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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04

Manager Buckbee took Kirby in
side: It seemed q long wait. Kirby
finally came out, grtnning. He gave
me q wink and slapped his pocket,
which meant that he had the old
contract right there.
Buckbee handed me q contract
and told me to read 1t. It was
blank as to names, but where the
line was for the salary he had writ
ten q figure in, in lead pencil.
1t was probably twice what any
minor league had paid me. But that
didn't matter now. I would have
paid ten times that sum for the
privilege Of playing in q major
league.
read It carefully.
"Can you live up to it," he asked.
Certainly can" I assured him.
He had the names and salary put
In and the thing witnessed. Buck
bee shook hands.
"YouM need hardening. I'll try
not to overwork you. but sometimes
its best to mako q pitcher stick
through q bame and I guess you can
do it. Watch the bases q little closer
when they are occupied. You ought to
get along. all O. K. You're no WAL
ter johnson, but you've got q chance
and that will pe all the lecture
youu get from me-" he said.
Kirby was waiting when I got to
the outer office. I patted my
pocket.
We went outside.
"A show and supper to celebrate"
Kirby suggested.
"Some other night. I've got q
STUNT to. do. Come along" I said.
Il explained. about my brother
Harry's wire to the effect that I
couldn't make It, and my rash agree
ment that II I didn't I'd quit base.
ball.
"I'm going to get my contract
photographed, frame It and send it
% him, With no letter Of comment:
that's the best thing I can think of.n
"Al right, but he reads the
papers: he knows you pitched three
frames day before yesterday. He'll
read tomorrow about tho five in-
nipgs you tossed 'em down today
Kirby argued.
But I had It photographed. It
was done under artificial 'light. The
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
BARBS

This Is likely to be the sort of q
summer when q bushes man won't
have to leave his office to 60 into
the country for rest and quiet.
Well, anyway, the elevator starter
seems to be able to make a 60 Of
things.
Paul Whiteman is said to be the
only dance band leader in who's
Who" TO be sure, he's q pretty big
man.
Those Belgian balloonists, pointing
to the success Of their recent ascen-
sion, can say, "It's in the bag"
A movie Is like q war; success often
depends upon the effectiveness of the
shots"
Dorothy thinks that a national
guardsman Is an all-American foot
ball player distinguished for his work
in the line.
Those alien gangsters ordered de-
ported by Secretary Of Labor William
Nuckles Doak probably feel his mid.
die name worst.
* = i
As q result Of the downfall Of royal
ty even card players are looking upon
the king as a Joker.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
I'M
YORK
viii Gilbert Swan

New York. June At was Wah
Shee, the Oriental gentleman who re-
moves scattered notes from my cuffs,
who supplied the important informa-
ton that the anniversary of the first
Chinese laundry in America is close
to hand.
Within a few days, it will be exact
~ 30 years since the first Chinese
laundry sign appeared in this land.
The year was 1851, and the scene was
California.
just two years prior to this historic
event, the '49 days were getting under
way in a large manner. Something
like 500 Chinese had numbered them
selves among the pioneer residents of
the gold rush country.
And the times being what they
were, q clean shirt was of slight con-
sequence. These hardy pioneers did
not leave behind them a reputation
for changing underwear, or collars, or
socks. Some Of the more primitive
pictures portray them more interested
In washing" gold than washing wool
shirts and linens, If any.
Furthermore, most everything
brought a fabulous sum and many
were fortunate to leave with q shirt.
There were others. however, who
managed to buy up whole haber-
dasheries and still have plenty of gold
Tor their heirs and assignees forever.
X X
The occasion of a Chinese laundry
opening was considered front page
news In the mining camp belts and in
and around San Francisco and Sa-
cramento. Paragraphs were devoted
to the fact that shirts could now be
washed at so many dollars per bundle
and hundred. It was an extreme drop
price from former figures, and lat
er records revealed that never had so
many clean shirts been seen in the
length and breadth of the golden
state.
Today, the Chinese laundry is one
of our quaint and. colorful institu-
lions.
No matter what the city, the home
town Chinese laundry is likely to be
housed in some dingy looking base
ment or just beyond some back street
IN a building that possibly was an old
she'd or a barn. Few members Of the
eve see the proprietor or
MS fellow workers, except when laun-
Try Is delivered. His methods have
remained pretty well unchanged dur
ng the years. The old washtub and
will not perish from the
earth so long as the Wah Shoes of the
country survive.
In my own town, it reused a youth
'ul curiosity second only to the black
smith shop and the saw mill.
* *
And speaking of things Chinese,
New York'S Chinatown now sits back
md, between smiles, signs with relief.
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College Discipline

