Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 4, 1919, Page 2

__BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER! -——..—rufinnn RVERY AFTERNOON BXCEPT SUNDAY. - THEE BEMIDJI PIONEER PUBLIAKING CO. G. E. CARSON Vice-Pres.. and Treas. “Manager TEREPEONE 923 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class mattor under act of Congress of March 3, 1873. ention d to annonymous: contributions, Writer's name nu‘nl \ be k’n‘:w‘n“?: the mtm. but not necessarily for publication, ‘Communications for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this office ‘not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue SUBSCRIPTION RATES = .. .85.00 One year .. fl Three months ....... BY MAIL 8ix months ‘Three months . One month . One week .. . THEE WEABKLY FIONEER ‘Ten pages, containing & of the news of the week. Paublishe every Thursday and sent pom'c'-",:fi to any z:mu, for, in advance, $1.60 OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS DARK CLOUD GROWS BRIGHTER ‘At-the beginning of 1915 a long series of demands was made on China by the Japanese. Among them were extensions of the lease on Port Arthur and on Dalny for a century. The effect of these leases were to transfer to Japan the: control of all the mines in South Manchuria and eastern inner Mongolia, including some of the richest mines in the world. Usually a supreme stroke in the direction of territorial aggran- disement by one power results in interference by all other pow- ers directly or remotely interested. In this case the powers most directly interfered—next to China—were Germany and Russia, and at the beginning of 1915 (when this happened) they were still more interested in something else. They had been fighting each other for four months. So the Japanese took hold. But all that they acquired then is insignificant compared with their present demands. The effect of them forces Chinese to employ Japanese advisers in political, financial and military affairs; to establish police departments in important places in China, to be jointly admin- istered by the Chinese and Japanese governments; to purchase from Japan a fixed amount of munitions of war, and to give Japan the right of constructing railways connecting the cities of Wuchang, Kiukiang, Nanchang, Hangchu and Chao-Chou, We may say that it amounts to a protectorate over all China. And it only falls short of annexation because annexa- tion must of necessity be gradual. A country with 400,000,000 inhabitants is too vast to be annexed all at once. But that the process of annexation is well under way no one can doubt. Well, what is this to us, you ask? It is simply this. The whole of eastern Asia is, in fact or in prospect, Japanese. Facing our Pacific coast is the Asiatic coast—administered by a power that controls resources as rich as our own, and which is united in one national purpose, instead of being divided into a number of political parties with contrary aims. _ And to the Japanese we deny citizenship, although we grant it to Mexicans, Turks and Syrians. -Here is cause for international friction, if there were no other causes—friction with a determined antagonist whose resources are boundless, and who seems waiting, for the pschycological moment. We can face the fact with calmness, if we are pre- pared. And we believe we are prepared by the powerful naval fleet now sailing for the Pacific, to remain on the west coast for protection to the United States. e —— COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN STARTS A state-wide movement forthe development of team work between town and country in every community in the state has been started by the general extension division of the University of Minnesota, and has been pledged the support of many or- ganizations of state-wide influence. The movement is based on the common interests of town and country, and the aim is to improve conditions as to pro- duction, distribution ,education, government and living condi- tions: also to promote common interest, acquaintance, under- standing and good will. The final goal is to make a community, including the town and its surrounding territory, a better place in which to live . through “organized friendship.” —_— FIRST BIG REUNION, MINNESOTA STATE FAIR Every incoming vessel from overseas is bringing them— tens of thousands of them—veterans of Chateau Thierry, Bel- leau Woods, the Argonne, the innumerable other places— America’s victorious legions on their way back home. What a reunion it will be when they all-get back—what reviews and parades and gala days—what occasion for public rejoincing. Even now, a full month ahead of the big reunion at the Minnesota State fair, August 30 to September 6, full plans for that great reception have been laid. It will be a stupendous event, bigger than anything ever held in this part of the country. N There will be reviews, military music by America’s most noted military bands, and hosts of other features. The crown- ing feature of the fair—the daring flight by Lieutenant Ormer Locklear, who passes from one plane to another—a reunion feature in itself, since Locklear learned the art of flying as an instructor in an American aviation camp. ~ . Tt is sincerely hoped that many in this community will par- ticipate in the festivities at the State Fair this year, and help greet the boys just returned home. = a vengeance. This sort of character i H[is one of the red-blooded kind in | NEWS OF THE which Mr. Reid invariably appears to signal advantage and there is lit- tle doubt that his