Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 30, 1913, Page 1

i | ——=] = g ¥ ez m—— ‘higher than the VOLUME 11. NO. 208. SAYS TELEPHONE IS STILL LUXURY Representative Lewis Gives Table Of Figures Showing Rate Reductions In “Postalized” Countries “USED ONLY BY WELL-T0-DO” Comments on Fact That Nearly Every Foreign Nation Has Cheap- er Service Than United States H. Tavenner. 30.—In his able analysis of the telephone From Congressman C. Washington, December monoply of this country and the ef- fect it has had in keeping rates so high, that in the language of a re- port of the Bell system itself, the that the tele- phone is still a “luxury” and a than a public nec- cessity. Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland, gave some strik- confession is made “con- venience” rather ing tables of figures showing the greatly reduced rates and the in-| creased public use of the telephone | after it had become ‘“‘postalized” in various foreign countnies. Only a few of these figures are necessary to show that America is| far behind the foreign nations in ta- | king full public advantage of the great invention of the telephone. Mr Lewis declared that if the phone were in greater use, the American rates would not be tolerated for an instant. It is only because the| comparatively well-to-do have the| telephone that the outery against] the private monoply is not gl’nale\r,‘ But here are some figures. In phone pays an average of $.005 for each local call. Tn the United States the average is $.024. The American local phone call rate is five per cent American letter rate. In Sweden where letters sent for about 2 1-2 cents each, the letter rate is over four times the phone rate. The United States ranks 14th in the expense of telephone ser- vice. Phone service is cheaper in practically every country in Burope. Among 15 countries which have long distance telephone. service, the United States ranks 11th in point of expense to patrons. The average charge for a long distance call in the United States is 19 cents. In Ger- many it is three cents. In Great Bri- tain it is 12 cents. A better comparison is in point of distances over which phone messages are sent. In the United States the Bell company charges an average of 60 cents to telephone for 100 miles, $1.80 for 300 miles, $3.00 for 500 miles and $4.20 for 700 miles. Com- pare these with the Swedish rates of eight cents for 100 miles, 13 cents for 300 miles, 20 cents for 500 miles, and 24 cents for 700 miles. Long distance tolls in the United States, where private corporations own the lines, are far heavier than in any foreign land where the phones are part of the post office system. In Christiana it costs a telephone subscriber a flat rate of $21.44 a year for a phone. In Tokyo, Japan, this charge is $34 and it is $34.09 on the average in Auckland, New Zealand. In New York, with a ser- vice limited to 5,7000 calls per year, the annual flat rate charge is $28, in San Francisco (unlimited) $180, in Washington. $168; in Boston. $125. On the flat rate basis it costs a subseriber to the Swiss telephone an average of $.0108 per call for 10,- 0000 calls; Sidney, Austrialia, for 10,000 calls, an average of $.0086 per call; in Vienna, $.01; in Paris, $.0077. Compare this with the New York average of four cents per call for 10,000 calls; San Francisco, $.0265; Cincinnati, $.033;" and Bos- ton, $.033. The effect on the increased use of the phone is apparant. In Den< mark there is an average of 761 long distance conversations per phone instrument each year; in the Netherlands this average is 634; each German phone instrument is used 301 times per year for long dis- tance; while ‘in the United States, which stands 14th in the list, the average is but 48 long distance calls. At The Brinkman All the reading and study in the world cannot convey. one- half as much of the awful magnitude of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the de- struction of Pompeii as a few short minutes of George Kleine's great photo drama “The Last days of Pom- | peii,” adapted from Lord Lytton's Tamous novel. With the reader and student much is left to the imagina- tion but in the pictures it is brought out in vivid realism and the impres-. sion is photographed forever on the brain through the world’s most won- derful camera,—the eye. Mr. George Kleine’s photo drama “The Last ] of Pompeil” will be presented T | Sweden a subscriber to a government | y are| Mo _torisf” S OUT The new monthly magazine published in Bemidji in the