davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-23

CAUGHT IN PASSING .
tst y ~
/. Best to bend It while twig
Ambition has no rest.-Bulwer. .
A burthen Of ones choice is not felt.
f. Friendship rings truest in adversely.
Lay things by; they may come to
~ .. ~.. Il .r. H., ;,
1T is a great act Of life to sell air
well. r.
Gray hairs that can be counted don't
count. ..l:. -. .
" The best always goes arst.-1talian
proverb. =
For the last conner the bone.-French
proverb.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-23
THE POWER OF AROUSED SENTIMENT

0he the Grand Arn1
Of the Republic, Governor OF At""e'ota 1901 &%%
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-23

We cannot close our eyes to the fact
that America IL facing q crisis. The
United States 10 in the greatest tur-
mol. This 10 shown by the great num-
ber OF strikes, walkouts; riots, by the:
anarchistic, and Bolshevica propa-
ganda as we'll as the well-nigh univer-
sal proflteering. AS further evidence
Of this statement quote from the
Honorable Albert e. Jensen OF the
Belgian Mission, who says: Outside
of Russia the storm center Of Bolshev-
ism is In the United States" All these
combined present danger little less
than war ITSELF Add to this the high
cost Of living, the unrest and pessfm-
ism Of our people, one would think
that we all have been shell-shocked
and nerve shattered. r. >,
Our dangers are not from without,
but from within. Can we successfully
combat these dangers? Yes! The
trouble is that we have been living
in q fools Paradise" We have been
q great, big, fat, lazy democracy, both
unmindful of our duties and obliga-
tions. Too easily satisfied when
dangers threatened. We permit dis
regard for law and reasonable opposi-
tion to the best government on earth.
Next to the very bad citizen is tn
with, a life of ease and is never found
have never had any patience with a m
4 l.. no anA ~ ,sac cny,o NJ q ina ahn1
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-09-23

Subscribe for The Daily Pioneer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
GRAIN MARKET

Chicago. Aug. 25.-Further buying
nv commission houses and covering by
shorts caused additional gains IN wheat
in the early trading today Offerings
were not large.
The trade took bullish view OF the
statistical position and attention was
called to the fact that q big percentage
of the visible supply is at the seaboard
waiting clearances to Europe, and that
receipts were much below those at the
corresponding time last year,
December opened at S2,33R to S2.3f
md later sold at a net gain of cents
nj S2.35. March opened cents higher
at S2.33 and moved up to 1924 fe-
CENTS were 40 cars.
Corn also became stronger, after some
hesitation at the outset.
Septemhcr started at 81 40 to 81 40 "a,
against Sl.45A at the close yesterday.
and moved up tn Sl.+7h. December
nncnod at 81. .20M to Si.20h. against
81. .2O% at the end yesterday, and later
sold at S1.21&. May. opened cent
higher at s1.l0. and later sold at
SI.l0%. Receipts were % ears.
Leading futures ranged az follows;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
TONE OF LOCAL
MARKET BETTER
Continued Good Buying of
Pennsylvania by the Small
Investors

What the local market lacked in
breadth and activity it more than made
up in strength. There was. however. an
apnrcciabc moderate expansion in the
volume of dealings and better dis
trihutiOn but there was no senblanCc Of
activity or animation in any part of
the list.
One of the more encouraging news
Developments was supplied in the nn
nounccment of the restoration of divi-
drnds by the Tonopah Belmont dirpc-
tors. That stock responded to the good
news with an advance OF 3-18 to l
Lie.
Insurance Company Of North America
was one of the more prominent features
with au advance of 81 30 to 291a on
rather small dealings. Electric Stor-
age Battery at the same time moved up
81 70 1913. Next TO command atten-
ton was the continued small invest
mcnt buying Of Pennsylvania Railroad,
which moved up another peg to 4lA.
Trading in most of the local shares
was devoid of feature usually romnris-
ny small odd lots and of dcsultOry
rharactrr. Rapid Transit after moving
uu to II shaded to l4&. Philadelphia
Traction hcld at par. United Gas I'm
urovcmcnt had little squirt moving up to
IO&,. Moderate transactions were made
N Philadelphia Electric at %. Amcri-
can Et0res, American Gas and Minphill
while receiving Indifferent attention,
were firm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25

