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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
rate HEARINGS WILL
:. Be HELD IN ST: PAUL
(By United Press)


- Washington, Sept. :1S.-Hearings
in the case between the Interstate
commerce commission and the Mime
sofa railroad commission over rate
increases will be started in st. Paul
soon, it was announced today.
The Minnesota state railroad COM
mission, refuses to grant railroad
rates granted by the interstate COM
merce commission.
Washington, Sept. 18.-Interstate
railroads in going. before the inter
state commerce commission on Octo-
Der will fight for a passenger rate
of SO cents per mile intrastate.- The
Minnesota railroad and warehouse
commission declined to increase pas
senger rates recently, asserting it
had no authority to grant fares in
excess of the 2-cent' maximum rate
law. The commerce commission an
nounced the 2-cent fare law would
become operative intrastate on Sep
TENDER 1. No appeal for an injunc-
ton in federal court here on August
: 80 temporarily restraining the order
was granted.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
HUGHES ENTERS RING
FOR HARDING TODAY
(By United Press)

Trenton, N. j., Sept. 1S.-In q
speech vigorously attacking the
Leagle Of Nations covenant as it
stands, particularly Article X, Char
les Evans Hughes, formerly supreme
court justice and candidate for pre-
sident in 1916, today signalized his
entrance to the campaign for Hard
ing and Coolidge.
ARTICLE X is a mischief-maker, "
Hughes said in addressing the Repub-
lican state campaign in New Jersey,
cit belongs to a category of alliances
opposed to American principles"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
.BEMlDu VISITOR HAS
INTERESTING DATA ON
I. EXPENSE OF MOTORING
Drive. From Kansas City to
Bemidji With Average
s s Cost Of 7.6 Gents ~ \

Charles w. Mcdaniel Of Kansas
City, who has been Bemidji visitor
for several weeks, has submitted very
interesting data on the cost of motor
travelling. The records are for a Pc
Rod OF five. consecutive years. The
first trip was made In 1916, four In
1917, three in 1918, three in 1919
and the last one in July, 1920. .~
The table of records has been care
fully kept by M L. Mcdaniel and: the
figures quoted cover the expense &C
count Of two persons and includes all
bills for hotels, garage, gasoline and
dix e. ~ -.
From October, 1915, to october %,
1919; he drove his Car $500 miles.
The amount Of gasoline used In a
six4cylinder car was 1879 gallons,
which developed twelve miles to the
gallon. The average cost OF gasoline
was ,.'s. q 9 cents per gallon, according
to- his. figures: 81 10. -, x.
s. The, first trip in 1916 from Kansas
City OF Colorado Springs. q distance
lot 737 miles brought total. expense
Eof 1868 Or .a:tcost OF ,4.8 cents, per
mile. A 1916 trip from Monte Vista,
" SOuuC4l DAuASt AO"oS q uAo-
tance of 1858 miles with a total cost
of $3.50 brought lower average
cost per mile Of 3.9 cents. =. .-
T. No material increase is noted until
in April, 1919, when he drove. from
Kansas City,to. St. Louis and return.
On this trip the average cost was 6.2
cents per mile. Another trip in july
to Lindstrom, Mimi, brought the az
GRACE per mile cost up to eight cents
for the rip, while still another Il.
September from Grand Marias, Mimi,
to Kansas City was figured at an av.
erage cost per mile of ~ cents
+ =, His last trip. that from Kansas
City to :Bemidji, a distance If s14
miles was run with a total expense
Of $62.15 or>an average cost per mile
Of re cents. For the. 1856 miles of
travel on these trips which, Mr. Nc
Daniel has recorded the total exnarse
was'S4$16,7S Or an average ofF;five
and half cents per mile ~" I'D
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
EUROPEAN MOTORISTS 7. /:
PREDICT INTER- CHANGE i
. ], Il f.. 81 OF ROAD TRAVELLERS
During Months Stay in United
States, NJ tori.t. Confer 4. !.
!. With Official. *. ! 4.

