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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-27
THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST

The days Of gold, the days Of 40
the most romantic day. in the most
romantic history Of the Golden West
are charmingly pictured In 1.-THE
Girl of the Golden West" starring
Mabel Van Buren,, which will be
shown at the Grand theatre next
Friday. The fearless characters
who lent picturesqueness and ro-
nance to the Pacific Slope, in the
gold rush in California, have fast
been merged in the practical ma
terialism Of the present day, where
the crack Of the stage-driver's whip,
and the pop Of the revolver, the
cries Of distress, which were fire.
quently heard, now. peace and quiet
law and order prevail. Before this
transition, however, was made men
and women had to undergo many
trials and priyations, and these are
admirably pictured in the story of
"The Girl of the Golden West"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-27
AT REX TOMORROW.

Monroe Salisbury stars In The
Light of Victory" which will be
shown in Bemidji at the Rex to-
morrow. This story has been made
into a .throbbing photoplay by the
Bluebird producers. Salisbury
starred in such pictures as THE
Devil Bateese," and "Hugon, the
Mighty"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-27

There is something for you in the
Want AID column today. It's on the
last page.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-27
AT THE
HE A TIERS :,
A DESERT wooING TONIGHT.

Enid Bennett in "a Desert Woo
ing" which made a decided hit"
when shown with the band concert
last evening. Will be shown again
tonight. An interesting News
Weekly" completes the program.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
F1IIpPANT FAMILIARITY
OF MODERN YOUTH IS
SHOCKING TO BRITISH

London, June 22--What has hap
pened to our conversational manners?
The war has altered them, but while
some people consider that 1t has I'm
proved them others think it has sAnt
them to the dogs. The only point OF
agreement is that they are different
from what they used to be- -
For instance, the elderly managing
director of sedate city company was
Ia little surprised the other day when
Major Crasher. the stockbroker. lately
dem OBLIGED from the r. A. F.. ended
a business talk over the telephone
with the phrase: "Righto. my dear old
bean"
Was that familiar style OF address
to be considered quite all right"
and. in fact. rather agreeable, or
something the reverse?
Then the young lady clerk who
her mother UP from the city and az
claims: Hello, old thing. shail
be going to the theatre tonight, -
don't walt. up. Ta-ta, old creaturoi@-
The young man who WAS In tho q.
T. c.. slaps his father on the bach
and says: II say. old china, why
don't you get few new c1o<haaf
Trim yourself up a bit--eh7 You'd
do with q new hat. too Rotten OLD
hat you've got. Wen. 20 hong, ola
boy. :. Now, hop of. old sport o.
youll miss that train"
Did our great dfAtfrers ACTRESS
our great great grandfathers IN thai
cheerful but familiar style afneR their
return from the battle OF Warta1ioo?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
PORT1A. BY TEARS, WINS
ACQUTTTAL FOR YOUNG MAN

Chicago, June 22.-"Do you call it
a boy trying his first case---'getting ex-
perience,' they call it--yes, getting ex-
perience at my expense ?"
That is what Mary Turner said in
Within the Law" and what Dorothy
Rosenthat, the pretty young Portia of
Chicago, was thinking of when she
stood up before the jurors to defend
Charles Morgan, twenty-three. who
was on trial for burglary, 1t was Miss
Rosenthafs first case, and she told the
jurors it was Morgan's last chance, for
he already had served two sentences
In the house of correction.
The prosecution had two wit
nesses,' explained the young woman
lawyer. "A Waterman who caught the
boy red handed and a police officer
who made the arrest We. the defense,
had nothing but the boys record
which | knew would go against him
1t looked like a losing game |
thought how young he was. thought
of his mother. dear little. old lady
in st. Louis, who knew nothing of his
arrest. and who was dying
Then ! remembered the lines from
the play, Within the Law | realized
that I, in my enthusiasm. had taken
on something that was too big for nae
TO handle. | was getting experience ut
the boys expense.
For moment I experienced all
the horror OF defeat Then my mind
revered to Mary Turner had given
readings of Within the Lew on more
than one occasion; and | had learned
how to cry. I had to appeal to the
jury somehow, simply had to win
my case and keen the bow burglar from
gong 10 jail And so / cried
Morgan didn't 20 to Jail however
After being out ten minutes the jury
returned the verdict of mot guilty"
1t may have been the jurors were re-
ally impressed by tho tears
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
,GIvE-LEST THEY PERISH!

