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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
new GOVERNOR IS
DIRT FARMER, HAS
LED ACTIVE LIFE
Olson Resident Of North Oako.
Ia Since 'o2; Champions
Farm Cause

Lieutenant Gov. Ole H. Olson. who
Monday made claim to the office Of
governor Of North Dakota because Of
the conviction Of Gov. william LANCER
on . charge Of defrauding the u. 8.
government. Is dirt farmer, and long
active in farmers activities.
He was elected lieutenant governor
two years ago, and IS now candidate
for reelection on the ticket Of the
anti LANCER faction Of the Nonparti-
san League. The party is split, with
the governor leading one faction, his
former colleagues elected with him
two years ago composing the other.
Should he take possession of the
governors office by order Of the court,
he would serve out Langer's present
term, ending January /. 1884. In that
event he will be in situation that
sees the governor Of North Dakota
running for the office Of Lieutenant
governor. Lawyers say that he would
serve In both offices, receiving pay for
both.
Born In Wisconsin
Olson, born in Buffalo county, Wis
consin. Sept. 10. 1872. comes Of Nor
wegian parentage. His parents emf
grated from Sogn, Norway.
He came to North Dakota in 1892,
filed on q homestead in Eddy county
in 1895, and still resides there. He
married Miss Julia Ramberget. Dec.
II, 1912. They have eight children.
Olson emphasizes he Is not . side
walk" farmer, pointing to the fact he
has engaged in actual farming In
North Dakota for 50 years. He has
been connected with various farm or
Plantations, and aided In organizing
the Equity Cooperative Exchange. He
Is engaged actively in the Farmers
Union movement.
Elected to the North Dakota house
Of representative in 1916, he served
three terms until 1922. In 1925, he
was again elected, and in 1882 became
lieutenant governor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
Say Most Of Them Unfounded
as First Ballot Showed
Eight for Conviction
BALANCE SWUNG SLOWLY
Count Stood Nine to Three
When Additional lnstruc-
tons Were Asked

At no time during the 60 hours Of
elaboration did more than four
jurors stand out against returning .
verdict Of guilty In the case Of VIII
liam LANCER and his four associates.
one Of the IL men who convicted
them on charges Of conspiracy to
obstruct an act Of congress said Sum
day.
Contrary to one of the many ru-
mors circulated during the long pc
Rod while the jurors were behind
locked doors, the talesmen never were
deadlocked at SIX to six.
According to Juryman Edward
Arnegard, the first balloting resulted
in an eight-to-four count for con-
viction. Later one more joined the
ranks Of the majority favoring q YER
dict Of guilty. When the delibera-
tions had continued 81 hours and the
jurors decided to seek further advice
from the court Saturday afternoon,
the vote was nine to three. Clarific-
alton Of the legal theory by Judge
Miller Immediately saw one additional
Juror switch over.
Inc last TWO jurors maze up CnelI
minds shortly before II p. m, the
deadline set by the court for receiv-
ing the verdict. The long seige over,
the jurors heaved q sigh Of relief q
they sent word with one Of the vigil
ant bailiffs to Judge Miller that they
were ready to announce their deci.
sion.
Talesmen WIN Remember
The rest n history. But Ia the
lives OF the consciento,s group. I'm.
ally selected TO sit On the case after
the disqualification Of more than 20
others on the panel. It IL = chapter
they win never FORGET.
FOR the most psrt. their work vas
routine. Constantly together for y
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
Dr0uth Fails to Halt
Grasshopper Worries

Fargo, N. D., June lS.-Neither the
drouth nor the shortage Of green
vegetation has destroyed the grass.
hoppers, J. A. Munro. entonologist
Of the North Dakota Agricultural COL
lege stated recently.
It Is remarkable. Munro said, how
well adapted these insects are TO for
age, even when feed Is scarce. The
pests always manage TO find some
thing to eat and In case Of necessity
they viii even feed On the roots Of
various plants.
No let-up In the poisoning cam
paign underway now throughout the
state should b permitted until the
srassfoppers are definitely under con-
troll. he said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
1000 See ElbOWOods
Il Bridge Dedication

abowoods, N. D., June 1S.-{ReA
crowd E: mated by officials In charge
% 1000 persons witnessed dedication
o. the Elbowoods bridge here Sunday.
State Senator James p. Cain, Dick
inson. independent Republican gub-
ernatorial candidate and sponsor Of
the bill providing for the bridge, Of
ficiated as master Of ceremonies ~
the dedication program.
Besides the bridge dedication, ~
tiyities included . rodeo, Indian
dances, and IN exhibition by the Am
erican Legion drum and bugle corps
a Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
EXeCu0Ve Or6ee
To Sheriff J. L. Kelley,
Bismarck, North Dakota.

