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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-04-08
COURT MUSTDECIDE
OWNERSHIP OF old
BAUDETTE TRACT
Litigation Renewed in Which Effort
is Made to Regain Title Of Forty
Acre Townsite for Homesteader.
SETTLED THERE rs YEARS AGO
Filing Allowed by Crookston Land
Office in 1903 But Was Later Re-
jected by Washington Officials.

Can the Canadian Northern rail-
road company retain the title to the
forty-acre tract comprising the town
site of Old Baudette? - q
This is the legal question involved
in the case of Thomas Cathcart
against the railway company which
came before Judge C. w. Stanton in
chambers today upon a demurrer to
the complaint. The case is import
ant and promises to be most inter-
esting.
Settled There rs Years Ago. u
1t appears that Cathcart settled
upon the tract in litigation Is years
ago, before it was surveyed, and has
ever since claimed the property as
his homestead. He offered his filing
at the Crookston land Office in 1903
and it was allowed, but was subse-
quently rejected by the general land
office at Washington on the ground
that the railway company had &C.
quired title to the land by act of con-
gress.
Would Reverse Decision. : 81.
The present action seeks to annul
the decision of the general land Of
flee and to have the court decree that
the railway company holds the title
in trust for Cathcart and to require
it to convey to Cathcart; and also
to recover $4,000 as damages for
withholding possession from the man
who claims the land as his homestead.
The plaintiff is represented by At
torneys Ole J. Vaule and William p.
Murphy of Crookston and the lawyer
the Canadian Northern
is Hector Baxter Of Minneapolis. =
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LEHNERTs 4 10 talk HERE
University Professor Will Lecture on
Resources Of Northern Minnesota
Tuesday Evening. +
HEADED SEE STATE FIRST: TOUR

Edward M. Lehnerts, former pro-
fessor at the University Of Mime
sofa, but now connected with the
General Extension Division of that
great institution,I is to lecture here
next Tuesday evening, his topic be-
the Development and Resources Of
Northern Minnesota. y He will
speak in the City hall and will ap-
pear under, the z auspices of the
Knights of Columbus. ~ -
1t was the party headed by Profess
sor Lehnerts which made the event
full Red Lake trip last summer, at
which time the boat on which the Wis
itors were passengers was delayed be-
cause of the rough weather This
was one of the "See Minnesota First"
parties which have been directed by
the professor during the past few
years. .s-..s,= S... - -.
In his talk to beIgiven here he will
refer to local conditions and pictures
of Beltrami county and Lake Be-
midi scenes will be shown. His lee
ture will deal with. the great wealth
and varied resources of this section
of the state and the wonderful oppor-
tunities provided here. The lecture
will be given withsstereoptican illus
trations. Il
Professor Lehnerts has had extern
sive practical training. He was rear
ed on farm near Rushford, Min
nesota, and was early employed in
his fathers mill and in the mills and
factories of Wino1la. He is one Of
the founders of the Lehnerts Piano
company, founder iof the American
Bureau of Geography, CO. founder of
Journal of Geography, publisher of
geographical and EDUCATIONAL zbulle-
tins and periodicals.: originator and
conductor of the popular "See Min
nesota First" excursions, and founder
and director of the University of
Minnesota tours offered every sum-
mer to places of interest in America
He has had a broad training along
lines that develop appreciation for
the practical and industrial as we'll
as for the educational and scientific.
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F0RCESROUTE
VILLA'SARMY ATGELAYA
Omitted Press)

Washington, April S.-Carranza's
agency this afternoon claimed that
General Obregon has routed Villas
army near Gelaya. Villa personally
commanded his defeated forces. OBJ
RECON is pursuing the fleeing Villa
lists and it is claimed that the latter
lost 1900 in dead and wounded.
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FIERCE BATTLE RAGING
AT ST, MIHIEL TODAY
Omitted PreSS)

Paris, April S.-French guns are
raining shells at long range upon St.
Mihiel where great battle is
raging. Paris is filled with rumors
of important developments but the
war department refuses to give out
any information except the following
statement which was issued this af-
ternoon: eve have maintained all
gains between the Meuse and Moselle
rivers, with some further progress. :"
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40 ENROLL FOR GARDENS
Large Number of Students Sign Re-
quest For Summer Plots-En-
titled to Entire Product.
CREDIT GIVEN ABOVE 9Th GRADE

