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GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE
W. M. Bolt. BOHor O. & Wardt*. Imm ari G. Pütt. Buä m m t M anagm
fDirORIAL PACK
A Drily Bible Thought
LET THIS MIND BE IN
YOU, which was al
to in Christ Jesus.
'Let nothing ùe done
through strife or
vainglory; but in lowliness of
mind let each esteem other
better than themselves.—Phil.
2:5, 3.
WHAT IS IN A NAME?
A DISPATCH from Washington
tells us that the official
title of the disarmament conference
called by President Harding is to
be "Conference on the Limitation
of Armament." Take note that it
is a conference "on" limitation of
armament and not "for" such lim
itation. There is repeated warn
ing from administration sources at
the national capital that the public
must not expect too much from it.
That reduction of present arma
ment is not "practical,' 'and that
the most that can be hoped for is
some agreement to reduce the per
cent of future increases; that dis
armament is not the real purpose
of the conference anyway, but the
ironing out of "the Pacific prob
lems" is its paramount purpose;
that the use of the word disarma
ment is misleading, and more to the
same effect. At the same time we
are urged by Republican newspa
pers and Republican statesmen, not
to view this conference from any
partisan standpoint, but to give it
generous support, as a great patri
otic and humanitarian effort above
and beyond partisan considerations.
Very well, that is how we would
be glad to view it. But that view
implies that its motive is in no way
political and partisan, and that the
conference at Washington will be
glad to co-operate with all other
agencies seeking the peace of the
world and the disarmament of the
nations, not excepting the greatest
of all these agencies the League
of Nations, comprising fifty inde
pendent and sovereign nations in
its organization, and already en
gaged in trying to bring about dis
armament. The League of Nations
has already offered to place at the
disposal of the Washington con
ference all the information it has
gathered on the subject and to co
operate with it to gain such end.
So far as we have seen in the pub
lic press no notice has been taken
of this offer on behalf of the
League of Nations, and no reply
made to it.
If the Washington conference ex
pects to get non-partisan support
and cordial and enthusiastic approv
al from all the citizens of the
United States, the administration
which called it would do well to
cease warning people not to ex
pect too much from it. When they
keep throwing buckets of cold water
on the public sentiment in favor
of world disarmament by agree
ment, and ignore efforts in that
direction such as are undertaken
by the League of Nations, they
do more to dull patriotic enthusiasm
in its behalf than any Democratic
newspapers could do. The whole
world is weary of war. The civ
ilized nations of the earth are de
manding release from the crushing
burden of preparing for wars in
the future. The administration at
Washington cannot change this
feeling by striking the word "dis
armament" out of the official title
of the conference, because that
word is fixed in the heart of
thinking men and women the world
over. The authorities at Wash
ington can give the conference any
name they please, but if disarma
ment îu no part of their program,
or no considerable and important
part of their program, then the in
terest of the masses of the people
in its deliberations will be vastly
diminished.
What are these "problems of the
Pacific" that we hear so much
about? No one seems to be will
ing to state them boldly. Is it
the question of which nation shall
govern the Island of Yap? Is it
that the Japanese men and women
breed too freely and refuse to prac
tice birth control and in conse
quence keep spreading out over the
islands of the Pacific and the east
ern end of the continent of Asia?
Is it that they work too cheaply
or live too cheaply and so compete
on terms of advantage with other
races in economic production? Is
it that their alliance with Great
Britain makes it impossible for
some stronger nation to invade
Japan or take by force from them
any of their present territorial pos
essions without first acquiring a
,vy superior in power fo the joint
naval power of Great Britain and
Japan? We have heard all sorts of
things designated as being our Pa
cific problems which must inevit
ably produce war unless they are
"ironed out" flat as a pancake at
the Washington conference. We
confess that none of them seem
very important to us or any cause
for war between Japan and the
United States.
A rose by any other name would
smell as sweet the poet assures us,
and it does not make much differ
ence what official name the Wash
ington administration gives to the
international conference meeting at
Washington. But in the minds of
the pepole it is what they have
called it—a conference for disarm
ament. If it does not consider
this subject, or, considering it, ad
journs with no achievement along
the lines of disarmament between
the nations of the world, it will be
a failure in the eyes of a majority
of the people of the United States
and a disappointment. All efforts
of the administration to discount
such disappointment in advance by
pessimistic statements and chang
ing the name of the conference will
not diminish such disappointment.
