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The Washington times., 1931-09-16
H|GHER-UPS HIT
BY GRAND JURY
(Continued From Page y

(CqOtinued From Page y
partment to make the investiga-
ton.
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover refused to specify what pre-
cincts were involved in his
charges. but said:
"The only thing 1 can say
now is that policemen of other
precincts, in addition to the
First, are involved in this in.
quiry."
The Grand Jury began its
probe Of case number 2 at 1:1S
p. m, after foregoing lunch.
Mr.. Rover refused to state
what case or what policemen
were involved, and declared he
would keep the Grand Jury in ses-
sion until S or 6 O'Clock.
Mr.. Rover said:
1--WE have NO chance of finish
ing up today. We will adjourn
at 5 or 6 o'clock and start in
tomorrow where we left off. I
hope to conclude this hearing
tomorrow, but If do not we
will keep driving until we do"
Th1rty-fiVe women, about half
Of whom were colored, were il the
witness room. Department of JUS
tice agents were watching over
them to see that in no instance
did any one talk to reporters.
One Of the agents said that the
reason for the sequestering Of wit.
nesSes was because they did not
want to injure the reputation of
any policeman who might be in
volved but who could not be m
dicted.
Approximately a score of po-
hcemen were in the witness room,
among those recognized being
Capt. Ira Sheetz, Tenth precinct;
Detective A. D. Mansfield, First
precinct. and r. L. jenkins, Will
liam L. Sheets and B. G. Lewis,
also Of the First precinct.
Martz Tells Story
Robert Mart1. who claims he
was beaten by the First precinct
police, was the first witness to
tell his story.
Martz was brought up from the
District Jail, where he is being
held pending trial on a charge
Of first-degree murder in connec.
ton with the Staying of Irwin L..
zirkle, last May 3, at a poolroom
at 937 Ninth st. N. w.
Among the witnesses to appear
today was DR.. william ]. Stanton,
of 1923 o st. N. w. DR.. Stanton
was expected to tell Of Martz'
physical condition following the
beating he says he received
from police.
SokAACo a. NUOObyLl, SllSpCuOCU
First precinct detective and one
Of the five policemen recently
indicted on brutality charges, was
one of the three policemen who
testified before the Grand Jury
when the indictment against
Martz was returned. Detective
Mansfield and Private A. B.
Clarke. also Of the First precinct,
were the others.
Attorney Denny Hughes was the
second witness. Hughes, counsel
for Martz, said he would tell the
Grand Jury Martz had never
told him anything about being
maltreated by the police.
Mr.. Rover's office is under fire,
being charged with refusing to
issue warrants against policemen
on the application of beaten pris-
oners and the Department Of JUS
tice announces the inquiry, which
it Is making at the instance Of
President Hooyer. will be broad
ened to IN lude that phase.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
1O,237 More Aliens
LeQUe Than Arrive

A total of 28O,679 aliens en-
tered the United States in the
fiscal year ending July l as
against 290,139 who departed, it
was reported by the Department
of Labor yesterday.
The excesA Of departures over
arrivals was40,237.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
Boy, 6, Suffers Head
Hurts, Hit bv Truck

George Farrell. 6, is at Casualty
Hospital with a possible skull
fracture and conclusion OF the
brain suffered last night when he
was struck by a truck near his
home. 4
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27

upon real estate and personal prop
erty-tangibles-w already are
bearing too large portion of the tax
alton burden. Farmers, small bust
ness men and home owners who give
thought and study to this know that
Governor Pinchot, Senator Norris,
Senator Shipstead, and the scores of
big city mayors over America speak
in their behalf when they ask fed
eral appropriations for needed federal
building programs such as the st.
Lawrence waterway the nine-foot
channel in Mississippi harboH i'm
provements, roads, necessary public
buildings, and the like.
Taxation ON great wealth, large in
heritances, and exhorbitant incomes
must provide the means of relieving
unemployment and poverty, and the
circulation of money so that PROSTATE
agriculture will have an opportunity
to recuperate in periods of depression
like this.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27
ANOTHER WILD PITCH
(MinneapOliS Star)

