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W ar -•& CIGAIC WORK IS a Total of 8,788 Articles Dis patched from This City to Warring Nations. Something of the large volume of work which has already been com pleted and shipped by the local War Relief association, a branch of the Na tional Surgical Dressings Committee of America whose headquarters are in New York city, may he realized from the detailed statistics of its contribu tions. The latter, between the dates of May 22, 1916, and March 24, 1917, have reached a total of 8,788, and con sist of the following articles: Body binders, 490 flannel binders, 260 T-biriders, 290 pillow cases, 45 gause packings, 1,435 tampons (to use in cleaning a wound), 1,650 gauze compresses, 1,900 sheets, 17 bath mitts, 157 hospital boots, 256 Peter Cooper rings, 39 drains, 867 slings, 880 nightshirts, 11 surgical sponges, 94 rolled muslin bandages, 860 rolled flannel bandages, 120 fracture pillows, 58 absorbent pads, 365 rolls of old linen, 6 outtng flannel comforters, 2 flaxum! blankets, 1 cup covers, 34 towels, 89 mouth wipers, 350 linen oompr«Mtt% 50 package of towels, 1 package handkerchiefs, 1 handker chiefs, bundles of pleoes, 2 bed pads, St pajamas (pair), 1 pajama drawers, 2 roll flannel. 1 rest pillows, tablecloths, 6 knitted eye bandages, 17 pneumonia Jacket. 1 total of ar ticles^ shipped to Europe through the New York office above-mentioned, 8,788. The abort statistics have been com plied by Mrs. N. C. Young, upon whom devolves the duty of keeping account of all articles sent by the local asso ciation. History of Local Organization. The local War Relief association, which at Its beginning was known as the French War Relief committee, was GIRLS! AfT NOW! BAIR Cu/iING OUT HEANSMNDRUFF 29-CKNV SOFT, -DANDER I NE- WILL $AVE YOUR HAIR AND DOU BLE IT8 BEAUTY. TRY THIS! YOUR Phone and ask to have The Frant* Premier demonstrated. No obligation whatever. If you decide Hospital Supplies Made By Fargo Women Used on Battlefields of France HAIR GET8 WAVY, ABUNDANT AND GLOSSY AT ONCE Save your hair! Beautify It! It Is only a itaatter of using a little Danderine occasionally to have a head of heavy, beautiful hair soft, lustrous, wavy and free from dandruff. It Is easy and inexpensive to havo pretty, charming hair and lots of it. Just get a 2s-cent bottle of Knowlton'* Dan derine now—all drug stores recom mend it—apply a little as directed and within ten minutes there will bo an appearance of abundance freshness, flufliness and an Incomparable gloss and lustre, and try as you will you can not And a trace of dandruff or falling hair but your real surprise will be alter about two weeks' use, wnen you will see new hair—fine and downy at first—yes—but really new hair—sprouting out all over your scalp —Dander me is, we believe, the only mire hair grower destroyer cf dan druff and cure for itchy scalp and it never fails to stop falling hair at once. If you want to prove how pretty and soft your hair really is, moisten a cloth with a littie Danderine and care fully draw It through your hair—tak ing one small strand at a time. Your hatr will be soft, glossy and beautiful in Just a few moments—a delightful surprise awaits everyone w*« (Kiss tfel*—«4vt. TEE T&RGO sitcisw ciMAmm F'12MIN1NE, iiisniKt for carefli? pur- chasing is universally recognized. And when two hundred and fifty thousand women select The Frantz Premier Electric Cleaner, there must be some very good reason for their choice. The housewife's preference for this ^leaner explains why every ifcni *very leaner made and sold is a Plants Premier. Nine Pounds of Sterling Quality! to buy, our price Is mod*at. ime payments if desired. Price $35 Cash or Terms t\ T»*%v¥#,r CARLISLE & BRISTOL 67 Broadway HARDWARE Fargo, N. D. formally organised on April 24, 1915, and held its first work meeting in the Y. W. C. A. gymnasium on May 13. The association is still meeting in that gymnasium on Wednesday and Satur day afternoons of every week. The present officers of the association are: President, Mrs. C. C. Dalrymple first vice president, Mrs. H. L. Bolley sec ond vice president, Mrs. J. H. Cooper, and secretary-treasurer, Mrs. H. W Gearey. In addition to these officers there are various supervisors and committees greeting the activities of the associa tion. Mrs. R. B. Blakemore is super TrSOr We(Jnesday Benefit Teas Successful. peace, meetings and ,™?aker for the