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.... h ..nj] .. 3.' WASHINGTON GOSSIP By LAURENCE TODD. Fed. Press. IIIHIM. . . Tfnn __ (FP)—Andrew Mel Washupjf factor in the federal ao, "ÏÏ throughout the Hardmg vernnient administrations took the ^ dC0 ° 4 aml in self-cjefense m the ^'nome oil scandal before the Smittee on Public Lands, - u I? In the same morning there March D- • ; n se lf-defense, W ill f ifie Chaiiman of the Republican Hay-- , committee m charge of the campaign in 1920 and Wil Hard H Butler, Chairman of the cam committee in 1924. ^Mellon said he had kept silent for • Mel1 ' a < to Hays' attempt to four use §r,0,000 of the Sinclair K in the fall of 1923, to coyer up B ^1(10.000 contribution of Sinclair tn Ve Republican debt. , . p ;V er testified that Hays sent mm JJoO worth of the bonds, and that l =ent them back as Mellon had 'I e p The labored explanations of Sler and Mellon a> to why they keot, " matter quiet until it was acci j rtal'v disclosed to the committee, - e both of the G. O. P. bosses em Ion. witne- Teapot senate :■ barras-^ ■ of Hoover's riggled and in vain to Will Haynow one chief fit Id marshalls, Luirmcd and attempts 3 fer moral patronage to the commit throutrh a long and grilling exam ination led by Sen. Walsh of Mon He tried in vain to evade the to him mercilessly by tee tana. fact, put up Walsh, that he assured the commit tee on' two previous occasions that he ,iid not know how the Sinclair bonds Li been manipulated in paying off to the ing if the Republican deficit of 1920. Walsh read to him his testimony of four vear> ago denouncing as false and li belous a press statement that certain bonds of the Sinclair Consolidated Co. were delivered to him to help pay off this party deficit. Hays stood on the technical point that he had not been asked about Liberty bonds. When he tried to follow this with an asser tion that was a moral difference be tween the questions asked him four years ago and this year he was show ered with hostile questions from all around the committee table. Hays tried all of his familiar stage WEFAID THINKS FARMER-LABOR FUTURE BRIGHT Party in Healthiest Condition It Was Ever In, Says Former Congress man. "Congress is fiddling while Rome is burning and all that Coolidge will do is to cut the strings of the fiddle, for the sound is getting monotonous, , Knud Wefald, former Farmer-Labor ! congressman from the ninth district i declared in a letter read at the meet- ! ing of the Hennepin county Farmer- S Labor association, held Sunday after '> I noon. Mr. Wefald, who is again the Far mer-Labor candidate for congress from the ninth district, was replying to an invitation to address the cen tral committee. His letter was a, ringing appeal to the working people ! of Minneapolis to assert themselves in the approaching campaign. The letter in which Mr. Wefald de dares the prospects were never so bright for Farmer-Labor success as ^ 0 "l' wal° V 'wa h 1 H • J™ s a^y when your letter, in Ä I- Y î nV i ted . me t0 C °T to Minneapolis and attend your meet ing on February 16, arrived. 1 am, very sorry for this belated answer. ! "I thank you very much for your ! kind invitation and I would have been | sure to be there, but I could not af- j ford to spend the monev A congress Ss iÜ f T n he i qUi ft S t l han J hen he ti t T WaS draft f d ' 1 unde J P ro : manvnf m \ wa \ first elected, and 1 • ° f . mj f ea J s have cep 6 t™ 6 » bu it hkp- R t0 try Xt agam ' al , thou f h akeh su P re ine nerve to undertake t „ , rn* tw v 1 iP eet the g ather pg , from wbJ " j. con J mon people know E ? ^ 00d î 0r ^ e . m th f y ÿ 11 put Laboren l mto the Farmer_ iftbpv-n °i Mmnesota this year, it. c«i »5««! "I- 6 some . sacrifices they b 3 en u- T biggest victory that has vt '° r the people in the North- i >et newspapers, the worst ra . ,, — ever faced. For that , s ° n the lines of the majority party hundreds of thousands J, «puWicaiis are going to forget tv nf t iu- boundar y lines of their par to • s , year and they are going 1 ay into our party. "Iæ!? 1618 i^ atker a 't Grookston îne of v eek We bad a little gather ton. -pr armer 'l jab or men at Crooks battl* i? e men wbo bear the scars of Ported tw lost Taith; they re is inth?? uv- Farmer ' Labor P ar ty ever e healthiest condition it was own a greed to attend to our into «bJ"JJF fhis year, not to be led PPbli Ca ; c bllnd alleys . sucb as the re fine ' w S0 °^ ten bave succeeded in om y.' , We are n °t going to bother Hoover wbo i s the worst of didate c f nd * ke 9ther republican +i, 0r pres i de nt, neither as to " c comrJf " orgt °T Smith and those »•i Ä.'