The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 25, 1920, Page 4

, & joker in labor bills at a recent session of the , What its size. \: PAGE FOUF ey THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N, D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN - ° wee . Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY ae ote Bi DeTROrE arghette Bldg. esge lg. a AYNE, 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 credited 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 + $7.21 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) ..... «7.20 Daily. by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck. a Daily, by mail, outside of North Dakota............ 6.01 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER sae » (Established 1873) ——— <p CAMPAIGN TACTICS 8. S. McDonald promptly nailed a vicious lie in the Nonpartisan Leader when that organ of the soviet regime quoted the compensation bureau of- ficial as saying that O’Connor wanted him to“place Editor legislature. This incident is important to show that, voters must be on guard during the next few days.. The time for all kinds of ugly roorbacks is here. + League campaign managers will go any i to carry the election. It is evident that they are following Town: ley’s instructions to “lie like horsethieves.” Mr. Townley is using every syllable of vituper- ation he ean utter to’ coax, cajole and threaten the veters., He and Gov, Frazier have in so many ‘ wortls\ardered everyone to leave the state who does.not agree with their, wild utopian schemes. |. Things have come to a:pretty pass in a state when political leaders sink so low as to utter such threats. But the state had sufficient warning. During one of the sessions of the legislature a league newspaper published in Bismarck served notice in cold type that any legislator who had the independefice to vote against the league program better. prdpard to leave the state for if he be- trayed the schemés of Townley, North Da- kota would be too hot.a place for him to abide in. The voters of Burleigh are not going to be in- timidated By the threats of any of the nonpartisan league editors or hencemen. Voters of Burleigh county be on your guard this week and let no anonymous roorback, threat or misrepresentation swerve you. from the duty you. owe to your state to wipe out the rule of the », soviet. Lucky the man who climbs aloft in dread and finds his overcoat no moths has fed. ’ WHAT’S AN ACRE? What’s an acre? Simple problem ‘in arith- metic. The book says it is 160 square rods. No fault to find with that. But— ‘4 Originally an acre meant any field no matter Sometimes, even now, méasure- , ment has nothing to do with it. Take G¢d’s acre, for instance. How big is that? Any burial | ground, isn’t it? Surely. And when one speaks of “broad acres” he doesn’t mean that each acre consists of 160 square rods. No sir. Under that situation the measure is indeterminate. As a mea- ‘sure of land the acre was first defined by King |' Edward I. And here’s the measure: As much land as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. In this king’s day it must have paid to breed oxen strong of limb and fleet,of foot! It:was made by ing George ‘that the varying mea- vextant ‘waseFeGnced to a uniform the acre in England and the United States is 4840 square yards; the Scotch acre is 6150 yards; the Irish acre is 7840 yards, while, for local purposes, in the British hop fields the acre ranges in size from 440 to 10,000 square yards. Take your choice! King Alexander of Greece is suffering from a monkey bite. How undignified that’ll sound in the histories, CAMPAIGNS DIFFER. What’s become of the old fashioned man/that carried a dripping oil torch and wore a blue and red oilcloth cape in the Blaine and Logan cam- paign torchlight processions? What’s become of the methods of political campaigns of yesteryear? What’s become of the great horseback parades of both parties, when all the young bucks of Jackson and Clay townships came in o’nights on the plow horses and rode two abreast down Main street by the blaze of; the oil toych and the blare of the brassey band? They’re gone. Old campaign methods are out of style, like bustles and hoopskirts. The custom of placarding the windows of the American home with pictures of the head of the family’s favor- ite candidate still exists. But even that may | cause trouble, now that father may like the looks of Harding, while mother favors Cox. And if