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The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
INVENTIONS CLICKS,
1T ENDS HIS LIFE
Discouraged Chemist Uses
Lethal Gas Route.

Chicago.-After years of unsuc-
cessful toll on inventions. Victor C.
Goodridge, forty years old, inven-
tor and chemist, hit upon one inven-
ton that clicked. He ended his life
with it.
He was found dead in his apart
ment at 6942 Kimbark avenue. On
a table beside him lay dozens of
gadgets and appliances, products of
his genius. In another room, assem-
bled in queer array, stood his fatal
and successful invention. For want
of a better description police called
it a death machine.
From this instrument, a product
of Goodridge's chemical and inven-
tive skill, had flowed a lethal gas.
This killed him.
Goodridge's body was found lying
on a couch close to the kitchen.
From his side and through a small
hole bored in the kitchen door ran
a long, thin rubber hose.
The hose led to the death ma
chine. This consisted of four small
bottles on top of a gas range oven
and a larger bottle standing above
a gas burner. In each was a guam
tity of chemical liquid OF varying
colors. All five bottles were con-
nected by small tubes. The larger
cOntainer, evidently the master bot
tie, possibly contained the chief
poisonous Ingredient
Death probably was swift and
painless. police said. In any event
ii was deliberate, they said. On a
dresser they found note addressed
to his friend, Attorney Warwick
Shaw, II West Washington street.
announcing that he was taking a
great adventure"
Attorney Shaw said Goodrldge
had worked for various companies
here as an electrician an1 chemist,
but had been idle several months.
He had experimental in chemistry
and had tried his hand for years on
inventions. he said.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Trial by Court-Martial
Had Origin in England

The court-martial system of trial,
under which members of the army,
navy and marine corps are tried
by officers of the service in which
the offense has been committed,
dates back to the time of Charles
| of England. These courts, which
also try violators of martial law,
are referred to in the first mutiny
act of William and Mary. In the
American court-martial, closer
parallel TO civil trial is attained
than in the British system. The
prisoner has the right TO have an at
torney and to present evidence and
the court is always composed of Off
GERS of the same rank or higher than
the accused. The drumhead court
martial, in which a prisoner was
tried on the field, during the height
of passion and with little or no
opportunity to defend himself, has
passed out and such trials are no
longer sanctioned in the United
States.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
MECHANICAL MIKE"
ASSISTS AIR PILOT

on the wings to correct rotary
movements.
The other gyro, spinning horizon
tally, in the same fashion corrects
motions of the plane when it strays
off the desired course, by moving
the rudder.
With a plane speeding along at
$50 miles an hour it cannot be ex-
pected that a small gyro will supply
force enough to move the rudder
and elevator against the wind pres
sure. The secret Of the automatic
pilot is the device that "picks off,
the unwanted, wandering motions of
the ship and translates them into
movements of powerful hydraulic
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Seek Spring of Water,
Find Deluge of Snakes

Manhattan, Kan.-Walter Rock
well and Henry Attens had no doubt
about it when they saw snakes while
digging out a spring near here.
About two feet under the ground
they stuck their spades into a hole.
And snakes began squirming in every
direction. Rockwell and Attens don't
know how many snakes were in the
hole. but by the time the battle was
over thirty of the reptiles had been
killed and numerous others had es-
capped.
The snakes were of the bull, gar
den and water varieties.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Qualities as Head
of Unlucky Club

CharlestOwn, w. Va.-Edward
c. Kirk, fifty-seven, became un-
official president of the West yir-
ginia Unlucky club, and his
chronology for the last two years
tells why:
On November Is, 1881, an
auspicious day, he was struck by
u train and lost a leg. A year
later he was hit by an automobile
and lost his left eye.
Recently he was dressing. He
reached for his artificial leg on
the left side of the bed. His
glass eye didn't register the gun
on the dresser.
He knocked the gun to the
floor. 1t discharged bullet into
his right arm, shattering the
bone.
As a result, he spent most Of
the morning at Mountain State
hospital, where a surgeon ampu-
tated the arm.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15

pistons directly connected to the
rudder, ailerons and elevator.
These "pick-offs" consist of hemi-
spherical discs that remain fixed by
the gyrO The edges of the discs
intercept two air streams blowing
from small jets. For the gyro which
controls the rudder, the air jets
move with the plane above a ver-
tical axis, while the disc remains
stationary.
Their turning allows more air to
flow out of one jet than the other.
The difference in air flow acts first
on an air valve and through it on
a hydraulic valve controlling the
pistons that actually turn the rud-
der. For straight flight the two air
jets have equal amounts of air flow-
ing out of them. as the disc covers
both jets to the same extent.
The two gyro units are mounted
behind the instrument panel of the
plane and the relative motions can
be observed there usually.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Tea Leaf Diet Enables
Bunny to Beat UP Dog

