The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 23, 1923, Page 4

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ANCE vee BT20 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) GOOD WORK Members of the city commission have jumped into the breach now that the water bond election has been upheld and will clean the reservoirs and get the water in as good shape under city control. : There have been many vexatious angles to the water problem and the solution has been one of the fine accom- plishments of this city to be credited largely to the deter- mination of the city commission to give Bismarck a water supply that wilt make for future growth of the best little | city in the world. ae) Work commenced tétay on the reservoirs which will be scraped clean of a collection of filth and in the not far distant future the entire plant should be under the city’s control. Of course the overwhelming vote for a city owned plant at the recent election indicates that the citizens are ready to cooperate with’ the city commission to the limit to get the plant under way. is possible until the modern plant is functioning No one is going to expect an immediate reduction in the price of water, but consumers can reasonably hope for bett er water and adequate service. In time as the bonded indebtedness is cared for, there can be a reduction in the rate, but of course much depends upon the kind of, management the city provides and there is every evidence that Mayor L enhart and his ociates are moving slowly. The appointment of A. J. Arnot to assist in the water department was an excellent move. He is acquainted with city management—is a good executive and a fine accountant and will be of invaluable assistance to the commission in launching the new city owned public utility. WANTS SATISFACTION ONLY Former Secretary of Agriculture Meredith places a fair valuation upon libel suits when he sues only for thirty certs. | At the same time he appraises Senator Brookhart’s influ- ence on a monetary basis at the same figure. : such as Henry Ford brought against the Chicago Tribune, and the annals are full of many more prove that the money , Libel suits return is usually very poor salve for injured feelings. But if the Meredith case ever goes to trial the nation is in for so me amusing testimony. Brookhart upon the stand and under oath may not utter his defiance as vociferously as he does on the hustings. stick more closely to the facts. He may have to i Brookhart the agitator and disciple of discontent may turn a out to be dual personalities. The criticism is heard even from friends of Brookhart that he talks too much. Senator Magnus Johnson’s fol- lowers level the same criticism at him, but to be dragged into court to substantiate a political speech—why that is a new departure and Meredith’s fishing expedition will be | watched with great interest. Brookhart the witness and, AFTER DEATH Conan Doyle predicts that the late President Harding will try to communicate from the spirit world, by mediums. You will read more of this later, as you follow the daily news. y The idea, of course, is that Harding passed on before he had finished his work here on earth, and that he will want to send back a guiding voice from the Hereafter. The matter is so largely speculative that it can hardly be a discussed editorialy. But, in pondering the rather abrupt q death of Warren G. Harding—a death coming at the peak of his activity—it must occur to many of us that no man ever really finishes his work here on earth. We are withdrawn from the scene just as we begin to reap f q the fruits of our efforts. 4 dom. / i or other sports. ; cradle. ; the cave men. : terial things. : This means It is a training that never stops. ability, it never ends. But it seems grad Five-sixths of a man’s life is gone before he begins to get sound sense—vision, judgment, wis- : Life seems to be a training school, a sort of spiritual gym- | nasium. In it, wé develop spiritually the same as we develop ; our muscles by exercise with dumbbells, by work or by golf | Our training begins as soon as we are conscious in the And, in all prob- : Every person at times wonders: “Why am I living? What is.it all about?” Especially so when we gaze out among | the stars ‘in the vast sky, which is our greatest symbol of infinity and eternity. “ Many