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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
.BOWLERS GATHER
IN BIG CONGRESS
Usual Formalities Will Open An
nual Tourney Today.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 16.-After
final Inspection of alleys here yester.
day by the officials of the American
Bowling congress, everything was de-
clared to be in readiness for. the open
ing of the eighteenth and the annual
tournament of this congress at the
Hamilton county armory tomorrow
night when sixteen local teams, heal
from as many associations of indus
tries, will roll the first balls on the
sixteen new alleys.
From $50 O'clock tomorrow night
until March 10, the alleys will be &C.
cupied daily from s a. m. until mid
night and during this time 652 five
men teams will contest for supremacy.
OF this number 511 teams from cities
other than Cincinnati will roll.
Almost every state in the union is
represented as we'll as several cite
in Canada.
The actual rolling of the first balls
tomorrow night will be preceded by
the usual ceremonies. Mayor John Gal
vim Of this city will deliver short
address of welcome and the alleys
will be formally turned over to the
congress officials by the local tourna-
ment committee. Beginning on Sun
day morning the two men team sec
ton Of the tournament with 1,494 en-
tries and the signles, with 1893 en-
tries, will be started. f
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
FINED $500 IN
FEDERAL COURT

Fargo, N. D., Feb. 16.-Phillip BlanIk
Of New Salem and Matt Grewer OF
Glen Ullin, business men, voluntarily
pleaded guilty to violating the bone
dry law in Judge Amidon's court We'd
nesday and were sentenced to pay a
fine Of $500 each.
Thexcourt in imposing the sentence
said that the time is rapidly approach
ing when straight Jail sentence with
out the option of a fine will be the
penalty imposed by him upon viola
tors of the bone dry law.
sHe said that the mere fact that the
liquor is brought in for personal use
does not alter the character of the
offepse in the least.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
WINDY CIT'Y'''S
THUGS HANGED
IN COOK JAIL
Double Execution Final Chapter
in Police Murder Mystery
in Chicago
FIRST IN FIFTEEN YEARS

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Edward "Ammu-
milton" Wheed, convicted of the muir
der of Barton Allen and Louis Osen-
berg, express payroll messengers, with
money for the Winslow Brothers
plant, 400, West Harrison street, and
Harry Lindrum, convicted murderer of
John Herman, patrolman, will suffer
the death sentence in double hang
ing in the Cook county Jail today.
Wheed, armed with sawed off
shotgun, held up Allen and Osenberg
at 1890 o'clock Aug. %, when they
were in front of the plant. Blowing
off Aliens head he turned quickly and
struck Osenberg a fatal blow with the
butt of the gun. With $500 as booty
he escaped, after long chase through
the streets.
Gold Their. Undoing.
Included in the money taken was a
considerable amount of old coin.
Through "go-between" with whom
Wheed was endeayoring to exchange
the gold coin, the polices learned OF
Wheels hiding place at the home OF
his mother on Thomas street. Going
there to arrest him the police found
the home barricaded and turned into
a yeritable arsenal. For two hours
Wheed held 200 officers at bay before
he was finally captured: In the long
fight three police officers were badly
wounded.
Wheed was tried before Judge John
j. Sullivan of the criminal court, and
prosecuted by James A. OEfien, an
assistant states attorney, early IN NO
vember. He pleaded insanity as de-
tense. Wheed once served six years
in the Fl. LeavenWorth. Kansas, prls
on for counterfeiting five dollar Dllls:
Harry Lindrum was convicted Oh
shooting and killing John Herman, a
patrolman when the latter caught him
robbing a west, side dry goods store
August %. Lindrum was captured al
ter he had run two blocks. He was
tried before Judge kickham Scanlon.
and was later sentenced to he hanged
December u. He was granted an ap-
peal 10 LlG SldLO SupAOAAS wv - 49,
that tribunal refused to review the
case. The date for the hanging was
finally set for Friday, February ID.
Lindrum, like Wheed, alleged insan-
ity in his defense. He was on parole
from the Pontiac prison when he shot
Tiernan.
First in IS Years.
At the criminal courts building II
was stated that fifteen or more years
have passed since the death sentence
has been imposed for the murder of
Chicago police officer The Chi
cago police have been considerably
wrought up over the Lindrum case.
An interesting coincidence regard
ing the death of Officer Tiernan, is
that his widow was the sister Of Den
mis- Tierney, the special officer who
was killed in the recent Illinois Cen
trail robbery at the Randolph street
station. She thus has lost both hus-
band and brother within a few
months and in the same manner.
The double hanging will take place
at nine o'clock in the morning, &C.
cording to the announcement made by
Jailer Will ]. Davies. Only witnesses
| provided for by law will be admitted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
WINTER RACE MEET
OF GREAT. WE STERN
Directors to Assemble in Chicago
to Plan Card

