The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1921, Page 2

‘PAGE TWO AMERICA‘S DRY: NOT BONE DRY Some Celebrate, Some Commem- ' orate on Anniversary of National Drought By EF. M. Thierry. New York, Jan. 26—National pro- hibition’s first. official birthday occurs Sunday. Some. will celebrate it: others will commemorate it. Prohibition. as a war-time measure. was a year old last June 3 The teenth amendineut, however, went into effect Jan. 16, 1919. The amendment’s first birthday di- rects. attention to some interesting situations. For instance: Forty-eight million gallons of liquor in bonded warehouses, costing Uncle Sam-$1,000,000 a year to guard, Withdrawals on permits of 1,050,000 gallons a month, which will exhaust ine bonded supply in four years. Additional withdrawals of 4,000,000 gallons a month of “non-beverage” al- cohol manufactured by 78 distilleries. p government tax of $8,800,000 a mouth. Much liquor peing smuggled over Canadian and Mexican borders. Much liquor being manufactured il- licilly in this country, Liquor on eale hy the drink, quart and case in most cities. Bill pending in Congress to investi- gate prohibition enforcement. Charges of liquor pending in Con- gress to investigate prohibition en- jorcement. Charges of liquor graft. bribery and corruption pending in many cities. Ambiguous ruling by government departments resulting in legal and il- legal manufacture of intoxicants. , est for Stills. Commissioner Williams of the In- termal Revenue department, says dur- ing the year his agents destroyed 6,- S39 illicit distilleries, 7,506 illicit stills, 3,378 Sworms,’ 93,745 \gallons spi 40,116 fermenters 2,712,012 gallons fermented h, 137,550 gal- lons wine and cider--and seized, but did not destroy—122,865 spirits. Yet paraphernalia for distilling w his- key—especially the important “worm” —are openly displayed for sale in many cities. The commissioner "Ss p ms have been arrested ia the United States for violation of the prohibition law, of whom 17.429— nearly 100 per cent—have been recom- mended for prosecution. Total penalties and taxes under the Volstead ac’ 5 been assessed against violators of the law. report shows Some Odd Ang! Here are some serio-comic angles to prohibition’s birthday: Rulings permit, a man who owns a: grape arbor tovmake 200 gallons of wine a year—wine with a kick. a woman who owns a box of ra may not make even 2 fruit drink them. A farmer may make all the hard cider he can drink;- but a city man may drink only sweet cider doctored to prevent fermentation. ‘A manufacturer may put a kick, in” mincemeat, but a hotelkeeper or) “housewife is not permitted to! do it. More than 150 rulings and regula- tions have ben issucd by many coa- flicting. by Attorney General Pi Prohibition Commissioner Kramer and Revenue Commissioner Williams. “Prohibiton is more destructi life and morals than firearm Hudson Maxim, famous inventor. “The eighteenth amendment is a school for crime.” “The crime -wave cannot be blamed on prohibition, says William J. Burns, famous detective. “Prohibition has made America 2 better country in which to live,” says General rain of the Salvation Army Consumption Droys. Commissioner Kramer says 65,000.- 000 gallons of liquor were consumed every six months before prohibition. und that it has now dropped to 15.- 060.000 galions in six months. However, this docs not include the hootch smuggled into the country an? manufactured here. William H. Anderson, state super- intendent of the Auti- Saloon League in New York, warns that “there is grave danger of a prohibition nullifi- cation program being put over by politicians and liquor interests.” “The new congressional apportion- “They WORK while you sleep” ta You are constipated, bilious, and | what you need is one or two Cas- carets tonight sure for your liver and bowels. wondering what became of your diz- ziness, sick headache, bad cold, 1° upset, gassy stomach. No griping— no inconvenience. Children love Cas- carets too, 10, 25, 50 cents. gallons of, Then you will wake up | TT THI YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT, PEOPLE YOU DO KNOW OBREGON Alvaron Obregon, on med dent of Mexico, is a parloy conjurer. He loves to astonish new gq taint: ances by doing one handed tricks with cards, coins and pool balls. ’ presi- LY EDISON Thomas ‘A. Edison refuses to wear pants with ordinary side pockets. Has ‘em made with old fashioned ‘“over- 1” pockets down the front, so things won't fall out when he sits down. PADEREWSKI Faderewski prefers playing billiards to playing piano. ‘He's an expert with the cue. Has a table at home but few of his friends can make a game inter- esting for him. DAR nnn ment wit! call for 50 or 60 new'cou- gressmen. practically all from larger cities that were wet,” says Anderson. “The oniy way to defeat nullification ‘s to bring ahout such enforcement hy marshalling ‘public sentiment that prohibition will win new donverts and to have federal and state laws mony The proh onists are determined to make pr hibit ion really prohibit. But they expect! it will take some time yet to accomplish this. S United States Enters Into Negotiations on California Question Washington, D. C.. Jan. 26.