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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12

Another excellent paper read be-
fore the Red River Dairymen's an
nual convention held in Bemidji was
that by A. J. Mcclure of the Uni
versity of Minnesota's Agricultural
college, his topic being devoted to
the beginner in the dairying busi-
ness, in which Mr.. Mcclure conveys
valuable hints to those who are not
versed in the business. He says:
'"The subject your convention has
assigned to me to discuss, Problems
for the Beginner in Dairying,' covers
very wide field. The problems that
confront the beginner in dairying are
the ones that follow the dairyman on
to his prime of life and are with him
even in his old age. They are never
entirely settled but they can be
handled. The knowledge of under
standing them is like the staff with
which we lead a bull. It enables us
to handle them more safely. .2
1.-THE Red River Valley Dairymen's
association is fifteen years old. Dairy
farming here about Bemidji is fif-
teen years old. Our good friends
Mr.. Cort, who has attended every
dairy convention in Minnesota for
the past thirty-five years, would like
to be here. Fifteen years is a good
age. It is the time, or should be,
when we come to the age Of under
standing, and cannot help but feel
that Bemidji and this section Of
Northern Minnesota, which is not,
strictly speaking, part Of the Red
River valley, has been singularly
honored by having the convention.
g. .s.7cese Understanding First.
I, "But coming to problems Of the
beginner In dairying al would say
that the first and most important
problem is that OF having a proper
understanding of dairying. The old
saying that knowledge is power"
applies to dairying as 1t applies to
any business in which success is not
easily won. would say to the be-
ginner in dairying, study the sub
ject of dairying as you studied your
lesson when boy at school. To
know that COW Is a COW and that
like Bill Nye's cow, she gives milk
occasionally, Is not enough. If we
who have studied dairying longest,
are still In pursuit of dairy knowl-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
40 INFLUENZA CASES
SINCE SCHOOL OPENED: y:
WEEK XMAS VACATION

According to survey Of the in
fluenza epidemic, so far as it affects
the schools Of the city, the report
states that practically 20 per cent
of the attendance is short, Since the
opening of the schools last week,
Monday, forty cases have developed,
about a third being out according to
the school nurse on account Of in
fiuenza, or sickness in the home or
nervousn ess over the epidemic.
The school drinking fountains are
again in use, having been closed last
week. The representative Of the
state board Of health, who came here
and secured samples Of the water,
has made NO report to the city au-
thorities, but Superintendent Bolcom
asked the mayor if he thought there
was any danger from contagion. The
mayor replied that If 1t had been
found there was any serious danger
telegram would undoubtedly have
been sent. President Smith Of the
school board was then asked his opin-
ion and he replied that In view Of
the situation to reopen the foun-
tains, although there might be a
question as to the purity Of the
water.
Christmas vacation will, in all
probability, last only one week, ow-
ing to the schools having been closed
several weeks on account of the in
fuenza. Night school will also start
when school reopens after Christmas
A change has been made in the line
advocated by the war department,
and now the course Of study will in
clude vocational instruction to fit
those desiring the special training to
fit themselves in the manual train
ing department, for Industrial work
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
u. 5. NAVY IS PROMISED
PLENTY 16-INCH GUNS
(By United Press. J

Washington, Dec. 12.--An expan-
sion of ten times the capacity of
peace times was necessary in the
making facilities of the navy,
Rear Admiral Earle's annual report
today shows.
Earle's the man chiefly responsible
for mounting the 14-inch navy guns
for army use in France, points out
Iished with Comparatively satisfac-
tory" results, though he suggests it
was surrounded by important diff
eulties.
Concerning the 16-inch guns to be
supplied battleships, Earle says:
During the past year, the bureau
has proved (tested) the 16-inch So
caliber gun. The test proved sue
cessful beyond expectation and this
gun promises to be an exceptionally
splendid piece Of ordinance. The
production program of the 104 guns
OF this type required has now been
started, and 1t is anticipated that
the guns will be ready to meet the
building program"
Earle points out the navy was able
to lend the army 12-inch, 1O-inch,
s-inch, finch and 6-inch pieces.
Several new kinds of mines were
evolved by the ordinance branch
during the year, and the production
was in enormous quantities. Still
another important development of
the year was that of making depth
charges for anti-submarine work.
The American variety proved parti-
ularly effective.
Earle SCOTS at use of long range,
small shsll freak guns such as the
one Germans used against Paris,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12