find their answer in religion. There must be a purpose back of it all. ; _ ‘That purpose is not plain. for us to pierce the veil. ; sands of years, have attempted to solve the riddle of life and} death, and we are not much nearer to the answer than were It appangatly is not intended Men of all generations, for thou- i ually to be dawning on humanity, that | + it is here on\earth to improve itself, each person individually. | That is our real function in life. self; spiritually, is the only real success. e struggle is a mental one, though we deal with ma- And the improvement of - In the mind is the\abode of real evil, real all cried. , good, real failure, real success. Nothing is finally left of us } except tought and spirit. if OEE RUSSIA OPTIMISTI 4 Russia gets more optimistic in its crop forecasts. It has * signed contracts to deliver to Germany much grain, includ- , ing 200,000 tons of rye. Acute car shortage over there, | | ; This news we pass on, for the benefit of farmers who are’ | | trying to “dope out” the world market. VICE PRESIDENTS Six presidents of - United and been automatically replaced, 4 gn the institution known as vice the chances have died in offi tne political running: are o by ‘the lent; é é in five that the vice accident ee THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ————__——— - Editorial Review ° GROVER BERGDOLL Grover Bergdoll, draft-evader, who would not enter the war be-| cause he could not bear to kill a human being, curses his hick be-' cause he failed to kill the rest of the party who attempted to kidnap | him in Germany the other day. He killed one of the group. H Grover seems to have no scrup-| leg about killing a man or several of them but he objects to doing it in war. He grimly suggests that he would like to “get a few more! shots at Legionnaires.” Many} legionnaires might like to return) the compliment. War is a hateful thing and all efforts to prevent such catastro-} phes are constructive movements. | | When a country like America has entered war, however, the honor and the national cxistence of the country tg at stake, and it will al- ways be that the cream of the country will oblige themselves to see the thing through in some ca- pacity or another. Bergdoll was a rich man jn America. He enjoyed the comforts of this nation as con- trasted to the lack of comforts in! many another ration. His family | chose America in preference to living in Europe. . ° ‘As long as the country provided him with comforts and an unusu- ally good living he was satisfied. When the country became involved in war, a condition which requir- ed that hundreds of thousands of | men sacrifice their comforts and| nossibly their lives, most of whom | had never enjoyed the fruits of; jiving in America as completely a3 he had.—then Grover bbjected. Possibly a conscientious objec- tion to a war in which the nation has become involved can be sin- cere. Whether it should lead one to think of self and to dodge its} discomforts and sacrifices, while | one’s neighbors ‘undertake the job, lis certainly questionable. Most men will be ready to join in the} ‘ask much as they despise war. | But Grover disprove; his objection | (oy his gloating manner following | \the killing of one of his would-be | kidnappers. His main objection in| life seems to be to disturb his own | exin at ‘he expense of his neigh- | ‘ors and enemies.— Fargo Daily Tribune. THE GABBY MR. BROOKHART Senator Smith W. Brookhart of | Iowa is being sued for 30 cents. That sum, says E. T. Meredith, former secretary of agriculture, represents the effectiveness of al- loged libelous statements from the lips of the Iowa Senator. Perhaps the suit will serve the purpose intended—that of putting the gabby Mr. Brookhart on record so that those who are inclined to accept hig word as gosnel may have an opportunity to revise their judgment of his capacity for stick- ing to facts.—Grand Forks Her- ald. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS eee SSS By Olive Roberts Barton Mister Daddy Long Legs had an idea, So he went to a sign painter in Pee Wee Land and ‘had a sign paint- led and then he hung it up and then he waited, This is what the sign said: Take the Bus and See the Sights All Points of Pee Wee Land Price One Cent By ’n’ by along came Nancy and | Nick in their little magic shoes. “Where’s the bus?” asked Nick. said Daddy Long Legs. ! remarked Nancy.