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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-05
QUESTIONS AND ASSWERS
Diabetes

Question. Mrs. K. j. l.. asks:
when diabetes has reached the
stage where the removal of a toe has
become necessary, and two other toes
have become gangrenous, is there any
helpful treatment or diet?"
Answer: In addition to a correct
fasting and dieting regimen it would
be a good policy to battle the affected
foot alternately in hot and cold wa
ter. Have vessels Of hot and cold
water side by side and place the foot
first In the hot water and then in the
cold. This will stimulate the circu-
lation and issist in overcoming the
tendency to gangrene. 1t would also
be helpful If you could obtain actinic
light treatments OF sunbaths.
Food Idiosyncrasies
Question: Mrs. l.. w. asks: us
it true that certain people have per-
sonal idiosyncrasies in regard to
foods? I seem to have trouble with
tomatoes and canned pineapple even
when taken with correct combina-
tions."
Answer: Yes, many people seem
to be poisoned by ven small amounts
OF certain foods which are quite
wholesome to the average person. A
list of these foods would include al
most any known food. There seems
to be some mental as we'll as a physi-
cal factor in connection with this
type of food poisoning.
Sulphur Dioxide Gas
Question: A. B. c. asks: Can sui
phur dioxide gas have any serious ef-
feet on the lungs?"
Answer: Sulphur dioxide gas is
irritating to the lungs and sometimes
predisposes one to tuberculosis.
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The Perfect Man

Members of the Clothing Designers Executive associa-
ton of New York City have selected John Tempre as
the perfect mainland we wonder.
Tempe is % years old; single; five feet and eight
inches tall; has a 36-inch chest; IT, inch sleeve and
weighs 1876 pounds. He was selected from among some
800 candidates as the model figure for mems clothing
and his picture has been sent throughout the country
for use by such newspapers as have room for it.
It was good advertising, of course, for all of US are
interested in perfection, but we wonder how many per-
sons will agree with the tailors on their specifications.
Tempre doubtless is an estimable person but, some
how, we turn up our noses when we read his Specihca-
tions and see him labelled as perfect. He differs too
much from the heroes of romance whom most of us,
unconsciously at least. keep in our minds eyes as the
acme of perfection.
Whoever heard of a hero reScuing a lady from the
clutches of a real villain when that hero boasteu only
a 36-inch chest? How could any conscientious author tell
how his hero felled the rascal with a mighty wallop-
and then recite that the hero had only a l74-inch sleeve?
No, the perfect man of the average individual, man
or woman, must have more heighth. weight and breadth
than Mr.. Tempre appears to have.
He is the perfect man but no mention is made of his
teeth, eyes or hair. What woman could regard a man as
physically perfect if there were even the faintest sus-
picion that he had watery eyes, a crooked nose or spaggly
teeth. Probably Mr.. Tempre has none Of these disad-
vantages, but we'd like to be sure before we accept the
tailors' judgment.
We would like to know something of his manners,
morals and disposition, even if MI. Tempe had the ply
siQue and appearance of All Adonis, before we cast our
ballot.
There are many who recte the old saying Handsome
is as handsome does with some emphasis, and the Chris
tian churches have been teaching for 1900 years that
perfection of the mind and spirit is more to be desired
than perfection OF the body.
OF course we should not forget that Mr.. Tempre was
chosen. by the tailors for a specific purpose. Undoubted-
l, he serves that purpose-the business of showing off
mems clothes-as we'll as anyone has a right to expect.
Eut, at the same time we admit it hardly would be
kind to call him a tailor's dummy, We insist that they
may have overlooked a lot of things in making their
selection or in wording their label.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-05
Cut-Throat Competition

