The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1929, Page 4

| The Bismarck Tribune F Independe: jewspaper k THE STATE'S OLDES1 NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company. Bis Marck, N. D.. and entered at the postoffice at Bismarcs 88 second class mail matter George D. Mann . iq Subscription Kates Payable in Advance | Datly by carrier, per year ......... Daily by mail. per year ‘in Bismarc! Daily by mail. per year (in state outside Bismarck) | Daily by mail. outside of North Dakota +++. President and Publisher | Weekly by mati in state. per year | Weekly by muil in state. three years for Weekly by mail outs'~ of North Dako.a. Der year +e peewee . Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press for republication of a!l news dispatches credited to it or also reserved (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Forcign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Neal Christmas Bismarck seems sct for its biggest and best and mer- day here. Ever gram of enter: and pageantry for tl PF ellows, the Rotarians, the Red Cross and the Salva- under; leged lives call for a little brightening by new outstanding feature of the celebration. the big celebration the city is putting on. In the wit Ise—peace and brotherhood among men. (rate the day in fulness and with joyfulness. Hew Year. Byrd Deserves Promotion the president to sign and make the promotion. or comfort. th and nothing is to be despised. ic data they have been able to obtain. Foss the Atlantic to Europe. of ice and snow. ht be that in the course of time circumstance: ely worth having. Railroad Consolidation Again “gnel raiirocd ecnso Comnzezree conn union with the other roads controlled by the Hill in-| terests. The N. P. possesses a strategic advantage over its mates in the possession of vast coal fields in Mon- It would be a big gift to the Great Northern were it taken in to share these fields, As to the Milwaukee, it will be interesting to what reaction comes from its rumored desi the nucleus of a system grouped about it and inciuding the Minnesota ore roads. ‘ Under the proposed arrangement the Pennsylvania +130 |and New York Central systems are said to remain vir tually in their present shape. The Chesapeake and Ohio, in addition to the Swerringen-controlled lines, + 6.9 | would get the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and eee 0.00 , 109) the Bessemer and Lake Erie, . 2.30, Other systems would be consolidated around the At- |chison, the Missouri Pacifie, Rock Island, Southern 180! Pacific, Union Pacific and Northwestern. In the Eastern field the rumors expect the Baltimore | |& Ohio to get the Philadelphia & Reading, Central « w Jersey, Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh and erest in the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use | hot otherwise credited in this newspaper end cise the local news of spontaneous origin pudtished herein, All| fights of republication of all other matter hereir are not only speculation but, even if the plans of the Commerce commiss ion and rearrangement. It looks very much like a desperate attempt to comply with the law enacted by congress to make some consolidations such n, it is sure to be SS S SS — SN AS WN SS ASS Pessimism and Colleges An castern educator is greatly worried because some nd women are enrolled in the col- SY SSS ‘ S riest Christmas. Whether from the spiritual side of the day or from that feasting, gift giving and the jollity in-| herited from the old pagan winter festival, ample prep- aration has been made for a complete observance of the church and Sunday school has a pro- inment in which the very best in music yceasion has been inguded. The ‘community has provided the children with the big cele- bration this afternoon at the Auditorium. The Good SW 800,000 young men leges and universiti will soon make competition fur the “white collar” jobs so keen that salaries will drop f fully, and the doctor, lawyer, teacher and-chemist will earn Icss than the bricklayer or carpenter. We have too much education, to his mind, and the more crowded our colleges become the less valuable is the course of training they offer, This might be a perfectly sound conclusion if the sole function of the college were to train people so that they ;--— If a college degree were valuable only as a passport into the professions, the! gentleman's pessimism might be justified, But—despite the fact that a great many people look at it that way—the getting of an education is not