The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 5, 1929, Page 7

KIWANIS CLUB TOLD: OF SCHOOL DEBATES | AND DISTRICT MEET County Superintendent Tries to Arouse Interest in Cur- rent Topics Education . Decorated After Eleven Years ‘The Kiwanis club heard the report of Thomas Burke on the district di- meeting, January 19, at St. met in noon luncheon & also heard Miss Madge Runey, county superintendent, on. the werles of district high school debates ‘over the state. Father John Slag put before the tlub the proposal to provide work for the boy scouts who are going to camp this summer. A number of mem- bers volunteered to find odd jobs for the scouts, so that they can earn their camp expenses before the sea- opens. Mr. Burke reported that the ad- Gress of the retiring district gov- ernor at the St. Paul meeting dealt with the major objectives of the Kiwanis clubs during last year, such as better citizenship and boys’ work. It instanced one city where the per- centage of the vote got out rose from 60 to 90 per cent. The new district governor, Rosser ‘Willis, he said, emphasized the work to be done in the new year, such as enlarged interclub activities and or- ganization of new clubs. The Bis- marck club was asked to sponsor some such work in this district. Miss Runey said the district high school debating series is to foster in- terest in current topics. It is a plan sponsored by the University of North Dakota. The topic this year is, Re- solved That a new national political party is desirable. divided into nine districts and a tenth is being proposed, the idea being to keep down the expenses of long dis- tance trips to contest. of the district debates are assembled ‘at Grand Forks in May, when a state contest is held. Declamatory and ath- letic contests are staged at the same time. She referred in her talk to Robert Burr, son of Judge Burr, who by winning two debates when he was 15 and 16 years of age, was awarded the Robert Burr medal as the best debater among the high schools of The second series of debates will be put on February 23. There will be | @ third, March 23, another April 14, . the semi-finals May 4 and the finals “May 18, at Grand Forks. Visitors and guests at the luncheon included R. 8. Morton, assistant at- torney general, Nostdal, Rugby; John Thorpe, coun- sel for the federal land bank, St. Paul; P. W. Lanier, attorney, James- town; W. G. Crocker, senator, Lisbon, and B. C. Marks, Fargo, introduced as the foster father of the Bismarck ‘BEAVER S SAVED FROM EXTNCTON Pratt, Kan., Feb. 5.()—The beaver brs escaped the threat of extermina- ion. This dark denizen of wooded streams, whose rich fur ati xa cits ¥ preneh ancestors to new trapping grounds west of the Mississi| rectors re Paul, when it Badly wounded during the attack on Hill 241 near Cierges, France, Captain Edwin E. Schwien scoffed at being removed to a base his men on to victory. Now, eleven years later, he is pictured above, right, as his heroism won its award—a Distinguished Service Cross from the hands of Major General Hanson Ely on Governor's Island, N. ¥. Captain Schwien was a member of the 7th Infantry, 3rd Division, A. E. F. PREMIER OF SPAIN DENIES REVOLUTION Reports Broadcast of Bloody Revolt Absolutely Untrue, Says Primo de Rivera hospital and spurred which, combined with returns from his cotton, enabled him to pay his A valuable hint to dairymen on how to cut costs was given Pennsylvania farmers by W. H. Hosterman of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture re- The use of good quality legume hays cuts the cost of well- balanced rations for dairy cows, ac- cording to Hosterman. mends the use of alfalfa and clover instead of grass hays. THEATRE OWNERS IN UPROAR AT “TALKIES 200 Representatives of Inde- pendent Northwest Houses Hold Indignation Meeting Madrid, Feb. 5.—(?)—Premier Primo de Rivera, in responce to a request by the Associated Press for a statement on the situation in Spain, today denied that the recent revolutionary move- ment was of importance and declared that there has been no fighting what- The state is His statement follows: “Reports broadcast about bloody re- volts in Spain are absolutely untrue. There has been no bloodshed in Spain. Not a single shot has been fired, whether by the rebels or by the loyal troops. Practically all the troops are loyal, the exceptions being very. few artillery officers. “The entire country has piled op- Probrium upon these disloyal officers. The government will energetically Proceed against the responsible par- ties for these disorders, which have been utter failures. “The army, the navy, the civil guards, the coast guards, the security force and the militia have at all times been loyal to the government, without allowing the politicians and other discontented elements—who do not amount in the whole of Spain to more than one thousand—to influence them into abandoning their duties. “This is the truth of what is hap- Pening in Spain, and whatever else might be said is nothing but a dream of those who are interested in proga- gating the lies.” Northwest Air Pilot Flys Into Matrimony Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 5.