Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 3, 1918, Page 10

TEN SUBMARINES SUNKBY AVIATORS British Admiralty Gives Out De- talis of Achievements of Seaplanes, Undersea Craft Unable to Dive Before Miesllse Are Drepped—One De- & streyed |n-Act of Atiack on Merchantman. London.—Details concerning the de- struction recently of ten German sub- marines by naval aircraft, eight by wseaplaties and the others by dirigibles, Bave been obtained by the Associated Sirat case is described as follows: ~ “While on patrol in the lp;flll 5 s~ ploded on tlie comniliigr” @seaplane dropped™ twe~ more bombs fato the midst of the-Bubbles frosa the eollapised’ submarine, which was of the Iargest type, earrying two guns.” The second.case: “At dawa & ses- plane sighted a large submiarine oa the surface, with a member of the erew standing by the gun. The sea- ‘plane dropped-a domb on the tail of the U-boat and afterward photo- graphed the sinking submaribe, with & big hole in its deck. A second bomb ‘was dropped close to the submarine’s Pow, and the U-boat collapsed.” Catches U-Boat en Surface. The third case: “Two seaplanes at- - tacked a large submarine traveling on the surface at 14 knots, with two men in the conning tower. A bomb was exploded close to the conning tower, and the submarine began to sink stern first. A bomb from a second seaplane completed the work.” “ The fourth case: “Three patrol i planes sighted a large submarine as it was submerging, and dropped two it bombs close to the conning tower, causing the submarine to turn turtle and disappear In a mass of oll and wreckage.” L 3 ¥ The fifth case: “A seaplane sight- ed two submarines close to the sur- face ,and dropped two bombs. One boml was Ineffective, but the other. hit the d'eck fairly amidships.. The sub- maritie was hidden by the .smoke, eleared the U-boat was sinkingyoasid both ends in the alr.” R The sixth case: “A seaplane daw the track of a torpedo fired at a mer- chantman. It dived toward the sur- face and sighted the black shade of the submarine well below the surface. It dropped two bombs, which both ex- ploded close to the submarine, result- ing In a large quantity of oil, bubbles and wreckage.” The seventh case: *“Two seaplanes sighted a U-boat on the surface and dropped a bomb each. The first bomb caused a heavy list’ to’ the U-boat, which began to sink by the stern. The ‘second bomb exploded in the cen- ter of the swirl, demolishing tbe U- bont.” . “0il Patch Shows Fate. The eighth case: “A seaplane dropped a bomb on a submarine just emerging and the U-boat disappeared with a heavy list to port. The pilot dropped a second bomb into the swirl and a few minutes later a patch of oil 150 feet long and 12 feet wide ap- peared on the surface.” 4 The ninth case: “A naval airship at midday sighted a suspicious patch of oil and’ circled it In an_effort to ascertain the cause. Suddenly. a periscope broke the surface in the midst of the oll. The airship dropped a bamb close to the periscope and a series of bubbles hegan appearing, in dicating that the damaged submarinc ‘was meving slowly away under the water. Several more hombs werc dropped In the path indicat~d unt® watisfactory evidence was obtained o the enemy’s destrn.cflon." e e e e Press from admiralty reports. The | e O S A <R THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER ==/ NEWS FROM CORRESPONDENTS MEANS DEATH TO U-BOATS : 4 K K K K K 4K KK KKK OBrien was a business visitor in x Y. & 4| Pleasant Valley last week. x 9K K x X « ¥ %| Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jones have ar- . The teachers and ‘pupils of the Ten rived from Des Moines, Ia., and will Mile Lake and the Island ‘Lake|make -this their future home. schools gave a basket social and| The Pleasant Valley Literary so- dance at the Ten Mile Lake school|clety held its regular monthly meet- for the benefit of the Junior Red|ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Cross Satur@ay evening,. April’ 27.| W. Knox Friday evening, April 19, A program was-given at the'begin-|about 40 being present. A very good ning: ‘of the evening, the numbers|Program was presented. . "The’ society being enjoyed by all. The sale of | purchased a Liberty Loan bond. baskets and lunches amounted _ to S mEnrEm ) $78.90. The music for the dancing was furni by Carl Jones and sis- ter, Miss- Jones. Several guests from. Nebish were present, including Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ripple, Mr. and 4 Mrs. -~ Gar} -~Durand, -~Mrs.- . .Chsd ‘Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Porter and]; o . : . . in Spruce Grove. sons, Glen and Ralph, Misses_Helen, | Philip Hawkins and wie gave a Bess and-Lela Jones; Frank Markus p Hawkine and . gave and Clifford Doyle. 