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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-10
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New York, Nov. 10.-Sixth Avenue,
under the elevateds, Is no longer a
pleasant thoroughfare for strolling.
Employment agents have taken up
most of the space unoccupied by 10
and 20-cent lunch counters. And
there's nothing funny about watch
ing a man tack up 20 signs announc-
ing jobs to several hundred itinerants
blocking the sidewalk.
But this accumulation of jobless
men and women, wandering from
block to block, has attracted the most
picturesque tribe of county fair side
shows seen in these parts in many a
year.
In the general neighborhood of
Forty-seventh street, Kid Garfield is
prepared to show the city-going yok-
els how he gyped the country lads for
many year.
Not since I left the dear old back
sections Of Michigan, have I seen a
setup such as is used by Mons. Can
field, who is more talented than many
gents to be found a block away on
Broadway. A vacant store has been
decorated with melodramatic posters
showing gents being shot at the rou-
lette wheel: OF other gents slipping
aces from the bottoms of card decks;
of faded and wind-swept banners de-
claring that M. Garfield Is ire
formed gambler" who saw the light
when Billy Sunday got him to march
down the sawdust trail.
Now the employed and unemployed
crowds that gather in front of Prof.
Canfield's wooden stand may or may
not have watched the old shell game.
But now, for 10 cents, they were able
to observe how the envelope" game
was worked; how smart dice shaker
could produce four aces against his
opponents four fives: how q card
dealer could deal himself royal
flush and his nearest opponent four
aces.
To be sure, Prof. Garfield carried
his own dice and his own cards. He
was, to hear him tell it, through with
sharp practices forever. A five-gallon
rather than a 10-gallon Stetson
perched backwards on his head. His
teeth reflected many gold coverings.
He could deal from the bottom or
from the top. He was, in word, a
picturesque note on q drab highway.
4
Just three doors away, hard
boiled young woman, with more come
hither personality than many a
Broadway chlorine, was preparing to
disappear into a trunk.
Two ballyhoo gents were trying to
drag q hesitant crowd Of men to the
very front Of ballyhoo stand. The
big moment arrived when Minerva"
was asked to disrobe in the trunk and
reappear in tights. This, naturally,
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Orders for *

Police and federal agents, raiding
an alleged vice den in Chicago. said
they found records which indicated
about IS untitled orders for girls
wanted in other cities.
Such stories as these serve not
only to recall to our minds the fact
that the world is not what it might
be but that 1t is a great deal better
than it used to be. At least vice has
been forced to take it's shame into
the dark hooks and corners Of the
world and no longer flaunts its face
on the public streets.
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Cancer and Racketeers

A Chicago specialist who charac-
terized cancer cells as "racketeers' in
the human body gave about as apt a
description Of the malady for the lay
man as could we'll be invented. Also,
when you stop to think about It, ne
gave an exceedingly good description
of the racketeer.
For If the cancer cells can be de-
scribed as racketeers, the racketeers
of real life can very we'll be described
as cancers. They grow and spread
in the municipal body at an alarming
rate, they make the municipal body
very sick, and-in a good many
American cities-they have made a
major operation an imperative neces-
sity.
The specialist who thought Of the
comparison made smile that works
both ways.
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Daily Health Service
SKIN DISEASE IS USUALLY
RESULT OF SENSITIVITY
Medical Tests of Skin and Diet Disclose Cause Of Condition

people are sensitive to flowers, in
cluding the primrose, the chrysanthe-
mum, the ivy and the rose.
The common foods involved in
manifestations Of sensitivity, such as
eczema and urticaria and swelling Of
the skin. are milk, wheat, eggs. cars
ais, lettuce, chocolate, fish, cabbage5
and potato.
An experienced physician, by max
ing proper tests of the skin, or by
testing the diet after studying the his
tory Of the case, can determine
whether or not there exists one of
these special sensitivities. When the
nature Of the sensitivity is deter
mined, it is possible to avoid the sub
stance to which the sensitivity ex-
lists and thus to be relieved of the
symptoms.
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Mayor Walkers Service
(San Francisco News)

