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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
TO DISMISS
eight INSPECTORS
Economy Move in Regulatory
Department Due to Fall
in Winter Income

Dismissal Of eight inspectors as an
economy move. effective January /,
was announced Wednesday by Sidney
A. Papke, state regulatory depart
ment chief.
Papke said the dismissalS were to
be made as result Of seasonal de-
crease in income. which would mot
merit" continuance OF additional ex-
pense of the eight men at this time.
Slackness in the flow of income
from licensing drops during the win
ter months, Papke said, In announce
ing the changes.
At the same time. Papke revealed
an analysis Of operations in the
beer department covering q period
since establishment Of the depart.
ment.
Under Owen r. Owen, former COM
missioner under deposed Gov. Will
liam LANCER, total cost Of collections
during the nine-months period Of
October q, 1883, to July Is Of this
year, was $84 ,23244 or 1858 per cent
Of the total collections. During the
four months period from July Is.
1884 to December !. Of this year. un-
der his direction, Papke said cost Of
collections totaled 100000. or -
per cent Of all collections.
Total collections during the nine
months period under Owens direc-
ton were 1919, 405.48. while under
panke's administration his report
shows, total collections during the
past four months were 1921 .896.56.
Included in the expenses OF the
Owen administration. according TO
Papke, was the purchase OF beer cars
for inspectors totaling $l7.l78.55, and
furniture and fixtures totaling S.
5ll0l.
Under the Owen administration in
come was derived from: A $1,000
legislative appropriation: wholesale
beer licenses $28.800; retail beer IL
|censes, $l18,550; sale Of beer stamps.
4l70, 1864; insurance and postage.
$l04.eo and miscellaneous. $ll4.2S.
During the Papke rule, collections
were made as follows: Wholesale IL
censes. $4,000: retail licenses. $l03,-
TOO; sale Of beer stamps. $l03 ,908.l0
and insurance and postage. 1886.
A total balance Of $456 869 40 IS on
hand IN the state treasury. represent
ing q $235,17 balance during the
nine months period under Ovens
operation and 1921 1856 balance
derived under Papke,s direction, tht
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
PRESIDENT lAb0RS
ON PROPOSALS FOR
CONGRESS- ACTION
Program Expected to Mark Def
mite Swing From Dole
to Work Relief

Washington, Dec. 26.-{R-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, approaching the
moment when decisions Of tremen-
dous import are to be made public,
worked Wednesday on q program
which, among other things, is ex-
pected to mark q definite swing from
the dole" to work relief.
While the president labored on the
message he will deliver-perhaps In
person-to congress on Jan. 3, Demo.
cratic leaders on Capitol Hill cooked
a wary eye to what, for want Of 9
better term, is generally called THE
left" They strove to forestall any
rising which might spell major up
set in tho administrations program.
May Scrap 'l4s Rule'
knowing that suggestions which,
added together, would spell ~. 600, OO0
more spending are in the air, some
legislators are talking again Of scrap
ping the famous "l45 rule" under
which that numbe3 Of signatures on q
petition can force . bill to the floor
the proposal Is that q majority-2le
-be required.
Those leaders who want to leave
money alone for the present are
weighing the chances Of inflationists
agreeing on an expansion program at
q round-table meeting called fol
Jan. is. Senator Thomas Of Okla.
homa, other legislators, Father Char.
les e. Coghlin Of Detroit. representa-.
tives OF the Sound Money League, the
Committee for the Nation and Of
farm groups are listed among those
to attend. The aim, Thomas said, Is
an accord on . rational" imitation
plan.
The question what the budget will
be and how soon 1t will balance Il
attracting wide interest.
Bonus decision Awaited
The administrations exact stand
on the $1,000, 900 soldiers bonus
considered certain to come swiftly *
the fore In congress-is awaited
eagerly. There has been much tall
OF . compromise-under which only
needy veterans would be paid.
Among the top problems this new
congress also must tackle are the st
Lawrence seaway treaty. the future
Of MIRA and Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation and the Cmer-
eency Relief Administration. al Of
which expire within six months uil.
less renewed.
Some legislators are coming to con.
9ress intent on pressing for . reds.
tribution Of wealth through higher
income taxes and other measures.
Among the measures involving ex.
pansion Of the currency are the pro-
posals Of Rep. Patman (Dem., Tex
TO pay the bonus In new money and
the Frazier-Lemke bill providing
maximum Of 5000 900 900 expansion
to refinance the mortgages Of hard
pressed farmers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
Heavy Corn Buying
Boosts Hog Prices

