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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-23
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1927.
DOWNTOWN QUARTERBACKS"

M used s's' phrase Ss asss night
a when he spoke at Y. NJ C.. A. dinner.
downtown quarterbacks" was what he called
those numerous volunteer experts, each of whom
shouts free but futile advice from the sidelines,
each of whom stand on the corner the day
after the game and lay an unerring finger on
strategical and tactical errors even though he
has never had football in his hands.
But the downtown quarterback is nuisance
who does not confine his offensiveness to the
game of football, young Mr.. Nydahl will find
out as he grows older. Professional baseball has
known him for long, long time. He is the fell
low who sits in the bleachers and demands a
base hit when the situation plainly calls for a
sacrifice. He is the chap who screams, "Take
him OUT" when an opposing player scratches
a hit off hard working pitcher who has been
tossing alright baseball for seven innings.
When he its not serving as expert at
football baseball games, he edits, and looks
after other chores concerning whose inside in
tricacies he knows nothing at all. He does his
editing by calling up the papers and telling
them what to print and what not to print, by adj
vising them to which stand is the right stand
on the leading public questions of the day, and by
telling the world at large what he'd do if he ran
a newspaper
Oh but he's busy fellow, is this downtown
quarterback. And when he is not showing up
coaches and captains and baseball managers, or
telling how the newspapers should be run, he is
doubtless advising the butcher, the baker and
the candlestickmaker, and solving the problem
of the clergyman, the lawyer and the doctor, to
say nothing of the problems Of the governor, the
mayor and the chief of police.
And the strange part of it all is that this
ubiquitous, versatile and universally talented
downtown quarterback usually makes a sorry
mess of his own job or his own business. Or
is it so strange Minneapolis Journal
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-23
SMALL TOWN TALK

The electric chair is not used a method
of capital punishment in any country in Europe.
Is America ahead or behind in her civilization?
f-t-f
Some of the younger golf enthusiasts of
Redwood Falls greving that the putting sea-
son is overland have taken up petting as sub
stitute pastime.
f-f-f
1t took Ruth Elder to add the last word to
the sundry and several Coolidge classifications.
She pronounces him darling" The classifi-
cation doesn't reveal much except the great
poverty of the English language.
f-t-f
John Casey and the other fightin' Irish of
Jordan will now have their hearts desre-their
town is about to "go to the mat" with Shakopee
on the county-seat removal 1t is time for these
two towns to page Charlie Knox and Claude
Mckenzie.
In dictionary of occupational terms, Just
published in London, there are 29,1O6 terms Civ
en- and actual definitions for 1887 occupations.
We wish they had added one more of each, NAM
ing and defining the occupation of the women
who feeds, clothes and otherwise cares for a
husband and six children, so this unnamed in
divldual would no longer have to be known as
person of no occupation"
f-t-f
We are again in the midst of an anonymous
letter craze. Several good people of Redwood
Falls have received these poisonous epistles of
which no attention should be paid. The anony-
NOUS letter writer is hypocrite in the largest
sense. He seeks to give false impressions of any
matter; he is content if he can keep some base
conduct or evil purpose from being discovered and
he endeavors to impose fear upon his fellow men.
Such practice does not impose the desired re-
suits in most cases; with some, however, it
causes anxiety and anguish. That he, the anony-
nous letter writer is a coward of the lowest de-
gree is born out explicitly through the many
such letters received by any country editor in
which instructions have been disregarded and
the letters thrown away. Nothing serious hap
pened! These letters have their place-the waste
basket.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-23

