The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1922, Page 4

for re] _THE: dpetesLialls TRIBUNE}: ‘MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1922 Class Matter. GEORGE D. MANN Cass : Foreign Representatives CHICAGO Marquette Bue, ‘AYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW yORK™ : psec an oS MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use ublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local | news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION ~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Daily by carrier, per year..........45 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarek) . Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck). 5 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) ie ’ A NATIONAL DISGRACE TH E. BISMA RCK TRI BUN Bi the Pac an the chance of ie killed in ia sateied at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., -ismash-up was one in 1,523,000. Now the railroads haul 1,300,000,000 passen-| Editor gers a year, and the chance of being killed has | —ibeen cut.to one in 5,673,000. Prince Edward “ot Wales, known throughout the world as’ the most {democratic member of any reigning Airplane travel’ will be similarly made safer; royal family, has done much to re- and safer as the years slip by. The rising géneration may be fated for airplane | Fifth Ave. Bldg. | travel, {watch the flying machine. | It’s a real thrill—probably not youngsters:as to us grown-ups, for the youngsters | rave so many tricks of magic, like the wireless | telephone, that they must be getting beyond: ~ thrills. “ But the thrill of watching “No. 17” steang into! 5 8720 ‘the village depot in 1889 wasn’ ’t half bad—eh, pa? WALL STREET Gulf states steel stock rose 45 points in Wall ‘Street, on the strength of a rumor that Henry |Ford was about to “buy into” the company. \ This shows what Wall Street privately thinks | of Henry Ford as a business man and manager, Many who read this would have died on the except: when trying to prove that Henry doesn’t | battlefields of France, or been permanently crip- know anything about railroading except how to’ pled, had it not been for the American soldiers: make profits and reduce rates. now known as “disabled veterans.” lists. The lucky ones who came through ‘the: war un; |. injured are enjoying peace. But ‘the war goes ‘on forever for the disabled.soldier. In most cases, his baffle will last until his death. And it is a battle that he is fighting largely alone: More than three years have passed since the | ‘Armistice. The disabled war veterans, far from | Thesfarmers are coming on. enjoying the comforts that are rightly theirs by | ‘of the farm bloc they are talking. the language When a tariff | The stock broke, went downhill fast, when They stopped the enemy and his bullets. That Wall Street heard-Ford’s denial that he was buy- , shortened the war—ended it.before‘more of the ing into the company. folks back home were crown into the casualty hours to reach the Street, after Ford’s announce- meats Is the stock market asleep or just winded? EDITORIAL ‘REVIEW That’s where it’s getting its thrill now— | is so great that statesmen have # i It took this denial 48 ——— Comments reproduced in this column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune. Thev are presented here in order that our readers may have bath sife of Important iver which are being discussed in the press of the di CHICKENS COME HOME all laws of, decency, again’ are compelled to fight | thoy have listened to for years. for fair, square treatment by the national govern- ‘for the benefit of the manufacturer compelled the Hfarmer to pay more for everything he bought, he The situation discloses gross neglect and an was iold it was for his own good, that the tariff almost criminal stupidity in mishandling the dis-| would make the manufacturer prosperous,and the ‘manufacturer would pass on prosperity to the ment. abled soldiers. It is becoming an old story. And it is shadowed farmer. by talk of “national ingratjtude.” There is, however, no ingratitude. heroes. bill for whatever is necessary, to give these me a square deal. ‘somewhere in Washington: * Pot will call the kettle back. The