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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
RESCUE WORKERS
EXPLORING MINE.
FIND As BODIES
No Hope of Finding Any III Men
Alive IS HeId-PoisOn Gas Makes
Shaft Death Tran.

Il
Shaft Death Trap.
Wheeling, W. Va, April 20 Res
cue workers tioling in the Inflated
RenWcod mine, wrecked by an exDlo-
SION yesterday, had located 45 bodies
0Oddy. The rescuers continued their
miners. : y
While the resucers .despair7d of
reaching any of the men alive tbav
lost no time in exploring the md.
ground recesses.
AS the bodies were located thew
we're placed TO one side in the mine
tunnels and the rescuers, weary and
worn by a night of hard work CON
ClhQed their fight against fallen rock
d ana earth and poison gas. None of
me = oOdleS will be brought to the srr-
race until every tunnel and chamber
mas been explored. Only three bodies
were identified.
rescue workers in the Browns RIM
entry, where most of the bodies ra-
covered were found, and those in the
DeilWood entry, are less than 300 feet
'l!Ii ana the two groups probably
VIII have the rock fall cleared e17f
liclently to join by noon "Wednesday
= Was s. declared by those in charge.
j. w; Carpenter, Of the Benwood
i iall OF the Wheeling steel corpora
.lon' announced this morning that III |
men were in the corporations mina |
AZ the time Of the explosion and bn is1
'ued list which he said had bean
checked and was Official /
4 : IN the night George Holiday
ST. superintendent of the mine bsd
announced that a check had shown
"a II men IN the workings when the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02

man beings they've become highspeed
machines, fast-geared but d1n1b
somehow man amt Just the same
When he's a number, not a name
when his whole life they Tavlorize
until efficiently he dies and Manager
OF Personal comes round to see fba
Iolks and tell that Number nineteen
twenty-four has breathed his last and
Is no more, and that the companv's
own priest will function with the vcrv
least lost motion, friction, and lost
power in this the very trying bonr
when Number nineteen twentv-foul.
mas mas punched the clock on Wonder
l hadn't Otta be profane, but we
ma may see an endless chain pick up the
workers, crushed and CORY, and RIM
EN- straight to purgatory. -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
(Registered Letter.

Although Epler threatened Hanson
with a term Of Is years in the peni-
tertiary, it has later DEVELOPED that
no action was started by him but that
to the cOnrary, it is said that Hanson
finally refused to 90 anv further with
the blackmail plot and that he
threatened Epler with retaliation and
that he knew of certain ether deals
IN which Epler had been involved and
1t IS understood that Epler finally
gave Hanson some of the property
back which he had seized previously
and allowed him to get out of
the county and forgot about the
alleged embeZzlement charges. #
will be noted that in the letter Epler
anticipates that he must close the
bank and it is understood that the
bank is in precarious situation. If
Is reported also that the Citizens
State Bank has furnished a I9roa
amount of the money to Raw LANG.
The local Ford agent and co-partnor
OF Dr. Storkan, with which to finance
ms Ford Agency and the local mill
ster's newspaper and that the diff
Guilty Of the bank is traceabIe to the
partnership which has exist
ed tor some time between Ray Lang
and Geo. Epler
The people around Dooley are very |
anXiously awaiting the outcome If /
this blaclmail plot which Epler hatch |
ed up and On the strength of which
ne threatened to send Hanson to the
Tt is understood thai
1plHr was a very sympathetic SIN
porter of Ray Lang and the local 10O
Der centers in their attempt to dis
'redit Sen. Taylor in their last coroi-
al attempt to charge him with exfor-
ion. WI 1>'OI-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02

Inc e' ota nave his due certainly the churches too
De geJuIg OF note, when cbecEnr
49, ~ aote preachers
U Germs because fobir+ a' ana
AehOlsS, preachers too
ood stand and that Io SS nave
5poVef reporting a wet TO-DAY
Tor suspect ne his L Tor MN
mint and rush into 0 - gone cake che
STAN
If any good bn 5Tnurgh Plus bout which makes n
can come out of Pittsburgh,
r On the b ed gat or enade bat III ap 6 ~nat
uCeIl ln that like their
ais b ana oeas righteous Gene if our & prove &c
the alls all
~ may "eIP en- raster o emulate their rebel
F0Sk1pt will not the ha my friends for
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
Detroit Carpenters
Unanimous for St. Paul
Meet on June 18th

