The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 1, 1931, Page 3

'Y yéars ago, on the evening of May 21, 1881, a group of dis- tinguished men and <Wwomen assembled in the par- Ls of the Washington, D. C., ome of Miss Clara Barton, famed for her volunteer ser- vices during the Civil War, and signed their names to incorporation papers for the CLARA BARTON'S RELIEF IN CUBA INSPIRES POEM “I am with the wounded,” Clara Barton cabled from Havana, Cuba, aft ender of Santiago, James Clarence Harvey, a poet was inspired to write the following lines for “The Christian Herald,’ on Miss Barton's message? “I am with the woundsd,” flashed along the wire From the isle of Cubs, swept with sword and fire. Angel sweet of mercy, may your cross of red. Cheer the wounded living; bless the wounded dead. “£ am with the starving,” let the message run From this strickea island, when this task is done; Food and money plenty wait at your command. Give in generous measure; fill each ‘outstretched hand. “L am with the happy,” this we long to hear of mea, ‘And, in God's great meicy bring beck Peace again, ed Cross. Miss Barton was lelected the first president. *_ Thus came into being the -=-— ffirst Red Cross organization in the United States, The rinciple since adopted by, ll of the civilized world become operative seven- Ee years before in 1864 when twelve nations drafted nd signed the Treaty of Geneva, atid created the Red \Cross. % The golden jubilee of the American Red Cross {6 being observed throughout the nation this year, x | A half dozen dates, in addition to the one of May 21) when Miss Barton’s friends started the ball rolling in’ the meeting in her home, mark the progression of the fant society. These reveal a year’s effort until ultfi ately by proclamation of President Arthur, March 1; 882, the United States adhered to the Treaty of jeneva, which guaranteed protection of wounded in’ attle, and provided a neutral flag for doctors, nurses fend hospitals during warfare, == i Chartered 1a 1968) € Was FEHty-five yoars later, itt £505, unacr ths, leadership of President Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary, ft War Taft and Miss Mabel T. Boardman, who is today! the secretary of the society, that a Congressional Char+ ter was given the American Red Cross, establishing its! tatus as a semi-governmental agency, and making i{ ‘the recognized instrument in the United States for ‘enforcement of the first and all subsequent treaties of. Pied Cro ‘Association of the “2am with the wounded, Clara Barton cabled: from \Havana during the Spanish-American War, . THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1931 =i John Barton Payne, (completing ten years as. ‘chairman of the, \ Red Cross ~ Clara Barton in 181, | when, she\. founded ican Red Cress. Famous World War poster, depicting Red Cross service ©1898, CHRISTIAN HERALD Geneva. Its powers were broadened to fiiclude peacetime duties such as giving aid to the distressed in time of disaster, health and safe- ty work, and service to men in the armed forces. “These societies, by their permanent exist- ence, could also render great services at thé hime of epidemics, floods, great fires and other catastrophes,” wrote Henri Dunant, the young Swiss, describing his vision of a world-wide human! tarianism, in 1859. “The humane motive which would have created them would instigate them to act on all ‘occasions in which their labors could be exercisod.” Today, virtually every Red Cross society in the world }38 organized on the basis of this peacetime work, as }Well as its war-time obligations. At left, a refugee camp in the Mississippi Flood, Above, Red Cross relief, in San Francisco ear' Rieter TODAY AND YESTERYEAR took up the fight for recognition. Unde Presidents Grant and Hayes she was unsuccessful, because a minor, obtain recognition by the. official in the State Department had warned against “en- U. 8. Government of the tangling alliances.” Under President Garfield, she