= New York, Sept. 1.-two Of Eu;-
ropes foremost motorists, Major
.stenson Cooke, secretary, and Charles
McWhirter, finance chairman, Of the
Automobile Association and Motor
Union, this week returned home thor
oughly convinced that another year
will see the renewing of growing
interchange of road travellers be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States. ~ YI :. ='E'.
: While the visitors were compelled
to limit their stay to less anSEa
month, they conferred with A. A. A.
officials in both New York city and
}. Washington land also found time to
q 2p-in at A. A. A. clubs in number
= he larger cities, going as far west
Nicago and the itinerary includ-
>troit, Cleveland and Buffalo. In
'PA rgh the noted foreigners were
tain AZ hand by David Jameson,
pres Of, the American AutOmo-
bile \ ISOLATION. The Canadian Auto
mobile Association Headquarters in
Toronto also saw the Britishers, who
were guests Of Dr. P. e. .Doolittle, the
president, and who, as a good roads
worker, began pioneer cycling
days. 1870 y p.
In looming, to America at, the
height Of the vacation season, Major
Cooke and Mr. McWhirter+ had in
mind to observe at first hand the vol
ume Of road travel, the methods en-
ployed in its acceleration, and to es-
tablish more firmly knit reciprocal
relations between their Organization
and the American Automobile asso-
citation. While both bodies are mem
bers Of the recently-formed Interna-
uanal Touring Alliance there are
matters of mutual concern which
have special reference to- the motor
lists OF the two English-speaking
countries. :" -
after, :whatHzSwe shayeaseen in the
United States In the way of improv-
ed highways, said Major Cooke be-
fore. sailing, eve shall have no hesi-
:tation inYrecomme ending to our MEM
tbers an American road trip. You are
fully aware to present day needs In
transportation and hereafter we can
not few pages from your
book OF experience. All. you need to
round out your progress is a great
system of national roads, and l shall
predict that your congress soon will
have embarked you government on
this undertaking.
~-~. son the other sidess we had the
great desirability of highways i'm
pressed upon us for various reasons,
ore of which was again quits forcib-
ly presented. in the great war.
Frances roads saved her and saved
of Paris by Gallieni's motor mobiliza-
ton and the later achieypment at
Verdun told their own stories. The
Automobile: Association >and Motor
Union, while its home field is the
British isles, has studied out the
m ost effective ways in which the
road travellers can see the( battle
areas, as we are prepared another
year to supply tourists with the most
exact Information. Whether. the Am
erican lands at an English or Conti-
mental port, there will be one OF our
staff to facilitate his progress, and
we. shall quickly make apparent the
advantages. of the special member
ship in the A. A. and M: u. available
to A. A. A. members. ,ai $5s i zss 81
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
:oGESBY LEADS SMALL
IN ILLINOIS PRIMARY
(By United Press.)

Chicago, Sept. 18.-John Oglesby,
anti Thompson candidate for the re-
publican nomination for governor,
lead Len Small by about three thous-
sand today in nearly complete un-
official returns from state primaries.
Returns to date were from all except
ing one hundred down state precincts
where Oglesby was credited with
strength, and two hundred in Chi
cago, where Small had the advantage
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
NEW BOMB THEORIES ARE AFL0AI TODAY
MAYOR OF FLORENCE I
SENDS HIS REGARDS

Mayor L.SF. Johnson has, re-
ceived a communication from
T. j. Burke, who is now in Flor
ence, Italy, in which the mayor
of that city sends his regards
to the mayor Of ;Bemidji.> The
communication wassmailed from
Florence August goth and was
received here today. = : = =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
MUSICAL COMEDY AT # It: ,,-'
, ~. 49,. VI: +. y GRAND THIS EVENING

: Patrons; LOT the Grand theatre are
promised ssyHomethings excel tiona1ly
good in musical comedy this evening
when the million Dollar, Doll In Pa
ris''. appears for tonight only.
Manager Harding feels confident
that this show is sure to please and
recommends. it. to all patrons. The
sale of tickets indicates that there
will be a large attendance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
H1U:RLocKER.GUNN

- g Miss Helen ..Hurlocker Of this City
was uniteh in marriage atS12:30 to-
day. to George unnon Of sPuposky.
TIE cere1n ony was performed by Rev.
L. P. Narford at the Presbyterian
parsonage. The attendehts were Miss
Catherine ssMarkus and Harold EHur-
locker. II + h .%1s =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
WEATHER REPORT.
lBy United Press.

