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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
LANCER DISCUSSES
FEDERAL CHARGES
IN talk ON RADIO
Declares No One Claims Money
Was Diverted from Pur.
pose Intended

Des Moines. May 5.-(FHaovernoa
William LANCER Of North Dakota dis.
cussed his indictment or . charge o.
misuse Of federal relief funds In Or
address here Friday.
The speech was broadcast ovel
WdO-WOC.
Explaining that North Dakota oper.
ates it's own fire and tornado insur.
ance department, its own mill and
elevator, a state bank and other com
E1unity enterprises, he said:
II am greatly concerned that the
credit of our state shall not suffer
because Of my indictment BY the fed
eral government. May not make Il
clear that no one claims that out d
the millions of dollars spent by the
state that no claim Is made that Z
single dollar has been diverted from
the purpose for which 1t was appro-
priated or that it has been embezzled
or stolen.
what have been indicted for Is
conspiracy to interfere with the oper-
alton Of an act Of congress and q
conspiracy to solicit contributions fo1
campaign purposes, not from eva
workers, as some newspapers have
claimed, but from relief workers.
II believe that the place to try Z
law suit Is In a court room and not
over q radio, nor In the newspapers
but do want the people ia
know that no claim Is made that q
single laborer Of any kind has ever
contributed or been asked to con-
tribute penny.
Says He Needed Newspaper
1.-THE facts are that the farmers OF
North Dakota between 1915 to date
have spent over one and one-half mil
lion dollars in establishing IS news
papers in North Dakota, So weeklies
and two dailies.
"All of them, because Of either boy
colts, poor management or other cause
went out of business, except four small
weeklies. The result was that the adj
ministration, when it was attacked,
had no medium with which to answer
these attacks and q meeting Of heads
of departments was called and a
newspaper purchased.
This was financed by asking the
heads Of the various departments to
contribute five per cent Of their salary
in the form Of subscriptions to q
newspaper. The employees in these
various departments were not compel
led to contribute five per cent Of their
salaries for subscriptions to the news
paper. These subscriptions were actu-
ally furnished voluntarily.
Forty five thousand copies Of the
newspaper were sent weekly to these
people and the result is that the
money was not used for campaign
purposes at all. either by myself OF
by anyone else acting under my direc-
ton, but the money was used solely
and only for establishing the news
paper so that attacks on the admin
istration could be answered, and let
me tell you this, that the owner OF
that newspaper Is the chairman Of the
Republican party Of the State Of
North Dakota"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Local Gas Company
In National Contest

Participation by the Montana Da-
kota Power Co. of Bismarck In ma
ton wide gas refrigerator sales con-
test has just been announced by w.
j. Mcdonald, official Of the local con-
Germ.
More than 500 companies already
have registered and it is expected that
between 700 and 800 companies with
approximately 5000 statesmen In all
parts Of the country will be engaged
actively in the campaign.
In describing the "Go-Getter con-
test, Mcdonald said the American
Gas association refrigeration COM
lnittee, sponsor desired to take adj
vantage Of the increase in buying
power and the popular acceptance Of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
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tried . new tack, emboldened by the
addition Of . witness to their num-
Der. "Tryin' to make a person be-
lieve," he sneered, you'd shoot
them down like . dog with = lady
present."
"Believe what you like" Maurice
dourly retorted. "But do as / tell
you, or the least you may expect is
that ! within your American
phrase-bend this gun over your
head"
He smiled xeassuringly at Fenno,
but the smile was fleeting; he had
time to pay her no more attention
till he had seen Isham seated as he
directed. And even then his eyes
were seldom all for her, but most
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Blossom Time

It is blossom time in North Da-
kota and everyone can rejoice.
This state has few enough fruit
trees, but here and there throughout
the countryside and in the backyards
Of city residences may be seen cherry
trees bursting into bloom. Others are
ready to follow suit.
In certain localities, their fragrance
fills the air and gives definite prom
Use Of a crop to come.
We still need rain and need It
badly, but the chances are we will
get it soon and, meanwhile, the bios
SONS offer encouragement. 1t is hard
to be downcast in blossom time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05

