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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12
Exit AL Capone
by Thos. Fl. Moodie)

Al Capone has been dressed N
at the federal ~penitentiary at
Atlanta. He stood at the end of the
primrose trail. Every ~racketeer,
every crook, stands there ONE day.
Sometimes it is "in the smoke" with
machine guns barking. Sometimes it
is at the door of a prison where men
lose their identity, leave the world
behind and are designated by num-
bers. Altogether Capone is pretty
lucky. He might have come to q
more hectic finish. Quite probably
he is very generally lied about. Ger
tainly he is vain, silly, a poor model
for a man, although he has been
considerably glorified. He is the so
cial by-product of an age that makes
crime glamorous, magnifie 8 social
injustices, condones lawlessness and
pays it rich regards both in tributes
of money and maudlin adulation- In
the last analysis he is what he has
been permitted to be by the indlffer-
ent society around him.
There is nothing romantic about
our modern Robin Hoods. There Is
something terrifying about them
Robin Hood and his men in Lincoln
green, for instance, did not stea
babies. Even the Apache of Paris II
the days before the iBastile was
stormed did not go in for kidnapping
That was a gentlemanly undertak
ing of desert chieftains. They wer.
usually quite decent about it, whe1
we compare their methods with thu
modern technique
The question now is where doe
Capone GO from here? Probably h
will remain for some time in thu
limelight. He has plenty OF money
and money will hire lawyers. Amy
body who can find anything in tn
books to hang hope on, quite prob
ably can get a retainer Of say 81
grand. Without much question tn
books are being pored over most in
dustriously. But that will pass, am
the world will forget AL Gapone
quite probably to turns it's attention
and interest to some new and per
haps even more resourceful leader
who will wake up and carry on from
where he left off. That is the wa,
of the world. His old friends Of tn
underworld viii not forget him. TIL
underworld Long cherishes the lead
ers for whom it has respect. But tn
little Calabrian who came up frpr
q Bowery bouncer to the head Of til
greatest crime syndicate the worl
has ever known, has seen his da,
No one has we accused him Of ND
being a gamester. He will make til
best of things. He must serve q
least seven and a half years. If b
applies himself at Atlanta, in this
time he can get a liberal education
In prison the shaping OF a man
destiny is in his own hands.
In every walk Of life there al
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12