Many things happen during times Of business tur-
MOL and uncertainty, not the least of which is an analy-
sis of the things which tend to help or hinder business
recovery.
When everything is rolling along easily, troubles are
minimized and there Is a tendency to overlook those
things which are capable of doing harm. When the
scene darkens and thunders begin to roll, however, the
attitude changes; business is panied and surprised to find
no storm shelters at hand.
Although government and business are two different
matters, the first has a profound effect upon the latter.
It is not surprising, therefore, to see an attack launched
upon the Sherman-Clayton acts at this time.
These, it will be member are the laws prohibiting
combinations, trusts and mergers which are or may be
in restraint of trade. They have been used as a threat
more often than a club in recent years. Nevertheless
they are on the statute books and their presence there
gives business some anxious moments in these times when
executive nerves are apt to be a little bit tumpy.
DR.. Stephen I. Miller, executive manager Of the Ma
tional Association of Credit Men. scored them severely in
a recent statement in which he asserted that they are
forcing unsound and wasteful competition, preventing
constructive trade agreements and delaying business re-
covery.
Reasonable competition stimulates initiative and pro-
gress, but cut-throat competition is q business scourge."
DR.. Miller said. The Sherman-Clayton Acts were meant
to protect the buyer from an unfair price and to protect
all types of business from unfair practices. However, 1t
is one thing to state a general policy and another thing
to interpret and administer it.
"The Standardization Acts, as they now exist, are
r~etarding the elimination of waste. They are interfel-
ing iii the administration of legitimate business and are
delaying business recovery.
Creditor groups in q particular industry are fire.
quently prevented from entering into agreements to put
certain unstable customers on q cash basis, because OF
the fear that such agreements viii be held in restraint
of trade"
This condition, he said, adds to the difficulty Of up
holding credit standards and brings about wasteful COM
petition founded upon unsound credit risks.
There are many people who viii remember the rea-
sons for passing the sh~erman-Clayton Acts. Big bust
ness once was a real bugaboo and the politicians used
It as . DOGGY to scare the unsophisticated voter.
II big business was q menace In the early part Of the
century. when thee laws were passed, it Is much more
So now when corporations Of . size then undreamed 81
are daily doing business.
Ford still was tinkerins with an experiment motor
car when these laws were enacted. Most Of the In
dustrial, commercial and financial giants Of today were
In their swaddling clothes. The movie industry was
represented By an occasional tawdry nickelodeon or .
penny arcade
4 Is doubtful il Dr.. Miller speaks as the prophet Of
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big business when he attacks these restrictions. II any
one sees the seamy side Of business it is the man who
does the collecting in the wake Of the salesman. His
Judgment is by no means final but it Is worth con-
sdering.
Perhaps we really have ~outgrown these enactlnents of
which business seems to be SO afraid.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-05
BARBS

In a crisis of any sort you can de-
pend upon a Scotchman to sit tight.
* X X
Champagne, according to a dentist,
ruins the teeth. That objection, how
ever, can be easily brushed aside.
x \ y
The boy whose proud mother said,
You'll hear from him some day." is
now grooming ballads over the radio.
y X X
Science Seeks to Find Out What
Makes Singers Sing" Headline. A
tub of warm water, usually.
Snoring, says an eminent psycholo-
gist, is q saxophonic type of noise.
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DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet addressed to him, care Of
The Tribune.
Enclose a stamped addressed
envelope for reply.