They only serve the purpose of
creating a doubt as to the sincerity
of the desire of the present admin
istration regarding the accomplish
ment of the national desire to that
end.
A WRANGLING STATE
GOVERNMENT
THE first full and complete state
government under the control
of the Republican party sits at the
state house in Helena, and even
with doors and windows closed in
the executive building the stranger
stopping at the Placer hotel can
hear the words liar, prevaricator,
cheat, grafter and other insults
hurled by one Republican state of
ficial against another Republican
state official. Biff, bang, knock
down and drag out sessions of the
state board of examiners and other
official boards presided over by
Gov. Dixon are of almost daily
occurrence. It is getting scandal
ous. In the last state administra
tion these governing boards were
bi-partisan. Most of the time Gov.
Stewart was in a minority. Doubt
less the members sometimes dis
agreed over the business of the
state brought before them, but
while Gov. Stewart presided over
their sessions some dignity was
preserved. The members either
agreed with the governor or they
did not. In the latter case Gov.
Stewart saw to it that the records
contained his dissent, and the will
of the majority prevailed without
unseemly wrangling. Sometimes
these differences of opinion be
tween the governor and the Repub
lican members of the state boards
went to the public in official re
ports in the newspapers, if they
were deemed important enough.
More often they remained buried in
the official records unless some
person interested enough dug them
up. Gov. Stewart maintained his
dignity as governor of the state
and his associates at the state house
respected him and treated him with
respect whether they were of his
political party or not.
Since Gov. Dixon took posses
sion of the office of chief execu
tive of the state these state gov
erning board meetings have come
to take on the characteristics of a
bear garden, or a bolshevik mass
meeting. Verbal bomb shells are
hurled at each other by members
of the board, stink pots explode all
over the mahogany furniture of
the meeting room, the table is ov
erturned, vile motives are freely
assigned as explaining the action
of opposing members, and Gov.
Dixon is in the thick of the fight,
either getting clubbed over the
head by some other Republican
member of the board, or clubbing
some other member himself, till an
adjournment brings a sudden end
to a violent meeting, and the news
paper reporters gather up the scraps
of the row to present next morning
to the public. The thing is dis
graceful and getting so common
that it will soon constitute a state
scandal. The governor makes no
secret of the fact that he is out
"to get" certain other Republican
officials who have refused to play
his game, and these officials make
no secret of the fact that they are
out to get him.
This newspaper feels no responsi
bility for Gov. Dixon's presence in
the state house, nor yet for the
presence there of other Republican
officials. It might feel inclined to
stand back with that pioneer lady
who stood in the doorway of her
log cabin, and shouted "Go it hus
. i,. PcgMpi we
band! Go it bear!"
would feel that way were it not for
the scandalous way in which we
must present ourselves to citizens
of other states. The Tribune has
no influence with the present •state
administration. Its advice is neither
sought or valued. However, we
would suggest an armed truce be
tween bombing parties at the state
house until the next election when
the voters may find a permanent
cure by restoring the Democratic
officials to the state house, and
thus effecting a return to decency
and dignity in the state government.
THE - WOMAN IN POLITICS
'THE Philadelphia Public Ledger
* takes note of the fact two
lucky men have been recently re
warded for the political activity of
their wives by President Harding.
The Philadelphia newspaper says:
"Today President Harding sent to
the senate the nomination of George
W. Upton of Warren, O., to be a
member of the Federal Trade com
mission. He is the husband of Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton, vice chair
man of the Republican national ex
ecutive committee and by common
consent the outstanding representa
tive of the new branch of the elec
torate among G. O. P. leaders. Mr.
Upton's appointment to the Fed
eral Trade commission follows last
week's appointment of Dr. John G.
South of Kentucky to be minister
to Panama. Mrs. South (Christine
Bradley South) was assistant sec
retary of the Republican national
committee. Both Mrs. Upton and
Mrs. South did yeoman service in
the Harding and Coolidge cam
paign in 1920."
One might think it strange
that these women were not
appointed to these offices them
selves in reward for their efforts
to put President Harding in the
White House. In fact one eastern
newspaper voices this objection to
the president's action, and some of
the women rights advocates seem
to think that it sets a bad precedent.
