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: Pil Lin Me paewse sean. £e ok me mr oon meee shes : cere AN EE The Bismarck Tribune Ap Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDESI NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by the Bismarck Tribune Company Bis- Marck, N. D.. and entered at the postoffice at Gismarcs @s second class mai) matter. George D Mann . +esee.- President and Publishes Subscription Kates Payable in Advance Datly by carrier. per year ...........4+ Daily by mail. per year tin Bismarck) . Daily by mail. per year (in state. outside Bismarck) ....... see Daily by mail. outside of North Dakota ..... ‘Weekly by mail in state. per year Weekly by mail in state, three years for Weekly by mail outs'* of North Dako.a, ber year ... seeee seeeeee 150 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press 1s exclusively enti*led to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and visc the local news of spontaneous origin pub'ished herein. Al) rights cf republication of all other matter hereir are | also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS «Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Fayne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Illiteracy Is Diminishing ‘The determination of comparative literacy in the states ‘will be one of the interesting and significant disclosures of the coming census. North Dakota has stood virtually at the head of the list.in this respect. In fact the “backward states” of the West, as Senator Grundy of Pennsylvania termed this section, carried off honors for the highest literacy among native whites. In 14 of them the illiteracy was less than one-half of one per cent. North Dakota was surpassed only by the states of Washington, Utah and South Dakota. The others ‘were Montana, Massachusetts, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Nebraska, Oregon, Minnesota Connecticut and California. | A study of literacy and illiteracy has been made by A. T. Allen superintendent of public instruction in North Carolina. made by Southern states. In the matter of total illiteracy the nine worst states are Louisiana, 21.9 per 100; South Carolina, 18.1; Missis- sippi, 17.2; Alabama, 16.1; New Mexico, 15.6; Arizona. 15.3; Georgia, 15.3; North Carolina, 13.1; Virginia, 11.2. It is seen that among these nine states Louisiana has almost twice as much illiteracy as Virginia. ‘The federal census lists in its illiterate class all those ‘who can not write in any language. In the last census 448,000 people were listed who could read but could not ‘write. ‘The definition of illiteracy as used by the federal census Tepresents an irreducible minimum. The census takers @id not give any examination. They relied entirely upon the verbal statement of the individual. Changes that have taken place in the United States fn the last ten years are expected to produce a better showing in this census. The population of the country has shifted more in that period than in any other period of our history. The application of the immigration laws passed at the close of the war has also affected, we be- lieve, the total situation in the United States to a con- siderable degree. At the same time, the efficiency of the public schools of the country has been increased by more than 100 per cent if we are to measure efficiency in terms of expenditures. In addition to this, many states have put on an intensive drive to wipe out the disgrace of adult illiteracy. A comparison of the condition of illiteracy at the va- rious census periods for the last six decddes, as shown by the per cent of the total population, shows ‘illiteracy to be disappearing very rapidly. Beginning with 1870, the total has been reduced by 70 per cent in that time, the native white by 65 per cent, and the negro illiteracy by 71 per cent. It also is shown that illiteracy is greater among the faged—seven times as great as among the young. The only population group that has shown an increas: in illiteracy in the last 20 years is the foreign-born group. ‘The new immigration acts are expected to affect this very substantially. Schools will continue to increase literacy among the young. ‘ Japan Back to Gold Exchange Japan Saturday swung back to financial normalcy as far as its money standard is concerned. On that day it restored its currency to a gold exchange basis—the last of the principal wartime allies to take this course. One of the factors which induced the island empire to take this step now instead of waiting longer is the | fact that in 1931, as one instance, a sterling loan of 100,000,000 falls due and, with her cutrency on a gold basis, this obligation can be refunded on more favorable