The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1932, Page 4

The 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 @econd class mail matter. GEORGE D, MANN President and Publisher. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year........$7.20 Daily by mail per year (in Bis- Daily by mail per outside Bismarck! year (in state a” ‘Weekly b; » Weekly by mail in state, Weel yy mail outside of North Dakota, per year .............. 1.50 ‘Weekly by mail in Canada, per year ... seeeeeees 2.00 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this 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 The Job Remains posed state budget might give the taxpayer the idea that the fiscal problems of the incoming adminis- tration have been solved by the work of the state budget board. It also might appear that this Voard, composed of political oppon- ents of state officials elected in Nov- ember, has pointed the way whereby the victors may fulfill pre-election promises made to the voters. Even @ little study proves that this is not the case, however. The bud- get board’s report provides for the same structure of government which we now have and makes no provision for the climination of bureaus and commissions about which much has been heard. Nearly everyone agrees, apparent- ly, that this is a desirable goal. The problem still remains as to how the end is to be attained. The answer to the question of method is clear. Either the services performed by bureaus and commis- sions must be eliminated altogether or the duties assigned to them must be turned over to departments al- ready established. There is no other way and the legislature must choose which of the two courses offered it will pursue if the job is to be done at all. Analysis of the situation is made easy by perusal of a pamphlet is- sued by the secretary of state which lists all boards and commissions con- nected, directly or indirectly, with the state government. Altogether there are 46 of them, including five associations. Of this number 13 boards list as members only indivi- duals who hold other state offices. ‘These are the so-called ex-officio boards. These, however, employ nu- merous workers, some only a few and others quite a number. Of the other boards many list one or more ex- Officio members and some spend no state money whatsoever. In the lat- ter classifications are those boards which determine professional quali- fications and issue professional li- censes, such as the architects, bar, medical and other boards. Of the 46 boards and associations which now comprise, directly or in- directly, a part of the state govern- ment, the budget proposes to elim- inate eight with appropriations to- taling $81,300. These boards and the amounts appropriated for them in 1931 follow: Governmental Survey commission, $10,000; Chicago Exposi- tion commission, $18,000; Industrial Survey commission, $10,000; Missouri River commission, $5,000; Board of Sterilization examiners, $300; State Corn show, $2,000; State fairs, $31,- 000; Teachers’ Interest and Retire- ment fund, $5,000. Of these, the first four, with ap- Propriations totaling $33,000, were not intended to be continuing com- Good Fellow” while “Keep the Kettle Boiling” is dinned home by the tink- ling of a bell on a street corner. Some may see cause for discour- agement in this constancy of appeal. Is there nothing but discouragement, privation and hunger in the world that our eyes and ears should be constantly assailed by pleas for help? Cannot those who have managed to accumulate a little enjoy their pos- sessions in peace and comfort? Must we always be subjected to these ap- peals when we would so much rath- .20| €F BO our way, blissfully ignorant, or at least not pointedly told, of the fact that others are less fortunate than we? These questions, or some variation of them, may be voiced at times by is not always pleasant to have tales of want and misery dinned into our ears, Who can blame us if, at times,| we are tempted to weaken. | And yet there is an answer to each of these questions. A thousand an-| swers, most likely, if we will but Tecognize them when they appear. “Yes, there is something besides| want and privation in the world, else there would be no one to answer these appeals? “No, those who have, cannot enjoy} their Christmas to the full unless they share their blessings with those who have not. The same urge which makes man a human being rather} than an animal or a machine takes care of that. One of the best in-| ducements to a joyous Christmas is | knowledge that we