—Negoti- ations for the settlement of the Cali- fornia question regarding the rights of Japanese in that state have hee: settled by representatives of the U ed States and Japanin confereni was announced today. The two countries must approve the settlement before it is in force. The report to Japan has already heen submitted and as soon as Secre- tary of State Colby returus trom south America the report will be submitted by him for. transmission to the presi- dent. He is expected Thursday. WOULD STOP SPECULATION AFTER A TWO YEAR PERIOD Washington, Jan. 26.—Characteriz- ing the board of trade as the greatest speculative market in the world, Clif- ford Thorne, well known attorney, to- ‘day urged before the agricultural committee of the house the enactment of legislation which would eliminate , speculation at the end of a two-year period. He appeared , as the representativ of the American Farm Bureau Fede* ation and the Farmers National Grain Growers association. Mr. Thorne suggested the two-year period because this, he said, would give the elevators and the flour mills plenty of time to prepare for the | change and prevert any loss. PENAL FLOGGINGS END Lansing, Mich.— whipping of prisoners penal institutions. promised that to G this tour of inspe in Prison heads . Groesheck on ALICE M..ROBERTSON Migs Alice M: Robertson of Oklaho- ma, the only woman elected to the new congress, doesn’t believe in silk stockings What’s more, she never wore a pair in her life. ———— QUEEN MARIE Queen (Marie of Rumania,» lies in bed mornings and writes fairy tales, novels and plays before she has break- fast. Says her brain works better be- fore she eats. ma MRS. VINCE Mus. Vincent Astor has only a haif dozen evening- gowns:and a half dozen street dresses. She could af- ford to spend millions on clothes, but. rarely buys a diess that costs as much, 0. a Lloyd “Genree takes great pride in his~talent as a singer—particularly of, Welsh songs. The first’ prize he ever) won in his life was won in,a Welsh: singing contest. enn Ore For Colds, Grip or Influenza , and as a’ Preventive, take GR ROVE'S Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets. The genuine bears the: signature of E. W. Grove.” (Be sire you get BROMO.) . YANK: ATION the state. legislature for a Dill pro- viding ‘¥ocational training for any soldier, sailor, marine or nurse who served six months or longer. Tuition of $200 yearly .and $50 for baoks is. asked. ONCHITIS At bedtime rub the throat chest ieK atta viens Ont 17 Million Jars Used Ye Detroit--A Jobby is in progress at | WEDNESDAY, JAN, 26,1921 “FOR CHICAGO “U” institution Gets Collection of Egyptian Curiosities, His FINE ORIENTAL MUSEUM I'arior Advesturous Trip, Dr. J. i Breasted Returns With Wealth of Valuable Specimens—Gives Univer- sity One of Finest Collections in Country—Rule of British in Meso. ; potamia Great Blessing, He Says. Fresh fromthe Near East, 37 big boxes of reliés of ancient Egypt and Babylonia have been unpacked at the University of Chicago. ‘They were brought recently after an adventure- » some trip by Dr. J. H. Breasted, pro- fessor of Oriental history and. Egypt- ology. In the judgment of museum officials here, they. make the Oriental museum at ‘the-University of Chicago | the finest of its kind in the United States. ‘The university professor and his | staf of four were the first white men | to ‘cross the.Arab state after it was proclaimed, going - from Bagdad to Aléppo. At times the expedition trav- | eled at great personal risk. ‘The aim of the party was to survey | the most important buried cities of the Near East in regard to the work of excayation. Doctor Breasted said he saw ancient cities, now merely mounds of ruins, that were not on the map “and were totally unknown to scienc Because of his knowledge of con- ditions in the country behind Syria, Doctor Breasted .was asked by the | British government at Cairo to goon} a diplomatic mission to the British foreign ottice at London and at the | expense of changing his plans for re- | ; turning home, “he did so, Doctor | ! Breasted disclosed here. Arabs Hostile to English. | The traaitianet friendship of Ae | Arabs for the English has now turned | to hatred, Doctor Breasted reported. | This, he said, was due to the British giving over Syria to the French after | they had promised the Arabs their own | kingdom in recompense for the help | they gave the British against the; Turks. | Britigh polities agents were being | ; murdered