Passaic, n. J.-This introduces
Frisky. the champion rabbit of New
Jersey.
Frisky is not that in name only.
He is husky, hale and hearty, and
his eight-yearo owner, Charles f..
Sewell, says it's all because Frisky
knows his tea leaves.
Two years ago Frisky was just a
weak little bunny that SHE'D at any
rustic of leaves. Last Easter, while
he was participating in Charley's
seasonal festivities, a neighbor's
fox terrier romped onto the Sewell
lawn in the midst Of the egg-rolling.
He was alongside Frisky before
either animal was aware of the
others presence. Frisky swung
about face and struck out with his
hind legs. Putting all the power
of his eight pounds into his kick,
he caught the fox terrier flush on
the nose. The dog fed.
Charley insists the rabbits tea
leaf diet was responsible.
Frisky began eating tea leaves
shortly after Charley got Tim. about
two years ago. Now it's a regular
part of his diet, to the exclusion of
tender lettuce sprouts and succu-
lent carrots-unIess no tea leaves
are to be had. Charles claims it is
the innate sagacity of his bunny
that led him to take up such a
unique diet in preference to the or
thodox rabbit menu.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Gyroscopes Are Used to
Control AirpIane.

New York.-Scientific interest in
Wiley Posts solo dash around the
world by plane, in which he set
new record, centers on his constant
companion and helper Mechanical
Mike'-the automatic pilot" Trans
oceanic and other long-distance
flights in the last year have demon
strated the value of gyroscopic In
struments for accurate flying when
good visibility cannot be guaran-
teed. In these instruments one gy-
roscope gives the pilot horizontal
line of reference, the other a YER
tical line.
Until recently the pilot, however,
had to keep an eye on the two
instruments constantly and move
controls to keep the plane on the
given course and at the predeclded
altitude. For such blind flying it
was only logical to ask: Why should
the human pilot function merely as
a machine? Why not develop some
mechanical device to translate the
gyro instrument indications into
corresponding movements Of the
rudder, elevator, and ailerons of the
airplane?
The answer to those questions is
the automatic pilot.
For Post in the Winpie Mae, the
automatic pilot provided needed re-
Taxation from the constant task Of
flying the ship when a safe altitude
and course had been fixed.
Posts pilot" differs from pre-
vious ones in that the electrical
device that "picks-off'' the relative
motions of the plane with respect
to the fixed axes of the horoscopes
has been replaced by air jet "pick-
offs"
First 1t should be explained that
the motions, vertical, horizontal,
and rotary must be known to keep
an airplane in level fight on Civ
en- course The three controls on
an airplane for doing this are the
rudder. the elevator in the tail, and
the ailerons at the back edges of
the wings.
In ordinary flight the pilot from
the position of the horizon and the
appearance and feel of the ship
has the necessary reference lines at
his command. In blind flying, how
ever. the horizon is obscured. Some
artificial horizon and directional
point must be provided.
Small spinning horoscopes mount
ed on the instrument board have
been found to give this information.
In the automatic pilot one gyro
spins with its axis vertical. AS long
as it revolves no motion of the air
ship changes the direction of its
axis. Any relative motion of the ship
from the direction of this vertical
axis Is converted into movements
of the elevators of the ship that
correct the climb or dive. The same
gyro likewise controls the ailerons
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Lights of New York ByLL STEVENSON

Sundays and holidays, New York
ers by the hundreds take Dyckman
street ferry over to Interstate park
atop the Palisades on the New Jer
sey side. There, If they do desire
they may do bit of mountain
climbing within plain sight of the
man-made mountain of Manhattan
For the hardy, there are steep paths
which supply plenty of exercise. For
the less hardy, following the wind
ing road. cut into the great rock
masses, to the park entrance, is
enough of a pull. Reaches of the
Hudson and city scenes are the re-
ward, the picture changing with
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
SUICIDE is SEQUEL
TO ONE DIP INTO
PARIS NIGHT LIFE
Man and Wife "Blow Up"
After Easing Strain of
Long, Hard Study.

