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The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
WASHINGTON a.
LETTER SKI

| II trust you will not think IL an
unwarranted liberty if / express
the hope that you will select my
friend Huston Thompson for the
vacant seat in the Senate"
Sweet didn't, but it was the only
time Wilson recommended q man
for office after he left the presi-
dency. Thompson was the only man
who had three appointments under
Wilson. He was assistant attorney
general for five years and served
eight years on the Federal Trade
Commission, Of which he was twice
chairman. As assistant attorney
general, he argued 20 cases before
the supreme court and cleared up
a docket of 22,30O cases before the
court Of claims in five years, bring
ing that court up to date for the
first time.
On the Federal Trade Commits
sion, Thompson led the fight which
abolished the Pittsburgh plus sys-
tenn in the steel industry and it's
oppressive effects on the west and
the south. 1t was Thomson who
cApOScu lHe dluHAlHuLA I'll uSt IuOI.
opoly Of which Senator Tom Walsh
made such a red-hot issue. He
fought successfully business meth
DDS in North Dakot.. End Minnesota
which were destroying the farm CO.
operative associations.
During Harding's administration,
Thompson was asked by some adj
ministration leaders to suppress the
complaint charging unfair practices
leading to monopoly by the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation. He
promptly moved to issue the COM
!, plant, which resulted after a long
trial in an order against the COM
pany. When the Brookhart COM
mittee was investigating Attorney
General Daugherty, Thompson testi-
fled for days and exposed what the
Department of Justice had done
or had not done with more than SO
antitrust cases referred to Daugh-
erty by the commission.
Thompson has fought constantly
against price-fixing and price con-
troll by interests dealing with the
necessities Of life. He asserts that
the only way to help the farmer is
by making his purchasing dollar
equal in value to his selling dollar.
"This can be done," he says,
"first, by restraining monopoly -
stopping price control among the
monopolizers-which the Depart
ment of Justice can do in six
months; second, by enforcing the
Sherman antitrust act to what the
supreme court found it to mean be-
fore it introduced the rule Of rea-
son. and, third, by reducing the
tariff on all monopoly-controlled
articles to the point where competi-
tion would be revived"
Thompson is one Of the foremost
experts on cooperative marketing,
but he does not believe that the
federal government should control
their administration through the in
! fluence Of loans.
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
Our Army Is Decaying
(Chicago Tribune)


There were sent to us recently clippings from
the London Daily Telegraph, an aristocratic
English journal, giving accounts by special cor
respondents of the autumn maneuvers of the
British army.
The dispatches themselves were not iumin-
ating, for your English journalist with his first
person dissertations is not good reporter.
But what was Of interest was the fact itself
that elements Of the British army had carried
out extensive experiments in the tactics Of the
modern mechanical art of war.
At almost the same time, SO the same Eng
lish journal declared, the French were holding
similar maneuvers with similar end in view
OF testing out the latest developments in war
material
Contrast with the enterprise of the British
and French militarists, with the manifest sup
port by the two governments of their military
establishments, and with the evident interest
of the people in their armed forces; the lack Of
aggressive military policy, the meagerness OF
governmental aid, and the popular apathy in
the United States.
Compared with the scale and method Of the
British maneuvers such tactical evolutions as
are performed by American troops are mere
platoon drills. Our whole army numbers less
than 10000 officers and men, and these are
SO widely scattered about the United States
difficult to gather enough soldiers in one spot
to represent even one side in war maneuver
OF worthwhile magnitude.
Added to that difficulty is the fact that the
army is chronically pressed for funds. Con-
gress appropriates only enough money barely
to feed and clothe the army; it does not appro-
pirate enough to house it decently. And as
for money for maneuvers, it is as much out
OF the question as funds for developing and
perfecting army ordnance
Ten years ago Americans were telling each
other brightly that they had learned their les
son. Never again would the sudden oncominc
Of an emergency find this country unprepared.
The war was going to teach us great lesson
and after the war we were going to build up
an adequate army machine. That talk has
gone for nothing. We learned no lesson and
in comparison with our greater prosperity and
it's need for better protection are more poorly
prepared than before.
The navy has not suffered SO greatly except
by the poorly advised generosity Of gentlemen
who insisted on virtually giving away COM
pleted tonnage to foreign powers. But our
army has been abandoned and left to fall into
state Of decay comparable to it's condition fol-
lowing the civil war.
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
The President and Flood Control

