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THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ~ . 4 PRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1920-. V¥ ing situations, hair-raising climaxes and picturesque flashes. follow each other in profusion. Larry's rescue of his pal, a mile above the earth; his battle with the Death’s Head Squadron of air pirates, his pursuit of the ‘social bandit who has abducted the girl he loves and hundreds of other unusual incidents carry the story along from one dizzy heighth to amother. All the sky views are taken at close rapge, by cameras placed on swift-flying air- planes. Each daring scene is shown in_full detail. ° The view of the U. S. Mail field at night, with scores of ‘huge planes leaving the ground in the flare of giant searchlights, is one of the most stirring scenes ever filmed. Universal has surrounded the air hero. with a.notable cast, including ‘Francelia Billington, Allan Forrest, Ray Ripley and Carmen Phillips PUT HUBBY IN BAD LIGHT | Matter of Mistaken Ideritity Promised to Make Things Warm for Entirely k. Innocent Man. ES A . NEWS OF THE THEATR sumed with a burning desire to live life to fts fullest. As much of his own sea experience is_contained jin the fierce adventure of “The Mutiny of the Elsinore,” and its fight with liquor in “John Bar- leycorn,” 'so much of his intellectual biography is contained in ‘“Martin Eden.” Here one finds the foundation for his Socialistic impulse. s He tells how as a young man he worked in a laundry = during the heighth of the season at a summer hotel—a racking, sweating drive of five days and a half, which left him 80 exhausted as to be hardly able to begin the grind the following Mon- day. 'When his employer found Lon- 'don was more efficient than another ‘and more highly paid worker in the laundry, the employer discharged the other, yet would give the man who later <was ‘to be known thruout the world no raise in wages for double work. Jack London quit and become a tramp. . He tramped across the-co: tinent; he was arrested as a vag: bond; he became a leader in the Left ‘Wing of the Socialist organization. Londen’s first success in writing came-in'the form of winning a prize offered by the San Francisco “Call” for an article entitled ‘“Typhoon Off the Coast of China.” At the age of nineteep he entered the University of California, but could not long remain there thr lack of funds. Socn after- ward the gold fever infected him and he was swept up to Alaska in the rush for sudden riches the Yukon seemed to offer. “Burning Daylight” has already been pictured and distributed by Metro. 'he Star Rover’’, ‘“‘Smoke Bellew,” “The Daughter of the Snows” are in preparation. “The Mutiny of the Elsinore’ ’is produced with an all-star cast, in- cluding Helen Ferguson, Casson Fer- guson; Mitchell, Lewis and William V. Mong. 'The Scenario is by A. &. LeVino. Jackson Rose was the cam. eraman and E;-J. Shulter, are dires tor. WONDERFUL FEATS IN AIR. SHOWN IN FILM “The Great Air Robbery,” complete m CODY IS ALMOST MARRIED IN NEW FILM Lew Cody, the great lover of the n 4s almost put down for the matrimonial count in ‘“Occasionally Yours,” his third and last Robert- . 'mon-Cole super-special which opens nday at the Elko theatre for a ee’ days' run. However, the bell meves him and he is ready for future ests. fThe famous love-maker is hard put _'his efforts to escape two dark Just how he does it is one of many punches in the picture. ] F3*“Occaslonally Yours” boasts of one e most notable casts of the sea- PURPLE IN NEW PICTURE IiAt last Dorothy Gish has fallen o, the Royal Purple. Yes, it’s a fact #hd popular little comedienne will be seen as Her Royal Highpess to the wteenth degree when she appears as| e heroine of “Little Miss Rebel- oh” jat the Elko theatre tonight and Saturday. 