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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
1t Makes A Difference.

1t Makes A Difference. -
jewelers. Of London are complain
ing because women Of the fashion,
able set are wearing much less Jew
elry than formerly: But did you
ever hear Of ladies wear establish
ment complaining because the women
are not wearing as much as formerly!
Neither Did We -
.. What Next?
A new craze among girls of the
"happer" class is tire wearing Of
the photograph Of the chest boy"
mounted on the buckle of the shoe.
That's getting man down pretty low,
alright.
-Aint 1t A Faet?-
Hard Lines.
A man is sure up against it when
his better financial judgment won't
let him buy an automobile and his
pride won't let him buy a f1ivver.
-Giddap!-
Happens Every Year.
An old-timer remarks that this is
the time Of the year when women's
feet look like they had thrown away
the nice shoes they purchased and
are wearing the boxes the shoes
come in.
oh You Galoshes-
Profit and Loss.
You hear Sc much Of late concern
ing marriages between men and wo-
men who can talk in several different
languages. What we want to know
is what doth it profit man to be able
to talk in nine different languages
when he married woman who can
outtalk him in any one OF them.
AS Always
The Buffers.
The United Goats of America have
been incorporated as secret society.
No doubt this organization will in
clude most of the fellows who talk
like this: ayes, he's a good man,
but; Eyes, Joe is all right,
but; "She was nice girl before
she was married. but; II would
nay you back this week, but; etc.
You Know EN-
Change of Location.
Judging from some of the things
they marry, the modern girl is be.
lieved to possess an awful horror of
being obliged to work down town for
living
Can You Beat It.
Lot. of Material.
The park board has been consid-
ering getting some more wild animals
for the park at Diamond Point. How
about rounding up few Of the fell
lows who have not as yet paid their
income tax or their personal proper
ty tax and putting on first-class ex-
hibit of wild men?
What Makes Wild Men Wild?-
You Shoulda Seen Err.
Customer-"How much is the price
of this article today, which you are
advertising at 81 for the Dollar Day
sales Wednesday?
Saleslady-"I couldn't possibly let
you have it for less than $1.25."
Customer-"Do you take anything
off for CASH." %. .s~
Saleslady-"Sirw
Evidently Not
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
THRIFT WON HER HUSBAND
LEGEND Tells Of Reward That Came to
French Girl Through Her
Cheese.Paring.

While the expression "cheese-par-
ing" is recognized equivalent for
thrift or economy in the management
Of household affairs. It is apparent the
moment we dissect the term that the
saving effected by the pairing of a
cheese depends entirely upon the man
ner in which the operation is conduct
ed. If one removes the rind of the
cheese carelessly, waste instead OF
economy results.
According to Il French legend, there
was a man who was in love with three
sisters at the same time. He could
not make up his mind which Of them
he ought to marry. The ability to be
a thrifty housewife being the principal
requisite of wife ut that time, the
Inan decided to watch the three care.
fully. and in order to make a test pre-
sented each. of them with large
cheese.
Two of them removed the r1nd in
such manner that Il considerable
portion Of the cheese was thrown
away, but the youngest pared it with
very sharp knife, an: did not waste
a scrap. The man decided that she
would make the best wife, ard they
were married.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
LITTLE DEMAND FOR SNAKES
Rattlers Now Bring Only Eight Cents
Pound, According to Dealer
i, in the Reptiles.

The rattlesnake- catchers Of the
Brownsville, Texas, district are going
through a period of severe depression,
as live snakes at present are bringing
only 8 cents a pound, according to L.
Gilbert Pearson, president Of the Ma
tional Association Of Audubon Soci-
cites, who has just returned from the
work of stalking out proposed $780,
OOO-acre tract in the southern tip OF
Texas as a game and bird sanctuary.
The greatest rattlesnake establish
ment in the world is maintained near
Brownsville by a dealer named King,
known as "Rattlesnake King" He had
more than 100000 rattlers in stock
during December, Mr.. Pearson said.
These are sold to- geological gardens
snake charmers, circuses, naturalists
and snake lovers all over the country,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
7sSaIssS - .s5SsSNz1NS
Township Has Ten Residents.


