The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1931, Page 2

T. Genius and Widow on Last Drive | Shown above are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison as t hey were photographed on one of the last rides whici Edison was able to take ‘before becom! ng bed-ridden with his fatal illness. HEALTH SITUATION HELD ENCOURAGING Red Cross Doctor Says Condi- tions in Dry Area Are Well in Hand Fargo, N. Di, Oct. 19.—()—Com-| Pleting a survey of health conditions| in the North Dakota - Montana | drought area, Dr. William DeKleine| medical director of the American Red Cross of Washington, D. C., arrived in Fargo Saturday. Dr. DeKleine described health con-; ditions among tke affected families as “most encouraging” adding that the purpose of his visit was to inves- tigate present conditions and to study the possibilities of emergencies which may arise in the stricken counties during the winter months. He said the national organization “stands, ready to lend medical assistance on a basis of co-operative aid to health authorities and the medical profes- sion of North Dakota and Montana. Dr. DeKleine said the departments of health in the two states are per- forming extremely beneficial service, to the Red Cross in dealing with| health problems arising in the drought area, “Health units have been organized fn 12 North Dakota counties by Dr.} W. E. Whittemore, head of the state department of health,” Dr. DeKleine said. “Through this machinery the department has an accurate check of conditions in these counties at all ‘times. “With the state department func- tioning as it is and with a close watch being maintained by the Red Cross, there is no cause for alarm over health conditions in the stricken | AT THE MOVIES * —_____________y, j CAPITOL THEATRE A talkie that doesn’t talk any more |2 than it should is Radio Pictures’ lat- “Bewildered, I staggered to-a chair. I must have looked fatigued, for, grinning broadly, he made gestures toward his mouth which I rightly in- terpreted as an invitation to eat. I could only nod. So he handed me the telephone— and my finger ring. I was about to call the cafe, when he shook his head. He presented me with my lodge pin and took the telephone, biting off a piece of the receiver. He gave me the ivest—with my suspenders, Expressing great hunger, he yanked off the telephone dial. This he placed between two powder puffs, adding two pages from the telephone directory and @ generous amount of cold cream. Harpo ate. When he had finished his repast, he took a wallet from his pocket. I grabbed it from him.® I don’t like other people having my purse. “Getting down to the interview,” I interposed, .“‘what is your favorite rec- reation?” With his grin as broad as the Grand Canyon, he cupped his hands, and motioned for me to step onto them. I did 30 and was treated to a backward swing. Stunned, I tried to/ regain my senses. Out of the haze, I could see him with his hands cupped again. I staggered out the door and ran. Outside, people stopped to laugh at me. I slowed to a walk. Still they laughed. I took stock of myself. MY SHIRT WAS GONE! McLean Immunization Program Is Outlined Raub, N. D., Oct. 19.—A free im- munization campsign for McLean county was begun in Raub Monday by the Red Cross. Ss Under the program, children and dults will be vaccinated against small- pox and inoculated for diphtheria and typhoid fever. The immunization schedule was an- nounced by Mabel A. Taylor, Garri- son, Red Cross nurse, as follows: Community hall at Raub—Oct. 19, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, and Nov. 9. Residence near postoffice at Em- met—Oct. 20, Oct. .27, Nov..3, and Nov. 0, Bishop’s hall’ at Benedict—Oct. 21, i | | Chris Satter Buried In Baldwin Cemetery Funeral services for Chris Satter, ‘T-year-old Burleigh county resident who died in Bismarck last Wednesday morning, were conducted from the Presbyterian church at Baldwin at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. Opie 8. Rindahl, pastor of Trinity Lutheran church in Bismarck, officated. Burial was made in the Baldwin cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Wood, Joe Pool, Herman Kikul, Herbert Little, Pulton Nelson, and William Fricke. Satter was a farmer in the Baldwin district for 12 years before he moved to Bismarck to live with his son, Mor- ris Satter, at 604 Third St. He leaves 10 sons and daughters, six of whom reside in Bismarck. Slope Students Will Compete for Honors Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 19.