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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
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Wild goose shooting in the west
ern hemisphere really starts at the
breeding grounds Greenland, Baffin
Island. Labrador, Newfoundland,
Hudson Bay, northern Alberta, Sas-
katchewan, Manitoba, Alaska and
Yukon.
layogite spots further south in
c1n6o IL coast Of Prince Edward
Joland; Tabuiintac, New Brunswick,
points alouG the New England coast,
Loae lel9n1, BAynegat Boy. N. J.,
Cuf1tnek ard Okracolse, n. c., the
oex5epn Gulf north shore, the
pt1j&iD ooulEyy and the Pacific from
l1o1ka n 1ower California.
- (xnnda kolkef IS regarded
- ~ WisGot hid that flies and
~ pl 4alls ~ IT, hunter away from
- y inoee grounds.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
Veteran Runner Dies
on Eve Of Long Run

Boston, Mass, Dec. N.--P)-Wil-
liam Prouty, veteran distance run
ner, died suddenly at his home here
last night. He was in his forty
eighth year, but still was in training,
arc had planned to take part in a
cross-country race of 3,100 miles
from Los Angeles to New York, next
spring..
Last summer he ran 20 miles on
a quarter mile track in the world
record time of II hours, II minutes,
81 seconds. He was q grandfather.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
Many Have Entered
Florida Golf Meet

New York, Dec. 24.-P>-Entries
from a dozen states have been re-
ceived for competition in the first
national amateur golf tournament
for club champions at st. Augustine,
Fla, next month, the committee in
charge announces.
The Walter J. Travis memorial
trophy. valued at $1,000, will be the
prize for the winner. On january 4,
the qualifying round, 10 holes,
medal play, will be played. The &c.
hole final will be January Z.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
Billy Evans Says
LONG RUNS PLENTIrUL

AVNU NOV0 = A|lN 1t ~
In looking over the scores Of the
weekend games recently, ! dis
covered that on one Saturday, no
less than 20 runs Of from 20 yards
to the length Of the field were regis
tered throughout the country.
Rather surprised ~ those Stats.
tics, ! asked = we'll known football
official how he accounted for it, af-
ter he had admitted that the games
in which he had worked were feat
ured by more than the average num-
Der Of long runs. -
1.-THE lateral pass, or perhaps bet
ter, the fear Of it, has greatly op-
ened up the play, spread the lines,
thereby setting the stage for good
open field runners, possessing speed
and q. change Of pace" WAS the Of
ficial's explanation.
Since that WIS the hope Of
the lateral pass, e would seem
its incorboration into the rules
has had the desired effect.
MANY STAR SoPHO1a0REs
What q year this il. proving to
be for backs playing their first year.
Many Of the leading teams lost q
number Of outstanding backfield
men at the close Of last season.
It was feared their absence would
wreck the ottense otscertain elevens.
In q great many caees sophomore
backs Of 1927 have made the foot
ball "a fans forget about senior stars
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24

London, Dec. 24.-tP)-British ten
mis- players are ranked as follows by
Hamilton Price, secretary of the
Tennis Referees Association: l e.
Riggs; 2, J. c. Gregory; ). D. M.
Greig; 4, H. w. Austin; 5, G. r. O.
Crole- Rees; 6, C. H. Kingsley: Z, H.
X. Lester; s, o. G. N. Turnbull; 8,
r. Lycett; 10, Nigel Sharpe; II, G.
P. Hughes; IL, w H. Powell.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
Dance Raises $4,000
For Injured Grid Star

Green Bay, Wis, Dec. 24.-(Spe-
cial )-Nearly $4,000 was raised by
benefit dance here to pay the med
ical expenses of Walter Whitney,
star center of the Green Bay West
High school football team, who was
paralyzed from the waist down at
ter receiving a broken neck in a
game with Manitowoc High school.
Physicians hold out hope for the ul-
innate recovery of the injured youth,
but expect he will have to remain in
the hospital for year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
Steady PLAYER

Oakland. CAL, Dec. 24.-R-Play-
ing 594 minutes out of possible 600
total for ten games, Albert Tobin,
st. Mary's College tackle, estab-
lished an unusual mark for the 1927
season on the Pacific coast. He was
out for only two minutes of one
game and four minutes Of another.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
Sport Briefs
Marquette Names