The most peaceful place on earth
at present is said to be the township
of Le-Tartre- Guadran in the Depart
ment Seine-et-O Disc, not far from Paris
Never large, the war has reduced its
population to an even ten souls, only
four OF whom are eligible to office.
But each French commune under 500
inhabitants must have ten aldermen.
lie Tartre- Gaudran elects her first four
without a dissenting vote and then In
vites six outsiders to help steer her
canoe Of state. The annual budget is
1900 francs. The present clerk says,
I'll ny rien a faire." His predecessor
claims that in one decade he recorded
three births and two deaths, but no
marriages. Yet to have this commune
dissolved or annexed would cost inn
mense sums and make ten persons un-
happy for ever after.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
CALLoW YOUTH IN DISCARD
Statement Made That He, Has Little
Real Chance When Middle Age
Goes A-Wooin0.

Miss ~Marceline Stokes is social
worker of Chicago. We regret that
Miss Stokes does not give her own age
along with an academic discussion Of
afiinities. observes the New York Tele-
graph, However, her views are inter-
esting. She informs us that this is
an epoch of the middle-aged beau /;
that young girls prefer as husbands
"hard-boiled old men to half-baked
youths" The tlapper's heart beats
responsive to the male person of forty
five. 1T startles me-" she exclaims,
and we are not surprised. A great
many things startle the lady or the
gentleman who contemplates matri-
mony merely as an interesting study.
We are fain to believe she Isl more
than half right, at that, and there are
reasons. Young women of generation
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
WHY HER Ter WATCH WA: L n I GOES WRONG
Various Causes Given for Undoubted
Fact That Woman's TImepiecs 10
Generally Incorrect.

Punctuality Is said to be the virtue
Of kings, but not Of women. The lat
ter will not, however, admit their lack
Of 1t. But when a lady has kept a
mere man waiting for her an indef-
nitely long time her excuse, cynics de-
clare, is really at hand: MY watch
must be wrong" And, strange to say,
this reason given as an excuse, differ
ent from other excuses, is almost al
ways valid. The watches Of women
are much less exact than those Of
men.
An Englishman, Herbert Duke, who
occupied himself with this problem in
profound speculations, thinks he has
traced it to its source. He has OBJ
served that the same watch, when
worn by his wife, runs very irregu-
larry, whereas when worn by him it
Is perfectly correct. "Now, how is
it," he asks, "that 50 many women
have such a baleful influence on
watches?"
Certainly much is due to the fact
that to women the watch is less
necessary tool Of life than a beautiful
adornment: that they care more for
its looking elegant on the wrist than
for its being right; that they handle
carelessly and inconsiderately this deli
cate apparatus.
But there must be another more po-
tent cause. It has been observed that
the electricity contained in the human
body exerts direct influence on the
delicate mechanism of the watch. It
may be that the small form of a wOm-
ans watch renders it very sensitive
to the electromagnetic influence that
emanates from the body.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27

produce thirty-seven at birth, and
large specimen of boa constructor gave
birth to sixty-four living young. The
pythons differ from the boas in that
they lay eggs and coil around heap
of them until they hatch. An official
OF the New York Zoo says that the
pythons produce from fifty to hun
dred eggs at time, and specimen
Of python reticulatus deposited sixty
eggs, about which she coiled, and from
which she fought off all intruders, but
her efforts proved of no avail, for the
eggs were infertile.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
PRETTY SHRUB ALMOST GONE
Mountain Laurel, Once Plentiful Every
where, Has Been Destroyed Through
Public careiessnese.

Many years ago, when the American
Indians were the only inhabitants Of
the United States, the mountainsides
in springtime were almost white with
the blossoms Of claymoun, the Indian
name for mountain laurel.
Nowadays the laurel is not so plen-
tiful. People have broken down too
many plants and pulled UP. too many
others by the roots. Still you may
find some of these low, scraggly bush
es if you are familiar with the coun-
tryside. For in nearly every billy part
Of the states, from Maine to Ohio,
from Florida to Canada, few at least
Of these attractive shrubs are grow
ing.
The roots Of these particular plants
reach out for surprisingly long dis
tances, seeming to enjoy prowling
about in the loose soil Of, the noun
tainsides. Yet, with all the rowing
tendencies of the roots. the patches
Of plants do not spread, but remain
about the same size from year to year.
Calico-bush is an old.fashioned name
for mountain laurel, a name that some
country people think is the only name.
Spoonwood is another queer name by
which you may hear this same plant
called.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
Happens Every Year.

