The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 29, 1929, Page 4

MOOTEPSIPa ceormenwaonnnee Unearanepavmaes acane. PARRPRTS a PSQRZe9EKBOWD wom srsdrzeerg Aenes scenes The Bismarck Tribune An independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPaPER (Established 1873) Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company. Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck &s second class mail matter. George D. Mann ................President and Publisner Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier per year ..... . Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) . Daily by mail, per year, (in state, outside Bismarck) ....... . Daily by mail, outside of North Dakota .. 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The Red Cross Courier. official magazine of the Amer- jean Red Cross, would hardly seem a periodical in which | to look for thrillers. But it has them, just the same; | thrillers that leave you with an added respect for your fellow men’s ability to take hard knocks and do tough Jobs. In the magazine's June issue there is a story how the; Red Cross went into action this spring when a tornado hit the little Arkansas town of Guion. Guion was almost wiped out. Eighty buildings were utterly smashed. Many pecple were killed or injured; the survivors huddled helpless in caves in a hillside, and saw the tornado, in its last, freakish rage, suck the ‘White river into the air and pour it on the wreckage of the village Then tae magazine goes on with the story: “When the Red Cross workers arrived the next morn- ing, old residents shook their heads despairingly. Guion was lost, they said. But the workers cheerfully plunged into the job that was admittedly of bleak prospect. The health stiuation was pressing. The water supply was ‘wrecked, and tricklets of sewage criss-crossed the town. “Miss Birdie Weems, Red Cross nurse from Little Rock, was assigned the duty of typhoid inoculations. A Icng line of serious-faced men and mothers with babies in their erms, waited outside her boxcar headquarters where she was obliged to eat and sleep for two weeks. Good water was difficult to obtain, so the Red Cross pur- chased a 300-gallon open-topped tank which was placed under @ pure spring in a silica mine above the com- munity. Lines of pipe now run down from it to hydrants at various points. “Shelter, however, remained a serious question. Na- tional guard tents dotted the hillside; but the ground was cold, and the river breeze still beat upon the victims. As an answer, 35 carpenters from Batesville, nearby, volun- tzered their services to the Red Crore On Monday morn- ing, May 6, they slighted from the local train with their hammers, saws and other tools. The sound of building activity soon filled the valley, and several hours later Red Cross lumber had been turned into sills and studdings. By nightfall three houses were nearly completed. The following day the operation was repeated, and today Gulon is a ‘Phoenix’ of new buildings.” That's all there is to the story—but isn't it a thriller? {census will be an enumeration which will reveal the ;tion and effect needed reforms in the distribution sys- THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1929 | : The Land of Promise! | merged in the ensuing oratory. Inst I challenged the criticism of every man I wanted to impress. In their resentment they spread my speech before their constitu- ents. So the people heard my voice. It was the only way to make them. As soon as they analyzed what I said, they knew I was right.” Dawes’ theory was quite right. His outburst fairly blew the congressional investigation out of the water. It languished and died after he blasted it. UNEARTHING TRADE FACTS An important feature and new departure of the 1930 | channels through which an annual total of between $60,000,000,000 and $80,0C0,000,000 of domestic trade flows. Heretofore the federal government has gone to great lengths to learn the methods by which our foreign trade has grown and by which it can be increased. No such survey has ever been made for domestic trade, and yet} foreign trade represents less than 1 per cent of the na- tion’s trade. That there has been agitation for a distri- bution census Is not to be wondered at What will be learned from this new phase of the cen- sus will be eagerly sought after by advertisers, whole- salers, jobbers and by banks which specialize in financing | retail trade. In fact, it should prove the biggest forward | step in national merchandising ever taken. The extent of the nation’s production and consumption | has always been known; the new distribution census will discloee