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ton as to Mr.. Taft's probable sue
cessor. Hughes and Stone already
were being mentioned prominently
as well as former President Cool
idge and Senator Borah of Idaho.
Will Create Another Vacancy
Appointment of Mr.. Hughes as
chief justice will create another
vacancy in the federal service. His
son, Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.,
will resign as solicitor general of
the United States, since this off
cial argues the more important
cases for the government before
the supreme court.
In New York, MIR. Hughes said
he would accept the nomination to
be chief justice. He said he would
resign as justice of the permanent
court of international arbitration.
Weighted alike by serious illness
and his i3 years of age William
Howard Taft was returning to the
capital Monday night from Ashe-
vile, his physicians having decid-
ed that it would be safer to get
him back to Washington.
Mr.. Taft is livery weak and is
not improving" said DR.. Francis
Hagner of Washington, at Ashe-
Vile on Monday, sand as he is not
improving we feel that it would
be safer to get him back to Wash
ington."
On Doctors Advice
The physician explained that the
former president had decided to
resign as chief justice because
we felt it would be safer for him
tn do So" Friends of Mr.. Taft
said that worries of the COURT
were on the mind of the aged jur-
ist and it was thought best to re-
lieve him of those as quickly as
might be.
Although apparently very i'll
Mr.. Taft was able to walk from
his automobile to the Pullman cal
ON which he is coming home. He
was assisted, however, by his ply.
sician and a nurse. He took hold
of the railing and pulled himself
M the steps, but It was plain that
Il was a great effort for him tc
do so.
The resignation Of Mr.. Taft was
prepared at Asheville by the chiei
iustice himself during the past
few days and Is a comparatively
brief legalistic document. He quot
Al the law governing the retire
,nent of federal Judges and point
Cd out that his combined servic,
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"Whereas, the methods of the
executive secretary of the federal
power commission (a) in dealing
with applications for permits to
develop power and (b) in seeking
to end the effectiveness of super
vision of power companies by di-
viding the accounting system of
the commission between two gov
eminent departments have been
severely and widely criticized, and
Whereas, it is feared that the
executive secretary and the chief
engineer of the federal power COM
mission are or will be seeking set
Elements with the power compa-
MES under the jurisdiction of the
commission in accounting and val
uation matters, thus destroying
the effectiveness of the commits
sion's supervision of power com
panies, and
"Whereas, the senate commit
tee on interstate commerce has
voted to investigate the commu-
nications between the executive
secretary of the power commission
and the commission with respect
to important permits and proce
dure. therefore be it
Resolved that it is the sense OF
the congress of the United States
that, until such investigation by
the senate committee on interstate
commerce is complete, no permit
should be granted by the fedora
power commission involving thu
so-called Flathead power site il
Montana or any other power sit
in that state and no action shoult
be taken by them which would il
any way commit the commission
to any pending application flo,
such a permit, and that the fed
eral power commission cease an,
desist from seeking settlement
with the power companies unde
the jurisdiction of the commission
in accounting and valuation mat
| ters."
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COMERTOWN
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Isabelle was born at Radcliffe,
Sask., Can, Oct. 4, 1911, being
only Is years, months, and 25
days old at the time of her death.
When she was still a small child
she moved with her parents to
Comertown where she since had
lived. She was a Senior in high
school and would have graduated
with high honors if she had been
permitted TO finish her school
year.
Funeral service was held at
Comertown last Saturday. Rev
Jasper from Plentywood official
ed. He read as words of comfort
for the bereaved relatives and
friends, 81 am the resurrection
and the life: he that believeth In
me, though he were dead, vel
shall he live" Special music was
given by a group of girls and, the
songs "God Calling Yet" anC
"Nearer My God to Thee" were
sung by the Mems Chorus. He
body was laid to rest in the Zior
Lutheran cemetery.
She leaves to mourn her loss
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E
Bjork, four brothers, and fou
sisters, besides a large number O
friends who win miss her great,
in their midst.
81 cannot say, and viii not sa,
That she is dead, she is Just away
With a CHEEKY smile and a wav
of the hand
She has wandered into an m
known land.
! And left US dreaming how yer
fair
It needs must be since she lsnger
there.
And you, Oh you, who the wildes
yearn
For the old-time step and IN
glad return.
Think of her faring on. as dea
In the love of there. as fbe low
Of here,
Think of her still as the Same.
say,
She Is not dead-ehe g. IN,
- away.
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them out. By this time, however,
the girls had become so polluted
that one of them had to carried,
being paralyzed as result OF the
drinking orgy that occurred.
This happened in Burleque's
Bowler's own bailiwick. The Chief
of Police of Scobey, who is one
of Burlesque's gang, knew all
about it the night it happened, as
did Burley. They cannot plead ig-
norance in the matter.
Did Burlesque cry to the high
heavens about the serious crime
committed against the young
womanhood of Scobey? He did
NOT. ~
Did Burlesque editorialize about
the UNWHOLESOME situation?
He did NOT.
Did Burlesque come out with a
front page box editorial about
"What More Evidence is Needed
TO check Crime? He did NOT.u
Did the Bowler-Polk-O Olson Mus
keteers get into huddle and burn
the midnight oil coming phrases
to heap ophrobium on citizens
of Scobey on account of the I'M
fortunate occurrence THEY DID
NOT.
Did Lard S. Olson blow his
trumpet like an enraged elephant,
stamping up and down the streets
of Plentywood, deploring the un-
moral conditions existing in SEQ
hey? He did NOT.
Did he come out and say that
"Truth is the Only Weapon Gang
sters Cannot Equal? He die
NOT.
! It is a well known fact that
when Burley takes snuff, LARD
sneezes.
Burley was as tame as the pro
verbal poodle dog last week. No
peep, sirl Not a peepl AnC
the Bladder will be just as tam'
as Burley about this affair.
These paragons of virtue, thes'
defenders of the defenseless an,
of persons of tender age, thes'
truthtellers, have proven them
selves true to form. They ar
: just farce.
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Stewart Illustrates the Cynical f1urnor
Of Elderly Nebraska Congressman

