The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 6, 1934, Page 6

.. on inheritances, ., 60 when he bumps into a man known oc to be @ desperado, but whom the * been too polite to racketeers, gun- ; men, and such like, and he wants to : New York has the idea that the cop The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) "Published by The Bismarck Trib- une Company, Bismarck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck fs second 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- MATCK) 2... eee ee ee eeeee sees 7.20 Daily by mail, per year (in state outside of Bismarck) 5. Daily by mail outside of Dakota Weekly by » Bi ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year ......... ceas Weekly by mail in Canada, per year 2 of At Circulation Member of The Associated Press ‘The Associated Press ts 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. | Society Has Lost Its Claim to; Cultural Leadership | One of the minor calamities of the} year, little noticed by a heedless} 0 | when the police set out to muss peo- 9) who gets mussed up; then, after a 00/er is arrested by mistake and gets and when he was pinched he gave his occupation as a house painter. He came in dressed like a fashion- plate, and it was his sartorial mag- nificence that exasperated the com- missioner. “This man is a paid assassin,” said the commissioner. “Men like him should be marked up and mussed up. Blocd should be smeared all over that velvet collar. Instead, he looks as if he had just got out of a barber's chair.” | Very few persons will quarrel with this idea, in itself. Unfortunately, ‘ple up, they aren't usually very dis- criminating. Pretty scon it is the minor offender while, some totally innocent bystand- rather frightfully mussed up before he can convince the cops that it’s all ia mistake. For that reason, telling any police department to be brutal is a mistake. The brutality is certain to hit the | wrong parties, sooner or later. | Nevertheless, we haven't answered the commissioner when we say his idea is dangerous. We must find some way of taking care of these outlaws who can be arrested 18 times and yet remain free to follow their own devices. world, seems to have been the drop-} ping of Elliott Roosevelt, son of the} president, from the rolls of the Bos- | ton social register. | ‘There was a time when this would} hhave been @ bit of @ sensation. A’ generation ago, or more, society! spelled itself with a capital S, and/ the decrees of the inner circle were| matters of importance. One of the stock tales in American folk-lore had to do with the newly rich man whose wife and daughters worked them- selves to a frazzle trying to “get into society.” But American society has changed, along with the rest of the nation. ‘Nobody cares any more who's in and who isn’t; and the change has not come so much from shifting eco- nomic conditions as from the frivolity of the self-elected upper class which has sought to exercise social leader- ship. “Society,” in any land, is supposed to have responsibilities as well as privileges. It is supposed to repre- eent the best that its country can display in the manner of gracious and cultured living; to provide lead- ership in statecraft, in the arts, in letters, to set the tone for the rest of the populace. But these are just the points at which our upper class has failed us, Cultured and gracious living? Well, American society in recent years has furnished us with some of the sor- riest lawsuits any man could care to read about. After going close to the limit with the Stillman and Rhine- lander divorce cases, it handed us a Vanderbilt squabble over custody of @ small child. Tt was so lacking in penetration that a Mike Romanoff could impose on it; it went for any kind of foreign title down to and including the Mdivanis. It made grand opera a social reg- ister toy, found itself unable to fi- nance it and finally had to call ou the general public for help. It put on @ flossy yacht race with the Brit- ish, and so staged it that its after- math was remarkably like that of a raw-decision prize fight. For such reasons as these, the word “society” is not as impressive as it used to be. The social historian of the future will find one of the most interesting points about the present era the fact that it had an upper class which failed to perform any of the upper class’ traditional functions. New Funds for Education ‘The crisis which public education has reached in the United States is illustrated by an article by Dr. John K. Norton of Teachers’ College, Co- lumbia university, in the current is- sue of The Nation. Dr. Norton declares bluntly: “A quarter of a million teachers, to whom is entrusted the education of 7,000,000 children, are scheduled this year to receive wages below the mini- mum fixed for unskilled factory work- ers in the blanket code of the NRA. Even these meager salaries in many cases will not be paid in full.” Dr. Norton then goes on to point out that school funds still come from a tax on real estate. A cen- tury ago real estate made up most of our wealth, and its ownership was a fair measure of ability to pay taxes. This, he says, is no longer the case, It is his belief that in order to fi- mance our schools adequately, we| must raise school funds through taxes on incomes, on business, and Muss ’Em Up ‘How far is a policeman entitled to courts can never seem to touch? Police Commissioner Valentine of can go just about as far as he likes. Me complains that his police have gee these gentlemen mussed up a uttle. ‘The commissioner expressed him- elf in this vein after watching a man named Harry Strauss brought into a Something pretty shocking must be wrong with our criminal law and our method of administering it when a man can be accused three times of homicide, six times of carrying a gun, and nine times of felonies ranging from grand larceny to assault, with- out even so much as standing trial before a jury. Bigger Game for Uncle Sam It is worth noticing that, at just) about the time when “Baby Face” Nel- son was dying an unlamented death from Uncle Sam’s bullets, New York's most notorious “beer baron,” Dutch Schultz, was surrendering to the au- thorities on an income tax evasion charge and was languishing in jail for want of $50,000 bail. Two types of criminals are repre- sented here. Nelson was of the old Jesse James type—lawless, quick- shooting free-booter, a strong-arm man pure and simple. Schultz, on the other hand, is of the big business variety of crook; the Capone type, which killed and slugged only incl- dentally to the main business of pro- ducing and selling. ‘This second type probably repre- sents @ greater menace to our insti- tutions than the first. The downfall of Nelson was spectacular; that of Dutch Schultz is actually more of a feather in the cap. 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. State Institution Budgets (Valley City Times-Record) The requests of the various state institutions fcr increased appropria- tions brings several things to mind as one reads the list of askings which | total a little over $4,800,000, more than double the amount granted for the | Past two years, The first of these things is that Governor Lange: used his power to cut the appropriations far below the figure set by the previous legislature. Legislators saw clearly the need for economy and made some severe re- ductions in the budgets of the sev- eral institutions, Langer, in the flush of his new-found authority, and seemingly without regard for ecsen- tials, took an evident delight in slash- ing the figures set by the legislature to such an extent as to hamper ser- jously the work of practically all of these institutions for which the state is responsible. A reasonable policy toward them would seem to be wisely the ousted governor and action to re- store something of what was taken from them without the sanction of the people will receive, we think, general support. The second thing is that the need for economy, which is still present, should be recognized by the elimin- ation of state expenses in activiiles which are in no sense important as compared with the care of the help- less and unfortunate, and as compar- ed with the training of young people. One of the worst features of the Lan- |ger regime was that at the same time Langer was mercilessly cutting ap- Propriations for schools and for state hospitals he was able to find the Money with which to pay good sal- aries to beer inspectors and the like. |The general feeling was that he was | Senerous when it came to paying {men who could be used to build poli- tical fences, but exceedingly eccno- mical when it came to remunerating trained people who have given their lives to caring for boys and girls and for the sick and unfortunate. His action is a black mark on the history of the state which will never be eras- ed. Much money is asked of the leg- islature for some state activities which at their best are unnecessary and which at their worst are a nuisance. True economy would require that Savings should begin with the clip- ping of these items, not with inter- jference in the vital expenditures for support of institutions which have to |do with fundamental needs, The third thing is that the legisla- tors are going to have a hard time finding the reasonable way out of the dilemma which faces them, and everybody should be ready to take a Teasonable attitude toward the mat- ter. This is no time for plunging in the matter of spending state money, and the legislature will have to deny some of the requests, since the state's income cannot posstb!” cover all tet {4s ackcd. The mat-er should b> ed over with lozislators calmly be- fore the session begins, More than 123,000 soil, at a los of r 600, is removed gnu: C00 ver, {land worth $9,000, is probably’ the A ring-watch filled with diamonds smallest time piece in existence. It is aware of this unjustified attitude of | ¥ f; sored prineiple with him and he Washington By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Dec. 6.