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Perhaps we Shall DO It, SOME Day.

lust show you that things GAN % done when nation
common and looks ahead, here Is picture Of
Britain Colossus Of the Air. the biggest arplans the
world
You get an idea Of its size BY looking at the standing
on the tip Of one wing.
This airpans weighs than 10000 pounds unloaded
King George and Queen Mary Hendon the other
day to see this giant machine flying around with couple of
hundred other British planes.
Britain has ruled the for long time-the WATER
waves-and now she seeks to rule the AIR also.
She won dOs it if France can help it,
But THIS country will interfere. Our specially il
sloppy talk about peace.
Then when war come put 81 year patrioteers
work They spend billion dollars for aircraft graft and
without producing any aircraft that will fly and
another billion building worthless ships 60
to sea.
And that's OUR EFFICIENCY
Some day may get lesson that will teach look
ahead and do some building account.
We cannot always forget WITH SAFETY, that we are
Europe today than Napoleon England before
Waterloo
In short time with improving aircraft we shall be only
q few hours from Asia.
Whether we like or not shall have to wake up SOME
day. If don't from Europe Asia will WAKE
US UP.
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Preference Law for Veterans
HI the Civil Service

NUMEROUS complaints to President Coolidge that Aeri
can Disseminated against y civil service
appointments aid promotions lea ~ the appointment q
Commission On Veterans Preference headed By Representative
Tish IF New York
70 ascertain what il the situation ii the Government
civil service the commission i having made through depsrs
ents and bureaus nqucn that is arcusing attention
roa familiar uuestsonnaires which oyernment employees
receive and answer il various forms many times the
commission wants to know the total number Of Government
employees total number Of married men and women total
number of single and women and the total number q
while tie questions are numerous those stressed bear upon
4he presence 81 many people Of the family ia the civil
service ana tie employment Of both husbands and wives By
The Government
Reports are going the rounds that efforts viii be made e
tweed Of the family beneficiares ana some g tns
married women and replace them with veterans Among
veterans work there Is much prejudice against husDancs
and both getting good salaries and whole iaies
ssnafor BIess 81 south Carolina has resolution pending
ii the Senate providing for inquiry e. TO family usups
ton of Cvn service Jobs and Senate COMMITTEES nyest
eating civil service matters il general way ~.
Congress In 1919 passed the first act directing that var
= sDs 9sps
~ e examination ratings and gives material advantages 70
veterans other civil service applicants
Il Is officially stated By the Civil Service Commission that
snce the passage 81 the law than 100000 veterans have
proftsd 81 preference and that il examinations and ap
rio charges of discrimination largely involve promotions II
TIE Government service and high officials deny that there
Discrimination
The results the information acquired will doubtless pc
submitted 10 the President and Congress and viii bring efforts
n Congress for the enactment Of legislation designed TO limit
civil service Jobs in one family Attacks viii be made upcn
wives and husbands both holding positions with attempts
to restrict this BY law.
Existing provides that not than two members Of
the family shall hold positions u the cvl service Ihe
Of Justice has long ruled that this applies to
than two members Of the family under the parental
roof daughters Of the family marry and make
teir own home it another family they leave
lie parental roof whether married single is not the
same family
discussed there many phases to them that Congress
has had the inclination to attempt satisfactory solu
ton Presidents heads Of departments and civil service
officials have kept aloo from them regarding them loaded
with trouble and virtually impossible Of just Or fair change
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The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Do you know:
l. What continent lies nearly due south OF Europe!
e What is concertina?
D. what the smallest political division OF the Ono States
What the only of the United states tnat showed
lower death from disease than from battle
o. why does a kettle of water "sing
O. In what Paul Revere hero!
q How are the members of the Cabinet selected!
Match correctly:
8. Algiers Lies in the midst of a rich mining
district
8. Mecca Near the base of Mt Vesuvlus
Denver For centuries the headquarters of
piracy
II. Naples largest city in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia The birthplace of Mohammed
Complete these quotations:
l5 "A fool there and he made MS
tEven as and p
To a rag and = hone and a hank of hair,'-Kipling
ID. Neither borrower nor q lender be 8, cr,....
FOR oft loses both itself anQ 1leilu' 0H"NsSpSs'
To- The smith mighty is ne :, ..u
With large and hands'-Lohglsnow'
tAnswers on Fiction Pagel
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Seer ETS OF
III ,TH
d. Do. G. q. e. Reed

