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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
CAPT. LESHER IS TO
 DISCUSS ROPES AND
 RAGS" PRES. CHURCH

Owing to the absense of Rev. c. c. Saunders, Capt. H. B. Lesher will preach at the II o'clock service at the Northern Light Presbyter- ian Church tomorrow His subject will be Ropes and Rags" A duet, "The Angel" by A. Rubenstein, will be given by Mrs. w. c. Ellis and Miss Eva Tripp. There will be no evening service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
Marine News
Steamer Movements
NoRTHBoUND

NOkIHBOUND
 . Admiral Evans due to arrive . at 8::30 o'clock Sunday morning.
 Admiral Rogers scheduled to arrive Monday.
 . Yukon due Tuesday. SCHEDULED SAILINGS Q Norco scheduled to sail from Seattle April 13 at pm. Adam ed a scheduled to sail from Seattle April IA at g . pm.
 Princess Alice scheduled to . sail from Vancouver April 16 at g pm.
 . SOUTnBOUND SAILINGs . Northland scheduled sout h. bound Sunday evening. Alaska scheduled southbound early Monday morning. o Queen scheduled southbound about April 13. LOCAL SAILINGS . Estebeth leaves every Thursday night at 6 pm. for Sitka and wayports.
 . Pacific leaves every Thurs . day at 10 am. for Peters, . burg, Kake and way ports. . e
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
PETERSBURG BAR IS
 TO BE DREDGED; BIDS

Sealed bids will be received un- til 2 pm, Juneau time, May 2 1881, and then publicly opened, foi furnishing all labor and material: for performing all work for re- dredging Shoal 3 Petersburg Bar) Wrangell Narrows, Alaska. This work consists of the removal of approximately 39,430 yards of sand Further information on application to the U. s. Engineer Office, Ju- neau, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

FOR SALE-"- self cneap for cash or trade for cabin or house good strongly built trolling boat, 351z feet long by 10 foot beam; 10 h.p. Imperial engine, together with fittings, gurdy, shafting, belting, poles, tools, spotlight and box compass. Could be used for trading, logging or fitted for hali- but fishing. Inquire Alstrom's News Stand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

FOR SALE-An established money making business will be sacrificed
 on account of ill health of owner. Established several years. Suitable for two women. If necessary to prove merit will lease for two months allowing money thus paid
 to apply on purchase price. Ad-
 dress 929, care Empire, Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

FOR SALE-Will sell or lease the Golden Gate Hotel, Fairbanks, Alaska, containing thirty-two completely furnished rooms. Ad- dress Mrs. 0. Mclean, Fairbanks, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
YOU should sand your floors dur ing Spring housekeeping. Tele- phone Musser 439.
MISCELLANEOUS

TROLLERS: Use the newly invent ed double chance trolling spoon MARVEL You will then catch more salmon. Many dealers do not handle this new spoon for fear that their stock of other spoons which arrived last year may remain unsold.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
NOTICE

On and after this date I will not be responsible for any indebt- edness incurred by Mrs. Harry L Rust
 (Signed) HARRY l.. RUST.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
WHIST PARTY

Whist Party at the Parish Hall Tuesday evening, April 14th, at 8 pm. Prizes and refreshments. Ad- mission 50 cents. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

FIRST class board and room, cen- tral location. Single rooms with board $50.00 per month. Double rooms with board $4500 month. Maxi Boarding House. Mrs. Gus Wahto.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

SCHOMBEL'S ELECTRIC SHOP adv. TELEPHONE 45o2
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
THE EMPIRE Is the Medium

Through which the general public can always have its wants supplied.
 Closing time for classified advertisements: 3 F. M.
 Closing time for display ad- vertisements: II A. M.
 Ten cents per line first in- eertion.
 Five cents for continuous subsequent insertion.
 Count five average words to the liuc.
 Minimum cherge, 50 cent8.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

LONESOME-JCIN Ohio's largest correspondence club. Members ev- anywhere. 150 ladies names, ad- dresses and descriptions $1.00. Qadies 50c) Give age and occu- patton with remittance. J. E.. Donald, Box 825, Dayton, Ohio.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