have the Christ- Cursory examination of the pro-; mas spirit. No miser ever enjoyed Christmas. “Cannot we go our ways in peace? No, not as long as we have the abil- ity to help. We may be able to evade @ social and civic responsibility but we can hardly escape the conscience which accuses us when we do so.” On the contrary, there is cause for encouragement in the fact that these efforts to relieve the poor are being made. It shows that the hard cynicism of recent years was just a veneer after all. It proves that hearts are still big enough to free them- selves from selfishness. It indicated that the spirit of “live and let live” may be changed, when our better natures assert themselves, to “live and help to live.” And these campaigns are being and will be successful. Why? Because human nature has not changed since Shakespeare voiced the philosophy with which most of us agree. “The quality of mercy . is twice blest.| It blesses him that gives and him} that takes.” 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. i Changing His Label (New York Times) Senator Norbeck of South Dakota describes himself in the Congres- sional Directory as “Roosevelt Re- publican.” In the desire to avoid! ambiguity he announces that he is going to change the description to “Theodore Roosevelt Republican.” Thus he will discriminate himself from the Progressive Republicans who might be temporarily classified as “Franklin D. Roosevelt Repub- cans.” Neither the first nor the Second choice of Mr. Norbeck, trying to find his exact political location, means what he takes it to mean. Theodore Roosevelt refused a second nomination by the Progressives. He took the stump for Governor Hughes. If he had lived till 1920, it is at least probable that he would have got the Republican nomination for president. He said in 1918 that if the Repub- lican party wanted him and he could “advance the ideals for which he stood,” he would be a candidate. He would have got the nomination if he could. He had come back to the old home. He was a regular Republican. Such Mr. Norbeck unconsciously writes himself down. The curse of the Republican party, long before the depression, was its division into two wings. Nothing now indicates a return to coherence and unity. The rush of millions of Republicans into the Democratic ranks makes the prospect of reor- ganization look distant; and for some time the task for thoughtful men in both parties is to cooperate in the indispensable duty of reducing federal expenditures, balancing the budget, defeating all proposals of un- sound finance and federal bounties to a class. When the United States missions. They eliminate themselves. The others were incidental functions of government or gratuities granted by the state for specific purposes. Their elimination does nothing to tighten up the governmental struc- ture. If real savings are to be made and political promises fulfilled, the legis- [ Hie fi government is once more a going) concern the spirit of partisanship| can be more actively resumed. The Democrats will have every- thing in their own hands. They can- not shift the responsibility. They must subdue their “wild men” in congress, and they can afford not to be too tender to the Progressives. Indeed, since the Old Guard has been so mercilessly trampled upon, can't it be taken for granted that every good and true man and woman is at once truly progressive and at the same time conservative on all the any of us. We all have our prob-} lems, personal or financial, and it; _| outer borders of the feet. | | ‘No’ Man’s Land! self-addressed envelope is enclosed. in ink. No reply can be made tions. ~ 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, Letters should be brief and written queries not conforming to instruc- Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. BOW-LEGS AND KNOCK-KNEES Knock-xnee in infants or young children is usually a moderate defor- mity and does not call for any spe- cial treatment. If the ankles are separated by less than two inches when the child stands erect with knees together, it is sufficient to put lifts on the inner borders of soles and heels of the shoes, to raise the feet up along the inner, border and throw the weight upon the outer border of -the feet. These lifts should be only ‘i-inch thick. The normal, strong position of the feet in standing or walking is always rather that of the bow-legged type. A bow-legged person walks on the Another help in correcting moder- ate knock-knee in childhood is toe- ing in, The child should be taught to toe in when standing or walking or