The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 3, 1928, Page 4

te pewe cesses ewesenses PAGE FOUR The. Bismarck Tribune ‘ An Independent Newspaper fh} THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER L 45 (Established 1878) Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- ‘warck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bis- marek ‘} —— class mail matter. . Mann . . ir, side Bismarck) « outside of North Member Member of The Associated Press Breit ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ase for republication of all news dispatch credited to it or not ot! credited in this newspaper, and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other mat- ter herein are also reserved. Audit Bureau of Circulation Foreign Representatives G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY ‘Ave. Bldg. Fifth Ave, BMG eRoIT Kresge Bldg. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) VOTE AS YOU PLEASE, BUT VOTE Few national campaigns have stirred the nation as the one now drawing to a close. Issues have been injected unfortunately by both camps lending a sec- tional and sectarian color to the heated contest for the highest office within the gift of the American people. This newspaper has afforded each side in the na- tional and state campaigns a fair, free and open forum for a discussion of all the issues and the readers of ‘The Tribune should be informed upon such issues so as to reach an_intelligent conclusion. It is not the function of any newspaper to bludgeon its readers to hew to this or to that political line, but it is every newspaper's sacred obligation to afford fair discussion of all issues, fair treatment to each and every candidate. Advertising copy has been refused by The Tribune ‘which assailed the character and integrity of any can- didate in this eontest. In fact this newspaper has not solicited political advertising of any nature tending to inflame prejudices or to attack unfairly the record of any public officer. The testimony is now before that great jury of Amer- ican voters, Little that is said at this hour will affect the results, national or state. But it is the duty of every qualified voter to express his preference. The safety of our institutions and perpetuity of this Republic are endangered when voters become too indifferent to exercise their right of fran- chise. Vote as you please, but BE SURE TO VOTE NEXT TUESDAY. “DE-BUNKING” THE POTATO One by one the old gods, demi-gods, heroes and the myths built up about them are being made targets of the hard-shooting iconoclasts, muckraking biographers and “new” historians, Everything that has hereto- fore been said of them seems to be fanciful fiction or downright propaganda belatedly “exposed” by modern revolutionizing discoveries which the discoverers ad- vance as “facts.” . R The latest to be mercilessly divested of his long-held glory is Sir Walter Raleigh. His new biographers haven’t left even the last straw for his shorn fame to grasp. It is now denied that Sir Walter ever made that famous gesture of covering a mud puddle with his cloak that a fair damsel might not soil her slipper. Equally mythical, it is said, are the legends of his in- troducing the potato to Ireland and consequently to all Europe and of the drenching his maid servant gave him when she found him smoking the first tobacco brought to England and thought him afire. Documentary evidence seems to support the theory that the “Irish potato” was indigenous to the west coast of South America and was found there by early Spanish explorers, who introduced it to Europe. It was transplanted in Italy before the Irish adopted it as a source of food supply and, instead of Ireland import- ing it from Virginia, it was introduced to New England by Scotch-Irish colonists about 1719 and to Virginia some years later. Prussia forced its peasantry to cultivate potatoes and Frederick the Great had the German peasants schooled in potato culture. Antoine Auguste Parmen- tier, a French soldier, learned to like potatoes while @ prisoner in Germany in the Seven Years war and returned home after the war to teach his compatriots to like the strange vegetable, HIS DISCIPLES HAVE FOUND IT President Walter Dill Scott, of Northwestern Univer- sity, not long ago made the statement that the average American has at his service the equivalent of the energy of 170 slaves. Dr. Scott had been reading sta- tistics of the number of motors and electrical devices in everyday use in the country, But the thought is worth considering from a differ- ent angle