The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1931, Page 4

: f j 4 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck »@8 second class mail matter. George D, Mann ...,........... President and Publisher Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year . Daily by mail per year (in B: Daily by mail per year in 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 ........ ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Member of Audit Bureau 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 also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Forelgn Representatives SMALL, SPENCER & LEVINGS ment. Pullmans are available for those who wish to pay the extra fare plus the special rate per mile, which 4s about one-third of that normally charged. Fighting the Industrial Accident Hazard Industrial accidents cost the nation the gigantic sum of $5,000,000,000 a year—more than 11 per cent of total earnings of 29,000,000 industrial workers, according to a leading insurance company. It estimates that com- pensation paid to injured workers, including medical aid, hospital expense, etc., brings the total direct cost of the average injury to $246, while the hidden cost, due to delayed operations, loss of time and the like, is four times as great as the direct cost. This is a tremendous financial burden to both workers and industries, Yet great progress has been made in recent years in safeguarding machinery and instilling the doctrine of “safety first” in both employers and employes. It is said |that extensive data on accidents is the principal need rof the accident prevention program. The state of Mis- sissippi is now conducting a campaign to combat in- dustrial accidents and sickness that might well be emulated by other states, Under this plan, factories are asked to fill out cards giving monthly details of mishaps. This will provide the groundwork for neces- |Sary safety measures. Only unceasing vigilance on the part of the workers themselves, and a progressive attitude on the part of employers, can conquer the industrial accident menace. How serious a matter this can become was demon- strated clearly in a recent address by one of the com- missioners of the North Dakota compensation bureau (incorporated) Formerly G. Tran Payne Co. in which he disclosed that a surplus of $200,000, avail- CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON able two years ago, will have been dissipated by the end ——: of this year because of the increased industrial accident As Others See Us !rate. ‘The automobile multiplies the characteristics of {ts @river. If he has the tendency to be impatient, the) Sober Second Thought automobile enables him to multiply this impatience from the speed of four miles an hour that he could make on! foot to speeds of forty miles or more an hour, If he’s inclined to be inconsiderate of the rights ot) others, the automobile enables him to force them off the | road, instead of merely thrusting them aside, as he might on foot. | If he is inclined to be inattentive at times; to jet his mind stray from what he happens to be doing at/ the moment, his automobile continues to carry him at the rate of many fect per second in the direction in which the was headed when he last looked whero he was golng/ —which may now be directly toward a telegraph pole,/ ditch or other car. If he happens to be a bit selfish, a bit of a hog, his) automobile converts him into a sixty horsepower, ton-| and-a-half hog—and that's a large and dangerous pis!) On the other hand, if he's an all-around decent sort) of fellow, his automobile enables him to intensify his; good qualities, thus helping instead of harming his | low men. For example, he can slow down his own car, forcing the impatient and inconsiderate driver behind| him to slow down also, while the mother with her babies| crosses the street. If you enlarge a negative which has a scar or scratch, on it, that scar or scratch stands out very prominently on the enlargement. And the same ts true with a man. He may be impatient, inconsiderate, or a bit of a hog, but as long as he remains on his two feet, these charac- teristics are not dangerous or evident. But give him er to multiply them many fold, and they stand out like that scar on the enlargement. | If the automobile driver would realize that his car) magnifies his impatience, discourtesy or selfishness to such an extent as to make its operation a billboard of} his character, perhaps he might take more pains to et these objectionable and dangerous traits. | ‘All we really need in America to reduce the tremen- dous toll of automobile accidents is to provide the aver- with a character mirror so that he can) age motorist see himself as others see him. | ‘There are few