The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1922, Page 4

PAGE FOUR 4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE| Second Class Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Matter. CEORGE D. MANN Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY DETROIT Kresge Bldg. CHICAGO Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. Z Ss NEW YORK MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PR 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 herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SURSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE byecarrier, Den year. a sicscieis'c sei ety sinh ote oink 4 Med OO Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck)................ .7.20 aily by mail, per ry (in state outside Bismarck) . 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. . 00 ‘THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1878) JUST PASSING THE BUCK A jotter from the railroad commission to the ctiy«com- stating that it needs no assistance from the city ers examining the books of the Hughes Electric Light company to ascertain just what the consumers have been overcharged 1 to what rebates they are entitled to, does not relieve the city commission. Their responsibility is to protect the consumers of Bismarck regardless of the State Com ion. An eccountant should be employed on behalf of the city inot. Fargo and other cities have done to analyzed and check up the state accountant’s work. Some of the. mat- ters which should be inquired into is the actual price paid fox roal not elivavs or necessarily the book cost. Are there Is coal booked at one price and paid for at:an- There ‘are other investigations that can be and ovld he prrsued and the charges of other years farther beek than the state accountant may be instructed to go shou'd be examined. ee * Commise’& has a plain and honorable dut:, to rform in the matter sion’s skirts will avail littlé in the judgment of the con- sumers who are looking for some relief from utility rates generelly in this citv. In the nast the city commission has not’ been as hesitant fo emnloy leeal and expert services in the matter of public atits Probably thev have acted according to their lights as es, in the nast. but to refuse the same consideration to users | of steem, power and electricity as afforded other consumers might place the commission open to an accusation of parti- ality in the discharge of its duties. . Bismarck should do what Minot and other cities are do- ing. Jamestown tco is taking steps alone the same line. It is a legitimate field of. investigation on the part of the city to find out why it costs nearly double to heat the me .building today as a few years ago. The matter of use and Jive steam as against the saturated and worse s P in quality of steam furnished now, open un a field for: the: city commission. Testing of meters, not only of the Hughes Electric company but of the Water company and the Gas utility is another matter that.should be cared for. The state commission has neither money, time nor apparatus to do this. « Everyone knows that if more live steam is furnished bills will’he cut in two in Bismarck for heat. Testing and xemination of meters might disclose other charges unfair and exorbitant. Instead of hunting alibis, the City Commission should annly its n behalf of the heavy burdened consumers who while looking for some relief from the state commission see no valid reason why their own municipal representatives | | should not take some initial steps. Is Bismarck to make no official appearance on behalf of the'citizens party to the case against the Hughes Electric company to be heard soon before the State Railroad Com- mission? A most pertinent and hitherto unanswered query? TINKERING WITH A TRIED MACHINE ; _ Tinkering with a tried and true but old machine ofte results disastrously all around. Americans have alway: been slow to tinker with the Constitution, an old machine which Edmund Burke declared was the greatest instrument drawn by humans, but they have not hesitated to maintain the spirit of the fundamental law by amending it as new con- ditions warrant. . j Proposals now being considered in Congress will be care- fully weighed. There is merit-in the proposed amendment to lessen the time intervening between the election of Pies- ident and Congress and their assumption of office. It is sought to give earlier opportunity for putting into effect the expressed will of the voters. There also