Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 20, 1920, Page 4

BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ———1PUB ZRY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY- rg'-n’gl’u!nn PIONEER PUBLISKING CO. &._B. CARSON, E. H. DENU, Pres. and Treas. Sec. and Mgr. TELEPHONE 923 Bntered at the postoffice at Bemidjl, Minn., as second-class matter under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879, —_— No attention pald to annoymous contributions. Writer’s neme-nrust be known to the editor, but not nceessarily for publication. Communications for the Weekly Ploneer must reach this office not- later than Tuesday of each week to insure publication in the current issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATES THE WEEKLY PIONEER Ten containing & summary of the news of the overy nrn‘d.:'rmun postage paid to any address, for, OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY FROCEEDINGS ‘week. Published in advance, $2.00 —_— SOVIET “AMBASSADOR” BOASTS HE’S A BOLSHEVIST. 'A; dispatch from Washington, sent out yesterday, contained the startling assertion that Ludwig Martens, alleged soviet am- bassador to the United States, made to the senate foreign rela- tions sub-committee: “I am a bolshevist and would be glad to see America become bolshevist.” Martens is being investigated by the foreign relations committeeto ascertain just who and what Martens is. Why this government allows such a creature as this who has been allowed to run loose, preaching his doctrines to the representatives of the chief executive body of the United States, is more than should be stood for in this country. : g . NO WONDER INVESTIGATION ‘WAS ORDERED. Grim humor accompanied that Paris dispatch, Thursday. It contained the illuminating assertion that: “Of eighty-two ships built for France by the United States during the war, not one has been able to put to sea, because they were built of unseasoned, defective lumber.” ‘And the man who said that was M. Bignon, under-secretary of the state, who told the chamber of deputies commission of the merchant marine, and the ships cost France $80,000,000. No wonder an investigation was ordered. [, W—— February 18, which fell on Wednesday, recalled the fact that five years ago, on that date, the German submarine block- ade was declared, which, three months later, culminated in the gsinking of the Lusitania, which tragedy helped to bring the United States into the world war against Germany. The Exchange Editor By Cyv Perkins, Jr. Interesting Stories—Real and Unreal—as Told by the Editors of the Press of Northern Minnesqta—Retold, Rehashed . \ and Commented On by This Editor BOY OF 15 WRITES $900 CHECK FOR HOGS. The firm of J. Kasper & Son, farmers of Medford, Minn., has just invested $1,000 in three purebred pigs. The junior partner of the firm is Valdimore Kasper, 15 years of age. . Valdimore has been a pig club member for two years and he knows a good pig when he sees one. S_o the senior of the firm handed him the company’s check book and sent him to an auction sale. When an uncommonly fine looking gilt was brought into the ring, the boy ran the bids up to $750. Eventually this pig was knocked down for $1,000. Valdimore was disappointed, but he stayed by his guns and outbid his competitors for three likely looking gilts and wrote his check for $900 for the lot, signing it J. Kasper & Son. “It’s a good day’s work and all in the day’s business,” said the junior partner as he helped to load his pigs for the return trip to the firm’s headquarters. Pig club membership in the boys’ and girls’ club work of this state has helped to make young Valdimore self-reliant and independent.—University News Letter. " T e “THREE BAGGERS”—BY W. T. NOONAN. Governor Burnquist is ill, and Tom Frankson is suffering from too good an opinion of himself. . The lads who used to paint the town red are now paying ten dollars a quart for red paint. . It has been suggested that if Henry Ford keeps on raising wages his employees will be too proud to drive tin Elizabeths. The lad who wrote the poem “Beautiful Snow,” didn’t live in a town where they had to shovel so much of it as we do in Baudette. Now goat glands are recommended for old folks who want to become young. They make them feel like kids, we suppose. Furs are going up in price, which is a slap at the girls who have been figuring on what to wear next summer. A lad named Welch of Bemidji has filed for congress in an effort to beat Harold Knutson. He's an optimist anyway. N Hoover has had his hand on every American stomach, according to one of his supporters. Herbert ought to be ashamed of himself. el el Sl s TREES FOR ARBOR DAY OFFERED SCHOOLS. digging, packing and mailing. Only one request will be filled for each school and the offer does not apply to individuals. trees from time to time is requested. ment Station, Cloquet, Minnesota.