Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 10, 1918, Page 4

| | WAITERS DRUGGED . HOTEL PATRONS “Mickey Finn” Powders Fed to Those Who Failed to Give Tips. .+ Y \] ‘ GET STUFF IN RAID ) Chigago Officers Unearth Packages of ison at Headquarters of Union and Place Maker and Dis- penser Under Arrest. \ Chicago.—Four persons were arrest- ed and more than 100 walters were taken into custody at the headquarters of the Chicago Waiters’ union, in con- Pectlon with the alleged wholesale ‘drugging of patrons of leading hotels, restaurants and clubs by walters whose displeasure the patrons had in- curred by their neglect or refusal to leave tips on the table after belng served. The raid on the headquarters of the union was made by detectives from the state attorney's office. Three persons were held, the others being re- leased after questioning by the state’s attorney. B The men held were W. Stuart Wood, a waiter, and Blake Powell and John Milliam, day and night bartenders at the waliters’ union headquarters. Wood, it is alleged, manwfactured the drug which was sold over the bar to all members of the union applying for it. Evidence ‘against the waiters was ob- tained by a detective agency after a number of guests of one of the city’s leading hotels had become suspiclously Powder Known as “Mickey Finn." * A tasteless and odorless powder, known as “Mickey Finn,” which caused the victim to become sick at the stom- ach and left him in a nervous and weakened condition, was the drug used, the powder being what is known The Powders Had Been Used Freely by the Waiters. to; druggists as a tartar emetic com- pound. Analysis made by Chicago chemists showed that it contained ten grains of salt of antimony and potas- sium tartrate. According to one phy- slcian’s report, 6.17 grains have been known to cause death. The action of the powder is said to resemble ptomaine poisoning so close- 1y that physiclans who attended per- gons to whom the powders had been administered by waiters diagnosed the victims' illness as such. According to the cvidence the powders had been used freely by walters in most of the clubs and in many hotels and restaur- ants at times. STEALS WEDDING RING FROM SISTER; 30 DAYS San Francisco—Dan Mattel was sentenced to 30 days in jail here for stealing his sister's wedding ring and pawning it to buy liquor. Mattel pleaded for leniency and sald he would en- list if allowed to. “They wouldn't have men of vour sort in the army,” the judge yeplled. “Thirty days.” SMOOTH STRANGER GETS $100 Introduces Himself as Salesman and Works the Company for Expense Money. 8t. Louis.—A well-dressed stranger walked Into the office of George A. Holthaus, district manager of the Mil- ler Rubber company, introducing him- self as a salesman for the company. After chatting a few minutes he sald his expense cheak had failed to arrive and banded Holthaus a telegram which read: “Authorize you draw on us $100.”. It was signed in the company’s name. Holthaus gave him the money only to ficd out later he was not con- -« mected with the company. Bear Was Sheep Thief. Altoona, Pa.—The mystery of the disappenrance of sheep from farms in Juniata township was explained when a huge bear was seen feasting on the curcass of one of them. The animal was shot, - It weighed 250 pounds, “In The Family” By GENEVIEVE ULMAR (Copyright, 1918, Western Newspaper Union.) “You're a fine fellow, Bussett. Best of friends, eh?” ‘Thank you, surely, Pierson.” “Business rivals, but that’s the spice of the game., Now this little incident of that plece of property we both claim to own has come up. Are we going to take off out coats and pound ench oth- er? Not much! Our side is in pos- session—you’ve got only an old tax title, Litigation? Don’t do it—ex- pense—hard feeling. Honest, 3assett, I don’t care a rap for the old broken- down farmhouse and miserablc patch of land that won’t ralse anything but thistles. Only it's a sort of old-time relic and in all honor I want to keep it in the family,” “And 1 simply wish to abide by the business rules my father has inculcat- ed—to