The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1926, Page 4

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) <n Setersnpatth Sdeebsheaneaettn Ache ts teh Well, Maybe Jazz Is All Right! There is more truth than bunk in the old say- ing that whatever is worth doing is worth doing well? When Roger Wolfe Kahn decided a short time ago mediately encountered the opposition of his father, Otto Kahn, the well known banker and opera patron, es for a keen disa he could to disco The rebellious attitude of his son was the lad. 18, has ten orchestras be a lot of money and night club in New York, And his fi according to the boy, seeing that he is in ear about his career, has relented. There is nothing bad about being a jazz orchest leadgr. Nor is there necessarily anything lowbrow about it, particularly if you are a good one. Roger Kah® seems to have demonstrated that he can suc- cced, in his chosen business better than in any other one, and it is quite sensible on the part of the father | to withdraw ftis parental opposition, The case is somewhat similar to the career of a youth named Yoelson, son of a rabbi, who incurred his family’s displeasure by announcing he had chosen we career. For years there was an estrange- Pt Then, when it was demonstrated that the boy -had chosen the career that he seemed, above all others, to be fitted for, the family relented. The boy is known to millions today as Al Jolson. 5 Belief in Fair Play That the ave honest in business, or otherwise, is so well known as to be taken for granted. Were it not so, the world would bea much harder place to get along in than it is. The inclination to do the right thing is the! the fouridation upon which modern business is built and the ghief assurance by which it operates. ‘way of uniform traffic regulations. ; ment, ! too 1 Kresge Bldg. | pointment. Otto Kuhn did everything , the busiest parts of the city of New York. This re-! sort, faced continually with an influx of pleasure seekers from all parts of the United States, but! more particularly from other parts of New Jersey, feels the crying need of some uniform regulation which would help traffic, so it has appointed its own comm’ssion to make a state-wide survey, at its | own expense, of the traffic problem. This commis- | sion will report to the next session of the New Jer- | sey legislature on what it deems necessary in the , Other cities | would do well to follow this resort and take the ini- | tiative in what hus become a most important move- | The Belgian Crisis Belgium, the heroic buffer nation of the world | war, is facing the most distressing financial strain | of her gallant history, as the result of that conflict. | The Belgian franc has dropped and dropped until | the eventual complete collapse may readily be fore- seen—unless something drastic is done before it is It is interesting in this regard to see what the ction of the Belgian people is. Instead of turning uway from King Albert, their ruler, toward some revolutionary dictator who might promise much that he could not fulfill, the Belgians are heart and soul behind a movement to make King Albert dic- tator himself, to take away from his conduct certain constitutional prohibitions so as to leave him with {absolute authority, as far as finances are concerned, anyway, in order to save the nation. urope is leaning toward dictators. Some ob- servers say it is the beginning of the end of the con- tutional democracy, claiming that a representa- tive democracy can never be as strong as a limited | monarchy, which is virtually what a dictatorship is, although in some cases it is an unlimited monarchy. It is doubtful that this is the strict truth. Of course it is true that the democracy, as we know it in this country,’ ha ‘serious. weaknesses) ‘but! It ‘cer- tainly is not the failure it is represehted to be. Rather, in looking for an explanation of European dictators, are we forced to the conclusion that what the European countries need, and recognize them- Ives us needing, is discipline. They need to have th course mapped out for them. They need a steady hand at the helm, but most of all they need to get away from a foolish system of government | Where every five minutes a ministry can resign and another form. Such a directorate for national af- fairs is too unstable. The constant change of de- partment heads and the uncertainty of their tenure (of office is not conducive toward cool-headed plan- ning