice to lend out of meager earnings. Contempt for Loan Slackers. "They will look with reprobation and contempt upon those who can and will not, upon those who demand a higher rate of interest, upon those who think of it as a mere commercial transaction. I have not come, therefore, to urge the loan. I have come only to give you, if I can, a more vivid conception of what it is for. "The reasons for this great war, the reason why it had to come, the need to fight it through, and the issues that hang upon its outcome, are more clearly disclosed now than ever before. It is easy to see just what this particular loan means because the cause we are fighting for stands more sharply revealed than at any previous crisis of the momentous struggle. "The man who knows least can now see how plainly the cause of justice stands and what the imperishable thing is he is asked to invest in. Men in America may be more sure than they were before that the cause is their own, and that, if it should be lost, their own great nation's place and mission in the world would be lost with it. "We must judge as we would be judged. I have sought to learn the objects Germany has in this war from the mouths of her own spokesmen, and to deal as frankly with them as I wished them to deal with me. I have laid bare our own ideals, our own purposes, without reserve or doubtful phrase, and have asked them to say as plainly what it is that they seek." Ready to Deal Fairly. "We have ourselves proposed no injustice, no aggression. We are ready, whenever the final reckoning is made, to be just to the German people, deal fairly with the German power, as with all others. There can be no difference between peoples in the final judgment, if it is indeed to be a righteous judgment. To propose anything but justice, even-handed and dispassionate justice, to Germany, at any time, whatever the outcome of the war, would be to renounce and dishonor our own cause. For we ask nothing that we are not willing to accord. "It has been with this thought that I have sought to learn from those who spoke for Germany whether it was justice or dominion, and the execution of their own will on the other nations of the worldj that the German leaders are seeking. They have answered, answered in unmistakable terms. They have avowed that it was not justice but dominion, and the unhindered execution of their own will. "The avowal has not come from Germany's statement. It has come from her military leaders, who are her real rulers. Her statesmen have said that they wished peace, and were ready to discuss its terms whenever their opponents were willing to sit down at the conference table with them. Her present chancellor has said—in indefinite and uncertain terms, indeed, and in phrases that often seem to deny their own meaning, but with as much plainness as Egan on Pershing's Staff Washington, April 8.—Martin Egan of New York, now serving as an assistant to Henry P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross War council, is soon to take a place on the staff of General Pershing, commanding the American troops in France. It is expected that he will be commissioned probably as a major in the adjutant general's department, and will assume the general duties of a liaison officer keeping General Pershing and his staff in touch with world events. he thought prudent—that he believed that peace should be based upon the principles which we had declared would be our own in the final settlement. "At Brest-Litovsk her civilian delegates spoke in similar terms; professed their desire to conclude a fair peace and accord to the peoples with whose fortunes they were dealing the right to choose their own allegiances. But action accompanied and followed the profession. Their military masters, the men who act for Germany and exhibit her purpose in execution, proclaimed a very different conclusion. We cannot mistake what they have done in Russia, in Finland, in the Ukraine, in Rumania. The real test of their justice and fair play has come. From this we may judge the rest. Cheap Triumph In Russia. "They are enjoying in Russia a cheap triumph in which no brave or gallant nation can long take pride. A great people, helpless by their own act, lies for the time at their mercy. Their fair professions are forgotten. They nowhere set up justice, but everywhere impose their power and exploit everything for their own use and aggrandizement, and the peoples of conquered provinces are invited to be free under their dominion. "Are we not justified in believing that they would do the same things at their Western front if they were not there face to face with armies whom even their countless divisions cannot overcome? If, when they have felt their check to be final, they should propose favorable and equitable terms with regard to Belgium and France and Italy, could they blame us if we concluded that they did so only to assure themselves of a free hand in Russia and the East? Would Dominate Europe. "Their purpose is undoubtedly to make all the Slavic peoples, all the free and ambitious nations of the Baltic peninsula, all the lands that Turkey has dominated and misruled, subject to their will and ambition, and build upon that dominion an empire of gain