The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1932, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDN ESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1932 ie Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as Second class mail matter. GEORGE D. MANN President and Publisher. 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(Official City, N State and County yspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (Incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Outlawing Conquests Secretary Stimson’s recent declara- tion that America would abide by the policy of refusing to recognize territorial or economic gains which any nation may make by force of arms represents a change in inter- national relations far greater than is generally realized. This policy, affirmed last winter, adopted by the League of Nations and repeated not long ago by the na- tions of South America in connec- tion with the row between Bolivia and Paraguay, can be made an ex- tremely effective force for world peace—if the nations of the world give it more than lip service. And when you stop to consider it carefully, you will see that it signal- izes one of the profoundest shifts in} the conduct of world affairs ever at- tempted. What it does is to outlaw the right of conquest—a right as old as civili- vation. Never before has the world even} tried to commit itself to the doctrine that force is not, after all, the final arbiter in international relations. To understand how far-reaching} this policy is, just imagine how dif- ferent a place the world would be if this policy had been in effect a few generations earlier. Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona would not be part of the United States. The American flag| would not fly over the Philippines or Puerto Rico. North of the international border,; Canada would be existing under the flag of France. In the Orient there would be no “treaty ports,” no for- eign colonies; the Dutch would not hold the islands of the East Indies, | the English would not hold India, the map of Africa would look entirely different. But there is no point in going on, because we simply cannot picture the world as it would be if the right of conquest had been outlawed a few centuries ago. In attempting to out- Jaw it now we are trying something earlier gencrations never even dreamed of trying. Pity the Miser! The oddest news stories that ever get into the papers, perhaps, are those which tell about misers. A new version of this old type of story appeared not long ago, when Chicago courts investigated the af- fairs of an aged rag picker who had just died. For a quarter of a century this man had gone about Chicago’s west side gathering rags and old bottles. He was known to be a bit “near,” and casual acquaintances guessed that he had laid away a good deal of money; but no one was prepared for what actually was discovered. This rag picker, who worked at the ‘very bottom of the scale and lived in @ one-room flat, had an estate worth more than $1,000,000—not on paper, but\in actual cash and government bonds. Stories of this kind aren't exactly Tare; and they always set one musing about the peculiar way in which the human mind can work occasionally. For they represent such a complete { mistaking of the means for the end, | such a thorough perversion of the or- | inary objectives of life. itself, isn't worth anything. It is of value only because of the things it of money can get a better life for himself and his family than the man pleasant surroundings, time for hon- has failed to glimpse the real mean- ing of life. Lower Lawn Rates Suggestions have come to The Trib- une that water costs in Bismarck are too high and that some concessions should be made during the present economic stress. Many who take ‘pride in their lawns, gardens and trees find it impossible at present rates to keep them weii irrigated. This all gets back to city costs and the present scheme of waterworks fi- jnancing. It is the policy of the pres- jent city administration to retire the j Water bonds as quickly as possible |AS a result rates cannot be reduced now unless some new scheme of fi- nance is devised. It would seem, however, that dur- ing the extreme drought of the last week a special reduction couid have 0 | been made to save some of the lawns and trees which are badly in need of moisture. Some renters and even home owners have been frank to ad- mit they cannot keep their premises las they would like to at the present cost of water. Many lawns are drying up, trees and other foliage are suffering. This condition is unusual for Bismarck, noted the state over for its well-kept lawns. A special lawn rate for the next six weeks would help matters and prevent some good lawns from being