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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09
Altruistic Uncle Sam

It is perhaps too early to phss any hard and fast
Judgment on the success or lack Of success which
characterized the Geneva arms parley, but
ment by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur should be
writ large in the copybook of principles which
guides this government in future chickering's with
other powers.
1--WE cannot expect" says Secretary Wbur-"Wc
cannot expect either Great Britain Japan to scrap
new ships constructed since the former treaty for
limiting armament, is it likely that we will
again sacrifice ships in such an undertaking."
The last clauses of that sentence"nor is it likely
that we will again sacrifice ships in such an
undcrtaking'-is the part that rankles. After the
Washington conference this government in good
faith strapped thrty-two capital ships, nineteen OF
which were built and thirteen Of which were under
construction. Britain at the same time scrapped
only twenty two ships and JaInn scrapped only six
teen. Generous Uncle Sam led the way and as usual
he got sock in the jaw for his benevolence.
American big heartedness in international dealing
has on several other occasions suffered similar
treatment When America first entered the World
War General Pershng conferred with British states
men how the American army might best CO.
operate with the Allies. The British at that time
practically insisted that American troops be sent
over as requirements to British units, to fight
: under the British flag. Pershng's insstence that
the United States troops fight under the United
States flag caused much hard feeling for lorg
time.
That experience, and the more recent experience
at Geneva prove beyond all doubt that the British
are good arguers. AS French observer unofficially
observed the British Unanswered American del
cgation into such position that it would be pos
sible for the British to make slight concessions t
enable the American delegates to save their faces
yet giving Great Britain very definite domination
Of the seas.
We live and learn but it should be many moon
before your altrustic Uncle Samuel ever sacrifice
another thirty-two capital ships in the interest
disarmament. And las sidelignt to that observa
tion-wouldn't it have been nice had this countr!
Cancelled all war debts in order to help England
France and Italy maintain their strength in cruisers
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09
Editorial Comment
The Phantom at the Geneva Feast
THE st. Paul Daily News)

What was the real, the deep-down cause of the
failure of the naval conference at Geneva?
To the casual observer it would appear to be be-
cause Great Britain and the United States could
not agree on a cruiser program. The actual reason
because the great war which was to end wars
VIGOROUSLY failed to complete the job and, knowing
this, Britain intends to keep her powder dry.
Physically, the British and American delegates
met across the green baize table at Geneva. Their
minds, however, never met at ALL What the British
delegation saw was not Hugh Gibson and his
colleagues representing America but something be-
tween, phantom representing the fear of new
upheaval which beginning in Europe or the Orient
more than likely would spread around the world.
Europe" the Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, vice presi-
dent of Georgetown university, said upon reaching
Washington after tour Of the old world, Europe
is sitting top of volcano that is likely to erupt
at any time"
Russia, Poland, Austria, Jugoslavia, Italy, France,
Rumania and the rest all milling around i'll at
case and patiently waiting for something to happen,
while Europe in general, Father Walsh declared. is
even more uneasy, nervous apd unstable" than
when he was there few years @fes4 u s.gss
Then there is the middle east and that,
the far east teemng with potential Britain
cannot tell what or when something may happen
in India with or without the meddling of Russia,
while the future of China that land Of native cum
ming and foreign deviltry and intrigue is certainly
forebodingly dark.
| Back in England there are conservatives who fear
the British empire is now in the balance Her do
minons while still loyal are just naturally drifting
away on the stream Of time like and daughters
coming of age. World trade is falling off. I'm
employment of it-has become chronic
Social upheavals seem to follow another more
closely and to partake of character which these
same conservatives denounce as being increasingly
revolutionary.
i Should the world 60 on another rampage, Britain
intends to be ready. Poised as she now u.s. defea
would mean much. It might turn the balance
against her.
rope, where Russia u.s. in central southern Europ
the Balkans where the last holocaust took place
in India, or China; on, or bordering, any Of tn
seven seas, Britain intends to be armed to meet i
The empire does not intend to take chances.
II Thus while Mr.. Bridgeman and viscount Cecil So
1t the green table discussing cruiser tonnage wit
r Mr.. Hugh Gibson and The other Americans, tn
discussions really meant little because Of the phaz
/ tom between.
II Determinations now would - useIS eut Of plae
and Ia bad taste. We cannot blsme ~ British 4
( seeing things the way they do, and thsy canns
!. blame " FOR sseins things tAe NY ~ - them
al Ihs situation hsins MIST II ~ ~ manifsst thin
e q + for the two simply p agres q a
= lasrse, shake hands wafnaly and 80 home q,
his1p, trusting tha4 they IN mspt Aeain soma A
III Nhln atl,sy - e. = wjltI6ut : Jhantom 4 r
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09
IN NEW YORK

