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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-30

ANOTHER SOLDIER TELLS THE TRUTI

-.
Sometimes the truth has strange way of coming
out.
Take the of Lieut.. Col Thomas J. Dickson, who
spoke out while visit to Columbus Q. He re-
marked with feeling that much Of the history taught
in schools is foolish fiction.
He specified to the history Of the World now
being crammed down the young minds. Use Of
trained dogs to wounded soldiers; statements
that the German army delivered to the allies
without the firing Of shot; descriptions Of the
American offensive consisting of 100000 men
fighting in territory of three by five miles in
and advancing IA feet every hour for AZ days and
nights: all these cited examples of present
contents of much of the school histories. Col Dick
son called it poppycock.
"Some Of the things set forth in these books" he
remarked. ARE obviously fabulous that if the pupils
had not been taught fables in their history classes
all their lives they would not hesitate openly to deride
them"
Strong words. these. but truthful. A newspaper
which printed such stuff fact would soon hear of
it. yet histories which youngsters regard without
question purvey it.
Most of this is done in spirit of vainglorious
patriotism The books written to magnify every
thing nationals have done and minimize every
thing the enemy did. And they also glorify If
they told the truth they would constitute the great
est possible argument against war and for peace.
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PROHIBITION AND THE PARTIES
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The platform makers Of the great parties lose
sleep over the difficult question what say about
prohibition than they do any other subject farm
relief by means excepted.
That isn't surprising since there is no issue be-
tween the parties about prohibition. and small chance
OF making an issue between them when both are
afraid to do it.
The dividing line this some other issues
is not between the parties but them 1t is. of
course, impossible to assay the strength of the
sides in the two parties but possibly the Republicans
are sixty per cent dry and forty per cent wet and
the Democrats sixty per cent wet and forty pei
cent dry.
| On the whole probably the Republicans are more
homogeneous this issue than the Democrats. They
are divided. of course, but they divided in about
the same way everywhere.
The Democrats, though divided sectonally
The city Democrats average about as wet as people
| get to be. But the Southern Democrats-and thu
Democratic party is chiefly made up of Southerners
and city folk-on the other hand about as dry al
i people get to be.
With wet candidate and pervading dryness il
the very hotbed of Democracy, the South, Democratic
PLATFORM makers have anxious job than thu
Republican resoluoners. In both parties the artisans
who shape the platforms would be made very happ,
II there were some way to lay this issue the shell
along with free silver It will not be so disposed
for quite some time.
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Don't tell us that even the reporters
are getting Sikh over the whole
thing!
A Chicago woman fired at her
husband, missed and decided to give
him another chance. He ought to
take it-just look what Charlie Pad
dock did in his comeback the other
day!
A chfropodist says that if we
don't walk more we'll begin to re-
semble ostriches. It does seem as
If we had been riding quite a bit,
some Of us.
Big Bill Thompson says that if
Swanson beats Grove for states at
torney's job, he big Billy will quit.
Hooray for Swanson!
Judging from the scope Of the
D. A. r. blacklist, it would have
been much easier for them to draw
up a list Of speakers they would
listen to.
A Chicago husband sought a
divorce from his wife because she
smoked cigar. Oh, we'll, girls, a
husband is husband, but q good
cigar is smoke.
Maybe Richard will have to boost
the prices a little on this Tunney-
Heeney fight. Otherwise the Gus
toners never will think it's worth
going to see.
Almost time for the hog-calling
contest-or, is it husband-calling
We always get them mixed up.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-30
THE PASSING OF TIM MURPHY
(ChicaUo Trihunal

Tim Murphy. the most picturesque of the rack
eteers, has been killed by gunner. as was to be ex-
peeted The burghers will be inclined to rejoice, as
they have before when gangsters have been killed off,
saying that each one gone is less to prey upon
the community.
That is the short view. The man who killed O'Ban-
ION was tougher and more resourceful than OBanon;
the man who killed Hymie Weiss. was tougher than
his vctim and the man who killed Murphy was
harder egg than Murphy. As one gangster is killed
of he is succeeded by another who less restrained
BY the standards of civilized society," The progression
from fists to bombs, to pistols machine guns
This progress in violence has been accompanied, as
might be expected by expansion in the field of activity
Of the gangsters. There was a time when they con-
fined their numbering and extortion to their own un-
derworid. They preyed upon bootleg saloons, gam
bling houses. and houses of prostitution They still
do, but they have reached out, in the machine gun
era: to levy well upon legitimate business. The
rseketeeI; already have their hands on small mer.
richer fields to conquer every day. 1t was only q
few weeks that Of the largest factors in the
cleaning and dyeing trade took scarface Al Capone
into partnership to preserve his business from ruin
Society will conquer the thugs or the thugs will
conquer society with their regime of terror. The
situation cannot be neglected in the belief that it will
right itself with time. Time not making the gang
less ruthless and graspng but ruthless and
| more grasping.
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year. And there used to be at least
one month; or something like that.

