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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-22

An order for a trainload Of 200
model Chrysler automobiles has
just been placed with the Detroit
factory by the Corwin- Churchill Mo,
tor company, local dealers.
This announcement was made TO-
day by officials Of the local com.
pany.
General prosperity in this section
brought by two good grain crops in
succession has increased the demand
for automobiles, Mr.. Corwin' says.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-22
COMMUNISM kCORED

Winona, MIMI, Aug. 22.-(AP)-
Minnesota State Federation Of Labor
reaffirmed it, stand against COM
munfsm BY refusing % change IL
constitutional provision denying
members Of the Communist party o.
sympathixers the right % b seated
at IT. convention q deleeatee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-22

Although scientists know com
paratively little about glow-worms,
Il seems to b. established that the
light is generated IN the act d
breathing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-22
OWEN HEADS ELKs

Minot, n. D.. Aug. 22.-(AP)-
William G. Owen. Williston attor-
ney, was elected president Of the
North Dakota Stets Elks association.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-22
FARM LEADERS
ASKED TO JOIN
IN RELIEF unit
Authorities Such as Frank
Lowden Would Seek Com
mon Ground
REITERATES FIRST TALK
Does Not Contemplate Putting
Government in Farm Bust.
ness Control
REITERATES FIRST TALK

The complete text Of Herbert
Hoover's Homecoming speech
delivered at West Branch, Iowa,
last light will 1e found on Page
2. t was his second formal
campaign speech and dealt
largely with agricultural relief.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-22

Partly cloudy and cooler toniGh
Thursday gdnerally fair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24

Senator j. Thomas Hefin of Alabama vociferously
insists that the vote of the Democratic caucus sus-
tanning the leadership of Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas must not be considered as rebuke to him
for his unbrided speeches from the floor.
Naturally this would be his position All his
rantingS however, not dspel the fact that Hein
challenged Robinson when Robinson took him to
task, and that Robinson accepted the challenge and
was overwhelmingly upheld.
Most persons will regard this as cIear-cut re-
buke. whatever Hehin may choose to believe
If there were any further doubt as to what his
party thinks of the incident it would be dispelled
by nothing the attitude of the Alabama press
The Montgomery Advertiser replies by indorsng
Al Smith for president
Speaking for itself, the Advertiser regards this
as an especially happy moment to announce for
Governor Smith," says the Advertiser. speaking
for itself, the Advertiser is glad to present this
declaration as its conception Of an appropriate
answer on the part Of Alabama Democrats to Sem
ator j. Thomas Helms fanatical outburst in the
United States Senate"
The Mobile Register comments on Helms asser-
ton that Robinson could not repeat his speech In
Alabama without fear of tar and feathers and
says, Senator Helm makes a poor return to the
people of Alabama for the honors they have heaped
upon him"
The Birmingham Post says Democratic leaders
can not hope to stand before the people as the ad-
vocate of Jacksonian principles they are kept busy
defending themselves against such charges THE
Democratic party is the loser but the shame is Ala
bamas" it adds.
What callous and wretched demagogue Hefin
IS, says the Alabama Journal of Montgomery
The Birmingham Age-Herald says citizens of Ala
bama will "be mortified by his CHefin's) astounding
exhibition of rabid intolerance shockingy wretched
taste, and naked disdain for the most precious of
American principles"
The News of the city says every Democrat
IN Alabama owes debt of gratitude to Robinson
for Ibis dignifed and deserved rebuke"
The Decatur Daily News says Hefiin "has no
right to represent the people of Alabama as an in
tolerant citizenship when the facts are that only
small minority of ntolerants like himself bring this
stigma upon the State"
"FIef1n only speaks for Hehin" says the Decatur
Daily.
Helm was elected by vote of twenty-eight per
cent of the Democrats in field of four, says the
Selma Times-Journal. It adds a declaration that
citizens everywhere will hope is true-"The dominant
majority in the State is yearnng for an opportunity
to smite his pretention hip and thigh"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24