genuineness of the donors good
intentions and pretend deep graft
fication. That was to be the
cream of the joke.
Faithful students of events in
Washington will recall that Pres
ident Hoover recently asked the
senator's and representatives to
provide a joint committee to han
die all this sessions prohibition
business in one bunch-and that,
while the senator's were willing,
the G. o. P. bosses in the lower
house turned Mr.. Hoover down
cold.
1t amounted, in fact, to a mean
disagreement between the presi-
dent and the houses three bosses
Speaker Longworth, Col. Tilsor
and Congressman Smell.
Of course, however, for party
reasons, the three bosses Offered
the politest kind of explanations
for their policy, the president said
Don't mention it." in the mos
! affable style and everything wa
supposed to be perfectly lovely.
The Democratic purpose was Il
puncture this pretense of lowell
ness.
That was Representative How
ards assignment.
He did a worlmanlike job-ant
marvellous in its simplicity.
All in the world he did was t.
heap fulsome praise on Speake
Longworth, Colonel Tilson an,
Representative Smell for thei
noble independence in squelchin
the president for trying TO dictat
TO congress.
"All honor to our leaders," h
Numbered, "for refusing to SUI
render the glorious traditions o
this body to the White Housed"
The G. o. P.-ites had to chez
unanimously. Naturally. It wa
their bosses whom a member Q
the opposition was lauding to til
heavens,
4 AS for Representative Howard
he kept his face straight.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-07
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer

CenLral FreSS Quail WAAISA
Washington, Feb. congress
man Edward Howard, of Nebras~
ka, has a streak of cynical humor
in him. A streak at least foot
wide.
Nobody would believe it, from
his looks.
Folk in the house of representa-
tives' gallery are fooled by his
quips right along, he utters them
so lugubriously. 1t seems impos-
sible for anyone to josh from
within his exterior.
The Nebraskan began as a
Quaker.
In appearance he still is a carl
cature of one, though he seeded
from the Friends society long ago.
1t was too prim for him.
He wears his hair in a longish
bob; flappy-brimmed, som b e r,
black SLOUGH hat of the Pilgrim
Fathers model; an ample-skirted
Prince Albert coat, evidently cut
by a tailor who must have gone
to his reward about the period of
Rutherford B. Hayes administra-
ton.
; The Cornhusker statesman is
pretty old, for another thing. He
does not tell exactly how old. He
was born before the Civil war,
anyway. He admits it. Old enough
to have outlived frivolity, one
would think, at all events.
His face is scanned and lined;
funeral as an undertaker's.
His manner is unctuous; that's
the word.
He likes TO recite poetry of the
uplifting sort-but myl he does
adapt it to the funniest occasions.
His voice is a deep, pulpit bass
1t throbs with solemnity. The
heck of it is it throbs most when
the Nebraskan is using it to make
a jest out of some darn serioa:
matter.
!, Representative Howard is q
country newspaper editor and a
cracking good one. Let nobody
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In u. s.
5000, 900 Says Warden

