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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-14
Beats Wife But
Judge Frees Him

Colon, Panama, Sept. l4.-(R
Mrs. Thomas Russell, who hid
her husbands false teeth and
then set q tempting meal besac>S
him, has been punished. Her
husband beat her up. She had
him arrested. A Judge freed him.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-14
Mas0ns to Meet and
Select Reunion Date

A meeting of the Bismarck Man
dan Lodge of Perfection will be held
wednesday, SPIT 10th, at o'clock in
the Bismarck Masonic temple. Dates
for the next reunion will be decided
upon at that time.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-14
JURY TO PROBE sLAYrNG

JURY TO PROBE SLAYING
Minneapolis, Sept. 14.-(P,-The
Hennepin county grand jury will be
asked to investigate the fatal shoot
ing Wednesday Of Dwight Rains. for
mer Minneapolis prohibition agent,
Coroner Gilbert 8. Seashore, and
William Meehan, chief Of police, an
nounced.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-14
HAVE BIG RuTTER WEEK

HAVE BIG BUTTER WEEK
Bottineau. N. D.. Sept. A. More
than 10000 pounds of butter was
churned at the Bottineau Cooperative
creamery last week. Almost half Of
it was sold in Bottineau. Live poul-
try weighing $4,000 pounds was
handled by the creamery.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-14
AUTOS DAMAGED

Slight damage was done to four
automobiles as the result of accidents
In Mandan Sunday, according to po-
lice. No one was injured.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-14

Heartily recommended to all.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22
PLANNED ALLEGED JEOPARD|zE
 ALASKA GOVERNMENT

A. c. Faith of Cordova, speaking before the Cordova Chamber of Commerce meeting recently, re- ported that Representative Gib- son, chairman of the House con- mittee on Territories, after com pleting a tour of China and Ja- pan, which incidentally included the Philippines, planned on urg- ing the passage of legislation to place all the Territories and in- sular possessions of the United States under one executive de- partment of the federal govern ment.
 Pointing out that this would mean that Alaska,s government would then be even less directly and intelligently administered, he urged that every member of the chamber actively study this pro- posed change, and personally rec commended that the chamber op- pose any such change, according to the Cordova Times.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

Mrs. L. Ann Fairburn, president of the Fairbanks American Legion Auxiliary, was local arrival Fri day from the Interior enroute to the States for special medical treatment.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22
MANILA BEAUTIFIED

MANILA, Aug. 2. P)-Exten- sive public improvements have been made in Manila in the last year, resulting in lessening traf- lie congestion. better sanitation and Identification of the citv
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

MT. and Mrs. Henry Emard of Anchorage, cannery people, are bound for Seattle aboard the SS Yukon.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY MUST SELL large size muskrat coat nearly new for S165. Mrs. Fernandes, over the Blue Shop. Seward.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

PHOTO FINISHING-ENIARGING
 Ten hour service. Rolls of film brought in before 10 a. m. out at s ?. m. same day. ALASKA SHOP.
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strained to think Europe remains in jam because the of elder statesmen has become extinct
 Mayor Walker of New York has proposed what ap- pears be the only effective plan for curtaing the tivites of gunmen He has instructed the police to shoot to kill As Sir Walter Raleigh said about the be- heading axe this is sharp medicine but cure for all diseases Doctor Walker has bad disease to Few will cavl about his prescriptn.
 Secretary Lamont says business is slowly beginning to improve No will question that the adverb ''slow 1y" is we'll chosen.
 Purple lips is not an unhealthful indication these days in Alaska but of vigorous appette-eating bucberry pies.
 Among it's other wonders, California reports fish that lays it's eggs the branches of trees Almost any thing interesting may be believed of California; but this too much the face of it. Note however, that the branches must be broken off, and under water. Lindbergh's boy is year old. There is nothing uf- usual in that It had to happen. His chief claim to notoriety lies in the fact that he has carried the Lind bergh for year. without being given medal or
 
 If the number of men engaged in record-breaking arpane flights increases in it's present rao the prob lem of unemployment will be we'll taken care of before long.
 
