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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
RAJAH CONTINUES TO LEAD HITTERS;
LAZZERI GAINING ON GOOSE C0SLIN
Hornsby Loses Ground in to
Hack Wilson and Jim Bot
tomley National Home Run
Race; Hits Represent so
Singles, "a Doubles, Two
Triples, Ia HOmers

New York, July 7.-(AP)-With
the Braves sinking in pieces all
about him. Rogers Hornsby retained
the batting lead of the National
League through the week ending on
independence Day. according to fig
ures revealed today. The Rajah
perched on top with hits representing
so singles, "a doubles, two triples
and IA home runs in 66 games.
The Boston manager lost some
ground to Hack Wilson and Jim Bot
tomley in the National League home
run race, but hung on in fourth place
by virtue of his Ia. Wilson led on
Wednesday evening with 10 to Bot
tomley's 18 and Del Bissonette's Is.
Benton Retains First
As Hornsby held his lead among
the batters. so did sorrel-thatched
Larry Benton cling to the top of
the pitching table. The Cincinnati
redhead, who is outraging the citi-
zenry for miles around the old home
town by giving aid and comfort to
the hated Giants" added two vic.
tories and two complete games t.
his string in the week ending Wed.
nesday.
Benton now has won IA and los,
three games in $50 90 innings Of
pitching without relief. While ask
ing no aid himself. he has given i,
one. one of his innings representing
bit of undertaking done on behalf
OF some Giant pitcher killed in ac
ton.
Cards Are Prominent
st. Louis players again are prom
inent in the list Of individual cham.
pions. Bottomley leads in run.
scored with 66, and is tied for the
top in doubles and triples. With
Hornsby he shares the two-bsst
honors at "a. His nine triples mattel
the output of Walker of Cincinnati
for first place.
Bissonette. whose smuggling has
helped the Robins to remain in !;
threatening position, continues t.
show the way in runs batted in. Tn,
Robin first baseman now can poin
to 68. Frank Frisch Of St. ioui.
continues to show the way in steals
this week with is.
Following Hornsby in the battin.
table are: Grantham, Pittsburgh
1873; Reese, New York, 1865; Her
man, Brooklyn. 1862; p. Waner
Pittsburgh, .357; Callaghan, Cincin
natl, 1855; Bottomley, st. Louis
1852; Douthit, St. Louis, .35l; Picin
lch, Cincinnati, .344, and Lindstrom
New York, and Roettger, st. Louis
.341.
Pittsburgh Leads Batters
Pittsburgh remained in the lead j,
team batting. again with an eve
average of 800, but the Cardinal
held second place, just seven point
behind. The Mound City batter
Likewise were close to the leader i
fielding. Cincinnati topped the lis
with 1913, but the Cards and tn
Cubs were only one point lower.
Red Lucas, still inactive becaus
of fractured wrist, held on to sec
ond place in the pitching average
With eight victories and only tw
defeats. The next regular wa
Fitzsimmons of New York with te
and three, followed by Rhem of s.
Louis with seven and three. Haine
and Alexander of St. Louis an
Clark and McWeeny Of Brookly
were tied for the next place, eac
with eight and four.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
TRAINS MOVE
AFTER DELAY

Train service was normal on the
Northern Pacific and 500 Line today
following tieups Of more than 20
hours yesterday caused by washouts
in Thursday nights storm.
Work train crews sent out Of
Glendive and Mandan had opened
the Northern Pacific lire near Fry
burg last night at z o'clock, and
trains were moving under slow or
ders over three miles Of soft fill near
Fryburg, part Of which was under
water early yesterday.
The 500 Line reported that re-.
pairs to track washout out reef
Butte, north Of Bismarck, were COM
pleted late yesterday and all trains
were moving on time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07

