The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1921, Page 6

“WHY HE TELLS STORIES) PAGE SIX DEPEW REVIEWS PUBLIC EVENTS OF MANY YEARS Former Senator, Now 80 Years) Old, Tells of Talks With Lincoln and Others New York, Oct. 27—Chauncey M. Depew, former United Siates From My forthcon, ner’s ma childhood, 3 covering 2 period of 80 yea yome new anecdotes of Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Seward. Commodcre Vanderbilt and other notable men of Civil war da “T had a long and memorable in Autobiogr: Nevember i hy,” in the ue of Scrib- terview with President Depew writes of a Washington in 1863 when he was sec- retary of state for New Y a s stepped from the crowd in his recep- tion room, he said to me: ‘What do you want?’ I answered ‘Nothing, Mr. President, I only o pay my re- spects and bid you govd-b 1 am leaving aWshington.” ‘It ach a luxury.’ he then remarked, man’ who does not want anything. I wish you would wait aatil I get rid of this crowd.’ “When we were umne he threw himself wearily on a lounge and was evidently greatly exhausted, Then ii indulged; rocking backward and f ward, in a reminiscent review of dif- ferent cr if his administration and how he had met them. !u nearly every instance he had_car eith ed his point, and r captured or beaten his adver- saries by ‘a story so ept, so on all fours, and With such complete answers that the controversy was over. I re- member 11 of these stories, each of which was a victory.” Lincoln was always on the Icskout for a good yarn, although he told De- pew he never “invented” one. One night there was a reception in the ex- ecutive manson. Rufus C. Andrews. ar uerer of the Port of New York and 2 confidential adviser of the president on New York affairs, utrended the re ception with Mr. Depew. As the pro- cession of handshakers moved past, Lincoln stopped Andrews and, lean- ing over, spoke very confidentially to him, delaying the ceremonies for some time. Momentous issues were impend- ing. Linccln was in tie midst of the | — MRS. HAYDOCK “SAVED FROM AN OPERATION Followed Advice of Her Druggist’s Wife and Took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Chicago, Ill.—“‘I was in bed with a female trouble arid inflammation and ' had four doctors but none of them did me any good. They all said Manhave an operation. Mel A druggist’s wife BIE. Pinkham’s Vege- table Compound and HI took 22 bottles, Inever missing a dose and at theendof that time I was perfectly ‘ m well. I have never had occasion to take it again as I have been so well. I have a six room flat and do all my work. My two sisters are taking the Compound upon my rec- ommendation and you may publish m letter. It is the gospel truth and I will write to any one who wants a personal letter.” —Mrs. E. H. 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D. enator, | in the opening installment of “Leaves | » tells) visit he paid tol % THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | | | | i | \ | | ‘ Lincoln,” Mr. Breitbart, champion strong man of Germany, is shown taking a little \ j “vest” after a light lunch of six pounds of vaw meat. ticians buttonholed Andrews on his; me when we were alone that during! ie gathering of famous men, soldiers! the point of that story you told me last! 46 tne allied armies during the last] dignity of the presidental office, but Uj ficials point out. commanded the =s 7 : | campaign for renomination, his cab | inet was inharmonious, the war Was! : ve battles were about to | 'n to his hotel. Mr. Depew writes: | | “Andrews made'a great inystery of his/ his visit to the president the night be-/ anq statesmen, will mark the third] fore to told Mr. Lincoln a new story.! national convention of the American; | misye; topeat 1b now. M | months of the world war, is the prin-| “‘T am accused of telling a great) cipal guest of honor, but there are have found that plain people (repeat-| greatest army, both in numbers and ing with emphasis plain pedple), take! fighting ability, of which there is any would have to | | | ‘on and det } | HEAR NOTABLES: | confidential conversation with Lincoln | : | | The president delayed him at the re-|-Lozion here, Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. many stories,’” Mr. Depew quotes Lin-| t> be a number of others of great dis-| them as you find them, are more easily | be fought. Newspapermen and poli-; | and so did the press. Hé explained t3} Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 27—A nota- ception, saying ‘Andrews, I forgot) “wyzrsnall Foch, commander in chief | coln, “‘They say that it lowers the) tinction. Marshall Fach, Legion of- influenced by a broad and humorous | what the hypocriical few may think,| | 1 don't car | “In speaking Mr. Lincoln had a pe-| cular cadence in his voice, caused by; |laying emphasis upon the key-word of! |the sentence. In answer to the ques | tion how he knew so many anecdotes, he answered: | “Tf never invented a story but 1| ‘have a god memory and, I think, tell| |one tolerably well. ‘My early life was | pased, among, pioneers who had the j courage and enterprise to