interest of the AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS N SALE AT ABERGROMBIES 3rd Street ABERCROMBIES Beltrami Avenue HOTEL MARKHAM 10¢ THE COPY Subscription Price, $1 a Yr. TO0 HAVE NEW YEAR VIGIL Swedish Lutherans To Watch 0ld Year Out And New Year In The members of the Swedish Lu- 1 chu will have a New Year Wednesday night to watch the old year out and the new year in. The meeting “will Degin in , the church building at, 8:30 and will continue until after midnight when the new year begins. There will be m of instrumental and vo- cal music and short speeches. A lunch will be served at 10 o’clock. To watch the old year out and the new year an old and pretty custom and is still observed by a number of churches. in is GAME TO BE HARD FOUGHT remidji Rooters Predict Close Score When Club Five Meets Grand TForks Quint Thursday LOCAL BOYS WORKING HARD Basketball enthusiasts -of Bemidji will be given an opportunity to wit- ness one of the best games on a Be- midji floor in many years when the Athletic club five will meet the fast Grand Forks gquint New Years night. Both teams have records showing long lists of victories and no defeats, and the winner in the battle of Thursday ‘night will take a promin- ent place in the basketball circles of Minnesota and the Dakotas. Many of the Grand Forks players have friends here that formerly re- sided in that city or in Crookston, who will turn out on this occasion and boost for their home town. Be- midji will not be lacking supporters as has been shown in formers games. Horns, drums and megaphones will figure prominently and members of the Athletic club wil be on hand to do their share of cheering to show their loyalty for the home team. Arrangements have been made with the management of the Trainmen’s ball which will be given after the game to allow the visitors free admission to the hall. MARRIED YESTERDAY John Doane who resides on a farm near this city, obtained a marriage license yesterday afternoon to wed Miss Lelia Frink. Shortly after the license was secured the couple were married by Judge M. A. Clark. This couple will undoubtedly have the distinction of being the last to be married in Beltrami county in 1913 as'n6 licenses had been issued at THE . CUB REPORTER noon today. AF YOUL THINK MY Dl W6 |5 Goon . FOR MUTHIN' Boss-| TES WATCH HiM CATEH THAT RAT re for two nights| WOULD CONSERVE RADIUM SUPPLY Secretary Lane Seeks Withdrawal :0f Tracts Suspected of Containing Metal For Good of Public ASKS CONGRESS TO ACT ON IT Urges Resolution Empowering The President to Hold Lands In Public Domain—Chemists Experiment PR Washington, Dec, 30.—Secretary Lane proposes to withdraw all lands of the public domain suspected -of containing radium that their precious deposits may be secured-for the pub- lic good and not become the subject of private speculation. Mr. Lane outlined his plan in a let- ter to Chairman Foster of the house mines committee, urging immediate passage of a joint congressional reso- lution to empower President Wilson to make the withdrawals. By the terms of the proposed reso- lution the secretary of the interior would be authorized “to conduct ex- plorations and researches with a view to determining the practicability of developing from such ores a supply of radium and to provide a supply of radium for the use of the government and the hospitals of this country.” Secretary Lane points out that there are only two grams of radium at present in the United States. It is valued at $120,000 a gram. All has been procured from Europe. Preserve Metal for People. “Three-fourths of the radium pro- duced in the world during the year 1912,” said Secretary Lane, “came from American ores, yet we have, up to this time, taken no steps whatever to preserve for our own pecple this invaluable metal.” In view of the known effectiveness of radium in the treatment of cancer and the difficulty now experiencd in obtaining a supply of it, Secretary Lane says, that as cne person in every ten in this country more than fifty years of age suffers from can- cer “it is diflicult to over estimate the necessity for securing immediate- ly as large a supply as possible of this mysterious remedy. “Radium is found in ores carrying uranium and vanadium, which- are used extensively in the arts and pro- cesses . by which it is extracted are secret. A process has.been invented by the chemists in our bureau ot mines which promises from the lab- oratory experiments thus far made to be successful.” MORRIS GOES TO. GARSKE Vietim of Bold