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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-02-26
SHOWN IN
STRAW VOTE FOR
STATE SENATOR
M. J. Brown, Frank S. Lycan And A.
2. White Favorities Of First Day
Voters - New Names Added to List .
ATTORNEY IS NOW IN LEAD
Two Days Of Campaign Left And Az
Ballot Closes Saturday Noon Voters
Should Not Wait

Unexpected interest is being shown
in the straw vote which is being
conducted by the Pioneer in order
that the voters of this senatorial dis
trict' might have the privilege Of
voting for their preferences as to
whom shall represent them in the
next legislature. .x.> .:.a.l. r.
With the straw vote in progress
less than a day, three men, Attorney
M. J. Brown, A. P. White and Frank
s. Lycan are the favorities Of those
to first take advantage Of the op.
portunlty Offered to have a choice
in the selection of candidate. A.
C.. Wedge is also recommended by
many of the first day voters as being
the right man for the place.
, H.. Brown Now In Lead
On going to press this afternoon
Brown has Sc first choice votes to
his credit, and - 16 second choice,
while White followed closely with A
first choice and 16. second choice.
frank s. Lycan- was favored by 40
as being their first choice for the sem
ate and IL as their second choice.
Twenty votes were cast for A. G.
Wedge, while Kenneth McIver and
w. B.sStewart followed with IL each.
Others named by the voters and who
received one or more votes follow, J.
J. Opsahl, A. P. Ritchie, I. G.. Hay
craft, Judge Marshall A. Spooner, E.
J. Swedback, James Black, Graham
M. Torrance, F.. A. Wilson, K. X. Roe,
Charles a. Garter of Hines, and G.
F.. Carson. : ----s2 -se.s-s.--a';ls''
Is Not A Candidate -
Judge Marshall A. spooner, who
has been mentioned as a candidate
for the senate announced today that
he is not candidate for the. position
referred to-.
Editor 0berg of the Blackjack
American IN his current issue comes
out strong in nominating F. A. Will
son for the senate and states that
the Bemidji editor having served as
clerk during several sessions Of the
Legislature would be the right man
for the place. =
Closes Saturday Noon
AS the straw vote is merely a me-
thod devised by the Pioneer to as
certain Just what man is the prefer
ence of most of the votes for the SEN
ate, in an short as time as possible,
the contest will under no circumstan-
ces he prolonged after 12 O'Clock Sat-
urday noon. The man selected will be
announced in Saturday evenings
Pioneer.
If you have not voted, do so at
once, more than $50 voters have al
ready voted for their preferences,
why don't you? Votes may be mailed
or left at the Pioneer office. Cut out
the ballot.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-02-26

Regular meeting of the Knights of
Columbus this evening i'm the council
room at = o'clock. All members are
requested to be present. a.
P.J. RUSSELL.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-02-26
Jester To Talk

Members of the Onion Growers as
soc ciation are planning on being pres
ent at the meeting in large numbers,
and Al Jester, president, will be one
of the chief speakers. Other address
ses will be given, announcements for
which will be made later.
The meeting will be called prompt
ly at 1890 a. m.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1914-02-26
STRONG PROGRAM
FOR FARMERS MEET
B. M. Gile, High School Agriculturist,
Announces Plans For Giant In
stitute TO Be Held Here
MISS MABEL OLSEN TO TALK
Will Entertain Women Folk While
supt. Mcclure, G. R. Crane, AL Jes-
ter And Others Will Speak
MISS MABEL OLSEN TO TALK

