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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
RACE TO COMPLETE
PREMIER SURFACED
ROAD ACROSSSYATE
Builders of y. S. No. 10 and
S. R. No. 5 Participate in
Novel Skirmish

A symphony Of competition has
arisen out Of the hum Of road ma
chinery on q. 8. Highway No. 10 and
State Route No. S. as construction
crews along the arteries vie with one
another for the distinction of giving
North Dakota the first completely
surfaced highway to cross the state.
Completion projects on the two
routes is expected before Sept. !. with
crews participating in q friendly con-
test for the honor of furnishing the
state road graveled or hard-sur-
faced from one boundary to the other.
Paving, graveling, and oil mix con-
struction are included in the numerous
projects under way.
On completion of the projects on
highway No. 20, there win be 86 miles
Of hard-surfaced road. with the re-
mainder graveled.
The hard surfaced stretches are IL
miles Of paving out of Fargo, 20 miles
oil mix out Of jamestown, 36 miles
hard surfaced across Burleigh county,
all oil mix with the exception of q
small paved stretch approaching the
bridge across the Missouri river, IL
miles oil mix In Morton county, five
miles oil mix out of Valley City. and
one mile similar construction at
Dickinson.
The highway from Fargo to the
Montana line Is 800 miles in length.
Highway No. S. on which there is no
hard surface construction, Is $40
miles from toilette on the eastern
border to WeStby on the Montana
line.
On highway No. 10 considerable
construction work Is under way from
the eastern border Of the state ut
Fargo to the Montana line, while on
No. 5 two projects are to be complet-
ed before the entire length Of the
route is fully surfaced. Both arteries
run east and west. No. 5 across the
northern section Of the state, and No.
10 south of the central dividing line.
A link Of pavement on Highway No.
10 is being constructed from Fargo to
Mapleton. while from Tower City to
Valley City reconstruction Of the old
road, to raise it and widen 1t, Is un-
der way. A gravel detour ore mile
north Of the highway being rebuilt II
carrying present traffic.
From jamestown to the east line of
stutsman county, detour Is being
graveled south Of the highway. while
from Cleveland to point Is miles
east of there, OH mix construction Is
to get underway soon. Highway de-
partment officials said traffic win
not be inconvenienced to any extent
by this construction, as steps have
been taken to provide for travel while
the work is done.
Oil mix construction Is to be done
from Menoken to Driscoll, and on
completion Of this stretch, Burleigh
county will be the only county In the
Continued on page fifteen)
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
INVESTIGATE
SUICIDE CLUB With
26 Living MEMBERS
Spinster Relates Weird Tale
After Being Indicted for
Murder of Brother

New York, May l6.-(R}-Acting on
q spinster's tale OF . suicide club
with rs living members, the law ma
chinery Of two Long Island Counties
was set In motion Saturday to avert
the possibility in the minds Of some
detectives, Of series Of suicides.
District Attorneys Edwards Of Mas
sau and Blue Of Suffolk, with a score
Of detectives, investigated q theory
that three members of the cult Of eld-
erly, ailing persons already had killed
themselves in accordance With q
ritual.
The supposed cult was described
Friday by Miss Louise Schwarz, 50, in
telling Of the death Of her brother,
Edward. IS, who was found shot in
his home last Wednesday. She has
been indicted in connection with the
shooting.
EVERY Sunday night" she said. I'VE
met at the home Of member to pray
that one of us would be cured of our
feebleness.
There were 80 members. Four of
them are dead.
III the member we prayed for was
not receptive to our prayers, he was
bound to commit suicide. II he failed
to end his own life before the next
meeting, he was to be slain by q
chosen member of the cult.
"On April 26 we met at the home Of
George Breitenbach, So. who lived
near us. He was not receptive
The next day the body of George
Breitenbach, was found hanging in
the celler Of his home, authorities
said. They would not disclose any
other names Of alleged members Of
the cult. living or dead.
Last Sunday, Miss Schwarz was
quoted as saying, the club met and
prayed for her brother. Medical ex-
aminers said the location Of wounds
on the brothers head indicated he
could not have fired the shots which
killed him and so Miss Schwarz has
been charged with the Staying.
Miss Schawrz pleaded not guilty
when arraigned Saturday on charge
Of murder In the second degree.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
Hoover Will Work
Over This Weekend

