The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1926, Page 4

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PAYNB, BURNS AND SMITH WEW YORK = SS - Fifth Ave. Bidg. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) The Rules Are Clear The retent senatorial slush fund investigation, in Ulinois raises a question which should not be a que: tion at ull, that is: Has the United States sena the right to compel witnesses to answer its ques- tions? The ‘senate rules are clear. They that when the senaté delegates a committee to find out some- thing that it wants to know, witnesses must answer all questions asked, under penalty of a $160 to $1000 fine andfrom one to twelve months in jail. ‘ However, there has always been the question. It has come up again and again since congressional in-| vestigating committees were first appointed, Som how it never has been passed on by the court; Either the balky witness has lost his nerve and fin-} ally Zanswered, or the committee has weakened and let him go, without his answer. We have prospects now of a first class, definite test of the senate’s right to probe. When congress meets next winter, Senator Reed will have a! little story to tell about Insull, the Chica; tracfion baron, refusing to answer one of Mr. Reed's verys pertinent questions. says that question is’ going to be answered | or spmebody’s going to jail. He doesn’t say Sam; that’s left for you to, infer. If Reed has his way, not gnly Insu!l but his attorney, Daniel J. Schuyler; | Thomas W. Cunningham of Philadelphia, and per-| haps even State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe of Chi- cago, whose testimony didn’t send Reed precisely in- to e&stacies, may look out from behind the perpen- | dicular gratings. T&e senate rules are clear. They gay “fine and dail,” not “fine-or jail.” And so it should be. If the $enate can’t get an answer on a matter that is of the utmost importance to the electofate, then who'can? It is plainly the senate’s prerogative to investigate. 1 Irisull, of course, would be a hard person to place in jgil. There ,would be all. sorts of appeals, and if Reed calls for a showdown gn the matter, as he vows he will, the federal supreme court may have the last word in the matter. a Bat the rules are‘éiar, and'if'the senate, the su- preme law-making body in the land, hasn't the au- thogity to carry out its own laws, then what? : For Your Waste Baskets Most of the senators and representatives have gont home from Washington, but the capitol isn't deserted. Far from it! Campaign literature is go- ing*out from the departed lawmakers’ offices—go- ing_out by the ton. Jt takes a big.force of workers to address it and seal it up and turn it over to the mail man. But there are no stamps to lick. That’s one good thing +—though& not so good, from a financial standpoint, for fhe postoffice. department. Congressional “frank eecarry this mail. Say ive clerks are busy addressing Republican literature, and three-fougths as many addressing the Democratic kind, with a few left over addressing the: Social and Farmer-Laborites man Kvale’s (the lone independent) appeals. tol, about 1000, mostly girls. The stuff consists largely of speeches delivered, or “extended in remarks,” material read into the congressional record, and government bulletins of Paétisan appeal. The farm problem, the tariff, the Alt world court, tax reduction, statements of accom-, plidhments, denunciations and miles upon miles of wet and dry argument, pro and con—this is just some of it. It's wrong to speak of it as being handled by “the mail man.” It goes out in truckoads. ‘The post- office department doesn’t try to estimate what it coSts to transport, for not a cent in postage stamps. ft too painful a subject. ‘ he department does estimate that 90 per cent of it gees, unread, into the waste basket. 2 Iowa, Political Mystery We have some very astute politicians. They un- defstand national politics’ and they understand the Politics of the individual states. If some particular segtion of the country develops new’ and Previously unheard of political symptoms, these experts devote a fittle time to intensive study, after which they un- itand that section’s politics, too. jut when it comes to recent dowa politics, they lie right down and give up. Iowa politics of today are a bit too peeuliar for mortal mind to comprehend. jormally. Iowa* is strongly Republican. There- when Senator ’William S. Kenyon resigned in » it wasn’t surprising that his state elected an- Republican—Smith W; Brookhart—to fill out unfinished term. Republican! Brookhart?: About as much so as y, “regular” Republicans say. From which it appear that“Iowa Republicans must be of a x insurgent brand. | ; But wait. Having serve out his fractional term, e hart ran for the senate again. He lost. There some ‘boat it, but