The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1924, Page 4

y Shi Re BE ep we Dest von ee A aT ONCE ET IS ORE CA att Bo ‘7’ PAGE FOUR ¢ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Emered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class B Matter. MARCK TRIBUNE CO. : Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY - - * DETROIT Kresge Bldg. Publishers LIS} 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- hished 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............. eee $7.29 Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck). a 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) COOLIDGE OR NO ELECTION As the time for the presidential election ne: it be- comes more apparent than ever that the real choice before the voters is Coolidge or no election at all. The Democratic national organization hardly has the courage to put up a told front and issue the usual bombastic claims of election. I.uFoliette speakers have been quoted as frankly admitting that he has no chance to be elected; that the best that he cxa do is to throw the election into the House of Repre- tatives. With the House constituted as it is, there prob- sbly would be a deadlock and the election would go to the Senate, for a choice between Bryan and Dawes. The results of a failure to choose a president are easily forseen. Business always hesitates in a presidential elec- tion year, because of the psychological effect of the very uncerlainty of the voting. If it were heralded in Europe that voters of the United States had repudiated President Coslidge and General Dawes, it would have a jarring note on the situation which has improved so greatly there under the Dawes plan. In this country business would be afrighted hy the situation, people worried, and unemployment and ad- versity might well be expected. 2 The LaFollette supporters can gain nothing concrete in this clection. The best they could hope for under any cir- cemsignees would be the election of Charles Bryan, small ccmto‘t for an ardent LaFollette man. They could boast of LaFoliette having accomplished his object, but might rue the day if business adversity overtook them as a result. Pic ident Coolidge has given the country an honest, cconomical administration. The very nature of the situation should be enough to make any thoughtful man cast his vote for the President, even though he might not appeal to the voter in every sense of the word. A review of his record is added reason for voting for him. VELT DAY—NAVY DAY s Roosevelt Day and Navy Day in North Dakota. The Governor, by proclamation, has asked that citizens ot the state on this day pause to give consideration to the ideals and teachings of the great American, who spent a part ot his life in the North Dakota Badlands, where he regained his health and builded a strong body and virile spirit to enable him to withstand the drain upon his vitality in later life. North Dakota has great love for the name of Theodore Rooseveit. and she claims him in part for her own. Two great projects now are under consideration for the perpetua- tion of his name and ideals in the state. One is the creation of Roosevelt Memorial National Park in the Badlands, and the other is the building of a Roosevelt shrine in Bismarck to house the log cabin he occupied on his North Dakota ranch. Both are worthy enterprises. Navy Day, too. is celebrated on his birthday anniversary. Roosevelt loved the Navy. As Assistant Secretary of the Navy he did much to increase its efficiency. He recognized the Navy as the first line of defense in case of war and as an organization which has contributed greatly to scientific development in the United States. Citizens, too, should give a thought to the Navy today. It must ever be ready to stand in detense of the nation, and the Navy must always have the united support of our people. ROOSEVELT’S BIRTHDAY Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday anniversary will rekindle in the hearts of his followers a hot flame of affection for their hero. And so it will be on recurring birthday anni- versaries of the man who made such an impress on his coun-! try and his countrymen. i fis we ynamic a character and his too lively a life to be forgotten easily. He had his enemies, bitter ones, but | these, too, wil! mellow time passes and while his faults and weaknesses, to which as a human he was heir, will be! recognized by posterity, the Roosevelt of dash, of moral and physical courage, of service to his nation, of endless per- sonal accomplishment, of engaging democracy will remain dominant in the minds of most men and women. SHOPPING Women do most of their shopping in the hottest hours of the day, says a government report. Psychologists are giving complicated explanations. They’re on the wrong track. It’s simply that housework prevents women shop- ping other than in the hot hours. They’d prefer early morning. Nearly every problem is a matter of economics in the} final analysis. Eliminate the problem of making a living and there isn’t much left. RICHEST WOMAN The richest woman in America is believed to be Mrs. James P. Donahue, one of the two daughters of the late Frank W. Woolworth, 5-and-10 king. Mrs. Donahue and her sister are worth around 85 mil- lion dollars. It isn’t many years since the richest man in America had less. A woman-billionaire will be only a matter of:time. How such a suggestion would have been hooted at, a generation ago! Piet FEWER FAILURES Fewer business failures during September than in any other month so far this year, totaling the whole country. This reflects strength and fundamental soundness of busi- ness. In the first nine months of 1924, over 15,000 business concerns failed. A lot, yes. But not many, out of the total of, American business organizations — approaching two millions. aig |, ar grauch is just liver complaint made vocal. 