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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
PRICE Of HOGS sl4.
LOWEST M YEARS
"s12 Poker. y, by Christmas
Talk Revives hs Price Falls
on Suburb Mart.

St. Paul. Oct. .1E-Continuing the
decline that set in two months ago,
top prices on hogs on the South st..
Paul market dropped to $14 Thurs
day, the lowest price in more than
two years. (
Hogs were IS cents lower today,
making a decline Of rs cents for the
week, and lending emphasis to the
prediction Of traders that the $l2
hog, long absent from the market,
will be with us by Christmas"
80 Per Cent Drop Since August'
The decline sinRe early in August
has been more than 80 per cen. Hogs
then were selling at the record mark
of $22.50.
Bulk of tn sales on the market
were much nearer the $12 goal than
the top quotation would indicate, be-
ing from $3.50 to $13.75, while
some hogs sold as low as $12.50.
The consumer received encourage
ment likewise in 4 decline Of Is to
Is cents in the price of cattle, and
prices of pork in the retail stores
were quoted lower, rejecting the
drop in the price eof live hogs, which
has averaged as:doNar a. week for
eight weeks.
Bacon Down to AZ Cents.
First qualify hams, that sold for
a. cents a pound two months ago,
were quoted by large retail store
today at 35 cents, while the best ba-
con had dropped from Sc to AZ.
pricos Of eggs were soa ring Thurs
day, advancing &c dozen after an
increase of 1c Wednesday. Butter
was selling at g. cents after a jump
of 1c Wednesday. Retail stores asked
as high as 72c for the best quality.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
COPHERS HAVE HARD
TEAM. IN HOOSIERS

Minneapolis, Oct 17-Gopher foot
ball players were on their way to In
dianapolis today to open the "Big
Ten conference season with the
Hoosiers.
From now on it will be ''big times"
on the. conference gridions. The sea-
son is away to a flying start. Cold
weather and plenty of hard work has
put the conference teams on edge.
University of Minnesota football
fans are waiting for next Saturday,
however for the big celebration. Iowa
will play on Northrop field against
Williams huskies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
FLYING PARS0N' TO
REACH HIS STARTING
CONTROL TOMORROW
Major Spatz on Return Trip
Has Good Lead Over
Westerners
(BY United Press.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17.--Lieut. -.
w. Maynard, who was forced to land
yesterday, in the transcontinental
air return trip derby, arrived here
this morning and left for Des Moines,
Iowa, at 1855 after working all night
to replace the defective motor with
one from a Martin bomber. He ex-
prects to reach Mineola, l.. l., the
starting point, Saturday noon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
VOTE IN DETAIL.


The vote in detail follows, fo1
adoption: :.
|: Republicans-Ball, Borah, Bran
degee, Salder, Capper, Curtis, Dilling-
ham, Fall, France, Frelinghuysen,
Gronna, Harding, johnson (Califor-
MAJ, Jones (Washington), Knox,
ILaFollette, Lodge, Mccormick, Nc
Lean Moses, New, Newberry, Norris
Page, Penrose,,:: Phipps, Poindexter
Sherman, Sutherland, Wadsworth,
Warren and Watson; 49,, i. ~
4: Democrats Gore, Reed, Walsh
Massachusetts,; 81. = ~" ~
Again adoption, 5B. y, ~ y
80, ,Republicans-Colt, Cuihmins, Hale
Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes,2 Lenroot, Nc.
'Cumber, McNary, Nelson, Sm6ot
Spencer, Sterling and Townsend; 4 4,
] Democrats -Ashurst,t Bankhead,
Beckham, Chamberlain,,,j Culberson,
Dial Fletcher, Gay, Gerry, Harris,
Harrison. Henderson, Hitchcock,
Jones (New Mexico), Kehdrick, King,
Kirby, Mcclellan, Myers, Nugent,
,Overman, Owen, Phelan, Pittman,
PqMerene, Ransdell, Robinson, Shep-
pafd, Shields, Simmons, Smith (Ari-
zona), Smith eGeorgia), Smith
>(Maryland), Stanley, Swanson,
Thomas, TramWell, Underwood,
Walsh (Montana), Williams and
Wolcott; Al.
The six senators absent or paired
were: For adoption-Feruald, re-
publican, Maine, and Elkins, repub-
lican, West Virginia.
Again adoption-Edge, republican,
New Jersey, Johnson, democrat,
South Dakota, Martin, democrat,
Virginia, and Smith, democrat, South
Carolina.
Would Strike Out Sections
After the vote was completed Sem
ator Lodge announced that later he
would move to strike out entirely
the sections awarding the Shantung
rights to Japan. Notice was given
by number Of the republican SEN
ators, who opposed the committee
amendment that they will present
resolutions dissenting from the Shan
tung award. More than 20 senators
took part in the debate, extended
speeches being made for the amend
ment by Senators Johnson Of Cali
fornia, Sherman of Illinois and La
Toilette of Wisconsin, all republicans,
and against it by Senators Phelan of
California, democrat, and McCumber
of North Dakota, republican. Sen
ator Williams, democrat, Mississippi,
injected into the discussion bitter
denunciation Of the attitude Of some
Irish-Americans and sharp replies
were made by Senator Phelan and
Gerry, democrats, Rhode Island.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
II. E.. Esty,, Former Bemidii Ii
Resident, Firm Believer in !.
.&r Coming Section ~
SEES 500 LAND HERE .I.y
WITHIN TWO YEARS
Will Grow Equal Crops With
49, $500 Acre Land in His. +. !,
- Home Vicinity - >>..:

H.. p. Esty of Leshara, Ned, gIOrM-;
,erly a resident of North Central Min
! nesota is 'some'' optimist, when #
comes to believing. in the future 5of
. this section of Minnesota. :. s{Iz4 ~. Fl :
Mr.. Esty is here on a potato, buy
! ing trip, and formerly lived on the
Fred Malzahn farm, on the beautiful
shores Of Wolfe Lake. This was about
ten years ago. Since then he has re-
sided in Nebraska. ..i,:. x
Sees Wonderful Future 49,.
'Say, this country has a wonder
full future" said Mr.. Esty when talk
ing over old times with a Pioneer
representative the other day. ~
want you to send me the Pioneer
he continued. II want to keep IN
! touch with North Central Minnesota
because it's coming. to the front in
the next few years. ~ -. y "a =
DO you know that land up here;
the black soil Z mean, will be selling
for $10O an acre within TWO years?
Yes, I venture to say inside, Of g
year. People down home are all
talking Northern Minnesota. They
can see that.~it's the land of oppor-
tunity. .
~ Rent Could Buv Here r r.
%E.'rWhy, down there farms are sell
ang trt as high as 5000 an acre.: It.s
a a&IllJuryito own q farm where I've:
14teey eare are Offering $50 an acre rent
s for farpaaafor al year. q That as much
! 4s yous can buy good land forasup
you'll see E. some u great at changes in
N Ia n n syKyfl
be a thing of the past. They'll have
to pay what 1t is worth, and believe
me that good cultivated land up here
will grow just as much as some of
the $500 an acre land in Nebraska
and Iowa"
Views Are Valuable.
!, When men talk like Mr.. Esty
does, and when men like Mr.. Esty
talk about North Central Minne-
sofa, the people of~this community
must realize that there is great fu-
ture before this part of the state. =
God Almighty has blessed Mime
sofa with the soil, the sunshine and
the moisture. People: from all states
are hearing more and more about
this wonderful section. That it is
the comping "paradise'' for agricul-
ture and dairying is self evident.
People from Iowa, Nebraska, Mon
tana and North Dakota are flocking
here at a great rate, and the next
few years will see them headed this
way as never before.
Time For Action. .,>
.Bemidji and neighboring towns
should make preparations. Strangers
within our borders will be given a
warm welcome. When they arrive
here they will find even more than
they expected.
! Good roads, cultivated lands, tim
'bered lands, beautiful lakes and
streams and modern cities and vii
lages will make them gaze in Won
derment They will find here place
which they will love to call home.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
HUMAN BRUTE PAYS
HANGING PENALTY
(By United Press.

Chicago, Oct. 17.-Thomas .Fitz-.
gerald, confessed slayer of six-year-
old Janet Williamson, was hanged at
the Cook county Jail this morning.
He was pronounced dead at 9:26
O'Clock.
Fitzgerald seized the little girl as
she walked along the street last July.
He choked her into insensibility and
buried her alive in a coal pile. g..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
COL. HOUSE WILLING
TO ADVISE SENATE

Washington, Oct. 17.-Colonel
House, through a personal represen-
tative today, advised the senate
foreign relations committee of his
willingness to testify regarding peace
negotiations in Paris.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
MAYNARD REACHES DEs MONIES.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 17.-Lieut.
Maynard arrived here at 1913
O'Clock this forenoon. He lost his
way between here and Omaha and
was forced to land to obtain direc-
tiOns.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
CONFERENCE MAY
FACE B0LSHEVlSM
(By United Press. }

Washington, Oct. 17.-Suppres-
sion Of Bolshevism and the reduction
of the high cost Of living may be
brought before the conference of
American nations to be held at
Washington within the next few
it was learned today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
RESOLUTION OFFERED
TO BAN BARGAINING
By Ralph Couch.
Dy 1IdIPH OVUOU.
(I1nited Press COrresDondent.)