N0Os q q Z 3V0CCI
A woman member Of the Stanford university faculty
denounces the rules that fix bedtime hours for girl stu
dents dwelling in that institutions dormitories. She
says the practice "babies' the co-eds.
But every army has rigid bedtime rules, and we have
never heard complaint that their enforcement softens
the soldiers. On the contrary, a'considerable degree Of
discipline, enforced on either students or soldiers, i'm
proves their morale. and better fits them for things other
than study or soldering.
But there IS another value In any schools bedtime
rules. Attempts at education are more or less wasted
upon the unalert. Alertuess Is obviously promoted by q
amount Of sleep. And In this day and aga
OF countless amusements and distractions. the tempta.
ton to try to get along with three or four hours Of sleep
a night Is one that many q student finds 1t hard 70
resist, unless compulsion is imposed from above. After
all: 1t Is the business Of university to give boys and
girls an education, rather than . good time.
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plate was developed, two wet prints
made and then I smashed the plate,
as I didn't want evidence laying
around loose of what I was get
ting.
Kirby saw it and grinned.
"A little better than mine, Bert
but what the heck-a pitcher is
worth more and I'm satisfied" he
said.
It was rather late when those
prints were finally dried and I took
one with me and left the other to
be framed.
The morning papers gave me nice
mention and a special little para
graph to the effect that I had been
signed up.
I mailed the framed photograph
Of my contract So that it would
reach Harry when he was in New
York.
We lost the next game by a small
margin and I didn't do any great
stunts. Neither did they knock me
around to any extent and I vas
quite satisfied. The glamour was
subsiding. It was a lot like minor
league stuff, in a way; play the
best you can But still there was
that feeling that I was, at last, q,
big Lacquer.
I began to get wires from my
friends.
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BY DIR. r FISHBEIN

Editor, Journal Of the American
Medical Association, and OF
Hygeia, the Health MAGAZINE
There are many diseases that con-
Stantly occur in the mouth. In adj
dition, the mouth is subject to the
effects of diseases affecting the body
generally.
Diseases that are particularly
mouth diseases include pyorrhea,
which usually begins about middle
age and which may be responsible
for the loss Of most of the teeth;
dental decay, which may be particu-
larly a disease of children and young
adults; assesses at the roots Of the
teeth, which occur at all ages; Vim
cents disease or Vincent's angina,
sometimes called trench mouth.
The studies that have been made
on dental decay in recent years in
dictate that If the teeth are kept clean,
if the person eats a proper diet with
adequate amounts Of vitamins A, B,
G and D, and if suitable dental care
is given to the teeth at least once
each year, dental carries Is extremely
unlikely to occur.
Pyorrhea is an infectious condition
caused by a germ which gets into
the spaces between the teeth, which
develop in decomposing particles and
which attack the gums where the de-
tense is broken down by injury or
abrasion.
Germs getting into the teeth
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
Two Chances