New York, Aug. 9.-After seven
O'Clock on hot August nights, Man
haitian becomes . city Of <rooftops.
All the gay and all the dolorous
dramas Of the city may be found
high above the streets. Here, pro-.
jected against sticky skies, may be
seen the glaring contrasts OF riches
/ Through the tenement lined lanes;
the poor lie in tiers stretched out
on old mattresses, old sheets, old
o often With clothing :ti,l unr.moved.
A humid nights turn the tenements
into veritable steam rooms. the flight
to the roof tops. and fire escapes
begins. Each fire escape landing
room. while the Sooftop catches and
holds for / second each vagrant
breeze. Night after night it Is the
same. =: 80.
Half way across town the roofs are
gaily lighted. Lanterns dance In
the wind that drives In from the
river and, in moments when the roar
of the city dies away toward mid
night, you can catch strains from
the jaxs-band.
Il These are the roof gardens, sum-
mer places for those caught in the
city. Every big hotel has one. every
big apartment has one. big downtown
cafes open them. They are airy.
the men are in palm beach suits
and silk shirts I. the girls are
. in. fluffy, gay, summary things
the music IL gay and the air y
-
The other night noticed beauti.
young woman leaving such plac,
we'll safter midnight. She had thu
eyes, the complexion, and the hail
that tell Of Budapest or per,
haps Prague. Az she reached tn
street with her companion ] hear.
her rive the taxi man an address
It was typical East Side tenemen
belt address. si. 49,
She would lssve this, gay roof To-
another on which slept perhaps five
perhaps ten 1amilies that i
Lie they could sleep at all on sucl
= sultry night
There are also the uptown roof
|. those very ritsy roofs line
with palms, partitioned into littI
e.rdsn., ,.. Il i. walled n . e Esrd e
arc W8iteO al C1UVVtSO 0b
hammocked, flower fest0oned m
dotted With palms.. ]. !. hung wit
Tables are. carsfully ARRANGED
Every psychological trick 10 employ
cd TO give the sug4estion Of scoolnea
and, perched far up ON the peal
Of the new apartment, sky-touchd
there is always breeze. Ice rattl9
in glasses and more Ice cltnks
pals. Walters are ready for csl
No one need stir from comfortebl
chairs. The cinamony-tang Ut man
eeraniums ;. the more PM
esnt aroma Of .bnrning license, q
9 the subtlsr odor Of many perfum'
- soft drssses swish BY darkent
corners -.
This = the -: side
East side. west side y =
karound the town. tho city tries
Yet down q the Battery thousan,
lie upom tbe. Grass TO catch breat
~ 80 air Z. Thousands moro l
Is Coney Island sands to catch
wink " slesp $50.
And On the tspement roofs bodi
simmer II their own perspirstion.
!, CILBERT SWAN.
fiE4H
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09

