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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-05

against Harry" | said.
"Not a chance" Mcpherson de.
clared, do you think that Buckbee
would let anything like that get
past him?"
"Sure not" Lon Hale agreed, Its
box office stuff, Bert"
They were calling me Bert" and
1t was a pleasing sign. Sometimes a
new man is considered still q
rookie" through a season and al
ways addressed as "Kid."
"Buckbee will have you up there
all right" Kirby assured me-. J..
well, 1t won't be- easy, but j
guess it won't kill me-" I told them:
When we got back to Chicago ]
found that DollyS new show was
playing there. That surprised me be-
cause I thought 1T was still running
in New York.
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ARB

AS the farmer would revise 1t: Saw
it with showers. ~
X \ X
NOW they're saying Germany is DO
lite as can be in this customs.union
controversy because she's depending
on Curtis diplomacy.
X X X
Tne dagger look, says the office
sage, is often more eloquent than the
sharp retort.
X X
It's one close shave after the other.
for the Scotch barber.
copyright 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
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The New Frontier

The Old frontier Is gone and . new one is in the max
Ing. As long as the old one remained, with is beckohing
rainbow. It provided . safety valve for the older COM
munities where opportunities had become restricted ana
where the spectre Of unemployment and discomfort had
begun to lurk. As long as good land in the west awaited
the ~squatter. he could load his family into = covered
wagon and with gun, pillow and . few bags Of seed fare
forth TO NEST the hardships Of the unknown. Many Of
those who took the rainbow TRAN left their bones to bleach
BY the waystde. but the greater number found new homes,
co~ntentment, fortune and In some cases fame.
The old frontier has disappeared and the absence Of
IT. beneficent influence - . reservoir for the social over
flow 4 ksenly felt in thess days Of business depression.
= country without . frontier presents . new condition
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for the curtain. Without washing
makeup oft, we all ran next door to
a little beer rlace-for this was before
prohibition-and began to plan q
grand celebration with our money.
But, alas, before dinner time, we
learned that my friend had just been
funny. Our horse had not won and
we had our dinner over the free
lunch counter"
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
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:: PITCHING FOOL:

SYNOPSIS. pert Rushe h the kid brother Of the famous ,aomee
RIM KIM Harry Rushe. Bert has always wanted . 9e . Cs
rWch.r He hrofher seemingly fought against II. AFTER SIX ISGtas.oons
With minor leagues Bert is signed up with q m ma! snrsi Y + iJ mskins
big money on the side, financing shows. t but w whe ~ IL w co%ss R = e 10Y
HE Ink deserts him and he cannot win the gMi q 9 wants. OclS = On
siderabIy excited over the possibility Of pitching to MS famous n0"'-
run swattng brother.
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LN
NEW
YORK
@H1 Gilbert Swan

New York, June SIT was the re-
cent practical joke" experience of a
Manhattan hearse driver that led to
the spinning Of the forthcoming yarn.
If you missed the hearse driver
story, then briefly it went like this:
After the Kentucky Derby, a note ar
rived telling the young man that he
had o a certain pool of $25, 900. The
New York newspaper carried his
photo and interviewed him on what
he was going to do with all that
money; he drew 500 from the bank
and gave all the boys a large party
That highland the next morning
learned that it was a hoax arranged
by the undertaking parlor lads, seek
ing to amuSe themselves between flu
nerals.
At any rate, several Of us were
lounging on an elaborate moving pic
ture set over in Astoria, L. l., when
Charlie Ruggles, the character comic,
recalled a practical joke" tale of the
old theater. It was back in Los An
geles when tie old Morosco was oper-
ating as a ~popular-priced stock COM
pany theater. Louis Stone, now an
eminent film performer, was leading
man OF many a romantic play; Rug
giles was the juvenile and Victor
Schertzinger was leader of the or
chestra. I was variously an usher and
a backStage flunky. sneaking away
from high school because the stage
interested me more.
Stock players in those days received
but modest wages, and Stone, RuggleS
and the musical director sought to in
crease their worldly goods by dabbling
o and then in ace horse bets. One
day, just before a matinee, they got
a tip that a horse with some-such
name as Golden Dawn was going to
be brought in" So the three pooled
such money as they had at the mo-
ment and tossed it on this long shot,
which was listed at about Is to /.
"Well," as Ruggles relates, "the
time of the race "a that of the last
act OF the play. And, since we were
terribly anxious to know how we came
out. I arranged to have a friend mott
fy me in my dressing room.
But Victor, who had to be in the
orchestra pit, was as worried as the
rest OF us. He wanted to know the
result too. So I said I would try and
find som way of giving him the in
formation III the lines I spoke from
the stage. I explained that I would
try to ad lib something that would
give him a tip-off.
Nov the play in which we were
appearing was a m~elodramatic war
play. And in the last act, I was shot
by the enemy while carrying a mess
age through the lines. Then I COL
lapsed on the stage and whispered my
last words into the ears Of Louis
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IT would be quite a while before we got up against the
/ Gothams, according to the schedule. 49,
That suited me. The more work I could put in with
these fast top-leaguers the better condition I would be in
when the time came for me to play against my brother
Harry's team.
I talked it over with some Of my friends. 49,
eThere's q chance that Buckbee won't put me in the box
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No Longer Alone

