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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
Circumstantial Evidence

Doctor Maskell leaped to his
feet. If he was acting it was
magnificent.
This is . trick" he shouted.
"You are trying to scare me-"
For reply, Thatcher Colt thrust
near the mans face q photograph
still wet, and showing the girls
nude body stiff in the grave.
All laughter was wiped away
from the doctors broad mouth as
he glared at the print lying flat on
''Poor Geraldine" he muttered.
His voice grew stronger, his face
crimson, as he turned on the Com
missioner. "Who was the monster
that would commit z crime like
that-and on my property. my lit
tie housed"
'Never mind all that" snapped
Thatcher Colt. "You must realize
now that you have lot to ex-
plain"
"When was she killed." gasped
Doctor Maskell, looking strangely
around the room.
II am asking the questions,
Doctor"
at does not matter. / shall
prove my innocence"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

Minot, third city OF North Dakota,
will change from the commission to
the aldermanic form of government
next April. BY margin of IS votes
the city decided to revert to the old
system. Next August the city will
employ manager in hopes that
mounting costs of government can
be curbed.
Much can be said in favor of the
aldermanic form of government for
cities. Experience has shown that
all groups of citizens get more ef-
ficient representation.
Many citizens feel that an alder
man elected to look after the speci-
fic needs of his ward is more &C.
cessible to them and more responsive
to their suggestions.
On the other hand those who favor
the commission form of government
have done so on the ground that it
is more economical. Results, how
ever, have hardly proved this. Alder
men in cities the size of Bismarck
serve for q nominal sum, in some
small cities merely for the honor and
because Of local pride in their city.
Under the commission plan in some
cities, salaries have been put at such
. figure that spirited contests are
waged for the office.
A survey Of the cost Of government
per capita In Bismarck when 1t had
the aldermanic system might prove
interesting to the taxpayers. It Is
worthy Of study anyway In. light Of
the step Minot has just taken.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
The Autopsy

Gust a moment" he muir
INJURED: "These are the report.
from the eight autopsies."
Eight" exclaimed Dougherty,
"What do you mean-eight?"
"One girl and seven pigeons
explained Colt. "Ah, and here il
Doctor Multooler himself"
The Assistant Medical Exam.
liner nodded YEARLY as he stood
just within the door and wiped his
glasses.
"How long had those pigeons
been dead, Multooler?"
cat least ten days, sir" replied
the Assistant Medical Examiner.
"The girl was supposed to be
dead two days but the pigeons
were dead ten days, eh?".
49,. well. sir, we don't suppose
opinion?"
Eyes, it did," replied the Exam.
iner. Somebody tried to fool us,
The girl had also been killed about
ten days ago."
Thatcher Colts face was very
serious then, and he did not look
at Doctor Maskell.
stomach"
eyes. SIR"
"What food?"
"Spails."
"About how far digested?"
Not more than five hours"
Thatcher Colt glanced around
in brief accusing triumph.
"Then Geraldine Foster unques.
tionably met her death about five
o'clock on the afternoon of De.
cember a." he declared feelingly.
eyes, SIR"
"Thanks, Multooler."
"Yes-Sirw
"Now what did the chemist find
in that bottle Of water we took
from the grave?"
"Tannic acid, sir. The body
had been soaked in it and 4 quart
Of it forced down the throat after
death-the stomach was full Of Il. y
"Tannic acid! OF course! Made
from the bark Of pine treesl Used
in tanning leather, DeuRherty.
Tannic acid-that's what preserved
the body. A clumsy trickl And
an old one! It was used in AZ
David s. Paul case, out in Taber-
nacle, New Jersey, but the police
solved it in twenty-four hour.
Why should this killer try that
trick again."
The Commissioner closed his
eyes and remained silent, But
Dougherty could seldom remain
silent. and this was not one Of the
times.
"Colt," he exploded. IN exas.
peration, 4"what In the name Of
Jesse James and the Seven Suth-
erland Sisters are you talkine
about? Gosh, doesn't the District
Attorney amount to anythina
around here?"
With q grateful smile, Thatcher
Colt dismissed Multooler.
ut is very simple" he explained
to the District Attorney. Ger
'aldine Foster was killed. TheY,
she was put into . bath-tub filled
with water loaded with fannie acid
and that preserved the body"
But why preserve the body!"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
(Offlcial City, State and County
Newspaper
Foreign Representatives
SMALL. SPENCER, BREWER
Uncorporated)
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON


