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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18

Rhoda and Joy were giggling over
some kitchen-shared secret when
they appeared in the archway be-
tween dining room and living room,
but almost instantly the girls soft,
sweet laughter was extinguished,
like a photograph record suddenly
cut off. Joy tugged at her hand,
still giggling uncontrollably, but
Rhoda shook her head impatiently,
the look of intense listening deepen
ing on her plump, pretty face.
Faith watched her, saw that she
had been struck dumb by the music
from the radio. A famous soprano,
broadcasting from Chicago, was
singing "Annie Laurie" each note
coming pure, rounded, pearly-per-
feet, as If the singer were in the
room. Into the turquoise-blue eyes,
which Faith thought little shallow
and stupid, for all the girls sweet
ness, there came a look Of ecstasy,
the like Of which Faith had never
seen In her eyes before. Bob, who
was sitting beside Faith on the
couch, within reaching distance of
the radio dials, saw, too, and his
hand went out and cupped over
Faiths, squeezing it hard to call her
attention to the miracle which she
was watching. The country girls
bosom was rising and falling rapid
~, her breath coming between her
parted lips like muted accompani-
ment to the song.
Suddenly Faith remembered Bob's
first words about Rhoda: Lord,
what voice! Where did maid
ever get . voice like that" The
truth came to her in dazzle Of
Hight. Excitement enriched her own
voice as she called to Rhoda:
"You sing, don't you, Rhoda? I'm
sure you dol"
Color flooded Rhoda's plump face,
her eyes fluttered with confusion.
Eyes, ma'am, q little," she faltered.
II amt had any lessons, but / can
carry tune pretty good. Nils says
-" she faltered again, blushing
more rosily, afraid Of being thought
conceited, mix says got voice
just CALI Curci's, but Of course /
aint."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18

This country seems to be full Of
dignified, self-contained politicians
who will refuse to accept the presi-
dency unless they are elected.
Oh, what is so rare a. . day in
November, in the Arctic zone?
A headline says: California Girl
Runs 26 Miles," But the story
doesn't tell whether the man got
away.
A Washington correspondent says
Charles Evans Hughes isn't the man
he was seven years ago. Neither is
Lon CLANCY.
Why is it that you never see two
prizefights evenly matched - dollar
for dollar?
A woman is suing for divorce be-
cause her husband plays poker; an
other is suing because her husband
won't play bridge. Men, you can't
win.
Copyright 1927, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
An Ex-Emperor's Last Carrot

(NcW YORK WOrQ)
In an interview with George Sylvester Vier-
eek, printed in Liberty, Wilhelm Hohenzollern,
formerly German war lord, tells why Germany
lost the war:
Because we did not obey God in all
things; because we hesitated to bear the
worst; because we refused in the end to
face all risks in preserving faith! The
German people performed miracles of en-
durance, but at the last, they failed. The
supreme miracle can be accomplished only
by faith We should have fought to the
very last carrot, the very last man, the last
round of ammunition.
The ex-emperor is pretty one to talk about
fighting to the last carrot! The German peo-
pie had indeed performed miracles Of endur-
ance." They had sorrowed over their losses
and mumbled their black bread patiently
enough. It was their leader their emperor
king, who by his midnight departure for Hol-
land set them the example of submission to
stern fate.
Wilhelm had plenty of carrots He had ca
Ware and champagne. He had abundance while
his people starved. He had millions in the
midst OF beggary. He had six tall sons, care
fully protected during time when grass grew
green on many graves. For him, now, to
blame the German people for Frustrating in the
end to face all risks" isis perhaps no more
indecent than might have been expected.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18