. New York, Feb. Am an
address on "Life and Death in
prison" Lewis E. Lawes, war
den of Sing Sing, told the
. National Democratic Club
here:
: "The crime problem and the
: problem of prison manage
: ment is a serious question.
= Fifteen million have been ar
= rested in the United States
= for one thing or another,
= while 100000 have been in
= carcerated in prisons, jails or
= reformatories. Today we have
= in prison a number of people
= equal to the standing army of
= the United States.
= "The average person prob
= ably thinks that the man in
= prison is of some particular
= type. This has been disprov-
ed. One finds all types in
+ prison. There is no distinctive
prison type.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-07
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
AND SOCIETY ITEMS

Rev. and Mrs. G. r. Norman
are the proud parents of a daugh-
ter born to them January Both.
Frederick Mills, five-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Mills
of Outlook, is receiving treatment
at the Sheridan Memorial hospital
for an abscess of the ear. Mrs.
Mills is guest of Mrs. Ed. York
while her son is under the doctors
care.
Soren Rungborg, manager of
the Farmers Cooperative Associa-
ton at Reserve, was visiting
friends and attending to business
between trains Thursday.
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imagine that this description is
meant to be uncomplimentary to
him, either. 1t will please him.
If eccentric, it simply is because
he feels like it. Underneath it all
he is one of the ablest men and
most enlightened liberals in con-
gress.
He used to be William Jennings
Bryan's private secretary.
Anyhow, when the house of
representatives Democrats wanted
to hand a magnificent lemon to
their G. o. P. brethren few
days ago, and hand it to them in
the guise of 24-carat gold mug
get, they made no mistake in
choosing Representative Howard
to deliver the presentation speech
There was no doubt that the G.
Q: P.ites would recognize the lem
on.
The The trick was to present ii e
them in such fashion that they
would have to feign belief in The
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-07

law put into operation n.
courts are flooded with ,S ~'l
list cases. We hope to Obt sS,
vlc I'll in the majority t Il u.
The super-patriOtic and 4 ~ n.
ist material that the vi nI sas
out is strong stuff, and - 4
portions Of the country i /,
lowed whole without =" 5 \ !.
When discussion and tbOuS S-.. !.
ong liberal circles and ~ 49,.
become too free and NOT h ~.
with the 100 per cent tenet
the Vigilants, the word gos'
to get the data on the IT, M
parties. 1t is a good tbnv n
not many Vigilants take NJ, u.
Of instruction seriously, but 4,
are enough who do 50 10 WI
tute an actual threat % ir1 u
preston of thought and ovnr
The enrolment Of the We
is, of course, secret. The ~
are "that sterling patriot ~
Story, president; Edwin Nam
Hadley, vice-president; JOIN i
Van N alta, secretary-trsauTA
and Harry A. Jung. Mr.. Hs,E
is a colonel in the Militar I'll
ligence Reserve, a knight III
plar, a Shriner and a menE 4
the Baronial Order Of Runryusl
He has tossed off many rsrhA
articles about the various III
aces" and is the author q Il
lurid "Sinister Shadows II
Story and Mr.. VanNatta ar ID
ness men who hold cOmmisau ]
colonies in the Reserve Corps n
Vigilants state that It Is I'd
important that the names d IA
officers "are not published
At present the Vigilans "A
calling on all friends and mend
to rally to the cOlOrs for al
drive in spy-hunting for q
"Put none but Americas
guard" is their cry. In tie
winter months, spy-hunthg
the patriot-recruiting buiHsz
a temporary slump. The
ants even admit that 'Ssi
pacifist and radical speaker 2
mand a fee as high as $50
meeting to disseminate anti
erican propaganda, while na
women engaged in lectunng ?
half of Americanism have
Guilty in having their a
paid" This sad state Of u
. will undoubtedly be ls1
Converts to the cause Of ~
canism are easy, and the non
calcitrant prospects are oiiss /
opportunity to be "orienia
thorough and intensive sng
Mr.. lungs private library i
the loyal vigilant will see ?
,, cessity for the undercoV'I
for the weekly bulletins and
nation on the subverslye
ment-and for the c0ds' I
some dark night, perhaps 4
5 be privileged to gather Y.
r patriotic confreres and
l theme-song resOund win y
: confidence. ,..
l Take heed We burgherS
ing,
! cac,,re from wars ALARM
Some day a communist nay
7 And shatter all the tc; cam
II The New RsVs
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as circuit Judge and chief justice
brought him within the act.
There was some question among
certain senators as to whether
such was the case, but at the
White House it was stated that
Mr.. Taft automatically went to
the judicial retired list with the
acceptance of his resignation By
the president.
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AS WESEE
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diminished her business .. -
hurt her trade and i S D.
her money to be at 2 dl's ~
the United States. her 81.
who have loaned about A, y
eli, are anxious to Gle SIea, r,Is
A new crop is in the ~. n1' +.
- ,os tsI money to carry 0. o: ii
Can Can they or can they '''
off at a profit Iulbl
The Canadian pOOl l,t ( /
little over so per ce'' s.dg I
wheat crop. No Oil ~ vif
tell hiI1f for a certainty JUS
result will be. S., ,bs re
Il understand tn BAL II W.
% aTs hack K Of the wheat heat.
t sES will will add cOn I.s n !
i itlT' to the situation ,!.,...iue b !
John Arid in dise'''"''
uatiOn." -.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-07

