Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 22, 1917, Page 2

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INTERESTING, BUT UNWELCOME NEWS In Washington the United States Senate is investigating reports of inefticient administration of the army affairs. Already several startling admissions have been made by those who know. A dispatch sent out of ‘Washington by the United Press to the Pioneer yesterday stated: «In the face of the startling lack of clothing and supplies, thousands of young men will be called to the colors December 31, Quartermaster Sharp admitted in the probe this afternoon. This refers to the last increment of the first draft. Quarter- master Sharp also admitted that there is not enough clothing for the men in the training camps now. He says the men being gent to France have uniforms 27 per cent lighter than the Brit- ish and French.” i We'll bet a pail of water to a doughnut that the Creel Bureau of Public Information publication doesn’t carry that story for the PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, together with its details. SHOULD HAVE CALLED UNDERTAKER In a St. Paul German paper appeared a communication regarded by the{ friends of Secretary of State Schmahl as an attack upon his loyalty work. The communication stated that in view of Secretary Schmahl’s attitude and speeches upholding the United States and its Allies in the present struggle, he would not get the vote of a single German in Nicollet county. 1t is authoritively stated that Secretary Schmahl has not delivered any loyalty addresses in Nicollet county, but wherever he has spoken for the United States he has paid his expenses out of his own pocket. The attack upon the secretary of state of Minnesota has aroused much justified indignation and when a caller had the termerity to state in Mr. Schmahl’s presence that he agreed with the communication the German paper had published Mr. Schmaht ordered him from the office. We disagree with the action of Secretary Schmahl in one point. He should have rung up an undertaker to call for one “good job.” RED CROSS CAMPAIGN GRATIFYING The rally around the Red Cross standard in Bemidji and Beltrami county is one of the most gratifying instances of loyalty and patriotism in the annals of Beltarmi county. The campaign to secure members for the co-operation in the great undertakings and the war work of the Red Cross has been a success and new members are being recruited rapidly. By the close of the campaign there will be few without the membership roll of the chapter and its auxiliaries. . Bemidji and Beltrami county have done themselves proud in support- ing the Red Cross. RIS CHANCE FOR A FEW GUESSES If it should come to pass that Bemidji should change its present aldermanic form of government to the commission form or the city mana- ger plan, who do you think would make competent commissioners or a competent city manager? We believe we know of some persons some others believe would be the proper caper, but the taxpayers of Bemidji wouldn’t see it the same way. i THE PICTURE HAS FADED For the past few days the newspapers have been full of commenda- tion for the Turks in their retreat from the Holy City, leaving it intact and not damaged as the Teutons have destroyed historic cities and places, not sparing sacred edifices of worship. It has now been learned that priceless art treasures and sacred jewels have been stripped from holy places in Jerusalem and sent to the Kkaiser. Thus has the picture faded. “Railroads Seeks Higher Freight Rales.”—Headline. They might find them with the aid of an aeroplane. They're bound to be somewhere up there. If any further proof were needed to convince one that “the pen s mightier than the sword,” one has only to recall the price of pork. If you see her standing pensively and absent-mindedly beneath the mistletoe—just take a second thought. Unlike his father, who “paddled his own canoe,” the modern youth “touches the governor” for an electric launch. The temptation is great to give more thought to the “bite” than to the “bit.” Ohio seems to bhave definitely decided she'll eentinue to take sugar in her'n. i THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER - |l ’ THEATERS REX TONIGHT Mystery and romance vie for in- terest in the newest William Fox pro- duction, “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” which, with Dustin Farnum as its star, will be shown at the Rex thea- ter tonight. The story of the picture deals with the attempts of a band of revolution- ary leaders in the France of 1792 to catch a group of Englishmen who are rescuing condemned noblemen from Paris. The conspirators are headed by Sir Percy Blakeney, known as “The”Scarlet Pimpernel” (Dustin Farnum). A roaring comedy will be shown, entitled “Love and Skates.” Rex Sunday. “Under Handlc%p, t‘l& 7,000-foot Metro wonderplay, starring Harold Lockwood, which will be seen at the Rex theater Sunday presented among other difficulties, the feature of giv- ing motion picture patrons a com- prehensive idea of the comstruction of a great irrigation plant for the reclamation of desert lands. One of the most exciting moments in “Under Handicap” shows Anna Little as the heroine galloping on horseback after a smiftly moving train. She leaps from her horse to the platform of the observation car.