Paris.-Every once in while the
curtain behind which the Parisians
lead their dynamic lives goes up,
and the outside world is either
shocked or thrilled.
Such an instance is that of the
latest tragedy to follow might
out" in Montparnasse, d favorite
section for American tourists. One
of Frances promising young chem
lists as a result died of self-inhict-
ed bullet wound after his humlli
ated wife shot herself. They had
never before visited the boxes of
Montparnasse, as Frenchmen refer
to their night clubs.
~nnocents Abroad"
1t was an example of 'innocents
abroad" among the French them
selves. Urban Thuau, only twenty
five, who had ranked high in the In
stitute of Applied Chemistry at the
Sorbonne, and who consequently
was attached to the chemical divi-
sion of the military school, was mar
ried less than a year to a childhood
sweetheart.
Fatigued by excessive work, they
decided that an evening out would
settle their tense nerves. They
would forget the hum-drum Of life,
the dull formulas of concentrated
foods and war gases. But instead
Of settling their nerves, pent up by
many months of "jammine" for eX-
aminatiOns and intense laboratory
work. the might out" had the oppo-
site effect. Their suppressed Latin
temperaments exploded after taste
of frivolity.
They visited one cabaret after an
other. Unaccustomed to any cab
aret life at all, they didn't know
where to stop. Two cabaret girls
assisted the husband in carrying his
wife home. The Job of the cabaret
girls was half to carry the husband
home as well.
Conscience Stings.
But the two cabaret girls stayed
on at the Latin quarter home of
the couple. The wee hours Of the
morning became less and less wee.
The wife finally woke up, and after
strenuous efforts, she was once
again alone with her husband.
The husband was as conscience
stricken as his wife was humili-
ated. He hardly moved a muscle
when he saw her go toward the hid
ing place for their pistol By the
time he had summoned enough en-
ergy. he discovered she was intend
ing TO kill herself. not him. He
heard the shot. and saw her fall.
He scribbled a note: "My wife
killed herself. | am killing myself
Don't investigate; we were drunk.
ask my parents forgiveness"
He did as he threatened, and
never knew that his wife. although
seriously wounded, was not dead.
The father of the deceased is a
chevalier of the French Legion of
Honor.
"One moments folly was sufficient
to wipe ont a promising career and
TO break the hopes of father and
mother" he muttered. There is
nothing left for me now. but to
die. He was our only son"
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15

in contrasting tone. Centered in the
trio is sporty model crocheted In
red cotton with three rows of rum
ming stitch in white. fastened by
a big wooden buckle The third
model is crocheted of the popular
string-cOlored cotton. II is worked
in shell stitch and tied with a hand
made cord. You can see for your
self that this tie-model is very ef-
fective, for the figure seated Is
wearing just such a belt of her owI
making.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Parson Dispatches Hawk,
Snake in Death Battle

Mashulaville, Miss.-A hawk and
a snake locked in a battle to the
death. attracted the attention of the
Rev. John A. Glenn. as he walked
along a road near here.
The chicken hawk swooped down
upon the road. near where the snake,
a three-foot black racer lay coiled.
The snake sprang and cCiled itself
around the birds neck and wings.
The hawk had it's talons into the
reptile, clenched in a death grip.
The minister ended the fight by
dispatching both.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Man Lives to II
on Milk, Whisky

Londoh.-For Is years Mr..
Charles Edward Booth, seventy
two, of Holmdene avenue, Herne
Hill, lived without eating one bite
of food.
This was revealed at a Cam
berwell inquest when a doctor
stated that Mr.. Booth was un-
able to take solid food.
A nephew declared that his
uncle had three quarts of milk
and a half a bottle of whisky a
day.
"And yet he managed to live to
seventy-two," remarked the cor
oner.
The verdict was Death from
natural causes"
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Chinese Honor Ancestors

SO important is ancestor worship
to high caste households in China
that. at each family anniversary,
the members repeat their genealogy
aloud 1t is usual to have the fam
lily genealogy committed to memory
by each child during its first school
year.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Headache Cure Cost $40

New York.-Accused of pushing
his fist through the window of a
drug store to get bottle of head
ache remedy. Robert Buckholtz of
Brooklyn, was arraigned in court.
He was ordered to pay $40 for re
pair of the window in $4 weekly
installments.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15