FOR SALE-Duplex house on Dis tin Avenue, splendid view. good income property; priced right for quick sale. Cash or substantial down payment. Telephone John Ahlers, 2703 after six pm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
WANTED

DOCTOR wants lauy assistant' Small investment. Address s54' care Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

WANTED U Woman cook wants work in camp or cannery. Ad- dress 403 Franklin St. Mrs. Rose bush.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

Mrs. Willis E. Novel;, wife of the local agent of the Alaska Steamship Company, is a passenger homebcund on the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

PIANOS, Radios, Sewing Machines, Monographs, Expert Piano Tun- ing. Radio and monograph re- pairing Anderson's Music Shoppe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-One two-room furn- ished apartment vacant. The Eureka Apartments, bachelors paradise. Willoughby Avenue. Fireproof building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

CLUB Cafe for lease to responsible parties or for sale. Apply Robert T. Kaufman at Gastineau Cafe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
TIDES TOMORROW

Low tide, 3.i9 am, 5.7 feet. High tide, 9:41 am, 12.5 feet. Low tide, 4:12 pm, 1.9 feet. High tide, 10:40 pm, 136 feet.
 Tides Monday
 Low tide. 4.36 am, AZ feet. High tide, 10:33 am, 135 feet. Low tide, 4:51 pm, 1.3 feet. High tide, 11:13 pm, 14.6 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11

FOR RENT-Furnishe steam heat ed apartment. Telephone 4o32.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-11
FOR SALE

 FOR SALE-Baby crib with mat tress. Also high chair. Telephone 1702 or No. Bishop Apartments. FOR SALE-Will sacrifice quick sale acre homesite, equipped for fur farming, with or with out live mink, land cleared, good improvements, fine harbor. Truck and Ford Sedan. Inquire George Bednor. south end Tee Harbor. FOR SALE-10-foot, fla t-bottom cedar skiff. Telephone 3402 after 5 pm.
 FOR SALE-Dining table, buffet, 6 chairs, nearly new rug 9x12, type writer Telephone 297. FOR SALE-Income bearing prop erty on Gastineau Ave. Good In- vestment. Mrs. Flora Sharick, Telephone 5602.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
ON THE BREADLINE

Something's wrong with this coun-
try, fellows, and we gotta do some
thing for ourselves, because the rich
amt gonna do it for us"
Suddenly the law appears.
"Cut out that beef1ng you guys CT
well throw you the hell out of here. "
I look up and see the beefy, ford
face of one OF New York's finest. He
is tall and big and strong, such as
was once myself. In direct contrast
to my gauntness l see his bay window
protruding through the folds of his
large and comfortable slcker.
A great and overpowering rage wells
up in my heart, as gaze upon this
minion Of the bosses. If I could only
hurl myself as this brutal beast who
serves and protects those who are re-
sponsible for the degradation Of the
workers. Little chills run up and
down my spine and my scalp begins
to itch. ] feel that am working N.Y.
self into frenzy of excitement. My
eyes, dull for months, / know are
cleaning. am tense and aflanc
with emotion. ] must let something
loose or I burst. butt control my
self The time is not yet ripe. But,
our day will come sool so that We
can shake oil our chains and shsckler
srd emerge forever free men an,
workers not slaves,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
May Day in Midst Of Civil War