Saturday meetings. The purchasing committee consists of Mrs. Harry E. Magill, and the present inspector of work is Mrs. Clarence McCulloch. There are two cutting committees, one consisting of Burton Harris, chairman, with Mrs. Mesdames J. H. Grady, Aubrev" Law- E- Nu*em. W. J. Howe, and «alph Beard as her assistants. The other cutting committee is comprised of Mrs. J. D. Farrand, chairman, with F- siting, J. H, Cooper, F. E. Dibley. N. A. Lewis, A. C. Bur ton, J. Degnan, and E. D. Baker as oar assistants. There is at present a contributing membership (meaning by that those who have paid association dues vary *5 ,'rom the regulation fee, to whatever additional sum individuals wish or feel able to give), of nearly a hundred people, both men and worn there is a "working" member ship of only about thirty. Consider ing the small number really engaged in active work in the association, and °"en-limited finances to swing the work, the contribution of over 8 000 articles in only a little over a year is one of which these earnest workers are justly proud. There are a few faithful members who report at the work meetings every week, but a good many others go only at Irregular intervals, so that there is an average attendance of only from twelve to fifteen on Wednesdays, and on Saturdays, an unusually busy day with many housewives, an average of only from eight to ten workers. There is more need at present than ever be fore for more regular workers, al though the assistance of those who can go only occasionally, is no less wel come. Occasionally several non-mem bers of the association assist, and this is much appreciated by the association. Since its inception, the local asso ciation has raised further funds for its work by holding three pleasant social affairs in the form of benefit teas. The first of these teas was held at the H. E. Magill home last October, the proceeds, which netted about $55. be ing used for making ready thirty Christmas boxes the/ were sent through the New York headquarters to soldiers in, the field hospitals in Europe. In each of these Christmas boxes was placed a stamped envelope addressed to one of the most active workers in the Fargo association, and as indisputable evidence that the boxes reached their intended destina tions, there have come five letters of appreciation from soldiers, to as many local workers. Those receiving these letters, most of which were written in French, were Mrs. C. C. Dalrymple, Mrs. A. W. McNair, Mrs. H. L. Bolley, Mrs. E. D. Baker, Mrs. J. S. Watson and Mrs. H. F. Kloman. The letters, though characterized by the individual ity of their senders, were much alike in the deep sincerity of their appreciation of the Christmas boxes, which not only contained useful articles, but sev eral luxuries that lent the Christmas touch so pitifully lacking in war stricken Europe. The translated let ter received by Mrs. Baker follows: "I am writing to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your nice, splendid package which I received yes terday. It gave me the more pleasaure that I had received no news from my. parents for a long time. "I had not been able to give a com plete address on account of frequent changes. The sox, napkin and necktie please me intensely, without forget ting the candies, which are excellent, and the good American cigarets and the splendid writing paper. "Am deeply touched by your kind ness and I thank you very much for everything. It is only right ttfat I should make a personal acknowledg ment of this. For the time being, dur ing this war, I am with the ambulance corps. That is my mission, to care for the poor wounded, for the poor soldiers who fight for France, and God only knows how many I've seen on my bed of suffering. I bring to it all my devotion, to appease their suffering and since yesterday I am in an am bulance not far from the front, in stalled in a castle. The wounded are very comfortable in every respect. We have had very few for several days but perhaps it will not always be so. "I was forgetting to thank you for .that is needed to drive a the prayer of His" Holiness Benedict [their little »y»Um«r-14v. WIPW XV. As I am a student for the priest hood, it gave me a great deal of pleasure. "Let us unite in prayer, to ask the good Lord for the end of this terrible carnage. Let us pray with confidence and we shall soon have victory and "With best regards, "T. e'faye.