The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 6, 1931, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- uae ne on mat President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance EEE Sg8gg iff i y Member of Audit Bareau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for 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 reserv (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS (Incorporated) Formerly CHICAGO ————— It Might Be Worse Back in 1907, according to information issued by the Civic Bulletin, a publication of the New York Civic League, President Roosevelt proposed to congress that the government finance national political campaigns. The former president is quoted as saying: “The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if congress provided an appropria- tion for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the great national parties, an appro- priation ample enough to meet the necessity for thorough organization and machinery which re- quires a large expenditure of money.” Others who are quoted as having expressed themselves in favor of the scheme since then are William Gibbs Mc-/ Adoo, chairman of the Democratic national commit- tee, in 1913; Senator William E. Borah, in 1927, and) Representative Luce from Massachusetts. | Urging the soundness of the plan, the Bulletin says:) “An important cause of lawlessness in this country is the fact that the money for primary and election campaigns is largely received from criminals who by their so-called contributions in 1 reality buy nominations and offices, legislation, protection from the enforcement of law and from just punishment for their crimes. “If the next congress will amend the federal election laws so as to forbid any individual or corporation contributing directly or indirectly to any political party and will authorize the pay- ment from the treasury of the United States of all the money needed for carefully described necessary expenses for workers, meetings, litera- ture and other publicity expenses, connected with a federal election, it will greatly reduce the money spent for political campaigns. “Such a law will largely free businesses from blackmail, racketeers and various forms of graft. It will tend to transfer the management of po- lities into the hands of higher grade men. It will enable poor men to run for office. “It will restore our Republican form of govern- ment. It wili free legislators, judges and other officers of the law from the tyranny of corrupt political leaders, so that they will serve not political leaders and criminals, but the people. How can we expect freedom from crime when we permit an invisible third house in every leg- islature which is composed of political leaders who give orders to the upper and lower houses and who get much of their livelihood from organ- | ized crime?” Like all direct and simple remedies for acknowledged evils, the scheme has directness to recommend tt. Cer- tainly, the picture of corruption in national elections as| painted by Senator Gerald P. Nye in a speech here last winter, is black enough to demand that something be done. Senator Nye, hot from the trail of various malefactors, may have been over-enthusiastic in his portrayal of con- ditions as they now exist, but even his worst enemy would hardly contend that he was wholly wrong. i ‘The trouble with this specific for our political ills 1s/ that it might create a new one of even greater malign- ‘ancy. Imagine the elected public officers controlling the money bags. It almost would be impossible to get them out of office no matter how corrupt or arrogant} they became. If one accepts the theory that money rules politics, it seems that the governmental appropriation plan might merely mean a change in masters—and ® change for the werse. Reciprocity in Industry ‘The reciprocity which exists in industry is demon- strated never more clearly than by a recent statement of F. A. Merrick, president of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company, one of the nation’s in- dustrial giants. Coming to the support of the railroads in their fight for higher freight rates to increase their earnings, Mer- rick says: “With regard to the steam railroad dilemma and the: present suggested increase in rates, the American people should understand that it is vital to continued industrial progress that we maintain our efficient and progressive transportation system. “One great factor in America’s industrial advance- ment, in the past quarter of a century, has been the network of rail lines, which tap all sections of the coun- try making our products easily and quickly available to home and world markets. “Tt would be nothing short of a national calamity 1f our great rail systems