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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
STAFF OF LIFE
CHANGES
WHEAT TOCORN
Products Of Golden Corn Be
coming Staple Articles on
Midwest Tables
BECOMES LEGAL TENDER
International Harvester Com.
pany to Trade Machinery
for Corn at 81

Chicago. Jan. 8.-IP9-The "Staff
Of Life" has been changed from
wheat to corn in the grain belt.
The golden corn, one Of Americas q
contributions to the worlds food sup-
ply, is going on midwsstern tables In
every conceivable form-corn 'pone''
cornmeal mush, corn frittcrs, corn
syrup and even corn sugar.
Faced with q crop surplus, farm
leaders hope in this way to turn the
gold of the corn into the gold of q
dividend for the grower or at least
provide a means Of working off ex-
cess supplies.
illinois Town to Have "Corn Day"
Corn days and corn meetings are
plaped throughout the central west,
with one Of the first scheduled at
. Morris. Illinois. on Saturday. A fea-
ture of the Morris affair will be q
free corn dinner, running the CASTRO
nomic scale from corn fed beef. corn
syrup down to coffee sweetened with
corn sugar.
While plans are on foot literally
to eat up the corn surplus, the In
ternational Harvester company has
announced q program involving corn
that goes back to the most primitive
means of commercial trading--4bar-
ter. The concern will trade implc-
ments to formers for corn.
Trading Basis 81 q Bushcl.
The basis is 81 a bushel for No. 2
corn at Chicago, q price which tho
company believes will be reached in
the next six months. May corn clos
ed yesterday at q spread of Sass cents
at Kansas City to S6tS at Chicago
July was quoted ut 85ls at Kansas
City and 88i.. 1T Chicago.
II corn goes shove 81 a bushel be-
fore the farmer il called upon to dc.
liver next May, June and July, hs
can sell it elsewhere and settle fol
his implement purchases in the reg
ular way. The offer is not open <
SPECTATORS, applying only to hons.
fide purchases covering the farmers
reasonable requirements, and Il X
hold good until further notice. Tn.
announcement said that corn woult
be more firm on the basis OF thi.
offer than the same number Of bush
els would have bought in the five
year period preceding the war.
Use Of Corn Ssgar Urged.
Sam H. Thompson, new presiden,
of the American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton. has sent p bulletin to ever,
farm bureau in the corn country, rec
ommending the holding Of "corr
days" as q means Of stimulating con
sumption of corn products. Mr.
Thompson asserted that from goot
rises already obtained he had NJ
doubt that the extension Of the move
mcnt throughout the corn belt woul,
materially relieve the immediate sit
uati0n. =
A particular drive Is being mad.
to popularize corn sugar. The prod
uct Of the maize fields looked as goot
as the product of cane and beet t,
Morris residents, who bought 800
pounds yesterday as fast as it coule
be unloadcd from trucks. Reports
to farm bureau headquarters her
said that in one district In Iowa cam
paigners placed : hundted pound sacl
Of corn sugar in 30 per cent Of tn
farmers homes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
4DEAD FROM
A new YEARS
CELEBRATION
Fifth Man Said to Be Wander
ing in Woods, Blinded by
Bootleg Liquor

Binghamton, N. T., Jan. s. -tR)-A
New Years celebration ended yester-
day in the death of four men. A
fifth, blinded by alleged bootleg Ii.
quor, was wandering in the woods
near q lumber camp at HANCOCK.
News Of the fatalities was1brought
to the Thomas Kerry Chemical com
pany, operators of the camp, by q
sixth member of the party who col
lapsed after he neared the company's
office.
A relief party found three men
dead on the floor of the camp. A
fourth, taken to his home, fell dead
in the kitchen. Searchers combed
the woods for the missing survivor
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
Cardinal Mercier
Optimistic Though
FeebleneSs Remains

Brussels, Jan. 8.-R)--The condi.
tion Of Cardinal Mercier, who under +.
went an operation last week, con.
sisting in spite of normal tempera.
ture. He IS unable to get proper
nourishment.
Il know that many prayers are be-
ing offered for me and that all hopes
are not yet lost" the aged prelate
told u priest, whom he insisted upor
receiving, despite his precarious
condition.
my operation was a complete sue.
cess, but my stomach has failed me
or has almost failed me. There i.
nothing more the doctors can do"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
Mount Vesuvius
/, Ru1nblings Diminish