Chicago. Dec. 2s.-tR-Buying Of
grains. corn in particular, was slim
ulated Wednesday by sensational
advance In the prices Of live hogs
and hog products as commodity mar
kets mirrored the effect Of cold wave
which reduced livestock marketings
and increased demand for feed.
Corn futures SCARED more than two
cents In the early trade. December
selling ct e3N cents . bushel. while
May wheat rose to above 500.
Influenced by Z Jump Of 50 to IS
cents In hog prices, lard futures Id
vanced SO cents Z hundred pounds on
the board Of trade. the maximum per-
mitted for one day. At the high, May
lard sold ct Sass per hundredweight.
with hogs selling ct 40.35, including
the 3225 per hundredweight process
ing tax, trade authorities pointed out
the ratio between the price Of corn
and hogs was much more favorable
for feeding corn. Hog prices were
within 95 cents Of the seasons peak,
reached more than three months ago.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
l.. A. Warnken, u, of
Grand Forks, Dies

Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 26.-(F-
L. A. Warnken, u. resident Of Grand
Forks county since 1891, when he
moved here from Winona, MINI.
died Unexpectedly late Tuesday in
Grand Forks hospital.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed. Mr.. Warnken lived al
Emerald, N. D., near here, from
1891 to 1916 and had lived in Grand
Forks since the latter year.
He leaves his widow, two daughters
Mrs. r. L. Benner, Milwaukee, and
Blanche Warnken Scott. Grand Forks
brother, Barney w. Warnken, Long
Beach. Cal. and . sister. Mrs. Ida
Scheve. WinOna.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
Hail Breaks Heat
Wave in Argentina

Buenos Aires, Dec. 26.-(R-
Torrential transforms accompan-
led by hail broke Argentina's re.
cent heat wave Tuesday night. The
resulting damage was widespread.
The hot spell was climaxed by
. Christmas day temperature Of
0S degrees, Fahrenheit.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
THREE DEATHS DUE
TO SLOPE N|ISHAPS
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
YOUNG Men Killed in Motoring
Accidents at EIqin and
Near Anamoose

Automobile accidents took three
lives in the Missouri Slope area over
the Christmas holiday.
The dead are Ernest Herringer, 81,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Herringer
Of Anamoose: Harold Iblings, 20, son
Of william Iblings Of Burt and G. B.
Hanson insurance salesman, Dickin-
son.
Herringer was instantly kille d
Tuesday afternoon when the automo-
bile he was driving plunged off the
highway . quarter Of . mile south Of
Anamoose.
Iblines died on the way to = local
hospital Monday night after being
crushed under . truckload Of hay
which upset when 1t was hit by Z
passenger car at . street intersection
In Elgin.
Information was received here We'd
nesdayl Of the death in q Dickinson
hospital Of G. B. Hanson, injured In
an automobile accident near there two
weeks ago. He was employed as Z
salesman for the Great American
Life Insurance company and Carl o.
son, manager for the company. went
to Dickinson Wednesday to assist In
arranging for the funeral.
Iblngs Back Broken
Accompanied by his two brothers
John and Arnold. Iblings was hauling
baled hay from . box Car to the
Monarch Elevator when the accident
occurred. Neither Of the other &C.
cupants Of the truck was injured
Examination revealed that the youth
died Of . broken back.
w. =. Perry, Burleigh county cor
oner, Is conducting m investigation
to determine the cause Of the acci-
dent.
Funeral services will be held Friday
ct New Leipzig. The Anamoose youth
Was born March 2, 1915.
Iblings leaves his father, -four
brothers and five sisters. They are
besdes John and Albert, Arond Of
Burt, william, Jr., Of New Leipzig
Mrs. Emil Klindt Of Willow Lake
3. D.: Mrs. George Schultz and Mrs,
Fred Spiung Of Carona, 8. D.; Mrs
Carl Okken Of Burt. and Rose. at
home.
Helrinser was evidently driving Of
. high rate Of speed when his Cal
swerved into the ditch. Preliminary
examination showed he suffered
fractured skull. This and severe
shock were held responsible for his
instantaneous death. The car wa
badly damaged.
The young man was born at Ana
moose and had lived there al hi
life. Recently he had been associated
with his father IN the oil business.
Besides hts father and mother be
leaves two sisters, Velma and Mildred
and three brothers, Jack. Otto and
Richard Herringer. Funeral services
have not been definitely arranged.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
BANDITS GET slso.ees

