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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
BROUGHT STRIKERS TO TERMS
African Explorer Put Hia Wits to Bear
In Controversy With obstrep-
erous Paddiers

Although the plan is not capable Of
wide application, the. tale Of a, strike
in central Africa, told by an exploring
member Of the English Royal Anthro-
biological institute. is pleasant reading
for the promptness with which the
matter was settled. The explorer was
iourneying by water ana, coming to
an African village where he needed a
new relay of paddlers, he found that
all the available paddlers had struck"
not for higher wages but against any
padding whatever. The expedition
was held up, and the men who refused
to paddle stood apart and evidently
considered the plight Of the explorer
a matter of considerable unsympa-
thetic amusement. The explorer, how
ever, thought he saw way out. He
asked some of the women of the VII
lage to come aboard his boat and sell
him food; and rs soon as several OF
them were on board he unfastened the
hawser, the boat swung out from the
shore and began to travel with the
current Ashore and atloat anxiety
followed. Presently the men who had
refused to paddle the explorer were
raddling, their own little canoes In
pursuit and yolubly demanding the
return to their womenfolk. The larger
craft, and presumably the armament,
OF the traveller gave him an advantage
He was able to issue an uhimatum.
No women, he said tn effect, without
paddlers, but one woman for every
man of the tribe who would agree to
help paddle the expedition through the
next stage. The men accepted the
bargain; and as there were some
thirty women on the boat the expedi-
ton got it's necessary complement OF
paddlers and the strike was over.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
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SEE need OF GOOD ROADS
"Douehboys" Who Served in France
Impressed by the Excellence Of
That Country's Highways.

Signs multiply that the returning
soldier is to- be the strongest of all
apostles of good roads. He knows
that except for the network Of high
ways leading to Vertlun not even the
heroic poilu could have kept the Ger
mans from passing. Day and night,
as long as the peril lasted, an unend-
ing line of motor trucks rolled into the
threatened region and back again. On
a scale only slightly less impressive, it
was always SO when there was "show
on" In the minds of our soldiers,
however, the. military need of stone
roads seems less important than the
commercial need. and always deep
sense seems present of the beauty of
the smooth and shaded highway. The
Amaroc News, official organ of our
army on the Rhine, points out that of
the 2,75OOOO miles Of highway in the
United States, less than 275, 1000 miles,
or one in ten, has any form Of surfac-
ing whatever. But it becomes lyric
when it notes that in France leach
road, it matters not how small or how
seldom used, has it's quota Of beauti.
ful shade trees, whose limbs form an
arch to protect the traveller from the
SUM-" The American legion will have
posts throughout the land, and wher-
ever there is a post there will be
band of men who know the value of
easy communication and who know
how to have their way.-New York
Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
Primer on Billboard.

A little primer on the city and it's
billboard problem:
'Haven't the property owners q
right to do as they please with their
propertyT
The United States Supreme court
said in a decision in 1908: "The state
as quasi sovereign and representative
Of the interest Of the public has a
standing in court to protect the atmos-
phere, the water and the forests with
In its territory, irrespective Of the
assent or dissent OF the private owners
Immediately concerned"
But does this right apply. specific
ally to billboards7"
Yes. In 1917 the Supreme court
held: "A city, exercising the police
power may prohibit the erection Of
billboards in residence districts in the
interest Of the safety, morality, health
and decency of the community.
Kansas City Star.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
For Home Builders to Decide.

For Home Builders TO Decide.
The first question to confront the
home builders is: I'm what section
shall we locateT That Is question
for the individual to decide, but the
things he should look at carefully
and answer before buying are: Is it
a healthful location? Is the trans
portation service good? Has the town
complete sewerage system? Is the
water supply good? Can gas and elec-
tric light be supplied ut reasonable
rate? Are there city conveniences,
such as mail delivery, fire and police
protection, good schools, churches,
clubs, and, last but not least, what is
the possible future Of the place? Is
It we'll protected by restrictions for
residential purposes? VIII two-family
or apartment houses encroach or busi-
ness come too near? 1t Is the re-
strictions on the surrounding property
that are Of vital interest to the pur-
chaser, not the restrictions on the
piece being bought. You know what
you are going to do and yon also want
to know what others in the vicinity
could do, should they be so disposed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
Gets EN- on the Fly.

