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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
~ ARRESTED
IN ALLEGED
CONSPIRACY
Score of Warrants Unserved
Partial Report of Grand
Jury Awaited

Cleveland, Feb. 22.- -tP)--Arrests $
in the nationwide alleged bootleg al
cohol conspiracy. under investigation
by the federal jury here, reached AZ
with the surrender Of Mike Athol
known in Duluth and Superior, Wis
consin, as the king Of the Boot
leggers."
Athol surrendered in st. Paul Sat-
urday. His arrest is the fifth ana
last on warrants issued for Duluth
suspects.
More than a score of warrants re-
mained unserved. Treasury depart
ment intelligence agents have been
assigned to assist other federal opcr-
atives in running down suspects and
to serve subpoenas on scores of wit
nesses, who have escaped the gov
ernment net.
District Attorney A. r. Berns-
teen, was expected to return to
Cleveland today with indictments for
20 or more persons. He has been in
seclusion preparing the indictments
which ii il understood will enumer-
ate one hundred overt acts. The
partial report Of the grand jury is
expected tomorrow.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
FIDDLERS TO
HAVEC0NTEST
AT AUTO SHOW
Champion Fiddlers Will Be
Determined by Votes of
Radio Listeners

An old time fiddlers' contest will
be one Of the feature entertainment
attractions at the Bismarck automo-
bile show March 4, and 6, it was
announced by the entertainment COM
mittee to-day. Arrangements for the
contest have just been completed and
two prizes will be awarded, the first
prize being $25 in gold and The second
prize $40 in gold
Tho fiddlcrs' contest will be broad
cast by the Bismarck radio station,
KFYR. and the prize winners will be
determined by the radio listeners.
Each fiddler who enters the contest
will be given q number and his num-
ber. will be announced via radio ut
the beginning and the conclusion OF
his playing. The listeners will then
send in their votes, voting by number
only, as no names will be announced,
and the fiddlers receiving the first
and second largest number of votes
will be declared the prize winners.
Efforts are being made to have
some of the fiddlcrs appear each evc-
ming at the auto show. The contest
will be carried on during the eve.
nings of the three auto show days.
and the fiddlers' music win 60 on
the air at $3.50 o'clock each evening,
Bismarck time Radio fans are urged
to tune in at that hour and assist in
picking the champion old time fid.
dlers Of this section of the state.
Contest Rules
s Conditions Of the contest are as
follows:
/. Each entry must be made by
letter. giving the players name and
address. The letter should be ad-
dressed to Radio Station KFYR, Bis
marck, N. D.
2. Each player must report in
person at Hoskins- Meyer. Blsmarck'
before Saturday noon. March 8. 80
that the playing schedule can be cor
rcctiy arranged.
8. The two winners will be deter
mined by the grentest number OF re-
niles received from listeners voting
for his choice. These replies to come
in nv wire or letter addressed to Sta
ton KFYR, Bismarck, and must pc
received at the station before We'd
nesday evening, March 10.
a. No names will be announced
during the contest, each player being
known only BY a number, to pc an
nnnnced. lust before and just after ne
nlavs. Votes, therefore, must be TOT
some certain number.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
WASHINGTON
IS SH0N0REDIN
CAPITAL CITY
Many Public Ceremonies Ar
ranged-Pilgrimage Made
to Mount Vernon

Washington. Feb. 22. Np) Tho
capital Joined with the remainder Of
the country today to honor the mem
ory of George Washington. Numbers
OF public ceremonies we're arranged
by patriotic organizations.
In congress, time was set apart
from legislative duties for the read
ing in both houses Of Washington 5
farewell address, and tonight Presi-
dent Coolidge himself will deliver an
address before the National Educa-
tion association. The speech will be
heard throughout the country over
radio.
Sharing the center of the days ac-
tivities with the capital was the
Mount Vernon home and tomb OF
Washington and the George Wash
ington Masonic National Memorial
now under construction in Alexan-
dria, Virginia. Boy Scouts and war
veterans Of the city and points nearby
assembled for a pilgrimage to Mount
Vernon. while Masons prepared a
program at the memorial temple.
Observance Of the anniversary here
was arranged on II scale perhaps
larger than in many years past. with
hundreds Of visitors in the city to
attend the education convention. The
delegates planned to attend not only
the associations own exercises but
also those Of the city government and
various organizations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
WASHINGTON'S ADMONITION
Is NOW A NATIONAL POLICY