break away} jfrom civilization and settle in the} | wilderness. The things which hap-} | pened to these original people and! |among themselves in their primitive conditions were far more dramatic than anything invented by the pro- \fessional story tellers. * “For many years_I traveled the cir- cuit as a lawyer, and usually there {was only one hotel in the county |towns where court was held. The the grand and petit juries, the lawyers, the cjienits and witnesses! would pass the night telling exciting} or amusing occurrences and these} re of infinite variety and interes Referring to Lincoln's adroitness. in handling men and his personal humil- ity, Mr: Depew said: “No president ever had a cabinet of ; Which the members were so independ- jent, had so large individual followings and were so inharmonious. The pres-| idens, sole ambition was to secure the! ablest men in the ccuntry for the ae-| partment:: which he assigned to them; without regard to their loyalty to him-| | self, One of Mr. Seward’s secretarie would frequently report to me t acts of disloyalty or personal host ity on the part of Mr. Chase with the | lament: ‘The old man—meaning Lin-| coln—knows ‘all about it and will not; do a thing.” { | Mr. Depew tells how he started on! a business career that finally brought j him to the presidency of the New York Central railroad. He had just been | |nominated and confirmed as United | |States minister to Japan at $7,500 a year “and an outfit of $9,000.” At the | same time he had been offered the) \attorneyship for the New York & Har. ‘lem railrcad at less salary. When h told Commodore Vanderbilt avout it,; | the commodére remarked: “Railroads | are the caréer for a young man; there| } is nohing in politics, Don’t be aj | damned fool.” That decided him and the result was} |that on January 1, 1921, Mr. Depew} | “rounded out 55 years in. the railway) service of this corporation and its a!-| lied lines.” The future senator was admitted; |to the bar in 1858 and immediately | | cpened an office in Peekskill, N. Y.,| j his home town. His first client was| {a farmer who wanted an opinion on a} {complicated question. Young Depew | ‘prepared the case with great care.” |The farmer asked him what his fee {was and he said $5. His client re | |Plied: “A dollar and Seventy-five | cents is enough for a young lawyer \like you.” And’ Depew. accepted it only to learn that thg farmer had lat- ‘er gone to an older lawyer and paid $500 for. the same adv: FOOTBALL TEAM | WORKING HARD Wahpeton, N. D., Oct. 27—The fost- ball team’of the State School of Science here is working hard ‘for its next game ag its strongest op- ponent of the year, the Concordia Col- lege team. The game will be played at the home of the [Lutherans at Moothead, Minn. Tlié team has won its last two games by good scqres, but in tackling Concordia it-is taking on a much herder opponent, and practice has been intensified accordingly. g the State Normal School om Valley City, last Saturday, 4] team won 27 to 7. In the game before that against the Ellen- jdzle State Normal School team, the \local plavers ran wild and scored 82 nonts. Their defense was so good the Ellendale team did not threaten at any |time. In the Valley City game the lo- cals defense so good, the visitors failed to get inside the fifteen yard illustration than in any other way andi Great, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun authentic record in history. his hosts, the armies of Alexander the | and even the hordes of Saracens that swarmed into Europe in the middle| ages, were pigmy forces. This will} be Marshall Foch’s first visit to the United States, and he has announced | his greeting to the American people will be made at the Legion conven- tion. | “Representing Great Britain will! come Admiral Sir David Beatty, of | battle of Jutland tame. ' Former “gobs” of the American navy, who; served with the British, navy have al warm admiration for Aamiral Beatty, and the part he played im the one major naval engagement-in which thé Ger- | man fleet engaged. From Belgium Lieutenant General Baron Jacques brings an official mes- | sage and General Armando Diaz comes | in a,similar capacity from Italy. ‘American leaders will be represent- ed by General Pershing, Rear Admiral R./E. Coontz; Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder and thirty veterans of the | world war, who have been awarded the congressional medai of honor, the highest decoration for courage-which any American soldier can win. Gov- ernors of twenty states have also promised ‘to be present. Following a short bank concert the ‘opening morning of the con- vention Mme, Ernestine Schumann- Heink ‘will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” The singler declined an of- fer of “expenses” at the time she ac- cepted the Legion’s invitation to be present, saying she would gladly come to sing again for “her poy The parade, in which 40,000 former service men are expecied to marci will be colorful. Men in cowboy cos- tume, Indian veterans in tribal re- galia, and Iowans in qostumes decked with corn blades are among