III we can't aDonsh many OF the
present activities of the state, we can
be careful not to let many new ones
be added to the luxurious growth which
our governmental system has attained.
"a good slogan in the presence of
the menacing and advancing host of
new laws is, They shall not pass
at is well enough to urge wider
participation by citizens in elections.
man who does not vote is a poor
citizen. 1t is sad commentary on the
quality of our citizenship that Is per
cent of the people often determine the
election of important public officials.
But the man who votes without
having the background of knowledge
that will enable him to make an intelli-
gent choice is perhaps no better citizen
than he who does not vote at all. Per-
haps he is worse. Certainly to choose
wrongly is, from the standpoint Of re-
suits, as mischievous as to maintain that
attitude of neutrality which is exhibited
in the nonvoter.
when government goes wrong, it
is usually because the voter goes
wrong first. He may go wrong either
through indifference or ignorance. The
big job of those who believe in democ-
racy, and want to sustain it and justify
it, is to develop both the public I'M
derstanding and the public conscience"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-23

The Great College will not be trade
school, or a school for any kind of vo-
cational training. Neither will it be a
fossilized institution where the time is
given to learning names, places, and
dates. 1t will not be place where the
student will endeavor to take on a store
of learning which he will find inappli-
cable to life when he gets out in the
world. The Great College will prepare
young men and young women to face the
problems of life. 1t will prepare them
for living thoughtfully. It will teach
them the value of human being and
what the possibilities of the human be-
ing IN the world are.-Grove Patterson
1t is great Amin fact it is the aim of a
CHER institutions of learning as they stand t.
y. But how is it to be reduced to the terms q
ucation as the average man insists his chils
n shall be educated! When that question
lswered the problem of ideal education will |
ell on its way toward solution. Until Grov
ltterson can offer some practical application
s principle he is merely talking vague genera
ations-as many writer before him has don,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
Kansas City Hearing
to Open January q

Evidence relating to freight rates
on livestock shipments from North
Dakota will be presented to the in
terstate commerce commission at q
hearing scheduled to open January
% at Kansas City, according to an
nouncement by the state railroad
board.
The hearing with regard to live
stock rates was begun by the federal
commission last May bat was tent
porarily deferred after sessions 1t
Salt sLake City, Portland, Ore, Los,
Angeles, Calf, and Denver, Colo.
Additional evidence will be taken
at st. Paul, beginning January 4,
and at Chicago, beginning January
IL. It is expected that the Kansas
City hearing will be the most cx-
tensive held on the subject.
Investigation OF livestock freight
rates was begun by the commission
4 as : part Of its docket which in
volved the freight rates on Ill prod
ucts Of agriculture.
Numerous individual complaints
against existing rates and numer-
GUS action by railroads seeking in
creases were joined by the interstate
commerce commission in the pres
ent hearing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
COURT ORDERS
TURNABLE
DECEMBER 8
Sinclair and Five Others Must
Show Cause Why They Are
Not in Contempt

Washington, Nov. 25.-iP)-With
the serving Of court orders in the
contempt proceedings on Harry F,
Sinclair, the oil operator, and five
others as apparently the outstand.
ing development for the next few
days, the Fall-Sinclair jury tamper.
ing case has lapsed into stage Of
temporary quiesccncc.
Taking advantage of this lull,
District Attorney Pcyton Gordon
and his assistant, Neil Burkinshaw,
have started the machinery for the
service of the contempt orders. The
orders require appearance before
Justice Siddons Of tho district of
Columbia supreme court on Decem-
Der 5 to show cause why contempt
Of, court should not be cited. They
are accompanied by petitions to the
court alleging tampering with or
attempts to influence the oil trial
jury.
The orders are directed against
Sinclair and his associates, Henry
Mason Day, vice president of the
Sinclair Exploration company; Shell
don Clark, vice president Of the
Sinclair Refining company; William
j. Burns, head Of the Burns Inter-
national Detective agency: his son
w. Sherman Burns; and Charles L.
vietsch, manager Of his Baltimore
bureau.
District Attorney Gordon believed
that all will accept service, although
attaches of his office pointed out
the six men could refuse to accept
service and be within their consti.
tutiona1 rights.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
REDUCTION OF.
RURALMEDICS
Is PROTESTED
Grange Urges Young Men to
Seek Livelihood as General
Practitioners