rades former gentlemen" he said
sarcashcally. "Of the two, 1t will be
Rumanians who will be forgetting
something"
The former director paled with in
dignation at this inpudence. but his
friend, the former banker nudged him
gently.
Come along he whispered enr-
vously. This hooligan is a member
of the Bolshevik Party. Nowadays a
bootblaek counts for more than a
gentleman"
Crowd Marches to Meeting Place
In the afternoon of May 1st, huge
crowd marched into the Alexander
Square. The morning had been cool
and clear, with sky high and spot
lessly blue, and the river quivering
with silver wrinkles. In the orchards,
trees were shedding pink blossoms,
and the delicate petals fell like snow
flakes over the soft dust of the I'M
paved roads. Dressed in red shirts,
and carrying red posters, people
poured like ants into the square, and
gathered expectantly around the de-
capitated statue of Gear Alexander II.
Suddenly from over the peak of
the western mountain, a blue cloud,
dark and heavy like chip Of marble,
began to float over the armament.
Driven by the western wind, it spread
into immense proportions, darkening
the running water of the Dniester
River. The dust of the road began
to wllirl into the air, and the leaves
Of the rocking acacia trees swished
in the wild currents of the wind.
Comrade Gornostaiev, with red
flower in his khaki uniform, climbed
up the steps of the statue. T ire
mendous road of hand clapping an
swered his greeting. He Strengthened
out, pulled down his jacket. and be-
gan to speak.
Rain, Water and Powder
A heavy drop of rain fell on the
ground with soft thud. The crowd,
like one, turned up their heads to-
wards the sky. A lavender zigzag
of lightning tore through the cloud,
and torrent Of round drops burst
from the sky. The crowd joyfully
drinking in thirstily the fresh smell
Of the damp earth.
Go on" somebody shouted to Com
rade Gorrostaiev, who stopped for
a moment in>confusion. I'VE are not
afraid of rain
But before Comrade Gornostiev
pronounced another word. two peals
of thunder-one from the sky, the
other from across the river, roared
together in freightful dissonance. A
shrieking bomb burst into fragments
behind the statue, hurting up foun-
tain of earth and stones.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
Ghosts OF Shernlan's Army

shacks thanking dirty yellow mud
streets. AS many as 20 Mexican
workers are forced to sleep in a
common bedroom.
Adjoining the business section lay
the Negro workers homes. The Ne
gro quarter varies but little from
Little Mexico" STARK, brutal pow
erty enfolds both districts like a
shroud over huge grave. The white
workers in Dallas are somewhat bet
ter off than their Negro and Mexi-
can fellow-workers, but still it is al
most impossible to walk hundred
yards without being asked for a
handout by two or three white work
ers.
l met up with a conlrade. He was
native Dallasite, a youngster of 20
who had joined the Party two
months before. Members of the Khan
were following him, evidently wait
ing for him to lead them to meet
ing of the Party comrades. and we
had to take roundabout way TO his
home to shake the vultures off. The
home was as bare and as clean as a
pin. He introduced me to his mother,
a careworn. stoical woman who sue
cessfully hid any fear that she might
have had for her sons safety. After
speaking to her for a moment, we
went into a room facing the street.
Sitting in a cane rocker was the
boys father, q man of bout 60, with
shotgun across his knees. He eyed
me suspiciously, in spite Of his sons
introduction,
I'm not Communist he said,
"I'm too old for that. You need
young ones in the Party. ] can't do
very much, but I've got plenty of
buckshot in the house for those bas-
tard Kluxers If they come here look
ing for trouble I wish I had my
chance all over again. I've voted and
campaigned for every fsker in the
past 40 years who promised to dc
something for 1.-THE workingnar---
Cleveland, Bryan, Roosevelt. La Fol
lette. all of them, even the local
ones. I know now that the issue can,
be avoided. Wen have to turn to
our guns sometime. I hope It's soor
under the leadership of the Com
munists. / hope I'm alive well
we're accustomed to guns in the
south.
TITS hard for Southern white
man to get used to the idea Of treat
ing Niger equally. An empty belly
sort Of changes your mind, though
we nd 4,c00 in the February 25tt
denomination; 5000. niggers ano
1000 whites. ] never thought I'd
live to see the day when whites and
niggers would get together like that
You don't mind my calling them
niggers son, and not Negroes? Its
hard for an old man to change his
tongue
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
MAY DAY

OUT of the gloom and the grim,
" bitter fight
Rising to greet thee, o first of May
Toilers and slaves we emerge from the
night
To hail the Red Dawn Of the work
ingman's Day.
Songs of our fury ring through the air
Reckless and fearless our rebel re-
frain.
Strong in our numbers, II we but dare
we shall our freedom and liberty
gain.
Remember our comrades the masters
have slain
When loud in the struggle their voices
we're heard.
Remember their hours Of torture and
pain
Because they blieved in the workers
the herd"
Songs Of the struggle thrill us today
Songs of protest, of defiance, of hope.
Ours is the laughter born of the fray
Scornful of masters and of their yoke.
We hear the red thunder In China
proclaim
The Soviet surge OF the people In
chains
The Red Armies marching and feed
ing the flame
That yet shall consume the lords and
their gains
Songs proletarian sung by the workers
Songs Of rebellion, of vengeance, of
hate
Death to the parasites and all the
shirkers
AL power and life to the toilers'
eStatel
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
BY Al DASCH

