Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 20, 1920, Page 4

THE BEM encouraging fact about France today is that her people are altve to the seri- IDS1 DAILY PIONEER Rabit of mdustry and ChriR.* The moet’ R \ by ; ? N ; THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1920° vaice in order to realize the peace for which we have already struggled, for nothing is more certain than that un- i THE REX FRIDAY . i AND SATURDAY +’ Constance Talmadge comes here in \one of the big hits of the season, X *The Love Expert.” This most popu- or film star will be seen at the Rex ‘theatre, and usually when this name ‘ppears, regardless of what the play Jnsy be ,the throngs want to see her. She is always a feature and in this _‘picture she may be seen at her best. ‘«§PECIAL ENTERTAINMENT” AT GRAND THEATRE As an added attraction to the pro- .gram tonight, three acts of vaudeville will feature the program. The fam- ous “DeWaldos,” one of sgudemilleis most versatile entertainers, and fin- 4shed artists, will apbear in a clever unicycle, juggling, trick, and acro- *»atic stunt, also on slack-wire. Chap- «ter one, “Setting the Snare”; Chapter ‘two, “T-N-T;” and chapter three, .“Winged Death.” Six reels of Cyrus “Townsend Brady’s thrilling story of mystery and-adventure ‘“The Invisible Hand,” featuring Antonio Moreno, will complete the program. REX—TODAY ONLY If the amount of strong and swift action in a photoplay is any measure of the popularity it is to enjoy, Wil- ljam Farnum’s new superb de luxe production of the East and West, . “Rough and Ready” is certain to be “hailed as the most remarkable drama . the Rex theatre has shown in months. ~“The picture, & splendid Willlam Fox oftering, is at the theatre today. Next to the brilllant action, which Mr. Farnum dominates in his always forceful style, the keynote of “Rough and Ready” is p bly unusualness. The film treats of the ‘‘eternal tri- angle” in a masterful, and ususual, way. Just where the picturegoer ex- pects that the story will follow a time honored course, it turns sudden- ly and goes forward in a different manner. It introduces new compli- cations and dramatic situations. “Rough and Ready” is also unus- ual in point of the extraordinary finished performances contributed by every member of the big company appearing in the picture. No sub- ject released this year can boast of a higher standard of histrionic merit' than is displayed in this film. . In every other essential detail, the production is essentially unusual— in the quality of the photography, in"the novelty of the double and triple exposures, in the beautiful settings in the snow-covered mountains, in the excellence of the direction by Richard Stanton, and in the dramatic value of the story. Mr. Farnum’s work is never any- thing but unusual and ir “Rough and Ready” he achieves once more the success which has earned him the title of “America’s most popular ac- tor.”” The picture also permits of ample demonstration of why Mr. Far- num has also been called the “screen Sampson,” for only a heart of oak could. have resisted the rigors of the brtltlo he fought for himself—and a girl. T HOW AN EUROPE 1 ESCAPE GOLLIPSE 9% Must Ald By Extending ! Credits, 8ays Davison. } S \VE MENACE TO U. 8. A European Ruln Would Involve Amerioa—Starvation and Disease Rampant. Des Moines, I;V:Snnunc betore . the General Conterence of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, Henry P. Davi- son, chairman of the Board of Govern- ors of the League of Red Cross Socie- . tles, said: As chairman of the convention of ' Red. Cross socleties, composed of rep- resentatives of 27 nations that met . yegently in Geneva, I am custodian of uthoritative reports recording appal- Hng conditions among millions of peo- ple living in Eastern Europe. One of the most terrible tragedies in the history of the human race is being enacted within the broad belt of territory lying between the Baltic and the Black Sea and Adriatic Seas. This area includes the new Baltic states—Poland, Czecho Slovakia, the Ukraine, Austria, Hungary, Roumanis, Montenegro, Albania and Serbia. The reports which come to us make it clear that in these war-ravaged lapds civilization has broken down. Disease, bereavment and suffering are present. in practically every household, while food and clothing are insufficient to make life tolerable. Men, women and children are dying by thousands, and over vast once- civilized ‘areas” there are to be found neither medicinal appliances nor med- ical skill sufficient to cope with the devastating plagues. | Wholesale starvation is threatened in Poland this summer unless she can procure food'supplies in large quanti- tles. There are now approximately 250,000 cases of typhus in Poland and in the area occupied by Polish troops. Worst Typhus Epidemic in History. This is already one of the worst typhus epidemics in the world's his- tory. In Galicila whole towns are' crippled and business suspended. In some districts there is but one doctor to each 150.000 people. In the Ukraine, we were told, typhus and influenza have affected most of the population. | A report from Vienna, dated Feb- ruary 12, said: “There are rations for three weeks. Death stalks throuxhl the streets of Vienna and takes un- indered toll.” Budapest, according to our informa- tion, is one vast