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 25.-(R-
The National Grange today sent q
resolution to the American Medical
association asking that steps be TAX
'en to check the dwindling supply Of
country doctors, "who threaten ia
become extinct within 10 years il
the movement toward the city and
specialization continues at the pres
ent rate"
Changes in the present system OF
medical education are asked in the
resolution passed by the national
farm organization which would en-
courage young men to seek q live
lihood as general practitioners
among the 10000, 900 persons living
in rural sections.
School Subsidy Favored
A federal education subsidy TO
state schools amounting to 10 cents
= day for each pupil and 50 cents .
day Tor each teacher won the sup
port Of the delegates at last nights
session and q resolution was adopt
ed opposing reduction Of income
taxes on large incomes and corpor-
alton incomes, until the national
debt is reduced substantially.
At today's closing session Of the
Today convention, an extensive
program for farm relief built
around the export debenture plan
was to be voted upon.
The grange next year will return
to the east to hold It's annual meet
ing, Washington having been se-
lected as the convention city. Last
year the meeting was in Portland,
Maine.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
Col. Forbes Will Be
Released Saturday

Leavenworth. Kansas, Nov. 25.-
R)-Colonel Charles r. Forbes
former director of the United
States veterans bureau, will be re.
leased from the federal penitentiary
here carly tomorrow.
II am going to make my de-
parture q quiet one" he told War
den T. B. White.
Forbes is completing a two-year
sentence imposed after his convic-
tion in Chicago for defrauding the
government in letting hospital con-
tracts. He signed a pauper's Off
davit when the sentence was COM
pleted and is now finishing an ad-
ditional sentence Of 80 days in lieu
Of the payment of q $4,000 fine.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
THREE DEAD AS
OUTGR0WTH OF
HOME TROUBLE
Ohio Man Kills Two Stepsons
Wounds His Own Son, Then
Commits Suicide

gainesville, Ohio, Nov. 25.-(P)--
Peter McCrory, Al, Fred Cook, %,
and Alex Cook, 26, are dead and Ar
thur McCrory, 10, son of Peter Nc.
Crory, is in hospital with bullet
wound in the. arm as. a result of a
shootir" affray here today, said by
authorities to have been tho out.
growth of domestic difficulties in
volving the elder McCrory.
Police declared Peter McCrory
turned revolver on the two Cooks,
his stepsons, when they interfered
after he had gone to his estranged
wife's home and demanded that she
talk to him. Both were killed in
stantly.
Arthur McCrory next sought to
dissuade his father and received o
bullet in the arm.
The elder McCrory, the police de-
clared, then shot himaelf in the
head. dying instantly.
The shooting occurred in the pres
ence Of Mrs. McCrory, who ran
from the room as q bullet shattered
her glasses and inflicted :. superb
cial wound on her nose. She was
taken to q LOS. .pital for minor treat
ment.
!. A divorce action which she filed
recently was declared II lave pre-
tipitated the shooting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
Seven Lost
in Mine Fire
Two Charred Bodies Recog.
nized-Hope Is Abandoned
For Five Others Missing

Superior, Ariz., Nov. 25-(AP)-
Fire in the main shaft Of the Magma
Copper company's mine here was
believed to have taken q toll Of
seven lives.
Two charred bodies were recog-
nized last night after blaze of un-
known origin had started I'm the
2,250-foot level and swept through
all the timbered section below the
1,650-foot level. Little hope was
held out for five men reported miss
ing.
There were 49 men in the shaft
when the fire started and AZ are
known to have escaped. Late last
night dense clouds Of smoke were
pouring intermittently from the
shaft and mine officials. abandoning
hope for the five missing. ordered
the mine flooded. Juan Branbilba
and John Mcmahon were the dead.
Zeno Daley, an Indian, was de-
scribed as the hero Of the tragedy.
He escaped once from the shaft un-
injured and then plunged back into
the blazing inferno to aid in the
rescue work. He was seen no more.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
Lodge Sign Welcomes
Strangers to City