Mrs. H. w. Barner entertained
the members of her bridge club at
one o'clock luncheon Wednesday
afternoon with the ENSUING hours
being spent at bridge. First hon.
ors went to Mrs. E. S. Koser, sec
ond to Mrs. L. E. Helm and Mrs.
Madden consolation. Two tables
were in play.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-07

Belt, Mont.-UP-Validity of a
law passed by the last legislature
relating to the assessment of
state bank property and capital
stock will be tested out in the
courts as the result of suit filed
by the Farmers and Miners State
bank against Cascade county. The
bank alleges its stock was assess
ed on the basis of 80 per cent
whereas it should have been 2
per cent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-07

Wednesday evening, Mrs. J. C.
Storkan was hostess at dinner at
six-thirty. Those invited were
Anne Weinscrhott, Hazel MacMor-
ran, Carla Nereson, Hulda Tron-
SON, Mary Kimball, Anna Brix,
Sarah Hansen and Mrs. w. ID.
Roy. At bridge Miss Sarah Han
sen won first prize and Miss Anna
Brix won consolation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-07
MONROE RETURNING TO
PLENTYWOOD; BUYS INTO
LOCAL SAVEWAY STORE

w. P. Mornoe, who has been
operating a grocery store at
Redstone for the past several
months, since severing his connec-
tions with the Northwest Service
Store of this city, will again make
his home in Plentywood, having
purchased an interest in the local
Saveway store. Mr.. Monroe is
we'll known to Plentywood folks
and no doubt he will draw his
share of the grocery business to
the institution with which he is
connected. Plentywood welcomes
the Monroe family back to the
city.
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The Luther League meets at the
church basement Sunday after
noon, February 9th at 500 o.
clock. Everybody welcome.
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Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Peterson
Entertain at Bridge

Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
G. B. Peterson entertained at
three tables of bridge followed by
a dainty repast. The guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Johnston, DIR.
and Mrs. R. E. Gustafson, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. E. Helm, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Stringer, Leo Zeidler and
Paul Babcock.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-07
EASTERN LABOR
MEWQ By
NJ wv y Harvey O'ConnOr