met treaty, but failed, |", __, her first encouragement. James G, Blaine, secretary of Clara Barton's Efforts i qptate, saw immediately the wisdom of signing the treaty. v ed, bi ‘And then entered Clara Barton, a frail, ae 's tragic death by assassination intervened, but under President Arthur the treaty was signed, former teacher and government clerk, past forty years, ee of age, who as a volunteer, had worked her way to the; Clara Barton had won her fight. For twenty-throg ivery front in the battle lines drawn around Washingtonj Years she continued as head of the American Red Cross, ‘She emerged from the Civil War with the aura of an’ esigning in 1904, or as she gaid, “laying down her angel of mercy. Health failing her, she went to Switzer-' {Weary burdens.” Her life, an arduous one, was devoted land, and there met many distinguished persons, who! ‘o relief work, beginning with the 1881 forest fires in were deeply interested in the Red Cross—an idealistic/ |Michigan and continuing with relief efforts of such rinciple hitherto unknown to her, although in her own’ ‘magnitude as tho Johnstown flood, famine relief in apacity she had been following the same vision in he! “Armenia, the Spanish-American war, the Galveston Avork on the battlefields in the Civil War. flood and many other catastrophes. In 1912, Miss Barton ident! Returning to her home, she rallied her friends and idied, in her ninety-first year. pienreese of the Sanitary Commis- sion, strove for years to r Se oe assist soldiers in the army of the Union. It dealt with When the first conference met Id Geneva in 1864 fer wounded, raised sums of money to buy comforts’ o Americans, George C. Fogg, minister to Switzer- Mand, and Charles S. P. Bowles of the U. 8. a rereh ‘or the soldiers in the field and in hospital, worked/ mong the imprisoned, located missing men and sought fo identify the dead. On some fields of battle, notably, ettysburg, it also gave humane treatment to the Con-' lederate wounded. So that in presenting this data to} the Geneva conferees, something of the plan the Amer/ cans had worked out for protection of soldiers in battle/ ound its way into the treaty. ‘ Bowles, Fogg and Dr. Henry W. Bellows, pres ommission, stationed in Europe to buy supplies, wer nofficial observers for the U. 8. Government. When he treaty was 4) without autho! ign, however, Bowles had presented to the conference charts, p nd maps of the work of the Sanitary Commissio! ‘which was a volunteer society of civilians organized to idi Box Scores of — “POCKET RADIO SETS NEARER |f-Workds Prettiest? 1|POTTER CONTINUES FIGHT FOR | tt ort Sat'io'h S| ater o'3iogs © P= i central part of the state and in the | dency of P. G. Johnson. Box res of ” + World Ss Prettiest? | west have grown larger in the same! The lines are: National Air trans- Week-End Tilts a 7 period, generally as a result of bring-| port, Boeing Air Transport, Varney — See " FREE OM ing more land into cultivation. Air Lines, and the Pacific Air Trans- ‘The total number of farms in 1930} port. Johuson was president of the Lig neal Di rf corer"? ! was 77,974. Farms operated by own-| Boeing and N. A. T. ‘Washbur AB RH PO A Bl] Muretiros \. te Pardon Board Will Hear ers decreased from 56,917 in 1920 to Savors AB RHO A | Murgitroya Optowaves, Only 25.70 Inches is ’ 50,105 in 1930. Farms operated bY / Young Killer to Die Kesler, 3b > Sa iat 7) gum... Long, Approximate Light Plea of Bismarck Man owners increased in a few counties, a Sherer, 38 B 2 FS 2 1 peete Ny innineT o20 400-11 aed i Here June 15 namely Nelson, Grand Forks, Trail, During July 5 Week Martin, p, 79 2 1 3 Ol Fort Lincotn’..:-002 003 003— 8 #3 Characteristics lere June Cass and McIntosh. In all other — Flynn, 2b, 3f 8 222 2 2] Summary: “Umpires, Wellierding pares counties farms operated by owners! yiineola, N. ¥., June 1—( Gorder, If, 4 Ti 0 1 0/6" BOP edon d; home funs Heidt, | Riverhead, N, ¥., June 1.