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! 1 | * plications ensuing when he gets in NEWS. OF THE THEATRES [ S FRANKLYN FARNUM AT REX man dynamo will sit in the same kind n 'ct an electric death chair that they LAST TIMES THIS EVENING use in Sing Sing prison, and permit; Franklyn Farnum, the noted mo- /1,800 volts of electricity to be turned tion picture actor, has in his day thru his body without harming him brought to the dust many a savage) in the least. Inflammable gavse grizzly of the Rockies, but perhaps|is lighted by contact with feet at tnis the most interesting chapter of his|time showing the strength of the lite is the ome in which he Killed |enrrent. Another remarkablé feat is eight men in as many minutes, and|the forming of an arc light, one otl instead of being hung for the deed[the s bons being held in Electro’s | ‘was allowed to go his way smiling.|mouth. He lights cigars by | just| Mr. Farnum shares with Douglas|touching them with his finger tips. Fairbanks the distinction of being alhe will light all the theatre lights | man who risks his neck daily in ord-|by having the current run thru his!, er to give his followers a thrill. body and perform several other aston- | The picture in which many thril-|ishing feats that baffle the scientific ling scenes are shown will be screen-|world. It is a great act which aside| ed for the last time at the Rex the-|‘rom its entertaining qualities is atre tonight. lightly instructive and educational to| a marked degree. 1 WHAT SUPERIOR TELEGRAM SAYS OF DR. BUCKLEY| Dr. Buckley, eminent hypnotist “TWIN BEDS” SHOWS AT REX BEGINNING THURSDAY “Twin Beds” is the screen version of the stage success of the same name 1 by Margaret Mayo and Salisbury and mystic, offering one of the great- Field. The play, a bedroom farce |st exhibitions of that mysterious and | comedy, was extremely popular and little understood power yet given for enjoyed 1 long run on Broadway, and ‘he benefit of Superiorites is an extra with companies on the road, over a added attraction. The entire show| period of two years. literally Dbristles with’ novelay and| Mr. and Mrs, DeHaven are starred | pleasing features. . in the piece, which adapts itself ad- Dr. Buckley amazes while he con-| mirably to their talents, and in the fvulses with laughter; he muystifies supporting cast, becides William Des- while he m}memely entertains w hon| mond, are Helen Raymond, who cre- lemonstration of hypnotism which | ated the role of Signora Monti in the | has convinced the most confirmed orleinal stage production, Katherine =keptics thug the art is a ‘greater one Lewis. William J. Irving and Lottie than even its strongest supporters) ‘Williams. have claimed. He has studied mysti- The plot of the pleture revolves|*im under the greatest Hindu in-| about the marital relations of a | ructors of .the age and mingles| flirtatious Italian tenor, and the com- "their teachings in his act with finish amples of hypnotic power. While 't is expected that Spectators will be another man’s bed. instructed it is Dr. Buckley’s aim, There is an abundance of clean, |8t and foremost to valertnin. angd ! wholesome comedy in the farce,|°Very phase of his portion £ the pro- which is the First National attrac-|Sram will have its comedy phases. tlon at the Rex, starting Thursday, | An entirely new change of program from start to finish has been arrang- ed for showing tonight at the Grand. the wrong apartment and sleeps in MANY HURT IN FILMING OF “THE SON OF TARZAN" = Ten persons were more or less seri-| HAD REHEARSAL OF FUNERAL ously injured during the filming of the great seriol production of “The| ¢,rious Notion Held by Spanish Mon. Son of Tarzan,” the Edgar Rice Bur- ¢ a;:l‘: Concerning gzre':nony in reurhs’ jungle romance which will Which He Would Figure. be shown at the Rex Thursday. With ) rne exception all the accidents oc- " curred Mp différent times. C!mrlesv. king of spmu and emmm.r P. Dempsey Tabler and Eugenc| of Germany in the Sixteenth century, Burr, both actors, were the first to| was a plous ruler. Toward the end of suffer hurts. Both men sustained | his life he conceived the curious idea ribe when a small rowboat capsized. | of rehearsing his own funeral, not be- George Morrel], an assistant director, | cause he wished to have the event o | cawe next with an injured Timb, torn} 4@ without a hitch when the tine during an automobile accident, when | gouyld come, but becanse he thought R?y STlmervilll:, the scenario writer [ "porformance of the ceremony | who adapted “The Son of Tarzan” Steiind | ol early lost hi % would redound to the credit and well- | for the screen. nearly lost his life. being of his soul in the after-world. | Gordon Griffith, the young boy & screen actor, narrowly cs’cupe(’f blood | His friends sought to dissunde him, poinoning from a wound caused by | but, decming it a holy act, the ruler the seratch of an angry lioness, while | went ahead with his preparations. A Mae Giraci, another juvenile in the catafalque was erected and the serv- cast, recelved palnful hurts when | fcc performed. The high altar, the | she was attacked by a small ape. catafalque, and.the _entire church shone with wax lights; tlie friars were UNUSUAL SCENES FOR ALICE all in thelr proper places and the JOYCE IN “THE PREY”—ELKO | household of the emperor attended in i ourning. “The pious monarch Jessie, serving as maid in the home deep tnoneming el himself was there, attired fn sable of Heyry Lowe, millionaire profiteer,| = g e ; devotes a natural talent for imperson- | 'Vecds.” according to the monkish his- ation to imitating the voice, toner | torian, “and bearing a taper, to see | and mannerisms of her mistress | himself interred and to celebrate his The difffenlty of the achievement lies | own obsequies.” While the wass for in the fact that Alice Joyce nppear- | the dead was sung, he came forward | in the role of the mistre; This sit-| and gave his taper to the officiating | uation is in “The Prey,” a Vitagraph | priest as a symbol of his desire to! sperial Alice Joyce production, which | ¢jeld up his soul. Not only once, but | will l'!e shown at the Elko theatre 0! | for many years. until he finally died | tonight snd Thursday.. g ' o " There is no effort made in this ev | fn_1088, Charles V pt:]rlonngd tuls citing society drama to cause Jessie strange ceremony annuniy. imitatiens of her mistress to confuar those viewing the picture It is or] in the action of the play that charar ters appearing on the sereen are de | ceived Admirers of the narzar 1" the talent and the rare charm of Miss Joyce, however, will find the at Sheep Driven to Mountains. i Wild sheep live in small flocks In rocky, mountainous parts where food 1s sparse. Had they been possessed of such means of defense as the heels temnte nt' imitation interesting. and the speed of the horse, or the “The Prey” zives Miss Joyce ur | horns and the strength of the bison usual opportunities for the display o | they would probably have congregated a wide range of emotions, from thr| on the plains where food was plenti- romantic love of a care free girl{ful, As it was, their only protection to the anenish of a sensative wom:" | grom their natural enemies, the wolves; married thru trickery and ecoerelot |y o in thelr agility in the most inac- to a brute. The drama abounds i* megqgiple spots, The length of time tense situntions. A happy ending of | g have b domesticated is s all the sorrows and misunderstand- | STCEP have been Cowesto 2 inee i indieated at the close. nothing compared with the preceding ages when their home was in the mountams, consequently coming under the dominfon of man has utterly re- versed their conditions of life. So the growth of the hoof is out of all pro- portion to the wear on our soft pas- tures, and footrot supervenes. Simi- “THF RIGHT TO TOVE” AT ETK0 BEGINNING SUNDAY The photoplay attraction at the FElko theatre next Sunday, Mondav and Tuneedav will be “The Right te Love'. nrodueed by Canvea Witsmas | larly the thick coating of wool which rien and featuring Mae Murray and| was absolutely necessary at the aitl- Dovid Powell Onida Rereore aant- | tydes the wild sheep inhabited, has, as the story from a popular French|far as the sheep itself is concerned, plav. It i a Parnmount. picture become a nuisance, and rendered it a Mies Murray has the role of an!pray to ticks and maggots. Amepriann oirl, wha lenda a wretahal ) i - life with her husband, Sir Archibald | Rnavan i Fieetich aleasthrint Ihe OF| s toman Debt' at Constantinople Tn| Japanase: Marrlags Costoms: an effort to compromise his wife so| Marriages in Japan are generally fle may marry another woman Sir| brought about by older marrled cou- | Archibald instails a Primee Staniclane ples who act as go-betweens. There | In hir home. A Colenel Richard Lor-|Is @ popular saying that everyone ine. nlaved by David Pawe'l. arrives | should act is a go-betwcen at least | in time to recene her from the Prince | three times. The go-between, know- | Than~h in the reenltine mix-mn. Lor-| jng a young man and woman whom | ir shanta fatkiand dond He i¢ 7 1 he regards as suitable to each other, e 8Tl at feliowe an7 proposes the match confidentially to :‘:,,2”"‘,:‘ dy Falkland seek h"““‘""“‘l‘ the parents of both. If preliminary . reports are mutually satisfactory to' TIEATRO & (0 _WRADTINERS | the two families, a meeting of the | young couple and their parents and AT THT ADAYN TOTNAT pelatives 4¢ arranged on neutral | Flactra & Co. the headline act of ' ground. Any intimation of the teal #he =amwla= fous ant papdaville shav ) purpose of this weeting is tactfully nt the Orond Friday, ennsicts of two gyoided at the time, though the pur. JJndie=and n vaternn af the Inte wor | pose of it is, of course, fully under- fifi'l:i’f..