buck will he passed freely between Congress and the Veterans’ Bureau. The unscrupulous will coin ‘political capital out; of the situation. ~ After all is said and done, the real.trouble i8 ty19) bloc is the only bloc that ever has proceeded nothing but red tape and -stupidity. | with its cards face up on the table and without ‘ture. » his. The farmer has learned this by heart and it’s ‘his answer tothe charge that th farm bloc rep- ican pepole are fully aware of the tremendous resents a wicked selfish class movement. debt they owe their crippled and maimed war; adds that the farmer represents 40 per cent of the a |populaticn of the country and 40 to 60 per cent of : The American people stand ready to foot the its purchasing. power, so how can the country n | Prosper unless the farmer’ prospers ; the farmer | \must be the foundation of the prosperity struc- The clash comes over ,the farmer’s demand Responsibility Yor this national disgrace is that he have first whack at prosperity, instead tof the leavings. The bloc, the* farmer points out,. is no idea of | “There have been blocs galore,” said Pres- ‘ident Howard of the American Farm Bureau fed- leration at St. Paul,-“manufacturers’ blocs, tariff ‘blocs, wet blocs, dry blocs, bankers’ bldcs Yand “The. agricul- | packers’ blocs.” And he addéd: lievable that any American official or eanpossitae sechet or closed door-caucises’? tive is voluntarily throwing obstructions in the’ disabled veterans’ path. demands action, fast and thorough. AWAY FROM HOME How much do you use the railroads? not getting your share, on, the, average, unless | you make 12 trips a year and trave el a total ft 456 miles. Thirty-three years ago, the average American , used the railroads eight times a year, traveling | a total of 192 miles. Now,.30 years isn’t so lone 8 ago. The year 1889 is fairly fresh in the memories of millions. You look at the figures on railroad passenger travel, and your comment probably is: tainly are stepping out. amazingly.” - The period of civilization in which we live is mest wonderful in the.way it has conquered space. | Unexplored. You refall your envy of the village banker when in a sense, the work of a dying man who hoped he returned from a trip to New York or some other that he.might not be “wholly mute and useless” \while lying i in his grave, and who had prayed— metropolis. - To travel 50 miles by railroad, back in President | | Harrison’s day, was a boyhood treat beyond the | i dreams of avarice. . Today the boy yawns as he climbs into the; Pullman for a trip of 500 or-1000 miles. head. for the grown-ups. Now it’s rather a dull neces- compilers of “Hymns, Ancient and Modern”, b | (1861), discovering the fact just as they were of twenty years. Military experts tell sity of a blase age. What has got the farmer in bad is that. he \learned his lesson so well that he is crowding for What is needed in Washingtno is a little com- a place on the front seat.—Milwaukee Journal. mon sense. R In all the history of our republic, there never | has been as black a disgrace as the neglect of dis- | abled veterans. The public, refusing to believe With Me,”.was the Rev. Henry Francis Lyte. He that Uncle Sam’s efficiency has fallen to zero,'was born in Ednam, near Kelso, Scotland, June 1, '1798. “A scholar, graduated, at Trinity college, hardworking | Not recognizing the prince, the ABIDE WITH ME The author of the well known hymn, “Abide | Dublin; a poet.and amysiciap,., curate was a man 0! In their defense ! ail physique, with a face! You are of almost feminine beauty, and a. spirit “as pure land gentle as a little child’s.” The shadow of| peeHaye Jed tne tke | store the dwindling prestige of the | British royal house, His popularity in. the British Isles id he could run forvany elective office jand win over any candidate by a bis as much to the, majority. The prince Is as well liked in dis- tant British, possessions —- Canada, Australia -and New Zealand — as a home. By his unassuming manner he over- came traditional American dislike for royalty and won the respect and ad- miration of the whole nation while ow his tour of the United States. Born in 1894, The prince’ was born June 23, 189¢, ‘while his