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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
BY C. Patrick Thompson.

larder; of the chancellor disturbed In abStruse
dglrings by mice marathons over his carpet;
of grave and learned law lords and state at
torneys coming to prepare themselves for the
judicial committee Of the privy council and
finding families Of mice bedded down in their
curled wigs.
But calm yourself. Others before you have
had the same apprehensions. II you doubt 1t,
listen to those heavy steps. The head door
keeper approaches. You perceive he Is opening
doors normally left closed. He is even opening
the doors which shut OF No. 10 from the
Treasury Building and the privy council Offices
from both.
And II you make yourself at home on that
stack OF coal pals in o corner in an angle
OF the stairs Ono elevators here; everything
has to be man-handled), it should not be
long before you become aware Of q presence
stealing, silently padding, eddying without
sound. down the corridors Of this gloomy echo
ing old place.
IT'S hel The terror Of the mouse empire.
the feline Attilla. You have met him before
in the chancellor's room. Rufus, the treasury
cat, otherwise known (for reasons presently to
be explained) as Treasury Bill.
THE original Rufus-a good Norman name;
Rufus was the Conqueror,s sons said to
have come over with william the Conqueror.
But the tradition of q cat in the treasury OF
England appears to date from the time OF
Henry Wis great chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey.
who lived In the Palace Of Whitehall and took
the air In the little bare garden of the court
yard around which the present buildings are
grouped-Wolsey's garden. they still call the
rallied plot and the gate Wolsey's gate.
As q red-hatted cardinal, wolsey could not
marry Hence. like many a modern bachelor.
he kept q cat. Very fond of his cat was
Wolsey. He would take 1t on his knee in those
private. and intimate moments when he was
calculating how much commission he could
safely scrape OF the next installment of the
Kings revenues; and as he figured he would
tickle his cat behind the ears with the white,
well kept fingers of his free hand; and the
better pleased he was the harder he would
rub his cat, until in the palace they said that
q spy outside the door Of his eminence's private
chamber might tell to o silver great, by the
depth and pitch Of his cats purr. how much
Of the Kings money had stuck to the cardinals
fingers this time. 4 .r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
thai LOOKED ala CHANCELLOR

NE Gay in March Of this year Philip
Snowden, chancellor Of the exchequer
in the Macdonald ministry, sat at his
big desk In his private room in the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

Great Falls-UP- With an Off
cial production of 205.2 pounds of
milk and 75.9 pounds of butter fat
a COW of thhe Lyman & Haight
dairy herd known as No. 119, top
ped the list of the Cascade Coun-
ty Dairy Herd Improvement Assn.
for November. There were Ais
cows In the test.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

Billings-A new channel is being
built for the Yellowstone river a.
bove the south bridge to stop the
encroachments of the stream along
the south bank at this place.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
ITALIAN WORKER
ORDERED DEPORT-
Ed TAKES RUSSIA

New York, Dec. 28.-Mario Gil
letti will not die before a stone
wall in fascist Italy. He is aboard
ship today enroute to the Union of
Socialist Soviet Republics. In his
own words he is 'the most FORUM
ate comrade in the world"
Mario Giletti had considered
himself as good as dead when the
United States government was pre-
pairing to deport him TO Italy. He
knew the firing squad was his fate.
He was a worker-an anti-fascist
and Furthermore had been sent
to prison on frame=up charges for
defending himself from the attack
of a group of fascists in 1927. He
had served two and a half years of
a five-year term.
The international Labor Defense
heard of his case and came to his
defense. AS result, after long and
persistent efforts against fascism's
desire to make another sacrifice of
him, he was permitted to go to any
country of his choosing.
"What country is there to choose
for a worker" he asked, ~except
the Soviet Union"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

