The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1931, Page 4

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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS & BREWER (incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Faces Test In composing differences between’ China and Japan, the League of Na- tions faces a test of its power and usefulness. Manchuria has been a bone of contention for some time and if Chiang Kai Shek, head of the nationalist government, is speaking seriously, the Chinese are prepared to defend their national honor. An Associated Press dispatch from the zone of contention quotes the head of the Chinese natior@) government as saying: “I shall lead the army and the en- tire nation in the fight for the pre- servation of our race and to uphold the dignity of our people. Let me assure you that I shall stand or fall with my country. I shall go to the front, and, if necessary, fall with other patriots.” Another dispatch from the same news agency states that the crisis in south Manchuria is the most acute in years. Tokyo factions are divided over the wisdom of the Japanese in using warlike tactics before trying the soft hand of diplomacy. In Ja- pan there are the moderates and ex- tremists, both with their own the- cries upon how the Manchurian quarrel, one of long standing, can be settled. The extremists seem to have directed the first move and now the/ future is uncertain. Assurances come from the Japa- nese foreign office that Mukden will be evacuated, but the war depart- ment urges the dispatch of more troops to check the spread of anti- dapanese demonstrations. If anyone doubts the precision’ of the Jepanese military machine, the speed with which Mukden was oc- cupied and the belligerent Chinese were disarmed in the trouble zone should thoroughly establish the effi- clency of Japan's fighting forces. Tension between the two nations has been growing for some time and the real test comes now both for the League of Nations and the Kellogg pact which is designed to outlaw war. Latest reports from Japan indicate that the action of the United States in supporting the League of Nations in its plea to Japan to cease military operations in Manchuria is being heeded by the Japanese government, to some extent. It is to be hoped that the League of Nations can bring pressure to quiet conditions in the Orient. Where. the Difference Lies Economists are . comparing nd England these days and espe- cially since England has suspended the gold standard, for decades the sine qua non of British financial France devalued her currency and @eemingly has prospered while other nations suffer depressions. Her gold reserves have piled up. The differ- ence between France and Enigland is not hard to define. France is prac- tically self-sustaining. It can raise enough in normal times to feed its! own while England is dependent up- on her neighbors for food, cotton, oil, copper and many other basic commodities. France would not starve 4f cut off from the rest of the world while England's plight, if such were the case, is not hard to imagine. ‘The dependence of England upon others is probably a guaranty that she will not abandon the gold stand- ard as the integral factor of her fi- nancial policy. No one can foretell now when Great Britain will resume, the gold standard. Economic pres- sure :may force her tq take even “more drastic steps to tide over the Present situation. British financial leaders, how- ever, are pointing out that suspen- sion of the gold standard is not nec- 00) leader who can lead their country 50] of such a leader won't necessarily gains. France| Part of the trouble is due to that THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1981 ion en our hands a patient who had to: undergo an operation to save his life. We were anxious. But now the op- eration is over we are feeling re- Meved.” English bankers were determined | to prevent the situation which devel- oped in Germany when the mark was worthless because the country had) been drained of gold and other se- curities. England was headed toward the same crisis when the brakes were applied, none too soon and hardly soon enough, More Than Leadership At a time when most Americans are looking around hopefully for a through its perplexing maze of diffi- culties, it is interesting to find Gov- ernor Wilbur Cross of Connecticut reminding us that even the discovery solve the problem. Writing ine the autumn number of the Yale Review, Governor Cross re- marks; “If we have learned anything from the war experience, it should be that ieadership is not enough. ... A citi- zen of a democracy such as ours can- not with @ clear conscience delegate his authority to the expert in times of prosperity and hide behind him in| times of trouble. The present period of adversity will have its uses if it recalls people in all walks of life to the elementary rights and duties of citizenship.” ‘That paragraph goes straight to the roots of a good many of the trou- bles of the present moment. For a number of years we have been content to put ourselves in the hands of others. We have fondly than we, but we haven't’ worrled about it greatly. ‘The nation at large used to take its politics seriously. It