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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-03-01

There Is more Catarrh In this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
It incurable. Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tiona1 treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by F. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy. is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-03-01
CARNIVAL CLUB TO
ESCORT COMMITTEE

All members of the Carnival asso-
citation marching club will meet this
evening at the Markham hotel
promptly at 1880 o'clock to escort
the members of the committee here
to discuss the coming of the National
Editorial association to the CONNER
cial club rooms
All members of the association who
do not march are requested by Presl-
dent Mcdonald to be at the CONNER
cial club rooms at 8 o'clock.
The ladies' drum corps of the Car
nival club will meet at Meters drug
store and march to the Markham
hotel in time to meet the club and
escort the distinguished visitors.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-03-01

'What inquiries nquistve And right there
hanging grim asking fool questions
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-03-01
10000 SOLDIERS I'LL
INV United Preesl

Ell Paso, Tex, March Thirty
thousand regulars and members of
the national guard are under quar-
antine today owing to an epidemic
of pneumonia. However, homeward
movements of troops are not affected.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-03-01
CARLOAD OF ALIENS ARE
RECEIVED HERE TODAY

F. NJ Ma1zahn today received a
carload of Allen cars. He is new
dealer who has joined the ranks of
auto circles of this city and as the
Allen cars are now attracting wide
attention it is not unlikely that a
new business house will come into
being as the result.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-03-01
Mankato, Mimi

when my sister advised me to try DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescri ption, which !
did, and three bottles completely cGfed
me. I have never been bothered sinces
There is nothing better for women who
are rundown or suffering with weakness
of any so 0ft Miss GERTRUDE E. EVANS
1926 Belgrade Ave. ~sAs~.-rs-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-03-01
SUFFERED SEVERE PAINS.

About four years
agoI became all rum
down and weak thru
hard work. I could
not eat, was bilious
all the time, suffered
severe pains in the
back, in fact was
distressed all over.
I had several good
doctors but did not
get any relief. I went
on suffering this way
EN> 81 ~,,x 49, -,~@~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-03-01
AWAY ON BUSINESS

J. E. Harris, judge of probate, will
go to Blackjack this evening on bust
ness matters.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10

Il tell. Parental implantingJ may
nave much to say to the fruit Of the
WOMB but atavism has more. Smiths
"a" came up with a snap. He was no
.onger an indistinguishable unit in the
saIKs OF the respectable and the we'll
~. he was a man fleeing for his
.Ie' What was done was done, and
we next thing to do was to avert the
Consequences.
AT the railroad station a few early
toiners for the west-bound passenger
IAN due at ten o'clock were already
ssI1uerlng, and 1t the bidding Of a GER
o1iu new and militant craftiness Smith
'e :. the lighted waiting rooms as
= 'hey held the pestilence. A string of
"a cars had been pushed up from the
az -.sl,snt-unloading platforms recently,
,. 1 IN the shadow Of the cars he
''Ihed his way westward to the yard
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10

where night switching crew was max
Ing up train.
Keeping to the shadows, he walked
back along the line of cars on the
makeup track, alertly seeking his OPP
portunity. Halfway down the length
of the train he found what he was
looking for: box car with its sidedoor
hasped but not locked. With bit of
stick to lengthen his reach. he unfas-
tened the hasp, and at the switching
crews addition of another car TO the
makeup" he took advantage Of the
noise made by the jangling crash and
slid the door. Then he ascertained by
cropping into the dark interior that the
car was empty. With a foot on the
truss-rod he climbed in, and at the
next coupling crash closed the door.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10

busy hour with the colonel going oven
the contractors estimates for the
month in prospect. In an in .erval of
the business talk, Baldwin remembered
the good-looking young tramp who had
wanted job.
"Oh, yes; I knew there was some
thing else that wanted TO ask you"
he said. How about the young fellow
that unloaded on you a couple OF
weeks ago? Did he make good?"
'Who-Smith?"
''Yes; if that's his name"
The engineers left eyelid had a quiz
zlcal droop when he said dryly: Its
the name he goes by in camp; John
Smith haven't asked him his other
name"
The ranchman-president matched
the dropping eyelid of unbellef with a
sober smile. II thought he looked as
if he might be out here for his health
like a good many other fellows who
have no particular use for a doctor.
How is he making it?'
The engineer, hard-bltted man With
the prognathous lower jaw characteris-
ing the tribe of those who accomplish
things. thrust his hands into his peck.
cts and walked to the window to look
down into the Brewster street. When
he turned to face Baldwin again, 1t was
to say: "That young fellow is a won
der. colonel. l put him into the quarry
at first, as you suggested, and in three
day1 he had revolutionized things to
the tune Of a 20 per cent saving in pro-
duction costs. Then l gave him a hack
at the concrete-mixers, and he's max
ING good again in the cost reduction.
That seems to be his speciality"
The president nodded and was suf-
ficiently interested to follow up what
had been merely a casual inquiry.
"What are you calling him nova
betterment engineer? You know your
first guess was that he was somebody's
bookkeeper out Of job"
Williams wagged his head.
Hes three-cOrnered puzzle to me,
yet. He isn't an engineer, but when
you drag bunch of cost money up the
trail. he goes after 1t like a dog after
a rabbit. I'm not anxious to lose him,
but I really believe you could make
better use Of him here in the town Of
fee than can on the job"
Baldwin was shaking his head dubi-
ously.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10