great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, sti. sat’ on the British throne. He was christenfd Albert | Edward: Christian George Andrey Parick David. Shortly after his birth his grand- father, Edward VII, succeeded to the |throne, leaving the prince’s father as heir to the crown, While Edward still was a boy his grandfather died and_his_ father, |George V, mounted the throne. ; At 13, Prince Edward passed an examination for the British navy. He continued to qualify for a naval ca- ireer at Osborne and Dartmouth, Becomes Prince of Wales. @t the close of his course in 19d —when -he was, 17-—-Edward was formally invested with the title of Prince of Wales: 5 By request of the Welsh people the | ceremony was held on Welsh soil for | the first time ‘since 1616. | Shortly: after” his, investiture the | prince entered the Britisli navy as |» midshipman on H. M. 8. Hindu- | stan. He left the navy in 1912 to enter | simple freshman without privileges. His university » course was inter- rupted in its third year by the out- break of the World War. The prince was commissioned a second lieuten- ant. But his father and Lord Kitchener refused to allow him to accompany his regiment to France. They feared ithe consequences if the royal heir were captured by the enemy. Proves Hero. in France, | But persistent pleas by the prince | finally won the consent of the king jand his war minister. On Nov. 20, 1914, Wales was sent to France as special aide de camp to Sir John French. As a captain~ “off: the general staff, ; Wales showed, himself a leader ot men. Disregabding the safeguards | placed around him, he cdntinually ‘ran into danger. . Recognition, of ‘his. Valor came in ithe form .6f the Fr Croix de Guerre, © personally” stowed . by President Raymbnd ¢ Poincare ot France, A year after the elo of the wat ‘the princexmade shis ;tréb: to Canada tries he wabiregetved:4tth great en- thusiasm. In November 9207* ‘ye “started on| his trip pepe British possessions. the Ras (East, despite tho srqnts hostility’ to British rule shown theres Romaneo’ vey ed. Rumors of roman tween, Wales: and a half lozen. European noble- women have“been’ frequent. But the prince persistently refused to marry. Well-founded réportS in England recently inditated’ that ‘the prince's engagement to Lady Rachel Caven- dish was to be announced -upon ‘the prince’s return from his eastern. tour. Lady Rachel is-a daughter of. the Duke “of Devonshire. Their connec- tion is purely a love match, not dic- tated by diplomats exnsalenty: F 2 Hundreds ot anecdotes: have ‘been built around: Prince Edward. Behind the lines in France, the "| prince picked up a tired private in | his motor, it is told. ‘private engaged in intimate. con- jversation and showe we prince a | pic ture of his sweeth Y asked, ‘tuberculosis was over him ali his life. His mem-| “No, but I have one sof my father,” e prince. answered. ‘th jory is chiefly associated with the district church "And he produced a gold coin bear- ‘at Lower Brixham, Devonshire, when he became’ ing the head of George Vand passed “perpetual curate” in 1823. his last Sunday: Bre he handed to one '6f Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide, The darkness deepens—Lord with me abide! When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, elp for the helpless, O, abide with me! There is pathos in the neglect and oblivion‘ of ie |Lyte’s own tune to his words, especially as it wds;| A few years b: kinson Smith was writing stories, ~his’|- O Thou whose fouch can lend Lift to the dead. Thy quickening grace supply, And grant me swanlike my last breath to spend In song that may ‘not die! His prayer was answered in God's own way. teresting, but not out of the ordinary. What he 'Another’s melody hastened his hymn on its usefu yearns for is to fly in that steel airplane over-|career, and revealed to the world its ‘immortal é ivalue. By the time it had won its slow recogni- Travel, “far from heme,” once was a thrill.even ition in England it was probably tuneless, and the ‘system 19f topographical surveys and He died at Nice, iFrance, November 20, 1847. On the evening of #‘and'gommunion service | his‘famil¥ a manuscript of ithe hymn that was destined to live on, and the} .;music he