The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 21, 1924, Page 2

2AGE TWO. rHE BISMARCK TRIBUNE intered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter. ‘ISMARCK TRIBUNE CO. - - : Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY CHICAGO : - - : . darquette Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS AND SMITH JEW YORK : - : - Fifth Ave. Bldg. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use or epublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not ‘therwise entitled in this paper and also the local news pub- shed herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein re also reserved. MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE daily by carrier, per year...... . $7.20 daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) -. 7.20 taily by mail, per year (in state outside Bismarck).... 5.00 vaily by mail, outside of North Dakota.............. 6.00 THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) NATURAL FORCES AT WORK Price of grains and corn continues high. The nervous- iess of the market, caused by unsettled crop conditions in aany ts of the world, has been responsible for sharp tuctuations during the last week, and may continue to cause hanges. It is hardly possible that values will slip back very far. - A well known Northwestern financier, asked the cause { high prices for agricultural products, answered: “An .ct of God.” This was not the long economic dissertation xpected from him. It did not seem to explain the intrica- ies of the situation as imagined by the man interrogating tim. He explained his answer. Unfavorable crop condi- ions in part of Canada; India, Africa, Argentina reduced he world wheat supply prospect; unfavorable weather in ome corn districts in the United States had caused a sharp hortage in the prospective amount of corn available. This orces the use of oats, barley and similar products as feed, nd makes a demand for them. Agricultural products are governed by world conditions. Chere has been an over-supply for a few years, as well as a ecreased purchasing power in Europe. The “Act of God” las made a decreased supply, and it is probable that the iand of man, through the Dawes plan, will increase the yurchasing power of Europe. North Dakota, fortunately, 1as excellent crops in this situation and gets the full benefit of it. Thus a little change in weather conditions in many parts of the world has accomplished what the McNary-Haugen dill was designed to accomplish. The sudden reversal of the ice situation makes the amateur economists with their ong and involved plans of relieving the farmer look foolish. BETTER Times are improving elsewhere than on the farms, hough soaring grain prices have been getting most of the tttention—quite naturally, since the average man has gotten wcustomed to regard rising prices as the sure sign of pros- verity’s approach. (As soon as times get good, “they” get ‘eady to take our money from us. The more we get, the nore we have to pay.) Railroad freight traffic continues climbing steadily. If he upward movement isn’t checked, another month will find he roads moving as much freight as a year ago when times vere booming. This either reflects confidence in the out- ‘ome of the presidential election—or indifference. EMBALMED So the Reds have the body of Lenin on exhibition on a rimson velvet-draped bier inside an air-tight glass cage. ?roudly the Russian undertakers claim that he will “last” ind look life-like, virtually forever. It is something new in idvertising, this appeal to morbid curiosity. The real Lenin, of course, is his economic philosophy. “o embalm it—preserve it for future generations—may not ve SO easy. ‘ Moral man does not really die until his influences cease. n this sense, Lincoln is more alive today than when Booth hot him down in 1865. Publishers DETROIT Kresge Bldg. NIFTY Laziness, quite as much as necessity, is the mother of avention. An Ohio farm lad, dreading lifting heavy wagons © remove wheels and grease axles, invented the lifting jack ou use on your auto. A recent instance near Paris, Mo.: Edgar Levings, to .urry his plowing, adjusted his plows to the right depth, ceaded his tractor straight, started it off without a driver. ‘hen he made his mules pull another gangplow, keeping ace with the tractor. Turned both about at the end of ach row. DIAMONDS Nearly every woman owns at least one diamond. And et if you gathered together all the diamonds in the world, ou’d have only 42 tons. Three-fourths of these have come rom the South African mines within the last 40 years. If German chemists, now apparently on the right track, nally discover how to turn mercury or lead into gold cheap- 7, it is not improbable that diamonds will become the basis f money systems. Man has centuries of evolution ahead efore he will base his money on a sensible ,scientific medium uch as units of human energy. TRANSIT