The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1922, Page 4

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Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. . exasaee 6.00 syeee THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1878) ‘ LET THE HUBUB CEASE The hubub caused by the calling of a grand jury in} Burle county was short-lived. Judge Coffey was very clear in his decision that the grand jury call prepared by the atiorney-general’s office was not in form according to law, but were he less clear he still would’have been justified in his decision. Credit is due him for his clear vision unclouded by local atmosphere and feeling and his action is endorsed generally by the community. It would have been very unfortunate had the grand jury been allowed to| proceed to incur great expense and bring indictments if, there was the slightest chance of the work being nullified by the high court. There was no excuse for the work not being done right in the first place. Grand jurics ‘are rare in North Dakota —rare because the statutes provide ample machinery’ under which law vio- lators may be punished and because of the time and expense involved. Many states have abolished the grand jury system already as archaic. Usually when a grand jury is called, it is for some cmergency purpose. Usually officials state clearly the general purpose. But in this instance the public officially was allowed to remain in the dark. Of cou it derstood why the action was desired by sconle dis»ppoinied over election results. But the point is that there was ample machinery under which to proceed against aay law violators without a grand jury. lt was the duty of officials to watch the elections. There were, it was understood, private detectives employed. If half the statements heralded about were true there was gmple ground for action. But the very fact that a grand jury was sought was sufficient to make pertinent the question of whether or not the agitation resulted from dis- sppofnted politicians or from a real desire to serve the com- munity. 1 The Tribune has previously refrained from commenting upon the grand jury call. Free and full play by the authori- ties was not interfered with, so far as this newspaper was concerned, ! ae at: ‘ To, oppose Now the calling of a new grand jury is not ve of violations of the election laws or any other sanctity of the ballot box is a. bulwark of law Wilfu!l violations ought tobe stopped. We ave clean elections. But it is just,as essential that poli al quarrels shal] not be carried on at public expense nor elections contested in this manner. ‘ Doubtless many good citizens who signed p¢titions ask- ing for a grand jury did so from sincere and lofty reasons. Nor is it the slightest criticism of them to call attention again to the danger of “government by petitions.” It is quite true that not many citizens have understood clearly the intricacies of legal machinery. , Many did not realize that there is method in law for doing what the grand jury was called to do. We all aye prone to sign petitions at the request of an acquaintance, and in these busy days the aver- sige man does not have time to listen to detailed explanation or to make investigation. The opportunity for misrepre- sentation by the circulator, whether wilful or through ex- cessive zeal, is great. : “ -Let us hope the grand jury agitation ceases. There was and is ample machinery to enforce the law. The grand jur caused the finger of shame tobe pointed at Bismarck by Me zens of other cities; it has caused much useless @xpense; it has encouraged the suspicion and hate of which we have already too much in Bismarck. WHEN YOU BUY There’s one retail store for every 40 families in America. William G. Shepherd tells this to a convention of advertis- ing, meh. * One groceryman in 20 fails each year. . In the long run, according to John Wanamaker, only one man in 25, who go into any kind of merchandising makes a success of it. \ A fine thing to be in business for yourself—your own boss. But do a lot of thinking before you try it. If ycu, later on, start a store, what/line of goods should you select, to make you the most money? This is your first thought, and an important one. But the number of dollars taken in by a merchant does not always determine how much profit he can make. On the average, says Shepherd, to run a store takes 17 cents out of each dollar received bythe grocer. Similar fig- ures aré: 19 cents on $1 for butchers, 25 cents