Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 1, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME 13, NO. 105. FLYINGCORPS ‘EYES OF FRENCH ARMY’ Avm’ "’ Chief Function in War is to Mak, ’01-, ~nd Photograph Enemy —Selu. i .sz, ~ Active Part. "ot PICTURE LINES TNEMY ¥ Airmen Are Playing Most Important Part During Struggle—Aeroplane Has Brought Many Surprises. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS (United Press Staff Correspondent) ‘With the French army, April 18.— (By.mail to New York, April 30.)— The French flying corps is more than anything else the “eyes of the army.” With the enormous front which the French have taken unto themselves to guard, their task would be almost im- possible were it not for the aeroplane and aviators. Just as in everything else in this war, the aeroplane has been something of a surprise. When war was declared you doubtless pic- sand aeroplanes charging down air lanes against thousands of hostile machinery. You probably pictured titanic battles in the air, between Zeppelins and Clement Bayards, be- tween Parsevals and Bleirots. Has Many Duties. You expected to be thrilled prob- - ably by hair-raising stories of the exploits of the aviators. The trouble with all that is that the aviators are working away in the air just like you work in the office, the store or, on the farm. The aviator has many du- ties to perform, but the least import- ant of them is to attack the enemy. Map-making is perhaps his most im- portant function. Just step inside the general’s office—this war, you know, is being run from offices just as a factory is—and you will see in a minute how it is all done. On the general’s desk, a regular desk, like a broker uses, you see a pile of photo- graphs. These were made by avia- tors using special cameras and were enlarged. You see why lines run- ning hither and across the pictures. Other lines are zig-zaggy. Some start nowhere, while some go squirm- ing completely across the paper. Now look on the wall. There you see the same map on a large scale. Every R tree, .river, highway, brook, - hill, i bridge is clearly shown there. But the zig-zaggy lines are not. Aviators Are Checked. They have been made since the big map was prepared a year ago. They are the hostile forces or German works of some sort. If the exact na- ture of the works cannot be made out, the chief of the aviation corps as- PUPILS DO SPLENDID WORK Streets and Many Vacant Lots Cleaned by Students of Grades Yesterday Afternoon. 5 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS IN CHARGE ©One hundred and fifty boys and girls of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades accomplished much good yesterday afternoon in connec- tion with the clean-up movement. The pupils were divided into nine crews and high school students were placed in charge as captains. Thomas Swinson, city engineer, was in charge of the work and he di- rected the captains as to where the services of clean-up crews were most needed. Nine teams were provided and these were kept busy hauling cans, paper and other refuse to the dump ground. Five of the teams were furnished by the city, one by Tom Smart, and two by the Crookston Lumber company. The pupils were armed with rakes and in every section of the city where they worked great improvement is no- ticeable. The Lake Boulevard, Bc- midji, Beltrami, Minnesota, America, Irvine, Mississippi and Park avenues received attention, as did the streets as far north as Fourteenth street. The high school boys who acted as captains were the following: Glenn Thompson, Eldridge Lord, George Graham, Fred Graham, Willie Lord, Newel Johnson, Herbert Warfield, Harold White, Maurice Witting and John Stechman. E. K. Anderson To Farm. E. K. Anderson, who for many years conducted a saloon on Third street, closing at the time the Indian treaty became effective, will farm in the future and he is now moving to his place three miles south of Be- midji. Mr. Anderson is one of the several former Bemidji saloon men who have taken up farming. 3 % Rahn Visit Bemidji A. A. D. Rahn of Minneapolis, Who 1s connected with the Crookston Lum- ber company, spent today in Bemidji. Mr. Rahn i8 the owner of a fine farm at Island Lake. BAND DANCE WAS SUCCESS New Uniform Fund is Given Substan- tial Increase by May Day Affair. About forty couples were present at the May day dance given under the auspices of the Bemidji band last eve- ning. It was the annual dance of the band and the proceeds, from which about $25.00 will be cleared, will be used to purchase new uniforms. Music was furnished by the seven- . | piece orchestra of the band. The hall was attractively decorated in red, white and blue, the streamers run- ning to a May pole in the center of the dancing floor. The decoration committee comprised the following: William Dugas, Dick Fenton, Tom Newton, Delbert Elletson, Frank Breyette and Clyde Petrie. William Dugas, Dick Fenton and Clyde Petrie had charge of the arrangements. TAXSTILLMISUNDERSTO0D Register of Deeds Moon