Naples. Jan. 8.-L9 The eruption
of Mount vesuvius, which began
with violence Wednesday,, is continu-
ing. The internal rumblings are
diminishing in force, indicating, ac-
.cording to volcanologistS, q termin-
alton Of the phenomenon. The mol
ten lava, which has been flowing
plentifully. is beginning to harden.
building up again the crater forma-
tion which war torn away in the
eruption of 1905.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
WEATHER HAS CLEARD IN
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. S.--LP)--
Communities on the eastern slope of
the Rocky mountains were recover
ing from the heavy snowfall Of the
last two days, which in some sec
tions blocked highways. but unsettled
conditions were expected to bring
light snow to the greater part Of the
middlewest- today.
Flurries were predicted in the gov
ernment forecast for the states bor-
dering the Great Lakes and as far
south as southern Missouri.
The weather had cleared, however
in the Rocky Mountain region and
the area from South Dakota south
ward to West Texas, which received
the brunt of the storm as it spread
eastward and where ut least two
deaths were caused
Temperatures today were not un-
scaSOnably low.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
SUNNY DIXIE
LAND OF
JUICY SLUSH
Entire Southeastern Section
Of United States Has
Snow, Sleet, Rain
TRAFFIC DEMORALIZED
Communities East of Rocky
Mountains Recovering
from Heavy Snowfall

Atlanta. Ca, Jan. S.--(P)-Snow,
sleet and rain today had converted
sunny Dixie into land Of juicy
slush.
From the Ohio and Potomac riv-
ers. extending into middle Georgia
and Alabama. the section was exper-
fencing steadily chilling rain, gen
erously intermingled with snow and
sleet.
In the mountainous regions Of Ten
nessee. Kentucky. North Carolina,
Virginia, Georgia and Alabama. snow
predominated, rain and sleet enter
ing into the combination in the foot
hills and lowlands. Sporadic fur
ries Of snow were reported from
nearly all portions Of the south yes
terday. increasing in volume as
nightfall descended.
Transportation and communica-
tion facilities were crippled and in
virtually all southern cities, street
car and train schedules were being
thrown into the discard.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
NORTH DAKOTA HAS !, l,7250N
ITS PAY ROLL WITH A TOTAL
MONTHLY SALARY OF $240, 1852
HUSBAND SPENDS PAY
FOR TRlNkETS-WlFE
IS GIVEN nlVnk(l

Camden, N. j., Jan. S.-R)--A
husbands mania for spending mis-
pay in five and ten cent stores
was considered sufficient
grounds for divorce. Seven dol
lars week aiimony went with
the decree.
Mrs. Frank T. Hulibgs allea-
ed that her husband, Immediate
ly upon receipt of his pay, in
vaded the five and ten cent
shops buying al the knick-
knacks in sight,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
FlREAlAN RESCUE8 DOI.I

Little Washington, n. Firemen
responding to m alarm, found doll
house burning. Amid the cheers Of
the children IN the neighborhood one
fireman rescued doll and gave II ~
its owner. aF
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
OI,DEsT nFI.L n ErvROPE

LanaHk-This town claims to have
the oldest bell in Europe. It is ia
the Town SteepleI and still is in good
condition.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-08
SENATOR IS A STATE OFFICER, SAYS STEPHENS
" oman Is Head Of Largest
Tree Nursery in the W OrId
TODAY IN WASHINGTON

IOUAI IN WNSHINUIVN
House considers interior bill.
Nye case remains before SEN
ate.
House committee continues
rubber investigation.
Government officials testify in
senate aluminium inquiry.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

asks for pitchouts and If the pitcher
has good control. then you can, OF
course. give the hit-and-run sign for
any pitched ball.
The poin. that the batter must
keep i'll mind is 10 keep the ball or
the ground so in case he is outCuess-
ed by The inflelder he will still be ablc
TO advance the runner, although
thrown out himself.
While l managed the Detroit Ii
gers we were playing a game in Chi
cago. With Cobb on first and Craw.
ford at bat, Crawford gave Cobb the
hit-and-run sign. Cobb went down
with the pitch and Crawford smashed
the ball over Hahn's head in right
for a three-bagcer. The next day the
newspapers gave Crawford credit for
executing a fine hit-and run, but IL
really was not a hit-and-run. You
do not swing on the ball when hitting
and running. but instead YOU chop
aiming to give the ball enough i'm.
petus TO send il through the openinc.
We were playing an exhibition
game in Atlanta one Spring. In one
inning Cobb singled, Crawford flied
and Rossman came to bat. Rossman
gave Cobb the ht-and-run sign. Cobb
was off with tile pitch and Rosslnau
hit the ball over the right field fence.
That night l asked Rossman whether
he had not given Cobb the hit-and.
run sign. Sure, he had. did YOU
call that q hit-and-run play?" / asked
Rossman. His answer was, "FIit and
run? Certainly it was a hit and run.
Not only that but the best hit and
run l ever pulled in my life. / didnt
alone advance Cobb. but l scored him
and l scored myself" When I ex-
planned the hit-andrun play to Ross
man he was very much surprised.
Copyright. 19@6l
Evening star., 1926-03-13
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
LEAGUE TO REMAIN

