The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1932, Page 4

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1932 Nonpartisan League, are seeking to direct organization of the legislature along.the same orderly lines. The same opposition which fathered the Proposed 13 initiate¢ measures is seeking to dominate both branches of the legislature to bring its mem-! bers under the mailed fist of a co- terle which urges boycott against citles which did not vote for them! and reprisals against individuals who would not fall into line at the crack The Bismarck Tribune’ An Independent Newspa 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. flect on your Uncle Sam. He’ and Arkansas without an acci- run. ning into debt $5,000 a minute! se Who said there was no dif- ference between the major great tenor twisted the tle Place. On the’ way out, Caruso pered, “And be more careful hereafter, or some day you'll laugh with it at the wrong * * ® WHAT A DIFFERENCE been taking constant rj rataings from the New York column |Smotrill to “‘stick ‘em up,” he es gents. Wry comments have been di-|with, “OH, I know you.” The it rected at several over a period of|quickly decided that he had business weeks. Not only did Clara Bow step/ elsewhere. into a hundred words of commentary, Bumper Crops filling station hold the Democrats are taking the ight forme for BS Tr a cath of office while the Repub- licans are emitting it. * * * Al Capone's losing weight in fed- eral prison at Atlanta, say dispatch- es. 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(Official City, State and County Newspaper) Foreign Representatives SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER incorporated) CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON No Time for Reprisals ‘There is a sentiment in all po- litical factions for cooperation in the administration of state affairs and the elimination of strife and political veprisals. This generally speaking is the attitude of the executive com- mittee of the Nonpartisan League. Recently some very prominent mem- bers of the Independent Voters’ As- sociation have expressed the same conviction. Unfortunately there is a clique of die-hards who enjoy swinging the political axe. The urge to “get even” is greater with some than the desire to do good for the state. Destruc- tive rather than constructive policies intrigue them. Members of the legislature can do much to quiet things down and se- cure team work between all factions for the good of the state. They should resent efforts of some leaders now active in organizing both branches for a political bear hunt. Such activities should be discouraged by those level-headed legislators who have served for several terms and know that the game of law-making is one of give and take, There are many grave questions confronting the next legislature be- fore which some of the animosities which have been magnified to pro- Portions of great issues seem petty and trivial indeed. These animosi- ties can well be ignored for the graver problems of state. The members of the Nonpartisan executive committee are working for harmony of action. There are cer- tain policies which they desire ef- fected but they know that nothing can be done if the legislature is or- ganized along narrow partisan lines and if contention and resentment: become the order of the day. It is Dot necessary to mention names. The leaders who would revive old hatreds and)ancient slogans are well known. ‘They have uttered imprecations of revenge and reprisal. All their activ- ities have been against some one rather than for something. Several special reports have been carefully prepared for the study of this legislature. There are only 60 days in the session and it is going to take all that time under full steam to digest these recommenda- tions and draw up laws putting the est of them into effect. If waste in administration is to be eliminated, the whole structure of the state's political divisions must be changed radically. There are too. many taxing units and too many agencies disbursing public funds wastefully and in duplicate effort. Many consolidations and coordina- tions of state departments have been suggested. These demand careful study and non-political considera- tion, Here then are the merest outlines of the picture. Naturally the men to steer the next session along con- structive lines are those leaders who Jast August fought manfully to pre- vent the initiation of 13 vicious measures which would have placed complete political power in the hands of one man. If those measures had gone through, the ground-work of their whip. who opposed him in August. is to be hoped the executive commit- tee will win out as successfully as when they buried the 13 measures 50| with the help of the nominees for public office. All power to them! Figures May Give Answer Report of the federal prohibition administrator for November gives some hint why the people of North Dakota felt as they did about the dry law when they voted on the question last November. On Oct. 31, according to the report, there were 51 federal and 403 state