used to get excited about the trends in business and economics. It was jealous of its rights. The country store, where farmers gathered around the cracker tution as we like to pretend. Recently we suffered a change. We about developments in finance and industry, leaving all such things to the square-jawed men in the front, office. We gave up @ measure of our old independence, and asked only to be led in something approximating the right direction. Now we are getting precisely what we asked for. Corruption in city af- fairs, inefficiency in state capitals, a mounting federal deficit, industrial stagnation, unemployment—we re- fused to worry about any of them until times got hard. Good leadership, of course, is need- ed. But it isn’t enough by itself. Governor Cross is right in pointing out that the rank and file in a de- mocracy have got to think for them- selves. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. ‘They are published without to whether they agree or disagre with The Tribune's policies. Wheat’s Need of Good Eaters (Cleveland Plain Dealer) ‘Wheat needs a friend—a hearty eating friend. In the many discussions of what's wrong with wheat, the fact that not enough of it is being eaten has not received proper attention. Americans have been getting out of the wheat-eating habit. Bread may be the staff of life, but each year they lean upon it a little less heavily. ‘Thus the per capita consump- tion of wheat has declined in fifty years from 23 to 177 pounds an- nually. Translated into bushels that figures 147,300,000 or almost 75 per cent of the store abused peddle. Furthermore, the defections of the wheat eaters have been the most rapid in the last fifteen years,| at the very time when wheat -proe duction, spurred by. the wartime. de- mand, has been making its greatest same war time impetus. While th: farmers in 1917-18 were exhorted to raise more, the nation was exhorted to eat less. Both patriotically obeyed the injunction and kept up the habit: after the war. Then camethe days when all the girls conctived a passion for a boyish figure and all their chubby middle- aged mothers decided to be girlish. ‘Wheat was indicted as fattening,| without an very good proof. Mcan- while the garden crops had been hir- ing brass bands. Citrus fruits fol- lowed suit. The public got the habit of eating more fruits and vegetables) and saying “No, thank you,” when the bread plate was passed. In ten years fifteen important garden crops! have increased their marketings an! average of 60 per cent with spinach, | favorite among those who shudder at fat, leading the parade with a four- fold gain. Alas for poor wheat! It can’t keep up with that procession. BAD FOR BOW WOWS El Paso, Texas, Sept. 26.—Dogs must be seen and not heard in this city. The city council has drafted a/ nuisance ordinance holding owners responsible for dogs which bark too long or loudly, whether at night or day. It is reported that the restric- tions may be extended to the bleat- ing of goats, yowling of cats and other animal noises. THE MISSING KEYS easarily an abandonment of it. A depreciated currency will bring about more distress and confusion in. England than it ever could. in France franc hit bottom when financial ex- igencies dictated, A leeding banker has put the situ- Hamden, Ohio, Sept. 26.—The local fire chief sent his suit to cleaners. The same night he sent Eg keys to the engine house had been sent to the cleaners in his suit. trusted that these others were wiser' TODAY IS THE AN On Sept. 26, 1917, the English made smas! -mile front box to settle the affairs of the ma-| from talrea mite to a mile deep im tion, wasn’t quite as funny an insti-| Flanders. them. We were too busy to bother]! Argyll and Sutherland Highland- RS BIG GAIN BY ENGLISH ers met with a stubborn resistance, so that the assault further north was carried into the afternoon with the Australians clearing the remainder of the Polygon Wood and the Eng- Ush, Scottish and Welsh battalions accomplishing their remote objective —Zonnebeke, a mile away. On the extreme left the North idiand and London Territorials reached their objectives on both sides of the Wieltje-Gravenstafel and St. 5 Julien-Gravenstafel roads. South of the Ypres-Menin road the So re of the er lets Spur, let politicians run governmental ef-|ond gained their objective—the Ger- fairs about as they pleased, asking/man concrete works on its further only that they didn’t worry us over] elope. In the center some companics ‘This advance reached half a mile through a maze of fortified farms and concrete redoubts. Cairo, , Egypt, has more daily news- f BARBS Everything comes to him who waits except, of course, Prosperity. eee A political writer attributes Eng- Jand’s newst crisis. to spendthrift methods, And the irony of it is the government is headed by a Scotch- man. + *# # Investment advice is beg given in New York, but you can’t blame folks there for not banking on it. + # * papers than London. BEGIN HERE TODAY Pretty NORMA KENT, 20-year- old secretary, marries MARK TRAV! on of F, M. TRAV- ize real estate deal- father's threats che hears her name spoken. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXI Noeua raised startled eyes. ““why, Bob!” she exclaimed, “Why, hello—!” Bob Farrell smiled. “Wasn't sure {t was you for a minute,” he ad- mitted, “Haven't seen you in a long while, Mind if I join you?” “Please do! It's good to see you again, Bob.” For a moment the girl's eyes lowered, then met his gaze. “Mark's out of town—it’s a business trip—and I’m taking’ va- cation from my own cooking. Sit down and tell me-all about your- self."5 Farrell pulled out the.chair op- posite and sank into it. He looked at Norma admiringly. “I haven't been doing much,” ho said. “Noth- ing to talk about.” He hesitated, then continued, “I should have sent you my best wishes long ago when I read about your marriage. I certaiply wish you every happi- ness, Norma.” “Thanks.” There was a pause before Norma said hupriedly, “I have been happy. So happy! e day When you meet the right girl, Bob, I hope you'll know the same happiness. You deserve it—and you'll find it, too!. You see this is the first time Mark and I have been separated. It's going to be pretty hard, I'm afraid.” ‘Farrell's tone was sympathetic. “Maybe you'd rather be alone—” he suggested, Norma shook her head. “Ob, no! I think I'll feel better to have someone to talk to. It’s luck find- ing you here, Bob. I've thought of you so many times, You didn’t leave Marlboro after all as yeu ex- ” io. No. that—er—that fell through.” Sho didn't notice that he flushed slightly. “You've been doing things “Chris said you've had a promo- tion.” “Well, not exactly that. Got @ raise a while back and they don't :Joad'me with quite so many errands been doing.” “Keeping house. Cooking and washing dishes and sweeping, Oh, and I love it, Bob! I’ve never been #0 happy in my life.” i Farrell traced a pattern on the table cloth with the tip of @ spoon. He said without glancing up, “I guess you mean that.” “Of course I mean it! You must come to see us some time, I want you to know Mark. When you do you'll understand, Bob. Mark's wonderful! Come to dinner some night soon after he gets back!” “Thanks. Hope I can make it. Is he to be gone long?” “It seems a long time to me. Four weeks and maybe five! Just now that sounds like a lifetime!” “Oh, th. time will pass. That's about. the best thing time does. You'll find ways to keep busy. How about Chris? Seen anything of her lately?” “Not so much as I'd like. She's been at the apartment and occasion- ally I meet her for lunch. Chris always seems to be the same.” TS waitress brought Yarrell’s der. Norma’s had been placed | before her and she was pleased to see it looke1 appetizi with more relish than pected, Continued questioning drew from Farrell some of the details of the law suit that had brought him a modest amount of glory, Launched on the. subject he described curious angles of another legal tangle. Nor. ma was diverted. They finished dessert and still Farrell talked on. Abruptly he said: “Look here, you're tired and I've been making you listen to all this buncombe. Why didn’t you tell me to shut up?” “Oh, but I've been interested. I is interested in every word! Per- ips we'd better go now though. I am just a little tired.” Farrell was on his feet. “You haven't told. me where you're liv- ing. Is there somewhere I can take you—” si Norma shook her head. “Ji Put me in a cab,” she told him. “It's been goad to see you, Bob, ‘and know you're making such strides to success. But then I always knew you'd do that, You will come to dinner?” “I certainly hope to. Really, don’t you think I'd better come along with you?” “Really I don't.” Outside on the signaled a cab and helped the girl into it. She smiled at him as the taxi moved away. ‘The driver looked back st his Passenger. “Where to, Ma'am?” he asked. “Turn into Eighth street. Keep going until I tell you to stop.” The driver obeyed instructions. They had traveled three blocks when traffic stopped them. Across the'corner Norma saw an electric sign which read, “Hannah Spencer treet Farrell I .| Hall.” She knew the place, she had never been there. An en- dowed home for young girls who worked, A hotel was out of the question to run. I’ve heen lucky on a couple cases, Old McIlvaine seems to be pulling for me. That’s not inter- esting though. Tell me what you've because Norma uad no luggage, It might be an idea—! . Norma rapped on the glass parti- tion and told the taxi driver to stop. She got out, paid her fare and hurried across the street. Then she went up the steps of Hannah Spencer Hall and entered. 305 is vacant now: it¢ | entirely alone now. Aviation is maiming fewer lives, h rate. Daily Health Service took an, auto ride aguinet|| RATS ARE NOW RELATED TO SPREAD aie oo ee OF TYPHUS FEVER +e & Folks who live from hand to mouth are grateful for one thing. They are not Joe EF. Browns. By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.)