The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 18, 1930, Page 4

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(Offictad City State and County Newspaper) Foreign Kepresentativer GMALL SPENCER LEVINGS Formerly CHICAGO .NEW A Hectic Situation Minnesota and Pennsylvania are going through the ‘throes of a political crisis, Schall in Minnesota and Pinchot in the Keystone state have caused party ruc- tions the results of which are being watched with ab- wrbing interest, Democrats in Pennsylvania are in high iglee over the situation and in Minnesota the followers of Jeffersom are seeking an alignment with the Farmer- Labor party in the hopes of defeating Senator Schall and Ray Chase, Republican nominee for governor Ordinarily the Republicans would win in both states without. battle, but a hectic political situation seme- what identical in each of these states complicates mat- ters most. grievously. Schall’s iachilte crushed the Christianson organiza- tion in Minnesota and-now many Republicans are turn- ing to the Democratic and Farmer-Labor candidates. ‘The schism is open, belligerent and energetic. Repub- lican papers are flaying Schall and supporting either his Democratic or Farmer-Labor opponent. Now the enemies of Schall.and Chase, in so far 4: the governorship is. concerned, are seeking a fusion with Democrats und Farmer-Laborites, the former to secure fusion support of Hoidale, a Democrat, for U 5. sena- tor and the latter in exchange to receive fusion support for Olson for governor. The alignment may never. be effected “but if it ever is achieved, it offers dangerous complications for both Schall and Chase. Not since the days of the Dunn-Johnson fight, when Republicans deserted Dunn for the genial John A. John- son, has Minnesota politics been so badly mixed, The Republican house ‘is sadly divided against itself, but some leaders believe that the split is not so acule as to repeat the results of the Dunn defection. In the boss-ridden state of Pennsylvania, the revolt against Pinchot is most bitter. Republican leaders, high in the state and national councils of. the party, have resigned’ and aligned themselves with the state Demo- @ratic party in the hopes of defeating Pinchot, who 1s more or less of a political maverick, having once left the Republicasis to join the Bull'\Mooee -party. Pinchot is shouting ranting party loyalty, but the Pennsyl- vania 1 ss are throwing back in his teeth some of the things hot once said about the Republican party when he @ampaigned the nation for Roosevelt on the Bull Me platform. ? Minnesota and Pennsylvania present interesting stud- jes and reflect the predicaments into which primary elections often lead the best-regulated party. machines. Buch. defections often purge the parties affected. Political bosses move in a mysterious way to revenge their wounded feelings. Party loyalty is at low ebb any- way since the primary system came ihto vogue and in off political years there seems hardly anything but ebb to it. The American Spirit The American spirit, in which of us take a cer- tain pride, although the definition for the term is al- most as varied as there are people, is beginning to assert itself again. + A recent action by the city commission of Grand Rapids, Mich., illustrates the point. This group passed a resolution directing its city manager to issue a gener call to American municipalities, American busintss and aly bus to change it. This makes our election more placid but it also dulls the interest and is Hable to have the effect of reducing the vote. ag It certainly would be something of interest to the state campaign if the Democratic party in North Da- kota were able to make a stronger showing than it has done in recent years. If such were the case, thuse who love the excitement of election campaigns would have some fun in the fall as well as in the spring. A New Calendar Almost from time immemorial, the human race has been given over to “monkeying” with its calendar. There are et least half a dozen in common use on this globe but the one which the leading nations cf the world accept is that devised by Pope Gregory the Great tn the sixteenth century and which has been giving fairly good service for a long time. And now comes a movement to change it. The move- ment is backed by strong forces and is opposed by oth- ers equally 2s interested. Advocates of the change con- . tend that a division of the year into 13 cqual months would be a benefit to’business. Under this systom each day of tae week would fall on a ceriain date and the calendar would be inflexible. A comparison of the busi- ness cone on a certain date in any year would be in- fallible instead of approximate as at present. But the system provides, in addition to“an extra sum- mer month to be known as “Sol,” a blank day to make up for the 365th day of the ordinary year. And in