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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-21

The attempt that is being made at
Bismarck to hold . session runs d.
rectly afoul these provisions Of the
constitution. and none know that fact
50 well Is the few within the assem-
bly, membership who are taking the
leadership.
The right Of the legislature to con-
vene itself for the business Of making
laws and appropriating money falls,
not only under the constitution Of
the state, but under the line Of court
decisions where the question Of that
right has been involved.
Now, so far Is the pretense that
the legislature can meet and be le-
gally recognized because william
LANCER issued call for the session
while he was functioning as governor,
Is equally untenable. Mr.. LANCER,
under the decision Of the state SUI
preme court Of last Tuesday, was de-
clared to have lost his qualifications
for discharging the powers and duties
Of the office Of governor at the time
he was convicted Of q felony and SEN
fenced under that conviction, the
date Of disability being the time Of
sentence.
SO it follows naturally that, while
LANCER still occupied the quar-
tiers in the state capitol assigned
to the governor, he was not in fact
the acting governor. He held those
quarters during the period since June
20, only because he had resisted the
claim Of Ole H. Olson, lieutenant gov
ernor, that he, Olson, had succeeded
to the responsibility Of being acting
governor. It was In that period, while
he was resisting Olson's claim for the
office. that LANCER issued the call for
the session.
Immediately Olson came into office
through the supreme courts writ that
defined the law and applied 1t to the
situation in hand. he, Olson, revoked
the LANCER call. That may not have
been necessary, but It WAS ! step tax
en- Is m additional precaution against
the possibility that any legal force
might be given to any session or pre-
tended session Of the legislature.
hangers original cali probably was
illegal, and even II it was legal, the
call lost it, force when Mr.. Olson re-
voked It.
Here. again, the constitution Of the
state governs, and In the single in
stance where this question has been
raised IN the courts Of the United
States, It was held that the powers
Of revoking . cali for . session lay
S.,ltta &4AA ~nsn~sAav
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-21
The Legislators Should Go
Home
(Far0n Moralynl
Fargo FORUM

Any calm appraisal Of the facts as
they relate to the situation existing
at Bismarck where members Of the
legislature are meeting under the
pretense that they have the right to
establish themselves Is . lawmaking
body and . court Of impeachment.
should very quickly impress them
with the idea that they are INDUCING
In q futile gesture, continuance of
which can serve only to make them
appear ridiculous.
The conditions laid down by the
constitution Of the state Of North Da-
kota are clear, and every member Of
the legislature swore to uphold that
constitution when he took office. It
Is by the terms Of the constitution
that the legislators hold any power
at any time, and these powers are
specifically granted to them by the
people.
First, the constitution provides
that the legislature shall meet every
two years in sessions not to exceed
60 days. It provides further that
extraordinary sessions may be held
at the call of the governor. There
are no other ways provided for a
session, and under that section Of
the same document which provides
that the provisions of the constitu-
ton are mandatory and prohibi-
tory" the legislature cannot establish
itself in session at its will and pro-
coed. either with impeachment or
with the business Of making laws and
appropriating money.
The attempt that Is being made at
Bismarck to hold . session runs d.
rectly afoul these provisions Of the
and none know that fact
The Washington times., 1934-02-28

march on the masked marvels
of today by travelling through the
North as the masked marvel. He
issued challenges to all local tai
ent and he invariably defeated
them. He would then unmask and
give a talk about the advantages
of standardized alleys and of
smooth drives over Sand-papered
ones.
Generally, George would try to
pose in some affected style, to
throw detectors off the track, as
his original screw-ball, paddle,
wheel, windmill style has the Ise.
mann stamp all over it.
Megaw Knows Him
Reds" Megaw was bowling in
the same alleys, far from home,
and watched the masked marvel
intently for a few minutes, and
then turned around to a friend
and said:
II know who that guy is
he's George ISemann."
Schedule:
DISTRICT DIVISION
First Round-Paul Harrison (Arcadia)
VS.. doe FresChi (RendeZvOus).
Second ROund-JaCk Whalen (COlum,
PIT VS.. Whip LitchfieId Convention
HalD Bill CIapitt (PetwOrth) VS.. win
ner of p. Harrison Freschi match.
SUBURBAN DIVISION
First ROund-GaIt Davis (ROSslyn) VS.,
George Isemann college Park); Perez
Wolfe (Hyattsville) VS.. Larry Fitzger-
aid (Mt. Rainier).
Second ROund-Henry Hiser (Beth.
esda) vs.. winner of Davis-ISemanu
match; Jack Talbert tGeorgetOwn) vs.
winner of WOlfe.FftEgerald match.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
As He Did Sharkey
To Win Heavy Title
In ". Y. Last Summer?