your secretary is the Estates Re-
lation of the Dairy Industry" While
/ wish to discuss this subject briefly,
/ feel that the attitude of the State
Dairy >& Food department has been
SO generally known for many years
past that the people Of the state have
no reason to doubt that the depart
ment is alert at all times, and has
put forth an ernest effort to encour-
age profitable dairying within the
state. -
State Cooperating.
las far as the present attitude of
the department is concerned, I can
assure you that it is our aim to as
sist in every possible way to promote
the dairy industry. While we are
spending considerable state money In
our educational work for better and
more profitable creamery and dairy
methods, l am sure I need not apol-
ogize for it, as the dairy industry
is such valuable asset to the state
that it is worthy of the best efforts
Of which we are capable. An in
dustry is second to none in impor-
tance, when we consider the general
only be encouraged by state depart
ments but should be boosted at every
opportunity by every citizen, of the
state.
Dairying and prosperity has ever
gone hand in hand, and always will.
Dairying Is Business.
Dairying is as much of business
as is any other business, and the
fellow who makes a study of dairy
ing eventually reaps the largest
profits. The grade cow, or even the
average scrub, Is not only good
enough but will prove satisfactory
to most any man going into the
business. While would not for one
moment belittle. the pure bred cow
or discourage the man whose ambi-
tion it is to own high grade, pure
bred herd, yet do wish to call at
tention to the fact that the common
COW has done wonders for Minnesota
and will undoubtedly play an inn
portant part in our dairy work for
some time to o&con1e. Il -. r =. ' ": =
1.-THE specialized dairyman will al
ways patronize his own local cream
cry, because his success depends to
a great extent upon q good market
for his product. He knows that it is
a loss in quality and good money to
sell his cream to any creamery or
buyer who will accept a poor grade,
as lower grade of dairy products
must eventually prove detrimental
to the best interests of the men who
milk the COW. ~ -
"Predictions have been freely
made in the past that this northern
section of Minnesota will some day
develop into one of the greatest
dairy regions in the northwest, and
1t is up to you people who believe
in the possibilities of Northern Min
nesota to assist in spreading the
dairy gospel and to encourage this
great industry which means so much
to your happiness and prosperity"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
FACE MACHINERY STILL.
ALLEGED DISLOYALIST
ARRESTED BY SHERIFF
BY William P. Simms.

Charged with teaching and advo-
eating that citizens of the United
States should not support their coun-
try in carrying war with it's public
enemies, William S. Ridgeway of the
Fifth ward was taken into custody
yesterday by Sheriff, Johnson. The
accused was arranged before Judge
Stanton and pleaded not guilty, be-
ing held for trial, probably on Satur-
day., the slight delay being on ac-
count Of the call Of the civil cal
endar.
Ridgeway was indicted last Sep
tember, but left the city and had
been absent since. Upon his return
he was "nabbed."
The jury in the case Of State VS.
Ray Schuster, charged with selling
liquor, found the defendent not
guilty
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
GIRL PLAGUE VICTIM.

The funeral of Irene Bye, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Bye, was held
this afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev.
Osmund Johnson, pastor of the First
Scand inavian Lutheran church, Off
ciatinE. Death came yesterday after
noon at 2:25 o'clock a. the home
She was ten years old and was the
oldest daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Bye
She had been suffering from the
Spanish influenza, which turned into
pneumonia and spinal. meningitis
The funeral was held at the home
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
Colonel E,ders.

NV brother-ln-law. stationed ,at one
of the Southern camps, says the ma
jority Of fellows In his camp come from
the Southern cotton fields and are H.
l!terate. Mail sent to them was al
ways Improperly addressed, and the
commander of their regiment, Wishing
TO avoid the confusion incidental to
locating the addresses of mail improp-
erly addressed, posted the following
notice:
"Please have your mail addressed as
follows: John Doe, COmpahy-Regi-
And in the next
batch of mail received Mt the camp
more than half the letters were ad.
Iresssd TO John Doe,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
MODERN BROTHERHOOD WILL
ELECT OFFICERS TONIGHT

