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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
LARGE POTATO SHOW
OPENS IN WISCONSIN
(By United, Press, J

Milwaukee, Wis.,, Dec. 8.-Ameri-
cas- greatest potato show opened here
today, according to the opinion of J..
G. Milward, secretary of the Wiscon-
sin Potato Growers association.
Wisconsin this year produced over
twenty-eight million bushels Of pota-
toes, Milward said; and the growers
are exhibiting the pick of the crop.
More. than 100000 bushels of certi-
fed seed potatoes were bagged this
year, according to officials and from
this exhibitors have selected show
stock of all standard varities.
The potato exhibition continues all
this week.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
NEW PIONEER REPORTER.

Anew addition to The Pioneers
reportOrial staff was made today,
when J. D. Winter, son OF Clayton
Winter, became a member of the
editorial force. He RECENTLY re-
turned from a three years station
in the navy in Nicaragua.
The new newsgatherer has been
assigned to variety of news Gen.
ters at (which he will call daily,
and, In other rounds will be
pleased to secure any information
that would make an item of in
terest or lengthy story. He is a
splendid young man, worthy of all
condolences, respect and co-opera-
tion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
COMMITTEES
A'2ASKEDI|'0
REPORT,
.N'||...|Mb'. N S';'E|c'Y'. Y
Should Be. Called in Session
Before January l and
Forward Plans
WOULD GIVE OCCASION
TO SECURE PUBLICITY
Which Would Insure Large
Attendance at Summer
Meeting at Bemidji
WOULD GIVE OCCASION
TO SECURE PUBLICITY

President M. N. Kohl, Of the North
ton expects from each committee a
ern Minnesota Development associa-
report as to the work done and rec
concentrations they have to make,
filed with the secretary, Fred T. Lin
coin Of Brainerd, before the first day
of aJnuary, that the same may be
noted in the press before the sum
per meeting to be. held in Bemidji,
with view to acquainting the men,
bership of such legislation as they
wish recommended by the associa-
tion.
The chairman of every committee
is asked to call at least one meeting
of his committee before that time for
a discussion of such problems as may
present themselves.
The committees contain the names
of we'll known Beltrami farmers and
business men and included in the list
is E. Il. Mcdonald, chairman Of the
Farm Loan Laws.
Entire Personnel.
The personnel of the entire list of
committees is as follows:
Farm loan laws-E. e: Mcdonald,
chairman, Bemidji, Oscar Barness,
lBagley; B. ,Arupld, Duluth; Chas.
N. Bourbon, Federal Dam; D. B: Pc.
terson, Laporte.
General legislation--7A. P. Silli-
man, chairman, Hibbing; C. r. Mid.
dleton, Baudette; George l.. Brozich,
Ely; c. r. Kelley, Menagha; w. J.
Corwin, Hinckley; Charles Carter,
Bemidji; L. A. Roseman, Grand
Rapids.
Agriculture-Otto 1. Bergh, Grand
Rapids, chairman; E. P. Gibson, Du-
luth; D. B. Jewell, Grand Rapids;
A. A. Aamodt, Bemidji; M. P. Ostby
Walker; Charles Scheers, Akeley; E
G.. Roth, Brainerd.
Good roads-Dr. F. L. Wilcox
chairman, Walker; I. w. Lee, Du'
luth; L. W. Huntley, Grand Rapids;
George Erickson, Spooner; Henry I
Cohen, Brainerd; l.. H. Rice, Park
Rapids; George P. Jones, Bagley.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

There will be a meeting of the city
council tonight, there having been no
quorum at the last meeting sched
uled. Some matters of import are
scheduled to come up for discussion
and action.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
LACK OF COAL
,WILLC0NllyUE'
.SEyERALDAYS; T! ll!'!!|!'| A |! Y!
'zV0IEFUESDAY' 2 ! | ! ! {.
Scale Officials Meet Tomorrow
to Decide Action Upon
Wilson's Offer
TRAIN SERVICE WILL !
BE FURTHER CURTAILED
Mine Strike Leaders Seem Fav-
orable to Acceptance i.
of New Proposal
BY Ralph Couch.
Omitted Press Correspondent.