Peoria, H.. Feb. 16.-The annual
winter meeting of the Great Western
Troting association will be held in Chi
cago Tuesday, February 10. It was an
nounced here today by Secretary w.
H. Smollinger.
while the war may cause q few of
the s1nalled meetings to be abandon
ed the larger fairs and expositions in
the middel west will stage meetings
late next summer and fall as usual"
said Mr.. Smollinger. Cities likely to
be included in the 1918 circuit are
Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Des Moines,
Peoria, Burlington, Galesburg, Onia-
ha and Springfield.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
RACHMAN BOYS FIND LIFE OF
! WINDJAMMER WITH SAMMlESM
FRANCE IS NOT HARD EXISTENCE
Ladder f Famous Second Regm Musicians and His brone1
Write Interestingly Of Experiences over ihere-so'
ss@ a.single Case Of Sickness II

The life of an American bandsman
in France is not such a hard job &C.
cording to letters received from Har-
old and Myron Bachman, in the band
of the l16th Engineers, now some
where in France" to their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. b. Bachman, at Fargo
and to Mrs. Harold Bachman at Fargo.
t,The band was formerly the Harvey
IL. D., unit in the Second North Da'
ikota. and for several months was sta
toned in Bismarck.
They say in their, letters:
VI We are now settled in warm
I, barracks, with stoves and plenty
of coal, though the weather is not
cold, about like North Dakota in
October
We had fine Christmas dinner
with all the turkey we could eat.
After dinner we had regimental
Christmas exercises. There were
five Christmas trees.
After the exercises we had
little entertainment in our band
room. 1t was in the form OF a
minstrel show. Apples and nuts
afterward rounded out a pretty
good Christmas day for a bunch
of boys 5000 miles away from
home.
There has not been a single
case of illness in the band.
No Mail, Only Complaint.
The fact that no mail from home
was received until after the first of
the wear, owing to irregular mails,
was the only complaint Messrs. Bach
man have had to make, but in recent
letter, Harold Bachman says:
q '~Well our mail is gradually getting
Strengthened out, and we have all re.
Sceived quite lot of mail, and feel
better"
The Messrs. Bachman letters, in
part, follow:
December %, 1917.
Dear Folks
We have been on the move about
oil week so it has been impossible TO
ret any mail to our commanding or
ficers' attention. @ ),
"We have not received any mail
from you yet. We are now settled
I'm warm barracks with stoves and
plenty Of coal, though the weather IS
not cold, about like North Dakota IN
October.
n "saw Captain Murphy, Of Bismarck
when we got off the train here yester.
day. He did not come over on the
same boat as we did, and it seemed
good to step off the train and see
him here.
There is no Y M. c. A. here yet
and no place to spend the evenings
1--WE will get settled down tomorrow
TO our, regular routine again.
Il heard our captain say we were
ikoing to have lots Of turkey for
Christmas dinner. Mr.. Marley and
n have been planning . sort OF pro
gram for Christmas and while we
Won't ct much il our stockings We
won't fare 50 badly.
ii 1AhnIfut war u ThseG.
.eThe more i ZEE of this cour.
n try, the more Thankful I am that
VI the war Is here instead Of In the
United States. No matter what
happens, I know that your house
will not be blown to pieces ~
bomb and that you will have
II plenty to eat And ~ kept warm. s.
ftf " - ~ )usaet faft -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
LoMAs SALE Is
RECORD BREAKER

Today is the last day of the
biz Lomas Hardware Company's sale,
and hundreds will take advantage Of
the ridiculously low prices on all
hardware, tools, cooking utensils,
..The sale, said mfr. Thompson,
head Of one Of the largest sales organ
izations in the country, "has been
very successful In every sense of the
word. ,Itessayings on everything have
been b0nafidG Many out OF towp Gus
TONERS residents q Biz
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
CONTEND RATES
SHOULDBE MADE
BY /. C. BOARD

