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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-29
Excellent Bond gsuyinr

Although some liquidation. has taken
place in the bond market during the
last ten days or two weeks, there pb-
tninCd in the trade feeling of con-
iidcnCc quite unmistakablc. the argu-
! nCnt being advanced that tho character
of buying of high grade securities has
! been muCl, better than that of the sell
ing. Naturally, when bond prices sag
as they have recently, partly because
of profit taking and partly as n result
"f forced liquidation. there usually
comes into tho market buying by the So
called bargain hunter looking for an
| opportunity to pick up securities Of
! known merit and value at prices show
ing n satisfactory return on the invest
mCnt. This is said to have been cx-
actly what has happened in tho last few
| days. but the volume of such absorption
has not been sufficient to create any
| marked change in prices at the lower
| levels established 0n the downward
movement which has been under way.
Much significance is attached to the fact
that the reaction in bonds has been pro =
portionatcly less than the rCcCSSionS
which have occurred in the stock mar
kot. This II accepted aS indicating that
there has hccn such excellent diStrihu
ticn of bonds at the lower prices obtain
/ Ilg over tnc last TWO or tnrCC years,
that there i not likely to be an on
slaught of selling at anything like the
now prevailing quotations.
Break in Steel Prices
The first break in the ranks Of the
Independents who have been holding up
steel prices has come. the doncs n
Laughlin Steel Co. having announced
downward revision on bars. shapes
and plates to 2.I5 cents. 80 cents and
go cents per pound, respectively,
bringing these finished products to the
level which has been adhered to by
the United States steel Corporation
since March Of last year.
This action was most important and
was in line with the predictions made
IN these columns for nearly six months.
1t will be recalled that the contention
was made that the independents would
be compelled before the end of the year
to meet the steel corporations levels
in order TO share in the new business
that might develop.
Brokers' Opinions
West & CO.-'It is our opinion that
ln, ,f thA ,,,I,. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-29
Republic of France
60 National Loan of 1920
SUBSCRIPTIONS CLOSE TOMORROW

SUBSCRIPTIONS TOMORROW
These bonds
of
Under authority French receiving subscriptions
payable dollars French
"Ca6tes From and
Probable Subscription of Thirty Billion Francs"
Price today $61 IS per 1000 Franc Bond
and
the French composed
agricuturis and nearly propretors the SOIL
OF
already
kloners
railway which damaged, restored
held throughout the world
O 1902
period
French than 0%
Colonial
combined
BROWN BROTHERS & CO.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-29
EraIn Watch Pays stock Dividend

Chicago, Nov. 2o.--Thc Elgln National
watch co. has declared n stock dividend
Of 20 per cont, payable to stock Of record
December IS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-29

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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-01-16
Indictments Dismissed

Indictments brought against the
Standard Brewery at Baltimore, and
the American Brewing Company at
New Orleans for manufacturing 2.75
per cent beer before the war time
Prohibition enforcement act became
effective were ordered dismissed.
In deciding the New Orleans and
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-01-16
January Is, 1920, Law and Order Sunday
TREASURY DE
Office OF
Commissioner oil Internal Revenue

Commissioner oil Internal Revenue
Washington, January |, 1920.
The American people have declared through
OF National Prohibition The Eighteenth Amendment the Con
tuition of the United States giving the most solemn legal authority for
this becomes effective January 1920 The Congress has
place the Bureau of Internal Revenue the important responsibility
Tor the enforcement of Prohibition.
Whether Prohibition wise policy longer
ton for debate contention good citizens This the
people has been incorporated integral of the
Constitution of all lawabding citizens will demand
its observance.
explicitly imposes enforcement responsibilities upon
1t we'll that this single
officers could without the all other officers the law
and all wabdng citizens their responsibilities this
ion effectively and satisfactorily
AS officer of the federal have different
standard with regard the enforcement of Prohibition than with
the enforcement other law and SHALL therefore,
the strict observance this law endeavor to
with all other laws the enforcement of which is
lodged with this bureau believe that other
political division will consciously bring dscd itself by failure
avc and cooperation with the enforcement of the
National Prohibition
for the Internal Revenue that
appeal but for the of the American people sustaining
the of the law honor of American institutions
To this end need for this law and for all laws aroused
public with law observance and law enforce
observe that it is being suggested that Sunday January S 1920
be and designated Law Order Sunday throughout
country sincerely that this will be generally Observed
egaions the vital of law the of
Amecsnsm Law and order has always found in the clergy its
champions Their clear expression of right and their ring
ing challenge the American spirit OF citizenship never
urgently needed than it the present tnme
May Law and Order Sunday mark the beginning nation
wide toward everyday law and order observance
DANIEL C. ROPER,
of Internal Revenue.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-01-16
National Campaign Commenced at Columbus, Ohio, in Nov
1913, by AniSaIOon League
FIRST VOTE IN CONGRESS SHOWS DRY MAJORITY
BUT LESS THAN The REQUIRED TWO THIRDS
Not Without Thy Wondous Story Illinois Was the IwenSHh State
to Raiify
THERE WERE ONLY THREE SMALL STATES HELD BY The VETS