Receives: Many Inquiries Concerning War Stamps on Legal Papers. tured in your mind, a fleet of a thou-:50 GENTS FOR CONVEYANCES Although the war tax has been ef- fective for some time there are still a large number who are not familiar with its provisions and in speaking of this Charles O. Moon, register of deeds, said this morning: “Not a single day passes without the receipt of several inquiries con- cerning the amount of revenue stamps demanded upon conveyances; and to whom the stamps should be taxed. The following instructions were announced by the internal rev- enue collector for Minnesota, at a recent meeting of registef’s of deeds held in St. Paul: “The party who conveys the proper- ty shall put a 50-cent revenue stamp on the deed if the value of the prop- erty exceeds $100, and does not ex- ceed $500, and an additional 50 cents for each $500 or fractional part thereof. “If there is a mortgage on the property at the time the property is sold, and the amount of the mortgage is stated in the deed, and the second party assumes to pay the mortgage, that amount can be deducted from the purchase price and revenue stamps are only required on the unin- cumbered balance. . “If a mortgage is given vy the pur- chaser for a part of the consideration, that amount cannot be deducted from the purchase price, and does not re- lieve the grantor from putting on the full amount of the revenue stamps for which the property has been sold.” IR R R R R RS SRR RS RS * SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES * KEKEKKHKKKKKKK KKK Catholic. Low mass at 7 a. m. High mass at 9 a. m. Sunday school and bene- diction at 1 and 2 p. m. Vespers at 8 p. m. Father J. J. T. Philippe. Salvation Army. Sunday school at 2 o’clock. Publie meeting at 3 and 8 o’clock p. m. Tues- day, Thursday and Saturday meetings at 8 p. m. German Evangelical Lutheran. There will be services Sunday morning at 10:30. John Kurtz, pas- tor. Methodist. Baptism, reception into the church of new members and communion ser- vices in the morning at 10:45. Spe- cial music. Sunday school at 12. Jr. league at 3:30. Epworth league at 6:30. Evening service at 7:30. Subject, “Faith, Hope and Love.” Special music. Official board meet- ing Tuesday evening in the church. Prayer meeting Thursday night at 8 o'clock. C. W. Gilman, pastor. Episcopal. Sunday school at 10. be no other services. Parshall, rector. There will Archdeacon First Scandinavian Lutheran. Norwegian services in the morning at 10:30. Sunday school at 12. Eng- lish services in the evening at 8 TEMPERANCE PLAN OF ENGLAND T0 END IN FAILURE House of Commons Refuses to'Give Government Unanimous Support in Plan to Raise Prices.on Liquors, AT FIRST FEARED REVENUE LOSS Advantage of Sobriety Realized and Officials Now Hope to Enforce a Rapid Change in Drinking Class, By J. W. T. MASON. New York, May 1.—The effort of the British government to increase the efficiency of British labor by raising the prices of hgavy liquors and tempting the workingman to change to light beers, probably will end in failure. For the first time since 1he war began, the House of Commons has refused to give the government unanimous support and before parliament finally sanctions the government’s anti-intoxication bill, there is certain to be further eri- iticism of the high cost of getting drunk. At Expense of Life, Light beers are seldom drunk by Englishmen, and for them to replace the heavy beverages with de-alco- holized brews would require almost as much strength of will as to sign the pledge outright. The immediate probability therefore, is that work- ingmen will pay the greater cost of the heavy beer, ales and porters and will economize in other ways, possi- bly at the expense of home life. Repeated efforts have been made by brewers to get the government’s con- sent to de-alcoholize beer, but with- out success. Feared Revenue Loss. A de-alcoholizing device was pat- ented some time ago in England, but when the brewers began using it, the excise department stepped in and forbad the manufacture of the de- alcoholized product. The reason for this action was fear of loss of reve- nue, since the largest contributors to the British exchequer are the hrewers. On the outbreak of the war sever- al brewers again applied to the gov- ernment for permission to de-alcohol- ize beer, but consent was refused. A Change Needed. Every discouragement, therefore, has been-imposed in the past against the gradual development among the British workers of a taste for less intoxicating beers. Now the govern- ment suddenly realizes the advantage of sobriety and hopes to enforce a rapid change in the kind of beer that satisfles the workingmen: Apart from the difficulty of a quick conver- sion of this kind, the suggestion of compulsion is repugnant to the Brit- ish character. It is probable that the war will be over before Mr. Lloyd-George can announce the success of his high license experiment. GERMANS KILL MANY IN DUNKIRK BOMBARDMENT (United Press) Paris, May 1.