Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 24, 1922, Page 2

L SYNOPSIS. : 1. — Captain Phineas P. Scraggs has grown up around the docks of San’ Francisco, and from mess boy on & river steamer, risen to the ownership of the steamer Maggie. Since each an- nual jpection promised to be the last of the old weatherheaten vessel, Scraggs naturally has some difficulty in securing & crew. When the story opens, Adelbert P. Gibney, ltkable but erratic, a man ‘whom nobody_but Scraggs would hire, is the skipper, Neils Halvorsen, a solemn Swede, conatitutes the fo'castle hands, 4nd Bart McGuffey, a wastrel of the Gib- ney type, reigns in the engine room. CHAPTER '11.—With this motley crew and: his anclent vessel, Captain Scraggs s en; in freighting garden truck from Halfmoon bay to San Francisco. The inevitable happens, the Maggie going asl n a fog. CHAPTER 1II.—A passing vessel hall- il\f the wreck, Mr. Gibney gets word to a towing company in San Franclsco that the ship asiiore 'ia the Yankee Prince with promise of a rich salvage, Two tugs succeed fn pulling the Maggle into eep water, and she slips her tow lines and gefs away in the fog. CHAPTER IV.—Furious at the decep- tion practised on them, Captains Hicks and Flaherty, commanding the two tug- boats, ascertaln the identity of the “‘Yan- kee Prince” and, fearing ridicule should he facts become known along the water ront, determine on personal vengeance. Thelr hostile visit to the Maggle results in Captain Scraggs promising to get a new boller and make needed repairs to the steamer. CHAPTER V.—Scraggs refuses to ful- f11 his promizes and Gibney and McGut- fey “strikes’ With marvelous luck, Beraggs ships a fresh crew. At the end of a few days of wild conviviality Gibney and McGuffey are stranded and seek their old positions on the Maggle. They are hogtilely received, but remain, On eir way to San Francisco they sight & derellct and Gibney and McGuftey swim o it B 2. CHAPTER VI.—The derelict proves to be the Chesapeake, richly laden, its en- tire crew stricken Wwith scurvy. 'Scraggs attempts to- tow her in, but the Maggle is unegual to the task and Gibney and McGuffey,. alone, sail- the. ship. to San Franciaco, their salvage money amount- 1,000 aplece. , (Continued from last issue) You refused fo let us ‘do it for a hundred. Now It'IL cpst you two thous- and, s’ I'm lettin’ you off cheap at that. Of course. you can take a chance an’ walt until word o' your predica- ment. sifts into San Francisco an’ a ‘tug comes. out for you, but in the menn- tlnie ‘tkie ‘wind- may increase an' with the tide at the flood how do you know your anchor won't drag an’' pile you up on them rocks to leeward?” “I'll pay two thousand, Mr. Gibney." Without further, ado, Mr. Gibney went to the master’s cabin, wrote ont an agreement, carried the skipper aft and got his signature to the contract. Then he tucked the skipper into bed and came dashing out on deck. “Come here till I Intreduce you to the, jib balyards,” he bawled to Me- Guffey, and they went forward. With the aid of the winch, they braced the foreyard; then McGuffey ran aft and took the wheel while Mr. Gitney scuttled forward, eased up the compressor on the windla; and per- mitted the anchor chain to pay out rapidly. With the hammer, he knocked out the pin at the forty-five fathom shackle and leaving the anchor to go by the board, for it worried him no longer, the bark Chesapenke moved gently off on a west-sou'west course that would Keep her three points off the lund. She had sufficient head sail on now to hold her up. Mr. Gibney fell’ upon the main- to’- gallan-s'l lends llke a demon, carried them through the leading block to the winch head, turned over the winch and sheeted home the main-to-gallap'-s'l, The Chesapenke gathered speed nnd Mt. Glbney went aft and stood beside Mr. McGuffey, the while he looked aloft and thrilled to the whine of the breeze through the rigging. “This Is sailorizin’,” he declared. “It sure beats bumboatin’. Here, blast you, Bart. You're