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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-03

the volo. T11essaly, area. The village
of Saingeonges Was altered beyond
recognition, with most Of the houses
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-03

made uninhabitable. Twenty : i've
houses at Pouri collapsed. Schools
were closed II several places.
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The Washington times., 1930-09-04
THIS is THE GANNET, A SEA HAWK. SHE BREAKS
HER NECK.
But, Oh, How Foolish /!

mother sea hawk or "gannet stands here the edge
nest baby hawk with feathers half sprouted Wis
ible below the feathers of the mothers breast.
Students of evolution would be interested in the strange
anxious expression the face of this mother
What her to worry? And is it worry? Through
what ages evolution has that look been developed?
This bird looks fairly intelligent captured by being
easily tricked into breaking its own neck
The hawk Of the most powerful divers of all
the birds that get their living from the waters of the ocean,
Unlike the osprey and other birds this ganne diving for
fish, sezes them with its beak, not with its talons.
With eyesght marvelousy keen the bird from great
height fish swimming below the waters surface
dscends height about hundred feet above the
water dives straight down with terrific speed and force
sezes the fish in its beak eats it takes it to the
young
Man. crafty and ingenious noticing this found easy
way to make the gannet his prey
He fastens fish board sets the board afoat the
water The gannet flying overhead and knowing nothing
about boards the fish apparently the waters surface
dives straight down from seventyve to hundred feet
hits the board beak first and breaks its neck The col
lec it and the fish to deceive another gannet
Let humans however NOT smile superciliously say
to ourselves Poor ignorant bird"
1t is not long since many millions of made perpen
dcular Wall Street dives and broke necks financially
speaking
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Clearing House of Crime
Facts in This City

What should momentOus factor in crime solution
and suppression this country has been undertaken by the
Department of justices Bureau Of Investigation by authority
of act of the last session Of Congress.
It centralized national establishment for the gathering
compilation and dissemination of current crime statistics
which will report law officers throughout the country these
officers in turn to receive full information of the progress
of the work
The international Association of Police Chiefs long
deavord the establishment of such agency
Congress slow in doing anything and the association ns
tuted agency of its The association will
operate the fullest extent with the Department of Justice
The principal object will be to sandardize crime statistics
and make them available to law enforcing agencies and Grim
inologists everywhere aid to law enforcement.
This clearing house Of crime will be operated in connection
with the Identification division of the Department of Justice
important agency in crime detection and prosecution
Congress should literally support the institution badly
needed in this country It will develop slowly and
will require ample funds if is to be nationally useful
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Congress as an Investigating
Institution

The House at time the worlds greatest nvest
eating body but in the last few years the Senate has taken
the lead Nearly any Senator get through that body
resolution to investigate something somebody.
few Senate Investigations have been productive of i'm
good the country but the majority have been
tuay useless Because of this there is naturally
developments tending show that statesmen
investigators are themselves under inquiry.
One serious outcome of these Congressional Investigations
has been the ransang Of the private offices Senators
Representatives That sort of thing smacks much of
days Russia and the methods of the police
some European countries.
The next largest investigation may around this
punderng Of the offices of Senator'S and Representatives
searches for material that will do political harm the pos
SCISSORS of letters -
Congressional Investigations Of local affairs in Washington
have been Sometimes they have BEEN intense
bitter but they have turned up little Of value Congress
to the District Instead they have merely opened the doors
to people with buckets full of gossip and sander.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04

