The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 17, 1932, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper is 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. ibscription Rates Payable in * Advance Daily by carrier, per year........$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- marck) seecesscseses » 1.20 Daily by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) .. Daily by mail outside ot Dakota ........s...eeeee Vi = ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 Weekly by mail in state, three years =. 5... Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in Canada, per FOOD cece cece esses eet eccs ess 2.00 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation 2.50 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 newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. (Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER (incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON Business and Politics Belief that all business enterprises favor continuance of the Republican party in power at Washington is rudely shattered by a circular sent out by the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers to its members throughout the country. The circular is merely a reprint of a letter sent out to his managers by E. T. Rector, president of the Fair- mount Creamery company, and con- tains views which certainly will bring no joy to Republican partisans. The association’s management gives his opinions indirect indorsement by cir- culating them and by the comment: “We were greatly impressed by the sound reasoning and information giv- en and we believe it will awaken thought and bring response in a large Listen to Mr. Rector’s letter, writ- ten July 12: “Since our last letter, both na- tional conventions have come and gone. “(1) The Republicans, as ex- pected, have renominated Hoover and Curtis, who will try to be re- x elected on a platform that con- a tains a lot of reading but very lit- 1 tie to encourage the average busi- t b ness man, farmer and voter. LS 5 “(a) On the question of the 8 elimination of government expen- tc ditures and taxes, they promise G little other than that we will have re to pay and continue to pay still ¢ higher taxes. ct “(b) They have little or noth- i . ing to say about keeping the gov- : ernment out of private business. “(c) They have whitewashed = the farm board and recommended BE its continuance. ee “(d) They have straddled the c prohibition amendment question. Be (2) The Democrats nominated qs Roosevelt and Garner, and have t given us a much more definite, B understandable, constructive plat- Bs form— TF, “(a) Definitely guarantecing to i Cc reduce government expenses one qi billion dollars a year, or 25 per ty cent. a “(b) Definitely going on rec- ord against the government in business. “(e) Definitely denouncing the farm board and all its activities, and “(d) Definitely coming out for the repeal of the 18th amend- ment. ! “Leaving the liquor plank, in 4 both cases, out, and withholding any comments on the candidates themselves, but considering only the difference between the plat- forms, the Democratic utterances are much more to the point, and in our judgment, will be much more favorably received by the average business man, farmer and voter than those of the Republi- cans. “Now that these conventions 4 are over and the so-called budget | bill has been passed, we know | what our increased taxes, individ- ually and collectively, for the coming two years, are going to be. Congress has not yet adjourned, but will probably do so shortly; its members will all soon be back home, making due apologies for what happened and coming out with new arguments for their re- election; so right here is where our responsibility now begins. “Therefore, I want every man- ager in our organization to: “(1) Familiarize. himself with the facts in this letter, after which, “(2) I want him to educate his own organization to know the se- rious condition in which all busi- ness finds itself at the present time, and then, “(3) Join with other business men and voters in demanding all candidates, regardless of whether they are senators or congressmen, or seeking state or city offices, to come out and declare themselves definitely, stating their position 1 1 1% “(a) ‘The reduction of national, j state and local expenditures, and } consequently, “(b) The reduction of taxes of ani - alll kinds, ‘ “(c) Helping to get the gov- ernment out and keep it out of private business. “All our people have taken a — OM mn Somers DUA sauna | nile delinquencies. from 12 cents to 14% cents per dollar of income. “(2) Has increased our post- age rate on first-class postage