The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1932, Page 4

An Independent Newspaper ‘, THE STATE'S OLDEST (ene Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D., and en- ‘tered at the postoffice at Bismarck as wecond 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- marck) Dally by mail per year (in state outside Bismarck) .... oe Daily by mail outside of North Dakota ........6...005 a+ 6. ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year $1.00 ‘Weekly by mail in state, three Weekly by mail outside of North 00 » Whe Bismarck Tribune THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1932 ' mates of cost that have been of- ficially made public. “We have noted in the cost of .other similar stupendous un- dertakings, and perhaps none of which presented the enginoering and other difficulties that will be faced in the Saint Lawrence project, that, without exception, actual costs have greatly exceed- ed the estimates. This was true in the cases of the Panama | Canal, the Suez Canal, the Chi- cago Drainage Canal and Wel- land Canal.” There was much supporting data,/ prepared by railroad engineers of ad- .20| mitted competence but also with the admitted purpose of showing the; 00 canal to be unfeasible. The thing which most interests| North Dakotans, intent on doing the best possible thing for themselves, is} whether the damage to the railroads| would interfere seriously with rail- road employment or their payment of taxes. 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 Between Two Fires North Dakota voters and taxpay- ers are lable to find themselves be- tween two fires when the battle over the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence water- way reaches its peak. This state is one which always has been solidly behind the waterway project. Much of our wheat has moved to Europe and freight costs have held down the farmer's percen- tage of what the ultimate consumer paid. Based on the difference in transportation costs it is easy to show that the price of wheat at home should rise about six cents a bushel when we can ship by boat from Duluth to Liverpool. Now, however, the railroads have loosed a flood of propaganda against the waterway, at the same time ut- tering the plea that it will shove many of them into insolvency. These arguments may or may not convince the North Dakota farmer, but whether they do or do not he is entitled to know what they are. For , that reason we quote from the tesi- mony of Albert P. Thom, attorney for the leading railroads, before a Senate committee. He said: * “After careful consideration of this proposed project for a deep waterway to accommodate ocean- going vessels from Montrea! to the head of the Great Lakes, its cost, its feasibility, its climatic and other limitations, and its ef- fect upon rail carriers, the rail- way executives take a position in opposition to it for the following reasons: “1. The actual cost will be much greater than the estimates show and upon which justifica- tion is based. “2. Due to these under esti- mates and to other factors, there is certainly no sound reason to anticipate that the alleged sav- ings from the transportation service can be realized. Our firm conviction is there will be no savings whatever. “3, The costs, whatever they may prove to be, will be borne in large part by taxpayers and thus establish a subsidized service, competitive with the rail car- Tiers. “4. The tonnage diverted to this artificial and subsidized waterway will, if as great in amount as claimed by propon- ents, result in unjustifiable in- jury to the railroads of the Uni- ted States, without compensating advantage in lower transporta- tion costs, but if less in amount than claimed by proponents, then, of course, the project fails of justification. “5, The transportation service to be offered by this proposed waterway will be an incomplete service, limited by climatic con- ditions to 6 1-2 or 7 months out of the year and by the purpose to handle business on a through haul only, disregarding local service. This will compel the railroads to ‘stand-by’ with un- used equipment and watch a subsidized competitor take the cream of the traffic during its operating season, but to be ready and fully equipped to serve when winter closes the waterway and railroad operation is difficult. “6. There is no present or pros- Pective ‘need for the proposed ad- ; ditional and duplicate service : since there