from that intended by the university presi- dent. There was a time when men thought civilization could not exist without human slavery. But only the rich owned slaves. A ruler who had 170 slaves in per- sonal attendance might have prided himself on his re- sources. In those days the average man who eamed his daily bread by common labor was not in much better posi- tion than a slave. What consternation would have been spread if some trusted prophet had foretold that me- chanical devices would take the place of personal serv: ants. Thousands upon thousands of working people ‘would have cried out, “What shall we do for a living?” But the era of the motor slave and the electrical slave has come and just the average run of common folks have mechanical energy at their service equivalent to 170 slaves each. And instead of this transform: tion bringing starvation for slaves and workers, it has or responsible broker, who will be able to advise promptly as to the probable value of the investment. The banker may advise that the money be left in the bank rather than put it into something which, the solicitor assures, will yield a large income, but which may be worthless, and the broker may suggest invest- ment in some well-known stock which he is able to sell, but in either case the savings of the individual would have some assurance of safety. The first inquiry of the person with a little money should be not how much it will yield, on paper, but how safe will the investment be. The person who suc- cumbs to the promise of dividend returns out of keep- ing with good business principles should ask the court for a guardian—he is not safe to be trusted with money. AT DEATH’S OPEN DOOR It was a grisly sort of feast that was held the other night in the death house of the Ohio penitentiary. ‘The host was John Sabo, celebrating his 21st. birth- day by spending his last $30 for a dinner to the five other occupants of the condemned cells. The host re- cently was denied a retrial, and will know very soon when he is to be electrocuted. It is the only uncer- tainty that this world now holds for him—the date. One of the guests was scheduled to die just five days later. Another was to follow him to the electric chair two days after that. The other three were negroes, all of whom knew that they had no hope of escaping the same fate a little later on. Sabo made his $30 go as far as possible. There was chicken, sweet potatoes, biscuits, salad, pie a al mode, a huge birthday cake, coffee and cigars. It was a genuine banquet. But imagine the circumstances! The meal was served in the open corridor into which the condemned cells open. At the end of the room was a door leading into the execution chamber—a door each of the six banqueters would pass through within a few weeks. ure, if you can, the cheerfulness and ease that must have surrounded that festal board. It was gruesome, of course. But, after all, the sit- uation of those six condemned men, enjoying a feast in the short time that remained to them, was not greatly different from our own. Like them, we are all con- demned to die; only they know exactly when they are to go, and we do not. / Knowing, and counting the hours, they grow desper- ate. Death that is certain and imminent becomes terri- fying. We do not think about the matter; and we go along from day to day, really disbelieving that we shall ever die. And, really, we do pretty well. The race has a num- ber of very fine achievements to its credit; bits of poetry and music, deeds of self-sacrifice and heroism, patent struggles for truth, uncomplaining acceptances of heavy loads. In our vague denials that we shall ever die we now and then accomplish things that, in sober truth, will live forever. It is not true that the presence of death brings wis- dom. It destroys it. A man who knows he is soon to die can think of nothing else. But most of us, to whom that knowledge is not present, can see more clearly. By assuming that death is remote we stumble on a great truth—that it is unimportant. It cannot stop our slow’ progress upward from the dark abyss that lies back of recorded history. We triumph over it— triumph over it by forgetting it. It is only under abnormal circumstances—in a peni- tentiary death house, for instance—that death appears real and terrifying. Most of the time we know that it is only a shadow, a half-way point between two eternities, THE LAZY BEE Dr. Lloyd R. Watson, pursuing research work at Cornell University, has made a discovery that is har- rowing to all of us who were brought up on the good old-fashioned