—University News. e e INCOME TAX IN NUT-SHELL. Who—Single persons who had net income of $1,000 or more for the year 1919. Married couples who had net income of $2,000. first payments. . Where—Collector of internal revenue for district in which the per- son resides. and regulations. excess of exemption. income. Surtax, from 1 per cent to 66 per cent on net incomes over $5,000. . R, | “PUSSYFOOT” STILL PREACHING. Mr. William E. (Pussyfoot”) Johnson, when it was suggested to him that Americans should not come to Great Britain to tell how prohibition was succeeding in his own country, replied: “If any British organizations wish to send missionaries to America to expound the benefits of getting drunk, or of authorizing the business of getting folks drunk, we will listen to th.em; they will have no trouble. I have never heard of a meeting of the liquor trade being disturbed by the drys anywhere on earth.”—World Read The Pioneer Want Ad The forestry division of the University of Minnesota offers twenty-five | band” both of which have been seen small evergreens to schools within the state of Minnesota. The trees are(at the Grand theatre, will appear from six to eighteen inches tall, an ideal size for ‘Arbor Day planting.|again tonight, in his fatest Goldwyn Thirty-five cents must accompany the request to cover only the cost of comedy-drama, “Jubilo.” A set of instructions|the west, and “Jubilo” a happy-go- will be included with each shipmentff. A report on the condition of the|lucky hobo, is first seen emerging Orders received later than April 1|from underneath a haystack, where cannot be filled. Address the superintendent of the Cloquet Forest Experi- [he has spent the night. When—March 15, 1920, is final date for filing returns and making« How—Full directions on Form 1040A and Form 1040; also the law in a two-part Goldwyn comedy, “He Did What—Four per cent normal tax on taxable income up to $4,000 in|Lloyd will appear in “Of & Eight per cent normal tax on balance of ‘taxable ley.” Be . therol NEWS OF THE - THEATERS FARNUM. REX TONIGHT. His extraordinary ability to inject himself absolutely into the part he is enacting never has been more ably demonstrated by William Farnum than in his latest production, ‘“‘The Last of the Duanes,” which will be presented by William Fox at the Rex theatre tonight and tomorrow. Through this picturization of anoth- er Zane Grey romance Mr. Farnum again proves his claim to the palm as the most forceful and compelling actor on the screen. Buck Duane becomes-a hunted man after he kills a cowboy who had re- peatedly ‘threatened . his life. He “lone wolfs it;” keeping away from civilization and mixing with. bands of desperadoes until his meeting with the girl whom he rescues. He gains a pardon through her and by running down a band of outlaws.. The picture |’ is fraught with stirring incidents and palpitating drama, according to reports. James J. Corbett, “The Midnight Man,” will be seen in another epi- soed of his thrilling serial, ‘“The Tun- nel of Terror.” TOM MIX IN NEW PLAY " SURPASSES TOM MIX Tom Mix, it is said, has accom- plished in “The Cyclone,” which Wil- liam Fox will present on Sunday at Rex theatre, what no other man hero has succeeded in doing—he has sur- passed Tom Mix. This is a stupendous feat, as the thousands of fans whom he has thrilled by his peerless daring in such superb Fox productions as “The Speed Mania” and “The Feud” will attest. Reports from places where this picture has been shown declare that Mix grips the imagination of his audiences and whips their blood to mountain torrent velocity by his display of courage and agility. The story of ‘“The Cyclone,” which is a tale of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police, deals with a series of stirring episodes leading up to a stunt climax that shows the cow- puncher star at his best. This ultra stunt was undertaken by thre actor and his director after considerable deliberation. Mix rejected every modification suggested with a view to his personal safety, and insisted upon enacting the crowning episode in all its magnificent daring. “Fox News” will also be shown, world’s happenings in pictures, taken at the time of happening. DALTON MYSTERY PICTURE Mystery stories in the movies have heretofore usually been left to the hectic, badly jumbled serial picture. In “His Wife’s Friend,” thé* latest photoplay starring Dorothy _Dalton, Thomas H. Ince Has produced & high- ly interesting piece of work in which a baffling murder case is mingled with a love theme of more than or- flinary appeal. The murdered man is an _gccentric millionaire whose ob- session -in chess, which he plays in solitude, neglecting his young wife. A former sweetheart of the wife’s appears, and the husband to all in- tents and purposes, commits suicide to allow the two to be free to marry. However, suspicion points to the wife’s admirer and the audience is kept in suspense while the scenes shift to India. Returning to Eng- land the mystery is cleared up in a most startling and satisfying man- ner. Miss Dalton is supported in ‘“His Wife's Friend,” which is being shown at the Elko theatre by a cap- able cast headed by Henry Mortimer. The picture is a Paramount-Artcraft. ‘““Vamps and