The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1930, Page 4

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS F ay bg mane yne Co, le an Pa: CHICAGO af NEW YORK BOSTON What We Pay for Coal Apparently we do not get horrified as easily as we used to, There was a day—not so terribly remote, either— when the news that more than 80 men had been killed by an explosion in @ coal mine would have shocked us almost beyond endurance. But the Sunday Creek tragedy in Ohio, if it did not pass unnoticed, at least made little more than a ripple on the surface. Of course, it happened at the wrong time. News of it reached the country on a day when election returns were in everybody's mind. It was a lot more interesting, that day, to see who was being elected to what than it was to read about a few score men being killed in underground) passages along the Hocking Valley. Usually we can’t absorb more than one sensation at a time. Nevertheless, this disaster should have jarred us harder than it did. For the coal miner, after all, is a man) whose job touches all of us. The coal that you shovel into your furnace, on winter nights, was brought up for you by men who risked just such catastrophes. At some time during your life you have been kept warm by a fire that was bought with some man’s blood. ‘The very least we can do is to meditate a bit,on the coal miner and his job. It isn’t a very pleasant job, ana man’s services by the amount of money he makes. Buck: ley did Detroit a great service by arousing its civic con- science. The amazing outpouring of citizens to his fu- neral testified to the esteem in which his fellow citizens held him. But he died, by most standards, relatively ® poor man. Brother, when you are introduced to the party as “the Kid himself,” you are growing old. The Lame Ducks Again Right now is an excellent time to mention once more the fact that the Norris “lame duck” amendment to the constitution ought to be passed at the very earliest op- portunity. A great many senators and representatives were voted out of office at the recent election; yet every man jack of them will help make laws for us during the next sit- ting of congress. The voters have decided that they want no more of them, but back to Washington they will g0, to exercise their old powers for a good many weeks. Such a situation is utterly ridiculous and admits of no defense. The Norris amendment would end it and there is no good reason why it should not be speedily adopted. Any politician who fails to vote for it ough to be called on for a speedy explanation. Speaking of myths, the oldest oyster-opencr in the hotels of New York has been on the job 42 years and never found a pearl. George Bernard Shaw says the’ time is approaching when no coal at all will be used. Here and there, jani- tors are anticipating this millennium. _ It would be interesting to know what proportion of the All-American executives make their big gains behind wonderful interference. . Editorial Comment cedts Nt) printed below show the trend of thought by other editors, They are published with- out. Fegard to whether they agree or disagree with ‘The Tribune's policies. The Smoke Clears Away (The Bowman County Pioneer) The smoke of the battle of ballots has cleared away and again the country has been saved. We will not be headed for the bow-wows until the next election ap- proaches. This is an “off year” in politics. It is a per- ioc of real, or imaginary, depression in which democratic, socialist et al seem to thrive, at least they seem to have captured the high offices throughout the ‘nation. The doubtful states are no longer doubtful, they are democra- tic, which is just as bad. Illinois refutes Republican it most assuredly is not one on which a man can grow rich, All in all, the coal miner is not a man to be envied; and when you add to his other troubles the fact that ex- plosions and cave-ins will happen, now and then, in spite of all precautions, you can perhaps understand how it is that bitter and violent strikes occasionally disrupt the industry. All of this, probably, is just another way of saying that, this is rather an imperfect world. The millennium prob- ably is still a little distance away. Coal is a commodity with which nature has bountifully supplied us, and which. we need very much; but so far nobody seems to have devised a means of getting it out of the earth that does not mean a pretty poor sort of life for the man who} does the digging. Nor is there anything in