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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Seniority Rule Threatened.

Washington, d. C.-Abolition of the
senate's seniority rule by which the
Craftsmanship Of a committees goes to
the member with the longest contin-
uous service thereon is suggested by
Senator Mccormick, of Illinois, chair
man of the republican senatorial COM
mittee, in a letter to Senator Lodge,
the republican leader. The letter also
urged that the steering committee, of
which Mr.. Mccormick is a member,
be made representative of all sections
and thought on the republican side.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Scores Killed by Quake.

Valparaiso, Chile.-Seventy are
dead and so injured at CoQuimbo from
the earthquake. The business district,
including the Grace G Co. building, is
reported to have been destroyed. Five
thousand are homeless at Ovalle,
-Illapel and other towns in the same
district. Efforts made throughout the
day by Chilean naval vessels to com.
municate by radio with ships at the
port of Antofagasta have been futile.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
HUMBLE OIL FIELDS
SWEPT BY BLAZE
Spectacular Conflagration Threatens
to Wipe Out Entire Properties
Of Gulf Production Company.

loss already has been sustained ana
upwards of $4,000, 900 property is
threatened by a spectacular OIL lire
raging in the tank farms section OF
the Humble oil fields. The blaze
started in an earthen reservoir, es-
timated to hold upwards Of 100000 bar
rels Of crued oil, valued at 81 per
barrel.
Houston, Tex.-More than 1000, 900
barrels Of oil were doomed and ndi
cations were that a similar amount
probably would be consumed in a spec
tacular fire sweeping the Gulf Pro-
duction company farm at Humble.
Lightning caused the blaze which was
spreading over an artificial lake
formed from rain.
Three enormous underground res
e%ryoirs, said to have a capacity or
400,0 900 barrels each, already were
ablaze and the boiling inferno was
spread rapidly toward three other
nearby pits. The whole farm consists
of 20 tanks, all of which may be lost.
The blaze can be seen for 10 miles
in every direction.
Workers are handicapped in fight
ing the blaze, both by the heat and
the condition of the field. Rains, the
last two or three days, have almost
flooded the section and fire fighting
nnnDn no tnnxynI nrinElu
to the scene
1t was said that some oil was being
drained from three tanks not yet
ablaze and efforts were being made to
keep the fire back by throwing steam
against the leaping blaze.
The farm is situated on a prairie
and fears are entertained that oil will
spread beyond immediate territory.
The site is three miles from Humble,
however, and will not n the
town property.
While the oil belongs technically to
the Gulf Production company, the
earthen storage belongs to the Gulf
Pipe line, a subsidiary.
Hope Of saving any of the 1000, 600
barrels Of oil Immediately threatened
virtually was abandoned. 1t developed
that the first tank catching fire con
tanned $4,000 barrels of oil, and that
two other tanks on the same lot
brought the total oil stored up tc
more than 1000, 900 barrels.
Officials OF the Sun company, which
has 500 900 barrels of oil stored in the
same vicinity, announced that they
believed loss could be prevented.
A living near the scene sait
that when the lightning struck a small
cone Of flame shot high into the air
as If following the vacuum produced
by the stroke. This was followed BY
a great blast, which shook her house
rafting windows and dishes. Othel
nearby residents report distinc
shocks.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Snow in South Dakota.

Pierre, S. D.-Reports coming from
the northwest counties Of the state
indicate a decided wintry outlook for
that section just now. The snow is
six feet deep in many places, accord.
ing to reports. While the state further
south and east has been covered with
clouds of gloomy weather, with more
or less rain, they escaped the heavy
snow fall which evidently came fur
Their north and west.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
EXPLOSION OF A
STILL KILLS FIVE
FIRE FOLLOWS BLAST IN CHI.
cAGo lATLiAN GROCERY.
-FOUR OF VICTIMS CHILDREN
Elazv Wipes Out Two Buildings
Battalion FIRE Chief Displays Ex-
traordinary Heroism.

