Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 19, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, NO. 68. n!.mn, HINNESOTA, FRIDAY EVENING, niwn 19,:1915. FRENCH CRUISER SUNK BY TURKS * ATDARDANELLES (United Press) Constantinople, March French warship Bouvet been sunk by guns of the Turkish forts while participating in the bombard- ment of Dardanelles, says a dispatch this afternoon. Turkish warships have bombarded the Russian torpedo boat base west of Theodosia, Crimea, firing many buildings and damaging Russian warcraft. This is the first official confirmation of reports which were circulated two weeks ago. The Turkish fleet has withdrawn from the Dardanelles straits and is now operating in the Black sea. From the dispatches it is indicated inside the straits. The allied fleet opened up a heavy fire upon the Dar- danelles forts, swinging into close range and hurling shells at inter- vals of less than a minute. The forts returned fire and shelled the Anglo-French warships with great effectiveness. Several allied war- ships withdrew from the engagement badly damaged. Following the dis- aster of the Bouvet the attacking ships ceased firing and steamed from sight off Tenedos island. Rumors have been circulated that an attempt to force the Dardanellcs will be abandoned. Only a part of the Turkish fleet is participating in the hombardment of the Russian tor- pedo fleet base. While the bom- bardment lasted only a few minutes the Turkish fire was unusually well directed. NEW AUTO LAW IN EFFECT Measure Has Been Signed by Gover- nor Hammond—Will Turn Fees Into Road and Bridge Fund. 19.—The has OWNERS HELD RESPONSIBLE Governor Hammond has signed the new state automobile law and it is now in force and , one important change in the old law was called at- tention to -today by Julius A. Schmahl, secretary of state. Here- after when an automobile is sold,. if the license tag goes with the car the purchaser must register with the sec- retary of state and pay a fee of $1. This is to make it possible to trace the ownership of a car, which has been difficult in the case of second- hand cars passing from one owner to another, Increased license fees provided by the act do not go into effect until Jan. 1 1918. For the three years be- ginning Jan. 1, 1915, the old fees prevail, of $1.50 for each license, no matter when it is taken out. They will expire in 1918 and new licenses in that year will cost $5, lasting three years. Licenses issued in 1919 will cost $3.50, and in 1920 $2, all to expire Jan. 1, 1921, which will begin a new period. Under the new law all license money goes into the road and bridge fund, and this takes effect at once. The change in chauffeurs’ licenses also goes into effect right away, and they now cost only $1.50 instead of $3.00, and renewals each year w,ll1 be only $1. Beginning in 1918, the license for any dealer, covering any number of cars will cost $20. TO RECEIVE RETURNS All Bemidji is interested in the Bemidji-Rush City basketball game which is to be played at the Carleton tournament this evening, and ar- rangements have been made by the Pioneer whereby the results will be received at Netzer's drug store, phone 304, and the Markham hotel, phone 920. The score of the contest may be secured by calling either place. KKK KKK KKK x MUCH IN LITTLE * TR H KKK KKK KKK KKK KN Money talks, and in the hands of the other fellow it sometimes fairly screams. The National Library in Paris con- tains the oldest map of the heavens, made in China in 600 B. C. and show- ing 1,460 stars. The outer walls of a new safe are perforated to permit the gases of an explosion to escape and thereby thwart a burglar who tries to blow it open. A pipe soldered on the outside of a new funnel provides an air vent . when it is placed in a bottle so that liquid poured into' the funnel will not overflow it. Official estimates place the num- ber of horses in the world at-100,- 000,000 of which Russia has about 26,000,000 and the United States about 24,000,000. ! | birds. KKK KKK KK KRR KK KK % _ PIONEER FARMERS’ : PAGE APPRECIATED . %, c-,&[» -every issue of the Week- "eer there is found a " Page,” devoted en- 'wanted” and “for . ms of the Be- trami co ~{*.armers. This page is c. ucted without cost to the farmers and that it is appreciated is shown by the many letters which are received by the publishers, one of which, written by G. H. Smith, of Kelliher, fol- lows: “I wish to express my ap- preciation of your kindness in devoting a free market page to the farmers’ interests. “It shows a spirit of broad- mindedness and co-operation not held by many other pa- pers.” Every farmer having any article for sale or wanted, is invited to make use of the page. tire Kk ok ok ok ok ok kok ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ko kb Yok ok ok k ok ok ok Rk ok k ok ok k ok ok ok k LR E SRR R RS RS AVERY FAVORS REFUGE Executive Agent of Game Commission Says Moose and Deer Will Be Anni- hilated Unless Given Protection. IS INTERESTED IN BELTRAMI Beltrami county sportsmen have a friend in Carlos Avery, executive agent of the State Game and Fisi