That President Coolidge is anxious to see
letinite action taken by congress to prevent
occurrence Of floods in the lower Mississippi
ALLEY is evident from the tenor Of the speech
le made Monday before the American Red
ross convention.
The president did not rush forth with any
,anaceas or nostrums as some less wise men
night have done. He advanced no cure for
he flood situation. But, through his speech,
1e gave assurance that he is sodly behind any
sane and sensible project which may remove
he danger of further floods in the south.
Certain factions have been free in their criti-
ism with the president because, they claimed,
he took no interest in the condition Of the
south. Because he sent Secretary Hoover to
take charge of the rehabilitation instead OF per-
forming the Bayard act by rushing there him.
self, they charged him with disinterest. II he
had gone, they would have accused him OF try
ing to swing public favor in his direction.
But the president did show interest in
the conditions Of the south. He did not say
much about it, but the work done by Secretary
Hoover indicates that he viewed the situation
with concern and desired that everything pos
sible be done.
There was one thing the president did not
do. And that was to urge that congress jump
into the breach, in special session, and formu-
late temporary program. He wisely realized
what great many politicians did not or did
not care to realize, that calm survey Of the
problems and a sane plan, worked out after an
opportunity had been given to review the en-
tire situation would be productive of create,
and lasting results.
The south will have occasion to thank Presi-
dent Coolidge for his level-headed interest in
their problems. By not calling special ses
sion, he has done much to assure the best pos
sible solution to the flood problem. He ha:
saved the country an untold amount which {
hysterical congress might have sunk in tht
mud-flats Of the Mississippi, without any tangi
BILE results.
Thus his speech may serve to set at rest tht
doubts which some partisans have so vocifer
ously expressed The majority of the people
have known for long time that the presiden
soul The minority now has the speech t,
prove that his interest in the south is yer.
real.
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
dNeWY Yorker
c&9 IL Paris go

Paris, Oct. S.-Lafayette, we are
there!
Thanks to the legion, if you will,
the sidewalks of Paris are even as
the sidewalks of New York, the
sidewalks of Chicago or the side
walks Of Kansas City.
Alabama, of Democratic conven-
tion fame, may have changed its
vote from Underwood to the fife and
drum corps, but you can find its
"tout ensemble" in front Of the
Cafe de la Paix and its sons and
daughters are taking their 'cafe
finn" at the "Trois Magots."
The American invasion Of Paris
is complete. Just behind the side
walks life may 60 on as before. But
Colorado, Pennsylvania and way
states are in possession of the pave
ments.
Now it may be that good little
boys go to heaven when they die.
But bad little boys go to Montmarte
when they live. And go where you
will in Montmarte, from the Para
1uette to Josephine Bakers, the
Americans have arrived and the
situation is well in hand. The prob
lem seems to be one Of How're you
going to keep them back on the
bootleggers now that they've tasted
champagne? ?"
Champagne cocktails, / might add,
are three shillings in London or
about six francs-18 cents here,
In fact, it is about the cheapest
beverage to be found in Paris, in
cluding water.
But by the time you have tipped
all the available walters, including
the "wine garcon" and the flood
garcon," by the time you have paid
the cover charge, the tax and the
necessary stamps, the francs are
considerably depleted.
In fact, the business Of tipping in
Paris is one Of the favoritc indoor
and outdoor sports. Living, eating
and tipping in Paris i. cheap up ia
the moment when the tips begin
And since they both begin and end
any exper;enc they constitute an
important lem.
In the theaters the ushers receive
no pay, 10 one is expected /, reward
them with one franc q seat. 4
friend attended the Grand Guignol
the other night and made the mis-.
take Of buying program. In addi.
tion to the price the usher expected
a healthy tip.
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
BARBS