and complete efficiency in the conduct of public business. So the Rich Walk (St. Paul Dispatch) The United States government, through its de- rage person is disposed to be fair and partment of agriculture’s report on farm’ produc- tion, issued Wednesday, gives the lie to the profane old couplet, which asserts that the “rich ride in their chaises, and the poor man walks by’—never mind rhyming objurgation. The condition is reversed, 80 says the government. The rich man with an in- vestment of from $10,000 upwards in land, gets a AN unusual opportunity to discover the approxi- 3% per cent interest return on_his investment and mate percentage of those who are willing to abide by the rules of faiy play ‘was afforded'by the effort of the federal trade commission to induce furniture mantifacturers to conform to certain trade practice! ruleg directed against misrepresentation of goods of- fered for sale. In all, 790 concerns were heard from, of which only 68, or less than 9 per cent, fused to subscribe to the rules, Only 9.per cent of the “furniture manufacturers who responded were willing to leave the way open for the palming off of infeZor goods upon inexperienced buyers. Thi: as well. Any belief to the contrary is the result of lack of obséfvation, lack of understanding or an unwilling- nesq, to goncede to the business world that high standard of honesty which it maintains, Wage Increases During the last few weeks nearly a hundred wage increases, ranging from 5 to 25 cents an hour, have ; beenzgranted to building crafts all over the country, “| One ‘of the most significant adjustments was that of the Minnesota Building Employers’ Association, representing open shop contractors in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. In St. Paul 20 trades have been granted increases ranging from 5 to 12 an hour and in Duluth, ten crafts have been ¢ similar advances. While there are various disaffected areas, the nts ent rafts in each section, and are gradually being adjusted. The general increase in wages more than comfensates for the few minor reductions, j The unusually ‘healthy condition of trade and la- bor At this mid-summer season, with unemployment Praefically non-existent, is another phase of the } genétal prosperity. Labor should prove its worthi- nessiby keeping its demands within reason to insure its continuance. Uniform Traffic Laws Dgy by day the need for uniform traffic regula- becomes more readily apparent. The great ion existing in the ranks of the motorists to-! day concerning the traffic regulations in the various muriiipalities in which they drive their cars results in | measure, there is reason for his argument. He re- ble holocaust of traffic accidents, many of thenf serious, due to the lack of knowledge of the 4 local traffic ordinances and regulations in the Sarious communities. This confusion is but a _Batuygal result of a system where each little town or Bhip or borough or city makes its own regula- concerning automotive traffic. Ahumber of state-wide and national surveys have u d from time to time to study and digest olé traffic question with a view of present- eomplete program which could be adopted in fashion throughout the country and thus motoring comfort and safety and protect trian. So far, however, these etal oy} discloses an astonishingly high pércentage of | beligvers in fair play. The same high percentage! would, without a doubt, be found in all other lines! years for both the farmer and the wage earner. The j farmer's earnings, so the report states, are still near- ' from Le § | What hired man would take an annual wage of one- ‘It would hardly pay his gas and garage bill. A ‘in farm land walk and the poor ride! ranted | sectional, affecting differ-| for wages, he and his enffre family draw $648 and , board and lodging; while the farm hand or the wage earner in the city, gets—let without investment of any kind, the government report tell it: Factory wage earners, on the other hand, for the past three years have earned ap- proximately the same that they did in 1919-20 and have been able to buy about 16 per cent more than they could in 1919-20, while the farmer with his income has been able to buy about 20 per cent less. PERRY HEATH and his wife, MYRA, you They j haired, vivacious, an BEGIN HERE TODAY In Harbor Gardens, Long Inland an claborate’ bungalow, lived ere entertaining as a distant BUNNY MOORE, young, golden- ‘old friend of lyra’s, Myra