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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-23
l. To the biggest dog. ;.
2. To the smallest dog.
3. To the latest dog.
4. To the skinnieet dog.
S. To the prettiest dog.
8. To the ugliest dog.

Z. Two prizes TO the be6t.tr11ned
dogs, the training to be demonstrated
by their exhibitors.
All boys and girls wishing to exhibit
their dogs are asked to register ct
once with the American Legion car
nival committee by calling the car
nival headquarters in the Prince ho-
tel building, No. 30. between and
1880 o'clock any evening, or by regis
tering there In person.
They subsequently win be notified
on which Of the first two carnival
nights they are to make their first
appearance.
The dog show win be staged ct 7:30
o'clock each evening and viii be fol-
lowed by the American Legion's min
strel show, declared to be bigger and
better than ever this year.
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inquire QU|ZZED
FURTHER ON PLOT
Van Zandt Asked to Give Com
mittee information on
Minot Statements

New York, Nov. 23-(P)-Gerald P.
MacGuire, bond salesman, was ques-
toned further Friday by the con-
gressional committee on un-American
activities regarding an alleged offer
to General Smedley D. Butler, retired
marine corps officer, to head q FaS-
cist "putsch" in this country.
MacGuire was accompanied to the
executive session by his counsel, Nor
man l.. Marks, and had with him
several bank accounts.
Before he went into the hearing
room, Representative John w. Nc
Cormack, chairman of the commit
tee, said he did not intend to have
witnesses dragged before the ccs-;
mittee merely because their names
appeared In executive sessions on
hearsay testimony.
If the investigation brings tang
ible evidence we will call anyone
indicated as knowing something es-
senttal to the investigation" Nc
Cormack said.
Mccormack said his committee has
q record Of q letter 1t had sent to
James E. Van Zandt, national COM
mander Of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars, who said In Minot, N. D., and
Helena, Mont, that he had been ap-
preached as q possible head Of .
Fascist dictatorship.
The committee chairman said the
letter asked Van Zandt to give the
committee any information he had.
and said that any information he fur
nished would be> treated with the
strictest secrecy.
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OFFER OF
ALLIANCE AGAINST
HITLER REPORTED
Budget Reporter Tells Parlia-
ment Russia Will Join
in German War
HUGE NAZI ARMY RUm0RED
Chamber Of Deputies Votes to
Spend SAT-, 900, 900 for
Military Purposes
/ HUGE NAzl ARMY RUM0RED
Copyright, 1884, by The Associated

tCopyr1ght, 1884, BY The Associated
Press.)
Paris. Nov. 23.-The French cham
Der Of deputies Friday voted to spend
approximately $427 900, 600 for mill
tary purposes next year. after It had
been told that Germany was prepar-
ing for war and that Russia would
back up France in the event war
came.
The alleged entente with Russia
was denied by government officials,
but 1t was asserted on the floor Of the
chamber by Leon Archimbaud, re-
porter for the finance committee, to
be In existence, as he presented the
nations war budget to parliament.
Deputies and cabinet ministers
talked heatedly Of their fear that
France was not safe.
Gen. Louis Maurin, minister OF war,
declared: II do not say that II you
wish for peace, prepare for war; I
simply say we must be on our guard"
Emergency Fund Added
The deputies agreed to the war
ministry's request passing q war
budget Of 5.eso, 000, 900 francs ($374,-
336, 20N, then adding their approval
Of an emergency appropriation Of
800, 100000 francs ($52,640O00). This
latter appropriation Is to be spent for
new fighting equipment. The voting
came after the chamber finance COM
mittee had pledged itself to vote
whatever the country needed for de-
tense.
The war budget voted Friday is
nearly 800. 600 900 francs less than
Continued on Page Two)
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Smith Outlines Cub
Scout Program Here

Organisation and aims Of the Cub
scouting program were outlined
Thursday by Charles r. Smith Of New
York at meetings Of area scout off,
Gals, potential Cub leaders and par
|ents.
stressing the fact that the Cub
movement rotates around the home
and neighborhood activities Of the
boys below scouting age, Smith said
that every precaution must be taken
and careful leadership training was
necessary to limit the Clubbing pro-
gram to projects h the neighborhood
groups.
Committees to handle the move
ment In Bismarck will be appointed
soon. Paul O. Netland, area scout
executive. announced Friday. Before
any dens-(units Of the Cub program,
are set up . course in leadership
training viii b given. b said.
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NIPPON Army AND
navy GETb|CGEST
GRANT IN HISTORY
Nearly Halt Of Budget Appro-
priation to Be Spent for
Preparedness
MILITARIsTs WIN FIGHT
Action Taken in Answer to So
Wet Menace on Oriental
Frontier