adages and maxims. He announces that the supposedly busy bee should never be a synonym for conscientious toil. The average bee works hard for a little while, he says, and then knocks off for the day and—to put it bluntly—loafs. He is now trying to find some way of making the bees busier and reducing idleness in the hive. “Busy as a bee” has long been a byword. It will go hard with us if we have to face the fact that the bee is, in reality, little better than a bum. If Dr. Watson isn’t able to improve matters we shall have to think up a new maxim. THE APPENDIX PUZZLE * (New York Tim Coming from Holl; the tale of the young sur- geon who removed ywn appendix must be true. It is even said that such an operation has been performed in this way before. It must require a deal of agility, not to ik of courage, Down at Bellevue they used to tell the story, possibly apocryphal, of a man who came there for treatment several years after he, too, had been operated on for appendicitis in California. He still had all the symp- toms of the same trouble. The surgeons treated him for every other malady they could think of that might have similar symptoms, but in vain. Then they oper- ated—and took out his ay 4 Much mystified, they wrote to the California sur- geon for an explanation. They received this reply: “If you got his appendix, what in did I take out?” THE TAXLESSMOBILE Time) _Shocked London bobbies halted repeatedly, last fort- night, a hard-faced, middle-aged woman who sped up and down Picadilly in a tiny, three-wheeled automobile. Why had it no license? Why had she no license? 4 Shrewd, the woman spoke her alibi: “It hasn't any license, and I haven’t any license, because my car hasn’t any engine!” While astonished motorcycle bobbies paced her, the hard-faced, middle-aged woman pedaled pote! bicycle mechanism and speeded her tiny car up to 25 miles per hour. An official of the firm now marketing “The Taxless- mobile” hinted that several young, pert, pretty female demonstrators had failed to evoke police reprimands for seek trouble, publicit The “Taxlessmobile” lias three bicycle aie mud guards, lamps, windshield, rear view mirror, steering wheel, ‘collapabl gales ndon Telegra; The fashion for the antique in as imperious as the fashion for the latest novelty in soem. The domination of the od in figure, form and shape was never so complete, and our forward-looking age thinks mainly in terms of old masters when it comes to , Pitts, chairs and tables, and the glass which are to sparkle on its board. is a shai touch of the ironic in the contrast; there is even a touc for the modern craftsman and artist, sen- |-deserved neglect. But who doubts that the ‘a right om and that this turning ip is not so much a-re- ion as a Renaissance? It has been.e conversion to the light, a discarding of overloaded error, a pb) : y lurniture has heconie instinct has been back to the older HINGTON WASHINGTON BY RODNEY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) | Washington, Nov. 3.—President Calvin Coolidge has been almost forgotten in the election campaign and no one will pay very much at- tention to him until inauguration day, when he hands over the ad- ministration to his successor. Such things are bound to happen to retiring presidents, but it been interesting to observe the eclipse in which the president been shaded by Herbert Hoover, the Kepublican nominee, It is most ap- parent in Washington, where cor- respondents and photographers have sadly neglected Mr. Cooli in fav- or of Hoover’s personal headquar- ters Ric. There have been one or two in-' dications that the president wasn’t especially enthusiastic sbout his new experience. Bert Hassell and Park- er Cramer, the Rockford flyers, came here to call at the ‘ite House, but went to visit Hobver first. Pictures were taken at both places and the Washington newspa- pers all used- the Hoover pictures. It was directly after that that the president refused to eee with Dr. Eckener, the Graf ppelin com- mander. ees Some of Hoover’s friends have been feeling pretty sour over the president’s failure to make any sin- cere political effort on the nominee’s behalf, for if Coolidge has mis any of the limelight to which he was accustomed he certainly had the opportunity to regain it by cam- paigning for Hoover. Coolidge and Hoover are not ex- actly close buddies, but for that mat- ter neither are Coolidge and anyone else. fete tend ane 59 close ly to the Cooli policies all alo that his friends naturally pappoead that the president would be glad to speak out for him pretty loudly. At