—Many lives were sacrificed at Dunkirk as a result of the renewed shelling of this northern French fortified city by German guns. The war office admits that the report of Germans guns being silenced by aviators was incorrect. At the shelling of Dunkirk several additional houses were destroyed, otherwise the situa- tion remains unchanged. Berlin, May 1.—The German war department announced this afternon that the bombardment of Dunkirk by German heavy artillery is continuing and that allied attacks in northern Flanders have been repulsed with three of the enemy’s aviators shot down. The Germans also claim suc- cesses against the Russians at the Eastern front where 1,000 Slavs and ten machine guns were captured. Andrew Larson and John Thureen (Continued on last page.) of Solway were in the city today on business. [CHARGE OF SWING T. CASE /Press) Syracuse, N. Y.,/May 1.—With the Barnes-Roosevelt tfm recessed until Monday, action behind the scenes Is being continued. }All agree that that Judge Andrews’ instructions to the jury will figuré largely in swing- ing the case either wa Roosevelt’s testimony is being lagrely considered and Roosevelt’s attorneys insist that the proof of printigg graft is a suf- floient defense. ¢ HOLDTWODITCHHEARINGS Judge Stanton Orders That No. 32 Be Established and {pmhh Engineer for Clearwater-Polk Drain. TO BENEFIT Pmsfl FARMERS With the court Foom nearly filled with farmers fromthe vicinities to be benefited by the egtgblishment of two judicial ditches, Jidige C. W. Stanton this morning heardjtwo hearings, one concerning No. 32, in this county, and the other being No. 2, which pe- tioners request comstructed in Polk and Clearwater counties, The hearing on No. 32, which is to be located north of Puposky, was final and Judge Stanton brdered that it be established. The drain will be about three and aihalf miles in length and the-estimated cost is $9,- 000. William Everts is the engineer. “The main reason for the establish- ment of this ditch;” says Oscar L. Dent, ditch referee, “is to drain a large number of meddows, thus bring- ing a great benefi to farmers who now lose much valu:nble hay.” Preliminary hearing was held for Diteh No. 2 ,which will be built in Clearwater and Polk counties if re- quest of the petitfon is granted. Judge Stanton appointed -Martin Kijlloge, of Gonvick,as engineer. This ditch will be 20 miiles long and will cost about $25,000i Several farmers attended the meet- ing with the intention of protesting its establishment but as no assess- ments have been made there was no occasion for their objections which will not be heard until the date of the final hearing. WARNINGS OEDAN FAIL TO STOP SAILINGS (United Press) New York, May 1.—Scores of prom- inent passengers are taking passage on the giant Cunard Liner Lusitania this afternoon. When they arrived on board they found annonymous tele- grams waiting them, announcing that the Lusitania would be sunk on her trip to Liverpool. Strangers who circulated among the ship’s passengers assuring them the vessel would be sunk disappeared when Cunard Line detectives started to get them. Special agent Cramer of the Cunard Line made the state- ment that he believed Germans were trying to intimidate passengers and try and make them believe British liners were unsafe for travel. Not a single passenger cancelled his sailing. At the state department these ad- vertised warnings were taken serious- 1y and declared that the German em- bassy is ignoring this government by adddressing people of this country by ordinary newspaper advertise- ments, a very unique system. The German embassy made a statement that it was merely giving the people another warning. . Kaler-Murphy. Miss Elizabeth Murphy and Alfred Kaler sprung a surprise on their many Bemidji friends today, when they secured a marriage license from Clerk of Court Rhoda early this morn- ing and left for Duluth, where they were married. Miss Murphy, daugh- ter of Mrs. Joseph Murphy of this city, is one of Bemidji’s popu- lar young women, and has a wide cir- cle of friends. She has been employ- ed in the register of deeds office for the past several years as a deputy. Mr. Kaler, who came here from Can- ada six months ago, is a clerk in the office of James L. George, .county au- ditor. Tead the Pioneer want ads, THE CUB SCOQO KEEPER-PEDPRO SPARGET- 1S REPORTER DETECT\VE REPORYER—AS&MN a GPENING 0'F PIKE SEASON TAKES HANY 10 LAKE Hundreds Caught by Early Nimrods in Lake Bemidji—Ban on Other Fish Removed by State Law. TROUT PLENTIFUL AT KELLIHER Bass Are Still Protected—Fishermen Should Note Carefully the Measure- ments of Their Catchés. Lake Bemidji, the Mississippi river and other favored fishing places were popular places-this morning and many anxious anglers took ad- vantage of the opening of the season for the catching of wall-eyed pike, pickerel, muscallonge, crappie, sun- fish, perch, sturgeon and catfish, it now: being unlawful to take fifteen wall-eyed -pike, and not to ex- ceed twenty-five other fish, except sunfish, pickerel and bullheads, on which