—()—Ed- win Harrison Middagh, air mail pilot for the northwest airways, “took off” Monday on the matrimonial high- Minneapolis, Feb. than 200 independent theatre owners of the northwest met here today ‘in an open convention called by the Northwest Theatre Owners’ associa- tion to discuss problems confronting the independent exhibitor, most of them the result of introduction of the 5.—(AP)—More Foremost among matters to be con- sidered at what the theatre owners admitted was an “indignation” meet- ing, is the alleged refusal of motion picture producers to approve talking movie equipment not manufactured under their direction or supervision As & result, it was pointed out, talk- ing jor sound pictures are seldom heard outside chain houses operated by the producers themselves, The breach between the producers and the independent exhibitor in this respect has been widening ever since talking and sound pictures were in- troduced, according to Abram F. My~ ers, former chairman of the federal trade commission and now general counsel for the Allied States’ Associ- ation of Motion Picture Exhibitors, who is attending the meeting. The practice of block bookings by producers, whereby exhibitors are not to discriminate in their choice of films, also was scheduled for discussion at the meeting of the theater owners. Action against this method, which the theater owners arbitrary and unfair was taken by the federal trades commis- sion some months ago, Mr. Myers pointed out, but without any serious | attention to the matter by the pro- » He married Dorothy Houle of Min- neapolis at the Swedish Methodist church here, Rev. A. G. Olson offi- ciating. Miss Houle came to Minne- polis from Cass county, North Da- Farm Facts The annual agricultural outlook re- Port, issued by the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, says condi- tions will be favorable during 1929 to producers of cattle, wheat, flax, rice, hogs, poultry, feed grains, cab- bage and tobacco. Production which will bring about lower prices caused the department to caution producers to cut production Of potatoes, winter wheat and feed crops. Lower prices are expected in oats, corn, citrus fruits, apples, water- melons and sugar. | ‘. Fergus Falls Court to Hear 300 Cases Fergus Falls, Minn., Feb. 5.—(?)— The winter term of United States court opened here today. lengthy there are approximately 300 cases in about half civil and half There are 100 jurors on Included in the cases is the gov- ernment’s suit for $f ochecion a approximately $75,000 taxes for manufacture and sale Thus it multiplied beyond all expectations, and his kind have be- Former U.S. Senator _ Is Sued for Divorce Washington, Fel Rapid preventative measures taken in the recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak near Whittier, Calif., suc- ceeded in blotting out all traces of this dreaded cattle disease, the U. 8, Department of Agriculture reports. eee Cottonseed meal, used as a fertil- izer, has reduced in popularity. Dur- to the U. 8, De- partment of Agriculture, 257,000 short tons of meal were used for fertilizer, compared with 444,000 used in 1926. Nonogenarian Makes Violins for 70 Years , ii i i a i i! fu Bi s GRAISTORACE IS [HUSKING CORN PART |COOLDGE CRUISER | OF GIRL’S DUTIES) TWECLAISEWISH (USTED I SENATE Sidetrack by Overwhelming Ma- jority Request to Eliminate Construction Time PUT IN CHARGE OF NEW COMMISSIONER Bill Rewritten to Merge Admin- | istration and Farmers Union Views Is Up ‘The rewritten grain storage mea- sure which is to be substituted for senate bill No. 59 was before the sen- ate state affairs committee, this fore- noon, and was held over for further consideration Wednesday morning, when typewritten copies of the mea- sure can be passed around and a more accurate consideration given. Senator Fowler explained the amended form of the bill. It provides for an initial appropriation of $25,000 for setting the storage system in operation. This is expected to be re- turned into the state treasury from the fees that will accrue from the in- spection and storage for which the bill provides. The money will be used to pay salaries and buy inspec- tion equipment to the extent needed. Administration of the storage sys- tem is taken away from the railroad and warehouse commission and Placed in the hands of a state com- missioner, who employs inspectors and deputy commissioners. The rail- road and warehouse commission re- tains advisory powers and its approv- al is required in various ways. The plan of inspection is to send samples to the commissioner at Bis- marck, for the making of moisture and protein tests. It was thought too cumbersome and impractical to make these on the premises where the grain is to be stored, Senator Fowler said. The moisture test, the senator said, seems indispensable in the storage plan, and it was on the advice of St. Paul chemists that the inspection test was taken from the farm to the Bismarck office of the commissioner. To buy testing apparatus for each inspector, the senator added, would entail vast expense, as each testing machine costs $135. So by