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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-25

innumerable ether nights that have seen ships go down
at sea-still, empty, spaigled with stars. The boats were
hundreds of miles from land. Around them was a vast
loneliness, silent and desolate.
But the cir was full of invisible appeals. The Tahiti
carried a wireless. And while the lifeboats drifted, and
their occupants scanned the horizon, other ships. far
beyond the line where sky and water met, heard those
appeals and changed their courses.
So it was that these BIT refugees from the danger of
the sea did not have to attempt the long. almost hope
less pull for distant land. Help came to them, quickly
and efficiently. An American ship and o Norwegian ship
drew alongside and took everyone aboard. When the
Tahiti finally went under the water all Of her people were
safe on other vessels.
That, in its own way, is quite as thrilling and glamorous
as anything that the old days OF wooden ships and square
sails can offer. To fight wind. wave and thirst in an
open boat over hundreds of miles of hostile sea is ad-
venture no doubt; but isn't 1t also adventure to send a
call for help through the empty air, and to hang 3l7 lives
on the sputter Of an electric spark in the cabin of a sink
ing ship? The wireless, any way you look at it. is a
miracle. An age that can snatch hundreds of people
from death in mid-ocean by means of a miracle is an
age in which romance is far from being dead.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-25
DOdging the Issue

The suggestion of the Very Rev. William Ralph 1nge,
England's famous gloomy dean" that condemned Grim
inals be allowed to commit suicide instead of being forced
to wait for the state to execute them with the rope or
the electric chair is an interesting example of the way a
sensitive mind can dodge behind a makeshift barrier
instead of facing an issue squarely.
Dean 1nge, undoubtedly. was moved to make his sug-
gestion because his soul found something unspeakably
%repugnant in the thought OF condemned men waiting,
day after day and week after week, in their cells for a
foreordained violent death. But it is hard to see Just
how this proposal would mitigate the horrors of capital
punishment very greatly.
Capital punishment is bound to be a harsh, repenent
measure under any circumstances. and trying to find
ways Of %softening it is futile. Anyone who finds death
row" too dreadful to think about is at liberty to work
for the abolition of capital punishment altogether; but
as long as the death penalty remains, there isn't much
use in trying to take the sting out of it.
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;. Halt Fake Charity Beggars
(Hettinger County n

It was perhaps during the World war that the world
discovered how truly liberal and great hearted the peo-
pie Of North Dakota really are-and many in the world
have since taken advantage of this knowledge.
Hardly a week passes that there is not someone
knocking at our doors begging in a highly trained man
ner for a most worthy charitable organization or object.
Each beggar these days has an ingratiating smile, a
cap, a tambourine, credentials and hard luck tales SUI
ficient to make a hard hearted business man weep-and
donate. So skilfully do these professionals work their
sales psychology that we find ourselves feeling rich and
with a desire to help all the unfortunate ones IN the
world. Often we forget that we are broke ourselves ana
we shell out dimes that should be placed in the babys
bank, but do go toward paying gasoline and hotel bills,
for trained beggars who prefer travelling and co1ecung
on a big commission to staying at home and working
for themselves, sweet charity and the Lord.
We must learn to restrain ourselves a bit. A long
winter is coming to North Dakota. Our own babies
must eat, and most Of us would not make enough to per-
NIT our staying at the best hotels, If we started out
begging for them.
AS a matter Of fact most of us are regular suckers,
recognized as such by most of the boys who put on bapd
caps and ingratiating smiles and pick us for spending
money. There are plenty of worthy charities right at
home. Real Salvation Army workers have regular
credentials. 1t is known that the American Red Cross
operates with a very low overhead: that all but a small
percentage of the money you donate actually goes for
the relief of suffering humanity. Pick out a few more
worthy charities If you can afford 1t and your conscience
will allow you to donate-but for heavens sake step on
some Of the floating takers who are continually knock
ing at doors and your overworked pocketbook.
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A Miracle on the Sea

