The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1931, Page 4

» 4 he Bismarck Tribune }.’ An Independent Newspaper ‘ THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) ——— Published by The Bismarck Tribune Comany, Bismarck, N. D., and en- fered at the postoffice at Bismarck as pecond 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 marck) . Daily by ma! outside Bismarck) .. Daily by mail outside o! Dakota $7.20 + 1.20 5.00 6.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, three 2.50 Dakota, YeOr .........00e 1.50 ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per year +» 2.00 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation ee 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 news- paper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. ——E———————— (Official City, State and County . Newspaper) —— Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS & BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Crime and Youth Stories about juvenile criminals are always horrifying. This is especially true of two recent news dispatches from the middle west—one telling how ® group of young Detroit newsboys, the oldest 14, calmly shot another boy to death after a fist fight, the other telling of a 15-year-old hoodjum in Cleveland who had a band of seven other youngsters committing robber- fes under his direction. The lads involved in these two stories have managed, somehow, to get a frightfully bad start in life. Probably not more than one or two of the whole group will ever become useful and trustworthy members of bociety. And this does not simply mean that the two cities concerned will have a dozen new gunmen and second-story workers @ few years from now. It means that there has been, in each case, a horrible wastage in society's most precious possession—young man- hood. It is a wastage in which all of us share the responsibility. For boys of 14 and 15 do not turn into robbers and murderers by accident. They don't get that way because of inborn perversity or original sin. Somehow the adult world has persuaded them that the red law of the jungle is a good law by which to live—the only Jaw, indeed, worth paying any atten- tion to. And why shouldn't it? When the Youngster who starts out under the which means that every so often he has a pretty thin time of it. Of course, it very seldom ends as tragically as this case in Indiana did. But if we are wise we shall let this pitiful story teach us something; teach us that a youngster's unhappi- ness can be infinitely more real and deep than we dream, and that our greatest wisdom and our deepest sym- pathy and understanding are impera- tivély demanded, over and over again, if there has been given to us the tre- mendous and priceless responsibility of bringing up a child. H ii recites | Brains and Sex Those who believe that brain power is something that does not vary greatly with sex differences will be glad to learn that University of Cali- fornia scientists have furnished at least a partial corroboration for their belief. Those scientists recently used mo- tion pictures to test the learning ca- pacities and memories of some 400 adults. All in all, they found that there was very little appreciable dif- yference between the sexes. In other words, women can learn things just about as readily as men and can re- Z q f member what they learned just about as well. Every once in a while you will hear some man remark of an unusually intelligent woman, “She has a man’s brain.” Most psychologists will agree that such a man is generally talking complete nonsense. The test men- tioned here indicates that a “man’s brain” is about like that of a woman. Lowell Bayles’ Sacrifice The tragic death of Aviator Lowell R. Bayles is a distinct loss to Ameri- can aviation; and it emphasizes, in an unmistakable manner, the dangers that attend the flyer who makes ex- Perimentation with speed planes his field. Bayles was a speed specialist. Late last summer he won the Thompson trophy race at the National Air Races. Since then he had been trying to break the world’s speed record for land planes—a record now held by the French, with a mark of 278 and a fraction miles per hour. This was not mere stunt work. Both commercial and military aviation need faster planes. Men like Bayles show how speed can be obtained; and Bayles’ death, unlike the death of a stunter, was one of those sacrifices that the air seems to demand, every so often, of the man who would con- quer it for the service of mankind. New Wheat Hope ‘The new regulations for the ration- ing of bread in Soviet Russia, an- nounced the other day by the news- Paper Pravda, in Moscow, may even- tually be good news for American