Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 17, 1922, Page 8

) oo o TR 4 ; & ng a two weeks’ g with the balance of the Sixth Infantry regiment, Company K., Bemidji’s 'National Guard' unit, with the exception of Captain F. H. Hayner, returned to Bemidji Satur- day night. The unit left the camp at Snelling at 3 o'clock Saturday morning, leaving on a special’ train’ for ‘Sauk " Center and then coming north 6n the Great Northern, arrived here ‘at 10:30,. several hours late. Captain Hayner is visiting relatives in the 'Twin Cities before returning home." 3 The’ Complny K. rifle team won third place in shooting for the Mit- chell’ trophy offered by a Minneap- olis"concern. At the final inspection F y'evening, Company K was com- plimented by "the' inspecting genera! as the best company on the field. Regimental pazade was neld evening, ‘the regiment being W ed by Colonel J. B. Woolnough, commanding ofifcer of the Sixth regiment. Maneuvers, drills and sham battles were staged during the two week’s ‘period, the tank corps and the aviation units assisting in -the sham battles, Seven members of the Bemidji unit qualified as marke- men on the rifle range, while Cap- tain Hayner qualified as sharp- shooter. THINK AXE MURDERER WAS HIRED ASSASSIN Austin, July 15—Mower county officials today were working on the theory that a hired assassin killed John Wagner and brutally assaulted his wife with an axe. Mrs. Wagner was reported im- proving at her home ~in Grand Meadow today and she was being closely observed in hopes that she might recover sufficiently that she might' give some word of the attack. the attack: . Bloodhounds that paid no atten- tion to August Detloff, son-in-law of the aged pair, are reported to have become greatly excited when they scented the automobile. Author- ities believe that Dotloff is innocent of the actual assault, but are hold- ing him without charge. County Attorney Baudler is working on the theory ‘that the murderer may have been an occupant of Detloff’s car. Wagndr was butie\ {Sunday with scrvices at the German Lutheran chirch at Grand Meadow. RAISING THELUSITANIA DISCUSSED IN ENGLAND (Continued From Pags 1) stopping " all “her ‘mechanical fjnc- tions' ‘'when' 'she’ was hit. Had that fatal torpedo struck 30 feet forward the Lusitania would never have sunk. She could have limped along- those few miles and been safely beached. “If it is mechanically possible” said the Count, “three days are all that are necessary to get the engines of a salvaged vessel in order again. There is no_rust. The deeper : in which a ship has been lying, the less rust there is.” Count Landi does not appear dis- turbed by the report that an Amer- ican firm is. already proceeding across the Atlantic to save the Lus- itania. “The Ayeready Salvaging Towing Company, of which I am managing director,” he said ‘“has ben granted a threce year contract by the Liverpool and London War Risk Insurance Company,, the British owners of the vesse] and her con- tents.” Cout Landi, an. Italian by birth is a naturalized British subject. He spent years in Canada at ship salv- ing and hydrographic surveys. His Greatest Triumph One ' of the Count’s greatest tri- umphs' as a salver was the raising of the French steamer “Evengeline” which was torpedoed near Corfu and sank with a heavy and ‘extremely valuable cargo off the: Madonna Rocks. The French Admiralty sent for Landi. Contre Admiral Merveil- leux du Vignaux, in command of the eastern’ Mediterranean, was sceptical as to the success of the at- tempt. After going down, examining the ship and estimating the difficulties Landi said to the French commander: “I will have her up in six days.” The Admiral laughed tolerantly. “She came up in five days, four hours and 22 minutes” said Landi in describing the salving of the ves- sel. Landi has had eighteen years ex- perience in salvaging work. While operating under Sir Vincent Gregh of the British Salvage Company of London, with Contsantinople ‘as ‘his base, he brought up many ships of all sizes in the black sea, the Dard- anelles ‘and the Sea of Marmora. During and since the war he has had' charge of the salvaging opera- tions of various companies chartered by the' British Admiralty. One of the grimmest tales of salv- ing that Count Landi has to tell is of the King Alfred. When she was torpedoed, a gramaphone ' concert was going on in the ward room. “Rule Britannia” was being played as she'sank. When the salvers brought up -the gramaphone half a year later, full of water, but un- damaged, the record was still in place. The machine was dried out and the-unplayed half of the record was heard on the salvage ship. and period. of intensive training at Fort | TEN YEARS AG0 " | TOMORROW & ©. Taken From ' the Files THE BEMIDJI DAILY flonll Issued Ten Years Ago TomOrrow. Elks Father Recital Under 'the auspices of the local lodge of Elks, Sandford Dodge will appear in the city hall Wednesday évening, July 24 in a series of read- ings and impersonations. Mr. Dodge :{was for a long time an actor in the “legitimate” but recently took to platform work and his services have been secured for one night in Be- midji. « s s Duluth Bosters Stop Here Boosting' for Duluth with songs, badges, literature and words, three hundred members of the trade stop- ped in Bemidji this morning for an hour. On their way home from a strenuous three-day trip, they show- ed as much life and fire as though they had just lef£ Dl.lluth L Born yesterday to Mr, and Mrs. J.' W. Murray, 915 Minnesota ave- nue, a five-pound boy. Both mother and child are doing’well. - » . G. D. Backus and daughters, Bea- trice, Vera, Helen and Luella re- turned the first of the week from a seven wecks’ trip during. wmch time they visited at Holgate and Toledo, Ohio, and Chicago, Il - * - Mrs. Chas, H. Flesher returned last night from a month’s visit with her mother at Indianola, Iowa. Mrs. Flesher returned by way of Fergus Falls and stopped off there for a few day’s visit with friends. IDEAL WEATHER FAVORS ANNUAL MOOSE PICNIC .1 (Continued From: *age 1) score stood 13 to 11 in fnvor of Ros- Y- The !econd regular ‘Moose lodge meetinig for July will be held at the Moose” hall Tuesday evening. Re- ports ‘of the annual picnic commit- tees will be the order of the meet- ing and matters: concerning the big annual bazaar' to be put on next week will also be discussed. For the series of little talks at ‘the end of the meeting, as decided on by the lodge a weck ago, there will 'be an- other ‘surprise tomorrow night—a surprise especially acceptable, it is believed. ' There will also be samples of the picnic group photograph on view, POPULATION OF RURAL SECTION NEAR A THIRD, ( Contlnuea From Page 1) New Hampshire, Maryland, ~ Ohio, Nevada, Washington, Delaware, and (Michigan—the garm population formed less than one-fourth ‘of the total. In general, the smallest pro- portions 'of farm population are found' in the northeastern states— that is, the states lying morth of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers and east of the Mlssxsslppi—nnd in the Pacific coast states. The per centage whmh the farm population formed of the entire rural poulation of the several states in- 1920 also shows“a wide range, from 20.1 in New Jersey to 81,8 in Mississippi, In 16 states—New Jersey Conneéticut, Nevada, ' Pennsylvania, Magssachusetts, Rhode [Island, New Hampshire, Maine; Arizona, .Waest Virginia, ' New York, ~(California, Florida, Washington, Maryland, and Wyoming—the farm population constituted less than half the total rural population. In actual numbers, the largest farm ‘population for any state, 2,- 277,118, was reported for Texas. the smallest, 15,136, is shown for Rhode ;Island, jin which state the i proportion for which: the -farm pop- ulation formed of the total 2.5 per cent, is also the smallest shown for any state. In 14 states—Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky," Yennessee, -Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio, ~lllinois, South Carolina, Virgizis, and-Okla- ‘homa——the ‘farm. population in 1920 numbered more than a million; but neither New York nor Pennsylvania which outrank all other states in total population, appears in this list, The farm population of Minnesota is given at 897,181, or 37.6 per cent of the ‘entire population. . What Our Soldiers Protect. In comparison between the national wealth of the United States and the the regular army, each " American sol- diér is charged with affording protec- tion and national security to $1, 755, 597 of the $330,000,000,000 total of the national wealth. Likewise, each soldier is at present protecting 25 square miles of territory of the main- land and dependencles, and glving 848 ‘of the people of the country se- curity. ‘against foreign interference with thelr constitutional rights. Al this at a cost of $3 per capita of population. WILL MAKE GAS ON THE FARM Flivver Fuel Can Be Manufactured by the Farmer From His Waste Products. In a few years many kinds of farm waste will be converted successfully into liquid or gasoline fuel, writes Floyd W. Parsons in the World's Work. For some time alcohol has been manufactured in large quantities from “blackstrap” molasses, but now we find that it Is possible to obtain 150 pounds of potash from each ton of this low-grade molasses. in --addi- "ADDITIONAL WANT ADS WANTED—Position by stenograph- er, unexperienced; willing to ac- cept small salary to acquire experi- ence. = Address “Stenographer,” care of Pioneer. 4d7-20 [FOR SALE—Overland “4,” $300.00. T. H. Wester, 701 Beltrami Ave. Phone' 972. 2d7-18 WANTED—Lady canvassers ‘to so- licit flour orders from' housewives in connection with the Pillsbury Flour Mills Co.’s guessing ‘con- test. Ask at Markham Hotel desk Tuesday before 11 a. m.” 1d7-17 WANTED—DRESSMAKING. Prices right. At 1227 Dewey Ave. Phone 520-J. 6d7-22 BORROWED AND NOT RETURN- ED—Will the party in town who borrowed my stove truck, and the farmer who has my wire fence stretcher, please return them, C. E. Battles. 