men who flare up brilliantly and
then go out. Capone rode to ques-
tionably fame in the smoke of ma
chine guns, a baron or the liquor and
gaming rackets, and a captain of
sordid vice, over the dead bodies of
Dion Bannton, and many another
child of the shady city streets, who
gave to the world in full measure
and running over his personal inter
probation of the opportunities soci-
ETY. had given to him. As a matter
of fact Capone, himself, was never
as reprehensible as the publicity he
received or the notoriety it brought
him. More crimes were committed
in his name than by his consent.
Take the gangster motion pictures
for instance. Capone did not approve
of it. But it was filled with inspir-
alton for adolescent Capones spring
ing up in every great city in the ma
ton. They were no worse than the
sensational tabloid daily newspapers
with their columns Of thinly ven
eered filth in pictures and type,
their undue stress upon news of
crime and their technique of paint
ing the yellow lilies that grow in
the eeHntrys social m~Hekheaps.
Capone SCOTS at all law. He did
it quite successfully. Blu he was not
smart enough with all his brilliancy
and he is no dumbell-to know
that always and relentlessly there is
in operation a natural law of com
~pensation which sooner or later
strikes an arbitrary balance for
those who rove the off trail. Its
process may be slow and relatively
inconspicuUus, but inevitably it rubs
out the unfit No man ever truly
beat the crime racket. No mar ever
will. For there is a destiny that
shapes the ends of the crook as well
as the righteous man
However, there is nothing very
satisfactory about the method that
was finally invoked to send Capone
to Atlanta Without doubt he was
guilty of o~ffenses of greater gravity
than failure to pay a federal income
tax. But they e never success.
fully and legally established That
is nothing for great city where hi
gestered SO sp~ectacuIarly to be prout
Of. The federal government ha:
merely done for the city of Chicago
what it YVES perfectly capable of do.
ing for itself at any time that it ha<
wanted to. While the record is cleal
to all reasonable men with any pow
er Of analysis, the fact is that il
the purely physical aspects of th'
!, case Capone was made to suffer ant
!, was convicted because of his repu
tatIon. Thousands will see his cas-
in that light Legal processes wer
coordinated in a specific set of fact
sufficiently to send him 30 Atlanta
But Capone will live on. The publ
has pretty effectively rebuked th
gangster. picture. It is beginning t
cope with the sensational magazin
and the well-bound filthy book
I, has not yet, however, curbed the vi
tra-sensat1onal newspaper, everypn
of which carries the incubus Of an
other Capone into the hands Of a
underprivileged boy who accept
their lurid stories at face value an
from them constructs his own s.
Gallahads of crime.
Society a afford to bid All q
pone a charitable farewell. I'll
: story is rs a tale that was told, lul
: id, glanorpus, sensational. But h
influence goes marching on. 1t wi
:. take a long time to curb it.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12
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soma of thcn
4 nroransal i made TO rednee the
a,to Erar,.a IA. RI r,errert and IN
another section It u prouosed to
maintain ! D mill road levy n this
county This i not showinp . fair
1,on-;daration far tha tarnavrrs rho
already nav ! heavy tax,-ft : cas-
| inp the charge on MANY ear ovners
I ID not nav snv other tares ex-
cart IN the;r cars and vet have the
fnIl me- of tha roads II i d,srr1m-
;rat;rg againrt the rro.,ertv own
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OF CLAIMS ana Ieoo'ery "a pos.c
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al use0 oy tne counly-
a reduced salary Ior Janilof ~ g
at 500 per month but there was no
mention OF reducing saiar1es I o.
ficials, deputies y clerks, Who IN
all could stand . reduction as
well as the JanItor has
Some years ago . promise was
made that Sheridan County should
have a free temporary courthouse
the one it now occupies Inis ms not
m~ateriahzed as yet and q county
has paid rent su1fr1ent 20 pay Ior
It for several years at over $IJDOu
per year It seems TINS promise
should be kept
These are additional Suggestions
OF possible remedses as seen 1rom
the taxpayers STANDPOINT ana ~
the result Of nnseTvatsom by IN
Taxpayers Association Iney 49, -,
TO contain some Of ue Iunon
that need adjustments. Inc qaest.On
now before rs IS q AnE mE
GOING To DO ABOUT IT. Ar
we going TO take serious noid ane
Do something, . Try courageous
ly n with determination. VI ~
we gong 20 allow eHe :
try 10 do II! 81.
This vital question u before tnh
convention what are We gong 20 az
: about IT! Delegafes are assemnA
ed here from All parts OF the
ty and REPRESENT = true r~osssectio
Of it. What IS determined At tns
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12

her timber, puIpwood and possibly
mining exports are produced in whole
OIL In part by prison labor and. as
such. are inadmissible to this coun-
try"
Another opinion is expressed in an
article appearing in THE Business
Week under date Of August 9, 1880:
Through her industrialization pro-
gram and her state controlled export
activities, Russia is aiming clearly
to attack the capitAlistic system in
its most vulnerable spot and to speed
up and force the collapse Of free
competitive markets by drastic price
cutting"
The dumping Of manganese IS Illus
trated BY excerpts from q letter of
Hon Tasker l. Oddie, 80 July 1920,
to the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury since the tariff
act became 1 Law the Soviet Govern
ment has reduced the price of Rus
aan manganese ore 50 low that Am
erican producers of manganese have
been compelled to shut down mines
and plants the production re-
corded during the first f1~ months
of 1890 tfrom mines In the United
StAteB) indicates that the pnoduc-
ton for this year will be approx
mAtely zoo, 600 tons, or an increase
Of about 400 percent over 1928, pro
vided that there is 1 market for the
ore There is no question but
that Congress regards the develop
ment of = strong domestic mangan-
csc industry important to the nations
peace time economy and TO its ma
tlonal defense ----- And further
o an article In the Iron Age of
the 9Th OF May. 1880. Hamburg,
Germany, April 21-Based on recent
reports and statements BY govern
ment officials In Soviet Russia, the
Government Is losing heavily on man
ganese ore production IN the eau
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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-05-12