There are many things the
matter with Washington tarffic
but the left-hand rotary turn is
not. one of them. Motorists in
Washington are allowed to drive
through the amber light after
the green, can turn corners
anywhere at high speeds, and
are not required to keep out of
the pedestrian lanes when wait
ing for the red light to change.
Why these lanes are marked at
all is a mystery. Motorists don't
pay any attention to them, and
traffic police allow them to dis
regard these lanes. Another
serious defect with the Wash
ington traffic situation is the
stupid boneheads who hold down
jobs on the traffic police force
here.
have never seen a local traf-
fic policeman give pedestrian
a break yet, and I never expect
to. If anyone does not believe
this invite him major Pratt
included) to stand with me
some morning at Fifteenth and
H Streets Northwest, about $50
and tell me when the pedeS-
trian's chance to cross Fifteenth
Street comes. Traffic is allowed
to run along Fifteenth Street
for long periods of time. and
then when the signal is given
to the drivers on H Street to
proceed, they form a continuous
procession. rounding the corner
and continuing out Fifteenth
Street. They are highly insulted
if a pedestrian attempts to
cross.
I have been in most of this
country's large cities. The pedes.
trian receives less consideration
In Washington than anywhere
have e'-er been.
j. W.. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
The GlOzel Mystery
By Archibald Henderson

nished; the whole matter be-
came a choice joke for the
French comic papers. But the
thing had passed beyond that
stage now. and many distin-
guished scientists are now
ranked as pro- -Glozelians.
1t Is exceedingly difficult to
realize how a hoax, on such a
huge scale as this, could have
been perpetrated without dis
covery. Who could. have manu-
factured all these strange OBJ
q jects? Where and when could
they have been made? Already
some 5000 objects have been
excavated. No such find, in
abundance comparable to this,
and in such a small area, had
been discovered hitherto. The
entire population of Glozel is
49,. It seems inconceivable
that this great number of OBJ
jects could have been fabri-
Gated without discovery, quick
and sure. Already the contro-
versy has been going on with
growing violence for six years;
yet no evidence has come to
light pointing to the author or
fabricator of the alleged fakes.
An international commission
was appointed at the meeting
of the International Anthro-
biological Congress at Amster-
dam to investigate Glozel. The
findings of the commission were
unanimous that the articles
are for the most part of recent
manufacture, planted in the
ground by some party or parties
unknown. DR.. David Riesman
Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania evidently fully shares the
views of this commission. And
yet, six months after the COM
missions visit to Glozel, DR..
Morlet called together a COM
mittee of twelve men. including
Reinach among other distin-
guiShed names: and this com.
mittee pronounced unanimously
in favor of Glozel! One of
these men. DR.. Foat, a London
scientist, says: IF the finds
of Glozel are not authentic, it
is equally necessary to con-
slider as false all that I have
seen in museums between Lon
lon and Constantinople."
copyright. 1890 International Features
Service, Incl
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

Why do so many modern
young wives refuse to have
babies? Here's an honest an
swer. You may not like it
but what argument can you
put up against it?
Dear Miss Robinson:
I would like to challenge your
statement that all normal wo-
men want babies. TT interests
me because I, myself, have often
been considered abnormal be-
cause / refuse to give up my
happy, interesting life to a
nursery. Why should I? I'm
perfectly happy. ] have a fine
husband, interesting work, a
pleasant home and lots of leis-
ure, which most of my friends
with children don't have.
My husband treats me with
more consideration than these
young women get. who become
tired, sharp tongued and un-
attractive. Moreover, we are
far ahead financially of these
young couples, who have the
same salary, but have one or
two children to eat 1t up.
il We go on trips. out any night
we please, no commotion or un-
tidiness around the house, and
my husband is proud to bring
people home, knowing that he
won't stumble over baby clothes
in the front hall and see a wo-
man with straggly hair and
limp dress come apologizing
that "she is so busy with
the baby" Every time we 60 to
see such a pair Dick comes and
says, THANK God, you're not
like that"
AS far as can figure, when
you have a baby today, the
mother gives up her figure
forever, her leisure, her compan-
ionship with her husband
in other words, her JOY in life.
The father gives up his pleas.
ant restful hours at home, his
good looking and interesting
young wife, and is tied down
good and tight. He can't take
a chance in business that a
childless couple. particularly if
the wife is working, can take,
The young couple contract
about a $4,000 debt until the
child is eighteen-and probably
more, If they are going to give
it any advantage.
And I am not alone in this.
There are thousands who feel
as I do. only they lie and pre-
tend they're too i'll or too poor
to afford babies. But now and
then one of us has the courage
to frankly face those drab, dis
couraged mothers who pretend
to love their condition. but Sc
cretly envy us our freedom.
CLARA.
Freedom, q figure. fun and
funds-so that's your idea Of
q full Ne Is It. Clara? Well,
Il y satisfies you, I should
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Modern Surgery
Blessing or Curse !?

