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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-08
ble-Minded Man
Is Killed by Auto

Grafton, N. D.. Sept. 8.-(R-Hugo
Sievert, a, inmate Of the state insti-
tuition for the feeble minded here,
died late Tuesday from injuries sus-
tanned earlier in the day when he was
struck by an automobile driven by
Mrs. Ruby Goldsmith, Crystal. A
coroner's jury held death was acci-
dental.
eievert with others from the instt-
tuition was crossing q road on the way
to the Institution farm when be was
struck
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-08
Huge Theft Charged
To Manitoba Bursar

Winnipeg, Man, Sept 8.-R>-John
A. Machray. former bursar and chair
man Of the board Of governors OF the
University Of Manitoba, was formally
charged Thursday with the theft OF
1901, 1883 from the endowment funds
over q period Of seven years.
When MachrAy was arrested re-
Gently the charge was misappropria-
ton Of $47,45l. The amount was In
creased with receipt Of q report from
an auditor who had gone over the
books.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-08
Iowa Strikers Continue Picket.
ing Of One Road Leading
to Sioux City
ALL IS QUIET ELSEWHERE
Monster Parade 10 Planned in
Connection With Cover
nors' Conference

Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. S.-(R)-Al-
though every other highway leading
to Sioux City was deserted Thursday
by Farm Holiday pickets, the strikers
remained on duty near James, Iowa,
on Highway No. IS to halt any live
stock or grain trucks which might at
tempt to enter Sioux City over that
route.
No disorder was reported at the
picket lines either Wednesday night
or Thursday morning. and 1t was re-
ported most Of the truckers who or
dinarily travel to Sioux City on that
route had made detours during the
night and entered the city on high-
ways not picketed.
Strikers guarding highway Number
Is reiterated their intentions of re-
naming on duty until the governors
conference here Friday and perhaps
afterward II the chief executives of
the middlewestern states fail to agree
on some plan to increase the price Of
farm products.
Other farmers, however. turned
their attention to organization Of q
parade Friday-the date Of the gov
errors conference-as q demonstra-
ton against low farm prices. Lead
erS declared there would be between
5000 and 10000 participants and city
officials made emergency plans to &C
commodate q huge throng and pre-
serve order.
Gov. F. b. Olson OF Minnesota con-
ferred Thursday with IL farm leaders
Of his state regarding Minnesota's
part in the conference preparatory Il
leaving for Sioux City.
Gov. Phillip F. La Toilette Of Wis.
consin announced Alvin G. Refs, at.
torney and former counsel for thu
state department Of agriculture ant
markets, would probably represen
him at the meeting.
Gov. Shafer Of North Dakota wa.
en- route, as were representatives o.
Gov. White of Ohio. Murray Of Ok
lahoma and Bryan Of Nebraska.
Farmers of the Sioux City area, II
addition to their parade, will present
a program to the governors which
calls for:
A moratorium Of three years or
federal seed and feed loans.
A moratorium of two years on al
real estate loans and an extension o.
the same length OF time Of the re-
demption period on mortgages alread,
foreclosed.
A demand on the part Of the Cover.
nors that congress take immediate
action to increase the amount o.
money in circulation to the extent thu
price level will be raised at least tt
that Of 1926 by some method embody.
ing the principle Of the Patman bill
and by issuance Of government bonds
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-08
dues IN MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis. Sept. 8.-F>-Mark H.
Powers. Sc, died Wednesday at his
home here. Powers was member OF
the Masonic and Eastern Star lodges
and the Scottish Consistory at Bow
bells, N. D.. and Of KEN Shrine Tenn
pie at Grand Forks, N. D.
Funeral services viii be held Fri
day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-08
AGED VETERAN DIES

