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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
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OI the common man.
Kingmakers Behind Scenes
The people seldom look in the
shadows where men alive to the fu-
tilities, fatigues ard dangers of ac-
tual political place, alertly recognize
their power over their fellow men
and use it to their advantage. These
are the kingmakers and masters back
of the well clad political puppets who
are strutting their little stunts on
the public stage. Political power
does not allure them because it is too
easy to control the Walsh's and
Wheeler's who revel in the tawdry
glitter of political prestige. The iron
economic law of today is that the
masters of money are the masters of
governments. And wherever these
masters live it is safe to assume that
the alleged governmental agencies of
their states or nations are but part
of the tools with which they play
their game from far back IN the
shadows.
These master men. who manipu-
late some of our great" senatorial
figures today are the controlling fig.
ures in Metals and Oil. They are
the industrial pOtentates who pull the
strings and put on such political
punch and judy shows as the Tea
pot Dome and Daugherty investiga
tiOns. Their minds are fixed upOr
the raw materials upon which the
whole structure of modern industry
and transportation are based. The!
are fixed upon Copper, Water POwed
and oil. The Empires, Oil ant
Copper have been established ant
one of their palaces is 26 Broadway
CONTINUED on page Eighty
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18

The suboned telegram from W. A. Clark r to the editor
of the Producers News sposes of much speculation
whether he would be candidate for the United States Sen
ate His telegram from his Los Angeles home indicates that
he read the article the Producers News which stated that al
though he would be candidate he would be an important
factor in the public life of the state
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
KELLOCC'S INIPUDENT NOTES ARE IGNORED
BULLETIN

Shanghai 16.-Heavy fighting was report
ed today in the vicinity of Hangchow and Canton
ese victory over the defending army of Marshall Sun
Chuan Fang would put the Nationalists at Shang-
hais door.
This means that the British army now in Shang-
hal will soon have to fig Int or evacuate the Chinese
City
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18


here today.
Cantonese Advancing
Incoming reports failed to make
clear the details Of the sudden and
turn of events.
It was believed that Marshal Suns
communications, which until a few
days ago stretched out along the
Tsientag river from Hangchow to
Chuchow, had been cut by a sudden
thrust. The position of General Pal
Pao-Shan, commander of Suns
troops in the southern front, is OBJ
scure but there is reason to believe
they either have been cut off from
the main force or have gone over to
the Cantonese ranks.
Reliable foreign news sources re-
ported Cantonese troops already had
appeared ia Guyanghsien, Is miles
southwest of Hankchow, and at Chu-
kihsien, Yenchow and Tunglu.
Kellogg Turned Down
Shanghai, Feb. I6.-The proposal
of American Secretary of State Kel-
Continued on page Eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18

The first convention of the Progressive Farmers of
Montana concluded its deliberations between two and three
o'clock Monday morning after being in for over two
day From the time Chas NJ osyn of Avondae was elected
permanent chairman of the convention until the new officers
installed the DELEGATES worked with enthusiasm rare
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
LEGISLATURE DRAGGING
ITS SLOW COURSE, ALONG
Minor Bills Occupy Attention of Members Guaran-
tee Bill Still In Limbo-Greenup Would Have Dancing
Stopped at IL Saturday Nights Sparkling and Robt Lar
Get Ready for Fray.

Helena-The session of the legislature continues tame
The big bills like the Bank Guarantee Act are still in commit
and the membership of both houses are wrestling with
large assortment of minor bills Some of these have already
to the Senate and expected great number of
others will be slaughtered there soon
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
DECEPTION OF SENIOR SENATOR EXPOSED
Article |.

