The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1931, Page 4

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All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS é& BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON The Long Lake Battle Incensed at the action of Burnie Maurek, state game and fish com- missioner, a group of local sportsmen have demanded that he and the fed- eral government give careful consid- eration to the designation of Long Lake as a federal game refuge be- fore abandoning the idea. There are two kinds of history be- hind the actions leading up to this proposal. One set of items appears ‘on the surface. The other lies hid- dep in the mind ahd breast of the state game and fish commissioner. The known facts are these: The federal government is interested in the creation of game refuges that wildfowl may not be deprived en- tirely of their breeding grounds. It sent men into the state to look the situation over and they, after care- ful investigation, recommended Long Lake as the most suitable site. Some work would have to be done to raise the water levels but this would be relatively an inexpensive matter. ‘We know, further, that Maurek re- cently went to Washington arfli that shortly after his arrival it was an. nounced he had recommended to the federal biological survey that it aban- don the Long Lake idea and look further afield for a more suitable site. Maurek, as the state’s expert, took it upon himself to challenge the opin- ions of the federal experts and to throw the weight of the state gov- ernment behind the idea of a change. So. much for the surface history of the case. The real reasons for Maurek’s ac- tion lie hidden in his own breast, but. members of the local committee are Speculating as to the factors which might have operated upon him. Some. of those whose political friends also are Maurek’s political friends say frankly they fear politics has entered strongly into the case. Their story is that’ Maurek, like a| good many others in public office, has an ambition to succeed himself. Granted this as a starting point, the Teagoning goes like this: The next I. V. A. candidate for governor will be John W. Carr of Jamestown and if Maurek is reap- Pointed Cafr will have to do it. If the Nonpartisans win the governor- ship he won't have a chance any- ‘way. Maurek now is none too popu-' lar with the sportsmen and people of, Stutsman county and with this sen- timent prevailing, Carr would not think of reappointing the present commissioner in the event of his elec- tion. Stutsman county recently has com- pleted the Arrowood and Jim River dams, enterprises well worth while. They are interested in making the fullest possible use of them. With this situation facing him, ac- cording to some Bismarck I. V. A.’s, Maurek yielded to political tempta- tion. He tried to throw over the Long Lake improvement for one in a re- gion where he thought it would ‘do him more good. Tt may be that the local enthu- siasts are unfair to the game and fish commissioner; that his motives are as pure as the driven snow. If So, it is to be hoped that the truth will: be disclosed at the proper time that everyone interested may know all the facts. Meanwhile, the situation created by Maurek’s action is interesting to} wateh. It is not impossible that some attempt will be made locally to hold him. to account for his actions. An Amusing Sidelight . Yan Nea bavi nsiner-in- Jaw of President Hoover, has been exonerated of a charge of illegally Possessing liquor and the public at- tention fades from the case which, zor a moment, threatened to write one of the most interesting chapters of what Hoover in 1928 called “a no- ble experiment.” Tt ig not ‘unfair to sey that, had the average man told the story which Leavitt recited’ in the Santa Monica Police court, he would have received structed the average man to think up a new one and to pay $25 and costs for the privilege of his freedom. while so doing. But a president's brother-in-law ts @ president's brother-in-law. The hand of Leavitt may have held 19 pints of liquor, as indeed is admitted to be true, but the mind of Leavitt could not have conceived the idea of intentionally violating the prohibition statute. He took the liquor and tried to dispose of it just as a matter of jneighborly service, we are told. In fact, he wasn’t just sure what the | clinking glass in that sack contained. | For all he knew it was raspberry pop. The fact that he is the president's | brofher-in-law should not, of course,| be considered overmuch in Leavitt's case, He gets no credit for it, and he shouldn't be blamed for it. When Leavitt married Mary Hoover, her brother could hardly have been re- garded as presidential timber. The éffect, however, is