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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-09-07
Women Voters to
Meet Wednesday

The Seattle League o. Wemsn
Voters will meet for the regular
monthly meeting az Moves cafeteria
on "wednesday. September .. for
,,U.chcon, Mrs. Il. G. Jones will re-.
port on tho recent state convention
ana Miss Hester Holllnyshsad the
regional secretary. will report on the
national convention held IN Rich.
mond. Va. during tho summer
dance. and Luellh stnnhope win
sing Hobrano solos.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25


Former Attorney General Fred S.
Jackson of Kansas, did the question
ing, bent on impeaching this test-
mony which the railroads have Of
fered as indicating that the west is
able to stand the proposed per cent
increase in freight rates.
Characteristic of the testimony the
farm loan bankers offered was the
deliberate declaration Of President
Albert H. Denton of the Home Ma
tional bank Of Arkansas City, Kan
sas, that farmers as class are bet
ter off today than before the war.
MAY BE
OIL BOOM
jackson, who was representing the
farm bureaus of the country, attack
ed this conclusion time and again
Referring to the alleged prosperity
of the farmer in Kansas, he asked
whether the bankers were not count,
ing the recent oil well development
there as part of farm prosperity.
Present low cost of labor IN Kan
sas and Oklahoma was an item, add
ing to farm prosperity, it was tesd
: fed.
l Denton said farm help could be ha'
at $50 now whereas it would hav
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
Five Jail Birds Quit
BastiIe Monday Night
Saw Bars of Cell and Cage Cut Window Bars and Make Es
cape Shortly After DarE-Eforts to Locate Prisoners
Prove Fruiless.

Five jail birds confined in the
Sheridan county bastile quit the coop
Monday night about 500 o'clock,
leaving nothing behind them, not ev-
en- their regrets.
This wholesale delivery of all of
the prisoners in Sheriff Salisbury's
home for the irresponsible and Grim
inally inclined, was made possible by
the saving of a bar to a cell in the
northwest corner of the cage and the
cutting of bar on the last window
with saws and other instruments that
had been smuggled to them for the
purpose by friends on the outside.
Every effort has been made by the
Sheriff's office to locate the runaways
but it seems that they have made
good their getaway.
About eight o'clock Monday even
ing, Deputy Sheriff Bantz was called
into Judge Olson's court to present
a prisoner and was there about q
half hour. When he returned to the
Jail he found it empty. Even the
prisoner acting as cook, who wa:
considered trustworthy was absent. A
quick investigation disclosed that tht
cage was empty and further searcl
found the cut cage bar in the north
west cell. The bar had been cut clos
to the floor and the prisoners go
through a space less than foo
square.
Deputy Bantz gave the alarm I'm
lmediately and all the force was calle
to duty, but the evening was darl
and the prisoners evidently had
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
U. S. Bars the Communists
Heaps of Pearls Found
In Ancient Ohio Craze
Rich Find Dug Up Mound SepuIcher Thought Be Grave
of Ancient King, DscIoses Egyptian SplendOr-
Finds Expected as Work Progresses.

