The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1936, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune An Independent Newspaper © THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bismarck, N. D. and @ntered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail matter. George D. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Treasurer Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail per year (in Bismarck) .. Daily by mail per year (in state outside of Bismarck). Daily by mail outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state, per year ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year . Weekly by mail in Canada. per year Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this mewspaper and also the local news of spontunecous origin published herein. All rights of repubiication of all other maiter herein are also reserved. ’ The Best Advice In the turmoil which marks our national affairs, America can do no better than to turn for advice to the sound patriotism and common sense of those citizens whom history has endowed with the mantle of greatness. They knew the bickerings and harassments of petty politics in their day. They were maligned and attacked as few men have been. Yet they rose above the petty influences which all too often surrounded them and thereby they achieved civic jhumortality. Because they have so often been linked together in speeches, the leading men in our history are commonly regarded as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and this juxtaposition is not without cause. The years show them as giving service to the nation without thought of self. Their acts were those of principle rather than of expediency. AND EACH HAS LEFT TO THE NATION A COMPENDIUM OF GOOD COUNSEL WHICH WOULD BE INVALUABLE TO US IF WE WOULD ONLY USE IT. No sounder exposition of the principles which should guide a democratic nation exists anywhere than is contained in Wash- ington’s farewell address. He spoke as a father to his children and his thoughts were born of a great heart and experiences such 4s no other American has ever known. Lincoln, too, was the dominant figure of a stormy period. Few men have been so bitterly condemned. More than any other man in the history of our public life he put into practice the teachings of the Master who cried from the cross, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” For with Lincoln, bitterness engendered only compassion, hate was answered by the love which welled from within his own soul, doubt was resolved in communion with the God who had endowed him with a great spirit. As no other public man in modern times he returned good for evil. The tendency now is to compare our own problems with those which existed in the times of Washington and Lincoln, to speculate on what they would do under present circumstances. That, of course, it is impossible to determine, but the philosophy upon which their decisions would be based is mani- fested by the thoughts which they have left behind them. They are an unprejudiced and unselfish guide to our own thinking and the American people would do well to take note of them. Thus no one has so clearly phrased the real issue now before the American people as did Lincoln upon the occasion of a cele- bration after his re-election in 1864, when he said: “It has Jong been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of the people, can be strong: enough to maintain its own existence in great emergencies.” That statement was born of the travail and struggles of the Civil war, but it applies today to our own economic and Political conflicts. It is obvious to all that many problems are national in scope and demand national action. The farm problem is one of these. Yet there is cause to wonder if the granting of power to the government sufficiently broad to deal with them may not, in the end, seriously curtail the liberties of the people. A government strong enough to meet emergencies is essen- tial, yet the foundation rock of the American system is liberty pf action for the people under that government. How to adjust the two is the question which underlies all the welter of talk and political machinations to which this nation now is subject. Few politicians are big enough to turn to Washington and Lincoln for advice. To be truly patriotic, to place national interest above self interest, is a difficult thing for any but the greatest souls. But it should not be too hard for the people as a whole, for they have no salaries or perquisites to protect or to gain, Washington and Lincoln put into practice in public life teachings of the Master. That is the secret of why their stature increases with the years, why the nation can safely turn to them for advice which rises above the strife and stress of our own times. Their words endure because they recognize the merit of the truth eternal. Not as Advertised Probably the snappiest wisecrack about the International Peace Garden on North Dakota’s northern border was that, although Canada and the United States have been