Interest more keen than in former
years has been aroused in the sum-
mer gardens which are provided
students of the Bemidji schools at
the school farm and according to
an announcement made today by
Bueford NJ. Gle, agriculturist, who
is in charge of the work, forty have
enrolled
The following have signed requests
for gardens:
Tom Simons, Clara Miller, Gather
inc Bagley, Ruth Baumgardner, Ell
la Rudy, Pearl Phibbs, Lewis Brown,
Earl Roe, Cornella Mcpherson, Cliff
ford Smart, Alice Schussman, Pearl
G. Johnson, Gordon Smith, Earl
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FRANCE To PREPARE
f0RPEACE ARRIVAL
Chamber Of Deputies Form Plans
Deputy Brunei to Realize Dreams
of Syndicatists. - -
, MANY TOWNS
Laboring Men to Will Be
Placed on Basis WHEREBY Till
Share in Profit From w.. ..y<'
Will Be

Paris, March 24.-(By mail to New
York )-"1n times of war prepare
for peace"
This is to be the slogan hereafter
of a block in the French chamber OF
deputies headed by Deputy Frederick
Brunei of the department of the
Seine. Just as France possibly made
mistake in times of peace in not
preparing more fully for war, so De-
putty Brunei declares she will make
even a greater mistake now that she
has war if she fails to take advantage
of it for thorough preparation for
peace
With the certainty of victorious
peace only question of time, Brunei
declares France will not only lose
portion of the advantage that will
come with it, but will find herself
utterly unable to cope with the gigan-
tic problems which will then be pre-
sented unless she begins Immediately
her preparations. Already Brunei
has prepared series of proposed
laws to this end and these are to be
introduced at once into the French
parliament.
To Realize Dreams.
While the bulk of these proposed
measures have to do largely with the
mere material advantages and pre-
parations of peace, Brunei has also
made provisions in them for what
may prove the beginning of the reali-
cation in France of the dreams Of
syndicatists the world over-the es-
tablishment of working men on
basis where they will share in the
profits of their own labors.
One of the first problems which
Brunei declares France will face
when the moment peace comes will
be the rebuilding of the hundreds of
cities, towns, villages, hamlets and
huts that have been destroyed not
only in the invaded districts of
France but of Belgium as we'll. If
CONTINUED on last page.)
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nets PROVE FATAL
FOR SUBMARINES
Credence Given to Report That Ger
man Crafts are Being Captured or
=. 49,, H. f.. Destroyed by Traps.
RUMOR IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED
True Details Being Suppressed by
British Authorities = Mystery
is Not Explained.
BY J. w. II. MASON.

New York, April S.-There is every
reason to believe that reports of Ger
man submarines being caught in anti
submarine nets and either captured
or destroyed are true. Rumors that
the British admiralty had designed
a protective netting device for rivers
and harbors have been in circula-
ton since the first announcement of
the German submarine blockade.
These reports have lately become
more persistent and are now gener-
ally accepted in England as true.
Announcements Refused.
The most important confirmation
of the rumors is the fact that the
British admiralty has lately refused
to announce any particulars of the
destruction of German submarine.
The form of the announcement is:
"The admiralty has reason to be-
lieve the German submarine has been
lost"
Give No Details.
The English newspapers print these
bald statements without giving any
details. Considering the immense
interets taken in England in the de-
struction of the enemy's submarines,
only pressing strategic reasons would
cause the admiralty to withhold par
ticulars of how the German undersea
losses are caused.
1t is unquestionable that these de-
tails are being suppressed in order
to mystify the German government
and to create among submarine crews
a feeling Of uncertainty. 1t doesn't
necessarily follow from this that the
mystery and uncertainty are being
created by the anti-submarine nets,
but such is the most probable deduc-
ton.
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DuRAZZO is SHIELDED.