terms. The gold situation in Japan has gone through a con- @ition that seems strange for a nation so imbued with efficiency as Japan is. In 1919, when the United States|the authorities in the use of modern devices, and Gov: removed its gold embargo, Japan was the holder of $1,000,000,000 in gold stocks, half of which was heid He finds conditions very bad in the showing) THE Phantoms of the Heart A Memphis woman died the other day after keeping a 24-year tryst with the ghost of her dead son. | Her son, a young man of 21, died 24 years ago. Dur-/ ing his life she had been wrapped up in him. When he dicd, she refused to accept the fact of separation. Every cey thereafter, for 24 years, she set a place for him at the table in the dining room and drew his empty chair up to it. A vase of flowers always stood where his plate would have been. And every time that the family ‘sat down to a meal she would glante at the son's place. smile, and say quietly, “He is with us,” This is a skeptical age—or at least everybody says it is—and most of us, very likely, will feel called on to say in a superior way, “How touching!” Faith and hope such ; as this woman had are beyond us. We could not sub- sist on them for two weeks, leave alone a quarter of aj century. So, quite naturally, we cannot escape the fec!-| ing that the woman was wilfully deceiving herself— building up a false, unreal world to shut out the desola- tion of reality. But our wisdom docs not go very far, at best. We arc not nearly wise enough to be sure what is reality and what is not. It is just possible that this lonely mother putting flowers at an empty place and tossing a serene i “he is with us,” at a vacant chair, knew more than we Co. For the world, after all, is full of ghosts. We have ail} | seen them and communicated with them. They are not | the hooded and sheeted wraiths of tradition, and they; do not infest lonely houses, or tap on tables, or wail at | windows to frighten children. They haunt the secret | corridors of our own ‘hearts, and we could not live with- |out them. For the past is never gone forever. It is merely in the background. We can return to it, now and again, guided by the phantoms that we carry with us. They make life livable, these ghosts. A pair of worn baby shoes, carefully saved in a bureau drawer; an old | photograph that preserves a face that has been dust for decades; a homely bit of household furniture that bears the imprint of a former user; a vase of flowers at a vacant place at the table—these are their outward signs, ; | They sustain us and make us brave. | It may be that we live in a skeptical age. Our cur-/ rent philosopby has little consolation to offer the man | who has lost a loved one. Yet we need not be too | lonely. We have our ghosts, our reality of things un- seen, our wisdom that goes beyond the things that can; be touched and handled. And: something, we think, that cannot lic tells us that we are right. ! A Lesson‘in Civics | The sad financial mess in which the city of Chicago finds itself today is traceable directly to the dismal po- litical entanglements in which the city has permitted itself to become bound. Rotten politics is not only an offense to public moral- ity, it is, in the long run, fearfully expensive. Padded payrolls, inefficient management, favoritism and graft are chickens that eventually come home to roost, In the last two elections Chicago took steps to restore decent government. Unfortunately, the process is a long and painful one. Driving out a political gang that is once firmly entrenched takes time. So does the process of recovering from the ills that such a gang always breeds. For the moment there is little that Chicago can do/| except stew in its own juice. It is paying a high price | for an elementary lesson in civics. Live and learn—how to live. The boss can pick out those who cinch their jobs by | delivering the goods. They don’t laugh at his stories. The millennium morning will be celebrated by a col- lision between a truck and a small car, following which the truck driver will get out and remark, “Dear, dear, how | careless! Do you suppose if I gave you $11, you could; ge’. that radiator fixed?” H Indiana Goes on Guard \ (Bloomington ,Ill., Pantagraph) Bulletproof towers and lever operated gates at the | State line on all principal highways, with sentries armed | with machine guns, is a suggestion from Gov. Harry G. {Leslie of Indiana. He thinks that this means of coping | with bank robbers and other desperadoes will have some ; effect in curbing crimes of violence. Governor Leslie utters nothing new when he says that every paved road is a new tool in the hand and for the urpose of the outlaw. Statistics