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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24
(Official City, State and County Newspaper


Now that Secretary Hoovers acceptance speech has
been analysed by the experts and the last drop Of po-
ltical Significance extracted hcrefrom, there remains
section Of it that might be given little thought
quite apart from any political considerations.
Discussing the rise Of Americas industrial prosper
fly, Mr.. Hoover remarked:
I'VE in America today are nearer to the final tri-
umph poverty than before in the history Of
any land"
Mr.. Hoover is not the first person TO say that. We
have heard il a good many times before. But we
don't often appreciate what it really means.
Perhaps understand better what an epochal
thing it is that is happening by rejecting that
before in the worlds history have any but the widest
Missionaries believed that poverty really could be
put out Of existence. It. has always been taken for
granted that there would be quite food enough
clothing enough, houses enough happiness enough. to
60 around. Even the wsest Of men felt that a hard
providence had decrecd that some men, in all ages,
should be downtrodden and miserable.
Now and then, of course. Utopian dreamer
and announced scheme of society in which
there should be poor people But his scheme always
called for revolution in the conduct Of human rela-
tons in which society would be overturned. II
looked quite practical.
But now look what is happening. It is precisely the
practical realistic of business and industrial lead
who declaring that it will be possible for
everyone in the land to have job that will provide for
more than SIMPLE subsistence Matterof-fac selfish,
uninspred and maeralstic the business world may
be- it is nevertheless carrying straight to a reaza
ton Of the dream of the Utopans.
This isn't to say that the reign of human brother
hood and equality is at hand. 1t doesn't necessarily
mean that the Golden Age is about to dawn again.
There will be plenty Of wrongs in the world for
children t. right.
Yet this modern age is deserving than
times think II may be very and materiastic
but it Is entirely possible that, by releasing millions
of from the grinding oppression of material cares
it is paving the way for mental and spiritual awaken
ing such as the world has never seen.
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PROTECTING THE GUILTY

young gangster has been on trial for murder in
Kansas City recently.
He was precious specimen Of the gangster breed;
one Of the oily. weldressed sneering youngsters who
always make such jaunty appearance in court. He
had four lawyers. ono Of them imported from Chicago
Tor the occasion, and the newspaper accounts Of his
trial have been rather revealing.
The lawyers fought well for him. The prosecutor was
hardly able to put two questions to witness without
being interrupted by II object! from one Of then
When each state witness had told his story mercess
c1oas examination begun. He was asked variety
- Ainxa buled cosrcsd snssred IT. insultsd, in the
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ELTINGE THEATRE

Billie Doves new picture "The
Yellow Lily" At the Eltinge today
and Saturday has in its large sup
porting cast the most notable gath
ering Of playt that ever appea; ed
with the famous beauty.
Give Brook, prime favorite among
leading and featured men, plays OPP
posite the star in a powerful role,
that Of q Hungarian Archduke. An
other role almost as significant, that
Of the archduke's agent and attend
ant, is portrayed by Gustav Won Sey-
ffertitz.
Other characters Of 1.-THE Yellow
Lily" that have outstanding import
ance in the plot are enacted by Jane
Winton, Nicholas SUussanin, Marc
MacDermott, Bodil RosinR and
Charles Puffy. A host of parts Of
less prominence, but not less i'm
portance. are played by artists Of
equal ability.
Among these might be me ,tioned
Paul Vincent. Lucian Prival, Yola
dAvril. John Wcstwood and Hedda
Hopper.
The picture is an exotic and col
orful modern court romance Of Hun
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money from the people as we'll.
Having hurled statistics he began
to fling quotations, using the post.
master general to show inefficiency
and waste, the army's chief of staff
to demonstrate bad usage given our
soldiers, the most recent party his
torian to indicate the evils of the Re-
publican tariff, Elihu Root and
Coolidge himself to assal the Eapu J.
lican tariff and a Republican pro-
hibition administrator to indicate the
corruption Of prohibition enforce
ment.
Then back to statistics to show
what the farmer had suffered in re-
cent years. Not very many statis-
itlcs-just enough to tell his story and
not bore anyone.
And always talking right down to
the voters as individuals in the home.
He pictured himself, in his stand on
the prohibition laws, as the champion
OF great moral cause and appealed
directly to anxious fathers and
mothers who dreaded the dangers of
bootlegging to their boys and girls.
He met Hoover's challenge to any
one who would nullify the Constitu-
ton and simultaneously promised the
vets his own services toward immed-
late relief and ponted out to the
drys that it was, after all, for the
people and their representatives and
not for AL Smith to decide finally
what was to be done about prohi-
bition.
Briefly, his program is: Immediate
revision of the Volstead Act to per-
NIT beer and wine of alcoholic content
upto the point where it is proved act
ually intoxicating, as a relief from
present conditions. Then a constitu-
tional amendment which would allow
dry states to be dry with constitu-
tional enforcement aid from the fed.
eral government and wet states to
introduce the Canadian provincial
plan permitting rigid state control
and state sale Of alcoholic bever-
ages. BY solemnly swearing to up
hold the Constitution. declaring en-
phatically against the saloon and
basing his position on the traditional
Democratic principle of states
rights, Smith gave the widest pos
sible latitude to the drys inside his
own party end out who might be per-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
(NEA Service Writerl