—(P)—Op- Steps to obtain his freedom from a decreased, and in Stutsman, Burleigh, | pane Crowley was sentenced Mone , Holton, 1b .. 2 1 0 9 0 2) Becker and Murgitroyde; struck out,| towaves, radio waves so short they life term in prison have been taken Cavalier, McLean, Ward, ee day by County Judge Smith to be @alaie cs S 10 14 33 12 5| bY Heldt 7, by Leitz 4. approximate the characteristics of by Raymond E. Potter, convicted of A Williams, Divide and Golden Valley, | -ycouted the week of July 5 for the Grove Gi 2 0 0|_ Fort Lintsine”* “S'S pw ix po| light, are being put to work by Amer- first-wegree murder for the killing| Reductions Shown in Eastern) the number of canes -opesaeas farms|"urder of Policeman Frederick Stoller, 1b $.2 31 ae 2 ican scientists. of Oliver Webb in Bismarck two years decreased by more than each | sirsch. Beaudry, ¢ a ke wl 3b +4222 0 3 and Southern Parts of State; ti ? Garver, p, If 612230 +6 2 0 4 0} To do the job, engineers have de- ago. county. Crowley, 19 years old, whom a des Evenson’ Oeste, :§ 2 2 & 3) signed equipment for both transmit- Potter’s case will be heard by the West Increases Tenent operated, farms: Anecenses fense alienist called “a moral imbecile Wells, tf $22 23 | Hagen ce. [6 2 0 3 6| ter and receiver that approaches clos- state board when it meets at from 191 1396 trom it which | With the mind of # 10-year-old child,” Glenn, IGP 2322 3 ol iecmer ib “8 2) Ge gd | 65 00, the Vent. poses Joes pene nee ine read Pe a ose Fargo, N. D., June 1—(?)—Farms Fey aera pe sections of the | ¥aS Convicted last week of slaying the metic, ef toa 2 0 6] Dann $1035 ven: the ontenne it need ‘be; could The Plea Will {orm tad vo a test of | in eastern North Dakota, in. the| country. It is pointed out that rel- | Police officer, who come upon him a& ‘Total: 37 11 28 36 20 4 aie “TK be equeezed into a man’s silk hat. the constitutionality of a statute| counties along the southern border | atively low net returns from farming, ‘The capture of Crowley three days Score by innings— . H.E,| Totals ... +5117 3 26 28] ‘The waves can be measured only governing pardon of persons con-| and in Ward, McHenry and Moun-| relatively high taxes and generally) 70. the murder was one of the Washburn ..000 307 000 000—10 14 5| ,, Regan— in centimeters or inches, the actual victed of first-degree murder. trail counties have grown smaller in | declining land values have tended to jar tacular episodes in Mane Giants ....:.001 312 300 00111 23.4 | Mickle, 20, . : $1 0 2 d| wavelength 1a 63 centimeters or 25.70 ‘Under the statutes, Potter is not| the past 10 years, an analysis of 1930 | increase tenancy. Rein aloe is seem: Stree We S innings, | Warden, 0 [5 0 0 2 6] inches. ‘ eee ae ardon, but at an emer- | census data by Rex E. Willard, farm| ‘The average value of land alone per | HAtEAr_Police DSOrY. Garver 3 in’S innings, Glenn 6 in 7 | Mela ser” Bag" Broadcast Heard Distinctly Gency ineeting of the pardon board | economist of the Agricultural college, | acre in North Dakota in 1930 was ap- iene eae Ons aes oe Kelly, If 5 © 2 0 0] Ina demonstration in the field he was granted permission to present proximately $19, in pcmperiton with Garver 6 in 5 innings, off Glenn 8 in| Rhine, sa $ 9 8 © 9) laboratories cf R. C. A. Communtica- the merits of his case at the regular ABSTRACT OF STATEMENT $35 in 1920 and $25 in 1925, innings; uns, 5 ms Inc., here, w! e transmit board. For the Year Ending December 5 i, davis play. Evetigan to Stlie to ards Di 420 ees ae located at Pocky eng arar tek Pay ceca Hugh H. McCulloch, © A. D. 1930 - Four Large Plane ol- aaa . A 5 .D. pet itierto Holme to Holton; lett| Totals, - 7 (4 13 19] music and voice were heard distinctly Washburn, plans to use the plea be-| or tne Acte Casualty and Surety : : on'bases, Washburn 11, Grove Giants | Score by. S00 100 046—3¥ af | over @ loud-speaker jammed amidst fore the board as a foundation to test | Company, located at Hartford, in the Lines Consolidated 14; bases on balls, off Martin 2. off A = been the constitutionality of the statute| State of Connecticut, Gorder 2, off Garver 7, off Glenn 2: | 7.183 4/2 lot of apparatus which has cate hit by pitched ball, by’ Garver (Hol-| 57, employed in these and other short providing that persons convict 33,230,184.00 | Chicago, June 1.