various times it was given out that he would make from one to three political speeches, but as the cam- paign raced on it became more and more apparent that if he-epoke at all the effort would come too late to have any effect. Meanwhile, there has never been any question of Hoover's complete loyalty to his erstwhile chief, who has done ‘nothing to help him win either nomination or election, It is explained for Mr. Coolidge, first, that he questions the ethics of making a political stump out of the White House—although he en- dorsed Senator Butler in Massachu- setts two years ago—and, second, that he never goes out of his way to do anything for anyone, the But- has| ler instance being an exception. Partly by his own fault and partly through circumstances, public inter- est in Coolidge is at a low ebb, com- pared with . year ago ‘when every- one was bossing ore the question whether or not he wanted to be re- nominated. He may be described in history as one of the greatest presi- dents, though not as a beloved fig- ure, for he had from the people a large measure of ‘respect. He can be depended upon to be president right up to March 4, re- gardless of who is’‘elected. He demonstrated in his selection of the new secretary of commerce that he would follow his own wishes rather than Hoover's. In the event ‘of Hoover’s defeat, Coolidge would again become _ the biggest man in his: party. Some might blame him for not exerting himself in Hoover’s behalf, but there would be plenty to suggest that Coolidge himself could have won and sed | that he looked like the party’s best bet in 1932. o $$ ————————————? | INNEW YORK | o New York, Nov. 3.—It pays very well to be the hind legs of a horse— or_a mule for that matter. ; In a world where over-supply in almost all professions is the order of the day, it’s rally surprising how few good “hind legs” are in the mar- ket. Broadway generally has a standing demand for such talent and yet has on its books but a very few names. It takes more than passing talent to be the “hind legs of-a horse.” Some of the biggest laughs of many a show have been provided by a man whose face has never been seen by thousands and thousands of audi- ences. But his legs and feet are extremely familiar. George Ali is, perhaps, Broad- way’s outstanding “hind legs.” But Ali can also be a musical comedy dog, if called upon | Last season a woman appeared in the “hind legs” role, but no one knew it until the theatrical season had end- ed. It was in “Peggy Ann.” Seymour Felix, the dance director, who cast her for the role, says she was a middle-aged woman, whose name did not so much as appear on the program and who remains an- onymous to this day. For all'I know she may be hidden under the eccentric covering of a musical com- edy horse at this minute in some Broadway play. “Yet,” reports Seymour, “she was one of the most conscientious mem- bers of the cast. Always in make- up, though she didn’t need it, and always ahead of time. Perhaps it was her one stage chance.” When Arch Selwyn went to tLon- don to: look-over -his forthcoming show, “This Year of Grace,” he found that one of the big Jaughs of the performance was _ provided by such a trick horse. It was one of the best numbers of its kind he had ever seen. Going back stage between acts to meet the performers who played the horse, he found the front legs to be a man of 72:and the hind legs was layed by his son, a man of 50, ‘hey had been doing this sort of work for many a year. But they wouldn’t come to Amer- ica, in spite of the offers and ap- peals of the manager. They were too old to tear up roots at home and come to-a new land, they said. The story goes that Selwyn be- came greatly annoyed at their stub- born attitude, and after pleading with them fora time began to swear 2 bit violently. Whereupon tthe old man walked over and tapped Selwyn on the shoulder, and motioning to his 50- year-old son, said: k here, you can’t use that sort of languarge in front of the boy.” r, Manhattan’s annual musical nov- elty will:this-year be a conductorless symphony orchestra. : Last year it was the mechanistic symphony with: steam whistles, au- to horns, 20 xylophones, fire crack- OUR BOARDING HOUSE : By Ahern | WORKERS COME on yo Sur. oF ag! Go oa Ee. a Site LAST MIAWTE DETAILS f+ hat WE MAY PLAY A FEW HANDS, OF PINOCHLE, ~~ i T€ Vouck WILL. BE ptelotenida: ECAD!. WW OF 'EM TM “THAT WE HERE No DOwA, You'LL BRING N@st OF 4HosE Stop-LicHtt Noses IN “THIS d S HEARD You HAD A COUPLE NIGHT, OUT! .. MRS. FRANKLIA, NEXT DooR, WONDERED WHAT ALL THE SINGING WAS ABOUT IA YouR, ROOM