Minneapolis. Sept. 8.-(R-C Captain
Joseph Osborn. 50, former newspaper
publisher, former Scandinavian or
chestra leader and Civil war veteran,
died ct the home Of daughter We'd
naeday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-08

cation, In which she has held many
offices. Mrs. Lottie B. Sowles, Bis
marck, Mrs. A. M. Powell. Mrs. F. p.
Mann, ST., Mrs. Richard Daeley. and
Mrs. George Hollister, all of Devils
Lake, are five Of the original Is woin-
en- who founded the state federation
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-08
The Weather

Fair tonight, becoming partly cloudy
Friday: warmer tonight, cooler Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

From thar office he went to the Intsrns- tionsl Labor Office of the League of Ns- tions. During Governor Pinchot's first term in Pennsylvania he served as Secretary of Labor and Industry. In l9z4-z5 he was a member of the Commission on Social Re- search in China. With this as a background he should be able to cope with the situation here in Connecticut. It isn't wide field with which he is confronted but one thIt viii tax his ability.
 The facts that must be aseertained by Dr Meeker and his aides are simply the physi- cal and economic condition of those eligible for old age pensions. The utmost eoopera- ton is. therefore. necessary to bring out the facts upon which any old age pension law in this state would be based. When the time comes for the agents to visit this city we hope that they will be met in the same spir- it that they come, one of cooperation. All information gathered is purely confidential and will not be revealed. Figures are all that matter in this survey, not names. And if the state is to be guided properly in respect to old age pensions all of us must give this preliminary investigation the utmost aid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
The Wheat Dole

So little has been said lately about the Farm Board wheat distributed through the Red Cross that it is rather surprising to learn from the Survey the actual proportions of this relief work. There are now l0.- 100000 people depending on Uncle Sam for their daily bread. Three e-fourths of the counties in the United States have applied for the wheat. It is delivered to convenient eenters andtis milled locally as far as posi- ble Stricken and needy populations are found in the most unexpected places. The greatest need exists in large industrial com munities. but there are many rural districts in distress In big Oregon county with 55,OO0 inhabitants, one family out of every five requires relief
 This help is literally dole. though the term has taken on such an unpopular flavor that one hesitates to use it. There is or should be, no shame whatever attaching to such help. Through fortunate combina- ton of unfortunate circumstances. so to speak, the government finds itself in pos session of an over supply of basic foodstuff which it is glad to get off it's hands. Thereby the nation as whole can relieve those Tn want through no fault of their own It ap- pears that surplus may be blessing in disguise. May the supply not fail while the need lasts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
Rubber To Burn

There is literally rubber to burn in Eng land. and they are burning it. To anyone who remembers the wartime scarcity of this product. and prices of Sl to S2 pound, 1t seems incredible that so precious substance should ever be used as fuel. Yet this very thing is happening. Not old worn cut rubber, either. but strips of crude rubber out from the fresh sheets. The stuff is used mainly for kindling purposes and for camp fire cooking. It makes quick. hot fire. and when used efficiently is said to be actu- ally cheaper than wood for the same pur- poses. The raw rubber lacks the disagree able odor of the manufactured rubber.
 We are not likely to resort to rubber for fuel in this country, even with the price under three cents a pound. But you never can tell, the way commodities have been falling in price and deluging the market. We might at least burn our old tires. It would be fine public service if some enter- prising funk dealer would work out method of deodorizing them and making them over into briquettes. If you think they wouldn't burn. just toss an old inner tube into the furnace - and shut the door quick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
DING, DING

June rain on the roof, Battling like q bag of beans, And then, oh gosh, and then June bugs at the screens.
 O-O--O Some men with knickers show they have pretty thin supports.
 o-O-o
 The bonus marchers in Washington are throwing out the reds. Tn other words, no reds without the whites and blues.
 A paper refers to the bonus brigades as bonus brigands. Edi- torial patriotism, rah, rah, rah.
 o-O--o
 The French people are groaning under taxes says a news report. We've been groaning over them.
 o-O-O often you'll find that weak peo- pie use strong words to bolster their lack of confidence.
 o---O-o
 People have softened quite bit since the stiff collars disappeared.
 o--O--0 This completes our regular Tues- day evening program, brQadcast by Waterbury DBD, owned and oper- ated by the Democrat We are signing off at this time to be back on the air again tomorrow evening at the usual hour. Till then
 o-O-o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

