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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-04

The answers to questions printed
here each day are specimens picked
fro mthe mass Of inquiries handled
by our great Information Bureau
maintained in Washington, D. G.
This valuable service is for the free
use Of the public. Ask any question
Of fact you may want to know and
you will get an immediate reply.
Write plainly, enclose two cents in
coin or stamps for return postage, and
address the Bismarck Tribune In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin,
Director. Washington, D. G.
@. Did Walter johnson pitch big
league baseball longer than any other
pitcher? G. D.
A. Cy Young pitched a year long
er. His total was 20 years, Walter
Johnson 81 years, and Grover Alex
ander is next with 20 years. Johnson
holds the record in the American
League and Alexander In the Nation
al League. Cy Young pitched half
his career in one league, half in the
other.
g. Why do the searchlights on
Niagara Falls flicker and flare? d. q.
C..
A. A flare or flame is occasionally
e in the huge searchlights used to
illuminate Niagara Falls. These
lamps r operated with a carbon arc
| which Is automatically fed through
out the period of lighting and during
perfect operation there is no flare in
the lamp, the carbon being perfectly
adjusted and its content pure. How
ever, when the carbon is being fed to-
ward the arc, a slight imperfection or
a small particle of foreign matter, will
cause a flame.
Q. Where is the next Confederate
Reunion to be held? j. B. F.
A.. 1t will be held on June 8, 4, 5,
s at Montgomery, Alabama.
@. Does hamburger contain pork?
A. True hamburger consists of
ground beef. It should not be mixed
with ground pork.
@. What is meant by Sokol? j. N.
H.
A. It is the name Of q great gym
nastic organization in Czechoslovakia.
Q. Why aren't English skylarks
imported into this country? E. M. G..
A. Permits are not issued by this
country allowing the importation Of
the English Skylark, since it is con-
sidered an undesirable bird. The ha-
bits OF the skylark are similar to those
OF the starting.
g.. In DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde,
which character is the fiend? E. +.
d.
A. Nj. Hyde is the character that
represents the bad In man In con-
trast to the good.
q. How are oilskins made? E. D. p.
A. The material should be fine
tWiIed calico. It is dipbed in bull
locks blood and dried in a current of
air. Afterward two or three coats of
raw lnseed oil with q little lithatee
IN IN proportion Of about one ounce
TO p pint Of oil should be applied.
Each coat should be allowed to dry
before the next Is applied.
Ia. Was Christ born on Christmas
Day? M. E. E.
A. There are no data which would
prove. c~oi1clusively at precisely what
Time OF the year Jesus Christ was
porn. Many are Of the opinion that
the birth occurred In March or Oct
ober. The fact that at the season oh
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Easter.

Burne Jones, the English artist, once said: 1.-The more
their wings are my protest in favor of the Immortality 81
the soul" In those wings, he expressed the desire OF
the ages: the theme Of many a poem; the ecstasy OF
sacred eulogy: the longing of the world; the foundation
of the Christian belief which DEGREES, we must be born
again." .,~> =.
Easter, aside from it's strictly religious or creedal
significance is q joyful time; a festival observed with
the 7gladness of a new ~solemnity." There is a desire at
such a time to paint more angels as a rebuke to the
materialist and selfish Individuals and to fashion their
luminous wings in holy reverence of the resurrection from
the dead.
Spring is at the morn in the human heart at Easter
time. All may not be right with the world, yet millions
renew their faith-a faith that is the substance Of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not seem" Il.
No day In all the calendar reflects more vitality, more
fundamentally, the abiding faith Of a Christian nation.
Eliminate the Easter festival with its flowers, anthems,
prayers, the cross and other tributes to resurrection from
the dead: then hope is gone and the bulwarks Of the
Christian faith are swept away. -
Nowhere in the Bible is there any indicationaof an
Easter observance. Ancient Jewish festivals prevailed
even after the resurrection although celebrated in a new
spirit and enthused by another belief. Out of the Pass
over, changed by the conception of a Christ, came Easter,
the greatest religious festival Of all Christendom. It
took ages to standardize the observance Of Easter and not
until the Gregorian correction Of the calendar was there
agreement throughout the world when the day should be
set aside.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-04
Punishment and Reform

