The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1928, Page 4

‘PAGE FOUR scat The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) ‘ Published Bismarck Tribune Com: }, Bie- /N. LT ae datared at the pestorice at Bis- second ciass mail marek itter. George D. Mann s.- "President and Poblisher raail, in ‘state, year .... 1, ‘in state, tl ears for .. ie’ of North Dakota, ‘Audit Bareas of Circelation Member of The pene oe Le nee Press i ely entit! ication of au cows ‘diepatches credited se credited in this newspaper, and is of spontaneous origin published of republication of all other mat- G.:LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY. ee Bldg. NEW YORE Fifth Ave. Big. oi Tower Bidg. . “ (Official. City, State and Cousty Newspaper) THE “LOST BATTALION” Ever since the end of the World war Americans have cherished the story of the famous Lost Battalion. This story has been considered one of the finest tales in American military history. As an example of pure heroism and endurance it ranks with anything in our annals. But a disagreeable cloud has been rising about it in recent years. Strange rumors and whispers have passed back and forth. It has been hinted that the Lost Battalion did:-what it did only because of a ghastly blunder “not unlike that which sent the British Light Brigade to charge the Russian guns at Balaklava. Incompetent leadership has been charged. When Lieutenant Colonel Whittlesey, the commander of the unit, committed suicide by jumping from the deck of an ocean liner a few years ago there were many furtive noddings of heads. A magazine writer not long ago wrote a short story, telling of an imaginary incident closely parallel to the Lost Battalion, and setting forth that the commander, feted for his bravery, had really bungled the affair frightfully and caused hundreds of brave men to go to their death. So the story of the Lost Battalion has been robbed of ite:savor.:-A lot of us have not known whether to be proud”of it or ashamed. Now a book, “Without Censor,” written by Thomas M. Johnson, who was a war-time newspaper correspond- ent with the A. E. F., has appeared to clear up the whole situation. Johnson tells the entire story. In the battle of the Meuse-Argonne, the’ greatest fight American soldiers ever participated in, the 77th division was pushing for- ward over difficult ground against stiff resistance. Whittlesey’s battalion was one of several moving for- ward on a wide front. Whittlesey and his men gained the oBjective and dug in, in a remarkably well-chosen janking battalions were driven back. Whittlesey and.his men found themselves left “up in the air,” with- out support. Strict orders had been given not to re- treat. The detachment dutifully held on. It. was not really “lost.” It knew precisely where it was, and so did the rest of the army. The only trouble was that the supporting troops could not break through to reach it. The battalion was isolated within the German lines. Time and again efforts were made to relieve it. They failed. The Germans attacked this outpost repeatedly, without success. They finally called on it to surrender. Whittlesey refused—althougp it happens that he did not use the words “Go to hell!” attributed to him. He had his orders—to stick; and he and his citizen-soldiers stuck, as manfully as any soldiers in history. Finally, after five days, the American attack caught up, with the Lost Battalion and relieved it. Mr. Johnson pays especial attention to the déeroga- tory rumors and refutes them all. Whittlesey, he says, was brave and wise. He did exactly what’ any good leader. would have done, except that he did it better than some might have done. There was no bungling. ‘The whole incident was what it was first reported—an untarnished episode of pure gallantry. This is splendid news. We suggest that the Amer- ican Legion might be interested in seeing that it gets the widest kind of publicity. The Lost Battalion can temain one of the brightest spots in our military record, PROSPERITY AND CONTENTMENT With the internal political affairs quiescent and the franc stabilized, France is proceeding thoroughly to the business of buckling down to work. Her industri- ousness is rewarding the nation with more prosperity than it bas experienced since the war.