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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06
CHANGING THE BAIT

Anyone keeping an eye on the foreign news can
especially If he has Of hunoranticipate just
what part in the of nations the United States
will next be asked to take.
Only little while ago Uncle Sam was Shyock.
Now he is world benefactor.
Not long SINCE economic conditions in Europe were
represented as r1ewhat more than bad-which was
partly true Now conditions being represented
not only on the mend but almost mended-which also
is true, partly
Why should these great and heartening changes
have come about? We, as q nation, acting pre-
csely as we acted at the zenith Of unpopularity
abroad Nothing Of tremendous and instant signif-
has happened to change the economic condition
of Europe. sound prosperity is not built overnight
The plain answer is that great change has come
about. We were never so much disliked rep
resented; not so much liked represented
The nations of Europe not quite so badly off
they were officially presented being; of them
today is we'll off it is being officially presented
being. It has just seemed wise and expedient to
some of the European governments to shift from the
vinegar to the sugar method Of catching flies.
The theory seems to be that, since America has pur
chased all the European bonds offered, we'll much
old furniture and many old masters it might also fancy
the interesting antique known wardebt cancellation
Uncle Sam did not fancy it with bitter words and a
jeremiad, so it is being offered to him with new
dressing Of honeyed words and prosperity talk.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06
PUBLIC APATHY

There is no single national issue defined in party
platforms which compares in vital importance with the
local issues that involved in the feeble and scattered
attempts to get strange hold crime The para
mount issue before every state, county and village is
the suppression of crime. Few vigorous and whole
hearted attempts have been made to stamp out law
essnes Here and there drastic action has been taken;
but for the most part the impression still prevails that
the best way to eliminate the underworld is to talk it
DEATH if that fails to abolish it by resolution.
Reports crime, without action, have become the
comic literature of the criminal classes.
Here and there substantial progress has, neverthe
less been made. New York. Michigan and California,
to their credit have lately adopted criminal Codes
from which great things may fairly be expected. They
tighten up judicial procedure. speed justice and make
punishment more certain. Little Delaware, the silent
state which rarely cheeps except when her peach
is in danger, has not contributed much noise to the
general hue and cry against crime but she has done
better, in that she has kept her borders
almost free from serious offenses
Other states will inevitably fall in line with those
named when conditions that already far too bad
become intolerable. Legislatures not to be too
sternly criticized for their inertia They merely
fleet public apathy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06
FOREIGN CRITICS

Local crises in Latin America have sometimes made
il necessary for the United States to take firm
stand and deal with menacing situations in such
ner that they would not get out Of hand assume
serious proportions. Things below the Rio Grande
comparatively quiet and peaceful now, but new war
clouds may roll up at any hour.
The sending Of marines into Central America has
more than served to throw the press of Europe
into high state Of excitement Reputable newspapers
both in Great Britain and the Continent have as
sumed righteous airs and have insinuated openly
declared that the United States is playing the part of
bully and is depressing its smaller neghbors, at
least brandishing big stick in their faces. In
Europe such silly charges do little harm. They are
literally discounted and pass current at somewhere
their Debated value.
Unhappiy, many Americans are overcredulous when
our national behavior is under the fire of foreign
critics. They seem to accept gospel every word
against America that is cabled across the Atlantic.
America has no monopoly of friction with minor
,sates. Britain frequently has occasion to visit pu
tive wrath upon Arabian villages and Indian towns.
OF Great Britain does not have the least
pcion that she is playing the part of bully oppres
sor such occasions
Neither America England is an oppressor nation.
Neither escape the responsibility for keeping its
relations with minor states even keel.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06
ANTIQUATED METHODS