The Wilson warbler is the champion
fly-catcher of the United States. HIS
method of getting most Of his food Is
to dash out from the limb Of tree
and snatch passing insects on the
wing. They catch other insects which
are fitting about or sitting on the
foliage or blossoms of the trees. You
will often find these little birds In ap
ple trees when in bloom. Their olive
green and yellow plumage harmonizes
with the green leaves Of the trees.
The male bird has black crown patch
on the top OF it's head, while on the
female this cap is greenish like the
back. This bird is found throughout
the eastern United States but winters
in Central America.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
INGENIOUS Picture.

There is in one Of the continental
picture galleries a painting called
"Cloudland." At first sight it looks
like a huge, repulsive daub Of con-
fused color, without form or comeli-
ness. AS you walk toward it, it proves
to be mass Of exquisite little cherub
faces like those at the head of the can
vas in Raphael's madonna San Sisto."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
five MILLIONS TO COMBAT FLU"

The American Medical association,
with a membership including practl-
cally every physician in the country,
has asked congress to appropriate
money for an investigation of ''fu"
conditions, to be conducted under the
direction Of the United States public
health service. In answer to these ap-
peals for real fight against the flu,
Senator Harding and Representative
Fess, both Of Ohio, introduced bill
appropriating $5,O00,O0O for a flu in
vestigation, which should have for it's
purpose the isolation of the flu germ
and the discovery of the best pre-
ventive and curative methods.
In the senate the resolution is be-
fore the committee on public health
and national quarantine. Senator Jo-
seph I. France (portrait herewith) ,
him3elf physician, is chairman Of
this committee. He says:
Il am heartily in favor Of it as an
emergency measure to try to save
,bably will be claimed by the flu next
t will be but a small factor in the fight
idemics. What the nation needs is a
m IN, ovorv oitv onA c<oto tn thu
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
laiand ResembIes Douohnut.

Maiden island, in the southern Pa
cif1c ocean, is built like any elongated
doughnut. Naturally, it is surrounded
by the waters Of the Pacific, but in
the center of the island is a lake, the
water in which rises and falls with
the tide.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
Maxine 4 Stand.

Cactus Joe announces that he will
not play penny ante, believing as he
does that the game ought to be big
enough to keep peoples minds on It
so they won't quarrel.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1919-12-16
Moth Killer,

It has recently been discovered thu
If X-rays are passed through furs the
kill all the moth eggs and prevent fur.
from becoming moth-eaten.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-07-07

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Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 13.-Detailing the purpose for which the United States entered the war as they were set forth and accepted by congress in his message President Wilson told the people of Washington today that the issue squarey facing the country in the treaty debate was whether that program should be eerred through or abandoned He called to mind also the cost in money and in human life by which the war had been
 and asserted that those opposing the treaty now pro posed that for which the sacrifice should be of no avail
 In the first day of his stay of than week on the Pacific coast MT. Wilson spoke during the morning at Tacoma and then cameto Seattle in time to review the Pacific fleet in the afternoon and address mass meeting at the arena in the evening" In both cities he was cheered by crowds that ronged every point of van tage to get glimpse of him. He will rest tomorrow at a Seattle hotel
 Repeating many of the arguments he has used pre- vously against qualification of the treaty by reserva- tions or amendments the president again appealed to Republicans of the country to forget there is an cleo ton in 192O' It was American program which the treaty proposed he said and that being American was bigger than being Republican or a Democrat He asserted his purpose to tread the riot act to anyone who let political affiliations dictate his course in rea ton to the treaty
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
LEAGUE IF NATIONS ISSUE |S
 ENTIRELY WITH WILSON AMI NIT
 WITH AMERICA, CLAIMS JOHNSON
American Principles Eoquenty Voiced By Wilson, Were One
 By One Sacrificed at Paris Conference Says California Senator Says League Does Not Provide in Any Way for Disarmament; Claims of Ireland and Armenia Are Ignored