; ChilIicothe, Ohio, Sept. TO-
; Thousands of pearls, many of
them of enormous size and expui-
E site color, were found near here
TODAY with the. remains Of four
+ builders. The skeletons. believed
= to he those of members of some
= long forgotten royal family
= among the mound builders, were
: found in the end of the charneI
8 house of what is known as the
= Pricer mound of the Seip group
> at Bainbridge, Ohio. The find is
expected to prove one of the most
= important ever made in the study
= of mound builders.
= GRAVES OF ANCIENT KINGS
+ Curator Harry SheltrOne of the
" Ohio Archaeological and HistOri-
cal museum, in charge of the Op-
ening of the mound, named ta-
= DAYS find at "the burial of pearl"
= He declared the four occupants
of the grave undoubtedly were
persOnages of high rank among
the ancient inhabitants of Ohio.
COPPER HELMETS ON SKULLS
Copper helmets covered the
= skulls of two, while ornaments of
tOrtise shell. pottery, beads, cop
per and silver we're found in pro-
fusion.
= ARMED MEN GUARD GRAVE
Armed guards were posted about
the mound tonight to prevent SOU
= venir hunters. collectors or van
dals from disturbing the find
= which is to be removed tomorrow.
= EXPERTS PRESENT
DIR. C. w. Mills, director of the
Ohio museum and Girard FOuks,
wOrld-famOus mound explorer,
were present when the find was
mearthed.
Additional finds Of great scienti-
= fic value are expected as work
men go deeper into the mound.
= PEARLS LARGE AS HICKORY
NUTS
- Some pealls found today are al
= large as small hickory mats. New
er before. it was saids have 81
many pearls been found in ;
grave of four bodies.
/ & =
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25

friend in car waiting for them, for
not trace of them has been found.
Evidence indicates that the plan for
escape has been laid for the escape
for some time.
The prisoners escaping were E. r.
Lewis, held for extradition by auth
critics of North Dakota, for stealing
an auto, having been taken for hav-
ing stolen auto in his possession.
Sam Lappa, a German, held for
extradition by Canadian government
for wheat stealing.
And James Hall, James Reed and
F. M. Martin arrested some time ago
for robbing stores in daylight. These
prisoners were facing petit larceny
charges.
The Sheriff's Office is carrying on a
quiet hunt and hope to get trace Of
the runaways shortly.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
CANNOT PAY
DEBT, CRASH OF
FRANC NEAR
CAILLAUX COMING TO UNITED
STATES NOT TO PAY FRENCH
DEBT BUT TO BORROW $780,
100000 MORE FROM MORGAN
SAVE GAUL FROM ECONOMIC
CRASH.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-France
cannot pay a dollar of her debt to the
American treasury; she cannot even
balance her budget at home without
repudiating so per cent of the inter-
est on her 100000, 100000 francs of
internal debt, for a period of years at
least.
This is the substance of the findings
in a 450-page report on the French
debt problem, prepared by the insti-
tute of Economics and already sub
mitted to the members of the Amerl-
can Gebt commission.
Even if 20 per cent were to be cut
from military expenditures, the bud
get deficit for next year would be
reduced by only one-eighth. The war
in Morocco will increase the deficit
of course, but peace would not save
the franc.
| Members of the American deb
commission, studying this report
which comes from the same sOurct
as the study of Germany's capacit!
to pay, published two years ago
4 which was denounced as pro-Germal
are interested in its tendency t.
make a farce of the coming cf Fin
ance Minister Caillaux, to Americ
this fall.
The realize that CaillaQx is eomini
to borrow $2O0,OOO,OO0 from Wa
Street, if he can, rather than to pa
or obligate France to pay $4,O00,OOO
; 900 to the treasury.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
SIDNEY BOY IS KILLED
BY SPEEDING GRAIN
TRUCK
DRIVER SPEEDS AWAY, LEAV-
ING MANGLED FORM OF VIC
TIM IN POOL OF BLOOD ON
SIDNEY STREET.

Sidney, Sept. 19.-James, the 12-
year-old son Of Rev. and Mrs. A. I.
Alton of Sidney, was killed early
Monday evening, when he was run
over by a motor grain truck as he
was run over by motor grain truck
as ne was riding bicycle on Sid
ney street.
The boy was run down by truck
that speeded away without a pause
after the accident. The truck made
left turn and bore down on the
lad before he could realize his dan
ger or pedal to safety, hurting his
mead against a concrete sidewalk and
Two wheels passing over his body.
he lived but ten minutes after the ac-
cident.
Glimpses Of the tragic little figure
as 1t lay in the street covered with
blood, and his bicycle four blocks dis
lance where it had been carried by
me speeding truck, reused much in
ngnatlon among the crowd that al
most instantly gathered. The feeling
u thls community, it is said, prom
lsed to grow, at least until the driv
er version of the accident is learn
ed.
Both Rev. and Mrs. Alton, parents
u the unfortunate boy, were attend
tIg a Methodist church conference il
1reat Falls when the accident occur
Ieu and the sad news were conveyet
70 them by telegraph.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
FRANK KOESTER'S BROTHER
KILLED AT RED WING

