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FLAXVILLE LAD KIDNAPPED BY 3 MEN SATURDAY Ronald Bucher Abducted During Night By Men Who Ask Lad's Father for Gas Supply. Soobey.—Ronald Bucher, 8 years, kidnapped from the home of was his father, a farmer 8 miles east of Scobey, Saturday evening about 9 o'clock by two men who called at the Bucher home and asked for gasoline. Ed Bucher, the father, got out of bed to accommodate the strang er who said he was on his way to a dance at Scobey. He offered him a gallon of gas in a can, but the stranger asked for more and said he would pay well for it. Bucher went out to drain more from his car and when he got out from un der the car another stranger came nodded to the first and walked The one who had asked for On returning to the house bûcher noticed that the door had been left sa scat's«»« vnTeTnd Scobey on the telephone to inform him of the kidnapping. Bucher was divorced from his wife in May 1923, and the Daniels county court awarded custody of the child to the woman who went to " Buch" ÄÄSStel SÄtÄiSdSi c , f Vi old ini? that Mrs. Bucher was not a fit and proper person to raise the boy, awarded him to Bucher, who then began a search for the boy which lasted almost two years. Locating the hoy at a school in up, away. the gas gave Bucher a dollar and left. »•r Minnesota where he was registered as Ronald Cummings, Bucher and his brother took him by force from the school. A warrant for his ar rest was s wom out but after Bu cher explained the circumstances to the county attorney the case was dropped and he returned to his farm near Scobey with the boy. Before returning here, however, Bucher and his brother, armed with a gun stood off three men who went to their home to take the boy bv force. The evening of the kidnapping the former Mrs. Bucher and a woman, who had until a few weeks ago been engaged as Bucher's housekeeper, were in Scobey and consulted an attorney regarding court action to recover the boy. They have not been seen here since and' the officers are searching for her and her suspected accomplices in the kidnapping. StafeNews Great Falls—$389,000 contract has been awarded for erection of Samuel Spencer Memorial addition to Deaconess Hospital. Anaoontia—Two asphalt street paving projects will soon be un der way. Great Falls—New Church of Christ, Scientist, recently was com pleted in this city. Helena—$9,730 contract has been awarded for construction of show barn for sheep and sale ring at State Fairgrounds. Anaconda—Plans are underway for construction of $212,000 new road to Georgetown Lake. Helena—Ideal Bakery Company will establish modern plant in old Haegele building. Butte—-National Parks Airways, Inc., are constructing $35,000 ten plane hangar, airplane shops and offices at local airport. Faii-view — Contract has been awarded for erecting additions to community exhibit building on Richland County fairgrounds. Johnston-Rising Service Sta tion in Kalispell recently changed jj ands> YOUTHS STEAUNG (Continued from page One) siphoning off gasoline from the airplane when they had 30 gallons of gas already stored in cans in the two stolen cars n»r that the cars were loaded with bedding, say, was evidently suffering from burns that he suffered when the gas they were siphoning exploded. He is under a doctor's care and is con fined to his bunk. He was recent ly in communication with his fath e: who had deposited a ticket at Billings for him, according to his story, and had urged him to return bo ^ e - Both boys are of good families, Diltz's father is a conductor on the Northern Pacific and Sannon's father is superintendent of a coal mine near Laurel. Mrs. Ridgeway, mother of one of the girls involved, is employed at Jack's Dining Car, a Harlowton restaurant. Her daughter was preparing to teach in Fergus county at Becket and w . as ® mpl °y ed during the summer at Milwaukee lunch room. The girls had "batched" together v j v d ur i n 8f the winter and bad h? 61 * frequently in company vath the two boys during the year, ihe girls were traced by the men mS® captured the boys, Moore, Hpn^T.f t v nley Caba11 ™ th Her man ÄS»"' ° f °" e 01 the t . tw h £ the ™en found the boys of diSt r? Vas hidden fa th* C ™ Whl ? , ît® hllls - Thre ad8 smooth^ w f re .^. orn soon as dav1itr)ff a8y t0 girls concealJd^thplr T ? 1 d the tracks by driving first over open prairie, food and clothing sufficient for an extended trip. Sannon, who had little to as hitting the highway near Judith Gap on the Oka road. From there they circled in and out of the fool hills of the Snowy mountains, doubling back on their track when they struck the highway, leaving' Judith Gap a second time and making their way to Ryegate where the sheriff was awaiting of them. in of ADMINISTRATION (Continued from page One) the old saying goes. The wish is father to the thought and even the man who unloosed the waters of destruction upon him may appear in the light of his rescuer. So the farmer muttered a prayer, closed his eyes and chose. Hang Stone ou Farmers Neck His eyes are not yet completely opened as he struggles there in mid stream beating frantically a gainst the rushing current. On the shore is his treacherous rescuer preparing to finish him. Already the false friend has turned aside those who would have thrown the farmer a temporary life preserver, now he is