An advertising man caused stir in life insurance
circles time ago by vigorous assault not only
upon its sales methods but also upon the general att
tude Of insurance companies toward the public He
assumed that people need life insurance badly and
the companies would advertise more extensively and
adopt less Of sphnxke frozenfaced attitude toward
the public customers would step right up the counter
md buy insurance the way they buy postage stamps
railroad tickets He seemed to feel that the costly
nd extensive agency or salesmanship system might
= improved upon.
The sale of life insurance is not wholly unlike the
Gals Of other commodities. Advertising can and does
1elp enormously. It furnishes the salesman q back
ground and the extensively people learn know
Whist insurance means through advertising, the less
marc footwork the salesman must do and the more he
becomes true financial doctor. This fact is
nissd and utilized by many progressive companies.
There Is still almost hopeless amount Of educa-
tonal work to be done to make the public insurance
Nise. How to do it is the problem. Let Advertising
" it. Every other business educates ito public through
HE medium Of advertising It can do Is much for life
Insurance.
Contrary to popular belief there are still few en-
trprses which have yet to discover the power Of ad
vertising They have survived only because Of their
Idndispensablity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

ed Harding Coolidge foreign policies
as ''ignoble and cowardly," and urged
the nation to act on 1.-THE biggest
ideas and purposes Of international
policies" The next night 10000
persons made pilgrimage to his
street home and he addressed them
for two minutes.
It now seems likely that Mrs.
Wilson will go no farther than he
did; that she will confine her &C.
tiv1ty to brief radio talk or q re.
ply to letter from a friend, -
Wilson did.
Mrs. Wilson's interest in Gov
ernor Smith began to develop in
1924. After his triumphant reelec-
ton in New York in 1926, which al
most insured his nomination this
year, she began to study his record.
In Smiths political principles she
found many which squared with
Wilsonian doctrines. She came to
regard Smith as a forward-looking,
progressive statesman, this writer
has been informed, who was worthy
to carry the TORCH"
Otherwise she probably would not
have attended the Houston conven-
ton. That convention marked a
temporary rc-emergence into the
limelight. It ought to be said here
that Mrs. Wilson was pushed into q
lot more limelight at Houston than
she expected, but accepted the sit
uation with all the good grace and
good taste which has marked her
since she became the wife of the
late war president.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

the maximum requirements Of opium
by physicians and allied professions
does not amount to over 7S6 tons
per year for the whole world, vet
there is an annual production Of
opium that is estimated from 5000
to 5000 tons, most Of which finds
its way into the illicit dope trade,
and the production Of cocaine is
probably seven times the amount
required under legal control.
There are two classes Of dope
addicts. The first may have de-
yeloped the habit accidentally, per.
haps as the result Of opiates admin
istered by physicians to control
pain. The second class, and by far
the most numerous, are those who
begin to take dope simply because
Of the desire to experience a new
thrill. The opponents of prohibition
claim that this type is on the in
crease because prohibition, by tax
ing away the alcoholic drinks, has
forced these people to seek other
types of thrill.
It is claimed that many high
school pupils are started on the road
to ruin by the agent of dope peddlers
who. unknown to- their victims.
places small quantities Of these
drugs in the drinks and foods that
are consumed until the habit has
placed its tenacious clutches in the
systems OF its victims. These dope
peddler agents are one of the gray.
est menaces Of society, as they de-
light in perverting the thrill seekers.
who might be called borderline cases.
a4d who could be saved by q small
amount Of constructive education.
It is impossible to cure the drug
addict who is simply looking for a
thrill, unless he changes his attitude
OF mind. These cases should be con-
Tined in public institutions where
they will be enabled to do some use
full work and will be removed from
the possibility Of injuring Others.
But those who were unfortunate
enough to have formed the habit
without their own intention have an
attitude OF mind that permits of a
cure.
Inc desire Tor drugs is gradually
decreased it the patient is placed on
an exclusive diet Of acid fruits. ONLY
one type of fruit should be used at
a meal. Oranges, grapes, apples.
peaches and cherries are extremely
valuable. BY their use the liver is
stimulated and regains it's normal
functions so that it can eliminate tie
toxic substances which are respon-
sible for the dope craving.
This fruit diet should be adhered
to for atIleast two or three weeks.
and all other eliminative measures
used, such as enemas, sweats, and
sh"'-'--. baths. As the< toxins are
thoroughly eliminated from the body,
the patient will actually develop an
aversion to the though of using done
OF course. the treatment should be
accompanied by helpful suggestions
and educational measures. A nor
NAL, we'll balanced diet following
the fast will be of great service in
preventing the recurrence of the
craving.
Anyone who sincerely wishes to
overcome the dope habit will find
the fruit fast and increased elimina-
ton the best and surest method.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

