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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
Won't DELAY PAYMENT

Gen Jan SHUTS of the South Afrl-
can Republic while appreciative of the
mother country's offer to delay war
debt payments, asserts that South
Africa will carry on. He probably
added the English "cheerio" to his
declaration, but none was reported.
There can be no criticism of the
manner in which the British Empire
tackled the issue of war obligations.
In sturdy British style, the Empire
started at once to put its house in
order and began reduction of her
staggering public debt, the greatest in
her history.
Other nations able to pay have
sought, through one subterfuge or
another, to delay the day of reckon
ing. Even now France complicates
matters by taking issue with the
Hoover offer. The French, highly
vocal as usual, commend the spirit Of
the war debt moratorium but they
must bicker over the terms.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
The Cure for Prison Mutinies
(MinneapOllS TTlbune)

minneapolis Irlbune)
The notion that new type OF
penitentiary providing more adequate
inmate facilities is the answer to-
prison mutinies and riots OF the past
few years leaves us frankly skeptical
even when advanced by so eminent
a penologist as Sanford Bates, fed
eral director of prisons, who ad-
dressed a gathering of social WORKERS
in Minneapolis recently. Whatever
they have professed to want in the
way of pleasanter prison accommo-
dations, the fact remains that the
toughs and incorrigibles and despera-
does who have been the ringleaders
In these mutinies were seeking moth
ing more mysterious than their lib
erty, and that prison conditions, in
the last analysis, were simply the
excuse for seeking it.
II wretched food or miserable
quarters drive prisoners to mutiny,
one night reasonably suppose that the
inmates quickest to rebel against
them would be those most accustomed
to soft and comfortable living; the
absconding bank clerk, the stock
swindler. the grating politician, to
name q few of them. Actually, how
ever. the prison riots are led. almost
invariably, by the hard-boiled thugs
and killers who should be the least
sensitive to the unrefinements Of pris-
on lie. It is difficult to avoid the
conclusion, therefore, that prison dis
sension Is bred chiefly among those
convicts who would dissent under any
and Ill circumstances, and who are
more concerned with shooting or
clubbing their way to freedom than
they are with lighter and more spa
ciols cells.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
Quick to Apply the Principle

Quick to Apply the Principle
Labor party leaders Of England
were not slow to apply President
Hoover's scheme Of a war debt NOR
atorium to the British dominions.
It was wise economics as well as good
politics.
Stanley Baldwin, leader Of the
Conservative opposition, and David
Lloyd George both endorsed the
with which the Labor
government approved the Hoover
plan, and Its application to the do
was just logical develop
ment. The dominions have not
asked for it. It is just spontane-
GUS act and marks another and very
milestone in the career of
Philip Snowden, Chancellor Of the
Exchequer, financial wizard who no:
so long ago disturbed the placidity
and curbed the cupidity OF certain
French statesmen and came nome
With considerable glory and substan-
;ial cash for the British Empire.
Snowden's action doubtless viii aid
n composing conditions in certain
,arts of the dominion where the |
labor party is threatened by unrest
Ind rebellion. Especially is this true
# India and other dominions where I
he tax problems are acute and the
financing Of governmental obliga-
ions has been a hard task. In some
,ortions of the dominion the har-
Hing Of internal finances has been
by the mother country. The
moratorium affecting the dominions
md India will relieve the pressure
md give time for important readjust-
nents.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30

papering, are packed into this picture
epitomizing the metropolitan press.
Howard Hughes, who gave the pub
lie "Hell Angels" "The Racket" and
other pictures, has made no conces-
sions to. things that are "typically
movie" 1.-THE Front Page" is unadul-
terated It hasn't been soft-soaped.
And as such, newspaper men and
women are the first to acclaim its
veracity.
Pat O'Brien, newcomer to tho
screen, will long be remembered in
the role Of Hildy johnson, the happy
go-lucky star reporter Of a Chicago
paper who tries to break away from
his ruthless managing editor. Walter
Burns, has become a respectable
writer of advertising copy. He yearns
for marriage, a little home In the sub
urbs, an orderly life, and an existence
where he doesn't have to steal stom-
achs from the coroners office to have
them tested for poison.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
Quotations

