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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21
BETTER FORGET YOUR
DIGESTION

AltnOugn some neOlCal auLIlOTltleS
still seem to think constipation is a
factor of i'll health or at least tenn
| porary indisposition in some cases, I
! believe this quaint medical notion is
disappearing from our modern medi-
| cal literature and is destined to be
discarded altogether in another de-
cade or two.
OF course I am aware that In q
few instances constipation is due to
some pathological cause, such as
hemorrhoids or gallstones, and the
cause must be removed in order to
correct the constipation. But it is
| fair to say that in ninety-nine out OF
| hundred cases constipation is SIM
| ply bad habit.
We haven't room to describe in de-
tail how the habit is acquired. We
! shall say only that the chief cause
of the habit is the widespread vici-
Gus fancy that physic or an enema
or a freak diet which purports to in
crease elimination" is always good
when anything ais you and even
beneficial when nothing ails you.
This absurd notion, say, is still
entertained by some of our present
medical authorities, and in the past
was quite generally accepted as
sound practice.
But the world moves and some of
us manage to trail along after it.
Now I shall give my own opinion
or belief about this question, remind
ing you that can't prove it is So,
| and leave you to draw your own con-
cluSion.
I believe that in the absence of
serious disease ordinary constipation
has no Ill effect on health. I be-
lieve the more immediate or acute
symptoms popularity ascribed to con-
stipation are actually produced by
anxiety or worry and introspection,
and that the more remote or chronic
ill effects which the quacks and nos
trum manufacturers so insistently
suggest are actually produced by the
physic. enema or funny food the
misguided victim takes to regulate
the bowel.
I am firmly convinced that in so
cases out of a hundred the victims
troubles will fade if he can be per-
suaded or compelled to leave the
bowel function alone, to refrain from
interfering, for 10 days. Don't give
me any of your notions. know what
!, I'm talking about.
It would be foolish and futile fol
any victim of the constipation habit
, to attempt to break his habit in the
way I suggest, If the poor gullible
galoot is not first absolutely con-
vinced that I am right about It. Here
, I may say that my method has
, proved effective in hundreds of cases
, and so far as I am aware no one has
. suffered any ill consequences from
going on a physic strike, whether fol
five days or for nine.
Finally. we must not lose sight Of
5 the fact that the entire digestive
process, from the instant food !.
{ swallowed to the instant the residue
is elected, is controlled entirely BY
t the autonomic, sympathetic, involun.
tary, unconscious nervous system
and this automatic regulation is MOI
r at all weakened or impaired By
S months or years of abuse of thu
; digestion with physics, enemas, freal
: diets or other interference. Just a.
S soon as you can get your conscio,l.
S mind off your digestion and YOU
t bowel. perfectly normal, natu
G automatic regulation is resumed, NJ
e matter about your diet or othel
S habits.
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No Easy Task