 Between Fascism Bolshevism and Americanism, we choose the latter every time, regardless.
 The place to take the true of man is not the market place the forum, but at his fireside
 Education is substitute for work. It only en- abes us to direct our work more intelligenty.
 Keeping money in Seward means raising property values and helps in the upbuding of Seward.
 Buying in Seward means your money will be work ing for Seward instead of working for other city, XMeTnber l03NE NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
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ARE STATESMEN EXTINCT?

Europe does not to be making rapid progress in strengthening out it's many tangles Europe in gen. era and England, for example, has found itself en- meshed before and no further back than the days of Queen Victoria.
 Guizot, reviewing the progress of civilization up to his time thought that great were not responsible for it, to any marked degree yet the reader of Victorian annals cannot escape the conclusion that the hands ot such men as Pamerston Peel and even Disrael, were neither idle or useless
 What such ministers would do under present con- ditions, is problematica, but sometimes is con- strained to think Europe remains in jam because the race of elder statesmen has become extinct
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

Among it's other wonders California reports fish that lays it's eggs the branches of trees Almost any thing interesting may be believed of California; but this too much the face of it. Note, however, that the branches must be broken off, and under water
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-22

THE STOCK MARKET

SEATTLE, Aug. 9. (P)-Yester days stock quotations:
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Our System Challenged

It still is the fashion for ideal
istic writers and political agitators
to praise the Soviet regime. And,
believe me, they have not had COM
plete experience, either. They have
not had experience with the Soviet
censorship.
But what is it that really chal-
lenges our syStem-democratic, or
capitahstic, or whatever you want
to call it? Is it really something
foreign, like Russian or Italian So
cial and economic plans, that looms
large, perhaps simply because they
are the only plans, alternate to our
own, now in process of demonstra-
ton?
Or isn't it something inherent in
our own domestic operation-in-
herent probably in the domestic
economy of every highly civilized.
and industrialized country in the
world? I think the latter is the
case, and I will, attempt to explain
why think so.
1t seems apparent TO me that in
America, and throughout the highly
civilized part Of the world, the out
standing economic fact Of our time
Is just this: That the potential per
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Rule IV-Sc0ring

Sec. For each marble knocked
out by q player, he shall be credited
with the score of ONE.
Sec. 2-For each time a player
hits the shooter of an opponent, and
does not knock it out Of the Ring,
he shall be credited with the score
of ONE.
Sec. 3-For each time a player
knocks an opponents shooter out of
the Ring, he shall be credited with
all the marbles previously scored
by the hit opponent.
Sec. 4-The player having credited
to him the largest number of
marbles at the completion of the
game shall be the winner of that
game.
Sec. SIN games where more than
two players are engaged, if two or
more players lead with the same
score, those in the tie shall play a
new game to break the tie.
Sec. ga player refusing to con-
tinue a game, once it is started,
shall be disqualified, and if only
two players are engaged, the game
shall be forfeited to the offended
player.
Sec. THE score of a forfeited
game shall be 13 to 0.
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Rule V-OffiCiaIS

Sec. 1.-The officials shall be a
referee and a scorer, if a scorer is
available, otherwise the refree shall
keep score.
Sec. 28The referee shall have
complete charge of the play. He
shall interpret these rules and have
power to make decisions on any
points not specifically covered by
these rules. He shall have author
ity to disqualify any players for
unsportsmanlike conduct. He shall
have authority to order from the
playing field or its vicinity, the
coach or other representative Of any
player who conducts himself i'm
properly.
Sec. 3-The scorer shall keep
record Of the game, marking score
Of each player, shot by shot, and at
the termination Of each game shall
notify the referee Of the score, and
Che referee shall announce the win
ner. The scorer shall assist the
referee in enforcing the rule against
coaching, and call to the attention
Of the referee any infraction Of the
rules.
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Rule I-Equipment

