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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
VETERAN PAYMENT
APPROVAL IS seen
Senate Leaders Expect Com.
mlttss okay Despite secre-
tary's Opposition

warrington. Jan. 29.-R-Despite
Secretary Nel1on's opposition to
casl1ing veterans bonus certificates,
advocates. Of the plan were openly
claiming Thursday the senate fin
ance COMMITTEES would apptU ". some
such proposal.
Thedr claims were strengthened by
the announcement Of Senator Cou-
seus, Republican. Michigan. one Of
the two members Of the committee
who, hold the balance Of power that
be 1ayors paying the veterans tho
full {ace value OF their certificates.
Meanwhile the house ways and
means committee, ii which the legis-
lation must originate, was ready to
begin hearings Thursday on . NUM-
Dor Of cash payment bills, costing
from tsS5.0oopoo 70 tsifoopoogooos
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
Dickinson-N Napoleon
Supporting Bismarck

Residents Of both Dickinson and
Napoleon ThursdAy came to the sup
port Of Bismarck In Jalmestown's Of.
fort to move the capital to that city.
At q special meeting wednesday
afternoon the Napoleon Lions club
unanimously adopted. Q strong reso-
lution favortug immediate .construc-
ton Of . new, capitol building Ut Bis
rnarck and urging that the emergency
clause be adopted In order that the
work may start at once. Copies Of
the resolution were sent to the North
Dakota assembly and read IA the
mouse Thursday afternoon They
were referred to the state affairs
committee which has tho bill under
consideration.
AT Dickinson the city's service
clubs Joined In adopting Z resolution
which also was sent 10 the legislature.
Tho document was drawn up BY the
Dickinson Association Of business and
Public Affairs and was approved by
the Rotary and Lions clubs. + Lists
I number Of reasons why tho capital
should be retained ct Bismarck. &C.
cording to advices from Dickinson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
Mercury Reading
Nears New Record

Bismarck Thursday enjoyed the
warmest January day In % years
and the second warmest In the So
years the federal weather bureau
has been stationed here.
The mercury touched 50 at
2:15 O'Clock before It began to
show signs Of . gradual drop.
The highest mark on record tor
the month Is 60 degrees. reported
January 10, 1908.
The mean temperature for the
month Is IS, the highest on rec
ord. The highest previous mean
was ~ degrees in 1918.
Precipitation during January
has been the fourth nghteSt on
record, the only drier Januaries
being those OF 1873, 1901 and 1924.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29

left. They returned within a few moments. however.
and using the timbers again smashed down a steel door
to reach young Bannon.
Although the mob was intent only on getting
Charles Bannon, the latter pleaded his father be not
harmed. "Save my dad" he urged.
He was told the elder Bannon would be given a
chance" with the courts and would not be harmed by
them.
Reaching the bridge, a one-inch rope was produced
from q car, it was fastened to the railing and a slip
knot placed around Bannon's neck. He was pushed off
the rail and dropped about twenty feet.
The mob dispersed. Several of its members were
armed but no shots were fired and save for the sheriff
and his deputy being tied up, no one else was inter-
Sheriff Thompson. who lives two blocks from the
Jail. was seized when he came to investigate the noise
Of the timbers breaking down the doors.
Young Bannon was brought to the Mckenzie coun-
ty Jail several days ago from the Williams county Jail
at Williston, where he had been held for safekeeping
since his arrest. He and his father were to have been
%arraigned here Friday on first degree murder charges
Confession by Charles Bannon early in December
that he had slain the Haven family climaxed one Of the
sensational crimes in North Dakota's history.
'Bann0n had been employed on the Haven farm.
near Schafer, which Is in northwestern North Da-
kota. Last February, according to his confession 10
authorities, after 2 quarrel he shot and killed first
one, and then another Of the Ravens and buried their
He told friends and neighbors the Havens had LIT
the farm and had gone to live in Oregon. No suspicion
attached to hin until later IN November When 10 w.
arrested on = charge Of selling property that did not
belong to him-hogs from the Haven farm.
FAILED 10 LOCATE THEM IN OREGON
At his trial, he was questioned repeatedly 1hont
the whereabouts of the Hayens. Checking n Oraeoa
failed TO locate them. Finally - tod aufh0rittes -
had helped bury : hsby which . sid Mn Haven ~
Hs Id tie effieees Is whers ths body M 1urieG.
Further questioning ~ DearcA eventmH h6eAD oMs
the bodies and = coafession that hs alone - ra11psa-
Authorities continued i search for ~ $780,.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
FRAZIER resumes
HAGERMAN ATTACK.
Charges New Yorker Bought
MilIion.D Dollar OIL Lands
for Only $1,000