Just TO shcw he wasn't sulking
his salary cut, Babe Ruth hit
two honners in his first baseball game
of the season.
Evening star., 1932-08-30
Illustrating the Rise in Commodity Prices Since June


The eclipse will occur whether
you buy couple of these suits or
not. You won't get rich by saving
ten dollars, or fifteen dollars, or
even twenty dollars. Life will 90
on just the same. The point we
make is this: These are exceed
ingly fine suits, with two pairs of
trousers. The savings represent
real bit of money. And we doubt
very much if such a situation will
occur.
That is the way things stand, and
we feel that you should know
about it. And we believe that it
will be very much worth your
while to look into this sale, if you
are going to need a new suit with
in the next six months.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
MARRIAGE WRIT
CHANGE URGED

BALTIMORE, Dec. IA. re-
vision of the State marriage laws
to require application for a mar
riage license to be made II hours
before it is granted is urged in a
resolution adopted by the Presby-
terry of Baltimore, now meeting
here.
Citing the Bluebeard murders
by william E. Powers, of Clarks-
burg, w. Va, some time ago, the
Presbytery declared:
"The State of Maryland
stands as accessory to this crime
by making it possible for per.
sOnS to enter the State, obtain a
marriage license and be married
within 10 minutes.
'"The church also Is accessory
to this crime by allowing such a
state Of affairs to exist. And
every citizen of Maryland,
whose indifference or cupidity
cOndOnes this condition, is an
accOmpliCe to the crime"
The Washington times., 1932-12-14

Five native Texans will sit in
the Senate after March 4. This
is a record for any one State.
The Texas delegation" in the
Senate will be headed by Vice
President John N. Garner.
It will include the States two
upper house Spokesmen, Senators
Morris Sheppard and Tom Con-
nally, and Senators Sam G. Brat
ton, of New Mexico. and John B.
Kendrick, of Wyoming.
All Are Democrats
All are Democrats of lifelong
standing.
Sheppard is the senior member
of this group in point Of con.
tinuous service in Congress. He
was elected to the Fifty-seventh
Congress to fill out the unexpired
term of his father, Representa-
tive John L. Sheppard.
Garner was a member Of the
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Texas Sends Five Native
Sons to Senate

Fifty-eighth Congress and has
served continuously since.
Connally first served in the
Sixty.fifth Congress.
Now From Wyoming
A native of Cherokee county,
Texas, Kendrick grew to man.
hood in the frontier environment
Of the Southwest. In 1879, at
the age of 20, he followed a trail
herd to Wyoming. He engaged
in stock raising in the mountain
State. He has been a Senator
since February, 1917.
Bratton was born In Limestone
county, Texas, educated in the
States public schools and admit
ted. to the practice Of law. He
moved to Clovis, N. NJ, in 1915.
Three years later he was elected
district judge. In 1922, he was
elevated to a place on the State
supreme court, He entered the
Senate on March 4. 1925, at the
age of SO. fl
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
COUNTY GROUP
HEARS TAX PLAN

Speaking before the Prince
Georges County Community
Council, at the its annual meeting
in Trinity Hall, Upper Marlboro,
yesterday, Miles H. Fairbanks, Sec
retafy of the Maryland Farm Blu
reau Federation, outlined plans
for tax reduction.
Mr.. Fairbanks plan was similar
to that proposed by the county
grange and the tax survey COM
mission. It would provide greater
State aid In public school main
tenance and a rebate for county
road work, from the State gaso,
line tax.
The council reelected DR.. C. p.
Close president. Other officers
elected were Mrs. Joseph Elan
ford. vice president, and Miss
Ethel M. Regan, secretary-treas-.
urer. .....
States Attorney Alan Bowie.
who addressed the council, told of
the work of the county police
force, and advocated the continu-
ance of this unit working indie
pendently of the sheriff'S office.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
s HELD IN last
DITCH RAIDS