men who can be indifferent to the contempt of their fellows if they realize that such con-| tempt has been earned by themselves. A New Kind of Charity It is a long time since the newspapers have printed anything more interesting than the recent story of the} minister in Birmingham, Ala., who is conducting a sort) of informal trade school to enable unemployed coal) miners to support themselves and their families without) aépending on the mines. ‘| ‘A lot of the coal miners in Alabama will never get) their jobs back, due to changing economic conditions) which will keep many mines permanently closed. So the Rev. William T. Morgan has made it his business to! st train these men for other jobs. ; 1 He got friends to help him buy a farm, on which he| 4s teaching some 200 miners how to become farmers— and, incidentally, enabling them to grow food for their families, while they learn. Other men are being taught new trades—carpentry, auto repairing, poultry husbandry and so on. Eventually, the minister hopes, all of these men wili| be able to earn good livings, even if the mines never) reopen. | ‘The interesting thing about all this is that here ts al minister who has found a new method of approach to; the old problem of charity. A great many ministers and a great many church organizations have done noble work in relieving distress among the poor. But this man has tackled the job ates) ‘@ new angle—an angle that has only recently become apparent to the modern world. He has hit upon the simple, obvious fact that charity, by itself, is not enough. \ ‘You can give free soup and free beds to hungry men in time of depression, but you do not, thereby, do any- thing to get them out of their predicament. ‘You stave off starvation, you prevent death by exposure, and that) is very fine; but the problem remains as bad as ever, and when the next depression comes around you will have it all to do over again. This Alabama pastor is trying to make soup lines and free lodging houses unnecessary. Instead of spending his time and money in filling empty stomachs, he 1s trying to make it possible for the possessors of empty stomachs to fill them by their own efforts. Eventually, no doubt, all of our relief work will center more and more about that one point. Charity is not enough. Sooner or later it must learn how to prevent distress as well as how to relieve it. An Old-Fashioned Remedy Having applied for an increase in freight rates and thereby precipitate’ a question which will agitate busi- ness for many weeks, the American railroads have set) about seeking other means of increasing revenue. ‘They are not at all sure that the request for a freight-rate boost will be allowed, anyway. ‘One of the remedies called into use is that of special- fare excursions, There was a time when trains for which reduced fares were charged, operated to every important function or attraction in the land. A continuation of this principle has been the practice ‘of granting special rates to conventions, stock shows, fairs, etc., but the practice of offering ee © persons going on “outings” has been in the discard for fact that it is coming back now railr6éads are finding it advisable to | flesh. It is well for all concerned that Cornelius Vanderbilt took sober second thought when he went gunning for a | man whom he felt was too attentive to Mrs, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt, we are told, felt that an artist was invading his household and when the gentleman squired Mrs, Van- derbilt home and then departed for his own residence, Mr. Vanderbilt assumed the traditional role of the irate husband. He grabbed a shootin’ iron and went gunning for the man who threatened his domestic happiness. On the way, however, he took sober second thought and aban- doned his intention. By so doing he demonstrated that two traits of the Old Commodore, who founded the Vanderbilt fortune, still survive in his descendants. His great grandson was red- blooded enough to want to defend what he considered his natural rights and cool-headed enough not to get himself into trouble unnecessarily. The entire episode gives those of us who belong to the “lower half” a new idea of how some of the nation’s social greats live. Bucking the Tide Jaime de Bourbon, a Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain, is bucking the tide in his efforts to re-establish the monarchy. Where Alfonso, once a popular king, failed to hold the lines, it is improbable that Jaime will be able to make progress. The recent history of Europe fails to offer precedent whereby he can hope for success. Not one of the countries which has dethroned a hereditary ruler has gone back to the monarchical form of government. The modern history of the republican movement