mean it in the way we do 80 long as we are pro-
ceeding on the lines we following today" he is
reported to save said, war is absolutely inevitable
That is gospel. War is inevitable if we keep on in
the direction we are headed now. We are reaching
out after world trade quite should do but our
craftsmanship and our diplomacy is not keeping pace
Such a. the admiral suggests would be the
death of our trade and prosperity, yet go
ing deaf ear to every suggestion that we join with
the other nations in common effort to keep the
peace OF the world by substituting law for war
We openly scorn the League of Nations We fout
the World Court. We needlessly antagonize foreign
sensibilties in the Americas as well as elsewhere
when more tactful, intelligent diplomacy would serve
us better and enable lis to keep our friends.
It is sheer nonsense to say the only way to avoid
war is to crawl into hole The way to avoid war is
through intelligent craftsmanship.
Competitive ornaments, INSCRIPTIONS trade-grab-
bling and so forth do lead to war. But surely if
British and American statesmen have not gone sud-
denly and completely daft naval parity and limta-
tion an open door and free sea for trade and all
the rest can be settled without resort to the sword
If the Englsh-Speaking peoples of the world can
not do that they deserve the destruction which will
surely be theirs. Life is survival of the fttest and
If they lack the brains to prevent them from COM
hitting Suicide-which is what war between them
would mean-then let nature take it's course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24
Face Future Sneers

This case calls to mind one that
occurred in Texas some years ago,
where a lady decided that wedlock
was not essential to motherhood.
Her son grew up to be a strong,
wholesome youth, eventually finding
work in factory.
For some reason which was I'M
known to him at the time, the en-
gineer of that factory took a mean
and nagging interest in his career,
making life miserable for him in ev-
cry possible way.
The young man stood it as long
as he could, but finally demanded to
know "by what right are you rid
ing me?"
With a sneer, the engineer re-
piled, "by the best right in the world.
I am your father. If you don't be-
lieve it ask your mother"
That incident occurred one day
just before noon. When the young
man went home for lunch as was
his custom, he did ask his mother,
and she admitted that the engineer
was telling the truth.
The young man went to his bed
room, took a double-narrel shotgun,
returned to the factory and killed his
father.
He was tried for murder and ac-
Quilted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24
The R,eformers' Lobby

New proof of the power Of the reformers' lobby
In Washington has just been given.
The civil service commission some time ago gave
written mental examinations to 1000 dry agents. Con-
gress having decided to put the prohibition forces on
a. civil service basis Three -fourths of them funked,
although the questions later made public, did not seem
particularly difficult
Prohibition Commissioner James N Doran pro-
tested 1T would ruin his enforcement machinery lie
said if three-fourths of his agents forced out
The civil service commissioners in effect replied,
shat is too bad but we can't help it, They declined
to give determinations.
There the matter rested until the reformers swung
into action delegation, including F. Scott Mct
Bride superintendent of the Ant-Saloon League;
Mrs. Lenna Yost head of the Womens Christian Tenn
perance Union and Rev. Edwin g. Dinwiddie OF the
National Temperance Bureau called at the civil serV-
ice commission Thereafter Mcbride issued state
nent in which he said the problem will be worked
out satisfactorily to the dry forces of the United
States"
There will be new examinations. Presumably the
questions will be made easier.
What Commissioner Doran was unable to accom-
plsh apparently was an easy task for the reformers
The civil service commission did complete about
face. and will do exactly what the reformers want
done
Commissioner Doran, however, is in something OF
a hole He announced that many of those agents
who failed knowing that they going to lose their
Jobs were selling out" Obviously these men were
not and are not now fit to be agents.
Are they to be given new examinations and allowed
10 retain their jobs?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24
What Other Editors Think