-. Factories are busier than they, have been for ten years; there is little unemployment; machinery is being installed to balance the shortage’of skilled: workers; the people themselyes are supplying. the money for this industrial expansion and consuming, in turn, large quantities of the com- modities. produced. It is a pleasant and encouraging picture. Observers of such matters will recognize in -it all the. essential elements which make for fulsome prosperity, ard will also see it-as one which might have been painted about the United States two years ago. Then this country was at the ‘peak, the highest since the war; factories were humming, there was no unemployment situation and. money was béeing put into the bank. While Great. Britain, long reputed the real victor in’ the World war, is still in economic despair, Germany and France, the two nations which suffered most by the war and its peace are on the fast. upward march’ to pre-war prosperity. ‘ From. this ‘situation the American people are to take obvious lesson that political confusion and labor 4 ost, dangerous enemies of prosperit; troversy and the matters at issue between the railroad workers and the companies were of a nature to which the counsels of conciliation .may be well appliéd.. The uation threatened to interfere with the transpor- tation service in th affected, and arbitration wa in the interest of protection of the free action of inter- ‘state commerce. ‘ 4 “f This is sane unionism. And this is the sort of unian- ism that strengthens labor organizations and wigs pub- Vic confidence for them. Maa hg * NO RED GRANGES tae Another football season is well on its way-without producing a‘Red'Grange. - Several players have. starred for their respective. teams and:there will, be, in the crop of outstanding ‘players, ‘enough for an *All-Aimericar|’ eleven. business the way for him. - , ae There have been few Granges in all: the ry of: football,:Asa ‘player he, doubtlessly,: was excelled by noné ‘and equaled by. few... But his career stands unique in the annals of: the sport. pica irt ot When Grattge left college before his graduation; in order :to. make. the. most, in a financial way,. of his But: thére is in thé lot not one who'needs‘n ger and publicity director to “prepare | . popularity and fame, many lovers of the. great colld- i giate and scholastic sport were sorry. They felt that he had cheapened the sport and hurt himself.’ Though professional football proved an Aladdin’s lamp for him, career, \as confirmation of its’ early fears ‘and pre- dictions, ts Players of ‘the Grange caliber are wanted ‘in. calle- giate football, ‘but when they drop out of college im- mediately after the “close of the collegiate football season ‘to enter professional sport they, place, upon the college gamé the stigma of commerci ‘and professionalism. The public ‘likes to feel that college football is:an amateur sport‘and that those who par- ticipate in‘it are not in school for that purpose-alone. FAME’S STRANGE WAYS ‘ Strange are ‘the varieties of fame that can come to & manin‘this ‘world. H nee The newspapers recently. made considerable mention of the’golden anniversary of an elderly British theo- logian, Canon W. A. Spooner. Canon Spooner has h an estimable career; but he would never have been heard of by the ordinary man. if it were ‘not for his absent-minded: habit of switching the first: letters’ of words to make ridiculous: biunders in speech: ¢ It was Canon Spooter, for instance, who said ‘‘a half- warmed’ fish” for‘a “half-formed wish”; who said “the knee of an idol” instead of “the eye of a needle”; who said aman was “boiling his icicle” instead of “oiling his bicycle.” ~ } ' Blunders of that kind, intentional or otherwise, are known throughout the English-speaking: world as “Spoonerisms.” Truly, a strange kind of fame to come to an amiable, serious-minded English theologian! But it will keep his name alive for years after his real work has been forgotten. MOTORS IN GARAGES The imminent approach of cooler weather brings