Ten thousand little children in vir-
KiniA--driftwood from iife's failures
aF6 crying with outsrretched Arms to
- saved from their awful existence:
half starved, clothed in battered rags
and homeless, they are drifting fast
towards the brink OF their eternity.
Father and mother dead, or worse,
they have turned to the state at large
their Appealing eyes and cries, and
X they are not saved by Vfrginians
they VIM not be saved This duty can
not be evaded.
n grave responsibilities confront us
ia this generation. the greater and
more urgent questions must be solved
~ the next The future OF the coun-
try rests in the hands of our chil-
dren.
A semi abandoned child. having
been rescued. became the greatest
lAw-giver among men. Every one
knows the story of the child born IN
tbs og-cabin, who eventually oc~
cup3ed the white house and assisted
In laying the foundation for world
democracy. AS lad fine late Grover
Cleveland drove 4 mule hitched to n
tow boat and David Lloyd George
w. . semi-orphan taken into n home
and given an opportunity in life.
When there liz SO much at stake in
the life Of every child. not one can be
Lost through failure to take them from
holes Of miserable existence. II h
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23

Wicker~ham, like Senator Knox an
ex-Attorney General of the United
States, In An article In the New York
Times, refers to the opponents OF
the league 10 senators who
seem so anxious to prevent the
adoption of the league upon the
apparent theory that its ratiflca ton
will assist President Wilson and the
Democratic party" and he commends
to them a study of the advice of
Theodore Roosevelt. given shortly be-
an honest effort to eliminate some Of
the causes that may cause future
wars and 10 minimize the areas Of
such wars
For the attrihution OF partisan mo-
tives we have further the very high
authority of ex President Taft. who. in
an article In The Philadelphia Public
Ledger Of Friday, June 20, warns the
Republicans OF the senate that they
are following the paths which lead
only TO discredit FThey must feel as
uneasy" ne says, as those FederaIists
who fought the Louisiana Purchase
as unconstitutional because Il was
made by Jefferson" He reminds them
that the historical attitude Of their
party Is one OF loyal support of the
nation in meeting every responsibility
1t has had TO assume TraditionaIly.
the Federal party and its heir. the
Republican party. have sustained the
doctrine of John Marshall that the
constitutional powers of the govern
ment are equal to the discharge OF
all duties it must perform in working
out its destiny "as one Of the great
family Of nations" II is the Deao-
Gratis who have insisted upon .strict
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23

the business Of this commonwealth to
save her own little children.
All thoughtful men appreciate the
work in this direction that is being
dons by the Children's Home Society
of Virginia, which last year gathered
UP. aided and home total OF $40
little ones, We urge the people OF
paign for funds, The home, inter
denominationai and without means of
support other than that given by the
public, will meet the situation If the
people OF the state will provide 1t with
the necessary funds.
Its campaign is now nearing a
ciose---there are only three more days
to complete the work--and unless the
people contribute more generously
the needed money will not be OBJ
tanned In the short time that re-
mains IL will be impossible to have
solicitors call on every one. so 1t is
urged that contributions be sent or
mailed to campaign headquarters. No.
80 North Seventh street, where they
will be acknowledged promptly.
"Csfve--Lesf they perish.
hand
To children Of foreign land,
Have you no more to spare?
Virgiria's heart beats strong and true
For these--they may know through
you
---yfrginians. give your Sha re"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
THOSE WHO MERELY WOULD DESTROY

