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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12

Washington, D. C.-Both houses of
congress are now committed to re-
turn of the railroads on March l.
Since the senate had previously
passed the drastic Cummins bill, the
farmers, labor union men and other
elements conferred their efforts in the
house only to meet with defeat. The
Republican machine had made it a
party measure and only the more
stubborn, right-minded progressives
dared to fight against the railroad
pressure.
The only hope of the anti-railroad
interests now is veto by President
Wilson, and before this is read the
presidents action will probably be
generally known.
Under the terms of the bill which
passed the senate II to It:
The roads are to be returned to
the private owners on March l.
Existing rates are to continue until
September /, when the interstate COM
mcrce commission shall have jurisdic-
ton over the whole rate matter.
The interstate commerce commits
sion is increased to II members, per-
haps to outvote several members OF
that body who have a record for in.
dependence.
Present compensation to continue
for six months. After that date the
roads are to be guaranteed 5la pei
cent on net value.
A revolving fund of $500, 000, 900 is
established to provide loans to pur
chase new equipment. Also 5000,
DOC, 900 more is appropriated to cover
any deficits discovered from tn
period of government operation.
Wage scales are to be not less thai
those in effect on February 20 unit
after September l.
An attempt is made to substitute :
system of voluntary mediation for tn
drastic anti-strike provisions of tn
earlier bills.
Some friends of public ownership
here point out that this latest piec
of congressional folly may not be s.
bad after all. They hold that privat
ownership is bound to fail for tn
same reasons that it failed in the frs
war year, and with this failure tn
question will be at last settled for al
time.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12
MRS, JOS. LA COUNT OF NEAR
FROID PASSES AWAY

Froid Tribune: Mrs. Joseph La
Count passed away at her home in the
country at an early hour Tuesday
morning after prolonged illness of
influenza which developed into pneu-
monia and claimed her as a victim on
the above date. The remains were
shipped to Rollette, N. D., for burial
where her relatives reside.
Practically all the children are eth
er down sick with the flu or just re-
covering.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12
HERALD ATTACKS GRONNA

A recent editorial in the Washing
ton Herald, which is largely owned
by Wheat Director Barnes and Mr..
Hoover, denounced Senator Gronna of
North Dakota as having been pro-
German during he war. 1t specified
that he voted against the Liberty
bond issues. This editorial appeared
when Senator Gronna's bill abolishing
Mr. Barnes job was under discussion
before a senate committee.
The senator made flat denial of
this part of the charge on the senate
floor. He showed that he voted for
all the financial measures necessary
for the carrying on Of the war, al
though he had fought for better
means of paying the most, as, for
instance when he wanted higher rates
of taxation upon big incomes. He de-
clared, however, that he never had
denied, nor wished to deny, that he
voted against the declaration Of war
against the espionage act. He voted
for the war declaration against Aus
tria because war with Austria was al.
ready fact.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12

Ito consult concerning the formation
of a more perfect general concert and
union, the establishment Of general
justice, the assurance Of general
tranquility, the promotion Of the
general welfare, and the securing
generally of the blessings Of liberty
to the peoples now living and to their
posterity."
Among the specific objects to be
considered at this worlds conference,
Senator France mentions the welfare
and development Of the protectorates,
colonies and other backward coun-
tries, the congestion Of some coun-
tries population and the lack Of peo-
pie in other regions, and the develop
ment of lines Of transportation which
will improve this situation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12

il good ;ast Ct America has settled
down to believing that there vas only
one side to the question.
Theodore Price, TIE well-known
accountant and financial writer, has
rone over the ol6:,a! reports Of goo
hituminous and Ignite coal corpora
tions for that year and he gives his
results as follows IN Commerce and
Finance:
Number Profit on capital stock
oA......... less than Is per cent
75.............. rs tn SO per cent
87..............50t t. 100 per cent
75........................100 to 200 per cent
57.............-..........2 200 to 800 pc: cent
21.....5OO to 1000 per cent
7...................1,O 1000 to 1000 per cent
4................over 1000 per cent
1t is difficult to imagine the enoTni-
ty of these profits. A profit Of mere
100 per cent would generally mean
one years operations. And with such
earnings coming in the value Of the
that the full value of the mine had
been returned to the owners from one
mine for capitalization purposes has
almost no limit.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12