\A9QAA xA0ANA0NO 4NCWOJ
To few persons in public life ever
has been given a higher histrionic
sense than to New York's mayor. His
capacity for impressing his audiences
when he stands and talks before
them is supreme. His bitterest crit
les say that about him. He possesses
the rare quality of sheer drama.
He brought that to bear before
Governor Rolph in California. Be-
cause Of his peculiar ability to focus
attention on himself he focused at
tention on the Mooney Billings case,
and in that sense alone he performed
a tremendous service in the cause of
justice for men unjustly imprisoned.
He added q high emotional note to
a legal issue which because it has
been so long drawn out has been
treated in recent years somewhat too
much as one Of cold fact and logic.
He injected feeling. Thousands and
hundreds Of thousands today have
read in a warmer light q story they
had read and re-read before in terms
only Of questions and answers and
lawyers objections. Walkers appear
ance has given new and virile life
to Americas Dreyfus case.
And because Of that it must now
be apparent to the people Of Cali
fornia and their governor that the
freeing of Mooney and Billings Is
both a national and q popular case
and one that will not die.
Walker knows the psychology Of
public reactions as few men know
that psychology. When he joined the
mountingly popular cause he proved
among other things that the crusade
was not doomed to fail but had be-
come q mighty force.
In California he faced opposition.
He came under two fires-the reac-
tionary press, which called him "im-
pudent," and the Communists, who
charged him with stealing the
show"
Fittingly he paid no attention to
either. Seriously he pleaded for a
fellow American who, he is convinced,
has suffered one Of the greatest
wrongs ever inflicted by lawless JUS
tice.
The mass Of native Californians
must have been impressed by the
earnest pleading. The touches Of his
oratory that brought tears to the eyes
Of the audience will be understood
and remembered by many who have
failed to grasp the constitutional
questions involved in the long, long
story of the Mooney Billings case.
His final appeal directed to Cover
nor Rolph will ring for long time
in the ears of His Excellency, the
mayors friend:
"The president of the United
States, the congress, t,t, standing
army and navy cannot give Mooney
reprieve. Neither can the governors
Of forty-seven states. The League OF
Nations or all the kings horses o1
all the kings men-they can't hel,
him. It remains exclusively and solely
with one person, and that sole indi.
vidual in the whole civilized world
that can right the wrong and do JUS
tice is the governor of California"
And So whether Walkers transcon.
tinental journey brings immediate
fruit or not, 1t has added immeasur.
ably to cause whose ultimate sue
cess must come-unless justice hal
vanished from this nation.
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RUSS COUNTER REVOLT

On Dec. 10, 1917, a counter revolt
in southeastern Russia was aimed at
seizing authority in that section and
cutting off food supplies from ST.
IBERIA.
The revolt was led. by Generals
Kaledine, Dutoff and Korniloff.
The Rumanians were forced by the
Russians to sign an armistice.
A dispatch from Jassy, Rumania,
stated that an armistice for three
months between the German ard Ru-
manian forces, taking in also the Rus
slams on the Rumanian front, had
been agreed upon.
Spain announced that the Spanish
steamship Claudio had been bonn
barded by German submarine.
Eight sailors were killed and several
wounded.
Observation trenches, lost by the
Italians east Of Capo Sile, on the
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Sterling
BY FERN r. STEWART

