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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-06-06
FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE
National Commission Proposed by Sem.
atOr j. Ham Lewis.

ntOr j. Ham Lewis.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June Cone
Of the most revolutionary proposals
that has ever been submitted to Con.
gress, whose operation, If the bill is
enacted into law, would probably effect
vast changes in the economics Of the
nation, is that advanced by Senator
James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois for
a national wage commission. A mini
mum wage for every worker is the ul-
innate purpose of the measure.
Senator Lewis explained his bill in
the following statement:
Il wish to leave free to all persons
to make their own contracts, but not in
matters of interstate character, rail-
road transportation, railways or other
institutions. | wish to assure that no.
person shall be forced to live at a.
wage less than that upon which the
human being can exist, consistent with
the status of life necessary to be &C.
cupied in connection with the part un--
dertaken.
II wish to establish in the hearts of
the citizens a confidence that there Is
court to which they may go in peace.
with assurance that they will obtain
equity and be backed by public opinion
whenever the facts of their rights are
known. In that way strikes will be
avoided, riots and lawlessness provided
against, patriotism inspired in citizens
and peace be the uniform enjoyment
Of all communities"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-06-06
MANY COURSES OFFERED.
Summer School Mt University Offers lib
Studies in - Departments.

One hundred and thirteen courses
will be offered at the summer school
of the University of Washington IN "a
departments. In the majority OF cases
heads of departments will be in charge
of the work. Several outside lecturers
will assist in various departments.
An important series of lectures will
he given by Harry Everett Barnard,
state food and drug commissioner OF
Indiana. These lectures will supple
ment the work in chemistry and home
economics
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-06-06

For Sale-One Of the best 16O-acre
stock or dairy farms In Thurston coun-
ty. Fred H. Wright, Third and Ounce
streets, Olympia. 5.11O.
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making arrangements to move in.


making arrangements to move in.
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Pollock of
Fargo, North Dakota, spent. yester-
day in the city. Mr.. and Mrs. Pollock
left this morning for Lake Itasca
via Park Rapids where they spend
"a short time on a pleasure trip.
Deputy Sheriff Geo. Denley of Be-
midi arrived in the city last even
ing in charge OF Charles Holl Bel
trami county homesteader enroute
to the insane hospital at Fergus
Falls, Hoff had been very violent
and arrived here strapped to an iron
stretcher. He quieted down after
reaching Crookston and was taken
the balance of the trip without fur
Their trouble wearing only the
mitts." In the same party was Mrs.
Palmer a widow from Hines north
of Bemidji who was in charge of
Andrew Back and daughter Agnes.
Mrs. Palmer had a son but she does
not know of his whereabouts. The
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-10-31

Chris Anderson of Akeley is spend
Ing the day in the city.
ao-carts retired at the second hand
store. ADV.
o. e. Erickson of Crookston Is In
Bemidji today on business.
Go-carts retired at the second hand
store.-Ady.
Lizzie Hanley of Park Rapids, is
visiting friends in the city.
Only 35c for a good supper, In the
Presbyterian church Saturday.-Adv.
William Short of Kelliher is trans
acting business in the city.
Kitchen girls wanted at the Mark
ham Hotel. Apply at once.-Ad7.
". H. Peet of Wadena transact
ed business in Bemidjl today.
Special sale on ladies Coats, Suits
and Neutrality-suspicious. CO.
Adv -.
Oscar Tyren of Kelliher was In
the city Thursday on business.
H. r. Bosworth of Ada was in the
city today transacting business.
What? A big supper. When? Sat-
,srlay. Where? In the Presbyterian
shurch.-Adv. .. ....-g.s..e
H. A. Hippopospi of Menahaga
was in the city today on business.
Mike Dufour of Akeley is trans
acting business in the city today.
Don't forget the supper in the
Presbyterian church, Saturday, Nov
anber ADV.
l.. e. Osborne of Remer was in
tho city for short time today
Business.
One CT these days you ought to
10 to Hakkerups and have your pic
turs taken.-Adv.
A. M. Karel of Nebish was
in the city on business and pleasure
Thursday.
Nice lot of Boston ferns and palms
at the greenhouse. A. E. Webster,
Phone 166.-Adv.
C, J. Johnson of Crookston is
among the business callers in the
city today.
Isn't IT. " ORTIZ the $500. year
rental of a safe deposit box in the
Northern National Bank to know
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rooms to rent for the winter. So far
she has been able to secure either.

