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

PAGE FOUR BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUN. E \ if: TUESDAY, NOV. 9, 1920 “THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN = = © = = Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Editor 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 frais 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 Daily. by mail, per year (in Bismarck) aie 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck. 6.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. 10 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Beri BOLD PUFF! PUFF! Americans smoke eight times as many cigars as they did 50 years ago; or eight times as many are smoking cigars. Uncle Sam puffed 13,881,417 in 1870, but by 1920 he has become so wedded to the cigaret that he is smoking them at the rate of over 50 million a year. In less than four years the cigaret con- sumption has more than doubled. This year 8,966,028,022 cigars will be consumed in the United States, reports the internal rev- enue office. This is an increase, in 10 years of 28 per cent. The decade increase in cigarets is | 546 per cent. Smoking and chewing tobacco | usage decreased 5 per cent in the same time. But, everybody doesn’t smoke. In fact, only ~ 28,000,000 smokers are spending this billion and a half of dollars for the “weed.” “A frightful waste of money,” some, no doubt, will exclaim. But, you may guess that 28 mil- lion, mostly adult males, will reply: “Anything that adds to happiness cannot be a waste.” If they ever charge a dollar for a haircut a man may be proud of being bald. JUVENILE MUTTON Armour had a little lamb; fleece had been as white as snaw, and everywhere that Armour went that lamb was sure to go—at prices ranging from 23 to 35 cents the pound. So alleges the U. S. government in an indict- ment containing 137 counts, charging profiteering in violation of the Lever act. Armour’s juvenile mutton. it appears, followed him all the way from New Zealand, at.a cost, in- | cluding the diminutive sheep, dressing, shipping | and overhead expenses of less than 19 cents a pound. i It is just possible that when the hard-hearted ; teacher chased the little lamb home from school’ that she had been interrupted in the very midst of her perusual of the Armour. essay entitled, “Five Big Packers Make a Profit of Only a Frac- tion of a cent a Pound.” Armour should be more careful. A little New | Zealand lamb, following one around, is likely to get one into trouble almost any time. After watching little Willie eat on Thanks- giving day you'll spell it cramberries. BLUE LAWS History says that there was a good deal of ex- aggeration about “blue” laws, and that after a member of the New Haven colony was driven out and returned to England he spent his time in ridi- ¢ule of the colony and invented laws which he said were used'in governing its people. Maybe he did. ‘If he did, he certainly was a good inventor, for among the rule were these: No one shall cross ‘a river on Sunday unless he be an authorized clergyman; No one shall run on the Sabbath, day, or walk in his garden; \ No one shall travel, cook, make beds or sweep houses, on the Sabbath ; i No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath, or fasting day. Every a man who strikes his wife shall be fined ten pounds, and a woman who strikes her hus- band shall be dealt with according to the law; Whoever publishes a lie to the prejudice of his neighbor shall sit in the stocks, or be whipped 15 stripes. And these laws were not called “blue” because of their lugubriousness. They took their name from the fact that as originally printed, these and a lot of others, were bound in blue cloth. Esperanto as a language may not amount to much, but as a boat—some boat. RED CROSS IN RUSSIA In Soviet Russia there is hunger and cold and disease. The Red Cross is not in Soviet Russia. Some uninformed American radicals say it is the American State Department, not the Soviet, that is responsible for the Red Cross not being in Russia today. They insist that the U. S. State Department refused Red Cross permission to work in Russia. The U. S. State Department did not refuse the American Red Cross permission to go into Soviet Russia. : The U. S. Department told the Red Cross that they were quite free to go into Russia, that the used either for military purposes or by the Bol- shevists to aid them in keeping the morale of the people. The State Department went on to say that while it was entirely willing and in fact glad to have intelligent humanitarian efforts made, yet it could not hold out any guarantee that jit would be able to protect either the personnel who might go into superintend the distribution or protect stores and supplies against seizure and confisca- tion. The American Red Cross was inclined to take the risk, but the