Albert B. Fall, one-time secretary of the interior ant
Infamous as the official convicted of accepting a bride
to influence him in signing away the peoples property
must 60 to prison.
Thousands of persons have gone to prison in THU
country and for crimes much less grave than that Of
which Fall was convicted. Putting them in the peniten.
tiary was a simple matter and one over which no time
was wasted. In most cases the persons sentenced were
neither prominent nor important. They had broken the
law and must be punished. That was all there was to 1t
But Falls case is not SO simple. Here is a man who
once sat in the councils of the mighty. He was one OF
the princelings in a powerful political organization. He
had vast power and authority. In a very real sense OF
the word as it is used today, he was Somebody"
The glory which once was Albert B. Falls and the
pomp which once belonged to a secretary of the interior
has been shorn from him. Today he stands before the
bar of justice a felon, his technical status no different
than that Of a man convicted of stealing horses. If
there is a difference, it is not in Falls favor.
America is not ruled by the laws of the Modes and
Persians and only the ignorant would contend that there
Is no such thing as influence" in our administration
Of justice, but even the most powerful of friendships pales
into insignificance beside the strength of self-lnterest
It is only the has-beens among the political b~ig-shots
who will dare to plead Falls appeal for clemency, which
Is expected to be made to the president. Some Of those
still in power may feel 1t Is setting a bad precedent to
send a man to prison who has done nothing worse than
give away the public resources, but they will not dare
to say so openly.
For Fall has been convicted before the people as we'll
as before a jury of his peerI His name has come to be
the synonym for graft and corruption just as that of
Benedict Arnold has come to be associated with the un-
savory title Of traitor. From Falls standpoint 1t is un-
fortunate, even though it may be deserved.
What makes the situation worse for him is that he
was convicted of taking a bride from a man who was
exonerated of giving a bride. But that is one Of the
peculiarities Of our administration Of justice which
failed to work in favor Of the defendant. He is forced
to accept the situation as it stands. And It looks black
for him.
Two narrow avenues Of escape are open to him and
each appears to be blocked by the massive bulk of pop
ular opinion. President Hoover may pardon him, but he
hardly will do so. even though the executives political
opponents may be praying that he grant the plea.
The court may suspend or mitigate the sentence. The
reasons for this would be his uncertain health and his ad-
vanced age. Fall is well past 10.
OF the two reasons the latter would seem the most
cogent. Fall has only q few years to live at best and
the court may decide that it would be revenge rather
than justice to send him to the acknowledgements
to die. But that Is about the only consideration toI
which this m~alefactor IS entitled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
The r. F. D. System

According to the last annual report Of the postmaster
general, June 80, 1890, there were 6,862 1913 families re-
ceiying mail by the r. +. q. system.
There are approximately IS families to each mile of
surfaced highways in this country outside Of cities and
towns. Without question the federal government would
naturally pick the improved highways for the r. +. d.
aliy first improve roads over which mail il delivered
there are $4,000 families living on surfaced
highways visited daily by the mail carrier, being over IS
per cent Of the total number Of families served.
This Is in ~refutation Of the claims broadcast every
where that not S per cent Of the farmers live on roads
other than mud.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
Another Prison Riot

Once more the newspaper front pages bring news of
a prison riot-in the state penal farm at Vandalia, Ill,
this time, where some 600 men were awaiting transfer
to a modern new building.
So far we do not seem to have made much progress
in the matter of discovering how to prevent such riots;
indeed, our method of coping with them after they start
is still just what it always was. They occur sporadically.
in widely separated parts of the country, giving evil
dence of some deeply-rooted defect in our whole penal
system. Yet We refuse to be worried, and we blandly
meet each one as We met the last, confident that ma
chine guns and tear gas bombs will do all that is needed.
The prescription doesn't seem to work very well. How
long will it take us to discover that the whole prison sys-
tenn needs radical revision?
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04

A feverish tension has finally been
broken. Two tongs, with q long rec
ord for wars and feuds, chose to hold
a convention in Manhattan at the
same time. No one could account for
this parallel of dates unless trouble
was anticipated.
Tong wars are no longer in favor,
and had one broken at this time 1t
would have been most bloody and,
furthermore, would have been consid-
cred by leading Chinese as the worst
possible sort of %notoriety. Every pub
lie gesture in the direction Of peace
and good feeling was outwardly made,
what with dragon parades and Ian
terms bobbing gayly in the streets.
No one knows what went on behind
the scenes. Still, on the night both
conventions opened, the delegates
were invited to the native playhouse.
A crowd of about a hundred stood up
in the rear. When their pockets were
frisked by police, more than a dozen
guns were found.
That was the last menacing note.
Overnight all hints at trouble were
silenced. One of Chinatown,S tensest
moments had been peacefully passed.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1891, NEA Service. Incl
All tho TSNWvN &c 1AoNf~ 49, 49,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
Radical or Conservative?