Cashier Frank KOester of the Sc
curitv State Bank of Outlook receiv-
ed a wire Monday evening, calling
him to Red Wing, Mimi, because of
the killing Of his brother Anton
Koester in an auto collision that
morning.
Anton Keoster accompanied by his
son-in-law of a month, Mr.. Cunning
ham, a teller of the Northwestern
National Bank Of Minneapolis, was
driving on the streets of Red Wing
Mimi, when a huge car with -four
passengers bore down upon them
hitting the car and throwing it sixty
feet, then running over it, killing
both Koester and Cunningham. One
man in the big car was hurt and il
in Red. Wing Hospital, the driver
of the car is in jail, and the othe-
two passengers escaped.
The funeral of Anton Keoster oc
Cured Wednesday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25

been $50. Jackson questioned the
statement. "Don't you know" he
asked, "that farm help costs $40 to
$45 now?"
"No," the banker replied, 'I don't
think it is $780,"
Asked again if there was not a
campaign on to reduce taxes in Kan
sas, Denton said such talk is mostly
'But it's fact, isn't it?" Jackson
pursued.
theory"
President N. Holman of the First
National Bank of Gutherie, Oklaho-
ma, told Of prosperity in the state
"Agricultural conditions" he said
shave materially improved In the
last two years, and in my opinion
thev are better now than at almoss
any time prior to the war time peri
cd of inflated prices"
NOW ON
UPGRADE
Another banker who appeared TO
dav was Vice President F. w. Kone
man of the Citizens Investment com
j CONTINUED on last page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
Mrs. Andy Hansen
New Local and Society Re
porter for Producers News

By an arrangement made this
week, Mrs. Andy Hansen, has be-
come the local and society editor fer
the Producers News, taking the po-
sition- made vacant by Mary Palu-
bicld, who resigned because of at
tending school in another city.
Marie Hansen, formerly Marie
Chapman, grew up to womanhood in
Plentywood and has a wide ac-
uuaintance and a host of friends
here. Mrs. Hansen will keep the To-
cal page and society column at q
high news level.
People who have items of interest
will communicate with her.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
COMPLETE SCOPES
TRIAL RECORD IS
NOW AVAILABLE

-.snopse to widespread de-
III I" for a publication which
riH NIL Give in complete form the
y IN ~ Of the famous Dayton eVo-
is;on So trial and the issues sur
lul.,UJino lu,lO,Ii It. the American Civil
II!Snrties IGLl'i Union has arranged Tor
t5o I,oV distribution of book by Les
Ts i n Allen, editor OF The LID
nc .I6 - entitled Brown and Oar
saa-' at DAYTON" just off the
- ~ II contains an unbiased
pso-d 49, of the trial with the court
lords Ieco and official documents al
1ost 49, in their entirety handled SO
~ iuo tho preserve the continuity OF
the entire trial. -,
The book opens with a chap
.o- IN 'eHOw it Happened" In
. sivteen successive chapters 1t
. Josls with the opening scenes of
. ~ trial. Religious Liberty and
Stata Rights" Clarence Dar-
rou,s argument against the law,
~ addresses of William Jen-
ni1gs Bryan and Dudley Field
Malone Mr.. DarrOw's public ex-
smination of the late Mr.. Bryan,
and the testimony of the scien-
fists. Mr.. Bryan's undediVered
sneech. made public a few days
liter his death, is also included.
The Civil Liberties Union will
sunnlv this book at S1.75 per copy
hostage paid. Orders should be
addressed to the Union at 100
Fifth Avenue, New York City.
x
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
Montana Scion to Wed
Talented Helena Lady