When the sight OF . stale crust Of
bread makes your mouth water you
will again know what real hunger
means, and Mothers food will thrill
you once agains as it did when you
were child.
Questions and Answers
Question: M. H. G.. asks: "What
cau1es q baby's legs to cramp and
draw back OF the knees?"
Answer. Any time = baby's legs
cramp or begin to draw back it is
liable to be a symptom Of some
dangerous spinal irritation, such as
infantile paralysis or cerebrospinal
meningitis. Such symptoms in .
baby 81 ould be Immediately report
ed to your doctor, who can best tell
what to do.
QUESTION: H. S. asks: evil you
please tell LIE what foods, if any,
contain iodine 7"
Answer: The following foods
contain the llrgest amounts Of
iodine: asparagus, pineapple, cab
bage, kidney beans, mushrooms,
carrots. strawberries, shrimp and
other shell tlsh.
Question: Mrs. M. G. G. writes:
NV brother has been i'll with heart
trouble for nearly . year-leaky
valve. The heart specialist ordered
complete rest, but he has insisted
IN taking .wo treatments . week
from m osteopath, and his improve
ment las been very slow. Would
not such treatment force the blood
through as rapidly as any other
form Of exercise
Answer: Your brother will never
be cured Of heart trouble as long
as he ISIS the complete rest"
treatment. c teopath treatments
will surely be helpful to him, but he
must get up and walk around sew
eral times dali. in CIDER to proper
" exercise the heart muscles. His
diet sho''ld be very limited, and
care must 1e used to preclude any
posi- - Of flatulence. Exercises
should be taken while lying in bed,
and the walking increased each day
in order to develop the strength
which is needed to overcome any
heart arrangement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18

. It is a commonplace of banking that real
nssets and collateral are not the true founda-
ATOMS of credit. If they were, business would
)e cramped and tied, enterprise would be hand
as:uffcd and new ability would go begging. For
ahe real basis Of business is personal credit;
Che reputation Of the individual, built out of
sis record, his capacity and character.
: On the reputation of man others will risk
FAR more than a loan an Endorsement. They
twill pledge their best labors, their hopes and
futures and their own hearts desire to join
dis venture. Men will even dedicate their
t,ives 10 Il high cause for the sake of faith in it's
leaders. For it is the spirit of man in which
I'VE place our trust, and serve it with loyalty
ind confidence that no lesser resources can
Nommand.
We build for ourselves this balance of cred
1t with our fellows out Of daily deposits, large
,nnd small. We build it out of fair dealing and
rincerity, of kindness and courtesy, of cheerful
Tabor and willing sacrifice for things worth
elNhie. 1t is our greatest asset, and by it we
rnay command what we need of the help and
Ttrength Of our companions. 1t has also this
sspiritual advantage: that it is it's own reward
and satisfaction and one which we shall carry
t~ith US into the supreme adventure Of eter-
fcity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18

long Mayor Williams had been in office until
the newspapers started calling attention to his
long ncumbency. Then they may have start
ed asking questions reviewing his administers
ton and wondering if, after ALL he really did
represent the best choice they could make
Perhaps they merely decided Mayor Williams
had been mayor long enough and it was time
to give somebody else chance. Or, they may
have thought suddenly, that they didn't ex-
press much originality by voting the same way
year after year.
Voters reasons for casting their ballots the
way they do are never known-for sure
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
The Lost Sheep

This advertisement appeared in one Of the
g al newspapers at Perry, N. Y, the other
cL3y:
a. Lost, strayed or stolen-a large flock of
lisaethodist sheep. They have been gone for
! v19me time. When last seen they were brows-
49, along the road Of indifference. Anyone
p6nding these sheep please bring them home if
Y. sssible and you will receive ample reward. If
icy refuse to come home, drive them into the
arrest fold and lock the door and report to
1le undersigned, Rev. J. 3. Ennis. Plenty of
enadder will be provided Sunday"
ssa That's one way Of seeking the lost sheep.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
Was This Jealousy?

Hairy Williams ruled Vermilion, O., as may
r. tor 70 years. This fall he lost by one vote,
eSe president Of the Chamber of Commerce TAX
l1g over the reins of local government. But
= reason Williams gives for losing his almost
1Inanent berth is unique. He says:
1olks got Jealous when newspapers started
me the most elected mayor in the coul1-
y lere may be something in that, too. The
IT. r. may not have realized how
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
pose over 80 per cent Of total fed
eral expenditures.