** The second tea, given at the home of Mrs. Burton Harris, netted the sum of nearly $60. The third tea netted about $45, and was given by the Fine Arts club of this city, at the home of Mrs. J. D. Farrand. On March 8 of the present year a war benefit enter tainment was given by the local asso ciation at the Orpheum theater, re sulting in proceeds of $225, of which about $195 is clear. It is from this fund that the association is drawing for its supplies at present, and It Is hoped to get enough this spring to finance the association for Its work through the summer months. Magnitude of This Work. Twelve hundred hospitals count OB the Paris distributing bureau of the National Surgical Dressings committee for dressings and the average daily output is between 20,000 and 30,000. There are about 100 volunteer workers at the Paris bureau, and about fifty women in the paid Ouvrior, as well as five or six workrooms outside, dolrg machine work free of charge. Although the bureau sends out only what is ask ed for, it s never able to supply' all that is required. The hospitals neel its aid now more than they have ever done before. Material is giving out and is becoming more ajid more ex pen hive the price of food is very high and yet the wounded soldiers must be fed and abundantly fed if they are to get well. The Paris bureau not only supplies the hospitals of that country, but Bel gian hospitals and Russian hospitals on the French front French, Serbian and Roumanian hospitals In the east. The fact is, a colossal piece of work has been undertaken, which must be done intelligently and very well, and which must be continued until peace Is signed and the last wounded soldier has gone back to his home. Offers Aid to Red Cross. An answer to the question asked by many: "Why do not the local and all such associations turn their efforts to work for America, to be ready for eventualities?" is found in the follow ing from the March bulletin of the National Surgical Dressings commit tee: "For two and one-half years we of the Surgical Dressings committee have been working heart and soul to do our bit for the wounded soldiers—by sending ever-increasing supplies of dressings to be distributed among the hospitals of the allies. We have made for ourselves a tremendous field of use fulness, thanks particularly to the ef ficent methods of our foreign distribut ing bureaus, which see to it that our supplies go promptly and without waste or duplication to the hospitals needing them at the moment. "The ever-threatening possibility of the United States teing drawn Into war is daily approaching an actual fact, and may be so before this bulletin is off the press. C\nce again we state our policy in case of war, a policy which we believe Is unanimously up held by our state chairmen and by our local committees, in a word, by us all. The National Surgical Dressings Com mittee of America, should need arise, stands ready to co-operate with the American Red Cross In every way within its power. Here is reprinted the formal acknowledgment of our offer to the Red Cross: 'Dear Mrs. Willard (chairman of the committee): 'February 5, 1917. 'I beg to acknowledge your letter of Feb. 3, in which you affirm that the National Surgical Dressings comnrittee stands ready to co-operate In every possible way with the American Red Cross. 'This action on your part gives me the greatest possible satisfaction and I am sure that our central committee will feci the same way. The Surgical Dressings committee has been so well organized and so effective in its Eu ropean work that it can be of the great est help to the Red Cross In time of need and help the Red Cross to carry out its duties, which might prove to be exceedingly Heavy. To have your organization make tjiis offer will, I am sure, have a very good effect on many other European war relief or ganizations. Will you kindly express the thanks of the Red Cross to your committee? 'Most sincerely yours, S "ELIOT WADSWORTH, "'Acting Chairman."