she has been able to secure either.
PEOPLE WHO KNOW. are going
to buy a MAJESTIC RANGE during
our DEMONSTRATION week. YOU
would too if you KNEW. Read our
big ad in this paper. ADV.
Miss Ada Sells of Wilton was in
the city one day this week. She was
on her way to Faribaut, Minneso-
ia, where she will visit for several
weeks.
M. Butts of Nary was in the
city the .irst part of the week. She
was accc lnpanied by her daughter
Gladys, who came to have her eyes
treated.
CHILDREN, we will look for you
at our store, Monday, between and
S P. M. That's your time. See our
ad. in this paper. A. B. Palmer
Adv.
A. J. Johnson left this morning on
a business trip to Cass Lake, Bemidji
and other points for the: Crookston
Pure Food company:-Crookston
Daily Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. wilkinson Of Hope:
North Dakota, arrived IN the city
Tuesday and will visit here. for some
time, Mr.. Wilkinson will have his
teams in the woods during the win
ter. ~. .,s .''.
/ BOYS. AND GIRLs-don't forget
your. day at MAJESTIC Exhibit. Get
a free souvenir and special prize.
Read our ad in. this; paper. A. 3.
Palmer: ADV. --@.-.' '5'''"' '..s.&s.
Miss Vera Nelson, Of Bemidji for
Emerly Of this place, is. paying a
visit to the Button family, and also
renewing acquaintance amongs her
many, friends here-Big Fork COM
pass, !
Prof. o. 1. Bergn went to Thief
River Falls Thursday morning to
give talk on "Alfalfa" and also to
do corn judging. at the, Corn Show
being held at that place.-Crooks-
ton Daily Times. 49,.
PARENTS, don't let the children
overlook the Children's Day Pro-
position we make in our large Ma
jestic Demonstration ad. in this
paper. A. B. Palmer.-Adv.
Mrs. F. A. Peterson of Puposky
expects to move to Bemidji soon in
order to give her children the advan-
age of the good schools here. She
was in the city a short time ago
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case is very sad one.-Crookston
Daily Times.

case is a very sad one rookston
Daily Times.
Miss, Margarey Symons. has issued
invitations for Halloween party
to be given at her home this even
ing on ia Minnesota avenue The
rooms will be decorated with pump
kins. cats, owls and. witches. The ia
vors are unique, consisting of
,clothespins dressed as witches. The
centerpiece will be a large pumpkin
and a prize will be given to the
The guests will be dressed in fancy
costumes. Invitations are issued to
Alice Minnick, Ruth Essler, Flor
ence Shepard, Elsie shannon, Dor
thy and Florence Harries, Pearl
Phibbs, Ellen Crothers, Philip Denu,
Willard McGregor, Carl Crothers,
Arthur O'Leary, John Koor, and Rus
sell Cowan.
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TO The VIRGINS =

TO. THE VIRGINS.
Gather ye rosebuds while -
may. s1s. ...e. e. Vi .v, 49,
Old time. is still a-nying.
And this same flower that smiles
today ~. ~ Ill.,.
!. Tomorrow will he dying.
The glorious lamp Of heaven, the
sun. 49, . : y = . .'.' 90
The higher he's a-getting
The sooner will his race be run
And nearer he's to setting. Hns
That age is best which il the
first, IT,. 80" as'ss
When youth and blood aro
warmer: ,.'r = = -~@f
But. being spent. the worse and
worst - ..'7. r ~
Times still succeed the former.
Then be not coy, but use your
time ~,'...'' ,<~72 ,7fe
And while ye may go marry,
For having lost but once your
nrimo 49, - - aT7r
You may forever tarry.
- .~'r..... Robert Herrick.
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Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Oct. 30.-Wheat-Dec..
1885 @s3Ac; May, $3.50. Cash close
on track: No. hard, SIC; No. North
ern, SAN @86Ac; to arrive, S4Nc;
No. 2 Northern, S27s@s41hc; No. 3
Northern, S0N @827ac; No. 3 yellow
corn, 68h @69c; No. 4 corn, 66@67c;
No. white oats, 36z @37Ac; to ar
rive, 36Ac; No. aoats, 34111 @36c;
barley, 45@65c: nax. jl.3g: to arrive,
$1.39. va
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The Hallowell Concert company
Will appear at the Club Decem-
Der 7. Under auspices OF the Benz
iti5t Athletic club.
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CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, Oct. 3O.-Cattle- Beeves,
$6.6O@9.7O; Texas steers, $6.70@7SO;
Western steers, $6.00@8.10;. stockers
and feeders, $5.0O@745; COWS and
heifers, $3.35@8.20; calves, $4,000,
1925. Hogs-Light, $7.65@8.25; mix
ed, $7.65@s.25; heavy, $7.55@S3O;.
rough, $7.55@7.7o; pigs, $5.00@7.75.
Sheep-Native, $4.00@5.10; yearlings,
S5.OO@6.OO.
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That there is to be Sunday
school convention In Bemidji We'd
nesday and Thursday November 5
AMI, s.
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20 cut the five vote coupon out Of
this paper and save it for your fav-
orite contestant in the Schroeder-Pio-
neer Free Piano contest.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Oct. Wheat Dec,
sec; May, 9O%c. Corn-Dec., 7OAc;
May, 715sc. Oats-Dec., 39Bc; May,
43c. Pork jan, $1,000; May, $20.lO.
Butter-Creameries, 30@31c. Eggs
29k @30%c. Poultry-Springs, l3c;
hens, 121ac; turkeys, l8c.
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The Markets
South st. Paul Live Stock.