Chicago.-Explosion OF a moonshine
still in an Italian grocery. followed
by fire, resulted in five deaths and
possibly of four missing children also
being dead, destruction of two build
ingS and an extraordinary exhibition
of heroism by Chief Frank B~raiband
of the Fifth battalion. Though on the
scene within a minute after the ex-
plosion the fire fighters found the
brick structure a cauldron Of flame
and smoke. The second floor was
known TO be the home of several
families, with many small children.
To turn the water into the building
might be dangerous to them.
Chief Braiband donned a gas mask
and entered the building through a
window broken by the firemen. He
permitted only his chauffeur, Fire
man Charles Bratt, to accompany him.
Telling the others to withhold the
water until they returned, the chief
quickly assembled TO the sleeping
quarters, the firemen meanwhile being
limited to fighting the fire in the base
ment.
1t wa 20 minutes before Chief Brai-
band ~reappeared carrying with him a
child under each arm. He quickly re-
turned and after 10 minutes brought
out another child. Fear for Braiband's
life was felt by the anxious firemen
who were prohibited by his orders
from attempting to go to his aid.
Bratt was meantime bringing out
other children, some alive, others dead.
All were rushed to st. Mary's hos
pital on the million to one chance
that artificial respiration might re-
store life to them.
The known dead are: Steve Bottino,
8 years old; Mary Bottino, z years
old, Antoinette Bonttino, 8 years old;
Mrs, Jacob Verdome, and her infant
child.
Jacob Verdome was the owner of
the grocery. He escaped death and is
In st. Mary's hospital badly burned.
The bodies Of his wife and baby were
recovered from the ruins, the baby
AO'NA NAooPCu W T. hlOlllCI y DOSOIl.
Joseph Bottino and wife, Josepha, the
parents OF six children, were rescued
and their three children saved were
thoseAbrousht cut by Braiband.
Mary and Steve Bottino were alive
when taken from the building. but died
later in the hospital. Jack, the ED.
est, who is IL and Louis 5. were
dangerously burned.
A still was found, which indicated
that the grocery was merely a blind
for the manufacture of moonshine.
The police learned that each day a
batch of alleged whiskey was cooked
up, sufficient only for the days bust
ness.
Verdome was placed under arrest in
the hospital. Police estimated the
capacity of the home distillery at
90 gallons per day. Police said that
besides the liquor violation charge
,Verdome may be held criminally re-
sponsibile for the deaths.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Audience FIees From Fire.

Los Angeles.-One man was over
come by smoke. and nearly 200 other
persons fled in panic when fire broke
out in the Novelty Motion Picture
theatre. Mark B. Jones, 80 years old,
a disabled world war veteran, who
was gassed overseas, was the one
overcome. He fell in an aisle and
scores trampled over him before fire
men rescued him. Property loss was
small.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Fire at Army Aviation Post.

Mt. Clemens, Mich.-Fire that
threatened for several hours to des-
troy the frame buildings at Selfridge
field, the army aviation post near
here, was brought under control after
burning the structures housing the
quartermaster's department. The
stores destroyed and the buildings
were valued at nearly $500, 900. Fifty
or more airplanes were removed from
the hangers and parked on the flying
field for safety.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Bad Fire in Detroit.

Detroit, MichzThe Huron Port
land Cement ~corhpany's distributing
plant for this area was destroyed by
fire. The property loss was estimat-
ed at $250,000. A dense smoke screen
caused by the burning of LOCO, 900
cotton sacks handicapped the fire
fighters and a sccre es companies,
along with fire boats, were required
TO gain control of the blaze.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Judue Garland Dead.

Washington, D.. C.-John Emmett
Garland, one Of the judges of the Unit.
ed States circuit court Of appeals for
the Eighth judicial circuit, comprising
western and northwestern states, died
suddenly Of hemorrhage at his home
here. Judge Garland was 6S years OF
age, and just before he went on the
bench had been a practicing attorney
in South Daokta.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
To Seek Dry Act Chance.

San MISUNDERSTANDING
Julius Kahn, of the Fourth California
district. plans to open the fight for
modification Of. the volstead act, he
declared before his departure for
Washington. In last weeks election
the district he represents voted over
whelmingly to memorabilia congress
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Two Killed In Blast.

Chester. pam explosion, believed
to have been caused by gas, in the
tanker j. N. Pew, under repairs at
Gun Shipbuilding yard here, killed two
workmen, injured two others and
wrecked the vessel amidships with q
less estimated at nearly $500, 900.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Bricks and Stones EIx.

Lincoln, Neb.-Windows were
broken in houses of four foremen of
the Burlington railroad shops at Have
lock, where a strike has existed for
several months. Bricks and stones
we're thrown, shattcring many panes
of glass. but without injury to the
inmates OF any Of the houses.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Army Y Killed.