Philadelphia, Feb. 22.--(A)
Washington's admoniton against per-
manent alliances with foreign powers
was termed "a settled national policy"
by Secretary Of State Kellogg at the
Washington's birthday exercises Of
the University Of Pennsylvania to-
day.
The principle of avoiding foreign
ENHANCEMENT, he said. sis as import
ant today. when the United States is
q great and powerful nation, as when
it was small and weak nation OF
13 states struggling to maintain it's
existence. The principle has become
the cornerstone Of our foreign policy.
"This does not mean isolation or
refusal to cooperate, as we have al
ways done, with other nations in all
those nOn-political activities for the
advancement of science, education,
commerce, and other activities SO inn
DO ortant to modern civilization. 1t
simply means that the United States
through long experience, has come to
the conclusion that offensive or de-
fensive alliances, political or mill
tary, are not in harmony with the
principles of our government or in
the interests of our people,
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Why Didn't He
Make 1t a Ford?

Savannah. Ga. Feb. 22-(P) =
Henry Ford bought himself a bi-
cycle here yesterday. He didn't
go to do it, but the heart Of n
small boy had to be repaired. so
Mr.. Ford dug down"
Mr.. Ford. with some friends. left
the Ford yacht. Sialia, dockcd here.
TO go to church.
An immense crowd was on the
dock trying TO get a glimpse of
the noted Detroiter and his chauf-
feur was trying to drive carefully.
But with all his care he smashed
up q. bicycle belonging to little
Walter Richardson, one of the
spectators.
Walter took his troubles aboard
the Sialia and came ashore with
the price in his pockets.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
TODAY
IT'S A BIG UNIVERSE
AMERICA By DAYLIGHT
HERE'S AREAL TRUST
BUSY CHROMOSOMES
BUSY CHROMOSOMES
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright, 1826)


Latest scientific statement concern.
ing this universe, in which we are
less than microbes, and the earth less
than grain of dust, startles you.
Our sun. million times as bi9 as
ehis earth, is only q speck in What
men have called "the universe" which
contains endless millions OF suns.
some a million times bigger than
ours. It's hard enough 10 think Of
such universe as that.
And now tho wise DR.. Hubble of
Mt. Wilson observatory, tells The Cal
ifornia Institute Of Technology that
u million "univcrScs" such IS ours
are visible ut horrible distances from
this earth.
Examine an atom, and you find a
central body around which rcvolvc
other bodies as the planets rcvolvc
around our sun. Those Clectrons re-
volvc around the nucleus billions of
!, times in a second.
Atoms. of which you could have
millions in one corner Of your eye
without noticing them, are small solar
systems.
Our sun and its planets constitute
one atom in our universe. That uni
verse in turn is one atom in the en-
tire universe.
Where in that overwhelming space
are the heaven to which we look for
ward and the other place that VIC
dread?
Leaving this earth in a straight
line. travelling at the speed. of light,
$4,000 miles second, it would take
you one hundred million years to get
beyond this telescope maze Of uni
verses. No wonder it says in the
Bible "In my Fathers house are many
mansions"
VI An Englishman has just flown from
"A London to Cape Town. South Africa.
nearly nine thousand miles, in ninety
hours Of flying. At the same rate,
the New York to San Francisco, or
/. Seattle trip would take about thirty
D hours-from New York to Chicago.
! less than ten hours. That speed will
sybe doubled and non stop flights from
VI ocean to ocean will be made within
Z twenty years. Live that long and you
Twill eat your breakfast I'm Boston,
across country by daylight.
Great Britain plans one united
electric service for power, light ahd
all purposes, that will revolutionize
J. British industry and make living
N cheaper. And this government enter
sprise which our best minds would
Eall Socialism, Bolshevism and an
sarchy" is backed by Baldwin. Brit
ein's tory prime minister, while Lib
brsl and Labor parties declare that
Baldwin is stealing their thunder.
Under the new plan one gigantic
! Slectric power trust will handle all
electric current in Great Britain. And
the government is ct work on = plan
to harness the. tide II the Severn
river. one Of the four highest tides
ii the world. capsule Of supplying
ower to Britain's six 6iteeet cities
Professor Raber tells the American
ssociation for Advancement of Sci
zee that, sviewed nom the sex an
!" there are no oil6 aaf4dttd pei
q men or women. Th4ss Of the
lContinuesN on page three)
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Changes in Forty
Years Amaze Nuns