Changed ways of living—progress—work strange revo- itions in industry. Dr. Luis Levine writes a book, “The tarment Workers,” reviewing the history of garment mak- ag. He dwells on the year 1860, when the steel industry 7as greatly stimulated by the popularity of the hoop skirt. _ All that is gone. So, also, is the big steel business based n corset stays. Today the auto industry is one of the lead- ig consumers of steel. In a half-century or less, little steel 1ay be used for motor cars, demand shifted to airplanes. ‘ Progress is: change. PRIDE A new hat will do more than anything else to keep a ‘oman convict straight after she leaves prison, claims the, rison department of Salvation Army. Vanity .is not. the e: tion. The new hat generates ride. le brings self-respect. Self-respect creates re- sect for laws, customs and standards of conduct. Woman's xtreme love of finery makes her more self-respecting than ian. That is nature’s purpose, along with allurement of the sale sex. . Why waste time trying to set the world afire ? It is too een to burn. ~ F | Years and years ago men bought homes before autos. 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, MILLERS OPPOSE (St. Paul Pioneer Press) Minneapolig flour milling oppo- sition to the Great Lakes-St. Law- rence waterway has come out in the open, with an article by John 8. Pillsbury, vice president of the Pillsbury Milling company, in the National Grain Journal. Mr. Pill bury admits that the project M be beneficial in some ways to the farmers of the Northwest, but says it will be wholly bad for the mill- ers. He in part: In my humble opinion, the construction of the St. Law- rence waterway would be one of the worst things that could happen to the Northwest, in that water competition en- courages the movement of raw materials, and would encour- age the movement of wheat at low cargo rates in competition with the movement of flour. While the farmer might gain some benefit over the cost of shipping his wheat for export, he would indirectly more than lose these benefits. In the first place he would encourage the sending out of the country all of the by-pro- ducts of wheat which are so vital to diversified farming and to the productivity of the soil; and, secondly, by encour- aging the government’s spend- ing a large amount of money for a waterway, largely in Canada, produce competition that would make the situation of the railroads even worse than it is today, and would force the railroads greatly to increase their rates on what business they had left, which would be reflected in the cost of all the materials which the farmer needs. In addition to this, the cost of construction of such a canal by government money would mean greater taxation to the farmers as well as the rail- roads who would be the suffer- ers; and the chances are that the operation of such a water- way would be at a loss to the government, in addition to the tremendous loss of interest on the money invested. “Competition with the move- ment of flour” is the chief subject of Mr. Pillsbury’s distress. His argument seems to ‘be that the farmer should be denied an oppor- tunity to profit by raising wheat, in order that the millers may not lose any profit in selling flour abroad. He does not expect the freight on flour to Liverpool to be reduced proportionately as much as that on wheat. The millers could not increase the Liverpool selling price of their flour. They would sell at the mar- ket price abroad and if they lose anything by having to pay more for their raw material, would simply add that amount to the do- mestic price of flour, which al- ready is higher than that of Liv- erpoo] and hag been for years. A change in the condition might be a disadvantage to Minneapolis mills in competition with those of Buffalo of Galveston, but it is an abominatle- idéa that Northwest farmers should ‘have to raise wheat at a loss so that Minneap- olis mills may thrive, ‘The other argument against the waterway are of doubtful weight. It is open to question whether Northwest farmers will ‘have to pay materially more for bran and shorts, with the waterway in oper- ation, than they now pay, which is all that can be exacted in com- petition with mills producing in other sections. The alleged harm to the railroads and putative freight advances would be limited, if there be any, to roads east of the Great Lakes, whtch need not disturb the Northwebt.’* Tye! As- sumption that the waterway would ‘be run at a loss, increasing taxes, is wholly gratuitous and improb- able. ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS | BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON PETEY POLAR BEAR’S HOUSE “Let’s go to see Petey Polar Bear,” said Weeny to the Twins. “All right!” said Nancy and Nick, just like that. “Where does he live?” “Up north near Santa Claus,” said Weeny. “Near Mister and Mrs. Seal?” ask- ed Nick, “Not so very far,” said ‘Weeny. “If I hadn’t floated away on an ice- berg, we'd have gone to see Petey while we were up north before. But since we have so much magic along, it won't take us long to go back. Got my satchel with my nighty end specs?” : “We've got it,” said Nancy. your tooth-brush, too.” “Then all aboard for Santa Claus Land!” cried Weeny swinging his trunk back and forth pretending he was a brakeman with a lantern. “Toot! Toot!” And away he started to the cold, cold north to visit Petey Polar Bear, his old circus friend, And you’d be surprised how .quick- ly they got there on the elephant You'd certainly sur- “And “ Why, in no time at all theg were standing right before Petey’s het and knocking on his ice-door, “Come in,” said a grumbly, growly voice. So Weeny turned the knob with his trunk and went in, but it was a pretty tight squeeze and the Twins nearly got scraped off his back. There sat Mister Bear reading his paper. He looked surprised when he saw them. “Why, how d’ do?” he growl- ed pleasantly. “I didn’t know we had company. Do sit down, Mrs. Bear is oug hanging up our wint fur: a+ - | i } THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. them. so the moths won't get into She’ll be in in a minute.” “Is Petey at home?” asked Weeny elephant, sitting down to let the Twins slide off his back. “Not just now,” growled Mister Bear. “He’s gone to the fish store to get some fish for lunch. news do you bring?” “Oh, there isn’t any news, much,” said Weeny, “Things are just about the same.” “How did the ball game turn out?” asked Mister Bear. “Oh, the Boxers won,” said Weeny. “Two hundred to one hundred and ninety-nine!” “Why, I thought you said there wasn’t any news!” said Mister Bear, in surprise. “That's news. And what happened to the airplanes that started round the world? [ve been looking for them to come this way but I haven’t seen any sign of them yet.” “Why, they’ve been home days,” said Weeny. “That news, too!” said Mister Bear ina pleased voice. “I’m ever so glad you come to visit Petey.” Weeny and Nancy and Nick were all thinking the same thing. They were thinking, “If Mister Bear keeps on, we won't have much time to play with Petey.” They had never seen such a curi- ous person in all their lives. (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) some A group of Swiss planning to climb Mt. Everest and perhaps find a filling station on top. Alpinists are Senator Edge says Coolidge will get New Jersey, but all we can say is Cal has the Edge on them, Imagine the surprise of a’ presi- dential nominee when he is officially notified of it several weeks later! Japan is buying big bombing planes built in Italy so she can slip something over on someone. Newfoundland premier has moved to end prohibition there where it is getting hot enough to make beer taste good, Polygamy “has been forbidden in Turkey, except in unusual cases, which, perhaps, means when a man sees @ new dizzy blonde. -A chorus girl was discharged from @ New York show because of notor- iety; so shine your shoes for the millennium. A man wanted for counterfeiting in St. Louis has been arrested in Hon- duras, which was making money go a long ways. Fiye robbers got $5000 at noon from a Tuscols, Ill., bank, but $1000 each is poor pay for running in the hot sun. A San Francisco woman killed a deer with a bow and arrow, no doubt mueh to the surprise of the woman and the deer. Los Angeles doctor claims thou- ands have died from kissing. We jm many more are dying to be kissed. : The two Chicago boy murderers played chess, but this is not the grounds upon which their insanity plea ed, 2 Philadelphia woman has recoyered her memory after four months, so maybe her first words were, “It’s hotter than it was last. summer.” Funny ‘things happen every day. We ship spaghetti to Italy. — Wives don’t throw rolling pins as What |- Oh, What a Relief! they once did because they don’t know where to find them, Some towns are so lucky. In In- dianapolis a movie organist broke. Divorces are increasing in Ger- many where two can quickly than one. starve more - Grasshoppers are ruining the Okla- homa apple crop, but maybe there weren’t enough jugs to hold it, any- New York, Aug. 21.