The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1929, Page 10

Sekusaakvation hee te sig an ahah = Soest esate Sete HAE oes THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE By RODNEY DUTCHER (NEA Service Writer) ‘Washington, Feb. 12.—Congress con- sinues to play politics with the prob- lem of prohibition enforcement, play- ing politics being about the best thing congress does, in company with most presidents, governors, cabinet mem- bers, sheriffs, cops and other public servants. ‘The Senate voted to toss $24,000,000 anore into the enforcement pot, the house has rejected the appropriation and the merry battle has served to <eveal a number of facts about the vresent prohibition situation which are herein set down without regard to the order of their importance. Southern dry Democrats voted for the increase in a body, partly trying to get back at the G. O. P. for their campaign tactics by making the Re- publicans seem insincere through their opposition but especially because they had a grand chance to regain the affections of dry constituents who had been scowling at them for their campaign support of Governor <mith. Senator Harris of Georgia, author of the $24,000,000 amendment, is a non-drinking dry. Previously he had contented himself with gétting $50,000 or $100,000 for research in the pecan industry or combating disease in peach orchards. But since the elec- tion Georgia preachers have been making sour threats against him and lke seems to have decided to “redeem” himself from the Smith taint in a vig ‘way. And not a single dry southern Democrat failed to hop onto the re- demption wagon. * * * beginning to admit privately a belief ‘that prohibition so far is far from being a success, Conditions in their states are as bad or worse than eve:, they say, and if they could only see @ satisfactory way out they would Vote for a change. They are re- strained by lack of proposals offering '@ wise solution and by full realiza- tion that it would be politically dan- \ WASHINGTON LETTE Some of the drys in Congress are j league’s general superintendent, who tried to fill Wheeler's shoes as legis- lative director. It is commonly be- lieved that McBride will lose the leg- islative job. Dr. Clarence True Wil- son of the Methodist Board of Tem- perance, Prohibition and Public Mor- als, is said to be after it. If Wheeler had been alive, many league people say, he would still be holding the whip over Congress and would have made a league victory of Senator Bruce's proposal to spend $250,000,000 more for prohibition en- forcement. Instead the leaderless professional drys offered a deplorable spectacle of confusion in which vari- ous groups split into factions over the $24,000,000 proposal and responsible officials were found on one side one day and another the next. ‘The only one who may have aided the amendment'’s passage in the Sen- ate is Bishop Cannon of Virginia, a much more puissant person in and out of the league than is commonly supposed. Cannon and other strong men Probably will not let the present de- moralization hurt the cause of pro- hibition. The league has had some bad rows before. * Oe The dry organizati are uncom- Promising, but elsew! in Wash- ington during the last year there has grown up an increasing belief that the federal governme * will leave prohi- bition enforcement more and more to the states. There seems to be con- siderable significance in this, judging from the quarters where the belief is voiced. Even high officials connected with enforcement have appeared to be hinting at it. At any rate, their tendency has been to pass the en- forcement buck to the states when- ever possible. Such predictions sound more im- pressive than the old talk about re- Peal or modification, which the most THE GUMPS—THE TYRANT , NOW LONG THAT COURT SHIP In ONCE UKs YOU DO—— WHERE'S MY WAT? WHY ISN'T DINNER READY? WHAT'S THIS BILL FOR 2 = RRTIATe wnt WAT SUERTE ARE HOW HE DOES HIS "BONING AND COOING— IN ONE EAR AND OUT UT WHAT I SAY — on MY HOUSE =) e ardent wets don’t expect for a long time. With so much soul-searching, head- scratching and star-gazing here over ‘gerous to admit their feelings pub- licly. Some of them, however, think ‘that American women will in time de- mand a revision of the dry laws. |. A straight-out vote on prohibition jtoday Probably would give the drys 'the overwhelming majority which \they claim. The wets have developed ‘no. intelligent leadership and with Senator Jim Reed's retirement from the Senate their group in that body ‘will look rather sick. In view of the congressional lineup as it appears on ‘the surface