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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-09
A FARMERS STRIKE

IL response to call by P. j. Ste
vens of New Richmond, a meeting
was held at the Erin town hall in st
Croix county July % and an organiza-
ton was perfected for the avowed
purpose of calling farmers strike"
to be effective after September /.
Mr.. Stevens worded his meeting an
nouncment as follows:
ITO the farmers of St. Croix Coun-
ty:
eff YOU will come to a meeting al
Erin town hall July % | will lay
before you what is the real cause OF
the terrible depression in agricul-ura.
interest. l will show you the terribll
humbug of this merchandising of dair!
products started IL Madison las
spring. l will unmask the count.
agent and other things that's agains
your interest, and then will give 70.
a remedy for those evils, it won't cos
YOU a cent. And / WORT ask you t
Join anything. Just come and / vii
make it an interesting evening TO
you. ! would go to any town tina
would please the farmers of the couit
ty.. P. J. Stevens"
The meeting was duly held, and tn
following resolutions were adopted
and signed by a committee consistins
of Mr.. Stevens, VIM. Kolinoush, w. }
Kinney, ard A. j. Fisher, and by Other
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DIETZ CLAIMS PROOF
HARP WAS NOT KILLED


Rice Lake-John F. Dietz, cf Cam
meron dam fame, who has made his
home with his daughter, Mrs. Herman
Voight, of this city, since his release
from Waupun, claims to have proofs
in his possession, positive evidence
that Oscar Harp, for whose death he
was convicted, was never killed; that
the box supposed to contain his re-
mains was filled with some heavy sub
sta ce; that no persons accompanied
The corpse as required by law, and
that the casket was never opened be-
fore being placed in the ground. Deitz
recently made visit to Popular Hill
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QUALITY IN MARKET EGGS
BY George Nicoll

ted Note.-The following article,
which appeared in the Canadian de-
partnlel.t of the Rhode Island Red
Journal, is recommended to the con-
sideration of the local poultry grow
ers by Curtis johnson of This city,
One of the chef objections raised
to the general adoption of quality
payment" in. the purchase of market
eggs is the lack of some system for
preserving the identity of the iLdi-
vidual farmers lots when many such
lots are being sent to the market in
one bulk consignment.
Case count system has proven de-
cidedly Unfair to the farmers and 9TH
er producers who have taken pains
to market good, clean, fresh eggs.
Further, through placing no premium
on good eggs it has in reality formed
an incentive to the continuance OF care
less and dilatory methods. 1t has
made possible the disposal of eggs IL
all stages of decomposition and has
encouraged farmers and local buyers
to hold considerable quantities at GER
tain seasons of the year when they
had no satisfactory places of storage.
Some producers mey have thot this
system advantageous to themselves in
that they received the same price for
eggs that were known to be inferior
quality and even wholly bad, as they
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-09

members of Mr.. Stevens audience
Gus. E. Nelson, M. Wisse, M. ]. Ste
vens, Oliver Rizer, Anton Poloski,
Frank Schweitzer, Antoine Lavelle,
Jas. NJ. Writtor, r. j. Murtha, w. p.
Walsh, G o. Bue, Joi1. Colasik and F.
Fl. Riley.
The resolutions:
"Be 1t Resolved, that we, the farm
mers of ST. Croix county assembled
at Erin town hall July 2S, 1923, ask
that the farmers of the U. S., join
with us and that we refuse to market
l pound of farm product on Sept. /,
1923 until we receive a profitable price
for the same on the farm. Namely
lie for hogs, lie for fat steers and
heifers, 10c for fat cows, &c for light
stock, lie for lambs, &c for old ewes,
S1.50 for wheat, $1.00 for rye, S1.00
fer barley, Soc for oats, $500 for flax,
SOC for wool, SOC for potatoes, 25c for
best grade tobacco, Ice for poorer
grade, 25c for cotton, $500 per to-
for No. / hay. We respectfully ask
the fruit growers to join with US in
this move.
'Be 1t further resolved, that the
farmers of U. S., must have imnedi-
ate relief and all farmers who favor
these resolutions we respectfully ask
them to join in the move and let US be
ready to strike Sept. l, 1928"
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cemetery at Rock Elm, in Pierce coun-
ty, where the records snow that Harp
was buried, and notified the officials of
Rock Elm that an effort would be
made to get permit to exhume the
remains ii, the grave. Dietz served
in prison from 1910 to 1920, when
pardoned. He is now the picture of
robust health.
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Cottages at Ilwaco Springs at re-
duced rates for the balance of the
season.. Address Miss j. A. Morse,
River Falls, Wis, phone "a.
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Guaranteed Batteries for your
Ford. $3.50. Corresponding prices
on battries for other cars. Morley &
Hawkinson
Evening star., 1923-06-24
MARLBORO SCHOOL
CLOSING EXERCISES
Surrattsville, Fort Foote and Baden
49, X - -
Graduates Also Hon.
ored,