Kute johnson was town caller
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jessen were
town callers Tuesday en- route to Bis
marck.
Mr.. and Mrs T. N. Johnson were
Bismarck shoppers Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Stewart and
family spent Sunday at the j. D.
Stewart home in DriScoll.
Pete Schlaback was a Driscoll call
Ter Friday.
Clifford Olson and sister, Mildred,
were Bismarck callers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Meth visited rela-
tives in Glen Ullin Sunday.
Alton johnson and Pete Schmid-
kunz called on Joseph Dorson Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. johnson and
daughter Olive called at the Allen
Van Vlet home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wildfang and family
spent Sunday at the P. E. Roth home
Miss Vivian Larson spent the
weekend at her home in Sibley
Butte township.
The regular Farmers Union meet
ing was held Monday night.
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fully. How about 1t. Bates?"
"Fine."
"We'd better be getting q little
sleep. Ought to be out by six any.
way. They bite better early in the
morning. Everybody back to bed
now. There's nothing we can do to
help, and we'd only be In the way"
THE day that followed was one Of
unutterable tedium for those
left behind while the fishing party
cruised happily about. Mary sat In
deck chair. book in her lap,
watching the unexcited labors OF
the distant fishermen through q
telescope loaned her by the captain.
1t was not very entertaining but It
was better than nothing.
The burning sun drove Bruce and
Louise downstairs. where they
played interminable games of soli.
taire. De Iona prowled the ship
like a Gagged animal. He had run
out Of cigarettes long since. and his
nerves were all a-jangle. He roved
from one end of the ship to the
other. leaning on the rail and
studying the prospect in every di.
rection. They were all very much
the same. which must have been
discouraging.
He. avoided the landward side,
Mary observed, but whether this
was due to her presence there, or
to the view-which consisted Of
CLASSY sea out Of which old Fort
Jefferson prison reared its ugly
head-she did not know.
Presently, to give him the range
Of the boat. and also because his
restlessness had begun to get on her
nerves. she resolved to 60 below
and take a nap. She met q steward
with a tray. headed for Dirk's state.
room. and stopped him. She rear.
ranged 1t bit to make it more In.
viting. Then she had the steward
wait while she wrote = note. It
was only three words.
Mary pulled a book from the rack
on one side Of the salon and sent
that along, too. She promised her.
self that she would drop in and see
Dirk after he had lunch.
Once she heard an alteration out
on deck. De Iona was berating q
steward because he had locked up
the liquor cabinet. at Mr.. Jupiter's
order. as it turned out. Mary dis
missed 1t from her mind. until a
violent knocking at her door forced
her to take notice Of 1t.
De Iona was in q towering,
white-hot rage.
whats this all about?" he
snarled. :Am ! a guest on this damn
tishing-smack or am I not? Why
can't I get service from these deaf
mutes you've got for walters on this
tub? I want q drink, and I want
it now. do you hear! Tell this cub
to toss out that key! What does he
think I am. baby?"
"Take your troubles to Captain
Hendricks. He's in command
Mary replied.
"Yes? Well. there's something
else I want to know-why doesn't
that radio operator send my mes.
sages?"
Doesn't he?"
mo. II he did. I'd have had an.
swers before now. What's happen.
ing to my trunks? Damn 1t. II that
hotel seizes them. I'll hold you 70
sponsible!"
| Mary smiled shakily.
"You fatter me. As said before
Captain Hendricks is the man tc
see."
"That -"
| From his choice Of expletives Il
was apparent that Captain Hen
bricks had already been seen. and
added his refusal to that Of hi.
subordinates. De Iona was ap
pealing to Mary as. a last resort
He was almost beside himself, ant
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-10
(Official City, State and County
Newspaper)
Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, LEVINGS
& BREWER
Incorporated)
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
Emphasizing the Obvious

President HoOver'S message read to
congress Tuesday emphasizes the OBJ
vious. 1t Is tempered somewhat by
the encouragement of defeat in the
house and the dark prospect of q
most unruly senate. There is an alb
sence Of militancy. No clarion note
or call to duty is sounded; its periods
and climaxes are rather dull and
humdrum.
The president is never without a
program. His tendency always is to
blueprint our weals and our woes ano
seek a cure by commission and inves-
tigation. It is the mind of the grea'
engineer and promoter at work. This
message, and a volley of new ones ia
follow, is cast in the mould of dire
necessity, unrelieved by any bright
political expectations.
It Is unnecessary to discuss at
length the message which is, on the
whole, very clear statement of the
economic conditions that beset the
republic even If the remedies ad-
vanced fall upon a body Of lawmak-
ers seeking political advantage and
thunder for the 1882 campaign.
As usual, there is the so-called
Hoover program for prosperity. 1t is
refrsfhips so note that the founda-
ton of his recommendations is rigid
economy on the part of the federal
government. There, surely, he is on
solid ground for the functions of gov
crnment have been multiplying at
such a rate that bureaucracy is hay
ing q paralyzing effect upon business
in general.
There has been a partial change OF
front on the part OF the administra-
ton. President Hoover ceases to pre-
dict rapid recovery. Time has damp
ened an optimism and ardor which
not SO long ago assured the people
that prosperity was around the cor.
ner."
He knows that some very unpleas-
ant readjustments must be made be-
fore better times can come. He faces
conditions today which, had they
been met in the same spirit months
ago, would have been corrected by
now. In such event, political pres.
tigc might not have slipped from hi.
control.
Increase in taxation must be faced
The method Of raising more revenue
will be . matter of bitter conten.
ton. In a very exhaustive budget
message, President Hoover has facet
the situation courageously withou,
mincing words or obscuring the fact.
of great treasury deficit.
Opportunity for great constructive
service faces congress. The people o.
the nation will Judge both parties or
their records.
In few national crises has the at
tention of the people been focused 81
intently upon Washington. Probabl.
too much Is expected Of lawmaker,
who are powerless to create bette
times by fiat OF law. but they car
improve governmental conditions S,
that business can save itself if free,
from some of the entanglements poll
ticians have imposed.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-10
BARBS