South Dakota sold $4,000 worth
Of baby bonds the other day at say.
ing Of $1,000 in interest. Brokers
were ignored and through advertising
media and cooperation Of the banks
the issue was over subscribed.
In the following letter to Governor
Green, M. w. Willy, director Of the
Rural Credit Bureau describes how
the matter was handled:
1.-THE first $15O,OO0 baby bonds
have now been oversold. Several
orders were sent back to bidders.
You will recall we had only
$150,000 bonds printed for the
first sales test. Although the to-
tai amount authorized was $780,
600. present plans do not provide
for having more baby bonds
printed, inasmuch as the existing
boards will soon be replaced, and
the new boards will not be legally
qualified to sign this issue.
THE experience gained during
the past three months in whcih
the above $4,000 baby bonds
have been sold, leads me to the
conviction that even during these
times of depression, it is possible
to annually dispose of upwards of
100000 of such securities.
Granted more adequate sink
ing funds to encourage greater
confidence, and better farm
prices to produce more surplus
cash, it should be feasible to
place at least 81 ,000,0 900 worth of
baby bonds in the hands of South
Dakota investors each year-at
far lower interest rate than is
now enjoyed on the open market.
THE present issue draws per
cent interest and runs for five
years. Comparing this with the
6A per cent rate paid on the
March Is issue sold through
brokers, this one small issue of
$4,000 represents an interest
saving Of s11,150. There should,
OF course, be deducted from this
amount the cost of selling the
bonds which is $2,117.4O.
If South Dakota is to con-
tinue to refund bonds, it would
be a matter Of sound business
practice to continue to make its
bonds available to its own citi-
Gems in such amounts and de-
nominations as will appeal to
South Dakota's purses"
South Dakota is putting its fl
nancial house in order. A losing farm
loan department is being liquidated,
budgets are being slashed and sink
Ing funds are now safe-guarded.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

a novelist. Married men who are fire.
quently detained at the office" will
have to be careful about demanding
overtime pay.
X X, X
The chief objection many Ameri-
cans have to the Six-hour day and
five-day week urged by the A. F. OF
L. is that it doesn't represent shorter
hours but 80 more a week than they
now have.
X X X
A French scientist declares it's
not necessary for a person to swal-
low liquor to get a ''kick." Garg-
ling a drink is just as effective,
says he. At least this should stop
drinking on the quiet.
+ X X
Times aren't the best, but Christ
mas won't be lacking in color. The
tie makers have seen to that.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, 1ncJ
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

"If you can do that, fine-in
the face of what we can bring
against YOU"
Nevertheless" cried Doctor
Maskell, you will be unable to
bring a single witness to place me
on the scene Of the murder. And
surely some one will come forward
to bear me out that waited at the
entrance to Bronx Park for q girl
I believed to be alive! am not
afraidv'
As he was speaking, the door
was opening and a patrolmAn
stamped in with a sheaf Of notes.
Colt received them with uncon-
cealed eagerness.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

NEW
YORK
VII! IAN
THE MELLOW SEASON

HE MELLOW SEASON
New York, Dec. 23.-As stood at
Times Square watching the out-of-
town folk buy their home town pa
pers, three trucks went southwark,
loaded with tiny Christmas trees,
great bowers of ivy and leaves, and
it occurred to me that I had not yet
written a Christmas story nor done
one mite of my Christmas shopping.
To be truthful, the last thought
came first.
So I wandered to Fifth Avenue
where, it seemed to me, the prices of
everything I wanted were about the
same as usual. And then I ran into
my old friend AL Crockett, who now
pens items for the st. Regis hotel but
once was the old Waldorf's spokes-
man.
X X X
All, FOR THOSE DAYS
IAN old-time Christmas yarn?" And
AL put few new knots in we'll lined
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

