The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1921, Page 4

i | PAGE ‘FOUR em = THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ° MONDAY; SEPTEMBER 12, ’21 —| (THEBTS Mx RCK TRIBUNE * Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N.~‘D., as Second | Class Matter. | te Editor! ; GEORGE D.MANN. -. - Foreign Representatives : G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO i Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - : - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. | pat a a A a et a MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use | : for republication of all news dispatches credited to, it or; not otherwise credited in this paper and also the’ local news published herein. Rh All rights of republication of special dispatches herein) are also reserved. RAN DF MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION pa rattler tenance ete Cah SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year........ See 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck). Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck). Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota... THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) : fc | THE LOST TUNE How long is it since you heard a rollicking crowd burst forth into melodious strains of that, bar-room classic: “We Won’t Go Home Until) Morning”? 1 That song was buried with John Barleycorn. And so exits the most famous tune in the world —sung in every civilized country. The tune was; brought back from the Holy Land, by Crusaders, seven centuries ago. The Arabs, from whom they got it, said it-was as.old as the history of the Orient. : But when one’s engine is running on buttermilk| : instead of alcohol, it’s rather funereal to try to * put any pep-and-go into “We Won’t Go Home ¢ Until Morning” or its companion chorus, “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” DETROIT Kresge Bldg. | om The history of this famous song illustrates how ancient is the origin of some.of the things we con- sider modern. Also, the changes worked in an original by successive periods. of history. | When the Arabs sang the song 700 years ago,| it was about a desert chieftain named Malbrook. When the English, during the rein of Queen! Anne, fought the French in Flanders, over 2000; years ago, they were led by the Duke of Marlbor- ; ough. The taunting French paraphrased the Mal- * brook song like this: : H / Marlborough, prince of commanders, : Has gone to the war in Flanders; - cage His fame is like Alexander’s, But when will he come home? aan. (yee He won’t come home until morning, PY He won't come home until morning, He won’t come home until morning, Till daylight doth appear. That made the English mad, They changed the parody and: added anew cherus: .“ ; i Marlborough, prince of cammanders, Has conquered the French in Flanders; ase | His fame is like Alexander's, eat ease 3 i And he’s the best of all. } ct e For he’s a jolly good fellow, j For he’s a jolly good fellow, .. For he’s a jolly good fellow, i And so say all of us, } Marie Antoinette lulled her baby son to sleep! { with this famous song.’ Charlotte Corday, the * assassin of Marat, was fond of it. Napoleon sang i and whistled it in his dark hours, which in turn induced Beethoven to use it in his “Battle Sym- * phony” in 1813. : The world’s people, as well as hundreds of great historical personages, took this ‘tune’ to’ their : hearts. : : It was the basis of “Me Father an’ Mother Were “Trish.” Whistle in Turkey or Finland and natives will join in. . Nothing in the history of music ever approached _it for universal. popularity. nih arabica v CIVIL SERVICE * Clock-watching in Washington is attributed .by many to faults in our civil service system. In trying to do away with the spoils system, ! civil service advocates have gone too far the other | way. | $ Under present conditions a man or woman may; _ be.inefficient, but so long as he is prompt, keeps} ¢up a good personal appearance -and retains ‘his| ; good character, he cannot be removed. * Not only that, but the inefficient employe must) be promoted in preference to the efficient em-| ; ploye, if he’s been in the governmnt service longer. | + One remedy would be to empower the office , :chief to remove any inefficient employe, leaving % the dismissed employe’s place. { . This would prevent an office chief. from remov- | ing-employes to make way for relatives and per-| onal friends and would enable him to remove dead; wood. : ost SEIZURE_ New York City arrests policemen who search i homes for liquor without a court order. : What can a man do in his home? ' What can’t! ‘hedo?