Washington, D. C., Feb. ia
minority report by eight repubIi-
cans members Of the house inter-
state commerce commission on
the administration railroad bill,
contending that the rate making
power should be vested absolute
Iy in the interstate comerce COM
mission and that the federal con-
troll Of the railroads should be linn
tied to one year or less after the
peace nproc'amation, was filed
Friday with the house.
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day for a bunch of boys 5000 miles
away from home, and l was glad to
be able to help with it, although L
felt pretty blue mysels, for surely
thought we would have some mail ty
Christmas.
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marck, have taken advantage of the
high class merchandise that we have
offered at reduced prices. The final
wind-up will be Saturday, and we an
ticipate a record attendance"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
REFUSE 10 SUSTAIN. /

I. St. Paul, Feb. 16.-The state.S1l-
preme court this afternoon refused
to sustain the judgment of
the Clay county district court in a
case charging that the Northern Pa
cific company's freight depot at Moor
head was an unlicensed drinking
place. While Moorhead is in dry ter
ritory. the option laws were not re-
garded in the case because the charge
was not made under them j
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Mrs. Kate Hall says: 81 have kept
house Is years. am the mother of
four children, and j would not keep
house without HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea Wise Woman, why?
Drives away sickness, brings health
and hardness to the whole family.
BRESLOW'S.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

wears old and he and his son are
both in the army. He gets five
cents a day pay. He was on his
way home to see his family, and
did not know if they had enough
to eat or not. His wife and three
daughters had to get along OH one
franco (20c) a day. .aI
eve see many interesting things
each day to talk about but are not
permitted to write much. ..-.
1--WE are in no danger and are very
comfortable so there is no use to
worry about u.s." 4.. --s.-...
December 26.
81 am wondering how you spent
Christmas and know you are wonder
ing how we spent ours.
81 have written nearly every other
day but I understand that very little
mail has been sent owing to the fact
that our new camp postoffice has not
been established yet.
No Cause For Worry.
IF you could just see how comfort
able we are you would have no cause
to worry. | am sitting in our room
by a nice fire writing and Myron has
been in bed-for an hour. Jim Son
and | Just finished lunch. Fried pO-
tatoes "a great luxury here) and
onions We ate them with war bread
I'VE had a fine Christmas dinner
with all the turkey we could eat.
After dinner we had regimental
Christmas exercises in a big audit
orium. There were five trees, one
big one and four small ones. An ap-
pie tree, a chocolate tree, a fig tree
and walnut tree. After the exercis-
es the boys got all of these things
they could eat. They were bought
with company funds and from the
chaplains fund. The band played a
concert before the program and Col
onel Walker and Major General (cen-
sored), ommander-in-chief of our
division, and Chaplain Markley spoke.
cat the close of the speaking we
played a half hour concert and the
boys never played better. We play
ed Angelus (by Massenet), Jubel
Overture, by Weber. Bruce gave. 3
cornet solo, and a march composed
by Jim Son and dedicated to our Col
Walker, after which we received some
very nice compliments from the gen.
eral and colonel on our music.
IF hard work, clean living, tend
ing to business, and moderate
amount of brains is worth anything
we are going to make a place for our.
selves as a musical organization in
this A. E. F. army.
Have Minstrel Show.
after the afternoon exercises, we
had little entertainment in our band
room. It was in form of a minstrel
show. Lieut. Regan, of our company
was interlOcutor and "Pap" and Wal
Fin were end men.
eve just had two days preparation
on It but II went fine Sang the old
Harvey minstrel songs. Besides oul
Headquarters company men, Colone
/ Walker, Captain Rock, Lieut. Divire
Lieut.. Markley, and others you know
4 were there and seemed TO like tn
show. Apples and nuts afterward
i Yopnded out Z pretty good Christmas
= q r. = - =
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day for a bunch of boys 5000 miles
away from home, and was glad to
be able to help with it, although
felt pretty blue myself, for surely
thought we would have some mail ty
Christmas.
81 have become we'll acquainted
with three French lieutenants
who are on furloughs and come y
to the band room nearly every
day. Che was a prisoner the
first year of the war He escaped
and his story is more interesting
than any book. His baby was
born while he was in prison.
They are all fine men and we are
glad to be on their side
Zone, a. violinist before the war,
has been wounded three times and
is going back to the front. We can't
talk without an interpreter but he
shows me the picture Uf his wife and
| show him picture of my wife and
we are great friends.
..',. .s HAROLD"
..'- 'a - December %.
at seems useless to write this let
ter, as the last ones we wrote haven't
left camp yet. .s..
ut has been showing the last three
or four days and there is now about
four inches on the level, and pretty
cold, something unusual for this coun-
try the natives say. Our barracks
are warm, though, and we have plenty
of coal.
I'VE practice twice a dav and play
retreat at night so the days fly past
pretty fast. We spend lots of our ev-
enings down in the village. The
Bruce boys can talk French, and we
get them to talk to the French people
and interpret for us.
Will Tell German Outrages.
I'VE can tell you some of the Ger
man outrages first hand, when we get
home, as told to us by our French
soldier friend who has been in Ger,
man prison and escaped.
Don't worry about us. We are in
much better surroundings than we
ever dreamed of finding when we left
the United States ii
. "MYRON."
,..... January 8.
well, our mail is gradually getting
Strengthened out and we have all re-
ceived quite lot of mail and feel bet
ter. The last few days have been
colder than usual, however, but not so
cold that we could not get out and
play retreat every night.
Serenade French Colonel.
"New Leay's day we went down to
the village and serenaded the French
colonel stationed there, and the in
! habitants.
New Years eve we had ten French
ieutenants and priest up in our
Dom to supper. They were pleased
o hear about the baby and drank to
he health of "le femme ct petit gar
son" (the wife and little boy.
eve rehearse two hours every
morning, take an hours hike every
afternoon and then practice one and
half hours before playing retreat at
1880 o'clock.
'The boys are also doing a lot Of
hard individual practice while they
have such a nice place.
Got a new man in. the band today
He is a piano player and pipe organ
list from the Cincinnati Conservatory
and very. fine musician. He will
play bass drum, cymbals and bells in
the band, and Carol Lilly will play
another snare drum which will give
us two Of them, and make quite an inn
provemerit.
n No Sickness As Vet.
There has not been a single case OF
serious sickness in the band so far.
Have had no pay day yet and we are
all fiat broke, but there's not much
to spend money for anyhow, so Il
doesn't matter"
''IIARvLD."
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-15
LONDON HAS NEW CRIMINAL
He Gives Poisoned Candy to the Wofn- an Conductors of the Mo-
 torbuses.