1 you have any doubts as to Dor- othy’s right to wear the royal robes, just glance at her titles in “Littic A cerlain resident of Ind!anapolls, who is one of -twins, In company with his wife and son, ‘visited his twin brother, who lives in the northern part of the city. The family was re- turning home and had just reached Washington and Illinols streets when the wife saw the car, to which they were to transfer, rounding the corner. “Oh, here comes our car,” she said, and regardless of the conductor's fa- millar warning, *“Wait till the car “stops, lady,” she jumped off backward, alighting with conslderable force on the pavement. Refusing to give the cnr crew her name and address the famlly hurried home. The next morning an auto stopped in front of the brother’s home and an Inspector, motorman, conductor and a policeman who had witnessed the mis- hap of the nizht before knocked on the door and asked the condition of the woman who had fallen. The brother’s wife volunteered the infor- mation that no one there had fallen from a car. After an argument one of the car crew remarked, “Well, if some woman living here didn’t fall off my car; then her husband was out with someone who did.”"~—Indianapolis News. ss Rebellion.” She is known as Her Sublime Grace, the Grand Duchess Maria Louise, hereditary Colntess of Blavatski, Countess of Warsaw, Honorary Colonel of the Lite-Guard, and a dozen and one oth- er titles to numerous to mention. And this same titled little lady ds herself with a heavy date to go 4o0'a ragtime dance with Mike Cacey, of Dayton, Ohio, onetime private in dhe United States Army. And Her Hy, ness, etc., etc., keeps the date, / “Little Miss Rebellion” was made for laughing purposes only, and if You know your Dorothy Gish you Xnow what that means. It is one ofj e funniest Paramount pictures thus r'turned out for Miss Gish and her company of associate players and is all-comedy company. Another laugh maker, at the Elko T e T T lIIIIIIllllllllllIIII|IlllIIIIIlilIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIIIIllliIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllIIIIIIIIIllIIIilIIIIIIlI_IIIIIIII|llIIIII]IIIllIIIII|IIIIII[II,IIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'g a@ II!lIlIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl|IIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIII||IIIll|IIIll|IIIlIIilIIIIllllIIIIIIIlll|Ill||II||l|llIIlIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII S ——————————— e — = - B PUBLIC = Tonight at Mbhse. Hall 3.5 o’clock. This meeti}lg is for both men and women who are interested in the coming election and the candidates running for office. ) ON THE PROGRAM Mrs. Stella Cussons M . A S ; Frorfix CI‘OS.th{, thxth District Chaifi{p&;‘n, i rge o e women’s republican 1SS Ann oseverance;;* e . i Congressman from the Sixth District. Mr. Knut- ' ) d will Harold Knutsons, ety rotumed trom Furose and v COME IF YOU WANT TO SPEND AN INTERESTING EVENING MEN AND WOMEN CORDIALLY INVITED. ADMISS]OI/‘J FREE From RocHester; representing the state headquarters e e ol in seven thrilling reels, which comes to the Grand theatre tomorrow and Sunday, starring Lieutenant O. L. Locklear, marks a new era in film- ight and tomorrow is Larry Se- mon in his latest scream, “‘Solid Con- " erete.” the SEE g . |dom. In this super-production, Uni- 8 W OF THE KLOND! versal shows man's conquest of the greatest of BEX TODAY AND SATURDAY jair and presents scenes taken in the|| Jack London’s “Carmen of the Klondike” is afclouds which a few years ago would|(| jeores of have been scoffed at as impossible. There are few people who have not heard of Lieut. Locklear, most intrepid of aviators—the man who accomplishes the hazardous feat of changing from one fast moving plane to another in mid-air. In the picture the lieuteriant appears as Larry Cas- sidy, crack pilot of the U. 8. aerial from a transcontinental flight, be- comes c¢ntangled in a plot of love and lintrigue. . Exoiting episodes, engross- Four Four i VAUDEVILLE . Matinee 2:30 TO.DAY ONLY mishts 7:309:15 most ‘unusual picture written by Odonte M. Katterjohn and will be shown at the Rex theatre for two days, commencing today. 5 - The story is laid in the Klondike | i 4 amountains of Alaska during the days : of the gold rush. Miss Williams plays the part of “Dorothy Harlan,” a form- 3 i 58 o er vaudeville favorite, who is daring ¢ i the wilds of the morth to join her | ol lover, who is striving to make the fohcs & 18 Pprofession of attorney thrive in the 45 lement town of Skawag, where the “THE MUTINY OF THE ELSINORE” § ' , “Silk ‘McDonald,” a dance-hall B ner and a dominant figure in Al- i #ska. She repulses his attentions but in a rage he threatens her safe- .. “8ilk” makes good his threat even to a greater extent than Doro- thy had feared. Soon after she ar- ves in Skawag, .the gold rush is arted in the Peel River Country | and “‘Cameron Stewart,’ 'Dorothy’s