_ When should the law step over the thresh- told? Old Anglo-Saxon’ common law said, “A , man’s home is his castle. Not even the king can :enter it.” : ; , “Search and seizure,” with or without warrant, will soon be the real battle of the prohibition ¢ movement. What will happen if a federal law against search ‘without warrant comes in conflict with state] i ; \true. But it can also be paid off, without self-de-| lonly a question of time until everyone sees this| event. He has turned over to the British Museum| |are not alone in the matter of financial stress. The - ernments, to lack of interest by the people in the ‘various ways. | \against public-owned railroads in Canada. More it to the department head to employ a man to fill] : ipublic men and private citizens to make the opera- search-and-seizure laws? The ‘questiorrof sti rights has never been settled, though the Civil War was fought over it. 4 MORTGAGE 4 To pay off war debts, all-nations must reduce their standards of living, possibly even below pre- war levels, predicts Achille Viallate, French econo- mist. : His argument is, that to pay off a mortgage you have to deny yourself. Also, that a national debt is a mortgage and can be met only in the same way an individual handles an obligation. i Viallate is wrong. ; | A mortgage can be paid off by self-denial. That’s| nial, by increasing your earning power. That will require harder work—increased production. It’s truth. It’s the only way to Keep the standard of; living up. | ; | HAIG’S BOOK | Field Marshal Haig, who commanded the Brit- ish forces in France during the greater part of the war, has refused to write a book about the war, giving the very sensible reason that it is impos- sible to do the subject justice. so soon after the all his notes and documents with instructions that they are not to be opened until 1940. If any remain who have an intention of writing their wartime experiences, let’s hope they: will fol- low Haig’s example. STENOGRAPHERS Typewriters run by electricity are put on the market in Berlin. _No hammering the keys. Just touch them and the current does the rest. That’s good news for tpyists, who in running a typewriter daily use up enough energy to shovel half a ton of coal. farts Mechanical inver ns a e in their infancy. Future man will have an easy life, machines doing the work, run by electricity taken from the air. EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion’ of The Tribupe. oy are Gear cei ahs tte ast | wf ues wi - cussed in the press of the day. CANADA’S PUBLIC-OWNED RAILWAYS Private-owned railroads of the United States public-owned railways of Canada are deep in trou- ble, as, shown by the report of Sir Joseph Flavelle to Premier Meighen. Sir Joseph charges up these troubles largely to mistakes of policy by past gov- success Of their own railroad: property and to the blighting effect of “politics” manifesting itself: in| Far from paying their own operating expenses, the Canadian National railways fell short of this achievement by $32,656,000 last year, and Sir Jo- seph says there will be another heavy deficit this year—a deficit that will have ‘to:come out of the pockets of the taxpayers. The public treasury| must meet this loss—probably about $10,000,000 —and it must also pay out of its coffers about $37,000,000’ in fixed. charges, such as interest on bonds and debentures. There is an additional charge of $10,000,000 on public accounts against the roads and for further capital expenditure for, indispensable terminals. Summing up, the Can- adians have or soon will have a public-owned rail- way system agaitist which there will be annual| fixed charges of approximately $50,000,000 which, in the absence of an operating surplus, will have to come out of thepehiges of the people’in the form of taxes. ~ ~* These figures are. only in part an indictment significant ‘ than the" figures themselves to the average American“is that government- ownership; of railroads in Canada has’ not taken the roads} out of “Politics.” ‘Note these words from Sir; Joseph: He Wen tn ‘ | Parliament will fiot Gitract itself out of responsibility to examine: critically ‘the esti- mates for railway administration submitted | to the House. It’has yet to de demonstrated ; however, that it will bring to the considera- tion of the estimates and review of the work of the management a temper and a sense of fairness which is associated with the success- ful administration of private enterprises. I | do not venture an opinion as.to what will