If this conditions keeps up the So
cial consequence will be OF great I'M
portance. Here are a few:
Most young men will be driven
away from the education leading to
the work now so underpaid and our
educational institutions must be large
ly made over.
Most of the so-called white collar
group are being driven to organiza-
ton and conflict with their employ
ers. In other words, the so-called
middle class formerly So subservient
to the large interests is rapidly dis
appearing.
The situation is showing both farm
ers and workers that their children
can hardly escape their own hard lot
by the white-collar job unless there
is fundamental change.
Joined by the poverty-stricken Of
flee and professional men, the farm
ers and workers would undoubtedly
have enough strength, to end special
privilege rule in America.
Perhaps some of us never got quite
clear as to how much the coal corpor-
at.cns made in 1917. Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo gave out state
men: claiming enormous profits and
declaring that no further increase in
,ul price was needed to pay hiEncl
wages. Tic coal opec.,'c':s increased
tl:cir Propaganda to show how ra1i-
:.. lazy, unreasonable and otherwise
una mercan the coal mll:'' acre an'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12

The Minneapolis Chamber of Com
merce is SO worked up over the re-
cent court decision holding that grain
gambling is gambling that some of
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12

And the Socialist program there
calling for drastic changes in taxa
ton and for considerable public own
ership of utilities and national re-
sources does not appear to arouse as
much fear as the impending victory
OF the Nonpartisan league in Mime
sofa does here. The explanation lies
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-12
Observation-Disclosures
| The Week

Grain Gambling Is Gambling
Revolt in Archangel
A Union for Free Speech
Sweden Radical but Unafraid
Aliens Without the Law
Our Increasing Disaster
A Good Trust and a Bad Trust
Troubles of the Grain Gamblers
Many Hides and Few Shoes
Railroads Safely Back
White-C Collar Destitution
Coal Company Profits
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03
BORROWED ]. S. MONEY
FOR BURIAL OF Wife
Postmaster in Maine Wilderness
Must Stand Trial for His
Default.

Bangor, Me-, Jan. 26.--To save his
wife from paupcrs grave and get food
and medicine for his six children, Her
bert Sherwood, Postmaster Of the little
Village of Bancroft, far up in the North
ern Maine wilderness, took money from
the Government funds, then confessed
his fault to Postoffice Inspector, was
arrested and brought to Bangor, and in
default of $1,000 bail was sent To Jail to
await trial in tho United States District
Court in February.
Bancroft is town of sparse forest
growths and rocky farm land, with its
central village, q mere hamlet, situated
on the railroad line from Bangor to the
New Brunswick border. Its PostofIice
paid, up TO recently, 81 a month. Last
spring, In consideration of the increased
cost of living, the compensation was raised
TO S13 a month. This sum, with what little
he could coax from the grudeing soil,
constituted the entire income of the Sber-
wood family.
Yet the patient Yankee Postmaster
uttered no complaint, nor did his faithful
and Woodworking wife, and they were
happy In their little home until the in
fluenza epidemic swept Maine last year
and the wife and mother fell i'll. Little or
nothing had been saved, of course. from
the scant income of the family, and so the
doctor was not called at first, reliance be ing
placed on home remedies Doctors have
to travel a long way in that thinly settled
region and medical attendance is costly.
The wife grew worse day by day, and final
" the doctor was called. Then one by one,
four of the six children fell i'll with in
fiuenza. There was no one to do the house.
no one TO care for the younger ones or
nurse the sick but the overworked farmer
postmaster himself, and in two weeks he
was aphysical and almost mental wreck.
One dark and stormy night the wife
and mother died Up to this time the
bills had been paid. Herbert Sherwood
always paid dollar for dollar, and was
pointed out among his neighbors as an
honest as wen as a likeable and hard-i
working man. But the funeral expenses
How were they to be paid The Postmaster
may have had $40 IN his pocket.
There was money in the little safe
in the corner of the front room of the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03