admirers will find his new characterization highly en- tertaining. Mr. Reid is charmingly supported by Ann Little, as tue girl, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, James Cruze and others. THEATERS THE RED-BLOODED KIND. In an outdoor play, with the big | sist upon living over again the “‘good THE BEMIDJI DAILY i’lQNEER i - | — - - punching, stage coaches, cattle thiev- ing and the desperado is no more ac- cording-to “The Prodigal Liar.” In its,place has come the sheep herder, the flivver, the gentleman planter and the California bungalow. Six.shooters aren’t in fashion and they’re carried for ornamental pur- poses only by the old timers who in- Lo¢d .days."” : It was unto such wsetting as this that a petite maiden from the east stepped. She opened her eyes upon a modern, paved country village, as dignified as any that ever nestled in the hills of Vermont and-as pro- gressive of any in the corn belt of Towa. A “wild and wooly west” was staged for her benefit, a desperado substituted, and with the help of some magnificent lying, she was pro- vided with “romance and adventure” for a few weeks, and real “adven- ture” for a few minutes. The production bristles with com- edy, unusual and humorous situa- tions, and will be shown tonight and Tuesday at the Grand. A THRILLING PHOTOPLAY. Elsie Ferguson’s ~Artcraft photo- play, “Heart of the Wilds,” which is to be at the Elko theatre Wednesday and Thursday, is filled with thrills aplenty. Thomas Meighan is leading man and the cast generally is one of supreme excellence. The heart in- terest of the story is manifested in .every .scene. ; HIS BIGGEST CROP Short Able To ' Do . Heavy Work Since Tanlac Built Him Up— _ Gains 21 Pounds. “I have just gotten through the biggest harvest I ever had, and I know if it hadn’t been for Tanlac building me up like it has, I wouldn’t have been-able to stand up under the heavy work.and the long hours ” said Harry Short, a well known farmer >f. Heyworth, I11., while in the Short- hose Prug store in Bloomington, Il]., recently. i “I had been having trouble with my stomach for close on to ;ten years,” continued Mr. Short. “At times it just looked. like:everything T ate soured, formed gas and bloated me up so tight that I was in misery and 1 suffered a lot with cramps; in fact, sometimes I -eouldn’t even take a drink of cold water without having these cramps. When I had these spells with my stomach I was nearly always troubled with attacks “of any sort. I was in just this shape when T took the ‘flu’ last winter and that, along with the pneumonia that came on later, pretty near put an end to me and I certainly had a hard fight to even pull through; and when I finally did--get up I was in worse fix than before. I was so weak I couldn’t even walk to the varn with- out giving out -completely and my stomach was in such bad shape that soup was about all I could eat and I didn’t have a bit of appetite.and just the smell of food nauseated me. “I tried different medincines and treatments but nothing seemed to do me a particle of good until I began taking Tanlac and it is this medicine that I owe the good health I have to- day. I had just about finished my first bottle of Tanlac when I could notice that my strength and energy were coming back to me and it also seemed to do my stomach a powerful lot of good rlg}lt from the start and my appetite -began to pick up. So I kept right on taking it and now I can eat just anything I want and my RAIN OR SHINE You Can cail and get a car to go any- where, any time. 5 or 7 passenger cars. over completely, because I really havn't felt so good since I was a boy and a medicine that will do as much for me as Tanlac ha sdone certainly deserves praise and I, for one, am ‘go- ' ing to give it plenty.” Tanlac is sold in Bemidji by the City Drug Store, in Kelliher by Mrs. R. Sterling, in Blackduck by French & Moon, and in Baudette by J. Will- iams. appetite is so good I ean hardly wait for ,meal time to come and when I do sit down to the table I can cer- tainly eat a plenty and nothing I eat gives me a bit of trouble afterwards. 1 feel as strong and sound as I ever did'in my whole life ard can do more work and put in longer hours at it than I ever could. I have gained twenty-oire pounds in weight and ac- tually feel like Tanlac has made me MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1919 ¢ {' ’ =Y fii BACK AGAIN But don’t forget your photograph is want- ed for County Collection. In order to make - this collection uniform, none but photo- graphs made by us goes into their col_lec; - tion. o L .4,4 e e e et SNSRI L SR . N — 2 EENE—— : .k.,..-._ B e DO S ¥ 2 RSN ,7’-1,\_*,;‘.___ —— - — - s B i ——— — timber country for a canvas and with the lives of the lumber-jacks for at- mosphere, Wallace Reid, the ever popular Paramount star, is ideally cast. This is exceptionally the case in “The Source,” which will be dis- played at the Elko theatre tonight and Tuesday. The principal situation of this vigorous photoplay involves the re- formation of a man who through the influence of a woman and the bigness of the outdoor life comes back with Wm. Duncan will again appear to- night and tomorrow, and with others in the cast, perform_‘stunts” which make each chapter of “The Man of Might” so entertaining. GRAND—TONIGHT. William Desmond does a remark- ably clever satire on “western stuff” |’ in “The Prodigal Liar,” his latest Jesse D. Hampton production for re- lease by Exhibitors Mutual. The wild and wooly west of cow- | and Domestic Tobaccos ~Blen Defective |