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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

iirst round Of the national tour
nament at Chicago today by de-
feating the Waite high. Toledo,
Ohio. % to q. The score at the
end of the first period was Grand
Forks 8, Waite High 4, and at
the end Of the half II was Grand
Forks -, Waite High S.
Chicago, March 29.--(P,--The eli
max of the basketball season has ar
rived for the high school boys of 43
teams representing 80 states. Play
began this morning among these four
hundred lads for the national inter-
scholastic title at the University of
Chicago gymnasium.
Stafford, Arizona, travelling 1900
miles to enter the tournament, open
ed the program against team from
the other end of the country, Frank
lin, n II. The Stafford team and a
large body Of rooters, and their com
patriots from Gilbert, Arizona, had
the honor of coming the longest dis
lance to compete.
The squad of seven from Alpine
Tenn, famous overnight as the boys
from Il hamlet of IS inhabitants, rep
resent the smallest community as.
piring to the national title, but
Mincrsvillc, Utah, is not far behind
There are IA boys in the high school
at Minersvillc and nine of them came
here to play. They brought along
one coach, one principal, one super.
intendcnt and seven citizens.
Nearly All State Champs
All but seven Of the AZ teams en-.
tered were state champions and the
others were runncrs-up. A long list
Of other schools had to be refused
invitations, and some state winners
were turned down to keep the tour.
nament strictly within public high
school ranks.
The draw gave Ridgcfield, N. j., =;
first round bye, because of the ode
number Of entries, and the winning
team will have to score five straigh,
victories to carry off the champion
ship.
First round matches will be played
hourly all day today starting at II
a. M, and up to 8 p. M, Wednesday
when the second round begins. Semi
finals will be reached Saturday aft
ernoon. and the finals Saturda,
night.
Station WMAG on "ave length
Of 447.8 meters will broadcast tn,
games at and Z p. m. Friday, ant
on Saturday will put the last 81,
games on the air.
Scores of games played so far to
day were:
Stafford. Arizona, 80; Franklin, N
H., 20.
Muscatine, Iowa, IL; London, Ky
Is.
Alpine. Tenn. .; Lincoln. Neb
Huron, S. D., 22; Greenvillc, S. G.
20. Extra pcriOd.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
LINCOLN AND HURON
TEAMS WIN OPENERS

Chicago, March 29.-lR-Against
five high school boys from the hills
of Alpine, Tenn, the rod clad bas-
ketball team of Lincoln. Ncb., high
today compiled the lslgest score
ever run up at the University Of Chi
cago national high school basket
ball tournament.
Lincoln won II to 9. Their VIC
tory stamped the Cornhuskers as the
outstanding team to reveal itself in
the early games Of the play for the
interscholastic title.
Other teams to come through in
the first games were Stafford, ARR
zona, and London. Ky. Stafford won
from Franklin, N. H., 30 to 20, and
Muscatine, Iowa's, entry fell to Lon
don. 10 to IL. Both games were slow
and ragged in spots.
Fisher Il Star
Officials Of the tournament said
that never in the nine years Of play
for the }scholastic cage crown had .
team run mp n points against foe.
and that probably no individual ever
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29
CAGE
MEET OPENS AT
CHICAGO TODAY
Arizona Teams Come Longest
Distance - Alpine, Tenn,
Quint From Smallest Town

The Grand Forks high school
BASKETBALL quint. North Dakota
champions, came through the
first round Of the national tour
nament at Chicago today by de-
feating the Waite high. Toledo,
Ohio. % to q. The score at the
end of the first period was Grand
Forks 8. Waite High 4. and at
the end Of the half II was Grand
Forks l3, Waite High S.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

Cincinnatit-- The Cincinnati Ma.
tionals and the Baltimore Intcrna.
tionals will meet for the last time
this spring at West Palm Beach to.
morrow. The Orioles defeated the
Reds yesterday, 8 to 5.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-29