other figure, even smaller, is
furnished by Francis Albertanti,
the Garden publicity man, who
is only willing to admit the take
will be above $4,000.
There are three estimates,
widely separated, and all
highly speculative. But it is
significant that the ballyhoo
artist for the fight places such
a modest figure as the point
over which he is sure the re-
ceipts will go.
Dwindling Receipts
Fight receipts in Florida for
big time promotions have been
dwindling since Tex Richard
made the Young Stribling-Jack
Sharkey match in 1929, not
living to see it materialize. For
a non-title fight the $4,000
draw for that one was con-
sidered good, even in boom
times, and it ranks twelfth on
the list of boxing's largest at
fractions from a boX-offlce
viewpoint.
Then in 1880 when folks
were beginning to feel the first
little tWinge of depression, the
Sharkey-Scott scrap drew just
about half what Sharkey had
helped pull against Stribling.
But it must be rememberedh
in making this comparison
that Stribling was a Southern
lad, whereas there was no ma
tive" interest in Sharkey and
Scott. Neither was a so-called
local boy"
The tip-off that Florida was
all through, for the time being
at least, as a winter fight cen
ter, came when Frank Bruen
mated Primo Camera and Jim
Maloney for a scrap in 1881, a
bare $4,000 having been net
ted when this pair of very in
different fighters met.
Pulmotor Methods
Even at this late date. the
fact that tomorrow's fight is
Miami's first one for the
worlds heavyweight crown, can
hardly inspire enough interest
to put it in the class of big
money makers.
Every trick known to the
front office has been pulled to
lnstil more public zest for this
fight, the latest outburst being
a ruling by the Miami Boxing
Commission that Loughran
must protect his own feet from
the rather liberal extremities
of Camera. This came in an
swer to an ugly rumor that
Camera was planning on tread
ing Tommy under. It all
sounded rather ridiculous from
this distance. Then two weeks
ago they started discussion
about the referee, no doubt in
an attempt to get the clients
talking and possibly buying.
But C arnera, innocently
enough, ended the referee dis
pute when he told some friends
that there would be two ref
erees in the ring-hiS right and
his left fists, Which is all
right as retort, but we shall
see just how good a one it is
some time around 10 o'clock
tomorrow. when Primo gets a
chance to make those words
good.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
ID. c. R|FLENEN
QUALIFY

Leon MacGill, 1907 Bay st,
S. E., and E. Albert Seidler, 1909
Thirtieth st. S. E., have qualified
in the junior division of the Ma
tional Rifle Association. as dis
tinguished rifleman, the highest
grade of shooting proficiency.
Four other D. C. boys have
qualified as expert rifleman, the
next highest grade. They are
John Amante, 664 Irving St.:
Thomas Brown, 4287 illinois Ave.
N. W.; Jack Dove, lat E st. S. E..
and Frederick H. Livingstone, 1913
Thirtieth st. N. w.
Seidler is a member Of the East
ern High School Rifle Club.
Amante and Dove are members of
the Tech High School Rifle Club,
and Brown is a member Of the
Central High School Rifle Club.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
Griff Signs McCOu
To Contract; Gets
Wire From CrOnin

Here you are. baseball fans.
A bit of news from dear old
Biloxi, Miss. where Professor
Clark Griffith is vacationing,
awaiting the arrival of his ball
playing fools.
He signed Alec McColl to a
contract today, reducing the list
of performers on the outside
looking in by an important one.
And on the top of this, he re-
ceived a wire from Manager
Cronin to the effect that his
young pilot would check in at
the training base tomorrow.
Slow, but sure, this news,
fans. But certainly impressive
enough to offer the idea that
business is picking UP q la
Washington Baseball Club.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28

c1IlaI arrangements are not yet
complete but the two hope to meet
either tomorrow or Friday.
Davis, only 81, is coming star.
He recently won the first annual
Northern Virginia sweepstakes,
triumphing over such established
stars as Thurston FUR, of Clar.
>endon, and Russell SpiIman.
Last year his 172 was high game
for the Evening Star tournament
and he finished just out of the
money with 648 set. He has a
lit average in the Rosslyn indie.
pendent League. Gait has been
rolling for four years but only in
earnest since last season. His
former claim to fame was as Dis.
trict marble champion.
Don't let the University Park
tag fool you. He's the same Ise-
mann who is secretary of the Ma
tional Duckpin Bowling Congress
and who has done so much to fos-
ter the game both here and
abroad.
Chronic Winner
George is a three-time winner
OF the Maryland sweepstakes and
has rolled creditable scores in
several of the large sweepstakes
whenever he could find time out
from his secretarial duties. He
mas lis average in the Masonic
league.
, Several years ago George stole
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
New York Pays Final Tribute to McGrau
ATTEND
LAST RITES
INN. !.

NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-The city
and the world of sport paid final
tribute today to John j. McGraw,
baseball's "httle Napoleon" who
for 80 years managed the New
York Giants.
More than 5000 mourners at
tended a solemn high requiem
mass at St. Patricks Cathedral,
while as many more lined Fifth
Avenue near the edifice.
Sent to Baltimore
Following the funeral services,
McGraW'S body was sent to Bal
timore for burial.
At 7:30 a. M, private services
were held at the McGraw home
in Pelham Manor.
Only a few intimate friends
and relatives of Mrs. McGraw at
tended, among them Mrs. Christy
Mathewson, widow of the great
Giant pitcher: Mrs. Bessie Gre
gar, sister of Mrs. Mathewson;
Mrs. Stephen Van Lii, of Balti-
more, sister of Mrs. McGraw,
and Edward James, an elderly
Negro servant.
Honorary PallbearerS
A line of 10 honorary pail
bearers awaited the casket at the
cathedral, and inside notables
of sport, politics, and finance,
damned every available seat. The
mass was celebrated by the Rev.
erend Mulry.
Bill Terry, who succeeded Nc
GraW as manager of the Giants:
Charles A. Stoneham, owner of
the ball club; Eddie Collins vice
president of the Boston Red Sox,
and hundreds of other prominent
figures in the baseball world
were present.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
JR. GRAPPLERS
To OPPOSE

Washington's first D. c. A. A.
U. junior championship tourna-
ment will be staged Friday ard
Saturday at Friends School. 1901
Wisconsin Ave. Contestants will
be boys under Is years of age.
Entries are now being accepted
by Charles Reynolds, athletic di-
rector of the Washington Boys
Club. Young wrestlers desiring
to compete must be registered A.
A. U. athletes and can register
with Charles M. Fyfe at the
Washington Boys Club, 230 C St.
N. w. There is no charge for
registration and entry fee for the
wrestling tournament is only 10
cents.
There will be two classes of COM
petition. The first is Glass A and
is limited to boys weighing from
IS to 1875 pounds who are under
II years of age. The second is
Class B and is limited to boys
weighing from IS pounds TO 1876
pounds who are between IL and
IS years of age. There will be
16 bronze and silver prizes
awarded.
Fridays wrestling will consist
of preliminaries, and will start
at 2 p. m. and continue to 6 p.
M, with semi-finals listed for de-
cision Friday night from to 10
p. m. Finals in both classes will
be decided Saturday from 8 to
10 p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28

SPORTS
Will POnderOus Primo
Slug Tommy Around
Miami Prize Ring
Bv KIRK MILLER

In looking forward to tomor-
rows heavyweight champion
ship bout between Tommy
Loughran and Primo Camera,
I am forced to look backward
a bit, and the picture in re-
Prospect is one of Camera
paving Jack Sharkey around a
ring in New York last summer,
as. though Jack were a fox
terrier.
Many times before Sharkey
went down the big Italian
seemed to cradle him between
his forearm and fist and whirl
the Boston sailor into the
ropes off which he bounced
like a rubber ball. Had the
two fighters been anything
like Of equal size, this could
not have happened and Sharkey
would not have been starnpeded
practically off his feet and
thereby probably unnerved.
May Repeat Tactics
LIDO not say that Camera will
do the same thing to Challen-
ger Tommy Loughran ltomor-
row in Miami, but having the
thought back in that Uranium
of his that he won the cham
pionship by just such early
tactics, and against a boxer at
that, he may not figure it a
bad maneuver to rush Lough-
ran as he did Sharkey and
rattle his bones from toe to
thatch - then jar him into
senseleSsness.
At best Camera is an un-
orthodox fighter, but his i'm.
mense size and strength more
than make up for what he
lacks in ring finesse and off
the Sharkey fight all he's got
to do to win is catch up with
his antagonist just once.
And catching up with his foe
isn't difficult for Primo, be-
cause he had rather deft foot
work long before he learned
how to use his maulies. AS far
back as that disgraceful episode
of his with George Godfrey in
Philadelphia. I recognized that
he was adept with his feet.
Since then Camera has i'm
proved remarkably with his
fists, else he wouldn't be heavy
weight champion today.
Gate Is Doubtful
On the surface, it seems a
colossal task for Loughran to
give away what will probably be
about 70 pounds and expect to
make any Roadway against this
Frankenstein of the ring. 1t
can't, by the widest stretch of
the imagination, be called a good
piece of matchmaking. and the
probabilities of it being a finan-
cial success are doubtful.
With Florida enjoying one of
the greatest tourist influxes of
its history. there isn't the slight
est indication of a sellout at the
huge wooden arena. The cocky
Jimmy johnson, who made the
match, is saying the gate will be
$150,000. whereas Mike Jacobs,
the famous New York ticket
broker who is on the ground,
has declared he doubts if the
gross. will be 100000. Then an
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
Richardson, Griffs'
Vice President,
Loses Wife

