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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
ENGLAND FEELS MIGHT OF ORGANIZED LABOR

Five million workers are estimated be idle in Great
Brains first general strike called in sympathy with the coal
miners.
The house of again considering the situa-
ton today and the miners executives and council of the
trades union congress meeting effort find basis
for settlement
Those Immediately involved in the strike the rail-
waymen railway clerks builders transport workers. seaen
printers iron workers and electricians Work in allied lines
were made idle when these men walked out
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

After an interview with Ferdinand
Schlabsz in the Sheridan County Jail,
Rev. Boone did not think the pris-
oner was wanton criminal. "Will
the laws of God and Justice permit
hanging in this case," he said and
continued, "We should be adding
crime unto crime to take the life of
one so young. A life sentence would
/ protect society and give Schlabsz a
chance to reform"
Visited Prisoners Cell
Rev. Boone visited the cell in which
the prisoner was confined and told a
News representative his impressions
as follows:
All day the urge of the Golden
Rule laid it's claim upon me to visit
Mr.. Schlabsz in his prison cell. Not
J for news and particulars Of the
crime. Others had got that. Not
for vulgar curisoity. Hundreds of
Others, l was shocked to find, had
all day been crowding the cell as if
it were a show instead of a tragedy.
l went in the hope that God could
use me to minister to the soul OF
young Schlabsz.
'I don't feel good inside" was the
halting and broken response to my
inquiry as to the condition of his
soul. AS he lifted his eyes to mine
[ could hardly believe that he was
a criminal. Surely he is not the
hardened malicious criminal that Il
often encountered today. After read
/ ing to him the story of the first mur
. der from Genesis 4 in which th'
Lord speaks to Cain, "What has
! thou done? the voice of thy broth
er's blood crieth unto me from tht
ground" Mr.. Schlabsz said, CHA
. is the way I feel" and 1 was i'm
pressed that the awfulness of hi
crime was just beginning to dawn
upon him.
"Now that you have COMMITTEES
this crime and cannot now changt
: that dark fact, what most of all d,
! YOU long for?" His answer first cam
a ''That l might get out Of here.
don't want to die" Then after NOR
: thought he made me understand tha
: even more than that he wanted to b
y forgiven by God for the crime he ha
committed and that haunted him.
"How do you think your Mothe
feels? Do you think she still love
YOU ?" He first answered 81 don
d know" then added, "she is broken
hearted because she loves me-"
II "That is how God feels too. H
IS is brokenhearted that you shOul
e kill" Then 1 read to him Jesus
z picture of the great heart-bleedinl
d forgiving God as shown in the Prod
~ gal Son story.
= Then after praying together
- Bible was left in his hands and n
y last words to me were those
~ Psalms 51:1O. "Create in me a cles
heart o God and renew a right spil
it within me-"
Bv the laws of Montana this l.
ne NAV either be hung or sentenced II
a life for this crime. Will the laws
% Justice and God permit the hangiI
Ss in this case. Surely we should
ev adding crime unto crime to take t
he life of one so young, with such
IS spirit when life sentence would bo
of protect society and give Schlabsz
chance to change.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
Two New Houses Being
Built in Plentywood

Two new houses are in process of
construction in PlentywOod this
week. One is being erected for Louie
Nelson and the other for Mrs. Kitz-
enberg. Both will be good-sized
dwelling houses when completed. AT
present there is a scarcity OF houses
in Plentywood and it is understood
many new houses viii be constructed
this summer if the crop shows good
and rain comes down from above.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
Sons Of Norway Lodge
To Give Big Dance

On May 18th, the Tordenskjold
Lodge of Plentywood, S. of N. will
give a big dance at the Farmer-La-
Dor Temple for the benefit of the To-
cal lodge. A large number of tic
kets have been sold and many Wis
itors from other lodges in this part
of the state have advised the COM
mittee In charge that they will be
at the dance with bells on. May 18th
is the old Norwegian National Holi-
day, and many of the old timers in
this part of the State look forward
to that day as a sort of 4th Of July.
A large crowd is expected for the
event.
/ The Gloom Chasers 6-piece orches-
ira will furnish the music.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