drought-killed. Some trees are badly in need of water. Is there no way cut? Good Work by the Weather Man ‘When we think of the United States Weather Bureau, most of us simply think of an organization which con- trives somehow to get a forecast of tomorrow's weather on the front page of the daily paper. We seldom real- ize that the bureau’s work can save many human lives, on occasion. A good example of the fine work the bureau can do was provided in connection with the recent hurricane that lashed the coast of Texas. On Aug. 13, at 9:30 a. m., the weather bureau issued warnings that a “tropical disturbance of increasing intensity” had arisen in the gulf and was moving in the gencral direction of Galveston. The storm did not strike until night. Because of the warning, Gal- veston and many adjacent places had been able to prepare for it; and many people who would have been killed if the storm had come unexpectedly, were able to save their lives, 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. A Prophet Not Without Imagination (Minneapolis Tribune) ‘The Roosevelt landslide predicted by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., on nis visit to Minneapolis may never ma- terialize, but that is no reason, so far as we can see, for denying the young man a foremost place among the campaign crystal-gazers. Mr. Vanderbilt says he has been in 17 States since the conventions, and has detected nothing but loud and mean- ingful rumbles of resentment against the Republican party. Consequently he is certain, in so far as the Van- Gerbiltian sense of humility will per- mit certainty, that Governor Roose- velt will defeat Mr. Hoover by a pop- ular vote of at least 5,000,000 and that the Democrats will emerge from the election with 12 new senators and 40 new representatives in congress. Should the Republican national committee be disposed to sniff at Mr. Vanderbilt's modest vaticinations, we beg of them to weigh thoroughly the fact that his conclusions have been reached enly after making long and arduous contacts with sources of in- formations which, while they cannot be guaranteed, are believed to be re- liable. The gentleman in question, for example, spent almost 24 hours in Minnesota surveying the politicai battleground, and what a good jour- neyman prophet can’t learn about the trends of popular opinion in any given state in 24 hours is obviously something of such microscopic insig- nificance as to be hardly worth the mentioning. Furthermore, Mr. Van- derbilt took great pains to commune, while flittering through the state, with Democratic leaders and it may be assumed at the outset that the really ideal method to gauge the drift of campaign sentiment is to seat one- self, in a wholly impersonal and un- biased way, at the Democratic coun- cil tables. The finality with which Mr. Van- derbilt flipped Minnesota into the Roosevelt column has now eliminated every vestige of uncertainty which lingered in the minds of those naive individuals who had assumed, after @ lifetime of surveying the state's po- litical currents, that Mr. Hoover might conceivably have a wraith-like chance of squeaking through to vic- tory. We should not like to challenge the accuracy of Mr. Vanderbilt's ‘ro- seate presentiment of a 5,000,000 vote Democratic triumph, any more than The Duet! | PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self- addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. OUTBREAK OF HYDROPHOBIA PHOBIA A hamlet in the mountains of Ten- nessee has lately enjoyed an orgy of hydrophobia phobia which was pro- moted, apparently, by some yeilow dodgers distributed by the local health authorities. From all I can learn about this outbreak it is typical in all its features, and I take it as my cue for this outburst on the subject. My motive is education; whether the ed- ucation of the public or the educa- tion of the conductor of this column, will transpire before long, I hope. Briefly I seriously doubt that rabies ever occurs in man. I believe it is prevalent among domestic and wild animals. Still, if I were wounded in any y by an animal which any physician suspected to be rabid, I'd want the doctor to give me the Pas- teur anti-rabies treatment—I'd want the benefit of the doubt. There you have my position clearly defined. But I wish we could settle this question of “hydrophobia,” as those who believe in human rabies like to call it. I invite all our readers who have any personal experience to re- port to write me about it. Not leg- ends or second or third-hand tales, but your own personal experiences. We can gain nothing by quarreling with each other's notions about such a subject. But clear reports of actual experiences may help us to arrive at the truth about rabies. Pasteur is one of my great heroes. I feel like a vandal when I venture to question the occurrence of rabies in man, But then, the virus Pasteur gave the world for the prevention of rabies was only one, and a minor one of the great scientist's works. Be- sides, others have actually modified Pasteur's virus or the methods of pre- paring and using it, and no less than four different methods are now in use in the United States. So it seems that Pasteur’s work is not regarded as in- fallible. Indeed, the very fact that appears on the ball of the foot or on the under surface of a toe. I usually prick it with a needle, the water runs cut, but in a few hours another blis- ter appears. What is it? Is it dan- gerous? Is there any remedy?