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‘DOZEN INJURED AS . EXPLOSIONS RIP UP \ SEWER, GAS MAINS Citizenry of Montreal Thrown Into Frenzy of Terror By Unusual ‘Event ‘ Montreal, Que., Dec. 1.—(4)—Stac- cato blasts from sewer and gas mains ripped through six square miles of northern Montreal during the night, Spreading terror among surprised householders, but only 12 persons were slightly injured. Damage from fire or explosion was| general, however. One three-story building collapsed and many window panes were blown out. Firemen extinguished several blazes, and five fire-fighters were slightly hurt rescu- ing endangered citizens. Manholes flew high in the air, ac- companied by sudden flares of bluish- Yellow flame, tearing up miles of street paving. The affected area was roughly bounded by St. Lawrence boulevard, Jean Talon, St. Andre and DeFleuri- ment streets. One miie away, in sheer isolation, a gas station at the corner of Cremazie and St. rence boulevard blew up. The mai ager was thrown through the door, landing in the street 35 feet away. He was sent to a hospital. Remarkable escapes from were recounted after one upheaval wrecked the three-story building. ‘Two sharp blasts in succession sent an ice cream store and two flats above literally into the air, and the building crumpled. Fire-fighters diverted men and equipment to the scene. Fire was already gaining a foothold in the wreckage when rescuers went in and dragged six persons to safety. So far as could be determined, no more re- mained when the flames razed the whole mass. The cause of the blasts was not im- mediately determined, but a state- ment from the Montreal Heat and Power Consolidated company ad- vanced the theory that the first ex- plosion was caused by ignition of sewer gas or other inflammable ma- terial, and that the blast broke a gas main, starting the seri Announce Honor Roll At Will Junior High Nineteen students from the 8th @rade and 16 from the 7th grade are on the honor roll at the Will Junior high school for November, according to grades announced Wednesday. Each has a scholastic average of 90 or better and a grade of 90 or more in conduct. Those on the list are: Eighth grade—Buddy Beall, James Burckhardt, Charles Conner, Pearl Hamery, Buelah Hedahl, Gayle Kelly, Bennie Jones, Henry Koch, Chester Little, John Kramer, Henrietta Ode, John Peterson, Elizabeth Raaen, Har- viet Rosen, Blanche Ryckman, Dor- | othy Sigurdson, Robert Tavis, Eliza- beth Tolchinsky, and Maxine Welch. Seventh grade—Emma Dell Ander- son, Jean Baker, Phyllis Brainard, Eva Coats, Charles Corwin, Robert Bowman, Doris Fevold, Lynn Fran- zen, Evangeline Hartke, Annie Homer, Ethelind Joersz, Warren Kraft, Rufus Lumry, Catherine Mayer, Glen Sivert- son and Roland Wright. Killdeer Youth Edits Engineering Magazine Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 1—The first issue of the North Dakota Engi- neer, student magazine of the Uni- versity college of engineering, is now being distributed to subscribers and elumni members. The feature article in the edition fs contributed by Dr. Irvin Lavine, professor of chemical engineering at the school, and deals with the lignite foal industry in North Dakota and other parts of the United States. Bruce Johnson, Killdeer, is editor- {n-chief of the publication, and other members of the editorial staff are: William Franta, Lidgerwood; Jack Thornton, Fessenden; John Winsness, Cathay; Edward Tufte, Northwood; George Blain, Charles Palmetier and Jerome Daly, Grand Forks. Jury Deadlocked in Minot Arson Trial Minot, N. D., Dec. 1.—(#)—A mis- trial of the case of Mrs. Mattie Handy of Minot, charged with arson in con- nection with the burning of the Home Hotel, owned by her, last February, was declared by Judge John C. Lowe when a district court jury reported it was unable to agree. Called into court 24 hours and 40 minutes after it began deliberating, the jurors were unanimous in report- {ng to Judge Lowe that they doubted whether a verdict could be agreed upon. NEEDS NO BATTERIES A batteryless flashlight has been put on the market. It has a small dynamo in its base: A few turns of the base produces enough energy to set the bulb glowing and, when the light diminishes, all one