house that was used Al the Post Office,
but Il wns not his; it belonged tn the
Government and he had taken his oath
to give full and fair accounting Of every
cent. But something must be done. There
lay the body Of his wife. Tho undertaken
must come from n distance and he must
be paid. There was no occasion for worry
about the minister, for he was ut every
one beck and call his was labor Of love.
Sherwood thought Of borrowing money
from n neighbor, but he could think Of
none who WAS able To lend. Then, finally,
he concluded that the only way would
DO to use a little Of the Governments
money. With anything like decent luck
he could put IL back before the next
accounting time. He took enough to pay
for a decent burial for his nsife, then n
little moro for medicine for the four sick
children and few visits from the doctor.
But the Postmaster's luck in the fol-
lowing months was far from decent His
crops, never much. were almost nothing;
his COW died, and things went wrong gencr-
ally. He struggled bravely along with his
sisteen-year daughter eldest of the
children MS his only helper and comforter,
and possibly might have pulled through
il If his own health had not failed. But
pulmonary tuberculosis had laid hold
upon him and his constitution, never
strong, gave way under the combined
strain OF work, worry and disease. He
had taken $3.50 Of the Governments
money, and the time was near when
it must be made good.
Sitting alone in the little Post Office
brooded he all of one night over his plight.
Then, in the straightforward way that
had marked all his dealings since Bancroft
knew him, he wrote 60 Post Office lnspeo-
tor G. j. Weldon, confessing his fault in
full and calmly awaited the blow that
must come from the hand Of the law.
Just before he went to his cell in Ban
gor Jail Sherwood spent so cents of the
last So he possessed To telephone 90 his
eldest child, Mary, telling her to do the
best she could for the other children that
none of them need worry about him, for
some day he would be home again.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03
FED HIS MONEY TO A HORSE.



Chicago, Jan. 21.--George Emn stood
at Lake and Wells streets recently swaying
in the throes Of feeling not supposed to
be legal just now. He had accomplished
this miracle in the course Of 4 deliriously
jovial weekend Counting his money
he found himself still encumbered with
wealth of disgraceful proportions. Up
TO the extent, in fact, of $l4O.
And then a friendly, laughing face
thrust itself impudently in front OF his
bewildering adventure in auditlng-~a
face as long as n barrel, as heavy as the
face of a seal peering over the rim OF An
ice berg, with spurts of steam leaplng from
its glittering nostrils. A long red tongue
darted hungrily toward the sheat OF bills
in the hands of the puzzled Egan.
IAN right, old top" he said, recovering
from a complicated reel and attaching
himself TO light pole for the sake OF his
equilibrium, "I'll give you breakfast
you'll never forget. There's good
hossy." ],
Whereat he proffered crisp FLYER and
the tiea-bitten panhandler licked IL IN WITH
a grateful dip of tho head. Egan stripped
another leaf from his role and fed IT to ms
new-found friend. Another and another
followed until Fleabite kicked up his
heels in ectasy.
Then Policeman Dopohue happened
along. After watching the pretty picture,
SIS or $50 worth, he leaped to the rescue
of the rapidly vanishing currency. AS ne
dragged Egan away toward the Centrai
Station the driver came out OF store,
leaped on his wagon seat and drove fiea-
bite around the corner. -, J,
GLOW much did you have! they asked
Fpan nj the station.
'eThere was SI40,' he replied.
There was S92 left. He had fed Sas
in ones and fives to the departed Fleabite.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03
USHER OF BLACK ROD,
BRITISH WAR VETERAN
General Pulteney Named to Most
Honorable Office With Gaudy
Uniform and Nothing to DO.

Jondon Jan. 27.-king George has
appointed Lieutenant General SIR W. l.
P,Ilteney. as gentleman usher OF the BACK
Rod in succession TO the late Admiral or
Henry +. Stephenson. The office Is one
OF those purely ornamental ones winch
arc rather numerous IN this country.
sRlack Rod" as he is called for short, has
next 10 nothing to do and gets tl,o0o
a wear for doing il, and suite of apart
ments. rent free, in the House of Lords.
lie i a glorifed messenger OF the hered-
;tarv LEGISLATORS. When on duty ne Is
oorgeoaislv attired in court costume with
Inee breeches and pfumed cooked hat
and a dandy little sword by his side. i he
emblem of his authority Is an ehony
wand but he never does anythint with 1T.
When members of the House OF Com
mons are summoned TO the House OF
Lords 10 hear speeches from the throne
or the royal assent given TO acts ihst nave
been passed, Black Rod enters the upper
House and makes ms way to the WOOL,
sack" on which sits the robed and "iggeu
Lord Chancellor. He Is told TO inform the
members of the House of Commons that
they are wanted Then he has TO Walk
half way to the door backwards, making q
bow at every few steps and looking very
solemn. r
When he arrives within few yards OF
the door of the House Of Commons the
sereeant-at-arms Of that body who IS on
the lookout for him, shuts the door IN his
face. Black Rod has TO suppress ms ieei-
ings and knock humbly at the door.
Then the sergeant-at-arms opens
little panel in the door and asks hum what
ne wants, or something to that effect, and
Black Rod tells him what he already
knows. Then Black Rod Is admitted.
This little bit of comedy is supposed to
indicate that the House of Commons does
not take any orders from the House OF
Lords. Then Black Rod, with chastened
micn, advances to where the speaker sits
in state and in Norman French delivers
his message. This is the performance ne
will have to 90 through for the first time
when Parliament opens on February lo.
General Pulteney has served In many
campaigns, having joined the Scots
Guards In 1881, and has been the re-
cipient of large number of honors. Dur
ing the great war he commanded the
Third Corps In France He has taken
keen interest in the development of
military recreation and has been q prime
favorite with his men. He was born IN
1851
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03
HICCOUGH REMEIY IN DEMAND.
Epidemic Probably Caused by Peculiar
Quality Of Liquor.

