The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1937, Page 4

ee (Established 1873) ot wi Ww! _ He t } J eatches him with one. on. It's nice, too, to have a best seller to lean against. eee 4 ‘THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1937 The Bismarck Tribune THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mall matter. Mrs. Stella I. Mann President and Publisher Archie O. Johnson Kenneth W. Simons Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Secy Treas and Editor Subscription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year . Daily by mail per year (in Daily by mail per year (in state outside Daily by mai) outside of North Dakota Weekly by mail in state per year Weekly by mail outside of North Da Weekly by mail in Canada, per year 3% 8 8 s3sssi ie Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Rewspaper and also the local news of speutaneous origin published herein All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved, Added Punishment Perhaps the most distressing single thing about our use of the death penalty is the unavoidable form of mental torture that is inflicted on the criminal before death. An example: the New York death house held, among others, six young men sentenced to death for a murder and robbery. On the day before the scheduled execution date, the warden entered the death house. Everyone knew that the governor had been urged to commute the sentences; with an agony of suspense, the six men waited to see which, if any, were the lucky men. To three men he brought the news that meant life; to the other three he had nothing to say. Later that day a fourth commutation came in. The remaining two men, 24 hours later, were duly executed. They doubtless deserved death for their crime; but is it easy to think about those last, unendurable hours when they saw their pals pulled back from the gates of death and waited, waited to the last, for the same respite for themselves? Will It End War? If the German-Italian plan for taking the danger of a world war out of the Spanish situation should be put into effect, one wonders just who would be left to do the actual fighting. Under this plan, all soldiers but actual Spaniards would be taken out of the peninsula, leaving the Spaniards to fight it out among themselves. But at present the best estimates have it that at least 50,000 foreigners are taking part in the fighting. The shock troops in the assault on Madrid are foreign; the best columns of the defending army are foreign; almost all the aviators on both sides are foreign. Is there, perhaps, an outside chance that if all the foreign fighters went home, the Spaniards might decide that they had done enough fighting and so end the whole tragic mess? America’s Complex Symptoms frequently appear that America still is suffer- ing from an inferiority complex. In music, there was the case of the Chicago singer who made little headway in America until he added a foreign “elli” to his name. Domestic actors,| w1 trying to get anywhere in Hollywood, first must erase their twang or drawl, whereas the clipped speech or heavy accent of foreigners is greeted fawningly by screen moguls. In America, lecturers from abroad almost invariably are lionized; and a testimonial for a medicinal product doesn’t seem to carry weight unless the authority who offers it hails from European parts, It is interesting, then, to listen to Dr. Walter Schiller, Tamous Vienna physician. “You in America have developed your medical research to such an extent that the average man can get,all he needs right in the United States. A few years ago,” he continues, “300 to 400 Ameri doctors studied in Vienna; last summer there were fewer than 50.” wi 000,000 last year. also made 379,000,000 cents, 113,000,- 000 dimes, 000,000 half dollars, dollars, the 3,540,000 silver dollars it made in 1935 having sufficed to date. Sooner or later all these coing will be lost or worn to the point where the banks will ten them back to the Treasury for melting. you think of that check?’ Mr. Lodge replied, ‘Let me carry it around for a check, He brought it back the next day and said, much if cost you to let me carry that check around for a day? At the bank interest, $100 an hour.’ not realize how much money it was until then.’” men concerned when Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, former overlord of NRA, walked in on a conference about the automobile strike situation between John L. Lewis and Assistant Secre- tary of Labor Edward F. McGrady. Bening Scenes Washington wecccccocor ccc cccococosy Mint Is Running Day and Night Shifts to Keep Up With Demand for Change . . . $29,000,008 Check Da:cd Courens ... Hugh Johnson Stands High With Labor Chiefs ... Ambassador Davies Asks for a “Break” . . . Roosevelt Plays Joke on Wallace. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) Washington, Jan, 18.