making ready to attach a heavy mill stone about the farmer's neck. Will the farmer open his saA SE it t which the farmer was relieved of all belief in those who promised re lief. If this is true then it will be a very happy beginning indeed, Signs of such a development are in fact already in evidence. ttorn " SSS, V ~ a mittèe^of 'WS Ä STÄÄrS drpw nn a resolution which was wired to congress denouncing in the most vigorous language the betrayal of the farmers both thru the relief program and the tariff bill. Sent on the eve of the repudi ation by the house of the deben ture plan, the communication is a propheev of what is in store for certain representatives of western states. "We have a feeling border ing on Contempt," the resolution says, "for certain Corn Belt Oon gressmen who, throughout the B pe dal session have acted as mere er rand hoys for special privilege." Referring to the administration farm bill, the resolution declares: "In our opinion, the sw-calleW House Farm Relief Bill does not manifest the slightest effort to make the tariff effective in be half of our surplus farm com modities, and without this the pledge of the republican party to assure equality for agricul ture in the last campaign be comes utterly farcical. ..." „ t , - ... n ... , .. e . ue °„ 1 . tar111 » tne resolution is equally vigorous: "With reference to the House tariff revision bill, we desire to go ion record as saying that it is the most indefensible measure of the kind ever offered in the history of congress. Pretending to revise the tariff "in the In terests of agriculture," certain selfish interests have been prom ised new advantages whk*h are without conscience or reason and which, if enacted into law, will mulct the consumers of the country, farmers included, out of hundreds of millions of dollars of additional tribute per year. In connection with both the pend ing farm relief and tariff bills, we have a feeling bordering on contempt for certain Corn Belt congressman who throughout the special session hare acted as mere errand boys for special pri vilege." The resolution is signed by rep rosentatives of the Minnesota Farm I' ure au_ Federation, of the Iowa * ^ urea V'» the Iowa Farm ^ s . Union, the Nebraska Farmers U» 10 ". the Nebraska Farm re au and the Kansas farm Bureau, Big Busmess Visits President , Frightened by the threat set by . tbe , Br ® ah resolution to limit;the j an *f th e agricultural schedule, representatives of big business protected manufacturing industries during the last few days have been flocking into Washington to "im press" their representatives in Senate. A number have sought and received audiences with president in which it is understood some of them, heavy contributors to the Republican campaign fund, have relieved thwnselves of rather pointed remarks. There is small likelihood of the Broah resolution passing although some observers claim to see a close vote. But ev ery basic fact points to the cer tainty that many Democratic Sen ators seeking protection for special interests in their own states will join with the Republicans to vote against the Borah proposal. But even if the measure should pass there is nothing to prevent the tariff bill from being amended from the floor of the Senate. More time would be consumed, but the net result would be the same. There can be no doubt that the bill, when the Senate Finance Committee gets through with it, will be vastly worse for the farmers and the sumers generally than the bill pass ed by the House! Tariff to Sub-Oommittees. The Senate Finance Committee has been divided into sub-commit tees to work out the schedules. The one put in charge of the iron and steel schedule is Senator Dav id A. Reed of Pennsylvania, attor ney for the steel trust and person al representative for Andrew Mel Ion. The one who heads the agri cultural schedule is Senator James E ' Majority leader and one time lobbyist for the National Manufacturers Association, the ganization which represents the y ery interests which have operated to drag the sinking farm ever deeper into the mire. The chair °* the sub-committee in e Sj lar « e of the sugar schedule is Reed Smoot of Utah, champion high protectionist of the country, con or M A ^ MC\1/ PYTH^F F ft R liLiff EiAvUuIj I VF I» ( ____ - IAlT . 1T%r t pmmAV Mil l Ift^AlRt FNVlIY llllliLiviirtlllL Lu 1 f Vr I J - . Washington—(FP) —Millionaires only will be sought for the posts American ambassador in ^° n ' don, Paris, Berlin, Buenos Aires and one or two other world capi tols. Lacking any strong request from the White House, Congr s never furnished money for rental of homes for ambassador several of those capitals, and it has never given any of them a fund with which to pay th ® C0 ^J entertaining the crowds r tat" * amv and expect to be dined and ta en theatres. . , By failing to pro^« ™ ch Congress makes it easy f JJ «"P". istrations to hang out thesign. ''Only Millionaires Need ApjJ*. h atmed?reÄTavin K spent ov $1,000,000 of his stock dividends Paris. . , . representative of the western oe sugar interests. . Wbat a f f oo-rir.nl Tariff in the interest of agncul ««■ a«"f rr rJS Ninet, per cent of the changes are up ward Practically everything that the farmer buys has been further taxed. Many articles previous!