When q Broadway show becomes
popular, the agencies and specu-
lators buy up most of the theatre
as everyone know, or should know.
The seats, as every purchaser has
long since learned, are then sold at
considerably more than the adver-
tised prices
All Of which is by way of intro
duction to little yarn that is max
ing the rounds. Recently Edna
Ferber, the writer, was reported
quite i'll. Miss Ferber, by the way,
wrote "Show Boat" one of the sea-
sons biggest successes. Someone
inquired the nature of her illness.
ooh, she went to the theatre one
night and found out that the two
orchestra seats had been sold at
box-office prices. The blow felled
her." commented a veg.
Jimmy Walker has written the
first musical "piece" since those days
when he was whanging out "Will
You Love Me in December as You
Do in May?" He consented, as a
good Democrat, when properly per-
suaded by Elizabeth Marbury, an
other good Democrat. Cynical Man
hattanites view it a. something or
other that the mayor left for Hous-
ton convention just about the time
his new song was to be given for
the first time in Miss Marbury's
productions. Whereas Miss Mar.
bury was already in Houston.
GILBERT SWAN.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-30
DIR. Mccoy Suggests
Menus For a Week

DIR. McCoy's menus suggested for
the week beginning Sunday, July l.
Sunday
Breakfast-One coddled egg, or
4 pieces of Melba toast, S stewed
prunes.
Lunch-Boiled potatoes with
chopped parsley. string beans,
Avocado salad.
Dinner = Roast chicken, Melba
toast dressing, cooked carrots and
fresh green peas, head lettuce. ice
cream, made with figs (See recipe
June 16th)
Monday
Breakfast - Cantaloupe as de-
sired.
Lunch-French artichoke, cooked
greens, sliced cucumbers.
Dinner-Boiled fresh beef tongue.
cooked spinach and parsley, nodded
vegetable salad (peas, cucumbers.
tomatoes), baked apple (no sugar or
cream).
Tuesday
Breakfast-French omelet. made
OF the whites of two eggs, and two
ounces of milk, served on Melha
toast, stewed raisins.
Lunch-Apples or fresh berries "A
desired. ~
Dinner-Baked sea bass. cooked
celery, string beans, sliced tomatoes
on lettuce, plain Jello or Jell-well
(no cream).
Wednesday
/; Breakfast - Wholewheat mullins.
peanut butter, stewed prunes.
Lunch-One pint Of buttermilk. 10
or IL dates.
Dinner - Roast mutton. cooked
mashed turnips, asparagus, salad Of
grated raw beets. pineapple whip.
=. Thursday
Breakfast-Coddled eggs. toasted
Trlscuit. stewed apricots.
Lunch-Sweet corn. cooked ..r.--
gus, raw carrots.
Dinner - Broiled steak, mush.
rooms en- casserole, cooked greens.
chopped raw cabbage and celery.
Junket.
Friday
Breakfast - Baked stuffed annie.
with milk or cream.
Lunch-Baked egg plant, spinach.
lettuce.
Dinner-Broiled white fish. sum.
mer squash, salad Of tomatoes and
watercress. prunes in gelatin (no
creamy. ~
Saturday
Breakfast -. Baked egg, whole
wheat mullins, stewed figs.
Lunch-About q pound Of fresh
cherries. and an 8-ounce glass Of
sweet milk.
Dinner Veal roast +baked ver-
etables. salad Of raw asparaens
eaten as celerv, raspberry whip.
Select small tender carrots. beets
and turnips and without peeline
them, cut into small pieces and but
into baking dish. If desired. add
cupful Of finely cut string beans
or celery, pour over all q little wa
ter, and cover with two or three
thlcknesses Of lettuce leaves. Bake
IN moderately hot oven until veg
etables are tender, and season with
little salt and butter 40 served.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-30

