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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-05-02
The Peoples Column.

Communications are solicited on all
subjects, full name must be signed as
an evidence of good faith. 1t is un-
derstood that this paper does not in
dorse the sentiment of all communica-
tions and is at liberty to take issue
when deemed necessary.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-05-02

The business men whose ads appear
in the Leader are entitled to your
support,
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-05-02

The Newark Leader will not
knowingly publish a fraudulent or
dishonest advertisement.
In case of any unsatisfactory
dealings with advertisers using
the Newark Leader, report at once
to The Newark Advertising Club,
Chamber of Commerce, PAN North
Park Place.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-05-02
LABOR'S HONOR ROLL

The Trades and Labor Assembly
and practically every local union IN
the city has endorsed the Industrial
Fund. The following locals have
backed up this endorsement with good
hard cash and many more will follow
suit. Up to date subscribers are:
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20
APES SUFFER IN CAPTIVITY
GorlIIas, Taken From Their Native
Haunts, Speedily Die From Pure
Lack Of companionship.

"Any sympathy that a soft-hearted
person has for captive gorillas is not
misplaced" says Miss Ellen Velvin in
From Jungle to Zoo"
'Many gorillas have been captives,
but in spite Of the greatest care few
have lived more than a comparatively
short time. There seems to be no par
ticular ailment from which they suf-
fer-nothing except intense home or
heart sickness. They grieve them
selves to death.
"All the anthropoid or manlike
apes. such Us gorillas. orang-outangs
and chimpanzees, are extremely SEN
sitive to surroundings and environ
ments. In order to keep these big
apes in good health it is absolutely
necessary to give them plenty Of COM
pany, either Of their own kind or Of
men-anything, in fact. to relieve the
tedium Of captivity, which they un-
doubtedly feel. When a chimpanzee
gets new companion he goes into
the widest state of excitement; he
thumps the floor and walls, scampers
round his cage, and screams with de
light"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20

Judge Amidon handed down decis-
ion in the federal court, which was
started for the purpose of restraining
the "big five" of the Nonpartisan party
from carrying out their wild cat bank
ing schemes and sundry other visionary
ideas they have of spending the peoples
money. The decision was in favor of
the defendents, which was no surprise
to most of the people who bave been
watching things of late. The verdict
however open only the way for carrying
the case to the supreme court of the
United States which would have been
the result had the decision been the
other way. We understand that the
case was prepared for appeal before the
decision was rendered and that no time
will be lost in having the highest trib-
unal of the land decide the questions.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20

Tell 10 70 winged winds that with
our whiskers play, why is it that the
Townley press has all Of sudden
fallen in love with the Bankers Asso-
citation Of North Dakota, with the
Twin City bankers and with bankers
generally, hailing them as friends,
brothers and fellow workers? We
could fill a wheat tank with bouquets
thrown at these vicious, big biz bank
ers by the kept beauties of the Brinton
harem. Are the beauties in distress?
Do they need help? Or are they
merely flirting with the naughty bank
ers to distract their attention from
what Is happening? Are these De-
lilahs working the shears and giving
poor Samson another hair cut?
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20
HIGH.HANDED WORK.

