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its weird tigerlike screams in the still
ness Of the night, witnessed its 9orv
depredations in field and pigpen and
were awed by its tremendous tracks
in the snow.
Mountain lion nimrods of the Far
West viewed these evidences and nro-
nounced them Of genuine mountain lion
origin. Wild cat experts Of the Blue
Ridge nodded their heads knowingly
and vowed them. to be those Of a for
est feline. Government authorities ON
predatory providers corroborated the
contention that mysterious rnanRlinr
marauder was rampant. Game war.
denS armed with panther bait, police
men with long-range rifles, farmers
with shotguns, flremen with hooks and
ladders, trapperS with cowbells and rope.
big league base ball stars with blood.
hounds, photographers with still and
movie cameras and reporters with note
books and vivid imaginations Joined in
the spectacular offensive, grimly de-
terrnined to track the elusive animal to
its lair.
At the outset Harry Fowler was re-
ported to be one of the outstanding adj
vocates of the panther theory. Photog-
raphers clambered into his pigsty and
SlOJ his SlhuBuVeIeu uOgS from eVerV
conceivable angle. Reporters feverish.
ly took down reallis Of colorful copy
in interviews with Fowler and others.
Before long the road leading to Fow-
ler's farm was cluttered with automo-
biles, his front yard was thronged with
curiosity seekers, newspaper men and
neighbors, and his fields were over
run with panther posses and dogs.
Fowler never saw the beast and de-
cided to let the commissioners decide
the question by putting in claim for
damages.
It Is said the commissioners accepted
the burden with mulch trepidation.
They plirposely delayed voting on the
problem until the wild cat scare had
died down or the beast was captured.
News Of Fowler's claim that his hogs
were victimized by q dog startled the
coyote cohorts and panied their preStire.
Most of the armed men on the trait
stuffed their catnip and other bait IN
their pockets, put their guns away and
decided 20 leave the panther hunt nat.
Even the panther put his tail between
his legs Ind sought innocuous desuetnde.
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leave. They are very fragrant, and, al
though they have been the subject Of
frequent discussion, they have never
been corrected and will not be unless
and until the committee exerte itself In
that direction. introduced bill in a
previous Congress providing that en-
ployes of the Agricultural Department
serving at Maryland and virginia sta
tons just outside the District of Co
lumbia should receive the same leave of
80 days granted employees Of the Agri-
cultural Department serving within the
District Of Columbia and doing precise
ly the same kind Of work. The bill was
referred to the committee on agricul-
ture, which gave it sympathetic consid-
Grafton but apparently reached the con-
clusion that such determinations per-
wade the entire field and should be
dealt with not piecemeal, but compre-
hensively, and this is certainly a task
for the Civil Service committee.
Would Transfer Duty.
"a few years ago the Personnel
Classification Board was created and
intrusted with duties which then hs-
Heved, and now believe, should be in
The Civil Service Commission has the
duty of determining who are eligible for
employment by the Government and
certif1es to the various departments the
names of those who should be employed
Having that responsibility, in my opin-
ion. it should have the responsibility
which is devolved by the present law on
the Classification Board. 1t should be
enabled to follow up its selection of the
persons employed by supervising their
ALLEGATION to the various grades and
determining whether their promotion OF
retention Is justified by the record which
they make in the actual performance
of their work.
THE present system, with two agen-
cies functioning, is not a duplication
Of activities, but it involves a wholly
unnecessary maintenance of two activi-
ties when one would sufice. The
change would make for Conference II
would be to the interest not only OF
employees but of the Government itself
and avoid much Of the criticism and
complaint which is now so prevalent
and a great deal Of which Is well
grounded"
Chairman Lehlbach closed debate or
the question Of suspending the rules
to pass the bill by saying:
There Is not in the United States
| any responsible spokesman for q grouy
Of Federal employees anywhere who q
| not anxious to have this bill passec
now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Marine Band
Orchestra this evening at Sis O'Clock
at the auditorium, Marine Barracks.
Taylor Branson. leader; Arthur s. Wit
comb second leader.
Program:
March, "Slave" ......... Tschaikowsky
"Andante Cantabile," from the String
Quartet" opus IL ..... Tschaikowsky
Cornet solo, zone Who Has Yearnd
Alone, ,..............T schatkowsky
(Second Leader Arthur 8. Witcomb.)
Excerpts from symphony Pathe-
tiuue." opus TS....... .Tschailkowsky
"Elegie," from "suite No g." opus IS,
Tschaikowsky
Overture, "solennelie" (1el2),
Tschaikowsky
Marines hymn. "The Halls OF Monte
EumA."
"Ths star spanslsd Banner -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05
ATTORNEY DENIES
/. OIL DUTYLOBBY|NG
Ex-Representative Campbell
of Kansas Testifies Before
Senate Committee.