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 13-President Wilson's de- mana for the immediate ratification of the peace treaty and league of nations covenant made when he was here week ago, was answered by Senator Hiram Johnson of California tonight in address before large and enthusiastic audience at Convention hall
 Senator Johnson welcomed to the home city of Senator James A. Reed by non-parsan citizens com- mittee of 1O0
 R. E. Ball. Democrat called the meeting to order and introduced E. E. McJimpsey of Springfield Mo-, Republican who acted chairman and presented Sena- tor Johnson to the audience
 Among the 600 out-of-town visitors Governor Henry J. Allen, of Kansas.
 ''It is difficult to think that the president spoke otherwise than ironically in much that he said to you here in Kansas City, said Senator Johnson, in begin ming his address.
 ''His opening sentences, forgetfnl, apparently of other utterances and of the facts like forget fulness on the part of our people.
 ''His initial remark to you was: T came back from Paris bringing of the greatest documents of human history One of the things that made great that 1t permeated throughout with the principles to which America had devoted her life
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
FOODSTUFF SA[E TUBE GOVERNED
 BY NEW ORDERS

Bisbe epeople who participated in the purchase of the carload of gov ernment food stuffs recently disburs- ed here through the city officials were just in time to escape the new rulings which have been placed in effect re- garding these H. c. L. reducers. Peo- had placed their order with the c. & As carload of goods will be disap- pointed and be hit the hardest as the following facts were obtained by the Review yesterday from the govern ment agent for the Fl Paso district, which handles all orders from this part of Arizona:
 No freight shipments will be made during the sale of surlus army sup plies September 18th and no munich palities will be. permitted to purchase the supplies offered the public by the army, according to ,Lieut. Col. H. L. Kidwell of the zone supply depot. Parcel posts shipments and counter sales only will be made. The sale Is for the benefit of the ultimate con sumer and S15 week is the limit. Parcels post packages of value of $2 will be insured at government ex- pense. but persons desiring to pur- chase through the mails are required to send the postage to cover their purchases.
 The same class of goods which was disposed of in the municipal stores recently will be sold. Clothing, hard warde, foods. and every kind of army supplies will constitute the big stock to be offered for sale to the public from now on when purchasing direct.
 The last of the carload of bacon. canned goods and rice which consti- tuted the carload that has been sold to the public of Bisbee was disposed of by Fire Chief Norton yesterday.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
WILSON REVIEWS
 PACIFIC ARMADA
 IN ELLIOTT BAY

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 13.-Mark- ing the first time a president of the United States has flown his flag in Seattle's harbor, President Wilson today reviewed the great Pacific fleet from the decks of the history-famed battleship Oregon in Elliott bay. The review followed the presidents arrival from Tacoma and also followed 4S incident which early resulted in serious consequent ces for the. presidential party when the presidents launch collided bow on with a naval whaleboat.
 Arriving at the dock it was found that the barge of Admiral Hugh Rodman, which was supposed to be awaiting the president, was not on hand. Commander P W. Foote, per sonal aide to Secretary Daniels, promptly took over a naval launch. Into this launch went the president and Mrs. Wilson, secretary and Mrs Daniels. secret service men, secre- taries and newspaper men.
 As Commander Foote ordered the launch showed off, the small craft heeled over until the port rail was nearly under water. Starting ahead then the craft run bow on into an other launch, giving the presidential marty a severe jar. The president, however, sat serenely in theaft part of the launch and smiled.
 The review. first and most magnh- icent spectacle ever viewed by the thousands gathered here from all parts of the northwest, had another angle of the unusual when. at it's close. the president, as commander in-chief of the navy, virtually took charge of the Oregon, supersedlng Secretary Daniels. The long line Of destroyers had circled the Oregon when Secretary Daniels inquired or Captain Ivan c. Wettengel. com mander of the Oregon:
 'Do we get under way now cap tain?"
 "Just as soon as the destroyers have all passed" the captain re- piled.
 "The destroyers are hove to-" President Wilson put in.
 Captain Wettengel took look, faced about and touching his cap' said: Aye, aye, sir"
 The Oregon got under way for the return to the anchorage.
 Later the president signed the famous visitors book of the oregon. upon whose pages are recorded the names of many of the worlds most prominent men.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
TWO MEXICAN MURDER SUSPECTS TAKEN FROM THE JAIL BY PUEBLO MOB AND HANGED FROM BRIDGE

