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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06
TELLS HOW FARMERS SUFFERED DEFLArIoN

no" e deaon Of the American bvt
ea board big bankers actually worked h told b Con
oroec OF South Dakota relief published
Ii e a issue OF the Congressional following session
Notices sad to various banks to call in their
loans and make people 1t will be fully
aware Oh what was about to happen Evidently
upped OIL When the liquidation
bought from day day only The dropped
% &c IN short time Hides from
Corn went low that the
1led Livestock went to less than half previous
I we'll remember the experience the
OF the farmers lived 40
ordered mortgaged livestock driven by the which
ey reached the railroad shipment although
plenty available There dead cattle
OF way IN the in the the alleys Nobody
died the town.
1t is pretty generally admitted people the
deatn and demanded the cattle the
VINO We're instrumental withholding their shipment
having become flooded fast that prices broke suddenly
expected Rows Of empty stood the tracks day
day. but the farmers could their
Sen Fess defending the refusal to give relief
e IaIners asked That is not the situation
Sen Norris answered for Norbec; dead no
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06

WASHINGTON.-(FP) - Smith
w. BroOkhart, nominated by the re-
publican voters of Iowa over Sen.
Cummins, has become a worse DOGGY
tc the Coolidge administration. The
state republican convention has recog-
niZed him as its nominee, although he
refused to recant his denunciations of
the Coolidge policies and actions.
The Iowa convention of the repub-
lican party declared for enactment
of legislation which will permit the
establishment of an American price
level for agricultural products above
the world price level just as the pro-
tective tariff accomplishes that result
for manufactured products"
AS this platform statement is read
in the national capital it is a threat
to the protective tariff system. This
is Brookhartism. 1t is a menace to
the hopes of Calvin Coolidge for re-
election in 1923. It is dangerous to
the republican party in this years
campaign for control of the senate
and house.
That there is nothing radical in the
Iowa G. o. P. which can formally en-
dorse Coolidge and BrcOkhart in the
same afternoon is conceded on all
sides. But that Brookhart has forced
the old machine leaders to join in the
farm agitation and to renounce the
high industrial tariff is looked upon
as a sign that eastern discipline over
the party is breaking down.
Republican n a tt ION al committee
spokesman will not talk now. They
are waiting for chairman Buffers un-
agents to report on the weak
points in the farmers front. Then
they will attack the Brookhart-Norris-
LaFollette- Nonpartisan league posi-
ton.
Tariff is the issue in this years
elections, says the democratic ma
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06
Bv Esther Lowell

by ESL0eT Lowell
Boston, Mass.-Strong evidence
of who the. real perpetrators of the
South Braintree payroll robbery and
murder for which Sacco and Vanzet-
ii have been imprisoned six years is
piling up in the many afidavits cor
roborating the confession of Coles
tino Madeiros that the Morelli gang
of Providence, r. L, and net the two
italian workers, committed the crime.
The motion for a new trial for Sacco
and Vanzetti is based on this confess
sion and supporting affidavits.
Defense Attorney William G.
Thompson is working day and night
to secure further and yet more con-
elusive affidavits within the two
weeks granted him by Judge Web
ster Thayer to complete the filing Of
the 25 defense Identification wit
nesses who testified in the trial of
Sacco and Vanzeti five years ago
that neither worker was at South
Braintree at the time Of the crime
enormous. Each must be shown pho
tos of the Morelli gang to Identify
them as the ones in the crime.
Prosecution witnesses are also be-
ing sought for the same purpose by
Thompson, although the defense at
torney expressed his doubt of obtain
ing help from them when he was re-
porting his progress to Judge Thay-
er. Assistant District Attorney Ran
ney was trying to limit Thompson's
time for filing afidavits to June 10
but finally agreed that two weeks
would be more suitable. Thompson
mentioned in his argument for time
that the prosecution had refused his
proposal to examine all witnesses
jointly SO that there could be no
charge of coercion or special inter
est by either side. The district at
toney's office scoffed at the idea, ev-
en- though such action would have ex-
pedited the case for both sides and
led to the establishment Of who real
ly committed the crime.
State police are also not cooperat-
ing with Thompson to apprehend the
guilty men not now In prison. The
state officers adhere to the position
that Sacco and VanZetti have been
convicted for the crime, hence must
be guilty, and why chase others even
though the seem strongly implicated.
State police have also been using
pressure on the families of Madeiros'
later crime associates, one of whom
has sworn afidavits of what Nader
os told him about the South Brain
tree job. This associate, James
Weeks, has so far stuck by his story
in spite of intimidation and his testi-
mony is corroborated in many parts
by that of John J. Richards, United
State marsh in Rhode Island for
eight years. Richards arrested the
Moreli gang for stealing freight
from interstate commerce, the crime
for which they are now serving in
Atlanta and Leavenworth prisons.
Weeks is a lifer in Charleston pris-
on, where Vanzetti is. He was not
in the South Braintree crime him
self.
Madeiros is waiting the outcome of
his third appeal for new trial. He
has twice been convicted of murder
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06
Innocence of SaccO and
Vanzetti to be Proved

