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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-07
MANDAN NEWS

To every four vehicles or pedes
TRANS that cross the Northern Paci-
fic tracks at Sixth avenue, N. f.. a
train or switch engines is using the
crossing, according to q check made
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

by railroad and city employees. A
number Of near accidents Vast sum-
mer caused the city commit ssion TO
appeal to the railroad board for an
order for the railroad con-. !, my to
install warning signals or ga4 IS. NJ
The official visit Of the Mott Da-
kota department officers Of the Amer
lean Legion to Gilbert S. F, ness
Post, No. 40. lMandan, will be ladc
tomorrow. A smoker will be RI zen.
Delegates from many of the "a Ls,sts
in the district are expected to be
present.
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SPORTS
|tGf9ESU1,S
BR0WNSG
ONLY 6 HITS
OFF SHAUTE
Early Season Pitching Strong
FOur.hit Games Occur
.
Almost Daily

Early season pitching in the major
leagues has proved exceptionally
strong, with and without the resin
ball. Four-ht games have been pro-
duced daily.
But yesterday Joe Shaute of Cleve
land, serving in 4 league that does
not recognize the little mesh bag,
stood out with Il six-hit victory over
the st. Louis Browns. His conquest
was easy, for his mates pounded the
ball for II scores, the highest total
of the day Home runs came from
the bats of SewelI, Summa and jamie
son. The Browns made five miapiays,
three of them by Lame tte.
- Washington found the Rcd Sox
easy with Dutch Rcuthcr accounting
For his third straight victory, to =.
Manush's homer in the opening inn
ing was the best Detroit could do
against Chicago, and the White Sox
won, ) to l.
II Inning Game ...
Flctrhcr's Phlies, with Mitchell
serving his left handed spitball,
triumphed over the New York Giants,
TO 5, in an II inning tussic at
Philadelphia. Cy Williams registering
II homer in the first inning.
The Pirates rcgained their hitting
eyes after long lapse and sluggcd
out IN : To q victory over the Chi
cago Cubs.
Cincinnati defeated st. Louis in 10
jn.ings .eA seven hits. ) to 2, Walker
making four Of them. Walker drove
across the winning run in the 10th.
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Ms attempts to establish the merit
System.
The correspondent heard opinions
in Rome that the youthful militant
fascist threatened to cause some dis.
ruption to the movement headed by
Mussolini.
It was learned that windows Of the
soviet embassy in Rome were broken
by q mob after the recent -unsuccess-
full attempt by Miss Violet Gibson ia
assassinate Mussolini. Foreigners
were virtually unanimous that had
Mussolini been killed there would
have been tragic anti-foreign repri.
sails in Rome.
Americans Are Victims
Youthful black shirts on the march
behind flag down the Corso I'm.
berto smashed with walking sticks the
hats Of two Americans who were rid.
ing in an open carriage and hsd failed
to uncover. The tires of an Amer.
leans automobile, parked in q public
square, were slashed.
The government is said to have
refused to allow the publication in
the newspapers Of speeches made in
the United States senate against the
fascist regime. 1t is declared that
Mussolini is somewhat worried over
the hoodlum tendencies of some OF
the black shirts and is determined ia
end them.
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BALKANS
URGED TO MEET
THURSDAY EVE
Plans Are Under Way TO Have
All Home Team in Bis
marck This Season