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Feb.
2S.-Billy Richardson, vice presi-
dent of the washington Base
ball Club, today mourned the
loss of his wife, Mrs. Florence
Richardson, who died of a
heart attack here last night.
She had been i'll only "a
hours. Mrs. Richardson, in ad-
dition to her husband, leaves a
daughter, Mary. Funeral ar
rangements will be completed
late today.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
PLAY.
VOLLEY BALL

Intramural volley ball contests
are on tap for local collegiate
teams during the next 10 days,
involving teams from George
town. Catholic University and
Maryland University.
Georgetown faces Maryland at
College Park next Monday, while
Catholic University will be Mary
lands opponent the following
Wednesday. also at College Park.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
Jack Dempsey Calls
Loughran-Carnera
Fight Farce

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb, %.
Tomorrow nights Camera
Loughran bout at Miami will be
"a farce" and will give boxing a
black eye, according to Jack
Dempsey. former heavyweight
king. Jack says that Max Baer
can give Primo a licking. The
former champion Is q visitor
here.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
SENATE KILL
Va. RACE BILL

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 28-Vir-
ginia, like the District of Column
bia, will not have horse racing fol-
some time to come.
The racing bill to provide pari-
mutueI wagering, offered by Will
bur C. Hall, of Loudoun county
was killed in the Senate finance
committee. following public hear
ings on the bill,
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
MRS. HAYNES QUALITIES

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb.
28.-Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes, Of
the Columbia Country Club,
Washington, D. c., qualified for
the first flight in the Florida East
Coast women's golf championship
by scoring 51-44-95.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
PR|MO'S SIZE
GIVES HIM
B|GEDGE
BY DAVIS ]. WALSH

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 28.-Down
here in the land of eternal JOY
(see booklet la, Chamber Of
Commerce. where headache ano
heartache meet on street cor
ner and never know it, the
strangest of all heavyweight
championship fights will be held
tomorrow night. The bout was
scheduled tonight but promoter
postponed it on account of threat
ening weather.
In one corner will be a hugely
repellent man, Primo Camera,
the italian, 260 pounds or more.
with every advantage the some
times unfair laws of nature can
give him; in the other Tommy
Loughran, the American, still pale
and wan after weeks under Flor
ida's Scalding sun and somehow
pitifully small in his 1876 pounds.
The fight can go Is rounds. But
| it might be Is minutes or less,
so definitely does Champion Car
nera seem to be the bigger, if not
the better man. 1t will be the
most romantic story OF Fistiana's
eccentric history, since corbett
beat Sullivan, if Loughran can
win.
Won't Bet On Chances
But the odds of three to one
say he can't and hardly anybody
has bet the change out OF a quar-
ter that he will. It seems to be
that kind of a fight. Only Few
bets have been placed in Lolgh
rams behalf and these at 1000
odds.
In the midst of a season that
has exceeded all bounds, thi!
event stands out like headstone
in front of band wagon. Every
thing else goes down here; you
could even sell a fire plug to
street cleaner. But somehow they
| can't sell this fight. Colonel Xii
patrick, of the Garden, a doggec
soul, has been around peddl1nf
$40 tickets among the baWth ano
| tennis club set. but otherwise the
sales have been desultory, mean
ing blooey and phooey.
Managers Dodge Sunshine
The two step-managers, mean
time, have ignored their cham
pion on a large scale, owing to the
fact that he was unreasonable
and did his training at inconven
lent hours. An inconVenient hour
as far as Mr.. Duffy and Mr.. Fried
man are concerned, is any time
when fresh air and Sunshin"
abound. They have learned to dis
trust both.
In addition, the man has done
his training out on the end of
pier like a Sea Dolphin, yet ha
somehow muddled through to
splendid condition. At least. that
what we understand. If he hasn't,
we're all going to feel pretty I'm
nerVed about it.
Disquieting Incident
At the same time there have
been several disquieting incidents
in connection with the mans
training, notably the George Man
ley incident. George had to be run
out of camp because tt seems he
didn't understand. He. thought a
sparring partner was somebody
who went in there to give a good
earnest account of himself.
incidentally this is the first
time in upward of 40 years thai
a heavyweight championship has
been allowed to invade Florida
fair boundaries. Even then il
won't be an official champion
ship. If it was, all concerned
would be taken away in the
wagon. It's probably too late
now, but I wish I had thought
1f that before.
The Washington times., 1934-02-28
lsemann-Davis Duckpin Tilt
Looms AS Colorful Duel
BY DANNY GILL

