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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
AUSTRIAN WARSHlP
= IS TORPED0ED;; SINKS
(Rv limited Press }

Amsterdam, Dec. 12.-Vienna Of
fetal dispatches today report that the
Austrian battleship Vein was tor
pedoed and sunk Sunday evening. :.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
RETURNS TO DUTY

r E. Drury, who has been i'll at
bis home for the past two days, re-,
turned to his duties at the bemio1l
Manufacturign company's plant to-
day. = -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12

REMAINS BROUGHT HERE
The remains of ]. D. Stanley, who
died at Federal Dam yesterday, were
brought here on the 4:55 o'clock
train yesterday. He leaves q wife
and three children. ....> s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
BRICKLAYERS ARE LOYAL

Virginia, Minn., Dec. 12.-The
state bricklayers, masons and plas-
terers opened their convention here.
Their first act was to pledge support
to the government and congratulated
President Wilson on his war stand.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
TWIN CITY UNIONS
TAkINGSTRIKE VOTE,
RAILWAY SH0PMEN !.
!. IMPORTANT FACTOR:
(By United Press)

St. Paul, Dec. 12.-Formal voting
is taking place today by individual
unions to ascertain whether indi-
vidual organizations will support
the street railway strike.
Principal among the unions is
that of the shopmen of the railroads.
If they vote to strike they will at
tempt to get every man to go out
where a round house or ship is To-
Gated in the entire northwest.
The Pioneer late yesterday after
noon received a telegram from st.
Paul, saying that general strike
had been called throughout the Twin
Cities for 10 o'clock Thursday fore
noon. It will affect 10000 men.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-12
Strike Announcement,

st. Paul, Dec. 12.-Organized la
Dor will cease operations at 10 a..
m. Thursday, 1t was announced by
e. G. Hall, chairman of the execu
tive committee of Twin Cities union
men, at the close of a long confer
ence at Trades and Labor hall yes
terday afternoon. II
The executive committee, repre-
senting many branches of organized
labor, met again at II q. m. today.
The commonwealth., 1917-02-20
Biggest Little Dairy Country.


Denmark holds the world record for
intensive farming. After Germany had
taken Schleswig- -Holstein, Danish ex-
perts figured that their development
must come from within and they pro-
ceeded to develop the arid wastes of
Jutland, which have now become tre-
mendous producers of agricultural and
dairy products. The Danes claim that
they have solved most Of Europe's in
tensive farming problems and that
much Of German efficiency in this di-
rection has been learned from them.
The little kingdom is one of the great
est dairy producers of the world and
it's butter is exported to every part Of
the earth. It is found in Mexico, and
even in the far-off islands Of the anti
pOdes as we'll as in Patagonia. It's
England, is unexcelled and vast quan-
titles have been shipped for years to
all the countries of Europe. American
business men have always admired the
wonderful cow-feeding methods en-
ployed by the Danish farmers who
tether their cattle in rows in such a
way that they can eat but certain
section Of grass in a day. The next
day they are moved forward in the
meadows and it is worked out on such
minute basis that by the time the
COWS have reached the end of the pas
ture the grass is again ready for graz
ing at the beginning.-Wall Street
Journal
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full suitors, that the affair was like a
merrymaking in the gigantic conserv-
atory. At the foot Of the steps stood |
footman, resplendent in powdered
hair, with silk stockings, red velvet
coat and kneebreeches. At the edge |
Of the receiving line the old butler,
Griggs, kept calling each guests name
clearly and distinctly, SO that the
hostesses need not puzzle their wits
over who was who.
Gloria's heart pounded proudly be-
meath her chiffons. It was not half
bad to be a young queen in ones own
palace and at last to be considered a
real part of it. Yet as guest after
guest was presented to her aunt she
gave each only an instant's gracious
ness, then her eyes went beyond and
her ears strained for the magical
name of her idol-Freneau.
She did, indeed, give a little extra
honor to one old friend. AS DR.. Royce
mounted the stairs Gloria ran forward
from the line to greet him specially.
She presented him to her aunt, and
his heart glowed warmly with Gloria's
welcome. Aunt Hortensia's keen eyes
lit up with pleasure as she greeted
him, too, for something about the look
of his eye and. the grip Of his hand
:. gained her worldly wise favor. But
Gloria's affection for Royce was not
! love, and when he turned back to her
for a word he found her distrait. He
sighed and passed on to Lois, waving
her little hand to !. someone in the
ascending stream Of guests.
When Dr. Royce had shaken hands
with the rest of the hostesses he saw
Freneau already holding Gioria's hand.
There was an expression of ownership
on his face, and he made no bones
about incidentally holding up line
of indignant guests. Royce saw the
look of alteration in Gloria's coun
tenance, and he burned with righteous
} jealousy.
From this time on through the en-
| tire afternoon Royce made himself
Nemesis on the trail Of Richard Ere
) neau. Through the ballroom, the tea
room, the library and conservator!
Royce followed the Glorla-hunt1ns
: man. He could not do much, but 'e
: hoped TO shame Freneau G little, an
The commonwealth., 1917-02-20
Likely as Not,