protein foods, at each meal. Do not
fry these foodS-broil, boil or bake.
Choice Of one or more of the cook
ed n~on-starchy vegetables listed for
lunch. Also, choice of one or more
of the ray salad vegetables listed for
lunch.
No dessert.
You al reduce more slowly just by
following this diet alone without the
preliminary fast. To all those who
are excessively overweight, I would
advise the fasting regimen first. I
have seen this fasting and dieting re-
giinen get results in thousands of
cases, and I am sure you will find it
satisfactory if you are overweight.
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revolt against the extravaganza and
tyranny Of the kings and mobiles. In
addition they had no adequate rep
ieSentation in the legislature. The
taxes were heavy and in 1777 there
were as many as 1,250,000 beggars in
France. Alarmed by the increasing
signs of unrest in the country. the
king and some of the mobiles began
to gather the army near Paris. This
so enraged the people of Paris that
they stormed the BaStille on July IA,
1889. This is regarded as the begin
ming of the Revolution.
@. Do the natives in the Amazon
Valley use tom toms? # so, how are
they made? M. d. c.
A. The native tribes of the Anna
zon Valley use the hollow log with
ends covered with skin and a plank
of hard wood that is hit with a club
or mallet. Drums of various sorts are
common, and are known under the
general heading of tom toms. They
are used for ceremonies, dances, sig
mails, and such purposes.
@. How many coeducational COL
leges are there in the United States,
and how many for women and for
men? F. M. S.
A. The latest survey. that of 1927,
showed 400 ~coeducational institutions;
l23 for women; and 119 for men.
yHHHok l,;oj @f nv oo;I ie ,,,n~J
TO polish glass? S. j.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
the effective constituent of the acid
dip used in polishing glass is hydro
fluoric acid. The strength of the acid
required depends on the nature of
the surface and the composition of
the glass.
@. When, was irrigation first used
in Arizona? McF. r.
A. It was used many centuries be-
fore the coming of the white man.
Early Spanish travellers found Indians
using water carried by bitches for
their crops.
@. About what river is Longfel-
lows poem, The Bridge, written? v.
N.
A. The original name of the poem
was The Bridge Over the Charles.
The reference concerns the small
stream along which Boston lies.
@. II q boy runs away and joins
the Navy, can his parents pay some
thing and have him released? M. I.
v.
A. The Department of the Navy
says that 1t is not possible for a man
to buy out Of the Navy. If circum-
stances are such at home that men,
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bers of his family become dependent
upon him for ARE or support, he may
be discharged from the service of the
United States. However, this will
have to DE taken up with the Bureau
OF Navigation, Navy Department,
Washington, D.. c.
@. Do many Canadians who come
to the United States to live, change
their minds and return to Canada?
G. p.
A. Canadians who came to the
United States to reside and who re-
turned to Canada in 1880 declaring
their intention of remaining perman-
entity in that country numbered 3D.
608 compared with 30,479 in 1929.
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Thousands of government experts
are working constantly for the bene-
fit of all citizens Of the United States.
They will work directly for you if you
will call for the fruits Of their labors
through our Washington Bureau.
State your inquiry briefly, write
clearly, and, enclosing two-cent
stamp for a personal letter in reply,
address the Bismarck Tribune Infor-
nation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin,
Director. Washington. D. G.
G.. What is the greatest number of
horses that has run In one race? c. G.
A. In the Grand National Steeple-
chase at Liverpool, England. in 1920,
the greatest number ran. There
were 66 competitors.
G. In playing bridge should one
complete the cut, or merely cut the
cards and let the dealer finish the
cut? r. p. e.
A. The laws of Auction Bridge and
Of Contract Bridge define the cut
In the same way. Law ~ (2) dealer,
Immediately before the deal, places
the pack before his right hand op-
ponent, who lifts off the top portion
and places it beside the bottom por-
ton dealer, who then places the bot
tom portion on top.
@. How many soldiers in our Army
Gied Of flu during the World war? w.
w.
A. It Is estimated that the deaths
from influenza numbered 1900.
Q. Upon what did people sleep in
England before the introduction of
beds? z. F.
A. In the time of the Normans.
chests and benches were used for
beds. The bedding was kept inside.
@. BY what process can handwrit-
Ing greatly faded by age be made leg
ible? H. p. d.
A. When writing on old a
scripts has become faded and illeg-
ible it can frequently be restored by
the following method: Lay the pa
Fer az flat as possible and dampen
it evenly with clean cold water. Brush
over the writing with a flat camels-
hair brush dipped in a solution of
sulphide of ammonia, then the writ
ing viii Immediately appear plain
and readable. The effect on parch-
ment is usually Of a lasting nature
but fresh applications are necessary
ordinary writing paper.
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@. What caused the French Revo-
luton? G.. MEG.
A. The French Revolution was
mainly the result of the oppression
OF the French people, who o in
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the trend OF thought
by other editors. They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib-
une's policies.
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7:30-Jeanette Stewart, Jane Smith.
7:45-Seiberling singers.
S:O0-Chevrolet chronicles, No. %.
S:3O-T. G. A. barn dance.
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And sometimes saxophoning is a
snoring type of noise.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
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Eat lean meats only. Do not use more
than one-quarter Of q pound Of meat,
or an equal quantity of the other
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@. If a boy runs away and joins
the Navy, can his parents pay some-
thing and have him released? M. I.
v.
A. The Department of the Navy
Saws that It is not possible for a man
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A. The original name of the poem
was The Bridge Over the Charles.
The reference concerns the small
stream along which Boston lies.
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@. About what river is Longfel-
lows poem, The Bridge, written? v.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-05
DOUGLAS NEWS
MRS. JEFFREY FREY,
 ROSCOE LAUGHLIN, WE'D