Bismarck will have baseball team
this summer and the fans here and in
surrounding towns will be able to
national pastime if the efforts Of a
few local fans bring results.
A public meeting has been called
for Thursday evening, April 20, at the
Association of Commerce rooms and
every person interested in baseball,
either player or fan, is urged to at
tend. Plans for the season will be
discussed and committee named to
look after the affairs Of local team.
Fourteen business firms in the city
have already agreed to purchase new
suits for the members Of a team to
represent Bismarck this season in
games with all the surrounding towns
and Travelling organizations. Many Of
the neighborhood cities are showing
1, sd. ....rresl IN baseball this year
and some exciting games could no
doubt could be arranged Mandan,
New Salem, Hazen. Dickinson and
Turtle Lake are among the towns
which already have prospects for good
amateur independent aggregations.
10 Furnish suits
1t is the plan this year of those
who are interested in having team
here to have strictly all-home nine.
The financial affairs of the club will
be conducted on strictly business
basis, with reports published weekly
of the receipts and expenditures, and
Whatever balance remains at the close
of the season would be divided among
the players themselves. The city has
had rather disappointing experiences
in past seasons when several semi
professional players were engaged,
who got all the money and nothing
was left for the home players. and
this method will not be repeated, To-
can. fans insist.
There is enough good talent right
in the city to make fast club, ca
pa5le of holding its own with the best
in the territory, according to William
Kontos and Neil Churchill, who are
endeavoring to arouse interest in a
Bismarck team. DR.. H. B. Love, for
merly member Of the Mandan high
school and city teams, is said to be a
first class mound artist. He was a
member Of the Palmer school Of chiro-
pfactic team at Davenport, Iowa,
while attending school there. and
made an excellent showing. L. G..
Sorlcin is also pitcher, and the
two could handle the mound work
nicely. Other local men who have
considerable baseball ability include
Sagehorn. Sidner, Kludt. Tobin. Al
bcrtson, Nordlund, Simonson, Rurett ,
Holiday, Fuller and Greenfield.
It is hoped that large delegation
Of local citizens will attend the meet
ing Thursday night at O'clock so
that Bismarck ball club can be start.
cd out with bang.
All.HOmO Team
Business firms who have donated
the uniforms are Corwin- Churchill
Motors. William Kontos, Grand Pa
cific Billiard Parlor, Logan's, Grand
Pacific Hotel, Bergeson's, Holt &
.Lohpsrud. Sorenson Hardware COM
pany, Franks Place. Flcck Motor
Sales, Dakota Auto Sales, The Wedge,
Hoskins- Meyer, RichmonGs Bootery
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MUSSOLllu SUPPRESSED FREE MASONRY
BECAUSE OF IT'S POLITICAL INFLUENCE

Basic, Switzerland. April 27-CR)-
One Of the acts of Benito Mussolini
Italy's fascist premier, which may
have been misunderstood abroad il
that of suppressing the activities Of
lodges of Free Mason and Of closing
up all branches in Rome.
The explanation given a special
correspondent Of the Associated Press
when he was in Rome recently was
that when Mussolini arrived in power
he found mysterious occult force
working against him. When seeking
TO advance state employees on the
basic Of merit often he found his
nominations opposed by q bureau.
cratic machine which thrived during
the old regime.
Inquiry convinced Mussolini- thai
Free Masonry was at the bottom Of
the difficulty and was exercising
secret influence which was disastrous
to the nation as q whole.
The same applied when it came ia
promotions in the army and navy.
Disrupted Merit System
Mussolini is described as not op.
posed to the benevolent attributes Of
Free Masonry, such as characterize
Anne rican lodges, but Is unyieldingly
hostile to any use Of political influ.
ence which, as exercised in Italy, Is
declared to have threatened to foil ali
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Billy Evans Says

New Standards
Despite the fact that the major
league season hasn't as yet really
gotten we'll under way, managers and
players are of the opinion that some
new standards of baseball will be
popular this year.
Better pitching, lower score games,
placing more Importance on the value
OF one run and a return to old-time
strategy, now almost obsolete, are
some OF the thoughts.
The opinion is general that. the
bali is not. nearly SO lively. If so,
it will. of course, make for more
pitchers battles.
In the middle of last season the
ball was slowed down bit through
a change in making of the ball as
relating to the cork and rubber GEN.
ter.
The pitching was much improved
the last two months of the 1925 cam
paign.
On the whole, excellent pitching
has featured the early games of the
1926 race, despite very bad weather.
The batters explain this BY insist
ing that the new balls OF 1926 vim
tage are even slower than those used
during the closing months of last
season.
Concrete Examples
A few illustrations that could be
Offered to substantiate the belief
that the ball has been further "toned''
down are:
The onp-hit shntont scored by
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INCREASING NUMBER OF CARS DEMAND
UNIFORMITY In TRAFFIC REGlA ATOMS
Ten Of he Larger Cities Near Los Angeles Have Already
Adopted Uniform Code Worked Out BY DR.. McClintock,
One Of the Nations Foremost Traffic Engineers
Uniformity in traffic regulation by