An old-timer remarks that this is
the time Of the year when women's
feet look like they had thrown away
the nice shoes they purchased and
are wearing, the boxes the shoes
come in.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
SNAKES HAVE LARGE'LITTERS'
Boa Constructor. In Captivity, Gave
Birth to Sixty-Four Living Young
Others Prolific.

The sixteen-fOot Trinidad anaconda,
or water boa, at the London Geologic
I'll gardens, not long ago gave birth to
twenty-four young ones. The new
born snakes were twenty-six inches
long and about an inch in diameter
ut the thickest part of the body.
In color and marking they resembled
the adults-that is, they were Of q
dark greenish hue with black spots.
That number of young had been ex-
ceeded by seventeen-foot snake at
the New York Geological park, which
produced thirty-four young Still an
other anaconda has been known to
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27

NNtau-
but the demand has recently become
low. Many Mexicans earn their living
catching rattlers and are glad to get
even 8 cents pound for them.
Mr.. Pearson's mission was under
taken at the request Of the depart
ment of agriculture for the purpose
Of mapping out a great game preserve
in the extreme south Of Texas, where
a stretch of sandhills exists on which
are found between twenty and thirty
species Of birds, including game birds
not found elsewhere in the United
States.-New York Tribune.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
The Hiuh Cost Of Honor.

Nobility orders and badges OF honor
in Germany hitherto, upon the death
Of the owner, have been left as SOU
venirs to his heirs, though only upon
payment to the state Of their bullion
value. Now the prime minister an
nounces that because Of the increased
value of gold he is compelled, in the
interest Of the state, to increase by
100 per cent the prices Of all such
decorations. 49,.
1t does not appear that this applies
to the Iron Cross, though it has been
so numerously awarded, one would
think, as materially to affect the sup
ply of that most useful metal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
The Secret.

In certain social set they were ono
day discussing the remarkable success
of a rich but ill-favored girls mar
rage with a spendthrift clubman.
Now no one could understand the
thing, which at the outset had seemed
to bode 80 i'll. But one matron shrug'
ced her shoulders and said:
''The girl won't let her husDand
touch penny Of her principal, ana
that, you see, keeps up the interest"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27

or so ago did not come in contact with
the matured unincumbered man OF
forty-fve., The girls were at home
doing housework. Now they go
abroad, they encounter the veterans in
business and elsewhere and naturally
they make comparisons. And when
comparisons are made the callow
youth gets the worst Of the analysis.
That is all there is to it. -
The girls are wiser and more selec'
tive than their mothers or their grand
mothers were. #, $780,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-27
oh You Galoshes-
Profit and Loss.

You hear Sc much Of late concern
ing marriages between men and wo-
men who can talk in several different
languages. What we want to know
is what doth it profit man to be able
to talk in nine different languages
when he married q woman who can
outtalk him in any one of them.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
81 Railroads Accept
Freight Rates Cut
They Are to Protest 5s4 Per
Cent. as a Fair Return on
Railroad Investments
Wages Not Discussed.

New York, May 2s.-The 10 per cent
reduction in freight rates ordered by the
interstate commerce commission, effec-
tive July /, will be accepted by the 81
railroads Of the eastern division, it was
decided at special meeting of officials
of these roads today.
1t also was decided to enter a formal
protest against the findings of the com
mission that on and after March L, 1922,
the fair return on railroad investments,
as provided by the transportation act,
shall be 3-4 cent. There was no re-
duction of wages or passenger rates.
L. F. Loree. chairman of the- eastern
president conference, said tonight the
conference "feit the roads had no other
alternative except to put the rates in
to effect without formal order" Re-
garding the matter of ''rair return" he
said the conference believed this re-
turn is lower tnan is required by law
and win not enable the railroads to fl
nance themselves to the extent that
they should be able to do or render ade.
quate service to the public"
While no official action was taken, thu
personal sentiment Of many of tht
executives represented at roday's meet
ing was decidedly strong for additiona
wage reductions, it was announced. A!
expressed by one official. the roads con
fidently expect that the rest of 1920 in
crease will be wiped out to offset tn
$40o, 100000 reduction in freight rates
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30