ad- dition, end this brings loud shrieks of protest from the “arti’s” in leap years there would be two blank days. In certain sections the contest is being waged bitterly right now even though it is a good deal of a tempest |in a teapot. The new calendar may be better, but all of us fre used to the oid one and it wiltake a lot of per- suasion to make us want to try thé new. In addition, the entire werld would practically have to make the shift from the old to the new at the same time. Other- wise some American creditor might be trying to collect a note from a foreign debtor on a “blank” day—and with blank results. x But foolish as it may seem from the standpoint of ever getting anywhere, an international conference on cal- endar reform will be held in October, 1931, at Geneva. All nations will be represented, the motivating force be- hind the conference being an thvitation to the nations ; by the League of Nations committee on calendar reform to appoint commissions to take part in the discussion. Evidently the leaders of the league are sold on the re- ferm. Tt is a long way from Bismarck to Geneva but we folks cut here on the prairies of the west cannot help but ad- mire the ambition of the league's leaders. Trying to eiiminate war is something of a task, but it isn’t much larger than attempting to change the calendar of the civilized world. Editorial. Comment Fditorials printed below thouxht by other editors, | Th regard to whether they a The Tribune's policies. si show the trend of published with- or disagree with The Five-Day Week (Duluth Herald) The American Federation of Labor voted yesterday to give its full support to the five day working week, defer- Hedi another year consideration of the shorter work- lay. When the five-day week was first proposed it sounded as revolutionary as Bolshevik Russia. But now it is growing more and more tolerable to mcre and more People, and already it is in effect for half a million — of organized fabor, chiefly in the building ‘fades. But the eight-hour day in a six-day week was quite as startling when it was first proposed to those who were used to getting ten or twelve hours’ wock a day out of their employes. The fact is that invention is making labor so much more effective through short cuts and labor-saving de- vices that unless something of the kind is done, most of us presently will be sitting around watching a few push a button. The trouble with that situation would be that there wouldn't be enough buyers to make it worth while to keep the machinery running. The discovery by industry that conditions are best where labor earns good wages and has abundant leisure to spend them in has revolutionized thought on this sub- ject, and the increasing pressure of permanent unemploy- ment due to the fact that fewer hands are needed to do the world’s work is crystallizing that thought. Unless capital-is to get all the fruits of progress, re- adjustment of working hours to meet the new condition is necessary. The five-day week, once a terribly radical notion, will soon be a commonplace in America. Columbus Day (Carson Press) It is a very marvelous thing that the discovery of America, celebrated now by most of the states on Colum- day, and which is possibly the greatest feat of all American agencies of publicity to get together for a long, jpard. pull toward prosperity. The suggestion is made: “Let’s ally around the city government as that form of government having the closest and most intimate con- tact with the greatest number of people. It’s the cor- poration that has the most vital interest in its citizenship! and. it Js logical for it to set an example for business to follow.” The appeal, which, by the way, is being circulated to the cities of the country, including Bismarck, is that the city government unite the “powers of the press, the radio, the schools, the church, the theater, the associa- tions and clubs of your community to arouse the patriot- | ism of your people and lead them back to confidence.” Grand Rapids is taking a good deal upon itself, to | be sure, but that also is characteristically American. We all need a bit of back-slapping, and “talking it up,” as ‘they say on baseball diamonds and football fields, in order ‘to develop the proper amount of “pepper.” - The Grand Rapids appeal may fall on deaf ears, tem- Porarily, but the fact that it- has been made is some- thing. It shows that the American spirit is undimmed. ‘There is every reason to believe that, as it grows in re- Rewed strength and volume, Amprican business pros- Derity will return with it. Interested in Politics From most parts of the country come reports that | interest in politics is at @ fever pitch as the November elections approach. .Campaigns are bitter and hard fought as the Democrats and Republicans tangle in ~off-year batiles. e Moet states report that registrations