has to do is to turn the base again. Hog cholera was first found America 95 years ago. in Cost 85 Cents to Put Rheumatic Cripple Back to Work Again Now Joyously Happy While all his family looked on in astonishment and all his friends were amazed, one man took the pain, swelling and agony from his tortured ond in 48 hours and did it with famous rheumatic prescription to pharmacists as Allenru— may do oe same. Bis powerful yet safe rem lul—its action is almost mag- uric acid poison—the rheumatic agony— ur body in 24 hours. cent bottle of Al- Fit a Feld 83 i E your pains haven’t left money back,, just as swiftly with Neuri- tis, Sciatica, Lumbago and Neuralgia. Advertiiemenl. a 4H | —_THIS CURIOUS WORLD — | | & -—______ —_ -. . -_____ Weather Report snes ay FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight; unsettled and much colder Friday,! For North Da- kota: Partly| cloudy tonight,; colder extreme northwest portion; unsettled and much colder Fri-! day, probably snow flurries. For South Da-) FLOWER OF DECEMBER, HAS NEARLY A THOUSAND CLOSE RELATIVES, POINSETTIA, | © 1932 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. “ | kota: Generally! (1 fair tonight; Fri-| Bs day unsettled and | colder, probably snow flurries west {and north portions and rain turning 1 to snow southeast portion. { For Montana: Unsettled tonight; jand Friday; probably snow west por- jtion, colder west and north portions Friday. i | For Minnesota: Unsettled tonight and Friday, possible rain Friday, turn- Law-| death | | i | KNe a CONTRACT BRIDGE DOINSETT, FOR WHOM THE POINSETTIA WAS NAMED. ROINSETT rouno THE FLOWER GROWING IN MEXICO, WHERE IT WAS: IOWN AS “MEXICAN FIRE PLANT,” AND INTRODUCED IT TO BOTANISTS. t Ves BY WM. E. MCKENNEY | Secretary, American Bridge League There is no question but that bridge } is America’s most popular pastime to- | day. We look for the results of the bridge championship events with the same interest that we have watched EXPERTS PLAY IT MCKENNEY as There is a theory among some authorities that it pays to get a bid in early so as to get the jump upon your opponents. have worked out well in auction bridge, but it is certainly most un- sound for contract. To start with, at contract you are This theory might|# for the outcome of other sporting| really not interested in your oppon- events. jents. Your most important thought, An annual event which is of special! is whether or not you and your part- importance to New York players is| ner can make a game or a slam, and the Vanderbilt team of four game. | while defensive bidding plays its part In 1928 Mr. Harold Vanderbilt pre-| in contract bridge, offensive bidding sented a silver trophy to be played | is by far the more important. jfor annually by teams of four. He) If you and your partner hold high has participated in several of thesejcards and the opponents bid too events himself and this year enrolled! much, you are bound to set them, himself as one of the Vanderbilt cup| and it is seldom that they will escape winners by winning his own trophy. | being doubled when it is possible to His partner was Mr. Waldemar von| set them two or more tricks due to | Zedtwitz, president of the American} the fact that you might have passed Bridge League. Their teammates| some defensive strength first or sec- were Mr. P. H. (Hal) Sims and Mr.! ond hand. | Willard S. Karn. + I cannot impress upon you too | | strongly the importance of not open- @A-d ing first or second hand unless you | WK-Q-6-5 have a definite re-bid. This is the | A-8-4 true success of contract bridge—lay- &A-Q-9-8 ing a sound foundation upon which ‘you and your partner can build a game or a slam contract. Many of you have been accustom- ed to picking up your hand at con- tract, looking to see if you had the required number of high card tricks, and a biddable suit, and immediately making an opening bid. May I ask you to study your hand along an entirely different line after this? Supposing you held the fol- lowing hand: Spades—A-K-7-2 Hearts—A-4-3-2 Diamonds—5-3 Clubs—4-3-2 The old procedure would be as fol- lows. We would find— First—That the hand contained three high-card tricks. Second—That the hand contains a biddable spade suit. This, you might say, meets