PUEBLO, Colo. Sept. 13.-Jose Gonzales and Salvador Ortiz, accus- ed of shooting and killing Patrol man Jeff Evans at l o'clock this morning, were taken from the city jail at 9:30 o'clock tonight by a mob, of citizens, rushed in automo- piles to the West Fourth street bridge a mile away and hanged from the girders of the bridge.
 The mob leaders used strategy to get the police officers off their guard. A riot call was sent in from the steel works district and the pa- trol loaded with officers hurried to the scene. As soon as the wagon was out of sight, the mob quietly marched to the city hall, a commit tee marched into the office, covered the desk sergeant, Gar McCarrerty. with revolvers and commanded him to turn over the keys to the jail
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
GULF COAST FRIGHTENED
 BY TERRIFIC STORM: TIDE IFS MENACZNC GALVESTON

? GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 14.- The downtown streets of Galveston at s2:3o o'clock this morning were flooded to the curbs with water from the bay which had gone over the top of the wharves in a number of places. The wind was 36 miles from the northeast, the barometer 29.60 and falling. The tide "a on Pelican IsI- and and rising. The storm center, the weather bureau announced, was south of Galveston but the exact To- cation is not known.
 Spray from the sea Waves was splashine on the seawaIl in places where the rip rap in front of the wall was high. The city's sewerage sys-' tenn empties in part into the bay, and because of the high tide some of the waste water, not salt water, was backed up at two points.
 All trains were in and out on time except the International and Great Northern, which had trouble on the mainland and arrived late.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
| W. W, 'SFR|END
 |S ARRESTED IN BOOTLEG CHARGE
Murder will out"

Murder will out''
 The old adage in milder form held true again last night. The secret of where the money is coming from that was put up by the L w. WIS bosom friends for their bail when they were found guilty of vagrancy in the local police courts came out last night when one Joe Leftoff was arrested by Police Officer Hill Ruff after a chase and quantity of boot leg whiskey of the white mule" variety was found on him.
 Leftoff is the man who furnished the bail money for his wobbly friend Clint Thomas, a shining light of what I. W. w. membership is com posed of. Thomas, who was one of the states witnesses in the recent deportation cases and one of the men who was deported from the district was convicted of yagrancy several fact that he had not been working for some time furnished $500 cash for fellow worker" Thomas Just how Lefthoff had this amount of ready money to put up for his vag friend was a mystery to the local police at the time. Last nights ar rest proved their suspicious and Lei thoff can now explain to the judge the why and where for of 1t all. Lefthoff last night was unable to furnish bail money and spent the night easily in surroundings which may prove familiar to him during his sojourn of many months if he is found guilty of the charge preferred against him.
 Lefthoff in an endeavor to cover up his true business and sympathies with his Vag and l. w. w friend carried a letter on his person much frayer and worn, written by Harry Wheeler who was sheriff at the time of the deportation, which states that Lethoff at that time was an employe of the mining company and was not concerned in the agitation which led up to the deportation. Evidently Lethoff, thinking that this letter would carry him a long ways and fC oo SOOu NO thO authorities, has treasured it careful. ly for future emergency and use. Last nights arrest on the charge of bootlegging combined with the fact that he furnished "Vag" Thomas with bail money and has been con stant attendant at the trials of his l. w. w. friends, as we'll as not hay ing been at work for some time past despite the fact that he has a wife and several children dependant on him, will serve to show him in his true oolors.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14

cells. They then forced him to re- main quietly in his chair while they went into the cell room, took the two Mexicans from their cells and to the street.
 Upon reaching the scene of the supposed riot and finding nothing amiss, Night Captain Sinclair, in charge of officers, suspected a ruse and ordered the patrol to head for the city hall with all possible speed. He found that the mob had been there and taken the prisoners away.
 Hoping that he might overtake the mob. the captain summoned his officers to get back into the patrol and a search for the mob and pris- oners commenced. When the off cers reached the bridge, the mob had dispersed and the officers found the bodies of the two Mexicans hanging 20 feet apart from the gird- CTS of the bridge. Both were dead.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
Missed Shot Kills
 Mexican Contractor