Cleveland-The first leg Of a Lake.
land, Fla, to New Orleans jaunt fol
the Cleveland Indians was made to.
day when the tribe arrived at st
Augustine for their game with the
New York Giants.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
JackdarDs Made Homes
i'm Old Church Clock

In the town Of st. Johns church.
Spalding, England, the jackdaws have
been keeping up their old reputation
as disturbers of the church's peace.
The jackdaw of Reims hoped on
with the archbishop's ring; the jack
DAVIS of Spalding have stopped the
church clock.
When the great bell of st. johns
should have been booming out the
hour across the Lincolnshire fens
there was silence, and silence at the
quarters and the half hour. The clock
had gone on a strike.
When the anxious churchwardens
searched the belfry for the cause,
they found that the jackdaws which
f1uttered in and out of the church
towers windows had extended their
nesting operations to the clock. They
had not purloined any of the works,
but had imported enough twigs to fill
three wheelbarrOw loads. The most
resolute clock could not hold out
against this stuffing, which had so I'M
peded the hammer that 1t could not
fall and mark the flight of time.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Abundant Proof That
ColoniaIs LiUed Well

Were William Penn to come back to
his province few changes would I'M
press him more than the complete al
teration that has taken place in the
hours for meals, and what is con-
sumed at them.
My lord proprietor ate his heavy
meal at noon, and heavy meal 1t was.
Little or nothing was eaten before
that sacred hour, though in those
good old days" many began the day
with a drink of some very strong bev-
erage. You would never guess the
other breakfast food" Radishes.
"They procured appetite and helped
digestion"
BY noon the table was set with
knife and spoon; forks were very rare
ly used then. Meats of all kinds COM
prised most CT the food. There seems
to have been very few vegetables, and
we must remember there were no cold
storage facilities of any kind.
Why PENIS father did not die Of
apoplexy or liver trouble has puzzled
many historians. On January 6, 1867,
he gave dinner at which, in addition
to a chine Of beef and other good
cheer" they had rs mince pies in a
dish."-From the Corn Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Toys Aid Formation
of Childs Character

A toy! That's what we think OF as
soon as we plan to give a present to
child, because all children love toys.
To many people the mere pleasure Is
reason enough for giving whatever the
child desires most without any further
thought in the matter-unless 1t is, OF
course, the expense.
Yet these unconsidering givers are
numerous among those who find the
greatest fault with the young people
of today because they are extravagant
and wasteful, because they have no
resources for entertainment within
themselves. They little realize that
what they deplore in the present gen.
GRAFTON of young people had its begin
nings in wrong training during the
first years of these children's lives.
Toys have a direct bearing not only
upon young peoples amusements, but
upon the development of their char
acter as well.
The first consideration. of course, in
selecting playthings is the question of
pleasure for the child. But what sort
of pleasure-momenta overeXcite-
ment or permanent contribution to his
interests and resources ?-Children
the Magazine for Parents.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Just Why One Mother
Moved From Big City

It gives one to think, as the French
say. The happening was this: The
youngest and prettiest of a group Of
cliff jewellers in a certain apartment
house was giving a farewell card par
ty to her most intimate friends just
before moving into a small and I'M
pretentious suburban home. There
was an insistent chorus of "Why do
you do it?"
For Patricia's sake" replied the
youngest and prettieSt. But PatH-
cia's only baby What will country
life mean to herr" came the response
from the others, who had agreed thar
TO move to an questionable suburb
was to commit social suicide in very
unpicturesque way.
Patricia is four" explained her
mother, land thought it didn't mat
ter where she lived, so long as | fol
lowed all the newest rules for making
better babies, until one day by chance
| took her with me on an errand that
required going a little way into the
suburbs.
1--WE passed some snug little houses
with snug little lawns, utterly unin-
teresting except for grOups of young
sters tumbling about on the grass.
playing tag, hide and seek-all the
things real live children do. I heard
long sigh from Patsey and a pa
thetic little voice with a tone of pre-
mature patience said: Mother, I wish
we could live in a house that grows
on the ground New York Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Alterations of Beauty