spillin’ the wind out o’ that Jib, First thing you know we'll have her in irons-an' then the fat will be in the fire.” He took the, wheel from McGuffey. When-he was two miles off the beach he brought her up Into the wind and made the wheel fast, a spoke to lee- ward. “Sheet home the fore-to'gal- lan-g'}” he howled and dashed for- ward, “Leggo them buntlines an” clewlines, my heartles, an’ haul home that sheet.” ‘The ship lay In the wind, shivering. Mr. Gibney was lete, ‘there, evel where. - One minute, he was dashing along the deck with a lending line, the next he was laying out aloft. . He or- dered himself to do a thing and’ then, with the pent-up energy of a thousand devils, he did it. The years of degra- dation as navigiting officer of the Mag- glé fell away from him, as he sprang, aglle and half-naked, into the shrouds; u‘great, hairy demigod or sea-goblin he lay out along the yards and sprang from place to place with the old exul- 1ant. thrill of youth and joy in his work.. A word, a gesture, from Mr. Glbney, and’ McGuffey would pounce ol u rope like a bull-dog. With the fobe-royal set, Mr. Gibney ran back to the ‘wheel and pot it hard over, There being no after sail set the bark swung off readily on to her course, slipping through the water at a nice eight-knot speed. Ten miles off the coast, Mr. Gibney hung her up in the wind again, braced his yards with the aid of the winch and McGuffey, caine about and headed north. At three o'clock she cleared the-lightship and wore around to come in over the bar, steering east by south, half-south, for. Point Bonita, She drew the full advantage of the wind now and over the bar she came, ramping full through the Gate with fier yards squared, on the last of the flood tide. As they passed Lime ‘point, Mr. Gib- ney prepared to shorten sail and like a clarion blast his voice rang through the ship. “Clew up them royals.” He lashed the wheel and they brought the clew- lines again to the winch head. The ship was falling off a little before {he fore-royal was clewed up, so Mr, Gibney ran back to the wheel and put her on her course again while McGuf- fey brought the main-royal clewlines to. the winch. Again Gibney made the wheel fast and helped McGuftey clew up the main-royal; again he set her on her course while McGuffey, follow- ing instructions,. made ready to clew up the fore-to-gallan’-g'l. They were abreast Black Point before this latter snil was clewed up, and then they smothered the lower top-s'ls; the bark was slipping lazily through the water and McGuffey took the wheel. “Starboard a: little! ~ Steady-y-y! Keep her as she heads,” Gibney warned and cast off the jib halyards. The jibs slid down the stays, hanging.as they fell. They were well up toward “Hard-a-Starboawrd! Make Her Fast, |Bart.” Meiggs wharf now and it devolved up- on Mr. Gibney to: bring his prize in on the quarantine geound and let go his port anchor. Fortunately, the anchor was already cack-billed. Mr. Gibney sprang to thi fore-top-sail Halyards and let them go and the fore-top-sail came down by the run. “Hard-a-starbward! Make her fast, Rart, an’ come up here an’ help me with the anchor. Let go the main-top- &all halyards as you come by an' stand by the compressor on the windlass.” The Chesapeake swung slowly, broudside to the first of the ebb and Wwith the wind on her port beam, Mr. Gibuey knockedl out the stopper with his trusty hamamer and away went the rusty chain, singing through the hawsepipe. b her gently, Mac, suub her gently, an’ give her the thir- ty-fathom shackle to the water's edge,” he warned McGiuffey. The burk swung until her bows were straightened to the ebb tide andswith u wild, trlumphant yell Mr. Glbney clasped. the honest McGuftey to his perspiring bosopn. The deed was done! It was. dark, however, before they had all the sails snugged up shipshape, although in ‘the jmeantime the quaran- tine launch had lot® alongside, in- vestigated, and removed th the crew who still lived. Shortly ‘there- after the coromer came