GilkersOn's Union Giants are
meeting the Prison All.Stars II
the pepitentiary diamond this
afternoon. Glenn and Snyder
were slated to be the battery for
the game this morning.
Gilkerson's Union Giants face the
Bismarck Grays in a double header
beginning at p. m. on the city ball
park diamond tomorrow.
Having lost only four games this
year, the Giants are probably the
strongest team that will have played
the locals this year.
The Giants have whipped the
Fargo Moorhead Twins three times
this year and would win over the
Red River crew so times If that
many games were scheduled, Fargo
critics say. Sims, pitching for the
Chicago outfit against Fargo the
Fourth of July, won q shutout
3 to 0.
Thursday the Giants whipped thu
Affiliations to 3 at Salt Lake.
Included in the Giant lineup arr
the two famed Cuban infielders
Pelayo Chacon and Regolio Crespo
who rank we'll with the best infield'
ers in Independent play and who arr
heavy sluggers. They are one-hal.
of "Murderers' Row."
The Giants also have one Of thu
oldest active baseball players in thu
world-Clarence Coleman-who will
handle the catching duties for tn,
club.
Coleman is a native of Louisville
born in 1877, and is now performing
in his goth season as q professions
baseball player. He started will
the famous Louisville Giants ant
later played with Evansville, Ind.
and the Union Giants of Chicago. II
1916 and 1917, the catcher gained ,
national reputation as q batter!
mate Of the great John Donaldson
Earl Harrison or Fred Sims will
pitch for the visitors while Church
i'll has not announced his mounds
men. They will likely be Doc Low
and Jack Gesellchen.
The Bismarck club is fresh fron
= pair Of wins from the fast-movin,
Parshall clan here during the cele
! bration and the manager will hav
q lot of reserve material to use.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
Mandell-O'DOnnell
Bout Is Postponed

GAINESVILLE, Wis.,, July 7.-@-
The ten-round bout between Sammy
Mandell, worlds lightweight boxing
champion, and Johnny G. O'Donnell
of st. Paul, scheduled for July II,
has been indefinitely postponed. The
bout will take place some time after
the Tunney-Heeney engagement in
New York July 26.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
YANKS WIN BAG TITLE

Washington, July 7.-(APl-Cap-
tain w. E. Kepner and w. o. Ear
ecksom, army air pilots, were de-
clared winners Of the James Gordon
Bennett balloon race, with 46O.9
miles, and won permanent posses
sion for America Of second Gordon
Bennett trophy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
JOE WRIGHT Is
SOULS VICTOR

Henley. England, July 7.-R-
Joe Wright, Jr., Toronto, defeated r.
T. Lee, London, to win the diamond
SOULS by a length today in eight
minutes and "a seconds.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
WESTERN LEAGUE

Denver 6; Omaha 5.
Tulsa Is; Amarillo 4.
Oklahoma City 8; Wichita 8.
Pueblo 8; Des Moines 5.
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5,!sS;5'<Si t;45s

(Dy the Asaoeiated A'ress)
Naw Yeelk-Rey Miller. Chi
go. lmoeho6 oot 81 Terrts,
New York a.. Sammy Baker.
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Union native Cuban performers who rank
edes independent baseball circles and who
mighty Peayo Chacon and Regoo Crpo third and
respectively Joined the Giants this spring. They came
pres Gersons welknown Murderers Row They have
than 100 already
this Winnipeg weeks offered chances to
join Western Canada League.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
DOUBLE HEADER
WILL DISPLAY.
GIANT TALENT
Chacon and Crespo, First Class
Cuban Infielders, Are Heavy
Stickers
|COLEMA AN TO CATCH
Grays Made More Confident
by Double Win Over Par
shall at Celebration
EMAN TO CA TCH

Gilkerson's Union Giants are
meeting the Prison All.Stars II
the pepitentiary diamond this
afternoon. Glenn and Snyder
were slated to be the battery for
the game this morning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
Others not scheduled.

Faber, Adkins, Lyons and Grouse;
Burke, CASTOR, Marberry and Ruel,
Tate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07

Genewich, Faulkner and Hogan,
Cummings; Russell, Miljus, Dawson
and Hargraves.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
Yesterdays Games