commission. Mr. Avery considers Beltrami county as one of the na- tion’s greatest game centers and he is now interested in bills before the legislature which if passed will be of benefit here, as well as in other ses- tions of the state. The most im- portant bills now before the legisla- ture are a general license bill, a game refuge measure and an anti- alien hunting bill. The general li- cense bill is framed with a view to increasing the revenue of the depart- ment. “In Minnesota,” says Mr. Avery, 'we get only $65,000 a year, while in some states they realize as much as $200,000 a year.” Refuge for Game. The game,_ refuge bill is an_enab- ling act which, if it becomes a law, will permit the game and fish com- mission to establish, where it is be- lieved necessary and feasible, tracts where birds and animals may take refuge and not be molested by hunt- ers. In this connection, Mr. Avery points out that it is a potent fact that, unless some measures for the protection of them are taken, moose and certain game birds soon will be annihilated. In fact, he declares, that point has very nearly been reached now. The extermination cf deer is not far away, either, he says, but the situation as to deer is not so grave as in the case of moose and These places of refuge, Mr. Avery believes, will prove effective and will go a long way toward pre- venting the extermination of game. The refuges would be patrolled and the birds would be protected from all enmies and allowed to raise their young unmolested. The anti-alien bill simply provides that hunting or fishing licenses will not be issued to people who are not citizens of the United States. “The legislature seems very favor- ably disposed toward the commis- sion,” says Mr. Avery. “When I as- sumed office the commission’s funds were exhausted, but we are hopeful of getting a sufficient sum to carry on our work as it should be carried on. The work is not new to Mr. Avery, as he served in the same office during Governor Johnson’s administration. CONFERENCE ATHLETES MEET Evanston, Mar. 19.—Wisconsin and Illinois will battle for first place and Chicago and Northwestern for third if the dope of conference ex- perts makes good at the annual con- ference meet the Big Nine at North- western field. Northwestern had one of the best tract teams in its history, but the Illini and Badgers were doped the SOLDIERS LEARN T 'FORGET SENTIMENT Rader Relates Experiences in Tren- ches—Able to Forget Grief and Wear Dead Companions Clothes. EVEN BRAVE MEN SHOW FEAR Tells That of 1,500 Members of For- eign Legion Only 385 Now Remain —Troop of Strange Men. Following is one of the eye- ‘witness stories by Phil Rader, an American newspaper man, who fought with the famous French foreign legion in the trenches for four months. Another story will be'published tomorrow. By PHIL RADER. Copyrighted, 1915, by United Press. _London, March 1.—At least one American flag that I know of has flown in the great war. My com- rades and I, in the French foreign legion went to war under its folds and as we marched out from Paris, about the middle of October and started on our 150-mile tramp to the front, the French cheered the Stars and Stripes with huge delight. When Ouida wrote “Under Two Flags,” she was telling of my regi- ment, the famous old French foreign legion, in which every man fights un- der the French flag and carries in bis heart the thoughts of his own country’s banner. But Few Alive. Of the 1,500 men I started out with only 385 were alive February 1. There are strange men in the foreign legion, men whose lives have been twisted in one way or another, men with past, men with dark sec- rets, men who want to die, but who have stopped at suicide. You never ask a man in the foreign legion who he really is. I had joined the foreign legion because I had been told that if I got into the French flying corps, which I wished to do, I must first become a member of the foreign le- gion. Fly Stars and Stripes. I did not intend to go to the trea- ches, but the first thing I knew we were under way, with the Amerfcan flag flying over us, bound for the front. My aims for entering the fly- ing corps had gone away and here I am only an ordinary private, carry- ing a rifle and packing many pounds. We must march many days, 10 miles a day, 40 minutes at a stretch, with 10-minute rests. At last we reached a little town which they told us was three miles from the trenches. We had been all aglow to get into the fighting. “It will be just our luck to be held in reserve; “We won’t get to the trenches for a long time;” “I hope they get us into the fighting right away.” We had made these remarks hundreds of times during our march. An orderly came up to the position where we were stand- ing and said, “We'’re to go directly to the trenches.” It was like a douse of cold water. Wasn’t this just a lit- tle bit too sudden, we thought? All Were Ready. Then a terrible chattering broke out among us. Every man was try- ing to prove how ready he was. Men always do that in a pinch. Jokes were made in unnatural tones. Loud laughs were highly pitched. Men slapped each other