is meritorious objection that the present intervening period gives time for campaign passions to subside before the new adminis. tration begins its rule. . . . ! But tinkering with the process of election of Presidents | is dangerous business. The electoral college is perhaps an illogical institution, and functions only to go through the formality of expressing the will of the people of the vari- ous states. rect. But the aim of those seeking to change the Constitu- tion is directed more to an effort at direct nominations, to break down/all present machinery and give the man from Podunk Corners the right to run for Presdient in any state | on a petition of a few of his neighbors. t :. The convention system has been condemned vigorously yet there has been more complaint of the calibre of men elpcted to Congress since the convention system was ended than before. There have been more minority office-holders elected under a direct primary which abolishes party re- sponsibility. Often the demagogue, or the individual with the greatest appeal. to the passions and prejudices of the moment, with the greatest bank-roll or the widest avenues of publicity succeeds. The voters do not have the oppor- tunity to study the men they pick at close range and through intimate association. : There is one newspaper proprictor in the United States who can speak to 20,0000,000 people, almost one-fifth of the population. Imagine his power in such a plan as is being proposed. Another manufacturer has his representatives in every city, town and almost at every cross-roads in the country. 3 eoce . Complaints voiced even by the most radical have beeni directed more generally in this country against Songress | tham against our Presidents. The Presidents have functioned with high purpose and usually have been above the passions | and prejudices. Any change that would tend to make it nd hiding behind the state commis- || The election of President is now virtually di- | EDITORIAL REVIEW Hl Comments reproduced in this ‘+ column may or may not express ‘Pribune, They ir order that ave both sides the opinion of Th e presented he our ders may f ertant issues which are af imp being discussed in the press of thy day, ALE GET IT? i in October and | TERE DOES | Towa went ca iplayed and defeated Yale at New] | When such nonconform- s out of the west and jconducts itself, it is eastern hal ‘to demand that the offender return the following year and take a tek t = 0. ling, if it can be administered. is admin oft tit cut | wort stered the offender is s In other chedul to Tov iplay in New Haven till jyou and then we'll stop playing 'with you. |. Princeton made an honorable jexception to the rule, and, being ‘beaten by Chicago last year on its | home grounds, came west this r to what could be done about it and did what it wanted ito do. Yale, by Towa, puts {the © westerne down on the | schedule for a game in New Haven |next : declined the i date, ents this interfer- lene with plans. lowa might play iYale in Iowa and probably defeat jit, but declines to go to the kitch- len door and eat with its host in |the kitchen. | “Where does Yale get. the i idea |that it can meet superior western }teams only on its own grounds, on lits own, germs, and at its own ! pleasure?” It:should be glad to get ja place on any western, edule, lon Purdue’s schedulé, or” North- , | western’s, turn and‘ turn. about, ; ‘here and in tie east. ‘Then there ! might be a hard contestand one in- teresting to watch. Towa might} ‘base its refusal to play Yale, even | lat Towa, on the ground that‘it would like 'to meet an eastern jteam of class, such as Cornell or | Pitt cr W. and J., and not a team j Which anyone could lick. . | Football preemimence may be on {the Pacific coast, but it certainly (is not cn the Atlantic, and it never } |will be there again. It should be |in the midwest and probably will {be in the great state universities lof this section. : | Harvard, Ya and the older eastern universities are not re- producing. Statistically, Yale men ‘and Harvard men do not send each one son back to their schools. The prospects of the eastern school are dwindling. Some of them rec- ognize this and are limiting the membership. The state universities of the mid- west have the wealth of their states behind them. It is greater than the largest eastern endow- ments. They have the wealth of! ‘a sturdy population behind them.