Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 3, 1919, Page 4

“ BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER it e [ Entered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class matter under act of Congress of 3, 1878. R b contributions. Writer's name must ttention paid to annonymous e 24 ssarily for publication. be known to the editor, but not nece: Communications for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this office not later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue SUBSCRIPTTON RATES BY MAIL cecessss 100 Tea pages, containing & summary of the news of the week. Published mnmmm‘wflwwmhhuflmflfl — OFFICIAL COUNTIY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS NOT ALWAYS—BUT GENERALLY. One day in the early part of September a lady went into a store in a middle western town to buy material for a winter coat. The salesman showed her various grades of cloth, and she picked one which was worth about $10, but the price at $15. She returned the following day to make the purchase, but learned that the price had advanced to $17.50 per yard. She reminded the salesman of the price quoted on the previous day, and was told that another store on the same street was selling similar material at $17.50. The wholesaler had there- SPECULATION IN EUROPEAN COIN 5 THE LATEST New Gamble on Which It Expects to Realize in Heavy Profits GERMAN MARKS HIT BOTTOM IN TUMBLE Considered Good Thing When the Trade Revives, Which Is Believed Soon (By United Press.) New York, Oct. 3.—People who want to make money—there being gseveral of them in the vicinity of Wall street and elsewhere in this city—are struggling to adjust patrio- tic scruples with possibilities of “cleaning up” on the low exchange value of the German mark. Marks have hit the bottom in their spectacular drop, it is felt by many, fore served notice that unless the price was increased to $17.50, the store’s contract for additional cloth would be cancelled. This word “profiteer” is becoming as monotonous as the word “camouflage” was until it went out of fashion. “Profiteer” is now more overworked than any other word in the language; and, like most overworked words, it gradually loses its meaning —or rather, it tends to mean almost anything. A man is not necessarily a profiteer if he makes a profit. It is dishoriest to make no profit, because a man who makes nothing ceases to be self-dependent. He is obliged to Jlive at the expense of someone else, which no man should do while he is able to earn a living. ; . A man is a profiteer who, without rendering any service, manipulates conditions with the sole motive of making neces- saries expensive. To sell an article for the highest price one can get is not justifiable. But a man who makes a systematic business of creating scarcity to send prices higher is a profiteer, like the clothing wholesaler mentioned above. To kill a man is not necessarily to commit murder. It depends on the attendant conditions and the governing motive. It has been done several times in France with an excellent motive. ] To sell articles at a high price is not necessarily profiteer- ~ing. But it can be, under certain conditions; and it is important ‘that diligent investigation should discover what the condi- tions are. PR ST | S— RUGGLES SEES REAL MENACE IN 30REI}. Losses running into millions of dollars every season i northwestern states are forecast by Prof. A. G. Ruggles, state entomologit, University Farm, if the European corn borer, now active in parts of New York and Massachusetts, obtains a foot- hold in the upper Mississippi valley. Professor Ruggles has just returned from a conference of state and United.States de- partment entomologists held in connection with the meeting of the National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture at Albany and Boston. Albany is-the center of an infested district estimated at 400 square miles! In eastern Massachusetts the borer has done tremendous damage over an area of 1,200 square' miles. T “The problem of control,” says Professor Ruggles, “is no longer one for the states alone. The federal government must act. We must back the eastern men to the limit so that the pest may be confined to that locality and eventually eradi cated.” The commissioners and entomologists adopted resolutions asking congress to appropriate two million dollars to open the campaign against the borer. ——-0 An aviator at Mineola, N. Y., recently set a world’s alti- tude record by ascending 34,610 feet above sea level. And, strange to say, he failed to encounter a single presidential boom on the trip. Washington dispatchs periodically tell us that food is on the down grade. Perhaps it is—in reports to the newspapers. RIS, V. Germany has become angelic in adversity, and has placed a ban on gambling. Let us pray! The country is full of jobs, and apparently quite as full of people who don’t want the jobs. aboard it as it flies at the rate of 60 | miles an hour. Also to save a lady fair, he is going to ride his great NEWS OF THE horse Tony up and downea. ::ons?;r stairway, regardless of his neck, and I THEATERS p.a high fire escape. It sounds Mix“dpes half the things he is sched- uled g do in the advance reports of his ough Riding Romance,” the William Fox production in