whole matter was put up to the men in the field and especially to Olds, the Euro- pean director. These men were unanimous in their judgment that it would be unwise either to risk their peo- ple or their supplies in Russia at this time and that there was no way in which the United States, through the State Department, or otherwise, could protect them. Thereupon, it was decided to withhold distri- bution and the decision was wholly the decision of the Red Cross European directors and agents, many of whom had been in Soviet Russia, and who were intimately acquainted with the methods of the Soviet government. The Jewish Relief Society did go into Russia, in a small way, and immediately encountered the opposition of the Soviet government. American Quakers united with British Friends in Russian relief work, but this is done under the name of the British society. After learning of what American Jews and Quakers were doing, the U. S. State Department became really desirous that the Red Cross should go into Russia. Red Cross agents abroad again were very strong with hteir negative on the venture. Here the matter rests today. The barbers all voted for day-light shaving. CHEER THE SPIDER! - The bee is held us as a model of industry and virtue. Why? Because it manufactures food which those who praise the bee like to eat. The spider is condemned as a reprehensible creature of malice and cruelty. Why? Because it catches flies. Also it is noted that the spider loses no time.in killing her husband. The bee does that, too. But no one holds it against | her. For it is by killing off the drones that the bees are able to store up so much food. Stress is placed on the report that some spiders bite. As if the bees do not sting! The stinging is forgiven for sake of the honey of wich the bees | are robbed. j ? Instead of being held up as a model of industry, the bee more accurately might be ridiculed as a | most foolish insect to work so hard laying up| honey for those who have no right to it. The spider’s devotion to catching flies should not be held against it. We want the flies swat- ted. Perhaps, when the idea that it is desirable to swat all flies becomes more: firmly fixed, the spider won’t be called cruel, but will be placed upon a pinnacle of respectability, and will be hail- ed as a loving benefactor of mankind. Article X to séme means ten fingers doubled up into two fists. NOW IT’S OVER Now that the election’s over, and the neces- sity fot political camouflage, extravagant claims and gengral buncombe is passed, this newspaper, would like to suggest both to the successful as- pirants for office, and to those who will continue to hold office until the new Congress and admin- istration takes charge, that the American people are vitally interested in a few important ques-| tions, which have not been touched, or have been barely touched in the campaign. ~ Here they are: \ 1—The cost of living; ! 2--The relations between capital and labor; 3—The making of peace; 4—The return of civil rights in America; 5—The housing shortage. Any new officeholder can gain the respect and affection of the American people if, now that he} is elected, he will bend his gray matter to possible | means of grappling with these problems. Think it over, gentlemen. : | “Listener” Warned of Torpedoes and “Drag” Enables Ships to Make Quick Turns: to Escape —Night'Sailings Were Made Safe. The Sunday New York American publishes the following dispatch from Washington: The part American ingenuity play- ed in winning the war is disclosed in a history of the Naval Consulting board of the United States, made pub- lic by Secretary Daniels today. The volume reveals achievements which, if projected a decade ago, pro- bably woyld have been ridiculed as “visionary.” , Chief among these was a device by which the launching of a torpedo could be heard on ghip- board 4,000 yards away—or further than a torpedo can be effectively launched from a submarine. This invention was but one of ascore or more contributed by Thomas A. Edison, president of the board. Mr. Edison appears to have been the moving spirit of the board. For- saking his laboratories at the otit- break of the war, he vractically be- came a naval officer. He spent most of his time in the Navy Department offices here, and took long deep-sea eru'ses that he might be in closer touch with the problems to be solved. Listening Device Because of the German submarine menace, ship protection claimed most of the attention of the board. To this problem Mr. Edison devoted his traditional twenty-hour working days, and after overcoming many obstacles finally perfected his listening device. This contrivance was in the form of an outrigger suspended from the bowsrpit of a vessel and containing an immense phonograph diaphragm. By means of compensators, the noise He Won’t Drop Dead Any More “My husband = suffered