/ forehead. "Oh yes, there was Ton
O,Malley and that famous Christina,
morning. Yes, in those days a hote
elevator boy would 90 staggering un.
|der bundles:
tom was the coat rack lad. II
sounds funny today, but on this
Christmas morning, he left with his
pockets stuffed with yellow metal.
They used to tip in five and ten dol
lar gold pieces. His pockets were
bullying. He stopped Ct Herald Square
to buy q paper. He reached in his
pocket for some change. But he
couldn't find anything less than a
gold piece. Well-easy come, easy go
he gave the newsy two fives and
said something about taking the two
coppers. Things were like that! And
the newsy, who knew Tom, showed up
at the hotel the next day and said he
thought there must be some mistake.
Tom told him to keep the change"
But it seems that bell hops, stew
ards and such have heard of no such
rewards since back around 1928. Any
tip is a good tip in these days.
X X X
NATURAL SANTA
Then there's the bucolic old fellow
who is retained annually by Macy'S
store because he has his own whis-
kers. Never needs false face, since
his own silvered beard reaches almost
to his knees. During the year he goes
about selling lode-stones and New
York is a good lode-stone market, par
ticulArly in times when good luck is
needed and superstitions ride bit
higher than usual.
He was thrust into the Santa Claus
business by accident. He had no in
tention of growing long beard. But
one time his sister lay i'll for many
months and he attended her daily,
without leaving the house. When he
finally went back to the world, his
beard had such a good start, he de-
cided to keep it going.
Youngsters pointed to him and
cried: There goes Santa Claus" So
Santa he became and Santa he has
been ever since. He also poses for
advertising agencies and otherwise
cashes in on his whiskers.
TURN ABOUT
Then there's the Broadway yarn of
the chlorine who was down to her last
pair of stockings, and a run in those.
Once she had a sugar daddy, who had
given her bracelets and late dinners.
Just to remind him of her plight
and of a former Christmas, she mailed
him pair of well darned stockings
one of several dozen pair he had given
her. A few days later she is supposed |
to have received pair Of mems hose,
minus heels with note-"ThankS for !
the present -. I'm giving them to my |
wife for Christmas. wore mine out |
running to brokers' offices with mar
gin 80"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Drinking Water

Does the drinking of four or five
glasses of water day send the blood
pressure up? Also does drinking milk
send it up? (W. H. c.
Answer-No to both questions. I adj
wise you to think only of health and
the enjoyment of life and never mind
your blood pressure. The blood pres
sure is a matter to be left to the ply
Sician'S consideration,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
Barbs

There are $4,000 too many physi-
clans in the United States, says the
Commission on Medical Education.
Maybe so, but try to find them when
you've got sudden attack of cramps.
Y Y X
Gone are the days Of free sus-
penders with every suit. But, don't
lose hope. It appears we'll soon
get 4 free razor with every blade.
X 4 eie
If man tells q lie often enough
he'll eventually come to believe it, says
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
NO HoARDING THERE

Edinburgh-In an address recently
DR.. Manuel de Malbrain. Argentine
ambassador, Indicated that the pro-
perity of the Argentine has great
influence on the prosperity of Scot
land. He said that Of the $2,5o0,O oo,-
600 invested in the Argentine by
Great Britain, large interest Is held
by a great number Of investors OF the
humber class Of Scotland.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
President Hoover on War Debts

In recent message to congress
which reveals no new position on the
war debts, President Hoover In two
short paragraphs reveals Z common
senss policy toward these obligations.
~ seys:
MY views axe well known: I will
not entertain the thought Of cam
collation.. ! believe that whatever
further sacrifices the American peo-
~ might make BY way Of adjust
INT Of cash payments must BE- COM
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

rogant, sure and stupid In their. own
belief, and disdainful Of great cul.
ture. have seen them scornful, vul.
gar, ignorant and superstitious. and I
have seen them making over. Chinese
converts in their own image.-Mrs.
Pearl s. Buck, author.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
CHAPTER XXI.
\ OCTOR," suddenly barked


