The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 15, 1931, Page 4

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly G. Logan Payne Co. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Honesty Among Lawyers Few professions are maligned and scoffed at to quite the same degree as that of the American barrister. In England and countries where the existing order has been established longer, as well as Canada which holds to the English tradition, practitioners at the bar are re- @arded as men of consequence and few professions are ‘so highly regarded by the general public. In America, however, it ts different. From the vaude- villian on the stage to the casual observer at the cross- roads store and the wise-cracker at luncheon meetings, lawyers are jibed and sneered at in a manner which us- ually is thinly veiled, if at all. ‘The reason for this, probably, is that many persons have small understanding of the ethics of the legal pro- fession as they are practiced by the rank and file of barristers. Take, for example, the defense of a man charged with crime. Almost any lawyer who accepts such cases will| undertake a defense for anyone, no matter what the popular opinion may be. Usually he requires that his client be able to pay for the services rendered but in a surprisingly large number of cases lawyers serve without even the promise of financial reward. ‘The theory is that any accused man has a right to have his case presented for him with its best angles turned toward the judge or the jury. If his client claims to be innocent, the lawyer regards him as innocent, no matter. how black the case against him may appear. He con- tinues to maintain his client’s innocence until a judge or jury finds against him—and even after that if the man can finance further litigation or an appeal to a higher tribunal. It is all in the day's work and the average law- yer does his part conscientiously and in good faith. Misinterpretation of circumstances involved in such cases, however, has led to popular misunderstanding and to jokes which hint strongly that flexibility of conscience is a common attribute among barristers. Although hard- ly every applied directly to any one member of the bar, it is something of a popular fable that lawyers should be watched very closely by those who have dealings with them. Tiis is, of course, no more true than would be the same insinuation against doctors, dentists, newspapermen or members of other professions, each of which has its own code of ethics and each of which, in the main, lives up to those codes. There are exceptions, of course, just as there usually are exceptions to most other rules. Concrete proof of the honesty of members of the legal profession is contained in a statement by a California firm whose business it is to publish law books. The legal fraternity of the country owed this firm something like $200,000 when the San Francisco earthquake and fire wiped out all its books and records in 1906. There was no way of knowing who owed the company or how much and so a circular was sent out to all the lawyers in the country asking that anyone who owed the company re- port the fact and list the amount of the debt. The com- pany had absolved the lawyers of San Francisco from payment of the sums due because they had lost their en- tire libraries. This reduced the obligation which it! sought to collect to about $170,000. The earthquake occurred April 18, 1906, and by Janu- ary of 1907 the firm had heard from lawyers all over the country who reported indebtednesses totalling $150,000. Some paid in cash. Others advised the com- pany of the facts and paid when they could. ‘There is something in that case which may change the popular opinion about the legal profession as a whole. Craft and mental agility are valued at the bar as in other professions, but the lawyers of 25 years ago were horest enough to report and pay their debts. ‘There has been no change from that standard among average men of the profession since that time. Superoptimism Action by the Federal Council of Churches in protest- ing adoption by the government of a plan which would insure preparedness in time of war smacks of super- optimism. This nation, perhaps more than any other, is Christian in its ideals and principles and the average citizen would] ‘welcome assurance of that complete peace and amity among nations which The Master advocated. This ideal- ism on the part of the American government is demon- strated by its leadership at various arms-reduction con- ferences and the manner in which it sacrificed its naval