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 bein discussed in the press of the day. RAILROAD MISREPRESENTATIONS | (The Railway Age) i The Railway Age publishes in its | current issue an editorial denouncing Senator LuFollette for alleged | srepresentations of railway mat-j ters made in his address at Omaha | on October The Railway Age | says that if Senator LaFollette ac ually believe the things he said r garding railway matters at Oma “he is so ignorant that he has moral right to try to discuss rail matters, If he docs know the he told what he knew to be false.” | Senator LaFollette said‘in his: Omaha address that the advance in rates in 1920 was $1,500,000,000 and that “the railroads have spent m lions of dollars in propaganda to con- | vince the American people that this | huge increase in freight charges w due to wage inereases paid to ra way employes.” He added: “It is true that the Railroad Labor Board , did award the employees a wage in- | ease just before this rate increase put into effect, but the wage in- j se amounted to $564,000,000. The | e increase was $1,500,000,000, or | $1,000,000,000 greater than no Lets: statement, “This is the the under- ement or supp: ion of pertinent cts which constantly characterizes tor LuFollette s: ure the facts? The railways were re- turned to private operagion on March 1, 1920. Before their return to pr vate operation they were incurring a! large deficit which was constantly in- creasing. In February, 1920, thi failed by 17 million dollars to earn enough to pay their operating ex- | penses and taxes and incurred a de- cit, after the payment of the gov-j nment’s guarantees to the owners, ° the railways, which amounted to} 7h million dollars, In other words, at! the conclusion of government opera- tion the deficit being incurred was running at the rate‘of at least 900! million dollars ay That was al small circumstance that had to bel considered in fixing rates after the railroads were returned to private operation, ! “Furthermore, the — advance _ in| wages. nted was much larger than | stated by Senator LaFollette. It act- | ually amounted on the average to 91 cents a day for every day in the year for every employee on the payroll. The number of employees in 1920 averaged 2, Therefore, the) e in wages was at the rate of $671,884,000 a year. dvance in rates granted was irst, to offset the deficit being incurred under gov- ernment operation and, secondly, to offset this advance in wages. Senator LaFollette’s statement was intended to convey the false impression that it was needed only to cover the ad- vance in wages made in 1920. If the advance tes had been only as great as this advance in wages? every ailroad in the United States would have been bankrupt within thirty days after the war-time government guarantees were withdrawn. Senator LaFollette als aid railroad empl not res; rates of freight but the mins railroad law is respon ‘The Railway Age challenges statement as absolutely cont the facts. It s “The railways ave never spent a dollar to. convince the public that the increase in freight rates was due entirelly to in- creases in the wages of employes. What they have done has been to try | to make the public understand that much the greater part of the increase in rates has been made necessary by ces in wages, The indisputable 's of the Interstate Commerce Commission show that out of every dollar of imerease in the earnings of| the railways in 1923 over 1916, there was paid out 57 cents in increased es to employees, 7 cents in in- creased taxes and not a penny in in- creased profits to the owners of the| railways, because the profits were| actually less in 1923 than in 1916. In| spite of the reductions in wages that| have been made since 1920 and the} reductions of the number of em-| ployees due to increased efficiency of | operation, the payroll of the railways in 1923 was 200 million dollars more than in 1919, 430 million dollars more than in 1918, $1,304,000,000 | more than in 1917 and $1,575,000,000! more than in 1916, And yet Senator LaFollette, in seeking the votes of both railway employees who desire to get their present wages increased and the farmers who desire lower freight rates hax the affrontery to in a public address, wages paid railroad employees are not respon ble for the present high rates of freight, but the Esch-Cummins la responsible.’ This is one of the fin- | est examples of a demagogue running | amuck we have ever seen.” Referring to the LaFollette-Wheel- | er program of government ownership | of the railways, the Railway Age! 8 “There could be no _ better object lesson than has been afford-| ed by the experience of the German| railroads. The Prussian railways un- der the Hohenzollern monarchy were| the best managed state railways in the world. They made substantial profits, but among the were the prohibition of railway em- ployees from belonging to labor un- ions and from striking and the appli- cation of a system of voting whic! deprived them of political influence. The establishment of a democratic form of government in Germany fol- lowing the war resulted in an enor- mous increase in the number of em- ployees and in the incurring of vast deficits. It became recognized that Payment of adequate reparations by Germany required that a large part of the money should be derived from the revenues of the railways. It was plain, however, that the railways Gander ew means used | Daddy Gander and then told him (MIKE ONLY HONEST ONE - HEZA CROOK ANP A BUM TAG ANT FT ®% Be ELecleP- HE'S GorRUPT AND | ATOOLOF INE Bosses: sb © wiih: agement of what is virtually a pri- vate company. i Before this was done the number | of employees was approximately 1,000,000, or about four times 5 many per mile of line as in the Unit. | ed States. Since the change in man- | agement the number of employees has been reduced by 250,000. In-; stead of continuing to incur huge de- | ficits it is estimated by Sir William | Acworth, one of the Dawes Commis. sion railway experts, that ‘it will be well within the power of the Ger. man railways to earn a net revenue of $45,500,000 (about $221,000,000) | with no undue burden upon thei customers,’ ADVENTURE OF THE TWINS BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON Nobody in Doofunny Land knew one thing about the House-That- Jack-Built, or rather about the House-That-Jack-Lost. Not even the-tiny-turtle-that-shi vered-and-shook, knew a thing about jand k it. So Nancy and Nick and Daddy good-bye to Mister F Wuz2z, and said ‘they were much obliged just the same for his help. Then they left Doofunny Land the same way they had come in, by means of the hollow stump, and hunted up the magic dust-pan that Daddy had hidden nearby. “There are too many detours on this adventure,” said Daddy with a wag of his head. “Instead of going straight to the place we are bound for, we keep getting ‘side-tracked all the time. Let’s go at ounce to— let's go to—let me see, where were we going, my dears? “Don't you remember?” cried Nick. “We were going to ask the Green rd if he knew anything ubout | Jack's house.” “Oh, yes. So we were dy. “Well, then, here pan all ready on.” The magic dust-pan spread out and spread out until it was exactly big enough for three people to sit on nicely. And then at word from Daddy Gander, it rose und sailed away over fields and trees just like said Dad- the dust- and waiting. Hop ithe wonderful magic carpet. By and by they came to the tree where the Green Wizard lived, The dust-pan settled down on top of the Green Wizard’s house, se- curely hidden in the tree top. And Nancy and Nick and Daddy ander slid down the chimney. | The Green Wizard was sitting in his easy chair trying to make up hi mind whether to get his hair or his beard bobbed, or just his beard, or just his hair, or neither his hair or beard, or both—when pop, pop, pop! out rolled the three adventures at his feet like so many Santa Clauss “Black cats and white nanny- } goats!” cried the Green Wizard springing to his feet and reaching for his invisible cloak which he al- ways kept handy. But just then he recognized the Twins, and my how he did laugh! “White cats and black na goats! Is it you, you rascals?” he exclaimed. “Well, what’s lost this time? And who is your friend?” The Twins introduced him to how the House-That-Jack-Built had been missing from its place on Pip- pin Hill, and how Jack and Jill and Mrs. John, their mother, had no place to go until it was found, “We thought,” said Nancy, “that perhaps you would look in your magic gazing-ball and find out what had become of it.” “Of course! Of course!” declared the kind Green Wizard reaching up to the top shelf of his cupboard where he kept the ball. “Here it is, Come und pull your chairs up every- hody and we'll gaze as hard as ever The Tangle LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES- COTT TO THE GAY LITTLE MARQUISE, CARE OF THE SECRET DRAWER CONTINUED When Karl gave that — rather pedantic reproof to Alice, I felt ex- ceedingly glad that I had married a real flesh-and-blood man who un- der the same circumstances. would have probably taken me out of: the room away from all the rest and shaken me until my teeth chattered, sed me when I wept ana zcknowledged my misdemeanor, which he, ut least, would forgotten the whole thing. That cold reproof, given before us ali, showed me that while Kari Whitney could be the most delight- ful of friends and companions, he would have probably bored me to ‘death as a husband. The whole thing, a preat probably because have done it himself. I as healed all the bad tween the two men. Now, little Marquise, the whole family seems to be thinking only of the great loss it has sustained, ip