show that the city most ; accessible by paved roads is the most crime ridden. It is | because the roads offer an easy avenue of escape. The governor also advocates the converging of all; | paved highways into a few gateways into the city. At this central point a bulletproof tower might be erected, | from which guards could command a view of all the) roads at that point. In order that the affair might not | take on too grim a look, the tower might be made the | center of a small park or recreation center. | It is admitted that the criminal is far in advance of | ernor Leslie says it is time that law enforcement citizens |eatch up. But just how far the governor will get with |his suggestion of armored towers at the gateways of Bbroad. These holdings increased until 1921, the half cities and at strategic points along state borders, is quite | still abroad. ‘uncertain. Law making bodies follow public sentimen: ' Then Japan allowed its gold stocks in foreign centers| at some distance in the rear. ! to melt rapidly away, and unfavorable trade balances kept the Tokyo government waiting for a more favorable time to lift the troublesome gold embargo. Finally, last March, Japan's gold reserves amounted to only $5,000,000. | The same policy pursued by Great Britain in 1925, The Vanishing Pioneer | | The pioneering spirit, so important a factor in th~ | growth of the British Empire during the past two cen- turies, seems to have fallen to a low ebb in England. | The reasons for the reluctance of the unemployed ‘9, when English currency was restored to a.gold exchange | emigrate to the Dominions recently were discussd in: basis was copied by Japan in this instance. Great Britain in 1925 arranged a backstopping credit of $300,000,000 before declaring the restoration of gold. On November 20 the Bank of Japan arranged a credit f approximately $50,000,000 abroad, half in New York nd half in London. This is something like insurance| against a fall in the yen and, theoretically at least, may never be touched. With this loan in hand, Japan now, in effect, agrees to redeem her currency in gold on demand. ‘Twenty-two countries preceded her in stabilizing their currencies since the war. Eight were the so-called new- post-war countries of Europe. Lithuania, Russia and Latvia resumed gold payments in 1922, Austria and Germany in 1923, Sweden and Esthonia in 1924, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Al- banis and Danzig in 1925, Belgium, Finland and Czecho- Slovakia in 1926, Denmark, Greece, Italy and Poland in| More 1927, France and Bulgaria in 1928 and Rumania in 1929. Prospect of Long Survey Possibility that the crime survey which has reached \ {women than jobs. the House of Commons. England hes more men and! This condition has continued si the war, with its disturbing effects on the old economic j balance of the world. A lower standard of living seems | inevitable if the condition continues for many years. | The government offers attractive inducements for those 0 will settle in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, | which are in need of larger populations to utilize their | vast tracts of untilled land. At the same time the un-! employment “dole” is in effect in England, so that it is not absolutely necessary to work in order to live. i The jobless, it was pointed out in the Commons de-; bate, prefer to live. comforts of the mother country than to undergo the hard- ships attendant on carving out new agricultural empires and new civilizations. They prefer in London, witt. | its paved streets and lights, to beefsteak on the Canadian | prairie with its storms and loneliness. FIRE!~ FIRE! we HEY, EVERYBODY J ~~ FISHER'S GARAGE IS oN FIRE AA” . TH” FIRE ENGINES AIST COME Verh wa HURRY - HURRY 2. I CouLrd See =H’ FLAMES FROM CMON MEA fw WELL LEAVE -TH’ MAJOR AN”? TAKE en HOLDING THUMBS IN] DAKE DUST GOT} THEIR WRESTLING MATCH AN’ “TAKE it THIS FIRE FOR RI THiS FRE AND “THE MADOR FLAT ON “THEIR ARCHES =. A EXCITEMENT BUSTING ON ON “TH” MATOR'S’ SHIRT SLEEVE, ee D wo Ihe ALL SIDES / "HICCUPS OB HICCOUGH Hiccups, although usually @ pass- ing annoyance, may persist for 8s long as several weeks in which case it is very serious afflication, as the patient’s rest and vitality are re- duced. An intense soreness and oe h the upper chest may resul in these cases, and death sometimes results from exhausticn. 