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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-13
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
90 AUr EN- ~

HOUSE BILL NO. IA
An Act for ths Submission to the Quail
fled Electors Of tho State OF Montana
OF an Amendment to Section Four %
OF Article Eighteen (1e) Of the Conati-
tuition Of the State Of Montana, Relating
to the Hours Of Labor In All Industries,
Occupations. Undertakings and Employ
ments Except Farming.
Be II Enacted by the Legislative Assem-
bly, OF the State Of Montana:
ssstoF ! That s.o & e. foas %
of tho State OF Montana Be amended ~
| hereinafter provided. and that tht ques-
ton OF such amendment be submitted to
ths qualified electors q the state q
6ec}ion :. That Section -Four ~ OF
Article Eixhtaen u8) Of the Constitution
be, and the same II hereby amended to
.Section i A period OF eight hours
shall constitute days work In all In
dustries, occupations. undertakings and
raising: provided, however, that tho Leg
islAtive Assembly may by law reduce tho
number OF hours constituting = days
work whenever in Its opinion reduction
but It shall have no authority to increase
tho number OF hours constituting = days
work beyond that herein provided" !.
Section ;. Separate official ballots shall
be provided at said general election, which
shall have printed thereon all Of said
lSection Four a. OF Article Eighteen (ls)
LOT the Constitution, az amended by this
Act, and below the same shall be printed
the words.
For tho above written amendment
to tho Constitution.
Against tho above written amend
ment to the Constitution.
Each elector shall designate his prefer
h~t~ rIrI are. L., IN
before the proposition for which such
alector desires to vote
Section 1. Tho vote cast for and against
the amendment above proposed shall DO
canvassed, determined and declared AZ
provided by tho general election laws OF
the State OF Montana w VI.
Section s. An Acts and parts Of ACTS
In conflict herewith Ere hereby REPEALED.
and be in FUN force. from and after it,
SPEAKER q the House.
ERNbsT T. RATION,
PTesldent pf ths Senate.
Approved March Il. l95s,
r. n. CQONnY. 0ox1gnor.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State on MONTANA
/, Sam w. Mitchell, Secretary Of State
Of ths State OF Montana, do hereby Ger.
correct copy * Al Act entitIsd: An ACT
for the Submission to tbs oaahf1sd Elsc-
torn Of tho State OF Montana ~ ~
Amendment to Section -Four az OF Article
Eighteen us) OF tho Constitution q tn
State OF Montana, Relating to tho Hours
of Labor In All Industries, OccupA lions
Undertakings and Employments Excsp'
Farming"
! IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand and affixed ths
Great Seal OF the State of Montana, ~
Helena, the Capital, Jul. ~, 1895.
SAM w. MITCHELL,
' Secretary OF State.
GREAT BY CLIFFORD L. WALKER
HEAL) Deputy
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-13
Another Pioneer Goes To Rest.

new location.
Another Pioneer Goes To Rest.
The third pioneer settler of Tobacco
Plains in as many weeks passed to MS
rest on Thursday morning. John Sans
had been ailing for some time but ne
did not give up until it was necessary
to take him to the hospital about two
weeks ago. He was born in Czechosio-
vakia in 1870 and came to the United
States in 1887.
Mr. Sans was married in 1890 and
the couple came to Eureka IN 1897
where they located on homestead
which is their present home. Mrs.
Sans survives him, also several nelces
and nephews.
The Sans homestead was stopping
place on the Kalispell-Ft- Steel road
and Mrs. Sans was the third white
woman to settle here Mr.. Sans was
man of integrity and thrift, very IN
dustrious and dependable. The sym
pathy of the community goes out 70
his widow who is left alone.
Funeral services were held on Satur-
dav morning from Uur Lady of Mercy
church with Father Kelly officiating.
Burial was made in Tobacco Valley
Cemetery. Pail bearers were: August
Rambosek, Frank Carey, Sylvester
Frost, Lynn Purdy, Vim. Gruenke, Enos
Campbell.
mile OF Pennies" Drive for Furnace
At meeting Of the Baptist Ladies'
Aid held in the church last Thursday
afternoon, the ladies launched drive
for funds to install a new furnace IN
the church. The present furnace has
been torn out and new one must be
installed before winter and chimney
built. To raise funds for the purpose,
all members and friends of the church
are asked to fill a card OF one foot
with is pennies. Cards may be pro-
cured from Mrs. Dashiell and Mrs
Richardson captains of the two teams
The losing side will give party tor
the winning side when the contest
closes. The Baptist church IS COM
munity church for all large gatherings
and for many funerals and the COM
munity as whole is greatly interested
in this unique drive for funds.
Return from Montana Baptist Assembly
Rev. c. B. Marsh, Elmer Bybee anc
Misses Halle Dashiell, Clarabelle
Knott, and Merrial HARDWOOD returned
in the wee hours of Saturday morning
from the annual Baptist assembly a
Tempted Hills. The assembly closed or
Friday and Mr.. Marsh drove all nigh
Friday. The attendance, Leadership
and accomplishment Of the assembl,
were splendid this year.
In Honor of Miss Trula Swinehart
A farewell handkerchief shower VS.
given in honor of Miss Trula Swine
hart on Saturday evening at the home
Of Miss Jean Drake. Miss Trula !.
leaving soon for Charleston, Wash, t
make her home Those attending were
Misses Inez, Gladys, Fay and Ma,
Cole; Bubbles Peltier, Shirley FincheI
Norma and Betty Mikalson, Ada Evins
Lula Truman, Jane Livengood, Winnie
Mae Drake and the honored guest ant
hostess. Games were enjoyed afte
which ice cream and cake were eaten
Trula finished the eighth grade thi
year and she will be greatly missed b.
her many friends whom she has wol
by her kindly, unassuming manner.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-13
A New Daughter to the Prices