strength under the famous 5-5-3 agreement reached at ‘Washington in 1922. ‘The American public has approved of these moves and there are few citizens of this country who would not be willing for our government to go as far as any other toward the goal of outlawing war. The average citizen, however, feels it deep in his bones that for this nation to lay itself open to attack would be sheer foolishness. They will grant the high motives) which inspired the Federal Council of Churches to pro- test against reasonable preparedness—but they will re- serve the privilege of disagreeing with the council's ideas. One needs only to consider the relative economic posi- tions of this nation and the others of the world to see the need for preparedness. Without adequate protection this nation would be like an over-fat baby in possession of a! big stick of candy. In their greeds, hatreds and fears nations are little better than alley urchins and what, street Arab, given the chance, would hesitate to steal the candy from 8 too-well-fleshed boob and kick him in the slats for good measure. ‘We cannot be expected to see ourselves as others see us, yet the recent record fails to show anything which should cause other nations to be afraid. No other nation has anything which we could possibly want and this fact, ‘rather than any superior mental attitude on our part, takes us out of the class of nations which might be guilty of - faith in the humanitarian principles advocated by Sfbe:Lemb of the Christian religion but the sentiment diggression. ~“By tradition and training this nation has learned to| Renewed Interest in the Tariff Business, large and small, is showing renewed interest in the tariff, | A shut-out policy toward imports is not the way to bring prosperity back. Diminishing foreign trade has been an important phase of the present depression. | On the other side of the fence, old-style “free traders” are disappearing. Foreign goods must not be outlawed— but some means must be taken to prevent American workmen and American industries from being destroyed | by cheap-labor competition. | Most of us wish that the tariff could be taken out of Politics and placed upon a high plane calculated to ben- efit the nation as a whole. We have seen log-rolling and back-scratching in connection with tariff question: until one wonders what chance the common people and the relatively unimportant industry possibly can have, The farmer has been told that the tariff is advantageous to him but has seen nothing by which he can prove the truth of the statement. But there seems little chance that we can either take the tariff out of politics or take politics out of the tariff. Right now it looks as though this will be one of the major issues of the 1932 presidential campaign. Another Postoffice Deficit | The failure of the U. 8. post office department to make expenses has grown so common that the annual an- nouncement of a deficit no longer has any interest, even for the students of political economy. to be a campaign slogan. The latest deficit, however, compels attention because, of its unusual size. It was stated April 15 by Third Assistant Postmaster General Tilton that the shortage at the end of the pres- ent fiscal year would be approximately $140,000,000. This jis about $42,000,000 greater than the deficit last year, and \the forecast is that rising expenditures will make it in- creasingly large in future years. | | Mr. Tilton declares that the postal deficits of the past! {two years were caused partly by the depression and the! ; consequent reduction in stamp sales and partly by gov-/| ‘ernment subsidies to the shipping and airplane industries, | ‘Because of these subsidies, Tilton says, the department | must pay more for the carrying of mails via ocean liners \and airplanes than it would if the mail was carried by trains in this country and by ships flying foreign flags. The post office department has for some time urged an {increase in first class mail rates from two to two and a ‘half cents per ounce, but Congress has been unwilling to |tamper with the present rates. It may, after all, become necessary for the department | to reduce expenses instead of taxing the public for more | money to pay losses, which has become the usual mode of Procedure in too many instances, | A Warm-up Trip | President Hoover soon is to start a speech-making trip into the heart of the middle west, the agricultural-in- dustrial states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. {| Here he will hoist anew the banner of the Republican |party and observe with