ate taken on January Sth was 80 70 Is.
The House rati6e1 on January IL, By
vote OF 81 10 o6
No other constitutional amendment
was ever ratified by SO many states in
so short a time
In the - states which ratified the
aggregate vote in the Senates was,
for ratification. l29S; against ratilea-
ton 2l3. TIL. aggregate vote in tho
Houses OF the A. states was, for rati-
ieaton, 3.757, against ratification,
o54.
In the first So states TO ratiy SOL
per cent OF the population lived in dry
territory under state or local laws.
Twcnty-nine states had already
adopted statewide Prohibition.
On January %. 1910, the acting Sec
-s.aarg oi Stats, F,aeh I.gsl'oln,- 81 ish, d,
and issued the proclamation certify
ing that the National Prohibition
Amendment had become a part OF the
Constitution OF the United States, and
that under the provisions OF the
amendment the same would become
operative January 10. 1920
Text OF the Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment to the
Constitution reads as follows:
Section /. Alter ono year from the
ratification of this article the manu-
facture, sale, or transportation of in-
toXicating liquors within, the impor-
tation thereof into, or the expectation
thereof from the United States and
all territory subject to the jurisdiction
thereof for beverage purposes .
hereby prohibited.
Sec. ,. The Congress and the sew
eral states shall have concurrent
power to enforce this article by ap-
propriatc legislation.
Sec. ). This article shall be inop-
erative unless il shall have been rati-
fed as an amendment to the Consti-
tuition by th.' Legislatures OF the sew
eral states, as provided by the Consti-
tuition, within seven years from the
date OF the submission hereof to the
states by the Congress"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-01-16
PROHIBITION DID IT
Helped All Classes to Fill Big
Purses

Nrohibition, according to Jew
,.ets, was 81 1 che, sca,ist aef
an unusually heavy Christmas
trade in all lines OF jewclry.
There is, ] think. no doubt
about this said a Chicago Jew
elcr. "Prohibition has resulted
in the saving OF much money
among all classes and the
Christmas spirit looscned the
strings Of better filled purses.
The money that used to go
across the bars has been put
into gifts OF jewels for sweet
hearts and wives. What the
saloonkeepers lost, the jewelers.
gained. Tie Chicago Evening
Post,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-01-16
Chicago Experiences
"Quietest Christina" "
First Yule Under New Bone Dry
Law. Home Brew Almost
Only Wet Cheer

Chicago was still smiling today fol-
lowing the merriest yet quietest
Christmas in years. Every one di-
verted all his attention to the cele-
brstion OF the glad Yuletide. The
city was ruled by happiness and SOL
emnity. The homes OF the city were
gay; the churches were filled with
worshipers offering up their thank
fulness for the blessings of the year
and paying homage to Him whose
birthday it was.
Even the daily murder was omitted;
there were few robberies, bnrglaries
or holdups reported; the police sta
tions were short of business, for the
Christmas spirit seemed to have inn
bued even the criminal element and
the underworld.
1t was sober, dry Christmas, too
the first Christmas under the new
bone dry regime,
Pudding la Camel
With the exception of little "pri-
vate stock and "homc brew" and
what was sold by cheating saloons,
there was practically no liquor avail
able--certainly not the great food of
other Christmases.-Chicago Daily
News.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-01-16