Dearest Marye:
Sometimes I feel you are Just a
child, and wish you would grow up
Other times you are much too old,
and | wish you were not maturing
mentally so quickly.
Naturally, when you married,
expected that you would, as we used
to say, settle" supposed you
would delight In housekeeping and
that Alan would be the big consider
alton in your life, and that you
would have children and delight to
fuss over them, and that you would
be protected and cherished the rest
Of your life.
As look back, that was my ideal
for myself, and l carried it over for
you.
How did I know that YOU would
resent protection, that you would
hate housekeeping, that you do not
want children, and that you feel that
job of some sort is the only sal
walton to protect you from bore
dom?
If you were to 60 into business
with your friend Jane, you would
expect, l am sure, to work hard
and to build up something solid,
You wouldn't be satisfied just to
play around with it. And that
would mean much of your time
your thought and your energy would
have to 60 into this new enterprise
| fail utterly to see why a business
is so much more important than q
homer why you could not put the
same interest into your home that
you are willing to give to business
As for your latest acquaintance
which you say starts on q highly
scientific and commendable basis
| take my fashioned stand-you
are foolish girl to play whit fire
as you do.
wish you would come home 70,
visit. Iwould like to get you back
to a less hectic, more wholesome
type of life, and see if you could
not get q saner perspective.
Your old room has been freshly
painted and papered, anL l have q
lovely new rug for it. All your ole
furniture is there, besides a new
chest of drawers, and it all urge,
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AMELIA TAKES THE TEST

Il is becoming evident that Miss Amelia Earhart
il going to emerge from tie present glare q publicity
that il beating upon her just 8 unspoiled - Lind
bergh did,.
In some ways there u grsstsr test q ones char
actsr than to occupy the spotlight - she is doing.
brings out every aspect Of ones character, the bad
wsu = ths good Il proved Lndbsrgh's msttls. and
heeeunfs for much q biz great popularity. And ap-
paSeutly Miss Earhart has her feet planted just
firmly a the ground - Indy did,
We're alad to hear it. From the first she looked
Iiko . rool American girl Her actions now-modest
Injured. unruffled-are confirming our belief that
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Interpretations

