The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1920, Page 4

wy GE FOUR ,. of mothers and children, especially those located in rural or isolated districts, who cannot otherwise THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bikmarck, N. D., as Second GEORGED.MANN.- - - - - Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, 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 herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANGE $7. Editor } DETROIT Kresge Bldg. BURNS AND Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) 00 0 7.2 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck. 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota............ 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) THE MATERNITY BILL “Every effort of the lobbying committee of the; League of Women Voters at this session of Con- gress will be bent toward getting the Sheppard- Towner bill passed.” This is how Mrs. Maud Wood Park, chairman of ! the National League of Women Voters, expresses her opinion of the importance of the measure pop- ularly known as the maternity bill. The aim of this bill is to give medical protection to thousands secure it. : But to give immediate protection, Congress must pass the bill this year. If it is not passed before January, 1921, a great majority of these mothers and babies will continue without aid for two more years. This is because the Legislatures of more than half the states in the union hold ses- sions in January, 1921, and not again until 1922. In order to gain the benefits provided by the Shep pard-Towner bill, each state must appropriate an amount of money equal to that extended by the federal government. If the bill is passed after a state Legislature has adjourned for two years, the mothers and children of that state must be depriv- ed of aid until the Legislature is able to make its appropriation at the next session. Everyone who is anxious to lend his influence to the passage of this bill, should write to his con- gressman at once. : USEFUL TREES When is a thing useful? To answer that ques- tion requires the answering of another question, “Useful for what?” ‘ And seldom is that second question answered as a government department recently answered it in discussing the question whether or not, the vast cutting of Christmas trees is harmful or useful. The U. S. Forest Service points out that this country uses annually between four and five mil- lion Christmas trees. Fir, pine, spruce, in all their varieties, contribute to the annual Christmas-tree crop, varying in size from 5 to 35 feet in height. Is this;custom wasteful? There is very little profit in the business for those who furnish the; material. They are mostly farmers and owners of woodlots who look upon the trees as a gift of | nature, and in selling them consider only the labor of cutting and hauling and not the labor and ex- pense required to grow the trees. In one aspect of the case, therefore, in the destruction of these trees is an economic waste. But the Forest Service denies that pure: eco- nomic considerations should lead to the abandon- ment of the Christmas tree custom. “Trees,” it says, “are for use, and there is no other use to which they could be put that would contribute so much to the joy of mankind as their use by chil- dren on this one great holiday of the year.” The Forest Service is right. STREET LIGHTING Few American cities are not lighted at night either by an arc light system or by wonderfully improved incandescents. And if for any reason a light, shows “out”. the average American citizen exercises his right to complain of: the service. There has long been dispute as to whether an- cient cities were lighted. Rome, except in case of a festival of some port, surely was dark. London, as early as 1414, was lighted after a fashion by) lanterns. But the lanterns were poor affairs. The candle with its woolen wick served as an illumi- nant after the wick was rescued from floating oil. In 1665 householders were ordered to place a lantern in front of each home. Imagine the change from those days when late in the eighteenth century gas was used for street jlluminating both in Paris and London, with each city vying with one another as to the brilliancy displayed. With the discovery of how to use elec- tricity in lighting, old methods were quickly aban- doned. EXIT, THE FREAKS Dime museum freaks have had their day and must exit from the show business. This is the verdict of the American Associaiton of Fairs and| Expositions which “declares exclusively for re- fined sketches, comedies and uplifting movies.” The dime/museum freak has not lost its lure among the public. Nor have the showmen been converted to the uplift. The real situation which prompts the ban on freaks is that freaks yearly are becoming scarcer. Fewer births tend away SATURDAY, ‘DEC. 11, 1920 show when ,“the greatest show on earth” came to town. For days after people talked excitedly of the Siamese Twins, the Rubber Skin Man, Zip the Whatisit, the Human Pin-Cushion, Leo the Lion Headed Boy and the White Elephant,, which was exposed when rain during a circus parade re- moved the elephant’s whitewash. Greatest of the freaks—greatest in the sense of dime-admissions raked in from the gullible— was the Cardiff Giant, 11 feet tall, exhibited as a petrified, prehistoric man dug up in 1869 on a farm near Cardiff, N. Y., Millions marvelled at it. The Cardiff Giant was a statue quarried, from Iowa gypsum and planted to be dug up for the circus. | Tody Hamilton engineered the Cardiff Giant hoax and most of the other historical sideshow attractions. Tody was Barnum’s press agent and probably the greatest publicity man that ever) lived. He invented billboard posters and the