Variety,” two part “Big V” comedy also shows at the Elko tonight and tomorrow. HERE’S “SOME” CAST. Wallace Reid is starring in “Haw- thorne of the U. 8. A.,” a Paramount- Artcraft picture which will be shown at the Elke theatre Sunday and Mon- day next, with Lila Lee, Theodore Roberts, Tully Marshall, Charles Ogle, and Edwin Stevens included in the cast. The picture was directed by James Cruze. UNIQUE CHARACTER—GRAND TONIGHT—COMEDY ALSO Will Rogers, the screen’s most unique chaarcter and star of “Laugh- ing Bill Hyde” and “Almost a Hus- The scenes of the play are laid in As he sur- veys his surroundings he discovers that he is “right close” to a daring daylight train hold-up which event changes his whole life. There is plenty of comedy, of the variety that only this unique star can produce, romance and thrills besides. You will enjoy “Jubilo.” To further enhance the program, “Smiling” Bill Parsons will be seen and He Didn’t,”” and . Harold TEN OF MOST POPULAR PLAYERS IN “DESERT GOLD” The cast of Zane Grey's ‘‘Desert Gold,” produced by Benjamin B. Hampton and Eltinge F. Warner for Zane Grey Pictures, Imc, a W. W, Hodkinson release, to be shown at the Grand theatre, beginning Sunday reads like a page from “Who's Who in Filmdom.” Among the principals are such famed personages as E. K. Lincoln, W. Larson Butt, Edward Coxen, Walter Long, William Bain- bridge, Frank Lansing, Eileen Percy, Margery Wilson, Arthur Morrison, Russell Simpson and Laura Winston. Lincoln “fan” of Zane G although the star and the author had never met, Mr. Grey so greatly ad- mired wanted him for Lawson Butt, the famous English actor, was chosen by Mr. Grey nearly a year .ago to create the role of the|-— Yaqui. of beautiful, Percy and the dark and willowy Mar- gery Wilson, players notable for some remarkaole screen achievements. | S rey for years; and Lincoln’s work that he “Dock Gale.” W. Mr. \ For the part of the dashing border captain, George Thorne, Edward Cox- en was chosen as ideal to the man who has won fame by such virile roles as he played in “Carmen of the Klondike,” the part of Capt. Thorne opened wondertul new opportunities. The extremely Rojas, the bandit chief, is taken by the “worst hated man in pictures,” Walter Long, whose work as ‘‘Gus” in Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” will be recalled everywhere. important ‘heavy” The women'’s roles are in the hands golden-haired Eileen Some Weep. We sometimes pity Argus, That hundred-eyed old sinner: Just think if wifie made him peel The onions for his dinner. Practical Version. He—I'm trying to think of that fa- mous line ahout the moth’s desire for something. Do you happen to know it? She (with a recent experience in mind)—Why, yves, dear. “The desire of the moth for the fur,” isn’t 1t? His Status. “Who was this great god Pan who was always hypnotizing people by play- ing with pipes?” “1 guess he was the boss plumber of the ancients.” HIS DELUSION “Is your husband a member of any secret soclety?” “Hé thinks he-is, bui he talks in his sleep.” i History. Oh, history repeats itself! It is a well-worn text. But just the same no earthly elf Knows what it will say next. ° In a Double Sense. “I thought I knew a lot about man- aging my salary.” “Well, what-of [t?” “But since 1 married I must say 1 have to hand it to my wife.” Bad, Anyway. Blondine—Doesi’t Getry make up something awful? Brunette—Yes. 1 don’'t know whether it is her eyesight that is bad or her judgment. Giddigaa Paradoxical Relief. “So the stranded acrobat got a good Job in the circus?” “Yes; he got on his feet by stand ing on his bead.” MON SUN & Added Attraction “THE STAR BOARDER” Sennett’s Latest Comedy ELKO e FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1920 “This house s haunted.” “Haunted? Do you really belleve that?” «I do. It Is haunted by the thought that the landlord is going to raise the rent.” Loyal Order of MOOSE, NO. 1452, Meets first & third Tues. each month Cor. Minnesota Ave. and Third St. 8 P.M. C. B. Hoyt, Secy. Phone 701W NEXT MEETING . ELECTION OF OFFICERS Bemidji Lodge No. 119, 1. 0. 0. F., Beltrami Ave. and 4th St., meets every Friday evening at 8 o’clock. THIS WEEK SECOND DEGREE C. J. Winter, N."G.. Tel. 8627 R. A. Hannah, Rec. Sec., Tel 719W THE PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS . ADVANCE SALE OF GINGHAMS Buy now before prices go higher, market | values 50c a yard." One table, your choice, per yard................33¢c Embroidery Bandings, Edgings and Braids. One lot, per yard..........5¢ Costume Velvet, 36-inch. One lot, extra- ordinary values, per yard. ......$3.89 Buy your Hosiery now, one lot, peryard. . . .39¢ WILLIAM FOX prasents Clhe latest Mix thriller TJhe CYCLONE tale of the Canadian orthwest Mounted Police BlCox..'I'onmmMAmeom ENTERTAINMENTS See it at Sunday REX _Smday CHARLIE CHAPLIN in “Lord Help Us” Another Chaplin Film Ydu've Never Seen “FOX NEWS”—MIGHTIEST OF ALL REX UNION SIX-PIECE ORCHESTRA Special Music—Matinee and Evening ‘Admission . Admission Matinees, 10 and 25 cents Nights, 15 and 25 cemts Dafaoctive