should be allowed to deteriorate because of undue economic distress. Especially 80, if this situation might be relieved by a constructive ad- justment, either by means of an increase in freight rates or by relieving the railroads from undue tax bur- dens. “The railroad systems, with their thousands of em- ployes, constitute one of America’s great home markets. Our two great transportation groups, the railroads and the automotive industry, combined, absorb more of our checks for the necessities and comforts of life. Pleasant picture. But, looking still farther, we see the farmers, in North Dakota and elsewhere, with reduced incomes. We see them selling wheat at Minneapolis for less than 70 cents @ bushel and a fairly large proportion of that income eaten up by freight charges. We see the income of the agriculturist still further reduced by higher freight rates. And we wonder if Mr. Merrick sees the whole picture. No one will disagree with him that prosperity for the railroads is desirable—but is it desirable at the expense of the farmers and patrons of those railroads? Even as we appreciate the debt which North Dakotans owe the railroads for developing this territory we decide Ita 4 to stick by the farmer and his interests. After all, it is he who must be successful if we are to have a permanent return of prosperity. Rapid Action in Canada ‘Whatever one may say for the American form of gov- ernment, with its checks and balances and long-drawn- out discussions, we can hardly claim that it is as speedy as that used in Canada. When the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill was under discus- sion there were arguments and hearings. The battle over the sugar tariff alone would fill several good-sized volumes. Other schedules provoked almost as much argument and neatly as many hearings. And the end of the fight is not yet. It will not be regarded as finished until after the 1932 election in which the tariff issue will be a causus belli of no mean importance. But Canada acts quickly. Whatever the citizens of the Dominion may think of it, they are faced with a new tariff schedule almost overnight. It comes into being with the promulgation of an order by Premier Ben- nett that the rate on this and that article shall be thus and so. If the people don’t like it they can throw Mr. Bennett and his party out of office. He announces that he is willing to stand or fall on his policy of protecting home industry. Somehow, that phrase has a familiar sound. It ap- pears to be the same political slogan, applied to Can- ada, which has been so successful in the United States! —and which has provoked so many bitter arguments/| here. The Canadians may put us to shame when it comes to decisive action once they have made up their minds, but we can get some satisfaction out of Bennett's pronunciamento, even though it may handicap our trade. He makes tacit admission that we still are the champion ‘sloganeers of the world. Making a Survey Paramount-Publix company has decided to eliminate from its program the sponsored film akin to the radio: “sponsored program” or, shorn of all verbiage, plain di- rect advertising. There is a growing public resentment toward the sponsored program whether it flashes from the screen ‘or comes moaning over the air. It has not taken the movie magnates long to find out that the sponsored film, which at times has been fair entertainment, is killed when the audience realizes that they have been forced to pay to see something from which the show house derives advertising revenue. It rubs the wool the wrong way. Radio listeners are resenting the peddlers’ message barked to them through all the waking hours from their loud speakers. When radio first made its debut, the novelty of the new play thing justified many forms of advertising dished up as “entertainment.” The novelty has worn off and the radio interests are confronted with) a problem just as are the movie magnates. They realize that programs, to be effective as entertainment, must| eliminate the pleading and begging tone which air and film advertisements have assumed of late. The movie theaters are trying to clear the screen of advertising on the theory that patrons who pay for an hour or so of entertainment don't want half that time consumed by advertisements, Paramount has announced that, when existing contracts have expired, this feature will be eliminated from their programs and other steps are being considered which will bring other reforms) Mussolini in a New Role A wireless dispatch from Rome throws a new light on the Italian dictator, who in recent months has been shown in a far from heroic light by the American press. / If we are to believe the latest news from the Italian| capital, Benito Mussolini is