Omitted Press Correspondent
Washington, Dec. 8.-The coal
shortage will continue acute until
January I, even If the miners union
wage scale officials in Indianapolis,
tomorrow, vote to accept the settle
ment proposed by President Wilson.
is predicted here today.
Railroad administration officials,
in charge of coal priorities, are max
ing plans based upon this belief.
Curtailment Of train service will
be continued several weeks and may
be increased. Many plants and fac
tories remain closed meanwhile.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
MINNEAPOLIS VOTERS
DECIDE TOMORROW
(By United Press. J

Minneapolis, Dec. 8.-Minneapolis
voters tomorrow will decide whether
the city shall grant the Minneapolis
Street Railway a "cost Of service
franchise.
The proposed ordinance would give
the company rs year franchise and
place it partly under the control of
the city council as its technical ad-
wiser.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
NEW CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
ELECTS FOR NEXT YEAR

The new consolidated school dis
trict at Boston Lake has elected the
following board for the coming year:
Mrs. J. c. Vogler, Mr. M. w. Knox,
C. Coffin, G. E. King, F. V. Gardner
and Mrs. Fall.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
BRITISH WAR MACHINE
IS BEING PREPARED
(By United Press. }

London, Dec. 8.-Germany will not
dare refuse to sign the protocol, 1t is
generally believed in official circles.
However, the British war machine is
being prepared for action at NOM
ent's notice.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
COAL PROBE DEFERRED
(By United Press.)

Indianapolis, Dec. 8.-The special
federal grand jury, called today to
investigate practices Of coal mine
owners and their employees, was post
poned today in view of the probable
settlement Of the coal strike tomor-
row, District Attorney Slack an
nounced today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
McGHEE AND COUNTY
NURSE VISITING SCHOOLS

County Superintendent of Schools
J. C. McGhee and Miss Mae MacGre-
gor left Sunday morning to visit
schools in the northern part of the
county. They expect to be gone
about two weeks.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
FOUR KILLED WHEN
SCAFFOLD COLLAPSES
(By United Press. }

= Elizabeth, N. j., Dec. S.-Four
men we're killed, eight injured seri-
ously and eighteen others slightly in
jured, total when a scaffold collopas-
ed at the Standard Oil refinery here
today. Several of the injured may
die, it is reported.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
WOULD REGRET SEVERANCE,
(By United Press. J

(By United Press.)
Washington, Dec. 8.-President
Wilson declared today that he would
be greatly concerned to see any reso-
luton like Senator Falls, providing
any severance with Mexico adopted
by congress.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
NORWEGIAN TO SPEAK.
(By United Press. J

Grand Forks. N. D.. Dec s.
Johan Castberg, president of the
Norwegian Odelsting, will speak here
today under the auspices of the Nor
wegian central committee.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
: SETTLEMENT SEEN

Washington, Dec. (Sunday) -
Attorney General Palmer announced
after midnight that an agreement
was reached here between govern
ment officials, and John l.. Lewis,
acting president, and William Green,
secretary-treasurer of the United
Mine Workers, under which pro-
posal for termination Of the coal
strike will be submitted to a meeting
of the executive committee Of the
mine workers at Indianapolis next
Tuesday '~~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
DRY LAW NOT DECIDED.
(By United Press. }

(By United Press.), :
Washington, Dec. 8.-ihe supreme
court today failed to hand down its
decision onthe constituency of war
time prohibition.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-12-08
President Proposed plan.