once. however, and action started
without delay on the theory that the
Office now is vacant.
LANCER, advised of Olson's move.
said he would flight to the last and
use force II necessary" to retain the
office.
He explained that by force" he did
not mean use Of the national guard,
now encamped at Devils Lake, but de-
clined to emplify the statement fur.
ther
Olson Arrives Sunday
Arriving in Bismarck late Sunday
night, Olson conferred with John N.Y.
stul, chairman Of the Nonpartisan
executive committee and other friends
and then took the oath Of office at
lao q. m. Monday. It was admins
tered to him by Hope Snyder, secre-
tsry Of the state railroad board and
notary public in . downtown Office
building.
In = statement issued at the time
he took the oath, Olson said:
The conviction Of Governor Laueey
leaves q vacancy In the office Of gov-
ernor. The law provides that the du.
ties Of that office shall devolve upon
the lieutenant governor when It be-
comes vacant.
TN accordance with the responsi-
bility resting on me, I have sub.
scribed to the oath Of office g gov
ernor.
Public welfare demands that the
orderly functions Of the state must
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
Juryt1,et1 Laugh at
U11fOu11ded Rllt11OrS
s. MEN PASSED ON
GOVERNORS GUILT
Citizens From All Parts OF
State Were Listed on Grand
and Trial Juries

Thirty-five men, drawn from al
corners Of the state, passed on the
guilt Of Governor william LANCER be.
tween the time charges first were
brought against him and Monday
morning when he stood before Fed
eral Judge Andrew Miller for sen
tence.
They were the q members Of the
grand jury which indicted him and
his fellow conspirators after hearing
TIE governors evidence and the Il
nlen who convicted him after four
weeks Of trial.
Members Of the grand jury were:
+. D. Bentleon, Flasher, foreman: H.
K. Harrington, Fargo; B. N. Abra-
henson. Grand Forks; Ole 1. Krag-
ness. Douglas: Robert g. Maslowski,
Grand Forks: Jacob Fischer. Streeter:
J. w. Orchard, Warwick: +. =. Could
Ing, Edmore: Henry Martin, Emmett:
r o. Bonderud, Grace CITY; Anton O.
skedsvold, Alexander: G. J. Platt,
Stanley: william Krekow, streeter:
Olaf Hildre, Dahlen: Calvin 8.
Beiehle, Sawyer; 0arvin Olson, Hat
ton; John Woodcock, Valley City;
Layton George, Oakdale, Edwin Hoff,
Rugby; John G. Fischer. Glen ullin;
" Z. Bsodns, Minot: =. ]. Convis,
Lansford: and George Martinson.
Derrick.
Members Of the trial jury we're:
Charles Luck Of 0ardena: Edward
Arne9ard Of Hillsboro: Lester 7. CriSt
OF Grassy Butte, jury foreman: O.
8 Hjelle Of Mercer: A. D. Scott Of
Fargo; Nick Eckes o. Wahpeton:
John Jones Of 0arske: Albert Ander.
son Of Hillsboro: J. I. Brady Of Fargo:
Z g. Hulett Of Mandan; Otto Roder
q Easily: and r. p. Smith Of 0fiska.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
new ROCKFORD man
MOVES TO ASSUME
Duties OF OFFICE
Attorneys Hold Vacancy Has
Occurred as Result Of
Jury's Decision
TO START SUIT At ONCE
Action in Supreme Court Win
Determine Who 10 Entitled
to Position
70 START SUIT At ONCE

Q. H. Olson. Eddy county farmer,
took the oath Of office 6 governor
OF North Dakota about midnight Sun.
day.
Acting on the theory that william.
LANCER would attempt to hold the
office, despite his conviction Of . fell
ony in federal court, H q. Fuller,
Fargo attorney, planned to file suit in
the supreme court to Gust him from
Office and put Olson in his place.
The exact nature Of the action had
not been determined ct IL Z. m. Mon
cay. This was to be determined, at
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-18
Sheriff in Control
At LANCER Office