care the direction in which the Political winds blow. In addition, he will attempt to create some political winds in his own favor—and this is not a pun directed at the President's lung-power. In Ohio and Illinois he will be in what may almost be classed as enemy territory, although they long have been staunch in the political faith of the G. O. P. Indiana is little better, although the defections from “the cause” there have been less marked. But Ohio has a Democrat in the senate to sit beside Simeon D. Fess, the National Republican chairman, and @ Democrat in the governor's chair. Illinois has sent the resplendent J. “Ham” Lewis to the senate to grab brick- bats from behind the screen of his pink whiskers and hurl) jthem at the administration. Chicago has adopted the | Jacksonian slogan of “turn the rascals out” to the extent of trading Bill Thompson for Tony Cermak. | There was small comfort for Hoover in any of those events, although it is improbable that the president! moaned over Thompson's defeat. To do Hoover simple | justice it can hardly be said that he and Bill Thompson !are exponents of the same brand of Republicanism. The tour is distinctly political in flavor for there is no, other explanation. It would seem that the president jis going to inspect the political wreckage in these states \for himself. Doubtless he will bring his famed “engi- neer's mind” to bear upon the question of reconstructing Editorial Comment je trend of thought hed without regard ee with The Trib- Counting the Cost (The North Dakota Teacher) “A teacher's personal credit is a priceless possession—” reads the opening paragraph of a circular letter sent to teachers by a company offering to loan money to teach- ers at a rate of 3 1-2 per cent per month. The fact that the interest is payable monthly makes the rate more than 42 per cent at the annual interest rate. It seems incon- ceivable that any teacher would allow her finances to get in such condition that she should be compelled to borrow money at this usurious rate of interest. It is true that the total amount that can be borrowed is limited, but $42.00 interest for the use of $100.00 for one year seems {almost criminal. It is advisable to think, not twice, but} several times, before becoming indebted to companies charging such interest rates. But Minnesota Didn’t (Duluth Herald) A study of the returns from state legislatures that have been in session the past winter shows that two more | States, Oregon and Kansas, adopted laws requiring all automobile drivers to take out licenses which can be sus- Pended or revoked if they are careless, This makes fifteen states that now have this regulation, which experience has proved to be about the best imagin- able protection for life and limb. In part it is a protection because even the most casual examination of applicants for drivers’ licenses tends to. weed out some of the more obviously incompetent. But that is not so important as the fact that the knowledge that carelessness may forfeit the right to drive seems to keep drivers more careful than the fear of fines or jail sentences. The figures prove the value of this protection. From 1920 to 1929 fatal motor accidents increased 115 jPer cent in the states that require drivers to be licensed. But fatal accidents increased 184 per cent in Middle ; Western states that have no drivers’ license Jaw, and they increased 347 per cent in Southern states that lack it. Minnesota had a chance to adopt this protective meas- ure when its legislature was in session, but the legislature ae it down. Which was about the most stupid thing it That Next War - (New York Post) In his new study of the political situation abroad, which is entitled “Thunder Over Europe,” E. Alexander Powell draws a rather alarming picture of the storm It has even ceased |’ DR. FRANK mc COY Wiad to Malle’ TO HEALTH ¢ DIET BE ADDRESSED IN Mp Me DAILY MENUS. Dr. McCoy's menus suggested for the week beginning Sunday, May 17th: ‘Sunday Breakfast—Coddled toast; stewed prunes. Lunch—French Artichoke; McCoy salad (lettuce, tomatoes and cucum- bers). Dinner—Broiled chicken; green Peas; cucumber and beet salad; chill- ed Avocado cream. eggs; Melba Monday Breakfast—Baked stuffed apple, with cream. Lunch—All desired of one kind of tresh acid fruit. Dinner—Salisbury steak; string beans; combination salad of tomatoes, celery and cabbage; apricot whip. ‘Tuesday Breakfasi—Poached eggs; waffle; stewed raisins. Lunch—Stewed corn; Okra; shred- Ged lettuce. Dinner—Leg of mutton; spinach; cooked celery; salad of grated raw garrots; small dish of