Lancaster, 8. G.. Dec. 26.-R-Four
highwaymen robbed three guards Of
an $4,000 Springs Mill payroll four
miles from here Wednesday after
shooting the tires OF the guards auto
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
is lose LIVES IN
TRAIN WRECK near
HAMILTON, ONTARIO
At Least 116 Perish in Motor
Mishaps; Christmas Fires
Swell Figures
DOZEN SUICIDES COUNTED
Gun Play Responsible for Sew.
eral Deaths; infant StranRl.
cd in Bed Clothes
(By The Associated Press)

The Christmas holiday death toll
mounted grimly Wednesday when an
automobile was struck by Z train at Z
crossing near Harvey, q Chicago SUBJ
urb, killing seven persons.
The seven automobile occupants
were believed 70 have been workers In
the Illinois emergency relief station 1T
Chicago Heights.
The crash brought the Christmas
holiday death list to Ut least ITO per-
sons.
A train wreck near Hamilton, Ont.
resulted in the loss Of ct least Is lives
while fires, motor car accidents,
eirownings, suicides and other TRACE
dies turned the day from Joy to sor-
row for scores Of families throughout
the United States.
As Is usual on holidays the heavy
traffic on highways caused the most
OF the fatalities. at least ll6 Of the
dead perishing In motor mishaps.
The auto death toll by states
showed:
Indiana 3: Pennsylvania 6: Missouri
-; North Carolina 8: Louisiana S:
New York 5: New Jersey 2: Ohio 6:
Arkansas 10 (since Sunday; Michi-
gan II (since Sunday; Texas S:
Washington state Z: Idaho 3; Utah 2:
Oklahoma 4; Georgia 3: California II:
Illinois 2; Massachusetts 2: North Da-
kota 2. and one each In Florida, AL
ALBANIA, Kansas. Maine, Connecticut
and Oregon.
Fires Swell Toll
Fires In Missouri and other sections
helped considerably to swell the death
toll. A mother and her three children
persisted in flames ct Sedalta, Mo.
Another mother and her three chill
dren were burned to death ct Joplin.
Mo. Chicago counted two dead in
fires. A 4-year-old girl was burned
fatally at San Diego, Cal, and farm
er persisted in the same manner near
Madison, MINI. At Albany, N. r, .
woman was asphyxiated while pre-
pairing her Christmas breakfast, and
an Albany man was burned to death
in his shack.
Gunplay was responsible for several
deaths. A South Carolina farmer was
accidentally killed by q shotgun in
the hands of his 15-year -old daughter.
In Kingstree, s. c., Sam D. Snow
den, Jr., II, was killed when his gun
discharged while hunting ducks.
Behind q locked door In q miners
home at Connellsville. Pa, Robert
Adams, II, was found slain and his
mother, Mrs. Stella Adams, critically
wounded. Police said the mother had
shot the boy, then turned the weapon
on herself.
Discovery Of the body Of Mrs. Lor-
eta Wilson, In . tticket 1T Port JET
ferson, N. Y. and the death Of Rene
Katz, SIX months old, who was strang-
led to death In his Little Rock, Ark,
home when his sleeping suit twisted
about his neck, were among the
tragedies reported.
More than q dozen persons chose
Christmas to end their lives. In the
Eation's metropolis eight persons
killed themselves. One Of them left
note on which was written:
Merry Christmas"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
liz DIE. SCORES INJURED
IN COLLISION or TRAINS

A4mUC00, O0L., OeC. 10.-lH1-4ue
splintered Wreckage Of . Christmas
excursion train was searched Wednes-
day for additional victims Is officials
Of the Canadian National Railway
opened IN Investigation Of . collision
last night which took 1t least IS lives,
More than Z score Of persons were
injured, some critically, when the De-
troit to Toronto express tore into the
rear Of the stationary excursion train
on q siding 1t Dundas, seven miles
from Hamilton.
Five women were among the vic
Tins Of the disaster whose bodies have
! been recovered but g yet are uniden-
titled. Additional deaths we're feared
Officials Of the railway said the
cause Of the accident apparently VA
an open switch and promised m In
tensive inquiry.
Laden with merry holiday travellers
the excursion train WAS bound from
London, Ont, to Toronto. Most Of the
victims, Ill Of whom apparently were
Canadians, were residents Of those
two cities.
Pinned Under Wreck
TWO wooden cars ct the rear Of the
excursion train, which had been
switched onto siding because Of
..hot box," were crushed and many
passengers were pinned for hours be-
meath the wreckage.
The alertuess and quick thinking Of
Engineer b. Burrell Of the speeding
train from Detroit, No. 10. was credit
ca BY railway officials with having
averted IN even greater tragedy.
Seeing no hope Of preventing the
locomotive from piling into the rear o.
the special train, Burrell ordered Il
cut loose from the coaches behind
and prevented them from telescoping
There was only . slight jar when the
express cars rolled up TO the wreck
age.
Hailed Is Z hero Of the disaster wal
w. G. Rice Of Toronto. . passenger
Continued o. Pc o
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26