Rev. r. r. Price held services at
St. Michael and All Angels on Sunday
evening. While here he announced the
arrival on Friday, August Z. Of baby
daughter who had come to their house
to live. The little Miss has not been
named as yet but Mr.. Price calls her
! "Pinky'
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-08-13
Eureka News


1t is with deep regret that we an
nounce the transfer of Rev. and Mrs,
Swinehart and family to Charleston
Montana labor news., 1936-08-13
Kansas Coolidge

Now that ALI Landon has been informed that
he is the choice of the Liberty League, the Re
publican party and the United States Chamber
of Commerce, for President of these United
States, the public may as well prepare itself for
three months Of the old hokum that comes with
every presidential election. Millions will be
spent via the newspapers, the radio, and public
rostum to convince the yokels, that the nation
is headed for the bow-wows, that the grass will
grow high in village streets, that rivers will dry
up and the bloodshed on Bunker Hill was all in
vain unless the new savior of the common peo-
pie from Kansas is elected.
There will be reams of editorial slush about
Landon's boyhood being very much like the boy
hood of Lincoln. There will be columns of sob
sister sentiment about how Alf loves dogs, old
people, the good book and the Constitution.
There will be pages of drivel about Landon's
home life, his love of his neighbors, his humble
reverence for motherhood and his beautiful, yet
simple, faith in God.
But there won't be anything said about how
Landon happened to become the choice of Will
liam Randolph Hearst, the Liberty League, the
Chamber of Commerce, and finally the standard
bearer of the Republican party. There won't be
a line of explanation OF how it happened that the
state of Kansas refused to feeds it's hungry and
allowed the federal government to come into the
state and do the work that properly belonged to
the state of Kansas. There won't be ANYTHING
said about Mr.. Landon's connections with the
power trust, the oil monopoly, the utility com
bine, the international bankers and their spawn
of profit-takers.
And while all the forces of reaction are trying
TO sell ALI Landon to the public, let it be remem-
bered that no one knew who Landon was two
years ago that Mr.. Landon had no opposition
at the Republican convention and consequently he
must have been taken over by the same interests
which have always owned and controlled the
Republican party, and that he is a creature of
highly-paid propagandists and publicity agents.
From now on-look for a repetition of the
same stuff that put Harding in the White House
in 1920; Coolidge in 1924; and Hoover in 1928.
God forbid that any such calamity occur again
in l936-The Minnesota Union Advocate.
Montana labor news., 1936-08-13

Twenty-six pickets so far have been
arrested on charges ranging from dis
turbing the peace" to assault with
deadly weapons" One 74-year-old
lumber worker, w. F. Moudy, is
charged with beating up a husky young
camp foreman. The arrested pickets
are being defended by the General De-
Tense Committee.
The strike, called by a meeting on
June %, Of delegates from all major
camps in the white pine country, spread
through the entire district, bringing
out $500 workers, in a clean walk-out.
Very few scabs have been recruited,
and these few have been turned back
by the vigilant picket lines spread on
all roads through this mountainous
country. The strike committee asks
that support for these picket camps be
sent to Paul Slower, Box 1886, Spo-
kane, Wash. Strikers are confident Of
victory, as there is a great demand for
white pine, and no production of it
while the strike lasts. Victory will
mean a tremendous change in living
and working conditions in these camps.
Montana labor news., 1936-08-13