However, conceding these ladies
were entitled to a reward from the
treasury of the United States for
getting votes for Mr. Harding, and
they were surely as much entitled
to that as though they were men,
we can see no reason why they
should not give their rewards to
their husbands if they wanted to
do so. Long before woman suf
frage was ever heard of ladies dis
posed of the taxpayers' money
through their control of govern
ment patronage, and a good many
men whose names cut some dash
in history were not beyond solicit
ing the aid of females to get a fat
government job. Rather frequent
'y these females were not only not
j 'y were only not
their wives, but they were not the
wives of anyone else. They had a
pull with the appointing power in
those days just the same.
A new way now opens up for the
man with a smart wife to get a
pipe connection with the federal
treasury and a fat job. He can get
his wife to go into politics and get
a job for him—that is if he can
maintain his pull with friend wife.
It depends some on the woman.
After she has captured a fat worm
by industrious scratching in the
political field, friend husband can
come on the run and swallow it
when he hears her call, or she can
swallow it herself before he gets
there if she has a mind to. It all
depends on what kind of a wife he
has got. In these cases no doubt
the protective instincts were well
developed in the ladies mentioned
and they were as pleased to present
them with a fat job they had dug
up by their political activity as
some husbands would be to present
their wives with a fine jeweled
necklace. They should be grateful
husbands, and efficient representa
tives of the administration. No
doubt their wives will see that they
attend to their jobs.
All Kalispell Closes
While It Lays to Rest ~
Hero of Three Wars
Special to The Tribune
Kalispell, Oct. 20.—All places of
business were closed Wednesday from
1 until 3, whilfi the city paid tribute to
Capt. Louis H. Fournier.
Captain Fournier enlisted in the army
early and served through tthe Spanisb
Ainerican war and the Boxer rebellion
in China. He joined Co. II, Montana
National Guard, and saw extended ser
vice on the Mexican border, returning
to Kalispell as first, lieutenant.
He was one of the first to volunteer
for overseas service and sailed for
France shortly after the declaration of
war, with the famous Second division.
He served at the front with his com
pany until invalided late in the war and
was returned to the states, shattered
in both mind and body as the result
of shell shock. He never fully re
covered and finally died at the state
sanitarium at Warm Springs, October
He was accorded a full military fu
neral, the local Legion post acting as
a uniformed escort and the bearers
were all officers during the war, among
them being Lieutenant B"oot, who has
been named as a bearer in the services
for the "Unknown American" which
are to be held at Arlington, Va., od
Armistice day.
Although the Arab will seldom sell
the saddlecloths and trappings made
by his wife, he will give them away as
a token of friendship.
FALLSY.W.C.A.
BY JOHN B.LONG
Will Provides That Stockman's
' $400,000 Estate Be Con
verted Into Cash.
Twenty-three persons, three of whom
are residents of Great Falls; the Young
Women's Christian association of Great
Falls, the Associated Charities of
Great Falls, and the Montana Chil
dren's Home society, of Helena, are
named legatees in the will of the late
John B. Long, pioneer stockman and
for many years a resident of Great
Falls, who died on September 211 at
Los Angeles, Calif.
The will was filed Thursday in dis
trict court, by Itoy Ford Clary, who
was associated with Mr. Long in the
livestock business and who was named
by Mr. Long as executor of his will.
Accompanying the will was a petition
from Mr. Clary asking that he be ap
pointed executor of the will and that
it be admitted to probate. District
Judge J. B. Leslie set Wednesday,
November 9, as the day for hearing
the petition and it is likely that the
will will be admitted to probate at the
same time.
Estate Worth $400,000 and Upwards
Under the provision of the will, which
was executed by Mr. Long on April 3,
1917, his estate, consisting of real,
personal and mixed property, passes
under the control of George E. Dutton,
of Syracuse, 111., Mr. Clary and John
J. Baucus, as trustees, who will ad
minister the distribution in accordance
with Mr. Long's wishes. The property,
valued at more than $400,000, must be
conveyed to the trustees within a year
from Mr. Long's death, and within
five years from the date of death,_ all
the property must be converted into
money.
The will provides for the creation
of three trust funds, for the benefit
of Mrs. Charlotte L. Long, of Cam
bridge, N. Y.. who was Mr. Long's
stepmother; Mr. Long's two adopted
daughters, Margaret and Sarah Long
of Los Angeles, and Miss Eleanor M.