The unthnkng part of the public that sovereignty
IS identified with political figures and that the who thun-
der in the Senate the of the land They place
haos around the heads of such Borah Walsh and
others who for the time being be fighting the battles
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
Cold Snap Continues

more snow and cold weather still
grlps the Northwest. Thirty below
zero weather and deep snow makes
traveling any distance almost inn
possible. N''
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
4 Do Not Like This Castor
Oil Business" Says IversOn

Erac Old Antelope Commissioners Gets Into More Trouble
Admits He Cut Water Pipes Without Authorty-Salis-
bury Asks French Pertinent Questions About the So 900
Judgment Held Against Him By County Commissioners
Notify Mckee and Women to Vacate
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18

Shanghai Feb l6.-The downfall of Hangchow capital of
Cheang province and chief outpost of Marshal Sun Chuan-
Fang imminent the result of major defeat suffered his
troops the southern battlefront Confirmation of report
that the troops of Marshal Sum- defender of Shanghai had been
pushed back BY the onrushng southern army was received
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
c. P. Jones, Of Peerless, Elected
State Director Of P. F. Of A.

Constitution and Resolutions Adopted and Several Reports
Considered by Largest Convention of Farmers Held in the
State Since Days of the Nonparsan League Enthusiasm
Prevails and Delegates Show Much Interest in Work of the
Progressive Farmers of America.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
BRITISH PARLIAMENT IS
FEARFUL OF OUTCOME

Advance of Victorious Cantonese Army VIII Force British
Troops in Shanghai Fight Evacuate Mercenary Chi
nese General Is Defeated By Revolutionary Army
Widow of Sun Vat Sen Tells of Fight for Freedom OF China
Against Usurpation of Foreign Powers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18

the court house yesterday with the three county commission
present the board decided give Mckee notice to vacate
the first of March and the women who elected McKee
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
CHINESE ARMY AT THE GATES OF SHANGHAI
Walsh Was Backed By Sinister Forces In Oil Probe OF 1924
Clark Telegram Confirms Story
In Producers News Last Week

Has No Personal Political Ambitions" He Says-Win Not
Be Candidate But VIII Endeavor Make Montana One
of the Greatest States in Union.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-18
Observation-Disclosures
HAND OF STANDARD OIL SEEN
in ATTACK ON COMPETITORS

Big Inside Story of How Financial Pirates Used Senators and
Cabinet Members In Battle for Oil FieIds-Wash Turned
on Lifelong Friend At Bidding of Masters-He Pushed
Leasing Law Which Gave Standard Naval Reserves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

the exreditionary force that seems to
have caused the Kaiser. first. mirth.
and. later, mortificat ton.
Whoever said It. II seems 10 have
been good thing To say. Its results
were almost insta ntaneous and. no
matter what the political, economic
and financial outcome of the World
War may eventually prove. will he of
value to the world as long as courage.
devotion and patriotism are listed
among the virtues.
In q way somewhat similar the
United States was. to some extent. In
suited into raising an evolutionary
force for the same conflict, We could
not set the men In the first place; we
could not equip them rapidly enough;
1t would he impossible to transport
them safely and promptly, and when
they did set across they We're going
to prove indifferent lighters when put
up ssainst the frishttulness Of the
central powers war technique. lie:
those who have the matter in charge
see 10 it that never. either from the
lips ~ Sneerinc enemy or as a
needed stimulus 10 enlistment from
American lips. shall this adjective he
3 pplica HE To our Regular Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
The Contemptibles.

New it is claimed that his imperial
majesty. Kaiser Wilhelm III Of Ger
many was not the orisina tor of the
famous remark about "Engla nds con-
temptible little army" A former Brit
ish undersecretary of state for foreign
affairs says that the phrase was de-
iiberateIy invented BY smart Eng
lish army cficer as a piece of propa-
gandR.
The regular standing army of the
United Kingdom could not. by any
stretch Of ina gina ton. have been
called impressive as compared to Ger
many's at the outbreak of hostilities.
It was not so little, as armies 60
numbering few hundred thousa nd
in all, but when it went up against
the war machine OF the central powers
II was like David advancing on
Goliath IL was an odd sort OF army
frem many stanGpoints. II was rather
overdressed and in many ways wrong
~ or insdequately equipped. Scarcely
two regiments in it were uniformed
alike on parade. while almost every
one posse ssed traditions, some OF them
Of great antiquity. to which its mem.
bers clunE with devoted tenacity.
One fusileer regiment still wore a
black bow at the back of the neck.
remnant of the pig-tail days. The
men Of certain guards regiment felt
injured if some one tackled on an IS"
to it's name wheh referring TO them in
plural sense. while 10 add "ers" was
quite correct. Corps designated as
royal" whether English. Irish or
Scottish, wore special blue facings.
and were correspondingIy stuck Up.
But how those boys could fight, and
how they did fight. They had no
more chance-and they knew THAN
did the 800 Spartans at Thermopylae
Tommy Atkins and his monocle0
''ieftenant" and his crimson iowleC
general went blithely TO their dea this
with their very bodies they made y
breastwork behind which the first OF
Kitchensr's "irst 100. 1000" could pro
tect themselves. For every letter
in the word contemplate" ther,
SpranR into existence another fresI
battaKcn bearing the name and mum
her some deciuaated zreRzment a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
The Charleston ON the Campus.