—(7)— Five students to represent the Uni- |Versity of North Dakota as candidates | for Rhodes scholarships have been | President Hoover and Leaders| { From all corners of the earth has Selected by @ faculty committee. ! ‘They are Gilbert Stewart, Mandan; ; Willis B. Shepard, Bismarck; George White, Jr Grand Forks; Durward Balch, Dickinson, and Donald Mc- Carthy, Minnewaukan. They will compete with representa- tives of Jamestown college and North Dakota argricultural college Dec. 5 when two will bé named to represent North Dakota in district contests to be held a few days later. Grand Forks Ships Spuds to Dry Area : Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 19—(P)— Grand Forks county has donated 40 carloads of potatoes and vegetabels for relief of drouth-stricken north- western North Dakota areas since the American Red Cross began its food drive. Pe Rader a of the cars have been pped, while others be a ed to the drouth distct Spe according to Mrs: Ethel H. Cooley, 'HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1931 GREAT OF WORLD PAY TRIBUTE 10 GENIUS IN DEATH In Science and Industry Offer Sympathy (By The Associated Press) | come tribute to Thomas~Alva Edison. | Hundreds of messages poured into the West Orange home. Some of them follow: President Hoover—Mr. Edison was as great in his brave fight for life as he was in the achievements which had made the whole world his debtor. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York—He was not merely a great inventor—he was a great -citi-| zen who was constantly thinking in terms ‘of the good of our country. Dr. Albert Einstein, German scien- tist—An inventive spirit has filled his own life and all our existence with bright light. Thankfully we ac- cept his legacy, not only as a gift of his genius, but also as a mission Placed in our hands. Upon the new generation falls the task of finding the way for the right use of the gift given to us. Gugglielmo Marconi, inventor of wireless telegraphy—His inventive genius and passionate love of science contributed so greatly to the marvel- ous progress made in the field of re- search and applied science. Dr. Robert A. Millikan, physicist— The phonograph alone entitles Mr. Edison to undying fame? It brought immortality to man and to Mr. Edi- son himself. It is one of the great- est discoveries of all times. Henry Ford—Great as an inventor, he was greater as a man. His fame is independent of the fluctuating judgments of history; it is etched in light and. sound on the daily and hourly life of the world. - Harvey 8. Firestone, manufacturer —To have been recognized by Mr. Edison as his friend, has been one Physician Says Edison Fearlessly Prepared Himself as Death Neared New York, Oct. 19.—(#)}—When Thomas A. Edison knew the end was near, he prepared himself fearlessly for death. Dr. Hubert 8. Howe, personal Physician to the inventor, reveal- ed this Monday in a story writ- ten especially for the Associated Press. “He told his family his work was finished,” Dr. Howe wrote, “and assured them he would rath- er leave the world than keep the burden and disabilities of age and illness on his devoted wife and children.” Dr. Howe said the immediate cause of death was uremic poison- ing brought upon by complica- tions of nephritis and_ diabetes. Edison constantly studied his ill- nesses, and knowing milk would relieve his pain, learned to drink more milk until it became his sole nourishment, three years ago. He always ate sparingly and disliked water. His indifference to food caused him to lose weight and strength. ‘Under treatment he rallied, then failed, until finally he surrend- ered to long periods of sleeping and drowsiness. Writing on Mr. Edison’s last hours, Dr. Howe said “a few days before hé passed away he was sitting in his chair apparently en- joying @ pleasant dream, Sud- denly opening his eyes and gazing upwards into space, his face il- luminated with a smile, he said, ‘It is very beautiful over there.’” Edison Changed His Views About Immortality After 84th Birthday West Orange; N. J., Oct. 19.—(>)—. Thomas Alva Edison robbed nature of many secrets for the happiness of man, but he never found one secret he sought—proof of the immortality of the soul. The electrical wizard, long and avowed disbeliever in the existence of life after death, recently came to the conclusion that it is possible the soul lives on. Edison, although never troubled by his disbelief, was perplexed that he was unable to find proof of immor- tality. He urged and promoted in- vestigation. What brought Edison, at 84, his health gone, to change his views after 21 years, may never be known. That Edison came to believe in the Possibility of an hereafter is revealed by Dr. Hubert 8. Howe, his personal physician. Dr. Howe recalls a dinner-table con- versation with Edison in which the in- ventor explained his theory. Even to Edison it was vague, but it was @ of the most delightful experiences of my life—and a great inspiration. William Randolph Hearst, news- paper publisher—No great ruler, no; great writer, no great philosopher, no. great abstract scientist has contri- buted so much to the health and wealth, to the material and spiritual progress of mankind. Paul Block, newspaper publisher— His was the triumph of peace and his name will live forever. Adolph 8. Ochs, publisher—He lived @ full life of usefulness and won | foremost place among the immortals. MOTT MAN ARMY FLIER Mott, N. D., Oct. 19—Loren Cornell, @ graduate of Mott high school, re- cently was graduated from the U. 8. Army aviation training school at ;March Field, near Los Angeles. sie flew with a squadron of 50 planes to Randolph Field, Michigan, where he will receive six months further train- WILL TO JUDGE CORN . “ Turtle Lake, N. D., Oct. 19.