As might be expected under thu
circumstances, opinions as to thu
guilt or innocence of William Gum
mer, serving life term for the STAY
ing Of Marie Wick in Fargo in 1921
are being rather freely expressed.
Some persons firmly believe thai
GUNNER was convicted of a crime
which he did not commit and is serv.
ing time unjustly. Others take thu
position that, having been convicted
by jury which heard all Of the facts
at the time, the presumption Is
against him.
The jury which sat in the case al
Valley City felt GUNNER was guilty
beyond reasonable doubt" else il
would not have convicted him. There
is no contention now that GUNNER
was "railroaded" or denied any of the
projections accorded him by law.
Nevertheless. the absence OF "rea-
sonable doubt" in the minds of that
1921 jury clearly does not settle all
doubt In the matter and the thought
that possibly 2l-year-old boy was
enormously convicted and sentenced
to life term is narrowing one. We
like to think of justice as certain
thing, even though it is administered
by human beings prone to error.
Now, apparently, We are to have
the whole business reviewed again
not by a new trial OF Gunner but
BY the trial OF another man accused
Of the crime. After 10 years the dead
ashes Of the case are to be raked
over, primarily to see II something
important was overlooked In the first
sitting. For there is no denying that
the proposed trial Of Arthur James
on the charge OF numbering Marie
Wick was instituted as q sort of re-
view of the GUNNER case. If James
is convicted GUNNER will go free.
This unusual procedure should
meet with the approval Of every JUS
tice-loving citizen, even though II
means the state will be put to con-
siderable expense by new trial. II
it resolves the doubts which now ex-
list as to Gummer's guilt, or proves
him innocent, the cost will be more
than justified.
Incidentally, recent developments In
the case are tremendous tribute to
the faith and persistence Of one man
He Is H. w. Swenson, Devils Lake
attorney and Gummer's brother-in-
law.
Throughout the years he has never
quit working on this case, has never
lost faith that GUNNER is innocent
Year in and year out he has sought
a judicial review Of this conviction
Now, apparently. he is to have 1t.
It has been demonstration OF
loyalty and affection such as few
brothers-in-law could hope to emu
late.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Members of Silver
Bloc Are ENCOURAGED

Washington, May 5.-(P>-senate
silver bloc leaders returned to Wash
ington Saturday after train con-
ference with President Roosevelt con-
fident that the chief executive is
sympathetic to . legislative program
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05

fighting mad; he was unmistakably
just damned young fool enough ia
make his threat good II sufficiently
provoked.
"Maybe got . key" he volun.
teered. II don't know % it'll turn
the trick-it's my own room key,
but most Of the locks in this dump
are interchangeable"
"Permit me to felicitate you on
your second thought. And BE good
enough to precede mo through the
next room to the communicating
door and-try your luck with that
key. / hope very truly, monsieur.
for your sake, it will fit"
The grating Of the lock behind
her. the rattle Of the knob. swung
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Additional Society

Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Titus, 212 Thay-
er avenue. west. received word Thurs
day Of the birth Of q daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph T. Davis Of Arcata,
Calf, on Saturday, April 28. The
child Is . great granddaughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Titus. Mrs. Davis was Miss
Lillyan A. Juell before her marriage
and is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mr..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05

the first that it would not work out.
Now we find 1t meeting q severe
test, and emerging with flying colors.
For the sake Of industrial peace and
continued business revival, one hopes
that 1t will have equally good luck In
all future disputes referred to 1t.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
NAILS AUTHORS sTORY

Nottingham, Eng.-Col. q. 8. Hutch
insou. author. was quoted BY the Not
ttngham Journal Is declaring King
Albert OF Belgium did not actually
die In an accidental fall, but was
tapped on the back Of the head"
In London. an official Of the Belgian
embaasy promised the writer "a sock
on the jaw" II hs would repeat the
story there.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05

decorated and equipped as the boy OF
girl wishes. Too often the children
must retire reluctantly to a sleeping
room that is dreary and uninviting,
fitted rather for some granny or a
monk.
Except where It is too warm, 4
feather tick makes q famously COM
Portable bed. Next to that, down
cover is well worth its cost as an in
vestment in comfort. The lighter the
bed covers the better. Heavy covers
tire and cramp the body and cause
unpleasant dreams or nightmares.
One soft. loosely woven lightweight
blanket or cover, no matter what
material. is warmer than two heavier
blankets Of more compact material. It
is the air layer retained in or by the
cover that keeps you warm.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
Member Of Audit Bureau of
Circulation

Member Of The Associated Press
The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to 1t
or not otherwise credited In this
newspaper and also the local news OF
spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights OF republication Of all other
matter herein are also reserved.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST.
SCIENTIST

YT3 FOURTH StreeI
Sunday service at 1900 a. m.
Sunday school at GAS a. m.
Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting at O'clock.
A reading room maintained In the
Hoskins Block, 200h 4th ST.. Is open
daily from ~ to S p. m: Sunday. s
to p. m.
All are welcome to attend the
church services and to make use OF
the reading room.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