ü 11 '- we are sure e nan want Mark of Distinction Some people, who either b . een with us, may think it best fiw- or cam ouflage their party af ™°. n this year, after the 'defeat' t L„ that has been put on by tv iWm Çity da ily newspapers, but marÆ T s ^ ke . n; ib is going to be a i ° distinction to wear the Far omi ' <abo r badge this year. The econ in sn t° nd i bon ^ be Northwest i ? spite of the that we have are or is, can »ho m , * -J the old party tickets. How long will the laboring people BOW How often does that friendly question find you fuU of pains and aches caused by kidney, liver and bladder troubles? Keep your health while you can. Begin taking Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules at once. Hardy Hollanders have used this remedy for over 200 years. In sealed boxes, at all drug^it-ts. 3 sizes. Look for the name on every box. ARE YOU TODAY? iiiiiimiHimimiiiinniniiniiaiiiiiiiiini a ii a i Mail | ai||a|| "•••""•••...H.Ml.inig] tricks, pounding the table, walking to- ward the committee members in the attitude of an exhorter, and referring to his acquaintance with various oil magnates, as being ba.ed on "philan- thropic and welfare activities." Most iof the senators joined in a cynical laughter which repeatedly swept over the crowd in the room. Walsh, Nye, Bratton and Dill, le a d mg the inquiry were disappointed in the number of actual admissions made by the three Republican magnates. The best that could be said for Mei Ion and Butler, however was that they showed no pleasure in their own performance. For Hays, it appeared, the danger of trial for perjury was passed, but he had marked himself down as the trickiest, most evasive, and most unconvincing witness who | had yet appeared in the long and odor- ous annals of the Teapot Dome affair. That Hoover can retain Hays, un- der any condition, on his board of campaign strategy, is almost unbe lievable. Sen. Norris' demand that Mellon resign from the cabinet because of his tail me to disclose his knowledge ot the Sinclair bond deal during the Teapot Dome investigation of 1923 and 1924, has not been taken up by the other Republican leaders. Chair man Butler has even refused to agree with Sen. Borah that the Republican party should raise money to pay back the Sinclair donation. Thus the Tea pot Dome corruption fund is tied the Coolidge administration, at the beginning of the 1928 primaries, by presence of Mellon in the cabinet, Butler as Chairman of the National Committee, and Hays, movie czar, as expert adviser to Hoover, who de clares himself the bearer of the Cool policies. Underlying the whole administration, as a sort of moral foundation, is the Sinclair fund result from the oil leases negotiated by Fall, Denby, Sinclair and Doheny. Calvin Coolidge, elected president in 1920, is silent as to how, at all, his regime should pay off the Sinclair mortgage. as vice Farm Boys and Girls ' i & c . , „ . , , . Senator Arthur Capper who has «ntroduced a bill which £ur n,shos wh f at h « cal ' s a P rac f" a P r r °* r f™ f( ?. r the advancement of It asks for Federal aid to extend h agricultural education of boys and girls on the farms, Likewise we agreed not to fuss about the liquor question or the religious question or any other question that thrown at us to make us cut each other's throat and thereby help rake out of the fire £or ,Big Pledge t0 Farme ^ Labor Part * "We pledge ourselves to go ahead an d