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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03
NO BRITISH DREADNOUGHT
EQUAL TO AMERICAS BEST
Daniels Explains How the Pennsylvania, With Twelve
Ia Inch Guns, Is Superior to the Queen Eliza
beth, With Eight Is Inch Guns.

bility OF hitting in comparison with the
IL inch gun
The Pennsylvania mounts twelve
guns to the Queen Flizabeth's eigh'
Therefore the volume of fire OF our ship
exceeds the volume of fire Of the British
ship by 80 per cent.
The Navy Department has built and
proved rs inch gun superior to both
the 10 inch and II inch gun so far as
penetration of armor at fighting range
Is concerned. II the Pennsylvania were
TO be armed with the 16 inch guns she
could carry only eight. as against the
twelve IL inch guns now assigned to her.
IL we adopted the 10 inch calibre we
would have to make a sacrifice in num-
her OF guns as great or nearly as great
as was done in the design OF the Queen
Elizabeth.
Hitting Power 20 Per cent. More.
Counting volume OF FIRE and prob
ability of hitting we see that at battle
range the number OF blows delivered by
the Pennsylvania in a given time will
exceed those given by the Queen Eliza.
beth by 20 per cent. The - inch gun.
II IL stated. fires a shell weighing 1920
pounds. Our IL inch shell weighs 400
pounds.
The bursting effect OF the larger shell
will be greater OF course. but we have
little doubt that the destructive effec;
OF the burst Of the IL inch she'll will he
quite sufficient for its task. No one
can doubt the ACCESSIBILITY OF delivering
seventeen hits to ten OF the enemy
Added to all of the above we must recol-
lect that the chance of having gunfire
survive reste with the ship carrying the
greater number
Now. II We compare these guns al
range greater than battle range or ar
NOR piercing range and merely count
the ability TO reach the enemy's decks
or unarmored parts we find that the
Pennsylvania's guns range as far at q
maximum as those OF the Queen Eliza
beth. Both guns range further thar
they could have any hope OF hittins
a ship-that is to say over 81. 900 yards
or something like twelve land miles"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03
PERIL FROM DRUG CRAZED
MEN SPREADS OVER CITY
No Person Safe, Says Representative of Mrs. William
K Vanderbilt in Crusade-Jails and Hos
pitfalls Filled to the Limit.