there are voting children! Look out for compli- | cations. Yes, and what’s become of the old-time pole- raising? Those were the days. Foday’s presidential campaign has become a matter of cold calculating, efficient organization, and machine-like execution. They don’t seem to be able to stir up the excitement that they did when the Cleveland and Hendricks club came out 20 | girls. RISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE = with red flambeaux, white oilcloth capes and nifty | white slug hats, somehow! j HOMELY GIRLS A girl reader writes the editor about the pret- ty girl contest” and wants to know when there’s going to be a contest for “homely girls.” “The pretty girls,” says she, “have the best of everything, get all the sweethearts, have all thé good times, and we homely girls just get left all around. Please have a homely girl contest.” What in the world/is one to do about this? Can it be possible that there are enough homely girls in this city to make a contest even mildly exciting? The oldest residents assert this city has long been noted for its shortage of homely Some of the very best judges of/feminine beauty gay white blackbirds are more frequently met with than homely girls in this city. Surely the girl who wrote that letter must be kidding the editor! She would have him start a contest and then find no homely girls to contest with each other for the prize. Although she signs herself “A Homely' Girl,” the chances are bright that you could not get\one of her acquaint- ances to admit that “A Homely Girl” is hamely. It isn’t often that this newspaper refuses the request of one of its readers, and less frequently does it refuse a girl reader. But this is an ex- ception. This newspaper isn’t going to start a hunt for homely girls in a cjty where it knows there are no homely ones. “In the case of* Bryan, silence does ‘not give consent. ea : , This fall’s cider crop may, help the back- to-the- |. farm movement, next spring. The 1920 world series was an example of nor- malcy compared with 1919’s. Flammarion, the astronomer, is devoting his attention to the honeymoon. McAdoo says the League will reduce taxes. If it would only cure hay fever! —______, ' Young America will agree it’s a state of nor- malcy when ice cream cones are a nickel again. Several persons are not worried because a counterfeit hundred dollar bill is in clreylation. The minute they spoke of His getting married, the prince of Wales said he was planning 4 trip to Africa. Mrs, Tom Thumb’s clothing was auctioned. Her skirt would make two for a full sized society woman today. ‘ \ ; Stomachs adorned ‘with a-full set-of whiskers may be oxpeeted if the fad of drinking’ hair tonic is ‘not ecked. Since Arthur Griffith suj gested that ‘ampbican thi “adopt” I MaeSwiney i Hench, or to yen to any sym izers “adopt” Irish tewns, quit etd’ except ‘ies or deat! here ype i) rd ican’ be no di the! Irish republicans few want ‘tobe foster-fathers to the. spot wee ale’is made. * Sala EDITORIAL REVIEW ' Comments reproduced in this’column may or may not express the opinion ‘of The Tribune. ‘They are presented here in order that our readers may’ have both sides of important issues which are heing dis- cussed in the press of the day. DAKOTA FARMERS PREFER MINNESOTA MARKETS From the North Dakota side of the Red river —from the state where the Nonpartisans claim to be saving the farmers millions of dollars by rea- son of their advanced lawson wheat marketing— farmers are reported to be hauling their wheat across the river to sell it at elevators on the Minn- esota side of the river. According to the Grain- men’s Mirror, East Grand Forks is receivinggnore grain than Grand Forks, on the North Dhiota side; Halstad m eae Hillsboro; Comstock more than Hicks olverton more than Chris- tine; Kent more than Abercrombie; Breckenridge more than Wahpeton. The farmers’ cooperative elevator at Wolverton, Minn., handled about 300,- 000 bushels the grain coming across the Red river from farms as near as one mile from Christine, N. D. “One farmer who lives one mile from Christine,” says the Mirror, “hauled three car- loads..into Minnesota to market, hauling 2,500 bushels to the Wolverton farmers’ elevator, a distance of seven miles. The Wolverton farm- | ers’ elevator paid back to patrons a dividend of $7,400.” : And the Mirror. goes cn: “if farmers were saving 80 cetits per bushel under North Dakota grain laws, every elevator on the Minnesota side within a raius of