The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 10, 1924, Page 4

a PAGE FOUR THE “BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. ; BISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY Publishers CHICAGO Marquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH. NEW YORK - - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise entitled in this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier, per year........... oe $7.20 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) THE DEMOCRATIC CHOICE The Democratic national convention, after being berated soundly in all parts of the country for its apparent inability to reach a decision on the presidential nominee, is entitled to meet its accusers with a steady gaze. For the convention, in choosing John W. Davis, nominated a man of unquestioned ability and integrity, a man who doubtless would make the country a safe and sane executive. Mr. Davis has a fine record behind him for faithful service to his nation, and his personal conduct in his profession has been highly praised s=<by-those who know him. : Whether the Democrats have nominated a good man but peg@-poor candidate remains to be seen. William Jennings “Bryan, whose power in politics has been great but whose political acumen has not been keen at all times, believes that the fact that Mr. Davis has numbered among his clients : large New York financial interests makes him a poor vote :_, vetter. ir. Bryan wanted the antithesis of Coolidge nom- : inated bythe Democrats, which appeared to be sound logic . Irom the standpoint of party fortunes. Friends of Mr. Davis found a ready answer to the charges of serving big interests in the statement that he had, as a lawyer, represented * “Mother” Jones, the noted West Virginia strike leader, and 7’, had appearéd as counsel for many labor unions, still being *"* so retained. veh Doubtless the Democrats will seek to ride into power on their assault on the Republican administration, laying stress ; upon Teapot Dome and similar investigations. It may be assured, however, that Mr. Davis will not stoop to canards 2} or to the level of. a’ demagogue to win the election. The Dem- ccrats in the past had the support of some powerful labor DETROIT Kresge Bldg. ath: ut Tit Hat Ath cp gti ite i of Cie ore : jf, go to Robert M. LaFollette, is yet a question. 1H Mr. Davis does begin the campaign under a handicap. The Democratic convention has been’ split into warring ** camps. It is hardly possible that all of the wounds of the ;. long and bitter conflict can be healed, even by the scent of * victory. Mr. Davis also has been a Wilson appointee and a upporter of the League of Nations, an issue which the con- vention that nominated him dodged ints resolutions. ‘ MOVIES What’s wrong with the movies?. One of the best answers comes from President Faunce of Brown University: “The fundamental principle of the moving picture is that there shall be no grades in pictures, that nothing shall be old and young, to educated and ignorant.” _ On the other hand, President Faunce, it is not the func- tion of entertainment or recreation to be educational. When we relax, as at the movies, most of us revert to childish in- <lligence. Otherwise, musical comedies and burlesque shows would play to empty houses. DIVORCE _ In 1897 one American marriage in every 17 wound up in *¢ divorce. Now the figure is one in every seven. Six mar- {; tiages are successful to every marriage that ends in a di- * vorce degree. Broadly speaking, of course, for not all of the ix marriages are happy unions. Marriage is the most important decision ever made by the verage person. It is more of a gamble for women than for men. It should never be rushed into on sudden impulse. : se is apt to sweep people off their feet." Calm deliberation ays. MOON-ROCKET ; with a man inside, is nearing perfection, Professor Goddard nnounces. fi far up that airplanes cannot travel there on account of rarity of the air. At last report, nearly 20 men have ‘applied for the job of traveling inside the super-rocket when it is shot moonward. Would you make the trip for the few hours of thrills such 4s no man ever before had? : : : DANGER Marriages in which the age of the’ woman at the time of older, are seven times more apt to terminate in divorce than ther marriages. This is shown by investigations conduct- ed by Professor Hart of Iowa State University. Youth is impulsive. Youth also ig inclined to scoff at the advice of older people. Where parerits oppose marriage, it’s usually for the good of their child involved. Listen and rea- on, young people. All they want is your happiness assured. . SLAUGHTERED Autos in New York City in a yegy kill 413 children under -16 years of age and injure 11,252. The victims over 16 in- fi clude 464 killed and 21,915 injured.) z i! With _very few exceptions, thease accidents could have 4% been avoided by proper caution on jthe part of both motorists jjand pedestrians. “With car registrations increasing swiftly, ilcompulsory caution is inevitable probably by gearing ma- 4 ii ch‘nes down at the factory so they can’t exceed a speed of 15 tm'les' an