An eastern. doctor has proposed
a law against face-lifting. Won't
the ladies' faces fall when they hear
that!
A safety council officer calls NOV.
ing day the most dangerous Of th&
year. Doesn't that depend on wheth-
er or not your rent is paid?
The league has ruled war off the
books. Hereafter when European
nations desire to go to war, it must
be on the defensive.
Cheer up! If you swallow your
collar button, at least you know
where it is.
Consider the tack and the auto
mobile tire and don't 60 around
blowing yourself up.
If wives only knew what stenog.
raphers think of their husbands,
they'd quit worrying.
Don't marry trombone players,
girls; they always let things slide.
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
Daily Health Service

BY DIR. NORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American
Medical Association and Of Hygela,
tho Health Magazine
The adherents of the notion that
cancer in the human race is due to
the modern diet and that the disease
would disappear if all Of US were
to return to primitive methods Of
living commonly support their
views by the citation Of general
impressions.
The answer to their claims comes
in q series Of articles published in
various portions Of the world rela-
tive to the incidence OF cancer
among primitive people.
For instance, DR.. M. }: A. Des..
Ligneris reports the incidence OF
the disease among the people Of
South Africa. He found 291 cases
Of tumors among 1870 patients.
Macvicar founG 141 cases in 10000
native patients. In Ceylon the rate
for cancer Of the mouth is high.
Investigation in Java
In Java, Wieberdink found that
cancer occurs one and q half times
more frequently in women than IN
men and that the percentage OF tn.
mors among the people was about
the same as is found in European
hospitals. There were proportion.
ately not so many cases # cancer
Of the stomach and tbs interna
female organs as occurred among
EurOpean people.
Many patients suffering with tu'
mors die in tropical countries o1
pneumonia, malaria, dysentery OF
Ihookworm. These diseases carry
them off at = prematJFe age. Can
Ger is seldom noted in relation tx
the cause Of death.
Frequent in Africa
A report from the gold coast o1
Africa indicates frequent appear
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
How We Do Progress!

The world, thanks be to science and educa-
tion, is now getting along nicely. 1t is long
time, of course, since flyers began crossing the
ocean in land planes (weeks and weeks), but
we've progressed far since then Every day
the news gives us some little item that shows
how civilizations inexorable onward march
proceeds
A district school board in Michigan has ruled
that all teachers, of the more deadly species,
shall wear smocks that cover them from Adams
apples to ankles. That much for the majestic
and orderly headway Of law against crime.
A doctor in Chicago proceeds to the rostrum
OF public information with the startling dis
closure that 60 per cent of babies born to Gig
aret-smOking mothers die before they are two
years Of age. There will be those who will
laugh at this. But never mind! There were
those who smirked at Robert Fulton, too.
A husband and wife were arrested for spoon
ing in an automobile in Cleveland. They were
SO inconvenienced, humiliated and so forth by
their trip to the station that they sued the city
The woman was awarded S3,675 damages,
which she will now try to collect from the afore-
said city. So much for the uplift of our family
relations.
A young man in Paris suddenly discovered
the other day that he could fly with no me-
chanical aid whatever, relying simply on psy-
chic powers. He has bruises to show for bad
landings, collisions with furniture, fences and
0tner ODSCrucIl0nS. InlS solves the threatened
gasoline shortage we've been wondering about
We can just flap out of bed at 1880 Of win
ter morning and soar to work, arriving at 7:45
after pleasant journey over the trolley wires,
etc.
Ghosts do not need the shade of night to
cloak their movements, some Calico Of psychic
research has just whispered to waiting world
Ghosts have changed their habits lately, becom-
ing much bolder, operating now in broad day
light, chains and all. Their thumbprints can
be taken by mediums, properly trained medi-
sums to be sure. This will prove valuable ad-
denda for the police files.
An English astronomer steps into the scien-
tific laboratory for few minutes and comes
out with the news that the earth is to come to
q dead stop. It will be few million years, Of
course, but we're all very much interested.
Friction Of the tides is going to bring the quaint
novelty about Wagers now can be laid as to
what half Of the world will be in darkness when
the tides put on the brakes. This will cause
brisk betting furry in Wall Street, no doubt.
Onward we march. the torches Of civilization
and science held on high. Is it any wonder all
those gentlemen are declining to run for presi-
dGnt5
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05

ance of malignant growths among
the African natives, and E. B. Ved-
der found records Of malignant tu-
mors not infrequently among the
Filipinos; indeed a figure higher
than that for Americans.
He pointed out that excessive
meat consumption cannot be re-
garded as causative factor in the
development of cancer in the Fill
pinos, because the diet is mainly
vegetable and consists largely Of
rice.
The savages Of Hawaii, Philippine
Islands and similar Pacific islands
not infrequently have cancer Of the
mouth due to the influence OF
chronic irritation from the chewing
Of betel-nut.
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
Old Masters