city of misery and ' suffering. The number of deaths 18 | double that of births. Of the 160,000 children in the schools, 100,000 are dependent on public charity. There are 150,000 workers idle. Typhus and smallpox have invaded the four countries composing Czecho- Slovakia, and there is lack of medi- cines, soap and physicians. In Serbia typhus has broken out again and there are but 200 physicians to minister to the needs of that entire country. In Montenegro, where food is run- ning ‘short, there are but five physi- cians for a population of 460,000. Returning to the United States a few weeks ago with all these horrors ringing in my ears, I found myself once. more in a land whose granaries were overflowing, where health and " plenty abounded and where life and activity and eager enterprise were in the full flood. I asked myself: “What it this plague and famine were here in the great territory between the. Atlantic seaboard and Mississippi Valley, :be despised forever 'phariuaical nation is & fate that we these ravished countries, and That 65, 000,000 of our own people gondemned to idleness by lack of raw material and whose flelds had been devaitated by invasion and repine, were racked by starvation and péstilence, and it we had lifted up our volces and invoked the attention of our-brothers in hap- Burope to our deep miseries orl ‘would against their heartiessness. Only Three Ways To Melp Eurepe. There are only three ways by which these stricken lands can secure sup- plies from the outside world. One is by payment, one by credit and the third is by exchange of commodities. It these peoples tried to buy materials and supplies in America at the present market value of their currencies Aus- tria would have to pay forty times the original cost, Germany thirteen times, Greece just double, Czecho-Slovakia fourteen times and Poland fifty times. These figures are official and are a true index of the economic plight ‘of these countries. It is clear, therefore, that they can- not give us gold for tbe things they must have, nor have they either pro- ducts or securities to‘offer in return for credit. If only they could obtain raw/material which these idle millions: B g i of theirs could convext:into manufac- tured products they would have some- thing _to tender the wozld in return.for. its raw material, food and medicine. But if they have neitler money nor credit how are they to take this first great step towards redemption. One balf the world msy not eat while the other half starves. How long do you believe-the plague of typhus that is taking's hideous death toll {n Esthonia and- Poland and the Ukraine eating along the fringes of Germany and Czecho-BSlovakia ‘will confine itself to thesé remote lands? Only last Saturddy our health com- missioner of New York, Dr. Copeland, safled for the other side just to meas- ure the danger and take precaution against such an invasion. This is one menace at our thresh- i bold, the other more threatening, more | terrible, s the menace of the world's 1l will. We can afford to die, but to a greedy and must not incur. The French Government has many serious problems to solve, hyt the French peasantry is working and the French artisan, while still sadly in 'need of raw materials, has not lost his - GRAND STARTINC 2 NICHTS FRED CARMELO’S , Musical Comedy Company- With a Capable Cast of Dancers, Singers, Comedians and a CHORUS OF PRETTY GIRLS Complete Change Of ‘Program Sunday TWO SOLID HOURS OF FUN—SINGING, DANC- ING AND FROLIC Prices Include War Tax—Children 35¢c Adults 75¢ MATINEE SUNDAY 2:30 til normal conditions are.restored in Burope there can be no peace.” Above all things, I would say that whatever action is taken should: be' taken immediately., grhe crisis is so acute that the situation does not ad- mit of delay, except with the poasibili- ty of consequences one hardly dares contemplate. : The situation that I have spread out here {8 far beyond the scope of indivi- duel charity. Only by the action of VAUDEVILLE | GRAND - TINGHT ousness of France’s problem, and they are going forward bravely to solve that problem. Italy, despite her great shortage of raw material, is looking forward and not backward. Italy can be relied upon to do her part, England is meetfiig the problems of reconstruction just as those who knew her past should have oxpected her to meet them. ° ( Plan To Aild Central Europe. i N Shows at 7:30 and 9:00 Admission 10c Adults 25¢ governments, our own and the others 3 - ] It is not for me, perhaps, to give in ‘whose resources enable them to coop- DE w ALDO TS . vibag M erate, can aid be given in sufficient ACTS AC detail a formula for solution_of the world’s lls, but as I have been asked many times, “What would you do?” I am glad to give my own answer. Accordingly, I would ask: 1. That Congress immediately pass a bill appropriating a sum not t 3 ceed-$600,000,000 for the use of tral and eastern Europe. . . 2. That Congress call upon the Presi- dent to appoint a nonpolitical commis- sion of three Americans, distingnished for their character and executive 3bili- and commanding the respect of the American people. Such a commission should include men of the type of Gen- eral Pershing, Mr. Hoover or ex-Secre- tary Lane. I would in!est that com- mission with complete power. 