percnce had shown that the hospitals
were not the proper places for drug
cases. because the clinical or medical
treatment needs to he followed by a
prolonged social. physical and mental
rehabilitation. The prisons were then
overloaded with drug users and we
found that In nearly every case the
prison terms were too short for treat
ment to effect anything like a cure
CONSIDER this: from 40 per cent. 10
IS per cent. OF prisoners are drug users.
Leaving out those sentenced for this
very thing, from 80 per cent. to 50 per
cent. Of persons convicted of other Of
fences are found to be drug users. They
have TO he treated Tor this. but the
workhouse sentences. for instance. are
so short that nothing adequate can he
done to rid them OF the habit.
For IndrtcrminRtc Sentences.
Tho Mayor was Informed that tic
department of Correction needed both
money and medical facilities to handle
drug users In the city's jails and espe-
cially to put them TO work In the open
air our letter also pointed out the
great need OF an indetcrminate sentence
VI not To exceed three years in all
offences whore tho person convicted was
found TO be drug victim. Properly to
deal with very threatening state OF
affairs We told the Mayor that from
s1i.000 to si0O.0OO would have to he
spent on the incbricty farm at Warwick
and SI13.00a In the city's prisons.
ITO deal with these necessities $4,000
has been voted
81 fully realize the citys financial
straits, but the city cannot afford TO
economze this way--it cannot risk tire
rresence Of hundreds OF insane drug
users. unknown. unexpected. at liberty
to rob, destroy and Kill at any instant.
anywhere.
The necessary legislation has been
made into law--the State and the Fed
eral Government now have excellent and
severe laws against the drug traffic
and there Is not much more needed In
that direction except. perhaps, measures
20 wipe out the business of selling fake
drug cures. which has lately grown TO
large proportions. what is imperative
IL that something adequate he done 70
meet the situation that the new laws
have brought about
Private philanthropy is helpless he
fore this problem; It Is governmental
I, is not the amount OF money that Is
needed tina; II ts the matter beyond the
reach OF private charity. although s215.-
400 for tho city's institutions would he
large amount To raise privately: II is
the fact that 10 cope with the problem
requires the exer,,ise OF the police power
that puts II entirely out OF the hands OF
J individuals TIE police power Is neces-
sary 10 put men In prisons or hospitals
/ and keep them there until they are fl
I for release"
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II is hardly to be doubted that the
backbone OF his whole testimony will
be that the Colonel was not the sincere
and disinterested champion Of the popu-
lar will that the Colonel pretended to he.
but that. In fact, he was very WILING
to oblige corporations even in matters
that We're against the public interest.
H. will recall that Gov. Roosevelt
vetoed the Ford franchise tax hill,
bill drawn r!gdly. as Mr.. Barnes recalls.
and which would have prevented cor
porations from going TO law about tax
payments and 50 delaying the states
receipt OF millions OF franchise tax
money.
Mr.. Barnes will recall that Gov,
Roosevelt accepted and signed a second
franchise tax bill drawn by Frank Platt.
"A son OF the Senator, a bill more loosely
drawn than the Ford bill, TO Barnes
notion. He will try 10 make the point
that under this law corporations have
dragged long suits through the courts.
The plaintiff Will also seek 10 show
that while life insurance companies con-
tr!buted to the Campaisn funds OF the
Republican State Committee IN 1904
when he was chairman OF the executive
committee, they also contributed slsl'-
600 to the Republican National Com
mlttee the same year-the Roosevelt
Presidential campaign year. lie VIII
deny that he ever told Roosevelt that ne
approved OF bipartisan contributions or
that II was necessary t. protect cor
poration contributors.
There's another little matter that Mr.
Barnes's counsel will probably make a
point Of COL Roosevelt testified that
he enforced wide publicity concerning his
approval OF the absorption 10y the United
states Steel Company OF the Tennessee
coal ard Iron Company in 1907, during
the panic. that he sent for the news
paper correspondents Immediately after
he conferred with Judge Gary ana
Henry c. Frick and told them that the
merger had been permitted and why,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03

Herman Tarkas. q Of 1905 Broad
way, died last night in tho Washington
Heights Hospital Of injuries suffered
several hours earlier when he was
struck by New York Central freiglt
train, ~ For Washington Park and
l66th street. The body lay In the hos
pltal several hours before II va. iden-
fed by the boys father.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03
Japanese Mere ha n maj Here.

The steamship Gishun Maru, flying the
Japanese flag and differed and manned
chiefly by Japanese, arrived Yesterday
from Liverpool consigned to d. T. War
den OF the Standard oil to load oil for
China. She In the first japanese mer-
chairman ever seen in this port.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03

WAsHINGToN. May 1.-The fact that
the British have in the Queen Elizabeth
dreadnought carrying larger guns than
the United states Is putting on any OF its
battleships. built or building. has drawn
rom navy ordnance experts a statement
as to why the American gun Is preferred.
The Queen Elizabeth carries Is inch
guns. but American naval officers con-
tend that the best American dreadnought
armed with its ~ inch guns is more than
match for the British vessel. The new
American dreadnoughts now building
will carry twelve IA inch guns. while the
Queen Elizabeth, on account OF the
greater weight OF her Is inch guns car
ries only eight of them. II is also as
serted that the II inch gun has as great
an armor piercing power at lighting
range as has the Is inch gun. The New
York and Texas carry ten II inch guns
The Departments statement on this
subject authorized by Secretary Daniels
In as follows:
The question OF the proper calibre
for the main batteries OF our bat
tleships Is one that has received the most
careful consideration on the par; OF the
Bureau OF Ordnance and the General
Board.
Navy Axiom on CaIibrc..
There Is an axiom with regard to
calibres which amounts To- this: Tina; a
ship should mount the smallest big gun
that will pierce the enemy's armor over
vitals at the maximum probable fighting
range. The ~ inch guns of the Penn
ha n y i,,,, 49,,
armor afiost, so far as our knowledge
goes. at a range Of 10000 yards.
The Queen Elixabeth's Is inch guns
will do little more than that. II our
information is correct as TO the velocity
Of the British IS inch gun the ~ inch
guns on the Pennsylvania will range a
little further than rhe Queen Elizabeth
1 inch guns. The fatter injection of
the IA inch gun gives II increased proba :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03
Big BATCH OF
PLATT'S LETTERS
TO AID COLONEL
Continued from First Page.

fled that he had talked 20 Barnes about
the evils of corporation contributions and
the right OF the people to rule.
He will try to show that the Platt-
Roosevelt letters prove that these con-
versations were held by Senator Plat
and Gov Roosevelt. and that the Colo
mel Is far astray in attributing TO him.
Barnes. sentiments that really were
Rlatts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03
More submarines Wanted.

