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sold. This is well below the figures for 1929-the banner
year for all time-but substantially above the record for
1880. when the total was only ~3,350.00O.
The importance of all of this lies in the fact that
American industry as a whole cannot prosper If the
industry is sick. The institute remarks that
"the attainment Of the automobile s~aturation point in
1929 was more responsible for the general business slump
in 1880 than any other factor; and it is not hard to
agree with that observation.
II the automobile industry is really on the verge of
regaining its health, the outlook for other industries is
brighter; and, conversely, If Detroit should
continue to suffer, the rest Of the nation would suffer
with 1t.
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MONDAY, &c

NONOA1s "A UANY 20
7:00-Farm flashes.
7:10-Weather report.
7:I5-Farm reporter in Washington.
7:SO-Old-time music,
Decentralization period,
S:OO-ArOund the Town: Radio floor.
walker.
9:OO-Sunshine hour.
lo:oo-Opening grain markets: wealth.
er report.
Sammy: household chat.
u III at your service.
10:57-Arlington time signal.
markets.%
11:l5-German program.
!a:SO-Organ program: Clara Morris.
OO-Gr markets; Bismarck Trib-
~ une news and weather: lunch
I'm. o program.
2:OO-Grain markets: high. low. and
close; Bismarck Tribune news.
or weather, and st. Paul livestock.
1:l5-Weekly agricultural review: N.
y. Agricultural college.
2:3O-Siesta hour: Good news radio
magazine.
3:00-Music.
6:00-Music.
5:10-World Bookman.
5:l5-Uncle PauIs kiddie time.
5:35-StOckS and bonds.
5:40-Bismarck Tribune sports items.
5:4b-Bismarck Tribune news.
b:OO-Dinner hour organ recital:
Clara Morris.
6:30-Golden hour of music: Your
Provident host.
7:OO-Newscasting.
7:15-Legfslative tidbits.
7:30-A bit of fun.
7:45-Studio program.
S:OO-N: G. players: Episode No. l..
The Mystery of Harlow Manor.
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Ar'-s'ss $Qass'astii'e%.s
A&a;:a::'i !;is IS:5i,SsS,sSs@

This is a special department de-
voted to the handling of inquiries
You have at your disposal an ex-
tensive organization in Washington to
serve you in any capacity that relates
to information. Write your question,
your name, and your address clearly,
and enclose two cents in coin or
stamps for reply. Send to the Bis
marck Tribune Information Bureau,
Frederic j.. Haskin, Director. Wash
ington, D. c.
@. How much does a radio broad
casting station cost? L. H. S.
A. Ver.' few people have any idea
of the cost of operating a radio sta
ton. To install any kind of trans
hitting set with power up to 1000
watts. it would cost from 5000 to
$40, OO0. The science of the trans
mission of sound at the present time
is developing SO rapidly that a send
ing set that would be'up-to-date to-
day, in six months would be obsolete,
The broadcaster must pay studio and
office rent of from SIS, 900 to SAC, O00
a year. The investment on a big STA
ton runs from $780, 900 to a million
dollars. Pickup equipment costs
from $10,O 900 to SIS. 1000; line charges
that is, for telephone wires to trans
nit programs, costs approximately
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually
Electricity amounts to about SIS ,O00
a year, and there are a number OF
incidental expenses that run to about
$4,000. Microphones cost at least SIS.
@. What we're the outstanding
events of 1890? N. H. H.
A. M. K. Wisehart in the Ameri-
can Magazine suggests the following
Discovery of the remains of the Salo-
mon August Andree north pole aerial
expedition; transatlantic nonstop
flight of Coste and Bellonte; winning
of four major golf championships in
one year by Bobby Jones; revolt in
India led by Gandhi; birth of Charles
! Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.; Columbus,
Ohio, penitentiary fire; great Amer
lean drought: discovery of Planet x,
later nambed Pluto; return of Carol
to Rumania to ascend throne; and
loss of England's dirigible R-101.
@. When were hospitals first es-
tablished? v. r.
A. The establishment of hospitals
in the sense in which we understand
them now probably occurred in Eu-
rope during the Middle Ages. His
torians differ somewhat on this, but
it is generally agreed that the insti-
buttons conducted in Europe by vari-
Gus religious orders were perhaps the
forerunners of the present day hos
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try and sociology be made important
subjects in the curriculum of our
educational institutions.
Let us bring up u children to be
at least healthy animals who will
know the real worth of the important
things of life, and add the frills and
laces to the mind if there is any time
left.
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to this section of the world because it
occupies the low region near the
North sea.