It was a certain affection becoming
to his beauty that made Alexander
carry his head on one side, and Alci-
blades to lisp Julius Caesar scratched
his head with one finger which was
the fashion of man full of trouble
some thoughts; and Cicero, as I take
it, was wont to wrinkle up his nose.
as a sign of a man given to SOOTHING.
Amongst irregular cOuntenances. let
us not forget that severe one Of En-
perOr Constantius, who always in pub
lie held his head quite upright, with
out bending OF turning on either side,
not so much as to look upon those
who saluted him on ono side, planting
his body in a stiff, immOvable posture,
without suffering it TO yield to the
motion Of the coach; not daring so
much as to spit, blow his nose, or
wipe his face before people.-Mon-
taigne.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Dancing Birds

Many of the birds of South Amer
lea have the regularly formed habit Of
meeting periodically in the same place
for the purpose Of dancing. Some sing
as they dance, others accompany the
refrain by something unquestiOnably
like instrumental music. The rupicola
dances alone. Birds of this species
range themselves in circle around
level, messy or soft ground, and one of
them, bright with orange and vivid
scarlet plumage. leaves the circle and
advances to the center Of the space
with the dignity Of courtier dancing
a minuet, his wings spread and tail
like a fan. He begins slowly, then,
gradually increasing speed, terminates
his performances by leaping and whirl-
ing until he falls from exhaustion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Strange Race Of People

There is an ancient race in India,
the Todas, nearly extinct now, that
resembles the gypsies. Its members
speak a strange tongue, make novels
out of mud topped with a kind Of
pyramid, in the hills. They are sullen,
savage. chary of approach. They wor-
ship dark, occult gods, who preside
over death and life. They do not
wander like the gypsies. In their iso-
lation one supposes that the wolves
and the vultures and the jackalS are
their familiars-fear being on neither
side. They worship stones and stars,
the grass, the dawn and the moon.
Crit
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Citizens Called to War

There were three drawings made for
the draft during the World war. One
was made for each registration. The
first and second drawings were made
by the secretary Of war, Newton ID.
Baker. The number drawn in the first
drawing was 25S, on July 20. 1917.
The number in the second drawing
was 246, on June y, 1918. In the
third drawing. President Wilson drew
the number, which was 800 This was
September 80, 1918. The first man to
be selected for the draft in the United
States was Harry G. Gilbert of the
District of Columbia.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01

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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
London's SCOT

Two million five hundred thousand
tons Of SCOT go into the air Of London
annually. This is supposed to in
crease London's laundry bill by many
million pounds. Old-fashioned fire
places produce five times as much
SCOT as do industrial furnaces. Coun-
try people get 20 per cent more sun
light than do jewellers in London.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Golfers Hard Luck

Golfers never will be satisfied with
their game. A fellow made a worlds
record-drove ball that rang in a
fire alarm. A wild hook went out Of
bounds, broke the glass of box, hit
the lever and brought engines on the
run. 1.-THE longest shot of my career"
moaned the golfer. IF it only had
gone straight
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Deadly Sins

According to the latest dictionaries
and sources of information, the seven
deadly sins are listed as pride, covet-
BUSINESS, lust, anger, gluttony, envy,
sloth. The seven chief virtues are
faith, hope, charity, prudence, tenn
perance, chastity and fortitude.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Record Price for Rug

An Ispahan of the Sixteenth CEN
fury brought recently $4,000, which
is said to be the highest price paid
for a rug in the United States and
probably in the world. The Sixteenth
century was the high period of Per-
sian rug weaving.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Art of Revealing

"Do not the cleverest people always
keep something in reserve" a cor
respondent asks. No, the cleverest
people give out all the brains they've
got. AS a rule, people who pretend
they are keeping something in reserve
have merely the space To keep it int
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Freshmen on Job Early

Freshmen of about forty colleges
and universities report a week in ad-
vance of the formal opening in order
to receive preliminary instruction in
tended to acquaint them with the life
they are to lead in the institution, ac-
cording to School Life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1927-01-01
Synthetic Pain-DuIler