needs. which, VIC nust assume. de-
manded that the discoutinuance OF
use be immediate.
"Prohbition of the manufacture OF
malt liquors with alcoholic content OF
one-half of one per cent or more is
permissible because, in the opinion Of
sLongress Inc war efaer gency de-
mands il
III, in its opinion, the particular
emergency demand, tie immediate
diseontinuance Of the traffic, Congress
must have the power to require such
discontinuance.
at is urged that the act is partcu-
larly oppressive In respect to the beer
on hand, because the plaintiff was en-
gagged in manufacturing and selling d
Notwithstanding beverage expressly
authorized by the President In his
proclamation OF December g, l9l7,
and prohibited by him later, only when
conservation OF all the food products
OF the country became necessary.
"rhe facts afford no basis upon
which to rest the claim of an equity in
the plaintiffs favor. The specific per
mission from the President to manu-
iacture 2.75 per cent beer was not OF
the ground that such beer was nom
Intoxicating, nor was il declaration
by him that this beer was il fact non
Intoxicating. The permission ex-
tended to all ale and porter which,
everyone knows, are Intoxicating lq-
uors. This permission to make 275
beer was withdrawn December l..
1918, under proclamation of Septem-
bcr 10, 1918, and no permission TO
manufacture specifically 275 beer was
, ever thereafter given by the Presi-
dent
His later proclamation March 4,
1910, merely limited the prohibition
OF the use OF foodstuffs to use in the
production OF Intoxicating liquors.
| Whether 2.75 beer was Intoxicating
was thus left by the President not only
without decision but without even
an intimation.
The statement of plaintiff that the
2.75 beer on hand was manufactured
under permission of the President is
wholly unfounded. 1t was not until
July !, 1919, when the wartime
Prohibition act became operative in
this respect, that there was any pro-
hib;tion of the sale of any liquors. So
far as appears, all the beer which the
| plaintiff had on hand at the time of
the passage of the Volstead act was
manufactured by the plaintiff long
after the President had ceased to have
any authority to forbid or to permit"
The decision pointed out that in AZ
OF the As states anything over two
per cent OF alcohol is deemed intoxi-
eating as a matter of law, and only
one state permits as high percen-
tage as 275.
Indictments Dismissed
Indictments brought against the
Standard Brewery at Baltimore, and
the American Brewing Company at
New Orleans for manufacturing 2.75
per cent beer before the wartime
Prohibition enforcement act became
effective were ordered dismissed.
In deciding the New Orleans and
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-01-16
IN THE EAST BITCH

The Supreme Court decided that the
law making one-half OF per cent al
cohol content the limit OF alcohol in
soft drinks completely cleans the slate
and knocks the vets galley-west.
The last ditch of the vets has been
reached and they have been ditched in
manner that will last.-Sterling Ga
zettc.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-01-16

1t is always we'll to look on the
bright side of things, Wood alcohol
does away with the vicious lets have
one more habit Usually one shot is
enough.-B. L. T., Chicago Tribune.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-01-16

Baltimore casos, Justice Day in Z
unanimous opinion held that the man
ufacture of beer containing rs per
cert alcohol was legal until the enact
ment OF the Nolstead act.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29
DOROTHY ClSH IN
AGAIN. IN LATEST
AMUSING PH0T0PLAY
Turning the Tables" Presents
Star as Inmate of a Sanitar-
ium-Upsets the Place

Dorothy Gish has been taken in
hand by the authorities again. In
one Of her earlier releases, you re-
member, she was confined in a re-
formatory. Turning the Tables" :"
her new picture which is coming to
the Elko theatre for two days, COM
mencing next Wednesday, shows her
as the lively inmate Of sanitarium.
Only she hasn't been satisfied to pass
life in padded cell but has seized
the cap and insignia of a nurse and
is ministering to the mentally sick.
A rollicking love story and lots of
that unique Gish humor are said to
be entwined in the plot, which gives
Dorothy ample opportun-
ity to exhibit her laugh-making wares.
Included in the cast are Raymond
Cannon, George Fawcett, and Kate
Toncray, and like the previous Gish
releases the, picture was directed by
Elmer Clifton.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29
THREE CHURCH LADIES AIDS
JOIN IN UNION MEETING