—()—Consolida- $onr, BY qclema,, (aneren)s qimp!Fese| Fare Linea wave experiments, first-degree murder shall not be) Affities except capital tion of four air lines flying 12,000,000 game, 3 hours, 16 minutes. hits, Cassidy, Holcomb, Becker, Hem-| The tests are somewhat similar to eligible for pardon, comrved at least | 2nd surplus), including miles annually was announced Sun- " mer_and Thele; three-base hits, Beck-| those made in Europe, where 18 cen- | Parole until they have se at reinsurance reserve —.. 30,020,155.29 | day by F. 8. Rentschler, president of Saturday’s Game er, ind Hagen; struck out, ted, | f Milototte Simonin, above, other-| 59 nt of the time of thelr life} Amount of fully paid-up lay by Dickinson: SR’ Po A E|by Jordan 4, by Walters 6: double | timeter waves have been investigated, | wise “nfiss Belgium,” isn’t given the | 20 Det Ce capital steck. 3,000,000.09 | the United Aircraft and Transporta- Matejeck, 7 2 8 3 2 1|play, Cassidy to Becker to Hemmer. {except that space a little higher in fe ‘. Be - | expectancy. Surplus over all iabili- tion company. M 2 title of “World's Prettiest” it won't och, in the application filed 5 nm pany. Correll, B 62391 0 . the wave bands is being used. be her favit. for ahe is on the way | _ McCulloch, e aD) ied | tes 10,210,028.71 | "The four transport units will be de- Hebert, @. § 22,2 9 5], ‘Trattic in books may be very gen-| Under the guidance of N. . Lind-| ‘rom her native jand to Galvaston, | "ith the pardom boato ae | “itz the. year. ~ 18,385,884.87 | signated as divisions of the united BOHR, Go LILI € 2 41g 2 B|teel, but tragtic in beans or bonds or| enbled, former associate of Dr. E. F.| rex) to eompete in the international | {e, RUEPOSe Of PHOENE toe aici | ARErceate disy Peas air lines, aud will maintain general Hudson, 16 £5 4 8} 0) toompaste ts fay more lucrative, —) W. Alexanderson Of ants have ‘been | beauty pageant there June 13 to 17. fore the BOBTG 15 tt a ee ea wu S ERS? | i Agn 4 two young assis Total sre Danie, ef $i se60 — hard at work for many days, For the Geter the statute. In the event the| Total premiums received | 4 | + AN Kelliyy 30 $9 $8 9 9) x1 Russie would give each of her) demonstration, Lindenblad was at the] of these waves to Ught not only be- statute is held _upvonatituticnal, be Total “Vosses incurred) 7 I ney cid$ *. D. Heidt, “ people an extra shirt she would have | transmitter, with Ralph George and| cause their frequency range is near | Said, board. Total losses paid during eek ee ene as ‘i osses paid during ey | . Bei ee he | OR Be crt tn tt et HE RN ae oe wares te BOA Sleep sonneon, oy. 60021 2 dé they have the apparent peculiarity of | o¢ persons sentenced to life imprison- STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, le ce ees wa traveling only as far as the averase| ment for, {7s Gares mes ee] Ochna mtonel ot tn | BEGGS Mi ee: | |] Foon-a-mint Ekectve i Garver, : ons 1, | iq “a: ve in 2 4013 2 human eye can dist! objects. cannot grant . S.A. Olsness, Commissioner of Ine ing, due to function Wells, te 422933). MAX AND STRIB GET TOGETHER ra nibrlty to ight wise has been | half of the prisoner's life expectancy | suranes of the State of North Dakota. | @iBindaor irritation, in ecid condi: emaller doses. All druggists sell seoier, 1b ree Vere ‘ e “ - encountered in the action of the elec- | has been served, unless the board 18| 2°rruc abstract of the original state: | Hops makes vou feel tired. depressed scientific laxative. pedani, "3b: 400140 : S trons of the transmitting tubes. They | satisfied that the person convicted 1s} ment now on file in this office.» | Worke fost starts circulating thru Glenn, p, cf 400120 § were found to be too slow and had to | innocent of the charge for which he Ta Tigtimony | Whereof. 