wheat farmers. One of the factors that put wheat. prices down not long ago was the Presence in the world market of con- siderable quantities of Russian wheat. The Russians were exporting wheat, even when their people at home were not getting enough to eat, in order to pay for their extensive imports of ma- chinery and other factory equipment. Now, however, the individual Rus- sian is going to get more bread; and handicap of bad housing, poverty and allied misfortunes looks about him he can see the kings of the underworld in alliance with the politicians who rule his city. He can see “respectable” Bociety winking at the growth of Niquor rings and vice rings and gam- bling rings. He can see rich men conniving at graft and crookedness, end he can see how gently the courts deal with such cases. He can see, in fact, that society still lets the strong man do about as he pleases, and clamps down severely only on the weak. So all of us, who accept that kind pf society and do not cry out against it, share in the guilt. And there is an old text for us to ponder over .. . “it were better that a great millstone be Janged about his neck...” Are Children Happy? ‘The story about the 13-year-old In- Giana boy who killed himself because he couldn't make a neighborhood! Soothall team is one of the most pa- ‘thetic bits of news that the papers have printed in a long time. It emphasizes something that we too often overlook; that a child can, on occasion, be the unhappiest mor- tal alive. Little disappointments have a way (f seeming blacker, in childhood, than #dults generally realize. Most of us, &£ we go bumping along from one disappointment and disillusionment to another, acquire a sort of case- hardened philosophy, and learn to @iscount the value of the prizes we fail to get. But a child hasn't ‘any Philosophy of that kind to sustain him. if he does, Russia will have far less wheat to export. If this new ruling continues in force for a year or so the effect on world prices should be dis- tinctly beneficial. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regar to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies, The President’s Message (New York World-Telegram) President Hoover sent to congress yesterday his best message since he took office. He recommended a tax increase, and promised to maintain the peace treaties in the Manchurian crisis, ‘These two policies are vital. Both represent a hopeful Hoover conversion, Until now he has opposed a tax in- crease and has failed to uphold the treaties violated by Japan. Federal measures to cope with the depression depend on higher taxes. World peace depends on defense of the treaties. The president should, and doubtless will, receive the full cooperation of congress in these policies. ‘These two policies do not exhaust his constructive _ recommendations. Others include: — Economic improve- ment through extension of federal Jand banks, thawing of frozen assets in closed banks, creation of home-loan discount banks and of an emergency reconstruction corporation patterned after the former War Finance corpo- ration. Also essential banking re- forms, including separation of differ- ent kinds of banking to safeguard de- Posits, emergency restriction of immi- gration, reorganization of federal ad- ministrative departments for economy and efficiency, and armament reduc- lon. Instead, he has to grin and bear it; and sometimes the grin doesn’t come easily. Even an adult gets the notion, now and then, that he fuces @ world which is in conspiracy to cheat him. How much more terribly, must such an idea bear down on a child’s mind? . For children, in general, are rather Jonély. We can do our best to un- derstand them, to be pals to them, to comfort them; but there is always something of a barrier between us, because they look out at the world with unspoiled eyes and we do not, and they know it. There are moments ti With the exception of his unfortu- nate proposal for widening the eligi- bility provisions of the Federal Re- serve law, his economic and financial Probably will commend it- self to congress and the nation, so far ‘as that program goes. 1 HURT TOO MUCH Houston, Tex.—An unemployed man attempted to commit suicide here by cutting his wrists with a razor blade. But it hurt so much that he called an ambulance and was taken to a hospi- tal. After his wrists were taken care of, hospital authorities released him, cautioning him not to attempt sui- cide again. “Don’t worry,” he said.