on the backs, boisterously. I did not know all these things were unfailing signs that fear was tugging at our hearts. I had hundreds of chances in the days to come to'study myself and other men in the periods of danger and I've learned that fear always comes. The brave man isn’t the man who has no fear; he is the man who has it and conquers it, or, who fears the jibes of his mates more than the but- lets of the enemy. Lost Their Sentiment. It was not long before we had lost all sentiment about the dead. At first we were shocked to know that in the trenches it is the duty of the cook and his orderlies to bury the dead growth of our ll!t cemetery beside the soup kitchen.! . We were prourl grew faster than the eemeteriea around us, This morn- ing as we left -dead ' comrades there and started toward the front, there were ‘days before us in whickh' we would learn h die without feelin; grief, how to look on the dead bddy of & man with- out emotion, how e9 let a man pass out of our lives-in an instant and never to think of him again or men- tion his name, how to wear his clothes without remembering him. Not Even Joke. The time was t0 come when we would not even joke about the dead, when it became a part of the day’s events as traffic i8.to-the citizens of San Francisco. We. were to know how -to. keep our ‘heart strings from attaching’ themselves to any living thing of fear of-losing it. WIND AIDS TURKS - AT DARDANELLES | to see a friena |Could Not Interfere With Battleships Once Within Strgits But Prevents Egean Coast Fighting. COULD BE MADE .HDBMNABLE Turkish Soldiers Have Been . Less Than Usually Inefficient—Allies Need Luck for Success. By J. W. T. MASON.. New York, March 19.—Three ‘We did |Weeks have passed since the British not even dare to I ve on the trench admiralty announced that the Dar- dogs. ‘We climbed a hfll bordering the canal. At the summit was a trench which we entered. ;' Tt- wound away like a crooked street. It led us into a mass of criss-crogs sunken paths. *|For two miles we: were. led through this pigs-in-clover y_uzz[e, when sud- denly we came into the front tren- ches. Men with rifies were standing everywhere. . i TO ACT ON BOND ISSUE Council to Hold Adjourned Meeting Tonight at Which. Resolution Will Be Passed Concerning Election. $55,000 ARE PROBABLE FIGURES For the purpose:-of acting upon a resolution which will provide for a special election ona bond issue, the council will hold an adjourned meet- ing-at the City hall this evening. Just what amount' will be recom- mended in the resolution, which has been drawn up by P.*J. Russell, city attorney, is not known, although members of the committee which in- vestigated the needs of the issue are inclined to believe that $55,000 will be the figure named. 'The report of the committee recommended that bonds not to exceed $60,000 be sold. Should the councilmen at the meet- ing of this evening pass the resolu- tion, a special election will be held within thirty days Kthe plan is | approved by the voidfs-at the time, the state will be asked to buy the bonds, the interest to be 4 per cent. The -object of bonding is to retire all outstanding warrants and place the city on a cash basis, saving in- terest and also to avoid discounts which warrant holders now meet. 1t is not intended to increase the city’s debt. RUSSIA TO DESTROY THREE VILLAGES T0 GERMANSEVERY ONE (United Press) Petrograd, March 19.—Russia will destroy three villages for every one that the Germans destroy. This is the answer to Germany’s official threat to destroy Russian villages on account of alleged Russian atrocities in East Prussia. Russia denies the statement of the Germans. 1,000 BILLS INTRODUCED DURING SESSION IN HOUSE (United Press) St. Paul, March 19.—During the session of the legislature. now in progress 991 bills have been intro- duced in the lower house. The amended bill calling for the repeal of the Elwell law passed the senate this afternoon and the discus- sion of the Minnette telephone bill which was scheduled for this after- noon has been postponed until next ‘Wednesday. The supreme court this afternoon jupheld the constitutionality of the Elwell law, although ' the decision every morning, just after he had got- ten the big kettle of noon-day soup to boiling. But we became so ac- customed to the plan after a while strongest. SCOO THE CUB REPORTER and even took pride in watching the does not affect the action of the leg- islature of yesterday when the law was repealed. The court cited ten reasons why the law was constitu- tional. | danelles entrance forts had been re- duced and that Admiral Sackville Hamilton Carden’s fleet was on.its way to bombard the Kephez defenses, 11 miles inside the straits. During that time the admiralty’s statements, at first explicit and voluble, have grown more and more conservative, until now they contain no informa- tion of any value whatever. Reports Contradictory. Contradictory newspaper .reports are taking the place of the official communiques, and newspaper reports from the near east are as notoriously inaccurate as the Turkish bazaar ru- mors, on which they