build the Farmer-Labor party, 4jmake it cleaner and better than ever; nominate and elect a state ticket got } 0 men who will serve the peopxs, elect a people's Legislature, a Farm er-Labor Senator and Farmer-Labor Congressman. This is a big enough j° b ' but can be done V Belshazaars Feast "When I was in congress and the performance I often visualized i v UTO CASTER / performance I often visualized to m i n d Belshagar's feast, when I, company with a small minority, could not take part in the wild orgy when the golden calf, labeled Pros perity,' was worshipped. If you watch things now you can see the spirit hand write on the wall the fatal mess age: 'You are weighed and found wanting.' Don t Dare to Reduce Taxes It has now come to the point when Coolidge and Mellon do not dare to let the tax reduction bill go through that Wall Street has been clamoring for. In the face of a fast waning prosperity and approaching idleness for labor, a $2,000,000,000 military program is planned, p resuma bly to loosen war upon the world when Kel logg's little war in Nicaragua is fm ished. 44 is there a laboring man so blind that he cannot read the signs of the times? „ .. Farming Industry Bleeding to Death The farming industry is bleeding to death and the small towns are; dis integrating. Congress is fiddling while Rome is burning and all that Coolidge wil Ido is to cut the strings of the fiddle, for the sound is getting monotonous. . _ . Bond State for Roads In the state Babcock wants to bond the state to build more roads with the proceeds; Christianson, having thrown so much dust in the eyes of the peo ple—wants to build roads without money, so that he can cut down the taxes. . 44 4 » *» Starving Miners and Children Get Loaves of Bread mizss*. m ÆS ■ '• m m r*'; m 4«* * i. :« Ü 4 k m tv! Ü ,UTOCAtTt B Pennsylvania miners and their children reoeiving loaves of bread at Cecil, where the New Fr Society of Pittsburgh brought in the first relief shipment. Deputy constable E.' Phillips is in char^i of the relief distribution in the Cecil district g j«r m § Minneapolis who are numerous enough to swing a state election, en joy this Punch and Judy show of the Governor and 'Bib Bizz?' "Tell the good laboring people of Minneapolis for me that God gave us two hands to work with and one head think with, hands well, but not our heads, but if God had not intended that we should use our head he would not have given to us. Let us take courage and use our head this time. Yours on the fighting line, Knud Wefald. We have used our U i . ». ADMINISTRATION IN MUSCLE SHOALS FIGHT ■ Washington (FP) — That the Morin bill, which wouM give the , government power plant at Muscle Shoals in lease to the power trust is backed by the administration was the testimony of officials of the De partment of Agriculture, March 12, during hearings on this bill before the House Committee on Military Affairs. Morin, sponsor for the measure was the Vare manager in the Pittsburgh district in the last Pennsylvania senatorial campaign. ; He recently made a deal with the Mellons, who are heavy investors in power corporations, whereby Morin withdrew from the senatorial against David Reed, lawyer for the Mellons. Senator Norris' bill for govern ment operation of Muscle Shoals is near a roll call in the Senate. race OHIO OPERATORS WONT PAY SCALE By Laurence Todd, Federated Press j Washington—Members of the Unit-1 ed Mine Workers of America in Ohio I were refused any opportunity to set- i tie with the Ohio Coal Operators As- ! sociation last year because they would 0 q 0/reduction in wages amount tv, of /C 'fk u- v, ....... lhat was the high spot in the testi money in the coal hearing before the nnwllüî! täte commerce committee nnwllüî! ni larch 13th. Time after time, from U tt ™ , the 01 V°, dlstrlct of the U. M. W. A. appealed to the Each tune, the operators re- j plied that if a wage cut was not to be discussed there could be no use in | a conference. | Corre'spondence setting forth this ; deadlock over a wage cut was read