Cornaro Wrote In Columbus Time
Some time ago you referred to q
book by Luigi Cornaro on long life
This book cannot be procured from
the public library here. Please give
me the title and tell me where one
can get the book. &c. w. 81
Answer-"The Art of Living Long
was written by Cornaro more than 400
years ago. Some chap had an edition
Of it published not many years ago.
Libraries and book collectors are like
~ to have the book.
The Little Tin Doctor
A nurse addressed a group of girls.
She said the first child of a couple
who have INDUCED In kissing before
marriage will very likely be born
blind, hare-lipped or open-backed.
). ". F. Al
Answer-Which would be comical If
it were not SO deplorable. It is cruel
to imply that such defects Of devel-
opment as hare-lip or spina bifida,
which may occur in any family. have
any OuSAA oA6AAAAN0AASOs AlO AOA0V 40
incompetent to instruct girls.
Chalk Is Chalk
Following one of your suggestions I
asked my druggist for some prepared
chalk. He gave me precipitated chalk
and said it is the same thing. Please
assure me about this. (Mrs. F. NJ
Answer-Prepared chalk is the only
form Of chalk used in medicine. The
chemical name for it is calcium car
Donate. Calcium carbonate may be
had in tablets, in powder, or in the
familiar liquid suspension called chalk
mixture. Ten grains, in tablet form, Is
q moderate dose, as an antacid for
stomach acidity, gas, ETC., and the
remedy is preferable to soda and
other alkalis for this purpose. A tea
spoonful or more Of the chalk mixture
is a small dose.
copyright 1894. John F. Ollie co.,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05

We may have overnight flights to
Europe in five years, says Glenn Mar
tin. famous aircraft builder. Most
likely the flights will be from, not to,
Europe, the way things are going
there.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
TRINITY LUTHERAN
Avenue A at Fourth
nrin & R}ndah1 Pastor

There is a cordial welcome at
Trinity"
Fifth Sunday after Easter. May s:
Church school. 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 1900 o'clock.
Sermon by the Rev. j. II. Lunde.
Organist-Marie Lemohn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05

g. E. Juell Of Spokane, Wash, resi-
dents Of Bismarck until nine years
ago. Mr.. Juell, who formerly was en-
ployed by the Bismarck Tribune, now
is following the printing trade at Spo-
kane.
Mrs. G. H. Rogers. who passed the
winter months with her daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Dean, 2l5 Ninth St., has
returned to her home at Spokane,
Wash.
Two officers Of the Community
Players drama appreciation group
shifted their positions in the annual
election held this week. Mrs. Ralph
Truman, 3l4 Third ST.. former pro-
gram director, became president; Miss
Bessie r. Baldwin, Ala Avenue b, who
was president, was made program
director. Mrs. Frayne Baker, 500
Thayer avenue, west, was retained as
secretary.
Judge and Mrs. John Burke, 224
Avenue A, west, entertained group
Of their neighbors at dinner Thursday
evening. There were eight guests.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-05
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY William Brady, M. d.

health hygiene
treatment will be answered by Dr. Brady stamped
Letters should written
be made to queries not conforming to instructions
Address William Brady, in Of this newspaper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15

proved the sedition Bill, already passed by the
House Of Commons by an overwhelming majority.
This sedition Bill let it be noted, had as one
OF its most ardent defenders, Ramsay Macdonald,
former Socialist leader of the Labor Party and one
Of the most outstanding figures in the pre- and
postwar period of the Second (Socalist) Interna-
tional.
The aim of the Sedition Bill is to speed war
preparations Of British imperialism, along With fas-
cst to prevent the struggles of the
against war.
Both Liberal and Labor forces, under pressure
Of the toiling masses, particularly the Communist
Party. which led the fight the BILL declared that
the passage of the bill would destroy British lber-
ties" The answer of the government forces in
GLIDING Ramsay Macdonald, whose idea of Social
ISM still reigns in the Second International was
that if the armed forces of the empire are under
mined then the so-caled liberties" will be destroyed
In short the admission is made that the so-called
democracy" Of the historic country of capitalist
democracy" rests on the open naked brutal armed
force Of the bankers and colonial shareholders.
The sedition Bill is one of the most vicious fas-
cst measures ever passed by any parliament. 1t
provides a two-year prison term and 81 900 fine
for anyone possessing any book which might tend"
or which can be construed by His MajestyS prosecu-
tors, to "seduce" any member of the armed forces
to disobey the commands of his officers,
This means that whenever the British Govern
ment desires to stop all revolutionary propaganda,
all working-claSs militant literature, it can do 50
with fell swoop. Every piece of literature against
capitalism be interpreted by the learned judges
as being capable of seducing the sons of the Brit
ish toilerS in the army and navy
Fascism advances not only in Spain and France,
through the pressure of the armed cut-throats of
the finance capitalists but is being pushed through
parliament and congress in an attack on the civil
and trade union rights Of the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Building Trades Unity
president WILLIAM GREEN, of the