at peace for more than 100 years, this enterprise might give them tii to fight about. It was unjustified, of course, for there is no cause for dis- agreement over this project and no prospect of any, but it is hard to say as much for the Olympic games, quadrennially advertised as an influence to generate good will among nations and cement their friendliness. Proof is offered in dispatches telling of the Italian victory over the American hockey team in a bitterly contested game. The Associated Press remarks that ill feeling became evi- dent early and remained manifest until the final whistle, All too often that is the kind of “understanding” which comes from these contests. It has been noted at every big international competition where people of such wide divergence in outlook and habits are pitted against each other. Doubt- Jess we shall hear more of it before the games are over. Even in yachting, a competition requiring no bodily con- tact, we had only recently a rather painful demonstration that competition isn’t always sporting, as witness the yelp of the British after the last unsuccessful challenge for the Amer- ica’s cup. International contests of speed, strength or skill may have their points, but the generation of friendly feeling ppyoualy I suppose — Jones's Plymouth Rocks _fan’t one of them. Behind A Scenes Washington THIRD PARTY FORECAST, AL AT ITS HEAD. . . Liberty League Is Ready to Put Up Campaign Fund Wth Hope of Beating F. R., Dutcher Hears From Reliable Capital Source. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Feb. 12. — Liberty League backers have decided to pro- mote a third party whose function will be to draw votes away from the Roosevelt ticket. They hope to put Al Smith in the field as its presidential candidate. This report comes from a source which has seldom if ever proved to be wrong. According to the same advices, the men willing to put up the money for @ third and conservative party realize that it will be strategically essential to have it appear that the nomination is thrown at Smith and that he ac- cepts it only in response to clamor. If matters can’t be made to work out that way, the rumor runs, another man (the names of Ritchie of Mary- land and Ely of Massachusetts suggest themselves) will be picked and Smith will appear as the new party's guard- ian saint and chief orator. Assuming the accuracy of this re- port, some light would appear to be shed on Smith’s assurance at the Lib- erty League dinner that he was not @ candidate for the nomination of Stone Isn’t Saying, But— Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone was asked the other night whether it were true that the court had originally split 5-to- 4 in its decision blasting the AAA. (The story has been generally cir- culated that Chief Justice Hughes either deserted the minority to avoid bad popular effect of a 5-4 vote or was counted with the ma- jority only because he failed to subscribe to some of the points in the three-man dissenting opin- ion.) “I would be the last man to make any such assertion,” replied Stone. “But if someone else were to make it, I do not know where I could find evidence with which to refute it.” With Other any party and didn’t intend to lift @ finger to obtain any such nomina- tion. EDITORS Reprinted to show what they say. We may pr may not agree with them. Smith's stressing that assurance caused some puzzlement, since hardly HISTORY REPEATS (St. Paul Dispatch) anyone had supposed he regarded himself a6 a possible nominee, and later a few wondered why he didn’t go right on and say he wouldn't ac- cept a nomination if tendered. xe & Ready to Back Third Party In any event, the story chimes in with Al’s promise to “take a walk.” There has never been any doubt here that the industrial and financial forces opposed to Roosevelt would be willing to promote a third party head- ed by conservative Democrats if that appeared to give them the best chance of defeating the president. The one thing that had held them back was a widespread feeling that their best chances of replacing him lay in a straight Republican-Demo- cratic fight. The reported decision for a third party is said to be based on an in- creased belief that movement could be, devised under the aegis of Smith and other dissatisfied Demo- crats which would attract many who wouldn’t otherwise desert the Demo- cratic label. * e# # Check Al’s Strength You can be sure, for the time be- ing at least, that the third party- Al Smith story is firmly believed at the White House. The gay optimism which pervades that mansion causes the’ high command to hail the news as an evidence of enemy “despera- tion” rather than a dangerous por- tent. Present New Deal tactics as to Al are to “laugh him off.” A mutual defense treaty between France and Russia, complete except for ratification of Paris, co-operation between the general staffs of the two countries, negotiation in France for a loan to repair Russian military rail- roads leading to the western bound- ary—all these seem like a page torn out of the European history of 