r STAND ON the breadline; 1t Is
raining and very cold. I draw my
thin and tattered overcoat closer
around me and stamp up and down,
trying as best as / know how to keep
my feet warm There is still over an
hour to wait before they begin to dole
out our miserable slop, some nlouldy
crusts Of bread and strange con-
coction that is called soup which acts
upon your stomach as If it were a
powerful acid.
Gladly would ! leave the line and
get out Of the rain, but If 1 did, my
place would be lost and what is known
as my supper would be delayed an
hour or longer. All along the line
can hear the munlbling of the sullen
men who are waiting for something
to appease their hunger. ! listen in
to some of their remarks and I grow
happy for they are such as these:
Damn It'll What the hell are we
gonna do?"
I'm getting desperate. I'm gonna
do something soon If things don't
change"
rs this what went over for in
10? Well I'll know what to do next
tim ! get me rnftts on a gun
"I've been working ~ years and
look What I've got Tow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25

Those sober virtuosi of Protestant
ism, the Puritans of New England, in
1903 by DEGREES of their assembly set
premium of $500 on every Indian
scalp and every captured red -skin; in
1920 a premium of $500 on every
scalp; in 1744, after Massachusetts,
Bay had proclaimed a certain tribe
as rebels, the following prices: for
male scalp Of IL years and upwards,
$500 NEW currency; for male pris-
oner, S525; for women and children
prisoners, $3.50; for scalps of women
and children, $3.50. Some decades
later at English instigation and
for English pay they were toma-
hawked by redskins. Marx: Capt.
tai, Vol. !, p. S25.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
BY JEANETTE D. PEARL.

We had to stand in line to be adj
mitted to the banquet rendered to
Comrade Foster by the workers Of
Los Angeles. When it came my turn
to enter there was a shout from
within mo more" The door was
about to close upon me. when my
coaxing gaze halted the doorman's
hand. Guess we can make room
for one more conlrade," he said, his
stern face relaxing in greeting me.
AS the door closed behind me. /
saw two flights of stairs, one following
the other, that lead to the large hall
of the Workers Cooperative Auditor
iun. On both sides of these stairs
and on each step, was stationed a
Red Guard, grim and silent. None
were armed. Yet 1t seemed as If each
man had a rifle sllmg over his saoul-
ded. / sensed each man knew that
something might happen and each
stood prepared. My heart began beat
ing fast. This was no dress rehearsal.
Its grim reality gripped me. Passing
through this flank Of invisibly armed
Red Guards I had the feeling of the
iron heel OF our American democracy.
Coming into view Of the banquet
hall, the scene was changed. Here a
festive gayety pervaded the hall. Long
tables with dazzling white linen cloths
stretched across the entire length of
the hall which was ablaze with many
lights, red floral decorations, and
banners. About 1000 people were
massed in the hail. The diners were
crowded at the tables while others
stood In the isles and against the
walls, waiting the arrival OF Connrade
F'oster--or Commissioner of Police
Capt. Hynes.
Greetings were being extended by
various delegates, pledgirg moral and
financial support to build the Trade
Union Unity League. Lively chatting,
smiles and radiant faces, expressed
the JOY of this is our day. ours! Yet
beneath the spirit OF festivity. one
could discern a feeling OF apprehen-
sion in the intermittant glaces cast
at the door. which was to admit the
symbol of freedom, Comrade Foster;
or the reality Of brute force. Police
man Hynes.
Suddenly comnotion, one felt the
pressure Of hushed breathing as the
entire neck Of the audience craned
at the door Comrade Foster with a
body guard had entered. He stood
there in person, unframed. The re-
preston of the evening burst forth in
tunlultous applause, cheering, stamp
Ing and waving of hands, A raptu-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
BY ALLAN JOHNSON