A representative OF the Nonpartlsan
League who has the buying of the news
papers for that political body was at
Cavalier last week trying to get hold Of
the Chronicle. He possessed all the
gall that the members of the legis-
lature had who passed the famous
Brinton newspaper law at the
last sess on of the legislature. He
stated his mission to Editor Thompson
of the Chronicle we understand. He
took his own inventory and then offered
his price, with the statment that if Mr..
Thompson refused to sell he would
start another newspaper and run him
out of business, or words to that effect.
We are told that since he left, check
for 1000, with note coming due next
fall for the balance, was received from
the Fargo headquarters, with no other
guarantee than that the note was sign
ed by someone unknown to MIR. Thomp.
son.
This would Indicate two things.
First. the thousand dollars would bind
the bargain and give possession until
fall. Ii the present newspaper law
which is to be voted on at the coming
election fail to pass, there is nothing to
hinder the investors to default in the
payment of the note and let the Chron-
icle revert back to Mr.. Thompson. But
if the law is upheld then the Chronicle
property will be worth many times
what it is worth now from the patron
age 1t will receive at the hands of the
party in power.
Mr.. Thompson recently purchased
the Chronicle from Mr.. Falrchild. He
is young man, a farmers son, raised
on farm near Cavalier, who bought
the paper to establish himself in busi
ness like farmers son would invest in
a farm. Now comes the League organi-
zation and says he shall vacate or they
will starve him out. We wonder how
many of the farmers would like to see
LuolI oOAS IIchLcu LII ludG way IL yOu
do not believe in such business methods
then vote against the newspaper law.
If it is defeated on June 26tb, there
will be no such high-handed way OF
forcing a man out of business as the
leaders have been practicing since the
law was passed.
Senators and representatives who sup.
ported the Brinton law when it was
passed, are in favor of it from financial
point of view, for they have either in
vested in Nonportisan newspaper stock.
or are slated for such investment when
ther is an opening, we are told by good
authority.
We have faith in the fairness of the
average voter when he understands the
situation, and we look to see the news
paper law defeated by a larger majority
than either of the other seven laws that
are up for ratification.
Vote againt it for fairness sake.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20
HARVEST NEARLY OVER

The harvest Of suckers in North
Dakota is nearly over. Many of the
farmers are saving their $1,000 to pay
q 4 per cent raise on their gasoline bill
caused by tax Of cent gallon, and
to pay 300 per cent raise on their
auto tax, the average being between
$1,000 and $500 year in North Da-
kota as compared with $500 for three
years in Minnesota. The balance, how
ever small, he applies on his new in
come tax, or else the 120 per cent raise
in his state tax (LAggett says 1t is only
120 per cent?.
No wonder Townley wanted $780,
10000 for immigration advertising.
With this he can explain the beauties
Of all these new taxes to Minnesota
and South Dakota farmers, who may
possibly bite. If they do, the North
Dakota sucker will feel amused and
some better. It hurts less to be
buncombed when you see someone else
get the same dose. "Pess it on" said
Mark Twain. "Brooding over a nasty
little trick that has been played on you
may affect your liver" By all means
$2O0,OOO.O0. It would take away the
sheepish feeling to see the farmers of
Minnesota and South Dakota hit the
sawdust trail and begin to tax them
selves for state terminals, mills, pack
ing plants, etc. Then move on to other
states until each state has all the
things we have and becomes self
sufficient. We ought really to have q
Chinese wall around each state so "as
to keep the money at home" Yes
keep the money at home," said the
organizers and here the whole cadoodle
from Townley down to George Wash.
ington" Hastings, who couldn't tell a
lie about the Valley City Bank deal,
have take the money to St. Paul and
are driving Marmon cars, eating $3.50
meals and enjoying other luxuries
never dreamt of by Bowen, Box or the
rest of the advisers before they fell
into the farmers cream pot.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20

The 10Th inst was the last day that a
person had to file aftidavid with the
county auditor il he wanted his land
Withdrawn from the Nonpartisan forced
hail insurance risk. IT the owner of
the land did not swear that he wished
his land withdrawn from the state hail
insurance risk his crop would be insur-
ed automatically with the lapse Of time
and he would be forced to pay the
schedule price. For the last two weeks
the notary puolics in the city were kept
busy making affidavits Of farmers with.
drawing. Several Of them have insur.
ed in the old line companies and many
more will before the season is over.
So much for Mr.. Townley's pet insur.
ence scheme.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20

OF course, Mr.. McAdoo will be car.
didate for the presidency. Right now
he is receiving gum-shoe political plot
ters at the secluded Santa Barbara
mansion. After he is through "reAting''
he will suddenly hear the country's call
and be quick to get a running start.
And he will get the Democratic nom.
ination, because the Bryan wing hasn't
a man to put out against him Gulf
Marine Register.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20
oFFlcIAL PAPER OF OFT
VOLUME xxxxI