di- rectly connected with the business of earning a living. The technical school, the medical college and the law school, of course, do point their students toward a def- inite, bread and butter goal; but education in its broad- er sense is not a thing that secks to raise one’s earning ion Army scem to have located all the families whose over there, that not only seems ad- visable but necessary. ses those on whom kindlier fortune has smiled. There have|could make more moncy, m more volunteers to give than families to receive. nd even Bismarck, beautiful in a mantle of snow, mery and multicolored lights, promises to develop Singing warms the blood, says a doctor, Whose, and how! A fur coat often becomes a wom- an's crying aa There is in all this a spirit and enthusiasm that does merit the short tenure usually accorded Christmas ivities. It would be fine if some of it could be car- fied over into the remainder of the winter. It can be hrough the medium of the Red Cross and the Salva- on Army. These and the Good Fellows of tomorrow! it keep in contact for other times of need for their ‘indly generosity. To let the helping hand go out at iy and all times as the result of the stimulation of somorrow's good deeds would be the crowning good of Eleven pieces of silverware were found in the stomach of a Florida boy, says an item. That would be if those were percolators. ses The stock market sometimes is bitter to the ma Colleges were established not to teach people how to make a living, but to teach them how to live. With our emphasis on dollars we often overlook the fact that there is a difference, It is a big onc. For the educated man treasures a great deal of knowledge that can never have any cash value, He makes himself familiar with such uscless things as the Poetry of Shelley and Burns, the pai angelo and da Vinci, the prose of Flaubert and Conrad. the philosophy of Plato and Spinoza, look at the surrounding world with his own eyes alone, but with the eyes of Carlyle and Tolstoi, Dante and Whitman. He knows the music of Schubert, and Wag- ner, and Wolf-Ferrari. Now these things, in ordinary circumstances, can | never be translated into dollars and cents. who has them is not, because he has them, sure of worldly success, Instead he is apt to-be a trifle indif- He is, in a way, set free from the tule of money. He does not have to have a multiplicity of things in order to have a good life. The inner life, provided you can develop it, is infin- itely more important than the outer one. In a land like our own, where the dollar is the measuring stick for everything, and where a man’s happiness and worth are apt to be guaged by the price of his automobile | and the size of his house, that fact is sometimes over- | a lazy fellow, ac- cording to a science bulletin. of these days someone will tell us that a coneroes man r affairs of the world, this is a notable hristmas. Never before has the theme of peace been © stressed as this year. It scems like an echo to the ‘Id voice from heaven, “Peace on earth, good will to n.” As Pastor Logee said to the luncheon clubs, e world may be on the verge of an era of peace if ts longings and its proposals can be transmuted into that for which Christ stood more than for anything The new Soviet postmark slogan is “Think before you kis: ering the popularity of whiskers Ta \ THIS HAS HAPPENED ‘ings of Michel- | All in all, there is every incentive this year to cele- | To all, therefore, a Merry Christmas and a Happy '©.1929 by NEA ferent about it. his knuckles before he liftéd his Commander R. E. Byrd has carned the promotion ich is in process of being conferred on him. The yenate has passed the bill creating him an admiral and | has been sent te the house for action. It is hardly to doubted that it will be enacted there, too, and sent hatred at his tormentor aud ac. cuser: before I tell you where I've becn since Saturday night . . . This ts Byrd’s achicvements brings to mind the arctic ex- loits of Commodore Franklin, of Captain Greeley and e fil-fated Jeanette expedition, of Admiral Melville, rescuer, of Peary and other U. S. naval men who Jave braved the rigors and bleakness of the ends of the porld to solve the mysteries of the frozen seas and plot it its geography. As discoverics and explorations gm the days of Columbus down to the settlements the country go, the new worlds gained are a dubious tity. They bring no habitable domain under the » They contain no life that can be turned to human give himself up for questioning.” If