4 the system in 15 minutes. Praised by Christy, P See ae be speeded up. At present the range | was convicted, or where the prisoner: (SEAL] and affixed the seal ot this housends for rapid and postive se. | oe eo | wee | tly commit the crime. MN Silica at Bismarck, the firet , Hon, Dont give Up. Tey Cyaies Pe | Totals « 40 6 10 27 13 12 is believed to be no stronger than the | did not directly crime. be ie cheery nounced Siss-tex) today, under the | inal R. H.E. distance a man can see étom the top Potter was convicted July 20, 1929, | A nee iene Tron-Ciad runrante. pots quickly i Dey eee foes 033 22218 36 7 of a 150-foot pole. There he can look | in McLean county district, court, to, Commissioner of insurance, , ful'slecp ond eDergy, OF Woway back, | rove Giant 2 over about 25 miles of terrain, and! which the case was taken from Bur-| er,tr oF NORTH DAKOTA, ! Only 600 at ‘ | eee ohetaty 34 Bg ye 25 miles is the ultimate distance so | Jeigh county ont change of sepee | “Office of Commissioner j all's Drug Store. jenn 9, were Bismarck residents. 3 ——— eeesiiney SMS es We ttpetboted By Opagare | Weib-mas aot fo deun ap he and| COMPANES.CESHIFICATE OF | ts, Correll 1, Uden 1, doub! ‘What actually hay to the waves | Potter prepared for s hunting trip.| whereas, The Actna Casualty an@ : aieiec™, xe Levenecay? as they leave the itter, wheth- | Potter elaimed the shooting was &c-/ surety Company, a corporation organ- ‘on balls, off Corr: er they are deflected by trees or|cidental. He began serving his sen- ized KS ave of Conne, lout, ft on, bases, Dick i buildings, probably following the| tence a few days After conviction, fent exhibiting its condition and Giants 6: earned runs, Dickin- curvature of the earth and going over] and appealed to the state supreme a gt 3 the year ending Dece! non 8, Grove Giants 3; umpires, Wil- hill and down dale, has not, been | court.. The court subsequently denied SU acan Re hee aoe or ae = Be Time of game, SOCHERLY Senccmitned: But engineers | his appeal by af tae » isa Cec Tegaraing the business of Insurance, 340. ve @ suspicion anything opa-| Potter's ap) forth FORT LINCOLN que will deflect them just like it does | is 42 years old and father of three th tale eben ante aera tied art Susday’s Game BPO light. children. His duties erg tose have charter with wertiscate, of organisa- COME nesetneessesre Fe LS ig aninnees Sok wigne_ powsibities tox ASANO eneEvOg. VERE 29 gute of the Insurance lay aforueaid e N 0 ai cues Piha to operate sntnacorly, such a8 re-| | CHIROPODISTS 7O MEET | Coriietter att tate ts Roberts, © = $2 oe Seg lay or repcated transmission from one} Grand Forks, N. D., June Seer the provisions of ald laws, do herely, Heidt, p ..- PL Es station to another on the same wave |The North Dakota Association of| certity that the above named Company botvis, cf ae ae length of voice, code, photographs, | chiropodists will hold a one-day con-| is fully empowered, through Bidow sb, B13 02 drawings, cte. vention in Grand Forks June 8. J. A.| authorised agents. to transact its 91 Rounds, rf eee Se Whitmore, Minot, president of the) surance in this state according to’ the Totals ..- 48.11 24 2 21 Business began to require sobriety | association announced Monday. xs seek: gait the jist day of Fort Lincoin: Be before prohibition was thought pos- ‘ sua ‘Sin : Becker, 26, Vie va W. L. “Young” Stribling (left) and Max Schmeling had a peaceful = { Victims are again till- | devotion in service which no govern- frst day stagnate sate Hagens 41 2 6 4! gettogether In Cleveland at a dinner given by promoters of their | ing the oil_—James L. Fieser, vice ment can ever, attain.—President| > 8. A. OLSN Holcomb, ©: 4o1 83 heavyweight bout he new stadium there July 3. The two were chairman of the Red Cross. Hoover, Commissioner of Insurance, Hemmer, 1b , $11 010: friendly enough at their first meeting. é i i ¥ — : i