| Editor, Journal of the American eonsnomme rae ledical Association was formerly, considered to be a dis- ease largely associated with the trop- ies, war conditions and prison life. Investigations made by Howard Tay- lor Rickets, supplemented largely by those -of other Americans, revealed the fact that typhus fever is trans- mitted by the body louse, which ex- Pldined to a extent its special character. tions made by Texas physicians in- dicate’ that this condition may be New York, Sept. 26—Life is like aged to get coffee money one way ‘And or another. is no youngster—well past 50, if you The cafe owners were not indif-| \404 ‘met sa ferent to the status of their custom=| “ «when they're going good, they always pay back,” she once confided ; yp] When Fo. orhver cht tae ot thon gaff. A cigar store and nerosity. PA oo Se eae an drug store sandwich counter wiped that wouldn’t give me his shirt. And out another Broadway tradition. And that vied aa and Heath at my table. But {t so happened that in this 9 restaurant was , waitress by the iste ip iad a at them today—all making good. name of May Stewart. “Maybe you don’t even remember Every penniless actor that ever drifted into New: York ‘knew May.|Peeut eter acre minstrel man. May was one of those “heart-of- ie goes by. I’ve seen them all come and gold” characters on the hard-boiled anythin; street that you read about, but rare-|£° J ont lose os amie en Paige tieci-to a telipeea ee s daugl of her own up. One married and the other, May- ee pir yy oa conte belle, is & cancer who is setting! sted with the cafe that snuggled along a F ere WOlclose to the Broadway vaudeville by the married daugh-|henvout, ter, and big-hearted “Mom” Stewart!" wen, the restaurant is closed. ie} Appearing in the trial If Not Checked, Rodents Would Overrun World ley University College of Medici Some of the fleas were ground w into a™@Bolution and injected ini tained from the rat fleas and a strain obtained from a proved case of ‘typhus fever indicated definitely the relationship between the rat flea virus and the typhus fever virus. The rat has already: been convicted of beirig a vector and carrier of fist the rat. tasy alba be associated ated rat may with the spread of other diseases. Rats and mice breed rapidly. Per- mitted to breed without control, they soon overrun premises and would) quite certainly overrun the world. They should be stamped out because their field of usefulness has not yet been demonstrated and to civilized man they are a meyace. they were not proper. and that the Promoters then accused him of lack- ing the “Foshay slant.” as @ government witndss of Foshay and six asso- clates on mail fraud charges, Delt said on numerous. occasions he refus- be issued actually had not been ac< quired. As a-result of his refusal to carry out orders to sign the certificates he ‘was ordered to resign at about the same time he had made up his mind to do so and he left some months be- fore the Foshay enterprises went in- to receivership in November, 1929. When he refused to sign the certi- ficates, in many instances, other of- to| ficials were told to do so and did, he said. Daylight Saving to End Sunday Morning New York, Sept. 26.—(7)—Daylight saving, which has been in effect since the last Sunday in April, will cease for this year on Sunday morning. ‘When the clock strikes two, the hangs (figuratively) will stop and remain for 60 minutes, giving back to day- light savers the hour they lost when the clocks were moved forward an hour last summer. wants them to be stage folk. The! which’ means that the waitress is bright lights have, somehow, never) qt of 9 job. And so many actors “I wonder if I could get a room here for the night?” she said to the gray-haired woman at the desk. “T’ve missed my luggage and I don’t know what I'm to do!” The woman asked several ques- tions. Norma answered them truth- fully, giving the impression, how- ever, that she was a stranger in the city and that she was friendless. “We'll find a place for you,” she was informed. “Let's see, number At breakfast in the Hannah Spen- cer Hall dining room Norma considered the results of her rash- ness. She was miserable. She would never in the world have run away if she had realized it was to ‘be like this! “If I should walk out in the street and be hit by an automobile not a soul in the world whom I care about would know it!” Norma told herself. She had clipped every bond. By simply walking out of her father in-law’s home she hed succeeded in hiding herself as completely as if she were in a distant city. She was Chris didn’t know, They didn’t know at the apartment. She had not told Bob Farrejl how to reach her. All that was inconsequential. The terrible thing was that by leaving ‘the Travers home she had cut here self off from Mark. Less than 2¢ hours he had been gone, The girl's eyes were red-rimmed. She had scarcely slept during'the night. Now in the bright daylight the situation seemed even more fright- ening. ‘ ‘There was nearly $100 in her Durse, Mark's boat had not sailed yet. At this moment he was some- where in New York. “If only I could reach him!” the girl: thought. “Oh, why did I ever let him leave me!” - eee ‘HE knew it was madness to go on in this fashion. She told herself over and over it would be impossible to reach Mark, Even if there were a means the effort would be useless. Mark’ was entitled to the chance he was so eager for. She could not stand in his way. *e I may. have’ ruined everything!” Norms told herself. “What have I done? Oh, what have T done?” She could not eat the well-cosked breakfast. Purse in hand, Norma paid for the meal and lodging and departed from Hannah Hail. On the