New York: Aug 25.--Tha local coffoo
futures market oDened Irregular thIe
morn ng with little pressure in Srn,
,rmoer, this delivery being under liqulda
tion. Call prices were s points lower on
S"ntember and unchanged to points
higher on other months,
tuesdays decline was believed to have
tulIY discounted the rather poor Brnzjl
cables and on the call Wall street and
european interests were buyers OF tho
iat'r months together with n scattered
trad" demand ''
Right after the call. trading continued
quiet and. in the absence OF selIinr
pressure, few buying orders sent Sen,
trmber to 7.53 and March TO 900, or
to y points above initial figures .
CntIl September liquidation Is antIre-
Iy out Of the way little permanent i'm.
brovenrnt is looked for, as longs ara
now interested IN transferring tn Sir
commitments in September 10 the later
months and do not seem to be accumu !.
lating new lines.
New longs are only In the market in
4 small way at pr sent and local hears
find hut little resistance when they start
In 10 deprcsS values,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
INTEREST ON CURB :
'CENTERED IN OILS
Vigorous Buying Of Leading Is
sues Of croup--lndus-
trials Firm

New York. Aug. 25.--Activity and
strength prevailed In many OF the
groups traded In on the Broad Street
Curb today. with the oil stocks at.
troctins most attention because OF
vigorous buying In leading issues on
continued reports Of Increased produc-
tion. ,
Simms Petroleum was one OF the
strongest features, moving up more than
Q points to 13si. and White OIL was
also traded In on large scale, ad-
voncing more than ] point. to 20A.
General Asphalt failed to maintain the
strength shown in yesterdays late
trading and reacted moderately during
the forenoon. - 4,
Mining stocks showed further In
crense In speculative interest. Boston
Montana continuing its Upward move.
ment on statements that shipments viii
begin within the next two months. The
Tonopah stocks sold of because OF the
decline In the price Of silver.
Industrials were firm and without
any material change In price. Hercules
Paper sold at 25 to 25A and North
American at SIS. Sweets was traded In
at / to / Is.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

Robert J Nehrbas has withdrawn from
the. firm Of J. +. McGoYern & GO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
0UlLDERS AT NEW LOW
Demand Sells at 3t.75-Neutra, Ex.
changes All Weak

Now York, Aug: 25.--While the neu-
trail exchanges showed further weak
ness, the rates on the important Euro
pean centers made a slight upturn at
tho opening. Demand was UP cent !;
francs were up 3 points lire. 2, and
marks, points. Pesetas were OF 10
points. Stockholm and Copenhagen were
Off 80 points each.
Quotations were:
Demand sterling, 3.54A. cables
3.55h franc cables G.S5. checks 6.S4 !;
lire cables 4.b5. checks 46+h Belgian
cables 7.a0, checks 129; marks l.97 ;
Swiss cables 1850. checks l6.A
guilder cables 81 b, checks 31A pesetas
cables 1890, checks 1888; Stockholm
cables 2025 checks 20.20 Cope nhagen
cables 1925, checks 1920.
After holding firm throughout the
FIRST hour OF dealinEa sterling was up
. cents above yesterday, but showed an
easier tendency AT that Level.
YESTERDAYS FINAL QUOTATIONS.
Sterling Francs LIRE Guild"rs
Demand .... a.H B7S 4.ha ~ "a
Gables 49,. g. 54H $50 4o5 $500
TODAYS OPENING QUOTATIONS
Sterling Francs Iirc Guides
Gables 49,. 3,65H 6s5 iS5 si.so
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
Financial Briefs

Corporation has arranged for Acquisition
or control OF Shawmut Steamship Co
through. offer of exchange of stock, one
share of American Ship for one share nf
Shawmut IT Is announced substantial
majority of Shawmut stock has agro.d
70 the exchange. Shawmut TeamshIn
20, mas three ships on the sea and two
additional in course of construction.
The average pr,ca of twenty active
ihdustrlal stocks advanced l.5l per cent
yesterday to 1929, while twentv roti
roads advanced O,l8 per cent TO is Al
The New York Subtreasury gained
$4,000 from the banks yesterday. max.
inG cash net gain since Friday OF
Robert J Nehrbas has withdrawn from
the. firm of ]. +, McGovern a GO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
Commodity Markets
COTTON MARK EFT

New York, Aug. 25.-The cotton
opening today was much less active than
yesterday and had little feature outside
Of southern selling. which. with favor
able weather. was chiefly responsible
for an initial partial decline of 10
points. -, ,..,o
influence on sentiment and the trend
carly was reactionary after yesterday s
strong advance. At the end of the first
fifteen minutes the list was % points
net lower.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
MoNEY.LENpING RATES