Governor Olson's requirement of a
minimum wage and an eight-hour day
on highway work seems to be a diff
ficult target for the mud throwers.
When the order was issued it was
greeted with loud cries that it would
vastly increase the cost of construc-
ton of state highways.
But when bids were opened for new
contracts is was disclosed that this
years costs will be lower, instead of
higher.
Now story is being circulated that,
to meet the minimum wage scale, con-
tractors are using machinery instead
of men. More dirt moving than ever
before in the history of the state, and
fewer jobs for the men, is one quota
ton.
Highway department figures show
10000 men now employed in state
highway construction, SO per cent
more than year ago, and as more
contracts are let more will be en-
ployed.
Just why the governors order that
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27
WEALTH AGAINST FEDERAL
APPROPRIATIONS

A controversy which rather typifies
the political division of today has
again been presented to the American
public. Governor Pinchot of Pennsyl-
vania, progressive Republican, sub
mitted proposal to President Hoover
urging a special session of congress
for the purpose of making a large fed
eral appropriation for public works
to be matched by appropriations from
states and municipalities. Federal
appropriations, as is we'll known to
the reader, are paid chiefly through
the medium of the income tax-taxa-
ton of the wealthy, taxation based on
a persons ability to pay, taxation
of group which too often unfortu-
nately dominate government for their
own special interest regardless of the
effect on the masses.
Senator Reed, also of Pennsylvania,
but for years spokesman for the
special privileged groups-the steel
trust, the Mellon interests and others
-criticises the appeal of Governor
Pinchot and recommends that the
states and municipalities take care
of the unemployment situatiOn-a pol
icy which places the burden or tax
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27
SWEEP OUR OWN DOORSTEPS

Whenever there are some good re-
ports of advancement being made in
Russia by folks who have visited
there, one is sure to find some re-
dictionary newspaper chant in with a
report by some one who has been in
Russia for a year or two or more,
much to the contrary. The reaction
airy newspapers hasten to say that a
person on a visit can not see much
and does not know the true conditions,
all of which may be true, but the
point that we desire to make is that
such newspapers who want nothing
else than capitalism to succeed are
not concerned about the welfare of the
Russian people and do not want their
system to succeed. We might ask:
Could any form of government be
worse than that of the car rule?
that seventy per cent of the people
of Russia were illiterate during the
days of the car. 1t was high time
that a change be made. Americans
would not care to live under the rules
and regulations of the present form
of government in Russia, and much
less would we care to live under the
car rule. But then we did not have
seventy per cent illiteracy Is years
ago. We pride ourselves in being
much smarter than the Russians and
yet there is plenty of chance for i'm
provement in this land of plenty with
it's unfair tax gathering systems and
poor wealth distribution.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27
SANDSTONE YOUNG .
WOMAN PASSES AWAY

The death of Sylvia Elizabeth Sohlo
occurred last Thursday, Aug. 20, after
an eight weeks illness with pneu-
monia. She was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Emil <Sohlo of the Sandstone
community and was II years, 6 months
and 16 days of age at the time of her
death.
Miss Sohlo was taken to the Uni
versity hospital in Minneapolis on
June 10 but was brought home two
weeks before her death. She was a
studious young woman and would have
finished her high. school course the
coming term She is survived by five
sisters and four brothers.
The funeral was held from the
house at 1 p. m. and from the Con-
gregational church at 2 O'clock Sum
day, with the Rev. John Gjertson of
Sandstone and the Rev. Tamminen
of Duluth, officiating. Those who
carried her to her last resting place
in Spring Hill cemetery were, Eileen
Barstow, Kathleen Walker, June Ran
tala, Esther Carlson, Lena Wander
wurf and Dorothy Larson. Many
beautiful flowers banked the casket
and the church showing the esteem
in which the deceased was held.
The community extends deep SYM
pathy to the bereaved relatives.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27
PAGE UNCLE SAM
Capital Times, Madison, Wis.,