alton that when one Of them does
go wrong, as in the case of dea-
con or elder Hotelling in Flint,
Mich, who committed such a
heinous crime, much ado is made
of it. Because he was a church
man much more is made of it
than would be if he were a hard
ened and known criminal who had
led a dissipated life. 1t is rather
a favorable commentary to the
good churchmen that this Is so.
The faults and shortcomings Of
an individual are no reflection
upon the church to which he hap
pens to belong than is a breach
of trust Of an official upon the
party to which he is attached.
The fundamental principles of all
churches and all political parties
are good. If an individual mem
Der thereof goes wrong, that is
no reflection upon either organ
ization. The Citizen is broad
minded enought to concede that
point.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24

nor everywhere now there are
l. slaves. They do all the physical
work, and much of the clerical work
too; they till the fields and labor in
factories, they polish shoes and
teach the young, they carry burdens,
take stenographic dictation, and lee
ture on philosophy. They are very
reasonably priced; in some places
they can be bought for rs cents a
head.
There are so many of them that
the philosopher Seneca warns against
requiring them to wear a distinc-
tive dress; they would become aware
of their overwhelming preponder-
ance, and might take it into their
heads to establish a Proletarian die
tatorship.
Some palaces, we learn, have as
many as 400 slaves; and rich men,
dying, have been known to bequeath
a thousand men along with other
cattle.
1.-THE ministers of pomp and SEN
Suality," says Gibbon, were multi
piled beyond the conception of mod
ern Il. e., eighteenth century, luxury
Almost every profession,
whether laborer of mechanical, may
be found in the household of an
opulent senator"
"All the arrant sins that capital
has been guilty Of against nature
and civilization in the modern
world" says Mommsen, remain as
far inferior to the denominations of
the ancient capitalistic States as the
free man, be he ever so poor, re-
mains superior to the slave; and
not until the dragon seed of North
America ripens, will the world reap
similar fruit"
1t is a slight exaggeration, both
for the Romans and ourselves. BY
the time of the EmperorS the more
fragrant cruelties and abuses of the
slave system had been brought TO an
end by legislation and (. growing
sensitivity to Stole (and, later,
ChristianJ ethics; and there was
nothing much to choose between a
Roman slave in the days of Augustus
and q free" British navy, or an
Italian factory hand, in the year Of
Our Lord 1923.
But as to ourselves the doubt
gnawS at our hearts: is America
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24
Michigan City Dispatch
(neu1ocraffnN

For the last five or six years the
Republican politicians have been
fooling the people Of Indiana.
They betrayed those who voted for
them worse than those who did
not.
Stephenson, jackson, Robinson,
Updike, Rowbottom, Coffin, Du-
vail, Davies of Kokomo, Walb-
these are a few Of the headliners
of a long list.
All of these were the product Of
organized minorities. It was an
other case in government Of the
tail wagging the dog.
Now to Senator Watson is as
signed the ugly job of uprooting
the deceivers and getting some
man of character in whom the
people have confidence, to run for
Governor. They have not yet dis
cussed the candidate for Senator.
Can the job be done? asks Wal
ter Myers of Indianapolis, Demo-
cratic candidate for United States
Senator. Will Senator Watson be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24

Opinions of eugenics students are
divided over the case of the eastern
widow who arranged for the birth
of her child, with the "hired" father
having no responsibility for it's care.
Children come into the world
with enough handicaps to overcome
during their life without burdening
them with doubtful experiments.
If men and women can satisfy
their ingenuity in no other way than
breaking some custom or conven-
ton, they ought to select one which
will hold them and them alone
responsible.
1t is unfair for a woman to be-
come a mother, or a man to become
a father under circumstances which
are bound to put the greater burden
on some child.
Putting aside such questions of
morality, religion and custom as this
case presents, what problem does it
solve, or what workable theory Of
social conduct does it reveal2 4
Except as "eugenics" has been adj
vanced as the excuse, where does it
differ from thousands upon thou
sands Of cases?
1t it we're to become the vogue.
which it will not, where would it
land us but in the jungle?
Unless civilization is all wrong,
does not motherhood imply some
thing beyond travail and milk, and
unless we have been grossly over
rated, has not fatherhood a place
in the picture that amounts to one
of more than mere convenience?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24
The Safety Camnaign