Hartford, Conn.-Lieut. John Blaney,
army flier from Mitchell field. Long
Island, was instantly killed at Brain
ard municipal field while taking part
in an airplane relay in the Hartford
aviation meet. His plane struck a
tree and crashed when about to land.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
New York Banks.

New York.-The actual condition of
toe clearing house banks and trust
companies for the week shows that
hey hold s35,4S2,5 1 in excess OF
legal requirements. This is an in.
crease of 1895 $50 from last week.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Robbers Take rheater Cash.

Kansas City, Mo:-Robbers burned
a large hole through two steel doors
Of a vault in the Pantages theater
here and escaped with $11, 200.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-11-24
Trial Of Burch Postponed.

Los Angeles-The trial of Arthur
C. Burch. charged with the murder of
J. Bolton Kennedy, was postponed.
owing to illness OF a Ndeputy attorney
: 1870
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MEET To DISCUSS
W0MEN'S SPORTS
Officials Of A. A. U. and Others
to Promote Athletics
for Fair Sex
MAY FORM ORGANIZATION

New York. April S.---Officials Of the
Amateur Athletic Union Of the United
States and representatives of other or.
ganizations interested in the promotion
and DEVELOPMENT Of amateur athletics
for women in this country are TO hold
u conference this afternoon ut the
Hotel McAlpin.
There is n demand for an organizza-
tion to promote and improve amateur
athletics for women in this country.
and 1t seems to be the consensus Of
opinion among those who arc inter
csted In athletic sports for women that
the Amateur Athletic Union is the or
ganization which should administer
track and field athletics for women. .
Just as it does swimming.
Swimming for women has improved
wonderfully since the Amateur Athletic
nion assumed control in 1914. and
records will show that where there was
one expert swimmer prior to 1914 there
are hundreds today.
In all probability track and field ath-
l"tics for women will appear on the
program for the Olympic games at
Amsterdam in 1921 and America will
want to be represented by Il strong
team. England. France. Germany and
oth"r countries are going in for ath-
Ietlrs Tor women on large scale and
America must not take back scat.
The meeting. which will he presided
over by William &. Prout. of tho
Amateur Athletic Union Of the United
states. will be attended by the follow.
| ing representatives OF organizations,
municipal recreation departments and
schools having TO do with the conduct
OF athletics and physical training for
women:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-08
BR|DESBURG CLUB
STARTS PRACTICE
Uptown Baseball Team Opens
Season Next Saturday at
Forty-eighth Ward
TWO GAMES WITH NATIVITY

TNHE BridcsburE baseball team Will
diamond Mt Richmond and Orthodox
streets. Manager Billy Whitman has
n big squad of players signed and will
also give number of others chance
to work out, and il they make good,
They may be added to the team. In.
cludcd in those to he tried out are sew
eral former Penn players.
This is Whitman's first year as n
manager. He is one of the most popu-
lar players in the city and the fans
are pulling for him to have big year.
He has decided to open the season next
Saturday afternoon. when hr will assist
Manager Graham lift the lid on the
1922 campaign of the Forty eighth
Ward. The latter is making ready for
the getaway and has signed Pitcher
Longacrc, the former star Of Doyles-
town.
On Saturday. April 90. Bridesburg
help Phil Haggcrty and Nativity get
under way. The teams come back to
Richmond and Orthodox streets on
April 20, and not until then will
Bridcsburg fans lamp the club in action
on the home diamond.
Here Are the Hurlers
Whitman has signed n quartet OF
hurlers that should make name for
his team. llo has another in view, con
sidcred the best in Philadelphia. but
his arm is uncertain. Whitman would
like to have him, but fears he will not
round into shape. The pitchers already
on the payroll are ready for the fray
right now.
Ray Kcppncr, the Crcssona right q.
handler, has the distinction Of beating
every Philadelphia club last season
Lefty Costello is Il southpaw of the
Baltimore Drydocks. who spent the on :
tire 1920 campaign with the Cubs.
! Stan Popolcski Is another southpaw,
who stands q feet inches and weighs
100 pounds. He is recommended by
Stanley Covelcski, who had him with
the Cleveland Indians for trial last
year. and the other is Fred Strcby, of
Easton. Pa.
Behind the bat is Lew Flock, whose
services were sought by big League
teams this year. Fleck is the heaviest.
hitting catcher in Philadelphia. He
will be assisted by Joe Bogart. of West
Philadelphia High. Bogart will also
play the outtield. He is an amateur.
but is playing with the team because
he loves the game and is personal
friend of Whitman. Bogart is signed
on an amateur contract.
One Job Vacant
All positions are filed. with the cx-
ception of the Keystone sack. On first
is EllwOod Buzby. formerly of Stet-
son: Eddie Gallagher. the Known
local basketball player. signed his con-
tract today to cover short. and Bobby
Rice, for several seasons in the Eastern
League. will be stationed at the hot COR
ner. Bill Diamond will act as substi-
tutc intiellcr.
In the outtield will be Charlie Han
ford, the eX-Chi- Fed. who also PLAYED
with Whitman at Merchant Ship !;
Alcck Leslie. who will be available in
pinch to hurl. and Whitman himself.
The field at Richmond and Orthodox
streets has been in the hands of con-
tractors for nearly Il month. They
have the field in fine Shap" and rarpen-
tcrs will begin work ON the grandStands
next Monday. when nearly II thousand
additional seats will be erected.
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JUMPS ARE Determined
Meet and Decide to Refuse Offer Of
Phila. Baseball Association