planned that the opposition cam
didates were declared bandits
when it became necessary to
elect a candidate. Concerning
one election he said: "The fell
low we had in there, nobody lik-
ed. But he was a useful fellow
Ito us-so we had to keep him
in. How to keep him in was the
problem.
eve looked up the election laws
and found that the polls had to
be open { a sufficient length of
time) at least that's the way we
translated it-~and that voter
had to register to be eligible to
vote"
The district was then canvass
ed, the speaker said, and 400
were found who would vote for
the proper candidate. Notice of
opening of the polls was given
five minutes beforehand, the 400
votes were assembled in line
and when they had voted, in
about two hours, the polls were
closed. The other citizens had
not registered and, therefore,
were ineligible to vote, he said.
Regarding Haiti, General But
Ter told how the marine-controll-
ed President had dissolved the
Congress to prevent the legisla-
tive body from passing a new
constitution. He aided the
President in drawing up the
edict that dissolved the Congress,
the speaker said.
He related an amusing incident
regarding cabinet appointments IL
marine-controlled Haiti. 1t wa'
found necessary to secure a new
secretary of public instruction ant
cults One was found who would
be amenable to marine reason, bu
when they attempted 30 learn hi
name, they found he could no
write, or even spell, his own name
He was in office two weeks. Later
the general found that the NAL
who urged his appointment did s.
to secure debt of $50 owed T.
him by the illiterate. The "secre
tary of public instruction ant
cults" was his barber.
General Butler was equally in
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

wound over his left eye. Yet the
principal state eye witness had
said the slain trooper mao started
the attack by hitting his man with
two and a half foot ciab that
caused the blood to gusn from The
left temple.
In his instructions TO rhe jury
Judge McLaughfey took pains to
emphasize the clement IF reason
able doubt in the Identification. He
also defined the right of self de-
tense and he added that satisfae-
tory alibi was the most perfect de-
Tense in such a case. He told the
jury they must decide whether the
alibi was good and, if not, whether
self defense was involved suffi-
GENTLY to make the killing of the
state trDoped justifiable homicide
That, he explained, means a kill
ing that is excusable under the
circumstances and does not merit
punishment. He said the jury must
give consideration to the defendant
on the presumption of innocence
until guilty and bear no prejudice
against him because of race and
language.
The summing up by the defense
pointed out the evidence of both
nativeborn and foreignborn wit.
nesses that Accorsi had been re-
pairing his Ford six miles away
at Russelton during the entire
trouble, that he had never worn a
mustache and that he had no
wound or bruise over his left eye
on that day or the following day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
GRIM SPECTRE OF
UNEMPLOYMENT
STRIKES THE EAST
By HARVEY O'CONNOR

New York FTP The spectre
of unemployment is assuming ma
terial form in New York as the
Christmas holiday buying season
comes to an end with trade report
ed at low levels and workers more
apprehensive than in years con-
corning job prospects after Jan. 1.
Business leaders, whistling on
the front pages of the daily press
to keep up their courage and in
still the Christmas buying spirit inA
to consumers, sing another tune in
their own press. Annalist, financial
weekly of the New York Times,
announces that the decrease in No
vember business activity was the
greatest for any one month in the
past 46 years. The decline for the
one month was $40. The index
figure in which 1925 is represent
ed by 100, was 95.4 at the end of
the November as compared with
1888, the peak in May.
Shoppers Not Buying
The Annalist figure by no means
tells the whole story, as it repre-
sented business conditions three
weeks ago. Since then New York
department stores have been
wringing their hands in anguish as
shoppers flock through their aisles
but fail to buy any but low-priced
articles. Hundreds of saleswomeA
for the higher-priced products have
been laid off during the Christmas
season.
DIR. Leo Wolman of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers told press
representatives that production in
the mems clothing industry, an i'm
portant factor in New York indus
try, is 1870 under 1928. The spring
season, which gets under way in
October in good years, is barely
under way now.
Forces to Wall
In the women's garment industry
unemployment is even worse. Many
employers devoted more time to
stock gambling than to business
before the crash. Now they are be-
ing forced to the wall. The long
skirt has also caused demoraliza-
ton. Women are refusing to buy
dresses in the new style in expect
ed quantities and the entire trade
is in confusion. All told, needle
workers are experiencing a bad
season. In the middle of January
when the spring season starts in
dresses and cloaks, strike is
scheduled for recognition of the
dressmakers' union and stabiliza.
ton of the Industry.
Building evidently is a bright
spot in the current depression. The
Building Trades Council officials
report employment higher thar
could be expected, everything con.
sidered. Big jobs under way befor,
the market crash are being com.
pleted and the release of credit
from speculation is expected t.
help construction.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
Family Size Farm Best
Says Minnesota Dean