cases listed on the dockets in our courts. Six arrests were made un- der federal laws during the month and 14 under the state law. Of the federal cases six were held by fed- eral commissioners for trial in fed- eral court and 14 cases were placed on the dockets of state courts. One verdict of guilty and 17 pleas of {guilty were returned in the state courts and no cases were acquitted or nolle prossed in either state or federal courts. Fifty-one federal cases and 399 state cases remained as unfinished. Of those convicted in state courts the average sentence was 100 days in jail and $200 fine. The list of seizures by both federal and state agents showed five auto- mobiles, seven stills, 134 gallons of beer and 138 gallons of diquor. From these data it will appear that the business of catching prohibition law violators in this state has been a highly sketchy affair. A man who is connected with the federal govern- ment, though not in its prohibition section, recently estimated the num- ber of “bootleg joints” in the cities of Bismarck and Mandan at not less than 40. If this figure is correct there was so big a job to do that the enforcement officers were able to make only a dent in it. ‘The public, apparently, became converted to the view that the law had become unenforcible, if it ever was enforcible, and that repeal was better than nullification. Whether or not one agrees with this conclusion, the figures for this state are interesting. All who run may read if they wish. 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, Danger Ahead (From “The Clipsheet,” published by the Board of Temperance, Prohibi- tion and Public Morals of the Meth- dent upon the suffrage of an intel- ligent and patriotic people will sen- tence itself to political damnation if it does service to the liquor traffic. It would be idle to deny that the sentiment in favor of federal pro- hibition has decreased in strength. It would be still more idle to deny that the political position of the prohibi- tion policy has been seriously im- paired. There are many redsons for these developments. The people have been disappointed in the failure to achieve @ more general success in the control of the illegal liquor traffic. There has been a lack of clearly defined, conviction-inspired, political leader- ship. There has been an equal lack of imagination, energy and appeal on the part of many of those responsible for the direction of the temperance movement. The enormous amounts of money contributed by 10 or 12 millionaires have been effectively used in nation- wide propaganda. The appalling de- pression, being related to the im- mediate necessities of the people, has caused dry voters by the millions to ignore the prohibition issue at the polls, while the machinery of po- litical organizations has been cap- tured by professional anti-prohibition mercenaries, The resulting situation constitutes a challenge to the incoming admin- istration, to the congressional short session, and to the incoming con- gress. There are indications that we are threatened with chaos in re- gard to this whole liquor problem. The reestablishment of a vast beer trade is a possibility and this means and can mean nothing less than the diversion of expenditures from exist- ing industry and commerce. It is definitely proposed to extend this trade to unheard of limits by a vast advertising effort. At least one ‘The author of the 13 measures has marked for political slaughter alll For the good of North Dakota, it odist Episcopal Church) | Any political party which is depen- | self-addressed envelope is enclosed. in ink. No reply can be made to tions. BETTER FORGET YOUR DIGESTION Although some medical authorities still seem to think constipation is a factor of ill health or at least tem- porary indisposition in some cases, I believe this quaint medical notion is disappearing from our modern medi- cal literature and is destined to be discarded altogether in another de- cade or two. Of cpurse I am aware that in a few instances constipation is due to some pathological cause, such as hemorrhoids or gallstones, and the cause must be removed in order to correct the constipation. But it is fair to say that in ninety-nine out of a hundred cases constipation is sim- ply a bad habit. ‘We hayen’t room to describe in de- tail how the habit is acquired. We shall say only that the chief cause of the habit is the widespread vici- ous fancy that a physic or an enema or a freak diet which purports to in- crease “elimination” is always good when anything ails you and even beneficial when nothing ails you. This absurd notion, I say, is still entertained by some of our present medical authorities, and in the past was quite generally accepted as sound practice. But the world moves and some of us manage to trail along after it. Now I shall give my own opinion or belief about this question, remind- ing you that I can’t prove it is so, and leave you to draw your own con- clusion. I believe that in the absence of serious disease ordinary constipation has no ill effect on health. I be- lieve the more immediate or acute symptoms popularly