to make it uncom- fortable for him and to throw aj rather amusing sidelight on the argu- ment now raging over the success or failure of the “noble experiment.” { The most interesting thing about the whole business, if one gets back of the personalities involved, is that they now are raiding grocery stores in Santa Monica and grocers of suf- ficient repute to be on neighborly terms with the president's brother- in-law apparently are engaging in the bootlegging business in the gold- en state. Value of Cavalry Whatever else the current unpleas- antness in Manchuria may have’ done, it has at least restored to the art of war a traditional feature that| some of us has supposed extinct forever—the cavalry. Soldiers on horseback are figuring) largely in both Japanese and Chi- nese military operations. The cav- alry has taken part in combat, it has conducted extensive scouting and re- connoitering operations, it has filled its age-old function of “screening’— it has been, in fact, just about what it always used to be, in spite of mod- ern weapons and mechanized trans- port. This ought to be solid comfort for. the die-hards who have insisted that the World war did not, as so many People thought, spell the end of cav- alry's usefulness. Indeed, as a matter of fact, cav- alry was used considerably in the World war. It was only in France thht it lest its utility. There, after the “race to the sed” in the fall of 1914 was completed, the trench lines were solid, from the channel to the Swiss frontier, and the cavalry lost its job. Elsewhere, however—in Palestine, | and on the Russian front—cavalry had room ‘to operate, and it was Just about as useful as it ever was. Now the same thing is proving true in Manchuria. Of course, the day of the old-style Picturesque cavalry charge, a la Wa- terloo, is ended. Machine guns and’ rapid-fire light artillery have made that a certainty, It is probably quite true, too, that the airplane has taken much of the cavalry's job in the field of reconnaissance. But the colorful jingling cavalry squadron still has its place in the military scheme. After all, it has been chiefly the amateur who has proclaimed the ex- tinction of the cavalry. The trained Soldiers in charge of the world’s) armies, it is worth remembering, have, insisted on keeping their cavalry’ units. The operations in Manchuria, indicate they knew what they were doing. ATS a tu New York, Dec. 5—The Santa Claus who visits Park’ and Fifth Ave- nues, Manhattan, has gone in for an- tiques. It may be all very well for your child to play with an old-fashioned top and a mechanical train and a football, but the lads and lassies of New York's rich and swanky set are going to have “museum pieces.” In y Fifth Avenue there is a toy shop of that particular Santa Claus who drives around in a Rolls- Royce rather than a reindeer-pow- ered sleigh. And in this shop they are showing at the moment quite the last word in stylish toys. And stylish toys, dear children, must have @ history. The toy experts to the modern Fauntleroys have been rummaging through the old and quaint shops of Europe and have gathered together @ considerable number of “period” toys. They are, if you please, “col- lector’s items.” When the child is as old as his banker-and-broker father, the toy—if still intact—will have a great “collector” valuc. * oe For instance, there ere several toy sets from “old Nuremberg,” and some of them are a hundred years old. There are sets of buildings and carv- of things that are guaranteed to have been prized by the youngsters of a century ago. And even more, The older, the more expensive. Several hundred dollars takes home this or that; and for a thousand or so, the Christmas stocking can be filled with items worthy of @ museum. But the neatest little gadget for the poor-little-rich kid is a ‘super- pigmy radio set. Peraps I had. best explain: remem- ber those tiny desks and tables and bureaus and things that we used to call “children’s furniture”? Well, baby radio sets have been installed Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. ‘They are published without regard to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Fun in Prison _ (New York World-Telegram) Coddling the prisoners. Giving ’em pink teas. Feeding ‘em on caviar. Ruining ’em, in fact. The modern philosophy of prison management had two notable ex- pressions on Sunday. On Welfare Island the prisoners heard John Ers- kine talk and plied him with ques- tions in the first of a series of Sun- day talks arranged by Richard C. Patterson. Jr., Commissioner of Cor- rection. “Do you think Homer did Helen of Troy a favor by giving her a glam- orous character?” asked a woman prisoner. “Can a man be dishonest, yet hon- est to himself. at the same