= Phffip p. Campbell, former Repre-
sentative from Kansas, denied today be-
fore the Senate lobby committee that
he had Iobbied against an oil tariff for
the Standard on Co. Of New Jersey.
He was called as the result of letter
placed in the lobby committee record
from Representative sproul, Republic
can, Kansas, to Writ Franklin, president
of the American Independent Petroleum
Producers Association. which said
Campbell is lone of the lobbyists for
the oil company"
Franklin testified before the commit
tee yesterday that some of the indie
dependent oil producers were fsaxful
that the big importing companies would
attempt to intimidate them If they adj
vocated an oil tariff. He added, how
ever, he could present no proof of his
statement.
Denies Lobbying.
Franklin also said he understood
Campbell was looking after the interests
! OF the Standard Oil Company.
i do not look after legislative matters
and I do not lobby" Campbell said.
Il have not talked with a Senator OF
Representative with the view of in
| fiuencing legislation during the seven
years have been attorney for the
| Standard Oil Company Of New Jersey"
The witness said Sproul was a candi-
date for United States Senator from
Kansas against Senator Alien, Repub-
| lican incumbent
He thinks I am running for the Sem
ate against him." Campbell asserted,
adding:
He is q candidate, and for lack Of
clearness OF what Is going on he thinks
| am running and that is the reason
ne referred to me rs lobbyist for the
Standard Oil CO..
Examination Brief.
Examination Of Campbell. who was a
Republican Representative from Kansas
from 1908 to 1923, lasted only q few
minutes, and the committee then re-
sumed its inquiry into Muscle Shoals,
calling Charles A. Price, clerk of the
Tennessee River Improvement Associa-
tion.
Chairman Caraway. Of the lobby
committee announced late yesterday
that Claudius H. Huston chairman of
the Republican national Committee.
would testify before the committee next
Tuesday.
Huston Is q former president Of the
tennessee River Improvement AsSocis-
ton, which has advocated the proposal
OF the American Cyanamid Co. to lease
4 Muscle Shoals from the Government.
He resigned as president when he be-
came chairman Of The Republican ma
tional committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05
MANILA SCHOOL STRIKE
ATTRACTS MORE PUPILS
Students Attending Glasses Arm
Selves With Knives, Clubs
and Whips.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MANILA, March 5.-Manila's school
strike spread today when severn hun-
dred more students joined thu 10000
already out. Many non-striking stu
dents, fearing violence, remained away
from classes.
More than score of non-Striking
students were attacked during the day.
Many Of those who attended classes in
spite of the strike armed themselves
with knives, clubs and whips. The
police confiscated most of the weapons
to prevent possible bloodshed.
The position of both the strikers and
the school authorities remained un-
changed. Gov. Gen. Dwight F. Davis
summoned Alexandra Albert, acting sec
Rotary Of public instruction, and Luther
B. Bewley, director of education, to the
executive offices this morning, but the
results of this conference were not an
nounced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05
CANADA CONSIDERS
RUM VESSEL CURB
Bill Proposes to Refuse Clearance
to Ships Carrying Liquor
to United States.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, March 5.-A bill to refuse
clearances to vessels carrying liquor to
the United States was pending before
the House Of Commons today.
Sponsored by Premier w. L. Macken-
zie King, the measure, which also would
prohibit the release Of intoxicating
liquors by distilleries, breweries or
bonded warehouses for export to the
United States, was given its first read
ing yesterday.
On introducing the bill the premier
said its purpose was ito authorize on
cials Of the Dominion government hav-
ing charge Of liquor In bond and Of the
granting Of clearances to vessels to re-
fuse such liquor or to refuse to grant
such clearances where the granting of
such release Of clearance in any case
would facilitate the introduction Of in
toxicating liquors into q country where
the importation Of such liquor Is for
hidden by law"
Political observers in Parliament pro-
feSSed today to see strong prospects of
the measure passing both the House Of
Commons and the Senate.
Debate on the bill is expected to be-
gin Friday when 1t comes up for second
reading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05
.SLEMP AND REECE
!. ARE NAMED IN SUIT
Stock Sale Misrepresenta'
tons Are Charged Against
Seven in Tennessee.
Py the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
BRISTOL, Tenn, March SC. BaS-
com Slemp, former secretary to Presi-
dent Coolidge and now Republican
national committeeman from Virginia,
and Representative B. Carroll Reece Of
the, first Tennessee district were among
seven defendants named In q suit filed
yesterday in Chancery Court here al
leging misrepresentation in the sale Of
stock.
w. M. Kay, the plaintiff, seeks to
recover $2,700, which he alleged he
paid for stock in the Aud Life Saving
Suit Corporation Of Virginia, which Is
named as the principal defendant.
Kay charges that one of the con-
sidcrations of his purchase Of the
stock were statements by Slemp, Reece
and other defendants.
He also alleges that the charter of
the Aud Corporation, issued by the
State Of Virginia, authorized issuance
OF only $4,000 worth of stock, that at
the time he purchased the stock at
least $800, 900 worth had been sold, and
that Of this sum only $65 900 had been
placed into the treasury Of the Aud
company, and that even this small
amount had been spent"
The plaintiff also alleges in the bill
that representations were made to him
by the defendants that the corporation
had contracts with the United States
Government. held patents, on the
safety suit and that the suit had been
adopted by various, steamship COM
panies. These representations, Kay
charges, were unfounded. h-
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SUNDLUN GIVEN POST.

