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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
INVESTIGATORS BARRED FROM STEEL
TRUSTS DEATH Mine in MINNESOTA

der-rOad UP the main shaft was loose
and Tapping and swung out so Tar
when a man was on it that the fell.
low underneath couldn't get hold.
The steps of the ladders were II
inches apart and some Of them were
missing. There was no ladder-road
at all from the lew level except up
thru the pump shaft and that means
tram men on the low level had TO
depend upon the skip or cage. The
cage would not accommodate about
eight men to the trip and each trip
would consume three minutes. The
cage was unprotected and the men
often had their coats torn in travel
ing up the shaft.
Saw Danger Signal.
At the 135-ft. level of the mine
working ran north from the main
shaft about 200 feet and drop about
30 feet to the 165-feet level At this
point was a timber slide and a film.
sv ladder. The mine was wet anC
muddy and some of the room were
/ still hung Up and the blast men We're
/ in danger. Hung up means that tht
blast did not cause the rock and up
. Der STRATA 70 COlllC NtONfAA oOAANtAJ NNAN'
allow for proper bracing.
One miner quit work a few day
before the pond broke thru. He ha'
noticed the warning signals given b,
the seepage of wet sand from above
There were only three feet of roc
between the sand and the pond an
he decided to give up his 4.4O da
Job fer while until things got safer
Miners Ordered to Death.
The management had been asldn
anxiously for a number of day
whether the braces were holding pre-
perly but in spite of the plain ev
dence of disaster they continued
order the miners into the pit.
Then came the raor CT the torre1
: as the pond suddenly disappeare
: from the face of the earth and tt
/ miners were overwhelmed and drown
ed like rats below.
The relentless greed of the ste
+. trust has contributed to the strengt
: of the Farmer-Labor movement
: this part of Minnesota.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
Explosion Entombs 1O4
Miners of Scab Steel Plant
Continued from page j.

Continued from page j
er made until a disaster such as the
present one forces some sort OF ac-
lion. Even then the minimum com
pliance with the law is offered by
the company. Human life IS cheap
for it, so it continues to sacrifice
workers year by year.
Await Pittsburgh Rescue Cars.
Rescue workers, volunteers from
among the miners, and members Of
the Bureau of Mines penetrated into
the mine to a depth of 1000 feet be-
fore the first two men were found.
They found much debris piled IN NINE
corridors as a result of the explc-
sion. Mine rescue cars had to be
brought all the way from Pittsburgh
before rescuers could enter the mine
at all. This delayed the work con-
siderably and may result disastrous
ly for the imprisoned men.
The barony Of this particular in
dustrial concern includes 1000 acres
of "real estate" plus 10000 acres O.
coal lands and proven iron ore pre-
perties. Over this territory tn
Wheeling Steel Corporation rules Il
feudal manner: owning all the towns
houses, buildings, everything on tn
land, and keeping the miners in per
petual debt to the company for ever,
move they make, every scrap the,
eat. Serfs of the middle ages wer
no worse off than the nOn-uniOn min
ers Of today in these West Virgini
/ fields.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02

extremely high, and many dO not feel
it is a paying game to- employ add
toni help. But there is a demand
for labor that is going to be difficult
to supply, and there are already
shortages reported from several To-
calities, although spring work has
scarcely begun.
General Conditions.
The crop outlook for the state was
improved materially in March by fire.
quent SHOWS which covered the entire
state, but were heavier in the noun
tain, central south central, and
through counties adjoining Wyoming
in the southeast. The soil received
full benefit from March precipitation
as there was little frost in the
ground, and the moisture seeped into
the SOIL until now soil moisture Is
sufficient over most of the state to In
sure a good start of crops and while
the reserves are reported low in the
north central counties and in parts OF
others north of the Missouri.
Little field work had been done be-
! fore April /, except west of the Di
vide. Farmers in general will prob
/ dDly geC dH carrier SCdIC WIN CHSA
spring work than they have for tn,
past two years, although excessiv,
moisture and cold will delay genera
work in fields, in the sections east G.
Gallatin County to Powder River
Roads were very poor during most o
! the past month.
In North Dakota March precipita
ton was below normal, and farmer
there are about three weeks ahead o
last year with their start on sprin
work. Soil moisture conditions Their
are quite satisfactory, due to ia
rains. Much blowing was done las
fall, and some seeding was done b
April LIST.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
MONTANA INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Is miles of federal aid road will
be built from Custer Battlefield to
Lodge Grass at a cost of 100000,
county being required to pay $4,000.
Montana Power company to con-
struct transmission line from Billings
to Castle Rock coal fields.
-Glendive Chamber of
Commerce offers $1,000 prize for the
best corn field.
S2O,S9O steel bridge will be erected
across Little Big Horn river in Big
Horn County.
Billings. - Montana DelevoDment
Association is inaugerating new ser
vice in distribution of a community
surplus exchange service bulletin.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02
WIRE BARES GALS
MUSCLE SHOALSPLOT
Trying to "Deliver" to Ford he Ad-
mits.