Mexico City. Feb. 22-(R)--
Some Of the nuns from the ,isolat-
ed converts closed by the govern
ment have appeared in the streets
for the first time in. 40 years.
They literally entered new world
and appeared amazed and mysti-
fled at the changes they saw. New
er before had they seen automo-
biles and street cars. They ap-
peared to be rather helpless.
They also were confused over
the changes in the style of frocks
and bonnets during their 40 years
of seclusion and it was only with
the assistance of lay friends that
they we're able to purchase wear
ing apparel.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
Irish Amateur
Gets Connection
With Australia

n Belfast, Ireland, Feb. 22s-lA9-Di-
rect wireless telephone communlca..
ton with Australia, q distance OF
1900 miles, was established last
night BY Frank r. Neill, an amateur
Of Whitehead, near this city. The
test lasted Is minutes and the voice
of y Melbourne citizen. named How
den could Be distinctly heard.
! The wave length was 2S6 meters.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
Dance Orchestra
Plays Jazz Music
at Church Service

Los Angeles. Feb. 22.--LP- Jazz
music played by dance hall orches-
ira "went over big" when introduced
as part of the services at the Will
shire Congregational church here last
night.
The pastor, DR.. Frank Dyer, said
that he wanted to show that much
Of the current music Is essilv recon
ciisbae TO church attendsnceLea
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22

DELEGATES
TAKE 500 Line
Two Sleepers Will Be Carried
Train Will Leave at
ga. m. Tomorrow

Delegates to the state Republican
and IVA conventions at Devils Lake
from Bismarck, Mandan, and the
Slope country will travel to Devils
Lake in special sleepers which will be
attached to the 500 line train tomor-
row morning, it was announced today.
The plan Of running special train
from Bismarck to Devils Lake and
return was abandoned when it was
found that mot enough passengers
could be secured to make up the nee
essary guarantee.
The two sleepers will make con-
nections at Drake and will be taken
direct to Devils Lake, where they will
be left during the convention to sup
ply sleeping accommodations for their
occupants, inasmuch as hotel facili
ties in that city are said to be made
quate to care for the large number
Of people expected there this week.
The sleepers will be attached to the
regular train which usually leaves
Bismarck at z a. m. but tomorrow
morning the train will be held here
until the arrival of Northern Pacific
passenger train No. 2, which will
bring number Of delegates from
Dickinson and other western points.
The scheduled leaving time tomorrow
is 8 q. M, and all passengers should
be ut the 500 line station before that
hour. Passengers to intermediate
points along the 500 line are request
ed to take notice of this change in
time Of Tuesday mornings passen-
ger. 1t will leave at .. m. Tuesday
instead of Z q. m.
The sleepers will be returned from
Devils Lake to Bismarck Friday, after
the conventions are ended, over the
same route. The round trip fare on
this train, Bismarck to Devils. Lake.
is $3.50, which also includes use of
The sleepers during the stay in the
convention city.
Persons desiring to make the trip
to Devils Lake in the special cars may
make reservations with ]. G. Oberg
or E. +. Burke.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
City Commission
Meet Is Postponed

Because Of the fact that today is q
leeai holiday, the regular weekly
meeting of the city commission viii
not be held this evening. Instead it
Will be held at 10 =. m. tomorrow. \.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
DETECTIVES
PROVE ESAIL0R
WAS FRAMED"
u. S. Bluejacket Given Two
Year Sentence For Hitting
Dance Hall Girl
NOW HAS TUBERCULOSIS
PinkertOn Operative Has
Story Of What Happened
to an American Girl
NOW HAS TUBERCULOSIS

Editors Notc.--This is the second
OF q series of articles by Russell J.
Birdwcll, special writer for The Tri-
U1ne, giving first hand account Of
conditions at Tiajuana. Mexican bor-
der town where two American girls
we're SO mistrcatcd that th"v and
their parents committed suicide. An
other will follow tomorrow.
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Salt water, made of q tcaspoonful
Of ordinary salt in one-third Of :
tumbler of water, is good for clean
ing the teeth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22
TO PERFORM
AUT0PSIES AT
DICKINSON
Action Is Being Taken to
Definitely Determine Cause
of Nuns Deaths