hap- pen to these great properties if “politics” will not permit and Parliament and the Press will not allow the necessary freedom and will not give the necessary support to the adminis- tration of public-owned railways. There is more than an intimation in Sir Jo- seph’s comment that it is next-to impossible to procure competent executives to operate the gov- ernment railways because of the hampering in- fluences of “politics” and the disposition of both tion of these roads a target for bitter adverse criticism. The theorist friend of ‘government ownership will say that there should be an end of such “poli- tics” and that the people should “boost” rather than “knock” their own property. Beautiful, but just how is the theorist going to theorize into the web and woof of hyman nature the virtues he preaches? When he surmounts that little diffi- culty he may be able to demonstrate that govern- ment ownership is worth while.—Minneapolis Tribune. ‘ oe apie edie yaa ta Esc ene flo ey AE a SS ae IT LOOKS AS THO On MAMMA ! AAR eee eee (SAM AIM FirsT! ‘SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET MUSSED UP (By the Pot’ Boiler) It is fof shing -to read editwrial comment* d this week in the Fargo ‘Forum and the Emmons County Rec- ord. Despite the fact that these pa- | pers take an honest difference of opinion with the Tribune upon the propriety and expediency of the re- call’ and I, V..A. program there is no; choap effort to.attack our motives. It is impossible to have complete agreemeat upon the political issues. The Tribune has no quarrel with those who believe that the recall and the I, V. A. program spell salvation with a capital § for the State of North Da- kota and it.is more than pleased tw re- print below ‘two of the most temper- ate editonals, upon the;jssues of the day that haye appeared) Hg Sr a SRE The Fargo. Forum under the cap- tion; Salvage ‘Not Sabotage,” has this to say. ‘ “Getting a state out of industry like getting a state out ot war is a much more: difficult, trying and expensive J a} sete it in. 7 “We nat np was far hard- er to achfevé than war. “And here, in North Dakota we will find that itis much Narder to get out) of the yauinis ipdustyia| enterprises we have un Beaten tek to get into them, °° 289" 4 098% “It will.cost a lot afjmoney, and it will take a Jot of time,, patience and energy, © fe WE “You canjt:simply make. an oratori- | cal gesture. and say, the state is ‘through With’ socialism.” “That is the only quarrel The For- um has .with the Bismarck Tribune for its opposition to the initiated laws and the recall. “Nobody is more eager to get the state out of business than The Forum, but we are ‘facing conditions and not a theory’ in ‘North Dakota. We have | a lot of money sunk in various bank- runt enterprises. If we simply turn our backs on them and forget them, we will lose every penny, The Forum many months ago enunciated a pro- gram of ‘salvage, not.sabotage.’ It still -believas that is the only possible and sane program: to follow in regar to the state industries, and cach in dustry presents a seiMtate and dis- tinct program. We will have to de- cide what to do with reach ine. of them. The Bank of North Dakota, tor example, should be.closed at onc and a receiver appointed. The mi and elevator problem is more compli- cated,, It requires the careful study of men who know, the milling bus! ness. ‘Certainly it ‘is a total yoss un less completed by somebody, either the state or some farmers’ organiza- tion to which it can be turned over. “The I. V. A. program 1s not ideal perhaps. The ideals is rather hard to achieve in this human and imper- fect world. But surely it will get the state out of business far faster than the present administration will, “And meanwhile some jf the boys are in danger of losing their tempers and saying things about each other they will regret. The independent newspapers of the state have been through too many hard fights together, and taken too many lickings to- gether, to get into‘a jangle now when victory is in Sight,” * * i ‘Frank Streeter, Independent Candi- date for Lieutenant Governor, at the last Republican Primary, and editor of the Emmons County Record, is per- |fectly honest in his comment, which, follows: “Some weeks ago the Record pro- phesied that it would not be long un- til the political situation would be so complicated that only the most ob- serving could possibly keep track of what is going on, and that the Non- nartisan (eague. ver se. would cease to be a determining factor. “Late developments would indi- cate that we are not far from