Paying tribute to Lister father of modern anseptic
surgery eminent physicians in convention Winnipeg call
him he greatest material benefactOr of mankind the world
has known the who has saved lives than all
the wars of all the ages have thrown away
High praise and probably Yet you wonder perhaps
whether modern medical science great blessing the
race it is supposed to be.
weak the crippled defective Many these marry and
pass their mperfecons their children Each generation
born.
Left to itself nature permits the fit survive When
man nterferes with nature by taking scientific and human
tartan measures the UNFIT survive society burdened
with them
What the outcome will be nobody knows and few care
STILL it question worth asking
The Washington times., 1930-09-04

worry. But it's lucky for the
human race that there are
women who ask more than
that from life!
The papers carried the story
of one of them the other day.
you saw her picture, probably
"a tired. faded widow of forty
with a ragged little lad at her
side. No fun in those thin
faces-no fine figure under
that shabby gown; and as for
funds, not a cent. Remember
her story? She had offered to
be inoculated with the awful
virus of trachoma. Such in
oculafion might mean sight for
thousands-Gbut it might also
means lifelong blindness for
the one who took the test.
Yet that mother offered to
take 1t, that she might get
money to give her son an ed
ucation..
Pity her? Spare your signs.
Clara. That mother would
pity you! For she has a richer
treasure than was ever
cached in banks-and she
knows adventures beside which
your parties are kindergarten
games. She may be blind
but your well eyes will never
glimpse the glories that flash
before her soul. She may go
stumbling, yet in spirit she
strides on heights which you
will never climb. Offer her
your freedom, your fun, your
sterile figure, and she'd laugh
at you, Clara. For she is a
mother, and beside her pride
and joy your dreams are a lit
tie foolish dust.
(Copyright. 1890. by King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1930-09-04

One of the most extraordi-
nary controversies in the his
tory of science was precipitated,
not long ago, by the spec
tacular discovery of q great
cache of singular objects of
alleged antiquity. In a field
near Glozel. tiny hamlet
some Is miles from Vichy, a
COW one day slipped into an
unsuspected hole. A young boy,
Fradin by name, on investigat.
ing, discovered that the hole
led into an oval pit full Of
striking. looking objects-bricks.
tablets, vases. The discovery
attracted the attention of one
DR.. Albert Morlet, a surgeon OF
Vichy and an amateur archie
ologist. Excavations at GloZel
brought to light many more
buried objects, which were de-
scribed by DR.. Morlet in a
great number of articles in
the famous French magazine,
the Mercure de France.
DR.. Morlet has acquired many
objects of great interest, but
the great majority of them are
now stored in a small build
ing called the Music de Glozel
or Glozel Museum. The museum
may be visited at an admittance
cost of two francs "a few
cents in American money. On
shelves around the walls and
Ia very primitive glass cases
standing on the floor are dis
PLAYED a most fascinating
and heterogeneous collection OF
strange objects.
Here are the vases, tablets
engraved stones, ornaments, pen
dants. harpoons. The clay tab
lets are marked with craven
signs giving the appearance OF
alphabetical symbols. Some l5o
characters have been dlsCln'
ruished, representing every let
fsr of the alphabet except the
letter B.
A short time after the dis
coveries were made, suspicion
arose that the whole affair was
. colossal hoax. Scientists be-
gan to array themselves on one
side or the other: and terrific
controversy ensued. The bitter
ness of the argument almost
sarpasses belief. France was
torn aslnder by the issue; 1t
soon spread to other countries.
Scientific regulations were tar
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Immigrants
We Want the Best Only.