Tokyo, Nov. 23!-ReJapan met
"the international situation" Friday
the Oriental empire granted its
army and navy the most money ever
allotted its military machines.
More than one billion yen (about
$3.50, 100, 000) will 60 to the national
defense In one year. This Is 46 per
cent Of the total budget Of 2,2lO ,O00,-
600 yen Approximately $640, 300, 00O
and Q per cent increase over the
current appropriation.
A weary cabinet which had been In
session for Il hours approved the
figures Friday morning, ending the
long and heated battle Of the bud
get" It was q victory for the army
and navy. who had fought with prop
uganda for months for larger and
better equipped forces.
General Senjuro Hayashi, minister
Of war, threatened to resign II his de-
mands were not met. He and Admiral
Mineo Osumi, minister Of the navy,
told the cabinet "the international
situation must be considered"
The navy had contended It must
be built up fully to the limits Of the
London treaty by the end Of 1896 In
order to be strategically placed for .
building race which might follow .
possible breakdown IN present treaties
and negotiations.
War office statements had said the
army should be prepared for any
eventualities on the continent and
that Soviet Russia still menaced Jan.
anese interests In the Orient.
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Rains AID BATTLE
WITH FOREST fire
IN west VIRGINIA
Two Thousand Men Fight
Flames Threatening Score
Of Communities

Charleston, w. ", Nov. 23.-(AP)
"A score Of southern West Virginia
communities, threatened and in some
cases isolated by raging forest fires,
welcomed scattered transforms Fri
day.
Two thousand men-all available
fire fighters-struggled throughout
the district to halt the sweep Of the
flames toward the settlements. One
fire fighter, Henry Firth, 10, was
crushed to death L. q blazing tree
which fell on Zion mountains.
The largest Of the communities
threatened was Beckley, . city Of
10000 inhabitants, situated on q
mountain top about 20 miles from
Charleston. After the flames de-
stroyed Geographic communications to
Beckley Thursday, arrangements
were started for radio broadcasts to
the isolated city. The wire services
were restored, however, before the
broadcasts became necessary.
With high winds whipping the
flames over miles Of forest land, the
fire fighters were encouraged by
predictions Of continued rains
throughout most Of West Virginia
Friday.
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Judge Burke May
Give Noodle Oath

When Democrat Thomas H.
Noodle steps forward ct inaugural
ceremonies to take the oath Of
office as governor Of North Da-
kota, he may b sworn In BY the
first Democratic chief executive
ever elected In the state-John
Burke, now supreme court jus
tice.
Tentative plans were being
made 1t the capitol for Burke.
former treasurer Of the United
States, to give the oath Of office
to Noodle.
Noodle Is the first Democrat to
be elected governor since Burke
stepped from thu office.
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st. James, Mimi, Nov. 23.-R)-
Firemen from three nearby towns,
summoned by q night telephone
operator who stuck to her post in
the burning building until over
come by smoke, checked q fire
that wiped out three-story busi-
ness structure and damaged
nearby buildings early Friday.
causing an estimated loss Of
$500 900.
The operator, Miss Grace Cooke,
was alone in the telephone ex-
change on the second floor OF the
bulding when the fire broke out
Of I Z. n. 6he successfully -
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ANOTHER CHAPTER
in FAMOUS MURDER
CASE WRITTEN OFF
Charge Blasted After Careful
Investigation by Cass
States Attorney
GUNNER IS SERVING LIFE
Check Endorsements, Railroad
Employment AIibi Prove
Innocence
GUNNER IS SERVING LIFE