ten "niles would be closed. ‘ Wheat is not only Ncrth Dakcta farm’ product that is coming cut of thai Nonp2r' tisan-run state; into Minnecota, which has nci the alleged super- ior advantages of Nonpartisan government. Minn- ;~ esta has a state potato exchange. That is, it is made up of co-operative potato marketing asso- ciations from all over the potato belt. Included in its membership are about 100 locals. Of these, eight or ten are in North Dakota, using the ad- vantages of the Minnesota potato exchange, and ten more such associations in North Dakota have applied for membership. North Dakota has no such facilities for potato marketing, although the Nonpartisan league, which professes to possess exclusively all the genuine agencies for aiding the farmer, has been in power in North Dakota ters “were: rspect’and* ‘ont; will trouble you more than ever when. -|his associates, he was arrested by sol- \He was*a well-known, MONDAY: OCTOBER 25, 1220 GAINED. FIFTEEN POUNDS WEIGHT TAKING TANLAC “Since I started taking ‘Tanlac I have already! gained fifteen pound in weight,” said Mrs. J. M. Madsen, R. F. D. No. 2, Burlington, lowa. “About seven years ago I began to suffer with indigestion, and I suffered so much that I was afraid to eat any- thing at all. I was gradually losing weight |and going down hill all the time. A little over a year ago I had an attack of influenza that left me al- most a nervous wreck. ;1 was subject to constant sick headaches and spells of dizziness that made me so faint I couldn’t carry on my housework. 1 was very nervous and restless and Many a,night I would get up out of bed and wélk the floor and in the mornings I felt completely exhausted. My nerves were so unstrung that I felt I couldn't stand it much longer, “T decided to try Tanlac and w the very first bottle I began to feel better. I have taken seven pottles now and I feel like an entirely diff ent woman. My appetite is just fine and I can eat an ng I want, and nothing ever disagre ith me. Lam free from those awful sick headaches and fainting spells. I sleep like a baby at night and wake up in the mornings. with more e y and vital- ity than I ever had before in my li and it is now a redl pleasure for me to do my housework. I advise anyone who is in the condition I was to take Tanlac.. It has certainly made life worth living for me.” Tanlac is sold in Bismarck by Jos. Breslow, in Driscoll by N. D. and J. H. Barrette, in Wing by H. P. Hy ‘man, and -in Strasburg by Stras- burg Drug Co. (Adv.) ON CME Co ee eae el MacSWINEY’S LONG FAST STIRRED ALL CLASSES OF ENGLISH PEOPLE * (Continued irom Paee Oner MacSwiney ‘was convicted were so comparatively light they did not. ju tify his suffering even though volun- tarily. Premier Lloyd George's reply was that MacSwiney undoubtedly was ‘a high officer of the “Irish Republi- can army” which decreed and execut- ed murders of officials and police in Treland. “ The Republican army, un- like the Sinn Fein, is purely a secret organization. The identity of its of- ficers and personnel is kept from the public and there is doubt even whether the Sinn Fein controls it or officially knows its workings. The theological argument over the course of Bishop Colahan and Mac- Swiney’s chaplain, the Rev. Father Dominic, in, as critics say, encourag- | ing him to commit suicide, was larg ly’ biblical. The Rev. Father Bernar | Do You Favor Arbitration or Continued Expensive - Litigation MMMM The Water Company’s Office Bismarck, N. Dak,, ° To the Honorable, City Commission of the City of Bismarck, and to the People of the City of Bismarck: of expense. _ high. Vaughn, was the only priest who pub- licly criticised them. A lecture which he was to deliver in Glasgow, a center of labor unidnism, had to be cancelled ,on. account’ ‘of''the unpopulaxity ie words brought upon him. The human aspect of the Lora | Mayor’s hunger, strike was the one that chiefly “interested British people and compelled, the sympathy of even his hardest political enemies. Mrs. MacSwiney: i k-everywhere with re- Stheir side had ‘nothing but’ good. Aogsay “of the jailers’ an police. withwhbm they had to deal. “Any ‘way prisonment -|have “been welcomed by the whole public but hig family were as firm as believed MacSwiney had given their cduse'the most, valuable service in hi: power and that, like John Brown “he you have nailed his coffin down.” Trial by Court-Martial MacSwiney’s hunger strike’ was b gun on August 12 when, with ten of diers in