Now that the navy squabble is back
In the headlines again it's plain that
Hoover and the Navy League are still
at sea.
\ X \
A Philadelphia youth was sentenced
to two years for yelling something
belittling at Grandi. He might have
failed, but for the next two years
he'll succeed in making little ones out
Of big ones.
i = X
The Japanese were pressing on to-
ward Chinchow. But il they ever get
into chow chow they'll be in pretty
piccalilli.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

MARY HARKNEsS plots to en-
snare The Fly, who "frnmed" her
brother. EDDIE, with the murder
Of MRS. JUPITER and ran him
down to keep him from telling.
She II aided by MIR. JUPITER
and BOWEN 0f the star. Mary's
fance. DIRK RUYTHER. believes
Eddie guilty and breaks with
Mary when she will not give MP
the investigation.
Mary sails for Miami ON the
Jupiter yacht TO follow The Fly.
BRUCE JUPITER nnd n question.
able friend. COUNTESS LOUISE,
go along. They vow to r0ut Mary,
who they consider a gOld.digger
Bruce quarre1s with Louise over q
diamond bracelet she says belongs
to Mary. De Lomn gave 1t to her
M security for n loan. Bruce
makes her give MP the bracelet
to Mary. who discovers It wns
stolen from Mrs. Jupiter the night
she was Killed.
COUNT DE Iona. who Mary
Jupiter necklace NJ bait, Mnry
dances with him. He gets the
necklace from her by a ruse, then
kisses her. Dirk <nocks him
down.
Injured and unconscious. Dirk
10 taken on board the yacht the
"Gypsy." The Fly goes along and
tries ngain to steal the necklace.
Bowen gives Mary proof that the
countess In nm adventures. The
"Gypsy" sails with all ON b0nrd.
The Fly realizes he has walked
aErOuuo ON a reef.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER Xiv
7 ]. JUPITER was the first man
on deck. Although It was past
his usual early retiring hour. he
was still dressed. He was there
when Captain Hendricks came hur
rying down from the bridge. and
together the two men retired to the
port rail. Bates and Mary fol
lowed.
"What's the matter, captain? p
Bates inquired somewhat nervously
He Mad a landsman's inordinate
fear Of accident on sea. and ever
Mary felt childish impulse to rush
to the captain and cling to his hand
until the danger was over.
"We're fast on a reef." Captain
Hendricks was explaining to Mr.
Jupiter. "She's apparently moi
hurt-the engineers say she's max
Ing no water below-but she seem.
to be we'll stuck"
Can you get OF by yourself?'
Mr.. Jupiter asked,
"We'll have q try at it tomorrow
morning. I'm afraid we'll have t,
have a tug out Of Key West though
to give US pull"
DO what you think best" Mr.
Jupiter answered mildly.
II shouldn't have come In to
night" the captain continued. "bu
the moon made 1t almost like day
and I've been around here so mucl
thought I could make it even ii
a fog. This channel isn't used ex
cept for small fishing craft. an,
apparently some Of the buoys hav
drifted over. See that mid-channe
buoy there!"
He pointed to what looked like Al
upturned funnel to Mary. It wa
floating almost in the shadow tn
ship cast on the water.
"Mid.channel buoy, and it's stick
Ing right up on top Of a reef wit
only about i've feet Of water owe
It! Fortunately we were coming 1
slow. just barely turning over"
where are we?" Bates asked.
"Just a half mile from. the oil
pier at Fort Jefferson where IL
tended to make fast. In anothe
live minutes we'd have been there
That's Dry Tortugas there a coupl
OF miles OF the starboard BEAM"
They turned to look. and the ra
Of. the big lamp in its white towe
swept across their faces and OF int
the moonlit night.
I'm going fishing in the morl
Ing them" Mr.. Jupiter said chez
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his bravado was fast crumbling.
Mary shut the door and an instant
later she heard the captains low,
steady voice.
"We've q sick man in that cabin
down there. De Iona. I suggest
you lower ybur voice. Better still,
was impressive. particularly to q
man whose courage was not Of the
stay up on deck. What were you
bothering Miss Harkness about?
Miss Harkness is not to be an.
noyed!" s
|DE Iona obeyed without = word.
There was something about the
sturdy figure Of the captain that
physical sort Mary. listening to
the encounter between the two with
a loudly beating heart. opened her
door = trifle when De Iona had
gone. Captain Hendricks was still
standing there.
Keep your door locked" he said
very low. "The steward Just sur.
prised him trying Mr.. Jupiter's
door. That's what he's so hot and
bothered about. Though I reckon
he'd like to have q drink, at that.
Good thing Jupiter's got the only
boat think he'd try to row to
shore"
"Are we OF the reef yeti" she
asked hopefully.
All morning the crew had worked
at the Job Of dislodging the strand
ed Gypsy" first dropping an an
chor OF the bow and trying to pull
her forward with q winch and then
repeating the performance of the
stern. But the lovely white-and.
gold yacht was firmly seated upon
a rock. and there she remained, as
allurtng q sight as Circe Of old to
the tired and grubby fishermen now
plying toward her.
mo luck. We're here till we can
get q tug to pull US off," The cap
tain Shook his head. "He'll be
balmy before then. You know what
I think?" He whispered almost
gleefully. IN think it's that old
prison that gets his goat! He's so
jittery now he cant eat. And when
appetites tail on shipboard. a mans
either seasick or got the fear Of
hell-fire in him."
In mid-afternoon the fishermen
arrived. and even the sullen De
Iona was at the rail to watch their
coming aboard. Any kind Of ac-
tivity was better than the stiffness
and utter lack Of human association
from which he had been suffering.
"Oh. what marvellous luck!" Mary
called out involuntarily as the boat
came alongside and she saw several
shining flsh In the bottom. what
are they? I never saw such beauti.
full fish before" Both Mr.. Jupiter
and Bates were grinning as they
climbed out albeit rather stiffly,
and came up the gangplank.
"Kinghsh." Bates replied, 1"and
they're rightly named. too. What q
fight one Of those fellows gave me-!
He knew ! was an amateur so he
gave the works"
Didn't you get any barracuda?'
mo. No luck there" Mr.. Jupi.
ter called a deck hand to bring
their catch up from the dinghy. II
wouldn't want to try to bring one
Of those into that cockleshell. Got
the boat loose YETI"
Sorry. SIR" the captain replied.
"And now there's something the
matter with the radio. Tried to get
Key West to order q tug. but 1t
wouldn't work. Couldn't raise any.
one." A sudden thought made him
look suspiciously in De Loma's di.
rection. III I thought anyone had
tampered with it"
| De Iona brought his eyes back
from q moody contemplation ot
Fort Jefferson prison. turned and
walked away. The captains specu
lative gaze followed him.
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Quotations