running, and never permitted to toe out, sitting, standing or walking. For either bow-leg or knock-knee in childhood all forms of outdoor ex- ercise or play are beneficial, particu- larly Bicycle, velocipede or pushmo- bile riding, pony riding, hop and skip, skip the rope, all games in which the child’ runs or dodges about, and all forms of dancing. The admonition about toeing in holds for all these exercises, especially for knock-knee. It is less needed where the condition is bow-leggedness. Knock-knee is a manifestation of rickets in most cases, though in mod- erate cases as above mentioned the deformity is merely a static one, like: Ppronated feet (‘weak ankles”) or falling arches. Plenty of exposure of the naked skin to direct sunlight, and an adequate Vitamin-D ration (cod liver oil, yolk of egg, fresh milk, butter, cream) in the first year of society and listed in the telephone directory. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Chemical Shave In 1917 when I was in the army we used to buy a paste at the company store which was as good as a shave, but I dont know the name of it... (P. P) Answer—A formula for such a de- pilatory paste is as follows: Barium sulphid . Zine oxid Cornstarch For use, ter to make a paste, smear on the beard, let it remain a few minutes, and then wash it off before the skin becomes irritated. This dissolves the hairs. Like shaving, it tends to make the hairs grow coarser. I do not think it is advisable for regular use. A safety or ordinary razor is better. , Heavy Sleeper Please inform me whether a per- son loses two or three pounds weight during a night’s sleep? (O. T. 8.) Answer—The only weight lost dur- ing sleep is the perspiration, and that seldom exceeds a pound in a night. Crystal Suggests Mystery Sample of mineral water crystals extracted by a process of cystalliza- tion. They claim the crystals are just as good as the water from the famous springs. . . (Mrs. W.) Answer — “Crystallization” is the process by which almost any salts are obtained by evaporation of the solution. In my opinion the ‘reme- dial virtues of the mineral water are in no way different from those of ordinary tap water. Seven Quarts of Milk Could a man live for a year taking no other food but seven quarts of life, therefore tend to prevent knock- knee. Everything said about knock-knee applies as well to bow-leg, except the fitting of lifts on the shoes. Suitable braces, fitted and applied and constantly supervised by the physician, are a help in the correc- tion of many cases of knock-knee and bow-leg in young children. It is futile, however, to expect any ap- pliance or mechanical contrivance to alter the shape of the bones in the legs after the age of six years. Noth- ing short of an operation on the bent bone or bones will correct, knock-knee or bow-leg in a person over six years of age. If any brace or gadget would or could remedy such deformities in persons over the age of six years, physicians, I mean reputable physicians, would be happy to recommend or use them. No good doctor likes to do an operation for the correction of bow-leg or knock- knee; indeed, few reliable surgeons will consider the operation unless the deformity is quite pronounced and a real impediment. The scandal that | arose when an unlicensed practi- tioner attempted some such opera- tion and by his crude bungling caused the loss of the victim's legs, should not deter anybody from seeking sur- gical relief for such deformity; it should merely emphasize the impor- tance of making sure of the doctor's or specialist's standing before you submit to his treatment. If you don’t know how to determine any doctor's or specialist's standing, why, that’s just too bad. not too backward there should be a Public information bureau main- tained by the local county medical milk daily and doing heavy manual labor? (Miss B. O. H.) Answer—Yes, if he could possibly take such a large volume of fluid food daily. Seven quarts of milk would yield 4,550 calories, sufficient to maintain an adult doing moder- ately hard work. But milk is inade- quate as the sole nourishment and should be supplemented with other foods, especially fruits and vegetables, For one thing milk is poor in iron. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) Each of my seven sons was nursed by his mother and she drank Milwau- kee beer. Don't let anyone tell you that beer hurt them—the youngest is six feet two inches tall—Senator Hi- ram Bingham of Connecticut. 