washington. April 28.-A sensa-
ton was sprung in the senate agrlcul-
ture committee today when chairman
Norris read into the record a Iele-
gram in which President Coondge
was quoted as saying he hoped Henry
Ford would not do or say anyChlIl19
'that Will make it difficult Tor me 20
deliver Muscle Shoals to him as l am
trying to do"
The telegram which was enc OF
number turned over to the COMMITTEES
under a subpoena to a local telegraph
company, was sent to william j.
Cameron or Ernest G. LiebOld, care
Dearborn independent. Detroit Mich
/ igan." by Games Martin Miller, Ma
! tional Dress Club, Washington" Lie
| bold is Ford's private secretary.
The message dated October II, ~
%. was read into the record by Norris
and reads as follows:
Cal Trying to Deliver
" In private interview with Presl-
dent Coolidge this morning he salo
incidentally: 4 am friendly to Mr.
Ford, but wish some one would con-
vey to him that it is my hope that
Mr.. Ford will not do or say anything
that will make it difficult fer me tc
deliver Muscle Shoals to him, which
I am trying to do.
Norris said that he had established
thru White House records that Mil
Ter. a former Washington newspapel
CORRESPONDENT, had called at the exec
utive offices cn Oct. II, 1928, the dat
on which the telegram was sent.
Weeks declared that he did not be
lieve the President had made any sucl
statement.
Certainly the President did not eX
press any such views to me" ne salc
Ford ScOlded Weeks.
The Ford interview referred to
e the message was a scathing attack o
: Weeks for his sale of the Gcrga
+ power plant to the Alabama POwe
y Company.
? Weeks said that after the Gorga
I plant had been sold, Ford had dt
nounced him and later called on Pres
!, ident Coolidge and then made "a 81
e cial call' at his Office.
= Weeks said his reply to Ford
y statement concerning the sale Of Il
i plant was not "gOne over with M
=, Coolidge"
= az consulted the President abc'
70 the sale of the plant" Weeks sal
n "but I do not want the responsible
- placed on the President"
n Then Coolidge Came Thru
S "After Ford called on the Preside
on December g." Norris said, ct
n President delivered his message
&c Congress and recommended dispO
of ton of Muscle Shoals by the COVER
- ment. Then, on December Il. Fo
Il came out for Coolidge for Presiden
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-02

FOR SALE-REAL BARGAIN
FORTY-SIXTY TRACTOR, HART
PARR, used less than sixty days.
Absolutely Al. Ready to- shoot.
Six hundred dollars F. 0. B. Pop
lar. Montana. Box 301, Poplar,
Montana. o-5C-p
Evening star., 1924-10-11

Time progressed; there was no sign
of the ship or the land breeze that
was to reveal her. For all he knew
he might be four miles out to sea or
one-half only. lie had no landmarks.
no means of measuring how far he
had come except by experience of
how long II had taken him to pull
a dinghy from point to point at home
In Monks Cove; yet somehow he felt
he was about right.
Time went by. The fog pressed
about him in walls of discolor ed
steam. clamny. dripping. heavy on
the lungs. Occasionally 1t split, re-
vealfng dark corridors and halls,
abysses Of Stygian gloom; rolled to-
gether again. A hundred feet over
head II was clear night and starry.
Where was that breeze?
More time passed. Ortho began to
think he had failed and made plans
TO cover the failure. 1t should not
be difficult. He would land on the
sands opposite the Bah Malka. over
turn the boat, climb over the walls
and see the rest Of the night out
among the Mussulman graves. In the
morning he could claim his horse
and ride into camp If nothing had
happened. AS a slave he had been
over the walls time and again: there
was crack in the bricks by the
Bordj ell kbir. He didn't suppose II
was repaired; they never repaired
anything. Puddicombe didn't know
who had hit him; there was no earth
ly reason why he should be suspected.
The boat would be found overturned the
unknown sailor presumed drowned.
Quite simple. Remained the Tangier
scheme.
BY this time. being convinced that
the ship had passed. he slowed the
boat about and pulled in. The sooner
he was ashore the better
The fog appeared to be moving 1t
twisted into clumsy spirals which
sagged in the middle, puffed out
cheeks of vapor, bulged and writhed.
drifting to meet the boat. The land
Evening star., 1924-10-11
THE OWLS HOUSE
4 Thrilling iAdventure Story
.s 81 Rv CrOSbie Garstin
By CrOSbie Garstin
opyriEht. 1924. By Frederick A. Stokes Co,