“ff I,:.i,'.:r::_':"f’ 'm*he mot | stood by all concerned. Under this ¢ " without giving offense, drop the firine minac hv alan v his bnawls matter after the first meeting, but if the results of the preliminary In- gpection are satisfactory to both sides, the parents meet again and definitely arrange the match, which is made binding by nn exchange of edeo of this oraat fapes fe waally nn. cannv. Otherwica it wanld he nlain gninida far him tn nwdertalra ta e gent tha wandarfu] feats he avhihite under the hilline title of *“The Dv- namie Fnjema " Have vou ever heard can Legion and War Wor! tions, Exposition Hall and Ca,i’w = of Music for the People. & 'k Organiza- Apunlng Hindu Fable Concerning. the Gambler Who Succeeded in Outwitting Fate. “What is written on the forehead must come to pass;” this is one of the major articles in the Hindus’ pessimis- tic credo, Yet even India has its un- orthodox—Philistines who deny the power of fate. They offer, in scat- tered stories and proverbs, convincing REMAINED KING OF HEAVENV LT Delectable Siberian Dish. The Siberians make much of thelr “cold table"—raw fish, caviar, salads, and that deliclous crab whose meat gives no nightmare, indigestion or headache. Their best dish is chicken, prepared in a most unusual way. Butter Is laid thickly on a bone; layers of lght and dark meat are wrapped around it; then the whole Is rolled in egg and crumbs and baked. It makes a small “ham” of chicken and is very tender. T QU T T TG T TR UL | Wilson & Company Womén’s and Misses’ Qutfitters "Nelx'ut:ifi'mf Corridor of the States, Hall of the - m—] T G0N Allics, Enduring Headquar:ers for the Ameri- RN | (TR TR M, e \ To-morrow we commence a three-day -Clearance Sale of our entire stock of WITER COATS and SUITS. The most most remarkable reductions we have ever made. ALL WINTER COATS! | series of testimony, and finally when One must be careful in cutting into it lest the hot butter spurt out beyond the plate.. The Russian is a heavy meat eater, due largely to the fact that there is ap abundance of game, pheasants be- witted fate. After death he went to | fug cheaper than chickens, and in the other world, There Yama, the ! some places venison is cheaper than judge of the dead, said to him, “Gam- | stenk. In the palmy days the Siberian bler, on account of your crimes sou ! table must have groaned.—Cody Marsh will have to live a world-cycle in hell; | jn the National Geographic Maguzine. but once on a time you gave a coin to a knower of the Supreme Soul; there- f;:;ev sou are 't‘u i’[f,,'{;"if;,.‘“e Sls;"i:; | Individuals are Just as distinct and \\'het!'w‘r you .wlil ltlke out‘ first \'ulur | different each from the other as one gl H | kind of matter differs from another. period in hell or your period as Indra.” | i “I will take out iirst :;y period as In- | f":y lnll‘\;it;},!l?;crent uses and differ dra,” apnswered the gambler. Then 5"’1‘“9"‘(!&‘” t“te drive a nall with a Yama sent him to heaven, and the ! onnwmlrI)d Ve just as fruitless, if gods, having deposed Indra, made the | ’“'"”“e destractive, s to try to wadh gambler sovereign in his place. Em- {"“ lagow with & l;ammer ploying his new power the ephemeral } 8, "Z‘onlry to. make & boy \\:luo Toves me- Indra immediately called to heaven all | chanics and wants to study machinery | | ! evidence of their incredulity. A fable tells how two fishes named Fore- thought and Readywit escaped the fishermen, but Fatalist was caught and perished miserably. A rather unusual story tells how a tricky gambler out- lndlvidualyl!y. T TR TR LTI bis gambling friends and female com- | = = panions; then he commanded ‘the ";"’ : p‘;:‘;z:st‘:;:de;fxz];nllz; oh:is:‘xl;' gods: “Carry us all in a moment to all | PIY Mis lency. the bathing places, both in heaven and | © s i on earth, and in the seven continents; }MB:'" plan oo much for.your chil and enter this very day Into all the kings on earth, and bestow, without ceasing, great gifts so that we may receive merit aceruing from this gen- crosity.” Thus the gods did and by means of these holy observances the Let them. have a little of their own way In following their inclinations as | to what they shall be and do. ' Remembdt® that you cannot get out of a boy or a man what God Almighty gambler's sins were washed away and did not 1;ul.énm !lllu.—- ", A, Walker in hie obtained the rank of Indra perma- | Chicage Daily News. nently. When Yama avas informed of & the matter the next day he exclaimed |’ in astonishment, “Dear me! This gambler has cheated us!”