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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
FIRE DESTROYS
SILK IN CHINA
LOSS 6 MILLION
Destruction of Coco0ns Stored
to Force Spinning Places
to Close

Shanghai, China, March 12.-(By
the Associated Press.)--Several SILK
warehouses containing over half OF
the amount silk, available for export
we're burned here today, the loss be-
ing estimated at $6,000,O0O. Seven
other warehouses; are still burning
Should their loss be complete the
damage will reach $1O,00O,00O, it is
estimated.
The destruction of silk cocoon2
stored in the warehouses will\enforce
the closing Of most of the spinning
establishments here until the 'ne~
crop in May.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
BELGIANS ARE
WITHDRAWN AS
PEOPLE OBJECT
Feeling in Occupied Territory Is
Eased With Action

Dusseldorf March 12-(By the AS
sociate Press.)-Belgian patrols
which took control of the rural com
mune on Wednesday night have been
removed and this action on the part
of the allied command has tended to
ease the situation at Duisburg.
Officials declare the patrols were
thrown out merely to protect the
town of Duisburg but the advance OF
the Belgians inspired belief on the
part Of the Germans that the allied
lines might be extended Immediately
Cooperation by the German. police
and allied troops has been effected as
4 result of German initiative.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12

The supreme court decision handed down today holds
that the Bank of North Dakota quasprate institution and
not branch of the state and that it is therefore
subject to garnishment
The decision rendered affirming the decision of District
Judge kckca the Sargent county which the county
sought to gaishee funds of the Bank North Dakota redepos
ed banks of that county, because the Bank of North Dakota
did not honor drafts for funds
Bronson wrote the opinion the court with Justice
Robinson specially conclng Justice Grace dissented and
served the right to file dissenting opinion .,'
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
GEORGE HARVEY
IS.SLATED FOR
FOR REIGN POST

Washington, March 12.-George
Harvey, of New York, editor of Har-
vey's Weekly. is understood to have
been definitely selected by President
Harding as ambassador to London to
succeed John w. Davis, who is re-
turning home. The nomination may
go to the senate before the present
extraordinary session.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
GIRLS PICK OUT HOME,

Grand Forks, March 1.-Two girls,
who were arrested Tuesday afternoon
on a charge of vagrancy, appeared yes
terday before Police Magistrate r. J.
Purcell, and were given their choice
Of serving thirty days in the county
jail or return to their homes in other
parts of the state. y
They were released later in the day
on their promise to return home and
take life more seriously.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
FILE COMPLAINT
ON RAIL RATES

Washington, March 12.-The Ma
tonal Livestock association announc
ed it had filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission complain:
ON livestock rates on all leading
railroads.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
IOWA SOLDIER E.
BONUS PASSED

Des Moines. Ia, March p
The Iowa soldiers bonus bill
passed the house unanimously
this morning.
San Francisco. March r.
There was a rush to the customs
house today when druggists
learned that 100000 quarts OF
Scotch whiskey were TO be sold
at ~ per gallon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
WORKING ON
BOMB AFFAIR

Dickinson, March IAN eXhaus-
tive investigation is being made 6v
States Attorney Cain and the city au-
thorities of the two crude homemade
bombs found on the premises OF
Emanuel StOltZ on the South Side.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
TROOPER KILLED.

Pontiac, Mich, March 12-H. Y.
Allen! state trooper, was instantly
killed this morning in a gun fight
at Novi, near here, between three
members of the state constabulary
and five bandit suspects. More than
a score Of shots were exchanged. The
suspect eScaped.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
GETS DAMAGES
FOR SLUGGING

Mohall, Mar. l2.-,Mrs. Lizzie Miller
was given $500 damages in her case
against James and William Ottem for
injuries alleged to have been suffered
when the two men hit her during an
argument She asked for 100000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
RobinSon's Views,