Farmers are taking more interest
in the institute which is to be held
in the high school building on Sat
urday, March Z, than in any ever
held here, and one of the largest ga
ther1ngs ever assembled at a similar.
meeting is expected to be present
when the affair is opened by A. J.
Mcguire, superintendent of the
state experimental farm at Grand
Rapids. -.
An excellent program has been
prepared, by B. M. Gile, agriculturise
in the BemidN Schools, and enter
tainment Mial be furnished for both
men and women. Immediately fol-
lowing dinner, Miss Mabel Olsen,
will give cooking demonstration
for the women folk. Miss Olsen is
of the Crookston agricultural
and is we'll known here be-
cause Of previous appearances. Her
lecture will be entirely free and ali
women OF the city. are invited to at
tend as are the wives aud daughters
of the farmers. 4.
, @s,,>, Another Feed" q"
Miss Helen Hoover, who as head
of the domestic science. department
of the Bemidji high. schools has sup
erintended several dinners served
for the farmers and their families
will, with the assistance of the cook
ing class prepare a noon day meal
for all those attending the institute.
This dinner will be free of cost. The
dinner will ibe served at 12 O'Clock.
Coming as 1T does during the first
part of March, the meeting will be
appropriate from q farmers stand
PIT. as the spring work is. just
about to begin. r.
Clubs To Compete -. =.
1t is understood that the farmers
clubs of the county are going to be
VNA4 ASQA OoOAIOO ~ VAc V1S0I1uk duu
several of them will endeavor to
wrist the title from the Grant VAL
ley club as being the best in attend
ance. Rivalry is keen and it will be
interesting to see which club carries
away the attendance honors.
T. A. Erickson, of the extension
division and Charles r. Crane, head
of the extentipn division of the Great
Northern Railway company, will al
so be on the program.
Jester To Talk
Members of the On1o on Growers as
'sociation are planning on being pres
ent at the meeting in large numbers,
and AL Jester, president, will be one
of the chief speakers. Other address
ses will be given, announcements for
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there be one left among mulu who read this column un
watch Mnna Gomoe
"A Par
at Go into the auditorium
let your
wander the sight of charming young lady
affection
Vtus and profound grief She
ute herself chair squints and pulls series OF
the whole performance Just APP
like Eo
unless you
crbbd Punch and abua That
her secret however xasperang difficulty In
swannng perfectly good Ammurican) for glib
dialect
We found her Ebu about like
Gombe would pick and
ada 10 her pero doesn't difficulty
LONELINESS
the that
M ,r hack She's coming wonderfully combed
oues rehearsal Of the
Mr. heard Miss Gombe
the leader
infections AIRY said
erud that anything else but satisfied the face Of
Madame
~ She was the girl English we'll enough talk
heroy moth
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PALACE.

"The Mystic Bird" will open at the
Palace Theatre Monday for an en-
gagement lasting all summer. The
Mystic Bird is canary which war-
bles any tune asked for by the an-
dience. The birds partner in the act
goes about the house asking the spec
tators 20 name tune for the canary
to MARBLE. He cues the canary by play
ing the opening bars of the number
desired and then the feathered songster
MARBLES the tune. Eddie Foy and the
seven little Foys will remain for the
second week TO present another chapter
of their funny family life. Their pet
bear ani their tame Ford, which they
stable in the chicken house, will be
used in the act Joan Sawyer, assisted
by Nigel Barrie. will present an elab-
crate dance, The Artists Dream
The setting will be Persian garden.
Miss Sawyer will wear Persian cos
tune from a design by Leon Baks;.
Adelaide and Hughes will also present
an ambitious new dance. This is the
Cat and the Canary" or lie Chat ct
lie Canari.' Ruth Roye will continue
for her sixth consecutive week. She
will sing all new songs. Ryan and
Lee. the young comedian and come
dienne, have been brought from their
summer home to please Palace patrons.
Two ancient Ministries, Norcross and
Holdsworth, will sing songs and do
dances that pleased our daddies, while
the three Melvin boys will give aero
battles.
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not important. But when Larry first
went on a case with the great William
+. Burns his father was a Secret Ser
vice man and Larry, "the kid" was
selected for the case because Gid"
was needed
The way it happened was this: Burns
was then an operator Of the United
States Secret Service. He was working
on d case against some tobacco manu-
facturers who were suspected of issuing
counterfeit internal revenue stamps.
He wanted 10 get into their factory TO
search il for evidence. He had TO find
WAY 20 90 this without letting them
know that they we're suspected, so that
If he did not find the evidence in the
factory they would not destroy II be
fore he had time 20 look elsewhere for
IL. lie Yaw that the factory was de-
serted a. the noon hour and locked up
without Waterman. Beside one OF
the rear doors there was window
which, IL he could open II, would al
low Hm 10 reach the spring lock OF
The door. But he could not force the
window without leaving trail that
might betray his entrance.
Here Is where Larry became n de-
tective. For Burns bought boys bat
and ball. took Larry with him, threw
The ball through n pane Of the window
and made his entrance and his search
successfnliy and got away before the
factory people returned.
when they did return Larry vas
waiting for them, small boy WIN n
bageball bat, who confessed that come
Of his companions had broken rear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