Cork while attending a ses- sion of a Sinn Fein court. After trial by a courtmartial under the regula- tions of theDefence of the Realm Act, he was found guilty of sedition and sentenced to two years’ imprison ment, which he was\serving in Brix- ton Prison in London. MacSwiney then an Alderman of Cork, .was elected Lord Mayor of the city at a special session of the Cork Corporation on, Marth 30 of this year. (Sinn Fein lead- er and, prior to his-e lection, had been deported and’. imprisoned several times;#one ofthe. latest notable in- stances’ of hig ‘confinement having been ffF'1916 in connection with the Irish Easter revolt. When arrested on August 12, Mac- Swiney managed to escape to the street from the back of the City Hall, which soldiers had!surrounded, but was captured outside. He was taken to the military barracks and. came up for trial on August 16. The court- martial found him guilty of having control of the secret police cipher, of having in his possession a document likely to cause disaffection, namely, a eopy of a resolution of the Cork Cor- poration pledging allegiance to the Dail Eireann, the_Irish Republican Parliament ,and of having made a seditious speech on the. occasion of his election. Already weak at the trial because cof his refusal to take food, MacSwi- ney, disputed the jurisdiction of the court, saying: “I am the Lord Mayor of this city and its chief magistrate. I declare this court illegal and those aking part in it liable to arrest under the laws of the Irish republic.” : Deported to Englind The day following! his trial, Lord Mayor MacSwiney- was deported to England aboard a destroyer, under a heavy military escort and was lodged in Brixton jail., The government an- nounced on August 19 that he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. ~ MacSwinty’s hunger strike brought numerous solicitations and protests to the British authorities, many of the appeals, being from sympathizers in the United States. Even a threat from the Sinn Fein in Ireland, that, in the event of his death, Q general strike and serious disturb- ances would prevail throughout the island. An appeal was taken directly to the King but this also proved unavailing. During his imprisonment, the Lord Mayor received numerous messages of encouragement and also. petitions to abandon his strike. He replied to the latter that if he gave up his fight he would “give. away Irish liberty” and that he woald. “rather die than do for fcur years.—Minneapolis Tribune, that.” Replying to reports that sustenance more, if it can : Now to take care of just such a (one ttons in ¢ase 8 of ishirree- ment it is provided in charter and cortract ‘between thé'City of - Bismarck and the Waterworks Company that in such case the - matter shall be submitted to arbitration. arbitrator and the Water Company to name one, and these fwo to name.a third. If the two shall not agree on the third arbitrator, then he is to be named by the Judge of the United States District Court, and that the award of this board’shall be final and bind- ing on both parties. What could be fairer and less expensive? If it was fair then, why is it ngt fair now? The City agreed to this provision as well as the Company. - "The Company. is willing to live up to its contract. It will do aor this yseless, senseless, expensive lawing that leads. to. nowhere except grief to both parties. . October 238, 1920. For more. than two years last past the City of Bismarck and the Water Company have been engaged in litigation, that up to date has cost.in excess of $30,000. - All of this litigation. is still in process of further litigation and.more is, from time to time being added. Soon‘another $30, ooh yoy have been added to the budget Tt is the opinion of the Wat er Company that! i in the end both the Water Company and the people will‘ be losers if this policy of long,,drawnout, expensive litigation is. tobe continued. Why not stop it: now? And what is all this trotible about ‘anyhow? _The'City says it wants to buy the waterworks from the Com- pany. The Water: €ompany answers that it is willing to sell to the City and named its price. The City answers‘that the price is too TT The City to name one HAVARDOAUNRPONDOOUNODONEDOAOONDAUADOONUNGEQNODOONOOUOUE The Company not only offers to arbitrate according to ‘the terms provided in its charter and‘do' it at once, but it:-will agree that if on aceount of the financial situation, the city cannot pay the award in cash, the Company will accept legal bonds of the City ent annual interest and that if at any ate, the City can find cheaper money, the Company will accept face value with accrued interest for the satwe. In this way the City can, with practically no further ex- pense, own the waterworks within thirty days from. this date. / The Water Company will pay one-half ue costs of the arbi- of Bismarck bearing time within one year from tration. 