Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-02-01

to be mentioned.
Paris reports a genuine French duel
between 4 member Of the chamber of
deputies. Andre Hesse, and John
Heineix, lawyer. One was Insulted,
which doesn't matter. by something
the other said about the Stavisky scan
dial and the Bayonne pawnshop.
Four seconds. two doctors and the
two principals presented an imposing
spectacle as the desperate duelists
faced each other. coats off In the cold
dawn, about eighty feet apart. Each
fired at the other twice. and then.
presumably. embraced. Nobody WAS
hurt. but Honor" was restored to her
throne. An American reporter said the
four bullets were picked up. side by
side. lying forty feet from each of the
duellsts, In accordance with arrange
ments- That sounds improbable, un-
less the desperate duelists were de-
celved by their benevolent seconds.
Russia and Japan still talk war.
Russia loudly. Japan quietly. The
Japanese emperor, which means his
military advisers. alone can declare
war. Nobody speaks for the emperor
until the time has come to act.
This country hopes for no war. but
II war should come the United States
might learn valuable lessons about fu-
ture wars. We should see In that war
tens of thousands gassed. cities de-
stroyed from the clouds. Inhabitants
sent rushing into the country to es-
cape gas In the streets, rs once In
wartime country inhabitants rushed to
cities for protection Russian fire
bombs would destroy tens Of thou
sands of the highly ~iniammable Jap
Anese dwellings
Many dIsagreeable things would be
learned La such q war.
III you are mol prejudiced against
high-sounding titles. supposed to have
been abandoned In this country when
we broke away from England and
royalty You will be interested to
know that Mr.. Scieber OF Akron. Ohio.
grand monarch of the Mystic Order OF
the Enchanted Realm OF the United
States and Canada, inspecting his van-
GUS @grottoes" throughout the country.
finds cheerfulness and q better feeling
everywhere.
a strike OF walters, cooks, all EN-
ployees of New York hotels and res
t~aurants In suggested. Labor leaders
that tell men to strike undoubtedly
understand their business better than
others. But, apart from special In
formation, 1t would seem desirable to
let prosperity take root a little while
longer. II It will.
Strike enthusiasts may find them
selves out OF work suddenly without
the help Of a strike. The past four
years have taught the country that Ii
In easy enough for a man to be Idle.
Those that criticize the Presidents
In regard to spending OF
twelve thousand million dollars In
1884. providing employment and start
Ing up industry. do not know all the
interesting figures or they would not
criticize the amount
In 1888 American workers received
In wage thirty-two thousand million
dollars less than they received In
1929. when conditions were good. And
those most severely affected are men
working for low wages The govern
ment proposes to spend only one-third
OF the drop In wages. The total ma
honal income dropped from eighty-one
thousand millions In 1929 to %f0rty-nine
thousand millions In 1882.
Ahmed Osman, executed In the
Massachusetts electric chair on Tues
day, vas the nrst Turkish citizen and
the first Mohammedan ever executed
In Massachusetts. He spent his last
hours going through the ritual OF his
religion, although Mohammed "
made special provision for an electric
chair. electricity being unknown In his
day.
The prison offered him his choice
of three assorted ciergymen to &C
company him to the death chair-two
Christian. the third not But they could
offer him no Hohammedan comforter,
70 be refused and went alone. Two
fhonsand volts Of electricity annlied