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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-17

year to the constructive work of re.
forming the bases of express rates OF
devising simpler and more easily un.
derstood means of stating those rates,
and of preparing new rules for the
government of carriers of express
trfiac.
OF foremost Importance is the re.
quirement that all of the express
companies shall join in the establish
ment of through routes by the quick
est lines Of communication between
all express Offices and shall publish
through rates to apply, between those
points. The same provision gives the
shipper the right to name the route
by which his property shall be car
ried. 1t is believed by Commissioner
Lane that these provisions will effect
an improvement in the service and a
great economy to the carriers, which
now haul shipments oftentimes by cir
cuitOus routes to avoid turning them
over to a connecting line.
Radical Departure.
The most radical departure from
existing methods lies in that adopted
of applying the new rates. In the
United States there are $4,000 express
stations. To name rates from each
of these to every other n require the
statement of more than 6%O0,O00.0OO
different races. These schedules now
occupy several hundred volumes of
from 200 to 300 pages each in the
tariff department of the commission.
The rates themselves are intricate
and involved, and it requires expert
authority to determine the lawful
rate between any two points.
The problem of reducing this enor-
nous volume of rate schedules to a
genuinely practicable compass is one
to which Commissioner Lane devoted
most serious attention. He has evolv-
ed a method whereby the rates from
any point in the United States to all
other points may be printed on a sim
gle newspaper page.
The first step in the cOnsummation
of the plan was the division of the
United States into blocks, each ap.
proximately fifty miles square. Rates
are proposed between each of these
blocks, treating all cities and towns
within each block as common points.
Each of these blocks is n degree OF
longitude in length and n degree OF
latitude in width. To every express
station within each of these blocks
the rate is the same from any other
given block. Thus the rate Is stated
as between blocks rather than as be-
tween cities. Supplementing this
block system Of making rates which
constitutes each block a zone or orig
in or Of destination the rates are stat.
ed for each package weighing from
one to 100 pounds. The express COM
panies will be required to publish a
directory OF express stations which
will show the block number within
which each station is located, and at
each station there will pc iled q single
sheet tariff which will give the rate
from that station to all other blocks
in the United States.
To illustrate: New York city is To-
Gated in block 952. Some twenty 9th
er towns and villages are included in
that same block. Chicago Is located
in block 836, which also contains .
score or more Of cities and towns. a
shipper in New York wishing to send
q package to Chicago will learn from
the directory the block In which Chi
cago is situated. Then, turning to the
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MANY EpIToRs HERE.

There will be a large number OF
the editors Of the slope country here
today and tomorrow on their way to
the big convention to be held at Mi
not this week. The managers OF the
North Dakota Press Association have
prepared the best program that has
ever been carried out for the Mid
summer meeting and there will be =
large number Of the pen pushers pres
ent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-17

