Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 17, 1920, Page 8

- TELLS OF ROUT | - OF BRIGANDS ] cmcado Soldier- Gives Thriling Picture .of Skirmishes in Near East. YANK. DRIVERS NOT MOLESTED| Frucks. Driven by Natives and Géard- ed by Turk Gendarmes Are Held Up and' Looted—No Luxury in Near East. g New York.—A &le of exciting skir-|| mishes with marguding bands of Turks and Kurds in Armenia is told by a Chicago soldier, W, A. Brown. Brown’s adventures {n the near East | were experienced while he was a Red Cross worker in compeny with Ameri- can boys from Philadelphia and Louls- ville, with whom he volunteered - for mear East relief service after the ar-| mistice; The Job-of ‘these young men was to. get the supplies to thé starv- ing villages in the mountainous inte- rior and they found truck driving in that stricken land filed with excite- ment. ) : “Brigands are mumerous,” . said’ Brown, “but uniforms commanded re- spect, although we always went un- armed. Trucks driven by native drivers, however, were held up and Jooted. They were supposed. to be ed by Turk gendarmes, but the gendarmes themselves did their bit at to Herpert €. Hoover, at a meeting i» Forum medal of honor for distinguish- ed' public service. N Carnegle hall, New. York, the Givie|wheat, No. 3 Chicago, Mar. 17.—Potato receipts today, 51 cars. 'Market sti'ong. Northern Round Whites, bulk, $5.40 to $5.60; sacked, $6.25 to $5.45.' Long Whites, Russets, sacked, $5.85 to $6. Bemidji Potato Market—All varieties, sacked, $6.25 to 35.3'0. ‘Idaho bulk, small lots $3.25 t0,$3.75 per cwt. . Carload lots, sacked and loaded, $3.50 ~to-_$4.90 per cwt. BEMIDJI CASH MARKET QUOTATIONS. GRAIN 'AND HAY ° i Oats, bushel Barley, bushél...... Red Clover, medium, lb Popcorn, pound .... Wheat, No. 1 .4 §1.80 Ge-48¢ 8c-10c 32,40 qesessane \ VAGETABLS. Rutabagas, per cwt $1.00-$1.50 Carrots, per cwC.. . 1.60-$2.00 Beets, per CWl.. ..-....$1.00-$1.26 Cabbage; cwt. ...« --.$6.00-86.00 Onions, dry, cwi. ......$5.00-§6.00 Beans, CWt. ....... .-« $6.00-38.00 {|Dairy butter, Wl!_\ld‘.- o .ug-sze ..86¢ -.. . 08e-52¢ Butterfat Eggs, tresh).dozen ... cessseme s eeeseenes 05C-3LOOMEULOD: .iieiiiiianns ka MBATS 5 < sveeslde HORS, b, 0.t vyl e . -196:20¢ Dressed beef, pound........12c-14¢ Turkeys, live, dound. <. .... .40¢-46¢ Old Toms, live, pound...,...26¢-30¢ Geese, live, pound ..... 2Ge30e (Ducks, live, 1B, . ... ... v 16¢018¢ | Hens, 4 1bs. aud over ........ Springers, all weights, 1b. .....22e HIDES Cow hides, No. 1, pound. . Bull hides, No. 1, pound Kip lides, No. 1, pound. Calfi skine, N¥o. 1, pound Deacons, pac’ . y Horse Hides, lavge, each. . $7. Tallow, posad .. .cocoeeeees Wool, brighs. .... 5 Wool, semi’ Bright The following prices were being paid at Stillwater, Miilll‘.,- at time of' going to press of to GRAIN AND HAY $2.56-52.65) 10 ‘Wheat, No. 2 $2.50-§2.60 $2.40-$2.50 s s nc81C-83€ . $1.13-$1.35 Oats day’s: Ploneer: i MBATS Mutton. . . E stealing. ' Our convoys with American drivers were never molested, although we could see the armed brigands on the hills watching us. \ Go Ahead Despits Warning. “One time Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Milierdwanted 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 ad started some time before us, com- ing back. ‘Brigands’ yelled the native drivers as' we drew alongside. = ‘Thir- ty brigands ahead. “"We went ahead. A few miles far- ther along we came upon the bodles money 1 spead F make up in my-aer eounts.” . Make.a Change. They were in Pullman’ seats- on'® gight train, boilt making up expense accounts. . One leaned over and 'sald:: _ “Ever pad #t?’ “J—think not. Do you?” “Surest thing you know. Then came the usual question:: “Say, what line are you in?" The rich soclefy girl who bhad'ofs ‘Beans, hand picked; Botatoes, per cwt .. All' the | Beans, brown, cWt: . .. .. Beets, per cwt. .. ... ‘Carrots, per'cwt. . " @ntons, dry, per ewt Hggs, per dozen .. €abbage, ton Tuorkeys, smaill and thin Geese, 12 1bs: ups.anad:fat. [Ducks, fat 'Hens, 5 1bs: upy, fat live stock: Dressed poultryr 3¢ per pound - Bemidji Market Quotations || T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY The rate for want ads may be found at heading of reg- ular classified 'department. .Ads received later than 11 o’clock a. m. will appear un- der this head in current issue | TS OVl S T S R R SN il FOR SALE—Dodge touring ear, A-1 condition. Just overhauled. W, F. Mareum. 