PVO~ VVSA Nv yea SSAb VI VVt1A ACO@
eral expenditures.
"The amounts spent by this gov
eminent in aid Of agriculture and
business, for science, education, bet
ter roads and other constructive eff
forts are insignificant when COM
pared with OUTLAWS due to war and
national defense.
This will be the inevitable situa-
ton as long as war is the method
Of settling international disputes.
These facts should be faced square
~ by those who clamor for reduced
government expenditures and at the
same time oppose the worlds ef-
forts to devise rational methods for
dealing with international ques-
tions."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18
A Thought

Charity shall cover The multitude
Of sins.-l Peter 10.
True charity h spontaneous and
finds it, own occasion; II Is ,never
the offspring Of importantly, nor Of
emulation.-Hosea BallQu.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18

Peace is also that interval in which rear adj
mirals and major generals find themselves &C.
cupying a new desk suddenly because they re-
leased their communicates through the maya
zines and newspapers
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18

your eyes lose that fishy express
sion, and observe how your tongue
regains its usual pink color.
Don't be afraid that you will fast
too lon ). You will get hungry again
when your body really needs food.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18

DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet, addressed to him, care Of
the Tribune.
Enclose = stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-18

Five monarchs are listed a own
ers Of yachts. They are the kings
Of England, Egypt, Spain, Den
mark and Italy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-31
Gordon Refuses to
Indict Burns, Sinclair

CONTINUED from Page One)
ment, and that the presentment will
die a natural death.
Action Optional.
Drosey Hyde, foreman of the Grand
Jury, declared that since a present
ment had been returned it was incum-
bent upon the district attorneys Of
flee to take some action upon it. The
district attorney, however, immedi-
ately said that such action was OPP
tional. Gordon later announced that
Complaints against Sinclair, Day and
gClark would be allowed to die with
Expiration Of the bond in nine months.
Burns Questioned.
lx.Both William j. and Sherman
Ybs testified and were forced to
Shish all books and records of the
agency.
Sinclair himself was named in a
complaint charging conspiracy to de-
feat the ends OF justice, but the war
rant for his arrest was held in abey-
ance and has never been served No
effort was made to bring him before
the grand jury.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-31
US. Steel Anh-LQboy Policies
Not to be Changed by Morgan

of trade unions in steel and other in
dustries. Saposs says that Morgan
gave his approval to the management
of the subsidiary companies who
crushed the strikes of the Amalga-
mated Assn. in the steel and tin plate
and other divisions of the industry in
that year.
Highly Significant.
William 2. Foster, who led the big
1919 strike, said that Morgan control
was never admitted in the past so far
as he knew. 81 regard the statement
as highly significant" he said.
Light on the labor policies insti-
tuted in the plants of the steel cor
poration after 1901 is shed by John
Andrews Fitch in his "Steel Worker"
one Of the volumes of the Pittsburgh
Survey. Fitch tells of ruthlessly en-
forced open shop, together with an
espionage system that made every
worker suspicious of his neighbor. AS
to the corporations stock-selling-to-
CiLlPlOySo oyoCCIl IiG uuOISo IIlG SColc-
ment of worker who says that the
big wage cut of 1904 was adjusted in
the various departments in accord
ance with the sums invested in stock.
That is the workers stock purchases
showed certain savings from their
wages, and the cut took up such saw
ings in future.
The Amalgamated Assn. which has
jurisdiction over most Of the steel
workers, though with only negligib-
ly membership today, was once pow
erful organization. The loss of the
famous Homestead strike in 1892 was
its first disastrous blow, and the for
nation of the U. S. Steel Corp. IN
1901 it's next great misfortune. The
steel corporation, grouping together
former Independents, massed employ
ers' strength against the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-31
SMOOT PROPOSES
RELIEF FOR THE
BIG TAX PAYERS
Admits Coolidge Pros
perity Is Myth

