Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 29, 1919, Page 2

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER H. M. STANTON Editor ---Manager TELEPEONE 932 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidjl; Minn., 88 8eco! -glass m“fil under act of Congress of March 8, 1879. No attention paid to annonymous contributions. Wr%ur‘q.,nqme ‘must; Wit not necessarily for publication. by be known to the editor, but not neces y o o oftlcs fiot ications. for the Weekly Pioneer mu it reac latercglmg“’fl‘nuesday of each week to insure publlcu}o:\ in ngfl curvent jssue; = v = o SUBSCRIPTI RATES BY MAIL BY CARRIER 5Y 3 One year ... . .$5.00 One JOAE .......ececercecs . 84.00 8ix months . 2.60 Three months 1.26 ©One month . 45 One week .. a2 THE WEBKLY PIQWEER { taining & & of the news of the week. ov-r:. fim?:d sent postage to any address, for, h Mvwo,.l OFFICIAL COUNTY AXD OITY. FROCEEDINGS THE AMERICANIZATION MEASURE. One of the truly important measures to come lgefore ‘the next Congress will be the Americanization bill, which failed of adoption in the last congress, as it will_be ;enntgo@uced. No opposition of any importance developed against it in- the-last congress and probably none will in’the next, but unless- Gon- gress shows a different spirit there is the same gianger that it will be allowed to lie dormant until, in the frantic effort of the last days, it will disappear again. . It is a bill by which the United States .quemrqent»w!ll,co- operate with State Governments in teaching Bnglish-to .thgse who cannot speak or read it now. It proposes:an appx priation of $12,5600,000 a year, to end in 1926. ' The-money 8 tg;he dis- tributed among the States, and each: State.is:to, get:its share only on condition that’ it matches the cqntnbutlon: dpll_mv, for dollar. It is not to be used for the education of young children, i E but of illiterates and non-English-speakin; | 10 years old, for at least 200 hours a yea =11 000 such persons. ‘ ) ) P When the bill was before Cong{xequlrector,an Manning 3 of the Bureau of Mines informed that _body that .its. passage would decrease fatalities ameng the minexs by nearly 1,000 a | year, and injuries. among the. same class by about 1‘6‘0,900 a | ? year. The reason he gave was that a great number of accidents r. There are 8,500, | arise from the inability to non-English speaking miqers to.regd, PR precautionary signs in dangerous mines, and also in their in- ability to understand the warnings or instructions of foremen. The fatilities resulting from this inability- are, of course, not | confined to the illiterates themselves, since such an accident I often results in the death of many besides the man directly re- sponsible. | The first appropriation under t! d be T but during the remaining six years if its operation it woyld be ing schoolhouses, but chiefly for the purpose of paying salaries of teachers, supervisors, and directors of educational work. The bill is carefully divised to render aid in proportion to the needs ! of the several States, and, as has already been said, they must match their quotas dollar for dollar. W The shocking and intolerable conditions that have been revealed must be stamped out. Itis not merely that illiteracy is a reproach to any nation, but that the war has revealed it to be a positive menace to this one. Nor has the end of the war put an end to this demonstration; it is being renewed daily in dis- turbances of an anti-American character, and in the hitherto { unnecessary activity which has been imposed-on the courts. i One of the first acts of the new Congress should be to take up the Americanization bill and pass it. . —0 THE GIRL§ IN BLOOMERS i We heartily agree with Isadore Joanis, foreman of-the Be- | midji Box company, that we have all neglected to give deserved g ] appreciation to the girls who donned bloomers at the beginning of the war and toiled in factory and on farm that boys and men might become available for military service. But as to whether we agree that these same women should retain many of the positions held, thereby throwing male laborers out of employ- ment for which they have been trained, we are not quite certain. There are several matters which must be taken into consid- eration. For instance, if a woman is capable of handling a machine as efficiently as a man, and is enabled to turn out work of equal amount, why isn’t she entitled to the job and to the wage of a man? But if she is not sufficiently expert to do this, and machines are not operated to the extent of which they are capable, the women should not ask that they be retained. Through patriotism women filled positions left vacant by men, | they more than made good, and just consideration must be given to the matter of relieving them from.their work. But at the ! same time we must not permit boys and-men who are returning | from military service to search for work.”