} “You're a nice bus. Why you could) only carry one passenger on your | back and he'd have to be a little one | at that.” 1 “Oh, go on!” said Daddy Long Legs crossly. “I can take nine, ne on | each of my eight legs and one on my | back.” “Oh, come along, Nancy!” | Nick. “Let’s take a ride. I'll go on one of his legs and you can sit on his back. I think Daddy's a fine motor bus.” This put everybody tn a good humor, so up hopped Nancy, and up crowled Nick, and juss then some other little Pee Wee Landers came along and saw the sign and rushed home for pennies and pretty soon old Daddy had a good load for his And away he startéd.. Please take us to the barnyard first,” asked Tdémmy Tumble. “T never was so far away from home and I do want to see a rooster.” “Oh, no, no!” shivered Daddy. “I can’t do that, This bus doesn’t go to the chicken yard, “Then,” Winky Wank, “please take us up a tree to see a bird’s nest. I never saw one.” Daddy shivered harder than ever. “Oh, no, I .couldn’t” he replied. “This bus doesn’t go to birdss’ said | | “Then take us over to the’ frog | pond. I want to see what it looks like.” piped up Dary Dumpy. “Frogs!” cried Daddy Long Legs. “Oh, no, indeed! This bus doesn’t go past any frog ponds either.” All the little Pee Wee Landers as well as the Twins scrambled dowr: “Give ys back our pennies,” they “Your old bus isn’t any good at all.” (To Be Continued.) (Copyright, 128, NEA Service, Inc.) OPENS IRON FIELDS. Stockholm, Aug. 23.—The electri- fication of the most northerly rail- road in the world has just been com- tting the Range at Last ~ [Gene te B NIGHT LETTER FROM JOHN AL- DEN PRESCOTT TO MRS. i] MARY ALDEN PRESCOTT Unless you can keep that meddling old maid from sticking aer (finger into affairs I shall.in’ tie future re- turn unopened to your, addréas all letters from you or fom hen. JOHN. Telegram From John Alden Prescott to Sydney Carton Leslie so much better that I can leave on some very important bust- ness in New York. Is it possible for you to meet me there’ tomorrow? Telagram From Sydney Carton to John Alden Prescott Will be glad to, join you in New York. Some business of my own has been awaiting me there for a long time. SYD. Letter From Joseph Graves Hamilton to His Wife DEAR ALICE: Hov long before Leslie will be well enough to let fou come home? ~It is awfully lonely here without you. Please tell her that this morning 'T' added a codicil to my will, leaving her new son the same amount of money I should have done had she | borne him herself instead of adopt-| ing him. Young Atherton writes that his eyes are growing better all the time and he thinks that-the first of the month, with the aid of a, good seerc- tary, he will be able to begin at least a part of his duties. I am going to give the boy a chance. He has. paid nard for a mistake and I think his first employer was not only a scoun- drel, but a cad. \ Ac. A. DIM, (ILCESIELS, pleted and inaugurated. This elec- tric railway has a length of 285 mil dis the secong longest in rid, bei passed only by en electrified stretch of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad in the United States. . . The Swedish road links the’ iron ore mining districts of Lappland with the Svartoen a: North. and, before bein: |\WEATHER-BEATEN (STREET SIGN NEGDS ts OVE MORE pe AT! No fin) Narvik ports in the |. I had a cablegram yesterday from Alice. Cabled her a thousand dollars and so I am inclosing in this letter a check for a thousand for Leslie. She probably needs it more than Alice. Kk, I He I note what you say about Ja am glad you like him so well. ‘has always seemed to be a pretty de- cent fellow, although I have never ‘liked him as well as I do Karl. Prob- ably that is because I have known Karl ever since he was a child. I am cxtremely anxious to have you home for the anniveysary of our [wedding. I always count that day as the anniversary of the greatest thing in the world that has ever happened to me, my dear. You cer- tainly have been the best wife in the world to me. Without you I should never have made anything of myself. Of that I am quite sure. Don’t think it is because I lonely that I am telling you this. It is Because, my dear, I have recently talked with my old| friend, Jason Blakeley, and he has told me what a Joss he has sustained in the death of his wife. God grant, Alice dear, that when separation comes to us, I may be the first to go. Your loving, JOE. | OPIUM CROP IS SMALL. Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Aug. 23.-— |The opium crop in Jugoslavia this year is the smallest in several years past. The present crop, it is esti- mated, will not be enough for seed Purposes. Planters are asking the govéfmment to help them import seed from Asia Minor, | EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO She wants money, of course. : Wife in Flint, Mich., claims hubby tried to- grown nis troubles by push- ing her off a bridge. In spite of revenue agents a man back up in-the mountains of Ten- nessee is 106 years old, When the two New Orleans women am j with 18 kids. each go to a movie, people think it is a picnic, Tornadoes passed through’ two sec- tions of Karisas, Either that or @ couple of wheat farmers got mad. Birmingham (Ala.) filling station employe got arrested for robhing people while off duty. Man who umpired a ball game in Three Rivers, Mich., escaped. Swiss rifle team is coming over. It is not true they learned while shoot- ing holes in cheese. Bobby Hartman, a 12-year-old St. Louis golfer, made a hole in one. His father will, recover. Presidential possibilities had bet- ter make all the noise they can be- fore the world series, Keep away from Deauville. French bather wears a transparent suit. Postmaster ‘of Forest City, Ia., made a gelf hole in one. That may be why the mail is late. While a wild man was shooting up Braceville, Ill, several thought it a presidential boom. Three dams ‘broke near Massillon, 0. Just below them was as wet as New York, almost, Philadelphia Helen Martin of Give her solves prize puzzles. place in Coolidge’s Epidemic of saxophone stealing is rampant in New York. Perhaps thefe is a robber band. Many just returned from summer resorts may. enjoy learning one has burned in Michigan. ‘ ens ‘ Los Angeles landlord has been ar- rested charged with robbing people who were not his, tenants, Hoover ,.Jones of |, Ind., been married 60 years without a shot. ‘oman kicked out a train.window in’ Cedar Rapids, Ia, Luckily, she was inside at the time, Statistics show’ the U. S. has 300,- 000 miners too many, This doesn’t seem tobe enough. : ‘These days you never know if your wife ig down town at a. movie or settings divorce. 1 ‘A young) lady tells us she is going bathing syiting.. z LONG COATS, Extreme length promises to be the dominant note in fall coats, Favor, runs to the flare models. \ WAR SHED IS STUDIO. “Berlin, Aug .23.—The immense sir- drome from which, during the war, the German Zeppelins began their terrifying flights. is todav being used. an - motion picture studio, The hall, locateg at Staaken, out- side of Berlin, is 4,500 feet long and 180; feet high... The Germans declare it to be the biggest:film'’ studio in the world, a . is jor well on the way toward it. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1923 NEA Service, Inc. 1923 BEGIN HERE. TODAY Enid Bromley, daughter of Chard Bromley, is visiting at the home of Captain John Hewitt, Commissioner lof Police at Jesselton, British North Borneo. Bromley is new manager of the ‘Baniak-Baniak rubber estate. | He issues, invitations to a house warming , when he oppns his new quarters. Peter Pennington, in love with Hewitt’s sister, Monica Viney, is detailed by the government to ap- preheng Chai-Hung, Chinese bandit. Jocelyn Gwynne. tells Pennington that Bromley has no daughter. : NOW GO WITH THE &TORY Chard Bromley was in his element. His tall figure moved everywhere. He was undeniably handsome and the dark hair going gray at the sides lent an air of distinction. His ordi- narily pale cheeks were slightly flushed and, as the meal wore on, his flood of conversation increased in volume until every eye of the room, was fixed upon him. It seemed to Monica, who lost nothing, that he had caught something of the sparkle of the vintage he had unearthed; but his glass remained as she had first seen it—and when he joined in 3 toast his lips touched the surface of the fluid and that was all. It is possible that Mrs. Viney was prejudiced. She had started with a vaguely conceived dislike for Enid and it was not altogether unnatural for her to extend this animosity to- ward her father. But, quite apart