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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
Bismarck Students at
A. c.. Receive Honors

Four Bismarck students at North
Dakota Agricultural college, Fargo,
recently have received recognition on
the campus.
Leon Jacobson, junior in the school
Of science and literature, was selected
vice president OF Theta Chi fraternity,
rational social group, at q recent
election Of officers for the coming
year. Phi chapter Of the national
group was established on the Agricul-
tural college campus In 1917 and is
one Of the Oldest groups there. The
national Theta Chi fraternity dates
back to 1856.
Isabel Humphreys, junior student
in the school Of home economies, has
accepted part time position in the
clothing division Of the extension de-
partment as part Of tie FERA, or
Federal Emergency Relief Admins
tration, program at the college.
Active in college circles, Miss Hum
phreys, q 1881 Bismarck high school
graduate, is secretary Of Tryota club,
home economics organization, and a
member Of Phi Upsilom Omicron, ma
tional honorary home economics
sorority. She holds active member
ship In Alpha Gamma Delta, national
social sorority. and is vice president
Of the Women's Senate, governing
body Of women students on the cam
pus.
Walter Ward. who is q sophomore
In the school If apricu1fl1no uoS
elected treasurer Of Saddle and Sir
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
Meetings Of Clubs
And Social Groups

The Delphian club will meet at 2:l5
o'clock Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Lillian Higgins, 823 Mandan st.
= = 4
Mrs. Harold A. Pike, at First st.,
will have charge Of the entertainment
following the regular business meet
ing Of the Junior American Legion
Auxiliary to be held at the Auxiliary
room in the World War Memorial
building at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon.
i \ X
The Royal Neighbors Of America
will meet at 8 o'clock Thursday eve-
ming at the World War Memorial
building dining room.
\ \ \
The Women's Relief Corps will
meet at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon
with Mrs. A. D. Cordner. Ill Avenue
A, west.
The Past Nations club Of the Or
der Of the Eastern Star will be en-
tertained at lis o'clock luncheon
Friday by Mrs. Carl J. Tullberg, 1921
Fourth st.
The American Legion Auxiliary will
meet at the Auxiliary room in the
World War Memorial building at
o'clock Friday evening for regular
business, initiation Of new members,
q skit presented by the publicity COM
mittee, bridge and refreshments.
Members of the publicity committee
are Mrs. George Smith, 40 Griffin
St., chairman: Mrs. w. r. Meyer, AL
Tenth ST.; Miss Charlotte Schmidt,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12

Miss Lucille Coghlan, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Coghlan, 622
Third st.. took the part Of Katisha
In the production Of 1.-THE Mikado,"
given Tuesday and Wednesday by the
University Of North Dakota Madrigal
club.
In addition to the production Of
''The Mikado'' at the Grand Forks
city auditorium, the Madrigal club
plans to give performances Of the light
opera on its spring tour. The itinerary
includes WATERFOWL, 8. D., Valley City,
LaMoure, Fargo and Mayville.
This Is Miss Coghlan's fourth year
at the University and also Is her
fourth year In the Madrigal club. She
Is junior In the School Of Law and is
president Of her social sorority, Delta
Delta Delta. Miss Coghlan was Choir
ega Of the senior class, which won
first place In the Carney song con-
test at the University last February.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12

loin club at q recent election Of Of
ficers. Saddle and Sirloin club was
organized In 1918. for the purpose Of
promoting interest in animal hus-
bandry and general agriculture. The
club sponsors the Little International
Livestock show and student judging
contest each year. It also takes an
active part In All club work In the
state.
Miss Humphreys and Miss Thelma
Liessman have been elected to offices
BY Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, Miss
Humphreys being named second vice
president Miss Lessman being chosen
as first vice president.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
Devils Lake Artist to
Appear With Victoroff