*We owe them em- | ployment. | Many women when thrown out of their work will return | ¥ to their homes or enter again upon domestic service. The | women themselves, however, seem by no means acquiescent in this plan for their disposal. Having for about the first time in their lives received wages which enabled them: to live in reason- able comfprt, they have succeeded in establishing a new stand- ard of living among working people, and it is safe to predict that they will be unwilling either to-go-back-te-the-meager wage scale in force before the war or to be cast back indiseriminately into the ranks of the economically dependent. | R 4 R T i OUR NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING As a result of action taken by the city council last evening, Bemidji is soon to have a convenient, attractive and long needed municipal building. Its cost will be approximately $7,000, the money having been provided in the last city tax levy when a $9,000 item was mgluded for the permanent improvement fund. ] The council wisely decided to remodel the present city hall and by a few alterations to transform it into a municipal build- ing that will meet requirements for some time to come. The ground floor }vxl] be left practically as it is, the changes provid- i ing a women’s rest room and offices for the city engineer and i superintendent of the water department. On the secop‘d oor will be found a spacious council chamber and municipal court room; a band room, with private office for th_e director and a large assembly hall to be used for Commercial club purposes, with kitchen accommodations. In addition a stucco finish will cover the entire building. Itisa splendid plan. —_— g S : Baseball enthusiasts of Bemidji will meet at the Commenr- cial club rooms this evening to discuss the proposition of financ- | ing a baseball team this year. The meeting: should be largely attended and action should be taken which will assire a base- ball nine. A city secures valuabie publicity throtigh a winning i baseball team that can be had in no other way. We should all 153 boost for & baseball team. g, persons: more; than ! $12,500,000 annually. The money wouldnot besused for build- in soft clay by sediment in such a man- DEBUTANTE PICKPOCKET. = & - 03 g "ner as to-leave perfectly preserved im- Mrs, .Preston -was.indeed surprised p ? = - P at the quickness with “whichthe lit- e % ’ b ) eV ellS 9 l I he bill would be $5,000,000 105ves themselves. have rotted and | The. Icelander. is.not,. {mo.__He | her new Paramount photoplay, which an. Bekimo.. He | B, " 10 5 e shown -at ‘the” Elke|women-of the village to-refuse to be- e ————————————————————— """'L’*”"‘ ——t == 1 ¥ ¥ ) { e s 1 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER d refused all others unt Daughter of the Gods, A T T H E Brenon wrote and directed, and was ¥ 4 i 80 ieliarmed” by .tha work ‘that ghe COUNTRY NOT RIGHTLY NAMED ,.Egé’ns- RlGHT lceland by No Means the Barrgn’ Waste Which Appellation Would | signed a contract tovappear undér SIT'S A ¢ Seem to Imply | . hiscdireotion. “War /Brides” is an 2 o & : : 1 Tfl'E A T E R s intensely; dramatic story, but while | WMK\W Iceland suggests to many people 8 it-has-to do-with ‘conditions-brouzht o - - - - ~ —— -about - by war:-there are. not -battle - GET-IT AT land of glacial coldness populated by scenes. A tr fur-clad, hiveting.. xdtives, sprobably IN LOVE/WITH: IT. L R S KEskimos. The real Icelander wears Pauline Frederick, the beautityl but no battle scene is enacted. *The clothes no warmer than those needed | omotional actress appearing in Para- main story has to do with the suffer- in Canada. His winters sre’gsudlly, { mount .pictures, declared recently:|ings/of the:women at home. Joan, Do more severs than those of Canwda. | that “*A' Daughter of the'Old.South, | the.young widow, defles the military authorities, and urges the young 'YOURDEALERS: OR WRITE NNEAPOLIS, MINN. 'DISTRIBUTORS come brides of the departing soldicrs. She is imprisoned, but escapes, and leads a. band of mourning women td is a descendant of the fair-haired Vik- ings. . Nothing excltes an Icelander’ more than to. have some one pleasant- | seen since she became..a star in th o e 1y.ask him if it 18 ever warm in Ice silent drama. ‘‘The story isa charm- meet the King and. protest. against | - - land.and if sny. flowers grow. there, | ing one and the picture as a whole is | War. Her own individual ‘messoge | she delivers in a most dramatic man- | M, E.