VUHICVu FTVSS SOUTTVSPUHUeHC.1
Washington, Oct. 1.-THE indus
trial conference this afternoon debat-
ed substitute for the resolution in
dorsing collective bargaining.
The substitute, offered by Chair
man Wheeler Of the capital delegates
would reserve for employers the
right to refuse to deal with organized
employees and their representatives
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
TO CUT STEEL QUIZ SHORT.

WaSH1HBI IUH, OCt' IT'-1 nc oeHdte
labor committee has decided to end
it's investigation Of the steel strike
as quickly as possible, probably after
hearing a few more witnesses, but
without further visits to strike zones.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
TWO MORE RETURN WEST.

New York, Oct. 17.-Lieut. Kiel
and Liuet. Queens left Mineola today
on the return flights to San Francis
co.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-17
REACHES ROCK ISLAND.

Rock Island, ILL.,, Oct. 17.-Lieut.
Maynard left for Chicago from here
at 12:47 this afternoon.
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SPATZ STARTS WEST.

Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 17-Major
Carl Spatz, west bound, arrived here
at 9:16 this morning. F.,
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

which the two were caught in the rain It
was so successful that the Hasty Pudding
promptly decided TO produce nothing but
original musical comedies and set up a
policy which has been followed ever since.
IIanclng down the roster of the following
years viii afford an occasional chuck1e. as
tor example, ones eye picks out Thomas
Mott Osborne, Of Auburn, Sing Sing and
Portsmouth, playing Helen of Troy; or the
philosopher, George Santayana, al Lady
Elfrida in "Robin Hood"; or j. p. Morgan
as business manager. During the carly '9Os
the unusual talent Of Jacob Wendell. ir.. or
Jack Wendell, az he was known and adj
m'rcd, was the guiding spirit Of the clubs
chorts, talent which made definite and
cnVable place for him on the professional
stage until he died. Occasionallv the club
okcd out the evening with music Nicholaa
Long"orth gave Il violin solo one night in
1880. Regis Post, later Governor of Porto
kIco, wrote 81 play and acted its leading
role, and on the same bill, in an operctta bv
Benjamin Apthorp Gould, ir, Thomas w
Lamont now partner in j. P. MORGAN g.
Co., was chorus girl. Alexander NJ. White
recent special Deputy Police Commits
sloner of New York, in charge of the Home
Defence League, wrote the '92 Pudding plav.
called 1.-THE Old Bedstead' and acted in it
so that it might be PLAYED correctly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

evening paper with which Henri had
gloomly provided me. 1t was a single
sheet, local affair, chroniclng the vio-
lent happenings in the lives of the peo-
pie of Arde and the surrounding country
side Tonight it was full of the mvs-
ferrous disappearance Of the Mayor of
Arde and alarmed conjccturcs as to
the reason. | found the paper de-
pressing and abandoned the plan of
reading it.
| felt my fellow passenger study me
with curiosity that furiously resented,
but I did not dare betray my annoy
ance. | tried to look out of the window.
but dense blackness pressed against the
pane, and gave it up as a useless pose
decided to get out at the next stop
knew it to be a hamlet, but doubt
less there would be some sort of auberge.
kept by honest folk. But before we had
reached the place the storm broke, and.
without warning, the rain burst on US in
thunderous torrents, slithering in sheets
across the windowglass The man
grinned at me, and remarked that the
weather had spoiled. I took stern grip
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

4 %OLDlER shows a-plenty have stormed
~M the krcmhidc line of a New York
4 u audience since we entered the war;
ono such has appeared with some
success since VIC finished the war; all have
furnished a refreshing snap and vigor and
no little professional talent, but it has re-
NAMED for the lIasty Pudding Club, of
Harvard, to offer a purely amateur musical
comedy Of which the entire cast has seen
service.
"CroWns and Clowns" ia its name. Tho
play VIII be given at a matinee and evening
performance at the Hotel Aston on April
~. or the principals, five we're Junior
Hcutcnants in the navy, three licutcnants
OF artillery, two members Of the marines
one an army aviator, one an infantry lieu
tenant one of the chorus girls has brought
down his German plane, and another has
been prisoner in five different German
camps And so, with the resumption OF
theatrcas which the war interrupted in
1917 just when the spring "show" was
ready Tor It's overture, the Pudding has
added one more bright list of names to
those llustrious others which have figured
IN the antics of the club for more than 100
years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13

