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Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck)... 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck).... 5.00 Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota. 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) BATTLE OF PROGRESSIVES President Coolidge to date seems to have a distinct advantage over his adversaries. The progressives lack DETROIT Kresge Bldg. solidarity. There are many and diverse cliques all seeking 10 commend themselves to the electorate as 100‘¢ °pro- gressive. La Follette seeks to gather about him the ultra progres- sives. His henchmen are quietly building fences against the day of the presidential primaries. Hiram Johnson is less ve as La Follette seeks port among the members of his school of progres: Wrecker of the republican party upon two major occasions, he suffers no chagrin but seeks to liberate the G. O. P. from what he claims is a “static condition.” Gifford Pinchot who settled the strike in the anthracite regions by the easiest route of increased payroll is seeking to°garner support on the dry issue. These are only three of the various progressive factions at work to undermine republican control. Forces that Menace both republican and democratic organizations are sounding out third party chances through a union of the farmer-labor vote. This movement has been successful on . Rational issues only in one state and the two United States senators elected under the banner of the Farmer-Labor forces seem willing to accept the overtures of the republican organization in so far as committee assignments go. Progressives in the democratic party may find them- selves torn between McAdoo, Ford and Bryan while Under- wood represents the solid south and the conservative ele- ment of the party. As against Ford, Bryan or McAdoo, Underwood probably would have the support of the Tam- many crowd which is especially busy now in seeking to land the vice-presidential nomination for Al Smith. Hearst, however, is a conspicuous liability upon the hands of. the New York democratic organization which is fervently pray- ing that he will flop over to the support of Uncle Hiram Johnson. Thus it is most apparent that the conservative element of both parties are fairly well committed to Coolidge and Underwood while the progressives are sadly divided both on Men and on issues as is usually the case. “Under a third party movement headed by Ford or some other independent, it is hard to ascertain which of the two dominant parties would be injured the more. In Minnesota for instance the farmer-labor movement drew very heavily from the democratic party. No one can tell just how serious the shift would be from the ranks of republicans and demo- ¢rats in case a third party materializes, but the situation is fraught with great danger to both parties and probably : would do more injury to the republicans as the revolt is 3 & i Strongest in what is admittedly republican territory. Much will depend upon Coolidge’s message in shaping future political alignments. At present writing, Coolidge has made no great mistakes. He has adhered strictly to his own business and has worried the opposition most by his silence. La Follette’s strength is quite constant politically. He has been before the country so often on his stock issues that his power in national politics can be guaged. It is reasonable to suppose that in most cases states which instruct for favorite sons will when the break comes seek the Coolidge | bandwagon unless of course something happens to weaken Coolidge before the national convention convenes, MR. JOHNSON’S STRATEGY Political observers see in Senator Hiram Johnson's recent entrance into the race for the republican nomination for the | presidency an effort to “get the- jump” on President Coo- lidge and other potential republican candidates by having a vigorous campaign well under way before the others have had time to get fairly started. There is no hesitancy in the manner in which Mr. Johnson splashes into the politica! waters—he jumps in with abandon and announces a plat- | form which is based chiefly upon opposition to the League of Nations or the World Court idea. He claims the heritage of illustrious republican leaders of the past. There is reason on the part of many republicans to doubt the right of Hiram to claim any vestige of such leadership of the past. They will remember that Mr. Johnson left the republican party to wage battle against it in 1912 with the result that Wood- tow Wilson became President of the United States and was given the opportunity, as Mr. Johnson asserts, to attempt to embroil the United States in Old World politics and diplomacy. Many republicans, too, will remember the charge that Johnson and his band defeated the will of the repub- lican majority in the Senate in the treaty fight and the will of the leaders of the Republican National Convention in 920. Mr. Johnson, too, launches an attack upon the policies at brought Mr. Harding to the height of his presidentiai gareer. = There is, and