* 'pfreign Needs Different. The March bulletin continues: "We would urge every committee to give special attention to the following de tailed information: All of the standard dressings of the National Surgical Dressings committee and of the Red Cross are not identical. Why, since for our own country, law requires us to conform to Red Cross patterns, do we not adopt them to the exclu sion of all others? Because we are making dressings to be used by the foreign surgeon, doctor and nurse. They are In the war, not spectators they know firam actual experience what they want, wnat their grained and semi trained helpers will understand and can handle quickly. We give them what they ask for, not what we in America think they ought to want. Ninety per cent of our dressings are handled by the foreign surgeon, not the American volunteer abroad. That Is the reason. And we aim to go so far In giving them what they want, with out questioning the 'why," that we urge surgeons to send In to our foreign bureaus samples of their needs, so that we may have our volunteer work ers in those bureaus make up the specialties from the gauze, absorbent cotton, muslin and other materials that national headquarters is always ap pealing for and shipping to the bu reaus in bulk. "In reply to very definite questions, the American Red Cross at THEY'RE MNE! Wf%hing- ton advises us that the following dressings as made by our committees today are acceptable for home use without change: Bandages, oakum BSD COLD? TAKE CASCARET" FOR BOWELS TOSIGDT 4t LIVIN YOUR LIVER AND BOWELS ANO CLEAR YOUR HEAD. NO HEADACHE, SOUR STOMACH, BAD COLD OR CONSTIPATION BY MORNING. Get 10-cent box. Colds—whether in the head or any part of the body—are quickly over come by urging th® liver to action and keeping the bowels free of poison. Take Cascarets tonight and you will wake up with a clear head and your cold will be gone. Cascarets work while you sleep they cleanse and reg ulate the stomach, remove the sour undigested food and foul gases take the excess bile from the liver and carry off the constipated waste mat ter and poison from the bowels. Remember the quickest way to get rid of colds Is one or two Cascarets at night to cleanse the system. Get a 10-cent box at any drug store. Don't forget the children. They relish this Candy Cathartic and it is often all FOBXTSf iTO DAILY REFUBHCA1T, *tTESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1917. y SILK pads, fracture pillows, bed socks (chaussons), body binders, T-binders, slings, heel and elbow rests. The gauze packing and the drains they deslnj rolled instead of pleated, the compresa thicker the flannel binder and cotton absorbent pads, so greatly in demand abroad, they do not want but thero are several additional gauze dressings 'We would ask all our chairmen to supply themselves from a local Red Cross center or by sending to us at National headquarters, with samples of feuch dressings as the Red Cross requires and which are not made by us for foreign shipment. Then to have their workers make a very few of these dressings in order to learn how. Should America go to war and our soldiers be wounded in such numbers that the Surgical Dressings committee is called upon, local committees maintaining their own Identity would donate sup plies to the local Red Cross or ship as usual to headquarters, 299 Fifth ave nue, N. Y., from where complete co operation with the Red Cross would be carried on. "Meantime—with poise and complete absence of hysteria, let us continue our duty abroad. No fear of our falling our own country by working for the allies." Aid for War Blind. Aid for the war blind is also greatly needed In France, and extreme grati tude has been expressed by that coun try for the assistance already rendered to these sufferers by Americans. To secure such funds, individual sol dier boxes are largely used. These each hold the sum of $5,fcand Fargo has a part in this work also. Thirty five of these boxes having been dis tributed through the efforts of Mrs. H. W. Gearey and Mrs. H. L. Bolley, of the local war relief association. Four teen larger savings banks for the same purpose, have been placed in the va rious local banks, stores and hotels, through the local association. The soliciting of such funds is separate from the predominant work of the as sociation, however. There are two organizations collect ing funds In America for the relief of blinded soldiers, one being that which is workins: for the relief of the blinded soldiers of Britain. France and Bel gium. with headquarters in New York city, and the other an organization named The Committee for Men Blinded in Battle, which maintains an institu tion in Paris, known as the "Paris Lighthouse." or the "Phare de France." The American Committee for Train ing in Suitable Trades the Mairr.ed Soldiers of France, trade schools being located at Grand Palais, Champs Elysees, Paris, is also doing a valuable work. These trades include shoemak ing, tailoring, harrtess-making. basket making and many others. The French government has asked the co-operation of the American committee in order to establish agricultural schools for the maimed peasants, and it is the intention to organize these schools as wrll a? in dustrial France. Dress Goods 40 INCH NOVELTY GEORGETTE CREPES, Regular $2.98 values. 