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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-16

PIuts Gather At Miami

One of the ironic humors of this
season of nationwide misery
among the workers is the fact that
the spokesman of the millionaire
class will be on hand at Miami.
the middle of January, when the
executive council of the American
Federation of Labor convenes in
that resort, to see that no danger
Gus thoughts based on these in
come figures get into the councils
proceedings. Labor will be advis-
ed to beware of Sharing up" its
empty belly with the 511 who have
only twenty-five billion dollars.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-16
! The WASHINGTON SCENE :
By LAWRENCE TODD. Federated Press
Observation-Disclosures
By LAWRENCE TODD, Fede

terribly worried over this danger.
Gus idea-public ownership of in
dustries. He is afraid it will ba.
come popular among the millions
of unemployed, and the other mil.
lions now enjoying wage cuts or
part-time jobs. He is talking over
the radio in scornful ridicule Of
public ownership of even So prof.
table industry as the power in
dustry. Back of him are the fears
of scores of thousands of the men
who take more than 100000 .
year out of the national income #
is scarcely true to say that the
men who get $1,OOO,OOO a year are
disturbed. They cannot imagine
any social change in this country
in their lifetime, that can over
come the power of their money
But the second-class plutocrats are
scared.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-16

BRENTWOOD Ing. Brenden
took over Electric Shop here re-
Gently.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-16
Report Very Dangerous

Issuance of such facts by the
government is dangerous to Amer
lean acknowledgements cap
italist society. 1t is dangerous to
the existing system-it is no long
er seriously called "order"-be-
cause it makes the unemployed
and the impoverished think about
possible changes in ownership of
Matchmaking property. For it
is perfectly clear that it was the
very rich who grew richer, in
1928, and that they grew richer
because they owned property which
shared in producing more wealth
There is abundant wealth-produc-
ing property in the United States
What puts a person in the power
full class is ownership. And since
everyone cannot be in the privileg-
ed group, hungry people are like
ly to decide that the best solution
will be a general distribution Of
ownership in the industries. THAI
means public ownership of indus
tries.
PlutOcrats SILVER In Boots
Merle Thorpe, editor of the of
ficial magazine of the Chamber O.
} Commerce of the United States, i
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-16

Washington -FP-"Statlstlcs OF
Income for 1928"
That is the name of the danger
Gus document compiled and issued
by the Treasury Department as a
New Years greeting to the Amerl-
can unemployed and half-employ-
ed, which should cause the Fish
Committee lot more anxiety than
any testimony it has heard in its
long months of junketing around
the country.
Tells Bitter Facts.
For this volume discloses that
the wealth of the nation was rap
idly flowing from the hands of the
many into the hands of the few,
in the days when Herbert Hoover
was completing his job of bust
ness RECOMMENDATION in the Com
merce Department, and when Cal
vim Coolidge was solemnly croak-
ing his "All's WE'LL" from the
White House. 1t is handbook of
proof that normal prosperity
was undermining the economic
safety of the great majority Of
Americans, and making inevitable
the unbalance which ripened into
the Hoover collapse.
!l!!Il!
Rich Richer, Poor Poorer
Take for instance the table
showing that, among 4,070,851 in
dividuals who made income tax re
turns for 1928, there were 511 whC
admitted to having incomes of 81,
100000 or over. The total income
of these 511 persons, capitalized
at SO, indicate that they possess
ed wealth to a total of over $22,
000,000,000.
| Or, comparing the figures TO
! 1928 with those for 1927, think ov
er the fact that 10000 person
took $1,600,000,00O of the increas
! ed national income in 1928, leavin
! 81, 000,000,000 of the total $4,000
100000 increase to the remainin
: 100000 persons who made il
: come tax returns.
! Again, percent of the person
= making income tax returns had 2
, percent of the national income
. 1925; in 1927 their share had bee
only 20 percent of the total. tt
! SO percent of payers of income ia
:. had to get along in 1928 with
= percent instead of the 80 percel
- they enjoyed in the previous yea
: !!!!!!!
r. Report Very Dangerous
ir Issuance of such facts by Il
g government is dangerous to Anne
20 lean private-profit-competive- ca
l. italist society. 1t is dangerous
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
ROBINSON FAVORS
5DAY WORK WEEK
Arkansas Senator Also Advo-
Gates Reserve Fund to
End Depressions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. January ga five
day week or a SiX-hour day in industry
and creation of reserves to bridge pc
RODS of depression were proposed last
night by Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
the Democratic leader. as a preven-
tive for future unemployment.
Addressing the National Stone Crush
ers' Association, Robinson also proposed
the slogan Back to the land" for a
permanent farm relief program. He
said the "Short-sighted" political policy
of levying prohibitive tariffs on foreign
made commodities. while the prices of
by monopoliStic combinations" was
partially to blame for the current de-
preston.
1T is believed" Robinson said, that
careful study will facilitate two move
ments of fundamental and permanent
influence:
First. the establishment in industry
of the five-day week or six-hour day,
thus making place and giving room for
an increased number who must live by
toll and at the same time assuring bet
ter standard of living, greater oppor-
tunitieS of recreation and the acquire
ment of knowledge.
Second, the practica bility of reserves
to bridge over periods of unemployment.
Reserves established through contribu-
tions from both labor and industry are
worthy of consideration as partial
permanent remedy
Cannot the wage Garner afford to
have set aside during periods of pros
perity a fixed percentage of his earn
ings, and cannot industry justify con-
tributing a share to the creation of I'M
employment reserves calculated to pre-
serve the morale of the workers and
the sterilization of enterprise during
periods of contraction and depression"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
Official Hestitates
To Believe That Men
Are Better Drivers