W the Commissioner, "de
- you realize that you are
in a nasty fix right about now?"
Masked drew himself up with
dignity:
"Will you tell me what my
property on Peddler's Road has to
do with all this?"
"Did you keep an axe on that
place."
.An axe"
"Yes-a short handled axe,
with a double blade"
"Why, yes, certainly, yes, did. u
"What did you use the axe for,
Doctor Maskell?"
"For firewood."
''Nothing else?"
"What else?"
"Some one used it for some.
thing else, Doctor"
II am not good at enigmas."
doctor Maskell, this is a fact
Geraldine Foster was murdered,
hacked to pieces and the crime
was done in your house and with
your axe"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
The Old-FashiOned Doctor
(New York Tines

In his annual report to President
Butler, Dean Rappleye of Columbia's
School of Medicine addresses him.
self to medical economics-a ques-
ton recently considered by the Com
mittee on Medical Costs. He warns
against adopting any program that
endeavors to reduce professional
services to mere terms of economics
and organization" Physicians have
always insisted that the practice of
medicine is not only a science but
an art. It follows that the "art"
must suffer if patient is treated as
II he were merely living machine.
Medical art finds expression in the
personal relationship between physi-
clan and patient as we'll as in skill
and knowledge. Hence the pleas re-
Gently heard on behalf of the old
fashioned family physician. He knew
the whims of Aunt Sarah and the
aches of Uncle Joe. What he lacked
IN special knowledge he more than
made up by his personality and the
confidence that he inspired. He en-
bodied 1.-THE attributes of friend,
priest ana physician" as DR.. Squier
APPLY put 1t in his recent presidential
address before the American College
OF Surgeons. Contrast human SYM
pathy in sickness with the mechan-
ical routine inseparable from rigid
organization and economics, and we
grasp the implications Of that "art''
which we are In danger Of losing.
Both the majority and minority
reports Of the Committee on Med
1cal Costs advocate restoring the
general practitioner to his old posi-
tion. II the ratio Of physicians to
population were in the United States
what 1t Is In France or Germany
we should have some $4,000, Dean
Rappleye tells us. Actually we have
about 156,000s concentrated for the
most part in cities. Solve the prob
lem OF finding practice for this over
supply and we not only solve the
problem Of medical costs, without
resorting to the kind Of organiza.
ton that Dean Rappleye fears, but
also enable the old-fashioned family
doctor to demonstrate what the Hip
pocrstic oath really means.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the
trend OF thought by other editors.
They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree
with The Tribune's policies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining
diagnosis will stamped
In Ink No reply made queries not conforming
tons Address DR.. William Brady in
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

Germany is manufacturing an
aluminium window pane that Is said
to be as transparent as glass.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

1t Is estimated that more, than
1000 divorce suits will be filed Nn
England this yeat.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

Farmers are said to raise about 70
per cent Of all the food products they
require.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

Twenty-three OF the Sc men who
signed the Declaration OF 1ndepen-
dence had attended college.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23
Member Of Audit Bureau Of
Circulation

Member of The Associated Press
The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
OF all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this
newspaper and also the local news Of
spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights Of republication of all other
matter herein are also reserved.
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Holland has queer tax on all
Christian names after the first.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-23

AL put a few new knots in a we'll lined
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-03

a perfect orange picked in the
Fraser orchard, Hemet, Riverside
county, weighed 2l5 pounds and
was 181a inches around.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-03
Texas Displays
Stars And Bars