thoughtfully. They were dirty again
from the tinkering with the motor. but
the inspection went deeper than the
CRIME.
I'm not afraid of the pick and
shovel, or the wheelbarrOw, and on
some accounts guess they'd be good
for re. But on the other hand. per-
haTs ii is pity to spoil a uiddling
good office man TO make an Indifferent
day-laborer-to say nothing of knock
ing some honest fellow out of the only
job he knows how to do"
Colonel Baldwin swung in behind the
steering wheel of the roadster and held
a fresh match to the black cigar
Though he was from Missouri, he had
lived long enough in the high hills TO
know better than TO judge any man
altogether by outside appearances.
Climb in" he said. indicating the
vacant seat at his side. 'Tm the pres
ident of the ditch company. Perhaps
Williams may be able to use you; but
your chances for Office work would be
ten to one in the town."
81 don't care TO live in the town"
said the man out of work. mounting to
the proffered seat; and past that the
big roadster leaped away up the road
and the roar Of the rejuvenated motor
made further speech impossible.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10
CHAPTER II-continued.

Good judges on the working floor ot
the Lawrenceville Athletic club had
said of the well-muscled young bank
cashier that he did not know his own
strength. 1t was the sight of the pistol
that maddened him and put the driving
force behind the smashing blow that
landed upon the big mans chest. The
lifted pistol dropped from Mr.. Watrous
Dunham's grasp and he wilted, settling
back into his chair. and then slipping
TO the floor.
In a flash Smith knew what he had
done. Once, one evening when he had
been induced to put on the gloves with
the Athletic clubs trainer, he had con-
trived to plant body blow which had
sent the wiry little Irishman to the
mat gasping and fighting for the
breath of life. eff ever yez'l be givin'
q man that heart-punch wild tn bare
fsht, Misther Montague. it's you FIR tn
fasht train widout shtoppln' to buy
amy ticket-it'll be murther in che
first degree" the trainer had said,
when he had breath to compass the
saying.
With the unheeded warning resur-
gent and clamoring In his ears, Smith
knelt horror-stricken beside the fallen
man. On the presidents heavy face
and In the staring eyes there was
foolish smile, as Of one mildly aston
ished. Smith loOsened the collar around
the thick neck and laid his ear upon
the spot where the blow had fallen.
The big mans heart had stopped like
smashed clock.
Smith got upon his feet, turned off
the electric light, and, from mere force
Of habit, closed and snap-locked the
PRESIDENTS desk. The Waterman had
not yet returned. Smith saw the empty
chair beside the vault door as he
passed it on his way to the street. The
cashiers only thought was to go at
once to police headquarters and give
himself up. Then he remembered how
carefully the trap had been set, and
how impossible it would be for him to
make any reasonable defense.
WIN VIC EAtlhEC OfCA Ills SAAOAAaCA az
the darkened front windows of the
bank, Smith began to run, not toward
the police station, but in the opposite
Northumberland the railroad station.
For I Montague Smith. slipping from
shadow to shadow down the scantily
lighted cross street and listening mo-
mentarily for the footballs of pursuit,
new hour had struck. 1t was all
prodigiously incredible. The crowding
sensations were terrifying, but they
were also precious, in their way. Long
forgotten bits of brutality and tyranny
on Watrous Dunham's part came up to
be remembered and, in this retributive
aftermath, to be triumphantly crossed
of as items In an account finally set
tied. On the Smith side the bank cash
ler's forebears had been plodding farm
ers, but old John Montague had been
the village blacksmith and soldier
shrewd smiter In both trades. Blood
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10
no BE CONTINUEDJ
had Esr Reasons.