Society seeks through the prison system TO reform as
wen as to punish. Reformation Of criminals and Of
those who are not OF the hard boiled criminal type has
been backward. Punishment as the Sinai and only OBJ
jectiye Of the prison Is being either discarded completely
or revised in many Of the penal institutions ~of: the
nation.
Prisons, tails, houses Of detention and refornaatories OF
various degrees are now under severe public indictment.
The riots which have occurred during the last few years,
the r~ecolnmitnents for crime and failure Of the parole
Asysten1 have aroused criminologsts to more intensive
study Of the prison md It's p~erplezing and battling prob
s1enns.
Il Aprrurriahons ore made s~rudsingly for penal insti-
,intiouG. Iations ara stinted. overcrowded conditions
t~.,rsted and The spectre q Unemployment stalks
Sd1ihin - well = without prison walls. In some ways the
problem 81 the unemployed Ia : steel prison case Is uaors
fr.xic than that Of the jobless on the outside.
a eertain psfeentags o. criminals cannot b restored
- aaci6tv = upefuI members. But many other un-
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served as Christmas now a great
Roman feast was held which had
been held for centuries, probably in
fluenced the early Christians to cele-
brate the birth of Christ at this per-
iod.
@. To what part Of the western
world was the name, America, first
applied? M. H. r.
A. It was originally used only fol
Central Brazil, and was applied III
honor of the Italian, Amerigo Yes.
pucci, who claimed he had discover
ed it. It was first employed for the
entire western world by Mercator ir
1541.
@. What are the young of fish
called? M. H.
A. Young fish are called fry while
the yolk sac upon which they first
feed lasts, which is usually 80 days.
When a fish passes out of this stage
it Is called a lingering. When a fish
is a year old it Is called a yearling.
When it reaches the age of two years
it is called a two year old, three years
a three year old, etc.
p, Q. What is the weight of the
skeleton of an individual of average
height and mature age? II. G. w.
A. The weight of an adult male
skeleton is usually from ten to twelve
pounds. A skeleton with light bones
would weigh a pound less; a skeleton
with heavy bones would weigh a
pound more.
Q. Where were Hitchcock chairs
made? w. e. H.
A. Lambert Hitchcock was the
best known Of all the men who de-
voted themselves to fancy chair-mak-
ing in the early days. He was born
in Cheshire, but later lived in Hitch
cockville, Conn. In 1918 he left his
native town and settled on the Farm
ington River, two miles west of Win
stead. The Hitchcock factory and
Joint house are still standing. Since
1866 the town has been called River
ton.
9. What is angelology? r. M.
A. 1t refers to a discourse on
angels, or a body Of doctrines in re-
gard to angels.
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Today Is the
Anniversary Of
THE FLAG


On April 4, 1918, congress enacted
the law which fixed for all time the
design Of the flag Of the United
States.
The law rectified an error which q
short sighted congress had enacted In
1895, after Vermont and Kentucky
had been admitted to the union. This
1875 act provided that a stripe should
be added for each Of these states, and
for % years the national ensign had
Is stripes.
It was a 15-stripe flag which waved
over Fort McF1enry and inspired
Francis Scott Key to write 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" AS everyone now
knows, the act Of 1918 reduced the
number of stripes to 13-one for each
of the original states-and provided
that each state of the union should be
represented by a star. Each states
star is added to the flag on the fourth
Of July. following the states admis-
sion to the union.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service. 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-04

SNAAINAs
I was just siding out Of the door
when my mothers kindly but firm
hand barred my progress.
Did Harry say you could take
that glove. Bertie?" she asked.
shook my head.
Put it back" "
I put it back.
But I hunted up an old winter
WOODEN glove. severed the glove
fingers with a kitchen knife and
was on my way.
AS usual there were . lot OF
youngsters down on the sand lots
Most Ut them were older than my
self: ! put on my homemade
my baseball against it and strutted
we're getting ready for a game OF
''Three-o!d-cat,"
No one paid the least attention to
me.
I'm going to play" an
Red T-lannigan, about 10, looked
me over. His hair glistened, his
freckles} blazed. He was chewing
real tobacco and eXpectorate6
deity, then winked at the others.
"Ya-a-a! Looka tn kid - he
thinks cause his brother plays on
tn wire mill team he's a player.
tool" (
They laughed.
Il amin almost as good as
Harry-he said so himself" I in
sisted.
What he had said to me I al
ways remembered clearly. It was:
II expect you think you're a swell
player, kid."
Flanagan examined my 25-.ent
ball.
"Let him play. he's got q regular
ball. hard as anythin'," he said.
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Because you didn't lie about 1t
I'm not going to whip you," mother
said, but the next time you go
whether or not you tell me-"
She looked up to the wall where q
switch was stuck behind a picture.
I understood.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Tobacco F1end