Special Dispatch to The star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md. June %.
Upper Marlboro High School held
its exercises Wednesday night. The
graduates were William Francis Wy
will. George Washington Wilson. jr.
William Sasscer Hill, jr.; Buchanan
Beaie Sasscer, Russell Milburn Buck.
Bertha Malinda Bennett, Mary Louise
Ryon and Clivie illegal Wilson. All
had completed the academic course.
The exercises were presided over by
Prof L. B. Rowland, principal.
"Wednesday morning exercises We're
held at Surrattsville High School,
when diplomas were awarded aca-
demic graduates as follows: Grace
Adeline Ripple. Donald Shaw Bland
ford. Dennis Wade Stephenson. Will
liam Francis Goddard, Howard Gil
bert Tippett, Harvey Pyles, Hazel
Gertrude Schultz. BERTHE Taylor, Min
ME Josephine Smith, Daisy Theresa
Windsor and John Roberts Ward.
The following were graduated from
the Baden Agricultural High School
at exercises Thursday evening: Vo-
cational agricultural course. Samuel
Alexander Mudd, Nelson Hutchinson
Perrie, Frank Magruder Turner, Clyde
Edward Watson, Kenneth Gordon
Wilson; general course, Elizabeth
Alyene Connick; vocational household
economics course, Helen Augusta Ba-
den, Matte Minerva Baden. Anona
Downing, Dorothy Constance Cod
dard, Kate Celena Martin, Amy Fitz-
abeth Padgett, Lucy Florence Watson
and Helen Josephine Windsor.
At the Fort Foote Third Group High
School Thursday afternoon diploma S
were presented Sylvia Z. Mattingly,
Alice Louise Sansbury, Hilda Marie
Thorne, Joseph Everette Mattingly
and Charles Blakely Arthur.
Friday evening diplomas were
awarded these graduates of the Bran
dywine High School: Emily Melvina
Early, Eunice Elizabeth Pratt, Ro-
land Russell Sasscer and David
Minkin.
The third group high school exer-
cises at Bowie Friday afternoon were
featured by presentation of diplomas
to John NJ. Jones, J. Cyril Mullikin.
Edna May Colbe. Louise NJ. Kell-
baugh and Alice j. Norwood
Evening star., 1923-06-24
FARM WOMEN LAY
BETTERMENT PLANS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. "
COLLEGE PARK, Md. June a.
Two hundred and thirty-seven wofn-
clubs of twenty counties of the state,
at the closing session of a four-day
conference at the University of Mary
land, passed resolutions giving their
unstinted support to the work of
the committee appointed some time ago
by Gov. Ritchie to draw up a program
for the advancement Of agriculture.
to improve the farm life and to make
easier the task of the farm woman"
I'VE approve the program of the
university" the resolution said. "and
commend it's policies of trying to
make available to all the people of
the state the opportunities II offers.
We suggest that a legislative COM
mittee be appointed to represent the
rural women of the state before the
legislature in support of the program
Of the university.
we especially approve the demon
stration work Of the extension SER
vice and urge that this phase of ac-
tivities at the university be broad.
ened to meet the growing needs of
the rural women throughout the
state" A..
All of those who attended the con-
ference, the first ever held at the,
university, were highly gratihed and
expressed the hope that 1t would be
made an annual affair, which II
doubtless will be.
All phases of home life and man
agement were taken up at the con-
ference. Glasses were held each day
as to food. clothing. health. music.
poultry raising, etc. and lectures
also were given by persons who have
fecfE-
Evening star., 1923-06-24
DR.. TaliaferrO Clark.

the hands of Miss Noell. DR.. Clark's
secretary. The results Of the work
served to advertise it.. The corre-
spondence increased beyond the Wild
est hopes and letters came from
every state in the Union but two. and
from Canada-from remote country
districts. from isolated ranches and
from crowded cities. asking eagerly
for knowledge and advice.
The correspondence Is revelation Of
the courage, the sincerity and the graft
tude of American women. There are
letters from young women who are eX-
pecting their first babies on remote
farms, such as this one from a young
woman in Oregon: 81 live a long way
out in the country and many miles from
my mother, so the only advice / get Is
from a lot of old country women that
seem to think / should go to bed and
quit eating for about nine months. AS
am a young woman and this is my
first. baby, they all think I need their
advice"
Another writes from a stock farm in
Illinois: 81 would be glad to receive all
further information you could furnish.
a I am young and inexperienced as to
this period OF my life
Asks for Advice.
A young woman from Iowa sent this
very human appeal: 81 have been mar
ried two years, am twenty-five years
Evening star., 1923-06-24
POLICE HOLD MAN
FOR new EVIDENCE
Trial of Tesmer Murder Suspect
Continued-Hunt
New Clues.
By the Associated Press.