for hardware dealers. The figures vary, according to the amount of sales. Asa business grows, overhead expense is carried on the shoul- ders of an increasing number of dollars. This means, less’ overhead for each dollar to carry — provided overhead doesn’t increase at a faster rate than gross sales, which it often does. % 4 Shepherd calls America “a nation of counter jumpers.” One worker in each 10 is engaged in selling)something. And two-thirds of these 3,000,000 sales clerks are en- gaged in selling food and clothing. For each three farmers, there’s one person behind a coun- ter. For each four factory employes there’s a stére clerk or a store manager or a store owner, selling the things pro- duced. : The trend seems to be toward a point where every one will be distributing commodities, nobody producing. 3 _— That point, of course, never will be reached. But the ten- dency toward it is’ strong enough to emphasize that our greatest problem of economics is one of distribution rather than production. 4 republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | ~ EDITORIAL REVIEW | | Comments reproduced in this | | | | I i | column may or may not express the opinion of The Tribune, They are presented here ir order that our readers may have both sides of important issues which are belug discussed in the press of the | | | f day, | AMENDING THE PROCEDURE. | Some comment is being made in | | the direction of changing the time of the inauguration of presidents | ‘of the United States, and also the j time when a newly elected con- gress shall convene. The house! judiciary committee has und consideration a ‘proposed cons! j ‘tutional amendment for this pur- pose. It is proposed that the new! president shall take office on the | | third Monday in January, instead | lof on March 4, as at present, and ; (that the first session of the new | jcongress shall begin also in Jan- | uary, the December session of the! lold’ congress to be eiminated. | | Suggested admendments | to, the} | text, of the proposed new consti: | | tutional provision make certain | | changes, so that at present there is |a conflict in dates between the two, iand also in the general features of the plan. ‘ Another feature which is sought to be incorporated in the new plan | lis that of electing presidents and | | vice-presidents by direct popular | | vote. H There has long been need forj | changes of the general character} proposed relating to the time when presidents gnd members of con-| gress shall begin their terms, and also as to the time of ‘holding | congressional sessions. , Under the | present arrangement the new ; president. is elected four months before he takes office. This is! jtrue of members of congress. But; {the regular session of the new | congress doeg not begin until thir- | teen months aftey election. Usual- ly this has beén overcome in re- cent years by the calling of an extra session scon after March 4,7) which is a clumsy expedient, Perhaps a more important feat- ure is the fact that the final ses- sion of the outgoing congress is held after the new members are elected, and before they begin the discharge of their duties. This jgives rise to an utterly illogical jand indefensible condition, espe- cially when the comlexion of con- gress io changed by the November ‘election. In that case the retiring jcongress, whose policy has been disapproved, is left in power for an entire winter after the people; ‘have voted in favor of a different , ‘policy. There is unjustifiable de- lay in putting the new policies in- |to effect, and it is quite possible ithat the cld congress may take ac- (tion which will obstruct the poli- (cies for which the people have {registered theiy decision, The manner of electing the ipresident and vice-president has < 1 also been severely criticized. The\| Government demands. vepnration jelectoral college is, and has been| | °F as death. 