the senate, investi- ub owa, ft ‘appeared, was so far from radi- 17 ty | session sooner than he would, had Cummins lived, i} {some sums if they will but “endorse” their product j was a professional swimmer in order to make her and Congress- | the senate seat he had occupied so long and credit- ably. Not so, however. Brookhart won the Repub- lican nomination, hands down. Then Cummins died. So that leaves an additional lowa- senate seat to be filled, between the first of | next December and the first of the ensuing March. | Brookhart, being already a candidate for the long term, announced himself ‘as a candidate for the short one, too, so as to come back to Washington a Iowa Republicanism had just nominated him for the long term. Wasn't it reasonable to conclude that it would nominate him again, for the short one? Oh, no! It nominated David W. Stewart, con- servative of conservatives among Republicans. Conservatism was turned down for’ radicalism in 1922. Radicalism was turned down for conserva- tism in 1924. Conservatism was turned down for radicalism in June, 1926. Radicalism was turned down for conservatism in August of the same year. All in the same state. How can any politician make heads or tails out of | that? Endorsements As soon as a person becomes notable in any line of endeavor, especially in any form of athletic sport, he or she is besieged with offers from manufacturers of everything from baseballs to doughnuts, of hand- so that it may be advertised as “so-and-so’s choice.” This flood of offers natu ly engulfed Gertrude lerle, the plucky American girl who swam the English channel, but, i of snapping up these | offers, which would have netted the girl of 20 some $500,000, she had the rare good sense to refysethem until some future date. At the same time she aired her opinion, which was to the effect that while she living, that she did not see that swimming the channel made hey particularly competeny to recom- mend a particular brand of toothpaste or malt tonic as the thing that made the feat possible, especially when she had perhaps never seen the product. Naturally not all of these offers will be turned down. Undoubtedly some of the moving picture, swimming exhibition and other normal offers wi!l be accepted. Miss Ederle deserves every cent she can make from her splendid work. ' But it seems just as certain that she will not sign her name to anything that will tend to cheapen her in the eyes of a public which already has taken her to its heart. In that she shows splendid taste and Wanted—an. Expert Horticulturist ; ! a true appreciation of the regard of her enthusiastic admirers, Is It Needed? . Officials of the navy and the president are now giving consideration to the expenditure of a huge sum of money for a dirigible three times the size of the ill-fated Shenandoah, and it is only fair to the taxpayer to point out that the construction of such an enormous ship. goes far beyond the present knowledge! concerning airships and will be a gigantic and expensive experiment. Perhaps it would be worth its full cost. Perhaps the knowledge gained , through its construction and operation would open a new era in air navi; What the people want, however, is that the men in high places give as much regard to their finances as they do to the gonquest of the air and temper | their experimental geal with a dash of practical fin- | ance. Do, we need a vessel thgee timesithe: size of the Shenandoah ? 4 | Editorial Comment | A Worthy Task (Fargo Forum) | The Minot chamber of commerce has just taken a step that every similar organization in the state should take. It has decided upon a campaign to| eliminate illiteracy in the city of Minot and Ward county before January 1, 1927. Resolutions commit- ting the club to this work call attention to the fact that North Dakota, Delaware, Vermont and Okla- homa are engaged in a contest to be the first state in ‘the union to entirely eliminate illiteracy, and they call for a concerted effort to bring the honors to this commonwealth. | North Dakota today has done more than any other | state to combat illiteracy, and has a better chance than any other to be the first to win the fight. Very few illiterates remain in the several counties of the state, and if one organization in each tackles the work as the Minet chamber of commerce has done, there will be no doubt as to the result., It will be comparatively easy for the Minot or- ganization to succeed in this drive. It has the habit of doing big things in a big way, and there is no doubt that Ward county will be entirely free from illiteracy by January 1. The fact that the Minot club has committed itself to. the, task is proof enough. Its action is commended to other commer- cial clubs and chambers of commerce throughout the state. Regulate Sale of Weapons (St. Paul Daily News) William