particular that we can do) about it. ‘It will take a good deal of time—plus a goal deal more honest thought than has yet been given the subject—to make coal mining what it ought to be; and in the meantime we shall go on as we are, with a sub- terranean explosion every now and then to reniind us| that the job hasn't been finished. But it is at least, good for us to realize just how things are. It may help to keep us from getting too contented with things. ‘There are certain ways of pressing the button of an automobile horn that make it sound like swearing. Are Health Levels Rising? ‘When the World war came, and America’s young man- hood offered itself for army service, there was a good deal of pained surprise at the large numbers that were turned down because they were not up to par physically. The millions of examinations made by the army doctors showed that we were not, as a nation, quite as healthy as we had supposed. ‘Whether there has been any particular change in the years since the war is an open question. However, it is worth noting that the doctors who examine aspirants for aviation studies are finding a very high level of physical well-being among the young men who come to them, The commerce department has just revealed that only 5 per cent of all the people who decide to learn to fly are rejected because of physical defects; yet these avia-, tion examinations are extremely stiff. é It may be, of course, that only the healthy and robust even try to take the examinations in the first place. But. it is just possible that the country’s general average of Dhysical excellence has risen a little. A land of plenty is one whose riches are so vast the big fellows can’t grab them all, Pride and Martyrdom Consider the turkey fattening for Thanksgiving day’s| dinner. How he swells and puffs himself and struts in impressive dignity across the barnyard—inflated with Pride in his breadth and depth of chest and large hip measurements. And the tragedy of it is that those things Constitute his death warrant. The gifts of which he is &0 proud doom him to the oven, Some may see in the gobbler’s vanity a striking illustra- tion of the proverbial pride that is followed by a fall, Others, who look at the matter fairly, will see something more. All who recall the lest good turkey dinner served them must admit that a well-fattened gobbler has some- thing to be proud of. Nor is his fall, en route to the table, to be set down as in any way a penalty of pride. In his fall he serves mankind. In his death he becomes a true benefactor of the hungry. His pride in life ts “not unbecoming and in death he is a martyr to a glorious cause. Usually nothing else sounds as prepared as a prepared speech. Clearing Buckley’s Name Reports from Detroit indicate that the estate left by Jerry Buckley, the young radio announcer who was killed by gunmen last spring, totaled only $150. This news is worth thinking about. : To begin with, it ought to knock on the head those Tumors current at the time of his murder, that Buckley was in league with crooks and was extorting large sums of money from speakeasy proprietors under threat of ex- Posing them. If that had been true it seems reasonable to suppose he would have had rather more than $150 in his possession at the time of his death. ‘In the second place, it. proves once more—as if it Reeded proving—that you cannot reckon the: value of a n Ruth Hanna McCormick and elects J..Ham Lewis, a Democratic gentleman with pink whiskers. Will Mr. Nye investigate that? Montana turns down oné of its brightest men and sends Democratic Tom Walsh back to the senate to take all the joy out of a Republican president's life. South Dakota elects a Democratic sen- ator and a Republican governor. North Dakota would probably have returned Nye had we voted for a senator at this election. Several states voted to repeal their dry laws and to break the Volstead law. ‘The county just naturally went to the dogs bectuse it was an off year. Prison Reform in New Jersey (Minneapolis Tribune) In the administration of its penal institutions the state of New,Jersey is beginning an interesting expari- ment. It has adopted six classifications for criminals, It provides strict. prison discipline for hardened crim- inals. over .25,:an. industrial reformatory for youths of ahtisogial inclinations, vocational training for minor of- fenders, a farm for nondescript offenders who have a trade and are not dangerous, an institution for the crim- inal insane and a