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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-14
The Philippine Problem

A Washington correspondent the
other day remarked that independ-
ence for the Philippines now is vir-
tually certain. In fact, he remarked,
congress may be in such a hurry to
get out Of the islands that it will
cause their economic ruin.
Laying aside, for the moment, all
arguments as to whether the Filipinos
ought to be granted their independ-
ence, it does seem fairly obvious that
If they do get it the United States
owes it to them to make the transi-
ton as easy as possible.
The Philippines have been a United
States possession for some 30 years
II they are to be put on their own, the
United States must take every pre-
caution to make sure that chaos will
not follow. American responsibility
would not cease when the American
flag came down, unless America had
first prepared her charges for CON-
plete freedom.
The fact that thousands of Ameri.
can citizens live in the island an6
have their all invested there also com.
plicates the problem, not to mention
the millions invested by folks still in
this country. The rights of these peo-
pie cannot properly be neglected.
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Grasshoppers
wells County Farmer

The i'll winds Of some ten days ago
had as a companion winter weather,
consisting Of q cold rain followed by
several inches of snow. It was UNI
pleasant, but not unwelcome, as we
had been led to believe such weather
meant determination Of the young
and partly Matched eggs Of the grass
hoppers. From reports recently re-
ceived it now seems to have had very,
very little II any good effect. This.
coupled with the cold shoulder Of
congress, demonstrated by their vote
in refusing to grant aid for destruc-
ton Of the srasshoppets, coupled with
their vote on the beer bill, indicates
that they are set against anything
that refers to ''hops," leaving us at
present at the mercy Of the grass
hoppers. We deem it very important
that we locally take proper steps of
preparation so that when the time
comes our work Will be prompt and
effective. II our preparation should
not Be needed then nothing viii be
lost.
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ton against certain nude subjects on

ton against certain nude subjects on
display -.
Whereupon a dozen undressed mod
els were turned to the wall. This was
discovered to be good bait for the cur
ious peppers who showed great inter"
est in paintings that were, theoretic-
ally, not on display :. However. the
cops did not interfere; several back
rentals were paid and . good time
seemed to have been had by all -.
X \ \
Most long suffering Of all humans
to befriend artists, poets, musicians
and improvident newspaper gents has
been Papa" StrlnsV -. Esthetic
fellows who have the doors shut In
their faces hither and yon usually
wind up by seeking root In that Sec
ton OF the strunsly estate that backs
on Fourth Street just behind Wash
ington Square Ovex q generation
he has carried many . worthy ana
unworthy ION the cuff"
On q few occasions, the matter Of
dispossession became imperative I.
Recently Strunsky was willing to bid
farewell to back payments Of q GER
tain sculptor II the fellow would but
move . But the fellow wouldn't
move To get him out legally,
Strunsky had to 60 10 court :.
Whereupon the artist brought bits Of
statuary and read odes to prove the
Of art over "crass COM
>. To all Of which pa
pa" strunsky, old in the ways Of such
folk, merely wagged IN impatient
head and reiterated: He gives me- q
paint"
SPORTS Mere mention Of .
horse IS often taken for q gag In
New York, yet Manhattan and its en-
virons are extremely horse conscious
Growth Of membership In riding
schools has been considerable during
the past year Horse shows are
staged in the swankiest fashion and
become part of the social life of the
Hamptons, Long Island and way
points.
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man divisions, and pushed the enemy
back ct several spots.
Germany transferred its center q
pressure to the Ourcq Valley, near
Villers- Cotterets, where heavy artil-
lsry fighting south Of the Aisne
started.
American pilots manning bombers
had their first taste Of operating be-
hind the front. They raided the Bar
oncourt railway and returned safely.
On the Italian front, Austro-Hun-
garian forces, launching an attack on
Cady Summit and the Monticello
Ridge, were beaten back.
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THE WILL TO BE BLIND

Some admiring, oh, yeh? reader
worte in to inquire whether I had been
crossed in love or cheated out of my
inheritance. She thought there must
be something that had soured my out
look on life. No, no. just spent Is
years at the general practice Of medi-
cine, family doctoring.