Barney, the boy detective Of The
Dummy" has been discovered in real
life. he has been Swallowed" and
Ecen.
Harvey O'HiggIns, who wrote the
stories about him IN "Collicr's," and
Who, with Harriet Ford, put him on
the stage, has admitted his identity.
His first name is Larry" and not
Barney" however What his last
name IL Mr.. O'Higgins will not divulge,
beesuse Lsrry's surname varies &c,
cording 70 cases and geography, and
his picture, which Mr OHigglns pos
scSzes, must not be published UNDER
any circumstances, for Larry - real
detective.
Yea. air. He grew up into real de-
tectiye, and n crAckeriack, -.
Some evening into THE Dummy
viii walk a young fellow with "a dim
pied, boysh smile and an engaging
humorous manner that would deceive
the devil himself THAT Nr. O'Hig-
gins's own deGcriptiOnj, and the young
fellow will ut in some quiet corner
where he can watch Barney on the
stage, and grin and grin and grin, and
10 away chaekling without saying IA
word 70 anybody, and that will be
Larry, who H. Barney himself
LsrTy'g father might have been a
policeman, zome time back, and Larry
n.ight even haze worked for the West
err Union al some time IN his ad-
ysntUr9ps career Those details are
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CURRENT ATTRACTIONS
Notes of Plays and Musical
Shows That Continue.

"The Passing SHOW of 1914" now in
It's second month at the Winter Gar
den, is testing the capacity Of the
theatre at every performance. The
cest includes such we'll known people
as jose Collins, Bernard Granville, 7.
Roy Barnes, George w. Munroe, Fran
ces Demarest, Ethel Amorita Kelly,
Muriel Window, Marilyn Miller, Harry
Fisher, Bessie Crawford, Robert En-
nett Keane, Lew Brice, Stafford Penn
berton, William Durham, John Free
man, Elsie Pilcer. Ivan Bankoff. Wini-
fred Gilrain, Winona wilkins and June
Elvidge. The chorus numbers over
eighty persons. The matinees occur
on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday.
Edward Peple's farce. "A Pair Of
Sizes" continues to attract crowded
houses to the Longacre Theatre. where
il will enter upon the nineteenth week
of its run tomorrow evening, with the
important roles still being played by
Hale Hamilton. George Parsons, Fritz
Williams, Ann Murdoch, Ivy Troutman
and Maude Eburne. all of whom have
been identified with its success since
the New York premiere.
"The Dummy" passed the Tooth mile
stone of its successful New York run
two weeks ago at the Hudson Theatre,
where it seems entirely capable OF
drawing enthusiastic audiences for
some time to come. Ernest Truck has
made a notable success in this play;
Edward Ellis is featured as "Spider,"
the gambler; Joseph Brennan is a new
type OF sleuth. and Jane Oakcr, Edith
Shaync, Francis Y. Conlan, Frank A.
Conner. John n Wheeler and little
Joyce FAIR have all made the farce one
Of the best seen in New York this
year. "The Dummy" is 70 have Lon
don production and one or two road
companies will be put out in the fall.
"Too Many Cooks" which reached
its 16lst New York performance at the
Thirty-ninth Street Theatre last Mon
day evening, is drawing audiences that
tax the capacity of the house. 1t is
settled definitely that "Too Many
Cooks" will remain in its present
quarters at least until the opening of
the regular fall and winter season
Meanwhile. arrangements are gong
forward for its production in London
by William A. Brady and Sir Charles
Wvndham, with the likelihood that
Frank Craven will assume the princi-
pal role and that the remaining mem
hers OF the cast will be English play
ers. For the United States and Can
ada five special companies arc under
going formation for Mr.. Brady's in
spection upon his return from Europe
Commencing Monday night. new
Kitty MacKay" company will be seen
on the stage of the Comedy Theatre in
West 4lst ST., whore the original or
panization has held the boards with
out interruption for almost seven
months. The new Kitty herself will
he Miss Marjorie Murray. Scotch
Enclish actress, only twenty-five years
If ace. who has already been starred IN
"Peter Pan" "Bunty" and The Chris
tim" and has been featured in five
other plays Of stellar calibre. On the
ssmc evening the New York company
viii play it's first out-ofto engage
ment since the commencement OF its
run. beginning week at NiXon's
Apollo Theatre. Atlantic City.
"Ziegfcld Follics" enters upon tn
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PLAYS AND PLAYER
"Apartr,ent 12-K" Opens Tomorrow
Event Ng-Minna Gombel-
Barney's Original.
BY HECTOR TURNBULL.

Rising, will
Eott Theatre
cordng of the Messrs shubeT
will include
Helen Lovs Alan Brooks Jean
Shelby Hary The three laid in the
of NwhOu Of 800 West End
ave. if yea the rather frivolous wife of the rich
nysan mohinlaw. Mrs Newhou has arrived
night of her
them least pushes the good
and slightly wnegadened
suspicious VIE
with police officers few of the characters
seeks refuge Apartment
k resourceunes actually subdues the young VIE
that they permit HIM TO
should be explained B
police for but instead the
himself hurried when MS VIE
aas 10 save him the burglar love with Newhouse
tried shield him and won't there
husband Poor ants
his the
his clothes held the
cd, in
& is one Mr. Rising the author but wenytour
x Of age Previously he had produced snort
fh will Wednesday,
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NEW BRIGHTON.