instinct. and came out against the
southern wall. 1nquiring of an un-
seen pedestrian, he learned he was
close to the Bah Djedid, put his
beast in public stable near by.
detached one Stirrup and, feeling his
way through the gate, struck over
the sand banks toward the river.
He came on it 100 far to the west.
on the spit where it narrows op-
posite the Kasba Oudaia of Rabat;
the noise of water breaking at the
foot of the great fortress across the
Bon Regreg told him as much.
Turning left-handed, he followed
the river back TIL he brought up
against the ferry boats. They were
all drawn up for the night: the
owners had gone. taking their oars
with them. "Damnation," His idea
had been to get man to row him
across and knock him on the head
in midstream; It was for that pur-
pose that he had brought the heavy
stirrup. There was nothing for it
now but to rout man out-all waste
of precious time,
There was just chance some
careless bDatnan had left his ars
behind. Quickly he felt in the skiffs.
The first WAS empty, so was the
second, the third and the fourth, hut
in the fifth he found what lIc sought.
1t was light boat, too, private
shallcn and half aficat at that. What
colossal luck. He put his shoulders
to the stem and hoye-and up rose a
man.
Who's that? Is that you, master ?"
Ortho spran2 back. Where had he
heard that voice before? Then he
remembered; It was Puddicombe' 3.
Puddicombe had< not returned TO
Algiers after all. but was here wait
ing to row sore Eyes" across to
Rabat TO a banquet possibly.
Who's that?"
Ortho blundeted up against the
stem. pretending to be mildly drunk,
mumbling in Arabic that he was IL
sailor from a trading fclucca look
ing for his boat.
We'll, this is not yours, friend
said Puddicombe. "rry down the
beach. But if You take my advice
you'll not go boating tonight. YOU
might fall overheard and get a
drink of water which, by the sound
of you, is not what thou art accus-
toned to-" He laughed at his own
delightful wit
Evening star., 1924-10-11

Ortho stumbled into the fog,
paused and thought matters over.
To turn a ferryman out might take
half an hour. Puddicombe had the
only oars on the beach. therefore
Puddicombe must give them up.
He furched back again, steadied
himself against the stem and ask ed
the Devonian IL he would put him off
to his felucca, getting a fiat refusal |.
Hiocuping. he said there was no
offense meant and asked Puddicombe
IL he would like a sip of fig brandy.
He said he had no unsurmountable e
objection, came forward to get 1T,
and OrthO hit him over the head with
the stirrup iron as hard as he could
lay in. Puddicombe toppled face
forward out Of the boat and lay on
the sand without a sound or a twitch.
Pm sorry l had to do IT," said
Ortho, but you yourself warned me
to trust nobody, above all a fellow
renegade. I'm only following your
own advice. You'll wake up before
dawn. Good bye
Pushing the boat off he jumped
aboard and pulled for the grumble
of the bar.
He went aground on the sand-spit,
and rowing away from that very
nearly stove the boat in on Jag
VI ioNh pCIo" tHt hdSId Ouudld. 1Ic
corner passed steering was simple
for a time, one had merely to keep
the boat pointed to the rollers. over
the bar he went, slung high, swung
low, tugged on to easy water, and
striking a glow on his flint and steel
examined the compass
E. Thus OCCASIONALLY checking his
course by the needle he pulled due
west. He was Wetf ahead of the ship.
he though, and by getting two miles
out to sea would be lying dead In her
track. Before long the land breeze
would be blowing sufficient to push
the fog back. but not enough to give
the vessel more than two or three
knots; in that light shallop he could
catch her easily, if she were within
reasonable distance.
Reckoning he had got his off1ng,
he swung the boats head due north
and padded gently against the run
of the tide.
Evening star., 1924-10-11

