Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 23, 1914, Page 1

" VOLUME 11. NO 254. PROSPECTORS GAIN RADIUM TERRITORY Chief Known Supply Lost To Gov- ernment In Less Than Two Weeks Time—Physicians Have Faith HOPE OF CANCER SUFFERERS Greatest Radium Supply In World Is In Paradox Valley Of Colorado And Utah Containing 400,000 ‘Acres From Conéressmu C. H. Tavenner. "Washington February @3.—The cry to save the radium supply of the United States for the' entire public ‘has probably come too late. Accord- ing to confidential information which nas just been re- ceived by the Department of the In- terior, the known radium lands of the United States—and this means the clief known supply of the world —has fallen into the hands of pro- spectors with in the space of two weeks’ time. Any law which Con- gress may now enact to guarantee & government monopoly of the price- less metal will probably prove ab- ortive. Thus has the government missed its greatest opportunity of the pre- sent century to preserve to the peo- ple one of the country’s most pre- cious resources. Future generations of the sick will probably have to pay tribute to private owners of this great curative. Wihile it is a mistake to advertise any cure as absolute until time has proven it so, yet as nearly as science can «determine itoday radium is a cure for certain forms—the external —cancer. The same government ex- perts who rejected the - Friedmann tuberculosis serum, are about con- vinced that the remarkable cases of Dr. Kelly of Baltimore prove the curative power of radium in the case of cancer. Seventy-five thousand die annual- Iy of cancer. Radium is their great hope. There is no reason for dis- believing that® future experiments will show its curative power on -all cancers. Dr. Kelly, who has been working with it for six years, has been carried by enthusiasm out of the usual reticent calm of the -sci- entists. His brother physicians are calling him unethical for advertis- ing ithe radium cure. But Dr. Kelly has been miracles unfolded be- fore his eyes, and the ethics of the situation do mot appeal to him. Nor do they appeal to the government scientists who have witnessed some of the redium cures. - “We will have to wait five years to see if the cancers reappear,” say ithe conservative physicians. “1£ they do we will treat them with radium again,” replies Kelly, who ¥alls radium wvariously “the invis- able surgeon’s knift” and “the light from heaven.” « All of the American radium sup- ply is in the carnotite ore lands of the Paradox Valley in Colerado and Utah, so called because the river crosses the valley instead of running| down the middle of it. Here are 400,000, acres of radium land. It is the greatest supply in the world. All of the world’s radium produced in 1911 and 1912 came from this val- ley. There are in this country today only two grams of pure radium, one of which is owned by Dr. Kelly. 1t is estimated that it will be possible to itake 900 grams of radium from the Paradox Valley, enough to treat every case of cancer in the United States. It was planned by Secretary Lane and others to preserve this supply as & government monopoly, distri- buting it among the various hospi- tals of the Public Health service, where cancer cases could be treated free. But while the agitation for this plan was. in progress: there was a rush of prospectors from Denver and Salt Lake City to the Paradox Valley, and in a little while all of the 400,000 acres had been staked off in mining claims. Since regis- tration of ithese claims is donme in state ofices, it will be three years before the government can know of- fcially that the land is gone, since the prospectors have three years in which to file claims for patents on the land. Senator Thomas’ bill intends to undo the evil, It provides that all claims for radium land taken after January 15, 1914, must be sold to the government. But this consti- tutes what is known as a retroactive law, a thing which has been declar- ed unconstitutional by the. Supreme Court. PLAN TO REDEEM CHICAGO ‘Three Great Auditoriums. to Be Used in Church Campaign. Chicago, Feb. 23.—Three great audi- toriums, with magnificent choirs and orchestras and three greatest clergy- men in the world to preside—this is the plan advanced to redeem to the church the heart of Chicago. It is believed the enterprise may be made permanent by an enflowment fluld of $3,000,000, THE ROMA ON ROCKS. Rapid Progress Made With vhrk 7 - Placing Telephone Fixtures ' i o‘ ”’m h :. 