At the New Brighton Theatre this
week Henry E. Dixie and Marie Nord
strom will make their first appearance
in a ne wpaylet by Edgar Allan Woolf,
entitled Castle Romance" Mr.. Dixey
will bring to the vaudeville stage the
role he played in "A Thousand Years
Ago" that of CapOcomico. Mr.. DiXey
in Castle Romance is the king of a
small European country where medl-
eval customs still prevail. Miss Nord-
strom portrays the role Of a modern
young woman who enters this ancient
country. When she becomes acqualnt-
ed with the king many amusing incl
dents occur. Another star on the pro-
gramme will be Victor Moore. assisted
by Emma Littlefeld. in his humorous
offering, Change Your Act, or Back to
the Woods" Mr.. Moore's skt is al
ways enjoyable and his character Of
the ham actor is one of the classics OF
vaudeville. George Whiting and Sa-
die Burt. who were recently features
of the "Ziegfeld Folies," will appear
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NEW YORK THEATRE.

AZ the New York Theatre the con
tinued success Of the aquatic act, tho
six Water Lilies" has induced Will
lam Morris to re-engage them for
third week. These diving girls are
adding new feats to their exhibition.
the most startling being "A Toe Dive
presented by one Of the girls who,
hanging head down by her toes to
trapeze. is hauled up from the wa.cr
to a height above the flies" when she
makes a sheer perpendicular dive or
drop into the tank. The nightly diving
contests for silver cups, open 10 ali,
will be continued. Other vaudeville
acts will be presented. The photo plaY
portion of the programme will include
the screen appearance OF the fayorite.
movie" star, Mary Pickford, on Mon
day and Thursday. in two new release,
one Of which is The Sin OF the. IN
faithful" On Tuesday night Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Castle will appear in mo
ton pictures, film Of sensational in-
terest 70 dance devotees. presenting tho
Castles, with appropriate music, in tie
Argentine tango. the Buenos Ayre5
tango, the Maxixe Brazilian, tho one
step, the hesitation waltz and tlei~
creation. the Castle Walk" The res
ular first run of photo plays will be
shown in addition to these features.
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RUSTIC THEATRE.

The vaudeville entertainment an
nounced for the Rustic. Theatre, Pail
SADIE Amusement Park, promises
good entertainment. The MaXlnof
Troupe of Russian dancers are listed
as bill toppers. Others mentioned are
Blanche Leslie. singing Coincidence
Jack Altman, character singer; Wilson
and Wilson,. The Bandsmsn and ilii
Band" and the Norma Trio. in "A nov
elty act. The free vaudeville in the
amphitheatre is featured by the Grcat
Holden in his high dive in connection
with Bragger Brothers, aerial artists:
the Ed. Zoeler Troupe, acrobats, and
the Flying Banyards in casting act
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
AT LUNA.

Luna continues TO be the centre OF
activity for summer amusement. mat
modern dancing is among the chiet
features of the summer is evident from
the throngs that I'LL the Castles sum
mer House and Coles dancing palace
every afternoon and evening. ~ the
Castles Summer House exhibition
dances by Miss Edith Him. and Ster-
ling Pile. and Miss Masie Newton and
Dart Thorne. as well as the instruction
of the Castle dance method, are the
features. At the Cole dance palace the
amateur dance contests every TUESDAY
and Friday evening are proving popu-
lar. Every Saturday afternoon hesita-
ton, tango and the maXiNe contests toF
the children are given. In the Tree
omen air vaudeville several new acts
have been provided. The most senSa-
tional is the slide for life by Devlino.
Hanging by his one leg, Devlino slides
flom the ton Of the main tower IN the
centre of Luna to the front gate. dis
lance OF 500 feet, on a roller skate
twice daily. Among the other per
formances are Young and Walby, come
dy acrobats, and the De Marcos nov
city acts. Oklahoma Ranch, the via
West and the Titanic Disaster are
playing TO crowded capacity at every
performance. Noah's Ark has also
proven popular with the thousands OF
Riddles that visit the park daily. Toys
are distributed free 10 the children
every afternoon and evening by Father
Noah himself.
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FLORENCE REED TO TOUR.

