The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1922, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ‘THE BISMARC K TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class | Matter. GEORGE D. MANN I G. LOGAN PAYNE,COMPANY CHICAGO - - - - - Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH NEW YORK - - - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. DETROIT Kresge Bldg. “MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published hercin. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are in ved. aiso rese’ “MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION ~~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE __ Daily by carrier, per year..... oo 0 BE20 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) seeeee ‘ 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismaick) . 5.0 6.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota “THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPE (Established 1873) SECRETS EXPOSED Some one finally says a good word for the ex-kai: “gc Yard detectives. Thomson, now lecturing in America, and revealing “in- | side stuff” of the British secret service, says: “The (German) general staff had resolved upon the in-| vasion of Belgium and they put their plans before the kaiser. sd them. situation continued for 48 hours and after the gen- had issued the orders for the army to advance, Yon Moltke werc to the kaiser’s bedroom at 2 in the morning and ed him to sign the order. He refused. Von Moltke then said that the safety of the fatherland had developed upon the general staff and, “If your majesty refuses to sign, the gen- eral staff must take the responsibility.” “In other words,” according to Thomson, “the kaisér | must choose between abdication and approval, and he took the latter course.” Thomson’s lecture, instead of absolving the ex-kaiser from guilt, distributes the guilt to the shoulders of many, Bill ineluded. A melodramatic picture of the death of Rasputin, “sacred devil of Russia,” is given by Thomson. Rasputin, taken to a palace basement dining hall, was ‘ile of poisoned wine that had been tried out on Rasputin, when the poison got to him, breathed heavily | and foamed at the mouth, but showed no signs cf dying. So Prince Youssapov, when Rasputain staggered at him, gave him a shot out of a pistol, “and the monk fell backwards with a terrible ery.” A doctor, called in, examined the body and pronounced it dead. Later Youssapov approached the corpse and “put his hand:under the robe to feel the heart. It seemed to be still, when suddenly Rasputin sat up and seized him -by the throat.” eee ~ Pairs a. 8 Ln Was Youssapov escaped. - Rasputin-staggered to the door, out into the snow. Three more pistol shats brought him down. But it took a bludgeon to finish the work. He died hard. You do not wonder, Youssapov decided that Rasputin was the devil himself. Sir Basil Thomson thus adds a few more pages to the “inside history” of the World War, already contributed to so heavily by William Hohenzollern, Lloyd George, Franklin K. Lane and others. : The “inside stuff” is coming out on the very*heels of the war. That is contrary to custom, for diplomats usually leave their memoirs to be published after death. We are fortunate. It is‘ rarely that a generation that fights a war lives to learn what took place behind the scenes. INSANITY Many cases of insanity might be cured by treating the body’s endocrine glands, thinks Dr. William Held, medical lecturer. = i This is undoubtedly true. But, for results on a wide scale, we'll have to wait ‘at least 20 years. Tinkering with endocrine glands is a new medical art, still in the laboratory stage, many mysteries to be solved, many invisible dangers to be revealed and guarded against. The glands are\ the switchboards regulating the life current. SMASHES While glad that auto production is’ booming, remember that it means more cars for the pedestrians to dodge, more caption if drivers want to avoid accidents. Uncle Sam’s census takers announce that 10,169 Amer- | icans were killed last year in auto and motor-cycle accidents in the death registration district, which includes 34 states. That would scare us into caution, if it all happened at once, like destruction of a town with 10,168 inhabitants. Coming singly, we do not realize the terrible total. Be care- ful. Save life. -FAILURES f A check-up shows that 1600 business firms failed during October. Liabilities or debts exceeded assets by a trifle less } than $18,000,000, or about 17’cents for each American. That’s not worth worrying about, considering the big scale on which money is