Minneapolis, Dec. 24.-UP-
' The family size farm is the
most efficient and the trend
' toward "chain farming" never
will dominate American agri-
' culture, in the opinion of w.
' c. Coffey, dean of the Univer-
' sity of Minnesota department
of agriculture and the leading
midwest agricultural econo-
y mist.
: He admitted that industrial
' or corporation farming may
' become a significant factor be-
= cause banks, insurance compa-
MES and other large organiza-
tons are acquiring large Sec
tons of land and probably will
form corporations for develop
ment of their holdings.
> Coffey declared that farm
ers of Minnesota and the mid
west will better their econom-
ical conditions through COOP
erative organizations and with
added capital will have enough
power to compete disastrously
= against the large land holding
= companies.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
ACCORSI FRAMEUP
In PENNSYLVANIA Is
SMASHED BY JURY
BY CARL HAESSLER

Pittsburgh, Pa.-(FP)-By then
verdict of acquittal, the jury in
the Salvatore Accorsi murder case
have shown that the state police
terrorism had grown too raw to be
longer endured.
After being locked up 18 hours
following three days of testimony
and argument and a day at the
start to pick the jury, the IL men
and one woman returned their YER
dict Dec. 18th. Court attendants
quelled the cheering which broke
out in the tense courtroom on the
announcement of the acquittal.
The prosecutor agreed with de-
Tense counsel 10 drop the involun-
tary manslaughter charge first
preferred against Accorsi. The
killing of State Trooper John J.
Downey on August %, 1927, thus
is not placed on the shoulders of
the union miner.
The final day of the trial saw
the defendant on the stand in q
dramatic challenge to the prosecu-
tor, who was badgering him with
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

insinuations. Under direct exam
ination by defense counsel Assorsi
had been frank and disarming,
making a fine impression.
"All right" shouted Accorsi 10
the prosecutor, "you want frame
me! You and the state policel All
right, go ahead"
His attorneys Immediately eau
toned him not to get excited, not
even if the prosecutor got excited.
The Italian interpreter, who was
needed for some other witnesses
but not for Accorsi, explained that
in Italy it is the custom for the
accused to meet the prosecutor face
TO face and fire questions at him
point for point. He freely admit
ted having a pistol in his house
both at Russelton and 8 months
later in New York.
Further frameup attempts BY
the constabulary were revealed
when a defense witness, Accorsi's
superintendent in some ditch dig.
ging, was snatched away TO become
state witness overnight. This
man, ]. H. Corrie, had told the
defense attorney that Accorsi haC
not had a mustache but on thu
stand he testified that the man haC
worn one when he reported fol
work the day after the Sacco-V Van
zetti protest meeting. That wa
the meeting in the apple orchar'
at Acmetonia, broken up with tea
gas and clubbing IL hours Defor
the state of Massachusetts, burnci
out the lives of the two Italian
agitators in Charlestown prison.
Good Eye For Hair
The curious thing about Corrie'
testimony was that though lie re
membered the mustache he did no
think Accorsi had any bruise o
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
.SMEDLEY D. BUTLER
LETS The PUSSY
OUT OF The SACK.
Saying United States Marines are
Always Winners at Polls In Mic
aragua and Haiti. Plan is Sim
pie If There are Enough Guns
and BULLET" Boxes.