Fargo. N. D.. Nov 23.-(P,-Anotller
chapter was written in the famous
GUNNER murder case in Cass county
district court Thursday when Arthur
G. James. who has been held in the
county Jail here since May 4. was
cleared Of charges he murdered
Marie Wick, Grygla, Mimi, farm girl
William GUNNER, Fargo, is serving
a life sentence for the crime.
The murder charge against James
was dismissed by Judge Daniel b.
Holt upon motion of A. r. Bergesen.
Cass county states attorney, who in
formed the court that after thorough
investigation his office is convinced
that James was not in Fargo at any
time during June, 1921.
Miss Wick was murdered in the
old Prescott hotel the night Of June
Z. She had been beaten to death
with the nozzle OF a fire hose after
she had been criminally assaulted.
The staying was one of the most
brutal in the history Of the state.
Gunner Maintains Innocence
GUNNER, night clerk in the hotel
at the time, was arrested few days
following the murder, was convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment.
He maintains he is innocent and his
brother-in-law H. w. Swenson. Devils
Lake attorney, also believing Gunner
to be innocent, has worked constantly
to prove the convicted mans con-
tention.
Last spring swenson presented AZ
fidavits to Bergesen from three per-
sons to the effect James had stated
he and Harry (Blackie) Carter wer0
the ones who killed Miss Wick. The
conversation was said to have taken
place during q drinking party at
Denver, Colo.
Late in April, Bergesen received
word from authorities at Sundance.
Wyo., that James, who had been held
there on q murder charge, was to be
released. The Cass county officials.
with q murder warrant, went to
Wyoming and returned James, and
since that time has continued an In
vestigation in an attempt to determine
whether there was sufficient EVIL
dence to warrant bringing him to
trial.
In commenting on the dismissal
BergeSen said:
when we were notified by Wyo-
ming authorities that James was to
be released for lack Of evidence there
was only one thing for us to do-go
to Wyoming and get him. Due to the
seriousness of the Wick murder case
and due to the fact that man who
may have been innocent was serving
q life sentence, there was nothing
else for us to do than to make a
thorough investigation.
Careful Investigation
1.-THE state has made careful in
vestigation to determine whether
James was in Fargo in June, 1921.
From this investigation have come
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NOODLE PROMISED
FULLC0OPERATION
IN DR0UTH BATTLE
U. S. to Appoint Technical Con-
sultant to Advise State
Planning Board
AAA PLEDGES FEED RELIEF
Informed by Resources Board
Experts Will Continue Di-
version Study

Washington, Nov. 23.-(F-Gover-
nor-elect Noodle of North Dakota re-
ceived assurance Thursday the fed
eral government would stand shoul-
der to shoulder with him In combat
ting the states most distressing prob
lem-the aftermath Of drouth.
AS proof Of this willingness to CO.
operate, Noodle cited the following
evidence of governmental good faith:
The national resources board agreed
to appoint technical consultant to
advise the state planning board and
act as coordinator between Washing
ton and Bismarck in carrying out q
program Of rural rehabilitation and
water conservation.
The drouth relief section Of the
AAA assured him everything would
be done that could be done to feed
farm livestock throughout the win
ter.
The resources board left with him
the distinct impression that the Mis-
souri, river diversion project was not
out Of the picture" and that It's wa
ter experts were continuing their In
vestigation Of its engineering aspects.
Leaves for Chicago
The governor -elect and Mrs. Noodle
left Washington late Thursday for
Chicago, where Noodle will attend a
regional federal relief conference Fri
day and Saturday before returning
home. Noodle was accompanied, on
his tour Of government departments
by Senator Nye, junior senator from
North Dakota, who supported him In
the recent campaign. The Noodles
were guests at the Nye home while
here.
Noodle said the federal consultant
would be named within q week, upon
his recommendation. He indicated
he would select q trained technician
who would be able to provide the
planning board with scientific facts
on land use and water conservation.
He said the resources board had
agreed to provide office space In Bis
marck.
The consultant, he said. would ad-
wise the state where to buy land IN
its rehabilitation program and how
to use it. He said he would also be
consulted on financial transactions.
At the farm administration, Noodle
consulted with Col. Philip q. Murphy,
director Of drouth relief. and was told
the government would buy all the
feed It could and would distribute 1t
to farmers on relief, as we'll as those
able to buy. to maintain foundation
herds. He said the AAA had init
mated that funds remaining from the
cattle buying program would be used
to relieve the feed shortage in the
Dakotas and Wyoming. Most Of the
feed, Noodle said. would be purchased
in Alberta, Canada.
The governor-elect paid his respects
to James Farley, chairman Of the
Democratic national committee. and
reported Farley was delighted with
the Democratic victory In North Da-
kota."
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200 Members Of Bismarck
Zone Join Locals in Honoring
Vincent c. HascaII