8. I would have the confmission in- structed to proceed at ‘once, accom- panied by proper ‘personnel, to survey conditions in central and eastern Eu- rope and then act for the restoration of those countries under such condi- tions and upon such ternfs as the com- mission itself may decide to be prac- ticable and effective. Among the con- ditions should be provided that there should be no local interference with the free and untrammeled exercise by the commission rf its own prerogative of allocating materials. Governmental politics should be eliminated; unrea- sonable and prejudicial barriers be- tween the various countrles should be removed, and such substantial guafan- tees as may be ‘available . should be exacted in order that the conditions imposed should be fulfilled. . 4. As to financial terms, I should make them liberal. 1 would charge no interest for the first three years;. for the next three years six per cent, with fon that such interest might be mded 1f the economic: conditions of the country were not approaching pormal, or if its exchange conditions were 80 adverse as to make payment unduly burdensome. I should make the maturity of the obligation 16 years from its date, and I should have no doubt as to its final payment. 6. Immediately the plan was adopt- ed I would have our government invite other governments in a position to as- sist, to participate in the undertaking. 6. To set forth completely -my opinion, I should add that in:the- final instructions - the American~" people through-their government, showld say to.the commission: . .. ... oswswssiet . “We want you to go and do this job in such a manner as, alte%t.ry, you think it should be done. “This is.ho ordinary undertaking.: The"Ainerican: ‘people- trust you tn.-ie?th’i!"l?k dge! right.” 5 also would say, to the cgmpinlon: 80 much of this money as is needed.” i | Personally, I am confident that with' the assistance and co-operaticn which would come from other parts of the world the sum of $500,000,000 from the United ‘States -would be “more than enough to start these countries en their way to self support-and the restoration of normal conditions. ' The whole plan, of course, involves many practical considerations, the most serious of which is that of ob- taining the money, whether by issuing additional libéerty bonds, an increase in the floating debt. or by taxation. But I think we could properly say to the treasury -department: v “We know how serious your finan- cial problems are; we know the difff- culties which arée immediately con- fronting you; we know the importance of deflation, and we knoy that the gov- ernment must economize and that in- dividuals must economize but we also know that the American government advanced $10,000,000,000 to its allies to attain victory and peace. Certainly it is worth making the additional ad- volume. I am also confident that our aotion would be followed by the gov- ernments of Great Britain, of Holland, of the Scandinavian countries, of Spain and Japan, and that France and Belgium and Italy notwithstanding all ‘ot their loses, would help to the best of their ability. SUCCESS ‘DEPENDS & . ON CLEARING LARD A. 4. McGuire Says Northern Farmers Must Get Score of Acres & Under Plow. Slack Wire, Trick Unicycle, Riding Solo ‘Accordian and Contortionist—as an Added Attraction to “The {1 \fi Antonio Moreno ‘A smashing story of mystery and thrills, by Wm. Townsend Brady, which will be shown, three episodes six'reels), every Thursday for five weeks, beginning’ with Chapters, One, Two and Three, Tonight. 5 TOMORROW—BUCK JONES fL Featuring Nothing is so tmportant in begin- ning farming on “cut-over” land as the clearing of enough acres at énce to make the place self-supporting, says A. J. McGuire of the agricultural ex- tension division of the University of Minnesota, in connection with the work of the Minnesota Land-clearing special train, now operating in north- ern Minnesota. To make such a farm self-supporting requires that 20 aeres should be under the plow, and 40 acres under. cultivation, ‘of course, gives’ wmuch better returns. It costs money to clear land, adds Mr. McGuire, but' the cost of land- elearing now, as was the case 10 years ago, is generally returned i the first two or three ecrops aad not in- frequently in the first crop. Crops ! —_—e Read The Pioneer Want Ad et fr——— REX - Tod-ay Only WILLIAM FOX v Presents - America’s Most Popular Actor Evidence Is Stewed. Vanceburg, Ky.—A pot containing a half-cooked .chicken and a bucket of feathers was brought into court by 1van Sounders, ‘who accused W. Lan- ters and- H.-Bloomfleld -of taking his chickens. ™ The only thing that could | be proved was that the two men had had chicken for dinner, and the charge aismissed. . . New Leg While You Wait. Cincinnati—While , George Alexan- der, aged seventy, was watching a pa- rade he sfipped and fell, breaking his leg. The police patrol wag called and he was removed, not to a hospital, but to an .arfificial limb factory, where a ‘new leg was fitted. ind READ A William Farnum De Luxe Production FOX SUNSHINE COMEDY in Two Parts REX UNION ORCHESTRA Matinee 2:30 Night 7:20 and 9:00 10c and 25¢ plies. - Furniture Repairing and Upholstering. ~ GENERAL REPAIR SHOP STAHL & JACOBS 811 Sixth St., Bemidji Phone 488 The Pionger Want Ads Bring Results Re X~ FHiday-Saturday ' CONSTANCE TALMADGE