~ S~I OCNCAAAO "a NAAC u cAk5C0y
Dead Bodies Found Floating in Dam
The first inkling of the dreadful
occurrence to reach Plentywood was
telephone message to Sheriff Sal
isbury from Section Foreman Ole
Larson that he had found a body
floating in the Big Muddy about one
mile west Of Homestead. Larson
went to the dam in the Big Muddy
for a tank Of water and he was
startled by the gruesome sight Of
the dead body of Mrs. Gissler float
ing on the surface of the stream.
He called neighbors and after drag
ging the body to the bank of the riv-
er they spied another body-which
proved to be that Of Tony Gissler-
floating 80 rods down the river. This
also was brought ashore and a large
crowd had gathered when the Sher-
/ iff, County Attorney and Coroner ar
rived on the scene. J. S. Olness and
others identified the bodies and told
of Gissler's hired man being in Home
stead Saturday night.
The Killer Caught
Led by the Sheriff and County At
torney, the party drove Z miles west
to the farm of the brother Of Finder
and Schlabsz the farmland who
worked for the Gisslers. The party
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
CHILD LABOR IN LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS-(FP)-An eff
fort will be made in the coming leg
islature to amend the Louisiana child
labor law, which now allows manu-
facturer to work children 10 hours
day or go hours a week. A cut
will be asked to hours a day OF
As a week
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

The first effect of the strike was
to tie up the transit facilities of
London and the other large cities,
forcing millions to walk and jamming
the streets with motor cars.
Shipping was hit hard, with the
English channel and Irish services
greatly curtailed.
Publication of the newspapers In
London and the big provincial towns
was at standstill.
There is no scarcity of food as
yet, volunteers distributing milk and
other necessities.
Thousands of Americans are
storming the tourist bureaus, seek
ing to get to the continent.
/ Striking dock workers in the So
called Communist district of London
around the east and west India docks
turned back many vehicles bearing
people to business offices and ships.
The banks and business houses re
manned open. Little trading wa!
done on the sock exchange.
Some of the theaters were dark
and the principal places of entertain
ment were the saloons, which wer
packed to the doors.
London, May 4.-Great Britain to
day felt the grip of labor's might
At midnight the millions of worker
under the aegis of the trades unio
congress quite their labors in
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
Community Tennis Court
Is Nearing Completion

The new community tennis court
grounds are fast coming into condi-
tion for the great net game.
Mr. Ziebarth leveled the ground,
but the earth was soft and plan
had to be devised to harden the
ground. The idea of wetting the
ground and using a tractor was then
spoken Of and Peterson Co. offered
the use of one of their smooth
wheeled Allis-C Chalmers tractors.
With the aid of water from the city
mains, a hard smooth surface was
formed which will be ideal for the
racquet wielders.
The two double courts are now
staked off and the Scouts are busy
digging holes for net and back-stop
posts. AS soon as financial plans
are completed the top surface-prob-
ably of clay-will be put on and
packed and before long the grounds
will be finished.
ST. LOUIS-(FP)-The Order of
Railroad Telegraphers enrolled 479
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
CARMEN WANT RAISE

SAN FRANSISCO Up The
municipal railway carmen, seeking a
40 cent daily raise, are again being
shunted. The board of public works
has announced that it has no money
to pay the raise recommended by the
supervisors, but that if the supervis-
ors viii pay the increase the board Of
public works viii approve it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

Wagner's Vote Breaks Tie
The vote of the council stood two
and two but the tie was broken when
Mayor Wagner voted for Aldrich. No
reason was given for discontmuing
the service of Woellstein who was re-
garded as a good officer and was pop
ular with the people of the city.
When news of the substitution of
officer Woellstein by Aldrich, who
was former Deputy Sheriff, became
generally known there was much dis
abstraction expressed on the street
corners. It was contended that a
man who served the city so long and
faithfully as Mr.. Woellstein should
not be so summarily dealt with. 1t
was felt that reasons should be given
for his dismissal.
Political Football.
Business men who were satisfied
with the way Mr.. Woellstein carried
out his duties were of the opinion
that the position of policeman should
not be made the football of politics
1t is understood petitions are being
circulated asking the council to re-
consider the discharge of Mr.. Woell-
stein and that they are being exten-
sively signed in the city. Develop
ments are now being watched with
much interest in the city.
The vote stood: For Woellstein-
Harry Hilliard and Louis Smith. Fol
Aldrich-Walter Raess and Op
grande. Mayor Wagner cast hi
vote for Aldrich.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
DOUBLE MURDER SIIRS EASTERN MONTANA
Great Britain ParaIyzed BY General Strike
500 FISHERMEN STRIKE

PITTSBURG, Cal. -(FP)- Mem
bers of the Sacramento River Fish
ermen's union are out on strike fol
lowing refusal of the fish companies
to set a fixed price for the remand
er of the season. About 500 men
men are affected.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
NIBBE WOMAN
ADMITS SHE
ROBBED u. S.
Former POstmistress. aud Mother of
Three Children { CiSles ses She Stole
To Back Ranch.

