The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1919, Page 3

, Buest at the league hotel headquar- THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919 BLANK HERE BUT NO ARREST IS MADE BY WELCH Beach Editor Charged With Criminal Libel Said to Be Guest at League Hotel Martin Blank. editor of the Beach Progress, and who is alleged to have spent some time in Minnesota to es- cape arrest on a warrant charging criminal libel, is said to have been a ters here Tuesday night, Informa- tion to this effect was communicated to Sheriff Welch. but he had no war- rant for the arrest of the Beach news- paper man. Blank 1s charged by State's Attor- ney Gallagher of Golden Valley with having uttered a criminal libel when,| it is alleged, Blank published an edi- torial or a news article insinuating that Gallagher had connived in the murder of M. K. Bowen, the rancher slain south of Beach several weeks ago. Elank beat it out of Beach ahead of the sheriff, and efforts to locate him here and elsewhere failed. He finally was discovered at Moore- head, Minn., where he is said to have remained during the recent conven- tion of the Townley newspaper men, who feted him and banqueted him and generally accorded him the honors due a hero. Blank was seen in Jamestown on Monday night by a Beach citizen, whom he advised that he (Blank) Was en route home to Beach with his family, traveling ‘by automobile. Tues- day night Blank is alleged to have been seen at league hotel headquar- ters here. Advice to this effect was Wired Sheriff John Piersina at Beach, and he forwarded instructions here to} ‘Sheriff Welch for the apprehens’on of Blank. _Welch ‘stated today that he knew nothing of Blank’s whereabouts, and the league hotel denied that he had registered there. HYDROPLANE IS A BOAT ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY Los Angeles, ‘Cal, Aug. 27.—A hy- droplane is a boat, according to a ruling received recently by Collector of Customs John B. Elliott, and as such must carry port and starboard lights and a whistle which must be blown with the usual signals on land- ing and starting. Several hydroplanes are plying be- tween Los Angeles harbor and Ava- lon, Santa Catalina island. Albert ' ‘FOR REAL BARGAINS come to. the CAPITAL CITY Clothing & Shoe Store Fifth & Broadway We guarantee everything we sell and will refund money if it’s not satisfac- ) Whites and 26 K S/ BISMARCK DAILY eh MMMM ot aarp TAN Mary Pickford ‘ Lee Thurman solicitor for the steam- ship inspection service, recently ad- vised Mr. Elliott that come under the definit‘on of “mechan- ical contrivances” covered by the rules and regulations of the service. WHITES SWAMPED BLUES IN DRIVE! FOR NEW MEMBERS American Legion Campaign for Additional Names Becom- ing Big Success The Blues, aided chiefly by rea! A. Graham inundated the Whites in the membership campaign of the Loyd Spetz post of the American le- gion. The Whites started the drive with a rush, but have weakened consid ably. Originally they had twice many new members as the Blues, but} Graham easily overcame this lead by signing up 16 members the next day. The count now stands 19 for the! for the Blues and} from present indications it looks like} hydroplanes } 'solberg, R. R. ta walkover for the Grahamites. The American legion now has over: | 100 members altho it started to cam- ‘paign for members only two weeks ago. The present drive is being held iin conjunction with a national wide ‘campafgn to sign up all of the 4,-j , 800.009 former sailors. soldiers and marines who served in the ‘American | forces during the late war. It seems ; almost certain that Bismarck repre- ‘sentation in the legion will be | Dercent. i 100 May Apply By Mail \ service men who reside Former for these sizzling hot days, when the heat is unbearable. It quenches the thirst, satisfies; and will inject new life and “pep” into your tired system. Heathful, delicious and nvtritive. For sale wherever soft drinks are sold. Made by BLATZ — Milwaukee Order a case for your home -AMBLE-ROBINSON | | ernment is jthe greatest good has been done in FRUIT COMPANY j ‘dozen | strict ord in "Daddy Long Legs” outside of the city, but who wish to become members of the local post of the legion are instructed to send in their application to Capt. A. A. Jones, commander of the post. Among those recently