from this, there was something about Chard Bromley that repelled jher. He seemed to be acting a part, to be assuming a cultured accent rather than ‘talking naturally, and— eyeing him furtively—she noticed that he glanced at frequent intervals at his watch. Enid—pale, glittering and amaz- ingly turned out, greeted Hewitt with affected warmth. The meal was finished. During the simultaneous pushing back of chairs Monica found Dawson at he: side. bh “It's wrong, Mrs. Viney,” ke was saying. “He can’t possibly ex- pect us to dance after this. | Two- thirds of the men are bottled already, The rest of ’em have laid such a solid foundation that they won'’t~.care about indulging in serious exercise. | Hullo! Here's young Gwynne! What an unholy hour to roll up!” “He’s brought a friend, too,” added Monica, turning slightly to scrutinize a, dapper man in immaculate whites who. had not troubled to remove his topee. Suddenly a woman screamed. It was at that moment Mrs. Viney saw that Gwynne eheld Chard Bromley covered with a businesslike looking automatic. ‘ “Don’t move, Mr. Soames!” he said coldly. “Captain Hewitt, do you mind seeing that Miss Mayne doesn’t clear?” a The Commissioner, started to his feet, his forehead wrinkled. “T mean the woman Who calls her- self Enid Bromley. Soames, now we're all here, perhaps you'll be good enough to tell us why Chai-Hung paid your passage to Borneo!—why you kidnaped the real Chard Brom- ley, and dumped him in a cellar in the,Chinese quarter at Singapore!— and what you and your confederate hope to gain by all this!” He con- cluded with an eloquent sweep of his free hand. Women looked from one to the other with startled eyes, men sprang from-their seats and groped for their hip-pockets. \ “What's all thi8 mean, Gwynne?” demanded Hewitt. The younger man beckoned to his companion. “This is the real Chard Bromley.” “But—?” gasped Dawson. The sentence was never concluded, for, with surprising. suddenness, every light went. out, At the same time -a distant, muffled explosion rent the outer air. There followed a scene of indes- above which Gwynne’s voice could be heard shouting for somebody to stop Soames. Hewitt gathered his scattered wits. “Keep quite still everybody,” he ordered. “Dawson, find that switch.” After an appreciable interval the light came on, revealing a chaotic. mingling of overturned tables and seattered or broken crockery. There was no sign of Enid or Soames cr the native waiters in the white coats. The man who had been nearest the actor had vanished, too. He re- turned almost immediately, wild- eyed and breathless. “It's the Yehlow Se ” he panted excitedly. “They've fired the forest. That swine must -have known all about it; he’s been felling trees for weeks. The whole estate's surround- ed by a circle of flame. It'll be upon us before we know where we are!” 4 The real Chard Bromley came for- ward. i “The assistants had-better get their men out at once,” he said, “and be- gin. clearing a line. round the outer boundary of the. estate. As far as T’ve been able to gather, the outer sections have been. more recently planted. There’s still a sporting chance, if they all pul together, of {__A Though ° Her sins, wh'ch are many, are for- given; for she loved much; but to whom little is. forgiven, the same loveth little—Luke 7:47, Little, vicious minds abound with auger and revenge, and are incap- able of feeling the pleasure of for- giving their, enemies.—Chesterfield. FALL COLORS. Tan, rust, green @nd gray ere the colors featured in the tashion- able sport togs for tall. , BLACK FASHIONABLE ~~’ In Parig black is said to be the predominating color, with much. fol display, ) ie: AE YEW & The Barrier cribable confusion, of pandemonium; j SEVEN: Of Fire By Edmund Snell, | saving the bulk of the rubber. Which is Mr. Richards?” A_man_ standing close Hewitt held up his arm. | “Is there a boat to get the ladies away in?” “There was a motor-boat, sir; but I'm, afraid ¢! Soames: feller will have taken it.” “Get down after him as quickly as behind | others—and get busy.” He rapped out \the words like a man accustomed te command. “Dawson,” said the Commissioner hoarsely, “collect the ladies and get them down to the shore. The rest of us had better hurry to the scene of action right away.” oe Dawson, amiable, undisturbed, con- ducted his ladies through