A blind man has just opened q law office in New
York City. He is a very unusual blind man. He
doesn't look like one, he doesn't walk like and
he in no way gives the appearance Of blindness yet
he cannot see thing. The opening of his law Of
flee was the eliminating event in intense strug-
gle to beat handicap to finish and to prove that
sight is a convenience, not necessity.
Nineteen years ago. this lawyer Augustine F.
Massa struck dynamite cap with hammer The
resulting explosion destroyed his sight but not his
determination and it has been the latter force
which has enabled him to override all obstacles.
He attended the New York Institute for the Educa-
ton Of the Blind, graduated, and entered Coum-
bia University In 1921 as wrestler he won a
novice heavyweight medal at that college and was
that same year member Of the wrestling team,
that went to Yale
In 1923 he received his Bachelor Of Arts degree
and entered the Columbia Law School with fou,
other blind students. When he received his degree
in law in 1926 the four others had dropped out.
And added to the handicap Of lack Of sight wa:
the necessity Of earning his own way through col
hGe. He had only SITS when he entered Columbis
OYER 5000. A large part of this money had beer
earned playing checkers against number Of per
IL simultaneously in an amusement park.
Mr., Massa swims, he Dances In fact, he ha
ced on crowded dance floors with girls who di,
not know he is blind and he has finished dancing
whpnt their discovering it.
What Mr.: Massa has already done is but an in
di on Of greater successes to come. Such deter
mination and enterprise cannot but mark a ma
ded1ned for exceptional things and his experienc
should serve as brilliant example to those of u,
more fortunatem who do not even develop thos
assets We have.
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that Carol would not be the only to rejoice il
this true The young king, from all his actions
has shown he doesn't like the heavy restrictions
which being ruler Of his country impose on him.
Wen wager guess that he'd rather be prince
again, with many Of the bonds now lettering him
severed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09
Old Masters

Flow doyn, cold rivnlet,, to the sea
Thy tribute swave deliver
No more by me thy steps shall be
For ever and for eyor.
A thousand. suns will stream on thee
A Thousand moons will CULVER;
But not by thee my steps shall be
For ever and for ever.
Alfred Tennyson-A Farewell.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09
CHAPTER CYTII

Somewhere in the United states
there's q wealthy gentleman who
thinks he purchased , complete
louis Fourteenth castle, knocked
down for removal to his home
grounds. But he didn't. Hes shy
Early in 1919 q private soldier IN
Meseray (Sarthe) gave > package OF
ciRarets to Count de Murat de Les
tang and Count De Murat de testang
invited the buck out to his chateau:
On his estate there was 2 chateau-oi
Louis the Fourteenth-thc Chateau
de Cou tcelles-someWhat crumbly IN
spots, but fairly good pile.
The buck sauntered through in q
hall near the verahda over the moat
He found q six.sfdcd porcelain tile
It was white, with . fantastic design
in a peculiar shade Of blue. and the
name Louis Fourteenth" in the
design. He copied It.
It went to the States in barracks
bag. The discharged buck showed It
to . furniture manufacturer. The
manufacturer mounted H. on ebony
and then refused an offer Of $500
for the unusual souvenir. The buck
was not considered in this refusal
but when he learned of the offer he
secretly determined that II he ever
returned to France he'd visit. the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09

straction of DARKNESS Of miro. is
associated with a slow rate OF blink
ing. A state Of mental tension
without an external outlet Is accom-
panied by rapid blinking rate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09
TRIBUNE
j OPICS

The husband who wearies Of per-
forming the daily labors may heark-
en- to the tale Of an Asiatic tribe.
There are only $50 in this tribe, but
it is markedly different from any
other group. The women do all the
work. The men sit home in luxury,
with q few of the smaller household
duties to attend to, while their wives
60 out and get the sustenance for the
family.
Just % On experiment, why.
couldHt' the Rhodes scholar idea
be adapted to fit this case7 Why
not send over an American cou-
PIE who are tired Of their daily
routine and let 'em reverse the
order Of things? In exchange,
two members Of the tribe might
be brought Mere and given IN
insight into the American home
LIE.
It is now up to somebody to cope
forward with the money to carry ont
this suggestion, but whoever it 10, in
his zeal for scientific observation.
shouldn't forget to provide return
tickets. Our daily work may pail on
US, but when far away from it. it as
sumes q romantic glamor no one
ever imagined it possessed.
FAREWELL TO ABLE
Abie's Irish Rose has breathed its
last breath. This American institu-
tion (isn't it that by now?) van.
ished from the stage this week after
breaking all records for q continu-
GUS ruin. But it is to be perpetuated
through the movies, 50 that those
Few Awhe haven't seen, il will have
their chance. It 10 . case Of oppor-
.tunity knocking twice.
It isn't hard to imagine, In
s t e eSs q. :' sDaaxhters a
Those who Have Seen Abie's
| Irish Rose" or else, Daughters
| Of those who haven't seen It. 1t
may assume . glamour some.
thing like that *The School Tor
Scandal possesses today.
The American people have set their
stamp Of approval on this production.
All that remains now il to erect a
monument in its memory. There
ought to be enough contributed to
/, build q structure dwarfing the Wool.
worth Tower. An even more logical
thing would be to endow it in perpe-
tuum. Regardless Of what the critics
say about It, II could be taken as
i about the most prominent example
Of what was enjoyed in the 1905
ject Of a college thesis. And .sNhy
i not?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09
WHATS IN A NAME,