Approximately 200 Lions from all
parts Of the Missouri Slope country
gathered in Bismarck Thursday night
to attend the dinner given by the To-
cal Lions club for Vincent G. Hascall
Of Omaha. Neb.. president Of Lions
International.
Since this was Hascall's only stop
in this part Of the state. club-members
and their wives came from towns
throughout this area to meet him and
join the Bismarck club in extending
greetings.
The program, In which representa-
tives Of all visiting clubs participated.
was featured by Hascalls address on
the benefits and purposes OF Liollism
and a description Of its activities.
E. @. Bailey, president Of the Bis
marck club, presided and introduced
Milton K. Higgins, assistant attorney
general, who served as toastmaSter.
The guest Of honor was introduced by
Jack Kohnen of jamestown, district
governor Of the Lions, who accom-
panied him on his trip throughout
the state.
Weinbergen Responds
Harry Weinbergen, Dickinson, past
district governor, responded to Bailey's
address Of welcome. Visiting club
presidents who were introduced and
spoke briefly were o. F. Bryant, Ma
poleon; Walter Kick. Hebron; E. =.
Klein, Washburn: Eric Wallin, Steele;
I. e. Giedt, Richardton; Roy john
son, Beach: r. A. Trousdale, Mott;
Ed Moe, Beulah: A. e. Spears. Dick
inson; H. G. Fulton, Jamestown; s.
E. Halpern, Glen Ullin, and G. A.
Wetzstein, Mandan.
Others introduced were A. M. Kuh-
field, Beach, deputy district governor;
and G. E. Thomas, tail twister Of the
Hettinger club.
Entertainment features were two
solos by Mrs. q. A. Dahlen and songs
by the Bismarck Lions quartet. Fol-
lowing the dinner the tables were
cleared away and dancing was en-
joyed until q late hour in the gym
nasium Of the World War Memorial
building.
In introducing Hascall, Kohnen
commented that some clubs had
dropped out Of Lionism during the
depression but that not q single group
had folded up in the Missouri Slope
Continued on Page Two)
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T Telephone Operator Remains at
Post As Fire RACES in Building

licited help from fire departments
at Fairmont, Mankato, and Ma
della. Then she dropped uncon-
scious from her switchboard po-
sition, to be found there by fire
fighters who carried her to safety
through a window. She recovered
shortly afterward.
The blaze. biggest in the history
Of st. James, wrecked the brick
building which houses three bust
ness establishments, q bank, the
armory, q lodge hall, offices Of
four doctors and q land dealer,
and damaged q half dozen other
business places and several doc
tors offices.
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In the above photograph, Rep.
Samuel Dickstein Oeft) of New
York and Rep. John w. McCor-
mack of Massachusetts,, vice
chairman and chairman respec-
lively Of the house committee on
m-American activities, are shown
as they began an investigation Of
charges by Major Gen. 6medley
D. Butler, retired, that q Fascist
movement is under way to Inn
pose a dictatorship in the United
States. Below is Butler tleft)
who said that Gerald p. Mac
CURE right, New York stock
broker, asked him to head a
march of 100000 Fascist to
Washington. Both men are be-
ing quizzed by the committee.
ASSOCIATED Press photosD
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insult PICTURED
AS CRASH victim
IN DEFENSE PLEA
Mail Fraud Case Of Fallen Mag
nate and Aides to Go to
Jury Saturday

