The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1929, Page 4

¥ ne er oe The = Bistuarck s | ribune| An independent Newspaper THA STATE'S OLDES1 NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company 8: marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismar: ‘as second class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher | Subscription Kates Payable in Advance any by carrier, per ycar Daily by mail, per year (in Bismarck) . Daily by mail. per year tin state, outside Bismarck) Daily by mail. outside of North Dakota . Weekly by mail in state. per year Weekly by mail. in state. three years for of North Dako. Weekly by mail outs'* ber year Member Ai of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press 1s exclusively enti*ied to the use| Now here's a parallel case. for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and ~Isc th® | thor group of Communists put on the same kind of ho focal news of spontaneous origin pub'ished herein $2.2 | 40 jail. Probably they'd be there yet if President Hooce! Va | had not hai the good sense 40 request that they be ic-! a i 2.00) ant | “WI 8 little 1.00 | So the Communists were let go. Meanwhile, however 2.50 the mere fact of their sudden arrest had made them Au rights of republication of all other matter herets are | ‘also reserved (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS «Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Strabismus in Minnesota Unless the supreme court of the United States gives relief, Minnesota seems doomed to the fettering of tree Its own state supreme bench has refused to, declare unconstitutional the notorious “gag” law under | which one paper was suppressed more than a year ago) specch. for attacking crooked politicians. ‘Those same politicians now in part are serving peni- tentiary sentences for the graft and malfeasance of which the paper accused them. In the meantime the legislature passed the law intended to shut off such exposures by making the penalty that of suppression of the publish- A subsequent legislature refused to repeal the law, so out of joint with all conceptions of liberty and Americanism and even against the constitutional ing paper. guarantee of free speech. ‘The law in question is one by which a county attorney and a district judge can arbitrarily suppress any pub- Neation that they deem malicious or obscene. by jury is permitted. The publication has no recourse. "The measure thus is a direct denial of the constitutional guarantee of free speech. Now the state supreme court says the law is valid. As the man in the street would say, “How do people get that ‘way?” The decision passes all understanding and why { the law is upheld is beyond the power of explanation. ? Ons would not look to Minnesota for the type of Mus- solini officcholder, least of all on the bench of the state. And a court which could pronounce legislation of that type valid it would seem could be expected to sustain any kind of law, if it were tyrannical. Yet it is very likely ‘that the Minnesota tribunal would recoil from some other equally reprehensible enactment. the court confused its own dislike for criticism with the merits of the gag law test and made its decision father to the wish. For the decision does not make this obviously incon- sistent and despicable law any the less so. mains a cuckoo on the lay books and such it will be as , long as democracy persists in the United States. And as long as it remains unrepeaicd, as it should in all decency be, or unemasculated by judicial decision of its unconstitutionality, it will be a menace to the entire press of the state, rendering any paper that dares expose criminals and crooks in office subject to suppression. Originally the backers of the law suggested that it should be left alone until it does harm, which of course ‘was an idiotic reason for continuing its existence. Per- haps the same inbeccility that defended it in this view of Proposed repeal was responsible for its legislative birth. For of pure idiocy or malevolence it was derived. Ignor- ance might have fallen short of anything so subversive It must be remembered that the breakdown of law en- forcement is due to a tendency to leave indefensible laws alon till some harm is done. Harm has been done by this law. Editors throughout the state have been deterred from expressing their con- victions pungently or at all, it is said, under the fear of having their papers suppressed. The state has been held | ‘up to derision. Minnesota's prestige has suffered throughout the nation. ‘The gag law is an anachronism as well as an injustice It is a terrible indictment of the Minnesota spirit of | Mberty and fairness that it should persist after an enact- ment which might considerately have been glossed oven @s a temporary aberration but now takes on the aspect of a strabismatic obsession, in the minds of the law- _makers and law interpreters of the afflicted state, ' at least. Regulating the Grain Flow ‘While loans to farmers to permit storing