there is no lmit. Many large catches.were secured this morning and several claim the distinction of having caught the first fish of the season. Note Size of Fish. Fishermén will do well to note carefully the size of their fish as it is unlawful to have in possession sun- fish, bullheads or rock bass under six inches in length, wall-eyed pike un- der fourteen inches in length, mus- callonge under thirty inches in length. After the bass season opens the minimum size on bass is nine in- ches. Game fish may be taken only with one line and one bait. This is not to be construed, however, as- prohibit- ing the use of such lures as the wood- en minnows. ] In Wisconsin the general fishing season does not open until May 30. Favor Live Minnows. Local anglers usually favor live minnows for wall-eyed pike bait, al- though quite a few find the small ar- tificial ‘Scotch minnow effective and sometimes ‘the medium and smaller sized casting spoons are used. The two best baits for muscallonge are _ |large sized spoons and big frogs. --Trout-Plentiful at Kelliher, ndrew Johnson, sheriff of ‘ Bel- ‘trami county, returned to Bemidji this morning from Kelliher where he spent a short time trout fishing. He brought a catch of speckled trout caught in Battle river at the bridge, one mile south of Kelliher. One man secured seventeen speckled beauties at the spot last Thursday and nine- teen the day before. The sheriff says that trout are also plentiful at Trout Brook, three miles north of Kelliher. These places were stocked about five years ago. Boats Are Furnished. The Viking Boat company is pro- viding the same service as in former years. Boats can be rented and fish- ermen may secure all paraphernalia needed at the dock of the company. THOUSANDS TAKE ALLIED SHIPSINFACE OF WARNING (United Press) New York, May 1.—In the face of an advertisement which’the German embassy has had published in all the New York papers that American pas- sengers who sail on British or allied ships for. Europe are doing so at their own risk, 3,000 passengers sail- ed on such liners today. It is the heaviest day thus far for foreign pas- sengers this spring. BRITISH DESTROYER IS SUNK BY TURKISH BATTERIES (United Press) Constantinople, May 1.—An official announcement by the war department here says that Turkish land batteries have sunk a British destroyer and badly damaged the French cruiser Joan D'Dare and British battleships Triumph, Majestic and Vengeance. It is also reported that a British transport had been driven ashore and Isevel’al sailboats loaded with soldiers were sunk. It's Moving Day For Scoop -0 Glrls Isn’t It Getting. Excntmg Puposky llemhnt Finds That Larger Quarters Are Necessary. Charles Durand, the popular mer- cpnnt of Puposky, has begun work on the erection of a new store building to be used for general merchandise purposes. The building will be con- structed with a full concrete base- ment, 24x80 feet. Mr. Durand found his former quarters crowded 'for his fast growing business and has long felt the need for more modern quarters. He was one of the first to start building in the towns along the Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba railway. FRANK RIPPEL NOW CHIEF New Head of Police Department Says Bicycle, Automobile and Curfew Ordinances Will Be Enforced. MUST HAVE LICENCES BY MAY 10 Frank Rippel today became chief of the Bemidji police department and his first official act was to announce that the ordinances governing auto- mobiles, bmycles and the curfew will be rigidly enfdrced. Rippel, who has served as patrol- man under Chief Lane during past fourteen months, was promoted following the resignation of the lat- ter because of efficient service and Mayor McCuaig is certain that he will fill his new position in a most capa- ble manner. “It is my intention to enforce the automobile ordinance,” said the new chief this morning. “Drivers who have ordered their new licenses will be permitted ten days in which to place them on their cars. Strict at- tention must also be paid to the law governing driving, especially in the downtown streets.” Chief Rippel also cautions those who ride bicycles to use the sidewalks only during the hours allowed. The hours are from 5 to 8 in the morning and the same in the evening and at noon from 11 to 2. The chief also requests that bells be used whenever necessary as several accidents have been narrowly averted lately. He says that arrests will be made wherever violation of this rule is found. The curfew ordinance will also be enforced-and -all children under the age of 16-wilt be required to-be at home after it rings. Parents are asked to assist in the enforcement of | this rule. BLACKDUCK HERE TODAY High School Baseball Team in First Game of Season. Headed by W. E. Peik, superintend- ent of schools at Blackduck, the high school baseball team of that place reached Bemidji this morning for a game which is being played at the Fair grounds. this afternoon. Coach Bestul announced this morning that the Bemidji boys are playing a fast