it were not overlooked—if we had not forgotten j spiritual values in our dash for prosperity—no one | would bewail the fact that there are more young peop! in college than can find dignified and lvcretive jobs when they get out. The fact that 800,000 youngsters are trying to educate themselves is, really, one of th» most encouraging things about present-day life. It| ought not to wotry anyone, ~ What Our Autos Cost The people of the United States spend approximate! $14,000,000,000 every year on automobiles, accordir: to figures just made public by the National Automobile | nd whese removal Rhodes’ hemse nad auhacquent re- tore within 28 beure aresses wen- papers secreted tn Mi Wasdec carne that the SALLY GRAVES whe ence 2 month | Perhaps, however, they may in time come into value this age of air travel, the x-ray and the radio. Per- f their ice-locked mountain fastnesses are new s. Nobody knows what tomorrow may bring! Chamber of Commerce. It is interesting to sce how this money is spent. The purchase of new cars takes the largest slice-— $3,830,000,000. Next comes the bill for gasoline an:i' oil—$2,370,000,000. Tires and spare parts cost $2,000,- 000,000; chauffeurs and drivers are paid $2,225,090,00:0, roads and streets cost $1,660,000,000, and garage an. service charges amount to $1,015,000,000. The rest— e. and more its dwellers come to know their world! something like $935,000,000—goes for insurance, taxcs ' d to profit by their discoveries. Each cxploratioa| permits and the like. } these terre incognite contain potential contribution (civilization. Those who make them deserve recogni} tally, make one wonder what would happen to our pros- 8s heroes of science. That is why Commander Byrd be promoted—as well as on his record of re- fareefulness, shown in flying over both poles and the myaterions meréer in New from this phase of the arctic and antarctic ex- acdee tedes tions, there is a real gain for the world in the mtures of the intrepid heroes who have been temp- fate and hazarding their lives in penetrating the wilderness of the polar areas, This gain is in sci- turns bie attestion ta News dere. It's a big bill, but it’s worth it, The figures, inciden- pg CHAPTER XXXIV perity if the auto industry should vanish, 18 first sight of e murder sus- = Federal Police Courts (Minneapolis Journal) police gave Bonnie Dundee, novice detective, ao thrill. first emotion was anger and pity. And then he re ince there are varied national claims to land near ‘2 South Pole, it probably will be ycars before the na- involved get their different claims straightened ‘t. The men in the street, in addition, can see no Bt reason for caring who owns such a desolate ex- her dead. {f this was the man who had strangled her. creeping up be hiod a defenseless o/d woman. then even the third degrea was too good ar ended June partment of Justice for the fiecal y ' 1928 and 1929, Two-thirds of all criminal cases before these courts are a can never tcli, however. Americans once thousht Bska was a white clophant. Indccd, there was a time Oregon and Washington were thought vatueless. | rohibition cascs. last June 30, there were 110,655 ituted, both civil and criminal. Of the: is were criminal cases, and of i 56,786 were prohibition cases. The preceding I's eases were in about the same ratio; the prohibition! cases numbered 55,729. Since 1921, the number of cases | has about doubled. prohibition enses in the entire country increascd | But the convictions decreased : There were 47,100 convictions in 1929 “year. Heavier fines convictions; the to- Emil! Sevier was crouching {o ap uncomfortable straight chair in the center of the small room, ha cuffed hands tightly cl d crise thet would make the Antarctie land ex- | enae Sergeant Turner's vitriolic the knuckles pressed against his| tongue would be turned upon tim tation is reported to be on cf being progoscd in a now plan by the In- on st . Herstofore such plans uh2 coraraicsion has attempted to put into effect #2 ract with too much opposition to ratify. Now it sozcsod, it is rumored, to combine the roads into 19 eystcms grouped around the leading carriers, ‘the Coo Line and Grand Trunk-and the Vermont | jas: about 1,000 last year. Thin, rather short, ollve-skianed. vlack-eyed. with longish black hair ip tortured disorder, as if the man- acled 1g le had been tearing at it ip helpess rage. Directly above his head bung an unshaded, high powered light tn an eye-searing bulb. The lide of bis eyes red-rimmed, either sleeplessness or