sante Fe, N. N. Jan. 2o.-<R-A
New Yorker who tried TO void his bid
for the Lease On the Rattlesnakes oil
lands In New Mexico With the asser-
ton the land was worthless hassreel-
lied more than . million dollars nom
the sale Of half his holdings.
The story Of the auction sale, Ia
which e. 8. Muuo1 bought the lease
for $1,000. has been revived with IN
attack on former Governor n. J.
HagermAn Of New Mexico by 6ena.
tor Lynn ]. Ffader Of North Dakota.
The latter charged In the senate
Hagerman pulled off . deal" where.
by the oil Lease. situated on Indian
lands, was sold on one bid and
brought It's purchaser millions Of
dollars" Frazier moved the salary
OF Mr.. HagsrInan. special Indian
commissioner. be stopped.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
u. s. APOLOGIES TO MUSS0LINI
Major General Smed|ey D. But.
Ter to Be Court artia|ed
for Statements
IS Marine COMMANDMENT
Charged italian, in Philadelphia
Speech, With Being Hit
and.Run Driver

washington, Jan. q. tn The
United States government apologi7ed
Thursday to Premier Mussolini Of
italy because Of q recent speech In
Philadelphia by Major General smed-
ley D. Butler, Of the Marines, In
which remarks derogatory to the pre-
naier figured.
Secretary Adams Thursday ordered
a general court martial for Major
General smedley D. Butler. Of the
Marine corps.
Major General Fuller, Marine com.
mandant, Thursday informed Cen
eral Butler of the order, and told him
to confine himself to the limits OF
his station at the Marine barracks,
Quantico, Va. General Butler was In
Philadelphia Wednesday night.
Butler is known In the Marine
corps as a fearless officer, but he has
been in trouble before because Of
speeches.
He wa called in by Secretary
Adams In 1929 to explain an address
he made about the Marines In con-
nection with Nicaraguan elections.
Butler had been reported publicly
as saying he had been told by q
friend that Signor Mussolini's auto
mobile struck q child and that the
premier drove on without stopping.
Secretary Adams, while not divulg-
ing Buffers explanation Of the incl
dent, said Tauryday that onthe
strength Of the order for court mar
tial it seemed fair to assume he had
admitted the substance" Of his al
legged Philadelphia remarks criticising
Mussolini.
Having learned from the navy de-
partment that Major General Smed-
ley D. Butler, United States Marine
Corps" q formal statement by Slim
son said, has admitted that the
quotation Of his remarks on the press
was substantially correct, I have this
morning handed a note to the Italian
ambassador expressing to Signor
]Mussolini and to the Italian people
the deep regret Of this government at
this unauthorized action on the part
Of an officer on active duty"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
SHAFER ORDERS PROBE INTO
SHAMEFUL BANNON AFFAIR

Governor George F. Shafer Thursday ord
cred a thorough investigation into the lynchin9
of Charles Bannon, and sent three state Officials
to the scene of the hanging.
Attorney General James Morris, Adiutant
General G. A. Fraser, and Gunder K. Osjord, head
OF the state bureau of criminal apprehension, left
for Schafer after Governor Shafer communicated
to them the news of the lynching.
THE hanging of Bannon by a mob is a
shameful act" Governor Shafer said, (which de-
stroys the good reputation of the state for law
and order. Lynch law in North Dakota should
not be tolerated.
The governor said that a thorough investi-
CATION will be made in an effort to determine the
identity of mob leaders and members.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
20 LiueS Snuffed Out
BIZ Coal Mine Explosion
Spark Igniting Blasting Powder
Blamed for Tragedy'at
Linton, Ind.