hold on to what seems to be mine by right.” . “Well, let it rest for a bit, and see what time develops.” To,this Ned Bassett,~bright, system- atic young man of business, did not reply, for he had made up his mind to bring the matter to & decisive focus. As Plerson, shrewd and enterprising, had secretly formed the same conclu- slon, it was a question of who got there first. “There” was Mayville, near which little hamlet the property In contest was located. Dyke Plerson fancied he had stolen a march on Bas- sett when he quietly left the city to find out what the Mayville lawyers said about his case. Bassett had ar- rived in Mayville four hours earlier. As he was turning a tree-shaded cor- ner he drew back quickly. Out of view sounded a familiar voice, that of Pler- son, and it spoke questioningly: “What's the trouble, Sonnle?” Bas- sett peered past a tree. Seated on the edge of the sidewalk was Plerson. An urchin of six was digging his fingers in his eyes and weeping copiously. * “I.wanted to go to the movies and Ben Leyner promised to buy my bag of marbles for a dime, and he ain't here.” “Let's see your marbles,” spoke Plerson, and the boy poured forth a full array of “mibs,” glass alleys, “glassies,” bolers and cornelfans, Pler- son pawed.them over with a grin, pow- erfully reminded of his leng past youthful days. “I'll buy the outfit,” he said. “There’s a . quarter,” and the delighted lad bounded off in high spirits. Then Pler- son chuckled as he jogged his memory to classify the marbles by names that came back to him like a whiff of early boyhood. Suddenly Bassett stepped into view. . “Hello!” he halled.. “What are you doing here at Mayville?” Pierson looked.up, bored and flush- ing. “Oh, well,” he stammered, “I1 came down here to play marbles. What fetched you here?” “Oh, to watch you play them,” re- torted Bassett. “Trying to steal a march on me, eh?” “Well, you're here, too, aren't you? Say, ever play these things?” s “I'll play you a,game of plumpins,” suggested Bassett—“ten marbles In the ring, with bolars for shooters. I win, that land’s mine. If you win, I'll never trouble you about it again,” “Done!” shouted Pierson, who had a good deal of sporting spirit in his makeup—and 10st. A curious crowd had gathered around to witness the strange sight-of two fullgrown men playing marbles in dead earnest. Winner and loser hastened to get béyond the gaping vil- lagers, “Now don't look so grouchy because luck went against you,” spoke Bassett. “Truth is, I don't want the old farm, and when I come to reckon up just what taxes we have pald and inter- est amounts to I may turn it back to you on a new deal.” “Hope you will,” replied Plerson, somewhat mollified. “Well, anyway, we'll keep it out of the devouring maw of the law. I say, are you putting up at the hotel? Yes? So am I, but I'm going to run down by auto to see my folks. Come along with me.” So Bassett went. Strange freak of fate! Glowing birth of a new ideal in his impressionable mind that colored all his life! It was at the Plerson home that he met Madge, the sister of Plerson. “How such a perfect angel comes to be the sister of a man of such com- mon clay as you are made of,” he ralled at Pierson, “I can’t understand.” © “Aha! You have got a soul for some- thing besides dollar grubbing, eh?” Pierson abused him {n turn. Plerson went back to the city next morning. “See here,” observed Bas- sett, “I llke this little town. I need a rest and I'm going to take a week's va- catlon.” It was fully two weeks before Bas- sett returned to the city. “Got back, eh?” hailed Pierson, meeting him on the street. “By the way, you sort of hinted at some possible arrangement about that old farm land.” “Why, yes,” nodded Bassett. “You're thinking of asking it back, are you?” “Why, 1 was, for a fact—on a falr money basis.” “No need,” pronounced Bassett. “Eh? What do you mean?”’ “Why, you said all you cared about was keeping it In the family, didn't you?” “That’s right.” “It's there, already. Your sister— “What's Madge got to do with 1t?” “Only this: she 18 going to become ay wife,” was the buoyant reply. e e e e e et et et et e et e e I e B e e o e T S THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER FOSSTON SOLDIER’S NAME IN LIST OF THOSE KILLED Another neighboring town’s sol- dier son is reported among the list of killed in action, Serverin Tangen.of Fosston being included in General Pershing's report to the war depart- ment. HERE ON HONEYMOON. ‘Captain. Kingsley Ervin and bride are at Birechmont spending their hon- eymoon, having come from Des Moines, Ia., where they were married Saturday. Captain Ervin is in sta- tion at Camp Dodge and at the cere- mony, T. S. Ervin of Bemidji attended his brother as groomsman. Pty What He Wanted, General Biddle said at a London gar- den party: i “The doughboy in France has a lot of trouble with the French language. A doughboy sat on a bench in the Tuileries gardens one day and thumb- ed a French phrase book discontents edly. “ “This here book,’ he growled, ‘don’t tell you what you want to say-at all. It tells you how to say the uncle of your ‘mother is sixty-five years old, or the sister of your wife has bought a cow, or the umbrella of “your neigh- bor 1s In_the attic, but I don’t want-to say nothing of that kind. “‘What do.you want to say? an- other doughboy asked. “What I'ni- after; sald the first doughboy, ‘is a book that tells you how to say, ‘Your face is familiar; ain’t we met before? or ‘Gee, them ‘eyes!” or ‘Little girl, you sure do look out o’ sight in that swimmin’ suit’” Printing Tags Cards . : Blanks Folders .+ v Dodgers o"Receipts Envelopes Statements Bill Heads Invitations ! Packet Heads Letter Heads Call at Pioneer Offic# Phonea 922 and 923 GOOD WORK IS OUR SPECIALTY WANT AD DEPT Advertisements in this column cost half cent a word per issue, when paid cash in advance. No ad will be run foriles§ than 10c per issue. .71Ads chargedion our books cost one cent a word per issue. No ads run for less-than 26c¢. <. FORSALE FOR SALE—One 1916 and one 1917 Ford touring car. Phone 1. 5t914 FOR SALE Modern house, 719 Minn. avenue. Inquire at house or Tel 309 or 556., 6t914 FOR SALE—Two milk cows, four years old, will sell cheap. A. M. Sande, at Brose's Tebacco store 6t914 FOR SALE—Hand made stake wagon. ‘Will sell right. Koors Bros. 810tf FOR SALE OR TRADE—Tractor Mo- line Universal 6-12 horsepower; practically new. See Carl Opsata, Bemidi, Minn. R. No. 2. 12t914 FOR RENT FOR RENT—Five-room house, also furnished flat for the winter, mod- ern except heat, close in. 317 America. Phone 618-W Smith. 6t914 FOR RENT—Cottages. Thomas Roy- craft, Lavinia, Minn. 823tf FOR RENT—30 acres, ec. 17, Twp. Frohn, to seed to rye. Rent for cash or on shares. Address 307 Seventh street. Phone 495-J. 6-913 FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms, 1302 Bemidji avenue. Phone 452-W. 826tf WANTED BOY WANTED—Chance for school boy to work for board. Phone 847. \ 2t911 WANTED TO RENT—Modern fur- nished room, close to business dis- trict, by young married couple, res- idents of Bemidji. Address X. Y.-Z. Pioneer. 99tf WANTED—Carpenters, 70c per hour for first class men. Apply J. Pfef- fer, Webb Location, Hibbing, Minn. 6t914 WANTED—Chambermaid and dining room girls. Birchmont. Phone 16F2 826tf WANTED—Competent maid for gen- eral housework. Mrs. E. W. John- son, 1218 Lake Boulevard. Phone 11-R. 97te e e e e e e— e e ———— - WANTED—Girl for general -house- work. Apply at once. Mrs. Au- -gust Monson. Phone 587-W. 99tf} PR O K K U S i B SPURL WANTED TO PURCHASE—A well located residence property in Be- midji. Address D44, care Pioneer, giving street number and lowest cash price. 10t916 WANTED—Competent maid for gen- eral housework. Mrs. Kaplan, Kaplan building. 95tL e S s S RS S WANTED TO -BUY—Second hand Reed baby bugy. Phone 825-.19.10 2t! e e WANTED—School girl to work for room.and board. Phome 817-J. 2t911 WANTED—At once some who- can put an Underwood typewriter - in good working order. Apply Pio- neer for address. .3t912 WAN&ED—Man to beat carpets for house cleaning. Markham hotel 2t911 WANTED — Chambermaid. Apply housekeeper Markham hotel. 