interpretations: Harden Grain Co.,
Dover $4,000; l. R. Stout, Bordulac
William Handon. Sykeston, and
George Adjets, John Noulen and
Isak Olson, all of Darlington.
First Natio.-al Corporation, real
estate, Langdon; 100000; E. E.
Fletcher, D. C. Mcdonald, B. E.
Groom, j. H. Balm. w. w Mcqueen
and ]. J. A. Boyd, all of Langdon;
w. A. Mcintyre, Grand Forks.
Valley Investment, Inc, Fargo;
J $25, 900; B. R. Pfusch, L. S. Ward
and Earl D. Pegg, Valley City; B. p
Schmallen, anc U. D. Weddell
! Fargo.
Midway City Wholesalers, New
Rockford: SOS 600; A. F. Schwartz,
Sadie Schwartz and f. P. Mattson,
lau Of New Rockford.
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Democracy heard another "cross of gold speech the
other day at Houston It was brilliant effort by
brilliant man, Claude G. Bowers. editorial writer OF
the New York World, and author Of Jefferson and
Hamilton and THE Struggle for Democracy IN
America
Mr. Bowers out Bryaned Bryan in that distant day
Of hallowed memory when the peerless and well
revered one, who three times the choice OF his
party for the presidency. thrilled Democracy with his
classic "thou shalt nots"
One cannot read Bowers speech in keynctng the
Houston convention without feeling that his party
there nominated the wrong man for president.
Every party needs such leadership. One cannot
read Mr. Bowers books without being impressed by
his keen analysis and his evident sincerity His de-
votion his country is inspiring. He ranks among
the great American patriots of this day.
It would be unkind and perhaps unfair so close to
such brilliant effort the Bowers panegyrc to at
tempt to Judge it by the facts. Anyhow there are
many Republicans who deplore many Of the facts he
mentioned just there are many Democrats who de-
plore certain facts about Democratic administrations
Of bygone days.
Nevertheless, il would not be necessary to into
the grave to PROVE in the light of Mr. Bowers classic
that party free from the CRATER.
the exploer or other Of the reprehsnsibe types
There have been barnacles upon the ship of state
ever since George Washington's time.
Probably there always will be.
The Tribune would not detract from the glory that
riRhtfuy belongs to Bowers for of the greatest
speeches delivered upon any political occasion.
great because of strong true note Of patriotic sim
CERTIFY
Every party needs such men Claude G. Bowers.
America needs them. They the soul Of the peo-
pie. They have the gift Of tongues. They inspire.
But the facts-they seem to show, the record il
written that Houston the voice Of this splendid
man merely raised in Augean stable he did moi
sense.
Such efforts lost. Such old-fashioned
heart-toheart, shoulder talk bark.
back to an era of American politics when had
torchght parades and wedefined partisan issues.
in the Mckinley campaign. Mr.. Bowers and others Of
this kind though lesser lights. who have not the gift
Of eoquence that is his in whatever party they NJ,
found do their country great service.
What pity there are not more Of them
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The Democratic platform adopted at Houston quail
ifies up to predictions made in advance in its farm
equality features II is clever bit Of campaign liter
ature positive in pointing out Republican mis-
takes on the farm policy than in proposing construc-
tive remedies for the inequalities Of agriculture
It promises credit by loans to cooperatives. crea-
ton Of federal farm board to assist in marketing
farm products and then launches into . fulsome
panegyric Of self praise. II calls it, policy and
rectes length what Democracy has done for other
groups.
So the party qualities about did the quack doctor
Who assures his sorely stricken patient that he has
cured than he presents and then proceeds
to get the money.
The Democrats tell the farmer they have done con-
siderable things for finance through the federal
reserve and hold forth vague promises while inter
ested in his VOTE
In this section Of the northwest the Democratic
promise upon the farm problem is too vague to b
impressive.
There Is promise in the platform. too Of IN honest
effort 1t enforcement Of the eighteenth amendment
This is brief and, Of course is subject to certain
definite limitations to Celebrations, not the least
q which the wet views Of the party choice for the
presidency.
Wherever there is q bandwagon our Democratic
friends get on for . ride. Wherever there 10 . Re-
publican mistake they gesture frantcaly.
Constructively they endorse deep waterways from
the Atlantic to the Great Lakes recognize the unem
ployment situation, declare for the elimination Of
dame duck congress and 60 far into other patitudn
Gus fields expressing beautiful ideals which will not
come to partisan issue in this generation.
It's an old-time Democratic platform.
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IN NEW YORK

New York, June 30.-Those fast
action. business-like pay stations in
the Manhattan hotels have played
havoc with the once romantic life
of the telephone girl
A few years back. scores of love
tales could be written about the
switchboard operators in the larger
hostelries. Dozens of them landed
wealthy husbands and, to all intents
and purposes, lived happily ever
after.
The plots of these stories varied
little. A visitor in New York, tired
Of making the rounds-or, perhaps,
q bit sentimental or homesick-
would find himself leaning against
the counter, behind which perched
the pretty phone girl. He would
speak Of being lonesome and she
would seem both sympathetic and
joculAr. His good humor would
rise; soon they would fall into
banter; she would arrive the
next day to find q bouquet Of
roses on her desk; there would be
lunches and theatre and dances and,
finally, romance.
Or there would be a type of small
town man to whom the big city
phone girl would suggest glamour
and worldly wisdom. He would be
fascinated by her glib tongue; her
ready assurance in all situations;
her suggestion of independence and
capacity to look out for herself, her
wisecracks and her "city ways" As
a matter Of fact, those girls were
Smart" and generally quite attrac-
tive.
But times have changed. Today
there is q matter-of-fact group Of
phone booths; there is q little stock
ade in which sit many operators with
receivers strapped to their heads;
there is . waiting list of half q
dozen people; individuals rush in
and out; calls are dispatched with
lightning speed-there is little Of
the old romance.
Also, the house phones are now
arranged on public stands, while q
matter-of-fsct clerk gives you de-
sired information concerning q room
number.
do not recall hearing Of q hotel
phone girl romance in more than q
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June 80
1692-Massachusetts general court
condemned four women to
death as witches.
1859-Blondin crossed Niagara Falls
on tight-rope.
1S63-Maryland put under martial
law.
1863-Confederate dollar worth
eight cents.
1S91-Weather Bureau transferred
from War to Agricultural De-
partment.
1905-John D. Rockefeller gave
$10,000,000 to aid small col
leges.