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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-15
Northwest New.
MANITOBA'S NEW CAPITAL. riS
OPENED FORMALLY TODAY

Winnipeg, Man., July 15.--Mani-
TOBIAS, new u capital, building was
formally opened today-the fiftieth
anniversary of Manitoba's recogni-
tion a province.
The structure cost about $6,000,-
600 and when completed will be one
of the finest on the continent. Bronze
statuary on the dome was made in
France, Sir John Simon, Liverpool
architect, received $4,000, for his
work on TIE building. ~. =" 49,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-15

Antwerp this year. is a full-blooded
ZuniS Indians~esHel is just S feet tall
and at the close Of the Chicago Olym-
pic tryouts weighed ninety-eight
pounds. {
This young Indian has the tradi-
tional taciturnity of the red men.
His fore head and arms are tattooed
with what is believed to be tribal
insignia, although he has never made
known to inquiring friends the
meaning of the markings.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-15
TO PRISON FOR WITcHcRAlF7'
Canadian Authorities Revive Ancient
Statute That VIII APPEAR Absurd %
Modern Understanding. :. +

It has been 1 little more thans20O
years since anyone: was convicted Of
'witchcraft on this continent, says the
Columbus Dispatch. and we supposed
that there would never again be any
more convictions. But it seems that
such prosecutions have been revived,
for here comes report from Cana
dian court to the effect that young
woman over there has lately been sen.
fenced to prison for "practicing witch
craft" for all the world IKE the &C
,cusations that used to be filed against
people in this country. i.
The young woman in this case
claimed to be able to tell who commit
ted 4, certain theft in her neighborhood.
She said farmers oats had been
stolen BY q. man and boy; that they
drove 4 bay mare, and proceeded west
ward. after the robbery, and that they
would be found at a certain place,
about 40 miles away. The officers
found her story to be true, and ar
rested the parties who robbed the
lU&nlCIS VuI tuC yOuH9 =" As~
Exve the information was In no po-
sition to know the facts she related
except through communing with ''the
Spirits" people began talking about
her being witch. with the result that
an ancient statute was invoked end
the girl prosecuted and sent I" Jail
for her pains in aiding the officers ~
the law. If It were not all dn!y record
ed in the newspapers we could not be-
lievs it. @ r.
In an Awful State.
After refreshments at Il card party
the topic Of conversation was the con
.lition we found our fiat III. When we
moved. my husba and told d long COM
ical story Of how he spent his whole
Saturday afternoon trying to get the
kitchen floor clean. Every one laughed
with the exception of one woman, who
said: 1--WE just moved from that Hat"
1T is needless to say the color Of my
husbands face turned.-Exchange.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-15
INDIAN LEADING IN
DISTANT RACE -HONORS

Lawrence, Kan, July 15.-Ane-
soil Patasoni, who at 10 is leading
contestant for the honor of repre-
senting the United States in the dis
tant races in the Olympic games at
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-15

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Evening star., 1920-01-18
The London Bobby.
B. TRITES, a Philade,pbi. /,

w B. TRITES, a Philadelphia nov.
elist, was praising the London
policeman.
THE bobby is always tall and strong
and straight" he said, with a pink
and white complexion and the politest.
gentlest manner in the world.
What is the difference II the bob
by's ideas as to history and geography
and current of events are often a Iittie
confused? That makes only him the
more attractive.
II was In London during the fat
young Shah of Persia's visit to King
George. One afternoon in Picadillv I
heard roll of drums and a fanfare OF
trumpets and splendid troop OF
household cavalry dashed into view.
They escorted several state coaches.
Il turned to a gigantic young bobby
and asked:
Officer. who are they making all
this to do fory
"The bobby touched his hat and an /.
swered politely:
For the King Of Shah. / believe.
sir"
Evening star., 1920-01-18
f.r.* THE VICTORY AT SEA