Petty, Moss, KoupaI and Henllne,
Deberry; Jones and Hartnett.
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Others postponed.
AMERICAN ASSOCr
New Britain herald., 1928-03-17

costs because they were probably residents of that town on the first day of October.
 To correct this evil. it seems to the Observer. is a simple matter. When enrolling officials are mak- ing up their lists they could ask one question which would straighten out the situation: Where were you living on October ] 2" Checking up in the town or city given as the Oc- tober 1 address would entail more labor but it would eliminate the probability of a man paying his tax in one community and being haled before the court in another.
 New Britain had case of this na- ture some time ago although it was based on property taxation. A property owner who lived in Hart ford on July l, the taxation date in that city. was listed for taxation and paid his bill. On October l, the tax alton date in New Britain. he was living here and he was likewise taxed in this city He showed his Hartford receipt but rather than fight. he paid the bill in this city as well. When he explained his double payment to Tax Collector Loomis the latter took steps to have the aldermen rebate the local pay ment and this was done to the sat isfaction of all concerned.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
CREDIT TO WRIGHTS

Some time ago We printed an editorial relative to the refusal O. the Smithsonian Institution al Wash ington to concede that the Wrights flew the first plane al Kitty Hawk, \. c. preferring to give the credit to Professor Langley, who was q member Of the institution's staff.
 Ii is pleasing to note at this time, therefore, that the Smithsonian h. stltution has recanted, and has talk en formal action to yield honor where it is due. Widespread criticism undoubtedly has been the cause.
 But the original Wright plane is in England. IL may or may not be brought back 10 America, depending uopn how sincere the institution is regarded by Orville Wright. The ht-about-fac of the Smithsonian Institution, however, is q step in that direction The original Wright plane should be brought back to America, where It belongs.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-17

held this evening. The new company promises to be successfully organ ized and half Of its s2o, 900 capital stock has been subscribed.
 Councilman D. McMillan has talk en the field in the third ward and desires the nomination for alder man. He intends to wrest the hon. oy from Alderman o. F. Curtis, who has represented the ward for sever- al years. Mr. McMillan's term as councilman does not expire this year, but so many people have urged him not 10 wait until it does that h. has decided to take the nomina ton if offered him through the me iium oi q caucus gathering. Mr. Me Milan Is confident of victory.
 Morris Schupack made application 10 the building department today fol permission to erect four-stor, brick block on the Cornelius Dana her property on Main street. He al so wants to build q three story brick tenement in the rear.
 Fire broke out in Samuel Hol. combs house on the Shuttle Mead ow Road at o'clock this afternoon and an alarm was rung in from the K I\ensington street box. IL was long run for the firemen and the fire had gained considera ble headway before they arrived, but they laid severa lines of house and fought the ten acious flames. Mir. Holcomb was al his bottling works on Cherry street when he learned of the fire. He be, lieves the damage is about 800.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
ALTO REGISTRATIONS

New Britain, fifth city in the tate in population is sixth in point of automobile ownership. Stamford, , committing paradise for numerous New York busness men, with a population much less than Ne" Britain, tops the hardware city in the number of automobiles registered. 1T is nothing to be angry about II merely indicates that there Is a dit- terence between inc character of the cities. New Britain is somcv hat ln the same position as New Haven in comparison with Hartford; although New Haven has the greater popnla- ton, Hartford has the most automo- piles
 The figures are significant Tn in -iicating that the common idea that very Thomas, Richard and Henry nowadays operates an automobile ls wrong. In q manufacturing city there are people aplenty who do not operate any. The record in New Brit ain turns out 10 be one automobile for approximately cve.y seven per sons-whieh is far in advance Of the widest lrearns a decade or two ago and is d good enough record all around considering that families in such cities as New Britain and New Haven are generally larger than ln -uch cities as stamford and Hart tord.
 That is the main reason for the difference, in fact. If 1t can be shown that four out of five families enjoy the uee O an automobile in New Britain 1t would mean that moro people are served by automobiles i'll New Britain than i four out Of five families own machines in Stamford The Stamford families are smaller. When the aNeragr New Britain 1ami!y Is ;utoing by the head oi house in the summer time the car IS full. In Stamford, under similar conditions, it Is only half full. That eAplains the difference in the f,1,mbar of cars in Stamford and New Britain, 10 our way Of thinking at he present moment, which is sub get to change without notice.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
DIAMOND SNfyrGGLING

