The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1932, Page 4

An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) blished by The Bismarck Tribune (mpeny, Bismarck, N. D., and en- east the postoffice at Bismarck as a class mail matter. GEORGE D. 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There will be un- 1 the last man who suffered in the oflict lays down life’s burden and new generation rises to whom war yeans only a flaming patriotism, the ol of drums, the blare of martial) sic and the thud of tramping} ret. But the story of Paul Schwartz ‘as like an echo of the war itself. Born in Corsica, of German par- nts, Schwartz was taken to Alsace- orraine when a baby and acquired ierman citizenship. At the outbreak of the war he oined German troops and fought “‘nrough the campaigns on the west- rn front. : Meanwhile his father died and his aother, forced from her ramshackle souse in the war area, had moved to {iel. Attempting to reach his moth- r after the war, Schwartz was sev- ral weeks reaching the north Ger- nan town. When he arrived there in February, 919, he found it occupied by French roops. In the absence of his travel- ng pass, he was arrested and be- ause of his Corsican birth was con- b icted of high treason in taking up| wms against France. He was sen- enced to life imprisonment on Devil's ‘d.” i2 years relented. His plight came © the attention of the German gov- srnment and, after due negotiation and explanation, he was released. Paul Schwartz fared better, per- aaps, than did some other young men who marched off to war. He still! iives, whereas millions of his com- rades have long been dead and others exist in a living death. Yet, there must be some significance to the fact that the last prisoner of the world war was not released until just the other day. Power of Will Doctors give “the will to live” as one of the strongest opponents of death. When the mind accepts death as a foregone conclusion and surrenders, the fight against disease is almost hopelessly handicapped. Lord Byron, in his youth, was told by a fortune-teller that he would die in his 37th year. The idea haunted him, and when he became ill after his 37th birthday anniversary he wemembered the prophecy and, prompted by his superstitions belief in sooth-saying, said he was destined to die in that year. He died that year, but the conviction that his time to die had not yet arrived might have helped him get well. A centenarian in an eastern town recently predicted that he would die| on a certain day and at a certain | hour. He died suddenly a half hour; before the appointed hour. Doctors believe the strain of waiting for the! end was too great for the aged man’s heart and that he might have lived several years longer had his imagina- tion not exposed his heart to the fatal trial. If he can make his patient deter- mined to get well, the doctor con- iders the battle half won. But the , fight is all uphill when the patient \thinxs he must die and is just wait- ing for the end. Success Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. The ‘sarily the ones noisily attracting pub- ‘ic attention, The best and most ‘useful women are not the bright but- flies of fashion or the stage, whose Press agents incessantly flaunt their a res and their petty doings before public. | The unlauded men and women ho are quietly attending to their pn little duties, every day contri- something substantial to gen- industry, prosperity and pro- rearing children in habits of work and right living and sup- ; e Bismarck Tribune 6.00 Ceekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 power. measure. {ed men and women. golden grain. pearls but carefully preserved the bag, these self-absorbed ones are spurning true riches, real success, to hug to their hearts things that are empty and worthless. The Idle Word The idle word that stings is as old as human speech. Spoken thoughtlessly or spoken in a moment of irritation, it says more than the Speaker meant. At least it says more than he would have said if he had taken second thought. Too often in @ hasty moment one who really would not for worlds cause lasting hurt does just that because he reach- es for the first remark that will reg- ister. These idle words go deep, deep into the heart and memory of the one to whom they are addressed. There is jno way of reaching this harm by laws and courts. There is no way of resolving that one will never say the thing that causes needless hurt, ex- |cept by resolving to build up a habit in one’s life of saying only kindly things until quiet reflection has shown the need of something elsc. This is not a text for weaklings, a counsel of meekness to the point of being trodden upon. It was not a weak man who prayed, “Set a watch before the door of my lips,” nor a fool who wrote, “She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her ton- |gue is the law of kindness.” A Puzzling Problem Frank Pauletta is back in prison in West Virginia, awaiting execution for a murder he committed away back in 1914. In that year he was convicted and sentenced to hang; but he broke fail, went to Pennsylvania, became a coal miner, married, and reared four chil- dren, his past completely concealed. Just the other day, however, the authorities discovered his identity, he