The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1920, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ‘BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESD. JUNE 9, 1920 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN - - : . Representatives PAYNE COMPANY . CHICAGO DETROIT Marquette Bldg. . Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK : : - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news credited to it or not otherwise fretued in this paper and also the local news published erein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year. $7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in . Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bi: Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota..........++ THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) eS PICNICS This is the picnic season. City folks are hav- ing picnics in the country and the country folks are having picnics in the city—if they can get a day off. Both kinds of folks find the traveling easier nowadays than long ago. The auto chugs along in half or a third of the time that Dobbin used to pace it. But on the whole the newfangled picnic is fash- ioned on old-fashioned lines. And everybody seems to be doing it. There’s the young folks’ picnic and the family picnic. Different species of the same family. The young folks go in pretty much for angel’s food, marshmallow roasts and fluffy stuff. And maybe moonlight. But the family picnic is founded on firmer stuff than that. Father wants something that will “stick to the ribs,” as he puts it. That. ac- counts for fried chicken, beef loaf, plenty of bread and butter. Editor Foreign G. LOGAN The Literary Digest’s straw vote shows Ed- wards running well. Perhaps it is a rye straw vote. MENDEL’S PEAS A monk experimenting year after year with a patch of peas in a monastery garden; a short paper published in a local journal and soon for- gotten; the work abandoned; the monk, now ab- bot, in controversy with the government about the rights of his monastery; ill health, and death in relative obscurity at the age of 62. \ Such is the life of Gregor Mendel at Bruenn, the capital of Moravia. | He began to cross one kind of pea plant with! another in 1867, two years before Darwin pub- | .lished his “Origin of Species.” He published in 1865 and died in 1884. In 1900, somebody un- earthed his paper, botanists all over the world realized that he had laid the foundations for a new science of heredity, and Mendel ‘became a very famous scientist. Darwin had shown how a favorable “variation” may preserve a species in the fierce struggle for existence. “Mendelism” shows how such variations arise and are passed on from one generation to the next. eon ses a cent dollar to repudiation isn’t a long step. But | S}—meme—ema enn nnn tt nett tmnt ttt tt stent ttenntmntsmatanntemntonnatemift THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME individual, a nation or the world. Better have a | e-em nnn tte ttt ttt APH ttt tet tt tn ttoettet it isn’t an honest way of doing business—for an 100-cent dollar, honest effort, strict economy, and a satisfied conscience. “SINS OF THE PARENTS” Pear] Odell, a young wife, has been sentenced to the penitentiary in New York for a term of 20 years. Her husband is in the death house await- ing the executioner. They were found guilty of slaying the girlhood lover of the young wife, the man, she said, be- trayed and deserted her. The jury deliberated for hours before sending the young couple to prison. Evidence proved that she had urged her husband to the murder; that she had aided him in the killing; indeed, that she herself had thrust a file-dagger into the body of the man she once loved, after he had been bound to a tree, helplessly pleading for his life. The jury believed her guilty of murder. But —this young wife is about to become a mother! Within the year the child will come into this world. The baby will first see the light of day in prison, the mother a prisoner in a cell of “mur- derers’ row.” And if the sentence is not com- muted the child will reach the threshold of ma- turity before the mother is released from prison. That child’s life will be darkened by the shadow of the father’s shameful death, and blackened by the stain of the prison cradle. Thus the sins of the parents are visited upon the children! Yes, even to the third generation. But that is the law of the land. The law now proceeds to punish this unborn child for the sins of its mother and father. It isn’t right—to the child. It isn’t justice—to the child. Of course, you may say: “It is the parents’ fault; they are to blame.” And, partly, you will be right. But hasn’t society some interest, some concern, about the future of this child? Well, how does anybody expect money to get tight in a dry country, The money minted now is of little value, but the mint beds are of less. If all other platforms fall, Bryan can still stand on a Chautauqua platform. ‘Some merchants keep their thumbs on the scales, and the weigh of the transgressor is hard on the pay envelope. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinions of The Tribune, They are pre- sented here in order vhat our readers may have both aides of apr issues which are being discussed im the press of the day. AMENDMENT REFERENDUMS NOT VALID The constitution of the United States pre- scribes two methods by which it may be amended. In one the initiative rests with congress, in the other with the legislatures of the states. Congress by a two-thirds vote in each House may propose a constitutional amendment, and when it is ratified by the legislatures of thvee- fourths of the stats, it becomes part of the consti- The reader may fit the moral to the tale: That | tution. great discoveries do not always depend on great Or, on application of the legislatures of two- opportunities; or that honest work counts in the| thirds of the states, congress must call a conven- end; or that there is more chance than justice in| tion for proposing amendments, which in turn the recognition that men get. But here “The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones.” must be ratified by the legislatures of three- fourths of the states to become valid. In practice only the first of these methods is used. But some of the states have attempted to The millennium will come soon after everybody | Change the process, so that their legislatures are decides to reform himself instead of the other|Compelled to submit such amendments to refer- fellow. KEEP PRICES UP? endums in order to obtain authority for ratifica- tion. The supreme court now rules that this change, That the public should be interested in keeping] Whereby the referendum is inserted into the pre- prices up rather than in bringing them down is|Scribed constitutional process of amendment, is the surprising contention made by George A. Car-| Unconstitutional. No state can change the orig- den, a Texas lawyer, now a Wall street lawyer, in| inal process in this or any other manner. Con- an article in The Forum. gress and the state legislatures are the only agen- “It is true,” concedes the judge, “that the gen-| cies recognized by the constitution in the business eral practice of economy will reduce the demand | 0f amendment. for labor’s products and thereby lower their The legislature of Ohio, for example, ratified prices, but it would tend also proportionately to|the Eighteenth amendment, and its action was lower the price of labor. It is true that the de-| accepted as one of the thirty-six ratifications by flation of the currency would take from the value| state legislatures necessary to validate that of labor’s products the inflation ‘which has been|@mendment. But the Ohio constitutional provi- put into them, but it is likewise true that by the| Sion for a referendum was invoked, and the people same stroke the price of labor would be propor-| Of Ohio refused to approve the Eighteenth Amend- tionately deflated. And the problem is to reach|™ent’ by a vote, of 499,971 for it and 500,450 a sound and permanent basis without encounter-| against it. The margin of 479 votes was narrow, ing the revolutionary effects which must come| but quite sufficient, if the referendum were valid, from the proposed deflation, overproduction and|to upset the efficacy of the “dry” amendment, limitation of demand and consumption. at least until the ratification of some other state Carden proceeds frankly to suggest the remon-| Could be substituted for that withdrawn by Ohio. etization of silver as a step toward the solition of the problem. : The present ruling of the supreme court is doubtless good law, but it is also common sense. “It is worthy of consideration,” reasons the} Neither Ohio nor any other state has the power judge, “that a sufficient basis for a proper flota-| to rewrite’ Article V of the constitution, even if tion of currency could be found in the remoneti-| its purpose is to insert that wonder-working de- zation of silver, and the desired results accom-| Vice of modern reformers, the referendum, into plished without any great shock to the country’s the midst thereof. The constitution looks to the or the world’s economic position. legislatures of the states alone for ratification. Carden’s suggestion to keep a cheap dollar cir-| It knows not the referendum. culating until the world’s debts are paid naturally Thus the Eighteenth Amendment stands as appeals to the debtors, and just as naturally is|Yatified, unless the supreme court in other cases displeasing to the creditors, numbering millions | still under consideration should find other reasons of government bondholders. - It is the same idea which once took such firm root in the mortgage- plastered west in the “free silver” days. If Carden is right about a 50-cent dollar, why not a 10-cent dollar? That would clear off debts still more easily, wouldn’t it? And from a 10- to reject it. Likewise the Nineteenth Amend- ment, establishing equal suffrage and still lack- ing the ratification of one of the necessary thirty- six states, cannot be held up by demands for ref- erendum votes in any of the ratifying states.— Minneapolis Journal. ROW, DONT ASK ME IFIHAVE ANY UMBRELLAS ZO MEND. IRememBeR You! You Mh h MAN, on MAY! WHAT ARE You SAYING To MR. BEANETT P RUINED A SILK ONE FoR ME NOT LONG AGo! = MRS BLAKE, WHO ISA LITTLE WISTOOK MR.BLAKES BOSS, WHO AN UMBRELLA MENDER-— G.0.° HOT AIR TO NEARSIGHYED ~~ HAD MADE. AN APPONCTMERT ‘TO PLAN GOLF WITH HIM FoR COUNTERACT CHILL OF LAKE BREEZES BY EWARD M. THIERRY, N. E. A. Staff Correspondent ‘Chicago, June 9.