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By BURR PRICE.
In the New York Herald.
Paris.Mysteriously, steadily, bra
"senly in defiance df a law of the
land, the Germans are reappearing In
Paris. They are living without dis
guise In the capital, still technically an
armed camp of war. In greater num
ber, In bolder manner, they are living
in the outlying districts, just beyond
the fortifications.
They are resuming the proprietor
ship of small cafesas by magic they
are popping up with smiles behind the
little zinc bars from which they disap-'
ptared so precipitately in 1914,
Whence came they? Have they been
hiding in' their own wine cellar*
throughout the last four years?
They are renewing the direction of
small restaurants, where sauerkraut.
onc was the "speclallte de la inalsou"
,--fo Into the kitchens now and there
you will find (be perspiring Teutons.
Have they bi hiding behind their
stores flaring the war?
Re-Engagina in Trade.
They are reopening corner grocery
"storesonly that's not the name for
a, them In Franceand little businesses
f all sorts. They are now freely en/
gaging in the supply tradeit has
'been found, that throughout the long
hostilities many Germans who had suc
ceeded in remaining in French terri
tory had piled their business of" fur
nishing war material to the, army.
Scorn for sch traitorous swine who
would sell death-producing stuff for
tise against their own countrymen is
minimized by astonishment at the
laxity of the French* government In
permitting them such a practice.
For the last few weeks Paris city
officials* have been Investigating the
presence of so many Germans, and it
has been found that while a few have
been in their old haunts without mo
lestation from the police during the
war period the greater number have
been drifting in through the Swiss
frontier since the signing of the
Armistice.
*At present the hands of the police
are completely tied by the fact that
90 per' cent of the Germans who re
nutined or have been drifting back are
naturalized as Frenchmen, and the
chamber, with characteristic procras
tination, keeps putting off passage of
the proper measures to take this nat
uralization from the Germans and per
mit the police to oust them.
An illuminating article was pub
lished in La Liberte the other eve
ning signed by H. Galli.
"One wonders at finding in the mWst
tf the entrenched camp of Paris so
many enemy subjects," be says. "There
has never been at any time so many
foreigners In Paris. I do not mean vis
itors hare temporarily, but people
stopping permanently, doing business,
exploiting enterprises and, all too often
taking the jobs of mobilized French
men. Nothing has been done to keep
these undesirable citizens out,
"In December, 1914, Mr. Laurent,
who was then prefect of police, stated
that 150,000 aliens were settled in the
capital. Today, according to the of
ficial figures, there are 171,000. The
great majority stay here without au
thorization. The special commission
named to investigate foreigners and
issue permits for residence has- been
unable to pass upon more than 38,000
cases. Three thousand permissions
were granted and the same number of
refusals were made.
Stayed in Spite of All.
"Those who did not get the propel
permits succeeded in staying anyway,
despite all measures taken to put them
out of the country. This they accom
plished by disappearing for a short
time and returning to the same ad
dress, or changing their residence and
failing to register. About one hun
dred who practiced these deceptions
were caught and sent to concentration
camps and another hundred were es
corted to the frontiers.
"The most undesirable often avoided
detection and Investigation What risk
did they run? None at all."
These figures on the number of for
eigners living in Paris during the war
and the number of them officially ap
proved will be interesting for Ameri
cans who have been through the or
deal of getting matriculation papers,
ipermits to live^ temporarily, permits
'to live permanently, certificates of
domicile and other little scraps of pa
per. It strikes me that the French
police were a bit overzealous in cata
loguing good, honest Americans
people from home, I know, were most
scrupulous in appearing before th|
proper authoritieswhile thousands
!of
*afe
real undesirables were roamint
around unticketed, unmolested.
At the time the Bertha was firing
i there was much speculation on wheth
er or not the Germans got quick lndl
i cation of the accuracy of their aim,
and it doesn't seem at all improbable
that with such a large number of their
brother Germans here they bad a good
working Information bureau.
The American Defense society has opVmed in .Now York a shop where
the toys made'by-disabled soldiers :it the reconstruction hospitals are placed
on exhibition and sold. One half of the .proceeds goes to .the soldiers and the
other half to help buiftl up the workrooms,
192 SURGEONS DEAD
Total Casualties of American
Medical Service 442.
Discharges From Army Air Seryics
TotaJ 109,247 Officers and I
Enlisted Men.
Wasliington.Casualties among
American medical officers In France
from the time of the arrival' of the.
first units to March 13 numbered 442.
A war department statement showed
46 killed in action, 22 died of wounds,
12 died of accident and other causes,
101 died of disease, 4 lost at sea, 7
missing in action, 38 taken prisoner
and 211' wounded in notion.
Discharges from Uie army air service
to March 13 totaled 109,247 officers,
cadets and enlisted men. The total
strength of the service at the end of
hostilities was 190,527.
Chambers of commerce of the coun
try were requested, in letters^ sent by
Chairman Arthur Woods of the emer-
gency employment committee for sol
diers and sailors, to urge returning
men to go. to their own homes and take
their former jobs, if unable to obtain
better posiUons immediately.
Tendency of the discharged soldiers
and sailorsv to linger In large cit|es,
Chairman Wood's letter said, i a diffi
culty of the employment organization's
enterprise.
"Many soldiers feel that they fcre
qualified to have better positions than
before the war. In this they are rl#bt,
far the war has made tliem better
men," Mr. Woods wrote. "Unforfunate
ly, this is a hard time in which to make
Improvement, for industry Is in, a peri
od of transition.