University of Chics 20 students have
decided to establish a campus night
club. No longer will the grave old
senior, the gay young sophomore or
the beautiful coed have to travel way
down to the loop district or over miles
of macadam to some popular road
house in order to kick up their heels
both f1guratively and literally.
BY the establishment Of this new
campus activity. it is announced, stu
dents may have amusement of a good
grade without straining their pocket
books, and when the evenings gayety
has ended will not be too far from
their fraternity houses or dormitories.
There is an old college comic song
which tells Of patient father, suspi-
ciously scrutinizing the semester ac-
counts of his hopeful and saying,
melodiously, -Four hundred dollars for
soap and stamps is little too much,
L fear" There is no doubt that in
the past many a dollar spent on extra.
l,
somehow got listed as having gone for
"incidentals," for laundry for
chemical apparatus" text books"
and contributions to this, that or the
other good cause.
Now the stately junior can unblush-
ingly list CONVERT charge" ginger
ale" and more subWtantial refresh
ments when and where they ought to
- listed. Is not the night club a
campus activity? Should it not be sup
ported by every loyal Chicago man,
whether his tastes run to terpsichore
or gastronomy or both? The parents
may well rejoice that it is so. They
will get off much easier fina ncially and
will more often know the wherea bouts
Of their dashing sons and beautiful
daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
A Popular Verdict.

Ty Cobb and iris Speaker, two vet
ersn stars OF the base ball diamond,
have been declared innocent Of fix.
ing game between Detroit and
Cleveland in 1919. and have been rein
stated by Commissioner Lands. With
has cleared the slate of the unsavory
mess stirred up by Dutch" Leonard,
who preceded "Swede" Risberg of
Black Sox fame. in attempting to
blacken the character of famous
players.
In the final settling of the Cobb
Speaker case Commissioner Lands
throws additional light on an affair
that has mystified the public. Leon
ard would not face the men he ac-
cused. according to the commissioner,
and rather than have an empty and
one-sided hearing which would result
in public condemnation and bring
sorrow to their families and to Joe
Wood, who was involved with them,
Cobb and Speaker decided to retire
from base ball.
Soon after this decision was made
newspapers in the Middle West got
wind of 1t, and it was necessary for
the commissioner to make the. whole
matter public. When this occurred
there WAS no more reason for Cobb
and Speaker to remain silent. and
they Immediately demanded the vindi-
cation which they have just received.
Thus ends a case that has stirred
Nationwide interest, and the verdict
Of the white-haired arbiter of base
ball will be hailed with acclaim.
The exoneration has particular
significance to the Washington team,
inasmuch as President Griffith has an
nounced that determined efforts will
be made to induce Speaker to sign on
the dotted line for service in center
feld with the twotime champions of
the league. Cleveland has already ap-
pointed new manager to take the
place left vacant by Speaker, and will
probably be willing to release him to
the club with which he can make the
best terms. Griffith has wired him an
offer. and the chances appear bright
for acceptance.
But regardless of the Washington
angle Of the situation, base ball is
now 'in the Clear and the stage is
set for the beginning of the 1927 sea
son. The stove league" as the Win
ter period is known. has had an excit-
ing series, a series which threatened
for a time TO disrupt the national
game. The curtain has been drawn
on this phase of the game, however,
and with renewed public confidence
the sixteen major league teams await
the umpire's order to play ball"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
A Normal Washington Winter,