New York-FP-Frankie, the
horse, is to spend the rest of his
days in green pastures and cool
clean stables. He was a delivery
horse who after 10 years of plod-
ding along Manhattan's streets,
was pensioned and sent TO the
Horses Aid Society farm in West
chester county.
But Henry, who worked AZ
years for the same company as
the driver of New York delivery
wagon, has been cashiered at the
age of 65 and the company never
even so much as offered him a ci-
gar. frankie was an ordinary
horse and Henry an ordinary
worker, but a horse is better off
in this country when he gets old
than is a worker, comments Sec.
A. Epstein of the Old Age Secur-
ity Assn. who read about frankie
the same ady he got a letter from
the drivers wife.
iii!!!!
To the National Industrial Con-
ference Board the 5-day week ap-
pears an ordinary business prob
lem. In plants where the shorter
work week has been introduced, il
has actually worked well, states
the employers research body. But
New York publishers are determ-
med to fight 10 the death againsi
40 hour week in their COMPOSING
rooms. Negotiations have beer
dragging along for months be
tween publishers and Typographi
cal Union Local No. 6 with tn
employers insisting that the uniol
demand is "uneconomic" and vii
ruin the business. Photo engrav
ers have backed their demand TO
the shorter week with a strike au
thorization.
iii!iii
The Hosiery Workers Fedora
ton has agreed with organize
union employers for time studio
of all major operations in orde
10 stabilize the wage scale. 81
| is expected" states the unior
"that in all future wage discus
sions that both parties will be sur
piled with the most authoritative
data possible and will not Deepen
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Drummond.- Newly constructed
brick post office building is open
ed here.
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tionable that the management of
the hotel was Obliged to order
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HUGHES

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SPY HUNTERS

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11

the money from Osenton and Gussie
jackson with receiving some of the
money knowing 1t was stolen. County
authorities, following an investigation,
said Osenton's death was obviously ac-
ciderltal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11
NEAL HINTS FRAUD
IN TENNESSEE VOTE
Probe Would Embarrass Sen
ator Brock and Gov. Horton,
Says vanquished.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, August IL.
DIR. John R. Neal. defeated candi-
date for the United States Senate short
term, said in a formal statement made
public today that, I'm his opinion, the
investigation asked by him of the Nye
Senatorial Committee would place
both Senator w. E. Brock and Coy.
Henry H. Horton in embarrassing posi-
tons"
DIR. Neal predicted that Senator
Brock would find difficulty in obtaining
his Senate seat and that Memphis
would receive much notoriety from the
Nye Committee investigation AS re-
suit of this investigation, DR.. Neal said
election fraud in that city would be
ended.
It was at DR.. Meals request that Sem
ator Nye chairman OF the Senatorial
Primary Investigation Committee, was
believed to have sent investigators to
Memphis to observe last THURSDAY S
election, which included two senatorial
contests.
because of the fact that Brock
identified himself with Gov. Horizons
campaign from start TO finish, 1t is rea-
sonable that the expenditures and ma
neuvers of the two candidates will be
identified together in the probe" Dr.
Neal said
His statement said that Negroes and
Republicans by the thousand voted IN
the Democratic primary. The whole
disclosure will place both Senator Brock
and Gov. Horton in extremely embar-
raising positions and, in my opinion,
Senator Brock will experience great dlf-
ficulty in obtaining his seat IN the Sen
ate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11
NEW HEARING HELD
IN BOMBING CASE
Former Prosecutors, Who Obtained
Death Verdict, Believe Billings
and Mooney Guilty.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. August IA
rigid cross-examination of James F.
Brennan and Edward A. Culaha, who
prosecuted Thomas J. Mooney and
Warren K. Billings for the Preparedness
day parade bombing here in 1916 is ex-
pected when justices of the State SUI
preme Court resume their hearing to-
day on Billings application for a
pardon.
Brennan and Cunha, who obtained a
verdict calling for the death penalty,
testified last week regarding circum-
stances connected with the prosecution
and reiterated their belief in the guilt
of Mooney and Billings.
Edwin v. Mckenzie, attorney for
Billings, indicated he would question
Brennan and Cunha closely on whether
their faith in the testimony which
convicted Billings and Mooney had been
shaken by disclosures in recent years.
At the outset of the hearing John
Macdonald, principal States witness In
the trials, repudiated his testimony
identifying Billings and Mooney as the
bombers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11
ROBBED WHILE DYING
Suspects Held in Theft From Fa-
tally Injured West Virginian.

FAYETTEVILLE, w. Va, August II
R).-Fayette County officials today
will return two colored men from jack
son, Ohio, to face charges growing out
of the disappearance of money, believed
to approximate 81 500, from the wallet
of Charles w. Osenton, former Demo-
ocratic national committeeman, while
he was being carried to his home after
falling from a cliff Osenton died OF
his injuries last Wednesday.
Tom Jones, Negro houseman at the
Osenton home, is charged with taking