— (R. B.) Answer—Probably trench foot, ath- lete’s foot, foot itch, ringworm, fun- gus, tricophytosis, as it is variously calied. Send a stamped envelope bearing your address. If it is ath- lete’s foot it is quite contagious. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) | WHAT RETIRED COPS DO New York, Aug. 24.—Five police- men, all retired members of New York's “finest,” have been responsi- ble for the more realistic off-stage sounds of shooting and musketry. Only within the last two or three years has the firing of a “blank” an exploding bomb. It's the George Herold concern that furnishes Broadway with most of its machine guns, pistols, black- jacks, night-sticks, copper’s uni- forms and the like. And the Herold company was formed by the five re- tired policemen previously mentioned. When productions with plenty of gang-action or off-stage shooting come along, business perks up. Meanwhile, several members of the firm are called in frequently for con- sounded like a revolver rather than! sultation. While on a special theater police job, one member of the firm grew annoyed at the unreal sounds that echoed to the audience in a the- atrical murder scene. Seeking a business project after re- tirement, the coppers got together and assured Broadway that they could improve the sound effects. Exacting studios of back stage acoustics were made in several theaters and are still carried on in others. From half to a quarter charge of powder is now used for blank cartridges. ee # Many theaters, however, still pre- fer artificial effects for machine gun- ning, battle scenes and such. And then the Gebhart company is called in. The Gebharts, consulted also by the movies and the radio, have de- vised a whirling drum which is hit with rhythmic regularity by little wooden sticks. Ingenuity is frequently put to the test, as, for instance, in one play where an exact duplicate of the jun- gle gun used by Theodore Roosevelt was demanded. Shots fired into bar- rels often sound like storms or ex- plosions. # oe % EXCLUSIVE COLONY In Larchmont, suburb of Manhat- tan, is one of the most aristocratic jnegro colonies in the world. Larchmont is something of a swanky spot, dotted with estates and mansions. Charmingly grouped, with gardens and spacious grounds, are the homes of the colored folk. Sev- eral efforts have been made to get them to move, but nothing can be done so long as there are “heirs and assignees forever.” In this exclusive colony live the sons and daughters of southern slaves. It appears that, after the emancipa- tion proclamation, one southern slaveholder worried about the cven- |tual fate of his slaves. He had been fond of them and feared that they might find survival difficult. So he turned over to them the large | blocks of land now occupied, and his deed passed ownership on to the heirs. xe OX HIPPODROME RESURRECTED The Hippodrome, once a nation’s theatrical sensation, is all but for- gotten by the high-hat theatergoers who once thronged it, expecting some who predicted last June that Roosevelt couldn't carry a single east of the Mr. state will buy. The man who has plenty| Mr. Vanderbilt, after all, has aver- | squints some, too .. —(H. M. B.) aged three days per state in his quest for campaign signs and tokens and should most certainly who lacks it. He can have leisure,|know what he is talking about; quite | have the benefit of medical care. as much s0, as @ matter of fact, as some of our more eminent Republican prophets who have concluded, after vigorous search for what they want , that Mr. Hoover simply can't what we should Hy ge Prognos' who stay to his profound Teiatively for states. as like | ulous way, after all other things had various recognized authorities follow] different methods in preparing and administering the virus against ra- Alaska bies, more than a dozen of them in| fact, tends to raise a doubt in one's} & mind about the specific effect of the | .* administration of the virus. | oPONTAl, Auswpe to meeneme rate. 18 papel a The experts are not in accord inj 68 ider’s home Hades. accounting for the untoward effects | sir a 13 To crack. sometimes observed when the Pas-! 