The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1931, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) PCOS ONE SVE Dee tonieieiatatrcarth aca eater Te Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck 8 second cla8 mail matter. George D. Mann +» President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year ......... Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) Daily by mail per year din state, outside Bismarck) ... Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year .. Weekly by mail in state, three years . ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year Member Audit Burean of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the! local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. | CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON | Right—And For a Reason North Dakota has heard so much in recent years about diversification of agricultural activities that the story has become a little tiresome to some ears, nevertheless, some- | thing crops up every now and then which proves the | ‘advice sound. | One of the best proofs is contained in a dispatch from | Frederic J. Haskin, The Tribune's special correspondent | at Washington, which tells how the consumption of dairy products is increasing while the demand for cereals is dropping constantly. This represents a change in the tastes and ideas of | the American people and one which is significant for the farmer, for he, like any other business man, must supply the public with what it wants or fail. People eat just about so much and if the average American prefers milk, butter and cheese to cereal foods that is his business and the up-and-coming agriculturist will help to give! him what he wants. There is no agricultural product for which flattering! prices are being paid right now—and more'’s the pity) from the standpoint of North Dakota folk. But it is significant that the dairy industry has suffered the least from the current economic condition. Butler Is Excused General Smedley D. Butler admits that he has been indiscreet and the Navy department, after scolding him severely, calls off the court martial at which it was in- tended to find out just whag the Fighting Marine did say and whether it constituted cause for meting out more severe discipline. The general is silent now, a chastened but probably impenitent marine, for it will be noticed that he did not “take back” what he said about Signor Mussolini, Hej admitted, humbly enough, that he had said something which might better be left unsaid, but as for the truth of the remarks—well, that was a different matter and the Navy department appears quite discreet in not going into it. After all, the point was not the truth or falsity of the statements made but the fact that the Duce’s feelings were hurt and amicable international relations were en- dangered. The statement, we recall, is that Mussolini's automo- bile ran down a child and failed to stop, the Duce re- marking to an American companion “What is one life| in the progress of a state,” or some remark equally well| caleulated to convey Mussolini's conception of his own importance, . An insignificant news item bearing on the case may give us a clue as to why the Butler court martial was dropped. It contained a statement by one of the Vanderbilts that, in case they stepped on Butler's toes too hard, he would have something to say. It seems a not illogical deduction that Mr. Vanderbilt may have been the man who is claimed to have been riding with Mussolini when the incident occurred and that he knew too much for the whole matter to become | public. ¢ It is one thing for The Duce to be insulted and to re- ceive an apology from our government. It is another thing to have the facts dragged out for everyone to see— and with the possibility that the dictator of a great nation might be convicted in the court of public opinion. The’ Measure of a Man / jfor economic and social abilities that the navy, in the ashamed. That is a privilege which God grants to every man as an instrument to induce humbleness of spirit. It is only those who have within themselves the elements of greatness who take advantage of it. The true measure of a man is found in the way in which he reacts to his responsibilities. Eulogists of Lin- coln have nothing for which to apologize on that score. The man’s record speaks for itself. No one can add to it, no matter how enthusiastic their praise. No one can detract from it, including Mr. Masters and a million other mud-slingers, if there be that many in the world. A Good Move President Hoover's action in moving to substitute a civilian government for the existing naval government in the Virgin Islands ought to meet with wide approval, It is not criticizing the American