Justice Robinson explains his posi-
ton as follows:
March IL, 1921.-In the garnish-
ment against the Bank of North Da-
kota the leading opinion has been
formulated by Mr.. Justice Bronson.
It is thorough and we'll considered and
is signed by four of the judges. Here
is the conclusion OF short concur
ring opinion by Chief Justice ROBIN
son:
BY the constitution every person ls
entitled to remedy by due process
of law for for all wrongs done him
in his person or property. When the
bank received deposits and refused To
repay the same it does the deposltors
a manifest wrong for which there
Continued on Page Six
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
:IJNEMPLOYEDIN
CHICAGO 100000

Chicago, March 12.-Federal and
state officials said the number Of un-
employed here ranged from 100000
to 250,000.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
RUSSIAN REV0LUTI0NARIES 49,.
REPORTED TO- HAVE TAKEN
PETR0GRAD FROM THE REDS
Dispatches Say That Revoutonarcs Also Spread Into White
Russa-Forces from Kronstadt Claimed to Have Gained
Former Capital of Russian Empire and to Have
Scored Victory Over Communist Troops

Warsaw, Poland, March 12-(By the Associated Press)-
Pegrad the hands of revolutionary forces and the olshe
wiki have been completely overpowered declared in
wireless dispatch received here today.
The message which confused and disconnected owing
the weakness of the sending station believed to have been
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
TO GET OEEICE.

Washington, March l2.-William
Walter Husband, of Johnsbury, VT,
was nominated today by President
Harding to be commissioner general
of immigration. r
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
CAN GARNISHEE STATE BANK
SUPREME COURT CALLS
1T A "PRIVATE BANK"

Separate Agency Created by State Court Hod and Bank There
fore Is Subject to Garnshment, Court Says, Affirming
Sargent County CaseDecsion Regarded Farreachng
Importance in Banks Future-Robinson Says State Can't
Guarantee It's Deposits
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
PLAN STREET SIGNS.

Devils Lake, March 1.-THE Devils
Lake city commission is considering
the erection OF street signs and tra11is
semaphores.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12
PIONEER DIES AT LANGDoN.

Langdon, N. D., March 12.-George
Milne, IS, who came to North Dakota
in 1879, is dead He leaves wife and
q son.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-03-12

ocllC OuC HUH ACCAo6 ou'
"A dispatch from Wilma says anti
Bolshevik forces fought their way
into Minsk and held control of the
city for five hours, but were driven
out While occupying the city the
revolutionists killed many commun-
lists, it is said, and when the Boil
sheviki re-entered the town they ex-
ecuted more than 200 persons, many
of whom were Poles,> who were ac-
cused of:sympathizing with the insur-
gents.
SEES OVERTHROW.
London, March 12.-Alexander ke-
rensky Russia's former man of des.
tiny" said the present outbreaks
against the Bolsheviki will inevitably
bring about. the overthrow Of the
present dictatorship.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

and methods but il Greek and Latin give
the best mental training. then by all means
teach Greek and Latin
''ro me the so-called practical or bread
and butter courses are the least important
in the school or college curriculum. Some
times they are but cheap and shoddy win
dow dressing. DO not mistake my meaning.
| am not against the colleges teaching the
so-called practical subjects, but / am against
confusing the superficial and the funda
mental.
What we need most day in the business
world is the all-round mantle man who
knows one thing and all its relations very
well indeed, and then also knows great
many other things fairly well. And to get a
type of broad men are each year engag-
ing a certain number OF the best college
graduates that we can find. We expect
these college men TO be able to grasp the
reason why and the larger aspects more
quickly than the man who has grown up
in banking.
we do not prefer one class above
another. We do not prefer the collegiate
as against the non-coegiate. But We do
expect the man with academic training to
be able 70 think more quickly and TO get
fuller understanding in shorter time. III
his college training has been of any use 10
him he will be able 70 do this
Contrary TO the popular notion, IL is the
men who stand best at college who make the
quickest success with The Importance
OF sound scholarship does not seem to be
fully realized. probably because of the
wholly untrue saying. which has been ele-
waited almost into a maxim. that the poor
est scholars make the best showing i'm busi-
ness. Both my own observations and the
coliated records prove quite to the contrary.
The man who can think his way through
college will think his way to the top in
business nowadays.
THE place to get scholarship IS in the
college. and the four years that result in get
ting il arc well spent The technique Of
detail can be had later. or. better perhaps.
by spending the long vacations in actual
business"
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
u. s. Steel Official for Some Ideas