The marriage of Mrs. Jeffrey Frey to MT. Roscoe Laughlin, took place at seven o'clock last evening at the home of the latters mother, Mrs. Gertrude Laughlin. The cere- mony was performed by United States Commissioner Charles Sey in the presence of immediate rela- tives and a few close friends. MT. and Mrs. J. R. Langseth attended the couple. A wedding supper fol- lowed the ceremony and later many friends dropped in to extend their congratulations.
 The bride is young business woman of Juneau, operating the Capitol Cleaners. She came to the Channel from Seattle about 18 months ago. The groom is one of the most popular of the young men of Douglas which has been his home for about thirty years With his brother John, he owns the Alas ka Yukon Fur Farm on the Gla- cier highway, where they raise mink.
 The newlyweds will make their home at the mink ranch for the present.
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R Rrctoal Czrat9pher Ws,L AmAs,x
 MYSTERIOUS WAVE .szss sHs SSEG SElsI

mary's life-and yet had saved Marjorie's.
 I had triumphed over my ene- mics and had seen the dorst and vilest of them die at my feet like poisoned dog. had found Love-and with it Faith, Hope and Charity-for had found Marjorie. And in the same hour I lost her, or rather, learned hat I had found her too late. Perhaps suffering does-as poets and moralists have sung and said act upon the human mind as does the furnace fire upon the earthly ore.
 Perhaps pain and sorrow and suf- fering are good, and it is true that we emerge from them, if emerge we do, stronger and braver and bet ter. I don't know. But I do know that I was able to meet this fresh blow as a man should, and to stand up to it, and while standing up to it, conceal its terrible effects.
 Or again, of course, it may be that I had received so shattering a blow when Rosemary met her dreadful fate, that my mind and soul had lost some of their ca pacity for suffering
 Anyhow-Marjorie was engaged to be married-a fact the possibil- ity of which had positively never entered my mind.
 I had had so much else of which to think that I had almost visual ized her as having no outside re- lationships save with her weak, worthless uncle and his infamous wife.
 Marjorie was engaged to be mar ried. Her fiance was in India She would shortly be of age, and she wished to go out to him.
 So be it. I would take her and see her safe into his care.
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SYNOPSIS: Retlibuticn has written an evil end to the ca rs1is of Dr. Chartars, his sen, MT. Jamoc, "Spidc-' Sch.itZ ard Chink Dorscn, companions in the kidnapping Of John Wayo's da ter, Rol emary. Dor55n, who murders Schlitz in a quarrel ever fhe loct, is hang cd, Jamc3 is killcd trying to pciscn Marjorie Lauderdcll, patient, and Charters flees with Dr. MacAdco and other crooks Cf the nursing home. Thus Wave is avenged fer the death of his daughter from her ab- ductorS i'll treatment. Secret H-and hopslcsaly-lcving Mar jcric. Wave, aided by Sister Weldon contrives her escape from the home after James death. Before leaving, he lin- gers to accomplish what he calls an act of justice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-05
French Rebuild Barriers
 Which Stopped Germans

VERDUN, May 5.-Douaumount Moulainville and Vaux, the three forts which stood the brunt of the attacks on Verdun in the World War, have been put into shape as part of the French defense pro- gram.
 Douaumount, because of the mys- terious way in which the Germans flrcs captured 1t and because of the heavy losses the French suffered in re-taking it, is the most famous. On it's concrete back fell some 120,- 000 shells.
 All debris has been cleaned away and old or damaged equipment re- placed, leaving little trace of what happened in 1916.
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of large screw and withdrew it. Having done this, I seized one end of the upper part of the desk in. beth hands, and swung it round on its hidden central axis so that it stood across the desk at right angles to its usual position.
 This exposed at each end of the desk, an area that was covered by the back of the desk when in normal position.
 In each of these horizontal areas was a keyhole. With one Of the keys of the second bunch, I un- locked and raised flap that cov- cred a box, of which it was the lid,
 In this cavity were a number of small bottles labeled Poison" From one containing a red powder I withdrew the stopper, tipped out the contents, and exposed small key.
 g With this I unlocked and raised the lid Of the cavity on the right hand side of the desk. This cavity also contained bottles, boxes, and tins. One of the latter, appar- ently quarter pound tcbacco-tin that had never been opened, I re- moved and pocketed.
 It contained my diamond, The Unsetting Sun.
 My knowledge of it's hiding place was due partly to the skill, clever ness, courage, and persistence of williams H. William, and partly to my own nightly prowlings, generally frujtless, behind the heavy curtain that had served me so well on the first day of my visit to The Mon- astery.
 I had recovered my diamond, now more to me symbol of success than a thing of intrisic value. My d-that had cost me Rose
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-05
Chapter 43 THE LOST JEWEL