A German scientist has discovered
q new local anaesthetic which may be
used in place Of cocaine. 1t is pre-
pared from some Of the intermediate
products of rubber and its commercial
name is ''totokain.''
The daily worker., 1927-01-25
American Professors
Request Coolidge to
Arbitrate in Mexico

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a. - One
hundred professors of American col
leges, all specializing in law, eco
nomics or political science, and teach
ing in thirty-five different colleges
today requested President Coolidge to
arbitrate the American governments
dispute with Mexico.
"The question at ISSUE" said their
statement, "are appropriate for SET
tlement by the judicial method. Pro-
tracted delay may be dangerous. The
property questions which are at the
base Of the differences may become
oSsSuEo@; tlso. Issue may 5ceonss one
of national pride and sentiment; feel
ings may be aroused which will make
impossible the judicial settlement now
practicable"
The administrative committee of
the federal council of churches issued
strong statement favoring arbitra-
tion.
The daily worker., 1927-01-25
SENATORS CLASH
over FREE SEED
FOR FARMERS
Bruce's Stand Against
Agrarians Challenged

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. "a
Senator Bruce (D) of Maryland, was
dubbed "the senator from Pennsyl-
vania" by Senator Norbeck (R) of
South Dakota, during a sharp tilt
ever farm legislation in the senate
today.
When Bruce objected to considera-
tion of a bill to provide free seed for
farmers in drought stricken areas,
Norbeck shouted angrily: "Yes, if
it's farm bill the senator from Mary
land is against it; if it is railroad
bill, he is for it. | wonder if the
people of Maryland will stand for a
third senator from Pennsylvania af-
ter the next election"
Maryland has always been noted
for it's courteous gentlemen" inter
rupted Senator Stewart (R) Of Iowa.
"but apparently she has fallen on evil
ways"
"Such vituperation does not de-
serve a reply" retorted Bruce.
The daily worker., 1927-01-25
BY HARBoR ALLEN.

TWICE l got a bird's-eye view of
4 Passaic. Each time / had the
same impression.
Once ! stood on the roof of house
across the street from Belmont Park.
/ saw strikers swarming up and down
the street, singing, jeering, defiant.
I saw men with guns prodding them
in the backs, growing at them. l
heard the sheriff cry; "Move on, move
on!" He was like a strip of cardboard
trying to damn roaring tide. They
swirled around him, surged back and
forth. He stood shouting, livid and
fat-headed, barring them from the
hall.
A Scrap of Paper.
An auto came honking up the
street. A murmui sprang from the
crowd. A man leaped from the car
waving a piece Of paper in his hand.
The murmur swelled to a shout as
he moved toward the sheriff, showed
the paper under his nose. A moment
Of restless quiet. fThen, with a roar,
the mob crushed Into the hall The
hall became a big phonograph,
through the roof Of which came
muffled applause and cheers.
And I thought; It's the old Amer
lea against the new. And the new
as usual, is leading the game"
Living Power.
Later / stood oh the platform of
Belmont hall, taking in a loud
voice, stiff and iIl-at-ease. And then
a sense of awe came over me, not Just
the fear of an audience, but the
sense of fear you ret in the face of
massive power. Below me row or
row Of faces: lroad. wide-eyed,
solid, strong faces. Little polish, no
gentility, no pose, 40 neurotic intel
lectuality here. HIRE was freshness
and primitive strength a cleannes5
like the cleanness If virgin soil. No
wonder old Passaic is fighting
against it.
The Workers Win.
And old Passait is fighting a los
ing fight. 1t is Ike a wrinkled nj
ser who has los power over his
The daily worker., 1927-01-25
Higher Compensation
Payments to Injured
Workers Are Urged

BOSTON, Jan. "a. (FP. Higher
weekly compensation payments are
recommended by the special legisla-
tive commission on workmen's COM
pensation, created by the last Massa-
chusetts legislature to investigate the
operation of the present law. Rails
ing minimum and maximum pay
ments from the present 81 and SIG
to 50 and S19 is advised.
Total maximum payments should
rise from the present $4,000 to
$4,000, the commission urges. Two
dollars a week should be allowed to
all dependent children, instead of to
a maximum Of five children only.
Putting occupational diseases defi-
nitely into the compensate class is
one of the most important recon-
The daily worker., 1927-01-25
Paterson Will Hold
Eight-Day Bazaar to
Help Passaic Strike