When Charles A. Lndbergh crossed the Atlantic in one
hop he acquired, along with fame and wealth, the title o!
the Lone Eagle.
The idea of a tall young man daring death alone
struck the Imagination of the American people and
Lindbergh became a greater national hero and a more
important national figure than any Of the men who
risked their lives in the service of the nation in its lasr
war. This may or not be as it should, but there is no
cause for complaint because the world was too busy look
ing after more important matters to be particularly re-
gardful Of its heroes In the days when the world was
aflame.
As long as fame and fortune came to Lindbergh,
however. it is interesting to note the manner in which
he has conducted himself. On this score there can be
nothing but appreciation. Since his epochal flight he
has gotten married and settled down to the business OF
making aerial transportation in America a safer and
more feasible proposition for the average individual. He
seems to have done rather well at it too.
For a long time Lindbergh was embarrassed and both
cred by over-enthusiastic news hounds. What he said
or did was regarded as something Of consequence. He
had difficulty in retaining his status as q normal young
American, not only because he was continually being
harassed but because the praise and adulation of a nation
is not an easy thing for a ~youngster to carry without
losing his mental balance.
For the last year or so Lindbergh has not been 50
prominently in the news. He hobs up here and there but
not as a big figure.
Now, however, the Lone Eagle hits the headlines again.
He Is going 10 ASIA by air, the trip including a Jaunt
across the North Pacific. And. like a dutful young hus-
band, he Is taking his wife along.
The cynical might accuse Lindbergh Of seeking the
front page again but the average citizen will not agree,
for if Lindbergh regarded the flight as dangerous or sen
sational he hardly would be taking his wife along. He
must be something Of q salesman, too. for he apparently
has convinced Mrs. Lndbergh that the plan is perfectly
feasible; otherwise she wouldn't be going and she wouldn't
permit him to 60.
What the young husband is doing is to give q demon
stration Of the progress Of aviation since that day, five
years ago. when he landed in Paris.
It win be all the more impressive because Of the fact
that the Lone Eagle Of yesterday no longer flies alone.
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Sign of the Times