ing with the menaces Of bandits and ganxsters.
Automobiles do not always succeed in carrying then,
to safety after they have swooped down upon some
bank, paymaster rival gangster.
One thing that should be of great assurance to the
public is that the criminal class represents but small
percentage Of the countrys population. Some day
society will get desperate and will learn that it has
the power to disorsanizc organized crime" With
able and ncorruptble agents for the protection Of
society against its enemies there is reason why
society should reach the desperate stage, although
much good might come from such situation
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

passed as coffe house, but recently
has blossomed into q broadcasting
point.
That which makes Alexander
Flavius Abercrombie worthy Of
columnistic notice and Manhattan
flavor is the strange and original
performance he puts on.
Alexander, ETC., arrives with q
dashboard, three frying pans, six
thimbles and little undressing
negro. From his pockets protrude
a couple Of tin musical instruments.
With these and the aid Of q pianist
ne becomes one-man jazz band.
Fastening the frying pans to the
washboard, he produces the strang-
est jazz music to be heard on land
or sea-using his thimbles as drum
sticks.
In the early hours of the morn
ing it's possible to encounter a
strange assortment of these hat
passing entertainers. Most Of then,
are to be found in the hideaways,
appearing just before the dawn to
awaken the weary sojourners and
cash in on the results.
There are, for instance, four
youngsters-from the East Side or
the Bronx-Who have practiced on
their harmonious on the back steps
until they put on very passing
program.
There is the crystal ball seer who
comes wrapped in q dust-stained tur-
ban and dustier brack cape, finding
easy victims among the bibulous
ladies Of the evening in that hour
when their drinks have worn out and
their habits Of life have begun to
torment them. Wondering what the
future may hold for them, what life
may still contain-in walks the seer.
He times his arrivals to the moment,
looks mystically into his little crys-
tai ball, and begins to cash in. Know
ing his customers, his reading be-
gins with warnings and dire prog
nostlcations-just what they want.
Then ne allows little sunshine to
trickle into their lives and, with
further warnings, closes his spiel.
ana, OF course, his palm is crossed
often in the process.
There's the revival of the sing
ing waiter craze. This went out Of
date with the old beer halls. But,
thanks to, the success of Mae Vests
Diamond Lii" and the growth Of
the hideaway business, the boys
and girls have come to crave the
old sentimental ballads. And 90
the singing walters give them, "She
Was Poor. but She Was Honest"
and Frivolous SAL" and all the
rest.
And 80 it goes.
At the present writing Harlem
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06
Editorial Comment
AREN'T THEY ALL PROFESSIONALS


Just what noble principle is at stake in the barring
Of Tlden from the Davis cup tennis matches is diff
cult for the unnitiated to figure out We should say
if he devoted all his time to the game irrespective OF
whether he supported himself out Of inheritance
out of his earnings writer. An amateur. we
should imagine, would be person who played in his
leisure for sport. Any player who gives up enough
time to the to figure in international tournaments
obviously is professional.
We understand however, that any such rule Of reason
has part in the deliberations of the gentlemen who
make the rules for the game So We cannot take any
particular interest in their hair splitting the OBJ
of regulations by which certain professional
players are held to be amateurs and certain others
professionals.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06
DIR. TUNNEY AS A BANKER
(Philadelphia Record)

is pleasant to read that after year spent abroad
in the study of philosophy DR.. Eugene Tunney will
think seriously of buckling down to the realities of fe
with preference for banking industrial business
think Of our undisputed champion . banker. with
possibly partnership in such house as j. p Morgan
+ Co., or some other equally reputable firm. Many
Of his in the championship have gone into
business. with often disastrous results. But as
banker the graceful and studious Eugene quite fills
the bill. With what dignity, for example, could he
turn down m applicant for loan Of million two
and If the wouldbe borrower made any demur he would
have ful knowledge Of what might be coming to him.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06
IN NEW YORK