Pittsburgh coal operators are re-
ported on the verge of asking the fed
eral government to regulate the coal
industry as public utility.
One of the operators recently re-
marked that anyone who had proposed
such a scheme three or four years
ago would have been denounced as a
vicious and subversive Bolshevik. To-
day, however, the coal men feel diff
ferently. AS the operator says:
"They see nothing ahead of them,
as things stand now, but the loss of
their properties through their inabil-
ity to sell coal at profit"
The incident gives another of those
revealing little sidelights on the gen.
eral business attitude toward govern
ment regulation. If there are profits
to be made, then government inter-
ference is Gripping, inefficient, poll
tics-ridden and altogether damnable,
and no sane American can even hint
at it.
But if the money is not coming in
if there are problems to be met which
private initiative cannot solve-then
Uncle Sans activity will be welcomed,
and the sooner he acts the better.
Of course, once conditions improve
and everybody is making money again,
Uncle Sam would be expected to with
draw gracefully, and governmental in
reference once more would be a
spectre to evoke shudders and chill
the blood.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27
HOUSE PLANT CARE


The season of the year is at hand
when it, is appropriate to think of
and to know the care of house plants.
In this event the following informa-
ton is contained in paper prepared
by member of the Askov Garden
club:
When reporting plants it is better
to use pots one size larger than plant
is taken from for the plant roots have
to grow completely around the new
plant soil against the sides of the pot
before it commences to grow above the
pot.
First-be sure the pot is clean and
then for a draining system place
broken pieces of crockery or quite
large pebbles in bottom of pot.
SOil-ordinary garden loan or road
side earth will furnish the base for
preparing a potting soil. To this
clean, sharp sand and humus must be
added. The proportions are usually
three parts loan, one part sand and
one part humus, but the last named
is variable because the root structure
of plant determines whether it re-
quires more or less of this. Sand
always to the amount of one-fifth or
even one-fourth is required, as sand
insures drainage and this is more
important than almost anything else,
because soil watered frequently to
saturation as pots must be, tends to
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27
DEPRESSIONS HAVE CAUSE

Senator Henrik Shipstead, who is
travelling in Europe as member of
the Foreign Relations Committee to
see if anything can be done about an
International agreement to help re-
store the purchasing power of the
people which has been broken down
to some extent by the demonstration
of silver, makes the following state
ment about business depressions:
Efforts are being made to create
the impression that depressions come
every so often without any particular
cause. This same impression used to
be held regarding typhoid fever cpl
denies. When communities learned
that typhoid fever epidemics came as
a result of a polluted water supply
the policies of controlling such water
supply were changed.
81 am of the opinion that depres-
sions are due to definite causes that
are a result of policies and therefore,
can be prevented. One of the causes
for the present depression is the con-
slant attack that has been made upon
the money income of agriculture in
the last ten years through high
freight rates, as a result of the
Esch-C ummins Railroad Law. This
particularly affects the farmers as
they pay the freight both ways. When
the farmer buys anything he pays
the freight from the factory because
it is added to the price. The price
the farmer receives for his produce
is based upon what that product will
bring at the terminal market less the
freight"
The senator expresses the opinion
that this system of taking shaving
from the farmers income both COM
ing and going can be stopped by the
development of our inland waterways.
But he says:
'The government will not furnish a
remedy for this evil which it created
until the people demand it, and l am
confident that when the people under
stand this matter thoroughly they
will make their demands so insistent
that Congress and the President will
be forced to act"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27
AS THINGS LOOK TO ME
(By ii. N. Owen in The Farmer)

There nave always been people
asking just how far free education
should go. There has never been
any one who doubted it should in
clude reading, writing. and arithme-
tic. l would include history and geo.
graphy in the grades. putting parti-
cular stress on United States history
with enough of English history to
give that of our own country it's prop
err background.
Before taxation got so close to the
line of confiscation, nobody paid much
attention to what the schools were
doing, with the result that many frills
found their way into the educational
system. No doubt many, if not most,
are highly desirable, but neverthe-
less are in the luxury class. Well
enough if they can be afforded, but
in times like these there is no pub
lie money for anything but the ne
ceSSitieS.
Taxpayers at Wheaton, Mimi, at
the annual school meeting told the
school board: "That athletics, do
nestle science, commercial training,
music and all activities that require
running around should be eliminated. "
At the risk of being called a re-
dictionary, l am going to express the
wish that we had more taxpayers
like those at Wheaton.
The issue of less public spending
must be faced sooner or later. The
later it is grappled with, the worse
it will be. Mounting tax delinquency
is unmistakable evidence that taxes
are higher than can be paid. To dis
regard this danger signal means
eventual bankruptcy. If we must
get our education down to the bare
bones of fundamentals in order tc
get taxes back to where they can
be paid, trying to postpone the in.
evitable can easily get some COM
munities to the point where they
cannot have any schools at all.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27
STATE FAIR TO SHOW
NEW AIR FEATURES