March of Saratoga. N. Y. Proceeds
from the investment of $20,000 will be
paid annually to Mr. Long's step
mother until her death, after which
the principal sum will be conveyed to
Elizabeth B. Long, the widow.
A fund of $100.000 is to be placed
in trust for the education of the adopt
ed daughters until they reach the age
of 21 years, when the trustees are to
pay half of the annual income to them.
When they reach the age of 30 years,
each are to receive $00.000. A $5,000
trust fund is to be created for the
benefit of Miss March, the annual in
come to be paid in installments during
the remainder of her life.
Mrs. Long is bequeathed the sum of
$100,000; John H. Quaekenbusb of
Schaghticoke, N. Y.. $20.000; Harry
Ewing of Portland, $20.000; Roy Ford
Clary of Great Falls, $20.000; Freder
ick Î. Long, brother of Mr. Long, of
Great Falls, $10,000; John J. Baucus
of Great Falls. $10,000; Louise H.
Lawrence of Buffalo, X. Y.. $10.000;
Jane A. Robertson of Beatrice, Neb.,
$10.000; Harriet Lawrence of Buffalo,
X. Y., $5,000; Margaret A. Baker, ma
tron of the state Home for the Friend
less. I'lattsburg, X. Y.. $5,000; Millard
B. Hunter. John M. Hunter and Robert
V. Hunter of Jolinsonville, X. Y.,
$5.000 each; William R. Long of Cam
bridge. X. Y.. $5.000; Anna C. Fors
man of Los Angeles, $5.000; Anna T.
Caswell, Sarah P. Caswell. Thomas
Caswell and Edward Caswell of Xor
ton. Mass., $5,000, to be divided equally
among them; Mary 1'.. Burch of Beat
rice, Xeb., $5,000; Myra Bryan, Me
chanicsville, X. $5,000.
$25,000 Bequest to Y. W. C. A.
The Y. W. C. A. of Great Falls will
receive $25,000 under the provisions of
the will, and the trustees are directed,
if, before or within the period of five
years after Mr. Long's death, the asso
ciation becomes incorporated so as to
be able to receive such a bequest, to
make the payment. The sum of $5.000
is bequeathed to the Associated Chari
ties. This amount is to be paid in total
if the organization becomes incorpor
ated. and if not, the sum is to be pi.-id
in allotments as the trustees may di
rect. A similar amount is ordered
turned over to the Montana Children's
Home society, which is a regularly or
ganized corporation. When Mr. Long
was a resident of Great Falls he show
ed great interest in community enter
prises and a gift of $25,000 to the
Y. M. C. A. was an illustration of his
financial support.
Mr. Long, in the will, expressed the
wish that each of the beneficiaries
should, within a reasonable time after
receiving the legacy, devote one-tenth
of the amount to the benefit of de
serving poor. One of the provisions
of the will says that any of the bene
ficiaries who contest the will shall re
ceive the sum of $100 instead of the
amuont bequeathed.
Mrs. Broox Martin
Heads State D. A. R.
Helena, Oct. 20.—Mrs. Broox Martin
of Bozeman was elected state regent
of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution at the closing business session
of the Montana organization here
Thursday. Mrs. J. M. Keith of Butte
is the new vice regent, Mrs. N. Duncan
Bozeman, secretary; Mrs. George B.
Conway, Helena, treasurer; Mrs. K. B.
Barell, Billings, registrar; Miss Jean
Bishop. Dillon, historian, and Mrs. Hen
ry It. Wahoske. Great Falls, librarian.
' Dillon was chosen as the place for
the 1922 convention.
In the afternoon, the delegates were
received by Governor Dixon in the
executive reception room at the capitol.
The women also visited the United
States public health service hospital.
Members of the convention were re
ceived at . the capitol by Governor
Dixon, who delivered a brief address.
The governor then personally conduct
ed the visitors through the various
departments of the capitol.
Travel Club Hears
Old Indian Legends
Indian legends was the subject to
which the members of the Travel club
devoted their attention at their meet
ing Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in
the children's room of the public libra
ry. Following an interesting paper
with that as the theme, read by Mrs.
W. J. Beecher, each member contrib
uted one legend, after which the meet
ing was given over to jin open dis
cussion, led by Mrs. J. R. Hobbins.