time?” asked a man, and the question pro- duced an ovation. At Sing Sing, Warden Lewis E. Lawes, on the ground that “football is a great character builder,” staged @ gridiron battle in which a bunch of thieves, kidnapers and burglars, with the best of manners, walked all over the Ossining Company of the State Naval Militia. Gayety and hu- mor prevailed. The parade of teams upon the field was led: by the band playing “The Liberty March” and by Warden Lawes’ daughter, Joan Marie, in little desks—and, what's more, they work, They are miniature midget radios. And the cost is in propor- tion! The mechanical devices are pro- portionately amazing—and costly. For the shop of which I speak is Ameri- ca’s swankiest. * # % Speaking of children reminds me that tadio has just made one of its gs novel and interesting discover- ies. Her name is Sally Belle Cox and she hails from Boston. For some time Sally Cox tried to crash into radio as a pianist. But it seems that Sally, 10, riding on a pony painted with the symbolic black and white stripes of the zebra. The Sing Sing football game, with its wide publicity in news stories and news films, was a glamorous adver- tisement of a humane warden’s poli- hhas been far-reaching. Some will say that such demon- strations encourage crime by lessen- ing the dread of a stretch in prison. To these we recommend the answer whick Coach Hope, of the prison team, gave when asked if he would occupy his coaching position much “Well, no, if you don’t call 59 years long,” he answered. Tt will be. noted, incidentally, that neither the football game nor the lec- ture was marked by any sentimen- tality. The prisoners were not cod- cles. The public effect undoubtedly | nothing more heartening than aj dled. They were given a chance to horse laugh. (,. The average judge would have in- strengthen their character a little against the day they may start liv- ing again with free people. ings and little soldiers and all sorts eo while guarding over. a children’s va- cation camp, entertained the young- sters with baby stories. To make her stories more realistic she would cry like a baby. and became more than passingly proficient. Now there are a number of acts on radio in which a baby appears and never had they been able to get someone who could imitate a crying baby. Peter Dixon, of the “Raising Junior” act, had spent two years ex- perimenting. He had tried out nearly @ hundred persons and a score of me- chanical devices. He heard of Sally and signed her immediately. Now pts Practicing up on baby talk for ol r programs. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) f BARBS | o At least one thing Hoover and these foreign emissaries can agree on is a statement that they have not agreed on anything. ee Americans may be fast, but’ Grandi has demonstrated he is still Fascist. * A Baltimore girl, Seeking divorce, said she was hypnotized when ‘she was married. And who isn't? ee & Despite the depression, a metro- Politan laundry did a bigger business ghis year than last. Sure cleaned up! + % % In smoking there's no waist, so the ads say. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) ° ee ea | Quotations | ‘Unemployment insurance is a con- STICKERS checkers—erght black andeight white. How can the board be cut into eight sec- tions, each section the same size and G5FORS THE * Grand arn ray ©1991 BY HEA SeAMICE, In structive measure and will @ork much social benefit. — Professor Meyer Bloomfield, College of City of New York, * * x The Democrats can win’ with Roo- sevelt or lose without him.—Senator Burton K. Wheeler (Democrat) of | Montana. | +2 I am not one Of those who believe America has come to a standstill— Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate. * 8 Americans freely admit that France is financially, economically, and po- litically . the - outstanding wai cgah oma ‘ote of France, Speed and clamor in ambulance transportation of invalids is wholly and criminally evil—Dr. Charles H. Young, Mountainside Hospital, Mont- clair, N. J. # TODAY @ 1S THE | LD WAR ANNIVER nN C9) VOTE WAR ON AUSTRIA On Dec. 5, 1917, the House Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs voted unanimously that a state of war ex- isted between the United States and Austria-Hungary dating from noon this day. A Vienna cable quoted Emperor Charles as saying in an address to an Austro German delegation that the Dual Monarchy was ready at any, time to conclude a peace that would guarantee the integrity of the mon- archy. An official communication of the power of By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association Apparently one of the factors in the dissemination of ringworm infec- tion has been the fact that the or- ganism grows, or at least is able to exist, in