Berlin, April Six thousand AL
bantam insurgents are attacking the
Albanian capitol, Durazzo and sup
ported by field pieces are Smelling the
city. One shell shattered the home
of Essed Pair, minister of war and
interior :.
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GERMAN AVIATOR KILLS
RED CROSS NURSES
Omitted Press)

Amsterdam, April 8.-A German
aviator bombed the Bergues hospital
near Dunkirk, killing two Red Cross
attendants and wounding a third.
Several British soldiers near the hos
pital were injured. On returning to
the German lines the invader fired
upon a grounded aviator and an OBJ
server was killed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-04-08

Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Winter,
yesterday afternoon, a son.
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X ~ \ y ~ 9 j. y ~ = 81 =
< t'WETS" VIII At SUPERIOR \
x BY MAJO1lTY OF is VOTES 4
<<<< * ~ = 3 4 8 kk &k X
Superior, the City Of Destiny, and
the second largest city in wisconsin
is "wet." BY asmatority OF Is votes
the official returns give the saloons
the right to continue in operation
1t was first believed that "wets'' had
won by rs but a error was respon-
sible. Last night It was believed
that the "drys" had won by 81 votes.
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
CHAPTER v.
Silvers O'Hagen.
[ nodded.

How many times I've laughed and
chuckled over the slick way / got
some particular piece of easy money!
How I've grinned and told the story
to pal over a bottle of wine in some
saloon back-room when my pockets
were full of the money I'd conned
from a boob!
and the pal would slap me on the
back, and we'd have another bottle on
the man I'd cleaned out. Heavens.
but those things come back to me
now!
Lets go out" think there was
a bit Of moan in my voice, but they
were too happy to notice.
The girl stepped back, blushing as
she realized where we were and that
curious people We're watching us.
you're so good!" she murmured
as she took my arm.
Her father was at my other side,
too happy to speak, and the look Of
sadness l had noticed in his eyes
seemed to have gone entirely.
tits quite simple when you know
how, amt it?" he said when we were
Oh the street. "You don't know how
many hearts you've made glad today,
Mr.. Haviland. Old Mrs. Trevelan
cried when we told her that Northern
people were coming to build the plant.
She was born right there where the
dam will be-"
"That's something I'd like to speak
about" / put in quickly, clutching at
a straw that might delay the game -
even block it in such way that Mike
wouldn't get wise to me. 81 think
you ought to telegraph the full par
ticulars to the folks back home and be
assured that they will want you to 60
into this thing"
"Why, they're just dying to do it,"
declared Alice positively. "And any.
thing father did would have to be
right"
II know; but they are all partners
in the deal and 1t would be the most
business.like thing to get their sane
tion."
"And 1t would tell them the good
news" put Nm the old man eagerly.
EXACTLY" l nodded. you had
better send a telegram to the banker
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
inch In 760 years.
Democratic

Our genial, glorious and humorous
democracy alone could produce this
jest:
A young woman from abroad is
starting her conquest of the country
by entering into domestic service with
a naughty East End family. She had
an afternoon off last Sunday and sha
put on her finest finery and paraded
down the street with another domes-
tic, friend And as they were walk
ing along, talking of this and that,
comparing experiences and notes and
other such things, the companion said
to her:
Look. Norah! There's the woman
you work for on the other side OF the
street,"
Heavens, Maggie! hope she don't
see me-"
why? Are you afraid av yer
boss?"
mo, ye fool. But it would be just
like her to see this hat an go an get
one just like it,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER Jim Havlland be-
comes an expert gambler as a
boy, and gets job with Mike
Garyen, confidence man and
gambler. Garven becomes a promoter
of fake companies, and makes his
headquarters in New York. He has
small array of con" men. Ga,ven
manipulates a check in such a way
that he could send Haviland up for
ten years for forgery, as he makes 1t
rule 10 have tie power of life and
death over his men.
CHAPTER U.-Havland, meets AL.
ice Walton, whose father is in New
York 10 promote a Virginia power
plant.
CHAPTER III-Garven orders Hav-
Hand to get the quarter million dol
lars Walton has By selling him stock
in fake company OF similar name
to Walton's, the old man believing he
is getting control of his own company.
IiaNiland balks. Garven whips him
into line with the forged check
CHAPTER IV.-Another of Gar.
ven's men, Trevor, called by Haviland
whisky Face" makes friends with
the Walton's to see that Haviland
does not let him escape.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
NOW GO ON WITH THE STCT =