5 H since the earliest years of the na-|™M- JONQUELLE, greatest of eek Ition, a useless piece of machinery., detectives, found: that _Dornburg The intent’ was that. each atate| ™met hig death, ins theilihyany: 510% should elect -representatives to a| - his home, his throat was, slashed central body, and that this body| and the white squares should actually use ita own dis-| Checkerboard floor were spotted jeretion in the election of the two] MWh Pood “appurentiy the, trail highest officials of the nation. % aeriae : |This has nevef been done. Pres-| , The His Envoy:-talleds.qn: Mri idential electors are elected for the |" Tn Derab age ipurpose of casting the votes of Pari ae we) seahaea Poa itheir states for presidential candt-|*2"S* M+ sonquelie demanded. dates who have been decided on in _ CHAPTER iT** advance. The votes are always 9)| The Envoy’s eyes ‘narrot cast, and for them to he cast in Nocked at Jonquelle 2 moment jany other way would result in in-;a furtive inquiry. jtolerable confusion. { “I do not,” he said. “What was | The electoral college could be, his mission in Paris, monsieur?” eliminated without, changing in| “You wi!l be surprised to lear' jany way the principle on which we | it,” continued the Prefect of Police. proceed in the election of pres-|‘Dernburg was undertaking to falsi idents. The essential principle is; fy a work of art. It was a very re- that the states shall be entitled to! markable work of art, and one of ivotes equal in number to the num-| value. The persons who' originally ber of their senators and repre-| produced this work of art expended sentatives together. In that we/@ great sum of money, an almost i have the recognition of the sov-;credible sum of ryoney to perfect it. lereignty of the state for which the ,If one could make a fortune at the jsmaller states have always coy-, venture. Dernburg knew this. He itended, and which gives them|had thought about it for long numerical advantage. That prin-itime. He had conducted a great ciple could .be, retained and \the number of experiments. Finally be- electoral college be. 'eliminated by |Was satisfied that the thing could providing that the. people in each be successfully done, and he came state should vote directly for pres- here from Stamboul, took this ident and vice-president, instead abandoned house in the Faubourg jof for electors and that cach state |St. Germain, brought with him his |should be cerdited with the same |(evices, and prepared to, undertake ‘number of votes now cast by its|the great thing which fe had in presidential electors. All that mind. Then, monsieur, before the would be necessary for North /Da- thing\ could be accomplished, the jkota, for instance, would be’ for ericus visitor appeared; and jthe proper officer to certify to is morning Dernburg | Washington that the state casts| It was evident that the Oriental BEGIN HERE TODAY: * The mysterious man, DERNBURG PASHA, cit Turkish Empire, has — been’ dered in Paris and the Ottoman in 4 fits five votes for Dash for ‘pres-| WS profoundly puzzled. ident, and Blank for. vice-pres-| “I do not understand you, mon- ident, | sieur,” he said, “You say that Dern- burg Pasha had perfected a methor by which he intended to falsify a work of art?” es, monsieur.” “Then he was called upon by ons who knew of this method and wished to rob him of it?” “No, monsieur.” “Tyen by those to whom the original of. the art belonged, ana wished to prevent this falsification 2” “No, monsicur,” replied the Pre- fect of Police. “Dernburg Pas death resulted from a sense despair.” Jonquelle took his hand from his pocket, revealed the thing upon which his fingers had closed wher he sat down to this conference. He opened his hand so! that the thing was visible, It looked like a little square box of some white substan as of marble or chalk or alaba It was not larger than two inches square. It was, per thick, made in two pie Iwas a tiny hole, like a k a beveled edge, on the. line wher thees pieces joined. The box had 2 heavy rubber band about it. It lay for a momgnt exnosed in the palm Monsieur Jonquelle’s hand. “I have here,” he said, that was the cause of th death. It ws also the cause of h misfortunes leading up to this fata! morning. It has been an_obsi with him. In the German Empire undertook this. thing. His desis iwas discovered, and he fled to Tu key. But he took his obsession with him, and when the war was ended, he saw a method of getting an in- -' demnity ott of France with it-aJ |vide reducing exercises. The theory method by which he could enrich is that 2 woman must have 4 siena c himself at the cost of France. He figure as a foundation for all beauty.