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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-12-17
THE RELAPSE OF MEXICO

The great period OF development
in Mexico was during the reign OF
Porfiro Daz. The man was ur-
doubtedly tyrant. Under his
frown there was scarcely any per
sonal liberty. The peon worked
when, where, and as he was Or
dered. DiaZ was president in
name: he was emperor in fact.
But in those days the meanest
peon was in better condition than
during the dark years after the
revolutin of 1911. Under Diaz he
got his food. his clothes. and 4
place to sleep. But he often Ia ck-
ed these necessities during the
post-Diaz years in which the Mex
leans were accepting the pretensa
that they were governing them
selves. The average Mexican was
helpless in the whirl Of revolution
and counter-revolutiOn, of men who
were bandits one day and heads OF
government the next.
Then ObregOn became presiden +.
Since early in his administration,
there has been distinct improve
ment. He gave the country more
freedom and more stability. Bus :
ness began in earnest again. He
reduced the army graft. He mad"
a better administrative record
than any other president since
DiaZ. There were many things in
his administration and in his of
fetal language which we con-
demned, but we had to remember
that his first job was to hold his
office, and so he had to placate hi;
people.
ALI in all, Obregon's adrninistrl-
ton gave us reason to hope that
Mexico was at last going to prove
herself capable of self-govern-
ment. Impressed by his achieve
ments. our State Department con-
cluded a treaty with Mexico. The
rest of the world believed with us
that new era Of cordial and mu-
tually beneficial relations with
Mexico was at hand.
And suddenly Adolso de la HUI
erta. former member of Ooregon's
cabinet, revolts. He captures Vera
Cruz and many other chief cities.
The country is again in arms.
Mexico City is in danger. The
icon is again caught in whirl Of
uncertainty. So far as he knows.
Oregon is ruling him today; but
Who will rule him tomorrow?
HuerN1' Gales? Or some dark
forse?
1t is pity, and il is a shock to
our optimism. Mexico has re-
,apsed, in her usual fashion. 1t
,eads US to wonder whether she
does not need another DiaZ.
Wouldn't it be better. after all, if
she were ruled by an iron hand for
a fewryears?-Chicago Journal OF
Commerce.
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9an8l6A

for anything. And knowing her as
/ do, l know she probably did not 20
to Walter Burke for anything. But
you must have known she was penni-
less. We will put the case little
differently. Suppose your friend,
Sydney Carton, had left Paula Perier
without cent, isn't it just possible
that you might have felt you should
do something for the poor girl"
Jack, who was standing by the
mantel, dropped heavily into a chair.
= my God, Leslie, what do you mean
by, that?"
rs "Just exactly what l say. Would
you advise either Paula Perier or
Ruth Ellington to starve rather than
to take money from a friend just be-
cause that friend happened to be a
man? Of course, John, 1 am only
supposing cases, but tell you hon
estly if l were in Ruth's place I
would have kept everything l could
out of the wreck and l would have
taken from any one of the men l
knew enough money to set me up
in business. l think Ruth has been
very brave in the matter and / am
going to stand by her through thick
>and thin.
"Well, l never did like her."
81 can't help whether you like her
or not, Jack, you have a great many
friends that l don't like and you are
hanging to a man now that is max
ing both you and me great deal of
trouble. l don't see how Sydney Car
ton thinks he is going to get out of
this matter. You say he has gone
out to Hollywood. Even if he mar
ries that girl, with all the gossip
there has been about her, surely he
cannot bring her back here"
"My God, my God! How women
do jump at conclusions!" shouted
Jack as he went out the door.
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Jongg. A 'pnng" can always be
made to complete a hand for Nah
Jongg, and such "pung" takes
precedence over a-'"pung" which does
not complete Nah Jongg hand.
When two can "pung" for game. he
gets the piece who is neark st the dis
carder in order Of play. 1t is NOT
called ''pung" or "chow" in this
case, but NAH Jongg."
A "pung" automatically shifts the
order Of play, he who "pungs" then
discarding and the game proceeding
to his right. Thus. if East discarNS
and West "pungs," the next player
to draw after West discards will be
North. Or if North plunged" a dis
card by East, the play would go
North, East, South, etc.
"Chow"
A "pung" takes precedence owe,
"chow."
"Chowing." The "chow" is per-
MISSILE only to the player to the
immediate right of the discarder.
Thus when East discards, South (and
oO0su OHIyJ Vail CHo". HcH
South discards, West (and West on
ly) can SHOW" An easy way to re-
member this is that the, next in or
der Of regular play is the only one
who may Chow
A person elbows when he says
"chow" and picks up a dismard which
enables him to fill three-run Sc
quence. Thus, when he "chows" a
Four Bamboo and he holds the two
and three Bamboo, or the three and
five Bamboo, or the five and six
Bamboo.
Last Pieces Only
A "pung" or "chow" can only be
made on the last piece discarded. All
other discarded pieces are dead
Courtesy of the game demands that
both plunged and chowed pieces shall
Immediately be laid in front of the
punger or chower face up, together
with the two pieces which gave him
authority for making the play. Thus
on pung, the entire three of -a-kind
should be exposed before the discard,
while on chow the three cards Iof
the sequence should be so exposed.
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LETTER FROM LESLIE PRESCOTT
TO LESLIE PRESCOTT,
CONTINUED

