The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1932, Page 4

An Independent Newspaper : ‘THE STATE'S OLDEST ° NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Comany, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as vecond class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN ‘ President and Publisher. Subscription Rates Payable =n Advance Daily by carrier, per year......$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Ps- marck) .......+ 1.20; Daily by mail per year (in state | outeide Bismarck) 00 Daily by mail outside of North Dakota ....... Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three Weekly by m Dakota, per year ............ 150 Weekly by mail in Canada, per YOAr ...cccssee eens eee 2.00 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this news- paper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. * All rights of republication of all other id matter herein are also reserved. 2¢ (Official City. State and County tr Newspaper) “tes Foreign Representatives ” SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS 4 & BREWER 4 (ncorporated) if CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON a A Question of Morals 4 In editorial expressions of Wed- Ry nesday and Thursday the Jamestown th Sun establishes itself as @ pub- es lic pulpit and discusses the moral ay questions involved in the proposal to 3 remove the capital from Bismarck to »s Jamestown. 4 Heretofore, Bismarck has contented 8 itself with pointing out facts rather than giving opinions on ethical sub- jects. It has felt the economic rather than the ethical side of the question was of major interest to the people of the state who would have to foot the bill for the gréed of a little group in Jamestown. It has pointed out that North Dakota already has an investment in state capital property : here of more than $1,400,000 and that to move the capital would mean abandonment of this property and a huge loss to the taxpayer. ‘ Against this, Jamestown'’s group : has prated of savings to be made in ui traveling expenses. An editorial an- i alysis of its claims, made Thursday by The Tribune, dealt with this sub- ject on the basis of official data as opposed to the figures advanced by the Jamestown group. As pointed out then, the Jamestown group should show'the source of its figures if it is to avoid the inference that it is de- liberately attempting to mislead the People. ‘ i Failure of Bismarck to discuss the moral issues involved has not meant} a reluctance to do so. It has merely} been the idea of Bismarck citizens that demonstrable facts make the; best argument, When Jamestown at- | tempts to justify its action on a moral basis, however, an answer is due. In an editorial of February 10, the Jamestown Sun admits “for the sake of argument” that every individual in Bismarck would suffer loss if the capital were changed but contends that sufficient benefit would accrue to the remainder of the state's popu- q lation to justify the action. It then : goes on to reiterate its claims regard- ing the savings to be made by sup- porting Jamestown, although it of- fers no proof. The issue, as it was then presented, is that of admittedly damaging one group of persons in order to work @ possible benefit to a larger group. This view would accept the Jamestown movement as being in good faith and intended to benefit Hi the taxpayer. | ql The history of the case, however, h discloses that such good faith cannot honestly be granted. No matter what face the Jamestown group may put on the matter to the rest of the state, the fact remains that the promotion work in Jamestown itself has been based on the theory that to acquire the capital would be to boost James- town’s interests. The fact that it would be an advantage to Jamestown to have the capital has been urged to residents of the Stutsman county city by the removal promoters. As made to the state at large, all claims have been based on the theory of “benefit to the taxpayer. As made in _Jamestown and among the removal- ists to each other, support has been asked on the theory that the change would benefit Jamestown. One argument should suffice in both instances. To make one plea in one place and a different plea in an- _ other is simply double dealing. This, we submit, is dishonest. ~~ -EOSR KU eIOPD @ secret of a letter, written to him by The Bismarck Tribune P. M. Hansen, editor of The Sun and secretary: of the Jamestown removal organization. letter was one of some 231 written to | whose actions resulted in making the 60 pressions