BY an executive order Of Gov
ernor LANCER, Sheriff J. L. Kelley,
Monday ut $50 .. m, took posses.
sion and exclusive control Of the
governors office in the new capi.
tol building.
"Only those who can state 4 de-
finite reason for entering the gov
ernor's office have been admitted
this morning." said Kelley. The
men must have an orthodox buai-
ness reason before I win let them
enter"
Special Deputy r. B. Meinhovr
was appointed BY Kelley 10 aMlgt
him in his guard duties. The 60
cutive or6er, which was isguod
through the attorney generals o.
flee follows:
Executive Order
To Sheriff J. L. Kelley.
Bismarck, North Dakota.
You are hereby ordered 10 taxa
Immediately . detail Of - many
men as may, in your judgment, b
necessary to take possession and
exclusive control Of that certain
part Of the State Capitol known q
the Governors office, % designat.
ed by the sign above the main en-.
trance. You are further ordered
to permit no one to enter said Of
flee with the exception Of employees
thereof until my further order.
Dated this 18th day Of June, 1884.
BY order Of the Governor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05
Brooklyn Butchers Walk Out
On Strike for Pay Increase

NEW YORK. Six hundred
butchers employed by firms in the
Fort Green Wholesale Meat Market,
Fort Green Place and Atlantic
Ave, Brooklyn, struck yesterday
morning, paralyzing business in the
market, which supplies half of the
retail butchers of Brooklyn and
more than half of the shops in
Jamaica and the Rockaways.
The strikers, members of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of America, were
picketing all entrances to the
market and demanding the eight
hour day, 40 hour week, wage in
creases, time and a half for over
time and recognition of the union.
The strike affects Swift, Armour,
Wilson and Cudahey meat packing
companies.
Strikers say they will spread the
strike to other sections of Greater
New York.
In an attempt to break the strike,
meat packers are attempting to get
strikebreakers through the Val
O'Toole Detective Agency, 521 Fifth
Ave, which has set up an Office
at los w. 46th st. as a recruiting
headquarters for scabs. The O'Toole
gang ran an ad in yesterday morn
ing's New York American asking
for bologna makers. butchers and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05
International Soccer
in Montreal Sunday
for Hitler Victims


NEW YORK.-An international
soccer match of two games, for
the benefit of the victims of. Ger
man fascism, will be played in
Montreal Sunday, June 10, be-
tween the sport section of the
Red Spark A. c.. of New York
and the Workers Sports Club of
Montreal.
The challenge came from the
Montreal club, which has been
cleaning up the opposition in its
territory and is now looking
around for vigorous competition.
In the Red Sparks it will find
nothing wanting. Not only is this
team holder of the National
Counter Olympic Tom Mooney
Trophy but its "a" team is also
the champion of the Metropolitan
Workers Soccer League of New
York.
A large number of followers are
expected to go along and ar
rangements have been made for
transportation by truck. The
club invites all workers anxious
to see the, games to call at its
headquarters, Ga Second Avenue,
before Friday, for arrangements.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05
By a Worker CORRESPONDENT

MINERAL POINT, Mo. - The
workers here are tiff miners. Tiff
is used in the making of paints,
etc. The workers live in small
one or two-room log cabin or board
shacks on landlord property.
Miners get 1925 ton and it
takes a week, working from sun-up
to shutdown every day, to produce
this quantity! One miner with a
family of six said he earned $1.15
a week! The landowner gets a
royalty" of 81 a ton, hauling SOC,
and one of the miners said some
other people got $25 a ton selling
the tiff.
The fact is that these miners do
not see milk or cream, no fresh
meat, very little vegetables and no
fruit. A miners wife was asked
about clothing and she said they
could never get any except what
was given to them. The diet con-
sists Of corn bread, jowl meat,
They can't buy enough potatoes.
1t would be possible for them to
have a COW, hogs and chickens, but,
Of course, they can't afford to get
them. They couldn't buy feed for
them even if they could get them.
The settlers here originally came
from Virginia and Kentucky. There
are some French Canadians. They
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05
Am Being FlOgged,
ThaeImann Tells
Worker Delegation
Continued from Page u