TIME United States steel Corporation
makes no determinations between
college and non-collegc men. While
ii has been noted that of two with
equal ambitions and energy the college man
more often reaches his goal sooner. the nom
college man does attain the same degree OF
success I'm time
For many years" said Charles l.. Close
manager of the Bureau of Safety Sanitation
and welfare for the Steel Corporation "the
subsidiary companies have been carrying
On educational work among their employees
including vocational training and appren-
ticeship classes. The courses are varied TO
meet the needs of every employee who is de-
sirous of advancement. whether nc Is the
graduate Of a university man who has
had no special school advantages
THE university men with their theoretical
knowledge are sent down a few rungs in the
ladder TO learn the practical side and the
men from the ranks brought UP and in
structed I'm theory. Actual mill problems
are considered and studied i'm every step of
the work az II is taken up in the prescribed
courses with the result that each pupil
not only learns the principles involved in his
own special line Of work but also those that
must be understood before hc is qualified
FOR the position ahead"
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
DISON'S TALK ROUSES MANY TO DEFEND COLLEGES

but / still cling 10 the notion that col
lege. il given half chance. can perform
a few useful services for the average man
IL may not make him a walking encycope
dial am not at all sure that such an effect
Is to be desired OF cultivated-but it does
give him a certain background that Is more
apt 10 be substantial than the background
Of the man who has not gene to college.
y am not speaking of the specialized
training that men receive in the profes
siona schools but simply OF the general
college course that has been described as
fitting man neither for anything in par
ticular nor for everything in general This
kind Of training. so-called liberal education.
does help a young man TO get on faster ~
the world Of affairs than he could without II.
''As to the amazing ignorance of college
graduates there is a vast difference be
tween men as to their consciousness of i'm
portance of essentials. They have often
ing information required for specified oc-
cation. Men carry about with them varying
amounts of information. The important
point is TO be able to acquire readily spe
cihc information when it Is needed.
THE fairest examination endeavors to
discover not much what the candidate
doesn't know what he does know
Al the Wall sweet division of the School
OF Commerce of New York University fig
ures have been compiled showing the rec
ords of Commerce graduates covering
period of fifteen years. The figures were de
rived from signed returns received from
over 500 alumni The average monthly sal
AIRY Of the man five years out was s225; ten
years out, $425; and fifteen years out $3.50.
These figures were based on pre-war sala-
ries.
1t was suggested that the name OF the
largest fresh water lake in the world
might have entirely slipped from the mem
DRY of many of these men, and yet they
appeared to be making good in the world of
business in spite of the handicap.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Sabin Holds College Training Invaluable

objection to the college graduate as a young
man who thinks he knows il ALL / do not
find them conceited or unteac achable. The
men who reach US from college have no silIy
airs
'The real difficulty with far too many OF
the students rs that they have been i'm
pressed too much with the importance OF
non-essentials and too little with the inn
portance Of essentials. That have often
wasted time that might well have been
spent in thought developing subjects in
studying topics which are supposed to he
practical
There is conception--and am afraid
that II IS growing-that there Is somewhere
o point of contact between the business
school and the university--that facility m
minor technique is OF high value This is
not "A condition into which the colleges alone
are falling-the schools got there earlier
\ great many employers used to ask. and
perhaps some Of them still do ask: What
l. the use Of Latin?' What il the use Of
Creek What Is the use of taking up
other than practical subjects?'
For instance. business school is sup
posed 20 turn out expert stenographers The
school Is founded and exists solely for that
purpose; the pupils register for that one
thing They graduate as stcnographcrs
Reasoning by analogy. the unfhinldng man
decided that q really efficient college should
also turn out finished products--accom-
plished bankers, merchants. or what not
cap-a-plt and ready for the business fight
And hence. In the last dozen years We have
had the colleges giving all sorts of courses
bread and butter courses. | believe they arc
called which pretend to NJ man 10 take
place at once in high capacity in some
form Of business
"But why should one go to college to
learn banking when more detail OF banking
practice can be amassed In month Of ac-
tual work than In two years OF collegiate
work. What cannot easily be done IN the
bank 4 TO teach the theory Of banking. for
one cannot grasp the theory Of banking
without first knowing how 10 think Learn
inp u think Is 4 long and slow process. I
ieay, To The educators tire choice OF means
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Thomas A. EdsOns Criticism of Education
And Gist of Some of the Replies to 1t