president WILLIAM GREEN, of the
American Federation of Labor, has
called a convention of the Building Trades
Department of the A. F. of L. to take
place in Washington on Nov. 26. The con-
vention will consist of top officials of the building
unions and was called to decide on disputes between
officials of the Carpenters, Electrical Workers and
Bricklayers unions the one hand and the present
Building Trades Department officials on the other
Green will be chairman
While these top officials are quarreling over con-
troll, the building construction employers carry
ing through drive to lower still further the stand
ard of living of the building trades workers.
Most of the building trades workers are unem-
ployed The A. F. of L. leadership admits that 81
per cent of the union members were jobleSS in Oc-
tober. In addition there are scores of thousands
of building trades workers iobless who have al
ready been dropped from the union roles
Strikes have occurred in the building trades in
recent months, from coast to coast, in order to
maintain union agreements and defeat the anti
union wage-cut drive of the Roosevelt government
and the employers.
The building trades workers. the big majority
unemployed, facing attacks on their union agree
ments, have vital problems to be solved. But the
officials Of the building trades unions and the A. F.
Of L. ignore these problems. Instead they fight for
control of the Building Trades Department
The rank and file members of the building trades
unions have no urisdictional quarrels They stand
for unity of the members of all the building
unions and all building workers. They are carry
ing on fight for unemployment insur-
ance, for real federal housing program that will
f11o btiIdi,o
ers. They demand unified struggle of all build
ing trades workers employed and unemployed,
against unemployment, for better wages and work
ing conditions, and for union recognition.
The rank and file opposition inside the A. F. of
L. building unions must be built up in order to force
an end to the disrupive jurisdictional disputes of
the officials for unity of the building trades work
ers, for fight against unemployment and wage
cuts, and for rank and file control of the unions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Homes and Banks

ONE billion in loans to the small home
" owner.
Eight and half billion in subsidies
to the big Wall Street banks, trust COM
panies, railroads, and mortgage com
panies.
This contrast uncovers the class face Of the
Roosevelt government.
The demand for loans by small mortgage
burdened home owners had begun to run over the
billion mark. And the Roosevelt government got
panicky and yesterday called quick halt to any
further loans.
But the Roosevelt government is not in the least
perturbed by the fact that handful of Wall Street
parasites have already dipped their hands into the
RF!C. trough to the tune of eight and half bill
list government has granted to capitalist coupon
clippers and investors.
Two out of every three harassed small home
owners who applied were turned down by the Roose-
velt government. And only such loans were granted
were necessary to strengthen the position OF
capitalist mortgage sharks.
banks are concerned is worried that the capital
lists are not borrowing enough.
Does the small home owner need any more proof
that Roosevelt is tool and agent of the Wall
Street banks?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-15
Fight Relief Cuts

WHILE the need for relief increases
w daily, the national and local authori-
ties are carrying out Roosevelt's promise
to the bankers to cut relief. On Tuesday,
William Hodson, Commissioner of Public
welfare. announced at City Club luncheon in
New York that as far as the city officials were con-
cerned, the peak of the relief load was over
The peak is declining, according to Mr.. Hodson
because in October approximately $4,000 destitute
families were removed from the relief rolls, larger
total than the number of needy families that were
added. In Mr. Hodsons own words the reduction
in relief was not due to IAN improvement in bust
ness conditions but to the greater bounding of the
unemployed and their families by relief bureau
officials.
He thought that greater reductions in the relief
rolls would be brought about by the cumulative
effect of our increasing the staff of home relief in
vestigators, training of this staff to conduct
more thorough going investigations, and the CO.
operation Of employers, banks and insurance COM
panies"
This means that relief cuts are pushed through
by firing Investigators who protest against the in
human treatment of the unemployed, by tightening
up on the persecution of the workers. Money is
given to prosecuting the unemployed, but none can
be found to feed them.
The brutality of the home relief authorities and
the LaGuardia administration is brought out by
Hodsons admission that the problem of relief would
remain for at least a decade. But if the need for
relief will continue indefinitely then obviously this
need must be met. 1t cannot be met by condemning
the unemployed to starvation. The problem must
be solved by giving them adequate relief immedi-
ately and by providing for them in the decade to
come through the enactment of the Workers Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance Bill the only
measure that can meet the consequences of perma-
nent and increasing unemployment.
Mr. Hodson's suggestion that unemployment
insurance should have been made permanent part
of our social structure long ago" would mean
thing, if he would out for H. r. 1898. This
however he obviously has intention of doing. For
his solution of the unemployed problem is to find
regular jobs" With more than million and
quarter of unemployed in New York City alone,
this empty phrase be nothing but an excuse for
driving more workers off the relief rolls.
With the most desperate winter of the crisis
confronting the unemployed, the relief officials
throughout the country pursuing the policy, laid
down by Roosevelt, of slashing relief. To meet the
imminent danger of mass starvation it is necessary
than ever before to organize the unemployed
for relief actions. The whole working class also
must Immediately launch united actions for Con-
gressional action on H R. 1898.
Starving the unemployed is part of the whole
the working class Rally to the support of the I'M
employed. Relief cuts will be followed by new
wage cutting drive.