street corner she bought s hewspgper and opened it to.adver- tisements of rooms for rent. She doarded a street car and read the column as she rode, Several of the addresses looked promising and these she checked with a pencil. Fresh air and the bright sunlight gave her courage. Tackling the ‘situation made it seem easier. Nor- ma told herself the thing to do was to belfeve firmly that everything would turn out happily. a Fg and a half later she ma ie week's payment on @ small patie Slee in a lodging house that had cleanness and cheap- ness to recommend it. She had telephoned the storage company to deliver the trunk she had entrusted to them the day before, To the lost their glow bo her. have been out of jobs so long that Spencer | steady as she answered, “I'll tell landlady the girl gave her name as “Norma Travers,” omitting the pre- fix “Mrs.” : She sat in the one comfortable chair in the new bedroom, contrast- ing ‘her surroundings -with the apartment and the room she had occupied in the Travers home, Un- doubtedly this was the poorest of the three. “I can stand it for four weeks!” Norma told herself. “Four weeks can’t last forever! Four weeks— and Mark will be back!” IN the trunk arrived she un- packed her clothing and hung the dresses in the tiny closet. She Dut underclothing in neat piles in the drawers of the dressing table. Some of the things she did not bother to unpack, There was no use taking out the pretty evening gowns or evening wrap. Once Norma paused before the mirror of the dressing table. It was not her own reflection of which she was thinking. “It only. I,had a picture of Mark to stand thére!” the girl lamented. “Even a little kodac picture would be something.” ‘There was no picture and Norma knew it, She rummaged in the trunk agein, brought out an object and placed it on the dressing table, It was a fountain pen Mark had used and discarded. Not very per- sonal—still it had beer Mark's, In the at:ernoon she telephoned Chris Saunders and agreed to meet her at 5:30 on a familiar corner. Norma reached the place first. She say, Chris, slender. and. erect, threading her way through. the maze of traffic. Norma went to meet her, “Here I am, Chris!” she calléd. ‘The older girl turned her head. She caught Norma’s eye and smiled. “Sorry to be late—" she began ‘but’ did. not. finish the sentence. “Why, Norma!” Chris Saunders in- terrupted herself, “what on earth's happened? You look like a gkost!” “It's—oh, {t's nothing serious. Mark's gone away—on business for his father—and I just thought I'd like to talk to you.“That’s all.” “Gone away? Where's he gone?” “To New York, And he’s sailing tonight for France, He's going to be gone four weeks, Chris, and al- ready it seems like it's been a mil- lign years.” ‘But I didn’t know he was work- ing for his.father? When did all this happen?” Norma's voice did not betray her. She managed to keep it simost you about it. Let's go somewhere where we can talk.” “How. about. ‘The Galley’?” “The Galley’s all right.” Tho two girls made their way to the restaurant. When they were seated at a small table against the wall and had given ‘their orders Norma repeated the story of Mark’s reconciliation with his father. She told about the business agreement and the trip abroad. Chris listened seriously, now and then asked ques- tions. i It was after they had gone ov‘ the whole affair and there w: pause that Norma said hesitantiy: “Chris—there’s something 1 didn’t tell you after we came back from Blue Springs. I didn’t tell you I saw Holfis Stone there.” (To Be Continued) she hasn’t been able to take up all) the checks. Only a could have handled such a credit. The newcomers to the street are more hard-boiled. She'll have another job soon, no where up and down the street, away from the vaudeville rendezvous. For, you see, life is also like that! (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) Quotations j < Charity sh be as rar car unnecessary * me brett vende comet i us out] our ‘iliam a capitalist. err ee * Failure is not defeat; it’s only learning ‘+how.—Bishop Woodcock, eR ‘We're not in the midst of a crisis. We're in the midst of a revolution.— Henrik Willem Van Loon, Ports do nd dng ot July —svor Brown. | Business dislikes ¥ the self-satisfied man.—Gordon Selfridge. Former Official Is Fraud Case Witness Charles E. ‘Tharyis« very wel mown idan con- Sie a Bs Som tees ‘Cen you e AIR LINE AGAIN Paris, Sept. 26.—Air traffic in France is on the increase. Compared with traffic of May, 1930, results for May, 1931, show @ decline. However, when compared with earlier months of 1931, May of this year shows a large increase. It is expected that doubt, but it will have to be some-|traffic on the air lines will pick up considerably in the fall. RES OE SSE [Says Old Dobbin Is | | Staging Comeback | Chicago, Sept. 26.—(#)—The horse is staging a comeback, the Horse~ Association of Americé. said so Friday at its annual Wayne Dinsmére, secretary, quoted statistics to show the de- pression had the reverse effect on horse breeding because, he said, farmers ere going back to horses and mules, FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS, U.S. PAT. OFF, : CAREFULLY LIBERATES THE YOUNG “FROM, THIS MEMBRANE / i ++