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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-10
Mechanical SIicer Is Preferable to
Knife Slicer.

toes I'm large quantities prefer old
stock. A waxy or soggy potato is also
undesirable for making chips. A va
riety should be selected that is known
to be mealy when baked or boiled. The
raw flesh should be firm and crisp
when sliced. The size and shape, of
the potato do not affect the cooking
quality, but they influence the guam
tity and appearance Of the chips.
Essentials for Success.
When a mechanical vegetable peeler
IS used, round potatoes are less waste
full than long ones. Deep eyes cause
waste, difficulty i'll pairing. and make
ragged-loOking slices. A mechanical
slicer is preferable to knife slicing be-
cause it is important to have the chips
Of uniform thinness, and each slice
evenly cut. Otherwise the chips cook
uneveniy. . 3s- H.. 4 ii as-4,..>za.. ~. s.
After a study of various practices
with regard to preparing and cooking
the sliced potatoes, it was found that
there was no apparent advantage in
, the saltwater bath sometimes recon-
mended., nor in the extra work in
volyed in Il hot-water bath followed
by drying between towels. Cutting the
potatoes into even thin slices with an
accurately adjusted vegetable slicer,
soaking them tlloroughly.in clear wa
ter after an initial bath of cold run
ming water, draining, and frying them
In a clean, high-grade fat at high
temperature were found to be essen
tials in producing crisp, high-quality
chips. rss
Cottonseed Oil Is Best.
Many fats, including lard, lard and
suet mixture, lard-like vegetable fats,
cottonseed, corn, peanut and coconut
oils. We're experimental with for fry
ing the chips Olive oil was considered
too expensive for ordinary use and was
not tried. The most satisfactory me.
dunn was found TO be higlEgrade cot
tonseed oil, which was clear, bland
and practically tlavorless. Its initial
cost was lowest and there was a min.
imum of waste in cooking. A compar
iSOn of chips fried IN diHefent fats
demonstrated its superiority in be
havior during cooking and in the flavor
OF the finished product.
The lard and the lard-suet mixture
Impaired a flavor or after-taste that
was unpleasant to some people and
left cloudy coating on the chips thai
made them less attractive than chips
with the clear yellow-brown gloss re
sulfing from frying in oil. All the veg
etable oils and compounds were more
satisfactory than the animal fats. TIT
Iiaiids were more convenient than tht
semi-pl:,stic compounds for use II
quantities They were also less ex
pensive and less wasteful. No fat will
q smoking point of less than go de
grees c. t.i2S degrees FL is desirable
FOR Frying potato chips. Overlieatet
INT is unwhoiesoine and imparts
:, r,.x,rrDrs Ef,p THE pIONEEI
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-10
TESTING Mothers Sympathy.

Mother" said little George, don't
you feel sorry fer that poor little
dog? He looks hungry" ,s$
YES said his mother, "get him
plate OF food 1
After George had fed him he said ::
Mother. do Won feel sorry. enough to
let him stay all night p 80
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-10

ETH contribute mllllon doliars 70
your campaign fund!' said the en-
thusiastic friend.
"No," rejoined Senator Sorghum in
tones of gentle regret. you mean
well, but you are one Of those chaps
who inadvertently make an election
an insignificant matter compared to
the subsequent investigation"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-10
..4r- ~ -
Regular.

Regular. b:
A minister from Il country district
had just moved into the motion pic
ture colony, and friend was asking
how he liked his new passionate.
Every WELL" replied the pasto,. u
am doing very well here"
"Plenty of marriages, expect Z
:"Oh, yes" said the parson, j i,;.ve
my regular customers lllerican Ie-
gion Weekly. 4. s2.5,s4y s III. .sss..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-10
OIL REFINING CAPACITY
INCREASED Sl3PER CENT

The oil refining capacity of the
United States has, Increased s13 per
cent in sixteen years, according to
the American Petroleum Institute.
The increase has been brought about
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-10
For the Gum chewer.,

In 1921 the Orinoco valley exported
$4,000 pounds of chicle. all for two
gum manufacturing companies in the
United States.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-23
MATCHED IN HIS POCKET
Kentucky Man Placed Egg in His Poe
ket and Foruot IL.