Kokleppel of Pine City, Minn,, will agree that the possession and use of firearms ought to be restricted. Kokleppel shot his own three-year-old daughter by mistake for an animal which had been making off with his chickens, He mistook an indistinct white blur in his yard during the night for the ani- mal and shot his gun without any further investi- gation. His daughter was walking in her sleep. Meanwhile Rosella Drussell of Winona is in a hos- pital because her young brother, Everett, five years old, pointed a rifle at her and pulled the trigger. The gun belonged to George Drussell, 10 years old, who left it loaded ana where the child could get it. Both the death and the injury are directly the re- sult of the freedom which is accorded persons in the acquisition and use of firearms, although care- lessness contributed its part. i The. wonder is that there are so few deaths and accidents from this cause, for many children today are provided with rifles which are capable of kill- ing people. - _ ‘These incidents again direct attention to the need | of a strict federal regulatory measure designed to reduce the sale of dangerous weapons. We pass all sorte of measures regulating people’s ‘personal habits. We insist upon strict observance | ?'ll of health quarantine rules. “ge hold down the num- cious, golden-hair see rabea eats eae \c yy | Corrales Well BEGIN HERE TODAY | MRS. PRENTISS sees lights mys- 5 eappear in t night, Gardens, Lon, a murder of isappearance PERRY HEATH House guest: LAWRENCE fortune, and of — of the Heaths ate IAN, heit to Myra’s ag DOnEe viva: whom sus. picion points because of her Péfusal to answer questions. Myra Heath was pecullar. She never used cosmetics. And never wore mania for collect- ing glass, and was a rare old whiskey bottle her collection that the murderer used to kill her. Jandles were burning at her Lead and feet and nearby was a card marked, “The Work of Perry Heath.” Strangest of all, she was heavily made up ani garbed in gay colors. The peculfar thing about Heath's disappearance is that all the windows ‘had been locked on the ide the night before and were found that way Fing Inman were found on the bottle. At the Country Club the murder discussed by SAM ANDERSO! in the morning. |; prints of Bunny Moore and | j Heath's rival for the club presidency; Al, CUNNINGHAM, who en i you, Mr. Buel Over to the Heath house they went, and found Larry Inman in the bya deskful of longing to Perry ything ‘of im- studio, let H turned, knoe” : “Bbnny has heard from bimj” Tod! <tntf| ¢, Bunny, changed her mind and “I'd be glad to have id graciowsl surrounde ters and paper ack?” Bunny asked. id think “so, a slowly, jow—I inter Buck. look ;at the girl. ly, “Ye Toddy mel leaned his chin on the knob of his trying to| ; , von disagrees. TODHUNTER, BUCK, nephew of Mrs. Prentiss and in love with peng suggests to Cunningham that Heath also may have been murdered, waitress in the Heath of seeing Bunny ascend irs about the time of the cy “ing her vanity case. Later Bunny ix zed to get a phone call from Perry Heath advis- ing her to keep silent. Mrs, Prenti tells Bunay she believes Bunny kn os we murder before she was told it. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXIV “Nothing of the sort!” said Bunny, who had suddenly, and, seemed, miraculously, recovered not only he! «x froid, but her usual attitude of xy impertinence. 1 was erying be- bad dream I had. it was a terrible dream want to remember it! Now, Mrs. Prentiss and Mr. Buck, you are kind and good-hearted, b just simply can’t be and confidential with you, because— well, because I just can’t! But I do feel grateful’ for your well meant offers of help, and I can see how you think I ought to tell you more—but, you see, you are already prejudiced against me, and what [I would tell you, would doubtless make you more suspicious of and surer that I am more or less implicated in the death of my friend.” ‘If. Bunny had made this speech with an humble or appealing air, .it might have had a good effec a on the contrary, she was smiling, of face and gay of demeanor. Her hearers couldn't know that the poor child was frightened ‘almost to that she longed for help id that she hated. to ind ungrateful, but ® perverse nature in some ness always won her ‘sympathy always impelled her nce; byt these people showed {a little too mueh cold curiosity;: a little too much suspicious interest, to please Miss Bunny. And disce: ing these things, she turned from a sweet confiding child, to a wise, can- ny and even tricky young woman It wasn’t 4 then, she felt that they hadn't. been quite fair to her. Asking questions of the sprvants behind her back! In rei se to the shocked prote: tation at her last speech, she said, in a@ col tory way * Ply. aoree agg some advice, but I’m not quite read: to tell you all about myself. 