The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1927, Page 4

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Kresge Bldg. PAYNE, BURNS & SMITH } NEW YORK - : - Fifth Ave. Bldg. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) iM Best Wishes, Richard Grace! Bismarck and all of North Dakota join in offer- ing their best wishes and sincerest hepes for suc- cess to Richard Grace, former Bismarck boy. It is a daring thing he plans—to make a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco, but Bismarck is confident he will succeed. That same grit and de termination which carried Lindbergh through will carry this youth through. . Many Bismarck residents no doubt remember Richard. Many more remember his father, who ably held his post as a supreme court justice from 1917 to 1923. Everyone is sure the son will win out. He is to make this flight alone—but the prayers and the good wishes of his friends here, in Minot, in Mohall and in the entire state will go with him. Gismarck extends its most sincere good wishes tu you, Richard Virgil Grac Hope Springs in Mississippi “God lets great calamities fall! on us in order that we may see, realieged remember the good- ness of the hearts and generosity of the im- pulses of our fellow men and women—the spec- taele of it, demonstrating in spite of our spells of pessimism and cynicism that we are all, after all, cne—in spite of differences of section, politics, re- ligion and race. It is being displayed now north.! south, cast and west. In great emergencies like this our ‘Common Fatherhood and Common Broth- erhood’ become realized facts.” - These are the opening words of a message which, for sheer courage, is almost without equal. It is a message to the whole United States, a message} written by one man, John Sharp Williams, former congressman from Mississippi now a national di-| rector of the Red Cross, intended only for his fellow | Red Cross workers. It is also, however, a mes-| sage which speaks for every flood victim of Mis- sissippi valley. It shows that the valley folk are down, but not cut. Hope is still theirs. What do they say? Here is their m ge: “The old superb fighting spirit of the south,| among those who are helping and those who are being helped and those helping themselves, is be- ing manifested daily and nightly as a living thing, that has never died and cannot die; and the out- pouring of the hearts of the nation is bidding us ‘God speed.’ “From the Yazoo hills in Mississippi to the foot- hills of the Ozarks in Arkansas and Missouri and thence southward to the Mexican gulf the Mis- sissippi river has become one vast inland sea— lands submerged, the people refugees, But they are not despairing refugees. Their magnificent sense of humor keeps them from overcomplaining. Thank heaven! these people have ever been able to meet apparent defeat and seemingly overwhelm- ing misfortunes, not only with fortitude, but also with a jest, an anecdote and a smile of encourage- ment not only for themselves, but for their fel. lows. We are doing all we can for ourselves—fo white and for black—and for what is beyend our power to do, others are doing it for us with pro- found sympathy and heartfelt generosity. We need it all and more, we are thankful for it all and would be thankful even iff i were less, and shall never forget it. Meantime, where the land is un- submerged the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, the darkies are laughing, we are ‘stiffen- ing our sinews and summoning up our courage’ and ‘God is in His heavens.’ “The great work of rehabilitation is yet ahead of us. Further ahead yet is the work of making safe for the future. The people who built the Pan- ama cana! will not grudge an equal sum of money to harness and control the Father of Waters and to make ‘The Great Valley’ safely habitable and cultivable. The engineering part of the problem is not difficult—it is only stupendous—that is all.! It is not so much a question of what to do from an engineer's standpoint, as it is a question of how to; get the money to do it: with and how rapidly to/ expend it in the doing. Making ‘The Great Valley’ safe, not only for this generation but for the teem- ing millions destined hereafter to populate it is worth more to American agriculture, commerce, transportation, manufactures and social life, than ten Panama or other interoceanic canals. . Blessed of all men is he who, ‘putting his hands to the plow, looketh not back.’ This nation will be ; like that man.” f Reducing State Taxes Thirty-one states of the union balanced their |. budgets in 1926 and’had a surplus of revenues over | expenditures, according to the results of a survey , Just completed by the United States department of i 4 condition of prosperity and sound financing, if it true of every state in the union, would t the time was at hand for the ‘states t> their taxes. For some time past, the police came to him and demanded that he dis- gorge his stolen goods. And invoking the doctrine ‘of the sanctity of private property as a measure of loot-protection for the thief would be not one the sanctity of human life as a measure of life-pro- | $11.46 pen capita. In 1925 it was $11.09, | It is appaveptly too easy to float a bond issue, jand the result Isthat nearly five per cent of all! the states’ expendi ¢ last year went toward the paying of interest on itdgbdtedness. } Although state legislatdrex. met in some forty| states this year, but little Todliisa was paid to- wards reducing state indebtedness.\If any concen- | |trated effort is made by legislative emblies to |reduce taxes, this move will have to for two years, as most states have biennial assemblies. With the federal government paring down its expenses and reducing its taxes in proportiom by the practice of short ecunomy—such as refunding bond issues at lower rates of interest—the state and} municipal governments have an excellent example before them. What we need, apparently, are any number of Andy Mellons to tighten up on the~purse strings. States without debts, or with quick dseets in ex- cess of their total indebtedness, are not imtpossible, as thrifty Connecticut has shown. When we more states and cities in this solvent class, we's! be putting government on the sound basis that it should be at all times. Our Own Path in China President Coolidge shows every inclination to make haste slowly in his dealings with China. There ure people who do not like this. They do not see why we do not join hands with Great Brit- ain and pursue a “strong policy.” But every reason that can be advanced against entangling alliances in Europe can be advanced with even greater force against entangling alliances as regards China. We stand in different relation to China than do the nations of Europe. , alone, have never grabbed off any Chinese territory. We, alone, have consistently and always fought for the principle of the open docr to trade, but with special privileges to none. We, alone, prom) returned to China the Boxer indemnity “an a procured for! Chinese students the means ming to American universities and absorbing our culture. The Chinese have long memories and they boast cf it. They hated the Germgny of the kaiser be- cause Wilhelm II made his bumptious speech at the time of the Boxer troubles. They hate Japan because they fear her ambitions. And they are no lovers of Great Britain. st Not long ago there was published in Paris a translation of a book by a very wise and learned Chinaman in which he endeavored to interpret the Chinese spirit to Occidental peoples. In this he set down this deadly and ironic catechism, aimed at Britain: Faith Hathaway realized that she was d not Faith Lane, the neg- ible older . Cherry Lane, until the first! tle laun for the position of general! added proudly. n her new home appeared at ¢ door and demanded to see x Hathaway.” “So that the English can do business with them.”| Her heart swelled with a s' ied quietly, “i “What is the principal object of man? “To glorify the British empire. “What is the worst sin? “To trouble British commerce. “With what design did the Lord create 400,000,- 000 Chinese? When a vast nation feels thus bitterly towards England and at the same time feels that we are their friends, it behooves us to play a lone hand in| dealing with the present Chinese problem. A mod- ernized China, having worked out its own salva-/ tion and settled itts own internaT troubles, may avell prove to be not only a profitable and grateful cus- in case we ever need one on Asiatic shores. You can take the declaration that Chicago beach of reforming her. Be this as it may, Chicago will | enforce regulations that the feminine bathing cos-| Ai) tumes must come so many inches up or so many!