—The impend- ing naval race will cost the so much money that they at least ought to know what they're getting: for it. They won't find out in the official reports from Washington or the Lon- don preliminary naval conference. But here's the situation: Japan demands naval parity with the United States and Britain be- cause she intends to have a free hand in Asia. She is going to dominate) China and plans commercial expan- sion over a wide sphere. Although in case of war she is in no danger of attack by an American or British navy acting alone, she or fears that the two English. nations might some merge threaten to merge fleets against her. Such a combination now would mean @ 10-3 ratio against Japan. Parity would mean only @ 10-5 ratio |and Japan, thanks to her geographic- al location, would feel fairly safe with that. So she plans to bust the 5-5-3 Washington treaty. You can just forget the story that Japan's demands are inspired by na- tional pride. WORRIED BY BRITISH MOVE Our government is now making strenuous bids for a naval under- standing with England. ‘The theory here is that we must have that or embark on a huge naval building pro- gram, High officials in State and Navy departments were jittery as Britain making z F] # E i E Es the first place, couldn't promise that naval situation drift friendly to us without Japan. aor as to our own position: ie American navy can pro: tect the coasts, Alaska, the Pa Canal, and Hawaii, in the war with Japan. But not oe the Philippines or the — OPEN DOOR BIG ISSUE Our navy is far from strong to cross the Pacific and successfully attack Japan and no one has Proposed an expansion program would give us that strength. (Wheth- er we would need @ navy three or five times as strong as the Japanese to fight so far away from home is a matter of argument.) along, being sntagonising | E certain check on Japan in her. on China. (Maybe you hadn't ticed it!) The Open Door policy, na- tional prestige, and trade ities enter the scene at this point, " Scezetary Hull, a8 ® congressman, the Wasnington Treaty becatse it gave up our Far East- aval bases, He isn't saying so , but the Open Decor is a s to feel that America’s destiny navy, so it’s possible to predict a definite American policy of preserv- ing the present ratio. New American naval ships cost 48 million dollars in| isigned—as presidents resign in most. 1934, and are costing 182 millions this| of the South Retinal countries, the fiscal year 1933, 77 millions in fiscal year—of which 129 came from PWA. Next year’s appropriations will run between Most of our capital ships will have reached the “age limit” by 1936 and they cost about $50,000,000 apiece. No ean guess the added cost of a race with Japan in which we about two ships to her build best hope for the taxpayers here ig rest in the lingering sus- that Japan may, after luffing.and won't enter such That suspicion isn’t any- as strong as it was. 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) qhlletl # (Copyright T cannot bring myself to believe the have become a people of alaves.—Premier — of France. * did Tt is our will that has failed and our intelligence that has been defec- tive —Ludwig Pe aa author. * * Opportunity is the thing that makes crime. Ruin the opportunity and you prevent crime. — Major bead of Pennsylvania state r. se * ‘The Duchess of Kent got near- ly 1,000 wedding presents, and IN AMERICA’ By Joseph Nathan Kane Author of “Famous First Facts” THE Great Seal is composed of & soread eagle, symbolizing strength, bearing an escutcheon ‘with 13 stripes, for the 13 orig ~ {nal gtates, An olive branch in its right talon represents peace, and its left talon holds 13 ar- rows, also for the 13 original states prepared for war. In its in the Far East, with its. hun- Creds of millions of Chinese and other customers, COST GOES SOARING no larger than a person's eye. Roosevelt also believes in a strong ‘ beak is the legend “E Pluribus Unum,” One From Many. The Mnoleum was made in a large plant in Lancaster, Pa. Rodney -and Hératio Hanks built the first silk mill .|currants, 2 packages citron, 2 pack- PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE By William Brady, M. D. TIME FOR GRAMP TO WARM UP. Winter cough, chronic bronchitis, dry catarrh, emphysema, bronchiec- tasis, or if you are obstinate as well as ignorant call it a “bad cold on the chest.” This trouble occurs in persons of any age but most characteristically in elderly folk, who have nursed it along by years of coddling. Climate is universally blamed for such trouble, by the wiseacres. But climate has nothing whatever to do with it. Metabolism, circulation, all the vi- tal functions or processes naturally slow down a bit as a person passes his or her physical or physiological acme, which one does at from the 35th to the 55th year of age, depending on the quality of the material used in the making and on the way one lives. It is natural. therefore, that the elderly individual should be more sensitive to cold and desire more clothing, more heating of the house- hold, store or office or conveyance. It is hopeless to attempt to har- monize the ideas of youth and age about these things. Youth is right about it and age is wrong, and it is too much to expect age to acknowl- edge it or to cease grumbling and scolding about the waywardness and insanity of youth. At this time of year people past their prime, in years or in feelings, ought to begin warming up a bit for the winter. Especially if they are subject to winter cough or any kind of recurring bronchial trouble. ‘They always need a suitable iodin ration, for one thing. They should earnestly endeavor to) follow a daily program or schedule of open air activity, healthful of all open air activities for mature adults is walking. From a and the most few blocks or steps daily, if unaccus- .. | tomed, up to a regular hike of several still we'll bet she'll go out and buy things for the house. The president of Bolivia has