Detroit, Mich, April 28-Mor,
oefs CT Carpenters Local No. 21IO
VINO i nave been fighting for indenendo
nv SnC PonClcaI action on the part of la
ooT i Tor two years, has endorsed tba
can "a Tor the June 18th conventicn in
o. Jaul and for a conference in Ne
o otoIC 70 be held some time in Nav to
elIecC a local Farmer-Labor PARTY or
g:anlzallon. There was no adverse
discussion, and the vote was mani
me action Of Local 214O marks tho
i G;9slHlhg OF an intensive campaign to
me ! me up the local unions for The lime ~
IN convention. There. has Ion0 ysnIr
ana HE IN the Detroit labor move
lI This sentiment has beon
Ci q. up to the present nv Iabor
o 3llS.I IN Detroit, who have been
, more interested in playing politics
1llu poiCical trading than in the base
~ OF labor for independent noliti-
,al expression. It is hoped that tbie |
I eIcle VIII widen the breach between
noi,e 1--WE dlverging tendicies, and
iIosa Gear to the rank and file the
i ny nature of political parties
ne local conference will uroa oil
ocaIs financially able to send dele
ave 70 st: Paul, and will arranoe
: Sp pre- thru the conference for
nose locals able to bear onlv mart If
u expenses ct a delegate.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02

Detroit NJ. DIS are turning down
Ford's bid to eat hash in that town
at Henry's hospital because the
doctors there who use the saws cut
up the patients la Ford and punch
the clock for Henry's board.
They sed to them it seemed to he
that all Hank Fords efficiency &c
shown IN running hospitals for fxino
MYERS, lungs and gals, made surgeons
INTO human thinkers, instead of scien9
tine thinkers. They overhauIed tba
human frame as a garage man does
tae same with one of Henry's cars
81 TN when any parts get worn too
INN They jack the poor cuss nm
9 On sleeves, adjust their bench and
NIX nm with mOnkey-wrench.
!, I'm these days workers seem 70 10
the victims of efficiency. From bno
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02

the victims alive.
Inc men caught were ManIev Coo
ney' y, Z. Wise and Robert ID Don
ceVt' all residents of Black Diamond
Oo s3Iy and DOucett were married
Inc cave-in followed a ''bumn1 ~
immature earthquake. The rescurars
late today. ''OiiiOeu men
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02

campaign meeting. The most strik-
ing example of it was a meeting at
4 L fa n the other day, called by the
NNesIKSche, or extreme nationalists.
no sooner had the meeting opened,
man man II developed that there were at
least as many Communists present as
Na!Ijlona7llsts. Moreover. both sides,
evidently animated by the same pre-
mcllClon, We're armed with sticks and
cups. A regular battle was fought
before the police could seperate the
two factions.
Bayarians Burst Communist Meetings
FOR the Communists it is next to
to conduct campaign meet
lhgS IN Bavaria. The reactionary Ba-
Vaflan government laways finds some
excuse at the 18th bour for forbid
dIIhg the holding of the meeting, even
~ IL keeps assuring the people
lilaI CheFe IS to be full freedom of dis
cuSslon by the voters.
communists and Socialists Fight
A sad feature of the 1924 election
campaign is the fact that Communists
ana SOCIALISTS, both aiming to repre-
sent the German workers, are fight |
!i9 each other with greater bitterness
nan tney do the capitalist parties. !
mere Is mCd singing without end.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
BUMP" ENTOMBS 3 COAL
DIGGERS IN MINE DEPTHS

Seattle April 29.-Fifty men were
today digging for three miners
caught last night in the eleventh lev
el south, of the Pacific Coast Coal
company at Black Diamond, south of
here. Little hope was held of finding
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02

Montana road projects which have
Deen definitely inaugerated for 1924
VIII involve a total cost of S1,5OO,OOO
OF which federal government will paw
80 per cent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
GERMAN Letter
PAID STRIKERS no cTTCI,
(By Louis P. Lochner)