/ inches down, depending on the starting point. The/| naive police officer's quaint declaration that the ent. (St. Paul Dispatch) result of the sentencing of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray. The conviction of Mrs. Snyder and Gray | has injected, according to Miss Vivian Pierce, sec-; QUT OUR WAY retary for the League for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, “new vigor” into the sentiment against capital punishment. She and her cohorts carry the fight into the New York sta after the opening of the next session. é One of the oldest things about our professional “causers” is the causes they select. Capital pun- ishment, for example, is an issue of little practical | importance in this country. As it -is,' the death penalty is almost never invoked. Were it abolished in| its entirety, the situation would be about the same as it is now. A handful of murderers would be the| beneficiaries of the change. That is all. { Why should able-bodied people devote their time | and their energies towards effecting a change which would be of benefit to nobody but a few mur-| derers? It is to wonder. If people feel moved to take up causes, there are plenty of individuals in the world far more worthy of attention than mur- derers. Names and addresses of deserving individ- uals in hapless plights may be found by would-b- philanthropists with very little effort. Of a'l classes of people in society, why must murderers be picked out as the group to be championed? We are unable to grow greatly excited about the fates of Mrs. Snyder and Judd Gray. They cold- bloodedly killed a blameless man in his ‘sleep. No deception was practiced upon them. They. were aware in advance of the penalty which would be visited upon them in case they were caught. If they have any legitimate complaint coming, we don’t know what it is. For these two to hold up their bloody hands and cry out against the shedding of human blood would be too preposterous. One would certainly not be much impressed by the thief who talked of the sanctity of private property when whit more ridiculous than invoking the doctrine of nate | UT a er a ae atic at ee SA Trae PS a Always Gets a Hand ” | oa lipeed ae Sith big snakes” can get a job at ‘| IN NEW YORK | o New York, June 20.—One glance he advertising columns of magazine of the show reveals “the endless assort- underwear and things like a really wonderfal lit-! jin the way they best know how. vhere in those side streets! jut off toward the two rivers which parenthesize ind half a dozen stake driver: an odd lot of || trapeze artists, or a een, persons capable of doubling between playing and black face! jazz singing in a medicine show. one ad informs me, ins are wanted for a The inference ho tidied up thi a d top of the WF ess I'll have to step | trombone cep up with you, Miss Not a speck of dust in your whole house, far as “I can, see. ; Thursday afternoon and Sunday aft- . 7 * she demanded succinct-|9ne twin disappears P jtrunk and the other comes runging “That is,{down the aisle. { afternoon from two o’elock ng around beesuse n't kiss her good-bye like he} tomer for American gocds, but a formidable friend( used to before they How many in the family?” she asked, jm hasty sispicion, as Cherry's veiee, fi inc Fi CG ‘ prised. n carefree song, came from? iscov: r Conscien & bedroom. : pp bipicae: ellen sats eee “Five,” Faith answered, her heart |*? ; ‘ : a50 sinking to the pit of her stomach. police will this summer impose no restrictions on! ‘My father and two ‘sisters, my hus. flapper bathing costumes in any one of severai; band-and I. , A a; | to work for newly married couples ways. Either the flapper of Chicago has reformed.| «$joid on, child.” or else the Chicago authorities have given up hope| manded, like impudent child. i . i sensible young picce use no measuring ,sticks this summer, nor try t| let’s see the house. - For $3, I also discover, one may ven-thirty to six-thirty, with .yodr|become a buck and wing dancer by ee from luncheon until time; ™eil prepare dinner, Luncheon will a simple matter, usually for myse! Wiley only. My other si schoo! and will take her| e's only ten, and her name 2-o'clock of a certain Wednes- if; day the classroom of a school\ for acrobats will open its summer ses- y, make up an And who, pra: batie classroom? jing along one of the “I hove she lives up to her name,”|the Forties I see the sign of \ ‘na school and, wandering up, observe wo husky young men—both wear- ing those highly waxed mustaches— sitting at desks awaiting the com. *| girl that was in all the tiouble over | ing of their students, poor Mr. Cluny!” Kate ejaculated. “Come in here and let me get a good I tried to hear some of | comers ; but I couldn't get. wi mile of the courthouse, hi Cherry's face flamed with sudden but Faith noticed preened herself a bi She was again a hero- But if you prefer Mrs. Lundy com- dirs, Lundy had begun grimly whe If it ain't the Down street a few doors a “jazz | school” offers to tutor any and all $1 and $2 a lesson. is more in vogue than on a tour of the house, A i ~ : vanity in her new possessions |” censorship will be left entirely to the consciences! fed by the evident approval of the|*# i | etrong---inded, strong-bodied serva: of the flappers will make many