Milwaukee, Wis. Dec. 24.-Gor.
don McNutt, star Marquette univcrs-
ity athlete in 1922 and 1923 and a
former prep luminary at Minoqua
Wis, has been appointed coach of
the Marquette freshman. basketball
squad, it has been announced by Ath-
lctic Director c. NJ. Jennings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
tween the offensive and defensive
sides of the contest.
Hockey Is Major Snort


When hockey teams are sued for
100000 and stars of the ice game
sold up or down the river from sums
Of $4,000 and over, it seems about
time to admit this winter game to
the big business circle in sports
alongside boxing and baseball.
When q hockey star is sold for
about the same sum as such q base
ball luminary as George Sisler, it
may be taken for granted that the
gate receipts are sufficient to JUS
tify such big league expenditures.
Hockey crowds and rate receipts.
,as a matter of fact, have rivaled
those for boxing at Madison Square
Garden where two clubs in the
hockey league make their home
stands. Playing two or three times
a week, these teams regularly draw
crowds of around $4,000 and fire.
quently more.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
Noted TrOttcr Sold for $3.50

Chicago, Dec. 24.-Onc hundred
and twenty-five more nacers and
trotters were bought off the auction
block at the Union Stock yards an
nual race horse sale Thursday, with
ekntucky Rock, a trotter. 200 "a,
getting the top price at $3.50. The
horse was bought from Mack VIM
nings Of Muncie, Ind, by George
w. Boynton, of Aurora, III.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
Twenty Years in Baseball

Billy Evans, one OF the greatest umpires base.
ball has ever known and now general manager OF
Of The Bismarck Tribune what he considers ths
most interesting happenings I'm his c0lorful base.
ball career. Evans has written these stories ex.
clusively for NEA Service and The Bismarck
every baseball fan. Start following his y years
as umpire today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
w. and ]. Elects

Washington, Pa, Dec. 24.-For
the first time in many years a foot
ball captain at Washington and JEFF
ferson has been elected without a
contest, Carl G. Aschman of Charlie
roi, Pa, centre on the varsity, hav-
ing been selected unanimously at a
meeting Of the % lettermen today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
Former Grid Star Dies

South Bend, Ind, Dec. 24.-R-
Stanley A. Henry, former Nebraska
football star, died here after an. OPP
Grafton for appendicitis. A dozen
men offered their blood for trans
fusion and l. Melvin, Indianapolis
business associate, gave a pint of
his blood but the help was unavail-
ing.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 24.-F}-A
match between Joe Stecher and Ed
STRANGER" Lewis, both claimants
to the heavyweight wrestling cham
pionship of the world, has been ar
ranged here for the night of Monday,
+, Feb. 20.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 24.-tR-
Johnny Mccoy, recognized in Cali
fornia as flyweight boxing champion,
has been matched with Newsboy
Brown Of Sioux City, Ia, for a ten
round fight here Jan. 3.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
African Claims Record

Durham, Natal, Dec. 24.-tR-S. J..
M. Atkinson today made what is
claimed to be a worlds record broad
jump Of 26 feet 9 inches in tho Natal
athletic championship contests.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24

It seems ne 4.est.on of drafting
ball players is again to be the source
of considerable argument between
the majors end minors.
AS / talked with. perhaps 100
minor leagud club owners ut Dallas,
Texas during the recent conven-
ton, the thing that struck me most
prominently was the inability Of
the minor leaguers to agree on just
what they wanted.
Some strongl.' favored major
league ownership of minor league
c.~vs. others just as strongly OPP
posed it. Some favored the draft,
others were just as DESTROYS Of sew
ering relations with the majors.
Relative to having working agree
ments with major league clubs, .
'ce. .a4ln cliqre war delighted to work
hand in hand with the big leaguers
in taking players on option, while
other owners frowned upon the prop
osition and insisted on outright
ownership Of every player on their
club.
With such Q condition existing
Il II very easy to see Why Il In
difficult to work out . satisfac-
tory agreement between the ma.
iogs and minors.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-24
What Barnard Thinks