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j.. January "a
Harold G.. Hoffman. State motor
vehicle commissioner, hesitates to
believe that men are better
drivers than women.
Men who vigorously maintain
that the male of the species is
superior to the female when it
comes to driving ability" he said,
point out that men drive more
than women and that statistics,
therefore, do not reflect true con-
ditions. But until some one de-
velops a yardstick by which driv-
ing ability may be measured, I am
not going to believe men are bet
ter drivers"
In New Jersey there are no.
900 man drivers, as compared
with 304.500 women. The per-
centage of men involved in &C
cidents in 1880 was as, COM
pared with per cent for women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
GEN. VOLLRATH DIES

BUCYRUS. Ohio January % (PD.-
Brig Gen. Edward Vollrath.. 70, prom
inent soldier and attorney, died Of
pneumonia at his home here yesterday.
He had been i'll since Saturday.
Gen Vollrath joined the old 9th
Ohio Regiment in 1884, was promoted
to colonel in 1892, and at the outbreak
of the Spanish American War led this
regiment, which became nationally
known as "McKinley's own"
At the outbreak CT the World War
Vollrath was commissioned brigadier
general. He went to France in 1917
in command of the 41st Sunset" Divi-
sion
Gen. Vollrath was a graduate of
Princeton University and was a menu
Der of the Ohio bar
Surviving are two sons and three
daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
$500, 900 CULT HOARD
SEARCH REQUESTED
Money Left by Head of House of
David, His Consort Tells
Governor.

BY the Associated Press.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich, January
21-The assistance Of the State Of
Michigan in uncovering the 100000
or more reputed to have been in the
secret hoard of the late king" Benja-
min Purnell, House of David cult
leader, has been asked by Purnell's
consort, Mary.
Mary Tuesday called Gov WILDER
M. Brucker by telephone and charged
that she and her 200 followers in a
new colony were defrauded in the di-
vision of the cults assets. She asked
that the State prevent Mrs Ada Ross
Snyder, retiring auditor of the colony,
from sailing for England with $35, 600
settlement given her by H. T. Dewhirst,
Beniamin's successor. until she reveals
the hiding place of the treasure.
Mrs. Snyder was quoted as saying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
POSTMASTERS NAMED

President Hoover sent to the Senate
yesterday the following nominations of
postmasters in Maryland and Virginia
Maryland-Taneytown Harry L. Fee
fer; Woodstock. Hobart B. Noll; Girdle-
tree, Clayton J. Scarborough; Hamp-
stead, Ellwood Murray; New Windsor,
Milton D. Reid, and Sykesville, William
Melville.
-Cordonsville. Nellie d
Swan; Damascus. Baxter w. Mock, and
Somerset. Elton H. Finks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22

only she and a few others knew where
the money. was placed.
Gov. Brucker, who, as an assistant
attorney general. directed litigation
against the colony told Mary that her
charges would be given immediate con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22

sideration IL madS In writing, and
special delivery letter was sent to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22

Railway rates are being reduced in
India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
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Il.
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The stabbing. piercing pains of
Neuritis yield quickly to the power
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Evening star., 1931-05-08
PLASTER PAINTING
CONTRACT IS LET
Jesse Ashby of East st. Louis
Awarded Work in New Depart
ment of Commerce Building.

