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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12
Barr Bars sIovens.

Capt. Barr of the Carmania, who
distinguished himself in the Volturno
rescue work, is strict but just disci-
plinarian.
OF Capt. Barr, who insists on spot
less neatness always, they tell story
in shipping circles.
A very dirty young diver, it appears,
was boasting in an hotel smoking
room about the dangers of his call
ing.
"Yes." said the young man, as he re-
lighted the stub of his cigar-Tyes,
you sailors, Capt. Barr, think you lead
a dangerous life, but l, let me tell you,
| carry my life in my hands"
"Oh, I see," said Capt. Barr, "and
that's why you never wash them. eb--
for fear you'll drown yourself"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12
MEMORY AND ABILITY
GENERAL IDEA THEY ARE SYNoN-
YMoUS TERMS is WRONG.
Numerous Instances In History Where
Men of Intellect Were Notorious for
Their Forgetfulness-Humor-
GUS Case In Court.

During the course of recent trial
Instituted for the purpose of deciding
whether an aged millionaire had need
OF guardian to administer his affairs,
one of the principal arguments sup
porting the charge of incompetency
related to defective memory. The is
sue Is full of human interest and can
be discussed as psychological prob
lem quite apart from the legal merits
of this particular case.
Fate was surely in her most ironi-
cal mood when she tempted an alien
ist to testify that the octogenarian
must be incompetent because of a
faulty recollection of the court pro-
ceedings, and then forced the special.
ist to confess that he could not re-
member a question which had been
asked him only few minutes before.
Hoist with him own petard, the expert
cut an amusing figure, but his profit
from the striking lesson should out
weigh all the personal discontinue to
which he was subjected.
There are few fallacies more gen.
orally entertained than the theory
that memory is an index to mental ca
pacity. While it is true that an ut
ter inability to recall anything out
side of the fixed idea is sign of in
sanity, 1t is equally true that many
men who have made their mark in the
world have notoriously bad memories,
That is to say, they are remarkable
for the things they forget but it will
usually be found that theirs is the
treasure of a selective memory re-
tanning only what is useful for present
purposes.
A distinguished politician. also
something Of q Mag, said that NE owed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12
Two Armies.

Last month was celebrated at Leip
sic the centenary of that terrific Bat.
tie of the Nations which ended Ma
poleon's domination of central Eu-
rope. At the same time the American
Electric Railways association was
holding it's annual meeting at Atlantic
City. This body represents the en-
ployment of over 100000 people-a
number about equal to that of the
allied forces at Leipsic These work
ers are trained and exercised daily in
steadiness, industry, efficiency; in the
instant recognition of fact and skilful
response to the call of duty. BY these
things they live and, so doing, they
play great part in the life of their
time. The resulting spirit of help
fulness is proved by the action taken
for pensions, insurance and profit
sharing. In comparison with this
triumphant army of peace how fan
tastic is the glory of the men who
met at Leipsic to kill each other a
hundred years ago!-Collier's.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12
The Research Enaineer,

About decade ago the great ad-
vantage to be derived from bringing
the scientist directly to the manufac.
turer's workshop, provided this could
be done in the proper spirit, becomes
evident, and the institution now we'll
known as the Industrial research
laboratory has gradually become firm
ly established. There are those who
still maintain, and, no doubt. correct.
ly, that the worlds greatest discov-
cries come from. independent investi-
gators working alone, often amid great
hardship, driven on by the fire of
their own enthusiasm and complete
absorption in one idea. Be that as
it may, the industrial laboratory has
now to its credit some remarkable
achievements, which would do honor
to any university Investigator. 1t is
also worth noting that these achieve.
ments are due in great measure to
that broad dictatorship over research
work which, while not imposing irk-
some restrictions, guides it toward
useful ends. While spectacular re.
suits bring great credit to industrial
research in general, and to this de.
partment in particular, it seems to
be fact, nevertheless, that such de.
partments represent an excellent in.
Vestment even when measured by the
value of their day-to-day services of
minor character rendered to great
industrial organization. Electrical
World.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12