and that he was standing at the road
side when the wealthy baker shot him.
District Attorney Weeks and Sheriff
Werner have been frankly skeptical of
Wards statement that Peters was shot at
the lonely spot near Kensico reservoir
where the body was found. They sus-
pect the killing occurred elseyhere and
that the body was taken there and thrown
from the car.
The sheriff today received communi-
cation from Sheriff 3. r. Davis Of
Dutchess county informing him Of the
arrest at Poughkeepsie Of Frank Doran.
Sheriff Davis said the man had steadfast-
Iy refused to talk about himself but
that he obviously was desperate, as he
had forced taxicab driver to rush him
through three counties at the point Of q
pistol
He suggested the man might In some
way be connected with the Peters, case
and Sheriff Werner announced this clew
would be run down, as have scores OF
others.
Search also was being continued for
the young well gowned woman who was
declared by a New York waiter to have
sought to hire him for $500 to slay
Ward in his New Rochelle home last Sat
urday. This was but few hours after
Ward had been released from jail on $50.
900 ball No progress has SO far beer
made In the search.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
HAS DIFFICULTY KEEPING
RAILROAD MEN AT WORK

Boston, May 2s.-Heads Of main
tenance of way and railway shopmen's
unions are meeting with much difficulty
In keeping their men at work since the
railway labor board announced its wage
finding in Chicago Sunday, Charles H.
Downey eastern travelling representative
Of the United Brotherhood Of MaInten-
ance Of Way Employees and Railway
Shop Laborers, announced here toway.
Mr.. Downey whose jurisdiction includes
all railroads in New England, the New
York Central lines as far west as Buf-
fato, and the Delaware and Hudson,
sand the local chairmen on all these
lines had informed him that the men
were eager to strike.
Every effort was being made, railroad
men said, to keep maintenance Of way
men at work until the labor board should
hand down its decisions on the shop
crafts and other workers.
The men have lost all confidence in
the United States labor boardV Mr..
Doney declared I'VE proved to every
body except the labor board, that a. cut
In wages for our men at this time would
be unwarranted. When enybody states
that-a man can supoot and educate q
family Of at least FIVE persons on less
than $1b a week, that person Is either
deliberately fais.fying or making the
statement for a purpose.
Il can say without hesitation or doiIbi
that a general walk-out of the mem.
bers Of more than Is big unions moi
later than the middle Of July Is not only
possible but probable. The men Will re.
pudiate the United States railway labol
board and its decision and awards"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30

Kew Ysrk. Nay 2s.-"Charlie" Ross.
ruppossd brains Of the blackmail
ring which Walter s. Ward. wealthy
baker. claims led % the fatal tryst two
weeks ago which ended with his shoot
Lax of Clarence Peters. former sailor,
- hisked rnomentSrily into sight today,
and as suddenly and uiysteriously dis
appeared
county ana New York. professedly seek
t-r hira. the mystery man.. IN the SEN
rsfionai case Is known TO have Joined
william j. Falion. attorney for Peters
Family, this afternoon. They met short
ir aftsr Ross" had sent an emissary to
Raiion's oTIce. IN the heart Of the busi-
r-rs district Ths emissary was followed
cut By Fallen, who Is presumed 10 have
net Ross outside the building, and
the three were swallowed up in the
rrourds q Eorty-second street and Broad
way.
An hour later Fsllon telephone news
rzpormen who had been waiting In his
osloe all afternoon that he and pri-
vafe detective. Harry Corners, would
70 10 Boston tonight. He refused TO
rate whether or not Ross" would ac-
company them. nor would he discuss the
thiect % the journey.
on the heels OF this development It
ras learned that District Attorney Weeks
lad sent a messenger from White Plains
10 the office OF the local district at
.orney asking that II a man named Nath-
tu RorenwciE alias Nat Ross. Is the same
ran as the one being sought. Rosen-
relr. under tho name OF Nat Ross,
ai.aded guilty IN q local court IN July
81 last year TO q charge OF extortion and
escaped with a suspended sentence. His
attorney. a. that time. His Fallon, now
counsel for Peters parents
Close on the heels Of tip" that In
Vs-iiration Of Wards story that he had
erlVen Peters 10 the scene OF the shoot
inr IN hts coupe would prove another car
been been used. the Westchester author.
ifics learned the name OF an automobll,
dealer who. thy were told. would shet
much light on the statement II he coulC
b. Induced 70 talk. The hint that Ware
might have shifted cars came from Z
source which the authorities refused e
Ward. In his original statement 70 tn,
authorities. which he has steadfastly
refused TO amplify. Eaid a window .
rlr car had .-een a'hatfracf By 4 bd-s-
.n an exchange of IRE with ROSY an
man known only as Jack" who h
Implicated IN the biaciiman plot with Pet
ars ana who, he declared, began frin
az him altar he had shot Peters. III
coupe bore no traces OF a pistol battl
when Sheriff Werner first saw Il. an
he expressed the BELIEF that none OF th
plate glass Windows recently had be n
placed.
Il also vas suggested that discover
% a second car might reveal bloc
rtalns. which would disprove Ward
ratemeut that Peters had stepped fro
ne soups with a pistol ievelled at Wal
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
GREAT DROP IN PRICE
OF WHEAT YESTERDAY