and removed the dead, after which Gibney aid Me- Guftey hosed down the deck, located some hard tack and coffee, supped and turned in in the officers’ quarters. In the momming, Scab Johnny arrived in a lnunch with thelr other clothes (Mr. Gibney having thoughtfully sent him ten dollars on account of . their old board bill, together with a request for the clcghes), and when the agents “FOOLISH' WIVES” AT ELKO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW “Foolish Wives,” the sensational Von Stroheim production, which hcs attracted so much' attention in' New York City, will be presented at the Elko - thedter again 'tonight, also Tuesday matinee and 'evening. ' ' This' gigantic 'super-Jewel pro- duction made by the master gemius of Von Stroheim; after nearly two years of labor, and after Carl Laem- mle had expended gver a million dol- lars on the picture, is assuredly the foremost American made production in the history of screen drama. Al- though the scenes are laid near Monte Carlo, the unusual and novel feat was attempted of duplicating that} famous Mediterranean resort on the shores' of Southern California. I No such colossal enterprise as re- producing the entire city of Monte Carlo at California has ever been known in the moving picture ildustry. “Foolish Wives” adds to the laur- els of Von Stroheim, who.wrote the story, directed the picture and acted the leading role of a Russian count, who tries to fascinate a lot of fool- ish wives. Others in the cast are; Miss DuPont, Mae Smith, Maude George, Dale Fuller, Rudalph Christians, and a host of others. Nearly 15,000 people were employed in the ensembles showing the crowds in the gay pleas- ure resort in the South of France. “BELLE OF ALASKA” AT REX FRIDAY AND SATURDAY | Chester Bennett’s big production, “Belle of Alaska,” starring Jane Nov- ak contains a shipwreck scene taken| in the ocean miles away from land | that has a parallel only in the sinking of the great liner Titanic. The gold-ship *“Northland” leaves Seattle for the Klondike, packed to the rails with prospectors and advent- urers, * | In the middle of the night off the Alaskan coast, the Northland strikes an iceberg. Half-dressed, undressed passengers, mostly without life belts, half dazed from sleep, engage in a mad fight for safety. Sinking slowly the steamer’s searchlight plays on the surface of the sea showing scores of passengers in the water trying to climb on a life raft. BETTY COMPSON CO-STARS " WITH LON CHANEY AT GRAND The néw Betty Compson starring production, supervised by the young star her self and released through Goldwyn, is “For Those We Love”, and will be shown at the Grand the- ater for the last time this evening. The picture was written by FPerley Poore Sheehan and directed by Ar- thur Roson. Ever since Miss Compson’s beauti= ful performance ip “The Miracle Man” she has gone steadily forward until now she is pne of the most pop- ular stars on the.screen. Trix Ulner, the man whose refor- mation the heroine, Berenice Arnold, is responsible for, is played by Lon Chaney. Both he and Miss Compson made outstanding successes in “The Miracle Man” and we were Fappy to find themselves associated in “For Those We Love”. Frank Campeau, an actor of long experience on the legi- timate stage, is cast in an important role Other players in the supporting cast are Camille Astor, Bert Woodruff Richard Rosson, Harry Duffield, Wal- ter Morosco, and George Cooper. “TOL’ABLE DAVID” bAT REX WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY When “Tol’able David,” which As- sociated First National Pictures, Inc., is releasing as Richard Barthelmess’ first starring vehicle, appears on the sereen, northerners for the first t'me will see one of the most famous his- toric spots of the Civil war. It is Mosby’s cabin in which the famous Confederate guerilla leader took refuge after the battle of Winches- ter. The story is picturesquely told in the famous poem of “Sheridan Twenty Miles Away.” Tradition in the Virginia .moun- tains to