]; South st. Paul. Oct. 30.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.75@785; cows and heifers,
$4.25@6.75; calves, $5.50@9.00; feed
ers, $4.30@7.O0. Hogs-$7.00@7.65.
Sheep-Lambs, $5.00@6.75; wethers,
$4.OO@4.4O; ewes, $2.60@4.00.
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That the winter convention OF the
Northern Minnesota Development as
ISOLATION will be held In Bemidjl
Deeember 4 and S.
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That the local items telephoned or
sent to the society editor of the Pho
aaer are appreciated. Phone 81.
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Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Oct. 3O.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. 1 hard, S75sc; No. 1
Northern, $3.50; No. Northern,
S51Ac; Dec, 84%c; May, 89c. Flax
On track and to arrive, $1.39; Oct.
$1.37A; Nov, $1.371A; Dec, $780,;
May, S141M. =.
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70 hear Bennett at the Methodist
church November Is. Under auspices
Of Woman's study club.
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About The City
X X X X X X X X X Xxx x X X X X
4 LEST WE FORGET x

TO cast your vote at the special
charter election. held Tuesday, No
vember, rs.
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Try Pioneer Want Ads.
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Wonderful Pearls OF American Duchess

to have taken over three years TO
one of them the i'll fated Marie Antoi-
nette. The French Queens pearls were
purchased by w, X. Vanderbilt and
presented to his daughter as a we'd
ding gift. They include a necklace each
pearl of which is valued at $4,000, and
there is one rope which the duchess
can twist five times round her neck
and which even then falls well below
her waist. To the duchess, likewise
came the famous Vanderbilt pearls,
many of which once were the property
of that astonishing woman. Catherine
the Great of Russia The largest row
of these contains some of the biggest
and most beautiful that ever have been
seen. One of them alone is said TO
have cost over $500,000, and their value
is greatly enhanced by an idea of the
dukes who had placed between each
one of them a wheel of white sapphire
Wearing these world famous Jewels
the tall. slender young duchess is YER
itably a queenly figure. especially
when the effect is completed by the
magnificent diamond tiara with pearl
points presented to her grace on her
wedding by the Duke of Marlborough.
In this connection\ picturesque
story concerning the Queen and the
duches sis worth recalling. One after
noon these two famous women, whose
mutual interest in all forms of charity
has served to make them intimate.
were arranging to dine together when
the subject of gems was mentioned.
'Will you put on all your pearls
i..1.t
the duchess did. The Queen also wore
hers, and then when they met, both
arrayed In their priceless possessions.
the two ladies. with something of the
joy of school girls, one might say, set
to and counted the number each was
wearing. The duchess won-according
to the tale-by two!
And who possesses the most valuable
collection of pearls in all the world?
This is point which even such au-
thorities as Mayer and Garrard, both
of whom the present writer called
upon, declare 1t is well nigh impos-
sible to decide, but the distinction is
believed to belong to that renowned
Indian price who still, because of the
unfortunate incident at the last Delhi
Durbar, is somewhat under a cloud in
this country, the Gaekwar of Baroda
Although the tile of prince of Pearls
was borne by another, in the person of
the late Rama 4, Dho1pur, the famous
ruler who governs a province of over
5000 square miles and nearly two mil
lion and a half Inhabitants is easily
supreme in his possession of jeweled
ornaments and could rightly claim, did
he choose, the tile of king of Pearls"
Most of his jewels-whose value is es-
timated at over twelve million dollars
were collected by his predecessor,
Mahratta Khandarao, who lived in bar
barrie splendpr, and they are rarely
worn by the present Gaekwar. These
treasures include a sash of 100 rows
of pearls, terminating in a great tas-
sci of pearls and emeralds; seven
rows of superb pearls whose value is
estimated at 100000; littler set with
seed pearls, quantities of unstrung