Holdup Man Leaves For Home of Bride-To-Be Entirely broke, but appearing ab- solutely happy, week ago was robbed of $690, money which he was to use for his wedding, Joe Morris who a which was to have taken place this week, left yesterday for Garske, North Dakota, the hom of his bride-to be. Morris proudly’ showed a letter received from his sweetheart, assur- ing him of her continued love and requesting that he come to her: as soon as possible. Friends sent him money with which to make the trip. The marriage will probably be per- formed soon. No trace of the man who robbed Morris of the money has been found. Morris was slugged and choked when the crime was committed, and hss not yet entirely recevered. Mining Men Here ‘William Tappen, of Hibbing, as- sistant superintendent of the Hib- bing district of the Oliver Iron min- ing company, and Elwood Booth, who is also connected with the samg company, are Bemidji business visit- ors. Mr. Tappen wil return to Hib- bing tomorrow, but Mr, Booth wiH remain in Bemidji for several weeks. Mr. Booth is a lieutenant in the Hibbing militia, having been elected to that position by the unanimous vote of the members of the company several months .ago. Miss Lillian Barrett of Interna- tional Falls, is’the guest of her sis- ter, Miss Dora Barrett, of this city. Miss Lottie Brennan of Wilton was in the city calling on friends and doing some shopping Monday. Wiy QUEEN MOTHER DEAD Stockholm, Dec, 30— (Special to the Pioneer)—Queen Mother Sophia died here to day at the age of 78. She suffered actually for several days and death was the Tesult of an attack of inflammation of the lungs. FEDERAL ARMY RETREATS Presidio, Texas, Dec. 30—(Special to the Pioneer)—Federal army of 4,000 men at Oj.iu_?g}‘ opposite here, put to flight last night by 200 Con- stitutionalists fram. Chisuaua in darkness. Many {Federals. crossed 'river to American side but all except wounded forced back by - United States troops , BOWLING REGORD BROKEN Spillers Roll Total 'of 2,518 In Three Games Defeating .Gophers In City Le2gue Game By 21 Pins CHANGES CHAMPIONSHIP ASPECT Bemidii bowling records were sent - glimmering last evening| when the Spiller five defeated the Gophers in a city league con- test by .the small total of 21 pins. The game-was the most interesting of any played since the organization of the league several months ago. The fact that the Spillers and the Gophers were tied in the league race alone caused much interest in the contest last evening and the scores rolled were far above the average. The one game score was’ broken by four pins, the Spillers rolling 906. This record was formerly held by the Bingers, with 902 pins toppled. The total number of pins secured in the three games was 2,513, this also es- tablished a new record. The game started off with a rush and when the dust.had cleared away it was found that the Spillers had won by 98 pins, having bowled 906 to their opponents,; 808 The Gophers came back strong m ‘the second game and won by 110 pins. This placed the teams only twelve pins apart when the last and deciding game was begun, with the Gophers in the lead. The last game went to the Spillers. The scores rolled last night follow: Gophers Given 189 176 178 Naugle 149 149 177 Given (Capt) 178 171 160 Newton 118 208 150 Dennis 174 161 164 808 865 819 Total i 2,492 Spillers Gillette (capt) 192 149 -194 Berrigan 158 176 210 Hansen 186 157 154 Howe" 189 116 126 Willey 181 158 168 906 155 852 Total 2,513 The next game was scheduled for tomorrow night.but because of the absence of Henry Cominsky from the city and an injury to Barney Popp’s thumb the contest has.been postpon- ed. Last evening’s game changes the aspect of the championship race some what. The Spillers and Go- phers had been considered the weak teams of the league, but from their scores last night they are to be con- sidered. Either team will make it in- teresting for their opponents in fu- ture games. Stending of the Clubs w. L. Pet. Clippers 2 L 1,000 Spillers 1 1 500 Bingers 1 1 .500 Orioles 1 1 500 Phoenix 1 1 600 Gophers 0 2 500 Nat Given and William' Berrigan were tied for high' average last evening, each having 181. The high |score went to Berrigan with 210, |Hundred of Jobs in Woods qt Nor- thern Minnesota And Lack 'Qt Help Is Draw Back to Contractors LOGGERS MUST HAVE SNOW Many Million Feet of Timber Cut And Skidded( And Operators Must Have Several Weeks of Sledding Excuses such as, “I am walting to be shipped out, but there is' not enough work in the woods on