Contract for the big job Of plain
plaster painting" in the new Depart
Tnent of Commerce Building has been
let by the Treasury Departm: mt to
Jesse Ashby of East ST. Louis. Ill, the
low bidder in ooen competition. Ashby
GOT the contract with bid Of $12S,0 900.
The metal work throughout the
building is being painted by W. A:
THOMAS of this city. a subcontractor OF
the Consolidated Engineering Co. OF
Baltimore, general contractor for the
It is predicted the building will be
ready for occupancy long before May,
1882, the contract date for completion.
No date has besn set for occupancy.
Much of the plaster already has been
completed, and the painter will begin
plaster painting soon, but large num-
Der of plasterers still are busy IN other
parts Of the huge structure.
The wooden fence along the north
side of the building soon will be re-
moved, to provide clear view from
Pennsylvania avenue across the newly
ra5ed block formerly occupied by
Polls Theater. The wooden fences on
B street and along Fourteenth street
also will be removed soon. but the one
on Fifteenth street will be kept up for
some time yet, to provide hauling and
storage space for materials.
Evening star., 1931-05-08
NAVY PARLEY TOPIC
OF FORUM ADDRESS.
Accomplishments OF London
Conference win Be Dis
cussed by StimSon.

hecretary of state Henry L. Stimson
will deliver a message of Importance
direct to the American people toner
row night in the National RADIO
Forum arranged by the washington
star and broadcast over the coast-tG-
coast network of the Columbia BROAD
casting System. 4s
secretary Stimson, it is understood,
will discuss the acc mpl!shmencs oil
the London Conference for the Limita-
ION of Naval Armament5 and the nego,
atoms under way between France ana
italy looking to agreement on the same
question. a., .,,.u rr,erd
peace pact will be taken UP by tne
American Secretary of State, with us
effect upon the peace Of the world .,.o
The public will be let IN on tne
scenes behind the doors OF the State
Department where this branch OF GOV
ernment is maintaining relations WIN
ali the governments of the world, eSpe-
cislly in these troublesome days wnen
changes are taking place in the reign
ing powers. sometimes overnight,
Mr.. Stimson will speak ct $50 pm
Eastern standard time, from Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1931-05-08

for q reasonable price. The plaintiff
says he has carried out the order Of the
defendant on account of which the
notes were given and is entitled to nave
Judgment against Hcpfenmaier 1or the
face value of the notes with interest.
The list of the articles set out in the
petition shows sets of 18 each OF vege-
table dishes, service plates. dinner
plates, soup plates. salad plates, cof1ee
cups, cream cups, water glasses, cham
payne cups. finger bowls, dessert plates
menu holders and almond dlsh"S'
all monogrammed; one seven-piece tao,e
center, 18 cups, one seven-piece center;
two hanuka lamps, one Shperlc poWl DOW
with glass flower, one Very plate with
fruits. a lacquer table with six co1ee
CUPS and saucers, and one LACQUER taole.
Evening star., 1931-05-08

These attractive little pedes-
tails have a colorful tile top that
is imported from Spain. An at
tractive article for your Sum-
mer porch.
Evening star., 1931-05-08

to have been given him by Lewis Hop
fenmaier, I'd, 27s7 Devonshire place
while the defendant was on his honey
moon in Italy in March, 1880. The We
netian merchant claims that the Wash
ingtonian gave an extensive order for
glassware, chinaware, table sets, lamps
and other art objects, but after MS
monogram had been burned into tne
articles repudiated the order when notl-
fied the goods were ready for shipment
and has not paid the notes.
Through Attorneys Daniel W.. ODon-
oghue and Daniel w. ODonognue. ~,
the court is told that by reason OF tne
goods being monogrammed and having
been made up specially for Mr.. Hopfen.,
maier's order, they could not be resolo
Evening star., 1931-05-08