‘ IBERTSON' N That Iceland is.so: misunderstood is. | an artistic gem,”’ she said enthusias- 5 “The part’ of the Creole: girl | ner- Herbert Brenon has excelled | entirely the. fault of the Norse explor' ‘;fil‘:-l ‘orhe part of tha Creo e ity | himself in this production. Hi A - nterested. me- huge! on. His pre- CLOP ers who landed on the Island:aud gett!| 00 S0 0t B toE To was complgtaz vious successes, ‘‘Neptune’s Daurh- Funeral Director and obliged. to.name it. A8 it was 8:eold ¥ ter,” * 0 o . ~ day. and the land.was frozen ‘heneath’ t h:"-;é'{g%‘--‘wgfi,'{’:fi;&; is also (?l:men}:‘:aeusog;sgf"Bx:?';g:a;{’reuZ‘z}; Llcemedf Embalmer a hlanket of snow,.they thoughtlessly { on:tonights program. at: the: Elko. Sonata,” and pthers, have won for Z called it Tceland.and departed.hastily. - - him a.reputation second to that of PICTURE FRAMING Flad theg. drat wislted:theelstand on o | - BILLIE BURKE.THE STAR, |10 other direcior in the world, Snf 4. 3PECIALTY ‘#pring day, when the wind,blew across | To seo Billie Burke in.a new por. Bo-afakes s goputation Npon auin || Zhore A1TW ahd 317-R broad, plains, they might. have felt |trayal invariably is & delightful ex-|to the present o restoyn /408" Beltrami ‘Avenue the...vastness - of. the .place .andwitir | perience to her. great: army of ad- 3 : -BEMIDJL, ‘MINN. equal carelessness called it Greatland: mirers all;over this-country, for it : SR The, name, Iceland was: officially adopt- imzu;es “t] th%m the .boa‘: i:gazs mh::uc Three English Institutions. ed. and. instantly..hecame the island’s art-has to-adyance.. = ‘Burke i8] Wherever the sons of Britanniz may | ' | a charming.comedienne and her mag- | roam, three great and unmistakably theatre tonight, is one of the finest productions. in.which she:has been .-HANNAH hoodoo. s netism -and. artistr; § Summer in Ic6land is.warm, some- |In ‘The Make EBetl!zve%iit:?i:?g;:é 'Br:::lshthlnst::utlous Aot the?u apart E. w times hot. In_ June. the. sun..pours | Elko theatre Wednesday and Thurs- i other races and creeds: Tea in o down upon. the . :plains - continuously day. - Miss Burke appears in-a de- the -afternoon, handkerihiefs pushed Licensed - save for a few minutes at midnight; | 1ightful ..comedy.drama, . skilitully | 10 the sleeves and “dress” for dinner, Avaks ~ = Auctioneer produced. Another unicelandic-phase of Iceland are the hot. springs: which- spout. up I Sell ‘Anything ‘“Anywhere, and Get Top Prices. Special :attention :given to steaming- water. To this hot water - LAST-TIME TONIGHT. EDRY. NG supply the women -carry their. wash- The amazing situation;of an.Amer- || Clothes Cleaners for Men, Women ing as a’ matter of ‘convenience. fean.Ace leading a.squadron. of, Ger- snd Children man bombing ’planes in a raid over Iceland is not a land of luxuriant | paris is seen et vegetation or perfect climate. It 13 a | Trump,” the tmrldn EE’:‘ll;e w’fii',‘:',:if %g farm sales. ° . fairly prosperous:little country: that| release in:the Vitagraph-Star Series, 206 M A P 20W x inn. Ave., Phone:1 struggles. bravely..agalust, itshapdi- { which.. will . be. seen.,in “the Grand; \caps, : not: the least: .of ; whieh, Isythe theatre -tonight! -~ The-Ace also lands woblds. attitude of.persistent.misun- within the German lines and goes to | » suipon Berlin, ‘where:he learns the plans’of derstanding. a proposed-offensive, which he‘brings = back. to vthe-:allied..commander-in- p E NUTS MILLION YEARS OLD oM lams:hafl ®: most :ef- Fer Quick Returns and Highest Cash ‘Market Prices ,rol; in:this war romance:of Interesting Eossils:Recéntiy:Found by | German Sacret:Servi Sanexs ; 3 the -United;-States _Geolagloal . . plate:thex-wrongs hl?