handled in America. Last January had 2722 failures. Times are much better now. Unless speculating with money or goods, look for steady improvement—at least until next spring, probably longer. x “HONK! In October the auto factories turned out 244,000 passen- ger cars and trucks. It was the greatst October ever, for ; the auto trade. The best previous October record was 200,000 cazs in 1919, during the big boom. The people certainly are expecting good times when they buy cars at the rate of nearly 3,000,000 a year. A good sign, for business booms or slumps according to the psychological state of the public. i CANADA ‘ Canada expects to have her own ambassabor, possibly under a different title, representin Heretofore her diplomatic relations with us have been hand- led through the British ambassador. It means, Canada thinks it wiser to deal with Uncle Sam a “direct instead of through a third party thousands of miles away. A sensible arrangement for neighbors. Canada un- derstands us better than the English. « one” is Sir Basil Thomson, former head of Scotland | her in Washington. | | : ! EDITORIAL REVIEW eee ay produced in this column may or may not express the opinion uf The are presented here ir order that our readers may have both sides of important issues which are !) being discusseds.in the presf of 4) the day, { QUEST FOR A LEADER | ‘The successes of Democratic can- jdidates for congress have brought ‘attention again to the fact that De-’ mocracy is now without a leader. ‘it isin the nature of things then that politi suggesting the jreturn of Woodrow Wilson to the leaptaincy of his party as a logical | development of. the elecions. | | Mr. Wilson is the only Democrat o can be said to h a set of inite, clean-cut, ccherent poli- je Since his retirement his fel- jlow-partisans have groped around ifor principles and tentatively test- Jed out a score of issues. ~The {Democratic representation in con- 1g: today is merely one of oppo- | sition to the Republicans, resorting | ‘to fault-finding in lieu of backing ‘and working for measures of its own, It is @ game that wears out {with time and its weakness will be {the more apparent when the num-! | ber of \Democrats in congress will | be only a few less than the number ; fof ‘Republicans. ‘The need of a ‘leader with policies to present to ; the country ig plain enough. The quality of Mr, Wilson’ ership is, of course, another matie His austerity chills the innate im- pulse of men to give their leader { ; the likeness.of worship, He has a | distaste for consulting other minds fan ‘his own, The memoirs of ing and the letters‘ of Lane |sbow-that Mr. Wilson cat hardly j bring himself to ask adviee. Dur- {ing the war he issued important jState papers and told his -cabinet | ,about it after it was entirely too | jlate to make changes. A President | {cen do this sort of thing. It would {be an unusual p: eader, lacking | the powers that office gives him, | 6 la ¢ The situation, however, may com- | pel Democracy to turn to Mr. Wil- mand formally to accept him as | commander-in-chief. A party lead- | er who keeps his followers at arm’s jthem, and who yet can produce a! j¥Yery necessary outfit of principles, | is bettey than no leader at all. It} seems almost inevitable that very | '990n the Democrats at. Washington | ill go to Mr. Wilson and ask | him, with the becoming meeknes: minds of their own, to serve as the; fount of intelligence. — Toledo | ‘Blade. i RUSSIA’S POSITION ! | The education cf Russia would | |appear to be nearing completion. |The tones of M. Rakovgky at Lau- | sanne are far in advance of those, which the Russian delegation | j used even so lately as at Genca and | The Hague. In a word, Russia has | ‘become national and political, Her | claims to a position of equality at, {the conference are important, for jit is manifest, as M. Rakovsky sug- |gests, that mo peace in the Near] {East which attempts to disregard | Russia can be complete or final. | Russia, of coursé, is to have its due j share in the discussion on the | Straits. What M. Rakovsky wants | is an equal voice in the other items | ;on the agenda, which he considers | \all closely related to the general | ;Russian interest. The difficulty of | ‘straightening out Europe without |taking a national and political Rus- sia into account can not be denied, jbut the Russian claims can not jTecognized so long.as the Moscow {government chooses not to make | ‘the concession necessary for recog- | nition. ‘The answer to M. Rakov- | isky’s question must be made by: |Qenine. He can get recognition | {and political equality any time he| ‘is ready to prove that he