hour. F ae Dee RECOVERING The English during the war had to sell a lot of their in- vestments. They owned 20 billion dollars of such invest- iments. Had to sella fourth. In ayear they have recovered two billion dollars worth. - An year and a-half, at this * property in other lands. : r The World’s War wourids are healing fast. be will meet the farming bani; and pass them by. ; leaders. Whether they will still. have*this support, or it’ will], thrown upon the screen which is not equally intelligible to) ‘United States, The big skyrocket that will be shot toward the moon, | It will be used first to explore the earth’s atmosphere so! the wedding is under 20, and the man five or more years" rate, and the English will P.ave'as strong a grip as ever on problems. . Hope RONAL Editorial Review Comments reproduced 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. Sarton enema re eee | THE LAFOLLETTE PLATFORM | in Mr. LaFollette’s platform’ on which he appeals for the votes of the American people, makes the bieaking up of private monopoly in industry in the United States a pivotal plank. He says neither of the old parties, in their platforms, have promised or intended to do this; that a third party is neces- sary, appealing to the voters of both the old parties. Mr. LaFol- lette assumes that it is possible to restore the old order of eco- nomic conditions, and bring back the cut-throat competition that prevailed under that system. His views of the breaking up of. private business co-operation, or organizations that are now opérat- ing in our industrial life, are not concurred in by many of the prog- ressives themselves. In North Dakota a LaFollette candidate for congress voices opposition to Mr. LuFollette’s views in public ad- dresses, pointing out that the anti- trust laws of congress, designed to do what LaFollette declares is 1 remedy, have been unable to ac- complish the purpose; that these lows have fallen down in attempt- ing to break up combinations of manufacturing and labor interests; that each group which now dic- tates production and prices in their own field, is supreme in the con- trol of the output of iron, coal, oil, steel, lumber, sugar, meat, mining, manufacturing, transportation, and all important ibusiness enterprises. Suits in federal courts to break up these monopolies have been in- stituted, but the results where they have had effect at all have only changed the supeffictal forms of the combination, rather than up- rooted them. The execution of the criminal penalties jn the anti-trust laws, had not ‘been enforced, for to do this would be to treat, as crim- inals, the managers and stock holders of nearly every great in- dustrial industry, but that of farmers. Mr. LaFollette’s picture of the distress and privations of those groups, engaged in the above in- dustries, is greatly overdrawn. Good wages, a higher standard of living, enjoyment of the comforts of life, educational advantages and many modern luxuries are had by those groups; and if not had by scme of the individuals it is large- ly through their own folly or poor judgment; for others in that group enjoy tte’s platform offers lution for the agricul- tu blem than the platforms of gither of the old parties. “The agricultural class, it is admitted, stands out unpfotected, as the one great unorganized national indus- try. The surplus products of the farm in the last four or five years, have beensincreasing in abundance, andthe natural Jaw of supply. and demand jhas. ly,qperated, but not entirely, ih @hé fixing of the prices. Z To a certain extent, Mr. LaFol- lette is correct in saying that “through grain exchanges, eleva- tor combinations, and packing monopolies, the markets are ma- nipulated and prices fixed on all products of the farm.” But this coyld only happen with @ sumplus) of}products which the! farmer dumps upon those who are | in position to handle the products , after they leave the farm. Farmers instinctively know that natural causes, due to require-' | ments of increased population, and higher standards of living in the constitute an eco- nomie development new to this country; and everyone who studies ; the trend of events realizes that} these natural causes cannot be ob- | literated by legislation. Education, with the farmers, is the first neces- sity for real co-operation, and this group, with even partial control of the food products, would soon be in the suvreme position of securing a fair profit for farm products at | the hands of the other groups. If the final result of business | ombinations should result in op- | pression of other groups, then the! government if it stands for all, can | operate ‘by assuming control for all; and use a measuring rod to limit the exactions which one class might impose in hardships on an- other. 5 Mr. LaFollette’s scheme of re- storing the old industrial condi- tions and the solving of the farm problem, is inadequate. But in several instances he gives a real warning, especially concern- ing the greed of those who made millions out of war, and who sys- tematically ‘breed international conflicts. This group is relentless, and most dangerous to our safety, and peace, when it can contro] an administration and congress. Mr. LaFollette wisely says this govern- ment must restrain our own war makers, before we can hope for world stability; and this govern- ment must join with France, Ger- many and Great Britain to do what the common people of this and those countries demand in the pre- vention of war.