The morns are meeker than they
were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field scarlet gown.
Lest l should be old-fashioned,
I'll put trinket on.
Emily Dickinson Autumn
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
A Thought

Remember Lots wife.-Luke 1882.
X
Curiosity is a kernel Of the for
hidden fruit which still sticketh in
the throat Of a natural man, some-
times to the danger Of his choking.
Fuller.
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05
Justajjingle

He bought himself q real cheap suit.
He thought that it would please.
The rain came down and soaked it.
Now
It reaches to his knees.
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05

Try our modern high pres
sure greas.ng service for all
cars. Prices reasonable. =
Short Stop Station.
The Bismarck tribune., 1927-10-05

NEXT: An embarrassing question.
Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
"Dead" Man Returns to
Prove Funeral Mistale

Thayer, Mo.--A "dead" man is en-
joying life and walking the streets of
this town.
He's not dead I'm physical way
nor any other way, for that matter,
since his brother and sister find they
made a mistake when they Identified
his corpse"
The man is Wiley Fry, thirty-tWo-
year-Old farmer, whose body WAS
buried in cemetery near the town
September s, hut who reappeared at
his home the other night.
Fry left home for oklahoma a
month ago to find work. liz hf,lDr
and sister received no word from him
until an unknown man was killed in
the city of Tulsa. They went To Tul
sa and identified the body as that Of
their relative.
The body was returned to Tbaycr
where it was buried.
And then Fry walked into the town
and proved that somebody had made
a mistake
His wife and five children were
overjoyed to see him.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15

how can you do it?" The Com
missioner of Agriculture of
Georgia writes: II wish to con-
graduate you on the splendid
makeup of this booklet" While
from far away South Dakota
Louis N. Grill, Secretary of the
Agricultural Department writ
es:
II am in receipt of your book
let entitled: The Story of Vir-
ginia Products that Excel and
l want to say to you that it is a
splendid representation of your
state and it's products. 1t is
tastefully arranged, finely i'll
ustrated and will certainly be
of great value to your state in
calling attention of the coun-
try to these splendid advantag-
es which your commonwealth
possesses"
Governor Byrd has review
ed a copy of the phamplet re-
ferred to and expressed him
self as greatly pleased with it.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
GASOLINE TAX RE-
CEIPTS STILL INCREASE
(By Carter Wormeley)

Richmond, Va, Dec. II The
Director of the Division of
Motor Vehicles reports the coll
ection of $703,1O0,72 tax on
15,703,300 gallons of gasoline
sold during the month of Oct.
This amount exceeds the Oct.
1926 collections by $128,201,43.
In other words, there was an in
crease in the consumption of
gasoline of 2,855,774 gallons.
For the first ten months of
1926 the Department collected
$5,063, 1887. For the same
period in 1927 the collections
amounted to $6,238,816,96, an
increase in consumption of gas
oline for the ten months of 1927
over the ten months of 1926
of 19,864,502, or a little less
than II percent increase.
! With the months of Nov. and
Dec. remaining in the year 1927
the department will collect at
least $1,250,000 more money
this year, making in round fig
ures for the full year $780,
900.
The collection of this tax is
showing a steady increase from
month to month and year to
year, and with the fine weather
we are now experiencing, which
enables motorists to continue
to use their cars nearly as much
as during the summer months
there will be very little drop off
in this tax.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
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LIFE IS FUNNY