| - “You won't see me any more. That {n which a child feels that it is hope-| hurts too much.” Jess for him to go to an older person PRESERVING BUFFALO Yor sympathy, no matter:how kind) A herd of 709 buffalo bought in and well-meaning that older person| 1907 by Canada and introduced in the imay be. | So, when things go wrong, he ‘fe fall beck on his own resources—|inion, Fort Smith district of the Northwest, has] 20W numbers more than 17,000. The animals are protected by the Dom- New York, Dec. 14—Dear Burton Rascoe (somewhere in Burlingame, Calif.)\—If I tell my readers that you've been sick from drinking alkali water out west, they'll only laugh. Some will say: “So that’s what he calls it!” And some who didn't know you when and don't know you now are going to ask: “Who is that bird, and what difference does it make whether he is sick?” So, because you are prob- ably so pale that a good blush would improve your looks, I'm going to ex- plain that you're a lad from down Oklahoma way who prefers gushers to remain in the oil belt and not to spout at Manhattan parties; that you trek- ked to Chicago and newspapered and wrote a column, “A Bookman’s Day- book,” and edited The Bookman and Cabell dedicated “Jurgen” with your moniker; that you have discovered a flock of authors and still write pieces. ee ® E But what I'm writing about is that: after all this elegant start you go and get into a newspaper argument with Dr. Brill, the eminent psycho gent, on why New Yorkers keep boasting about coming from small towns. Dr. Brill, I understand, finds a psy- choanalytical reason for this. They are supposed to be sensitive about their provincial backgrounds; to have @ yearning to be taken for New York- ers, urbanites and metropolitan citi- zens and, hence, to harp upon the home town because they are inwardly bothered by their background. And I note that you speak of many celebrities, who have reached a point where they don’t have to care about their rural beginnings, yet who still Parade the fact that they came from Sauk Centers, Elm Pastures and way points; aye, that since they have na- tional audiences it’s actually good business for such celebs to say: “I’m Thomas Lamont and I started out in Claverack, N. Y.” +e * ‘This is all very well, Burton, and there’s probably something to be said for both sides. But what about gents |. like myself and a considerable flock of my friends? I live in New York and I came from a large assortment of small towns, middie-sized towns and large towns. But the trouble with me is nostalgia. Since you've been sick out in a flock of western small towns, you may have had a touch of nostalgia yourself; wondered what the gang in New York might be doing, and all that. Well, when I keep repeating the names of such towns as San Bernar- dino, Oxnard, Denver, etc., as having been one-time home ports, it’s part MN {] THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1931 It Takes Nerve to Drive in This Traffic! : S, cape” or “release,” or whatever it is. New York, as you know, gets pretty complex, and it’s nice to be able to get aboard a dream and go floating back to adolescence; back to high school dances and buggy rides down to the Ventura and Camarillo lima bean sheds where they used to have grand parties. x eR old San Franciscans sit down for a good cry. A dozen of us have wept into our beer many a night, and there was no hint that New York might be just outside the door. For the mo- ment we were all back reliving some of the swellest events that will ever come our way. The strain and worry and bunk of New York fell away. In the group has often been one or more celebs—like Will Irwin—who has reached the place where he doesn’t have to care where he came from. What I’m trying to say is that I never drag out the name of some old small town without a certain yearn- ing to be back. I suppose I’d want the place to be just as I left it. And I think I’m representing a large number of my friends. Don’t let Dr. Brill see this, for I know he'll find something worse than mere inferiority. We're all probably cases of maladjustment, frustration and retarded development. Hope you're the same and feeling better. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) 2 See if Quotations | *Tr there is no purpose in the uni- verse, then indeed there is no God and no good.—Professor Edwin G. Conklin, department of biology, Princeton. x ek ‘The greatest problem today, is to find employment for all our people.— Senator Reed of Utah. * eK The idea that nature is at bottom benevolent has now become well nigh universal.—Robert A. Millikan, Nobel} prize winner topbyecs. + #* Buildings a thousand feet high, as they have been putting up in Amer- ica, would overwhelm and destroy ar- STICKERS “This word putzle contains five com- mon words which read the same across rand down. Can you complete it? of what Dr. Brill might call an “es- THIS CURIOUS WORLD FF And you should see a bunch of the{ chitecturally all we have inherited from the past.