on myself, assuring myself that my sense
of vague uneasiness was due to the
night, and that it was far wiser to con-
tlnue on my way than to descend at an
unknown village, late at night, in a flood
of rain.
| thought that we would not stop at
the village unless signalled but evil
IDENTIFY the train was tagged, for we
slowed down. l could see nothing from
the window, not even the light of sta
ton. Suddenly the door at the other side
of the compartment opened and four
men entered. The fourth among them
was absolutely drunk, so that his three
comrades hauled and pushed him into the
compartment, propping him heavily in
corner, his hat low over his face. ]
looked at the others and started in
alarm. Two were heavy and huge and
brutal. and the third had sharpencd
rats face; the expressions of all three
were nmned with deep and vrulent
malgnancy that struck cold terror to nv
heart. They showed no signs of drink,
but were alert and quick of movement.
It came over me that the behavior of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Still the
Talent Continues

NO less an lmpresario than Winthrop
Ames wrote the play of 1895, "Proserpina.
and drew the poster for it, Daniel GREGORY
Mason wrote the music and Arthur Stan
wood Pier was the business manager-no
Job for an author. The next year the lead
ing lady and the artist who painted the
poster for the play were one and the same.
and the same was Edward G. Knoblock.
author of "kismet,' Tiger. Tiger,p and
numerous other successes. GUY Scull.
Deputy Police Commissioner under Arthur
Woods, played Professor G. A. Tartlett. a
Bird, in the skit of 1897 Henry Woodruff,
VINO later became professional matinee
idol of considerable musical comedy fame,
led the cast of the next piece
In the last ten or fifteen years there
seems to have been no perceptlble slacken-
ing OF the potential talent Of the authors
and actors Of "Pudding shows" The 1903
piece was written by Richard Washburn
child and the music for it composed by Dr.
f. Morris Class. now song composer of
some prominence. Vinton Freedley, the
heroine" of the 1913 and 1914 plays and
composer of the music for the latter pro-
duction, is now on the professional stage in
"Come-On Charley and has appeared in
several other New York plays and Edward
Streeter, who wrote the book and lyrics of
the 1914 play, is known from San Francisco
to the Rhine as the author of the immortal
Deere Mable."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Ordeal of
Water

This ordeal of water has drowned AZ. -.
Mikes and Petes. They tasted the steam,,
fragrant coffee, the thick, filing SCUM ~;
the newly baked bread, and with th,s
tastes heavy upon them went to bath. !,
the free baths in Eleventh Street hetw...
Avenues A and B. They suffered
On Monday Mr.. Ledoux announced IN,
the last of the Bowcry regulars had clos.
his nostrils to the aromatic eloquence Of al
food. The breadline, he said, was comoos,
of SIS per cent former war workers mill
tary and civil, and Is per cent other wo,.l
ers, most of them displaced by returni,l
soldiers. Of the discharged soldiers in NJ
line 70 per cent were men from ont Of tor
who had first viewed the city through J
screen of dollars, their last months al
transportation pay, and had seen Broadvr
which had changed to the Bowery when nj
screen was spent away.
The baths are taken each evening luz.
after supper time. An anonymous subscrhI
er provides the five cents for the towels Al
soap for each man. Mr. Ledoux leads II
breadliners from 203 East Ninth Street i
the baths in squads of fifty. With u
clothes each man receives a sljp of payf
emitting him to nights lodging and thru
meals on the following day. The quarteud
203 East Ninth Street include fair{
spacious store, partitioned into dinrE
room and kitchen. The men sleep on all
under the benches, on the ancient piano, III
tables, the floor and every other surissI
available for sleeping purposes. On the ri
cent few balmy evenings the benches n
Cooper Square Park relieved the congesisE
within the mission. The chapel OF u
Marks-in the Bouwcrc is thrown open Il
sleeping quarters for some Of the men.
a breakfast of porridge and cofes e
served, after which the men, gathered I
groups, scan the advertising columns Of isE
morning papers. Scouts arc dispatched 4
establishments requesting 3 large numb'l
Of men. One scout obtained positions ~
100 men last week on repair work 10
cemetery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Survival of
The Fiffesf