junket. Wednesday Breakfast—Wholewheat muffins; broiled bacon; stewed prunes. Lunch—Apples, with handful of Pecan nuts. Dinner—Broiled steak; buttered beets; cooked greens; salad of chop- ped raw cabbage; Jello or Jell-well with cream. crisp ‘Thursday Breakfast—Coddled eggs; Melba toast; applesauce. Lunch—Combination salad of to- matoes, celery, cucumber and lettu Dinner—Cottage cheese; =spinacl baked eggplant; stuffed celery; rasp- berry whip. Friday Breakfast Waffle, browned through, with small amount of maple syrup if desired. Lunch—Oranges as desired; glass of sweet milk. ] Dinner—Broiled Sea Bass; string beans; salad of sliced tomatoes on lettuce; plain Jello or Jell-well. Saturday Breakfast—French omelet; retoast- ed Shredded Wheat Biscuit; stewed figs. Lunch—*Carrot ‘custard; ripe olives. Dinner—Broiled mutton chops; baked eggptant; green peas; salad of head lettuce; stewed apricots. *Carrot custard. Beat three eggs lightly, add one and a half cups of Sweet milk and one cup of grated raw carrots or mashed cooked carrots and @ few grains of salt. Bake in a mod- celery; erate oven in a dish surrounded -by water until custard is set in the cen- ter. Serve hot. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Buerger’s Disease Question: E. A. D. asks: “Will you Please give me some information 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. about Buerger's disease? What are |your methods of cure? After ad- ; Vanced stage, can anything be done?” Answer: Buerger’s disease is a form of gangrene of the extremities, usually affecting the toes and fing- ers, caused by an inflammation and chstruction of the veins and arteries to the limbs. This disease is very difficult to cure, but some: benefit may be derived from following my cleansing diet course which would help to reduce the inflammation of the arteries. It would probably be necessary to repeat the fast about once a month for awhile until there is an improvement. It would also be @ good plan to use hot baths, massage and exercise. Osteopathic treatments Should be helpful. Even though the case is quite far advanced it may be Possible to stop its progress. Oranges and Rheumatism Question: Mrs. L. B. asks: “When I use an exclusive orange dict for as long as a week I suffer with attacks of rheumatism. Why is this?” | Answer: The orange juice fact! sometimes causes a greater elimina- tion of toxins than when using other fruit, which makes the pains a trifle more irritating for a time, but this clears up after the toxins are elimin- ated. If you will use the orange juice alone the rheumatism can not become ‘worse. , Weeping Eye Question: Mrs. L. K. H. asks: “Will you tell me the cause of my eye con- tinuously weeping? I have used boric acid’ and witch hazel, also had my lenses changed, but this eye weeps just the same.” Answer: The cause of the eye weeping may be due to inflammation of the tear glands, and I would sug- gest cold wet compresses. A fasting and dieting regimen should prove beneficial, as it will remove from your system any toxic material causing the irritation. THIS CURIOUS WORLD THE TRAINING CAMPS On May 15, 1917, sixteen camps for the training of officers were opened in various parts of the United States, the number of trainees in attend- ance being 40,000. ‘The camps were scattered through- out the country so as to afford the opportunity of entrance and training with the least inconvenience and ex- pense of travel. Officers previously commissioned in the reserve corps were required to attend the camps, and, in addition, about 30,000 selected candidates were accepted from among the much greater number who ap- plied for admission. These camps were organized and conducted under the supervision of department commanders; applicants were required to state their qualifi- cations and a rough apportionment was attempted among the candidates to the several states. At the conclusion of the camp, 27,- 341 officers were commisioned and directed to report at the places selected for the training of the new army. By this process the national army need for officers was satisfied and the roster of the regular army filled. BARBS i Alfonso, it is revealed, ‘declined an offer to talk over the radio before his abdication. He has since taken the air, however. ** * Every customer, says the office sage, has the right of weigh. * * * If Smedley Butler tours Europe this summer, as it is reported, he will probably omit Italy. There is an old expression which says, “See Naples and Die.” * = Then there's the fellow who thought he'd invest 15 cents in Life and Lib- erty for the pursuit of happiness. * * * These writers who begin sentences with a small letter seems to be the strongest advocates of capital pun- ishment. ** * You can usually depend on the Babe to give you a run for your money. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) << 9 Quotations i Sometimes it seems everybody has been +! except the reformers. —Lincoln Steffens. ** * ‘The size of every man depends upon the height of his ideals, the depth of his convictions, and the breadth of his sympathies and interests.—G. K. Chesterton. ** * Politics is a sucker’s game.—Mayor James J. Walker. ee OK To 1avor peace is to favor the con- tinuation of civilization—John Gals- ee The chivalry of men can make aw- ful fools of women.—Michael Arlen, * ee Democracy is the form of govern- ment which gives or tries to give the people the illusion that they are sovereign.—Premier Mussolini. ** * Success may be attributed to three | things: one is silence, the second is more silence and the -third is still var Kreuger, Japan is the most important con- sumer of faw cotton in the Orient, Amlss fs As COO As A wiLE. 2 - ing vowels among Bert Rushe, brother if r, Nor sHlome Bun King,” quits col busi ‘use he wants to emulate his brother and be a big leagu iting. a fs hurling instead of swa' r, OS aide ventures bush leagues, makes big reer’, to real feta Goin jedi. refused kim, he makes a bet that who has given every one the “ritz, t ti pe iy hopes of finding the girl who of the famous big league ball lege and all business “4 ventares: He has many ag by ares to in five years he begins ‘a famous movie star on board, will get chummy him af once. He accosts her. Y three steamship acquaintances were watching me keenly from the smoking room door, as I accosted the high and mighty movie actress, There was quite a lot of money Sonia Morreno. wagered with me that I could not b friendly with her. ; oman it looked. as though I had lost when she tilted her little chin and gave me the icy glare as she from me, and one of her two maids hurried “shoo” me away. But when I whispered two words | Ce an [__Nearing the Goal! she had started, looked at me in amazement and hesitated. i had merely said: “Sarah Marko- | witz.” | No wonder she started, for that | was her right name. I hadn't seen her for years. I had known her in ‘Worcester when she Shrewsbury Street, and by no means in the best section of it. “Who are you?” she ered. I smiled at he r. “Well, Sadie,” I said, so that 1 | Sot overheard, “how are all and said, about it, you handsome devil. Diy knew you I'd never have for- Her maids looked at each other in amazement. I stole a glance to- ward the smoking room door. My three friends weren't trying to keep in the background now, but stood in the doorway staring at me in undisguised amazement. ! Old Friends | We went down the promenade deck to her steamer chair and 1 had the steward bring mine around. Sonia’s maids—why not call her has adopted ft comfortable. My cheir was brought ‘around. The maids walked away born on the Ati J side of Lincoln uare and that isn’t so far from eee rou used to live.” her if she Harry. “But you are not the famous ball layer—I know him. I have met on the coast.’ “No, I’m only his kid brother, 'm a ee r, but not famous.” ‘Yel Eger <9 I admitted. plained that { recognised het by fer er by her Pictures; she had been a mighty pretty kid. The name she used was so near to the real name that I She had just finished rersion Sonia's people were living on the coast. Sonia had been married a couple of times, but with no great success, and was at this time going . heer te pe nue at her request, I was moved ore to her table at dinner. Because Sonia had asked me to keep her secret about her name, friends were well 5 with a Saree o: quiring uro) o culture and learning of ‘art and an- cient ruins. My mind was mostly taken up with wondering what my chances would be in locating Mavis Mer- .” 