have been large and that record votes for ‘8 non-presidential year are in prospect. : . ; What this portends in the way of election results will be told only by the count after the ballots are cast, but +» dt is at least a good sign that the people are taking an so prevalent in the past seems to be vanishing believer in the theory that the people should thing to see them attempt © loge prospective vote, North Dakota seems fon to the rule. It is a by-way in this the national campaign headquarters the two major. parties are concerned, for the simple ‘that the result of the congressional elections re hardly in doubt. There may be some slight out in the second district where been making a vigorous campaign Hall, but that is about all. the state election were determined at Republican primary in June. The fall election is Merely a ratification of what was done then because the Remocrats in North Dakota do not appear strong enough ) = the ages, was accomplished by a man who had little education, Christopher Columbus did not come from any family of navigators, but his father was a weaver, and all his family were workers at various trades. There were no sailors in the family to give him a start on his adventures in unknown places. When 21 years of age, he was still @ weaver. He did not apparently venture out.on the seas until some years later. It seems probable that he was at first ®& common sailor. He went on voyage after voyage, but at the age of 39 years he was in dire poverty, and managed to earn a living by selling books and maps. And that was two years before he performed the deed that turned the world upside down, when he found a new continent, which eventually was to de- velop the world’s most powerful nation, How came it that this great man, without scientific study or preparation, was able to form a conception about our world that was hidden at that time from the world’s most learned wise men‘and philosophers? One can account for it only on the theory that he was one of the closest observers and most originating thinkcrs that the race ever produced. He saw the things that other people did not sce, and he reasoned with amazing accuracy as to what these observations meant. His example shows what people can do when they he had noedvantages, no education, no influential fam- iles, to, push. them ahead. The world today furniches just as mai portunities for results: and raise themselves to dist! efforts as it did in Columbus’ day. A Great Gift to the Northwest (Minneapolis Tribune) While honor is being paid-Dr. Stephen Moulton Bab- cock, Madison, Wis:, inventor ~of (he. Babcock test tc determine the butterfat content of milk, all the north- west may well recall the fact that he {8 one of its most useful citizens. ° He is entitled to ti ly, since the device he invented and gavé to the -world has done more than almost any other: to incréase human happiness and prosperity in the dairying regions. q The history of the dairy industry naturally“ divides 1880, when the Babcock test was perfected and given to itself into two periods, that before 1890 and that after 1890, when the Babcock test was perfected and given to the world without reservation of patent rights. Dr. Babcock did for the dairy farmers what McCormick did for the wheat growers and what Whitney did for the cotton growers. ¢ He had the opportunity of patenting his device and jJaying the foundation for a great fortune. He chose rather to give it without cost, His reward has been Great nevertheless. His dévice revolutionized the dairy industry and all its processes. Every: group was 3 beneficiary. The farmer was enabled to isolate and weed out low-producing cows. The consumer of milk had the quality of the product he ‘purchased standardized. The dairy industry grew until it is today bigger than the cotton or the wheat industry. When the extent of the dairy industry in the northwest is contemplated today and the rapidity with which it is developing is realized, it is doubtful if the northwest can point to another citizen who has done more to establish one of its greatest industries or tide it over a period of adjustment in agricultural practices than the Wisconsin scientist, now well past 80. years of age. It is fitting that grateful recogniticn should come to him at this time. Perhaps it is tardy. Certainly it is none the less sincere and deserved, Ne ‘to achieve great tion by their own THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1930 i ee vere SIG NOU \s ‘GO BACK TO. : Briyerth > Sie uP Ses ood | Today Is the Anniversary ot . BERGSON'S DEATH On Oct. 18, 1859, Henri Bergson, eminent French philosopher, was born in Paris of Anglo-Jewish par- ents, . Undecided as to whether he should make a career of literature or sci- ence, Bergson entered the Normal school. Graduating at,the of 22, Berg- son was made professor of philosophy at the