6d7-22 FOR SALE—New “Perfection” 3- burner oil stove, in perfect condi tion. ~ May be secn upstairs’ at 317 America Ave. 2d7-18 W. LAKIN, President’ LUMBER LATH - pumber of soldiers now maintained in | ‘day “straw’ gas and gas' made from C. L. ISTED, ‘Sneu‘hfi-‘l’n‘ufln’l‘ e BEMIDI LUMBER & FUEL CO: OPPOSITE GREAT NORTHERN DEPOT LETUS SUPPLY ‘IOU wi H _LIME - CEMENT - PLASTER PAPER-—Roofing and Sheathing BRICK—Common, Fire and Fancy Sash Doors and Mill Work. FULL LINE OF DRAIN TILE AND SEWER PIPE "ANNOUNCEMENT WE ARE 'NOW PREPARED TO FILL YOUR NEEDS At Regular Servnce Stahon Prlces . 1:=WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN v GENERAL mAlR WORK ‘AND iGNITION WORK All Woik Guaranteed—Prices That Samfy Give Us a Chance at Your Next Job Nymore Garage JOHNSON McCULLOCH- & CASTO ——:, PHONE 262 ' :—— tion to thé liquid fuel. During the war the price of potash averaged as high as $1,000 a ton. Federal . chemists have found it possible tovobtain gas by the distilla- tion of wheat, oat and rye straws, It is not too much to expect that one cornstalks, corncobs and other vege- table watter will be used by farm- ers to supply light and heat for their homes, power for their stationary en- gines and fuel for their tractors and motorcars. . Fifty pounds of straw will produce 800 cubic feet of gas— an amount sufficlent to drive a light roadster 15 miles. The next step in this experimental work will be the perfection.-of a method of reducting the gas to liquid form''so that it may be carried conven!enl!y as-a ‘motor tuel. . STRATEGY OF LEE EMP'LOYED Marshali Foch' Says ‘If General Was Traitor He Wishes France’Had More of Them. It 1s hardly to be wondered at that the greatést soldier of the Twentleth} century should take occasion to pay: his tribute of admiration and affection ; to the memory of one.of the.really great commanders of modern times, & soldier, whose military genius 'was equaled only by the purlty, of his p pose; and. the splendor of his: charac- ter, says the Louisville Courier-Jour- nal. » . Soldier-like, Marshal Foch employs few words in answering the anony- mous “American Patriot” who had telegraphed him at a Virginia town that Robert E, Lee was a traitor. “If Gen. Robert E. Lee was a trai- tor,” .said the marshal of France, “Na- poleon ‘Bonaparte was a coward. hid General: Lee was a traitor, I wish France chad more of them. He was one of ‘the greatest military leaders the world bas ever known.” In winning: the World war, Ferdin- and Toch leaned heavily upon the shaulder. of Robert . Leé. "It was “the 'sword' of Juee” that fashed on every ‘battlefield in France ‘from the first battle of lha Marne to Axmmtice “day. Lee's strategy; revived and employed first by Joffre ags later by Foch, held the Hun along the French front, swift ‘to attack ugalry antil at 1 E. R. EVANS, Manager SHINGLES FgEateF B ‘PIONEER;. . ‘enepiles of cfvilization sued for peace. In his estimate ‘of Lee, Marshal Foch takes his stand beside Viscount Wolseley, of England, who. declared that Lee was “the greatest soldier given to the world since the days of Marlborough.” N A ! IN CLASH ‘AT MINES (By ‘United Press) = Wellsburg, W, V., July 17— Fif-| " teen were killed and_twenty-five in- jured in a clash between striking miners and authorities early today at_the Richland Coal * Company’s mines according ‘to reports received here. The dead include Sheriff H. H| DuVal of Brooks county and sev— eral deputies. ~The fighting broke ‘out when the sheriff and his' men" attempted to halt’ marching strikers who were al- leged to have started several fires. Governor Morgan ordered -Harry Crowse of Ohiocounty to take charge “the situation. Crowse left immedi- Pk i o B R ely for the scene located about two iles' from here, ‘with ‘80 ‘deputies. George Caldwell“of " Willsburg was appointed deput; emf£ Invites You Every Da.y Campmz Grounds Plcnlc Grounds Bathing Pavilion —Electric ‘Lighted— SOFT DRINKS - LUNCHES: Sold at the Park. Plnn Yourv Picnic for DIAMOND: POINT =" COFFEE ARCHIE-DITTY i Cm!odian The following positions are now of)en to thoée who apply for work: Machinists “Blacksmiths Ele::tricai Workers Carpenters ’ Boile:rma'ke'rs Sheet Metal Workers Car Repairmen”’ At wages and worklng condition prescrlbed by the* }Jé)zlged States Railway Labor Board, effective July 1st, Rates for Journeymen and leadmg men-range from 63 to 82 cents per hour, and for helpers 47 cents per hour; with time and one-half after eight hours.and. for _ Sundays and holidays. Applicants who. are not me- -~ chanies will be given employment and will be trained in all branches of the trades. Seniority and pension rights'of new em es will date from the time of enter- ing service.. Formeér employes, who return to work by - 10 A M. Tuesday, July 18, 1922, will be‘allowed rec- -+ ord. of continuous ‘service for\.semorlty and, pensmn 2 3r1ghts. After that time they wil rank ag new men. 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