Tobacco Fiend
Question: H. N. I. writes: II have
been a terrible tobacco fiend for
about As years, and I am tired Of us
ing it, but it seems I can't give it up.
Will you kindly advise me what to do
and oblige?"
Answer: The easiest way to cure
the tobacco habit Is to take a fruit
Juice fast, using only small amounts
of any kind of acid fruit juice. While
fasting one does not enjoy the taste
Of tobacco, as it has a taste like dried
grass. If you really desire to cure
this habit the fruit fast combined
with the use of your will power will
i'll a few days bring about an easy
cure.
Honey
Question: G.. G. asks: us honey a
wholesome food? If so, what will it
best combine with and in what guam
tlty should it be used?"
Answer: Honey is a wholesome u
gar and may be used wherever any
other sugar could be used in a good
combination. The fact is, sugar does
not combine very well with other
foods. The best way to use honey is
in s%weetening lemonade.
Eczema
Question: D. D. writes: II have
had several violet-ray treatments for
an infection on the eyelid. These
treatments cleared the part where the
infection started, but it is slowly
spreading from the eyebrow now. The
Goctor described it as an infection
with an eczema condition. Could you
tell me of anything that would cure
it besides these treatments, as they
are very trying. The lid is scaley and
very red, although some days II
changes to a yellow"
Answer: The only way for you tc
get a real cure is to adopt the right
of a diet, being particularly
about food combinations.
Send your name and address with
the necessary postage and I will send
you an article on the cure of eczema.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-04
:: PITCHING FOOL::

= MI season was spring, the day was Saturday, and my
L years were seven, when l decided that there. would
be two star baseball players in the family.
My "grown-up'' brother-he was Is then-had a pro-
fessional mitt, given him by some of the men on the wire
mill team. I got the mitt and made ready to 60 down to the
sand lots by the railroad yard. 1 already owned a baseball,
not one Of the "cheap 1O-cent' sort, but a peach of a 25-
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Editorial Comment

Editorlals printed below show the trend Of thought
BY other editors. They are published without REGARD
to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib-
unes policies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-04

obeying this simple rule: Eat less,
keep mentally calm, take more exer-
else and keep the bowels open.
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and from the pressure in the lower
colon.
If you are always tired you shoulo
realize that you can overcome this by

DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet addressed to him, care Of
The Tribune.
Enclose q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-04

And SO ends t,c first chaptcr
Of this new, powerful baseball
serial. Another installment will
appear in taD70trcw's parer
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Q. What is angelology? r. M.
A. 1t refers to a discourse on
angels, or a body OF doctrines in re-
gard to angels.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-01

chintz curtains over a basement
window as a sign of an alleged
home brew emporium.
Eisenhut and his squad raided
the basement of John Reese, AZ
Brookville road, and found 221
quarts of homebrew, Is gallons
brewing, he reported
The basement was QUILTED in
hobby style to care for trade. Gay
colored chintz curtains screened the
windows. Countless bottles of home
brew lined the white enameled
shelves, while an electric refriger-
ator held an additional supply,
Eisenhut said.
Electric fans cooled the basement
recreation parlor' White cloths
covered highly polished tables, ash
trays, put to hard usage, dotted the
tables. Bowls of pretzels formed
the piece de resistance on each
table, Eisenhut said.
Reese never had been arrested
previously for liquor law violation.
He was slated on a blind tiger
charge. Eisenhut declares the
"chintz" cafe catered to the white
pants" set.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-01
rain on WAY
FOR WEEKEND
Showers to Reach State by
Tonight Is Forecast.