"I've gone over pretty nearly
everything up at the house," an
nounced Dougherty, rubbing his
hands as if he were congratufating
himself. "And Colt, old fellow, /
think l can tell you that I think
our work is nearly DONE"
"Really?" Colt looked startled.
eyes," doomed the District At
torney, with a radiant smile at
Hogan. II think, my dear Colt,
that we have come pretty close to
the solution. All we have to do
now is to find the guilty man and
put the handouts on him."
"Ah! Is that ALL" sighed
Thatcher Colt, with . faint smile,
as he dropped back into his chair.
"You remember the package
wrapped in red ribbon and white
paper?"
1.-THE muffler that was 50 obvi-
ously a Christmas PRESENT."
"Yes, sir. Well / examined
that parcel and found that it came
from Dittery and Flux, the Fifth
Ave. haberdashers. At once i shot
Hogan out on that job, while ]
sought other clues on the scene of
the crime. Hogan traced the man.
ager of the store, had the store
opened up, traced the sales slips
and found the name Of the pur-
chaser Of that identical silk
muffler! Now, Mr.. Colt, is that
quick work, or isn't it,"
Dougherty's eyes were glittering
with triumph, and he took q few
steps back and forth, making also
slight inclination Of his head, as
if bowling in acknowledgment Of
plaudits to his own superior detec.
tive powers.
"And the name was Humphrey
Maskell," supplemented Thatcher
Colt softly.
Dougherty stopped instantly in
his walk and glared sidewise at the
police commissioner.
"Who told you that?" he de.
manded.
"There was a card attached Il
the package, signed by Doctor
Maskell, and wishing one Of hi,
patients a very Merry Christmas
II you had only mentioned IT,
Taking the card from his vest
pocket, the commissioner tossed Il
carelessly on the table.
"Hell and hot water!" shouted
Dougherty. SIS this what you cal
cooperation? Why didn't you tel
us about that card?"
Because first wanted to fini
out what it meant" answered Colt
with . sharp glance at his Oh
friend.
cit means that the doctor VA
on the scene--and II probabl,
means he is as guilty as red hell!'
| Thatcher Colt lifted = gently de
i precating hand.
\ Perhaps he Is. At least Their
| is much more evidence beside
your muffler to point that way"
"For instance?" snapped Dough
erty.
The door opened to admit q
attendant, who spread out on
side table the damp prints Of tn
official photographs. taken ! e,
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great tenor twisted the tie back II
place. On the way out, Caruso whis.
pered, "And be more careful Of Il
hereafter, or some day you'll get 9
laugh with it at the wrong time -
WHAT A DIFFERENCE
The famed folk of Hollywood have
been taking constant paragraphs
yazzings from the New York column
gents. Wry comments have been d.
rected at several over q period Of
weeks. Not only did Clara Bow step
into hundred words of commentary
but Constance Bennett has been
particular target.
It has been the custom OF Miss
Bennett, while visiting in New York
to applaud longer and louder than
any other person attending q, first
night theater performance-an this
in the face of audiences who are far
from we'll behaved.
She has been accused of putting on
a show of her own; of walking in the
aiSleS after curtain time waving to
friends and otherwise attracting at
tention. One report has it that on
certain occasion Connie tried to
hog the audience and more persons
were watching her than the show.
Yet UPON her own set in Holly
wood, I am told, Miss Bennett flies
into a fury If anyone so much as
whispers.
X X \
CHEVALIER AGAIN
While Maurice Chevalier is always
well behaved and draws no darts
from commentators on manners, his
two-week personal appearance at one
OF the movie palaces has caused eye
brows to arch. Paid something like
$4,000 a week for his performances
the attendance records showed no
great zoom. During one of the weeks
the seat sale failed to creep above
many other week, and fell well below
many another week, and fell well below
causes the photographers to raise
questions.
CROWD SCORN
Nor did Lillian Gish. with all the
adjectives that were tossed around
manage to drag the crowds in to see
her Camille" -. the play persisted
at even younger age than the
heroine herself 49,.
The family of the late Edmond
Rostand, one hears. has cabled hot
complaints over the use of "Cyrona
de Bergerac" as a light musical
piece :. They have complained that
a classic Of this Xix should be APP
preached more classically 49,. And
John Masefield, England's poet lau-
reate, will have q chance to revisit
in few days the haunts where he
toiled for $500 q week in Greenwich
village as q SWeep-up man for a
corner saloon.
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: effiminacy, fairness, soft
Hunger Craving

to increasing effiminacy, fairness, soft
living.
Hunger Craving
I have such a hunger craving con.
tinually wake in the night as
hungry as I can be -. barely through
a meal when I begin to crave food
again been told by trained nurse
=. %. M. CO
Answer-Better check on the
trained nurse" by getting the opin.
! ion of the corner druggist or ths
traffic cop. II you feel the craving
is not normal, why don't you con.
suit your physician?
Borax for Sweating
Thank you for your suggestion.
had tried about every product known
for excessive sweating of the arm.
pits, but borax, applied as a powder
or as a solution for bathing the arm
pits, has given the greatest satisfac.
ton. (MisS d. j.
AnSwer-It is one Of the least In.
furious remedies for excessive sweat.
ing.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Coz
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Danger Ahead