Is Appointed Chairman Of N. & n.
Police Committee.
Arthur J. Sundlun has been APP
pointed chairman Of the police and fire
protection committee Of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association, 1t was
announced today by Mark Lansburgh,
president.
Other members Of the group are John
Shoemaker, Harry Sherry, Philip King,
Frank Simpson and Dewey Zirkin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05
John II. Barry. Sc. Dies.

ST. LOUIS, March 5 R.-John H
Barry, Sc, president of the Building
Trades Council and local representative
Of the International Union Of Bridge,
Structural and Ornamental Iron
Workers, died today of septic poisoning
resulting from cahbuncle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05
Seek to Dispose Of Stocks.

WINDSOR, March 5 G49.-Exporters
here. stirred to action by introduction
Of a bill by Premier King to make liquor
export to the United States illegal, are
reported to be feverishly preparing to
dispose Of their stocks.
While the bill was being introduced at
Ottawa the largest fiotilla of rum craft
assembled in many months was being
loaded TO the gunwales with beer and
Uuuor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05
PHANTOM. "'PANTHER"
LOSES PRESTIGE By
RULING OF OFFICIAL S

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1.-THE General Electric Co.." Crowther
continued, sent out for me q question
naire to 10 Of their principal supervisors
Of labor, all of whom had a number OF
years Of experience in their positions,
and although the answers diverged on
many points, all the answers agreed that
the men were spending much less for
liquor. A supervisor in one of the large
cities estimated that $1,000 a week
was now being taken home, that for
merly went into the saloons.
THE answers from everywhere in the
country are the Same-the workingmen
are spending little or nothing for drink
and great deal on their families. One
of the great railway systems covering
the country west of Chicago made q
survey Of their men on my behalf and
also asked for opinions as to spending
for drink in general. The answer they
got was unanimous on the point that the
amount Of money being laid out for
liquor did not amount to anything.
THE evidence gathered seems to be
from a fair croSs-section of the whole
wage-earning population of the coun-
try. It definitely shows that working
men are not buying the high-priced
bootleg liquor. This means that there
has been diverting Of spending away
from liquor, for every one agrees that
the cost Of homebrew does not amount
to anything in dollars or cents. The
money that formerly went for drink
is going elsewhere" I
Production Has Increased.
LET US see what all this means. The
production of the country has increased
within 10 years by between rs and 80
per cent instead Of at the normal rate
Of about Is per cent. We have had
clear gain Of between 10 and Is per
cent. The margin between bad times
and good times is rarely as much as
IS per cent. In 10 years we have not
between good and bad times, but have
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hCCOmInCnuS AuAu8Cos
While voting for the bin as the best
measure obtainable under existing con-
ditionS in the House, Representative r.
Walton Moore of Virginia declared 1t
should be amended to take care OF the
per diem employees Of the District gov
eminent, and recommended other
changes, in part. as follows:
THE bill should be amended so as To
give per diem employees of the District
of Columbia, of whom there are more
than 800, the same right to retirement