"The soldier should be urged to go
back to his home town and, unless a
better position can be obtained for
him, take his old job. He should work
for better position from his old
one, and not from a state of unem
ployment"
The chambers of commerce were
urged to have all soldiers' and sailors'
employment societies co-operate with
the federal bureau, and, also, to pro
vide for transportation of men strand
ed away from home.
CUB BEAR STARTLES TOWN
Makes Kitchen Look Like It Had Been
Hit by Shell.
A cub bear, about ten months old,
rnused much excitement when It
walked into Moose -Luke. Minn., and
scratched at the back door of a res
taurant. The cook thought It wag the
owner's dog. Her discovery that it
was not began series of activities In
the kitchen which could have been
equaled only by the bursting of a high
explosive shell.
When the cause of the disturbance
was learned Jhe men of the (own
formed an escort and drove the cub
back Co Its haunts. Bears are protect
ed by law, and for that reason It was
iof killed.
SATISFYING RELIEF
FROM LUMBAGO
Sloan's Liniment has the
punch that relieves
rheumatic twinges
This warmth-giving^ congestion*
tcattering circulation-stunulating rem*
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the aching spot and brings quick relief,
surely, cleanly. A wonderful help for
externa] pains, sprains, strains, stiff,
ness, headache, lumbago, bruises.
Get your bottle todaycosts little,
means much. Ask your druggist for
by name. Keep it handy for the whole
family. The big bottle is economv.
Sloans
Kills Pairs
30c, 60c $1.20
THE BEMIDJ1 DAILY PIONEER
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Phone 474 BEMIDJI, MINN.
After the "Flu"
Fever or Co
Clean the Acidity and Toxic Poisons
Out of the Digestive Tract
Millions are now Buffering from the
after effects of the deadly "fin," a
fever or a cold. Their appetites are
poor they are weak, and- they are
waiting for their strength to comeback.
If these people could only realize
that the return to health and strength
would be greatly helped by giving at
tention to the stomachthat is, remov
ing the acidity and toxic poisons from
the entire digestive tract, making it
act naturally, so that the body will
receive the rail strength of the food
eatena great deal of suffering would
be saved to humanity.
Everyone knows that the disease it
self, and the strong medicines that
have been taken, upset the stomach,
leave it hot and feverish, the mouth
dry, the tongue coated, a nasty taste,
and no desire to eat. This is a poor
foundation to build new strength on.
Now, tens of thousands of people all
over this country are using EATONIC
for the purpose of cleaning these
poisonous after-effects right out of the
systemandtbey are obtaining wonder
fal resultsso wonderful that the
amazingly qtdok benefits are hardly
believable, just as shown in the re
markable letter which as published
upon the requestof this sturdy old Civil
War veteran. He is 77 years old. Read
what be says EATOJUC did for him:
"Iam anold noldter, pattseventr
wrren yean. I bad toe 8panl*n so
tloenza anditleft mystomacB in an
to. wont
grtni" story Is told of a rare indi-
vidual who delighted the Germans dur
ing their occupation of Belgium by sig
nifying his readiness to accept their
offer of employment, says the London
Dally Chronicle. He was taken before
a highly-placed general, given a boun
teous meal, and asked, "You are really
willing to work for us?" "Yes." "And
you won't object to going/behind the
front line?" "No.'* "You are willing
to wo eight hours a day?" "I am
willing to work as long as possible."
At ls the astonished officers Inquired
of this prodigy of zeal what his trade
was. "A gravedigger." be replied
RENEWS HEALTH
AND ENERGY
People who have p6or appe
tite, bad color, indigestion and
biliousness are usually victims
of constipation. Constipation
causes an enormous amount of
sickness. Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea, taken before go
ing to bed, will relieve your
constipation, restore your ap
petite, and bring the glow of
youth to your cheeks. You will
work better and live happier.
A large package (only 35c),
will put you on the road to
health and happiness.
City Drug Store
awful shape. I tried three different
doctors but trot no relief. As a laafc
resort I sent and got a box ot
EATONIC and to my reateot nor-
gelpedthe
riee very Bret tablet I took
me. I can now eat aoythlnir
I want, and feel fine."
Yours thankfully,
Fowler, Indiana
Dec. 4.1918 C. 8. Martin
P. S.: If you can make any :ue
of this letter forBuffering uumantty,
you are at liberty to do so. C.g.M.
This is only onecaseoutofthousands.
Yoa should make the EATONIC teat
in your own case at once. You have
everything to gainnot a penny can
you lose, for we take all the risk. Your
own common sense, your own feelings,
tell yoa that a good appetite, good di
gestion a good stomach, with the fever
poisons and effects of strong medicines
out of your system, will put you on the
road to strong, robust nealth again.
You want to enjoy life again after
you have/battled with the "flu", fever
or colds, or any other illness that has
taken your strength. Yoa want to get
back yonr old-time vigor, bo full of pep
and enthusiasmbe able to work with
etux, instead of listlessly, half-heart
edly dragging oat a mere .existence.
So be sure to take a box o( EATONIC
home with yoa today. We cannot urge
this too stronglv. If EATONIC fails
to give yoa positive beneficial results,
it will not cost yoa penny. There is no
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ATONICyoa.
FOR YOU ACID-STOMAC 0
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the three-in-one combination which wrecks
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It's an expensive combination, too, for
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and time you've actually lost instead of
having gained.
he modern ay is to send flat
work to our laundry-it will re
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be preserved and prompt deliv
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Rough Dry Family Washing
7c per pound
Special price list on flat work.
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Phone 195 GIVEN & McGEE
Th New
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We want you to flee the new enclosed motor. It is
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are enthusiastic over it.
The BUICE is a car that never fails to please.
Phone us or call for a demonstration.
We want you to get acquainted with us and with
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