to mind ohe more warning that the motorist must keep in mind. This warning has to do with the danger of asphyx- iation from the carbon monoxide gas generated by’ an automobile. engine. In the-open air this gas if dissi- pated and has ‘no dangers; in a closed garage, however, it is a deadly menace. ti Never let: yourself:“warm up” your motor by run- ning the engine in the garage in the morning before you drive out. Never keep the motor running while doing repair work of any kind in the garage, unless there is a strong current of air running through the place. Carbon monoxide gas is odorless; don't depend on your: nose. to’.warn you of the danger. The best rule is never to run the motor inside a garage at all. UNDERSEA TRAGEDY The business of sailing in submarines seems to be a highly risky business, no matter by whom it is con- ducted. When the :American submarine S-4 went down at Provincetown, following fairly closely on the loss of the S-51, there was spirited criticism of the Navy De- partment, and many’ people felt that submarine dis- asters seemed to be peculiarly an affliction of the American navy. But since then other navies. have their tragedies, too. The Italians lost a large sub in the Mediterranean; and how the French submarine Owdine has been rammed and sunk by a merchant steamer. The conclusion seems to be. that a submarine is a ‘risky affair, at best, and that tragedies will befall them once in a while in spite of the utmost care. IN SEVENTY YEARS (Time) The late: Frances E. Willard planted two saplings, seventy years ago, and cried: “As these two horse chestnut trees grow and spread their branches, so the cause of temperance shall grow and spread throughout world.” Miss: Willard was the founder of the Women’s Christian Téeniperance union. The two tree: in the yard of her home at Evanston, Ill. (now the head- quarters of the W. C.-T. U.) did grow and now they are rot Recently, tree surgeons were busy anvinting repairing and healing the two trees. THE THREE S'S (Toledo Blade) Most followers of all religious faiths will agree with Dr. Arthur Rogers, rector of St. irk’s Episcopal . meet Evenson, Ill. Dr. Rogers said at a conference chergyme! Ne ‘Religion today is troubled by an abundance of ks, fanatics, poseurs, propagandists and gold dig- ers, go-getters, egot and exploiters. The new cult of publicity keeps us informed of their activities, their pigs and triumphs. One after another they. tell us ee ty, simplicity and sincerity. are stil] the qual- ates WRER wire oan the oa gospel .to a new world.” 1 a.chance, the good doctor’s three-S = tion would cure most of the world’s ills. iii HIT-AND-RUNNERS ‘ (Washington Star) Bde In csecnting a check for $100 to Joseph L. Workman the of y for. being instrumental in bringing a hit- and-run driver to. justice, the American Au sociation is ‘again calling to public attention the fact that this organization of : motorists. has - declared: remitting warfare on:the type of driver who refuses 1 oor Lied geome ed AS his offenses. ‘It’ was rs the ministry the world needs, but they are |: | the public looks upon the brevity of his professional | ; Editor's Note: This is the second of sev stories outlin- ing the political situation in var- ious states during the closing days of the campaign. By RODENY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) __ shington. Oct. 27.—New. York has 45 electoral votes, New Jersey 14, Maryland 8 and Delaware 3. The most convincingly sound rea- son why the Democrats nominated Governor Alfred E. Smith was that he hada good chance to carry N York, Without New York he. can’t win. It. is important, though per- haps not necessarily essential, that he also carry New Jersey. Maryland lso enters into most of the Demo- eratic figuring in attempts to com- pute the apportionment of electoral votes required to élect Smith. At this writing it appears prob- able, thongh far from certain, that Smith will win New York.. ‘He ma: also be conceded a shade in Mary. land. . But Hoover appears to be a safer bet in New Jersey and Dela- None of these states, hi van be placed defi ly indidate’s column until el Smith’s difficulty in his