In discussing the project with
President E. ). Barnard Of the
American League on the way north
from Dallas, he was convinced that
the majors were doing everything
in their power to be fair Will. the
minors.
kor several hours President Bar
nard went over the disputed points
between the two factions and, in
practically every one Of the debat-
able points, It seemed to me ~ il
the majors had given ground in
order to have the minors perfectly
Satisfied they were getting an even
break.
with the scarcity Of star ball
players on the market for the past
ten ears, or since the war, it be-
hooves the majors and minors to
get together in order to make the
proper development and advance
ment Of the available material.
Under the conditions now exist
ing in number Of leagues the
chances Of the player to reach his
goal, the majors, Is greatly handi-
capped by the conditions that now
prevail.
Instead Of . friendly feeling
that should exist towards the
majors, there seemed 70 prevail
belligerent attitude against
the big fellows in many quarters.
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has been scored on in three Of the
first four games playeA.
On the coast five of the teams
that have opposed Stanford have
tailed on Glenn Warmers athletes
in six games played. In one of the
contests, Stanford was beaten by
st. Mary's, while Southern Califor-
mia tied Stanford in another.
Dartmouth, conceded to have one
Of the best teams in the east, has
had its goal line crossed in three Of
the first five games played.
The forward pass, the lateral
heave and other open formations
have made it difficult for any coach
to provide a defense that isn't inn
penetrable.
Winning the game regardless
of the score is now the slogan
of tue major teams, who. once
believed it disgrace to have
4 minor college eleven cross its
goal line.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-02
BUSINESS M IN
URGE GREATER
TAX REDUCTION
Organizations Takes Issue
With u. S. Treasury
Recommendations

WASHINGTON Nov. l H9-Repre-
sentatives of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce and other national
business organizations took issue be-
fore the house ways and means COM
rnittee today with number of treas
ury recommendations for effecting a
1925 0OO,OOO tax reduction
This figure, regarded by the admin
istration as the safe maximum curtall-
ment of revenues, came in for ques-
tioning by James r. McColl of Prov
idence, r. T., chairman of the COM
merce chambers federal taxation COM
mittee, who advocated a tax cut OF
$40O ,O00,O ,O00.
"It is common knowledge" he said,
''that in recent years actual surplus
has greatly exceeded the estimates"
About the time MacColl was making
this statement at the capitol, Senator
Simmons of North Carolina, ranking
democrat on the senate finance COM
mittee, after a call on President Cool
idge at the White House, announced
he believed the treasurys proposal was
too low, and that slash of $400,000,0O0
should be made.
The senator also advocated repeal OF
the excise or nuisance taxes, including
the automobile sales tax, all of which
levieS the treasury wishes to retain,
and said he felt reduction in the
corporation tax, now at 1872 per cent,
should be greater than the 11a per
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-02
Legislature Clears
Decks Preparatory
oAnAdjour11111ent

PHOENIX, Nov. l H9-TWo import
ant subjects of proposed legislation
facing the fourth special session stood
out in today's proceedings of the leg
islature, although only one was dis
cussed on floor Of either house. This
was the matter of regulating the leas-
ing of lands for the prospecting for gas
ard oil and occurred in committee Of
the whole house,
The other subject, involving one of
the recognized important matters be-
ing considered in the special session
namely preliminary steps in code re-
vision-Was discussed to a reported
end by special committee of six
members, three from each house.
A report from this committee is ex-
pected tomorrow, and it is said that
proponents of leaving the matter or
who shall publish the final revised
code as well as the 500 pamphlets OF
the work done by Code Commission
ers Fred Struckmeyer have won out
in their demand, to leave the matter
of publishing bids open Ito any reput-
able publishing firm" which would give
Arizona firms an opportunity to bid
on the work
The measure, senate bill 8, as orig
inally introduced by the committee on
judiciary, held the bidding to "reput-
able law book publishing houses" OBJ
lection to this section was manifest
ed by several members of the senate
and by a greater number in the house
of representatives.
Members of the special joint senate
house committee are Senators Joyner,
Pima; Hill, Greenlee, and Favour,
Yavapai, and Representatives Nellie
T. Bush, Yuma. Morgan, Pima, and
Gibbs, Maricopa.
Four bills pertaining to the regula-
ton of gas and oil leases on state
lands were discussed in committee OF
the whole house today, the subject
having been part of the unfinished
business" of the committee yesterday.
Of the four, evidently house bill 10,
by the committee on public lands, has
been selected to be the surviving meas
ure, although if adopted in It's amend
ed form, it will contain the better
points of the three discarded bills.
This bill was sent to the cOmmICCee OH
STYLE revision and compilation on
roll call ballot in open session this
afternoon.
Through the hustle caused by pro-
longed discussion of the oil lands lease
bills in the house and vigorous pro
and con argument in the upper cham
Der on senate joint resolution No. /,
o1, T1o,,y,a11v of pima commanding the
Arizona Colorado river commission for
it's work to date, there was seen a
clearing of the right-of-Way for bills
slated for final action by the fourth
special session.
Clearing of the decks is expected to
materialize within the next two days
and both administration and majority
members of the legislature expressed
opinions today which indicated that
the end of introduction of bills was in
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-02
ATTORNEYS FOR
SINCLAIR Den Y
ANY. KNOWI EDGE
LittIeton and Hoover Join
Government Counsel Ask
ing MistriaI

