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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-26

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New York. Sept. 2e.-Life is likl
that-but It's also like this. FOR al.
most q decade, the st. Regis restau.
rant had been . drop-iu place 70,
the vaudeville crowd that gathers ir
front Of the Palace theater. Ane
since the Palace theater Is the par
ticular heaven toward which all
troupers aspire, the mob was = mot
ley one. Every variety player, whet-
her connected with tank-time ac-
robatic number or . next-to-closine
headline feature, could expect to find
some Of his friends sitting about the
tables.
/, Hard times overlook the theater
and the crowd Of gents who stand
upon the curbstone increased in
number and decreased in funds
Some borrowed quarters and some
bluffed 4 meal out of q fellow per-
former. Somehow most of them man
aged to get coffee money one way
or another.
The cafe owners were not indif-
ferent to the status Of their custom
ers. Tho prices tumbled like stock
quotations. The other day they had
to close shop. The cafe couldn't
stand the gaff. A cigar store and
drug store sandwich counter wiped
out another Broadway tradition.
And that was that!
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But It 50 happened that in this
restaurant was a waitress by the
name Of May Stewart.
Every penniless actor that ever
drifted into New York knew May,
May was one Of those "heart-of-
gold" characters on the hard-boiled
street that you read about, but rare
ly believe. She had q couple Of
daughters of her own to bring up
One married and the other, May
belle, Is q dancer who is getting
along quite well. There are two
grandchildren by the married daugh.
ter, and big-hearted MON" Stewart
wants them to be stage folk. The
bright lights have, somehow. never
lost their glow for her.
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they were not proper and that the
promoters then accused him OF lack
ing the "Foshay slant"
Appearing as a government witness
in the trial Of Foshay and six asso-
ciates on mail fraud charges, Deli
said on numerous, occasions he refus-
ed to sign the certificates because he
felt certain that properties upon
which the additional stocks were to
be issued actually had not been ac-
quired.
AS 4 result Of his refusal to carry
out orders to sign the certificates he
was ordered to resign at about the
same time he had made up his mind
to do so and he left some months be-
fore the Foshay enterprises went in
to receivership in November, 1929.
When he refused to sign the certi-
ficates. in many instances, other Of
ficials were told to do so and did, he
said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-26
More Than Leadership

AT Time WNeu mOSL AncTlClIlS
are looking around hopefully for a
leader who can lead their country
through its perplexing maze Of diff
culties, 1t is interesting to find Gov
ernor Wilbur Cross of Connecticut
reminding US that even the discovery
Of such a leader won't necessarily
solve the problem.
Writing in. the autumn number of
the Yale Review, Governor Gross re-
marks:
IT we have learned anything from
the war experience, 1t should be that
leadership is not enough. A citi-
zen of a democracy such as ours can
not with clear conscience delegate
his authority to the expert in times
of prosperity and hide behind him In
times Of trouble. The present period
of adversely will have It's uses II 1t
recalls people in all walks Of life to
the elementary rights and duties Of
citizenship"
That paragraph goes straight to
the roots of good many Of the trou-
bles of the present moment.
For a number of years we have
been content to put ourselves in the
hands of others. We have fondly
trusted that these others were wiser
than we, but we haven't worried
about it greatly.
The nation at large used to take
its politics seriously. It used to get
excited about the trends in business
and economics. It was jealous Of its
rights. The country store, where
farmers gathered around the cracker
box to settle the affairs Of the ma
tion, wasn't quite as funny an insti-
tuition as we like to pretend.
Recently we suffered a change. We
let politicians run governmental af-
fairs about as they pleased, asking
only that they didn't worry US over
them. We were too busy to bother
about developments in finance and
industry. leaving all such things to
the square -jawed men in the front
office. We gave up q measure Of our
old independence, and asked only to
be led in something approximating
the right direction.
Now we are getting precisely what
we asked for. Corruption In city af-
fairs, inefficiency in state capitals, a
mounting federal deficit, industrial
stagnation. unemployment-we re-
fused to worry about any Of them
until times got hard.
Good leadership, of course, is need
ed. But 1t isn't enough by itself.
Governor Cross is right in pointing
out that the rank and file in q de-
mocracy have got to think for them
selves.
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Daily Health Service
RATS ARE NOW RELATED TO SPREAD
OF TYPHUS FEVER
If Not Checked, Rodents Would Overrun World