his success to an aptitude for forget
ting everything, including promises
and convictions, but excepting names
! and faces.
On the other hand there are count
less instances of men with phenome-
nal memories who scarcely knew
enough to come in out of the wet.
They are literally peripatetic ency-
clopedias, very useful for reference
purposes to others, but totally unable
to focus their knowledge with any ef
feet upon given object. Their minds
are junk shops rather than work
shops.
AS French philosopher observed,
general is not great in proportion to
the magnitude of his army, but in pro-
portion to his command of the army
for any immediate situation. Better
a small army under perfect control
than an unwieldy force apt to degen-
crate into rabble when faced by SUI
perior order. He applied the illustra-
tion to the field of thought and show
ed that it was not the multitude of
disorganized ideas, but the smaller
number we'll arranged that usually
won mental conflict.
In oth'" words, success in life, to
say nothing of mere competency in
the legal sense, is not matter of
memory 1t is the judiciously selec-
tive rather than the Unfortunately
retentive brain that counts in the bat
tie of life. Some few men have had
prodigious memories which were not
developed at the expense of the rea-
soning processes, but as rule the
law OF compensation holds. and too
much intellectual fat means too little
intellectual muscles.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12
Diplomat Who Vanished.

OF disappearances most mysterious
was the case of Benjamin Bathurst,
who vanished November 25, 1909, while
engaged on a secret mission for the
foreign office. Vienna was the young
diplomatists objective, and, with his
friend and valet, in post chaise,
Perleberg, small posting town in
North Germany, had been reached.
Here Bathurst supped and slept, await.
ing the arrival of fresh horses. Wax.
ing, he asked were the horses ready,
and passed out of the inn door to make
inquiries. Eight people saw him go
out, but none ever set eyes on him
again. Various theories were set
afoot; Napoleon's spies, robbers, ILL
ness. About three years ago. in the
forest, near Perleberg, a skeleton was
discovered, with hole in the skull, as
from heavy blunt instrument. Was
1t that of "the Engltah lord" as Perle
berg people surmised?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12
Consular Mass.

1t is not generally known that in
all the large cities in the Levant wher-
ever there is French consul or agent
a special mass, called ''the consular
mass" is celebrated once a month.
"At this mass" says LIE Cri de s2aris.
"all the diplomatic corps attend as
we'll as the representatives of ortho-
dox Russia. and Protestant Germany
But the mass is always presided over
by the French consul. The latter is
seated in the place of honor, where a
large red velvet chair with golden feet
is prepared for him. No other diplo-
mat has such seat. Whatever the
rank of our agent, everybody respects
his prerogative. and our representa-
tive, whether he be Lutheran, Calvin
list, Israelite or Free Mason, never
fails to exercise it."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12
DEATH VALLEY FEARED
DISTRICT A TERROR TO PRosPEc-
TORS AND TRAVELLERS.
No Hope for the Man Lost on That
TrackIess Waste of Sand-First
Madness From Thirst, and
Then Death.

Death Valley has lost none of its
terrors since 1S49, when many gold
hunters perished in their attempts to
reach the bonanza fields in California,
says a Phoenix (Ariz.) letter. The
relics of that expedition yet remain
on Salt creek to remind passers by of
heroic struggle against great odds.
Today Death Valley practically is
unchanged. True, prospectors have
dug for gold and silver and copper in
the hills on every side; camps have
been made and abandoned here and
there; water holes and stations estab-
lished in times of cross-valley travel
between Panamints and Funeral
Range; ranch has been developed on
which figs and melons and vegetables
grow in great abundance-the mecca
Of hundreds of desert pilgrims and
sightseeing parties.
A stamp mill and an aerial railway
have been built and operated with
telephone line reaching to civilization;
mule teams have been driven into the
depths and hauled out boraX; ye'
Death Valley, deep between the tower
ing gray hills, sunken, treacherous
desolate, isolated, is unaltered BY
the coming of man. II is still the val
ley of death, claiming it's victims one
by one, and harboring many unmarked
graves.
Earls G. Clemens, writing of the
death of Peter Busch, a friend, says
that eight years of desert experience
failed to aid Busch, who was travelling
by automobile. The car stuck in the
deep sand.
Clemens says:
"One has no idea of the oppression
of the heat in Death Valley in sum-
mer, unless he has a personal expert
ence of it. The sun rises hot and sets
hot, with night sky full of strange
lights, like the flashing of fireballs, the
phosphoric phenomena of weird,
spooky waste.
"The night brings some relief, but
the new day dawns hotter, it seems.
than the day before. The water in
your canteen is nauseatins, as it al
most sizzles under the glare of the
merciless sun. The air pressure, hot
from above and below, almost stag
gers you, while your thick tongue,
swelling rapidly from thirst, all but
strangles you.
"The sand dunes, marked only by
mesquite, swallow you without afford
ing refuge from the heat, the wind
blows as if from fiery furnace; the
sand shifts with the wind and the
trail is lost; the burros may stampede
and the last of your grub may be
hopelessly scattered.
MANY have suffered horrible deaths
in that far away and lonely place;
gone mad from thirst and hunger.
thrown away canteen, grub clothing,
and wandered aimlessly, only to lie
down and die, the prey of coyotes and
the grief of loved ones to whom their
resting place is unknown.
Some day, perhaps, more fortu-
nate pilgrim has found skeleton and
dug a grave with an occasional find
of jewelry and papers by which the
remains could be identified, but in the
year in which l have been familiar
with the stories of the lost in Death
Valley, but few missing ones have
been located. The valley had swal-
lowed them to us, as the sea-"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12
The latest in hight fiction seems te
Ibe the reported raise in gas rates.