tried the impossible task of max
ing myself comfortable while we we're
speeding across the Louisiana flat
lands at IS miles an hour. I thought
of how far-reaching the influence of
the Party had become. Capitalists in
far-away Texas, an empire as large
as Germany and just as remote in
the minds of most Americans, had
become so fearful of the Partys in
fluence among the exploited workers
in the state that they had resorted to
kidnapping two of the Party's or
ganizers.
That ride through Louisiana has
burned itself on my memory. The
state was utterly desolate. It was as
If the ghosts Of Sherman's army were
still on that mad rampage that had
started in Atlanta and had ended in
the violent birth of the Ku Klux Khan.
Weatherbeaten houses buckling in the
middle, barns on the verge of imn1i-
nent collapse, fences long out of re-
pair. tattered clothing poorly dis
guising the thin shanks of the
starved looking farmers. Mules so
emaciated that they dragged them
selves around as If weights were at
tached to their legs. what but a
conquering army could have left a
land SO poverty-stricken? It was an
army. in fact. which had overrun the
land, but 1t wasn't Sherman's army.
Dallas in its half-rnile of business
section has dozen slim skyscrapers,
as many broad-windowed depart
ment stores. and two or three hun
dred expensive looking shops. Here
the resemblance to a metropolitan
city ends, Under the nose of Dallas
busiest street lies Little Mexico"
where 5000 Mexican workers live in
the direst poverty in tumbledown
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25
Who Would Enter the Door?

rous wave swept the audience and
their emotions burst into song. They
sang the International with all the
fire of their souls. sl
A seat had been reserved for Com
rade Foster near the door. precal-
tionary measure in the event Of .
raid or arrest. AS honor guest at
the table sat the Japanese cont. nde,
Hama, with crown OF white BAN
dages piled high upon his head He
had just been released from the hos
pital, victim Of ferocious polics
clubbing. '',a'-
When Conlrade Foster was intro
duced to speak, the entire audience
rose to its feet and again began
cheering amidst tlnunderous auplause
When he spoke there was hushed Sc
lence. Fond and rroud slances Of
approval circled throughout the room.
Comrade Foster spoke Of the latest
power inherent in the working class
and as proof placed in evidence the
marvellous achievements Of the work
ers Of the First Workers Republic.
ut took the English BourSeoisis
100 years and the American ;bo,r-
geoisie 90 years to accomplish THAT
which the workers Of the Soviet Union
achieved in about eight years" quot.
ing from a recent issue Of the wan
Street Journal Comrade Fcster
spoke simply, slowly, corapactly, with
immense intensive force. what ire
mendous courage he instills In his
audiencel" technical worker .ob-
served. 1t is precisely this courage.
this confidence and hope in the nasas-
es that endears Conlrade Foster to
the masses. f, i@s
At the conclusion Of the meeting,
Conlrade Ida Rothstei1i, the chair
man, announced that the audience
were to leave the hall In groups,
those standing were to leave Nrst
and her adnonition was that each
person 60 straight home,
Between the two columns Of RED
Guards, we filed out. The on1irious
silence, the quick way was forecast
OF the determination and hope 10,
the victory Of the working class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-04-25

The crowd turned into stormy sea
Of heads, In insane panic, people
crushed each other, running over
fallen bodies, yelling with pain and
freight. With a prolonged, deafen-
ing whistle, another bomb shattered
the remains of the statue and threw
UP into the air a mass of stones and
human flesh, Sobs and shrieks we're
lost in the sound of bursting bombs,
and the hard steady pouring of the
first thunderstorm Of the year.
Once more throughout the night
the twin mountains gloyered at the
flaming bombs flying across the river.
In the mor1lin gthe warfare ceased,
and the risen sun tighten up with
joyful brillisncy the green OF the re-
freshed forests.
Prepare for Vengeance
Alexander square was a pitiful
sight. Human bodies, piles OF stone
and earth, and hardened fragments
of shrapnel, were scattered on the
ground in choatic disorder. The
soaked posters and festoons hung
from the tree branches in curling
shreds. Over the gistening smooth
ness of the grass. raindrops were
trembling like tears. But strangely
enough, one half of the oollonade was
still standing, and dancing in the
waves of the wind, the red letters
glared challengingly across the river:
Tn spite of bosses hate and
ire,
Wen spread the flames Of
world fire"