to this section of the world because it
occupies the low region near the
North sea.
@. How many circuit courts OF
appeal are there? District courts?
E. G.
A. There are nine circuit courts of
appeal in the United States and
80 district courts.
@. Is the president Of the United
States commander in chief in time Of
peace? B. F. E.
A.. The president of the United
States is the commander in chief of
the United States army and navy at
all times.
Q. When was Latin first written?
E. B.
A. It was reduced to writing about
the 9Th century B. G. by the use of
an alphabet derived from the Greek
alphabet of the town of Cumae in
southern italy. Latin became a lit
erary language during the 3rd and
End centuries B. G.
@. Why can hear better when
the hands r cupped around the
ears? F. B.
A. It is because the hands thus
placed cage the sound waves and
concentrate them.
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Today in Congress
SATURDAY
SENATE

SENATE
Debates Howell bill for prohibition
enforcement law for District Of 20
lumbia.
Campaign expenditures committee
continues inquiry into campaign ex-
penses of Senator Davis, Republican,
Pennsylvania.
HOUSE
Takes up independent offices appro-
priation bill.
Expenditures committee takes testi-
mony on proposed l 1000, 900 mill to
make paper for currency.
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pitfalls. 1t should be remembered,
however, that there were certain
places set aside for the treatment of
the sick in early Greece. These were
more on the order Of clinics rather
than hospitals in the modern sense
of the word. The first hospital in the
United States was established q few
years after the settlement of New
York was made-about 1910.
@. Why are some meetings Of
congress opened with prayer while
others are not? G.. Fl
A. When a session of congress re-
ceSseS it simply resumes its deliber-
ations at the next meeting without
any of the opening formalities such
as the calling Of the roll, etc. When
a session adjourns from day to day
the opening exercises, including
prayer, are gone through with.
@. Is Clarence barrow an atheist?
L. r.
A. Clarence Darrow is an avowed
agnostic, which is distinguished from
atheism in that the latter makes an
entirely negative confirmation with
respect to religion, while the agnostic
simply states that to his mind moth
ing has been proved with respect to
religion.
Q. How many Civil war veterans
are there? B. E. K.
A. On June 30, 1880, the number
was 1891.
Q. What was the old capital Of
Alaska? c. W. T.
A. Sitka, Alaska, was the old Rus
sian capital of Russian Alaska and
remained the capital Of the new ter
ritory of Alaska, when the Ameri-
cans took possession on October IL,
1867. There was very little govern
ment In Alaska for some time after
it's acquisition and it was not until
the act Of August "a, 1912, that the
territory vas organized and the cap
ital officially established at Juneau.
@. What were SINNERS during
the Revolutionary war? D.. D.
A. SINNERS were a predatory
band, processing allegiance to the
American cause and roaming over
neutral ground. .
@. Why are inhabitants of the
Netherlands called low Germans?
L. K.
A. The inhabitants of the Neither
lands are chiefly of the low German
race which is composed Of three
branches, Frankish, Saxon, and
Friesian. The term. low. is applied
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SUNDAY, JANUARY rs
$50 KilOcyclcS-S45.l Meters

SUNDAY, JANUARY rs
$50 KflOcyclcS-S45.l Meters
AM. -
=10:10-Judge Rutherford lectures (In-
ternational Bible Students as
sociation).
10:25-Weather report.
1O:30-Church services: First Presby-
terrain church..
12:OO-Weather report,
Pm.
3:0O-Church services: Gospel tabcr-
nacle.
4:30-St. Joseph choir, Mandan;
Ralph Law, director.
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The gross farm value Of all crops in
Minnesota on Dec. /, 1880, was $685.
1853 900, compared with $500, ssh 900 in
1929, according to the state statis-
tician.
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Autos and Prosperity