| \Strong boys go to them from the! jeities and farms. Of course, they ©1992 NEA The man’s’ loose body scemed to have been packed into” his eléthing as though under a pressure, There in his | | was the vague note of victory voice, ‘ “Monsieur.” he said, “no dead t ¢ Frenchman has ever been valued to} i will ‘produce athletic"'supremacy. us at less than fifty thousand francs. | The effecte east is right, He may have been a worthless ven-! Yale may try to assert a classic 'dor of roast chestnuts before the | tradition to cover confusion, but Madeleine, but if he died in Stam-} that day is gone forever. The boul, he was straightaway worth west does not wait on a bow from fifty thousand francs, You will: ob- | the east, but already wants to serve, monsieur, that your governal know whether the east’ can pro- ment has already fixed the price for} |duce anything worth its while. murder.” I | ‘There may be a few early October | The Prefect of Police looked dates in a few years from now for across the long, empty room at the ;Yale out here, when Yale learns closed door. {the modesty which is the best! “But was this dead man a citi dress of mediocrity, — Chicago of the Turkish Empire? We sce Tribune. ito have a memory of him.” | ———______— | The Oriental smiled. “Citizens,” he said, “are of twi ——¢ THOUGHT | \| classes—your Foreign Office has In eg it down—the citizen which is born, | rad the eitizgn which is acquired . Also take no heed unto all words Each are valued to us™ least fifty that are spoken; lest thou he: thy | thousand francs, as your schedule in servant curse three-—Ecele: ‘a5tch| the indemnities to the Sublime Porte pT so clearly set it out., Dernburg | It is an utterly low view of busi-] Pasha was alquiréd, monsieur. But, | ness which regards it only afhe is dead! And the indemnity f j Means A wan's| him; as you have so admirably ; business is part of the world’s] 1shed it, is not subject to a dis- |work, his share of the great activi-| count. . . . You came from the Foreign Office, monsieur?” | He ‘ties which render society possible. Ho may like ig or dislike it, but it work, and, as such, requi plication, self-denial, di Pall Mall Gazette, Serhan 3 The Prefect of Police bowed. coat as with a casual gesture, fingers closing over an artic! laf concealed there. The Envoy went on: I found the Mini an unfailing cour’ of our empire sh ered in Paris, an adequate indemnity would be paid.” The scene at the Foreign Office when he had been called in be the Minister, came up for an instant « to Monsieur Jonquelle. The ta elegant old man had been profound annoyed. This murder came at vexatious moment moment when the Foreign Office was | pressing for the indemnity on the French subjects slain in Stamboul. The very argument had Veen un-; fortunate. Stamboul must be made ute, and here was Paris unsafe! Here was Dernburg Pasha dead in ‘the Faubourg St. Germain. Monsicur Jonqugjle had made 1 reply to the Minister. He had come down to the house in the Fauboure |i oy NEWS BRIEFS _| {| i ——— Fargo, N. D.—Forty-cight North Dakota .Elevator* gompinyy-and: halt that! many-in' Minnesota secured*tem- porary injunction inthe federal court here restraining state govern- |ment from putting, into! operation nle grain grading act enacted at November 7 election. Nearing set for December 16 at St. Paul. n| at precisely the} Washington.Consolidation ef the Atlantic and Pacific fleet's into the “United States Fleet” with Admiral ‘H. P. Jones in command wa an- j nounced by the navy department. Shanghai—C. 0. Forsberg, Ameri- issionary, captured by bandits n provinee, has been released | 8 reported, St. Germain of Paris; he had gone over it: he had examined every-| Denver, one of thing; but he had made no com-| the organizers of the American Feder-|) ment. Either he had arrived at no; {ation of Labor, died. ge conclusion, or else he had a EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY Ss “Rquélity of Opportunity Day” in American Ed- ucation Week. A square deal in education for every American boy and} girl. The true American is upright and honest. He be-! lieves in fair play, the square deal. America is the land of -oppertunity, but the educational status of the whole United States on the average is only that of sixth grade children in the public schools. All American chitdren do not have.an! ‘equal opportunity to learn to read and write. 