London.-This city has new kind of criminal. He will take rank with the link squirter" of New York and possibly "Jack the Peeper." This new est brand of criminal has been giv- ing poisoned candy to woman conduc- tors of motorbuses. He is described as middle aged, of gentlemanly appear ance and suave speech.
 Several of his victims have been taken unconscious to hospitals, but all have recovered. At least dozen young women have received poisoned candy from him and without exception they have been taken violently III soon aft CT eating it.
 His custom is to wait until he is the only passenger in the bus and then to open a box of chocolates and invite the conductor to help herself. Usu- ally the woman says she will, because candy ts scarce and costly in London and the conductors do not make hand some wages. He usually asks the in- tended victim to take as much as she wishes, and a moment or two after ward leaves the bus.
 All the women say they could identi fy him. The police are making a dili- gent search for him, but their search does not prevent him from carrying on his operations. There are thousands of motorbuses in London, and the field of operations is therefore large.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-15
TELLS OF NIGHT LIFE IN THE TRENCH

with night watchers who trust nobody but themselves.
 Another period of silence except low voices of men talking in trench whis- pers." They've learned to trench whisper" by constant practice. A Poilu apologetically explained, as he rear ranged his nest of black egglike hand grenades on the trench shelf before him, that American soldiers talked too loud at first. But they finally learned to "parler doucement" he added.
 The Roche is active again. A flock of hand grenades roar themselves into silence on the other side as fiery light streaks perform arcs like Roman can dies and then float gracefully down under their parachutes into the Ger man wire. A rifle grenade eXplodes halfway across No Mans Land and Roche machine guns take up the tune. The Boehe having told the French by the display that no German soldiers are prowling In this part of No Mans Land, there Is silence again until time makes things uncertain.
 "The Roche has no reason to be nervous yet" whispered an officer. "0ur first patrol goes out at 2 o'clock. Would you like to go along?"
 Patrolling is one of the milder games of hide and seek in No Mans Land at night and it's something most all American trench soldiers will learn before the war is over
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-15
A Little Girls Pride,

