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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25

CONVENTION
OPENS HERE
Governor SOrlie and Justice
Burke Address Opening
Session
80 DELEGATES HERE
Bismarck Has Second Largest
Loyal Legion Membership
Increase

Mrs. Barbara II. Wylie, state sec
rctary Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. gave the official
report OF the years work in the state
this morning at the convention meet
ing in the McCabe Methodist Epis-
copal church.
a notable increase in the number
Of young peoples societies in the
state was revealed in Mrs. Wylic's
report which showed the number of
Young peonle reached through the ".
c. I. L. has nearly doubled.
Bismarck has the second large St
Loyal Temperance Legion. ichildren' s
Cooperstown is first. a decrease in
membership was reported.
Mrs. ". T.. Black. state treasurer,
reported satisfactory financial con
dition in the organization.
Read Reports
Officers, department heads and
committee chairmcn gave their re-
ports this morning.
Attorney {. l.. Young and Mrs.
Sara W. Ankenmann delivered ad-
dresses of welcome. Mrs. X. NJ. Pol
lock Of Fargo responded for the del
egates.
A memorial service for departed
members concluded the morning 5
session.
Ninety delegates are registered to-
day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson,
Fargo, state president of the W. c.
Il. L., delivered her annual address
last night at 7:30 O'clock ut the op-
ening session of the state W. e. r. L.
convention at the McCabe Methodist
Episcopal church following Il ban
quet at 6:3O o'clock.
Mrs. Anderson listed the large
number of reform measures sponsor
ed. most of them successfully, by
the W. {. T. L. in North Dakota.
Giving. figures compiled by the De
partment OF Agriculture. Mrs. An
dersOn showed an Increase in the
wealth per capita of the American
farmer since prohibition. The Ma
tional Association Of American Bank
crs in Il recent report states that the
average wealth of the American citi-
gen as shown by his bank account has
increased from $500 to $2,9lS in the
past ten years. the largests increase
being since the adoption Of the
eighteenth amendment, according to
the speaker.
There is big work ahead Of you.
your job began with the passing of
the Eighteenth amendment" Cover
nor A. G.. Sorlie told the delegates i'm
his welcome for the state.
Associate Justice John Burke, of
the Supreme Court, welcomed the del
cgates i'm behalf Of the legal frater-
nifty. Urging the women to begin
their reform work at the fountain
head. in the early youth of their
children, he declared his belief that
the increase in juvenile crime was
due to the lack Of proper training
in the homes.
Comparing the work of the W. C.
Y. U. with the work of the school
Miss Minnie j. Nelson. state super
intendent Of public instruction, who
is member of the W. c. T. IT,, said
that the common aim Of the two
was to build a complete citizen
ship" among the youth of today.
Miss Nelson cited dozen North
Dakota high school and university
graduates who have won enviable
places in the world.
A violin solo by Adolph Engelhart
and an instrumental duet by Kyle
and Meyers Pearcy were given dur
ing the evening.
Mrs. Fred NJ. Wanner Of James.
town presided.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
Bandits Attack,
Rob Nora Bayes

New York, Sept. 25.-(P)-Nora
Bayes,. vaudeville actress, who used
to do comedy holdup stunt on the
stage, was suffering today from a
shock Of real holdup by four armed
men, who mauled and threatened in
an attempt to strip her Of her jew
elry.
The men surrounded Miss Bayes'
automobile as she drove up in front
of her home last night. Her chauf-
feur, John Carlow, grappled with
one Of the bandits, and was shot in
the right side. Miss Bayes and her
secretary screamed and the men hit
them. Frightened eventually by the
wOmen's screams, the robbers fled
to 4 waiting automobile, firing as
they ran.
The lavish array Of paste jewelry
which Miss Rayes wears on the stage
apparently led the men to plan the
holdup.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
CONTRACT FOR
PRISON ROAD
SIGNED, CLAIM
Haggart Construction Com.
pany Says Black Made
Award
DEMAND WORK PROCEED
Highway Commission Will
Not Admit Claim, Learned
Here