Minnesota Enthusiastically fair
tonight, possibly showers in north
portion tonight and tomorrow. Cooler
in extreme northeast portion tonight.
Strong northeast winds.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-09-18
INVESTMENT BOARD HAS. x
AUTHORIZED FUNDS FOR
ARMoRY CONSTRUCTION
Fifteen Thousand Dollars Now
Available for Bemidji
Armory Work \ "a
(By United Press)

, St. Paul, Sept. 1S.---The state
board of Investment notified the
,Armory board, yesterday that $4,000
has now been available for the con-
,struction Of the new. sArmorY' at Be-
lnidjiE, y The balance Of the" $4,000
needed will be asked. Of the invest
ment board atNa later date.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
Relic of Old Rome.

During blowing operations in, a field
near the village OF Bratton, Westbury,
Wiltshire, Eng, the pillow struck what
proved to be the cover Of leaden cof-
fin. The coffin has been examined by
3. II. Darlington, the curator of the,
Willis Archaeological museum, who
states that the coffin, without doubt,
belongs to the period of the Roman
occupation, says the London Times
The place where it was foundlis about
a mile from the site of large Romano
British village. The coffin is 6 feet s
inches in length; its width varies from
4 foot 6 inches to L foot 4 inches and
its depth is 1 foot Z inches. Large
iron nails AZ inches long indicate that
when inferred it had a wooden outer
covering, but that has persisted, as
have the bones inferred, except the leg
bones, the pelviss and the lower jaw;
there is no trace of the skull. Two
pieces Of lead form the bottom of the
coffin, but the cover is one piece.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
DID NOT QUITE UNDERs TAND
But Mrs. smithers Meant Well, and
No Doubt Her Good Intentions
Are, of Record.

On one side of the hall in the new
apartment. building lived Mr.. and Mrs.
Smithers on the other side of the hall
lived two girls who taught in the pub
lie schools and who were having their
first experience in ''baching it, Mrs.
Smithers didn't know: them very well,
but she took a motherly interest in
them to the extent of hoping that they
had. enough to eat and that their neces-
sarily hasty and amateurish spread
would not give them Indigestion.
The other day, out of kindness OF
heart, she took them batch of fresh
biscuits she had just baked. And while
she was there, she showed them how
/, to use the stove. gave them some hints
on marketing, wrote down lot of rec
ipes for simple yiands, and gave them
a lecture on food, values and the prep
aratiOn Of leftovers.
They We're very grateful to the dear
lady, and they told us all about it. And
they made us promise solemnly that
we would never tell her that they were.
teachers of domestic science.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
CHANCES IN GAME OF LIFE
Must Be Winners and Losers, Since 1t
Is Sure All Cannot Hold
Equal Cards.

Life is like a game Of cards. Some
must win. Some must lose. It all de-
pends upon the player and on the
gambling chances that may favor or
disappoint him.
All have the same gambling chance,
so the players ability really deter
mines whether he shall be a loser or
a winner. Assiduity, persistence, prac-
tice and patience all help to make him
q winner, and the lack of these loser.
Those who win make their gains at
the expense of those who lose. There
must always be winners and losers,
the winners rejoicing and the losers
disappointed, complaining and Jealous
Of the winners.
How much like the experience Of ev-
2eryday life! Some succeed because of
their diligence, earnestness and cease
less ambition, others lose because of
the lack of these winning qualities.
Some live in well-deserved ease and
comfort on the proceeds of their sue
cess, others in discomfort, proclaiming
that they suffer from injustice.
Everybody must play the game Of
life, and, like the game Of cards, in
the end every gamester must be a
loser. Only the Grim Reaper is sure to
be the winner in the end.-John A
Sleicher in Leslies.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
DOLLARs-AND SENSE!
Think 1t Over