ascribed to con- stipation are actually produced by anxiety or worry and introspection, and that the more remote or chronic ill effects which the quacks and nos- trum manufacturers so insistently suggest are actually produced by the physic, enema or funny food the { misguided victim takes to “regulate” the bowel. I am firmly convinced that in 99 cases out of a hundred the victim's troubles will fade if he can be per- suaded or compelled to leave the bowel function alone, to refrain from interfering, for 10 days. Don’t give me any of your notions. I know what I'm talking about. It would be foolish and futile for any victim of the constipation habit to attempt to break his habit in the way I suggest, if the poor gullible galoot is not first absolutely con- vinced that I am right about it. Here I may say that my method has proved effective in hundreds of cases, and so far as I am aware no one has suffered any ill consequences from going on a physic strike, whether for five days or for nine. Finally, we must not lose sight of the fact that the entire digestive process, from the instant food is swallowed to the instant the residue is ejected, is controlled entirely by the autonomic, sympathetic, involun- tary, unconscious nervous system, and this automatic regulation is not at all weakened or impaired by months or years of abuse of the digestion with physics, enemas, freak diets or other interference. Just as soon as you can get your conscious mind off your digestion and your bowel, perfectly normal, natural automatic regulation is resumed, no matter abqut your diet or other habits. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Coftee Troubled with the pleurisy. What is good.for it? Is strong coffee bad for the liver and,kidneys? (T. R.) 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, Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. Letters should be brief and written queries not conforming to instruc- to increasing effiminacy, fatness, soft living. Hunger Craving I have such a hunger craving con- tinually . . . wake in the night as hungry as I can be ... barely through a meal when I begin to crave food again ... been told by trained nurse o..(@M.C) Answer—Better check on the “trained nurse” by getting the opin- e ion of the corner druggist or the traffic cop. If you feel the craving is not normal, why don’t you con- sult your physician? Borax for S' ‘Thank you for your suggestion. I had tried about every product known for excessive sweating of the arm- pits, but borax, applied as a powder or as a solution for bathing-the arm- pits, has given the greatest satisfac- tion. (Miss D. J.) Answer—It is one of the least in- jurious remedies for excessive sweat- ing. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) Foy I want to say that I have never been in the kitchen of the Vander- bilts and I don’t own a share of any railroad stock in the world, thank God!—Col. Frederick 8. Green, N. Y., Superintendent — Works. * People sometimes ask tf I have a press agent. I tell them my press agent is the postage stamp. I send my letters to the newspapers and they can print them or not. They usually print them, because my let- ters come from the heart. You can tell when a man is writing from the heart.—A. B. See, president of the A. B. See Elevator Company. * * % Maybe the “heater” (cigar) will go back to the gold standard. Right now it's disappearing as fast as the bison—the buffalo, I mean, like on a nickel. Maybe it'll climb off the floor and stay a few more rounds.— Otto Rabinowitz, N. Y. cigar dealer, at convention to find cure for trade slump. xe * I am @ worker for peace, as the entire world knows, and this is my whole aim—Premier Edouard Her- roit of France, denying “hidden mee in the French disarmament stand. ny, Barbs | ——+ If that coal bill worries you, re- ‘ healthy spot for him, either, + * & =f It’s rather doubtful if Gene Tun- ney will engage in another campaign, It’s hard to keep present-day politics jon a@ high literary plane. ek The Christmas season always makes a boy wish he were big like his dad—o he could get up closer to the counter where they show the mechanical toys, Well, the ecg ‘ fell, cl in postmasters next spring may have one salutary effect. They may put new “pens on the desks, (Copyright, 1932, NEA Service, Inc,) wilh Gilbert. Swan OPERATIC CATS New York, Dec. 21.—Notes on in general— ‘Ten cents per day is on the Met- ropolitan Opera House budget for— of all things—the feeding of two cats +.» They are, of course, black cats since Gatti, the maestro, adopted them for “goodluck,” being super- stititous in reverse ... One of the felines, Tillie by name, has never seen the streets nor the upstairs sec- tions of the theater since first she was placed in the basement to catch mice ... Nor does she seem to have ambitions to rise higher... * * * TIE THAT BOUND ‘The immediate triumph'of Richard Bonelli on his first “Met” appear- ance, echoes a prediction made in these columns some weeks back ... But one fascinating anecdote, which he told in his dressing room, I slip- ped up on ... Having begun his and doing other “extra” jobs, his first amusing experience involved the late Caruso. Bonelli, on this occasion, had to wear a tie of Medieval pat- tern and, at the same time, tote a spear and some other properties. ‘They all got mixed up until the tie slipped over in the general direction of the collar bone. Just as the tie was playing tag with Dick’s Adams apple, Caruso spotted him, and, as if part of the stage business,. the FLAPPER FANNY SAYS: A sprig of mistletoe makes many people love Christmas, _ Biblical Quotation HORIZONTAL 1 You. 5 Venomous suakes. 