Which would you prefer the i'll effects from snake bite or the danger of death in a 27-mile ride over rough country roads in an automobile without brakes and with de- feetive steering wheel. That was the choice of a man who had the misfortune to be bitten near King williamstown. Africa. re- gently. He arrived safely at the hospital and was saved from death. During the course of the wild ride the car went through three gates, skidded within inches of a preeipice. and turned around several times. The driver fainted upon arrival at the hospital. The patient surely must have been unconscious most of the ride.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

In the last forty years only two governors before Wilbur L., Cross have attended na- tionaf conventions as full delegates. They were John H. Trumbuli, republican. in 1928. and Morgan G. Bulkeley. republican. in 1892. In the democratic administration of the late Simeon E. Baldwin he was never accorded this honor, although at the 1912 convention in Baltimore. at which Wood row Wilson was nominated. he was given complimentary vote for several ballots. The previous democratic governor LuZon 5. Morris. who was in office from l893-95. didn't have the opportunity to attend democratic national convention while in of- flee Of the later governors of the state, all of them republican. Trumbull and Bingham have been to number. We don't recall that Charles A. Templeton ever attended one as as member of the g.op. delegation. Gov ernor Lake. likewise. doesn't seem to have ever, been national delegate nor Frank B. Weeks of Middletown. Of course. it is pos sble that the last three mentioned might have gone to national conventions as alternates or fullfedged delegates at some other time than when they were in the governors office Of course. Chairman Roraback is the veteran delegate in republican circles. He hasn't missed convention since 1908. We doubt if the democrats boast a mepber with as long record as this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
So They Say

It is useless to preach that men and women ought to return to the moral behaving of a simpler age. for they will not do 1t.
 Bertrand Russell. These United States to-day are Q transmogrified lunatic asylum. as l have said.
 Shaw Desmond. English
 writer.
 Worry is the sport of men who have nothing to do.
 Andrew Mellon, U. s. am-
 bassador to Great Britain.
 ss
 Present day biology says. "Be what you are. Waste no time in try- ing to make yourself what you are not, and do not try to convince the world that you are something dif- ferent than what you are. En- vironment is opportunity"
 --Dr A. S. Pearse, professor of
 zoology. Duke University. Would that we had been as suc- cessfui in solving the problems of human relations as we have been in adapting the metallic riches of the world to human use!
 Professor c. H. Desch, Uni
 versity of Sheffield. England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


 Please let me know what raw pruncs do to yOu | sometimes eat much as n pound or pruncs a day. Have Ben Told they make you thin. (Mrs $. R.)
 Answer-If I thought they would I'd eat a pound day myself. But that's just one of Bens jokes, you know. Neither prunes nor lamb chops nor even lemon juice makes you thin: these are all foods and they all con tribute some nourishment according to the quantities you take. A pound of prunes yields 360 calories more food than q pint of milk, half as much again as pound Of oranges. Prunes raw or stewed are an excellent food for any one Some persons find them especially valuable laxative.
 Turn on the Oxygen
 Much interested in your talk Giving the Victim More Oxygen, but disappointed that you finished the talk before you revealed how the victim is to get that oxygen :. (Miss l.. E) Answer-Get it on the hoof. Daily walking. Or solf, or moving the lawn, or hoeing the corn, or playing tennis, or dancing.
 Do we get as much caiFein when coffee is not boiled and is poured right on? drink four cups day. Do we get ultraviolet rays from breathing the air? (Mrs J. c. K.)
 Answer-There Is grain or so of caffein Ca fair medicinal dose) in a cup of coffee, no mat ter whether the coffee is boiled not. Boiling merely brings out the acrid jamie acid flavor and drives off much of the pleasant aroma do not know but fancy we do derive some effect from the ultraviolet influence in the air we breathe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Stalin Wasn't the First to
 Upset Russia