Heath was beautiful but cold,’ > She never used rouge, never wore colors. She collected rare bits 01) lass and hee latest was a whisky which aroused her artist hu: band's scorn, wi Provoked at a. growing intimacy | between I announces she has made her will in yeas of Inman, cutting her husban‘! off. rey and) Bunny, That night she quarrels with rry and alludes mystcriously to his! “secret.” Discovering M; & with Inma ing Myra alont wi 1 in Jate that night, P ‘out, of the house by the’next day finds ‘Per and his wife's body stretched on the studio floor with candles burning at her head and feet. She in made u It will be remembered that 1919-20 were the peak | With rouge; she ix dressed in may ly 30 per cent below the earnings of those years. Labor's remains the same, with enhanced buying power for the dollar. As though to confirm the government the report Minn., published the same day, that farm hands drive their own cars, sedans mainly, to their work in the harvest fields, returning to town at night. Labor finds sedans as satisfactory and comfortable for riding as the chaises of the rich. third to one-fifth of $648 and board and lodging? topsy-turvy world this has come to be when the rich Another Disarmament Move Fails (Fargo Forum) Another American attempt to extend the work of disarmament has failed. President Coolidge .pro- posed a conference to carry further the limitation of naval constru n agreed to by Great Britain, Japan ang the United States at the Washington confer- ence, but it will not be held. It was his desire to extend the 5-5-3 agreement, and invitations were sent to the Japanese and British governments, but Great Britain refused to accept. Several reasons are*given for Great Britain’s re- fusal, chief of which is the reluctance of that gov-. ernment to make any cut in its cruiser strength, while France and Italy are showing extensive sub- | marine building. Senator Borah points to Russia as one of the rea- sons for this refusal of Great Britain’s, and, in a minds the country that some time ago the British government declared that it would not reduce its navy until other European countries reduced their land forces. Reduction of land armaments, Mr. Borah says (gnd he is not alone in this opinion), is impossible so long as Russia remains an outcast among the nations. Borah, of course, is using that as an argu. ment for American recognition of Russia, but as such it does not hold water. ‘It is true that Russia chas an army of 700,000, but that army is being used as an excuse for not reducing land forces. As a Tl ER matter of fact, the other European countries, once {colors | Near her*is a card marked.; “The Work of Perry Heath.” agi She has been killed by a blow with her cherished whisky bottle. the coroner comes Inman and Bunny When Country Club the ‘onversation among SAM AND! WALLACE F R ISS, towing her nephew, TODHUN’ BUCK. lay at her Bunny breaks out at sight of her relates having scen, the night before, strange lights mysteriously and disappearing in the NOW GO ON WITH THE.SFORY CHAPTER XI ‘That afternoon at two o'clock, the lounge at the Heath home looked a more fitting place for # social rec tion than for a coroner's inquest. The big room with its windows! open front and back, showed window boxes of bright colored flowers, over which the thin sash curtains swayed in the breeze, and the sunlight played through their fluttering folds. On the tables were vases and bas- kets of flowers arranged with the care and taste that was the resulting routine of Myra’s instructions. The easy chairs and davenports showed their summer garb of flow- ered English chintz, and small light chairs had been brought from the caterer's for the audience that .was atpactad. 2 lany people came, both from the Park an Heaths had. numerous friends, and there was the usual quota of curi- oxity. seekers, Coroner Osborn sat pt a table, his cunny, eyes darting about the his small features twisted room, al ‘into a thoughtful frown, as he reul- ized the magnitude of the task ive- fore him. A But he was « man of efficient hab- | its and on the stroke of qwo he called it witness. ' This was Katie, the parlor maid, who had first discovered Myra’s dy. She took the chair indicated, and faced the toroner with composure, But Osborn had no suspicion that ions as to her movements that morning and her actions on making the discovery of the tragedy in the studio. He had heard her story before, but it- repeated for the: benefit of men. were serving as jurors, Again Katie hesitated when asked at what time she had returned'to the “*ezoney Osborn pressed the presi the point. “At hour are you supposed Mia) have your Myra i » goes over to the Heaths| and invites Bunny to house next door. erying and ic beauty, is her from: the Gardens, for the ' Fese anencsensen master es no matter. What time was it when| t ou really returned?” ‘I don’t know, sir.” Who let you in? ry a latch-key,” “No, sir, It Just got in—my- self.” t ‘The coroner turned to. Herrick. “At what time did you leek up the ho ?” he asked. i “At something after eleven-thirty.”