colony farm for mental defectives. The classification in which convicted men are placed is determined by their records and following a term of observation by trained scientists in the equivalent of a prison receiving ward. ‘Through experience society has learned that nothing is gained by locking up a maniac with criminal propen- sities and later setting him free. It has often been demonstrated that a defective mentality is not improved ‘by repeated punishment or a wayward youth made better by being confined with hardened criminals. | ‘The New Jersey plan apparently starts with the theory that in the human flotsam and jetsam there is always the possibility of salvage and that one of the mistakes of our penal system-is to release, without seeking to improve or treat, those predisposed to crime through mental deficiencies, ..The practical application of that plan is certain to be watched with. interest. A Solution That Is Too Simple (Duluth Herald) H. G. Wells, a most ingenious British author, speaking to an American audience over the radio from London yesterday, offered a very simple solution to all our econ- omic problems. All we have to-do, he said, is to adopt mass buying in place of individual buying, and then we shall use up all surplus and make everybody:happy. “We buy. battleships on the community plan,” he said, “and if we'can do that I to believe that we can- not. buy: hotels,: perfectly equipped houses and boots and shoes for most of the people of the world in the same way. Collectively we can buy everything that we col- lectively produce.” Of course that is true. If Bill can’t afford the new automobile he would like, or Joe can’t afford the home his wife would like to own, or if Jack is unable to finance his aspiration to dress better than anybody else, unques- tionably the community as a unit is well able to afford to gratify all these desires. The trouble with this remedr,, like the remedies of so- cialism and its uglier but more logical cousin commun- ism, is that it is.al: cther too simple. Most people don’t appreciate what they have not won by their own efforts, and mostly what they get without working for it does them little good and often it does them much harm. Nothing more fatal could happen to the initiative and enterprise of the average individual than to have him know that he doesn’t have to hustle any more because the community will take care of his wants. Mr. Wells is a very bright man, marvelously fertile in ideas. But, like most such fertile minds, his needs a wise guardian with the power to select and reject. Canada at the Imperial Conference (St. Paul Dispatch) Probable failure of the Imperial Conference, now meeting at London, to adopt a system of empire trade preferences which would in effect set up a tariff system based upon free trade within the British Empire and high tariff barriers against other countries, has stimulated contradictory responses from Canada. Prime Minister Bennett, who laid the plan before the conference in the hope that Canada might find a pre- ferred market for its wheat in England, finds his con- duct at the conference praised and criticized at home. That the “Prime Minister asked everything and of- fered nothing” of the British government is supported by some in as well as English opinion. The mat- ters of policy which prompted Prime Minister’ MacDon- ald, speaking for the Labor government, to answer posal of taxes on foodstuffs with the expression cannot do it!” are sympathetically understood in Western Canada. The Manitoba Free Press feels that Canadian proposals called for “‘sacrifices by Great Britain out of all Proportion to the contributions proposed by Canada.” The Toronto Mail, with less understanding and sym- pathy for MacDonald's attitude, assumes to say that “the present British’ government is practically on its last legs.” The Mail envisions a new government soon and expects it to usher in the Bennett program. In any event, the system of trade preferences within the Empire seems to have been deferred indefinitely. Despite Bennett's impressive election victory last July, his tariff policies are hotly controversial throughout the Dominion, and especially in the Prairie Provinces. Coun- tries which find in the United Kingdom and its domin- ions markets for their commodities face no immediate of a British Empire surrounded by insurmount-, prospect able tariff walls on the preferential principle. ¥ SYNOPSIS: During a gay party in his studio, Denny Dorn, Greenwich