Washington, May 16.-RePret-
dent Hooyer's recreation at his Rap
idan camp this weekend promised to
be mostly work.
Invited to meet him ct his noun
tain fishing lodge were Secretary
wilbur and chiefs Of all interior de-
partment bureaus. The object was
to find some place in the department
where the government can save
money.
The conference Saturday and Sum
day constituted the second gathering
Of departmental and bureau heads 1T
the Rapidan on ways and means Of
curtailins expenditures. Last week
Secretary Hurley and war department
chiefs spent the two days planning
economy moves.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
JAMESTOWN FARMER
KILLED IN COLLISION
Inquest Scheduled at James
town to Determine Cause OF
Fatal Auto Mishap

Jamestown, N. D.. May 16.-tP-An
inquest to determine II possible the
cause Of the collision In which John
'Taylor, farmer three miles south OF
spiritwood Lake. was killed Friday
night, was to be held Saturday after
noon in the office Of r. D. Chase.
states attorney.
Taylor was killed when his truck
and a car driven by Ernie Welnkie Of
jamestown collided head on near
here.
with Taylor In the light truck was
Peter Rachel. Jamestown. who was
not hurt. Weinkie escaped also.
The force of the collision pitched
Taylor through the windshield
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
Want Other Teams
To Ask for Games

Request that managers of 9TH
er teams in the Missouri Slope
area write to the secretary of the
local club for games in order that
q schedule may be arranged
quickly was made Saturday by the
management of the proposed Elks
team.
No games have been arranged
for as yet but the management Is
hopeful of arranging a complete
schedule Of contests in the near
future, according to G. F. Martin,
member of the executive commit
tee. 1.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
MAN IS MURDERED
AT WlLLMAR, MINI,
w. F. Burns Dies OF Crushing
Blows to Head; Assailant
Is Sought

Willmar, Minn., May 16.-(Ry-His
head crushed by blows from heavy
instrument, man believed to be w.
+. Burns. q switchman, died in d hos
pital early Saturday. His aSsailant.
of whom officers have a good descrip-
ton, escaped.
Kandiyohi county officers are hold
ing two material witnesses. They are
J.. w. Cassidy, Owatonna. and Edward
Schaffer. Tracy.
On q card found in the dead mans
pocket was written Nv. F. Burns.
Maple Leaf Lodge, Switchman
Union" The name Of the town was
obliterated.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
MinnesOtan Found
Guilty of Larceny

Madison, Wis. May 16.-(F-A Jury
In district court convicted Martin A.
Stemsrud Of first-degree grand lar
ceny for the alleged theft of $25,689
from the Lac Out Parle Town Farm
ers' Union Fire Insurance company
Of which he formerly was treasurer.
He was sentenced to one to 10 years
IN states prison A oo-day stay was
nanted.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
MAYORS TAKE WIVES

New York, May 16.-(R}-Mayor
George Z. Baker Of Portland, Ore.,
seems to have made himself appre-
ciated In certain quarters. Mayors Of
various cities leaving for France were
calling on Mayor Walker. Quoth
Mayor Baker: 1T may seem like
taking . ham sandwich to banquet,
but you'll notice that all Of US who
have wives are taking them along.
The ladies may lend some grace to
a otherwise motley aseemblaee."
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
BISMARCK ELKS TO
SPONSOR BASEBALL
team This SEASON
Strictly Amateur Organization
for Season Is Planned by
Capital City Lodge
PLAYERS TO MEET SUNDAY
All Persons Who Wish to Try for
Places on Nine Invited to
Participate

Plans for giving Bismarck a base
ball team were announced Saturday
by committee of the Elks lodge
following approval of the scheme by
the membership Of the fraternal Or
ganization Friday night.
A committee Of five will represent
the lodge while two members will
represent the players on the strictly
amateur organization which it is pro-
posed to build. Members representing
the lodge are D. E. Shipley, Walter
Sather, G. F. Martin, G. L. Spear and
Joseph Clifford, while DR.. H. B. Love
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
LLOYD MURPHY wins
POLE.VAULT HONORS
With 11-FOOT LEAP
Finals in Other Events Are
Scheduled for This After.
noon at Hughes Field
BISMARCK.FAR QUALIFY Is
Ashley Keeps in Running by
Putting 10 in Finals; Man.
dan, Steele Six Each