30 to 40 years ago. It is in fact history repeating it- self before the eyes of the same gen- eration. Czarist Russia has become Soviet Russia. The Russian rulers who looked askance on the revolutionary republicans of France who had over- thrown the Second Empire of Na- poleon III are now replaced by Com- munists who hate the capitalism of present-day conservative France. But the diplomacy of the two countries remains the same. The entente of 1896 has become the pact of mutual de- fense of 1936. The common factor of today and 40 years ago is fear of Germany. In between has occurred the great war which the Russian and French states- men of the decades following the Franco-Prussian war had _forseen Germany was defeated but it accom- plished nothing. Europe today has more men under arms than it had at this month of 1914. ‘The similarities go farther than Nevertheless, checks are again be- ing made to guage Al's popular strength. His chief stronghold is with the New England Irish, though his influence spreads more thinly through other industrial states. He has ‘ost much of his 1932 strength among party politicians be- cause: 1, The administration has taken some of them—such as Boss Hague of New Jersey—into camp with pat- ronage and other favors. 2. Others, denied patronage, blame Al because he kept them voting against Roosevelt to the very end at the Chicago convention. Up-to-date New Deal strategy against Smith is to circulate exten- sively among Catholics copies of Car- dinal Mundelein’s tribute to Roose- velt at Notre Dame and Monsignor Ryan’s more recent endorsement, for the National Catholic Welfare Coun- cil, at Chicago. It will also charge that the Liberty Leaguers are a “tax-dodger” group and claim that big loans rather than donations are being made to the League in the belief that, if the League folds up, the loans can be charged off on income tax returns as “bad debts.” Tons of dirt will be thrown by all sides, (Convent, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) A BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 BELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN “You all know that heat causes an object good “Well, teacher,” answered Bobbie Jones, hesitantly, in the winter it is short.” Tommy—I wonder why fat men are always so jolly and good natured? “in the summer the day is long and 000. The loans were for governmental, industrial and municipal purposes, ‘but behind the loans was the desire to build up Russia into an effective modern military power. This meant that the Russian industrial and trans- portation system had to be modern- ized. Much of the money loaned by France to Russia prior to 1914 was used to build railroads useful for mil- itary operations against Germany. The Communists are still trying to industrialize Russia. They are now working on the second of the five. year plans. Instead of French capital they are substituting state capital; but not entirely. For all the five-year plans, the railroads are not in effi- cient enough condition to satisfy military needs. A beginning loan of 54 million dollars is under considera- tion in France to help put the Rus- sian railroads in shape. There is also a start of French as- sistance in the training of the Russian army, especially the higher command- ing officers. Prior to 1914 it was recognized everywhere that the num- bers of the Russian army did not mean much. The officers had little technical ability, the soldiers man for man were no match for German or Austrian troops. The French official report on the new Russian army of 3 million men indicates that this con- dition has been little improved. The officers are “insufficiently educated” just the treaty of defense. By 1906/and are pcked “rather for political France had loaned Russia $2,400,000,-|opinions than for education.” The Cee ee In‘ Memoriam HORIZONTAL 1.7 The 16th president of the U. 8. A. 13 To observe. 14 English coin, isiel 15 Native metal. 16 To emulate. 17 Pile. 19 To debate. 21 Desert fruit. 22 Chum. 24 To scatter. 25 Snaky fish. 26 Spain. 28 Rumanian coins. 30 Eccentric wheel. 31 Affitmative vote. 32 Protest. 36 Male child. 37 Still. 38 Bed lath. 40 Street. ‘41 Guided. 42 Measure of area. 44 Helper. 45 Pronoun. 46 Force. 48 Consumed. 30 Ratite bird. 51 Night before, 52 Thing. 53 Short lance. 54 To pot again. 57 Era. 58 Attendant for the sick. 59 Metallic element. —— stock. VERTICAL 1 Residue of a Answer to Previous Puzzle INATINIGTATRIOIOL JOU IAINIT |S) iTlolo} 60 He came from 10 Ege-shaped. and they can’t fight, in your garden this year Billy—That’s easy. They can’t run Wife—What do you expert to raise Hubby—Oh, the name: uh last_year, and Smith's Leghorns, 20 His most famous speech, 21 Passed by bequest. 23 Lion. 25 To devour. 27 Golf teacher. 29 Within, 30 Pussy.” 31 Data. 33 Finale... 34 To soak. flax. 35 Ancient. 36 Most important issue of his administration. 39 He was assas- sinated at the —— 41 Cover. 43 Headed pin. 44 Bronze. 45 Steed. 47 Clan group. 49 To percolate. 50 Female horse. 53 Payment demand. 55 Either. 56 Musical note, stricken. 