The Business Conditions Weekly Of the Alexander
Hamilton Institute predicts that automobile production
Il tie United states this year viii be shout equal 70
that of ls2s, when appCoxmately 436oNoo cars weTs
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the trend of thought
to whether they agree or disagree with The Fin
une's policies.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Sears

-
Question: Mrs. B. A. writes: when
I was a baby I had a burn on my
cheek which left a seal about the
size of a dime. The skin is not dis
colored, but merely sinks in. Is there
any way to draw this out on a level
with the rest of my face?"
Answer: A good method of treat
ment is the use of the ultra violet
light to sunburn the scar and the i'm
mediate area around it. The edges
of the scar can also be removed by
burning with a high-frequency spark.
Through this method the color of
the scar and surrounding tissues can
be blended together sc that the scar
does not so easily show.
Salt and Nephritis
Question: D. D. D. asks: would a
half teaspoonful of salt in the morn
ing be harmful to one who has had
acute nephritis? Would drinking a
lot of water counteract the salt?"
Answer: The salt would certainly
be irritating to one with acute neph-
ritis. You probably take the salt Is
a laxative, but would do better to dis
continue its use and substitute enc
mas.
Swollen Eyelids
Question: E. X. writes: MY hus-
bands eyelids are always swollen.
The whites of his eyes are yellow.
His eyesight is excellent. He is sub
ject to asthma. Would this cause the
eye condition? He does not drink
and keeps regular sleeping hours"
Answer: The same faulty diet
which is causing your husbands
asthma may be responsible for the
discoloration Of the eyes and the
swollen lids. Please write me again
and give me your full name and adj
dress on stamped envelope so 1 can
send the proper dietetic treatment
for asthma.
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ents the advantage to 7hiure sc7icY..
tons Of insisting that such subjects
as physiology, biology, food chemis-

DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on. health and
diet addressed to him. care OF
The Tribune.
Enclose q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
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@. Why are inhabitants of the
Netherlands called low Germans?
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l.. X.
A. The inhabitants of the Neither
lands are chiefly of the low German
race which is composed of three
branches, Frankish, Saxon, and
Friesian. The term. low. is applied
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@. What were SINNERS during
the Revolutionary war? D. D.
A. SINNERS were a predatory
band, protesting allegiance to the
American cause and roaming over
neutral ground. d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
MACHADO DEMANDS
ENLARGED POWERS
Right to Suppress Courts,
Control of Funds, Urged
on Congress.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Drastic emergency measures have
been recommended by President
Machado to the Cuban Congress.
The proposals reported today to the
Commerce Department included one
that the President be given full power
to suppress judges or courts or alter
their decisions within his own discre-
ton.
Other outstanding proposals included:
After so days all guarantee deposits
in the Cuban treasury of insurance
companies and all other companies
must be in Cuban securities of money.
1.-The President Is empowered to col
lect 10 per cent on imports in substi-
tuition of the present internal gross
sales tax and the consular import on
documents is raised from 2 to per
cent.
1.-THE President Is given control OF
immigration, regulating all entrances
to the island.
"PublIc works taxation is extended
five years to 1850.
Two cents a gallon Is added to the
gasoline tax, match taxes re doubled,
public cigar lighters in stores are taxed
S35 a year, and the cigarette impost
is increased. The luxury tax is changed
50 that merchants designated collect
q 10 per cent premium on the import
"The so-called fxed budget is re-
duced with the Legislature reducing It's
own budget by IS per cent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
SILVER STAR HOME
VIEWED BY THRONG
1900 Visitors EnthuSe Over
Colonial House in Park
Estates.

Interested throngs of visitors yester-
day took advantage of the opportunity
to make leisurely inspection of the
latest Of the series of silver star homes,
located at 1877 Plymouth street, Colo
NAL Village, in Rock Greek Park Es-
tates.
The house, opened Saturday noon for
a month of public exhibition under aus
pieces Of The Star, has been seen by
more than 1900 visitors up to this
morning. it is reported by the firm Of
Edison w. Briggs, builders.
The silver star home is a substantial
reproduction of the famous historic
dwelling at Valley Forge where Gen
Washington maintained headquarters
during the Revolutionary War.
The public is cordially invited to visit
the house any day during the month
between the hours of IL am and pm.
It is located near the intersection of
Kalmia road and Beech drive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
MACDONALD, AT 6,
FACES ODD CLIMAX
Enters Bitter Campaign Re-
pudiated by Friends, United
With Foes.