was returned to the West Virginia prison, and his hanging was set for April 22. All of this raises once more the perplexing question about what should be done with escaped convicts who have managed to reform and {crime—but does it seem quite fair, jat this date, to drag him back to the ‘sland, Cayenne, “Isle of the Damn-} | | But recently the fate which had} sept him in that place of torture £0 | good merely because they are tired of have been leading respectable lives. This man seems to have been a use-| jful citizen for some 15 years. Of jeourse, he has never atoned for his gallows? And many people think they are sinning. The sales tax may send certain Presidential prospects a-sailing. There are just two philosophies of life: Do unto others and do others, Editorial Comment Editorials printed below show the trend of thought by other editors. They are published without regard to whether they agreo or disagree with The Tribune's policies. Special Assessments (Los Angeles Times) Consdierable attention has been attracted to Marshall Stimson’s re- cent article in The Times Sunday Magazine dealing with the subject of excessive special assessments. It sounded a call for all property own- ers to organize and cooperate against the forces and interests which in the past have taken tribute from owners of real estate in Los Angeles ~in many cases actually in excess of the sale value of their holdings. Much has been said and written in the last 10 years against the over- lapping assessment evil and the actually confiscatory taxes imposed on large numbers of home owners. In 1931 their protests brought some relief through the passing of a state law requiring investigation and ef- fective notice of a proposed improve- ment and limiting the burden that can be imposed on any district. It also restored the power of the prop- erty owner to prevent unwanted as- Sessment burdens by a majority pro- plying examples that elevate the moral and intellectual level of their little communities—these are the men and women of real influence and THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, ‘APRIT 4, Seeing Red! a | : Success is theirs in the fullest How shrunken and pitiful a thing, how hollow a delusion, is the shin- {ing so-called success of self-absorb- They have only the husks of life's Like that soldier under Galerius + 7.20] who found a shining leather bag fill- 5.00 {¢¢ with pearls and cast away the as he has been titled by the wags, may be found almost any afternoon at some tea or other between those hours when he quits being banker and becomes a professional first- nighter at one of the Broadway show Frequently he is the show's “angel,” particularly if it happens to be staged by a little theater group or a musical organization. At any rate, I can tip you off that this multi-millionaire financial fig- ure piles jam on his bread and mere- ly sips at his tea. takes teacup after teacup, only to abandon each during the course of animated conversations. He appears to find endless stim- ulation in the theater and the tea- Party discussions. There is an in- variable twinkle in his eye, though sartorially he is the symbol of staid there costs $2,000,000 per day, but they probably gen msgovernment. corner, says the weather man. From all this cold weather, you might think it was around the same corner as Prosperity. # * Posterity always has affairs of its own to look after, says Clarence Darrow. And we're going to leave|with all their Physical forces. It is a mistake to attempt to find * ee * for handicapped persons new or strange occupations. More than 80 per cent of them can be placed in jobs in ordinary industries for which their handicap does not disqualify them. Sometimes 9 * # * training may be necessary, but that can be had in special schools or even in apprenticeships to the occupations which they ultimately plan to fill. Gilbert Swan A Key to a Noted Pianist New York, April 4—Ignace Pa- derewski, although sought as one of the two biggest “lions” now loose in America, prefers to seek out a bridge room for a few rounds of contract. The second catch of the society lion hunters is Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer, Earlier in the win- ter there was A. A. Milne, the Pooh gentleman from London. mann did not go in for the Park and Fifth Avenue dowagers. Paderewski seems much older at @ glance than at a distance when the floodlights throw their flattering beams on the concert hall favorite exercise in New York in- variably has been brisk walks about Central Park. He is usually accom- panied by two friends, walking be- tween them so that the arguments thas rise can be answered to the right and left, without effort. Movies are his favorite distraction. The great pianist-composer picks out three or four neighborhood theaters and makes the rounds. them a few more. Furthermore, he A man in divorce court com- Plained that his wife threw an alarm clock at him. He should have been thankful he didn’t own a grandfather clock. Garage builders are in better shape than others in their line, a news item says. And they'll keep busy just as long as women insist on back- fed their cars into the garage them- ves. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) —And Subway Jams! A rosebud is invariably in his coat His white silk mufflers are part of the town’s adornment. A valet, accustomed to his tastes, usual- ly selects the boutonniere after ci siderable indecision. A certain flor- ist seeks to send the almost-perfect bud specimens. Kahn rides on the subway, while salaried gents take taxis. His austere, museum-like residence is at Fifth Avenue and Qlst Street. But he goes to William and Wall streets by “the He likes the contact There are more than 100,000,000 sheep in Australia which produce Some 2,000,000 bales of wool every year. undergrounds.” lof “the mob.” Practice Makes Perfect What musicians have often noted and commented upon is that, al- though rated by many as a genius among composers, he always gives Chopin the break. play Paderewski, leaving that to other Pianists. His great musical love is the Chopin Polonaise. I was once told that, despite the number of times he has played many selections, Paderewski continues to practice hour upon end, often dis- trusting his own memory and execu- tion. He believes in constantly keep- New York papers say government Rarely does he FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: Likes Jam on His Bread— The other day at a swanky tea at- tended by intellectuals, artists, book- ish folk, and such, I encountered the fabulous Otto Kahn, the banker-art patron, at first hand over the tea- cups and sandwiches. One hears that “the great Kahn,” oa ed STICKEBS -L-BsST=R - BR-C-D-BR= One vowel 1s missing from the top word three times and another vowel once. One vowel is missing from the second word five times. Can you fil in the missing letters in place of the dashes? — THIS CURIOUS WO: Broad-shouldered clothes fake RLD <— test. While this insures us against much exorbitant taxation in the future the ready in the clutches of lien sharks nor rid our property owners of the injury and damage already inflicted. Moreover, powerful selfish interests are already attacking this law and attempting by every trick and twist of their trade to thwart its provi- sions. Against these the property Owners, not only of Los Angeles, but of the whole state, must be organized for effective organization. It is an issue affecting the credit and good name of California, Nor is the evil to the property owner. Bondholders, many of them investors in distant parts of the country, have already suffered from this system of bonding property through special as- sessments for—in some cases—more than its intrinsic value. ‘We may cite a case in point, from San Diego county, investigated by the California Taxpayers’ associa- tion. A certain district in 1928 issued bonds in the amount of $292,715.60 bearing interest at 7 per cent. The asseased valuation of property in the district is $55,470. The bonds issued this property with total in- terest to date of retirement amount to $549,638 or nearly 10 times the as- sessed value. These bonds are now in default and the bondholders are suffering along with the property owners. No one can say how far the con- sequences of bad financing will reach. new state law cannot free those al-|. € 1992 By NEA SERVICE. tC uu BEGIN HERE TODAY ELLEN ROSSITER, beantifal ‘20-year-old, loves LARRY HA! ROWGATE, he becomes enga: girl Ellen agrees to ‘VEN BARCLAY, ST years we Her tmpoverished family debted to Bare! Barclay been marri fore. Scandal accompanied his Mexican worce from LEDA GRAYSON, dancer. To avold pube Melty Ellen and Barelay are sceretly marrieé. They drive to his Long Island home, deserted exeept for FERGUS, the butler. There Barclay suffers a heart at- tack. LOUIS SYMES, Barelay’s lawyer, arrives with doctors and nurses, Barclay dies at dawn. Symes tells Ellen her marriage fs not legal because papers prov- fog Barelay’s divoree have been Larry comes there, agagement is broke asks her to marry that Barclay die@ ight of carousal with . Ellen knows Fergus a writtem the letter, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XLV Dp‘ slid by in which nothing happened. Two weeks—three weeks and no more was heard of Fergus. Larry had sent the money to the anonymous claimant, Once or twice he mentioned the matter, congratulating himself that he had handled it successfully. Ellen, her heart pounding, would agree that he had done the only thing that was to be done. She was half-ill from waiting and worrying. A sense of impending disaster was always with her. A dozen times she had started to tell Larry everything and a dozen times a word from him, a gesture, an expression had stopped ber. Larry came often to the Brooklyn apartment these days, He and Molly had patched up their differ. ences, had even come to like each other. Larry and Mike were close 1932 ° Physical Defects No Handicap to Many Workers BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN (Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association) traffic or when traveling at high ‘speed. A man with one leg off may be able to drive a motor car satisfac- torily, but a man with an arm off might have considerable difficulty. Social service has today developed as specialists persons capable of plac- ing workers in positions for which they are fitted. Much more is to be gained by placing the person im- mediately in such a job than in try- ing him in a half-dozen jobs with the idea that he .may be trained to