we AND “THEN SHE SAW “To 2 SS RUN Hose ff I IN” HERE * LAST, ‘ wHiLe I WAS! MEN SLIDING “HE RAINSPOUT, CAT MUST tt. DISEASES OF THE SPLEEN The exact purposes of the spleen within the body are unknown, but it is the largest of the ductless glands and is supposed to be concerned with the manufacture of the white blood cells and the reorganization of the worn out red and in many cases this organ has been removed and yet the patient ‘lived for many years; but since it is of lymphatic origin, its removal causes an extensive enlarge- ment of all of the other lymphatic glands of the body. Sometimes it is possible to find more than one spleen in an individ- ual, there being frequently four or five smaller ones in addition to the larger spleen. This organ lies be- hind the stomach high on the left side under the diaphragm and direct~ ly in front of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh rib: -The spleen is held in place by two wide ligaments, one being attached to the stomach and the other tp the kidney area. Its size varies ‘from time to time, being smallest imme- diately after a meal. It averages about five and a half inches long and three inches wide, and weighs about half a pound. In diseased conditions the spleen may become enormously enlarged. Since it is very rich in blood vessels, its size depends—largely on the amount of blood which it contains. The spleen is frequently attacked by tuberculosis, cancer and syphilis. Movable Spleen A wandering spleen is frequently found with people who have pro- lapsed stomachs—most frequently. women. There is often no symptom other than an unpleasant dragging sensation in the back and left side. Many cases of supposed tumors of the left side of the abdomen are only prolapsed and enlarged spleens. Should the spleen move about so much as to cause a twisting of the blood vessels coming from the spleen a serious enlargement and inflam- mation may result, which is associ- ated with a high fever and even spenic pl ass or rupture. upture of the Spleen bursting of this highly vascular organ is usually fatal and sometimes occurs in enlargements of the spleen from typhoid, malaria, abscesses, or the result of accident, Splenic Anemis A chronic enlargement of the spleen produces a severe anemia. Sometimes this occurs apparently without the association of any other disease. This is usually brought on by the excessive amounts of carbo- hydrates and fats. Enlargement may sometimes be caused by cirrhosis or syphilis of the liver. Sometimes the spleen becomes so enormously en- larged that it causes a distension of the abdomen. The first indication of splenic enlargerient is that the pa- tient notices a pallor of the skin and shortness of breath, and per! swelling of’the feet. There may be the esophagus, which may lead to & false diagnosis of stomach ulcers, Sometimes an enlargement of the , Dr. McCoy will gledly answer perso! questions on health ie d ‘TMibone. “a Enclose stamped addressed envelope for reply. spleen seems to be an inherited characteristic and not a diseased condition. Tumors and Cysts Although enlargements of the spleen are frequently found in cases of infections, tumors and cysts are are rare. And while an operation to remove the spleen may sometimes be necessary, most cases of splenic en- largement and splenic anemia can be benefited by following a fasting and dieting regime. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Dark Circles Under Eyes Question: I. H. writes: “I have large black circles under my eyes. As far as I know I am quite healthy, What do you suppose causes them?” Answer: Rings under the eyes are usuallyscaused by some type of enervation, such as being overly tired, hungry, or.from a condition of auto-intoxication from food ferment- ing in the intestines. If-you are troubled in this way you should send for my article on auto-intoxication. Baseball Pitchers’ Complaint Question: S. J. writes: “I have a very bad pain in my right arm when I tense the muscles. When I straighten out my arm it has a pop- ping sound, Could baseball pitching ave anything to do with this?” Answe! You may have dislo- cated one of the ligaments in your arm while pitching ball. Profes-- sional baseball players often require frequent osteopathic manipulations in order to keep their arm ligaments in pgoper position. Yawning Question: Mrs. H. asks: “Wil you kindly advise me what causes yawning?» I yawn continually all day, although I get plenty of rest. Would this condition be from weak ness?” € Answer: Yawning is caused from oxygen starvation. If you will