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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-30
(Offlcial City, State and County Newsraper)
A Success Story

n DUCHESS OUT
The success story is the most popular story
any speaker or writer can tell.
We're all after success. BY that, we mean
that we're trying to make our lives as enjoy
able and significant as possible. We want to
invest our careers so as to get the greatest pos
sible returns.
There are varied ways Of doing it.. Host of
them, naturally enough assume that the
seeker after success will have a reasonably
long life in which to pursue his end. But now
and then it happens that a man can, by throw
ing his life away unlived gain greater sue
cess than many a man who reaches the three
score-and-ten mark in safety.
There was, for instance young Carl Mosley
of Denver.
Carl, who was %, worked in the factory of
the Alexander Arplane company. The other
day there was an accident in the plant. A
blaze started, caught some highly infammable
stores of paint and devastated the building.
Several workers were trapped
Now Carl was standing beside an open door
when the accident happened. 1t would have been
easy for him to step outside to safety. He was
very young; surely the logical thing would
have been to save his life while there was time.
But instead he dashed into the center of the
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BARBS

Houston. Texas, is preparing to
bring many tons Of salt from beds
far below the earth's surface, says
a dispatch. Either they're going
to salt the Democrats tails down
there. or use it to take with what
they say.
One thing about those elections
in chicago-it's easy to hear the
reports.
Henry Ford, according to dis
patches from England, believes in
"free trade oil around" But, gosh!
you can't trade one Of those 1922
Fords for anything, unless it Be old
razor blades.
Curves are coming back again,
says . fashion expert. Guess It
will be safe one Of these days to
take home ! niees red beefsteak.
III. univ.r::isy; d Chicago h..
abolished the rule that college par
ties must end ~ ! Z. M, and now
two parties each year can be held
as long 9 desired. Two parties I'll
yeas-that H. tive semesters.
BIC Hill Thepapspn threatened to
Iexign % naeyer Of Chicago Is
Swanson bat Grove for states IT.
terneE NJ. swanson did. Prob.
ably His Honor. Big Bill, IL read
find rrppef ~ patriotic words 10
NE ~ hls yepiO9etion. And Il nay
~ hin yeeES y find -.
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pot Dome looter, made . contract
with Fall to buy all the Salt Creek
royalty ola fiv-year contract re-
Movable on Sinclair's option. Sec
rotary Work renewed it this year,
saying he had no alternative. Presi-
dent Coolidge has bad the Depart
ment of Justice investigate to see
if there were any faint Of fraud in
the contract.
Then Senator Robinson Of In
diana, who has been trying to smear
the, second Wilson administration
with the oil scandals, brought Bells
report to the attention Of the Sem
ate. Bell said that when the leas-
ing act was before Congress j. was
emphatically asserted that Standard
Oil had no interest in Midwest Re.
filming or any Of the claimants (who
were painted rs Door prospectors),
but that Standards absolute con-
troll" of midwest subsequently had
been conceded.
"Only . little while ago the gov
eminent was courageously engaged
in 'dissolving' the Standard Oil
company" wrote Bel, "but now il
is requested to dispense relief ia
this object Of charity and bestow
upon it leases to the most valuable
known oil acreage in the world
public property to the value of a
least $1,000, 000, 900. Is this thu
character Of claimants Congress
meant to relieve?"
That's one thing Norris and the
Senate's Teapot Dome investigating
committee want to know.
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At Lawrence, Kan, he attended
the state university, teaching Ger.
tain classes to supplement his in
come. Then he read law for two
years in 4 brother-in-law's office at
Lyons, Kan. In 1S00-when 25-
he was admitted to the bar and he
started for Seattle to seek his for
tune in the new country Of the great
northwest.
But Borah never got to Seattle.
At Boise, Idaho, his money ran out,
so he settled there. He made . sue
cess At the practice Of law and by
1900 he was one Of the biggest men
In Boise.
Borah first came into national
fame when he was employed as =
special prosecutor to prosecute
dynamiters in the labor war that
ragged in Idaho. For the dynamit-
ing Of the home Of Governor Steun.
enberg, in which the governor was
killed. he sent several men to the
penitentiary.
In Senate Since 1907
But this did not weaken Borah
in the eyes Of the law-abiding labor
element, as shown by the fact that
when he first ran for the Senate in
1907 he showed great strength in
labor counties. He entered the Sen
ate Jan. Is. 1907, and has been there
ever since. His present term will
expire in 1881.
Although Senate Borah is chair-
man on the powerful Committee on
Foreign Relations, he has never
been abroad for the simple reason
that he has felt himself unable to
afford it on his salary as a sena-
tor. which is about nis only income.
Despite his record for liberalism.
Borah stayed with Taft when
Roosevelt bolted the PARTY in 1912.
Yet, before and since that time he
has often been one of has party's
seversst critics. Only recently, with
his customary independence, he has
embarrassed Republican leaders By
asking for q private fund to repay
Harry Sinclair's campaign con-
tributions Of 1920 and thus erase
the stain.
At about the same time he sent
each Republican presidential can.
didate . QUESTIONABLE asking his
views on prohibition. Ills an.
nounced purpose was to place all
candidates on record in advance Of
the convention.
TOMORROW: Governor Albert
G. Richie Of Maryland.
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WASHINGTON a.
LETTER SKI