do one of them satisfactorily. It has been estimated that the largest manufacturer of motor cars in the United States employed at one time 9,000 handicapped people. These People were not employed on the basis that their employment was a Spring is just around the |charity. ‘They were émployed because they could do their jobs satisfactorily, ‘and could earn the money that was paid to them. Only proper placement in the posi- tion enabled them to hold the jobs against the natural competition that came from other persons equipped If I am ever depressed I buy my- ‘The person in full possession of all his faculties may have a difficult time finding work now, but those who by little extra Buford L. Gi tion recently to tise N. C. The machine literally rei demonstrated h Associated Press Photo itor lc typesetting inven- press ciation men In Charlotte, js and writes. The writing is in the form of lines of type which are set from the copy by an electric eye. ‘The machine automatically does the work of a linotype operator. self a new hat, and I feel better at lonce.—Mrs. Cecil Chesterton, Lon- don. see Men are bullied by women because] Hamel. Nature, in its inscrutable cruelty, J supplies women with a faculty of dis-|claimed important victories, but Al- their faults when men arejlied bulletins admitted only minor Teverses and said there was little fear that the new offensive would be a repetition of the defeat of the Brit- counting them.—Viscount Castlerosse, London, ** @ T believe there won't be many more/ish Fifty Army in March. St. Patrick’s Days under the present dry rule—Representative James A. Mead, Buffalo, + % If the police departments of Lon- don or Paris had the crime problem we have, they’d be swamped.—Safety Director Merrirk, Cleveland. * oe ‘The surest way of not being paid is to proclaim far and wide that one soon, will never be paid.—Andre Tardieu, BURNED ALIKE : TODAY : Puch VAR IVER: ARY. her dress caught on fire. James Yo 1 ... GERMANS RENEW DRIVE ... On April 4, 1918, the German |scars, over the plain gold ring in his pocket and with fits of feverish im- patience insisted that he and Ellen race to City Hall so that she might wear that ring, too. Always she re- fused. The reason she gave was that she had not met his mother. Although Larry had never con- fessed it the girl knew Mrs. Har- rowgate had refused to meet her. She knew that the refusal dis tressed Larry. Thus the happiness of the engagement days alternated with moods of black despair. ¥ ligt on a Friday three weeks later there was a change. The blustery fall day began just as any other day with a haphazard break- fast shared by Molly and Ellen and served on the card table in Mike’s bedroom, Everything was friendly and homelike with Molly's chatter of the coming marriage to make it so, Molly knew nothing of the blackmailing letters to Larry, knew nothing of Ellen’s secret fears and tremors, Ellen had thought it bet- ter to keep her own council, So Molly could rattle on, serene and ‘confident, absorbed in wedding plans. “But there’s Larry's mother,” Ellen offered in a subdued way. “Old cat!” Molly said rebellious ly, breaking a piece of toast. “You shouldn't talk that way,” Ellen protested though in secret agreement, “After all,” she added soberly, “Larry’s her only son.” “You're quite as good as he is and he has the sense to know it even if his mother hasn't, Our fam- ily—the English branch of it any- way—is every bit as good as the Harrowgates’, even if we don't hap- pen to be in the Social Register.” “She hasn't been exactly anzlous to meet me,” Ellen said. “Here, use your napkin,” Molly spoke hurriedly to Mike. Return- ing to Ellen, she observed, “Well, Larry thinks you're all right and personally I'd rather have my hus- band think I was perfect than his mother.” “I suppose there {s something in that,” Ellen conceded with a rue ful laugh. : At 10 o'clock Larry arrived un- friends, It was Larry who had| expectedly, He was in the mood stood by when Mike essayed his| Ellen loved best. Bursting into first attempt to walk on crutches, All Mike's women folk had been| ™! ruled out of the room lest the’ boy should fail, They had been called the living room he swept her into is arms and did a mad dance. “We're going to be married in two weeks,” he sang out. “Every- thing’s fixed. And you're going to in after the first walk was a tri-| meet Mother today.” umph, The apartment which was to be Ellen's and Larry's home was deco- rated and furnished, Larry fretted “But—but—" Ellen stammered. “How did you manage it?” Proud color stained her cheeks, “Now Ellen, is that nice?” Larry reproached. “You'll have to take rameter emencamenrnatryne nn enmroaientanep Mother as she is,” he said slowly, uncomfortably. “I'll be honest. Getting her to come around did take some managing. I did it by casually mentioning that high-hat English aunt of yours, Mother tumbled, Like all Americans she thinks an English countess is one of God’s chosen.” oon FoR @ moment Ellen felt a pang of disappointment and hurt Pride but Larry’s pleasure and eagerness carried her along. After all she wanted to marry him. It was up to her to make his mother come to care for her. “Does your mother understand,” she asked quietly, “that none of us has seen Aunt Myra for years?” “I told her that, And