It appears that the government has been doing it's best to stimulate diamond smuggling, at least indi- rectly. The smuggling of precious stones is easier than smuggling li- quor or immigrants. and the profits compare favorably with either of these enterprises. The main differ ence lies in the fact that the snug eing of precious stones has received very little publicity. Federal officials recently were quoted as saying that it is impossible to prevent such smuggling. owing to the high value and small space that diamonds occupy.
 Thus We find that the estimates of the value Of the smuggled stones yearly run as high as a billion dol lars. It costs about 8 per cent to smuggle diamonds into the country. while the duty is 20 per cent. A gain of l4 per cent on stones valued into the thousands of dollars is some thing that must appeal to the imagination and thrift Of the snug glers.
 i Of course. customs authorities go through the luggage of those enter things and sometimes they do not. To smugglc diamonds into this country through Canada, however. must be quite q simple matter; and there must be other methods that have been pretty thoroughly arranged. Anyway, tn" government admits II is powerless to do anything about if under the circumstances. The duty Of % per cent, for practical pur- poses. simply does not exist.
 The duty is one which is supposed to reach the luxury pochetboOk. The theory is that persons able to wear diamonds should pay a stiff duty upon them: in practice. however. mo- body knows whether the diamond being worn ever paid duty or Wheth- er i' didn't. The stones com" from south Africa and W" produce non. Of them ourselves. The duty. then. i> domestic industry in the least. r. ii were eliminated nobody would sui. '"r except th" smugglers.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
The chief reason why We have a

The chief reason why We have a large surplus of gasoline today is due to improved methods Of manu- facture, which yields more gasoline from a given amount Of crude than formerly was the case.
 There are several methods of bringing this about. The refiners may raise the end-point Of gasoline by aduterating it with the lighter sub stances contained in kerosene. The deterioration Of the product is off set by adding so-called no-knock in- sredients-benzol ot tetraethyl lead.
 or gasoline may be produced from natural gas, and from other vapors which formerly Were permitted to escape. This type Of gasoline is sometimes known as the casinghead product, 1t is extremely rich. and frequently is used to enrich poorer grades.
 Finally. and perhaps most lm- break up, or cracking process, which means the cracking Of the heavier portions Of the crude oil re- maining after gasoline has been talk cn of by the skimming or straight run methods. The process makes 1t possible to obtain additional quan- titles of gasoline from the heavier portions Of crude oil, principally from the so-called gas oil.
 The importance of this method and its great influence upon the gasoline market may be deduced from the fact that as late as 19@3 the ordinary straight-run refining ill use up 10 that time yielded only 25 per cent of gasoline compared with A. per cent of gas oil. Cp 10 that time gas oil was regarded as an un- desirable by-product of refining, and it was difficult to find a market for il. Now the finding Of a market for this formerly nearly worthless by product is not necessary--it is made into gasoline.
 The cracking process has been steadily improved, too, until now any crude oil produced anywhere can be "cra cked" into gasoline. Until the invention existed many types of crude oils were no good for gaso- line, but could be used only for fuel oil.
 Consumption of gasoline in the United States today is il, 900, O,0o0 .0eo gallons annually. According 10 the old method of manufacture, 1t would have required 55,000, 900. 900 gallons Of crude oil to produce this amount Of gasoline. As q matter of fact, with the improved processes used, only approximately 2S,000,O 0,Ooo,ooo gallons of crude are needed.
 This amounts to more than doubling our gasoline supply through the medium of chemistry. And yet some people do not place much stock in research laboratories, and regard chemistry professors" as merel, folk who draw down their salaries without achieving much.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
FINN CALLS CITY
 GOOD SHOW TOWN
Finds Audiences Responsive to Meritori0us Vaudeville Acts

