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The Washington times., 1931-02-26
LEARN DRIVING

EVANSTON, Feb. 26 GN.SJ, i,
More than 500 women are ex-
pected to enroll in the driving
school to be conducted by Evans
ton police, starting April Is.
After a five weeks course in
law and driving theory those who
pass a written examination will
be eligible to membership in the
practical driving school.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Court Divides Week
TUixt Soma and Horn

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 QN.S0.
Two or three times a week may
Randolph Franken sing without
the braying interference of Her.
man C. Roeder's horn, and two
of three times a week at the
conclusion of Franken's half hour
of melody, Roeder may toot his
horn.
This is the ruling of Magis-
trate Curtis in Flatbush Court
here who gives the two neighbors
until March to settle their diff
ferenceS harmoniouSly.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Veteran Conductor
TrnDeLs on DGU Off

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 NN.S0
The postman takes a long walk
on his day off, the sailor takes a
rowboat out for a spin-and
Cupid" Childs, veteran conduc.
tor on trains in the Northwest,
rode to New York in the cab of
an engine to spend a vacation
here.
Conductor Henry Lucian Childs,
Mandan, N. D., dubbed Cupid
because another conductor already
had his first name. came East to
visit an editor of a railroad mag.
azine. Childs discovered he had
talent when his things we're &C,
oepted by the magazine, and edi.
tor invited him for a visit.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
JANE ADDAMS TO SPEAK

ROCKFORD, Ill, Feb. 26 GIN.
SION the fiftieth anniversary
of her graduation, Miss Jane
Addams, prominent social worker
and founder of Hull house, Chi
cago. will be the commencement
speaker at her alma mater, Rock
ford College,
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
MAHARAJAH BUILDS

BAD HOMBURG, Feb. 26 ON.
S0.-The Maharajah Of Tripura
has engaged the Berlin architect
Will Muehlau to build a new
palace in the Indian rulers Scapi-
tal to cost $4,000. 900
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Staying
ACCIDENTAL,
SAYS REED
Former Senator Makes Appeal
for Wife on Trial; Killing
Deliberate, Safe Contends

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 26 G.N.SO.
Mrs. Myrtle Bennett, accused of
the first Staying to result from a
bridge-gaine quarrel-that Of her
husband, John G. Bennett-was
branded as a deliberate slayer"
and pictured as a victim of cir.
cumstances in the opening state
ments of State and defense attor.
neys to a jury in circuit court
today.
Prosecutor James r. Page said:
'Mrs. Bennett killed her hus-
band deliberately"
Accident, Says Reed
Former United States Senator
James A. Reed, chief of defense
counsel, said:
"It was an accident"
The Washington times., 1931-02-26

Detached. semi-detached and ell va
rieties of homes are for sale In to
days Classified Ads.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03

the Communist party had 2O5956 members In
good standing In October, 1880, 34,158 workers
joined the party. New members for November
numbered 192SS for December II 1893; for jan
uary 1890.
In these four months of acute struggle. 84,664
German workers were added TO the party ranks.
At the time of it's last annual convention the
Young Communist League of Germany had 2l,OOO
members On February 1st, 1881, its membership
hadincreased to 10000, organized in 1,725 local
groups.
An equally rapid growth has been shown in |
other organizations actively connected with the
class struggle The Workers init. Relief, for ex-
ample, added 27,678 members between September
1880 and January 1881.
German exploiters, like their American proto-
types, leave no stone mturned in their efforts to
protect their system of grab and plumber against
the protest revolt of its victims In Germany
as in the United States, the ruling class uses the
velvet glove while it can, beguiling the victims OF
its exploitation with soft words such Justice,
liberty" and defense of the Fatherland."
But when hard times threaten, when unemploy-
ment comes, when hunger yawns and the defense
less masses raise their voices in protest and seek
to protect themselves against the system that is
engulfing them, the velvet glove is thrown aside,
and shot down without mercy.
These beatings and shootings do what unaided
"agitators" and 'reds" never could accomplish.
They show up the ruling class in capitalist society
for what it is-a profit-mad plutocracy besotted
with wealth, blind and deaf to human misery and
to the cries of anguish that rise from their sums
! and speeded-up factories.
They reveal the machinery of government as
weapon that is being used by the masters to per-
petuate unemployment, poverty and exploitation.
They prove to the masses beyond the possibility
Of any argument that there is no way of escape
from the present chaos except through the organ
ization of a working-class movement that shall
take over the economic and political machinery O
society and use it for the good of the many ant
not for the enrichment of the few.
The ruling class in Germany has had more tim
than the ruling class in the United States. Tn
German masses have felt the mailed fist oftene
and longer
Hence it is that more than 100000 German
have joined the Communist party
If Hamilton Fish and his fellow communist
baiters have their way, and similar policy is TO
lowed in the United States it is only a question
time before the revolutionary movement in Amel
lea will add new members monthly by the tens
thousands and count its active supporters in SCI
en- figures.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03
'24-'2S COP.
CHEST GOT A
MILLION GRAFT