had-composed for it. It was not until: Times have changed |eight years later that Henry Ward Beecher in- roduced it, or part of it, to American Congrega- jtionalists, and fourteen years after the author’s death it began to be sung as we now have it, in \this country and in England: Maybe you are one of the lucky who can recall | a boyhood in a country town—and the thrill of go- | ing down to the village depot to watch ‘‘No. 17”; steam in with a shrill screeching of brakes. Out yonder, beyond the horizon, lay the Great it- into ‘the soldier’ & hai al, tinually advised him to shun danger. “What difference does it ‘make if I do get ‘piped?’” he asked. “Dye {plenty of brothers at nome) to take | my [place.” 3 ime os FS The ‘prince was noted for his shy. friendly “speeches, At Washington he visited wounded soldiers at Wal- ter Reese hospital. | His only speech w: | “Comrades in ar Vm having ja very good time ‘in’ the United | States and I hope you'll be' out of the aie soon’ and having a good time, too.” ie PEOPLE'S FORUM | i Editor The Tribune:. % when F. Hop young engincer tresh from college would — inadvertently discover, an abarfdoned coal mine. The hero would jthen put his discovery into use as a tunnel providing a: short cut for some railroad or to supply water for irri- gation purposes. Such use varied somewhat to suit the business con- nections of his prospective father-in- law. ‘But every engneer knows ‘that such occurrences are confined chiefly to story books. There is a bill before congress ask- ing for an appropriation of thirty: ‘seven million dollars to complete a’ maps of the United States. This {money is to be spent over.a period us that without such maps the use of finishing their, work, asked Dr. William Henry artillery is largely a matter of guess In 1889, the thrill of railroad travel was some-’ ‘Monk, their music editor, to supply the want. Tn} ror Every civilized country in the world what deadened by a subconscious fear of “gettin’ ten minutes, it is said, Dr. Monk composed the has been accurately mapped with the killed by the cars.” In that year 472,000,000: people were carried by iwith Lyte’s ae ee ee ‘ sweet; pleasing chant that has become immortal ¢xcePtion of China, Mexico and the words!—Kansas City- Times. , United States. During “the last year of the .wagld t ; Oxford university. There he was a}, and the United States. In both coun- | His Jesdelates tk the war con-\ wae FAMED AS WORED'S Ta DEMOCRATIC PRINCE i é PRINS EDWARD OF WALES, HEIR TO THE BRITISH THRONE: -—IN BRITISH ARMY. UNIFORM AND IN CIVILIAN GARB. EO! war, the United_States was spending money at the rate of twenty-four mil- lions per day. The entire country could be mapped for less than the cost of thirty-seven hours of fighting. of one first class ship. What this pnoject would mean for North Dakota in’ the way. of develop. ment can readily ‘he imagined. It might unlock secrets that would mean more to this state alone than the cost of the entire survey. ‘Let us hope that congress will sup- ply the research” bureaus with . the necessary funds. tars. Reader. * UNITED Much grief we cai And make the wh | EVERETT TRUE ; now THEN, we O'S NEXT & And considerably less. ‘than ‘the cost dispel, And happier, as well: KAS WILL INSPECT GUARD OUTFIT The head 1arters: con company, 164th regiment, -North. Dakota National | Guard, will be inspected at Fargo Tuesday nigh*®.. Capt.-G. A. M. An- derson, ingpector-instructor of the+* 5 National Guard, will.make-the federal inspection and Adjutant-General G, A. Fraser will make> the state inspec: ‘tion. - EFFORT: fi (F lorente. Bo Borner.) Jf all the light were darkness, z And all the smlies ‘were tears, ‘a And all the sublight shadow, i} And all our Hopes were fears, If all the, truths were falsehoods, 5, And kindness was a blow, + This’ world would bea sad place, For ab of us to know. But it the clouds were sunshine, And shadows were effaced, And all the tears and suNen frowns, By laughter were displaced, And kindness ruled ‘the people, In harmony and love, This’ world would be a heaven, Like to the one above. \ Let each of us, my darlings, _ Be sure to do our part, . - To bear life’s heavy burdens, And cheer another's heart; By working all cain world