Washington, August 24.-There !,
one school OF political thought which
holds that campaign speeches never
change any votes. Al Smith certain.
~ does not belong to that school
Hoover. in his acceptance speech, had
no need to go after more than Cool
ldge received in 1924. He need only
talk to hold that big Republican ma
Jority. But Smith, in accepting the
Democratic nomination, has gone at.
ter that majority hammer and tonrs.
with direct bid for the important
100000 votes which were cast for
LaFollette.
Two characteristics of Smith him.
self stand out all over the speech.
One IS his own direct personal an
peal to the voter and his unusual ca
racity for frankncss- rare in poll
ticians that goes with it. There are
plenty OF perpendicular pronouns. It
is full Of solemn compacts between
Smith. personally, and the people.
Without making promises i'm
possible Of fulfillment, he neverthe-
less promises to the limit Of his
ability. Recognizing the predomi.
nant Importance of personalities in
this campaign, he embarks on a su-
preme effort to sell himself to the
electorate lie is proud of his record
Of achievement as governor Of New
York and defies anyone, by inference.
to find flaws therein.
y
The other characteristic is his al
most uncanny ability to avoid pit
falls and at the same time use the
words of his enemies to barb and
hurl back at them with force. True.
Hoover has not been making any
breaks such as would enable Smith
to convert them into boomeranos.
But Hoover cited flock Of statistics
designed to prove that Republicanism
had brought on unprecedented pros
perity.
So Smith, too, found a pile OF sta
tistics-4O per cent Of 43O, 900 corpor-
atoms were actually losing money:
one-fourth Of one per cent of them
were making two-thirds Of corporate
profits. He grabbed more statistics
to rake Coolidge economy" fore and
aft-the government was spending
more than when Coolidge took of.
flee and was extracting more tax
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YOUR DAILY WEIGHT

The State Sealer Of Weights and
Measures in California has just given
out some figures which should be in
teresting to my readers who are try
ing to figure how to keep better fig
ures. He finds that the people of
California are so interested in watch
ing their weight that they actually
spend on an average Of dollar =
year apiece on weighing themselves
on the penny scales. This average
doubtless holds good all over North
America, and if this is so, we are
spending over s130,OO0,OOO every
year just to watch our weights go up
or down. Doubtless at least as many
people are also weighing themselves
on the free machines found in drug
stores, and on grocery store scales.
These weighing machine statistics
indicate very clearly how much the
average person is interested in
health, and shows the general belief
that normal weight and good
health are synonymous. While
health cannot be accurately measured
on the scales, our interest in watch
ing our weights is nevertheless Of
some value.
The thin man is often underweight
because of weak digestive power or
because his energy is wasted through
mental overwork, or because of
worry or some of the other destruc-
tive and enervating emotions. These
causes must be recognized, and stuff
ing with food usually does not help,
but often makes a thin man thinner
and is liable to bring on a series of
disorders which may be difficult to
cure. The use of codliver oil, or
large quantities of milk, cream, fats,
starches and sugars will seldom pro-
duce any permanent effects in the
gaining of healthy weight.
The thin man who is underweight
! because Of glandular arrangements,
excavation, or insufficient digestive
power, should be warned that over
feeding may only make him worse in
every way. The problem of "girth''
control is much easier and is almost
entirely question of diet and exer-
else. Although the fat man may
have an abnormal tendency to avoir-
dupois because of improper function
ing Of his glandular system, his re-
duction of weight can be accom-.
plished through vigorous exercise and
the selection of the right kinds of
food, and the use of these foods in
whatever limited quantities are nec-
essary to accomplish the desired re-
suit.
The thin man must be Just as care
full to use the right foods and should
usually eat three meals a day, with
good combinations of the right food.
He should also regulate his exer-
clses and learn emotional control.
The fat man should not use over
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24
THE THINGS THAT LAST