7 view Of the increasing number OF
submarines and the accident In Hawaii
the. g is urgent necessity for testing ana
"r.A.g docks that may be used Tor
saving submarines OF any size, docking
nWt .cs and testing TO determine the
'.,.sLtucc to external water pressure
It's. docks of this description Will be
''nprci FOR tho Atlantic and two for
'." rasiHc
Irou the cnicacv Of the supply ships
dep.njs the efficacy Of the fleet, The
Importance OF supply ships has also been
demon s'rated an this war one was
Wror'zed in 1913. It would have been
t.uN completed 10y this time II built
."- contract, but 1t Is to be con-
- Tod IN one Of our navy yards ana
i ts u'f Yet been laid down
Without ample coal aud oil storage
a. distant bases, in the absence or
l'-" merchant marine to insure con-
'ogs supply Of fuel, the range ana
en- eu'f Of the fleet VIII he seriously
impaired 10 time of war
the General Board IN report to the
- "taA stated: The strength of the
tet ~ measured too often in the public
lHnd uy The number and tonnage OF It's
ioa''ual units. The real strength OF
'b' feet is the combination OF its per-
h9ul"I (With their skill and trainins)
ana It's material, and of these two ele-
W'u'' the more important. the person
.e'' Is too often forsotten and neglected
III making provisions for our fleet
one Of the basic troubles at the pres
ert moment is the Generalization when
mas been going on of our personnel and
winch Is not taken into account. Fur
lher IT Is poor economy to build bat
NeShips without making, as We are doing
now, proper provision for the increase
required In personnel. as Is the approved
practice IN other countries.
The difficulty in the administration OF
'he navy at the present moment h due
70 the fact that the ORGANIZATION In force
Tor four years. founded on a plan to a
great extent the outcome OF Admiral
Mdhans Ideas, has been disrupted and
u1sorsanized without consulting experts
rhd nothing has been put in It's place
imagine new railroad president re-
Ho'ing division heads without replac-
.ns them, and expecting the operation
~ ne entire railroad system to be con
nhued with efficiency, economy and des'
patch
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03
DANIELS'S NAVY
FACTS MISLEADING,
SAYS Mr.. MEYER
Some Of L. $. Battleships Lack
speed and Are Near Age
Limit.
OLD ORGANIZATIONS
HAS BEEN DISRUPTED

G,n.qs ron l.. Ncver. rho Wds Sec
.,,oru of The Nary IN President Taft's
cabinet. has taken exception 10 Secrc-
,c,, pauiciS'S recent statement on the
,,cs,nt condition Of the united states
,ary W.. Meyer has tcritten q reply.
,rb,ch Is printed bclow and Which points
o.f fbnt the scrricc is dcmordii.ed aud
disrupted aud that the nary Is not
cJ,oadicW prepared for emergencies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03

Mr. Barues's counsel have ascertaIned,
they say, that there was no such pub
licity as the Colonel declares They
have examined the newspaper MES OF
November and November 4, 1907, and
have failed, they say, to ind the stories
that should have been there II the Colo
ners testimony was accurate.
This is only one of number or mat
ters Mr. Barnes will put forward as
tests OF the Coloners credibllity. Some
time in the latter part OF this week or
IT. the early part of next week IT is gong
TO be worth while to have seat in the
court room.
Questions OF veracity aside. MT
Barnes is prepared to defend MS anu,
tude toward public printing awarded
bv state, county and city to the Jour
nal Company, the Argus Company and
the J. Is. Lyon Company of Albany.
lie will contend that there was no
collusiye bidding by those companies,
that the Journal Company had a per-
feet right to sublet bids TO either or
both of the other companies, that such
PAYMENTS as the Journal Company re-
ceiyed were properly earned, that the
State, county and city were not excess
sively charged and that the whole bus'-
ness, in fact. is open to satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION.
Beginning tomorrow morning the de-
fence, however, will try to show these
matters in their worst light and expect
10 take two or three days In doing It.
The whole sum and substance OF their
method will be to prove that Barnes
owned one company. held fourth OF the
stock of the other without any payment
appearing on his part and received
| tribute from the third; that he dictated
, where the public printing hhould go,
| that there was crookedness In bidding
| and In carrying out the contracts. and
that Barnes. solely because OF his politi-
cal domination, got large sums when
enormous profits were divided.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-03
A striss Of witnesses.