Another chapter in the penlten-
tiary road paving project known as
Federal AiI Project NJ. 244 develop
ed at Yesterdays meet ng OF the state
highway commission, when a letter
was received from the Haggart Con-
struction Co., Fargo, to the effect
that thev had contra t signed by
W. G.. Black and that they e%pec."i
to proceed with the WORK.
The law gives the secretary Of the
commission power to award the con-
tract, but all the power for DISPOSE
tion Of the highway funds rests in
the hands of the commission. One
Of Mr.. Blacks final official acts in
office was to sign the contract with
the Haggart Construction company.
The commission. however, has taken
no action to set aside funds for the
payment In addition H. c. Frahm,
Blacks successor, rejected all bids
and returned certified checks.
In the letter from the Haggart
Construction Co.. the certified check
of $500 is returned to the COM
mission. The letter follows:
Haggart Letter
eve are returning herewith your
letter of September lS, 1925, in
which you advise Us that all bids re-
ceived on Federal Aid Project No..
244, Burleigh county, have been re-
jected, together with the certified
check for $500, which accompanied
our bid on this project.
"These are being returned to you
for the reason that we hold copy
of the contract for this project
awarded to US for Warrenite Btu
lthic on inch asphaltic con-
crete base, this contract being dated
September S, 1925, and having been
regularly signed and executed by w.
G.. Black, secretary Of the highway
ommissior. all Of member" of the
board of county commits sioners or
Burleigh county attested by the
county auditor Of Burleigh county,
and the Haggart Construction com.
pany by J. A. Shaw. vice president.
We have also furnished u contract
bond, written by the Dakota Trns.
company Of Fargo, n. d.. on the
regular form in the amount Of Sl2:;,-
aOc
I"This contract has been duly, reg
ularly, and legally awarded to US and
we expect to proceed with the con
strurtion. according to the plans and
specifications therefor"
Ii was learned today that the mem
hcrs Of the state highway commits
sion had not changed their attitude
and that Frahm's last letter was
final and that the commission would
stand pat and not set aside any
funds to pay for the work. The con-
tract price for the asphalt is $l23,-
400
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
Johnson Is New
Ag College Editor

Fargo, N. D., Sept. 25.-Tracy W.
Johnson has been appointed to sue
ceed Maynard W. Brown, who re-
Gently resigned as assistant editor
of the publications department of
the North Dakota Agricultural col
lege, according to an announcement
made by President John Lee Coulter.
Mr.. Johnson is a graduate Of the
University of Wisconsin, where he
received his masters degree the past
spring.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
SEA DEVOID OF FISH

Norway. = A seaman, returning
here, reports that there is stretch
Of water in the Pacific off the
Chilean coast where fish refuse to
live. A cold Antarctic current
strikes the coast in this part, but
that does not seem just reason
for the absence Of fish, for the cold
seas, both north and south, team
with fish.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
PORRIDGE LOSING FAVOR

Glasgow. Scotland.--Porridge. the
consumed today is less than half
that cosumed Is years ago, says
grocer's report. Porridge, as eaten
in Scotland. is made from ground
oats, stirred in boiling water with
salt added. No sugar is eaten with
it as in England. Fish, ham and eggs
are taking porridge's place.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
Report PickfOrd
Burglary Attempt

Los Angeles, Sept. 25.-LP)-What
was described by the watchman at
the home of Douglas Fairbanks and
Mary Pickford as an attempt by four
gunmen to break into the Pickford-
Fairbanks home in Beverly Hills,
near here, was reported to the police
early today. Police are investigat-
ing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
NEWS BRIEFS

Red Wing, Minn.-Members Of the
Minnesota conference of Methodist
Episcopal church voted, 9G-0, for uni
fication of Methodist, Episcopal
church of the North and Methodist
Episcopal church Of the South.
Fargo-About 500 students are ex-
pected to enroll this year at North
Dakota Agricultural College.
Cloquet, Minn.--Mrs. II. C. Byers,
55, Cloquet. who was killed in train
wreck at Worley. Tenn, was expect
ed home here after pleasure trip Of
several months in Florida.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
Weather Report

Weather Forecast
For North Dakota: Partly over
cast tonight and Saturday. Colder
west and north portions tonight and
east and central portions Saturday.
General Weather Conditions
The pressure is low over the north
ern Plains and northern Rocky
Mountain states, while high press
ure area is centered over the Great
Lakes region. Precipitation occur
red in parts of Missouri, Oklahoma,
Texas, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Elsewhere the weather is generally
fair. Moderate temperatures prevail
in all sections.
ORRIS W. ROBERTS,
Official in Charge
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
JAP OFFICIAL
SUFFERS BURNS

Tokyo. Sept. 25.-LPl -Viscount A.
Hamo. president Of the Privy Coun-
eli, who was severely burned ycstcr-
day when his clothing caught fire
from !; bonfire in his garden. died
today as IL result of his injuries.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
NEGROEs DYING