is oalfai l state of
o.
in coun a one EDISON.
with few
the ladder to the side and from
by Steele
mar $ no AN rho o to ospeak, eyond
is to to hav eunder standing
fromm in the
SABIN of the Guaran anty TrustCo
As the Amazing Ignorance of college graduates
a o o OF Men
about with
CHANCELLOR BROWN, YorkU niversty.
The is he absolute
We
frequently me f welI finding
train
B PEGRAM, olumbi University
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

II commenting on Edison's recently adj
vanced ideas Of elementary education. Mr..
Close admitted that the steel Corporation
has a few advanced ideas Of its own in that
,ine Throughout the steel district the cor
poration cooperates with the school authori-
Ties and In some places controls completely
the educational system.
we use moving pictures both for instruc-
ton and for entertainment" MIR. Close con
tinued 1T Il an excellent medium Of in
struction. In our accident prevention
courses the motion picture il invaluable.
But should hardly think of using II IN
schools to the exclusion of books.
I'VE do Use some educational methods
hat have not been mentioned by Mr.. Edison.
In some OF our Southern schools we have in
augursted daily toothbrush drill where
the children arc taught how 70 preserve
their teeth"
Mr. Close told of watching one of these
toothbrush drills during recent tour Of
Alabama. Five hundred children were
marched out In the morning, mug and tooth
brush In hand and put through setting-yp
exercises in brushing their teeth to the
count OF an instructor. The count ran
Upper teeth right One. two three, turn,
one two three spit! Lower teeth. right"
Which does seem TO be one or two jumps in
advance of MIR Edison.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
National City Bank Finds
University Men High Grade

THAT the National City Bank of New
York, employing hundreds of men in
its home Office and in its branches
in various parts Of the world, finds the
colleges a good, if not the best, field from
which to draw recruits is indicated by the
special indueement which it offered in con
necron with the college training class which
The bank conducts to build up and maintain
u working force OF the highest possible
standard.
While none of the bank officials could be
found who was willing to disclose what
percentage of the college applicants proved
III by the banks test or TO discuss MI.
Edison's criticism Of the present educational
system and his suggested reforms. the fact
that the college training class has been i'm
existence six years and is held as important
now il was in the beginning may he take.
as significant Of the college graduates claim
10 high standing as an embryo fnancier.
When i'm 1914 the National City Bank
established branch bank organization.
which now comprises more than eighty-five
branches situated in all important countries
TO meet the changing condition In nterna-
tional commercial relations due to the war
IL found that in America there was no group
Of men with foreign banking experience
available for the enterprise.
To meet this situation the bank turned
to the colleges. I'm 1915 it established the
college training class. primarily to recruit
men for foreign banking service but not To
the exclusion of men thus trained from posi-
tions IN the home office.
The entrants TO the class are chosen by
the bank from men recommended by tho
faculty committees of American colleges or
universities. So far seventy-three institu-
tons have been represented in the trsinin.
class
To be eligible for entrance to the class
q man must be:
l. An American born citizen.
>. a member i'm good standing Of the
senior class of an American college or
university.
3. Nominated by the faculty commit
tee on nominations In the college or
university attended
In general the bank regards specia,
aptitude for economies or political science
to indicate the type Of men whom II desires
TO recruit for its organization as FAR a.
class studies are concerned. However, II
has been the practice 10 rely to a large
extent on the recommendations OF the
faculty committees. Finally. in choosing
the men three things are stressed-charac
ter personality and scholarship.
The banks summary or necessary quail
ncations Is given as follows
IT Is obvious that men capable of filing
the requirements Of the bank. whether for
domestic or foreign service must be OF far
more than average ability . They
must have exceptional character versatility
adaptability, persistence and resourceful-
ness u Is not necessary that members of
the class have any previous banking ex-
pcrienee. Latent ability which quickly re-
spends 30 opportunity and 4 natural capac-
ity FOR responsibility arc the qualities which
The hank Is seeking. and 10 mon who possess
these qualities future of unexcellcd prom
ise and breadth is offered"
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
BY GEORGE B. PEGRAM, Ph. D., Sc. D..
Dean Of the Schools of Mines. Engineering
and Chemistry, Columbia University.

