Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 23, 1918, Page 2

| i 3 ! g & i | 1 = F | | | i ¥ e T R R R S T e L ol BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER —— - PUBLISHED BVERY AFTERNOON BXCEPT SUNDAY: THE BEMIDJI PIONBER PUBLISHING CO. i X B, X. DENU TELEPRONE 922 8 tered at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class mattes 2 und b o8k ‘or Congress of March 3, 1875, 77 attenti d to annonymous contributions. Writer's nams must be ! n:l tl‘:: mwr. but noz cessarfly for publication ust reach this office not 1a nications for the Weekly Ploneer m! ’.lEu.os%sy of each week to insure publication in the current issue.. . % SUBSORIPTION RATES BY CARRIER Y o3 00 One year THE WEBKLY PIONBER pages, talning & of the news of the week. overd Thotsany aud sent postage address, Publighed to any for, in advance $1.50. OFPFPICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS MOTHER OF NATIONS AND HEROES. In 1847 Ralph Waldow Emerson, in a dinner speech at Manchester, saluted England not only as the “mother of na- tions” but as the “mother of heroes.,” This'is brought to mind by some of the facts made public during America’s recent cele- bration of “Britain day.” Most of us knew that during the war the British had conquered Turkey as well as sent millions of| valiant soldiers to the aid of France on the west front. Most of us knew that the British fleet had bottled up the German navy and kept the seven seas open to commerce, thus perform- ing invaluable service to the allied cause. Most of us knew that British ships transported and that the British navy protected more than half of the soldiers America sent to France, but few of us realized what this was costing the government and-the people who accomplished the task with their usual unwavering determination, It now appears that this added task—by which alone great numbers of American troops reached the front in time——cost England dear. From every sea route, from the Atlantic, Pa- cific and Indian ocean trade, British merchant vessels were withdrawn to meet the pressing emergency. Passenger and carrying ships alike were taken from where they were urgently needed and every available bottom was summoned to the new service, the British government even countenancing “very dan- gerous sacrifices of meat supplies, endangering even those - of the British army.” In this way alone were the American troops hurried to the battle front in sufficient numbers to command victory. The mothers of nations is still the “mother of heroes” that Emerson found her seventy year ago. —0 HOME RULE. We can depend on the horse sense of the American farmer to outwit the profiteering elevator company when all the cards are played, but it is a misfortune that the movement has been delayed so long. It is now beyond question that $2.00 is not to be considered as a price for wheéat, and with the purpose of obtaining fair conditions for themselves farmers have started forming eleva- tor companies of their own in many parts of the wheat country. The only danger to be apprehended is the promotor mas- querading as the friend and counselor of the farmer. There will always be some of these artists posing as organizers of bona fide farmers’ elevator companies, with the purpose of per- petuating the very abuse which they profess to remove. The remedy is a very simple one, and is being generally applied. -Stockholders should be allowed no more than a max- imum holding—say $500, and no one should have any voice in the management of the concern unless he is known to be a local man.with local interests. No stranger, however urbane and ingratiating, should be allowed to get any part of the financial administration under his direction. Such a condition would gradually—and perhaps suddenly—transfer most of the benefits proceeding from the enterprise into the hands of ingenious manipulators from the land where skyscrapers are many and haystacks few. by : The lost American collier Cyclops will remain the mystery of.the war, As she was not found in the possession of the Ger- mans and nothing has been heard of her for many months, the only reasonable explanation is that she went down in a storm without leaving any trace. . Yy — In Ohio a “Pershing for President” association has been formed by & number of prominent republicaans, and when 1920 rolls around there will be a demand for Pershing to head the nation. If he can be induced to accept the nomination he will be the next president. —_—0 During four years and three: months-of war twelve spies were shot in London Tower. During nineteen months of war not one spy was shot in the United States.. But the:difference was merely one of greater danger and more impelling need. : 0. Peru accepts mediation but Chile hangs back—a difference to be accounted for by the fact that Chile holds the disputed provinces and is not sure that the arbitrators will agree that possession is nine points of the law. JRECRSCRSRCT, DS, S-S If we admit Germany to our bread line, Bulgaria will speak for two meals a day and Turkey will bow and scrape for three. Uncle Sam can hardly ration his suffering allies and all their enemies, too. —————— ‘A nation can not afford to do'a mean thing, said Charles Sumner, but he lived before the time of a supposedly irresistible war-machine. —_— The Germans complain of lack of pity for them, appar- ently not knowing that the way to invite compassion is to re- pent. SHIP YOUR Hides, Furs, Wool, Sheep Pelts and Bee Wax and Tallow To NORTHERN HIDE & FUR COMPANY 118 Belt. Ave. Bemidji, Minsesota For Quick Returns and Highest Cash Market Prices BEST PRESENT. IS LETTER . MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1918 ton, the Florence Morse Kingsley's LEE charming story, the girl who sells ——— herself at auction to- the highest bidder in her native village, and the detested mortgage shark