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They were 80 bad that I got to seeing ants where there were no ants. (L. R.) Answer—Yes, I know. Glad to \l \id id i} each new production. What were spectacular stage me- chancis in those days have become ‘commonplace, although no produc- tions have been quite so lavish since. Manhattan now expects Radio City theater to provide the newest gad- gets. Peter Clark, who was Hippo- drome’s mechanical wizard, has been given charge. Already he has de- vised a circular stage which can be raised and lowered by the pressing of a button. Hydraulic pumps will provide the big water scenes. Stage- sized warships will be able to appear, carrying crews of chorines. Something of the old Hi spirit will be created on a much vast- TODAY . 21S THE ~~ aoe AMERICANS ADVANCE On Aug. 24, 1918, American troops stormed German positions on the Soissons-Rheims road and advanced for more than half a mile. They held their ground despite several fu- rious counter-attacks. British forces smashed through the German lines at Bray, took the town and carried the top of Thiepval ridge. They occupied 10 villages dur- ing the operation. French divisions continued their hammering at the retreating Ger- mans and made important gains near Crecy. It was announced that the Dutch steamer Gasconier had been sunk by a submarine off the coast of Bel- gium on Aug. 21. Six lives were lost. The ship was operated by the Bel- gian relief commission. ad | Barbs | a2 fe Sennen SOT It’s the upkeep of an airplane which makes it a bother, a flier says. mew super-mechanical thrill with! financed Republican campaigns.— who need it.—Federal Reserve Bulle- mit that the United States is the chief cteditor nation of the world. As a matter of fact, there seems to be a move on foot over there to award us that honor permanently. * # *& George Bernard Shaw says he has been very much overworked. So far ‘a8 we are concerned, he has our per- mission to take a long and extended rest, beginning now. ee X ‘Warnings have been issued that counterfeit $20 bills are being circu- lated. The average man is s0 ex- cited over getting a $20 bill these days that he is in no condition to judge whether it’s pea x * A Chicago bootlegger was killed for cutting prices. The only thing you are allowed to cut in that racket is the liquor. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) Foy She (“Ma” Kei -Hudson) has always said if I got a job and went to work she would come back to me. Now is her chance to make good.— Guy Edward “What-a-Man” Hudson, estranged husband of the mother of Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton, * e # I know that any contention that the Republican administered treasury has financed Democratic campaign funds through tax refunds is absurd. But it is no more absurd than the claim that by the same means it has cratic campaign worker. * & *& pire conference. STICKERS % Congressman Bertrand N. Snell of New York, Republican leader of the House. ee * It is a time for faith on the part of lenders of money, even as it is a time for courage on the part of those tin, Cleveland. ee # ‘The Republicans have won only For our part, the principal bother is| through organization and the bunk the keep-up. ee % that Republicanism is synonymous blicans) will fall before they ae the tape—James Joseph Tunes ney, ex-pugilist and present Demo- This time I am not going to make any speeches at all, for we have come here (Ottawa) to work and not to talk—Stanley Baldwin, head of the English delegation to the British em- with prosperity. Let's organize now Europe is perfectly willing to ad-!and start from scratch. They (the Not only astronomers have a faraway look in their eyes. "The SYNOPSIS Ted Radcliffe is called to Verdi, a small village on the Mexican border, by Bob Harkness, his late father’s friend. Radcliffe Senior had lost a fortune in Mexico years before. At a party given by Major Blount of the U. S. Army, Ted meets Paco Morales, ruling power of Mexico, and his beautiful niece, Adela. Mo- rales tells how El Coyote, the mys- terious bandit, killed a man about to reveal his hideaway. El Coyote steals from the rich, particularly Morales, and gives to the poor. Ma- jor Blount announces that the U. S. cavalry will join in the search for the bandit. A wounded Mexican, believed to be one of El Coyote’s band, is captured. Ted is stunned to learn his father died penniless. Bob attributes the failure of Ted’s fath- er’s Mexican irrigation project to Morales, whose reign would have ended with its success. Late that night, Bob goes out. Next morning Major Blount reports that the wounded Mexican has escaped. Bob asks Ted to become his foreman. Ted resents