Washington FTP = Chairman
Blaine of the senate committee
which is mcovering the huge
graft taken by the post office
building leasing ring, has assert
ed that one million dollars of the
graft was handed over to the
campaign chests of the Coolidge
and Hoover committees of 1924
1928
The late Jim Good was Hoover's
western campaign manager and
later his secretary of war, who
did lobbying for the power trust
as a side line.
Blaine questioned fromer Asst.
Postmaster General John H. Bart
lett i'm order to develop the facts
concerning Goods connection with
the st. Paul anil other leases which
involved huge profits for the less
ors.
Bartlett testified that Good was
in the office of Postmaster Gener-
al Harry New when New ordered
that the St. Paul Lease be execut-
ed, and that New ordered a sub
ordinate to sign Bartlett's name ir
place of that of his chief.
Blaine asked Bartlett whether il
were not a fact that an attempt
was made, in August 1928, to heaC
off a grand jury investigation Of
the St. Paul deal, since a probe
might blow up the campaign il
the northwest" Bartlett made M
reply.
Blaine then stated that Good
when campaign manager for Hoov
err, telephoned to L. K. Drill, jus
before Drill was to become fedora
district attorney at st. Paul Of
August :. Good spoke from Pres
ident Coolidge's summer camp j
northern Wisconsin, and his tai
dealt with the possibility that Dri
would GO ahead with the threaten
ed indictments in the lease fraut
Bartlett testified that New rex
commended the dismissal of Pos
master Fessler, after Fessler ha
testified before the grand jur,
Good had told the department ths
the comptroller-general and I'll
budget director had approved Il
lease, when the latter official hs
in fact recommended condemn;
ton.
Fessler had pointed out tn
falsehood on Goods part, in r
porting to New. He was dismis
ed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03

signed by our governor-and that is what is call
ed lawmaking.
can understand that it could slip by the legis-
lature in a hurry without creating much noise
Most of them do not know what it is all about.
Iawmakine is a mystery to them and voting
toss IN of coin. head tail proposition. But
vou can't tell me that the lawyers who were the
fathers of this bill, and the governor who signed
it. did not know it meant 10c tax. They simply
thought they could slip something over on the
public, and then afterwards pass the buck on to
the supreme court.
We can be proud of the fact that it was the
Producers News who first called the attention to
the fake parts of this BILL Two other papers have
now Joined with US in the fight. But isn't it
pity that in the whole state there are only three
small papers who have the CUTS 10 stand up for
the rights of the people. We are forming our
opinions almost entirely from what read and
we look to editors as being sort of leaders for
the rest of US. We are looking upon them as an
among them also, that we have a sample of right
in our own dooryard 1t is disgusting to see that
this supposed to be intelligent class, is nothing
but bunch of yes-men for somebody else, not
daring to have opinion of their own, just drift
ing along with the tide like bunch of jelly fish.
NIB. In order to expose this 10c gas tax fake
we are sending extra copies of the Producers News
all over the state of Montana. This costs money.
Pay your subscription and get new subscribers and
help us in this fight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03
s241.345.s11.41
TotaI