Lycees of Angers and Cler- mont. . He taught philosophy at other in- stitutions and in his lecture devoted himself to philosophic writings. His books, Matter and Memory, Creative Evolution and Time and Free Will, attracted wide attention and soon placed him in the front rank of con- temporary philosophers. In 1918 he gave up teaching and devoted himself to politics and international affairs. In 1927 he was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature. Bergson’s: philosophy endeavors to show that intellect, upon which all previous philosophies have been de- veloped, is unable to comprehend the nature of life and of spirit but that intuition is. ————————— EE | BARBS ' A food expert predicts that com- plete meals will soon be sold in pack- ages. When the time comes we'll be in for a picnic. * * x There must be a connection some- where between ingster Diamond’s soubriquet “Legs” and his fondness for the Follies. * * * Once there was a sports writer who, aware of the number of .foot~ ball stars with foreign names, never once thought of listing them in a “real” ASO i 5 Co-eds at Northwestern university, on dates with members of the foot- ball team who were exposed to small- pox, were ordered vaccinated. Talk about your arms conferences! xe hk The catalog of a western college has been translated into Chinese for circulation in China. The Orient now views with alarm the prespects of an army of young Chinese selling magazines to work their way through. xk * “It’s all in the breaks of the game,” said the football player as he limped off the field. (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Inc.) - | Quotations | CeO een ee EES “Words are beautiful, but rifles, machine guns, ships, airplanes and cannon are better."—Benito Mus- solini. * * OK “It seems to me that the more you know of life the more you get out of it.”"—Mrs. Herbert Hoover. * * * “The craze for speed is not good for the community at large and is cer- Article No. 28 By WM. E. MCKENNEY (Secretary American Bridge League) have been given. Following is a com- plete hand in which East, by apply- ing this rule, is able to do some very clever and accurate card reading. NORTH 1 S259 WEST fae = 48 east S—O-1-6- “8 S—K-9 2 C—0.8-4 Rok. 4#—10 65 D—1-9-4- d—10-8 2 C—K-9- C—I-10- SOUTH—DEALER 6.6.3. uu S—A-10-7-4 H—0-1-7-4 O—A-0-6-5 c—A i 0 The Bidding South, the dealer, opened the con- tracting with two no trump, with all four suits stopped and a count of 17. ‘West passes and North goes to three no trump, which closes the contract- ing. ‘The Play West has the opening lead and his partner has no bid. His strongest suit is spades, and as it is not headed by three cards in sequence, the fourth best is the correct opening. Therc- fore West leads the deuce of spades, dummy plays the three, East covering with the king. Although South new knows that East can hold only one mare spade, he should win the first trick with the ace. If the second spade in East's hand happens to be the nine spot, East will have the spade suit stopped the second. time. The rule of eleven and examples South starts his heart suit by lead- ing the queen, West follows with the ten, dummy the deuce and East wins the trick with the king. By applying the rule of eleven, East can now make the following deductions. His Partner held no suit longer than four cards—otherwise the deuce would not have been opend. The ten of hearts Played by West on the second trick also informs him this his partner holds a singleton heart, because if the declarer held only the queen of hearts and-not the queen and jack, the queen would not have been led. That leaves West now with four dia- monds and four clubs. East holds five clubs to the king, there are three in the dummy, his deductions have told him that his partner has four. If his partner held four clubs to the ace-10 or the ace-jack, the club suit would have been opened in preference to the spades, therefore East must not return the spade suit, but leads the five of clubs, which forces the singleton ace from the declarer. Declarer now leads a small heart to the dummy’s ace, West discarding the. six of spades. The eight of hearts is returned from dummy, East playing the six, declarer allows it to win, playing the seven, West discard- ing the ten of clubs. His next heart led from dummy is won by the de- clarer with the jack. West discards the jack of spades. All the declarer can now do is to cash his three good diamond tricks, and he must surren- der the last four tricks to his oppo- nents, and his contract has been de- feated one trick. (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Inc.) tainly bad for the individual.”—Lord | > Derby. * * * “The political beach is strewn with | the wrecks of those who took the nice things said about them to heart.”— Mayor James Walker. * * * “It cannot be denied that many martyrs have been pig-headed fel- lows with only one idea in their heads ‘and that a bad one.”