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
Reed Smoot of Utah, one of the Mel
lon-Coolidge old guard, admitted that
Coolidge prosperity is a myth by adj
voeating that action on the tax reduc-
ton bill be postponed for at least
three months.
See Less Business.
The office of Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon announced in con-
nection with the proposed tax cut of
$290,000,000 that business next year
would probably be lower than this
year so the returns from taxes would
be much less. Hence the facts of life
Sefpte the administration bunk about
prosperity.
Advocates Sales Tax.
Smoot advocates a sales tax of one
per cent which would be added to the
price Of all commodities. This, ac-
eording to Smoot, would increase the
revenue at least 1000, 100000 if all
corporation and income taxes were re-
pealed and only the tariff remained.
This would benefit those billion
aires and others of the plutocracy
and force the masses to pay all the
Sxpenses of the government that
'xists only to perpetuate the rule of
small section of society over all the
tsst Of the population.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-31
WHEELER WOULD
PROBE POLICY
OF ERIALISM
Wants Investigation of
Concessions

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. - De-
nouncing the imperialist course of
the Coolidge administration, Senator
Burton X Wheeler Of Montana, de-
clared that the policy of using
American troops to protect Ameri-
can dollars abroad" will force the
United States to build the largest
navy in the world.
Wheeler, who was vice-presidential
candidate on the LaFollette third
party ticket in 1924, is himself guilty
of aiding the Coolidge program, mas
much as he was one of the senators
who voted to place the United States
into the world court, the back-door to
the league of nations.
Supported Reaction.
Wheeler, one of the so-called pro-
gressives, lines up with the most open
imperialists on vital issues in the
senate and than introduces resolu-
tons couched in radical terminology
for the purpose of maintaining the il
fusion that he and the rest of the So
called opposition bloc will fight
against imperialism.
Wheeler announced that he would
press for adoption of a resolution
calling for an investigation of Amer
lean concessions abroad as soon as
the senate reconvenes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-31

J. P. Morgan's appointment as
the United States Steel Corp. will not
change the labor policies of that NAM
moth industrial organization. Since
the elder Morgan brought the steel
trust into being in 1901 both father
and son have insisted that no recog-
milton be given to any trade union.
The Morgans, not the Garys, were
the real power in U. S. Steel from the
beginning, it would appear. The New
York Times gives this away in news
article accompanying the story an
nouncing Morgan's appointment. The
Times says that it was the father, ].
P. Morgan, ST., who set the policy of
no recognition of the unions when the
corporation was formed. Coming
from the Times this statement has
meaning, for the Times so frequently
serves as an unofficial spokesman for
the larger powers of Wall Street.
Lauds Open Shop.
j. P. Morgan, Jr., the present head
of the international banking house,
continued to advance the open shop
principle in steel. Labor men recall
his cable from London to Judge Gary,
September %, 1919, the day the steel
strike began. 1t read:
"Heartiest congratulations on your
stand for the open shop, with which
1 am, as you know, absolutely in ac-
cord. l believe American principles
of liberty deeply involved, and must
win if we all stand together" The
12-hour day, as well as the open shop,
was at stake, in that strike.
The Times story that it was the
elder Morgan who set the anti-union
policies of U. S. Steel when the cor
poration was organized in 1901 re-
ceives further confirmation from Dav-
i'd Saposs, who for years was pro-
fessional investigator into the histor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-31
100 BATTERY WORKERS GO ON STRIKE
Victims of Disease Long Hours, Lou Pay, Revolt at Last