Billings. -(AP)-Mrs. Pearl M.
Grice, As, former postmistress at
Nibbe, a station on the Northern Pa
cific 80 miles east of Billings, entered
plea of guilty before United States
Commissioner Ray Anderson here
Saturday afternoon to a charge Of
embezzlement $1,000 of postal funds
in her custody during her tenure Of
office. She was bound over to await
action by federal grand jury on
bonds in the sum of $500 in lieu Of
which the woman was committed to
the county jail.
The complaint against Mrs. Grice
was signed by Postofice Inspector
Paul De eBntley of Billings, who,
after checking up her accounts last
March, suspended her from the serv-
ice and closed the Nibbe postofice.
Fear Bigger Shortage.
/ The shortage appearing from the
check was more than $1,000. Since
then it is said claims have been made
/ by Mrs. Grice amounting to two OF
three hundred dollars more.
When the woman was arraigneC
/ Saturday afternoon she told Commits
sioner Anderson that she had signed
a confession prepared by Bentley
After fixing her bond at $1,000, the
commissioner told Mrs. Grice that i
she had the $1,000 she had taken she
could put it up as cash bond.
81 wish I had the money" the
woman replied and she added tina
she had Soaked it into that ranch,
meaning an unsuccessful ranch nortl
of Nbbe operated by her husband.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
SHERIDAN OFFICIALS TRACE KILLER TO LAIR

Erickson And Salisbury Find Slayer In Roosevelt County
Two Hours After Bodies Are Discovered In Stream
Killer Tells How He Committed Deed-Large Crowds
Visit Scene OF GruesOme Tragedy-COroner's Jury Re-
turns Verdict Against Schlabsz-Hundreds View Muir
derer In His Cell and Victims in Morgue
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
ACCUSED MAN IS TAKEN TO WOLF POINT JAIL

thrill of horror swept through Northeastern Montana
last Sunday when the of the double murder of Mr. and
known The of the finding of the bodies of the victims
in the Big Muddy Sunday morning spread like widHre
throughout the territory and the telephone the Producers
News was kept busy by calls from people who anxious
+on Ieta nf IL
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

The city council held its annual meeting the Plenty
wood hall last week and reapponted Bob Robke
superintendent and all the of the old officials with the
ceptons of Jake Woesten who has been town marshall for
number of years. Art Aldge was appointed in his stead
+o +alre oA1ce on he
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

SAN FRANCISCO-(FP)-M. N.
Anderson, a world war veteran from
Oregon, entered a San Francisco res
taurant, ordered one last good dinner,
wrote a note to his wife on the back
of the bill, and shot himself. Not a
cent was found in his pockets.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
SLAYER OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY
FARMER AND WIFE CONFESSES

Eighteen Year Old Farm Hand Kills Mr. and Mrs. Tony Giss
Ter Because He Wanted Ford Sedan-LOve For North
Dakota Girl Induced Him To COvet The Car Owned By
His Empoyer-Finding Of Bodies In Big Muddy Dam
Near Homestead Sunday Causes Sensation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
WHEELS OF BRITISH INDUSTRIES
STOPPED BY GREATEST WALKOUT
Workers Estimated to Be Idle Today as Traesen
Join Coal Miners in Sympathetic Strike; Demonstration
Unmarked By Violence
KING GEORGE SUSPENDS CIVIL GOVERNMENT

Ieup of Transit Facilities Forces Millions to Walk in Lon
don; Shipping Hard Hits No Scarcity of Food Yet Re-
ported
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
OLD TIME POLICEMAN
REPLACED BY ALDRICH

Woesein Who Has Served City For Number Of Years, Is
Thrown Out Of Job By Vote Of Wagner, Which Broke
Tie-New Appointment Fails To Give Satisfaction
tition For Reinstatement Of Woesten Being Extensive
ly Signed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07
MINISTER VISITS
BOY MURDERER
In CELL AT JAIL