Autopsies were to be performed to-
day at Dickinson to determine tho
cause of the deaths Of four nuns,
nurses at st. Joseph's hospital there.
State Health Director A. A. White.
more said today.
The autopsies were to be performed
by H. NJ. Banks, head Of the medical
department ut North Dakota Cniver-
sity. who was called in by. Dickinson
authorities for that purpose, DR..
Whit more said. The autopsies and
chemical examinations Of the stom-
achs Of the dead nuns should difinitc-
ly determine the cause Of their
deaths, DR.. Whittemore said.
The state health department will
take no official action in the case
but will await the report of DR..
Banks and university chemists. DR..
Whittemore said.
CORONER'S JURY IS
WAITING FOR REPORTS :.
Dickinson. N. D.. Feb. 22.--ui4,--
With four sisters at St. Joseph's hos
pital here dead and fifth reported
dying, authorities today continued
their attempts to learn the cause of
the tragedy. believed to have resulted
from wood stain fumes.
"A coroner's jury, which was con-
vened yesterday, continued it's ses
sions today, while Dr.. ]. Banks, dean
of the pathological department Of the
University of North Dakotasat Grand
Forks. arrived to assist in the in
quiry.
A thorough examination Of the body
Of Sister Theocara. the fourth VIC
tim. was made by DR.. Banks, but he
declined to make any statement until
he had completed hia/work and pre-
pared report for the cor0ner's jury.
He intimated that four or five days
must elapse before he would con-
clude his tests and make the report.
Another Death Expected Hourly
The fifth victim, whose death is
expected hourly. is Sister Secundia,
who. with the four other dead, in-
spccted The new wing of the hospital
just before becoming i'll. The theory
was advanced that poisonous fumes
from wood stain used in finishiug
work was responsible for the deaths.
However. none of the wOrkmen ctn-
ployed in the ncw wing have been
affected.
As soon as the reports Of DR..
Banks and Professor LAdd, state
chemist who also Il working on the
case, have been received, the coron-
er's jury is,expected = issne , state-
nnent. basAd lArqely 1Psn. q the find-
inHs 0f thsbA4nf fkn 4. 4 " 4.
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ONLY TWO OF SEVEN
BODIES IDENTIFIED

: Middletown. Feb. IA tlP Seven
bodies had been recovered at noon
today from the ruins Of Schindlcr's
Prairie House. which was swept by
fire early this morning. Because Of
the charred condition of the bodies.
only two were identified. They were
| walters employed at the hotel.
1t was thought that two more bod
| les were in the ruins of the hotel.
, Twenty-three persons were undcc
| treatment at the Monticello hospital.
six miles away. Hospital authorities
said several might die.
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The greatest height 80 far reached
.hy sounding balloons il shout %
miles.
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SIX PERSONS
ARE MISSING;
10 INJURED
Flames Destroy Shindler's
Prairie House at Hurley
vile, New York
DAMAGE SET AT $l5O,OOO
Several Of the Injured Be.
lieved Fatally Burned
Trapped in Rooms

Middletown. n. Y. Feb. 22.-(P)-
Six persons are missing and 10 otk-
crs are in n hospital at Monticello.
suffering from injuries received in "a
fire which swept Shindlcr's Prairi.,
House at Hurlcyvillc. 25 miles nortn
OF here, today.
Seven bodies were recovered
The Monticello Postal reported that
70 persons were taken there. Sew
cral are believed to be fatally burn
ca. Property damage was estimated
ut $l5O,OOO.
1t was reported that virtually no
one in the hotel escaped injuries.
The structure. a three story modern
winter resort, burned to the ground
within an hour. Approximately 40
guests were asleep in the hotel when
the fire broke out. The flames
spread so rapidly that many were
trapred in their rooms before they
could be awakened. Many were fore
ed to jump to the ground and suf-
fercd broken bones.
Woman Has Back Broken
Mrs. Fannie Ressick received
broken back when she jumped out Of
a third story window with her baby
in her arms The baby was uninjured.
julius Jacobson, an employc of the
hotel. escaped by jumping from an
upper story. but returned to the hotel
to help in the rescue work and was
so seriously burned that he is not
expected to live, hospital authorities
said.
Sleds were used to carry the in
jured persons u distance Of about six
miles to the hospital because of the
impassability Of the roads for ambu-
lance traffic.
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Tomorrow: How Tiajuana hired .
press agent to fight the rising tide
Of American indignation.
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Unsettled tonight and Tuesday
with probably occasional snow.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-03