centraliz- ing the tests, expense is avoided. The bill is understood to be the compromise on which the admini: tration and Farmers union have com- bined. Former Governor Maddock said he would furnish copies of the measure at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Davis Attends Dealers Meet in Minneapolis F. M. Davis, manager of the Capi- tal Chevrolet company, is attending @ two day meeting for dealers and factory representatives of the Chevro- let Motor company. R. H. Grant, vice president of the company in charge of sales, is the principal speaker at these meetings, which are planned to get the year’s sales program “directly before the dealer. More than a carload of scenery, stage properties and lighting effects are required for presentation of the program, the most impressive and instructive ever staged by any auto- mobile compa: Custer Indian Fighter Dead in North Dakota Minot, Feb. 5.—()—Robert B. F. Stafford, 86, former Indian fighter with Custer and a veteran of the battle of Washita river when the Cheyennes were crushingly defeated, died here early today at the home of @ daughter. Stafford claimed the personal friendship of Custer. Whitford Writes to Old Friend Here John Peterson has received a letter from George L. Whitford, Washing- ton, expressing his pleasure over the notice given by The Tribune to his proposal for governor of Porto Rico by Senator George Moses, of New Mr. Whitford asks that he be re- membered to all his old friends in Bismarck, on whose growth he com- ments as something remarkable, PITY THE DRUMMER Washington.—Save a few sympa- thetic thoughts for the trap drummer of the U. 8. regimental and garrison bands. His issue of equipment has every other job in the army stopped cold. In addition to the regular sol- dier’s outfit he must keep track of a snare drum, triangle, triangle beater, muffler and strainer, drum sling, drum stand, cow bawl, cow bell, sleigh bell, wood block, castanet, cuckoo, Chinese cymbals, imitation railroad, adjustable rattle, slap sticks, tam- bourine, Chinese tom-tom, canary whistle, locomotive whistle, steam- boat whistle and steam exhaust whistle, Child's cold ouble fatment Cuitpren hate to be “dosed.” When rubbed on, Vicks relieves colds 2 ways , {tration for an exchange of papers THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | Schaller, Ie, Feb. 5—(NEA)— | Folk in this part of Iowa, a region | that boasts producing more corn than ; any other equal area in the world. /are marveling over the corn husking record of Miss Mary Quirin, who re- {Sides on a farm near here. In the last , | harvest Mary husked 1335 bushels of corn in 19 days. In addition she took care of her team and did her houcc- hold work. But Mary does not look at all like a husky husker, and it is for that rea- son that folk are marveling. Her frame is slight, her hands small, her feet petite. : Last fall there was a scarcity of laborers for harvesting corn and Mary's brothers, who operate a large tract, were puzzled as to how they would get all their acres of maize in- to the crib, Picking machines could be used only when the corn was standing well. But it happened that heavy winds had put much of the corn down, and so it was necessary to use hands. Mary keeps house for her brothers and noted their dark worry. “Why worry? I'll help,” she told them. “But you've got to keep house.” “I know it. I can pick corn and keep house, too. Yes, do all the bak- ing and washing and ironing and Sweeping as well.” Mary had her way. Her brothers assigned her a team and each morn- ing the girl harnessed her horses, hitched them to the wagon, and went into the fields. The ears banged | merrily against the backboard as the | girlish picker chirped to her horses and hummed, though she had to bend her back to get the down ears. Ina day or two she was expert at snapping and throwing with the least wearying | effort. Her brothers kept tally of her har- vest and when the 19 days were done and no more corn remained in the ‘ashington, 5.—(?) — The senate wrote into the cruiser bill to- day a statement that it favors a treaty with the principal naval powers to regulate the conduct of belligerents and neutrals at sea. Although President Coolidge does .not approve of the cruiser construc- tion bill with the time restriction clause included, he does not wish to be understood as saying positively Cold Can't Cause Them to Disappoint!’ Singers can't always keep from' catching cold, but they can get the best of any cold in a few hours—and so can you. Get the compound | comes in pleasant-tasting tablets, one of which will break up a cold 80) quickly you'll be astonished. p Cold Compound is what they call it,) and any drugstore you visit will have it—for thirty-five cents! A bad cold that has settled on the: lungs is conquered the same way; just takes a little longer. Pape’s way) is better than “doping,” so remember the name.