the father of good roads in Italy. The Italian department of state highways was founded only three years ago and is known as the Azienda Autonoma Statale Della Strada. It is, of course, under the complete control of the premier. As High- way Commissioner Babcock has often been called the Mussolini of Minnesota, so Mussolini may now be called the Babcock of Italy. A few years ago Italian roads were about the worst, that could be found in any civilized country, but it is now possible to travel from one end of the country to the other over smooth, dust-free highways in perfect safety. In the short span of three years the Italian highway de- partment has transformed 5,000 miles of trunk highways beyond all recognition. In addition, 1,500 miles now be- ing improved will be completed this year, and @ similar program is in preparation for next season. Little as he appeals to the American imagination, gen- erally speaking, it must be admitted that Mussolini has been a constructive influence for good roads in Italy. Editorial Comment show the trend of thought Byblinned without regard y isagree with The Trib- Tears for Killers (St. Paul Dispatch) It was a weeping jury that convicted of manslaughter Mathias Maas, former patrolman, who shot and killed an unarmed man in a personal quarrel. Presumably the jurors’ tears were shed in sorrow for Maas. A few tears for the widow of the young.man Maas killed would have been in.better taste. Maas draws. from five to twenty years in prison, with heavy odds that he will be out before he has served the minimum five. But the man Maas needlessly killed, the man into whose shattered body Maas continued to pump pis- tol bullets while he lay helpless on the sidewalk, will not come out of his grave in five years, nor in five million. Unwarranted sorrow and sympathy for killers, both on the part of jurors and on the part of the public out- side courtrooms, has long been cheapening human life in this Republic. Why not less sorrow for the killers ‘and more sorrow for the killed, and for those bereaved by the killings? domestic products than any other industry.” ‘The statement, and the other remarks in the same vein credited to Mr. Merrick constitute one of the best, demonstrations of brotherly lave in industry which one would care 40 see.. Here we have an institution, which presumably pays thousands of dollars yearly in freight charges, clamoring for an increase in freight rates. It almost is touching. But the average man is tempted to look into the mouth of this gift horse and ascertain its age. It may be smpolite but in this day and age, when self-preserva- tion remains as the first law of nature, it is almost neces- sary. If we gaze intently enough we see the Westinghouse End of a Gag Law (N, ¥. World-Telegram) gerously close. In the 5-to-4 decision the majority—Holmes, Brandeis, Stone, Hughes and Roberts) America’s basic rights. The Minnesota press gag law was declared unconstitutional, By giving the state power to enjoin publication of defamatory matter, the In the csae under review the owner of the Saturday Press was charged with violation of the state law through publication of articles alleging that a gangster in control of certain organized vice in Minneapolis that various officials were guilty of inefficiency and graft.. The’ state courts enjoined further publication of New York, June 6—The most re- cent chapters from the current Odys- sey of Broadway's own Texas Guinan are amusing instances of how legends are built. Texas is, and has been, a showman; a sort of feminine Barnum of Broad- way, who learned that the tired busi- ness man wanted to be noisy and that the playboys and visiting fire- men liked to believe they were being wicked. Her “hello sucker” greeting, coupled with other hard-boiled antics, became known across the nation and la Guinan played right up to her reputation of “treating ‘em rough.” That, in the end, she overworked the notion somewhat is another story. But her basic idea was sound enough. It was, briefly, that the night club-goer, whatever the social status, likes to hold the illusion that he is ‘part of a raucous aggregation of whoopee makers; that the average visitor sought the thrill of being as- sociated with a night-life experience that appeared to be wilder than it actually was and that the spending gents of the big town like to show off “dn company.” And Texas was a sufficiently good showman to aid and abet any notions existing about late life in the big town. From the top of her chair she would shout her wisecracks at all and sundry. No one was too important to escape her quips; no one too so- cially or politically powerful to si- lence her comments. Any effort at comeback met with the famous reply: “All right kid, that'll