own state | is that, presidentially speaking, New York has long been Republican. He has won. his: gubernatorial fights with the votes of men and women who have always voted fot the G. 0. P. national ticket. The tariff and national prosperity have meant a lot to New York; she has had no major depressions. : Smith has made himself clear on the tariff, but some of the voters who wanted him for governor will | vote for him for president and some of them won't. How many will? And how many can Smith poll-on the wet issue? Those will be the deciding factors—New York ‘is overwhelm- ingly wet. i As usual, it is conceded. Smith will be licked upstate. But one hears that New York City will pro- duce a Smith ‘majority of 500,000 or 600,000—a partisan claim, of course. ew 8 Conditions are.certainly ideal for the Democrats if they are to carry V gether, but Republi , [land may decide New York for the first national elec- tion since the Roosevelt bolt of 1912. Their statd organization is naturally Pepped up tremendously. Z ‘ranklin D. Roosevelt, their gu- bernatorial candidate, is a tower of strength. Neither Roosevelt nor Senator Copeland, their candidate for reelection, ted with Tam- many or the Catholic church. Roose- | Dj velt accepted the nomination solel; | because he knew he could help Smit carry New York. The New York Republicans are not in such good shape. ‘Their ma- chine is in charge of “stop Hoover” leaders of Kansas City fame like National Committeeman Hilles and ex-Senator . Wadsworth. — Machold, the new state chairman, is of that Hoover’s real friends are their heads off for him,’ but the reins are held: by those who, though unquestionably doing their best, haven’t quite got their hearts in their work. Attorney General Ottinger, Roose- velt’s opponent for the governorship, has been deserted by some of the strongest Hoover: supporters and is very likely to be licked. Ambas- ador Houghton, opposing Copeland, is conceded to be a good statesman, but apparently isn’t a strong candi- date. sit Nevertheless, Harding’s plurality in 1920 was 1,140,000 and Coolidge’s in 1924 was 870,000, That’s why a Smith victory is not considered a sure thing. 5 'y over- come Harding's 353,000 majority and Coolidge’s of 270,000 over both Davis and LaFollette. Somehow or other, it has-been thought that hi chances of doing so weré, less than in New York and Democrats of New Jersey fell back on the hope that Smith's personal appearance in the state would swing the tide. aoe Smith's’ New Jersey hopes are based on the fact that the state is | There wetter, if possible, than New York. Hoover’s fatz hinges on whether or not the Republican voters prefer to vote on the prosperity issue. New York and New Jersey gen- al election to- in wets in the latter statearenot flocking to Smith erally vote in a nati OUR BOARDING HOUSE Zn AN GENTLEMEN, 2 Nov ONLY. PROMISE, ™O utter “THe Most ASH “avr \ - NERY. ANNOYING io alse te - OH, av PARDON ME Sik, ~~ AM “OF MY SPEECH! + AHEM-- KAFE, - GENTLEMEN, ~AS I - WAS ABOUT To SAV, «IF ELECTED,.I. Not ONLY» DRAT IT MAA, NoUR CONSTANT HECKLING IS _ ELECTED, I, AH~ Z ZZ Z \F ELEctep, I BUTI ABSOLUT--; VITAL SUBSTANCE }7 OF: wa aH Vai Now AA ow Ans! et NEMESIS ANSWER. ME “tH Me. DUSTicE !» WHAT ATTEMPTING ABOUT . CONFISCATED OCWINTER, ~~ AM’ WHO SUPPLIED | |as they are across ‘the river. The fact that Senator Edge, an extreme wet, has plugged for Hoover from the start apparently has had a re- training effect. ‘ The political power of Governor Ritchie.and Senator Bruce in Mary- the Maryland result.. Here, as in so many other states, prohibition and religion are the dominating issues. Ritchie appears to have effectively settled what threatened to be a serious bit of Democratic factional strife and Smith’s chances are thought to have improved since. But Hoover is due to run up a healthy majority outside Baltimore which niay go as high as 30,000. The emocratic city organization will have to overcome that and the result seems bound to be close, : Delaware, with i vee vot is in doubt with possibly a slight edge for Hoover. When the du Ponts disagree, as Pierre and Coleman have, one never knows what will happen in Delaware. oS | IN NEW YORK | o New York, Oct. 27.