reformers monge® | She eked ec Uicten MtGe the | clas if the uncensored costumes will reveal consciences dining room had passed muster | which the doubters have always declared non-exist- | Mrs. Lundy’s sharp eyes. | “Mm!” Mrs. Lundy planted her big, red hands on her hips and surveyed | that was the ith’s heart. “Electric refrigerator! Don't ‘they make the very devil of a Editorial Comment halveehen they handy, I'll say that for i I expected to do any, gad re: is one of the headquar. fed| ters o: se many aay canee turn out catch; andy novelties A sign hits the eye: man worthy of the name and not fraid to work I'll bet you $50 that you can’t work for us 30 days and than $200. j’m not bluf- If you think I am, try and Surely that is a challenge to the ,, [Jobless wanderer! concerns that nny pop-corn and for the county fairs. TOMORROW—Boh Copyright, 1927, NE. ‘A Thought Faith is the ‘substance of t! ped for—Hebrews xi: A Weird But Perhaps Not Surprising Cause| board—sex, 0 washing and ironing? = 4 xtra, and I don’t figger to have time | h Yes, it was only to be expected—a new move-| for much besides “housework and). ment for the abolition i i cooking.’ | tae of eapltal: panighasent as 9 | PSOE TE ik arash will a to Voltaire. And here; not far away, I learn that people are wanted for an Uncle Tom’s Cabin company. jeferential incredulity— : | In the lobby of a 20-story build- BOO-HUAR Hoo 1 CANT H-RAVE RA-MY-HL Goo PRA GANICURE . SCt~ HISSORS "RU OOH-INNED. WELL AINT. THEY MANICURE SCISSORS, 2 WELL. ATS ALL IM _USIN! M FOR~—~ t | | Editor’s Note: This is ‘Chap- ter 65 of the series of articies + written by an ex-doughboy who | is revisiting France as a corre- | spondent for The Tribune. j CHAPTER LXV “From Eclisfontaine to Exermont, lthence north to Arietal Farm and | Sommerance.” The guide books one buys in France do not contain the above \line of direction. But ff any Amer- ican Legionnaire desires to visit the most bitterly-contested area of the Meuse-Argonne battlefield, and per- haps the scene of the fiercest fight- ‘ing of the war for Americans with the possible exception of Berzy-le- {Sec, and the Missy Ravine, one should walk over those acres, an walk slowly, too. Defended by eight German divi- sions, the hills and the Exermont ravine saw the collapse of three American divisions—one of the few defeats of America’s greatest battle. Then three fresh divisions came in (ene of which was later cited in general orders for gallantry), con- quered the terrain and went on to Romagne. ° To pass through the region to- éay one must rely on memories or a vivid Imagination to visualize that conflict. the traces of the battle have vanished. Sommerance has been rebduil Eclisfontaine is MONDAY, JUNE 20;/1927 a dot of a few houses along the "othe marks of miachine gun bullets are on the cl pe of.the church at ane F .oceupants who used the chureh for a stabic. Arietal Farm is under cultivation, but there are depressions in the roll- ing acres, ominous feminders of the shell holes of ieee To go through the stillness in the evening of a warm day, it is hard to imagine that the sweet air was once drenched with gas. It is dif. ficult ,to conjure up the rat-a-tat of machine guns that killed’ and kitled. Long shadows fall across d|the narrow unfenced roads that merge into the fields. The peasants plod homeward, A W6y and his dog follow a flock of sheep. And on the way down to Charpentry, in the di- rection of Varennes and Cheppy, the night birds sleep. The moon comes up. There must have been a moon in those early days in October, in 1918. The same moon , . . where men died—the shadows now rest. “From Eclisfontaine to Exermont, thence north to Arietal Farm and Sommerance.” One should walk over those acres, and walk slowly. 7. TOMORROW: Paris Cabbics. ing one hears com) ig that the “show boat business mn the fritz.” $ floods, of average person, conning over the tales of tragedy and disaster, is not tikely to con- sider that show boat routes are turned topsy-turves for a couple of Cn nee | STATE BRIEFS | INCREASE IN SUMMER REGISTRA- TION Minot--President George Me- Farland reports a substant in- sexsons, It takes Broadway to fur- nish strange echoes! Meandering here and there, I pause to note with interest that “people are wanted for a tet - one show”; that a “high diver” if at liberty for summer park engage: ments; that one can obtain a terris wheel for $2,000; that two Vfast working dill-posters” can get job: that a double trapeze team and doul is desired in 1, “lady a moment's notice with a certain side show—and so it goes. Where do all these oddly assorted |foiks come from? Ther're all here Somewhere, in ‘pas: ‘side street boarding