Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 5, 1919, Page 2

PAGE TWO BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ———PUBLISHED EVERY APTEENOON EXOEPT SUNDAY. THE BEMIDJI PIONSER FUBLISHING CO. E. H. DENU G. E. CARSON Manager H. M. STANTON Editor TELEPHONE 933 Entered at the postoffice at Bemidjl, Minn, as second-class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ttention paid to annonymous contributions. Writer's name must be kI:uowln :o the galtor. but not necessarfly for publication. ications .for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this office not umcfflf%&'uy of each week to insure publication in the current issua —zmw THE WEEKLY PIONBER page taining of the news of the week. ¥Ful od evers Bharsasy and sent postage PALd to any address, 107, in #dvanos, ] OFFICIAL COUNTY AND OITY PROCEEDINGS PROGRESS OF VICTORY LOAN Carter Glass, secretary of the treasury, says, “I would be lacking in frankness if I did not tgll you that the treasu,x,'y de- partment is apprehensive concerning the chtor.y loan. . He recalls that the loan is but little more than one third subscribed while two-thirds of the campaign period-is over, amj each day the average necessary to fill the quota raises as the time passes. That would be discouraging if reliance were pla_\ced on large subscriptions, or subscriptions with the aid chiefiy of bank credit. The slowness of the campaign is due chiefly to the stress put on popular subscriptions. They are hard to get in millions, and many are got which are not valid until fi}'si: pag'mqnta are actually made. There is no reason to despair of floating the loan, and no sufficient sign that it will not be floated among the people as desired. : That would not be possible if the large subscribers were allowed to take the loan, instead of being discouraged. If they want more than $10,000 they must split up their subscriptions, for amounts over $10,000 are not assured of franchige. Be- tween the Third and Fourth Loans there was an increase of over four million subscribers when the popular feature was less in- sisted upon the large subscriptions were more welcome. . When it is necessary to call up the reserve funds _they will be found ample, but that it will not be necessary is indlcatqd by the record of most backward of all the districts. In a single day Atlanta raised its ratio from 4 per cent. of its quota to over 11 per cent. Just as the smaller sum was not the true sum, so the larger sum is less than the truth. Not all men, or even women, know a bargain when they see it. Those who do spare themselves future regrets. It is more than a generation since the United States has offered so attractive a loan, and it will be more than a generation before it will offer such another. It will be a long time to wait before citizens again can make their dollars serve so many ends. The individual end has been mentioned. The dollars the individual pays into the treasury the treasury forthwith pays into the banks, and extinguishes government debt to that amount. The payment of that debt to the banks puts them into position to accommodate other borrowers, and, as the banks sn_bstitute ac- commodations to private borrowers for accommodations to gov- ernment contractors, industry is stimulated. . The billion the twenty million subscribers, more or less, pay ihto the treasury thus return to them in wages and profits. That makes the economic cycle complete, leaving the treasury owing the bondholders instead of those who have provided war supplies. The government cycle is completed when™ future taxes retire the bonds, thus paying the bondholders their ad- vances twice over, if interest is counted on the longer loans. There will be more crowding as the end of the subscription ap- proaches. Although Bemidji has gone over the top our citizens should invest every penny they can in the loan that the county may.be placed well over the top and thus aid the community in making sufficient response to Uncle Sam’s last call for war money. —0 SOLDIERS WANT VOCATIONAL TRAINING. America’s problem of rehabilitating wounded soldiers dif- fers in several essentials from that of our European Allies. Even Canada, whose experiences are in so many respects similar to our own, shares in these differences, The comparatively small number of our wounded, scattered as they must be, throughout the vast extent of our country, necessitates a different form of administration from that of European countries, with their large numbers of wounded men crowded into smaller areas. To meet this need, The Federal Board has established fourteen regional offices, so that disabled soldiers may obtain information and assistance as near their home as possible. The armistice was declared before the necessity arose with us of calling into service any of the physically unfit. Our army was made up to the last man of picked men, while our Allies were forced, because of their longer period of service and con- sequently heavier losses, to call