by Arabs in Mesopotamia | while the University of Chicago expe- dition was’ in that country, Dottor | | Breasted said. He related that a Brit- | ikh colonel who knew the Arabg inti- | | mately was later killed at:the identical | | | éamping place the university party | had stopped at a short time before. | “The English rule in Mesopotamia | is, however, the greatest blessing that | ever came to the country,” Doctor | Breasted said. “It! 1s accomplishing ‘wonders. in quieting the turbulent | Arabs and in° bringing in elvilized | conditions. Anyohe who knows the | | Near East cannot fail to rejoice at | the British occupation, and most of all the archaeologist,” Bears Out Bible Story. Notwithstanding this hostility to the | British, the party determined to push | . ‘on without protection across the des- erts to the Mediterranean. They for- | tunately found the Arabs friendly to | Americans. One of the prizes brought back to the Chicago Oriental museum {8 an Asyyrian prism chronicling the de- struction of Sennacharib’s army before Jerusalem. This great Assyrian king | had carried a host against Jerusalem and sorely troubled Hezekinh, king of | Judab. It is related in the book of | Isaiah that . Hezekiah ‘sent for the prophet Isaiah, that Isaiah prophesied | that Sennacharib would not enter Je- rusalem, but would return to Assyria by the way that he came; and that the Assyrian’ army would suffer a great destruction, “This is a six- sided “prism contain- | ing the royal annals of Sennacharib,” | Doctor Breasted said. “It relates the | chief eampaigns of his western ware | and Chronicles this incident told of: in Isalalt. There ig a similar prism in | the British museum, but ours is three | years older, and it is the first in the | United States.”, ' A flint knife blade with a sharp | edge, which Doctor Breasted charac- | terized as the finest piece of chipped | ,Btone'‘known to man, Is ‘another of the | prizes of the collection. ‘Stil another | is a small blue vase from Egypt, where | glass was first used, which: the pro- | fessor said ‘showed the first artistic | use made’ of glass. A picture of early Egyptian home | life is afforded by a group of 25 | figures found in an Egyptian tomb. | Servants making bread, washing, mak- | | ing music on a drum.and doing ether | \ familiar things about the house 4,000 | or 5,000 years ago, go to make up the | most complete group of the kind, it is | said, that has ever been uncovered. i in one tomb. ’ Spilling His Whisky Was Last Straw. Cold meals, buttonless shirts and other discomforts were ‘endured by Vincent Veleng of Cleveland, 0. But when his wife hit him with his last | bottle of whisky he filed sult for di- | vorce, charging cruelty. ‘ Not a Good Loser. Thomas H. Morrow, assistant attor- ney general, has received a complaint from a Cincinnati woman who says she pald $67 for a dréss September 27 which is now being shown ip shop + windows for-$18, ENTERTAINER? COME ‘IN New York—Gobar Goho, wrestler, is trying to prove that he is an “en- tertainer and professional actor.” Otherwise, he can not enter the Unit- ef States, as the law-bars East In- jdians except of certain professions. ithe lumber | sociation, | note his ‘ness or who are woefully inetf: {ent as to suggest the ueed of d ‘overhauling of the department | shapes and manner. x ANCIENT RELICS -TFORMER STATE AUDITOR FILES REPORT ON HOMEBUILDING ~ + WITH THE LEGISLATURE | Carl R. Kositzky, former state au-| ditor, today handed to the house of} representatives investigation commit- tee the report he had: prepared for the board ‘of auditors, when he’ was a member of it. The board had asked Mr. y'to inventory the Home Builders: assocjatioh in Bismarck. His report, addyessed to the board of au- ditors, follows: | December 28, 1920. | To, the Board of .Auditors:_ | In compliance with your request of December 11, 1920, to take inventory of the building material of the State) Home Builders* Association in Bis-| marck,” which was purchased for the} purpose of carrying out the provisions | of the Home Builders Act, enacted| during the 1919 session of the legisla- | ture, I attach a complete inventory | and my report on the operation of | this association as from the stand-| point of several yeays’ experience in business. | Blakemore, manager of the as- | as very kind to furnish M. Chernich, his a nt, to assist | me in taking inventory and you will approval as to the quantity, of material, appears on the back of} this report. | There is evidence on every hand| Mr. ithat the work of the Home Builders | Association has been supervised by! men who do not know the lumber bus nt | assigned e.CSSn"S, sn attempting to do the wi hem. The evidence of nefficiency and waste ai Lumber and other building al in Bismarck was found piled Much high pi ed pine finishing lumber is piled o: in the open. across the street tom the Bank of North Dakota, while for- ; ty-two ‘thousand shingles are housed in the old Washburn freight house across the street from the J. I. Case, ‘warehouse on lower Main street. A person without any experience in the |lumber business: ought to know that finishing lumber should have been piled insidéyand the shingles outside, because of the deterioration of the lumber in the open. Lumber was not piled in piles ‘according to length and ‘size, but all lengths and sizes can be found in one pile. Sacks of Plaster One of the most striking evidenées of inefficiency, carelessness or ignor- ance is in the storing of pl: er. Sev- eral thousand sacks of plaster are piled on the ground in the Wachter warehouse on Fifth street in Bismarck and Washburn warehouse across the street from the J. I. Case warehouse on lower Main street. The plaster should be immediately taken off the ground and better protected against loss. Several hundred dollars worth of ;empty plaster and cement sacks are lying around loose in the two ware- houses ang houses now under con- ¢ ‘sociation, was struction. These sacks should be re turned to the manufacturer and a ‘re. bate demanded. ‘ | The Home Builders Association, as | the inventory shows, has great quan- tities of building material on hand. | Apparently a bad poticy has been followed in the purchase of material in advance as there are enough of some materials to last during the | Home building season of 1921 and, {perhaps for a longer period. These materials were purchased at a high| price, in the face of conditions which ; already indidated a falling market of building materials. It is | probable; that the state will suffer a loss of severa! thousand dollars through the shrinkage in the value of these ma- terials purchased so far in advance. Unless the burden is passed on to the home -luilder, and certainly this should not be done, the state must suffer for this careless buying. A lack of consideration of the needs of the-Association was also apparent in the purchase of materials. The quantities of piaster, mouldings, sash icords, finishing ‘lumber, linseed oil, linofelt and. var of the proportion: ing, material pu sed. Makes’ Inquiry Thopgh engaged particularly. in taking an inventory, these conditions were so upusual that an inquiry as! to. the responsibility for them was pursued. [ was informed that F. R. Pollard, who was until recently in) the employ cf the Home Builders As- respqncible, for all the ting conditions. Mr. Pollard has’ had practical experience in the lum- business. Either his head had nm turned by having the seemingly | mitod state treasury, back of him; guilty of warse than care- :d inefficiency. Since Pol- lcnger connected with the} Association , nothing shed in attempting to! “goat.” Mr. ‘Blake- .the Home Builders onsible for acts of ad if he permitted ariy on suc vores he too ishes seems far out to the other build- is eithe or ineff * The reckless sness with} ney of the state was expend-/ 5 more, sweeping and search-| n than I was able to make in the short time possible for my inquery. ' The Home Builders Association has | had virtually no system of account- ing. Because of this it is difficult to get all the facts concerning the asso- ciation, and in order to. arrive at the cost Bf the building material it was necessary to obtain price» frqm one of the leading lumber concerns in Bis- marck, who, in estimating the value of the stock, used July prices. Number of Cars Particular attention is called to the cars of lumber invoiced gn the last of this inventory. Because of ient time to trace the prices of MYSTERIES TO BE SOLVED BY McGRAW-SLAVIN TRIALS JOHN J) MCGRAW, -) BY E. MT! TERRY, “ym! Jan. .—The nitiless New’ | publicity of a couple of court rooms ig ahout to shed light on the now f2- | mous McGraw-Slayin case. Booze and belligerency started ‘it. Uncle Sam and John C. Slavin ha | undertaken to finish it. First comes the trial of John J. Me. \Graw, manager of the New York ‘Gi- ants, on charges of violating the Vo!- stead act. After that comes Slavin’s suit |against McGraw for $25,000 damages Slavin is a comedian. So the trials |are expected to develop some comedy as well as solve: The mystery of “The Figt at the | Lambs Club.” The mystery of the “Unseep Hand.” | \The mystery of the “Bucket of Blood.” It’s expected the trial will develop ¢ the fist at the Lambs Club belonged to William H. Boyd, another actor. He} and McGraw got into a quarrel in the club, which is the haunt of actors. playwrights and celebrities in gen- eral. “First thing 1 knew.” ‘said Mus@sy McGraw, “Boyd hit me in the ey Ai | hit yback. Then he hit me again. That’s all. I knew till 1 awoke in my home.” Enter Slavin. He and a former na-, val officer took McGraw home in a taxi. In front of his house they ar- gued