—All the pro- fessional dancing girls on Broadway are not on the stage. Hostesses in public dance halls make more money than girls of the ‘chorus and dancing damsels with minor parts in musical shows. Lonesome men from out of town are the most persistent patrons of these dance halls with dimmed lights, two orchestr: and a soda fountain. They pay 35 cents to dance three times with a hostess. The house retains a dime and gives the rest to its regularly employed hostesses. One girl, attractive and an excep- tionally supple ballroom dancer, is a dressmaker by day. At night she is dancing escort of many men. She is the sole support of her mother and father, who is paralytic. Her income averages $100 a week. Many of the waxed-floor perform- ers, stenographers, telephone opera- tors and department store clerks by day, drive to the dance halls in their own automobiles. They have one night off a week. There are mate instructors, too. They are tall young men, with greased hair, nimble feet, and clothes cut so extremely they are amusing. Dancing with unescorted ladies is their nightly duty. One woman, age estimated between 55 and 60, comes twice each week. She buys 20 dance tickets, requests the same instruct- or for the entire evening. Each night she tips him $10. A man and his wife, well along in years, are regular patrons. The wife dances with a male instructor, the EVERETT TRUE “ ARS | | Lt sal husband with a hoste: They neve dance with each other. They appear as happy as newlywads. Another man, 74 years old, visits the dance hall with his two sons. He spends more time on the waxed boards that either of his offspring. A lawyer from Wall Street dances two evenings a week “for exercise.” The head of the hostesses in one of the halls is a pretty woman with dark eyes and prematurely gray hair. She is a grandmother. Stephen Hannagan. A Thought | | |___A Tho The rich ruleth over the poor, and:| the borrower is servant to the’ len- der.—Proy. 22:7. Debt is a bottomless sea.—Carlyle. Ford Runs 57 Miles on Gallon of Gasoline. A new automatic and self-regulat- ing device has been invented by John A, Stransky, 3908 Fourth St., Pukwana, South Dakota, with which automobiles have made from 35 to 57 miles on a gallon of. gasoline. It removes carbon and -reduces spark plug trouble.-aad -omerheating. It can be installed by any one in five minutes. Mr. Stransky wants dis- tributors and is willing to send a sample at his own risk. Write him today.—Adv. 1 tesa | \ |) ea WHEN SUNLIGHT, MANIPULATED WITH A POCKET MIRROR, 1S REFLECTED DIRECTLY INTO lons's Ace, il THe CUOMINOUS SHAFT (3 TRANS. FORMED FROM A BENIFICENT Beam INTC A DESTRUCTIVE, TRAY, AND. \ THIS IS > EXCEEpIneccry TRYING/ On (yeah! Hol Th yl peer \ooe Hes more and more excited. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1924 kill soldiers and destroy their ing to some scientists. | | tralized. { But, alas! a way probably the X-ray. war so destructive and deadly | teracting weapon. range. arrow. So it goes. armor. deadly fumes. making it so deadly that to end war. perfects battleship armor that no shell can pierce. turns around and brings out a shell that will pierce the new BITE YOUR OWNER AGAIN, DOG! By Albert Apple The “death ray,” demoniacal electric beam invented to equipment, backfires, accord- To date, one of these devilish beams has nearly blinded its inventor in one eye. : Rejoice and be exceeding glad, all ye cannon-fodder, for this latest horror of “civilized” warfare is temporarily neu- will be found to insulate the |operator of the “death ray” machine — like the lead-and- ‘rubber screens that were devised to protect manipulators of \ Inventors of fiendish destroyers such as the “death ray” always claim that their purpose is to provide humanity, and usually their native country, with a super means of defense. Scientists have the delusion that they can finally make that for nations to fight each other will be certain suicide for both. ‘ This is a fallacy, for every offensive weapon has its coun- And the counteracting weapon is always discovered, 1 usually shortly after the destructive device is created. | The spear, for instance, put the war club out of business. The bow-and-arrow made the spear obsolete by enabling j its user to kill the spear hurler before he got in fighting Invention of armor for warriors neutralized the bow-and- Gunpowder and rifles penetrated armor. The steel industry, as an example, toils and Then it The gas mask will eventually make poison gas harmless —already has a good start that way, despite the latest And a defensive insulator that will neutralize the ‘death ray” will follow the perfection of the ray. Only a dumbbell can believe that war can be ended by fight will be mutual suicide. For there is no end to the fiendish means of destruction that canbe worked out in the laboratories. Complete disarmament and world-wide refusal of the plain people to be taken out and shot down—these alone can LETTER M LESLIE PRESCOTT TO RUTH BURKE, CONTINUED The hours wore on, mother becom- I called up Karl’s house almost every” half hour. At last, about one o'clock at night, I tried to make mother go to bed. She would not, however, but she insisted that I should lie down for a while. I must have dropped asleep, for about seven: o'clock the next morn- ing she came to my ‘room in @ very excited manner and said: “Leslie, look here what the mgrn- ing papers have to say about Alice.” My heart sank clear to my feet. Had Alice really made good her threat and killed herself? She certainly had not. Instead, she | had gotten hold of Karl Whitney and they had been married late in left for New ‘the