sincerely | wants it. | | At the same time, Americans are | jjustified in speculating with some | ;eoncern just .to what extent the |United States. :government ‘hds | Pledged herselfia the Near Bast by her advocacy of ithe Open Door. | What is the immediate price and| | what are the. future commitments? {If it means + compensatory political | attachment,lor if it means that this { ; country will have to defnd jits gains | sainst future encroachments, such i sjthat possibly hinted in M. Rok- ‘ovsky’s subtle threat, they. will con- clude the bargain a bad one. We| do not suppose anyone'‘imagines | the United States can get and enjoy | ithe p leges it seeks in the Near OF thout paying for hem in one | Way or another.—St, Paul Dispatch. ‘CONTESTS TO KEEP) | BOYS ON FARM | EA Sorvice. | Chicago, Dec. 2—Keeping Broad-| {way’s bright lights away from Main rect is the job Guy L. Noble here ‘is holding down. _ | As’ seeretary of the Nationa! Com- ' mittee of Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work, Noble has ben entrusted(with the all-| , important task of preserving Ameri- jean agriculture from the lure of the heity. He does it by interesting the boys! {and gi of the country in farming, | ‘stock raising, poultry care, canning land other subjects relating to the soil through a series of ‘ contests, the prize for which will be a free trip to Europe, Some 69,000 rural clubs have jcined. this nation-wide contest. Lo- cal contests have been held through- out the country and the winners pitted against others in elimination contests for the final prize winners. The final contest will be held here j from Dee. 2 to the 9th., A wolf that shakes hands with rs, an Australian dingo, .or id dog, that plays’ with his keep- nd a five-year-old fox:that was ared on a bottle, are all special pets of the keepers of the London ,_ For Sale. Choice. Canary |Singers. J. Bull.) Dickinson, 'N. D. . i Tribune. They | who could get away with. ig jof men who have no constructive | lin iif the M Ureeze is blowing. ' BEGIN HERE TODAY Mysterious, incredible had becn the fate of RODMAN, the world rgenius, whase tretnendous brain power had been tragedy centered on the commercial manu-, facture of precious stones. The scientific world was startled when he preliminary papers of Rodman © 1992 NEA Service, THE THING ON THE EARTH ine. i His voice went into a higher note. | “Twice, for been checked and reduced in me: For that bias I was myself Iwas’ in an ag i knew that the was atvthe time en | His voice de Showed that by synthetic chemnis-| Hews try she was about to turn/out|siole sheets of emerald and weighing several pounds at ,.no more cost than the manufacture of ordinaty window glass. The Orient was shocked. It meant tremendous destruction of wealth. Then one day, bearing a gift worth thousands, there came a_ strange creature from the Shan’ Monastery Asia. \ Powerful, intelligent— “It began,\ August night. thesé/ mountai put ‘wood into the fireplace, ( the Ma: of thi to advance, but my very will to aid scended, 1 ass were Excellence; There is ns at sun Some ‘Varieties in‘ Transportation & ail to Ki British soldiers (right) have devised a novel train to carry their battery from Spurn Head to Kilnsea, Eng: land. A sail, attached on a hand-car, provides the power, s Rose,” a Seine boat which, without sail or motor, travels speedily by means of this propellor whenever a fair Parisians have recently been startled by the “Bois er, I have vi beginning ironed.” th devitalized, rubies |apd maintained its outline only by the inclosing frame gf the chair on an a chill in set. I had and lighted it, and was about the house. The Master, as I have said, had worked out his formulae. “He was at leisure. weird—this man had been delegated { see him, for the door wa T could not as closedf by religious order to sérve the|but the odor of his cigar escaped great genius and protect him from|from the room. It was very silent. ev! , I was paleing the Master's bed-can- Then came the tragedy. The one man in the world needed to solve the mystery was M. Jonquelle, greatest of French detectives. CHAPTER II As soon as France could release Jonquelle, it sent him. Rodman’s genius was the common property, of the world. The American government could not, even with the verdict of a trial court. let Rodman’s death go by under the smoke-sereen of such a weird, “inscrutable mystery. I was to meet Jonquelle and come here with him, But my train into New. England was delayed, and when Ivartived at the station, 1 found that Jonquelle had gone down to have a look at Rodman’s country-house, where the thing had happened It