—The mints are running 24 hours a day to keep up with the demand of Americans || for change. Thanks at least in part to the So- cial Security Act and the way its old- age benefits phase makes the pay of salaried workers come out in odd cents, three-shift production has con- tinued right on after Christmas. Usually the mints are abel to let down quite a bit after the pre-Christmas trade is over. Production of coins in 1936 broke all records except for 1919, and 1937 promises to turn out more than ever. Mint officials would like to give their men and machines a rest, but be- lieve’ they may have to keep on that 24-hour schedule for many more months, It's too early to estimate yet how much the demand for coins is be- ing jumped by the security act. The continued heavy demand in the last year is attributed chiefly to the busi- ness pickup, increased employment and higher wages, and payments to WPA, CCC, and similar workers, who spend half dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and cents with considerable velocity. Last year, the mint reports, it coined 738,642,000 pieces of money, as compared with 560,642,000 in 1935 and 738,642,000 in 1919. By far the biggest increase was in nickels, production of which nearly Coubled—80,000,000 in 1935 and 158,- In 1936 the mint 50,000,000 quarters, 31,- and no silver Davies Asks for “Mercy” Ambassador Joe Davies, just before taking off to Russia with his beautiful and wealthy wife and their 2,000 pints of frozen cream, saw the press and pleaded: “Treat me kindly, boys—and soft pedal on the cream.” ee This Was Real Money Senator Prentiss M. Brown of Mich- igan recalls a story told by the late Senator James Couzens a few months before he died. “He told me of the sale of his stock in the Ford Motor company some 15 or 20 years ago,” * friend, John Lodge, who was after- ward mayor of Detroit, was shown the check for $29,000,000 by the senator, says Brown. “A ith some degree of pride. “Mr. Couzens said, ‘John, what do hile, will you?’ “Mr. Couzens let him have the ‘Do you know how about $2400 a day— “‘Brown,’ said Mr. Couzens, ‘I did * ee The General Stands High It was no surprise to friends of the Poorer corro ore oco coe. Breaking Up the Jam Along the Potomac en Pees occ ors co crore ooooes ith Other EDITORS Reprinted to show what they say We may or may not agree with them. 7 MORTGAGE MORATORIUM (New York Times) One of the recommendations ‘in the governor's message dealt with the) Present mortgage moratorium. He recommended that the state extend the moratorium law for another year, adding, however: I am disappointed that the real estate interests have not yet de- vised a means to taper off or end the moratorium. Sooner or later it must come to an end. While I favor the extension for a year, I urge shat it be amended so as to compel the payment of amor- tization upon the principal of a mortgage where funds are avail- able and also to compel the re- organization and refinancing of mortgages where funds for that purpose are obtainable through the regular channels of mortgage loans, He concluded by urging that the legislature direct a committee to make Home mortgages commonly run for | might be better to begin it on aj three to five years, with longer Structures. Such mortgages are nor- mally and naturally “staggered”; that is, they mature at different dates. A sudden termination of four years of moratorium, however, would probably mean that the overwhelming bulk of teal estate mortgages would be simul- taneously overdue. Any concerted ef- fort on the part of mortgagees to get back their capital could throw a tre- mendous amount of real estate on the market at once, undermining values and further increasing the losses of individual home owners. Yet, as the governor points out, the moratorium must terminate some time, and the earlier this situation is faced the better. Whether it is wise, as he suggests, to compel the payment of amortization where funds “available,” or the refinancing of mortgages where funds for that pur- pose are “obtainable,” may be doubted. For this implies that some state body, !plan, but this opp \sighted. Soon or sliding scale like the federal payroll taxes, requiring only 1 per cent amortization the first year, 2 per cent the second year, and perhaps 3 per cent in the third and succeeding years. In this way it could be de- termined in the first years just how much real hardship the amortization | was causing. Last year various real estate or- ganizations opposed the amortization ition seems short= te, as the gover- nor points out, the moratorium on principal payments (it has never ap- plied in this state to interest: or taxes) must come to an end. If the | legislature keeps renewing it, with- out modifications, the possibility arises that the courts may nullify one of ‘are these renewals by suddenly declaring ‘ |Your Personal Health| ° By William Brady, M. D. west pertaining to health but not éis- ease rs tetiy in ink. Aééress Dr. Brady, ‘in Seer he Sune, Al queries must be accompanted by a Gtamped, eelf-addressed envelope. Dr, Brady will ensw ipeske id at attention f ‘Walking is less fatiguing than standing. Stand at atten or a few minutes ‘and you will know why. When any one, particularly a growing 5 to maintain the upright, erect posture for a considerable time, or ee ee rnmnet the strain-on the back and the feet is severe and may result in serious disability. Under such circumstances the tendency is to re- lapse into a posture of relaxation and fatigue, to slump into