X CHICAGO, June 23.-Police were
given until July II to unearth posi-
tive evidence that Fred Thompson
was the smiling" woman bandit who
shot and killed Richard Tesmer dur
ing holdup. Judge John Rooney
today continued the case until that
date after Thompson was arragned
on a murder charge.
Thompson. arrested in the apart
ment of Frank Carrick, whose wife"
he is said to have been for fourteen
years, came into court still wearing
female habiliment and his arm about
Marie Clark, admitted by Thompson
to have been his wife for two years.
So far the most concrete evidence
police claim they have against
Thompson is the positive identiti-
cation" by Mrs. Tesmer, widow of the
slain man.
The demand of Thompson's attorney
that She as he insisted Thompson
be called. be given an immediate
trial. was overruIed. but Thompson
was ordered turned over to the sheriff
until the date of his hearing.
Marie Clark. arraigned on dis
orderly conduct charge at the same
time, was held over until the same
date Carrick previously had been
released on d habeas corpus writ.
In referring to Miss" Thompson.
his attorney said that would be part
of his defense. and that he will in
sist that the warrant be changed to
correspond.
Before the start of the trial Marie
Clark introduced Thompson to
another woman as my husband"
Evening star., 1923-06-24
torpedo STATION
-z.-.-. --s... ---.-.-. s...-...----. .-----l
CLOSING SATURDAY
Alexandria Plant Was One ol
War Enterprises and Cost
Several Million. i
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. 3
ALEXANDRIA. Va. June t5-Thk
Alexandria naval torpedo station will
close next Saturday. This or orhinarfIF
would throw 173 persons out. Of EN-
ployment The services off tthari:.
however. are to be retained. ksAveral
of the mechanics employed i4St this
plant live in Washington.
Hereafter the plant will be only a
distributing station, and al of the
torpedoes produced by the eoyetn-
ment will be made at Sewps ,rt. r. /
So far as can be learned compata.
lively few of the mocha, lics at The
plant have thus far oh aimed pogI-
tions, A few, it is unh erstood. will
go TO the plant at. New port, having
previously come here fy ON that city
The Alexandria navS torpedo sta
ton was opened here. after the war
was under way. II w as erected at a
cost of several millio dollars. Itns
located on the river front.tand is We
garded as an idea l. structure for
manufacturing purp oses. What dis
position will be NJ ade of il by tie
government is not known ether than
that for the preser,t. it will be pract!-
cally only storage plant
congress faG1ed to make an appro-
priation to kes.p fhe work going. IF
forts on the raT. of business orzani-
cations of the city to have an appro-
priation made ITO continue oDerationa
at this plant proved unavailing. =
Evening star., 1923-06-24
Weird Cauerns of Porto Rico
Alipe With Bats, Scientist Finds

The land Of a million bats-south-
western Porto Rico.
DIR. Paul Bartsch of the Smith
sonian Institution has just returned
to Washington from q scientific ex-
ploration of the West Indies. In this
corner of Uncle Sans
the scientist found great
limestone caves. winding far under
the hills, the weird semi-darkness Of
which was alive with swarming bats.
Brought Back Collection.
DR.. Bartsch spent several days
studying the haunts Of these peculiar
creatures-animals which suckie their
young and yet fly like birds. He
brought back to the division of man.
mails. National Museum. one Of the
largest collections of bats ever re-
ceiyed there. The bat collection there
already is the largest in the world,
of long shelves OF speci-
mems picked In alcohol.
The Porto Rican bats are creatures
about the size of robinA with soft.
brown fur. Incidentally, DR.. Bartsch
found the floors of the cayerns piled
with thousands of tons of guano.
which may be of economic value to
the country.
To Visit San Salvador.
Dr. Bartsch conducted his explora-
ton in southeastern Cuba, Haiti, Santo
Domingo and Porto Rico. He will
leave again soon to visit San Sal
vador. the island where @Columbus
first landed. He Is collecting prima-
rily mollusks Of the Cerfon group, with
which he has conducted for number
Of years experiments In heredity on
the Florida keys. During his latest
trip he paid especial attention to the
bird life Of the islands visited and
reports an unusual number of sea
birds at their breeding grounds,
Evening star., 1923-06-24