ley University College Of Medicine
Some Of the fleas were ground ur
into a-ODlution and injected lntd
guinea pigs which promptly developed
symptoms. It was found that the
virus from the rat flea could be
transmitted to animals. Immunity
tests between the strain Of the virus
obtained from the rat fleas and a
strain obtained from q proved case
Of typhus fever indicated definitely
the relationship between the rat flea
virus and the typhus fever virus.
The rat has already been convicted
Of being q vector and carrier of
plague. There seems to be no doubt
that the rat may also be associated
with the spread Of other diseases.
Rats and mice breed rapidly. Per-
mitted to breed without control, they
soon overrun premises and would
quite certainly overrun the world.
They should be stamped out because
their field Of usefulness has not yet
been demonstrated and to civilized
man they are menace.
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alton something like this: I'VE had
en- our hands a patient who, had to
undergo an operation to save his life.
We were anxious. But now the op-
Grafton is over we are feeling re-
lieved."
English bankers were determined
to prevent the situation which devel-
oped in Germany when the mark was
worthless because the country hnd
been drained Of gold and other Sc
curities. England was headed toward
the same crisis when the brakes were
applied, none too soon and hardly
soon enough.
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Wheat's Need of Good Eaters

cleveland Plain Dealer)
Wheat needs q friend-a hearty
eating friend.
In the many discussions Of what's
wrong with wheat, the fact that
not enough Of 1t is being eaten has
not received proper attention.
Americans have been getting out of
the wheat-eating habit. Bread
may be the staff Of life, but each
year they lean upon it a little less
heavily.
Thus the per capita consump-
ton Of wheat has declined in fifty
years from % to lit pounds an
nually. Translated into bushels
that figures lat 1900, 900 or almost Is
per cent OF the store the much
abused Farm board Is trying to
peddle. Furthermore, the defections
Of the wheat eaters have been the
most rapid In the last fifteen years,
at the very time when wheat pro.
duction, spurred by. tho wartime. de-
mand, has been making its greatest
gains.
Part of the trouble is due to that
same war time impetus. While the
farmers in 1917-18 were exhorted to
raise more, the nation was exhorted
to eat less. Both periodically obeyed
the injunction and kept up the habit
after the war.
Then came the days when all tt:e
girls conceived passion for boyisl,
figure and all their chubby middle
aged mothers decided to be girlisl,
Wheat was indicted Is fattening
j without any very good proof. Mean.
while the garden crops had been h;r.
ing brass bands. Citrus fruits fol.
lowed suit. The public got the habit
Of eating more fruits and vegetable!
and saying mo. thank you." whcr
the bread plate was passed. In ter
years fifteen important garden crop
have increased their marketings al
average Of 60 per cent with spinach,
favorite among those who shudder =
fat. leading the parade with four
fold gain. Alas for poor wheat! !
can't keep up with that procession.
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THE MISSING KEYS

Hamden, Ohio. Sept. 49, The
local fire chief sent his suit to the
cleaners. The same night he sent his
suit his house caught fire. The chief
couldn't find the keys to the engine
house and it was impossible to get
the fire engine out because the doors
were locked. His home burned to the
ground. Later it was found that the
keys to the engine house had been
sent to the cleaners in hts suit.
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And after 20 years on the Great
White Way!

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White Way!
In her own way, May has become
q celebrity to celebrities. She is bet
ter known to them than they are tc
you. The biggest of them have had
their tough months. During those
workless periods, May would take the
meal check and cuff it" against the
future. She would pay these checks
out Of her salary and tips. And May
is no youngster-weu past so, If you
asked me!
when they're going good, they
always pay back" she once confided
when we fell to talking about her
generosity. There's not one of them
that wouldn't give me his shirt. And
this didn't begin yesterday. Listen
young man. I used to have Mcintyre
and Heath at my table. used to
help change tho diapers on Eddie
Foy's kids. Look at them today-all
grown up and making good.
Maybe you don't even remembe,
Eddie Leonard, the minstrel man
He still gives me q wave when he
goes by. I've seen them all come and
go. I don't lose anything. And ]
love it."
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So it was that May Stewart be.
came something Of q legend, associ.
ated with the cafe that snugglet
close to the Broadway vaudeville
hangout.
Well, the restaurant is closed
Which means that the waitress i
out Of Job. And 50 many actor.
have been out Of jobs 50 long tha
she hasn't been able to take up al
the checks. Only q millionaire coult
have handled such q credit. Tn,
newcomers to tho street are mor'
hard-boiled.
She'll have another job soon, n,
doubt, but it will have to be some.
where up and down the street, ava,
from the vaudeville rendezvous.
For, you see, life Is also like that!
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.]
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Says Old DObbin Is
Staging Comeback