Robert S. Porter, a Paris, KY, bust
ness man, told Of an unusual occur
renee, the truth of which he vouches
for.
He said Charles Madison a Nicho-
las county farmer, was sitting In the
lobby of the Paris court house near
a radiator which was giving heat at
full blast. Madison, with an exclam-
alton of surprise, suddenly reached
into the pocket of his heavy oyercOat
and found there was a newly Matched
chicken. AS he pulled the fluffy ball
out Of his pocket he and those who
surrounded him were astonished. The
chick was alive and chirping.
Madison said to those who ran in
from every direction as the word
passed that he had placed the egg in
his pocket more than a week ago and
had forgotten it. The warmth of the
pocket and the heat of the radiator
had caused the chicken to hatch. Madi-
son then drew from his pocket the
shell of the egg from which the chick
en- had emerged.
The farmer presented the chicken
to Deputy Sheriff Gibson of Paris
who will attempt to raise the fowl.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-23

their incomes n now stand on the
brink Of starvation
A janitress told the district attorney
that she drew from the bank her en-
tire life savings, amounting to $500,
to give to three men who were form
ing a brokerage concern and who
promised to buy her stocks which
would pay big dividends. A few days
later the firm failed and the woman
learned the three men had added her
mite to the sum they had 1eeced else
where and then left the country.
A policeman told Of losing his $1,000
nestegg, which was invested in stock
paying Z per cent, when he turned 1t
over to a bucket-sh0p which guaran-
teed to pay him IL per cent. One man
told the district attorney he dropped
$1,000 in eight months in deals which
he discovered too late were crooked.
Many investors were p%lacated, &C.
cording to the investigators, when the
bucket-shop operators sent them sales
confirmation slips showing that stock
actually had been ordered from a repu-
table concern in the financial district.
The swindlers would then sell the
stock, pocket the money and disappear
from their temporary offices.
Spent Money LavishIy.
BQcket-shop operators spent money
l%avishly, although In many cases they
began business with little or nothing,
sometimes paying the first months
rent from proceeds from the initial
suckers" Sums obtained from 9th
ers ostensibly for legitimate invest
ments were devoted to the purchase,
or rental, Of fine Office furniture. A
ticker" was Installed, the bucketeers
fitted gu with automobiles, and the
firm" was on the high road to fnan-
cial success-until a wary investor
caused the brokers" to leave for parts
unknown.
The stock exchange Of Detroit,
Mich, has declared war on the bucket
shops. Jacob Nathan, president Of the
exchange, said that the organization
Immediately would place investigators
in the field to get accurate data on the
extent Of the operations of bucket
shops there, and that the assistance Of
h state banking and securities COM
mission had been pledged in the cam
paign it is proposed to launch. Prose-
cutions will be instituted wherever it
is possible, MI. Nathan said.
Other cities are following the ex-
ample of Detroit and a determined eff
fort is being made from coast to coast
to stamp out the bucket-shop evil and
to drive from the country, or place be-
hind the bars, the smooth stock sales
men who have defrauded thousands Of
persons out of their entire savings.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-23
VETERAN ON LONG TRAMP
Tramps 1000 Miles to Go Over Old
Civil War Battlefield,

OiVI WA 0altICIioIO.
G. B. Wintersteen, eighty years of
age, Civil war veteran, is resting at the
home Of his cousin, Mrs. J.. A. Nc
Junkin, at Crestline, O., after com
plotting a hike Of 1000 miles from
Minneapolis, Mimi, to Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Wintersteen was a member of Com
pany G, Gath Ohio Infantry. He Wis
tied Chattanooga in 1918, at the time
of the encampment, and always had
a desire to return and look over the
~battlefields on which he fought.
He left on his jaunt in September,
he said, and arrived in Chattanooga
Oct. 13. He spent sixteen days there,
visiting the battlef1elds and then
walked an additional one hundred
miles to Atlanta, Ga. He went from
Atlanta to Louisville, completing his
walk Of 1000 miles.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-23
ELUDES ALL HUNTERS
Huge Silver Fox With Peit Worth
$4,000 May Be Killed.

