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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-17

4, WASH|NGTON
!!Se WI LETTER

the Perry Howard organization
in Mississippi appears to have beer
thoroughly exposed. Howard had a
$4,000 Job here as special assistant az
torney general and maintained OFFICES
on Pennsylvania avenue. "ncre nc
deal with patronage. One Mr.. a. r..
Russell testified that when Howard
wired him to come to Washington ana
tbrtng recommendation II meant 70
brine $500 for a marshalshlp. Y
sell did and rot the job. Then nc re-
siQned because those negroes down
there wanted to sell things around
the office and Patton Il close friend
Of Howard, wanted to lie around n
office drunk"
Russell! said his successor paid S20oo
for his appointment. Howard was
indicted last year and prosecuted Dy
Mabel Willcbsandt, bat was acquitted.
The committee heard evidence
tending To show that ono federal Oh
llcenoldcr lost his job because he tcs-
titled against Howard, The record
also shows that Howard deposited
S3l 900 ia banks while IN Washing
ton, ABOVE MS adidiy
III the Texas situation tho commit
tee met Republican National Commit
tceman r. 3. Creaeer. who vigorously
denied testimony that contributors
were promised their money back II
the state CT. O. p. didn't get jobs for
them and combatted charges that he
had tried to defeat Harry NJ. Wurz-
bach. the only Texas Republican con-
, eressman, so that Creagcr Wouldn I
have to split up the patronage. 1t was
| admitted that 982 federal ~OtflcehOlc-
! crs had given promlssOry notes n
that Asst had made cash donations,
but insisted that they were Outnum :
bcrcd i'll each instance by non-Of
ficcholders. Crcager denied that o.
ficeholdcr were assessed ~ per cent
OF their salaries.
Levied on Salaries
A witness from South Carolina told
the committee that National Com
mltteeman Joseph w. Tolbert had
given him to understand after tho
Harding election that 20 per cent Of
all salaries would have to be paid IN
! subject TO Tolbert's drawing for cam
paign expenses. Harding had referred
tho witness to Tolbcrt. Evidence was
given Of specific payments. TOlbcr'
came bacl. with numerous affidavit:
from federal jobholdcrs in whlcf
nothing vas admitted other thar
purely voluntary contributions. Re
Gently a postmistress who made ont
of the affidavits wrote to the commit
tee as follows.
II cannot sleep at night. ! wan
TO make my peace with God. l VII
tell how much l paid for the postof
flee as we'll as others
The Brookhart committee. which |
likely to continue its inquiry indei
initely. will be glad to hear from 9th
or postlnastcrs, marshals and othc
federal officials who have paid poll
,icians for their Jobs.
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When children are little usually
they arc in a neighborhood where
other families live a more or less In
innate community life. The street.
the front yards. the back yards arc
the club grounds Of these children.
They cannot help forming very close
alliances and anything that befalls
one Details all.
The story Of childhood is INSOFAR.
able from the annals Of companions
Children arc companions. Almost
every impulse OF action is originated
by some sort of social urge or emo
ton generated by contact with other
children. We're largely what our X
periences in childhood make us.
How then can any mother expect
that her treatment Of her own chill
dren will not be felt beyond the front
door?
A Natural Consequence
AS 4 matter of fact, what any
mother does in regard to her own
family Is felt beyond her own door
most decidedly. and concerns the 9TH
| er children with whom her children
associate most vitality whether she
wishes 1t to Or not.
Il boils down to this: A mother may
realize her duty to her family, but
| does she always recognize her re-
sponsibility to q community?
For instance, one time on . Ger
tain happy little street. . new family
moved In. The new people had just Z
little more money than the 0thera
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Nv RODNEY
(NEA Service Writer