Invitations are out for the wedding
of Hon. Raymond T. Maggie, member
of the Legislature from Lewis &
Clark county, to Miss Margaret Anne
Walsh, daughter of Mr.. James A:
Walsh of Helena. The wedding will
occur Monday morning, October 9th,
at 11:OO o'clock, at the Cathedral OF
st. Helena, Helena, Montana.
The groom is a native of Montana
and a promising young attorney o1
that city.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25

They were placed in the bootleg
gers section where they found sever
al of their friends from Plentywood
who had preceded them and who will
be out about the middle of Noveln-
Der.
The aggregation are awaiting the
arrival of Barry Stephens, the far
famed political boss of Daniels coun-
ty, and the proprietor of the notori-
o1s "Bucket Of Blood" saloon and
gambling den which has run wide
open since last election in ScNbey
without interference or annoyance at
| the hands of the Daniels county otfi-
GERS whom he elected in November,
/ 1928, VIXEN he bought about by
clever trickery the defeat of the de-
cent element as represented by the
Farmer-Labor party. Barry is expect
ed to arrive in Great Falls to do his
time about October 9Th.
King Barry, the emperor of the
bootleggers realm, noted gun man anC
bravado, is reported~to be quite sicl
to the stomach about going to jai
and has what his friends say is al
acute attack of cold feet and whitt
liver, but that he is trying to music
.
, up the necessary vertebrae to JOIN M
friends in Great Falls.
Big Bill Stevens, Barry's brother
: and Sid Bennett, the Scobey post
! master, reputed to be the power be
hind Barry's throne and his financieI
: and advisors are said to be upset {
l the turn of events and because c
their failure in efforts to pull tn
: necessary wire to get their brOthe
off, and which activities resulted
Judge Pray's rebuke from the benc
at the time that he sentenced "King
Barry. They are suffering the ScC
7 bey FOUNDERS say from an attack
the ''Pork Chop Blues"
g 1t is also reported that these geI
r tlemen are getting in Dutch with tn
z regular republican administration bt
e cause the higher ups in the republ
|; can party are coming to cOnsidt
Il them pretty much Of a political
ability in Montana.
4 County Attorney Nyquist and She
iff AL Lawrence, whose administr
a ton of the law in Daniels coun
II come in for such a castigation at t
recent trials at the hands of Assis
= ant U. S. District Attorney Silvt
are smarting under the sting Of h
initiation and seem to be very VIC
ried and restless over the final resul
cf the Federal house cleaning
Scobey.
It is reported that Attorney &c
y eral Foote, who is a crusader for Il
4 and order, is going to make a pr
sonal investigation of the scandalo
conditions at Scobey acting up
numerous complaints sent in by t
!: members of the decent element
i the Scobey population.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
Prominent Dane Valley Citi-
zen Moves to Nebraska

Froid, Sept. 19.-J. J. Hansen Of
Dane Valley, was in FrOid a short
time Wednesday afternoon fixing up
his personal affairs after the big sale
held Tuesday at the farm in Dane
Valley at which there was a record
breaking attendance. Mr.. Hanson is.
very well satisfied with results of the.
sale. He says the prices received.
were very good. Mr.. Hanson left
Thursday with his family in their
new Buick Master Six Coach for On
aha, Nebraska, where his mother re-
sides and at which place he expects
to make his future home, having rent
ed his Dane Valley farm for a period
of years. Mr.. Hansen's departure
from the Dane Valley country takes
from that community one of its best
farmers and most highly respected
families.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
SHERIDAN COUNTY
FAIR OCT. 16 AND II
Soendd Exhibits Disclosing the Products of Montana Agr-
culture VIII Be Entered By Hundreds Worth Coming
Miles to- See-Bg Game of HorseShoes for Champion
ship.
FARMER- LABOR TEMPLE TO HOUSE EXHIBITS
Ru md P Ostbv. County Accent