corruption is alleged, although at
leas. one senator and an Interior
Department employe were later
given fat oil jobs.
Charges also have bee. made c.
the payment of other hush money,
for Salt Creek was 50 rich that the
oil men could afford a policy of
paying off and buying off all OBJ
jectors and claimants.
The charge Of fraud enters in
connection with the title claims
that the lessons were forced to
show. Original entrants were
limited by old land laws to very
small parcels, but it is charged that
innumerable "dummies" were used
by the exploiting companies to de-
feat that provision.
Special Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Robert c. Bell reported to At
torney General Palmer in 1921, af-
ter an exhaustive investigation, that
application of the Midwest Oil Com
pany and ten other subsidiaries of
the Midwest Refining Company for
about $4,000 acres of the field
should be denied because the ap-
plicants were guilty of fraud. He
scoffed at their original claim for
"relief" on the ground that the
money invested had beer derived
from the Salt Greek oil itself.
Midwest Refining, he said, had q
monopoly on Salt Creek oil.
Midwest Refining is q subsidiary
of the Standard Oil company of In
diana. The president of Midwest
Refining was then Harry E. Black
mer, fugitive witness in the Teapot
Dome oil trials. Robert w. Ste
wart was then, as now, chairman Of
Standard of Indiana. Stewart and
Blackmer were in on the myster-
ious Continental Trading company
deal, which provided Liberty bonds
for Harry F. Sinclair to Secretary
Of the Interior Fall and Will H.
Hays. Stewart is now involved in
Senate contempt proceedings for his
refusal to tell what he knows about
Continental.
Since the oil leasing act of 1920,
the government has collected $685.
100000 in oil royalties, most of it
from Salt Creek. But hundreds of
millions in oil have been taken from
the Salt Greek field.
The agitation over Salt Creek be-
gan through a 1928 lease by which
Harry F. Sinclair, the alleged Tea
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IN NEW YORK