wrong. (The last stage of the recall campaign has been reached, and we find some surprising situations developing. For instance, leading state independet pa- pers have turned their eyes for the moment from the common enemy,’and are busy throwing mud at each other. The Bismarck Tribune, always an ar- dent opponent of the league forces, is in effect in the league camp on the recall question. The Tribune is op- posed to the recall, and refuses to support the recall ‘candidates. There- fore, it is in effect supporting — the Frazier administration. Other state - ydajlies:have more or less. gently, sjap- PETES SRT ea VSR RECALL CAULDRON. ped The ‘Tribune on thewrist, ‘and the “Trib” is kicking Yatk'with both | feet, j s 8 8 “As far as the Record is concerned it sees the thing about as follows: \With many of the arguments put jforth by the Tribune, we are fully in accord. (We are far from being in jlove with the Theo. Nelson organiza- | tion known as the I. V. A, We {haven't much regard for many of the ‘Twentieth Century ideas such as the j initiative, recall and referendum. We ; believe them to be beautiful theorjes | that won't work, and aren't working | to anybody’s satisfaction, in practice. | We believe in the extreme minimum of government ownership. We never have believed in North Dakota’s so- cialistic experiments. We fervently | hope that the day will soon come : when Burdick or some ody else can jtake the Grand Forks white elephant off our hands, and when Cathro and the rest of his hungry tribe will be {working for their tiving. Further |we believe in party organization, and j;would like to. see a clean, virile te- j publican’ party: again in this state. ‘As | mearly as we can make out, those {are the expressed sentiments of the | ‘Tribune. ‘But where we can’t. follow the Trib, lead is in the conclusion. {In other: words, because of the beliefs jabove mentioned, why does it follow that ‘we should—or that the Tribune |should—favor the:retention of tho just above where -Nestos stands. “The Record is willing to adopt the Tribune's platform with this amend- ment: Let's throw out the gang as ;soon as possible, and get started on ;the road that will bring about the things we both believe in” | But when Walt Taylor and some of ‘the rest start impugning motives and | posing as “lily whites,” it is timo to| Shoes were to him, {tear the mask off. There are many ‘in the ranks mf the, 1... V. A.,. who fought valiantly with)tae Noupartisan League as long as the gravy went | around; but when. the-ratigns became llimited, the ranks began to. thin, It is an easy matter to secure proof of tho alliance of many I. V, A. boost- ers with the league at a time when its \Jeadership or administration was no worse than now. If motives are to be impugned and honesty of effort ques- tioned because they differ from I, V. vA. standards of political holiness, maybe it will be necessary to bring forth the proof. The Pot Tiler is not anxious to re- hash the dead past of many I. V. A. leaders and adherents. It is willing to let them shimmer to and fro, in their robes of the new political faith, pvateue fear of having them besmirch- ed. = ges ADVENTURE OF | THE TWINS By Olive Barton Roberts Down under the sea went the Twins in their Magic Green Shoes to the place where two ocean carfents meet and the fish from the North going Souti, pass the fish from the South going North, and the creatures trom the East going West shove aside those from the Westigoing East; This place is called the Land of the Wiggleiins, and theré it is that Captain Pennywinkle tries to kep order, with the hel» of his trusty and tried sea-horse, Cut.y. : Curly was so called—not, as you may suppose, because 1.e had a curly mane or a curly tail (he hadn’t a hair on ‘him)—but because be had no feet, and when he wished i> stay in a cer- Frazier administration in office a day!tain place he did so by twisting the ilonger than necessary. The Tribune} end of him ‘round a sea-weed, or any> wanted them thrown out last year,| thing handy, and holding on. He had and two years ago. They supporied| little fins on his back which looked }men against the league who stod/jike wings, and if Curly had been 2 hundred times bigger and had seven heads, he’d have looked like a dragon. Curly loved Captain [’'ennywinkle— or Cap'n as he was usually called— and Cap'n Pennywinkie loved him, and they got along beaatifully. Curly | was quite as useful to iiis little mas- ter as Sprinkle-Blow’s umbrella was to Sprinkle-Blow, or Flippety-Flap’s or the Bobadil Finn’s wishing ring, or last, but not jJeast, the Green