to 1 the committee after the examination i of S. H. Robbins, president of the op-1 erators association. Robbins had been questioned by Sen. Wheeler on his re peated refusals to discuss coal peace when invited to do so by Gov. Dona-1 hey and Secretary of Labor Davis. Like most of the other operators who lhave testified, Robbins seemed to know very little about the situation, except that a wage cut necessary if the mines wree to run. operators' association to resume nego tiations for a new wage agreement which should make possible the tinuance of the Jacksonville scale of 1924. con April, following the break-,. ä 4 «« in r M Garnit "Rollbin ^ wn)te V tQ f Lee Hal! offering ^ nego tiate in Ohio "a con | t i nuousIy CO nfpetitive scale" which wou id mean a decrease in wae-es ha* cause the basig of compe tition was the i 0W paid field of Kentucky and south 6 er n West Virginia. Hall ' nresident of the 0 hio district of thé union re j p u ed ith ff to ne jr 0 tiatp an I agreement for Ohio, but bfsed on the j Jacksonville scale of $7.50 per dav In u i y the opera tors offered a waee of ^ which the miners re f use d In Oc tober, when Hall called Robbins atten t i 0 n to the temporary settlements ma d e in Illinois, Indiana Iowa and t h e southwest, Robbins again refused discuss the resumption of the Jack sonv ille wage. Gov. Donahey's appeal to the gov e rnors of Indiana and Illinois and to the operators and the union, last Aug ust, for a serious attempt to settle the strike in the three states was also read into the record. To this appeal Robbins and his association replied that they could not pa^ the old wa^e rate and hence would not meet the economic was be s -Kre 1 Delicious Steaks O ur Specialty m - a M m - AT * a iKg —at the— CITY CAFE » •V m -x HARRY KOIKE, Prop. » -X » Plentywood Montana •X m s»F = .. . . • I , itnmii« ii»ii»ii»i'»'mi»-'«»t»«iirn inini m nn.? 1 -. «hwwiiiiiiiih,mw ..... t .. | .. | .. | f , , , , •71 ,, fi'»'-ri'iiitrniniiiiiiiini^ Pr it 1 i \T Beauty at the Bar n ii&H_.Jl. . ■» -* \ I by a I | i I I ! r I M : I are I New York City, N. Y.—Miss Friedg Hennock, pretty 23 year old woman lawyer, will defend the Benedetto Brothers, who charged with murder Miss Hen nock is an accomplished linguist, a ! musician, and a student of medi- j cinej and though she is strictly feminine—as emphasized by her long hair—she says-she gets more i thrills from her court experience than she could from love. miners unless the miners would nego tiate a reduction in wages. Definite assurance has been given (by the committee to President Lewis Q f the U. M. W : A. that the hearings! w ip no t be hastened to a close. They ! will probably run well into April and 1 will cover conditions in the western as well as the eastern territory involved the cut-throat competition offered by the non-union fields south of the Ohio ri'.er. Union officials are hope ful, because the testimony has shown most of the small and middle-sized operators in the northern fields to be headed toward bankruptcy, that the operators associations in the north will be brought to a mood of compro mise. They hope for federal legisla Hon which will compel the payment of a living wage and s of regularity of employment, ever, no definite plan for reaching this en d has been proposed to the Senate committee, . S 5 mää civil servdce - 6 This^ bill° w^V make * 780 a " ear - instead of $600 the low est pay in the "custodial service" which includes scrubwomen. At the same time raise s from $1140 $ 1500 the minimum salary rate for government clerks. For men and wo men in the Professional and scientific branc hes the minimum is raised from * 1860 * 2200 - This measure has been fought by the reactionaries in both old parties in Con gress for the past dozen years. It: has some sli £ht chance 0^ ■'ssage in the present session. Ev'" delegate of organized labor at the capitol demand i n g. prompt and favorable ac tion upon some assurance How WELCH BILL HEARINGS START; MUCH OPPOSI TION BY BIG BUSINESS Washington (FP)—Hearings