PA Al. STRIKERS TO STICK
Berlln--lt paid for the harbor
workers OF Hamburg and Bremen to
hold out TO the finish. They have
scored a signal victory. The bosses
"aHCed to introduct an 11-hour dav
put bae 0-hOCr day remains. The
posses wanted to introduce a two
sllIC system but the three-sbift svs-
ZEN remains. The bosses wanted to
Leouce wages but wages will be
I% o6 from 4.5O gold marks a day to
4'oV' The bosses were determined
- DIeak up the works councils svs-
Cein %, put the works councils remain.
Inc strike involved 10000 workers
IN Hamburg and 1000 in Bremen.
Much russ was made in capitalist
press about activities of the technical
emergency aid, and aggregation of
SCflKeDfeakers recruited from bust
ness men, technicians, ETC. Their I'M |
framed help did not cause a ripple. |
Inc strikers were careful to keen |
puo4c opinion with them by seeing to
II that perishable goods and food
were handled and distributed.
Another strike now in Stettin in
wolves a small unit of the Marine
transport Workers union, a branch
Cd the American l. w. w.
RIGHTS RULE MECKLENBURG
In Mecklenburg the extreme right
parties run the government. ANY
democrat or Socialist or Communist
IN the Mecklenburg state service can
now be removed, Irrespective of his
qualifications, if his appointment
chances to have come through one of
these parties.
HEROES GO
The joke of the season has been
furnished by General Ludendorff dur
ing his closing speech before his az
luJJaI IN his trial for treason. He
read the riot act to the
for daring to put patriots
ma SoIdlerS ike himself on trial, and
manly ended sententiOusly: History +
toes not send men who have fought
or Ihelf IatheTland to jail but sends !,
hem to Valhalla" i
me press was quick to point out
nat Ludendorft's mythology is a bit q
llAeQ: only such heroes are sent Ia j
aln2Ia as fall on the battlefield 4
.udeldorif, as everybody knows. loss S
20 ~ W COI1pleJeIy toward the end v
1 the war and beat it for Denmark u
4 civilian clothes.
IL
EFT COMMUNISTS IN CONTROL k
A great transformation is goino on d
the Communist party of GERMANY
he extreme left is in control The v
arty has been Weathering a severe r
isis ever since last November when
le left charged the right and the w
inter with being responsible for the ~
'cJ that the expected revolution of pt
5e workers of Germany did not come e
The leadership of the left Comm al
stS IS IN the hands of Ruth Fischer ca
the right group were such veterans IA
Cara Zetkin and Heinrich Brand II
r. AS Ruth Fischer is practically pc
rt2ln to be elected to the reicbsfa@ pI
ay 4, the coming parliament NAV
e much fur fly, especially since Iud. in
ldortt and Hitler are also likely to tn
elected ~ gl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
Common Political Chaos

"
BeFlln-Ihese are the DAVIS of no
!lJlcal conventions. PARTY after mart,
Is meeting to draw up platform anG
70 agree upon candidates for 49,
relchstag. Only the Socialists are not
meeting. They have Dosfnonad +ba;".
party convention until after 49, L. IL
lions May 4. '-'e eiec-
This Inns .postponment is but an outward
SIII OF a condition of affairs
3 Iitat Is known TO every informed no
i iiCIodI observer: the Socialists are
IroPelesSIy split. The union between
majority and Independent Socialists
66o Ion maze at Nuremberg in Septem-
ne ger' I9IZ, has proved a mes9lIianca
- ne ullIerence between the two
groups have become more mayl-od
therefore the central executive com
InlCIee OF the party deems it wise, 70
postpone the convention until after
CIe elections, lest the picture of dc
union have had bad effect unon C tbo
party rs chances at the ballot box
Inc Socialists are not the only ones
IN whose ranks there is disunicn Ta
me German Peoples party the Marty
u Dig business, the "heavy industrv',
LeIIoWS are lighting the "fnisbino in
dustry" folks. The Democrats 6o We
a conservative and a liberal w;Trr
Inc Inc Catholic Center party is rent he
tween the liberalism of the WORKING.
classes, whose exponent is the fornoaI7.
chancellor, Wirth, and the conserve
tlsm OF the big Rheinish indnStrio
lISIs' headed by Kloeckner. In fbo
communist party, the leadership bas
JUST passed over into the hands Of
UAe Iefts, after a struggle. Feven tbo.
extreme natlOnalists, the VoelI1iscba
are divided between the national c.
clalisI group, which caters to fbo
cracy. '''-'''0u dIISCo-
Inc only group which held a con-
y Cenlloh without a scratch was tbe
Di'll1an Nationalist party. tt was
-!Ili9d To coincide with BismarIr's
u and the young grandson of
ne famous German statesman wse
auhened INTO politics with the same
or OF russ with which Roosevelt Jy
vas injected into New York nolitiec
Is name to be ccnjured with. Thov
openly stated that they aimed at re-,
ttofing the monarchy, and thew made
/, pam that they are Just as anil {
'eInluc as the Voelkische, who claim
monopoly Of that VIRTUE"
q
Ludend0rff Weekly Joke.
General Ludendorff has again fur ?
lsned the joke of the week. After =
aVIng been eXOnerated of any blame 4
1r the ill-starred attempt at a mon u
rchlst revolution last November he Q,
as now addressed an appeal to the u
efman voters as. head Of the Voelk- =
enc ticket In this appeal he for o
ulates the astonishing idea that q
must be freed from CAPITA s
5in! ms after his vicious attacks p
oon socialism, and after having been
eIended and boosted by the landed
istocracy, certain groups of indus
lals' and 100 per cent" bankersl be
-
1mmmists and NatiOnalists Fight of
Never a day passes in Germany 81
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line Inc man who hollers down a we'll
, noou' the goods he has to sell. won't
zap as many golden dollars as tbel
man VINO climbs tree and hoIiers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
$50, 100000 EMBEZZLE-
MENT REPORTED FROM
DOOLEY BANK
Continued from page u