new bird is like glimpse OF the prom
lsed land to the mariner-you feel that Won
are IN new world, a part of one that has
been closed because you have thought it
existed only in the far-away places. There's
new world right here at your door. along
the old paths that lead you to your daily
work IN an office, in the centre of the will
derness of tall buildings that cut Off our
visions of the sky and make us FORGET that
there are clear horizons unobstructcd bv
the thought Of barter and the eternal struc-
gle OF our narrow city ways. We get
glimpse of nature and better realize that
we are but part of the universal life The
struggle for existence, the relentless law
OF life is everywhere the same The nocts
talk OF the carefrcc life of tho birds. but
IN reality their existence is beset with dan
ger from their birth TO the end Thousands
perish in the spring and fall vibrations
and thousands die from exposure, and many
are prcyed upon by their own kind. re-.
Gently saw hawk kill and tear a pigeon
TO pieces on n church spirc al Fortv-eighth
Street and Fifth Avenue Modern nature
writer's in making us think Of the birds
ana animals in human terms, to know them
M they really live, have benefited both
the 'birds and humans One Of the INNS,
delighuni chapters Colonel Roosevelt over
wfote vas the account Of the birds and it,
TIC animals about his home at Oyster Bay,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
Pudding Actors on
The American Stage

Inc carly plays were frequently repeated,
rs there was no great amount Of available
material. But in 1855 there was music for
"Tom Thumb" and this opened new ave-
nues OF entertainment. The club oc-
casionaly wandered into the realms of
opera, and in 1870 gave "a captaI bur
lcsque Of Don Giovanni" by Henry Cabot
Lodge, who is now trying to make a cant
'"l burlcsquc Of the league Of nations
Inc programmes of those remote days
arc fully az interesting as the walls Of
Brownies or kccn's. o. w. Holmes r
played Sergeant Dammc in "Thc Lady Of
the Lions" He is better known TODAY as
Mr. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Of the
United States Supreme Court Mr.. +. G.
Peabody played Cassie in "Othello the
Moore which was not written by Shake
spearc. This gentleman in the course of
time became Plummer Professor Of Chris
tian Morals at Harvard, and created a
STABLE tempest of laughter a generation
later when, in moment of fear lest his
sons might bit Of doggerel which he
had written into one of the clubs archives.
ne removed the volume from its safekeep-
ing and then removed the offending page
from the volume. 1t got into the papers.
and Professor Francis Grecnough Peabody
was the chief topic of Boston's tea time
conversation for days
The Hon. Hamilton Fish appears in
an 1872 programme as property man. and
on the same bill the name of "Miss Roberta
uraht' otherwise Judge Robert Grant, of
boston. Francis X. Appleton, now the
president of the Harvard Club of New
YORK. bore the responsibilities of stage
manager OF rs performance. Barrett
Wendell whose name figures as ioviallv
IN Harvard anecdote as it does in the
'eachlng OF English, played in 1876 the
role OF Pontlcopp in "a Beach Of Promise"
IN the extravaganza Lord Bateman,"
which was given by the class of 80,
Robert Bacon, former Ambassador to
France. played the name part The next
year William Roscoe Thayer was stage
manager of cast which included Curtis
Guild. jr., the late Governor of Massachu
setts and Ambassador to Russia
Then came red-letter year. 1882 when
Owen Wister wrote and set to music q w.
vised version of "The Ened" called "Dido
md Eneas,' in which L. II. Pcndleton. of
Cincinnati, played Dido and the late Evert
Jansen Wendell the Pous Eneas; in which.
too. an umbrella served as the cave in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-13
A Century
Of Tradition

Inc Hasty Pudding Club came into be-
ing on the night of September 8, 1895. in
the room Of Nymphas Hatch, then Junior
IN Harvard College, when Master Hatch
and several convival spirits met over
bowl OF cornmeal porridgc, or hasty pud
Ding 50 far the records of the club
reveal, 1t existed for the common and nat
ural purposes of supplying young bellies
"'th pleasant nourishment and Young
minds with gay exercise Mock debates
gave way to mock trials, and finally. in
1870 the club produced play, "Bombastes
Fufloso' 1t was rot-and it threatened
10 start one for the days of austere presi-
deht Everett countcnanccd neither plav-
acting nor frvolity. But the undergrad
u"'es wanted plays. So the next year
youth named Child arranged for dramatic
presentation number of dialogues from
pest seller OF the moment called "Mar,;,
chuzzlcwlt same Child who u,as
known to later generations as Professor
Child and who taught a splendid Shake
spearc.
80 plays became the thng-not one. but
several each year. The class of '52 dev;sed
an utterly unpronounceable skit called
Observation-Disclosures" in which our late
Ambassador to England, Joseph HODGES
Choate. 49, played the role of Doctor a nd
OF which he wrote the cpilogue. nro-
logue in verse presently became the reyu-
lar custom, and Phillips Brooks and Charles
FRANCIS Adams are both chroniclcd as hnv-
ing prepared and spoken excellent parts.