ashington is experiencing one of
Its normal Winter seasons. 1t has had
little snow and only an occa sional
cold spell, in no case prolonged. 1t
has had its January thaw," with
Springlike tempera lures 1t Is now
nipped by a chilly blast from the
Northwest and is shlvering, but with
clean and the pavements free from
snow It in not suffering The season
has reached the stage at which the
passing of every day without snowfall
is reckoned as a material gain. Only
a few weeks now lie ahead within
which really bad weather can occur.
and even if all of them should be
marked by the worst that the season
can produce the Anal record will be Of
a Winter OF beara BILE mildness.
Snow is the worst that is to be
dreaded here. For Washington's
SHOWS are not as those of more north
erly cities. They are just heavy
enough to impede traffic and they
slush soon enough to cause much sick
ness, through the saturation of the
atmosphere with lung choking da mp
ness. Practically every Winter that
Washington remembers for its sever
ity has been such by reason Of the
snowfall, sometimes accompanied by
bitter cold that has caused the forrna-
ton Of veritable glaciers and foes in
the streets, sometimes by thaws that
have brought slush, perhaps quickly
to be frozen into long remaining
crusts.
Taken altogether Wsshington's
Winters are not hard to endure. There
are many bright days, many warm
ones, and actually few that cause suf-
fering. IL the Capital We're equipped
for the immediate and complete re-
moval of the snow from the streets
the season would hold no terTors.
That equipment has been partially
provided and an organization for it's
use has been begun. With more funds
at it's disposal the District govern
ment could defy the worst the season
can bring to the Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

| ''one Of the unforgettable tragic 70
ma noes Of high.placed world figures,
and with stage setting that even
Dumas or Oppenheim would not ven
ture to employ"
That paper affirms that an en-
press she was, and the only empress
| in America since the era of the Incas
| or Aztecs, but only for a matter OF
| months" The Capital also refers TO
| the fact that the Civil War was the
| opportunity OF what survived in con
| tinental Europe of the Old Holy ALI
ance to challenge Americas Monroe
Doctrine" but refers to the abandon
ment by European governments OF
Macmillan to his fate with treach-
cry and cowardice that are hardly
matched even in Old World diplo-
macy"
The Buffalo Evening News recalls
that 'Appomattox united the hands
Of the United States. and the Monroe
Doctrine again began to have mean
ing. The French troops were with
drawn. and the deluded Macmillan
was left to maintain himself alone
against the insurgents Of Juarez. who
never had abandoned the field The
News also remarks that she was m
INJURED in A Belgian castle for the
period since that time; that even the
late war passed her by. with respect
for her tragedy" and that the Ger
mans gave orders that the house
where she lived should not be dis
turbed."
THAT this wonderful woman sur
vived her grief so many years, &C
cording to the Charlotte Observer,
must be regarded as one Of the
most remarkable of human circunn-
stances, but live she did. and through
all the years since that tragic day
in 1857 she had lived where time
stopped for her. With her IL was
case of life coming with death.
Perhaps the faith OF many might
prove strong enough TO picture her
reunited at last with her one great
love-"
The Fort Wayne News Sentinel
also pictures her as going to JON
the dashing Emperor whom she loved
passionately and from whom she was
separated by the hungry am bitlons
of the freedom -scOrning royaltsts OF
an earlier day" The News Sentinel
finds significance in the fact that
Csrlotta should have passed from
the earthly stage at time when
Mexico once more il the focal point
OF political storm and strife, and
when the nations of the Old World
are observing the clash between
Gales and Coolidge with the prob
able determination to protect the
rights OF their natiOns-Monroe Doc
trine or no Monroe Doctrine-if the
United States fails to establish
order below the Rio Grande."
Her real life had been brief; her
world died with the loss of her
reason in the last beautiful gesture
she made to save the man she loved
states the Canton Daily News. And
the Davenport Democrat records thar
''once an empress, she was AWAY.
loyal tn the tall. blond young man
who was the victim OF a mad pra MI
In the political game which threw
him up on our shores and thar Ieft
hira.sfhnrn IN Ala
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