The proposal, which Is not de-
scribed in the statement, was pro-
posed by President Wilson looking
to a speedy termination Of the strike
situation and adjustment Of the en-
tire controversy" the statement says.
Lewis and Green will urge acceptance
of the proposal.
Mr.. Palmer's statement follows:
"A conference was held at the De-
partment Of Justice, in Washington,
on Saturday, at which were present
the attorney general, Mr.. Tunulty,
secretary to the president; John L.
Lewis, acting president, and William
Green,' secretary-treasurer Of the
United Mine Workers Of America,
with a view to reaching an under
standing between the government
and the miners which would result
in a settlement of the coal strike sit
uation."
Leaders Favor Acceptance.
AT this conference there was sub
mitted definite, concrete proposition
from the president looking to q
speedy termination Of the strike sit
uation and an adjustment Of the en-
tire controversy. The officers Of the
United Mine Workers, in response to
the suggestion of the president,
agreed to and have called a meeting
of the general scale committee, the
| representatives of all the district or
ganizations and the international
executive board of the United Mine
workers, to be held in Indianapolis on
Tuesday, December 8, at 2 p. M, at
which time the presidents proposal
will be considered and it's acceptance
by the miners urged by Mr.. Lewis
and Mr.. Green. The attorney general
will be in indianapolis on Tuesday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-08
Some Natural History.

The claws of the large common
crab, the rock lobster, etc, fall off when
gripped by an enemy. This is done by
the animal itself, which is able to
break off its own claw by contracting a
particular muscle. The self-amputated
crab does not die of hemorrhage
there is no bleeding at all, the wound
being automatically closed at once by
a special membrane.
A still more remarkable fact has to
be mentioned; not only does the lob
ster find it easy TO sacrifice claw when
the necessity arises, preferring to save
its life at the cost Of limb, but the act
of mutilation brings into play a whole
system of nerves and muscles, so that
the claw holds on TO the enemy with un-
abated vigor, and while the latter is
endeavoring to get rid OF the encum-
brance the lobster escapes with its
life.
A somewhat similar phenomenon is
presented by the lizards tail, which is
also easily detached from the body;
instead of lying still, however, it at
tracts the enemy's attention by wrig-
Cling about, and in the meantime the
lizard whisks out OF sight with its
accustomed rapidity.
Very soon a new claw or a new tail,
as the case may be, grows in the place
Of the old, ready to be sacrificed in its
turn when life depends on it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-08
Oil as Fuel For Domestic Purposes

An inventor Of Cairo, Egypt, accord
ing to the London Engineer, has de-
vised an efficient liquid fuel burner
and feed system that can De applied
TO an ordinary kitchen range without
altering the range or preventing the
use Of solid fuel. The system has a
hange for boiling it TO the CRATE door,
and controls both the oil and the
atomizing fluid, either air or steam, by
means Of regulating wheels. The noz-
zle projects about an inch into the fire
CRATE, but does not interfere with the
lse Of solid fuel. The system has a
tank for oil that stands on a rack on the
outside Of the stove To start the
burner the fuel oil is heated to about
one hundred and eighty degrees by a
small fire in the CRATE. The valves are
then opened Oil flows through the
pipe to the nozzle, where the compress
ed air or steam meets il at right angles
and forms a spray that ignites from the
FIRE already kindled. The compressed
air or steam makes fierce draft, and
the continuous fame radiates steady
heat. There is neither smoke nor
smell. In Cairo, housekeepers are
supplied with compressed air from city
mains.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-08
Something Wrong.

A sale bill bearing the signature of
"Will Quit Work" has been going the
rounds OF the press and purports to be
a Missouri auction sale, giving evil
dence Of what queer combinations can
be made by printer who is suffering
from the effects Of night out and bad
ly pies the galley. The bill announcing
the sale includes the following list:
twenty-five good cows, broke to
work; Al head Of cultivators, coming
in soon; 10 head of shoveling boars,
with scoops by side; 8 piano mares
l20 rods canvas betting, better than
new; DeLaval COW, with ice-cream at
tachment; Mccormick binder, in foal /;
Poland China bobsled, due TO farrOw in
April; IA head Of chickens, with grass
seed attachment, in good working or
der; 2 J. |. C. riding heifers, good as
new; spraying outfit, can be ridden or
driven by children; IS billy goats, 20
bushels capacity, with spraying nozzle
and other attachments; many other ar
ticles too numerous to mention, which
/ expect to get at night between now
and date OF sale.-Country Gentleman.
sl.5O gets the Register year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-08
The End OF the Kings Highway.