added to the membership rolls are J. H. O’Brien, J. B. Galvin, W. F. Kotowski, O. A. Bennell, L. A. May- nard, C. R. Morton, E. D. Manning, Stanley Frances, Albert Faeth, Theo. Rawlan, John F..Mleming, William J. Olson, Phillip ‘M. Webb, Eugene R. Morris, R. F. Wileox, L. M. Sather, Ray O'Brien, W. R. Grahm, John Rowers, Geo. D, Naset, W. 0. Skaggs, | McClellan, Arthur Keanstein, Miller, John Mauret, Samuel R. M. F. Lenhart, T. ‘&. Finnigen, . Malm, Joe Boehm, C. Brau- er, Jerome Mosier. Posters ‘being used in conjunction with the membership campaign have been received here and are very ef- fective. Some of them were designed iby the leading illustrators who aided the publicity of the various Liberty loans with the clever drawings. RED CROSS HOME ‘SERVICE BUREAU AIDS EX-FIGHTERS Mrs. T. H. Poole, Local Secre- tary, Is Urging Importance of Keeping Insurance The Red Cross home service office in Bismarck is one of the busiest places in the country.’ The secretary, | Mrs, T. H, Poole is advising mony ot the returned se men regarding the conversion of their government ,imsurance. One returned man came i into the office the other day and told her that he had decided to discon- 1u9 his insurance because, if he his wife would not receive the |iamp sum, ‘but would be paid month- ly installments. Te was told that this was a mat- ter for him to decide; that the gov- aying on the theory that jthe past years to the greatest number with the beneficiaries receiving monthly installments rather than a lump sum. The government not only navs the full $10,000, but also pays 3 1-2 percent interest on the unpaid installments which amounts to $3,800 over a period of twenty years. Upon a policy of $10,000 the beneficiary will receive $57.50 each month for 240 months. Mrs. Poole asked the soldier if he ; Were going back to France to stay jone year, wishing to provide for his | wife and children, whether he would think it wiser to drop $1200 in her lap and tell her to live one year on it, er to have some trust company send her a check the first of each month for twelve months. It was found that the latter plan appealed to him. NO SILK UNDERWEAR; SILK IS HELD UP St. Nazaire—A_ relief ship with medical supplies for the Caucasus was held up for days. here because two suits of silk underwear sent ;from Paris to the Red Cross workers ;on board, were lost. Typhus is car- ‘ried only by the louse and there is | something about silk that the louse ‘doesn’t like, ‘Therefore the workers (all men by the way) were under 6, wear nothing but silk underwe: Phone 189 for Beulah Coal. tf Tribune Want Ads bring results. GERMAN WANTS TO TRADE WITH CAPITAL CITY Herr Bobsin of Hamburg Is First Letter Writer From Father- land to City Ernest Bobsin of Hamburg is the first citizen of-the new German im- perial republic to send a letter to the ¢ity of Bismarck as far as is, known. ‘Ernest fought in the war—for the Fatherland. That much he admits in his letter. Further than that he says that Germany lost it. This uidoubted- ly is the first expression of fact from a German about the result of the late unpleasantness. And further than that Herr Bobsin says “Germany jis at its last. It has neither fdod, nor goods, nor raw materials and it is tooking toward America for help.” ‘Sounds ‘slightly different from the Song of Hate Germans were carrol- ing less than a year ago. Eut to get back to the letter, Herr Robsin is a “specialist” and Jmport amerik. Holzér-Wagen-Artikel, what- ever that might -be. In one corner of the letterhead is a picture of Uncle Sam’s well known and ever prominent eagle with the equally w. k. and e. p. American flag. Wonder where the cut was kept during the long dreary months when the boys in khaki were showing the allies how easy it was to break thru Germany’s impregnable line of defense. Herr Bobsin sent his letter to the Commercial clud on July 28 and it has just arrived. He wants to get in touch with local business men inter- ested in the’ carriage hardware and woodstock manufacturing business as European representative, But to quote one paragraph of his letter: “Being in’ every respect informed and absolutely familiar with the de- mands and conditions of the German market I beg to recommend myself to American commercial and manufac- tuying houses of first class standing and importance, to build up their trade and represent their interests here. No matter what line, there are great chances for all of them, This refers to raw materials especially.” The Commercial club will furnish further information that ‘business men desire, f CITY NEWS | ®. 