allit- erative screamlines of theatrical advertising—- such as “Writhing, Rattling Rattlesnakes.” / Tody is dead now and so are most of the side-| show freaks he made famous. Fewer freaks and monstrosities are being ushered into the world, and the sideshow is on its last pins. It had its! enemies, but leaving aside its pathological and mental influence it certaily furnished a multitude| of thrills for a generation now using hair restorer| and leaning on canes. i PEDAGOG MOVIES In the educational field lies the greatest future; of the movies. Students of the silent drama be-, lieve that a standard of entertainment’ has been’ reached that can hardly be excelled: But inj schools, clubs, social centers, and churches, the! ground has scarcely been touched. ’ i Dr. Ellis Oberholtzer, a chief in the Pennsyl- vania state bureau of censors, is free to admit that’ the greatest possibilities lie ahead of the movie in| educational work. It is his business to watch the’ miles of film traispe past him day in and day out, | as a censor, and of:an*experience born of years he thinks that the educator film is the one that is bound to grow and boom, carrying pictorial wis-| dom around the earth, and‘information, that, from of the very method of it, is sure to “soak in.” “The great field of the movie is in an education-| al agency,” Dr. Oberholtzer says. “I do not see! how it can be brought higher from an entertain- ment standpoint than now shown in the big films In color there is much to be done. But the greai ture of the act itself is so much more impressive, | geography to be learned from a film than from a; especially to the juvenile mind. There is more book; more definite views of botany—the budding! of a rose for example—than can be gleaned from| books. ; | Apparently” every olle who was photographed on that front porch has been mentioned for the, cabinet. eee If you need hard work to make you forget your troubles, try a job as fireman in Liverpool or Cork. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reprodiced 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 eides of important issues which are being dis- cussed in the prexs of the day. FAIRNESS FROM MR. HARDING The tone of Senator Harding’s speeches in Vir- ginia on Saturday is all that could be wished. He speaks like a man aware that the election is over, and that it is no time for either party glorifi- cation or party abuse. As one who is soon to be President, he:takes great pains to show his respect for the existing President. This is a refreshing novelty, coming from a Republican. With the exception of Governor Coolidge, not one Republi- can speaker in the campaign had a decent word for Mr. Wilson, even in the matter of the Presi- | dent’s severe illness. Perhaps the more excellent way now shown by Mr. Harding’ means the be-| ginning of a change. Anyhow the occasion for ranting and railing is past. Another example of fairness is set by Senator Harding which Republican Congressmen and Re- publican newspapers would do well to epy. He; sees the folly cf blaming all our troubles upon a Democratic Administration. The chief of them, declares Mr. Harding, are due to universal causes, | to what he calls “the world tumult.” This is horse sense as well as fair play. The slowing down of trade and industry, the nervousness in financial circles, have increased rather than diminished, since the tremendcus Republican victory of Nov. 2. It is clear that there is no miracleworking pow- er in party to withstand the operation of econom- ic laws. Mr. Tarding Rnows that there will pres- ently be a Republic Administration to which the! discontented will, efter ther kind, charge all mor-| tal ills. It may be partly in anticipation of this, and as a protest against it, that he breaks the campaign habit of holding the Adm’nistration in Washington responsible for drought and floods and failures in business. ator Lodge to fall in step with the music played by ;Senator Harding. Implacable men in the Senate, who have resolved never to say anything kind to President Wilson so long as he lives, will note Mr. Harding’s words and attitude with something like consternation. the possibility of co-operating with the President | in securing the peace of the world. To the severe from normalcy. 2 Recall your youth and the marvels of the side- and unyielding Senators this will seem most intol- | It will be hard for austere Republicans like Sen- if Why, the man actually hints at) j erable, and not t obe endured.—New York Times. | ADVEN “What's wrong?’ ’ asked Scribble Scratch, and Nancy cried out tnat her handkerchief was gone. “Oh,” said.the little girl in dismay, ‘Nick and I were playing snowball.” ‘The fairy schoolmaster tapped the} bell for the school to come to order. Everybdy sat up straight instantly, which showed that whatever the pupils; of Meadow Grove school had not learned that year, they had’ at least learned discipline. That is a long word, I know, and if you don’t know what it means now, my dear, it’s high time that you were learning, too. indeedie! ‘ “Did anyone see ‘Miss (Nancy’s hand- kerchief.on his way to school this} morning?” he asked. “It had some- thing important tied up in the corner, and now it’s lost. Does anyone know anything about it?” ~~ - CLOSEUP OF CU BY GEORGE B. WATER N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. Washington, Dec. 11.