are puiting into practice the great experiment of giving them relief | (Perating under through a government Farm board and cooperative agen- as eles established under the auspices and control of the | after all latter, the key test of the experiment may be under way * in what took place on the Chicago board of trade shortly before Friday's close of the wheat trading. At that time the Farmers’ National Grain corpora- | tion, capital $20,000,000, entered the trading lists with » eash bids of $1.18 for wheat, which was 1 1-4 cents highcr than the day’s close. ‘The grain corporation intends to pursue this policy by entering other grain markets of the country with bids above the prevailing market quotations and thus attempt to influence better prices for wheat. In a ; in line with economic law. It implies fi _ and it transfers the problem of surplus supply from the market to the shoulders of the corporation. _ _ It is a case of trying anything once, but it also is in _ line with what the farm relief law contemplated. If it primary. No trial It must be that It still re- this is not jous purchase | state Handling Radicals | The Wachingvon police, apparently, have a ¢ jto learn about the proper way to handle seli-adv radicals, A few days ago a group of Communists staged 4 | demonsiration in front of the white house to proics’ | against our government's activities in Haiti. It was the usual thing—banners, placards, pickets and so on The police swooped down on them and packed them off d. hat they want most of all,” he told the pojice.” is 2, cheap martyrdom.” | front-page news on every newspaper in the land. They ‘| had been given thousands of dollars worth of free ad- | Vertising. It had come to them, not because of thi demonstration, but because of their arrest. At about the same time, in the city of Cleveland. a They gathered in Cleveland's public square with their | banners and placards. They made bitter speeches, de- | manding “justice for Haiti.” They denounced our gov- | ernment, the marines, the Wall Street bankers and cvery- | body else who had ever so much as looked at Haiti. | All in all, they did quite enough, according to our | usual standards, to justify the police in charging in with swinging clubs and carting the lot of them off to jail. But the police never bothered them. A bored sergeant stood by and watched them demonstrate to their heart's content. but he did not interfere. They spoke their pieces | waved their banners. called down all kinds of curses on the American government—and then, having talked | themselves out, they finally went home. And the point is this: because they were not bothered | —because they were allowed to meet in peace—not one Clevelander in fifty ever knew that they had met at all. No one living outside of Clev~!-1d s0 much as heard of the thing. The Washington police, as well as the police of some other cities, might take that lesson to heart. If you club and imprison a speaker you simply make the wholc nation his audience. | If you let him talk his head off, you muffle him beau- | | tifully. Give Birds Merry Christmas | Whiie you're trying to spread Christmas cheer all around, missing nobody entitled to that sentimental at- tention, don't forget the birds. Put out some feed fcr your little feathered friends, too. Say Merry Christmas to them with crumbs and seed and grain. And extend the greeting through the winter to the time when re- turning spring permits care-free foraging again. The birds merit this little attention. They are a good friend to man. If there were more of them there would be fewer pests of the bug and worm type to inflict dam- age on man's field and garden crops. There would be crops of higher quality, free from parasitic infections, for the practical purpose of birds seems to be keeping down insectivorous plant pests. Of course, sentimental phase of bird life must not be overlooked or discounted. The feathered little fel- lows have a value for their beauty and for their songs. Pay them toll on that score also. Breaking Tradition It came as something of a shock to us, the other day, | to learn that Dwight Morrow's class at Amherst college, many years ago, picked him as the student “most likely to succeed” in later years. That came as a shock because most college classes make such woefully wrong guesses. They predict success for some youth who is destined to become a shoe-string salesman and remain one to the end of his days; and if one of their number has in him the stuff to win famc; and fortune they are almost certain to overlook it. Indeed, as a general thing no worse omen can be cast upon a young man’s prospects than for his classmates to pick him as the one most likely to succeed. | But they guessed right on Mr. Morrow. Are Amherst students sharper than most? | | Editorial Comment | Thirteen Month Calendar GQdilwaukee Journal) | Sears, Roebuck & Co, announces the adoption of the | 13-month calendar, presumably the same calendar that has been the subject of international discussion