from 2 cents to 3 cents an ounce. Our postage bill for last year was $82,211.44. If our mail was all first-class, we would have an in- creased expense of $27,403.81. It will not quite equal this amount, because all of our mail is not first-class. “(3) Has increased our tele- Phone costs 10 per cent, which will mean an increase of nearly $10,000.00, as our telephone costs last year were $96,699.76. “(4) Has increased our tele- gram costs five per cent, which, | on last year’s costs of $19,776.36, | would amount to approximately $1,000.00. “(5) Stamp tax on checks: We were fortunate in being able to avoid paying a two-cent tax on our farmers’ checks, but we have to pay it on all other checks, the amount of which is at this time uncertain, but it will be a heavy drain on our business before the two years are over. “There are, of course, countless other new taxes that we have to pay, directly or indirectly. I men- tion these few only to impress you with their importance and magni- tude, and the absolute necessity of doing everything in your power to effect additional economies to offset them.” There was more, four more pages, in fact. The letter is not and was not in-| tended to be a political document. It is the expression of a competent busi- ness man to his trusted helpers in the management of a great enterprise. It lacks the fine pleasantries and wan- dering atmosphere of the average po- fitical instrument. ‘That, probably, is why the cream- ery association considered it worth circulation. Liberals to Oppose Pact Canada is not a unit upon tne trade treaties or agreements arrived at in the recent imperial economic conference at Ottawa. Many busi- nessmen are wondering what effect the decisions, preferences and what- not will have upon the very desirable trade between Americans and Cana- dians. The agreement reached re- cently at Ottawa, experts say, will virtually transfer from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 of Canada’s annual pur- chases from the United States to/s Great Britain. Our northern neighbor owes us sev- eral billions and the easiest way to pay, of course, is in goods and serv- ices. To what exent this ability to pay has been curtailed can be known only after the Canadian parliament approves the trade pacts and the preferential tariffs become operative. The Liberal party under the lead- ership of Mackenzie-King will attack | ¢: the trade arrangement. Liberals de- clare the whole conference was a failure and the agreements, if per- sisted in, will injure rather than im-} jprove the commercial status of Can-} ada. i For those who have contended that the American home is breaking up and will soon be a thing of the past, | there is an excellent answer, backed! by facts and figures, in the U. S. de-| partment of labor statistics on juve-} Such delinquencies showed a de- cline in 1931 as compared with the three previous years, despite the de- Pression and its admitted pressure on the average home. Juvenile delinquencies naturally in- crease when environment is poor, but the figures show that the American home has managed to hang together fairly well, in spite of decreased in- ; comes and the resultant mental strain | in millions of families. And if the American home can make | such a record in times like these, i is going pretty far to say that the home will soon be a thing of the past. 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 Tax-Spenders’ Problem (Duluth Herald) | | are needed to meet Broadway's cos- tume demands in those days when production is hi » This vast area is occupied by the Albert G. Eaves concern, which has been pro- viding costumes since 1865 when the theater belt was way down town. Rush orders mean the constant employment of 140 tailors. Some- thing like 100,000 costumes are on hand for emergencies. When theater business is slack, carnivals and mas- querades, society costume balls and the like are depended upon. Some of the costumes date back to such productions as “When Knight- hood Was in Flower”—and this, by the way, provided one of the largest orders in theatrical history, mounting to something like $150,000. Which, in those days, was actually paid for. x TODAY . ANeiERSAR eee of ee FRENCH VILLAGES BURNED On Sept. 17, 1918, Germans burned French villages along the Moselle as American and French forces ad- vanced. Allied artillery retaliated by shelling the fortress of Metz. American forces in Lorraine ad- vanced on a front of five miles in one of the first offensives in that sector in many months. Their progress was difficult because of the rough coun- try. Allied troops continued their vic- torious progress in the offensive against Bulgaria, taking many towns and thousands of prisoners. The flank of the First Bulgarian army was turned and it was forced to begin a retreat into its own territory. In a curt note, the United States rejected the Austrian proposal for a peace conference. | chance at any sort of job. With a few hundred dollars and some old scenery |out of Cain’s warehouse, something |resembling a play could be put on— | and has been. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. As a matter fact, most of the famed Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hi per: ties identified with dramatic diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Bra: | presentations have reached that goal addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief ink. No reply can be made to queries not confor Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this nev id written in ructions. lafter a long and loyal struggle along | various trails. | The late Flo Ziegfeld started as a x | press agent and manager of a strong used to jast | man. William Brady, veteran of the “’" | trade, managed prize fighters, one of 1m|Whom was Bob Fitzsimmons. Max sy | Gordon ran a theatrical agency. S WHO ON BROADWAY Mi ‘s, entrepreneurs of low e variously college men per fellows who stumbled ptic and | into the theater through the accident = of a father who happened to be in “| the real estate business. Peggy Fears, newest of the producers, was a chor- ne—with brains. A. J. Beckhard, an- other newcomer, was a concert man- Al Woods was a shrewd side- alesman, darting from doorways with alluring trinkets. David Belasco had been an actor: Ries |so was Katherine Cornell. And still Nigitane 54 lis, Sam Harris was an East Side lad | who did a bit of everything. George ee YORK! A NEURASTHENIC PROTEST | tacks in a few hi WORTH HEARING ealeiu ve taken ject would fill a big months my eyes sleep . sanity .. . so nerv to members of m; teachings did nt, John F. Dille Co.) you speak have a differen that... finally a s after a thorough ¢ |M. Cohan came from a theatrical ly and inherited his stage fever. | Lawre! Rivers, who presented the | spectacularly successful “Green Pas- | tures,” when others had turned \ thumbs down, was actually a gent by | the name of Rowland Stebbins who graduated from Wall Street offices. at did I tell you? T article published July! jori meena oe f n ets ‘ rman Shumlin was new to the the- ind or an- STRINGING ALONG when he put on the elaborate Sept. 17.—The shoe- nd Hotel.” Jed Harris was @ ss I know th they'll tell the old latehstri into the the- | to test preliminary | ¢ The situat uity me E s agent. And so it goes, with no one able prognosticate from whence any of e play sponsors will come. in Several of the successful newcom-- have had to fall back on the co- ‘ive idea, with players sharing in the rewards—if any. Thus the first hard production, “Another Lan- ge,” turned out to be a great in- tment for those actors who gam- ‘d on its prospects. Several who isted on straight salaries have ked themselves ever since. * oe OK JUST OLD BROADWAY COSTUMES Six floors of a mid-town building ina nerves’ is which when she about nerves it fills many large books, word protest confirms my teaching about “nerv There is no such thing | Mostly Short Words HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzlo 14 Long-necked, aquatic bird. 20 Improvised stockade. 22 Engraves, 1 who has suf- fered so much fr he “ni y sion, i deeply ob: us’ she rails at me because I try to birds, other victims of the obsession to 9 Ancient. 24 Heritable the light. : > | 12 Eccentric land right. At one point in her harandie she| wheel: aE Canonieal quotes some unidentified pI . 13.ch hour. d that hi Pew The principal reason why the fed- eral government was given exclusive jurisdiction over the capital city was to enable it to preserve order at the seat of government and protect the congress and other public officials from unlawful interference —Attorney General Mitchell. * * * The government is spending mil- lions of dollars enforcing prohibition and loaning millions to grape grow- ers so more work can be provided prohibition agents—Phil S. Hanna, editor, Chicago Journal of Commerce. * * * * I believe that one of the beneficial results that will come from the pain- ful experience of depression will be lower taxes for the people and greater efficiency and service in every phase of the government.—Senator Arthur Capper, Kansas. * oe * Scientific charity goes around by detour of investigation and the pres- ervation of self-respect, but the mob demands immediate dole and pushes over the broken highway of pauper- ism.