7 n response to the invitation Of THE New
YoRK Herald to comment from the
standpoint Of Columbil University
upon the recent criticisms of our educational
system made by Mr.. Ed on may | suggest
that the most important fact brought out
by Mr.. Edison Il that b. absolutely need.
educated men,
How TO obtain them - what troubles him
We recognize at Colombia and particu-
iarly in engineering. that the development.
Of an educated man II not quick and cas-,
process The faculties of tho schools Of
mines. engineering and chemistry Join In
this statement OF the Columbia idea OF
higher education:
College education has changed radically
rs its scope and aims In the last generation.
The classical course formerly insisted on,
has given place to q more liberal education.
This change is not only the necessary and
logical development in education but II "a
in harmony with the high ideal Of the engi-
neer. which stated IT. general terms II tn
use IL knowledge for nc benefit ~ man
Kind.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
DR. Pegram of Columbia Gives His Views

The student. therefore must not consider
his preliminary college course as dlstinc'
from his professional training on that the
first teaches him how to live and the second
how To make e living The first is In fact
part of his professional training which
viii give him bigger aud broader vcw q.
life. culture that is necessary ~ hC hopes
90 advance to leadership I'm his profcssice
Indeed. engineers 10 uot always remain pur,
tcchtdsts they Frequently become men o-
affairs ~ We'll finding q liberal education
even more essential than their purely tech
nical training
n the student enters the nginoering
school directly from the preparatory school
hc must choose tho neld sc his life w0k
AT an early uge. ana often without posses
sing adequate information to guide him
This choice IL perhaps tho greatest decision
he may ever make and means mu b for his
future happiness and success An impor-
tant duty of tho college Is To help a student
to find that sphere Of activity to which his
inclinatlons and ability best TT him.
The student intending TO take his engi
noertng course nj Columbia must shape his
college work 50 ~ 10 meet the entrance
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

T TERE are the views Of Charles H.
tt Sabin. president Of the Guaranty
= = Trust Company. which annually
takes fifty college graduates into its organi-
zation:
1T has been impressed upon me through
many years Of contact with college gradu-
ates In business and in banking that the
well trained college man grasps intricate
situations and reduces them to essentials
much more quickly than the equally well
trained man who has not had the advantage
Of the broader fundamental education which
the college should give.
Every employer is looking for the man
Who not only can think but win think one
can hire any number Of people marvelousy
skilled In routine or detal-human machines
that will run on splenddy long motive
power Is supplied and nothing unusual turns
up in the work. The rare man is the one
who can think; who can. so to speak see
beyond his nose and understand that a
fact IL Of no particular Importance merely
as a fact, but that II derives its Importance
from its relations. and who will know what
those relations are
1T Is this ability to view things broadly
70 have understanding as distinguished from
mere technical skill that / look for in the
man who has had college training. Some
times | find II and sometimes / do not
NntH ~ - not tncTe III - usually dliticult
70 say whether II is the man or the educa-
t.onal system which II At fault
II am not a college man myself II
eCuld live my life over again ! would got a
college education at any cost for / think
that the reasoning processes which study de-
yelops would have made many things easier
for me- | should have saved time And
should save time in my detail work to-day
il the background had only been provided.
arm q
terry and solution Of many of the broad inter-
national affairs which come before me now
would be far easier had | been trained to
think when | was in the formative stage
I expect the college man to have this com
bination Of background and Of thought habit
and that is all that ! do expect.
~ DO not find anything In the stcrcotyp,I