and commercial supremacy—an empire as hostile to the Americans as to the Europe which it will overwee—an empire which will ultimately master Persia, India and the peoples of the Far East. "In such a program our ideals, the ideals of justice and humanity and liberty, the principle of the free self-determination of nations upn which all the modern world insists, can play no part. They are rejected for the ideals of power, for the principle that the strong must rule the weak, that trade must follow the flag, whether those to whom it is taken welcome it or not, that the peoples of the world are to be made subject to the patronage and overlordship of those who have the power to enforce it. Freedom Would Fall. "That program, once carried out, America and all who care or dare to stand with her must arm and prepare themselves to contest the mastery of the world, a mastery in which the rights of common men, the rights of women, and of all who are weak must, for the time being, be trodden under foot and disregarded, and the old, age-long struggle for freedom and right begin again at its beginning. Everything that America has lived for and loved and grown great to vindicate and bring to a glorious realization will have fallen in utter ruin and the gates of mercy once more pitilessly shut upon mankind. "What, then, what are we to do? For myself, I am ready, still ready, even now, to discuss a fair and just and honest peace at any time it is sincerely proposed—a peace in which the strong and the weak shall fare alike. But the answer, when I proposed such a peace, came from the German commanders in Russia, and I cannot mistake the meaning of the answer. "I accept the challenge. I know that you accept it. All the world shall know that you accept it. It shall appear in the utter sacrifice and self-forgetfulness with which we shall give all that we love and all that we have to redeem the world and make it fit for free men like ourselves to live in. This now is the meaning of all that we do. "Let everything we say, my fellow countrymen, everything that we henceforth plan and accomplish, ring true to this response till the majesty and might of our concerted power shall fill the thought and utterly defeat the force of those who flout and misprize what we honor and hold dear. Force Alone to Decide. "Germany has once more said that force, and force alone, shall decide whether justice and peace shall reign in the affairs of men, whether right as eyes it or domion as she conceives it shall determine the destinies of mankind. There is, therefore, but one response possible from us. Force, force of the utmost, force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant force that shall make right the law of the world, and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust." Washington, April 8.—Three and a half years of war have caused an increase of $111,700,000,000 in public debt of the 12 leading warring nations, according to tabulations made by the Federal Reserve board. Of this sum $72,400,000,000 represents the debt increase of the Allied nations and $39,300,000(000 that of the Central nations. The United States debt incurred since the country entered the war is given as $6,550,000,000, the standing January 31. WOMEN MUST HELP RAISE WAR FUNDS Lovers of Home and Country Called to the Colors. ALL CAN BUY LIBERTY BONDS Wives, Sisters, Mothers, Sweethearts Never Before Called Upon to Play Such a Vastly Important Part I and Your Money (By DOROTHY DIX.) Buy a Liberty bond, ladies. No matter how many you have bought before, stretch a point and buy another. You can't shoulder a gun and go off and fight for your country, as the men are doing. You can't put on a nurse's uniform and go and nurse wounded soldiers or drive an ambulance or work in a munication factory, as many other women are doing, but you can do your bit by backing up these other men and women, who are risking their lives to defend you with your money. Without guns and munitions, without food and clothes, without hospital supplies, the army in France is just so many sheep led to the slaughter; if we let them die for the lack of the things that money buys, their blood is on our heads, and our crime against them will be blacker than the Boches, because they trusted us. It takes money, money, money and yet more money to carry on war, and this war is to be the war of the longest pocketbook. It is the last ton of bombs, the last load of shrapnel, and the last big gun that will thunder out victory. Therefore, if we want to win this war, we must find more money; and it is particularly up to us women, who can fight with our hands, to fight with our dollars, and pour them like water at Uncle Sam's feet. Women's Greatest Sacrifices. In no war in all history have women been called upon to play such a tremendous part as in this war. Never before have women had to give so many of their husbands and sons and brothers to be cannon fodder. Never have women before gone into the trenches and fought side by side with men. Never have they gone into factories to make munitions of war with their own hands. Never have they had to take upon their shoulders the heavy burdens of hard physical labor that men laid down when they went forth