The Modern Brotherhood Of
America will elect new officers for
the ensuing year tonight, and guest
Of honor will be w. L. Kinman, state
manager of the organization. After
the election and routine of the busi-
ness session, lunch will be served
followed by dancing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
B. A. G. CLUBS ANNUAL
ELECTION ON FRIDAY

There will be social get-together
and the annual election of officers
Of the B. A. c. club Friday evening
at 1880 in the basement of the Pres
byterian church. Every member
should be present
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12

Gutta percha derives its name from
the Malayan words gueta, a gum, ant
percha, n cloth. IT was introduced t'
the civilized world in 1S42 by Doctor
Montgomery, q Scottish surgeon.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
Uncle Eben.

"It's wrong" said Uncle Eben. "tc
shoot crap under any circumstances.
But somehow winnin' do ease yoh con
science
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12

1h" memory Of Florence Nightin'
yale. the worlds first woman war
nurse, is honored in the design of the
insignia of the American Army
Nurses school established recently.
Florence Nightingale In the Crimean
var was known is "the Lady Of the
Lamp" and the new insignia has a
Fnmp surperimnosed on the caduces
If the medical corps,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-12
PEACE PARLEY WAITS
: T.: ~: WILSON'S ARRIVAL
Il A~~~H ~ AAAAAAA 49,
BY Fred S. Ferguson.

H. BY Fred S. Ferguson.
Omitted Press Correspondent
Brest, France, Dec. 12--The George
Washington, bearing President Will
son and partye was six hundred miles
out from Brest when she last report
ed at midnight. She has taken a
shortened course and expects to ar
rive on schedule, Friday.
p ) PEACE MACHINERY STILL.
BY William P. Simms.
Paris, Dec. 12.--The peace ma
chinery is at a, standstill, pending
the arrival Of President Wilson so
he can be heard personally 1 ri.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Flaming Scows
Menace Jersey
Munition Stores
Blazing Oil in Passaic River
Hgnites Boats and
Freight Cars

KEARNY, N. j., June 2.-Blazing oil
which spread for three-quarters of a
mile along the Passaic River before
dawn this morning partly destroyed
two derricks and two scows owned by
the Speer Contracting Co., burned to
the trucks six freight cars on siding
adjoining the river, kindled the Penn
sylvania's freight bridge and threatened
shell-crammed warehouses of the
American Can Company. Fire Chief
Charles Greenfield is inclined to re-
gard the fire as suspicious.
John Morris, night watchman and
sole guardian of the contracting COM
pany's f1otilla, discovered the fire when
dense clouds of smoke enveloped the
scow on whose deck he was entertaining
ly reflected in topsy-tuvy fashion, COW
cred the surface of the river for near
ly half its width.
The night watcnman's face and
hands were scorched and his hair
singed in his dash for the shore. The
flames climbed the gunwales of the
boats and ran up the fifty-foot derrick
booms while he was telephoning an
alarm. When he returned driftwood
along the bank was blazing and smoke
was curling up alongside six freight
cars on a siding cf the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Freight cars and boats were blazing
when Chief Greenfield arrived with
that moored the scows and derricks
to the bank had parted and the boats
had drifted down with the tide to the
railroad bridge, where they lodged,
shooting sparks and en1bers against
the wooden ties and starting dozens of
small fires.
A Pennsylvania engineer saw the
danger and tied down his whistle cord.
The continuous wailing alarm brought
three more locomotives and the four
ran back and forth across the burning
bridge while their fremen sluiced
water from their 10000 gallon tanks
on the blazing ties.
The hosemen from Kearny turned
only point of the conhagration acces-
sible to their attack. and Chief Green
field cast about for reinforcements. the
ammunition-stocked warehouses Of the
American Can Company being close to
the water just below the bridge.
Close by the chief discovered the
hrand-new fireboat Christ1ana Baird.
just bought by the City of Newark,
which was to be delivered this week.
Her bunkers were full and steam was
up. Drafting some fircmen from the
freight car Job the chief put them
aboard and the Christiana Baird, Lot
yet full-fedeed .fireboat, had its
baptism Of flame. 1t was assisted by
the tug Henry jackson, equipped with
pumps.
The tide turned at about the time
into action, removing the peril from
the American Can Company's plant and
starting the blazing boats upstream
from the railroad bridge. The boats
were badly damaged The freight cars
were destroyed. The bridge was still
in commission. though several stretches
Of ties were charred. No estimate of
the damage could be obtained.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
6,OOO-Pound Safe
Proves Unsinkable
Inventor Within, II Drops Into
35 Feet of Water and Comes
to the Surface