w Nl. Il
Arrangements for the Sheridan
County Fair to be held at Plenty
wood, in the Farmer-LabOr Temple
October 15-16-17, under the auspices
of the Commercial Club, is coming
along in fine shape.
Exhibits are expected to come in
from all over the county.
Several new features are offered
this year. There will be prizes Of
fered on school exhibits, and special
prizes will be given to the school IN
strumental in getting in the larger
exhibit from their communities.
There will also be a horse shoe
pitching contest to determine the
county champion, and also the doubles
champions Of the County. Attractive
nrizes will be offered for this event
A very large entry is expected.
Prizes will also be offered for the
best Bows and Girls Club demonstra.
tion teams in the County.
a nurebred livestock sale will bt
held in the afternoon of October IL
Anv one having purebred stock fol
sale are urged to enter it at this
sale.
Another feature is premiums OF
sbeaves of all grains and grasses
The bundles should not be more thai
8 to 5 inches in diameter below th'
head.
AS usual, prizes are offered on al
grains, grasses, corn, potatoes, poui
try, livestock, vegetables, canning
baking, hand work, and Boys an
i Girls Club Work. A complete premi
um list will be published next week.
Entries can be made and left q
any time at the County Agents Of
| flee. The exhibit building will b
open in the morning of October 15tl
Entries will positively close at 12:O
o'clock noon, October 10th, an
CONTINUED on page Ten)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
SEN. WHEELER
DENOUNCES BARRING
OF SAKLATVALA

Sen. B. X. Wheeler of Montana,
who clasifes himself as a Jeffersoni-
an Democrat, has filed his protest
couched in no uncertain terms against
the stupid and tyrannical barring OF
the Communist M. P. Saklatvala from
entry to the United States as a dele
gate to the Inter-parliamentary Con
gress, convening in Washington early
in October, and states his opinion OF
the affair in answer to the following
wire inquiring his position sem
Thursday morning by Sen. Taylor:
WIRE OF INQUIRY
PlentyWOOd, Mont.
Sen. b. X. Wheeler
Thursday morning, Sept. "a
Sen. B. X. Wheeler.
Washington, ID. C.
The Producers News would
like an expression of your view
on the barring of Saklatvala from
entering the Union as delegate
! to the parliamentary Con-
! gress at Washington in October
! for publication tomorrow (stOp)
What, steps do you purpose to
take to protest this disgrace to
American traditions and this con-
firmatiOn of fact that the prin-
ciple Of Free Speech is dead in
this nation.
CHARLES E. TAYLOR,
Senator from Sheridan County.
SEN. WHEELER'S ANSWER
ok SO Govt nj Washington, d. C.
"a
Hon. Chas. E. Taylor,
PlentywOOd, Mont.
/ I feel that the action of the
Secretary of State in revOking
/. Saklatvala passport is unwar-
ranted, unAmerican and done at
the instance of the Baldwin gov
ernment. Saklatvalas has never
uttered anything more radical
than was uttered by Thomas JEFF
fersOn and many men who found
ed this government. My protest
has been sent to Secretary of
State.
B. X. WHEELER.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25