WASHINGTON, Nov. l GA joint
statement issued tonight by Martin w
Littleton and George P. Hoover, coun-
sci for Harry F. Sinclair, declared that
they joined with counsel for the gov
ernment in requesting Justice Siddons
today to declare a nliS-trial in the oil
conspiracy case.
The statement was issued as a sup
plement to the stenographic records
of what took place in the privacy OF
the judges chambers today when
affidavits were read charging a group
Of detectives had ShadoWed members
of the jury now trying Sinclair and
Albert B. Fall, for conspiracy in the
lease of the Teapot Dome naval oil
reserve.
Justice Siddons, Mr.. Littleton said
tonight, agreed to allow defendant
counsel to give out for publication their
side of the private proceeding today
inasmuch as the texts of the affidavits,
submitted by assistant United States
district attorneys, had been made pub
lie.
In their joint statement, counsel for
Sinclair declared that "One OF the
counsel for the defendants had any
knowledge or information of the mat
terS set forth in the affidavits sub
mitted by counsel for the government
until late last night"
"This morning." the counsel con-
tinued, "the Washington Herald pub
lished sensational forecast of the
fact that such affidavits would be
submitted. Counsel for the defense
learned, in addition to this, the district
attorney is now conducting grand
jury investigation of the whole mat
ter, and that this fact is being daily
published.
"The position of counsel for the de-
fense, which was presented to Judge
SiddonS, in chambers in full, is that
publication of the affidavits and of
all the matters in connection there
with, and the effect of such publica-
ton, make a mis- trial necessary; and
counsel for the defnedants joined with
counsel for the government in the re-
quest for a mis-trial.'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-02
BIC BILLS TWISTING OF TAIL
OF BRITISH LION BEFORE COURT

CHICAGO, Nov. 1, (AP)-May-
or ThOmpsOn's intentions, spast
and future, in the matter of
removal of books deemed of pro-
British or American tinge,
from the shelves of the Chicago
public library, and the qualifica-
tiOns of U. ]. ("SpOrt'' Herr
mann, theatrical man, as a judge
of historical literature today, be-
came an issue raised anew.
Edward ]. BOhac, attorney who
recently filed suit for an in
junction to prevent Mayor
Thompson and Mr.. Hermann
from making lake-front bon
fire of the books they decided
were Objectionable, stood forth
today as having filed an amend
ed petition.
Judge ira Ryner permitted the
inclusion of set of questions
to which replies must be re-
turned by November 81. The
hearing on granting the injunc-
ton was set for November 20.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-02

versations they said they had with
Kidwell in which the juror was quot
ed as having expressed "great adj
miration" for Sinclair because of his
democratic manner" and as having
said that, ''If .I,tlon't have one Can
antomobile) as long as this block.
I will be much disappointed"
Kidwell also was quoted as saying
he had been picked as a juror be-
cause he was "a pretty good yes-and-
no man." and that ''theSe smart
lawyers could not make him say what
he did not want to say" The affiantS
said these conversations took place
in, soft drink" establishment in q
back street of southwest Washington.
The affidavits dealing with activ-
tiles Of the Burns agents were made
by Neil BurkinShaw and Walter M.
Shea, assistant United States district
attorneys, the former of whom made
the investigation leading to the
Wardman Park hotel raid carried out
under Shea's personal direction.
Burkinshaw declared that the pap
ers obtained in that raid disclosed
"the close, intimate, Objectionable and
improper surveillance" which the
Burns detectives kept on the jurors
as they moved about before and after
court hours daily. He also averred
that "the real employer OF the said
detectives was Harry F. Sinclair,
defendant in this case"s
Moreover, the young district attor-
ney stated that the operatives living
at the Wardman Park-C. G.. Ruddy
and G.. H. Robbins reported to A.
Mason Day, "who is registered at the
Mayflower hotel in Washington, d.
Co. where also the defendant Harry
F. Sinclair is registered"
IT further aver" the affidavit con-
tinued, "that said veportS were at
times rendered to the said Day at
the home OF Donald Woodward, 2118
Leroy Place, Washington, d. c.
Il aver that Day was what is
known as the contact man between
the real employer of said Burns
detective agency in this behalf and
said Ruddy, acting as manager of
the operatives in Washington, d. G.
II aver that there have been Nnce
on or about October 18, 1927, the
date on which the jury was sworn
in said case, at various times, some
Continued on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-02