ing Wrentham bank clerk, but has
another appeal on a technicalitv
pending before the supreme court of
Massachusetts. He is at Dedham
sixth year. Last November, Nader
os sent Sacco a note in a magazine
that he and another gang committed
the South Bralntree job and not Sac
co and Vanzetti. SaccO was at first
suspicious Of the note, since so many
provocative efforts have been tried on
him. But Attorney Thompson inter
viewed Madeiros and later secured
his signed confession. Madeiros adds
to the typewriter affidavit in his own
hand that he knowBHEhe last names
of the gang membe1s involved but
that he refuses to give them.
One Of the defense afidavits is
made by New Bedford policeman
Richard Jacobs, who observed men,
bers of the Morelli gang on the April,
1920, date of the South Braintree job
and subsequently investigated their
activities in support of his suspicious
that they did the crime. Jacob says
he dropped his inquiries when Sacco
and Vanzetti were arrested. Another
affidavit which Thompson is working
to secure, suggested by some already
obtained, will show that Joe Morelli
tried to get Atlanta prisoners to ali
bi him for the South Braintree date
after the Sacco Vanzetti defense at
torney at the time, Fred H. Moore,
had had his assistants interview pris-
oners in that federal prison. ice was
moved to Athens, Ca, and finally to
Leavenworth, Kansas, when prisoners
threatened his life.
Not small part of the nearly
100000 spent for the defense Of
Sacco and Vanzetti was expended in
the extensive investigation undertake
en- by Moore to find the real Grimm
ais. Data secured by Moore is now
being used by Thompson. Moore,
without the aid of Madeiros' confess
sion, came very near to discovering
the guilty gang. From Madelros'
confession, the trail has led out in
so many directions that can be
checked for accuracy that the proving
Of Sacco and Vanzetti innocence by
showing up the real thieves and muir
derers is much facilitated. Thcmp-
son has, however, much to do, as he
admitted to Thayer, because criminals
do not want to betray themselves for
further punishment. Madeiros, Mr..
Thompson stated to Thayer, is not
confessing in braggadocio, as the
prosecution might charge, but ap-
parently because he does not want to
see two innocent men executed.
Thompson urged Thayer to see Ma
deiros himself to judge what type of
man he is.
Madeiros tells in detail, much of
which has been checked, how the
robbery of Slater & Morrill, shoe fac
tory payroll in South Braintree was
{ accomplished, with the accompanying
murders of the two payroll guards
MadeirOs' party was to sit in the rear
Or the machine with a gun anil ward
of attacks of bystanders if neces-
sary. He claims he got scared after
the crime was committed and shot
robody. He vas a youth Of IS or 70
at the time. TIE blonde, pastyfaced
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06

thin gangster who drove the car has
since been killed at Narragansett
Pier, Thompson says. Two cars were
used by the gaIg-both stole1 cars
with stolen number plates.
Thompson told Judge Thayer that
he had played fair with the state by
showing the district attorneys Office
the affidavits supporting the new
trial motion. He remarked that the
prosecution had not replied with the
same courtesy.
off am right, as I believe I am,
these men-Sacco and Vanzetti-are
innocent, I'm going to press to the
bitter end to prove it, no matter how
much personal inconvenience it is to
me-" Thompson exclaimed to the
court. He explained that he has not
previously handled criminal cases
and had not expected to have to do
criminal investigation in this case
but that he would see it through and
asked for the moderate allowance of
two weeks to complete his inquiries.
Judge Webster Thayer, yellow and
deathly pale, ghoStly thin, with mead
and voice shaking, allowed the time
asked. After nursing his anti-alien,
anti-Sacco and Vanzetti prejudice so
long, it is hard for Judge Thayer to
have to look at facts. He may be
afraid. IF he turns down this final
motion for a new trial for these two
innocent workers, he will have to ex-
ert himself strenuously to make his
denial plausible in comparison with
the defense case.
Thayer said that the public did not
seem to know that Massachusetts,
law now permits the defense in cap
ital cases to file motions for a new
trial any time before sentencing. As
sistant district attorney Ranney had
said that the public was impatient,
thinking the prosecution slow in fin
ishing up this long case. He implied
that there was impatience for the
sentencing and executing of Sacco
and Vanzetti since the state supreme
court upheld Thayer's denial of pre-
vious new trial motions. District
Attorney Wilbar has been bowling
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
By LAURENCE TODD