1 thin! ll rum over to’ the other house a | ber of immigrants. We even put up “Keep off the gress” signs. But we let anybody sell and have the to » and also i a you?” asi B 0 at to. say no, his ph Rg Ke ce Bunny, but 1 ‘do want few momen: d smog Cg see for myself “Oh, I had a telephone message feom ‘someone else, thinks it funny to assume it was rom Perry. Uwish I knew where he s! have not!” she declared, .angri- broke over-her face gave her words the li Inman saidy “I al bhit the flood of color tha ou can tell when yout T hayen't heard from him Mr. Buck is mistaken—-oF he. A. very -ill-timed jest!” looking into. space, as and Mi ‘ex. so do 1,” Inman agreed, “I here comes that pest, first, ‘he re- N don’t hat!” cried Ininan, ‘turning to ulpe lying, at did he say? Did he at. in joking. tl “I think he telephoned) to her,” poke to nobody in particular, Buck _\ Eee Mott! Do you want to scoot out the buck way?” i Bunny lovked frightened at first, then secifig in Toddy’s eyes that new light of friendly kindne: concluded Ww stay with him. Though not of deep _ intuition Mott sensed ‘that the: mental atm: phere was not in sympathy with him. j “You are the one. want to que: tion first, Miss Moore,” he said: “Yes?” she said. 5 ‘ “Lam told, Miss Moore, that you went upstairs at hulf. one, thereabouts the might" of - Mrs. Heath’s death. Ts. that true?” “Why, no, I don’t think’ so,” Bun- ny looked @ puzzled child: “T should say I went up to bed some time lier than that. n't “I, Larry mi ‘ Inman gave her an_ imploring glance, whieh she rightly under- stood to mean advice to be more in- gratiating in her manner. But loyally played lead, and: said: J-remember it, Miss Moose saidYood night ‘and went: to her ma a M past oe ‘said; gri mT: » from facts told me that Miss Moore did go. upstairs atthe time you tion, but that she went down again lates; and then reascended the stairs at about half past lock. She carried up with hery vanity ease, It -has been pi the contents of this chee were fased on thai Heath, after ” Toddy she up to her ive. Mr. Mott,’ ai ’ “By the evidence. that the vanity case in. question. is the only one he| known. to have been. in the house that night which would give the re- sults, the colors or tints, found on the face of the dead woman.’ This -has been most carefully ‘teated by expert chemists and we believe our deductions to be true ones. Did you put the make-up-on Mrs. Heatl face, Miss Moore?” “Most. certainly not,” said Bu ny, but so tremulous were her lips; and so nearly inaudible her voice thi Mott smiled grimly, as if in jut you ‘were down in the studio fHave L_ GST CHANGS [FoR A Five ¢— f Yes, OLivee,< Have. and sine} Pec or | fi tn, “may lask how you proved |. JOAN 18 BUSINESS-LIKE fs Png? Joan Noch as seees® ie were interrupting some 5 ‘Of course, I am very sorry that Mr. Elkins has been ill, bat I ag sure if he is able to see you now, he-will be able to gee Bud and me, 1 wish you would tell him that I am coming to see him tomorrow morning o'clock. If he is not able to see me 1 understand. that son has taken over much of his I busi id | ehink ‘that he, might make th tlement of Bud's and my estat There was another silence on the Leryat of Joan and then she said, ex- cite “No, 1 cannot possibly wait until next week, as I hope to be on my way to Europe by that time. If Mr. Elkins is able to see you, he surely can see Bud and me whose attorney he is. 1 believe, Dad, you have an- other attorney. “The reason I didn’t tell you I was going abroad because I did not know it until today. 1 might as well tell ‘ou now that Bud will also want & tivee sum of money’ because he is going to make an expedition into Africa right awa; doan listened again and then an- swered: “No, {am not at home. 1 re been out all‘day. But f am leavin the Blackstone immediately and will probably be home before you. In any case I want you to tell Mr. El- kins or his son that I want to see one of both of them tomorrow by 10 o'clock.” « Her Own Way A GIRL: TODAY 1 was tf es at Joan's decisive way of giving orders. For a mo- ment I did not realise that this was yas she’ han been doing’ Hall al So ‘one made her deci- ba m to it. iu know, Judy,” she said afterwards, “that just before { hung up the receiver, Dad asked me who had talked with him in the first place.” “I thought vou mentioned my name,” I said, “but I re.” “Yes,” she red. “Des he didn’t know that I knew you, and ‘nat was when I answered that you were my dearest friend and were going to Furoge with te.” i “What did he say to that?” Joan frowned. “I don't think V’ll tell you. But you heard what I answered, didn’t you?” “Yes,” J quoted. “You said; ‘after tomorrow, Dad, you will have to let hy my own friend: take care of my live my own life’.” it.” said Joan trium- tly. “I think it was 4 pretty good answer, don’t you? What was when 1 