PATERSON, N. j., Jan. 24-or-
ganized labor Of this city, in response
to the acute relief situation in Pas
sale, has decided to hold an eight-day
bazaar for benefit Of the Passaic
strike.
Committees were elected by the
Paterson Trades and Labor Council
and by the Building Trades Council
to work on the bazaar, which will
be held at Carpenters Hall, 5G Van
Houten ST., from February 10 to 26,
inclusive.
William Johnson, president Of the
Passaic Trades and Labor Council
and member Of the Paterson labor
body, was elected chairman Of the
bazaar committee. The delegate
from the full fashioned hosiery
workers was elected secretary.
The daily worker., 1927-01-25
SHAW, PRAISIkC MUSSOLINL, PASSES
FROM PINK SOCIALISTS TO fascist

Bernard Shaw is now definitely
in his dotage, in the opinion Of his
many former admirers here who
have not made the "flop" with him
from pink Socialism to the Black
Shirts.
Shaw. IN signed statement TO the
London Daily News, praises Musso-
lini as a model Of efficiency, servng
the interests Of the public, and con-
trasts him with the British oligarch,
just as able in the way Of oppression.
but more hypocritical, and without
other good points Of the fascist.
Shaw says in his letter:
"The clear self consciousness and
unaffected self judgment of Signor
Mussolini certainly makes an anus
ing contrast with the self delusion
and mock modesty with which we
lecture him for doing IA Italy Whist
we have never hesitated to DO IN
The daily worker., 1927-01-25

England and Ireland on half the
provocation he has had.
Gone would think that our cabi-
nets of oligarchs had never suspend
ed the habeas corpus act, suppressed
newspaper or prosecuted Corbett
or krkwood.
"The British ohgarch, It seems,
can steal horse where the Italian
Dictator may not look over hedge.
"Mussolini is not popular. Some
demagogues are popular. The people
are too much afraid Of him. They
think him indispensable, which must
mean that they find him useful.
"But in the meantime let us re-
member, as we did not dare to cali
Signor Mussolinis bluff at Corfu
and are clearly afraid Of him. that
we had better treat him with dis
inruished consideration as a matter
cf policy no less than Of good man
ners. (signed) G. B. S."
The daily worker., 1927-01-25
Britain M0biIizGS for War on China
Soviet Union Changes
Tax Law to Suit New
Increase of Income

MOSCOW. - (Tass THE Coun-
Gil of Peoples Commissaries of the
Soviet Union has recently adopted a
new income tax law. The returns
from the income tax are increasing
from year to year. In the federal
budget of 1929 they amounted to
12,700,000 roubles, in 1923-24 to Ca
100000 roubles, in 1024-25 to 100,-
100000 roubles, and I925-26 to $780,
100000 roubles. According to the
budget estimate for the fiscal year
l925-27, which began from October
i, 1926, the income tax returns are
expected to reach 165,000,000 rou-
bles in 1926-27.
The following groups are subject
to taxation under the new income
tax law: all persons gainfully occu-
pied, all kinds of joint-stock and
limited liability companies, as well
as foreign companies which are per-
mitted to do business on the terri
tory of the Soviet Union.
These persons and enterprises
will be subject to the income tax, if
their income exceeds a certain min
imum. The non-taxable minimum
varies from GOO to 1900 roubles, ac-
cording to locality.
Taxpayers are divided into three
groups: persons working for wages
or salary; persons working for their
cwn account, and persons not en-
gagged in any gainful occupation.
The rate Of taxation varies accord
ing to group, the relative burden of
taxation being expressed by the pro-
portion of 1:3:4.
On an average the rates Of the
second group have been increased by
5 per cent, and those Of the third
group by 80 per cent.