A cooling draught of rain is
promised indianapolis and vicinity
tonight or Sunday by J. H. Arming-
ton, United States weather observer.
"A storm centering in the upper
Mississippi valley may reach Indi-
ana. The northern portion of the
state probably will get showers,
with local thunderstorms in the
southern section
He forecast that Sundays tenn
peratures would be about ten de-
grees below Fridays maximum of
SO degrees.
But the city will sweIter today
under 90-degree heat, with the Their
mometer in fair way this morn
ing of beating Fridays maximum.
1t stood at Sc at a. m.
Friday night and this morning the
temperatures added to sleeplessness,
with a minimum of rs degrees at 6
a. m. today.
One heat proStration was reported
to police Friday afternoon, when
Jack Adams, 80 Madison avenue
was overcome while working on his
automobile at his home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-01
Judqe on Vacation

UN DntbEO fTeSS
CHICAGO, Aug. Federal Judge
James H. Wilkerson prepared today
to leave for a months vacation in
Michigan and thus to withdraw for
the time being at least from the ma
tional furore he created when he
told Alphonse (Scarface AID Capone
that "a federal court can not be
bargained with"
Behind him the 62-year-old jurist
was leaving, first of all, an angry,
frightened Capone, who had
planned to go to prison for few
years, but now must stand trial on
charges which may prove far more
serious than those to which he
pleaded guilty with the understand
ing his sentence would be compare
lively light
Officials Embarrassed
Behind him. also. the judge, whom
gangsters long have feared, was
leaving embarrassed" officials in
Washington and way cleared for
what possibly may become one of
the most sensational criminal trials
in history
In a surprise session Friday, Will
kerson granted the request for the
income tax case, setting the trial
for Sept. 8, after allowing withdraw
al of Capone's guilty plea, He
withheld an answer in the liquor
cases and made it clear he believed
Capone should be given the stuffest
sentence possible. He ordered the
grand jury to investigate further the
indictments, with the view to max
ing the charges more serious.
Faces Heavy Penalty
AS things stood today, Capone
faces one expensive trial for sure,
with another pending and a grand
jury looking for chances to "whoop
it up" enough to make it a Jones
five and ten" law case.
That the gangster may remain out
Of prison many more months and
POSSIBLY be free even to sell his beer
to the worlds fair crowds in 1888
was admitted. 1t also was agreed
generally that his ultimate fate now
appears much darker than it did
before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-01
Hunters and TrapperS From
Far North Throng to
See Filler.
BY MAX BUCKINGHAM
United Press staff CORRESPONDENT

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife
set forth today for their venture
into the little Travelled areas of
northwest Canada, en- route on their
vacation air journey to Toxic.
They flew from here at $50 a. m.
for Moose Factory.
AS the Lindberghs took off, hunt
ers and trappers thousands of miles
to the northwest we're making their
way to -Aklavik, hoping for a glimpse
of the famous fliers on their air
trip to Japan.
Aklavik is one of the scheduled
stops on the Lindberghs' intinerary.
Today's flight will take them to the
foot of James Bay for an overnight
stop. From Moose Factory they are
scheduled to push on to Ft, Church.
i'll, another 700-odd miles farther
Up Hudson Bay, and thence to
Baker lake, and Aklavik, at the
mouth of the Mackenzie river.
Lindbergh took advantage of his
stop here to consult with Royal Air
Force pilots familiar with flying
conditions along the shores of Hud-
son bay and across the vast
stretches of Arctic and sub-Arctic
territory between the bay and the
Mackenzie river valley-a country
with few satisfactory landing places,
where fogs rise densely and sud-
denly.
According to dispatches from Ak
lavik, the fame of Lindbergh has
spread even in the remotest regions
of the northwest territories, and IN
dams and Eskimos are as interested
as white trappers in seeing him.
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HolD the Market
Opened