NEW YORK-Money on call. both
classes OF collateral. opened today at I
per cent for lending and renewing
The money markets were unchanged
today. Occasional small renewals and
loans are made on time at per cent.
The supply of money for fix"d dates Is
limited. as heretofore, small lots becom-
Ing available, representing out-of-town
funds.
In acceptances. a further moderate
increase Is noted In the supply OF prime
changed with nineties, 6A bid, 6$ per
cent offered,
A single New York institution has
purchased small amount or prime m r.
camille paper at per cent. Otherwis"
the limited business In paper ~ entirely
in the hands of the country hanks
Leading bankers rtiterate that they
do not expect any appreciable relaxation
in money or offerings of time funds
until near the end OF the year ut the
earliest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
MIsCEILANEOUs
srazII Its Embaroo on SUGAR

New York, Aug. 25.---A press dispatc
from Rio SAYS that Brazil has partially
liftedl the ,Whargo on exports Of sugar
and that 10000 hackR haye. been shipped
to the United States ports from Santos
and Bahia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
pnILApELrHIA-Can, per cent

PHILADELPHIA--C G per cent
time. per cent; commercial paper,
three to six months, per cent.
(Note-These are merely nominal
quotations, as the legal rate OF interest
In the state of Pennsylvania In fxed at
per cent. Plus premium and commits
sion time money for thirty to ninety
vii wiS,is & 'ecoiSinsr9lai paper ron RON three Is
six months is being offered at 8 to 81
per cent?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS

Chienxo. Au". %. -- BUTTER Higher.
- iecG1 -;Iiikher Rscstprr. = usaa caser.
Firsts. 4s9 4oci ordinary frsts, ~ n 4sh Q: al
mark, cases cases ineluded' 44948nci storage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
Trading oulet on Paris sourse

Paris, Aug. 25.---Trading was quiet on
the Bourse today, Three per cent
rtntes were quoted at sc francs 80
SsaEsTs s ak5g sGeasSs sst s 8Ssan gsSs ~ ssGs Gs
so censimes. The dollar was quoted at
IL francs 81 centimes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-25
OFFICERS

a..> OFFICERS ..-,,.~ ..
.s' ".'' E. pusEr PAssxoRE. p,ais..a a'7' '''..
s.. Mckinley. We. Pr. ES KRONER. c..Si~
" j. MURPHY. Asst cs.L.r c. M PRINCE, All, c..,;..
Nv. WHITING. A... c..Ai.r u g,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-13
BUYS MOUNTAIN SITE
FOR A "PASSION PLAY
Rich Woman to Stage New Version
of Biblical Drama.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Mrs. W.
Yorks Stevenson. a rich society ma
iron of this city, has purchased a
canyon and mountain in California
and will devote her life and fortune
to the production of an American
passion play there.
Mrs. Stevenson has departed fol-
her canyon near HOLLYWOOD, Cal, fol-
the play, which is TO have its inaug-
ural during the present month.
Mrs. Stevenson is one of the found
ers of the Art Alliance. In her work
Mrs. Stevenson will have the aid OF
Miss Violet Oakley, the mural paint
er; Bishop Rhinelander of the Epis-
copal diocese of Pennsylvania, the
Rev. DIR. Edward Yates Hill, pastor
of the mother church of Presbyteri-
anism in America, and Edward Box
editor and art connoisseur.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-13
A WARM ROAST is
GIVEN SUFFRAGE BACKER

Message From Susan B. Anthony
Amendment Backer Termed an
Insult by Member of Louisiana
Legislative Body.
BATON ROUGE, La will not
allow Frank ]. Looney, or any other
lunatic to dictate to me-" declared
Judge Gilbert E. Dupre, representa-
tive of St. Landry parish, when a
telegram from the chairman of the
Democratic state central committee,
stating that Governor Cox desired the
Louisiana legislature to ratify the
federal suffrage amendment was
read yesterday.
81 say this telegram is an insult to
the intelligence of every member Of
this legislature, continued Mr.. Du-
pre-, speaking on a point of personal
privilege. He spoke for several min
utes amid the cheers of several OPP
ponents of female suffrage.
The telegram from Mr.. Looney,
dated at Shreveport, was as follows
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Baton Rouge: Please no
tify the house that Governor Cox
has sent me telegram as head of the
state central committee using the fol-
lowing language: "The Legislature
owes it as duty to the Democratic
party to ratify at once
Both houses of the legislature de-
feated the Suffrage Amendment and
adjourned
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-13
NEGRO is NOMINATED
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR
A Georgia Negro Is Named by the
Goal Blacks

