Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 31, 1920, Page 4

T e T BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER —————PUBLISEED EVERY APTERNOON BXOEPFT SUNDAT: G. E. CARSON, A E. H. DENU, Pres. and Treas. d Sec. and Mgr. Entered ] at the postoffice at Bemidji, Minn., as second-class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 187 . No attention paia 1o annonymous ocontributions. Writers name must Comum! o tluu.dn?r' zlll“ 'v"v" s Pl vtgu %“;‘::l‘:‘%h office not n r loneel 8 Iater M“f‘:&u of :tch ;uk'to publication in the current issue ——— — SUBSORIPFION RATES fl Three MORAS ....cecvereees 300 m;mrnolm.“h o Ton pages, containing of the zews ‘week. blished Mm—nn‘-&n $0 any address, feoz, in sdvance, §1.50 OFFICIAL COUNIY AND OITY PROCEEDINGS ————— SHAVING ITS OWN BONDS. (Duluth News Tribune.) The St. Cloud Journal Press is not alone in its opinion of the action of this administration in buying in its own bonds at a discount, shaving its own most solemn financial obligations. “What would you think,” it asks, “of a bank that would take your money, issue you a certificate of deposit, later buy in this certificate at about 10 per cent discount, and then boast about it? = After you had expressed your opinion, you would probably report the facts to the bank examiner.”, """ Inthe earlier days-of the bond issues, the publicity workers were encouraged to tell the people that they would never fall below par. But they did, and no federal effort was made to keep them up to par. So the newspapers refused to repeat so patent a falsehood and made the appeal strgight to patriotism. Everyone who then bought knew he was donating to the government and taking a chance of ever getting all his money back. Tens of thousands borrowed at a higher rate of interest, to loan the country. Thousands bought these bonds instead of paying debts carrying a larger interest. All were glad to do this. They were at home and money did not count as against the service of those who were “over there.” But very many have had to sell since then, for what they could get, these bonds of the government. So long as the shav- ing in prices was done by private individuals, they regarded it as possibly a discouragement to keep them from selling. But when the government reports as a fine stroke of business that it has bought tens of millions of dollars of these, its own bonds, at a discount amounting to many millions, there is a wave of disgust. : And rightly so. No business man stands lower than the one who discounts his own papér. Any one who would place his notes with a lot of poor people on the plea of public service and then shave them, would have to follow the “soviet ark.” ' Yet this is what our government has done under this adminis- tration:” From'those who have had the least, it has taken even that which they had. ! The Exchange Editor By Cy Perkins, Jr. A Ay Interesting Stories—Real and Unreal—as Told by:the Editors of the Press of Northern Minnesota—Retold, Rehashed and Commented On by This Editor - “PEP” WILL DRAW CROWD. It was quite noticeable to the basket ball fans, especially those who understand the ins and outs of the game more or less, that the style of play adoped by the Bemid]i Legion team in its last game with the Excelsior team, clearly showed that they knew something about team work. The local lads did themselves proud. They executed the long pass like old vets and out-winded the opposing team. Their renewed effort, pep and snap, has again instilled confidence into the hearts of the fans and indications are that packed houses will be the result of future games. The olden day teams were no better than can be developed today, but the crowd was used to seeing fast and snappy basket ball and expects it. We have a fine lot of boys playing now and they are the kind who will not disappoint. Just watch them and see. If a few more could be induced to get out for practice, that two full teams could hold scrimmage every day, Coach Erwin would have an opportunity to develop the snap in the players the public looks for. 0: SOUNDS ALL RIGHT. 1 “Loval American News” sounds all right. But one can not always tell by the outside of a nut whether the meat on the inside is good and wholesome. Neither can we these days tell by the name of a paper whether it stands for a loyal, united America, for loyal, United States citizens, or is merely an outward garb, assumed to mislead easily deluded and often credulous readers, who are seeking for some improvement in our present condition. There was the paper started in the Twin Cities by our erstwhile citizen, Paul F. Dehnel, “The America.”” The name was all right, but Paul was all wrong, as he discovered before he had gone very far. He got what was coming to him, but not all of it. But we started out to tell of this new venture, called the “Loyal American Citizen,” which is published from Minneapolis. The publication may be all right, and we hope it is, but one thing struck us rather funny, and that was the white-washing of the citizens of Lamberton, which, for two years, have tried to put The Star of that place out of business. Most of the names of those same citizens, as recorded by The Star a few weeks ago, indicated that they came from Berlin. 