1.82 per cent, of our native-born city residents are illiterate, and 7.01 per | cent of our rural native-born cannot read and write. If the! rural schools had kept down the per cent of illiteracy to 3.82} | there Id have been 1.829,915 fewer native illiterates in} the country in 1920. The Federal Bureau of Education ; states that city schoois are open 170 days or more each year, but the rural] schools have average terms of 160 days or less. | more difficult for thinking Americans to elect a sober, far-| Make our rural schoo!s move effective. This can be done by | secing executive and give greater chance for the opportunists and demagogues to succeed can only result in harm to all. better attendance and longer schoo! terms together with | better financial supvort.—(Contributed.) { | GETTING READY FOR THE COMI NG-OUT PART | M.Jonquelle:\ by MELVILLE Davigson Post ‘ THE TRIANGULAR HYPOTHESIS tanother door of p “+ To’ the FE : | satisfied.” ;| windows were open, 1 DONT KNOW WHETHER DADDY BARDING 1S GOING To LIKE TAAT TRAIN EFFECT OR NOT i \ ' ' shutters were’ closed. Persons pass- fng on the street heard the voices distinetly—the voice of a r, and the voice of Is it not tree?” monsieur, we can- French- man, monsiew Dernberg P. “Unfortunat not deny it, It is precisely the truth.” “And it cannot be denied — that = |Dernburg Pasha is dead. He was found this morning on the floor of yonder, with his throat cut—monsieur has himself observed evidences of thi . The late v looked up sharply-—“mon- sicur admits that he was a French- man?” “Ah, yes," replied the Prefect o Police,” the man was a Prenchman. tht with some definite plan. It was an old house, maintaining in its.essentials a departed elegance. The fleor of the drawing-room® wa: of alternate blocks of white and black marble, laid down like a chess- boardgyfhere;was a door. at one end Reading ddtoy a small-walled garden; On thé other side of ‘the “drawing room, directly opposite there ecisely the same into a sort of librdry—the room in which Dern- burg had been found in the morn- Me, dead on the floor. knowledge of affair, coupled mary of the evidence, “The late visitor, a Frenchman; the quarrel; the dead man remaining in the library; the ‘spots of bloodon this floor that dripped from the w poti in the assassin’s hand as h went out—he escaped from the door yonder into’ the garden and thence into the street; it is all certain, mon- “ft is all very certain,” replied the Prefect. He paused—then: “But while the events are certain, @rnment iit 1 fad ‘the aspect of I am not precisely certain that we flavor. He had gone ut once to the|have the same conception of them. foreign Office with his demand for|For example, monsicur, will you teli me how, in your opinion, the assassin escaped from the garden into the street? This garden was not used; the gate leading into the in indemnity, and then he had come Jere into this drawing-room and sat down before the door until the mat- ter should be settled. ‘ *Monsieur is satisfied?” he said.| street is nailed up. I should be glad “He has en everything?” of your opinion on this point. “The have not quite seen every-| “With pleasure,” repli¢d the Orien- thing,” r ed Monsieur Jonquelle.’ tal. his glance traveling to the ight; “The man escaped from the gar- bulge -in | the’ mun's_ tight-fitting} den in the simplest fashion. He waistcoat pocket, “but I am entirely! climbed over the wall, _monsieur. The wall is of no great height. It “The evidences are complete, mon-| is entirely possible.” sieur,” said the Hnvoy, smiling?) Monsieur Jonquelle lifted his eye- “Dernburg Pas like one reliéved from a per- house. , Late : man called him. hey. were in} “Quite possible,” he said. “An the room yonder togethér, The} in could have climbed over the the | wall w although hout the. slightest difficulty. BY CONDO S——AlLiow ME TO OFEER TH OFFICES OF PEACEMAKER,. I SAW TH WHOLE THING. WHEN COU WANT Any NoRE THAN YOUR HALE CE THE ROAD Go ItkTOo THE DITCH YouRSELE FOR IT =. © RINDLY ( FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1922 |r am obliged for your opinion on ; this manne): of escape, monsicur.” | For a moinent’ he seemed to re- iflect; then | question to the Envoy. i blood-drops dripped from the point looked down at the marble extend- ing to the closed door of the library beyond them. “Is should be glad to know how you think they came |here.” | “The explanation ig entirely jclear,” replied the Turkish Envay \“The assassin went out in haste with ‘the knife in hig hand, ; blood-drops dripped jor it.” ; | “That would be possible, ‘sieur,” replied Jonquelle. “might happen!” | The Oriental stooped over a little and glanced along the floor. “You have observed these