Sec. 1.-The playing surface shall
be a smooth level area of ground,
hard clay, or other suitable sub
stance. The Ring is inscribed upon
this area, ten feet in diameter, and
all play is within this ring. CNote:
The outline of this Ring shall not
be so deep or SO wide as to check
the roll of a marble.)
Sec. with the center of the
Ring as point of intersection,
mark two lines at right angles to
each other to form cross, which
shall be a guide for placing the
playing marbles. Place one marble
at the center and three on each Of
the four branches Of the cross, each
marble three inches away from the
next one.
Sec. 3-The Lag Line is a straight
line drawn tangent to the Ring, and
touching It at one point. The Pitch
Line is a straight line drawn tang
ent to the Ring, directly opposite
and parallel to the Lag Line.
Sec. 4.-Playing marbles shall be
round and made Of clay. All mar
bles in any one playing ring must
be of uniform size. The standard
size shall be f1ye-eights inch in di-
ameter. Slight variation may be
allowed by the referee for manu-
featuring fault.
Sec. 5-Shooters shall be round
and made Of any substance, except
steel or any other metal, and shall
be not less than one-half inch nor
more than six-eights inch in di-
ameter, as determined by the ref
cree.
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NEW ECONOMIC SET!UP URGED BY SCRIPTS

thought Of as the outstanding eco
nonic fact Of our generation-the
fact Of increasing per capita pro-
duction with a population tending
toward stability. I think the fact
presents one outstanding political,
or social, question:
Can democracy, as an institution,
thoroughly, and in the interests of
all our people, exploit science and
the machine? So far, it obviously
hasn't. But so far, perhaps, there
has not been adequate recognition
of what the question really implies.
1t seems to me that the clear i'm
plication is. that if democracy can
not be made to work efficiently, to-
ward the end of complete and
thorough exploitation of science
and machinery, in the interests of
all, not Just a few, of our people
then that such exploitation will
take place anyway-in other words,
that it will be the temper of our
people to try something different
from democracy.
1t would be folly to underestimate
the voting strength of the millions
whose lives are disrupted seriously
by depressions like the present one,
and of the other millions whose
Sympathies are enlisted by their
suffering, or who feel perhaps that
they may be the unlucky ones next
time.
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Following is the address on
"Can Democracy Utilize Sci
ence and the Mdchine?"
delivered before the New
York Board Of Trade today
By Robert P. Scripps, edi-
toriaL director of the Scripps-
HoWard newspapers.
I recently have met with skep-
ticism in trying to tell friends of
mine who call themselves liberals,
or progressives, or in some cases rad
icals, that many man whom they
classify as belonging to "the big
business crowd" are as much dissat-
isf1ed with our present economic set
up as they are themselves-and
equally determined TO attempt to do
something constructive about it.
However, two things have hap
pened recently that make me feel
very sure of myself on this point
And one of them is the letters I
have received inviting me to adj
dress you on this occasion.
In his letter. your chairman, Mr..
Roe, said. 1--WE are discovering
that sentimentality, emotions and
SNUG compIacency are weak founda-
tons on which to build national
prosperity"
ITO recognize that the world is
poor and that there is much suf-
fering caused directly by over
production, no longer is radical
theory. To give unemployment in
surance the nickname of dole is
an inadequate manner of arriving at
a determination.
In another letter your general
manager, Mr.. Griffith, said: II have
been directed specifically to state
that our platform is opened to you
with fullest freedom. The Board of
Trade prides itself upon its ability
to face facts"
In other words, the bars are down,
even to a Bolshevist propaganda
speech, assuming that I wanted to
make one, which I certainly do not.
This, I say, is progress in itself.
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Rule III-Play Regulation