personal devil who guides the
footsteps of the innocent to the hun.
CRY maws of his branded ones? Yes!
knew it then, for coming toward lis
from the dire 'tion of the cafe was the
girls father, and with him was a nan
whose extended fingers on his hip told
me that he was one of Mike Garven's
men, and whose eyes smiled the same
sneering smile that had looked up into
mine before the fight came when l
clutched his padded shoulder on the
too of the Fifth Avenue bus two days
before.
l saw the girl's ewes go cold and her
body stiffen as she recognized the
man. The father. innocently happy,
his pink face triie pinker than usu.
al from the extra glass OF Bourbon
he'd had, hurried toward us.
This is Mr.. Hayiland." he beamed
on the booze-faced stranger. The
mans jaw dropped. look of dumb
surprise came to his face. But it
didn't fool me for u minute. I'd work.
ed that surprise game too many times
10 be fooled by acting.
He knew me, and he'd probably
known me from the minute Mike Gar
ven had shown him my photograph
and put him on my trail to see that
made no false moves.
You understand that Mike was too
slick to have any more of his work
ers know each other than was abso-
lutely necessary. In all the years I'd
been with him had no more idea of
the size of his mob" or who conf
posed it, than have or the nebular
hypothesis.
But the one lesson we learned above
all others was to recognize that fin
eer-on-him signal, and play it with
the man who gave it, no matter what
our personal feeling might be.
"Why, Mr.. Haviland, I hardly ey.
pected that you-" He stammered to
stop as his eyes seemed to see the
girl for the first time, and he twisted
his hat IN his hands as the old man
began to look bewildered.
well, what is it?" l growled II
this was the man that was going 10
see that kept my toe to Mike Gar
ven's line you can bet he wasn't CO.
ing to have any easy time of it with
my help.
He turned to Mr.. Walton. "This
is totally unexpected" he stammered
again. 1--WE three-have met before
the circumstances were painful
and emharrassing-to me-"
almost grinned: but the girl was
staring straight through him. She
wasn't child now. She was a WON.
an, and all the scorn that God put in.
to feminine bodies was In every line
of her.
"The day before yesterday" he be-
gan again, still keeping up his slick
acting of nervousness. 'Er - Mr..
HaViland had an idea that was an
noying your daughter. He came to
her assistance"
The fathers eyes went cold. and I
had to admire the nerve of the man
in trying to get into a game where
every card was stacked against him.
"But / swear 1t was unintentional."
He jiggled his hat between his hands.
and then rushed out the rest of 1t as
though it was the most painful thing
in the world.
II had an unfortunate accident In
Washington park. sat down on q
bench that had been newly painted
The seats on the bus were so narrow
that must have unintentionally
crowded 30 that the back would coyel
the paint on my coat"
had to gasp at the nerve of IT, Bu
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
Mt it. He shook hands with