There is q well-defined hostility against increased
taxation throughout the state Of North Dakota. The
ease with which nearly 10000 signatures were secured
to refer the four-c cent gasoline tax is indicative. 1t is
not the intent Of this editorial to go into the merits
or dement's Of the gas tax increase. The significance,
however, Of the reaction to increased taxation is one
which all political divisions and taxing bodies should
note.
Some Of our greatest economists and industrial lead
ers have been sounding the warning against more taxa
ton. In certain cities the burden is 50 great that some
of the depression now present is directly c~hargeable to
~exorbitant and p~aralyzng taxation.
It is not easy and not usually popular to oppose tax
increases in normal times. The great percentage Of peo-
pie who vote for new schools and for other public build
ings do not pay much of the tax directly and are often
led into an orgy Of spending on that theory. Their
diagnosis Is wrong in part. for in effect. indirectly,
they pay the tax load in increased rents and living costs.
A great portion Of any tax always is shifted to the ulti-
mate consumer.
The time has come In this state to slow up on public
work Of all kinds until the period Of adjustment Is over
Taxpayers must be given a breathing spell in this and
other cities before new ventures are preached, however
meritorious and necessitous they may appear.
Legislative bodies, city commissions, school boards and
other public agencies should apply themselves, as are
all wise business men, to the practice Of strict economy
in the expenditure of funds.
Many elements entered into the suspension OF the
four-cent gas tax. A certain group felt that the legiS-
lature ignored a popular mandate in passing a law de-
feated at the polls. Again, there Is q growing feeling
that certain highway policies are not sound or construc-
tive and that until confidence is restored there no more
money should be placed in administration hands.
Whether that attitude is just or unjust. this editorial
is not saying, but the ease with which the tax was
nullified by petition is significant even to the most CAL
lous political boss.
The crux Of the whole situation is a protest from q
tax-weary electorate in no mood for new raids upon this
public purse.
1t is a most significant and healthy trend.
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Then and Now

At a recent meeting in Bismarck, representatives
various insurance companies scored carelessness as tt
g~rertest single enemy to the health, wealth and happ
of the individual. Their application of the though
referred directly to loss of life and property as the RI
suit Of fire. but one of the men offered proof that it is r
more devastating now than it was Is years ago.
The proof in question was a clipping from the Editor
al Digest of March Is, 1916, reprinting an article pub
ished originally by the Toledo Blade, an Ohio newspape
reads:
Riddles are bad enough, but a riddle with a
moral! .... that is too much! Still, in the case
Of the riddle propounded by the Toledo Blade, the
moral Is q good one and the riddle is sufficiently
puzzling to inspire some interest. We are ap-
parently confronted with a description of our
greatest common enemy. What is this mon
Ster?-
I am more powerful than the combined armies
of the world.
have destroyed more men than all the wars
of the nations.
I am more deadly than bullets. and I have
wrecked more homes than the mightiest SIEGE
guns.
I steal, in the United States alone, over
100000, 900 each year.
spare no one, and I find my victims among
the rich and poor alike, the young and old, the
strong and weak. Widows and orphans know me.
loom up to such proportions that I cast my
shadow over every field of labor, from the turn
Ing Of the grindstone to the moving OF every rail-
road train.
massacre thousands upon thousands of wage
earners a year.
lurk In unseen places, and do most Of my
work silently. You are warned against me, but
YOU heed not.
I am relentless.
I am everywhere-in the house, on the street,
in the factory, at railroad crossings, and on
the sea.
I bring sickness. degradation, and death, and
yet few seek to avoid me.
I destroy, crush, and MAIN; I give nothing, but
take all.
I am your worst enemy.
What is the answer? Do you say drink" or
hatred or 'self-interest"? The answer IS given
in the words Of the riddle: II am carelessness."
The statistics given Is years ago hardly are accurate
'day. The wealth and population Of the nation have
creased since then and so has the damage wrought by
lrelessness.
During those Is years we have had more or less con-
stent campaigns to educate the public away from care
ssness and toward carefulness. Yet the accident toll
ON all causes increases, the loss from fire and similar
causes continues to mount.
What the figures would show were it not for the cam
aigns directed toward public safety, fire prevention and
nilar purposes it is hard to say. They certainly must
ave accomplished something. And until a better method
attack can be found it probably will be necessary for
e agencies interested to keep plugging away on the
resent basis, even though the results in Is years have
1t been overly encouraging.
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The greatest crime is laziness, and
business does not welcome the lazy
man. The second crime is self-satis-
faction. Business dislikes the self
satisfied man.-Gordon Selfridge.
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the trend Of thought
to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib-
une'S policies.
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Bert is getting a taste OF what
II means to play against biz
league men. Can any one ston
karle of the Browns?
Read tomOrrOw's installment NJ
The Pitching Fool" when Bert
meets his brother!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-19