Man came into this world
without his consent ana leaves
it against his will.
During has stay on earth his
time is spent in one continuous
round OF contraries and mis-
understandings.
In his infancy he is an angel.
In his boyhood he is a devil. In
his manhood he is every thing
from a lizard up. If he raises
family he is a chump. If he
doesn't raise a family he is too
selfish. If he raises a check he
is a crook. If he is a poor man
he is a bad manager and has no
sense. If he is rich he is smart
out dishonest. If he is in polit-
les he is CRATER. If he is not
in politics he is an undesirable
citizen. If he goes to church he
is hyprocrite. If he doesn't he
is a sinner. If he gives to char
ity it is for show. If he doesn't
he is a tight wad. When he first
comes into the world every one
wants to kiss him. Before he
leaves the world everyone wan
is to kick him. If he dies young
there was a great future before
him. If he lives to a ripe old age
he is in the way.-Acthor I'm
known.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
LYNCHED MANS
BROTHER VII Is
X n i. X X

Leonard Wood, the colored
man, murderer of Hersciel Deaf
on, who was lynched on Nov. 80
by a mob, seems to have been a
wanderer and possibl estrang-
ed from his family. This is evil
denced by letter received by
the superintendent of the Con-
solidation Coal Company's
mines at Jenkins, KY, on the
very day that Wood was killed
in Pound gap. The letter was
from Charlie Wood, and he said
that he had been searching for
his brother, Leonard, for sew
eral years and had only recently
learned that he was working in
the mines at Durham, Ky. He
asked that the superinten-
dent write him what he knew Of
him. The letter was turned over
to the Jenkins police depart
ment for reply.
Wise Gazette
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
CEMETERY CLUB

The Cemetery Club, organ
lied for the purpose of improv-
ing and identifying the local
cemetery, obtained a fund OF
$16.28 through a campaign
among the grade pupils Of D.
M. H. S. The campaign was I'M
der the supervision of Mrs. Cot
ella Long and aprize was off
cred to the student who con-
tributed the largest amount.
This prize was won by Stanford
Wright who gave $500.
The sixth grade captured the
prize offering to the room from
which the largest amount was
given.
The Cemetery Club, headed
by Mrs.Long, waited upon the
town council at the last session
and requested assistance in the
work of the organization. The
council voted to contribute a
tent, Toulouse. tools and a
stove for heating the tent.
Other plans for the advance
ment of the work at the ceme-
terry are under consideration
and contributions from anyone
who desires to help in this work
will be greatly appreciated.
The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-15
APPLICATIONS FOR
1923 AUTOMOBILE
LICENSE NOW
Bling MADE

3lQamond, Va, Dec. 10 At
tention of the public is called
by director James M. Hayes,
Jr., Of the Division of Motor
Vehicles, to hhe fact that ap-
pncaUlCn blanks for 1923 motor
vehicle license plates are being
addressed to owners of every
car Operating in Virginia. Pro-
mpt response from car owners
is being requested by Director
hayes "A order that all may be
served promptly and that there
mays be avoided any congestion
q UgLay III serving the public.
URder act of the last general
assembly it was arranged that
license could be issued iby the
Motor Vehicle Division thro-
ugh it's agents at subsidiary
stations in every County and
inpo1tant City in Virginia.
This act was passed in responce
to what was felt to be a general
desire on the part of the people
To. aEoid long journeys from
outlying points in the State to
Richmond, and for the greater
convenience of both car owners
and the state.
Director Hayes now advises
that the active issuance of lie
ense tags will begin simultan-
iously all over Virginia on Dec.
IS, and also that these tags can
be placed on cars as soon as
Car owners will find that on
the face of application blanks
mailed them to the weight of
their car has been stamped. A
schedule of fees is printed on
back of the card. The license
fee is 70 cents hundred poun-
DIS. Nc license is issued for less
than S12.25. IN calculating lice
nse fee owner pays on hun
dreds and on fractions of hun
dreds of fifty or in excess of
of fifty pounds. Thus:
Should car weigh 1910 poun-
ds, the license fee will be $3.50
hut should car weigh 1851 poun
DIS, then license fee will be S14.-
90. Application blanks will be
mailed out from Dec. Is, to Jan.
18th, and license plates can be
received by presenting appli-
cation with proper fees to the
~oarest representative of the
Motor Vehicle Division in car
owners locality, or by placing
same in mail addressed to main
office of department at Rich
mond.