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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24

er of the Comertown country, 3rougnC
in a load Of hogs and sold them 70
Louis Helm Thursday. On the way
in one of the pigA got out OF tne
wagon and an ad appears Tor I!e
same in the classified columns Oh uhlS
paper. This is the third load OF hogs
that Halvor has sold during the past
two months for which ne realized ov-
er three hundred dollars. The rals-,
ing of hogs is receiving more ana
more attention in this section OF the
country as the farmers are planting
more and more corn. HalvOr says it
is easy money. Mr.. Johnson mas
rented a farm from the Wells-D1ckey
people and will farm heavier than
ever this year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24
R, P. FITZGERALD
OF COMERTOWN
GOES TO COAST
Seeks Location Where He Can Edu-
cate His ChIldren-Rents Farm for
Five Years to Ed. Campbell.

R. P. Fitzgerald, well known and
prominent farmer of the Dooley-
Comertcwn territory, who has resided
in that section of the country for the
past fifteen years, and who is one
of the most successful farmers of
that section, who recently held a
huge sale and disposed of his large
holdings of personal property, has
rented his farm for five years to Ed.
Campbell, a young Farmer from
across the border who will move onto
it Immediately and who is at present
engaged in putting in the seasons
crop, and will leave for the coast as
soon as the weather is warm and
settled enough to travel comfortably
with the automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzgerald contem-
plate locating somewhere along the
coast where the children, boy ano
a girl, now of high school age, car
have the advantage of a good high
school and where Mr.. Fitzgerald car
find something to occupy himself
with. Mrs. Fitzgerald has number
of relatives at Seattle and they vii
90 there first fer visit while look
! in the country over and deciding OF
/ a permanent location.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzerald may return
to Sheridan county at the end Of thu
five year period for which they hav'
rented the farm.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24

Especial to The Producers News.)
GREAT FALLS, Mont, April 49,
Frequent spirited clashes between
government and defense counsel en-
Ivened todav's trial of Senator Wheel
er.
Ill-feeling between opposing attor-
.neys broke out heatedly when Sena-
tor Walsh objected to presentation by
Slattery of detailed formal dOcu-
ments relating to Montana oil and
gas permits.
Slattery called w. E. Bennett, reg
istrar of the Great falls Office to the
stand to explain the records dealing
with permits issued to Gordon Camp
bell and his associates by the interior
department to prospect for oil. Some
of the permits went as far back as
1921.
Wheeler is accused of receiving
fee from Campbell to obtain interior
department permits.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24

to testify, the defense planned to
consume at least two days In COM
pleting its case.
because of the sensational tes-
timOny OF George b. Hayes, New
York attorney, and surprise wit
ness of the government, Wheel
er's lawyers today abandoned
plans to move Immediately for
am instructed verdict of acquit-
tai. Hayes testimony, coming as
a complete surprise, sent Wheel
er's counsel into a conference
that lasted until early today to
map out new methods of combat
ting the governments evidence.
Involved in Oil Millions
John l.. SlatteIy, United States at
torney, called Hayes to sustain hi
charge to the jury that Wheeler pro
posed an AGREEMENT to make mil
lions" out of oil lands obtained from
interior permits.
Hayes declared he met Wheeler
in a New York hotel lobby on
March 10, 1928, a day before
Wheeler sailed for Europe. The
conference was arranged by tele-
graph by Edwin S. Booth, form
er solicitor of the interior, Hayes
said.
eve discussed permits of Cor
don Campbell" Hayes testified.
Wheeler is accused of represent
ing Campbell, a Montana oil
operator.
wheeler said he would split
his fee with me if would handle
Campbell's troubles before the
department" Hayes added. 'He
said he was a United States
Senator and could not himself
appear before the department. l
think Wheeler stated the fee
would run to a very considerable
figure, l think he mentioned mill
liOns."
Hayes declined the offer.
To Represent Wheeler
After this Talk, Hayes said he
went to Washington and saw
Booth, who declared, 81 was very
foolish because would have very
little to do; that ne (BOOth)
would keep me advised about all
of Campbelrs transactions, and
would help me-"
81 was merely to represent
Wheeler on Campbell's claims,"
Hayes declared.
Wheeler announced today he enc
er made any such proposition
Hayes"
Defense Recalls Hayes.
Opening it's fight to acquit Senate
Wheeler, the defense attempted
smash the testimony of two of tt
governments witnesses.
At it's first move the defense r
called George B. Hayes, and H.
CLOSER, former secretary to Cam
bell.
Walsh and Hayes engaged in
rather bitter tiff and soon we're
fairly shouting questions and
answers. Finally, able to draw
little from Hayes, Walsh ex-
cused the witness.
CLOSER, who previously testifi
Wheeler promised Campbell ''to
up things in Washington" follow
his previous testimony, remain
mistaken.
Tom Stout, ex-congressman a
, chairman of the state democrat
committee, next was called by the c
tense. He testified that he conduct
the negotiations leading to Wheele
employment to defend a receversI
for Campbell, in Montana coul
only.
Got Ten Thousand a Year.
wheeler agreed to represent
Campbell at a retainer Of $4,000
a year." said Stout. ''WheeIeI
stated fatty that it would have
to be understood that his SER
vices would apply only to work
in Montana courts and would be
unable to represent Campbell in
any public land affairs"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24
Producers News to Publish Full Re-
port of Trial