—The Brot way night clubs, already nursing number of old black eyes, find them- selves beset on every hand as “sucker” ‘season gets under w “From behind the tawdry scenes have been coming grim and brutal tales, reminiscent of those hectic ‘dramas of the t life so popular during the past sons. The ery of “clean up” has been taken w by several of the major New Yor! newspapers. Each day some new tale of térrorizing creeps from the vice-infested haunt: |.“ One of the f develops, is to ise” checks pre- sented by customers who have no business being where they are and doing what they’re doing. _ The harpies of the “racket” cash in‘handily on their “Oh, what I know about you” attitude. There are, for instance, wealthy business men who “step out” with- {out their. wives. There are men whose reputations cannot stand be- ing involved in night club gossip. are any number of kindred At any rate, when such a “pros- pect” is spotted, his bill is gener- ally made out for a sum likely to be a bit larger than the amount of cash carried by an average man when he goes “stepping.” Quite naturally, the “victim” asks if he can cash a is & Last EH?» WING AT “TH” OWL'S CLUB-STAG PICAIC LAST. Sune ? HAT, eR: ME “THAT, ZA\_\ DAST Noll f+ new | Dr. McCoy’s memtis sugg: for | this process, much of the protein is the week beginning, ‘Sunday, ¢ 28.| destroyed, leaving behind ‘= flavor- Sunday ~ ing mixed with the dextrose which iz Breakfast--Coddled eggs, iMelba toast, applesauce. bad *Lunch—Combination salad of lettuce, toma bers and celery. .Gla: milk. i Dinner—Roast ,pork,. m: jinach, salad (of he; ni Jel lo or Jell-Well, no, cream. F le to the taste, and ir ay very agreeab! Breakfast—Oatmeal, cooked. at|a:food which may. be used with least one hour, and served ‘with but-| most any meal. Heap the celei ter or cream, but no sugar. and nut mixture on beds of shreddec Lunch—Cooked string beans, but-| lettuce. The addition of choppec tered beets, raw celery: parsley adds a pleasing taste. Dinner—Vegetable saup,.Salisbury | : Peatrennn steak, cooked celery, steamed: car-/’ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ‘Me : Swolten Face tots, McCoy sal e whip. hua - iy te uestion: irs. Lucy R. asks ~ Breakfast—Slived pineapple and | “Will you advise me what Sis a> cottage cheese, Melba toast. lady bkadl east old to arise in the Lunch—Glass of grapejuice. poring ith her. face badly swol- Dinner—Baked’ mutton,’ steamed|len? Am somewhat overweight:” carrots, cooked lettuce, ed cel-|' Answer: Your trouble may conv ery, stewed raisins. ; | from-many different causes, such a: Wednesday * pyelitis, Bright’s Disease, heart lea! Breakfast—French omelet, waffle| age, etc. A proper d an Caren through), dish: of: berric ai aeteetiees cause, and this’ ned). atural Lunch—Potato soup, ve esas Laka ‘woul tops, salad of cold icone tr.| Batch and Protel Ops, si cold cooked asparagus. el M tg Lalas per it aged en ae tiveee ‘Mrs. J. I. we ans, egg plant, sal not molded vegetables (celer noon, Why ie thi Tr eat cea beans, cucumbers), peach whi noon Th relay before I sleep. ‘ould I not cha: e these ap meals about?” Lunch—Cookt ke -Answer: I think it is usually carrots and peas, “celery. and nut | better to have the meat meal of the . P day as far as possible away from the Dinner—Mushroom soup, : broiled | other protein meal at breakfast time, mb chops, cooked okra, cauliflower | at which meal I usually advise eggs. lad, pear sauce. : There -is no reason why you cannot 1 Hogi day and it mi ‘ 0 Breakfast. mush. with milk or| sleep. Could’ T sit cio cream, baked le. lettuce, : cooked ay Breakfast—Poached eggs on Mel-| night provided your combinations figs. : are correct. After this kind of mea] ‘Wholewheat bread and} you should be able to sleep at once, pret butter sandwiches, ‘com-| and your sleep should be dr ination salad (letturce, celery, cu-| If the starch meal is‘used at night cumbers). ¥ , it is more likely to cauée excessive Dinner—Jellied tomato consomme, | fermentation if you are not blessed baked sea bass, spinach, cooked cel-| with good digestion. ‘However, it ery, salad of sliced tomatoes, no| all right for you to change the meals dessert. about if you seem to get along better Saturda: with your plan. Breakfast—Retoasted breakfast Excessive Salivi food, with milk or cream,. stewed} Question—A. W. R. ‘asks: “What prunes. causes saliva to flow excessively be- ,_ Lunch—Oranges or apples as de-| fore falling to‘sleep. If I forget sired. 