and he can. One always does WHAT
one thinks or iInagines one can do
Philip then stepped into the back.
ground while similar experiment
were tried on two women. One hel y
her hands so tightly clasped that tn ~
audience began to wonder and worI n
lest she might never get them apai Il
again. But. she did. ... *
Quiets His Fear.
Then the boy came forward an Il
told DR.. Coue that he stammere Z
DIR. coue, speaking SO quietly tn. II
only those on the stage heard hi n
told the lad not to be afraid,
You don't stammer. You dol ii
stammer. You don't stammer." h.
assured the. boy, speaking in t he
most positive tones.
'I don't stammfr. don't stal T.
mer." said Phil.
Now tell the audience you " I'LL
never stammer again." ordered >n
Coue.
II do not stammer. any long eI.
though I did, said the boy with a
loud. clear. smooth voice.
The audience clapped and cheer d
him to the echo.
DR.. Coue then explained that tt {
boy had cured himself. "Never "a y
cannot to yourself" he cautioned , is
audience, for what you think, ter5 Is
main of the possible. In a batt lie
between the imagination and, the vi IL
the imagination invariably. VII as
There are no exceptions TO the ru le
The unconscious mind controls .he
personal being
Ready for High School.
AT any rate, Philip Gore was ca red
permanently. He graduated from the
Force School the other day and will
enter Western High School in thess all
DR.. Coue made him the happiest boy
In Washington
Some day when he gets older B is
going to read DIR. Coue's book, and
learn more about the power of tsug-
gestion and autosuggestion. the con-
scious and subconscious self antt all
the other things that the man from
Nancy talked about while he WAS
here. But just now he is more in ter
ested in the chances the Phila del
phia Athletics. or the cievei and
Indians have of beating out the lew
York Yankees and Capturing the,
Anne rican League championship.
Long live DR.. Couer' says Phil.
And hisshappy relatives add. May THE
eminent Frenchman continue ITO
spread his autosuggestion among
those who need IL" ..
Evening star., 1923-06-24
LEV|ATHAN TO DOCK
IN NEW YORK TODAY
Officers and Guests Happy
Over Results of Fast
Trial Cruise.
By Radio to the Associated Press.

BY Radio to the Associated Press.
ABOARD THE STEAMSHIP I1E-
VIATHAN, June 23.-The Leviathan.
after completing a twenty-five-hour
speed test, in which she broke the world
record for speed. settled down touay
to mere twenty-five knots an hour
Officers and guests aboard were so
happy over the results of the test
that they expressed little care how
soon New York was reached. 1t is
expected the giant liner will dock
at s am. Sunday.
Running into fogS. which had held
off providentially until after the tests
Were completed, speed was reduced
further. During the next week GER
tain minor repairs must be made.
1t was announced that the efficient
radio force aboard had made a rec
ord for volume of business handled
under similar circumstances.
29.7 Knots for Majestic.
Capt. Bertram Hayes of the steam
ship Majestic, which left New York
today, when informed of the Levia-
than's record breaking twenty five
hour cruise, declared he was con-
speed any time.
The Majestic, he said, had made
29.7 knots per .hopr while steaming
between Casket and the Cherbourg
breakwater last year.
Evening star., 1923-06-24