which he will appear at the Rex theatre to- night and tomorrow. “Rough Riding Romance’” is the story of a princess who, when in peril, calls for aid upon a knightly ,cghoy, enacted by Tom Mix. /He i rfiiess—-and it will be, if Tom GRAND TONIGHT. A Paramount picture of Mark Twain’s famous story ‘“Pudd’'nhead Wilson,” will be presented at the Grand theatre tonight with Theodore Roberts, in the title role. The story has to do with Lawyer Wilson, a young man, whd has com@ to a small Missouri town to practice. On his first day in the village he makes a remark that induces one of the town wits to call him ‘‘Pudd’n- head,” a nickname that clung to him throughout his life. Like all pioneers in the sciences, Wilson's hobby of detecting crime by means of finger-prints was derided and -sneered at. The scenes of the story transpire in the pre-rebellion perio@ when the finger-print -theory was in its infancy. But Wilson’s per- sistency and his knowledge of his science, eventually brought the wheels of justice to revolve in the right direction, to the satisfaction of all concerned. et REX—MIX TONIGHT. "/ Think of it! Tom Mix is coming %o town to lasso a train and climb ré8tues her and also wins her royal heart. If Mix lives up to the stunt, promises for this picture he is going toibeat his own remarkable record. There will also be an L-KO comedy in two reels. DOUGLAS FATRBANKS SUNDAY. at the Rex theatre Sunday and Mon- day in his newest picture, “His Majesty, the American.” 5 This is a picture for all patrons of the Rex, a romance with a regular hero and heroine and oodles of vii- lians and everything. And the hero! He cleans up everything from New York to the Mexican border and then hops to Europe to show them how to handle a revolution. Can he do it? Well—you all know Doug. This is the big new picture of Fair- banks and is ~eplete with love, thrills Douglas Fairbanks will be shown | who have followed the tumble in val- ue of the German unit of exchange from.twenty-five cents to three and a quarter cents. Much exchange on German banks is being bought at the low price. + Most of the purchasers are bank employes, people connected with busi- ness houses, and those who ‘“‘play the game” on the outside looking in at Wall street. Many bankers consider the mark a good buy, but cannot purchase except as individuals; since reliable and conservative banks can- not speculate on unproductive values. Purely a Gamble. Speculating on the mark -is con- sidered purely a gamble, but®isually a good one, since the exchange de- pends largely on trade, and it is thought by many that the, mark should rise to ten cents in value in- side two years, enabling trebling of money invested. However, gonser- vatives point at the Russian ruble, in which many people invested, and which is now down to. practically no- thing in value. Many people who invested in marks last spring when they were around eight cents, are rueing the drop to three cents.. The syStem of buying mn:st in vogue is to purchase exchange in Berlin banks:’ The receipt can pither ‘be . kept..here,»and sold later, g can be sent to Berlin, where the marks can be on deposit at inferest. It is said the Germans are mnot averse to the enmormous buying of marks_ even at such low prices, since it will en- able them to secure raw materials on the dollars they thus secure in Ameri- ean exchange, and will stimulate trade. Furthermore, -demand for marks will send their value up. Expect Comeback Soon | There is a very general feeling, de- spite the low price of the mark, that the Germans will come back. in- dustrially very quickly, perhaps more 50 than the French and Italians]'due to the Teutonic mania for work. The only great danger, Bolshevism, Is con- sidered pretty well under control, es- pesially since the new German re- public has at its disposal at least a million fighting men under the name of “Noske Guards.” : ‘Some who would otherwise ‘‘take a and surprises and there are, ‘just two days in which to see this feature. Charlie Chaplin will also be shown. SECOND WIVES. Should a widower marry a second time, to give his child a mother? This is one of the questions which ‘come up for settlement, and which furnish some of the -dramatic scenes in Pauline Frederick’s latest Goldwyn Picture, “Bonds of Love,” which will be shown at the Grand theatre Satur- day and Sunday. What should the father do? His action and how he was impelled to follow it i¢ dramatically “Bonds of Love.” “THE GIRL ALASKA” A BOY. She wanted to go to the gold ¢oun- try and seek her fortune there amid the snow and ice. She wwas only a poor, homeless girl, with not a cent of money to pay her way. How did she get there? v She found a suit of boy’s clothing, stowed away on a vessex bound for the north country, and is befriended by a young chap whom, after a series of nerve-racking experiences cover- ing the whole length and breadth of Alaska, she ultimately marries. A thrilling tale of the north, in an unparallel setting of rare natural beauty, makes “The Girl Alaska” a treat that no one will forget. Tt will be'shown at the Elko the- atre tonight only. “On the Fire,” a comedy, will also be shown at the Elko tonight. CHAMBERS’ FAMOUS NOVEL. Irene Castle’s first Paramount- Artcraft special picture, begun before and finished after her recent mar- riage, comes to the Elko theatre Sat- urday and Sunday. “The Firing Line” is the name of this tl;qi,lllng picture. Perhaps you have read the novel by Robert W. Chambers? If so you will appreciate the artistry which has converted this remarkable story into a pictnre as goond as the orizinal bnok. Other attractions will be the Elko orchestra and a two-part comedy. - — .