blool- drops, monsieur? They \are quite clear.” | ‘I have observed them closely,” ‘replied the Prefect of Police. “There jare seven of these blood-drops. They jare about the length of a man’s step j@part, and they areieach clearly visi- ble on a white square of the floor. |Your explanation seems monsieur,” | He turned suddenly from a con- | templation of these evidences into ; a vague casuistry. “Monsieur,” he said, “I. have j thought a great deal about chance jevidences of crime. Do you suppose | there are any laws of chance?” The Oriental seemed to reflect. “The” very word, ‘chance,’ mon- sieur,” he said, “precludes the run- ning of any law. Events which ro- |sults from the operation of law are |Maturally “outside the- definition of the word ‘chance,’” The Prefect of Police did © not pause to discuss_ this comment; he went on, as though the reply were merely an interruption of his dis- course. “Events,” he said, “all indicatory jevidences in. criminal investigation, we ‘divide into two classes; those which happen by design and those which happen by chance. By de- jsign we mean by the will and.inten- ‘tion of . some individual, and by jchaince we -mean all those events which happen outside of such an tention. Would you think, monsieur, and these from the point mon- “That jing features, by virtue of jone might put indicatory evidences \of a crime under one or the other of | these heads?” | He continued as though he had [entered upon a subject which closely engaged his attention. | “Te is an: immense and fascinating jfield for speculation. It seems to be ithe persistent belief of every human intelligence that it can, by design, lereate a sequence of indicatory ¢ ‘dences, which will have all the ap- |pearances of a happening by, chance. ut after long reflection and, the study of innumerable instances, I The Envoy went on with his sum have come to the conclusion that |this thing cannot be done. It is my | opinion’ that no human intelligenc> /can grasp the vast ramification of ‘events with a sufficient comprehen- jsion to enable it to lay down a se- quence of false evidences that will { have, at every point, the aspect. of 2 | chance happening.” | “He did not wait for a reply. He seemed to lose all interest in the | subject with the closing word of his jfinal sentence. He turned abruptly to another phase of the matter. “Monsieur,” he said, “what, in our opinion, was the motive for ithis death of Dernburg?” | The Oriental replied at once. . “I do not know that, monsieur,” ; he said. “But does it matter? We are not concerned to establish the | motive for this murder. I do not feare even to establish the identity ‘of the assassin. We have estab- ‘lished that he is French, and that is i sufficient for the indemnity You !may determine the motive, if you lik e ln have already determined _ it,” tied’ Jonquelie. ‘And what was it, monsieur, since | you have determined it?” \ “It was despair!” replied the Pre- |fect of Police. “Do yot know what {Dernburg Pasha was doing in | Paris?” | Another installment of this adven- ‘ture of M. Jonquelle will appear in | our next issue. [MANDAN NEWS: ‘Insurance Co. Loses | In Court Case | After two hours of deliberation the jury in the case of Dick Wilkins vs. the National Union Fire Insurance .company of Pittsburgh, returned a verdict in the full amount sought by [the plaintiff $813 plus the costs of the case, and less the amount repaid by the company as ‘an'‘alleged set tlement late yesterday afternoon. This is one of the 32 cases against the same company to recover money alleged due under insurance con- tracts for drought. The case of Her: man Schwartz against the insurance company was immediately brought. | | | WAR MOTHERS ELECT. At the regular meeting of the {Mandan Chapter of American War | Mothers Tuesday evening at the ‘home of Mrs, A. W. Furness officers |for the coming year were elected. Mrs. M.