terribly from stomach and_ liver trouble, ich caused. sych bloating of gas to seriously affect his heart. Doc- tors warned him that he might drop dead at any time from this trouble. A friend in Cleveland advised him to take Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy, and since taking it, 4 months ago, he is feeling like a young, man again. All his friends are sutprise( at his appearance.” It is a simple, harmless preparation that ‘vemoves the catarrhal mucus from the intes- tinal tract and allays the inflamma- tion which causes practically all stomach, liver and_ intestinal ail- ments, including appendiciti One dose will convince or money re- A drummer re’urning frcm Canada with a loaded grip might be called a bottle-scared hero. | funded. All Druggists. ee EDISON DEVICES AIDED U.S. NAVY DEFEAT GERMAN U-BOATS DURING WAR) of the vessel's engines: was obliterat ed, thus making it possible for the device to work perfectly even when the ship was plowing at full speed through the roughest seas. With this device boats moving 1,700 yards away could be readily heard while the vessel was going full speed A submarine, bell five and one-half miles away could also be heard while a big storm was in progress and the boat also proceeding at full speed. Mr. Edison followed this invention with a device for the quick turning of a vessel whenever the detector indi- cated that a torpedo wes coming in the vessel’s direction. He did this by means of Strong conical canvas bags. A heavy rope was attached to the mouth of the bag, and a light rope, in a slip knot, to the tapering end. i The “Drag” ior Quick Veering When cast into the sea the mouth opened, filling the bag with water and thus acting as a drag. By pulling the lighter rope the small end of the bag was opened. This let the ‘water out, instantly relieving the res‘stance. Four of these bags cast from the | tons of coal caused it to turn ninety | degrees from her course in two min- utes, with an advance of only 200 feet. Night sailing of ships next attracted his attention.. By working day and night over the records of submarine sinkings he discovered that not more than six per cent of the sinkings took j Place at night. Mr. Edison commenced to work out his plans for the ships to sail in and | out of the danger zone at night; to | forsake the old standard lines of travel as much as possible; to anchor through the day in comparatively : Shallow waters and harbors where | submarines could not approach them, steaming only at night to other ports of anchorage on the way to their Hl destinations. | Strategic Maps Mr. Edison prepared a new set of strategic maps on which he charted the harbors in which there was safe anchorage for a long distance in- shore in comparatively shallow, but safe waters, where submarines could not approaet Nese "RATA: Other wartime inventions by Mr. Edison were a cartridge for taking soundings; a convoy light visible to jall the vessels in the convoy, but in- | Visible from the decks of a submarine: jan underwater searchlight capable of throwing rays 200 feet; a projectile that would enter the water from an angle instead of richocheting; a sta- j blizer for submerged submarines, amt {a Ae fuse to cause shrapnel to burst 'onl\ six feet above the ground. He devised a mask to, protect ob- i servers on the tops of masts from ‘smokestack gas, a turbine head for~ | projectiles which enabled the latter | to be fired from smooth bore guns and still have rotation and accuracy; of a 5,000 ton vessel laden with 4,000 i > Sareea drew up plans for mining Zeebrugg? | Harbor, and developed a method by which communicating signals between warships could be sent by means of mirrors. e Prevented Sinkings | Mr. Edison devoted a great deal of ing sinkings, and he suggested a num- ber of schemes to this end. One of these was a proposition to furnish merchant ships with a type of special- ly designed three-inch shells filled with an oleum smoke-producing cone { pound with which to blind submarines {it they had long range ‘guns. 's he solved with a small stream of silicate of soda placed o a coal or wood fire. The moment th silicate strikes the incandescent body the’ small quantity of «water in the silicate evaporates, and the glowing {body becomes coated with a glassy surface, excluding the oxygen and ex- | tinguishing the fire. i Direction Finder The study of a direction finder for hostile airplanes was undertaken to. determine the directioh.of a plane be- fore Mit visible, by determining the direction of the source of the ound given off by its engines, “This is how it was done: ‘ Two horns at a fixed angle to one another conveyed the sound to op- posite sides of the same diaphragm and swung the horn system, both in horizontal and vertical planes, until there was no movement of the di- aph m, hecause the sounds convey- ed by both horns were of