are no sound reasons ; to anticipate any savings in costs + to be realized and since existing i facilities are adequate, depend- ; able, efficient and afford full ; community, all-the-year-round, AA ALIAI a oe arm ene eee iE +] Hang Up the Moleskins ‘The football season has waned and died, only a few post-season games remaining to be played, and the moleskin warriors are giving way to} those who play basketball and ice hockey. With the pigskin laid away and the All-America, All-Conference and All- state teams having been selected, it is possible to assay the situation in the light of history rather than of current argument. | For some mysterious reason, andj because the American people dote on champions, there seems a general) tendency to yield the national palm to the University of Southern Cali- fornia. Those who do so make a gracious gesture which should be ap- preciated by the Western school but not taken too seriously. The cold analysis of an Illinois professor rates Michigan as the national champion and adherents of Colgate will in- quire with some grimness how any- one gets that way who speaks of championships and forgets Colgate. All three teams were unbeaten and Colgate was not scored upon. How can anyone with much respect for facts select a champion from this group. A round-robin would be nec- essary to really determine the issue and that would be impossible. less complicated and Bismarck will Capital City can do so with both pride and pleasure in the success which has come to the boys from across the river. | Theirs is unquestionably the best! record of any team in the state and| they earned their honors fairly. Even as Bismarck, after a rather} poor season, looks forward to making a better showing next year, It ex- its traditional rival but with the| friendly warning that we will do our| best to shift the crown about six miles when the next season rolls} around. | Bar Board’s Answer | Members of the State Bar Board} through Chairman 8. D. Adams gave} a proper answer to William Langer's| bombastic invitation that they at- defendant by a Donnybrook, N. D..| widow, seeking the return of $2,000 in fees and a like amount in notes or contract for a specific service which she alleges he has not per- formed. No charge has been made to the Bar Board that Governor-elect Lan- ger has violated the ethics of his profession. Mr. Langer as an attor- ney is probably as well versed as| anyone relative to the procedure be-| fore the bar board. He knew when he wrote the in-| vitation that under the rules of the court they could not conduct con- currently a bar board hearing and a simple suit by a farmer's widow to recover $2,000 which she asserts Mr.| Langer never earned. The Bar Board most properly in- forms Mr. Langer just what its pow- ers are and what the proprieties of the situation are. Mr. Langer’s in- vitation to the Bar Board was noth-| ing more than a bid for public sym- pathy or cheap political bluff. 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. Think These Over (Aneta Panorama) Here are a few short paragraphs, | author unknown, ihat are worthy of pasting in your scrapbook and put- ting into daily practice. I buy at home because my interests are here. Because the community which is good enough for me to live in is good enough for me to buy in, Because I want to get what I buy when I pay for it. Because I want to see the goods. Because my home dealer carries me when I run short. Because the men. buy from stand back of the goods. Because I sell what I produce here at home and-here I buy. . state tax. Because the man I buy from helps support my schools, church, my lodge and my join with the rest of North Dakotal save his life. in acclaiming Mandan'’s Braves as| mens. state high school titleholders. The} Promptly but it was several days be- n # fore I could breathe easily about his digitalis poisoning. | |soning treatment was the best know tends the hand of congratulation to| treatment for peritonitis in the days jor surfaces were kept as nearly at | was eloquent in her description of the jtend the trial in which he is made | Signed letters pertaining to personal in ink. tions. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instruc- Address Dr. William Brady, in care ‘of this newspaper. | health and hygiene, not to disease ° GIVE A SORE THROAT A REST Physicians sometimes speak of sci- entific neglect. Everyone has heard of the brutal practice of hitting a drowning person In the state the situatoin is much| ® hard blow on the chin in order to stop his struggling and permit rescue. Once I poisoned a man in order to He had delirium tre- He recovered from the D. T.s A youth with acute peritonitis was in such a desperate condition that the surgeon declined to operate. The three physicians in consultation be- lieved the boy was dying. So his own doctor poisoned him with opium, and the boy made a good recovery. Don't run away with the smug notion that this was an atrocity. The opium poi- before surgery. Patient received enough opium to slow the respiration rate down to six or eight breaths a minute (in health the average is 18). In other words the inflamed organs REST as is consistent with safety. Now here is an instance of cruel and inhuman treatment prescribed by a doctor in order to insure REST for the inflamed organ. A lady com- plained of a sore throat, just an or- dinary sore throat, but naturally she symptoms, so eloquent that the doc- tor seized tongue depressor and ap- plicator dipped in iodin or silver ni- trate and completed his examination and swabbed out the larynx, pharynx, fauces, etc, as the patient drew breath for Chapter Two. If that seems harsh treatment, it isn't the half of it. While the patient gasped and choked the callous physician prescribed absolute silence for five whole days. It is not only in laryngitis that it. is wise to avoid using the voice. Si- lence is good treatment for any acute inflammation or soreness of the throat. Any acute or chronic trouble in nose or throat impairs the voice. Singers, orators, actors know how true this is. Voluntary silence is al- ways good treatment for any such condition. Performers in concert, choir, radio, movie or stage work have been able to continue their regular work while having tonsils extirpated with dia- thermy, in many instances. Who ever heard of a patient singing the morn- ing after removal of the tonsils by the old Spanish method? Yes, there is nothing like PHYSIO- LOGICAL REST for the relief of inflammation anywhere. Nine yards of sterile gauze or five yards of flan- nel bandage or a household size piece of crepe rubber pumpkin ple is an ex- cellent remedy. for acute sore throat or laryngitis—applied as a gag. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Old Jokes Are the Best Please advise me whether the fol- lowing will reduce fatty bulges as claimed by .... «! : Two one-ounce cakes of camphor dissolved in a quart of rubbing alcohol, and used as a massage, but it is not recom- mended to be used on bust or abdo- men. (S. T. 8.) Answer—Ridiculous. The beauty ers. order, also restored the good wife’s nerves which: were badly shot by the unwelcome visitors. emetic the trail will generally rid the prem- ises of ant invaders, but great cau- tion is necessary in using this, be- cause it is a poison to children and It killed them off in short (D. M. E.) Answes—Yes, a wee line of tartar <antimony) sprinkled’ across domestic animals, too. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) ‘The depression has thrown a lot of jobless men on the road—‘“depres- sion stiffs,” we call them. They don’t understand the ethics of our profes- sion, which incidentally requires you to have no profession. They're de- stroying the reputation of hoboism. Why, they don’t even understand the ABC's of our order.—Jack McBride, head of the “Hobo College” in Chi- cago. xe Oe We are tired of constitutional methods. We prefer direct action — W. A. L. Hannington, Communist or- ganizer of the jobless “hunger march” on London. * * # Every worker has a right to a home | that measures up to modern stan- dards. Since it does not pay pee | business to provide it for him, the responsibility must be shouldered by the state and the community.—Miss Dorothy Kenyon, vice chairman of the Pacific Housing Conference in New York. xe Shaw dons all his flashiest cos- HORIZONTAL 1 Meat from the thigh of a hog. a 4 Beret. 7 What is the name of the giant new air ship of the U. S. Navy? 9 Languishes. 11 Generoug, 13 Fundamental. 15 Black bird of the cuckoo i family. 16 English coin. 17 Garden tool. fH 40 Vomiting. 2 43 Kimono sash. 21 Inventors of 47 Tiny golf the airplane. mound. 23 Lock opener. 48 Not local. 24 Opposed to lee. 50 Upbringing. 