57 Part of “be.” 18 Part of hand. 58 Nay. tire. 2 Honey gatherer. 3 To harvest. 4 Whoa! 5 Constellation. 6 Market. 7 Noisy. 8 Wrath. 9 Northeast. 11 Kindled. 12 Poverty- general staff is incapable of directing large modern operations. Unless im- proved, the Russian army would be of value only for @ “limited period” in another war, a hint undoubtedly that the collapse of Russia in the World war would be repeated. So the balance of power in Europe again comes back to the question of} where stands Great Britain. Would history repeat tt repeat itself there too? NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XLII. DAs and Ronnie were to be married Friday. This was Wednesday, and all the things Mrs. Cameron thought should be done in honor of the occasion were in process of being accom- plished. aces Even though Ronnie would be the bouse only that brief while when he came to take Dana away with him, the house must be groomed and shining. As it always had been for the big events of its ancient and honorable history. Sarah, forgetting her three score years and infirmities war superintending with an immense energy and boundless enthusiasm. ‘Her two sids had taken limp curtains down and put them back snowy white and crisply ruffled. The whine of the vacuum cleaner had been heard in every room of the big house. Soap and water and polishing fluids; dust rage and oiled mops, had come into their own again. Sarah, in spirit, was back in the good old days, catching the con- tagion of her mistress’ mood. Mra. Cameron was blooming under the stimulus of becoming tmportant again. The doorbell punctuated the activities with exciting clangs. And then some big package from a department store would arrive, to be deposited in her mistress’ toom by Sarab. Under no circum- stances were the belpers to dis- cover that Miss Dana was involved in all this preparation. Already, there had been surmis- ing. One of the aids had queried: “Whut’s goin’ to happen ‘round here? Never saw sich going-ons ‘cept ter weddings.” “Taint no weddin’ “tall,” Sarab Ned glibly. “Guess folks kin clean house good without bavin’ s wed- din’. La, yoo younguns don't know what cleanin’ ts. When [ wuz yo’ age, you couldn't find e spec o' dust wid s microbe.” “with icescope’ you means,” said Adella’s daughter Ruby, who was taking an ‘edication.’ see Bot! Dana and Nancy had moved quietly in the midst 2f chaos. Mrs. Camerop and Dana were shopping Nancy nad pleaded a headache and remained at bome Aunt Ellen beard ber moving aim- Your Personal Health By William Brady, M. D. uestions pertaining to health but not Yotters briefly and in ink, Address Dr. All queries must be accompanied by a balay will answer 4 or diagnosis. Write in care of The Tribune. ye f-addressed envelope. BREAD AND MILK CLUB REDIVIVUS Doctors have harped so much on the injuries done by overeating that few offenders hear them and none heed until their infirmities cramp their style in eating. Most persons eat three meals a day as a matter of custom, habit and ex- ample. The custom or habit has become fixed thru generations or at least thru the lifetime of the individual. Yet quite frequently it is an illogical habit, for the energy requirements of the individual may be far from the energy requirements of his ancestors who established the custom, or his own output of energy now may be lower now than it was when he developed the habit. His ancestors long ago, perhaps he himself in his more active career or vigorous youth, earned three square meals by honest work or play; in his sedentary, white collar, parasitic mode of life, perhaps living by his wits or, as he flatteringly calls it, “doing head work” or “brain work,” actually has a much lowered output of energy and a correspondingly slow and lady- like metabolism. So if force of example keeps him on the three-meals- day schedule, when his most lifelike activity—screaming or “rooting” in the grandstand or bleachers—is itself vicarious activity, it is not strange that so many things happen to him, to wit and for example: Now, children, this is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you. But T’ve let myself in for it. Some of you will wonder when and where I wrote this, Haven’t I told you repeatedly, I am in heaven. Here in heaven they bowl the year around. In fact the greens are more nearly perfect in winter than in summer. That is probably due to the higher humidity, more mois- ture in the air here, as well as the warmth of radiant heat from sunlight. Back there where you have to have steam heat or a furnace or stove of some sort going all winter to keep you warm, the air is excessively dried out, and not healthful for plants or for human animals. It would be more hy- gienic if you could heat the room with an open fire, or a radiant heater (gas or electric), for radiant heat warms you more and the air less, The cooler the air the more water vapor it retains. In heaven here the air temperature, out of the direct sun, is usually around 60 to 65 degrees F. Long years ago when I was not so squeamish about mentioning