be charged against you on your check. You'll pay for the priv- ilege.”” So it went. But it didn’t always work. La Guinan went broke quite as often as she made money. Times changed and there were those who grew annoyed with the monotony of her methods. On the other hand, there were hundreds who were loyal to her and her playground. These included half of the big town’s “who's who.” Yet Texas was buffeted all over the city; from one location to another. Sometimes she dodged the police and sometimes the sheriff and sometimes both, And the funny part of it all is that Texas, herself, is practically a tee- totaler. Arrested for violations of the prohibition law, and operating re- sorts where hip flasks appeared from hundreds of pockets, she was rarely, if ever, seen to take a drink. But she had become a character; @ character whose name had traveled over the world. And with legends thus built on showmanship, it has been amusing to read that England considered her an unwelcome visitor and French correspondents began to wonder, in Wrong Diets and Sensitivity May Cause Eczema in Babies However, Many Eruptions Are Now Known to Be of Infectious or Parasitic Origin By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN (Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association, and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine) Although it was formerly thought that any eruption on the skin of an infant was eczema, specialists in dis- eases of the skin have now been able to rule out certain complaints that are of definitely infectious or para- sitic origin. There still remains, how- ever, @ large number of cases of eczema in infants which are due to wrong diets, to sensitivity to various substances or to similar causes. A child with eczema is extremely uncomfortable because of the itching, | crusting and moisture on the skin. In a recent consideration of the sub- ject. Dr. L. W. Hill has given a few directions which will do much to in- sure comfort. It is desirable to pre- vent scratching and rubbing because} this only makes the condition worse. Hence it seems advisable to tie the wrists and ankles loosely to the sides of the crib with tapes or to use card- board tubes over the elbows or sim- ilar devices which will prevent the child from scratching. * * * An ingenious father of one baby fastened two rods about two feet apart on the head and foot of the crib and tied to these tapes which controlled the child’s hands and feet in such a way that the tapes would slide back and forth, thus allowing the child to move its hands and arms but not permitting it to get at its face and body. Some babies learn to rub with the legs and feet, and it is necessary in such a case to put a splint between the knees so as to prevent such rub- bing. Parents sometimes are disturbed in the restraining of the infants. Actu- ally, however, this is not cruel but exceedingly kind, since it aids the condition greatly, moreover after a short time the baby probably gets used to restraint and is quite con- tented. “ * *k * If a child has an eruption of the skin, wool should not be permitted to come in contact with it. It wears only @ light knit night dress and dia- per. The room is kept warm and the child is not taken out of bed any more than necessary. Physicians pre- scribe various ointments and lotions which do much to control the condi- tion and which soothe the eruption greatly. Of the greatest importance is the jcontrol of the diet of an infant with eczema. For those who are sensitive to milk, preparations of soybean flour have been developed which give the child proper nutrition without milk. In cases of diets that are too high in fat or in sugar, it is necessary to conbel the diet from this point of lew. she would sprinkle over ttie famous French night life. My own guess is that she will be quite a novelty for a time, and that American visitors will search out her place. As for myself, I have found her monotonous for some time. Yet, it was only a few years ago when she was establishing a unique record among New York's resorts. Her most successful spot, a tiny, air- Jess place, was like nothing this town hhas seen before or since. The swankiest of the society crowd could be seen rubbing elbows with the new silk-hat princes of the underworld. The gossip columns which have sprung up in the past few years were supplied with their early material from this spot. Newspapers considered it as important a “beat” as the police station or the court- house. Tables. were occupied each night by reporters from the tabloids, looking for the latest morsel of scan- dal, and generally coming away with it. No wedding, divorce or brewing love balm suit was considered official or important unless verified or heard over