are usually based. It is evident that the work of subduing the Dardanelles defenses “lis not proceeding as satisfactorily as the Allies desire. There can be no reasonable doubt but that serious damage has been inflicted on the at- tacking warships, and one reason for the decreased vigor of the attack must be need for repairing injuries aboard ship. Weather Plp:ys Part. bad weather is interfering with the bombardment indicates failure of the warships to penetrate any great dis- tance inside the strait. Bad weather cannot seriously hamper operations within the Dardanelles. It can, how- ever, prevent battleships approach- ing inshore along the Egean coast. The bombardment from the Egean side of the Gallipoli peninsula, in an effort to reach the Dardanelles’ de- fenses by overland shelling, appar- ently is made necessary by the fail- ure of the warships instide the strait. [to do their work. - Is Well Defended. But reliance on indirect fire is proving not only inherently disad- vantageous; it is making the weather an ally of the Turks. One ‘of the prime successful factors of a bom- bardment is that it be continuous. Interruptions give the defenders of fortifications time to repair damage, to mount new guns and strengthen their morale. The inability of the allied warships to maintain a con- stant fire adds much to the natural difficulties of subduing the land for- tifications from the sea. It is too early yet to definitely as- sume that the Dardanelles cannot be forced by the Allies. If the water- way is defended with full ability, it will prove to be impregnable; al- though, as was pointed out.in this column when the bombardment bhe- 'gan, Turkish inefficiency and luck for the Allies might decide the con- test against the Mohammedans. So far as can be determined, however, the Turks have been less than usually ineffiecient to the present time, and luck has not yet fallen to t_he Allies. BIG BATTLE NOW IN PROGRESS FOR POSSESSION OF BUKOWINA (Unitea Press) Bucharest, March 19.—Dispatches from border towns say that a big battle is developing for the posses- sion of ‘Bukowina, capitol of Czerno- witz. A large Austrian force ad- vanced from that city and attempted to cross the Pruth river and attack near Sagadora. Attempts to throw pontoons across the river were de- feated. Meeting This Evening. There will be a meeting of the Elkanah Commandery, No. 30, K. T. in the Masonic hall this evening. The meeting is called for 8 o’clock sharp Iand there will be installation. Need any nelp? Try a want ad Scoop Wasa't The Only One To Be Fooled TREDDIEBUCKMAN \FYOUPLEASES\R — \s SOME NAME 'Defeciive Page WHY HELLO FREDDIE BUCKMAN- T THOUGHT NOU JUST WENT-DOWN JH' STREET ? BW MY NAME AINT FREDDIE~ TM BERTRAM BUCKMAN- HiS JWIN BROTHER The brief official declarations that| ~|are in great condition for the battle, the Russians who are massed in force , | Jacket. ;business, is_ attending the Carleton APOLERGIZE SOMETMEST | ./ HAF TO AST HIM MYSELF \FHE S comsmmns ADJOURN. Board Completes Work After Tiu'ee- day Session—Meet April 27. After a session lasting nearly three days the ‘board of county commis- sioners adjourned yesterday. It had been expected that the meeting would be of short duration. but ditch mat- ters, dbatements and other business of importance kept the commission- ers busy. The next regular meeting of the board will be held on April 27 and a special gession will be held on April 2‘at which time matters pertaining ‘to rural highways No. 62 and division C of No. 9, will be dis- posed of. PLAY RUSH CITY TONIGHT Bemidji High School Basketball Quint Picked to Win Its First Game for State Title. “THEY CAN'T BEAT US,” MALONE 5 ‘e Red Wing defeated Fosston this afternoon by a sedre of 21 to 27. ‘It looks bétter for Be- midji every minute,” says mes- sage. “Bemidji is-one of- the three favor- ites here,” said James Malone, who is representing the Pioneer at the Carleton - college - state basketball tournament, in a phone message from Northfield this afternoon. “Red ; Wing and Virginia are represented by -strong- combinations, but as yet not a team has shown to better ad- vantage than Bemidji. “Bemidji will play Rush City, the team which defeated Excelsior for the championship of their district last night by a score of 19 to 27, and we! should win by a good margin, giving us a place in the deciding series of tomorrow. Red Wing and Virginia are picked to win this afternoon, leaving Bemidji, Red Wing, Mechanic Arts, Virginia and Mountain Lake to battle for the title tomorrow. The places tomorrow -will be picked by lot, as were those of today. The boys are confident that they will win and are backed by many here.” Two are Eliminated. Twu teams were eliminated in the gamed of this morning, the scores being as_follows: Mechanic ‘Arts, 31, 22. Mountain Lake 29, Willmar 25. This afternoon Red Wing meets Fosston and Lake City plays Vir- ginia. The ten teams to take part in the tournament are Bemidji, Vir- ginia, Fosston, Red Wing, Mechanic Arts of St.. Paul, Lake City, Moun- tain Lake, Willmar, Breckenridge and Rush City. The game this evening will start at 7:30 and'the Pioneer has made arrangements whereby the score will be received here at the earliest pos- sible moment, and the results may be known by calling the Markham hotel, phone 920, or Netzer's drug store, phone 304. FIRSTORAFT OF BLOCKADE PROTESTREACHES WILSON fireckenridg}; (United Press) ‘Washington, March 19.