The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-20
TO-DAY
SOME THINKING.
ANOTHER STRAW.
DEATH HARD TO FACE.
GOOD? OPEN PRISON.
BIZ ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright, 1926

Those anxious to push the United
States into the League Of Nations
willing ito try anything once" must
have done some thinking about the
fighting ins. .de of the league.
II you went to high court and
found the judges tearing off each
others gowns and kicking each othe,
undcr the table YOU would look foi
another court to try your case.
What sane man wants to expose
the United States and the interests
Of its one hundred and fifteen mil.
lions Of people to the decisions Of a
League Of Nations that fights even in
the councils of the league. Or Of a
world court that would reflect the
fighting attitude and bitter inte r.
national prejudices Of that league?
Including among strawS showing
which way the prohibition wind is
blowing comes the holy name society
of st. Grcgory's Catholic in New
York City. At its annual communion
breakfast, the society passed resolu-
tions urging the repeal Of the prohi-
bition amendment to the constitu-
tion.e
In western New York state rcpubi-
can leaders are alarmed. They see
split in their ranks along prohibi-
ton lines dangerous to the party,
hopeful for the democrats and for
Governor Smiths presidential aspira-
tions.
Five thousand canaries, 40 pet mon
keys, 100 parrots, boa constructors,
were burned alive in an animal store
yesterday morning. The animals all
died in their cages, lamenting with
strange voices all Of them, from boa
constructors to babO0ns had this great
advantage over man, they did not
know that they were going to die.
La Rochefoucauld, says, neither
the sun nor death can be looked at
with steady eye" That Applies to
men, not animals. The eagle and 9TH
crs look at the sun steadily, and all
look calmly at death not knowing he
is there. +
Men find comfort in the belief that
there is something for them beyond
death. Animals do not need that
comfort.
Here is old-fashioned news. A bril-
liant Spanish airman flew from Spain
to Buenos Aires. National excite
ment was intense in Spain, and the
king has decreed m amnesty, free
ing more than one thousand male and
It would have seemed strange in
this country, If, after the American
flight around the world, the United
States president had ordered federal
prisoners set free.
Once that was the custom every
where. Good news! Open the pri-
sons.
The use Of the whipping post in
Delaware works we'll for the insur-
, ance companies. They have reduced
by ons-third their charges for insur-
ance against burglary and other
criminal acts. Burglars do not like
y state where being arrested means
being lashed.
II some Of the older instruments
Of torture, the boot, rRck and thumb
screw were added to the whipping
post, insurance might fall even low
er.
The professional criminal is usual
~ tin,id and breads pain. Il Is fear
Of . beating, often. that leads him TO
kill.
Rumors that one Of the greatest
Florida land development companies
was in trouble yssterday caused 81
serious drop in Florida railroad
stocks. The Atlantic coast line was
the chief sufferer. THIS shows that
stock exchange speculation Il not al |
ways logical. The collapse Of oneI
or more individual de8llopments'I !
would in no way injuref Flptida rail- |
reads. The traffic offered t0 them is !
(Continued N Paes thyee.) !