the men. sometimes killing whole gun
crewS-yet, although the ship might
become mass Of blood and broken
fragments OF human bodies. the sur
vivOrs would lie low, waiting with
infinite patience until the critical mo-
ment arrived.
This was the way they took to per-
suade the submarine that their ship
was what 1t pretended to be, tramp;
that there was nothing alive on board.
and that IL could safely approach.
The still cautious German. after an
hour or so OF this kind of execution,
would submerge and approach within
few hundred yards. All that the
watchful eye at the peephole could
see. however. was the periscope: this
would sail all around the vessel. some-
times at a distance of Atty or a hun
dred feet. Clearly the German was
taking no chances: he was examining
his victim inch by inch. looking for
the slightest sign that the vessel was
decOy All this time the captain
and crew were lying taut, holding
their breath, not moving a muscle,
hardly winking an eyelid, the captain
with his mouth at the voice pipe
ready to give the order to let the
false works drop the moment the
submarine emerged. the gun crews
ready to fire at a seconds warning
But the cautious periscOpe. having
completed the inspection of the ship,
would start in the direction of the
drifting lifeboats. This ugly eye
would stick itself almost up in the
faces of the anxious crew, evidently
making a microscopical examination
OF the clothes. faces and general per-
sonnel, to see if it could detect under
their tramp steamer clothes any
traces of naval officers and men.
Still the anxious question was, would
the submarine emerge? Until it should
do SO. the ships crew was absolutely
helpless. No use shooting at the sub
merged boat, as shots do no. penetrate
the water, but bounce off the surface
as they would Off solid ice. Everybody
knew that the German under the water
was debating that same question.
To come up on the surface so near a
mystery ship. he knew meant instant
death and the loss of his submarine: yet
to go away under water meant that the
sinking ship, il merchantman, might
float long enough to be salvaged, and
it meant also that he would never be
able to prove that he had accomplished
anything with his precious torpedo
Evening star., 1920-01-18
Experience Teaches.

PEv. FLOYD ToMKINs. the Phil
adelphia divine, said at Quaker
city luncheon. apropos of society
divorce case:
II understand that this is. the gen
tleman's third divorce. He should
learn lesson from the old Persian
ruler. ,
"Nasr-ed- Din, grandfather of the
present Shah of Persia, attended a
court dinner at Buckingham Palace
in 1889, at which Mr.. Gladstone was
one of the guests.
Some one mentioned that Mr..
Gladstone was about to celebrate his
golden wedding, and Nasr-ed Din in
quired the meaning of the term. This
being given, the shah remarked.
1T Is better to live with one wife
fifty years than with fifty wives for
one year"
Evening star., 1920-01-18
Rough and Ready.

DAVID BELASCO said at a theat-
rical supper in New York:
Il hear lot of praise bestowed on
the old stock companies. Well the
old stock companies were all right in
their rough and ready way. They'd
hardly go down with us nowadays.
Once, in the sos, l dropped in at a
stock performance ina western town.
The company had score of plays in
it's repertory, and this play I had
dropped in on went very raggedly.
TN the third-act climax the hero
forgot his part, and after an en-
barrassing silence OF about two min
utes hissed audibiy to the prompter:
Whats the line"
Whats the play? the prompter
Missed back from his little box, as he
grabbed up stack Of two or three
dozen books and began to run through
them feverishly."
Evening star., 1920-01-18
The Box.

uENRY WATTERSON. the veteran
Louisville journalist, said at a
luncheon:
Andrew Carnegie declared that he
would die poor, but as matter Of
fact he died the second or third rich
est man that the world has ever seen.
Mr.. Carnegie refused to contribute
half a million to our home for super
animated journalists. Libraries were
his one great hobby.
"Mr. Carnegie reminded me of the
chap who said to shabby fellow:
"'Do you smoke"
"'You bet said the shabby fellow
eagerly.
We'll, here's a box to keep your
matches in"
Evening star., 1920-01-18
The Success Trick.

John ADAMS THAYER, secretary Of
> the New York Publishers Asso-
citation. said at dinner: ar,s;
THE successful publisher; must be
quick in the uptake. He must be the
frst, or nearly the first. to disceri,
the merit in new writer's. OF him
above all men 1t may be said:
ut isn't enough that he should
know good thing when he sees IT.
he must seize a good thing when no
knows it,"
Evening star., 1920-01-18
The ScoHer.

MRS. MORTIMER SCHIFF said at a
A'I tea in New York:
"A woman can stand any kind of, a
man better than the scoffing, sneer-
ing and superior kind
"a young woman, married to such
a man. said to him tearfully:
You used to tell me I was beau
more?
Its waste Of time to tell a
woman she's beautiful. the man
scoffed.
"'Why is it?' said his wife.
Because he scoffed on, II she is
beautiful she knows she is, and II she
isn't she thinks she is"
Evening star., 1920-01-18
Red Tape.