in those who were over age or below physical standard. To retain young men, many of them unmarried, is an easier thing to do, than to retain older men, who have family burdens to carry. This may be one explana- tion of the fact that the Federal Board has not encountered the problem, which England and France confess to have been their most serious one in carrying out their plans for reeducation, the necessity of persuading men to take training. There is a cer- tain eagerness among the boys of the American Expeditionary Forces to be trained. The difficulty is to provide the most suit- able kind of training. The content of the courses provided dif- fer according to the needs of the various countries. Italy with her large numbersmeeding elementary education must provide very different courses from those countries where highly techni- cal and specialized training is needed. . However, with all these variations in details, the spirit which dominates all the countries in their efforts is that their different interests and varied needs must all lead to one com- mon achievemer_xt, that of giving back to these wounded men that economic independence and social self respect without which a man must find his life inadequate. - e o R e A e STAHL-JACOBS Furniture Renovators ‘All work guaranteed. Work called for and de- livered. General Repair Shop Phone 488 311 6th St. GET YOU WANT TO .:..‘-%l' IT IN THE THE BEMIDJI PIONEER THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER AT THE THEATERS MISS CLARK AS LOVELY MARY In “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” which has been picturized for Paramount by Hugh Ford, with Marguerite Clark, the beantiful Paramount star in the stellar role, Miss Clark appears as Lovely Mary, that delightful tomboy- whose pranks in the story won her-se many juvenile admirers. The picture, wu.ch is on view at the Elko theatre tonight and Tuesday, matinee and eveming, is a remarkable one <in many -respects, its situations belng dramatic and its heart-appeal to old and young alike, irrestible. The adaption of-Alice He- gan Rice’s widely read story as a photoplay was made by Eve Unsell with splendid effect, and the support- ing cast is of the highest class. A two part “Big V" comedy, ‘“Bears and Bad Men' is also on the Elko program for tonight and tomor- row. “THE SQUAW MAN” Whenever Cecil B, DeMille, mast- er of screencraft who has produced many famous Arteraft picture suc- cesses, take up the details of a new production, not the slightest of these ig overlooked. It is because of this that “The Squaw Man’’, which will be shown at the Elko theatre next Wednesday and Thursday, is regard- ed as one of the finest presentations of the season. . The most notable feature of *“The Squaw Man,” independent of its in- terest as a human document, is the superfority of its cast, every player appearing therein being of stellar magnitude. It is seldom that any mo- tion picture presents so fine an array of prominent screen . players, and among those in the cast are Elliott Dexter, Ann Little, Katherine Mac- Donald, Theodore Roberts, Jack Holt, Thurston Hall, Tully Marshail, Ed- win Stevens and many others. “THE BELLE OF NEW YORK” “The Belle of New York” in which Select Pictures presents Marion Da- vies, affords everyone a wonderful op- vortunity to see the world-renowned beauties of the Zigfeld Midnight Frolic. All—whether they have liv- ed in Oshkosh or Paris—have heard of the beautiful Ziegfeld girls; they have heard but have not seen. Select Pictures now given them an oppor- tunity of seeing these stunning, tharming, beautiful, graceful girls. “The Belle of New York," which will be seen at the Rex theatre today contains several cabaret scenes im which all the beauties of the Zieg- eld Midnight ®Frolic participate. 3eautiful Marion Davies, with the nost beautiful group 6t girls in the vorld as a background in a world |’ ‘anious production, makes “The Belle >f New York” one of the most charm- ‘ng and wonderful plctures tihiat-has ever been produced on the screen. AT REX TODAY ; The Public Defender, at-the Rex tomorrow, discusses a spbject which segjously affects the rights and the liberties of the common people. The poor man cast into prison, no |’ matter how innocent, is helpless and hopeless. He canhot cry out to jus-|: tice, for nobody hears his ery. Heis the prey of the policeman, the oap- tive of the jailor, the butt of other| prisoners, the ' plaything ofs young|: lawyers. He is immured beyond hu- man reach. His protestations of in- nocence are drowned by the ribald jeers of hardened ariminals. He walks to the courthouse fettered to brutes and degenerates. He is browbeaten and threatened by his captors, until his heart sinks in despair. As he is arraigned before the judge, he stares about the courtroom, but he sees no friend—no hope. Every technicality and delay and defense and avenue of || escape known to the cunning of law- | yers ate available to the rich man indicted for crime. under indictment