A~down-east newspaper reporter who has attended
numerous meetings Of socialists and communists makes
note Of the curious fact that Ill radicals are ~plentifully
supplied with hair. At such = meeting held in New
York City last week he noted that everybody In the
audience had hair so thick and luxuriant that It would
cause the hair tonic manufacturers to drown themselves
IN their own remedies II It occurred among the general
rum Of the population.
A. to the connection between bountifl hair and re-
sointiouary tendencies, the reporter claims to have found
H. opposite to b true in regard to bald-headed people.
1be ba1dheadk, 10 say1. generally stand for conservation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-06-04
World Wheat Picture

Results Of the London wheat conference will OF nece
sity be intangible and mostly educational. Agreeme,
was reached on one point. however. Most Of the de
egates felt that the wheat acreage should be reduce,
now 10 erect the reduction Is a more difficult matter.
Approval was given to the creation Of q permaner
commission to disseminate wheat statistics. Interna
tional cooperation in the handling Of all grain surplu
would be a long stride In the right direction. II tn
London conference initiates such cooperation, it wi
have served its purpose.
Russia IS growing wheat near to water transportatiol
at a very low labor cost, as are other European coun
tries. This Is a disturbing factor in the marketing o
wheat. The action Of the Soviet government, through
the five year plan, has practically put the United State
out Of the wheat export business except at ruinous prices
Russia Is dumping wheat on the world market at an,
price 1t will bring.
Senator Capper In a recent article in the New Yorl
Times gives us an interesting world wheat picture. II
quote in part:
las far as the American wheat grower is
concerned, there are just two markets for his
First. and to my mind the most important,
is the domestic market: the United States, in
other words. That market, in round numbers.
can consume some 600,000,000 to 100000
bushels OF wheat annually.
Second, there Is what IS known as the world
market, which. as a matter Of fact. IS confined
largely to western Europe. There is no market
for American wheat in South America, nor in
Eastern Europe, nor in Africa, and only a poten-
tial market in the Orient. So when we speak
OF the world market we mean western Europe.
Before the World war that market was supplied
by Russia. the United States, Canada, the Argen-
tine, Australia and by some of the smaller coun-
tries OF eastern Europe.
Before the war the standard of living in the
United States was not appreciably so much
higher than in the rest of the world. Also, we
were a debtor nation. We had to export COM
modities in large quantities to pay our foreign
creditors. We had not developed our manu.
featuring industries to the extent we have since:
hence we were in position to export, in fact
had to export, largely raw commodities, and
wheat was one OF them.
Half a century ago nearly one-half Of our
exports, by volume. we're foodstuffs. Nearly one
third were raw, crude materials other than food
Stuffs. Less than one-fifth were what are classed
as semi-manufactured and finished manufac-
lures. Today more than one-half our exports.
by value, are finished manufactures: one-seventh
are seni-manufactures: one seventh are food
stuffs; a little more than one fifth are crude
materials other than foodstuffs.
In a general way it might be said that as far
as our own export trade is concerned the United
States has passed beyond the stage of producing
foodstuffs for the world market; the United
States has become an exporter of manufactured |
products. |
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Letter from HARRY