"P ED TAPE" said George Gould,
~ whose collection of oriental car
pets is uniQue-"red tape is not con-
fined to government offices or banks.
The rug collector gets entangled in
lot of it in the east
II know a man who once saw very
nice carpet in Cairo dealers shop
He asked the price. "A hundred and
fifty dollars said the dealer. Non,
sense" said the man. ri give you
seventy -fve.' The dealer tried to bar
gain-came down to a hundred and "a
quarter-wanted to send out for cof-
fee-but the man stuck; to his price
and went his way. J., !.
Next dayk ~ lpossed in, again. Of
fered his seventy 1--WE dollars. was re-
fused, and went his way once more.
This process was repeated at iiis
tervals for some tine, and always with
the same result. Then one day the
man saw this same carpet on the floor
of friends room.
"HulloH he said. You bought this
carpet at Abdullahs. How much did
you pay for it,?
Fifty dollars, was the reply.
FIFTY dollars? Why. I've offered
him seventy five over and over again,
and he always refused. How did you
manage to get 1T for fifty?'
"And without waiting for an an
swer, the man went off to Abdullah
and complained bitterly.
fnr dol no Tn nj
Blank the carpet which you always
refused to sell to me for seventy
five. Why did you do that?'
"Sir,' said Abdullah, you came to
my shop and asked the price of the
carpet. and 1 told you a hundred and
ffty dollars. You said seventy-fve.
which was all right SO far; and then
I said hundred and quarter. 1t
was then your turn to raise your oner
a little, and we should have talked
.o.ether, and / would have sent out
for coffee, and we would have bar
gained together In kindly fashio"
and by degrees, you going up little
and I coming down a little, we should
have come to terms, and you would
have bought the carpet. But you al
ways rushed into my shop and said
I'll give you seventy-ftve dollars,
and off you went. In that fashion i
would not have sold you the csrpe
till the end of my days. But what did
Col Blank do? He came to my shop
and asked the price of the carpet. and
I said, "a hundred and fifty" He in
turn offered me twenty-five. But he
came in and sat down. and we talked
and bargained together. To buy and
sell as you would do may be all right
for your people, but it is not our way,
You had better go to the department
stores If you want TO buy like that
Evening star., 1920-01-18
The Men Who Fail.

TUDGE ELBERT H. GARY said at
J dinner in New York:
"If a man wants to succeed, If he
works hard to succeed, he will sue
ceed. Show me a failure and III show
you Jeff Langhorne. or, at least, jeff
Langhorne's- counterpart.
"Jeff lounged in front of the gen.
eral store one fine morning, whiting
stick, chewing tobacco and growl-
ing about the hard times.
"'Hain't no money in farmin' no
more he said Guess I'll hev ter
sell out and go live on my son-in-law.
"'No money in farmin'" shouted the
storekeeper Indignantly. No money
in farmin'. with wheat at the price ii
is and the whole world clamorin' for
bread?
Nothin doin',' said jeff Lang
horne. 'Nothin' doin' in my case so
fur as wheat goes
Why not? Amt ye got the land?'
oh, yes, got the land, all right
"Ain't ye got the seed"
eyes, / got the seed; but
".But what, consarn ye?' yelled the
storekeeper.
JEFF Langhorne shook his head
mournfully.
My old woman he said is too
dumb lazy to do the plowin' and SOW
sin"
Evening star., 1920-01-18
More Like It.

M ISIS MARY q. KILBRETH, presi,
~ dent Of the National Associa ton
Opposed to Woman Suffrage, spoke
Of the present-day divorce evil in a
lecture.
Divorce" said Miss Kilbreth, "be-
comes more and more prevalent. Mar
riage vows are disregarded, and 1t
has been suggested that, in view of
this fact, an appropriation emendation
Of the marriage service would be For
better or divorce" r. s,s,sg
Evening star., 1920-01-18