be- gan with Portugal a score of years ago when Manuel was dethroned and deported to England. The world war produced a veritable harvest of crowned heads, most notable of which was the Kaiser. In his effort to re-establish the old form of govern- ment in Spain, Jaime is bucking the tide. Even a reasonable Dry will concede that it has taken prohibition a long time to get sober. Married women are the only ones who can afford to take a chance on winning the laurels in a talking mara- thon. Editorial Comment Fditorials 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. Obsessed by Stocks Washburn (Minn) Times: ‘The United States would hten itself out in a short time and good times return if we could all get over the idea of de- pression, Thousands of persons who have no interest in stocks of any kind watch the stock market quota- tions and get down in the dumps when market prices fall, although they are not affected in the least. On Skunk Oil (New York World-Telegram) With a certain sadness that comes from relinquishing another illusion we learn from @ government report that skunk oil is after all not a panacea for the ills of horse- Dr. H. E. Moskey, United States veterinarian, has made an exhaustive study of the claim of a New York state dealer in raw furs that skunk oil will cure strangles, re- move fever from the feet, prevent quarter-cracks, rem- edy sore throat and even correct misshapen hoofs. Dr. Meskey finds that skunk oil will hurt neither man nor beast, that it has on the other hand the virtue of a rather imposing odor that gives the purchaser assurance that the product is authentic and thereby prevents fraudulent imitation. But otherwise, the government says in effect, skunk oil is much more useful to skunks than to horses. Hoover on Harding (New York Times) Herbert Hoover did an honest and manly and patriotic thing, in his address at the Harding memorial, when re refused to omit mention of the shocking scandals con- nected with the administration of Warren G. Harding. They were notorious when discovered. They smelled of effrontery and vulgarity, They filled the land with shame. Yet Republican platforms and Republican ora- tors have since been content to say nothing about them or to glaze them over. This was impossible for the presi- dent. If he was to speak at all, he could not be willing to number himself among those who are “silent when base deeds are done.” It was a duty which he in his official position owed to the country, as well as to his own conscience, to refer to those worst of disloyalties and New York, June 22—After its brief moment as a quaint and romance- tinted toy of Broadwayites, Hoboken has returned to its quiet, Germanic ways, Hordes of slummers, still lured by a bevy of brau houses and an assort- ment of costumed yodelers, wander over and under the river on Saturday nights, making the rounds of the rathskellers. Beer mugs go on clink- ing; clam broth is still served behind swinging doors and thirsty seamen, up from the wharves, make for the dozen-and-one lager resorts. But the Broadwayesque flash-in- the-pan hurrah has silenced. Like so many other novelities, it was soon dropped by the jaded night-goers and gradually readjusted itself to the old life. For all of which, the good people of Hoboken are grateful. They did not invite invasion. The invaders came, whether wanted or not, and the boom-town aftermath fairly cata- Pulted good, stolid innkeepers into unfamiliar roles. There were scores of little inns and hotels, where mama did the cooking ‘nd papa and the kids waited on} table. These awakened suddenly to find gangs of whoopee makers calling for barrels of beer and for quick service. From little boarding houses, they suddenly grew into night resorts, with zither players and Tyrolean dancers and all the rest. Mama had to hire a couple of cooks, and papa had to import a score of waiters from Yorkville in New York. To be sure, the cash registers clinked more merrily than ever. But it was far too hectic for the likes of most of the proprietors. Further- more, the townfolk liked it no better. This charming little town, perched upon a hill that looks upon New York and which is framed by huge docks, had no great flair for night life. zs * * Although just a few minutes away from the metropolis, with ferry boats communicating frequently and a tun- nel furnishing land passage, Hoboken had retained for many a year a sort of old-worldliness, It had been some- thing of 4 slice of another world. And then, one day, Christopher Morley and some of his literary and theatrical associates wandered over and “discovered” the town in a big way. Soon they were whispering to friends that good beer and German food and real atmosphere could be found in aburidance. A group