LONDON, october IA. Ramsay
Macdonald, three times premier Of
Great Britain, passed another milestone
today as he headed into bitter election
campaign, for this was his 65th birth
Gay anniversary.
1t found him at strange climax in
a stranger career.
The lifelong enemies who outlawed
him as wartime pacifiSt hail him
now as the nations man of destiny, but
in the ranks of those with whom he
has stood shoulder to shoulder since his
youth there is great bitterness over his
departure from the Labor party.
That party, which he did as much as
any other man to build, has repudiated
him, and the very constituency which
he represented in the House of Com
mons has disowned him. He spent his
birthday fighting for the seat from
which his resignation has been de-
manded.
will Plea for Unity.
When he left London this morning
for Seaham Harbor to open battle 1t
was known that the burden of his cam
paign would be a demand for unity in
the face of the nations difficulties.
It took Great Britain long time to
recognize this mans stature, but he has
grown tremendously since he first came
to London a raw Scotch lad with only
a few shillings in his pocket and bent
on being scientist.
There were hard, sad years oe1ore
his character was nodded. HIS VIE
died and left children for him to rear,
a task to which he has applied himself
with no small degree OF success.
Receives Worlds Greetings.
This day brought from all over the
world warm greetings to the plow-
mans son who thrice has won the
highest post Great Britain offers her
The henors that have been his have
not shaken the Socialist convictions OF
his younger days. He told the Labor
party leaders not long ago when they
read him out of the party: You can
take the label of my back, but you
cannot take it of my mind"
AS he left for Seaham Harbor to
fight his own battle for reelection to
Parliament as a National Laborite he
said he was putting the welfare of the
nation above party politics In the pres
ent campaign.
"It's the most important election in
long time" he said. What I say
is keep unity So far as I am con-
cerned I am not going to enter into
any small party squabbleS. want the
nation to give a verdict that a gov
eminent is going to be returned the
first duty of which will be to see the
country through its present difficulties"
Several hundred people were at the
station to see him of, cheering and
crying "Good old Ramsay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
MOTHER BOUGHT
POISON, JURY HEARS
Druggist Testifies He Scld Lethal
Mixture to Mrs. Carrie
Simmons.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LEBANON, Ind October '12.-Charles
w. Friedman, indianapolis druggist,
testifying today in the Simmons murder
trial, identified Mrs. Carrie Simmons as
a woman to whom he had sold poison
on June Is, three days before the wom-
ans little daughter Jean was poisoned
in this city.
Friedman made a dramatic identifi-
cation of Mrs. Simmons. She was asked
to stand and Friedman, arising from
the witness chair, faced her and said
That's the woman TO whom sold the
poison
Friedman named as the poison the
fatal drug which the State charges was
placed in capsules inserted in sand
witches prepared by Mrs. Simmons for
the Simmons-P Pollard family reunion
picnic, held here June 81.
The druggist said he, had discussed the
use of the poison with his customer and
had told her if it was to be used for
killing vermin in a chicken coop. as
she said, it would be more effective II
spread upon meat.
The State has sought to develop that
the capsules were placed in chicken
sandwiches. The druggist said he eau
toned the woman that the drug he sold
her was deadly poison and advised care
in handling it.
On cross-examination, Charles L.
Tindall of defense counsel. sought to
shake the druggists identification. He
questioned Friedman closely as to the
woman'S attire and pressed him for
answers when he said he was unable to
recall just how she was dressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-12
HOOVER RAIL AID
PLAN IS DUE SOON
Other Methods for Helping
General Trade Structure
Considered.