| worked out his plan carefully; he | The election of these high offi- tcials by a majority or plurality of ‘the total vote at large would be a \different matter. Under that ar- rangement the smaller states would tbe deprived of some portion of the numerical advantage which they now have, which is an element to ;be considered. There would be, |further, a stronger incentive for ‘illegal ‘election methods in some c s than now exists. It is ‘taken for granted that South Caro- jlina, for finstance, is going Demo- tic. That fact being accepted, | it makes no difference in the gen- | eral result what the Democratic, that state may be.! | But in an election at large by/ popular vote, every vote in every) state counts, and means were! used in South Carolina to rol un a big Democratic majority which was questioned in other states, unpleasant complications would! result. | Vf pr ents and vice-presidents are to be elected at large by a preponderance of the popular vote, the direct supervision of all such jelection by the federal government i Will be necessary. There is no es-| leape from that. That anything o |the sort can be accomp! without overcoming the determin jed cpposition of all the southern} states. is not within the possibil: ties—Grand Forks Herald of | each ee { BEAUTY. . Many of the smartest bewty shor are adding courses in physical cul- |ture end have instristore whe Qriumphs MJonquelle ky Merviiie Davisson Post. ©. 1999 NEA Service, inc. THE TRIANGULAR HYPOTHESIS in .the | a “| we know that this. midnight vi A NICE JOB FOR THE UMBRELLA FIXER a vat a\ \" is TinG NEEDS Ons WORSE THAN ANENDING ’ opportunity, the quarrel, the dead O | ) man remaining in the library, blood- drops falling from the weapon on this drawing-room floor as he hastily crossed it, and the escape over th wall of the garden.” : “But, monsicur,” said the. Prefec of Police, “where is the motive? The writers on the value of indicatory ok 4 | , < evidences, in the investigation of a jcriminal ease, tell us that there should be time,’ opportunity and mo- tive. The time, monsieur, and the opportunity are here, plainly indi- cated; but the motive? Where shall we look for that?” The Oriental turned, as with an ration, in his chair. Why, monsieur,” he said, “you | spoke ‘at considerable length upon the motive. You seemed to know it jlous-and farsighted: But-he was not. quite well. You conceal, as you shrewd cnough, and he was not far- have indicated, the somewhat myste- sighted enough. The, stranger, who, rious evidence of it in your hand.” came to sce-him last’night, knew all |» “Quite true, monsieur,” replied the ‘him, knew ev tail of his Prefect of Police! “but you will ob- es, knew the big plan that he serve that it is I who am familiar ‘had in mind. He atched him, with \this motive. It is I whovhave ‘had followed hi He knew what you are pleased to call ‘this the'very day that he came to’Paris. conercte evidence’ in my hand. And (He. knew his object in taking this that brings me to an interesting hy- jempty house. in the Faubourg St. pothesis with three phases to be con- Germain. He knew eve ep of the sidered. Let us consider them, mon- seerct arrangements which Dern- sieur! I name them in the order in burg had prefected for the carrying which they, occur to me: first, mon- out ‘of his scheme; and at the oppor- sieur/ that I killed the man; second, tune’ hour he entered this house. that you killed him; and third, that These are the facts, monsieur, which the agency that killed Dernbure Ihave accurately ascertained, which Pasha is no longer living in this are truce beyond doubt.” world.” And so,” said the Oriental, “this ‘The Oriental turned suddenly, hic mysterious starnger finally ran fare contracted and, tense, but his Dernburg Pasha to earth here and yoice firm. killed him.” \ “Very well, monsicur,” he said: The Prefect of Police arrested the lead man’s discourse with a gesture. “You travel, monsieur,” he said, : “a point -beyond my conclusions she got this house. ; his plan into ef- nately, for him, isitor of last night came to P. Tie Was ready to pt fect when the m ppeare “Bernburg was shrewd, unscrupu- "whither do. these suggestions you?” Do voice. itor; “To arrive at that,” he said, “we is the a n? We must consider: must first consider the eviden the evidences as they are presented, which have led you to believe tha to us.” Dernburg was Titea by the man 1 “The evidences are conclusive ‘of | with whom he quarreled last night this faet.” replied the Envoy, if.cit-in the library. Now, if you please, cumstantial evidences can ever /bhe; monsieur, we will look a little at the conclusive of a mur Here is the indicatory signs.” EVERETT TRUE T AM TOLD THAT i jouw FouKs SGte | {A PATENTED GaRBaGE PAIL, TAnND © CAME BY CONDO WHERE Do ‘Moy WANT IT- DELIVERED 2] ¥ we Can Take UP The == SUBJSGCT. OF Delivery ——— | lat THE OTHER GND OF | Jonquelle continued “in an cven; SATURDAY , DECEMBER 9, 1922 He paused. “There is always this disturbing feature about circumstantial evi- dence, the trick of pointing in the direction that one is going. If one jhas a conclusion, one will find that ‘the circumstantial evidence supports it. You have a theory, monsieur, itnat this visitor was Dernburg's as- | ‘sassin, and I bid you observe how | {the indicatory evidences will turn | themselves about in order to support | ithe theory which I. maintain, Tal, | for example, these blood-drops onjthe | marble floor of the drawing room. Ir | support of your theory, they have {fauen by hazard from the assassin’s ‘knife in his flight, and you would [cite them as. confirmatory of your | jtheory, os 6 a | “Now, monsieur, I would cite them | lalso as confirmatory of mine. | “You will, observe that each of | {these sever’ blood-drops as fallen | ,on the white square of this_check-+ jered marble floor. There is no drop of blood on a black square. Why, | monsieur, should these’ drops appear | | only on the-white squares? I consider ; that fact with my theory in mind, and I conclude that they so appear | because the one who plactd them | there "ore to be seen. We} cannot conceive that he would un-| |aertake to eréate evidence against |himself And it is beyond, our con- | ception of coincidence that each of | ; these seven blood-drops should, by | ‘accident, have fallen precisely on a! white square - when there was an| equal number of black squares inter- | |vening. Therefore, monsieur, these Jevidences did not come by chance; ithey came by design.” i | He continued like one who recites j the details of a formula: ' “I find my theory also confirmed | jat a farther point. You explained to [me when I nquired, that the assas- | sin, whien I inquired, that the as: |sin, after fleecing through this draw-| jing room into the walled garden, had | escaped by climbing over the wall, since the gate was nailed up and had | been so nailed up for a long time. | Now, monsieur, I caused this wall to be examined. The whole of the top of it is coated over with dust. At no! jpoint has any of this dust been re- moved; consequently the assassin did not escape by climbing over the wall, for if he had undertaken to climb the wall at any poifit, his body, in that labor, would have removed ;the coating of dust. You see, mon-' ieur, I do not find your indicatory levidences designed to support your jtheory. They, seem rather conclu- j sively to establish my own.” i | He made a vague gesture as j though to dismiss the matter. | “And so, monsieuy, we find our- selves before the triangular hypo- thesis! Did I murder Dernburg Pasha, or did you, or was he, in fact, murdered at all?” { The Oriental looked at the man in ;a sort of wonder | “He was surely | said. j “The Prefect of Police spoke like one in some reflection. | “It is by no means certain.” “Not certain?” echoed the Envoy. “The man is dead!” | “One may be dead without having | been murdered,” replied the Prefect of Police, “It is possible that hand thategave Dernburg Pasha his fatal wound is no longer alive in this world.” The Turkish Envoy made an ex- claniation of surprise. “You cannot mean that Deriburg by a dead murdered,” he | | | Pasha was murdered j ” 3 The concluding installment of this adventure of M. Jonquelle will ap- in our next, igsue. | pear —_— '| ADVENTURE OF || || THE-TWINS | Se ‘By Olive Barton Roberts | “We met’ Wally Woodchuck _ to- | day,” said Nancy to the Green Wiz- ieee what does ‘he .want?” asked |the kind fairy gentleman, knowing ihow greedy Wally is and how he’s always wanting something. = “He says there 1s to be a picnic in Bright Mcadow aiid everybody is asked. And he is going to be in the fat man’s race and wants you to [send him a charm so he'll win the prize.” i “Humph!” exclaimed the Green | Wizard. He hadn’t lived in the tree- ‘tops for a hundred years or more ‘for nothing. He had seen enough of | Wally and his .ancesters to know ;that they were as lazy as all get out '_"f you know’ how lazy that is. | “Ajen't. you geing to give it to him?” asked Nick. “He'll be cisap- | jpointed if you don't.’ “Like all she f.sh people,” ceclar- jed the wizard a bit crossly. “That’ iwhy he’s so fat. He never does ‘thing for any! but himself. Well, !T suppose I'll have to send him some ‘sort cf a charm, but ll send him ! isome gocd advice with it.” | | He went to his cupboard and took | ‘out a small object that looked like ‘a stone. “Here,” he ‘said, handsng it |to Nancy. “Give him this and tell {him it Won't work unless he runs 10 miles befcre breakfast every morn- ing and lives on one meal a day un- jtil the time of the rage. Also he must “work more and stop sleeping | Ed ; A week later a whistle sounded below the tree where the Green | Wizard lived. Nancy and Nick (who | iwere helping) and the kind fairy- | man looked down. And there was | {Wally as thin as a rail, but looked | ‘very happy. | | “I wen! I won!” he cried. “They | /put me in thin man’s race instead of | jthe fat man’s race and I won. Do} you want your charm back, Mr. Wiz- | ard?” The Green Wizard laughed. “You | may keep it,-Wally,” he called. “It's Inothing but a plain stone. You won | the race your, self.” CUT-THIS OUT—IT IS WORTH MONEY ~ } | Cut out this slip, enclose with jand mail it to Foley & Co/, 2835 She: field Ave, Chicago, Ill, — writing | your name and address clearly. You will receive in return a trial pack- | [ge containing Foley’s Honey and| Tar Compound for coughs, colds and | croup; Foley Kidney Pills for pains | ‘in sides and back; rheumatism, back- jache, kidney and bladder ailments; jsome and thoroughly cleansing’ ca. | thartic for constipation, biliousness, headaches, and sluggish bowels. i | keys ! lawn mower. and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a wkele || The most serious mistake on earth is is being too serious. What will you give your wife for Chistmas? Let us suggest a box of the kind of cigars you ‘smoke. The height of ignorance is think- ing you know everything. A girl tells us none of her fellows will make a date with her because Christmas is so near. Getting a $40 bill is unlucky be- cause there are no $40 bills. Now that college cheer leaders are idle they might get jobs cheering bourd of directors meetings. If Harding is given as many tur- Christmas Thanksgiving there will be a turkey shortage. as Next year starts out with a better outlook than this year did and thi years wasn't so very bad. They are discovering ways to do everything fasi except siecp fast. Cheek to cheek dancing has boost- ed the razor business. The man with a fake cure for rheu- | matism will pull your leg, A pork roast is expensive and a beef roast is expensivé but neithe: is as expensive as roasting some- body. Only a few more months until the first signs of spring. ae iss A good hunter lets his conicience be his guide. A wife advertises for her hubby, gone 12 years, Perhaps she sent him to match some ribbon for her. Conerete facts are what make a state. Pennsylvania has just com- pleted 100 miles of concrete road. This may be an awful country; but in Warsaw, taxi drivers are lowed to charge what they please, Orcgon professor says teachors should know 4,000 words and the small boys say “Study this at‘home” should not be among them, It is estimated that opening tin cans has cut too many fingers. razor works like a Now we need a clothes like’ a. street New safety brush that’ works sweeper. Clemenceau says he favors a law prohibiting long skirts. We are against it because that would make them wear long skirts. Rural photographers write to say since hunting began he has made a fortune on six stuffed rabbits. Christmas story: “Mama, what did that man bring, all wrapped up?” Se > ee ener ’ ATHOUGHT | oe -— e For this case I how my knees ‘unto the Father, of whom’ the whole family in heaven and carth is named.—Ephesians 3:14, 15, God is law, say the wise; O Soul, and let us rejoice, For if He thunder by law, the thun- der is yet his voice. Law is God, say some: all, says the foel; For all we have power to see is a straight staff bent in a pool: And the ear of man cannot hear, and the cye of man cannot see; But if we could see and hear, this vision—were it not He? —Tennyson. MORE ATTORNEYS HIRE D.B.C. GIRLS No God ‘at Two more young ladies from Da- * kota Busi ae, Fargo,N.D., were recer employed. by. law Kauibarsch going to s. They are Mis and Peterson, the fc Pierce, Tenneson & C the Jai- tertoC. D. Cray Arrington. D. B.C. training fits pupils for ex- aéting legal work. Leading courts employ D. B. ©. stenographers at good salaric Compare schools and “Follow the Succe$$ful.”” Get Success Maga- zine free by sending names of inter- ested friends to F. L. Watkins, Pres. , 806 Front St., Farge, N. D. Write teday for terms, etc. May we have the pleasure of making your next suit? in our shop, at home. We promise to give you perfect satisfaction and the best value in town. 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