re- * And when ‘a South American president quits, he, contrary to the famous Coolidge saying, chooses to run—or else. * * * ‘That 13-year-old mother of Ezra, Tl, ought to make plans for claim- ing the annual youngest grandmoth- er award about 14 years from now. (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service, Inc.) oo. Today’s Recipe | Coffee Fruit Cake Use 6 eggs, 1 cup melted butter, 2 cups brown sugar, 1 cup dark karo, 1 cup coffee, 5 cups pastry flour, 2 teaspoons soda, 1 teaspoon salt, % teaspoon cloves, 2 packages candied lemon peel, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon allspice, 2 teaspoons cinna- mon, 2 pounds raisins, 1 lb pasteurized dates, %4 lb. figs, 2 Ibs. miles as you get into training. change of weather should interfere nervous, No with the daily walk. This is of first importance. Most persons subject to winter cough should store up vitamin A for the winter, and aside from the foods which contain this vitamin they may do this by taking a daily ration of cod liver oil for a month or more now, and again in early spring. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Nervous Imposition High school graduate, 25, slightly Answer—Complicated vicious cir- cles—selfishness makes you “nerv- ous,” nervousness makes you smoke, smoking makes you more nervous .. . snap out of it and try to grow up and be a man, Send 10 cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress for booklet “Chronic Nervous Imposition.” Elsie, smoke a pipe. If you must smoke, Grip or Fla Kindly let me know if inoculation ages candied orange peel. Sift flour, soda, salt and spices together. Break eggs into mixing bowl, beat slightly with egg beater and add butter gradually, stirring constantly with beater. Stir in sugar, karo and coffee and beat one minute. Add three-fourths of dry ingredients and mix fruits with other fourth of ingredients, and add to other mix- ture. Pour into well oiled pans. Cover tightly with olled paper and steam three hours. Bake one hour and a half in a slow oven. (250 degrees Fahrenheit.) Storks, regarded as a sanitary as- set in Holland, are decr ber, due, it is said, to Approximately 60 per cent of the visitors to Yellowstone National Park are women. FLAPPER, FANNY SAYS: Both wives and food get burned up when they don’t get enough attention of the capitol. Enclosed (number) Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease diagnosis, or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady, if a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink, No reply can be made to queries not conforming to instructions, Address Dr. William Brady, in care of this newspaper. for grip or flu is of any value. (K. G.) Answer—By inoculation you mean injection of bacterin, “bacterial vac- cine” or virus or toxin or antitoxin or serum which purports to prevent the disease or to cure it, tion against smallpox is the only in- oculation employed as preventive or cure. Vaccination is inoculation with cowpox. I know of no such remedy The nervousness makes me] - very self-conscious. Smoking seems to make me more nervous, yet I like smoking ... (M. E.) That’s what all your friends will say when they receive the Souvenir Booklet New North Dakota State Capitol As a Christmas Greeting trom You The Tribune soon will publish a well-iHustrated and descriptive souvenir book- let on North Dakota’s magnificent new state house. It is sponsored by the North Dakota State Historical Society and the Board of Administration and will carry no advertising. The souvenir will be six inches |by nine inches in dimensions, printed ‘on highest quality paper with a special cover in colors carrying ul! appropriate as a Christmas gift Rekindle Warm Friendships by filling out this coupon and mailing it at once ies 's new h Dakota State (thirty-five cents each in quantities leas than 100). is .......++e+e009 for which please send ene copy of The ‘Tribune's new North Dekota State Capitol souvenir beoklet te each of the seseceees persons on the attached list. (Be sure list of ad- reasees is attached when you seal the envelope and write or print plainly, oe full addresses. Figece forty-five cents each for mailing, forty-three cents each in quantities over 25. Christmas be enclosed in each if order is for 100 or more.) of any proved value in preventing or curing influensa_or “grip.” Call It Regeneration Didn't you have something in your column a year ago about rejuvena- tion—some Pampnies on the subject, fT am not in error... (B. T. 0.) Anawer—Let'a shy off the term re- juvenation, Call it regeneration. I have a booklet entitled “The Regen- toh tin eae for 10 cents in and a atam| envel bear- ing your qaane zed (Copyright, 1934, John F. Dille Co.) ‘ In Sn ae Thomas Stevens raveled around the world, covering the land areas on a high-wheel bi- cycle. He wheeled a distance of 13,500 miles. Vaccina- The most densely populated island in the West Indies is Barbados, Operatic Hero Answer to Previous Puzzle 12 Theater boxes. [R)2¢ Dress fastener, 15 To sail nearer HORIZONTAL 1G 5 Wine vessel, 8He sold his soul to the le | —. LICHT INIG] 22 Jargon. 13 Genus of a AID] III] 23 Note in scale, 14 Little. E INA] 26 Braided 16 Hawaiian [ rootstock. 12 To bind, 18 Heavy. 20 Wooden peg. 22 Fickle. 40 To allot. 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