-J. Hunke was re-elepted ‘head of ‘the organization. Mrs. Charles Kidd, vice war mother; Mrs. Anna Jess, recording secretary; Mrs. Mattie Welsh, corresponding secre- tary; Mrs. Lucy Furness, treasurer; Mmes. Hattie Taylor, Tina Saskaris- |sen and Sophie™ Hanson, auditors; |Mrs. Mary Zitzing, historian, |s After an inquest into the death of John Olin, age 65, Glen, Ulin, who was burned to death Tvesday night |when his home in that city caught fire. Coroner J. K. Kennelly advis- led upon his return to the city that ‘fire starting from some unknown ; Olin of Detroit, Mich.,.a son 6f- | deceased, will. arrive in Glen Ullin {today. Funeral services will be held jat 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Glen Ullin Congregation church, he addressed another | “Monsieur,” he said, “there are! admirable,| . that there would be any distinguish. | i which ; Everything comes Sims. | Says i Clemenceau eats so many eggs i chickens will be glad when he goes | home. | | | | | Winter wouldn’t be go bad if it weren't for the cold weather. | Radio amateurs are beating all |records, including phonograph rec- ords. | Buropean cabinets resign before ‘we hear about them having the job. | | Our treasury says gold coins make fine gifts. They are high, though. | It is estimated very few of last |New Year's resolutions are un- | broken. i A man has lived in Philadelphia 51 | years but we can’t tell you why. | More girls are taking up basket- ball. It is said to be excellent ‘train- jing for bargain counter rushes |, Music note: After hearing a song hit too often we wish it had missed. Mexico's president claims he was | not killed in the recent riots, but you can't believe thove Mexicans, | Our idea of a good time would be to get a dog and name him Tariff and tie a can to his tail. The early bird has to sit around and wait for the worm to get up. One advantage in wearing a derby is nobody whats to steal it. i The best place to make money is always some other place. Two.-can live as cheaply as one juntil the bills start coming in, | ee 4t takes a train only one second to win the decision over an auto, One of our big ships landed with ja list the other day but the list was |not a wine list. \ te |; A woman in Boston went: crazy when her new hat arrived. It is usually the husband who does this. Yale has a rapid ten-minute meu 'tality test for students. Edison will think it nine minutes too long. Man in Kenmore, .O, was fined for getting hit by an auto. He has promised not to do it again. to. those who |wait. In Chicago, bandit; held up a cafe and robbed the waiters, Tris Speaker of the Cleveland ball team caught a calf and tied it in 21 seconds. It is not known what posi- tion the calf will play. Miss Mina Horne is ‘a promising | grand opera singer and not a trom- bonist as you would expect. A new movie hero not only acts as if he thought he was a French count but really is a French count. Star traveling 2,500,000 miles an |hour has been discovered. It is al- most as fast as Christmas is com- | ing. polars, || ADVENTURE OF | THE TWINS ———___—_—_ By Olive Barton Roberts Marty Mink wrote to the Green Wizard for a magicat piano. s “I do get so sick!” said he, “of hurrying home fym school to do my practicing. Would you k’ndty send me a magical piano so that when I touch it, it will play itself?” The Green Wizard felt sorry for Marty and made him a nice little piano exactly like his old one, only that it had magical white keys and magical black keys that played any- thing you wished. When it was finished the Twins delivered it and took the old one away. As Mrs. Mink was out marketing, ghe never knew the difference. “Won't she be surprised when [she hears Marty playing’ so well!” laughed Nancy. But what do you think! In less than a week the Green Whizard had another letter from Marty. “Fiddlesticks!” went the letter. “Ma says I’ve learned to play the piano perfectly now and she’s bought me a fiddle. It’s harder to learn than the other. Do you hap- pen to have a magical fiddle, Mr. Wizard?” The kind, patient wizard made a fiddle and sent it over with the Twins who gave it to Marty. | “I hope he’s satisfied now,” said ithe Wizard. But mind you he soon received a |third letter. “Ma’s never sat'sfied. She say4 \I've learned to fiddle so fast, she bought me a saxophone. Oh, do | please send me a magical saxophone. ‘TH never learn to play this thing.” So a magical saxcphone he got. But that wasn't the end. | Marty had a flute and.a banjo and jthree kinds of drums, and a cello and a/bass viol and a harp before he ;was through asking for things, and each time the nice, kind w.zard |helped him, At last came this letter: “Dear Mr. Green Wizard, please send me a magical _pipe-organ. That’s ma’s latest. Mar “Better go back to your old piano. (I’m busy,” answered the Wizard. i |And the Twins took it over at onee. , FUR GIRDLES, cause” has brought death, Dr. Emil} Fur girdles are notices on some the of the smartest importations — a | wide band of mole, sable, or ermine | defining the low waistline, is some- ‘times the ‘only ornamentation on a | satin or velvet dinner gown. Tom -