the | i | | &K-Q-10-7-4-2 VA-7-4 10-7 7-2 |. Following is one of the most impor- tant hands played in this event. Mr. von Zedtwitz sat in the South and Mr. Vanderbilt in the North. | While Mr. Sims and Mr. Karn were using the Sims one-over-one system, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. von Zedtwitz were using the Vanderbilt Club con-! A 8 vention. requirement for an original suit bid Mr. von Zedtwitz opened the bid-|°f one. However, you are wrong— ding with one spade, West passed and | You must go further. A Mr. Vanderbilt in the North bid three; Remember that you are bidding for hearts. This is a jump shift bid and |Your partner and not against your not only guarantees a game, but is, OPPonents, so analyze the hand fur- also a mild slam try. | ther as follows: If I bid one spade Mr. von Zedtwitz then bid three| and my partner bids one no trump, spades to show length and a rebid-| What shall I do? dable spade suit. However, his bid is} Well, to be frank, there isn't much not encouraging. With any encour-| that you could do about it. You agement from Mr. von Zedtwitz, Mr.| re not in a position to allow him to | Vanderbilt would have gone to seven, | Play the hand at one no trump; you (put with the weak response, he took | cannot re-bid spades, as that would | the contract to six spades, | show a five-card suit; so, while your a ed hand contains the necessary number The play of the hand is unusually /of high cards and a biddable suit, it interesting and well demonstrates the | does not contain a definite re-bid Geep thought and planning given to| and therefore should be passed first every hand by Mr. von Zedtwitz. | or second hand. The deuce of hearts was opened by| Of course, the hand should be West. East's nine forced the declar- | opened in either third or fourth posi- er’s ace. A small heart was returned | tion, as here we are not required to and won in dummy with the queen. have a re-bid. I will continue this The ace and jack of spades were | discussion of opening bids with you Played from dummy, Mr. von Zedt-| in the next article. |witz overtaking the jack with the} (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) queen in his own hand and then lead- Paitaapientia {ing the king of spades. A diamond was discarded from dummy and West dropped the three | of clubs, which marked East with the DIES AT DEVILS LAKE Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. 1—(i— | Mrs, L. D. Gooler, 62, of Devils Lake, | king of clubs. died Wednesday after a lingering ill- | The average player, if he were not ness. Born in Farmington, Minn., | careful to maxe the proper deductions, | Mrs. Gooler came to Devils Lake about would now make the mistake of | 30 years ago. Since then she lived at 'finessing the queen of clubs, but Mr. ! Rolla, Dunseith, and Grand Forks, re- von Zedtwitz realized that his only , turning here about nine years ago. She hope of making the contract was to| leaves her husband, three children, drop the jack of clubs from the West | Darrel N., Devils Lake, Mrs. Frank O. hand, so he led a small club and_| Peterson, Mayville, and Lieut. Max finessed the eight, East winning with | Gooler, Fort Snelling; two brothers, the ten of clubs. | and a sister. Funeral services were to East returned a diamond which was be held Thursday at the Masonic won in dummy with the ace. The ace | Temple with the Order of the Eastern of clubs was now played from dummy | Star conducting the rites. and West's jack dropped. i However, if West had failed to dis- DEVILS LAKE MAN DIES card a club, and had dropped a dia-| Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. 1—(#)— mond, it would have been immaterial, | John H. Trimble, 63, former mayor of because Mr. von Zedtwitz’s next play | Westhope, died Wednesday. He had was the queen of clubs. East, of | been ill several years. Trimble, born course, refused to cover with the king |in Iowa, came to North Dakota in as he saw that it would establish | 1899, settling at Westhope. He moved ; to Devils Lake in 1916. He was affil- dummy’s nine. jing to snow; colder Friday. | | GENERAL CONDITIONS —{ While somewhat unsettled weather jconditions prevail over the greater portion of the Canadian Northwest this morning, elsewhere they are quite stable. Temperatures generally are above the seasonal normal, and but little precipitation was recorded dur- jing the past 24-hour period. | Bismarck station barometer, inches: ; 28.01. Reduced to sea level, 29.82. NORTH DAKOTA POINTS. ¥ i am Low Pct. BISMARCK, clear 320 3100 Devils Lake, clear 34 (3400 Fargo-Moorhead, cl 38 «34 = 00} Williston, clear 30.00 Grand Forks, cl 3400 Jamestown, clear 36.00 Valley City, clear 29° «00 Minot, clear . 