—Jamestown Alert. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS BY.OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON eee ees meee Daddy Cracknuts and his wife, Mrs, €racknuts, got on the ferris wheel in. Mister Zip’s amusement park where the Twins were working. Daddy sat down and his wife sat down beside him and they put their feet on a little place below the seat and held on tight. Then the wheel began to turn around very, very slowly. And the more the wheel turned the higher Daddy ant Ma went. There were 10 seats on the ferris wheel and every one of the seats was full. : Nancy had helped Mosey Mud Tur- tle\and his son, Mosey Junior, into one of the seats, and Ben Bunny Jand his wife, Mrs. Bunny, into an- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | How Can They Put on a Good Fi ght With All This mnleerpting? | FH" = other of the seats, and Mister Drake and his wife, with their nephew, Cutie, Cottontail, between them, and Markie Muckrat and a friend into another seat, and Granddaddy Frog and six of his grandchildren into an- other seat, Mrs, Duck, into another seat, and the ferris wheel was as full as a_can of corn. Really it did seem that if people kept on spend- ing their nickels and dimes the way they were doing, Mister Zip, the fairyman, would certainly make two fortunes! Well, the wheel kept turning and Daddy and Ma kept going on- up and up and up. j Right over their heads were Mis- ter and Mrs. Bunny .and right over the Bunnys were the Mud?Turtles. “My goodness, Pa,” Daddy Crack- nuts and. his. wife ‘heard? young Mosey Mud Turtle say, “where are we going? I’m getting nervous. 1 was never 30 high up im’ all. my ife.” a ’'m getting a bit dizzy myself, son,” came old Mosey’s voice. “But we'll ll wight. We've never -had such ‘a chance before to ‘see: the world, and dear knows when we will again! Just look! You tan see clear over to the creek from here and almost to the barnyard! We must bring your mother-and let her See what a fine place the world is.” The next thing Daddy Cracknuts and his wife heard was Mrs. Bunny saying to her husband, “Oh, Ben, I do think traveling like this is so im- proving! How could you and I ever have seen what the world looks like if we hadn’t come today? Look! You can see the sass-patch garden from here and over there is where the watercress grows, ‘n’ there’s the cabbage patch ‘n’ everything!” And everybody on the big wheel | was oh-ing, and ah-ing and saying what a fine grand view it was, So when Daddy Cracknuts and Ma got to the top, they said the same thing. “I declare!” said Daddy, “This is certainly’a fine view, mantha! I’m surely glad you saved 30 cents this week from the washing so we could come.” “Well, Daddy, did you and Ma have a nice time?” asked Nick when the squirrel gentleman and his wife were going home. “Scrumptious!” said Daddy. “That’s a fine view from the top of that wheel. It’s worth, the money.” When they got home to their house in the maple tree, Mrs. Crack- nuts caught her husband’s arm, “Daddy! Look!” she cried. “We've got 10 times the view here from our own window and it’s free. We can see ever so much farther than we could on that old wheel thing!” “So we can,” said Daddy soberly. “Its just because we paid for it that we liked it better.” (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Both Birds and Animals Subject to Epidemics Dr. Herbert Fox, pathologist of the Philadelphia zoo and head of the Pepper laboratory at the university, has written a book on the diseases of wild animals and birds. For the last eighteen years Dr. Fox has been studying the tenants of the zoological garden— the only place in the world where Dae such exhaustive work has been |. dope. Pulling a tiger’s tooth or treat- ; ing a humming bird for tubercu- losis is. all the same to this man of science, observes “Girard” in the Philadeip! Inquirer. Dr, Fox has laid bare many star- |” tling results. Among others he found tha# tuberculosis was the foe which swiftly depopulated monkey cages, Epidemics afflict birds as they do men. The inference {s drawn that extinct races of animals and birds were wiped out by disease. A practical result of Dr. Fox's search is that monkeys and other animals ,and birds may now live for a far longer time in captivity than formerly. " And bis experiments on the epi- demics among birds may give the real clew for the startling ‘and sudden annihilation of our wild pigeons. Simoltaneous broadcasting in Eng- land has received great popularity, pe Get r= AW SSS ness men, found it necessary to rela- gate his exercise period to Saturday and Sunday. Most people find it difficult to live a thoroughly balanced day. A daily rhythm would consist of a balance of work and play, both forms of activity; and rest and sleep, which are forms of inactivity. Of