hung up the receiver with such a bang. 1 didn’t intend Dad to give me any more back talk after that.” (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.) TOMORROW—Sleep, Blessed sleep. hs Htaag thirty?” he..went on, inexor- ably. was not—” her voice {Not trailed off to silence. lott sighed patiently. . en.we must go on," he said. “Now, we have to consider also the peal often equivatert™go a confession. Therefore, I am ready to assume that since Mry Heath has disap- peared, it may well be that he is re- sponsible for the death of his wife. T do not attribute’ too much im- portance to the card left behind, with the Jegend, “The Work ot Perry Heath.” That, it seems to me, may be the work of the murderer himself and equally well may not. 1 can searcely conceive of Mr. Heath leaving*the card if he were really the murderer. And, yet, it is not se imagine another doing it.” “Might it not be the work of some of asked Buck, eurnestly. ‘ “It doesn’t seem like that to me, yf course it may be. re neglected or servants?” ignored ax witne: trary, it seems to me th granted their truthfulnes valuable witnesses. They know the mily secrets often, they overhear the family jars, or 1 wish, by the way, M would call pe pte may prove ‘al : Larry was not at all anxious to ‘accede to this suggestion, but he saw no" ‘out of it, and he Lares the bell ti summoned the ir. Sleek, smug and subservient, He rick appeared. * ‘~ ale i “Did ‘you ever hear or overhear my y quarrels or it and Mrs. Hi Miss Florence Anderson is visit- ing at the F. Brackett home this week. Miss Anderson is from Bis- marck and a niece of Mrs. Brackett. A, H. Lundberg was a business cabler ‘in the capical city Wedne: ‘Miss Hazet’ Rhines, who is atten ing the business’ col! in spent the week-end at home here. ‘Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lein motored to Lein township Sunday, ‘where they visited with friends and relatives. ‘Helgeson transacted dusi- A. H. ness in Wing last week. PoC. Remington, Sr., of Bismarck, transacted business ‘there last week. E. Keifer, deputy sheriff, transact- ed business her and in Wing Tues- ay Mr. and Mrs. A, H. Helgeson were callers: in Bismarck Wednesday. J. G was a business catier in Bismarck Wednesday. (eg feos Scaler ote G. lamily are going to Cana- week for the harvest season. Mr. Mrs. E. Lange of Wilton and Mr. and Mrs. J. Michelsen were dekorwe guests at the A. Fisher home nda: Miss Holstein was a dinner guest at the G. Brenneise home Sunday. Mr. and, Mra. G. alter were na at the 4. Fisher home Sunday evel 58 Mr con. ws. was employed at the +Farmers’- Elevator, left for his hume in wedina last week. Mrs. Clyde Rhodes aad son, Don- ald, and e.ughter, Elaine, were callers at ¢he John..Lundberg home: Setur- dav ‘Mr..end Mrs. J. Fisher and Mr:. Cc... Bere were caliers at Painted Woods iake Sunday. : H. Dimmond, who has been iniMon- tana buying cattle, returned home for. the eo al marek, el da thi Herrick, after a peumabling pater: c in val, mepaged to. get out tl for tiga that he ad heard neck When last?” Mott a ated. “The—the night Mrs. Heath died,” |; Herrick replied. ‘ “Here, inthis room?” .the, detec- tive went on.. * They were in here.” inge, sir. “What were you doing there?” - “Just waiti Mr. and Mrs, Heath were: about to.go upstairs.” . ‘ “And they quarreled?” “Not to say quarreled, sir. they had Hegth told his secre! But words, like, f he master that she knew “Oh, she did! And what did he a a nai lot of things, but 1 » he sai jot of didn’t half hear and‘! didn’t the drift anyway. But the; a divorce, and would be . “I don't think you know much sbout that conversation, Herrick.” oan not much, sir.”: é ‘el then, @on’t ‘try “to. repeat Ryder Miss° "Moore's Fea dled a flashed an junny. (To Be. Continsed » tiion, HB Ai zt i g a 9 He, 3 fits - to lock up the house. |. 4. ony Mitonet tozpical 801 , eto: |. Mie. a Mea A. Lundberg sod Ma ‘ and Mrs. Bric Engerbretson we! "Woods take Sun- a ‘at Painted Mars H. Dimmond visited at the Lundberg, home Sunday. eve- rand Mrs, \H. Danielson of Wil- : ton visited at the J. Danicison home Thursday. A number n_ folks took in the barn dense Middbestead’s Seearmey ing and all reported a ‘A traveling: vaudeville troupe have pitched their tent in in and will SoS abla the fore part of ‘The local theatre wilt show Col- “So Big” Friday and this week. from ‘had ‘been to who is in thi E. E. Fradeen, cit promoter of N. D., was here on business Mrs. Axel Soder and Viola town, Cow Agent Miesen held a short hasinane pasting at the Gchoutioure wat to. asceriain the condition| of the farmers regarding the feed ques. Mr. Gulbransen of St, Paul, rey the Union Lh raga ce 8 Feri ff Hedstrom meade a busi a is a Wine this week. + ‘ ee C. Davies of Goodrich! was con- a i Nepeee _ E i ‘yard MeClus! was tran: Buvincss in town Thurs- bg Oy 3 s 2 a a 3