Would it have been, John, an un.
pardonable sin if Ruth has come by
that money in either of the ways
you mention? ! asked sarcastically
for l was very angry by this time
Surely, even the most honorable
Of men must realize that Ruth Ell
lington could not conveniently starve
just because her BLACKBOARD husband
has not only betrayed all his friends
but betrayed her as well. Suppose
Ruth did have little. money. thgs
she had put away from the meager
sums Harry Ellington had given her.
1t was hers, was it not? Do you
think she should have given it up
to his creditors presumably to white
wash reputation that was beyond
repair? Would you, for instance,
have taken, as something rightfully
belonging to you, the very money
she depended upon to open little
business whereby she might make
an honest living after her life had
been shattered into bits by dirty
scoundrel?"
"Of course not, Leslie! l am just
telling you what people are saying"
"Then when they say it to YOU,
Jack, it is up to you to say to trem
just what l have been telling you"
Everybody doesn't say that, Les
lie. More people are saying that
Walter Burke gave her the money"
"Well let's look at that without
prejudice. When Harry Ellington
LETT his wife without a cent and she
had no way to turn, and all you men
who had befriended him declined to
befriend the woman he had betrayed
even worse than he mad you"
"Hold on, Leslie, she never came
to me for anything interrupted
Jack.
"Of course she didn't come to YOU
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nv D r ARC0CI

. j. p BABCOCK

In. my last article explained the
object Of Nah Jongg as being ths
completion of hand in four set:
Of threes and pair. You will re-
member that, Immediately following
the draw, each player had Is tiles
except East Wind, who had IL. Thus
a. four sets of threes and a pair to-
tai IA, it is obvious that East Is the
only one who could Nah Jongg or
an original hand. The chances OF
the other players (and of East also
after play stafts) come through q
system of drawing and discarding.
East starts by discarding one tile
This should be the tile he considers
of least value to him, i. e., the one
which he thinks least likely to work
into a three-of.a-kind. a three-rur
sequence, or pair. This depends on
the remainder Of his hand, and
(Which is true for all players) on the
discards after the first play.
Another Draw
As soon as East discards, and un.
less someone "pungs," (Which is ex-
planned below, South either "chows
(Which is explained below or else
draws from the wall. The draw from
the wall is of the top tile immediate
ly to the left of the opening. Then
South discards and (if uninterrupted
by "pung" or "chow") West, the next
player to South, draws from the wall
(the bottom tile of the pair of which
South just drew the upper tile) and
thus the play proceeds, counter
clockwise around the table.
"Pung." When piece is discard
ed, any player can '.pung' it If he
has two of the same denomination in
the same suit in his hand. This he
does by saying "pung" and picking
the piece up from the table.
"Pung'
Thus, if East discards "two bam-
boo" any other player, regardless of
where he sits, can pung" if he has
two or more 'two bamboos" in his
hand. But player can never "pung''
to fill pair, or to sequence, except
when the filling of such pair or Sc
quence will give him game, or Nah
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ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY Olive Roberts Barton