—Pre-convention workers around the Coliseum shiv- ered under cool Lake Michigan breez- es. When they heard the weather | forecast for convention week was “cooler,” they demanded heat. “Don’t need. it,’ said Charles R: Hall, Colieum manager, “a fine hot air heating system, G. O: P. patent applied for, will begin: operating au- tomatically when the orators cut loose.” ‘ee L, (W. Henley and Walter J. Mala- testa are the most unpopular persons in Chicago. The former is secre- tary of the arrangenfents committee and the latter is secretary of the Chicago convention committee. They were nearly mobbed when ticket distribution took place, Mala testa had the worst time trying to! divide 2,658 tickets—Chicago’s allos- ment for those who contributed the: money for staging the big show-- among 150,000 applicants. “I got X00 checks from people who wanted to buy tickets,” said Malatesta. “It hurt like the dickens to return all that cash.” ‘oe Ferd Peck, 80 and wealthy, built the Congress Hotel a good many years ago. Yesterday he called around looking for Wood headquar-; ters—and, like everybody else who penetrates into the labyrinth of cor- ridors upstairs—got lost. “I] built the building, all right,” the aged contractor complained, “but Til be darned if I numbered the rooms!” se 8 “Mr. and Mrs. Lillian Russell” have arrived to help pick the nominee. In} “private life” the former js Alexan- der P. Moore, Pittsburgh newspaper publisher, and a Bull Mooser of the! vintage of 1912. A taxi driver confided disgusted to a fare: “Hell! This is a dead town! Why, there used to be wine, women and booze—just lke heaven!” : * (Energetic workers for Samuel Adams, self-confessed vice-presiden- tial candidate, are going'around pia- ning badges on people and giving them big red apples from Adams’ Virginia fruit farm. The gift is a! sort of Adams apple. * An extremely small man in a gray suit dodged in and out among the legs of delegates cluttering up the Congress Hotel lobby: varf?” asked a sightseer, explained a bellhop, “that's one of those half delegates from the south.” ke “No,” boasts a frock coat and a fancy vest, liberally sprinkled with bravy spots j and campaign buttons. + ote Mayor Thompson has ordered out reserves of street sweepers to shine up the asphalt in front of the Coli- seum. “Got to boost Chicago—impress visitors — clean city,” said Thomp- son. “Get strects clean enough for “em to eat off of it if they want to.” x oe Horrjble shock for Theodore Roose, velt, Jr. ‘A doorkeeper at the Coli- seum didn’t recognize him, even when he showed his teeth, and refused to penne let him in to attend .contest hear- ings. He didn't get in till Will Hays dashed out and rescued him, a8 8 More vice-presidential timber is in town. Colonel Henry A. Anderson, of Richmond, Va., is willing to go to the mat with Samuel Adams for the job. Governor R. Livingston Beeck- man of Rhode Island, also has a boom. ‘ * Chairs for delegates in the Coli- seum are nailed together. No chance of throwing them when things begin to liven up. gi Mager sightseers are offering as much as $100 for a convention ticket. None for sale, though, even at that figure. xe An anonymous songster has. pro- WA be distributed. in the Coliseum. Here's the chorus: It's a long, long trail that’s winding ‘Far from that Full Dinner Pail In the days when men believed in such word as “fajl.” It’s a long time we've been waiting The hour of triumph to see— And we. march into the White House With our Glorious G. O. P. * * x The G. O. P. circus is going to be shown in the movies. Camera men will grind every time there’s some excitement. They began when the Coliseum was turned over to the convention committee. Grand Opera Stars to Appear Here June 12 When the indefatigable press agent of the Sonora Italian Grand Opera company informed me several weeks ago that the company would regale Seattle music lovers with the, master- pieces of Verdi, Donjzetti, Leoncaval- lo, etc, for a week, I was hopelessly unimpressed. I had never heard of the organization and cherished an in- stinctive dread—a kind of atavjsti? fe: of the unknown, perhaps—of coming within its vocal range, How- ever, upon delving into the critiques accorded’ the Sonora singers in other cities, I find) my dread melting into something akin to eager curiosity to hear them. For they have had uni- formly favorably reviews. Rigoletto is the work with which the company has been evoking warmest praise. When the Sonora organization visited Vancouver, B. C. a short time ago, the writers there experjenced a pleasur- able They attended the open- ing performance with misgivings and came away enthusiastic. The critic for the Daily World’ recorded his im- pressions of Rigoletto as follows “A pleasant surprise awaited those who attended the Avenue Theatre last night to hear Grazianj and Cas- tillo’s Sonora: Italian Grand Opera company in Rigoletto, for while its members came with good credentials it must be confessed that it was not so well known as some other grand duced a campaign song. Copies wiil! opera companies that have been in EVERETT TRUE : By Condo WHY, HeELto, &V HowshH ‘OU Boyz CHic) (Hic) HAIN'T SHEER Nou Fer JOHNSON, THEW'RE Stmecy NOT DOING: Charles Washington Wilson, color- ed, has the only two-gallon hat at the convention. ‘It’s a bit rusty, but he’s proud of the “plug.” He comes from Tennessee and also 4 CATARR SANTAL APSULED 24 HOURS Each Cap- sule bears the 7°, name Ag