Last week The Pioneer Express clos.
ed volume forty and this week enters
upon its forty first year. 1t is long
time since the first issue was printed
when one takes into consideration the
aye of the state of North Dakota.
There was no North Dakota when the
first issue Of this paper was printed.
Those we're territorial days when the
seat of government was at Yankton, now
South Dakota. Pembina and Pemblna
county were on the extreme frontier.
There was no settlement beyond the
Pembina mountains and scarcely set
tier in the county save along the
streams. The railroad had reached
St. Vincent which was the stopping
place for everything. There was not
mile Of railroad in this state save the
Northern Pacific from Fargo west.
The writer associated himself with
The Pioneer Express August 9Th, 1883,
after spending year at Grafton on the
Grafton News, now the News and Tim.
es. -Four years later we purchased the
paper in company with F. A. Wardwell
and we are still here. There have been
many changes since then. Pembina,
like St. Vincent was the jumping off
place for everybody in those days. So
was Emerson on the other side of the
international boundary line. Any GRIM
inal who succeeded in crossing from one
country into the other was a free man
as far as the law went. There was only
one CRIME extraditable and that was
murder IN first degree. One could
shoot another in Emerson and cross
over to Pembina, and if the victim did
not die the criminal would 60 free.
We remember of several cases whore
fellows would abscond with thousands
OF dollars from Canada and cross into
Uncle Sans land where they would
live in peace and enjoy their plunder.
This was equally true in Canada.
Nearly all the fugitives from justice
would come west and generally hit this
place and Winnipeg.
In 1883 and several years before, i'm
migration to the Red River Valley was
immense. People gathered here from
every part OF the universe to look for
free lands. Soon after things began to
change. Prices of the product of the
farm went down, and large number of
those who had filed on land we're not
farmers. They had come here with the
tide of immigration expecting to find
their Eldorado but were disappointed.
Land went down in value and much
Of it was for sale by the disappointed
ones. at prices much less than it could
have been sold for before the hard tim.
es came.
We have seen the rise and fall Of
politicians who have ascended to prom.
inence through inflated ideas based up.
on imaginations. We have seen the
departure Of the farmer who came here
to. make money easy and knew little
about how to farm. We have tried to
issue . newspaper as best we knew how
and our patronage would warrant, and
we enter upon another year with the |
same determination Of doing what we
think is to the best interest of the com.
munlty, and state at large, and will hew
to the line and let the chips fall where
they may.
The subscription price Of the Pioneer
Express is 81 per year. II yonr name r.
= ..ss a. ,.. = Is
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20

Governor Frazier announced the
referendum election before he had off.
cial knowledge that referendum peti-
tions were being circulated. The peti-
tions had not been fled when he made
the announcement. But he undoubtedly
felt that he had to prepare the people
for the autocratic action that he was
about to take.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20

Potatoes not sprayed yielded 1913
bushels; sprayed twice with Bordeaux,
IA; sprayed three times, l581s and
sprayed four times, 1859. These
trials were made at the North Dakota
Experiment Station in 1918.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20

not alre sdy on our subscription list it
should be there for the sake of your own
interests as much as the money we re-
celve for paying you visit ffty-two
times in the year.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-20
Henenan Says:

For the next week our s
price on all our fancy Violes, &
Tussah cloth, Joulords, Silk &
Stripe Violes and other sum- &
mer goods will be 83c. &
Former prices 9Oc, $1.OO (
$1.15. $1.35, to $3.50 per yd. (
45c Flaxon at only $50. (
These are exceptionally 8
good values you can not af- :
ford to pass up. :
J We have splendid line of Ladies' Waists
Cotton Toiles, Georgetts, and Crepe De-
Chene, ranging in price from $l.5O to $1,000. {
6 Also have Ladies' Silk Dresses at $1,000, {
: $3.50, $4,000 and $25.0O. 1t is pleasure 8
: to show the new goods. :
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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-25
SALVATION ARMY TO PROVIDE
 60 CHRISTMAS DINNERS