BY Olive Roberts Barton
This was the next riddle that the
Riddle Lady made up in Riddle
Land:
"I'm worn by both beggar and
knight,
Sometimes l am loose, sometimes
tight,
Quite often feel
A bit down at the heel,
And then without doubt I'm sight
Sometimes I am tall, sometimes
flat,
As often Pm thin as I'm fat,
The older I grow,
The more wrinkles I show,
But I'm never upset about that.
Though my body's as black as q
coal,
You must know that boast of 9
sole, W.
But the thing that fear,
With old age drawing near,
Is that it wears into a hole.
a. walk further far than ride,
For have a remarkable stride,
But the thing that is droll,
When / 60 for stroll,
Why, carry my tootsies inside!
II button up tight, or I lace,
And ! whisper that's not disgrace
And I've ten perfect toes,
Though I haven't nose,
And my tongue is as long as my
face
"I've twin brother, too, if you
please!
They say we're as like as two peas
We are always together,
No matter what weather,
And but for goloshes we'd freeze"
Puss-in-Boots stroked his whiskers
thoughtfully. II might guess the
answer If ! tried very hard" he said
"but I don't think If fair to take ad-
vantage.
"That's what I think" said the
Old Woman Who Had-So- Many
Children She Didn't Know What To
Do.
Goody- Two Shoes was passing by
and stopped just lin time to hear the
Old Woman's remark.
whats all the talking about r.
she remarked. II was just on my
way to the cobbler's to get my shoes
mended."
"Hey" What's that?" the Old
Woman wanted to know. "Ina a
little hard Of hearing"
"Shoes!" yelled Goody. II said
that Il"
But she hadn't time to finish for
all the Riddle Land people called out,
"She's guessed the riddle. Cody
Two-Shoes guessed the answer with
out even hearing it. She gets the
prize"
Nancy ran to the lucky little girl.
"Here," she said, Here is pair of
nice little red shoes. You won't
have to 60 to the, cobbler's after ALL"
Ito Be Continued)
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FARGO'S TROUBLE

On account OF the warm weather
the people Of Fargo are fearful that
they cannot hold their annual ice
carnival on New Years day. II the
ice crop fails, those who have been
making a living off that crop will
have to diversity. They will have
to go raising bananas, peanuts,
sweet potatoes, etc. The reason
for this warm weather at this time
OF the year is said to be because
whenI they had that earthquake in
Japan some time ago the earth was
precipitated about 700 miles near
or the sun. that's why it is 81 warm
just now. 49, Valley City Times
Record.
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the world by great deeds and not by
great words.
!, reflect it in smiles for every hupan
being.
To rejoice in the success of 9TH,
ers as we'll as in our own good for
tune. v4tu, .ap
To be too blitAe for worry, too
noble for anger, too strong for fear
and too happy to permit the pre-
sence of trouble. .
To talk health, happiness and
prosperity to every person we meet.
To think Of the best, work for the
best and expect only the best.
To avoid malice and vindictiveness
as you would the plague.
Never to lose sight of the truth
that the world is always on our
side when we are true to the best
that is in US. January LIST, 1924.
Paul Waldemar Boehm,
Hettinger. N. D.
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AUTHORIZATION CONFERENCE

Liquor makers held antprohibton conference in Lon
don where the Daily Mail in it's report of the meeting
corded
Mr. H. F. Fox Omitted States) said that police statistics
in his country while showing Drunkenness under pro
hibition, did not tell Of what going the peoples
homes behind closed doors private There had
been startling increase in motoring accidents due to
drunken drivers in divorces, suicides and hoicides"
That first sentence is partly correct The last sentence
is bunk
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TELEPHONE is SHORTCUT

New York brokerage house pays $3.50 900 year for
its telephone service You imagine the infinite
OF running about that would be necessary if messenger
boys had to do the work performed by these brokers' phones
In fact it would be physical mpossibity conduct their
business without phones.
Yet many living recall when the telephone
not as widely used as the airpane is today The time is
they get along without airplanes? Why we simply
couldn't live without them"
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DOYLE ON RILEY

Conan Doyle strs up hornets Indiana by saying
that James Whtcomb Riley the greatest poet of childhood
in his generation cared nothing for chdren-n fact was
bored by them. Some psychologists claim that writers do
their best work subjects they're not in sympathy WITH
just as many drunk has given fine dry" lectures.
Riley, however, adored children so much so that he
often affected dislike for them conceal sentiment so
keeny developed in him that he was almost ashamed of it.
Many has in his eyes while he's clustering his
disdan for something emotional
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PEOPLES FORUM
Editor Tribune:

Editor Tribune:
Let these be our New Years resell
ptions:
To cease dwelling on the errors
Of the past and to fix our~lninds on
the achievements Of the future.
To be so obstinstely i calm that
nothing can disturb our peace OF
mind.
TO be kind, to be gentle and to
avoid all harshness and wrath.
To devote 50 much Of our time to
self improvement that we shall have
no time to find fault with others. 4
20 demonstrate cur self esteem %
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MANDAN NEWS
ARREST TWO ON
LIQUOR CHARGES

E. B. Ward of Fort Rice was re-
leased on $1,000 bond Saturday fol.
lowing his arraignment before JUS
tice G. l.. Olson on charges of having
two moonshine stills in his posses
sion and in their operation.
Joe Solmon of seven miles south
west of Glen Ullin was arraigned to-
day in Mandan charged with nom
support Of his wife and family.
Mike Kline of New Salem was
taken into custody and placed in
jail for appearance before Judge
Berry at the January term of court.
His place was raided by prohibition
agents few weeks ago and is ckare-
ed with violating the Volstead laws
and was unable to furnish bond.
A number of civil and court causes
will be heard in Morton County dis
trict court beginning Thursday
morning Jan. 3, according to the an
nouncement of Judge H. L. Berry
Saturday. Forty jurymen will be
called for duty at the term which
VIII open jury cases Monday, after
noon, Jan. Z.
Officers for the Fair Board will
be elected Friday, Dec. % at the
Commercial club rooms according to
the announcement of DR.. B. K
Bjornson, secretary of the Missouri
Slope Fair Association and board OF
directors Saturday. The presen,
board is composed Of John Dawson
president; j. w. Smith, j. l. Rovig
H. M. Pfenning, and DR.. Bjornson. Al
this time plans for the combination
of the Fair and the Mandan Round.
up will be considered.
Marriage licenses were issued t.
Kda L. Nydigger of Thinner ant
Walter A. Wagy of Shields Frida,
and to Huldah Mae Monsoon and To
bias Olson Saturday by the Count,
/ Judge.
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SLUR IN NOVEL

Dorothy Grace Harnett in Ireland is sued for divorce
by her husband the ground that she used" him sur-
rlngly as character in her new book, LEX Taons'
Just how far should fiction writer go using his friends
material? Not at all, according writer's ethics
O. Henry respected the whole feminine 80 much that
you've noticed he used love plots only incidentally without
intense appeal You recall the celebrated American
novelist who shot and killed years ago by the
brother of woman he'd used in serial story
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ql11l5i1mS
x4 Sans

Well, Coolidge announces ne IS
running for president but it didn't
quite come as a bombshell.
Cleveland gas is so low it needs a
political convention now more than
it will next spring.
Congress shows GO bald heads in
the House Of Representatives and
there may be many more soon.
Long debates are expected in Con-
gress. It's a bitter session. Our
language will suffer heavily.
could worry about one congressman
has bill on canary birds.
Mellon announces paper money de-
signs will be changed. Let's hope
the new bills last longer.
Average auto uses 425 gallons of
gas a year. barring accidents.
Your lot could be much worse. A
man in Seattle Jail has IL wives
and Christmas is coming.
So many new kinds of money are
being put into circulation you can't
tell cash from coupons.
Anything can happen now. French
football team played German team
, in Germany without any damage.
Remains of an ichthyosa1rus were
found in Nova Scotia. Remember
the name in case you meet one.
Robberies are increasing in New
York because it is so easy to coax
a stranger into a cellar.
Nah Jongg sets are popular this
Christmas Nah Jongg sets are
dominoes with college education.
Your wife may keep you in hot
water. Could be worse. A Spanish
one boiled her hubby in oil.
Springfield (Vt.) couple have .
house on wheels. It's the best way.
if you talk about the neighbors.
Wisconsin photograph dealer is in
Jail. But not, as some readers may
think, for selling Photographs.
We may change our money, but
Europe still has designs on it..
Los Angeles girl Of Ia thinks she
is wild horse. If she was dark
horse she could be a politician. Il
Los Angeles movie stars auto hit
| train. She was driving. Can't a.
ways get by on your looks.
There are more autos than houses
in New Hampshire. Many people
have more autos than money. Also,
more autos than sense.
A whistling buoy was Washed
|, across the ocean, so maybe ,,it
whistled to keep It's spirits up.
"A boy Of l5 led Harvard in his
exams and attracted almost as much
attention as football player.
Man in Atlanta, Ca, is the dad OF
20 children. All he can say is full
house beats pair.
Some call it race between MRS..
Bonus and Mr.. l.. Taxes. 4
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SPEED CRAZE