Dollars are not made out of India
r And right nows is the open season
foc stretching. A
Have you stopped to consider that
three or five years from now, orspar-
haps sooner, the dollar which now
seems to have a hole in it as large as
that of a doughnut may once more be
the solid, powerful piece of money that
1t was before the mighty armies in
Europe rocked the world?
There always has been a period Of
artificially high prices following each
big war. In this country, it was several
years before normal conditions were
restored after the Civil War but cQndi-
lions ultimately did adjust themselves
and q few years after the Civil War
there was big difference as to the
buying value of money
With these facts in mind-tos say
nothing OF. the multiplicity of other
arguments in its favor-is not the SUI
preme period of saving at hand? If,
by making wise investments and curb
ing reckless spending, you can keep
the present discounted dollar until the
clouds have rolled away, 1t is readily
seen that It will be a move in the
right direction
The government is doing its best to
awaken. the public to realization of
these facts and presents an opportu-
nifty along these lines by the sale of
thrift stamps, war savings certificates
and on October 6 it hopes for a big
sale Of the recently authorized 500
and $1,000 Treasury Certificates, nick
named Savings Bonds" +. 81
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
Start of Big Industry.

Upon the invention of a machine for
sewing leather shoes. for which the
patent was issued to Gordon McKa:,
April %, 1862, was built the great boot
and shoe industry Of the United States.
Mckay purchased in 1859 Biake's sew
ing machine, which was one simply
using wax thread, with, stationary
horn attached. While the machine IN.
tended for sewing boots and shoes OPP
Grated well in parts of the work. it
failed in stitching the heels and toes.
Mckay changed the feeding apparatus.
introduced automatic contlivances, ami
finally was successful in adapting
it to all kinds of work. After the
breaking out of the Civil war. Mckay
began to make army shoes, and in
1862 made contracts with 62 firms for
their. use. In 1876, 1900 were in .op-5
Grafton. These, machines have been
used in foreign countries. and more
than 1O0,O00,O00 shoes are annually
made on them in the United States.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
NJ ore Troubles.

Much European news is likely to
center around the Caucasus mountains
for some time to come The great
world drama Of the armed struggle
against Soviet Russia has reached that
point Odessa, the great port on the
Black sea, has been entered by the
Soviet troops and Denek ne has only
a few scattered bands left between
that point and the Caspian sea.
The Caucasus becomes the center Of
interest because south Of that bar Ter
IS the Mohamnedan world, ruled for
the most part by England and in a
state Of abnormal unrest. Already En-
yer Pasha, former Turkish minister Of
war, has an army in northern Armenia
fighting pro- british elements and en-
deavoring to turn the popular feeling.
against foreign rule into a holy war
Britain thus faces a strange mixture
OF hostility, patriotic elements, Boil
shevist elements and religious fanaticism,
all Of which the Soviet government of
Russia can well afford to- stimulate
With revolt against England from Tibet
to Egypt the Soviet government might
we'll be able to protect itself from Japan
on the east and the allies, through Po-
land, in the west.
First reports that England would
send an army to the Caucasus to pre-
vent these two hostile forces from get
ting together have been denied, Tenn
porarily England claims to be relying
on strengthening Georgia and the new
Tartar republic Of Azerbaijan, which
lie across the road from her M oslem terri
tory. But Georgia, with her 100000
people, groans under junker landlord
system and the Tartar republic is a
German creation The two look like
weak supports for John Bull.
Not so long ago the United States
was urged to take a mandate over this
seething territory from Constantine
pie to the Caspian sea.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
Fashion.

Manners have been somewhat Gym
ically defined to be a continuance of
wise men to keep fools at q distance
Fashion is shrewd to detect those whe
do not belong to her train, and sell
dom wastes her attentions. Society
is very swift in its instincts, and, if
you do not belong to 1T. resistss and (
sneers at you, or quietly drops you.
The first weapon enrages the party
attacked the second is still more eff
fective, but is not to be resisted. as
the date of the transaction is NOT
easily found. People grow up and
grow old under this infiiction. and
never suspect the truth, ascribing the.
solitude which acts on them very in-3l
juriously to any cause but the right
one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. L.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
Social lcicles.