the secrets of the connecting link between the two. Possessed of this new information, business, co- operating with the department of commerce, doubt- lessly will {ind ways to further reduce waste in distribu- tem. You can tell a good neighborhood. The bill collectors are too light for roughhouse work. What we need is a great magazine filled with articles showing how and why prominent failures got that way. Famous men get letters of two kinds: Letters of praise from intelligent people and disagreeable letters from cranks. Editorial Comment | THE SOURCE OF NORTHWEST WEALTH (St. Paul Dispatch) Preliminary figures on the biennial census of manufac- tures for 1927, taken by the United States census bureau, show that while manufacturing is steadily increasing in importance in the Northwest, agriculture remains far and away the primary source of real income in this territory. The value of products manufactured in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana in 1927 was $1,400,000,000. This represented a reduction of 25 mil- lion dollars as compared with 1925, but account must be taken of changing price levels. In 1925 prices were 162 per cent of pre-war standards and in 1927 they had fallen to 149 per cent of pre-war. The 1927 manufacturing out- put was, therefore, actually greater than in 1925 and also the largest on record. But far more significant are figures to show the amount it is necessary to deduct from gross value such factors as raw materials, fuel, power and supplies. On this basis the value added by manufacturing in the four states in 1927 was 424 million dollars against 419 millions in 1925 and 412 millions in 1919. It is obvious that the increase would be even greater if an adjustment were made accounting for the decrease in prices. The value of all farm crops produced in the four states in 1927 was $1,154,971,000, but this figure excludes dairy Products, poultry and livestock. In Minnesota alone that year, the value of these omitted items was $347,827,000. Computations for the other states are not available, but a conservative estimate of the gross value of farm crops for the Northwest for 1927 would approach two billion dol- lars. Deductions for grain fed to livéstock and other factors would reduce this somewhat, but it is apparent that the soil is the primary source of the Northwest's wealth. THE GANGSTER’S MENTALITY (Minneapolis Tribune) Nearly everyone seems pleased with the statement of William J. Hickson, director of the psychopathic lab- It is the kind of story that revives one’s faith in the race. Surely, when men can work together like that, the teign of brotherhood is not a wildly impossible dream. Incidentally, you might keep that story in mind when the next Red Cross roll call is held. ONE-THIRD HAD. POOR BRAKES In 1924 a national confezence on street and highway safety appealed to the automobile manufacturers to make their products still more accident-proof and to the Garages of the country to do what they could in the way of safe maintenance of motor vehicles. These recom- mendations were inspired by the knowledge that many | 8° traffic accidents are due to faulty construction of cars and to defects which proper maintenance would correct. Acting in line with the findings and suggestions of the conference, Secretary of Commerce Lamont has just ap- Pointed @ maintenance of motor vehicles committee to study the mechanical condition of motor vehicles and to suggest ways of improving that condition. This national study needs no other justification than the fact that in the half dozen states in which systematic motor vehicle inspections were conducted last year 1,700,000 vehicles had defective brakes, 230,547 had im- Proper lights, 77,643 had defective steering gears and 200,000 were below legal requirements in other respects. ‘These figures assume alarming proportions when it is Temembered that only 5,057,480 motor vehicles were in- spected. The knowledge that mechanical defects are the cause of or @ contributing factor in a large number of motor accidents suggests a practical method of attack on the traffic-accident problem. Secretary Lamont’s commit- tee doubtlessly will recommend periodic inspections of all motor vehicles by state agencies in the interest of high- way safety. It is the next logical step in traffic regula- tions. Poor brakes, faulty steering apparatus and bad lights are prima facie evidence of operating incompetency. De- fective cars are operated only by defective drivers. THE SENATE GETS WISE The United States senate did at least cne prais¢worthy thing before beginning its summer recess. It voted to “pass on the president's nomination