Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 20, 1918, Page 4

R § f i BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ————PUBLISHED EVERY APTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. THE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. G. E. CARSON s E, H. DERT & i = B TELEFHONE 922 Entered at the postoftice at Bemidjl, Minn., a8 second-class mattos under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. t/ — T No atsentfon paid to annonymous contributions. ~Writer's name must be known to the editor, but not necessarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this cffice not latér than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue, — e _BUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER One year ... .00 One year .. Six months . Three months Six montks .. One month ... One week ,.... Three months THE WEEKLY PIONEER Ten %, containing a summary of the news of the week. Published .vm.'l'h?u‘ld.‘,l'! and ment postage paid to any sddress, for, in advance §1.50 OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS —— THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES. The subject of female suffrage seems to be an apple of discord to both house and senate, but at all events it is now con- sidered worthy of attentive contemplation in both places. The evolution of their attitude toward it has been gradual, but steady. The same may be said of the whole country, though in certain districts the movement has been less lethargic. Perhaps it would be easier to apprach vexed questions if legislators had the courage to say what they think, or to say it oftener. ¢ Thousands of women have studied politizal economy, tar- iffs, the theories of government, penology, international law, and other subjects concerning which the average congressman is deplorably ill-informed.” And many an illiterate hoodlum: votes at elections where women of the above type are barred. Can you visualize Mary Roberts Rhinehart excluded from a polling booth, and a hunch of bar-room derelicts admitted— the prerogative being conferred on the basis of general intelli- gence, which seems the most rational basis on which to deter- mine qualification? ) The question is not merely whether the sufferage should be extended, but whether it should not in certain cases be re- stricted. The intrinsic value of the average woman’s opinion on public guestions we are too discreet—or too timid—to dis- cuss here. We are not at present looking for a permanent lodg- ing in a cemetery. But what about the opinion of the average man? Male voters are not all bar-room derelicts—but still less are they all authorities on the philosophy of government. Examination tests, applied to males and females alike, have often been suggested, but always with caution. Not many candidates for office have the nerve to tell a massmeeting of male voters that he favors the exclusion of some of them from the ballot. RGeS, U *THE PROMISED LAND. The Anglo-Saxons colonized America for the benefit of the Jews. This at any rate, has long been the conviction of many an envious anti-Semite. The Jews colonized the Holy Land for the ultimate bene- fit of the Anglo-Saxons, but the ultimate beneficiaries, under General Allenby, have arrived rather late. The “vineyards which ye planted not” are yielding only a meagre harvest: to- day. . To many of us in America the Syrian and Mesopotamian cam- paigns have only a secondary importance. timental rather than their strategic significance. and to take shots at the kaiser from Nazareth or the Garden of Eden JSJ stimulates, lke wine, and. the world | long-range marksmanship the effeciiveness of which is not dis- cernible Lo every eve. e Have we forgotten the boast that came from Berlin when Tonstantinople became accessible to Germany by allianace with Bulga 4n empire extending from the North Sea to the alf can never be blockaded” was the pronouncement, Persian & boundaries are narrower today. but’ the -empire . liore and other caqr provice Gatden ol i A grain ‘experts that dantly for the allied armies. P v as are worth preserving. ] iy b e NOT SLACKERS, EXACTLY. Axid now comes along a professor who says that-the edu- cated people of Anierica are slacking on the job of parent- hood. He s that among this class a family of less than fonr children is a slacker family. % i Lkes no mention of