New York, April 30.-If Tin Pan
Alley e. .r goes in for statistics the
figures will show that every third
ice man, ribbon clerk and bootleg
ger has aspirations to write I sona.
The number of verses that flood
the mails Of the major sonR-pub-
fishing concerns is far greater than
the total that cutters the waste
baskets of the magazines and news
papers combined. The reason is not
hard to- discover. Whereas it has
been widely advertised that poets
starve in garrets, It has been quite
as generally reported that fortunes
are made by song writer's.
Far from attempting to discour-
age the members Of the muse
wooers' union, . recent meeting of
the American Society of Compos-
crs showed that some 600 persons
are actively engaged in Manhattan
at the task Of trying to turn out
the words Of song hit. OF this
600 one can only guess how many
eat their lunches at drug stores
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Another Objection
Another objection raised aaginst
Borah is that he is "anti-evcry-
thing" which is easily understood,
as most Of his great battles during
his 20 years in the Senate have
found him opposing measures, rath-
er than proposing them.
He was opposed - Americas en-
try into the League of Nations, OPP
posed to the child labor movement,
opposed to the soldier bonus, op-
posed to the Pacific pact, opposed
t. the World Court, opposed to the
British debt funding arrangements
and opposed on many other big is
sues. He was opposed to the 18th
amendment and is now opposed to
modification Of the Volstcad act; he
was opposed to American intervcn-
ton IN Nicaragua, but more recent
~ NJ has opposed withdrawal Of the
marines from that country.
Borah has initiated so little leg
iplation and fought 40 much leeis-
letion that > psychologist might de-
1lne him rs having . negative COM
llox. But others ve9ard Borah, .
dep student Of constitutional gov
eminent, - sort Of legislative
safety vslve and Z bulwark against
loGie1ation that threatens conflict
With constitutional principles.
His Geeming Inconsistencies can
- explained. Originally opposed
n az 18th amendment, on consti-
4htloaal grounds. he NOW accents il
~ ~ viii of the people and OPP
Deooa ia91tect attempts 70 destroy its
e}oet 1v woekenin9 the vnlstead
0ytoinalIy opposed to Nicara-
- i11rxentipns ~ has REGARDED
+ NJ Z m ~ lQArin1s there =
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington, April 80. - Salt
Greek, which will be investigated by
the Senate, is q billion-dollar ocean
Of oil.
Teapot Dome is almost q puddle
alongside the Salt Greek field, which
is said to be the richest oil deposit,
acre for acre, in the world.
They lie side by side in Wyoming,
the general field laid out in the
shape Of . bowling pin, with Tea
pot Dome the knob.
Senator George w. Norris of
Nebraska, whose resolution earlier
this year led to revelations Of Sim
clair's contributions to the Repub-
lican campaign fund several years
ago and who now demands investi-
cation Of Salt Greek, asks deter
mination whether any of the leases
in this 30,000-acre field were illegal
or fraudulent, whether they gave
anyone . monopoly on Salt Greek
oil and whether any of them should
be cancelled. Senator's Walsh and
Nye Of the Teapot Dome committee
will handle the investigation.
In 1909, when the navy was be-
ginning to consider seriously it's fu-
ture oil supply, President Taft with
drew all public oil lands from en-
try, refusing to permit further in
discriminate exploitation.
But . group Of oil men bought up
such claims as existed in Salt
Greek, denied the presidents au-
thority to withdraw the lands and
went right in and took out the oil.
It was not until 1915 that the
supreme court upheld Taft's order.
Then the oil men, instead of being
forced by Congress to pay for the
oil they had taken and to get out,
went to Congress and asked for "re-
lief" They said they had exploited
Salt Creek in good faith and de-
manded protection for their invest
ment. They Loan a long and COM
plicated fight for . leasing law
which would lease all oil lands on
a royalty basis, giving them the
preference at Salt Greek.
The late Senator Robert NJ. La
Toilette fought and filibustered
against the oil mems bill for six
years. despite q powerful and per-
sistent lobby. Finally it was pass
ed by a Republican Congress under
Democratic administration. It
was al bipartisan and no outright
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Sweet Nom:
The most thrilling thrill! I've
talked with . girl who flew with
Lindbergh in Washington. She was
down there during the Congression-
ii air rides and II heaven didn't
bless her that day there's no heaven.
You'd think she'd have gone flut-
tering round the flying field sing.
ing hallelujah when she got down,
wouldn't you? She said she wanted
to commit suicide. And no wonder,
Indy never found out that she's
got the prettiest brown eyes in the
world. In fact, he never looked ct
her, though she sat right beside him
in the cockpit. Now, no one can
make her believe he doesn't belong
to another world. She never had
that experience with = man before,
I'll bet. For she's Just Q dream.
And Pedro's friend, Rudolfo, is
crazy about her.
was glad they came back to
town with us in Pede's car because
he decided to enliven the hour with
> little conversation that il not
sponsored in the book Of etiquet
while we were waiting for their ship
to arrive on tho field. I'd been told
that all Latins are frank In their
conversation 90 ! didn't take him
wrong.
There's nothing crude about Psde,
however. A look. n 1AstnnA n
enough. But III have TO witch INV
step. He takes seriouslv evervthinr
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nomination dang
les.
Sometimes Borah
marches with one
crowd, sometimes
he marches with
the other and just
as often he march
IS alone. But al
ways he marches
along the path
that he has set out
for himself after
deep study Of the
pending question,
regardless of par
ty tradition or pc.
49,
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Editors Note: This, the 10Th
in q series of Presidential CAM
paign Portraits written for the
Tribune by Robert Talley. t.)ls
the story Of Senator William
E. Borah of Idaho. Tommorow's
article will be about Governor
Albert c. Richie of Maryland.
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for all knowledge which will lead
to living . healthful life! You will
then have no time nor inclination
to think in terms Of disease, and
such an expression as, II feel i'll"
will soon give way to I'm feeling
fine today!"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: Mrs. p. o. ]. asks:
"What foods cause diabetes?"
Answer: There are no particular
foods which in themselves cause
diabetes, which is . disorder Of
metabolism. In curing diabetes, it
is advisable to eliminate starches
and sugars for some time, but this
ID also tire in the treatment in
most disorders. The sugar appear
ing in the urine is glycogen from
the tissues, and does not come di-
rectly from the sugar you eat. Spe-
cial articles for the cure Of diabetes
will be sent to you upon request If
you will send large, self-addressed
stamped envelope.
Question: Mrs. Hal K. asks:
will you please tell me the proper
diet for q child two and one-half
years old? He does not seem to be
i'll, but has rough red spots on his
cheeks at times, and is usually cross
and irritable after waking from his
afternoon nap"
Answer: Try giving him four
feelings Of milk q day, using eight
or ten ounces Of milk ct each feed
ing. At the second, third and fourth
feelings give him . generous dish
Of minced spinach, carrots, string
beans, summer squash or celery. Il
is . good plan to use also one Of
the vegetables raw along with the
cooked one.
Question: M. X. L. writes: II
have been reading your health and
diet a:vice and am very much IN
terested. Win you please tell me
why the upper lip is swollen every
morning?"
Answer: Have your teeth exam
ined. Perhaps you are suffering
from pyorrhea or have some alb
scessed teeth which are poisoning
your lip during the night.
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HEA DIET ADVICE
81 DR. Fr0nk Nc CoY :,
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ones3,sa1s = eeeoen - laAlna1ooe1tu g n9
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hardy" strong" etc, he il already
on the road to health, and the same
mental power he used in describ-
ing and looking for disease is then
used in an earnest search TOR good
health.
The lesson in this article is this:
Learn to think in good word pic.
lures, and be diligent in your quest
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BY ROBERT TALLEY