hereafter in open session, with both its speeches and its vote free for pub- Ue inspection. There never was any very good éxcuse for doing it any cther way. The courageous newspaper correspond- ent, Paul R. Mallon of the United Press, who compelled the senate to realize that such things are the nation’s business and not the private concern of a few senators, deserves thé thanks of the country. Por it ts rather doubtful if the senate would have ended the executive session business if he had not done what he did. ° WHY DAWES SWORE General Charles G. Dawes, American ambassador to England, has at last explained the famous “Hell'n Maria” ‘epleode, when he swore at = congressional committee that ‘was investigating the American conduct of the war. 7 an interview with 9 writer for the North American Review, Ambassador Dewes explains that he swore de- oratory of the Chicago municipal court, that the gangster has a mental age of 13 years. There has been a great deal of mass cheering over his co-related remark that the intelligence rating of the gangster is a little above that of the holdup man, and a little below that of the pick- Pocket. The tougher Mr. Hickson gets with the gangster, the higher that learned gentleman is certain to rise in popular esteem. Most of us enjoy his psychopathic tweaking of the gangster's nose because most of us cor- dially dislike the gangster, and have experienced the de- sire, at one time or another, to do a little cautious tweak- ing on our own account. Still if Mr. Hickson wishes the applause to continue, he will do well not to extend the sphere of his research past the gunman and racketeer. If the temptation exists to determine the average mental of any human society which tolerates the gangster, which protects the gangster, and which pays tribute to the gangster, we beg him to desist in the interest of his own reputation. Just now we are enjoying a hearty sneer at the low level of the gangster’s mentality. We are having ® good laugh at the expense of the know-nothing Capones and their gangs, who can't think fast or as clearly as their pickpocket cousins. We can't be bothered, just at this moment, with determining the I. Q. of a com- munity which yields, with a by-your-leave servility, to the murderous, rapacious, cruel 13-year-old mind of the average gangster. Mr. Hickson might apply his cerebral calipers to the members of that community, and with illuminating results, but if he is the considerate gentle- man we think he is, he won't do that. The gangster, goodness knows, has left us little enough, without de- spoiling us, in the psychopathic research laboratories, of the pleasant, satisfying illusion of mental superiority. STATE RIVALRY (Wall Street Journal) Because the Wall Street Journal lately spoke in appre- ciation of Florida's sound tax policy, principally exempli- fied in the taxes she does not levy, readers in other states have written letters charging favoritism. They want to know why their state, which of course is in some way the most remarkable state in the Union, should not receive equal publicity. The charge of playing favorites does not hold water. Any state will receive praise in these columns under certain conditions. If it drives business-beyond its borders by fool taxes and dishonest politics, addressed to corporations which cannot get away, no state need be surprised if it is ig- nored. A state is what its people make it. However small its natural advantages may be, if people are lightly taxed and honestly treated, if it is recognized that corporations afford prosperous employment to thousands who would otherwise go elsewhere, if railroads are not compelled to subsidize rival enterprises through taxes and vexatious regulation, that state will receive ready appreciation. When a state sets out to attract men of capital und ability, to afford a pleasant domicile to those who do not like to see the deserved accumulations of a lifetime squandered in affording unnecessary jobs for politicians, it ts not only acting well within its rights, but greatly in the public interest. We often speak of free trade between 48 states over a vast area of the earth's surface as in some measure the réason for American prosperity. We forget that every state is in competition with évery other state. There is no need to mention names in this connection but half a doren states, handed over to demagogues, humbugs and plain crooks, are driving business out of theif borders. The movement takes time but in the course of years everything escapes which is not nailed down. The competent worker moves elsewhere, lea’ behind an inferior citizenship, earning a discontent