s Ignorance, filth darkness and cruelty marked the Russia of the late 17th century. An oriental czar ruled in the Kfemlin, and ring of greedy nobles ground the luckless peasants into the dirt. Compared with the rest of Europe, Russia was sunk deep in hopeless barbarism.
 And then along came a boyish czar who liked to play with sol- diers, but who had the, saving grace of being willing to learns and he pitched in to bring his great, indolent country up to date.
 All of this is described in Peter the Great" by Alexei Tolstoi. a book which is partly biography and partly fiction, and which probably can best be described as a histori- cal novel.
 The first part of the book is the most forceful. In 1t there is clear picture of the strange, crazy mess into which affairs at Moscow had got; the turmoil of stupidity. ter TOT and fitful rage which possessed all of Russian society.
 There Is, also, a good descrip- ton of the slow development of Peter; how he began by maintain ing a "play army" on the palace grounds, how he made friends with the foreign merchants in Moscow and learned from them how back ward his country really was, how he tourned Europe, working in shipyards and factories to school himself, and how he finally return ed to begin a job of remodeling which makes Stalin's Five-Year Plan look simple.
 But the book ends too abrupt- ly. The author brings you to his climax-and then quits on you. Maybe that's all right if you're familiar with Russian history. If, like me, you aren't it's disconcert- ing.
 In the main, though, you'll find Peter the Great" worth reading. 1t is published by Cocivi, Friede, Tnc and sells for S3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

If you can find better way to pay rent than this, we want to hear about it. Charles Painter Hill of Baltimore. one of the eighth generation in line from the founder of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, receives red rose annually. It is ground rent for the Tabor Reformed Church which was established in l76O and which was stipulated when the ground was deeded to the church. This pay- ment is always made in June. There eer- tainly should be special bush and rose for this purpose, rich in coloring and of magnif- icent proportions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
AGood Beginning

\ With money now available to conduct an old age pension survey in Connecticut some interesting data should be furnished the 1893 Legislature when it convenes next January. Whether or not the facts that Will
 be brought to light will warrant the state entering upon this phase of social service work remains to be seen. Suffice it to say that no more able or competent official could have been chosen to oversee such work than Dr Royal Meeker of New Haven who has just resigned as member of the old age
 pension commission to commence the task of compiling figures on the number of de- pendents in the state over 65 years ot age. ' Since Dr Meeker is resident of New Haven he will start his investigations in that City and doubtless work out from there into inc other towns and cities of the state. Every tommunity must be visited in order to secure a fairly comprehensive idea of the number Of persons, 65 years old and over. who would require aid from the state. Also upon the 1iqures and information secured by this can vas may be determined the form of the plan that would be of the most advantage to Con- necticut. This, of course, will be entirely dependent upon acceptance or tne PloJeel oy .the Legislature after the statistics are furn- ished it..
 J. We don't doubt but what the legislators swho will gather in Hartford in l933 may sbe more kindly disposed towards old age pension laws than those of previous sessions. In the past the most strenuous objection has come from the Connecticut Manufacturers Association and allied organizations while labor federations and unions have pleaded for legislation to care for the aged when their syears of ability to earn livelihood have .psssed. It certainly looked in 1891 as if fine Legislature might pass the bill. but on purely partisan basis it went down to defeat. fbe democrats fsvoring. republicans opposing. 2 Dr Meeker who undertakes the tremend- 'ous task of gathering the necessary informa- fion was U. s. Commissioner of Labor Statistics during the Wilson administration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

bulbs of 500 esndIepowu each. The cold water from the floor of the ocean produced condensation of the warmer waters nearer the surface HoweveE the system had its faults and temporarily the idea was dis csrded. But now the professor has an- nounced that he has corrected them and is ready for more practical demonstrations. If the ocean can be barnessed in this way cheap electricity is near at hand. Men have been trying to harness the tide for centuries. Per- hsps they weren't digging deep enough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
That Quick Change