always will,be, among those who believe in the solidarity of party organization and of progress with the'| party ranks, suspicion and doubt of those who desert the | ship at a time when there appears epportunity for politica’ gain for themselves, and then scurry back to its shelter | M when they have failed to wreck it. : PAGE FROM PAST Like a page from the superstitious past: A sorceress in Boston collected $1305 from a man for such recipes as eating hay to prevent his home catching fire. The man’s wife wasn’t as gullible, so she called in the police. A) EDITORIAL REVIEW Comments reproduced in this column may or may, not express the opinion of The Tribune. They are presented here in order that our readers may have both sides of important issues: which are being discussed in the press of ‘the day. FREIGHT RATES AND LIGNITE According to a special dispatch to The Tribune from Washington, operation of the new freight rate schedule on North Dakota lignite filed by the railroad companies to go into effect December 6 has been deferred ito April 4. Suepension was decided on by the Interstate Commerce commissign after pro- tests had been ‘made by the gover- ‘3 of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, and by ship- pers, commercial organizations and others. An interesting sidelight on the controversy is provided by Gov nor ‘Nestos of North Daketa in an- other dispatch in which it is stid he had asked Attorney General Daugherty to make an investiga- tion to discover if any interested parties have been guilty of vicla- tion of the criminal provisions of the antistrust laws. tos was prompted to the request complaints or charges that have reached him to the effect that the transpo! ion companies of the Northwest had virtually been) foire- ed to gemand ‘heavily increased freight rates on lignite by eastern connecting iroads, lake dock com- panies and coal operators. The sed tariffs, it was feared by complainants, would ‘seriouly un- dermine the lignite industry, im- mair competition and clear the way for advances in the price of eastern coal, Governor ' Nestos makes n) charge of this kind. He is not prejudging the case, but makes his uppeal with open mind to the De- partment. of Justice in the belief that an investig: warranted in view of the nature and sources of complair. If there is no sub- stantial basis for ‘the allegat‘ons that fact should be made known officially as a matter of fairness to all concerned, including ‘the trans- portation companies. Increasing public attention is be- ing turned to the lignite fietda of North, Dakcta as a source of fuel supplies. High prices of anthra- cite and of soft coal to consumers of ‘the Northwest account in large mart for this trend of affairs. If lignite is a sutisfactory fuel in competition with thé hard and soft coal of the East and South, it is sound economics to foster the lig- nite industry by all reasonable means. Drawing fuel from near- by fields ‘helps ‘to solve the trans- portation problem, and gives bet- ter assurance of unfailing supplies of fuel at all times anid in all sea- sons. If it will he!p consumers of both East and West to a reduction of their fuel bills, the development of the lignite indsutry becomes 4 matter of countrywide interest. It is the proper function of the Interstate Commerce commission to see that justice is done to the common carriers and to ‘the public that is dependent on them. It is the commission’s duty to see that one part of the country does not profit at ‘the expense of another part, or that one group of in ests does not have unnatural ad- vantage over another group be- cause of transportation charges or conditions. Freight rates are es- tablished to foster industry fainly, not to throttle it arbitrarily. It 1s to be expected, therefore, that the commission will give careful con-; sleration to the freight rate ques- tion as it affects an industry of growing importance in the North- west.—Minneapolis Tribune. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS ad By Olive Roberts Barton This was the next riddle the Rid- die Lady wrote. All the Riddle Landers were here to hear. Nancy and Nick too. “Oh, hi diddle diddle! Now here is a ridgle, ‘And sec if the answer you know; I am something to eat, But I’m not at all sweet, Like little black Topsy, I grow. “No, not on a tree, Or an island at sea, Or up forth ‘mid the snow and the ice, I come from the,south, Where the moon man’s poor mouth Got burnt on pea porridge and rice. “I have to be roasted, And quite brownly toasted, Before you'll enjoy @ bite, Though my shell’s a bit woody, Inside is a goody, d Or two I should ‘say, to be fight. “Sometimes they just sell me, But often they shell me, And salt me toSuit the queen's taste, But sometimes they grind me, And so you will find me, In little glass jars as a paste. “All elephants love me, Though so far above 1 And many times larger in size, They do not despise me, Indeed ‘they all prize me, ‘As likewise today in the prize.” “That's un easy one,” smiled the Riddle Lady, “Is it something to eat?” asked issez Jack Sprat. “Yes!” said the Riddle Lady. “Then I wish Ud win it,” sighed Missez Sprat. “But I won't, 1 never guessed anything in my life and,I know I'm not going to now” “fs it pie?” asked Jack Horner. “My, no!” laughed the Riddle Lady. “Who ever heard of salt in a pie? Besides I said it had a shell Demonstrating that some of us arrive on the stage a few. centuries too late. Others come a few centuries too, soon. : Sane Ae BANDIPS TAXES. . Rich reading: Mucha, Polish bandit, makes an income return itemizing his robberies.’ His tax payment is a one, and is properly described as a “conscious fund” con- s ution. you of Robin on : % We'd like to turn Mucha's. —not a crust. And I never saw an elephant eat a pie, did you?” “No,” Jack had to admit, maybe nobody ever tried it. “but I bet you an elephant could eat a pie at one bite.” = “Well, that isn't the answer,” de- clared ‘the ‘Riddle Lady., “Hes‘ any- body guessed" the’ answer?” “1 know! Neng I know! “It’s a peanut!” iu al I know;” sang Riddle ee THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE crously holding out the bag. All the Riddle Landers hasl some —for it was a big bag—and Missez Sprat was satisfied. But Jack Hor- ner can’t Sec yet why he wasn’t right. LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT son, and it seems the woman in the TO LESLIE PRESCOTT picture was, I think he would have pple labld |done you a great favor.” “Certainly not,” I emphatically as- io Pree ne ae i serted. “Even then that woman 'y, can’t you sec, Mrs. Pres- would) net Jbs ‘eonteat? cott, that every time ‘that man “Well, that is what all the city|looked at the: baby he would see the : |face of its mother and that mother is talking about, Mrs. Prescott,” she continued. “The end ‘of the pi e ‘end ‘of the picture! vould. not be you," (I knew, little Marquise, that she. was talking of shows that instead of being the wife who palms off her illigitimate child! upon the husband, it is the girl who| my baby and not of the picture.) palms off upon the wife the child of| “Perhaps, but did you never think whom the husband is the father.”, | that a man often looks into the faces “Does the wife find it out?” I was| of his children of whom another wife surprised that my voice did not trem-; was the mother and still has enough ble, little Marquise. love to spare for the present » they fix-that up very cleverly. tter than The girl thinks she will tell the wife ren?” and,in a way contrives to see her] “You would not speak in this way, and the baby and she finds that the; Mrs.-Prescott, unless you were sure wife is'so in love'with the baby that| of the parentage ef: your own baby.” she does not want to hurt her in} “On the contrary, Mrs. Smithson, such a grievious way as she wouldj/I am not at all ‘sure. Ihave no if se took the child from her, so! knowledge whatever of the parents she goes back to her work which, in| of John Alden Prescott Jr.” this case; is in a millinery store,! \ “You are’a queer woman, Mrs. while the husband, Tn his heart| Prescott. Surely you are young and knowing the child is his own and| must expect to have other children. the wife always suspecting it is his,!I qannot understand why you allow- clasp hands over the little cradle.|ed your husband or why he would Neither of them ever tells the other.”| want to do it.” ——— ee ee ( A Thought I know ‘that my redeemer liveth, (To Be Cantinued.) (Copyright, 1923, WEA Service, Inc.) e and that he'shall stand at the latter day upon the carth.—Job 19:25, Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.—Milton. 30,000 POUNDS OF POULTRY |SHIEPED D. ‘A fall car containing 30,000 of dressed poultry wag shipped to a Chicago concern this week by farmers of the Crosby neighborhood according to County Agent R. L. Aney, who declares that ithis is the first time in tthe history of the state that a r of dressed poultry has been shipped cooperatively by‘ a group of farmers to a single concern. D Necessary Steps Taken To Protect Chimpanzees l to bear his father’s name?” “I may be mistaken, Mrs, Smith- son, but I do not believe I shall ever love more a child of my own than.I do little Jack.” (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) MANDAN NEWS Wilhelm. Peters, resident of Mor- ton county singe 1879, left yester- day morning for'New York where he will sail for Hamburg, in expectation of spending about dix months in Ger- many. Mr. Peters will visit old home in North Schleswig on the Dan- ish Germany frontier. would not be able.to \keep such a suspicion in our hearts as did that wife. What do you think you would do under the circumstances?” “I certainly would: ferret’ the mat- ter out to the very botton im “But even if you found the child did belong to the man you would have no proof that he had been un- true.to you since you married.” “No, but think of his depravity foisting his own brat upon me.” “If you were childless, Mrs. Smith- experimentation, that the ‘governor general of French West Africa has prohibited the capture, keeping, buying or selling and export of the animals throughout ‘the colony. ‘Chinypanzees, the animal nearest to man, have been particularly use- ful for experiments with the tuberculosts microbe: For this reason they. were taken to Europe, but they rapidly succumbed ito the rigors of ‘the unaccustomed cli- mate. a m (You see RERE Now, MRS. TRUG, THIS Smacc ABRIDGED DICTIONARY DOESN'T Give THE WORD WERE ARGUING asouT ! 