Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 17, 1920, Page 21

;, Bycharest—Roumania is seeking to “¢@it nationat bonds,” try’s most pressing problem is the res organization of finances, which are in a confused condition, partly due to the dumping in Roumania of several Bil- er wotfhless moneys. Within the las | i <mania. - I HE-BEMID.M DAILY PIONEER Roumania’s Finantes Are Badly in Need of ‘Reorganization. o New Currency Made in the U. S. to | Thwart German and Other | Money Runners. ; place a loan in the United States and ‘wants to e as security her 6 per out lien on NS0 Dier oil. properties. . ceotdin to Le Progres, the coun- | lions ‘d Austria-Hungarian crowns, Russisgyi and Ukrainian rubles and othe ten months the value of the leu has de- creased from ten to'the dollar to 55.80 ‘to the dollar, according to the fluctua- tions of the market. This depreciation is also due, it 18 stated, to an lileditimate influx of pa- ‘per moncey from Germany. During the German. occupation the Germans estab- lished the German Bank of Roumania and issued large quantities of paper money bearing the name of this bank. It is suspected that sirnce the armistice | the Germans have smuggled into Rou- | mania more-of this. money. printed in Germany. Le Progres states that at the begin- | ning of the war the JRoumanian pa- tional debt was only. 300,000,000 lei and that now it is moré than 80,000, 000,000; with no means of estimating the exact amount of paper money in circulation.” The standard.paper mon- ey of the country at present is that is- | sued by the National Bank of Rou- Lately paper money printéd in the United States has gone' into; circula- tion and all other moneys have been withdrawn.. Meanwhile the Roumanian govern- ment is making a determined effort to stamp out the new industries of run- ning qlxeuli;moneys over her frontlerg and trading:it for leis. | “PRINCESS IN EXILE AT D DB B BT e > L P B 4, ; ‘naa:as’—n:aoaaflc&eeec¢6co (e — R Y otmays omes By Abryail Willramm's Burtan L5 n St eNichols.s » } = ga S Xir 2 flEN'C‘h‘ristm‘a»s comes | never mind tha cold. ’ I like to get up prompt en’ go to “scl 3 An'’ do my sums, / An' clean :ll‘;e walks “thout waitin® to be . told— I like sleddin’ better as o rule, Or li!fldill:;d forts—but nothin’ ain’t so When Christmas comes I'd just as lief give half My cooky to the baby, an’ take care ~ About the crumbs, It's fun to make the little fellow laugh, ~An’ I don’t mind his teggin’ every- where. He cen’t help bein® little! I'm not mad comes. When Christmas comes I don't forget to give £ My slwle;- wipe, an’ scrub my ears “Till m hesd hus. An’ flmhielr says,"That boy's m‘ood to ive!’} - Lo, Bue Pm enntz'fmifl of dyin’, ciuse’ T'm . ~not No different from elways—only glad, When Christmas comes! oy, =~ OB PDPIIET RS IIIFIIBITLCE LT CE s . Their Industry Constant Rebuke ‘o the Indolent. | Ooserver Also Sees Lesson to Human- i ity in the Perfection of System ‘They Have Evolved. ! It was Solomon who said, “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” Now, if the slug- 1 gards in the, Uniited States would go to Florida, they would pave ample opportunity to acquire wisdom, It is said that thefe are more ants to the square mile fn Florida than in any { other country”in the world. There are ants which will measure half an inch in length, and there"dre ants so small that they chn scarcely be seen to move with the unaided eye. A man, who has had a great deal of experience With them, said recent- Iy: “The Florlda ants will take out the lettuce and other wminute seeds from the soil in which they are planted and actually destroy the beds. They will | get into pie, pickle, sauce, sirup, su- gar and on weat; will riddle a cake, or fill a loaf of baker's bread till it is worthless, All remedies failing, I took to baiting them near their nests with slices of weat, bones, apple and pear parings, and when ¥ had from 50,000 to 100,000 out, would turn a ! kettle of bolling .water on them. I killed, during one week, over a mil- lion, in the space of a’ quarter-acre ilot, @nd- I have almost wiped them out. ) “It is curlous and Instructive to see how promptly the ants which es- cape the scalding will go to work tak- ing out the dead, and, after piling them outslde first, go to excavating agzain and rebuilding their cells and runways. This bejug done very quick- Iy, the next wark on hand is the lay- ing in of a supply of food, by hauling the dead bodies of the hot-water vie- tims into the storehouses. You may see a small black ant hauling and tug- ss of a red ant, twen- ANTS NEVER IDLE fy fimes Ifs own weight, and he always succeeds, In the end, in landing it In the warchouse of the colony. “Next