Added attractions to the entertain
ment program at the Minnesota State
Fair and Northwest Livestock Show,
September 5 to II, will cause the
spectators to do lot of looking up"
according to Raymond A. Lee, secre-
tary.
Outstanding features of aerial per-
Torrance will include twin parachute
leaps by Almeda Babcock, queen of
the air. spectacular balloon ascen-
sion coupled with a daring parachute
act, and the exploits of the autogiro.
or windmill type" of airplane.
Almeda Babcock, who took to para
chute jumping after the death of her
husband, George, caused by the fall
ure of chute to open over Lake Min
netonka last summer, is the originator
of the twin chute leap, and the only
girl performing the feat of opening
two great white 'skyhooks" almost
simultaneously and drifting $500 feet
to earth in the silken bouquet.
With the coming of the airplane
the old-fashionsd balloon ascension
dropped out of exhibition, so the State
Fair management is reviving the spec
tacle for the benefit of many who
never have witnessed it as we'll as
those who recall its thrilling attrac-
ton.
The balloon pilot and parachute
performer will be w. E. Winterringer
of Sioux City, Iowa, a 6S-year-old vet
eran who has had a career of APP
proXimately 5000 parachute jumps
and has thrilled hundreds of thou
sands by his daring.
The autogiro will be piloted by
Charles Gatschet, who will take off
at sharp angle Immediately before
the grandstand, maneuver the ship
slowly and at great speed, pause in
midair like hummingbird and put
the craft to other unusual tests be-
fore descending vertically, slowly and
gracefully to the taking-off point.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27

attitude there seems to be little doubt
that the federal government will have
to concern itself over the coal indus
try sooner or later. Conditions are
little better than chaotic. The oper-
ators. in most cases, are losing money.
The miners are barely existing, and
many thousands of them are on strike
in protest against unbearable condi-
tiOns.
Coal mining is one of the great,
basic. raw-material industries of the
nation. Business conf itions generally
cannot ever be entirely healthy as
long as the coal trade is sick. Uncle
Sam will have to tackle the problem
eventually, and the sooner he gets
started the better for all concerned.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27

sour and pack If not freely aerated
and drained. Humus may always be
obtained by scraping away the root
and earth mass from the underside
Of sods. turned over in an old field
anywhere. Or leaf mold from woods
will supply it, if you are where this
can be obtained. With the base pot
ting soil mixed study the roots of
every plant which you undertake to
grow If the, roots are numerous and
delicate add~to the compound more
of the humus; if they are extremely
delicate and hairlike, add still more
until this is the principle element
Of the mixture instead of the loan.
But if the roots are not numerous and
are large and strong, diminish the
humus to. the lowest proportion-one
fifth of the whole.
Fertflizer-Never apply fertilizer of
any kind to plant that is not grow
ing. All plants must rest regularly
at some period during the round of
the year. Fertilizer given them at
this time robs them of rest by stimu-
lating them-keeps them awake we
might say and Injuries them accord
ingly. But when the first activity is
seen, when growth starts ever so lit
tie, then is the time to begin using
fertilizer; and always in proportion
to the growth. Apply weak solution
of manure water (made by pouring
water over sheep or cow manure pre-
ferably and letting it stand several
days, then diluting with enough more
water to make the liquid the color
of weak tea) and watch few days
for the effect. If growth continues
steadily and is strong looking, you
have given enough; if growth hangs
fire more is needed. But do not over
stimulate as this induces too rapid
growth, which is weakening to the
plant. In addition to the liquid ma
nure give bone meal about every four
to six weeks, at the rate of a tea
spoonful to an eight-inch pot. By
using only the bone meal and liquid
manure you will know exactly what
your plants are getting and though
tHCIC 2 CASCilCHC Cldl ICI
tilizers, unless good one is settled
upon, the whole matter is uncertain.
Watering-never stand pots di-
rectly in the saucers but always raise
them above the saucers by setting
same. in a bed of pebbles or onto lit
tie blocks of wood SO that the excess
water in the pots can drain out freely
and also air can circulate entirely
around the pot and up through the
hole in the bottom of it. Never give
water until the surface of the soil
has a dry look. Then give enough
to soak every particle of the soil thor
oughly. You will know when this
quantity has been given by the escape
of the excess through the hole in the
pot. If you will follow this rule no
plant will get too much and every
plant will have enough. 1t means OF
course that some things will need
water more than once day while
others will not need it oftener than
once or twice week possibly; be-
cause certain things use a lot while
certain others use less. The surface
of the soil is really the plants medium
of communicating it's need to you;
watch it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27