The development Of the case toIIOWs
as was reported to the Producers
News day by day, by a special rep
resentative at the trial, and gives
only a synopsis of the evidence and
procedure. The Producers News will
serially run the report of the entire
trial, giving the opening statements
in full, the evidence in detail, and the
arguments to the jury by the eminent
attorneys appearing in behalf of the
government and the defense.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24
GRAND VIEW HOTEL
TO BE ENLARGED

Phillip BOurassa, the proprietor of
the Grand View Hotel, has taken
steps to enlarge his MOTEL to meet the
requirements of his increasing patron
age. He is now figuring with the
contractors, and will announce his
completed plans later.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24
JUDGE BARS ALL WHEELER
DEALS AFTER ARREST-GIVES
DEFENSE RIG VICTORY
{ Especial to The Producers News.

Especial to The Producers News.)
GREAT FALLS, Mont, April 20
The defense in the trial of Senator
Burton K. Wheeler OF Montana, on
charges of misuse Of Office scored an
victory today in ruling
handed down in federal court here by
Judge Frank E. Dietrich.
UNFOLDING a motion by Senator
Walsh, chief defense counsel, the
court barred the prosecution from
introducing evidence or testimony
relating to government oil per-
mits that were not actually pend
ing before the interior depart
ment in January, 1928, the time
when Wheeler's Indictment charg-
ed he illegally received a fee to
appear before Washington auth
critics relative to permits Of Cor
don Campbell, Montana oil OPP
orator and his associates.
Blow to Prosecution
The decision, admittedly, was a
great blow to prosecution, which was
attempting to 1mplicate Wheeler in
all of Campbell's permits. The gov
eminent must now confine itself to
a narrowly restricted number of
Campbell's permits and show Wheel
er's activities in behalf of those spe-
cific assignments.
Slattery Disappointed
Expressing disappointment at
the ruling, John L. Slattery,
United States district attorney,
announced that on the remaining
permits held admissible by the
court he would prove that Wheel
er after being elected to the SEN
ate actually received $4,000 from
Campbell to straighten out oil
land troubles in Washington.
Lincoln Permits Barred
Relevancy of the permits was brot
up when Walsh moved to bar testi
mony of H. J. Coleman, attorney fol
the California Oil company, relativ,
to the company's purchase of a per
NIT assigned to Louis E. Lincoln, EN-
ploye of Campbell. Wheeler ant
Campbell attended meeting here il
February, 1928, when there was al
legged to have been discussion of reas
signment of the Lincoln permit to Ton
Stout, ex-congressman from Montana
Approval of the interior department
was necessary to make the transfer.
"DOn't Worry" Said Wheeler.
Coleman was to testify, Slater
told the court, that Wheeler assure
the oil men:
'DOn't worry, there's a Mon
tana attorney in the interior de-
Dartment, Eddie Booth edwin 6.
Booth, former sOlicitOr) who will
help out the Montana boys"
This testimony was barred
Walsh's motion.
Booth, here as a defense witnes
was indicted in Washington wit
Wheeler and Campbell on charges {
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment out of government oil and gs
lands.
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Continued from Page OneJ
indicating that the jury is very
= satisfactory to the defense.
SLATTERY OUTLINES GOVERN
MENT'S CASE
District Attorney Slattery then
made the statement to the jury out
lining the governments case against
Wheeler and what the government
expected to prove. Sen. Walsh, chief
council for Sen. Wheeler, then out
lined the evidence that the defense
intended to submit
STIRS INTEREST
Attorney Slattery concluded his
statement to the jury with an asser-
ton concerning surprise witness
for the government which sent rip
pie of interest throughout the court
room. The attorney said the gov
eminent would introduce evidence to
show that Senator Wheeler arranged
with a Washington attorney through
E. S. Booth, then solicitor for the in
terror department, to appear in place
of the senator before the department
of the interior and the general land
office relative to Campbell's oil land
difficulties.
This evidence, Mr.. Slattery said the
proof would show, that Wheeler and
Campbell had entered into an agree
ment in which Wheeler was to re-
ceive his reainer and the n was to
share in the proceeds of lands "sav-
ed' for Campbell
DEFENSE'S CASE
l.. Jofo "a
evidence would show that Senator
Wheeler's connection with Campbells
affairs was wholly in relation to liti-
cation then pending in Montana state
courts.
Senator Wheeler was at Kalispell
when he was first asked by Mr..
Campbell to become his attorney "
said Senator Walsh. "Mr. Campbell
called him on the telephone there and
asked him to take the cases in which
Campbell was a principal. Senator
Wheeler was unable to come here
then, but was afterward interviewed
at Butte by Tom Stout of Lewistown
a friend Of Campbell's. Mr.. Stout
asked Senator Wheeler to represent
Mr.. Campbell in the state court mat
ters."
= = \ = !
Great Falls, Friday, April Il.
= Wheeler made public an edi-
torial from the current issue of
LaFollette's magazine, in which
= the Wisconsin senators bitterly
y assails the Coolidge administra-
ton. The administrator is &C
cused of having secured the in
dictment of Wheeler in order to
block investigation of the depart
\ ments of justice and the treas
ury.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24