An announcement Is expected within
the next few days on President Hoover's
plan to improve the condition of rail-
roads.
This became evident today In high
administration quarters. The President
has been in conference on his proposals
which are expected to deal prominently
with the status Of railroad bonds, ever
since the announcement Of his program
to ease credit conditions.
In addition to helping the railroad
situation, the administration was said
by one Of its officers today to have
under consideration other methods for
helping the general economic structure
Postpones Radio Speech.
One of the plans was said to involve
the, general mortgage situation through
out the country.
This statement was made after DR..
Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce, had announced postpone
ment of radio speech he was to de-
liver tonight on President Hoover's plan
for improving credit conditions.
DR.. Klein would give no reason for
the postponenent except that 1t was
done "in view of pending developments +"
The official, who would not permit use
Of his name. Is one having much to do
with business matters in the admins
tration. He did not minimize the good
effects he looks for as a result of the
steps already taken and to be taken. ;.
Views Are Presented
AS for the railroads, he said their
situation was by no means one of in
surmountable difficulty. Emphazing he
lacked liberty to say anything publicly
yet, he went on to give his own views.
These included:
The railroads despite bus COMPETE
ton viii continue to handle the bulk
Of trafic.
Truck trafic can stand further reg
ulation."
Business taken from railroads by
trucks will not increase in the future
in the same proportion it has in the
last few years.
The opinion was expressed that the
Federal Reserve act would not be
changed to permit rediScounting of
mortgages. President Hoover has an
nounced he would recommend to Con-
gress that the basis of the rediscount-
ing privilege be broadened.
Asked II special consideration had
been given to improving the condition
OF the coal industry, the official said
that, in their present status, the plans
had not admitted of specific handling
OF any one industry except the railroads
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CONTINUED From First Page)
& White of New York; w. '. Douglas
Of New York, consulting engineer, and
the Fine Arts Commission, which will
advise on the artistic merits of the new
plan. Originally, it was intended that
the Fine Arts Commission at its
forthcoming meeting should render its
opinion on whether the stately columns
should be erected. President Hoover's
letter now seems to put an end to
that program.
The Aeronautics Branch of the De-
partment of Commerce inquired into
the possibility of the columns being
an air navigation hazard, after Wash
1ngton Airport authorities had raised
an objection. Senator Bingham, Re-
publican, Of Connecticut, who is deeply
interested in aviation activities, was
represented as taking the matter UP
with the White House
Under preliminary plans worked out
by the Bridge Commissions staff and
the architect, the columns would have
cost $500, 900 each, and the foundations
for both would have entailed the ex-
penditure Of 100000. The latest de-
signs call for the columns to rise 100
feet above the level of the island, which
Is about 35 feet above the surface of
the Potomac River. One of the columns
would have been placed $50 feet up
stream from the main avenue, and the
other would have been $50 feet down.
stream. Each column was to be en-
circled with a has relief embodying
some symbolism at the base.
The main shafts were designed as
columns, fluted like those of the Lin
coin Memorial. The columns we're to
have been surmounted with an orna-
mental effect and lantern design. On
the very top. an aluminium torch, illumi-
mated by electricity, would have been
placed. Those in favor OF erecting the
columns maintained this illumination
would have been sufficient warning for
aircraft
The Arlington Memorial Bridge Com
mission had not gone into the details
of drafting plans for the columns. Now
the problem is to design something to
take the place of the columns on Co.
lumbia Island or to decide if ornamen-
tation there is to be abandoned alto
gether.
Col. Grant Silent.
Col Grant declined to comment on
President Hoover's letter referring in
reviewers to the White House.
In the original plan for the bridge
development, as set forth in a mes
sage transmitted by former President
Coolidge to Congress, this language de-
scribed the columns and their signifi-
canoe: 1.-TWO stately columns are pro-
posed to be erected here Con Columbia
Island), framing in, but not interfering
with, the view Of the Lincoln Memorial
from the direction of the Lee Mansion.
These columns symbolic the one North
and the other the South.
They are surmounted by statues of
Victory, the stylobates whence they rise
Offering surfaces suitable for decora-
ton, bas relief and inscriptions. The
columns, 1856 feet high, are practically
the same height as the Colonne de
Juliet in Paris"
Some time ago it was suggested by a
Senator that, statues of Gen. Lee and
Gen. Grant should adorn the bridge
development as IMPLYING the North
and South. Now that the columns are
to be withdrawn from plans, it is con-
sidered possible that statues Of Lee and
Grant may be erected on Columbia
Island.