All fellow has to do is to swear
once or twice and reputation is fas-
tened on him for life.-Major Gen.
eral Smedley D. Butler.
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We are in vastly greater danger as
e people from New Yorkism than we
are from Communism. JOY Elme-
Morgan.
Fifty million Frenchmen CAN be
wrong.-Texas Guinan.
X X. ~
The legal profession is unpopular
because it has to bear the mistakes of
both the lawmakers and the law
breakers.-Sir Ernest Wild.
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To have q distribution Of the Sec
ond-rate so universal that It elimi-
mates the first-rate cannot be regard
ed as wholly beneficial.-Wi1uam
Lyon Phelps.
We are living in q time Of great op-
portunity, Of stimulating appeal to
the Observation-Disclosures s. Clifford.
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Divorces should not be obtained so
easily. Matrimony Is a serious busi-
ness.-Peggy Hopkins Joyce.
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Millionaires! They are becoming
as common as bags Of popcorn
Theodore Dresser.
-
Women today are better educated
than men.-Cosmo Hamilton.
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The situation is daily improving; !;
many men who have been idle are
returning to work, and labor condi-
tions In this beloved land Of ours are
bound to get better Secretary Of
Labor Doak.
People will do anything nowadays
to save a few minutes, though what
they mean to do with these few min
utes is another question.-Dr. Cyril
Norwood.
In q London drawing room one
would no more talk about ones stocks
than about ones stomach.
Truslow Adams.
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Basically what we are striving for
IN our economic life is to provide for
all our citizens the opportunity to
gain for themselves and their families
by their own effort fair and ade-
quate lvelihood.-President Hoover.
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Prosperity does not happen. It
must be nlade.-Edward A. Filene.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
BY DIR. MORRIS FTsHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the America
Medical Association.

Most of the deaths due to the in
halation of exhaust gas from auto
mobiles occur in the winter when men
attempt to work under running cars
in closed garages. Cases occur also,
however, in other periods Of the year,
particularly among people who work
constantly in the automobile indus
try. In order to prevent such deaths
and In order to aid as much as pos
sible those who are exposed to car
bon monoxide poisoning, the New
York State Department. of Labor has
issued "a bulletin on the subject with
special warnings and advice. Here is
list of things to do" for workers
exposed to automobile exhaust gas:
l. Keep windows open az much as
possible.
2. Do not permit the engine to run
and discharge exhaust gas directly
into the air Of the work-room. Every
workroom should have flexible tube
which can be attached to the exhaust
pipe, and through which the exhaust
gas may then be carried out of doors.
3. Remember that carbon mon
oxide gas has no smell. You cannot,
therefore, know If carbon rnonoxide
gas is in the air by the smell of the
room or by the cloudiness of the air.
These are produced by burning oil
and gasoline.
4. If you suffer with headaches
report this fact at once so that the
conditions Of the air may be investi-
gated, and proper ventilation estab-
lished.
5. If you do not feel we'll, see a
doctor at once. You may be particu-
larly sensitive to carbon monoxide
gas, more so than Others In that
case you had better change your &C.
cupation. It is not safe for you to
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
No Color Line in Court

Georgias Court of Appeals, in a
recent decision involving a bottling
company which had been sued for
damages for alleged injuries received
from particles of glass in bottled
drink, discusses color in court. In
directing new trial, the court did
SO because the plaintiff sought to
show that the women employed by
the defendant company were negroes
merely by comment. The negroes
were not called as witnesses. This
comment upset an otherwise suffi-
cient finding, in the eyes Of the court.
Says the court:
1.-THE law will not presume that be-
cause person is a member Of one
race or another race. he is competent
or incompetent. Whether person
upon whom duty is imposed by law
Is a Caucasian, or an African, .
Chinaman. or Japanese, or an Indian,
lS xIlllllA tCx 404s LAG 40W V6kACO Az
care as to color. The law knows no
color; indeed. 1t Is color blind. The
goddess OF justice is represented with
bandaged eyes in order that she may
neither see nor know either sutor.
IS she holds the scales Of justice with
m even and impartial hand"
That. Of course. Is the theory OF
Justice. But such has not always
been tho attitude Of courts and espe-
kally those of the south where white
Vi black litissnts were involved. /.
be comment Of the Georgia court
ghly interesting and moro en-
Of this Kind might rstsrd IN
th the tendancy toward lynch
Ne black offenders are con-
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
Member of The Associated Press
(Official City, State and County
Newspaper)
Oustinp of Judge Jean Norris