7 * * I think patriotism may yet destroy FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: No Christmas belle is complete without a beau. | Nobel Prize Winner —_—_—_— OOOO HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle marks. 1 Who won the = =) 17 Diseases. 1932 Nobel AAR 18 Winner of the prize in “7 1932 Nobel chemistry? aI prize in $ Side road, “IT A literature, 12 Costly. ICILION INS 20 Ethical 13 Posted, VIR ICHBEIYIE} teachings. 15 Street. TIRIAICH INGISHEMIU! 21 Raillery. 16 Lake herrings. (EEL MOAN MEMO!T| 23 Porous cups. 17 Desert fruit. | 24 Fitted one 19W, K within aes TT IRI [EIAISIE] _ another. 20 Irish priest, CUE) ISIS) ESITIEIT} 25 Fisure of apostle of hoops. VERTICAL 26 Harassed. temperance. 31 Chats. 2To love. 28 Schemes, 21 Part of church 32 Misfortunes. 3 Tidy. 29 Dealers in chancel. 33 Nearer. 4To wander stocks. 22 Myself, 34 Pair. about. 31 Wandering 23 Pink sea 35 Lubricates. 5 Mister. celestial body, akalatans., 36 Scaled off. 6 To mock. 33 To applaud. 24 Nautical 37Encountered. 7 Hastily. 34 Nuisances, se : 38 Custom. _ 8 Sudden 36 Level. ab Recurity 39 Made smooth. "calamity. 37 To ponder. against lost. 40To shove. 9 Aye, 39 Tiny vegetable, 26 Dogmas, 41 Southeast. 10 Road. 40 Matter from @ 27 Salt of 42 Harvesting 11 To enliven. sore. adipic acid. machine, 14 Frozen 42 Second note 29To besprinkle. 43 Moldy. desserts. in scale, 30 Rings of two 44Perspiration, 15 Unruly. 43 Mountain = separable 16 Writera’ civilization—Sir Norman Angell, Brit- ish economist and pacifist. * % % Women are having the best time ever, now, but you men still have the jascendency. When I was a girl I would ask my mother if my brother, despite the fact that he couldn't add and I could, was still smarter than I. My mother would say, “Yes, he is a man.” That's over now, but the men don't have such a bad time.—Clemence Dane, British ad iets and novelist. * * If these (disarmament) efforts fail, we shall be compelled, by reason of the disturbed conditions prevailing throughout the world and the neces- sity of protecting American commerce, to build our navy to the full strength provided in the London agreement, equal to that of the most powerful in the bibles a Herbert Hoover, x Promises of beer are made to gain votes without the tangible assurance that the beer can be delivered —Dr. F. Scott McBride, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League. OWN. BEST CRITIC New York, Dec. 15.—Notes on nothing in particular and everything in general: Drama critics find them- selves inthe darndest situations now and then. . . Take, for instance, the recent plight of Gilbert Gabriel, one of the superior reviewers. . . He tossed a verbal barrage at a recent melodrama. . . And;the show was be- ing produced by his wife's father. . . Then there was the time that John Anderson was called upon to trans- late a dull and plodding European comedy. .. On the opening night, at- tending in the role of critic, Ander- | for instance George White. can bring a sort of lasting fi One-Eyed Connolly is known to feller, Jr., or J. Pierpont The presence of Connol worth a paragraph after all years. * * ® SUCH IS BROADWAY inny, too, the amazing ups-and- upon the road during the autumn months went a music revue titled “Humpty Dumpty” It had a great fall somewhere in the’ Pittsburgh area, folded up and seemed like a final financial blow to the producers, Schwab-and DeSylva. . . But they made changes in the cast, went into a huddle, kept the scenery and cos- tumes and tried to decide on a new name. . . Everyone concerned agreed, to take a chance. . . Which gave hem @ cue. . e revue was titled .. And it’s sure . . So what?... But then, any number of supersti- tions haunt the show shops. . . ae .. Ale though there are scores of more modern rehearsal spots, White seeks out good old Bryant Hall. . . Just superstitious! * * SMELLING SALTS, Q! K! Something of a tilt as to which has created the greater number of news- paper legends goes on these days be- tween Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler. » . - Each is sufficiently fabulous in that they collaborated on a play, “The Great Magoo,” and they both hop into the ring at the same mo- ment... Third in this exclusive little company of unique spirits is Charlie MacArthur, playwright and scenarist. . Wilson Mizner, now of Holly- wood, and Ben De Casseres, a more serious fellow, also have a place in this parade... My own particular favorite tale concerning Fowler deals with an oc- casion when he was a young reporter in search of @ job... A critical city editor sized him up and said: “Young man, if you are to be a newspaper- man you should combine the