If the 20 per cent increase is correct then on
May 5th we will be voting two-hundred and
forty-one million dollar tax, and we should have
no trouble paying back the six millions
In Sec. it also tells you the SC tax must start
April LIST, 1881 How law we are voting on in
May can start in April is something new and be-
yond comprehension.
Sec. 49, "For the purposes of this election and
for no other purposes, the County Clerk shall close
registrations on Saturday, the 25th day of April
1881" What is going to be voted on on May 5th
is not law on April 25th and never will be no
matter which way the election goes. Section 56e
in General Election Laws reads: "The County Clerk
shall close all registration for the full period of
As days prior to, and before any election" If a
person has registered between March 21st and
April 25th, that person has no legal right to vote
on May 9Th; but hop to it, nobody viii be stopping
you.
From Section %: "There is hereby appropriated
out of any money in the State Highway Fund the
sum of 100000 and the State Auditor shall
draw, issue, and deliver his warrants therefor
This is for paying the expense of the election. II
the measure is killed on May 9Th, Section % anc
the 100000 is also killed, then counties will bt
hcliing the sack and pay for the election. This
only way they can be paid is if the legislature 6.
the iext session will appropriate the money.
Last but not least is Section %. ''This act shall
be in full force and effect, :. providing fh
same shall have received a majority of votes cas-
for and against it at the election herein called"
Read the last part over again, then read it an
other dozen times, then tell me what to do O.
election day. After much mental agony l hav
finally come to the conclusion that if l want t
help put the darn thing over, shen 1 must vot
ota FOR and AGAINST it by making cross i
This is new way of voting br
might work out all right after person gets use
TO it.
And all this crap was made up by three Law
| yers, passed the house and the senate and ws
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03

Continued from Front Page)
of Nicaragua, also organized relief
expeditions to carry food, money
and supplies here.
President Jose Moncada took
refuge in a tent near the presiden-
tial palace. He aided in directing
the rescue work. The streets were
still choked with debris, making it
difficult for ambulances to pass.
Plans were organized to evacu-
ate the American women and chill
dren, numbering about IT'S. Orders
were issued that they be taken out
by the first available means. The
United States legation was burned
Temporary quarters were set up
on the United States marine pa
rade ground.
The thousands of homeless and
shelterless natives, including wom-
en- and children, were herded in
the safest parts of the city, away
from the fires or in the outskirts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03

courageous elements of the working class against
industrial feudalsm.
There is no likelihood of any appreciate improve
ment in economic conditions in the United States
in any country in the world, with the excep-
ton of Soviet Russia where real progress is made
tho at terrible temporary sacrifice on the part
Of the proletariat The problem in Russia is to
increase production to the consumptive capacity of
the masses. Here we have no such problem. The
problem here is to take over the powers of gov
eminent and the industrise, reshape the govern
ment to suit the social order and manage the
industries for the benefit of the masses 1t is
that or hell for the people.
Anyhow the worst is yet to come
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03
CAN BOURBONS LEARN?
! NEARING. Federated Press

By SCOTT NEARING Federated Press
Hamilton Fish and other Communist ba;ters in
the United States can learn at least one lesson
from the situation in Germany, where the revolu-
tonary movement is being fought with all the
power of the ruling class.
Communist and left wing demonstrations are
banned. Newspapers are suspended. Police re-
ports show that during 1880, 2,494 meetings we're
broken up by the police
The German police merciless their
American fellOw-sluggers. They are well-armed
and at the slightest provocation they beat up
shoot. If suppression would annihilate the revo-
lutionary movement, it would have disappeared
long ago from Germany
Instead of disappearing the German revolution
airy movement is growing On February l. 1881
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03
TWO BLOWS STRUCK
AT RUSSIAN TRADE