Chicago, May 2s.-Wheat came whirl-
ing down in price today. Tonight the
millions of bushels said to have been
attracted here by seeming likelihood Of
and end of the month dearth were worth
$l.1S 5-S to $1.18 7-s a bushel, 10 IL
cents less than this morning.
At one, time. wheat, for May delivery
here was selling 1-s cent under the price
OF July. Prominent owners Of wheat.
who heretofore had been identified by
brokers as being with a campaign for
higher prices today were on the selling
side and 1t was to this fact that OBJ
servers attributed the downward slide
of values. This action, it was said, ap-
peared to have been due to decision
to the effect that the influx of wheat here
had made at least tightening of bur-
dens desirable.
One authority is credited with the
statement that banks had declined to
loan money on grain held on railroad
tracks here by Spectators. Besides, new
receipts Of wheat here today proved to
be larger than early estimates, totalling
almost $50 carloads. With tomorrow q
holiday and no further chance to sell
out exctpe on Wednesday, leading bulls
| quietly commenced to let go while the
market was displaying comparative
strength. Many other traders turned al
30 to selling and nearly complete up
set of the market followed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-30
COURT DECISION ADVERSE TO
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILWAY

Washington, May 29.-Dissolution of
ownership and control of the Central
Pacific railway by the Soutnern PaciTic
company was ordered today by the su
preme court in nsopinion delivered by
Justice Day. The decision in the ease
which was the last of the railroad mer-
ger suits to be before the COURT held
that the two lines were competitive.
justices McReynolds and ,Brandeis be-
cause of their official connections prior
to going upon the bench did not partici-
pate. Justice Mckenna delivered short
dissent.
The court directed that decree be
| entered covering the control by the
| Southern Pacific of the Central Pacific
by stock ownership or by lease but IN
accomplishing that end, SO far as COM
patEDle, said the mortgage lien on the
Union Trust Company of New York
should be protected.
The several terminal lines and cut offs
leading to San Francisco bay which
have been constructed or acquired dur
| ing the unified control of the two sys-
| TENS for convenient access to the bay
and to the principal terminal facilities
about the bay should eb dealt with the
court declared either by way of appor-
tionment or by provisions for joint OF
common use. In such manner as will Sc
COlftaTCVtiAkft4 it1t14
venient and ready access to the bay and
to terminal facilities thereon that eacf
company will be able freely to compete
with the other to serve the public efh
clently and to accomplish the purpose ol
the legislation under which 1t was con
structed.
4 like course should be pursued. Jus
tIce Day added, "in dealing with thu
lines extending from San Francisco ba,
to Sacramento and to Portland, Oregon.
The case had been pending in tn
courts since February IL. 1914, whel
the United States asked the Unite'
States district court of Utah to restrain
. the two railroads. the Union Trust com
pany Of New York and the directors an
officials Of the Southern Pacific unde
the Sherman antitrust and the Pacin
railroad acts. The United States as
serted that the lines of the two raj
I roads constituted competitive system
and added that the ownership acquire
: by the Southern Pacific of controliin
: interest in the Central Pacific be de
clared unlawful.