Linton, Ind, Jan. 29.-F-1dves
Ct 80 miners were snuffed out in an
explosion at the Little Betty coal
mine near here late Wednesday. With
the rescue Of two men Wednesday
night and seven more Thursday
morning, all Of the men in the mine
had been accounted for.
Identification Of the victims pro-
ceeded slowly Thursday morning.
Many of the bodies were 50 badly
burned and disfigured a check Of the
dead was made difficult.
The cause Of the explosion had not
been definitely ascertained Thursday
morning. Soon after the blast, it was
understood the accident had been
caused by a spark igniting a quantity
Of blasting powder. Later reports.
however. stated the explosives had
been found intact and that the dis
aster was the result OF a gas explo-
sion.
The dreaded BLACK Damp quickly
filled the passages Of the mine and
hampered the work OF rescue crews.
The men who were rescued Thurs
day morning had barricaded them
selves In an entry off one Of the main
corridors.
Eighteen bodies were taken from
the mine Thursday morning. Mine
officials were uncertain as to how
many others might be In the shaft.
After the men were brought out
alive rescue workers renewed their
efforts to pentrate the gas-filled
shaft in the hope Of still others might
be found alive.
I'VE cannot penetrate the damps
far enough to get the boys bodies"
gasped q member Of q rescue squad
and the cage shot up to the surface.
I'VE cannot touch them until venti-
lation has been restored"
A brown mongrel dog. his tail
tucked beneath his legs, howled dis
mally as it sulked near the mine.
That's Bedwell,s hound" someone
remarked. Followed him to work
every day and waited for him to quit.
Poor fellow, he'll have . long wait
now" Carl Bedwell was rescued
soon after the explosion but died In
the hospital late last night).
Inside the office Of the mine. To-
Gated several hundred feet from the
shaft, white clad nurses moved about
preparing hypodermic needles for
Use In easing the pain OF those who
might be brought to the surface alive.
Others prepared bandages and other
surgical properties.
Linton viii carry on. The Little
Betty. unmindful Of the havoc she
has wrought, viii. continue to yield its
black cargo. The spirit OF the miner,
the natives say. Ii not easily subdued.
It might never happen again. they
explain.
OF the dead taken from the mine
IS have been identified and u uni
Identified.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
CUT
NHOUSE COMMITTEE
Bovine tuberculosis, State Fair,
Livestock Sanitary Board
Sums Reduced

Continuing its practice of economy,
the house committee on appropria-
lions reduced three bills Thursday
before approving them for passage. A
bill appropriating $4,000 for the
Bovine tuberculosis fund was sliced
10000 and q bill calling for $35 900
for state fairs was cut $4,000. In
the fair bill $4,000 appropriations for
the Grand Forks, Fargo and Man.
dan fairs were reduced $1,000 each,
as was the 5000 amount for the
Minot fair. An appropriation OF
$34,l00 for operating the live stock
sanitary board was reduced by $40.
The house judiciary committee vot-
I'd for indefinite postponement OF a
bill permitting unordained ministers
to perform marriage ceremonies and
recommended, with amendments. for
passage Of a bill validating any sale
Of real estate contaminated more than
three years ago by any board of
county commissioners, except in such
cases where action has been brought
prior to July I, 1881. Action on an
aIltIe U1CdOO1S WdO NC
ferred until later.
Four bills involving the barbering
trade, already passed by the senate,
were recommended for passage by the
house committee on state affairs. A
bill reducing sheriffs' mileage fees,
back In committee for reconsidera-
ton, was reamended to stipulate mill
cage fees when travelling by rail shall
be 10 cents per mile and approved
for passage. A bill providing for es-
tablishment Of coffin manufacturing
at the state penitentiary was recon-
mended for indefinite postponement.
with the provision that sponsors
could introduce another bill Of this
nature. The bill killed Thursday was
considered unavoidable BY the COM
n1ittee.
Two house bills relating to grain
storage charges and conditions were
recommended for indefinite postpone
ment BY the house committee on
warehouse and grain grading.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
Two Brokers Expelled
From Stock Exchange

New York, Jan. 29.-{R-The New
York stock exchange. Thursday an.
nounced the expulsion Of Philip L.
Smith and Philip w. Smith, and the
suzpen4on for one year Of Henry n.
Wresxin. All are connected with
Barbour and Company.
Action was taken under the sectionl
Of the rules forbidding . member 70
have m interest adverse to that Of Z
customer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
Suggest Probe Into
Price Fluctuations

Washington. Jan. 0.-P-A pro-
posal for q general investigation AZ
fluctuations n commodity and So
curity prices was pending Thursday
In tie SENATE, which previously had
oedeted inquiries into bread. sugar
and meat costs
The broad study Of prices would Be
conducted BY = special civilian com-
missidn appointed By Woe President
Curtis. It's purpose would BE- the
determination of causes and yennediee
1oe reice uuctugttnn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
8 1TARTS PROBI

st. Paul, Jan. 3.-REAn 3nvest-
cation Into the history Of the expel-
ditures Of the Minnesota Great Lakes
st. Lawrence Tdewater commission
created BY the 1919 legislature, Was
started here ~ Governor Floyd B.
Olson
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-29
PAGE MAN