1 asked of my friend, the beeen officer, “a yon = visiting or touri pene @ chap sot “about fo" locate er?” “Go where evel ise goes, Cannes, Nice, the Lido, the art i leries, Paris, London. along the Ri- viera. But another good bet is to read the editions of the Paris papers,” he advised. im| over there, but 1 Saas TT ited scores visit ot and Pe. cities back far more attrac- A little knowledge of French helped me more than my ability to speak fairly intelligent Spanish. season for Os- tend, so I drifted south. Monte Carlo didn’t get a thrill or a nickel out of me. T had a couple of weeks of fun at the Riviera, where some American lads were trying to get together enough of their country- men to have @ ball game. on | “half whis- | edged away forward to v He didn’t offer to introduce me to the two ladies and I went to find out about the “Miss Merrill.” “Yes, there is @ Miss Merrill stopping here—she is away on a short trip.” I was informed, That afternoon I found Sonia sunning herself and staring down the cliffs to the wrinkled blue seg. “Just killing time—waiting for the divorce,” = murmured when I spoke to her. “Aren't you supposed to be in aris?” “My legal residence is established there, that’s enough.” We watched the bathers down below us. “Not much like the wading pool in old East Park,” I said. She asked me Se With- out trying to boast I told her of the big corporation at home bel to me and my sisters, and also of the luck I had with my ventures in the show business, “And you should play silly base- ball all this time—with so much i=- come—aren't men crazy?” eo go down for a And so we went down. Sonia with her dari bathing suit and two maids. She didn't pose, she plus in, she gave me a good race and hc diving form was excellent. While we were coming in, up the beach. we passed Darnton and his two lady friends. They stared their eyes out at Sonia, and Darnton seemed to have forgotten his snobbishness, for he lifted his hat and greeted me. There was nothing for me to do but hang around until the party containing this “Miss Merrill” re- ‘turned from their trip. I had din- ner with Sonia. Darnton with his wife—I learned that one of the ladies was his wife—and her iriend. were not far from us. I told Sonia about Darnton, not only about his attempt to be snob- aish, but how, when college kids, he are me the name of “Pitching Fool.’ “He inherited plenty and is quite a financier,” I explained. “And he thought you were just a poor Loh ep eh?” 1 nodde “Well, I never saw @ snob who wasn’t @ sucker, an easy mari:. I'll have to cultivate him. In my busi- hess it is nice to know financiers. I may want to produce pictures on my own some day and I propose to do ith somebody else’s funds.” ‘ll introduce you,” I offered. ‘Wait. Let him ask you first,” she Sonia was right. Darnton hunted coi eG ieiteat” ti “Been playing in pictures?” he asked. iA “No just making them pay big money for rights to my musical shows,” I said, as if it were a small mise that’s h hay “So that’s how you happen to know the swell little movie queen.” “Oh no, Sonia and I have been to for years—she’s a nice “Introduce me,” he said, crisply. “Tl ask her, Darnton,” I said, “she’s particular.” To my surprise he laughed. “You got sore, didn't you, Bert? Well, that’s tf my way.” “It would be,” I assured him. A little later I had introduced them and left them. ‘The next afternoon I learned that the party had returned. “Was Miss Merrill with them?” 1 | asked, trying to hide my eagerness. ‘Oh yes,” I was assured. I didn’t know whether to send up my card or wait for dinner in hopes of seeing them. I decided to send up my card. I waited impatient}, cai ne ack: patiently until the boy ie wi onsieur,” info ig you, monsieur,” he Hare bo cola, him. re would see Mavis Merril) Mavis has led Bert a chase all around Europe. Now he is to meet her face to face! But there is something coming he did not count on. Don’t miss tomorrow's installment of this aia’ serial, “The Pitching ool.” | “Is Mavis Married?” | I ran across Sonia in Paris. She had been there half a dozen times and proceeded to take me about. It was pleasant enough, but I was forever searching the crowds hopes of seeing Mavis. Finally I found in some society notes in one of the English edi- tions of a Paris paper an item concerning some rican tour- ists who were at the Riviera. In the list of names was a “Miss Mer- Mavis,” I sald, item. <Baseball—Tri-State League.” ‘Marry money?” he asked, 3 cians like Bi patronizing tone, you' an He mmentantried tn my class.” he anid, A couple of ladies had paused near us and seemed to be waiting for TO WORLD GRAIN SHOW Sixteen countries have announced their intention of attending the World's Grain Exhibition and Con- ference to be held at Regina, Canada, from July 25 to August 6, 1932. They are: Italy, Peru, Jugoslovia, Guate- mala, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Siam, India, Portugal, Switzerland, | Esthonia, the Philippine Islands and Argentina, Most seeds if stored dry retain their vitality well for several years, Brome grass is almost the only one of the ordinary fiel ania ld crops which is tia Sean FLAPPER, FANNY SAY When a man wants to be an authority on women, he often becomes familiar 1 with the subject,