When I was youngster 1 was anx- ious to wear glasses and insisted that my eyes were weak. My mother took me to an oculist, writes Mrs. G. MD, in the Chicago Herald, and I noticed after he had tested my eyes he and my mother had a consultation. 1 went home with the glasses. with the in- struction I was to wear them to school the next day for the first time. obeyed the instructions. On the way to school I met several of my chums who, of course. remarked about the new addition. I was quite proud of them and said:
 "Oh, yes, I can see so much better now"
 Giggles went around the class and finally the teacher came to see what the trouble was. Then she too laugh ed. She asked me why had to have such thick. heavy glasses. Taking them off I discovered only the frames and no glass in them at all
 The explanation was that l didn't need glasses and mother had leagued herself with the oculist to cure me of the foolish desire.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-15
Haunted Canteen.

The old naval canteen is one of the sights of Wei-hei-wei. It was original ly Chinese building and is still dec orated with Chinese carvings and til- ing. and haunted. according to the coolies, by the ghost of a Chinese ad- miral. In the Chino-Japanese war, the antiquated Chinese fleet was blown to pieces by the Japanese. The com. mander of one of the lost vessels con- mitted suicide in the building that is now the naval canteen. to explate what he considered his disgrace. The mast of his sunken flagship can still be seen projecting bare and stiff in the waters of Wei-hei-wei harbor.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-15
Y. M. c. A. DUGOUTs AT FRONT
Eight of Them Established in Trenches Taken Over by the United
 States Troops.

Chicago.-Eight Y. NJ. c. A. dugouts have been established in the trenches communicating with the battle line which American boys in France have just taken over, it was announced here by the National War Work Council of the Y. NJ. c. A. At these stations along the way to the front the Sam mics are able to procure hot coffee or chocolate and other edibles as well as to mail letters to the folks back home. Often, it is said, the Y. NJ. c. A. sec retary is the last man to bid the boys "So long" and the first to greet them or dress their wounds when they come out
 The Y. NJ. c. A. has been charged by both the French and American arm ies with the conduct of the entire can teen system in France.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-15
POLITICAL LEADER IN RANKS
South Carolina Legislator Valves Ex- emption and Enlists in the Ma
 rine Corps.

Port Royal, S. C.-Side by side men from various walks of life, Len A. Scott, three times Republican repre- sentative from Hardin county, Ten nessee, and minority floor leader in the lower house of the last two legis- latures, is rapidly learning the fine points of Marine life.
 He enlisted in the Marine corps re- gently for the duration of the war, waiving exemption on the ground that he was a state legislative officer, and was sent to this station for prelim- mary training.
 Scott is well known in political cir cles, it being remembered that he was the author of the first resolution in troduced in the house of representa- lives, pledging support to President Wilson when war with Germany be- came inevitable.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-15
FINDS lOkG-LOST SISTER
United States Gunner on Transport Says De kalb Has Sunk
 Many U-Boats.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Searching for his sister. whom he has not seen for ten years, Floyd Long, aged 33 years, gum ner on the United States steamer De Kalb, formerly a Pittsburgh bcy.r ar rived in this city and shartly after ward ascertained that his sister Mrs, Alfred Ward, resides at 1707 Laporte street. His brother-in-law, wire chief for the Bell Telephone company, Hi- land exchange, met Long and the re- union of brother and sister followed at the Ward residence.
 Long related to them the story of several battles with German subma- rines in which he has taken part. He asserted the De Kalb's guns have ac- counted for many U-boats and dis played a medal for sharpshooting.
The Monticellonian., 1918-03-15

occupies the house, says that doesn't explain how bones resembling those ot human beings came to be in the box, nor does it explain the headless spec ter frequently seen in the house. Corby is laughed at by the police, and the police are derided by Corby.
 For weeks the house has been haunted" says Corby There has been the plaintive whine of an infant. for one thing; headless man ap- peared to Corby and Mrs. R. H. Pe- ters a neiphhor. a strange blue light