Bob’s saying it would be fitting for Adela to marry Jito, Morales’ bully foreman. CHAPTER XII “Why should it be fitting for a girl like Adela to marry a hired bully?” “You do Jito an injustice, old son,” Bob answered. “He’s much more than that. Jito is a born leader, even if his methods are crude. He is a man absolutely without fear, glorying in his great strength. As a matter of fact, it is the utter dread these border people have for Jite that is old Morales’s trump card.” For a moment Ted was silent, his eyes fixed on the desert sky. “Then one of the ways to strike at Morales would be through Jito,” he answered thoughtfully. Price had been watching Rad- cliffe. He saw the long line of Ted’s chin tighten and the eyes grow hard, The doctor rose, “Whoever strikes at Jito, or Morales either, must be prepared for everything from persecution to cold, relentless murder, Those two could turn all hell loose on an enemy.” Then once more he looked at the big, brooding man before him and reached for his hat, “But I’d wish him luck,” the doctor added. “By the Lord, he'd need it.” Unrest, like a formless cloud, had been spreading throughout the bor- der country. None knew what plans and counterplans lay behind it. None knew when the storm would break, or where, but throughout the last winter the name of El Coyote had never been far from the minds of the border ranchers. At Mendoza’s cantina, that clearing house for all news of the desert, rumors came and went. Lean, silent horsemen rode in from the ranches, talked awhile, drank, and silently mounted their horses again. Tanned men of the ranges passed each other with a nod of understanding, but only their eyes spoke, of things their lips found too dangerous to voice. Mean- while from Verdi to the foothills and west to the tittle village of Agua Dulce went the whispered word, “Prepare.” For days Morales’ vaqueros had worn anxious looks, They were I eager of late to kick the despises peons from their patns. In the vi lages and at the cantinas they kept apart, gathering in little groups, and riding the range in threes and fours instead of singly. And all this be- cause of those persistent rumors that whispered El Coyote was or- ganizing-the Mexican ranchers, that armed resistance was coming, and that the power of Morales was drawing to an end. Wilder rumors still there were, that rose and’ died, Most of those fantastic tales were base- Hi O Lr ~ ood, COPYRIGHT 1931, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE GAY BANDIT the BORDER by TOM ne less, but they all served one purpose. They were making the desert ranch- ers intolerant of the domination of Morales. Those once patient peong —a wave of unrest had swept across their hearts, had changed them and left them looking with new eyes out over the far horizon and thought- fully fingering the knives at their belts. Already, here and there, in little villages, a few leaders spoke more boldly, men who all but said they were under the protection of El Coyote and were ready to follow him in any test of strength against in Verdi there were those who hinted that this man or that was a leader of El Coyote’s band, but none said it openly, Meanwhile those vague clouds of impending conflict deep- ened, and the vaqueros of Morales the power of Morales, Even continued to ride in threes and fours, At length, among a few of these leaders, and among the ranchers who could be trusted, word went out of a meeting to be held at the Cantina Azul, a little tavern by the crossroads south of Verdi. None knew when, But a week later, just before sunset, horsemen galloped up to certain desert and foothill ranches and, calling softly, “Tonight, amigo,” rode swiftly away. At the summons men armed themselves and saddled their swift- est horses. They rode silently, talk- ing little, watchful, alert. Many of them in a sense were already of El Coyote’s men, for they had ridden with his band, had helped them, al- though no one of those who rode southward that night beneath the stars had ever looked upon the lead- er’s face, Not for long years had the border country seen such an array as met that evening at the Cantina Azul. Their numbers were not impressive, for barely a hundred men had gath- ered there, but each grim-faced one of them was well chosen, Each had good reason to hate the dominance of, Morales’s men. Each had sworn to follow any leader who would end it. A varied throng. Swarthy, thick- set Mexicans, with here and there a wind-tanned American rancher— men from the foothills, the border, and the desert, all of them held by a common bond, and in the eyes of each the steady gaze of steadfast purpose. Crowding into the patio of the cantina, they squatted about or leaned against the adobe walls, and as they waited in the darkn the tips