The idea that the marriage of two
minors entered into in spirit of reck.
lessness should be annulled because
both made false statements as to
their ages should not be encouraged
There are too many immature mar
riages without making 1t invitingly
easy to escape the consequences of
their own folly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12

The chief signal officer of the United
States army says that the number of
civilians who can fly aeroplanes is
fast diminishing. We seem to re-
member news reports of sundry cases
OF diminution, military as we'll as
civil.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12
Had ,Em All.

In Chicago they aver that thk is
true story.
AT one of the universal providers"
Or department stores, shopper asked
a floorwalker whore she might find
the Brussels courter."
Carpets. sprouts, or point lace,
ma'am?" was the walkers query.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-12-12

About this time of the year friend
wife begins to look into the windows
Of millinery shops and to lose her en-
thusiasm for the Audubon society.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-29
English Women Militant.

London, Jan. 29.-The suffragettes
lost no time yesterday opening their
militant campaign. in Dublin they
made concerted attack at noon on
the windows of Dublin castle, a
number of which were smashed.
Three suffragettes were arrested. Il
In London the suffragettes dis
played great vigor. General" Mrs,
Drummond sent an ultimatum yester-
day to David Lloyd-G George, chancel-
lor OF the exchequer, after he had
refused, at her request, to receive a
deputation of women on the ground
that he had another engagement.
II and other members Of the depu-
tatfon intend to wait upon you in the
house of commons at eight o'clock
, evening, ;. she wrote. .We trust you
will make the necessary arrange
ments to receive us.
Il Mrs. Despard, a prominent leader
.of the militant suffragists, and two
of her companions were sentenced to
fourteen days imprisonment yester-
day on the charge Of resisting the po-
lice In the execution Of their duty
when they dispersed meeting in
Trafalgar square Monday evening.
Mr.. Despard, who u { sister q
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-29
HUNG BY FINGERS

| 4 .
Minneapolis, Jan. 29.-After saw
Ing himself from falling with q lad
der which slipped from under him by
|grasping a narrow window ledge,
John simso. lieutenant Of Engine
company No. II, hung from the icy
ledge with one hand for several sec
onds before he was rescued. ' @s s.{
. AS Simso was climbing the ladder
to open a window on the second floor
OF the home Of John Nehring. 1885
Central avenue, which was afire. the
ladder slipped and fell. simso reach
ed for the window. His left foot was
struck by the falling ladder, cutting
his foot and. jerking one Of his hands
from the window. He had little more
than an inch of space to hold on to-,
but managed to keep his grip until
ladder was raised. The injuries to
his foot were slight. {.
The fire is supported to have orig
mated from defective furnace. The
damage was estimated at about $500.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-29
NORTH DAKOTA DRASTIC
Pure Food Commissioner Proposes
Law to Regulate Newspaper Ad-
vertising Of General Scope.
ELIMINATES MISLEADING ADS
BY United Press.

bismarck, n. D., Jan. 29.-The
most advanced position for the regu-
,lation Of newspaper advertising ever
undertaken in any state is proposed
under a measure suggested by Pure
Food Commissioner Ladd of North
Dakota. 1t is a ."pure newspaper"
law, as relating to advertising. The
editor may prevaricate, mislead and
exaggerate in the editorial and
news columns Of his paper to his
hearts content, but the advertisers
must not misrepresent. -->-- l.
The law is general in it's scope. It
applies not only to food stufts and
to medicines and paints and articles
of that nature but also to all kinds
Of wearing apparel, machinery,
clothing, shoes-in fact everything
offered for sale. 20
The proposed law will not only
stop exaggerated advertisements but
entirely eliminate misleading circu-
lars. books and posters used by fake
doctors and fake food and medicine
and other commercial articles.
shoddy clothes, advertised as real
wool, silk claimed to be pure when it
is forty to seventy-f1ve per cent min
eral, shoes with paper soles, plate
iron machinery advertised as steel,
and thousands Of other articles come
under the measure advocated by
Commissioner Ladd.
It is the most sensational plan
ever suggested for the regulating Of
advertisers and makes it as necessary
to tell the truth intsoliciting patron
age as on the bottles Of medicine or
packages Of food sold in this state.
It even reaches the almanacs and
calendars.
/: One OF the strong points Of the
law is the manner in which it will
prevent the vendors of fake medicine
cure-alls from advertising in North
Dakota. The plan Is attracting q
great deal Of attention.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-29
MEETING FEB. 8.
Will Be Held in Bemidji High School
at ! p. m. Under Auspices Of the
Commercial Club. "
DISCUSS THE SHEEP PROBLEM