ROCKVILLE, Md. March 13.-The
Montgomery County Base Ball League
which has been tottering for the last
two years, will again he in evidence
this season, so the board of governors
has decided.
Rockville, Bethesda, Glen Echo,
Dickerson and Boyds, members of the
league last year, again will be repre-
sented, and if Silver Spring does not
desire to continue u member Olney
will be the sixth team.
The season will start May IS, with
games every Saturday and two on
each holiday until and including Labor
day.
In order to improve the grade of
ball. it has been decided to lift the
ban against out-of-the-county players
on the various teams.
officers for the coming season have
been chosen as follows: President,
Harry {. Meem of Dickerson; vice
president, r. Hazel Casheli of Rock
Vile. and secretary-treasurer, William
II. burst of Glen Echo.
Evening star., 1926-03-13
Nationals Attaining Fine Condition. Despite Cool Weather Tampa
MUNICIPAL COURSES
OPENING is DELAYED

Opening OF tho public golf courses
at East Potomac and Foch Cree
Parks, scheduled for today, has been
postponed until late next week. prob
ably Saturday, Manager S. G.. Loefflar
has announced.
The postponement. the manager de
Clared, was made necessary because
the wet CONDITION or tne courses rcr-
hade rolling of fairWays and ereehs -
put the courses in good condition for
the formal opening.
Two days work will he required a
both courses before they are fit for
play. Rock Creek Park has suffered
more from the recent wet weather
than the fiat layout at East Potomac
Park.
Announcement Of tho first big golf
tournament OF the year. given by the
Town and Country Club, has been
made. The Town and Country Club
will open the Spring season, followed
in rapid succession by tournaments bT
Indian Spring. Chevy Chase, ConGre F.
sional. Columbia and Middle Atlantic
championship ut the Washington Coll
and Country Club.
Dates for the Town and Countrr
Club event arc April 28, %. so and
May I, with qualifying rounds to he
held April IS and 20 Match play viii
start April 80 in all four scheduled
flights. with the scmifinal and final
IL all fights on May I.
The tournament is open 10 all nlcn.-
hers OF the club and specially invited
guests. Chairman Nathan Il. Franz
Of the golf committee plans TO send
invitations to all the golf clubs about
the city, and also ia several other
clubs located in Maryland and Nir-
ginia.
privileges Of the course and club
house are extended TO entrants Oh
mil o. "a oh and u
Evening star., 1926-03-13

HanlOnS chief trouble was 10 pre-
vent players from working too hard.
They wore themselves out by over
work. We used to get to the park
carly in the morning and practice
steadily until lunch. An hours rest
and we We're back again. Then We
practiced after the finish of the game.
/ want to say that have not heard of
any manager in this day having the
same kind of trouble.
Conduct Generally Good.
There were attractions OF training
rules by players during my time, but
on the whole the conduct of players
has greatly and gradually improved.
Some still break training and some
always will, but the great majority
discovered some time ago that it can
not be done without u shortening of
the playing career.
The lively ball has made various
changes in the game. 1t has almost
eliminated the bunt, the sacrifice bunt.
the squeeze play and the hit-and-run.
1t has created SwingerS instead of
chop hitterS and removed much OF the
science that helped the game to be.
come popular.
There is no finer play from the play
ing standpoint than having a player
bunt and testing his running ability
against the fielding and throwing
ability Of the third baseman. 1t is q
battle OF wits between the batter and
the fielder. 1t was also thoroughly
enjoyed by those spectators who had q
knowledge of the game.
The hit-and-run, which means hav-
ing the batter give the runner the
signal when he intends to hit the
RI Ha Jn CT rt m O.
with the pitch is play that demands
shrewd base ball intelligence. The
purpose is to advance the base runner
and to give the batsman an added
chance to hit safely. The batter must
decide whether the second baseman
or the shortstop will cover the bag.
He will try to hit the ball through the
spot made vacant when the fielder
goes over to cover on the catcher S
throw. If the batter hits through
then the runner will advance at least
two bases on the hit, due to his flying
start. Even If the Grounder is fielded
then the runner will still advance a
base and prevent a double play. l am
giving this detailed explanation be
cause I have S~su asked a number of
Is Battle of Wits.
The hit-and-run is q battIe of wits
between the catcher and tho bats
man. You must know your catcher
as well as the inf1elders. Some
catchers like to ask for pitchouts--
that is. have tho pitcher pitch wide
of the plato so the batter cannot
reach the ball. thus giving tho catch
er a chance to throw out the runner.
If the catcher is not the kind that
Evening star., 1926-03-13
BY BUD HOBAN,