New York, Oct. Cit is necessary
to join the dawn-greetcrs in order
to meet a very dark gentleman who
is introduced under the name of AL
exander Flavius Abercrombie.
But If, for some reason or other
such as . poker game-you were to
find yourself up and awake at 4:3O
in the morning meeting with Alex
ander Flavius Abercrombie seems
to me quite worth the trouble.
This meeting, more likely than
not, would take place to the accom-
paniment Of scrambled eggs and
coffee. The locale would be, as
likely - not, . cafe called the Viii
lage Grove which, in years agone,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

has a drawing card for the early
morning summers in the person of
one Mandy. Mandy is lovely
high yellow" who may or may
not be the best dancer of sinuous
dances in all New York. Her num-
bers are done in honky tonk at
mosphere to the tunes of portable
photograph. Scores go to Harlem
to see her. It's my guess they'll
be paying $40 per seat to watch
this young woman on Broadway one
Of these fine days.
GILBERT SWAN.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Wriferl

Washington. Oct. 6.-Democrats
everywhere are wondering what part
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will take in
the presidential campaign.
Mrs. Wilson favors the election of
Governor AL Smith. Some Dem
ocratic leaders are confident that
she will make some public appeal
for the Smith Robinson ticket be-
fore election day. Whether Mrs.
Wilson has promised some such con-
tribution to the campaign has not
been clear, pending her return from
Europe.
Heretofore Mrs. Wilson has re-
Trained from political expressions
solely through her high sense Of
dignity and good taste. Devoted to
the memory of her husband, the
thought of any departure from his
standards has been to her one of
the greatest repugnance.
Until now she has always re-
fused to be interviewed or to make
any public statement. Wilson died
early in 1924. The conventions and
campaign of that year were held
during her period of greatest grief.
Even if Wilson himself had lived
it is doubtful whether he would have
participated in any way in the
Smith McAdoo fight.
But Mrs. Wilson, widowed, con-
tinued to take an active though de-
tached interest in politics, with spe-
cial reference to Wilsonian princi-
Piles. She has been the most con-
spicuous though silent figure in the
National Women's Democratic Club
here. She has made pilgrimages
to the League of Nations sessions
at Geneva. And at the same time
she has conducted herself in line
with the promise which Wilson made
to some friends shortly after March
4, 1921. that he intended to "show
how an ex-president should conduct
himself"
Wilson's subsequent aloofness
from party squabbles was broken
only by two letters to a friend con-
corning the senatorial candidacy Of
his old enemy, Jim Reed Of Mis-
souri,, in 1922. The letters were re-
plies. The night before Armistice
Day, 1923, Wilson gave q five-min-
ute radio address in which he brand
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