II a pedestrian stops over quite sud-
denly and causes Il collieion do not I'M
thinkingly blame him, for the chnnces
arc he is merely trying the new remedy
for hiccoughs, which, ACCORDING to the
mort eminent drug clerk authorities, Is
to stoop over Az if tying ones shoe.
IL is said there never has been such
nm epidemic Of hiccougbs. Reports the
OF epidemic have been confirmed from
sevcrah sources, but the case Is dif-
ferent matter. Confirmation degencrates
into mere surmisc, and sIrfnisc, Of course,
leads directly To the peculiar concoctions
TINT are masqucrading AS bootleg liquor .
One Park Row druggist says he has
had more than dozen sufferers ask for
hiccouph remedies during the last week,
their pitifnl requests being so punctured
with "hics' that he could hardly make
out their wants. Each preson has been
advised TO consul. a physician in case the
shocstring remedy did not work.-New
York Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03


The winter wrap TO live up to all
that is expected OF IL as a rival to
winter frocks should lend itself TO
development in a variety of mats-
rails and change its lines frequently.
This newest Of models has a deep
shoulder yoke cut in one with the
'front.' which is part coat and part
vest, held in with a string belt of
self-material. The lower edges Of
the front are turned back and left
partly unstitched at the top 10 form
pockets. At the sides the fulness
Of the wrap is gathered into velvet
bands 10 simulate sleeves. Collar and
GUNS are Il the same material Me-
dun size requires 4A yards 81
inch serge. velours or duYetyn, with
"a yard velvet.
Pictorial Review Wrap No. s437.
Sizes. small, medium, large Price.
IS eenU.
Crosby.& Hill Company are sole agency
or Plctorus Review Patterns Whining
toms lcadlng store for silk. wash goods and
WOODEN dress goods, 605-07-oo Market
iSeet. ADV
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03
INN A THOUSAND YEARS OLD.


London, Jan. 81. In preparing the
papers for transfer of the license % the
liking and Tinker" at Enfield, search Of
the records showed that the place has
been run under the same name as public
house for more than 600 years, making
it perhaps the oldest inn in England
Other oddities developed the same day in
the Tottenbam Court. Among them yas
letter from man charged with eyading
the income tax, who excused himself on
the ground that he was under the parish
doctor.
In the City Of London Court IL came
out in evidence in one case that thick
1vcrcoats which had been made ~ eel in
London Mt s42 were selling IN Arnerica
at SI05.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03

Junction, City Kan, Jan. zl.-pre
paratory 70 celebrating his eighty-fbirr
birthday IN February, Jack WeIsb, a
pioneer Ceary county fauner. rcsid,nr
near Milford, has challenged any roa~
Of his 8ge IN the State 70 DO an eonia,
amount Of work, or meet bIO IN A To-,
race, wrestling bout or with The IDxirg
gloves. Mr.. Welsh still retains rnrb n
was one If the best boeers 10 ~. con,
try. In addition ~ the nbovc challongr
Mr.. Welsh Issued another. fie will ju,Iv,
a bunch IF cattle with any mar IN III
section. Acquaintance say that he b
the best Judge Of cattle IN the counfy
Mr.. Welsh despite his advanced ayr !
bury each day, md probably y The OH
ert ~tive farmer in thu country.
You try an Every Evening want adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03
Report Corrected.