Have you a corn, %callous. bunion, wartl
Use judgment-use 'Bingo." Don't try to
slice il Of or dig it out-don't run the risk
OF blood poisoning! Don't let the corn sur
geon cut or sand paper your feet. How can
he know how deep to 60 without hurting you
WITHOUT drawing blood? Why pay him
more for just temporary relief than a whole
bottle of "Bingo" costs e bits)1 Don't use
affect surface only-with straps to bulge the
st~ocking-increase pressure against tender,
painful spot-and make you wear larger
shoes.
ough. Get rid Of these pests entire. Allays
pain and Inflammation quick's a wink. Corn
or callous shrivels up-you pick il of, throw
It away! Harmless to normal flesh.
Bingo's 26c It drug stores, or sent direct
born St.. Chicago, Ill. Sold in this city BY
Adams Drug Store, First National Bank build
ing. "
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more than twelve pounds, were found
to be more reasonable than those on
smaller parcels.
Briefly stated the new rates may be
said to be based upon q minimum
charge Of 81 cents for q one.pound
package. This charge increases In
ratio to the increase Of weight and
distance, at rates varying from three.
tenths Of q cent a pound to about IL
cents q pound. Twelve cents a pound
according to the conclusions Of the
commission, is approximately the
highest rate per pound for the great
est distance possible for a parcel to
be carried wholly within the United
States, exclusive Of Alaska.
Packages weighing two pounds, for
instance, may be shipped 1000 miles
New York city to Chicago-for "a
cents: and, 1000 miles-New York
city to Denver-for 81 cents, the pres.
emit rates being respectively TOR each
IS cents. A three-pound package will
cost 81 cents for 1000 miles and 81
cents for 1000 miles. the existing
rates being, respectively, each 45c.
A ten.pound package may be trans
ported 1000 miles for AZ cents and
1000 miles for n cents, as against
the existing rates of Is cents and $1.25
respectively. The cost of transporting
a twenty-fve-pound package 1000
miles will be rs cents, against the
present rate of $1.1O, and for 2,OoO
miles, $1.64 against the present rate
Of 1925.
Commissioner Lane believes that
the method adopted for the computa-
ton and construction of express rates
is scientific and will result In the ex-
action of entirely erasonable charges.
Through the decision announced today
express rates are made that are ex-
pected to open an avenue OF trade Pc
tween the producer of food c0mmodi-
ties and the consumer by distributing
equitably to the weight and distance
the burden of the cost Of transporta-
ton. At present that burden is borne
chiefly by the parcels of light weight.
BY Commissioner Lanes decision, the
small package will bear no greater
share, per pound, Of the cost of trans
p~ortation than the heavy package, and
every package weighing less than 100
pounds will bear the same amount OF
terminal expense.
Lacks Uniformity.
The charges of the express COM
panies, now in many instances, are
the same for fifty pounds as for 10y
pounds between the same points; and
in some instances they are as much
for thirty pounds as for 100 pounds.
Under such q system the householder
Is compelled to pay as much for 9
ten-pOund package as q dealer would
pay for a twenty-fve-pound package,
and three or four times as much as
the dealer would pay tor ten pounds
included in a 100 pound shipment.
Commissioner Lane expresses the
belief that the system proposed will
make practicable the opening OF
direct avenues Of trade between the
farm and the city household. He,
likewise, is Of opinion that while the
reduction Of the rates on the lighter
traffic in food commodities is chiefly
between the producer and the COM
mission merchant, and that the rates
appear to have been constructed with
q view to fostering and encouraging
the growth OF that tralnc at the ex-
pense Of the light package traffic.
The investigators have devoted 2
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single tariff sheet he will ascertain
the number Of the scale Of rates,
which applies upon all packages be.
tween block 952 and block S3S.
This method of stating rates, the
report claims will avoid the great
body of complaints arising out of un.
dercharges and overcharges, the pres
ent method of stating rates being SO
confusing that not w the express
agents are able to discover the law
full rate between two points. The d.
rector of express stations is also to
state the delivery limits in each city
within which the express company
gives service upon its tariff rates.
Double Collections.
1t is found that the large number
of double collections Of express charg-
es arises out of the fact that a pack
age which has been prepaid does not
bear sufficient evidence of this fact.
Accordingly the report presents a set
of labels and way bills in different
colors which the carriers are required
to use, and in the event that the
package does not bear any labels the
shipment is to be delivered to the con-
signee without collection of any charg-
es, the carrier bearing the burden OF
discovering where the mistake lies.
The present system requires the
statement of about 200 times as many
rates as the system proposed by the
commission. However, as each agent
under the new system, will be obliged
to know only the rates that apply be-
tween his station and each of the
other blocks, he will have to consult
only $50 rates to find the proper
charge from his station to every other
station within the United States.
Through this system the common
rate area on short hauls is reduced
from an area of about $500 square
miles, which is the average area OF
each main block to an area OF about
$50 squire miles. The present express
rate methods embrace much larger
common rate areas.
For instance, the rate, per hundred
pounds from Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
and Richmond to Seattle, Tacoma,
Portland, San Francisco, San Diego,
Reno, Sacramento and many other
points embraced in the region west
of the Sierra and Cascade mountains
is now the same, 1850. Under the
commissions system the rates will
vary with the distance between any
two points. from 9.85 to 11,6O a hun
dred pounds.
While there has been an almost
uniform reduction in charges upon
parcels weighing fifty pounds or less,
the rates on packages weighing more
than fifty pounds have not been ma
terially reduced. In some instances,
the commissions proposed rate basis
shows a slight increase Of the charges
on heavy packages. This indicates
the belief of the commission that the
rates Of the express companies per
100 pounds are not on the whole, e r
iously excessive. This is particularly
manifest from an analysis of the rates
for distance of 200 miles or less, which
are scarcely distributed on the
heavy weight traflc.
Immediate Change.
BY the terms Of the commissions
order the changes In the regulations,
methods and practices Of the express
companies; the Redistribution Of ex-
press matter; the changes in the bill
ing Of packages; and other admins
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COMMERCIAL CLUB.