end precarious living. When @ rich man takes his wealth to Florida, or any Other state, that wealth does more for the state than it does for him. It is a fund for the employment of labor e4 ‘ ‘ALLENE SUMNER. “Big Joe” Lonardo was a bootleg king. He was slain. The taken-for- granted luxuries of the Lonardo fam- ily were gone, and even bare neces- sities became a problem. The suc- cessor to the throne of Lonardo was killed the other day. “Big Joe's” widow, Mrs. Concietta Lonardo, is in- dicted with her son for the slaying. The story books are crammed with the drama which pervaded the lives. of women in redskin pioneer days. But today’s news is crammed with the drama of modern women's lives, drama never dreamed of as possible for women in the days when our ma- ternal forebears shot bears and In- dians with a shotgun. 2 * “HOOEY”? Mrs. Lonardo killed, the law says, because “things” could not be so plen- tiful with “a bootleg king” husband dead. Authorities say that most boot- leggers enter that profession because their women are demanding more luxuries than they can buy them out of their legal incomes. Somehow this sounds strangely akin} to the old “hooey” to the effect that “the woman, she tempted me.” Men, I have observed, seem to like their luxuries even as do women. They may be different, but a clyb member- ship generally costs more than a permanent wave. see HEYWOOD KNOWS Speaking of the waves that endure, hail to Heywood Broun who has the courage to be unmale-like enough to affirm that bobbed heads are in- finitely more beautiful than hirsutic ones all littered up with swirls and coils and puffs and braids, He explains that the contour of the head is its most beautiful part, and that the only really sesthetic coiffure is one like the bob, which reveals the contour, Most men like long hair for the same reason that, in speech, at least, ; they like mother’s pies. The male S| | infinitely more consc:vative and sen- timental about the past than is the female. Accustomed things are the only good things, to their way of thinking. ek ® THE FIGHT’S ON Beauty contests have been called “dmmoral” often enough, but not on the ground that they lead to deceit and treachery. But if a beauty con- test has ever been held which did not, include some entrants breaking the Tules, I never heard of it. Now come charges that in the re- cent international beauty contest at Galveston, a girl who graced the con- test several years ago was re-entered under another name, contrary to rules, ee * SHE HAS TO The trouble with a beauty is that her field of operation is so limited and brief. Beauty contests are to her what a good typing job is to her plainer sister. She'll commit mayhem to get in. Then, too, her hours are brief, even as are those of the butter- fly. She must make hay while the sun shines. Most any contest, strictly speaking, is “immoral,” inasmuch as it is hu- manly impossible for “the best” of. anything ever to be cag * * THE JEWEL SONG Thrift and economy are not con- fined to the shop girl who allows her-| self 20 cents for lunch. In fact, it is almost axiomatic that the more peo- ple have, the thriftier they are. Per- haps that's how they got that way. All this preamble by way of note that Lucrezia Bori, who earns no mean salary as a warbler, and her traveling companion, a daughter of the late Mrs. E. H. Harriman, had to Pay over $27,000 in duties and fines the other day for attempting to! smuggle in jewels. They'll suffer no social ostracism for this attempt to steal. Smuggling has the approval of the haut monde. It isn't stealing. It’s a game with Uncle Sam, they reason. ‘The steerage, say officials, is hardly searched, not because it has nothing anyway, but because it honestly de- clares everything, anyw: MY, WHAT A DRUNK! Cleveland, June 29.—Mrs. Mary Podpadec was in court recently suing for a divorce from her husband, Jo- seph. “Does your husband drink?” Judge Ruhl asked her. “Yes,” she re- Plied, “for the past three years.” “Does he ever get intoxicated?” “Once,” Mrs. Podpadec returned. “Oh, you mean that he is still intoxicated?” the judge queried. Mrs. Podpadec re- Plied affirmatively, and the judge granted the divorce. The lecs had been married 30 years. Omnibus and tram tickets issued in London each day total up to 7,- 000,000. HOT WEATHER DISCIPLINE (By Alice Judson Peale) ‘When the day has been hot and exhausting, when you are tired and irritable, comes the temptation to throw all your liberal ideas of child training to the winds and indulge in @ little old fashioned “discipline.” Your child is as fatigued and ne-v- ous as you are? Never does he so try your patience. He fusses and