allowances enjoyed by Federal per diem
employees. It may be argued that such
right Is accorded the former class BY
what seems to me and others a pretty
plain provision Of the existing law. but.
nevertheless, the District Commissioners
have construed that provision otherwise
and accordingly the District employees
are denied an advantage which there
IS no sound reason for Withholding
from them.
cit might also be wise to include an
amendment extending the permissive
age limit to those who are engaged IN
scientific or highly technical work. and
who cannot easily be replaced, as, fol
example. some Of the stan Of the Smith
sonian Institution.
II would like to draw attention TO the
present determinations in the matter
Of annual leaves Of absence and sict
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Is paid for volume OF liquor certainly
not exceeding 20 per cent of that sold
in the pre-war trade.
Not Getting Much to Drink.
"The country is still paying q large
amount of money for drink-but it is
not really geeting much to drink. Even
If we are today spending a billion dol
lars-and we may be paying only half
that much-there is high saving over
the pre-war average percentage, fol
keeping that percentage we should to-
day be spending at least around $3,000,-
000, 1000, and at the most around
$1,000 ,000.0
THE minimum sums which are beine
diverted from the saloons into the kuy-
ing of goods or into savings accounts
are enough to account for large meas
ure of our prosperity. They are, in ef-
feet, new purchasing power. And since
buying begets production. and produc-
tons begets wages and profits, and these
wages and profits beget more buying
we have an explanation of at least a
part of the remarkable increase In buy
ing which has taken place since pro-
hibition."
Graham DenOunces Prohibition.
A dozen Observation-Disclosures, includ-
ing three aristocratic and energetic wom-
en-, occupied the seventh and last day of
appeal before the committee with &C
counts Of conspiracy, racketeering,
drinking drys," drunken young girls
and crowded courts in arguing that the
dry laws have failed.
Chairman Graham of the committee
q Philadelphia lawyer, 30 years old
climaxed the day by denouncing pro-
htbition as an inhumanity which had
never been and would never be enforced
His stand, an application of that he
took on the opening of the hearings
mittee room, which were silenced by the
pounding Of the gavel.
The producers news., 1930-10-10
sen. LA TOILETTE Is COMING TO MONT.
TO ADVOCATE CANDIDACY OF WALSH

ate have the utmost respect for
lis quick grasp of fundamentals in
questions which arise in the SEN
ate, he is probably more univer-
sally liked and esteemed than any
other member.
1t is a matter of record that
Senators Walsh, Norris and La
Toilette have consistently voted to-
gether on all legislative measures
-of Importance to the west.
The Wisconsin senator was born
in February, 1895, at Madison,
Wis. and was educated in the
public schools of Madison and
Washington, D. C. He also at
tended the state university and
then. for six years was his faith
er's secretary at. the national cap
ital. Upon che death of his faith
er he. was elected in 1925 to serve
out the unexpired term of four
years and was reelected in 1928
for a term of six years, ending
March 8, 1885.
Senator LaFollette was recently
married at his home Maple Bluff,
Madison. Wis, on Che day. that his
Younger brother, Philip, was NOM
fihated by the republicans as can
didate for governor Philip pre-
viously served as district attorney
of Dane county.
The producers news., 1930-10-10