In the town of Tenayuca. half dozen miles outside
OF Mexico City, archaeologists restoring great
Aztec temple, Of the finest now in existence
Its four walls panclled with has relief serpents
chseed in stone great. steep stairway leads up the
west side of the tall pyramid: the top an open
space where the stone altar and sanctuary stood
Much of the structure is missing. For centuries In
dians and white men have carried away stones for
building material. The towering mass of earth and
rock that remains not, for long time, known
to be artificial affair; people who lived near sup
posed it was just rather symmetrical hill.
1t is interesting to ponder the fate that overakes
old buildings.
Five centuries ago this building at Tenayuca repre-
scented the utmost in theological knowledge and arch
itectural skill that could be found in the new world It
Of the great achievements Of race; it symbol
ICED the highest point reached by the minds of America
wisest men in their upward groupings for truth and
beauty.
Undoubtedly. the who built it and served in its
ritual looked on permanent Their nation ruled all
Of the world they knew about vision Of the future
that they might have had could have foretod the COM
pete extinction Of their civilization Yet today their
imposing temple. where they CROPPED for understand
ing Of the infinite. is grown ruin visited only by
professors with notebooks.
This sort of morazing is old stuff, perhaps Yet
1t is exactly the of thing that We who have such
unlimited faith in the things make with our hands
ought to indulge in little more
Some day, in all probability. the United States of
America will so the Of the empire Of Montezun,a
and finest buildings will be rubbish heaps for anti
quarians from-Chna shall say? Wars, revolutions
economic shifts and natural catastrophes will destroy
all that have built; and what will be left What
have We today that would be thought worth saving by
alien Of conquerors?
Not much, perhaps. Intangible things. at best:
glimpse Of beauty here and there, vision of sanity
amid the chaos of life, CLEAN Of eternal truth found
in the turmoil Of thingsnothing Steel and stone
rust and crumble If they the only materials in
which build there won't be much left Of our
handiwork Until we learn how to produce something
besides skyscrapers and automobiles and steel plate
~e needn't feel that were going to bequeath such
great deal to posterity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-24