whines over his food. He howls over a bump. He refuses to take his nap. He has a tantrum about nothing in partic- ular. You endure it as long as you can. Then all at once you scold and punish i with a sense of righteous anger in [era bosom that would have done credit to the educational notions of your grandmother. It happens to the best of us, some- times, but it is hard on the youngster. He, of course, docs not understand this breakdown in your morale. He lieer not know what to make of your ! tantrum. He is confused, but not Gisciplined. It helps little to resolve not to let your nervous exhaustion iget the better of you. If you are tired jenough, you are bound to take it out on somebody. What can you do? The answer is— jbe lazy. Tell yourself cheerfully that it is part of your duty asa good mother to be lazy in hot weather. Ease up on your housekeeping. Serve simple meals. Dress the children in the fewest, briefest garments. Ar- range some place where they can play without offending your ears with théir racket. Serve them an early supper, so that you can eat your own evening meal in the quiet of adult so- ciety. Most of all, don’t take the children’s naughtiness too seriously. Develop a convenient blindness to small infrac- tions of law and order. Wait until everybody is cool cnd comfortable (again before you announce any new rules or issue any uitimatum. RELIGIOUS MODEL London.—Rev. P. B. Clayton, vicar of All Hallows church, has construct- ed a miniature statue, worked by elec- | tricity, of a bishop blessing a negro. ‘The model moves its lips, the eyes move heavenward, and the face of the negro takes on a look of extreme Joyfulness as the Bishop blesses him. I HAVEN'T SEEN ouR FRIEND Id THE DINING I MEAN -<"HAT FAT GABBY OLD DIFFER WITH “HE CUCUMBER NOSE, ~~ SAYS dE OWNS A BIG COPPER AND \S CONTRACTING WITd ENGLAND © SUPPLY ALL THE CoPPE! FoR HER ONE AND HA’ PENNY, Cos ! Room “HE LAST COUPLE DAYS | w You KNow wWHo MINE IN NEVADA -w~ wT KNow wWHo You MEAN, CALLS ~~ KNOWS ALL THE + LINERS BY “HEIR FIRST NAMES, ~~ AND Yet HouGHT He SHIP VENTILATING FUNNELS WERE RADIO LOUD SPEAKER: ~~ WHY HE TOLD ME R OIL OPERATOR ! HIMSELF “MAJOR “a+ CAPTAINS OF THE OCEAN He WAS A BiG “Texas OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern | oH, HE'S SEA- SICK ! . HE TOLD ‘A BUNCH oF US INTHE SMOKING BAR “THAT HE WAS ON HIS WAY -o AFRICA “To TRAP WILD ANIMALS FOR CIRCUSES NEXT YEAR ! ~~"? MADOR. HATS Wo rv IS ~ Kiows EVERYTHING. BUT How “To REACH alert CHECK, SS Ss! ENJOYING YOUR MOUNTAIN VACATION Many people believe that the moun- tains are better for respiratory and catarrhal disorders than the seashore, although there is really not much dif- ference, provided a good dietary and resting regime is used. The moun- tains do, however, appear to be more restful, especially in cases of nervous- ness. Before taking a vacation it is a good plan to have an examination of the heart to see whether it will stand for hard climbing or swim- ming. If there is any heart trouble, one should be very careful not to over-strain. It is a good plan to se- lect trails that are comparatively level. When steeper trails are fol- lowed, one should rest every fewymin- utes, The greatest benefit from the mountain vacation is from the fresh air, hiking, and the rest obtainable. Long hikes into the woods should be taken and it is a good plan for a nervous person to try to get away from his companion and be by him- Self as much as le, Dietetic indiscretions should be avoided if you are to return to your regular work with a new lease on life. Do not suffer from the delusion that, you will be helping your body by stuffing with food. Your body is not a storehouse which can be stoked with provisions to last over the win- ter months. If you eat too much at this time you will be months in re- covering from the poisons you have generated in your system through this foolish stuffing. In selecting a mountain camp, the Greatest difficulty will be in obtain- ing fresh vegetables and fruits. Most mountain camps have a dietary too rich in starchy foods. Summer is the season when one should eat plenti- fully of the fresh fruits and green vegetables, and while exercising one should drink a plentiful supply of plain water, neither too hot nor too cold and thus give your eliminative functions a chance to flush out exces- sive impurities and wastes. Seek healthful simple amusements, and you will be much more rested by keeping away from the crowds and avoiding tempting confections at the candy counters. Should time lie heav- ily upon you between your exercising periods, read a few stories of love or adventure, but nothing too philosoph- ical. Short