7 farewell dinner ty in honor of o Levi Hawkins of Grygla, who' left From Island Lake and vicinity | pyesday for the training camp at came Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stout, Mt.| columbus, Ohio. ‘He leaves on a and Mrs. Whelan, Mrs. McClellan| ;504 cause and is anxious to do his and eon and daughter, Walter and| pjt. Those present were his mother, Loretta, Mrs: Norman Willlams and| prg, Sophia Hawkins, eister, Ruth, Miss Hilberg, teacher from the Way-| anq yrother, Harry of Carmel, Thom- side school. .- 'as Knutson and family, Alvin Mil- ‘ler and W. Paskewitz and family. J. Katzenberg is breaking for John Johnson. iR .Thomas-¥Knustcn ‘believes in bein up-to-date, therefore he drives a team of oxen. i Halvor Williamson of Grygla is week. S yisiting 4t the home of his brother, J. L. Higgins of the :town of{ John, in Spruce Grove. Denver Youth Invents Device Recently Adopted by the Navy De- \partment. Denver, Col.—A device for destroy- watches. ing submarines, recently adopted by the navy department, is the Invention of & Denver youth of twenty, accord- ing to information just received in this city from Washington, D. C. Russell Heren Smith is the boy genius who gave the Invention to the government. He i5 now an enlisted man In the navy, and js the son ef Capt. Russell H. Smith, retired army officer.ang veteran of several Indian wars, Young Smith's submarine ‘destroyer is & series A wires suspended from sunken. bnoys that 46 not interfere with surface-trav- elling boats, Contact with one of these wires means destruction to the sub L n i i i b b ot iakdadiiuiii HRE KKK KKK KKK 3wsn PRUECDOVE ko u X Mrs. Erick Leveen of Minneapolis is visiting her parents; Lars Sund- rgcend: wife, end obhat; relativel Corporal ‘issues of ‘R R. Dickens has purchuéd i cow.and horse fram Emory Clark. Mr. King of Red Lake has ,purs) chased property from Emory Clark of -Boston Lake. Mr. Clark and fam- ily will leave for' Washington this 198 Thrift | White Voile Blouseé $1.39: Splendid Assortment n’s and Misses' Outer Apparel & o * PHONE 850 "~z Exclusive Wome R SR S N 25 Twenty-Fi ---Suits of Serge, Gabardine, | :--Dresses of Satin, _Tafféta, Poiret Twill and Novelties. | -and Georgette Combinations. Navy, Sammy and Tan Navy, Sand, Green Checks. shades. Tailored and Eton and Novelties. Worth-‘__ up models. Reg. priced to $35,” | to $35, ° A The tenth case: “An alrshiy Aropped two hombs over & suhmarine whéch wax engaged fn atfacking mer- chantmen. Great patches of ol apd THIS \DRA OF MA NOT TALKING To ME ISN'T §0 BAD ' ) SucH A NICE QuiaT TIME. 1N A Long WhHLE ' I BVEN 1P MA WAS BAME YOU OUGHT THAN To To ™ TO HAVEN'T HAD A KRR H KKK % JKELLTIER SCHOOR FOTE, 3 &?u"’\‘y ‘Day wai;.cell{d;m:;?“ 4 table-manner, oy Kellihehe:: The school children paraded, &ccomphif ied by two drummers, Uncle Sam and |, r Haywood. The speaking took place at the Pastime theater at 2 p. m. F. B. Lamson of Bemidji -gave an able talk on the e times. Music was fur- nished by"the: school and by the au- dience, singing p,tr!otic songs. Our school - is' most emphatically | doing its bit in helping Uncle Sam with money. Five War Savings so- cleties were organized 'on March 26. On April 26 Principal T. S, Thomp- -Son reported dor ‘the month passed the following ™ bonds stamps bought by tite pupils: Five Liberty Bonds, 40 Baby Bonds -and| Stamps. = These chases amount in ‘dollars to $469.60. e T UL UL O T T T T LU T T L L LT N 2 H H. Cominsky, Mgr- ve Dollars $2 IllllllllllIllllllllllllllII|IIIlIlllllIIlllIllIllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIllllmIIIIIIIIlIllllllIIlIIIlillIIIIIII"IIIlllIlIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIllIIIIllllllllllIlIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL Evidently Father would like the idea to spread . FRIDAY. MAY 3. 1918. KHK KRR R K XK E]G W Harnwell, chairman of: the X x K KKK A farewell dance was given in the town hall Wednesday. nmight:-in honor of Wililam Dunalp and Ed Sheli, who were called to the colors. A collec- tion of $19 was taken in_for ‘the boys, with which they will buy wrist They extend their thanks to friends and relativee. L. B. Hanson autoed to Park Rap- ids Saturday, returning Sunday. ‘Miss Buss visited her parents at Park Rapids over Sunday. TCora and Selma Hanson their parents over Sunday. A - %|'Beltrami - County ‘War Sayings soci- % X ¥ ¥ % % %] eties, said in a former letter, . - liher school will soon hit the Kaiser " His prediction is visited formal just and pur- = UL L) llllllllllllllllfllIlllllllIllllIHIIIlllllllll!lllllllllllmllllll|lllllllll"llllm"lmmm“mmlmmllillllIlilmlllllmmlllmmll"llllll"lIIlmllllmlllIllllIlmlllIl_llllIllllllllllllilljllllfllllllliflnflll Kayser’s Silk ;.ingérie . at - $2.50 to $5 ---Coats for street, motor and general wear. Of Tweeds, Poplin, Poiret Twill, Velour and Silvertone. Worth up ' t0.$32.50, -~ 7 L e S g Sl Naflartive