—Professor C. H. Reilly, department of architecture, Liverpool university. ee ® ‘Women are more cunning than men. They study cause and effect.—Peter B. Kyne, author. xe & Europe has no money.—Bronislaw aN ‘ATTACK ON YPRES On Dec, 14, 1917, the Germans at- tacked on the Ypres front and car- tied 300 yards of British trenches near Polygon Wood. e Oh the Italian front the Austro- /German forces reached Col Coprile from the slopes of Col della Berretta, at the head of the San Lorenzo Val- ley. The enemy announced that in the five past days of operations be- tween the Brenta and the Piave that 3,000 prisoners had been captured. A. Bergos Grorocico, a Mexican, was arrested in Poughkeepsie, N. Y¥., and brought to New York city on a charge of being an enemy alien. He was questioned, and his explanation ef- fected his release. York, declared that German pa- American food pledge campaign. [ Thirty-three spéeches were made the last day of the Indian round-table baa in London. They said, “No.” eee Prohibited from drinking white wine, firemen in Paris got hot under the collar. But that was no cause for alarm. ee A news story says million-dollar in- comes aren’t as common as they used to be. It’s no trouble to get the ze- ros, but it’s hard to get ohe to stand them. eee Soviets have invited unemployed engineers to come to Russia for jobs. Probably will put them to work on the steppes. * * An English professor has okayed slang. Henceforth schoot children will be able to understand their teachers, ee % Headline: Slump Hits Fur Coat \Sales. That's going to be an awful disappointinent to the rabbits wait- ing to be to Hudson seals. Hubermann, Polish violinist. BEGIN HERE TODAY MARY HARKNESS plans to en- snare The Fly. who “framed’ wi EDD! ith rother, of MRS. JUPITER down to keep She tn aided Eddie guilty and Mary when she will the investigation. ry for Milam) on the they Louine , inte COUNT DE Jearnn ta 'T dai Dirk knoe! yacht goes aground and the mur- derer'’s trial by fire begins, The he nd old F NOW GO ON WITH THE sTORY CHAPTER XLVIL HEY were sitting on the edge of Mary’s bed, arms about each other, grinning foolishly but hap- pily at each other. Not all the - dampness that glistened on their cheeks was caused by the rain, - Mary found that sometimes It was harder to bear happiness than its absence, She plucked an infinitesimal handkerchief out -of her pajama pocket and blew her nose vigor- ously, “Happy?” Dirk asked gently. “Terribly happy!” “It's been a long time!” It was their old joke, but instead of laugh- ing they were suddenly more seri- ous than they had ever been with each other. Quickly, breathless)y, they kissed and clung as if they would never let go. “Oh, why were you so cruel?” Mary asked when she could man- age to speak, “It was awful—I thought I couldn't live, and bear it, for you to think those things of me—” Dirk put his hand over her mouth, “Don’t!” he begged. “I was just a jealous fool, that’s all! 1 never dreamed you could be right about that other terrible thing—a little sweet red-head like you—” He mussed her hair gently with his big hand. “You were right, though! I want you to know it. I'm eating humble pie, honey, aud liking it.” “No, you mustn't!” They both laughed. at this feminine incon- sistency, and then began to con- sider getting the invalid down- stairs again, When this bad been accomplished, with one of Dirk's arms about Mary's shoulder and the other about Bates, they still found thetnselves loath to part. “I’ve got to be the papa here and look after you two brats,” Bates decided, “Mary, get along to your room or I'll use the old slipper!” “But I couldn’t sleep!” “Lie there and count sheep then, You don’t want to be asleep tomor- promoted (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) row when we bring back The Fly, do you?” “Well take the chance. knows what's good for him, he'll come along peaceably. That’s a horrible hole he’s taken refuge fn. I doubt if there's a-drop of fresh water. If the sun comes up hot again tomorrow he’ll know what hell is.” “Where did he get the gun—and the chloroform?” Fs “The gun was his own. I got it back from the Ambassador's house detective who took it from him, and have been keeping it/in my room till lately. But I've got my own, and yesterday I persuaded Mr. Jupi- ter he ought to keep one handy. He had it lying on his table, but some time yesterday it disappeared. The door was locked. Either De Loma had a skeleton key and walked in and filched ithe could see it plain- ly through the porthole—or he snagged it through the open port- hole. It could be done easy enough, with a bent wire. “Anyway, Bruce .has got a .38 slug