clothing. ‘ ‘This is particularly the case so fat as concerns moist, athletic clothing left hanging in gymnasium lockers. In order to make certain of this faci, investigators at Cornell university: carried out some studies with the organism called trichophyton inter- digitale, which is the cause of ring- worm of the feet. It grows luxuriantly in laboratories under suitable condi- tions, and has been shown to live for 300 days on removed from the toes kept under laboratory conditions. It grows best in the pres- ence of moisture and at body tem- Bolshevist government announced that a preliminary 10-day ‘armistice had been agreed to. General Dukhonin was killed by being thrown from a train. The British steamer ,Apapea was sunk, and 80 passengers and the crew perished. A German torpedo sank the ship. Fighting resumed on the entire Macedanian’ front from the Struma to the mouth of the Vajusa. Several Bulgarian patrols were captured by the French. < The German auxiliary cruiser Bot- nia was reported blown up in a col- lision with a German mine off the island of Amagar. Teutons forced the Italians from strong positions, between* Mounts Tondarecar and Badenecche. Commission to Hear Railroad Plea Dec. 15 An application of the railroads for general ‘increases in carload rates on) butter, eggs and poultry from North Dakota to eastern points generally will be considered at an Interstate Commerce commission hearing at Chicago, Dec. 15. Representatives of the North Da- kota railroad commission plan to at- tend the hearing to submit evidence in opposition to any increases, Be- sides appearing for the people of the state, the state commission is ex- pected to specifically represent North, Dakota creameries in opposing the increase. BEGIN HERE TODAY ‘ MARY HARKNESS plots to en-_ snare THE BLY, wi “framed” her brother, EDDIE, with the murder ef old MRS. JUPITER, and later ran Eddie down and killed him. She is alded by BOWEN of the Star. Mary's fisnce, DIRK RUYTHER, believes Eddie guilty, as do police, who d by, th ‘Badies 1. 0. U. says it is Mary’ her give the bracelet to Mary, th LIA TABOR, Wearing the fa: neeklace, few mainat re hh at Mary dead, knocks De Loma down. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XL For the space of a breath, Mary could not look. Pure terror, and the certainty that Dirk was about to be killed, paralyzed her. She heard a rush of footsteps, then 8 heavy thud, and opened her eyes slowly. ~ Dirk lay on the floor, doubled up, his face contorted with pain. As she looked, his face turned & dull greenish white and he toppled imply over on his face. “Fainted!” “My God, he’s broken his leg!” “Get a doctor, quick!” A chorus of alarmed cries went up. Several men bounded forward. De. Loma, who was slowly hacking to- ward the door, whirled about. The sight of the circle of men in eve ning-dress who were closing in on him gave an edge of panic to his voice. “I didn’t touch him!” he kept re Deating, “You saw me—I didn’t touch him!” é PER ie “That's all right. Not your fault!” several of them reassured him. “He just slipped.. Not your fault!” But they remained at his elbows, at least two of them did. Mary began to guess they were either men whom Bates had employed to guard the exits, in case of just such an emergency as this, or employes of the hotel. De Loma watched them warily, apparently feeling a healthy Tespect for them, for he had quickly covered that tell-tale reach for his gun, One of the men spoke to him out of the corner of his mouth, and what said was clearly audible to Mary: “Hand over that gun and then waltz out of here, and be damned quick about it.” There was an exchange of something from hand to hand—De Loma looked about and shifted restlessly. At any moment he might bolt for it. She realized suddenly that they did’ not know of the presence of her hand- bag in his pocket, or they would not let him go so easily. It was up to her to stop him. “Don't leave me!” she cried, leap- ing up and grasping his arm. “Help me get him to a doctor—there must be one in the hotel somewhere—” Dirk’s bloodless face frightened her, The portly manager arose from having made a gentle thumb- ing of the hurt ankle, and reported, “He's just wrenched it. Don’t try to bring him tof He's better off that way until he’s moved.” He dusted off his hands briskly. “Lift him, you two,” he indicated the stalwart gentlemen who had been flanking De Loma with gentle but firm insistence. “Now, where to? What's his room number? Any- body know? Where've his friends gone?” Where, indeed? For the first time Mary remembered Cornelia and Ethel. They had disappeared. “T'll take care of him,” Mary put in, ace T= manager caught a glimpse of pleading, tear-filled eyes. A glance showed him that Dirk still was