Inspired, 1t is stated, by Vice Presi-
dent Dawes efforts to curb debate in
the United States Senate, the presi.
dent of the German Reichstag has in
stalled system of signal lights which
will direct the oratoricaI traffic in that
body. AT the presidents hand is a
plate with a pair of buttons control
ling different colored lamps on the
desk OF each member. Five minutes
before the expiration of the time al
lotted to the speaker the presiding
officer pushes one of the buttons and
a yellow cautionary lamp flashes be.
fore the talking legislator. When the
time IL up he pushes another button
and a red lamp shines forth It's
peremptory warning, II the red light
tails to step the-trahac the president
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
South American Peril
Seen If Mexico Wins

To the Editor of The Star;
There is q feature Of the Mexican
issue that has not been brought ont
as vet hut which is Of the greatest
importance and should be taken into
consideration by the American people.
Practically every nation in Central
and South America is waiting the out
come OF the Mexican situation. In
every one of these countries there are
already groups OF radicals who hold
the same views az President Gales
Of Mexico. His policy of confisca ton
OF the property of foreigners is one
to which these radicals alI heartily
subscribe. Americans and other for
eigners have large investments in
these countries also These groups
Of radicals find IL easy to gain the
support Of substa initial part OF the
people when they set forth their policy
Of driving out all. the foreigners whom
they claim control the industrial life
OF their nations. The cry of home
rule has always been popular one.
II through The subterfuge of
demonstration President Gales il
able to deprive these foreigners of
property rights in Mexico. these
radicals in Central and South Amer
lea will Immediately follow his lead
and they will be able TO gain control
Of the situation In their respective
countries.
Thus by a policy OF indecision or
arbitration of this question with
Mexico the United States is actually
assisting every radical group in Cen
trail and South America to build up
their Orga MIA lions and is making 1t
more diffcut for the honest and con-
serVative members Of the govern
ments of these countries to keep con-
troll OF the situation.
If President Gales can get away
with this confiscs ton of the property
Of foreigners in Mexico. there will
be wholesale confscation by many Of
these countries, which will result in
chaos and a business depression Of
world wide magnitude. These radi
Gals are all watching Gales and are
backing him up with the false cry
Of imperialism"
The situation Is terribly serious.
should pursue in Mexico Is one of
forceful determination to protect the
rights of it's citizens owning prop
all other foreigners. because 1t must
do so in accordance with the spirit
Of the Monroe Doctrine.
II Gales Is able to "befog" this
issue so az TO throw the case into
the Mexican courts. he will have won
great victory.
His next step will he to repudiate
the entire Mexican debt owed for
eigners TO the extent of over $780,
900 900. CHARLES j. DEITZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Favors Arbitration
In Mexican Dispute

To the Editor of The Star:
What price glory now? For once.
people are not ashamed to say they
ere sick and tired Of war and eager
for peaceful methods of settling an
international argument. A few thou
sand dollars worth of arbitration
looks like a much better investment
than a billion dollars worth of war.
Individual dueling is long since out
of fashion. and the people can see no
more rec son why the United States
and Mexico should fight than for two
men to stand up, count three and then
try to ventilate each other with bullet
holes.
Duels prove that one man Is a bet
ter ma rk sman or swordsman than
another. They do not prove which is
the righteous cause. They settle ques-
tions of relative skill with sword or
pistol, not matters OF honor. They
hardly even decide which man has
looks drawer may be moved by deathly
fear of seeming the coward.
War between the United States and
Mexico would not be even a good
sporting event. 1t is no fun to see
big man beat up game little man.
The Presidents own feeling, appar-
emily. Is that when Mexico takes away
property OF American citizens without
even paying for 1t the injustice Is
one that can be settled only by use
of force. But II honor Is not enough
justification for a duel, shall property
be 30 considered?
There Is no international law
backed by an international police
force to compel Mexico to abandon
her land laws
But, at the worst. arbitration by
mutually acceptable tribunal would
clear away the present indecision and
1t, would he in line with American
principles frequently declared.
WALLACE G. KIMBALL.