of their cigarettes glowed red, Perhaps for half an hour they wait- ed, then from down the hard-packed. road came the sound of horses’ feet, and a masked rider forced his way among them, A rancher standing on tiptoe strained forward. “Is it he, is it El Coyote?” he whispered, “Quiet, amigo,” another answered. “El Coyote does not come tonight. This man brings his message. For the love of Our Lady be quiet there.” The masked rider circled about the patio, bending a careful scrutiny upon all he passed. At the farther end he stopped and faced them. In the dim light men saw that the jaw ‘was square and clean shaven and that beneath the sombrero clustered a thick mat of grizzled hair. Several among the crowd nodded. “It is the ieutenant of El Coyote’—and for a moment the little patio rang with an eager shout of welcotne to this man of the border outlaw’s batid. When he spoke his clear voice, in contrast to the grizzled hair, held something of the quality of youth, and the fearlessness of yout “Compafieros,” he began, “you whom El Coyote trusts he has calléd together. There are many among’ you who are already of our band. We have ridden together and to- gether we have ‘CO, INC. o~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES ‘SYNDICATE INC} sof laa 4 GILL queros of Morales. Many of you I know well. We have shared dangers. But it is better that tonight we be strangers all. It may be that among you are also men of Morales’s band. If there be, take back our message of defiance to your master. And re- member that with such as you comes a reckoning. “Tonight to all of you I bring a message from El Coyote. He would have me say these words: Men of the border, you came here to lead free, happy lives. You came to build homes and to live in peace and in Peace to sce your children grow up among you. What has that hope of yours been worth? How much has life itself been worth since the horse- men of Morales have made dogs of us? Throughout the border there are many piles of ashes that once were homes, There are graves that cover men who were once our friends. And all because Morales would have this land. Today the government itself obeys Morales. It sends troops against El Coyote and brands him an outlaw. But names are nothing, for if all the country- side arises and stands behind El Coyote and fights for him, he will no longer be an outlaw in the eyes of the Mexican government; he will become what today he really is—a liberator and a friend. Already many have joined him. “He waits now only a little while before he strikes. Compafieros, if you have red blood, you who listen here tonight will follow him in this last great fight of all. Too long we have struck back feebly, We have fought half-heartedly, We have only resisted where we should have at- tacked. We have been weak where we should have been strong. We have been divided where we should have been one.” “Bueno,” cried one from the crowd. “You speak straight words, ad Tell us now what we should 0.” “Fight,” called the clear, unhesi- tating voice. “At a certain time El Coyote gathers together all his band and rides against the power of Mor- ales. On that ride whoever is not with him is against him. It is the people of the border against Morales and his vaqueros. “Pass that word among you to those who are trustworthy Be ready. Look to your rifles and the knives at your belts. You must be leaders among the people. Tell the strong men to be ready. It may be tomor tow; it may be a year from tomor- row. Quien sabe? It will be when El Coyote thinks best, but that night we strike, and the next morning either Morales is lord of all this land, or we will have won peace and freedom for us and for our people.” Gathering volume in the darkness the clear voice made its last appeal. “What is life worth, in a land where we exist by permission only, where our homes are burned and our wo- men taken from us? For me, come Pafieros, it is not worth this cig. arette that I throw away. But I see a different life. I see this valley dotted with farms, I see it as a land of men who hold up their heads as free men should. We can have that at a price, amigos. It is the price of armed resistance, For some it may be the price of death. Which among you will not pay it?” Silence followed. Then from across the patio a yoice in the darkness asked, “The Americano cavalry, must we fight them?” “Once the Amerieanos learn 9 united people are behind El Coyote, they will withdraw, for they have no quarrel with the people of Mexe ico, And now, look you, One is come among us that you know. He has come to learn if you are worth fighting for. He comes to learn if you are ready. Amigos,” the voice rang out, “what answer do you give ‘now to El Coyote?” _,. (To Be Continues) B. a X t a4 \ { \ i $ | & is