The United Umpires' Association
held n special meeting at the Benedict
Service Club last night and agdin re.
fused to accept the terms offered by
the Philadelphia Baseball Association,
Thomas Gleason. supervisor. has
been instructed to get In touch with all
teams and make arrangements for send
ing officials who desire them. Accord
ing to Joe O'Neill, they have received
many inquiries from all sections.
In the meantime the Baseball Asso.
citation Is receiving applications from
umpires. and now has eighty on the
list. and has been assured that many
OF the leading umpires in the city will
work for its organization indenendenily
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Cambridge Beats
Penn ReLay Team,
Continued c from Pase One

Continued from Page One
Brown finished ten yards ahead Of
Milligan. of Oxford.
Had Lawson Robertson been able 10
start Don Head. his injured miller, the
result of the race would have been no
different. Head is not more than a
second faster than either McLanc or
Herr, the slowest two men on the
Penn team.
The contest was arranged as the first
big international event Of the ycnr and
to feature the annual public schools
tournament in competition for the
Achilles trophy baton. donated Ivy the
Achilles Club, which sponsored rhe af-
fair. Club officials were elated over
the entry list Of thirty principal schools
and felt their beginning was success
full.
Record Is 1881 Is
The four-mlle relay record of
II 81 Is is held jointly by the Hos-
ton A. A. and Cornell University
teams. The B. A. A. team, composed
Of II. F. Mahoncy. Jean Marccau.
Jimmy Power, and Oscar F. IIedlund.
running in. that order, created the
at Easton. Pa. June II. 1913. and
three years later Cornell team equalcd
the time. The B. a. A. men ran under
the old rules of an cishteen-inch meas
urement.
The trip of the University of Penn
sylvania team marks the first time since
1000 that the wcarers of the Red and
Blue have appeared abroad in inter
national competition.
Twenty-Five years ago one of the
greatest aggregatiOns of track stars ever
to represent Pennsylvania went to Lon.
don and Paris and electrified the track
world with n series of performances
that have seldom II ever been equaled
In the history of track athletics.
The team was composed of twelve
athletes, four of whom won no less
than nine Olympic championships. The
party sailed from New York the latter
part of June, 1000. competing first in
London and aftcrward in the great
Olympic games held in Paris.
Recalls 1914 Race
The four-mil relay recalls vividly
the last time the University Of Penn
sylvania athletes raced against an Eng
lsh Team. 1t was back in 1914, when n
combined Oxford Cambridge quartet
raced the Quakers in the relay carn-
val at Franklin Field. Philadelphi
The Englishmcn won. but the race
still stands as one Cf the most spec
tacular and thrilling ever staged. The
finish was so close that the spectators
and even the judges were divided on
the question of the winner.
4. n. s. Jackson. who at that time
was the greatest miller in England. was
the anchor man, and he started off Il
good ten yards behind Wallace Nc
Curdy, who was then captain Of the Red
and Blue.
Lou Madeira ran third for the Quak-
crs. being preceded by George Bacon
and Langner. Madeira displayed beau
tiful form and defeated Norman Tabcr.
an American Rhodes scholar and pres
cnt holder of the worlds record for
the mile.
Jackson caught McCurdy on the first
lap of the four. Then tine Two athletes
ran neck and neck until the straight
away was reached. In the meantime
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-08
Baseball Filmed in
Camps and ElSp,chcrc