as “lower than the original The fact of the matter is that the all the persons who signed a petition last April asking that the removal issue be withdrawn from ‘the ballot. It was upon a public matter and no injunction was placed upon the re- cipient not to disclose its contents. Neither did he egree not to do so. Yet, in the face of these facts, the Jamestown Sun, in an editorial of February 11, bitterly assailed the man letter public. The use of such ex- tempter in the garden of Eden” and references to Judas Iscariot and Ben- edict Arnold remind one of a mad dog, running down the street and biting everyone in sight. Incidentally, this strong language and the heat of the editorial more than hinted at the fact that the removalists were inter- ested from a standpoint other than that of the taxpayers of the state. The editorial contains this asser- tion: “The man who betrays per-| sonal confidence by violating per- sonal correspondence betrays a trust of which he is unworthy and is lack- ing even in the low form of ethical conduct as practiced by the hood- lums of the underworld.” This is a strong statement and, since there seemed no point to pit- ting the ethical views of one news- Paperman against those of another, The Tribune asked the views of two of Bismarck’s leading pastors, men whose fairness on ethical and moral questions would be accepted as un- biased even by the capital removal- ists. Of different denominations, they agreed that a man who receives a} letter is under no obligation not to publish it unless its contents are such that publeiation would work in- jury to an innocent person or un- less he was in some manner bound, or had bound himself, not to disclose the letter's contents. Further, it was agreed by these men that there are times when fail- ure to make certain facts known con- stitutes violation of the moral code, regardless of whether the facts are contained in a letter or are obtained by other means. If this view is correct, the editor of the Jamestown Sun is in error— again. His views on ethics and mor- als do not seem to gain acceptance among persons qualified to speak on such subjects. Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without r to whether they agree or disagree with The Tribune's policies. The Electrical Age (From Special Survey of Electrical Supply Trade by R. J. Dun é& Co.) The electrical age seems to be just in its beginning. Neither years of war, times of peace nor periods of economic upheaval have been thus far sufficiently potent to retard its Progress. It has all the vital motive force of youth, coupled with the in- domitable courage and strength of will that only maturity can develop. For, during 1931, when nearly every other industry was forced to write off a loss, and charts of industrail opera- tions showed the line of trend unt- formly downward, total sales of elec- tric service to domestic consumers fell little short of 12,000,000,000 kilo- watt hours. This not only was an increase of about 8 per cent over the record of the year previous, but rep- resented a larger total than the en- tire sales of electricity for all pur- Poses only twenty years ago. With the convenience of the push button for light, heat and the perfect preservation of food, what housewife would be willing to go back to the eye-straining glimmer of the oil lamp or to the enervating heat and un- bearable dirt of the coal range? Or, to run down creaky steps to a musty cellar every time the children wanted milk or jam, only to find that the former had turned sour and that mould had made the latter unfit for use? Aside from the labor, the tempo of modern life precludes any such lavish waste of time. Even in the last year, when pinch- ing economy has been carried to a more discomforting extreme than at any time in the memory of many of the present generation, the conven- jences that electricity provide have been the last to be relinquished. While there have been, of course, many small economies practiced by individual customers in the use of New York, Feb. 13—Of all the Broadway Columbuses who can lay claim to important theatrical discov- erles, Gus Edwards continues to be the challenger. Just a few weeks ago, a newer gen- eration in Manhattan and elsewhere was reminded of the old Edwards brigade when Eddie Cantor and George Jessel teamed together after many a year. Both had been tyros in the Edwards kindergarten of yes- teryear. And while innumerable “Finds” have risen to stage seth the oe “School Days” ee of Mons. le wards will be hard ‘Yor anyone to beat- —or