BIZ CHtfeG Press
NEW YORK, Aug. Trading in
stocks which during July was the
lightest since 1926, continued dull
in the early part of the short Ses-
sion today. Prices, however, were
firm with the majority of issues
making fractional gains.
Steel shares were in fair demand
with United States Steel at s55s,
up 4 and Bethlehem at 371S. up Il
on 1000 shares General Motors
rose Is to 3794 while Chrysler eased
a fraction. Oils held steady; cop
pers eased, while utilities were
slightly higher,
After a week of watching domes-
tic developments which involved
dividend reductions and poor earn
ings statements by the leading steel
corporations the financial commun-
ity again turned its attention to
the foreign situation.
Extension of a $250,000,000 credit
to the Bank of England by the New
York Federal Reserve bank and the
Bank of France was expected to
tide over that institution in the
present crisis. The Reichsbank
raised its discount rate to IS per
cent in anticipation of reopening
banks next week. The United States
was reported sounding out Germany
on credit to provide the Reich
funds to purchase American COM
moditieS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-01
GERMANY DICKERS ON
u. S. FARM SURPLUS
Cotton, Wheat Deals May Be Made
~, r o,,or T4o,... r4..S.4

Cotton, Wheat Deals May Be Made
on Long Term Credit.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. Part of
the farm boards stocks of surplus
cotton and wheat may be purchased
by Germany under long-term credit
arrangements.
Ambassador Sackett in Berlin has
suggested such arrangements to
German officials and, according to
word received here, is continuing
conferences with them regarding
possible purchases.
The farm board would be willing
to do business on a long-term credit
basis with "a responsible govern
ment," according to Carl Williams,
member of the board for cotton. He
indicated that Soviet Russia was the
only prospective customer which
which would not be considered in
that class,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-01
BATHERS' PAL FLEES
Takes Clothes of Nude Pair
at RavensWood.

What pal, the driver of an auto
that sped like a phantom from
Ravenswood beach early today
when red headlights of deputy
sheriffs' cruiser cleaned through
the treesi
For his sudden pilgrimage to un-
learned parts marooned two COM
panions quite embarrassingly.
Deputies Pat Kinney and Harry
Cook answered a radio complaint
from the Make Epstein cottage
that two youths, sans raiment, were
disporting themselves on the beach
by the way, the same beach that
Ravenswood's mayor" Charles o.
Ford, has announced is private and
is to be protected by a fence.
The youths, on the beach when
Kinney and Cook arrived, confessed
the fugitive auto contained their
clothes.
Epstein's heart was touched. He
loaned the boys bath robes and gave
them shelter until their friend re-
turned.
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Behind Rivals Time

By United Press
IRKUTSK, Siberia, Aug. 1.-Two
American filters trying to circle the
world in week, were awaited here
today.
Clyde E. Pangborn and Hugh
Herndon Jr. left Moscow at $40
p. m. (7:20 a. m. Indianapolis time)
for Irkutsk. The distance is about
1900 miles.
Pangborn and Herndon we're
slightly more than eleven hours be-
hind the record set by Wiley Post
and Harold Gatty when they left
Moscow, but they said they ex-
pected to regain lost time by nom
stop flight here.
The f1iers, as Post and Gatty had
done, sacrificed sleep to continue
their journey. More than one-third
of their world flight has been &C
complished in three days.
From Irkutsk, Pangborn and
Herndon planned to fly to Khaba-
rovsk, near the Pacific, and thence
northeast to Nome, Alaska, without
a stop. From Nome they planned
to fly directly back to NeT York.
Their only hope to beat the Post
Gatty world-encircling record OF
eight and one-half days lay in
their ability to continue their long
nonstop jumps. Their Bellanca
monoplane is slower, with cruising
speed Of about 10 miles an hour
but has a longer cruising range
factor they rel on to help then
lower the recc ID.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-01
T0dayS the Day. Get in
Race for $1,000 Prizes

How many motion picture stars do you know?
familiar with the cinema celebrities,
TmesIndapa theater $1,000 Vacation Contest
gets way today
todays there of six
with rules for governing the contest Read the
the and then write down their
who the
list vacation prizes amounting than $1,000
Americas
hotels
held conjunction with the Indianas
Hits the which opened Friday.
And example of the stars in this picture Confessions
Of CoEd the first Of photographs today.
The ory-two whose picture will be used considered
by the committee arrangements
apos the viii the Fall pictures
at the Indiana during the coming months.