1UAt AuhCh AhuhhSC
 On a Monday the estimate that the senate finance committees new taxes would raise $965, 100000 in the next fiscal year and that new taxes and economies of $1,241 ,000,- 900 were required was still official. Tydings of Maryland had been de- manding new estimates, only to be blocked by the leaders
 But late that same day Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, fresh from the White House. was warning the senate frantically that 1t must not pass the tax bill 1t in- tended to pass that evening be- cause it would miss balancing the budget by at least $200, 900 900, which he said would mean forcing us off the gold standard.
 Hoover Up at 5 a. m.
 Tuesday found President Hoover up at a. m. preparing a special message. admitting everything, with which he rushed to the sem ate in person. It found Mills lower- ing his yield estimate to $40 mil- lions and raising his requirement estimate to 1475 millions--a total tipping in the estimate of 359 mil lions. And it found the senate writ ing an estimated added tax in- crease of 275-millions in it's bill and passing the bill forthwith.
 It all seems rather cockeyed, and 1t was. Apparently the awful truth suddenly dawned on the White House, the treasury and the lead CTS of congress they weren't kid- ding anyone.
 You have to sympathize with ogden Mills. Treasury estimates Of receipts have often gone far wide of the mark. The February esti- mates were brought in and the treasury then found itself wrong by about half a billion in its Mo- vember estimates.
 Everyone, 1t appears, has been betting consistently on an upturn in business. But the general reti- cence to face facts until the pell- mell rush to do 50 at the last criti- cal moment seems rather absurb or pretty terrible or something.j
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
George P. Mclean

The death of former senator and gover- nor George P. Mclean, at his home in Simsbury yesterday afternoon was shock to the entire state. coming so suddenly as it did. It seems only few days ago that we were reading how he entertained ex-Presldent Coolidge at his beautiful Simsbury estate where the latter whipped the streams SO ex- pertiy that he soon had full creel The friendship between the former president and the former U. S. senator was close one. They both retired from public life on the same day. March 4. 1929.
 His was long and notable career. He was much in the public eye and in his time he did an immense amount of legislating that proved of immense value as time passed. He started, as did so many other notables. in the General Assembly. Born and brought up in Simsbury. he started the practice of law in Hartford. In 1883 he went to the Legislature from Simsbury. Shortly after he became legislator he drafted the bill which created the State Board of Pardons. He became clerk of that board until 1901 when he was elected governor.
 He was also chosen. while member of
 
 statutes. He was a member of the first State Senate that met under the new plan of biennial sessions. President Harrison named him U. S. District Attorney for Connecticut. Those were great days in republican circles. There was continual struggle for control of the party with the famous figures of the day wing with each other. The guberna- torial fight in 1900 is now history. Mclean won the nomination by the bare margin of 70 votes and was subsequently, elected to office.
 While governor he proposed and put into execution the constitutional convention Of 1902. His first candidacy for the senator ship was typical of the political battles in which he was engaging. The death of Sem ator Orville H. Platt led to a four-cornered battle to succeed him. Ultimately the late Prank B. Brandegee won the nomination. However, when the democrats capitalized their chances in 1910 and elected the late Simeon E. Baldwin governor. MT Mclean announced his opposition to the candidacy of the late Senator Morgan c. Bulkeley and defeated him in the legislative caucus. He also was elected over Homer Cummings, the democratic nominee. by the Legislature that being the method of electing senators Tn those days.
 He was returned to the Senate two more times by popular vote on each occasion. He sponsored during his first term the migratory bird measure which was speedily put into effect and is noteworthy among laws de- signed to protect wild fowl and other birds during migratory periods. His independent spirit stood him in good stead throughout his eighteen years in the Senate where he was well liked and respected at all times. He was never subservient to the dictates of any fsigning political organization. He felt that his first duty was to his constituents and not to political leaders. Perhaps that IS why he dropped out of politics in 1928. Certainly it was fitting finale to the Mclean career, long and honorable one. The state IS the loser in his passing. He was shining link in the chain of historic and outstanding figures in Connectiout's annals.