3 if Dr. R. H. Beach, chief surgeon at .the Northern Pacific hospital at Glendive, was a city visitor yester- day. m it M# and Mrs. Lawrence Pederson of Glendive visited with friends in Mandan yesterday. J. M. Stephens, superintendent of the Northern Great Plains Field Sta- tion, left Saturday for Washington, D. C,, to spend sevétal weeks on of- ficial business. Enroute he *will stop off in Chicago for a few days to attend the International Livestock Exposition which opened in that city Saturday. : IT DOSSNIT MENTION TH! at Acc. We NGO ONG CF THOSS GooD, LARGG, VNABRIDSED DICTIONARIGS ! Frederick W. Mason, accountant at the Northern Great Plains Field ‘Sta- tion, left Saturday for Chicago to attend the International Livestock exposition. + eas Mr. and Mre. W.»4. Lanterman left. today for Eagle Rock, Calif. to spend the winter. B Miss Catierine Rivinius, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Rivinius, and Ben Sprecher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan. F. Sprecher were united in marriage at the Congregational church at Old Leipzig. The families are among the | pioneers of Gramt cougty and the. young people. are welf known din the New Leipzig vicin- ity. , ‘The marriage of WS NESD NOTHING oF THE KX IT'S GNOUGN OF aN GrPORT THIS One |! ° Miss Lucille Grow of, Mandan took place Thursday at the E. E. Sommers home in Werner, the: sister of the bride. Rev. F. J. Swenson ‘perform: the mi service. Misses Virginia and Kath tee Schulter, twin. ia tigee Ag ae room, were | r girl ni ae tk mers \ Was Ml “has heen teaching in’ FARMER-BANKER ence, held at Fargo, North Dakota, as one of a series being held under the auspices of the Agricultural Commission, Association, to aid in developing permanently better . agricultural conditions, was productive of a number of valuable and measures for a program of action. was recommended that the farmers reduce acreage 80 per cent from ence declared that the ultima’ success of agriculture depends up on proper diversification. orderly marketing of farm pred- vat!” wheezetl fat Missez Sprat, 1 crowding: nearer, : ucts, cantile credit. “Help yourself,” said Nangy gen Encourage homeseekers: Sup-| The cost to farmers of merchant port was pledged to all movements designed to ‘encourage homeseek- ers. relief: Bankers and business men were urged to storage facilities at once to meet the needs of their home commnni- tes. accept their reserves from @arry'nz the storage certifi- cate it we mediate Ci! discount these certificates for the banks. lative relief were adopted, and © \specta committee appointed to/|class. being a teacher at Werner this year. Mr. Grassy Butte vicinity in Dunn coun- ty, was united in marriage recently to John Seithford of Judson vicinity. The latter is the son of a Morton -county farmer. AT THE MOVIES || § __., |: “It must be a very human picture| “Do what?” THE ELTINE didates and there won't be ‘enough CO i one torent hus be“| and they are pretty big peuple,| “Name that child John Alden] Within the past three years David | voters to go around. Metal ae ane Gperationl Pai Bier aren't they, Mrs. Smithson,” I said.| Prescott Jr. Suppose you had an-| Powell has been permitted to make . ing and for purposes of scientific It is very probable that: you and 1| other boy. Would you not want him] love to the following famous beav-| Never speak ill to a stranger. He ties: Mary Pickford, Elsie Yerguson, Bebe Castle, Mae Murray, Alice Brady, Marguerite Courtot, Dprothy, Dal- ton and Gloria Swangon, doing likewise with Alice Joyce in “The Green Goddes tive Picture Corporation’s wonderful production of the play of the same name which is to be shown at tho Eltinge theater for today and to- York be would work for nothing. “The Eternal Strugg! the screen ‘at the Capitol Theater tonight,“a new screen, luminary— Renee Adorce—will ‘fash before movie fans. Miss Adoree is a ture will win steller honors for wife of Tom star. interpretative. dancing, and. is a brilliant musician anda clever song writer besides. “The Eternal Struggle” were film-; ed in northwest Canada. Adoree narrowly escaped death ‘twice — once: when caught in the path of the snow-slide near, Banff, Alberta; and again when her ca- noe overturned in the: treatherous that she be Kittle star” through ber scenes without fear: upon G. B. Lai Law. Screen by J, G. Hawke and Monte M. Kattterfobn. ouls B. Mayer. was the cameraman. Barbara Marr, Earle Williams, Pat O'Mali and Wallace-Beery. the Secretary of State include: Cass Co.; capital stock $15,000; in- ¢ . af Dunn Center and Edward Schalter| rrisgen ees well; capital: stock $20,000; ators, G. "H. Schulte, Strepsville E..Sehulte, Mu. M. cuant Oort MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1923, WHY BANKS? LESSON I. By J. H. PUELICHER, Chairman, Committee en Public Education, American Bankers Association. Why banks? To facilitate the exchange of goods and services, says the economist. th FACILITATE = make easy. GOODS = food, clothing, necessities, comforts, luxuries. SERVICES = the work that goes inte manu- facturing, into crop-raising, into selling, buying, bookkeep- ing, financing—into all man’s wants. The FARMER sells his crop fer money. 