.
New York City tried the experiment
of appointing a woman as magistrate
in the belief that her knowledge OF
the problems of the gentler sex would
temper justice with mercy. The
quality of mercy evidently was badly
strained or something, for she has
been ousted from high office and
shorn of judicial robes.
It is not necessary to get cynical
or draw any moral from the incident.
This editorial desires to do none OF
these two things. Failure OF Jean
Norris does not mean that women
cannot administer justice. New York
picked the wrong woman; one tenn
peramentally unfit for the job. "A
little authority went to her head and
steeled her heart against litigants,
whom she brow-beat and mistreated.
The woman took her task too hard.
She may have striven to shatter the
popular fallacy that women IN such
positions are too easy, too soft
hearted and allow sob tactics to turn
reason and warp judgment. Judge
Jean Norris began to dispel such an
impression as rank heresy with an
iron hand and was making the old
ladies of French Revolution fame look
like mealy mouthed sentimentalists
when a higher authority checked her
career.
Her removal, however, does hit
popular fallacy. That is that even
though women have the vote, it does
not follow per Sc that there should
be women in office. Too many ad-
yocates Of women's rights go to the
extreme of urging appointment OF
women, whether qualified or not.
The essential thing is that since suf-
frage men and women have about
the same kind of political reactions
and the net results have not been
changed by the woman vote. Women
apply about the same rules to the po-
litical game as men and play it in
about the same way.
Jean Norris failure as magistrate
is merely an incident. Her choice was
unfortunate in the first instance.
One ponders if her character had
been more of the Jane Adams of Hull
House type whether she would not
have succeeded?
It is a matter of record too that
practically all victims of Judge Nor
ris' Incorporate severity were women.
Girls were placed on trial without the
benefit of counsel or being told their
constitutional rights. Her failure is
summed up in the Investigators find
ings: Severity, unjudicial conduct
and callous disregard OF the rights Of
defendants in the Women's Court"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
IN
NEW
YORK
|!!|!!I van

New York, June 30.-From a phys
ical standpoint. Hell's Kitchen ap-
pears as depressingly ramshackle es
ever. Its tenements present the same
uninviting appearance. But its repu-
tatton a. an unsavory and unsafe
neighborhood has been fairly well
erased during the past five years.
An almost complete turnover In
population has been partially respon-
sible. And an army of Irish cops,
who were just little bit tougher than
any Of the gang-kids Of the kitchen" !"
took lot of "playfulneSS" out OF
many Of the harder mugs.
The newcomers to the district make
up vast colony of Poles and Greeks,
pee "eful folk who work hard and live
tho lily. It was this change in pop
ulation that brought also push-cart
belt that Is now second only to the
historic East Side curbstone market.
The famous old fighting Irish
lean stock has moved on to other Sec
tions. Those left behind have changed
with the times.
Even in its most terrifying days,
"the kitchen" knew no such rack
eteering and gansterism as exist to-
day. The Irishers may have liked
their brawls and their youngsters
may have been as tough citizens as
could be found in Manhattan but the
fear they inspired was quite different
from that caused by the cowardly
gun-tactics Of the moment.
About IL years ago, big film con-
Germ found 10 convenient to locate a
large plant In the very heart Of 1.-The
kitchen" For years, employees who
were detained by night work left only
in q body, and frequently with police
protection.
When George Mclaughlin became
a police commissioner he sent SO
many fight-loving cops into the dis
trict that the gangsters grew tired OF
getting the worst Of it..
In the older gang days, this neigh
borhood was looked upon as pretty
good recruiting ground. The bullet
saturated Legs" Diamond was q
fairly typical graduate, since he
started his career down by the Hells
Kitchen docks as a boy-thief who
lifted packages from parked trucks.
The dock section in the mid
Forties, which was stamping ground
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
World Has Had Rain
1,5OO,OOO,OOO Years

washington, June 30.-(R-Geolo-
gists believe rain has fallen on earth
for at least billion and half years
says DR.. William Bowie Of the U. s.
coast and Qeodetic survey.
The oldest sedimentary rocks, esti-
mated to be a billion and half years
old, could not nave been formed with
out running water to wash sediments
from. land surfaces. he says.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30