United States army flyers are al
lowed 81 bombs . year for bombing
practice and . like number for use
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26

Nye said ct least t6O.OOO eddltI0Ial
IA needed by the committee TO carry
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26
The Weather

Cloudy tonight and Thursday, prob
ably snow; not 50 cold tonight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-12-26

ANY substantial recharge Of wells
Or increase In the ground water dis
charge to streams must be preceded
for some time by generous precipita-
ton, and the shortage Of water for
domestic and municipal purposes ana
for stock has grown steadily more
CONTINUED on Page 81
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Mop Up Spain Revolt

NEW YORK, Nov. S-The New
York Times correspondent in
Spain reports shocking brutali-
ties as the African Foreign Le-
giOn attempts to mop up" the
Asturias mine region, center of
the Spanish revolution.
An instance-The African For
eign Legion entered Ovieda. They
seized "A men, women and child
rem in one house. The neighbors
report that not one of these "a
took any part in the fighting.
They had locked themselves up
in their home because they were
afraid of the Foreign Legion.
They were dragged out and with
out trial or question, shot dead.
The Spanish government has
been afraid to trust the regular
army for this work.
Latest news are to the effect
that President Zamora may re-
sign at any time.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
ManniStO Family
Faces Relief Ban

ASTORIA, Ore, Nov. S-Using
hunger as a weapon the County
Court and immigration officials
here are trying to force Mrs.
Mannisto and her family to ac-
cept tickets to fascist Finland
to which her husband, Oscar
MannistO, is being depOrted I'M
less the mass pressure of the
workers once more interferes.
Time and again the relief for
the Mannisto family has been
cut off. Each time the workers of
Astoria have rallied to force the
reinstatement of this militant
family on the relief rolls.
After the last cut, on October
"a, the workers, led by Emanuel
Pickmosa and Emelia Peuhk-
urinen, marched on the court
house demanding relief and
warning the officials that if Man.
nistO is forced to leave on the
deportation train that relief for
his family must be given con-
tinuously.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Demos Bury Sex
Pervert's Paper

ABERDEEN. WASH. Nov 81
This weeks issue of the Grays
HarbOr Times-DemOcrat, whose
editor was slashingly exposed as
a sexual pervert in the special
election edition of the Voice of
Action, was printed but not cir
culated. The local Democratic
Party circulated a Democratic
paper published in Centralia in
its stead.
A local observer declared this
an excellent example of the pow.
er of the workers press, declaring
that the decision of Democratic
leaders was due to the 5000 copies
of the Voice of Action circulated
in Grays Harbor County expos
ing the Democratic papers head,
Charles III. Eddy.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Aberdeen Communist
Election Program Set

ABERDEEN, Nov. S-Besides
the eight main planks I'm the ma
tional election platform of the
Communist Party, the Aberdeen
Section of the Party has added
three additional points to the
campaign program for the Satur-
day elections.
They follow:
l. For flood control to the en-.
tire stricken area, with federal
funds and no direct taxation on
property under $1,000 by assess
ed valuation.
2. Against forced labor and
self help projects, work centers,
fofy the establishment of cash
work at $3.50 per day for labor,
and six hour day and five day
week with guarantee of 30
hours per week, on all city,
county and federal projects
within the city limits.
3. For state ownership and
maintenance of bridges on AFTER
ial highways and funds for the
maintenance to come out Of the
state gasoline tax fund; PWA
funds for city maintained bridges
and repairs.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
$4,000 Workers Represented At AFL
National Rank And File Convention

tional AL Rap and File Com
mittee.
Louis WeinstOck, of the New
York Painters Union, veteran
leader of the militant rank and
file in the American Federation
of Labor and one of the original
drafters of the Workers Unem-
ployment Insurance Bill, was
elected secretary of the commit
tee.
One hundred and sixty three
d g ] ates. representing 1884
workers in AFL locals, participant
ed in the convention.
Militant Program
A fight against the corrupt
officialdom in the unions, against
sabotage of sympathy strikes,
against company unions, injunc-
tiOns, jim-crowism, gangsterism,
the use of armed forces in strikes
such matters as these occupied
the convention.
Resolutions were passed for
the right to strike, referendum,
exemption of unemployed from
dues payments, the release of
Mooney, Billings. the SeOttsboro
Boys, for the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
NORTHWEST DOUBLE S 1882 RED Vote
3 COMMUNIST
CANDIDATES IN
ABERDEEN RACE