0. LET’S GO GET IT. . “Pep” says: “Close your thought to the suggestion that your business has reached the limit of possible activity. Of every dolar spent by the people of your community, ONLY HALF goes into the channels of your local commercial life.” Well, let’s go after the other half in Bemidji. EVIDENTLY A DRUM SOLO. A Mrs. “Clapper” furnished a musical number at a Thursday gather- ing in Minneapolis. BE CAREFUL. They will have their little jokes in the national congress. Now comes Congressman Snyder, ‘chairman of Indian affairs, and declares that there hds been an un-godly waste in the conduct of the affairs of the Indian department. Sh. , not so loud, someone might hear you. Seseaa s tg Bt THE TUMBLING GODS. There was a time, when, if we would learn of great and heroic deeds, we must turn to the Homeric classics. There the hero worshipper would revel in the deeds of Agememnon, Achiles, Menelaus, etc. Or turn to the labors of Hercules, or Atlas supporting the vaults of heaven upon his shoulders. . One is the!:efor pleased to read in an exchange that we are not living in such a prosaic world after all, fof the other day a man went to Bend Oregon. Whether he succeeded or not, the exchange does not state. But the one who went to Wheeling West Virginia wasn't undertaking such a small jbb, efther. ' NEWS OF THE 'THEATERS HIGH AND LOW SOCIETY COMPARED IN PHOTOPLAY A striking contrast between the high and low walks of life is drawn in the photoplay, ‘‘A Daughter of Two Worlds,” from the novel of the same name by Le Roy Scott, which will be shown at the Rex theatre. Norma Talmadge, who is starred as Jennie Malone, plays the part of the beautiful daughter of Black Jerry Malone, keeper of a question- able dance hall in the slums. MARGUERITE CLARK COMING. Dainty Marguerite Clark in'*‘Luck in Pawn,” a new Paramount-Art- craft picture, will be the attraction at the Elkd theatre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The story presénts the star as a‘ country girl with ambi- tions to become an artist. She fails in her chosen field, but wins the love of a young milionaire. Charles Mere- dith is the leading man and the pic- ture was directed by Walter wards. COMING FEATURE. When D. W. Griffith’s latest pro- photodrama of unseen forces, is shown on. the screen of the Rex theatre in'a few days, it will mark the achievement of one of the great- est and most significant landmarks in the history of the silent drama. The deMNneation of the delicate subject of this picture was entrusted to Griffith’s tried and tested players. The part of Nellie Jarvis, the or- phaned Kentucky child, is taken by Lillian Gish, whose name has long been linked with Griffith produc- tons. RAY AND FAIR BRING LAUGHTER AND, TEARS The fact that true, fine comedy lies near to pathos and td#tears has found no clearer illustration than in the latest “happy comedy” of Albert Ray and Elinor Fair, who have made their fame as stars in William Fox photoplays and who appear at the Grand theatre next Monday and Tuesday, in “Love is Love”—a com- edy that demands considerable seri- ous acting on the part of the agile young Ray and strong emotional work by Miss.Fair. While it is:crowded with laughs, it shows admirably the fine shading from humor to pathos and the remarkable adaptability of {)hish brilliant- young €ouple*to handle oth. B YOUNG LOVE DISRUPTED. It is no deprecation of thé drama- tic value of “The Invisible Bond,” the Irene Castle picture which open- at the Elko theatre last night and again plays tonight, to say that the ladies in the audience were even more interested in the attractive new gowns and hats worn by the famous dancer and.:.screen star than they were in the interesting domestic serio-comedy being unfolded on the screen. The pictiire itself is a story of young love disrupted by the presence of a scheming coquette and the happy reunion of a divorced couple under the shadow of tragedy. The action culminates in a smashing cli- max in which an automobile:plunges over a 400-foot cliff, carrying two people to ‘their . death. Charles Maigne is the director. FARNUM—SUNDAY. William Farnum will be the at- traction at the i.ex theatre, begin- ning Sunday in the William Fox pro- duction, “The Lone Star Ranger,” a dramatization of the novel of that name by Zane Grey, author “Rid- ers of the Purple Sage’” and ‘‘The Rainbow Traifl”—in picturization of which mr. Farnum has appeared with such marked success. “The Loné Star Ranger” is a stirr- ing tale of the exploits & a member of the Texas Rangers, wno singles handed breaks up the stronghold a band of cattle rustlers. The scenic effects that frame the|® intense dramatic action of this story were photgraphed in picturesque which bristles with mirth. keynote of “OH, 10c and 25¢ Ed- duction, “The Greatest Question,” a cof}, p:ns'FllmlISiGal Dflmel_W'p:ns “OH, BOY?” Semething new, something novel, something tasty. . A breezy, bouyant bubbling outburst of merriment, “GIRLS AND GINGER!”