Welcoming the stranger to Bis.
marck and Urging him to make the
Capital City his home, the Bismarck
lodge of the A. 0. u. w has just
erected = large sign one mile east
Of the city on U. S. highway 10.
although there are numerous
sign boards on the highways leading
into IT,. city. we noticed that no one
Of them welcomed the visitor to Bis
marck," C.. G. Derby, treasurer Of
the local lodge, laid.
welcome to Bismarck - The
Fastest Growing City in North Da-
kota - A Good Place to Live" il
the message that the sign conveys.
"The A. o. u. VI. does = larger
business in North Dakota than any
Of the old line companies snd we
feel that advertising the state and
its cities is one Of the duties Of our
organization" p. B. Burton, district
manager, said.
The Mandan lodge has also erect
ed similar sign on the. paved high
way east Of that city while other
North Dakota towns and cities are
also having the welcome signs
made. -,
The signs are 26 feet by 16 feet,
mounted ard frame
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
Text Of Treaty
Is. Made Public

Rome, Nov. 25.-(AP)-Follow-
ing closely. upon the recent conclu-
sion Of the pact Of, friendship be-
tween Frame and Jugs Slavia, the
text Of : treaty. Of defensive alliance
between Italy and Albania has been
made public. This pact, signed
Tuesi at Tirens, Is regarded a .
sharp answer ,oS the Fascis'1 to
France.
ThDre had. bean no hint that such
. treaty Was Ia tho making and IL
aua.ouncement took foreign diplo-
metic circles By. surprise.
The document stapulates mutual
aid ii casc I var. with Oh military,
financial and other resources.
The treaty Is effective for 20
years. Unless denounced in its
18th or 10Th year, it will automatic
ally become effective for another %
years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
GANGLAND WAR
STILL RACES
IN WINDY CITY
Members of Spingola Family
Escape Injury When Bomb
Is Tossed in Bedroom
so GANGSTERS ARRESTED
Sporadic Outbreaks of Ban
ditry Mark Thanksgiving
Holiday Celebrations
so GANGSTERS ARRESTED

Chicago, Nov. 25.-(R-Explo-
sion Of another bomb, the third in
as many nights, at the home Of Pet
er Spingola, alleged henchman o1
the Genna brothers, was seen by po-
lice today as an indication that
Chicago's gangland is still at war.
Henry Spingola, a brother Of
Peter and q relative of Peter Cen
ma, was slain q few years ago. Pc.
lice saw in the bombing soon after
midnight a warning to Spingola
The pineapple" as bombs are
called in gang parlance, was tossed
into the bedroom. but members OF
the family were in another part OF
the house and escaped injury.
Mrs. Lucille Genna, daughter OF
Spingola and widow Of Angelo
Genna, who was killed by q detec-
tive in q gun battle which cost the
lives Of two policemen, lived on the
second floor Of the building.
Only One Genna Left
The six Genna brothers were once
supreme among the city's boot
logging gangs. Peter, who was ar
rested in a police round up Wednes-
day night, is the only one to remain
here. The others were killed in
gang feuds or left the country un-
der threat of death.
The two previous bombings were
directed at gambling establishments.
One gangster and one policeman
have lost their lives in the latest
outbreak Of the gang feuds.
More than SO known gangstcrs
have been arrested. but most of
them have been released or are at
liberty on bonds.
Road House Party Robbed
While rival gang feeling smol-
'dered, sporadic activities continued
in all parts Of the city. Fourteen
bandits armed with sawed-off shot
guns surprised 40 guests at a
Thanksgiving party in road house
and robbed them Of about $1,000.
In another part of the city, the
body of Arthur G. Hartz, alleged
dry snooper, rum runner and hi
jacker. was found. He had been
"taken for a ride" police said.
James Cole, member of the "42"
gang, shot by police November IS,
died in a hospital. Frank WASH
Continued. on page two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
AUTO LICENSE
DEPARTMENT
TO BE MOVED
Fred B. Ingstad's Offices Will
Occupy Former Telephone
Company Quarters