The auto had broken down. A pair
Of legs protruding from underneath it
seemed to indicate the presence Of
someone attempting repairs.
Break DOWN." inquired a passerby.
"Oh, no; only playing kide-and-seek
with the works." came in muffled sar-
casm from the voice belonging to the
legs.
But the questioner was not easily
daunted.
What power car is it,"
Forty horse" came the reply.
What seems to be the matter?"
well, as far as I can judge" an
swered the cars owner, crawling from
under the wreckage, '39 of the horses
have bolted and the remaining one is
too upset to answer questions"
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flooded the corridors she did not get
watch over her and Gloria went homo
amazed at the cantankerous meddle-
someness of parents in love affairs.
She told her father that he ought
70 be in better business than playing
the demon chaperon, but he only
smiled. She was all he had and he
wanted to keep her to the last mo-
ment He wanted also to make some
Investigation of Freneau's behavior
and his reliability as a son-in-law. He
nod heard uttlittle about him, but that
little was not good.
The next day q rescuer appeared In
unexpected guise. Her aunt, the great
uortensia Stafford, called to see her,
-avad over her beauty and hailed her
90 q graduate from the ranks of girl
dom.
"You must have 4 coming-out par
~" she said, "and take up the duties
NJ womanhood."
pierpont violently insisted that
Gloria was only child. But he was
only a father and merely a brother
to Hortensia, so she waved him aside
es q nuisance. Gloria embraced her
feryently and thought her an angel.
She changed her mind when it came
70 sending out the invitations for the
debut, for Aunt Hortensia was a stick
,er for social selectness and she loved
to blue-pencil doubtful names.
Gloria made out list Of those she
wanted. There were dozens of girl
friends and few young men she had
known from baby-carriage days. She
wrote among these the name Richard
Freneau with loving fourishes. Aunt
Hortensia ran him through with one
straight thrust of her deadly blue
mcneil. Gloria protested, but Horten'
sia answered:
.T don't know him. don't wish to
know him. You have no time to know
him. Who is he?'
When Gloria started to tell her she
would not listen, and Pierpont had one
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Gloria had had enough Of the guests. |
sne wished that they would all 20. !
nome. instead they were still pouring. |
In. The slam of the doors of their !
cars could be heard even here, as mo-
tor after motor rolled up, emptied it's
human contents on the marble steps
and rolled away. i
What Gloria wanted now was a soli-
tude for two. Freneau was more than
willing: Seeing a young man coming
to whom she had promised several
dances and given none, Gloria fed
among the crowd, motioning Freneau
to follow. She led the way through
the dense wilderness of the conserya-
tory to marble bench, appropriately
placed at the feet of a fountain whero
q little old marble Cupid presided.
The trysting place was evidently pop
ular, for Gloria flushed one brace Of
plover when she parted the branches.
She did not recognize the young
man and woman who scurried away,
but she understood their longing for
quiet and would have apologized If
! they had fingered. But now that they
we're gone she smiled at Freneau and
invited him to sit beside her.
This is the nearest to the ever.
! glades we have" she said.
He lost no time in preambles. He
began: Gloria, dear, I've waited five
years for this moment, and I want
you to know that my heart has never
for one moment"
There was a rustic of palm leaves
and the swish of skirts. Someone was
invading their Eden. He sighed: "No
hope!"
Gloria whispered: "Never mind );
come out to our country place tomor-
row and I'll take you for a sleigh ride
behind my ponies. And I'll drive''
Freneau chuckled as he understood
He drew closer to the delectable witch
only to see over her shoulder the eyes
OF an earlier witch.
1t was Lois. Fearing that Gloria
might see her she retreated. But Doc
tor Royce had followed, too, and he
had seen Lois face as she watched
