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IJ." ^V PAGE TWQ TgJ i^- (Copy for Thla Department Supplied by the American I,eIon Neva Service WAR ROBS THREE OF MEMORY Trio Among Most Unusual Cases on Racord at Veteran's Bureau in Washington. ffhe Conditions in the Territory of Hawaii Re quire Federal Attention Three men who have lost them selves and whose memory does not extend back to the war where they received injury, are among the most unusuul cases on record at the Vet erans' bureau in Washington, D. C, among the long list of war victims. The American Legion is endeavoring to assist the unfortunate ex-service men in finding their relatives. Haywaru Thompsonat least that Is what he is now calledIs one of the most peculiar cases. He has for gotten who he Is. In his head Is an ugly shrapnel wound. His memory goes back to January 22, 1021!, when he arrived at a hotel In Denver, with a bill in his pocket from one of the most expensive hotels In Colorado Springs. His memory, he now believes, lapsed somewhere, either far back in France or on the trip between Colo rado Springs and Denver. Thompson remembers having hud $1,200 in his pocket and access to many thousands more. In searching Washington records for some trace of the lost man, it wns found that a certain Hayward Thomp son enlisted In the Marine corps June 6, 1918, and was discharged January 6. 1910. He had a wife and three children at Fleuilngton, Mo., and a mother, Mrs. Louise Thompson, nt Chicago. The man with a hhrapuel wound In his head and no memory of any relatives at all, telegraphed In great eagerness to Flemlngton, Mo., and to Chicago. He received no answrV. Not so long ago a clean-cut young man appeared at a Los Angeles hospi tal. He wore an American Legion button. When questioned as to who be wus he stated lie did not know. "I think I am thirty-two years old," he said. "I am five feet, nine Inches and weigh 130 pounds. My eyes are gray and I have blond hair. I be lieve I was a soldier. If any one can tell me who I am, or anything about my past,- please let me know." The Los Angeles post of the Legion is mak ing every' effort to help jthe man flfld himself. A third "unidentified living" lives at 735 North Thirty-first street, Louis ville. He is known as Leonard Wells. to the neighborhood. His memory is hazy. He believes that he enlisted In the old First Kentucky Infantry, and with the command was transferred to a replacement detachment and sent to France. His photograph was for warded to his company commander". who recognized the face but did not recall a name. A machine gun onllet had pierced his abdomen and Injured Ids spine. Another had injured the left shoulder cap. No compensation or Insurance can he awarded to this man. the Veterans' bureau regrets, un til his identity can be established. France." it is said, has six of these ^unidentified." living ex-service men. By JAMES D. PHELAN, Former Senator From California. The conditions in the Territory of Hawaii require federal attention. The "gentlemen's agreement"that mongrel tiling, neither treaty nor lawwhich was in tended to save California without offending Japan, left Hawaii unprotected. There was no restriction put up on immigration there. Hawaii was abandoned to the Japanese by the blundering policy of our government. How far the sugar planters may be responsible for this is another question. They -wanted labor. They spent millions in immigration enterprises, seeking relief from Portugal, the Azores, the Philippines, and Porti) Hico. Some immigrants proved of no value, others fled to the continental United States, where the European workers were welcome. Finally the Japanese, beginning in 1885, were permitted to come, and now, by immigration and birth, compose about one-half the entire population of this American territory. The Chinese are barred by the exclusion law. Briefly, the question of Hawaii is: Of what value are the islands to the United States, and to what extent do the Japanese depreciate their value? Hawaii is an indispensable base for American naval operations. The menace in the Pacific is from Japan, ambitious and aggressive. It is in- consistent with our national interests to harbor in the islands a people, now composing one-half their entire population, who owe loyalty and military service to Japan and cannot be Americanized. The Japanese born on the soil are American citizens by the Consti- tution. As a matter of fact, Japan claims and holds them to a strict al- legiance to herself. In the Hawaiian trouble last year, the first opportun- ity for observation, the native Japanese, who professed American predilec- tions, took orders from Japan through the "Imperium in Imperio" pre- sided over by the consular service. A Japanese born on the soil before he attains seventeen years of age can theoretically renounce his Japanese citi- zenship provided Japan consents. That is the joker. Japan, rarely asked, never consents. Because they are born in the sugar plantations of Hawaii a brood of Japanese, formidable in numbers, are now free to come to continental United States, where they can own and lease land and lay deep the founda- tion of an alien colony, already a menace. H5ESi!52SK Great Biitain has a few. These lost souls who cannot find their memories, and who know they cannot, present a spectacle unique and pathetic. They are lost and know it. ON "GREATEST HEROES" LIST Sergt. Samuel Glucksman of the American "Devil Dogs," Rival for York-Woodflll Honors. Another rival for the crown worn alternately by Sergeants York and Woodflll ns the greatest hero of the World war has been uncov- ered by the United States veterans' bureau in the person of Sergt. S a in 1 (Jlucksmiin, mem ber of the Ameri- can "Devil Dogs" during the war and decorated by both the Ameri can and allied goivernments. Although born 5n Austria, Sergeant Glueksman enlistfd with the marines at the outbreak of the war and al though too modest to tell the story of hlrf achievements while lighting against the (jermans, the American Legion at Washington ^discovered that (JhuLsnmn fought In fceven major en gagements, Verdun, ^Belleau Woods. Chateau Thierry, Marline!), St. Mihiel, Solssons and Mont IWanc. tin the morning of) October 3, 1918, Sergeant ClIiK-ksnitin,started out to get water for his comrades. Ho returned without the water Jiut with 20 Ger mans and a painful wound. The "Devil Dog" sergeanit captured a lone German and Instead'of bayoneting his captive forced him bo lead him to the resl of the ad\Hnce party. Coming onto the whole butcii of 20, Sergeant lihu'kMnaii waved a'hand grenade and ordered them all out of the shell hole they were occupying and into the anas of his American comrades. By tvecutive appointment Glucksman is now employed at the I navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H. Savage Tribes Revered the Cross. From the early days of the church the cross was a usual emblem of Christian faith and hope. The first Christians showed great reppect for its significance, with St. Paul "glorying In the eross of our Lord Jesus Christ." They used the gentural sign of the cross extensively. Tertullinn wrote In the Second century: "At every step and movement, when we go In or out, when we dress or put on our shoes, nt the bath, at the tabh?, when the lights are brought, when we go to hefl, when we sit down, whatever It Is that occupies us, we mark theiforehead wfth the sign of the cross." Even before the Christian era the cross was nn object of religious venera tion among savage tribes. 'The death of Christ gave it a new meaning. Just to Keep Busy. The son of a well-known physician loves to "play doctor." The little fellow makes the rounds of neighboring houses, inquiring as to the health of the inmates. Usually he has with Mm an assortment of dollshis "patients" in lieu of larger oues. Recently he called at a home and asked: "Anybody 111 here?" He was answered in the negative. "Oh, well," he said, with profes sional nonchalance, producing two of his doltst. "i'U leave a couple' of ba bies, anyway 1" YOUR HOUSE OF HAPPINESS Take what God gives, O heart of mine. And build ou house of happiness. Percliunce some have been given mors But you have been given less. The treasuro lying at your feet. Whose value you but faintly guess. Another buildei, looking on, Would barter heaven to possess. Have you found work that you can do? Is there a heart that loves you best? Is there a spot somewhere called home Where, spent and worn, your soul may rest? A friendly tree? A book? A song? A dog that loves your hand's caress? A store ot heqlth to meet llfe.'s needs? Oh, build your house of happiness! st not tomorrow's dawn to bring The dreamed-of Joy for which you wait You have enough of pleasant things To house your soul in goodly state Tomorrow Time's relentless stream May bear what now you hale away Take what God gives, O heart, and build Your house of happiness today! B Williams In Ladies' Home Journal. ROMAN WOMAN, FIRST NURSE On Record in History as Establishing Convalescent Home for the Poor A. D. 380. The word "nurse" is derived from the Latin, and means "to nourish." There is no reference to a sick nurse In the Bible, although numerous chil dren's nurses are mentioned. Fabiolu, the first nurse recorded in history, was a Roman woman who established a hospital and convales cent home for the