Don't forget the Band Dance given
at the Farmer-Labor Temple tOmor-
row Saturday night.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24

Special to Tint Producers News)
WHEELER IN OIL GRAFT.
SURPRISE WITNESS SAYS
GREAT FALLS, Mont, April
21.-The defense began its fight
in federal court here today to
free Senator Burton X. Wheeler.
democrat, of Montana, of charges
of misuing his Office BY receiv-
a fee to represent a client be-
fore the interior department.
With more than Is witnesses read
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24
WHEELER OFFERED
TO SPLIT FEES

Continued from Page One)
indicating that the jury is very
= satisfactory to the defense.
+ =
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
GRILLED THREE DAYS.

During those three days | was
grilled constantly. They kept at me to
tell my object in getting myself ap.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18

to sign then. all up for a new brach
OF the russian Federation when, at
the instigation of Russian priest. the
meeting was Iaided. The police were
very mild, however, and when | agreed
to deliver a few sentences in Russian
and thee repeat them in English SO
that the police would know what !
was saying, they listened for an hour
and then lcft.
Later they came back. however.
This time they were brought by the
local United stntes postmaster. They
took me off 70 the police station
where / got dreadful beating.
JAILED TWO DAYS.
knew that if / uncovered my
self to the postmaster or if | took
the police into my confidence and OK
planned that ] was operating for the
Department of Justice / would get
out of it and avoid all trouble. But
was afraid TO rely on the judgment
Of country policemen. To me II
meant that If it became known that
| was really government agent the
radicals would all learn of it and
my activities rs United States secret
agent would be ended and with it all
my plans 10 conunteract revolutionary
propaganda in America.
/ was held in Jail for two days
until the local police got word from
the Department Of Justice office in
New Haven that / was mot wanted. "
] had not sent any word to Wash
ington. the police did that and when
they reported my name the Depart
ment Of Justice knew I was really
working for it. j couldn't help smil-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18