< o ATL g fiing’ 'at the ‘money market, hesitate because of anti-German: feeling, The idea of abstaining from buying any- thing German seems to have been pretty generally forgotten, .however, in the jumble of new popular prob- lems which have arisen. Buying of French-exchange is al- most as spectacular as the German. The , French franc: has. dropped to about half of its original valye, with relation..to American ;- money,. and many. people are acapiring moxey of France, as a speculation. In,most cases, the French exchange is sent ‘to Paris, to be held on deposit uptil the franc sees better days.,. The lta{lan lira is low; by, is not_a .popular buy at present;;perhaps due to lack of confidence in, the Italian governiaent, or else lack of familiarity with Italy on the part of the public. London.—In 1918 thirty-five new languages were added to the publica- tions of the British and Foreign Bible society, making 517 in which the .has been formed in Helmstadt, a yil BODILY TOIL GERMAN SLOGAN. Forin New Kind of ‘Union in Whick Everybody Must Do Physi- cal Labor. - B 1) Berlin—A new kind of labor uniou|: lage near Magdeburg, which holds tha, every German should engage in some occupation involving bodily labor, -when the general welfare demands || it. Unemployed clerks and bookeepers and some students are to enter the coal and potash mines or become farm hands. A number of them have al- ready left Madgeburg, under the guid- ance of a trained officer, for labor in the mines near there. Bible is printed. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER | TONIGHT - ONLY “The Girl Alaska” The first and only photo- play ever made on Alas- kan soil. told in|, A marvel of scenic beauty, showing enormous glaciers, snow - clad moun- tain peaks, thrill- ing snow slides, a wild gold rush, a real Alaskan dance hal: fight, and doz- ens of other equal- ly as fascinating incidents. “THE GIRL ALASKA” is unique in the annals of motion picture photog- raphy. Also Comedy “ON THE FIRE” PHONE 77 | FOR YOUR LIVERY CAR Day or night the year round. New Dodge and Ford Cars at your service * WARD BROTHERS Ll Cash Prices for SATURDAY AND MONDAY Pot Roast ........14¢c Round Steak .....25¢ Boiling beef ......12¢ Borax Soap Chips. .13¢ Corn Starch .....12%c Silver Gloss Starch 123c. Molasses— 51b cans..... 10 1b cans. ... Post Toasties— Large ....... Family size . Macaroni, 3 for. . . Spaghetti, 3 for...25¢c Best Capital Flour, 49 1 sack . ...$2.95 Children’s Shoes, a pair ........75c up A complete line of Rub- ber Footware at bot- tom prices. 65—Phones—66 W. G.Schrotderi YOU can’t be efficient if you are ill. If you have sick headaches or neuralgia it doesn’t do any good to take' aspirin tablets or any other drug (narcotic) that deadens the nerves and thus covers up the symptoms, which is Nature’s way of “warning you that there is “gomething wrong.” If you have a pain in one arm would you consider it a cure to have your arm ampu- tated? Of course not! -‘The same is true with any other organ. If you have appendicitis (inflammation of the worm-like appendage of the intestines), the re- moval of the appendix would not be a cure any more than the removal of the arm would be a cure for a pain in it. True, you would have no more appendicitis after the appendix is once removed, neither would you have - any more pains in the arm after it be removed. HERE is the point: there is a cause for every ill; appendicitis is caused by a spinal displacement which interferes with the nerve supply to the mucous membrane of the appendix, which causes said membrane to “dry up” more or less and that' way become irritated and inflamed, and, if allowed to run too long, is apt to become a focus of suppuration and abscess formation, which some times necessitates an operation. However, those cases are comparatively few. At least ninety per ~ cent cases of appendicitis as well as other abdominal and pelvic diseases respond readily to chiropractic spinal adjustments. If a surgical operation would remove the CAUSE of a -disease (organic or func- tional) in place of the organ afflicted it could. prob- ably be fermed a cure. That is exactly what the chiropractor does. He removes the cause in place of CHIROPRACTIC i\‘\ THE BETTER WAY TO HEALTH is safe, sensible and sufficient as a national health method, and it has proven’ wornderfully effective in women’s ailments. There js nothing in the chiropractic method that should prove the least embarrassing. Ex- planatory literature free for the asking. Drs. Lunde & Dannenberg e 5 CHIROPRACTORS - . 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Phone 401-W Bemidji, SPECIALS SAT. & SUN. IRENE CASTLE in Robt. W. Chamber’s “The Firing Line” and human hearts. And lovely Irene Castle, dancing, swim- ining', facing the firing line of ove! Satirical Comedy “THE CON IN ECONOMY” ELKO ORCHESTRA Matinees 10c-20c Nights 10c-25¢ Elko Theatre . Defective