Fargo. Jan. @.-E-Arnold Poehls,
Page, WAS sentenced to two years Ia
the state p~enitentiary when he plead
cd guilty 70 = charge q pAssing
worthless checks
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-12
OHIO HUNGER MARCHERS SERVE
DEMANDS ON GOVERNOR TODAY
Mine STRIKERS
NEED RELIEF
Women and Children
Picket at Coupon

COUPON, Pa, May 11.--Answering
the Down Tools" May Day call the
miners of the Page Mine have de-
cided to refuse to go back until the
wage cut is withdrawn, The strike
has since spread to the three other
mines of the Russet Coal Co, and
also to Baker mine. The strike is
led by the National Mineds Union,
and is spreading through the 20 or
more wagon mines" in this section.
Hundreds of miners are affected,
and they mad their more hundreds of
wives and children are facing hunger
and misery. These miners we're be-
trayed by the United Mine Workers
in the 1927 strike, and have had
more and more wage cuts ever since.
The children are on the picket
pines with banners. The women are
in the road alongside their men.
But help is needed. The Coupon
strikers must have more than moral
support. Send funds, clothes Or food
to Louis Gabella, Secretary of the
Strikers Relief Committee, Box as,
Coupon, Pa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-12
DRESSER AND
STEFFENTS PLEDGE
SC0TTSBORO AID
2 More Negro Papers
Join United Front

NEW YORK.-Adding their voices
to the thunder of protest evoked by
the attempt of the Alabama bosses
to railroad nine innocent Negro chill
dro1 to the electric chair, Theodore
Dresser, famous American novelist
and Lincoln Steffens, outstanding
publicist and editor, have joined the
united front movement to save the
lives of the nine boys.
They are organizing a committee in
support of the International Labor
Defense, the only organization en-
dorsed by the boys and their parents
to handle their defense.
Two additional Negro newspapers,
The St Louis Argus and the Omaha
Guide, have also rallied to support
the united front movement being
conducted under the leadership of the
International Lazor Defense and the
League of Struggle for Negro Rights
to stop the legal lynching of the nine
youths.
These papers both carry front page
releases in their current issues from
the LID and the Crusader News
Agency.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-12
The Madrid "MObs"

WHEN recently upon the events in Snan
it declared that the ocaed Republican
solve the demands of the popular
revolution
absolutely government of the Spanish
bourgeoie which
usual serving the or social
dnagogic promises away with the priv
ges OF the church and the reform of the land
protect the p follow dictates
the landlords and postpone things
to the constituent convocaion
conjecture.
coalition has onnived tn
defend the feudass both
and his fortune safely pretended
tar chiefs such as Beengue to from all responsibility
oppression of the
The popular logical step forward in
demanding an accounting from these vinder
bourgeois republic The prophesy will not
be spent entirely in the burning the
ridiculous
suddenly finding brushing the police
aside to attack the churches refusing exngus the
flames garrison troops fraternizng with the
ordered the Berenguer.
While this effort to pacate the masses
the bourgssociast earth
to bring in dependable troops that
Inc caasrophy OF government which
and interrupted constantly
paraders marched past shouting sufficient
oene tat the masses ahenated
This teachery evident government communicate which
describes all disorder
beautiful sentiment express-decres that the action
of the revolutionary perus against the republic
and depoabe attempt republics The socialist
party of Spain exchange value of the pa and
not about the poverty of the
But the to 40
tons credit Communists who while of course
mot causing the upheav h treachery of the
SocastS are quite properly striving to direct the revolutionary
towards the overtroval the coalition
OF betrayal and the establishment Peasants Gov
~
by the report that in spite of the opposition the socialist leadership
OF the Madrid unions the workers of response
he stf1Ke call on Monday and paralyzed the
Hail to the SPAIN Long live the
f u opn away with the socialist ackeys of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-12
Take the Initiative!