the death of dear old dad, who will be buried tomorrow. T have not yet been able to make it all real. I keep thinking 1 will wake up soon and look into my fathers eyes—eyes that have never coined anything for me but love and understanding. It will probably be weeks before I will fully realize my loneliness without him, and the magnitude of my loss. ter have made John, never could think it feeling he- however, upon HIS PARFY Age ALL FOOLS - We'RE THE ONLY ONES wih BRAINS Nes I'm wondering, dea little Mar- quise, if time ever softened your sorrow, or if you wept always inj; your heart, even whei® your lips smiled gaily after the loss of your lover, the king. The few secrets you have told me are still securely in the lovely old desk. John’s mother did not succeed in finding the secret drawer, and 1 shall take steps to make it perfectly certain that no one else does. I shall always keep your one let- ter there, dear little Marquise, for some way it seems to me you woula but as that drawer is getting very full, I am going to take my letters out on my return, th the exception of this long one, and place them in my own safety deposit box, of -which the key 18 only in the keeping of myself. These letters will not be read except 1 give permission, or until after 1 have joined you beyond the confines of time. I don't know what I would do ithout you, dear, for some way you clarify my mind almost as much as though you were speaking audibly to me. I could write to no. one what I have written to you, and etimes it trebles my joys and wmetimes it mitigates my sorrows te just put them in a letter to you. So you see, little Marquise, your sweetness and sympathy and gaiety— for I know yow.have all these— have helped greatly someone who has lived hundreds of years after you, and that one is LESLIE PRESCOTT. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, inc.) along on a cloud with dough stick- ing out of all the windows!” “Well, I declare!” said Daddy Gander.’ “So that’s what happened!” (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1 The dingo or wild dog of Australia uses heavy losses to sheep farm- rs. EVERETT TRUE ¢ e { NeveR MIND, Youcc f o—_—_——___- —_-———__+ \ A Thought En 2s Before they call, I will answer; and while they are’ yet speaking, I will hear.—Isa, 65:24. Despatch is the soul of business. —Lord Chesterfield. BY CONDO WELL, TLE BET YoU! Cive To SE@ A WOMAN HSIxX MILLION GERMAN RON FOR THE PRES. IDENCY OF THIS REPLBLIC. MaeKks THAT YOu WOULDN'T VOTE FOR Hee UNLESS SHE WORE HER How Do You KNOW WHAT = MIGHT Do % It MIGHT Ir sHe WERE BALD UKE Some PEOPLE EVEN VOTS FoR THAT May Ba, BuT tt Does NOT sHow we can.” could not be made to earn profits un- der government operation. In conse- quence, under the plan adopted by the Dawes Commission, the railways have been turned over to the man- He put the ball on the table and everybody looked into its crystal depths, And what do you think they saw. The House-That-Jack-Built riding locked ; MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1924 HUMAN NATURE AT ITS. WORST By Albert Apple | Some people are always “reporting” clerks, porters, , de- | liverymen and streetcar conductors for such terrible offenses ,as incivility, discourtesy or slow service. | In its chronic form, this “reporting” is a symptom of dis- eased nerves—sometimes of mania. All of us have it, at times. Psychologists explain: The ; individual encounters many disagreeable things in the course For instance, a bullying boss ‘of his daily business— things which he must swallow in { silence, for fear that a retort would injure his own welfare. “rags” an employe who dare | not talk back, else he lose his job. | Resentment piles up inwardly and finally is vented on some unfortunate Pullman porter or clerk who forgets that | we should be fawned over, no matter how uasty we become, ‘and commits the unpardonable sin of neglecting to play up ; to our vanity. Most of us are ;when we are buying. goods or | to claim otherwise. :exaggerated in the making. Chinese emperors at heart—particularly~ services. Complaints are necessary at times, it would be ridiculous But nearly always the complaint is A porter or conductor, as an ‘illustration, silently stands for a lot of gaff from the travel- jing public. If, incensed, he explodes with even a single | sharp retort, the kick that is made to headquarters magnifies that retort even to the claim of attempted physical violence against the kicker. Why can’t people be fair and human in complaining? | Why exaggerate? Why lie? The kick may result in the _{firing of an employe driven to distraction and sharp retort |by troubles at home—such as | peration. | Yet that is exactly what many Sensible and Christian are ful or happy. New York, Oct. 27.