- - ~ 80 - - tf&se-
Won win probably Be much
perpIexed il It shall tan to
your lot to assist or direct the
re-education of. Tor example, i
diseased spine IN some member
81 your family. This Ii i process
that should be carried out only
under the explicit directions of
your physician. But It may develop
upon you to carry out those
directions and 70 exercise a GER
tain amount Of judgement IN
doing 30.
The better to impress you that
position II positive factor for
both cauaation and cure In such
cases, cannot do better than re-
capitulate some observations OF
q. Fl. Stephenson, Fellow OF the
ROYAL College Of Surgeons Of Eng
land, in d recent talk on Rest
and Posture.
Take for instance the painful
condition Of flat foot induced by
the ietting-down. Of the arches Of
feet. This condition II very com
mon among people who stand Tor
long periods, for instance. nurses.
walters and postmen. 1T IS also
very often found in negroes who
have gone about on bare feet Tor
generations. It is interesting that
q deformity of one nation is q
normality in another.
The explanation lies in the fact
that civilized peoples. day in and
day out, have to walk on hard, I'M
Welding surfaces that are often
cold and wet. The modern cult Of
the high heel is not so much
within of fashion as q necessary
result of modern streets. Dozens
OF aching feet can be relieved by
adding half an inch to the heel.
The tendency of nurses to wear
heel-less shoes in operating thea
tres which have hard, wet floors
is great mistake. People with a
tendency TO flat foo should never
wear heel.less slippers.
Doctors and Tnasseuses are
essential for the treatment Of any
kind Of deformity. but their
treatment only lasts for a MIN
ute fraction OF the "a hours.
The mother and nurse must be
watchful all the time. They must
ask at every period OF the day..
Can / do anything to help
right now?"
Take, for instance. curvature
of the spine. At certain stages
of convalescence and inme diately
on rising, the child with this all.
too-frequent Geformity should be
encouraged to do simple but def
mite exercises. This may consist
of hanging from rings fixed on
the back OF the door or simple
crawling exercises.
While he is dressing, or being
dressed. his back can be helped
to get hold of his brush, his
if he be made to reach UP high
toothbrush, his shoes and so on.
When he sits down to breakfast
he can have the bad side propped
up with a cushion or few
books. SO as to counterfeit the
curve. BY placing plates to one
or other side instead Of straight
in front you can influence lat
erai curvature with little effort.
When he sets put for school
the doctor will tell you Whetner
it would be advisable to raise the
heel Of one boot. How he car
ries his schoolbag may be OF I'M
portance. At school the "bre" Z.
fast, principles can be applied
to chair and desk. There remain
many hours In bed during which
tremendous harm may be done.
He should, OF course, be elabor.
ated and fitted to the special case
by consultation with the doctor
in charge,
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Do You Know


Natives in Egypt dislike inlita.
ton jewelry; they demand pure
gold or silver.
More than 5000, 900 people in
Great Britain are members Of CO.
operative societies.
Rio de Janeiro has been Of
ficially declared to be free from
bubonic plague.
In Soviet Russia, there are
17,15S women and 1880 men
more than 100 years old.
Upwards of 5000 Armenian ref
ugees have settled on Syrian soil
and $4,000 more are reported to
follow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-30
BIZ Elsie R0binsOn

cross,
So small against the terror Of
our night,
So weak amidst the storms that
rock our lives,
And yet, so brave and beauti-
full and strong!
RESPECT THAT CROSS!
DO not complain II 1t seems
weak and frail,
Unfinished, shaken by the gnaw-
ing gusts,
Remember that 1t stands for all
that men have won in the long
Journey upward from the brute
1t is our hope held high against
all fear
our challenge to the darkness
OF ourselves
Our signal to the greater,
And nearer nearer-comes the
answer, looming through the sky!
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their poverty, it was = cross.
And when at last the rescuers
came that ragged cross was the
first thing they saw standing cut
brave and steadfast against the
arctic sky.
A cross of rags.
So since their first, faint fun.
bling men have built a cross to
signal to the sky. And called it
religion.
Out Of their Ignorance and
poverty. their loneliness and de.
SPAR, their hunger and their hope,
they have built a cross with rags.
Rags torn from the scant
hoard OF the soul.
Vague dreams of beauty
Scattered shreds of truth
Tatters Of courage
Ravellings of faith
White scraps of mercy
And bright bands of love-
rags Of the soul-but oh, such
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-30
Hearst Papers Advocate:

Il An agreement 81 English speaking peoples 70 pre-
serve peace GmOng themselves and to promote the
peace 0f the WOrtd.
q Proportional Representations The United States
Se,sate no State 70 haVe less than too Senators.
LsgisiatsOM to enforce prompt constitutional reap
pOrttonnaent III the House Of Representatives.
3. "A sspcrqte Department Ot tks ARM. II tse Novy
and 81 the All Forces al united under d Secretary
Of National Defense
II Federal action to the limit Of Federut poUers to
abolsh lterGcy II the United States under Secre-
tary 81 Education. B
81 Election III Congress- NJ November Installation on
the lst of january foltOUtna. inauguration OF me
President 1st Of January merit after Novensoer
election.
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MEDIT A TIONS
OF a WIFE
-ny Helen Rowland
On F1usbandsaIId Other
AnnenanrfAa

Accessories
MANY beautiful moonlight
W. evening has ended In i sigh
of relief instead of lii b sigh Of
ecstasy because II lasted just an
hour too long.
When modern woman has
learned how to operate q vacuum
cleaner, percolator, an electric
sewing machine, q can opener,
cocktail shaker and motor ca,
she may not be an ideal house
wife but she is certainly an ex-
pert mechanic.
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LISTEN WORLD!

precious, gal
liant rags!
Life after life
was spent to
hi q X 3 I lose
rags.
Hot blood was
spilled and salty
tears were wept.
And men were
burned at stakes
and torn by
lions.
"A n d D t h z r.
m e n w e =
Ii u n 8 v all 1
their lives that
at the end they
too. might leave
a rag to build
that cross.
A scrap of
beauty rescued
from the beast
THAT is RE-
LIGION.
Al tall, ragged
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-30

Some husbands are almost as
unbearable when they are trying
to be good and noble las when
they are peevish and natural.
Three years of ardent devotion
to golf will destroy any mans
veracity.
Funny how much money a
man win spend to doll woman
up in order that other men may
enjoy staring at her!
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There is nothing like diet Of
potatoes parsilade and pommss de
ferres O'Brien to make you Ugh
for an honest baked potato arld
nothing like an incorporated
view 81 other women's husbands
at q house.party to make you
appreciate the plain he-naan you
left behind In the city.
You can't Judge ia husbands
love by the way he kisses his
wife these days, but You can by
the way he refrains from kissing
other mems wives.
Lots OF men who, seem ire
sistibly fascinating against the
glittering Background Of fash
ionable summer resort would bore
you to death In one long. rainy
day around city apartment.
The man who goes through life
without marrying escapes q lot
OF annoyance and expense, but
then the man who goes through
life ald-headed never has TO
worry about falling nair or TO
spend his money on haircuts and
tonics.
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n ATS they
waited In

a 16 2 e y
IL waited IN
the frozen
wilde n i IS
Mobile and his
Il 3 . b . ra t e
stranded band.
Days W h D 5 .
agony you and /
cannot possibly
guess.
ID vs. h a {
m ust h q v e
drained t h E ir
very Souls.
To { o n sol q
themselves. they
made a cross
and set It high
upon q mound
of ice. A cross
Of rags. The
$ m q IL, pitiful
rags of their
scant hoard of
goods.
Yet, DESPITE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-30
nd that's OUR EFFICIENCY.
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Averse} fortune reveals genius;
prosperity hides it,Horace.
Man yields to death; and mans
sublimest works
Must yield at length to Time.
Thomas Love Peacock.
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ANSWERS on Fiction Fags1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-30

The solitary mortal is certainly
luxurious probably superstition
and possibly mad. The mind stag
mates for want OF employment.
grows morbid, and Is extinguished
like candle in foul air
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-05
FOUR INDICTED
FOR SHOOTING
OF R0THSTEIN
District Attorney Believes
They Are Responsible for
Gamblers Death,