1 2t3-18 FOR RENT>-Rooms, apartments and stores, furnished and unfurnished. Kaplan’s new building. 3t3-19 WANTED—Messexger boy with _cycld, 18 years or over preferred Salary $45 per month. Only boys interestedin learning telegraphy need apply. Western Union. : 1t8-17.) FOR SALE—Cheap. Partly modern [} house and three lots; elose in. Call . 4t3-! ————’——‘b——'-—s—’-——- ELEGANT 'HOUSE—7 rooms and . Close in. Nene better, $6,500. E. J. Willits, man. tJLAKE - SHORE * HOMES ( = ‘T-room’ ' Rouse, barn, 8 aeres of fine land, one mile.from depot, fine hardwood grove, only $1,760.00. Another, 4 miles from station, can go. to it with boat from statfom. 17 acres. _Good houge and barn; part cleared. 10- geres fine meadow, eut with mower, every year; no.better lake lodge in state; small price of $3,- 750.00. “Also 4 lake shore houses in city. But they won't last long it your wives see them. E.'J. Wil- lits, the Landman. 4t3-20 LOST-—One brown, fur mitten: Pind- er'return to 806 America ave. e . 2t3-18 ton rags--no butions, bands- the Land| How to Save Money ‘On Your Long Di'siance.3Calls This advertisement is intended to explain the differ- ent class of long distanee telephone service and how they may be used to the best advantage. y When you make & long distance c:ll, if you are will- ing to talk to anyone at the telephone called, you will'be using what is known as station-to-station service. i is cc_msi&erab cheaper than' other classes of service: Station-to-station rates are based on a charge of about 5 cents for each six miles up to 24 miles and 5 cents for each 8 miles beyond that distance, with a minimum charge of 10 cents. [E:% HOW TO PLACE A STATION.TO.STATION CALL. ‘When using statioq—to-statipn service you should give the long distance operator the hame and address- of the business or the individual ‘with whose .telephone you . desire connection. . In addition you slwuld give the tele- phone number if you are sure it is correct. On -this class of service the charge begins when the telephone called is answered. * . The ‘charge on ‘a station-to-station call cannot be of four brigands propped. up 8gaINst| geroq ner services to raise money: for:|RiMabagas, per cwt. . the side. of the road. They had been | sne colossal . war work cam ! shot by the gendarmes and the bodles smited, plnm: the novice and palgn left as & warning to others. For miles | 40 question: i 5 " ‘along the route we could see some of Butterfat .. 4 Packing butte) reversed; that is, it cannot be charged to the telephone called. & \ This is how you would place a call with the long distance operator on a station-to-station message: After “What line are-you in? the others watching us, but our train| «ppy i petticoats. But if you want was too_ strang for them to risk aD 44 niake money go into corsets. 'I'was< sttack. ~ in corsets five years and made a pile] * “The returning Kurds are a prob- | of money, dutt you.get tired of selling lem. There were thousands of them | gne Jine, and so I went into petticoats. | who fled to European Turkey during: But, believe me; i you wgflt to ‘make the wat and now they afe streaming ! yopnen go Into. enrsets. Say, wha back. Hungry and ragged, they steal ‘at every opportunity and relief sup- plies, if left unguarded for a moment or in charge of native drivers, arg not safe, “Horset and mules are espetially town did’ you do: today?” <’ UR—e “Did' you make good?” % _ “Yes, T think I did fairly well.”" “How much: di¢ you do?” “About $50,000” (the actual amoung. sought, for the Kurd likes to ride. pledgzed to- Miss for. e “oa More than once they attempted to paign). i Tlie saleswomsn, who had consid-f yequisition mules or donkeys used in our work, but they never kept them The Turks alded them In taking what- ever property belonging to non-Mos- lems that they could. . (s No Luxyry in -Near East. ! There:is no luxury in the near East pelief work. We roughed it and made \the. best of: things, When we made eur. stations we, gat our: meals. Other- wise_we camped out or went to the alleged hotels. they call khans. An- other ood name.would be stables, for the guests slept in straw-lined bunks along the walle while cows and horses; donkeys and mules bad the center of, the floor. TS " wpor food there was the common bowl of yort, a mixture of maize or wheat and some kind. of sour milk. Semetimes. there lsv meat, but not often.” . --'All three.youths agreed thait but for the work of the mear East relief hun- dreds of thousgnds more of the vic- -tims of the Turks wauld have perish- ed. 