these four play and rest get the least attention. Particularly"do men find it bard to, take time out for daily exercises. They..try.to-pack all their play and exercising into a single Sunday. On this day alone does he get the en- tire four balancing factors into his routine. FABLES ON HEALTH EXERCISE REGULARLY Mr. Jones, like most busy busi-| Of course there are many people: who do not need as much exercise as others; and there are some who do not need as much rest; some do less than their share of work and some more. It is in the rebalancing of these proportions that one very important hygienic problem lies. The tendency of the present time is to overdo almost everything: ex- cept rest. When men play: they gen- erally play too much to “get,even” for- the time they have , neglected playing. : To eat our heavy meals :on Sun- day and our hardest playing’ on’ Sat- urday or Sunday, or during -a vaca- tion period, are equally absurd. ’ MOVIES FEAR TO By Jack Jungmeyer NEA Service Writer Hollywood, July,.10.—“Babbitt—at Home” would. have. been a more ac- chrate title for Warren Brothers’ screen version of Sinclair Lewis’ sa- tire on the American business man. Such phas@p of the novel as have been picturelyare fairly close to the original, but “mgny of the revealing incidents and nearly all the jibes in “Babbitt” have been tactfully elimi- | nated for the screen. a “Georgie Babbitt,” that pillar of persausive dramatism, has so many | close relatives in Hollywood that it was simply beyond human nature to hold him up to ridicule. His kin are in every studio. They sell just‘lots and lots of real estate in this town of homes and churches. They dominate the Chamber of Commerce and all the best fraternal organizations. The Babbit men— they stick together—and inherit the earth. So it was all right, maybe, to kid Georgie a little about his home life —because Babbitts themselves are always kidding about the wife. But EVERETT TRUE lu i )) AA ih tn i i] in a motorman's |was tired of. bel was 3 d and He gee aa fe seem to thin . il HIV Today’ Everett True put a dent bumped toget sing derken anget id “some m kK a stree }cock+tail. shaker!” Of ‘course it actually isin some cases. SATIRIZE BABBITT AS BUSINESS MAN \ WILLARD LOUIS AS BABBITT ° Georgie’s office and civic affairs— | well, the Babbitt men know where |to draw the line. | The Warner Brothers’ film, direct- BY CONDO i Hy Whi WH. MW nt i =—— He said he and cap started. . ormen car isa THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1924 END ©F GOLD IN SIGHT?. .. : By Albert Apple In 80 or 40 years the gfeat gold mines of the world will all shut down for good, predicts Dr. G. Berg, of the Prussian Geological Institute. mers His idea is that, by that time, the mines will have been worked to the point where it will nolonger pay to operate them. n : And new mines of importance are not apt to be discov- ered, for practically the whole world has already been pros- pected for the precious yellow metal, Berg argues. However— s Only a few years ago American geologists were predict- ing & permanent shortage of oil, with no new big oil pools to ‘be discovered. Enormous oil pools continue to be opened up periodically, nevertheless. Right now there’s a, world ‘sur- plus of oil. ; On the other hand, assume that Berg ‘is right. Fascinat- ing possibilities present themselves. It is claimed by experts that not more than half of the gold that has been faken from the ground by man is still in man’s hands. . : Bit by bit, it is lost here and there—such as gold rings | dropped in deep water. Huge gold cargoes have been Hues at sea. : If-no more gokl were to be found in the earth, the avail- able supply of gold would steadily decrease. ’ The vanishing of the world’s supply of gold might be more of a blessing than a calamity. For one thing, it would compel man to put his money system on a scientific’ basis —as, for instance, making the dollar represent a’ certain number of units of human energy or labor. Instead, we have the gold system, based on the element of scarcity—for gold, after all, is worthless except for filling teeth and other pur- and forms of degradation. LETTER FROM MRS, JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT TQ PRISCILLA BRADFORD, CONTINUED “But surely, Leslie,” I said to her when she complained of her hus- band’s selfishness, “you cannot be- gin to teach a child before it can talk to be: unselfish.” “You. certainly can,” answered Leslie. “The new: theory in child training is to begin immediately,- rot only. with physical but. with menta! and moral discipline. It is not from my being. stern- with little Juhn that he is: thinking now that he is abused” (Jittle John at this moment was howling at.the top of his voice) “but it is because. of: your own sel- fishness in not considering what is best for him in your desire to hold him in your arms and rock him to sleep. “As for my not doing the same with a child that I had born2 my- self, I want to assure you that I would make no difference in ny duty toward any child whom I consider my particular responsibility. With that, Leslie left the room, and shortly after, “Miss Anderson came and took me to my apartment. Although Miss Anderson did this very diplomatically, saying she was afraid I would be disturbed by little ed by Harry Beaumont, concentrates on “Babbitt” as a husband father, rather than a business ‘man. It substitutes comedy for satire. It presents an intere: part for the whole. But it is an’ entertaining and amusing pictur ell. worth any theater-goer’s time, | ..