the table tops of the old Guin- an’s. All that has gone, and ‘Texas has sought out new lands. GILBERT SWAN. their articles, what sort of paprika | Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) VOYAGE ON FRIDAY OISCOVEREO HE ISLE OF PINES ON FRIDAY, 13 THIS CURIOUS WORLD AND TODAY IS THE- ANNIVERS U. 8. FLEET IN FRANCE On June 6, 1917, the French Min- rae of Marine announced that lerican warships had Ba ips anchored off The same day the flotilla of Amer- ican destroyers under Rear Admiral Sims, who had been promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral, completed the first month of war service. On June 19 it was announced that Admiral Sims had been appointed by the Brit- ish Admiralty to take charge of the allied naval forces in Irish waters during the absence of the British naval commander in chief. A star pitcher, you will notice, is also one who is good to the last drop. ** & Newfoundland, in need of $8,000,000, can’t find where to borrow it. What's the matter with the Grand Banks? Which will mean mance in the light of new regulations. * * * Girl caddies are being employed on European golf links. Now the big problem will be what the well-dressed Sabet creer A dentist is a paradox: though he has lots of pull, he persists in plug- ging. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) {” Stickler Solution j BANANAS cArAv An cArAwAy PAs AmAs ‘The four words, each of seven letter, with A in each second, fourth and sth pce, as thowm shore. Harry of the big In college he was bush and minor lea; for the big league. luck in baseba! ‘wants. Before Le Hag will play dreads this, Meanw! | PITCHING FOOL: SYNOPSIS: Bert Rushe, kid brother of famous Home Ran led i deiermt 7 jes for six seasons before he is finally ed uj le has luck in making a fortune on the side an but no luck in love, as he cannot win the one ile he is shoved into the box in an emergency, ‘and it looks as though he would flop. ieher a plays ‘ool.” become a big league ‘He quits college an girl he inst his famous brother and he | looked as though I was surely going to flop in this emergency ! Karle of the Browns had managed to sock the third ball I pitched to him, and I was making all of them balls because I wanted to walk him! I turned to see how it was speeding down the field as Karle sprinted toward the first sack. But I couldn’t see it anywhere. I looked back. Perhaps it was a foul. And then I saw it—a beautiful “pop” right over my head and on the return trip. All I had to do was to back against the sun and take hold of it when it got down. Like taking a lollipop from a sleeping kid. I nabbed the pill and got a good yell from such of our fans as were at the game in St. Louis. Kirby Yates socked a single, and then our luck turned; for, after fan- ning twice, I swung low and caught the third ball right where the hurler had been grooving it the first two times. Fortunately I didn’t lift it, with the result that the coach signaled me to move on to second. I got there, with time to spare, but not much. Kirby was on third and watching his chance. He was going to keep the hurler pestered, as he pranced off and dived back several times while our Lon Hale was wait. to redeem hinyself. The first time down he found tt end cracked it out. I knew by the swing of the coach’s arm that it was at least @ three-bagger and would bring me in. Kirby and I came in, and from the yelling of our little bunch of fans I knew Hale was still it. As I turned he was hoofing leaving third for home. And he made it with a feet-first slide. That evened us up all in one grand streak of luck. ‘Do it again, Bert,” Buckbee said when finally we had fone up another score and were one in the lead be- fore our side was retired, “Why not?” I answered, with a nod, “unless my luck deserts me.” So I went into the box once more and if I could prevent any runs my day's work was done, while the [aed would be chalked up in our favor. Believe me, I was mighty anxious to shut them out. I had met my first real emergency and with luck and hard work. pulled ql fh so far, not only in the box but at bat. Keep Them Off the Bases! | Here was @ job of pitching to be ne. Buckbee had given me a bit of advice that time he signed me up. It was to watch bases a little better when they were occupied, and I was hurling. o— Mighty good advice, but right now { I didn’t want any bases occupied. ‘My stunt was to prevent a run. Men on bases haye a habit of bringin: icone Greer much the’ better. is So once more I concentrated on the pitching job and considered that plate as the sort of a target I had hurled so many thousands of balls at, solo, through the year of my ly practice, a ey Not try some of my old stunts that even in my kid days caused Will Darnton to call me