Federal prohibition agents work.
ing the Southern Maryland terri
tory are evidently making the
most of what appears to be the
last days Of prohibition. u. s.
Commissioner j. Frank Parran, at
Upper Marlboro, released nine
men charged with sale and posses
sion of liquor on bond yesterday.
The accused men were Theodore
Buck and Carlin Rush, arrested
in a raid on service station in
Anne Arundel county; Eugene
Wells and Thomas Turner, both
Of Sunderland; John Stewart, of
Prince Frederick; James Conners,
jr., and Edward Boyd, of Adelina;
John Winston. Of Dares Beach,
and Jack Mattingly, of near Me-
chanicsville. ALI were placed un-
der 81, 900 bond each and will be
given preliminary hearings later.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Horticultural Body
Plans Winter PnrLeU

The Maryland State Hortlcul-
tural Society will hold its annual
winter meeting in the Horticul-
tural Building at the University
of Maryland, College Park, Jan.
uary 3 and 4, and at the Lord
Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, jan
uary 5, it was announced yester-
day at the university.
There will be an exhibit OF
orchard machinery at the college
Park meeting and a fruit show
also will be put on by the univer'
sity students. Drought injury,
orchard costs, domestic markets,
fruit storage and ways to cut ex-
penses will be the chief topics dis
cllSSed. -
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
For Hard d Coughs or
Colds That WorryYou

Creomulsion is made to give supreme
help for coughs or colds that worry you.
Il combines seven helps in one-the best
helps known to science. 1t is for quick
relief, for safety.
But careful people, more and more,
use it for every cough that starts. No
one knows where cough may lead. No
one can tell which factor will do most.
That depends on the type Of cold.
Creomulsion costs little more than
lesser helps. But it means the utmost
help. And it costs you nothing if it fails
TO bring the quick relief you seek. Your
druggist guaranteesit. Useit for safesyS
aake,
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Santa ID Remember
Libr1rY With. Books

A Christmas tree on which are
to be placed magazines and books
as gifts to the Silver Spring Pub
lie Library win be available for
those who want to play Santa
Claus to the library.
Already. several organizations
have promised magazines, and the
Silver Spring Women's Improve
ment Club will present 25 book
covers, according to Mrs. Lloyd
Y. Beers, head of the work.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
Army Asks Recruits
For Service Abroad

Recruiting officers of the First
Second and Third Corps Areas re-
Gently received authority from the
War Department to accept linn
tied number of enliStments for for
eign service stations, reports the
United States Army Recruiting
News.
For the Panama Canal depart
ment a total of 400 men was called
for; the Philippine department of.
fered vacancies for $50 applicants.
and 125 requirements were needed
for the Fifteenth Infantry Regi-
ment in China.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14

ADVERTISEMENT
The Washington times., 1932-12-14

Editors note: Manslaughter
carries a penalty in South Caro-
lima of from two to 80 years at
the discretion of the trial judge
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
MAN HELD IN STABBING

Said to have stabbed Nor.
man Bonifant, 20, 1120 Ninth
st. N. W., during a dispute over
a girl. James e. Martin, 81, was
held for Grand Jury action under
$4,000 bond in Police Court yes
terday on charge of assault with
a dangerous weapon.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
PIT. A. XMAS PROGRAM

"A Christmas program, with
readings by Mrs. Adolph e.
Moebs, will feature the December
meeting of the Kensington Par
ent- Teacher Association meeting
this afternoon in the school audi
torium. Mrs. Lewis T. Boynton
is president of the group.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
CIVIC GROUP MEETS

The Bloomingdale Civic Asso-
ciation met last night at Tabor
Presbyterian Church, Second and
s Streets Northwest. Reports
from several committees featured
the business activities. Mrs. j.
c. Cuney, president of the organi-
zation, presided.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
BY C. T. GRAYDON
Special Justice, South Carolina
Supreme Court

supreme Court
Copyright, 1885, by International
News Service, lnc.)
COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec. IA
UN.S0.-The facts in the case
of Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
do not warrant a first degree
murder conviction and a sentence
of execution in the electric chair.
A conviction of aggravated
manslaughter" is the most, in
my opinion, that was justified.
Followed Trial Carefully
My conclusion is based on
newspaper accounts carried fully
at the time Policeman Elliott
Harris was shot to death and
during the trial both of which I
carefully read.
It was very unfortunate for
Mrs. Snipes that she killed q
clean, popular, outstanding officer
in a county which has always
been most rigid in its demand for
observance of law.
Without in the slightest re-
flecting on the jury, venture to
say that Mrs. SnipeS would have
been recommended to mercy in
practically any other county in
the State.
Life Should Be Spared
This view is heightened and
strengthened by reason of Mrs.
SnipeS being an expectant
mother.
In her condition and under all
the circumstances of the case,
I feel it would be the execution
Of the law in mercy, as contem-
plated by our constitution, at
least to spare her life, consider
ing both her and her unborn
child.
Editors note: Manslaughter
carries a penalty in South Caro-
lima of from two to 80 years at
the discretion of the trial iudge)
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
JURIST PLEADS
FOR MERCY FOR
MRS, SN|PES

Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson Sr,ipeS,
29-yeGr-old eIpectdnt mother, tDho
tDithin three tDeekS lDtll gtve birth
to a child in the South Carolina
penitentidry. has been sentenced
to death in the electric chair
April 2. Her case has aroused 1lG-
tionwide. comment and q court
fight is planned in an attempt to
SdOe the mothers life. Inter1IG-
tionGl NetDS Serutce asked C. T.
GrGydon, prominent Columbia rs.
c. attorney and q special Justice
of the State Supreme Court, for
his opinion of the conviction,
Which he gaze as tollotUS::
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-24
SEA FOOD FLOWN
 1T 4 PROFIT OVER TIE
 ANDES T0 ARGENT TINE

SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 24, Fish and other sea food are now being proftably flown over the Andes into Argentina by the Chilean Ma tional line Air line officials dis covered the existence of such a market by accident.
 Invited by officials of San Juan, Argentina, to participate in the celebration of the anniversary of the death of eX-PreSident Sari- mento, the air line dispatched a small shipment of fish and eels to the Argentine city as a gift. So great was the demand for the sea food that the air line immediately sent a second plane with HOO pouns of the eels aboard. The en- tire shipment was sold within an hour, and orders for over a ton more were received.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-24
GREEK ADQN|S JIM
 L0ND0s, TAXES COUNT

BOSTON, Oct. 24.-Jim Londos, Greek adonis, who hammerlocked and scissored himself into a mil lion dollars and the worlds heavy weight wrestling title, has taken his first count, body lift and slam in the arena of love. That modern prototype of ancient Ven ice, Miss Europe of 1880, in private life Miss Alice Diplogakou, who is well known in Boston, administered the sock. Only a few months ago the engagement of Londos to the world and confirmed by his cou- sin, James Chacriotes.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-24
N0 NAT TER WHO ELECTED PRESIDENT
 COUNTRY SURVIVES

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Political tactics intended to frighten voters into believing election of either of the leading presidential candi dates would result in national dis aster were condemned by a non- partisan group of 10 writers and educators, according to Richard Washburn Child.
 Lothrop Stoddard, one of the 10, presented their protest to the Re- publican and Democratic national committees, declaring that mo blow will be struck at the safety of cur national life, no matter which of leading candidates is elected"
 The move followed charges that industrialists were attempting to "frighten" employees with the threat that plants would close down and progress would be halted un- less the candidate favored by the employer was elected
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-24
MANY HUNTERS STILL.
 TRAPPED MOUNTAINS

SHERIDAN, Wyo., Oct. 24, - Trapped |" the vicious onslaught of a fall blizzard, 53 hunters were still snowbound somewhere in the rugged Tongue river country of the Big Horn mountains.
 Since last Sunday afternoon when the blizzard broke they have been in the hills without shelter and some of them possibly without food.
 Weary forest rangers, tir e q guards and volunteers, their faces grey with exhaustion, and eyes red from facing the glare of the sun on snow, tramped hills into the white wilderness, in an attempt to rescue the hunters.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-24
JAP IMMIGRANTS"
 ARMY REsERy|sTs

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. "A, The first group of "emigrantS" going from Japan to Manchukuo suppos- edly to engage in farming, paid repects to the Emperor Majijis spirit at Majiji shrine, Tokio.
 Most of the men are army re- servists trained in warfare. The Japanese attitude in Manchuria will be explained to United States officials by Yasuke Matsuoka, who will visit here enroute to represent his country at the coming League of Nations assembly at Geneva.
 Matsuok was formerly vice pres ident of the South Manchurian Railway and long a resident of the disputed territory.