~Dr.- Jacob Nosovitsky, inter-
national spy. TO-DAY reveals one Of
the most astounding episodes Of
his career as an underground agent
for two governments.
Famous Scotland Yard was anx-
ious TO learn who were the secret
powerful representatives Of Soviet
Russia in England who were stir
ring up social unrest. For that
purpose they secured the services
81 Nosoyitshy from the United
States Secret Service. The spy had
Scotland Yard work him into the
position Of assistant surgeon Of the
great eooan greyhound. the Maure-
fsnia. He had q fake medical GER
tificate.
At the same time he had deluded
Ludwig Martens, unofficial Soviet
ambassador in the United States,
into appointing him his personal
courier between New York and
London.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18

pointed to the ship. I refused to give
them any information, although had
only to mention Scotland Yard in
order to be freed. However. a man in
my position never knows how he may
be defeating his own purposes BY Civ.
ing away even one word of informa-
ton.
What fortunate thing it was tina.
l kept silent. Had l mentioned Scot.
land Yard i would have been finished
right there. as you shall presently see,
On the third day of my confinement
l was released as unexpectedly as I
had been arrested and l hurried along
to London. registered at the Imper-
ial Hotel in Russell Square and was
not in my room fifteen minutes before
two Scotland Yard men called.
TAKEN TO YARD"
They said they were instructed to
bring me to Scotland Yard. ] was nat.
urally puzzled. Had Sir Robert in
New York suspected me? Had he de-
cided to get me personally within the
power of Scotland Yard? A dozen
wild ideas ran through my head, but
decided to do a lot of listening aud no
talking.
Arrived at the Yard, was taken
before Colonel Carter. the assistant
director of Scotland Yard.
As soon as we were alone he apollo
gized for the trouble / had been put to,
and to my surprise explained that this
had been part of Scotland Yards
method Of testing me. They wanted to
see if / could and would 60 through
bad situations without revealing nv
Scotland Yard connection. He compile
mented me on the way l had gone
through and shook hands with me.
Colonel Carter then took me to the
office of Sir Basil Thompson, director
of Scotland Yard. Sir Basil seemed to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18

ing at the unpleasant little expert.
ence of y. 100. Later when 1 told
Mr.. Finch of what l had gone through.
be expressed his regret and thanked
me for the course / had taken. In
fact, he said that only q man with
the rugged Russian training could
have gone through a lting without
weakening when a word would have
saved him.
SPY BECOMES POPULAR.
As I went about | became popu-
lar with the rank and file by oc-
casionally attacking the leaders and
refusing to raise funds for the Com
munist newspaper unless the Russian
paper published all details of money
raised as against expenses. | carried
this so far that ! was tried and sus-
pended by the federation. but | knew
what / was doing. for this only
served TO make me stronger with the
rank and file, and later when the
federation went into the Communist
party / was called into active work
by no less n person than Ludwig
Martens, who had become the Soviet
ambassador in this country (unrecog-
nized and afterward deported).
During the year / was so we'll in
formed as 10 the doings. nationally
and internationally. of the Commun-
lists that l was able to keep the De
partment Of Justice informed not
only as to what was going on in
this country, but | was also able 10
tell them Q great deal about the
Communist movement in England.
Later I learned that all Of my
reports. where they affected England,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
Rubber Boots
Save Lightning
Target

RENO. New, Oct. 17.-Be-
cause she wore rubber boots on
her fathers farm, a daughter,
II, Of A. Aeschelman of Yering.
ton, New, is alive after being
struck by lightning bolt.
1t took twenty minutes for a
physician to revive her when the
bolt laid her unconscious. The
doctor said the boots prevented
her receiving the full strength Of
the bolt.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
SEIZED AT LIVERPOOL,

| Mr.. Martens told me that he wa.
sending my photograph to the Soviet
government in Moscow and that b,
was informing the foreign office OF
the Soviet government that in the flu
ture l was to be considered the courier
of the Soviet offices in New York.
When l gave this information to
Mr.. Marsh he was even more delight
ed than Martens had been. l was rid
ing high.
1 was about to sail and asked Mar
tens if there was anything ne wanted
me to do. He said there were no in
structions and that he would not give
me any assignment on my first trip
because he would have to wait for
confirmation from Moscow Of his plan
to use me as his courier.
was. of course, a bit disappointed
because j had hoped to be able TO es-
tablsh on my very first trip who the
Soviet leaders in England were.
When the Mauritania arrived in
Liverpool ! left the ship to go to Lon.
don. but was Immediately arrested By
the military authorities in Liverpool
and was held prisoner for three days
without the privilege of communicat
ing with any one.
GRILLED THREE DAYS.
During those three days | was
grilled constantly. They kept at me to
tell my object in getting myself an.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
ACCEPTS 100 MONTHLY
. To bETRAY COMMUNISTS