Contrary to general belief, New Britain audiences are not too criti- cal, hard boiled" or hard to please, in the opinion of Manager, :, Dan Finn of the strand theater in this city who believes movie and | vaudeville fans in this city know what they want and appreciate it when they get it.
 The general belief that New Brit ain audiences arc cool toward every form of entertainment and that they wont applaud regardless of what type is presented is erroneous, Mir. Finn believes. This opinion has been expressed by people every place he has worked in the theatcr business. he found.
 New Britain audiences appreciate anything that requires skill regard less of what type of an act it is" Mir. Finn declafed He pointed out the fact that acrobats. regarded by
 some as an unpopular attraction re-
 ceive tremendous applause if they do something skillful or out of the l ordinary. Previously an orchestra 1 was a great attraction, but of late people have turned against this type of entertainment unless there arc many novelties. Then it scores heaV- I lily, he declared.
 Through his wide experience as
 theafer man in Boston, Worcester, Lynn. Brockton, New Bedford, sa- lem and Cambridge, he has had an opportunity to compare the New l Britain audiences with those of thesa 1 cities. Probably the only difference" I in the vaudeville fans in this city 1 and others is that the New Britain ! fans do not like travesty. regardless i of who is starring In the act. Some | Of vaudeSilla's headliners have not met with success in this here. An- other peculiar siielight on Ne"
 Britain audiences is that they will
 not applaud during a difficult aero
 hatic trick or dance step as is done
 in most audiences in other cities.
 The people wait until the trick or
 dance is over and then applaud. Asked if the vaudeville people re-
 gard New Britain as an unresponsiNe
 city, Mir. Finn said 1t depended upon
 the act. If the turn does not go
 over. the variety stars blame inc
 audience. but if it is success they
 heap words of praise on the heads
 of the New Britain people.
 l People in this city are not inclin-
 ed 10 write the manager expressing
 approval or dlsapproval Of partl-
 cular show. Many out tof-town pa irons from Meriden. Bristol. and Hartford, write letters most of them complimentary.
 Mir. Finn expressed his opinion ct
 the modern trend of motion pictures. Today the type of picture which IS
 going over the best is a human in- tarest type similar to "Sorrell and
 Son" which played before record-
 breaking crowd at the Strand re-
 cently. William Fox has a similar type "The Four Sons" while other
 motion pictures are falling in line.
 Pictures run in cycles. For timo
 comedy drama, "mellers," and hu-
 man interest stories take turns m
 the hearts of the theater-going pub- lie, Mir. Finn sa' .
 Audiences like anything Of 8
 speedy type. Although there ar"
 some people who like "off-color' Jokes in vaudeville, or anything or that type in pictures, as general rule the public does not approve or
 this kind Of entertainment. the man. lager has found.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
On The Weather Observations

Washington. March l7.-Forecast for South"hrn New England: Cloudy Saturday. probably light snow Satur day morning: Sunday fair with slowly rising temperature.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Cloudy Saturday, probably llght snow Saturday morning; sunday fair with rising temperature.
 Conditions; The north h"astvrn disturbance now is c"ntrrcd over the Gulf of St. Lawrence Tn" disturb ancc that was c"utsrc1 over Texas Thursday night is advancing cast mort th.astWard with two "entcrs, one oyer t14" east central Gulf. and the other on the south Carolina coast.
 The southern dist Grbancc will c1usr lights now or rain Saturday morning in tn" north Atlantic states. Otherwise generally fair weather is indicated for New England. During the next two Iats tine weather will h"com" warmer m virtually all sec tons east of the Mississippi river during sunday
New Britain herald., 1928-03-17
THE INDIANS AND FALL

The Quapaw Indians of Oklahoma may be more or less unknown in New England Few New Englanders however, have as much money or own as valuable lands as the Qua paw Indians. These red men are wealthy: under their land lies oil and plenty Of it. Every barrel of it brought to the surface brings more money into their coffers.
 This accidental wealth. Of course. cannot help appealing 10 the cupid ity of white brethren who do not own the lands. When Albert E. Fall was secretary of the interior the cards, according to the Quapaw h. iians, were stacked to subtract some Of this land from their hands. Those who have followed the career Of Fall perhaps will not be greatly sur prised.
 The secretary is charged with having leased some Of their valua hle land to the Eagle Picher Lead com- pany in 1922. and Harry F. Sin clair is mentioned among others as being involved in the deal. Fall ap- proved the leases, it is said. without conforming to tribal treaties with the government and without com petitive bidding. Fall claims there was competitive bidding.
 Bunking the Indians out of their oil lands has been one of the most respected outdoor sports in the southwest Perhaps il was generally allowed that the Indians, being wards of the government, didn' know what to do with the returns anyhow. As result of the lease of oil lands 10 the lead company the Quapaw tribe only enjoyed royalties of sc,oo0, 900 from their remaining lands last year. The astonishing part of this is that they had any royalties left at all after the white boys got through leasing their land.