| anybody ‘about 2?” The man spoke sulkily, for he could , and the servants were, for mogt part, foyal to one another. eh 1 } and windows?” ‘eq sir.” ‘evade thi ue said: “I let her-in you ‘sit up for her? 2, Tell the truth, now. at Emma was a straightforward d she ¢ pergon, and she said simply, “Wh: Katie threw a pebble up at my bed room window, T came down and unbolted the: kitchen door for her. often do that. “Oh, you do after, her?’ “Yes sir.” “And what time of And you bolted tie, but she had @ supreme respect replied: * “Well, it was just: half past o1 sir, [saw the clock in the pantry went through.” “A fine time of night for a young claimed the coroner, but, remember- “THERE ARGS ALL ie ir. _ Zeleeks” she’ replied, when luetance: is weems to be a bit pate, but i usual about the house back to your room don’t suppose |'thing to eal : : but spoke candjdly. “Katie's n see that this must impair Katie's} suddenly jerking the] said, Herrick could see/no}'Osborn. dri her to teller he get in?” the® womai ’s silence, und| told it to him befo Emma, .the waitress, spoke up| listened eagerly.to unusua]l appearances h, now we are. getting facts,| and the strange presenee of the wri ‘did you know when she came?| ten card and the ‘burning ‘earidics. RO asked. Osborn. 4 . Emma gave a scared glance at] last to be inte: the majesty of the law, and she| staff oman to be getting home!” ex-| last bours, she THAT'S RIGHT, NOW, DISASGRECABLE AB You BEFORE WS WERE MARAIS THAT’S. Not vERy servants were not his immediate con- cern, he went on with his inquire “Did you, Emma, sec,anythi ig “Un. that time?” “No, sir, but 1 wasn’t in. this: part of the house, The maids’ rooms are an ell at the back.” T see. And’ you went straigitt T had locked And ‘Katie, what did “Yes, sit, as soon the door after Katie. “Very well, you. do, on your return?” “I stayed downstairs a’ moment, or wo, and then I swent to my room. “What did you stay down for “I went to the' icebox, to get some- atic blushed 4 little, always catin’,” Herrick rmured, with a ‘tolerant: smi ‘And then you went up to bed “Yes, sir, 1 did.” “And saw nothing unusual, nor ind then, her hend, she ; sir,’:in a loud, clear voice. “You are sure?” the, edroner-utged, Katie hesitated for locked. the, back doors-—the} for he had a feelitig she° was ‘not entrance.as well as ‘the front} telling the truth. eile: ‘ “Sure,” “she cS ouch tiemiy;*and finding ite ‘dead in the studio. recital: was she” had rors etails of the of Mra. “Hi Th just ind je cundles were, just about to ‘agreed a bit, longe t. ready to, , sir,” They burned they were still alive when Herrick! had a came 1] few Tl But they flickered ‘out. a servants were “ques- it] tioned, but no further: or. more ‘defi nite light was thrown on the mystery of the teasden ee ‘on: the disappear- night was| ance of Perry i ladies’ gated. the. only o1 ‘real dist Carter, the aid, was the ne ofthe tony 8 red th Also she was“ Asked what she knew | “L dressed Mrs. Heath for. dinner ing that the derelictions of the Heath| last evening. She was a bit fussy| the girl said, quietly, MAKE JIT. JUST. A CAN} .| &private and Derini7TrSs — = il heagt. 5 [iss up Miss Moore’s tray and to tell JERRY ADVISES 1 noticed that Jerry looked rather queer during Joan’s lopg explana- tron and des¢ription of her brother. i As she went to telephone to the hospital for a late report of Lela I ming him what he was worrying r “T am not inte “very ‘much,” he said, “but 1 think it will take somewhat longer than Miss Meredith expects to get the property settled up unless her. attorney has been working on it for some time. It“looks rather strange to me that he has not :served some sort of notice on her and her brother that on such a day a settlement of accounting would be made. “t think, Judy. my dear, that you have projected yourself info a new job already.” As Jerry said this, that queer lit- tle crooked smile, which always gave me a tiny heart throb curled up at the corner of his mouth, and I knew he was much relieved at the thought that for some weeks at least we would not po abroad. “I shall advise,” he said, “that to. morrow you and Miss Meredith go to Mr. Elkins and ask when the ac- counting will be readv. or hear anything that you think ix at all dubious manage to telephont to my father's office. 