Wnen George L. lsemann of University Park Md meets
Gait DAVIS Royn Bowling Center manager in the suburban
locally. F ~ OA0'
The Washington times., 1934-12-26
HEADS
SEWAGE OFFICE

Harry M. Luckett, who from
1925 to 1881 was chief clerk of
Metropolitan Police Department.
today was appointed as chief clerk
of the sewage treatment plant ad.
miniStration.
Serving as a clerk in the police
department from 1900 to 1903, Mr..
Luckett became a cashier in the
Department Of Commerce and
later was appointed disbursing
officer of the United States
Stripping Board.
During his employment by the
board from 1917 to 1921 Mr..
Luckett disbursed the largest
check authorized by the unit,
$33,815,000. From 1925 to 1925
he was with the prohibition unit
of the Treasury Department act
ing as divisional administrator
for Maryland and Delaware.
The Washington times., 1934-12-26
N. J. Officials Question
Miss Cow. BabY'S Nurse

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 G.N.S).
Somewhere in New York or
northern New Jersey today at
taches of the office of New Jer-
sey Attorney General David T.
Wilentz were questioning Betty
Cow in an effort to get some new
evidence of Importance linking
Bruno Richard Hauptmann more
directly with the murder of the
infant son of Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh.
Miss Cow, the Lindbergh baby's
nurse and the last person in the
Lindbergh household, except the
infants mother herself, to see
him alive, arrived in New York
from her native Scotland yester.
day aboard the liner Aquitania
and was Immediately whisked into
hiding.
There we're reports that Miss
Cow had been shown photographs
of Hauptmann and his associates
in the hope that she would be
able to identify one of them as
some one she had seen near the
Lindbergh home or that of Mrs.
Dwight w. Morrow, Mrs. Lind
bergh's mother, at Englewood.
So far as could be learned, how
ever, she failed to make an iden-
tification.
Detectives explained that Miss
Cow was being carefully guarded
because she fears that members
The Washington times., 1934-12-26
20:-FOOT FALL
|. INJURIES WIFE

A young gypsy wife was taken
to Emergency Hospital today
with a fractured leg, police re.
ported, after she fell or jumped
from a second-floor room in the
1000 block Seventh st. N. w.. as
the climax of a violent quarrel
with her husband.
The woman, Mrs. Margaret
Harrison, 20, was said by police
to have jumped or fallen first
to a platform 10 feet below a
window, then another 10 feet to
the ground, while fleeing her
husband, Frank, 80.
Neighbors called police and an
ambulance, but the injured WON.
ans brother took her to the hos.
pital before their arrival.
The Washington times., 1934-12-26
SCHENLEY FIRM
GIVES BONUS

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 G.N.SO.
All salaried office and plant EN-.
ployes of the Schenley Distilleries
today had checks totaling per
cent of their 1884 earnings follow
ing declaration of a profit-sharing
plan.
Men and women working in
four plants, the Joseph Finch
Company, Schenley, Pa; Old
Quaker Company, Lawrenceburg,
Ind; James E. Pepper Company,
Lexington, KY, and George T.
Stagg Company, Frankfort, KY,
received special gift merchandise
certificates, redeemable with their
local merchants.
The distribution of checks was
termed "a promise and
prophesy" by Lewis S. Rosensteil,
chairman, executive and finance
committee,
"This is not the time nor the
place to estimate the far-reach-
ing effects of our purchasing
power, but this gift to the 5000
on our payroll is tangible"
The Washington times., 1934-12-26
'Grudge' Match
of Bridge Stars
Arranged
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 Q.N.s.)

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 Q.N.SO
At last!
Arrangements were being
made here today for the
"grudge" bridge match of the
century. The bridge match to
end all bridge matches. Between
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Hal Sims and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ely Culbertson,
proponents of widely publicized
systems"
Plans for the match were be-
gun following issuance of a pub
lie challenge to the Culbertsons
by Mr.. and Mrs. Sims.
The match, if tentative ar
rangements are carried out will
begin early in March and the
stakes will be high. In all prob
ability $50 rubberS will be played
in 81 sessions.