ac- count of the weather,” are not to be relied upon any longer by the many men who have been hanging around Bemidji during ther past few months. Employment agents, who a.month ago complained that their orders were few and far between and called’ for only a few men, are today call- ing for more men. ‘The camps are minus hundreds of laborers and work 1is being held back to a’ large extent. Consequently the police are telling the idle man to either go to wark or “clear out.” Good wages are being offered and inducements made in attempts to get ‘the woodsmen. Many Now Coming Around Christmas men were so scarce that the majority of the lum- ber camps were forced to work with- less than-half a crew and logging operations were almost at a stand- still. Men are now coming in more rapidly and many large shipments are being made daily. The largest shipment made this month by any of the agencies was made by A, F. An- derson this morning when he ship- ped 60 men to the Red River Lumber Company, Camp 23, Houpt, Funkley and Akeley. _ Need §now Unless Northern Minnesota - is visited by a heavy snow fall during the next two weeks many of the smaller camps will be forced to ceage operations. Logging is ' new at a stand still with the Pine Tree Lumber Company who have camps at Pine Tree.- Spur. More timber has been out to date and placed on skids than can be hauled to the landing before warm weather unless conditions: im- prove in the next few days. Build Ice Roads Several of the larger camps have built ice roads and are now haul- ing but there is considerable work which they cannot do without snow. According to lumbermen who have many years experience in the woods, this year has been the best ever known in the north for cutting and skidding and with snow plentiful the winter- would be ideal for logging. George Cochran and son, a firm which is perhaps the largest in nor- thern Minnesota, are not hindered to~a great extent by the lack of snow as their railroad of seven miles at Bena takes care of their needs. PROVES UP ON 160 ACRES Kristian Eriksen Made Final Proof On Land in Town of Quiring Final proof was made yesterday on 160 acres of land in the town of Quiring on a tract in township 151 range 31. Mr. Eriksen has made many improvements on his land since first settling in that vicinity over three years ago. The land is in excellent condition for agriculture purposes. WILL DANCE NEW YEARS Firemen Have Leased Hall At Ny- more And Will Give Initial Ball Not 1to be out done by the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen have leased the Ny- more opera house New Year’s night and will give ‘their dinitial ball. This order now has many members and the purpose of the dance will be to ob- tain funds to purchase galia, (6 -LOCETTIM LET THAT ONE GET Not Only A Good “Ratter”-But Also A Good “Calfer” SAY LABOR SCARCE‘ | < Michigan Executive Says State Will Handle Moyer Affair. Copyright by H. E. NIx. Governor Ferris Sees No Reason For Federal Interference Big Rapids, Mich., Dec. 30.—John B. Densmore, a solicitor of the federal department of labor, conferred with Governor Ferris at his home here concerning the strike sftuation. _ Mr. Densmore left for Calumet im- mediately afterward. “I am still of the opinion that there is no necessity for the federal author- ities to take action in this affair,” the governor said. “There is a grand jury now in session at Houghton. Moyer or anybody else can go before that body and get justice. It is strict- ly a state matter and Miclflgan can handle it.” Afterthe conference Governor Ferv 1is said that Solicitor Densmore:had explained that he did not come to Michigan to begin a federal investi- gation into - the strike conditions. START STEENERSON BOOM Progressive fiepublicans to Seek .En- dorsement of Crookston Man For Governor at Convention 2 BROTHER OF THE CONGRESSMAN That there is a movement on foot to indorse. Elias Steenerson, former postmaster at Crookston and brother of Congressman Halvor Steenerson of that city, as a candidate fo: gov- ernor at the convention of the Min- nesota Progressive Republican lea- gue in Minneapolis January 6, was reported in political circles today. That the leaders in the league are planning to consider candidates for head of the ticket and indorse some one.has been known for some time. W. E. Lee of Long Prairie, candidate for Governor. at the primaries in 1912, and J. A. Peterson of Minnea- polis, candidate for senator in the same primary, have been interview- ing members of the league in the hope of getting the indorsement, it is reported. But, according to the re- ports, the ruling forces in the league have agreed on- Steenerson and will attempt to put through the indorse- ment. 5 Steenerson has been prominent in several ‘fights. against railroads and Minneapolis grain men and his name .