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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-09-12
Amazing Charge By Legge Opens Great Battle
Green Charges Officials Figures Are Wrong and Effect
of Recommendation Calamity-Opposte of Hoover
Policy.

Washington, d. C. GLNS) Alex
ander Legge, chairman of the federal
farm board, probably ran into the
worst storm of his career when he
took labor's wages as the text of a
speech to the New York State Grange
meeting, at the New York State Fair,
Syracuse, Wednesday, where William
Green had spoken to a record crowd
on Monday.
Legge brought a hot fire from
President Green by wire, opening
battle that may continue into corners
not yet outlined and that may have
far-reaching political consequences.
Attacks Wage Rates
Speaking to his farmer audience
Legge said:
''In addition to that Increased tax
rates. you have an increased cost of
practically everything purchased. This
is largely due to the advance in labor
rates. The latest available figures on
this subject show the average wage
earnings today are about two and
quarter times the average of pre-war
years. This is inevitably reflected
back to the consuming public in the
prices of practically all manufactured
products. 1t is fact that is not gen
orally understood, that on many man
ufactured articles 80 per cent of the
wholesale prices can be directly trac-
ed to somebody's pay envelope"
In addition to this terrific attack
on wages Legge went to to point out
to the farmers how they could, by
sufficient organization, clamp down
the screws on all consumers and force
whatever tribute they want.
Can GOuge Consumers
He put it, lf-diplomatically, as
follows:
"Your customers are regular buy
ers, eating three times day, and
must continue buying even when it is
harder for them to dig up the cost of
doing so, which leads to the conclu-
sion that when properly organized the
farmers business should be and can
be the most stable of any industry in
the world"
Green's Challenge Sharp
President William Green, of the
American Federation of Labor, at
once wired Legge the following:
81 observe in copy of the address
you will deliver at the New York
State Grange meeting given to the
press in advance for publication
statement that much of the ills from
which agriculture is suffering is
largely due to the advance in labor
rates. This statement is neither
justifable nor accurate. For that
reason | trust as matter of fair
ness and justice to the wage earning
class and the farmers of our country
you will correct your statement.
Since 1914 the cost of wages to en-
ployers has changed five-t -tenths of l
per cent only. In 1914 employers in
the United States paid 1913 per cent
of the wholesale prices of their prod
ucts to workers in wages. In 1927
they paid 17.3 per cent.
,"Obviously your statement that
80 per cent of the wholesale price of
many manufactured articles can be
directly traced to somebody's pay en-
velope is incorrect. Since 1919 wages
paid workers employed in manufac-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-09-12

never again have widespread unem-
ployment have not only not been full
filled, but, broadly speaking, the un-
employment situation is more serious
than at any time since 1898.
Secondly, we are fully aware that
the tendency Of the present industrial
system makes it increasingly difficult
for any man or woman past 40 years
old to find new job
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-09-12
Labor Sn1ashes Farm Board
Chiefs S Attack onLabor's Wage

en- to turn out 27 million dollars in
added value Of production, and if any
computation can mean anything it is
that on the basis Of wage costs farm
implements ought to have been cheap
er in 1927 than in 1914 but they
were not. And they ought to be still
cheaper now, but they are not. In
the same period, however, salaries to
officials and others went up about 100
per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-09-12
Shorter Work Day Urged

A shorter work day and a shorter
work week were urged as remedy
for the present unemployment situa-
tion by Rev. John w. R. Mcguire,
president of st. Viator's College,
Bourbonnais, H. The noted Catholic
priest ridiculed the claim made by
some that the present economic crisis
was caused by overproduction. He
PRESENTED an imposing array of facts
and figures showing an appalling lack
of luxuries and the bare essentials of
life among the great masses of the
people to demonstrate that more pro-
duction is needed rather than less
of it.
Father Mcguire also dealt at some
length with the problem created by
the rapid introduction of labor-saving
machinery. The remedy, he said, is
the shortening of working hours and
the increasing Of the purchasing
power of the workers in order that
they may consume more and more
of their product and that employment
be given to all.
Other speakers were John Fitzpat-
rick and f. N. Nockels, president and
secretary, respectively, of the Chicago
Federation of Labor
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-09-12

the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company,
Reduction of wages lessons purchas-
ing power, permanently injuring
business"
The advertisement also quotes ex-
tracts from Printers Ink Of July 81
against salary reductions. Mr. Cohn's
object is to inspire confidence in bust
ness generally.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
WlRE-TAPP|NC IS
AGAIN CHARGED TO
PROBE COMMITTEE
Red Herring Across TRAIL Says
Nye, and Promises to In
\
vestigate Further