unconscious, The man must be gotten out of there quickly—it little mattered where. Most of the diners had already returnedMo their tables but the party would be ruined if the dancing was not quickly re- sumed. Anger followed alarm, and he fairly snapped out: “Well, I don’t care where you take him, just so you get him out of here! And you, too!” He whirled on De Loma, who was standing by, only too pleased to get off without a more rigorous calling to accounts, What was this puffy little man- ager’s ire, against a clean getaway with the Jupiter rubies in his Pocket? He could afford to stand and take it; he did so, holding him- self in tightly, the muddy yellow of his eyeballs showing Welow the half-hidden pupils, He looked like an animal about to charge. Although he had made no pro- test, the manager. yelled at him as it he had—mostly for effect. “I don’t know whose fault it was! I don’t care. But if you're still here in five minutes I'll call the Police—the lot of you! Where do you think you are? You, New York rowdies come down here and think you.can—" His muttering trailed off as he bustled-away, scattering a gaping group of waiters with snarled com- mands, vigorously nodding to the orchestra leader who obediently struck up a noisy jazz number. An excited buzz of conversation rose in the dining-room as they left, sur- face order having been restared. Now it became clear what had become of Cornelia and Ethel. With the instinct of self-preservation ris- ing above every other consideration, they had allowed themselves to be taken in tow by a glittering dow- ager, who was taking it upon her. self to see that they were shielded from unpleasantness. Mary recog- nized the woman, who was prepar- ing to huddle her charges into the first elevator that came up, as & rich climber, who no doubt thanked perature. In their experiment, the Cornell university investigators took a white, woolen athletic jersey from the locker room of the gymnasium. The Jersey was stained with perspiration. Jurors Disagree in Gopher Holdup Case Wabasha, Minn., Dec. 5.—(?)—Un- able to agree after more than 21 hours deliberation, the jury in the ease of the state against Barton and Stewart Russell of Rochester was discharged by Judge Vernon Gates Friday. The last ballot taken re- vealed the jury stood eight to four for conviction, members told the court. : ‘The cage will be retried at-the May term of court, County. Attorney Al. petition the court to set bail. ‘The Russells formerly lived in North | Dakota. | Until slightly more than a year ago, Barton Russell was manager of a) Daily Health Service RINGWORM FLOURISHES IN DAMP SPORT CLOTHES Infection Is Found in Practically Every Gym in, United States It was cut into pieces of one square inch and on each square was placed @ small piece of the trichophyton cul- ture. It was found by the investiga- tors that the organism was still alive at the end of two months. It did not grow readily on the clothing, but it did live and was capable of devel- oping promptly on human contact. se & Hence those rae peo to peer the development orm, the condition has once been cured, must make certain that any clothing in contact with the ringworm shall have been thoroughly disinfected. ‘This can, of course, be accomplished by boiling or by dry cleaning under proper conditions. Arrangements should be made for the thorough washing and cleansing of all athletic clothing worn around gymnasiums where infestation is common. Unfortunately the available information indicates that ringworm is present in practically every gym- nasium, locker room, athletic club and swimming pool in the United States. FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: f hotel in Bismarck. |e To be perfectly proportioned a man should weigh 28 pounds for every foot Sometimes it takes only one cook to spoil the broth. of his height. her stars for this Heaven-sent op- portunity of making herself “solid” with the right set, What she did not know, howe was that the flower of the Tabor clan tomorrow would not be able to recall having met her. In the meantime, Cornelia and her chum would have sneaked away from the sordid ‘scene of battle, and by the time the newspapers got wind of the affair, they would be safely en- trenched behind their locked hotel- room. doors, Dirk.could look after himself! It was his fault, for hav- ing precipitated such-a scene, His fault! It was her own fault, Mary knew. And although she de- spised Cornelia for her heartless- ness and self-interest, she also burned with shame for her own part in the ugly business, Now Dirk was hers, for the time being. She would take care of him until the foot healed, at least. Then if he chose to go back to Cornelia, she would have to let him go. She hugged to hér heart