for ycars. | Under it, each month is of the same length, always four weeks; each day of the week always falls on the same | dates in every month; there always are four Sundays and the same number of full working days in each month. The Sears, Roebuck announcement implies that an ir- polar Fomarrgt has been found unbusinesslike. Fret month lengths make comparisons difficult divisions of business volume and business proceeds not easily comparable. For these reasons, this business or- ganization does the sensible Poses ‘The company docs to one for not wait for the nation or the dar; it goes | Perhaps business concerns may not be able to bring about an immediate general adoption of the simplified oe. Ne since business is Prvioge$ to appreciate ae vi es of simplification, others are sure to follow and general adoption becomes but a question of time. The Case of Heflin (Minneapolis Journal) Here in the North the sympathies of thinking folk of both political parties will be, we believe, with Alabama's Democratic committee in its efforts to prevent the | reelection of J. Thomas Heflin to the United States Bel For bolting his party's presidential ticket in 1928, the committee now bars Senator Heflin from the 1930 Demo- Promptly retorts that he will run as independ- ent Democrat against whomsoever wins the primar: pone But the odds are against his success in November. In the first place, nomination in the primary in Alabama has been, for more tury, equivalent to election, In the combined Democratic than half a cen- geri z ° e be more than 540,000,000,000,000,000 miles apart, science has discovered. | ,, Kellogg peace pact to the world also has a m@n ramed Pat Hurley as sec- retary of war. saur tracks. That ought to inspire Kansas and Texas jack-rabbit ae ry 2 market like that, jwar profit A juror in New ork was found to | ¢ Hamilton Fish, Jr. Tit THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1929 EGAD, MEM <THE GENTLEMAN “THREW } US A SILVER DorLaR! A a4 COME, LET US GNE HIM "BRINGING HOME “THE WULE LOG” } \Std GREAT GusTo \ AS? Festa! 4 ( ~~ Ready —~- ice ee | ae b I rt, BARBS @ No two objects in the universe can ‘The same country that gave the xe k Arizona means to keep her dino- to frame their emai eam heard typleg 1 ul 431153 apéd DAISY EPHERD. i ‘rom papers seeret in wm eih's trunk, Dundee learns GRAVES, whe bad rs, Megarth once a her Caughter and that i} “p.* nant fi e al DAN GRIFFIN, son-in-law ee fads 7} name on lete New Yerk finds eviderce that points Sevier's having been there murder night, NOW GO ON WITH THE sTORY * CHAPTER XXXIII so HPELLo. folks! How's tricks?” Jewel Briggs demanded gaily, as she took her place at the din- ner table that evening. “Everybody happy? |! am! Made $13 today! Big beauty-and-leg man from the east. Pi agent for a musical show that's going to make us hicks sit up and take notice. You never saw such @ flock of Ictters and wires, and I charged hira dowble the usual rates vithout batting an eye.” “By winking an eye, you mean, don’t you?” Daley Shepherd chuckled. “Now, Daisy!’ Jewel pretended not to be angry. but just very, very hurt. “At that, he did tell me he could get me a job in the first row of the chorus, but 1 told him { could make more as & public stenographer, so long as nice old suckers like him stopped at the hotel . . . Oooh, look! Our Henry fs actually smiling! What's hap- pened to you, Henry? Land your- self a swell job?” Henry Dowd cleared his throat and stuck out bts chest a bit, “I was fortunate eDough to make an advantageous connectiont-yes,” be admitted. “He means he got a job," Jewel elucidated to Bonnie Dundee, on her right. “And say. what about you, boy friend? | warn you I'm ap expensive sweetie, so if you want me to ve true to you, you'd better make ap ‘advantageous connection’ yourself.” “Don’t let Jewel fuss you,” Daisy advised comfortably. “if walks down the atreet her makes him et the to pick out @ wedding ting, But if you're really up againzt it for @ fob, Mr. Wundee, 1 cap Speak @ word for you at Marcus Crane's. There might be an open ing: for a Goor walker.” to the yes $ Heict- Ho mae) MERRY- MERRY men ARE WE F PREPARE as FLAMES OF “THE a GREENWOOD “REE A HEIGH ~~ HEIGH~ ligion is making more than ever before. ©.1929 by NEA 5 FoR THe 7 HeicH Ho 39 $= peys== tin i e ii . AME OWL's CLUB CAROL SINGERS IS FULL BLAST = « |OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern] HEY Vou MuGSfa lL DIDNT ‘TdRow You “THAT DOLLAR FOR ENCOURAGEMENT ~~ “THAT WAS To Quit —~ AN” BEAT (IT! ger a ET CCT se ‘@| be deaf after a trial had progressed | | several hours. mt find out whether or not # juror is val. It must be very hard eke * If Mr. Van Dine wants to write a eal murder story, he should look into Surely the law doesn't always hold, 3 ie thowever,-ms any two anon Wie tie the eyes of almost any shopgirl dur- All-America football teams must be ing the Christmas season. farther apart than that. sate ** * A naturalist has found a bald- headed eagle. We didn't know nat- uralists ever went &round snooping in the revues. eek A Salvation Army officer says re- (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) “Can't you just sce him to a morning ccat and striped trousers, . (and @ gardenia in his buttonhole?” | Jewel cried, clasping her hands ecstatically. “They'd need a traffic cop in his department.” “Thanks, Miss Shepherd,” Dun- dee responded gratefully, ignoring Jewel. “I've been lining up what I thought was going to be a good job, but it doesn’t look so good right now.” “That being the case, you need cheering up,” Jewel decided. “Can't ave my sweetie sad! This is your night off at the theater, isn't it. Cora? What say you play the plano for us so we can dance?” “That would be rather @ bus Dundee suggested, glance at poor Cora's ged face. “I'm sure she'd rather rest—” “No. I'll be glad to play for all of you. I-l don't want to be alone,” Cova answered huskily. And |across the tablo her tragic black eyes sought Bert Magnus’, with such wistful appeal that Dundee felt bis throat constrict painfully. cee S6T)ON'T you worry, Cora!” Jewel sang out brightly. “The worst of this awful business will be over, after the inquest tomorrow. Wor it be thrilling to attend a rea! quest? I'm going to be there, too, though I really don't have to be, since 1 wasn't here Saturday night. But I wouldn't miss it for worlds— Why, Norma! What's the matter, honey? We haven't had dessert yet—" “I — 1 don't fcel very well,” Norma Paige gasped. as she. rose hurriedly from the table. “Aren't you and Walter going to dance?” Jewel persisted incredu- lously. “L bardly think dancing {s to very good taste—just yet,” Walter Styles said sternly, as he rose to follow bis fiancee from the dining room. “A slap on the wrist for you. Jewel!” the little stenographer ad- Greased herself pertly, but her eyes snapped angrily. “This is a board- og house, and none of us ts kin to I ed as old Mra. Hogarth, so far know!” And although the others little self-conscious at first, they gathered around Cora at the pisno, Jewel seemed to‘ hav voiced the majority opipion. “Play something snappy, Cora,” Jewel urged, and as the Gret notes of @ new foz trot followed the swift play of Cora’s thio fingers, she held out ber arms to Bonnie Dundee, progress now Something of the | sort was to be expected—with a stock Service, Inc. Frank Irving ,. * * ture, let them | United States a teers.” — Represent ative into “The Prisoner's Song.” With chin raised and nostrils faring, she played on and on, with Bert Mag- nus bending proiectively over her as he turned the sheets of music. “Telephone, Jewel!” Mrs. Rhodes called in @ loud whisper from the doorwa: and Dundee gratefully escape to the front porch. indered up and down the porch for awhile, frowning, his hands thrust ceep into his pockets, Poor Cora! She was at the break- ing point— Suddenly a rather good tenor was lifted in song: “Please meet me tonight in the moonlight, Please meet me tonight all alone; For I have a sad story to tell you— {t'a a story that's never been told.” eee JUNDEE strolled to the French window nearest the piano and Peeped in. It wa. Bert Magnus singit “He's playing up magnificently,” Dundee reflected, and felt a strong desire to shake Bert's band. Cora Barker must have felt some such impulse, though much strong: er, for Dundee saw ber turn and ft her face to Bert's—her great dark eyes swimming with tears. When the dismal chant was fn. ished there was a chorus of shivers | be and protests from the small audi- ence, with aa urgent request trom Jewel, who had returned: “Pity sake, Cora! Piay some thing livelier for Bert to sing. what @ Rudy Vallee he turned out Come on now; i a its i H Fi z § EH s g E z i He f i i [Quotations 4 “All the virtues are hard up.”— Fletcher. “The time has come when we should remove starvation of women a2 § 8 Fi Ge skF8e Hg i fay £ aGRE ¥¢ ay Hf s itl 8, § if ff E i ef i i i if p | 5 g as Be e Hy Li i “F and exercising, at the wearing correcting fitted Morton's Toc i gee 3 “T have been to a chiropodist and he said that had a Morton's toc. It is painful when I am walking or when my foo: gets warm, otherwise it doesn’t hurt me. What causes this, and ‘whet could I do for it?” Answer: There is no reason why U trouble with your toe cannot be cure: — she's got Bert just where she wants ne Jewel whispered, apparently mt puzsled. 1 Dundee forebore to tell ‘her that he might have been able to en- lighten her if she had not called bim away, and when he saw Bert and Cora, now seated side by side on the piano bench, in earnest con- foundly bitrarily fixed upon him as ber new “boy friend.” ~ “Though it probably haso’t the Femotest connection with the case, and I'm excusing my insatiable curiosity on the grounds that a de LaWall is now kept busy tective must find out everything.” court rec- he told himself ruefully. prey ‘tora Giatricts. At last Cora raised ber head and. 4 5 Z 5 2 fr i & é£ é it | i i E i F E g ‘i i i #5 Hi ii i | i = g a2 i g i BFE ‘l = fi i a if : Hi g cal ? ‘ d § » ¢ , ‘ . ‘ ’ ‘ 4 4 4 *