3 rms : "I:;tli'h’An; ]ldor’ ;Aflfvc ‘ WIM ¢ ToNIG“T Case May Stand in William s. Benton Case, Liner in Dangerous Po-ltl6n Befare Baved by the Wind. “ Unless the . attorneys for the Great. Northern Raflway appeal to Rapid progress -has been made with the installation work .for thel’ Home Talent wm Produce !qnhr the Supreme court the werdict of Play of Benefit Of Aemeselsolionn Jevgian l;' e ;’ 7 $3,500 in the J. P. Pogue case must 7.0 UowRe 0 For Jonsdit OF and -unless something unforseen-hap- etand, as Judge B. F. Wright has. Bemidji Athletic Club pens Bemidjl will be furnished with ) denied a motion for, a new tritl. Mar- better service in record time. ‘Thel. Lol g shall A. Spoonsr end John F. Gib- switch board and other fixtures used | 3 bons appeared as the attorneys tor ‘with the common 'battery system Mr: Pogue while Alexander L. Janes, have been installed and the work: of M, L. Countryman and Thayer: C, wiring has commenced. One of the Bailey acted for the plaintiff'in: the many attractive features in the new cue. No action has been. taken as building is the telephone booth et by the attorneys for the Grent which is something entirely new and Northern and 4t ‘i not known ’.:uhe first to be ‘used in'this section | ‘'whether an appeal, to the suprqne of the state. Murt wlll be madd. THIRTY PEBSONS IN CAST Many of City's Most Prominent Amateur Actors ‘And Actresses To Take Part—Miss Conlt Director- - "!iallawlng several weoks of hard practice “The College Widow,”. & ening in the Athletic Club theatre. Thiis play is one of the most popular ever written by Mr. Ade and was favored with long stays at leading play houses of Chicago, New York and other large cities. It is being given for the benefit of the Athle- tic club, Thirty persons take part in the cast and the entire show is full of life and college town action. Many ‘of Bemidji's most prominent ama- teur actors and actresses take lead- ing roles in the play, and it promises to be one of the best shows ever pro- Athletios to Play Two Harbors And m‘:‘:;;:“ ::_:‘:: 4 Superintendent Dyer Returns h§m St. Clond Quints While High Minneapolis Committee Meeti g urday morning we !ere met by the < School Meets Walker Bunch | reception committed,: which con-| ~Where Many Topics Dropped | conslated of .boys -Mwing in the city, The Fabre line steamer Rome,|TEAM IN MID-SEASON FORM [and were escorted lfo the Methodist which freed herself from a ledge of church where we vmre enyolled. At No Man’s Land, on which she struck this time we were Ihtroduced to the during a blizzard, arrived in Provi-| Some fast basketball is to be stag- majority of the dimme; ,mu;me, dence listing heavily to port. Theled in Bemidji during the next two steamer was not making water fast, ks Mar Malos havi elics qud were ‘lhm}bw‘ = her double bottom having saved her | V¢eKS, Manager Malone havinglhour to get acquainted, from filling. The starboard coal bunk- |scheduled games with the fast Two Powell Calls; ers were empty, and this added to the,| garhors bunch for Friday and Sat-[ « list. The above picture shows the A Devolloksl serv : DECIDE T0 DROP CUBE RODT 3 S ¥ ‘W. P. Dyer, superintendent of the Bemidji schools, returned to B mid}i Saturday might from Minne- apolis. where he attended a meeting of a committee selected to report jon FOUR ARE KILLED IN STORN Homes Washed Away and Halt M llon Dollars Damage Done. Los Angeles, Feb. 23.—Four persof8 are known to. be dead, from fifty to 160 houses have. been washed away ‘were held at Roma on the shoals before being |Urday of this week and the St. Cloud |9:30 with Rev. S. White offir-|various school subjeots in an ‘effort | and damage done estimated at. $500,-|duced by local talent. saved by the shifting wind. aggregation for Thursday and Fri-|lating and shortly :%er A. T. Powell |ty do away-with all unnecessary top- | 200 in the severest storm in the his- In Title Role = day of next week. On Saturday of [°f Minneapolis called a meeting to); .\ Dyer madé a:report fon oty of 1as A"geles: Mrs. Thayer Bailey will appear in ALL W ATC“ w ASI’"NGTON next week the Walker high school frl;?to?!:i::r;.ele:d? E:f;m:v::;t::; geography ‘while arithmetic, —gram- the title role this evening. team will play the Bemidji boys. |represented, was picked and allowed | mar, history and other subjects Were BANQUET IS poSTPONEI) lov::e cast of characters is as fol- The Athletics are now traveling|to elect the offi i This meeting | treated by the other members of the 3 World Powers Interested In Probe Of at mid-season form and ‘expect t: took up a foma'::jfe “portion of thg cqmm_mez_ : A Bm}j ?omm"“- Hlltcfi;fli{c};h;;:; Benton Case—Present Situation |complete the year without the loss |MOMBInE . and - whieh “necessitated| riynmotic was the chiet subject |BUSiness Men’s Spread To Be Held LIS FaE the postponing..of: 7 s P thy , A, M. Ph. D.