navy in the least to say that such island possessions should be given civilian gov- ernment wherever possible. Governing such lands calls nature of things, cannot exercise. The Virgin Islands became American property by pur- chase in 1917, and were expected to become an important. naval base—for which reason they were put in the navy’s charge. For a long time, however, it has been obvious that the navy does not propose to establish a base there, and the change to civilian rule has become advisable. In Dr. Paul M. Pearson of Swarthmore, President Hoover seems to have found a good man for the job of governor. The new administration probably will find solutions for many of the islanders’ most pressing prob- lems, It Pays to Keep Awake Charles Barber, a truck driver, is as scared of slumber | parties now as Hamlet, about whom Shakespeare wrote! a play, ever was. Hamlet, you'll recall, was afraid that! he might dream. Barber is afraid that he might snore. | And the series of nasal utterances that he gave at a! New York movie the other afternoon cost him $3, He/ wouldn't leave the show so he was arrested and fined. | Perhaps it is one of the most harmless arrests in his-| tory. But it disturbed the peace. Patrons of the thea- tre couldn't hear the stage voices. If you can't sleep quietly, stay at home. This seems to be the moral of this bedtime story. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard || to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib- une’s policies. The Capitol Building (Valley City Times-Record) The legislature should pass that bill at once with the emergency clause and thus put Jamestown on record for obstruction if it wants to go on with a campaign that Spells defeat right from the start. If Jamestown—or Jamestown people—want to father the calling of a spe- cial election then Jamestown people should be told that they must bear the expense. It is no more than fair that they do that as we see no reason why the taxpayers | of the state should be called upon to shoulder a burden. of taxation that is nothing more or less than a persona! matter with the Jamestown people. The Dairy Industry Appraised (Minneapolis Tribune) | In one of its current publications the New York Trust| Company offers an interesting appraisal of the dairy in- dustry and its future. It is couched in the terms of cold business analysis. It predicts increasing consumption of dairy products, an era of machine-milked cows and| steady improvement in the standards and methods of| production. Figures produced show that sale of dairy products} yields annually three billions of dollars, or about a fourth of the total agricultural income of the nation. This is| three times the total value of the wheat crop and two and a half times the annual value of the cotton crop. It is also shown that except for a temporary halt, due to abnormal conditions of the past few months, there has been a steadily increasing demand for dairy products. In the 10-year period from 1918 to 1928, per capjta| consumption of milk increased from 43 to'56.6 gallons| a year. At the same time butter consumption increased from 14 to 17.34 pounds, cheese from 3 to 4.11 pounds,| and ice cream from 2.07 to 2.90 gallons. Restoring Freedom of the Press (St. Paul Dispatch) Termination of the troubled life of the Minnesota newspaper gag law now only awaits approval by the Min- nesota Senate of the repeal measure which has success- fully passed the House. The promptness with which the House proceeded to the nullification of the suppression act, despite the many other urgent matters before it, in-| dicatem the importance to which the gag law issue has; been raised. Not the fate of the two publications against which the law has been employed, but the broad principle of the rights of a free press has inspired the struggle in the House and will be the issue in the Senate. Since the passage of the gag law increasing numbers of law mak- ers have come to realize that in their efforts to eradicate a specific nuisance they placed upon the statute books a SHALL 1 KILL THE HEN NOW--- OR WAIT TILL- & “THE BROOD HATES ~~ Our? This newspaper puts at your dis- | posal a corps of trained researchers in Washington who will answer ques- tions for you. They have acess to the government departments, the li- braries, museums, galleries, and pub- lic buildings, and to the numerous associations which maintain head- quarters in the nation’s capital. If they can be of assistance to you, write your question plainly, and send with two cents in coin or stamps to The Bismarck Tribune Information Bu- reau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. Q. What is the unusual instru- ment used in the Tastyeast Jesters program? C. C. A. It is called a mandolute and