GLOBE. Sept. 19.-y Mundez, a Mexican contractor, died at a local hospital this afternoon of injuries re- ceived in a premature explosion at the Miami Mining and Milling com. pany property yesterday morning. Mundez attempted to "spit" a missed shot, but the blast went off before he could get out of the way. The injured man lived for several hours despite his numerous injuries. Both eyes were blown out and the body was horribly mangled.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
to Prejudice Senate Is Charged

"The facts, the inexorable facts, make the issue with Mir Wilson. The American principles to which we were devoted, and which he so elo- quently voiced, open covenants, free dom of the seas, guarantees of reduc- tion of national ornaments, impartial adjustment of colonial claims, de- struction of every arbitrary power, self determination, no special alli- ances, justice to the weak, no people to be handed about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were prop erty, no territory to change hands except for the happiness and liberty of it's people, were one by one sacri. ficed to old-world diplomacy and the secret bargains of cur co-belliger. ents.
 "The treaty in it's dealings with
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14

Newton creek, spread over virtually the entire area of the plant, which covers 20 acres, and thence to the Columbia Distilling company's build ing on the same side of the creek, the Peter Cooper works and Ameri- can Agricultural company's plant across the water and the Green Point bridge.
 Following a series of explosions this afternoon and evening the ire spread so rapidly that, in addition to a dozen fire boats and three score fire companies, signal was sound ed summoning back all members or the department who had gone OH duty.
 Tn addition to several hundreu thousand gallons of burning oil which darkened the city by day and illumin- ated it by night, hundreds of tons or coal at the various plants was on fire. Inhabitants of the district re- treated as the flames swept on. Various fraternal organizations has tened to provide shelter overnight for the refugees.
 At a late hour tonight, Deputy Fire Chief Martin, who is in charge of the fire fighters, announced that the fire was under control
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-With his headquarters as chief of the American. expeditionary forces re- established in Washington after more than two years in France, General Pershing promptly joined in the Saturday half holiday today and went to track meet and baseball game. He and his immediate staff spent hours in the open air perfect weath- CT conditions in sharp contrast to the rush and hustle of their hours in New York and Philadelphia.
 Tonight, the general completed the celebration of this dual event for him, his return and his fifty-ninth birthday, at quiet family dinner. at the home of his father-in-law, Sena- tor Warren, of Wyoming.
 The only official events of General
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
PERSH|NG GIVEN WILD WELCOME BY WAR DEPART WENT CLERKS;
 CELEBRATES 59TH BIRTHDAY

Pershing's first full day back in the city. which probably is to be here after his permanent home as rank g officer of the army, where his brie conference with Secretary Baker and his inspection of the offices set apart for him, where the affairs of the American expeditionary forces are to be wound up He was eagerly hailed throughout the day, whenever he was recognized on the streets or else where. but the most tumultous greet ing given him was at the war depart ment, where clerks fairly mobbed him. clinging to his sleeves and thrusting eager hands to greet him. The general fought his way through manfully, but smilingly, and seemed to enjoy the battle and the warmth of the reception by these fellow workers.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
2,000 F|REMEN ,. BATTLE PLANES

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-More than 20OO fire fighters, perhaps the great est force ever concentrated in New York at any one point. at midnight were battling with flames which not only caused damage to Standard Oil company property in Long Island City amounting to millions of dollars, but resulted in the injury of more than two scores of persons. Three men on the fire boats were reported killed, but at late hour this had not been confirmed.
 The fire started early this after noon from the explosion of an oil tank in the Stone and Fleming works, a subsidiary of the Standard Oil, on