a pitching fool? ‘etended to wind up, shifted in maneuver and ¢ te start and werk ce at e st al work my surer later in the ‘bigger’ emer- oA left-hand eft] led knuckle ball, it floated up to the ate, It had the stuff I tried to put on it; it was would make his swat too ‘Soon, Mi And he aid just that. By a fraction he missed connect- and again T left, ‘This stick Ltd ie had two eae | 0 Were shouting, many of the local fans, who usually cheered whatever liked, regardiess of the ‘tide “the Gne more—and if only tt could be work. ite. for the lad dirty little foul that couldn't be caught. He had reach ‘and i hed sent iim’a He almost she low ou to eaten it fairly, bat All right, I couldn't kick. No harm An incurve gent him to the bench. One down. No ‘The second man watched me wind he had time the 2 é - 2 E e EePae h E 5 face na eee . i ie apf 58 u A i te § zi z ag 3g ai is eid i if g es, i i iF iG B ! z a2 i Ei a R : i 5 i i 4 i] i i fr j EF ify BEES i i ; ; i §: i ; i : g FR Es f 5B E 5 2 F iY é 3 e u it é i a letter from Dolly this - to Ker fiat T Have Cven * yo8, I'll expect you soon. Pi expect away, and Til be there a to She was right. We had come up to the time when we were to play the Gothams in their home hebed “How will it seem to toss them down to your brother in dead earn- est?” Buckbee asked me when we were on the train. iin ik “I suppose I’ve got to do that.” “Tl Say you have. It’s good busi- ness, Funny situation, You want to fan the Big Boy, and yet you don’t, He wants to Woes of his homers off you, and s| he hates to do it to his kid brother first season in the big league, Is that it?” “Something like that, Mr. Buck- bee,” I admitted. ‘He was serious then as he sat on the arm of the Pullman chair. | “You'll try your best, of course?’ He asked it as if he had some doubts. ee ieee Til try—we're playing base- all” “That's what we are, and if he smacks a few round trips from you Til know, you couldn't help it. suppose he knows your pitching pretty well?” “Yes, pretty well, in practice. We never played in a real game to- ether. But then, I know pretty well jow he sizes a ball, how he sizes or guesses what it will be from the time the pitcher starts to deliver. It will be pretty fair, and I wouldn’t bet much either way!” “Some of the boys have got bets among themselves. McPherson is @ great friend of your brother, and used to play with him od back in his minor league games. McPher- Pl is betting odds you can’t fan “McPherson is a canny Scotchman and probably knows that he is Play, + safe, but he may be mistaken.” uckbee laughed at this and passed on, My worst fear was that I would be_nervous. I was rather proud when I found that Harry had come down to the train to meet me. There was a bunch of sports writers with him and some camera men. I have no doubt that it was all framed for publicity, but it gave me ‘@ big kick, just the same. Harry and I had dinner together. We didn’t get in until late afternoon. Not once during the dinner did we ak of baseball. Harry talked about his farm, and gave me the latest about my sister May’s new home in California. But after dinner we, aucimed the ee ut fal says you are doing well. didn’t need his letters: I by the papers. Some difference from the br league stuff. what?” “Sure it is,” I admitted. “Have you got over that crazy idea of getting married yet?” he asked suddenly. “It's not going to kill me, but I'm still crazy about her. How- ever, it's all off, not a chance, so don’t worry.” “Worry? Humph! You'd do the worrying. You are lucky and don’t know it.” I didn’t say anything, but waited for him to make some crack about Clara, his wife. He never men. tioned her. Dolly learned where I was a. ing and telephoned me, but I told er I had to play next day and couldn’t run out with her that She told me to be sure and see after the game, and I promised. [The Big Moment__| Like a regular showman Buckbee giana to put me in for the four innings. This would keep up the excitement, he admitted, So I sat on the bench and saw my brother get razzed because he cheered to tho very Seis kn it to the vei cag Sub taeeee The Gothams were fast, I had to admit that they seemed'to be a shade better all around. It was 4 to ‘a hte begi of the sixth, ey can ju thin those clever mapagers: “ - Brother Harry was to be the third man ip. fo, 1 went out on a foul. No. 2 smacked the first thin fered him and made a clean ip eae ing, in his usual way. How epi cles oie fe rice eer men there and winked at me. I didn’t feel like winking. I was afraid that I was geti Could I fan my brother? Harry is brother Pod = he ws miss it! Total number of motor roads in Sritain ts 1050000. FLAPPER, FANNY Says cn? Rt 1 and often fail, to and narrow path, Golfers always tr follow the straigiy b y