Crime and unemployment both big questions are also the
biggest arguments in favor of sELECT1vE immigration
into the United States.
In the past anybody could here-and did Later we
put bars up against the least desirable limited the de-
sirable.
It time to ask ourselves Why in immigration
policy, should not admit only the BEST.
We the best blood and best brains of Europe
they want to here.
We the worst blood and brains Europe
any other place We have enough bad blood bad brains
of our without importing more.
Our door neighbor Canada wisely admits only those
immigrants who will not swell the ranks of the unemployed
or the criminal classes.
The United States do the by applying the principle
of SELECTIVE immigration admitting those foreigners who
needed in the nations household excluding those that
are nO& ~
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Lipton's Sportsmanship
Arouses Admiration

Arouses Admiration
Editor. Times:
It won't be long now before
the Upton Cup races are run,
and this seems to me to be an
opportune time for America to
show that it appreciates true
craftsmanship.
You can search from any
point of the globe to any
arbitrary spot, and you'll not
find another sportsman, an
other optimist. with the same
fortitude as Sir Thomas Upton.
Nearly any other person would
have given up the quest for
the cup long ago in the face
of the many reverses which
the kindly EngliShman met.
Time and time again, he would
spend great sums of money on
his family of Shamrocks. con-
fident that they would return
the trophy to the land of its
donor.
Every time the craft proved
lacking. But Sir Thomas did
not give up. Since we take a
great delight in trimming En-
gland in every field of endeavor,
and since we always admire
someone who can take 1t on
the chin" and come up sr1il-
ing, we should be only too
anxious to acclaim. to honor
a gentleman worthy Of any
honor which he might receive.
G. I. L.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-

AAS s@V~sS A~S A@A0~AA
Since tuberculosis. especially
of the pulmonary variety. is
such a weakening and wasting
disease, as we'll as a chronic one
proper upbuilding. diet for such
a patient often becomes a prob
lem. "......
No matter where the tubercle
bacilli actually may be lodged
whether in the lungs, kidneys or
boneS-it is the poisons of these
germs which permeate the
whole system and cause the
fever, lack of appetite, fatigue,
ETC., which are so familiar.
It must be remembered, how
ever, that the bacilli of tubercu-
losis cannot be killed directly.
nor can their poisons be neutral
lied directly.
The only way both can be
fought successfully is by build
ing up the body SO that ma
ture'S own forces can conquer
the disease,
In tuberculosis, therefore, the
idea has arisen that all one must
do is fatten up the sick one as
much as possible.
Artificial fattening, however,
is of no value. Mere gain Of
weight does not necessarily indi-
cate that the disease has been
checked.
The best weight for the tuber-
culosis patient Is about three to
five pounds above the ideal nor
NAL standards.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Firemen-C Cherry Blossom
Celebration Is Urged

Editor, IfmeS.
It occurs to me that there
are two events in Washington
annually, which h. If combined
and spread over a weeks pro-
gram, would give our city an
affair that would outStrip New
Orleans famous mardi graS for
color, splendor and beauty.
Each year thousands Of peo-
pie visit Washington in the
spring for the sole purpose of
seeing the beautiful cherry bios
SONS in Potomac Park. There
has been some talk-but no
plans-about an annual gigan-
tic pageant at cherry blossom
time.
Then in the fall of each year
the District fire department
holds its very splendid parade.
To see this. thousands of per
sons from neighboring States
visit Washington.
It occurred to me that two
such events are virtually tailor
made for a huge, spectacular
program, in the spring, just at
the time the cherry blossoms
are peeping out. What do some
of the other readers of The
Times think of this?
e. w. r.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Do you know:
/. What is the common term
for paternoster?
2. What is meant by the ex-
preston ''sang-froid"?
8. When did the poetess
Sappho live?
4. What is a wet blanket?
S. On what lake Is Chicago?
s. What is carrion?
Z. Where In England is the
annual Derby race run?
8. What does the Feast Of
Epiphany celebrate?
8. What land is called Gods
Acre.?
10. What is meant by tarnish.
ing?
Match correctly:
II. deduce distress
IL. enmity parody
l3. victor infer
IA. burlesque conqueror
Is. agony hostility
ANSWERS On Magazine RAge.l
The Washington times., 1930-09-04