Demoralized industry means de-
moralized politics. = Governor Albert
c. Ritchie of Maryland.
= 4 <:
The time has come to take the
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trend Of thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's" policies.
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lower Piave line, were retaken by the
Italian forces.
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And banker says you can't accept
nerve for collateral. Which means,
perhaps, that a dead beat has more
nerve than you'll give him credit for.
Asaol III I.aA IL -.
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This years Ohio corn crop is esti-
mated at 162,564, 900 bushels.
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Egypt, Arabia and India are In the
same latitude as Florida
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-09
BASE BALL BECOMES
JAPAN'S MAIN SPORT
All Schools Have Mines and Big
Colleges Quarrel Bitterly
Over Pastime.

With foot ball, golf and other sports
disputing base balls claim as Americas
national game, it may be interesting to
diamond fans to learn that Japan has
adopted the game Fundamentally.
Every school in Japan has q team
sal Of them. And all of them are in
the annual tournament for the national
championship.
All of the colleges have mines, and the
game is taken so seriously that the two
largest institutions, Waseda and Keio,
have become involved in an argument
and broken of athletic relations, just
like Harvard and Princeton, and Army
and Navy in foot ball
Japan has built parks capable OF TAX
ing care Of crowds from 10000 to 10000
fans
Table, shortstop of the Meiji team,
has the greatest throwing arm that
Coach Nels Norgren of the University
of Chicago ever saw.
The pitchers do not have great speed,
but have fine control and throw curves
They are light hitters, but good hunters.