would ease the miners taxes much more than a
paltry increase to pay the firemen. No officer
who fights increases in wages can ever call him
self a true liberal. High wages are a standard
all try to attain.
wonder if Mr.. Hauswirth realizes that he is
injuring the miners and the relief people he
speaks about when he opposes the increase for
the firemen. If the city and county and state
should all act and drive wages down that would
be a cue for the corporations to do likewise.
Any defeat suffered by a group in respect to
wages Injuries other groups. Mr.. Hauswirth
has injured the cause of the miners. His pity
is misplaced. He probably meant to do them a
good turn by appealing to them to help defeat
the firemen but instead he injured them. Most
of the miners realize this fundamental doctrine
Of trade union economics. If the miners get a
raise in wages it helps all the other crafts. On
the other hand if all the other workers get a
raise public opinion brings such pressure to bear
on the Company that the way is made easier for
the miners.
During the administration of Mayor Cooking
the firemen circulated a referendum to prevent
a reduction of pay that Mr.. Cooking had pro-
posed. Many jealous workers, including the
miners, defeated the petition of the firemen and
they were reduced in wages. A very short time
after this took place the A. c. M. Co. pun
ished the miners with $1.00 a day slash.
Terrific pressure was brought to bear on the
federal government to restore the original sal
aries of its employees. People look to the units
of government to lead the way in wages. Let
us hope that some day we will have a liberal city
administration that will restore the firemen to
the compensation they received in 1882 and
which this administration refused to return.
And in respect to government debts, the obi
cations of the federal government, state govern
ments, counties and cities, have little bearing on
the economic status of the workers. Under
capitalism the workers are only given enough in
wages to permit them to live and create more
wealth for the bosses. If there were no gov
eminent debts at all the condition of the workers
would still be one of restitution and poverty.
Montana labor news., 1936-08-13
Strikers Killed By
Thugs In Lumber
War In Idaho

OROFINO, Idaho, Aug. mike
Stitz, lumberjack, shot by Weyerhaeu-
ser gunner while on picket duty, died
here today. A. l.. Gentry, another
picket, is expected to die also as the
result of wounds received from these
gunner Sunday. Three other pickets
shot down by them are badly wounded.
Martial law was declared in Clearwater
County, Monday, August 3.
Company gunner were brought in to
break the solid ranks that these strik-
ing lumberjacks have maintained for a
month in their fight to establish sani-
tary camps, with single hunks, clean
bedding and higher wages. The strike
is conducted by Lumber Workers In
dustrial Union No. 120 Of the |. w. w.
Picket lines are holding firm.
Montana labor news., 1936-08-13

Switzerland has three times as many
daily newspapers as Great Britain.
Montana labor news., 1936-08-13
SANCTIONS WITHDRAWN
ITALY TRIUMPHANT

That the League will recognize Italy,s
successful invasion of Ethiopia seems
a forgone conclusion in view of the
definite withdrawal of the policy OF
sanctions against Italy by Great
Britain and France.
With a vote in the British Parliament
OF 1884 in favor of ending sanctions
against l7O opposed and the statement
by Premier Leon Blum of France that
the maintenance of sanctions would
be only a symbolic gesture without real
effectiveness" the two nations have
been drawn into accord.
In the United States citizens may
once more sell arms to and sail on
ships Of Italy and Ethiopia.
Emperor Halle Selassie has been adj
vised by Foreign Secretary Eden that
there is no hope of regaining his En-
pire and that he must resign himself to
the Italian conquest.
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
RFC RENEWAL
IS FAVORED
international News Service

International News Service
Extension Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation for an ad-
ditional year was urged today by
Secretary Of the Treasury Morgen.
thau.
Denying reports he had had per-
sonal differences with RFC Chair
man Jesse H. Jones, Morgenthau
asserted that in his opinion, "the
time has not yet come when the
country can dispense with the cor
poration."
Unless Congress enacts continu-
ing legislation, the RFC would eX.
pire January 81.
Morgenthau emphasized that it
is up to Jones to make such
recommendations as he sees fit.
He said:
Il have not studied the mat
ter thoroughly, but 1 feel that
the RFC should be continued
as a lending agency.
81 have worked closely with
Mr.. Jones for the last four
years and I expect to confer
with him on this matter
shortly"
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
Treasury Condition
IpternationaI New, service