those who will participate. Airpianes and tanks will have a part-in the parade. Al- lied flags will give color to the streeta through which the marciiers wind. /A western rodeo is to be staged by members of a local Legion post, all of whom are stockyards workers. Five women “broncho busters” will also do their part. Hugh Strickland, Jim Har-! mon of Oklahoma; Loyd Saunders, .a/ Kansan, and Mike Hastings are among ! Don’t Suffer Wit Pile amid Pile Suppositories Pinned ‘Relief ‘om the Peteass of Itching, Paintel , | for' Free’ Felal First try them, then’ tell your friends that Pyramid Pile Supposi- P tories bring blessed relief in the pri- yacy_ of your own home from itching, bleeding or protruding piles, hemor- rhoids and such rectal troubles. Get a 60c box today of any druggist. A single box has often been sut cient. You can have a free trial package by sending name and ad- ress to Pyramid Drug Co., 615 Pytae | mid Bldg., Marshall, Mich, “EAGLE ‘Tailoring and Hat Works | Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing, Dyeing. | ats Cleaned.) and Blocked. “Knife Skirts! Cleaned and Presseg. We call for and deliver: Phone 58 Op- Beside THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, ’21 thosé who will participate in the rodeo. A number of American ihierg who made distinguished _ war records, among them. “Eddie” Rickenbdgker, are entered for the aviation meet which will be one of inc Legion’s,en- tertainments. There will be races‘at the aviation meet, and cash prizes amounting to $10,000 nave been pro- vided. 7 rf The problem of feeding the visi- tors, Legion officials believe, will pe satisfactorily handled. Of course, they admit, soldiers are always hungry; but street vendors of “hot dogs," ana Salvation Army lassies offering “dof fee, doughnuts and saivation free” ary expected to alleviate tiat condition) authoritatively | Half-Billion-Dollar Freight , on Lumber REIGHT bills on lumber amount to $500,000,000: a year. Almost as mucli’ ag’ the entire cost df cutting the logs in the woods‘ and sawing them into boards ‘at the mills. = anne ae Sawmill men have reduced their manufacturing costs to aj minumum ‘in order to stimulate the revival of building on a.normal cost basis: °°)" Sawmill men have no or the other costs of distribution of lumber. They speak only of the cost of ‘lumber at theit mills. Lumbe: Prices Down * To Rack Bettom AWMILL men have reduced the price of 1:mber at their mills more than one-haif. Prices of some low-grade items aze.Jower-than be- ; fore the War. ° | Mote than 100,000 men are out of work in the lumber industry because sawmills can’t find Qutput at a price sui %4 the cost of producti ‘ket for their ‘ient to Cover This is in the face of a shortage % of not less than 1,590,000 homes, according to Government estimates. & a /* more for the transportation of a car= Erte control over freight rates & % oy '~ Freight Costs More: : ‘Than Lumber: Ra ‘ORE than 30,000 sawmills <cornpete for the lumber busi- ness Of the nation.: | Thia competition normally keeps mill prices:;down: because 20,000 sawmills:could supply the demand. . As long as the public has to pay load of 2x4’s than it pays for thelum- . ber itself at the sawmill, the benefit ath of low prices at, the sawmills will . not be fully shared by the consumer. % & Buiid'of Wood — and Build Now . NATIONAL LUMBER MANUFACTURERS _ ASSOCIATION = Restaurants will be supervised by a ! convention committee toi prevent pos- sible overcharging. hs A “military police” .company is planned to aid the local police.in maintaning order ang handling the crowds, and W. A. Raupp, adjutant general of Missouri. wili;set up a “mil- itary court” to deal with petty difit- culties of any sort whjch may arise among the veterans. ‘ae;.convention committee of the Legion’ has been ad- vised that local police will not inter- fere in cases of th JOINT INST! E Dickinson, N, D.-Oet! 27—Teachers of Stark and Billinge- counties are holding “a joint institute here this Harrie Trust Building af é Chicago week. This plan has been: proosed for many years but this is the first time it has been tried out, S. T. May of the State Normal schouf here is the director of the, institute. EXPORTS SHOW ‘A FALIANG OFF ! Washington, Oct. 27.—Exports to | Europe during Septemuer fell off by about $31,000,000 as, éompared with August while, imports increased by approximately $4,000,000 according to | foreign trade figures’ issued today. Import from South American during the month increased by about $6,-! 000,000 while exports remained practi- cally unchanged. DEDICATE CHURCH ‘Napoleon, ‘N, D., Oct. 27—A new church will be dedicated here, Octo- ‘ber 30th. The local .congregation numbers 19. ASK Your Grocer * For Humpty Dumpty Bread Produced By BARKER BAKERY line, except. when they picked up a jfumble and raced for their only saore. posite Postoffice, Bismarck, N, D, Mall Orders Solistted, . \ “AFTER EVERY MEAL” | Mint leat, pepvermint or tus- cious. Juicy: fratt, either, flavor is‘a treat for your And all are eauallx £008 tor” you. 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