They were discussing church affairs
when Nary came home from school,
and Aunt Maria remarked little pitch
ers have big ears" and the conversa-
ton stopped. A few days afterward
the minister came to tea and gave
some Of his attention to Mary.
'Do you like to go to church," he
asked.
NO" answered Mary. very firmly
but politely.
"And why not, ray little dear2"
"Oh." said Mary, with a smile, 'little
pitchers have big ears" very much TO
the surprise Of her mother and Aunt
Maria, who colored consciously. and
The minister changed the copy ersation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10
CHAPTER ~.
Wanted--A EInaneler.

It was a full fortnight or more after
this mountaineering incident on the
hill road to the dam. when Williams
chief engineer of the ditch project, met
President Baldwin in the Brewster of.
fees of the ditch company and spent a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10

There was no present help for that,
however; and five minutes later he had
regained the road and was on his way
to the ditch camp. AS he walked he
read for the fiftieth time something on
the page of a recent St. Louis paper.
1t was under f1aring headlines:
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10
WHAT HAPPENED

J. Montague LawrencevIe Bank Trust
Co, society leaders, engaged marry Verda
hiress destined
Durham, president of blame to Smith
who be the
threaten him. Smith struck heart and
Iefth m dead.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-10

The young ex-tran1p soon finds
that his services are very much
in demand, despite the fact that
he is suspected of trying to hide
his past.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-01-26
DEDUCTED FROM THE RETURNS.

Butte lost In more than one in
stance. in the summary of political
activities for the year 1916, the re
mark is made that Woodrow Wilson
was elected with the largest plural
ity ever scored by candidate for the
office of president -
Of course that isn't So MIR. Will
son had a big enough balance. if you
please, but he set no new mark. In
1908 Taft 5 plurality was greater than
the one recorded last n vemher for
Wilson, and that is true of the can
didacies of Mex nley and of Roose-
welt. The fact is that the Wilson
plurality is larger than has gone to
any Democratic candidate for presi-
dent But, prior To Woodrow Will
sons time Grover Cleveland is the
only Democrat, running for presidents,
barring Tilden' case, who scored any
plurality at all since Buchanan ran,
and that was sixty years ago.
The fact is that in his run for a
second term Wilson polled more votes
than is the record for any former as
pirant for the Office of president.
That is a different proposition and
the increase is easily accounted for.
In the first place, the increase in the
country voting strength is a factor
population il reased But of more
account is the fact that woman suf
frage was operative last year in many
states, and the women voted. l. Hi
nois, for instance, the November
vote was hundreds of thousands great
err than New York's, The increase
for the four year period following the
election in 1912 was about l30 600
votes in New York, while it was quite
enc million in Illinois, women voting
last year. Women were vested with
the franchise right in six states when
Mr.. Wilson made his first run; they
were legal voters in twelve of the
states last year and that is % per
cent of the common wealth of the
/ Union. The essential fact is that at
the recent election Mr.. Wilson polled
GIG, 900 votes and won. That is an
impressive total.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-01-26

eat? If a thing tastes good that is
sufficient, altho an expensive meal
may have practically no real food
value Too many will eat oysters at
sixty cents pint, when five cents
worth of milk or spoonful of mush
contains more nourishment. We
have slurred dried prunes and looked
with contempt on the bean choosing
rather to ruin our health by stuffing
ourselves with fudge. pastry and
fancy dishes that are as deadly in the
end as ptomaine poison. And the ex
pense? There is no comparison.
This country ought to convert its
charity organizations into schools of
common sense and teach people irow to
live. Then if people want to starve
let them enjoy their privileges like
free American citizens.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-01-26
COME RIGHT IN AND
SIT DOWN -

Boise, Idaho, Capital News: There
is new head to the Standard Oil.
He is A fred c. Bedford
As the new executive Mr.. Bedford
has introduced some new policies
j hat was expected on the theory of
the new broom. but the nature Of
some Of them was not expected. The
Standard Oil Corporation has been
notoriously true with relation to pub
LEFTY. Imagine. then, the surprise
# a reporter for New York paper
who, with fiuttering heart ard tremb-
ling limbs. the other day raped at
the door of President Bedford
Come right in and sit down" was
the greeting. The newspaper man
almost collapsed: But he was due
for greater surprise. President
Bedford began to talk about the Stan
dard Oils business and he went on to
say that there would be no secrecy
and that there will be square
deal for the people and for the com
pany. He gave the reporter can
did interview and the readers were
furnished clearer insight into Stand
ard Oil affairs than any number o,
inquiries might have produced
The 'come right in and sit down
spirit is only another indication of a
new day in the relationship of corpor-
atioas and the public.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-01-26

Montpelier Examiner We notice
that the Democratic Legislature,
which is now in session at Boise, has
employed just rs mary clerks, stenog-
raphels sergea, Is at arms ard as
sistants, door keepers, custodians of
cloak rooms, etc. etc, as have bee
employed by Republican legislatures
in tie past. Well, we didn't expect
anything else. even though our Demo
cratic-f lie, DIS have much to say about
economy in the administration of the
states affairs. You see it has been
sixteen years since they had charge of
the pie counter ard there We're 50
many deserving Democrats who
were demanding some of the pie the
Legislature had to hand out That it
was imply o4t of the out stion to cut
down the number of attaches.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-01-26
sheep men, like other interests, have
no policies and play with the Gins =
FEEDING A FAMILY.