pearls and, most remarkable of all,
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are grim. Kuprin is, however, no pessi-
mist. If his heroes and heroines end
badly, he makes it clear that this is not
the essence of life, and that the failures
are due to the criminal inability of men
and women to enjoy an existence which
is naturally vital and enhancing. That is
Kuprin's only 'lesson," for he is free
from the publicist tendencies of other
Russians who seek in institutions the
source of all human ills. Knprins irony
over the wilful spelling of life comes out
cleanest in his Utopia story of 29O6, when
all the worlds ills have been abolished
and man is free and proud Kuprin paints
the incorrigible man of Utopia dissat-
isfied with his lot and as looking back
enviously to the troubled past when small
doles of happiness had to be won by
struggle and bloodshed.
70 Kuprin women and woman's beauty
are the assets of life. Love is a great
thing in itself. and is spoiled only through
the human incapacity to use 1t worthly.
In his stories, Beauties and ''Zhidovks
CThe Jewess). Kuprin almost exaggerates
the power of beauty. This note is
stronge rstlll in his Biblical tale. "Sula-
mith," in which the exaltation of the fe-
male body is carried almost to heights. of
mania. 'Sulamith' borrows it's sentiment
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r oNDoN. November 29.-(Special)
That to many, most alluring OF
- Jewels, the pearl, continues "
occupy thea center of the stage Oh ms
side of the Nlantic. Events almost
would seem to have conspired TO Keep
it in the limelight of European pun
licity. The sensational case Oh 'is
theft of Max Mayors s75O,o0o pear
necklaces and it's equally sensatioiiai
recovery was followed almost immeai-
ately by the strange finding, IN 'he
wainscoting of a fashionable motel !"
this country, of society woman
nearls which were supposedly stolen
from her there six years ago, and nara
on tho heels of this episode has come
the remarkable case of pearl DOCTOR
irgo in paris. which has led to the
confiscation of a gem valued at $5o'-
900 by the syndical chamber of that
city and has thrown the French pearl
trade into a ferment
The demand for pearls by the lead-
ers and would-be leaders of society
grows with every day. A successful mu-
steal comedy is named THE Pearl
Girl" An Indian potentate, famous for
his rores and carpets" of pearls re-
Gently explained the practical disap-
pearance of these jewels from his raj
ment by asserting that he was "build-
ing schools with them" and simultan-
eously there has been renewed discus
sion as to the actual donor of the
wonderful pearls, said to be worth over
100000, belonging to an international
star of the music halls who is well
known to have inspired admiration In
a royal heart. 1t is, in fact, a pearl
year.
What an amazing story the romance
of pearls would make II it could be
told in full! Whence. for example,
have come the bewitching jewels-the
ropes, the necklaces, the diadems and
clusters of pearls that crowd the
strong boxes of the American Duchess
of Marlborough, the stately daughter
of the Vanderbilts, who vies with
Queen Alexandra for the distinction of
owning the finest collection of these
Jewels in Great Britain.
Even experts hesitate to set a price
on such wonderful collections of pearls
as these of the queen mother and her
young American rival, who, by the
way, Is one of her niajesty's personal
friends. Queen Alexandra's pearls have
been presents from The Czar and the
Dowager Empress Of Russia, her Sis
ter; from members of the English,
Danish and German royal families, and
then, again, many of them were heir
LOOMS Some of the richest and most
beautiful of them were worn by the
Queen at her coronation, these COLI
. sisting of seven immense rows of
pearls, each "a to 20 inches in length.
hanging below five large neck circlets
of diamonds and a great corsage orna
ment which covered her entire bodice;
while beneath part of this was splen-
did ornament of diamonds with large
pear shaped pearls of fabulous value.
But the pearls of the Duchess of
Marlborough are even more interest
ing, the finest of them having been
the property of two famous Queens,
six feet wide. This carpet is said
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Kupri1,, Russja's Greatest Novelist
Copyright. 1918, by Curtis Brown.)