1t is customary to say that modern inventions have
robbed the sea OF its romance. The steamship has re-
placed the w~indjammer, and seagoing lore and customs
dating back to the early Phoenicians have gone by the
beard, The age Of steam, on the deep, is not considered
an age of glamour.
Still, there are times when this prosaic period can do
rather we'll by us. if only we, look at it rightly. 1t has a
new romance to replace the old, a new aura of mystery
and a new way of facing death and danger.
A few days ago the steamer Tahiti got into difficulty
several hundred miles off the Cook islands, far down in
the southwestern part of the Pacific-as lonely a corner
OF the seven seas could be found. Passengers and crew,
she carried BIT people. All of them took to the beats.
Now that sort OF thing-navigation being the uncertain
affair that it is-has happened times without number,
on the Pacific and other oceans. Lifeboats filled with
passengers and sailors have floated idly on the sea, watch
ing a crippled ship prepare for its last, slow settling into
the waves, and then have struck out for land, some
times to make 1t and sometimes to disappear forever.
But this time it was different.
Outwardly it was the same. The lifebeats stuck by
the stricken liner. The night, presumably, was like the
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The Third Emigration
New York Evening PoSt)

NNcW YORK evening POSC
The Russian government Is considerably worried over
what has been designated as the third emigration"
The first emigration was that of the Socialists and anar-
chists in czarist days. The second was that of the one
or two million Russians who fled to all parts of the world
from the boshevist terror. The third is that of the
"nonreturners," soviet citizens appointed to diplomatic
or other posts abroad who refuse to go back home when
so ordered. The penalty for such refusal is death and
confiscation of goods.
The most prominent and one Of the earliest OF the
"nonreturners' was the counselor of the soviet en-
bassy in Paris. When he refused to obey Instructions
to go back to Moscow agents Of the OGPU were sent out
to get him. Rather than return, he escaped over the
embassy wall and demanded protection of the French
police for himself and his wife and children. OF the
minor officials who have become convinced that the
soviet utopia is a good place to stay away from the num-
Der is said to run into the hundreds.
One reason for these lamentable OBJECTIONS is the
development of a preference, incomprehensible, of course,
to the true communist, for the amenities of a society
which derives Its manners and customs from capitalism.
Another is the strong suspicion which must enter the MIND
of any soviet official who has been ordered home that
he is to be shot for some real or fancied infraction OF
soviet doctrine, or perhaps simply because his friends at
court have been beaten by his enemies.
The third emigration Is a striking indication OF the
conditions OF tyranny prevailing in soviet Russia. When
government officials, presumably selected for their spe-
cial zeal in the cause. desert the ship Of state in con-
siderable numbers there Is reason to believe that the
soviet system ought to be confined TO Russia.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-25
Fifty-Nine Plus Five

James W. Gerard has added five more names to his
list of "dictators." There is no occasion to worry, how
ever. If the fate of American citizens is in the hands
Of some "a men rather than one, such as the clustering
Mussolini, their future is in no immediate danger.
Mr.. Gerard is not exactly sure of his 50 plus five.
Probably next week. after a good night at the palatial
home of Cornelius Vanderbilt, he may pick a few more
names from the social register to add to his list of those
who rule.
In years past, it was a favorite stunt of the late
Robert M. La Toilette to pick the masters of predatory
wealth" who preyed upon the people, who swayed govern
ments and who rocked cabinets nonchalantly as a matter
of course.
Just when the people were beginning to think the in
surgents in the United States senate plus the Democratic
minority were running the nation and blocking the deep
laid plans of the great captains of industry, Mr.. Gerard
relieves our minds and tells us the names of those who
hold the destinies of this nation in the hollow of their
hands.
MIR. Gerards list also lets out the Federal Reserve sys-
tenn and the Farm Board.
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BY B0RNER

Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Colip, Miss
Edith Colip. Mrs. Mary Rasche and
daughter Shirley, all Of Regain, were
callers in Baldwin Sunday while en-
route to Bismarck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Dow have re-
turned to their home in Missoula,
Montana. after spending q few days
with relatives in the community.
MIR. and Mrs. Ira FalkenStem and
daughter Marie motored to Bismarck
Friday on q business mission.
Miss, Florence Rupp, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. q. G. Rupp will be
among those from Baldwin to attend
high schol in Bismarck this fall.
Miss Grace Falkensiein will teach
school in Morton county south of
Mandan this year. She recently re-
turned home from Dickinson where
she has been attending the summer
session of the Normal school.
MI. and Mrs. Shep Haas and daugh-
ter Frances of Turtle Lake were
guests at the homes Of local relatives
Thursday and Friday. They also
transacted business In Bismarck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Eliason Of Bis
marck were recent guests at the AL
vim Nordstrom home.
Willie Borner and small son of
Arnold were here on business Tuesday
afternoon.
Several local young folks attended
the dance which was held at the
Adrian Ashbridge farm Saturday eve
ming.
Mrs. Andy Peterson spent the past
week in Bismarck at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Sitter, and
family.
Harry Engleman, who has been
working in the harvest fields west
Of here, has returned home.
Charlie Sorch OF Ecklund was a
caller In town Wednesday.
M. F. Parker Of Bismarck was q
recent caller in the community. MI.
Parker will teach school in Lyman
township this fall. He formerly
taught In Cromwell and Naughton.
William Bronson, Fred Talbert and
Dwight Miller, all of near Fl. Wayne,
Indiana, who have been working in
local harvest fields the past two weeks,
left Friday for their homes.
Mrs. William Gilbertson and daugh-
ter .Alvina have returned home from
q ten days visit at the Victor Frank
lin home neal Wildwood. Mi. and
Mrs. Franklin are the parents of a
baby boy whom they have named
after his father.
Carl Lein, who has been station
agent at this point for several years,
IS leaving this week for Fullerton
where he has accepted q similar posi-
ton. Local friends of Mr.. Lein are
sorry to see him leave our midst, and
we wish him the best of success in
his new home.
A number from here attended the
wedding dance of MI. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Scott which was held in the Still
community hall last Saturday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Scott are both well
known in the Baldwin community
and have the best wishes of their
many friends here for a happy mar
ried life.
Threshing operations have been de-
layed the past few days on account of
the heavy rains which visited here the
fore part Of the week. The rains will
benefit the later crops.
Mrs. John williams spent 4 few days
with her son Elmer and family south
Of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. .Arnnld Nupp. who
have been here the pAet two weeks.
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Today Is The
Anniversary of
BRET HARTE'S BIRTH

On Aug. Is, 1889, Bret Harte, ia
nous American humorous poet and
novelist, was born at Albany, N. Y.
He left his home at Is to wander
to California to dig for gold. After
three years OF this and teaching
school the young adventurer got a
job as compositor on the Golden Era.
His occasional contributions attract
ed wide attention and soon he be-
came editor of another paper, the
Weekly Californian.
From 1864 to 1867 Harte served as
secretary of the United States Mint
in San Francisco, but at the same
time wrote poems for the newspapers.
He later wrote 1.-The Luck Of the
Roaring Camp" and 1.-THE Outcasts
of Poker Flat" perhaps his best short
stories. In 1870 he was made profess
sor Of literature at the University of
Southern California, but left the post
to go to New York to continue with
his writing. Some years later he was
appointed American consul in Ger
many and Scotland.
Harte'S works, according to one
critic, give a view of early California
that supplies an interesting supple
ment to formal history. Most of. Bret
Harte's stories and poems, depict life
on the Pacific coast in the early days,
but he describes life also in tine At,
lantic states and IN England"
Copyright, 1890, NEA Service, 1nc.)
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CARE m THE SICK ROOM