Village artist, is found mysteriously murdered. Detective Murphy is sure that one of the guests has committed the crime. Phantom screams and groans and mysterious footsteps through the house. Two of the are ick iy. by an unknown ¢iend, Crm gay into thin air. Pal ‘discovers that Loretta Whipple has visi he was absent on the afternoon before Dorn was murdered. Detective Murphy thinks that she must have taken the green rope. unknown to Palmer. The two men decide to investigate the mystery of the cellar. All at once the lights go out, and Pal is knocked off his feet. When he gets the lights on again, Detective Murphy has,disappeared! otea Who Is,the Mystery Fiend? By E. V. BURKHOLDER (Copyright, 1930, by New York Evening GRAPHIC) T took me several moments to get my bearings and my senses. When I did, I rushed up_the stairs and out of the cellar at top speed. The basement hallway was empty fs ; (Neeacamrastwicinraeta . Siansndr cer tin and I didn’t hesitate there. oh ia aad Ete Ge het thing again?” he questioned in a shaky eles, “2 | they didn’t see any black’ I said. “It was nothing— portant.” “Oh, he’s Murphy’s assistant now,” Courtney put in with a sneer. “He was down in the cellar with Murphy.” . COURTNEY BLUFFS AGAIN I shot a quick glance at Court ney. “Just how did you know I wes *|down in the cellar?” I “We are looking for the person who knows that.” : “Oh, you are, are you?” he sneered. “Well, here I am. I know ou went down in the cellar. And : an) eee Sy Generenee ; At ae top of the ae, nt bei ij I.’ irst floor I stooped abruptly. Mur-|" “That was my body,” Murp! “Tt it make some diffe phy and Doctor Gray were leaning|said. “I ‘wanted’ to tw tas before you ‘lea ied over the form of a tying on|stairs as quickly as I cot But | back. “It may ee eet the floor. I approached them and/I was too late. The masquerading |of difference before many minut saw that it was Carpenter's nurse. | monster in black beat me. ‘When f have She was mumbling to Herself and | got to this floor the nurse was lying] “I don’t know as it will,” Court; slowly regaining consciousness. Dr.|on the floor a ney retorted. “I saw Rod Gray had ‘a bottle to her nose. I} “But what was it?” I demanded. | to the basement with ane supposed “it was salts.|“That’s the same thing Mona De- itt, supposed you went in eels Neither he nor Murphy paid = vore saw in the rr attention to me. I looked at} “I don’t know. now,” Murphy] “And what) made you supposq the pale nurse. said, “but we'll, ktiow before: the) that?” ‘ She came to with a sudden start / night is over.” “Just,s guess—but it proves quite and a scream. “We will if we live through the | correct. Tt—it—was terrible,” she cried. “I| night,” I said. My nerves were be- saw it—a great mass of black. It|/ginning to weaken and 1 f came up the stairs from the base-| about one more such ex} ment, Yes, 1 saw it. It was ter-| would make a babbling idiot of me. rible.” “You'd better go 7 to the studio “Take it easy,” Murphy satd./and get your nerves ” Mi “Wait until you can tell us every-|said. “I’m going to make @ little id investigation of the ut thing.’ “Don’t forget that Mr. Carpenter | rooms.’ is in serious condition.” Dr Gray said. “We can’t do anything that larm him.” “I guess I can stand that if pave ) objections to my going with yu.’ “None whatever, but be prepared for, 4 “What about upstairs ‘and up and looked Hey Gare sald a the m4 a ol lerstand,” | of black went u statrs Ges, “There's pienty of time for that,” earn replied. “I want to see ae in hose basement rooms a noise in the| The search of the basement. The sound of heavy foot-| rooms netted us nothing. Tee front steps. Then I saw this mass of|room was a dini black comin; ppthe stat, I guess | | The nurse sat around her. “Yes, bh, she said. “But it was terrible. I came here to get a little air. I was pony Mg ie doorway. It was shut, . Carpenter ’t hear anything. 1 heard thing eae ft AE re aaah any- fining Re td Semen ing else ni ow.” en. turp! went ' “But what did it really look like?” | eve: i in but w Murphy asked. “Was iva man ora found nothin interest. gies jramae i rt any s Sine ans lown here,” hgh | “uke thing human, said. “I'm go! cow nurse said. “It was just a black have a mt talk ford.” “I hope he’s sober enough for 3 talk,” Tea rm ‘him up.” _ "t worry. a Murphy went yj the | and I went on prea the. Srudios ¥ was surprised to find SEE OM, but Brandford in the 5 Taco was cll spate end ner” eyes looked up at the ceiling as if she i She was mumbling to herself and slowly consciousness mass of something that moved lke) were in # trance. Courtney was not @ streak of lighting.” near her. He sat in a regaining ‘Was, it covered with black | the model's platform. tlothes?” Murpny questioned. “What was all the tement spt, Suess it was,” the nurse re-| downstairs?” Greta asked when pis with a shudder. “I suppose |entered the room. “All these people at the shock of seeing it prevented |came up here like a herd of. sheep me from getting a view. Ijand th scream.’ remember ‘now that there was a flapping of black cloth. But 1 dem: su i out too guick to get a aah taee “Me—here?” a asked, any, of what it was.” sure, I've been here—a* ieast, “Better take ner tn the Wbrary,” | was here w came.” Murphy instructed Dr. Gray. “it} “But you weren't here all the will take her several minutes before | time.” I the gets her nerve back, for must not know it Dr. Gray helped the girl to ner feet and ‘they went in’ the front rovm of the first floor—Henry Car- Ee oe gt ume atuoty ven for the tock’ note ot me. a “Well.” he taughed, “I guess~1 1 made a No, I wostairs of the une dnb ea oP it, The nurse eg ro ae seare. It didn’t amount “She yt toud enough,” Mona muttered. “I thought some one else She’ was i like an : aspen jug! . Marino as it he knocked vou down when another shot in the arm. dis face dash for the stairs. 1 turned the|was @ sickly gray and he talked ‘n lights on for you. broken sentences. Something hit me tke a ton st! "pid <a they coe. that nince : ‘ “Yes, very correct,” I answered “What did you find down in the cellar, Jim?” ifona asked. 29 meets that would interest you, and followed after! were ‘Court-: ney went over to Jane Her. yd were toward the 5 } Hivious of all thst went’ on ‘afoundl file ; 5 a HEREZATO YOU HEALTH By euTHoR Dr FRANC, WECOY wey To Te OF “TRE east se (A quctions roperding Heath and Dlat vil be ensvered.. Large, ‘WATCH THAT WAISTLINE Many people who are over forty years of age realize that they weigh too much, but hesitate about reducing because they have read so much about the danger of losing weight, but the truth of it is that they are in more danger if they do not reduce. Between forty and forty-five is the time of life when most people begin to put on a great deal of weight and become. candidates for pneumonia, heart trouble, kidney trouble, dia- betes, diseases of the arteries and anemia. Experts of the great life insurance companies state that after the age of thirty-five. it is a slight advantage to be even a little under normal in weight. These experts say that the worst type of fat from the standpoint of long life is the fat which is packed on the abdomen. A good way to find out if you have too much weight at this point is to draw in a breath and measure your chest. Now measure your abdomen, If your chest is any- where within three to five inches greater than your abdomen you are not dangerously overweight, but if your chest and abdomen measure the same or if your abdomen is larger, shes should immediately start to re- luce. After thirty-five overweight not only handicaps your appearance but is a shortener of life itself, In fact it might be said that the longer your waistline the shorter your lifeline aft- er the age of thirty-five. If you want to keep going full speed to a long life, see that your weight does not get above normal. Many people do not know how to begin a reducing regime nor how to continue with it. The permanent cure of overweight depends upon the evolution of diet so as to use only the amount of food necessary for re- Pairing and building up the normal tissues of the body and no excess need be taken above this require- ment. The quickest and most infallible method of reducing the weight to normal is to use a fasting cure in some form. A fast with small amounts of water and the juice of citrus fruits is perhaps the best pro- cedure for the average case. Weight can be reduced from a half to a Pound daily with marked improve- ment in all the bodily functions. An epparent increase of energy will .be noted which is caused by the body being freed of its burden of incum- sential for the perfect growth of cellt and tissues. An overweight body may be main- Dr. McCoy will gladly answer Personal questions on health and diet addressed to him, care of The Tribune. Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. tained for years without any sugar or starch or fat if enough protein is used together with the non-starchy vegetables to supply the organic’ salts and vitamins. After the weight has reached nor- mal the carbohydrates and fats may > be gradually introduced into the daily menu. A little experimentation wil) show the one inclined to be stout just how much of these fat-produc- ing foods may be tolerated without the danger of again gaining excess weight. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Detached Retina Question: A.J. L. writes: “My father is blind in one eye from what the doctor says is detached retina Can this be cured by dict, or is ar operation necessary?” Answer: This condition is usually, incurable. There are a few instant: where the retina became re-attached with and without treatment. I have been unable to discover any cases can were successfully treated surgi- i. ‘ Pies and Cakes Question: D. J. asks: “May onc use milk and cream with any foods desired, and when can pies, cakes and doughnuts be eaten, and in what combination with other food?” Answer: Milk should be used by it- self or with fruits or non-starchy vegetables, but not with the ordinary . meal containing proteins and/ starches. Cream may be used ot cereals or added to vegetables after they are cooked. If pies, cakes or doughnuts are ever used they shoulda be used as starchy foods and the same rules about combinations holds good with these foods as with other starches. King’s Evil -Question: L. H. writes: “My whole family is and has been troubled with scrofula or King’s Evil, I think you call it, all our lives. I also have a necrosis bone in the second joint of my big toe—had it since I was a boy. Is there anything I can do for it?” Answer: The trouble is that your whole family has been living on the wrong kind of food. This is the usual cause of scrofula which was at/. The diet following the short fast should be carefully chosen, avoiding the starches and sugars until the nor- mal weight has-been reached. If the Froper amount of protein and green vegetables is used the body will be ‘supplied with all of the elements es- one time called King’s Evil. I wore advise you to consult a bone special- ist about your toe. He would doubt- less have X-ray pictures taken of the toe and in this way could make a correct diagnosis. _ Today-Is the Anniversary of HAUPTMANN’S BIRTH On Nov. 15, 1862, Gerhart Haupt- mann; foremost and most represent- ative writer in Germany, was born in Salzbrunn, the son of an inn- ? keeper. Until he: was about 22 Hauptmann Swedish soldiers, a news item says, reddened when the king dropped in on them while they played bridge. A royal flush, as it were. 2s * The jobless of New York who are selling apples for sustenance appar- that at peror of Abyssinia probably said when he gave away dimes at his coronation, (Copyright, 1930, NEA Service, Inc.) yourself, not of yourself.” tor. zs * * “There is no better way of getting into motion pictures—for a girl—than through the magic doorway of the stage.”—-Dorothy Mackaill, actress. see “It happens that children are born Lady As- ‘| workers and will continue to do s0 if we do not teach them otherwise.’— Professor Ernest Rutherford Groves of the University of North Carolina. * oe “While science has given us a world of romance, the great novels reveal to us the changeless ‘and eternal youth.” — William Lyon Phelps. -_——— KFYR ; FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 ud 3.350 Milocyeles—545.1 Meters 7:00—Farm flashes, ee report. —Farm reporter in Wasington. 0—Special bulletin: U. S. depari- ment in agriculture, 7 re 7:3) 7:45—Meditatl L- ne lon period. hoppers’ guide program. 9:00—Sunshine hours Kivvon d Bon. nett, conductor, 10:00—Operiing grain markets; weath- er repo: 10:10—Alnt, Sammy daily household chats, 10:20—New release hour. 10:57—Arlington time signals, 31:00—Grain markets. :30—Organ program: Clara Morris. 12:00—Grain markets; Bismarck Trib une news and ‘weather; lunc!; PM. eon program. . ‘i 1:06—Classical hour. 1:45—Grain markets: high, low, and closes Bismarck Tribune news, ather, and St. Paul li oe 3:0¢--Manisal ‘matinee melodies °° jour: 2:30—Siesta Good News radio ‘program, eel yzeoth. rie tour, :00—Chevrolet chroni ie 130—Muste. a & . The man took 15 apples from tho’ orchard. He gave the first guard 8 apples, the second 4 apples and the third 2 apples—leaving ‘him 1, ‘Tennessee 4-H club teams took the honors in livestock, dairy, poultry and crops judging at the Mid-South fair this year. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS. 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