Uniformity in traffic regulation by
all cities in the same locality is one
of the objectivcs Of the Albert Russell
Erskine bureau for traffic research
Of the University Of California.
DR.. Miller IMcClintock, one Of the
nations foremost traffic engineers,
is In charge of the bureaus work. He
has been advised that ten Of the
larger cities near Los Angeles already
have adopted the uniform code which
The ten cities arc Bakersfield,
Glendale, San Diego, Anahcim, Long
Beach, Pasadena, Venice. Pomona,
Santa Monica and Santa Barbara.
Thus practically all Of the thickly
populated section Of southern Galifor-
MIA has heen brought under one
traffic code--the first section in the
United States to have the advantage
of uniformity. Every resident in the
section knows what rules he must
observe in driving through the whole
southern part Of the state.
Inquiries from many other cities
all over the United States for inform.
alton concerning this, the first or
dinancc ever drawn by technical
traffic expert, indicate that there is
q widespread recognition Of the fact
this kind Of work is task for en-.
gineers.
Code Is Simple
Simplicity-and the clear definition
of the rights of both pedestrians and
MOTORISTS the basis of the uniform
code.
Growing traffic." declares DR.. Nc.
Clintock. "rcquires both pedestrian
and driver to yield something Of what
each has considered his rights. so that,
not only will traffic move more ex-
peditiously, but that accidents will
be prevented.
$50 the ordinance exactly defines
these rights. When the pedestrian
has the right of way, and where he
may travel; when the vehicles may
proceed and where: these arc fixed
by the code. With the same code in
effect in neighboring cities, people
from one community are not con-
fused in another city"
Pedestrians Rights
These are the pedestrians rights,
as fixed by the uniform code:
Where traffic is not being directed
by policeman or signals, the person
on foot has right of way across
streets which have marked cross
ings; if crossings are not marked, the
pedestrian obtains the right Of way
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by holding his hand up to warn
vehicles that he is about to cross the
street.
Where q policeman or signal
controls traffic, pedestrians, like
motorists, must heed the signals. II
central traffic district has been
established, no one on foot may cross
street except at crossing walks;
this ends "jsy walking" it must BE-
done straight across the street, moi
c0rnerwise. and he must then yiclt
the right of way to all vehicles.
Drivers Rights
Drivers rights are thus defined:
Where traffic is directed by q pc.
liceman or . signal. drivers must
heed the signals. At other street
crossings. drivers must stop to permit
pedestrians to cross marked r0adways
and must stop if = pedestrian BY
raised hand indicates he will cross
Q street at an unmarked crossing
Drivers must keep out of safety
zones for street car loading.
A driver wishing to turn to the
left must approach that turning point
as near the center Of the street a.
possible and must not cut corners;
he must round the center point OF
the street. Sections Of the city to
be determined by the aldermen will
be established within which no left
turn may be made.
The code contains provisions for
boulevard stops; prohibits following
fire apparatus with an automobile or
crossing fire hose in . street, forbids
bicycle riding on . sidewalk or carry
ing anyone one handlebars of BIZ
cycle; driving through funeral pro-
cessions or standing on running
boards Of either . car or street car.
Reduces Injuries
Most important Of all provisions is
that requiring pedestrians to observe
traffic signals, in congested dis
tricts: it has reduced injuries from
motor car accidents by thirty per
cent. Requiring motorists to yield to
foot persons in other districts LESSEN
ed crossing accidents in those dis.
tricts. fewer mishaps occurred be-
tween crossings, fewer children at
play were hurt and reckless driving
was curtailcd.
Copies Of tho uniform code may be
obtained without cost by writing the
Albert Russell Erskine bureau of the
University of California ut Los An
geles. The bureau will advise and
cooperate with any community in
meeting its traffic nroblems.
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goods, but it was pointed ont that
this item consists chiefly of alcoholic
liquors. It was reached after q study
of the records Of production, i'm
ports, domestic consumption and cx-
ports of liquors in ncighboring coun-
tries and in. the opinion of various
authorities. was "a very low esti-
mate"
1.-THE year 1926" the departments
statement said, with stricter enforce
ment Of prohibition regulations and
the breaking up of several smuggling
organizations, resulted finally in 4
decrease in the number Of foreign
ships lying off the coast and in a
gractcr confiscation Of cargoes and
very probably n smaller consumption
of struggled liquor by Americans.
ION the other hand, while the vigi-
lance of the coast guard increased.
the price Of liquor advanced as it
became more difficult to get, so that
the total value of liquor smuggled into
the United States in 1925 was pro-
badly not greatly different from that
of 1924, which, according to the most
conservative estimates, was at least
SAC, O0O, 0OO."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-27
The Nut Cracker
BY. JOE WILLIAMS