—Judge Carl V. Weygant of Cleve- land. kok Xx If I were 20 years younger and con- fronted with this crisis I would try very hard to continue my education . .. because in this new world which will emerge from this crisis there will be a demand for greater skill, better education and broader understanding. —Gilenn Frank, president, University of Wisconsin. > | Barbs | _—————_+ o A feminine columnist advocates that married men wear rings on their thumbs—just as if they hadn’t been wearing ’em in their noses all the time. * * * Dirt sufficient to fill a train of rail- road cars 1,400 miles long was dug from New York’s new subway system. Which ought to be enough to supply both political parties in the coming election. * OR OK ‘We're strong for the five-day week, but of course the plan shouldn’t apply to those two weeks when we get our vacation. 4 ee * ‘There's one office that always seeks the man... it is the tax collector's office. * In the chivairous Old South, a gen- tleman is always expected to offer his seat to a lady .. . but evidently Governor Sterling of Texas couldn’t see it that way when “Ma” Ferguson ran against him. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) ‘In 1931 there was one automobile every 56 persons in the world. Ae [A Ae “Ae R the dashes with correct con- Pls ope ere ideo the same forwards and backwards. 7 FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: iy Dancers are not the only people who do well to watch their step. "The G et Fe SYNOPSIS For years, Paco Morales ruled the peons in Mexico with an iron hand, confiscating their lands and driving them from their homes, but the crisis has come. “El Coyote,” the mysteri- ous bandit, avenges every outrage perpetrated by Morales. The ranch- ers await their unknown protector’s word to revolt. Morales, with the aid of the U. S. Cavalry, has searched. for the bandit in vain. Ted Radcliffe, an American whose late father was ruined by Morales, in love with Adela, the Spaniard’s beautiful niece. Jito, Morales’ ward, is jealous of Ted. Bob Harkness, Ted’s friend, tells him he has plans for settling the score with Morales. While out riding, Ted and Adela lose their way and spend the night in the desert. Adela resents her uncle’s suspicions. Later, Bob returns home with Ted and learns that some of his cattle were stolen. He doubts that “El Coyote” is responsible and goes with Ted to Mendoza’s, a gambling re- sort, to investigate. Ted wonders why Bob defends the character of notorious Ann Reed, an entertainer. Bob goes upstairs to a girl’s room. She greets him affectionately, calling him “El Coyote.” She chides him for watching the clock. CHAPTER XXXII “It's because I have Radcliffe downstairs—I promised to come back.” “Your young giant? They talk of nothing else here.” “What do they say?” “Everything. Some say he is Jito’s master. Some say that Jito is waiting for a chance to tear your Americano apart. They say too he is in love with Adela Morales.” She stopped, with a cigarette half-way to her lips. “That might be fatal.” Bob nodded. He raised one of those long white hands to his lips. “All the secrets of the border come to you, little Ann, soner or later.” She looked about her at the heav- ily draped room. “Always secrets. There are times when every man Among the initiated laws hurriedly | ing that suc adopted by the people of North Da-|by the doctor who kota last June was one providing that ; tient’s real trouble. taxes shall be levied on fifty per cent | }; of the assessed value of property. As | cj: the old law fixed taxes on a basis of seventy-five per cent of the assessed | dle along with the valuation, the proposal to cut one- | session. third was immensely popular, and the | measure went over with a bang. The farmer and small property- | “neuras! owner felt that they had accomplished | minority of them are w rking “bad something worth while, as in fact they | nerves” as a racket. had, for taxes on North Dakota real | unde! estate of all kinds have been high ever since A. C. Townley induced the state to make so many expensive ex- periments in public ownership ten or a dozen years ago. But now it seems that the cut was not quite the unalloyed blessing that some of its advocates thought it would be. The small property-owner may be helped, but the big corpora- tions, like the railroads and utility and mortgage loan companies, also demand their share of the benefit, and as the law applies to all alike they will get it. That seems fair enough, but loud complaints are ris- ing in all sections of the state that if all taxes are cut one-third, it is going to hamper public affairs ser- iously. County, town and school offi- cials fear they won't have enough money to run their departments, and already there is talk of applying to the next legislature for relief. All of which suggests two thoughts. One is that public officials always fear they won’t have as much money as they want to spend, and the other is that if the proposal had been submitted to the legislature in the first place, which is always much bet- ter qualified to pass on intricate taxation problems than the public, the state would not now be faced with ap annoying problem. 