Goal Blacks"
FOREST CITY, Ark. H. Blount,
who is the first negro to be nomina-
ted for governor of Arkansas, receiv-
ed his nomination at the hands of a
faction of the republican party in
this state.
Blount is about sixty years old and
has made his home in this city for the
past fOrty-seven years.
The nominee was born in Jones
county, Georgia, received his ele-
mentary training in the schools of
Atlanta and higher education in
Nashville and Chicago. He is at pres
ent principal of the negro schools of
Helena and has been connected with
schools in several Arkansas towns, in
Guiding Hot Springs, Texarkana and
Forrest City.
Blount is said to be in independent
financial circumstances, owning over
600 acres of land, and to teach mere
ly for the love of the work. He is
active in many fraternal orders.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-13
RADIJJM. THE METAL OF MYSTERY;
d. OUNCES WORLDS TOTAL SUPPLY

second period of 1890 years we still
have one-quarter of the radlum en-
ergy we started with.
The property of radioactlvlty Is
comparatively new study and was
Where Radium Occurs.
The pitchblende was dissolved and
the various elements in it were pre-
cipitated and tested for radioactiv-
ity. The principal activity was found
to be concentrated in the barium,
lstrontium and calcium group. After
the calcium and strontium had been
eliminated the barium that remained
still showed strong activity. ms
caused Nine. Curie to investigate
further and the element radium was
eventually separated out by the frac-
tional crystallization of its salts from
the corresponding barium salts.
Radium gives off three types OF
,rays-called the alpha, beta and
uncovered by accident in 1896 by
Henri Becquerel, the French scien-
fist and investigator of the X ray.
His experiments led to the develop
Iment of the fact that the salts OF
uranium possessed the property of
sonizing gases, of converting the
molecules of gases into charged par
ticles.
Nine. Curie in Paris then became
Interested in the discoveries of Bee
querel and proceeded to examine all
known elements to see if any other
metals contained these peculiar
properties detected in uranium. She
found that radioactivity is an atom
lie property; that thorium acted
cutie like uranium, that pitchblende
carrying a given weight Of uranium
had apparently four times greater
activity than any pure uranium salt
obtaining the same weight of ura-
mum. This latter disclosure caused
Ter to conclude that pitchblende
contained another element that was
also radioactive and she proceeded
0 prove this conclusion.
ANNA. The alpha rays travel with
a velocity of about 10000 miles a
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-13
CANADA Is MECCA
OF ARID AMERICA
.QUEBEC, LAST STRONGHOLD OF
THE VETS, is DOING A
RECORD BUSINESS.

| Observation-Disclosures is now the
mecca of thousands of American va
cationists attracted by the partial pro-
hibition of Montreal.
Sale of light wine and beer is IL
censed here under policy similar to
that now being advocated by the vets
to replace the total prohibition OF the
United States. Sale of whisky, gin
and other hard liquor is prohib-
tied by law throughout Quebec ex-
cept under certain regulations IN
( tended to be unusually drastic.
! The plain fact is that whisky can
he obtained practically openly at all
most every saloon in Montreal lcens-
ed to sell beer and light wine. This
bears out the claim of United States
Prohibition Director John Kramer,
who said recently: 'If the sale of
beer and light wine is permitted IN
the United States through modltica-
j ton of The prohibition laws we might
as we'll go the whole way and not re-
sGrict the liquor traffic at all"
! Here in Montreal whisky may be
bought by the bottle from drug stores
on prescription of a physician. Ger
tain dealers also are permitted to sell
it on prescription as licensed ven
doris" Whisky may also be bought
wholesale provided it is purchased IN
quantities of a case of twelve quarts
or more. No prescription is required
in this case.
/ A visitor saws: 81 have visited ff-
teen saloons since l arrived here. In
only one was / denied the privilege
of buying whiskey In most of them
&hiskey was consumed by nearly all
patrons. The price per drink is from
Is to 35 cents.
81 also obtained whiskey in single
drink quantities in saloon camou-
tagged as a lunchroom. No beer was
sold here, the proprietor having no IL
cense of any kind"
I "Why bother with beer and wine?"
he said >
! Montreal has p. m. closing law.
This is pretty generally obeyed, al
though the visitor discovered one cor
ner saloon in a good business neigh
borhood which remains open until IL
%. m. selling all kinds of drinks.
Thousands of American citizens
now are crowding Montreal holding
parties" Trains for New York,
Boston and other northern United
States cities are crowded daily. Ho-
tells here are jammed. Reservations
must be obtained far in advance.
Conventions of American business
men are an every day occurrence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-13