One of my early patients had a
Coles fracture-the familiar break OF
the forearm bone just above the wrist.
I waited till he was back at work and
then broke the sad news that I re-
quired S25 as my fee. To this the pa
tent demurred. He opined ten bucks
was plenty. I called his attention to
the perfect functional result and the
short period of disability and all that.
But he was quite firm that ten berries
was sufficient for hay for my horse.
My goodness that would buy enough
hay to run the horse for month or
more. Besides, wasn't I just a young
doctor and didn't I make my money
easily? But I still argued that some
of the old doctors might have kept the
arm in splints two weeks longer and
left it 20 degrees SITTER and still
asked as much as did for the job. So
finally the patient settled the argu-
ment by showing me that the wrist
was perceptibly thicker than the un-
injured one, which proved that my re
pair work was shade less beautiful
than the Creators original sculpture
SO we had to settle for S18.75.
Cataract patients-not my patients,
I wouldn't know what to do with a
cataract patient in any case-often
remind me of the fracture patient
who was not satisfied with my job.
They write in to tell me all about it
and how some friend knows man
who once heard of a miraculous cure
of cataract after all the doctors had
given the victim up as hopelessly blind
and even if one should have the
operation the doctor advises, isn't 1t
true the patient has to wear strong
spectacles in order to see well?
Yes, it is true. When you remove
the crystalline lens from the eye, you
can't expect the eye to function salts
factorily without an artificial lens to
take the place of the natural one you
have discarded.
Patients operated on for cataract
after the older method which is still
used by many eye surgeons in this
country must wear not only strong
spherical lenses but usually cylindrical
lenses, too, to correct the astigma-
tism due to the distortion of the cor
nea by the scar of the incision. Pa
tents operated on after the Smith In
dian method, which is used by many
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absurd the superstition Of marking
Il.
copyright John F. Ollie Coz
NEW!

WHAT'S NEW!
New York, June 14.-What's new In
New York :.
QASTRONOMY: The army Of hot
cake eaters may, like the proverbial
army, travel on its stomach, but Il
! comprises some of the most meticulous
breakfast epicureans Hence the
latest Broadway gadget: :. person.
ally conducted griddle! >. Each table
Is equipped with button which reg
ulates the heat Of the flapjack maker
=. When the proper brown crispy
look has been achieved, the diner has
merely to press his button In
dividual diners now become respon-
sible for all but the dough mixing .
Hence no complaints!
X y \
FILMS Helen Twelvetrees. Of
the cinema, becomes one of the Jur.
gems Of Brooklyn when such crises
well It's a baby at the moment-arise!
-. Then Helen comes rushing home
to mother, who remains Mrs. william
Jurgen and loves to recall the time
when, at the age of 16, Helen first
went on the stage
Sylvia Sidney comes home to DR..
Sigmund Sidney, who is a dentist:
Claudette Colbert's mother is a Mrs.
Chauchoin and Claudette is half
French; Nancy Carroll runs to the
Billy LaHiff's, of The Tavern cafe
fame; Lilyan Tashman can visit in
Brooklyn where she went to school
before becoming Ziegfeld darling
and heading for Hollywood; Barbara
and Ruby Stanwyck grew up in the
same block as Helen CTwelvetrees)
Jurgen.
| X = X
ART :. While washington Square
has been turned back to nursemaids
bench squatters and youngsters diving
in the fountain, efforts are being
made to arrange future street exhib-
its of Village artists, such as recently
have lent color to two sides of the
Square >. One of the more amusing
episodes of this continental gesture
was the spreading Of rumor on the
third day that police would take &C.
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Iuld1ltcudIlCS anu OpcIdtlO1 VI tIlc
nations armed forces but we do not,
for a single minute, favor policy
which would permit this nation to
become the prey Of either the inter-
national "pinks' or the world impe-
rialists. A large number Of the IS 1000
men who were killed in the World
war died because this nation was not
adequately prepared to give an ac-
count Of itself in armed conflict.
In common with other peace loving
citizens, we would welcome world
peace with open arms, but until other
nations disarm, the United States can
not disarm. The United States will
go and has gone as far as any other
leading nation toward disarmament.