Columbus, O.-The state registrar
sof Ohio vital statistics reports that
[ in the last three years the Ohio me-
Fgro population has increased only
per cent while the death rate for the
same period has increased 30 per
cent. He says tuberculosis is the
great ravager OF the colored race.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25

Origin of the word coral is from
two Greek words, signifying "daugh-
ter of the sea-"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-25
WEATHER FORECAST

Partly overcast tonight and
Saturday. Colder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
STIRR|IVGBOUTS.
MARK CLUBS
FIRST SHOW
NMMM NAHMM#NMH
Leading Citizens See Ex-
hibitions Of Maryland
Organization

one hundred Of the leading citi-
zens OF Prince Georges county. Md,
were present at the first boxing ex-
hibitions presented by the Maryland
Athletic and Social Il Club, on.
Bladensburg road, just beyond the
District line. There was no admis-
sion fee and only members Of the
club attended.
IN the principal exhibition Of six
rounds, Andy Bowen and Kid
Groves boxed a draw. 1t was a
thriller. Bowen won the first two
rounds and Groves the next two.
The last two were even.
Marty Gallagher, amateur light.
heavyweight Of the South Atlantic
States, stepped three fast rounds
with Billy Edwards and the small
crowd was pulled to its feet by ex-
element.
Billy Mitchell and Young Toby
boxed three interesting rounds.
Jimmy Gardner outpointed Gypsy
Smith in three sessions and Billy
Stricken won from Young Brown
IN three rounds.
Gene Kessler, sports editor Of the
Daily News, pinch hit as referee
for Colonel Ericsson, who was pre-
vented by illness from appearing
Henry Witty was the time keeper.
James La Fontaine is president Of
the club and Frank "A. Mann the.
matchmaker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
BUSINESS GIRLS
Of !. NJ. c. A.
SWIM
Tonight's Program Also In
cIudes Banquet and
Entertainment
By JACK" MARTIN

A banquet, then an entertain
nlent, then a swimming meet! Ii
that isn't an evening for you. let
me know. At any rate, the bust
ness girls of the Y. w. G. A. are
all set to enjoy tonight's activities.
the first of the winter season.
The swimming meet, which will
take place about $50 in the pool
at r street, will be open to any
one who wishes to come and. enjoy.
All members are invited to go in
for the dip, and many of the girls
have already signed up for the
many races.
Florence SHADING, lone Whaler
and Elizabeth Tew will give an
exhibition Of fancy diving and
skillful strokes. The peanut race,
which means that a girl must swim
the length OF the pool, holding in
her teeth spoon in which is a
peanut, has been entered by Grace
Shannon. Mary Bradley. Marion
Barrett, Margaret Ferris, Francis
Butler and Alice Fowler.
There will also be n tug-of-war.
The girls who will stand on enc
side Of the pool, endeavoring to
Pull into the briny deep those on
the other side, are Cleo Mcmahon,
Helene Aldrich and Martha LAWS
Eon. Their opponents viii be
Peggy Dorraugh, Elizabeth Tew
and Alice Fowler.
The good swimmers are not the
only ones that will have a chance
to enjoy the games, for there will
be a candle race, and a tag race.
open to every girl in the pool.
After the free for alls," Marion
Barrett. Helene Aldrich, Margaret
Butler, Margaret Ferris, Mary
Bradley and Cecilia Iden, will en-
ter the leap-frog tournament. Then
will come the always interesting
crocodile race which will be open
to any number of three girl groups
that think they can get along to.
gether in the H-2o.
The final event on the program is
a demonstration of strokes by mem
bers of the various business girls
clubs. Francis Butler will do the
crawl, Margaret Ferris will show
how the side stroke should be
executed. and Margaret Bradley will
demonstrate both the trudgeon and
the breast strokes.
Members of the many clubs of
the business girls department of
the Y. w. c. A invite their friends
and all other girls to "come on over,
Skinny" and have a good time with
them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
Referee Wasting Time
Counting Over
Him