Washington, oct. 7.-R-Again
charged with wire-tapping, this time
In connection with its Nebraska In
quiry, the senate campaign funds
committee planned today q program
for further Investigations.
Demands are before it for q study
Of expenditures in six states and
Chairman Nye expected to confer
with Senator Patterson, Republican,
Missouri. and Senator Wagner DEM
ocrat. New York. to determine how
these requests are to be met.
In response to the latest accusa-
lions against the committee, made by
Charles e. Matson of Lincoln, Me-
braska, in q letter to Vice President
Curtis, Nye entered q denial and
complained Of persistence in drag
ging q red herring across the trail
to conceal the worth while things re-
sulting from the committees investi-
cation:
j. The chairman said he would return
to Nebraska before election and
would then subpoena Matson. The
trip to Nebraska is planned to deter
mine the source Of money spent In
behalf Of George w. Norris. the
Broken Bow grocer who filed but was
not permitted to run for the Repub-
lican nomination against Senator
| George w. Norris.
Matson complained the committee
had refused to investigate his charge
that alleged federal officers were
tapping the wires Of Nebraska lead
ers supposedly u~nfriendly to Senator
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07

Allowing farm livestock to Craze
frosted flax fields or to feed N de-
caying piles Of flax straw or. seed Is
dangerous. Under such conditions
prussic acid is formed which Is q
deadly poison.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
Noted Inventor to
Marry Film Actress

Los Angeles. Oct. 7-R-The Elk
aminer today said DR.. Lee DeForest,
noted inventor of radio and motion
picture equipment, Is o to marry
Marie Mosquini, film coincidence.
Just when the wedding is to take
place was not known, the newspaper
said, ever by DR.. DeForest himself.
But I am happy to say that I am
going to marry Miss Mosquini." the
inventor vas quoted, "just as soon as
I am free to do So"
DeForeSt, the newspaper said, ex-
planned he was not sure just when an
unopposed divorce decree obtained In
New York state by Mrs. DeForest, his
second wife. would become final.
The Examiner asserted DeForest de-
MED reports In. HOLLYWOOD film circles
that he and Miss Mosquini had been
married recently and secretly in
Mexico.
'That isn't so,"' he was quoted as
saying. I'VE did discuss such . thing,
it is true, but my New York attorney
advised against It."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
OFFICIALS
OFFER TESTIMONY
Deny Charges Made Against
Them in Removal Proceed
ings Before Governor

Darlington, N. D., Oct. 7.-R-
Denial of charges brought against
them in removal proceedings filed
with Governor George F. Shafer was
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07

Norris. Nye replied Matson had
failed to respond when his name was
called at the committees last hear
ing in Lincoln.
The chairman said today he in
tended to hear w. e. Murray. a rep
resentative Of the Republican nation
al committee, to ascertain what he
was doing in Nebraska before the
senatorial primary. Nye has ex-
pressed a suspicion that some Repub-
lican leaders may have been respon-
sible for the candidacy Of the second
George Norris to defeat Senator Nor
ris because of his party irregularity.
An inquiry requested into cam
paign expenditures of Senator Schall,
Republican, Minnesota, Nye said. may
be disposed Of here without q trip
west. The other states probably viii
be assigned to subcommittee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07

E0RMER OET1CE8OLOER DIES
Towner, N. D., Oct. 6.-ReTh0mas
Fog, one time Republican leader and
former United States land commits
sioner at Ainot, died Saturday In an
automobile near Devils Lake Of heart
disease.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
NADONALISTS WIN
TO END China WAR
Rebel General Driven From
cheng Chow, important
Railroad Center