Rev. Boone Gives Impressions of
Visit to Representative of News
Thinks Boy Should Be Given a
Chance to Reform and Not Hung
Preacher Condemns morbid curl
Osity Which Impells Mob to Re-
gard Tragedy as a Show.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

ST. LOUIS-(FP)-The Order of
Railroad Telegraphers enrolled 479.
new members during March.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

agN THAT the first shock of the
,l. -sS IN Roosevelt county has
S,s ' is force people are asking
- .lmpelled young Schlabsz to
a ..-' me dreadful deed. One thing
~ -Ssa'aln-that he is not normal.
5.sa y Iae best explanation is that
-,s,le ~s5 TO get a car which led TO
-,e'u' s-iuef was superinduced by the
h.sll f.al insanity caused by his in
~ !, Tor a girl in North Dakota.
q sAe primitive caveman went
~.ig lght his rivals with a club
IyeFn p youth uses the automo-
sha,'. hs Is Is not always very care
=. u' me means he uses to get
y % -n. The low mentality of the
fo- ugfer @ was perhaps respOn-
d nos. ". .ne methods he adopted to
,a a''ySslon Tso Of his employers
sg v;,l me yestigal instincts Of q
3 I'M n a more active brain
s may, nave found expression IN a
'l'al way. ~
ss,,Il37 ~ time win come when sucb
'l b sa.. subjects as SchIabsz
,ad of 'a' 70 psycOpathic ward in
lsoFs3 u a Jail. Crime will then len
-r,s,:1ed upon as atL1.''1 loA,
,5 i1 WIN and win be treated d,stp'Ts'SSl n SSl
@ ,o~s ,s modern science. The time
y,hosisS when V.iS boys suffering from rom
eisrra,, Will be treated in tbe
inhsi- n Instead Of bread;n )
soornsl'. ne L, state will see tbai
ste e,S tsDS.ill viii not develop crim;n' MIN
as 4 a',lI;Seneies. sI;.9 The iaiI viii I''iIls. ba.
torturee' e'''if instead of a chambe, T M
Ae pS,..ie Beside the Judge '',VT VIII
81 80 tbeolaa and the DsvchoI
,hieno~osss.e1 people can be treat T.soi
s ssseaily. s5,sl Of COZ course ge tTeae tSsr,
asl dsSso.,y dyo, Who are waste O' ma !
.Aarre5 " q Of such people VIII
Be Ees,loas re- n the making Buf but wb y \
'tes oi tSs,a fSs as children pawn
'neir fathers sins.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

Official Newspaper Of Sheridan County
New Britain herald., 1926-09-10

Guilford, route 1. Guilford- cutoff grading is being done; does not in terfere with traffic.
 Guilford, no route number, Sach- ems Head road, one-half mile is under construction; detour one-half mile.
 Vernon and Holland, Holland turnpike, no route number, is under constrution. Road closed, detour.
 Rocky Hill, Dividend road, no route number, is under construction, but is open to one-way traffic.
 Windsor Locks, route 110, bridge is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Pennington, Scott Swamp road is under construction. There is some delay where steam shovel Is work ing Open to traffic but is very rough.
 Bloomfield, route 10. Bloomfield bridge is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Bloomfield, Wash Brook bridge is under construction. No delay to eraffic.
 Hartford Springfield road route no, in the towns of Windsor and Windsor Locks is under construc- tion. Thru traffic from Hartford to Suffleld and Springfield detour at Windsor going thru Poquonock and Suffield over the recently finished state road.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-10

swamp section is being raised. No delay to traffic. (route D
 Fairfield Center, Boston 1ost road, route l. Concrete road is un- der construction. Short detour through center of town.
 Westport and Fairfield-Boston post road. route 1. Grading is un- der contract from Blacksmith shop to round house. No delay to traffic.
 Westport- road is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 West Haven, Milford and Orange Milford turnpike, route l, Is under construction. Through traffic Mill ford to New Haven should take Shore road.
 Naugatuck- Rubber avenue is un- der construction. No delay to traffic.
 Waterbury and Cheshire, Cheshire Waterbury road, route S23, is un- der construction. Slight delay to traffic.
 Middletown-Durahm, Middletown- Durham road, route 112 is under construction. One way traffic past green concrete. Best route for through traffic from Middletown to Duham is through Middlefield.
 Branford- South Main street is un- der construction. Detour via Main street.
 Saybrook, route 175. Winthrop road, one-half mile is under con- struction. No detour.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-10