ate one motor car strikes me,
mid Westerner, as being not SO
good to say the least.
The reason the left-hand ro-
tary turn Is not used In more
American cities is that 1t is only
applicable where the streets are
wide. Very few cities have these
wide streets.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04

fully. and the motor fatality
rate in Cleveland is one of the
lowest among the large cities.
And this in spite Of the fact
that a drivers license is not re-
quired in Ohio, and after all
this is nothing but permission
to do reckless driving. The idea
of buying two licenses to oper-
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
Pedestrians Here Get
Worst of Traffic

Editor, Times ~
A person writing in your col
umn and signing himself ViSi-
tor criticizes the rotary left-hand
turn used in this city. He makes
the statement that mo other
city in the country has the local
rotary turn"
Now I would like TO know
where visitor Is from. and how
far he has Travelled. Cleveland
uses the rotary lefthand turn,
and. what Is more, Cleveland Is
quite Q city. They have used
this turn there quite success
The Washington times., 1930-09-04
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

III man who has not made
his viii at 40 Is worse than
Q fool-almost q knave.
Wilson.
The education Of children Is
Q business where one must
know how to lose time in order
to gain il. -Rousseau.
The Washington times., 1930-09-04

Nothing is so certain as that
the vices Of leisure are dis
persed by occupation.
Seneca.
Praises of the unworthy are
felt by ardent minds as rob
berries of the deserving.
>Coleridge.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-11-14
COLLEGE SUGGESTS SAFETY
PLANS FOR BULL PENS

AS challenge to the evermounting
number of deaths occasioned by bull
pen accidents, the agricultural engin-
eering department of the State College
has worked out three safety appi-
ances for pens. These schemes are
simple and inexpensive and are de-
clared to be entirely adequate in the
prevention of tragedies.
L. ]. Smith, professor in the depart
ment, declares that every bull pen
should be strongly built and should
have the lower rail sufficiently high
above the ground so that a man could
roll underneath if attacked by the bull
and pinned against the fence. Tho
three plans designed by State College
men include swinging gate to the
pen, and a system whereby there
would always be a partition between
the animal and it's owner. The ar
rangements are so planned that they
might be readily applied to any strong
ly fenced yard at normal cost. The
devices may be employed when the
bull is used for service, and can also
be employed to advantage when it is
necessary to do work on the bull
such as hoof pairing.
Information regarding the pen ap-
pliances may be secured by writing
the department of agricultural engin-
eering, State College of Washington,
Pullman.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-11-14
ORDER TRANSFORMER FOR
THAWING FROZEN PIPES

Residents In town who were annoy
ed and inconvenienced last winter
when the water pipes IN their resi-
dences and business houses froze up
and continued in that state for two
or three weeks, will not have to face
that trouble again this year. At least,
if the water should freeze, they will
be able to have the pipes thawed out
without having to wait for the weather
man to do the job. This welcome news
was conveyed in a circular letter en-
closed in the regular October bills
mailed out the first of the month.
The letter said the White Bluffs
Water Works had ordered an electro
cal thawing transformer to do this
work. The cost for the use of the
transformer will be nominal but there
is one little chore that the water user
must do and he should do it at once,
before the ground freezes if he ex-
poets to avail himself of the services
of the transformer. A piece of large
copper wire must be soldered on to
his water pipe where it joins the
wooden mains of the town water
system, leaving one end of the wire
exposed so that it may be attached to
the transformer.
The Water Works letter also says
that A. J. Romans will do the little
job of attaching the copper wire to
the water pipe for any of those who
do not wish to do it themselves.