houses, ving by me even as I saunter. about. nq Snake charmer or tattooed men, ey're all humans trying to make thi “big street” “as part |their three meals a day and board organized business of enter- nt. | GILBERT SWAN. OO | Daily Health Service BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN . | Editor Journal of the American & pair | Medical Association and of Hygela, the Health Magazine It used to be thought that tetanus or lockjaw was caused by scratch- ing, the skin with a rusty nail. Nowadays it is known that this is one in a ‘small group of infec- tions which comes to man ang many animals, and that it is conveyed to one or the other through the pas- sage of a germ that causes this disease. Some cases occur in which wound is not visible, so that po: sibly the organism enters through a small wouod in the membranes of the nose or of the lungs. The germ of tetanus liv best in the absence of oxygen, and is com- monly found in association ‘wit! highly fertilized soil or street‘@irt. When it enters the body, it sets\up inflammations of the nerve tissue, about the ition known as loc! jaw. A dose of tetanus antitoxin may be en by a physician without harm certainty that it will prevent the development of isease. In. ‘stances in which a dose of antitoxin, if necessary, has failed to are extremely rare. Gunshot wounds or those produced tric always spicious ing: of tetan Ordinary experience shows that most wounds will heal without the de- hysician i: t ‘anted in tal ing chances in the care of wounds, since prevntion is always better than attempts at cure, particular!; in a disorder ‘{s: serious a3 tetanu: VIVE, iH “ There was an {tem ae papers the other day aout = tian ed. John Ferehion ing -on his way home from Eu: oudtiess the id out who ‘th Bave the Pape rial, either soe ; erican cities. pel beret 4 of Comuares 0 welcome i ounce, ‘gertainly are in Field Marsha i Halg of Great Id have and having a special predilection for"! Bett is likely to bring BOY SCOUTS VISIT BLACK HILLS zt 0 the patient and with a reasonable Cars were furnis! Prevent the development of escsaae | | Chambertin corded ,.1 “ velopment of this disense, but feo renen Premier menti ” Pi lage SMindvereh| St. Paul—-Asthar Van, Vleet, ame- crease in the summer session col- Minot state teachers’ college. ndred thirty-one students had reg- istered. The k divided into two six weeks periods, and stu- dents may elect’ work for each of the six weeks. Instructors secured for the summer session are Georg E. Koegan, Notre Dame_universit; hlétie coach; Daniel H. Verde the ricultural college, English; Alice J. Fisher, primary work; Miss M, Helen Davies, ind Forks, and Rah$on A: Mackie, Dillon, Mont., education. "+ ORDER STOCK FOR CLUB MEM- BERS Fessenden—County Agent Vancura and S. J. Sanders, agricultural agent of the Soo Line, are securing orders for heifers for the boys and girls who are interested in the stock raising clubs. The very best of high grades and pure-breds will be pur- chased. DELEGATES TO CONVENTION Killdeer—John Brooks of Killdeer and Jack Gras! of Werner have been elected delegates from the American Legion post at Killdeer to the statc convention to be held in Fi any. Joe Olson’ of: Dunn Center and = Mi lax Zabel of Manning - were named alternates. PIONEER DIES AT SIMS + Carson—The death of Ole Feland of Sims, a pioneer of this commun- ity, occurred’ Thursday, June 9, duc ito ‘the infirmities of old age.” The deceased, who Was at the time of his de in, 1883. .He is survived by three sons and three ‘daughters. Funeral services were held at Sims Sunday. BIBLE SCHOOL OPENS Linton—The daily vacation Bible school of the Methodist church ‘opened at Linton with ‘an enrollment sof 80 students. Mrs. Mary Hober is stiperintendent, and Mrs, J. Fris- bie, Miss Edith Pitcher, and: Miss Corner are teaching the jasses, Hebron—Scoutmaster Bakken, Oscar Siegele, and seven Boy Scouts of Hebron .have returned from an eight trip to the Black Hills. a for the trip, and they visited places of interest - en route. OR on a ral ' NEWSBRIEFS | ——— and Levine are. ac- ovations in Munich and Vienpa. ss at Luneville, cherishes no’ feeling, ef revenge against Germany and, wanting only Peace, asks for security of her fron- tiers and payment of reparatio: Landslide as Rosselton, Columbia, overwhelms textile plant, burying more than 100 workers; many of them women;. 20° dead taken from Northfield, Minn—Mrs, P.M, Gla- soe of Northfield,” wife ‘of the. vies president hae Diet collage aad : women voters, ‘died daca teur driver of St. Paul, was killed firing 0 sntemonlla Pi here when ral . that had overturned: hsy machine Minot — Minneapol i Brame, ] irs. of Ne