the “lazy” pos- ture—rounded back, shoulders drooping forward, chin out, abdomen budging, feet rolled out—the picture of negative or minus muscle tone, firmness, elas- ticity. Not only the muscles but also the other soft tissues—the skin, the fat, the ligamente—share this loss of tone. If the strain is prolonged or fre- quent the ligaments finally fail to recover tone or elasticity and structural or growth changes follow, resulting in fixed deformity. That the human body is not yet well adapted to the upright posture. is an inference suggested by the prevalence of hernias, displacements of ab- dominal and pelvis organs, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, flatfeet, round back spinal curvature among men and the rarity of such conditions among . ‘The tone, firmness or elasticity of muscle and flesh is determined chief- ly by nutrition and only secondarily by the amount of daily physical work, Play or exercise the individual does. Discussing the prevention of postural deformities (Archives of Pedia- tries, August, 34) Dr. R. H. Wiggins said: “Any foodstuff which will en- hance the child’s nutrition, at the same time add to the tone of the muscles and ligaments and strengthen the bones will aid materially in forestalling physical incapacity and inferiority, In this instance cod liver oil is a speci- fie. The may be laid down that every child, from one month to six years of age (better sixteen years), unless his entire body is being exposed to Sunshine or ultraviolet irradiations, should receive adequate amounts of cod liver oil routinely and regularly, remembering that there is no standard dose for every child, some requiring more than others.” We were still dishing out calomel when I was a tyro in practice. Haven't heatd a word about calomel in the past ten years. Castor oil was more or leas an old stand-by ten or twenty years ago. Today castor oil is seldom used medicinally. Cod liver oil (and other fish liver oils) has one well es- tablished virtue, namely, that it is the richest natural source of vitamin D. It is also the richest natural source of vitamin A. The standard dose for adults is a tablespoonful three or four times a day; for children a teaspoon- ful three or four times a day, “gradually increased as the stomach will per- mit, and continued for a long time.” As the best cod liver oil contains 75 units of vitamin D in the gram (about 300 units in the teaspoonful), an in- fant four or five months old receiving three teaspoonfuls daily gets not more than 900 units of vitamin D a day—and probably needs from two to three ae as much to prevent rickets and promote the development of sound QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Incensistent Local doctor also serves as health officer, orders that all toys that have been used by a child with scarlet fever must be burned, but says it is suffi- cient to boil all bed-linen and clothing. Why wouldn't boiling metal toys make them safe for future use? (O. M.) Answer—I'm stumped. It's just an old health officer custom, Ordinary laundering makes linen perfectly saie. Ordinary washing with soap and wa- ter, or boiling, or steam sterilizing, would make toys perfectly safe. But what's the fun of being health officer if one can’t throw one’s weight about and keep the peasants duly awed? Pruritus Please give your recipe for “Dew of Sahara.” . . . (J. M. R.) Answer—Powdered tragacanth one dram, phenol, glycerin and oil of ber- gamot of each 5 drops, olive oil four ounces, rain, snow or distilled water enough to fill a pint bottle. Agitate into emulsion. Apply a few drops to ; skin whenever skin feels dry, irritated, chafed, rough, itchy, as after a bath. (Copyright 1937, John F. Dille Co.) the “emergency” over. A gradual, ;special agent of the Bureau of In- orderly tapering off would be far pre-/| vestigation rather than the gunman |ferable to the chaotic situation that|as their hero—Hugh Clegg, assistant might follow such a turn of events. |director, Federal Bureau of Investi- o Sts ____—¢ | gation. i| SOTHEY SAY | eee A resolution is a wonderful thing® a ; s ‘When people are dissatisfied, let them The world seems to be rushing to-| -atner in convention and pass a res- ward the destruction of liberty of 5 conscience, of worship, of speech, and eee Ate Eley feel better—Gov. ef thoyght ... toward abolition of aoe eee those processes which have accounted clettriag ifor. the advance of civilization.