Chicago, Sept. 26.-@-The
horse is staging a comeback, the
Horse Association Of Americs.
said so Friday at its annual
meeting. !, -.
Wayne Dinsm6re, secretary,
quoted statistics to show the de-
preston had the reverse effect
on horse breeding because, he
said, farmers are going back to
horses and mules.
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Where the Difference Lies

Where the Difference Lies
Economists are comparing France
and England these days and espe-
cially since England has suspended
the gold standard, for decades the
sine qua non Of British financial
policy.
France devalued her currency and
seemingly has prospered while other
nations suffer depressions. Her gold
reserves have piled up. The differ
ence between France and England is
not hard to define. France Is prac-
tjcally self-sustaining. It can raise
enough in normal times to feed its
own while England Is dependent up
on her neighbors for food. cotton,
oil, copper and many other basic
commodities. France would not starve
u cut of from the rest Of the world
while Enelands plight, II such were
the case, Is not hard to imagine.
The dependence Of England upon
others is probably a guaranty that
she will not abandon the gold stand
ard as the integral factor OF her fl
nancial policy. No one can foretel
now when Great Britain will resume
the gold standard. Economic pres.
sure may force her to take ever
more drastic steps to tide over thu
present situation.
British financial leaders, how
ever, are pointing out that suspen.
sion Of the gold standard Is not nee.
essarily an abandonment Of it.
A deprecated currency win brinl
about more distress and confusion II
England than 1t ever could In France
! which has never hesitated to let tn
franc hit bottom when financial ex
tgencies dictated.
A leading banker has put the stu
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Daylight Saving to
End Sunday Morning

New York, Sept. 26.-(F)-Daylight
saving, which has been in effect since
the last Sunday in April, will cease
for this year on Sunday morning.
When the clock strikes two, the hands
(figuratively) will stop and remain s.
for so minutes, giving back to day
light savers the hour they lost when
the clocks were moved forward an
hour last summer
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BIG GAIN BY ENGLISH

BIG GAIN BY ENGLISH
On Sept. rs, 1917, the English made
. smashing drive on six-mile front
from half a mile to q mile deep IN
Flanders.
South OF the Ypres-Menin road the
English home troops completed the
capture of the Tower Hamlets Spur,
and gained their objective-the Ger
man concrete works on Its further
slope. In the center some companies
Of Argyll and Sutherland Highland
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Quotations

Charity should be as unnecessary
as 1t Is unnatural.-Henry Ford.
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We need no Moses to lead US out
Of our plight.-William 0uggenheim.
capitalist.
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Failure Is not defeat; It's only
learning .how.-Bishop Charles T..
IWoodcock.
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We're not In the midst Of q crisis.
We're In the midst Of q revolution
Henrik Willem Van Loon.
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Poets do not sing Of July.-Ivor
Brown.
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Business dislikes the self-satisfied
man.-Qordon Selfridge.
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Everything comes to him who
waits except, Of course, Prosperity.
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A political writer attributes Eng.
lands newst crisis to spendthrift
methods. And the irony Of 1t Is the
government is headed by q Scotch.
man.
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Investment advice Is being giver
in New York, but you can't blame
folks there for not banking on it.
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Aviation is manning fewer lives
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If Not Checked, R0
by DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American

E01t0f, JOURNAL OF the AmeIlCAn
Medical Association
The condition called typhus fever
was formerly, considered to be . dis
ease largely associated with the trop.
ics, war conditions and prison life
Investigations made by Howard Tay.
lor Ricketts,. supplemented largely BY
those Of other Americans, revealed
the fact that typhus fever is trans.
nitted by the body louise, which ex-
claimed to q considerable extent Its
special character. Recent investiga-
tions made by Texas physicians In
dicate that this condition may be
transmitted not only by the body
louise but also by the rat flea.
In 1880. two Texas physicians trap
ped = number Of wild rats in and
around feed stores in q small town In
Texas In which q number Of cases
Of typhus have occurred in recent
years. A. number Of the fleas were
secured from these rats and investi-
gated In the laboratories Of the Bal
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-26
BAD FOR BOW WOWS