4.4, Pusticner’ The WORKMAN sells his labor for money. The MANUFACTURER sells his product for money, and the money is used'to buy what the others have grown or pro- duced—used in the exchange of goods and services which the banks facilitate. Sued follow them up. The resolutions were as follows: Calling for the establishment of some governmental agency as an emergency measure for orderly marketing and selling separately the exportable at surplus; Protesting inet the drawback provision !n the Fordney-McCum- ber law and urging*the enactment of that in the Dingley law, the Paine law and the Underwood law; Opposing the reduction of the tariff‘ on flaxseed or flax prod- ucts or feeder cattle. MEETING NOTES A recent farmer-banker confer. American Bankers definite ERCHANT CREDIT EXPENSIVE Reduction of wheat acreage: It} Investigations indicate that farm- ers may be materially benefited by demonstrating to them the losses they incur through the use of mer. chant credit instead of bank credit. In .conferences arranged by the Agricultural Commission, Ameri- can Bankers Association, it h frequently developed it farme' in many instances are thoughtles: ily carrying heavy burdens of mer- ting: Financial proved to assist the credit often runs high 50 per cent annually. The United Stat: Department of Agriculture has made surveys of credit and insur- ance conditions in North Carolinas in which 800 farmers were inter fewed, and which showed that 439 e relying on merchant credit, The average cost was 36.6 per storage certificates for cent, figured annually. The aver. loans on the stored gra’n. and ‘fjcge rate pald by white farmers prevented them} was 21:8 per cent, while that for the colored was 82.2 per cent. This d'fference is attributed to the smaller average amount of credit used by the cdlored farmers, tha greater risk involved in. credit te tym, and to an inclination to take advantage of the less fortunate Recommendations for immediate ; sist in providing The bankers were urged to “sed that the Inter- Banks be asked to Resolutions looking toward legis- Jom Sims cae unn county for several 4ears past, Miss Mary Boehm, daughter of and Mrs. Kasper Boehm™ of The political pot is bviling. ‘The thing is a regular voleano, throwing off steam and mud. Just a few more presidential can- may be a presidential candidate, niels, Nita Naldi, Srene Coolidge has appointed a new di- rector of the mint. Hope he makes more money than the other onc. Now he is ” the Disti Perhaps while wondering about Europe, a Denver editor was hit by an auto in Los Angeles. Sad news from London. King George's niéce will marry a Scotch- man. f orrow, Ménday and Tuesday. He gets paid for doing it but, says living wasn’t so expensive in New z Jack Dempsey, the prizeboxer, going to Europe. While there hi will not fight the German army. » THE CAPITOL . When the new Metro picturo, »" appears On The rumor that Dempsey’s Euro- pean trip is made to help France collect reparations is untruc. The ex-kaiscr wants to go visiting. He wants to visit Germany. Better carry his own lunch alon, ‘ ember of a distingushed cast but is certain her work in this pic- Another oi! war is being started. r. Mies Adoree is the 23-year-old f One might call it the stormy petrol. Moore, ‘the, screen She is famed abroad for her | Texas turkeys are said to be five pounds above the average this ycar. Bet it's all feet and neck. (Many of the thrilling scenes of New York bandits robbed a po- liceman’s wife and, -we'll ‘bet he catches, it for not-working harder, News from Paris. Men are sup- posed to” wear knee trousers. Can't do-it. ‘Supporters would show. Miss Reg- “don 1s the ‘phicky et eas ‘went Bass’ caught’ at’ Salina, Calif. weighed “48° pounds. Pity it didn't get away so it would weight 100, “The Eternal Struggle” is based aster’s novel, “The adapted 40 the A singer was beaten by three men in San Francisco. But they were robbers, so it was not for singing. ‘ mnted by Hilbura, . La ley At is Po “Thirty-one were injured in a push- ball game in Atlanta, Ga. Let's make tax collectors. play it. ‘The cast includes My. Gallagher of Seattle is adver- tising for his missing young wife. Let ‘er go, Gallagher. \. Sacramento (Calif.) bridegroom asks divorce because she won't kiss him, but ‘maybe he has a mustache. SSE N EEA MN INCORPORATIONS Articles of incorporation filed with Hickson‘ Mercantile Co., Hickson, ‘0.~-Gauslow, “Bert uslow. yr pete While there may be.» difference between opera and comic opera ‘all ‘of it’ sounds funny to most peoplen. ey There are fewer children among high soviety. because children don't Pay dividends ‘first 26 years. a