char- son found himself soft-footing up into the back shadows of the bal- cony. . . He almost walked out on his own show. * * ® IZZY AND MOE Somehow, New York manages to remember its more bizarre and amus- ing personalities long after it has forgotten many of its celebrated ularity. . . To be sure, they have tossed away the trick disguises that kept them on the front page, and have tried_to become average cit- izens. . . But they continue to be dragged before the metropolitan au- diences. . . So odd a trade as “crashing gates” On~ Christmas Eve young and Pretty Geraldine Foster disap- peared from the office of Dr. Humphrey Maskell, where she was employed. Mrs. Morgan, Mas- kell’s neighbor, corroborates his renee that he distributed gifts with her daughter that afternoon. Geraldine had broken her engage- ment with Harry Armstrong. It is also learned that the mysterious Ephr: Fostgr, who had written isa woman. A black- presumably written by ing girl, leads Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt to a deserted house on Peddler’s Road. Outside 2 window, he finds seven dead, blood-stained pigeons. The interior of the house is topsy- turvy. Colt comes upon a bloody axe and a strand of blond hair. Betty Canfield, Geraldine’s room- mate, identifies the body of a nude woman, found buried a short dis- tance away, as that of the miss- ing girl. A pillow case covers the head. Although the surround- ing ground is dry, the grave con- tains a pine-scented fluid. The medical examiner states she was dead not more than 36 hours. CHAPTER XV. HE doctor smiled: with an air of superior knowledge. “Impossible, Mr, Com- missioner? The state of the body tells me it has not been dead more than forty-eight hours, at the ut- most.”” Thatcher Colt made no reply, but his sombre“eyes, staring into space, seemed to zled and horrified him. refuse from under myste tangled. and loops. a . F. No. 95, which is ed on the ae or great toe of all dead bodies in homicide cases. Finally, the body was carried out to a patrol wagon, waiting to carry it downtown, Multooler proposed at once to fol- low it. “ departing. Seome time before morning. Shall I send it to you and not to District Attorney?” the Please send 7 to _m i tooked a little bewildered, bowed and departed. ‘We heard the two cars snorting and driving off down the narrow descent of Peddler’s Road, while ‘Thatcher Colt and I rage Ace ‘the that skilful military precision tcher Colt had brought 2 Depart Just as the 80 house was also every detail of the ae | ag hey men were making notes of the sur- ia) ard to Sones es eaiatica Realics kitchen and waited Already which whl i ent. ase Se es being scoured, being. gone over. ie “by AN Copyrrertr BY COVICI, FRIEDE, [NC., e contemplating some infernal mystery that puz- He remained there, while a de- tective, at his orders, scraped the the dead girl’s finger-nails and deposited it in <Separate envelopes, each marked to identify the finger and hand | from which it had been taken. This edure, a piece of modern po- | ice technique, has helped in the solution of many baffling crimes, but in no-case did it play a more erratic part than in the curious in which we were now en- Then Sergeant Wickes, from the Statisical and Criminal Identification Bureau, inked the dead girl’s finger tips and took the black impression of her whorls The Hunt Organized. pa seanwhile, Neil MeMahon ‘had filling in the blank spaces on He Pah in the Department as and Doctor Ihave your final re- yr eaked Thatcher Colt, as the office at e waiting “Assistant Medical Examiner but acteristics of Horace Greeley, North- cliffe and a good old country editor” + +. Fowler nooded his agreement and went away. .. The next morning he appeared wearing @ Horace Gree- Jey Keard, a British monocke and stick, and a rube straw hat... The editor, as might be expected, shouted for smelling salts, ry alll acaliacaily folk. . . Thus, to this day, Izzy and Moe, the comedy prohibition agents, Barbs | bob into the spotlight with vivid reg-| $$$ George Bernard Shaw declares the Substitution of “Mr. Roosevelt for Mr. Hoover won’t make any differ- ence to anyl 4 tly the em- inent playwright hasn’t met Dolly Gann. * * & Its a wonder Greta Garbo | ) 8 of house and grave, trees and road. Maps were actually being drawn of these things, some day to be enlarged and shown to a jury, maps of the jenaee of the house, the layout of the rooms, even the position of the furniture—encyclo- pee details of the crime and its locale were being assembled. One of the first results of this systematic search was the