FL Paso, Texas, Sept. 26.-Doss
must be seen and not heard in this
city. The city council has drafted q
nuisance ordinance holding owners
responsible for dogs which bark too
long or loudly, whether at night or
day. It Is reported that the restric-
tions may be extended to the bleat-
ing Of goats, yowlfng Of cats and
other animal noises.
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says . statistic. It always did have
falling death rate.
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Edison took an auto ride against
doctors orders. Confident, Of course,
that he could invent = fine excuse.
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Folks who live from hand to mouth
are grateful for one thing. They are
not Joe p. Browns.
Copyright, 1891, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-26
Former Official Is
Fraud Case Witness

Minneapolis, Sept. 26.-ReH. l.
Dell. Minneapolis attorney, testified
Friday that, while serving a assist
ant secretary Of the w. B. Foshay
company he had refused to sign many
stock certificates because he believed
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@io3i bY NEA ESERVcE INC.

been doing"
Keeping house. Cooking and
washing dishes and sweeping. oh,
and love It, Bob! I've never been
30 happy In my life."
Farrell traced q pattern on the
table cloth with the tip Of q spoon.
He said without glancing UP. II
guess you mean that"
"Of course I mean 1t! You must
come to see US some time. want
you to know Mark. When you do
you'll understand. Bob. Marks
wonderful! Come to dinner some
night soon after he gets back!"
Thanks. Hope I can make It.
Is he to be gone long?"N
1T seems long time to me. -Four
weeks and maybe i've! Just now
that sounds like a lifetime!"
"Oh, tn time will pass. That's
about the best thing time does.
You'll find ways to keep busy. Hew
about Chris? Seen anything Of her
lately?"
mot SO much AZ I'd. like. She's
been at the apartment and occasion.
ally I meet her for lunch. Chris
always seems to be the same"
THE waitress brought Farrell's
- order. Norma's had been plac4d
before her and she was pleased 10
see It looke1 appetizing. She ate
with more relish than she had OF.
pected.
Continued questioning drew from
Farrell some Of the details OF the
law suit that had brought him q
modest amount OF glory. Launched
on the subject he described curious
angles Of another legal tangle. Nor.
ma was diverted. They finished
dessert and still Farrell talked on.
Abruptly he said:
Look here. you're tired and rye
been making you listen to all this
buncombe. Why didn't you tell me
to shut up?"
"Oh, but I've been interested.
was interested in every word! Per.
haps we'd better 60 now though. ]
am just a little tired"
\ Farrell was on his feet. 'You
haven't told me whare you're liv
; Ing. Is there somewhere 7 car
take you"
Norma shook her head. "Jus,
, put me in cab," she told him. ..It's
been good to SEQ you. Bob, and
, know you're making such stride.
to success. But then always knew
, you'd do that. You will come t
dinner?"
Il certainly hope to. Really
} don't you think I'd better com,
along with you?"
Really I don't"
. Outside on the street Farrell
) signaled . cab and helped the xir
into 1t. She smiled at him as th,
taxi moved away.
y The driver looked back at hi
. passenger. where to. Ma'aM" b
? asked.
"Turn into Eighth street. Kee]
: going until tell you to STOP"
The driver obeyed instructions
l They had Travelled three block
when trafic stopped them. Acros
! the corner Norma saw an electri
Z sign which read. Hannah Spence
Hail." She knew the place. thout
J. she had never been there. An ct
dowed home for young girls VII
\ worked.
I A hotel was out Of the Questio
3 because Norma lad no luggage.
Q might be an idea!
. Norma raped on the glass part
:. tion and told the taxi driver
. stop. She got out. paid her fas
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-26
(Official City, State and County
Newspaper)
Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS
& BREWER
uncorporated
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
Faces Test

