Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 3, 1917, Page 3

GUST 3, 1017. FRIDAY, 4 VICTORY IN THE AIR “Ten Thousand Plaries Would De- moralize German Army. AIRSHIPS EYES OF TROOPS. Americans Make Best Aviators In World—Command of Air Means Best Defense Yet Found Against Subma- rines—United States Has Big Chance to Win War. Washington. — Aeroplanes are the eyes of an army. Without aeroplanes the guns.caunot see where to fire, the goldiers where to go. Without aero- Pplanes the enemies’ forces and the dis- tribution’ thereof, their reserves and their supplies, their lines of communi- cation and ' their railroads are alike unknown, Consequently, without aero- planes our troops will fight in dark- pess, as blind men would fight. They will be killed in darkness, as blind men would be killed, says Porter Emerson Browne of the Vigilantes. + It is no more fair to ask soldiers to go out and fight without aeroplanes than it would be to send them out without guns, or ammunition, or food, or shoes, or hospitals, or surgeons. Aeroplanes have become perhaps the most'important ‘part of the equipment of an army today. This France and England and Germany alike have rec- ognized. If the United States should fail to recognize this, it will pay dear- iy in men, in blocd and in defeat for its ignorance angd its obstinacy. 2 And this is not all. ‘As aer¢planes are the eyes of an army, so are they becoming, with every tick of the clock, to mean more. N ;England ‘may still control the seas. But for this control Germany is mak- ng her:gnd all her’allies pay a bitter ce. "Like it or like it not, we must admit that so far the German subma- rine in its sphere is supreme. Checked it can be, but it cannot as yet be scotched. On land armies can be locked for months, even for years. A stunning preponderance of heavy artillery may mean a mile or so advance. But every mile of such advance means months of preparation and the careful hoarding of munitions. On one frontier. and one frontier alone, is Germany unprotected, open 4and vulnerable. That is the air. - And it is to this frontier that the United States, struggling into war un- zeady and unequipped, should turn its face. ‘For, as scouting aeroplanes have be- cdome the eyes of an army, so have bombing and machine gun planes grown to be the weapons with which it can reach a foe protected by de- fenses on land and sea. The air alone is the unguarded element. And it will -rmot be unguarded long. 3 Soldiers and guns and supplies will be long in reaching our allles. But. aeroplanes and aviators we can send them, and swiftly., and Americans make the best aviators in the world. It is possible and more than possi- ble that victory on land and sea lies with victory in the air. The command. of the air means that we see while the Germans become blind. It means the best defense yet found against the depredations of the submarines. Aud, leveloped to its pqssible limits, it means a great. new weapon that lies * t0 our hands ready to use. Ten thou- sand aeroplanes, properly manned and o a,\ equipped, would insure the utter de- moralization of the Germans on the western front, FIRE WHISTLE BRINGS BOY. Little One Was Lost, but He Came In to Inquire. Logansport, Ind.—Jimmy Slagle, aged four, had been missing from his home bere all day. Neighbors joined in the search, and later Mrs. Slagle notified the police. ‘The siren whistle at the electric light plant, which is blown when a fire alarm is turned in to notify people to shut off the water, was used in an effort to arouse the citizens. Soon the newspaper offices and police headquarters were swamped with calls to know the meaning of the extended blowing of the whistle. They were notified that the Slagle boy was lost. and a general search of the city began. Toward evening Jimmy walked into a fire station in the business part of the city, pulling a wagon behind bim. He said he heard the whistle and want- ed to know about the fire. SHOE FOOLS BOOTBLACKS. Trio of Wounded Tommies Has One Leg Left to Stand on. London.—Three invalid soldiers in wheel chairs propelled themselves rap- idly through a crowded railway station here to a bootblack stand and demand- ed that their shoes be shined in a hurry. Three bootblacks rushed for- % ward, pulled aside the coats thrown =L gver the laps of the soldiers and found 1 that two of the men had no legs. while | the third had only one. l The soldiers laughed uproariously, the crowd joining in the demonstration 2of mirth. { Auto Turns Turtle: Rider Unhurt. Wright., Kan.—I. W. Steinmate of Macksville was travelinz along a road west of here in his new six cylinder = auto and smokin corncob pipe when l“u a rear tire on the car exploded. The pachine turned tu burying the \ Ariver heneaih n Steinmate crawled ont 1 11 held his pipe in shis mouth, T auiy of the auto was demolished i L TG T ] 5 ] Hundreds of men have rushed in here to get their share of the profit in those Hart, Schaffner & Marx Society Brand Clothcraft Clothes, Hats and Shoes and THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIOREER - . L e Our Sale Announcements Started Something Sale Ends Saturday, August 4 G our standard grade line of Furnishings at reduced prices. Fine In spite of the few days of heavy selling, there are any number of good values left. suits and furnishings in the latest spring and summer styles, marked way below regular prices. ) Make up your mind to do your shopping today. And make this extra profit. e i O AT A NP Vi DTS P €T RIS = muum.m-................ BeEmiDJ! HORSE MIARKET Moberg Construction Company Vetuphene 273 i I RIRIRT H E TR Taea L We Buy and Sell Horses, Harnesses and Vehicles. 2 Bemidjl, Minn. T ULV EDL LR VDRI Men's Clotheraft $12-50-$13.50 $15.00, now Men’s Standard Make, $8.50- $10.00, now ol g kb | X | B st O | 1 | —Y oung Suits Society Brand $35.$30 Sat. 110} —— Rpe e Ug, 4 |-oeee= s ' o . Boys' Knicker Suits Pinch Back and Three-Piece Belt $8.50 Boys’ Wool Wear Suit $6.50 Boys’ Wool Wear Suit 5.50 Boys’” Wool Wear Suit $5.00 Boys’ Wool Wear Suit $4.00 Boys’ Wool Wear Suit One lot of all-wool suits with knicker pants; some knickers lined—formerly sold for $5 and All Boys’ Wash Suits Boys’ Caps Men's— Pants Men’s $7-$8 all-wool Worsted Pants, now Men’s $5-$6 all-wool Worsted Pants, now Men's $1-$1.50 all-wool Worsted Pants, now Men’s $3-$3.50 all-wool Worsted Pants, now ... Men’s $2-$2.50 all-wool worsted Pants, now Mew’s Khaki Pants, Wunder Waist Band Men’s $2 Pants, now Men’s $1.50 Pants, Sale Ends Sat. 00000 S Cutlery. “I call 'em the cutlery family.” “Why so?" “Well, the daughter spoons, the fa- ther forks out the money and the moth- knifes the other guests."—TLouisville nurier-Journal. | There is luck in odd numbers. Even | } would be all right if we had the privilege of selecting the persons to whom it should be attached.—Rich- | mond Times-Dispatch. | S Huffman & 0’Leary FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING HN McKEE.__F:unenl Directae Phone 178-W or R Has Your Subscription Expired? Come in and renew it next time you are in town. _ THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER | | o i i