safety first enthusiast writes "Why was so much
attention paid to the wreck of the Twentieth Century Linn
tied, killing nine, when at least five times that many were
killed the same day by autos here in America alone?"
The is, the big train wreck spectacular 1t
was the wreck of the ran rather than the actual loss
ite that appealed to popular imagination.
The twentieth Century wreck international story,
for this train symbozes the Speed Idol widely
SHIPPED generation This train is famous all the
world principally for it's speed since the average
gives secondary attention the trains comforts the
services it renders.
Ours is nervous generation, inpatient restless eager
to be and moving Many individuals about speedy
molasses in weather. But the national tendency
toward speed
People rush their eating, gulp their meals. They may
move deliberately but in the main they the look
out for shortcuts of methods and mechanism that will hurry
their work They rush their entertainment =
leaving the theaer before the final curtain if getting
the exit ahead of their neighbors lfe-anddeath
matter.
All this worried rush. of course is indication of dis
eased nerves rather than mpusve indstrousness de
sire to accomplish
Occasionally remndeded, by catastrophe like
the Twentieth Century wreck crash that speed
has it's price The real and greater price shattered
and existence made unnecessary Wretched and sagreeabe
by hurry without motive
The man with Speed Mania must be great admirer Of
the inventor of the automatic hearse which certainly
Speed Plus.
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EDITORIAL REVIEW

Comments reproduced in this
column may or may not express
the OPTION OF The Tribune. They
are pt.sented here in order that
our readers may have both sides
OF important issues which are
being discussed in the press Of
the day
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Fined for Playing Nah Jongg

Kuala Lumpue, Malay-MAh Jongg
has taken the United States and
Great Britain by storm. But author
tiles here frown upon It. Eight
Chinese, recently arrested for play
ing Il at private residence. have
been fined IS each The household
.er was assessed $685. About 500
was on ths.e.tabls.. YlIen the police
as ~ H. "
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NINETY PER CENT ANTICIPATION

that die suddenly just when they expecting to do things
for which they had planned long time Patrick j. Bronner
Of Boston toed getting his business shape so he could
spend the winter in Florida His trunks packed He
died few hours before train time
Life 80 cent anticipation The other per
is divided between realization and unexpected collapse of
plans Goals rarely reached But the journeys toward
the goals what really count after ALL
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STAR or BETHLEHEM

study Of the records Of ancient Chinese astronomers
reveals that giant comet appeared in the sky at the birth
Of Christ says written in Mentor magazine for December.
This comet comedies with the Star of Bethlehem for it
so placed that f viewed from the gate 81 Jerusalem il
woslE bppear to stand above Bethlehem
Chinese history also has record Of deuge that CORES
Grs6de I'll time to Noah's food. aM
scsnce steadiN vsri6es the authsnticity 81 Bible. q
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Send a copy Of Crawford's
Badlands and Broncho Trails
to your friends. They'll not
stop with one reading. $1.50
s. copy. Capital Book Co. 20
Avs w. BisInorchs Nd.
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One Experience Enough

O"c IAPcIIeWCe GuOuRu.
"Why don't you advertise 2"
Town Storekeeper: "No stree. I
did once and it pretty near ruined
me-"
"How was that ?"
"Why, people came in and bought
durn near all the stuff I had. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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All Arranged

she-oh. ! wish the Lord had
made me q man! >.
He (bashfully)-He did. I'm the
man. Punch Bowl.
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Seeing Clearly

Seeing Clearly.
Stage Hand-Did you say you
wanted window or widow.
Show ManaEer-r said window. but
they're both much alike When /
get near either Of them always
look out.-Japan Advertiser.
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The Modar O.a.,

The Modern Order.
Motorcars are the thing now. TRY
to hang over the gate and talk and
she gives you the gate :-Exchanpe
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Man in Atlanta, Ca, is the dad Of
% children. All he can say is full
house beats a pair. -.