* Willard: Lopis is “Babbitt” to the life, ample, fatuous, energetic, vain of his success, but a jittle ashamed of his. -wifé and tolerantly bullied “Mrya,” petulant ‘martyr to her hus- band’s business exactions—and wear- ing perhaps the last pair of high waisted corsets extant. They are a fine pair—the players. not the cor- sets, $e The. great “Babbitt,”. that is to say, the great self-conscious urban- American, fights with: ‘his children for the bathroom. Orders banana frit fast, and then’ whine nous fare. H Upbraids his youngsters for eating like pigs, the while he stuffs might- ily. : Talks pompously ‘with his neigh- bors about the weather. Believes in having pretty .stenographers—they help business. Is breezy and slangy and a good fellow. “None: of this romantic nonsense,” he admonishes his son, smitten by the neighbor’s daughter—and then he himself falls easy victim to the designs of “Tanis .Jydique,” .music ‘ for break- the monoto- Paris. might-have something over his home town: “Zenith.” “Gosh words. Raymond McKee what ‘a family!” in his own is" role perfect encounters"with his father are among the finest bits in the ‘picture, and his romance with Gertrude Olmstead, capably playing “Eunice,” is capti- vating. Others who, ,engage atten- tion are Carmel Myers, as the vamp; Dale Foller, the servant; Cissy Fitz- gerald, little Virginia Loomis, Kath- leen Myers, and Michael Dark. How well the Warners understood their public’ in making “Babbitt” a domestic comedy-drama instead ‘of Lewis’, social ‘satire was . indicated by an incident at: the premier show- ing here. ‘ The word “America,” on a big board, was flashed on the screen at the beginning, ‘while. ¢he orchestra struck a strain’ .from the anthem, |The audience Wan ‘about to. rise to iteofeet when the camera panned tA i¢a— hi fittvinl and their’ public. house. , His wife’s illness and his son’s wild pleas. an elope whén for the only as the son, His ‘comic’ and pathetic |. seems to be on the front: poreh. Some men living-s dog's life have no license to do-it. poses where its ability to withstand corrosion is valuable. If lead were as scarce as gold, lead would be worshiped and be used as the basis of money. Gold has been condemned as the inciter to. greed, dishonesty, murder and other crimes But that’s not quite fair to gold. Gold is just the symbol of scarcity. The real culprit is scarcity, which appeals to the peculiar human instinctive craving to own anything that is rare enough to be available only. for a few. (SEs é. Jack’s screams and cries, I'am sure that Leslie told her that she must come after me. I never thought, dear Priscilla that Leslie could be so hard.- 1 can see now that she will always havex her own way even if the heavens fall. -I1 used to worry for fear she and John would pay too much atten- tion to the baby they had adopted, but now my great fear is ‘hat the poor little. thing will be neglected. There “is ‘no reason why’ you should not come a day or two before the party and stay with me ‘in my own apartment. If you can do this I wish you. would write me, or tele- phone. © Until I hear from you, I ri lw our friend, MARY AUDEN PRESCOTT. Night Wire From Priscilla Brad- ford to Mrs. Mary Alden Prescott Will be very glad to accept your invitation. Think you are perfectly right in your ideas about litle Jack. I have never been able to believe that the modern way of bringing up children tends to splendid men and women. They need mother lovd and mother’ caresses, Will talk about it when I sée you. © ~ PRISCILLA. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) bitt and the Warner Brothers know + Some men stand: real what they say ‘whit ready to back dowi ent . - We. are training for our vacation trip by giving dimes to everybody we meet. It must. be awful to be a genius and’ have to sit around thinking up new ways-to act strange. Choose’ your words carefully be- canes you may have to take them ack. These fur trimmed bathing suits are not as foolish as they look. All seals are fur trin\med. The rain falls on: the just and the unjust, but especially on tie just- started picnic, A pessimist @ man wondering how, on earth his straw hat has got teacher to whom he ‘has rented ‘a’ so dirty. This light that lies in a woman ly save “Babbitt” from ' eyes is so illuminating. a wise/yo doctor who set- Its road crossing. yu tles down near a ra It is estimated that high water this Spring washed away several ; thousand stills. The baseball pools, full of sharks and suckers, are. with us. man has a better the average man The average average than thinks, ¥ Peal A wise'man paddles his >: own canoe, but a wiser one gets some- thing to’ push it * dinner, Woman's” pla fter * Asanti hoe be the tight and then go vs | | t