9 Rings, as bells. 10 Form of shall. 12To lay bare by erosion, 13 Tale pub- lished in suc- , cessive num: bers of a magazine. 15 Fortification 43 Hunting dog. 46 Matures. 48 Floor of a glass furnace. 49 Kilns. 50 Upper part of a whip. 51 Pegson under guardianship. aweather, 37 Enlivens. VERTICAL 39 Trenchant wit. 1 Card combina- 41 Whines as a complaining 23 To cancel. 24 To verity. 26 Let it stand. 27 Drives. 28 Short letter. 32 To prevent. 33 Opposite of 2 To visit as a ae oS Ci Nak Answer to Previous Puzzle - tion In bridge. 12 14 Opposite of win. 15 Carmine, 17 Encountered, 19 Small Euro- Dean ‘erring. iT] 20 Joints of stems, 21 Above. 22 Birds’ homes. 25To rend asunder, 28 Woolly sur- face of cloth, 29 Burden. 30 Glazed clay blocks. 81 Indian tobacco is called the —— weed? 33To accompany. 34 Legal claims, 35 Ages. 36 Snaky fish, 38 Star-shaped flower, 40 Turkish money. 44Self. 45 Corded cloth, 46 File. 47 Bugle plant. 4To employ. 5 Donkey-like beast, 6 Feminine pronoun, 7 Whete is the Louvre? 8 Stereopticon pictures, 9 Foot lever. 11 Stain of dis- grace. Sandy tract by the sea. house. Maskell, Geraldine’s Two women 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 to suggest they elope, but she refused. Colt learns that Bruce Foster is an adopted child, whose father was bung for murder. It is believed, however, that Mr. Foster is the boy’s real father. Mrs. Haber- horn, owner of the Peddler’s Road house, stuns Colt with the state- fent that “Mr. Bigsbee,” her ten- ant, is outside. CHAPTER XX. E followed Mrs. Haberhorn to the door and through it she pointed to a man, smil- ing blandly at us from his chair in the outer room. He was the missing Docto: Humphrey Maskell. ‘i In spite of the griml: trolled expression on the my chief, face oi rise, almost as much as I. the “laughing ph; juare”’ ington Sq New York. his landlady. horn,” he said urbanely. recognize me when you pi ing in just now.” SOU shail want to talk with yo in just a minute, Doctor,” sai er Colt. “T felt sure of it,” replied Maile: ell, with a wide and comp! Commissioner bac! fice, and Mrs. nothing in particular and everything! career by carrying spears on stage) Village as a sweep-up man for a The nude, hacked body of Geral- dine Foster is found buried a short distance from the Peddler’s Road The grave is filled with a pine-scented fluid, and nearby are two bottles similar to that found in the office of Dr. Humphrey employer. ‘con- knew instinctively that|the crime. Hogan traced the man- Thatcher«Colt was taken by ar ager of the store, had the store it had I suspected that Pe arene tenyaician: of Wash- | crcycr: \d returned to ‘Apparently Doctor Maskell did identification just made of him by “Good evening, Mrs. Haber- “You seemed as if you did not want By) but ae tance Bennett has been a particular target. It has been the custom of Miss Bennett, while visiting in New York, to applaud longer and louder than any other person attending a, first) night theater performance—and this in the face of audiences who are far from well behaved. She has been accused of putti a show of her own; of walking in aisles after curtain time waving to friends and otherwise attracting at-, tention. One report has it that on a certain occasion Connie tried to hog the audience and more persons were watching her than the show. Yet updn her own set in Holly- wood, I am told, Miss Bennett flies into a fury if anyone so much as whispers. xk * CHEVALIER AGAIN While Maurice Chevalier is always well behaved and draws no daris from commentators on manners, his two-week personal appearance at one of the movie palaces has caused eye- brows to arch. Paid something like $18,000 a week for his performances, the attendance records showed no great zoom. During one of the weeks, the seat sale failed to creep above many other week, and fell well below many another week, and fell well below causes the paragraphers to raise questions. * * * CROWD SCORN manage to drag the crowds in to see her “Camille” ... the play perished at even a younger age than the heroine herself ... Rostand, one hears, has cabled hot complaints over the use of “Cyrona de Bergerac” as a light musical piece’. . . They have complained that proached more classically ... And John Masefield, England’s pcet lau- reate, will have @ chance to revisit in a few days the haunts where he tolled for $5.00 a week in Greenwich | corner saloon. A LONG, LONG TRAIL | Pittsburgh, Pa.— Mr, and Mrs.; George H. Teeple don’t believe in| Nor did Lillian Gish, with all the; adjectives that were tossed around.) The family of the late Edmond] @ classic of this ilk should be ap-| NOT ABSENT-MINDED Dayton, O.