Now they want to change the name
Of Mont Blanc to "Mount MussoliRi"
A party. of enthusiastic Italians has
made this proposal and it has been
augustly approved by his excellency.
the Fascist dictator.
The italians forget one thing. And
thst is that the highest crag 81 Mont
Blanc isn't in Italy at all, but in
France. Another part OF It u In
Switzerland.
Regardless Of what the Italians
may do, Il won't make any 4itfer-
ence to the Swiss and Preach.
They will keep right Oh calling
the Peak Mont Blanc. Even the
colossal egotisa Of Mussohni
cant move Il Ill into ltsly. Il
10 . ease Of 0ae-thif4 Of .tNe
nOuatain coming - Mohammed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-09
A Thought

Clsanse Thea me from secret
faslts. -Psslas xi.:i!.
Best mon oft are nodded out Of
faults Shakespeare.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08
Asks For Release.

Chung P. Lum, secretary Of the
Chinese Seaman's Institute at 211
Park Row, will attempt to get a writ
of habeas corpus today to release
fifty-four Chinese seamen now being
detained at Ellis Island.
The police apprehended the seamen
at the instance of the Holland
American Line. The sailors, tired OF
a steady diet of beans and rice, quit
the ship on which they We're working.
Lum said that he has tried to get
in touch with the sailors on Ellis Is
land, but Inspector Brought refused
him permission to do so. Brough is
in charge of Chinese at Ellis Island.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08
Bascom Slemp, CABS
Slush Fund Expert, to
Start Va. "Institute"

WASHINGTON, July 7 (FP).-
Bascom SIemp, expert salesman of
southern post offices for republican
slush funds, has been allowed to ally
himself with Thomas Jefferson's Uni
versity of Virginia. He is to promote
an institute of politics" there this
summer at which leading reactionary
politicians of both parties will discuss
domestic political issues.
Slemp, as secretary to President
Coolidge, occupied highly strategic
position for years and was given his
walking papers only after his corrupt
efforts to build up a Coolidge machine
in the southern states for use in Re-
publican conventions, had been eX-
posed
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08
WOman's Party On
Warpath Again to
Assist Employers

CHICAGO, July Z, (FP).-Stopping
off in Chicago on their way to the
National Woman's Party convention
in Colorado Springs, delegates took
the occasion to repeat their CUSTOM
airy denunciation of protective legis-
lation for women in industry. Ignor-
ing the finding of the u S. depart
ment of labor that the legal limita-
ton of women's hours has in practise
shortened the hours OF men working
in the same industries, the delegates
claim that such laws are a device to
keep women out Of occupations that
men want to monopolize.
They have almost given up their
former policy Of wooing organized
labor to their program of equal treat
ment of women and men in legisla-
ton, as labor has asked them to raise
the legal standard of protection for
men rather than tear down that al
ready won for women.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08
Grand Jury Investigates
Torture of Prisoners i'm
Sd Degree PoliceMethOd