Here's a yarn concerning
fighting in the well remembered
days of the Horton law, when
fighters used to fight, and fight
hard, for comparatively small
purses.
At the time mixed bouts were
encouraged, and the scrap in
question took place at the old
Pelican A. c., in Brooklyn, be-
tween the shifty, blond haired
Kid Carter and a decidedly
husky negro boxer.
In the first round, a quick
mix.up followed almost imme-
diately after the clang of the
bell. Carter let go his famous
"one-two," left to the pit of
the stomach and right to the
jaw. Down went the dusky
battler in a heap, his eyes
rolling, his face partly white
from the resin.
The referee began to count:,
zone, two" That was as far as
he got, when the colored mixer
looked up at him with:
Mister, you amt countin' fob
me, cause amt goin' to get
up"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22

In nfty-tw0 games, McInnis has
made only one error, usually the
sum total of his seasons misplays.
But he has compiled only twenty
assists. while Judge, in about
twice as many contests, has par
ticipated in forty.
Judge, on the other hand. has
been in ninety-four double plays,
a. against thirty four for McInnis,
and seventy-one for Grantham.
Judge also has a fine arm, and is
sure thrower.
McInnis also has outbatted Judge,
but his bat has not been so danger
Gus as the Senator's. Whereas all
Tut thirteen OF McInnis' hits have
been singles, Judge has dashed out
twenty-seven doubles. five triples,
and eight home runs. He has been
one OF the best run makers on
Bucky Harris club, and is par
ticularly dangerous in a pinch with
runners on the bags.
Grantham also has been q big
cog In the Pirate attack, with
many extra-base hits, but does
not measure up to Judge.
The Senatorial understudy for
Judge IS Joe Harris, considered
here separately because he also is
used in the outfield at times. Har-
ris is one of Fortunes favorites,
for he was traded from the tail-end
Red Sox to the world champions in
mid-season. Harris is slugger, as
his thirteen home runs, eight
triples, and nineteen doubles show.
While he is below the 800 mark,
his long hits make him feared, and
he is q good man to have at the
plate in a tight pinch.
Harris, like McInnis, is very slow
afoot, and does not cover world
Of ground. But he is sure on
thrown balls, and rates as better
infielder than Grantham. He is a
steady, seasoned player, and likely
to be at his best in thesworld series
Considered from every angle, the
Washington club has a small edge
at first base, particularly so on the
attack.
Copyright, 1925, by Al Munro Elias
Baseball Bureau. Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
WALKER BARELY KEEPS
TITLE, THAT'S ALL
By DAVIS y. WALSH


in
NEW YORK Sept the Gossamer thread OF mere cuIn
stance Mickey Walker remained wetereght champion Of ne
dazzling rounds with Dave Shade at
Yankee Stadium night the greatest werwght tight
of generation and the winner lost.
winner attribute Of the ring was Dave SHADE the
decided
the contrary night the greatest fighter inch for inch
pound pound the writer has He had speed
The bunch gneralshp ability shed punishment with
laugh with possible exception had everything fighter needs
decision in exception
his failure to recognize for exaggeratng the inn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
TAMPA RUsHEs WORK
ON NEW RACE TRACK

TAMPA, Fla, Sept. ~. Work Is
being rushed by q force Of nearly
1000 men in completing the new
race track, stands, stables and
other structures of the plant Of the
west Coast Jockey Club.
The first meeting will begin early
in january next, and will run for
thirty DAYS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
Tried the Whole Staff

On October 4, 1918. the Wash
ington club used eight pitchers
Williams, Bentley. Griffith, Engel,
johnson, Schaefer, Ainsmith and
Gedeon as pitchers-which is prob
ably a major league record for
pitchers used in one game by one
club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
Babe pidn,t Cost Much

Babe Ruth was sold to the
Boston Red Sox for a reported
price of 81 900 in 1914. In 1919 he
was sold by the Red Sox to the
New York Yankees for a price re-
ported to be $125 900. 1t was in his
second year with the Yankees
1921, that he made his famous re-
cord Of fifty-nine home runs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
WaddeII's First Game

RUDE Waddell, pitching his first
big league game, with the Phila-
delphia Athletics on July 1, 1902,
in three innings-the third, sixth
and ninth-retired the same three
batsmen-W. Gilbert. H. Howell and
]. Cronin-of Baltimore, on strikes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
Oh, How Discouraging