28 Mesh of lace, 52 VIT 5 experts have to have something to fill up with. Nothing any one can apply to the skin will either reduce or develop any part of the body. Quit Interfering Two years ago I stopped teking pills and other junk for the bowels, following your advice. For several days I had a hectic time (couldn't help worrying a bit) but I found that you were absolutely right. I have never resorted to any artificial aid tooth. proceedings. 85 Headgear. VERTIOAL 28Swamp rabbit. 1 Skillful. » Answer to Previous Puzzle TIE IO} Wim} IS} He is a should * tumes and parades them for our ap- proval. congenial Barnum; and always dis- Plays his best goods in the window. In this age of frantic publicity, Shaw is a genius in salesmanship.—Archi- bald Henderson, in his biography of George Bernard Shaw. nn Barbs | natural showman, a —————+ Now that Tokio announces “Man- chukuo” choukuo” most of us will go on call- ing it Manchuria just the same. be spelled “Man- * * Huey Long says he has no par- ticular explanation for his rapid rise in politics. Probably will go down as another unsolved mys- tery. * ‘The machine age has made most FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: Zeppelin Question | SMC] NIAICIE] EIRIRISI le | Bill collectors are still looking for the woman who pays and * * pays. tale. 12 Minor note. 13 Exclamation. 14 Folding bed. 20 Yes. 22 Within, 26 Also. 26 Bird whose cry is hoot. 27 Ocean, 30 Infants. [S} 31 Thinker. me) INIETE O'S) One in cards. 18-Since. 3 Feeble-minded 19 Small body of 44 Wing. person. =. land. 46 Striped fabric. 4 Carnivorous feline animal. Collection of facts. 6 Housekeeping. 7Capital of 29 To be tn debt. 53 Bed laths. White Russia. 30 To nod. 84 Point. 8 Matgrasses, 33 Grinding 55 To bring legal 9 Bows of ves- 10 Vision. 11 Type of short 32 You and I. [R} 33 City of Italy. 34 Puzzle. 35 Masculine pronoun, 36 Shrewd. 37 Rows in series. 38 To dress, 39 Net weights of containers. 41 Fertilizers. 42 To observe, 45 Dye. 46 Variant of 49 Night before. 51Greek letter op, ¢ | house. walnut’s just as much a problem as ever. * * * Since football has lost its mono- Sports pages, the well- known setting sun will have to cast poly on the its golden rays wherever it can find a place. * Ok OK It may be small consolation to the jobless man, but he should be told that efficiency experts are in the same .s with him. * * Whatever else the new year. may bring, you can count on calendars of that shy Indian girl and the roar- ing locomotive. (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc.) | A BROOKLYN DON New York, Dec. 20:—Notes from a convenient cuff: Sidney Franklin, the boy from Brooklyn who made good in the big bull ring, has set his arena retirement date for the age of 30... This is but two years away ++. Meanwhile he has been build- ing a trust fund to take care of his future .... Once he is freed from the life-and- death struggle staged at each fight, he will consider marriage ... Yes, Franklin has been in love, with sen- oritas and American girls, as well riage in fine Spanish and South Amercian families . . . But if one re- mains a bullfighter, Franklin thinks such an arrangement unfair to the women ... Furthermore, it might soften the man... He might begin to think of his wife and responsibil- ities and lose a bit of the steel from his nerves. . . * * * WANDERLUST Wasn't it Eddie Cantor in “The Kid from Spain,” by the way, who spouted that bull-fight gem: “Bull- figh’#ag isn’t so bad—all you need-is more confidence than the bull!” At any rate, Franklin threatens to become something of an American legend . . . The notion of one of the home town boys becoming a great figure in the rings of Seville or Mad- tid or way points seems to be spun The nude, hacked body of Geral- dine Foster is found buried a short . distance from the Peddler’s Road 0 The grave is filled with a pine-scented fluid, and nearby are two bottles similar to that found in the office of Dr. Humphrey Maskell, Geraldine's employer. Two womem were seen leaving the doctor's office carrying sim- ilar bottles. Colt picks up a blond hair at the scene of the crime. Mrs. Morgan, a neighbor, corrob- erates the doctor's statement that he was with her daughter the day of the disappearance. He claims a strange woman was wait- ing outside his office when he re- turned. Other suspects are Geral- dine’s brother, Bruce, who is to inherit her estate, and Harry Arm- strong, the victim's former fiance. Armstrong states he phoned Geral- dine from Hartford, the night be- fore she disappeared, because he was worried. CHAPTER XIX, HATCHER COLT threw up his hands. “Armstrong,” he remon- strated, “are you going to make me drag every fact out of you? Tell me what happened, for the love of God, "pei hate and. stop being so Armstrong shrugged his shoul- ders, folded his arms and sat a little straighter. a Well, Geraldine and I had sev- eral little misunderstandings,” he admitted. “I finally decided I was al ering, and so I got off the train, called up and suggested that we go off and elope and show u Christmas morning at my mother’s house as man and wife.” “And she refused? Why?” “Because she was still angry. 