of “in- i By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Med- ical Association. ‘The effects of silica dust depend on the amount that is present in the air and the extent to which it dam- ages the tissue. Apparently any- thing over 6,000,000 parts of dust in each cubic foot of air is beyond the limits of safety. Associated with the danger to the lungs is the secondary reaction on the heart and the blood vessels. A man with advanced silico- sis, or dust disease, may seem to be in good health, but he may have had a slight persistent cough, pains in the chest, loss of breath on exertion and little difficulty in breathing. That is why the disease was so often confus- ed with tuberculosis in the past. Fortunately the development of the X-ray has made it possible to watch the development of silicosis from the very early stages down to such serious changes as result in death. The par- ticles of dust cast a shadow in the X-ray plate which develops gradually from tiny lines to mottling, and fin- ally to what is called a snow storm effect, because of its spotted appear- ance. After the disease is well estab- Daily Health Service Dust Disease First Affects Lungs, Then Heart and Blood Workers Who Seem Healthy May Be Sufferers; X-Ray Shows Early Stages of Development | lished, it may continue to progress | ed. Rito - u 1st! we! MEA ay AL Toes i, ON Mn. even though the man is removed from all further dust hazard, owing to the fact that the stilicotic process once started continues to develop. Should silicosis become complicat- ed by tuberculosis or infectious bron- chitis, the condition is naturally more severe and more promptly serious than uncomplicated silicosis. In Great Britain certain indus- tries have already been put under special lists in relation to compensa- tion for silicosis. These industries in- clude sandstone and pottery indus- tries, in which periodic examinations are already being made, and metal grinding, tin mining, granite quarries and a number of processes in which silicon rock is mined, blasted, crushed, ground or broken, also sand blasting and foundry workers. Only a few states in this country provide for compensation. Public health officials, industrial physicians and specialists in industrial diseases are working on the problem. Articles are to appear in scientific Publications. No doubt these studies will lead to plans for lessening the hazard, to the installation of periodic- examination of workers and to provi- sion of compensation for those afflict- tellectuals” began to gather there. Morley set up a combination work- shop and office in a rickety place near the waterfront. He organized the three-hour-for-lunch club, where writers and artists and such like gathered over their steins, and talked and talked and talked. Soon, the newcomers were spread- ing word that they had discovered “the last seacoast of Bohemia.” Well, that was quite alluring enough for anyone. The word “Bohemian” had almost gone out of the language— may have, in fact, by this time. At any rate, the group found some venerable theaters scattered about Hoboken—places with real histories and plenty of antiquity and atmos- phere. Some of them dated back to the very “good old days.” They tried the experiment of bringing back the rare old melodramas of Boucicault, who gave David Belasco his first les- sons. Out of the library archives they produced “After Dark”—and then Broadway came down upon the town. For months the crowds came and packed the theater. And then the crowds thinned out. Other plays were tried, but with little success, The novelty-seekers had had enough. Morley went back to his essays, and Hoboken returned to its people. And thus you will find it today— @ picturesque, Germanic little town, Perched in the sunshine—and one of the places we would advise you not to miss if and when you come to New York, GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) {BARBS | Pink grapefruit is being grown in California to attract more buyers. It seems the ordinary kind had a way of getting in the penis eye. * * ‘The young astronomer who helped discover the planet “Pluto” plans to enter college. He’s one who believes in hitching ar are to a star. ‘Then there's the gangster who opened up a roadhouse in his rival's territory and called Bs “Muscle Inn.” * * Plastic facial surgeons, we suppose, think they're pioneers in the uplift movement. * * Some girls will probably keep away from the beach this summer to save their skin. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) OUT OUR WAY By Williams _/ 1 GOT THATH DOWN Good, NOW — How T" Ter. A Guy HES CRACKED. Now, HOW DO YA CALL A GoY A BIG SAP. IN YOUR LANGWIOGE? BEEG SAP ? SAP ? VHoT DEES MEAN— SAP? ANE SPICH SEEX LANGWEETH, BoT AYE NO AN DEES SOCH’ ANI-T'LL SOCH | aN DEES BUGLE “You GET Zea OvT OF THERE! THAT MAN WAS HIRED FoR ROUGH darkest of crimes which consist in a wanton lack of prob- ity in the conduct of a public trust. It would have been easy for the president to pass over all the sorry record as now an old and far-off and forgotten thing. But if he had kept still the very stones would have cried out. In his personal affection for the president under whom he first held cabinet office Mr. Hoover found it natural to picture Mr. Harding as a man who had been “be- |trayed by a-“few of the men whom he had trusted.” There was doubtless truth in this. But fidelity to friends through thick and thin is not exactly the high- est form of administrative efficiency or rectitude. Not to be able to detect scoundrels in their almost uncon- cealed operations may be an indication of kindness of heart, but would not be reckoned among the essential qualifications of a vigilant executive. Good nature in office may be so easy-going as to invite betrayals of con- fidence. No doubt President Harding's last days were, as Mr. Hoover asserts, saddened and even embittered by the knowledge that trusted friends had dragged his administration through the dirt. But however the case is studied, it seems hard to rescue his name from re- proach. President Hoover did not attempt to do it. He paid his tribute to Harding, the genial and lovable man, but did not fail to allude to the fearful lapses which occurred under his presidency. This was unques- but it was one! spread concern over anxiety about official integrity. compelled to say, as discreetl sible, may not be liked in SCREEN FLY TRAPS PROVED EFFECTIVE 12 Devices Capture 650,000 Flies in 10-Day Period at N. D. A.C. ‘The effectiveness of wire screen fly traps in decreasing the fly population around farm premises was demon- strated recently at the North Dakota Agricultural college, where 12 traps succeeded in catching two bushels of flies in 10 days, a capture estimated ; at 650,000 flies. The traps were plac- | ed near the college livestock barns! and at points where flies are likely to breed. Traps of the common wire screen | type were used, a kind which may be readily purchased at hardware stores or easily constructed from ordinary window screen. The principle of the traps is a cone-shaped screen en- trance with an opening near the tip of the cone. Flies entering the trap travel up the sides of the cone from the floor of the cage. Bait is placed directly beneath the cone to attract the flies. Baits which have given the best re- sults are crushed, overripe bananas, and rotten liver. Either bait is very attractive to the flies. Another lure that is recommended is a mixture of equal parts of brown sugar and curd of sour milk, thoroughly moistened and allowed to stand for three or four days before using. Trapping flies is of importance not only in bringing about an immediate }Q NEA EROISPPRNERY You've got a wrong steer if you think @ bull is easily cowed. higher court, wi)) prohibit them from carrying an appeai to the privy coun- cil on the validity of the grain mar= keting or compulsory poo! act, TODAY 1S THE-Z decrease in fly numbers, but is a val- uable aid to control by capturing many flies before they have had an opportunity to lay eggs. Many of the commercial fly poisons contain arsenic, and their use in the household is attended with consider- able danger to children. This danger is less with a weak solution of forma- lin. A very effective fly poison is made by adding three teaspoonfuls of the commercial formalin to a pint of milk or water sweetened with a little brown sugar. Quotations i yes The evils of enforced leisure are almost as bad as the evils of enforced labor.—L. P, Jacks of Manchester Col- lege, England. * * * The average man in America is economically better off and has wider liberties and broader opportunities than in any previous decade in our national history.—Secretary of Agri- culture Arthur M. Hyde. * * * Germany can, with absolute right, say that she has not neglected con- scientiously to fulfill the disarmament obligations imposed upon her by the Ss atest Heinrich Bruen- eB. xe In no country are conditions so good or prospects so fine as in the United saripiel er ‘W. Lamont. * * Nature knows no such thing as equality—Dr. Nicholas Murray But- * eK ‘The majority of people ask nothing better than a comfortable routine that keeps them in food and clothes and does not require too great an exer- cise of brain matter.—Ida M. Tarbell. 