Some men are social icicles. There
seems to be no reason why they should
be, but they are. They are. good look
ing, dress we'll, have education, come
OF good family, and have money. Yet
IN spite of these advantages they fail
to be the center of attraction among
men. There is something about them
chat chills you as soon as you begin
q conversation with them. They are
the wall flowers at parties, the last
picked at games, and the drones at
every function that seeks to promote
fellowship. Sometimes it's hard to see
Just what is the matter with them, but
you have no difficulty in getting proof
shat they are no help in the social
world. They just chill everybody and
everything that they touch.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
HOW ANCIENTs KEPT BOOKS
Development Of Comprehensive sys-
TEN Necessary to Merchant and
Wage Garner.

Accountancy, which is the science Of
eystematizing business, has history
that runs back at least 1000 years.
Very early In the development of ma
tons it, was found that in commerce.
as We'll as in the affairs Of the state.
systematic and careful account keep
ing were indispensable. These sys-.
TENS were at first crude and laborious,
hut they at least kept the finances Of
the nation and the marts Of trade from
being chaotic.
The invention Of double entry book
keeping early. in the fifth century by
the merchants and bankers Of Venice
gave to the commerce of Europe an
Invaluable trade instrument and one
without which the great commercial
enterprises of the later centuries could
hardly have existed, according to
Thrift. And lit has been down to
the present time; there has been a
parallel progress between the accom-
p!ishments of commerce and the sci
ence of accounting, and it is known.
to every man in business that the.
former could not continue without the
latter. Even the most unbusinesslike
people know this much and we can
hardly imagine any one silly enough
to attempt to carry on any kind Of
business enterprise without keeping
books
Bookkeeping, as formal subject Of
study, is taught in most Of the public
and private schools Of this country, but
it is only that form Of bookkeeping
that applies to the affairs Of the mer-
chant or the shopkeeper. The public
has yet to learn that bookkeeping is
quite as necessary to the prosperity of
the wage worker, the salaried man, the
farmer, and the housekeeper, as 1t is
to the shoplleeper, the merchant or the
manufacturer.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
He's.Got Phil's Numb er.

Frank A. Day Of the Fairmsont Daily
Sentinel, hands his friend ~, Philip
Liesch, Of the Brow1, County Journal
the following bouquet in a recent
issue of the Sentinel: "Phil has an
imagination that frequently runs wild.
When it goes off on a-tangentsit en1as-
culates facts, truth, consistency and all
considerations Of propriety. It is never
malicious, always harmless, and gen
orally sensational"
We admire Franks ability to compose
such classical description Of Phil,
the more so, because it is so nearly cor
rect that it is a true and easily recog-
nizable pen picture. The only detail
that is not quite accurate is a portion
of the last sentence, namely: IT is never
malicious =
Taken as a whole, it is not difficult
to discover the big lemon in among the
roses.
It might be added, in passing, that
the above commentary was the result
Of wild and random story, published
in recent issue Of the Journal, relative
to the congressional contest in this
district. The Journal scribe had accused
Frank of connivance with diverse other
politicians in a deep-laid plot to have
Attorney Albert Pfaender of this city
aspire to the Republican nomination for
the office Of congressman, in the hope
that he would be nominated and could
then be defeated by Democrat. These
insinuations Frank refutes in the classic
cited above.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
Queer Notions.

i It is a superstition that as soon as
a death takes place in "a house, al.
the looking glasses should be covered
up or turned with the face tosthe wall
if they are hanging glasses, and must
remain covered or reversed till the
body has been taken out to burial
and that no person left in the house
must on any account look in the
glasses during the time between death
and funeral. It is strange, and some
what akin to the idea, hat it is safe
to cover looking glasses during a
thunderstorm. never knew Of a
looking glass which was known to
have drawn 9 lightning .stroke,','
though the same is possible Queer
notions are often founded on facts
Xorkshire Post Correspondent
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
To Temper China.

Many a lover Of fine china is heart
broken to discover her choice. dinner
or tea set lined with hairlike cracks.
Hot tea or chocolate poured into dain-
tys cups cracks them instantly.
a Chinese merchant gave this bit Of
information when a rare tea set was
purchased from him: Before using
delicate china pace it in pan Of
cold water. Let it come gradually to
4 boil and allow the china to remain
in the water till cold. !" This tempers
the china and it Is capable Of with.
standing the sudden expansion caused
by the heat. There is no need OF. re-
peating the treatment for a long time