in him, and the gun in ques- tion was a .38, so it's reasonable to suppose it's his own gun-De Loma stole.” “But the chloroform? And where did Bruce get his gun? I didn’t know he had one.” . “Neither did I, I must take a look at it. The chloroform came out of the captain's medicine chest.” When the lovers had finally part- ed, Bates took Mary to‘her room. He confided that the radio had re- sponded to Captain Hendricks’ at- tentions, and that he had gotten through to Key West at last. A tug with a docter aboard was speeding to'‘their aid and should arrive be- fore noon, “I haven't seen Luuise about. She couldn’t have been very anxious about Bruce or she would have stayed with him, wouldn't she?” “She's standing over by the port rail, staring at the prison,” Bates said. je started crying, want- ing to know if he.was dead, and I told her no, he'd recover, I thought she meant Bruce. She said it was De Loma. she meant. Well, you could koccs me over with a feather! “He's her husband,” Mary told him. “She hates him, but—she loves hini, too. Once I wouldn't have understood how such a thing could be. But these last weeks, T’ve learned a few things.” ese HERE was little sleep for any- one on board the Gypsy the rest Daily Health Service HOW TO AVOID ANTHRAX Medical Association ‘first germs discovered by Pasteur. pro gande was seeking to defeat the mills be provided with proper venti- lating apparat ‘tus. Finally the sale of hides from all with only birds and lizards for in- habitants. There is not the ghost of a bit of shelter on many of them, and unless De Loma had thought to carry a can of fresh water with him, he would be without any until he reached Key West. Louise had tried to bribe a sailor to lower the lifeboat and take her to the fort but her haggard looks and hoarse voice so alarmed him that he botted without making any reply. Hooded in a great cape like @ nun, she paced the deck like a . +. and was avold- uch. Mary, with her own rm and safe, felt pity for her, unwillingly. Suddenly Mary heard her give a glad cry, and saw her train her glasses on the prison. The girl did likewise and saw a figure crawling along the top of the wall, waving something white. Word spread that The Fly had been sighted and everyone rushed to that side of the deck. The man iad risen to his feet and was stumbling along, wav- ing his arms frantically. To whom was he signalling? 7 At almost the same moment the quiet voice of the sailor on watch. reported the smoke of the approach- ing tug on the eastern horizon. It must appear somewhat closer to De Loma than to them, It miust be the tug he was signalling, unaware that it was speeding to the aid of the “Gypsy.” The plumie of smoke grew rapidly. . It was like being the audience at a two-ring circus. The excited ones on board the yacht turned their glasses Grst on De Loma, then on the tug. Suddenly a cry went up from several throats at once- -“He’s gone! My God, he's fallen!” eee rpuese who were watching et the Precise moment of the accident were divided in their stories of what had happened. Bates stoutly maintained that the man’s foot had slipped; he hed clung a moment trying to save himself, and dropped, unable to cling to the slippery stone, He also maintained, somewhat loud- ly, that the man was certainly dead. Something that might be bis body lay at the foot of the gray walls on the rocks, half in and half out of the sea, Captain Hendricks advanced the idea that, hopeless of attracting the tug’s attention, De Loma bad de- liberately jumped. “He knew what was ahead of him in the way of thirst—he's no stranger to this part of the coun- try,” the captain surmised. of the night. Dawn found them all dressed and roaming the deck, watching anxiously ‘for the wisp of smoke on the horizon that would herald the arrival of the tugs—and deliverance. Mindful of what had been told her about the old prison and its) sorry state, Mary found it impos- sible not to speculate about The Fly and what had happened to him. The prison itself presented as blank and guarded @ face as ever. There was no sign of life in any of its staring, alghtless windows, It was possible The Fly had rested there a short time and then gotten back into bis boat and rowed to the next key. The small jutting bits of land called the Florida keys are so close together that ft is a fairly simple matter to row from one to another. Most of them are barren wastes, Only one stood silent, tearless, offering no suggestion whatever. Louise. Slowly she put up her hands before her face, and stood with bent head, Mary, her hand fast in Dirk’s as he sat beside ber in a déck chair, looked away from the sight of the other woman's .erief. It came to ber how she would feel