—Dean Inge. * * * human nature.”—Sir Arthur Keith. CHURCH ON WHEELS Cairo, Oct. 18—One of the small- est and most compact churches in the world is that ‘used by Dr. L. H. Gwyn- ne, Bishop of Egypt and the Sudan. Mounted on wheels, fitted with an al- tar table, rails, reading-desk, pulpit and folding chairs, it is used to spread the Gospel throughout the country. It is transported from place to place on railways. pie CA ae | » People’s Forum Editor of The Tribune: There will be presented to the voters of North Dakota for their ap- proval on election day in November, one of the most vicious and pernici- ‘ous laws, that they have ever had an opportunity to vote on. It is the Four Year Term for State and Coun- ty Officials. At the meeting of the “The eugenist’s chief difficulty is: State Republican Central Committee at Bismarck in August that conven- tion went on record as opposing the said initiated laws. What were some lor the reasons that actuated the said Republican Convention in opposing jsaid Initiated Measure? lic officials. But we do not think it necessary in order to obtain a four- year term for public officials to sacri- fice popular form of Goverament. Be it understood that we are not) opposed to a four-year term for pub-/| they DIGESTION There is a type of patient who never eats a meal without expecting unpleasant results. To this kind of patient I would advise something like this: Before you eat, choose your meal carefully, putting in all the thought you wish on the combina- tions and foods you are to have, but once you begin to eat, concentrate on enjoying your meal, and once the meal is eaten, forget it. The one who has suffered from di- gestive disturbances usually has a vivid recollection of many unhappy hours, and there is no denying the fact that even though the best foods are used in the right .way, yet, the unconscious expectancy of trouble is 80 definitely impressed upon the memory that there will be set up a tendency to look for disturbing symp- toms which will prevent the enjoy- ment of normal digestion until this habit is overcome. If you follow the dietetic .instruc- tions given in these health articles you will no doubt feel that good re- until you I€arn to expect and vigorous health as a matter of course. Especially would I urge you to help yourselves in every way by cultivating the habit of looking for improvement in every direction day by day. As you go to the table, cast aside every distressing thought and proceed to concentrate upon the taste and flavor of the food before you. Talk everyone at the table looks. Try this tonight when you get home or begin it at breakfast. Do not make the mistake of trying to use the will as an ald to digestion, but rather put into operation the powers of desire and expectancy, a5 these will be found to be much more powerful elements in bringing about the object that you are trying to ac- complish. After you have partaken of what you consider @ wholesome repast, do not proceed to look for trouble, but expect your digestive to be without symptoms. For- shared a satisfactory, attractive din- ner, he should arise from the table feeling replete and at peace with the world, particularly with his own stomach. Give your mind to any thoughts of @ constructive nature which please ‘No doubt, whep you have become sufficiently improved in health you The argument advanced by the spon- sors of this initiated measure is that it will save election expense. Just what will it save? We will still have State wide elections every. two years, as we have now, so that the usual election expense will be incurred with a saving only in the length of the ballot and perhaps a little shorter election notice to be printed. We must have an election every two years for the reason, first, that we must elect a Congressman every two years, and, second, because the said law does not provide for the election of all State and County officials. There are a few State and County officials to be elected every two years. This is the real vicious part of the law. For instance if this law passes, the officials elected this fall will hold for four years. Two years hence there will be another election and there will have to be elected the following officials: One U. S. Senator, one Con- gressman, one Judge of the State Su- preme Court, one member of the State Railroad Commission, Members jof the Legislature in each District, and District Court Judges. We are living under a form of Government which derives its strength from the interest taken in the affairs of the Government and the Public Officials by the voters. It stands to reason that the people will not take as much interest in an election if only s few candidates are to be elected as if all are to be elected. The natural result will be that every four years