'The one hope now of ghe help- less people is co{xtlnuefl help from the American people. Boy Only Six Years Old : Robbed by -.Plagmates Detroit—Something in the § way of holdup records was es- tablished in Windsor. The vic- tim was Lawrence Fraley, 118 : #red a $260' day In corsets good ‘busk’ “longer than it took us to get to them. | pece pagped: “Heavens, don’t go into. corsets!™ YOUR WATCH A POWER PLANT: Really Enormoys Amount of Energy 1s| Cancentrated. in That Luminous: Radium Dial: . If you awn a radium-dialed' watch with laminous figures and hands, then yoy-are the possessor of a vasi, power, plant ef no mean proportions, says.the Electtieal Experimenter. There is sufficient radium on your weich diabk to haul' your train homewazd, if' 1t could be properly applied: As the matter stands, the innoceat~ looking radium dial does net seem to possess any extraordinary: amount- of concentrated “energy, but this is omly. apparently the case, and' mot actually so: for the reason thag while: the amount of activity manifested bx the radium paint on the dia¥is smalh this effeet will- keep up for-2300 years, pro~ vided the zinc sulphide; with. which, the radium’ is anixed .So: @8 to produce & glow, held out that long, The ziae sulphide 1n most cgses gives cout in -about eight to ten years. Now, if we could but find a way to make the radium release all its. energy In a few hours, instead-of spreeding it over 2,600 years, it weould met be difficult to make a ‘motor ‘that ‘would utilize this energy. - : {twa days. ‘Four sons ofi'Gust: Wakika, 1 'a farmer - living near Ryder, i frozem near Center while trying:to se-! ‘cure aid for their brother and sistew stalfed in a wagon in-ilie smow:,. The two children are expeeted to survive. (By United Press) Washkington, Marck 17.—THhi ate today laid on the table ttie Gus: tém ‘of Irish Independence;. adbng with the whole question-of self-dbtermina- tion for subjects, 'tabling the' Owen reservation to the-treaty: SUBSCRIBE. FOR THE = " ¢’ DAILY PIONEER 5 It is our “intention 2 Cochibs, Zrew . more slowly than- tise medtum-sized: breeds [ and therefore‘are not zeady formarket asi Soon, butithey weigh mowe and are. profitable wheve. the piarket demands a largesized fowll “Were you there when tite- rich fac- .tory owner was trying to. get enough hands to:-rum ‘his. werks?” S aire obliged to sabmit to: the insult: ‘ing sneers- ‘and:karsh domination of the haughty workingman,” : Ship's. Officep—Yes, "she’s *a smant. little craft and ean. steam thirty knets.’ Dear- Old' Lody—HBew thoughtfub of you.. I suppose-‘you steam the knmots S0 that the seilors can untfe them eas- iy im this: cedd: westher? ® - Advertisin to stick.absolutely to" facts in our advertising; to never wilfully misrepresent; to lose a sale:rather than lose a friend by making misleading stateménts. - L4 N 5 8 4 € ng your own telephone number and name, say, for mple, “I want to talk to John ‘Brown’s residence at Blue Springs, Minnesota,” or “I want to talk to George Anderson’s store at Burchard, Minnesota.” Care should be taken to make it clear to the long distance operator that you do not want to talk to a particilar person or persons at the telephone called as in that case it wpuld be a person-to-person- call and you would be charged a higher rate. ; . : By the very nature of your requiremerits for long |, distance telephoning, ,no¢ doubt a great many of your business and social calls permit the use of a station-to- station. service. And in ‘addifion’ you can more often - use this cheaper class of service if you make special arrangements with those with whom you desire to talk, either frequently or occasionally, to be ready for your call at a given fime. ( HOW TO MAKE A PERS(\)N-TO;fiEfiSON CALL If you ask to talk to a particular person or persons over long distance,-you will be using person-to-person service, The charge for this service is about one-fourth greater than for station-to-station service because the operators may have to spend considerably more time: and . hold the wires ready while they make an effort to. 7 the particular party. This class ofserviceis not: more expensive but naturally. slower than station-to- station service. - > i > If you desire person-to-person service at a particular hour,\nnd,wish to make an appointment to talk at'a given' time, the appointment rate’will apply. If you wish to talk to a person” who does not have a telephone and for whom a messenger must be sent, the messenger -call rate will apply. . % HOW THE RATES ARE APPLI!'