Athletic Director OF Gilman Country School.
~ OYS who want to star on the
~ foot bali field next Fall should
improve each shining hour.
Red Grange has passed on among
the men Of history and some lad of
about your age is likely to be the next
Red Grange a few years from now.
But remember, Red Grange didn't
practice all his foot ball in the Fall.
He learned to throw forward passes
in the Spring and he worked during
the Summer TO become strong. lie
made foot ball an all-year sport.
There are several things you might
take up this Spring and attain some
form in--drop-k kicking. place-kicking,
punting, forward passing, lodging,
etc.
To make it more interesting let's
group the boys and have contests in
the various stunts ! have mentioned.
Take the drop and place kicks
each boy have FIVE trials for the goal
at distances Of Is yards, 20 yards, %
yards, 30 yards and 35 yards.
Try punting for distance--stand on
the 50-yard line and punt down the
field, without any wind with or
against y0u.
Try forward passing for distance.
Practice lodging by going through
a string of sticks five yards apart at
full speed. Carry a ball and keep
shifting it from arm to arm as if d
man were about TO tackle you.
Two boys, if no more are available,
can go through these Spring training
practices. Keep it UP at intervals all
through the Spring and Summer, too,
and you'll be surprised at your gen.
eral Improvement by next Fail.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

List of events:
10-pound cIass-50.yard dash, run.
ming broad jump.
S5-pOund class-5O.yard dash, run
ming broad jump. running high jump.
100-pOund class-60-yard dash, run
ming broad jump, running high jump.
lI5-pOund ciass-.O-yard dash, run
ming broad jump. running high jump,
I40-yard relay tgrade schools only to
be represented.
Unlimited class-100-yard dash, run
ming broad jump, running high jump,
half-mile run.
The boys of The Star Club Of Ian
dover, Md, have organized their ball
team for the coming season. They
want Sunday games only In the 15-
year-oid class. Francis PETER IS cap
tain and Ralph Carrick manager. His
address is Landover, Md. Phone
Hyattsville S02-F-11.
Clarence Briscoe was elected cap
tain and Joseph II. Williams. jr., man
ager of the Southwest All-Stars. Ages
range from 13 to Is years. They will
play at Second and X streets south
west. The managers address is 2Q2 l
street southwest.
Teams wanting games in tho So
Hyattsville 14-R. Edward Buclzlin has
has decided on the Maryland Insects
FOR q name.
The Silver Spring Tigers is the
| name of this team. Paul Durrer is
| the captain. The manager, Edwa rd
Sellinan. can be reached at 110S Hard
! ing street, silver Spring, Nd. The
: teams average age is II.
Evening star., 1926-03-13


AS an enormous number of par
ticipants is expected. the chief would
like to impress ence more on the
members the absolute necessity OF
sending their entries in early. right
away IL possible. The advantage of
acting quickly is twofold. IN the first
place, IL you send in your entry now,
you viii start preparing for the con-
test at once, whereas II you wait you
probably will defer. your preparation
and as a result you will be unable
to compete with those in good condi-
ton. Then, again, it will minimize
the danger of q last-minute jan.
Will Add Features.
1t is the intention OF those in
charge TO include in the afternoons
program some other features.
In the 440-yard relay in the 115-
pound class, only one team may rep
resent each OF the grade schools.
They must be the official representa-
tives OF their school, and regardless
OF how light the members may be.
any one of them must not exceed 115
pounds.
Entries for the Junior High School
relay will be made by the physical
directors. They need only to enter
the school name. There is no weight
or age limit. First place medals will
be awarded TO each of the four men
on the winning team in each relay.
The second and third place teams
will be treated likewise.
Other things will be announced from
day to day, especially some new fea-
lures. SO read your column and keep
up with what is going on.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