if it had been Dirk. Half an hour later the tug had come as close as possible to the stranded yacht and stopped just off the reef in the free channel. A ‘small boat was lowered and a doc- tor sent over. While the. medical man was with Bruce, Bates and a strong-armed sailor lad were dis patched in the tug’s dory to bring back The Fly, alive or dead> They rowed the half mle to Fort Jefferson and soon returned with the crumpled’ body of The Fly in the body of the boat. Mary shrank away from the sight, and the sound ‘The anthrax bacillus was one of the is found in hair, hides, fresh excre- tions of infected human beings and animals. It usually gets into the body from contact of a wound or scratch with some of the material containing Disease Manifests Itself in Boils Containing the Organism Which Sometimes Becomes Epidemic By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN animals infected with anthrax should Editor, Journal of the American | be prohibited. ORDERED TO SMILE ra Indianapolis, Ind.—Jude sional smile now and then as the house. your family. you go home. NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS Dr. Friedrich C. R. Bergius, Specia: 1931 Nobel chemistry award. house's face lights up with an occa: sult of a recent order by Judge Cam- eron. Stonehouse was up before the judge on a charge of injuring his daughter Mildred. She stated that in additional to physical hurt, her father hadn't smiled at her for four years. “I believe it would crack your face if you smiled,” the judge told Stone- “It isn’t enough to support rou better smile when re. search worker in the by-products of coal, and Dr. Carl Bosch, who has lized in nitrogen, received the FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: ’ (958. U.S. PAT.OFF. of Bates’ cheerful voice sickened her, as he bellowed up to his em- ployer, grim and white-faced, lean- ing over the rail: “Here she is, sir!” He held up the ruby necklace, gleaming like drops of heart's blood in the early morning sun. Mr. Jupiter nodded, but there was no triumph or even Pleasure in his face. “Does he live?” he asked in a low voice as De Loma was carried up the deck and laid on the bed in his room. _ Bates nodded. “Crazy in the head.” he said softly. “Keeps talk- ing about the sun getting in his eyes, What does he mean by that? The sun wasn’t up till just a little while ago.” eee doctor came out of Bruce's cabin, and greeted the assem- blage with the false cheerfulness of those who are not directly con- cerned in a tragedy. “Your ton will live,” he told Mr. Jupiter, “but he must be gotten to a hospital im- mediately. This heat . . . some thing might happen to the wound... .” , Mr. Jupiter looked like a man re- Drieved from death. “Here,” he said, “here's another fob for you,” and led the surprised doctor to De Loma’s stateroom. This time the medical man did not even pretend with them. “The man’s all broken to pieces inside.” he said. “He's got a bullet wound besides. My God, what hap- pened to him? If he has any people here, call them. He’s likely to go at any minute.” But {t was not Louise who was called first, Bates, enlisting a whitelipped Mary with pad and Dencil in hand to take down the dying man’s words, was given a little time alone with him first, Half an hour later they came out. Mary was white and shaking, and Dirk, seated just outside, drew her down to him and put a strong arm about her just in time to prevent ber collapsing. “He did it!” she sobbed. killed them both!” “He made Eddie telephone me and say he was coming over, then he put on Eddie's coat and came in “He his » Eddie was locked in, with the other man guarding him, but he got away. That was when he called you, and -he hid some where, They looked for him tn the car, but didn’t see him until just is he was crossing the street to meet ine.” , Dirk patted her shoulder reassur- ingly. Mr. Jupiter jerked about abruptly and walked te the rail, dropping his head in his hands, When she was quieter, Mary lifted ber head and asked bashtully: “Do you think Eddie knows that we know he didn’t do ft? 1 hope so! For, God forgive me, I've never been really sure until now!” She buried her head again for a Moment, and this time {t was the dry, hard sob of shame that shook her, “I'm a liar and a cheat. It Wasn't the world I was proving Ed- dic's innocence to—it was myself! All the time I was blaming you, I was as bad as you were.” Dirk held her Lands tightly, and sald, “Listen. You've forgiven me a lot of stupidness because you love me. Don’t you think Eddie—might do the same for you?” Presently she dropped her head and kissed him.-Love aud gratitude were both in her kiss, (To Be Concluded) nso q, ! « o aes Ae wv Q ‘ ‘y Ps 4 c we ha