A > II ! ~ u / " N,
April 30.-For the
better part Of 20
years they have
been talking about
William T.. Borah,
of Idaho. as a can
didate for presi-
dent. He is often
called 1.-The ablest
man in the U. 5.
Senate, but he
probably is no
nearer the nomina-
ton today than he
ever was or ever
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counters. The chances Of the out
slider can be rated accordingly.
Every song shop Of Tin Pan Al
ley retains its own force Of experts,
trained to the requirements Of the
particular establishment. They are
presumed to light upon ideas for
titles and gags" that will catch the
public fancy. A few make fabul-
Gus sums. A regiment waits wist-
fully for the chance Of becoming one
Of the few. The vast run of writer's
grind out rhyme after rhyme, being
paid . wage that is no better than
that Of petty clerk. Another large
group free lances" and lives, liter
ally. from hand to mouth.
Tin Pan Alley, by the way, is q
sort Of myth with most strangers to
New York and q rather boastful
tradition to New Workers. When,
for instance, they speak Of Mayor
Jimmy Walker it Is to call atten-
ton to the fact that he got his start
writing the words Of Twill You
Love Me in December q You Do
IN Nay" The. good citizens hold
up their heads in pride as they
mention this fact. Beyond the mere
success that. awaits the fortunate
ones. certain mysterious Gu-a at
taches to them in the average mind.
And yet some Of the writer's most
respected by Tin Pan Alley are
practically unknown to the general
public. Considering the millions of
individuals who learn to whistle the
tunes and sing the words, it has al
ways remained . mystery to me
just why they should remain prac-
tically anonymous.
The names Of fictioneers, whose
output is little better than third.
rate. stuff and whose audiences are
comparatively small, somehow man.
age to become known to . fair frac-
ton Of the population. Yet ! would
wager that nine out Of ten people
who. 60 about the streets whistling
the most popular refrain Of the
moment couldn't tell you who wrote
IT II. their necks depended upon IN
accurate answer.
One Of the most recent Broadway
dramas rsintroduces the old sing
ing walters Of the Bowery. They,
are revealed in this play singing
such one-time favorites q "Only .
Bird in . Gilded Cage" "She Was
Poor but She Was Honest" and an
expurgated edition Of FRANKIE
and Johnnie" While the sophis-
ticated audiences Of today roar
heartily ct these relics Of another
era, the tradition Of the singing
waiter goes marching on.
The name Of Irving Berlin is sell
dom mentioned without some ref
erenee to the fact that he got his
stat g . singing waiter in . shonky-
topk just around the corner from
Chinatown. Whereas one Of the
putetsuding attractions Of Harlem
eabarets today is that q majority Of
them fellow this old tradition.
Crowds will travel to the fag end
OF the city to look upon walters who
can strut, dance and sing 81 well
- bring on ginger ale bottles.
The. latest racket GA certain elan
Of taxi drivers d 10 discover" .
bottle Of Scotch that .sAssoms pas
sengor must have lat behind" This
i4terestiNg. : "dj1eovery" Is invaFi-
ably mo4e lust ~ some bibbling
customers start heading for nieht
club. The driver suddenlyi suggests
I! tat 4 |. dosea,t = Drink Ard perhaps
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VIII be, although visions of the
White House doubtless color his
imagination.
For Senator Borah, technically
Republican, has the political mis-
fortune of being too blamed indie
pendent to suit the tastes of the
party leaders who stand behind the
scenes at every national convention
and pull the strings from which the
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EXACTLY SUITS ELDERLY PER.