Mrs. Leo studness Of Devils Lake,
sister Of Miss Belle Menus, 200h
Third st., will be heard In q Joint re.
cital with Victor Victoroff, Russian
tenor, to be presented at the Grand
Forks city auditorium May 3 az the
feature program Of the biennial con-
vention Of the North Dakota Fedora
ton Of Music clubs.
Victoroff, who Will be the distin-
guished guest artist for the three-day
convention, Is comparatively new In
this country but has appeared in
London. He has appeared opposite
Chaliapin In opera.
Many Bismarck residents viii at
tend the Grand Forks convention, re-
the Thursday Musical
club, Singers Guild, Junior Music
club, Tiny Tots and Junior Music
clubs Of the Menus Conservatory Of
Music and the Trinity Lutheran choir
and the public school groups affiliated
with the state federation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12

Sl4 Sixth ST.; Miss Helen Ricketts,,
Rose apartments, and Mrs. John
Bojak, 507 Thirteenth st. This COM
mittee will be assisted by Mrs. George
Kaiser, 703 Second st., in serving re-
treatments. Members who have not
contributed to the Community Service
book drive are requested to bring .
book suitable for children and all
members are to bring q packet Of
flower seed for the community garden
project.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
Bernard FIahsrty, President,
Welcomes Visitors and Ex.
plains Work Of Group

Holding it, first guest day since
ITS organization in May, 1888, the
bismarck Junior Music club enter
tanned over 60 persons, including
members and their friends, Wednes-
day evening at the American Legion
Auxiliary room, World War Memorial
building.
Bernard Flaherty, president, vel
coined the guests and In q brief talk
told the detectives Of the club and
the accomplishments Of the last year,
including presentation Of - programs
and radio program and sponsoring
9 silver tea. He also announced the
performing delegates to the biennial
convention and festival Of the North
Dakota Federation Of Music Clubs at
Grand Forks May TO, who are the
Misses Edith Guthrie and Vivian
Coghlan and George shafer, Jr.
Miss Guthrie was leader for the
following program: Piano, 'Scherzo
In E Minor" Mendelssohn - Miss
Harriet Rosen: vocal, Ia Serenata,"
Tosti-Miss Marjorie Hawley; plano,
Consolation" Lisxt-Robert Killing:
vocal, "I'll Sing Thee Songs Of Araby,"
Clay-Bjarne svare; violin, "Adora.
tion," Borowskt-Walter Zimmerman;
vocal, 1.-THE Doll Song" from "Tales
Of Hoffman," Offenbach-sung In
costume by Miss Ethel sandin; vocal,
Swiss Echo Song" Eckert-Miss
Guthrie; musical reading, Shadow
March," Stevenson-Del Riggo-Miss
Evelyn Ellingson, and vocal quartet
with soprano obligato, "Traumerei"
by Schumann.
In the latter number, Miss Vivian
Coghlan sang the soprano obligato
while the quartet members were the
Misses Jane Smith and Emily Belk
and F1aherty and shater. The &C.
compartment was played BY Evan
Kennedy, violin: Miss lone Noggle.
cello, and Miss Donna Jean Davis,
n'ano. Miss Davis and Miss Coghlan
re accompanies for the entire pro-
am.
Following the program, tea was
served with Miss Mildred I. Hoff and
Miss Florence Fritch, choral director
and counselor OF the club, respec.
lively, presiding at the table which
was conferred with Z crystal basket
filled with Talisman roses thanked
with ivory tapers. The tea service was
in blue.
The committee on arrangements
included the Misses Phyllis Olson,
Frances frahm and. Charlotte Satire
and Mrs. Forrest NJ. Davis. president
OF the Thursday Musical club.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
Thursday Music Club
Hears Young Pianist

Miss Donna Jean Davis, . member
Of the Junior Music club, was guest
pianist for the program Of the Thurs
day Musical club meeting held at 8
O'Clock Thursday afternoon 1T the
American Legion Auxiliary room,
World War Memorial building.
Miss Davis played the piano selec-
ton which has been chosen for the
1884 state high school contests. Son
alta, Op. 81" by Beethoven. playing
the Allegretto and Rondo movements.
Mrs. ]. A. Graham arranged the
program, which also included: Piano
solos, prelude" and Fantasia" by
Chopin and "Elegy." Rachmaninoff-
Mrs. M. w. Roam; vocal solo, Gar
goes" by Dobson and "Oh! Lovely
Night" Roland-Emmett Griffin,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
st. Alexius Seniors
To Be Honored Sunday