Had he not shelied the derelict SO com
pletely that nothing could possibly sur
vive? Had he not examined the thing
minuteiy and discovered nothing amiss?
1t must be remembered that. in 1917. a
submarine went through this same pro-
cedure with every ship that did not sink
very soon after being torpedoed. and
that. in nearly every case. it discovered.
after emerging. that it had been dealing
with a real merchantmen. Already this
same submarine had wasted hours and
immense stores of ammunition on ves-
sells that were not mystery ships. but
harmless tramps. and all these false
alarms had made 1t impatient and care
less In most cases. therefore. the crew
had only to bide its time. The captain
knew that its hidden enemy would
finally rise.
stand by"'
This command would come, softly
through the speaking tubes to the men
at the guns. The captain on the bridge
had noticed the preliminary disturbance
on the water that preceded the emer-
gence of the submarine. In rev sec
onds the whole boat would be floating
on top, and the officers and crews would
climb out on the deck, eager for booty
And this within hundred yards of four
or five guns,
LET go!'
This command came at the top OF the
voice, for concealment was now no
longer necessary. In twinkling up
went the battle flag, bulwarks fell down,
lifeboats on decks collapsed. revealing
guns, sides dropped from deckhouses,
hencoops and other innocent-iooking
structures The apparently sinking
merchantmen became a. volcano OF
smoke and fire; scores of shells dropped
upon the submarine. knocking holes in
her frail HULL hurting German sailors
high into the air, sometimes decapltat-
ing them or blowing off their arms or
legs. The whole horrible scene lasted
only few seconds before the helpless
vessel would take her final plunge to
the depths, leaving perhaps two or three
survivors, a mass of oil and wood, ana
still more ghastls wreckage, to mark
the spot where another German sub
marine had paid the penalty OF its
crimes.
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Evening star., 1920-01-18
Around the CITY,.

with pins. but II wouldn't work. 10"
have to do 1t with matches"
Which seems to show that there IL
always scJ'l lething new under the
sun.
THIS heps back to the holidays
but, man nature is always on
tap:
A woman in a crowded store was
considering red paper flowers. Her
obvious husband looked on without
comment. The clerk waited on other
customers pending a decision and
jam of more customers fringed the
two around.
The woman compared famboy-
ant spray of poinsettia with ro-
bustious scarlet roses Of the exact
shade that never grew on bush.
and finally referred to the man:
II suppose it would strike you
dead to say you liked them. You
can go down to the market and waste
money on a lot of holly and crow
foot to dry up and fall all over the
place. but when it comes to me choos-
ing the decorations you haven't got
a tongue in your head"
Perhaps the man reflected that she
had tongue enough for the two. for
he merely mentioned that the reason
he preferred greens from the woods
was because Of the sentiment of the
thing.
Sentiment, huh! It's the color I
want. I'll take two punches of the
poinsettia and couple of hanks OF
that garland rope. They'll be good
for next year and no dirt to clean
up after"
And the tragedy of 1t was that
those two will have to live together
day after day-year after year.
Which shows, bachelors and spin
sters all, that It is better to go lone
ly through life with the Illusion that
marriage means happiness than to be
fused at-like that.
A MAN in hotel lobby was telling
another man of thing that
amused him on a just returned trip
to the west:
when we stopped at a little sta
tion in Wyoming for dinner--desert
and volcanic hills to the skyline, with
not a touch Of green in sight--an eat
ing house had a sign stuck up in the
sand: Keep off the grass
Alongside was a square box of a
hotel labeled. The Pyramid and
against giant rock tottered
parched hostelry of sun-blistered
planks that bore over it's doorway:
Surf House 4 laughed over that
place till +"
The listening man obviously lacked
a sense of sarcastic humor. for he in
terrupted as If to give the other man
notice that he was somewhat of a
traveller himself: ".'"
II put UP at surf house last sum-
mer on the north coast. Also. 1 saw
the pyramids when went abroad five
years ago"
And the expression of the man who
had just PASSED through Wyoming
was worth walking c mile to see
If one be fond Of walking. -
MAMIE LANCASTER. -
Evening star., 1920-01-18

