Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 12, 1920, Page 2

FAGE ‘rWO TELLS OF ROUT OF BRIGANDS Chicago Soldier Gives Thrilling . Picture of Skirmishes in Near East. YANK DRIVERS NOT MOLESTED Frucks Driven by Natives and Guard- od by Turk Gendarmes Are Held Up and Looted—No Luxury in Near East. New York.—A tale of exciting skir- Chicago soldier, W. A. Brown. Brown's adventures in the near East can boys from Philadelphia and Louis- wille, with whom he velunteered for near East relief service after the ar- ce. The job of these young men was to get the supplies to the starv- ing villages in the mountainous inte- rier and they found truck driving in that stricken land filled with excite- “Brigands are numerous,” said Brown, “but uniforms commanded re- although we always went un- Trucks driven- by native however, were held up and Jeoted. They were supposed to be guarded by Turk gendarmes, but the gendarmes themselves did thelr bit at stealing. Our convoys with American were never molested, although L Go Ahead Despite Warning. “One time Mr. and Mrs. Hugh 8. Miller wanted to go to Harpoot with one of our convoys,” continued Brown, “We had 11 trucks and started off in fine shape. After a few miles we saw some trucks with native drivers that had started some time before us, com- ing back. ‘Brigands’ yelled the native drivers a8 we drew alongside. ‘Thir- ty brigands ahead.” “We went ahead. A few miles far- ther along we came upon the bodies of four brigands propped up against the side of the road. They had been shot by the gendarmes and the bodles left as a warning to others. For miles along the route we could see some of the others watching us, but our train was too strong for them to risk an attack. “The returning Kurds are a prob- lem. There were thousands of them 'HAPPE Woman Improves Her 0S ANGELES planist and composer, is fast. She took only water during the THE BEMIDJI Shape by 51 Pounds by Fast —— —Miss Veneta Godowsky, daughter of Leopold Godowsky, telling how she reduced 51 pounds by a 50-day 50 days. She weighed 226 pounds when she began the fast—too much, she says, for a girl 5 feet 5 inches tall. Now she welghs 175 pounds. According to a diary Miss Godow- sky kept during her fast, she lost five pounds the first two days, and then lost a pound a day for many days. Only toward the end did she lose but half a pound daily. During the perfod when food was not welcome, she drank between a gallon and five quarts of water dally, she said. Sometimes it was cold and often it was hot. Now she would add a pinch of lemon juice, and next a drop of cqffee. But it was always water. And now that she has had almost two continuous months of life with- out sustenance, is she golng to quit? Hum! Decidedly not. “I only broke the fast,” she said, “because so many of my friends and relatives urged me to. They insisted—and I guess they are right—that such a fast, carried on indefinitely, would end for the person much as for the borse. You know the story about the horse and the owner who kept giving B “So, as soon as I've another 50 days to a shape general,” she said, fast, the high E i ! il = [ 3 I, el b g less and less hay every day and so on? had a bit of eating, I'm going right back fasting bring myseif down to a respectable 140 pounds, to be proud of, pretty soon.” “only knew what a wonderful experience cost of living would soon be beaten and finding it Narder to earn a living. There's only one dreadfully and commonly cheap.” * pean Turkey during ow they are streaming and they steal opportunity and relief sup- if left unguarded for a moment or in charge of native drivers, are not safe. " “Horses and mules are especially g It i requisition mules or donkeys used in our work, but they never kept them longer than it took us to get to them. The Turks aided them In taking what- ever property belonging to non-Mos- jems that they could. No Luxury in Near East There is no luxury in the mear East relief work. We roughed it and made the best of things. When we made our stations we got our meals. Other- wise we camped out or went to the alleged hotels they call khans. An- other good name would be stables, for the guests slept in straw-lined bunks along the walls while cows and horses, » TR you are Kahki Pants 5 Heavy Whipcord Pants Heavy Blue Denim Waist Overalls. p1: donkeys and mules had the center of the floor. . “For food there was the common bowl of yort, a mixture of maize or wheat and some kind of sour milk. Sometimes there is meat, but not often.” All three youths agreed that but for the work of the near East relief bun- dreds of thousands more of the vie- tims of the Turks would have perish- ed. The one hope now of the help- less people is continued help from the Amerlcan people. Wanted Some One Congenial. The Applicant—As your paid com- panion, will I be expected to accom- pany you on week-ends and other short trips? Mrs. K. Nyne—Oh, I didn’t advertise for a companion for rayself. It's for my little dog, to keep him from be- ing lonesome while I'm out. Subscribe for The Ploneer. * COMPARE Heavy Kahki Allovers ... $398 Kahki Work Shirts ......... ..$1.19 | Heavy Work Suspenders ...... Heavy Kahki Work Shirts.......ccoommrccicecscccccennes $1.79 | Canvas Gloves, blue wrist .... a service, Heavy Cotton Work Shirts... Blue Chambray Work Shirts.. Medium Weight Red Cotton S Red and Blue Handkerchiefs, MEN’S WORK SHOES Shoes, like other commodities, have continued to advance in price, upon comparison, that we are saving the people of Bemidji and vicinity many DAILY PIONEER 0DD GIFTS FOR PRESIDENTS Many and Various Tributes of Affec tion Have Been Received by Chief Executives. Early presidents of the United States recelved strange gifts during their terms as executives, the strangest of them all being, perhaps, the cheese gent to Thomas Jefferson, with the ad- miring inscription, “the greatest cheese in America for the greatest man in America.” It was conveyed to Wash- ington by a six-horse team. Jefferson insisted upon paying for it, and it last- ed for a whole year. : Andrew Jackson was the reciplent of such gifts as a whole hog from Kentucky, whigsky from Pennsylvania, beef from New York and a cheese that weighed half a ton or more from New England. The Blue room in the White House contains the most famous of the gifts received by American presidents, the golden mantel clock presented to Washington by - Lafayette, who received it from Napoleon. In the Green room 1s the Gobelin tapestry, made by a process which is now a lost art, which the Emperor of Austria gave Mrs. Grant. — Canals. A suggestion made by a‘ Loridoner that the bed of the Forth and Clyde canal should he converted into a high- way of tratfic has not been received north of the Tweed with the indigna- tion that might have been expected. The Glasgow Herald says the notion is not so extravagant as it might ap- pear. The swift progress of motor transport threatens the railways, and it can scarcely fail to affect the posi- tion of the canals In industrial and commercial economy. The canal be- Jongs to those leisurely periods of the world's history which saw Egypt and China at thel* apogee. It was, it is fnteresting to remember, In the fif- teenth century. a time of development 1t ever there was, that canal engineer- fng received its great impetus in the Western world owing to the discovery of the “lock” system. England applied the new idea with such thoroughness that her canal system became second, probably, only to that of Holladd. May Make Soap From Clay. London. — Extensive experiments have been made in this country to as- certain whether clay can be used In the manufacture of soap. Results soon will be announced. The idea is to sub- stitute collodial clay for the fatty aclds now.derived from animal and vegetable sources. If this proves com- mercially successfyl, it is claimed it would effect great reductien in the cost of manufacture. T ——— — e — e R I MR. WOoRKING MAN— Do you realize what the J. C. Penny Co. means to you? | Here assured of getting full honest values at the lowest pos- sible prices. We not only save you dollars, but you earn real ~dollars when you shop here. b . If we do not give you equal value for less money than for elsewhere, then we have not rendered you priced living been reduced to a lower level. economical efficiency----in the quality of its merchandise. And with the lowest price. . WHY? Because all the middle-men profiteers were figured out of every kind of merchandise. 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