Mrs. Catherine Patton says an error
YVES made in Every Evenings report
Yesterday of the City Court case in which
Mrs. Ida Alsentzer was charged with
assault and battery. Mrs. Patton says
Mrs. Alsentzer struck her, but she declares
she did not strike back. She denies also
that the trouble was over man.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03
HUSBAND AND WIFE
MAKE COUNTER CHARGES

For the support Of his five children, an
order of $40 a week was placed against
Richard Nandegrift, charged with non
support, by Judge Hastings In Municipal
Court tins morning
Vandegrift said he lived with his wife
IL years and lived happily until another
man broke up his home.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. I'm strange
contrast with her views on men in general
and husbands in particular that won for
her the distinction of being n confirmed
-hater," it fell TO Mary Savage, 10
years of age, to establish record for
hasty romance and marriage. Miss Savage
was united in marriage at Santa Anna to
Count Rene de Guignard, former leu
tenant in the French army, after having
known him ii hours. 1t was love at first
sight.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03

You try an Every Evening want adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03

A Negro bootblack in Chicago says
that millionares never tip more than IL
cents. 'erhe guy that gives you 5O-cent
tips he says, "is the worlcingman that
earns SO or $40 day and isn't used to 80
much money"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-03
Evidently III Does.

No crusade is planned against tobacco.
saws the Anti-Saloon League What
Docs it smoke?-New York Evening
Post.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-02-29
FORMER CONSUL
KILLED BY BANDITS
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT is URG.
ED TO PUNISH MURDERS


Washington, Feb. 27.-Augustus
Morrill,, formerly Mexican consul at
Mansanillo, Mexico, was killed by
Mexican bandits Feb. &c. The present
consul at Manzanillo, reported the Kill
ling, and said that Merrill, who is aged
88, was attacked while on the way
to his home three miles from Colum-
bia. He received two wounds from u
fusilade of shots.
The American embassy at Mexico
City has been instructed to make ur-
gent representations to the Mexican
government looking to the arrest and
punishment of the murderers.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-02-29
JAPANESE Diet HAS
BEEN DISSOLVED
EMPEROR SIGNS DECREE RE-
SUIT FRANCHISE CLASH.

Washington, Feb. 2S.--The Japanese
Diet has been dissolved by Imperial
decree as the result of profound diff.
ference of opinion between the Cab
met and the majority parties in the
Diet regarding the extensions Of 'he
franchise
The acton was taken by the Emper-
ior Thursday at the request of Pre-
mier Hara, according to cable advices
today from Toxic.
London, Feb 2S.-The Daily Tele-
graph says serious information was
received here Friday night regarding
the situation in Japan" No details
were gwen and the Japanese embassy
declared today it had no information
Of anything untoward occurring in
that country.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-02-29
NEW ENGLAND Is
DIGGING SNOW
ON RAILROADS
LONG TIE-UP OF TRAFFIC. IS
PROMISED
FUEL SHORTAGE DEVELOPS
Situation Claimed Worst in
History on Railroads
Food Supplies Short. i
FUEL SHORTAGE DEVELOPS

Boston, Feb. 27.-lndustrial eStab-
lishmeints were asked to divert the
energies of their employees today to
digging out railroad yards and juno
tion points in New England where
thousands of cars have been stalled Z
by the snow storms
Experts on transportation who COO.
ferred here regarded held it as the
worst in history Many plants were
forced to shut down because OF q
shortage of fuel.
The question of food supplies is ses
rious in some sections. The Boston
and Maine railroad freight houses
were closed today and the employees
were sent out to help clear the tracks.
Officials o fthe New Haven road said
thousands of cars both filled and EN-
ty, were stalled on the sidings and
at the functions.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-02-29
"a DAMAGE SUITS
FILED AGAINST ROAD
LOCAL LAW FIRST ENGAGED IN
RERECcA COTTON CASES

Thirty-five suits were filed yester.
lay in the superior court of Turner
k"ounty at Ashburn by Attorneys
Bussey and McNichOlas of Cordee
"crrcseuUng as many complainants
Fgainst the A b. d a. Railroad for
illcged fire losses in the destruction
IF the warehouse of the Rebecca
Warehouse & Storage Company
November 20th last year when train
is alleged, set fire to the building
rnd destroyed about $4,000 worth of
rotton.
The complainants had their cotton
tored in the warehouse at the time
rf the fire. The suits are the result Of
it was said. which
brought the owners to the belief that
he railroad was reasonsible for the
osses. The suits will come TO trail al
h later term of the Turner superior
court.