2 is caused by & spas- aes n of the diaphragm itation of the nerves leading to it or from a pressure oF irritation of the diaphgram, itself. ‘The sound occurs as the air is drawn in and is produced by a sudden con- vulsive gasp of the air as it hits the partly closed glotiis. GHT WHEN of too much food being eaten at @ meal, it may remain until the stom- ach is empty, which in these cases often requires eight to ten hours. By this time the diaphragam, a flat muscle, may become so sore and irri- tated as to keep right on with its spasmodic contractions unless some- thing is done. ‘When excessive stomach gas Pro- duces the pressure upon the diaphra- gram, the hiccupping can usually be stopped quickly by producing & belch- ing. Hiccups sometimes results as a relapse in the course of wasting dis- seases or where there is brain irri- tation kidney stones, pelvic disorders and. in some cases, hernia. In any of these grave conditions, the prin- {cipal diseases should be cared for. naan receive $749 each if| American's total income for 1928 were | equally distributed. Almost 2s much! @long giving people bad news for as a bootlegger makes on a case. |years and never has to have its face A professor writes that only fools | are certain of anything. But, profes-} sor, are you sure? a calla DAN. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY TT? young man with Judith ing outlines of bleak warehouses, his features could not be dis-| tinguished. circling at the streets’ intersection, threw the pair into bright illumina. tion with bis headlights. | to note that the girl was clutching her companion’s arm and that her face was startled and pale. She! © was in dark clothes, as was thi youth beside her. than the girl, rather slender, afid; wore a cap which shadowed his! (catures. very quick he might have notice that the young man wo! tache, that evening. called “Dan” was arguing in low tones but his manner was heated. exclamation, remained silent. Now and then she seemed about to speak but the torrent of the man’s words held her. in a subdued voice. Dan.” of an unlighted building. drew away, looked down at .the girl, and then clapped a hand on each of her arms. sruffly. it?” the dark. caress or again it might not have been. about, walking swiftly in the di- yon the “dole” amid the | & rection from wh'ch they had come. they parted. touched his cap, gave a farewell wave and was gone. ing the lithe figure disappear in the crowded atreet. A brooding look had come over the girl's face. Her poise and self-confidence were gone. against which she had no strength at all had spoken and Judith was answering the summons. was out of sight Judith waited. Then she turned quickly and hur- ried down the subway stairs. eee ([RERE certainly was no sign to fice of Hunter Brothers that Ar thur Knight, officer of the board of director textbook division, contained $22 weekly. dinner party Knight. did not. see se & is © 1930 AY NEA Service BEGIN HERE TODAY JUDITH CAMERON. typist ase _ 7 of ity and partly because com leative about e Inewre th becomes mere and | by the girl's mag- lonely and hi 18, and JU: 7 from hom ih a young wa: CHAPTER IIT Cameron was arguing. In the street darkened by loom-; Then a taxicab driver, | § A spectator would have had time, He was taller! If the spectator had been | § a mus: | % But there was no spectator. Not The youth whom Judith bad The girl, after her quick, sharp At last he stopped. “All right,” Judith Cameron said “All right, Judith, They were standing near the wall Dan “Good kid, Judy,” he told her “You'll go through with “I—I promise, Dan.” There was a quick movement in It might have been a After this the couple headed ; At the nearest subway station The young man per. Judith Cameron hesitated, watch: Tim. “ It was as though some power Still, for an instant after the man be discovered in the busy of- whip. re and executive of the The first two days after their | Henry Ford recently wrote a check iN & penny. Surely he isn’t buying @ | back those*Model T's! Playing billiards in an airplane, as jRalph Greenleaf did the other day, even passing through the outer of- fic e. The third day he found occasion to enter the room. eron was absent on one of Miss Tupper’s Knight, with a gaze which was quite inscrutable, returned: to his own desk. Morocco leather’ m@morandum pad nervously. Ringing the bell for his private secretary, peremptorily that he would be out |’ of the office the rest of the morn- ing. An hour later Tim Mulligan came quietly to Judith Cameron's desk. “Here,” he said, handing her a crumpkt “Here's what them dames was gabbling about so h Judith looked down at the frag- ment of newspaper and then up at he explained. though?” IAT Judith held was a picture torn from gravure section of a newspaper. The picture showed a slight ful girl in jaunty white riding breeches and white the throat, high dark boots and Sloves. She was holding a riding wisps of dark hair from under the close white beret she wore. was paying) girl was laughing, her face turned