this demand; his silence told us
enough.
Then we suddenly asked: Com
rade Thaelnann, how are you in
general?' And we learned the whole
bitter truth. With extraordinary
bitterness Thaehnann replied:
"T HAVE BEEN BEATENY
"The Secret Police officials tried
to shut him up, but Thaelmann, his
voice rising with excitement and
banging his fist on the barrier be-
tween us, shouted:
"T AM AND HAVE BEEN
BEATEN UPn
The Na1 officials showed us out
of the visitors room. Thaelmann
called after us, the last words that
we heard, Give my regards-in my
spirit-to the workers of the Saar!'
1--WE have seen Ernst Thael-
mann, the courageous leader, I'M
broken and mistaken, and we
have learned that he is being
beaten. We are deeply convinced
that only the constant vigilance
of world public opinion can pro-
tect his life.
1--WE therefore call upon all lib
erty-loving people of the world
no matter of what party-to in
crease their efforts in the fight for
Ernst Thaelmann's life and free
dom. In the opinion of three dele
gates. social-democrat, non-partisan
and Communist, only this tremen-
dous pressure can save the life of
Ernst Thaelmann and all the other
imprisoned German ti-fascists!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05

fight against the Nazi Dictatorship
By the hundreds their functionarie ,
were thrown into the prisons AM
the concentration camps. Quite a
number Of them were tortured to
death by the fascists. The Fighting
Alliance found new illegal forms Of
organization and its members stand
in the fire of the fascist terror, in
the forefront of the class-conscious
revolutionary proletariat, in the
fight against fascisn, always ready
to die.
QUT in self-criticism we must also
u see and remove the shortcomings
and weak points, which this fight
has pointed out. These strongly
checked the work, in part, and we
lost time. In the first period Of
illegality the possibilities were but
insufficiently utilized and there was
a certain irresolution about the or
ganizational measures we had to
carry through. Moreover, also up
to the present, there has been in
sufficient reaction to the measures
of the fascist sports leadership.
We see that the connections be-
tween the leadership of the Mill
tant Association and the unities be-
low do not fully exist; only very few
reports are given; the leaderships
were not informed about many
events in the clubs and IN the fed
erations, or they got their news in
directly, and in this way the infor-
nation arrived too late. When the
connections were cut through, parts
Of the Fighting Alliance became I'M
able to work, because they had no
initiative of their own. So in many
cases we left the masses behind.
We put too little attention to poll
tical education; this education could
have helped us to overcome the OBJ
jective difficulties better than we
did. The connections with the So
cial-democratic sportsmen and our
work among them were absolutely
insufficient. The Militant Associa-
ton worked only among those So
cial-democratic sportsmen, that
came to us at their own initiative;
but we did not go forward actively
to gain the social democratic sports
men. The work of influencing and
gaining the young working people
must be done with much greater
seriousness and with much more
initiative. Here the leadership must
concentrate all forces and must uscR
them. Only if the Fighting Alliance
will have overcome all these short.
comings and weak points, will theyS
gain success in securing unity with
the social-democratic sportsmen, in
the formation of the united front
with all anti-fascist sportsmen in
general, which is one of the condi-
tons for victorious fight for the
downfall of fascism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05

I've warned them here several
times, that the men will strike and
it won't be my fault. I've been hold
ing them at bay for two months"
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1.-Two
hundred steel workers of the Amer
lean steel Wire Company elected
delegates to the Washington steel
conference with the National Labor
Board and instructed their delegate,
Tell Roosevelt we strike with the
rest of the steel workers unless the
company grants our demands"
The Cleveland delegation of the
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial
Union left today for Washington
for the conference.
A big mass meeting has been ar
ranged in Massilon, Ohio, for next
Saturday to hear the report of the
delegates to Washington.
On June 10 huge parades and
mass meetings throughout Ohio
steel area are being arranged to
make final strike preparations and
hear the report from Washington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05
La Guardia Seeks
To Put Burden Of
Relief on Masses
(COntinned from Pqae u
BULLETIN