asleep in a rocking chair. Her hand hanging
down moves slowly to and fro Fifty or sixty
years before she had formed the habit of rocking
a chds cradle and now, half century later,
when she is asleep and unconscious, the habit set
tied in the nerves and in the mind comes back and
the withered old hand moves slowly back and
FORTH although the child of those past years is far
away or gone.
If habit can thus settle itself in the muscles
OF the body and control them even in Sleep how
much more completely can it control the mind and
the character?
The most important duty in education is the
formation of GOOD HABITS The most impor-
tant and difficult task of the grown man or woman
is the destruction and>the. conquest of BAD
HABITS.
That which is difficult, painful and unpleas-
ant becomes easy once the habit is formed.
child protests against the nuisance of brushing the
teeth every night and every morning But the
habit comes, and the child, full grown, could
not eat in the morning or go to bed at night with
the teeth unbrushed.
Punctuality may fairly be called fifteen per
cent of success. Punctuality can be an absolute
habit.
You see the greatest men in the affairs of the
world punctual, right TO THE MINUTE in every
engagement
And you see their understrappers those that
are struggling far from success, always "not
QUITE on time.
of hundreds Of millions of separate cells. Each of
them has it's share of the total life. Each one
breathes and drinks and eats, and requires oxy
gen, and frees itself through the blood of it's i'm
purities.
As the body is made up of these armies of
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cells, so life existence ITSELF is made up of endless
habits.
In every line of effort, in every part of life,
HABIT PLAYS ITS PART
If you can form the HABIT of chewing care
fully, eating slowly, you will eat less you will be
stronger, you will live longer.
If you can form the habit of regular sleep,
regular hours, going to bed and rising you have
again added to the years of your life, to the eff
ficiency of mind and body, to your chances of
success.
The greatest of all habits is the habit of self control
The man who controls himself CONTROLS OTHERS, and
in proportion to his mental power CONTROLS HIS
DESTINY.
The habit of sef-control, the habit of meaning mo
when you say NO. of meaning 'Ye and living up it
when you say Yes that perhaps the most important
of all the habits.
There is the habit of wise economy that means indie
pendence and freedom from worry in old age.
There is the habit of THOU IT. of deliberaton,
thinking thing planning carefully before you do it.
Habit is back of majority of the worlds greatest
successes.
The successful man who may seem to act upon impulse
very often simply able THINK FASTER deliberate
more within the space of few seconds thar the of
slower mind.
There is the habit of kindness important in our
civilization that to meet and rub elbows That
habit also has been cultivated and is of the habits that
contribute powerfully to success.
Habtual kindness q cheerful frame of mind
means gentleness the development of nature that
mpresse favorably those with whom it in contact.
You will give your children better start in life you
teach them kindness in the beginning kindness to younger
brothers sisters kindness to animals and especially
KINDNESS TO THE POOR.
He who gives to the lends to the Lord everybody
knows that He does something else, he actually gives to
himself, while giving to the poor.
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things that must be done every DAY ana tnaC
FOUGHT to be done automatically without
Thought.
Habit, like every other force in nature, can
|be a blessing or curse. It is like the electric
power that can sweep your floors, wash your
Clothes heat or cool your room, OR COME DOWN
FROM THE SKY AND STRIKE YOU DEAD.
For you who look at this, no words probably
are needed with this picture. It tells it's story so
PLAINLY.
But the picture itself deals with the wrong
kind of habit The object of this editorial today
lis to discuss with it's readers both the good habits
land the bad
Fortunately for human beings there are in
|finitely more good habits than bad habits. The
formation of the right habits by hundreds Of mil
lions of human beings far more than outweigh the
evil effects Of bad habits.
To begin with, life itself is based largely on
automatic action within the body. That may be
|called habit.
The heart BEATS our eyes see, ears hear, our
feet walk up and down the steps, FROM OLD
HABIT.
No one needs to count the steps in his own
house.
No one, when he meets woman on the street,
finds it necessary to say to himself, "Now, must
be polite and take off my hat" He takes off his
hat FROM HABIT. From habit he smiles DO.
litely, and says few courteous words.
We that were once savages, intent on the
problem of killing those that we met AND BY
THE POWER OF HABIT, developed decency,
politeness.
COURTESY ITSELF IS A HABIT, stronger
with some races than with others, but powerful
among ALL
How use doth breed habit in man." says
Shakespeare
"Use," a custom or habit Of doing thing,
becomes part of mans nature, and of woman's,
also.
You may see an old grandmother past eighty,