Those Republican senator's who
would upset the plan for the league
OF nations have much to answer for
% their countrymen. 10 the world at
tasgs and to their consciences. Theirs
usaned mainly II not wholly because
" their partisan hatred. And hts
toty wt1l have small place for them.
declares = contemporary editor. be-
enn9e men cherish only the memory
Of builders OF great works.
No man. no party, ever reaped PROFIT
and advantage from such a barren ad-
senturs. and not merely barren but
odious. The whole world stands ex-
pectAnt upon the eve OF peace. peace
for which II has so longed. and only
In the United States senate are heard
The voices of men who would delay
peace and prolong the war. These
Republican senators would nuilify the
decisions reached after such arduous
tAbcrs in Paris, they would shatter the
whole fabric there erected as the fu-
tnre home of the worlds hope and
security. They would detach the
United States from all concern with
she peace and happiness Of the rest OF
ths world. they have made them
valves the advocates of a policy OF
pc0ttie." repudiating all the respon-
S1h4lities we have assumed in the war
EAaponsibilities which our part in the
1on6ict has made our heritage.
And this miserable proceeding in
lA senate has the most miserable OF
ettvea. the desire TO discredit and
harm to the leader Of the party to
Aich these men are opposed. For
at assertion we have excellent Re-
Aatna1 suthnrity. Mr.. George W.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
n. c. |. IN N|SH AS
| FOUND BY RED CROSS

Nish. May 1-(By Ma.D-Upon
their arrival here with food. clothing
and medicine the army food mission
and the American Red Cross found
the following price prevailing: for a
mans suit Of clothes of cheapest
quality, $40; pair of trousers,
$50: pair of shoes $55; one yard
Of cotton cloth, s12; spool OF cotton
thread, SIS to IL. a small piece of soap,
So: one pound of coffee. SIS.
In the Prot district which both the
American Red Cross and the Army
Food Mission have penetrated, loaf
of bread cost 81: one pound of sugar,
S. a quart of kerosene, Sc; a pair
of ladies shoes, $50; mems snoes. $40;
a pair. underwear of poor quality,
SEQ suit; threat, 50 for a spool
In both the Nish and Prot dis
tricts the BuIgarians had carried off
clothing, bedding and cloth OF all
sorts Red Cross representatives
found hundreds of men. women and
children in some hamlets wearing
nothing but burlap sacking.
Typhus has broken out at Janjevo,
Gostovar, Palanka. Cuprjja. Leskovatz,
Skoplije, Sores, Drama and Kavala.
In virtually every town OF 1000 popu-
lation in Serbia there are from ten to
thirty cases of typhus. Dozens OF
Red Cross teams consisting OF one
doctor and three or four nurses have
been sent out from Salonica to the
worst typhus centers. Dispensaries
disinfecting stations, soup, bread and
clothing lines have been established
and many Serbian hospitals have been
taken over.
Millions Of feet OF mosquito netting
have been brought into the Balkans by
the American Red Cross to fight this
summers fly plague.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
Are Chickens Dead Letters

Stamford, Conn, June 22.--Pigs Il
pigs, Of course, when unclaimed at ar
express office. Bat are chickens deat
letters when un-imed at a postof.
1ce? This question is puzzling Post
master John J BOIL and his staff.
Postmaster BOIL and his assistants
have been playing nurse to fifty Leg
morn and Barred Plymouth Rock
chickens for week. They came from
F'renchtown. N Y, but the addresses
has not been located
If the chickens are sent to the dead
letter office and opened the country
supply of eggs will be reduced, and
Postmaster Boil has a heart So, un-
til he receives instructions from the
postoffice department as to what dis
position to make OF the fowls. persons
who have business in the Stamford
postofnce Will continue to hear the
hens cackle every time they contrib
ute an egg toward the reduction OF the
high cost OF living.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
Indendorn as p~ddlcr.

New York, June eft is far back
from being the big frog in the puddle
At the German war office to peddlinG
a book in Stock dim. yet that is what
The fortunes, or nnisfortunes, Of war
have brought General Ludendorff to,
according 10 Ira Nelson Morris, United
States minister 10 Sweden. who re-
turned here today on the French liner
Rochamheau Mr.. Morris saw Luden-
dorff shortly before the minister left
for America. hawking in Stockholm
Il book he had written about the war.
Ludend6rr Was rot especially wef'-
come IN Sweden, but managed to re-
main for a time through the in
Auence of Swedish relatives. ffe is
,ny in Germany
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
Edison for League