Chicago, Nov. 23.-(ReSamuel In
sull as victim Of the public's wild
speculation in l029-that was the pic
ture given the insult jurors Friday
Is Attorney Floyd E. Thompson re-
sumed his final defense plea for the
Chicago Utility executive.
In that crazy boom period, value
didn't count" the attorney told the
jurors. People bought only because
they could sell the next day. And
when that wild market crashed, 1t
carried away real values as well as
false values-the real values these
men were trying to protect"
Special Prosecutor Leslie e. Salter
and U. 8. District Attorney Dwight
H. Green waited to begin the last
argument for the government. In q
recess Federal Judge James H. Wiki
erson suddenly interposed with when
Is this case going to the jury?"
Saturday noon is all right with
me-" said insults attorney.
Thompson explained the formation
Of insults corporation Securities
company, target Of the mail fraud
case. Is IN attempt to put the utility
mans own stocks into 4 strong box
and 80 protect the key to his two
thousand million dollar public utility
system.
He had formed q similar company
in 1923, Thompson explained, but the
great demand for its own stock sent
that soaring. That was insult Utility
Investments Inc, now defunct, like
its sister company.
insult and the others had profit
Of between 20 and so million on their
!. q. I. stocks in 1922" the attorney
told the jury. They could have CASH
ed out ct least for as millions, and
they had q right to do 1t.
But it wasn't money they were
after. They didn't want to get out
from under the responsibility for this
utility system"
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FRENCH MINISTER DIES

Paris, Nov. 23.-tREPhilippe Ber-
thelot, So, often called the real power
Of the foreign ministry" died Thurs
Gay Of a heart attack.
M. Berthelot served In Sc ministries
Of foreign affairs, Is OF which were
headed by Aristide BRAND. He was
credited with shaping the French for
cign policies after the World War and
curing ten years he was political di-
rector, or secretary general. Of the
foreign office.
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Ohio Gopher Contest
Declared Impossible

Warrington, Nov. 23.-R)-Waiver
Of western conference rules to permit
the Minnesota football team to play
q post season game was viewed g
impossible Friday by Governor Floyd
B. Olson. Of Minnesota, after he had
talked by telephone with conference
athletic officials.
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KID Dog show TO
MARK LEGION FETE
NCII'Y NEXT WEEK
Young Exhibitors to Present
Pets on Stage as Feature
Of Big Celebration

Decision to stage dog show as IN
added feature Of its annual carnival
and minstrel show. scheduled for No
vember 20 and 80 and December /,
was announced Friday by the veter-
ans committee in charge.
All boys and girls In Burleigh coun-
ty between the ages Of four and II
years are invited to enter their pet
CANNES, regardless Of breed, age, size,
pedigree, or lack Of blue-blooded an
cestry.
In order to reach fair determine
ton. each dog owner will be required
to show his animal on the stage pre-
ceding the minstrel performance.
Entrants will be divided into two
classes. The first group will compete
on the opening night Of the carnival
and the second group viii appear the
second night. Winners In the pre-
liminary contests will take part In
the sweepstakes competition on the
final night when the major prizes will
be awarded.
The prizes. In each case. will be
merchandise attractive to children
within the age limits mentioned.
Prizes will be awarded on the fol.
lowing basis:
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Lions Fete President
Of International Club
100000 in Road
Awards Being Let

Contracts totaling approx
mately 100000 were being let
Friday by the state highway de-
partment.
With one exception all of the
projects will be started and COM
pleted next year.
Included in the call for bids
were projects embracing oil
mix, paving, concrete, grading,
graveling, landscaping and struc-
tural work.
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FAMED PLAYWRIGHT DIES
London, Nov. 23.-(ReSir Arthur
Pinero. 70. famous playwright, died
Frtdaysln . nursing home following
IN operation.
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Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday:
little change in temperature.
Evening star., 1934-07-08
U. S. Pays 100000 Rent
As Ne,O Deal Units Crowd In
Fine Arts Commission Studying Future
Needs -$4OO, 100000 Is authorized
for York, but Not Appropriated.

The Federal Governments annual
rent bill in the District is approx
mating $l,500,000, but still the or
ganizations of 'the new deal crowd in,
demanding additional space, which the
harried Interior Department is un-
able to supply.
When former President Coolidge in
augurated the new building program
in the downtown triangle here, he
said that upon its completion, the
Government would have about half
enough space for its needs in Wash
ington. He was right if one does not
count the new deal groups that are
being added to the regular establish
ment. But taking into consideration
the new agencies that are being form
ed and those already born and waxing
strong, demand for Government space
is at high premium indeed. Uncle
Sam is renting about 100000 square
feet annually here, now.
President Coolidge called for an an
nual appropriation of $l0,000,000-
which would provide for about one
building year-H. P. Caemmerer, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Fine Arts
Commission, recalled yesterday. Dr.
Charles Moore. the Commissions