| In the end l decided that l would re-
yenge myself. and toward this end ]
went to the Department OF Justice in
| New York.
4 man named Raymond Finch was
in charge. / told him that l couLl
and would help in the government
/ fight against Communism.
BY way of showing MIN that knew
what was talking about and that
meant business, / told him of 100,00G
Communist booklets which were being
printed for distribution among Ameri,
can workers with the idea of melting
the workers against the government.
LEAFLETS SEIZED.
The result was that these leaflets
were seized by the United States, aud
Finch thought So much Of my infOrma-
tion that he invited me TO become an
uncer-cover agent for the government.
| agreed TO go to work for the De
partment of Justice. There was to be
no salary, but there was n small OK.
pense allowance. In this way Joined
the ranks of the dollar n year men" of
the United States government.
Ny individual identity had TO be
wiped out. became y 100,
Dr." NosovitSky was TO disappear
from the face of the earth so far as
the outside world could know. and in
his place appeared a new individuality
known only as y 100. In the secrecy
of the department. or the supposed Sc
crecy. l was still 10 sign my right
name TO vouchers for expenses. but be-
yOnd that al lorders were to 20 TO. ami
all reports TO come from y 100.
For about full year / worked thus
in secret for the Department of JUS
tice against the extreme radicals.
WAS RED LEADER.
Duiing this year l went higher and
higher in the Communist movement
until finally / became regarded as one
IF its leaders.
Every move made was reported con-
'ahtly TO the Department of Justice |
" me. The more active l seemed tC |
)c for the radicals the higher l was
IDLE TO go in their ranks, and the more
i was able TO get for the
-nited States government.
j turned over TO the Department Of |
Justice all instructions and confiden-
ial communicati tons that we received
rom Moscow.
We were told by the leaders of the
Communist movement Of
Moscow 10 organize ourselves into &
trong Communist party and devote all
,ur energies in agitation and propa-
,anda among the American workers,
% bring them into a sympathetic atti-
udc for a Soviet form Of government
n the United States.
! went around the United States /
A. an organizer for the Russian Fed |
Grafton of the American Socialist |
party. This organization was the first
TO secede from the American Socialist |
party and form the Communist party /
II America. The Socialists were not
in sympathy with the extreme Russian
Bolshevist ideas, so the federation dc.
cided TO get out Of the Socialist party.
BEATEN BY POLICE.
] spoke at meetings nearly everT
isy. organizing new branches and col
Getting money for the radical press.
Among a number Of strange expert
'ncrs the most interesting was in Sey.
nour. Conn. / was speaking there on
! Sunday before a Russian audience. ]
wanted to organize them. Ny speech 4
vas big success. They all got ex-
ited. as Russian and Latin natives do.
was progressing wonderfully. ] had |
hem up 10 q point where / was about 1
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
FAMILY STARVED.


Instead Of going back TO the be-
ginning Of my career in this chapter
| will begin with the fall Of 1918.
Later / will tell you of how a bullet
in my chest and exile had driven
me into the revolutionary ranks in
Russia and how ] came to America
with q feeling Of sympathy for Soviet
ism and of how ] later became al
ardent Bolshevist.
Then, late in 1919. ] got word
from Russia that my father and my
mother had starved 10 death as a re-
suit of the Bolsheyist revolution ana
that two brothers had been killed. j
had reason TO believe they had been
killed BY the Bolshevists. / had been
regarding Bolshevism as something that
would cure evils and not aggravate
them. and what happened TO my Own
family began TO make me think.
FINDS COMMUNISM TERRIBLE.
l began TO sc that human nature
was pretty much the same and that
Bolshevism would not improve condi-
lions for the individual, because il
depended upon the very bad human in.
depreciation of those things that might
be good in Bolshevism. The culc
would have TO come through education,
time and human consultation and CO.
operation rather than through any
thing which could strike so blindly at
the individual. The Czaristic regime
had been terrible and it was good that
il was wiped out, but these hordes
let loose without restraint and with
out training gave us conditions that
were in some ways just as bad as We
had suffered under the car.
The more l thought the whole thing
over the more ! became embittered
against the Communists and agains;
extreme radicals in general. had
been university man and had the
broad kind of education that is to be
found among the thinking Russians.