—Asia. ! , Ml mzL cRDERS GIVEN WILL KEEP HISTORIC NAME | PROMPT “TTE""BN Appellation of Sub-Treasury Building at New York Is Not to Be Changed. TR Although the United States sub- treasury in New York city has ceased to exist, in deference to the tradi tions of events and memorics of hLls- torical figures that have hallowed both the building and site, It will continue to be known as the Subtreasury build- ing. With Independence hall at Phil- adelphla, and Faneuil hall at Boston, . the buildnig is one of this country's best known historic shrines. i Ever since George Washington took onth of office as president at this spot, which was then the seat of the federal congress, it has been the scene of some of the most stirring and fmportant events in the annals P of the city and country. Here the men whose names fllu- mine the pages of American history have spoken, as well as those who later became the rulers of Europe or the leaders of armies during the World war. Historical societies, on important anniversaries, have claimed it as their own and have re-enacted the scenes of history there. George Washington has been Iinaugurated as President again and again, with all the pomp and color of colonial days. MAN GIVEN UNIQUE SENTENCE English Judge on Record as Ordering Him to Serve the Preceding Day in Jail. One of the most famous members of (he English beneh was Judge Willinm Henry Maulg of the common pleas court of Lnu‘]nn, It told of hiw, the Detroit News recalls, that one day when a jury yawned through a long fupon. ue, NOW. . . . . the majority of the 12 good men and true Scemed on the ve of going to steep.and the rest to have Jost all in- terest in the case, he abruptly closed the testithopy and the jury filed out. Althongl'the evidence proved the pris- oner Innocent, and even the prosecut- ing nttorney admitted it, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. Thé judge being thus forced to give sentenve, did so as follows: “Prisoner at the bar, your counsel thinks you in- nocent, the counsel for the prosecution thinks you innocent, I think you inno- cent. But a jury of your countrymen In the exercise of such common sense as they possess, which does not seem | to be wuch, have found you guilty, stupidly enough, and it remains for me to pass upon you the sentence of the law. The sentence is that you be kept in imprisonment for one day, and that day to be yesterday, therefore you Overalls, of a person being electrocuted and still live? Mo, well. Electro, the hu~ presents. may go about your business.” LT T T B DU UL U UL UL T L PRICES RUBBERS OR OVERSHOES Some of our Biggest reductions are in our ‘overshoe and rubber department. These ‘are real savings that you can depend Men’s $4.4’0‘ high top overshoes, a good val- Mer's $5.00 high top overshoes, very de- sirable at . ..oovnrereeree ... .$3.50 Men’s $3.75 two-buckle overshoes, a ‘ular seller, now......... Women’s $3.00 two-buckle overshoes.to go Children’s Arctics, $2.50 value, D A B T e L 1L We have $1,300 worth of rubber goods to . e sold at the same liberal reduction. Well to Take Advanta; Stock Has Been Reduce: 1 : AT \2 PRICE ——— [ALL WINTER SUITS | AT 1\2 PRICE . R TR HE R annnG T T e T R T T T L T T T L LR L 1 AL WAVING COMPLF™" ™ "™ INVVENTORY WE ARE NOW PREPARING TO RE- DUCE OUR COMPLETE STOCK BY MAKING . - STARTLING REDUCTIONS In Every Department. This Is Not a Marked Up and Marked Down Sale Buta Bonafide Reduction in Plain Figures that Will Mean a Saving of Nearly Forty Per Centon Every Item. ItIs Impossible for Us to List All the Items But We Are Qurtino a Few that Will Illugtrate the Savings We Are Offering DRESS GOODS We have been more than liberal in the re- ‘ductions that we have made in our dry -goods department because we want to clear our shelves for the spring goods that are coming. 40c outing Aflannel, now.......... .. .23c 50c dress ginghamsat .............36¢c 22ccalicoesat......:.............18¢c 60cpoplinsat ................... $1.20 Economy Silkat............ 35c lawnstogoat............... High grade petticoats at......... . $1.69 Ladies’ Union Suits to go at. $1.25 and 50c Men’s Union Suits on sale at. $1.25 and $1 non- 2.63 1.75 on sale 1.75 A Men’s Work Shirts, a desirable article, on galeat .. L0 b e i 81010 Men’s Dress Shirts, high & ) Jackets and Pants at Pre-War Prices. Prices in Our Grocery Department that We Will Want You to See. ge of These Reductions. d to Provide Room for the Stock We Have Coming. PEOPLES COOPERATIVE STORE radein every respect, at ... ..o L 00 $1.98 We Have Also Made Some Attractive y It Will Pay Yo They Will Continue Only Unt};I thg Bemidji, Minnesota 4