A theatre party for 1894 graduates
Of st. Alexius hospital. which will be
IN event Of next Monday evening.
was planned by the alumnae group
which met at the hospital nurses
home Tuesday evening.
The q nurses who are to receive
their diplomas Saturday, May u, will
be taken to the theatre and then will
return to the nurses home for buf-
fet luncheon, which Is to be under di-
rection of Mrs. Ray Schaefer, 304
Mandan st., and Mrs. James W..
Guthrie, 500 Fourth st.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
Closing Reservations
For Banquet Monday

Those who wish to secure tickets
for the banquet Of the state Christian
Endeavor society convention are re-
quested to do 30 before Monday, April
Is, when the ticket sale win close.
The banquet Will be IN event Of the
first day Of the convention, Friday,
April 20. and will be held ct the World
War Memorial building 1t $50 O'Clock.
Tickets may be secured from the
following people, who are In charge
Of reservations for their respective
church groups: Loren Burkhart. First
Evangelical: Mrs. Clell q. Cannon,
Presbyterian; John Ehrmautraut. Nc.
Cabe Methodist Episcopal: Miss Anita
Mercer, First Baptist; Morris Agre.
Salvation Army; and Harvey John
son. Mandau Methodist Episcopal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
Federation Program
Changed to 4 Friday

The weekly broadcast of the eighth
district, North Dakota Federation Of
Women's clubs, will be presented for
the first time Friday at o'clock In
the afternoon, the new hour announc-
ed during the federation board and
council meeting held here Friday and
Saturday. The program formerly
was given at 10 o'clock each Thurs
day morning. Miss Maude A. Toilet
sen, $40 Second st., eighth district
radio program, Is planning the pro-
gram and will be in charge.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
SAYS CODE HAS FAILED

Washington, April l2-R)-A men,
Der Of the oil code authority bluntly
told the NRA review board Wednes-
day the code had failed in its primary
object Of boosting prices to ''remun-
erative levels" E. b. Reeser. member
Of the planning and coordination
committee for the industry, testified
the code has mot been very effective
outside e wage and hour provisions, y
and that 1t had failed 'in the funda-
mental purpose of getting remunera-
tive prices"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12

Notice - School and county
warrants are taken at par in
trade for merchandise here
Alex R0sen & Bro.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-12
First Guest Day Held
By Junior Music Club

Miss Florence Fritch, accompanist;
vocal solos, An Evening Love Song"
Florence Chapman, and gong Of the
Soul" Breil-Mrs. J. A. Larson, &C.
companied by Mrs. A. J. Arnot; Must
cal readings, Legend Of the Twilight
Bell" music BY Lytton Cox. and Rad.
lance" Phyllis Fergus-Miss Eliza
beth A. Jones, accompanied by Miss
Mildred I. Hoff, piano. and Adolph
Engelhardt, violin; quartet selection,
Spring Song" Gabriel e-Miss
Marian 9andin, Mrs. Frank J. Baven-
dick, Miss Hoff and Mrs. q. Z. Win
greene, accompanied by Mrs. Opie 8.
Rindahl.
Mrs. Clifford Johnson and Mrs.
Henry Jones were hostesses for the
afternoon and served refreshments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-29

reason, our letter to you is not in
any way an indication of our fail
ure, and not in any way an attempt
to break the discipline of your or
ganization as you maintain.
Greatest Problem Is Unity
"The greatest problem before the
American youth today is that of
united front. We are quite conf
dent, despite all obstacles, that the
American youth will form this uni
ted front in a common struggle
against the enemy, and in the proc
ess of the formation of this united
front will brush aside all obstacles
that tend to stand in its way.
ct is undoubtedly known by your
organization that already on num-
erous occasions your circles have
gone on record endorsing the united
front, as for example in Jamaica,
Bronx, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and
just recently in Hillsboro. it is also
known to you that the Y. C. l..
and the Y. P. S. L. were able to
establish a united front at the re-
cent American Youth Congress,
which prevented the formation of a
fascist youth center in America. All
this indicates that it is possible for
us to really unite and make our
struggle against the common enemy
far more effective than if we con-
tinue to carry on in separated
manner. 1t is also undoubtedly
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-29