the lovers. He understood now the
fever that he had noted on her fac<
while before. He understood, too
that he had an ally in his battl'
, against F'reneau's prosperity will
. GlOria-not an altogether desirabl'
; ally, but all allies are welcome il
love or war; And this was both.
(TO BE CONTINUED
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cheerful moment. Gloria, however, ;
would not let her loyer be snubbed so
arrantly. She knew that argument
with this imperative relative was
worse than useless, SO she merely nod
ded her head in obedience and sat
about to circumvent her, fluttering
about again while her aunt returned
to her own list. Gloria annexed an
invitation, an envelope, and a pen, and
the deed was DONE An invitation to
Mr.. Richard Freneau reposed in the
basket with those all ready for the
mail, and with elaborate innocence
Gloria danced over to her ignorant
relation.
When that invitation was received
at the Office of Freneau e Mulry it
seemed like a message from heaven
to the almost broken brokers. The
business was in fearful shape and
they were about ready to close up
shop unless some miracle should oc-
cur to tide them over.
Mulry had been pacing the floor,
discussing ways and means; Freneau
was disgustedly beating tattoo on
the desk, when the Office boy entered
with the mail. On the top lay the
large envelope. Opening it, Freneau
read that Mr.. Pierpont Stafford and
Miss Gloria Stafford requested the
pleasure Of his company at debut
dance on q certain afternoon.
Freneau proudly showed it to Mulry.
Mulry blew long whistle and said:
What right have you got to get this -
Il saved her life," Freneau replied.
Mulry laughed, "Ah, go on" When
Freneau told him his version of the
story, wildly describing how little
Gloria had been lost in the everglades
or Florida and taken prisoner by Z
tribe Of Seminoles, and how Frenear
had tracked her through the wilder
ness and saved her from the young
chief who was determined to make
the girl his squaw, Freneau's Language
mad all the vividness that only f1ctiol
achieves. But Mu1ry still laughed:
You never saved a kitten from {
Poodle" He knew Freneau.
jreneau was furious, but Muir.
'o9,.ed him up and down with 4 con
temptuous admiration. Then, sober
Ing quickly, and taking the Invitation
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from Freneau's hand, he slapped him
on the back and said:
"The main thing is that she thinks
you saved her, so it's her turn to save
you. Marry her quick! We can bor-
row big wad on your father-in-law's
mere name"
Freneau saw the point and prom
ised. His triumphant smile did not
last long.
His mind shifted back and forth
like shuttlecock, weighing all the
chances. There was his ENHANCEMENT
with Lois. What double-dyed fool
he had been to flirt with Gloria's SIS
ter-in-lsw! How very careless of him!
She might spoil everything. She would
be bound to see and know something
of his courtship.
He felt sure he could win Gloria
over again as he had won her heart
five years before, provided he could
still pose in the light of a courageous
and faithful suitor. But Lois must be
kept from running everything. His
best chance lay in speed, he thought
and his ability to keep Lois quiet
His face cleared and his most
charming smile was turned to Mulry
"All right. Well marry her."
Standing at the head of the famous
Stafford stair, in line with her aunt
her girl friends, and Lois, was the
most exquisite debutante of the sea
son. Aunt Hortensia had seen many
in her long life, but she heaved q
small, polite sigh of great pride and
contentment as she glanced over the
1mperious young figure at her side.
Miss Stafford had insisted that sim
plicity be the keynote of her niece's
attire at this afternoon reception il
her honor; but the cunning OF The
dressmaker had contrived to caus,
the appearance Of simplicity over /:
most complicated study In beauty line
Yet above the wealth of fabric tn,
joyous youth of Gloria shone fort]
transcendent.
The house was so filed with flow
ers sent by admiring friends and hope
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07