Safety campaigns grow increasingly i'm
portant as greater use of machinery and es-
pecialy of automobiles creates more hazards to
life.
Behind the movement for safety campaign
and permanent bureau to carry on con-
slant crusade of an educational nature is
fine idea.
The manner in which it is handled shows
just how fine idea can be badly handled.
Such campaigns cost money. Employers
are interested and would be interested if shown
the necessity of the movement
In the proposed campaign of this kind here,
the letters soliciting funds carry the signature
of a member of the public service commission.
To the public service corporations of the
State this signature changes request to
command.
1t is small wonder, after some things that
have happened in the State and by this COM
mission that contributions from such COM
panies are made, not with an idea of the bene-
fits to be gained but from nice judgment as
to just how much they ought to give in order
to get favorable consideration the next time
they come before that commission.
The entire idea is one which depends upon
the enthusiasm and earnestness of those who
engage in it.
1t is unfortunate, to say the least, that the
start of this movement should be hampered by
making the public service commission the col
lection agency for it's funds.
Public officials who collect funds for vol
untary organizations are, to say the least, I'M
wise
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24

history will it be so clear and beau
tiful.
He has had a vivid career, this
greatest of Roman orators. From
simple birth in the countryside
ne rises to be consul in SO B. c.,
and in a single year of office
destroys a dangerous rebellion. But
hardly is his term complete when
ne finds himself exiled by the
friends of the man whom he has
deposed.
He IS overwhelmed with surprise
and Indignation; This" he says,
lis how nations reward loyalty"
At Brindisi, on the way to Greece,
ne dispatches to his wife and chill
dren tender le,.ers which Petrarch
will discover at Verona in 1345.
my Darling Terentia, Ny Little
Tullia, and My Boy Cicero" Here
you see is no mere politician; this
is a man.
Within two years he is recalled,
pleads many great cases again, and
then retires to a small estate to
spend his time in writing ex-
positions of Greek philosophy, and
charming essays on friends and old
age.
He speaks wisely of the things
that bring friendship to an end,
forgetting only loans. And in his
dialogue DE Senectute," we have a
premonition of that Christian hope
for immortality and a recompensing
happiness, which was soon to capti-
vate the impoverished people of
Rome:
81 am convinced and I believe that
since human minds are so swift and
have such memory for the past and
knowledge of the future, and have
devised SO many arts and branches
of knowledge and made such great
discoveries, the essence Of that
which impresses all these things
cannot be mortal t.. depart. from
life as from a hosiery, not as
from a home; for nature has given
it to us as an inn to rest in, not
as dwelling place. o, glorious
day, when I shall leave this base
multitude and go to the divine
council and company of souls!"'
Copyright, 1928, by Will Durant)
Ito Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24
Family Needs Father

Parenthood involves something
besides bringing children into the
world under conditions which are
ideal from a biological standpoint.
No eugenist, I believe, will con-
tend that blood tells the whole
story, that environment counts for
nothing and that a parent can defy
conventions, ignore society, place
children under an obvious disadvan-
tage and fulfill the obligations
which parenthood should include.
The family is, was and always
will be the foundation of human So
ciety.
The family is incomplete without
a father.
Marriage, as we know it, was es-
tablished not only to make sex re-
lations decent, but to provide chill
dren with the right kind of environ
ment.
The child has a right not only to
know his fathers name, but to
profit by the benefit Of his fathers
guidance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24
Admiral Plunkett Predicts a War