1 QQ Special, yard 4* O 40 INCH SPORT CREPES AND CHIFFON Cloths, regular $2.00 and $2.25, (P "I ial,yard %Pi 40 INCH SPORT RADIUM SILKS, RECT lar $2.98 values, Special, yard ^)^eu7 36 INCH TAFFETAS AND SATINS, IN Stripes and Plaids, Regular "I OQ $2.49 values, at yard %pA«C5^ 86 INCH ALL SILK LA JERZ, REGULAR $3.00 values, Special ()U at sale, yard %pAe /O ONE BIG ASSORTMENT NOVELTY SILKS, Special at this sale, yard iDSK* ONE BIG ASSORTMENT FANCY CHIF fons, special at this sale, yard ONE LOT OF SILK SHANTUNGS, WITH KhakiKooldesign,special CI Z(l sale, yard 1. s t" John Bei4w#' Will Menage K«v anagh's New House in Iowa. G^p.nd Forks, N. D.. April 10.—John Bertram, who has been manager of the Grand theatre since it was taken over by A. J. KaVanagh, and who installed and managed the Foto Play theatre, has gone to Clinton, la., to assume charsre of a new theatre pur chased by Mr. Kavanagh. Michael Cooper, who has been connected with the Grand theatre for some time, has been jriven the managership and al ready has assumed his duties. Mr. Kavanaprh's Clinton theatre is one of the largest and best motion picture and vaudeville theatres in Iowa. It has a seating capacity of 1,300, and plays all the best attrac tions. Mr. Bertram has been connected with local motion picture and vaude ville houses for eleven years. In fact, he has watched and helped develop the "vdriety" houses in Grand Forks, for he came here shortly after the first one was built. Under his direction, the Grand Forks and Foto Play thea tres have become two of the best play houses in the northwest. Mr. Bertram is an experienced theatre man and a practical house manager, and there is no doubt that he will make a suocess of Mr. Kavanajth's Clinton theatre. ORGANIZBCOMPANY East Gran4 Fork* Probably Will Get In the Came Early. Bast Grand Forks, Minn., April 10.— Plans are being perfected locally for the organization of a company of mili tia, to become a part of Minnesota's contribution to the 1,000,000 man army the nation is expected to raise within the first year of the war with Germany. Mayor C. J. Kelleher will call a mass meeting late this week to discuss the plan. ls*K-|«*rsFaR Terrfbie caae of Eeaeiaa—^coatr»et*d wh*n ttert bov—fourbl for ten year*, with half doses at** ml t*u. Both l«t* id t*rr»Me t-twv diti os. Atn»o»t i«rou» wrcrk. U took JiuA bottle* to cl«*r up ti.i» rii»c*«e." Th* U Uie late testimony of a prominent newn.W-'-F mail Hi* itfciiw «£!1 hi« remarkable story in full "The Service of Our Mail Order Dept. is Unexcelled" i a $ These Goods are the Latest Arrivals from the New York Markets s GRAND FORKS MANAGER TO CLINTON THEATRE on requect. We iu»v« eeen many ether cure* with this manrelou* ii-quKl wash that we freely offer you a bottle on out jxsmonai (ntertraJ#*-. Try it today. »c. aad tlM* I for Skin Disease WAMOO SMW Fargo's Shopping Center" S o a n N o v e y DRESS £inci WOOL Ne Trace of Bandit*—Stick of Pyalto Lend a yaterr to Case. Grand Forks, N. D., April 10 Grand Forks police are wholly at sea in their search for the two holdup men who shot and seriously wounded Clarence Rusche. ticket seller of the Metropoli tan theatre, this city, whom they ac costed in the boxofllce during the prog ress of a show. The men, both masked, escaped to East Grand Forks, the mask thrown away by one of the men being found at the approach to a railroad bridge. A stick of dynamite also was found nearby, adding to the mystery of the case. Two men held on suspicion have been freed. COMMEND* PRESIDENT Edoeatore Staad with Him—Clarke Elected PrMidcmt. Mlnot, N. D., April 10.