Washington. Sept. l7.-For o
than a year now, Senator BrooElarts
committee investigating federal pa
tronagc has been digging up tho dlfl
in the purchase and sale 81 iedcral
offices which everyone knew lay be-
low the surface but which no y
had ever exposed before IL Z large
way.
The Investigation has been moro o.
less coincident with an announced
change Of patronage policy On the
part Of the administration and the
result has been that Republican
bosses in the south are finding poor
pickings instead of their customary
profitable assessments Oh federal Oh
ficeholders who owe them their Jobs,
The Brookhart committee las aciu-
ally been into Georgia and Texas ana,
sitting in Washington, has heard wat
nesses from South Carolina, florlca,
Mississippi ad Kentucky
Investigating a Suicide
First off, the committee went mt
Georgia. The investigation originally
VA aimed at conditions there. SEN
Ators George and Harris. following
the suicide Of a postmaster who was
reported to have been sorely harasscd
for political contributors. demanded
Il and Senator George introduced the
resolution on which the inquiry was
based.
There the committee found four or
five men who had set up shop as the
Republican party of Georgia, headed
BY Ben Davis, Republican national
committeeman. Davis was draWlne
126O d month. The state treasurer
drew the same. The committee seizcc
m assortment of cards which gave
the names of postmasters and post
mistresses and their periodical pay
ments to the party" This was w
money that went to pay salaries ane
expeuses. Expenses we're incurred
when q collector went around ant
rounded UP the delinquents. Als'
when Ben Davis used to nave TO e
| to washington to see about the ied
eral appointments.
It was charged that as much a
600 had been paid for a single rulra
letter carriers job. It was testified
. for instance. that John w. Martin
! treasurer or the Republican state cen
. trail committee, had offered a reap
I pointment of one postmistrcss for
: contribution, mentioning the sum Q
! $500. The money wasn't paid an
! there was no reappointment. Il
Georgia. as In other states. Their
!. was testimony that federal jobs Wer
: bartered on a basis of returned con
|" tributions II the contributor didn
: ret the job. Sometimes the lobseek
! crs got their money back III sue
: cases and sometimes not.
what Happened In Mississippi
Partly through the committee an
y nartly through the department Of jus
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that nice little nsighborhood9 Had
she any right 70 STR W Jealousy.
chaerin. and hatred among children
where 90 littls q II had been be-
fore9
We cad ~ that the other mothers
should have trained their children
not to - disanayed over the opulance
of the neiehbogs. VI. - they could
that's truol lit the fact remained
lust tn 5000 that 1lfs. Jones DID
Mt caro Whnt they 6id-end 4 y
With ~ thAk - ~ conserved here.
The 1917 q StvalEy - - 6ro1s.
spon11ne money. TN. anything M
tefiA1koGllc. in1eed, ~ ~ place II thia
01ttoe n eGfl4 1oogtn1k
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New York. Sept. 1.-THE world of
!. rare old books contain moro fantastic
: tales than the books themselves.
The tircless efforts with which col
lectcrs track down a desired volume
/ often rival the sleuthings Of q Shor-
] lock Holmes. Now ard then some
much desired volume gets lost IN the
shuttle, and its adventures arc
strange indeed.
\ X \
Such a tale came to nc the other
. day, over a lunch table where tho
boys and girls of the literary world
J gather. And the strangest part OF II
Is, 1t appears to be true.
Il goes something like this: In
Fourth street, where the book shops
Z flourish-I mean the secondhand
] shops-there was for years a little
d. stall. operated by II of those with
t cred and bent old fellows who move
I through old book and furniture stores
ii like ghosts Of another day. There is
III = raggedness about them. indicating a
n day to day struggle for existence.
ii Book fanciers can proWl by the hour
ii Or the day In their stores, and the
liz old fellows do not press them for a
II sale. They live in a dusty world OF
ybound volumes and %yelloWing pages.
re Books and proprietors somehow come
a. 70 take on q strange kinship. They
begin even to look alike after a time
I've seen them wearing aged coats
that matched perfectly the faded
4; hook covers.
~ Anyhow, the old chap traded in Ii.
.hrories rs well as in single volumes
IIo heard about an eccentric old gent
.~ 10 Ia Long Island who had died, leav.
ing = large library which the heir.
were eager to sell. The dealer looked
hurriedly through the titles and made
= fiat offer Of $3.50 for the lot. TIL
" deal was closed and the books wcr,
70 Grated and sent into New York.
-, A few days later the entire librar,
I. aupeared in the cheap book rack
"thst decorate the fronts of all sucl
stoces. There they were mauled an
.. skipped over by the usual crowd o
=, passers-by who edge up to bargain
~ stalls.
1, some were grabbed up, and som
ii, we're left.
Il 80 happened that a young ma
connected with q book store in lowe
1fifth avenue was passing and stoppe
TO zee what the bargains might be.
~ his eyes glance0 over the title
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dren around them and soon II be-
came very apparent that no matter
what anyone had. Johnny and Mary
Jones went them one better and got
the same thing only much grandsf
and much better. The J0neses had
stuck . pin Ia Vine stroot pride Tor
sure.
Joy went out Of life TOR the other
children and naturally th9ir moth.
{ de1ented II. DiGnons30n 1T IN. In
. year that ~ one - u mogt UNI
happy neighboFhoodg imaginable.
a Neighoeshee1 Duty
I suppooe m. jcnas figured that
II ne Noutod ~ Spol hef oWn chil-
dfon 4 80 smGbol1h t1GineSs. M
Wnon1 - ~ ) ~ q
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Evening star., 1929-12-08
IMPROVED ROADS
BUSINESS FACTOR
Writer Urges Every Possible
Agency Be Employed in
Meeting Public Need.