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- ~u' ''"to 4'nmls ias'o =
'''1o ~ "et'n'' pes'-
e Va w 1'A - "ut vi. o"'on
0'o'A atu' 'ompany' anu a. =
n'' ~ De4 ieln' ueve'op"ent asen' %
Ao - 90 W. 'no' = o ~''Vu' VIZ y
tne guests OF no sl at farmers
meeting which will be held in the
High school February 6 under the
ausn,cea (, +ha comm orc,o, c,,,h
NJ, - :, -, -, -, 80. 80.
w 2 ?. W. - - :" e'1Ae ~ Due1noee
men In the evening IN the club
rooms. e.
In a letter to ]. 4. Opsahl Mr. Ma
=, r., nr,,,,.o -, !, -,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-29

Net nrnf7t ono wear kR 10
-.
WI. "nitlne Inquired MS ru'aDasas
worth At ieast 'ne marAee price ~
" - aeeuins 'nem no was oneleu
sov ~. .ne : .' 40 - se.ou - INC
As4u "l.el oe'ne ~. " e1useu ING
on ~, nc p - - o'.o law ..As 'ne
snue - 'ne 'iop paiu ,oi .uo Soss
:. ciearins Inc iano anu also $..oV;
u INC ? ~ eApense II piepaiins'
seeu'hs auu nai sestius eue ctop.
-Four acres VI polaeoes last year
9, iei p'''E urn ooV Dushels out tue crop
was was not normal. n DINER years II
mas run over IVY pusneas 70 the
acre acre ne naa II tourteen acres OF
corn WHICH - furnishing 1eod LOT
en os MIX cows . neiier' TWO horses
a 'n = COLI Mt Wnatlnss Dest COW
LOOK second prize u the .nree-year-
old class q the county TAR last fall
~ n - nlRN<NE y ND II ~ -2A ~ 49, ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-29
CASTRO CASE TROUBLESOME

Washington, Jan. 29.-An explos-
ion is impending In congress over the
case of General Cipriano Castro, for
mer president of Venezuela, whose
deportation Is insisted on by the
state department.
A resolution will be introduced In
the house soon calling on the secre-
tary Of state for all the information
in connection with the action In
causing the European governments
to keep Castro out of the Western
hemisphere and in moving to exclude
him from the United States. 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-29
X x x Xxx x x & x x X X x Xxx X
X p, F0WLDS. X
4 Il 4 4 X Il 4 4 4 4 4 K Il X 4 4 K

Who's who in Fowlds? John "
Why? "A new sleigh. ss III
- irls!-Mr: j. w. So has been
seen travelling around in q new
sleigh lately; we wonder why!
A schoolma'am.
Later reports are that the new
sleigh has been travelling around
looking for John. We wonder
where John was at! Better buy a
yoke of oxen, John.
= Henry Pingel is logging this win
ter on his homestead near Island
Lake.
Chris Olson, of Island Lake, is
hauling cedar poles and posts to
Puposky. Z
Miss Ethel Pingel, who has been
visiting with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Pingel of Island Lake, for
the past week or two, has returned
to her home in North Dakota. t5.e".
Miss Ashby, of Illinois, is making
an extended visit at the home of her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Ashby, of this village.
Reports are that there are a couple
Of lady trappers in this vicinity. Be-
ware you unwilling bachelors. Good
luck girls, as this is your chance.
Pa Hill was seen vending his way
northward last Sunday and we sus-
pect that he Is cutting a trail
through the woods for the children
of the north school,. "
Mr.. Gruber visited with his friends
John and Gerry Mackey one day last
week. =. .s.-.. H.. So. III &:
Clarence Ford has sold his home
stead to some eastern capitalists.
9 One Of our neighbors was met on
the road one day last week and we
hardly knew (new) him. The rea-
son why? He had relinquished all
claim to the beautiful hirsute appen-
dage that had previously adorned his
upper lip. What made you do it,
Jim? =e.-s-#
Eilert Djoinne was seen going
through Fowlds last week.
Norman Williams has been haul
ing logs for Jim Pine.
Andrew Walker anticipates going
into the trapping business in the
near future. We wonder what he
thinks he is going to catch. d.
Willie Lietz was a Fowlds visitor
Sunday and also visited at his home
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$2394.45