which would mean an increased
tax burden on the masses of New
York-in the form of the two
cent tax on subways, for which
the administration has been
hypOcritically angling for some
time, as well as other taxes vic
timizing the great masses of this
city.
The Mayor dismissed the long
term borrowing method by claim
ing that the city already has Dor
rowed S70000,000, which will take
ten years to pay. This is the Wall
Street bank loan for the payments
on which the Fusion administration
has been cutting into the living
standards of workers, by means of
the Economy Bill, wage cuts, lay
offs, etc.
Suggest Tax On Employed
An even more ominous suggestion
was made by James j. Lyons, Bor-
ough President Of the Bronx, who
proposed a tax on employed work.
ers to support the jobless, intending
in this way to shift the burden of
the relief from the city administra-
ton on to the already emi-destitute
working population. LaGuardia
in agreement when LYONS
suggested tax of five cents a day
for those receiving $40 to $50 a
week, and $40 day for those re-
$50 or more. In this way,
he claimed, the city would raise
SIS 100000 to $16,000,000 a month.
Not single representative of the
for whom LaGuardia
has recently shed crocodile tears
and who at the same time have
been bestially slugged and jailed
under his instructions by the police,
was invited to this exclusive con-
ference, which LaGuardia charac-
terized as ian interesting expert
ment on the viewpoint of the peo-
pie of this city" But men like
D. Aldrich, President of
the Chase National Bank; Felix M.
Warburg, Walter S. Clifford, Presi-
dent of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Corp, and group
of other bankers, politicians,
wealthy publishers, etc., were pres
ent in full force.
The conference was asked to re-
port back to the Mayor or the
Board of Estimate in writing "the
views of your respective organiza-
tons and memberships" not later
than Saturday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05
Magistrate Defends Nazi
Against Bronx Workers

NEW YORK Workers peacefully
protesting fascist activities in this
country are guilty of disorderly con-
duct, Magistrate Farrell ruled in the
54th Street Night Court, Friday
night when he found two anti
Nazi pickets guilty and imposed
suspended sentences on them.
The two pickets, members of the
American League Against War and
Fascism, were arrested Friday night
for picketing Engleman's delicates-
sen store, at E. Burnside Ave,
Bronx, to protest Engleman's mem
bership in the D.A.WA.
Bronx workers answered this at
tack on their rights in a protest
meeting last night at Burnside and
Walton Ave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05
Wanamaker Employees
in Union Are Fired

NEW YORK.-Fired because they
dared to belong to a union, a group
of Wanamaker workers, members
Of the Department Store section of
the Office Workers Union, are
picketing the large store demand
ing their reinstatement.
Many Wanamaker customers
have expressed their sympathy with
the pickets with words of encour-
agement and promises to buy else
where. Some have protested the
discharging of the workers to the
management.
All workers in sympathy with
the struggle of the workers to or
ganize into a union of their own
choice are urged to report to the
Office Workers Union, ia w. 14th
ST., for aid in picketing. Wanna
maker employees and customers
are urged to protest to Mr.. wilkins,
general manager.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05

view Of Comrade STARTS would be
very useful in Socialist reasoning. I"
Others who spoke against the
declaration of principles were
George kirkpatrick Of California,
who openly exposed fear that he
might be put into Jail or attacked
by vigilantes if he subscribed to
the document, and Judge Panken
who took stand similar to VALID
mans.
Norman Thomas, who spoke for
the declaration, revealed its dena-
gogic character when he said:
This language supports democracy
and states that if we achieve power
by constitutional means, we intend
to do thus and so; it is the state
ment not of what the Socialists in
tend to do now, but when war
comes"
Though Thomas had on Friday
night declared: 1--WE are for Soci-
alism and not for bourgeois demo-
cracy," he now said: 81 believe in
democracy"
T h e convention completely
lodged the question of Unemploy-
ment Insurance and relief. It
merely adopted a resolution stat
ing: The Socialist Party recognizes
organization Of Unemployed and
Relief Workers as fertile fields for
propaganda and education" The
Congressional platform adopted
also says nothing on this question
and, like the declaration of prin-
ciples, is couched in such evasive
language as to allow all sorts Of
corrupt opportunism and horse
trading with politicians of the two
major capitalist parties.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-05

of Ernst Thaelnann. During the
last few days, with news of the
Nazi plot to rush Thaelmann to a
speedy trial and death sentence.
there has been a tremendous in
classification in this mass move
ment. Scores of similar letters are
being sent daily to the bourgeois
press in Madrid and Barcelona.
Dutch Workers in Many Protest
Actions
AMSTERDAM, Holland, June A.
Demonstrations have been held in
every section of Amsterdam, at
which thousands of workers and
other anti-fascists have demanded
in speaking chorus the release of
Thaelmann. The workers employed
on the Otto building job at Koog
sent a telegram to Hitler demand
ing Thaelmann's release.