poor after her con version to Christianity, about A. D. 380. She inaugurated a society of rich women, and had them trained as sick nurses. Nurses, who are addressed as "sister" on account of the old religious traditions associated with their work, lost their professional dignity in 1544, when twelve women were engaged at St. Bartholomew's hospital, London, to nurse the sick and perform menial work. From that time nurses were un trained, until the doctors at the New York hospital began to lecture them on "scientific cleanness" in 1790. Fliedner, at Kaiserwerth, Germany, opened the first scientific training school for nurses In 1836. Florence Nightingale was trained at his estab lishment, and introduced his methods into England. "Missing Link" Still Missing. I think every palaeontologist of tins world now admits that not a single missing link has been discovered be low man, and that we know even less concerning the origin of man than we thought we did formerly. The. fiuz/.le of origin afuln harks back to where St stood when Darwin began to investigate. His theory and its suc cessors" hang on the clothesline, thoroughly airfcd and flapping in the breezes. Parallel evolution being a fact, all of us can accept it, even the layman and the orthodox clergyman. All can readily admit, for instance, that every human being has 28 bones in his cranium, identical with those of reptilia and amphibia. Beyond that fact, no one need admit or deny origin, but merely stund pat or pick out his own ancestor. All past theories of descent having been abandoned for want of connecting links, we. find our selves just where Agassiz left mat ters, with only his doctrine of mul tiple origin with whicli to tie.-W. H. Ballou, the North American Re* view. Clashed With Spain in 1854. The Spanish-American war of 1898 was the second time that trouble de veloped between Spain and the United States, originating in Cuba. In 1854 the "Black Warrior," a steamship be longing to United States citizens, was seized in the harbor of Havana, and declared confiscated. The proceedings aroused feeling against Spain, and diplomatic exchanges took place at Madrid, the owners demanding in demnification of $300,000. The Spanish government proved reluctant and at length the Ostend conference was held to adjudicate the matter. The vessel wus finally released on payment by the owners of a fine of $0,000, and amicable relations with Spain were restored. Job Led Israel Out of Egypt. A northern visitor was playing golf on one of the Florida winter resort courses this spring, where the cad dies were largely colored boys. Most of the boys he found to be deeply re ligious. It 1 open to question whether they read the Bible them selves or absorbed most of their knowledge through their ears, listen ing to their elders. The northerner and his caddy were walking down the fairways. "You know considerable about the Bible, Henry," the player said, "I suppose you know that when Jonah led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt It took them almost a lifetime to get to the*promlsed land." "No, str," the colored boy replied, "that wasn't Jonah what led the Israels. Jonah never done that. It was lob.". Personally Delivered Egg. A Saskatchewan farmer don't know whether It Is odd or not, but the other morning on getting up and going to the door, he found an egg on the door step. Although he knew his hens laid eggs, he thought it was quite unusua\ to have them delivered for breakfast. Almost Made It. Forty days before his one hundredth birthday, Dr. .lames Martin Peebles died in Los Angeles. He was the author of several books, the last be ing entitled "How to Live a century-? THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER LEAVING A LOOP HOLE. SheWhen vou ask me to marry you why do you laugh? HeWell, I don't like to get too serious about such matters." Leather-Softening Machine. "Working leuther by the various proc eases known as graining, boarding and staking, ordinarily a laborious raunual operation, is now accom plished by mechanical means with a machine designed by a Massachusetts inventor, reports Popular Mechanics Magazine. Two broad belts, running on rollers, are so mounted that faces traveling in opposite directions are arranged one above the other, a short distance apart. The hide to be sof tened is laid on a metal plate and in serted between the belt faces, the up per half then being pressed down by a lever. k* Intellectual Fearlessness of France on Anything Concerning Mankind By EDITH WHARTON, in "French Ways and Their Training 'The French ha\e always been a gay and free and Rabelaisian people. They attach a great deal of importance to love-making, but