Torture of prisoners by police Off
GERS and detectives by the third de-
gree method of extorting informa-
ton and confessions is now under
investigation by the Federal Grand
Jury insofar as it affects the methods
used in Prohibition Headquarters.
Major Augustus Heise, Assistant
Prohibition Administrator for this dis
triet, admitted on the stand that he
had caused his men to rope Albert
Briggs, an East Indian, to a chair,
and had tied towel about his head,
which he threatened to twist accord
ing to the "old Chinese" custom of tor
ture. if he did not "come through
with certain testimony.
Major Heise has been suspended as
prohibition administrator, but the
system of third degree torture is well
intrenched as police method, and
has been winked at by the authorities
for SO long that it has almost ac-
quired the dignity of legitimacy. Nor
is it confined to prohibition prison
ers. Tt is we'll known that workers
on strike, arrested on the picket lines
or suspected of radical activities, are
subjected to similar brutalities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08
BirgeT GangstGr to
Die for Slaughter
Of Fellow Cunrnan

MARION, ILL, July RADIO
Millich, SO, former Burger gangster,
was sentenced to death today for the
murder of Ward Jones, a fellow Bir-
ger adherent, who was. slain in the
gang leaders notorious roadhouse,
SHADY Rest" last fall.
Ural Gowan, 19-year-old co-defend-
ant in the trial, received a sentence
of % years in the Chester penitenti-
airy.
The Bigger bootlegging gang, with
political power pretty largely in their
hands, dominated the public life of
Southern Illinois for some time, until
they began to fight among them
selves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08
Montana State Fed.
Convention Yields
Before Big Bosses

HELENA, Mont, July &c. O.
Young Of Washington represented
VIM Green, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at the thir-
tieth convention of the Montana State
Federation of Labor just held here.
The reactionary Young carried out
the orders Of the equally reactionary
Green and spent most of his time
abusing the progressives in the
unions, denouncing them for all pos
siblc crimes, but especially for dis
ruption.
Reactionaries Disrupt.
These remarks came back upon the
reactionaries like a boomerang, how
ever, W hen further proceedings
showed that the boycott of the Butte
Clerks Union on the Struck Boze-
man Cannery was called off by one
of the chief reactionaries in the To-
cal movement, L. II. Manson, Secre-
tary of the State Federation of La
Dor, acting thru Sam Mitchell, the
clerks business agent. This distruc-
tive and descriptive act at least, Young
had to admit his own group commit
ted.
Resolutions were adopted against
convict labor, against the appoint
ment of federal judges for life,
against the world court, and to ap-
point committees to investigate the
laying off of Investigators in mines,
unfair contractors, etc.
Cautious Convention.
But motion to ask all workers to
help repeal laws which make condi-
tions worse underground for the
miners, led to the appearance of an
organizer Of the United Mine Work
ers who talked like an agent of the
employers, and insisted that Presi-
dent Lewis of the u. M. w. had ruled
that the miners could do nothing, and
must work under the present condi-
tions.
A resolution condemning the Ana
conda Copper Mining Co. and the
Montana Power Co., for robbing the
state of Montana of its natural re-
sources was referred to committee
and mutilated out Of recognition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08

BUENOS AIRES, July TEN per-
sons were killed and 80 were injured
today when special train bringing
a group of military cadets from Chile
to Buenos Aires to attend the unveil-
ing of a monument to Bartolome
Mitre, noted South American patriot,
collided with another train at Alpata-
cal, in the province of Mendoza.
The unwilling was scheduled to
take place on July 9th, which is Ar
gentine's Independence Day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08
Tea Growing In Georgia.

TIPLIS, June 26.-(By Mail-As
conforming to the five years plan Of
development Of tea cultivation, the
area of tea plantations in Georgia
will be brought to $4,000 hectares,
by 1882, as against the actual area
of 1900 h. The total production at
the end of the five years period will
be rs million pounds Of tea leaves.
10 mills are to be erected for the
manufacturing of tea out of the
leaves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08
Recover Body of One of
3 Boys DrownedMon
Near Sing Sing Prison

OSSINING, N. Y, July 6.-The
body of one of the three boys who
were drowned when the canoe over
turned on the Hudson River yester-
day in sight of thousand convicts
in Sing Sing prison, was recovered
today by a member of the Ossining
Police Force at the old lime kiln be-
low the prison.
The body has not been identified
however. The chief of Ossining Po-
lice received word today that persons
in Yonkers who believe they know
who the three boys were, are on their
way here to attempt to identify the
body.