The family that acquires the habit
of storing up food when 1t is cheap
to carry them over the periods when
prices soar, will never have to worry
very much about the high cost of liv
ing. There are periods during every
year when much food needed for win
ter may be had for almost rothing,
and in this country small piece of
ground will produce enough for sew
eral families. Poor people, especial
ly, ought to can and dry their peas,
beans and other staples, and ought
never to be affected by the high cost
of such things. A COW, a few hens,
and garden will go a long ways in
solving the living problem, that is,
if there is a little energy and some
common sense mixed in. Thru this
western country, where land is rich
and harvest certain, the food problem
should never become a serious factor
with the industrious family. In
every town vacant lots are to be had
atfording ample room for family
garden, and in many places efforts
are made to find families willing to
farm the vacant tracts about the
towns. As nation we have the rep
utation of being the most improvi-
dent and the most wastaful people
in the world. We live out of paper
bags and tin cans, purchased at ex-
horbitant prices in little dribs We
supply our tables, not from our eel
lar stocked during low price periods
of the year. but from the retail
stores as each day demands
Nor is this the worst Indictment of
the American poor. How many know
the FIRST thing about food values? How
many eat to live rather than live to
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-01-26
PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE.

The National Chamber of Com
merce, representing the business in
terests of the United States, has ap-
parently made up its mind that the
rights of the general public are para
mount to those of the railroads and
preparing for legislation intended to
prevent railroad strikes until matters
in dispute have been given fair
public investigation. The National
Chamber has put out ballot to all
its members requesting an expression
on the proposition of public investi-
cation before strike; and also that
on all arbitration boards and commit
tees the railroads and the employees
shall have an equal number Of repre-
sentatVes but that the public, having
greater interests than either, shall
have greater representation thar
ether.
Ii the membership votes to approve
an effort will be made to procure the
introduction and passage of a bill by
Congress embodying these provis-
ions. The National Chamber de.
clares in effect that railroad strikes
are unwarranted and intolerable. that
the public is always the greatest
sufferer, and for this reason the pub
lie is we'll within its rights in exer-
cising effective restraint against such
disasters.
The public has no desire to be IN.
fair to the RAILROADS or their employe.
but the public, in justice to itself,
will insist on the settlement of dis
putes without interruption of the
service, even to the extent Of enact.
ing legislatio that will make the
public secure in iris respect. As
Governor Withycomhe O,egon vel
said: "The railroads are the prop-
erty of the stockholders but railroad
service is the property of the people.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-01-26
FULL CREW AGITATIONS.

Along with agitation for limiting
length of trains, there is proposed the
demand for what is known as full
crew legislation.
Nothing so seriously menaces the
development of the west as train
limitation by law on one hand, a
stuffing crews by law on the other.
In Washington for instance, the full
crew law is useless and in many cases
a waste of labor, hauling idle men on
trains and engines.
THE truth is the railroads have
every selfish in crest in opera ting
their trains with the greatest safety
as injuries to trainmen are costly.
The full crew laws in few cases fit
actual needs but in nine cases out OF
ten such laws increase danger an ex-
pense Of operating trains. From the
standpoint of hazardous occupations,
carving unnecessary men CT equip
ment increases the ratio of accidents
in proportion. From the standpoint
of business eco 1omies and the great
est efficiency and economy Of opera
tion are dema lded, why hamper de.
velopement and activities and invest.
ments in the state by arbitrary reg.
ulations?
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-01-26

Weser Signal And row it is an
nouueeJ that the sheep men are going
to join the Democratic party because
the Republicans have not done enough
for them. Whisper this softly, br'er
Democrat or Won will drive all the
cattle ard horse men into tie Repub
lican party and then the sheep men
will be worse off than they We're be-
fore, as that would insure Republican
success in the future. 1t IS crafty
ing indeed to h ar tie RepdOlic an
party accused of being too stringent
when the voters turned us down re-
cause we were supposed to be legis-
lating Continually in favor of the
larger interests. Or can it be that the