New York. Dec. 5.--(AP)-
George McManus, Richard Roe"
John Doe" and a fourth unnamed
man were under indictment for
murder today in connection with the
fatal shooting November 4 Of Arm
old Rothstein, big time gambler.
Only McManus was under arrest.
District Attorney Joab H. Banton
said he had good descriptions and
fingerprints of the other men, in
GLIDING a photograph of the fourth
man.
THE world is not big enough for
them to hide in,' he said, forecast
ing early arrests.
McManus, supposedly Rothstcin's
good friend, has been identified as
the George Richards" who rented
room 349 in the Park Central hotel
in which Rothstein is believed to
have been shot. He also was named
by a waiter as the person who called
I.othstein to the phone in Indy s
restaurant that night after which
Rothstcin left for the Park Central
McManus' overcc at was found in the
room after the shooting.
"There is 10 doubt in my mind,
the district attorney said, ''that
Rothstein was lurcd to the Park
Central hotel and then killed in cold
blood, and that the four men now
under indictment were participants
in that murder
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-05
FARMING YOUTH
is GIVEN HOUR
STOCK SHOW
17.Ycar-Cld South Dakota Girl,
With 80 Score. Wins First
HOnOrs

Chicago, Dec. neutrality-suspicious.
flaming. but farming-wore broad,
good old fashioned grin to-
day. 1t had had its hour; and such
an hour.
A slip Of lad, only II years old,
had come up from State Center,
Iowa. to the international livestock
exposition to win the grand cham
pionship 1.-THE most important event
of the entire exposition with his pet
yearling Hereford steer, Dick"
Gray haired stockmen still were
gasping over this demonstration of
what farming youth can do when
two other youngsters from the wide
open spaces picked the prizes in the
"hcalthicst boy and girl COMPETE
ton.
South Dakota appeared to he the
healthiest place for girls, for it was
from Brown county in that state that
the blond, clear-skinned Thelma
Svarstad came to win the gold medal
that goes with the title "healthiest
girl in the United States She had
a remarkable score Of 80.
William Tobias of Birch Run, Sag
NAV county, Michigan, had rating
of 97.4 to top the field on the mas
culine side. Tobias is Is years old,
an eighth grader in. the Birch Run
school. Thelma said she was III and
a half" and freshman at Aberdeen
State Teachers college.
Both Thelma and William said the
copyhook maxim of "early to bed
and early to rise was a factor in
making them healthy.
Miss Svarstad weighs 122 pounds
and is five feet three and one-half
inches tall.
She followed no special rules for
the health contest, which is spon-
sorcd annually by the Elizabeth Nc
Cormick memorial fund.
More than 100000 boys and girls
from "A states were entered in the
contest. and the selections Yesterday
were made frcm the Is girls and IL
boys who survived sectional elm
ination contests.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-05
DEMOCRATS TO
HOLD MEETING
National Program for Next
Four Years Is Object of
RaskOb's Plans

New York, Dec. 5.-(AP)-A con-
ference of leaders of the Democratic
party will be called shortly after
the Christmas holidays by National
Chairman John J. Raskob, for a dis
cussion Of organization plans and
Tor evolving program for the next
four years.
Governor Smith, leaders of the
house and senate and national COM
mitteemen probably will be invited
to attend.
Whether or not he will retain the
Craftsmanship of the party Mr.. Ras-
kob indicated will depend on the at.
titude of the party leaders.
Personally l have not yet given
any thought to this question:" he
said. my personal inclination is
to take an absolutely unsclfish at.
titude in this matter"
| There has been criticism bly Ger
tain southern leaders or Mr.. Ras.
kob's continued chairmanship, nota
bly, from Gov. Dan Moody of Texas
who blamed the chairman for tn,
break in the solid south in the las
election.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-05
DRIVE AGAINST
WITCHCRAFT0 ON
Precipitated by Death Of Man
Who Refused 10 Oblige
'pOW-WOW' Doctors

York, Pa. Dec. 5.-(P)-A cam
pagn was under way today to stamp
out the practice of witchcraft, re-
vealed to be widespread in this re-
gion following the staying Of Nelson
d. Rehmeyer who refused To give a
lock of his hair demanded by pow
wow doctor" to break spell.
At a conference last night between
Coroner l.. U. Zech and Colonel
James Duffy, chief Of the bureau Of
field inspector of the state depart
ment of health, plans were laid for
cooperation of state and local author
tiles in the campaign. The coroner's
records showed that several children
had died within the last two years
after treatment by "pow-wow' doc
tors"
a resolution will be presented to.
morrow night at meeting of the
York county medical society asking
that organization to aid in stamping
out witchcraft practices.
The three confessed slayers O
Rehmeyer, John Blymyer, 80. Will
bert G. Hess. Is, and John Curry, Is
We're committed to jail today t,
await action of the grand jury il
January.
Blymyer is alleged to be a ''pow.
WOW DOCTOR and confessed he was
engaged to break a spell over mem
bers Of Hess family. Blymyer tool
young Hess and Curry with him tt
the home of Rehmeyer. When Reh
meyer refused to give up lock o.
his hair, he was attacked, and killed
the confessions said according t
the police. The prisoners have salt
they did not intend to STAY hin,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-05
BOARD DEFERS
GUNNER CASE
L. PardonS Granted; Is Paroles
Allowed as Session Comes
to Close