from that lare of electricity. tt was i] compared with 48,820 the were levied, however, on tal for 1929 was $7,476,300, or about $176,000 more than i i trict of Minnesota, there were 1,420° prohibition cases in the ycar endin; egainst 1,159 the precedin: the preceding ycar. in the federal <i: Ei onvictions in the | 180, compared with 1,017 i year numbered I, on account of their Canadian control, I:ft by|the preceding year. Fincs seomeee to year, compared with $224, g this is but a fcctcr sent out by the commerce fe Ee eegl of cases inal If it is it has not drawn much comment sm from the railroad executives. They take ‘attitude to sce whether the commission will th ounce the groupings that arc reported disap- Pe tiee tsilitis Seat n'a ry iar point of the reader, T statistics r grou in p systems, the | and the Milwaukee. | vie lidation of the Northerw Pacific) the Great tituted varied wi r of cases commenccs ricts, The smallest numt in any districts were in the states of Kansas, 28; North ; Dakota, 40; Vermont, 74; Utah, 63. There wi in the four districts of New York state; 816 in wo districts of Wisconsin; 203 in South Dakota, ' two districts of lowa—these to compare witn ificaabe accoading tothe! y should be accompanied brought istinguished from foderal, | Thus Kansas! state courts, but few into federal entire comparison must be an important ie Mg on ork of vd ee 0} asl now st law enforcement, espec in its appli- cation to probibition, mask ae | Cora Barker's lover. Around the captured suspect were | S¢¥ clustered searly @ dozes plain clothes detectives and three uni. formed patrolmen, and planted menacing. bim was Sergeant Turoer ‘i'm asking, you agais, Sevier. ‘ve got ways of making you sorry t§ you don't answer—where | and ding yourself since fobbed Mrs. Ho. the true situation is 5 consolidation the|takes many cases into BISMARCK TRIBUNE, ‘TUESDAY, DECEMBER za, 1929 [OUR BOARDING HOUSE By Ahern] WYULE GREETINGS, BROTHER Y= «T'm gust SACOB !~ EGAD, WHAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE FoR ME ~HAW ~ L AND THREE oTdER |Z FELLA CAME UP “To “TH” “Toy MEMBERS OF “THE OWL'S CLuB {7% WENT AROUND SINGING CAROLS AND “THE DONATIONS FROM LIBERAL LISTENERS NETTED uS $47, wrtd WHICH WE WILL BUY A RADIO FOR OUR BELOVED OWL'S CLUB! SAID HE'D A @ Tim | —= A CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY “HAT . LASTED TLL “TWla_O'cLocK {= A [= SECTION “THIS APTERNOON AN’ eZ AY SANTA CLAUS AT HIS Vouse TONIGHT § ~~ WHAT A SET TIRE MY WHISKERS ~~ AN" I DROPPED Some Getta iN FROM GIVE ME $10°-TO a ONE OF “H’ GUESTS CHRISTMAS FEASTS gether in right jolly fellowshi ES puddings were covered ing board groan in King Arth tich delicacies, Barons’ retainers considered carving and mustard. for lords. The peacock was roast Quotations 1 Death is not a foc but an in-| evitable adventure.”—Sir Oliver | Lodge. ! s-* & “When the cloistered life of the him a raw deal, that citizen state fail to meet in fruitful union, citizen.”. schools may become the playground | bo of Mississippi. Sevier's teeth closed sharply over head to answer. his eyes glaring “I've told you 1 didn’t @ill Mre Hogarth, and 1’! sce you all in helt what a guy gets,” he added bitterly, “for coming forward like @ man to ERGEANT ‘TURNER'S short laugh was like a bark. Thes he thrust bi. head almost into Sevier’s face. “Yeah, you gat yourself up! That's gocd for laugh with me any time. that My men nabbed you five blocks away from headquarters—and you were headed in the other direc tion!” “1 was going to give myself up,” Then he hanging around Hamilton for, if 1 hadn't come back here of my own accord to give myself up? You cops re looking for me for three days you didn't fipd me! And you'd never have laid a band on me if ! hadn't come back of my own ac cord—" “All right then, all right!” Ser- geant Turner snarled. “You come back here to give yourself up for questioning—” and he mimicked Sevier's (earcracked voice—“so ‘suppose you loosen do a lit- tle answering . . . take A sallow-faced boy seated at a small pine table in a corner of the room looked up from his aotebook and sodded. Al that, Dundce stepped into the room from the threshold, where be had been a silent. slightly nauseat- ed spectator. “Good evening, Sergeant Turner,” he greeted bis superior quietly. “I believe Lieutesant Strawn might refer to have me question Sevier, since | have teen actively at work on the case, and bave all the threads ip band.” For a moment Dundee was afraid with @ contemptuous refusal, just as the outraged