afternoon and York. Just what Alice told Karl I cannot imagine, but 1 know him well enough to know that whatever she told him, if she threw herself upon his pity- ing chivalry, he would do anything she asked him. ‘The clipping from the paper read: “Late yesterday afternoon Miss Alice Hamilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Graves Hamilton, was married to Mr. Karl Whitney very quietly. It will be remembered that Mr. Whitney and Miss Hamilton issued invitations to a large wed- ding.a week or two ago, but owing to the sudden illness of Miss IHamil- ton’s father, the invitations were re- called. “The young people were married at the rectory of the Church of the Epiphany, and evidently have gone out of town for a day or two, For a moment Mr. Whitney was seen as they were leaving the rectory, and he said that the hurried marriage A hair specialist to whom Mrs. Jones of Anytown went once in a while, prescribed for her a good treatment for the hair, and one easi- ly secured. Each day ventilate and thoroughly shake the hair to rid it of dust that may have gathered, A tonic may be easily made at home from a pint of witch-hazel, eight ounces of eau de cologne and a few drams of chloroform (three drams are preferable), Apply the lo- tion with a.sponge after shaking out the dust. was yesterday, for decided although Mr. Hamilton was gaining daily, it would be quite a while be- fore he would be able to stand the upon excitement of a large wedding. ‘Naturally,’ said Mr. Whitney with a smile, ‘neither myself nor my wife cared to wait for an indefinite period.’ The wedding of Mr, Whitney and Miss Hamilton unites two of the largest fortunes in Pittsburg. Mr. Hamilton is one of the great steel magnates of the world, and Karl Whitney was the heir to not only his father’s immense fortune but those of his two uncles. He is re- puted to be worth sixty million, “It has been rumored that Mrs. Whitney was so pleased with her visit abroad that she would like to make her home there. If this is true, it will mean that another great American fortune will be taken to England.” Ruth, doesn’t that sound just like one of our blatant, snobbish, bow- ing-to-wealth notices of a rich mar- riage? Sometimes I feel as though Americans, with their worship of money, are thoroughly disgusting. If I should say this to any one but you, they might think that I was Jealous, but I certainly am_ not, I'm very happy to think that I am able to ezrn my own living with our little shop, if necessary, and that if Jac’s ond I do make up our quarrel— and, oh, Ruth, I cannot think of liv- ing without Jack—that we both will have to work and worry and plan to put little Jack through college and live as respectable and self-respect- ing citizens. es Mother just broke down and cried as I read the clipping which I have quoted to you. “I wish I had never sent Alice to England,” she said. + (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) FABLES ON HEALTH: _CARE OF THE HAIR If applied twice a day a good tonic is yeured, according to many tes- timonials. When the hair is entirely dry brush-it with quick downward strokes until a gloss dppears. This is a particularly easy process with bobbed hair in vogue. In applying a shampoo a table- spoonful of borax has been found beneficial for cleansing the scalp; also it will heal any irritation or soreness that may be bothering the scalp. GERMAN WOMEN MAKE GOOD AS DOCTORS Berlin, Aug.“21—Germdn, women doctors have made great strides since the empire became a republic and this summer attended European international medical j¢ongresses in larger numbers than.in any ‘other period. The leader of the German delegation which attended Med- ical Women’s International Assgcia- tion meeting -in, London - recently, is, ‘Edenhuizen, a specialist 's digeases,-and ‘who has a reputation in Berlin as high as qny of her mele Sau. z Dr. He huien is one. of the pioneers of medicine for women. in Germany and studied some years ago in the time when matriculatio was impossible female students ]on they had instead to beg each in- dividual professor for permission to attend his lectures. Dr, Lydia Rabinawitsch-Kempner, of Berlin, a specialist in tuberculosis, Dr, Toni von Langsdorff, of Essen, and Dr. Laura Turnau, of Berlin, are other German women physicians who attended the London association meeting, Railroad Junk | Proves Valuable Los Angeles, Aug. 21.—Soythern Pacific Railroad Company saved $2,= 531,878.72 last year by accumulating and reclaiming materials which oth- erwise might be classed as junk, ac: cording to: report, Reclamation of material netted a saving of $612,- 955.32 and. the sale or use by. the company of scrap amounted to $1,- 918,928.40. 2. SE, DRE aad . Eighteen; years were required to make the huge gates. of Henry VIl’s ‘Chappl. in Westminster, Abbey. One-third’ of the wietiad of ‘street accidents in London last year were under 15 years of age,