Washington FTP Two blows
were struck at Soviet-American
trade on Feb. 10. The treasury
issued a formal instruction to Gus
toms officers that shipments of
lumber and pulpwood from north
ern European Russia had been
found to be produced by convict
labor, and hence, under regulations
issued Nov. "a last, all such ship
ments must be refused entry ex-
cept upon conclusive showing by
the importers that they were not
produced by the aid of convict la
Dor. This order places upon the
importer the burden of proof of
innocence. A delegation of repre-
sentatives of American firms sell
ing goods to the Soviet Union re-
Gently came to Washington and
warned the treasury department
that these regulations would have
the effect of killing trade with the
soviets if they were not modified.
Col. Hugh L. Cooper, president of
I L1lS AIQ6TICdIl-QOllSS OIldIuDSr OF
Commerce, told the house ways
and means committee that Soviet.
American trade would be 'killeC
are buried" if these regulation.
were 10 stand.
1 From the ways and means com
mittee of the House there was re
ported on the same day an amend
ment to the tariff act, which pro
posed to set April 1, this year, a
the date for making effective tn,
embargo on goods produced, min
ed, transported, handled or loade,
or unloaded by forced or indentur
ed labor. No definition of force,
or indentured labr was attempte
but the treasury was authorize
to prescribe regulations for en-
forcement of the embargo. Thi
amendment is expected to be az
proved by majority in the nous
= if it reaches a vote before Marc
a, but it will not be taken up j
! the senate.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03
FARMERS UNION
HELD MEETING

A large and enthusiastic crowd of
Farmers Union members and bust
nuess men of Antelope were present
at the Farmers Union convention
held in the Sons of Norway hall at
Antelope Wednesday, March Is to
see those inspiring pictures, THE
Farmers Union at Work." and listen
to the splendid talks by President
]. T. Kelly, Glen Talbot of James
town, N. d. and A. w. March of
Plentywood.
The business men of Antelope
served coffee and a light lunch in
the afternoon which was appreciated
very much by all.
The following resolution was
adopted by the convention:
WHEREAS, The Gas Debenture
measure which is to be voted on on
May 9Th seems to our minds an ex-
pensive, unnecessary tax burden, an
uncalled for expenditure Of public
money at this time, and a dangerous
legal economic procedure,
THEREFOR BE 1T RESOLVED,
That the Farmers Union OF Sheridan
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03

National guardsmen prevented
them from wandering into the dan
ger zones.
United States Minister Hanna,
accompanied by Mrs. Hanna, re-
turned by plane from Ell Salvador.
He sent a message to the state de-
partment in Washington advising
that he was coordinating relief &C
tivities. He advised that there was
enaugh food on hand for 10 or II
days.
Col. Dan 1. Sultan, United States
army engineer, is heading a force
of fire fighters. The neediest pOr-
ton of the population has been
concentrated in La Iona field, just
south of the city.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03
A FAMILY
OUCTOR'S LAXATIVE
IS BEST

Your health is too important !
You cannot afford to experiment
with your delicate bowels when
coated tongue, bad breath, headache,
gas, nausea, feverishness, lack of
appetite, no energy, etc, warn of
constipation. This applies not only
to grown people, but more particu-
larly to children. That's why a
family doctors laxative is always
the safe choice.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is
prepared today under strict labora-
tory supervision from fresh laxative
herbs and other pure ingredients,
and exactly according to DR.. Cald-
wells original prescription.
Today, millions of families rely
on DR.. Caldwell's judgment in the
selection Of their laxative. For
DR.. Caldweips Syrup Pepsin, in
bottles ready for use, sold in all
drGgstores, is now the largest sell
| ing laxative in the world
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03
WILL IMPROVE THE
AIRPORT AT HAVRE