Manchester, Center street, route 3, is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 East Hartford, Mapping Bridge is under construction. Road closed, detour.
 Newington. Newington- New Brit ain road is under construction but is open to traffic.
 Newington and West Hartford, Willard street and Newington road is under construction but is open to traffic.
 Avon -Simsbury road, route 116, is closed to traffic and detour has been posted.
 Bloomfield, route 10, road Is clos ed to traffic; detours posted.
 Marlborough, On Hartford New London road, resurfacing of con- crete road. One-way traffic for a short distance during the day. (route ID
 Harwinton Plymouth Poland Brook road. no route number. Road is under construction; traffic pass ing through.
 Naugatuck. route s, re-surfacing of highway; one-way traffic for short distance during the daytime.
 Windsor, route 110, re-surfacins of concrete on route from Hartford City line to Norwich, one-way traffic during daytime.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-10
Doolittle Returning
 To Home in IT. S.

Bucnos Aires. Sept. 10 LP)-James H, Doolittle, the American aviator who recently flew from Santiago, Chile, to La Paz, Bolivia, and last week made a trip from Santiago to Buenos Aires in a one-seater plane on each flight having to cross the Andes at a high altitude, is a pas .senger on the steamer Pan American bound for New York.
 The Argentine mission to the ses- .qui-centennial exposition in Phila- delphia also is on board the steamer. The delegation is headed by Chavel Rodriguez.
 Doolittle was crippled by having his ankles broken in a fall at San tiago prior to making his flights and is forced to use crutChes. He said recently that when he arrived in the United States he would have his ankle bones rebroken and reset.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-10

New NIilford-Gaylordsville bridge. route l34, work on the new bridge and approaches are under way. No detours necessary.
 Norwalk-Danbury road, route 126, grading and concrete construction is under way Detour for northerIy traffic over Belden hill as posted.
 Ridgeheld-Main street and Dan bury road. route 136, Concrete con- struction under way. A short dctour is posted.
 Willimantic-Putna road, route 3, is under construction in Wind ham. Open to traffic for those pro- ceeding from North Windham to- ward Willimantic. Traffic from Will limantic to North Windham will follow detour.
 Willimantic-EIartford road. route 3, Section of concrete pavement just west of Willimantic being re- constructed and widcned. Traffic go- ing east may use regular route. Traffic from Willimantic west should follow detour via Coventry to Bolton.
 Willmantic-Putna road, routes 3 and 1O1, is under construction in Chaplin. Open 10 traffic, shoulders incomplete.
 Norwich-Putnam, route F, grade crossing is being eliminated in Plainficld, short detour.
 Norwich-New London, route 12, road is under construction in towns of Norwich and Montville. Open to traffic, shoulders incomplete.
 Norwich-New London road, route 12, in towns of Waterford and Mont vile road is under constructoin. Open to traffic. Through traffic will avoid this work by using the Nor wich-Groton road on east side of Thames river.
 Norwich Willimantic, route 32, road is under construction in Frank lin. Concrete pavement being plac- ed. Section of one-Way traffic regu- lated by telephone. East Lyme, route 1, on the Post road the Golden Sput bridge is be- ing reconstructed. Detour posted.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-10
LAUD BRAVERY OF
 JAPANESE SEAMEN
Save Grew of Stricken Ship
 After Two Others Decline

Boston, Sept. 10 Pl-The bravery of Japanese sailors in raging sea that sent two merchant ships scud- ding for shelter with no attempt at rescue was being praised here today by officers of the British steamer City of Dunedin. The Dunedin ar rived from the Orient bringing sev- eral men of the ill-starred British freighter City of Naples, wrecwed in 3 typhoon June 15 on an uncharter- cd reef 150 miles south of Tokyo.
 The Naples went ashore with a force that ripped off her bottom and broke her into three sections. The lore part sank immediately, her midships section disappeared soon afterwards and her crew of "A men was left clinging to the poop.
 The radio got off an sos. before the ship broke up, but the first boat to arrive steamed away and a sec ond. after broadcasting for assist ance, resumed speed, signalling she was unable to give aid.
 When the Japanese government got the call the cruiser Kasuga was sent to the scene, arriving June IT, after the British sailors had aban- loned all hope of rescue. Rough water foiled an attempt to float a line to the wreck, and despite the risk the Kasuga launched small boat which worked into the lee of the reef. Shallow water prevented any further approach, however, as an officer and three men swan for : it.