Brown County Journal: The open
season for peddlers is at hand. The
other day member of the slick gen.
try visited Faribault, selling metal
polish to housewives. He submitted
samples, which were excellent. They
bit for gallon lots at $500 per. When
the polish was delivered later it
proved to be colored water. Get your
goods of the local merchant, who
knows he must satisfy you to keep you
as a customer
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27

will not work, who is down right lazy
however that type are very very
much in the minority. 1t is natural
for practically all to want to be use
full, and a little encouragement helps
wonderfully.
But there is a wide difference be-
tween a just reward and the natural
climbing up the ladder Of influence
and leadership by those who strive
to be of use to themselves and others
the industrious people-and then
becoming powerfully wealthy and in a
position of dictatorship. Money is
power but let us not .kneel at the gol-
den altar. We must remember also
that the wealth in the hands of the
few was not all gathered by just per-
sonal initiative, hard and Industrious
work, but much of it was accumu-
lated through skullduggery, favorable
legislation, such as the tariff, and
like methods. The wealthy can find
enough small-tart politicians who will
do their bidding. who see in the office
a chance for living and some honor,
which honor, however, in that kind of
circumstances is very very empty.
Government and economic conditions
must be studied to some extent by the
many in a democracy if the govern
ment is to function to the best inter-
ests of the masses. The primary pur-
pose of government should be to do
the most good for the greatest num-
Der.
Wealth has been centralizing more
and more and especially so in the last
Is years in the United States. 1t is
wealth be decentralized, and we know
OF no better way to do this peacefully
than through the medium of the fed
eral income tax and Inheritance taxes
with teeth in it. There is dividing
line on most legislation-for the peo-
pie, OR for the special interests. 1t
will be well to check up on our con-
gressmen and see how they vote when
congress meets again, or better yet
have them pledged to an increase in
the income tax and inheritance tax.
The federal law is there and has been
functiOning for years, all that is nee
essary is to raise the rates. The
method and the remedy is simple
enough, but just watch and hear the
noise that will eminate from those
representing the real wealthy in con-
gress when it is proposed to raise in
come and inheritance taxes. Taxes
are supposed to be placed where they
will hurt the least. Years ago the
person who had the most property
was presumed to have the most in
come and generally that was true, but
not so today, therefore change must
be made and more of the taxes placed
on income. If placed on income we
know it will not be misplaced. Scores
and scores of reasons are given, out
for our economic conditions today re-
sulting in the millions of unemployed.
the hirelings of wealth evading the
real and most important reason-that
of Capitalization of wealth. Decen-
tralize wealth and the root of the
evil is gotten at. Too much in the
hands of the few makes for less in
the hands of the many. That should
be as plain as daylight.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-27

St. Peter Herald: The world con-
dones a man with sincere convictions
even though it may not agree with
him. Stick to your convictions until
they prove to be wrong and then
change your mind. There is a diff
ference between reason and just or
binary bull headedness.