To prove that his invention is un-
sinkable, Menotti Nanni, Chicago in
ventor, locked himself into a $1,000
pound safe which was thrown over
board in view of thousands at Battery
Park yesterday afternoon. After being
submerged in thirty-five feet of water
for nearly minute, the safe appeared
on the surface and the inventor was
released.
Nanni made the demonstration with q
view to having his invention accepted
by the government. He has already
been invited to make an exhibition in
Washington.
"The safe is absolutely burglar and
fireproof and it is unsuitable" he said.
~ have spent three years in its perfec-
tion and ! am ready to prove to any one
at my own expense that it is all claim
it to be-"
The safe, which is shaped like an
egg, was inclosed in large steel cylin-
der whose top came off the moment it
struck the water. The inventor refused
to divulge the secret which enabled it
to remain afoat indefinitely further
than to say that at was lined with
substance as solid as concrete, yet as
light as cork"
Nanni has been a resident Of this
country for ten years. He received a
technical education in Italy and began
his experiments in Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Edison Issues Thrift Plea

Thomas A. Edison is chief recruiting
officer in an effort to enroll 10000 resi-
dents of New Jersey in the Zone Thou
sand Dollar War Savings Club in New
Jersey" The qualification for member
ship being a pledge of economy and to
invest $1,000 in war savings stamps
during 1918 A letter written by Mr.
Edison is being distributed to pro-
spcctive members. In it he says:
"War is not fought with money, but
with men and materials, and the re-
sponsibility resting upon both of US to
set good example to the less for
tunatc in the nation by saving, invest
ing, going without and giving up, will.
if properly carried out. be of infinitely
more value than actual money devoted
to the purchase Of stamps. mans
generosity is measured not by what he
gives away, but by what he keeps for
himself.
"His going without is not measured
hy what he saves. but by what he con-
tinucs to spend. The wealthy man may
give generously and yet keep more for
himself than he really needs"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)

ASpeCMt D,SpHtCn 10 inc lriOhnc1
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Porto Rico,
Uncle Sans ward in the Caribbean,
has utHooverized" Hoover. The
people of this little island with far
fewer food substitutes than are avail
able to the average housewife in the
states, speaking a foreign language,
and with only the background Of one
years citizenship under the American
flag, have enacted laws enforcing two
absolutely wheatless days and one
meatless day each week.
Porto Ricos record in food conser.
walton is intimately dependent on the
administrative and diplomatic genius
of one man. Albert f. Lee, the Hoover
of Porto Rico. Food Administrator
Lee was in Washington last week to
report to his chief. A man of medium
height, Lee does not differ markedly
from thousands of other liye-wire
American business executives. Yet he
is different.
A native Porto Rican, born of an
English father and Spanish mother,
Lee is the embodiment of the stronger
qualities of both nations. The prob
lens which confronted him at the in
auguraton of his food conservation
efforts were most perplexing. The pco-
PIE OF Porto Rico were prosperous; the
war was remote. The merchandising
class was mostly Spanish and not in
frequently friendly to Germany. The
island was fertile soil for propag ganda
damaging to the cause of the Allies
and the United States.
The administrative problem in Porto
Rico, however, was in measure sim
plihed by the Porto Rican Legislature,
which created, with the assent of Gov
ernor Yager, food commission of
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03