John Galsworthy says the keynote
OF happiness seems to be unselfcon-
seriousness. The secret of happiness
IN TINS country seems to be the same.
with the self" left out.
Maybe Emerson was right about
compensation. If the feminine
styles keep on demanding fewer and
fewer clothes, pretty soon q lady
won't have place to hide an auto
matte.
Add this to your list of SMILES:
AS hollow as victory for the Phil
adelphia Athletics on the last day
of the season.
China finally is awakening, says a
professor of history. If that's true,
we dread what is going to happen
after she gets her breakfast.
Hard work is the secret of sue
cess. says Henry Ford. just as
we suspected; there's catch in it.
Well, one thing doesn't happen
to US in America, anyhow-they
don't broadcast begpipe music.
IN very olden days, the legend
hath It. there was : woman who
objected because men smoked.
A headline says "Osare Indians
Iake Up Golf; Go on Water Wag-
on" How unusual!
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Watches exactly egg-shape were
MADE n Nuremberg about 1900 A. D.
and called Nuremberg eggs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
G. F. Williams, guest at the West
ern hotel, was accidently shot when
his revolver dropped to the floor,
while packing his bag, and dis
charged. The bullet entered his
foot, SCATTERING the bones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Baker Of
Livona were visiting relatives in
Bismarck.
The Jamestown high school bas-
ketball team was scheduled to play
in Bismarck.
Eighteen new schools were opened
in Morton county during the year
1902 1908.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Wild geese we're beginning to ar
rive from the north on their annual
southern Journey.
The Bismarck Social club enter
tanned at . dancing party at the
Armory hail.
Rev. J. NJ. Van Emery 81 James
town WAS assigned 70 Bismarck by
the Methodist Episcopal conference.
G. r. Williams received ! ear load
Of sweet cider in barrels. half and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06
TO MAKE STORIES

Helen Topping Miller in College HUNGRY
Kathleen Norris kitchen, rosary baby (wet),
Irish grandmother.
Arthur Somers Roche pint gin. high voltage
flapper, decollette roadster, cold dawn.
Mary Roberts Rinehart-1 old doctor, young DOCTOR
strong-minded spinster. rowboat.
Ben Ames Williams sawmil, tamarack swamp,
dog, black bull.
Cynthia Stockey-1 scarlet flower, tarantula. 1
dumb blonde, kaffir boy
Wilbur Daniel Steele swordfish / Portuguese 1
betrayed daughter, east wind.
Martha Ostenso-1 cold winter, load manure,
kettle onion soup, dull Ak.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

The scientists say the days are growing longer q
the ate OF one second everv 900 years As IL
Republican platform fails to claim credit for this
suggest the Democrats grab t.-Chicago Tribune
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

Boys shouldn't smoke before they are 81 says Babe
Ruth. In the meantime they may get some pointers
on how to do it gracefully by watching mother and
little sister.-Florence, Ala, Herald.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

returned traveller states that 30 per cent of Turk
tsh men loaf while al the women work Direct steamer
service 70 Constantnope may be expected to start
lonce.-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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The outlook for agricultural relief is that the farmers
are going to get promises that sound ali right
u this campaign OF education than they did be-
fore IN ell their lives. which is saying GOOD deal
Ohio State Journal.
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DOPE HABITS AND ELM.
NATION

The dope menace is becoming ons
Of the most serious problems Of the
modern world. It was estimated by
the Opium Advising Committee Of
the League Of Nations that while
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

We suppose rumor thev started about old Dr.
"~r-~s - he w-nt peern9 around looking for IN
honest man, that he prcc " sto.e his l--tern-
Co!u-1bus, Ohio este Jour~1
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

Alex Rosen, head Of the Jewish
Relief fund in North Dakota, was
directing q campaign for observation
Of Jewish Relief Day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

Minnesota forest fires were
blamed to I. w. w. propaganda.
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Our Yesterdays
TEN YEARS AGO

DR.. N. o. Ramstad and DR.. w. H.
Bodenstab and three trained nurses
went to Steele to aid in the influenza
epidemic.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

Dr.. Mccoy Will gladly answer
personal questions on health
and diet, addressed 70 him,
care Of the Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

Watches exactly egg-shape were
MADE n Nuremberg about 1900 A. D,
and called Nuremberg eggs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

Rev. J. N. Van Emery 81 James
town WAS assigned 70 Bismarck BY.
the Methodist Episcopal conference.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

A headline says "Osage Indians
Iake Up Golf; Go on Water Wag-
on" How unusual!
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

The Bismarck Social club enter
tanned 1t : dancing party 1t the
Armory hail..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

IN very oIden days. the legend
na!h It, there was = woman who
objected because men smoked.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

At the present writing Harlem,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

The Jamestown high school has
ketball team was scheduled to play
in Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Baker Of
Livona were visiting relatives in
Bismarck.