to battle. And never before did their country call on women to make such sacrifices as they are called on to make now. It is because this war touches women more nearly in every way than any other war has ever done, because more women's hearts have been broken by it, more women impoverished and made homeless, more mothers have seen their babes slain before their eyes, more mothers have beheld their young daughters ravished, that women must use their utmost effort to put an end to war. Women must see to it that there is never another war to lay waste to the world and drench it with women's tears, and this can only be accomplished by our winning this war. And to do that we must have money. So, let every woman who has some loved one at the front buy a Liberty bond. Let every woman who has a heartstone that she would keep safe buy a Liberty bond. Let every woman who has a babe that she loves, or a young daughter whose purity she would guard, buy a Liberty bond. Reasons Are Numerous. Let every woman who has a particle of sympathy in her soul for the forlorn women and children of Belgium and France buy a Liberty bond. Let every woman who believes in justice, and freedom, and right buy a Liberty bond. Let every woman who hates war and craves for peace buy a Liberty bond. The trip that you had planned, the new frock you were going to get, how pitifully small is the sacrifice of these for the sake of those who are sacrificing their lives to protect you and yours. Buy all the Liberty bonds you can, and then go in debt for some more, so shall you prove yourself a worthy daughter of Uncle Sam. This is a time when money talks and tells the kind of a patriot you are. The woman who hasn't a bunch of Liberty bonds if she's rich, or who isn't paying on a Liberty bond if she's poor, is a traitor to her country and should hang her head in shame every time she passes a man in khakl or feels the fold of the red, white, and blue floating over her unworthy head. The Badge of Citizenship. The Liberty Bond button is no longer a mark of liberality or even of patriotism; it is the badge of citizenship. Are you wearing one? War and the Weather. The Almighty makes the weather, not man, and if the weather doesn't suit us, we have to wait. The farmer knows what a day's rain will do in the way of upsetting plans. One can't plow in the mud and a cutting of hay or wheat may be damaged or ruined by one night's downpour. The war department, too, is up against the weather in France. Three inches rainfall may make the country impassable for half a million men and horses and motortrucks and ruin the chances of victory or bring defeat. BIG HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS Kernela Culled From Events of Moment In All Parts of the World Of Interest to All the People Everywhere. U.S.—Teutonic War News From the American fighting front in France there comes an appeal to throw behind the third Liberty loan the full power of the nation. The message is from General Pershing. It follows: "Every dollar subscribed to the Liberty loan is a dollar invested in American manhood. Every dollar subscribed as the result of self-denial means partnership in the hardships and risks of our men in the trenches. Every dollar subscribed will confirm the determination of our people at home to stand by its army to a victorious end." A great fleet of American warships, numbering more than 150 vessels, is operating in the war zone. Manning this fleet are 35,000 officers and men. These hitherto carefully guarded facts were disclosed at Cleveland, O., by Secretary Daniels in an address at a celebration marking the opening of the third Liberty loan campaign. --- Two German raids on different sectors of the American position northwest of Toul were repulsed during the morning with enemy casualties. The Germans were driven off before reaching the American trenches by accurate machine gun and automatic fire. --- When the American oil steamship Atlantic Sun, of 2,333 ton gross, was torpeded and sunk by a German submarine in the war zone a few weeks ago the first officer was taken prisoner by the crew of the U-boat. American forces now are occupying a sector of the Meuse heights, south of Verdun. This announcement was released for publication simultaneously with a statement that the enemy raided one of the American listening posts in this sector after a heavy bombardment. The raid was a failure. --- The United States has requisitioned for use in entente service a number of Russian steamships formerly engaged in transporting supplies between America and Russia, according to authoritative information received in shipping circles at New York. --- Major General March, acting chief of staff, directed that issue of the daily casualty list here be suspended pending definite interpretation from Secretary Baker as to whether it is forbidden by his new order providing that General Pershing's headquarters shall issue all news relating to the troops in France. We are going to have a whole lot of airplanes much sooner than was expected after the recent disclosures before the military affairs committee of the senate. We shall have enough airships by July to insure an allied superiority in the air over our enemy that can