finding of two large bottles, several hun- dred feet distant from the grave. They were brought in by Detective Schwaab, and Thatcher Colt re- ceived them with great interest. |_ Worthy of Consideration. | “Remember,” he said, “that Geraldine Foster—or at least a girl resembling her—was seen leaving the house in Washington Square, in company with another woman —and both carried bottles, just like this, and also just like another in the back room of Maskell’s suite of offices. We ti I bottles, later, Tony.” He paused and smiled at me. “For your peace of mind,” he disclosed, “I have sent Betty Can- downs of the show business, . . Out his own right, but it so happened! — DISTRIBUTED BY KIN® FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC in solvi should give more thought to those | dra vied sands who would pass John D. Rocke- to look’as if Notre Dame’ defeat by Pitt a few weeks ago was just a publicity stunt, Vice President-elect John N. Garner and Mrs. Garner announce they'll attend no capital social func- tions unless “Jack’s” official pres- ence is required. It must be as hard to knot a bow tie in Washington as anywhere else. x % & The hunger marchers who ate dinner first and THEN took a taxi to the White House showed pretty good judgment at that. x % “We need the spirit of adventure in cookery in order to add zest to cuisine,” says Prof. Mary Van Arsdale. Just a matter of taste. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) The Japanese alphabet possesses two sets of characters—katanaka for the use of men, and hiranage for women. - ‘Trede Mark Reg. U.S. Pa. or Can You Make This Leaping Coyote: With These Pieces? 16 HI-HO PUZZLE NO. 16—Ready tc leap right on you, if you don't catca him first, is this leaping coyote You can catch him and make him your captive by cutting out the seven pieces and arranging them to form his silhouetted figure, BBO mind, no patience with abstrac- ‘ions of any kind, and feared inde- cision as some men fear poverty. soon learned that Dougherty had kept himself informed about the police search for Geraldine Foster and was fairly familiar with many details of the case. “Well, Colt,” he said, “your hunch was right. It was murder— and a pretty mussy one. decided to take the affair, bet I shall bring the murderer T have pas charge of and you mark my the electric chair so quickly that it will be a lesson to the whole country.” Thatcher Colt emptied his Pipe e and proceeded to refill it as rep! lied: “I shall certainly be glad to pase your cooperation, Dougher- iy." “What do you mean by that?” blurted the District Attorney. “T thought I might take a hand this business myself,” wled tcher Colt, “Conflict of authority?” barked Dougherty, “Not at all, old fellow. As the iz head of the Force, I am field down to Headquarters to wait merely doing my constitutional ey _constitutional “1 thought I mish ; my ” drawle for us. There are some questions am to say that I had to pro- cure. “her sttendance for the au- duty. she will have to answer tonight. I |ten i take a hand in solving this business Thatcher Colt. Never forget that it It in the ‘book, the ett officer shall be held responsible tor the completeness of the investiga- 5 one pou, "ine are. parehte of the dead}| An Exception to ule. Fite have to aquestlon Chote Mean-| tho hi» enatog thy ME, donee . - | thoug] rot At hile, I think I hear the stentorian . Doom’ of a fam voice.” tomney. However, I shall be am Ac moet tare came rough e doorway, & with enrly hair, large, bo! eyes and ppatios jaw. The newcomer shook hands grimly with the Police Commissioner. He was that vital and magnetic Merle Davghorty who was. such a fire- brand while he was District Attor- Coli's adleste for Ne 4 en dnagroed ant ate mi on 0: known subject, pen of their liki with the exception for certain German beers and their admiration for each other, Dougherty was known to have high political ambitions, freely predicted that nee it wae Governor of New York*before he received extre jon. Shish respect the « lessliv ied to what’ man blue | Colt, too,” a bi Pressed statement, he trict Attorney a com tus of the crime, -from the appearance of Betty Canfield oe your help. Now, t's ae Hogan with you?” asked 0] “Sure!”—and a little man with a bald, ovoid head, stepped through the door.’ He was erty’s favorite detective, a etective with more tian oie age, tied with red ribbon. “Hogan aie as well listen, ” explaine Colt, and then, in risk and magni any com- we the Dis- feta conspee- rst at leadquarters down to the finding of the corpse. (To Be Continued Tomorrow.)