| (Continued from yesterday s SLaf)
Ortho sympathixed with the much
/ domestieated seaman and declared he
must be soing. ~
| YOU'RE In +Eelrs dwnsshurry all to
| a sudden" = - ,F>}Sr.s- -
'.l.n, on the bodyguard. YOU know.
/! Well if you must that's an end
ont but was hpping you'd stop for
| days and wed. haye chawNover old
Jerry Gish--he-be! What a man! Say
would you have. the fnaidens plague
that 'SamhO- once more before you
go2 Would you now? Give the
word", - .se
ortho, DECLINED the pleasure and
asked if MacBride could sell him a
boat compass.
Il can sell you two or three, but
what dyou want@it for?" -
I'm warned for the Guinea cara
van ortho explained. "A couple of
akkabaah have been lost lately; the
guides went astray in the sands.
want to keep some check on them"
81 thought the Guinea force went
out about Christmas"
No, this month
We'll. You know best. | suppose.
said the captain and gave him a
small compass. refusing payment.
go,' he shouted as Ortho went out
of the gate.
Surely" the latter replied. and
rode southwards for Sallee at top
speed, knowing full well that, unless
luck went hard against him. SO far
from seeing Ben MacBride again he
would be out of the country before
midnight.
While Ourida lived, life in Morocco
ha6 q f.np DO
death it had become insupportable.
He had ridden down to the sea filed
with cold determination to seize
the first opportunity of escape and
II none occurred, to make one. Plans
had been forming in his mind OF
working north to Tangier. there
stealing "a boat and running the
blockade into beleaguered Gibraltar.
some forty miles distant, a scheme
risky to the point Of foolhardiness.
But remain he would not.
Now Unexpectedly. miraculously
an opportunity had come. Despite
his denals he had seen something
from MacBride's tower: the upper
canvas of ship protruding from the
fog about Il mile and a half out from
the coast, by the cut and the long
coach whip pennant at the main an
Englishman. Just a glimpse as the
royals rose out or trough of the fog
billows. just the barest glimpse, but
quite enough. Not for nothing had
he spent his boyhood at the gates OF
the Channel watching the varied
traffic passing up and down. And 4
few minutes earlier MacBride had
unwittingly supplied him with the
knowledge he needed, the pace and
direction Of the tide. Ortho knew
no arithmetic. but common sense
told him that if he gauoped he
should reach Sallee two hours ahead
Of that ship She had no wind. she
would only drift He drove his good
horse relentlessly. and as he went
decided exactly what he would do.
1t was dark when he reached the
Bah sebta. and over the low-lying
town the fog lay like a coverlet.
He passed through the blind town.
leaving the direction to his hnrse'S
Evening star., 1924-10-11

4 lovely modern home OF excellent
construction. situated in q fine neigh
borhood close to both the l4th Street
car line and the 10th street bus line.
1t has large rooms and tiled bath,
hot-water heat. electric lights, hard
wood floors. breakfast porch and
beautiful lot. Very reasonable terms
Of payment will be acceptable to
owner.
Evening star., 1924-10-11

breeze was coming at last--an hour
too late! Ortho pulled on. an ear
cooked for the Rrowl OF the bar.
There was nothing to be heard as
yet: he must have gone further than
he thought, but fog gagged and dis
torted sound in the oldest way. The
spirals nodded above him like gi-
gantio wraiths. Something passed
overhead delivering an eerie screech.
A seaguil only. but 1t made him jump.
Glancing at the compass, he found
that he was, at the moment, pulling
due south. He got his direction
again and pulled on. Goodness knew
what the tide had been doing to him.
There might be a westward stream
from the river which had pushed him
miles out to sea. Or possibly he was
well south of his mark and would
| strike the coast below Rabat. Oh.
well, no matter as long as he got
ashore soon. Lying on his oars, he
listened again for the bar. but could
hear no murmur of it. Undoubtedly
he was to the southwark. That ship
was halfway to Fedala by now.
Then. quite clearly. behind a cur
tain of fog. an English voice chanted: ::
by the Deep Nine"
Ortho stopped rowing, stood up and
listened. Silence. not a sound, not
a sign. Fichus and twisted columns
of fog drifting towards him. that was
all. But somewhere close at hand a
, voice was calling soundings. The ship
was there. All his fine calculations
were wrong, but he had blundered
Alright.
Mark ten
The voice came again, seemingly
from his lefthand side this time.
Again silence. The fog alleys closed
once more, muffing sound. The ship
was there, within a few yards, yet
this cursed mist with it's fool tricks
might make him lose her altogether.
He hailed with all his might. No
answer. He might have been flinging
his shouts against banks of cotton
wool Again and again he hailed.
Evening star., 1924-10-11
RANKIN DEMANDS f.
FULL COTTON DATA
Asks That Abandonment
Figures: Be Made Public
/ That Farmer May Gain.
nv the Associated Press.