WASHINGTON Nov. P)-The
Fall Sinclair Oil conspiracy trial came
to- a dramatic halt today, while a
grand jury began investigating
charges of efforts at jury tanpering,
which furnished sensations rivaling
those when the Oil scandal first broke
in the senate
This inquiry was predicated largely
upon information obtained by govern
ment agents in night raid on an
apartment in the fashionable Ward
man Park hotel occupied by opera
tives Of the Burns detective agency
of New York city.
In bringing the trial to pause.
if not ultimate end, special govern
ment Oil counsel presented four affi-
davits in which were named Harry
F. Sinclair, lessor of Teapot Dome,
and one of the defendants on trial;
A. Mason Day, vice president of the
Sinclair Exploration company; Donald
woodward, president of Woodward g.
Lothrop, WaShington's leading de-
partment store; Edward j. Kidwell,
juror No. IL, a young leather worker,
and two Burns operatives.
After examining these affidavits,
in chambers, in the presence of
counsel and of Sinclair and Albert B.
Fall, the other defendant, the trial
judge, Justice Frederick L. Siddons,
took under advisement until tomor-
row whether the evidence was such
as to warrant the declaration of a
mistrial.
Meanwhile, the two women and ten
men constituting the jury, which has
not been locked up as was done with
the Fall-Doheny jury last year, was
excused for the day, after being held
at the District of Columbia court
under close. guard for several hours
while Justice Siddons considered the
affidavitS.
These documents deal with two
separate phases of case that now
has become one of the most cele-
brated in The annals of District of
Columbia courts Two of the affi-
davits refer to the activities of the
Burns agents and the other two to
conversations affiants swore they had
last Friday and Saturday with Juror
KidWell.
j. Ray Akers. a street car con-
ductor, and Donald T. King, a Wash
ington newspaper man, detailed con-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-02
Preparations Completed for
Reception Of Giant Plane
Thursday.
VISIONS FUTURE.
Sees international Airport
In Douglas Reckoning
Mexico City.

Will N. Fox, special representative
OF Maddux, Inc, west coast repre-
sentatives Of the Ford aeronautical
interests, arrived i'm Douglas on the
late afternoon train yesterday. He
was met by the reception committee
made up of the officers of the Doug
las chapter of the National Aero
nautical association. Fox was taken
for a drive to the international
airport east of the city and pro-
claimed the situation ideal for the
founding of the great international
field which he predicted will within
a very short time serve a commercial
air line flying many planes on q
regular schedule from the United
States to Mexico City.
Following the inspection of the
international airport the party drove
to Camp Harry j. Jones where the
IL passenger plane will land on
Thursday shortly after noon An in
srection of the landing facilities there
brought out that the field is ex-
cellent and that only the installa-
fion Of a signal panel and the clear
ing of some weeds to make a so foot
runway will be necessary before the
big plane arrives
At a dinner rendered Fox by the
Douglas chapter of the N. A. A. fol-
lowing the inspection of the flying
field Fox outlined the plans for the
trip. He will arrive in Ell Paso today
where he will meet the flying party
and come on with them on Thursday
to this city where during Thursday
afternoon the Douglas chapter of the
N. A. "A. will be the guests of the
fliers aboard their plane.
In the evening there will be 6
banquet at the Club Sociale in Aqua
Prieta. A dinner will be served al
z o'clock and dancing will follow
throughout the evening. The entire
affair will be under the auspices OF
the local chapter N. A. A.
That the visiting financ1ers and
pioneers of commercial aviation may
be properly entertained, and in view
of the fact that there will be four
ladies' in the flying party, the N
A. A. came to the decision last eve
ming to make the banquet on Thurs
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