1 rE vB alt wi a If you seeé| be “But, Jerry,” 1 remonstrated, “are you sure that you want to tell your father. You know he is a friend of Mr. Robinson’ Why, I really got my job at the Mofton Department Store bec I mentioned your father's n ‘No, you » my dear. You got your job at Morton's becduse that old fool liked your looks. My father isn’t such « friend of that man that you need to worry about him. “You've never understood Dad, Judy. And by the way, dear, there re lots of things about life you ve yet to learn. I love your un- jaunted way of marching into things, but I have worried myself sick since T have kaown you for fear that you would ‘come a cropper.’ Dad -is @ retty good old scout,” sf SWhy, Jerry, I don’t see how you can say that, You know what he told me about you. “Yes, yes, I know. He told you all those things about.me, for he knew 1 was in love with you and he didn’t want you to marry me. You see, my dear, Dad's wife—and my mother, -more, is the pity—deserted him and me when I was only a year old; con- sequently, Dad thinks that I would committing something worse than i kari to marry any one. “ ‘Love 'em and leave ‘em’ is poor jistakéen Dad’s motto, But you can hhrdly blame him, can ou" (C ight, 1926, B; Service.) PTOMORROW—A New Job. about her clothes, as she often was. I tried three gowns before she wad suited. Then, when I brought that white georgette, she said, ‘Yes, that’s the very thing, Carter. I'll wear that. » I put it on her, and she aid, laughing like, ‘They're all at me to wear a touch of co S'pose 1 wear some red beads? Rut ‘I could see she didn't mean it, and [ held up two neck! s for her choice, one a string of crystal beads and one of pearls, And. she..ehose the- pearls, and I clasped them round her neck and she looked beautiful—just beau- tiful!” “She didn’t use rouge or powder?” “A dash of powder, yes, sir. But not rouge—oh, no, never.” oe you seen her—this morn- in Fes, down sir"—Carter almost broke it the memory of it, but she went on. “Yes, 5 whoever could like that, I don’t know. ‘But she looks beautiful now, to my way of | t ” inking. Go back to last night. After you dressed Mrs, Heath for dinner did you see her again? At bedtime ?* “No, sir. When Mrs. Heath’ was dining at home, in just a simpic gown, she never required me to help her prepare for bed. I was not ex- pected to be on duty after she went down to dinner and I had laid out her night things.” “Then the last time you saw her alive was when, she. went down to dinner last evening ‘The very last, sir.” ‘And di to her room this morn: see her there? “Oh, no sir. 1 went down to my breakfast and then the others told me wi had: happened.” “You went in to look at Mrs. Heath?” but 1 couldn't stay a mo- “ment. The sight was too much’ for meet almost fainted. I've a weak too, Herrick. bid => ae he terrible news. So I bad to do that.” “You had “to break the news to Miss Moore? That was a hard tusk. How did she take : “Very hard, sir. She was subbing. when I went into the room, and— we wept together, sir.’ “Yes, doubtless. But, what was Miss Moore crying about—before you ance to tell her about what had happened?” f L don’t, know, sir.” ‘Carter looked| surprised. It was quite evident she "t thought of this before. «*'*” “Never mind, she will speak for herself. ‘ou excused. Miss Moore, will you please answer a few questions?” CHAPTER XII > Quietl; compere, Bunny gave th coroner her attention, th she was not asked to leave the ir where she was sitting. “Why were you crying when Carter came to your room this morning?” “I can not see any re: why should tell you that, born,” bit with a» stub- born note in her voice. | | “Nor can I see any mag ould not tell me,” w: t return. This, is an seeming, must be. as! why yn e equally occasio! ints wered. Why do you ing the cause of your Oa be I was crying about nly because c ei that it hi at et “ see as o ‘with the inquiry you are sondacting. ‘ agin) you re! a. tell me ¢! ¢ ur grie u o 8 _ edy, ‘twill, "er own personel aoe are not for public investiga-, ‘Bunn's voice was so calm and her ne: dignified that: it contrast- with her pert little face meuth. t hell carte nape Z fre ame ie of be eat death, hat was. the first you knew of 5 G “Of course, ei yand i Nit wie alone to be in smiling, and “I dressed at once and came down tairs.”” “ “And went: to the: studio?” res,” ; 4 klin, the f ty ys che wars sen 8 asl ~ le began ol ine e-—the body, and T went out of the room 4 “Miss -Moore, “have you " can be?” ‘eWiten did jon ses hion Ing! f° evening, when 1 good night .to them all, and went up to| A mean -by them all?”