equal value and therefore neutralized one another. in coal bunk zero readings, but with some training on the part of the observer the di- rection could be determined with con- siderable accuracy. Having learned taht telephone sys- tems on ships were not very reliable, Mr. Edison evised one that was. He discarded microphones and substitut- ed the receiving phone for a transmit- ter. The signals being weak he am- plified with an audion, which made the signals so loud as to be painful to the e: Mr. Edison also invented an ex- \tension ladder which could be attach- ‘ed to the top of the mast and give ; an observer a location $7 feet above the top of the mast. This device in- creased the area of observation. f PEOPLE'S FORUM & ? Editor Bi Bismar Dear Sir Please read the. second and fourth paragraphs of the front page left- hand column article of the Mott Pi- oneer Press issue of Nov. 4th. This article is an insult to the wo- manhood of the state. That it is false in self-evident. It was prepared while jstill smarting from the stinging re- |buke given by the votes of the wo- {men of Mott to this paper and some of ithe league candidates on account of narck Tribune, Dz. thought to various plans for prevent- | The problem of extinguishing fires | It was found very difficult to get | SSRDSCEDI EOD. ORO LO EHO The Best Cough Syrup is Home-made. site Th Here's an enay way to save §° yet have the best ¢ ee you ever tried, and You've probably heard of this well- known plan at making cough have yrup at home. But you ever used it? When you d chousands of feel that without . the hardly nple and pold of a con, quiékly’ earn it a permanent p! your home. Into a pint bottle, pour 24% Pinex; then add plain granu v to fill up the pin Or. ounces of ted sugar desired, or corn a neve! you a full pint of bett remedy than vou could buy rea for three times its cost. It is really wonderful how quickly this home-n remedy conquers a cough—usua n 24 hours 6r less. Tt seems to penetrate through every. air passage, loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough, lifts the ph ll { je mem- es, and gi most ate re- Splendid for throat tickle, hoarse- croup, bronchitis and bronchial t. nex is a hi omnd of gen md has heen r cough y-made hiv concentrated com- Norway pine extract, d for generations for ailments, apnointment ask vour for “2% ounces of Pinex” with ona, and: din't Guaranteed to faction or money refunded. Co Rt Wayne tne eee The Pinex their lying and deceiving statements. A coat of tar and feathers would be too mild a dose for the low-down whelps who prepared and printed this article, so untrue to American ideals I The paragraphs follow: “One of the hottest political battles in the annals of Hettinger county was fought here on Tuesday, November 2nd. The battle raged the fiercest in the county seat. The most corrupt tics Known to political warfare | were used.. Vile lies and malicious | falsehoods flew thick and fast during the closing hours of the campaign from the mouths of those walking ‘under the IVA. banner. “Women in the clothing of Ihdics with a honeyed tongue-and a heart of gall, played the part t cheap ward politicians. Those certaif women (and thank God there are only a few) dis- graced that great inherited privilege {and right, namely, the\19th dmend- ment giving women the right to vote, by being led to the polls like a flock lof sheep by an Uncrowned King. They ! constitute a part of the mob which ! voted against the Mott Pioneer Press ‘their home paper. They are the real |boycotters, and the brains of tnis ; bunch would rattle in a peanut she!! ‘and rank in. mentality with that of jtthe lobster. “The Presk was not the only object of theyunfounded hate and prejudice jot this narrow minded few. The heap- ed mountains of it on the candidates -ndorsed by the league. No lie was ‘oo vile nor no falsehood too malicious } for their poisoned Ips to utter. Their unbecoming conduct disgusted the good citizens, thereby greatly aiding a majority of the league candidates to_roll up good majo: ties. Ordinarily a knock from a man is'a boost, but in | this case it has been established that ! a knock from a narrow minded woman is a double boost. We wonder how the women with a devotees face, a mouth that prays but a tongue that lie# in- terprets the 8th Commandment, namely, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.” Such 2 woman surely must show one face to God and another to the Devil. It is an old saying, “Hypocrisy is the devils stalking horse under an affectation of simplicity and religion.” Cuticura Girls Are Sweet and Dainty Nothing so insures a healthy, clear com- plexion, soft, white hands, and glossy, luxuriant hair as Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment when necessary. Cuticura Talcum is delicate, delightful, distingué. 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