was on an isolated forest ridge of the Berkshires, no human soul within a dozen miles of it—a com- fortable stone house in the Engli fashion. There was a big drav room across one end of it. Rodman used this drawing-room for a workshon. He kept it close- shuttéred and locked. Not even this who the servile creature ve care of him in house wag allowed to enter, ex under Rodman’s eye. What he- in the final scenes of the trag he saw looking in through a crack under the door, The earlier things he noticed when he puts logs on the fire at dark. Time is hardly a measure for the activities of the mind. These reflcc- big, yellow, took exclu tions winged by in a scarcely per ceptible interval of it, They have |taken me some time to write ont here, but they crowded past while speaking words. the big Oriental the pause between hi! “The print,” ign. thing at the beginning.” He paused. The Master was sunk in his la- d him hor, and while that envelop cultural, the first advances of the lure would and the the liave cone by unnoticed tension of the pressure, — ¥ day was, at’ hand when the weg recentive. He had got his completed; the formulae, pendile ont, were on his table. 1 knew b the relaxation. Of all periods this i a “3 | contests, for the final prizewinners. | the one most dangerous to the hu} ‘nan spirit.” - He sat silent for a moment his big fineors moving on the arms of the chair. “I knew,” he added. Then he wen on: “But it was the one th against which I could not protec! him, The test was to be permitted. He turned’ sharply toward me, folds of his face uns “Excellency!” he er have saved the Master, T would hi saved him with my soul's damnat | but it was not permitted. On t first night in the Italian’s, tent | said all I could.” . “IT woul he continued, “was y but it was I doubt ter himself notiecd the oH e dle on the heard hi: read it, Excellen ce. le in the hall, when I You have the scriveners wrote it down before the judge.” He paused. “Tt was an prise, of heard the M go over to the ently -he cigar, Exeelle lighted it. of the knife tobaceo, and, \T knew that KNow re | i t t a a I returned, rasp~of the match EVERET? TRUE {SAND THE F ex on fireplace. He fi on the of cou he (To mation hment, ter get up softly and clipped I could hear A moment in of = sur- Then { got 4 it. a the blade ber of the clearly the the chair THIS SAMS THING. Him ABUT LT % He MAY Not ELLOW LS A TWo-FACEDN POVBLE* VEALING, ,CROCK, Ano HE'S | \and overy sound was audible.’ *-!.7 “That was all, Excellency. The {Master returned a little later and |ascended to his bedroom as usual.” Then he’ added. “It was then I went in to put | wood /footprint on the hearth.” There was a force, compelling’ and ivivid, in these meager details, the | severe suppression of things, big and | 1% i tragic. No elaboration could have | equaled, in effect, the virtue of this restraint. A The man was going on, directly, j with the story. “the following night, Excellency, [the thing happened. The Master had passed the day, in the open. He jdined with a good appetite, like a |man in health. And there was a |change in his demeanor. He had the aspect of men who are deter- mined to have a thing out\at any | hazard, , “After his dinner the asthe went into the drawing-room and closed the |door behind him. He had not en- |tered the room on this day. It had stood locked and close-shuttered!” The big Oriental paused and made a gesture outward with his fingers, |as of one dismissing an absurdity. “No living human being could have been concéaled in that room. There is only the bare floor, the | Master's table and the fireplace. The ; great wood shutters were bolted in, as they hud stood’ since the Master took the room: for. a worship and |vemoved the furniture. The door ‘was always locked with that special | thief-proof lock that the American |smiths had made for it. No ‘one could have entered.” ° It was the report of the experts at ‘the trial. They showed by the cas- ing of rust on the bolts that the shutters had not been moved; the walls, ceiling and floor was undis- turbed; the thront of the chimney was coated evenly with old soot. Only the door was possible as an entry, and this was always locked except when Rodman was himself in the room. And at such times the big Oriental never left his post in the hall before it. That scemed a condi- ticn of his mysterious overcare of Rodman, Everybody thought the trial court went to an excessive’ care. It seru- tinized in minute detail every avenue that could possibly lead to a solution of the mystery. The whole country and every resident was inquisitioned. The gonclusion was inevitable. There