International News Service
Treasury balance November IT,,
S1,526, 1868, 1889: internal revenue,
S6,31S,449,59; customs receipts,
$20,014,664.s0.
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
Capital Nurse Recalls
WALL " Home Life
Kings Friend Woman
OF Wit and Charm,
She Remembers

At least one Washington woman,
if Mrs. Wallis Simpson should
become the wife of King Edward
of England, can look back on less
glamorous days and say, Il knew
her when"
To her the current visit Of Mrs.
D. Buchanan Merryman to Eng
land, to be Mrs. Simpsons guest,
is of more than passing interest.
She nursed Mrs. Simpsons mother
in her last illness, and knew
mother and daughter and Mrs.
Merryman-Mrs. Simpsons aunt
in the intimacy of their family
life in Washington when all Of
them were together for the last
time.
Mrs. Allen Hawk Of 512 Sixth
Street s. W., the nurse, paid her
tribute to the family in general
and to Mrs. Simpson in particular
today as she spent a short in
terval at home between leases. "
For all of them she has unbounded
admiration. She believes Mrs.
Simpson entitled to the best Of
everything there Is. AS she pu5S
it:
"Mrs. Simpson is a woman Of
great charm. She is an eXtraOr-
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
BRITAIN BARS
BLOCKADE
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lin in extending recognition, but
obviously fears even worse roper.
cuSsions should Franco proceed
with his blockade plans.
Dispatches reaching here from
Lisbon said this step was planned
because Franco holds there exists
in Barcelona "a notorious traffic
in arms, ammunition, tanks. air
planes and poison gas"
Russian and Spanish vessels
often flying the flags Of foreign
countries are carrying on this
traffic, according to the Portu-
guese government.
At present, Britain is attempt,
ing to determine whether Franco
intends to make the blockade eff.
fective, a necessary requirement
of interna tional law. Should Franco
defy Britain's refusal to recognize
the blockade, it was considered
likely British warshipS would be
sent to Barcelona to reinforce pro-
lection already accorded British
merchant ships,
COnsuls Quitting
The German and Italian consuis
are quitting Barcelona, it was
learned, and preparations are
under way to evacuate all Italian
nationals.
Britain plans to summon the in
ternational nonintervention sub
committee to meet on Monday to
hasten establishment Of an inter
national control commission over
Spanish ports.
Speedy steps to avert interna'
tional trouble were taken by Eng
land when Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden called on German Am
basSador Joachim Won Ribben
trop to inform Hitler'S emiSsary
that Britain "deplored" the
"haSty" procedure Of the fascist
nations.
Asks Arms Ban
Eden urged that neither Ger
many nor Italy should now open
the flood-gates of arms and men
for the Spanish insurgents, stress
ing that control of imports into
Spain was more important than
ever. He strongly recommended
that the work of the 27-power non,
intervention commission go on, in
forming the German ambassador
that similar pressure would be
brought on the Italian delegates.
London, it was learned, is en-
deavoring to persuade the insur'
rectoS that establishment of an
imports commission at all Span
ish ports, under the direction OF
the non.intervention committee
will have the same effect as q
blockade.
British foreign office diplo
mats are comforting with French
delegates today, and Eden Is ex
pected to make a statement on the
question in the House Of Com
mons,
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
ACT
MEANS FIGHT
INC0NGRESS
Foreign VS.. Domestic
Sugar Battle Is
Seen in Move
BY EARL GOODWIN

Prof. Tugwell's resignation from
the Government foreshadows one
of the bitterest congressional fights
ever staged between the importers
of sugar and other agricultural
products and the large domestic
continental sugar producers, plus
other domestic agricultural Lead
erS.
Tugwell IS joining one Of the
biggest importers of foreign sugar
and the move is simply more evil
dence to domestic sugar producers
that the importers are trying to
line up New Deal satellites and
White House confidantes in an
effort to break down the inSiStent
American domestic agricultural de-
mand that the American farmer,
sugar cane and beet raiser be
given first Whack at the An1erl-
can market.
Lineup for Fight
The American MolaSSes Com
pany, too, is one of the economic
royalist" organizations in the eyes
of thousands of domestic producers
who complain that Cuban and
Puerto Rican sugar flows in too
freely to the United States; and
that this situation is brought about
by the quota policies of the Agri'
cultural Adjustment AdminiStrap
ton. 1t is interesting to note in
this connection that producers Of
foreign or "Off Shore Sugar" have
also recently hired away from the
Government, John E. Dalton, re.
Gently the head of the sugar sec.
ton of AAA, the man responsible
for the sugar quotas for foreign
sugar which are about to become
the center of a terrific congress
sional row. Mr.. Dalton is not the
only sugar official from AAA hired
away from the Government by i'm.
porters.
The appearance of Professor Tug
well in the Cuban sugar ranks
lIISdIlS W IIldIly OOScIN6IS ncIe GIldb
the "off shore" sugar man and
his economic brother-the foreign
agriculturalist-are about to stage
a raid on the American market.
Professor Tdgwell certainly
knows his way about in the De.
partment of Agriculture and is said
to be able to walk swiftly without
making a noise. In fact one of the
members of Congress from a beet
sugar State today said OF Profes-
sor Tugwell:
"He would be able to walk on
piano keys from here to Cuba
without making a sound"
The matter is serious with
many a Congressman.
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
Second Suspect Held
In Indiana S|ayinq