—Resolutions commending the attitude of President Wilson in dealing with the German situation, coupled with resolutions ap proving greate? study of agriculture in the state schools, were adopted at the annual meeting of the Northwest Education association in Minot. W. F. Clarke, Minot, was elected president L. A. White, Williston, and Sara Guss, Rugby, vice presidents Edith Stadum, Mlnot, secretary and L. M. Rockne, treasurer. FESSENDEN FINANCES Owee Only $1,000—And Has Cash in Treasury. GOODS SII^TCS arc Now in Great Demand We are therefore placing on Sale WEDNf ID AY, the following items at prices that are tempting. Do not miss this opportunity. $8,500 Fessenden, N. D.. April 10.—Accord ing to report made to the city council by Auditor L. W. Wigley, Fessenden, Is on a sound basis financially. It was decided to pay off another of the $500 bonds, part of the original $4,000 borrowed to complete the building of the city hall when "pis: alley" went dry. With this paid there remains only $1,000 indebtedness of 41ly kind and the books show about $1,600 oash will be left on hand. CIGARETLESS TOWN Bill Pending in Legislature Weuld Make "Pill" Sale Impossible ill Thief River Falle. Thief River Falls. Minn., April 10.— The sale of cigarets in Thief River Falls will be prohibited if a bill before the state legislature is enacted into law, for it does not permit the sale of the "pills" within 1.000 feet of any school. The entire business district is affected on account of the proximity of the three school buildings, while practically the entire residence dis trict is also within the boundaries. The Chicago Y. M. C. A. hotel, which rost $1,350,000, has accommodated more than 65.000 young men since Its open ing last Msv The average stay of -y-'v vf^ Press Goods 66 INCH ALL WOOL PLAIDS, REGULAR $3.50 values, special /i at this sale, yard 50 INCH TO 54 INCH FANCY WIDE STRIPE and Check Skirtings and Suitings, 2Q Regular $2.98. Special 54 INCH ALL WOOL STRIPE AND PLAID Suiting. Regular $2.50 values. Special, yard 48 INCH ALL WOOL STRIPES AND PLAIDS Regular $2.00 values, /CQ Special, yard 44 INCH CHECK SUITING. REGULAR 98c values, special at 7Q/* i s s a e y a v 36 INCH TO 40 INCH BLACK AND WHITE Checks. Special at this CQ/r sale, yard See the Silverb loom, St. Nickolus and Golden Glow Dress Fabrics In the Newest Patterns. POLICE AT SEA STATE CAPITOL STREETCAR LINE AGAIN SHORTENED Publio Owned Enterprise Gets Another oetbaok Beeause Legislsturs Failed to Provide Fund*. Bismarck, N. D., April 10.—The Capital street railway, which lost sev-» eral blocks of trackage on East Mailt last fall, is to be still further abbrevi ated as a result of a conference be-» tween the city commission and the board of control. Assured that the state can do nothing toward paving on relaying the tracks, the city has announced its determination of having the rails removed from Main street entirely and from the two blocks of Fourth street, extending to Thayer, tvhich are included in paving district No. 1. This will necessitate a several blocks' walk for guests of two of thfl leading hotels, and a three blocks' hike for passengers disembarking at the Northern Pacific. It Is probable that the tracks will not be further disturbed until the paving In district No. 2 reaches Fourth street, when un less some agreement shall have been arrived at, the tracks will be torn up altogether, and the only state-owned public utility In North Dakota—a dis mal failure as it has been operated will pass Into history. LEG BADLY INJURED. Larimore, N. D., April 10.—Clarence W. Lloyd is quite ill at his home. Mr. Lloyd injured his knee by slipping be tween two cakes of ice some time ago and has been suffering more or lesn ever since. It has Just been of lata that It has grown worse and he ha3 had to have It lanced. Another afteut* tion will be performed on the leg. 18 8ERIOUSLY ILL. Hitisboro, N. D., April 10.—Andrew Harstad, one of the pioneer settlers of the Red river valley, and a w®ll know if citizen of this community, is seriously 111 with apoplexy. When his daughter, who Is teaching, in the city schools, returned hom«» she heard a queer noise at the barn. Upon investigation she discovered he* aged father lying helpless aad almost unable to speak. Nature Cures, the Doctor Takes the Fee. There is an old saying that "Nature cures, the doctor takes the fee,*' but as everyone knows you can help Na-» ture very much and thereby enable to effect a cure in much less tlm«-" than is usually required. This is par ticularly true of colds. Chamberlain'# Cough Remedy relieves the lungs, liq uifies the tough n icus and aids in its expectoration. the cu^it »n$ aids Nature in xeBto Uxg th^,fc\^teixi pN"' •1 1 •-"-•v® m •y 'M •M i ii j® a MMSSBI