never be overcome. European War News French and British tenacity has upset the ambitious plans of the German high command for the battle of Picardy, says the war department's weekly military review. General improvement in the strategic position of the allies is noted and the review declares that under General Foch the allied military machine is working smoothly and efficiently in stemming the German assault. Landing of Japanese naval forces at Vladivostok to protect life and property was reported to the state department by the American consul there. The action followed an attack on a Japanese officer by five armed Russians, who, upon being refused money, killed one Japanese and wounded two others. --- The Paris war office says that the German troops numbering well over a hundred thousand delivered a terrific attack against the French along a front of over nine miles from Grivesnes to north of the Amlens-Roye road. They were met with a storm of fire from the French guns, and although the assaults were repeated ten times, they succeeded in gaining only a small section of ground. The French retained Grivesnes, but the Germans occupied the villages of Mally-Raineval and Morlsel. General Foch, the new commander in chief, in welcoming war correspondents in France, said he hoped they would continue to work for the interests of the common cause of the allies as they hitherto had done. Pointing to a map, General Foch said: "All is going well. L&ok at the small advances made by the Boches." Storming the city on foot, White guards (the Finnish republican troops) have captured the eastern portion of the city of Tammersfors, Finland, and captured 1,000 prisoners. Charles Kerwood of Bryn Mawr, Pa. and Houston Woodward of Philadelphia, both of the Lafayette escadrille, have been missing since April 1. Kerwood fell behind the German lines in a flight with four German planes. Woodward left on a scouting expedition and failed to return. The British war office in London pays a compliment to American airmen in the official statement on aerial operations: "During the last fortnight of intense fighting in the air," says the statement, "the assistance rendered by the personnel of the American air service attached to the royal air service has been invaluable." Washington Death sentence for spies and traitors was the demand of Senator Lodge voiced in the senate Curing debate on the antisedition bill. "Victor Berger is a traitor," bitterly exclaimed Senator Borah in a severe arraignment of the Socialist leader and his senatorial platform during the recent campaign in Wisconsin. --- President Wilson signed the bill authorizing the third Liberty loan. The bonds will mature September 15, 1928, the treasury department announced, and will bear interest from May 9 next; payable semi-annually on September 15 and on March 15. The campaign will last four weeks, beginning April 6 and ending May 4. Banks will be given five days in which to tabulate and report subscriptions. --- Congress took final action on the bill creating two additional secretaries of war. It is understood the men to be selected are Edward R. Stettlinius, surveyor of army purchases, and Frederick Keppel, dean of Columbia university and now acting as confidential assistant to Secretary Baker. *** Conferees of the senate and house agreed on a bill providing severe penalties for destruction of war material and for sabotage. Penalties of thirty years' imprisonment and $10,000 fine are provided in the bill. --- Foreign In an official statement issued by the French government at Paris, Premier Clemenceau's denial of the truth of the assertion of Foreign Minister Czernin that a conversation concerning peace had been held between Austria and France was given confirmation. * * * Anti-Jewish riots have occurred in Turkestan. In Kokand 300 persons were killed and much property destroyed, according to a dispatch to Morocco. Anti-Semitic agitation in Kiev is assuming acute form. * * * An American, a member of the Stevens railway commission, is reported to have been wounded in street fighting at Harbin. Personal Mrs. Hobart Chattfield-Taylor, well-known society leader of Chicago, died in the Cottage hospital at Santa Barbarba, Cal., where she was operated on for appendicitis and gall stones. Domestic President Wilson accepted in full the challenge of autocracy in an address at Baltimore, Md. He pledged to the world America's full strength in battle—to meet force with all the vast force of these United States and to fight until the world dominion plans of Germany are wiped from the earth. --- Two ounces of bread and rolls and four ounces of quick bread is the maximum that can be served to any one person at a meal in all public eating places after April 14, the food administration announced in making public amendments and additions to the baking rules. Six persons were killed and four seriously injured and $700 in gold was scattered along the Wabash railway track when a passenger train struck an automobile in which ten persons were riding at Fort Wayne, Ind. The corner stone of the Gresham Memorial home, to be built in memory of James Bethel Gresham, the first American soldier under General Pershing to fall in France, was laid at Evansville, Ind. John J. Mitchell, Jr., of Chicago, a student aviator, was seriously injured at Key West, Fla., in an accident which caused the death of Student Aviator Thomas W. Eaton of Wilmington, Def. Six men, said to be leaders of the mob that lynched Robert Prager at Collinsville, Ill., are in the custody of the sheriff at Edwardsville. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of eight others. Draped in an American flag and covered with wreaths presented by British officers, the body of Lieut. Richard McCall Ellott, was brought to America. Lieutenant Ellott was killed aboard the destroyer Manley, following a collision with a British destroyer. Robert P. Praeger, said to be of German parentage, was hanged to a tree one mile south of Collinsville, Ill., by a mob. Praeger was accused of making disloyal remarks to miners at Maryville, Ill. THE TWIN CITY STAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. NEWS OF STATE TERSELY TOLD Recent Happenings In Minnesota Given In Brief Items For Busy Readers. Kellogg.-Earl Walpach, 17 years old, killed himself at his home near here by shooting himself with a rifle. Moorhead.-After a year's suffering, Edward Fay, Jr., 45, veteran of the Spanish war and assistant postmaster, passed away at his home here. Austin.-Eugene Wood, for 32 continuous years Mower county register of deeds, died here. He was 80 years old, father of former Adjutant General Fred B. Wood, a prominent Mason and Elk. St. Cloud.-Work will be started immediately on an addition to the Great Northern car shops in this city. The new building will be 200 feet long and 70 feet wide. The cost of the addition will be about $100,000. The new building will be used as repair and wood working department. Bemidjl.—The $25,000 bond issue voted last February by the city of Bemidjl has been sold to the Wells-Dickey company of Minneapolis. As there are certain questions regarding the legality of selling the bonds, the attorney general will be asked to pass an opinion. Minneapolis.—Rev. G. L. Morrill has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of causing to be sent through the malls "obscene, lewd, lascivious and filthy matter of an indecent character." The indictment is based on Morrill's latest book, "The Devil in Mexico." Morrill is out on bonds. Jackson.—A small posse of men here got out their yellow paint and started to paint the town. Starting in the downtown district, they painted owls and crosses on the sidewalks in the direction of the homes of pro-Germans. Six homes, including the home of a county official, were given the yellow marks of "pro-German." St. Paul.—Rain which began falling in some sections of the Northwest Friday night, and continued through the next day, changing in some sections to snow, is a great boon to the farmers, and, in the opinion of crop experts, has made an ideal condition for the crops already in the ground. Seeding this year is at least two weeks ahead of the average in Minnesota. St. Cloud.—The farmers of Minnesota are responding loyally to the Government's request for a large planting of human foods this spring. That this is true has become evident to A. J. Glover, the special representative of the United States Department of Agriculture, who, with men from the University of Minnesota, has been holding a series of meetings in the various parts of the state. Jackson.—Gladys Kasa, 3 years old, was killed and four others injured when the car Louis Jacobson was driving ran into a ditch. The accident occurred nine miles south of Jackson, while Jacobson and his three daughters, and grandchild, Gladys Kasa, were on their way to Reverse, Minn. The steering gear went wrong and Jacobson lost control. Jacobson resides at Walling Fort, Minn. St. Paul.—Eighty-two of Minnesota's 86 counties have made provision for employing county agricultural agents, and contracts have been made by 67 of the 82 with men to fill the places. According to the University of Minnesota agricultural extension division, the four counties whose commissioners have refused to comply with the federal government's request that such provision be made are Douglas, Houston, Koochiching and Pope. Winona.—Many thousands of Winona's citizens marched in a parade three miles long here in commemoration of the first anniversary of America's entry into the war and the opening of the third Liberty Loan drive. Every branch of city life was represented together with floats illustrating the part the farmer is playing in the war. The parade was the largest in the history of Winona and demonstrated, according to Liberty Loan officials that the city is 100 per cent loyal. St. Paul.—A new call for 3,513 drafted men from Minnesota to entrain for Camp Dodge during the five day period beginning April 26, was received by Adjutant General W. F. Rhinow from Provost Marshal General E. H. Crowder. The men will be drawn from draft Class 1 in the sequence of order number, subject only to exceptions of those engaged in crop production, as directed by an earlier order. Only white men physically qualified for regular military service will be inducted under the call. Winona.