. and Mr, In- ; they d| ments of the broken | xtood on the table. coraner not]. “Who held the bottle at the time of this discussion?” “Why—I don’t know. Yes, now I look back, I think Mrs. Heath was holding it. She was sort of polish- ing with her handkerchief. She loved her old glass and would often rub up the pieces until they shone.” “I ‘see. Then—be careful, please, this is important—you seem to have a mental picture of Mrs. Heath, pol- ishing her cherished antique, with her handkerchief. What did she do with it then?” “['m-sure I don’t remember. I think she set it. down on the tabl but I don’t recollect that definitel; “Do you, Mr. Inman?” “I have @ vague notion that she did so, but I couldn’t swear to it. How is t important?” “Because, Mr. Inman, fi ay rint experts have examined the frag- ‘lass_bottle, they have discovered that the only finger prints on the pieces are those of yourself and Miss Moore. “That is not surprising,” Larry vaid, without the quiver of an cye- lash, “for both Miss Moore and my- self held the bottle and examined it during the evening. “But Mrs. Heath wiped the glass clegr with her handkerchief. Did you two handle it again after thai “Why—I—we must have done si Inman said, hesitatingly, “else how eould our finger prints get. on the ert You are ‘sure‘of your facts, suppose?" “Yes, Mr. Inman, we are positive. ‘Now, to put the matter plainly, we tre of course, searching for the hi that wielded that brutal weapon thereby ended the life of Mrs. Heath. We know that the prints of two peopic are in evidence on the gla: and no others. We hold that if the murderer grasped. the bottle after your. prints. and Miss Moore's prints were on it, his own would have been superimposed also,” “IT have been told that the: modern criminal guards against finger.prints and protects his hands with gloves or with a piece of fabric.” “You are right,” the coroner looked at him gravely, “but if, in this case, the murderer had done so, even the gloves he wore, or the bit of eloth he uged would have blurred and‘ smeared the previous prints... On the contrary ee are clear and plain.” : ‘hen I ean give you no explana- tion .of these consiti I, myself, left the room only a few minutes after Miss Moore’s departure, and at that. time Mr, Heath and his wife were there alone, the old bottle ‘As I said, if my finger prints were found on it, or Miss Moore's, they must have been put there earlier in the evening, and the murderer who took up the bottle later, failed to disturb them.” ou ,are. a relative of Mrs. Heath's?” . “Our mothers were cousi is not a very close relati Mrs. ith had no nearer! “And you are her heir?” “She gave me to understand that.” “Then she was not devoted to her husband?” “Oh, *they were good pals,” Larry shrugged his shoul¥ers. jut they were so unlike and their. tastes so ip. but » buf in a word. I think it piqued him to have his wife supenr interested, even to « slight tent, in any ae. ee. aioe e manger nm . “Beactly that. Perry Heath was proud of his wife, but he was irri- her unwillingness to do as want Mrs. Heath was strong- willed, and Heath resented her inde- pendent attitude.” : ere do you think Perry Heath now is A “I have not the slightest idea, but the man is quite clever enough to hide’ himself where he will. not be “You think then, that he killed his 5 “What clse can I think? 1 left the | pair here ‘alone.- thing I hear ‘of them, she is dead ‘and he is imi: what other “is: posall “Troe IY but hew did’ the “Supposing some ther murderer, how did he get int? wr bea, is aside ‘the: i: iw the. studio at the doo! or- Heath hi fer him. ‘That one entered Brained Mre Beath sikh Ngan” and Larry smiled” dryiy “how did that man out arr “He didn't,” said coroner. - “He i in in the house then't”) not’ pretend to De $ pleender- ie