Christmas baskets to the number of 60 will be sent out at 8. o'clock this morning by the Salvation Army u :. nl-niber of poor families in the city. The baskets contain this season a chicken, potatoes, onions, turnips. milk. tea, coffee and other Christmas delieacies.. The average cost of each basket will amount to about sS, This amount is paid out of the donations that the public have made to the Sal vation Army. Kettles have been placed near all the prominent stores and on Broadway corner and Franklin squa'e, and the returns this season exceed all previous records, but owing to the high cost of things take about all that has been collected The Sal vation Army is very grateful to those who heve contributed to the fund for tse poor Tickets have been given out 10 about f5 children who will re- celve presents from the Christmas tree ct the Salvation Army rooms thls evening ate o'clock.
 The Salvation Army meetings have been discontinued during tte Christ mas holidays but will be resumed on SaIoiday evening and services will be hell on Sunday as usual.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-25
MEN WHO "MuTINsED"
 ON AMERICA REi EAeED

Hoboken. N. J, Dec. 24.-Tweive members of the civ;rHn crew of the trarsport America, who were put in the ships brig at Brest after mutt nv today were released by order of Major General David c. Shanks com mander of the port of embarka tion.
 General Sbanks. on the vessels ar rival here. ordered an investigation of the alleged mutiny. It was said that General Sbanks and Col. H. K. Taylor, who directed the investigation, con- sidered three weeks imprisonment in the brig sufficient punishment for the part the dozen men had taken in dis order and stealing. A thirteenth man, however, whose name has been with held. was held for arraignment before a United States commissioner on a charge of larceny.
 United States Commissioner Stan ton said that while army and navy of ficials had completed their i1vetsiga- tion, there will be another investiqa ton made by the government. whict probably will not hn finished for sev- eral days He did not indicate the nature of the new. investigation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-25
PERSONALS

F. W. Look of Jersey City is at his home oh Laurel Hill for the Christmas holidays,
 from New York, where he has been on brief business trip.
 R. D. Byrnes of Trinity college is spending the Christmas holidays at his home on Lafayette street.
 Mir. and Mrs. Prentiss Chase of Norwich have been visiting relatives on the West Side. Westerly. Walter DoRnelly and John Corbin have returned to Waterbury. after 8 brief visit with friends in Willimantic. Miss Mary Burke of Saybrook who has been visiting in New London has left for Palm Beach, Florida for the season. John Merwin of Norwich spent the past few days at the home Of MT. and Mrs. Edward Nichols of Wa tefbury.
 MT. and Mrs. William Gager Of Wa l terbury are guests over the holiday | of Miss Gaget's parents, Mir. and Mrs
 Stephen Hall of Stetson street. 1 MT. and Mrs. Frank Shea of Stam. 1 ford are spending the Christmas holi' days as guests of Mrs. Shea's parents
 MT. and Mrs. Peter Yer Steeg of La 1 fayette> street.
 Letters to Norwich friends from Mir
 and Mrs. John Steiner and Miss Stein,
 CT locate them at & Miami hotel. whert MT. Steiner has been recovering iron the fatigue of the journey south. l Frank J. King, treasurer of the Reit
 & Hughes Company, who has beer
 absent from business because of i'll
 ness. is comfortable this week and ha! been able to sec several Cl,ristmai
 callers.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-25
RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS
 TO SANAToRlUM FUND

Additional contributions to the hol- iday fund for Norwich State Tube1cu- iosis Sanatoriufa. being collected by Mrs. Frederick A. Byrnes and Miss Mary E. Richards. include the follow ing from Jewett City, secured through Miss Dorothy PaG The A. c. c. club, Rev. Father John J. Mccabei MT. and Mrs. R. F. Cheney. Mrs. Ed ward A Faust, Alex McNicol, Mrs David Turnbull, Lloyd c. Buckinham Mrs H. B. Kingsley, James McCann Matthew Geary, F. S. Leonard, Miss Ruth Miner, Miss Bessie McClugSage Rev. Father Joseph Seifernnan.
 From Norwich: Misses Anna Cur tis. Marian Beebe, Mary OConneI Helen Hamilton, Gertrude Browning Lyman L. Chapman, Mrs. Hugh H Osgood,- The Red Cross, St. Agnes Guild of Christ church, Mrs. William B. Young. MT. and Mrs. Guy B. Dol beare
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-25
WHEAT FLOUR FOR SALE
 IN SMALL PACkAGES