(From 1.-THE Clipsheet," published by
the Board of Temperance, Prohibi-
ton and Public Morals of the Meth
odist Episcopal church,
Any political party which is depen-
dent upon the suffrage of an intel
ligent and patriotic people will SEN
tence itself to political damnation if
it does service to the liquor traffic.
1t would be idle to deny that the
sentiment in favor of federal pro-
hlbition has decreased in strength. It
would be still more idle to deny that
the political position of the prohibi-
ton policy has been seriously i'm
paired.
There are many reasons for these
developments. The people have been
disappointed in the failure to achieve
a more general success in the control
of the illegal liquor traffic. There
has been lack of clearly defined,
conviction-inspired. political leader
ship. There has been an equal lack
Of imagination, energy and appeal on
the part of many of those responsible
for the direction of the temperance
movement.
The enormous amounts of money
contributed by 10 or IL millionaires
have been effectively used in nation
wide propaganda. The appalling de-
preston, being related to the i'm
mediate necessities of the people, has
caused dry voters by the millions to
ignore the prohibition issue at the
polls, while the machinery of po-
litical organizations has been cap
tured by professional anti-prohibition
mercenaries.
The resulting situation constitutes
a challenge to the incoming admin
istration, to the congressional short
session, and to the incoming con-
gress. There are indications that
we are threatened with chaos in re-
gard to this whole liquor problem
The reeStablishment of vast bee,
trade Is a possibility and this means
and can mean nothing less than the
diversion of expenditures from exist
ing industry and commerce. It is
definitely proposed to extend this
trade to unheard OF limits by vast
advertising effort. At least one
court has publicly stated a purpose
to suspend the sentences of criminals
charged with violation of the pro-
hibition law. It is stated that the
governors OF two states will pardon
and loose upon the community hun
dreds II not thousands Of these Of.
tenders. who are frequently men who
are extremely dangerous, not only tc
the public order, but to the public
safety. We are informed from Chi.
cago that well known racketeers arr
laying their plans to establish them.
selves in the brewing industry under
the protection Of law.
| Il this vicious program progresse.
to realization, the resulting evils will
astound the country, especially tina,
portion Of It which Is entirely ignor.
| ant Of the matter because Of lack o.
experience with the lAgalized Nquo
trade.
i ~ surely 9 the sun rises the re.
action win come. In Ill probabilit,
| It win come within q period Of three
| years, and when 1t comes It viii b,
| devastating to the political interest
Of any group responsible for indefen
sible conditions. It will be well 10
the Democratic party In particular
! to consider these things soberly
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CHAPTER Xxx.
CHAPTER AA.
WYE followed Mrs. Haberhorn
" to the door and through it

IL 4OllOWCO MIS- AAAOSAAVAAa
w to the door and through it
W she pointed to a man, smil-
ing blandly at US from his chair
in the outer room.
He was the missing Doctor
Humphrey Maskell.
In spite Of the grimly con.
trolled expression on the face OF
my chief, i knew instinctively that
Thatcher Colt was taken by sur
prise, almost as much as I. Not
for a moment had ! suspected that
the Laughing physician Of Wash
ington Square" had returned to
New York. ;, -,
Apparently Doctor Masked! did
not realize the seriousness OF the
Identification just made OF him BY
Good evening, Mrs. Haber'
horn" he said urbanely. "You
seemed as if you did not want te
recognize me when you passed me
going in just now"
IT shall want to talk with YOU
in Just a minute, Doctor" salc
Thatcher Colt. :.
~ felt sure Of it," replied Mask
ell, with wide and conplaisan'
smile.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Coffee

Troubled with the pleurisy. What
Is good. for 1t? Is strong coffee bad
for the liver and kidneys? Ct. RI
Answer-Pleur1sy Is q serious con-
dition and 1t should be treated only
by the physician. A cup or two Of
coffee day is not harmful to health,
though certain invalidS should not
take coffee unless the physician APP
proves.
Missing, Adams Apple
What has became Of the Adams
apple" In men, 50 as generally seen
in men 30 or more years ago but to-
day 20 little In evidence? Il. O. NJ
Answer--N there Il actually such
change perhaps It Il attributable
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I want to say that I have never
been in the kitchen Of the Wander
bits and I don't own q share of any
railroad stock in the world, thank
God!-Col. Frederick s. Green, N. Y,
Superintendent Of Public Works.
X i X
People sometimes ask # / have a
press agent. I tell them my press
agent Is the postage stamp. I send
my letters to the newspapers and
they can print them or not. They
usually print them, because my let
tiers come from the heart. You can
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to keep her in the building until
further orders, I hurried back to
the Office. There I found that the
immediate questioning of Doctor
Maskell was, for the moment, de-
layed. Thatcher Colt was shak-
ing hands with Merle Dougherty,
whose face was now almost as red
as his curls, and who seemed burst
ing with some concealed excite
ment. Behind the District At
torney stood the bald-headed Ho-
gan, smiling secretively, but his
eyes seemed to say that he was
only biding his time.
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There is in the Democratic party I
wealth Of intelligent and hjgh-mind-
ed leadership. These men Owe It 70
the country to control the utterances
and activities Of fanatical, hysterical
vets, men without q sense Of proper
ton or balance, men unfit for
responsibility.
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A LONG, LONG TRAIL