rangy figure. the scent Of Turkish
cigarets.
"Fresh, but rather nice." she
commented to herself. Too bad
Muriel had missed him. Muriel
professed to a "yen" for newspaper
men, thought them $50 frightfully
romantic" Well, maybe they were.
Liane didn't know much about
them.
She went to the screen doors and
looked out into tho sweet-scented
night. It was infinitely dark. Only
q faint powdering Of far-off stars
hinted Of sky arching that black
velvet darkness. What night! AS
she stood there Lame heard a faint
whistle. saw a cigaret describe an
arc in tho dimness of the circular
drive before the theater.
Hello, there" called a gay voice.
She peered out. "Oh, it's you,
Muriel?" She was conscious of a
vague feeling of disappointment.
Whom sne had been expecting she
couldn't have said.' The other girl
came out Of the darkness with q
rush and q swirl. bringing with her
the faint, sweet odor of jasmine.
She was all In white, white taffeta
frock swirling around her ankles,
creamy white velvet wrap. pearls
at her throat, q sparkle of crystal
at her small, high-arched white
slippers. Dazzling Lane thought
her, as she stood there. She was
painting. little. as II she had been
running.
"You didn't expect me, I know"
she said. smiling. "But I just had
to come. Tell me-did Chuck stop
by yet:"
"Chuck"
"Oh, heavenly day." Muriel evi.
denced impatience. "Chuck Des.
mond from The Sphere. Grimes
told me when got in from grand.
mothers that he'd phoned he was
on his way. I'm mad to see him,
Where is he?"
MURIEL'S eyes were starry. Her
1SA young bosom heaved with ex.
element. Lame thought she had
never seen her look SO lovely.
u put him in 81, on the left"
she said automatically.
"Now, look" began Muriel DOR.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
Daily Health Service
Precautions For Workers Exposed To
Exhaust Gas
70 exposed to even very small amounts

be exposed to even very small amounts
Of the gas.
The labor department bulletin rec
commended these first aid measures:
If you get headache, or feel
faint. nervous or irritable, go out into
the fresh air at once and stay there
until you feel better. When you 60
out go out slowly and when you get
out sit down quietly. Do not go for
walk. You may not have enough
oxygen in your blood to permit you
to take any additional exercise, or
exert yourself In any way. Any added
exertion at such a time Is dangerous
and may be sufficient to cause you to
become unconscious. Wrap up
warmly, therefore, and sit down out
Of doors until you feel better.
DO not hurry around unnec-
sarily at your work. The more exer-
else you take, the more carbon mon
oxide gas will get into your blood.
If one of your comrades faints,
get him out into the fresh air at once.
Put blankets under and over him, and
surround him with hot water bottles
or hot bricks. Keep him warm at all
costs or he may develop pneumonia.
Persons who become asphyxiated with
carbon monoxide gas are peculiarly
susceptible to pneumonia. Call up
the gas company and an ambulance
at once. You must always call both
of these, because ambulances are not
equipped with resusciation apparatus.
In the meantime the patient should
be given artificial respiration, by
what is known as the Manual or
'Schaefer' method. Everyone working
in industries where there is a possi-
bility of exposure to carbon mon
oxide gas should be familiar with this
method of resuscitation. It is very
easily carried out. Anyone can learn
how to do it. He may thus by his
knowledge be able to save someone's
life"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30

tentously. "1'm going in to sit with
him. Wait! Who's here tonight!
The Wakenings or tho Bairds or
the Stapletons?'
Lame wrinkled her brows. Let's
see? No. none Of those. But your
cousins. Grace and Sylvia Masters.
are down in B."
"Oh, hell. I don't want to be
seen." muttered Muriel, rebellious.
ly. "Those old scarecrows will be
sure to run to mother the instant
she arrives. But I've got to see
him. Look, you romp in and tell
him I'll wait in the car. Down at
the end Of the drive. Tell him 70
leave early and we'll break away.
Or no. you can't say all that The
whole gang will stop watching the
show and listen in. Give me some
paper and I'll write him note"
Muriel's fingers shook little as
she wrote. my friend for life." she
told Lame. dramatically. handing
her the missive.
Desmond cooked Z humorous eye
at the tall girl who bent oyer his
shoulder with tho folded slip.
Thanks" the deep voice said
laconically and several dowagsrs
turned to glare as Lane slid out.
! Muriel was strolling Yestlessly up
and down. her ta6eta skirts crack.
ling. She turned to stare at Lame.
Thanks" she said. "I'd have died
II I'd missed that message tonight
Haven't seen him since Wednes-
day."
=. Then she threw back her head
and laughed soundlessly ct Lanes
amazed look. 'sYes, I'm absolutely
head over heels with the young
man." she explained. Don't b .
goof. He's the most absolutely
priceless lamb. Oh. you should hear
him talk! It's too marvellous. OF
course. mother'd have spasms Il shs
knew I was seeing him. She caught
me at tea at tho Colony last winter
with him, wanted to know who his
grandfather was, all that rot.
Chuck Just laughed In her face.
Treated her rough. She forbade me
to see him again. Forbade! Hows
that for . Taught II I had my hands
on that money grandfather lett me
I'd run away with him IN Z min
ute. Il he'd have mel There are
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
Bismarck Trio On
NOnpartisan Program