Labor
boaed the inclusion appropriation bills
of clause providing that contractors
prevailing
prevailing"
the less all Of the A. F. of
this breaking the
Obviously nothing than
F. of and the F. of L. policy strike"
contractors in completely shateng standard wherever they
get away with it,
prevailing" circumstances we'll
Illustrated the Reilly Corporation Albany
York,
1.-THE prevailing the length of the
Albany Unity League
TO take the fight against prevailing
described by Mr. Reilly Indeed the Albany
congratulated selling the initiative
workers and laborers of that
explained that certain
up with cut by contractor Finn who offers so
instead o
explained contractor received his
tract the paying hour and
Is trying to force the he hires
explained that this than
hour because he getting construction
than last autumn when he got the contract
these TUUT,
aet calls all construction
committee to place the the
officials the
They challenge the
the job while boaing that
them"
the they refuse to cab on
refusing the
A F. Of
Council of Albany and all construction
ployed employed stick together
cut, and other"
the revolutionary work
rayng all
in Albany yet to be but the method
issue where prospect
and file behind their Action
tt is in being alive enough
the slogan apply
the Trade Union Unity
measuraby increasing the numbers and power of the TUUL
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-12
SOCIALISTS ASK
"CLEAN GOVT
Want Capitalism in
Palatable Form

The Socialist Party Convention
which met Saturday at the Rand
School, appointed Norman Thomas,
Morris Hillquit and B. C. Vladeck,
among others as a committee ito
draw up plan of reform" for the
Tammany and Republican racketeers
and gangsters with whom they are
allied in serving the interests Of the
capitalist class,
The resolution adopted is to "evolve
plan of far-reaching reform, de-
signed to provide lasting foundations
for government that will be oper-
ated honestly, efficiently and demo-
cratically While these social-fascist
enemies of the working class are busy
trying to bolster up capitalism, the
international Chamber of Commerce
which closed its session on Saturday
in Washington was forced to reckon
with the growing might of the Soviet
Union which challenges the fotmda-
tons of the collapsing capitalist order.
and leads the workers to wipe capt.
talisnl Oft the face Of the earth.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-12
Sat. Issue to Have
Complete Results of
XI Plenum of CT.

On Saturday, the Daily Worker will
publish in complete form the Theses
and Decisions of the XII Plenum of
the Executive Committee of the Com
munist International which recently
closed its session in Moscow. These
documents are important to all work
ers as they view the past struggles
of the Communist International and
point out the future tasks in face
Of the growing world crisis Of CAPT.
talism.
The Saturday issue of the Daily
Worker will contain the following:
l. On the tasks of the Sections
o. the Communist International in
connection with the deepening ecor-
mic crisis and the growth of the
Prerequisites Of revolutionary crisis
in number of countries. These of
the XII Pleum of the ECCI on the
report OF Comrade Manulsky and the
co-reports of Comrades Thalmann,
LenSky and Chmodanov on the con-
ditions and tasks of the Communist
Parties of Germany, Poland, and the
Young Communist International re-
spectively.
2. Resolution Of the XI Plenum
of the ECCI on the report of Com
rade Chacin on the increased danger
of intervent.onist war against the
USSR and the tasks of the Com
munists.
8. Decision of the acceptance of
the Communist Parties of Indo-
China, Inceland and Cyprus into the
Communist International.
4. Decision on the financial re-
port for the year 1929 and 1880.
5. Composition of the Presidium
of the ECCI.
6. Composition of the Political
Secretariat
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-05-12

7the main Ohio cities.
This afternoon these delegates will
have their committees before the
Ohio state legislature to present the
demands, and later today, will in
tervieW Governor White.
The Cincinnati and the Cleveland
YoungstoWn-Toled sections met Sun
day after ten days march through
the industrial cities of the state. They
met with enthusiastic receptions, big
mass meetings and eager support
from workers and unemployed work
ers all along the way. In spite of a
heavy rain, the united hunger march
ers were met at the state capitol steps
by 5000 local Indianapolis jobless and
employed workers.
Forced to Give Food.
The state government has been
forced by mass pressure to grant the
use of beds at the fair grounds, and
TO provide two cooked meals a day
for the marchers while they stay in
Indianapolis.
The last night on the road, Satur-
day night, the main division of the
marchers had real rest in Delaware
Ohio. The mayor had it all arranged
that the marcherS must sleep on a
dirty floor or stay out of town The
marchers we're insistant that they
must have better lodging than the
filthy floor. They threatened to camp
all night on the court house steps,
The authorities we're finally forced to
house the marcherS in a camp just
outside of town where cots and bed
ding were provided.
The spirit of the marchers is splen-
did in spite of the many hardships.
Half Are Negroes.
Nearly half the delegation is made
up of Negro men and women workers,
For years the Ku Klux Khan had
one OF its strongholds in Ohio, doni-
mated its government, and there are
Jim Grow practises which the march
ers had to fight in several towns on
the way to Columbus.