Sec. MARBLES knocked out of
the Ring shall be picked up by the
player who knocks them out.
Sec. 2.-Whenever a marble or
Shooter comes to rest on the Ring
Line, if its center is outside the
Ring, or exactly on the Ring Line,
it shall be considered out of the
Ring. If its center is inside the
Ring, it shall be considered in the
Ring.
Sec. ga player hitting an OPP
ponent's Shooter inside the Ring,
but not knocking it out, shall pick
up any marble he chooses, and
shall proceed to shoot. However,
he shall not hit the same opponents
Shooter again until after he hits
another Shooter, or knocks a mar
BILE out of the Ring, or he comes
around to his next turn to shoot.
Sec. A player knocking an op-
ponent's Shooter out Of the Ring
shall be entitled to all the marbles
won by that opponent, and the OPP
ponent whose Shooter has been
knocked out of the Ring is out Of
the game, killed" If the opponent
who was knocked out of the Ring
has no marbles. the player who
knocked him out shall not be en-
titled to pick. up a marble for the
shot.
Sew. 5.-Tf a shooter knocks out
two or more marbles, or hits an OPP
ponent's Shooter, and a marble, or
hits two opponents Shooters, or
completes any other combination
play, he shall be entitled to all the
points scored on the shot.
Sec. 6.-When a Shooter slips
from a players hand, if the player
calls slips" and the referee is con-
WINGED that it is a slip, and if the
Shooter did not travel more than
ten inches, the referee may order
mo play" and permit the player to
shoot again. The referees decision
is final.
Sec. THE game shall end when
the last marble is shot out.
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Try to Find Solution

The second thing that boIstered
up my confidence in the view that
business is not inclined simply to be
blind and dumb in this emergency
not inclined to be satisfied with
mere temporary relief measures
was the speech made by the presi-
dent of one of our great railroads,
Daniel Willard of the B. & o., at
Philadelphia on March q.
Mr.. Willard said, "Our system,
which makes it possible for six mil
lion able-bodied men to be out of
work, and unable to secure work,
can not be called satisfactory" He
said it might collapse.
But he added that he did not
think it would. He did not think so
because he felt, he said, that "a way
viii be found to perfect, and TO pre-
serve, the system"
I am not so sure as Mr.. Willard
that a way will be found, soon
enough, to perfect and preserve our
system. But I am sure Of at least
two things: First, that we are go
ing to have a serious try at it.
Second, that American leadership
of the non-political kind-that is
outside of the bureaus and depart
ments at Washington and in our
state capitalist mean financial,
industrial, commercial, even journal
istic leadership, can marshal brains
and determination enough, once the
seriousness of the situation is re-
allied, to give US better than an
even chance Of accomplishment of
our objective.
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The official game of the National
Marble Tournament is RINGER.
RINGER is played in Ring ten
Q0) feet in diameter, with thirteen
OBJ marbles arranged in the center
in a cross. The object is to shoot
these marbles out of the Ring, the
player shooting the largest number
Of marbles out of the Ring in any
game being the winner of that
game. No less than two and no
more than six may play in one
game in RINGER, except that in
national championship matches two
only play. In preliminary elimina-
tions, as many as six may play. in
one game. All tournament play is
for fair, and marbles must be re-
turned to the owners after each
game
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Do-Nothing Policy Hit

The idea of a next time" is fos-
tered by comp1acent economists,
who say that depressions are
cycncal, and thereby imply that
they are inevitable, and that there
is nothing much to be done about
them.
I said a minute ago that the great
European experiments in dictator
ship at least promise continuous
employment and social security for
the masses. This is their chief APP
peal, and its force, especially to the
man out of a job, is plain.
1t also is plain that the do-noth-
ing school of economy, whose only
promise is a continuous series OF
future depreSsions and unemplOy-
ment crises, does nothing to weaken
this appeal. but Strengthens it.
Our whole hope lies perhaps in
the fact that we do not accept doc
trine of economic predetermination;
that we DO not believe that the
democratic-capitalistic scheme of
things necessarily is a chaotic one,
in the economic or any other
sphere; that when the machinery
starts to creak and groan, indicat~
ing that major readjuStment is
called for, we can sense the trouble,
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ton the markings Of such a
regulating agency, to become per-
haps the first one of many such
agencies.
The second plan that I have in
mind is expenditure of large sums
on carefully thought-out public
works programs, for, of course, the
public benefit. With the wealth
that We have at our disposal, there
is no reason why every highway in
America should not be perfect and
beautiful; why each of our great
cities should not be, in its entirety
a second Athens, if you please; why
vacant lands throughout our states
should not become great natural
parks.
always have had difficulty in
understanding why citizens of rich
New York, or rich Cleveland, or San
Francisco, should feel called upon to
visit comparatively poor Munich, or
Copenhagen, to admire something
fine in the way Of city planning and
civic enterprise.
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Definitions