Il worked for men," my Lord will say
When we meet at the end OF the King:
Highway.
Il walked with the beggars along the road.
/ kissed the bondsman stung by the goad,
And bore my half OF tlfe porter's load
And what did you," my Lord will say,
"As you travelled along the Kings High
way?"
II made life sweet" my Lord will say
When we meet at the end OF the King's
Highway;
81 soothed the path where the thorns annoy
] gave the mother back her boy,
l mended the children's broken toy,
And what did you my Lord will say,
''As you travelled along the Kings High
way?"
Il showed men Cod" my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end OF the Kings
Highway;
II eased the sisters trouble mind.
l helped the blighted - oe resigned,
showed the sky to the souls gone blind
And what did you," my Lord will say,
'As you travelled along the Kings High
wayI"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-08
Insect Bites.

AS regards their relation to man,
insects may be divided into two classes,
according as they are parasitic or not.
Those of the first class are, OF course.
the most troublesome, for II is neceS-
sary not only TO treat their bites but
also to get rid Of them. Unfortunate
~. the bites OF the parasite insects are
not painful, but merely annoying, and
sometimes dangerous TO health; "
they caused as much pain as those OF
the predatory insects, like wasps, they
would soon cease TO be parasitic, for
the dirtiest of men dread pain and take
trouble TO avoid il, although they
would often rather itch than wash.
All insects that bite or sting are poi
sonous, although the nature OF fhc
poison and its effects vary greatly.
OF the parasitic insects the flea, the
bedbug and the pests that soldiers call
"cooties" merely cause more or less ir-
ritation and itching by their bites. The
most comon Of the nonparasitic poi
sonous insects are spiders, wasps and
hornets, bees, ants, mosquitoes and
some biting flies; in the Southern ana
southwestern States and the tropics
We find also the formidable scorpions,
tarantulas and centipedes. Most OF
those insects, except the mosquitoes and
certain biting flies, attack man only
in self-defense, when they think they
themselves have been attacked. Among
the other less common insects that
sometimes cause considerable annoy
ancc are the so-called kissing bug
(Reduvius personatus), the bite OF
which is very painful; the cone-nose
(ConorhinUs sanguisugus), which Is
an exaggerated bedbug with ferocious
bite; and the pirate bug, or corsair, the
bite OF which is severe and often causes
inflammation and abscess.
The poison OF most singing insects,
whether parasitic or not, is an acid,
and the itching and pain that il causes
may usually be promptly relieved BY
applying an alkali, such as bicarbonato
or soda, ammonia or weak lye. For the
milder forms, rubbing with moisiened
BIT Of kitchen soap and leaving the
soapy film on the skin will suffice. In
the case Of the bites OF certain insects,
such as scorpions, centipedes and tar
antulas, there are often general symp-
toms, in addition 10 the local irritation,
which must be combated with ipecac
and the internal administration Of am
monia and other stimulants.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-08
Shepherdstown Jefferson County, West Virginia. Thursday May 1919
Air and Water.

Air and water are the two remedies
apt TO be overlooked by the profession
in the search of cures, yet as all pro-
gress is constantly bringing us back
to and accentuating the value of first
principles, We occasionally find cases
on whom all medicines have lost effect,
and who yet can be restored by the
intelligent use of those two natural
agencies.
We have a case in mind at this writ
ing. The patient had been an invalid
for years. She had been the round
of doctors and "pathies," and had ex-
perimented with all the fads at home
and abroad, with only temporary bene-
fit. At length she fell into the hands
of a common-Sense doctor in a little
country town where she was passing
the summer.
He regulated her diet and establish
ed her habits on a sound hygienic basis.
Then he aught her how to breathe
something which many people do not
know, and insisted that she drop every
thing and devote few minutes several
times a day to proper breathing; also
and most important Of all, that she
drink glass of water every hour OF the
day while awake.
She followed his directions to the
letter, principally out ST curiosity at
first, and later because she began TO
see the good effect of the treatment.
Hr color improved, her flesh became
firm, and her bowels regular. In six
months she was perfectly well.
The tissues of this woman were full
of impurities, which the increased sup
ply of oxygen and water either burned
up or flush out into the proper channels
of elimination. The circulation felt
the stimulus of the additional fluid, and
increased its work. When the auto
toxemia was relieved all the unpleasant
symptoms subsided.
The good effects which follow So
journ at the various mineral springs
are due chiefly to the large amount of
water drunk and the moderate, but reg
ular, amount of exercise involved in
getting it,
Consumption is house air disease;
probably catarrh is also. In all
chronic diseases there is condition OF
poisoning. Here the remedial
value of air and water is not half ap-
precated. Give your patients a tablet,
to be dissolved in a glass of water, or
small vial from which few drops
may be added, TO insure that they drink
the full amount. Insist upon their get
ting outside, warmly wrapped in cold
or inclement weather, and breathing
deply, slowly, regularly at certain in
tervals during the day.
At the end of few weeks or months
you will be perfectly astounded at the
alteration for the better effected in ap-
parently desperate cases, without a
drop of medicine. Try 1.-THE Medi-
cal Brief
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-08
TO THE PUBLIC