nv the Associate nd Press.
TUPELO. 3..:ss.. October t1-Repre-
sentative i. T. Rankin of Mississippi
announced that he had written to
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace ia
Washington insisting that cotton
acreage abandonment figures, collect
cd by the depa rtment, be made public
;rt once. ~ r. s.
:, Mr.. RanIlin's letter was in reply to
IL telegram from Mr.. Wallace which,
IN turn. was in answer to "A tefe.
graphic request made by Mr.. Rankin
prior to the issuance, of the recent
October crop report urging that acre.
age abandonment z figures be made
public at the same time the crop re-
port was issued.
Mr.. Wallace said in his message
the "information on prohahle aban-
drnment" gathered by field represent
pits .f the department had been
Utilized in connection with the nro-
luction forecasts, that the abandon
ment since juue - was allowed for
in department 'pars' and that any
Unusual abandonment is reflected in
conditions figures"
Mr.. Rankin takes issue with the
'parS'' system and insisted that the
figures should be made public.
Mr. Rankin said in his letter that
failure to make public the figures was Il
refusal to give this information to the
:amc public which paid for gathering
and compiling it," and asserted that the
department proposes to give the in
formation to the House in December
long after it is too late to be of benefit
to the farmer
Sa.> Higher Price Justified.
Ia answer 80 Mr.. Wallace's statement
that the Information was secured to
build UP the background for use in later
years iii improving the production fore
casts. Mr.. Rankin urged that giving
this information to the public now
would not deprive the Department of
Agriculture of the use of it for future
reference
Cotton ought to be selling above so
"""tS = pound,' Mr.. Rankin declared in
his letter. land the chances are it will
be when the facts relative to crop con-
aitiCns become known. But the unfor-
tuuate thing about ii is that a vast ma
jorty of it will have left the farmers
hands before the public realizes the true
situation, as was the case last year
when the Department OF Agriculture
gave ont its inflated estimate on Octo-
he" |. | want to again insist
that the department make public at
once their abandonment acreage report
They have no moral right TO withhold it
and. in my opinion, they have no legal
right TO do so.
Evening star., 1924-10-11

Suddenly came the answer, from
behind his back apparently
"Ahoy there who arc youo"
'Scaped English prisoner. English
prisoner escaped.'
There was pause; then, Keep off
there none of your tricks"
NO tricks ! am alone
alone" Ortho bawled, pull
ing furiously. He could hear tho YES
sci plainly now, the creak of her
tackle as she felt the breeze
Keep of there, or I'll blow you to
bits"
IF you fire a gun you'n call the
whole town out" Ortho warned.
What town."
"Sallee."
Christ" the voice calculated and
repeated his words. He says were
off Sallee, sir
Ortho pulled on. He could see the
vessel by this, blurred shadow
among the steamy wraiths of mist
a big three master close hauled on the
port tack.
Evening star., 1924-10-11
Nicaragua Seizes Arms.

MANAGUA, Nicara qua, October II.
The Nicaraguan government has
seized at the frontier a quantity of
arms destined for Honduras. The
government has announced that il
will preserve strict neutrality in the
revolution now under way in Hon
UuraS
Evening star., 1924-10-11

so far as is known Miss Helen NJ
kodet Of Cleveland. Ohio. is the only
woman railroad passenger agent in
the United States
Evening star., 1924-10-11
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Evening star., 1924-10-11

CONTINUED from Yesterdays Star.)
Evening star., 1924-10-11

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