Marking, China, Oct. 1.-R-Na-
tionalist government military head
quarters tonight claimed its forces
under President Chang Kaishek had
captured Cheng-C Chow from northern
rebel troops commanded by General
Feng Yu-HMang.
Although the claim was not vert-
fled it was regarded Is probably true.
# so, It no doubt means the end OF
the present Civil war. Chengchow.
important railroad city In northern
Honan Province, was the headquar-
tiers Of Feng. !.
The government announcement said
nationalist forces also had taken
Honanfu, so miles west Of Chengchow
on the Haichow-T ungkwan railway.
Feng was reported retreating with q
majority Of his 100000 soldiers to .
point north Of the Yellow river.
An end to the present conflict has
been expected ever since the recent
intervention Of Manchuria, whose
troops occupied Peiping and Tientsin,
forcing the retirement Of Yen HSi-
shan, governor Of Shanshi Province.
from the revolutionary picture. Yen
and Feng were the principals IN the
northern rebel movement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
KILLS RATS
NOTHING ELSE

K-R-O kills Rats Only killed
238 rats in II hours ON a Kansas
farm. It is the original product made
by q special process Of squill, an in
gredient recommended by u. S.
Government as sure death to rats and
mice, but harmless to dogs, cats,
poultry or even baby chicks. You IAN
depend on this. K-R-O in a few
years has become Americas leading
rat and mouse killer. Sold by all
druggists on money backguarantee.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
Admits Communists
Seeking to Rule U. S.

San Francisco. Oct. 7.-R-Having
heard communists testify their OBJ
jecttve Is the overthrow Of the Amer
lean government and substitution Of
soviet rule, the congressional COM
mittee investigating red activities
continued its inquiry here today.
William J. Simons, described BY
other witnesses as q communist lead
or. took the stand yesterday In fiery
mood and told how his followers
planned to establish q dictatorship
Of the proletariat." He described his
visit to Moscow three years ago as q
delegate to the fourth iuternationale
and said workers were far better off
in Russia than in this country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
Mutiny Reported on
British Battleship

London, Oct. -@- Dispatches
from the Riviera today said 40 sailors
from the British battleship Revenge,
lying off Collie Juan harbor, near
Nice, had been arrested after trouble
with their officers.
One version Of the affair was pub
lished in q Nice dispatch to the Paris
edition of the Chicago Tribune, which
said 100 men aboard the the cruiser
had revolted against excessive punish
ments and had left the ship Saturday.
Forty who returned were placed In
irons. Police rounded up others and
returned them aboard the ship. but
Is were said to b still at large.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
Will Probe Death
OfKanSasL abOrer

Fargo, N. D., oct. 7.-(F-With one
Of the principal witnesses missing, q
probe will be conducted into the
death of William A. Peck. Topeka,
Kansas, laborer, who was killed n an
automobile accident south of Fargo
Sunday, j. K. Bingham, acting Cass
county coroner, announced today.
Officials have been unable to To-
cate Fred Bloom, Kansas City, who
was riding with Peck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
Takes Bride, Then
Starts for Prison

Minneapolis, Oct. 7.-(R-n = set
ting Of. ste& bars and heavy locks,
Miss Avis Riddel, Minneapolis. be
came the bride Of James ]. vogel last
night.
Immediately after the ceremony
vogel was taken to Saltwater peni-
Tertiary. The bride win remain here.
Vogel was denied probation last
week and sentenced to from one to 20
years on . charge Of using q car
without the owners permission.
He and Miss Riddell had been en-
gagged and intended getting married
next month. When the court refused
probation the marriage followed with
Jail attendants beside the bride and
bridegroom while Henry N. Knott,
court commissioned, read the service.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
CHICAGO MAYORS
WIFE IS VICTIM
OF HOLDUP gang
Robbed OF Valuable Gems as
She Alights at Entrance to
Apartment House