the avenue of waving rubber, chatting all the while with the volubility of a Cook's guide. The light from the encircling conflagration aided their progress and they emerged on to a narrow strip of sand to see two figures knec- deep in the shallows, in the act of launching a boat. ‘As Dawson dashed forward, a dark form shot from the water, ducked smartly to avoid Soames’ fire, then judgment of a panther. The two men closed in frenzied combat and the actor’s pistol spoke again. The bul- let must have singed his assailant's side—so close did the flash scom and the girl who had called her: Enid Bromley uttered a little g: ing cry. She fell against the boat, one hand pressed ‘to her side, then rolled awkwardly downward, splash- ing beneath the undulating surface of the incoming sea, There were two things uppermost in Dawson’s mind—to aid the who had tackled Soames and to s the vessel from capsizing. He was relieved from the former duty, how- ever, by the sound of an exultant “Got you—my friend,” as he came up with them. “Pennington!” “You can bet your life!” laughed the other, snapping something over Soames’ wrists. “I started out with young Gwynne, but fancied this‘d j be the locality where some of the amusement’d take place.” “He paid me to do this,” he said dully. Pennington nodded. -“I don’t think I care what happens ‘to me—now. Every hand was against }me over there. I didn’t let myself realize what all this preparation a tually meant. If I'd been normal I'd never have shot Richards—or her.” A man came racing from the dark- ness. He tripped over a root, recov- ered himself and recognized Soames. “You swine!” he screamed. “You darned swine! The coolies have struck. They’re leaning an_ their axes down their now. | Chai-Hung's told them to, and they're doing noth- ing’ till he tells them otherwise. This is your doing!” It came to Pennington in a flash. “Shut up, Bourne,” he said quie' ly. “I think Pye found a way out. The other choked down his wrath. “Soames,” broke in Pennington, “Have you got your make-up box handy?” Soames started. “It’s in my kit somewhere.” “Then come on, for the love of heaven. Bourney nip down and tell Hewitt I’m here.’ eee Into the light of the conflagration where white men stripped to the waist toiled like fiends—and swart Chinamen stood sullenly resting on ‘their implements, there walked with placid dignity an immense Oriental with white tunic and baggy black trousers. A gold watchchain stretch- ed across his chest—and his left arm rested in a scarf that was knotted behind his neck. At sight of him the coolies fell prone and the Britishers remained momentarily motionless, staring before them in incredulous mazement. “My God!” Hung!” One single phrase, guttural and penetrating, escaped the pursed up lips of the arch-bandit: “Obey your white . masters.” He paused only. to watch the elec- trical effect of his utterance, then strode back through the trees. Hew- itt, gazing after him in bewilderment, saw Gwynne slip after him, revolver in hand like that!” : The Commissioner dropped his axe and ran for all he was worth. He was ten yards from Gwynne when he fired with deadly accuracy. When Chai-Hung pitched forward on his face, Hewitt was aware of an enormous weight lifted from his mind. He was glad somehow that he hadn’t done it; but Chai-Hung dead—! It would mean the beginning of+a new cra. said Hewitt. “Chai- Gwynne was on his knee. He turned suddenly. “It's not. Chai-Hung. It’s—! Hewitt, are_we all going mad?” The Commissioner, a choking sen- sation in his throat, realized that Soames had played his last part, “The Wisdom of Rabat-Pilai,” the next episode of this gripping serics, will start in our next issue. MARKS ITS’ FAMOUS SPOTS. London, Aug. places of interest in the city, and many’ Londoners theriselves, have been surprised lately to find numer- ous’ blue plaques with white letters on walls of buildings. The: re be- ing put up by the City Council to mark the sites of ancient London, ang the residences of /famous citi- zens. ‘One of the most recent ones marks the spot in Cheapside trom which the Romans measured theig miles from London, Residences of Chaucer, Keats, Shakespeare, Pepys and other Prominent citizens of the olden days slso have been designated. latest” Pron geri cd Dano you can. Turn out the coolies—you , 23.—Visitors to ~ « —~—, a)?