A big silver fox, whose fur is val
ued at $4,000 by woodsmen who have
seer him, was observed near Lobachs-
Vile, Pa, recently.
The animal is believed to be the
same n seen several years ago at
Rockland and In the Obey valley,
eluding all efforts to trap him.
Hunters and trappers all over the
Lobachsville region are hunting the
fox in the hope Of capturing him.
The animal is Of great size and his
fur and brush are said to be magnii-
cent in markings and color.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-23
Ton Women Organize Fire compa,

Ten Women Organize Fire Company.
The first women's fire company In
the state has been organized by ten
women Of HOLLOWAY Terrace, Del. It
is an auxiliary of a volunteer COM
pany and Is to take the mems places
If they are at work when an alarm is
sounded.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-23

More Than 500 Years Ago lts Bank
Had Such Modern Trimmings a. q
"ReaI Estate Department"-Unlike
Rival Cities Genoese Have Kept
Much Of Financial Ability Which
Gave City Great Wealth and World
Importance in Middle Ages.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-23
Saturday, March 18th
DRY GOODS

NUFF SAID WHEN THE HUB HAS A DOLLAR DAY TT IS
THE GREATEST MONEY SAVING EVENT WHETHER
OFFERED BY mo SALE SPECIALIST" BARGAINING OR
SALES. VALUE AND QUALITY MEET HERE.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-23

RIoid Probe Being Made OF Bucket
shop Activities by Federal Autnora-
tiss-Poor Widows and Orphans
Among the Victims of Slick Stock
oaIesmen-Many Have Lost Every
Cent of Lies Savings to Ruthless
Money Sharks.
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
Ill WITH
F[UlSORDERED
MPLETEREST
Vatican Reports Condition As
mot Grave"-King AIbert's
Visit Postponed.

ROME, Jan. 19-"The condition
Of Pop Benedict XIV is unchanged"
said bulletinissued at the Vatican
this afternoon. "His temperature is
lower, and there has been no ex-
tension of the catarrhal symptoms"
The Pontiff was compelled to take to
his bed after contracting a severe cold
which led to influenza and bronchial
catarrh. He had a temperature Of 10S
this morning, which caused anxiety.
He has had difficulty in breathing.
The Pope is in his sixty-eighth year.
Prof. Marchiaf,va, the most celc-
brated physician in Italy was called
into consultation. He ordered the
pontiff to take a complete rest Despite
fits of coughing, pains in the chesr,
end general weakness, the pope re-
mains cheerful. ...
The trouble began Tuesday whom
the Pontiff contracted a cold. As a
precautionary measure, the Vatican
physician ordered his patient to bed
and all audiences were Cancelled.
The Vatican encourage was assured
that the Pope's condition was not
grave, but since then his temperature
has continued to rise.
Three days prayers are being Of
fered in the Catholic churches for the
Pontiffs recovery.
Numerous inquiries were made re-
tarding the Pontiff's condition. 'rhe
inquirers were assured that every ef.
fort was being made TO reduce the
symptoms of fever.
The visit OF King Albert Of Belgium
to Rome later In the month may be
postponed rs n result Of the Pope's
illness. Arrangements had been made
for the King to be received at the
vatican
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
R|SQUE LADIES
ALL COVERED UP
IN NEW GHOST
Censor Makes G. w. U. Maga-
zine Merely a Wrath of
Its Former Self.
Little Egypt IN qinghams
Co Io,,,o a, o9,erUIIe

Little Egypt IN ginghdms
Salone tn overdlls.
Venus IN a bdthrobe and slippers.
Cleopatra in hoop skirts.
Psyche IN galoshes and q sou'-
Wester.
That's 1.-THE Censored Number" of
the Ghost, the snappy George Wash
ington University publication which
aroused storm last month when
Dean Howard L. Hodgkins refused to
permit circulation Of the Christmas
issue.
In every paragraph, in every car
toon, a veiled crack" is made at the
critics, though in perfectly frank and
humorous fashion. The magazine
opens with a cartoon OF the Censor
Office" in which the editor sits, with
pile of censor slips at his elbow
while various young ladies' are shown
past his desk for deletion.
There is a page Of censored jokes" J"
(passed by the bored Of sense, sir) with
the warning: mo jokes on this page
will be explained" A sample:
Bill-Hello, Ed.
Ed-Hello, Bill.
Bill-How are you, Ed7
Ed-Fine Bill. thanks.
And editorial comments on the late
furore, as follows:
For Christmas the Ghost sort. Of
got something in It's stocking in the
shape of publicity, and now that the
staff is stiff from posing for photos
and hoarse from proclaiming that
there are no more copies Of the last
issue, we're wondering VINO to send
to Jail next month to keep us in the
limelight. For a while II appeared as
II we had coughed once too much and
were due for . horizontal ride TO the
family lot
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
GEN. LUDENDoRFF PLANS
SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR

BERLIN, Jan. 19.--General Luden-
dorff, former chief Of staff to Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg and quar-
termaster-general of the German
army. is going to South America. He
plans an extensive tour, embracing
Argentine and Chile.
the famous mailed fist" dinner given
recently by DIR. Oyanarte, an Argen.
tine statesman, when speeches were
made extolling militarism and Ger
Inany's achievements.
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
Turns Down Delicacies.
MISS RYAN DIES ACCUSING
HUSBAND OF POISONING

PARIS, Jan. 1s.-Mrs. Audrey
Creighton Ryan, twenty-five years old,
California music student, who accused
her husband, Thomas g.. Ryan, of
Muskogee, Okla, a writer, with fore
Ing her to swallow three poison tab
lets at the point Of a knife, died in
the American hospital in Neuilly to-
day.
Ryan, who was arrested upon In.
formation furnished by Mrs. Ryan
end her mother, contends his wife
swallowed the poison with suicidal
intent.
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
VICTIMS DOPED :.
IN DIVORCE MILL
MAY |NvOKELAW
IIIegitimate DEGREES in AIexan-
dria May Be Set Aside on
Perjury. Grounds.
Married or single-which7

Married or single-which?
Enraged men and women who be-
lieved they had been legally and perma.
nentIy liberated from the bonds Of
wedlock have besieged the offices OF
The Washington Times with letters
and telephone calls seeking to xnow
the status of their cases.
From nearby points and distant
cities offers have come to supply evil
dence to be used against the Alex
andria divorce ring.
Many persons are In a quandary
over what course to pursue to have
their cases reopened or TO get posi-
tive evidence that their actor In re
marrying after getting Little Reno"
divorce is within the law.
Inquiries from many sections OF the
country from angered husbands and
wives are being received indicating
that the practice OF getting Illegal
divorces in Alexandria was not con-
fined to one firm Of lawyers in that
city.
May Reopen Cases.
Washington attorneys were of one
accord in agreeing that the ma jority
Of the cases could be reopened and
set aside on grounds Of connivance
and perjury, II action were brought.
It is estimated that more than 30
per cent of the divorce cases, where
DEGREES were entered by Judge Mon.
cure, may be reopened.
Hundreds of divorces were issued
by the Judge on the testimony Of one
woman alone, Mrs. Mary l.. Baggett,
whose record shows that she had hun
dreds of people living in her nine-room
house at the same time.
There can be no question OF the
shamefulness Of the conditions In
Alexandria" one prominent Washing
ten attorney declared, How any
man. whether he be Judge or lawyer,
could live next door to house, whose
owner, week after week. made affi-
iavits that hundreds Of people were
living in her house, and not know
the facts, is remarkable.
"The chief surprise to me is that
the whole thing has not become
known long before this. OF course,
this expose means the loss Of hun
Greds of thousands to the the lawyers
down there, and this may probably
account for the attitude many men,
bers of the Alexandria bar who re-
fuse to recognize the facts"
Perjury Charges Loom.
Litigants IN the cases Of fake al.
vorces, several lawyers declared, not
only made themselves liable Cor per.
fury, but in cases OF remarriagc. tho
opinion was expressed that tn. d.
vorced party who had remarked
would be guilty of bigamy.
3uch litigation. II was predicted,
would arise over property rights OF
the parties when II became known
that the cases could be reopened.
There can be little question AZ to
the faot that divorced persons who
Continued on Pass 4. Column 81
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
U. s. OIL COMPANIES REACH
AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19.-American
oil companies doing business In Mex.
leo have reached a definite agreement
with the government regarding pe-
troleum production taxes, II was stated
today. 1t will supplant the temporary
settlement reached last summer.
The terms have not yet been made
public. but It Is understood that the
next payment of taxes by the Ameri.
cans will be reduced in size. A pro.
posal that payment be made in Mexi-
can government bonds was rejected.
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
PROTESTS
SENTENCE
AS THIEF
Is Now on Twelfth Day Of Star
vation campaign-Given Six
Years for Selling Autos.