this day insists that any man desiring to escape cannot be captured in this territory. Union soldiers hot on the trail of Mosby, came to the cabin where he had paused for a bite to eat.. With- chimney. Searching the place they failed to find -him, as the hot chim- ney seemed inaccessible to them as a hiding place. e Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer of Kentucky, is also credited with having stopped at the cabin, YD. Boone” being carved in aged, worn letters on a log. The cabin is one hundred and fifty years old. A~~~ A~ Wwlieré they were complimented on-their daring seamanship and received a cheek for one thousund dollars each. “Well, now,” McGuffey declared, af- ter they had cashed their checks, “See- in’ as how I've become Independent- ly wealthy by following your lead, Adelbert, all I got to say Is that I'm a-goin’ to stick to you like 2 lmpet to a rock. What'll we do. with. our money?” For the. first- time in his checkered career Mr. Glbney had a sane, sensi- ble, and serious thought. “Has it ever occurred to you, Mac, how auch nicer itis'to have a few dollars in the bank, good clothes on your back, an’ a ered- it with your friends? - Me, all my life I been a come-easy, go-easy, come- Sunday,-God'll-send-Monday 3 sort - 0 feller; until in my - forty-second year I'm little bettern a beachcomber. So | now, when you ask me what I'm goin’ to do with my .money, I'll tell you. I'm going to save it, after first payin’ up ubout seventy-five bucks I owe here an’ there along the i'ront. I'm through of the Chesapeake sent a watchman to relieve them they went ashore and had breaks: After renkfast, they called at_ the office of the agents, drinkin’ an’ iuisin’ h—Ill. Me for a N. Papermaster, Mgr. savings: bauk, Bart.” Phone © New . o 878 Kaplan_ Bldy. (Continued in Next [ssue) L o atic screen ‘version of .the stage 'success, featuring Anna Q. Nil- lIson, Will be ‘seen’at the' Rex theater again_tonight, also. Tuesday matinee out hesitaton, he climbed.into the|{ R T R Gilda Gray, New York’s most daring dancer, who introduced Sout Sea syncopation to Broadway. At the famous Rendezvous Supp:;gi!hg smart society gathers after midnight and listen to the tropical tones of “T; eas. - Shadows of the South Seas, e v B to admire Gilda’s sylphic sinuity 'y-Tee,” first fox trot of thc South “WHY_ GIRLS LEAVE HOME” AT REX THEATER AGAIN TODAY “Why Girls-Leave Home” a dram- famous evening.. an iin the wee small hours Madeline Wallace. returned’ to her beautiful home. She gat’ down on' the stairway and ordered the butler to take off her shoes, Then she went up to her room as .though in a daze, untangled. her lustrous -hair, and in a few moments|: she is _enveloped in a flimsy ‘suit of pajamas. s Now Mr. Wallace, her father, pro- prietor of a big department store, had watched her every movement with an ulterior motive in mind. He entered her bed chamber and told her she had left her shoes on the stairway. She was disturbed, but in another momen had asked her—yes, 10 teach him the latest jazz step. So to the victrola and the reception room sHe took him. And as they whirled and jazzed, as only Magdeline knew how to teach her dad the jazz steps in came the stern Mrs. Wallace just from a bridge party. And then what stately, returning REV. J. FRALING, Bemidjl, Minn. , Pastor, ST. PHILIP'S 710 Beltrami Ave. Phone 347 Services on Sundays 8 a. m.—10 a. m.—-7:30 p. m. Prayerbooks, Bibles and Religious articles at. cost. The Church urges all Catholics to have a copy of the Bible in their home and to read it daily. Non-Catholics are cordially invited to attend any or all of our services. Admission free to all. Reriglous in- struction, literaturé and information on the history and teachings of the Catholic Church given free upon re- quest. All are welcome. ECONOMY “MLEANLINESS is next to godliness.” Let us keep your siits or frocks ‘in’ immaculate condi- tion- and. it will" intensify your charm. Besides, it’s true economy to have your clothes. Dry > Cleaned as it