take deep breathing exercises each morn- ing and, at first, occasionally through the day, you will suppl; your lungs with enough oxygen with you can satisfy the bodily needs. Graham Crackers Are Starchy Question: Mrs. B. asks: “Are graham crackers with milk and grange juice a good combination for breakfast?” , Answer: Milk and orange juice is a good combination for breakfast, or to be taken in place of any other meal of the day; but graham crack- ers or other starchy foods should nob be used with this orange-milk come hemorrhages from dialated veins of] bination, ers and anvils, to say nothing of minor noise creators. This season the American Sym- phony Ensemble has turned out the first symphony orchestra to play without a conductor. It has been tried successfully, I am.told, in some European cities, The idea is, so .I am informed, to let the individual musicians figure. out their own inter- pretations of a. composition. When the program is arranged the musi- cians name a committee to decide on the interpretation. Intense rehears- al is made necessary since there is no baton to guide them. Music fans from all over the country are coming here to watch the experiment, I am told, GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) | Our Yesterdays | f TEN YEARS AGO Mrs. Nellie L. Call returned from Great Falls, Mont., where she visited her sons. Minhea polls flour dealers declared their belief that all-wheat bread would never again be as popular as before the war. Mrs, Evelyn Bergeson. was elected worthy matron of the Bismarck Or- der of Eastern Star. Other officers included Millie Floren, Bertha Var- ney, Margaret Spohn, Elizabeth Kel- ler, Ruth Nupen, Effie Lahr, Flor- ence Hoskins, and Elvira H. Mc- Conkey. Clifton Johnson was named worthy patron. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Mrs, George W. Newton arrived here from Fargo to make her home with Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Newton. Henry Curry, formerly employed at the Bismarck Weather bureau, died in Fargo. Miss Bertha Whitecraft began teaching a three months’ term of school at Trygg. -John Henninger, on trial in Man- dan for the murder of John Breiner, was acquitted on claim of self- defense. FORTY YEARS AGO Mary A. Gardner and Henry Reed of Bismarck were married here by Rev. Caleb Ben Ham. , Miss Gar¢ner was a well known milliner in bis- marck. . Horse raising was becoming popu- lar among ranchmen of the Missouri e ranchmen claimed that ther ind the best horse country in d ‘world. , H. H. Brooks of Winona won the Tribune's prize offer of a yar sub- scription for the largest ne dozen petetors brought to the office by lovember 15. HISTORY November 3 1762—France by secret treaty ceded all her western lands to Spain, 1783—American army officially dis- banded. 1794—Birthday of William Cullen Bryant, American poet. 1868—U. S, Grant elected president; Virginia, Texas and Misgis- sippi did not participate in election. 1874—Michigan defeated woman suffrage by 135,957 to 40,09, ne ) BARBS 1 A Chicago policeman killed a gangster the other day. Probabl; an investigation will be Pvceeve «oe Vilhjalmar Stefansson, explorer, predicts that civilization will turn northward for its next t adven- ture. This should be of interest to certain real estate men for whom parts of the south and west recente ly became too hot. “* © Ly A messenger; boy in New York rented a room for $5 a week, bought a diamond ring and a car on credit and got married. But wh’) waste all that money on a room? see Pictures of Salmon P. Chase ap- pear’on the new $10,000 bills. All those who don’t care to have pic- tures of Mr. Chase dying aveand can A reporter on a western news- paper is 78 years old. Very few men can go along that far, but robably he is sustained by hav- ee “so many interesting pab- ple.’ In a middle. western city at anti-Smith meeting “J the Pig in the Parlor” was suggested as a campaign song. Governor Smith denies it’s a blind pig, anyway. ee ay. (Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) League Studies Plan for Changing Calendar of claims toh ved the year Prefer tena ma ‘0 Own as iday” would dispose of the trouble-, ys Miss Emma Schwartz of the Da- is kota Si School — association social meeting at the| of the dead. spoke at { home of Mrs. George Lewis. "NOTHER NEW PLACE “Wanda’s uncle has left ber $5,000 @ year in tuits Fine! Bat’ does the shave to Hand five there to. get it?” Judge. PAID IN ADVANCE - Wa. are you thrashing your little son “He wilh ast his school report to- morrow, ‘I must away to- night."—Ully; Berlin,