even tie. During the last few years, a slen- der, shrewd showman named Al Sie- gal, who knows the tastes of the au- diences, has proved himself to be a superior picker of talent. The torch- singing Ethel Merman was one of his “discoveries.” More recently he brought forth Lillian Slade, now in big-time vaudeville. Ruth Etting was another that Siegal bet on. She be- came, as all good fans should know, a star of music show, variety and radio and most recently has been g0- ing about on a Fanchon and Marco routing. * * * And by way of aside—Siegal, who sat at the piano as accompanist for the stars, has been in ill health for years. Recently, while appearing with Miss Slade at the Palace, he was preparing to leave for Palm Springs, in the Death Valley belt, for ® “sun cure.” Edwards, on mains a_ plump, healthy feller ie few wayesque affectations. le “offices” have been for years suite in the Astor Hotel. They bear little resembalnce to the aver- age theatrical offices of Broadway. Edwards, like as not, will greet you the other hand, re- good - natured, of the Broad- in suspenders and shirtsleeves. He'll hand STICKERS: © @O you @ mimeographed ©@O @ SS Can you arrange the letters shown above in sucha way that they spell the name of a very ‘American city? booklet, which he titles “The Gusjout of Manchuria, apparently it’s no Edwards School Book.” use telling it to the marines. Opening at the first page, you'll ee & find a list of names headed by Lila] Universities are beginning to re- Lee, Mae Murray, Helen Menken,/trench. Henceforth college youths Lillian Walker, Lillian Lorraine, Ruby | will have to be well disciplined dough Norton, Eddie Buzzell, the Duncan | boys. Sisters, Orville Harold, Gregory Kelly, rere Now that depression is gripping the Ruby de Remer. Sammy Lee, the dance stager;|world, the economist has come into Hitler's fault. At least he can’t blame it on prohibition. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) pt TORAY AN NOWERAR RUMANIA’S DEFIANCE On Feb. 13, 1918, the Rumanian government answered the ultimatum sent by General Mackensen, defying the Central Powers. Rumania declared: it- would “sur- vive or perish with the Entente cause.” The Ceferino, a Spanish ship, was torpedoed and sunk. French troops penetrated the Ger- man third-line positions southwest of Butte-Mesnil. Canadian troops en- gaged in a hand-to-hand battle with Germans northwest of Passchendaele. The’ British House of Commons re- jected a resolution expressing regret that in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme War Council at Ver- sailles, prosecution of the military effort was the immediate task of the oF Japan demands that other nations: respect existing treaties. — Premier Inukal of Japan. x % * The trouble between China and my country will be over “poof”—just like that.—Captain Ishii of the Japanese steamer Karachi Maru. * # *& All my life I have been going to parties.—Heywood Broun, New York columnist. cy xe * I am not alarmed by all this noise. I have no idea of leaving.—Countess Edda Ciano, daughter of Mussolini, now in Shanghai. a « * I _wouldn’t marry the Queen of Harry Rapf, movie executive; Jéanie|his own. Trouble is, he doesn’t know MacPherson, ace scenario writer; )/how long he'll have it. Herman Timberg, Bobby Watson, Bert Wheeler—and so on down @ line of @ hundred or more celebrities. xe ® ‘Timberg, for instance, who was the dialect comic in the original “School Days” act, is today a producer in his own right with a grown child who threatens to be an important theater figure. Others have married happily and unhappily; have been at the top of the ladder and the bottom. In all the years between the Ed- wards’ enthusiasm has not waned. One of his most recent enthusiasms *k & x x Bruening says Germany's woe is BEGIN BERE TODAY lives with her mother, MOLL ROSSITER, her elder siste: MYRA,. ané ber Fol MIKE, E! ood and the musical stage. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) BARBS ~~ India isn't the only country that has untouchables. Chronic borrow- ers say we've had millions ,of them since the stock crash. ee # 3 + Warships from three nations re-| sponded to the revolt in San Salva- | dor. Well, first come, first served. | + & t for Mike. gestion Ellen decided to wi night as a dance hall hostess a io iyra leave the for the day's work. Japanese marines have landed in Shanghai. But since the world has/| been telling Japan for months to get FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: | (REG. U: 5. PAT. OFF. CHAPTER IL URING the long hot morning the opportunity, the i never came, She thought of little Mike. In an ago of specialization Mike must have his chance. But how was that chance to come? How H was Mike to go to college as other boys did? How was Mike to get an education? All of the Rossiters de- sired ease and beauty and luzury in life, All of them deserved those things, As she mechanically- cut lengths of 19-cent outing flannel for women who for some inscrutable reason wanted outing flannel in midsum- Every deck holds a queen who raises the a mer, the girl’s mind returned con- tinually to that morivng conversa- lights and appliances, there has been a gain in the consumption of elec- tricity in homes, owing to the con- tinuous service needed for refrigera- tors, ranges, water-heaters, and the numerous :labor-saving devices. The utilization of electricity by the average household consumer increased from 548 kilowatt hours at the end of 1930 to 580 kilowatt hours at the close of 1931. At the same time, the average price declined from 6.03c per kilowatt hour to 5.80c—a drop of al- most 4 per cent. Thus, the consumer has obtained nearly 6 per cent more service for slightly more than the same expenditure of money. The éf- fects of promotional rates and of fur- ther reductions have been evident during the year and the over-all av- erage price of all domestic service throughout the United States now Bismarck has been frank in its c rest of the state is, in effect, steal- ing. It is not the function of a news- standards but honesty is so common its requisites are so well under- that there can be no mistake E ‘and stealing are speaks bitterly of who failed to make | qucts. stands at 32 per cent below the pre- war level, while the cost of living re- mated that there were 1,000,000 more Persons living in electrically-lighted paper to establish intricate moral} houses than in 1930. In view of the small increase in the number of do- mestic customers, the 8 per. cent gain in the consumption of electricity is attributed to the increased use of By sl! accepted moral'| household electrical appliances by the greater number of persons living in electrically-lighted homes. 1, the} Vitemin “D” has been found in ap- preciable bg fresh quantities in salmon oil, salmon and other salmon pro- FEBRUARY, FOURTEENTH, ONCE WAS A PART OF THE FESTIVAL OF LUPERCALIA, CELEBRATED BY THE ROMANS IN honor IN. OF THE GREAT WOLF-KILLER OF YEARS LATER THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR — THIS CURIOUS WORLD tion. Were the Rossiters fooling themselves? Were they indced all lost in worse than mediocrity? Did the past glories of a family count for nothing when the present of that family was poverty? “What's eating you?” Jenny El- kins, her counter mate, asked once. “Nothing,” Ellen replied spirit. lessly, But she felt weary. and. discour- aged. Her head ached from the heat and from the ceaseless com: Plaints of shoppers who desired more for their money than their money would buy. “Like us,” thought Ellen bitterly. With noon and the lunch hour she cheered. As she combed her hair and powdered her damp face dry, she observed that she had a great desl of company. The dress- ing room was full of salesgirls, less Well off than herself, many of them fading, past the age of romance and Past the possibility of attaining happier futures, Ellen was young. She had unde niable good looks and distinction. Just around the corner who knew what might bein store? She swung out into the street. Fifth avenue was jaded and wilting in the Au-. Gust sunshine. Bven the shop win- dows seemed dusty and the: mer- chendise, usually so enticing,: was dimmed by ‘the blazing noon: Night eee ba Bt Ellen felt the customary litt of spirit as she left the store. She was almost eager now for the coming adventure, ‘After all, she " LUPERCUS, HUNDREDS NAME i ELLEN R& has been Armida, the ttle Spanish whe ‘series by dey as 0 ealcegit , who has been heard of from Hol- in Barela: Department _ Stoi esd up. She house together NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Barclay’s department store My- ra'’s words lingered with Ellen. |° Myra had said thatthe Rossiter family would always be just one jump ahead of the poorhouse, Myra had said that the Rossiter. girls would never find men financially able to marry them, With a pang in her heart Ellen thought of Myra, engaged for nine years to Bert, worn out with ceaseless waiting for break that Sheba—Joe Cook, stage and screen actor. x * * The best thing they ever took me at had never been inside Dreamland. There was no reason