—Captain Walter Blair has sold the popular St. Paul-Davenport packet Morning Star, to the Coney Island Excursion Company of Cincinnati, it was announced today. The completion of this transaction, rumored for some days, will remove the last of the packets from upper Mississippi river trade this year. Minneapolis. — Minnesota farmers are responding heartily to the government's appeal for increased wheat wheat acreage of about 42 per cent more than last year. These farmers are planting 13,751 acres in wheat as compared with 9,639 acres last year. Little Falls—The campaign to raise funds for a home demonstration agent for Morrison county is well under way. St. Cloud—Stearns county reported three births to every death last year. The total births for the county were 1,639, as against 532 deaths. Brainerd—Night school for Finnish people desiring education in English is being held in Southeast Brainerd on Tuesday and Friday evenings. Big Falls—A new organization, known as the Woman's Auxiliary of Home Economics, has been organized in Park county. International Falls—The contract for the construction of the new Litls building was awarded to Lars Stubee, local contractor. The structure is to be ready for occupancy by July 1. Bemidji.—The first carload of hollow tile for the new normal school has been unloaded here and the work of hauling to the school site was immediately commenced by Tom Smart. Little Falls.—Dr. S. R. Fortier has been appointed director of the Preparedness League of American Dentists in Morrison county by C. P. Winther, west central district director for the state of Minnesota. Moorhead.—Moorhead has the first of the women railroad operators made necessary by the war. Misa Marie Walker handles a telephone trick at the Great Northern station and has been on the job several days. Milaca.—J. B. Frey, farmer living in South Fork township, Kanabec county, died recently of injuries sustained when the balance wheel on the gasoline sawing rig he was operating at his home burst and flying pieces mangled and crushed him. Minneapolis.—Closing of the flour mills at Chaska, Minn., for thirty days for violation of the government restriction not to sell flour in excess of a thirty-days' supply to each customer was ordered yesterday by the Federal grain corporation in a notice to A. D. Wilson, state food administrator. Thief River Falls.—Joe Greenfield, for three years local band leader, has left for Escanaba, Mich., to visit for a short time before going to Cairo, Ill., to enlist with a band of one of the regiments going to the front. He will also stop off at Camp Dodge for a short visit with the boys from this city. Thief River Falls.—Morlan Bishop who is home on a furlough from Camp Dodge, addressed the high school students. He outlined the work of the Y. M. C. A. in the camps. presenting a very interesting account of the many branches of activity to which this spelindid organization is committed. Wadena.—Mrs. Hugh Buckley, a pioneer resident of Compton township, but for the past ten or twelve years a resident of East Grand Forks, died at her home there from dropsy. The remains were laid to rest beside those of her husband and two sons in the local cemetery. She is survived by six children. Hawley—Matt Johnson, 45 years old, a teamster, was burned to death with seven head of horses and a cow in a fire which destroyed the Elsholne livery stable. Johnson's charred body was found near the entrance, face downward, with a horse on either side of him, and it is believed that when he saw the blaze he tried to save the horses. International Falls.—Private Bert G. Magladry, son of George C. Magladry of Birchdale, recently proved his right to be called one of Uncle Sam's efficient soldiers of the sea, by qualifying as a marksman. This coveted honor brings with it not only the privilege of wearing a silver marksmanship medal, but also extra pay. Private Magladry enlisted with the marine corps last November. St. Paul.—Horace Lowry, president of the Twin City Rapid Transit company, called at Governor J. A. A. Burnquist's office to ask if the governor, on his recent visit at Washington, conferred with federal officials on the street railway labor situation. He was informed by Gustav Lindquist, secretary, who accompanied his chief on the trip, that no conference took place on the subject. Minneapolis.—Approximately 1,000 men of military age who did not have registration cards with them were taken into custody here in one night when agents of the department of justice and members of the local home guards raided 197 pool rooms and dance halls in the city. Those in charge of the raids said it was the largest general combing of a city for draft evaders that has taken place anywhere. Moorhead.—Local United States weather bureau reports for the last month show that the highest temperature of the month was recorded on the 30th, 74 deg., and the lowest on the 10th, 6 deg below. The normal for the month since 1881 to 1918 was a little over 21 deg., the mean for the past month being 36 deg., or the highest mean temperature for any March since 1881 except 1910. Mora.—Farmers of this locality met here and decided to erect a cooperative warehouse to cost $10,000, stock in the concern to be sold only to local people at $10 per share. 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