Senator Robert M. LaFollette OF
Wisconsin, republican, the young
est member of the United States
senate to wear the senatorial toga
since the days of Henry Clay, will
deliver five speeches in Montana,
in support of his colleague, Sena-
tor T. j. Walsh, itlwas announced
yesterday by the Railroad Broth
erhoods, under whose auspices he
will speak. t17a
The Wisconsin senator will
speak in Missoula, October 20;
Great Falls, October %; Butte, Oc-
tober %; Bozeman, October "a,
and Billings, October 25, accord
ing to information received at de-
mocratic state headquarters.
Although it is said, "Young
Bob" had never made a public
speech until after he was elected
/ in 1925 to fill out the unexpired
term of his father, he has inherit
ed the fighting heart and the elo-
.quence of his sire and likewise
follows the path laid out by the ell
der La Toilette.
Is Popular Member =
Wn1Ie he stands firmly by his
principles and beliefs he has a keen
sense of hulnor and is. what is
termed a good mixer. Consequent
ly, while his colleagues in the. SEN
The producers news., 1930-10-10
Is COUNTY AGENT
WORTH THE PRICE?
& .--.f
BY FRED BENNION
County Agent Leader

/ Regardless of the cost of coun-
ty agent work, or of any other in
vestment of public funds, the most
important question is not how
much, but rather can it be afford
ed and is the county getting good
value for the money expended.
The entire Sheridan County cost
including salary of agent, clerk,
office supplies, telephone, tele-
graph, demonstration equipment,
and travel is $1,000 per year. The
assessed value of the county is
more than $20,0OO,O0O. This rep
resents an investment based al
most entirely upon agriculture.
The average annual value of live
stock marketed since 1923 has
been $1,011,000 and of crops pro-
duced $5,221, 900 or a total of &c.
$4,000, according to the Bureau
of Crop Estimates. For each $1,000
investment the cost of county
agent work has been 20 cents and
for each $100 received from the
sale Of livestock and crops it has
taken 6 cents to pay for county
agent work. Of the thirty-four
Montana county agent counties, 25
of which have maintained the work
for at least 10 years, Sheridan
county's agricultural investment is.
only exceeded by other counties.
Wibaux county with about one
third the wealth and at about
three times the per capita cost of
Sheridan county considers county
agent work a good investment.
There is no question about Sherf-
dan county being able to afford
county agent work if he has been
filling the purpose for which the
work was created.
Results Worth the Cost
Higher Yielding. Grain. Yield
per acre is the most important
factor influencing profit or loss.
Sheridan county has more than
250OO0 acres in wheat. One BUSH
eel per acre increased yield even at
go cents per bushel means about
S15O,OOO. If it takes 15 bushels
per acre to pay costs of produc-
tion, one man with a yield of II
or Is bushels per acre may make
two or three times as much as.
another who gets only Is or 16
bushels on the same area. The
fellow who can only grow 10 bu
per acre year after year NAV gn
broke. Good pure seed of the
highest yielding strain of MARQUIS
will yield from 8 to 6 bushels per
acre more than the ordinary seed
used in the county several wears
ago according 10 comparative tests
conducted by the county agent ov-
er a three-year period. In 1928
when the first variety test was
started. there was very little nure
seed in the county. Each wear
since then variety tests and DEM
onstrations have been conducted A
few good seed growers have been
induced to grow supply of foun-
The producers news., 1930-10-10
Oil Rate Hearing
Is = o stp ON 9 d 10
Examine Testimony

Helena, Oct. g. Postponement
of the interstate commerce COM
missions hearing on Montana
freight rates ON petroleum was
granted carriers here today to give
them time TO examine testimony
and figures given by a witness for
oil producers.
]. w. Roberts of Chicago. ac-
countant for Montana and Wyom-
ing refineries, testified it cost rail-
roads 1876 cents a loaded car mile
for shipments of petroleum and
It's products in Montana and %
cents in Wyoming.
Arguing against the reduced
freight rates in Montana, ship
pers previously testified the aver
age revenue from Casper. Wvo..
to Montana points for tank cars
was 81 cents.
The hearing will be continued at
Washington, D. c., after the 60
day postponement expires.