A blossom blight may result from
infection of the blossoms. This is
commoPly the case the year after a Sc
we're outbreak of the disease, due to
the fact that the old mummied fruits
remaining on the tree in large numbers
are sources of infection during the
blossOming period. The blIghting Of
the blossoms sometimes results ir the
twigs becoming infected, due to the
disease gaining entrance into the
twigs through the blossom, It would
seem that the fungus cannot penetrate
into the twigs directly, hut only
through a blossom or a wound.
Rot After HarVesting.-When there
hasabeen serious outbreak Of the dis
ease, with the result that spores are
abundant in the orchard infected, every
fruit in the orchard is likely to have
spores on its surface, even though the
rot has not developed at the time of
harvesting. These spores may ger
inmate during favorable conditions in
transit, infect the fruit and cause II
to rot, and so a shipment that has left
the orchard, apparently in good condi-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07
QUEER DREAMS OF TRENCHES
Strange Part About Many Of Tkcs1,
Writes Soldier, Is That They
Come True.

zone favorite topic in trench life
Is the narration Of strange dreams,
true and otherwise. But without eX-
aggeratiOn, some of the dreams that
i have listened TO have come true"
writes n corporal in u Surrey Tegi-
ment. There is young Fillips, the
popular chimney sweep of Croydon,
before the war, he dreamed one
night that he would be gassed, and
sure within twenty-fOur hours that
turned out to be his luck. A mate
of mine had dream one night that
MS little sister, who was suffering
from tuberculosis, had passed away
ana appeared To him in. the dream
about two o'clock in the morning
When he got his next mall the
trench was dumbfounded to hear
him read that his sister actually
died at the time he saw her in his
dream!
Another fine young fellow had a
dream that he was riding over the
Lee marshes once more and fell into
the Lee, being rescued by one of us.
Three weeks afterwards he was near
ly drowned in one of the rivers to the
rear and was helped out when his life
was almost extinct. Some of the
dreams are just like most dreams, but
1t is a curious thing-I have noticed
ever since | have crossed the channel
how few dream of home. Our day
dreams are often about when the
ghaStly war will finish"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07

The deaths that occur every year
from electric shock have never been
recorded by the statiStician. but it is
estimated by one electric company that
they number many thousands. FOrtu.
nately, however, recent experiments
nave shown that persons apparently
dead from electric shock may be re-
SuScitated by a special kind of first
aid treatment. if given Immediately.
The victim is taken hold of by the
heels, which are raised slowly until
the weight of the body is on the shOul-
derS This is done several times in
succession, after which the bottom of
the feet are tapped vigorously with n
cane or stick. naSmuch as an over
dose of electricity causes the victim
to swallow his tongue, the mouth
should be opened and the tongue pulled
back into place the very first thing.
An encouraging number Of eases have
recovered when administered this first
aid treatment and ii is now being
taught by several electrical companies
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07
FUNGUS DISEASE AFFECTS FRUIT TREES

(By LEONARD r. HARTILL, Instructor
In Fruit Growing. New York State
School Of Agriculture on Long Island,
Farmingdale, N. "
Brown rot Is fungOus disease that
affects the peach, plum and cherry. It
is a well-knOwn disease wherever
stone fruits are grown throughout Eu-
rope and America, and Ii is probably
the most destructive disease affecting
these fruits. To q much less degree it
also affects some of the pOme fruits,
such as the apple and pear. During a
dry season the disease seldom appears
in an epidemic form, but If the sea-
son has been wet or muggy the dis
ease becomes very vlrulent and causes
large losses.
Descrlption.-The Brown rot first
appears on the fruit as a small circu-
lar spot, which under favorable cOndi-
tiOns soon involves the entire fruit in
decay. The fungus causing the dis
ease breaks through the skin of the
fruit, exposing small grayish tufts of
spOre-bearing threads, which give to
the diseased area a mOldy grayiSh-red
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07
IDENTIFICATION OF SEEDING GRASSES