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 19.-Their
secret marriage revealed. the former
Betty Compton, musical comedy star,
and her husband, Edward r. Bowling,
film writer, we're bound for Havana to-
day on honeymoon.
The groom's mother, Mrs. Margaret
Bowling, admitted that they were mar
ried several days ago and had sailed
yesterday on the liner Oriente. Ward
Line officials said they booked passage
under the names of Mr. and Mrs Ed
wards" intending to remain in Havana
for several weeks.
Miss Compton has been a friend of
our family for. years." Mrs. Bowling
said, lever since Eddie was boy"
The bride was a featured singer and
dancer in Fifty Million Frenchmen"
and other Broadway successes. The
groom is a dialogue writer with Para
mount Pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-19
S123,O()O,ODD VOTED
FOR FRENCH NAVY
Deputies Approve Govern
ment Program for 1881
80 in Record Time.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 19-The Chamber
Of Deputies voted the 1922 naval
budget in the record time of three
hours yesterday, with little opposition
to the governments figures.
The speed with which the measure
was carried was interpreted generally
as meaning that the French Parliament
had reached the limit of naval limita-
ton as far as the 1892 program
was concerned.
S123OOO,OO Voted.
This program. which devotes approx
mately $39,000000 to the laying down
of new construction, provides for be-
ginning work on about AZ 900 tons. OF
this total, 1888 would be devoted to
one battle cruiser, there would be an
other light cruiser of 1000 tons. two
submarines of $500 and $500 tons and
some lighter construction.
The whole appropriation for naval
needs totals about 1923, 100000.
Charles Dumont, minister of marine,
in explaining the project to the Depu-
ties refrained from specifying the ac-
tual construction schedule. He explained
that he did not want to hamper present
conversations between France and Italy,
and this caused some of his hearers to
COncluOe Une TWO countries might I've
nearer agreement than had been
thought in some circles.
U. S. Policy Hit.
r. L. Craigie, British admiralty ex-
pert, who has been discussing the
Franco-Italan differences here, left for
London yesterday, but it was under
stood he expected to report to the
British admiralty and return to Paris.
He has been acting as a sort of medi-
ator between the two countries. and has
had frequent interviews with Rene
Massigli, the French negotiator, and
Augusta Rosso, who has been acting in
o similar capacity for Italy.
American naval policy was mentioned
once during yesterdays debate, when
Edouard Bussat. deputy from Paris,
asked: why should the United States
insist upon fleet as powerful as that
of England while both countries refuse
France capital ships. granting only sub
marines and light cruisers?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-19

DR.. and Mrs Donald w. Porter of
New Haven, Conn, are at the Carlton
for few days, having come on to at
tend the White House Conference on
Child Health and Protection.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fitz Hansgirg of
Radenthein, Austria, have arrived in
Washington and are at the Carlton for
a short stay. accompanied by Mr.. Kon-
rad Erdmann, also of Austria.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy of
Toronto are spending a few days at the
Dodge Hotel and are accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Graham, also of
Toronto.
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ESTATE SET AT $81,924

Mrs. Emma F. Milburn, who died
January z, owned no real estate, but
had personal property valued at $81,-
924.70. according to the petition of her
daughter. Anna Maud Milburn, for the
probate of her will.
The daughter is given an automobile
and the household effects and half
share In the remaining estate. The
other half goes to the grandchildren,
Alice Milburn Price, residing in Paris,
France, and John A. Milburn, Media,
Pa. Miss Milburn Is also to act as
executrix. She is represented by Attor-
ney Harry j, Kane, jr
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Continued From Third PageD