—George F. Will, Bismarck, chairman of the board of directors of the North Da- kota State Corn Show, will judge ex- hibits in the annual McLean county corn show here Wednesday and ‘Thursday. i ARE MARRIED AT BURT Burt, N. D., Oct. 19.—Miss Hilda Hauch and Benjamin E. White were married at the Burt Seventh-Day- Adventist church by Rev. H. Meyer. theory that thought had made a con- viction. Dr. Howe recalls Edison remarking: “Well, if there is a hereafter, it does- n’t matter, and if there isn’t a here- after, it doesn’t matter either. I've lived all my life and done my best.” Form Might Change Edison’s view on the subject, as he | explained it to Dr. Howe, is that “man might .be made up of a lot of intelli- gent units which, though partially dispersed at death, might live and per- sist and prove indestructible and later reunite in another form.” On his 80th birthday, Edison said: “I have stated many times, but no; one understands, that man is not the unit of life, that he is dead as granite, | that the unit consists of swarms of | billions of highly-organized entities | which live in the cells. I believe at| the time a man dies this swarm de- serts the body—goes out into space, but keeps on, enters into another or last cycle of life and is 5 On another occasion, Edison said: “I am not an individual. I am an aggregate of cells, as, for instance, New York City is an aggregate of in- dividuals.” It 1s @ far cry, this belief, to that expressed by the inventor in 1930 in an interview with Edward Marshall, friend of long standing. “Soul? Soul? What do you mean by soul?” Edison asked. “The brain? There is no more reason to believe that any human brain will be immor- tal than there is to think one Phonographic cylinders will be mortal.” ” Early Bellet Definite And again, in the same interview: When you havea cold, you want more than temporary relief. Take a few tablets of Bromo LAXATIVE BROM QUININE “Tenaruns © Mn Srwves POREVER FRESH IN CELLOPHANE conclusions, cannot believe in the immortality soul... this speculative idea of the: soul needs but to be analyzed to fall wholly to the * Apparently it was as Edison was 80, termed a “mere boy” then Chauncey M. Depew, then conviction that deep inves- was necessary, but he reiter- that-date was insufficient and knowledge of psychic matters #0 negligible that investigation and experimentation could not follow lines definite enough to warrant sound His view was that the soul could not be analyzed by chemists or in scales, or photographed or by instruments, ent Edison urged that religious teach- ‘ske] death, still a bit skeptical but willing to believe, did not laugh. WASHBURN TO SEE PLLAY Washburn, N. D., Oct. 19—A home talent cast will present “West of " here Oct. 22 and 23. In! the cast are Gus Lindell, Howard Holtan, R. R. School, Beatrice Stefe ferud, Mrs. E. I. Schulz, E. T. Klein, Frances Starbuck, E. Thode, G. Bur- gum, and Florence Barlow. The play is sponsored by the Washburn Lions club. Regular meeting of Bis- | marck Lodge No. 5, A. F. & A. M. tonight at 7:30 o’clock. 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(coast-to-coast) WEAF network est comedy success, “Caught Plaster-| Ot. 23, Nov. 4, and Nov, 11. member of the state drouth-air com- | ‘Warn of Disordered ed,” at the Capitol theatre, starring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, supported by the popular partner of all their triumphs, diminutive Dorothy Lee. Sounds like an innovation where least expected, and that it most em- Phatically is. Credit goes to Douglas MacLean, who wrote the original story, con- ceived the action and supervised the Production. After MacLean’s retirement from the screen several years ago, he was lost to view for a while, until “Crack- ed Nuts,” a Radio Pictures’ vehicle for Wheeler and Woolsey, blazoned its title sheet across the sky, with Mac- Lean as co-author and supervisor. The former comedian simply’ sat back and studied, soaked up produc- tion knowledge, and delved into au- dience appeal, all with the idea of specializing in the writing. and pro- duction of comedies that would sup- ply the utmost screen entertainment. ! Judging from the success of “Caught Plastered,” he has hit the spot. It stamps him as a firm bellev- er in the efficacy of pantomimic art on the deletion of unnecessary chat- | If his formula is followed, future comedies will adhere more closely to dramatic plot, heart-interest and