they consider it more simply and less solemnly than we. They are cool, resourceful and merry,,crack Jokes about the relations between the xse^es, and BTe Vised to therarank discission of what someone tactfully tailed "the 'operations of Nature." They are puzzled by our queer fear of our own bodies, and ac- customed to relate openly and unapologetically the anecdotes that Anglo- Saxons snicker over privately and with apologies. It is convenient to put the relations between the sexes first on the list of subjects about which the French and Anglo-Saxon races think and behave differently, because it is the difference which strikes the superficial observer first, and which has been most used in the attempt to prove the superior purity of Anglo-Saxon morals. But French outspokenness would not be interesting if it applied only to 6C.\ questions, for savages are outspoken about those, too. The French attitude in that respect is interesting only as typical of the general intel- lectual fearlessness of France. She is not afraid of anything that con- cerns mankind, neither of pleasure and mirth nor of exultations and ag- onies. DATES BACK TO STONE AGE English Industry, Stitl Carried On, Estimated to Be Nine Thou sand Years Old. While science and invention have blotted out many of the old and time honored industries the country, some still exist which not only date back centuries, but succeed in hold ing their own against their modern rivals, remarks London ^It-Bits. Perhaps the oldest and least known surviving industry is carried on in Brandon in East Anglia. Long years ago the dwellers In the Stone and Neolithic ages discovered that the ground in this district was full of flints, which they proceeded to un earth and fashion into polished tools and weapons. That was at least 9,000 years ago. Today the industry still flourishes, and it is believed that the Brandon "flint-knnppers" are the direct de scendants of those oldtime workers. In their work they use curiously shaped iron picks, closely resembling reindeer's horns, which, as a matter of fact, were the tools used by the Stone age workers. The flint Is found in large blocks which are left to dry and then bro ken Into pieces six inches square. These, in turn, are shaped with ham mers, and then trimmed. Few flint knappers live to lie old men, for the partieles of the material that are thrown off enter the lungs and bring on consumption. Hearts Differ With Individuals. "The student insistently demands a description of what he is pleased to call 'normal heart.' There is real ly no such entity as a normal heart." Siiid Dr. Louis Fauperes Bishop in an address before the Medical society of the greater city of New York. "The nearest approach can be found in a heart which is normal to the person carrying it. The heart of a laborer would be abnormal to a bookkeeper, and the heart of a tall, thin man would be a strange finding in the chest of a short, fat person." Dr. Bishop was urging the examina tion of hearts by fluoroscopy, which he said enabled the physician to watch the heart in action and to detect any abnormality of the performance of any part of it. Eggs Without Yolks. A Nova Scotia farmer says he found a duck's egg with three shells. When the egg was broken it was found to have only white with an other smaller egg. The second egg was broken, and like the first had only white with another smaller egg. The third egg being broken, its con tents tinned to be also white, no yolk in any of the three shells. WomanV High Importance. The vvonian'H cause is man's. They rise or Mink together dwarfed or god like, bond or free if she be small, Blight-natured, miserable, how shall aen grow"?^nnyaba. Repair Work That Lasts Plumbing repaired by U9 stays repaireci because our work is thorough and our materials high grade. Prices reasonable. We have a pipe ma chine that cuts and threads from 1 inch to 8 inch pipe. Roy V. 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Every one who has read "The Big-Town Round Up" says it is by far the best novel Raine has ever written and will surely place him once and for all in the very front rank of writers about the West. We shall print it in serial installments startirg In Thursday's Issue DAILY PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Bemldji Extra Heavy $1.45 $1.65 $2.10 $2.45 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80 $3.50 30x3 "Bleco" N.-S.. $7.35 30x3y2 "Bleco" N.-S.. BUY NOW!WHY PAY MORE? Mail Orders Solicited O. H. OLMSTEAD Factory Representative 208 Second Street Bemidji, Minn. JOHNSTON'S TOP SHOP =1 Tube Prices That Defy All Competition Standard $1.15 $1.25 $1.35 $1.85 $1.90 $1.95 $2.00 $2.45 .$7.95