A very pleasant time was enjoyed
by all who attended the union meet
ing of the Methodist, Presbyterian
and Baptist Ladies Aid societies,
held at the Presbyterian church yes
terday afternoon. An interesting
program was also given.
A drive for the suffering Armen-
ians is to be made in Bemidji next
week, and it was decided to give the
proceeds of yesterdays meeting to
this fund Over $50 was collected,
and will be turned over to H. c..
Baer. The ladies are to be congratu-
lated on the remarkable showing OF
congeniality, good will and fellow
ship at their meeting, and this will
do much in furthering the work Of
the societies in the city.
About $50 ladies were served dur
ing the afternoon, and everyone pro-
nounced it success from every point
of view.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29

unnecessary to place the responsible
ity. The fact suffices.
L. M. Montgomery's book, from
which the play and the title have
been taken, was exceptionally sue
cessful both as to comment and to
circulation when placed upon the
book stands.
Every precaution has been taken
to make the picture translation a
veracious one. Expense has been
disregarded. A splendid cast has been
assembled for the supporting roles.
Locations have been painstakingly
selected. And the technical phases
of production are of high order.
Whether the star has done better
work, of course, is matter of indi-
vidual opinion. But it is safe to say
that she never produced a picture
which will enjoy greater popularity,
or popularity with better cause.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29
SOUTH SEAS TYPICAL
TROPICAL SCENES IN
THE ISLE OF CONQUEST
Norma Talmadge's Biggest Pic
lures at Grand Theatre
Next Week

Norma Talmadge's latest screen
production, "The Isle of Conquest"
Select special production, which
comes to the Grand theatre next
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
carries variety of scenes as we'll as
variety of action. Much of the ac-
ton takes place on an isolated island
in the South Seas, and on the island
many effective. locations figure as
backgrounds. Also Of particular in
terest are those scenes taken aboard
a yacht. These passages show the
yacht torpedoed at sea, and the SUBJ
sequent shipwreck furnishes the Incl
dents through which a man and wo-
man find themselves alone on a small
island.
The atmosphere of the picture car
ried the air of good taste and good
breeding at all times, with locale
from a fashionable boarding
school of Palm Beach, and from other
society centers to tropical isle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29
PRESBYTERIAN CHOIR ~.
y GUESTS AT BANQuET

The choir of the Presbyterian
church was entertained at a ban
Quet at the Markham Hotel last
evening by the members of the con-
gregation. in appreciation Of the
service they have rendered during
the past year. Appointments were
placed for eighteen guests, the tables
being very prettily decorated with
dainty pink candles. a fine banquet
was served and a most enjoyable
social hour was spent together. Those
present were: Mrs. Andrew Warfleld,
Miss Muriel McGhee, Miss Ida Vir-
ginia Brown, Miss Carrie Armstrong,
sMiss Lee Given, Miss Ella Laqua,
Miss Maybelle Brooks, Miss Edla Mel
son, Miss Hazel Laqua, Miss Elaine
Boyd, Mrs. E. A. Grier, Mrs. Harold
Hayner, Ed Boyce, Raymond Han
nah,: Frederick Stevens, Nat Given,
Andrew Rood and Rev. l.. P. War
ford.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29
DO YOU BELIEVE
IN FREE LOVE?
"Personal Liberty" Question Is
Raised, Answered in "The
Invisible Bond'-New
Irene Castle Picture

Lots of people were surprised when
they saw Irene Castle in "The Firing
Line" Because they had an idea
that Mrs. Castle was primarily a
dancer, and that as an actress she
would be only mediocre. They were
surprised at the excellent emotional
work that. she did.
In 1.-THE Firing Line" she proved
herself to be a real star. Besides
acting ability, she has a rare beauty
and talent-which has helped to
make her famous-for wearing
clothes beautifully.
She has made a new Paramount
Aircraft picture, entitled "The In
visible Bond" We won't say that
it's better than "The Firing Line. I"
Well let you Judge for yourself when
you see it. 1t has all the qualities
which made "The Firing Line" a big
picture-a strong story, wonderful
settings and costumes, splendid direc-
tion-it was done by Charles Maigne
and Irene Castle.
In leading support are Huntley
Gordon, Claire Adams, Fleming
Ward, George Majeroni, Warburton
Gamble, Helen Green and Ida Wat
erman.
We have booked "The Invisible
Bond" for the Elko Friday and Sat-
urday. We know you'll like it. A
Briggs comedy, a post nature study
and special music are other features
at the Elko tomorrow, also Saturday,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29
LUCK IN PAWN IS
A CLEVER PICTURE
WITH NOVEL TWIST
Stage Comedy Offers Idea
Vehicle for Marguerite
Clark, the Dainty
Screen Star