on the Welch bill, formerly, the Nolan bill to to REED WOULD FIX IMMIGRATION QUOTAS Washington (FP) — Sen. David Reed of Pennsylvania, candidate reelection led a delegate of alleged "patriotic" organization spokesmen the White House, March 12, to urge . . . . . , Piesident Coolidge to put into force ie national origins scheme of fixing immigration quotas. This scheme, Reed pointed out, is appointed by Ger man and Scandinavian groups because would reduce the share of immi grants coming from those countries, he delegation included the American Legion, Allied Patriotic Societies of v"i ' -"Cymen America, New ork Chamber of Commerce, Daugh ers oi the American Revolution and ÎT n - 0r ^ rder Hinted American echanics. Esch's Nomination Rejected in Senate By Vote of 39 to 28 Washington, March 17—The senate Friday rejected the nomination of John J. Esch of Wisconsin for another term on the interstate commerce mission 39 to 29, after five hours of debate behind closed doors. Resent ful over the change of attitude shown by Commissioner Esch which led him finally to switch his vote and favor lower rates on coal from the northern coal mines to lake ports, senators from states in the southern coal fields waged a successful battle against him. Senator Neely, democrat, of West Virginia led the fight. Bainville Students Will Have Band—30 Pieces Organized com Bainville, March 17.—Through the work of Walter Adams and Prof R. Craig, a band composed of high school and grade students is assured Bainville. Several meetings for per fection of the organization have been held, instruments have been ordered and regular band practice begins about two weeks. The band will start with 25 or 30 pieces but it is expected more students will join, MONTANA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Toston—New Day Oil Co. plans to drill well, 6000 feet if necessary, Sweet Grass Capitalists will build Rainbow 35-room hotel and theater block, Charles Miller, Wisdom rancher, sells 300 steers for $53,386, or $177.95 each. Great Falls—Lincoln Oil Co. will open lubricating oil blending plant here. Libby—Commercial Club celebrates opening of new Midas Gold Mining Co. mill. Blaine County will plant, this year, the largest farm acreage in its his tory. Great Falls—Building permits two weeks total $30,000. Billings—New $50,000 Congrega tional Church opened here. Belton—Glacier highway, 56.7 miles costing $1,435,865, has 24 miles to build. Anaconda—Western Natural Co. will drill 10 new gas wells Sweet Grass sector. Great Falls—Hope Engineering may extend natural gas line to ena, Butte and Anaconda. Whitefish has paid off $49,804 debtedness in 21 months. White Sulphur Springs—Schaffar /J MONTHS NEARLY A MILLION MEIN HAVE CHANGED TO CHESTERFIELD ! //V V m % AND here's why: 9i 0 We STATE it as our honest belief that the tobaccos used in Chesterfield cigarettes are of fin er quality and hence of better taste than in any other cigarette at the price. THEY SATISFY pud yet THEYKE MILD Liggett & Myers Tobacco Go. zick Drug Co. will make extensive im provexnents. Helena will vote on special tax for establishing city airport. Wxnnett—Local dealer has order to bu >; two carloads sweet clover seed. Winnett—Heavy demand is made for local seed com for 1928 planting. Petrolia—Oscar Thompson tops Se a T-uu market w *t b two cars hogs. Libby—Increasing demand for Zon ohte will force local mine to expand, Troy — Liberty Metals mine will build hydroelectric power plant. Troy—Big Eight mine lets con tract for more tunnel. Montana cattle was worth $30,299, 000 last year, $283,000 more than in 1^26. Havre has shipped more than 1,000, 000 bushels wheat from 1927 crop. Havre—Plans completed for Coun try Clubhouse. Montana Dumm wheat averaged 20 i bushels per acre, in 1927. j Havre—State releases 26 elk in 1 Bear Paw game reserve north of here. -1 Musselshell County products in 1927 were worth $6,422,153. Great aFlls—Oil is found at 2,878 feet in Flat Coulee test well, Sweet Grass Hills. Glasgow—Contract let for new $150,000 school improvements. Chinook—Winston Bros, pay $35, 000 deliquent taexs and take over 17 Zurich Ditch. Great Northern expects to finance 75-mile Saco-Turner etxension with current funds. Shelby—Pumping production be gins on Cooperative Adams No. 3 well. Great aFlls—$12,000 fencing tract let for Cascade fairgrounds. j Libby—Midas mine has mill ready j con-1 to run on two years' ore supply'. Ripley—Tie mill here will employ 35 to 40 men. Libby—Financing of Victor Mine will begin for heavy operation. Montana had 650,000 outside visit ors, last year, who spent $12,000.000 in state. Shelby—Great Northern Utilities Dower line is rapidly covering oil field. Great aFlls—County starts work on Sun River and Fair Grounds road jobs. Great Falls—Building permits is sued since January 1 pass $50,000. Great Falls—National Mystic Ice less Refrigerator Co. organizes with $250,000 capital. Nashua—Farmers' Produce here did $310,000 business in 1927. S. at in Co. Wolf Point — Proposed Missouri bridge may be located at Prairie Elk Ford. Hysham—County will gravel Gum bo Hill road and relocate Criswell road. Three Forks—New survey would cut IV 2 miles from State Highway No. 15. Shelby —Patterson-Brown interests COLORS radiant as the "Rainbow Spring beckons! And Buick owners will greet the season in cars which take first place in rich, alluring beauty. Glowing colors—colors that rival the exquisite hues of the rainbow—colors as distinctive as the fleet, low lines of Buick bodies by Fisher. Not only in beauty, but in performance, too, Buick leads the way. Its famous Valve-in-Head six-evlinder engine provides the thrilling abilities so highly de sired on tempting Spring days. v Visit our showroom and see the most colorful cars Buick has ever built. Their beauty will captivate you —and a demonstration wiH make Buick your choice. COUPES I1I95 to SEDANS $1195 to $ 1995 SPORT MODELS $1195 to $1525 F f h W» 1 , MAA- rav rmm mt tax to h* added. Th* G.M.A.C. fimtner Jumostdeshabk, itcrsiUbk. BUICK plan 10 gas wells and 200,000,000 feet gas daily. State will renew fight for forfeit ure of more than 3,00,000 acres Nor them Pacific grant lands. Nashua Produce Cooperative of Val ley County did $310,000 business in 1927. Winnett hipped 27,530 gallons cream in 1927; ten years ago, whole Petroleum County shipped only 100 gallons. Winnett—Trench Oil Co. will devel op former Shaffer Oil Co. holdings on West End Cat Creek, Sweet Grass—Theater, hall and ho tel building to be erected here. Moccasin—New gymnasium and community hall officially opened. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad will colonize settlers on foreclosed-mortgage lands, Deer Lodge—Bonanza mine in Em ery district will be heavily developed. Winston—East Pacific mine is mak ing heavy lead-silver ore shipments. Billings — First Congregational Church opens new $50,000 parish house. Valier—Creamery to be started here this spring, Conrad—Local creamery made 210, 000 pounds butter during 1927. Pondera County dairy products for 1927 were worth $275,000. Billing — $1,000,000 refinery will probably be located here by Yellow stone Petroleum Corporation, Great Falls—Service on newly cre ated Great Falls-Salt Lake City air mail route will be started about June j Mountain States Telephone Co. is working on new Harlowton-Lewistown I line. L Chinoook—Three local banks have j $1,561,031 deposits, 20% gain in a year. Reserve—Elevators here busy re ceiving wheat. ! V" * n T Jr üFus ■v r t TVk'1 No job-hunting for pupils cf L*. B. C., F^rgo— g >od firms seel hem Recently the National Cash Register Co. v. anted capable help at Gertrude Axncss was sent The out. once. before finishing her course. Fuller Brush Co. employed Ger trude Jones (temporarily) while a student and "held the job for her until she graduated. > > Watch results of D. B. C. AC TUAL BUSINESS training (copy righted—unobtainable elsewhere). Follow the Succe$$ful. term, Apr. 2-9. Graduate at busy season. Write F. T. Watkins, Pres., 8ü6 Front St., Fargo. 14 Spring y y