Sinclair Lewis, famous novelist.
in a letter to The Nation comment
ed on a speech delivered by Major
General Smedley D. Butler of the
United States Marine Corps in
which that gentleman boosted of
the success of his "Devil-DOgs" in
winning elections in Nicaragua and
uplifting the people OF Haiti. Here
is Lewis's letter:
Sir: All the little cats are out
of the bag so long and cautiously
held by our Devil Dogs. The allie
cations about our illegal methods
in Nicaragua and Haiti made by
the disconnected citizens of those
happy lands have been openly con-
firmed now by no less a person
than Major General Smedley D.
Butler of the United States Ma
rine Corps.
Speaking in Pittsburgh on the
evening of December 5, 1929, be-
fore an audience of seven hundred
at the annual dinner of the Pitts
burgh Builders Exchange, General
Butler spilled the beans. The fol
lowing newspaper account has beer
shown to Mr.. Robert X. Cochrane
Jr.. Secretary of the Pittsburgh
Builders Exchange, who invited
General Butler TO speak, and he
has asserted that it is correct II
every detail. I quote the Pitts
burgh Post-Gazette OF the morning
of December s:
With the marines, General
Butler took charge of two cleo
tions. he said, and "our candi-
dates always win. Concerning
elections in Nicaragua ne ex-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
.,or1cE OF DISSOLUTION
~i M PARTNERSHIP

,nrrcE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Mi ~ virtue of a judgment and
lhst D y tn the District Court Of the
a .etI fIO 4 District of the State
s1 S. Sd in and for the County
q n DauieIs, in an action between
q @.I JAW v, Kanning and Paul H.
S Ssni - as plaintiffs, and Louis
y S'n EsTSing, as defendant, asking
}, a tSs dissolution of the co-part-
io .,.s siD heretofore existing be-
I Dslsmt The said parties, co-partners
I = STa1ning Brothers, the said co,
: ..,tnership was duly dissolved and
mated; and all persons are
S5TIPFBY NOTIFIED of the dis
n of said cO-partnership,
s s..atafore existing, under the firm
.sms and style of ''Kanning Bro
ma nlTED this 18th day of Deem
w. Henry W. Kanning,
Paul H. Kanning.
Howard NJ. Lewis,
lroney for said Plaintiffs.
YsntywOOd, Montana.
Frst Publication Jan. 8, 1880.
last Indication, Jan. "a, 1880.
IBby-Actual work has started
ms switchback project here.
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discreet regarding the official fam
lies of his commanding officers,
the Presidents of the United
States. Referring to the police
man with whom he worked for law,
order, and honest elections In Phil
adelphia, he said: 'The average of
honesty on the police force of
America is as good as in the cabi-
nets of some of the Presidents"
Is it possible, General Butler,
that you mean the members of the
Cabinets with whom President
Hoover once sat as fellow Cabi-
net officer? And is it possible
that, with sly irony, you are inol-
eating that these ex-comrades of
Hoover were not all they might
be? Don't you think you ought to
explain to the President? And
don't you think the President ought
to order an explanation, both of
your insinuations that our rule in
Nicaragua and Haiti is crooked,
and that recent Cabinet members
have been dishonest? And you,
Mr.. Hoover, did you mean it when
you said in your Congressional
message, just three days before
General Butler blabbed, that in a
large sense you do not wish us to
be thus represented by marines
abroad?
Whatever the President may do,
it is obvious that the senate of the
United States possibly on a mo-
ton to be instituted by Sen. Borah
as chairman of the committee on
foreign affairs, should Immediately
hold senate investigation if these
charges against the marines. | ain
telegrahping this Pittsburgh Post
Gazette account to Sen. Borah to-
day asking if such accusations a.
gainst the marines, and therefore
against the United States of Aem-
lea, on the part of so high ranking
man as Major General Butler, die
not demand a senate inquiry.
| One last sweet touch. Gen. But
Ter flew from Quantici Marine Bar.
racks to Pittsburgh in a United
States airplane. Splendid, for he
was indeed on public business
perhaps the most important publ,
business he has ever engaged in
that of letting the cat out of The
bag. Sinclair Levi,
Pittsburgh, Pa, December 6.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

Hamilton up Final prepare
lions for the Montana Horticultur-
al Society annual meeting are un-
der way and the program for the
event will be announced soon by
George L. Knight, state horticul-
turist. The meeting will be held on
Jan. 20. Several speakers of note
from neighboring states will adj
dress the meeting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

Great Falls The StocImen's
Bank of Cascade voted to move to
this city and also voted to increase
the capital stock from $4,000 to
100000.
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New Britain herald., 1930-09-30
STATE TROOPS TRY
 TO PROTECT NEGRO
Charge Crowd With BayoDets in
 Front Of Prison