Copyright, 1918, by Curtis Brown.)
CF PETERSBURG, November 20.
Especially )-Russia is waiting to
~ know what will happen to Kuprin,
her most talented novelist, since the death
of Tolstoy What will overtake the wild.
romantic, genial bibulous. and quarrel
some artist, to whom something striking
comes at least once month? One day
Kuprin is assaled by forest bandits; next
day he quarrels with an authors society;
next he fights a duel; next he bets he
can swim Is miles. and next the world
reads of his bloody boxing match in
fashionable salon. There is something
Homeric, or Dumas-like in Kuprin. Rus
slams expect him to climb Mount Kasbek,
or steal some Georgia princes daughter,
or slay his publisher. They expect his
genial fist will produce a brilliant novel
and simultaneously smack the jaw of
some worthless foe.
Kuprin is king of Russian noveltists pre-
cisely because of his Homeric or Three
Musketeers" character. He is the one
Russia writer who loves and enjoys life.
The modish novelists, the Andreyeffs.
Tchirikoffs and Andrei Bielis. are all
neurasthenic, psychopathical enemies
dreaders of life, and their heroes and
heroines are unfit olive. They have sell
dom even the pluck to drink a draught of
poison But Kuprins heroes, like him
self, drink everything in sight, and their
authors thirst and animation are imaged
in every page. That makes Kuprin the
essentially vital and the most verisimilar
Of living pen artists, and 1t explains why
old Tolstoy, ascetic as he was, loved and
admired rebellious Kuprin. and praised
his works to the skies
Homeric Kuprin does not look his part.
He Is a stout, bearded. bourgeois type,
who, judged by looks, ought to be selling
butter instead of writing passionate
stories, and living a passionate life. For
two and twenty years he has been writ
ing stories and living them. But not until
the revolutionary year, 1905. did Kuprin
spring into fame as author of 1.-THE Duel"
THE Duel" ran through Is editions, was
dramatized ana played wonderfully by the
late Komissa hevs skaya, and appeared in
French, German. italian and other ton
gues When 1.-The Duel" came out Rus
sia first learned that Kuprin was an ex-
officer; that he had already written 10
unread stories. and that he was q jolly,
violent, generous fellow. with high con-
tempt for the literary pedants, psychoo-
paths and drones who make poor Russia
the dreary land she is.
The DUEL comes into the class of
Beyerleins Jena or Sedan 1.-The Tales
of Small Garrison Town." anr the Czech
romance, Under Arms" 1t reveals the
tiresome, shady sides of army life; and
handles the problem of the army In it's
social relations, its moral prejudices, its
disintegrating effect on Individual person.
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are having them reinsured for much
larger sums than formerly One of tho
most remarkable instances of this ten
deney was furnished by the sale 1T
christie's In 1904. of the Jewels of the
late Marquis of Anglesey. At the time
II his death the marquis was supposed
to be bankrupt but the value of the
gems which he had purchased had in
creased so rapidly that the sale real
ized the sum of s114s4O. or more than
enough to cover all the obligations
of the estate.
An auction sale of pearls which had
one of the mist remarkable sequels on
record was that of the collection Of
the late Bishop Bubics of Hungary.
Among other objects handsome sabre
pouch was offered of the style worn by
the Hungarian hussars 1t was Of
green silk and richly embroidered with
hundreds of pearls of varying sizes.
After keen competition this pouch was
sold to Prince Esterhazy for 1850
crowns. Some time after the SALE how
ever, letter from the late bishop
was found containing the statement
that he had borrowed the ornament
from the jewel room of the Princess
Esterhazy. Naturally the prince was
not called upon to pay the amount of
his bid.
The largest single pearl In the
world experts appear to agree. is the
famous Hope pearl, which has been in
England for many years. This re-
markable jewel. which weighs 1900
grains, or three ounces, and measures
two inches in length and in crcum-
ference Az inches at the broadcast. and
"a inches at the narrowest end, was
one of a great collection of gems
brought together in the first half OF
the last century by Henry Philip Hope,
a London Banker. Its value. however,
is not in proportion to its size, owing
to its irregular formation. After re-
naming in the Hope jewel collection
at the South kensington museum for
many years, 1t was sold at auction at
Christie's in 1856 when that collection
was placed on the market. This pearl
is now held by Messrs. Garrard & Co,
of London at the price of $4,000. Its
remarkable size may be gathered from
the fact that in list of the principal
great pearls of history the one which
nearest approaches its weight of 1900
gairsn is the famous Shah Sofis pear1
whose weight is only 500 grains