since then become a day of battle
of the International toiling youth.
1t is for this reason that our APP
peal does not in any way take on a
character as you state, of dual
demonstration. You also state that
had you really wanted unity, you
would have approached us with a
proposal to demonstrate on day
not ineXtricably associated with
either of our organizations We
wish to repeat what we have al
ready stated before, that we are
DESTROYS of real proletarian unity of
all organizations, based on a COM
mon program of struggle, and it is
on this basis that we offer the fol-
lowing proposals.:
a. That if you are not in agree
ment with the carrying through of
united front on International Youth
Day, as we had originally proposed,
that We are ready to accompany you
in joint demonstration in the
celebration of International Social
ist Youth Week, in october.
"2. In the event that this should
not be suitable to you, we are ready
to meet with any committee, repre-
senting your organization, to work
out plans as we'll as minimum
program for a demonstration and
action on any day not inextricably
associated with either of our organ
izations."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-29

negotiations and the settlement No SeStfement
without vote Of all workers strike.
The employers, with the blessings OF the Rooss-
veit government, preparing terror against the
textile workers. They bringing their machine
guns their tear gas and bsrbed wire into the mills
The textile workers must prepare to answer this
attack. Sympathetic strikes, the broadening OF the
struggles, must be the to these terroristic
methods. The entire working class must be mobi-
lied 20 fight for the elementary rights OF the
textile workers to organize to strike and to picket
United front conferences must organize the entire
labor movement to defeat any attempts to terrorze
the textile workers
The A. F. Of L. unions should take up the queS-
ton IN every local Of support to the textile workers
For general strike on Sept. l in every branch
OF the textile industry
For one united strike Frontier the solidarity
Of every textile worker in the fight for higher wages
against the Speed-up and for union recognition
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-29

known by you that it has been pos
sible for the French Socialists and
Communists to unite on a common
program, and only recently, it has
been possible for the Socialists and
Communists of Italy to unite. These
indications are sufficient for us to
understand that this is the burning
problem of the day"
Notified Y. P. S. L. July 18
Calling the attention of the Y. P.
S. L. officers to their proposals for
united action made on July IS, thus
giving them five weeks, and not ten
days, in which to prepare, the Y.
c. l.. letter points out that even ten
days is sufficient time in which to
plan action in so important a mat
ter as the struggle against war and
fascism. The letter continues:
You maintain that we approach
ed you for a joint demonstration
on a Communist holiday" Might
we remind you that International
Youth Day is day in which we
revolutionary youth throughout the
world have for the past twenty
years utilized this day as day OF
struggle against war. May we also
remind you that International
Youth Day originated in Berne,
Switzerland, in September of 1915,
under the leadership of Karl Leib-
knecht and Rosa Luxembourg in the
heat OF Che last world war, and has
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-29
Philippine Peasants Revolt
To Regain Confscated Land

Who got the money! The bank
commissioner reported that only SO
imperialist corporations were adj
vanced over 100000 pesos, or SO
per cent of the total loans. What
is more, the imperialist borrowers
received such fancy terms that two
thirds of the loans are not liquid
and over 100000 pesos are hope
lessly uncollectable, according to the
commissioner.
The peasants suffer from an I'M
bearable system of taxation. The
tax on land accounts for the bulk
of the government income. In the
face of a sharp decline in the price
Of farm productions, including rice,
copra, tobacco, hemp and sugar, cit
was physically impossible for land
owners, especially small farmers, to
pay their taxes" Theodore Roose-
welt admitted. Nevertheless, the
government tax collection on land
was just as high in 1892 as in 1881.
In addition, tax arrears grow as a
result of the exorbitant interest
rate slapped on delinquents.
Peasants Land Taken Away
The total area under cultivation
is less than % per cent Of the area
suitable for agricultural purposes.
Where is the remainder? A large
section belongs to the public do
main, amuonting to millions OF
acres. The Philippine law pro
vides" for the distribution of the
public domain. The land Office is
clogged with tens of thousands of
applications tangled in red tape.
Only wealthy spectators, politicians
and grafters have their applications
approved while those of the land
less peasantry are rejected for the
most part. Illiterate peasants are
defrauded of their holdings through
faulty titles" after four or five
years of hard work. The Secretary
of Agriculture estimated that at the
present rate it would take $50 years
to distribute the public domain.
Almost half the land under cul-
tivation is in rice. At the same
time So per cent of the export de-
ponds upon sugar. The imperialist
economy of concentrating on one or
two crops destroys the natives
former self-sufhciency and makes it
necessary to import food. Meat,
dairy products, -four and other foods
are imported, raising the cost of
living beyond the reach of the work
ers and peasants. Rice is the chief
food and often the only food on
the Filipino's table.
Brutal Suppressive Measures
Under such conditions it is small
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-29
COnstabulary Force of
5000 Kept Ready
To Fight Poems