Miss Florence Reed, who created the
role OF Maya Varenka in "The Yellow
Ticket" at the Eltingc Theatre last
season and who is now summerng on
an island of the Maine coast, will re-
tur, 10 the role on September II, when
"The Yellow Ticket" opens at tAs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
HAMMERSTEIN'S ROOF.

The submarine trick which Houdini
performed in New York Bay last
Wednesday before a crowd Of fifteen
thousand will be attempted in stage
form at HammerS;eln's Roof Garden
and Victoria. Hsndcufed and leg
ironed. Houdini will be nailed up In
an ordinary packing box, reinforced
with rope and steel bands and thea
thrown into a huge tank OF water
Iron weights will make the box SINK
and failure for Houdini to release him
self would be fatal. Others prominent
on a bill of novelty and laughs are
Jesse Lasky's "Three Beautiful Types,
an act of fimsy draperies; Claire Roch-
ester. the double voiced barytone-
soprano, who is one of the season
finds" and Emma Francis and her
Arabs. Rounding out fourteen acts are
Sylvia Loyal and her Pierrot. George
n. Brown. Radford and Winchester.
Bert Melrose. Clara lingo. Coates, heetee
and Johnson. Kaufman Brothers. and
Kramer and Patterson.
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AND
OTHER BILLS

and Buster give an exhibition of canine
intelligence. Walter James sings,
dances and tells stories. Lane and
oDonnell in novel acrobatic offering
and the Six Skating Girls complete the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
DANSE DES FOLLIES.

ziegfcld Danse des FOllies. in the
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Anna PENNINGTON a0d Kay Lauree Z1o Qfe1d EOI1ee
at The NGWAn stord Old

Grand Opera House, after which it will
tour the principal cities Of the United
States.
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eighth week OF its successful summer
run in the cool New Amsterdam Thea
tire. The big cast comprises the names
OF such popular entertainers rs Leon
Enrol. Bert Williams, Vera Mchelena,
Louise Meyers, Arthur DEACON, Edward
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
HOLLAND.
May I5

The pretty weather at present is very much appreciated by all.
 All of our farmers are very busy planting cotton. Up until the past week there was not much cotton planted, but there has been lots of it planted the past week. Our corn crop, as whole. is not so far behind. Some of our farmers have fine looking corn.
 Health is reasonably good in this community at this time.
 Rev. J. T. Gossett, pastor of the Methodist church, filled his regular appointment Sunday. Rev A. A. Parsons will preach at the Methodist church next Sunday at II o'clock and the w O. w. and Woodmen Circle will decorate in the afternoon
 Singing is progressing nicely again. We have very good singing every Sun day afternoon.
 May 13.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
SPRINGFIELD.

MT. and Mrs. Marion Johnson vis- ited Conway the past week, and while there Mrs. Johnson had some dental work done. The band boys gave box supper Friday evening at the public school building. All present enjoyed the oc- casion.
 Hon. W. E. Burns and Walter Der ry transacted business in Norrilton Thursday.
 B. o. McClaren hs accepted sum- mer term of school on Petit Jean Mountain. Oscar taught a successful term at Hill Creek the past winter
 Miss ZeIla Bell was circulating a petition the past week for the position of postmstress at this place.
 Will A. Berry walked out from Conway Saturday to visit his parents and look after his Cadron interests.
 Zeke Seaburn, after lingering ill- ness of several months duration died Friday night, and his remains were inferred here Saturday. To the be- reaved we extend our sympathy.
 Cecil Dancer and family and Wal ter Berry and family visited Wooster Sunday.
 H. o. Moore and son of Conway vis- tied relatives and friends in our city Saturday and Sunday.
 Harry Burns has improved the ap- pearance of his property considerably, by some new garden fencing.
 We have had no weddings in our city for a month or more. Cupid is off on a vacation.
 May 13.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-14
BRISTOL.

All cotton planted before the rain has to be planted over.
 Rev Charley Davis, pastor of the Baptist church. preached Saturday and Sunday.
 E. w. Day and daughter, Bessie, attended preaching in Mt. Vernon last Sunday night. MT. Day had not met Brother Walls, the pastor, since he conducted revival meeting at Rose bud, about 20 years ago.
 Two of our popular young people, Guthries Arnold and Miss Pearl Kel- ley, were married Wednesday
 Rev. Zed Nowell breaches next Sun day at Union Hill church.
 Mrs. Phillips is seriously ill
 M. Strickland of Beebe and mother visited here Friday.
 Joe Day says he will never plant cotton again when the ground is wet, as the sun warps the rows.
 Say, Pliny, have you not got your scripture badly mixed?
 May 13.