second: the beta rays are elected
with a velocity of more than 1OO,OOO
miles a second, while the gamma
raps travel with the sped of hgnt'
The alpha ray is stopped by an ordl-
nary sheet of note paper; the Deta
ray will penetrate a piece OF glass
while the gamma ray is practically
identical with the y ray, only beng
more penetrating. .,
Radium is now obtained chiefly
from carnotite, though small
amount is derived from pitchblende.
Small deposits of the latter ore are
to be found in AUSTRIA Saxony, Eng
land. Australia and Portugal. Prac-
tically all of the worlds radium I'M
til eight years ago came from the
autunite deposits in the latter coun-
try. =.
The first. important operations in
the United States did not commence
until in 1912, though small plant
designed to recover uranium from
carnotite ore was erected in Colo
RADIO as early as 1900. This venture,
however, enjoyed but short life
Seven MilIigrams in a Ton.
Practice has shown that it is nee
essary to handle and treat some
thing like 100000 pounds of ore
in order to recover gram of ra-
dium. One ton of ore will seldom
deliver more than six or seven MILL
grams of the radium element. One
authority figures that including coal,
water and chemicals the producers
must handle more than50,000 tons
of raw material to produce an ounce
of the precious radium metal.
such effort has ever before been re-
quired to produce spoonful of any
single element.
The medical fraternity of the
world has come to accept radium as
treatment for cancer. Permanent
cures are said to have been accom-
plished, and practically every large
city has at least one hospital that is
supplied with a small quantity of
radium. In actual practice the sur
gen generally uses a minimum of
fifty milligrams of the powerful sub
stance, and even this quantity, which
is no larger than the head of a
match, costs him $4,000.
AS a general rule the raduim met
al is shaped into tiny rod no larger
than a small piece of lead in pen
Gil. This is incased in a glass cap
sule and Theoretically sealed next
the whole tube is placed in a silver
casing open at one end, and finally
the silver tube with its precious con-
tents is inserted in a strong cylindrl-
cal holder made of brass. The rays
of radium are directed upon the dis
eased human tissue through a screen
of rubber, and strange as it may ap-
pear the rays act only upon the dis
eased flesh, leaving the healthy It's
sues unaffected. This small piece of
radium, which will penetrate lead
to a depth of more than two inches,
must be handled carefully with sill
yer forceps. Any contact of the sur
geons' fingers with radium would re-
suit in a serious burn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-13
ANNUAL PRODUCTION is ONE
OUNCE WITH A VALUE OF
THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
HOW PRECIOUS STUFF OBTAINED
More Than $4,000 Tons of Ore Han
died in Producing One Ounce
Rays Given Off by Radium. Its
Use in Treatment of Disease.

We have always been taught to
look upon gold as a precious metal
but its value becomes insignificant
when comared with radium, which
weight for weight is worth at least
100000 times as much as gold, says
the Saturday Evening Post.
The trouble is that just as we are
commencing to understand the mar
velous powers of this new element
ow mystery the experts come along
and tell US that at the present rate
of production the known sources OF
production will be practically eX-
hausted in ten or fifteen years.
The total supply of radium IN the
world today is estimated to be four
ounces-an amount hardly sufficient
to fill the sup from which you drink
YOUR morning coffee. The total an
nual production of the metal
throughout the world is now about
one ounce a year and comes chiefly
from the carnotite ores of Colorado.
The present value of this annual out
put, which can be held in a table
spoon, is in the neighbOrhoOd of 3d.
600, 900. The hopeful side of the
picture lies in the indestructibility
of radium. Every gram that is add
ed to what we already have is in the
nature of a permanent addition. Fur
thermore, radium only loses its pow
er at the rate of about one-thirty-
third of one per cent each year; in
other words, it takes approximately
half Of its potency. Then after a
1890 years for the metal to lose one
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-13
A CARD OF THANKS.

In the shadow of the great sor-
row that has come into my life the
memory of the love and loyalty of
my friends so tenderly expressed in
thoughtful ministrations and words
of sympathy bring some measure of
solace and comfort. l wish that l
might personally express my deep
appreciation. The many beautiful
fiorial offerings brought a message
all their own. God bless you.
MRS. G. B. MARTIN.