the prices of food, of coal, of rent, of clothing, of domestic service, of specialists and of shoe- laces. An era of high prices is an era of low birth rate. Aneri- cans are ambitious for their children. They realize that chil- dren must be earefully reared and sufficiently educated, or they. suffer a lite-long handicap. b fower prices prevail agsin the birth rate among the of America will rise. PR, > be hoped that all the khaki colored articles in the b 1d before Christmas. By next Christmas there nothinz for them to mateh. RO R R In Vienna, just before the armistice was concluded, shoes sold at from sixty dollars to ninety dollars a pair. A Vienna father could quote, “Blessings on thee, barefoot boy,” with genuine fervor, stor may be EPARRan B SRR The Huns say that they have committed no atrocities. Just what is an atrocity? 0 r A merry Christmas to you all! We see their sen-. i has latety been declared by Professor Scott’ the Mesopotamian wheat crop‘ sation of singular health and lmppi-i And since the;n(\ss, and on coming down after a 1 is no. longer needed to support Adam’s im-|series of smooth spirnls. there:is an | @ ¢ tamily circle, it may as well feed those of hig remoter; % 1 Jone feel sleepy. RECEIVES SAD MESSAGE. Mrs. M. F. Willfon received a mes- sage this morning announcing the death of her father, P. A. Magnuson of Duluth, the cause of his death be- ing pneumonia, followiug the Span- ish influenza. He was 60 years old and up to the time he was taken with the epidemic had never been sick. Mrs. Willson returned from her father's bedside last Sunday, as he geemed to be out of danger at that time, and it was a great shock to her to receive the amnouncement of his death this morning. HOME FOR HOLIDAYS. Sergeant Howard Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Paimer, is ex- pected to arrive from the University of Minnesota Sunday morning and will spend the holidays with his par- ents . Mr. Palmer, who has been en- rolled in- the students army training corps has received his honorable dis- charge and after the holidays will enter -some university or college and resume his stud Howard has the distinction of having been made a jsergeant the second time he svas out i to drill at the university. LTRAMI C0. som%ssmxs | PUT DOWN TURKEY. T00. © Mr. and Mrs, G. A. Walker are in receipt of an interesting letter from their son’ William, who is in France. The letter is dated November 28, and is from Beaune. It says in part: “This is my second Thanksgiving in France but it differs somewhat from that of last year. This year we had turkey, plum pudding and all the trimmings, while last year we had French war bread and syrup.” He states further tuat he expects to be home shortly after the new year, and that the old United States will look good to him. They also re- ceived a Christmas card ' from him, dated November 29. William is in the twentieth engineers, and has been at Metz with the army of cccupa- tions. His brother, Dale, is also in the Twentieth engineers but with a different regiment, and = another brother, George, was in the infantry until recently when he was trans- ferred to an officers’ training camp in France. - SOLDIER WELL KNOWN HERE 1S KILLED: FRENCH BATTLEFRONT The Pioneer has received a letter from Fred Ihde of Hanford, Cal., in which he calls attention of the many friends of the his son, Corp. Walter F. Ihde, that he was fatally wounded in action on the French battlefront, wounds received causing his ‘su- preme sacrifice.”- He enlisted in Oc- tober, 1917, and was in action ‘‘seme- where in France” last February when shot. 7 He gave up the fight for life Oc- tober 16, The dead soldier was a member of the machine gun company, 167th infantry, 42d division. | L It was during the trouble in Mexico two years ago that he served on the border and was 26 years of age, His boyhood was spent in Minnesota and he had many warm friends in Be- midji. Besides his parents, he leaves two sisters, Louise and Emma, and four brothers, Frank; Laurence and Fred of Hanford, Cal., and Richard Ihde of St. Michael, Neb. HEIGHT BRIN]ES NO -TERROR Airman Has a Féeling of Exhllaration and Healthfulness When “in the Clouds.” Some time ngo I was walking In the country with a friend, when suddeily we heard & soft hum high overhead, snys a writer in a British informatior, bareau bulletin. It took us some time