| Two of the fastest horses ever used in motion picture work were used in this scene, and the train which Miss Little caught was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour. The clever actress was fully competent to meet the exacting demands made upon her by the necessities of the picture. Charlie Chaplin will also be at the Rex in “The Floorwalker.” “The Saint’ vent?re.” One 3.;11 the most' leadcinat ng stories ever screened. A handsome young rector of an ultra-fashional church reads a newspaper report of his own death while on a vacation in the North woods. Angered because his church appeals to the rich instead of the poor, he disguises himself as a laborer in order to aid them. A woman of the slums mistakes him for her missing husband. Together they carry on the work of aiding the people of the tenmements. Love and happiness follow for them. Rapid action and beautiful scenic effects make this picture of Fate’s play- things delightful. At the Rex Mon- day. AT THE GRAND In ‘“The Torture of Silence,” a powerful psychological motive runs through this five-reel offering, which is made particularly interest- ing by the appearance of Mrs. Emmy Lynn as Martha Courand, the wife of a famous French doctor. The scenes are presumably laid in France but have no reference to preqent war conditions there. Y The plot has certain unusual qual- jties. At the beginning the wife, Martha, is neglected by her husband, whose professional duties keep him busy. She falls in love with Claude Gallatin, a young writer, whom she begs to go away with her. Con- trary to precedent, Gallatin refuses, out of friendship for the husband, and Martha accidentally shoots him while in a rage. The torture of si- lence which follows will give you much to think about. _ Grand Sunday. Out in the desert he died, alone, without friends to mark his grave, a stern old martinet of the law to whom Nature showed no greater mercy than he had shown to Na- ture's children. The story of Judge McClure is worth hearing, or as it happens, seeing, for it is a new Tri- angle film production called “Bond of Fear,” to be shown at the Grand theater Sunday. The stigma of an oppressive sense of guilt made him a cowardly though innocent fugitive, fleeing into the desert before his own fear of a blind justice. ELKO TONIGHT Mme. De Berry has been sent to Bob-Cat Gulch, a Western mining town, as agent of Bragdon Brant. She was famed as the cleverest busi- ness adventuress in New York, the woman in whose hands the wolves of Wall Sfreet were mere puppets. The Bob-Cat mine was a rich pros- pect, and Brant was determined to gain control of the stock and its spur track railroad. To do this it was necessary to purchase the stock held by Bob Spalding, discoverer of the mine, and his partner and bosom friend, Leonard Durant. He felt confident that Spalding would be mere putty in the hands of this beautiful and brainy woman, and so Mme. De Berry was in Bob- Cat Gulch. How she met Spalding and succeeded in getting control of the stock are the thrilling episodes of the Triangle play, “The Fuel of Life,” at the Elko theater tonight. Elko Sunday. Carlyle Blackwell, Evelyn Greeley and Madge Evans, the three popular stars of World-Pictures Brady-Made, are all stars in “The Burglar,” the startling and unusual new ‘World- Picture which has been secured by the Elko theater for its attraction on Sunday. This picture is the filmization of a recently published novel which for many months was one of the best selling novels in the country. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that there | are funds in the treasury to pay all Revolving fund warrants to date; General fund warrants to No. 8772, issued Oect. 1, 1917; Permanent Im- provement warrants to and includ- ing No. 8050, issued Feb. 27, 1917, and Poor fund warrants to No. 8820 issued Oct. 16, 1917. December 21, 1917. GEO. W. RHEA, 3-1324 Treasurer. | | — 4 DR. H. A. NORTHROP OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Suite 10, O'Leary-Bowser Bldg. Office Phone 163 DR. L. A. WARD PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Troppman Block Bemidji, Minn. Clothes eagxe(r!a for EOBG. v}omen and ‘Children TOM SMART DRAY AND TRANSFER Safe and Piano Moving Res. Phone 58 818 America Oftice Phone 12 FUNERAL DIRECTOR M. E. IBERTSON UNDERTAKER 405 Beltrami Ave,, Bemidji, Minn, Fo_r satisfactorv prices, bring or ship your Hides & Furs Coldberg’s Hide & Fur Co. 112 3rd St. Bemidji, Minn. We also pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE for RUB- BERS, METALS and RAGS Phone 638-W JACOB GOLDBERG, Prop. A. V. GARLOCK, M. D. SPECIALIST EAR NOSE THROAT Glasses Fitted EYE DRS. GILMORE & McCANN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Office—Miles Rlock DR. EINER JOHNSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Bemidji, Minn. DR. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST North of Markham Hotel Gibbons Block Tel. 230 N. L. HAKKERUP PHOTOGRAPHER Photos Day and Night Remember, Wed., “Wheatless Day” J. \VARNINGER VETERINARY SURGEON Office and Howpital 3 doors west of Troppman Store Phone No. 209 MINA MYERS Hair dressing, face massage, scalp treatment. Switches made from combings $1.50. 311 6th St. Phone 112-W GENERAL MERCHANDISE Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Flour, Feed, etc. The careful buyers buy here. W. G. SCHROEDER Bemidji Phone 65 THE DAILY PIONEER receives wire service of the UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION \ Remember, Wed., “Wheatless Day” Remember, Wed., “Wheatless Day” —_— - - —_— FARMERS’ & TRAPPERS, We are buying Hides, Furs, Wool, Pelts and Tallow and' will pay* you the full market price. | l Bemidji-Nymore Car Line 13th Street ‘( AND To Beltrami Avenue f Nymore Car leaves Nymore on the hour and half-hour. ICTURES of home folks P carry warmth and com- fort to the heart of a soldier. STUDIO of N. L. Hakkerup. Make an appointment today. The Hakkerup Studio Minn. Bemidji, Second Street, Car leaves 13th Street on the quarter to and quarter after each hour. . ? Fare, 6 Cents R W. KEIHL, Proprietor LTI LT Hay, Flour and Feed Do you need hay? We can sell you in bales or in carload lot: X]e a,lso2 6hss,ndle Flour and Feed. Call us up and get gflge:: Phone 5 . Store Akre’s Variety Nymore, Minn. i, ST HITRIInn, “my, 'm CLAD” “Why, Georgie?” “Cause papa told me that Santa bought a watch at the Bemidji Jewelry Co. and is going to give it to me Xmas. We have a few boys’ watches left. BEMIDJI JEWELRY CO. ARE YOU A DADDY? YOU LOVE YOUR FAMILY; PERHAPS YOU WASTE A LOT§ OF MONEY IN “DRIBS AND DRABS” THAT IF PUT INTO THEgQ, BANK NOW WOULD GROW TO A BIG SUM. IF YOU LIVE “YOU” CAN ENJOY YOUR MONEY, IF YOU} DON'T IT WILL PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN. YOU ARE SETTING YOUR BOYS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHEN YOU PUT MONEY IN THE BANK. BANK WITH US: WE PAY % PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS FIRST NATIONAL BANK i -~ i