With your dark linen or corduroy
suit or frock, which you are wear
ing about during these midseason
days, a distinctive belt is needed
detail. The latest fad is to crochet
your own belt in colors which tune
in to the general ;cheme of your
costume. Three very attractive
styles are here pictured. The first
one is made of many strands of
bright colored crochet cotton held
together by a simple crochet stitch
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Man Uses His Mothers
Picture to Hide Still

Salt Lake City, Utah.-W. X.
Thomas never wants his mother to
be lonesome, so he hung large por-
trait of her over a still he operated.
Aren't you ashamed that she
should see you breaking the law" H..
X. Record, patrolman in charge of a
raid on the still, asked.
"Well. sir" he replied, "T'm a hill
billy from the Cumberland noun
tains. My mother was raised with
a still and | hung her picture there
she wouldn't be lonesome"
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Negro Lives Up to Name
While Hunting Apartment

Chicago.-A negro asked to be al
lowed to look at an apartment which
was to rent on the South side.
When he informed the renting
agent that his name was George
Washington, the agent, trying to be
humorous, asked:
Are you the George Washington
who cut down the cherry tree?"
The negro replied without a trace
of a smile:
mo. sab; amt done lick of
work in six months, mister"
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
Pet Deer Has Odd Habits

Three Lakes, VISA pet deer
owned by a Three Lakes resident
has developed an appetite for ice
cream cones and displays a fond
ness for automobile riding.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15

every turn. Then, In the park, there
are bold points that jut out shelf
like and give the dizzy impression
of nothing below. But the COM
merce of the river and the towers
and minarets of the great city are
worth a bit of giddiness.
Park hikers usually go in parties.
Most OF them dress for the occa-
sion. Noticed recently a group of
young girls. They come up from
the lower East side-a bit of caves
dropping supplied that information
and were examples of what the
well-dressed hiker should wear. But
all had high-heeled shoes so without
a doubt the itinerary was short.
Strapping youths with knaps&cks
are common sights. Sometimes there
are whole families. well loaded down
with lunch baskets. They may not
get far but they do get few hours
release from the city.
Leaving Palisades park, went on
up to Lost lake and did bit Of
mountain climbing on my own ac-
count. The Croton river, though a
part of the New York water supply,
is not protected that far up. So it
is possible to go swimming in the
drinking water without getting
pinched. There is a grand swim
ming hole where Mary Alice and
Andy Freeman live But the Gro
ton is away down in mighty de-
preston. Going down was fine. But
the pull back up all but finished Tip
Bliss. And as for your correspond
ent, he made it but had nothing TO
say when he reached the top. 1t
was like boyhood days. going swim
ming in a river again, and that was
something.
Was told about a once wealthy
horseman over in New Jersey with
whom things got so tough that he
got down to his last horse. Unable
to sell the animal, he was in a guam
dary until he thought of inserting
an advertisement in a newspaper.
That night he would leave the barn
unlocked, the ad stated. and who
ever called to get kind and gentle
horse could do so without any fear
-hatsoever. The next morning, he
went out to the barn-and found
five more horses.
g. 1898. Bell syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-09-15
VIKING,
WASN'T IT?
g
By Charlotte Doyle
=. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service

OORS banged. radiators pound
ed, chairs scraped noisily on
the cement floor or rubbed
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-11

unemployed group said passage Of a
resolution at the convention Of un-
employed Tuesday, in which the gov
ernor was roundly scored, was all a
mistake.
The governor, members of the COM
mittee said, told them he had nothing
to do with either the administration
of poor relief or the Bank OF North
Dakota's plan to use relief list labor
in repairing farms.
AS a result they issued the follow
ing statement, signed by Bert j.
Drennen, Stanley Frank, William +.
Meredith, C. D. Mason and T. j. Con-
lon:
Someone, nisinformed by The
Leader, drew up resolution CRITICS.
ing Governor LANCER for his acts in
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY AUGUST IL 1893