Monte Blue has the type Of role
in which he has won his greatest
success. He is ably supported by
Edna Murphy. Robert ODER and
as a flight ACROSS the AtIantic"
is the Warner Bros production in
which Monte Blue is Starring at the
Capitol Theatre today, Friday and
Saturday.
Monte appears in ACROSS the
Atlantic" as the younger son o: a
rich manufacturer who runs off to
war and loses his memory when his
fig hting plane is shot down. His
identity is restored in an exciting
episode which Is climaxed By 3 lone
flight across the ocean to France
ir a stolen plane.
The story is by Jo11 Rans.r.e
: nd was adapted by Harvey Gates.
It was written expressly with the
view Of satisfying the present con.
Stunning interes. in flying. Besides
timeliness it has 1ls9 action, strong
drama and an effective love story.
AS crammed with exciting drams
Howard Brethecs,n's directing is
superb.
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toward the sun that swings over bu,
a few hours a day. The passing OF
the elevated trains takes on the i'm.
portance of a stimulating event. The
elevated, which shuts out the day
light and emits an eternal clatter, al
so provides peep at a gay and com
Portable world. AT night the bright
lights from the window give a sort
CT pyrotechnic display as the trains
rush past. Voices can be heard in
animated conversation; laughter pen.
etrates the racket. The crowd is go.
ing up town to Broadway and the
theater.
And, as the l.to shadows fall, the
night pr-pled spires of the Wall
Street skytouchers rise as contrast
full symbols. For Morris street lies
IN the very lap Of luxury, yet lives
in damp squalor.
Long after the last tenement
dweller has abandoned the fire es-
cape, the days wash flutters on the
line as if to call attention to the con-
tract in wealth and poverty.
I've oftenwondered about the wash
lines of New York. Nothing is more
typical Of The metropolis than the
endless rows of laundry that decor
ate the light wells, the fire escapes
and the roof tops.
But, as recall. the original pur-
pose of washing clothes was to make
them clean. What, with the dust
and dirt Of the streets swirling
about; what with the elevated tracks
stirring up constant dirt cloud,
have wondered what the linens look
like when they are taken from the
line. Without having experimental,
1t has seemed to me a most futile
process to go on washing day after
day only to hang the garments out
where they cannot avoid being re-
soiled.
Saratoga, N. Y, l am told, gets
one Of the heaviest hotel plays Of
any city and slaps on healthy rates
yet, at the end of the season, is the
victim of more hotel beats than any
similar community.
The "walk-outs," l am told, come
chiefly from New York. Since. in
season, it is a racing town, tho
"sheiks that pass in the night" ar
rive with snappy looking suit cases
and gold watch fobs. A few sessions
with hard luck, and they find them
selves with little more than the other
half Of round-trip ticket. Where
fore, they kiss their suit cases good
by and are seen no more.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service, Inc. }
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(LlncOIn Journal


Inc vets claim moral victory in North Dakota be-
cause the vote on the referendum to repeal the state
PROMOTION statute close but they fail take into
account several factors that influenced the vote In
the iirst place the question worded the voters
vored abolition of the prohibition clause and in the
column II they wished to retain it. As a result large
numbers OF voters confused In the gubernatora
race. Charles Stretch the wet candidate drew 4,l4l
votes while the two drys in the race George f. Shafcr
ana r. Thorcsen polled 1858 and so 1874 respectively
main dry. va -
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THE GREEK GAMES

IIltt3buFRh FOStIaZette1
The only thing missing from the Greek games at
Amsterdam this year appears to be Greek names I'm
agne the shades Of Heracles Theseus Miltiades Call
machus Herodotus. Hppias and Themistocles as they
sean the news!
Marathon wnner-El Ouafi.
High jump-Bob King.
Hammer throw--Parick OCalligan.
Broad JUMPED Hamm
Hop, step and jump--Mikio Oda.
Decathlon-Paavo Yrjoa.
400 meter hurdles-Lord David Burghley.
Shot put-John Kuck.
Pole vault-Sahin Carr
100 meters for Elizabeth Robinson
500 meters for women-Lina Radke
High jump for women-Ethel Cathcrwood
Verify that lad who set out the jump from Mar
athon to break the Athens of the defeat of the
Persians wrought better than he knew In his wav he
started League of Nations that equals the oreanza
ton OF Geneva when it I, introducing variety
Of names.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question: G. l.. writes: "Will you
please prescribe a remedy for my
mothers feet? The soles are COW
cred with solid callouses. and her feet
never perspire. They ache and pair
so that sleep is almost impossible
Even the weight Of her body hurts
them"
Answer: Your mother can remove
these callouses by treating her feet
through soaking them in hot EPSON
salts water. The treatment should
continue for about thirty minutes:
keeping the water reasonably warm
all this time. A handful of the salts
to the ordinary basin of water is SUI
ficient. This soaking will soften the
callouses, and when the skin all over
the feet becomes normal in texture
it is then advisable to vary the treat
ment by putting the feet alternately
in hot and cold water, finishing with
cold water to induce q good circula-
ton and strengthen the muscles of
the feet and also the muscles which
control the pores of the skin. Her
feet will then persoire normally.
Question: T. C. asks: "ln fol.
lowing your menus. when should one
and two-year- odds have their milk :"
Answer: In my opinion. children
who are under three years of are
should not be using much Of any
thing else except milk. Certainly nc
solid food should be used until at
least two years of age, and then
only the non-starchy cooked vege-
tables. If you will give your child
plenty of orange juice or other fruit.
with the milk he will be we'll nour.
ished and require no other food until
he is about three years old.
Question: Mrs. C. G. asks: "Does
low blood pressure in adults ever
prove serious?"
Answer: Low blood pressure neans
weakness, and although many peo-
pie live many years before q serious
disease develops, it is nevertheless
true that any general weakness
which produces low blood pressure
is a forerunner Of very serious dis
orders.
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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.