\ ?:;?bmu::r HIDES, FURS, WOOL, the:youth-who: plays:the :part of-a 8Survey. ‘unwittingly had done his country: 1 . e e o Hun sympathizep:bofore: the vait-||| SHEEP PELTS and BEE ° | tly - discov- i ‘pntered the'war. mys- ong the fosally retently. cincov tery of his apparent:duplicity :s’:fi- WAX a.nd TALLOW . ed by the United 0t 1 Y States_geologica tained to the-very-end;-where the survey. are remarkably well-preserved girl he doves, convineéd:he i“”‘“’i TO NORTHERN HIDE& FUR OMPA impresslons or. casts of.leaves of sev- [ or " qotermines: tokill him :on. their eral extinct varieties of.ash, oak, beech | wedding . o + DrOY i ESO' and. hickory, which were 1found, with g i o evasled &% No. A Aot fom: BEMIDJL, MINNESOT A, three present-day specles; in:states bor- 295 of.the United,States Secret.Serv- - - - dering the Gulf of Mexico, according to ice, thexman ;who: ensbled the’ allies the Youth's Companion. Although the | t0 launch their offensive which end- ed the war. : : 1 —— = “For that i")‘fll gone, here and there.some were buried pressions. The nuts, on the other hand, neither @ecayed nor petrified, but fell into pools of water, which is one of the best preservatives in nature, and soon- er or later were also buried under silt tle street waif she adopted picked up the airs and . socigl >graces -of the world into:which: she was :snddenly plunged. | There:was a:reason! .She was the daughter of the:district-at- torney, who' had: divorced- his- wife and clay. Owing to their hard shells, when his little daughter ‘was “too those that fell Into places favorable {l‘:““g to ;?"l‘einbe‘; th’ (;.hle'trole :f tor thelr preservation are today in-ex- degu?ais‘; ll{)a%h?:necl:;ord‘:l:; :h: collent condition, although slightly | pest work of ‘her screen:career. The flattened by the long soaking and the |picture is" “The Law ‘That: Divides,” gentle pressure of the clay. The de- |Plaza, and .will bevseen at the Grand posit in which the leaves and nuts were ahegtmr next: Wednesday:and Thuts- ay. ‘Out-of-Sorts’ ATIVE TABLETS.. b of your distress’and - 7" These “pleasanit:to-take” .ablets - act natugally on the bowels \~ & 7 N O found Is not less than a million years o old. N ¥ : s 1 e e ey “WAR-BRIDES” AT'REX. - = JJ gripe or cause other unpleasant = “War Brides,” the first production : quickly ‘relieve constipat , and A and improve your general health. Arohitecture and Life Are One. by the Herbert Brenoh ‘Film corpora- There is- another resuit of good |tion for Selznick-pictures. - will be \ 2 ) MILES ATIVE ‘m’m- ; teaching of art history that is impor- |seen at the Rex theatre ‘today and ?}3 iste ev.erywumhére; Cogto'nl' n'{m‘h‘i tant. A good teacher of art history tomorrow. This photodrama’will in- ) \ - : fio%backiftheyfail tosadaf;,mklefih’fl cannot fail to lmpress upon his stu- dents how intimately the history of art and the history of the race are con- nected : how every great change in style Is only a symptom of some great change In ways of thinking and tving. The history of architecture ought to tench that life and art are one and that falseness of Ideal ls mirrored in- evitably by a fake architeeture. It ought to go far toward removing that destructive viewpoint of the present day that ‘sees architecture as some- thing far off and esoteric and unimpor- tant instead of the very stuff of our contemporary civillzation. It ought, in A word, to:open the draftsman's eyes to- the soclal implications and- the so- ctal responsibllities of his art.—Talbot F. 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The habitual customer, Mr. Feed: well, would often condescend to- chat with the head: waiter. ‘One.-day he =aid very seriously: “Look -here; 1 don't often ‘complain, tut this pepper of yours is half peas!” “Oh, no!" sald the head waiter in- dignantly. “1 see to that” miyself. We grind our own peppet.” “But I tell you it's half peas,” sald | the custonter, “and; Tl proveit! P-e-p- p-e-r—half ‘p's’ You see!” And Ye laughed until the tears-came. _The head waiter.smiled weakly, and went to get the customer’s change. He returned -stfll- smiling. The customer glanced through: his‘change. “Threepence short,” he sald. “1 think not, sir,” said- the walter. “Sixpence for peas, * sir. Now—half peas—"—London Tit-Bits. Helgoland. Helgoland lies in the North sea, 40 tles northwest trom the-mouth of the Elbe. 1t consists of a steep, rocky platean, 184 feet high, with a strip of firm sand at its southeasterly foot. Its grea is-abost 123 acres. Knlser Wil- 3tam is said to have expended $50,000,- s 000 on the practical ronibiwtion ot . o for MY-INEIO- 8o vnsvseein s shsa B e R RS R ey the island; it Is fortified agalnst sea { and cannon alike with great grauite SieivieEe e u e 0ne o .o Sies R -l- buttresses 16 feet thick and 240 feet nigh-on all sides. -Even the fissures in its citffs have heen-filled up and bound together with ferro-concrete — tholl- sands of fons of i, The Mttle island is {wholly incised ‘with = eemented belt jof armor. fortified with modern ords nance. BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER, Bemidji; Minn. Gentlemen: I am returning this coupon with $4.90, for which T ami to receive the offer as listed above. | Defectiv