—Pres-| I used to say it would be grand ident Robert M. Hutchins, University some day to say “I'm through.” Now I knew'T'll not retire until my pub- of Chicago. * *% % lic does—John McCormack, Irish Youngsters today are selecting the/ singer. SSS a special study of the best method to terminate the moratorium without treating undue hardship, These recommendations are clearly the result of careful consideration. On the main questions involved there can be no doubt regarding their sound- ness, The moratorium must be ex- tended. Not only have real estate values failed to return to the levels of the boom era, when most of the out- standing mortgages were placed, but the successive annual moratoriums since August, 1933, have themselves created a situation that would make their sudden termination dangerous. or the courts, would be called upon to exercise discretion in each particular case. The difficulty with this solu- tion is that no- individual property owner could feel assured regarding his status; the situation would breed much needless litigation, and the courts would find problems thrust upon them extremely difficult to de- termine with fairness. The applica- tion of a uniform rule would seem much more desirable. A year ago the state mortgage commission recom- mended an annual amortization of 2 per cent of the total mortgage. If this rule is to be applied uniformly, it : Perhaps American medics, at least, are overcoming the] “the McGrady-Johnson friendship] = : national handicap. budded aa nipescee in NRA days ° l Sire ial ana Shion also hold each Huge Ar uma In the Spotlight other in high esteem. The bond . ___ No matter how heavily the cares of office may rest upon| Noor itnea in tie Caen t Wee| HORIZONTAL Answer to.Previows Pustle 15 Knock. ; him, Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan at least cannot complain | poleon. 1 Animal BINETGIO] IRITIVETRIA} 18 To declaim. that the fates are keeping him in obscurity. eae a a Poet a picgured here. “TRIO|Al AI EL, 19 Suture. Governor Murphy once had a nice job as governor-general Secretary of Agriculture Wallace| 13 Hawthorn St ee of the Philippines, He gave it up to come back home and run| picked tp his private telephone to the| , fruits, 22 To rebuild. for governor. Co-operating with the Roosevelt landslide, he aie Howe see Copan ae 16 Instrument, A * E} Coane was elected; and he had hardly got the gubernatorial chair| answered, asked to speak to Miss Uae Rae Be eT TN T] 26 Begs pent warm before he found himself projected into a spot of national | MaTearet LeHiand, as 1s customary! 18Rent rolls. 1° Ara SACI METAL] 97 Sandalwood importance. men, anyone wants to talk to the} 2) Musical note. (AMMMAINSAMMOIRIAISIMMV! tree The General Motors strike has been a crisis of which any "Mise LeHand ts puy ait nem 2 bad ae antsy TS RSET Sinewing tool. governor could be glad to be relieved. Nevertheless, it cer- maatan bind aa dere tesa acag] Barr Ttalian river, MERCY ILI TEIRIEISICIO) 33 Kind’ tainly has turned the spotlight on Frank Murphy, and given| “This is Secretary Wallace,” said] 27Males. 2Mongolan 38To wel him all the chance a politician could ask to show the sort of pee eget Heels 3 Seat 51 Hairy, priest. 42Gem, stuff is in him. his voice and told him. 32Worth. | 53Court. 3 Female sheep. Aer onees vat. Whatever may happen to his career in public life, it is| (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.) AH Fobra pare ele nt 4 Postscript. ‘ not going to droop and die for want of public attention. ¢—_—_________~>___» animal. contract. 5To instigate. ;—-BARBS _{) Smet, SME" Steimte ne ADA eS ofa 2 : Anachronistic Tragedy * cs ee he elephants are § Unoccupied. This is supposed to be the age of electricity. From the | wallpaper murals apparently is de- rpse question. Pcindrarn he mined way we talk you might suppose—if you didn’t know better— |stined to be nother ig Rivera, 4 Toward. ivory of —- le. that even the humblest home has at least its electric lights. Workmen seem to have a new ver- bral ag! VERTICAL ia North me ___ But the kerosene lamp is far from extinct. The family of|slon: “Early to bed, ealy to sit down, 48 Bone. " 1Execlamation, — America. 58 Northeast. William Zeigler, for instance, still uses them in the home near lard, O.; and the other night, when Mrs. Zeigler tried to ' a living rcom lamp that had already been lighted, a can “osene exploded, killed Mrs, Zeigler and a small daughter, varced three other children so badly that they are not) 2d to recover. That is the sort of tragedy that belongs to the pre-electrical age. That it happened in the middle of the progressive state of Ohio is ample testimony that the men who generate and sell electric current have a wide field that still-awaits cultivation. The small boys of a Pauls Valley, Okla., couple are named Tonsilitis ‘and Meningitis, which seem fitting. as many small boys are plagues. “France Still Hammering at Gates of Madrid.” The civilians - share America’s aversion to “Knock, Knock." rains { eee means @ mahogany finish.” Also a man’s, If his wife | eee “*Pickled blond’ Actor Leslie Howard says he enjoys having a good book to {all back A pair of Michigan @ bad idea, that; bringing along one’s own standard. twin alsters are believed to have gone Hollywood. | contizent make a man healthy, etc.” sh * Surrealists termed their art “Dada.” It was no surprise to the proud father to learn that his young son had been discussing surrealism. | (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service, Inc.» Thore were only a few hundred real slaveholders among che free Negrces. The great majority ac- quired slaves oniy because of kinship or philanthropy. Husbands purchased their wives and fathers purchased their children out of slavery. ; There is a greater possibility of life on Venus than on Mars, A Chi- cago scientist states that conditions on Venus are more nearly Lké those on earth. Tiny globules of natural oils coat flower petals and give