1 hung up. Then I got lonesome and morbid. I had a few drinks and it made me feel very angry. I had to prove that Geraldine loved me. So I called her apartment again and we had the whole argument all over again.” “And she still refused you?” “Yes, id Hi larry; Armstron; ly, “she did. If she hadn't she might be alive today.” “Quite correct,” agreed Thatch- er Colt. “Now what did you do after the telephone call?” ] Difficult Position | “I found a speak-easy,” con- fessed the young mai ‘and I drank myself into insensibility.” ‘Well, where were you when you regained your senses?” “In New York City, in Grand Central Station.” “When was that?” “Christmas Eve, around six o'clock.” “What had you been doing meanwhile?” “T don’t know.” Thatcher Colt sat up straighter and looked sharply at the young man. “Do you mean to tell me,” h said, “ you cannot account for pay movements from the time you the telephone call with Ger- six o'clock Christmas ‘That is correct, Mr. Colt.” ple.) you realize,” said the Com- loner, “that the girl vanished within that 62” 3 Harry Armoires then itn cles: ng ac added: ‘ and 3 “But can you think of any sensi- ble reason why I should the 1 I loved?” Commissioner’s face was contracted to thoughtful ridges for ry seepeeat, “Well, Armstrong,” he said, “I am sorry you cannot give a cle account of makes it atten for you and ae us, too. was the cause o} your disagreement with Geral- dine?” ; “I can’t answer that.” “But you will have to, before ugh.” you through. ' 2 *crerthelee, I refuse. 1 will . He has opportunities for mar-| Histen fone movements. — It | Hi noon,” and he is known from the Argentine to Mexico City and from Buenos Aires to Tia Juana ... He has had innumerable oppor- tunities to “cash in” for large sums if he would but remain in Holly- wood, but one job makes him rest- less ... He chooses to wander and can atrange engagements in 35 countries whenever he chooses ... And he prefers to travel and keep going ... So he'll be off and away again soon ... Probably to Central America this time.... xk OK ; HARD BOILED ‘ The theater, in spite of all efforts to hold up its head artistically and | esthetically, has become known as @ hard boiled institution. . . The wonder to me has always been that theater folk remained even slightly sane. . . Oftimes it has seem- ed to me that they must be without nervous systems or gifted with some stoic quality of patience. . * oe OK AND HERE'S WHY Thus, to take the case of but one Play: It flopped in an out-of-town tryout... It was rewritten and re- cast... It was tried out again in New Jersey. . . One day before open- ing the star became so ill that all money had to be refunded, although the house was sold out for days ... then it finally opened and began to look like a hit... But a back stage fire destroyed a dozen of the new and to Broadway ... But how many business men do you know who could stand such wear and tear on an investment that in- volved more than a hundred thou- sand dollars? Small wonder that |showmen grow slightly callous .. . i ee * | PUPPET CABARET | ; Tips for New York sightseers: 1 | Newest thing in New York night Sarg’s famous marionettes into a cabaret ... For the first time pup- pets become entertainers . . . On the sight of the old Broadway Hofbrau, this is another gamble that beer will come back and a good gamble even if beer doesn’t come back... It has the longest bar.in town waiting for the signal... Meanwhile the pup- pets give one of the amusing shows in the Broadway sector, and because they get no pay, the tariff is reason- able. ne & CALIFORNIA WINS \ Another new spot: The Wivel (nd only tell this. Bruce Foster is not Geraldine’s brother. I quar- reled with Geraldine because I was a snob, and I regret it. Bruce is an adopted child.’ Thatcher Colt looked at the young man weet “You are not telling me the whole truth!” “No—and I don’t intend to.” “Then I am sotry—I shall have to turn you over to some of our men for a long night of question- ing.” | The Third Degree | “The third degree?” asked Harry Armstrong, in a low voice. “Some people call it that.” “I’m not afraid of being beaten up.” “Good,” said Thatcher Colt, pressing the buzzer, and then talking into the silent inter-office hone. Soon Captain Henry led larry Armstrong away. As soon as we were left alone, Thatcher Colt was on the telephone calling the chief of police of Wingsboro; Maryland. I waited while he hel a long convervation, during whic! I caught the name of Bruce Foster, ie commissioner, who is alwa Th ways like lightning on the telephone, lingered during the conversation, and when he finally turned to me, it was evident that he expected to learn something’ of fmportane Presently, th Tull and tu to me. ‘We are in luck,” he said. “The knew the Foster family well they lived in that town. He ry nee ne, ting the brother to the telepho: Get oa the extension phone and This is what I heard: “Helloa, Mr. Colt...I've found | Tw. out all you want to know about the Foster family ado) or being tas child eee name ruce. Yeah, that's right... Well, his own mother died ras, horn. iis father Sak eli Sy a al down here— I hh ise him hoy what's that? Oh, fc ‘or an axe down here—One of the wort te ders in the whole history of this here now State... Yeah! " Another thing people down here always old Mr, Foster was the bo; father... Anything e] ad expensive costumes .. . Finally it got| life is the transplantation of (esl things a lot easier, but the old black|of movie fiction... Yet Franklin 1s/relatioh, says the gagster, to. the among those honored in Heming-| Wivel) ... A Swedish place in way's book, “Death in the After-| Street with more hors d'oeuvres Boll 54th than were ever before assembled in one place... And the Gypsy Camp in 52nd Street, where prices are also reasonable and the music really Roumanian and Hungarian... Which: reminds me that N. T. G. (Nils Grantlund), night life entre- preneur, has decided they grow the girlies better out California way and is importing the chorus for his new Paradise Club from Hollywood. VERY POOR JUDGMENT Toledo, O.—Would you call it bra- ,|vado or poor judgement to steal gas- line from. a police car? Two boys who tried it call it bad luck. Patrol- man Charles Whitmer surprised and captured two youths who were sy- phoning gasoline from his gas tak. A third youth escaped. Te Mark Ree U.S. Pat. Of, Can You Make This e With These Pieces? As soon as we were alone, Thatc Police of Wingebo thing. fet ask an; ay don't taint HI-HO Puzzle No. 20—On your guard, HI-HO puzzlers! Here's a mean looking Apache in your path. Call his bluff by cutting out the sev- en mystic pieces and putting them together in such a way as to form his silhouette. More than likely he’ll run from his shadow. Copyrienr BY COVICl, FRIEDE, NC. — DISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, ING “Thanks, nothing else,” said Thatcher Colt, brushing the back of his hand across his forehead as he hung up the receiver. His sombre eyes were very grave as he turned and groped for his pipe. I was about to ask Thatcher Colt several questions that bedev- led my mind almost beyond en- durance when we were again inter- rupted by the entrance of Captain Henry. The elderly officer seemed rather excited. “The woman who owns the house on Peddler’s Road is found and here,” he announced, and at a quick nod from the Commis- sioner, he turned and hastened to admit her. Mrs. Haberhorn was a shab- bily dressed old woman, with a voice like a tug-boat captain’s, and a breath like a still. But she did her best in public to be a perfect lady. Her hair, probably , had recently been dyed a ce: and her blue eyes glittered sus- piciously. Blinking up at the Commission- er, she said: her Colt called th ro, Maryland. the Chiaf of “You can’t hold me for You don’t oie nt expect I any- license of er pind Ido buslness with, do yout 0. be! d if you of deat, chief of police has a brother who| keot rect, nat St. Apparent ar tttling Words ter we had calmed i hows ae : le on W. 122nd rson, who dre he was a r affluence, pta soning the pl Road, which twelve years Bround to a tenant Habarh en office thin vei “Here?” crled "Thatcher ppringing to his feet, “Show hi ‘0 years ago had rent nant who table house in which "Gi foster had *What wae th tbe eae Colt, im e ATe Bo Continued Tomorrow.)