A long string Of witnesses has boon
called by the Roosevelt counsel to les.
tify In regard to these matters ana
there are many pages OF dry but cs-
sen,ial documents to be read to the
iury. Some OF the seats In the court
room are apt TO be empty for the nsxt
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03
For SALE.

FOR SALE-6everal good residence
e lots on: Minnesota: BemidJi and
+ Dewey avenues. Reasonable prices;
= easy, terms. I Clayton G.. Cross. Of
++rf4fce over Northern1Nat'l5 Bank
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

FOR SALE "A good Garland base
= burner stove. e Apply at Bemidji
" Welding & Machine Co. Tel. 50.
.~-..- dtf
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FIRE IN SCHOOL.

Last Thursday morning twenty
one little children were burned to
death in a school house fire at Pea
: body, Mass. !" "@3'"~fA c2~'' -
R. w. Hargadine, state fire mar
shall, issued a warning that su Oh a
terrible accident could happen in
some of the school houses of Mime
sofa. This statement is not made for
the purpose Of causing uneasiness for
the parents of Minnesota school chill
dren, but to again impress upon all
persons concerning the necessity of
eternally begin on their guard for
fire prevention. .'9Sf" I H..
The warning in part follows: = In
saying that it could" happen, we
do not wish to convey the idea that
1t will, but the possibilities are there
Just as sure as the following rules
for school buildings are neglected.:
Keep conducting fire drills. If the
children become panic-strickenl when
a fire drill is called, repeat the drill
oftener and the pupils will become
accustomed to leaving the building
in an orderly manner. Il mi
s Keep all combustible material
either In a fire-proof receptacle or
refuse to have them in the vicinity
of the school house. Keep all stair
ways clear. Keep all doors and win
dows leading to exits and to fire es-
capes always unlocked during school
hours. Keep handrails on both sides
Of stairs. @e r2Ts z .
Remember, the first report of the
Peabody school fire was brought by
a pupil. Teach the pupils the neces-
sity of always being prepared to pre-
vent fire by having them report to
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

NV 1u1n1o 1ro1Anx.
~ Open daily. except 9unuay. to 8 p.
m.s to p. N. Sunday. reading room
only. - p. q. So
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03
RURAL DELIVERY.

The rural delivery service now en-
braces about $4,000 routes, covering
over 100000 miles of roads, and
serving approximately 2O,0OO,OOO
persons, according to the Parcel Post
News. Through this great system
the farmer receives and sends out his
letters, gets his newspapers and other
publications, obtains money orders
and registers mail, and now, by par
eel post, exchanges merchandise-al!
without trip to the postofice.
The rural delivery service has been
great boon to the rural population.
Before it's establishment there were
days and weeks, when, because of
stress of work on the farm, stormy
weather or other conditions the farm
er was unable to make a trip to the
postOftice, and had to do without
mail, which means that he was with
out knowledge of what was going on
in the world. The exchange of letters,
receipt of newspapers and other pub
LEGATIONS, the transaction of money
order and registry business, and now
the parcel post, all through the rural
carrier, has worked wonders in max
ing the farmers business more
profitable and country life more at
tractive. The saving to the rural
residents through the operation of the
rural delivery system, if it could be
calculated, would run into the hun
dreds of millions of dollars. Farm
ers do not now have to abandon their
work and take their horses from the
plows to go to the postoffice after the
mail, but can devote all their time
during the planting and harvesting
seasons to their occupations, and
conduct correspondence and secure
supplies with certainty and without
the loss of time '-," -,E'
Besides, whenever a rural route is
established on road it means that
dition to be travelled with facility at
all times, service will be withdrawn
therefrom. Generally speaking, the
highways of the United States are
poor. The fact does not seem to be
appreciated that the building and
maintenance of good roads enables
greater facility, greater regularity,
and with less wear and tear on wag-
ons and stock Since the advent Of
rural delivery, there has been nothing
which has given greater impetus to
the good roads movement than! the
extension of this service. ,n~3
Additional routes are being plan
ned for Beltrami county.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03
AFTER SIX YEARS
Mrs. Erwin's Testimony Remains
mistaken. q