the bud; collar broad, continuous
auricleS none; ligule membranous
short, truncate; sheaths not com
pressed, reddish pink below ground
blades fiat, sharp pointed, rough on
the margins, glossy beneath, nerved
above, three-Sixteenths inch wide
nerves separated into pairs by white
lines when viewed by transmitted
light.
This grass closely resembles both
Italian rye grass and perennial rye
grass. 1t may be distinguished from
Italian rye grass by its rOugh-mar-
gined blades (test with the tOngue)
and also by the nerves in the blades.
Perennial rye grass IS distinguished by
having its leaves folded in the bud.
Quack Grass.
Quack grass is a pale-green peren-
nial, creeping by its long rOotstocks !;
leaves rolled in the bud; collar broad,
continuous, hairy; auricles slender,
clawlike; ligule membranOus, short,
entire; sheaths hairy, not compressed; !;
blades fiat, finely hairy at the base,
sharp pointed, one-fourth inch wide !;
nerves broad, not prominent; root
stocks strong, elongate, one-eighth inch
or more in diameter.
This is common, very aggressive
grass. The hairs, while quite notice
able in the spring, are often invisible
in the fall unless lens is used. ,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07

1t is often desirable to identify
grasses and small-grain seedlings by
their vegetative characters. The usual
botanical classificatiOns based On the
structure of the Towering parts are not
useful for this purpose. Any mention
Of the leaves which may be included
in botanical descriptions is usually for
the purpose of confirming an identifca-
tion. In lawns and pastures the best
grasses are seldom allowed to reach
the Towering stage, and some grasses
change so materially in appearance as
they reach maturity that it is difficult
to see Il resemblance to the young
plants in those that have headed.
Difficult to Identity.
The seedlings of small grains are,
under all conditions, very difficult to
identify. Men who are constantly
growing these grains usually learn to
distinguish the different species. Even
certain varieties in a species are some
times recognizable. But there is great
variation even in the different varie-
ties, and the varietal differences in
each species make it difficult to find
of characters that will al
ways hold true for the species.
Following is the description of two
very common grasses, meadow fescue
and Quack grass:
Meadow fescue is tufted, glabrOus,
perennial; leaves rolled in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07

A well-knOwn scientist says that all
cubsts are little queer in the sky
light and that their art is nothing but
the outpouringS of diSOrdered brain.
But that is not all. The learned man
has also discovered that not only cub
lists but the whole world is crazy. with
the exception of you" and me" If
you are not victim of dementia of
youth, senile dementia, kleptomania
and all the other manias, you may be
sure your mental attitude has a crack
in it somewhere and it is sure to make
itself manifest sooner or later. And
this so soon after old high cost of liv-
ing got a rise out of us s!'-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07

appearance. Spores are produced in
great numbers by these spOre-bearing
tufts, and are borne by the wind and
carried by birds and insects from tree
to tree. Finding lodgment on the
fruit these spores germinate and pro-
duce another infection and another
crop Of spores.
The decayed fruit in a shriveled,
dried-up condition that has caused
them commonly to be called "mUm-
miles," may cling to the tree or fall to
the ground. The fungus living over
the winter in such mummies and
spores which are produced from them
in the spring start new infections. 1t
is also possible that the spores which
have been disseminated during the late
summer and have adhered to bud scales,
etc, may likewise cause infection the
following year.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-06-07

ton, may reach the market badly de-
cayed.
ControI.-Destroy all mummified
fruit during the autumn. Peaches
should be thinned so that no two fruits
are touching on the tree. Spray peaches
two or three weeks after the petals
fall, using $3.50 self-boiled lime-sul-
phur. Spray again two or three weeks
later with the same spray, and again
about month before the fruit is ex-
pected to rfpen.
For the control of Brown rot on
prune and plum spray as in the case
of the peach, but use commercial lime
sulphur (32 Baume), one part of the
commercial lime-sulphur to 40 parts
of water. a,.,.. ...
For control of Brown Rot on the
cherry spray as for the peach, but use
boiled lime-sulphur 10-10-40.