COMMERCIAL CLUB OF BISMARCK
Regular meeting Of club member
ship the first Tuesday in each
month; regular meeting Ct board OF
directors the first Friday of each
month at Commercial club rooms,
Third street. F. L. Conklin, pres.
ident; F. r. Young, secretary.
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MAccAsEEs.

X. o. T. NJ. Meets every first and
third Thursday Of each month at
8 O'Clock p. m. at I. O. 0. F. hall.
Visiting members cordially invited.
D. C. Ramp, commander; Erick
Erickson. record keeper.
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[. o. o. NJ.

LODGE NO. IA. LOYAL
Order Of Moose. Regular meetings
every Monday evening of eacl
month. p. r. Strock, dictator; 8.
E. Register secretary. Visiting
members welcome.
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OBJECTED TO BEING TILTED.
And Then Has Insanity Charge Pre-
ferred against Him.

Ur"s# r#N
AMBROSE, July 17.-Joe Emerine,
a familiar character about F0xholm.
was placed under arrest last night on
q charge Of insanity. Emerine's home
is on a farm in Renville county, just
across the county line, but he spends
considerable of his time in F0xholm,
where he is known az Crazy joe"
He attended a dance with a young
lady, but 1t appears another young
man became interested in Joe's girl
and Joe didn't take kindly to the idea
of losing out. A quarrel followed and
a little later Joe was placed undes
arrest.
Emerine has already been at
jamestown on two occasions and once
at Grafton.
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sr. M COURT 747.

CATHOLIC ORDER OF FOREST
ers. Meets every second AMI
fourth Wednesday. Al visiting
members invited. e. W. Wascae,
C. R.; Anton Beer, 8. r.
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z

CAPITAL CITY HOMESTEAD NO.
300. Meets first Saturday Of the
month at X. P. hall at 8 p. m. Fred
Roberts, president; w. e. Jensen,
secretary.
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NJ. w. A.

BISMARCK CAMP NO. 1854, M. W.
A. Meets the fourth Friday In each
month at K. Of P. hall. Francis
Jaszkowiak, v. c.; W. F. Jones!
Clerk.
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M. B.. A.

BROTHERHOOD OF Am.
erica meets first Monday and Third
Saturday Of eacl month at K. p.
Hall. Terrence f. White, presi'
dent, George LaLone, secretary.
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REeEkAHs.

NICHOLSON LODGE NO. 40. Meets
the first and third Fridays in each
month in X. P. hall. Mrs. I. w!
Healy, N. G.; Mrs. Nellie EvartsJ
secretary.
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KNIcHrs OF

ST. ELMO LODGE NO. A. Meets each
Wednesday evening at X. P. hall.
L. X. Thompson, G. c.; 9. G. Wat
tam, X. Of r. & s.
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reaches the Little White House,"
there are scores of visitors. Some
of them merely call to pay their re-
spects and to assure the candidate OF
their support. Others rome for con
ference and require some time to tell
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PYTHIAN SISTERS.

LINCOLN TEMPLE NO. 9. Meets
second and fourth Mondays Of each
month at X. p. hall. Mrs. Laura
Sanders, M. e. c.; Mrs. Nellie
Evarts, M. Of D. & G.
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!. o. o, r.

CAPITAL CITY LODGE No. 2 meets
every Thursday evening at Pythian
Hall, August Watz, N. G., Fred
Cue, v. G., Charles l.. Hansen. sec4
rotary, Frank Evarts, Treasurer.
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"A. o. u. w.