31.00 am Low Pet. | Amarillo, Tex., peldy 42 40 = .00} Boise, Idaho, cldy. 34 «34 = 00! Calgary, Alta., clear. 24 «22 04) Chicago, Il. clear . 38 «638 =«.00 id 42 36+ «00 40.00! 40 00 16.01 38 = 00 34.00 40 =.00 Kamloops, B. 40 = 00 Kansas City, Mo., peldy. 46 = 00 Lander, Wyo., clear..... 30 28 .00 Medicine Hat, A., clear.. 38 36 .00 Miles City, Mont., clear. 28 28 00 Modena, Utah, snowing. 32 32 .42 No. Platte, Neb., cldy.... 4 36.00 Okla. City, O., peldy.. 46 «00 Pierre, 8. D., peldy...... 42 42 .00 Prince Albert, S., clear. 8 8 20 Qu’Appelle, Sask., clear. 24 24 .00 Rapid City, 8. D., clear .42 42 .00 Roseburg, Ore., cldy.... 41 40 «=—.00 St. Louis, Mo., cldy, 42.00 St. Paul, Minn., cldy.... 40 40 .00 Salt Lake City, U., cldy.42 40 .00 8. S. Marie, Mich., pcldy.36 34 64 Seattle, Wash., raining.. 46 44 18 Sheridan, Wyo., clear... 30 28 .00 Sioux City, Ia., cldy. 40 40 .00 Spokane, Wash., cldy... 42 40 .00 Swift Current, 8., pcldy. 32 30 00 The Pas, Man., clear. 18 14) «20 Toledo, Ohio, clear 36 36 = Winnemucea, Nev., clear 14 12 .00 Winnipeg, Man., clear.. 30 30 .00 N UE Cc ye — D Message Designed To Extend Beyond Hoover, Congress market Thursday where the fresh buying by covering bears advanced the sterling rate to $3.25 during the forc- cents from the low of the week. It closed at $3.21%. DEBATE POSTPONED IN FRENCH CHAMBER Paris, Dec. 1.—(P)—The cabinet approved the text of a new note to the United States concerning the war debts Thursday morning. It Probably will be sent to Washington some time Thursday but the govern- ment wants to make sure the British note reaches Secretary Stimson first. During the discussion of the last several days, in parliament and else- j Where, it has been indicated this note will renew the assertion that Postponement of the $20,000,000 pay- ment due Dec. 15 is necessary. If postponement is not granted, Glowever, Premier Herriot, it is said, is ready to pay despite the threat of serious opposition in the chamber of deputies. Louis Marin, sponsor of a resolu- tion to the effect France will pay no more than she receives in repara- tions, was induced to accept post- ponement ‘of debate Wednesday, and representatives of the government have been trying to get him to with- draw the resolution entirely, pending continued negotiations with Wash- ington, The premier, it is said, is ready to make this issue a matter of confi- dence when it is presented in the chamber, risking possible overthrow of the government. N. D. STUDENTS IN CHOIR Northfield, Minn., Dec. 1.—(%)— Four North Dakotans are included in the personnel of this season's St. Olaf college choir, Director F. Melius Chris~ tlanson announced Wednesday. They are Esther Boe, Finley, and Olive Brakke, McVille, sopranos; Carsten Harstad, Mayville, and Fridtjof Eike- land, Hatton, tenors. SLAYERS CONFESS Minneapolis, Dec. (#)—Three bandits who shot and_ seriously wounded Olaf M. Olson, Southside tailor, while holding up six persons People’s Forum Editor's Note.—The Tribune wel- comes letters on subjects of in- | terest. Letters dealing with con- | troversial religious subjects, which attack individuals unfairly, or | which offend good taste and fair play will be returned to the | writers, All letters MUST be signed. | If you wish to use a pseudonym, , sign the pseudonym first and your | own name beneath it. We will re- | i spect such requests, We reserve the right to delete such parts of letters as may be necessary to + conform to this policy. AMBIGUOUS LAW-MAKING Sanger, N. Dak. Nov. 29, 1932. Editor, Tribune: I do not want to ask for too much space in the People’s Forum, yet I have a few pent up thoughts in my mind that I would like to get rid of. When the voters of this state went to the polls a few weeks ago they thought they