In composing differences between
China and Japan. the League of Ma
tions faces q test Of its power and
usefulness. Manchuria has been a
bone of contention for some time
and II Chang Kai Shek, head OF the
nationalist government, is speaking
seriously, the Chinese are prepared
to defend their national honor. An
Associated Press dispatch from the
zone of contention quotes the head
of the Chinese natiorll government
as saying:
II shall lead the army and the en-
tire nation in the fight for the pre-
servation Of our race and to uphold
the dignity Of our people. Let me
assure you that I shall stand or fall
with my country. I shall 60 to the
front, and, II necessary. fall With
other patriots"
Another dispatch from the same
news agency states that the crisis in
south Manchuria Is the most acute
in years. Tokyo factions are divided
over the wisdom of the Japanese In
using warlike tactics before trying
the soft hand Of diplomacy. In ia
pan there are the moderates and ex-
tremists, both with their own the
ories upon how the Manchurian
quarrel, one of long standing. can be
settled. The extremists seem to have
directed the first move and now the
future is uncertain.
Assurances come from the Japa-
nese foreign office that Mukden Will
be evacuated. but the war depart
ment urges the dispatch Of more
troops to check the spread OF anti
Japanese demonstrations.
II anyone doubts the precision OF
the Japanese military machine. the
speed with which Mukden was oc-
cupied and the belligerent Chinese
were disarmed in the trouble zone
should thoroughly establish the eff
cheney of Japan's fighting forces.
Tension between the two nations
has been growing for some time and
the real test comes now both for the
League Of Nations and the Kellogg
pact which Is designed to outlaw
war.
Latest reports from Japan indicate
that the action Of the United States
III supporting the League Of Nation!
in its plea to Japan to cease militar,
operations in Manchuria Is beine
needed by the japanese government
to some extent. It Is to be houet
that the League Of Nations can brinl
pressure to quiet conditions in th'
Orient.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-26
AIR LINE AGAIN

Paris, Sept. g. Air traffic in
France is on the increase. Compared
with traffic Of May, 1880, results for
May, 1881, show q decline. However.
when compared with earlier months
Of 1881, May Of this year shows a
large increase. It is expected that
traffic on the air lines will pick up
considerably in the fall.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-26

| /BROOKMAN
Author of.
mad MARRlAGE;

landlady the girl gave her name -
Norma Travers." omitting the pre-.
fx "Mrs."
She sat In the one comfortable
chair in the new bedroom, contrast.
ing her surroundings with the
apartment and the room she had
occupied in the Travers home. On.
doubtedly this was the poorest Of
tho three.
II can stand It for four weeks!"
Norma told herself. "Tour weeks
can't last forever! Four weeks-
and Mark will be back"
WHEN the trunk arrived she un.
T" packed her clothing and hung
the dresses In tho tiny closet. She
put underclothing IN neat piles in
tho drawers Of the dressing table.
Some Of the things she did not
bother to unpack. There was no
use taking out the pretty evening
gowns or evening wrap.
Once Norma paused before the
mirror Of the dressing table. It
was not her own reflection Of which
she was thinking.
III only I had . picture OF Mark
to stand thsre!" tho girl lamented.
Even . little kodac picture would
be something"
There was no picture and Norma
knew it. She rummaged IN the
trunk again, brought out an object
and placed It on the dressing table.
It was q fountain pen Mark had
used and discarded. Not very per.
sonal-still It had bse1 Marks.
In the afternoon she telephoned
Chris Saunders and agreed to meet
her at $50 on . familiar corner.
Norma reached the place hrst. She
saw Chris. slender and erect,
threading her way through the
maze Of trahic. Norma went to
meet her.
"Here I am. Christ" she called.
The older girl turned her head.
She caught Norma's eye and smiled.
Sorry to be late" she began
but did not. finish the sentence.
why, Normal" Chris Saunders In.
terrupted herself, "what on earth's
happened? You look like gEost!"
"lt's-oh. its nothing serious.
Marks gone away-on business for
his father-and just thought I'd
like to talk to you. That's ALL"
"Gone away? Where's he gomez"
"To New York. And he's sailing
tonight for France. He's going to
bs gone four weeks, Chris. and al.
ready It seems like It's been mil.
lion years."
"But didn't know he was work.
ing for his, father? When did all
this happen?"
Norma's voice did not bstray her.
She managed to keep Il almost
steady % she answered, "I'll tell
you about It. Let's 80 somewhere
where we can talk"
""How about, The Galley'?"
i "The Galley's Ill right
II The two girls made their way to
the restaurant. When they were
seated at small table against the
wall and had. given their orders
Norma repeated the story Of Marks
, reconciliation with his father. She
told about the business agreement
! and the trip abroad. Chris listened
; seriously. now and then asked cues
tions.
j It was after they had gone ovel
| the whole affair and there was
! pause that Norma said hesitantiy:
"Chris-there's something
didn't tell you after We came bach
, from Blue Springs. ! didn't tel
you ! saw Hollis Stone there"
D. Ito Be Continued)