Irvington, n. J., June 22.-Thomas
A. Edison. the wizard inventor. has
declared himself in favor OF the league
of nations. He made the announce
ment at the annual outing and field
day games of the Edison employees
here.
1T may not work perfectly, but 1t is
better than nothing" said MIR. Edison.
ANY experiment that is reasonable is
worth trying. I think"
Edison's 1000 employees will have an
incentive for cooperating with the in
ventor and his managers in stopping
the loss through wastage of thousands
of dollars annually. A plan has been
announced by which employees are to
share In the saving to be made through
more careful attention to details in
their work and putting the brakes
upon all waste.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23

construction" At this moment the
position of the party is reversed. The
Republican senators. in SO far as their
eadership is acknowledged. have
committed their party to a policy of
shrinking and littleness.
Elk President Taft gives his distin-
guished support TO the charge of the
Democrats In the senate that the
foreign relations committee was
Stacked against the league of ma
tons. Care swas taken that tho COM
mittee should have Republicans
enough TO give them a majority with
out the vote of Mr.. McCumber known
10 be favorable to the treaty, and by
"a careful selection of Republicans for
that majority whose opposition to the
treaty has been pronounced" Senator
kellogg. who should have had u place
on the committee. had the hardihood
TO make a speech in favor of the
league of nations and ne refused to
sign the round robin; therefore. he
was denied and Senator Moses, newly
the obvious reason that he denounced
the work of the peace conference Are
not these Republicans. from mere
party standpoint, handling edged
tools" asks the ex-president, Can
they afford to SO before the country
and uphold their course in defeating
the treaty when there is deepsated
impression that they are, in part at
usual and not according TO constitu-
tional procedure. by personal and
partisan motives?' The argument
will be pressed against them that they
have done much ito hinder the max
ing of treaty at all by course tend
ing to weaken the lawful authority of
the president in the conference"
These Republican senators have be-
come apprehenSve. they have given
signs OF alarm about the view the
country may take of the lengths they
are going in opposition to the presi-
dent. to the treaty and to the league
Their earlier truculence has given
way to an attempt to explain and
Justify. Their explanations do not ex-
tenuate, they cannot justify their
course, they cannot command the
support OF all Of their party in the
leading Republicans outside
the senate who have the respect and
the confidence of the country deplore
their attitude OF obstruction, censure
them for the course they have taken.
and sound a warning of the. disaster
they invite by attempting to lead their
party. where it will not follow. into
policy Of narrow. partisan. sterile
antagonism to the creative labors Of
the conference at Paris, upon which
the hopes of the world are centred.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23

n was unthinkahle that Germany
cculd do anything bat accept the
terms laid down nv the allies. though
Hun leaders fought 10 the very last
rncmen. for some concession and,
evan in the ultimate extremity. there
were members ~ the assembly who
vctAd aEa1nss the only action which
cculd leave any remnant OF the form
~ empire.
Filter indeed must have been the
cup of defeat. when the would be
dominant race OF the world discov
cred that It's every ambition had been
blasted and that nothing remain oil
bat to make formal acknowledge ent
rf guilt and give bonds for repara-
ton.
The stain of guilt viii remain. This
generation VIII scarcely see that fouf
blot fade. For all time the hideous
crime OF the German people and their
sAcrosanct leaders will stand as the
final expression of national infamy:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
wild Bill' HAYWARD WesIs.

New York, June 22-Colonel WIZ
liam J.s c'Wild- Bill') Hayward, who
commanded the coiored hell fighters
in the war, surrendered to Cupid yes
terday when he was married TO Mrs.
Sara Mae Caldwell Manwaring Plant,
widow of the late Morton f. Plant.
and heiress to the shipping mans
$50. 100000 estate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23

Take a trip TO Virginia Beachi
It's the finest swimming sand on tht
Atlantic, just nice street car ride
from Norfolk. Not so hot as Palm
Beach: no ice in August, like way
up north. Just right, And in Vir.
ginia, where booze is history. Bath.
ing, fishing, boating makes a whole
some program there. The splash is
ON
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
Even NOW.