Improved highways are so badly
needed that every possible expedient
should be taken to keep road graders
and concrete mixers in action, accord
ing to e. e. Duffy, highway educational
writer.
One OF the leading difficulties encoun-
tered in the war on mud, dust and
friction is nothing more than that hu-
man quality which inspired Benjamin
Franklin to urge: "Never put of until
tomorrow what you can do today"
Plans for highway betterments in
themselves do not save the motorist gas
or wear and tear on his car No COM
fort Is brought to the motorist at least
until he hears that the contract for the
contemplated project has been let. In
a days ride one may pass through doz-
ems of communities, each with long
planned pet project for which finances
are available, and yet no constructive
action taken.
1t is with pleasure that the action of
the Minneota State highway depart
ment is viewed. Bids for contracts on
136 miles of pavement are now being
received. This pavement is not to be
built until 1880, but the contracts are
being placed now, and Just so much
routine work Is out of the way.
Early letting of road contracts brings
with 1t manifold benefits; the contrac-
tor has ample time to make his plans:
road machinery can be placed in opera
ton at the crack of dawn on the first
suitable day: costly delays are elimi-
mated and full advantage can be taken
OF the all too short bodybuilding sea-
son, and the citizen feels his tax money
Will soon be at work for him.
Evening star., 1929-12-08

prises are dependent upon the motor
car for their corporate existence.
"The automotive industry belongs to
America. Millions of dollars worth of
it's securities repose In strong boxes
throughout the Nation. A comparatively
small percentage, changing hands day
by day upon various stock exchanges,
may fiuctuate in price. However, the
great majority, safely held, represent a
value as fundamentally sound as our
national EXISTENCE value that will
appreciate as long as America continues
to be the leading industrial Nation of
the world value that always will rise
above gossip, rumor and hysteria.
"The automobile represents the high
est unit cost of any article purchased
by the American family. It has the
most intensive usage and the highest
rate Of depreciation. The replacement
market alone absorbs yearly produc-
ton Of between two and a half and
three million new cars, which Is a prof
liable volume Of business. In addition
an ever-growing export trade and Q
constantly increasing domestic demand
based on family requirements, automat-
lcally create tremendous total of new
car production.
THE automotive industry was the
first to apply scientific management to
its operations. 1t was the first to sue
cessfully employ mass production
methods. Because of these two factors
1t set the pace for hundred other in
dustries in raising the individuals
earning power and at the same time
permitted American manufacturers to
foreign countries despite lower wage
scale competition"
Evening star., 1929-12-08
SAFE ASSETS SEEN
IN AUTO INDUSTRY
Citing S677,1S9,21s Balance
Operator Sees No Cause
for Apprehension.

That there is no reason for the pres
ent uneasiness or apprehension regard
ing the condition of the automotive in
dustry is shown by statement just is
sued by r. w. Judson, president of the
automotive industry. Mr. Judson points
out that the automobile companies of
the country today have cash balance
of $677,I89,218, with a funded indebted
ness of only $71 ,639, 700. In continuing
the statement, Mr.. Judson says:
THE automotive industry Is as much
part of America as the ground upon
which we walk. Countless millions are
vitally concerned with its daily prog
ress. They are engaged In the extrac-
ton of raw materials from the earth,
in the fabrication of metals and woods
and textiles, in the production and as
sembly of automobiles and their COM
ponent parts. Many vast allied enter
Evening star., 1929-12-08
MORE REGARD FOR AUTO
IN WINTER IS URGED
Manager Keneipp of District A. A..
A. Division Tells of Huge Losses
in Lack of Care.