7 per UDESASUAUQUEDANDGUUNUEDUAODOONDECEAODAUUDODOOAAALSUDUESEOUAL The Company now makes this public offer for the reason that previous informal like offers to the Commission have brought no response. — & | Think it over! 4 BISMARCK WATER SUPPLY COMPANY, By Miller, Zuger. & Tillotson, fj ————— was being given Mayor MacSwiney, the British Office declared “if he is being fed we do not know it,” while ‘members of MacSwiney’s family de- nied categorically that food had been given him. Peter MaoSwiney, of New. York, a brother of the Lord Mayor, is an of- ficial of the American Commission for | Irish Independence. i THE STRANGER BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE. “I was raised in dear old Boston,” Said the Stransy ,old and seared, Ag he stroked tl intry frost on ‘His perambulating beard. “I was raised in old Chicago,” And his brows were closer knit, || Where I saw Booth play Iago, And I also played my bit. | “I was raised in old St. Louis,” iy Said the Stranger, with a sigh. “Ere I gailed the seas with Dewey, Ere my cup of life ran dry. “I was raised in old Seattle,” And he reached a: trembling’ hand, “Where the warring waves bring battle To the parapets of sand. zs f SS “I was raised, and I am crumbled, Yet this one last boast I claim: I am beaten, I am, humbled, But I always played the game!” In his eye, a tear to dim it, As once more the Stranger spoke, Re was raised—was raised the limit: “Can't you help a guy what's broke?” (Copyright, 1920, N. E. A.) (Advert jsement) | JUST, JOKING | o— Be Sf Might Be Both | Mother (anixously) — Bobby can hardly speak above a whisper. Doctor—What is it, ball game, ora cold?—Detroit News. Inquisitive. The precocious infant had just re- ,iurned from his first day at school. registering intense ennui. The anx- ious family gathered around. “Donald,” asked his mother, “what did you learn today?” “Nothing.” “What, nothing at ail?” “Nope; there was a woman there, who wanted to know how to spell cat, so I told her. That's all.”"—The Am- erican Legion Weekly. Double Dose for That. s Father = (sternly)—Robert, come here! Your mother and I agree that ou deserve a sound whipping. ., Bobby (bitterly)—Oh, yes. That's about the only thing you and mother ever do agree about.—Boston Tran- script. The Popular Way. “I wish could think of some good largument to use to convince people that they ought to vote for me.” “That's easy. Why not talk about the money the other side is spend- ing ?"—Detroit Free ress. Correct. “Mrs. Profiteer was ‘very proud of the stunts they were doing at the smart private school to which she had sent her daughter. “My dear,” she said to her friend, “she’s learning civics, if you please.” Its Attorneys. “What's civics?” asked the friend. “Civics? My dear# don’t you know? | Why, it’s the Science of interfering in public affairs.’—London Post. > | STRONG DALTON BOL || It was fitting that Dorthy Dalton shduld make her debut as a Para- ; mount star, in a story of such force and repute as Sir J. M. Barrie’s “Half an Hour,” which’ will be shown at the Eltinge theatre tonight. This play, one of the most successful of shis celebrated. author, was first pro- duced on the American stage in 1913 {at the Lyceum theatre with Grace George in the role of Lady Lilian, ;which is enacted on the screen by | Miss Dalton* Miss Dalton-is majestic as the high- minded aristocrat, Lady Lilian, whose. husband's taunts, drive her to seek the company of a young, reckless man from whom she is only saved by his accidental death. Harley Knoles, who directed “The Cast” with Violet Hemings and “Lit- {tle Women,” staged “Half an Hour.” (The adaptation was made by Clara Beranger. Sets of elegance, of antique furnishings and valuable old tap- estries and paihtings are used for the greater part of the picture. An automobile accident is one of thé ex- citing incidents. Sell your cream and poultry to our agent, or ship direct to Northern Produce Co., Bis- marck. Write us for prices on cream and pouitry.—Northera Produce Co, . TTT TOT oO —*=, ae With the Movies | | —- f-