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Evening star., 1931-05-08
Berlin Newspaper
Victim of "All Quiet
Prank by Contributor
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN. May S.-Berlin had a
good laugh yesterday over a
prank some contributor played on
the National Socialist. newspaper
Angriff, which was one of the
most violent protesti nts against
the novel "All Quiet on the
Western Front" and the motion
picture which was made from 1t.
A letter from a subscriber.
which the editors characterized
as a faithful description OF a
soldiers experiences at the front,
was recognized by readers as a
COPY OF five pages in the novel
the very pages to which the
newspaper had objected most
strenuously.
Evening star., 1931-05-08
EX-EMPL0YE REFUNDS
$1OO FOR STOLEN GOODS
Betting Company Head Asked to
Forgive Man in Letter Re-
ceived After Years.
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAMMOND, Ind May 8.-Frank D.
McElroy, head of betting company
said today that he had received Sl0O
in cash from a former employe. An
accompanying letter mailed from To-
ronto, Canada, explained:
while was in your employ many
years ago, believing that I was not
sufficiently paid for my work, TOOK
certain material. I do not know the
exact value, but I do know that Wan'
to confess my sin and I am now in
closing herewith $100 to apply on the
account Whether it was more or less,
I cannot say. but I have asked Gods
forgiveness and 1 am asking yours. ]
believe His promise that If we confess
our sins, He is able to forgive our sins
and to cleanse us from all unright-
eousness."
Evening star., 1931-05-08

active member Of the Church Of the
Epiphany and belonged to the Masonic
fraternity. He has resided In North
Carolina. where he was born, since his
able reputation Is q historian Of his
hcme county.
Evening star., 1931-05-08

w. W. Scott, at One Time in State
Department Legal Division.

w. w. Scott, formerly Of this city,
where he had held number of posi-
tions of importance with the United
States Government, died at his home.
Adako, Caldwell County, N. c., last
Sunday, according to word received
here by his friends.
Mr.. Scott at one time served in the
legal division in the Office of the audi
tor for the State Department and had
served in several other Government de-
partments here.
While in this CITY, Mr. Scott was an
Evening star., 1931-05-08
Gibson Visits King Albert.

BRUSSELS, May 8 CP).-Ambassa-
dor Hugh Gibson was received by King
Albert yesterday prior to his departure
for washington to report on the dis
arm ment problem
Evening star., 1931-05-08
|WASHINGTONIAN SUED
BY VENICE MERCHANT
Lewis Hopfenmaier, I'd, Is Named
Defendant in Action to
Collect $500.

Ettore Camerino, manufacturer OF fine
glassware and objects of art at Venice,
Italy. yesterday filed suit in the District
Supreme Court TO recover $500 alleged
to be due on three promissory notes said
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-06
Laconic Report

A colonel who was chief of staff of
an American division on the Lorraine
front was the first American officer OF
the war to capture a prisoner Incl
dentally, his catch was portly ia
varian lieutenant and war the flrst
German officer captured by the Amer
leans.
The capture was made during an
attack by the French whom the col
onel had joined, preparatory to the
American occupancy of the sector. His
own troops hadn't arrived when It &C.
Cured and knew nothing about it
until later.
when pressed for details of his ac-
complishment, the colonel replied
briefly and riodestly: II found the
Roche in an angle of trench when
his automatic wasn't aimed my way
and mine was pointed straight at
him."
ia. 1891 Western Newspaper Union.)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-06