—It was not the absent minded professor that the police dis~ covered walking along the street clad only in his underclothes. It was Joe Bennett of the National Military Home. Bennett was taken up to the guard house at the home and later explained that he had been robbed of his clothes and $35. “SHADELESS LAND’ Australia is sometimes called the “shadeless land.” The leaves of some of the trees there are so ar- ranged as always to present their edges to the sky. The scarab, a beetle, was regarded in Egypt as a symbol of immortality. “Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Can You Make This ‘Terrier. { | Re With These Pieces? HI-HO Puzzle No. 21—Now a ter- thumbing rides. They do their hitch- hiking with signs which bear the name of their destination. The Tee- ples have recently returned from a tour of 3,209 miles which took them through Missouri, Alabama, Okla- ‘OF LING THO \N KING to keep -her in the building until further orders, I hurried back to the office. There I found that the immediate questioning of Doctor Maskell was, for the moment, de- layed. Thatcher Colt was shak- ing hands with Merle Dougherty, whose face was now almost as red. as his curls, and who seemed burst- ing with some concealed excite- ment. Behind the District At- torney stood the bald-headed Ho- gan, aniing secretively, but his eyes seemed to say that he was only biding his time. | No Easy Task “I’ve gone over pretty nearly everything up at the house,” nounced Dougherty, rubbing his hands as if he were himself. “And Colt; old fellow, think I can tell you that I think our work is nearly done.” “Really?” Colt\looked startled. “Yes,” boomed the District At- torney, with a radiant smile at “I think, my dear Colt, that we have come pretty close to the solution. All we have to do now is to find the guilty man and put the handcuffs on A “Ah! Is_ that sighed Thatcher Colt, with a faint smile, as he dropped back into his * “You remember the package wrapped in red ribbon and whit pay er?” fe “The muffler that was so obvi- ously a Christmas Seneens r “Yes, sir. Well I examined that parcel and found that it came | from Dittery and Flux, the Fifth Ave. haberdashers. At once I shot Hogan out on that job, f | sought other clues on the , traced the sales slips the name of the pur- chaser of that identical muffler! Now, Mr. en wher fa a ittering €1 ‘3 ¢! with trium sed. he ‘one a few segs back and forth, making also a slight inclination of his head, if bowing in acknowl plaudits to his own sup’ tive Pongcn “And the namie was Humphrey Maskell, ,”” supplemented Thatcher a Doug stopped instantly {1 (0) in his and | flared sidewise at the police commissioner. Bite told you that?” he de- mant le “There was a card attached to not realize the seriousness of the “How long did you say that had rented your place, berhorn?” Mrs. cooperation? us about that “Because I first w: ind t- ” wrong out what it meant, the hove with a Phe glance at friend, Be ee (Pence ae eee ha Christ: ms ice of where was on stillet [mas Eve has nothing to do sith ‘this case. only 48 hours at the longest. heard the Medical Examiner thet, office wants to know is where was It, is ae he Armstoons guy during the last as|Colt cast w tof ee He jor detec-|but since the assigned to the District Attorney’s office, Hogan felt himself almost ready to be admitted to the Commissi smil rier hides in the HI-HO puzzle pieces but it will take more than your whis- tle to coax him out. Cut out the sev- en mystic pieces in the rectangle and rearrange them so as to form the terrier’s silhouetted figure. NY: ABBO Copyricir BY COVICI, FRIEDE,1NC., — DISTRIBUTED BY FEATURES SYNDICATE, ING hours before at the grave and in the house. stood beside Dougherty, his hand on the shoulder o: as they studied together those grisly scenes. Thatcher Colt his impetuous friend, “Bear with me, Dov; Oe pleaded Thatcher Colt. “ Ae Oe inning to believe this is a crime ‘ar more awful we have for one instant supposed. We must not be in a hurry this time.” “Tell me what have found out,” proposed Dougherty, his voice slightly less acescent, as he sat down Shee a fresh * : can’ rou everything just yet . stipulated Colt, and then with ‘is singular genius for condensa- tion, he gave the District Attorney, including with his glances also the sullen Hogan, a resume of what happened since par return to on the side and hi lone eye. ‘Then he learned about Harry Armstrong, the quarrel with Geraldine, ard the fact that the murdered girl's fiance could not chair, |2ccount for his movements during the mysterious hours of Christmas Eve. For a moment, the District Attorney looked interested, but then his face grew skeptical. is ae att ler is reel cise ie |, “If we could only fin Maskell.” “Besides,” put in Hoy with peed “the “boy's ig- The girl has, been dead You What the District Attorney's jours 2” ‘air Request With his sombre brown Focan aa was Hogan's detective had ly. “Maskell can tell. you all metal oe af least look for kim? ried ” with his beefy hands his curls, # #33 és Hi i 38 $852 . isi