Got np last night for glass of
water, went down two flights Of
stairs, got tack IT. my toe, barked
my shins and broke chair"
Il would not go TO all that trouble
for glass OF rye
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23

MY dear this II my 0ad n1eoa.
Pete F1ubdub."
You mean your old fr4amd, Inn
Womhat," corrected the gent no had
in tow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23

backed On = plank in weather like
this and net cook to the middle?
Can yen scale 75-foot rs per cent
embankment in 10 seconds nat ano
two and half jumps ahead, Of an
athletic policeman and don all your
clothing en- route
Learn to swim.
You may some day save life, yours
or another's.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
ON THE DOTTED LINE-AT LAST

and ages to come will Justly curse the
whole tribe o. Huns for oSenses too
gross 10 be set down IN cold type.
Even now, with the formal signing
Of the peace treaty merely matter
of hours bitterness towards a whipped
race Of cutthroats remains; for the
closing hours OF the negotiations were
marked by an act Of unparalleled
treachery and meanness which de-
stroyed more than two-score OF the
surrendered feet which was to as
sumo domination OF the high seas,
In victory and defeat, the Hun is
a Hun. The former kaiser called
them by their right name when he
tondly applied that title to his armies
In the early days Of the war. As
Huns they shall ever be Known
devoid of faith .Aeais,-Faalea- by
lust and greed lower than the wild
beasts OF their own Black Forest In
every controlling impulse OF their
lives
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
.2-NOSHTS SENTENCE
WORSE THAN 30 YEARS

Camp MillS Mineola, L. June
22-One of Uncle Sans doughboys.
who arrived here from Fra uee today.
told OF a colored soldier who had COM
mitted so many crimes that he was
given combined sentences total'ing
nlnety-nine years al hard labor
Sambo refused 70 work" said the
doughhoy, sand was hailed before the
military court again He was entirely
cheerful about his long sentence, but
positively declined to perform any
labor.
months additional time
'Sambo was fable reasted
Gosh said he. Dem ninetv-nine
years don't worry me none but dose
tree mont's suttinly do get NAH goat.
Do dey come after or befoaoh de
ninety nine-ye sentence ?'''
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23

Can you Dc sack-hspper with
Inds clasped behind your neck!
Can you do a shallow dip into
nee feet of water from four foot
ting
Can you tread with poise and
'mness on coarse ciuders and sharp
.avel?
Can you lie three hours bare
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
No Telling

No Telling.
Turkish Officer Gets Cross That
headline seems triffe am higuous
How so?"
bid he get Unified or did he get
decoration
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-14

Lorenzo Blackstone; aldermen, Will jam M. Williams and Nathan S. Gill; bert; councilmen. George c. Spafford, A. H. Vaughn, A. Dwight Mccall and James J. McCord. This ticket is part ly made up of defeated candidates for nomination at the recent republiciain caucus.
 Every one selling manufactured to- bacco in any form is, by recent deci- sion, subject to a special tax if their sales exceed .$100 per year. A ped dler must take out two licenses, one for a pedler and one as a tobacco dealer.
 June 8. 1S69-The city election yes terday was the most spirited ever seen in Norwich. The bolters from the republican caucus had been busy all Saturday and Sunday. They were, however, unable to agree among them selves and the result was that nine split tickets were put into the field on election morning. Every new conner to the polls was buttonholed and had enough tickets thrust into his hand to last him life time. There were nine candidates for mayor. in- cluding one colored man, James L. Smith, who received 49 votes out of a total boiled of 867. Five of the can didates received 1 vote each. The re- publicans made a clean sweep of the city and elected their entire ticket On the streets things were pretty lively. but on Water street it was fred hot"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-14

shook him rather roughly. The boys father came in and assaulted the prin- cipal, taking him by the throat. The case will be before the court on Sat urday.
 The elevator in Cottrell, Dyer & Co., $ new building was tried for the first tune yesterday. A car load of shorts was raised to the upper story and the machinery worked like a charm.
 June F. 1869-Another sad case of self destruction occurred in this vii cinlty about ten o'clock Friday morn- ing. The victim was woman seven ty-one years old. wife of we'll known East Great Plain man. While the son and father were away she went out to the barn few rods from the house and tying a clothesline about her neck hung from gambrel hook on one of the beams. She had evidently step- ped on a wash bench and swung off In view of Colonel Henry Peale's de- clining the nomination for chief en- gineer of the fire department. Waure- gan Hook & Ladder company unani mously elected Nathan s. Gilbert for that position.