tiOnal committee in an exultant state
ment, based on the failure of the re-
publican administration to relieve the
distress Of the farmers.
1t appears that the farm relief de-
bate disclosed the injustice of the
Observation-Disclosures high tariff law in
way that will seriously embarrass
the administration in the November
election. They suggest that the re-
publicans set out to buy control of the
next senate to continue the private
benefits of high tariff rates to manu-
facturers.
Success of the Nonpartisan league
in North DakOta's recent republican
primary, in renominating all Of Its
candidates now holding office, and by
increased majorities, has brought new
grief to Sen. Butler of Massachusetts
chairman of the republican national
committee. 1t has proved once more
the toughness of the bond among the
wheat farmers of the northwest, WOW
en- 10 years ago by Townley, Lemke,
Wood and tn e r founders of the
league, when Lynn Frazier was first
chosen governor eff the state. In those
10 years North Dakota has stood out
as a commonwealth loyal to an idea
rather than to a man. And there
North Dakota stands.
When the war hysteria gave a pre-
text for attacks on the league, the
late John Weeks and his Boston bank
ing crowd were among the first to
seek revenge on the defensive organi-
zaticn of the farmers in the north
west. His successor, Butler looks
upon the league as offering the most
difficult obstacle to standpat political
control beyond the Mississippi
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06
&c. c. sNEAKs HELP TO RAILROADS
By LELAND OLDs. Federated Presg


No general increase in railroad roads, shouts the inter
sCaVe commerce commission voice farmers
@ IN @ same decision it gives the carriers quiet tip that they
adjustments IN their individual rates appear
Journal of
TO the attention of railroad investors
decision left through which the
sderaby without putting the commission
lg horizontal increase The Journal
political body which allows political factors to influence its decisions
Coolidge administration under fire the
mission must avoid giving offense by increasing
The commission said: cit is clear
Inequalities IN the rate structure existing portions western district
which should be corrected The provision directing initiate modify
establish or adjust rates that the carriers return does
not relieve the carrier from the initiating That
junction belongs to management and not to regulation"
Here according to the Chicago commission
be inferred to have attract adverse
headlines in the
How the rate of profit railroad stocks climb is shown
in Wall Street Journal for the June 90 1925
Even the supposedly hardup western carriers showing results bv
discouraging
Atlantic Coast Line leads in common stock with profits
running at the percent with 269 percent
1925 But other roads have shown gains
return stock rising percent percent Nickel
Plate from 16 percent EOS
cent 22 and Santa Fe from 172
The table shows the of important roads
in the ended June 80 the calendar
nd 90.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06

AS if the
the chiefs police form greetn
that bosses Otta throw around wherever strikers
The stuff in tin in hand
grenade billie clubs everything
to ask for higher without
lOta other they show the
they will pan without really being slain
dudd twisted sourned
will from the shock in time punch the blasted
the bosses profit need they still will let live
and plasm is while profit taking shall endure
So buy bandana by the for tears
haps this will wash will thru bosses lies
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06
Y. w. L. ORGANIZER
CONVICTED OF SEDITION