Chicago, Oct. 7.-R-The crime
wave reached brazen heights today
with the robbery Of the mayors wife,
Mrs. William Hale Thompson, In the
very doorway Of her gold coast home.
She was stripped Of jewels valued
at approximately $4,000 and was SO
shaken by the experience she became
historical. Her policeman-chauffeur
was robbed Of his star and his re-
volver, and narrowly escaped death.
The three thugs escaped.
Mrs. Thompson had attended the
theatre with her sister, Mrs. William
Burkhardt. Her chauffeur. Peter ].
OMalley. had picked them up and
driven them north along the Lake
Shore drive which at that hour -
shortly before last midnight-teemed
with the traffic. +
Mrs. Burkhardt had been dropped
at her home. O,Malley continued
north and drew up at the entrance
Of the apartment hotel in which
Mayor and Mrs. Thompson make
their home.
He stepped out and walked around
the rear of the limousine to open the
door for Mrs. Thompson. A man
stepped from the darkness and
stunned him with a blow on the head,
This robber stood guard over OMa1-
ley as two others ordered Mrs
Thompson out Of the car.
At pistol points they forced her ia
walk into the entrance Of the build
ing. Roughly they snatched her
jewels, including q diamond ring for
which she recently paid SIC. 1000, q dia-
mond set bracelet and q diamond pin,
Meanwhile the robber who held q
gun on O'Malley observed the officers
police holster and star.
what are you doing with thAt?"
the robber demanded.
"Just carrying It," replied the po-
liceman.
"You can't fool me-" growled the
man with the gun. you're q cop,
and I ought to give you q bullet in
the belly"
At this point the two others stepped
back to the curb, the robbery finish
ed. They sped away. Mrs. Thomp-
son ran forward, crying:
They got everything I had. Jew
elry. pocketbook, everythingl"
Officer OMalley started pursuit.
AS he whirled the limousine into the
street with a roar, the mayors wife
tainted on the sidewalk. Pedestrians
carried her to her apartment.
Officer O,Malley maintained the
chase for half a mile, then lost the
trail.
Mrs. Thompson had been in deli
cate health and confined to her home
most Of the time for two years. She
and the mayor recently returned from
a summer at the seashore at Nam
tucket, Mass. It was in celebration Of
her partial return to health that she
last night attended the theatre with
her sister.
Today she was CRITICALLY H. her
doctor said. Policemen armed with
sawed-off shotguns guarded every en-
trance to the building In which the
ThompSons live.
Last week the report was published
that the underworld vas gathering .
million-dollar fund to combat the po-
lice campaign against Migrants and
gangsters, with the removal Of Alcock
from the commissioners chair their
ultimate goal. Some saw the singing
out of Mayor Thompson's wife for the
robbers attack as an attempt to dis
credit Alcock.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
Motor Tour Head lis
Wounded by Bandit

washington, Oct. T-R-Louis
Bush, president Of the Gray Line Mo-
tor Tours, Inc, lay severely wounded
in q Washington hospital today after
q man believed to be . robber had
fired three bullets into his body late
last night in the garage Of his home.
It was feared the wounds might
prove fatal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
Booklet Tells why
Crabs Leave Home

Lincoln. England, Oct. 1877
Crabs in Britain are greatly In
clined to leave home and the female
strays more frequently and farther
than the male. A government publ
cation for the benefit Of the fishing
industry tells Of the migratory habits
Of the species, Crabs tagged In Liu-
coin have been found 70 miles away.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07
made ct q hearing Of the three Fos-
ter county commissioners, y

made at q hearing Of the three Fos-
ter county commissioners. \
Removal Of the commissioners. ]
r. Rusk, Marcus Defts, and Christ
Erickson, was asked in q petition al
leging the men r guilty Of miscon-
duct, malfeasance, crime in office
and gross incompetency.
Erickson was on the stand yester-
day when the hearing opened before
B. H. Bradford, Minot, special ref
cree appointed by the governor The
other commissioners testified today.
The commissioners entered denial
to the charges and outlined their
methods Of transacting county bust
ness.
George w. Thorpe, Fargo attorney,
Is acting as special prosecutor by ap-
pointment Of Governor Shafer, while
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-10-07

G. B. Craven, Darlington attorney, u
defending the commissioners.
A transcript Of the testimony WI
be submitted to Governor Shafef aft
er the hearing Is completed. and oral
arguments may be made before the
states chief executive later.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-02
NIGHT BALL
AT DIES MONIES