symp- toms we organized the Bread and Milk Club, and frankly announced that it was just a scheme to inveigle overfed people into resting their overworked Metabolism @ bit. That was a happy compromise, that phrase overworked peergssria After all, the lazy so-and-so’s have some pride. (Continued next week). . QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Stomach Flu For ten days had continuous cramps, sometimes severe. Physician suspected appendicitis. Sent me to surgeon. He gave me bismuth meal took X-rays and found everything 0. k, He gave me a pain killer and said I had a cold. Seems every one I know has had a similar attack, and they all insist it is stomach flu, (A. J. B.) Answer—Which means as much as the good old dodge the oa sur- geon worked on you, Epilepsy Please inform me if epilepsy is inheritable? ‘Will children inherit it from & mother who has had it, if the father is normal? (J. H.) Answer—It is not directly heritable, but offspring of an epileptic parent are more likely to be feeble-minded than are offspring from normal parents. Galvanic Sore Mouth I have a burning sensation and slight soreness on the side of my tongue for several months. Could this be caused by a large silver filling I had put in seven months ago? The sore spot rests against the filling. I also have @ wisdom tooth filled with copper cement. (Miss C. M.) Answer—Two such metals as silver and copper in the mouth may make @ miniature electric battery and cause not only constant metallic taste but also burning and sometimes sores which persist until the one or other metal is removed. Gold and porcelain are the preferable materials for fillings, inlays or other dentures. Predetermining Sex Does removal of one Fallopian tube limit the sex of offspring? . . (Mrs, J. G. 8.) - Answer—No. There is no ground for the myth that the ovum or egg-cell from one ovary is necessarily to develop into a boy baby and that from the opposite ovary is necessarily to develop into a girl baby. No one can pre- determine sex. This is not to say there are not thousands of fakers or mis- guided folk who assure you they know by intuition or divination how to predet (Copyright 1936, John F. Dille Co.) lessly about the house that after- noon, chased from one room to another by the small cleaning army. “I'm going to the library and read an hour or two,” Nancy said. “Maybe when 1 get back I'll be able to recognize my own toom.” “It ts cluttered,” Aunt Ellen said sympathetically. “I'll get della in your room right away. Maybe it won't take two hours Your curtains are up and the rugs are down.” “Don’t worry about it,” Nancy said. There was a disconsolate slump to her shoulders. “It's a long walk to the Mbrary.” ber aunt said. “If you'll wait awhile Agatha and Dana will be back and Dana could drive you there.” “No thanks, I'@ rather walk,” a Nancy said. During the afternoon the phone rang. Aunt Ellen answered. Ron- nie was calling Dana. “Dana's down town. I think she'll be in scon. “I'll drop by on my way home,” reading. It's getting late. { wonder if you'd mind going by for her.” shouldn't she treat H ti : HF in returning, and start walking home fore she could send th: itist anyway. He had pleased. ees peg was sitting at a open ber, aie ete eaten ee Be sat down opposite her, inquiring, “Is that the kind of literature if “Hello Ronnie. 1 guees Dana sent you to bring me home!” “You're @ bum guesser. haven't seen Dana since ! lunched with her at noon. 1 understood then she was going 1 suppose she's still at it.” bow—" were shadows under her eyes. The thought depressed him, unac- countably. They had almost reached home, when Ronnie asked abruptly: “You took mighty worried. is there something on your mind?" He turned and met Nancy's mournful eyes. Something in thetr expression shocked bim. “Better tell Brother Ronnie,” Ronnie ed- ded with a cheerfulness he was not feeling. “1 wish 1 could. Oh | wish § dumb, Ronnie, body as dumb!” Ronnie had With ith Gl My Love sss could!” Nancy's voice was vehe- ment. “But if I did, you'd only despise me.” They were almost home. im- pulsively, Ronnie pressed his foot down and the car passed the Cameron house in @ burst of speed. “Shoot,” Ronnie said. “2 haven't an idea in the world what you are driving at. But it’s only tair to tell me now.” “Yes,” Nancy said, as though she had arrived at a decision of some kind. “1 suppose it is. Well, you asked for it, Ronnie. I hate to see you and Dans marry, because Dana doesn’t love you at all. And 1 don’t think you're really in love with her either.” “You haven't an ounce of sense in your head,” Ronnie safd angri- “You're the dumb one,” Nancy flamed. “You bave a complex. When you were a little boy you were always picking up pencils tor girls. When you got back from college you started binding ap their aching hearts. Now that Dana's heart ts more broken than anybody’s heart you know, you much, why did she leave him?” “You don't know anything about love,” Nancy cried wildly. “You wouldn't know it if you saw it under @ microscope. You're co I never saw any- a i i ‘ iytl if ie