~N@ VIVIAN
A young girl Of fourteen had q case
of inflammatory rheumatism which
became complicated with pneumonia.
Her family sent me an urgent tele-
phone call, that they believed the girl
was dying, and wondered II there was
anything I could do to save her.
Upon entering the door Of her room
I had to gasp at the flood Of hot, fetid
air which filled the room. When the
lights were lit they disclosed that all
Of the windows were shut with blan-
kets tackled over them. A large open
gas stove was burning vigorously, with
its flame projecting several inches out
Of the heater. The room was dirty
and untidy. There were nine friends
and relatives crowded into the room
besides myself.
The first thing I did was to ask
them all to leave except the mother.
then we opened all Of the windows. for
1t was quite warm outside. I also
shut off the gas stove. The little pa
tents red face was almost hidden
under q pile Of blankets. An exam
ination revealed that she had been
entirely wrapped In q wooden blanket
torn in long strips. Over this she had
two flannel nightgowns. She lay on
top Of an electric blanket, on top of
her three heavy wooden blankets and
two comforters.
The mother did not know what an
enema was. and the patient had not
had q bowel movement since she first
became sick. Incidentally, the patient
had not even been given q sponge
bath since the beginning of her i'll
ness. The mother had tried to keep
up her strength by feeding her fried
eggs, potatoes and gravy and similar
foods. The girl had q temperature Of
LOG degrees. and was delirious. The
girl was very sick, and would N
doubleday have died had she con-
tinued to receive the kind Of nursing
she had been given.
After a few days of correct nursing,
sponge baths, enemas, and no food,
but plenty Of water to drink, she're-
covered. This may seem like an x
IRENE case, but it differs from many
others only in slight details. I am
sure that the wrong kind OF nursing
has killed thousands of patients,
whereas, the right care would have
resulted in their recovery.
Proper care of the sickroom is most
important in all illnesses where the
patient is confined to bed, and I am
going to outline to you some Of the
elementary facts Of sanitation and
hygiene which should be used 50 that
the patient will be made more COM
Portable and allowed to recover in the
shortest time.
The first thing to do is to see that
the room is clean. It is distressing to
a disabled person to be surrounded by
q cluttered heap Of objects. The bed
should be kept clear Of books, papers,
pencils, extra pillows and pets. The
dressing table in the room should be
kept clean and Strengthened. Clean
illness has q definite health value
which cannot be o~ver-rated. See that
the room receives q plentiful supply
Of fresh air. You can arrange 1t SO
that the air can be warm and still be
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in this time of stress."-President
Hoover.
II hope I never live to see another
tariff revision" - Senator James e.
Watson.
American industry makes a seri-
Gus mistake in discarding a man
when he reaches the age of 45."-Dr.
J. A. Britton Of Chicago.
II never smoked and lever drank
until I was IL years old."-De Wolf
Hopper, actor.
ut was like coming out of hell in
to ACKNOWLEDGMENT johnson, on
Missouri state penitentiary
after % years Of confinement.
"a specialist Is a man who knows
more and more about less and less
DR.. William J. Mayo.
1.-THE United States is the greatest
law factory the world has ever
known."-Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes.
X \
Hard knocks make better demo-
Americans than diplomat
Charles Schwab, steel magnate.
cart, like morality, consists in
drawing the line somewhere."-Gil-
bert K. Chesterton, author.
=
IF marriage is to be a success one
obviously begin by marrying
the right person."-Count Hermann
1.-THE philosophy Of q pig involves
no discrepancies and his every act is
a perfect expression Of his convic-
Alvin E. Margery, D. D.
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Known Gangsters


Most cities in America have sufficient trouble keeping
their own criminal populations in hand without taking
not shots at the obviously unhealthy situation winch
exists in Chicago.
Cities. like persons, might proftably spend their time
sweepinc their own dooryards before recommending the
vacuum cleaner to their %neighbors. Right here in North
Dakota we have one or more gangs OF bank roppers whlcn
might be better in the penitentiary than loose upon the
highways.
But be that as it may, few cities in the country nave
50 many known %gangsters" as Chicago, and That 1act
sneaks for itself, The newspapers label them as such
and tell the nature of the particular racket in which
they are engaged. The great press associations carry
stories referring to this one or that one in a most un-
complimentary manner.
The inference is that they must be %gangsters, or at
least men of evil repute, because in Illinois. as elsewhere,
the law protects a man in his good name.
The epitome of this situation is seen in the disclosures
made public from the records of Jack Zuta, former
Bugs Moran h~enchman, who has taken the one-way
trail of %gangoom.
zuta was a known gangster" and was often referred
to as such before his death. His strong box disclosed
that he had paid money to judges, police captains, at
torneys closely connected with prosecutors, newspaper
men and others. Many of the men so named nave rusned
to the fore with glib explanations OF their dealings
with the slain man. Whether or not the men thus indi-
rectly accused are honest remains a question. That
they are versatile is obvious.
Zuta is labeled as a Bugs Moran aide, but Bugs Moran
still is at large and If he is a known ~gangster" the law
either doesn't know 1t or is unable to do anything
about it.
Moran's arch enemy is the infamous Al Capone. And
Capone is a name which has received more front
notoriety in the last year than any other person with the
exception of the President. Any school child could tell
you who AL Capone is.
True enough, he served a term in prison, but that was
in PENNSYLVANIA, not in Chicago where he is best known
and most powerful.
Into news dispatches creep the names OF Terry Drug
gan, south side beer runner and a score Of others.
So far as the record shows, Druggan has never been
convicted of the activity which everyone seems to know
about. There are other instances which will occur to
readers who may take no particular interest In crime
news but who get an inknng of the doings of the under
world along with other items in the daily press.
The question most citizens who still believe In law
and order will ask, is how can these men be known
gangsters," beer-runners. etc, and still remain at large?
Probably the answer is an Indifferent attitude on the
part of the public.
that a known ~gangster" would be permitted to walk the
streets Of Bismarck very long and to ply his trade here.
Citizens of the city would demand that something be
done and something would be done.
1t seems automatic that the nursing bottle Of the
known ~gangster" is an indifferent public opinion.
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BARBS