adds months of enjoyment and service to their life. “You are as mnear the Master Cleaners as the closest Parcel Postoffice.” Bemidji Cleaners & Tailors Ceadads Vi B ¥ happened?. Why did-Mr. Wallace en- courage his daughter to dance with him-at two in the morning? ‘ This is but one of the novel features to be found-in “Why - Girls - Leave Home,” produced by Warner Bros., which, will -be -the feature attraction at the Rex theater again tonight and tomorrow. . ; MAY :McAVOY’S A CITY GIRL " i+ BUT CAN PLAY FARM ONE§ ‘May. ‘McAvoy will be‘ seen here next Tuesday and Wednesday at the Grand theatre in the role of a humble little country drudge in a “Homespun Vamp.” * Miss McAvoy is one actress who cannot point -back,to ¢hildhood’s hap- py days down on the farm or in some inconspicious village where her rise to fame is the favorite local topic of conversation. For the clever little actress who has been recently raised to stellar heights by Realart is. a born and bred New Yorker; in fact previous to going to California to make picture she had been rarely more than a short distance from the great metropolis. Her triumphs, however, accentuate that fact that not all successful peo- iple come from the provinces; a great Imany, in fact, develop either in spite or because‘of the crowed life of the bigger cities, B e s i asiia Meet Me At ~ THE — West Hotel MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Everybody seems to be there Gocd - Service—Low Rates Splendid Cafe In Connection Save In Buying " hikard Mrs.'Gi O. Riggs Northern and North- western Minnesota Agent for Paclmrd and Bond Pianos 1213 Lake Blvd. Phone 623-J Bemidji PIONEER ADVERTISING BRINGS FINE RESULTS That it pays a merchant to let folks know when they have something good to- offer, was demonstrated “Friday “/and Saturday at Wilson’s Fair store when they opened a ten-day sale of standard goods of everyday needs at saving prices. S * © A full-page advertisement of the offering was published ‘in the Daily and Weekly Pioneer and Mr. Wilson h the response. The sale will con- tinue ‘until next Saturday. The Daily and Weekly Pioneer c ers the trade zone adjacent to Bemi in an efficient, manner, as has been demonstrated dn a.large number of occasions. 3 el HILL ESTATE SETTLEMENT STILL BEFORE THE COURTS St. Paul, Aril 24—Judge Howard Wheeler today ~decided that neither Louis Hill nor the Northwestern Trust company was a suitable admin- ir[istated that they were well satisfied |igtrator for the estate of the late Mary Hill. Guaranteed by Three Friendly ! Gentlemen TURKISH VIRGINIA BURLEY . Y orFIFTEEN In a new package that fits the pocket— At a price that fits the pocket-book— The same’unmatched blend of TURKISH, VIRGINIA and BURLEY Tobaccos * ][] RiETILAVE ELKO ~Children 25¢ “Foolish - Wives’ * ONE SHOW ONLY—AT 8 P. M. Matinee Tomorrow—-10c & 30c Tonight — Adults 55¢ T _ i I TR could cook and bake the band. =~ . - So her two uncles, who were so a wringer befcre they'd let go local Romeo. Y ’ to happen a mile a minute. a smashing climax—they've all With a Splendid Supp GUY OLIVER,. CHAS. HELEN DUNBAR and NOT much bigger than a pint of cider—but she And then came the stranger, and the night of the robbery—and in this story. which began at such a leisurely pace, things began A robbery, a riot, a brave rescue, a marriage at the point of a gun, a struggle between two women for a man’s love, a fire, and “A HOMESPUN VAMP” Starring McAVOY | Grand == and wash and sew to beat tight they’d put a nickle through of it, arranged to marry her t6 a brting Cast, including— OGLE, DARREL FOSS, KATHLEEN KIRKHAM - Tuesday 30 & 9:00 [ T 'BETTY COMPSON Richard Rosson " ':Camille ‘Astor devoted daughter in this absorbi bered. 10¢ & 30¢ 1:304 9:00 TONIGHT i ’ 00000000000000000 A’SUPERB CAST MAGNIFICENTLY CHARACTERIZE— For Those We Love The:siinple and quiet charm of Miss Compson’s portrayal of the “INDIGO BLUE SUNDAY?” PROVIDES THE LAUGHS. eeo00000 LON ~ CHANEY Frank Campeau Harry Dufield ng story is long to be remem- GRAND