—Adv. PAPE’S COLD COMPOUND VF. W.HAS ANNUAL FESTIVAL TONIGHT that he will veto the measure. Washington, Feb. 5—(4)—The sen- ate today neared a vote on the cruiser construction bill after sidetracking by an overwhelming majority the request of President Coolidge to have elim- inated the time clause in the meas- ure requiring construction on ships sia for to begin before July 1, The bil now carries the provision voted by the house that five of the | 15 cruisers shall be put under way during this fiscal year, ending next June 30; five the following year and five during the next year, ending June 30, 1931. The $19,000,000 aircraft carrier also shall be started during Period. Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, offered the amendment to give the president a free hand in putting under way the naval pro- gram any time prior to July 1, 1932. It was defeated by a vote of 54 to Harrison was supported by 16 Republicans, eleven Democrats and the Farmer-Labor senator, Shipstead, crack ccrna hy fields, they announced the girl had Picked 1335 bushels. State Officials and ex-Service. men Members of Legis- % MARTIN WOULD BUY | LAND FOR STATION Proposes Purchasing Section for Northern Great Plains Experiment Depot Senator William Martin, Morton county, today offered a bill appro- priating $16,000 for the purchase of a section of land which would be leased by the state to the Northern | Great Plains experiment station at Mandan for $1 a year. Senator E, H. Brant, Emmons coun- ty, offered a measure authorizing county treasurers to accept checks in payment of taxes subject to the hon- oring of such checks by the bank on which they are drawn, Senator Lynn Sperry, Burleigh county, introduced a bill authorizing the board of administration to sell the experiment substation at Hebron. Senators Kretschmar, Logan coun- ty, and Patterson, Renville county, sponsored a bill appropriating $20,- 000, $15,000 of which would be used in improving cereal crops and $5,000 for the destruction of the barberry bush. The state affairs committee major- ity report recommending passage of the Northridge-Freeman bill for a commission of three to manage the state mill and elevator was adopted by the house today by a vote of 59 to 50. The bill will go on Wednes- day’s calendar. There was active discussion on the bill, L. L. Twitchell, Cass county, speaking for the measure, and Burk- hart, Ward, Mrs, Craig, Benson, and Swendseid, opposing it. Representatives Burkhart, Ward county, and Rulon, Stutsman, intro- duced a bill to create a Missouri riv- er development commission. Russia Will Print Czarist War Papers Moscow, February 5.—(?)—Diplo- matic documents showing Russia’s part in the world war are being pre- pared by the official archive ad- ministration for publication this spring. the end of this year. 2 In addition will be published vari- ous material concerning the revo- lutionary movement in Russia. This will include a volume dealing with the constituent assembly and the commission of. inquiry into the Kol- chak ministers. The national conference of Marx- ian historians heard the project dis- cussed. They were informed that his- torians all over the world were inter- ested in the documents and that an arrangement been concluded with the Prussian archive adminis- and facsimiles. Scottish Thrift Has Sound Basis in Fact Glasgow, Scotland, Feb. 5.—(P)— Scottish thrift is not fiction. One of every three of the popula- tion has a bankbook, and savings for 1928 constitute a record, says the an- nual report of the Glasgow Savings Bank. The amount due depositors is $120,- 000,000, an increase of $4,900,000 last year, while 40,000 “home safes". small cash boxes—are in use. Veto Rumors Afloat Rumors continued to float about the capitol today of a veto of the bill but little stock was placed in these by Republican leaders. vote for the time limitation clause was just a little shy of the two to one majority necessary to override lature Invited Crocker Eases His | Conscience on New | Measure by Analogy Pia ial weal aribemi=\) Sixty ex-servicemen are expected to} {attend the annual banquet of Veterans of Foreign Wars commemorating the date of the outbreak in the Philippine Is which led to the Spanish-Ame Senator W. G. Crocker, of Lisbon, put in a bill appropriating $2,000 to the cause of North Dakota horticul- ture Monday. The senator had some qualms of conscience before he made the move, He didn’t like to swell the total of appropriations. So he had recourse to analogy, He calculated just what percentage of the total of appropriations his modest item would be. When he had worked out the percentage, he tried it out on his family budget. He found that if he and Mrs. Crocker appropriated in the same proportion for flowers they would be spending about 20 cents a year. “Jacta est alea,” he said in the Lisbon dialect. And the die was cast. The bill went into the hopper. said he will defend it as a bill to make the home more popular and undetachable and give North Da- kota a greater attraction to the visi- tor and the potential settler. Divorces in Tampico Double Marriage Rate Feb. 5.