BISMARCK LODGE NO. 100. Meets
the first TUESDAY Of each month at
X. p. hall 4. 5 o'clock. Bradley
Marks. M. w: E. N. Thompson.
financier; Roy M. Halliday. record
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IN n
Room
q. A. r..

JAMES b. M'PHERSON POST NO.
2. Department Of North Dakota
Grand Army Of the Republic. Meets
at their rooms In the Armory on
the fourth Thursday OF each month.
George Gibson, commander; Geo!
Ward, adjutant.
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YEoMEN

. FRATERNAL, LIFE AND ACCI-
dent insurance organization. Meets
the fourth Tuesday in each month
in the X. p. hall, Herbert D. Chell-
son, foreman; Elsie Mcdonald,
master Of accounts; Elizabeth Belky
correspondent.
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| trative reforms are required to be put
into effect practically Immediately.
! The rates proposed, however, will not
become effective before some time
! next autumn. The commission has
fixed October 3 AZ the date for the
beginning Of y hearing Of the repre-
sentatives OF express companies and
shippers AZ to why the rates prescrib.
| ed by the commission should pot 20
into effect.
On every question except that Of
! rates, y substantial agreement has
been reached between the commission
! and the companies. The latter ex
press their willingness to conform
their business operations to any re-
Quirements the commission might
make; but they expressed anxiety con.
corning any serious reduction OF their
rates lest It might seriously affect
their revenues.
Commissioner lane makes q vigOr-
Gus attack; In his report, upon the
so.called scale OF graduated charges
by which the express companies now
determine the rate which shall apply
TO q package or given weight. rms
scale is held by the commission to be
unreasonable, discriminatory and ar
bitrary.
The following taken from the Min.
neapolis Journal is Il sample of how
the proposed reductions would work
in some parts of the state Of North
Dakota. 1t will be seen that in every
example but n there Is a reduction
and in most cases a very material
reduction from the existing rates.
The Minneapolis Journal has fig.
ured out concrete examples of the
working out Of this proposed change.
Those with some of the North Dako-
ia points affected are:
Express Rates on Pack
ages Weighing
s 10 rs 100
Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs.
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ELks.

B. p. 0. E. No. 1899 meets at Elks
hall first and third Fridays Of the
month. Visiting brothers welcome.
T. r. Mockler, f. R.; Carl Peder-
son secretary.
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BY Associated Press.
SEA GIRT, N. j., July 17.-Dr.
Woodrow Wilson is one of the busiest
men in the United States these days.
In addition to the huge mail that
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MASONIC.

MASONIC. I
BISMARCK LODGE NO. s., A. +. &
A. M. Meets first and third Mon
days In each month at Masonic
hall. William O'Hara, w. NJ:
Bradley Marks, secretary.
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BISMARCK CHAPTER NO. II, meets
first and third Fridays in each
month at Masonic hall. Mrs. Mary
A. Lenhart, worthy matron; Mrs.
Gertrude Miller, secretary. !,
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TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION NO. 14O.
at 3 p. m. Gus Syvertson, presi-
dent; George Humphreys, secre,
tary.
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TANCRED COMMANDERY NO. /.
George H. Russ, Jr.. e. c.; G.. w.
Wolbert, recorder. Regular meet.
ing first and third Thursday Of
each month.
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Immediate Change.
BY the terms of the commissions
order the changes In the regulations,
methods and practices Of the express
companies; the Redistribution of ex-
press matter; the changes in the bill
ing Of packages; and other admins
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-17
Save This Trouble

BY getting a SAFETY DEPOs-
IT VAULT where everything is
at your finger tips at q NOM
ents notice. No risk Of fire or
mesplacing, through the care
lessness of some other person.
The expense is 50 little that
you cannot afford to take these,
chances. Let us show you our
system.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-17
JOHN s. HUYLER