* on the free list such as shingles, ce ment, bricks, rakes, shoes and oth "fÜTÄÄ cite ÄÄÄZ! lution which passed the Senate by a coalition of Democrats and Pro p«wive Republicans declaring it to be the sense of that body that the farmer was suffering from ex tortionate tariff exactions and that the tariff should be revised "in the interests of agriculture.' That is l*>w the movement began and how even the pnrase originated Yet ÿ lo £ lc <> f every political decep \} on ^ movement, like the Hele lian dialectic, has resulted m its ex opposite. ira n Users K « bb «*d for Sugar Barons Tb e worst schedule, as has -al f e »dy been many times indicated, V s 4 the A sugar schedule As written 1 int o the House Bill the increased ; duty to 3c per pound was dictated by the western beet sugar inter | ests. The head of the House Com i mittee which wrote this schedule was Representative Timberlake of Colorado. Timberlake is the spe cial errand boy of the Western Sugar Company whose thirteen mills in the district which the Con gressman represents, together with others, produce over 50% of the beet sugar manufactured in the country. The company must have made out a strong c / se for help! In February of this year it report on Hs.common stock of in( ^ lca tion of the va the argument usually of î. er j C ' the high tariff is to af Projection to American .labor, lt m , ay be , noted that the company f mp °Xf J T ar ^ e number s of 'boot Mexican and other foreign ^o i keis as well as -he young chil d F en °\.Vl ese work ^ r ? - Many of j bese children are below 10 years a ß e a " d some of them as young six. Reports of studies made by the Department of Labor show these children work in the fields from 10 to 14 hours daily 1 and e P W1 t b< their parents fre j C * uen ^ y 1 ^ a . ? ln ^ e room to the juimher eight, ten and more in tumble down shacks and hovels wl .thout common convenience and W1 * b n ,° rr , C0 Pl! 0 n, S- , Steel Tariff Plunders Farmers. The iron and steel schedule was written into the House Bill at the demand of the steel trust and spe cifically at the order of Joe Grun dy, head of Pennsylvania Manu facturers Association and chief money getter for the Republican campaign chest, Joe Grundy came to Washington with his little black bag and, behold the miracle accomplished. which last year made the largest earnings in its history also "made out a strong case for help, one clause alone covering one-half billion dollars production per year, the duty was increased from 40 to 50 per cent, a slight gift of $150, 000,000 to the trust on this single item! When it is recalled that 50 per cent of the steel consumed in the country is bought by the far mers (a fact not often mentioned nor noted) it becomes clear how up and the the was The steel trust »f In much in the interest of agriculture the new tariff bill is. Leavitt Betrays Montana Farmers. Who voted for this infamous Most of the farmers' representatives so called, . others. For instance there measure? among was Congressman Leavitt of Montana who added his vote to the others for the sugar trust, the steel bar ons, the aluminum monopoly. Nor was this an accident for Congress man Leavitt also voted against the debenture plan so much hated by the Wall Street interests. Debenture Gesture in Tariff Bill At the present moment there is some talk of adding the debenture to the tariff bill. No doubt the attempt will be made. It may suc ceed in the Senate. Then what? The House will not accept it being under the lash of the White House spokesmen for Big Business. The great Engineer and Chief Farm Reliever (without the debenture plan, of course 1) will again indi cate his disapproval. The little Senatorial time servers will again run to cover. A few will undoubt edly let off steam as before. But where will the farmers be? In the same mire, sinking—with an added tariff stone about his neck. Farmers Need New Deal NEW DEAL? " eed 8 DeW deaI - A . J us t what does this mean ? It is not necessary to search very far. Read between the lines of the argument recently presented by Senator Fess of Ohio until a few weeks ago one of the chief admin istration spokesmen in the Senate, Replying to questions during the i e b a te on the debenture plan, he declared that the substantial ob lection to the plan was not that wag un f a j r or that it would cre too erea t a tax on the treasury. ^ we at j op t the policy, he said, insubstance> there is no telling .û ere we w ill end- Today we will farmers who are in dis Tomorrow it will be the V* There are hundreds of thou<;and unem ployed. They can equa i j ust i ce demand . „ w here will we end ? mD i 0 wrs Fear Workers' Dole, t he cat is out of the bag! The industrial interests of the r j c hest country of the world which ;i C 0 h „e has™ national social legis lationj nQ old age pensions, no un ptrmlovment insurance, no aid for far ^ ers made bankrupt by the ad vent of the machine—these inter « their danger lies! n0 tfoUow b y the same ««ft«»" safety for the farmers and woric ers? a * d ° - * the Mian Bu - pro^Ane of road by Mr. Eg gers. insisted at all times Mr - Eggers msisted at all Umes that he had not> ™£ld not ap prove of t t y . d accepted his statement in go faith. r1a ; med t w he form any ^ ÄSWÄ 5S3Î ^£ e 4" r ï£ III of. When Mr. Rose called at tne oi Lee of the Federal ^^econd Roaus on ^9'the second survey had not been fded with the Bureau of Roads «id none of our committee