seldom has an officer of the Army or Navy, of
this or anv other country, been guilty Of a grosser
Ianse of Judgment than Rear Admiral Charles P.
Punkett who, while speaking before the National
Republican Club in New York. took occasion to dange
before his hearers the OF
a new and early war.
Not ONLY is the rear admiral quoted as saying that
new war is inevitable and chat it may come at any
time, in the near future but he believes it will be
between the United States and Great Britain over
world trade And he is quoted as adding, the only
way to avoid lis to be worm ana crawl lnVo
the nearest hole in the ground"
1t would be difficult to cite a more mischievous
announcement. It makes the flesh crawl, not be-
cause we believe in the inevitability of war with
Great Britain for distinctly do not believe in it,
but because of the consequences the admrals fool
ish words can not fail to have.
The speech was mischevous because while what
the officer said is not true such expressions tend TO
build up state of mind which does lead to war;
War is not inevitable between any two countries,
least of all between the United States and Britain,
unless and until the statesmen of both coun-
tries become blitherng idiots.
It was mschievouS because it will inevitably injure
the cause of an adequate navy which this country
very much needs and does not now possess.
1t was michievous because now, no matter how
far behind our navy happens to be, every time we
lay down ship, the British will point their fingers
at us and says: 80 you're commencing another ship
to lick us WITH are your" and the rest of the world
will egg us on, as the world has habit of doing
such occasions, by remarking, Eyes, Uncle Sam is
laying down another warship to fight Great Britain
with. Remember what Admiral Plunkett said? Co.
ing to fight for the worlds trade"
Responsible officials simply have no business offer
ing grautous forecasts of the Plunkett brand Gen
orally speaking they are better qualified to predict
the coming of war than any fairly-wel informed
private citizen whose predictions meap nothing at ALL
but coming from an official the warning takes
weight and gravity out of all proportion to its real
significance.
But Rear Admiral Plunkett did say one thing
that is absolutely true though he probably did not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24
Newcastle Times
(Democratic)

Samuel B. Wells of Scottsburg,
is a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor and adj
vocates the repeal of some sections
of the Wright bone dry law He
is right, but will have the opposi-
ton of a lot of present day pro-
hibitionists who were singing low
when the cause needed help ten
years ago. The writer has favored
prohibition from the start, but
he has opposed the fool amend
ments proposed by Wright and
put through by the Ku-Klux and
fanatics who have lost thousands
Of friends to the prohibition
cause by making it obnoxious. We
are still for prohibition, but OPP
posed to the fanatical amend
ments that will sooner or later
break down much of the good
work that has been done. Sam
Wells is right, but he will have
a lot of fanatical dryS on his neck
as soon as he gets in the race.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24
Broad, but Shallow

observation-disclosures is a beautiful
thing, but it often runs too shallow.
In cross-section, the human intel
lect has about so much area. The
more you spread 1t, the thinner it
becomes, and the more you deepen
it the narrower. That is one reason
why fanaticiSm cuts such a swath
and why too much liberalism gets
nowhere.
We may have arrived at a point
where we can do away with all the
restraints and conventions without
confusion, where we can take traffic
cops of the street without increas-
ing accidents and scrap our mar
riage customs without becoming
promiscuous.
Moral, as well as political, an
archists have been preaching that
notion for some time, but who be-
lieves them?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24

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EDITOR.
What games were played at Ro-
man festivals in the time Of Julius
Caesar?
In the main, chariot racing, wres-
ting. footracing, disc throwing and
various other athletic contests.
How should yOung garter snakes
in captivity be fed? Are they poison
Gus?
They are poisonous. Foor for
the young consists Of small fish,
which should be placed alive in a
shallow dish of water where the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-24

snakes can catch them. They also
eat slugs or small worms. Some
snakes refuse to eat them in cap
tivity. Full growth is attained about
the second year, and depends some
what on the food supply. If the
snakes do not get enough food they
grow very, slowly.
What was the first American-buiIt
ship to cross the Atlantic?
The first American-built ship to
cross the Atlantic ovean was the Vir-
GINA, built on the Kennebec river by
forty-fve disgruntled settlers of the
first colony there, who sailed back
to England in the ship. 1t was de-
scribed as "a faire pennace OF thirty
tons" and made several voyages
across the ocean after that.
How old is Jackie Coogan?
He iS ri