Maybe the linoryper who called
them radio production statictics had
good grounds for the spelling.
X X \
Some one Of these days q tennis
star Is going to be embarrassed by
being photographed holding only one
tennis racket.
In the future the fellow who says.
Lets sit this one out" may be asked
to produce credentials on his tree
sitting record.
Smokers consumed a billion more
cigarets this June than in the same
month Of last year. Shows you what
a shaky stock market car do to your
nerves.
Jobless shoemakers in San Saliva
dor held a parade to protest the in
PRODUCTION of shoemaking machinery.
What you might call their last stand.
X X X
Drought stories from Memphis,
Tenn, report a baby three months
old who has never seen a drop of
rain. He probably wouldn't recognize
1t If he saw one, anyway.
X X y
As popular as jazz may be, the
yet got around toad
ding an accordion.
y
Mark Antony, the office observer
says, must have raised corr during a
drought. He once remarked, Lend
me your ears"
It is reported that baked apples re-
Gently fell off trees in two states.
But tree sitters deserve stronger
names than that.
X X X
No one will object to the proposal
of eating food In pill form provid-
ing they r taken after meals.
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Madrid, Seville and Barcelona, was
preliminary to the regular operation
Of the service between Spain and
the Canaries withamphibian planes.
The service at first will be weekly
but later it is planned to put it on
q daily basis.
A gathering of distinguished
Spanish civil officials, including
Minister OF the Interior Matos, par.
ticipated in the ceremonies incident
to the Inauguration OF the service
when the plane departed from Ma
drid. Large crowds greeted the
plane and its party at both Las
Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The plane carried in addition to the
pilots and the Official party two me.
chanics. q radio operator. large con.
signments Of mail and bundles Of
the Madrid newspaper LA Van:
gVardia.:
49, 49, --4+A @-.- . ~A-N =.
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rife heat the planes three Wright
J-6 motors functioned perfectly. the
pilots, Ansaldo and Soriano, re.
ported following the return OF the
party to Madrid. The plane, being
equipped with radio. was in on.
slant communication with the Span.
ish military base at Cabo JUDY dur.
ing the flights.
Daily Flight Planned
Upon his return TO Madrid Pilot
Ansaldo reported that in the round
trip fight between Madrid and the
Canary Islands and the flights over
the desert in search Of the lost avi.
ators the plane had flown 5000
kilonneters. approximately 5000
miles. with perfect performance.
The Inaugural night in the Ford
plane, which the clasAa line had
ensz&tAd IN regular service between
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BIDS FOR BUS ROUTES

The Menoken School District No. 80
will receive bids for the followine
North, East, West. East route
bus to tranport Knoll children. West
route bus large enough to transport
Is pupils. Bus drivers required to pay
haM Of the premium On accident insur-
ance. Bids will be opened Aug. 9th
$500 p. NJ. School Board reserves
right to reject any or all bids.
MRS. PAUL HOLMES, Pres. =
PARK WOOD. Clerk.
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