the av- erage voter, not encouraged by the county candidates or the numerous state cendidates will take little or no interest in the election and will, as & jrule, not vote. The result will be that only the professional politicians will vote, and thus control the election results. Is this for the best interest, of a popular form of government? why did the sponsors of this law leave a few officials, so to speak, out ‘on a limb every two years? Why did not take in all State and County Officials? Was it not for the very reason that they thought they could fool the people to vote for this law HEREY TO YOUR HEALTH By Dr FRANK NECOY OF “TAR FAST WAY TO HEALTIY have then unconsciously devel- that faith which will add the mental treatment possible, and such @ combination can rarely fail to lead you to the perfect health to which you are entitled. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Appendicitis Question: Mrs. O. L. asks: “Will you kindly explain the ice treatment for threatened appendicitis?” Answer: I do not recommend the ice treatment in a case of threatened @ppendicit:s. When ice is applied over the appendix, it only serves to congest the circulation of blood and jymph, and tends to localize any pus. It is wiser to use hot applications over the entire abdomen, which increase the circulation and encourage absorp- tion of any pus: pocket which might be forming. The ice treatment is good as a preparation for surgery, but if an operation is to be avoided the hot applications are the proper treat- Saccharin to know something about~saccharin, the substitute for sugar in such cases. She has been told to abstain from sugar, and from all fruits and vege- tables containing sugar or starch.” Answer: Saccharin is often recom- mended to be used as a substitute for sugar, although it has no food value. It is one of the coal tar prod- ucts and its continued use is unques- tionably injurious. Practically all fruits may be used by the diabetic, as the fruit sugar alone is not suffi- cient to »roduce trouble as long as other sugar is not used. There are very few vegetables which are starchy. Potatoes contain from 14 to 20 per cent, and Hubbard squash as high as 15 per cent. Most of the starch we use comes from the cereal foods and everything made 0: white flour. Waterbrash Question: Mrs. I. N. asks: “Is waterbrash a kind of indigestion? What will stop it? It bothers me especially through the night.” Answer: Waterbrash usually comes from overeating or using liquid with your meals. Try cutting down on the amount of : -od you are using at dinner, and do not use any liquids at all after three p. m. thus give them an excellent oppor- tunity to steal the whole Government away from the people in a very few elections? What will be the saving? As near as I can figure it, the saving to the people of North Dakota will be about five cents per voter. Now, these five cents are worth saving. But what are we giving for those five cents? We are giving away our right to check up on our public officials every two years and weed out the bad and keep the good. We are giving away to the politicians the privilege of running the Government as they please. It is our belief that the sav- ing of these five cents every four years will cost every taxpayer hun- dreds of dollars every four years. As stated to begin with, we are not opposed to four-year terms. But if that is the whole question to be con- sidered, why did the sponsors try to fool the people and steal the Govern- ment? If they are desirous of four- year terms all that it is necessary to do is to divide all the State and County offices in two and elect half every two years for a four-year term. This would be more reasonable, as long as we must have elections every two years, due to Federal officers. To us it appears as though this initiated law is only the result of self- ish public officials who are trying to perpetuate themselevs in office no matter what it will cost the people. Much more can be said about this initiated measure, but we believe we have said enough to set you thinking as to what will be ‘best. We recom- mend that you vote against this initi- ated measure on November 4th. T. H. THORESEN, Chairman. Republican State Central Committee. Germany Produces Speedy Locomotive With Stream Lines Berlin, Oct. 18.— (NEA) — Modeled on lines even farther advanced than the famous “hush-hush” locomotive on the plea of saving money, and of England, Germany has produced an ultra-modern engine with stream- lines and other features which enable it to pull a heavy load at an average speed of 75 miles an hour. The huge engine weighs 170 tons and the boil- ers develop 450 pounds of pressure to the square inch. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: GiAOS FARHER Some people claim a daily roun¢ of golf will make you bard as stecl— it not well-tempered stecl. ~ ws