renareofcounterfeit: HMIDY J Tet AT the west. ... A very even and ex- cellent set of principals were thos® who appeared last night, although for a performance that approached the Highest standard it would be dii- ficult to surpass that of Eduardo, Le- jarazu jn the title role. He sang with true art and dramatic power. And the Daily Provjnce’s reviewer wrote much in the same strain: “Many went with fear and trembling but willing to take a chance on this, to Vancouver at all events, unknown company. Those who took the chanc? can fairly be said to have ‘backed a winner’, for there was a great deal that was on a high plane of artistry. The honors last night went uardo Lejarazu in the title rol2, nsuelo Mediha as Gilda. The first is a baritone with excellent vocal equipment and a_ still better dramatic sense. Miss Medina js a coloratura soprano who displayed fine technique, and her notes are alwa clear and full with no tonal defects,” ‘krom the foregoing, it wou'd seem that unless the assessors and judges al art in this city are very the Sonora company Z n worthy of patronage all devotees of grand opera. The r i heduled for Bis- Saturday evea- "and Monday, ing, June 12, “Rigoletto, June 14, “Il Trovatore.” $ Bismarck enjoyes far too few per- formances of standard grand operas, and if the Sonora singers measure up to the expectations aroused by the enthusiasm they evoked in other cities, jt is to be hoped that they will be so well received here as to en- courage their return next season in productions of some less familiar works. HEALTH ADVICE & | BY UNCLE SAM, M. D. | + Conducted Under the Direction Public Health vice of the U. o____+__4 A WORD TO PARENTS Twenty-five new babies for every 1,@00 people is what the stork may be expected to bring to this town this year. Perhaps a little arrival is expected in your home in the near future; perhaps he came a few weeks ago. In either case, just a reminder of an important duty you owe the little one—make sure that his birth 1s properly recorded with the author- ities. Here are some of the reasons why births should be recorded: 1—To establish jdentity. 2—To prove nationality, 38—To prove legitimacy. 4—To show when the child has the right to enter school. To show when the child has the right to seek employment under the child-labor law. 6—To establish the right of in- heritance to property. 7—To establish liabjlity to mil- itary duty, as well as exemp- + tion therefrom. 8—To establish the right to vote. 9—-To qualify to hold title to, and to buy or sell real estate. 10—To establish the right to hold publie office. 11—To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into. 12—To make possible statistical studies of health conditions. The United States Public Healtn service has just published a littie pamphlet for expectant mothers. You can obtain a copy free of charge by addressing the Information ditor, United States Public Health Service, Washington, D.C. Ask for pamphlet entitled ‘tMotherhood,” : Q. My daughter has asked me some questions that I find it rather difficult to answer and also whether she should be told anything abort sex, She is 15 years old Can you give me some information on the subject, or suggest the names of some books I might read? A. Unless you are able to answer the questions your daughter asks she will most certainly ask ‘some one else, who may not hesitate to ans swer. Write the Information Editor, United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. €., for pamphlets “D" and “BE” that will make the mat- ter quite easy. Auto Traffic to Be Established Over Mountain Highway Steamboat Springs, Colo, June 9.— Gere Fass road, probably the oldest wagon road across the Continentai Divide but over which, it is said, no automobile has ever gone, soon will be, opened to motor traffic . The state and Routt county have each appropriated $10,000 for the im- provement of the road and work is scheduled to begin soon. Only a small portion of the road on to of the Di- vide is in poor condition but that portion makes the pass impassable for automobiles. Gore Pass road con- ngcts Toponas in the southern end of Egeria- ppark, with Kremmling in Middle Park. It has east grades and is said to be clear of snow a month later in the fall and a month earlier in the spring than any other road crossing the Divide in this region. Gore Pass road was first crossed with wagons in 1856 when Sir George Gore, an Irish nobleman, and an army of servants and retainers, traveling in thirty wagons under guidance of Jim Bridger, penetrated the wilder- ness beyond the pass in search of game. Sir George is reported to have killed thousands of bison, elk, deer and antelape during the three years that he spent in the Rockies. Dur- ing that period his men built roads for him into many portions of th? mountajns. In 1856, General Bela M. Hughes, Pioneer stage manager, opened it route between Denver and Salt Lake over Gore Pass, taking advantage of the work already done by Sir George's men. A stage company was chart- ered to operate vehicles between the two cities but the stages were never run. The wide brim of a hat for women that has been patented can be re- moved, giving its owner the appear- ance of possessing two hats. An American js the inventor of a motion picture camera with which he says he can take 100,000 photo- gtaphs a_second, "