Earl Hamilton. OF the Pirates Who BEGAN
his baseball career with tho SprInl hrIb
Mo, club. pitched three innings against his
oid teammates yesterdaS He did not al
low Il man TO reach first and IN tho h ri
npins retired the side ON strikes.
(oyeleskic and uhle are scheduled :, WORK
for the Indians this afternoon and tomOr-
row, aud they are lOokilE forward tn tEe
games AZ i VIII give them their first ChanCe
10 work Il full nine-nnlng contest. So far
this season no Cleveland hurler has zone
over nNu innings.
johnny Nohardt's error SaNc Nenphis
lone run in the same with Detroit y"gter'
day. RI" Users Tailed thirteen. pIrhrr
Vines was an easy mark for Ty ,'ohh,s
men. and they baued around in each of ths
first two innings.
baseball will get under way IN Now y,rL
this afternoon when tho Giants meet tb,
White SoX At the Polo Grolnls ana ,Ha
Yankees invade Brooklyn to uppOs' ,ho
Dodgers,
The Dodgers ass!n beat the Yanks fl,
Richmond Yesterday, score { TO q Rahe
Ruth banged out homer that broke al
records, but Waly PIpp committed an az a,I
ror In the ninth that resulted in defeat for
his team.
xrandstand in the 1uth when he was IA kne kne
6e jrsIn M.na. AZ, q MyIsins: Sss r.ssAsa ss q
with the team q msnsser. - W.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-08
JAY GOULD DRAWS BYE
Will Play With Joseph w. Wear in
Court Tennis Sen,j.EinaI

Boston. April S.-Jay Gould and
Joseph w. Wear. Of tho Philadelphia
Racquet Club. defending champions,
drew first round bye in the drawing
today for the national court tennis dou J.
blcs championship tournament, which
will begin next Thursday nt the Boston
Tennis and Racquet Club.
They will meet in the semi final
round either W. &. Bowditch and
George W. Wightman or W. \. Burn
ham. .'r.. and DIR. Charming Frothing-
ham. all of Boston.
In the lower half Fulton Cutting, Of
New York. and parncr will oppose q.
\. Shaw Mexican and George X. Fear
ing. OF the Boston Club. The winners
will meet Hewitt Morgan and Payne
Whitney. of New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-08
robson IS 3 UP
Leads Topping In North and South
Final At Plnehurat

Pinehlrst. n. c.. April s.-F. X.
Robson, Of Rochester. was. three up
on Henry j. Topping, of Greenwich.
Conn, today ut the end of the first
eighteen holes Of the thirty. six hole
finals of the North and South amateur
golf championship.
These players met in tho final of the
same event seven years ago and Robe.
son won.
Robeson earned his way to the final
today when he defeated Donald Parson,
Youngstown, in the second round, 8
and 4. and then accounted for W. G..
Fownes, ,Jr.. Oakmont. I up In the semi.
finals. Topping won from F.. l.. SEQ.
field, Pinehurst, at the twentieth hole
in the second round. and defeated Mike
Thomas, of Nashville, 3 and 9, in tn.
semi finals
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-08

the Penn students were wild with en-
thusinsm.
AS they turned into the stretch, Jack :
son put on his famous sprint and the
little, wee McCurdy stayed with him.
The American called forth all the
energy in his little body and he hung
to the famous Englishman until he
was ten yards from the tape. Then
Jackson went into the lead by, hair.
in one last effort. lcnped and many
thought he crossed the line first.
The entire gathering of spectators was
on the field by this time and crowded
around the finish The judges, however
awarded the victory to England. The
time was Is minutes and > seconds.
. 20 seconds faster than today's race,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-08
TOM MILTON BARRED
Champion Racing Driver Under Ban
on Pacific Coast

Fresno. Calf. April S.--Tom Mil
ton. national champion automobile
driver. has been barred from all races
on the Pacific Coast, according to n
telegram received by Manager II. f..
Patterson. of the Fresno Speedway AS
sociaton. from William Schimpff.
chairman Of the National Contest Board
Of the \. \. \. in New York.
Schimpif said in his message that
Milton had been disqualified because
he demanded bonus for entering n
Fresno race