2 pat ‘ about it, it ceases, and if I remember, Dinner—Vegetable . soup, broiled | it begins to flow and causes me ‘ta steak with mushrooms, wed to-| keep drawing it from the glands.” 2 lad of celery and ripe} Answer: Your trouble may be olives, pineapple gelatin, with cream. | caused entirely from your nervous *Celery and nut sal Slice | habit of exciting the salivary flow, celery in quarter inch pic ‘Mix | or may be due to over-acidity of the with the desired quantity of: chopped stomach digestive juices. Tey diet- nuts that have mn ‘roasted in ‘aling carefully to reduce the over- a Pan in the oven until’ brown. _ “By ' acidity. k, V s in! 28 years old, th ést count: hack Why, of comers he can"CHay cfticial in the eteter nts sot The: check, let.us,say-is for.$150| Migs Kittle Call, who spent-seversl or so. But when ‘it appears at the | weeks here with relatives, left for bank it is a check for $650‘ or:so,| her home in the east. Tt has been deliberately lifted $500.! Peter Erstrom; Burleigh county ee ape ve been getting away | resident, embraced ‘the faith of re Tee eres ns bowie, Me Fema, tnd eA fo » fears the consequent publicity -a: jn City to join the colony: will stand hi rather than start trouble. i Which, of course, the racketeers already knew! | she _ The city council made plans tc investigate the possibility of con- structing a city sewer system. The “bettie. squad” is anothe:| Migg Wattle Morstes auvchter of refined little addition to.the night | yn States Marshat'b: W. wi take care of pergonn objecting | MPT DAO ad Henry Ge to the size of the check, or unable t0 | Sfintemnanpolis were married in Pay. Sears A young member of a’ prominent | © Major Lem Dresser entertained family can be seen limping about R tasdiat on aatanes as the tof such| * ball atthe Metropolitan hotel: an encounter, Governor and ‘Mrs: ‘Church re- turned from New York City and ie rem speaks paveras under his 1e int the bil re spats at their “racket” resort and.when it came he didn’t have quite enough money to meet it. ; A waiter suggested that he go in the back room and quietly settle the matter. There .the plug-uglies were waiting. They stripped him of every valuable in his possession and then gave him a beating “to teach him sson.” He may. be: crippled for years as the result of his treatment. eee One of the most recent instances of these playful tactics has led to the newspaper headlines.. - A former actress happened to be in a night club when a stranger at another table “passed out” from over-indulgence.. She resented. the manner in which the patron was being treated, and . interfered. Wherewith sh struck inthe face, the shock precipitating a heart attack from which she ‘later -died. Efforts were made to connect her death directly with ‘the blow, but the had to be di ; a i October 27 igi one — with 100° im. migrants first landed * Castle (el). ene 1858—Birthday of Theodore Roose velt, 26th president. 1884—Oil well at Thorn Creek, Pa. 3 jucing. 10,000 bar. rels dail 1904—New York subway opened. [BARBS 1 eo Scientists find that the earth has by, they way, spenied up, making its accustomed sacl rotation in less than 24 hours, Prob- attired in his evening clothes and/ suiy its only trying to shake off the ‘ $ ee effects of a few. political speeches. of such: incidents, one gis S. vcore of pice. incidents, 2081, A-British publisher told ani audi- a son the flimsy esa ence in. Winnipeg that he found Chi. r totter between life| C4g0'a nice and orderly city: Sure,; my teeth, icousht about’ theie| ChieageTie you dan’ toe eseas own and. bave:no one to lame | =r get you. oes ves. : ‘GILBERT SWAN. ‘Union. men, meeting in Pe yrigl Service, vania, urged’ the pete comnts RE 2) | ep ‘i eippled ‘hat industry .t6ok no action on a: to yl- ta 400 over the 1916:cknsus,