TINE poles are tagged, the four
corners of the earth have gone
into the movies, and now ex-
plorers of "the continent Of the
invisible world" are coming to reveal
it's mysteries at usual box Office rates.
There Is one member of the WOmen's
City Club who won't buy tickets for a
reason she gave another member:
Il don't expect to see the spirit
world until l pass in dead-head. but
1 have had one little trip to the world
invisible, and may take another il l
live long enough. There's a difference
between the two worlds: The differ
ence between the supernatural and
nature- not -made-known. 1 think the
lecturers have got them mixed. I'll
tell you why.
when I was country child with
out toys or playmates I used to Won
der why live things around could see
things invisible to newly king
fisher in tree could swoop on a fish
under wave-how 1t was that a bird
In the sky could dart down and nab a
tiny wriggle of green worm hidden in
the tangle of green grassland what
made our old hound sometime howl at
nothing, and again frisk around as If
playing with hidden comrade, stop
ping suddenly, to look at me with in
scrutably questioning eyes as if to ask
why did not join in the fun? 1 know
now. of course. that the human vision
inferior n
ture. Also. l know this: aass@
"A long time ago. somebody sent me
--somewhere-in ASLEEP. Iacame out
of 1t with no consciousness Other than
an awed sense of having to be careful
OF what / did OR said, because Beings
were around; not angels, devils or peo-
pie who had lived, but--Beings! Years
have dimmed the acuteness of that i'm
preston. but l have ever since been
conscious of hidden presences--and
believe that science will one day re-
veal them to the world Take, say. the
heretofore unseen star just. discovered
py woman astronomer; why may not
eyer-increasing progress produce lens
powerful enough to picture to us the
nature-creatures which only animals
now see? 1t would simply be lifting
our vision percentage to a level with
the beasts. Such enlarged vision would
reveal present unknown quantities that
make spirit seances pay, but it would
not touch the hem of the eternal ex-
cept to add to mans knowledge of the
wisdom that is God. / have faith in
that progress because 1 have seen the
upgrowing Of plants, from seed to pod
in the movies-and because 1 know
what science is doing at the observa-
tory at Flagstaff"
y r. + \
TWO men were doing things with
matches in front of The Star
building the other afternoon. The one
with the box laid each safety" with
careful precision on the stone coping,
or the steps so as to form straight
lines and crosses.
The other man asked question and
this was the reply
II can't get myself used to 1890
30 fellow told me if I would write
1919 down with matches the number
would. fade in my mind. Il. tried lit
Evening star., 1920-01-18
Still Makes Bicycles.

CHANGES In style and the habits OF
" people make no difference to Rep
resentative Snyder Of New York. lie
continues, regardless, to manufacture
bicycles for a living.
Evening star., 1920-01-18

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-14
MEEK ASKS COLLEGE BOYS
TO AID DURING HARVESTS
Roanoke. Example II Landed By
Head of Division OF
Markets.

Director MeeE @: ;aa Division o,
Na:A-;s. : Urging College boys
th-ouEhog; tie STATE 10 follow tho
example q: students o: Eoaron- col :
!ese ~ Salem, Who have formed an
Organization 20 aid farmers sath-:
their crops after school hours.
Ih.S seems - be very COM
Tlenca bic spirit O: helping save much
'aa; the farmers CT our Stat. az. an
able 20 get lahO: 20 save" Ny. Meek
declared. and because this ofi:cl
comes - Touch with the necessity OF
This We wish 20 call the attention Of
The p-ol!c - this condition and urge
similar organizations be started
among STUDENTS 10 get the right kind
Of exercise. MAKE money 20 pay ex-
lenses and aSs!s; ne farmers in
saTtnE ne enormous crops taey have
tI.s year
NJ &-+k's department; is sending
-t:,s- eIn ccdy irs this idea TO every
eo.-e= 2 he state and hope that re-
s-4's "i!. - Obtained from the APP
-. - -" .1b.!c il. tae interest o..
80 fa:-a@-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-14
CLUB MERGER OPPONENTS
MAY NOT GET TO APPEAL
Never Legally Recognized by Com
mission and Not Considered.
PnrlH I'm Case.

Minority members of the West
morcland and Commonwealth Clubs
who arc seeking an appeal from the
decision of the state Corporation
Commission may be denied the right,
according to the belief Of attorneys
hero. When representatives Of the
minority applied TO the state Ger
poration Commission yesterday for Il
transcript OF the records of the ease
mission took their request under adj
viscment.
Members OF the commission said
last night that as the opposition was
not recognized as "a party TO the pro-
cccdinSs before the commission. it
was therefore considered impossible
TO deliver to them certified copy
setting forth the points Of case in
which they have no legal standing.
never having been recognized as "a
party to the proceedings.
Therefore. ii Is pointed out. IL they
We're never party to any legal pro-
cccdinES, how can an appeal be taken
by them. However. the Corporation
Commission has made no decision. hut
members frankly admi; if a way is
minority can be allowed. a copy OF tho
record will he turned over 10 the
minority TO use as an exhibit upon
which TO base 4 petition to the SUI
premc Court for a writ of error and
superScadcs.
Colonel Henry w. Anderson. coun-
sci for the Wcstmorcland Club and
interests favorinE the merger argued
from the first of tho case that there
was no way in which the minority
could possibly oppose the conSolda-
ton. and that their legal status in
the case was nil. This view was up
held by the commission in it's final
opinion.