I am at. Hoping l may get a wire
Monday or Tuesday at the latest, / |
remain,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02

Try want AID. it brings results.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
Ludend0rff weekly JoI-a

COMMUNISTS and Nationalist Fight
never day passes in Germany
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
RIGHTS RULE MECKTENRITpc

In Mecklenburg the extreme right
parties run the government. Anv
Democrat or Socialist or Communist
IN the Mecklenburg state service can
now be removed, Irrespective of his
qualifications, if his appointment
chances to have come through one of
these parties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-23
MACREADY GOES UP 4I,OOO FEET BUT FAILS
 TO LOWER RECORD
Second Attempt To Wres Altitude Honors From France
 Unsuccessful Because Of Extreme Cold And Breakdown

atmosphere, and to the extreme cold.
 When his instruments registered an altitude of 41,00O feet with the engine apparently running perfectly, there was sudden snap, he said, which shook the plane from end to end. He prepared to make a parachute jump, he said, but found that it was the superchrager, and was able to bring the ship to the ground. A similar incident forced him down on his last attempt.
 At this height his thermometer had failed to register after touching 50 degrees below zero centigrade. Mac Ready estimates it was much colder, as he had climbed some distance after noticing that his thermometer had stopped registering.
 He had two frost bitten spots on his face, and his feet were nhmbed by the cold, but otherwise he was comfortable in special clothing. He probably will make no more attempts in the Lepere ship, officials said, but may try again in another machine now being turned out at the field,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-23
SLEMP CALLED
 IN OIL PROBE
(csatinu.d From Page ons)

J. Leo Stack, a Denver oil operator. and Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver Post to satisfy claims which Stack contended he had against the Pioneer Oil company, operating in the Teapot Dome. field.
 "We also would like to know about the circumstances under which he gave half interest in APO acres in Teapot Dome to John c. Shaffer," Senator Walsh added. Mir. Shaffer, who is the publisher of the Chicago Post and other newspapers, has testified that he had one-eighth interest in the claims which the Pioneer Oil company and the Belgo Oil company had in Teapot and that this was given to him without the payment by him of any money or the performance of any service.
 To Leave Daugherty To Senate
 Sinclair bought out the Pioneer and Belgo companies for $1,000,000, and Senator Walsh said the committee would like to have more information from him about that matter, as we'll as additional light on his loan of $25, ,0O0 to Fall three months after Fall relied from the cabinet. While Senator Walsh prefers to leave general investiga- tion of the administration of Attor- ney General Daugherty to the special Senate committee, which it is proposed shall make that inquiry, he indicated that the oil committee would continue it's inquiry into a report that Mir. Daugherty dealt in a small block of Sinclair consolidated oil company stock after he entered the cabinet. This in- quiry,. is being pressed in the examina. ton of the sbooks of Harry Payne Whitney, New York financier, and the New York brokerage firm of J. P. Benkard & Go,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-23
SENATOR GREENE
 MUCH IMPROVED
Now Takinx Noufishment, BuI Definite Prognosis <,
 Impossible :