, WARREN, Ohio, Nov. 10
G.NSD Arrested in a rooming
house mere last night, Joseph
Popolsky. IS, was taken to Indian.
apolis, Ind, today in the custody
Of Indiana police to face charges
in connection with the murder Of
Capt. Harry R. Miller, wealthy
retired Cincinnati fireman. Po-
polsky was the second suspect
arrested in the murder. The
other, Heber Hicks, chauffeur
for the victims sister, faces trial
on December 8.
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
.ITzEL QU|zZES
TEAR AGAIN
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Richard F. Tear, the slain girls
fiance, and checked over with him
the time element involved in a
note Tear left for the girl when
he called at her home and she
was not there to greet him. Tear,
an attendant at st. Elizabeths
Hospital, timed the note at 9:15
o'clock and said he could wait no
longer because he had to 60 to
work at the hospital.
In rechecking the statements,
Lieutenant Itzel is seeking a dis
crepancy that will break" the
case. Although no word is forth
coming from Lieutenant Itzel nor
Alan Bowie, States Attorney for
Prince Georges County, it is
known that the Baltimore detec-
tive has information that involves
a number Of persons who have not
previously been drawn into the in
vestigation.
Lieutenant 1tzel declined to say
he would have his investigation
CAAOSQ duO Lne CdSS CSdOy LUZ
presentation to the grand jury
when 1t convenes the first week in
December. The grand jury, 1t is
understood, desires to find an
indictment at this time but Lieu.
tenant Itzel feels there are phases
of the investigation which should
be gone into more thoroughly be-
fore the jury is asked to weigh
the evidence with the view Of
finding indictments.
The Washington times., 1936-11-19
RUSSELL QUIZ
HINTS RACKET
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the Manhattan Beach estate Of
Gouverneur Morris, noted author
ity.
Detective Lieut.. Harry L. Hansen
revealed that Russell had given
him hints Of the racketeering &C
tivities he knew during a gay two
day party the Saturday and Sun
day preceding his death Friday,
September Is.
Sharing the spotlight with this
disclosure was the hint that the
Russell case may lead to the
solution Of another unsolved
murder, possibly by the same prin,
cipals.
Hansen said Russell was with
him, Mrs. Hansen and another
couple, whose names were with.
held, during the party.
Details Of the information Civ.
en- during the party by Russell
have been under investigation for
several days, Hansen said.
New Clue Found
Beyond stating that no one in
the home Of Morris, whose guest
Russell had been on various oc.
casionS, was mentioned In Rus.
sells revelations, Hansen declined
to elaborate on the new turn in
the case.
A virtual censorship was being
imposed by authorities on the
progress Of the investigation
notably in connection with the
report that an unsolved murder
may be linked with RuSsella
death.
Continuous Order
District Attorney Buron Fits
held a lengthy conference with
Capt. Clyde Plummer, his chief in
vestigator, countermanded prepa'
rations to seek a court order for
the exhumation of RusSell's body
and said he would confer again
today with Plummer.
While neither Titts nor Plum
mer would discuss the report that
a new murder was being investi
gated, the rumor came from ap
parently reliable sources in Man
haitian Beach, where Russell died
Fits did not reveal whether he
believes, as does Plummer, that
Russell was murdered, or holds
the equally tenable opinion that
the handsome 2S-year-old Russell
despondent over financial reverseS
carried out threats he had made
to his friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ris and Lila Lee, the film actress
to commit suicide.
Mother Opened Case
RuSsell'S mother, Mrs. Victoris
Russell, white-haired widow Of ar
Army officer, caused the new in
vestigation when she insisted hel
son had been murdered, perhaps
because Of an affair she said hi
had with a married woman.
After a brief investigation, after
the discovery of RussellS body
September 25. the case was callec
a suicide. No inquest was held.