Ty Cobb is. taking baths in order
to reduce. -. This may also have
the effect of correcting the impress
sion that he is not a clean player.
There is a new rule in the majors
this year that all players who stay
out late dancing will be sent to
Charleston in the South Atlantic
League.
Baseball amt what it used to be in
Detroit. 1t took more than q
snow storm to stop that team back
in the days when Crawford, O'Leary.
Moriarty and Donovan were in the
lineup.
Jack Kearns is around trying to
sell Dempsey's contract.
Here's a good business opportunity
for the old fashioned sucker was
used to make habit Of buying the
Brooklyn bridge and the Flatiron
building.
Witnesses in the San Diego trial
testify that Gen. "Smeller" Butler
had bad teeth. So that's
what's biting the old guy, Ell?
They found a skull weighing zoo
pounds out in Wyoming and we'll bet
it is the swelled dome Of the first
golfer who made hole in one.
Mr.. O'Goofty says his only objec-
ton to living in Europe is that the
place is full of foreigners.
"Id like to see America first" ad.
mits the gentleman, "but don't know
exactly where to start-in Havana
Tia Juana or Monte Carlo"
1t is true that baseball is still in its
infancy and two Of its most bois.
ferrous infants are Messrs. lands and
Johnson.
ais he good? Why that baby could
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Helpful Hints by
GOlfng Stars
ABE MITCHELI-STAND CLOSE
WITH IRONS

The ball must be hit firmly anc
crisply with mashic, with all the iron
clubs, and that can not be done easily
if We stand too far away. A close
stance gets more over the ball, and
from that position we arc better able
to control the club-head. 1t is power
as much as accuracy that is essential
in the approach on that very point
When, however, the stance is far from
the ball, the swing is seldom true
and. worst of all. the balance of the
body is apt to be upset.
There is little body movement in
the mashie shot, but that will Greer
in if the stance is far from the ball
Watching the players at North
Foreland recently, l saw many who
had this fault. and, as there was a
good deal of wind blowing. many APP
proaches never found the green's al
all. That is, of course, fatal in a
stroke competitions; in fact, in any
match.
Standing too far away. the club
does not come up straight enough in a
mashie approach. 1t inclines to be
swung round the right leg.
Copyright. 1920
Copyright. 1926. NEA Service, Inc.)
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Southpaw Jess Petty of Brooklyn owe
the hard. hitting New York Giants OF
opening day.
Walter Johnson's thinning II
shut-out of the PHILADELPHIA Ath
lctics, Mack's hard.hitting club get
ting only six safe drives.
The veteran Stanley Covcleskie fol-
lowed the performance Of Johnson on
opening day by beating the Athletics
81. on six hits.
Thus. in the first two games Of the
season the Athletics, strong pennant
contender. made only one run in "a
innings and garncrcd but an even
dozen hits.
During the first weeks play halt
dozen other striking instances of the
domination of the pitcher made them
selves evident.
If the ball has been stoned" down
as much as the players seem to think,
the home-run stuff is due to fall Oft
considerably.
Inside Baseball
Instead of playing for runs in
clusters. as has been the custom FOX
five or six years, there is going to
be more Of the <gct-One-run strategy
If this proves to be the case. more
bascrunning should feature the 1926
season; the hunt is due for a strong
revival and the sacrifice will vic
with the hit-and-run as popular
play. -,
an. inclined to think that with
the home run not quite so common
the fans will get greater thrill out
Of a circuit drive. A crushing Of
fcnsivc in any sport will always retair
its popularity.
However. I am Of the opinion tina,
the public will welcome back some
of the lost features of the game -
the steal. the hunt. the squeeze, a.
we'll as other tricks of inside base
bail.
There is nothing like variety.
Pitchers Speak
The major league pitchers have q
rather unusual way of expressing
their approval Of the 1926 ball.
ut has a different feel" is the way
several star pitchers have explained
it to me. Asked for further cx
PLANTATION they replied:
1.-THE ball seems better balanced;
the weight more evenly distributed
because of the latest change in The
cork. and rubber center.
"There seemed to be q dead weight
to the lively ball, while the new one
feels as light as feather. It re-
spends to a curve much better.
incidentally, you have more con
fidence in yourself because you know
it's going to take a pretty good hit
ter to drive the ball out Of the park.
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AMERICANS PAID $4O,O GOO, 600 IN 1926
FOR STRUGGLED BOOZE, REPORT SAYS