s William Gummer's application for
a hearing before the pardon board
was deferred until the next meeting
Of the board, according to announce
ment today.
GUNNER, convicted Fargo muir
derer, had made to the pardon board
an application for clemency but
withdrew his application when coun-
sci he had employed was unable to
he present at the hearing.
The pardon board which went into
session Monday morning heard al
application. It's hearings were COM
pleted at 10 o'clock last night.
Twelve pardons were granted and
Is paroles allowed. Applications
denied hearing totaled "a and four
were withdrawn. Nine applications
We're deferred to the next meeting of
the board. In eleven cases sentences
were committed. Two leave Of alb
sences were granted, one temporary
parole was made a regular parole
and one sentence was changed to a
fixed duration from an ndeterminate
sentence. Two men were restored
TO citizenship.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-05
GUNNER SQUAD
ARRESTS is IN
Big H0TBLRAlD
Cleveland bet ectiyes Find
Place Full of Suspects and
Arms in Rooms

Cleveland, Dec. 5.--(AP)-- Eigh-
.eer alleged gunner and racketeers
from Chicago. Buffalo, and New
York were seized in raid on a
downtown hotel. today, led by Act
ing Chief of Detectives Potts.
All available detective reserves
were sent to the hotel when Detec-
tive Lieutenant Kurt Gloeckner re-
ported there was a whole mob of
known gunner in the place and
asked for assistance.
Police said they believed the gang
had gathered for an executive ses-
sion" Those arrested offered no
resistance, detectives said.
Police said they were unaware of
any motive for the gathering, but
believed it insult be meeting such
as preceded the killing of frankie
(Yale) Uasle, bootleg baron. in New
York, or that it might have some
bearing on racketeering in the dry
cleaning industry here.
The raid was staged so quietly
that guests in the hotel were not
disturbed. Guns were found on
nearly all of the gangstcrs.
Further search of the hotel, one
Of the most fashionable in the down
town district, revealed in each mans
room 45-caibre pistol and puanti-
ties Of ammunition.
Tho men were booked on charges
Of carrying concealed weapons. They
gave their addresses as New York,
Chicago, Buffalo, East st. Louis,
and other cities. Meanwhile the
Bcrtillon department began check
as to their identity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-12-05
TREATY
NEEDS CHANGE,
OFFICIAL SAYS
Would Prevent Canada from
Clearing Liquor Carg0es
to u. 5.

Washington, Dec. 5.--(AP)--Li-
quor smuggling over the Canadian
border. in the opinion of Prohibition
Commissioner Doran, presents the
most serious problem in dry law en-
forcement today. To correct it he
suggests revision Of the Canadian
liquor treaty to prevent Canada from
clearing liquor cargoes to this coun-
try.
DR.. Doran made this statement
before a house appropriations sub
committee at hearings. made public
today, on the treasury supply bill.
The commissioner said that not
withstanding the fact thct the coast
guard has operated to break ur
nearby rum-rows, there is still q
large movement of liquor into the
United States from European ports
the French Island of st. Pierre, anC
from some central American anG
Mexican ports. The largest guam
tity, however, he said, comes III from
Canada. and seven-eighths Of j
through the Detroit gateway.
Under the new policy Of control
ling industrial alcohol production a
the source. DR.. Doran said distillinl
of illicit liquor had been reduced
The present supply. he added, is t.
large extent struggled or made il
this country.
The breaking down of illicit dis
tilling from large to small plants
the commissioner said, had increased
the need Of cooperation in enforce
ment from local officials. This ha.
been forthcoming in some sections
he added, but in others there hat
been not only passive but "activ,
and hearty opposition.
DR.. Doran said he believes tina
while the new law requiring dry Of
ficers End agents to stand civil
service examination will work GU
satisfactorily in the end, such !;
merit system per SC does not pur
chase honesty" and some hired un
der it have had to b. discharged.