— < Thursday -Evening -Instead -Of ster. Witherspoon, .4, D program which had”been arranged > President of Atwater College. . Wednesday As First Planned “itiisssesia...Alden Remfrey . Hiram Bolton, D, D. L. L. D.—Presi- LARCE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED| Uent of the K. and H. Railway— Very Tense of single series. With the exception of Peck, Bemidji's reliable guard, all GREAT BRITAIN MAY ACT |°f the players are in good shape and capable of putting up a fast article of ball. Two Harbors has easily de- feated the best of the range teams mnder discussion and more radical for at 10:30. i S <hanges were made in this study than “At ‘the program h“"Duluth young |in any other branch taken unqer man read a paper on the subject, |consideration. A few of the topics “Why Do Not: Older :Boys Attend .ln this subject that will be dropped e i veeesisa. Al Newmann Sunday School.” This young man [are the greatest commen divisor, par- Matty McGowan—a Trainer....... evidently spent a grest-deal of time|tial payments, true discount, com-| T charge of tlie business “iievreenen....Dick Fenton in the preparatfon of s reading as|pound and annual fnterest, stocks |men’s banquet which was echeduled |Hon, Elam Hicks—Member from the he gave it in a splendfd manner and|and bonds, except as applied to local for Wednesday .evening at the Hotel State Senate—of Squantamyill . was duly applandedy, SHow can we[mutual . comphnies, cubé oot, 0% |y, inam have-postporied the affair Groom MeCullough help increase the numbar of boys at-|eign exchange, longitude and time, until Thursday. The spread will be- “Bub” Hicks, his son and a Fresh- gending Sundsy. sehool,” was _the |compound proportions and _several gin at 7:30, and immediately follow- man at Atwater. . Wm.Chichester next reading and wag delivered in|methods of computing interest. ing there will be a smoker. 4 " - true’ oratorical ntqu% As. only a| History will'also lose many of the ilarry Koors, chairman of _the hc‘;n I:hl‘:l'.':;'l‘l;;el';zfiwll % a short time remained ‘before lunch |dates and accounts of battlés and 3 it was suggested St the boys get|other subjects that appear unnecés- compltlee l:m:h:::n;tg tr:;“:: ceteeesenie. . Mayne Stanton together and discuge the topica a.nd sary and wh!ckg require a deal Swould iapf»reelnte it if those Who in- Owerniw_s Tllbu!—Pofl Graduate suppestions of ¢he ‘Speakers: ot thie students’ ‘time 'to" 72, | fond. to be present will motify him| TULOF < i.ewsiri. Dan Moore In ths Affermoon. Next to -mathematics - this - subject of the niuinber of ‘guests each mem-| “Silent Mumhy”—Center Rush— " %At two o'clock we again gath- | %S «the victim' of the most changes ber - wilk have. Al members of the tssssssese....Ralph B, Lycan ered at the Methodist church where [21d Bereatter this topic will be less | pygines Men's association are urged | “Stub” Talmadge—A Busy Under- devotional seryices were eld with [CUTPersome to the grade students.|y, o present at the banquet and to| Eraduste.........Jack Herbert Rev. C. C. Chandler officiating. One Grammar was also greatly simplified invite one.or more guests. Tom Pearson—Right Tackle ...... Washington, Feb. 23.—Attention ol all the world powers interested in the p Mexican situation is turned upon the|and through the press of that city it investigation into the killing of Will-|is learned that the five of this city iam S. Benton, the British ranchman, |is regarded as “easy pickings.” by General Villa at Juarez. Then comes the St. Cloud aggrega- Secretary Bryan and Sir Ceeil |tion, and their record shows them to Spring-Rice, the Pritish ambassador,|be one of the classiest bunch of bas- were awaiting official reports with de-| ket shooters in the state. They ‘are tails and pending that development|now touring the state- and have a the situation apparently was un-|list of victories long enough to en- changed. - title them to almost any of the state Great Britain's usual. attitude. to-| honors. . As only -twa games_are to werd the treatment of her subjects in|be played with St. Cloud and Two fgréign lands surrounded the Benton|Harbors the Bemidji players will be case with more than ordinary inter-|forced to exent themselves to win all est.’ Reports from El Paso that oth-|four contests: er Englishmen, friends of Benton,| Ag for the high scliool game Coach were unheard from, increased the Bestul says his boys are in tip-top Seruibyof the sltuation form and should easily win from |Of the best treats given us while in ::: ci?:;::hy recelved its share of [ mpg hanquet wil be served at fifty veveeesessssns.. . Jullus Bestul Although every disposition has been Walk the city was staged following these cent per plate. Ollie Mitchell—a student shown by the British embassy here BF, : The report of each individiial on aibndiaien services. Led by Miss Margaret e g Carl Johnson and by the foreign office ‘at London Newton, the boys of the thlrd and |/he committee Wil be taken before SR vl s i to be guided by whatever an official RETURNS FROM TEXAS g the department of superintendents INJUNCTION SERVED Dick McCallister—a student .. .... fourth grades sang several -songe. These boys had been 'well trained | and the visiting delegates appreci- investigation develops, diplomatic cir- cles were prepared for a thorough in- quiry into Benton's killing. Cass Lake Young Man Finishes “ieetssisseee....James Malone for approval before any of the chan- b < | Little: Fork: Council Unable To Oust|pzyie1 mynbetts—Town Marshal ges will be made. This department One outcome of the situation, which| Three.Year Enlistment in Army |ated this portion of the program. Dr. :v::il zee:h:h:o::m::el; :: 3:::.@1; Sdloons. As. Intended srrnesems snss .-Frnnk“Koors was thought more than probable, was R. W. Bowden of Duluth was. the B2 B ews of its intention to|J2Re Witherspoon—“The College expected to be a warning by Great next speaker and’ took' for his topie, great deal of time on each subject, ecause N n Widow”.......Mrs. T. C. Bailey Britain to her subjects in Mexico to| - 'Clayton Keefe of Cass Lake passed D 2 - [oust the only two remaining saloons it is-probable that very few cor: tions will be made in the reports. ‘it action is taken at this meeting the |the council of that city was served changes will affect the May exam- |With an injunction, signed by Judge inations. C. W. Stanton, which prevented n" such action. Judge M. A. Spooner, 3 7 |served the injunction on each of the ln‘the Athletic club hall whereia council members Saturday might union mass meeting was held. Mr.ly o 1oovious to & meeting, which Alexander addressed the audlen(ce was then postponed. The Little but the meeting was shortened as Fork councl, comprised entirely of the hall was quite cold and was um- Soclalists, has been a cource of comfortable. At 12 o'clock a Model WO IHor: the' alodn’ Keepera for men and women of the ‘““teen” age|Union Sunday school meeting was y some time and recently raised the followed and:- led 'by Johm Alexan-|held with- A. M. Locker of St. Paul license from $1,000 to $6,000. It der of Chicago, 5 presiding. was the intention to close the drink-| The Banquet Sunday Afternoon ing" establishments of Ole Thoreon “The big event of the day then “Immediately after lunch we met [and Louis J. LaLonde for violating came. At 7:30 we met at the Ath-|at the Methodist church where an-|certain laws. letic Club hall and from there|other program had -been arranged. marched to the Markham botel[A quaretette consiéting of mem-| . BACK FROM FARM SHOW Where the banguet was served. The |bers of the Christian Endeavor sang —_— 2 Man for White Slavery. dining room was well decorted -and|and we ‘were allowed to choose the B. M. Gile Returns From Three Da; :f:tefi,l?ml;,ffyp:;’ ;:e g:;rd:n::af;‘:_ St. Paul; Feb. 23.—The. indictment |everything was arranged for the pastime until three o’clock when ¥e! Visit With Polk County. B y ed over them and had little trouble | PY the Bratd jury in Chicago of Will-1150 hungry boys. - Music was furn- |again ‘met with .Mr.\ Alexander. ‘A in eluding them. .Fran Phibbs| 2 Rufus Edwards of St. Paul|ighed by Remfrey’s orchestra and we |father’s meeting ‘ was held at this ] charging violation of the white slave 3 llent time. Herbert |same hour, with an address from . played center for Bemidji and .was|law, was endorsed by the Minnesota ol tvad an ;gxcel o 3. Morgan of Forth Smith, Arkal-:. . 3 5 Warfield acted as toastmaster and credited with the largest number of | Federation of Women’s Clubs at the baskets. Tanner officiated.. Follow- | council conference of its midwinter |iDtroduced John Alexander _ot- Chi- |sas, as a feature attraction. Watson ing the contest, Mrs. A. B, Palmer | Meeting in a resolution presented by |cag0 who addressed this crowd: of |S. Moore of Duluth aleo spoke at this ontertained the teams at a chicken | M8 C. G. Higbee, boys ‘on “Am T my brother’s keep-|meeting. suppir: ‘The resolution urges the federal au-{er.” ~Mr.