Urging motorists of the District
Of Columbia to have more regard
for the welfare Of their automobiles
during the Winter, George F. Keneipp,
manager of the District Of Columbia
division Of the American Automobile
Association, today said: People who
in the past would never have left 500
horse exposed to the weather now give
little or no protection to $1,000 car. !"
There are thousands of cars which
are not garaged all Winter long and
the resultant loss TO their owners runs
into aggregate figures of astounding
amount" he continued. wholly aside
from the question Of lessened efficiency,
which is Woefully apparent to any one
who has had dealings with motor ga
ragged in the street, there Is also the
loss In value because Of damage to the
cars exterior.
THAT feature cannot be averted II
cars remain out in the Winters sleet
and snow. but the injury to the motor
can be lessened by proper care. AL
though the District of Columbia divi-
sion of the A. A. A. Is prepared to pro-
vide adequate service to its members
during the long Winter months ahead,
motorists should do their part in meet
ing the situation. There Is nothing
more damaging to the mechanism of
an automobile than to have the engine
freeze. but before car owners put In
anti-freeze solutions they should have
the cooling systems Of their cars cleaned
and tightened
| "It is the best practice to have the cool
ing system inspected by an experienced
mechanic and necessary repairs made, "
continued the A. A. A. executive. "Such
precautions will pay tenfold In the form
of pleasant motoring and in protecting
the investment in the automobile"
Evening star., 1929-12-08
Novel Auto Race
In France Is Won
By SlOWest Car

A new kind Of automobile "race" has
been invented in Paris and has made
a big hit with the public as with the
motorists. Tt is a low-speed hill-climb,
the winner being the car that takes the
longest time to reach the top
These novel events were held this
Fall BY two of the free communes that
make up the city of Paris. Montmartre
was first, having decided that it should
have place in the automobile sun
along with Monte Carlo, Pau, La Baule
and other famous resorts that hold their
annual automobile rallies Not to be
outdone, the Free Commune of the
Montagne-Ste. Genevieve, across the
Seine, followed suit. Each event at
tracted many competitors and large
crowds of amused and interested spec
tatorS. Both were won by an American
car, Graham-Paige, driven by M.
Ferraut.
These slow climbs are difficult tests of
skill and judgment on the part of the
driver, and of smoothness and fiexibil-
ity on the part of the car. They are
held on very steep and winding streets,
and the driver is required to complete
the climb without touching the clutch
pedal. Stalling the engine or stopping
the car means disqualification. AS the
grade varies, the operator must control
the throttle with the utmost delicacy.
II he goes too fast, he cannot win: If he
goes too slow, he will kill his engine.
Evening star., 1929-12-08
POLITE POLICEMEN
URGED BY LEADER
Baltimore Official Says He Does
Not Want Hard Boiled Men
to Handle Traffic.
speeial plspateh to rhe star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December Polite
ness in dealing with motorists who may
violate some trafic law is the first
requisite Of good traffic policeman,
according to Capt Hamilton r. Atkin.
son. In charge OF the trafic division.
do not want any hard-boiled
policemen in the traffic DIVISION" says
Capt. Atkinson. THE policeman who
goes about calling down a motorist in
a diplomatic manner for some small
infraction of the trafic law accom-
pl1shes better results at the corner
where he is stationed than one who lets
his temper get the best Of him.
Learn to know your public, enter
tain them, smile and make it con-
tagious, and the petty troubles that are
magnifled by arguments and wind up
before the magistrate in the Traffic
Court will be done away with. A surly
offcer usually is an incompetent one
because he is constantly holding UP
trafhc by arguing over trifiing VIOLA
tions"
Capt Atkinson said there are oc-
casionS when even the most careful
driver, unconsciously, will violate the
trafhc laws. It is the duty of the
policeman. with smile on his face, to
inform the motorist in a polite manner
OF the violation without entering into
long-winded discourse, the captain
said.
Evening star., 1929-12-08
and do not hold the brakes on con-
stantly on a long downgrade.

and do not hold the brakes on con-
stantly on long downgrade.
7 notice that a great many women
run the engine when stopping for gas.
long exhaust pipes which carry the
fumes to a point directly under the
gas tank. With pressure gas pumps
and inaccurate gasoline gauges the pos
Sibility of Spilling fuel over the tank
and on to the exhaust pipe is too likely
to warrant risking.
The dry cleaners have educated most
households to the value of saving wear
on clothes by keeping them clean, and
for years 1t has been the custom to
have the Oriental rugs washed annu-
ally to prevent grit from being ground
into them by tramping feet. Despite
all this progress along the lines of
preservation through cleanliness, 1t is
rather rare to find a motoriSt giving
instructions for having the upholstery
OF her car vacuum cleaned.
To speed the process of pouring in
oil, some impatient chaps at filling sta
tions like to lift out the strainer in the
oil filler pipe. Don't let them do it.
Be "fussy," even if they do tell you
that the engine carries an oil filter in
addition to the strainer. Oil has to
pass through part of the engine before
any dirt that happens to get into 1t Is
filtered out.
Also the oil filter is for finer particles
of dirt and not for the larger and more
dangerous pieces of foreign matter
which the strainer Is intended to catch.
tCopyrisht. is2s by the Russell service.)