meant It. He shook hands with
father ard Alice, ard his hard boiled.
egg eyes went n bit redder than the
booze blood made them when he saw
my hands behind my back.
Tomorrow, then" nodded. AN
right. It's the Little Hazel Power De-
velopment Company. So-long."
He took few steps, then faced me
again, his face turned so that neither
one OF them could see the sneering,
snarling curve of his thick lips.
"By the way, Mr.. Haviland, Mike
~Hrven said he'd like to have you
drop around. Don't make 1t ten years
from now, he .aid."
I had to take it, swallow 1t, because
] was a whipped cur, but my finger.
nails were biting into the palms of my
cienched hands, and my heart was
pounding out curses with every beat
as l turned back to face Alice.
"It's my company! It's my COM
psny that he was talkin' about" said
the old man over and over as though
the wonder of it dazed him.
"What did he mean?" asked Alice
breathlessly. Are you going to sell
the stock of the Llltle Hazel Power
Development Company"
"Yes," l answered, and l smiled
when l said it. Smiled!
Gle said something about fifty-one,"
murmured the father, still in his
dream. 81 thought all stock sold for
hundred dollars a share"
Think Of such innocence! 1t didn't
seem possible, somehow, in a full
grown man. But he had lived all his
life in the dreamy atmosphere of his
little southern town, where practical
things had no part. This man to be
one of the organizers oil power COM
pany!
"That is par value" l explained.
New stock is sometimes offered be-
low par, though ffty-one is an un-
usually low price. 1t means that
person could buy practically two
shares for the price of one by taking
it quickly.
"And that means" Alive began
wide-eyed.
at means" rushed on reckIessly
-"it means that with two-hundrcd
ard fifty thousand dollars one could
purchase enough shares to have, with
an extra temper cent allotment such
as your father is to get, more than
enough to control the directorate,
eject his own officers, and handle the
company's affairs just as though lie
was the sole owner"
But wouldn't that be just bit dis
honest?" asked the old man, and his
soft womaheyes fairly prayed for a
denial.
mot at ALL" plunged on. "The
Swelton Company will turn over its
money quickly, and the forty-nine per
cent of the stock left after you have
secured all that you need will net
them a clear profit of nearly quarter
OF a million. Pretty good for three
days"
"And you can sell that stock to US ,"
She was standing now.
eyes"
She stood in front of me, close to
me. Her hands went to my shoulders
with the gesture of an unconscious
child; soft breath brushed my cheek
as she spoke
"You will?" she pleaded. "You
will make our dream come true?"
The lump that came to my throat
choked me; my eyes were filled with
her wonderful loveliness; my ears
rang with her eager, pleading voice,
and
! nodded
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
SUBMARINE IN ACTION.
Submarine Craft Built for U. 9.
Navy


Navy
There are few persons outside OF
the navy who have ever seen a sub
marines fins" in action. The mod
ern submarine craft built for tho
United States navy are all provided
with these lateral rudders, but when
the vessels are at the surface or mov-
ing in level plane under water the
fms are folded back into recesses in
the sides of the hull.
The purpose of these fms Is to
aid the submarine to rise or sink on
an even keel. "Porpoising," or ris-
ing and diving at an angle, is avoid
cd in submarine practice as much as
possible.
The lateral fms are attached to the
hull by ball and socket joints, so that
they may be rotated to give a plan
ing effect either upward or down
ward.-Popular Mechanics.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23

Careful driving isan enormous fac
tor in successful tire life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
In Bad Company

A countryman in Savannah observed
gang of darkies laboring on the
streets, each wearing ball and chain.
He asked one why that ball was chain
ed to his leg.
ITO keep people from stealing It,"
said the darky; heap of thieves about
here"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
Water Bearino Rocks.

All rocks contain some water, but
some, such as the GRANTEES, carry only
an inappreclative amount Sandstone,
on the other hand, has an absorptivs
capacity of gallon or more of water
to the cubic foot of rock and is the
best water bearer of the solid rocks.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER z6
OBEDIENCE AND k|NGsK|P
REVIEW

LESSON TEXT-Psalm ~.
GOLDEN TENT-The king shall
joy in thy strength. o Lord; and in
thy salvation how greatly shall he
rejoice. Ps. 81 i.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23
NO MORE CONSTIPATION

Wa-N-Ton Tablets easily and
quickly relieves this dreaded condi-
ton. A pill ut night will make you
right.
Wa-K-Ton Tablets are an old es-
tablished remedy for Constipation.
having been used successfully for 10
years by an eminent physician. Salts
faction guaranteed or money refund
ed. For sale by your druggist, Zoe
and zoe, or sent direct on receipt OF
price. Samples sent upon request.
WA-KI-TON CHEMICAL CO.,
6O4 So. st. Clair ST..
Toledo, Ohio
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-23

Investigations by the geological sur
vey of the erosion of numerous drain
age basins of the United States show
that the surface OF the country Is be.
r." '-.H'"' "'-'"v ut a rate Of about an
The Washington times., 1915-11-14

New York has taken most kindly to
Around the Map" the musical extrav-
aganxa which opened here, and is thor
O0ghly charmed with Else Alder the
young Viennese prima donna. who made
her American debut In the National
fhester in that production.