is the creation of the Jesters themselves. Q. Did the income tax yield as much revenue in 1930 as it did in 1929? R. E. V. A. It did not. In 1929, it amounted to $2,502,805,758.87. In 1930, it amounted to $2,332,968,393.96. This was a loss in revenue of $169,- 837,364.91. Q. What part of the total num- ber of automobiles is owned by people living in cities and towns? T. D. A. Of the 26,700,000 passenger cars and trucks on the nation’s highways, all but 6,000,000 are city owned. Q. How many states do not have provisions for adult probation? C.M. A. The National Probation asso- ciation says that there are 15 states without laws for adult probation. Q. Can a coatless man enter the Edward Bok Sanctuary in Florida? T. B. A. coats. It is required that men wear Q. Why are the edges of our coins milled? H. D. A. The Office of the Director of the Mint says that the edges on gold and silver coins are milled in order to prevent persons from scraping them down and thus reducing their weight. Q. Please give the bowling. N. S. A. Bowling has been played for centuries in Germany and the Low Countries, where it is still in high history of Edgar Lee Masters, the Spoon River Anthologist, | law with immense possibilities for abuse. Events of the| favor, but attains its greatest popu- chooses the season when the nation honors Abraham Lincoln's birthday to break into print with a new book on the Great Emancipator. Only Mr. Masters doesn’t call him the “Great Eman- cipator.” In accordance with what seems to be the spirit of our time when dealing with biography, he pre- sents an entirely new and different picture of “Honest Abe.” He would have us believe that Lincoln was a venal man, cold, unsociable, cunning and a political trickster. In fact, his new book presents a Lincoln as different from the Lincoln whom we have heard eulogized so often as it is possible to be. And it comes with something of a shock, for we Americans love our national heroes. It is no slander on the memory of a truly great man to say that there may be some truth in Mr. Masters’ book. The author comes from the Sangamon valley of Illinois which Lincoln made famous, and he doubtless is able to authenticate some of his points. He has done with Lincoln what Rupert Hughes did with Washington. The truth of the matter probably is that neither the Pollyanna school of biography nor the “throw the dirt” school is correct and that a true picture of our great men lies somewhere between what each school presents. The Pollyannaists present Lincoln in a role which no mere human could carry, no matter what his genius. He is pictured to us as a man without fault, the great cham- | pion of the common people, a wonderful mentality, a gi- gantic heart, the embodiment of all virtues, real or fancied. i t It is absurd, of course, when we stop to think about it. Ne man, not even Lincoln, could live up to the tradition which years ot competition among the eulogists have built up for us. Lincoln, were he to return to life today, ‘would be first to discount the extravagant things which have been said of him. .. But Mr. Masters, probably, is even more wrong than the lads who write with bated breath and slushy pen. ‘What Petty instances his muckraking may develop, Lincoln stands out as the savior of the nation in the time of its greatest peril. He is the man who freed a race from slavery. He presents to us in his writings one of the great stylists of the English language, one of the great minds of all time. And it was no mean and petty man who wrote the |the state. The vote of the House is an expression of years since passage have indicated that those who are; libelled by malicious and defamatory publications may gain restitution without a law so stringent as to imperil | all newspapers in exercise of their constitutional rights. The high standards of the Minnesota press make it; unnecessary in this, of all states, to place any limitations upon the liberty to publish and comment on events. Abuse of the power of the press has been infrequent in Minnesota and the evils that have followed therefrom | far outweighed by the benefits derived through the un- restricted exercise of this right by the newspapers of confidence in the publications of Minnesota that should be seconded speedily in the Senate by the passage of the Lommen repeal bill. Injured Innocence (Valley City Times-Record) Members of the legislature—some of them—pretend ; to be very much exercised over the fact that the Bis- marck Tribune or some other paper suggested its columns that the capitol commission bill had been used for political trading or something of that sort. Well, hasn't it? To those on the outside it would look that | way. When people see how leaguers and some indepen- |dents vote, and hear some