_."D e - The following is an example showing the station-te- station and . person-to-person rates: for distances up.te sixty-four miles: kS 4 ¢ Station-to Person-to- Males [ ati Person ¢-12 .. : 12-18 18-24 24-32 32-40 40-48 48-56 56-64 ‘While the messenger call rate and the appointment rate are not shown in the above table they- are -each ahout 50 per cent higher than the station-to-station rate. The report charge, which also is not shown, is about one-/ fourth of the station-to-station rate. : —— P ‘Mifth street, West, who is” just THE REPORT CHARGE * s turned eix yedrs. Some,of his playmates lured him to an old jce house, threw sand In his @ eyes, and took all his clothes, and 18 cents—his entire fortune. Then. they locked him inside, where, after half an hour, his’ walls attracted Edward Neal, who rescued him, got him some clothes, and took him home, and notified the police. Lawrence was rather cold from his adven- ture, but, otherwise showed no il effects. * ¢ ¢ ; May Make Soap From Clay. ‘London. — Extensive experiments " Frenth Views of Indiana. . Many French people:bave as vague {deas of the United States, outside of New York,and-the Eastern.coast, as Americans. have-of ‘France outside of Paris. s A C. :Michelon, 'permanent secretary of the Alllance Francaise, tells of re- celving a letter from a business firm in. Marseilles, one of the largest ‘French ports, asking for_ informa in regard to the products of the IS |* dians of Indiana, 'COLONY HOUSES-BENEFICIAL Poultryman Enabled to Place Growing = | Jave been made in this country to as-| _Stock on Clean Ground Reducing ! certaln whether clay can be used in .\, the manufacturé of soap. Results soon wiill be announced. The 1dea is to sub- {stifute collodial clay, for the fatty from animal and Disease Dangers. Colony houses permit the poultry- man to place bis growing stock on clean ground each year and this re- ‘We want every person who 'reads oyr ad- vertisements to have full confidence in them; to know the goods “advertised -are actually . as represented and if they are noi,' we are - willing to_take them back and refund your money. g N COULD ANYTHING BE FAIRER THAN THIS? . fidence in them that-you can in our adver- Our yard managers all undeljstand our posi- tion-in this and you can place the same con- tising. { SP'EEIA‘L NIGHT RATES " When you place a call for a particular person and for any reason not within the telephone company’s / coritrol the call is not completed, or-if you meke a call and are not ready to talk when the other person is ready within one hour, a report charge is made. "This is to | cover a part of the expense of the operator’s-time and the use of the wires while we are trying, to-find your The special evening rate between 8:30 p. m. and 12 o’clock midnight on station-to-station ‘calls is-about. one- half the day rate and the night rate between midnight- and 4:30 a. m. about one-fourth the day rate. The - minimum evening oOr. night charge is 25 cents, the day -~ . -rate dpplying where the charge is less than ‘that amount. The evening and night rates for person-to-person calls are the same as the day rates. i The rate for any class of service mgy“gg obtained by calling “Long Distance.” i Further information in' connection with our long distance service will be gladly furnished on request. - TELEPHONE EXCHANGE selds now derived " mercially suceessful, 'wwould - effect_great _cost of man | czcmmean) ST, HLARE RETAL LUNBER G0 _ G.'W. Harnwell, Agent Bemidji, it 13 ‘claimed it present when young steck is raffed on, & iyl e reduction in- the |.the same soil over which the old birds s ok _ NORTHWESTERN : ~ - COMPANY