It should 60 no further than any
other nation Of comparable political
and military Importance.
The questions Of disarmament and
of economy in operating the military
establishment, however, were not in
volved in the fight which this news
paper made to keep Fort Lincoln &C.
cupied with regular troops. The only
question involved was whether the
troops should be maintained in Bis
marck or at some other army post.
The reasons why The Tribune
fought to- keep them at Bismarck
were many and varied and were ade-
quately covered in the briefs which
were presented to the war depart
ment by local interests when the
fight was in progress.
Only one reason need be cited here
First and most important was our
desire to keep in operation in North
Dakota a unit of the Citizens Mill
tary Training Camp. Hundreds of our
boys attend this camp yearly. learn
ing something of military science.
practice and discipline and getting
new ideas about their obligation to
their country, not only in time OF
war but in time Of peace. 1t is train
ing in citizenship as we'll as in the |
arts of war.
In the event of war, these young |
men will be in much better position
to step into the ranks of a citizen
army than their brothers who have
not had this training. Thousands of
them will be better able to render
effective service to the nation than
millions Of those who entered the
army in the World war hardly know
ing one end OF a rifle from another.
This states casualties in the World
war were the largest, in proportion
to population, OF any in the union.
Many of our own boys were murdered
by the previous indifference of the
citizenry and of the nation to an ade-
quate program of national defense.
We do not want that kind of murder
repeated if we can help it, for it is
murder for this nation to send its
youth into battle without the train
ing which adequate preparedness
would give them.
An army is just as necessary as a
capital. If we had no army we might
have the unpleasant spectacle Of an
invading army capturing our seat of
government.
Millions Of Americans have given
much thought to this subject in the
140-odd years of history which are
behind us as nation. None has
brought to 1t more intelligence, more
knowledge. and more fundamental
understanding OF all the factors in
volved than George Washington, and
Washington was an advocate of rea-
sonable preparedness in order that
peace might be preserved.
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Sarah would help her. II she en-
tered the living room at the usual
time no one would suspect she had
been out of the house.
Oh, of course it would be all
right!
These last minutes with Dan
were too precious to waste on fool
ish presentiments.
"You do understand about every.
thing now. don't your" she whis-
pered. "That it wasn't my fault I
I didn't answer your phone calls?"
II don't understand anything
when you look up at me that way"
''But, DAN"
Darling, I'll admit I was an idiot
to doubt you even for . minute.
I'll never do It again. Do you real.
ly have to 90 back to that stone
castle Of yours right away? Isn't
there any way in the world you
could escape and have dinner with
me? Why not telephone?
"Oh. couldn't! Don't you see,
no one knows I'm away. I don't
want them to ind out"
"But. Cherry. we'll have to find
some way out Of all this. How're
we ever going to see each other II
you have to run away like Gin
derella at tho stroke Of midnight
Something's got to be done. Maybe
II I had a talk with your father
Don't do that. Dan. It wouldn't
do any good. Well manage some
way. though. I'm 30 happy about
finding you and knowing you care
I'm Just certain everything's COINS
to be all right"
"Just the same, Cherry"
please! / tell you everything's
going to be all right"
The cab stopped block from
the Dixon home. 1t was time tt
say goodby. Cherry's lips formed
the words but they were crushed
against Dams. His arm tightenet
about the girl. Realization tina
they were leaving one another sud
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Barbs

An editor says Congress would be
all right II 1t had some competitions
and some courage. Maybe II ~ could
get q few convictions, the others
wouldn't need so much courage.
\ \ \
The idea that money makes money
brought on speculation and the de-
preston, an economist says. And the
idea that nothing will make money
keeps the depression here.
\ 4 4
At that business hasn't gotten to the
point where John D. Rockefeller Is
giving away stocks instead Of dimes.
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of the more progressive oculists, often
do not require the cylindrical lenses
because there is little or no astigma-
tism left by the Smith incision, but
all must put on their strong spherical
lenses when they wish to read or do
close work in comfort.
This is pretty poor excuse for post
poning or avoiding a cataract opera
ton, however. It is too much like the
attitude of my Coles fracture pa
tent. 1t is unpleasant to realize it,
but there are people who rather like
to be helpless, dependent and recip-
tents of pity, when they might regain
their independence and self respect.