From the very
outset Of his
career. when no
stood on Broad.
way wrapped In
his white apron,
his shirt sleeves
rolled back, the
future dy
king understood
the dno art Of
conserving On.
ef9ytoWAfdso q
definite action.
Instead Of dip.
ping into . hun.
dred schemes. he
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-20

ropean nations were in state of
unrest due to Socialism.
Kansas City, Mo.-James Peer
Webb, wealthy young farmer,
sentenced to be hanged for muir
der of Archie Whitwe11, neighbor,
last October.
New York; &c h ir m a n
Norman E. Mack turned over all
papers and records of Democratic
national committee to his sue
cessor, William F. McCombs.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Henry Fain-
berg, travelling salesman, killed
and 3 companions injured when
freight train struck their auto.
Los Angeles.-Lincoln Steffens
repeated strong testimony in
favor of barrow. Asked by prose
cutor if he was anarch1Se, he re-
Piled: "Worse than that. I'm a
Christian.
Dubuque, Ia.-Lee McNeely,
secretary to late Sen. Allison, has
been given job as private secre-
tary to Charles D. Hilles, Taft's
campaign manager.
Washington.-Gov. Wilson has
asked Senators Reed and Stone,
who led fight for Champ Clark at
Baltimore, to visit him at Seagirt
next Monday.
Reed is on Wilson's campaign
committee.
Sunbury, Cal.-Chas. Scheetz,
electric lineman, shocked, fell un-
conscious. Everybody thought he
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-07-20

Barked until captors were forced
to shoot it.
Washington.-Political leaders
here refuse to comment on an
nouncement that Roger Sullivan,
Illinois Democratic boss, may go
after Senate seat left vacant by
Lorimer ousting.
Washington.-For1ner Senator
William E. Mason, Illinois, had
conference with Taft. Assured
president of his loyal support.
Mason wants his son to get job
as judge of district court to sue
coed Judge Carpenter, who will
be>promoted to circuit court.
Jackson, Mich.-Michigan Re
publican progressives are holding
their convention today. In favor
of complete bolt.
Paris. - Friends of Jean De
ReSzke doubt that great tenor
will sing with Chicago Grand OPP
era company next season. Claim
his health is bad.
Berlin.-Thirteen members of
victorious American Olympic
team arrived here to participate
in athletic games that will be held
Sunday. \
Seattle, Wash.-House judici-
airy. subcommittee investigating
Judge Hanford, hope to close case
tonight or Monday.
Honolulu, H. movement on
foot to organize progressive party
here and send delegate to Bull
Moose convention in Chicago.
Oyster Bay.-Roosevelt is de-
voting most of time to speech he
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-21
Fire on q Steamer.

Joseph Whitney, president Of the
Merchants and Miners Steamship
Company, stated in Baltimore last
in;!ht that he had received word that
ali the passengers aboard the steam
e. Berkshire, afre off Cape Lookout:
he'd been taken off in safety, and that
tie fire was nearly under control.
The Berkshire is one Of the oldest
W 3sels in the service Of the line. She
was built in Philadelphia and carries
a crew of Sc. The Nantucket, of The
same line, burned at Locust Point :.
month ago, turning turtle and drown
irg one OF the crew.
The Berkshire sailed from Savan-
nh Friday with Il small number OF
passengers and cargo consisting
largely of cotton. Fire was di8cov-
cred in her forward hold shortly be
fore midnight Saturday night, when
size was off the North Carolina coast,
A. miles northwest Of Cape Lookout
Wireless calls for assistance soon
brought alongside the Clyde liner
apache, only % miles away, and aIsr
bound for Philadelphia. Had the si.-
uas;on been critical, passengers and
crew could have been transferred
from the Berkshire to the Apache
" shout difficulty, bat as his ship was
IL no immediate danger, Capt. Har.
decided 10 make for Cape Lookou;
cove. Late- the Apache resumed he
voyage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-21
British Coin of 1928.

The Washington Star of yesterday
contained the copy of an article from
the Atlanta Constitution relative to
the finding of British coin of 1924
in Atlanta by Ike Morris, vice presl-
dent of the Georgia Athletic Club and
in the conclusion of the article it is
stated:
Several old coins issued during
this reign are said to be in existence,
but none bears an earlier date than
1924. The piece was coined in copper,
and the only inscriptions are "Geor-
gius Rex-172p on the one side anu
Britannia on the reverse.
The Constitution is evidently in err
ror for Mr.. L. M. Davis, a we'll
known Alexandria citizen has SINH
lar coin except it bears the date OF
1928. Mr.. Davis brought the coin TO
the Gazette office today and stated
that it had been in his possession for
a number Of years.