you may see a sort of ambu- ling for the disabled. lance corps sear These are taken carefully into the underground house, where the sur- ceons and nurses are in waiting. Then, too, you may sée the timekeep and hogses divecting this one, or turning rpother back on some errand or to some other There is not a mo- ment’s del no halting feet, no idle hands: but @l move as If it were their last day on earth, and this the only | hour left in which to redeem a mis- spent life. For lessons in industry and in perfect government, go to the ants.” — Song “Plugger” Drains Cellar. They are telling a good story along Broadway these days about an earnest young “song plugger” who wanted & song placed in several theatrical acts, Learning that the actors he was try- ing to persumle to sing his number liked something a little stronger than half of one per cent he got several bottles of a liquor called Bourbon and sent around a quart to each actor, along with orchestrations of the song. The hint was a good one, and the song went into the acts. On learning that the actors were singing his song, this thoughtful young man, so the story goes, sent around a case of that same stuff to the homes of each of the ac- tors. It is said that-uvearly every actor in the country now wants to sing the song, and the bosy of the young man fs trying to think of some appropriute medal to he struck in the honor of his live wire.—New York Sun. The Best Informed. The matron of honor at the wedding had twice been a charming widow be- fore she married her present husband. " During the preparations for the wed- ding she had kept much in the bac ground lest some onc would twit her on being experienced In weddings, but at the ceremony she came out with fiying colors determined to outshine the bride~In receiving attention if pos- sible. And she got Iit, too. The ceremony had proceeded with- out a hitch until in the middle of bne of the vesponses, W the 1t forgot. She Riesitated; staminered and !‘LANDSLIDE COSTS A 'QLLW“ then was silent. For a minute every one was disturbed and then one of the ushers leaned over to the matron of honor. “Prompt her, Marie,” he or- dered in a whisper loud enough for most every one to hear him. Device Saves Cargo Space. Surprisingly 1arge cargoe space char- acterlzes two sulphur-carrying steam- ships recently built at Newburgh, N. Y., ns a result of & new, patented ar- rangement of the twin propeiler shafts. Ordinarily these shafts would have been mounted In tunnels placed near the center line of the ship, thereby breaking up the floor of the after holds Into useless wings and central pockets, says Popular Mechanles Mag- azine, But the new arrangement places the two power units as far out- board as possible in the engine room, and consequently locates the shafts along the after bilges and vun of the vessel, or in other words, near the joints of sides and bottom. R R . Let Bob Do It. Bill—Going to Bob's wedding? Gill—No, I'm not. “Going to send your regrets?” “Not me. If he's fool enough to get marrled let him do the regre(ting l,lm~ self.” Ice Evaporates Rapidly. Ice In the open air evaporates rap- 1dly, even when there Is no let-up to the frost. In less than a month it will lose 25 per cent of its weight In this manner. Headlight for Brooms. An Inventor In Maryland has per- tected a small electric light to be at- tached to a broom to light up dark' corners when his wife sweeps the floors.—Indianapolis News. Don't Fool With wynamite. Never tell a woman that she carries her age well—and, as you value your life, never tell her that she doesn't.— Boston Transcript. Unprofitable Reading. Reading & book through that bores you Is profitiess occupntion. If there is anything in it that ought to be re- membered, you forget 1t \ Nine Steamshovels Battle to Keep the Railroad Tracks: Clear at = . Pittsburgh. ’ ' Pittsburgh, Pa.—Damage, estimated by engineers to vary from $1,000, to $2,000,000, will* result from the: great slidesof earth and stone which for the last two weeks has been stgad- fly moving down the hiliside fromn Bigelow boulevard to the downtown passenger terminal of the Pennsylva- nia railroad here. ) ¥ Nine steam shovels are working-day and night to move the earth, as. it reaclfs the railrond tracks, and ap- proximately 5,000 tons -sre gent out on special trains every 24 hours, The slide began when the city at- felpted to straighten a curve in the boulevard ‘which follows. the hillside high above the railroad terminal and connects the ‘business section of the city with the east end.residence dis- trict. The “Seven Seas.” The “seven seas” mean the world and refer to the Pacific, Atlantic, Arc- tle and Indian oceans, and the Medl terranean, China and North seas. Glym Thought for Pessimists. Life fs full of uncertainties, even for people who expect the worst.