were voting on one emergency measure and that it would take immediate effect and save the poor burdened taxpayers thousands of dollars, but the wish of the people has been thwarted again. The blame cannot be placed upon the supreme court for that august | body does ‘not function as a law. making agency, as we all well know, but its duty is to interpret the laws! and that interpretation must be in || Provisions of the law. id ram it can be said to be as sount as tt ‘soil upon which it rests; as firm as the agricultural interest of our state. “ Our farmers have lost many Lan lions in farming operations in peat years. Would you advise them to quit to prove his wisdom by repetitions and careful elucidations, he forgot that he had provided for an emer- gency enactment as well as for a reg- ular routine, one taking effect in 30 days after passage and oe eg mented his former statements by ref- ‘ 9 erence to such events as the acts of | farming and resort to ae mart canvassing boards and official declar- | Undoubtable no. Neit! Be dire ations of votes. |vise them to quit the ES the field It is my honest opinion that if the | ernmental experimenting 01 writer could be interviewed he would | cf private monopoly. ae rea ae tell us that emergency legislation was| One is ever incline the lan in a time when its cause is at peoiisces Gt siR, ee lowest ebb, Our industrial program is | hand in hand with the farm- Jing industry of this state naturally, when farming fails the shock rever- berates upon the industrial program. ‘When farming succeeds, the program laids the farmers cause. The only weakness is that a single state can hardly establish or maintain condi+ ‘tions on a secure level. e With all this in consideration I be- lieve that our state plan has done iremarkably well. I repeat, saving trom hail insurance is equal to nearly Legislatures have the power to pass emergency acts, but as matters stand now, the people, in whom.all powers are inherent, are denied such a power. There's the rub. We wonder if public officials "have accurately ap- praised the true state of mind that prevails among the taxpayers of the state. The common people are beginning to ponder on the meaning of the term “Constitutional Rights.” To prove that the idea that the people have universally recognized in- herent powers is no idle fancy of mine, permit me to quote from our state constitution: “All political power is inherent in the people. Govern- ment is instituted for the protection, security and benefit of the people, and they have a right to alter or re- form the same whenever the public good may require I wonder what that means. Who is the public any- way? Could it be possible that the keeping with the wording of the writ- ten law. date when initiated laws become oper- | ative is one of many instances where the writer of an amendment ot a law said too many disconnected things. Of course all such ambiguous writ- ers have'a perfect alibi. When a law- yer or an educator deems himself suf- | ficiently wise to write laws and legal | documents he is generally in the | single-track stage of his mental. de- velopment and thus incapable of go- ing beyond precedents. The ancients arrived at conclu- sions by elaborate and_ circuitous routes and lawmakers to this day in-| sist on demonstrating their superior | literary attainments by elucidations | and repetitions, Had the writer of the amendment | that re-delegated the power of initia- | tion back to the people stopped when he had said that all initiated meas- | ,Ures should become laws in 30 days after their passage by the people un- | less otherwise provided for in the} jsaving of some $70,000 to the poor The recent controversy over the | tax-ridden citizens of the state is not) for the public good? A plain dirt farmer may have no right to criticize the high courts but [e I had“been giving that opinion I would have weighed the fevered state f the public mind very thoughtfully ind deliberately against the techni- calities of the law before making that decision. Sherman Hickle. FAVORS EXPERIMENTS Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 25, 1932, Editor, Tribune I noticed an editorial in your col- umns a while ago in regard to experi- ments. While the writer can readily understand the basis for your conclu- sions in this respect, I take the liber- ty to disagree with you. If people never experimented we would have never progressed. Some experiments have proven to be disastrous. Out- standing in this respect is the present measure itself, then the. people would ; Monetary and banking system of our not have been defeated in their ef-country.