it seems strange that pro- hibition is as live an issue as it is. * * * The dry organizations have pro- duced no leader in Washington to take the place of the late Wayne B. Wheeler. Prominent drys both of the Anti-Saloon League and other groups are eriticizing F. Scott McBride, the His work of packing the suitcase finished, the reporter went to sit on . the edge of Crystal's cot before the iireplace, while he wrestled with the problem of her “story.” “I've got it!” he announced tri- ‘umphantly after a period of frown- ing concentration. “This kidnapper fellow had taken the gag out of your mouth when you'd made a promise not to scream. He didn’t think there anyway, in this lonely spot. When he heard Lon Edwards and the girl up on the porch he didn’t have to gag you again, but whipped his gun—he was sitting beside you the cot—and leveled it at you, to you silent. You were afraid to irst, though you knew help outside, but after a bit you mind that he'd be you, and you did kidnapper dropped his clatter that Lon gees ‘ H He Fee 8 Associated Press Feature Writer) _gtot ds tages: ct _New Hampshire . | Cheek. the country’s continued guzzling, it isn’t surprising that everyone—Con- gress, Hoover and the Treasury De- partment—are happily anticipating the day when the problem can be turned over to Hoover's promised in- vestigating commission. The commis- sion may not discover any informa- tion that isn't commonly known or easily available, but it will be able to make recommendations and the government at least will have gone through the motions of doing some- thing about prohibition. Meanwhile half the prohibition en- forcement staff over the country has been filled with civil service employes. It is far too early to predict the net effect of the new system. Civil ser- vice officials admit their main worry concerns the ability of agents earn- ing $35 a week to resist temptation. DEMANDING THIS — DEMANDING THAT OUT THE OTHER , HE'D LAST A LONG TIME = Freckles and His Friends < WHAT 010 HE WE WAS SO SURPRISED (mauers JOST THE ~ GEE! JUST:SREING BOZO BEEN To TE HOSPITAL ( SAY WHEN HE | | HE COULON'T SAY ANY- ‘\ AURSES SAY | | 7ROUBLE-- THEY AND BEPPO AMADE MME FEEL. WITH ME=TALK ABOUT | SAN! BOBO AND | | THING AT FIRST=THEN / ABOUT ALL THE’ | MADE US ALL GET B BETTER ALREADY ==IT MADE FON! FRECKLES yusT BEPPO ? BEPPO STARTED BLOWIN RACKET 2 | [OUT WHEN. They / PATIENTS awe ME FORGET ALL ABOUT COULDN'T GET NER AIS TRUMPET AND | SAY THERE WAS SHOULD HAVE ler AYSELF “AND Boy! HE THE SURPRISE WE AN ELEPHANT AN’ | THOUGUT OF RACKET! Z NENER HEARD HAD FOR HIN! : ¢ , “At (ILL Sex 1 AM— THATS : Wey WanTcHa “Ta JEL ME GET OUT” THIS ANCHOR ¢ GOLLY, ("A TU! GUESS THE ONLY Way 1 CAN GET TH’ ROPE UNTIED FROM, “WH LempposT (Ss Ta SLIDE. DOWN AN! + HOWOY AGAIN= AN’ | BE7] ENOUGH 0! YOUR MONKEY. CIENE HE'S VIOLATIN' © O' “W' “TrRaceic Laws, ER SUMTHIN’ t of the kidnapping got out. So he left you here, bound and blindfolded, and locked in, while he went away somewhere to arrange with some un- derworld pal of his to pick up the ransom money.” “But I made the footprints on Tuesday morning, after it had begun to rain!” Crystal objected. “Sure! That’s all right,” Harry re- assured her. “He had to come back to see if you’d escaped or been res- cued, so’s he would know what chance he had to collect the ransom money. He came by way of the creek, as the Police will figure it, came before dawn, and found you on the floor unconscious. You see, you’d man- aged to work off the bonds around your ankles but not around your wrists. Blindfolded, you'd staggered about the room until you tripped and fell, heavily striking your head against a log of wood. The kidnapper Was scared out of his wits, thought you'd die and he'd be blamed. He beat it, of course, but left you locked in, He was kind enough to untie your hands, put you on the cot, bring in firewood and water and bandage your head with a piece of your underwear. Naturally, he didn’t have nerve to go after the ransom money Tues- day night after midnight, as he'd Planned. Afraid he'd be caught and charged with your murder. All clear?” the ingenious young reporter con- cluded triumphantly. Crystal nodded, and lifted a weak hand to touch her rescuer’s flushed “It's—clear, Harry. I don't know why you're willing to do all this for me, but—I’m so—so grateful—” NEXT: While ueath hovers near. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) THOOVER (/ 0-08, cnc M THEY'RE Wy JUST “TOO LOVE FoR. WORDS! Vou'RE THE,, 100% BoY FRIEND !! SO CHARLEY METCALF WAS BEEN RUSHING MY WEAKNESS. 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