siDashing into Charters vacant bedroom as Marjorie and Sister Weldon waited safely outside the walls-I took his keys from beneath his pillow and rushed into his con- sulting room Swiftly I unlocked a little door in the upper part Of his big desk, the part that, con- sisting Of pigeon-holes and cup boards, rose up at the back of the leather recovered table part at which he wrote.
 From a locked drawer in this cupboard I took another bunch of keys, among which was a small instrument shaped something like the blade of screw driver.
 With one Of these keys, I opened yet another little cupboard, and on the floor of this, discovered a neat round hole. Inserting the screw driver blade I soon found the head
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For three weeks I should be con- tinually in her company. In that time I would find out something about her lover, and, at the end of it, I would meet him and sum him up.
 If Marjorie loved him, doubtless he was worthy.
 But did she love him-or was 1t boy and girl affair? Well ;. should have that three weeks Three weeks of Paradise ineffable, and, if it must be, Paradise enow.'
 How shall I tell of that voyage?
 cannot if I would. Like Dante, l have been in Heaven, but am no Dante to tell of it.
 It lasted for moment. It lasted for years-21 wonderful days, each of which was a year-each filled with wonderful a nd innumerable happenings of indescribable and unimaginable loveliness, joy and glory; a smile upon Marjorie's love- ly lips; happy laugh, the sweetest music in this world; a pressure of loving hands upon my arm as we walked the moon-lit deck. For thev were loving hands. Marjorie loved me, I'm sure, and, but for 1er cousin, might have fallen in love with me, I verify believe
 But who was I, gray, grim and battered-althouhg scarce 40 years of age-a hunted convict with a price upon his head? Who was I that I should make love to Mar jorie Lauderdell?
 One of the few things to which, in reviewing my life, I can look back with satisfaction. is the fact that loving. worshipping, adoring her as I did, I was able to refrain from making love to her. But I love to know that Marjorie loved me,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-05
AT THE HOTELS
GaStincau

Gastincau
 Alfred Olson, A. N Osman, C. w. Cash, Mrs. James Corbett, MT and Mrs. Repin, Skagway; J P. Morgan, city; A. E. Running, Chi chagof w. H. Patmore, Prince Rupert; Fred R. Patrick, Funter Mary Butler, Rake.
 Alaskan
 G. B. Phillips, San Francisco; A. Sharkey, Hirst Chichagof; John
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-05
NEW ARRIVALS

Mr. and Mrs. C. c. Johnson and daughter Dorothy arrived here Sunday from Seattle to spend the summer, and perhaps longer. Mrs. Johnson is daughter of MT. and Mrs. Robert Bonner She has vis- ited here with her parents on two former occasions.
 MT and Mrs B. B. Webber, a young couple of Juneau, have nov ed to Douglas and are at home in one of the Reisser cottages.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-05
RESULTS
 IN FOUR KILLED
Hidden Men Open Fire on Deputies in Ken
 lucky Region

HARLAN, Kentucky, May B. Four men were killed, and one man probably wounded in a clash between deputies and a group of unidentified men, believed to be miners, near Evarts, this after noon.
 Deputy Cox said crowd of men, hidden behind railroad ties and trees, opened fire on the deputies who had gone to the hills to quiet an outbreak attributed to labor troubles and unemployment.
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FILMY WHITE HOSE
 BACK INTO FAVOR

PARIS, May 5.-White stock ings, long summed by fashionable feminity, are back in the style picture. The Baroness Robert de Rothschild is among the smart wo- men who are appearing these eve- nings in white crepe gowns worn with white crepe de chine sandals and filmY white hose.