The Washington baseball club
has had two notable losing streaks.
When in me National League in
1894 it lost fourteen straight games
and in 1904 as an American
League club 1t lost thirteen in a
row
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22

damage in the final round than
Shade did in the other fourteen;
that the champion emerged from a
series of wild rallies in the sixth
round with the distinction Of having
hurt Shade and hurt him badly.
These two rounds evidently won
him the fight, but it is dubious
judgment to decide the outcome Of
fifteen rounds on what happened in
two OF them.
The first two rounds, for ex-
ample, were, easily Shades, after
Walker had opened the fight with
a body attack. Shade waited
until he ran down, then stag
gered him time and again with
Iefts and rights to the head. The
second round saw the challenger
repeat his performance, varying
the business by stabbing Mickey's
head back with a series of straight
Iefts.
The third round was even, al
though Walker landed crushing
right at the bell. The latter came
back and took the fourth, with
lefts and rights to the jaw. Also
the fifth in much the same man.
ner. The sixth saw Shade go out
to the lead again with profusion
of lefthand leads, but Walker,
stung, almost dropped his man
with a right to the jaw, and, after
a torrid exchange, raked him with
another. A Shade left rocked
Mickey, but, just before the bell.
the champion drove Dave half
through the ropes with another
right handler.
Walker also took the seventh,
but, thereafter, almost without a
break, Shade led until the fifteenth.
And then they gave the decision
to Walker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22

DOTCanCG OF 8 last INNING Iduy.
At the end of fourteen rounds.
James e. Farley. chairman of the
New York commission. polled the
ringside critics for their verdict on
the winner, for reasons known only
to himself. 1t is understood the
vote was overwhelmingly pro-
Shade.
The latter evidently entertained
the same idea. for he came out
for the final round taking no
chances and Walker was taking
all of them. Going in close he
pumped both hands into Shades
frontispiece and a right uppercut
landed on the challenger's generous
chin. For the first time. Shade
was in trouble, his eyes glazed, his
legs uncertain, his gifted hands
now unable to pick off punches.
Another good shot would have
ended Shade at any time during
the first minute of the round.
But he hung on like a bad
cold and finally his head cleared
and his feet became firm again.
He fought back, landing a left
and right to Mickey's head.
Walkers reply was to wade In
and smother his man with
punches that never stopped until
the bell rang down the curfew
on the proposition.
II was Walkers round by a vast
majority, one of five he carried
Nine. by the writer's count, went
to Shade. The other round was
even. \
And then they gave the fight to
Walker.
It is understood that George
Kelly voted for Shade. Dick Nu-
gent, the other judge, and Patsy
Haley, the referee, are believed to
have lined up with Walker.
What, if anything, this pair was
glowering at with fixed attention
while Shade was raking Walker
with staggering left hooks in the
first round is a bit above and be-
yond the writer's resources. What
they saw when Shade pumped
scores of straight lefts to Walker y
face in the second and simply
shattered him with punches in the
eighth, ninth, tenth. eleventh,
twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth
is likewise incomprehensible.
He bad Walker so gOofy during
the late rounds that four times, no
less, the champion headed for n
neutral corner at the end of a
round.
And then they gave the fight
to Walker.
These same rounds saw Shade
standing cody off and shOwering
Mickey with succession OF
punches that stung and bit, jOlted
and. scared. They did more. They
so completely befuddled the
champion that he dashed out with
punches that missed by a foot and
the crowd, forgetting that it was
a champion performing and that
the business WIS as serious as
rat poison, laughed in great glee.
And then they gave the fight to
Walker.
Shade took the verdict well.
smiling slightly and offering his
hand to the man they said had
won. He probably would have pre-
ferred to offer a kick in the cham
pion's lobby or technically speak
ing, the rotonda.
In a sense, however, Shade can
blame himself for the loss of the
decision. He has been fighting
round New York long enough to
know that the ninth inning of
pugilism seems to be the big mo-
ment with local officials. In justice
to Messrs. Haley and Nugent, 1t
may be said that Walker did more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
How They Compare
First Basemen
By AL MUNRO ELIAS.

Joseph Judge the anchor of the greatest double nd
baseball today stands out the best the four first basemen who
figure worlds
and Pittsburgh fielding batting
of McInni the
around ability of guardians
Is of the real in his
Judge has outstanding fielding
than Mcnnis
Grana Only in receiving thrown balls from angle is Nc
the although the
has in mosto of seasons battles
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
He Batted Timely

Fred Merkle when with the New
York Giants once batted in six runs
in one inning. 1t was the first in
ming OF q game with st. Louis on
Nav 13. 1911.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-22
II Was a FusiIIade

The st. Louis Cardinals made ten
straight hits against the Phillies on
lure IL, 1923, tying their own
major league record. Meadows and
Winters were the victims,