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In return I wish to offer a relief we have found for head- ache accompanied by nausea and ob- stinate vomiting: Keep a thin cloth wet with rubbing alcohol or whiskey on pit of stomach. Do not let it get dry. Lay heavy wash cloth wrung out of ice water on eyes and brow, turning as it gets warm. When you are sure the stomach irritation is quieted, take one-fourth cup of black coffee. This treatment relieves at- FCCC LPL POLES PCT P PNAC 26 NONEG \ 22 aT dee te weeke wee uh ope NE ee ee PEP Ne BCH REPRE Eee will talk to a woman of the thing nearest him, and so I learn. I think the very ghosts of secrets must cling: about every corner of this room, and behind every tapestry. Most of them are sad little ysimportant secrets, but some of them have the power to wreck human lives. And all these tales that men bring me are at the disposal of this imperious Don Bob. Not,” she added, “hecause I care a damn about his border crusade—I merely happen to love him.” Suddenly she laughed. “Last night that young Mexican captain of cav- alry was downstairs. It is he who tells me their plans against you, All next week they are to wait in force along the Verdi road down by the mesa. He was still very angry be- cause the major let that peon es- cape.” Bob smiled. “The major didn’t. I came back and released him.” His eyes grew thoughtful. “So they're going to hunt along the Verdi road. When Manuel comes tomorrow, get him word for he band to keep back in the foothills. Tell him that on Thursday I lead them in a raid.” Bob turned toward the girl and smiled gravely down at her. “If you only knew how indispensable you are in every way.” His hand touched her shoulder. “And how desirable.” The woman’s body thrilled a little at his touch, and a mist played be- fore her eyes. “What I tell is noth- ing. You know I would do anything for you.” The man said nothing, but walked across to the dressing table and took one of her long cigarettes. He stretched out comfortably on her chaise lounge. “Have you ever heard ot any piece of land owned in the name of Radcliffe?” She shook her heaa. GAY BAN Cc of th by TOM — COPYRIGHT 1951, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CB, INC. ~ DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC. “Probably it doesn’t exist, but Ted thinks his father bought land here in the old days. He has sent back East for maps and records, In the meantime, keep those pretty ears open.” He smiled. “You know, of course, that Blount’s men are still after me?” Ann Reed laughed. “That must give you grave concern.” “It has elements of danger. One of them is that any traitors in my band would be more likely to give information to Blount than they would to the Mexican soldiers, They have greater confidence in Blount’s ability to protect them, and they know that if he promises a reward he will pay. The major has let it out that someone in the band already feels the itch for Morale’s gold. He may know much or little. He may be able to ruin me. Tell Manuel what I have said—have him send anyone he may suspect to me.” Bob smiled reflectively. “I should not like to kill this dog without good cause, But neither can I wait until it is too late.” “And if you find him?” “My dear, what could I do? This is not work for sentimentalists. For two years I have existed because I strike first. That is a fundamental rule of warfare, and this is border warfare, so when I must I am a killer. Does that disturb you, my dear?” There came again to the girl that look of submission and utter yield- ing to this man, “How little you know women. Nothing you do disturbs me. To me your little finger is worth more than the life of all your band, for I find you in every way perfect.” Bob rose and, walking to where she stood, took her face in his hands, For a long time he looked down into her great black eyes. Then at last he shook his head. “You make me wonder, Ann, why all this loveliness and youth of yours should find me in any way desirable, and you make me wonder, too, what all this loveliness and youth of yours is ultimately destined for,” Ann laughed. “Old, old man,” she mocked. “Old enough.” “One is never old if one loves. That is your tragedy, Bob, you have never really loved. If you could give