situation. The dialogue in MacLean’s produc- tion, written by Ralph Spence, is em- phatically not of the pun variety. The laughs, rather, come from the high humor of ludicrous, thrilling or dra- matic situations. In other words, “Caught Plaster- ed,” is the product of study and labor, the careful analysis of a real story for comedy values. -scount the incomparable comic artistry of this trio, the patter of Woolsey, the whimsical humor of Wheeler and the charm of Miss Lee, and one still has a production, worth- while in its augury for better and more intelligent comedies. PARAMOUNT THEATRE When I entered Harpo’s dressing room, I gasped, A fire raged in one} corner of the davenport. Leaping to action, I doused it with a pitcher of! water. The fire turned over. It was) Harpo's hair. | “I've come for an interview,” I/ managed to say. ‘ He handed me a pencil which look-' ed suspiciously like my own and of-| fered me his hand. I grasped it and & terrific “honk” issued therefrom.! ‘Then he gave me a note-book. It ‘WAS mine. | I suddenly realized I was holding! his leg just under the knee. I re-! leased it, laughingly. Next, I dropped Morris, Masonic hall at Butte—Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5, and Nov. 12. School at Mercer—Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov..6, and Nov. 13. Work at 111 meetings will begin at 9a, m. 17-Year-Old Steele Youth Dies Sunday Emil Rattie. 17 years old, died at his’ home in Steele about 3 a. m. Sunday. Death was caused by & kidney ail- ment. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Jacob Trautman, and two brothers, Fred Rattie and Theodore Rattie, all living at Steele, and a sister, Martha Rattle, 408 Raymond St., Bismarck. He also leaves several step-brothers and step- sisters. Funeral services will be conducted at Wishek at 2 o'clock Wednesday af- ternoon, with Rev. Frieman officiat- jing. Burial will be made in the Wis- hek cemetery. Morton Taxpayers to New Salem. N. D., Oct. 19.—A Mor- Organize Themselves am mittee. Approximately 20 of the carloads were assembled Friday and Saturday in connection with the Red Cross’ vegetable and potato days in Grand Forks county. Fargo Churchman Is Laid to Rest Sunday. Fargo, N. D., Oct. 19.—(?)}—Associ- ates for decades in civic, church and business projects Sunday carried W. J. Lane, prominent Fargo realtor and churchman, to his grave in Riverside cemetery. The service was at 3 p. m. in the First Presbtyerlan church of which Mr, Lane was long an official. The Pastor, Dr. A. W. Ratz, officated. ‘WASHBURN LEGION ELECTS Washburn, N. D., Oct. 19.—A. E. Thompson was elected commander of the Victor B. Wallin post of the American Legion here. Other officers named were D. E. Schulz, vice ‘com- mander; H. E. Wahl, adjutant and finance officer; Rev. C. A. Carlson, chaplain; J. Schlickenmayer, histor- Henry Barlow, sergeant-at- PLAN FESTIVAL FRIDAY ton county taxpayers association will| Mott, N. D., Oct. 19—Mott's second be organized here next Saturday aft- ernoon at a meeting of county resi- dents. The meeting has been called by the Flasher local organization of the Farmers Union. Officers will be elected and five delegates to the state taxpayers meeting at-Devils Lake Nov. 4 will be named at Saturday's session, which will open in the New Salem com- munity hall at 1:30 o'clock. INJURED PILOT DIES Austin, Minn. Oct. 19.—(%).— Arthur Wright, 41, Austin, pilot and owner of @ plane that crashed near here two weeks ago, died at a hospi- tal. Two persons, Vera/ McKee, 16, and Edwin Schwake, about 20, Miss McKee’s finance, were in the accident. FUTURE FARMERS ELECT Hazelton, N. D., Oct. -19.—Elmen Dutton was elected president of the Hazelton Future Farmers. Other of- ficers named were Woodrow Orth- meyer, vice president; Russell Craw- ford, secretary; Robert Weiser, treas- urer, and Robert Goughnor, reporte:. BURNS PROVE FATAL Little Falls, Minn, Oct. 19.—(7)— eight-year-old son of Mr. and snother of his legs from my other Mrs. Julius Felerabend of near Grey “Now for the interview,” I started when Harpo handed me my necktie. ; i Eagle, died in a hospital here from burns received when his temporary home was destroyed by fire. | i annual harvest festival will be held here next Friday. Ribbons will be awarded to winners in corn, grain, vegetable, poultry, cooking and can- ning contests. Music by Mott's band and the Mandan male chorus and ad- dresses by J. G, Haney are among features on the program. CARD OF THANKS To the kind friends in Bismarck who helped by their many thoughtful acts and expressions of sympathy to sustain us during our recent bereave- ment ae wish to express our heartfelt B-Batteries ua 95c vs PHONE 338 214 Main Ave. Bismarck, N. D idney Functi: A nagging backache, with ler irritations and a tired, nervous, depressed feeling may warn of disordered kidney function. 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