boiter, GIMMG A COUPLE O THEM THERE Wo WOMEN HAVE ELBOWSD THIS : IKE GIRL OUT OF HER TURN WHILE X STOOD HERES, BUT THATIS ALK te WCW STAND !Y, The faster you, drive, the’ easier 3 | misfortune overtakes you. | Money never wagged a dog’s tail. A (Jersey man, arrested with a “| worthless check, said he was a “kite flyer.” The judge sent him up. Health hint: Stop Knocking before - your knees begin. A bird on the hat is ‘hat is Worth two on the farm. « “Clive prohibition “ time,” says Haynes. Better, give the" bootleggers time. A man has left $100,000 to a girl who refused to marry him. Her {kindness was not forgotten, Every man_ should have 6 a’ home where he can fight in peace. ee Two’s a company.\ “This Montrealperson who took a 500-mile taxi ride »would have found a Turkish bath quicker, “Buy coal now,” urges Hoover; who neglects to say what with, “About is the proper time to matizy,” on ee the glee Bes who Ptobably mean 1922, All. the “world doesn’t Gwe a ‘man who. is in love with himself. A*nian who tried out a new para- chute the other day Jegves a-wife and three children. Some people are so rich, they, don’t | have to, Spay their bills at all. Bryan says the demogtit3 én win Congress, but they mustn’t let that | discourage them. _ | A‘woman has. agreed to accep: $8000 for her husband. His picture | shows she made a fine bargain, UES ! A lot of children see “objection- able movies” because they can’t be left at home alone. { -The women don’t spend as much |to get their cheeks red as the men do to get their. noses red. ADVENTURE OF | THETWINS | By Olive Barton Roberts | ~ ~One day Nick ate a green apple and it made him sick. So after that he and Nancy. Were not allowed=to go:.near {sheit; fayorite apple-tree; , That- was jNery. harg to bear apd more of a pun- tishment. than, their mother ‘knew, for without the magical elevator they. {couldn’t.see their fairy friend Buskins nor could they make any more visits ie the strafge country of Up-in-the- ; ree The blossoms in the orchard -had jaisappeared, so the Twins could no lofiger play that it was a fairy bower. ‘It was more fun down in the-meadow under their beloved chestnut-tree, the place where all their adventures be- gan. The first daisies were out, the weather being very warm, and Nancy sarted to pick a bouquet for the din- ner table. Nick wasn’t helping much, |thinking it more fun to poke for bugs and beetles in the grass. Suddenly a voice called out, “Hello, there!” | “Hello!” answered. the Twins to- gether, looking around in a puzzled. way, wondering who had spoken. But no one was\to be seen. The voice was very small and far, away Indeed it seemed to come from > ground, ..Could it be Flop. Field Mouse or. Abigail Ant or one of the forest or m@adow folk? “Where are you?” ca}led Nick. “We can’t see anybody.’ , “Look hard,” came the answer, “and see if you can’t find me.. I’m not as big as I was. I suppose T’ve shrunk in the,wash.”. The children ‘could hear someone laugh at his own, little joke, “Oh, there, he is,” whispered Nancy. |“It’s ‘Buskins,” and she pointed to an old. dandelion | ‘gone to seed. Buskins was Sitting on it smoking his pipe and smiling. “Would you like to go to Thistle-- down Land?” he asked when he found he had -heen discovered. (To Be Continued.) Copyright, 1922, NEA Service.) i | LEARN A WORD | — —> Today’s word is MILITANT. | It's pronounced—milli-tant with ac- cent on the first syllable. It means—fighting, combating, én- gaged in-war, combative. It comes from—Latin, “militare,” to make war. “Companion words—mijlitate, euili- tancy, It’s used like this—"The aim of the arms conference at Washington is to imake nations less militant (that is, less prone to make war). —~ ? POETS’ CORNER | : es Z { REALITY Why is it when we struggle on, To gain the faint, elusive prize, {That ever leads us on and on, Yet seems to dangle near our eyes, When we obtain the coveted, | Our spirits are not satisfied? { 1 i |The things that lie beyond our reach, But lend enchantment to tle race; And valuation takes its flight, When we have reached the chosen | place; We séek\the prize in ecstacy, Florence Borner. | We find but stern. reality. Dutch children dress in exactly. the rsame styles as their parents.