wonder that sporadic and spontane-
GUS as well as Communicated peas
ant revolts frequently break out on
the islands. The Quezon govern
ment taking orders from Wall st.
employs three major methods of
quelling the peasant instructions.
First, the legislature has created
a board of mediation, Cancellation
and arbitration which tries to
smash tenant-landlord and striker
boss struggles in true N. R. Il. board
style.
Second, the boards oily demagogy
having failed, the conStabulary
drenches the countryside in blood.
The Governor General reported that
the force of over 5000 constables
maintained at an annual expense of
more than 100000 pesos ground
out of peasant taxation) was in
strumental in the maintenance of
peace and order in places where
disputes between landlords and ten
ants and where laborers had de-
clared strikes, and in frustrating the
subversive activities of secret soci-
cites with communistic leanings."
Third, the Wall Street agents in
the Philippine government have
outlawed the Communist Party,
abolished all civil rights for Com
munists and instituted reign of
terror against Communists. The
Philippines are headed swiftly to-
wards fascism. Communist leaders.
convicted of "sedition," are serv-
ing long prison terms. Meetings,
parades, distribution of literature,
ETC., are banned. The municipal
police, the constabulary the secret
service are on the warpath, hunt
ing for Communist scalps. Former
Governor Murphy of Detroit, who
gained his experience clubbing Ford
workers, breaking auto strikes and
terrorizing militant leaders, has
been detailed by the Wall Street
government to operate in the
Philippines.
Yet the Communist Party of the
Philippines lives. 1t is the only
Party which leads the Filipino
workers and peasants in the strug-
gle for the overthrow of Wall Street
imperialism. The workers and peas
ants in the Wall Street colonies will
cast off their yoke, but they must
have the support of the American
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-29
Reports Lay Uprisings
to Bandits-C. p.
Is Outlawed
BY SAMUEL wEINMAN

Sandwiched between obituaries
and advertisements in the capitalist
press, occasional dispatches from
Manila report that the Moros or
the Mindanoa peasants have taken
arms to battle the -constabulary.
cupation of the islands there has
ably attribute the uprising to
bandits"
Former Governor General Theo-
dore Roosevelt let the cat out of
the bag in his report for 1882 when
he admitted that "a question of
far-reaching Importance, one that
has troubled the Philippines in the
past and is troubling it today, is
the relationship of tenant farmer
and owner in the rice growing
provinces. Practically all the dis
turbances of recent years have been
caused thereby, and such commun-
ism as exists in the Philippine Is
lands is due to this problem"
The population of the Philippines
is largely composed of peasants. The
overwhelming majority of Filipino
peasants are either landless or own
about three acres. The virtual
monopoly of lands in the hands of
a comparatively small number of
large landlords, both native and
American, forces the land hungry
natives to become tenant farmers
or sharecroppers or agricultural la
borers. Ever since the Ameican &C.
cupation of the islands thee has
been a twofold increase; first, in the
steady concentration of the owner
ship of land; and second, in the
number Of share-croppers and ten
ant farmers.
Millions of Filipino peasants live
in peonage. Indebted to the land
lord through mortgages or to the
usurer through loans, the peasant is
forbidden to leave his employer. In
terest rates of 100 per cent are COM
mon in the provinces.
The Philippine National Bank,
owned and operated by the gov
eminent, made sham gesture at
abolishing usury and relieving the
stringent credit conditions among
the peasants. 1t offered to make
loans to the peasants at twelve per
cent interest = exactly twice the
legal New York rate. The maneuver
never reached beyond the publicity
stage.