—Boston Transeript. . P More Advice. 1t ‘you think you ave bright, keep 1t dark.—Boston Evening Transcript. Baby Recovers Voice, Galeshurg, Kun.—Helen Reed, two- vear-old daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Reed of this city, has recovered her voice, aTter a tracheotomy opera- fion in a local hospitel. The liitle «irl lost her volce five’ motiths »fo. after what seemed to b& an ordinary attack of tonsiliti*, An X-ray picture revealed a wire paper clip in the {rachen, or wind plpe, just below the vocal cords. An opening wan made in the treachea Ib order to insert a shiver tube {hrough which tha baby could breathe. The paper cllp was vemoved and the little patient is now, well, st ¥ off until spring by the government; “grub. stake ordinance,” which de-| mands a passing of the Royal Cana- dian mounted police. 1 | Saskatoon, Sask.—Saskatoon has given to the world what is claimed to be a new variety of vegetable—the seedless tomato. This has been pro- duced as the result of years of con- tinuous experimentation by an expert local market gardener. The new product, which has grown prolifiically, is perfectly formed, very luscious, and | presents many advantages over the {ordinary tomato. . Gifts Tl?'at Last | Chnistmas Suggestions ; , Calgary, Alberta.—An Alberta man | has produced a type of corn, a cross | between sweet and squaw corn, whigh ! is earlier i nmaturity than the ordi-: nary sweét corn and possesses in| many respects the hardiness of squaw | corn. One advantage of this new ! strain is that it matures from a week | to ten days earlier than sweet corn. | Jewelry Belongs in Every Household. Edmonton, Alberta.—Five parties are-reported to be ready for a winter overland trip to the new oil field at Fort Norman, to leave with the win- ter mail at the end of the month. The mad rush, it is expected, will be held SUBSCRIBE FOR THE | DAILY PIONEER Mary needs a bar pin—platinum finish, with brilliants—and her heart will jump with joy at the possession of a bracelet watch. Father or Brother will prize a pair of s{lee.ve buttons, tie pin or Waldmer vest chain, Baby wants a locket, and Mother must have spoons for the table. Opr show cases are actually laugh- ing with these attractive goods. Tell It With Jewelry GIFTS THAT LAST BEMIDJI ARMY STORE WE SELL FOR LESS 106 3rd St. PHONE 976 106 3rd St. T e Little Princess Catherine, daugb- ter of formbr King Constantine and ex-Queen Sophie of Greece, playing in the streets of Lucerne, Switzerland, | where the Greek royal family is living in exile. They live in a hotel like or- ‘dinary tourists. i 1,362,872 FRENCH KILLED Final Figures Given on Tricolor's Total Dead in the Great . European War. Cold Weather Is Here—Get Your Winter Clothing at Less Cost With Highest """ Quality—Here Are Some of the Items Listed Here. Paris—Final official statistics of | the ministry’ of war fixes the totnlll number of French soldigrs killed dur- ing the great war at 1362872 Of Overcoats _ ........ $7.50 Mackinaws ...... $12.75 this number: the details of the fate h ' of 361,854 are unknown. ! Felt Vests ........ $3.25 Leather Vests ..... $7.50 Reduction of milltary service to less | than two years is impossible at the Sheeg_ Coats ...... $15.00 Wool Pants ....... $7.25 present time, said M. Lefevre, minis- | 4 B ter of war, while explaining the main | 10-in. Top Shoes . . .$9.00 High Shoes ...... $10.50 points of the projected reorganization o of the army to the military committee 'of | _Rubber{ ...$4.50 to $5.00 Leggins ........... 90c of the chamber of deputies. Usg of French troops in the orient was discussed by the minister, who declared that forges pow in the near east numbered 70,000° men, most of the orgapizations therq being colonial regiments. ~ T ¢ - Wool Sox ......... . .25¢-50c-79c-85¢c-95¢ Union Suits . . . . .. . . . . . . $3.00-$4.50-$5.00 ] Must Wed to-Get Weaith. k Valparaiso, Ind—By the terms of | the will of Edgar D. Crumpacker his 3 + 2 All Merchandise Is Government Standard, son, Owen L. Crumpacker, a local torney of this city, is to receiv - % 5 o Which Means High Quality at Lowest Prices. The additional, providing he marries. vounger Crumpacker also will re- ceive a large law library which be- | longed to his father, who was for years representative in congress from the Tenth Indiana district. He left N\ a large estate, of which a large part, 106 3rd St. 106 3rd St. consists of land bordering along Lake Michigan, in close proximity to the steel wills of Gary. The local attor- ney is a bachelor. PHONE 976 Subscribe for The Daily Pioneer. = g - ’ .