ium at p. m. Mr.. Magivny will
talk on Establishing Market and
will present figures on the price OF
sheep at the St, Paul markets for
some time past. Mr.. Maxfield was
formerly an attorney in Wadena and
had something to do with the build
ing up of Wadena county into one of
the best dairy counties in the state.
Invitations were mailed today to
500 farmers living in>.the vicinity Of
Bemidji and special invitations have
been mailed to men in the small
towns in the brush country near Be-
midi. "A. E. Nelson and J. ].
Opsahl have charge OF the meeting
and it's particular object will be to
acquaint the farmers with the value
Of sheep as land clearers and find out
how many will use sheep If they are
brought into the country. -~
Mr.. Opsahl has received word
from W. F.. Dickens, superintendent
of the Red Lake agency, that 100,-
900 acres of good grass land to the
south and west Of the lower Red
Lake can be obtained for grazing
purposes at a small cost. He has also
received an inquiry from a western
sheep man asking for over 5000
acres of range In one lot. A ..
There is possibility that large
flock Of sheep will be put on the Red
Lake reservation and stock will be
sold from the flock to the farmers as
wanted.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-29
Seven Changed Views From Those
Held Two Years Ago But Meas
ure was Lost by Three.
ENGLISH WOMEN ARE ARRESTED
Three Sentenced to Fourteen Days
imprisonment For Resisting Po-
lice-0ne Refused Fine. -.
~ United Press.


mans suffrage bill out of the way in
the senate, that body will now have
time to consider other important
measures. such as the proposed pub
lie utilities bill, the several amend
ments to the primary election law,
reapportionment, and the creation of
departments of public domain and
agriculture. -
While the most ardent supporters
of the equal suffrage bill were hope
full to the last that the bill would
pass the senate, it has been appar-
ent> to the experienced observer that
the chances were against It,
With the same senators on guard
as were there two years ago, and
with one vote already recorded
against the bill, it seems that the
workers now concede that they prob
ably made a blunder when they did
not have the measure come up in the
house first.
Even now, there is nothing to
prevent the house from: passing it's
own bill and again putting the. mat
ter up to the senate, but with one
defeat, the enthusiasm of the most
enthusiastic worker is bound to be
dampened
Three senator's, S. B. Duea, Ruth
town; w. B. Dwinnell, Minneapolis;
and Marley L. Fosseen, Minneapolis,
this year voted for the bill although
they voted against it two years ago.
Their votes were offset, however, by
the fact that four senator's, H. w.
Cheadle, Duluth; F. A. Duxbury,
Caledonia; c. D. Johnson, Brainerd,
and A. G.. Olson, Window, changed
their votes from AYE" to may"
The vote was recorded as follows:
Ayes-Bedford, Benson, Boyle,
eastman. Clague, G. F. Cooke, Dale,
Denegre, Duea, Dwinnell, Elwell,
Fosseen, Froshaug, Gunderson, Han
son, Haycraft, v. l.. Johnson, Lende,
Moonan, Nelson, Odell, Peterson,
Putnam, Rustad, Sageng, Saugstad,
9challer, Sundberg, Thoe, Wilson.
Nays-Ahmann, Anderson, Car
penter, Cheadle, Collier, N. O. Cooke,
Donaldson, Dunn, Duxbury. Glatz-
bach, Gum, Hackney, Handlan, G. D..
johnson, Johnston, Klein, L'Herault,
McGrath, Marden, Murray, Olson,
Pauly, Poehler, Pugh, Rockne, steb-
bins, G. H. Sullivan, J. D. Sullivan,
Swanson, Van Hoven, Wallace, Weis,
Works.
All present and all voting.
There was a near fight at the door
of the chamber as the senators filed
out following adjournment. A man
in the crowd yelled: ~@ ..-.. 7.-5-
There goes the brewery bunch"
Senator McGrath, who voted
against the bill, took exception to the
remark and started for the man. Ser
geant-at-Arms Eye stepped in be-
tween.