sergeant was | tioner. opening his mouth to speak a familiar voice boomed heartily from the doorway. | “Well, well! This looks tike quite &@ party. Glad you remembered to fovite me. Turner!” It was Police Commissioner O'Brien, and when he had joinec the group around the prisoner be clapped ap affectionate hand upon bis cephew's shouider “Am | in time to hear you strut \your stuff, boy? Going to teach us old fogies some new tricks. eh? “1 bave aot had time to question fer yet. sir.” Dundee, answered with his wide, boyish grin, “and I'm afraid awful dub at the HE id not speak for a long min ute, but held Sevier's eyes with bis ows until come of the wild fear apger bad faded out of them “Your name is Emi) Sevier?” be asked at last. es cordially and eas ily as if he were addressing a fel 1 | 1 i | | “India is suffering from an_ in: every success scored by an Indiat —Himansu Rai. eee Christ child. jThe word “wassail” is su “The greatest virtue in good gov-icome from “was-haile” meaning and “Here's to you.” Gervice. ncn CA TRBANES, AMI San low-guest at Mrs. Rhodes’ table. |your fotention of going to. Chicago “You know it is!" Sevier retorted |to look for a new job, having been sullenty, but without vialence. fired as violinist for the Little “Your full name is Emil Sylvester | Qu . Early in the evening you ‘Sevier, 1 believe?” checked your bag at the parcel “How the devil do you know/|room of the station, and shortly that?" the prisoner demanded, | before 11 o'clock you told every- startled. “Sylvester is my middle|one good-by at the theater. Then Bame, al! right, but | don’t like it,| you went to the Fhodes House, bent so 1 don't use It—sign my name|on carrying out alone the scheme Emil Sevier, or E. & Sevier.” which you had planned for weeks. “IL got the information from| it was still too early for safety, this.” Bonnie Dundee told him,and | however, so you managed to gain drew from the envelope the accord: | the shelter of the old greenhouse fon-pleated theater program on |°D the lawn, there to bide your time. which Sevier had ecribbied his|48 you waited you pleated the new Game in all its variations, “This is! 9rogram for the Little Queen, your signature, tsn't it?” which you bad picked up in ¢ The manacied hands reached for | ‘bby that evcuing—just as yo! Utely permitted the prisoner to ex-| The prisoner drew a shuddering amine. breath and dropped the program “Yeah, that's my writing—but| With a gesture of fear and loathing. what of it?” Sevier still held the | But before his trembling lips could program, and, as Dundee watched, | form a lie, Dundee went on quietly, the nervous brown fingers began to| but relentlessly: re-pleat the double sheet, as if from! “While you were waiting, Sevier, force of habit. 7. cose ged ae iret “Sevier.” Dundee ul ,| cigarets, and put the stub in a Prone ig myles ona flower pot. Here it is... 1 see know you want to get this business | 70U recognize it,” he added, but over with as badly as we do. . .| Without triumph. as the man's eyes Now listen to me courteously, | Widened. p please, without interrupting. and || “A few minutes before 12 o'clock, Dromise you courtesy ia retura.” | Sevier, you believed the coast was - There was @ snort of contempt |cicar, You crept out of the green- from Sergeant Turner and an an | bouse, crossed the driveway and swering chuckle trom one of the/climbed to the second story of the uatformed policemen. But Dundee | house Ly means of the rose trellis tmly as if be had not jon the west side of the porch. And ponigeatle Ag are. not a heavy on |, | Four weight broke one of the little Oe galas: i 006 997: | Cis ie tho. MTolllas oaeot eae OF 1! your band—the thorns of the climb- Ee i Fy 5 a8 iH be Lire i i iF i i tl Haze ELF Er é E : H i 2 i z & s sits ERLE isis’ Fitic 222792 2 s ~ e i A ? ge iil Fi ga Hn ei : H E is #? {i z H f 3s ei2 id se : fy Se i: i i. z° gz i if gs fy Fi o'clock, Sevier, and - well, ! sf: tif] til ihe af : eT i H : i FA 5 g z |somewhat modified within recent cially in regard to th: Modern Christmases are tame | year: lowever, it would be we!! affairs compared with some of the | eating. gh gee times when oeres, Dr. will gladly answer underlings flocked to the castle at einen be Christmastide and there a ate feasting was crude compared with our modern etiquette, and foods were served without beenfit of forks. The tumblers which held the wine were a so called because they had no bases| for us to continue to enjoy the spirit to hold them upright and had to be|of C! d