—(#)— Divorce petitions filed in Tampico during the last three months are more than double the number of marriages. The newspapers blame the high cost of living and poor business con- ditions for the flood of divorce cases, explaining that the burden of main- taining a home has become so great that married life is now a luxury which many no longer can afford. Mexico Makes Troops Attend Army Schools Another bundle of amendments faced the bill today, including pro- posals of Senators Norris of Nebraska, and Brookhart, Iowa, Republicans, to pare down the cruiser authorizations from 15 to 10 or 9 or 6 or 5. Elated by their victory yesterday on the time limitation clause, friends of the bill were confidently pressing for votes today. Debate Again Limited Debate was again limited to 10 minutes for each senator and final action before nightfall seemed as- sured. Only minor changes have been made in the bill as approved @ year ago by the house and it ma: be possible to have the measure ratified again by the house and sent to the senate for ad, The banquet ‘was to be held night, but was postponed until to night. It will be held at 6:30 o'clock at the Grand Pacific hotel. Members of the legislature who ex-servicemen are invited to the meeting and a delegation Fort Lincoln has been invited, Honored guests will be v George F. Shafer, Lieut. Gov. John W. Carr, Adj. Gen. G. Angus Fraser, and Attorney General Jim Morris, E. G. Wanner will be naste and H. F, O'Hare, commander of local organization, will preside. program will be informal, to Mr. Wanner. Oxford Women Deb the Sin of Innocence Oxford, Feb, 5.—(?)—The eighth deadly sin has been discovered by un. dergraduates here. The wide-eyed virtue of Victo days was laid bare of its trappings b relentless members of the St. Hilda’ college debating society at discussion of “Pacifism, Victo1 and the Eighth Deadly Sin—1 ‘Women are still debarred from Union, Oxford’s famous male deb | Society, but their own organization fast gaining a rival reputation for ef. fectiveness. Every conceivable p Jem is brought before the women dent members and enthusi thrashed out by their star d of whom there are a growing Entomologists Great he says. justment of their The first amendment before the senate today was that of Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, which would ask the president to use his influence for the convening of an in- ternational conference for the pur- Poses of obtaining a restatement of maritime rights especially as to the rights of neutrals in time of war. The conference would be convened some- time before the next general naval disarmament conference to be held Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, has offered a substitute. have maritime righ. along lines of the treaty negotiated by Jefferson and Franklin in the days when the United States was a minia- ture sea power. U.S. Teaches Albania Kindness to Animals Tirana, Albania, Feb. 5.—(P)— American educational institutions in Albania, Europe's newest monarchy, have cooperated in the organization of the first albanian society for the Protection of animals. Meetings to further the campaign have been held at the American Vocational School at Tirana and at the American agricultural school at Benefit to Humanity Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 5.—(®)—Th absent-minded prof Pers after elusive butterflies and with a net contributes much to benefit of humanity. Carnegie Institute of Technolo here has more than 1,500,000 speci; mens of bugs, beetles, etc, and ficials point out that were it not fo scientific knowledge furnished a tomologists this world would be mighty uncomfortable place in whi Study of myriad insects, Through establishment of schools at army posts throughout the country the government has succeeded in re- ducing illiteracy among the troops to 30 per cent of the personnel. hope in a few years to wi out entirely. The army, apart from the officers, is made up from the Mexico Would Teach Children Temperance Mexico City, Feb. 5.—(?)—Hence- forth Mexican school children will learn, among other things, that alco- holic beverages when taken in large quantities have an injurious effect on the mind and body. Teaching of this doctrine in the Public schools forms part of President Portes Gil's campaign to educate the people away from the drink habit. He hopes that through learning and acquiring of an interest in clean amusements, which the government intends to encourage, the people will gradually lose their desire for intoxi-| mologists. cating liquors, humble classes, and most of the re- Among the first to be put into|cruits never before had opportunity print will be documents dealing with|to learn to read and write. the 1914 crisis. It is hoped to have the first two volumes circulating by Belgium and Holland mankind, how to rid infested places of ®. insects, Prefer Their Bicycle Pittsburgh'ts the home of four ou Brussels, Feb. 5.—(#)—The use of the bicycle, the “motor of the. poor,” is increasing in Belgium. A total of 241,000 cycles were reg- istered for 1928, as compared 233,000 in 1927 and 129,000 in 1920, The use of the cycle is increasing also in Holland, but is on the decline ‘Workmen's compensation laws are now in force in all but five of the 48 tes. Hagan, Fargo trainmaster of the Northern Pacific, was in the city, today, on a business trip. tendent of the King’s Doctor