The term MARBLES" in these
rules is used to denote the object
marbles only, variously known as
nlibs, nigs, commies, noodles, ducks,
etc.
The term SHOOTER" is used to
denote the offensive marble, vari-
ously known as the taw, moonie,
classic, etc.
"KNUCKLING DOWN" is the act
of resting knuckle or knuckles on
the ground when shooting.
SHOOTING" is the act Of hold
ing the shooter between the thumb
and finger and releasing it by force
of the thumb.
LAUNCHING" is the act of NOV
ing the hand forward when shoot
ing. (FORBIDDEN)
"HISTING" is the act of raising
the hand from the ground in shoot
ing. FORBIDDEN.)
YOUNGSTERS" is the privilege
Of taking different position on the
Ring Line for shooting and is per-
mitted only at the start of the game
or on a turn after a Shooter has
passed out Of the ring.
FOR FAIR" is playing for
craftsmanship only, when marbles
are returned at the end of each
game to their owners. All marble
tournament games are FOR FAIR.
'LOFTING" is the act of shooting
in an arch through the air to hit
a marble.
BOWLING" is the act of rolling
a shot on the ground to hit a mar
bic.
A match may be decided in one,
three, five, seven, or nine games. It
is not the total score, but the games
won, that determine the winner of
each match.
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Rule II-PIan of Play

Sec. 1.-The Lag is the first oper-
alton in RINGER. To lag, the play
ers stand toeing the Pitch Line, or
knuckling down upon it, and toss or
shoot their shooters to the Lag line
across the Ring. The player whose
Shooter comes nearest the Lag
Line, on either side, wins the lag.
Sec. 2-Players must lag before
each game. The player who wins
the lag shoots first, and the others
follow in order as their Shooters
were next nearest the Lag Line.
The same Shooter that is used in
the lag must be used in the game
following the lag.
Sec. 3-On all shots, except the
lag, a player shall knuckle down so
that at least one knuckle is in con-
tact with the ground, and he shall
maintain this position until the
Shooter has left his hand. Knuck-
ling down is permitted, but not re-
quired, in tagging.
Sec. 4-Starting the game, each
player in turn shall knuckle down
just outside the Ring Line, at any
point he chooses, and shoot into
the Ring to knock one or more mar
bles out of the Ring, or to hit or
knock out of the Ring the Shooter
of an opposing player, or players, if
any remain inside the Ring.
Sec. 5-A player continues to
shoot when he knocks one or more
marbles out of the Ring or hits the
Shooter of an opponent or knocks
an opponents Shooter out of the
Ring-provided his Shooter remains
inside the Ring. When a players
shooter passes outside The Ring,
whether or not he has scored on the
shot, he shall cease to shoot, but he
shall be credited with the marbles
he has scored.
Sec. eff, after a miss, players
Shooter remains inside the Ring, he
must leave it there and his oppo-
nents are permitted to shoot at it.
If the Shooter rolls outside the Ring,
he picks it up and on his next shot
is permitted to take roundsters and
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Limit to Trade Expansion

But here is one other thing that
is worth considering in this con-
nection. The British empire-not
England, but the whole empire
was economically sick before we
were. And on a per capita basis,
our undeveIoped resources are small
as. compared with those of the
empire.
Even until very recently, still I
think largely because of the dis
turbance of war, our foreign trade
was expanding nightly. And the
end to this expansion was not con-
ceived of.
Yet it must be true that, beyond
a logical limit, expansion of for
eign trade is impossible. We can
not base our foreign trade expecta-
tiOnS on an over-eXpanding market
among so-caIled backward peoples.
When enough people in the Ar
gentine learn about wearing shoes,
a shoe factory in that country re-
suits. No sooner had the cotton
spinners of Manchester, England,
taught the people of India general
ly to wear cotton print clothes than
Bombay replaced that city as the
capital of the industry.