WASHINGTON Feb 22.-Senatos Frank L.. Greene of Vermont, shot dowh 1 week ago by stray bullet fired in a battle between prohibition officers and suspected bootiexsefs, apparently strengthened his.grip on life today. .' . Physicians believed his condition vas better today than it any time since hs was taken to the hospital, although they said that no .definits, proEnosis could be made at this time. The senator is now taking nourishmens. .. ''.,.5S
 United States District Attorney Cor don continued today his personal invest tigation into circunstaates scrrt'andinx the shooting and expects to con,plete his inquiry by tomorrow or Monday. l1egai action is being withheld pending the outcome of the senator's fight for nie. Three men are out on bail in connectios with the shooting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-23

DAYTON, O., Feb. 22.-For the sec ond time within two months the United States today failed to wrest the worlds aviation altitude record from France.
 Lieutenant John A. MacReady, Nc Cook field flying ace, and former holder of the title, aroused hope that the honor would return to America when he pushed his Lepere biplane to an indi- cated height of 1000 feet, but subse- quent calibratfon of his instruments reduced this to 34,9S3 feet-far under the mark of 36.555 feet, set by the Frenchman Sadi Lecointe.
 While Lecointe's actual altitude, was less than 37.OO0 feet, MacReady must have attained height of 37,855 feet to have broken the record. A recent ruling requires that any new record be 300 feet higher than the old one be- fore it become official.
 MacReady attributed his failure to- day to two causes-a breakdown of his supercharger, the mechanism which per- permits his engine to operate on rarified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-23
PRISONERS ARE HEARD BY BOARD
Twenty four, Sentenced By COurt-Martial, Ask For
 Clemency
LEAvENwoRTH, Kas., Feb. 22.-

LEAyENWORTH. Kas., Feb. o. (By the Associated Press.)-Twenty- four military prisoners, including twen- ty-two of the Houston rioters, were heard at the federal penitentiary here today by Major James Stanfeld and Major F. K. Ross, members of the spe- cial clemency board appointed by the war department. Prisoners appeared before the board one by one told why they sought clemency and detailed their plans for civilian life.
 The names of the prisoners who ap- peared were withheld and the hearing itself was behind closed doors The of ficers said their orders were to consider the case of each man in private with out the presence of stenographer The majors made brief notes in long hand. Many of the prisoners submit ted written statesments. Court-martial and prison records are available to the board members.
 Majors Ross and Stanfield said they did not know who had taken the initia- tive in the present investigation, but assumed that the war department had taken cognizance of the appeals from the American legion, the War Mothers and similar organizations. Such or ganziations, they said, have asked re- view of the military cases, pointing out that clemency has already been granted all l. w. WIS and others convicted un- der the sedition and sabotage laws.
 Asked whether they made blanket recommendation for clemency the army officers merely pointed to their orders, which ask. for a general and detailed' report of their cases. Their report they said, would be prepared upon their return to Washington. Ma jor Ross represents the adjutant gen erals department and Major Stanfield the judge advocate general.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-23
DOINGS OF DAY !
 .s IN WASHINGTON

The agricultural appropriation bill was reported to the House, carrying $56, 758613.
 The revenue bill was amended in the House to make tax returns available to special congressional committees.
 Attorney General Daugherty ap- peared unexpectedly in the Senate and remained half an hour in the midst of his foes
 c. Bascom Slemp, secretary to Presi- dent Coolidge, will be called before the Senate oil committee probably Monday. it was stated. Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, cut short his southern visit to return to Washington to resume his work on the oil inquiry.
 Chairman Adams of the republican national committee, declared the de- mand for Attorney General Dauyh- erty's retirement without investigation ''appeared absurd"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-23
HOW MUCH IN A NAME.
French Painter Sent Falsely Signed Canvas to Salon and Found Out.

French Painter Sent Falsely Signed
 Canvas to Salon and Found Out.
 Studio circles are discussing the amusing hoax perpetrated at the last autumn salon by Jacques Emile Blanche, writes Jahot in Le Figaro, Paris,
 He sent one of his large canvases to the placers, signed with an assumed name. which had Swedish sound Then, when the exposition opened, he went to look for it and found it hung on the stairs in very inconspicious place..
 Degas tried almost the same trick once, having made a wager that one of his pictures, unsigned and exposed at Rue Lafitte sale, marked 800 francs, would not have a single offer in the two weeks, of the exposition. Degas won his bet.
 Last year.; in New York, a highly esteemed artist whose last name have forgotten, alnft whose first name is Sigurd tried a more practical demon- stration. He exposed a series of pic lures. unsigned and with no prices marked Non them. Art fanciers were asked to make their offers in sealed envelopes, and many of them made ex- traordinary high bids, being afraid that they were duped.