| is coupled with some important suits that have been. decided in the courts. Representative A, F. Telgen of Montevideo, a member of the House committee -which investigated the grain situation, also has been seck- ing the indorsement, it is said, but has been given little encouragement. Paul Howe, who is connected with the Northern National bank office force, returned this morning from Red Wing, where he has spent his lodge re-]Chrlstmas vacation with his par- ents. By uHOPv STRICTLY A STATE MATTER] ALDERMEN JUMP ON MUNICIPAL COURT Council Members Claim That Fines Collected For Crimes Are Insuf- ficient and Lack Force POLICE ARE NOT PROTECTED Instance Recalled Where'Officer Of Taw Was Assulted A{ld Offender _ Let Off By Paying Two Dollars That the municipal court of Be- midji is not severe enough in in- stances of crime, that the police of the city are not co-operated with and the receipts of the court are insuf- ficient, were points brought out by the members of the council at the. last meeting of the year, held last evening, i It all came about when George Stein, city clerk, read the report of (the municipal = court showing that but $38 dollars had been taken in by the court for the four weeks be- ginning November 22, and ending scembef 13. This amount -in- cludes both the police court and the civil court moneys. Easy at Bemidji Several alderman pointed out the fact that at present the city of Be- midji is refered to as the drunkards friend, by lumberjacks of the idle class. ' At Blackduck recently, said Alderman Bisiar, a man was fined $15 for ‘a minor crime. He paid the fine after remarking that if he had performed the same trick in Be- midji be would have gotten off with a dollar fine or a suspended sentence. Rarely is a man who has been found ' guilty, whether it is simple as- | sult, drunkenness are disorderly con- duct given more than a two dollar fine, and more often the fine or jail 'sentence is suspended. Policeman Assulted Recently a policeman found that he was unable to handle a man who he attempted to arrest. He called for assistance and a brother officer came to his aid. A charge of resist- ing an officer was made against the man.and he was fined two dolars. Comparison of the police records show that a year ago for the same length .of time as mentioned above there were 36 arrests and fines were collected to the extent of $73. This year there were 30 arrests and the fines. amounted to $23. Judge Cro- ‘well does not attach any costs what- ever to his sentences, claiming that the police are paid to perform their work. The salary of -the municipal court judge amounts to $1,300 a year while the clerk’s salary is $75 a month. INLAND - MOTORIST oUT Initial Number of Retail Automobile Dealers Association Monthly Mag- azine Placed On Sale Today PRESENTS NEAT APPEARANCE Bemidji’s“new magazine, the “In- land Motorist,” which is to be the official organ of the Minnesota Re- tail Automobile Dealers association, made its first appearance to the pub- lic today. The magazine is for sale at several Bemidji stores for ten cents per copy. The publishing of the “Inland Mo- torist,” was under the direction of C. W. Jewett, president of the As- sociation, and it was printed in Be- midji by the Pioneer Publishing company. The initial copy of the magazine contains .66 pages, completly filled with live news matter, cuts and ad- vertisements, It contains cuts of the officers of the association; a history of “the association and how it was organized; a story on the big Minne- -japolis auto show and other items of interest. “ARIZONA” AT THE GRAND ' Manager C. J. Woodmansee of the Grand theatre announced. this morn- ing that he has secured another Fa- mous. Player film as a New Year’s attraction. “Arizona,, is the name of the film and it is presented in six reels. The staging was done under the direct supervision of Augustus Thomas, the author of this play, and '|of many others which have made" tremendous successes. The six parts of ‘the silent drama -contain two " |Bundred and ten cenes and employ the services of more than one hun- dred: and fifty people. - The prin- cipals include such names as- Cyril Scott, Gail Kane, Gertrude = Ship- ‘man, Robert’ Bmderick—the original