- It is an experiment dating forts to get immediate relief from |back to the demonetization of silver the entire bonded indebtedness of the state; savings from state fire and tornado insurance and state bonding of public. officials, etc., equals other ‘Josses. Large sums of public moneys and also some private accounts sal- vaged in the state-owned bank which very conceivably could have been largely lost; large earnings of the Bank of North Dakota aside from rural credits dept. Rather than discourage such exper- iments the writer would urge greater care in the launching of them. Our states credit should not be loaned certain economic conditions. It is al- so better to work out a pay as you gO system in constructing terminal facil- ities rather than bonding to build them. I point out that our state mill paying of $175,000 annually, or ap- proximately $1,750,000 in ten years. ‘That has been a big handicap and has largely prevented the mill and eleva- So let us not be discouraged with the experiment. The odds are largely in its favor for its success in the fu- ture. Sincerely, Ulysses McFarland. HOSPITAL HEAD DIES Deer Lodge, Mont., Dec. 1.—(P)— Funeral services were held Tuesday for Miss Harriet Peeples, former su- perintendent of St. Peter's hospital, in Helena, and widely known in med- ical circles throughout the state. Miss a short illness. during times of inflated values or un- | and elevator bonds provide for the; tor success from the direct viewpoint. | | War in Europe is unlikely, said Gen~ eral John J. Pershing, shown above as he returned to the United States after several months abroad on a mission for the Battle Monuments commission. less severe colds for you this winter with some needless public expenditures, But he wasn’t satisfied when he had | said enough. He had to follow the | precedents established by the ancients | and elucidate. In his consuming zeal | Peeples, 57, died Friday in Butte after and the passage of the National bank act. Now it is time to abandon that system and get back to better bank- ing principles. In regard to our state industrial To REVENT many Colds Sold SOONER Not until the end of the 16th cen- tury did the cult of pillar saints dis- appear from the earth. Many Gifts in One for the Family 6 months (in 3 months (in in the Smetana-Johnson drug store on Cedar Avenue Tuesday night, were captured and gave police signed state- ments Wednesday confessing the rob- bery. Nervous diseases are much more prevalent among brain workers than among other people. Mr. von Zedtwitz did not hesitate but immediately discarded the ten of diamonds. West must also discard a diamond. This left Mr. von Zedtwitz with three good spades and a-good} heart in dummy. A carefully played hand that pro- duced @ small slam for the declarer, | it was one of the hands which was; instrumental in bringing to the team the Vanderbilt cup championship. i (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) BY WM. E. McKENNEY Secretary, American Bridge League To those who are interested in us-| ing the one over one system of con-; tract bidding, I again want to em- phasize the importance of the sound! original first and second hand suit! bids of one. iated with many fraternal organiza- tions, and until June of this year was State treasurer of the I. O, O. F. lodge. He also was a Mason and one of the first members of the Devils Lake Elks lodge. Left are three brothers, a son and six daughters. Funeral services will be conducted Friday. . CITES DAIRY’S RESISTANCE Chicago, Dec. 1.—()}—M. D. Munn of Chicago, president and founder of {the National Dairy council, said at its annual meeting Wednesday that the , “dairy industry has resisted depres- sion forces better than any other ma~- jor industry.” He gave the credit to scientific research. 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