Continued From Third Page)
sentative Dewey L. Short of Missouri.
few reservations may still be OBJ
tained by addressing Immediately Miss
Meta Evans, 1928 Twenty-f1rst street.
The Silverelle Club of the Young
Women's Christian Association will
give an informal reception tomorrow
evening, 1880 to 1920 o'clock, at the
Y. W. G. A. headquarters, at Seven
tenth and K streets, to the business
girls in the city who are studying at
the various business colleges here.
Members of the Silverelle Club have
arranged a program of music, assisted
by Miss Mary M Burnett, who will be
heard in group of Indian songs, and
Miss Helen Middleton, who will give
group of piano numbers. Ensemble
singing will also be a feature of the
program, which will open with a series
of ''getting-acquainted games," ar
ranged by Miss Edith Rieger.
In addition to the invitations sent
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to the young business girls in the sew
eral colleges here, a cordial invitation
Is extended to all young business girls
in the city, to attend the party, which
will take place in the fourth floor as
sembly rooms of the Young Women's
Christian Association.
The program for the evening has
been arranged by Miss Peggy Cragg.
Miss Margaret Payne, Miss Lois
Spencer, Miss Virginia Sherier, Miss
Betty Jacobs and Miss Sarah McElroy.
The University Club will observe
ladies night this evening. The
main dining room will, as usual
on these occasions, be opened to
the ladies' and many dinner parties
are already being arranged to precede
the program which will be given by
the Entertainment Committee in the
ball room, featuring the soloist en-
semble under the direction of Otto
Torney Simon, with IRVINE j. Stenson
appearing not only as accompanist for
the ensemble but also as SoloiSt.
Mr.. Cramer B. Patten of st. Peters
burg, Fla, is at the Dodge Hotel for an
indefinite stay, coming to Washington
to consult with United States engineers
in regard to deepening the st. Peters
burg harbor.
Mrs Clarence Cary of New York, who
has been spending the Winter at the
Carlton left today for trip South, her
first stop being in Augusta. Ga. Mrs.
Cary will return to the Carlton after
sojourn Of several weeks in the South.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hardy of
Toronto are spending few days at the
Dodge Hotel and are accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Graham, also of
Toronto.
DR.. and Mrs Donald w Porter of
New Haven, Conn, are at the Carlton
for few days, having come on to at
tend the White House Conference on
Child Health and Protection.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fitz Hansgirg of
Radenthein, Austria, have arrived in
Washington and are at the Carlton for
a short stay. accompanied by Mr.. Kon-
rad Erdmann, also of Austria.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Howard Marlin OF
Pine Orchard Conn, are stopping in
Washington at Wardman Park Hotel for
a few days en- route to Florida, where
they will spend some time motoring
through the State.
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Gomez Velasco, head of the Federal
District Traffic Department, to estab-
lish dictatorship" against noise. as q
public health measure.
The league asserted that traffic noise
is responsible for deafness and cerebral
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disorders, impedes concentration of
thought and retards mental develop
ment of children and commended that
dictatorial methods by the Police De-
partment are necessary to put stop
to unnecessary traffic noise.
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TRAFFIC NOISES SCORED

MEXICO CITY, February 10 P.-
The League for the Defense of Pedes-
TRANS today requested Gen. Antonio
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Mr.. and Mrs j. Howard Marlin of
Pine Orchard, Conn, are stopping in
Washington at Wardman Park Hotel for
a few days en- route to Florida, where
they will spend some time motoring
through the State.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-04
VERNON

Miss Pearl Slaughter has been Wis
iting Seaford.
The stork has visited Mr.. and Mrs
James Butler and left a fine heir.
Thomas Ross Clancy has been
visiting Saratoga Springs, New York
Harry Luff is repainting his out
buildings in attractive colors, thus
improving the appearance Of the
neighborhood. t+
MIR. and Mrs. Milton Hopkins will
remove from the Samuel Thorp
farm to the property of the form
er's father, ]. L. Hopkins, here.
Mrs. Alice H. Ross has been an
invited dinner guest of Mrs: Pryor
the social leader and efficient teach
er of the women's bible class of the
University Baptist church, Char
lottesville, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Slaughter, Sr.,
and daughter Pearl will remove from
their farm here to Harrington. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Phileman Hopkins,
nee Emma Minner, who has been re-
appointed teacher at Maple Grove
school, have rented the Lewis
Slaughter farm.
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. D. Torbbs, of
Philadelphia, have been guests of