which have come to the attention of
the state department only in the last
few days.
TYRANT
CLOSES DOORS
''I do not believe" Secretary Kel-
logg said, eve should admit foreign
ers to this country to preach anarchy
or revolutionary overthrow of the
government"
The secretary's announcement was
issued after a conference with Presi-
dent Coolidge.
The administrations decision to
exclude Sal1latvala is in fiat conflict
with the announced view of Senator
Borah. The senator said today, be-
fore he knew that action to revoke
the passport visa had been taken
that he thought it was neither neces-
sary or wise to exclude the British
communist.
The senator remarked that all Of
the revolutionary utterances attrib-
uted to Salxlatvala had been made
publicly in Great Britain without any
effort at punitive action there. He
i deprecated any policy In dealing with
this case that implied a greater re
striction on free speech in the United
States than in Great Britain.
Borah pointed out that Saklatvala't
speeches had been made in public, anC
that the United States should be a
liberal in the matter of free speecl
as the British parliament. He declaT
ed the barring of Saklatvala short
sighted policy, and a "gagging
measure.
HOW
! TO ACT
eff he comes here and violates an
law of the United States, put him i
JAIL" he said. eff he seeks to incit
men to commit crime, or commit
crime himself, put him in the PEN
tentiary."
In a statement issued after the dt
partment's action, BOrah quoted frol
a recent speech made by Saklatval
, and declared "I think anyone WI
will read the speech will come to tt
. conclusion that Saklatvala's crime
! that of discussing conditions in L
: dia."
Borah said he interested himse
K in Saklatvala's case when he r
e ceived cablegram in which Sakla
e vala said he had been through
e misrepresented, and misquoted
: Continued on last page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
BRITISH
M. P. SHUT OUT BY CAL
American Tyrants Acting Upon Suggestions of Great Bri-
tain Stop British Member of Parliament from Attending
lnterparliamentary Congress in Washington D. c.
BORAH DENOUNCES GOVERNMENTS ACTION

Washington, Sept l6.-Shapurji SakIatvaa communist
member of the British house of commons has been refused
admission the United States attend the Interarament
ary Union here month"; as a British delegate.
Secretary Kellogg announced tonight that instructions
had been cabed London revoke the passport already
granted Saklatvaa He explained this action taken
der the immigration law because of namatory and revou-
onay speeches by Sakatvaa in parliament and elsewhere
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
PEERLESS A BLOOM
ING METROPOLIS

B. B. Streepy and Earl Stringer,
of Scobey, were in Opheim on We'd
nesday and purchased the bar fix
lures cf the old Kennedy saloon, to
be used in a pool hall in Peerless
reports the Opheim Observer. They
expect to be open for business inside
of a feek. :,
It is reported that Scobey will
shortly have competition at Peerless
which is fast budding into a bloom
ing metropolis.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
BOSS OF DANIELS COUNTY
MUST SERVE 40 DAYS
Pete Stewart Another Scobeyie Competitor of His Royal
Highness Starts Serving His so Days Wednesday Night
In Great Falls Jail Where He Finds Penywood Friends.
BOOTLECCERS AWAIT ARRIVAL OF PRINCE

Great Falls Montana Sept 24.-Peter ]. Stewart and
Everett Thompson of the city of Scobey arrived in
this city Wednesday night and Immediately gave themselves
up into the custody of Sheriff Tom Norton and commenced
Judge Pray after they found guilty by jury in the Fed
era District Court September 9th They expect to pay
their fines of $4,000 each and will remain in the Cascade
county Jail until November 2ls when their terms will expire
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25
SOUTHERN MOB
BURNS HELPLESS
NEGRO AT STAKE
ACCUSED OF ATTACK ON FARM
ERS DAUGHTER - SATURATED
WITH OIL, MAN BECOMES HU-
NAN TORCH.

New Albany, Miss, Sept. 21.-L. @.
Iva, negro, was burned to death at a
stake by a mob of whites.
The negro was arrested en- a de-
scnption furnished by a girl, the
daughter of a farmer. He was taken
to the county Jail,
News of the identification" spread
thru the countryside and a mob form
ed When the crowd numbered 1000
men, it stormed the jail, smashed
down the doors and dragged the pris-
Oner away from the county officers.
The mob carried the negro to the
scene Of the attack, drove a huge
stake into the ground and tied the
negro to the stake. Brush wood was
piled around his body, gasoline
spread on the wood and a match
touched to it. In a moment the
negro became a human torch.