Time is the best test of truth.
Here is a. Turtle River story that has
stood the test of time. It is story
with point which will come straight
home to many of us. - =.
- Mrs. O.. W.. Erwin, Turtle River,
Mimi, says, "Some three years ago
my kidneys began to do their work
poorly. T." 1 got so bad that thought
1Fwould die. My back was very weak
and couldn't bend over without be-
ing in agony : The kidney secretions
were scanty- and contained sediment.
My breath came in gasps and I often
felt as though I was smothering. My
whole body bloated and I often lay
awake half the night gasping for
breath I got so discouraged that
thought death would be relief
Nothing helped me and my life was
one constant round Of sufferin g. I
finally began using Doan's Kidney
Pills and I am well and happy to-
day. It is~Doan's Kidney Pills that
made the cure" - DIV
OVER 6 YEARS LATER, Mrs. Err
win said: ''The cure Doan's Kidney
Pills made has been permanent one,
and I recommend them, as usual,
whenever I have a favorable oppor-
tunity."
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney-remedy---g
Doan's Kidney -Pills-the same that
Mrs. Erwin has twice publicly recon-
mended.. FOSTER ilburn Co., Propss
Buffalo, N. y. ADV. &,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03
See Faction Strifes.

B The legislative program, already
largely framed promises unusual fhc=
Etional strife, the fate or two or three
political parties being at stake and
presidential prospects, with s many
booms due for puncturing, involveA.
Shortly after congress. meets AM
nual conferences of republican and
democratic committees are scheduled
to begin firing heavy artillery of the
next presidential campaign. %
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

We always admire the man who
speaks well of this city, and his
neighbors, and his friends, and VINO
is slow to speak i'll of other people.
We Of today are So prone to speak
hastily and without: thought of con-
sequence that it is a relief to find
one occasionally who considers the
effect of his words before they art ut
tered. Such men are more than an
asset to any city. o.-ss- -. r. j.. ..-. ic#5
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

FOR SALE-Two hard coal heaters;
cheap. 516, Reltrami Ave. tt
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

- When 'thesGerhans and Austrians
entered into Serbia they found the
typhoid the Austrian army left tn ere
pretty we'll cleaned up, largely by
American funds and effort. Wonder
if the, Allies will now claim that I'VE
are not, neutral and that we are help
ing the TeutOns... Ks ~. -. &
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the teacher anything which they
deem hazardous-in this manner the
children will feel that they are being
depended upon to prevent accidents
and they will appreciate the conf
dence bestowed upon them. St8E 8
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

President Wilson's foreign policy
may occupy his mind a great deal,
as usual, from now on. We note
with interest that the strain of for
mulating a domestic policy will be at
least partially taken from him in the
near future =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

Another big battle over the gov
eminent ship purchase bill is be
lieved inevitable because of division
among Democratic house leaders
Among the political developme nts
impending will be the extent of Re
publican and Bull Moose amalgama
tion; and the, degree Of unity in the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

the return of Republican. veterans
like "UncleA Joe" Cannon. William
Mckinley and ".'Nick".5 Longworth,
lend interest. Speaker. Champ Clark,
Republican Leader, Mann and Repre-
sentative Kitchin, Democratic leader,
are expeetedsstQ be sIezelected: !
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r.. Will Monopolize Attention. Is
Legislation provoked by war cPasl
:ditions promises to monopolize Iat-
tention. The, administration plans
to expediate passage of a resolution
on extending the war tax at least an
other year. IT. expires Dec. 81. An
other resolution. for prompt action
will be that continuing the tariff on
sugar, now scheduled to go on the
free list in May .,,r44a -, :se.s,s. - =,
+ Woman suffrage hosts are, plan
ming a monster demonstration at the
opening of congress. Increased ap-
preparations for the army and navy
are. regarded as certain The admir-
istration's Mexican policy is due for
analysis. The discussion will 5, de
termine how important an issue it
will be in the presidential campaign.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-03

The big city police departments
should be furnished with feet of
Zeppelins in order to get the men
higher up. $500. =