- Alexander is easily the thorities “to proceed with all proper|nest we have ever heard and every dispatch toward a final, legal deter- ‘Indian Appropriations Cut. mination of the issues contained in|°"C of s was, w“::: to. hremnh\ was the attraction and epoke to an Washingtor, Feb. 23—The house | the Indictment” It is provided that|lon€er to listen to This ‘pro-{,xeeptionally large audience in the passed the Indian appropriation bill | copies of the resolutions be forward.|8ram _concluded Saturday's Dro-| pthietic-club hall. As the major- carrying $9,619,737, a reduction of | ed to Attorney Genmeral J. C. Me-|gram, ity of interested people of Bemidji $2,166,127 from the estimates -sub- | Reynolds and to James H. Wilkerson, % were present lttle meed be said of mitted by the department of the ia.| United States district attorney at Chi- m’ um the n:mkere ability.” terior. cago. SCOO ’l"HE CUB : accounts for the. Northern National 5 i bank with nearly 1,000 people. in : - B Bemidji, and it was on account. of “ER?"“‘F—“"“ flm“‘w"m",‘“;‘;_’ A : ) DRVE & . |tnis big slaughtering business tnat fibm&‘ TYPE%;B <t 7y QACK A » POt e - the bank ‘shortage occurred. 2 ~CROWNED FEN A - ; : Charles §. Thorning of Milwau- [ kee, contract writer, reached the city today and with him arrive a large installment of savings banks. The force is again on the job, and before they complete their work it is pre- dicted that more then two thousand eavings accounts will have been op- ened. ‘Should Older Boys Teach Younger Boys’ Sunday School Class.’ Dr. Row- den is an excellent speaker and his audience was attentive throughout. A general discuesion was held fol- lowing this speech and after a few moments of recreation the program was again opened by Miss Margatet Newton who sang a solo. Miss New~ ton ‘is an excellent singer and this number received a great deal of ap= plause. A meeting for the young leave -isolsted places and retreat to[through Bemidji this morning en- localities where they could place|route to his home in that village af- themselves under the protection of|ter serving three years as & private the British flag. F in the United States Army at Gal- veston, Texas. Keefe has lived in Cass B. OF D. HAS FAST FIVE Lake the greater portion of his life & —_— and enlisted from that village three Walk Away From Cass County Team, y:nrs ag:;.h His parents still 1mmh*le ;. elmi P ‘there and he plans on remaining ot With Overwhelming Majority 4 G Ftarn When _asked about the Mexican trouble Keefe said, “We seldom heard much about Midgets journeyed to Bemidji and |it down there although wé were With met the Brotherhood of David five [in a short distance from the border. in the ‘high school gymnasium. The |You people in the north hear more about it than the residents in the border ‘state.” I Begsie Tanner—An Athletic Girl +++e+..0live Cunningham Flora Wiggens—A Prominent Waitress . «++. Dora Barette Mrs. Primley Dalzelle—a grass.. widow and relfable chaperone eeseessess...Miss Vera Backus Miss Luella Chubs . S9ee s b a e Mrs. Carl Jacobson Bentha . ..........Beatrice Mills Sglly - Cameron ...Josephine Ostrem Ruth Aitken ... in Little Fork had become public, ‘Saturday evening the Cass Lake .Sally Whitting Rehearshals have been held un- der direction of Miss Clarice Coult, a member of the high school facuilty. Remfrey’s orchestra will furnish music. Curtain 8:15. HELD UP. FOR TWO DAYS Solicitors of Savings Accounts for Northern Nations] Bank Run Out of Savings Banks mmfi‘sum.! ARRIVED TODAY —_— local five was too strong for the Cass County lads and succeeded in over- whelming them to the tune of 63 to 9. Palmer and Achenbach at| WOMEN ASK SPEEDY TRIAL guards kept their opponents down i to one basket each . Fred Phibbs | Endorse Indictment of Rich St. Paul Buéford M. Gile, instructor of agriculture in the Bemidjl public schools returned Sunday morning from Crookston where he attended the three day farm crop show. When asked for details in regard to the show Mr. Gile said, “I couldn’t com- mence to tell you of one half of the thing that were wlbtlmully going F zwo whole days the five so- on; but Crookston people lived up. to Wfl a( savings deposits for the their reputation as ‘boosters and royal entertainers, The exhibits were nmnng the finest I han ever seen,” ! Evening Meetings “In the evening John Alexander | were 'idle, owing to the shortage of eavings banks, Thig force of solicitors during the past few weeks have opened savings “Sundcy moming we all gathsred The men are today spending their time at the Bemidji Box company iplant and the Crookston Lumber. compang mills, They are lll ‘smooth _ mvandng ‘talkers and have a md ’ mpunwn to ofler. FAST GAMES SCHEDULEDIS: &% "% CHANGE SCHOOL SUBJECTS| Ciahe et | Northern National bank of this city - e - — ¥