AUSTIN, Tex, March 3. U.P)-
Stars and bars of the Confederacy
flew from the flagstaff of the
state capitol here on Gen. Robert
E. Lees birthday this year. Old
timers say it was the first time
they have seen such a display of
the flag of the South. In the days
of the Confederacy the present
state capitol had not been erected.
Above the Confederate flag was
flown the Lone Star flag of the
Republic OF Texas. Four other
flags would have been displayed
if all the flags of governments
that have ruled Texas were used.
They are Spain, France, Mexico
and now the United States.
The flag of the Republic of Texas
is flown daily over the capitol. 1t
now is designated as the state flag.
During the World War it was hung
under the Stars and Stripes.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-03
S. D. & A. May
Resume Through
Traffic Sunday

Passenger and freight traffic
over the San Diego and Arizona
railway possibly may be resumed
Saturday or Sunday of this week,
according to local railway officials.
The road has been closed to
traffic between Ell Centro and San
Diego on account of a disastrous
fire in tunnel No. 3.
Passengers who contemplate a
train journey this weekend are
asked TO telephone the local rail-
way station to ascertain if the
trains are running or have been
delayed by unforeseen developments.
The fire in the tunnel burned for
two days the latter part of last
month. The tunnel is more than
1900 feet in length and required
weeks of labor on the part of crews
Of men. 1t was necessary to clear
the tunnel of debris before repairs
could be attempted.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-03
Memorial Will
Honor Heroes

PARIS, March 3. U.R-The per-
petual upkeep of the Lafayette
Escadrille monument at Garches,
through the generosity of William
Nelson Cromwell, who donated a
million francs, and the legaliza-
ton of the Foundation by the
French government, now assures
the lasting preservation of the
memorial to young Americans,
who came to fight for France dur
ing the early part of the World
war.
Ten stained glass windows por-
tray the symbolical history of the
escadrille, and these have been
placed in the crypt which houses
the remains of the members who
were killed
A large mosaic design of the ia
nous Indian head insignia of the
escadrille has been set in the floor
under the main arch. Work on
the monument is not entirely COM
pleted, but the lodge at the en-
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-03
Seeks Name For
Artesian Water

Deep artesian we'll water from
Coachella will be distributed in I'M
perial Valley by Mike Abdelnour
from headquarters established in a
new building at 1T North Fourth
street.
The water is declared to be of
excellent quality and passed the
test of the County Health depart
ment. All sanitary requirements
are to be complied with and the
new plant will contain the best of
modern equipment.
In order to obtain a suitable
name for the water, Abdelnour is
offering a prize of $40 a letter for
the best name submitted by resi-
dents of the valley. The contest
will close Tuesday night, March 8.
Contestants letters must be mailed
to KXO, Ell Centro.
Contestants are urged to con-
slider the healthful elements in the
water in selecting names to SUBJ
nit for the prize.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-03
.OUC.HS s

Don't let them get a strangle hold.
Fight germs quickly. Creomulsion COM
bines the Z best helps known to mod.
ern science. Powerful but harmless.
Pleasant to take. No narcotics. Money
refunded if any cough no matter Of
how long standing is not relieved. Ask
your druggist for Creomulsion. (adv.)
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-03
Gold Mining
On Increase

SAN FRANCISCO, March 8. U.P)
Mineral production in California
during 1881 was valued at 1920, $780,
900 in a survey just completed by
Walter w. Bradley. state mineralo-
gist. The figure represents a de-
crease OF $145, ,314,000 from the 1880
production, the survey shows.
Gold was the only major mineral
TO show an increase over the pre-
yious year. Increased activity in
established mines and reworking of
placer claims by unemployed men
increased the value of this product
by Sl,250,000 over 1880.
Estimated values of products for
last year yere:
Gold. ,708000; silver. S242 900;
copper, $1,O99 900; lead, S142, 900;
quicksilver, $96l ,000 other metals.
including manganese, SIS. 900; pc
troleum, $l46,873, 900; natural gas.
$20,350,000; cement, $9,1O0 900;
crushed rock, sand, gravel, S13,140.-
600; brick and hollow building tile.
$3,00O,O00; magnesite, 100000; other
structural materials, $1,00O.OO mis-
Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-03

cellaneous Industrial material So
100000; salines, including borates,
potash, salt, soda, $7,8OOOOO.