DIES MONIES, Ia, May 12.-tR-
Night baseball. the cherished dream
Of President Z. L. Keyser Of the
Des Moines Demons. will make It's
league debut tonight when the WI
chita and Des Moines cams open
the Western League a here.
Judge X. M. Lands. Commission
er OF Baseball, j. II. Farrell, CT Au-
burn, N. r. president and secretary
respectively. Of the National Asso-
citation Of Professional Baseball clubs
Sidney Well. president OF the Gin
cinnati Reds. and various other
leaders OF the game will be In the
stands.
For the legion OF fans throughout
the country that cannot see the
game. arrangements have been
made with the National Broadcast
ing company to put the contest or
the air from the start OF the sixth
inning. which is expected at 10 .
m. Central time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-02
EXPORTERS ARE
TOP AGAIN
Cats, Bluffs, Cubs And
Beaumont Are
Winners
CBv the ASSOCIATED press.)

The annual see-saw in the per-
centaSe columns Of the Texas
league was working overtime to-
day. with Fort Worth climbing in
10 the first division. Wichita Falls
dropping back TO fifth place, and
Beaumont regaining the leadership
from Shreveport.
Fort Worth played a notable game
Yesterday 10 finally climb from the
cellar division. Jimmy Walkup
pitched a shut-out game giving the
Cats a 4 TO 0 victory over San
Antonio, latest contender for the
bottom position. Smith for the
Indians allowed only eight hits,
but two OF these were triples and
were converted. They meet again
today al Fort Worth.
Wichita Fails. losing again TO
Houston on the Spudder field. let
III fourteen runs while piling UP
only five. and thereby lost their
hold in the upper class. The teams
play the third Of their series TO-
day.
The Waco Cubs had a biz day
at Shreveport, handing the Sports
a 10 to 6 trimming The timely
swatting OF Molesworth and Speer
for the Cubs. each getting a double
with the bases loaded. was an
important factor in their victory.
The Dallas-Beaumont game al
cvner Sol DreyfusS' coming out
party took two hours and forty
five minutes 70 settle in favor OF
Beaumont, although the game went
only the regulation number OF
frames. Dallas took an early four
run lead. and was leading by one
run in the sixth, only TO take the
short end Of the 9 70 Z score. The
game was played before an esti-
mated crowd Of 1880, as compared
TO the Steers recent average daily
attendance Of around 500. The H.
600 came because Dreyfus threw
the gates open for the day in celeb
ration Of his acquisition of the
Steers, now in seventh place.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-02
PRO BUILDING
UP INTEREST
Matches With Other Valley
Clubs Are Being
Planned
ESPECIAL to The Herald

MERCEDES, May 2.-The first
tournament for women golfers Is
getting well under way at the Llano
Grande Country club here.
Competition has been a strong in
fluence In promoting the progress
Of golfing among the men and this
same competitive influence Is slim
ulating interest among women golf
ers and bios fair. according to Patrick
O'Brien, local pro. 70 eclipse the in
terest OF men golfers.
There will be fifteen or more
entries who Will tee off Saturday
morning. the day Of the tourna-
ment, to test their skill with Old
Man Par. The match will be nine
holes medal play. There will be no
handicaps, as this IS the first
tournament.
O'Brien has put forth every eff
fort in building up a ladies' golf
club here. and Is anxious TO see all
lady golfers in the Valley playing
as he thinks that in time the VAL
ley will be able to have some mate
rial ready for the Women's State
tournament. He Is also looking for
ward TO arranging inter-ciub match
es with other club towns in the
Valley.
Owen w. Stone, secretary Of the
Country club. has very generously
donated prizes for this event and
promises that there Will be quite
a few tournaments in the future.
The Llano Grande Country club
has one Of the finest golf courses
in the Valley, and the course has
been put in first class shape for the
tournament.
Among the ladies who will play
Saturday are Mesdames Owen
Stone. William Copeland, George
Breeding, ". II. Holmes, r. II. Kern,
Z. Z. johnson. r. G. Waters. Newell
Waters. Miss WEIGH and others.
Wimberly Mcleod OF Harlingen
Will be host at a home luncheon
at the Country club, following the
tournament.
Bridge games will be INDUCED In
by the ladies during the afternoon