910tf E o e MEAT INJURIOUS TO THE KIDNEYS Take a Tablespoonful of Salts If Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers We are* a nation of meat eaters and our blood is filled with uric acid, gays a well-known authority, who warns us to be constantly on guard against kidney trouble. The kidneys do their utmost- to free the blood of: this irritating acid, but -become weak from the overwork; they get sluggish; the eliminative tis- sues clog and thus the waste is re- tained in the blood to poison the entire system. When your kidneys ache and feel like lumps of lead, and . you have stnging pains in the back or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or the bladder is irritable, obliging you to seek relief during the night; when you have severe headaches, nervous and dizzy- spells, sleeplessness, acid stomach or rheumatism in bad weath- er, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take -a tablespoonful in a glass of water be- fore breakfast each morning and in a few days your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the! acid of grapes and lemon juice, com- bined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, to neutralize the acids in urine so it is no longer a source of irritation, thus ending urin- ary and bladder disorders. . Jad Salts is inexpensive and can not injure; makes a delightful effer- vescent lithia-water drink, and no- body can make a mistake by taking a little occasionally to keep the kid- neys clean and active. 5 . . TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1918 Never Neglect a Cold. Fvery cold, especially in a young child, should be considered - serious. The possibility and the frequent oc- cirrrence of complications such as mid- .~ dle ear inflammation, inflammation in % one of the accessory sinuses of the g nose, broncho pneumonia or lobar pneumonia must always be a subject for consideration and prevention it possible. Lively Town, First Boomer—*You fellows have no gitup about you at: all. "Why don’t you have photographs .of your town taken, like we did? Are you ashamed of it?” -Rival Boomer—“Naw, that ain't the reason at all. -I want you to understand, young fellah, that our town don't stand still long enough to be. photographed.”—Terre Haute Ex- press. Styli of Brgeciviniy | ne ‘%’%W:%/&%l«&)‘”fl W,/%degaya . vl Bl 1l .'5"’ ,MM d/éflw/ ) @z%uw » e Mes, Ruderich Bneald Teal i, Ay, Banicl Clavence awlor MR.ARTHUR E. STUTZMAN . | Mirs.Clarence David Stevens ux W, (boiwinie. FoaBnbor . vive sopmunren MR.WILLIAM HOWARD TAYLOR I Roman, SLANTING RONDE eornia, e Calling cards, announcements, wed- ding invitations, etc., will be printed, en- graved or embossed right in our own plant. Bring in your plates if you already have them and we will fill your orders. The Bemidji Pioneer Publishing Co. Telephones 922 and 923 Bemid;i, Minn. o - —_— Did You Stationery postoffice. Small users of typewriter paper can now buy it in tablet form. Instead of breaking boxes and keeping loose sheets laying around there is a big saving in waste. These tablets sell from 45 cents to 75 cents and contain 100 sheets. ) The boxes contain 500 sheets and the paper comes in 834x11 size and 83%x13 size. The range in price runs from $1.50 per box to $3.50., Gl Multicopy —did you ever see that advertised? Well, sir, nearly every magazine you pick up contains Multicopy adver- tising. When people are particular they always ask, when given other brands of carbon paper: “Is this just as good as Multicopy?”. Then, why not have Multi- Our stock of papers is larger than any in north central Minnesota. Your selection is made easily and we know you will be satisfied. Typewriter Ribbons Our line comprises the well known WEBSTER STAR BRAND RIBBONS. There are none better made. If there was we would sell them. The price is $1.00. A coupon book, good for six ribbons, cost $5.00. Get them fresh as you need them. PIONEER STATIONERY [HOUSE 0ld Postoffice Store -—of typewriter paper and carbon paper in the Pioneer See That Window House? The store formerly occupied by the Carbon Paper Bemidji, Minn. — - - | ' Defective