New York, Dec 24-The United States Grain Corporation announced today that the government pure wheat four is now on sale in small packages lat moderate prices" in hundreds of retail grocery stores throughout the United States and that merchants selling it will be provided, on appli- cation, with posters advising their customers of the fact. In a supple mentary statement issued by Watson S. Moore. second vice president of the corporation. consumers are informed that the four is in no sense a war or substitute article but derived from pure wheat,
 ''The regular flour trade,'' said MT. Moore should also understand that this campaign is in no sense designed to discredit their regular business, or the brands which they ordinarily han dle. They recognize. I am sure that this is but part of a general campaign on the part of the governments to re- duce the high cost of living and en- courage thrift on the part of our peo- pie by supplying them with a lower price four."
 MT. Moore added that rumors of a flour shortage are utterly without foundation and that, in fact, flour stocks are approximately 50 per cent t.larger than they were at this time last year,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-25
CHRISTMAS EDITION OF
 THE ACADEMY JOURNAL

The December number of Academy Journal has made it's appearance. The cover is very attractive. It represents in blue. brown and gilt the wise men following the Star of Bethlehem on that memorable journey nearly 2,0eo years ago, to the inn stable where the Christ was horn. The artist signs the initials 'tP. B.''
 The Journal is offering two prizes of s2.50 each for the best story and the best article for the science depart n,ent written by a pupil of the N. F. A. The contest rules state that all articles must be strictly original. No name must be placed on the paper but should be fastened to it in an en- veiope. The contest is to close on March 12, 1920. The judges are MT. McG orrin Miss Bowman and Miss I,athron
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-25
GEN. PERsHlNG A MEMBER OF
 LINCOLN POST. A. L

Lincoln Neb., Dee. 24..-General John J. Pershing tonight became a member of the Lincoln post of the American. Legion and was issued membership card No. l.
 General Pershing came back today to the town which claims him as it's own, and was given welcome which he said warmed his heart. On his ar rival he headed an automobile parade through streets bedecked on either side with flags and bunting and th9us- ands of pictures Of himself. He was escorted to the home of his sister, Mrs, D. M. Butler, along route which 1 brought him face to face with sign in large lettering "Pershing for Pres ident."
 1 For the most part the general spent | the day at the home of his sister. A 1 number of old neighbors and friends called during the afternoon and eve ming. He recalled that it was thirty three
 years ago when as a second lienten-
 ant, just graduated from West Point
 military academy, he paid a visit tl
 his parents and his brothers and sis ters in Lincoln. Twenty eight year.
 ago he came to the University of Ne.
 braska as military instructor and fol four years was active in the life o. the community.
 Tomorrow General. Pershing vii
 celebrate Christmas with his son ant
 sisters. On Friday will begin round of public functions which vii continue until Saturday, January 8.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-25
Christmas Cards for Prisoners.

Fifty Christmas greeting cards, au- tographed by Gov. Marcus H. Hol- comb, were sent to the state prison at Wethersfeld Wednesday by Secretary William G. Baxter of the Connecticut State Prison association. They will be distributed to 50 of the prisoners, while hundreds of other Christmas cards, donated by the association. will be given to other prisoners, each re- ceiving at least one card.
 Cards for the women prisoners are enclosed in red holly envelopes while the folder card inside is particularly attractive. The cards for the men bear attractive designs.
 MT. Baxter mailed hundreds ot cards. with a photo of tine prison Or one side and a Christmas greeting or the other. to contributors to the asso- citation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-25
CLOTHEsuNE THIEVES ON WEST SIDE

of Frank I. Royce, Herman Pukallus and Charles B. Carpenter of West Main street were visited and clothing was taken from all of these places.
 A short time ago thieves made an other raid on the clotheslines in this vicinity and at that time the number of articles was not so great and the value was not so high. The matter at that time was reported to the police, but although investigation was made nothing 1eading to the identity of the thieves was unearthed. The matter of Tuesday nights thefts has been re- ported to the police.