As q protest against his conviction
and sentence Of six years in the Fed
eral penitentiary for the theft of au-
tomobiles In the District. Alfred
Knowles, twenty-seven years old, is
on q hunger strike at the District
Jail KS r5i,a.!I .-
Il Now on Twelfth Day.
Knowles has not eaten any food fo-
twelve days, Immediately after he was
rsturnsd from the District cpurthonse
when he was convicted by q jury nd
sentenced by Justice Mccoy
II am, innocent of the charges on
which was convicted" declared
Knowles, "and as long as am held IN
prison I will not eat thing. i will
die a. protest against my convic-
ton"
Knowles declares that he was the
victim Of q frame-up and that he
had been railroaded by the police.
Detective Sergeant Fleet Hughlett. in
charge of the police departments
automobile squad. claims that
Knowles, with several companions,
had been stealing and selling auto
mobiles in the District by the whole
sale.
Refuses Jailer's Plea to Eat.
When Captain Peake. superlnten-
dent Of the Jail. learned that Knowles
was on a hunger strike, he attempted
to urge the youth to eat. He told
him that II he had any grievances
that he probably would be able to
adjust them from the Federal peni-
tentiary at Leavenworth, where he
soon will be transferred.
mo, I win not eat" exclaimed
Knowles, "and I want II known that
I have refused food because I ON
an innocent man and have been con-
victed and sentenced to prison for =
crime I never committed"
Knowles has asked Congressman
Philip p. Campbell or Kansas to inter-
cede for him. He also has urged
Washington friends to make efforts
to have his case reviewed.
Turns Down Delicacies.
Captain Peake has attempted to
tempt Knowles to eat by placing
milk, eggs, toast. cocoa and other
delicacies in his cell. They are
taken to the cell three times a day,
but Knowles has refused to partalSe
Of any of the food.
Knowles does not show any weak
ness from the fact that he has not
eaten for twelve days. Guards at the
prison supply him frequently with
water, and he smokes necessarily.
Fruit also has been offered him. He
has refused to take anything except
water.
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
U. S. REPORT ON PRICES
SHOW RETAILERS At FAULT

A report on retail price conditions
in the United States as a basis for
possible action in Federal or State
courts has been made to Attorney
General Daugherty by William j.
Burns, chief Of the Bureau Of Inves-
tigation. II was officially announced
at the Department Of Justice today.
The reports show wide differences
between production, wholesale and re-
tail prices.
All data collected by the Depart
ment of Justice is expected to be
made public.
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
ALEXANDRIA LAWYERS I
USE FALSE AFF|DAv|TS
IN OBTAINING DEGREES
By HARVEY L. COBB.

L.
by Ths
It's easy divorce in Alexandra, and
be for here, and live
all the tme-you establish residence here but
live in Washington"
This was the opener" Courtland H. Davis jr member
of the law firm of Davis Budwesy whose office is in the
home of Judge Moncure under fire for a of enforcement
of the Virginia divorce laws.
Live Right Next Door.
The office Budwesky, conceded divorce kings Of
the little Reno East adjacent to the home of Mary L
Bagget famous for her overnight affidavts which
Judge Moncure has granted hundreds of divorces
without question. 2
The declarations by Davis that would be easy get
divorce in Alexandra made IN the presence of bs
writer and two other witnesses. y~y1TF ..-~-Ei ~
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
UTAH SHELTERS ANNOUNCE
BIG SLASH IN WAGES

BOSTON, Jan. 19.-Wage cuts for
workers in the Utah smelters of the
American Smelling and Refining
Company. United States Smelling
Mining and Refining Company and
the International Smelling Company,
we're announced today.
The reductions, as effective the
first of this week, are 80 cents a day
.or workers receiving 1915 or more a
day and 40 cents for workers reCeiv-
ing less than that amount.
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
Today
Name the Best Five.
Why Women Hang On.
No Fool ls Trotzky.
High Cheek Tartars Coin

10y ANIHUK BKISBANEI
tcopyrisht. lss3.)
Somebody asked Bernard Shaw
which five men he would save II
the Hood came back and only
iive could be rescued. Shaw said
ne would let everybody drown,
leaving 1t to God to create
something better. The human
race Is q hopeless political mis-
take"
That is easy cynicism.
The Washington times., 1922-01-19

Probably rain and cold
Or tonight, lowest tempera-
ture tonight about "a de-
grces. Friday cloudy and
colder, fresh south shift
Ing to northwest winds
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
TRoTZKY REPORTED ASKING
TO QUIT WAR OFFICE

BERLIN, Jan. 19.--The East Rus
sian Gazette today printed an uncon-
firmed report from Kovno that Leon
Trotzky has asked the commissars 8
council to be relieved of the post Of
commissar for war in the soviet be-
cause Of political differences with his
colleagues.