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Answering a Question

In the Peoples Forum column OF
The Tribune today one of our readers
asks us question which deserves an
answer in the same fine spirit Of
constructive citizenship which actu-
ates our reader to ask it.
As 80 often happens, whatever dis
agreements appear between our atti-
tude and that Of our reader, are due
to the fact that we do not accept the
same premises for argument.
The Tribune does not and has not
favored disarmament. On the con-
trary, when we have mentioned the
subject editorially, it has been to lend
our voice to the chorus Of honest and
conscientious citizens who feel that
adequate armament Is not only de-
sirable but vital to the nation. We,
in common with other citizens. do
seek economy and efficiency "a thu
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denly became a cruelty not to be
endured.
Il must go now. Dan. must!"
She spo'.e the words but still she
hesitated. Shyly the girl took Phil.
lips face between her two hands.
lightly and swiftly placed a kiss on
his forehead. then drew away.
She was outside the cab now,
smiling back at him.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I'll call"
Dan Phillips. alone in the gloom
OF the taxicab. told tho driver to
turn around and head for town. He
leaned back against the seat. Sud.
denly his eye lighted on the cab
meter.
Phillips whistled softly. made q
quick search Of his pockets.
"Hey. buddy" he said to the
driver. LET me out at the next
corner. will you?"
There was Is cents in Dan Phil,
lips pocket after he had paid the
fare. He walked four blocks
boarded street car and rode tc
the News building.
CHERRY slipped through thu
~ hedge, crossed the garden and
reached the side door Of the house
CHANGING quickly over her shoulder
she turned the knob and entered.
There vas no one in sight. Noise
lessly Cherry mounted the real
stairway. She had almost reaches
her room when she heard q doc
open. Panic-stricken. the cir
turned.
1t was only Sarah!
The woman came busting for
ward. Wherever have you been?
she demanded In d slnothered voice
do you know what time It is?"
Cherry turned q dazzling smil
upon her. "Come and help me
Sarah. I'll tell you all about IT."
What she had to tell. however
waited until later. Dinner In tn
Dixon household was served pune
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mother suffers any fright, shock or
emotional excitement or sees any un-
pleasant thing .. IF. G. Al
Answer-That superstition is diff
cult to explode. know Of no partic-
ular pamphlet or book. People who
believe in marking" are not suscep-
tible of enlightenment or education.
ANY one who studies embryology (the
growth and development of the young
prior to BIRTH cannot fail to see how
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MY
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tually at 6:16. It was five minutes
after six by the gold clock on Cher.
rvs dressing table. As the girl
flung OF her coat and street dress
Sarah extracted . fragile crepe
gown from its hanger. Frantically
Cherry pulled the gown over her
head, stepped into black pumps and
ran comb through her rumpled
hair.
It'll have to do" she murmured
as she made for the door. There
were bright spots in each Of Cher.
rvs cheeks as she hurried down the
stairs.
Her father stood with his back
toward her. looking through q win.
dow. Her mother was busy over a
square Of needle-point. Thank for.
tune. she was In time!
Cherry said. Good evening,
Mother" as she came forward. At
the sound Walter Dixon turned.
WELL" he said to the girl, you
SEA a, be feeling tier this eve.
Ming"
She was surprised, of her guard.
"Why-yes, do feel better"
DIXON moved nearer. He eyed the
- girl critically. "Still I'm not
satisfied" he said. mot at all
satisfied with your health. I've q
little surprise for you. Cherry.
You and your mother are leaving
for California tomorrow. Two or
three months on the coast will be
good for w.. Exactly what you
need"
But, Father"
mot word. It's settled. I've
ordered the tickets"
but, Father. I don't want to 20
t.. California;"
"Just ~ same you're going.
tell you I've arranged cverythin, 3"
The girls face had whitened. Ap.
pealingly she turned to her mother.