to find the tiny black speck, which looked no larger. than a gnat, far away In the blue. s “Tow awful it must be,” my friend | muttered, ‘“to be at that height,” bered having once sthought that my | self, A% n fact one Has no horror at | {redl does the world beneath seem, the | in which one is comfortably sitting. Height, regarded from a housetop, | may be unpleasant. bit’ s delightful, i beveath stretehes away all round to i the misty horizon, and looks like a { glgantic sunlit .map. I expeeted - to : feel giddy, if not airsick, when T first | B8 {went up and was amazed at the feel- i Ing ot steadiness aifd stability. One has no feeling of giddiness, once contaet with the ground and. station- ary objects Is broken, but only a sen- Lamazingly strong feeling of fsvanting to go up” again and taste once aore | the sweet, fresh air and delightful | thrills of the new world, wine must muke,” I hemrd some one remark the othei® day. . Apurt from the fact that the ears | cap there is, on the contrary, some- thing very soothing in the even note of | the moter, and after being in the air for some time it Is rather apt to make The higher the altitude, the stronger the feecling of exhilaration seems to become, and the world Is apt to seem dull gnd drab when one descends again to stow plodding over the earth. DECIDED ON VERDICT BY LOT Hawaiian Jury Couldn’t Agree and to Settle the Matter Drew Clips From Hat, Substituting the goddess of chance { for the goddess of justice, a jury In | the Honolulu circult court a few days ago drew lots to decide the fafe of 12 Chinese charged with gambling. The incident is without precedent. In the annals of the courts of Hawail, says the Waliukn (H. L) Times. The jurors were discharged by the courtl and' their action branded as “illegal, inexcnsable and highly reprehensible. According to the story told in court, the jury could not agree. Tired of the and fruitless efforts to reach a verdict, it was suggested-that the balloting be abandened and that they draw lots. Twenty-four slips of | paper were prepared, 12 bearing the ' sword “Guilty” and 12 “Not .guilty.” | The slips were shaken up and drawn from a hat by the jurors. who had! prolonged agreed that the first 12 slips of one | B8 kind drawn should determine the ver- dict. The “Not guilty” siips won and a verdict of not guilty was conse auently returned. SR s TS “We joined—have you?” Put your flagin your window i A b N 75 A s X \ : N 777\ When you have that button pinned on your coat, you can look the whole worldin the face —and feel proud. . 5 It means you have answered *present” to the Red Cross. Christmas -Roll Call for 1919. It means that you have placed your personal stamp of approval on the work of the Greatest Mother in the World and that you have given her the moral support of your membership. Red Cross work must go on! IAs long as Americans are under arms across the sea, as long as the results of war, pestilence and famine afflict the world, the need for the Red Cross will exist.. ; v America has never:failed in doing its full &, duty—that duty now. is universal member- ship in the Red Cross. fo1n the Red Cross ~-allyou nesd is @ heart and a dollar THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY PATRIOTIC CITIZENS = Wear your button Will you be wear- ing your member- ship button when the boys come home ? ghastly | K And I smiled, as I remem- ! 3 height. - The higher one is, the losg{ = | more stable and safesds the machine i 8 From 10,000 feet | [ The pure, sweet air at high alfitudes | 888 | “But what a dreadful noise the en- 1 bz are covered by a warm leather flying ¢ _' Buy Coats These oy \ GIVE HER A BLOUSE FdR XMAS Many beautiful ones here at.$5.95 to $15 Schnelder Bras.Co. | - Xmas Suggestlons , her a ) * i e - her happy Suits D at at $21.95 | $18.95 $34.95 $24.50 $43.95 $29.50 $53.95 $39.50 $67.95 $43.95 garments at a saving from $5.00 to $2500 Coat, Suit or Dress and make resses at $14.95 $23.95 - $29.50 $39.50 _ $46.50 i A Pair of Kid Gloves Are always accept- able at $2.50 to $3.50 Silk Hosiery at $1.00, $1.35, $2.00 Make a useful gift Kayser’s Silk Neckwear . Underwear Sweaters 5 Vests at $2.50, $3.00. Are useful gifts at - Co;sets Covers at $1.25, $7.95 to $13.50 50c to $3.00 3.00. > S Knickers at $3.50, $4.00. Union Suits at $4, $5.50. 1 b 1 Heavy and-light wéight 50c. Handkerchiefs at 15¢ to