Shoes to Nancy and Being magic ard out of the Fairy Queen’s stables, Curly could do almost anything. He spoke English quite well, as did his master. But there! I’m telling about the ' which is the history of all such.move- |ments as the ‘Nonpartisan League. { si (EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO| So FAST S (HURRY ALONG THEN if ‘You TAAT SWAMP THE MAIL SERMCE AT THE MINUTE ANO THEN HouLee Lie A | ISTUCK PIG WHEN You GET A USTTSR SIX ion. GIGHT HOVRS CATS H cast Te WAIT A SECOND, SEYMouR | WHERe ARS XOU Goin ¢ = horse before I'm telling about his mas- ovrt to PLAT , Goce. (TS Feciows CIKE! ted to attend. ter, which is just as bad as putt hy shout Cap'n’ YenbSMMIAG Obey. lly, Briny Ocean would be the most mixed up place in the wots, were it not for the order he keeps. (To Be Continued.) —- (Copyright, 192), N. E. A. Service.) A collector's job is his calling. ‘Now we can get on an oyster stew. Russia is in, command of General Need. The fcol-killer is behind with his work. Ford's railroad leads | times. to . better Good dentists cesses, are crowning suc- Babe Ruth wants to sell autos, Safe-home cars? An undertaker is always glad to meet an aviator. The goal of many collogians is on the football field. ‘Restaurant cantaloupes seem to have: three -halves. All Dawes has cut on the budget so far is his teeth, Shaw says to ond divorce, end mar- riage... Divorce does. Maraoni’s message from Mars must have been in code. There's business in the buy-ways; but.not in the high-ways. Perhaps a pessimist is a woman who married an optimist. be ‘Cheap safety matches are made possible by lack of strikes. “Abolish these bathing suits;” says a censor, They have, almost! Einstein bas postponed his visit to Russia. Relativity must eat. Our airplane costs seem to keep up better than our airplanes do. \A crazy. Chicago lwome-brewer thought he was a king—so his wife crowned him! When those explorers reach the top of Mt. Everest they'll find “No Park ing Here,” : it _, If, Russte’s pla. to sovietize all the world had succeeded, who would have fed the rest of us? | MANDAN Ni | e i Eg LAY CORNERSTONE OCTOBER 3 The qornerstone of the Methodist Episcopal, church, which is now in ‘course of construction, will be laid October 3. Bishop.Charles Wesley Burns of Helena, Mont., has accepted an invi‘ation to deliver the dedicatory address and lay the cornerstone of the new church. Invitations have been extended to all Methodist pastors in the district to attend the services and receive the greetings of the bishop. The work on the church has been progressing rapidly and it is expected that all brick work will be finished by time for the dedication. The new church will be one of the finest in the state and when completed will repre- sent a total investment of $50,000. : RETURNS FROM FRANCE Mrs. J, M. [Hanley received a wire- less message Saturday morning from her husband, Major J. M. Hanley, who has been in France with the delega- tion of the American Legion, advis- ing, that he was enroute home and would arrive in New York today on the steamer Leopoldine. Major. Hanley was the only repre- sentative from (North Dakota to join ‘the American Legion party which at- tended the unveiling ceromonies of the Flirey monument and other inter- ‘allied ceremonies in France, Ho left about five weeks ago. Mrs. ‘Harvey H, Williams and Mrs. Cleve Konnelly entertained eighteen young \ladies Friday evening at the home of the former at a miscellaneous shower in honor of ‘Miss Margaret Kennelly, who is to bo married in the near future to Claude Funden of this city.. The rooms were prettily decor- ated in pink and white and the evo- ning was passed at novelty games. The bride-to-be was presented with many beautiful gifts. Dainty refresh- ments were served at the close of the evening, . Ralph Hansea, who is taking a vo- cational course in architecture at the state agricultural college, was return- ed home from Fargo 7:2 a cv weeks’ vacation. for Panama City, Florida, where he was.called by the sudden death of his father, H. G. Taylor, Sr. Mrs.iF. L. Dow. has returned from a month’s visit at the home of her son, Charles Tow, at Missoula, Mont. (Miss Ruth Renden left Saturday: evening to resume her studies at St. Olaf’s College, Northfield, Minn. ‘Richard Key has returned from the twin cities, where he attended the \(Minnesota State Fair. Regular meeting of Bismarck Chapter No. 10, R. A. M. Tues- |day evening at 8:00 o’clock at jthe Masonic Temple. Important business. All members request- nioe IBMTOV 9B2bTT ~~ N..P. Agent H.-G. Taylor has left ae Sc ~- ‘ t