ristmas’ joviality and fi drained in one fell sweep. Their rich | line: i We can all do this without Ns ane making drunkards or gluttons of urning brandy, served at the y age stot cheerfully ablae. Among the lis table filled with of the foods which made the groan- Christmas menu, as if ad a conglomeration of rich foods difficult to di also has the advantage \ to enjoy the full benefit of the jolli- ith old friends without be- coming sick afterwards. M the poor each year at Christmas hunger gnawing at their vital you who are m remember that day re roast pigs which were roasted whole and stuffed with many In those days it was quite a feat to kill the fierce wild boars and the | great triumph to have one of these animals to serve. The wild boar thus became the honored entree at all feudal feasts. The boar’s head was brought in on nothing less than a golden or silver platter with an apple stuck on each tusk in the mouth, the head wreathed in greens, and the whole affair was ushered in in state, preceded by blasts of the trumpet, to be served with careful fortunate should ‘They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing.” QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS leit od Shoes) ful in any way?” T believe it is a good plan to have children wear any kina of solf soled shoes rather than the i Their feet will re- main stronger in these shoes becausc the child is forced to grin the ground with the toes more than in the stiff soled shoes. The jar from hard pave- ments is also lessened a great deal. Di Question:—M. W. asks: causes one side of my face to be- come very red and the other side remains wh I have had- an examinatio: and no organic trouble was found. I get plenty of sleep.” There must be some in- ce he nerve supply .o one side of your face. amination made by an osteopath or chiropractor to see if this depres- sion of the nerve center does not or- cur in the cervical vertebrac of the Next in popularity came the pea- cock, clat ea the food for lovers and aS. stuffed with sweets and spices and i then replaced in the skin, the beak of the decadent, and states the play- |being gilded and the tail spread out thing of the demagogue.”—President |to show the beauty of the feathers. Glenn Frank of Wisconsin University.| “Mince pies were also known at vee these feasts, being known under platelets = as meen pies i ant ristmas pies. y were ferior complex which is lessened by baked in oblong. stapes to remind those present of the manger of the prespire while Another well-honored custom at “God help the man who won’t mar-/these feasts was the fassail bowl, 2 ry until he finds a perfect woman, /big bow! of ale, often spiced, which pel God help him still more if hej was served with roasted apples or “Art and life ought to be hurriedly | remarried and taught to live to- gether.”—Hugo Walpole. see her.”— = Og ‘roast crabs floating on its serface. These feasts lasted from several vinced that his government has given | hours to several days, and the thou- becomes | sands of people who attended them w to see who could eat the jmost or become the most drunk. Fortunately, this custom has become (Disseminated Sclerosis) Question:—Mrs. A. H. writes: “My sister is in a hospital suffering fron: disseminated Sclerosis. ialists who have examined her ali agree that it is her nerves that have e dead and that she is incurable. jis trouble started two years She looks better than she ever end nothing hurts her, but her limbs are almost lifeles: about this lisease and if there is any hope for her. Answer: Your sister can undoub- tedly be helped very greatly through ined treatment with diet and her I cannot estimate how provement could be made, but you should consult a physician who is familiar with such treatment as I have suggested. Follow his dict accordingly and do not give up hope, as there must surely be some chance Please tell me for Improvement. (Copyright, 1929, by The Bell Syn-) dicate, Inc.) ——________, terdays | ——_______» FORTY YEARS AGO Misses Maggie and Hattie David- son have returned from Moorhead and Jamestown, to spend the holi- days with their parents. Scnator H. S. Diesem and family located in their new Miss Mamie Johnson has arrived from Newton, Kan., to spend Christ- mas with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Willian Walton. Chief Clerk Hamilton of the Mrs. Hamilton arrived from Grand Forks, and the Pacific. excursion. Pei abel YEARS AGO 1e k skati opened officially Judges Young and Engerud have to Fargo for the “Christmas