Mrs. John Berger and Mrs. Lester
Cole were the two new members taken
into the organization.
FUNERAL OF MRS. MoGUIRE.
Special to The Tribune.
Lewistown, Oct. 20. —The funeral of
the late Mrs. Sarah MçGuire was held
Thursday afternoon, there being a large
attendance of relatives and friwxds.
Tuberculosis Leads
Week's State Diseases
Special to The Tribune.
Helena, Oct. 20.—Tuberculosis, with
26 cases, takes the lead in diseases
reported to the state board of health
for the past week, although it is sig
nficant to note that four cases of in
fantile paralysis, about which a warn
ing was recently issued by the board,
are included. Other cases are:
Smallpox, 20; typhoid fever, 4; diph
theria, 11; scarlet fever, 11; whooping
cough, 5; chickenpox, 6; mumps, 2;
pneumonia, 4; venereal diseases, 21;
cancer, 1; erysipelas, 1.
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TUBERCÜ
Ten State Chapters Will Each
Assume Care of Five of Men
at Fort Harrison.
Special to The Tribune.
Helena, Oct. 20.— Under a decision
reached Thursday at the state meeting
of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution, each of the 10 chapters in the
state will "adopt" five of the tubercu
lar patients at the aTmy rehabilitation
hospital at Fort Harrison.
The Daughters of the Revolution
were addressed by Mrs. Sarah E.
Morse, secretary of the Montana Asso
ciation for the Prevention of Tubercu
losis, who made a talk in behalf of the
tuberculosis patients at the hospital
and secured the promise of the organiz
ation that each chapter would take the
names of five boys and would write a
letter each week to each of the five
and, in addition, would send them mag
azines or other reading matter. Mrs.
Morse impressed upon the convention
the need of "good cheer" for this class
of patients and the letters to be sent
them will be letters of that character.
According to a statement made
Thursday, the 10 chapters in the state
have a membership of 511 aud that
there are at least 2,000 women in the
state who are aligible to membership.
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RED CROSS MEN
HERE FOR MEET
Directors Barnbrock and
Schäfer Coming for Regional
Conference October 26.
Confirmation of the announcement
t hat the Cascade county chapter of the
American Red Cross at Great Falls
will be host to the delegates to a re
gional conference of the oricunizadon
October 26, was received Friday by II.
O. Chowen, chairman of the Cascade
chapter from the office of Walter
Davidson, Chicago, manager of the
central division. One of the principal
interests of the delegates to the con
vention will be a discussion of the roll
call for the coming year.
Will Conduct Conference
Henry Barnbrock, director of field
service and A. L. Schäfer, director of
the junior Red Cross and roll call,
both of the central division office, will
be present to conduct the conference,
according to the announcement received
by Mr. Chowen.
A field representative of the Red
Cross will arrive in Great Falls a few
days in advance of the conference, ac
cording to the announcement, to work
out in detail with the local officials
of the Red Cross the plans for the
convention.
50 Delegates Coming
It is ex pec ted that at least 50 dele
gates of the regional department will
be in attendance at the sessions. The
plans are to hold two meetings daily.
The meeting will be given to a discus
sion of the developments of the Red
Cross service during the year and a
full discussion of roll call plans.
VISIT DAKOTA FIRST, •
THEN OFF FOR CALIFORNIA
Special to The Tribune.
Chinook, Oct. 20.— Mr. and Mrs.
L. N. Sanford left Wednesday for a
few days' visit with relatives in North
Dakota before Mrs. Sanford and son,
Joe, leave for California for the
winter.
Belief that it is unlucky to kill
snakes in the houses causes natives
of Egypt to allow cobras to live in
homes unmolested.
Every Time the dock 'Ticks"
—he is gaining financially, for he has
linked time to his money. Ht has saved
and invested wisely.
And each year interest and dividends
swell his income. The saver finds time
a stronger and stronger co-worker as
his balance mounts. How's your sav
ings balance?
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Stolen Savings Stamps
Are Located in Butte
Butte, Oct. 20. — Federal secret
service agents Wednesday located in
Butte a $100 book of war savings
stamps believed to have been stolen
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that were selling at
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who had placed them in a safety de
posit box in the bank. Acid had been
used to change the registration num
ber on the stamps.