why it might not be fun. There would be youth — Daily Health Service OFFENSIVE BREATH RELATED By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association ‘There is an anecdote about the Japanese, who are alleged to be more polite even than the French- men, that Oe Ee ie poms they inhale thet nothing could ie ataoatdaae than the stranger's breat Halitosis ar offensive breath, can make life miserable not only for the one who has it, but for those around him.” Furthermore, the continuous e ‘on the subject in public prints has tended to produce in the unfortunate sufferers from this con- dition a sense of inferiority, if not actually cases of depression and mel- ancholia. * Th « recent Teview “ot the subject, Dr. H. Prinz attributes offensive breath in gt least 90 per cent of all cases to prolonged stagnation of food debris beter aed the poe fneattion ta ticles undergoing decom! cavities. The odor of decomposing material 1s intensified by such odors | pe as come from pyorrhea or decayed teeth. False teeth or plates must be kept constantly clean or they become ‘® source of odor. After the teeth, the most common source of bad breath is infection in the throat and in the tonsils. The tonsils may seem on examination to TO NUMBER OF CONDITIONS “Trouble May Be in Mouth, Throat, Lungs or Stomach dicate | odor. be normal in appearance, but thor- ough search sometimes reveals little crypts or cavities in which thick white and highly offensive material develops. ‘When this material is pressed out of the tonsil with an instrument, it is found to be distinctly offensive in Of course, the can bo removed, but a less serious measure is to apply antiseptic material to the crypts aah ae been referred to. A chronic inflammation of the sinuses ptoduces a bad taste in the mouth of the person concerned more often than a bad breath that bothers everybody else. There are, however, certain cases of inflammation in the nose called ozena in which there is @ constant foul odor. Fortunately these cases are rare. Disturbances of digestion affecting the stomach cause offensive odor to the breath far less often than is sup- posed or anticipated. Gas brought up from the stomach by belching is usually odorless and certainly only temporary. There is, of course, the son who habitually eats onions ‘and garlic who really has no place in polite society. There are various diseases of the lung and other parts of the body which are associated with odors, but again these are rare and can be Ud only by a well trained physi- ee to see on my lecture tours was the stuffed elephant, Jumbo, at Tufts College—Channing Pollock, author and playwright. \ *e * ‘The return of prosperity depends on several things—Professor T. N. Carver of Harvard. x * * Anyhow, I guess I'm awfully lucky, in these tough times, to have a nice contract.—Ricardo Cortez, movie ac- tor. : one ‘The fundamental reason the league and anti-war pact have failed is the strength of unreasoning nationalism. —Dr. Raymond Leslie Buell, research director, Foreign Policy Association. gangsters, graft and protection.—Dr. uy HH. Haney, New York Univer- : ee * ‘We scientists must not permit our knowledge of science, skill and power to bé placed at the disposal of nations to be used in the interest of war.— Dr. Albert Einstein of relativity fame. * * * We Americans have found that a far more pleasant and fuller life can be lived with machines than without them.—Professor Clifford C. Furnes of Yale. eee Throughout my active service in sek Repeal would save millions on Ellen did not notice him until he touched her arm. money—not for our health.” added speculatively, his eyes cus firmly forward. ELLEN was a light and graceful dancer. find that Salomon, for all bis bulk, danced better than any partner she had ever had before. After two turns of the room he released h mopped his forehead and flopped in- to bis swivel chair again, “You're o. k.,” he announced, “Turn up with your evening dress at eight o'clock tonight. You're al- lowed Mondays off if you want ‘em, Take any other night off, without explaining in advance, and you're fired. That's all.” Ellen smiled faintly. “I’m afraid it isn’t all,” she ob- served unruffled. “I have to be sat- isfled with the job too. What is the salary?” there at: least. It was better to dance than to sit evening after eve- ning in a stuffy apartment wonder- ing how two small salaries were to be stretched to feed and clothe three adults and one active boy. ‘That feeling of suppressed ex- citement was still with her when she reached the dancehall