Transfer of quarters will be the
first step toward efficient handling
of the rush of business which will
flood the office Of the state automo-
bile registrar after January l, as
the result Of action taken by the
state highway commission.
Offices Of Fred B. Ingstad, motor
vehicle registrar, will be moved in
the near future from the Bank of
North Dakota building to the rooms
on Third street between Broadway
and Main avenue which were va
Gated last summer by the North
western Bell Telephone company.
The new quarters will give Mr.. Ing
stad's department 3 third more
room than it has at the present
time.
Other state offices will occupy
the quarters in the bank building
which will be made vacant when the
motor vehicle department is moved.
In addition to providing more
room, the downtown location will be
much more convenient for the auto
mobile owners Of Bismarck and sur
rounding territory, most Of whom
apply for their auto licenses direct
rather than by mail.
Beside the usual work Of automo-
bile registration, the registrar must
complete next year the work Of is-
suing Certificates Of title to oil au-
tomobile owners.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
HellstrOIrl Succeeds
Crum as Lawyer in
Suit Against HDard

Notice that F. Q. Hellstrom, has
succeeded G. L. Crum as attorney
for w. e. Martin in his suit to set
aside purchased by the board Of ad-
ministration Of certain lands for
use by the state penitentiary has
been received by Attorney General
George +. Shafer. Hellstroin also
notified the attorney general that
he will move for judgment in the
suit tomorrow.
Whist effect the motion will have
e problesnatieal IN view Of the fact
that The conditions surrounding the
purchase have changed since Mar
tins suit WAS filed but no change
has boon made in the pleadings s
presented to the court.
Martin, who II state senator from
Morton county, charged that the
hoard a administration had violat-
q the law BY entering into : con-
tract 10 purchase certain lands.
thereby binding the state to pay
money Tor which no appropriated
had boen made.
Members of the board Of adminis-
tration.. IA intervtews, admitted that
thoy I'D node . down payment on
Q section Of land and entered into, =
coattAct whereby tho state was 70
poy 9pr The reInainder. Upon ID
vjco Of the attorney general the
contract WAS cancelled and the state
bouGht O. much lard @ 4 had cash
e pay for, renting the remainder q.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
Negotiations May
Settle Coal Strike

Denver, Nov. 25.-(AP)-Nego.
tiations to settle the Colorado coal
strike today occupied state officials
and miner leaders. With the ex.
ception Of seven shots fired from
an automobile near mine in south
ern Colorado, Thank giving day
passed without incident.
Miners generally occupied them
selves with memorial meetings for
the five workers killed in skirmish
with state police in northern Col
orado Monday, and with circulation
Of petitions asking Governor w. H,
Adams to call q meeting Of opera
tors and employees.
With petitions for . conference
with operators, signed by Thousands
Of miners, in his possession, Cover
nor Adams announced that hi would
personally notify the mine owners
today Of plans to effect settlement
Of the wage controversy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
BANK ROBBER
IN TEXASSH0T
BY OFFICERS
Companion Probably Mortally
Wounded - Attempting to
Rob Bank at Odessa

Odessa, Texas, Nov. 25.-(R-
The first bank robber to die in the
war declared by the Texas bankers
association which offered $4,000
each for dead bandits only" fell
in . duel with officers here shortly
before dawn.
The bandit and a companion were
discovered trying to enter the Citi-
zens National bank. When they re.
fused to surrender It the command
OF Sheriff Reeder Webb of Craig
county, he and his three companions
opened fire.
One bandit fell dead and the 9TH
er dropped with wounds physicians
said would prove fatal.
Sheriff Webb reported he dis.
covered the bandits while answering
= call on another case. He said
they attempted to give battle but
that he and his men opened fire
too quickly when It became appar-
ent the robbers would not surrend-
ler.
The reward for dead bandits
only" was offered by the bankers
association following 4 dozen rob-
berries in the southwest within q
few weeks.