about paying the fare. Sudden- ly the taxi driver looked around and saw Slavin unconscious on the s wal McGraw was walking into hou The ex-naval officer was sit- ting in the cab. ‘Hence the mystery of the unseen hand—the hand that,felled Slavin. Comedian Slavin thinks it was Mc- Graw’s hand—curled up into a fist— and he has the idea $25,000 would just abent salve his hurts. Federal autliorities got inquisitive. : Five Lambs were questioned by the United States’ di et attorney. It’s said they acknowledged the sale of li- quor at the club. Officials of the Five Lambs were questioned by the United States district attorney. It’s { id they acknowledged the sale of | liquor at the club. Officials of the | Lambs denied liquor wag sold. But an automobile loaded with booze was seized at the club’s “back door. } Enter Wilton Lackaye, the actor. | He called on McGraw after the Lambs club trouble to assure him he was still | his friend. Another fight developed. ; Lackaye emerged with a broken ankle. In spite of that he explained: “Everybody else had licked Mc- Graw—so I made it unanimous.” These questions will.bg asked at the trials: ‘Was there a room in the Lambs club cellar known as the “Bucket of Blood?” Was liquor sold at the Lambs club? Whose was the unseen | “hand that felled Slavin? How was Lackaye’s ankté broken? ‘made by EAT ENQUGH A SAFE RULE Have No Fear of Sour Stomach, Gassiness, or Distresses Due . to Indigestion or Dyspepsia. From the./daily’ food tile . system + muat have a‘diversified supply of ma- terials or parts of the digéstive ma- chinery will quit for lack of work, Therefore, to cut down food or go ona starvation’ diet calls for a de- gree of selective knowledge that very few men possess. The best plan is to eat anything you like, and as much of a variety as possible. Follow meals with a Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablet and you supply the stomach with an alka- line effect which enables digestion to go on without gassiness, rumblings, water, brash, biliousness, coated ton- gue, abnormal thirst, and the feeling- of drowsiness after eating. Get a 60 cent box'of Stuert’s Dyspepsia Tab- lets at any drug store and you will realize why so many physicians have recommended them for indigestion and dyspepsia. i ——————————————— this lumber, which 3eemed to he so unusually high, as to merit special attention, to the source, and for the purpose of making a comparison to determine whether thee was as indi- cated, lack of judgment used in the purchasing of materials, prices were sought of various lumber firms. The prices paid for materials by the Home Builders Association, it was learned, are $4.00 to $5.00 more per thousand feet on this lumber than present mill prices for the various dimensions, A comparison of the prices paid by the Home Builders Association on the car of finishing lumber and moulding re- cently purchased from some mill in Oregon mill prices was of one’ of the largest lumber concerns in North Da- kota. The official of this, company figured that the Home Builders Asso- ciatiqn paid $1,100 more for this car than the present prices. If the same apparent “judgment has been used throughout the purchasing, the pur- chasing department of the Home Builders Association by its manager, the loss to\the state will reach a tre- mendous sum. The conditions reveal- ed by the short investigation I was able to make are such that the best interest of the state demand that a sweeping reform is necessary in the conduct of this department of the j Sates pasinets, or it will become a remendous burden for the taxpayers of the state. 8 eee Respectfully submitted, CARL R, KOSITZKY, $11,509 FOR ONE HOG. Lafayette, Ind.—Model Giantess, III, hes just been sold for $11,300. She is said to be the world’s largest hog. Her apring litter of pigs was sold for $15,-° EREOY OX HONE TO TO HIM Chicago.—“It was the only place us nome to me,” said George Beck- parole violator. “I’m cold - ahd thane y. Take me back to Joliet.” The cop obliged him. MOTHER! — 1 “Cai siniaselies Syrup of Figs” Child’s Best Laxative Accent “California Syrup of . Figd only—look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most © harmless physic for; the little stom ache, liver and’ bowels. Children love its fruity taste. Full Wirections on each bottle. You~ must say “Calis fornia.” This College has constantly mord calfs for office help than it cam supply. ‘All students who remained to complete its course have beem sent to good business and banking positions. In session throughout ithe year, the student enters gt any, . time. Preparatory, department where students may commence with the lowest primary branches. Besides the ordinary Expert Courses in higher accounting, Stenography, and Banking. Send for all particulars. , & . 6. M. LANGUM, Pres. Bismarck, _ North Dakota,