Mrs. John r. Drcxel, MIR. and Mrs. E.
+. Stotesbury, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S.
Sloan, Mrs. Cameron MGR winslow,
Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. French
Vanderbilt. Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Sothern.
David Belasco. Daniel Frohman and
Henry W. Savage.
Elijah" was chosen by the directors
OF the festival because, while it is one
Of the half-dozen most famous ora
torios. it has not been heard very cften
in New York in recent years. 1t
abounds in arias which offer good op-
portunity for the principal and it's
sonorous choruses render it peculiarly
suitable for open air performance.
Singers Win Applause
Sophie Braslau. as the Angel, was at
her best in 80 Rest in the Lord" per-
haps the most popular of the arias.
Her clear voice reached every corner of
the field and every word was distinct in
the top rows of the grandstand. Nine.
Sundelius was just as roundly ap-
plaudcd for Hear Ye, Israeli the aria
which opens Pert of the oratorio.
elijah" was written before the com
posers learned to follow up each solo
with breathing space for applause,
and the clappng which followed Nine.
Sundelius's aria drowned several bars
OF the choral music that followed.
Oscar Seagle sang elijah" with rich
emotional effect. and showed true
understanding of the tragedy and dig
nifty of the part, particularly in recita-
tive passages. Charles Harrison sang
"Obadiah" and Miss Betty McKenna
"The Youth"
The thrift festival was the outcome
of conference six weeks ago between
Frederic w. Allen, director of war saw
ings, and committee Of theatre man
ayers. "Elijah" was decided upon,
Captain Charles B. Dillingham; was put
in charge Of the arrangements and re-
hearsals were begun Immediately by
choral societies, high schools and col
leges. From that day on the task of
the committee was one of elimination,
for applications for positions in the
chorus poured in from cities and towns
throughout New York State.
The festival opens an intensive cam
paign for war thrift in New York City
and the fact that everybody who was
at the Polo Grounds yesterday re-
ceived a thrift stamp on a card is re-
garded by the war savings committee
as assurance of large number of new
subscribers to Uncle Sans great thrift
loan
New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Blow for Freedom
Hits Bolshevik Eve
Ex-Russian Noble Resents Slur
on America by Trotzky
Associate

A marriage was being celebrated
yesterday afternoon in the Sunday
school room of ST. Mary's Russian
Greek Catholic Church, at 191 Penn
sylvania Avenue, in Brownsville. The
white satin costume Of the flower
crowned bride gradually was acquiring
an unbecoming CRIME from the fingers
Of the gallant Slavic gentlemen who
whirled her about the intricate figures
of Cossack dance.
Then there came shout from the
courtyard in the rear of the church, and
the sound of blows and Russian curses,
both noble and Bolsheviki. The wedding
guests, the bride and the bridegroom
and all the little children of the assem-
blage hurried into the yard, arriving
in time to see Stephen Bubeshko, the
eminent Bolshevik writer and former
editorial associate of Leon Trotzky,
pick himself out of the dust and nurse
with his handkerchief a rapidly swell
ing eye.
Snia Malits Romanof, a Russian
nobleman, who discarded his title when
he came to America twenty years ago,
was wiping his hard left fist with a
silken handkerchief, adjusting his frock
coat and the green jade pin in his
Ascot tie.
Don't ever insult American citizen
ship again." warned Mr.. Romanof at
the retreating figures of Mr.. Bubeshko
and his adherents.
The wedding party had to know all
the details, and so the story was re-
counted by Father John Kedrovsky
pastor of St. Mary's.
He explained that Mr.. Romanoff had
come to the parish house of the church
yesterday afternoon at the invitation
of officials of the Russian Slavonic
Mutual Aid Society, Inc, to explain to
the membership the aims and accom-
plshments of the recently organizec
Russian American Association, Of
which Mr.. Romanoff is president gen.
eral. Father Kedrovsky is temporary
vice-president general of the organiza.
ton.
Just as Mr.. Romanoff was entering
the church, Father Kedrovsky ex-
planned, Bubeshko and several Bolshe-
vlk adherents appeared and attempted
to question him about the new organi.
zation. Romanoff did not wish to be
| delayed, and one Of his reception com
mittee, Nikifor Kasack, naturalized
American, broke into the conversation
stating that "Tavarish", Romanoff had
no time TO waste.
"You shut up" Bubeshko is reported
to have said, you're just an American
citizen with no concern in Russian
matters"
"Since when has it been considered
dishonorable to be an American citi.
ZEN" queried Mr.. Romanof, wrath.
fully.
"You shut up, too" shouted Mr.
Bubeshko, you're here to cheat the
people"
1t was at this point that the wedding
celebration was interrupted by the
| sound of the impact of Romanoff fist
on Bolshevik eye. When the excite
ment was over Mr.. Romanoff delivered
his talk.