fi- ance, unaware that she is within a thousand miles, leavés with a fren- 2 > ed crowd of miners for the snow- £ ¢ ‘hound’ regions of the mountains. i . In the backwoods, Stewart encoun- tera hardships and treachery at the hands of McDonald’s accomplices and .even from McDonald himself, who Dadly injures Cameron in a fight and @ rushes ahead to civilization to jump 4 his claim. Back in Skawag, Doro- I i i thy discouraged with life, is shown b &8 under the impression that Stew- B art has been untrue to her and is living the despised life of a dance- hall girl. When McDonald comes in from the mining country she meets him again and there is a surprise point which comes as a shock to both McDonald and Dorothy herself. The ¢limax shortly follows this incident * and is one of the strongest which has ever been used in a drama of the screen. ‘The part of “‘Cameron Stewart” is portrayed by Edward Coxen and Her- schell Mayall impersonates the char- scted of “‘Silk McDonald.”: Joseph Dowling, does some wonderful work in the picture as “Salaratus Joe,” an old enemy of McDonald's, who is seeking revenge but lacks the cour- age to reek it. “MUTINY OF THE ELSINOR” U AT REX THEATRE SUNDAY “The Mutiny of the Elsinore,” the thrilling motion picture of adventure at sea showing Sunday at the Rex ‘theatre, reflects vividly some of the most exciting chapters in the ad- yenturous career of its author, Jack , W&CBWA in “A Sea Side Flirtation” AN ITALIAN DUO. In Songs PAULA ARMSTRONG “A Herculean Surprise” WM. S. HART, in “John Petticoats” GRAND-Theatre T0-MORROW and SUNDAY Matinee 2:30 Nights 7:30.9:00 Admiuionr_i(k-zh The Great Melodramatic: Thriller Complete in Seven Parts London. = For Jack London was not maevtnol “The Great Air Robbery” 1i{ - oy e b ey, deeply and color-||§+, FEATURING THE NOTED DARE-DEVIL " As a boy he was a professional sea i OF THE SKY ' Lieut. 0. L. Locklear seventeen he shipped before the mast - Who Tantalizes Death Many Times a squadron of acroplanes fighting a mile above the earth— as an able seaman, visiting Japan and the Bering Sea. At sea he “‘spit SE at night—in a blackness broken only by the flash of machine guns and flares. rown and grew hair on his chest. He knew mutiny; he knew bloodshed. And he knew the call of the sea, The most’ remarkable aeronautics ever filmed, includ- ing several close-ups of Locklear making his famous change from one plane to another ‘which made him throw ‘up everything : GR AND SATURDAY and on'.a cruise around the world in a 50-foot ketch. But Jack London was as many led as his books. He was a ranch- tramp, seal hunter, Alaskan gold prospector, war correspondent, a writer of fiction singularly sweeping #nd filled with human color, an au- thor of searching works on economic + ¢onditions, a heavy drinker himself and one of the most powerful advo- eates of Prohibition in his great auto- blographi¢al study, “John Barley- g’rn," a self-made man, a man con- i .at the heighth of his success to start SUNDAY Important Reductions on Suits This is interesting news to the women of Bemidji, who have deferred buying their needed suit. Prices are reduced to one-half. Remember that this is not a small, picked-over lot, but a large and varied assortment of fine suits at half price. Women’s and Misses’ Coats Midwinter modes in fur-trimmed and plain, bolivia, suede, velour and plumette, in all colors. Coat-wraps of the finest fabrics, including duvet cloth, at a big re-_ duction. ; . GEORGETTE.CREPE BLOUSES FALL COATS FOR GIRLS : 2 fourteen years, at $6.50.to Special, $4.95 and $6.95 heavy tub | Four to ars, silks, invtz?islored blouses, at $6.50 | . $7.50 and up. , WINTER DRESSES SHOES, IN OUR BASEMENT In rich colors, the latest fabrics. At our closing out sale of shoes you Fine representations in these will find street boots with the dresses, from . ......$15.00 up sensible heel, at ........$6.75 LADIES’ SILK BLOOMERS Beautiful leather pumps at.-. $5.95 | Regular $7750 bloomers at. . $4.95 Millinery" Big values in popular priced hats, offered in the ready-to-put-on trimmed hat section. Feitlg- ing excellent styles in black and colors, $4.95 and $7.50 and up SKIRTS P Special in skirts; beautiul new dress skirts, plaid skirts are shown both plaited and plain, in street, after- noon and sport styles, at $6.75 up WOMEN'S HOSIERY We have a splendid line, priced from ..............25c and up == TROPPMANE