old, and am expecting my baby about
August !. do not mean to give you all
my family niEtory, but we live in a
small town. with only one doctor within
miles, SO We must depend upon him re-
gardless of how efficient he is; and
then I'm miles away from my own
mother. and I feel so dreadfully igno-
rant, so won't you tell me what to do.
what to eat and how TO care for myself
In general?"
Tnen there are happy letters of grati-
tude such as this one from the mother
of an eight and one-half-pound June
baby in Oklahoma: 81 found the in
structive letters that were sent me from
Your department most helpful. The in
formation was used and appreciated and
the letters were also. constant re-
ninder of my duty and responsibility"
But there is another type of letter
which is constant reminder" Of
duty and responsibility" to the people
who are carrying on this work, such as
the following bit Of tragedy from In
diana: II am a married woman. We
had a baby in October. She died just
before she was born. l shall always
feel that il | had known what every
married woman should know she would
not have died. II every pregnant wom-
an knew just what to eat and what not
10 eat. what exercise and work she
should or should not do, I think that
she would feel better and when her child
came it would be in better health"
Evening star., 1923-06-24
COUNTY COMPLETES
CAMP MEADE QUOTA
Allegheny Allots 26 Candidates
Among $500 Provided
for Training.
sneciaI nisnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md, June 23.-Ac-
cording to reports from the Sd
Corps Area in, Baltimore. Allegany
county is among the few counties in
Maryland that has furnished its quota
of young men to attend the citizens
military training camp at Camp Meade,
June 26 to July rs.
ceive $500 young men between the
ages of seventeen and twenty-four.
who must be recommended as honest.
intelligent and in good physical con-
dition, from Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Hundreds of high school students are
expected from all four states en-
braced in the Sd Corps Area.
Allegany county was allotted twenty
six candidates. and it is understood
that if any more young men desire
to go from this county or Garrett and
make application and are accepted
they will be admitted in the next few
days. No enlistment is required of
applicants who take the training or
no obligation to serve in any branch
of the service. Transportation, board,
equipment and medical attendance IL
furnished free to candidates while in
camp. Application should be ad-
dressed to &c. NJ. T. c." Baltimore.
Md. The men will be quartered in
barracks.
PENNSYLVANIA will send 1000 youths
on a special train from Pittsburgh.
Last year $500 young men attended
the camp.
Evening star., 1923-06-24
PRIEST PURCHASED <
GUN, DEALER SAYS
Tells of Delorme, on Trial for
Murder, Visiting His
Shop. X X
By the Asso' fated Press.

BF tne dbso' s1at ed Press. -
MONTREAL, June 23.-Adeiard be
iorme, FORMER riest. on trial for the
murder OF his haif- brother, Raoul pur-
chased I'm automatic pistol less than Va
month before the, murder, it was test!-
bed today by Oscar Hanes. gan and
locksndth. Bullets fired from a weapon
OF the same caliber as this were found
in the body, the prosecution claims =
On the date of the purchase, Hanss
said, December 27- 1921. the able visitRti
his shop to have a revolver repaired.
Hanes said that he recommended an
automatic and That the abbe .ppr-.
Miss Lily Delotme. sister of Raoul.
was on the stand for some time She
swore that the agbbe- did not leave the
house between 1880 pm. and 9 am. on
the night of, the murdep Her testimony
contradicting that of the former priest
who said he did not leave the house At
All on the night of the murder. She
Isaid he was in the cellar between sfsye
hours mentioned atte ndins to the fur
mace. - --7-: ssyu
Deiorme was given a fresh supply tof
note books today. Hes has been alakinx
voiuminous notes since the trial bexasi
His suggestions have frequently been
used by his lawyers i'm cress-examinirsg
adverse witnesses. jE
Evening star., 1923-06-24
SAILORS BOTTLE TEA
TO FOOL DRY AGENTS
German Crew, Tipped Of to Raid,
Play Practical Vol
stead Joke.
Nv the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS. La, June "a
Members of crew OF the German ship
Enfield injected humor in American
prohibition enforcement today. by
playing a practical voIstead joke.
Learning that discharged cook
had tipped off federal authorities
that contraband liquor was aboard
the vessel, members OF the crew FL
ed bottles with tea and concealed
them among the boxes of toys In
the ships hold.
Late today. prohibition officers
boarded the ship and confiscated TOO
bottles which they believed con-
tanned Intoxicating liquor. The al
legged contraband was taken to the
custom house. where tt was stored
with other confscated liquors,
Chemists will examine the contents
of the bottles Monday.
Captain A. Holiern. commander OF
the ship, says there may be q few
bottles Of real whisky, but he
doubts that, as he made Q search OF,
the ships hold, before entering the
three-miie limit. and found no con-
traband. - .-
Evening star., 1923-06-24
ACCUSED OF RAISING
RAIL PAY VOUCHERS
Chicago Man Taken in West Vir-
ginia Charged With Swindling
of Various COMPANIES.

CINCINNATI, June 23.-Concluding
q month search, Baltimore and
Ohio railroad police today arrested
George Owens. thirty years old, Chi
alleged he has obtained thousands
Of dollars from various railroads
through forgery and raising of pay
roll vouchers. This information was
given out tonight by Edward D. Ba-
ker, captain of Baltimore and Ohio
railroad police here. Baker. who has
gone ito Huntington to bring Owens
to Cincinnati, said the man is known
by several names in many cities and
that twentyEone charges have been
brought against him by the Missouri
Pacific railroad Owens Is wanted in
Nebraska, Chicago. Pittsburgh. To-
ledo and Youngstown, Ohio; Indian
apolis and Louisville, Baker asserts.