Huntsville, Ala, Sept. 30 P-A skirmish between national guards- men, called out to protect a negro prisoner from possible violence, and members of a mob in front of the county jail here had brought minor injuries to several persons today and comparative quiet at the jail
 Guardsmen charged with fixed bayonets as a crowd, estimated at 1000 persons, advanced last night on a roped-off area around the jail in which G. F. Henderson, negro, IS held as a suspect in the staying of H. E. Ross, Huntsville business man. Ross was shot to death in his home Saturday night by a negro intruder. Mrs Ross who also was shot and slightly injured, has not identified Henderson as the slayer.
 The guardsmen, ordered out by Governor Bibb Graves, still patrol led the area around the jail early today and the situation was report ed quiet with only small groups of persons in the vicinity.
 The militia men first had hurled tear gas bombs in an effort to halt the crowds advance on the jail, but the wind was blowing toward the guardsmen, and the gas came back on them. Then an advance was or dered with bayonets fixed, they chased the crowd from the vicinity of the jail and returned to their posts. Members of the crowd hurl- ed stones as they fled, and while several of the troops were struck none was seriously hurt.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-30
Pin Taken From Throat
 Of 8 Months Old Baby

Waterbury, Sept. 30 P>-Eight months old Frank St. Angelo, a safety pin safely removed from his throat today, was feeling al- most as lively as ever, thanks to science.
 Frank was suddenly attacked with a coughing fit last night while playing in his Naugatuck home. The infant was taken to St. Mary's hospital here where it was discovered that an open safe ty pin, point up, was firmly lodged half way down his throat. The delicate operation to remove the pin was successful and Baby Frank passed a comfortable night.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-30
RUSSIAN WHEAT
 SCARE PASSES
Furry Over Short Selling Ap-
 parently Nearly Over

Chicago, Sept. 30 (UP)-The "Russian wheat scare" appeared to- day to have lost most of it's effect on the Chicago board of trade after exchange leaders told a congress sional committee that Soviet repre- sentatives were not responsible for driving wheat prices lower than they had been in morea than 1G years.
 The committee, headed by Rep. Hamilton Fish, Jr., of New York, completed it's inquiry into Russian activities on the exchange and was travelling west today to continue it's more general investigation of com munist propaganda in the United States.
 Russia was not barred this week from short selling on theS Chicago exchange because it's sales of 7,500,- 900 bushels of wheat had been ille- gal, but merely because the boards directors believed it an evil for any government to compete with ~indi- 'iuudio Ill di oPch eAIlai5S, lHe committee was told.
 While the congressman were be- ing assured of these things in the federal building, another wild ses- sion was in progress at the board of trade a few blocks away, and wheat, after doing some spectacular fluc- tuating, closed 4 to 1 IA cents low CT. making the total drop in price since spring almost GO cents per bushek
New Britain herald., 1930-09-30

came here for his man but returned home empty handed when Governor Trumbull refused to sign the extra dition papers. Williams has twice appeared before grand juries who have refused to return true bills. At that time Governor Trumball de- manded that an indictment De brought before he would sign the papers.
 After the sheriff arrived on his second visit with all the necessary papers Governor Trumbull assented to the extradition. An Alabama warrant for Williams's arrest charges that he "did unlawfully and with malice aforethought kill Carrie Mourning by striking her with a cluD whereby she was killed"
 A relative of the girl, also said to be implicated in the murder, is said to have confessed and involved Will Hams.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-30

tional Safety council. before dele gates from all parts of the United States and several foreign countries.
 T deeply appreciate the value of the work of the National Safety council in efforts to prevent the frightful loss of human life due to preventable accidents in industry and elsewhere" MT. Hoover wrote.
 'The death by accident of almost 100000 persons in one year in the United States is a challenge to the resourcefulness of the nation to de- wise measure to eliminate this dis astrous loss both of economic assets and precious human values"
 Pettibone in an address before the conference, which is expected to at- tract some 1000 persons this week, emphasized the necessity of impress ing the country with the seriousness of the accident problem. Accidents claimed 97,000 lives last year, Petit bone said.