of them express themselves to the fact that they favor Bismarck and then vote against the emergency clause of the bill to delay the matter several months or at least delay the matter until some sort of log rolling can be done—if they want to do it. And when we see the tears of righteous indignation rolling down the cheeks of some of these legislators it makes us smile. We would expect the Stutsman county fellows to vote against the emergency clause. They are fighting to beat the band to get the capitol away from Bismarck and if it can be done by them—well, we won't say what we think, anyway that Bismarck paper should have been a little more careful what it says about these legislators—or the writer of the Bismarck story may have to go before the house and tell ’em how he got that way. It kind of amuses one to see L. L. Twichell, leader of the independent forces, act. He very smirkly tells the offended Stutsman county legislators, who say that they have been injured by the Bismarck publication, that the newspaper man could be brought before the bar of the house. Which bar is he talking about? We sup- pose L. L. is remembering the palmy days of the league Tegime when every person in the state who did not agree with the league leaders was hauled up to Bismarck be- fore the senate and grilled by a committee that was absolutely fixed one way regardless of the truth. It is easy for a legislative body or'committee to exercise its Gettysburg address, no political trickster who insisted that, once the South was beaten in the Civil War, it Maybe Lincoln did, at some time and in some circum- etances during his lifetime, do things of which he was 5 much harder to convince the public at large. The writer was one of the unterrified who was hauled up before that notorious senate committee of long ago and we still have some expense money coming from the authority when they claim injured innocence but it is} larity in the United States, whence it was introduced in colonial times from Holland. The Dutch inhabitants of New Amsterdam, now New York, were much addicted to it, and from 1623 to 1840 it was played on the green, the principal resort of the bowlers being the square just north of the Battery, still called Bowling Green, The first covered alleys were made of hardened clay or of slate, but the modern alleys are built up of strips of pine or maple wood, about 1x3 inches in size, set on edge, and fas- tened together and to the bed of the alley, the surface being carefully leveled and polished. Q. If the body of an Army officer is cremated, is he still entitled to burial in Arlington? R. W. 8. A. He mey be buried in Arlington, The ashes are placed in the grave which is assigned the same as though the body had not been cremated. . How many groups are affili- ated with the American Standards association? 8. D. A. The American Standards asso- ciation, which was established by the five major national technical societies in 1918 to coordinate industrial standardization work, now includes in its membership 11 téchnical societies, 26 ‘national trade asociations, and the: following federal divisions: the Pan- ama Canal, U. S. Department of Agriculture, U. S. Department of Commerce, U. S. Department of In- terior, U. S. Department of Labor, U. S. Navy Department, U. S. War De- partment, and the Government Printing Office. Q. What state first observed Ar- bor day? F. B. A: Nebraska was the first state to observe this day. The first Arbor day was on April 10, 1872, on which occasion more than 1,000,000 trees were planted. Q. What is a jackeroo? H. D. A. An apprentice sheep herder in Australia, @. Which one of our national songs was written in honor of George Washington? W. D. A. When Washington was first in- augurated as President in New York, in 1789, the orchestra leader, a Ger- man named Pheil, at the John Street theatre composed The President’s March in honor of George Washing- ton and played it when Washington attended the theatre. The march im- mediately struck the public fancy.. In the summer of 1789, a young man in the theatre company for whom a benefit concert was to be given, asked Joseph Hopkinson to write an OUT OUR WAY \cw! DONT GO SE Way) si — Hifi ‘ = A : ae state. This is a great life—the first hundred years, any- how. LOOK ovr Now, SHOWIN’ OFF HOW CLEAN YOu Kus RIDE , With YORE FEET A HANGIN' LOOSE THETAWAY original song for the occasion.’ This Song, set to the tune of The Presi- dent’s March, was Hail Columbia as we know it today. It was called the President's March in contra-distinc- tion to the March of the Revolution called Washington’s March. Q. Who was Simon Legree and for what was he noted? &. W. 8. A. Simon Legree is a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. He is a brutal and vicious man known for his cruelty as @ slave-dealer and slave-driver. Sea irre ee Today Is the i Anniversary of SO ATTACK ON LANCASTER On Feb. 10, 1676, one of the bloodiest assaults of King Philip's war took place when Philip, in company with his allies, the Nipmucks, attacked Lancaster, Mass. Fiske, the historian, vividly desoribes the assault: “On the 10th of that month, at sun- rise, the Indians came 51 into the lovely village. Danger had already been apprehended, the pastor, Joseph Rowlandson, the only Harvard gradu- ate of 1652, had gone to Boston to so- licit aid, and Captain Wadsworth’s company was making its way from Marlborough, but the Indians were be- forehand. “Several houses were at once sur- rounded and set on fire, and men, women and children began falling under the tomahawk. The minister's | 9! house was large and strongly built, and more than 40 people found shelter there until at length it took fire and they. were driven out by the flames. Only one escaped, a dozen or more were slain, and the rest, chiefly women and children taken captive... .” At the end of the month the In- dians followed this assault with a shocking massacre at Medfield and made murderous assaults on several | Ni other western Massachusetts towns. _ if BARBS 2 If Little Boy Blue came to blow his horn today, chances are the traffic cop would ask, “What's your hurry?” * oe OK Travel, they say, broadens a man But when a man returns from a European jaunt he usually finds him- self flat. * * A new liner is to be named after Cal Coolidge. The joke will be on the builders if the ship doesn’t choose to run. * ee A writer deplores the passing of old-fashioned fist fights. He doesn’t J By Williams Bodi~OEM FEET HAIN, RAGIN’ LOOSE ! DE FOOT ON ONE SIDE BELONGS on DE LAIG ON DE TRWLAMS, 2-10 ©1901 BY NEA SERVICE, WiC. MANY KINDS OF HEADACHES The brain, being a very sensitive organ, is easily affected by changes in either the purity or the volume of blood. There is no doubt but that the majority of headaches are caused by an unbalanced supply of blood to the blood. Tht real cause is not usually “Hocated in the head, but may be lo- cated in some other organ, such as the liver, bladder, teeth, intestines, etc. As a rule, the location of the ache may give us some clue as to the cause. The ache just over or back of the eyes may mean that the colon is over- loaded, or it may mean eyestrain or sinus trouble. An ache in the back of the head may mean a congested uter- us or prostate. An ache on the top of the head very often means blad- der irritation. A one-sided ache over the eye or in the cheek bone may mean abscessed teeth or an infected sinus or antrum. Aches over the tem- Ples often indicate flatulence. Peri- Odic headaches on one side of the head often indicate liver congestion. Pounding in the ears may indicate high blood pressure. Of course, one cannot determine from symptoms alone just where the cause lies, but I want to point out in this article that one should search for the cause more deeply than the symptoms might sometimes indicate. The reason that so many people have headaches is that there are so many conditions which start them. Among these are: sitting in a hot room too long, getting too tired or worn-out shopping, stuffy air, getting angry, skipping a meal, discontinuing coffee suddenly, nervous excitement, biliousness, constipation, kidney trou- ble, diabetes, acidosis, excessive stom- ach acidity, anemia, high or low blood Pressure, colds, influenza, tonsilitis, gas, lus troubles, too much alcohol which brings on the “morning after” headache, prolapsus, goitre, pituitary compression, eyestrain, and various in- fective diseases producing a poisoning of the system. The main cause of all headaches, however, is toxemia or a toxic condition of the body. This is especially true if one bars headaches due to accident. Once the underlying toxemia has been removed, headaches usually disappear quickly. Nearly all headaches can be cured or relieved by taking an enema, then hot foot bath, and lying down in a darkened room for a few minutes with @ cold compress over the forehead and back of the neck. It is also a good plan to take a fruit fast for a few days if you are habitually trou- bled with aching in your head. It is @ mistake for a sufferer to brain or by irritating toxins in the | dose himself with headache medicine to desensitize his nervous system against the warning of pain, without 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. ; seeking to find out the cause and overcome it. Such medicines may be permissible in an emergency to re- lieve suffering, but many people make the mistake of considering them ‘cures and do not seek out the real cause. By all means do not be satisfied with temporary cures for headaches, but be diligent in your search for the rea] cause and determine to correct your bad habits and banish this distress- ing trouble which, if allowed to con- tinue, will lower your vitality and ef- ficiency. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Milk Diet for Stomach Uker Question—D. H. M. writes: “Have been on a milk diet now for four weeks. My doctor claims I had ulcers and he is curing them with this diet. He wants me to stay on this diet for three weeks more, then he will have me X-rayed to see if they have healed. Will an X-ray picture show this?” Answer.—The milk diet if properly given is the best diet for stomach ul- cers. From six to ten weeks are ofter. necessary. The X-ray pictures are helpful in determining the size and extent of the ulcers. I have mimeo- graphed instructions for taking the milk diet which I will be pleased tc send to any reader of this newspaper who is interested. Simply enclose a large self-addressed stamped envelope with your request. \ Horseback Riding Question—R. R. asks: “Will you Please tell me what you think of horseback riding for a woman? I have heard it is injurious. I am 17 years of age and go horseback riding three times a week for one hour each.” Answer.—Horseback riding is good if taken in moderation, as it gets one out into the fresh air. However, it gives most of the exercise to the horse rather than to the person who needs it most. There is some indication that horseback ‘riding tends to cause pro- lapsus of the abdominal organs and, if it is much indulged in, special ex- ercises should be taken to prevent the occurrence of a prolapsus. Cleansing Teeth With Soap Question. —J. K. asks: “Will wash- ing the teeth with soap decay them?” Answer.—No. realize perhaps that this generation must be handled with gloves, ee * “There's a hitch here somewhere,” as the thumb-jerking hiker said con- fidently. se * To folks in Boston, of course a “yes-man” is a fellow with a broad ye. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) ——e eee | Quotations | oF trouble.—Al Capone. eee Confidence will cure us all—C. W. fash, see Winnipeg is the only free market in buying a seat on the Winnipeg exchange. xe OK Competition in an oilfield is no more competition than is a run on a bank. .... In fact, the operators are trying to get not only their own oil but everybody else’s—Henry L. Doh- erty, who seeks federal control of oil production. * ek * Today anything can be a university that so aspires, and many do 50 as- Bike Senos aay, Butler. es * Prohibition has made nothing but 1 on the continent.—Arthur W. Cutten, |~ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 350 Kilocycles—545,1 Deters Farm flashes, eeu report. 5—Farm reporter in Washington, Old-time music, —World Bookma: 0—Opening grain markets; weath- er report, 10:10—Aunt Sammy: daily household chats, —Grain markets: Bismarck Trib: une news and weather; lunch: P.M. eon program, ie 2:00—Grain markets: high, low, and close; Bismarck Tribune news, weather, and St. Paul livestock. —Kast sisters, Turtle Lake, N. D. —Siesta hour: Good News’ radio magazine, —Music, Music. ncle Paul's kiddie time. EHCOKs: pete —Bismarc! ‘ribune sport: 1S, 5—Bismarek Tribune news, en o—Dinner h inner hour organ 0K Lone scout, “ecltal :55—Newscasting. 00—Mtrs. TG Plomassen, contralto; Mrs. Op Rindahl, accom Legislative tidbits, ‘Music, ‘War and peace depend uy! a frame of mind.—Elihu Root. ss * ee tity? eae could understand am @ modern girl j to get along.—Clara Bow. ae * *e * I am more interested in in the people’s incomes than Red ing over their expenditures.—Presi- dent Hoover, se 8 The perennial Garden is Mary.— Le Baron Cooke. P se & T-have a deep affection for the Re: public of the United States—Premier Theodore Steeg or France * * ‘We have had no good comic operas of date benim me the real World has been more any possible opera. —G. K, Chesterton, * * * , From this,,as from ptevious eco- nomic depressions, thet will be even- tual and, we hope, speedy recovery.— Silas H. mer * * mentality for sentimentality —Lord Dawson.of Penn. Stickler Solution i :45—Royal's poet of the organ. pe ist eT, [School Notes] e CANFIELD Lucille Johnson has been absent from high school for three days be- shine of illness, * ’s. Charles Kuehl and Kenmar Sordsht have been recent visitors at 5 Last Friday afternoon one of the eighth grade boys gave a review of “The Man Without a Country.” An- other of the boys gave a review of Basal tarpon betes as the favorite sport of the boys during the past . graders have tna new fe rt aly just begun and Mary Patton h: had birthdays recently. They treated the pupils of the primary room to candy and birthday cake, FLAPPER FANNY SAYS A-hat may look perfec! ‘iceless, buit it never ie as +