2 Home From Lakes Mr. and Mrs. Philiv J. Meyer have returned from an outing at the Min- nesota lakes. Motor From Yucca Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitmer ana Mrs. Richard Billings of Yucca motor- ed to the city for a brief visit yes- terday. Mr. Whitmer formerly was a member of tho council of defense. Return From Linton Mr, and. Mrs. W. A. Hughes and Miss Faye Connor of 18 ‘Seventh street returned today from Linton, where they had been visiting friends for a few days. They made the trip by motor. Motoring. to St. Paul. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Brown and Mr. and Mrs, W. J, Reibold left: Tuesday afternoon on a afotor trip.to,St. Paul and Minneapolis, While at ‘the Twin Cities, the party’ will attend the siate fair, and expects to return to Bis- marck in ten days or two weeks. Luther League Tomorrow The Luther League of the Swedish Lutheran church, will meet this evening at the F, O. Anderson home, 424 Kighth street for a social and business. session. Refreshments will be served, and an entertaining pro- gram has been arranged, All members and their friends are invited to at- tend. New Expert at Webbs. Miss Susan Heckel of St. Paul has just been put in charge of the mil- linery department of Webb Bros. de- partment store here. Miss Heckel has had. considerable experience in ladies’ millinery and the acquisition of this expert is in line of the store’s pro- grissive policy of obtaining the best experts possible as heads of its var- ious departments. Semling Better Harold Semling, who was badly bruised and suffered from shock in the Lenhart automobile tragedy last Sunday night, was able to leaye the hospital yesterday afternoon after be- | ing confined to his bed since the ac-! cident. Semling was greatly improv- ed by his rest, but was forbidden to take any part in the funeral servicees of the late Benjamin B. Lenhart yes- terday. Home From Honeymoon Mrfl and Mrs. Benton Baker, mar- ried in Chicago two weeks ago last Saturday, are home from a honey- moon spent in New York and other eastern points. Mrs. Baker was for- merly Miss Cornélia Pickett, and is a niece of Mrs, A. A. Bruce, with whom she made her home in this city for several months, and ‘a grand- daughter of General Pickett, the famous confederate commander. A Hor Spor Chalmers is a Tonic for. Your Nerves Oualily Fire HEN things go wrong, and the sun refuses to shine, and your nerves wear through to the surface get out in a present day Chalmers—and experience the joy ef perfect motion, of an alert “piece of steel.” No grinding noises, no “coughing” of carburetor, no backfires, no sound of friction, no vibration—nothing but sweet, silent motion beneath you! Picture in your mind the old car that raced from gear to gear as it got under way, the whine, the creaks ~-and then the rasping, the twitching, the quiverings when you set the brakes, Now your nerves can “go to sleep” in a Chalmers, for Hot Spot and Ram’s-horn have “pulverized” gas and given it to the engine so well prepared for power that vibration becomes a thing of the past. And with vibration out go those thousand and one things that disturb your ears and irritate your nerves. One ride on this present day Chalmers will mark for you a New Epoch in Motoring, whether you drive two blocks or. 200 miles. $1685 f.0.b. Detroit WESTERN SALES CO. Bismarck, N. D. pert i A a 7 ASK MOTHER , SHE KNOWS— YOU OUGHT TO HAVE YOUR EYES TESTED Even though you have glasses you ought “ever so often” to have your eyes TESTED, to see wheth- er or not the glasses you have FIT your eyes. If you do not wear glasses, come ; in and find out whether or not you » : : need them. BONHAM BROTHERS Jewelers and Opticians Two Stores: BISMARCK GRAND FORKS Starting Saturday Evening this Store will be Open Until 10 O’clock 10 O'clock Johnson’s Popular Priced Store BISMARCK'S GARMENT SHOP Don’t Forget Visit Our Bargain Basement with over 1,000 Children’s School Dres One lot of All Wool Dresses, special at - - - Wee Us Grow Suit and Fur Sale is Still on in Full Blast ses and Play Suits at Popular Prices. $18.50