is permitted to go through the forms and appearances of a trial; but such a trial is only a mockery. He dares not assert his in- nocence for fear of a double sentence at the end of a trial—a trial which he knows will be a travesty. There- fore, he pleads guilty and disappears from human view. And this is the triumph of civilization—a triumph for those who have money; ignominy for those who have not. The provi- sion for a Public Defender should be imbedded in our statutes. No law could be more economical-—none more humane. GRAND TONIGHT, Suppose you met and fell in love with a peach of a girl—a pretty, charming, dear girl who was every- thing you had pictured a girl ought to be. And suppose you found that all the evidence indicated that this girl was a crook—what would you do? This is the situation that Charles Hadwin finds himself up against in “‘Crook of Dreams;” the new World picture starring Louise Huff which tonight and tomorrow will be shown at the Grand. What did he do about it? Well, th® things that he did and the things that Con- stance, the girl of his dreams, also, did, go to make an exceedingly in- teresting and entertaining motion picture. Famoys Mexican Canal. Mexico's mast popular artifieiel wa- terway of triwel Is La Viga (the ca- nal), which lends from Lake Xochimil- co to Mexico City. No one knows just how old the canal is, as it antedates Mexican histowy. It is supposed, how- ever, that it was cut by the Toltees, ‘a race prior ta the Aztecs. When Cor- ‘tez conquered Mexico he found that the canal had been long in use. All the craft of La Viga, passenger and other- iwise, are flat-bottomed, and are pro- Ipelled by poles. The boatmen have the current with them In getting passen- yers and freight to the city, as the w wter of the canal comes fror Lake X whimiico, Whidh is six feet higher tha ® Mexice EiRy. The poor man . YOU will find all three flavors in the sealed packages—but look for the name WRIGLEYS because it is your protection against interior Imitations, just as the sealed package is protec- tion against im- purity. "SEALED TIGHT KEPT RIGHT Don’t Take any Chances A battery may seem to be doing its jqb nearly as well as usual — may turn the engine over strongly enough to ‘‘get by’’— may supply enough current for light — may produce a fairly hot spark — and may go on doing so right up to the point where the spark of life goes out. If you don’t know that your battery’s in good health, you're taking chances. Drop in at the Service Station for ten minutes and let us test your battery. And ask about the Still Better Wiilard'——-_the only battery with the “Bone Dry’” principle that is your absolute assurance of getting a battery as new as the day it left the factory. Bemidji Auto Co. Olaf Ongstad, Prop. gt~ WE PAY . the highest market price for rags metals, rubbers and scrap iron. We also pay freight on all out of town shipments for 100 pounds and over. Highest prices paid for hides. ’S HIDE & FUR CO. 112 3d Street MONDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1919 2] DR. D. L. STANTON DOCTORS DR. L. A. WARD Physician and Surgeon Bemidjf, Minn. DR. H. A. NORTHROP . Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon Tbertson Block Office Phone 183 [ DRS. GILMORE & McCANN Physicians and Surgeons Office: Miles Block AV GARLO&K, M.D. Eyo—finr—Noso——Thton lasses FPitted DR. E. A. SHANNON, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Office in Mayo_Block Phone 896 Res. Phou‘”:l Physician and Surgeon DR. E. H. SMITH Office Security Bank Block DR. EINER JOHNSON Physician and Surgeon Bemidji, Minn. LUNDE AND DANNENBERG Chiropractors Hours 10 to 12 a. m. Phone 401-W 2tob5, 7Tto8p m Calls made. 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Bemidji DENTISTS i . DENTIST Oftice in Winter Block DR. J. T. TUOMY DENTIST North of Markham Hote! & Gibbons Block Phone 7 DR. J. W. DIEDRICH DENTIST Office—O'Leary-Bowser Bldg, | Phones—Office 376-W Res. O’G-R | l LAWYERS GRAHAM M. TORRANCE LAWYER Miles Block Phone 860 VETERINARIANS D. R. BURGESS, D.V.M. VETERINARIAN Office Phone 8-R, 3rd St. & Irvin J. WARNINGER VETERINARY SURGEON Office and Hospital 8§ doors west Ship Your HIDES, FURS, WOOL, SHEEP PELTS and BEE WAX and TALLOW = T NORTHERN HIDE & FUR COMEANY 118 Belt Ave. i | Dray and Tramster Res. Phone 58 Oftice Phone 13 818 America ‘. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Planos, Organs, 6514 Minnesota Bisiar, Mgz, I Sewing Machines Ave., Bemidji Phone 573W NORTHERN MINN. AGENCY Dwight D. Miller f T 'S, PR o e || BUSINESS - TOM SMART WE CAN 1 . omtcen, Bevithy Benk Bidey Het, 107 = GENERAL MERCHANDISE Groceries, Dr; Goods, Shoes, Flour 'eed, Eto. W. G. SCHROEDER Bemidji Phone 6§ ENTERPRISE AUTO CO. Auto Livery and Taxi Service Day and Night Service Office Remore Hotel, Cor. 3rd St. & Beltrami Ave. ._ Office Phone 1 Residence Phone 10 WM. M’CUAIG Manager - HUFFMAN. & O'LEARY FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING H. N. ME Funeral' Director PHONE 178-W or R Defective