—Cuba has just elected’ areal president. probably the _ little republic’s greatest’ and most farseeing statesman, and certainly one of the most pre-eminent figures in Cuban public life. The new president of Cuba is Dr., Alfredo Zayas, the W. J. Bryan. of the West Indies, the dyed-in-the-hide Liberal leader, + the father of the sect and the founder of the Liberal creed in Cuba. But the funny part about Zayas’ election, he didn’t run on the Liberal Party ticket, the party he founded, but was the National League Party’s candidate. Jose Miguel Gomez, who twice headed a revolution against the estab- lished Cuban government, ran on the Libéral ticket. Dr. Zayas had heen defeated on it in 1912 and 1916. Put Zayas in Race, Mario Menocal, now president, feared Gomez would be elected, so he selected Zayas, whom he beat for the office four years ago. to run agi Gomez. Many of the Liberals followed D~ ‘into the Conservative ranks, fo ing a coalition party, which was called the National League. Cuba held her election Nov. 1 and the new president will take office May 20. It is believed Dr. Zayas will bring about reforms in Cuba that will make the little island’s government a more thor- ough-going republic. However, his election was about as big a surprise in Cuba as was the Republican abnormal land- slide in the United States, as ev- opportunity lies in the educational field. Portrai-|«; pad my charm tied in it that the | Squirrel boy that he shot (Magical Mushroom gave me, and I've! way to te schoolma: 7 x lost it somewhere in, the snow while| pected to see Mr. Scribble Scratch o | | the pond.” URES OF THE TWINS By Oliver Roberts Barton. Scribble Scratch Inquires ae enin ut de ip, chip, chip, Scramper Squirrel and Nancy was astonished amazed. What had ud “What’s wrong?” asked Scribble Scratch, and Nancy cried out that her handkerchief was gone. ) der him to the corner at once for su conduct. But instead of that the fa man only answered calmly, “No, | don think that sit, that was onl feather you saw on Cobbie coon then raised his hand. “Well, Cobbie?” nodded Scribble pyap grrrt’?mumbhad glibly and -he sat down. “phat must have been the m weed pod burst open that you saw said Scribble Scratch, shaking his head. All at onde the twins was wrong. Without creatures said! man ernnwnn heen '’S NEW PRESIDENT Onee. OR.A.ZAYAS Gomez, would sweep the island. The new president was born in Havana, Feb. 21, 1861. At the age of 21 he had already the de- gree of doctor of philosophy. The son of a prominent dawyer, Dr. Zayas also became a lawyer. Dur- ing Cuba’s second war for inde- pendence (the one that America won for her), Dr. Zayas served as a delegate of the volutionary arty in Havana; was imprisoned Spain and sent to Ceuta, a Spanish fortress on the African coast. Orator and Writer. erybody was predicting that Cu- bans wanted a change and that He He is : noted orator and writer s0 2 poet, and has pnb- >! public. er what; their charm; they couldn't understand a thing the; j vening of the meeting. NO MORE: “GREECE' FER THEIR Boors, HEW,HEH! > 0! SORTEREE! TRUS ee a nr lished many books, including a history of Cuba. ~ When independence was de- clared Dr. Zayas was named lieu- tenant-mayor of_Havana, he was elected delegate to the constitu- tional convention in 1901, later became senator from Havana and served as president of the senate, | and for two years prior to 1911 he’ was vice president of the re- He resigned to run for president in 1912. Y yas has been married and has four children. Maj. Gen. Francisco Carrillo has been elected vice president. 1. ¥. A. T0 MEET AS SOLONS ARE IN LEGISLATURE Meeting Is Called for to Meet in Grand Pacific Hotel on February 11 | | j; The Independent Voters’ association i will hold'a meeting in Bismarck on Feb. 11 for the purpose of considering ‘action with reference to needed and ‘pending legislation, it is announced in the following statement of the or- ganization: { “A special state meeting of the,In- dependent Voters’ association is here- by called to convene in the city of Bismarck al 10 a. m. on the 1th day of February, 1921, fur the purpose of considering action with reference to needed and pending legislation, and discussing and determining plgns and policies germane to the activities of the association that may come be- fore the meeting. ing to be composed of delegates from ithe various local units as is provided in the by-laws for the regular bi- ennial meeting as fctlows: “Each local unit having a charter is- 'sued by the state headquarters and a “certificate of good standing show- ing that there are in the unit, ten or more members who have paid the re- quired membership fee for the 1921- 1922 campaign period is entitled to one vote and delegate for the first ten members and one additional .or major fraction thereof that have been properly reported and remitted for to state headguarters prior to the con- Every local unit is entitled to reimbursement from the state association treasury, an amount equal to railroad fare going and returning between Bismarck and the customary meeting place of the unit or its nearest railroad station for one delegate for ten members in good standing and an additional rail- rdad-fare one way for every additional auarters. Every citizen, who believes in constitutional amendment and in having independent and competent public officials is urged to enroll as a member of some local unit of the Independent Voters’ association and thus help to shape plans and policies | for the promotion of good government. jin our midst. ~ ; “Every local unit is requested to ;mect in local meeting on Tuesday | afternoon or evening, Feb! 11, for the ‘purpose of electing delegates and {adopting resolutions voicing senti- {ment of the Independent Voters of {the community on any question that delegate that the unit is entitled to, ‘according to records at state -head- | This state meet-! i i foccurs to the members of the unit, jas being worthy of such considera- ; tion. ; “The state executive committee of jthe I. V. A. will meet at 1 o'clock |p. m. on February 10th at the Grand Pacific hotel at Bismarck: All local junit secretaries and members of the |I. ¥. A. having knowledge of any | matter that should be given attention ; by the association is urged to get such ; matters before the committee at that . time.” LV. A. TO KEEP ORGANIZATION I$ STATEMENT Declare That Work of Organiza- tian in the State Is Ap- preciated The executive committee of the In- dependent Voters’ Association today issued the following: statement as follows, in part: “Investigation made to ascertain the sentiment of the Independent Voters in various communities in the State discloses that there is a kindly appre- ciation of the work of the Independent Voters Association in the campaign to get the voters of North Dakota to realize that they have been misled and that promises made, by those who are now in power, have not been kept. The Association is especially appre- ciated because of the public service it has rendered in the matter of initiat- ing and referending legislation. It is j universally agreed that the referen- dum election carried on in 1919 was the means of getting. more people to study the problems ,ot government than any other one thing that has happened in the political arena of the State. ‘rhe independent ‘voters of the state realize that if the Independent Voters Association had not been on the job and in splendid .working order, the fake emergency act which was pro- posed at the December special ses- sion in 1919 would most likely not have been stopped by referendum pe- titions within the ten day limit as it was. The fdur laws that were efact- ed by our legislature and referred at the’primary election by order of the J. V. A. Convention held at Grand Forks February 6th, 1920, were. re- jected by the people by an average majority of twelve thousand, The people approved the anti-Red Flag Law by a majority of over thirty-three thousand although it had been twice voted down by our League controlled legislature. The five laws voted on on November 2nd that were initiated at the instance of the State Executive Committee of the I. V. A. under a res- olution adopted ‘at its July 15th meet- ing have helped to restore public, con- tiaence jin our state to break up the ‘newspaper monopoly that had been saddled upon us, and to protect our schools ‘from dangerous political con- tact. That they were approved by majorities ranging from eight to nine- teen thousand is abundant proof of the fact that the plans, purposes and acts of the Independent Voters Association are in accord with the wishes of a majority of the voters of the state. “Because of the service performed in the past there appears to be a very generat desire among Independent voters of the, state that the Independ- ent Voters Agsociation State Head- quarters shouldbe kept in active oper- ation ,for the purpose of beginning immediately after the first of the year to prepare for a finish fight with Townleyism at the general election in 1922 and incidentally do everything possible, within the means available, «vy neep the inuependent Voters of the state uniformily informed and working together, alWays ready on a few hours notice, to render the same serVice in the future as in the past. “Therefore, we members of the State Executive Committee of the In- dependent Voters Association, do here- by vote to do everything we can to insure the perpetuation of the asso- ciation and ifs various activities until victory for Independent candidates and ‘legislation is insured at the general election in 1922, and that for the pur- pose of providing funds to pay the cost of operation, which everyone realizes is a necessity, we respectful- ly call on all Independent Voters who have formerly been members of the Association to arrange to re-enroll and pay the membership fee /for the next two years as soon as possible. We also urge upon ail friends and sym- pathizers who have helped to support campaigns in behalf of an independ- ent state government to also enroll as members of the Association, as rapidly as possible.” Returns to Minneapolis Miss Loraine Drews, of Minneapol hag returned to her home after v ing Miss Amanda Nelson for several days. Miss Drews is a talented musi- éian, belng organist in a Minneapolis cathedral. Millions for a New Stomach One of the greatest American million- aires said to his physician, ‘‘A million dollars, Doctor, spot cash and no grum- bling, for a new stomach,’’ and then the sick man groaned and turned away. All his wealth could nct make him ly depends upon digestion. Without Wealth where does happiaess come in? After all the stomach plays a great part in everyday life. Without a healthy stomach and good digestion our blood is thin, watery and poor, our heart action is weak, our liver does not do its duty, and man is miserable and unhappy. Prevent disease by putting the house in order and strengthening the system against the germs of disease. Dr. Pierce, of the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Butfalo, N. Y., years ago understood diseases and their prevention, and he discovered certain roots and herhs which were nature’s remedies, and succeeded in putting them up in a form that could be easily pro- cured at the drug store (liquid or tablets). This he called Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. This Dis- covery gives no false stimulation be cause it contains no alcohol or any nar- cotic. It helps digestion and the as- similation of such elements in the food as are required for the blood. It gives to the blood the food elements the tis- sues require. For over fifty years it has enjoyed the confidence of the American public. Tryitnow! 4 happy or contented, for happiness large- so > yom y \ ‘f ") u “ . 4 ey ° x0 2 y * U c ~ , ‘4 Seed v8 iN 4 a » ae <, ; y ” lina tag ’ a <9 ~