Finally a letter came from Harry
and that was unusual.
He wrote:-
"Kid: You never got wise to
me. You'll get q jolt when I tell
you that I always believed you'd
make the grade. I want you to
believe it. When I was a kid and
got a chance on the Lynn team
in that little bush league up there
the manager told me that I'd
never make a ball player, and he
hooted when I said I wanted to
be a big Lacquer.
THAT man later became a scout
for the Gothams, and he was
glad enough to come after me and
ask me to come and try out. When
ne told me I'd never make a bali
player, much less a big Lacquer,
l was determined to prove that
he was dead wrong. When you
got the same yen I couldn't blame
you. I knew You and your nature,
SO l made fun of you and told you
you could never make good. I
knew that you would get sore and
work until you did make good.
That wire I sent was to make you
mad, and more determined than
ever.
There's only one differencc-I
played ball for my eats. You
never had to. But you'll keen on
making good. Well have a swell
time next winter. Hope all is un-
derstood and forgiven.
Well, that certainly made me feel
ike a wooden nickel. I wrote Harry
2 long letter Of apology. I realized
that he used his head for more than
judging balls that came down to the
plate. He had helped me do the
trick. AS I looked back 1 could un-
derStand. He had kept me sore and
hurt-and determined to prove that
he was wrong.
And all the time he wanted me to
get what I wanted, a big leap1,e
contract. And he wanted me to GET
It without any pull or boosting on
his part.
It had taken six years for me to
thoroughly understand my noted
ball-socking brother.
Il certainly ought to have been
thoroughly happy.
Il was financially independent.
through more luck than anything
else. wing
And I was pitching in a biz
league outfit! va
But I couldn't have all the luck
I couldn't win Mavis Merrill~and
even right in the midst of INV neu,
success I would have quit the game
II she had only said yes" and asked
to drop it.
suddenly a new thought came
1 had been so anxious that I had
it. "A
Before long I would be plavin,
against my brother!
Good publicity stuff!
And what a situation!
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TO-DAY IS THEA
@z9AA
NEW RUSSIAN OMMAND

NEW RUSSIAN COMMAND
On June 4, 1917, General Alexander
BrusiloM became commander-in-chie
OF the Russian armies, succeeding
General Michael Alexieff, who had
resigned.
Another important resignation
which took place in Russia at this
time occurred when A. I. Konovaloff,
minister Of commerce and trade, re-
signed because Of a disagreement
with the minister Of labor concern
ing economic and financial questions.
Many strikes followed in Petrograd.
On this day at the front the
Italians drove the Austrians from
captured advance positions on the
western slopes Of San Marco.
This Is also the anniversary of the
terrific fighting at Lens when, in
spite Of the heavy activity of Allied
airmen, the British advance on the
western front was temporarily
checked.
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Pistols and Love

The tragedy which shocked Bismarck Tuesday proves
that love may be a fearful as well as a wonderful thing.
So far as the authorities have been able to determine,
the cause of a murder and suicide was the unrequited
affection OF a man for a maid. The world is full of such
instances and they form one Of the favorite ingredients
of popular romance. It is fortunate that they rarely
result fatally.
Most of us can remember when the puppy love" stage
was reached and how we mooned around, half in fear
of some vague calamity and half in delicious ecstasy.
There is nothing which quite compares with it when 1t
comes to lifting one to the Elysian heights or plunging
him into the darkest depths, for it is a condition which
exists within ones self and which the average person
shares with no one.
In those cases where the object of the current aftec-
ton proves cool. nature has a way of making adjust
ment. The fiction authors to the contrary, there are few
persons who die Of broken hearts. That trustworthy
organ may be patched, and often very successfully.
But occasionally there comes into the world a person
of such emotional intensity or Of such peculiar mental
makeup that he cannot withstand the shock which q
failure in an affair of the heart entails. Such persons
brood over their situation. They think dire thoughts
and-as in the tragedy T~uesday-they sometimes put
them into execution.
The result Is shocking to the rest of us whom Provi-
dence has endowed with a more pliabe philosophy,
even though many a man and woman can easily recall
the wild and foolish thoughts which once fitted through
his brain in a similar situation, either real or fancied.
There is, of course, no object in attempting to draw a
moral from such cases, because each is peculiar to itself
and shaped by the personalities which enter into the
situation. But If a moral there must be one could fit
tingly observe that love and pistols make an untrust-
worthy combination.
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:-:PITCHING FOOL:

SYNOPSIS: Bert Rushe quits college against the wishes Of his
famous older brother, "Home Run King" Harry, Of a major league, his
one ambition being to become = big league pitcher :a.s: In n. college &c ne .. was
chence-taking. Bert Ia: an the luck in the world during the winters winter
and be g turned down BY the only girl he wants. His seventh season sn
good with the Chicago Loopers of the major league. He has PLAYED
part Of one game and still he doesn't know whether he will be signed
up or told to 20 back to the sticks