rest periods with an oc- casional nap to refresh you and make you all the more eager to get back to some healthful exercise. Don't allow Ss MAGNA CHARTA The Magna Charta, or the Great Charter, the name of the famous charter of liberties granted by King John to the English people, was signed 714 years ago today, June 29, 1215, The causes which led to the grant, bri>fly, are to be found in the con-| ditions of the times, the increasi insularity of the Enclish barons, the substitution of an unpopular for a Popular king and the unprecedented demands Yor money, coupled with de- fects of the English army abroad. Smarting under King John’s enor- mous demands for money, the north- ern English barons renounced their allegiance to the king and marched toward London. After several futile attempts to de- lay the crisis the king, promising to assent to the barons’ cemands, to meet them in a meadow between Staines and Windsor, called Runni- mede. The malcontents presented their demands in a document.of 48 articles. The articles were converted into a charter and signed by King John, |bassad Providing for various civil and relig- jous liberties and aimed to eliminate the king's cheating and oppression of the English people. Although the later years, its im- Portance was erronevusly magnified, the charter differed only in degree, not in kind, from other granted by the Norman and early Plantagenet kings. t Our Yesterdays 1 > FORTY YEARS AGO we ball 2 Pg given. aes the aus- ices e G. A. R. be the grand climax of the Fourth of July enter- tainment. . Secretary Richardson departed yes- terday for his Grand Forks home, Mrs. J. H. Marshall has returned from Jamestown where she has been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Archibald, ott Feed of Pianiine, Rock was in city today in com| with Rev. Rider of Boston, who hast mission work among the Indians, TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Formoe and family leave today for their new home in Everett, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. James Rafferty are visiting friends in Denhoff, Uncle Ben Corbin is in the city to- day compiling statistics on wolf bounties, Mrs. J. D. Pierce and Miss E. C. Tschirhart have been transferred Ifrom the Bismarck land office to the office in Dickinson, and leave this week for their new stations. George Will has returned from his year’s work at Harvard university, ‘|and will spend the summer with his parents. TEN YEARS AGO Mrs. R. D. Hoskins was re-elected grand secretary of the Order of the Eastern Star at the convention in Grand Forks this week. Miss Gertrude Hoffman, who is to be a bride in the near future, was tendered a shower at the J. B. Spang- ler home. - Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Schipfer re- turned today from a short stay inthe} When things doctor at-lhubby is the fish, east, during which the has been doing | king, Lothar feel thoroughly rested ing. What is the cause Answer—The gestive trouble, such as agalnt the heart ce daperagar sve ag or though you are not conscious of Pressure, it is sufficient to sciously irritate you and from getting into a deep ! Strawberries i Question—M. M. writes: “I am very | fond of strawberries, especially bread and butter, but make a rash come out on | acid. it the proper to do?” Answer—Strawberries | used in the same combinations other acid fruits, and the reason Cause @ rash in your case is because you are eati bread and other starches, them with milk or non-starchy vegetables, never be used with Watch for an article will appear in this Tow. Whén Should We Eat: Question—B. T. J, asks: one eat his meal if it is time not hungry?” Answer—There would not be much, ‘ Leics nor many People would eat only when i Appetite and hunger yates il £ E il inl a on col z ‘ppeti (Copyright, 1929, by The Bell cate, Inc.) tended_specialist’s meetings in Ne York, Brooklyn and Atlantic in, new! Mrs, Andrew Erdahl, Dickinson, spent the last week Taine at the) home of her brother, F. ©, Ellsworth, “The important questi whether the willingness dividual to allow himself in his economics and his ie ae handful of experts continue much longer wheel turns.”—Governor ae New York, se & 328 “Women and the youth of the fam- / ily have the ultimate decision in the buying of cars ."—Charles Franklin Kettering, vice president of General Motors corporation, s* & “To pave the for a gradual ese tablishment of International citizens vertised enough money.”—Till- man Brelseth, (The North American Review.) can people.”—Dat tra conductor. Duisburg, city, with est inland brated its 800th this year. It was in 1129 received its =e are sent 0. O. Dy