Washington. April 27.--(R)-While
coast guard drives and increased acti-
witty Of enforcement agents helped
to stem the tide, Of Struggled liquor
into the United States last year.
prices, which shot skyward with the
shorter supply, dug just as much
money out Of Americans pockets as
they did in 1924. ~ ''s 80
The figure, conservatively estimated
at $40,0O0,000. was included in the
fourth annual International trade
balance statement announced today
by the commerce department. It COM
pared with an estimate of 100000
600 for 1923 and $4,000, 100000 for
1922, and represented the chief "un.
reported" item on the import side
of the country's merchandise ledger.
It also was factor in computing
the final balance in commercial and
financial transactions Of this coun-
try with the rest of the world last
year, being placed in the imports op.
posite the largest unrcported item
Of exports. - $25 ,OOO, 900 in unrc.
corded parcel post packages.
Estimate Is Low
The estimate covered all Struggled
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-27
U. s. SECOND IN THREE
LINES OF RESEARCH

/. New York - The United States
ranks second to European countries
in physical. chemical and physiology
cal research, according to DR.. j.
McKeen Catteil, famous American
scientist.
This country leads the world, how
ever, in the outstanding value of re-
search done in biology, geology and
astronomy. he says.
In mathematics and medicine we
are about on even, terms, but in
psychology there is some question.
More psychological experiments are
carried on here; however. than in
any other country, DR.. Cattell says.
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WORTH
~ sPORT
KNOWING

Philadelphia and Cleveland played
Me fastest game in American League
- lstory last season. The full nine
nessof the second tilt of double
der an August were reeled off in
@km;nut1Ay IN average Of about seven
-MinI.es to the inning.
{ The former record. was S8 minutes
in = game played Between the White
z 8px and Athletics, Aug. 20, 1915. The
Macks, oddly enough, figured in both.
The National League speed mark is
* 81 minutes. It was set on Sept. %,
1Q1p, by the Giants and Phillies.
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COMMITTEE is
UNABLE TOGET
AN AGREEMENT

Continued from page one.)
ing the experimenting in many fields
where the public interest is involved
To Have Right of Way
The agricultural committee decided
to request house leaders to bring UP
the bills the first Of next week. The
rules committee has indicated that it
will give farm legislation the right
of way.
The committee voted to report the
three bills after defeating. Is to s.
a. request by Chairman Haugen to
have them voted on in the committee
separately. g"
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FIGHT RESULTS

Hartford, Conn. Jack Delaney
Bridgeport, Conn.,, beat King Solo
MIN. Panama l2).
New York Jackie Snyder, Brook
lyn. outpointcd Ray Miller. Chicago
COZ
Canton. Ohio--Eddic kid" Wagner
Philadelphia. outpointed Chris New
Memphis. Tenn.-Young Str;bling
Georgia, knocked out Nike Wallace
Cleveland go.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
For Commissioner, District Four
! hereby announce myself q can
didate for county commissioner.
District 4, Burleigh County, at the
primary election June 30, 1926.
Your vote and support solicited
(Signed) Axel Solder.
political ADJ
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Docs the calling o. balk on the
pitcher ever affect the status Of the
batsman.
The calling Of balk has no bear
ing whatever on the status of the
batsman.
The erroneous impression exists
that if with @thrcc balls and two
strikes on the batsman, and the UNI
pre- for some reason calls a balk, 1t
entities the batsman to take his base.
Such an opinion is all the stronger
If the pitcher. after the umpire has
called balk. insists on delivering the
ball to the batsman, it being wide of
the plate.
1t never makes airy difference what
the pitcher does with the ball after
the umpire has ruled balk. Such
a decision suspends play and nothing
that happens afterwards is legal.
The balk simply entities all run
ners to advance one base but in no
way affects the status Of the bats
man.
In the situation cited he simply re-
mains at bat and the count continues
three balls and two strikes.
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How many times did Nelson and
Cans fight and what were the re-
suits Pr. q. II.
Three, Nelson winning .tvice on
kaypes and Cans the ether time on
= foul.
Has Jim P0ttomcly Of the Cards