son. is slated to pitch three innings.
The Cardinal squad. divided into
two teams for exhibition games yes
terday at San Antonio and Houston
came through with pair OF WINS
one team beating Houston. 8 to !
and the other winning from san
Antonio, to 3. Chick Hafey. out
fielder, got his second homer OF the
exhibition season at Houston
PHILADELPHIA, March IL OPl.-
Ed Baecht, recruit Phillie tw1rief'
transferred from the second team to
the regular nine, helped NOW down
his erstwhile teammates at Baden
town, Fla, yesterday, the Seniors
winning a seven.inning battle, to 0.
In four innings Baecht pitched TO i
men, Mitchell then relieved him.
Al Simmons, the Babe Ruth or the
Athletics, made u home run and three
singles-a hit each time at bat--at
Fort Myers, Fla. The Athletics de.
feated Baltimore, 13 to S.
NEW YORK, March 13 R).-Greet'
ed by a long stretch Of disagreeable
weather, base BAH players In the
Florida training camps or three
metropolitan teams claim they Will
enter the long Summer campaign.
George Kelly, lanky first sacker OF
the Giants, is one star apparently un'
affected. He banged out four hits
Yesterday, one a triple, which cleared
the bases and started the McGraW
outfit on the way to a, 9-to-2 victory
over the Buffalo InternationalS at
Palmetto. Yankee regulars, however,
failed to recover from their massacre
at. the hands of the Braves and were
trounced at St. Petersburg, to Q.
by the second team, Ruth and Meusel
being helpless before the pitching of
PipgraS.
Del Bisonnette, Brooklyn recruit
first baseman, batted his way into
the limelight with q single, double
and home run in 4 practice contest at
Clearwater.
DETROIT, Mich, March Is R.-
Players at the Detroit Tigers train
ing camp at Augusta, Ga, were di
vided into two squads yesterday, one
toiling in the forenoon and the other
in the afternoon. 1t was one of the
best practices thus far and was the
first real workout given the infield
erS.
Jackie Warner Of Vernon, Calf.
and Bill Mullen of Fort Worth. whc
are candidates for the third base po
sition, were watched with special in
terest as they began their battle for
the regular place on the team.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 13 Op
Remarkable control for this time
of the year featured yesterdays game
between the Cincinnati Reds and
Cleveland Indians at Orlando, which
Cincinnati won, to /.
| Three youngsters. Levsen, Miller
and BenGe, held the Reds to eight
| hits, while Donohue and Mays al
lowed only seven. three of which
were obtained by the Cleveland
pitchers. Two bases on balls anc
a hit batsman were the only franks
of the game.
Mike Sexton, president of the Ma
i tional Association of professional
Base Ball Leagues, saw the game.
CHICAGO, March 13 R).-Howart
Freigau, veteran third-sacker Of the
Chicago Cubs, hit n double in the
| final inning of the Bruins game with
| the Hollywood Stars at Los Angeles
Evening star., 1926-03-13

The Nationals. though, really need
Nttle promising young blood 70 Shdpe
up as prospective pennant repedters'
The material that has won two sue
ressive American League races is
smart and reSourcefUl ana requires
slight bolstering.
Practically all Spring training is
done TO condition the men and let the
manager get a line on his new talent.
That's the case here. Fortunately the
Nationals are well fortified with
veterans who do not have to be told
much, if anything. about the proper
way To get themselves into form Tor
the crueling grind of a big league
remnant fight. These fellows have
l.een In the game long enough TO
know what is what And with
manager of the type of Bucky Harris
OF the helm. the training of rockies IS
ret So troublesome
Martin Is an Asset.
OF course, the physical conditioning
Of all handS--a matter OF great I'M
portance-is somewhat outside the
province OF the club pilot. That is
left TO the club trainer. And in Mike
Martin Clark Griffith and company
have a man who. barring accidents,
viii have the athletes in tiptop form
TO give the pest account bl themselves
when the bell rings for the opening
of the American League season.
Much has been said of this Martin
in former years, but as the seasons
go by his value as a trainer of base
bah players is much more appreci-
eted. These hired experts of the dia-
mond game are something of pam
pered lot Not that they are unWlli-
ing to give their best under all con-
ditionS. There are no cutters in the
big leagues Fellows of that stripe
could not climb SO high. But many
of the men are Of the temperamental
tvpe of talented folk found in other
fines. Their ailments, often imaginary,
reduce their effectiveness considerably,
end it is these men especially who
have to be carefully tended by the
trainer.
Makes EN- Feel Fit.
Martin, it appears. has a great way
with these supposedly mentally soft
men. He loses little time and eXpends
little effort IN making them believe