—That’s the lucsious morsel just jammed packed full of GIRLS AND GINGER. FOX “WORLD’S NEWS”—Illustrated James J. Corbett—*“The Midnight Man”’ UNION SIX-PIECE ORCHESTRA | Matinee 2:30 THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER mountain fastnesses .and on the desert. Charlie Chaplin will -be there in a comedy you have never seen. LAST TIME. “OH, BOY!” Yesterday's premiere of “Oh Boy!” at the Rex theatre revealed the fact that Albert Capellani, ‘“the wizard romancer of shadowland” as he has been called—master craftsman, who has fashioned the three great Nazi- mova masterpieces, “Eye for Eye,” “Out of the Fog” and ‘“The Red Lantern”—Cgpellani has achieved a new and delightful triumph, an of- fering shot with sunshine and smiles and feminine loveliness. He has taken ‘“Oh, Boy!” Broadway’s con- spicuous musical success and con- veyed it to the screen with all the technical skill, all of the delicate art and beauty which mark his more serious production. ‘“Oh, Boy!” will be presented for the last time to- night at the Rex. James J. Corbett in another epi- sode of “The Midnight Man” will be shown, and another of the series of Fox *“World’s News” will be shown. L0. THE POOR MILLIONAIRE! ' Most of us smile cynically when we are told that millionaires have ‘troubles of their own and are in- clined to believe if we could occupy their stations in life, we'd take a chance on the worries. This is doub- ly .true when the millionaire is a { young idler like the one in “Luck in Pawn,” Marguerite Clark’s new Paramount-Artcraft picture which is showing at the Elko theatre Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. But when we see the long line of designing females who are continually setting their caps for him, their eyes on his pocketbook, we don’t altogether blame him for threatening to live a hermit’s life in the desert. Beauty, fun and wholesome enter- tainment are the elements which make the Paramount-Mack Senmnett comedy which is to be presented at the Elko theatre next Sunday, Mon- day and Tuesday, a distinctive crea- tion. The scene is laid in a board- ing school for girls of which Louise ‘Fazenda, the athletic and talented Mack Sennett comedienne, is the jan- itress. Special orchestra music Sunday evening is an added attraction. TONIGHT, Last Times Addiph Bakor srwrende i Irene mwmm A ; . “Mid Peaceful Scenes’” Beautiful Post Nature Study “Fotygraf Gallery” When a feller needs a friend And Special Music—10c, 25¢ BOY!”—for it's a Night 7:15 and 9:00 " SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY ‘31, 1920 the ground. nic! But—Anne had neglected to find out where the picnic' was to be held and aimlessly wandered around look- ing for the revellers. Seeing a poor little wounded kitty, Anne sympa- thetically took it in her arms to sooth it, and—it wasn’t a kitten a all; it was a— ’ Gia And it busted up the picnic! . Se¢’ “Anne’ of Green Gables” at the Grand, Saturday and Sunday.' A Christie comedy. will compléte the program. i T ) First M. E. Church. Baldmore has.the distinction of be ing the home of the first American Methodist church. . REX tonnecing SINDAY WILLIAM FOX presents—FOR TWO DAYS An American hero who righted the wrongs of the oppressed and fought the fight of the weak, WILLIAM FARNUM What Was It? Anne was just a poor, little orphan girl. Until: the day she was adopted by the kindly Cuthberts, she knew not the meaning of happiness. But now everything was changed. She was even going to a picnic! Who ever heard of picnics in an orphan asylum? Everything was going lovely until Anne lost Marilla Cuthbert’s brooch. Then for punishment she was locked in her room and forbidden to go to the picnic. From the road-could be heard the jolly shouts of the villag- ers on their way to the grove. .. The open window gave Anne an idea, and the next moment she was slipping down the old gable roof to Liberty—and the pic- ~ The Lone Star Ranger A romance of the great southwest from Zane Grey’s famous novel. CHARLIE CHAPLIN i In a Comedy You Have Never Seen SPECIAL MUSIC FOR MATINEES AND EVENINGS Union Six-Piece Orchestra 10c and 25¢ Matinees 2:30 Sunday night, 7:10-9:00 NEXT WEER =REX= NEXT WEER First appearance under the First National Banner o NORMA TALMADGE :zin. . A _DAUGHTER OF TWO WORLDS" After the thrilling novel by LEROY SCOTT. Directed by James L. Young. The romance of the apotheosis of a slum dive keeper’s daughter to society’s heights and happiness. THE FINEST PIECE OF CHARACTER ACTING THE SCREEN HAS SEEN