Farxo and Bismarck were hav-
ing . nip-and-tuck battle for
honors In the Capital City Track
and Field meet Saturday.
With six Of the 13 events conn
pleted, the Midgets had scored
16h points to 1871 for the De-
mons. Napoleon had chaIked mp
six points, Selfridge five, Fessen-
den five, Ashley four, Denhoff
two and Garrison one.
Finishers in the various events
and the order I'm which they
placed were:
22O-yard low hurdles-St Jac.
cues, Fessenden; Gerteis. Fargo;
Potter, Bismarck, and Anderson.
FARGO. % seconds this tied the
meet record).
100-yard dash-Benzon, BIS
marck; Christianson, n, Fargo;
Prescott, Steele, and Chase. Gar
rison. 10.6 seconds.
Shot put - Heiser. Selfridge;
Thoreson. Napoleon; Johnstone,
Ashley, and L. Swanson, Denhoff.
Il feet, ~ inches.
Discus throw Gerteis. Fargo;
Thoreson, Napoleon; Johnstone,
Ashley, and L. Swanson, Dehoff.
log feet, 8 inches.
LLOYD Murphy. Junior at Bismarcl
High school. broke the record Tor Tn
pole vault at the Capital City Tracl
and Field Meet In progress at Hughe
Field here today. He leaped IL fee
21s inches to exceed the former mars
set by Mike Mcclure, Washburn, u
1880 at 10 feet 1lA inches.
This was the only event In whicl
the finals had been run off at moo
Saturday. Finals in other event
we're to be staged this afternoon, be
einning at 1880 p. m.
Harry Arneson, Fargo, took secon
place In the pole vault with q leap Q
10 feet II inches. Lester Dohn. Bis
and Frank Meyers. Fargo, tie'
for third. :,
Fargo and Bismarck tied In tn
of entrants qualified TO
claces In the finals with IS each. Ash
lev entries qualified in 10, Fessendel
Q. Mandan and Steele 6 each, Den
l,off, Garrison. Napoleon and Hazel
ton. three each, st. Marys of Bis
n.arck, Selfridge and Heaton. tw
each.
Although Garrison had only on
man entered, he qualified In eacl
of the three events In which he com
peted. Washburn had one man en-
tered but he failed to get through +
the finals.
Phil Wooledge, Fargo, won tn
singles title in the tennis tournamen
held in connection with the meet. tn
Continued on page sixJ
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
Late News Briefs
BALTIMORE RUNNER WINS

Baltimore, Nd, May 16.-tR-
Bill Agee, Baltimore, won the
ninth Laurel-Baltimore marathon
by two miles here Saturday, and
with It the National Amateur
Athletic Union title. His time Of
2 hours 81 minutes, 10 seconds set
q new course record.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16
RAILROAD MAN DIES

Minneapolis, May 16.-(F-Ar-
thur w. McClelland. 81. chief dis
patcher for the Northern Pacific
railroad for the last IL years.
died Saturday at Q hospital here.
His home was 4t Fargo. N. D.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16

MINOT DOCTOR IMPROVES
Rochester, Mimi, May 16.-(R
DIR. A. D. McCannel, Minot, N.
D., past district Rotary governor.
who underwent an operation
Friday was making satisfactory
progress, his physician said Sat-
urday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-05-16

Cloudy ana dignity warmer Sat
night. Sunday probably showera
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
DETROIT .JOBLESS
RESIST EVICTION
Negro, White Workers
in Struggle with Cops
(By a Worker Correspondent,

tBy worker Correspondent
DETROIT-Last Wednesday, I'M
employed workers, white and Negro,
battled with police for three hours
when the constables attempted to
evict a Negro family from the house
at 1892 Rivard Avenue. The police
reserve were called to help the con-
stable in carrying out their dirty
dirty work in spite Of the fact that
Mayor Murphy constantly breaches
that there will be no eviction in Det-
roit.
''The unruly crowd" as the capt.
talist press calls them of 5000 persons
surrounded the house and militantly
struggled with the police bulls for
about three hours before the police
reserve forced the workers to retreat.
Nine workers we're arrested, three
Negro and six white. About dozen
workers were injured by the club
bling of Murphy's police.
This Mayor Murphy's police is not
only notorious Tor breaking up work
ers meetings in Detroit but also TAX
ing brides from bootlegers and rack
etteers. Not long ago, Mr. Watkins,
police Commissioner ordered the po-
lice to take census of the saloons and
blind pigs in Detroit and took police
one month to list them all. There is
no secret in Detroit that every boot
logger and saloon keeper pays lisence
fee from $500 and up thru some fax
er attorney who then Sits this fee
with police heads. If you have $500
to spent for lisence fee, you Will
have no trouble to get Isence to ope-
rate a saloon in Detroit. Well, such
are the rules of HIS MAJESTY
FRANK MURPHY.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
Steel Bosses Fire
Old Workers: Jail
3 Militant Miners
By A Steel Worker.