off the frag- rant scent. These oils differ in com- position in each specie of flower. The first mail on the American started from New York City to Boston, Jan. 1, 1673. PEARL PIERRE, takes charge of evel CH, her y rt 3 RAMON VASQUEZ ANGELIQUE ABEYTA, guests at the party: PROFESSOR SHAW, Srepeelaatat a BOB Belew ja rocky, ledze, ..the that killed other NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXIV WHEN Betty opened her eyes she was still in the adobe room and Bob was bending over her with a look that made her put her hand against his cheek ten- derly. The room seemed to hold more People than she had thought, and she gave a little cry of surprise as Pearl John de Forest came to- ward her. “You?” Involuntarily Betty's eyes turned to the huddled form lying on the floor. “Yes, but it was Ramon Vas- quez. Not de Forest,” Bob told her. “Look, de Forest.” He pointed to a small, shining ob- ject nearby. Pearl John stooped and picked it up. Then he looked around on the floor until he found a tiny square of paper. “The signet ring,” he said. disappeared the night my oldest brother was killed.” He held out his and they saw the ring with its top open like a tiny lid. “This went inside,” he explained, holding out the paper. “It tells the location of the de Forest for- tune—the money came from Cap- tain Pierre de Forest's hoard of valuable pearls. Ramon must Te HOLIDAY - ssc MVSTERY. “It | Bol have had it all the time.” A slight movement from the figure on the floor made them all turn except the Indian. see E R4mon's eyes were open and, as he saw de Forest, a slight smile crossed his face. “I’m your cousin, Pearl John,” he said. “Other brafich of the family. The money was why I came, Knew about the ring. It would tell where. That's why—” he paused so long that they thought he was gone, but finally the words came. “Why I killed them—the men. You were next —then the fortune—would be mine.” “But I don’t understand, Pearl John!” Bob exclaimed. “It was Broken Shield who killed him— he had the knife.” Surprisingly, the Indian himself answered. “This is very old kiva. My people’s, The knife theirs. It was always kept here. I brought it back. He—” pointing down at Ramon, “stole it and killed Pearl Sam, Pearl Pierre.” “But why did you attack Ra- mon asked Betty, looking at the “Sipapu very holy. Gods strike anyone dead if they touch.” “The money from the pearls.” Ramon’s white lips moved slowly but the words were distinct. Pearl-John knelt beside Ramon and felt for his heart beat. After a pine he arose. “No use,” he may all as well know now; it won't make any difference. The de Forest money is kept down un- der the sipapu. Come on.” eee HALF an hour later Pearl John, Bob and Betty sat in the library, weaving the loose | the ends of the mystery of Thunder Mesa together. Betty told the part Angelique had played and both men found it easy to under- stand the Spanish girl’s motive as they watched the firelight glowing on Betty’s lovely face. “But how did-either Angelique or the Indian know about the se- cret panel in the wall?” asked Pearl John. dd might ask Broken Shield,” sl 5 They all went to the tiny room in the servant’s quarters where Broken Shield was held uhder guard. Much to their surprise, they found him willing to talk. Evidently he had decided his life was about over and it did not make much difference what he said. “Night Tante Josephine die, I with her,” he told them. “I wait outside window and come in when all others go. I always guard her room. She make me promise. Afraid someone kill her. I leave in morning before anyone come. I stay with her that night as long as she live. She told me how to get through wall in basement. when I show her I got holy knife. She say take it back to kiva.” “Then you saw Betty pushed into the room behind the panel?” asked Bob. “Si. That night I come out and cut you loose. Think you come get her. I wait in basement but nobody come. Then Pearl John put you there, I wait again, long time. I going quick through wall when I hear someone come. Not have time to close panel tight. He follow but can’t find. I hide in one of pueblo rooms, I wait, but he not come. Then I go to kiva. He digging sipapu. I fight him.” “Yes, but we don’t know quite all the rest,” Bob reminded as they returned to the library. “There’s still Professor Shaw and Angelique.” “T’ve a notion to let the young lady speak her own piece,” said de Forest. “As for the profes- sor, we might stop in his room and see if he can’t do some talk- ing now. The man I left with him said he seemed much better.” GYRE enough, the archeologist was better and when they en- tered, he turned his head meek- ly. In answer to Pearl yohn’s questions he said in a thin voice, “It was Ramon who struck me in the basement. He came upon me suddenly. I was sure the old pueblo was intact and also that ol knife was hidden there. I still want it for the museum” For a moment the others, who knew where the knife was at that very minute, shuddered. Then Pearl John said, “If you still want the knife when you get up, Profese sor, and will guarantee to take it away from the mesa, I'll give you the cursed thing. It's caused enough. damage.” The professor's face lighted.