court to one of his newest employes,| toward her companion who was & stenographer whose pay envelope | also in riding clothes, He looked older and rather foppish, The two | were walking, apparently in a park. | Below the photograph were these | se se Dl Inc. “Judith, will you marry me 2” refraining judiciously from ; words: Judith Cam- inpamerable errands. on Knight is an His fingers tapped « mounts often he announced rather| she told Tim. once Dolled ep ia rather grimy bit of D&-|they call her, clipping. the boss’s daughter—Tony,” “Ain't she a looker, ees the Sunday photo- it, grace: hirt open at The wind had putfed' out The} be ing. hn a A may be all right, but we hope there are no holes in the floor. writer in a woman's magazine Consider the. alarm clock. It g0es gays feminine clothing if not sensible. Perhaps she should have said “next to nothing.” | (Copyright, 1930, Buenos Aires was established in 1535 by the Spaniard Mendoza. Y LALIRA LOU BROOKMAN “YOUTHFUL HORSEWOMAN. Miss Antoinette Knight, popular member of New York’s younger social set, was photographed at an Italian resort with Count Serge Bodanzky. The pair are often seen and has exhibited blu Judith studied the picture. “She certainly {a a pretty girl,” “I'll say she is!" the boy echoed her sentiments. summer to see the boss. furs to put your eyes cut. Tony's the berries all right—that's what Judith smiled and held out the Tim sbrugged his shoulders. “I don't want it. She's a little too old for me.” lopes. The little picture lay on Judith Cameron's desk. She‘ studied the face of Arthur Knight's youthful daughter for several moments. At- tractive Indeed. The chin and eyes were like her father’s. The resemblance ‘The photograph was indistinct and rather small, but somehow ith looked at it she knew Tony ight to be willful, aggressive and a foe (if foe she should be) to feared. Slipping the pictures into her desk drawer, Judith continued typ- Te fourth morning following her. dinner engagement with Hiccups is considered a very seri- ous sympton with typhoid, appendicl- tis and pneumonia. In some cases, apparently simple causes will produce hiccupping, such as overeating, over- drinking, swallowing large particles of food, drinking ice water, laughing and swallowing while trying to'eat. Ordinary cases of hiccupping can be overcome by drinking some cold water. while holding the breath or by [Sronthine in and out deeply a num- *e * these days is , NEA Service, Inc.) Lace Arthur Knight Judith was sum moned again to his office, The mes- sage came to her once more from Kathryn Tapper's lips and a sus gs glaring glance accompanied it. Judith stepped to the door of her jemployer’s private office and knocked. She heard his call to come in. | This time, instead of waving her toward a chair, Arthur Knight rose and came forward. “Miss Cameron,” he said, taking jber hand, “I wanted to see you.” “Yes, Mr. Knight?” “Here—won't you sit here?” He placed the chair for her, then re {sumed his own at the desk, | The office manner was gone com- {pletely and Knight was smiling. “I suppose it's not strictly accord {ing to business routine,” he told jher, “but I called you in here to ask if we might not have dinner {together again tonight. I—1 don't {ike to break the office program to jmake social engagements but, well—" He broke off, evidently at a loss for words but smiling broadly. {9 HERE was no flush on Judith Cameron’s cheeks. While ; Knight was speaking the haunted jlook had come once more into the zirl’s eyes. She hesitated, then spoke rapidly. “I—I'm sorry, Mr. Knight. To aight I have an engagement. Some other time—” j “Oh, I quite understand! That's all right. Would you care to name the evening?” ‘The girl sat silent. “Yes,” she said slowly. “I'll be glad to go with you Thursday.” oe was three nights dis “Very well. Let's make it Thurs. day then.” Judith rose and though she smiled, certainly there was wist fulness “at “At 6:30.” They dined together that Thurs day night. They dined again on Saturday and two nights later at tended @ musical play. It was « play of lovely melodies—mortly love songs. Judith Ca jorning gallop. Miss expert horsewoman'| ribbon mployer during the next two weeks. On the tenth night he asked ber to marry him. ‘They had returned trom a con. cert at Carnegie Hall. Knight di missed the cab as he helped Judith to the pavement and followed her baa) steps. is there any place—any place at all here where I might os in for a few moments and talk to you?" She ted the way into the odorou: frightfully furnished board! ae house “reception room. “Only this.” JIrdith emiled wanly as she spoke “It isn’t— very elegant.” Arthur Knight did not once glance about the room. His eyes peril rag ie ayes of the girt es, Aroused 4 Insistent. si A derly he lifted the girl’ with he te noe girl's chin ‘his voice was low but as| vibrant—“I want you, 1 love you. Judith, will you marry me?” The girl stared. She held back peg rinag tase with a star- 1 tl tonard oe! ry she threw herself @ me,” moaned Judith Cam- wae ian pase take me away—" of excl muffled in a cheviot purl isd (To Be Continued) at Newport.’ “Breezed in here &@ swell outfit and you know.” was quite marked. Ams ‘When hiccupping is started because | BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 19380 ——— everything else is being standardized. This phase ts; n where the survey gcts closest to the states, which pos-|| S Healt ns i OUR BOARDING HOUSE . q of times, as in the so-called ab- inal breathing. ‘A good simple treatment which can cases not relieved by the envelope for reply. simple remedies is to produce a pres- sure upon the collection of nerve centers on each side of the spine about the middle of the neck. This is because the nerve which supplies ‘the diaphragm passes through this ‘region, and the layman can son:e- times temporarily deaden this nerve by piacing @ piece of ice on each side of the neck about half way down be- tween the head and shoulders, or the patient can trent himself by placing the fingers of each hand at the sides of the neck just in back of and be- low the ears snd bending ‘the head back as far as y:ossible, pressing for- ward with the fingers at the sam> time. If these treatments ¢o not stop the hiccuppinc, it is a good plan to call in an osteopath or chiropractor who will make the right pressure at exactly the right spot, stopping the spasms almost instantly. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS E Question: Mary asks: “Can epilepsy be inherited? If I marry a man whose sister is subject to these spells, would our children inherit them?” Answer: There is some evidence that there is a tendency for epilepsy to run in the family, but you should not let this stop your marriage, if your boy friend is willing to put him- self in perfect physical condition so that he will not be subject to epilepsy or any other disorder. Hereditary tendencies can always be banished through proper living. Syrup on Dates Question: A. M. P. asks: “Will you kindly advise me if the imported dates have been preserved with sugar or molasses?” Answer: Most of the imported dates are prepared in syrup which can be washed off and the dates dried in the {sun, The California or domestic {dates do not, as 2 rule, have the syrup. Shets for Colds Question: Mrs, A. P. writes: iy mother is 71 years old and bothered with colds and bronchitis in winter. A doctor wants to give her ten shots of serum for prevention. Do you be- lieve in those kind of shots?” Answer: It might be dangerous for your mother to take the shots of ser- um which have been recommended. They are of doubtful value in any case at any age, and certainly not necessary. If you will send me your full name and address I will be glad to send you some special ariicles for your mother, on how to prevent colds and bronchitis. Tomatoes and Cream Question: Dora asks: “Do tomatocs and cream, with salt, make a correci combination?” Answer: Tomatoes and cream make jan excellent combination, but salt should not be used at the same time. (Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Today Is the Anniversary of EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT On Jan. 16, 1920, the 18th amend- ment to the United States constitu- | tion went into effect. { we amendment provided, in part, | “The manufacture, sale, or trans- | portation of intoxicating liquors with- jin, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage The | ; have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” | Today, also, is the anniversary of the recognition, by France, of the | Independence of the United States, on Jan. 16, 1778. On Jan. 16, 1872, congress passed H a cee amnesty law. on Jan. 16, 1754, George | Washington returned to Virginia after’ | 2 trip to Lake Erie as envoy for Gov- | ernor Dinwiddie. CAMELS ARE PESTS Melbourne, Australia —Back in ithe days when Australia was just be- ing built up, camels were intro- jduced to aid transportation. But with the coming of sutomobi railroads and airplanes, they have been abandoned, and have now in- creased to such an extent that they are pests, Camel shoots are being organized to kill off these animais which are eating so much grass that jSkeep are running short. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS. Pennents are missing in some s0°- a ft WwW wv F y ti & n I ° Y 1 i ( ae 1 1 t t y t 4 « 7 D : * "tg j | Pa oe gt ’ i} Pps \ ri 1