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Teeple don't believe in
thumbing rides. They do their hitch
hiking with signs which bear the
name Of their destination. The Tee
pies have recently returned from a
tour of 5000 miles which took them
through Missouri, Alabama, Okla
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|homa and Arkansas without an acct.
TIVE RIGHT ANSWER

youngstown, O.-JoSeph J. Smotrnl,
filling station attendant, had the
right formula for getting rid OF hold
up men. When man entered M
station the other night and ordered
Smotrill to "stick 'em up," he replied
with, "Oh, know you" The bandit
quickly decided that he had business
elsewhere,
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NOT ARSENT-MINDED

NOT ABSENT.MINOED
DAYTON, OFT was not the absent
minded professor that the police dis.
covered walking along the street CLAD
only In his underclothes. 1t was Joe
Bennett Of the National Military
Home. Bennett was taken up to the
guard house at the home and later
explained that he had been robbed OF
his clothes and $35.
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aSHADELESS LAND"

"SHADELESS LAND"
Australia is sometimes called the
"shadeless land" The leaves OF
some of the trees there are SO ar
ranged as always to present their
edges to the sky.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY William Brady, NJ. d.

Signed letters pertaining health hygiene
diagnosis treatment, will stamped
Letters
No be made queries not conforming instc
Address William Brady this
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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 Tribunes policies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21

The scarab, a beetle, was regarded
in Egypt as a symbol of Immortality.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-21

HI-HO Puzzle No. 2l-Now a ter.
rier hides in the HI-HO puzzle pieces
but it will take more than your whis-
tie to coax him out. Cut out the sew
en- mystic pieces in the rectangle and
rearrange them so as to form the
terriers silhouetted figure.
Evening star., 1932-02-17
FLYERS BRAVE GALE TO SNAP
HIGHEST ALTITUDE MAP OF CITY
One vPasses OUT $4,000 Feet in Air He Accidentally
Cuts Off Oxygen Supply.

with Wasp air-coo,ed supercharged
engine. The climb to 10000 feet was
made without incident in slightly less
than so minutes. but from that point
on upward, due to thin air, the climb
was very slow and hour and so min
utes were required to reach the max
inum altitude of $4,000 feet.
II noticed my reactions were very
sluggish" Lieut.. Goodrich said. "The
plane responded very slowly to its con-
trolls, though it showed little tendency
to fall out of control. So lowered was
my efficiency that had to take both
hands to switch over the fuel feed from
drained tank to my reserve supply
Sergt. Matos was having quite time
moving the camera, which is heavy"
As the plane neared the top of its
climb the velocity of the wind increased
until at $4,000 feet, Lieut.. Goodrich
estimated, it was blowing approxi-
mately 10 miles per hour. The plane,
headed continuously into the wind,
showed NO forward motion with rela-
tion to the ground four miles below.
Neither of the men felt any great
discomfort from the cold, it was said.
The flight was made for training and
test purposes and is of the type that
Army Photographic sections will be
called upon to make in case OF combat
service.
Evening star., 1932-02-17
HOWARD PAY ROLL
PROBE LAUNCHED
Rover Investigating Charge
of "Padding" Involving
Janitor and Son.