article of ball and appeared confident that the contest this afternoon would result in a victory. NO. 92 RETAINS LEAD IN HUFFMAN-O’LEARY CONTEST ‘With 8,665,270 votes to her credit, { No. 92 retains her lead in the Huff- man-O'Leary free piano contest. No. 130 is a close second. The standings of the contestants follow: 1, 339,864; 2, 104,414; 4, 122,896; 8, 307,000; 9, 172,000; 10,.192,000; 13, 207,00; 19, 317,000; 22, 200,414; 23, 239,000; 25, 292,749; 28, 192,- 000; 33, 262,749; 34, 279,896; 36, 277,325; 40, 327,698; 48, 227,645; 67, 164,345; 74, 194,435; 78, 221,- $85; 86, 450,411; 90, 313,414; 92, 8,665,270; 97, 318,305; 112, 172,- 685; 115, 169,965; 117, 243,000; 128, 102,416; 125, 240,675; 130, 8,- 507,480; 133, 312,000; 136, 283,000; 138, 269,414; 156, 127,845; 169, 186,746. Government Expert Here. Polk Richards, of Vallonia, In- diana, eye specialist of the United States Indian service, was in Bemidji today ,being accompanied by Walter F. Dickens, superintendent of the Red Lake reservation and A. Goddard, agency engineer. By "HOP’ the‘ ounam sumos wew sk | MODERN Aprumsi GREATLY IMPROVE LOGGING NETHODS Operations of Today Vastly Different From Those of Several Years Ago —Skidders Lower Cost. TYPICAL CAMP AT SPUR 28 Establishment of (h'oohton Lumber Company Trae Example of Manner Few realize the extent of changes which have been made in the logging camps of Northern Minnesota during the past few years, in fact during the two years, but a visit to the estab- lishment of the Crookston Lumber company at Spur 28 will demonstrate the manner in which the use of mod- ern appliances have altered opera- tions of the industry. The peculiar thing about the big camp is the absence of horses. -Not a single horse was seen in the whole camp, all the operating being done by machinery of modern type. Is Active Place. Branching off the “Red Lake” rn'!- road just at the edge of the big Red Lake reservation, is Spur 28, a scene of greater activity than towns of several hundred popula- in most tion. The camp is composed of two jlarge sleeping apartments, a dining hall, kitchen, clerk’s office, storage house, meat house, pump house and other buildings. is pumped into the eating houge for drinking and cooking purposes. The {bunk houses are equipped with mod- ern cots, springs of the best, and so constructed as to permit ventilation. Fresh spring water thorough Proper sanitation is uppermost in the minds of the company, even pre- caution with regard to sewerage dis- posal, drinking water, airy sleeping quarters, etc., being taken. Excellent Meals Served, Excellent meals are served gt the dining hall three times daily. The dinner served just as a representa- tive of this paper dropped fm, com- prised of beef roast, brown gAYV, baked beans, boiled. onions, potatoes, bread, butter; dilt' piokles, apple sauce, doughnuts; eookies; cake, prune pie, pudding and-tes. “Foed for a king, hungry newspaper reporter, and the way he went to it would put an or- dinary lumberjack in the bunk house for a month. bpiled eh,” say nothlng about a Its Work Amasing. ‘When one inspects the operation ot the big powerful steam skidders for the in amazement. nearly ened to a big tall pine on which runs a pounds from which dangles chains, cables and hooks. to where the big timber have fallen, fastened around them and the skid- der pulls them at a rapid clip to the side of the waiting cars where they are hoisted and loaded by another engine which operates a derrick. The big massive timbers come bounding through the woods faster than you can run and has the old horse method he looks There’s a feet long first time on cable 1,200 fast- carriage weighing 1,100 These are let out cheated in every way for speed and abor. The skidders also operate the cars until they are loaded when a lop-sided looking engine, with drive wheels on one side and gears on the other, comes along and hauls them to the main line of the Red Lake road from where they are brought to the milla at Bemidji. ! TURKS RETREAT BEFORE ALLIES AT GALLIPOLI (United Press) London, May 1.—That desperate fighting is taking place on the Galli- poli Peninsula where British forces are attempting to cut the Turks from their main line is indftated in dis- patches received here. The Turks are being driven inland but report of the British capture of the town of Gallipoli lacks confirma- tion. Latest reports, however, indi- cated that the British troops had landed south of Jenikeo and advanced inland where they are now engaged by the main body of the Turkish army. Expert Accountant Here. D. L. Friedman, a representative of David Quail & company ot Fargo, public accountants, is in Bemidji ',a- day. Mr. Friedman was to have ad- dressed the merchants of Bemidji, but because of it being Saturday he was unable to do so. He is consid- ering the advluhnuy of estlblllhlng_ an office here. Miss Emma Noeson, who i3 with the Sathre Abstract company of Be- midji, returned yesterday from Crook- ston, where she has spent & short va- eafion, the guest of -hér me G