HOMESTEAD, Pa.-The old work.
ers in the Carnegie Steel Company at
Homestead, Pa, are getting nice
reward for slavery in the factories.
These old workers are being fired
from the mills and the company has
arranged with the Salvation Army
to feed them on a few crumbs and
some miserable slop.
In Duquense the same thing is
happening. Three miners we're ar
rested in Duquense for collecting
food for the starving miners. They
were arrested and sentenced imme-
diately SO they could not get out on
bail. Those who were arrested were
from the Atlas Mine of Atlasburg,
Pa.
Three boys, who were passing leaf
Iets for the hunger march, were
chased like criminals by motorcycle
cops and patrol wagons. Terror is
spreading in Duquense. But the mil
itancy Of the workers is also increas-
ing.
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Worker Tells of
Ala. Slave Camps
New Orleans, Ii

New Orleans, La.
1 just returned from start I made
to the Unemployed Conference held
in Washington on February 10. I
was thrown into Jail for three months.
I want to tel you about the rotten
conditions that prevail in the Ala
banna prisons.
There are about $4,000 prisoners
in that state. II they are not total
ly disabled they must perform hard
labor from daylight to dark, which
is fourteen hours a day. Then they
are fed the rotten garbage that
hog wouldn't eat. If one goes to the
doctor, he Is given enough medicine
to make him sicker than he was;
they are not allowed to "lay up" I'M
less they have temperature of at
least 1o4 degrees. I have seen men
working when they were so sick that
they staggered like drunken men. If
they failed to do their work, the
warden has what he calls a per-
suader; 1t is strap that weighs
nine pounds. All Of the prisoners
have mortal terror Of the strap:
they administer 81 clicks" at one
time, and the victim usually goes
to the hospital after he has been
beaten.
Riding freight trains or being out
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04

week. The company just recently
cut the wages of the laborers 5 and
6 cents an hour.
Layoffs are taking place daily.
Workers who have worked for the
company for over ten years are
being fired and young workers are
being put in their place-and the
bosses say that business is picking
up. The men at work must work
piece work and on payday they get
paid for day work. They work over
time and don't get paid for it.
Stool Pigeons.
The factory is flooded with stool
pigeons. A group of workers were
holding meeting discussing about
the Metal Workers Industrial
League Conference held Saturday,
June 81, in Pittsburgh, Pa. One stool
pigeon, Eddy Ramdolf, told the boss
of this meeting. Next day everyone
who was at this meeting was called
to the office and given a warning
to keep away from the Reds. The
boss made us all work Saturday and
Sunday so that we could not go to
the Conference. Many got to the
Conference anyhow.
All around Blawknox workers ar
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
Men Flogged With Rubber Hose
at Kansas City Municipal Farm

Kansas City. Mo.
Dear Daily Worker:
Below is an account Of conditions
in Leeds Prison Farm, the Kansas
City, Mo-, Municipal Farm, where
just recently completed serving $25
fine for selling the Daily Worker
here. I was sentenced without trial
in the court of Judge Holland, DEM
ocrat, after having been arrested by
two republican policemen.
Rock Pile.
The conditions at the farm are the
worst imaginable. Most of the men
are there on the usual "vagrancy"
charge for being unemployed, when
it is well known and even acknowl-
edged by the court that it is prac-
tically impossible to obtain work OF
any kind After arriving at the farm,
most of them are placed upon the
rock pile under a real slave-driver.
Forced to Work.
They are fed three times day
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
CADILLAC PLANT
DRIVES WORKERS
AT HIGH SPEED
Fig hit Speed-Up In
Militant Auto
Workers Union

Dear Editor: Detroit, Mich.
Now please do not drop dead when
I tell you that am still working.
And amt that somethin'? Yes. 1t
is blessing for the parasites such
as Charles Fisher and his underdogs,
but not for the workers when we
must work at high speed four hours
a day, four days a week and our
wages being constantly cut down.
Charles Fisher is the parasite who
is supposed to have recommended
Mr.. Lewis for the Welfare position
at which Mr.. Lewis stole some $207,-
900. Mr.. Lewis got his job under
Mr.. Dolan and Mr. Dolan is the
right hand Of G. Hall Roosevelt, city
controller. Mr.. G. Hall Roosevelt is
not a bit better in the city politics
than his boss, Mayor Murphy. AS
soon as Roosevelt was appointed
city controller there was deposited
in the American State Bank $780,
900 Of city cash. This bank at that
date was already under investigation
by the state banking commission, but
Mr.. Roosevelt was a vice president
Of that bank and no wonder that the
city deposited money there. The
American State Bank failed and the
city almost lost its deposits in it.
In the shop we must work under
terrible conditions and great strain
because we are not sure whether we
will work tomorrow or not. The
bosses speed us up and we slave as
the men did on building Egyptian
pyramids. I talk with workers and
they listen to the necessity of mill
tant organization but somehow they
are passive in joining the Auto
Workers Union. We work so fast
that we break almost our necks and
I never worked harder even though
I work on the same job six years.
Workers! Stop and listen to reason
What do we get for working so hard
and so fast? Nothing. We must
organize and refuse to starve while
our bosses live in luxuries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04