bid her in. Then love solves the problem. A comedy reel is also to appear. COMING TO GRAND. Belle Bemnett wltl;n] J. fiani]ey ‘ Sherry appears 'in “The Reckoning FROM A SOLDIER“SON'| Day,” which abounds in:thrills and forceful dramatic situations at the More welcome than any Christmas } Grand-theater- tomorrow. present was. the ‘letter received by [ Christmas day, Wednesday, Char- Mr. and Mrs. Frank McManus, Sr,|les Ray is to appear id the Grand Special Mab Cot Bemidji Pioneer Pub. Co. Bemidji, Minn. i Gentlemen: Enclosed find $2.50 to pay for the Daily Pioneer for six months and 82 cents for which send me one ol your latest State, United States and War Zone maps, a combination of “three in one’ map - of Dewey avenue, from-— their-son theater as-leading-charaeter in ‘‘The hangers. Frank, who is. in .military service in| Nine 0'Clock Town,” a delightful France, as they have mot heard from | Paramont: picuture. Name the-young man- since last September and-have beonhanxloualy g&%fl COMING TO ELKO. news from' the front. “Jetter,| <A hild,” 1a. t of dated somewhere in France, Nov. 18,| the o‘;fi:{fw, wit: ‘;fl,‘.’;?,‘,’l §1§“m. says in part: - | matie scenes and heavily spiced with “I have received several letters}clean comedy-— with = continuous, from home of late and was surely | pleasing action from the first reel to glad to hear that everybody is well. | the-last, introducing Kathleen: Clif- 1 have plenty of warm clothing and | ford, the International vaudeville enough to eat and am- getting along | favorite, will bejthe Christmas day fine. You ask me in your letters|attraction-at the Elko theater. what kind of work 1 am doing.: Well, |, ey to be honest with you, my work was a little dangerous, at times: “Fight- ing” is what it is called. I have been in all the big drives and in the division (the Rainbow; or 42nd) that took the:last town in the war, and Address. ......... 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About the time he gets it all figgered out. a coal-colored feline darts out of the alley just.ahead of him and makes a bee line for the other side of the street 'and that feller-jest about loops the loop trying-to head that cat off."— Indianapols’ Star. have pulled . through it without'a seratch. I consider myselfilucky. The talk is now that we will go over-and do some guard duty in Ger- many—~don’t know for-how: long:® I expect to be in the good oldU. 8.7A. some time this winter.” % Pumpkin, per can ... Bananas, per pound . Try our fine line of fresh cookies. : Salad Dressing, 8 ounce bottle. ‘Evaporated Horseradish .. “Prepared Horseradish ... . One large bottle Snyders Catsup One bottle Strained Honey Half pound Lipton’s Black Tea +Salt Pork; the- best ‘One 49-pound sack Cremo Flour:.. Many other things too numerous to saving to you. Dates, per package . Figs, per package ... Call us up—Phone 237. . . We deliver to all parts of the city FREE. Yours for business; H. CARVER 703 Fourteenth Street THEATERS REX TONIGHT. Tonight, at the = Rex;: Violet Mesereau - in' “Together,” inwhich this star is seen in a dual role. It is a most interesting feature film.- The sensation~of-the--program--is the second-episode:of-‘‘The.Lure of the Circus,” with" Eddie ~Poto;: thé| - giant of the arena, being seen in ‘“The Giant's Leap,” a most thrill- ing feat. c There will also-be'a comedy;-*'The Pursuing Package,” featuring Kath- erine O’Connor. - REX TOMORROW. “Her Only Way,” th@ latest Select| Picture in which Joseph M. Schenck! presents Norma Talmadge at the Rexi theater tomorrow, tells the story of! a young boarding-school girl: who comes home to the grim realities of a lost fortune, a smashing of ‘the dreams of marrying the boy whom she has loved for a lifetime, and the problem of marrying wealth to save the home from' being sold. BIG CHRISTMAS BILL. The Rex will have as a specially || booked feature for Christmas day.thé 3 Too. Severe. “You told me when you were a suit- or for my hand that my will would ever be law“to' you,” said Mrs. Grip- pins. “So T did, my dear, so I did,” replied Mr. Grippins, mildly. “But at.that par- ticular time:lttle did I dream- that your will- would ever take the form of ~er—martial law,”—Birmingham Age- Herald. i Reindeer- Record. The : reindeer ' has:'been: known: to pull 200' pounds at a ten-mile pace for - 12 hours: Santa -Clags must be the READ THE PIONEER WANT ADS one' who' established that record. big - patriotic - spectacle - ‘‘Lafayette; 2 Closed All We Come,” based upon the exclamai osed Al tion-of General- Pershing upon his i n““ arrival in France at the tomb of the Al ereat French general, who came to g .. Christmas: the struggling -American. colonies in the dark days of the Revolutionary war and helped. the colonists defeat the soldiers of England. It picturs jzes the payment of America’s debt. Tt is not a war picture but a mystery love drama with a war flavor. It should be seen as. it is one of the greatest pictures ever filmed. GRAND TONIGHT. The Dramatic Mirror says: Giadys Leslie, who is steadily ad- vancing, and is a young star of de- cided promise. shines charmingly in “The Soap Girl,”” the feature:at the Grand theater tonight. “Whistles and Windows;"’ a Big:V{ comedy is also booked: to show at.the Grand theatre tonight. . ELKO TONIGHT. Alice Joyce has a role of special strength and.appealin *To the High- est- Bidder,” the. feature which ‘will be scen in the Elko theater tonight and Tue:day: She is. Barbara Pres- — MEAT INJURIOUS: TO THE KIDNEYS Take a Tablespoonful of Salts If Back Hurts orBladder: Bothers- At the last minute you'll think of some one that you have overlooked. This advertise- ment is to help you make your selection. For $5.00 you can buy a silk waist, silk underwear, § manicure sets, traveling sets, traveling bags, ' table linen, two pairs of gloves. 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