HSvre, March 16.--Members of
the airport committee of the Havre
chamber of commerce met and
drew up a schedule of improve
ments to be recommended for the
field this summer. The list includ-
ed complete fencing of the airport,
grading of the runways, construc-
ton of a small house for the care
taker and installing of gasoline
tanks.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03

County, in convention assembled, at
Antelope, Montana on March Is, 1881
do hereby express our sentiments as
be it
FURTHER RESOLVED That the
Highway Commission keep on a cash
basis as a means of economy and as
a common sense business practice
during these times Of depression.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03

j. Adam Bede of Minnesota, formerly the hui
morst of congress, in the legislature of Min
nesota, in an effort to back, says: "The best
way to get your feet is to junk the old car"
He says he knows from experience.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03

Anaconda Montana Power Com
pany has signed contracts with the
Anaconda Copper Company entailing
expenditure of ten million dollars to
IL million dollars for construction
of pipe line in this state, this city
to be included in favored cities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03

EDuIEO 01 "A battery OF young and old
literary sharpshooters, The Wasp intends to
sting hokum and reaction where the singing will
be most effective. The Wasp's sting is not
FATAL but is terribly uncomfortable
EDITORS and CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Rt. Rev. William Montgomery Brown, ID.
Bad Bishop Brown, or Episcopus in partbus
Bolshevikium ct Infideium' world-famous writ
er on spiritual questions. Bishop Brown is a
member of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal
church. (sotto voce) They cannot get rid of
him.
Tom OFlaherty, professional editor and
columnist. Recently associated with Charles E.
Taylor on The Producers News
Nancy L. Nolan, of Butte Montana brilliant
young satirist whose ''Babbling Boobidge" in
The Producers News came near defeating the Re-
publican party ticket in Sheridan county last No
vember. Miss Nolan is graduate of the Mime
sofa School OF journalism, which does not seem
to cramp her style perceptbIy.
Professor Al Falfa will have monthly skit
entitled The Vanishing Farmer" AL knows
the farmers problem being one himself from the
age of one to twelve. He has not seen farm
since
Alfonso p. Periwinlxle is the nom de plume
OF one OF the most noted columnists in the Unit
ed States. Millions hang on his gags. He will
IonC live minutes OF each month from his re-
munerative activities and turn out a string Of
F1ocus Pocus" for The Wasp.
A (chilles) Nut, will crack out bag Of
Squirrel Food for our readers. Nut will hit
every foolish head from Westby to Washington.
Rasputing Palooka, our sports writer will
write of the manly art uder the title of Hams
and Eggs" What hoI
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SATIRICAL, IRONICAL,
SARCASTIC, BITINGLY FUNNY!

EDITED BY A battery of young and old
literary sharpshooters, The Wasp intends to
sting hokum and reaction where the singing will
be most effective. The Wasp's sting is not
FATAL but is terribly uncomfortable.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-03
EARTHQUAKE

Continued from Front Page)
The border vidette., 1931-05-09
SUMMONS No. 247O

In the Superior Court OF Santa
Cruz county, State of Arizona.
Henry E. Adams, plaintiff, vs..
Rose Prather Adams, defendant.
Action brought in the Superior
Court OF Santa Cruz county, State
OF Arizona, and the complaint filed
in the eaid county Of Santa Cruz
in the Office of the clerk OF the said
Superior Court.
In the name of the State OF Ari-
zona. to Rose Prather Adams, de-
feDdants, greeting:
You are hereby summoned and
required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the Superior
Court of Santa Cruz county, State
of Arizona, and answer the com.
plant therein filed with the clerk
OF this said court, at Noeales, in
said county, within twenty days
after the service upon you OF this
summons, if served in this said
county, or in all other cases within
thirty days thereafter, the times
above mentioned being exclusive o.
the day of service, or judgment by
default will be taken against you
Given under my hand and sea-
OF the Superior Court of Santa
Cruz county, State OF Arizona, this
7th day Of May, A. D. 1881.
Seal. RoBT. E. LEE,
Clerk of the said Superior Court
5-9-5t.