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (FP)-After
Is hours delieberatiOn, a jury con-
victed George Papcun, organizer
for the Young Workers League, of
violating the Anti-SeditiOn Act.
Papcun was found not guilty of the
the charge of membership in the
Workers Party. No overt act was
proved against him, the conviction
being based solely on sO-called Sc
ditiOus utterances.
Back of this conviction Pacun's
friends see the hand of the big
steel and coal interests. He was
arrested for speaking to miners at
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06

for the electrocution of these two in
nocent men.
Defense Attorney Thompson re-
Piled to Ranney that another large
section of the public, of which he was
a part, was equally impatient In the
other direction - to see Sacco and
Vanzetti freed and blame placed
where it properly belongs. AS Judge
Thayer left the court room he said:
"I'm not going to be influenced by
any outside matter whatsoever! y
Sacco and Vanzetti and their friends
are waiting to see how fair Thayer
will be.
Decentralization of 20 letters re
ceived by Governor Alvan Fuller OF
Massachusetts in the first mail Of a
single morning were protests against
the possible execution of Sacco and
Vanzetti, innocent Italiagn workers
victimized by a vicious frame-up and
deprived of their liberty for six years
already. If Fuller is not impressed
by the widespread belief in the in
nocence of these men, perhaps he will
nav attention to the increasing evl-
dence supporting Celestino Madeiro'S
confession that the Morelli gang OF
professional thieves committed the
South Braintree payroll robbery and
murder and not either Sacco or Van
zetti. But the more protests, the
better. Send in yours today.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06

a Lenin memorial meetinv =
public, after state troopers ~" ei
tried to intimidate him. h Vac Isg
incurred enmity of employers u" Su
speeches during strikes in the oo Iy
regions. 'OAe
Evidence offered against PaDo,
included articles published in pt tSa
fact that that paper ENJOYS saco me
class mailing privileges from NG tba
federal government. AttOrnav e
E. Ferguson moved for a new tri. 4
and Papcm was freed on 81 5o6
bail until September, when Fe ',OUV
son will argue his motion. gu
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06

ChinOOk-Miller Bros. wool IL.
100000 pounds, has been shipped r.
Boston. " W
Nashua-Many sales of farms =.
ported here to adjoining neighbor,
who have prospered. ''''OiS
Silver Bow County plans tn sDord
$4,000 on 4 miles of Anaconda 49, oj'u
Misscula-New Evaro Canyon 6iob.
way grade completed and ready for
crawling. 'O'
Shelby-Completion of storaoo
projects will give 100000 barrels
Kelvin oil storage. 10
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-06

the Wall Street Of
e country reporting higher profit than in 1925 and b
show lower rate of they have more stock
New Britain herald., 1926-12-03

der construction. No delay to traffic. Branford- East Haven, Boston Post road, grading is started. No de- lay 10 traffic. ' Westbrook Patchegue river bridge. Work is heing done on the approach spans. No delay to traffic. West Haven. Milford and Orange Milford turnpike. Shoulders under construction. No delay to traffic. Old Saybrook- one way traffic for one-half mile.
 Route No. 2 East Windsor bridge is under con- struction. No delay to traffic. Berlin Beckley crossing is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Route No. 3 Manchester-Center street is under construction. No delay to traffic short detour
 Route No. & Thomaston- approaches to Key holds bridge is under construction. No detours.
 Route No. 10 Bloomfield, road is open to traffic. shoulders incomplete.
 Middletown-H -Haddam, grading is under way, slight delay where shovel is working.
 Route No. 12 Norwic h-New London road in towns of Waterford and Montyille is under constrution. Open to traffic
New Britain herald., 1926-12-03

der construction. but is open to traffic.
 Burlington Center road is under construction. Detour around two
 bridges.
 Eastford -Kenyonville road is un- der construction. Open to traffic. Fairfield-Old Kings highway is under construction. Slight delay 10 traffic. Pennington, Scott Swamp road is under construction. Pennington end of road is closed. Detour posted. Harwinton- Burlington road is un- der construction. Short detour around bridges. Harwinton Plymouth. Poland Brook road is under construction. Traffic passing through. Newington, Newington- New Brit open 10 traffic.
 Newington and West Hartford, Willard street and Newington road are under construction but is open 10 traffic. Plymouth, Bull Head road, bridges are under construction. Short detour around bridges.
 Vernon and Holland. Holland turnpike is under construction. Road closed in Holland. w. Woodstock-S. Woodstock Is under construction, grading is being done.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-03

shovel is working and fill is being made.
 Route No. 112 Durham -Northford road is under construction. Shoulders are under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Route No. 121 Salisbury, Lakeville- Millerton road is under construction. Detour post ed.
 Route No. 125 Roxbury, Depot bridge. Work on the new bridge foundation has com- menced. No detours necessary.
 Route No. 126 Norwalk -Danbury road. Grading and shoulder work is under way. One-way traffic past the fresh con- crete.
 Route NO. 133 Hartland, East Hartland mountain road is under construction. Present road is open for travel.
 Route No. 134 Canaan, South Canaan-Lime roa d is under construction. Detour at South Canaan end.
 New Milford -Gaylordsville bridge. Work on the new bridge and ap- breaches under way. A short de- tour necessary.
 Route No. 136 Ridgefield-Mai street and Dan bury road. Grading and shoulder work under way. No detours neces-
New Britain herald., 1926-12-03