a few steps off Broadway and plunged in- to the graceful dusk of the build- ing. It lett her abruptly when, at the second floor, she left the eleva- tor and stepped into Dreamland. The big, over-decorated room, even with all the shades drawn, ap- Deared cheap and tawdry. The pa- ber roses that shaded the lights were not only imitation—they were dirty. The floor, not yet swept, was mussy with confetti remaining from the night before. Nor did the peel- ing gilt chairs and tables arranged around the walls present a setting “No salary. Commissions. The boys pay 10 cents @ dance straight dancing. You cad pick up more siving private lessons. You get half the takings. You split your tips too—if any.” Ho squinted bis eyes and regard e@ her with the cold glance of a surgeon or a musical comedy di: Tector. “You're good-looking,” he admit- ted as if he had just noticed it. “You got class too. I guess you'll Knock the spots off any of the host- esses we bave now. You ought to make three or four dollars an eve- ning easy—six or seven on Satur. days, Easier than clerking in a store. - That what you do now?” Ellen was corsiderably taken booth near the door Iike the ticket booths of motion picture houses. As though romance were for sale! Ellen squared ber jaw, assured herself that she bad not come for romance, and walked toward the door marked “Ofice—Jacob Salo- mon, Manager.” She was a little surprised that there were no other girls waiting and a little cast down as well. That probably was a clear indication that Dreamland jobs were not too profitable. She knocked at the. rrosted glass A querulous voice bade her door. enter. Jacob §alomon did not rise when she came in, He was wearing a hat. He did not remove his hat. Nor did he remove the cigar in ‘his mouth when he inquired her busi- ness. Bilen told him. “D'ja ever dance professionally?” “No, I haven't, But I’m a very Good dancer,” replied Ellen in a but her voice was cool as she ad- mitted that she did clerk in @ store and meant to continue to do so, Salomon indifferently assured her that such @ course was an easy way to quick suicide, but he did not sp. Dear to be really interested, “Another thing,” Bilen said as she prepared to leave, “I haven't any real evening dress, Only semi-eve- ning dresses.” Salomon’s feet, which had been cocked upon the desk, came down on the floor, “Won't do,” he said. “I might well tell you that the eresing clothes are the catch. They wear out fast here. And you gotta: have ‘em, This is & classy place. Part of our advertising {s ‘Every Beate ae Je in the latest from “But I—" “Won't do. We're in this bis for voice as brusque as his own. She had no intention of being {n- timidated by Jacob Salomon. He leaned across. his untidy desk, wound yp a portable victrola, put ‘on a record and stood up, “I'l try you out,” he said, + Ellen Jooked-startled. But evt- dently. Balomon. expected ber to dance with him. 'He was holding out bis arms. She had never be- fore danced with a man in his shirt Sleeves, a man wearing a hat and smoking a ciga: for romance. Or the glass ticket As Ellen, angry and discouraged, terly disappointed at losing the $20 or $25 a week, telephoned to the Brooklyn apartment house, There was a long wait while good-natured Mrs, Clancy climbed the stairs to bring Molly to the phone. But the wait was easier than the explans- tion. Molly Rossiter made it very hard. She could not understand in a strained, low voles, “Will you Mane step into my office, lower lip. As she bad 18 called ert all her re erve to 1s Gus) calamity. ti So she was to lose her job et Bat clay’s! (To Be Continued) the navy, I usually kept at least a couple of bird dogs—Admiral Hugh Rodman. She was surprised to good: world, why you should be clerking in a store or working here either.” ~° No reason for that matter ‘went out the door, he called af- ter her, “The job's always open if you manage to scare up the dress.” Late that afternoon, Ellen, bit- hy Hilen had not persuaded Salo- mon to take her without the eve ning dress. She never understood such things, To top this off she explained tearfully that the land- lord had called during the morning for his rent, “What will we do?” she wailed. Ellen bad no better idea of that than Molly. But she poured forth aback, Color rose in her cheeks, me Ellen's heart gave a great thump. It was against the rules to tele phone during business hours. It was also against the rules to leave on Csdagatt ae counter, tended in the beoewent “I am employed here,” she said Ellen clamped her teeth into her followed < «