fiercely the hope that this time they would never be parted eee Ts manager dog-trotted ahead of them, clearmg the way for the two men who were carrying Dirk—a waiter, and a tall young man with the build of a football player, who had volunteered to help. ‘The dowager, secretly hoping that the man was a reporter. no doubt, threw her arms about the girls, shoving them behind her. “Sir! These young women have nothing to do with it. I refuse to permit them to be annoyed!” “Madam, I don’t know what you're talking about, but stand back away ftom the elevator, please. ‘This man must be taken to a doc- tor.” Miffed, the lady huddled her chicks a few feet away. Dirk was lifted into the car and let down gently on the elevator man’s stool. Dirk's eyes were closed and his lips drawn tightly back with the effort not tocry-out. Mary could not bear the sight; he looked as if he might be dead, Her heart constricted cruelly, She stepped on the elevator quick- ly, and beckoned De Loma after her. He hesitated, then followed. It was at this point that Cornelia became aware of what was happen- ing. In her desire to avoid un- desirable notoriety, she had not notice Mary's presence in the party until she already on the car. Jealousy o! me discretion, and Cornelia rushed out, crying sharply “Stop! Don’t let her—” “All right, ge,” the tall man said hurfiedly under his breath, and the elevator dropped suddenly, cutting off her words in mid-air. ‘The car's plunge swung Dirk about, and he moaned faintly. Mary, clasp- ing his shoulders with fingers like steel, to hold him motionless, leaded with the operator to’ go more slowly. The car steadied, crawled smoothly down, bounded @ little at the bottom, and that stage of the painful trip was completed. “Now where to, lady?” “Can you carry him a little far- ther—just to a taxi?” She remem- bered suddenly that there had been @ dinnor-party before all this hap- pened. “The check,” she cried, im- patiently. “Did anyone pay it?” “You're with Mr. Jupiter's party, jain’t you?” gasped the waiter, stoop- ,| legs, there, brother. ing to put his weight under Dirk's ‘imp shoulder, “It’s all right. Mr. Jupiter paid it. Take hold of his ‘That's it!” “Say!” the tall man interjecteda— he was, as she discovered later, the house detective—“there’s a doctor right here in the hotel. Why lug him any farther?” “He's with my party on the ‘Gypsy’,” Mary interrupted hurried- ly, “The- captain is a very good doctor. If we can just get him out there—before any reporters come. It would embarrass his family frightfully—to say nothing of me—” ‘The house detective hunched his shoulders indifferently. “Anything you please. Have you got a cab?” eee DE LOMA, who had been hover- ing restlessly nearby, now start- ed forward as if galvanized. “I'll. get one!” he called back, and ran swiftly to the door. Before she could cry out, he had. pushed past the gaping doorman and plunged into the street. “Stop that mi Oh, stop him!” “What?” The detective frowned. “I took his gun off of him, sister— he’s harmless—" She nearly choked trying to ex- plain to him in time that De Loma had her handbag and that it held a necklace worth hundreds of thou- sands of dollars, She ran after De Loma, the slow-witted detective fol- lowing, behind them an open- mouthed waiter and a bellhop struggled slowly along with Dirk groaning in their arms. But when she had gained the sidewalk, she was surprised to see De Loma walking toward her at a restrained pace, He was perspir- ing, as if he had been running—but. apparently he had looked in the wrong direction for a cab, for one was already drawn up at the curb, waiting. Mary simply could not figure it out. He had started out on the ran --why should he be walking back 89 sedately? She gave the detec- tive a puzzled look, and he looked at her as if he thought she must be drunk—or crazy, Then around the corner of the hotel a policeman walked, billy in hand. He ap- Proached and eyed the group suspiciously. He tapped De Loma on the arm, “Hey, buddy, where were you going in such a hurry?” “I told you!” De Loma snarled. “To find a cab for this man here—" he indicated Dirk just being lifted out the doorway, The policeman looked at the house detective, “O. K.” he said and moved off. “Now,” said the house detective to Mary, “what's all this about your handbag?” Mary reddened, as she looked at De Loma. She was in the right, but they made her feel as if she were in the w: “I—thought I'd lost it,” she stam- mered. “I forgot you had it!” There was nothing to do but hand it over, which De Loma did grimly. Mary opened it—there was the ex- cuse that she had to tip the waiter and the bellboy who were mopping their brows and panting on the curb, after having got Dirk safely into the waiting taxi. Her bd