The familiar story Of the country
girl who aspires to be a great artist
is given brand new twist in "Luck
in Pawn" Marguerite Clark's latest
Paramount-Artcraft picture, which
will be the attraction at the Elko
theatre for three days, commencing
Sunday next. Generally in fiction
the aspiring heroine wins immortal
fame with a masterpiece just as she
is about to succumb to starvation.
"Luck in Pawn treats the situation
in a much more true-to-life and pleas
ant manner. Annabel Lee, the pref
ty heroine, played by Miss Clark, is
a country girl whose mother has paid
for her art training by considerable
sacrifice, Annabel is informed by a
noted painter that her talen4 is in
finitesimal and is feeling pretty blue
when a bored young millionaire, at
tracted by her unaffected clothes and
ingenious manner, strikes up an
acquaintance with her. The pretty
love story that follows, with it's rath-
er startling ending, is said to furnish
a thoroughly entertaining comedy
picture in Miss Clark's best manner.
Charles Meredith heads capable
supporting cast, which includes Leota
Lorraine, Richard Wayne and John
Stepping. Walter Edwards was the
director.
Louise Fazenda will also appear at
the Elko Sunday, Monday and Tues
day, in repeat showing of Mack Sem
nett's comedy, '"Those Athletic Girls"
There will be orchestra music Sunday
evening.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29
Griffith Shows Real West.

In no picture on the screen that we
can remember has California of the
golden, rough days of '49 been set
forth with such fascination and CLAM
our or so faithfully as in David Ward
Griffith's new Paramount-Artcraft
production, "Scarlet Days." which is
booked to show at the Elko within
short time. The old-time California
has frequently been represented as a
place where the chief industry was
murder and whose population was
about equally divided between cow
punchers in hair pants and dance hall
young ladies dressed like the Zieg-
field Follies. Mr.. Griffith shows the
old frontier as it really was-in its
roaring brutality and it's strange ten
der chivalry. Richard Barthelmess
and fine cast help to make this pic
ture more than worth while.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29

the title Of this, the second release
is faithful screen version of the
popular and famous "Anne" books by
L. M. Montgomery, and as for the
star-the dainty bit of feminity,
Miss Mary Miles Minter, needs no
introduction. Sufficient to say that
"Anne of Green Gables" is her best
vehicle, and she has made the most
of it.
Following is review and criticism
from the Exhibitors Herald, a trade
paper, which is published only for
theatre managers. It is printed here
word for word:
Mary Miles Minter in
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
Sixpart Comedy-drama; Realart. ....-.
Opinion: There is no such thing
as an "average" small town picture.
Unlike any other class of film story,
the narrative which is laid in the
small town or village must be very,
very good or it will be judged very,
very poor by those who seek in it
entertainment. "Anne of Green
Gables" wins a place in the former
classification by wide margin.
That strong human appeal which
is essential to the small town story,
if it is to entertain and not to bore,
is a dominant feature of Mary Miles
Minter's first production for Realart.
It would be hard to say whether the
star or the story is chiefly RESPONSE
BILE for this fact. But it is, happily,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29
MARY PICKF0RD'S
EMERALDA' MOST
CHARMING PICTURE
Famous Star in Famous Play
Is a Screen Combination
Hard to Beat

Another great American play, pop
ular for two generations, ''Esmer-
alda," has been perpetuated on the
screen by Paramount with Mary
Pickford as the star. The four-part
film version of this unusual dramatic
success will be shown at the Grand
theatre Friday only.
1T tells the story of a quiet, un-
assuming country girl, who because
of the sudden discovery Of wealth in
ore on the farm, is torn from her
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-29

From a girls boarding school to
the arms Of a man she loathed, via
New York's gayest set-and thence
to "The Isle of Conquest" with an
other man-THE man! Doesn't the
mere outline Of the story grip you?
It's new! It's novel! It's BIG!
And-it's "SpeciaT SELECT, plus
Normal Talmadge.
Done in true Select style, which
means strength Of story, a superb
cast, careful direction, lavish settings
and the best in photography. "The
Isle of Conquest" is a picture that
you will always remember. Matinees
daily, twice each evening, at the
Grand theatre next Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.