she wants you to come to tea this afternoon,” Larry finished triumphantly. “This afternoon! But I haven't @ thing to wear!” Larry knew she had surrendered, “You've gobs of things,” he said firmly. “Even if you hadn't eweet- heart, you’d be a queen to me in calico.” He really meant that. | Ellen fumbled with pleasure and went to tell Molly. All three of them bub- bled. and laughed and planned through the luncheon preparations, Afterwards Larry helped dry the dishes and then departed. “An errand for Mother,” he ex- plained, “She wants some things from my uncle's place. Since the suit has been settled it belongs to her. You know the house is quite & show place.” He interrupted him- self to say suddenly, “Why don’t you go out with me?” “To—to your uncle's home?” , Sleet drummed against the win- dow panes but inside was utter sl- lence, Ellen was conscious of an inward trembling. She glanced to- ward Molly and saw that her mother’s face was pale. “There'd be plenty of time,” Larry urged. “I think you'd Ike: to see the place.” “I have seen it,” Ellen said, swal- lowing. Larry turned in surprise. “I told you that your uncle was & friend of mine. He took me there once,” she concluded weakly. It was Molly who came to the rescue. “I'm sorry but Ellen can't go,” she said firmly. “I'll need her here.” Larry returned at exactly four o'clock, In spite of all her resolu: tion Ellen was frightened, She felt young and inexperienced and sat close to Larry as the car sped through whirling snow up Park Avenue, Above them lights twin- kled against the early dusk. They stopped at a towering apartment house, entered a jewel box of an elevator and were lifted upward, Ellen drew a deep breath, Her eyes were like stars and her cheeks were blazing. With Larry she en- tered a richly furnished, warmly lighted apartment. The curtains were drawn and there was a crack- ling fire in the grate. Ms. HARROWGATE came to meet them, She was a smart, thin, skilfully made-up woman wearing a Paris gown, She ap peared hospitable and at the same time vaguely formidable. She seemed anxious to make amends for the past yet her manner was not quite convincing. It seemed impossible for Larry’s mother to make a generous sur render. She did apologize casu- ally for her negligence but it was with an air of expecting instant pardon. Ellen smiled shyly in con- fusion and inclined her head. She knew she would never come to like Mrs, Harrowgate but she could get along with her. The older woman dropped @ light kiss on the girl's forehead, linked arms with her and drew her forward into the warm, flower-scented living room. Ellen was never to forget the hour that followed, There wero tea roses in a blue bowl on the low Polished coffee table where Mrs, Harrowgate stationed herself to Pour the tea, Always ever afters ward the sweet heavy odor was to bring the scene back to the girL She would see that room again in all its luxurious and infinite de tail. She would hear Mrs. Harrow. gate’s throaty voice slipping along in conversation that was gracious but not from the heart, She would remember Larry’s dark red head against the blue of his chair and the special smile he flashed toward her frequently, An outsider would have observed only a starry-eyed, flushed young girl in a smoky velvet dress, site ting at tea with a man who ob viously adored her and an older woman who adored them both. But, for two of them the meeting meant much more than that. To Larry, and to Ellen this was the begin: ning of true happiness. Nothing now stood in the way of their mar- Tiage, What Mrs. Harrowgate was thinking and feeling would have been hidden from an outsider as it was hidden from Larry by his mother’s deft and accustomed world. liness, The hour fied away. Ellen elanced at Larry with the interrog- ative glance that asked if he were Teady to leave, He stirred, pre pared to rise, Mrs. Harrowgate caught the gesture, “Don't go until you've bad a cock- tail,” she said, “It's almost dinner time and I'd like one myself.” Perhaps there was something a Uttle bleak in her expression, At any rate Larry settled back. “Well—just one,” he said, Mrs, Harrowgate touched the bell, Ellen leaned back against the soft, luxurious lons and smiled at Larry to say she understood, She heard the butler enter, heard Mra, Harrowgate give the order, Some indefinable impulse made her Glance over her shoulder, The butler was Fergus. Elle: looked directly into his cold, con: temptuous eyes, (To Be Continued) forces on the Picardy battle front re- newed their offensive in great force, attacking the French near Morisel tand Grivesnes and the British near German official bulletins again Great German activity on other sections of the front indicated that another major drive was to be Armenian troops, hastily organized after the Russian withdrawal from Turkey, stormed Erzerum, inflicting heavy losses on Turk forces there. American troops in the Champagne sector repulsed a heavy German raid. Memphis, Tenn.—Two children in twin beds at Baptist Hospital here are not alike enough in features to be twins, but in their injuries they are. Doris Thompson, 3, was burned when Brock, 2, fell into a grate at his home in Hickory Flat, Miss. Both children are badly burned, both are having skin graftings, and both will always carry