citing the plant enthusiastically despite police orders
Barclay cited the of John Barton, of 824 34th
ST., North Bergen. So seriously has Barton been af
feced by breathing lead acetate in the foul air of the
National Lead Battery plant that he has been laid up
at home for weeks. Yet when he reported the case
to the company DOCTOR the latter refused to let the
poisoned worker stop work, telling him he all right
Lead poisoning is of the most fatal industrial dis
eases known
The workers claim that scabs being imported by
night from out of town. An offer made to the
of cents hour, which did not include the
taking back of Barclay, the militant leader. This offer
scornfuly rejected
The National Lead Battery Company is Minnesota
firm which has recently settled in North Bergen after
first coming to Kearney neighboring town. A strike
there is said to have caused the firm to to place
where worse conditions could be maintained
The pckets wearing their acid burned clothes,
and carry signs stating: "Ths is what happens after
few days" They winning much public sympathy,
despite lynn -+sains Jersey papers,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-31
MELLON CONTENT
WITH Cash RULE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Reports
that Secretary of the Treasury An
drew w. Mellon would be candi-
date for the presidency in 1923 have
been denied by Mellon himself. The
boom for him which has made some
Roadway in Pennsylvania is inter
p1eted as move in opposition to the
candidacy of Secretary Hoover.
The New York Times today char
acterizes as absurd" the possibility
of Mellon becoming a candidate. Al
though no definite reason is assigned
for this opinion, it is known that its
real basis is the fact that Mellon, a
multi-millionaire banker and iron and
steel magnate, head of the aluminium
trust and open shop coal operator,
would be unacceptable" at the time
of deepening economic depression
when the masses Of workers are be-
ginning to hold the capitalist class
responsible for the rising unemploy-
rnent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-31
SMITH HAS NO
REPLY TO SEWER
FIXING CHARGES
Whitewash for All in
Scandal Boosted

Gov. Smith yesterday was mum on
the charges that Queens politicians
arc openly Boosting that all officials
involved, from the governor himself
to Justice Townsend Scudder have
been "fixcd" on the outcome of the
Quiz into the $29, 100000 sewer sean
dial. $50
1t is pointed out that the ostenta-
tIous appointment of Scudder, who
had been endorsed by the Citizens
Union, was a slick political move on
the part of the governor WHO is ac-
tually the head of the Tammany Hall
gang, of which Connolly, the accused
politician is member.
Smith in Background. $50,
just now Smith is keeping cofven-
iently in the background and making
brave attempt to keep his shirts
clean from the present noxious sittla-
ton in Queens borough. With his
candidacy for the presidency 3raeti-
caliy announced, his message to tho
legislature is advertised as his "standp
on the various issues which vii, drive
sharp political bargains.
Meanwhile complaints about the. in
competence of the construction of the
Queens sewers and the danger If IN
epidemic are continuing to flood the
offices of the investigators" of the
huge swindle. 4$4
AT the same time Emory r. Buck
ner, former y. S. district attorney and
at present in charge of presenting the
facts of the huge graft yesterday was
speculating whether or not he had
sufficient evidence to bring Connolly
up on charges at a public hearing be-
fore Justice Scudder.
Two more experts" were yester-
day added to the terrifying group
hired by both sides in the scandal.
They are William H. Burr. formerly
professor at Columbia University
and E. J. Forte. They are confident
ly described by Max D. Steuer, high
priced trial lawyer for Connolly, as
being "the best engineers in the courl-
try.
Queens politicians, meanwhile, de-
pended upon Connolly's reign for ex-
istence, are open in their declarations
that there need be no fear, that the
quiz will have any dire results for
those loyal to the Tammany wigwanl.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-31

NORTH BERGEN N. j., Dec. 3O.--A spontaneous
strike has broken among the 200 unorganized work
ers of the National Lead Battery Co. of North Bergen
N. j. due the insufferable conditions in the plant
Harold Barclay, young progressive Jersey City work
err, organized the strike.
For 40 cents hour the company has been
forcing the to work hours daily, days week
The work highly hazardous to health due to suphurc
acid fumes which permeate the place. Many of
lead poisoning have resulted from the air laden with
lead dust. Acid fumes destroy clothing in few days
Twenty-one dollars is the average weekly wage.
The workers, who seeking to obtain affation with
the A. F. of L., demand increase to So cents per
hour, which is the minimum wage elsewhere in the in
dustry They also seek A hour week, with time and
half for overtime, and double pay for Sundays ard
holidays An inhuman speed-up system has resulted
in daily overtime and Sunday work. for which ordinary
wages are paid. Adequate protection to health and
clothing is also being asked.
Interviewed by DAILY WORKER reporter Barclay
declared that 1870 out of 200 out and pick