—You can see through the walls of New York homes by looking ut the clothes lines. The Sunday morning wash is mo eloquent than that of any other day. On an Fast Side or Harlem line you will see a pair of faded overalls and a denim coat, the only working suit of a laborer. Consequently Sun- day is the only day his wife may wash it. At another tenement window, one suit of men’s heavy underwear, diapers of a young baby, rompers of an older baby, school dress for an older girl. ‘Then atop some of the apartment houses where working girls live. One line with one pair of silk stockings, one each of undergarments. Another line with half a dozen pairs of stock- ings and no undergarments. There Jis only one deduction to be made. The young lady who hangs out no illness of a wife or financial Would you knowingly throw such a man into the bread- ‘line and deny his wife medical services? Of course, not. of us have done when we have “reported” an employe unfairly. These clerks and conductors and others who serve us in our buying and traveling are human beings. treasure them as warm friends if we knew them intimately. We might» members of the Appreciation League, who “report” only good service and courtesy—and overlook incivility as something that eventually delivers its own punishment by keeping the doer from becoming success- This clever observation is not orig, inal with your modest correspondent. A young lady read between the wash ines for him. In Brooklyn an auto dashed through the street at break-neck speed. Pedestrians had to leap to escape it, Over the spare tire on the rear, one could glimpse a-sign which said, “Safety First—Vote for M....B.... for Assemblyman.” He lost a vote from everyone who had to jump out of his way. She’s a pretty waitress in an up- town restaurant. She tells me that” every day she finds notes and tele- phone numbers under plates where flirtatious gentlemen have eaten. She never answers any of them. But she gives them to her sister and her sister passes them around undergarments wears silk ones. They would fade if hung in the sun. It’s the little “pestery” things with which the children come run- ning in that keep a mother busy, Mrs. Jones of Anytown often re- marked. A cinder in the eye, little cuts and bruises—all that sort of thing. Most |mothers are perplexed as to what is best to do. Here are a few simple home remedies that might be cut out and kept ready for emergency: For cinder in the eye—Have an eye-dropper handy, or an eye-cup will do just as well. Wash the eye out thoroughly but do not touch it. {If the particle cannot be washed ‘out it’s a good idea to see the doctor about it. For poison ivy—if immediately at- among her girl friends, —JAMES W. DEAN. FABLES ON HEALTH. HOME REMEDIES tended to much pain and discomfort can’ be avoided. Do not wait until swelling begins, but as soon after plant has been touched as possible scrub with strong yellow kitchen soap, and rinse. Put on a wet paste of cooking soda. If out in the coun- try in. your machine, put on gaso- line and scrub. Put on soda when you reach home. A For sprains—If an arm or ankle has been sprained put on either hot or cold compresses. Or first soak in hot water and then let cold water be applied. Keep the sprained part quiet and raised upon a pillow for a day, If it is a bad sprain use this as emergency treatment while waiting the doctor. Fe wns Let’s see now. In Canada, a horse threw the Prince of Wales, perhaps just to make him feel at home. And in Chicago, a missing cashier had 50 girls on his list, but was only $50,000 short, the cheap skate. A seaplane stayed up in the air 20 hours, but this record doesn’t even approach that of clothes prices. Oklahoma bank was looted of $5000, by men who didn’t even work there, the nerve of some people. The Manchurians captured Shih- menka several days ago, so some of them can pronounce it by now. These crossword puzzles are more interesting and much safer than the cross-crossings puzzles. When a man takes his wife to the theater she knows he will brag about it for weeks and weeks. They claim a California college boy killed his father with a shotgun instead of working him to death. The tool bag of every up-to-date auto contains rouge, powder; lip- stock, comb and brush. A -cowiin the barn is.worth two in the woods with a hunter. Trouble-makers seldom get good prices for their wares. Sometimes the greatest difficulty a young lady has in- retaining’ that schoolgirl complexion is in removing scratches from her face. And a popular girl tells us she must give in and start kissing a, her muscles will develop like those of a wrestler. A Detroit man has been jailed as a drunk 118 times, but we advise against such expensive habits. People who live in new suits should not open milk bottles with their thumbs, (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.) Ver | Monday, October 27.—A forcefal speaker, clever writer and fond of outdoors, you cannot stand restraint and you should immediately set out in business for yourself. Your fierce temper, however, will work you harm unless you can learn to control it so that your strong personality will not be impaired. } Marry fairly early in life. It will help you to be more philosophical, which taken with your energy and determination to succeed, will make life's path a happy one. NEW MOTOR VICTORY Canton, China, Oct, 27.—Sedan chairs, once China’s so'e means of transportation, are disappesring be- fore the popula: of the automo- bile. It is estimated that there are now 300 passenger cars and 125 trucks in operation in Canton alone” once the stronghold of the sedan chairs. « nie co