Get your water tapped into
your home at low cost. No more
high prices. Plumbing snd pipe
fitting of all kinds. Modern bath
room outfits installed. Estimates
furnished for steam, vapor and hot
water heat. Furnaces repaired
and overhauled. Parts furnished
for all makes. Water tanks put
in. Radiators bronzed. Leaks of
all kinds repaired. All at low
cost to you. Your patronage So
licited. A card will reach me, or
use Hartzells phone.
FRANK J. DOBBIN,
ShepherdstoWn, w. Va,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-08
The Future Of ZiOnism.

When Palestine fell into the hands Of
the British army as result of Gen.
Allenby's victorious campaign, 1t was
quite generally assumed that a Jewish
state would surely arise in the Holy
Land as a consequence Of eXpelling the
Turk. AS the months pass, however
that result begins to seem less and less
probable; not because the Allied pow
ers are less ready than they were to
consent to such state, but because the
Jewish people do not show the neces-
sary enthusiasm.
AS matters stand to-day, Jewish
state would be impossible, for the Jews
are at present a small minority in Pales-
tine, and they exist there through the
tolerance of the Arabian Moslems, who
constitute at least two thirds OF me
population. If it were proposed to
turn over the government TO the Jewish
minority, there would be an immediate
protest on the part of the Arabian ma
iority, protest that might concclyably
take the form of "holy war Such
uprisings among the Moslems-even
such massacres as those in Armenia
are not often the result OF religious
intolerance; they are the Moslem's way
of keeping the non-Moslem elem mt
politically submissive. A Jew
ish government in Palestine would
arouse intense national hatred there;
it could be sustained only upon :he
bayonets of the Allied powers.
1t is of course possible for me Jews
to emigrate to Palestine in sufficient
numbers to become preponderaLt Not
more than half million immigrants
would be needed; but it is a question
how they could be supported
There are few industrial or commercial
opportunities in Palestine, and tic land
is already so fully occupied that room
could be found for the Jews "nly b.
dspossessing the Arabs. A thorough
system or irrigation would-open lands
that now lie waste, but the work would
require years.
The Jews themselves seem fdlly
aware of the difficulties in the way Of
establishing Zion as a political state.
There are some enthusiasts among
them, but comparatively few Of the race
established in the countries Of western
Europe or America are interested IT,
the project for themselves. 1t is chief
ly as a refuge for their prosecuted fell
lows of eastern Europe that the Jews
of France and England and the United
States think Of Palestine. Whether
without injustice and bloodshed the
Arabian Moslems can be dispossessed
Of their country in order TO establish
another race there appears doubtful TO
lew as well as TO Gentle.
Zionism is essestially a spiritual and
religious movement; whatever strength
it has lies in the desire Of the Jews
to restore the freedom OF their worship
and the vitality Of their faith.
There are naturally sentimental reas-
ons that incline them to Palestine as
the place in which to work out such a
renaissance; but the Jews are not more
sentimental than other people, and they
are quicker Of mind than most. They
begin to see that there are practical
considerations that make political Zion
ism Of doubtful wisdom.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-05-08

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