Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 7, 1920, Page 2

| COMING EVENTS Sept. 4-11—Mixnesota State Fair. September 7.—Opening of fall term of Bemtdji Normal school. 1 Sept. 13, 14, 15—Red Lake Fair, Red Lake, Minn. Sept. 15, 16, 17—Beltrami County Wair. TIRED OF FIGHTING. - MEXICANS ASK CHANCE NOW TO SETTLE DOWN “That Is Sentiment Expressed in Every Section of B y Ralph H. Turner (United Press Correspondent) San Pedro, Coahuila, Mexico, Aug- ust 22. (by mail)—“All we want is peace and a chance to go to work. ‘We're sick of revolution.” That is the sentiment expressed in every quarter in the section of north- ern Mexico known as the Laguna district, in which the towns of Tor- reon, San Pedro and Gomez form the principal centers of activity. Judging from the feeling in this part of Mex- ico, the surest guarantee of future peace in this troubled country is the fact that the people are exhausted from fighting. It is interesting to note that this weariness of strife is voiced in a part of Mexico that was the storm cen- ter of the revolutionary movement in its early days. The state of Coa- huila was the home of Francisco Ma- dero, Mexico’s first revolutionary pre- sident who launched the rebellion that overthrew Porfirio Diaz. ‘In the town of San Pedro the brothers of Madero make their home today, hav- ing returned recently to their native country after a period of exile in the United States. Venustiano Carranza also was a citizen of Coahuila, and ‘began his revolutionary career in this state. Cuatro Cienegas, north of here, was Carranza's birthplace. Some of the bitterest battles of the revolution were waged for possession of Torreon and San Pedro. But today the country which was the home of revolution is crying for peace. Mexican revolutions of the past ten years almost invariably have had their origin in the north. Madero, Villa, Carranza and Obregon all came from the north. This northern spirit of revolution frequency has been . ascribed to proximity to the United States border, resulting in ideas more liberal and aggressive than those obtaining in the southern part of Mexico. Whatever the reason, there may be significance in the make-up of this little town of San Pedro. Everywhere one encounters persons who speak English, people who have been in the United States. The Maderos are all graduates of American universities. There is the young engineer, too, who tells you in the same conversation of his irriga- tion project and his under-graduate days at Cornell. And there is the young cotton planter, the graduate of an American military academy, who rides over his plantation every morn- ing on an American motorcycle. Even the hotel waiter tells you of his ex- perience in the “States”, and when he dbrings you your change, half of the coins are American, which is in gen- eral circulation in this part of the republic. But ai1 of these people, who re- belled ten vears ago at what they termed the dictatorship of President Diaz, today are yearning for peace and a chance to develop their coun- try’s natural wealth. This sentiment is even found among army men stationed in this district. When the De la Hnerta gov- e*nment proposed to reduce the size of Mexico’s top-heavy army—and be- gan to execute its policy—everyone was apprehensive. “It can’t he done. The military leader-, deprived of their soft berths, will rise in rebellion.” Rut geneirals can't maintain armies without soldiers. “\Ve're tired of this army busi- ress,” said a colonel who.has risen thru the revnlution from the rank of sergeant. “It was all right in the good old davs. Revodutionary fight- ing was great sport then. But now it’s an old story. The glamor has gone. The eountry is hecoming peaceahle now and T can make more money growing cotton than I can in the army. Bv the end of year, I'll be ‘back on the farm.” And many others feel the same way. WITH THE DRUIDS (By United Press) 5 Ting’s Lynn. (By Mail.)—Despite England’s smallness and labor's ef- forts, there are some spots so remote thdt inhabitants have never heard of a minimum wage. Barton Bendish, Norfolk, claims to be the lonliest place on the face of the earth and when a farmer from this back beyond was charged with infringing the agricultural minimum wage order A. G. Hawker, who de- fended him said: “Barton Bendish is one of those places .you can only get to by aero- plane. Newspapers never penetrate to the place. T believe there is a par- =on, but the people live like Druids. It is rather hard on people who dis- obey an order made at Westminster which has never been distributed. “Nobody at Barfon Bendish knew there was such a thing as a minimum wage.” SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY PIONEER Mistress of the Sea When King Minos Ruled—Remarkable Laws Under Which People Lived. Minos, king of Crete, exercised a preponderating power on the sea; he drove out the barbarous Carians from the Cyclades, and exterminated piracy which among the Greeks had been openly professed; he kept the people of the coasts In awe of him, and at the same time forced them to pay him tribute. Crete was advantageously situated to become mistress of the sea, but at length a confederacy arose which put an end to her dominion. Minos wish- ed to render the Cretans mild and gentle In thelr manners. To attaln this object he allowed free indul- gence, Plato says, to licentious excess, even of the most flagitious kind, hop- ing that the refinements of gal- lantry would mitigate the native ferocity of his subjects. As Individuals the Cretans pos- sessed eminent skill In military af- falrs, while the laws which they adopted prevented the state from un- dertaking any great enterprise abroad. They elected ten cosmes, or regulators, to govern In peace and war, and when the period of their office was com- pleted they remalned members of the legislature. The judges were all men of advanced age, and young men were never allowed to propose a change In the law, and all proposals were made in the senate, and secretly. Slaves tilled the soil, and the citizens ate to- gether in public companies, while the country was divided Into twelve por- tions for agriculture and business. Lemon Pies. Frances had heard her mother tell repeatedly of her fondness for lemon ples, and then about the day when she ate too much of the dainty and could never be persuaded to taste one again. Frances has reached the age, in the teens, when the boys are begin- ning to show her attention. The other day her mother hap- pened to he in the room when one of her swains called her over the phone. From the one-slded conversation, the mother gathered that Frances was in- venting excuse after excuse not to see him or have him call. When the Feceiver was hung up her mother said: “What makes you treat Joe that way?’ “Oh, well,” sald the young woman, “it's just another case of lemon ple.”—Indianapolis News. P SN i S Collie’s Heart Touched. A collie dog, four years old, owned by Omar Cunningham of Farming- ton, Me.,, is a most inveterate foe of woodchucks, furfous in the work of digging and annihilation, but she came home the other day carefully carrying in her mouth a haby wood- chuck, which she has since cared for as tenderly as if it were one of her own pupples. — L ——tt . e & i = | - CRETE ONCE A GREAT PowER | SHIFTING STATUE OF LIBE NGISCO - RTY Oldtimer's Simple Explanation of Matter That Had Greatly Puzzied the Rookie Gob. The destroyer Sharkey, which ar- rived In New York harbor some days ago, dropped anchor near the Statue of Liberty on the starboard side, but during the night the “tide shifteds it about to the port side. This transformation was most per- plexing to a rookie gob, who finally confided his problem to a C. P. O. “Well, you see, it's like this,” the oldtimer informed him. “New York and Brooklyn both claim the statue, so to stop the argument the govern-' ment lets New York have it one day and then moves it over to the Brook- lyn side the next.”—American Leglon ; Weekly. NOT MUCH VARIATION THERE Old Resident Entirely Truthful When He Called the Town’s Death Rate “Won'erful Steady.” Weary after 12 months’ hard work, the pretty typist sought solitude among the healthy hills of Halehearty. The advertisements had attracted her. Halehearty was described as the best, prettiest, finest, and everything-elsest spot in the world. “Tell me,” she sald on her first day, when she met a stanch old relic of the district, “what is the death rate in Halehearty?” The local walking advertisement nodded his head reassuringly. “Won'erful steady, ma’am—won’er- ful steady!” he replied. *“One death to each person.”—London Tit-Bits. Jamaica Women Get Vote. Guder o new law the women of Ja- malca. British West Indies, are to have a voto in the elections for the parochinl boards and the legislature.- Every woman {s entitled to vote if she ¢ twenty-five years of age or more, can read and write, and is of Brittst nationality, but she must have also certaln salary or property quall- fications. The salary designated is £5 per annum, or she may pay £10 tn rent or £2 rates on house, lands or personal proverty, Korean Women Nameless. The Korean woman has not even & name. In childhood she receives a nickname, by which she is known in the family and by her friends, but, when she arrives at maturity, it 13 employed only by “the sister of” or “the daugh- ter of” such a person. After her marriage her name is bur- fed; she is absolutely nameless. If it happens that a woman has to appear in a law court the judge gives her a special name for use while the case lasts, in order to save time and to stnplify matters. CHRONIGLE " TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1920 1 ENGAGED COUPLES and got a real eye-opener as to what the beloved could do in an emergency : STUDY EUGENICS | 55 far as language was concerned. Since then he has been patting- (By United Press) himself on the back for :isl far- sightedness in studying psychology. Herne Bay, Kent. (By Mail.)—| "y pe new school, love is a thing Numbers of engaged couples have ap- | which matters little. The impassion- plied for admission to the Summer |ed torrent of words which fell from School of Eugenics just opened here. ::“’""]fld'"m‘: lover's lips now boils They will be instructed in heredity, s.e‘ own L0: . biology, phychology and the soclgl ,,,‘.w““' did your grandmother die application .of eugenics. on¢ Couples who came down here this summer with the frivolous intention of enjoying themselves are being lur- ed into serious discussion of each other’s suitability and some quite ad- vanced engagements are being brok- “|en off. For instance, one young man con- sulted the school regarding his fian- cee who had a deplorable habit of cjaculating “D—n!" every time she lost a stroke at tennis. Bad langu- age, he learned was not hereditary, but it was certainly ‘‘anti-social,”’ and it evidenced a lack of self-con- trol which undoubtedly was due to heredity. Then the young man took to weighing up one or two.actions of his impending father-in-law and de- cided there was too much heredity to fight against. So he ‘withdrew his credentials, asked for the ring back BANKS NEED AMBITIOUS BOYS Nearly 700 banks employ stu- dents of Dakota Business College, Fargo, N. D., because they are trained hustlers—many developing into officers and executives. Recently the First National Bank of Kildeér wired for a capable book- keeper and teller. D. Swanson was sent. The Citizens National Bank, Casper, Wyo. got F. H. Champlin. ‘The First National Bank, Fairview, Mont., secured Geo. Clark. To fill prospective positions a 1000-New-Pupil Club was formed Join it and “‘Follow the Bucce$$- ful.”” Write F. L. Watkins, Pres., 806 Front St., Fargo, N. D ¢ “There’s More Real Satisfaction” -says the Good Judge In a little of the Real To- bacco Chew, than you ever got out of the ordinary kind. 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A very odd fact is that muslicians are more ljable to this affec- tion than any other class or profes- sion. Iliness may cause color-blind- ness. There is a case of a woman who became entirely color-blind after a form of ear disease, while a signal- man who had suffered from lock-jaw or tetanus became equally unable to distinguish color. Tobacco Chew will tell you thmat. Put up in two styles ‘W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco Subscribe” for The Daily Pioneer. AFlexible Filing Cak: for your growing needs permanent convenience Allsteel is recognized by pro-: ‘gressive men as the filing cabinet of modern business.. < “SCRATCH UPS” arve selling strong for fall and winter wear Office Furniture . Allsteel files are rigid and everlasting, yet suffi-) .clen.tly “flexible” to meet the needs of every man’s - lbqsmess. They afford protection against fire, dust, \\ jmice, and vermin and save valuable space. 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