United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
has launched grand jury inquiry into
alleged payroll padding" at Howard
University and supoenas have been
served on a number of officials of the
school to explain the matter to the
grand jurors. Rover said the complaint
so far relates only to private funds of
the university and does not affect Gov
ernment appropriations IN aid of the
school.
The charge seems to be directed
against Eugene Cough, head janitor at
the school, and his son, Samuel, for
mer employe, now attending Virginia
State College. The amount involved Is
said to be SIS, which represented six
weeks service of the boy as an assistant
janitor, after he is alleged to have re-
turned to the Virginia Institute. The
father is accused of having signed the
boys name to the payrolls.
Among those summoned to testify
are DR.. Emmett j. Scott, secretary
treasurer of Howard University. who is
directed to bring the records of his Of
flee, and Daniel w. Edwards, cashier.
The registrar of the Virginia State Col
lege at Petersburg Is also asked to bring
his records showing the boys attend
ance there when he was supposed to be
working at Howard University.
Evening star., 1932-02-17

Battling through 7o-mile gale IN
Temperature ranging down to IA de-
grees below zero, at an altitude OF
"a ooo feet above the Capital yesterday
afternoon, Lieut.. David w. Goodrich,
Army Air Corps, and Sergt: Andrew
3. Matos, both of the Boiling Field
Photographic section. snapped the high
est altitude Photographic map of the
Capital ever taken.
Both men were compelled to breathe
oxygen from TASKS to maintain con-
seriousness during the last part OF the
climb and while the pictures were being
made. After exposing his plates, Matos
accidentally cut off his oxygen supply
in moving around and passed out" not
recovering consciousness until the plane
reached the denser air OF lower levels
He suffered no ill-effects, however.
Owing to rather thick ground haze
at the time the pictures were made,
Lieut.. Goodrich and Sergt. Matos are
proceeding with caution in developing
the plates and were unable to tell today
just what success they had. They are
of the opinion the plates when de-
veloped will show not only greater
part of the District on single plate,
but also the area to and including
Mount Vernon.
The flight was made In an Army
Fairchild Photographic plane, equipped
Evening star., 1932-02-17
Eric EIvers, 26, Fired Upon
at Friends Home in
Takoma Park.
GUNMAN MAKES ESCAPE,
DRIVING OFF IN DARKNESS
Two Firemen to Await Grand Jury
Action Instead of Facing
Police Court.

Police continued their search for the
mysterious shoot gunman
today, following report that Wash
ington Sanitarium employe was fired
upon from a dark-colored sedan which
sped through Takcma Park, Md, last
night.
The report was made by Eric Elvers.
26, who said bullet whizzed past him
as he was about to enter the home of
a friend in the first block of Ash street,
Takoma Park.
Elvers had just stepped from his au-
tomobile, he said, when the dark sedan
roared toward him. As the car drew
abreast of him, he said, he heard the
report of gun and a bullet whistled
past him. He knew it came from the
passing machine, he explained, because
he saw flash of flame leap from the
rear of the car as the shot rang out.
Second Shot Heard.
Running into his friends home, FL
vers notified Montgomery County po-
lice Meanwhile the sedan had dashed
down the street and disappeared Other
residents of the neighborhood said they
heard another shot few minutes later.
Because of the speed of the autcmo-
bile, Elvers said, he was unable to see
the license number He was unable To
say how many persons were in the cal.
With two former District firemen
held in $4,000 bonds each on con-
spiracy charges growing out Of what
is believed to have been an attempt to
shoot Fire Chief George S. Watson, an
other man is being sought for ques-
tioning.
The men held-John c, Price, 35.
and Ernest Meile, 30-were arrested
after .32-caliber bullet crashed
through a window of the home of STAN
ley Bell, radio announcer. Bells resi-
dence is next to that of Chief Watson,
who lives at 1928 Fourteenth street.
Jury to Get Case.
Both men have been questioned re-
garding the activities Of the shoot
and-run" gunman, who is believed to
have killed one man and wounded three
other persons, including two high school
girls, during the last two weeks. The
men are said to have convinced police
they had no connection with the mys-
terious series of shootings, however.
The gunman's victims were Paul
Riedel, As, shot to death in his bakery
in the 5000 block of Mount Pleasant
street; Gordon T. Backus, 81. wounded
while walking near his home in the
3400 block of the same thoroughfare,
and Helen Andrews, 18. and Doris
Beall, 16, wounded as they walked
down Fifth street near Aspen. A dark
sedan figured in all the shootings.
Miss Andrews, a night student at
Business High School, lives at 581l
Sixth street. while Miss Beall, an
Eastern High School pupil, resides at
14l1 G. street southeast.
Price and Meile, it is understood, will
not be arraigned in Police Court but
the evidence against them will be heard
by the grand jury.