you divided-lest you arise and exert
your power. You can do 1t, only
your backwardness keeps them in
power. Arise and show them that
they cannot put millions Of dollars
into great church edifices and let the
millions of workers and their children
cry for bread.
Show them that no twenty-year
plan, or no plan put out by them will
suffice. Show them that it's time for
q plan of your own. You have the
ablest leaders In the world - The
Communist Party, and the Trade
Union Unity League and its affili-
ates are able to lead you into power
and the right to become men. And
better still the right to keep and
maintain your family on an equal
footing with anybody.
II you wish to dodge that slavery
that is sure to be yours, you better
get busy and get behind this class
struggle.
What has the capitalists paid you
for allegiance to his crooked plans?
Starvation, unemployment and de-
graduation. 1t is by keeping you di-
vided on race and religious lines, that
they keep the power over you. Re-
member your class--stay with your
class. Get some of your own by join
ing the Communist Party or their
revolutionary Industrial Unions to-
day. Let's go back up the big strike,
rush funds to their aid now
Your conrade,
F. G. SLONE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04

intendent (who delights in this type
Of brutality, and then stripped to
the waist, chained, and beaten across
the bare back with a rubber hose by
this fine exponent of democracy;
after this, he is shackled while at
work; placed on the dry line" Zone
meal day.; and at night is placed
in solitary. And any prisoner who
tries to maAS things a little easier for
the sufferer, feceives the same treat
ment. Conditions are little better
while a political prisoner is at the
farm, as Mr.. O'Rourke, the superin-
tendent, knows that when political
prisoner leaves, he will report con-
ditions.
And this is in free America, so I
don't suppose that Mr. Fish will say
anything about this-he is too busy
thinking up lies about the Soviet
Union.
Comradely yours,
Chas. Coder.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
|. [. D. VICTOR
IN "VAG" CASE
Force Release of Three
Militants
tBy a Worker Correspondent

q Wy d
SAN PEDRO, Cal.-Arrested in
San Pedro (sea port of Los Angeles
and charged with vagrancy for sell
ing Communist literature, William
Burns, a marine worker was acquit-
ted last week. He was defended by
the International Labor Defense.
Two other workers, Alex Vance
and A. Sherman, were arrested in
Los Angeles recently for collecting
money for the International Labor
Defense without a license. A new
ordinance was violated, the shoppers
of the holy (go-to-helD Mayor Porter
claim.
The prosecutor tried his best to
convict; but the right of the lid
to collect funds for the workers was
upheld by Municipal Judge Frank
Smith, who feared the pressure of
the masses of workers rallied behind
the LID.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-07-04
CHILDREN OF MINERS
PLEAD TO SEND FOOD
TO HELP WIN STRIKE
Worker Describes Class Pride of Little Fight
ers from Coal Fields
Their Presence In Detroit Awakens New
Glass Consciousness

for relief for the heroic fighters in
the coal fields. We waited until 4
am. when the WI.R. truck arrived.
We have taken Peter Angelo and
Teddy McClasky from Coverdale. Pa.
Glass Pride.
What surprises u sand the neigh
bors is the class pride and class
consciousness Of these two little chill
dren. I am already looking with
great sorrow toward the day when
their parents will ask for their re-
turn. The hatred against the muir
derous cossacks is evident on their
faces. When anyone asks them how
they like it here, a wish that chou
sand miners children could be here
with them is hopefully expressed.
Pete, the elder of the two, pleads
with us to send food to the fight
ing miners. The children in the
neighborhoOd are listening on the
corner until late at night to these
Two little comrades relating unbe-
ievabIe stories.
What strikes one most is the con-
fidence of victory in their eyes. III
admit that have never seen two finer
children, The Communists are do
ing a heroic work, worthy of the
supreme stcrifice on the part Of all
of us not yet in the fighting ranks
of the vanguard of the working class.
Tell the miners children through
the Daily Worker tina THEIR pres
ence has awakened a new conscious
ness in our breasts. Tell them that
we love them as much as their fight
ing parents and pledge never to stop
for breath until victory is won.
"A Working Glass Parent.