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DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health
and diet, addressed to him,
care Of the Tribune.
Enclose . stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
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0 n
NICARAGUA
LOOMS

Administration leaders were ready
today for showdown in the Sen.
ate on the Governments policy in
Nicaragua.
With the Senate already on rec
ord as demanding complete re-
port from the Navy Department ON
the occupation OF Nicaragua. the
Administration forces faced q final
test on an effort to prohibit the
use Of any funds out of the pending
1868. 100000 naval appropriation bill
for the maintenance Of Marines IN
the Pan-American republic. SeI1a-
tor King CD OF Utah. supported by
Republicans insurgents, proposed an
amendment to the bill, which uld
compel the withdrawal of all Ma
rines from Nicaragua.
We are ready to have test
vote on this subject said Senator
Edge R.l OF New Jersey, who has
been q leading defender Of the Adj
ministration's Nicaraguan policy.
The. information asked OF the
Navy Department included q state
ment of the cost of the American
occupation OF Nicaragua ana q
complete report of all casualties IN
the battles between American Ma
rines and the natives. Senator
Blaine (R.)' of Wisconsin. and Sena-
tor Norris (R) OF Nebraska, spon-
sored the resolution. 1t also called
for a report on the number of
women and children killed during
battles and the number Of homes
and cities destroyed in Nicaragua.
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BLAME SUICIDE
ON At TACK

Mental arrangement as the result
OF a, blow on the head with a sash
weight last May is said to have
been responsible for the suicide
of Mrs. Hattie Dinges.. 81, OF the
200 block of South Capitol st.
Acting Coroner Joseph D. Rogers,
who certified the suicide last night,
said his investigation revealed that
Mrs. Dinges had been affected men
tally by the blow. She was found
unconscious in the kitchen yestcr-
day by her son Vance, when ne
returned from school during the
noon recess.
Mrs. Dinges was found uncon.
sciOus in the hallway of her home
on May "a, 1927, by her son. A
sashweight, with which she was al
legged to have been attacked, was
found in a vacant lot behind the
house few days later. 1t was
wrapped in a newspaper and the
wrapping was stained with blood.
A continued investigation led to
the arrest Of Louis Johnson. ~,
colored, giving an address on Nor
gan Street Northwest. who was
charged with assault with dan
gerous weapon.
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Mary PickfOrd Given
Mothers Estate Control

LOS ANGELES, April 17.--Super-
vision over the estate left by the
late Mrs. Charlotte Pickford Smith
today rested in the hands OF her
daughter, Mary PickfOrd.
The motion picture star was ap-
pointed executrix of the $1,00O,0OO
estate. by Judge Walter Desmond
in probate court here. Guardian
ship of her niece, Mary PiclSford
Smith, was at the same time con,
ferred upon her by the court.
Mrs. Charlotte Pickfoed Smith
died here on March 81 last.
In her will. Mrs. Smith named
Dennis F. O'Brien, New York Al.
torney. co-execUtor Of the estate
Mary Pickford received the largest
bequest under the terms of the
document o.