6 — ee | AT THE MOVIES y CAPITOL THEATRE No matter how efficient man may become in the art of “lady-killing” there always is the one woman, who soon or late will bring him to terms! That is the essence or, perchance, the moral of Radio Pictures’ “Bach- elor Apartment,” a sprightly society drama, which opened at the Capitol Theatre today. This story by John Howard Lawson is designed solely for entertainment Purposes. Its humor, romance and sparkling gaiety have been ingenious- ly interwoven into the background. For which chief credit is due Lowell Sherman, actor-director. Sherman's naturally sly and satirl- cal sense of humor is seen in the treatment of the picture. As the bored bachelor of wealth and leisure, who lives like an Arabian prince in his luxurious pent house, he outstrips any of his roles to date. But Sherman is not alone by any means. Few pictures have been endowed with such an abundance of feminine appeal. 800 Are Expected to Visit Firemen’s Meet Fargo, N. D., June 22.—()—Be- tween 700 and 800 North Dakota fire- men will gather here Tuesday and Wednesday in their 47th annual con- vention. The convocation will open Tuesday with a parade. The confab will be opened by Chief J. W. Sutherland, Fargo. The firemen will be welcomed by Mayor A. T. Lynner, and Presi- dent Frank H. Bailey, Grafton will respond. During the forenoon principal speakers will be Dr. Arthur W. Ratz and Dr, William C. Sainsbury, pastors of the Fargo Presbyterian and Methodist churches, respectively. Other convention speakers: and their topics are R. W. Johnston, Hills- Champion, Mohall, “Why Stay Away From Fires;” W. T. Cras- well, Valley City, “Ventilation of Tuesday will make a run displaying all fire equipment of the city. Canadian Wheat Pool Put Under Injunction @ {line to the left. SUBMARINE ATTACK On June 22, 1917, German sub- marines attacked United States trans- Ports bearing the first contingents of the American expeditionary forces to France. The first sign of the presence of submarines was noticed by the look- out man high above on one of the big ships. He gave the alarm just as a gleaming line of bubbles announced that a torpedo was on its way. Then, in the words of an eye witness: “Hell broke loose. Our helm was jammed over. Firing every gun avail- able, we swung ina wide circle out of A smaller ship slip- Ped into our place, and from what the lockout told me I think one of our Shells must have landed almost right above the submarine. But they are almost impossible to hit when they are submerged, and the periscope is no target anyway. “They fired three, if not four, tor- pedoes. It was God’s mercy that they all went astray among so many of our ships. We drove right at them (I suppose, the safest thing to do, as the bow gives the smallest mark to shoot at), and no doubt he did not care to wait for us. Or perhaps a lucky shot disposed of him. Anyhow, he disap-- peared and we saw no more of him.” News of Interest in N. D. Towns (By The Associated Press) Glen Ullin—At a meeting here the Old Settlers’ association of Morton and Grant counties voted to hold its next annual gathering here June. 1932. Gov. George F. Shafer and Cony in Thomas Hall spoke briefly. John Olin, Sims, originator of the association, was re-elected president. Bottineau. — More than 400 towns in northwestern North Da- kota were represented at a picnic here of telegraph operators and their families. Wheelock.—A section of the farm boys’ 100-piece band will be an at- traction at the Williams county picnic near here June 19, F. E, Burns, Alamo, is leader of the band. Williston. — Members of the Nord~-Vestre Gudbrandsdaislag, which has 225 members, attended the first annual convention of the organization here. Speakers and entertainment programs featured at the two-day session. Bottineau.—Upon completion of two years of college work, junior col- lege graduates of the State School of Forestry were presented with their diplomas by W. J. Church, of the state board of administration. F. E. Cobb, president of the school, pre- sented the graduates and Dr. E. FP. Robertson, Grand Forks, delivered the ‘commencement address. Newburg. — Addresses by a number of pastors and a program consisting of songs and readings featured a three-day meeting of the Turtle Mountain circuit, Luther League, here. Lansford. — Willow City was chosen as the 1932 convention city and D. A. Fairweather, Souris, was selected as president of the Botti- neau county chapter of the Na- tional Rural Mail Carriers’ asso- ciation, at a meeting here of the county organization, WILL ASK CONGRESS’ AID Davenport, Ia., June 22—(P)—Main- that economic recovery in Mississippi valley states is dependent on adequate transportation facilities, the Mississippi Valley association will ask congress to adopt a half-billion~ dollar inland waterway program, Five months after its organization, the Live Stock Marketing association of Iroquois county, Ill., had shipped |More than $115,000 worth of livestock. “|[" Stickler Solution j