Mrs. Alfred Dale, Bismarck, was to
give the presidents address at 1:30
p. m. Tuesday before the annual
meeting Of the Nonpartisan club
board meeting at Spiritwood Lake.
Miss Aldeth Ward and Alfred Dale,
also of Bismarck, are among the
speakers on Tuesday afternoons pro-
gram.
Senator Lynn J. Frazier spoke at
Monday nights session. The meeting
opened Monday morning. A. E.
Thompson, Washburn; Congressman
J. H. Sinclair and Senator Gerald P.
Nye will be other speakers on the
four-day program.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
dozens Of girls after him. Too de-
AStatinG!"

dozens Of girls after him. Too dev.
astating!"
T lane stemmed the tide momen.
- tarily. "He seems-attractive."
she said.
Attractive! u that all you can
give him? Why, my dear. he's abso-
lutely 4 Knockout . smoothly. I'm
so afraid someone will run Of with
him before I have q chance that
I can't sleep nights" She went to
the door, threw away the half
smoked cigaret and began meticu.
lously to redden her fuchsia-colored
mouth.
"Don't tell anyone you've seen
me-" she cautioned as she tripped
down tho steps.
Lane went back to her counting.
She felt curiously drab in her last
years blue crepe, q very Cinderella
mulling over the embers. How rich
ana lovely and full Of life Muriel
seemed. Lame scarcely noticed the
door open and the lean young man
Hash past. She must have been sit.
ting there five minutes when she
was startled by the appearance Of
Van Robard, hatless.
"Seen Muriel?" he cried breath
lessly.
"Come along" hs cried - Liane
paused to turn over her cash box
to Don Knowles. the company man.
ager. Knowles smiled at her humor-
ously, knowingly. you get along
with your boy friend" he said. "I'u
finish here"
"Whatever IL 1t all about?" Lane
wanted to know az she ran, STUN.
bling in the dark. beside Van Ro.
bard on the way to his car.
"Muriel's run away with that
Newspaper chap" Van growled, slip.
ping the motor into gear. Lanes
heart turned sick with pain and
Jealousy.
II don't understand-" she be-
gan, on q note Of faint protest Re-
sentiment colored her tone. Smiling
Z little srimly. the man in the
drivers seat halt turned to look at
her.
~Dout you. sweet?" he said. soft
". Don't you even want to help
me- ind tho little divvil?"
ITO Bs Continued)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
Harvard Instructor
Visits In Bismarck

Ian Campbell, Harvard instructor
OF minerology, and son of Dugald
Campbell, pioneer Emmons county
rancher spent several days in Bis
marck last week visiting with friends.
Mrs. Campbell is accompanying her
husband on transcontinental trip
from Cambridge, Mass, to Eugene,
Ore. They will visit Dugald Camp
bell, now a resident of Eugene.
Ian Campbell has accepted a pro-
fessorship, of petrology at the Pasa-
dena Institute of Technology.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
(By the Associated Press)

Wy VIC HoOOCI6CCU ITCSST
Sargent-General H. E. Sargent, at
one time superintendent of the North
ern Pacific railroad, is honored in
the naming of the county. He was
active in promoting the welfare of the
new county, which was created by
legislative act, March 3, 1883 It was
formed out of parts of Ransom county
and the Sisseton and Wahpeton In
dian reservations. The first settler in
the county is said to have been John
Langies, located in Tewaukon town.
ship in May, 1873. F'orman is the
county seat.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30
BARBS

You can't blame the man who mar
ried the girl he met at the beach for
calling the place sand trap.
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If a moratorium delays debt pay
ments, it's pity congress can't have
something like an oratorium.
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The proper method Of prune cul-
ture is being shown In a government
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30

If there is any serious intent any
where to call special session Of the
North Dakota legislature to cope with
drought conditions, it should be dis
couraged. County boards and the
American Red Cross can deal with in
dividual cases and there is still fed
eral aid that can be used without re-
course to extra sessions.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-06-30

around the world feels, apparently,
that there is crying need for the
feat.
X * *
The trouble with young men who
yearn to be in other peoples shoes is
that they are not so anxious to fol-
low in their footsteps.
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A man Is being sued for divorce be-
cause he put pepper in his wife's
powder. And did she get red!
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)