The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-11-13

year OF u millennium and keep
their courage, we shall get out of
our temporary difficulties.
Politicians get jobs, but don't do
much. By the time they get over
the excitement of being elected, it's
time to be elected again.
Have you any idea what crime
costs the nation? The total amount
is $4,000, 100000 year. There are
about one million professional
criminals in the country, including
the crop of prohibition supercrim-
inals.
The government could pension
them at the rate of $4,000 year
each, break even financially and
save the lives taken by the Grim
inals. Or the chief criminals could
be profitably pensioned at $1,000
0OO year each, leaving plenty for
small fry.
1t costs the nation $16,000,00
to take care of 100000 criminals.
And $5,00O,000,000, less than one
third of the crime bill, is the
amount spent on 100000 children
In their parks, their schools their
Fairgrounds, and all welfare work.
That's a very nice picture of
American civilization.
Observe crime, working on
small scale. John Passelli, twenty
five-year-oJd racketeer, called 1.-THE
Ape went to the hospital in New
ark, N. j., with his head cut open,
said he had fallen and asked to
remain overnight, although doctors
said he might go home.
Later three gunner walked up
to his private room. One held the
nurse, while the other two shot
Passelli to death in his bed. They
left, threatening to kill anybody
that interfered. Nobody inter-
fered.
Marvellous, wonderful, amazing,
far beyond the adjectives of any
writer of circus advertising was
the browning of Halle Selassie |
as emperor of Abyssinia at Adds
Ababa.
The emperor, you must know, is
q direct result of the visit that
the queen of Sheba paid to King
Solomon. She had baby when
she came home. That baby is Selas-
sizes ancestor. This may be men,
toned, as Sheba has been dead
1000 years and more.
The emperor and his wife, pow
erful, heavy woman, sat up AN
night praying. In the morning
they washed, and meanwhile the
supply of water was cut off from
everybody else in Adds Ababa,
that it might be kept pure for the
monarchS.
Abyssinian princes wore silk,
satin, gold, and carried shields of
rhinoceros hide and medieval
swords hundreds of years old. Six
snow white horses dragged the EN-
peror in a carriage that once be-
fOnged to the German kaiser.
Finally the emperor fed $4,000 of
his tribesmen with the raw meat
of 5000 head of cattle, and as much
as they could drink of wine made
Of fermented honey. A real party.
Sydney Smith, British wit, fairly |
well satisfied with himself, as is
customary with British wits and |
nOn-wits, asked this question:
I'm the four quarters of the
globe, who reads an American book,
or goes to an American play, or
looks at an American picture or
statue?"
The witty Smith would be sur
prised II he could come back. He
would find all London going to
American plays, musical and 9TH
ers. He would find the pictures Of
John Sargent, an American, self
Ing for more than any British
artists picture ever sold for within
q century of his death, and he
would read in the morning newspa-
pers that the Nobel prize for lit
erature, worth $46,350, goes to Sin
clair Lewis, an American. He
would also learn that Mr.. Lewis
books, their author still alive, have
sold 100000 copies and are pop
ular with "highbrows' in England,
Sweden, Germany and elsewhere.
You know that France and Eng
land can't agree on the question of
France tells the nations
she needs more ships than Italy,
as she fronts on the Mediterranean
and the Atlantic, Italy on the Medi- |
terranean only.
Mussolini replies In substance,
Italy was a great nation when you
were nothing, and we don't mean
to take second place."
Mussolini and his government
Voguent sur I'm vOlcan "are cruis-
Ing on top of volcano" as the ia {
nous French bull has it. Y
A million conspiracies and ha-
reds are plotting the dictator's !
downfall. Prominent Italians, pro- 7
'essors, former government off
Gals, scientists and others have re-
,ently been arrested in connection
With one conspiracy. e