ABERDEEN, Nov. S-The Alb
erdeen Section of the Communist
Party has filed three candidates
in the coming city elections. They
are:
Joseph Cameron, list Ward,
South Aberdeen.
Adam Paakkonen, and Ward,
Aberdeen.
Jesse Woodwork, 5th Ward.
Aberdeen.
Woodwork came to Washing
ton in 1921 and joined the IWW,
participated In the Packing
House strike of 1921. Came to
Grays Harbor In 1923. In 1929 he
Joined the lila. He had followed
this work for some time.
He dropped out of this In 1890
due to unemployment and joined
the Unemployed Council. He
was elected secretary of the Soup
Line Branch and functioned in
this capacity for one year.
Due to over-work in the strug-
giles of the unemployed. Wood
word took sick and contracted
tuberculosis. He was taken to a
Sanitorium at Elma, Wash
For three years Woodwork has
been a Communist Party mem.
Der and has taken leading part
in workers struggles during that
time.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09

it was with"a personal under-'
standing of how capitalism rObs
the small farmer of the things his
sweating body creates, leaving
him in the barren soil to labor
with year by year.
AS boy working in Roseburg
he learned of the sad fate that
the sadistic profiteering wealthy
had waiting for the young work
ers. He saw grown men, knotted
hands and bent backs, shaving to
exc out an existence for their
wives, sons and daughters.
Learned of Mooney -.
His father told him of Tom
Mooney and of the struggles of
the workers. He read working
class pamphlets, and sought to
understand the basis of the crazy
things he saw on all sides.
Spring of Nineteen Thirty-Three.
Six hundred unemployed single
men are striking against forced
labor and UNBEATABLE food.
1t is early evening and the
hungry hundreds stretching in
a long column wind along the
darkened streets of Portland's
skid-rOad district heading up
town. A chilly sprinkling aggra-
Yates the stoops and limps of the
prematurely aged marchers.
Just behind the ragged leader
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Organized Unemployed
Win Relief Victories

SEATTLE, Nov. S-A recent
case taken up by a committee
from the Georgetown Unemploy-
ment Council and carried through
to victory is that of Mrs. Mono
han, an Indian woman with two
girls, 8. and II.
Mrs. MOnohan had been forced
to move in with a son-in-law who
was also on relief.
The committee took the case to
Mrs. Hattie Patterson, head of
the King County Public We'll
fare Board in the County-City
building and got a clothing order
for Sl3.l9 and an emergency relief
order for $40.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
Workers Win Better
Transient Conditions

TACOMA, Nov. S-A 250man
Unemployment Council led dem
onstration here recently won
three meals a day and clean tow
els for everyone in transient
mems shelters | and 2.
The elected committee of Is
headed by Orval Swain. Commun-
list candidate for sheriff, also
won from relief head Barnett, a
promise to fumigate the shelters
more frequently. At first Barnett
refused to deal with an Unem-
ployment Council delegation but
changed his mind when he saw
the committee meant business.
A demand of no more work
unless at union scale of wages"
was refused on the ground that
the board was without funds.
The men however have wrecked
the present forced labor program
by militant action.
Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-11-09
ALL
Join the Anti
War League.
American League Gets
Mass Support In
Northwest

SEATTLE, Nov. S-Widening
the scope of the already broad
anti-war. anti-fascist front in Sc.
attic, the Church of the Peoples
Executive Board voted unani-
mously last Friday night to par
ticipate in the work of the Am
erican League Against War and
FaScism.
Two delegates were selected
by the Church Board to serve on
the City Committee of the
League.
The Building LabOrers' Union
(AFL) also endorsed the League
program and voted to send dele
gates to the City Committee.
The Committee will meet
Thursday night, November is,
at 8 o'clock, in the Common
wealth Builders hall to FORM
ulate plans for the organiza-
ton and activities of the Am
cIiCdu LcdS u6.
To date representatives to the
City Committee include dele
gates from the following organic
atiOns:
Machinists' Union, Building
Laborers' Union, Blacksmiths'
Union and Sawmill Workers
Union Gall AFL); Kenwood
Branch, Socialist Party; Lee
gion Against War; Church of
the People; Communist Party,
and the International Labor
Defense.
Individuals and unofficial rep
of organizations are
invited to attend as well.