-—The first draft of the United States protest to the Allies’ blockade reached the of- fice of President Wilson this after- noon. The president declares that the blockade is an implication rather than a fact and otlter officials say that haste is not necessary. It is denied here that the president is con- sidering a special session of congress for the placing of embargo on all commerce. TWO MORE BRITISH STEAMERS TORPEDOED BY GERMANS 5 (United Press) London, March 19.—Two more British steamers have been torpedoed by the Germans, one being the Glas- gow steamer Hindeford, and the other being the Cardiff steamer, Blue Attorney Carl Heffron, who spent yesterday in Minneapolis on legal basketball tournament today. By "HOP' Me ! lclean-up campaign, met SCHWLQHILI)REN 10 ASSISTINMONSTER CLEAN UPCAMPAIGN Committees in Charge Form Prelim- inary Organization to Perfect Plans for Beautifying City. MAY FOLLOW FARGO METHOD Meeting to Be Held Next Thunday l.t Which System to Be Followed Will Be Decided Upon. Every man, woman and child re- siding in Bemidji is to play a prom- inent part in the clean-up campaign which is to be conducted this spring if the committees of the Merchants’ association and Woman’s Study club, which are in charge, meet with the success hoped for. Committees of the two organiza- tions, as a result of the Merchants’ association meeting of Tuesday at which it was decided to carry on a * yesterday and formed a temporary society, W. L. Brooks being named as chairman and Mrs. H. A. Scharf, secretary. Several committee chairmen .were named as follows: Mrs. E. E. Mec- Donald, sanitation committee; Mrs. C. E. Battles, decoration committee, and Mrs. W. Z. Robinson, general lclean-up committee. May Follow Fargo Plan. At Fargo several years ago a most successful clean-up campaign was carried on and information will bhe secured telling of the method fol- lowed, it being probable that Be- midji will use the same plan. The city of Fargo was divided in several districts, each one having its own organization. School children play- ed a prominent part in the plan and by planting flowers were of much as- sistance in beautifying the city. The chairmen named yesterday will select the remaining members of their committee and their plans will be submitted at g meeting to be held at the public library next Thursday and at which a definite schedule will be made up. Buttons May Be Used. It was. suggested at the meeting yesterday that<‘Clean-up’ buttons-be" sold for 25 cents apiece, the money secured to be used for expenses of the campaign. Everyone will be re- quired to wear a button should the plan be accepted. A Public Bath House. The advisability of establishing a public bath house was also discussed. The plan suggested provided that a man be placed in charge of the bath house and that suits should be rented at a small charge. James K. Given -and L. P. Eckstrum were appointed as a committee to investigate the matter. Play Grounds Considered. Another matter of importance dis- cussed was that of public play grounds. A committee comprising C. E. Battles, Frank Koors and George T. Baker, was appointed to investigate the manner of their es- tablishment. All are Invited. It is urged that everyone who is interested in the movement to beau- tify the city attend the meeting next Thursday and offer suggestions and ideas for the campaign. “Let every- one act as a committee of one in this work,” said a member of the com- mittee this morning, “and it will take us but a short time to have the clty looking as though, it had just been scrubbed.” INTEREST IN MEETINGS GROWS Evangelist Chapman Drawing Many to Baptist Church Each Night. Interest in the evangelistic meet- ings which are being held in the Bap- tist church is daily increasing and the auditorium was well filled at the session of last evening, Evangelist Chapman taking as his subject, “The Greatest Meeting That Will Ever Be Held.” It was a powerful and persu- asive sermon showing how important it is “that men commence prepara- tion for the meeting of their God. This meeting has been arranged by God and He is expecting to meet ev- ery soul. It will be a great meeting and we should be prepared.”” Mr. Chapman’s subject tonight will be, “Repentance and What It Means.” Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock Mr. Chapman will hold a children’s ser- vice in the bagsement of the church and at the same hour Mrs. Chapman will conduct a service for young wo- men in the lecture room -of the church. New Cadillac ‘Arrives. At last one of the 1915 Cadillac eight-cylinder automobiles has reach- ed Bemidji, having been purchased through the C. W. Jewett company by C. M. Bacon. The car, which is most. attractive, arrived in Bemidji yesterday and is now in the display rooms of the Jewett garage.