her seat until the conclusion Of the
service, on pain Of being publicly held
up to scorn by me in the first issue Of
my newspaper, the Oklahoma Wig
wan, due off the press next Thursday.
Anyone wishing to leave the tent kind
ly rise now and pass as quietly as
may be to the rear. Please make way
for all departing worshipers."
An earthquake might have moved
a worshiper from his place In that
hushed and expectant gathering: GER
tainly no lesser cataclysm of nature.
Yancey waited, Bible in hand, sweet
and brilliant smile on his face. He
waited quietly, holding the eyes of the
throng in that sitting tent. A kind Of
power seemed to flow from him to
them, drawing them, fixing them, en-
thralling them. Yet in his eyes, and
in the great head raised now as it so
rarely was, there was that which sent
a warning pang Of fear through
Sa5ra. She, too, felt his magnetic
draw, but mingled with it was dread
full terror-a stab Of premonition.
Twice she had seen his eyes look like
that.
Yancey waited yet another moment.
Then he drew long breath. my text
is from Proverbs. There is lion in
the way; a lion Is in the Streets
Friends, there is a lion in the streets
of Usage, our fair city, soon to be
nuaan of tho Great Southwest A lion
is in the streets. And have been a
liar and a coward and an avaricious
knave. For pretended not to have
knowledge which have; and I went
about asking for information of this
lion-though would change the word
lion to jackal or dirty skunk If I did
not feel it to be sacrilege to take lib
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-06

critics with Holy Writ-when already
1 had proof positive Of his guilt
proof in writing, for which / paid, and
about which said nothing. And the
reason for this deceit of mine I am
ashamed to confess to you, but shall
confess it. I intended to announce to
you all today that had this knowl-
edge, and meant to announce to you
from this pulpit" he glanced down
at the roulette table-"from this plat
form-that would publish this knowl-
edge in the columns Of the Oklahoma
Wigwam On Thursday, hoping there
by to gain profit and fame because of
the circulation which this would gain
for my paper, starting it off with
bang" At the word bang" uttered
with much vehemence, the congrega-
ton of Osage's First Methodist, Epis-.
copal, Lutheran, etc., church jumped
noticeably and nervously. Friends
and fellow citizens, l repent of my
greed and of my desire for self-ad-
vancement at the expense Of this COM
uluully. LO IOASOA lAlCau " WILLIE
hold, for my own profit, the name Of
the jackal in lions skin who, by
threats Of sudden death, has held this
town abjectly terrorized. / stand here
to announce to you that the name Of
that skunk, that skulking fiend and
soulless murderer who shot down Jack
Pegler when his back was turned
that coward and poltroon-" he was
gesturing with his Bible in his hand,
brandishing it aloft-"was none other
than"
He dropped the Bible to the floor
as If by accident, in his rage. AS he
stopped for it, on that instant there
was the crack of revolver, bullet
from a six-shooter in the rear of the
tent sang past the spot where his head
had been, and there appeared in the
white surface of the tent a tiny cir
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-08-06
They Called Him "Spike"

He was christened James by his
mother, but long before the World war
handy left fist earned the sobriquet
Of "Spike" from his mates of the Sixth
infantry. "Spike" was First Sergeant
Collins Of the Sixth's machine gun
company in France before it went into
the lines and he became a second
looey.
In May, 1918, before the outfit moved
trenchward, field day was held in the
commune of Soulaines, a few kllos
from Bar-sur-Aube. Fighting was in
order. A young soldier from another
company vanquished all Corners. One
victim after another was added to MS
knockouts as Spike regarded stoieal-
liz the successful but obviously inexpe-
rienced efforts of the champion"
Then a cry went up for Collins.
"Colins! We want Collins" yelled
the gunners.
Jaw, 1 don't wanna fight begged
Spike sheepishly as they stripped
him of first sergeant chevrons and
hosted him to the ring.
"Spike" stood in the squared circle
dulnbIy while the gloves were tied on.
His hands waved awkwardly as the
novice rushed bulllike and aimed a
haynaker for his head Then Spike"
stepped quickly aside and his left
darted smack to his opponents face.
saw can't fight" prot ested
Spike" And again the younger
doughboy rushed and again Spikes"
vicious left shot home.
"Spike" tired of the slaughter after
brief session of Glowing; He meas
ured the other man and slammed over
a k. O.. which started somewhere in
the vicinity of his hip pocket. Three
minutes later the young soldier re-
gained consciousness. Cries of "That-
a-boy Spike Oh, you Spike!" pene-
trated. The novice looked at Collins.
smiling goofily and stripping off his
gloves. He was weak but game.
"What the H." said the youngster
How long you been in the army?"
"My sixth hitch" replied Collins.
'What the h" repeated the youth.
IAN old soldier-and they call you
Spike. Hell's bells! If I'd known
that you'd never have crawled into a
ring with mel"