"Plcare. Mother" she begged. Il
don't & to 60 away now. Why,
don't need a trip anywhere. I'm
perfectly Welt"
Dixon's voice cut in. "You will
do as say!" he told the girl warn.
ingly. Suppose I tell you that l
saw you this afternoon in a taxi.
cab on Sixth street. Suppose I tell
you I saw the young good.for-noth.
ing you were with! You had my
instructions that you were not to
see that scoundrel again, yet you
deliberately disobeyed! Deliberate
ly broke your word! Well, Ill sec
you don't have q second chance to
break it. You're going to Califor.
MA"
II didn't break my word!" the
girl denied angrily. And Dan isn't
q scoundrel!"
"Silence!"
Suddenly the girl threw her head
back. II won't be silent!" she
cried. you've bullisd everyone in
this house 40 long a. I can rernen-
Der but now I'm going to talk.
You're not going to send me to
California because won't 20! Do
You hear that won't 90! And
there's no use telling me cant
see Dan Phillips because I'm going
to SEQ him. Just 90 often and
whenever ! want to-"
Cherry. you don't know what
you're saying!" Mrs. Dixon's voice
was horrorAtricken.
"0h. yes. I dol" the girl insisted.
She turned blazing eyes on both
; parents. II know how you and
father told the servants to lie and
tried to keep Dan away from me.
Well. love Dan Phillips. Yes.
and I'm going to marry him!"
Cherry"
The mothers protest was
drowned by Walter Dixons roar:
you'll apologize for what you've
. said. young woman. or you'll leave
this housed"
For an instant father and daugh.
. ter eyed each other. Then with .
little cry Cherry turned. "I'll never
I. apologize!" she iiung over her
. shoulder. "I'm going away!"
Ito Be Continued)
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Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER
Uncorporated)
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
Let the Knives Fly

Observers this week may be treated
to a political spectacle which. in
some respects, is unprecedented in
our times.
With the Republican national con-
vention opening today in Chicago. we
shall see the party vote its allegiance
to it's present titular head and then,
unless present indications go awry,
disregard his wishes on at least one
important issue, the only argumenta-
tive one before the convention.
In normal times delegates to the
Republican national convention have
kept their ears attuned to messages
from High Olympus. The voice of
the political gods, speaking through
the white house, has been obeyed
without question.
But on the prohibition question this
will hardly be true this year.
What President Hoover might say
would be important, to be sure, but
there would not be the assent, smack
ing almost of servile subserviency,
which greeted the dicta of the party
greats four years ago. If Hoover re-
asserts his dry stand, the vets in the
convention will be quick to challenge
him. If he goes wet, the drys will
castigate him as a traitor. If he de-
clares again his famous phrase of
1928, in which he described prohibi-
ton as a noble experiment, both vets
and drys will give vent to sardonic
laughter.
If times were different it would not
be so. II conditions were good and
business were booming, Hoover might
say anything he pleased about pro-
hibition and the convention would
cheer him. He could advise the party
to ignore it as an issue and it might
safely do so.
But this is 1882 and things are as
we find them. The delegates have
assembled at Chicago to renominate
President Hoover and will do so, even
though many of them feel In their
hearts that they might profitably do
something better. They will know
full well that they are re-indorsing
a man in whom many Of those who
supported him in 1923 have long since
lost confidence.
And so 1t is that we seem destined
to watch the convention fight it out
on prohibition without hint or sug-
gestion from the party's titular lead
err. A compromise which would satisfy
everyone seems impossible. The boys
who smothered their ideas for the
sake of party harmony and in the
hope of getting hand in the flesh
pots in 1928, are in less temperate
mood today.
| And so they bring the party to the
crossroads which prohibition has
made for it. The vets are very, very
wet and the drys are very, very dry.
The voice which speaks only pleas
ant words gets no hearing in the
heat of the battle. Each side wants
action and is not to be baked of it
by the politicians who, in the middle
of the whole business, fuss and stew
like chickens who have Matched out
flock of ducks. The old political
palliatives seem not to be working
very well. They are desperate for a
new unguent which will salve the
myriad wounds and restore harmony.
In the old days the prosperity issue
provided it, and now that it has van
ished they are helpless.
The knives are whetted and keen
and the arms which WELD them lust
for the fray. Let them fly. The ma
ton will enjoy the show.