yourself as I give myself, freely, hap- pily, and utterly, you would never be old. Why have you never loved, really?” The man patted her cheek and for answer lighted another cigarette. “When you were about five years old, I had already learned a little about this thing called love. The girl who taught me that dangerous wisdom decided at last that there were better men in the world than I. So she chose a better one, And since then, little Ann, life has never seemed a very important or vital business, except in the game I am playing now. That may be why I can’t seem to fall in love.” He smoked for a time, “Love, 1 think, has come to this Radcliffe boy, and that way danger lies. Mo- rales suspects it. Jito suspects. Once they are certain—or once they believe Adela cares for him,”—Bob shrugged his shoulders—“Morales will issue orders.” “Does your giant foreman know you are E! Coyote?” “I never want him to know, What I do is my own affair. I can’t drag him into it. The kid has had a hard enough road since he came here. I want him to go on as foreman for Don Bob—whatever comes.” “But he must know sometime, Bob.” i “When it 1s all over.” $ “And that will be?” “Soon. One way or another it will all be over soon. Either I win or I lose. I think the border is ready to declare itself and follow me. Al- e BORDE To GILL ready 1 am planning to strike—one success and all the country will fol- low us. And if we fail—” “Yes?” “Then I shall kidnap Mendoza’s star singer and take her to some tropical island where there are no bandits or pesos or tyranny, except the tyranny of love.” Submissively she laid her dark head on his arm. “And I could have you all to myself,” she murmured, “Bob, I am so tired of the struggles of men and their hates and secrets, What does it matter about these peons, whether they are free or slaves? Always something is telling me all this is so vain—and it is only love that matters.” Bob smiled. He looked down at her with a vast tenderness. “Ann,” he told her, “I sometimes suspect you of sentiment. Now I must go. Tell Manuel to be watchful.” He raised her long, delicate fingers. “Again I put my life in these pretty, white hands.” ; “And if these pretty white hands should betray you?” He shrugged. “I should say that too would be part of the great game. Yet even then it would sadden me to destroy this lovely body of yours, for I am really very fond of you.” “I wonder,” she questioned. “I wonder if you are really fond of anyone.” From the open door Don Bob smiled back. “There are one or two People I have a great weakness for, Ann mia, and you are the loveliest of them all.” For a long time after the door had closed, the girl sat staring into the mirror before her. At last she smiled, and once again she touched those lips of hers with deepest car- mine, se As summer gave way to autumn, the whole border about Verdi found itself girding for war. News of ap- Proaching revolution from Mexico City added to the unrest. All knew that if the Mexican government should fall, or find its own hands filled with revolution, Morales would have to depend on his own vaqueros alone. So both sides made ready, quietly but steadily, and men rode the Mexican Tanges cautiously, not knowing friend from foe. From time to time the war depart- ment prodded the little major to see that he would not slacken in his pursuit of El Coyote, And although Blount hunted early and late, fol- lowing every vagrant clue, he had only the memory of long, futile pur- suits through the baked desert as a reward for all his efforts, Aunt Clara was the chief beneficiary, “It's doing the major a world of good,” she said more than once, to his discomfort, “The dear man's igure is absolutely seductive, and his digestion is strong as an os- trich’s again. These little games of hide-and-seek are making a new man of him. I wonder if El knows he's being chased? It has never interfered with his activities.” But, as a matter of fact, it had. Don Bob, throughout that torrid summer, had spent long days back in the Mexican hills, laying his plans, keeping his band scattered in little groups that dared meet only for an occasional raid and a quick retreat to the hills again. One morning in late winter found Ted with old Manuel, driving a herd of cattle to water on the Mexican side. Manuel jogged tirelessly along on his thin pony, shouting at the straggling cattle, swearing fine Span- ish oaths as the clouds of choking dust drifted upward and enveloped them. At last he pointed before him, “Down there it is, Sefior Ted. Be- yond that arroyo is the waterhole. Let us rest there now, and by evee ning we shall make the higher coun- jtry where grass is better.” i (To Be Continued) va re