Through traffic will avoid this work by using the Norwich-Grot road on the east side of the Thames river
 Route No. 17
 Norfolk, Norfolk-W. Norfolk road is under construction. Short detour at bridge in Norfolk.
 Canton-Cherry brook bridge, on Hartford Winsted road is under con- struction. No delay to traffic.
 Route No. 1O1
 Chaplin, bridge at South Chaplin is being constructed. No detour.
 Route No. 1O3
 Sterling, bridge is being recon structed. Temporary bridge in use.
 Route No. no
 Windsor Locks, bridge is under construction. No delay to traffic. Hartford Springfield road in the towns of Windsor and Windsor Locks is under construction. Through traffic from Hartford to Sufheld and Springfield detour at HAiuooi sung tliiouSh oquoiioNh and Sufield over the recently finish ed state road.
 Route No. iii
 Marlboro Hebron. Six miles under construction; does not interfere with traffic: through traffic advised to avoid this road. Middletown- Meriden. Grading Is under way, slight delays where
New Britain herald., 1926-12-03
Sary.
ROUtp No tsi1

IAotllt No. HI Scotland Canterbury road is un- der construction, open to traffic.
 Route No. 1i2 Woodstock Mass line. Road is un- der construction, open 10 traffic.
 Route 10. III Bridge over Quinebaug river at Wauregan is under construction. Temporary bridge Is in use.
 Route No. .e15S Newtown- Bethel road. Grading and macadam construction is under way. No detours necessary.
 Route No. 17G Westport- road is under construction. No delay to traffic.
 Route No. f.9 Preston-the Halfville road is open to traffic, but shoulders are incom- plete.
 Route No. fSi New Canaan-Poundridge road is under construction. Slight delay to traffic.
 Route No. 322 Torrington. Torrington-N Norfolk road. Bridge is under construction.
 Route No. 323 Waterbury and Cheshire, Che shire-Waterbury road. Shoulders un- der construction. No delay to traffic.
 No Route Numbers Bolton, Bolton Center road is un-
New Britain herald., 1926-12-03
Road Conditions
 In Connecticut

Road conditions and detours in the state of Connecticut made neces- sary by highway construction and repairs announced by the State Highway department as of Decem- Der 1, are aS follows:-
 Route No. i
 East Lyme-in the Post road, the Golden Sput bridge is being con- structed. Detour posted.
 Westport and Fairfield -Bostor Post road. Grading is under contract from Blacksmith shop to Round house. No delay to traffic.
 Westport and Fairfield Bulkley Bridge. is under construction. No de lays to traffic.
 Fairfield-Mill river bridge is tn.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-03

The development of the American public's interest in all major sports to a point never before reached brought about baseball's third sue cessive million dollar world series. Fight fans gave boxing its first s2,- 100000 show when 132,OO0 specta- tors damned the Philadelphia arena to watch Dempsey and Tunney bat tie. Football staged a million dol lar spectacle for the first time in the Army and Navy drama before 110,- 900 people in Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-03
MARIE ON FINAL
 LAP OF HER TRIP
Queen Enjoying Needed Rest
 Speeding HomeVard

Trieste, Italy. Dec. 3 R1Queen Marie of Rumania, who Is speeding homeward on the Simplon express, has enjoyed the first 24 hours of real solid rest since her departure for the United States last October.
 Marie never left her suite from the moment she boarded the train in Paris. She took all her meals in se- clusion and declined to receive any callers. At Lausanne and Milan the queen despatched an aide to the post offices for news or telegrams from Bucharest concerning the health Of her husband. King Ferd- inand. but received no word.
 No news Is good news" Marie told intimates among her party.
 Madame Simone Lahovary. lady in-waiting to Queen Marie. worn out
New Britain herald., 1926-12-03
Football Enters Million
 Dollar Business Class

New York. Dec. 8 R-Football entered the million dollar class dur ing the 1926 sport season which shattered all records for attendance and financial returns.