was no human creature on that forest crest of the Berkshires but Three unusual methods of transportation are shown in these pictures from _ different parts of the earth. Above is a photo from China showing the use of bullocks to tow river boats | when shallow water is reached. room; then suddenly I heard the His voice was sharp | ed. This time, Ex- got up swiftly and fireplace. There | on: the | he | celleney, crossed the room to the {I could hear him distinetly. was the sound of one tapping metal, thumping with : fingers.” He stopped again, for a brief mo- | it, as j ment, as in reflection. ; Rodman and his servant. “It then that the Master un- But one can see why the trial j locked the door and asked for the | judge kept at the thing; he was { liquor.” He indicated the court} seeking an explanation consistent yrecord in_my pocket. “I brought it,| with the’ common experience of | & goblet ‘Of brandy, with some car-j; mankind. And when he could not | bonated. water. He drank it allj find it, he did the only thing he without putting down the glass.; could do. He was wrong, as we - His face was strange, Ex-,; now know. But he had a hold in cellency. 1... Then he looked me. } “*Put a log on the fire,’ he said. “7 went in and added wood to the fire and came out. Master remained in the} he re-entered when I came j cut, and closed, the door behind him. +. Thete was a long silence after that; then I heard the voice, per- mitted’, to the. devocation, thin, metallic, offering the barter to the iiaster. It began, and ceased be- use the Master was on” his feet and before the fire plage. I heard him swear again, and presently. re- turn, to his place by the table.” The big Oriental litfed ‘his face} and looked out at the sweep of coun- |try before the window. “The thing went on, Excellency, the voice offering its lure, and pre- senting it in brief flashes of ma- at truth by any means; he never had a glimmer of that. He never had the faintest conception of the big, amazing truth. But as I have said, ke had his fingers on one essential fact. | The final installment of this tale of mystery and horror will appear in our next issue. 7 es Nr ESS | POET’S CORNER | pee sit eh ada tr tea aa I NO VETO ON THAT Dedicated to the American Legion. By Mrs. Emeline Egan Sifert. When I enlisted at my Country’s call And bade all my loved ones good- bye— They wished me God's speed and tried hard to smile, te ization, and the Master en- As each sought bravely to smother deavoring to seize and detain the a sigh— visitations, which ceased instantly | With heart overflowing with love for our flag, I brushed away tears and pulled down my hat, And left all I loved to fight the “fiefce Hun” . And no one put a veto on that. at his approach to the hearth.” i The man paused. “I knew the Master contended in| vain against the thing; if he would | acquire possession of what it of-| fered. he must destroy what the; ‘ereative forces of the spirit had re. | j leased to him.” ! Again he ‘paused. | “Yoward morning he went out of | j the house. I could hear him walk- Ling on the gravel before the door. 1 remember the dawn of a cold rainy day Our first time “over the top,” How for hours we crouched in the mud of the trench again. The odor of ixnited tobacco |He would walk the full length of| With our hearts going flippity- returned> It was some time before: the house and return. The night | Slop. there was another sound in the} was clear; there was a chill in it,)How at least the word came and . we over we went, Where the fierce bullets whistled and spat, | And the schrapnel screamed, demons from hell— But no one put a veto on that. BY CONDO like hee [I remember a night in a thick mar- shy woods, When the Bochs gave us a chlorine gas ball. | We couldn't fight back—we held in reserve | And had to stay there and take it, | that's all, |And thicker and thicker the awful | fumes grew. were While we lay there sprawling and Choking and cursing and holding our ground, And no one put a veto on that. | |T remember the night | shovel and pick | We scooped shallow graves for out dead; when with HAVE You TOLD ‘No reqiiem was sung—there were | snipers around— | Not even a prayer could be said. | We had to work fast for with com- | ing of day | The Boche's“guns would start into | chat— | Without coffin or blanket we laid them away— But no one “put a veto on that!” We fought and we died for what we deemed right— { | | i te - None scemed anxious to want our } job then— We stood on our bases till the last t struck out | For we knew it was “die thee or i win.” j best— | Bnt'we manfully stood at the bat— | With poppies to’ mark their resting place! — But no one “put a veto on that!” The word “sack,” meaning “bag,” is one of the few words that are \the same in all languages; this be- jing caused, according to tradition, iby th fact that it was the last | word tttered before the confusion jot tongues at Babel. onthe fire that I’ saw the the dark on the truth—not the whole | {Seventy-five thousand of America’s last | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1922 H. G. Wells lost in politics {should let Wells enough alone, Mexico is making faces at us be cause we haven’t noticed her. A baby born in New York was five feet tall. It was a giraffe. The big apple crop we reported re- cently is a big cider crop now. | Speaking of southern chivalry, ‘George gave his seat in the Senate jto Mrs. Felton on the first day. We hate to mention unpleasant things, but income taxes are due again ten days before Christmas. Russia is making autos. When people begin to get on their fect they |want to get off their feet. We will have whines and jeers until we have wines and beers. 7 Some people find their most pleas ant reficctions in a mirror. A short street car conductor writes us Buifaio girls are tatooing but. terflies on their knees. Does the army of employes- who watch the clock know it can't mark time and get anywhere? Thrill in planting a narcissus bulb |comes’ when guessing’ if it will be a Chinese lily, jonquil or onion. These navy ear. rings the girls wear cre artistic and besides they | keep the cars from flapping. ! Why doesn’t an auto maker put out a 1923 model with ready bent ifenders so it always will look new? When 2 prize fighter’s condition is not O. K, it is often K. O. if you know what K. O. means. Hitting the ground is much easier than hitting a golf ball because the ground is co much larger. ‘ Football backs are very young men, if you things. forward eare for such Perhaps fat men make the best salesmen because they have the !bulge on the slender salesmen. What’s in a name? Maine National Guard ceyalry has a Major uatiip. If we got everything we wanted there wouldn’t be room to put it. Faint heart never won fair lady but. fat-head has, ‘ - | Life is ups and downs. If there were no downs how could there be | a : | ADVENTURE OF | | THE TWINS | |. By Olive Barton Roberts “What are you making now, pleage sir?” asked Nick, as Nancy and her brother stood watching the Green ‘Wizard tinkering at some- thing very mysterious. “Nothing mcre or less than a | magical alarm clock,” answered that i kind fairy as he gave’ a tw.st with lhis screw driver. ‘It’s for little j Chuckie Chipmunk, He says he never can get up in time for school. But mind you, he wants an alarm clock that no one else can hear. He says Fleet Fox lives next dcor and he doesn’t want ‘him to waken until he’s gone. There! It’s all done and you may deliver it at once.” The Twins knew where Chuckle lived under a stone pile, so off they | trotted in their little Green Shoes. ; Chuckie was at home and pleased to pieces when he heard what they had brought. » “Oh, boy!” he cried, jumping up and down. “Now I'll get to school on jtime and Mr. Scribble Scratch, che schcol-master, won't have to keep me in. Why! -What’'s this? It’s a note tied on to the winder. Til have to read it anil see what it says. | So he read the note out loud: | “*Dear Chuckie,” said the note, i“ ere is the clock you asked for! ' But I can't make ene that Fleet Fo ; won't hear. The best way is to | manage to be awake every morning | before it starts to ring, then you | can shut it off just before it begins, Yours wishfully, ‘The Green Wizard.” ; “Oh, dear! ~That’s a lot of trouble!” sighed Chuckie. “But I guess it’s-the only way. All right, | you tell the Wizard that I'm ever so much obliged and I'll be awake carly every morning to shut the alarm off. j So that’s what the Twins-did— About a week later, the Green ; Wizard found a package at his door and opened it. On top was a letter, | “Here's the clock!” said the note. | “If I have to wake up to shut it af¢. I might as well not have it. I'm leured of oversleep'ng. “Yours, “Chuckie.” fre Ea ae ary Raa | A THOUGHT | o—-.. ' Finally, my brethren, be. strong in |the Lo-d, rnd in the power of his | might.—Evhesians 6:10. | Ths is the gospel of Labor— Ring it, ve bells of the kirk! The Lord of love camé down from | above ‘ |_ To live with the men who woth. | This is the rose he planted | Here in the thorn-cursed soil; Heaven is blest with perfect rest, | But the blessing of earth is toil. ~-Henry Van Dyke. Butterflies sometimes are brought down with very. small bore shot- guns in the tropical regions, 0