or four times 4 week besides taking
long walks.
If such rules are followed, the
hand of the weighing machine may
then show increased health each day,
as it registers more for the thin
man and less for the fat one.
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Florence. Ala, Herald Somehow we Just can't helm
oeng little more tolerant toward the campaign liars
OF our own party.
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Fort Wayne News Sentinel: Why doesn't Mr. Black
want q hA acnuittAd9
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two meals q day, and should exer.
else in the gymnasium 1T least three
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CAPITOL THEATRE

gary, adapted from Lajos Biro's
play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-16

convincing was written on February 20.
1915. by NJ. JarouSse de Sillac to his
friend, Col. Bottieaux of the ministry
of war:
1T appears to me that there might
be great advantages in the creation of
an American squadron. The United
States would be proud of the fact that
certain OF her young men. acting as
did Lafayette, have come to fight for
France and civilization. The resulting
sentiment OF enthusiasm could have
but one effect; to turn the Americans
in the direction of the allies"
The financial problems had been In
a large measure settled by the ready
checkbooks of Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt
a year after de Sillac'S letter was writ
ten: constant reiteration of the idea
had made it familiar. stripped 1t of the
imagined dangers of violating French
precedent-so it was hardly surprise
when on March IA. 1916. the committee
found the following letter from Col
Regnier in its mail:
The Lafayette Escadrille Is Organized.
Replying to your letter of March 3.
1916. l have the honor to communicate
to you the following information:
had already considered the question of
an American squadron. and as early
as February 20. 1916. I asked the COM
mander-in- chief to advise me of his in
tentions in the matter. General head
quarters has just replied, informing me
that an American squadron will be or
ganized, with the pilots whose names
follow:
william Thaw,
Elliot Cowdin,
"Kiffin Rockwell,
Norman Prince,
Charles c. johnson,
clyde Balsley.
Victor Chapman.
Lawrence RumSay.
James r. Mcconnell.
II have every reason TO believe that
the squadron viii be constituted rapidly
and will keep you posted as to what
is done in this matter"
At dinner in Paris on the evening
Of April II. 1915, the definite organiza-
ton Of the Escadrille Americana was
made known. Under the official desig-
nation Of Newport Escadriiie l24, the
new organization celebrated its birth
with the help Of the following guests
Norman Prince. William Thaw. Victor
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Chapman, Kiffin Rockwell. James Nc
Connell. Lawrence Ramsay, Charles
johnson and Clyde Balsley, all brevet
pilots. Princes French mechanic,
Mitchell. and Kifiln Rockwell's brother
Paul were also at the table. The men
who had come so far from their homes
to fight in the cause of country that
had helped us in our own Revolution
pledged themselves to unity In the conf
mon cause. a pledge which for most OF
them was to be kept in the grave.
The next morning saw Prince. Chap
man. Rockwell and Mcconnell on their
way to the airdrome at Luxeuilles-
Bains in the gloomy Vosges Noun
tains on the flank of Verdun, then
the center of Crown Prince Frederick
Wilhelm's bloody struggle to break the
back and heart of France. Here they
were Joined by Thaw, Cowdin and Bert
Hall.
Though the German massed infan-
try. charging without regard for death.