regard to the painting and repairing
of state owned farm buildings in the
state and had the resolution passed
by the unemployed convention held
in Bismarck, August 7th and 9Th.
Upon investigation we, the executive
board, find that Governor LANCER Is
in no way connected with emergency
relief administration and therefore
not responsible for the unjust plan to
rehabilitate the farm buildings, and
we absolve the governor Of all blame.
The governor has always been en-
phatic in his demands for a living
wage scale for labor, and we take
this means to as far as possible, right
an injustice"
Somebody's Error
The Leader" referred to is Cover
nor hangers own newspaper which
had referred to the farm rehabilita-
ton plan as a part of the new DEAF
in administering state affairs.
The convention resolution con-
demned the farm rehabilitation plan
and called on the governor to aban-
don it or resign his position as the
states chief executive.
Drennen said it was formerly
adopted and announced by him, but
that it was based on misinformation
contained in the administration news
paper; that Governor LANCER had put
them straight as to the facts and
they we're issuing the statement OF
absolution in justice to him.
In statement Thursday G. w
Lewis of the Bank Of North Dakota
accepted responsibility for the plan
and, at the same time, announced
that its operation had been discon-
tinued because of public opposition.
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the first tilt in a three-game series
for the Bismarck city championship.
These teams include the best play
ers from the teams in the women's
and girls kittenball league.
The remaining two games of the
series will be played Aug. II and Aug.
"a at $50 p. m.
Women-Louise Voigt, Lillian Heu-
pei, Evelyn Welsh, Bertha Peterson,
Mrs. M. s. Priske, Marian Worner,
Ruth Jordan and Hannah Jordan.
Girls-Georgia Mason, Olive john
son, Bertha Bredy, Jean Renwick,
Beverly Barnes, Betty Laist, Laura
Ellsworth, Mary K. Riggs and Flossie
Dohn.
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here by special train Sunday to wit
ness the baseball game between
jamestown and Bismarck at o'clock
in the afternoon.
The train will arrive here shortly
after II q. m.
The association Of commerce Is
mastering automobiles to be used in
taking the visitors on an hours tour
ii the city Immediately after the ar
rival Of the train. The motorists will
form a line at the depot before II
o'clock and pick up the Jamestown
residents as they leave the train.
More than 100 automobiles will be
needed, Goddard said, so he Is urging
those who can cooperate to commune
cate with him that he will know how
many automobiles will be available
and so that he can give instructions.
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New Closing Time Is
Effective Saturday

Fifteen of Bismarck's leading bust
ness establishments, selling general
merchandise and ready-to-wear, will
close at 6 p. m, Saturday night un-
der readjusted hours devised In con-
nection with their new NRA code, it
was announced Friday.
Under the new schedule the stores
entering the agreement will be open
from a. m. to p. M, including
Saturday, a total of 81 hours week.
This is two hours above the hours
suggested by Hugh Johnson, national
recovery administrator.
Stores signing the agreement have
announced the employment Of addi-
tional help in line with the spirit of
the NRA code and the aim of Presi-
dent Roosevelt to increase employ
! ment.
Success of this plan to increase
payrolls and maintain efficient serv-
ice depends entirely on public COOP
Grafton, representatives Of the mer-
chants said Friday in asking that
persons support them in their efforts
to make the NRA plan effective In
Bismarck.
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Hotel Hostess Will
Help Fair Visitors

Ida e. Ratzlaff, North Dakota's
Worlds Fair hotel hostess, wants Wis
itors to the fair to look her up when
they visit the exposition on August
80, which Is North Dakota's day at
the fair.
In a letter to the Tribune Miss
Ratzlaff says that she is looking for
ward with the keenest interest to
North Dakota's day at the exposition
and to meeting all those who attend.
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She wants people who plan on at
tending to write to her for any in
formation they may want concerning
hotel accommodations, eating places.
places of interest at the fair or In
Chicago, or anything they may want
to know that will help make their
visit to.the fair economical, comfort
able, pleasant and worth while.
She meets all North Dakota trains
and advises visitors to look for her
under a banner marked North Da-
kota Hostess. Her address is Park
side Hotel, PIP North Hamlin Boule-
ward, Chicago, Ill.
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Eight More Business
Houses Sign Pledges

Eight more Bismarck firms have
signed President Roosevelt's re-en1-
ployment agreement. bringing the
total signers here to 158, according to
Postmaster Walter Sather.
The new signers include the J. D.
Shoe Rebuilders, Bismarck Quality
Stores, Albert Papacek, tailor; Serv-
ice Barber Shop, Rutherford's Cafe,
Investors Mortgage Security COM
pany, Bismarck Oil company and E..
B. Klein, tailor and cleaner.