knew of such approval until within the last few days. WOLF POINT WINS (Continued from page One) Had we known that had been formally approved by Mr Eggers (which he stoutlyjemed) that fact would have materially altered the situation, and saved much effort and unnecessary ex pense. , - , , Just why Mr. Eggers denied hav mg approved of said line of road at the time our committee called upon him, we are unable to state nor are we able to understand just why the survey approved by him on March 23, 1929, was never filed | with the Bureau of Public Roads for about 60 days after the date of its approval by him. We presume that there is an ex planation for both, hut if so we ^ re 1 j not advised of what it is. Having asserted upon several oc casions that the second survey had never been approved by Mr. Eg gers, we feel it our duty to correct! that statement by giving the facts. (signed) GOOD ROADS COMMITTEE, Plentywood Now In Effect and Continuing Daily Until September 30 EAST WEST Minneapolis-St. Paul and Duluth .. Chicago .. Kansas City.. 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Faster time, no extra fare. Consult your local agent or 105.00 J. F. Pewters Assistant General Freight and Passenger Agent 507-510 Powers Building Helena, Mont. GREAT NORTHERN A dependable railway BORDS! MURDER from page One! (Con tinued the shooting which has aroused ronsiderable feeling in this section. Countv Attorney Hurlburt declared charges will be preferred against White if a coroner's inquest sched uled for tomorrow morning, dis closes that the shooting was with out cause. .... . Virkula was shot through the neck and death wa instantaneous. The shooting occurred at 11:30 last night. The body was brought by the patrolmen to this city where Virkula's aged parents reside. Vir kula operated a confectionary store at Big Falls. Virkula was on his way to his home when he was ordered to stop by the patrolmen two miles south of Little Fork. Police here said there was no evidence of liquor in Virkula's automobile.. Two empty bottles were found but these had contained medicine. St P a„,, Ju pe 18.-AUh.» g h X ls charged with the killing of Hen * yVirkula ? ea J Fork > J PL 8th removal of the case to a fed era , court would not remove the right to prosecute under state law, in the 0 p im0 n of James Markham, deputy attorney general. Murdered With Shotguns. The shooting was done with saw ed off shotguns and the automo bile was dented with shot in 26 places. Sheriff Hugh Reidy of Koochich ing county, together with the coun attorney, is conducting a sep arate investigation. Mrs. Virkula has indicated that she will file a complaint against White following the inquest. * White and Servine refused to comment on the shooting. The two patrolmen's duties consisted chief ly of watching for liquor runners from Canada. The men made their headquarters at International Falls, the Canadian border. ty on INTERNATIONAL FALLS ADDRESSES HOOVER AGAIN The was expressed Mon day m a letter to Governor Chris tianson as a response to a petition signed by more than 200 Interna tional Falls citizens asking the governor to take steps to keep the, case in state courts. Markham is acting in the absence 0 f G. . Youngquist, attorney general. A second plea for dismissal of Henry Sullivan, inspector in United States customs service at international Falls, has been pre pared by the council there and is to be s ênt to President Hoover, p j ea ac ti 0 n on a former message sent the president, which endedf »f or Fod's sake help us." It charges Sullivan with having prov ed himself "obnoxious and offi c j, oug heyond the degree to which his 0 ffi C e entitles him." - SHOTGUNS ORDERED TAKEN A. I the AWAY FROM BORDER PATROL Washington, D. C., June 19— President Hoover has ordered the 1 sawed-off shotguns taken away from the border patrolmen as the result of the nation-wide protest over the recent murders by these irresponsible officers, and has or dered patrolmen to do no more shooting except in self defense. The shooting of Virkula in nor thern Minnesota, coming after sev eral other similar killings in the past month has aroused the nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and there has been many fiery de bates in the Senate in reference to the enforcemnt of prohibition. i well as enforcing the law. see it, our government is very blamable in allowing this situation to continue. There must be found some means to stop it." Copeland Protests "Ho wean any straight thinking man approve the action of govern ment officials who beset innocent citizens and strike them down in cold blood?" Copeland asked. "Ev ery employe of the United States government has placed upon him the responsibility of observing as As I a e Copeland said if an agent was placed every 10 feet on the Cana dian border, liquor would come in through some sort of conspiracy sooner or later. Senator Copeland, democrat, New York, asked senators to consider during the recess the possibility of congressional action to prevent "the inexcusable killing of inno cent citizens by government offi cials." THE WEEK (Continued from page One) When the turn came they could not turn with it. Their case was similar to the Republican paity. When McKinley got protection for infant American industry against the British, it was essen tial if American manufacturing was to survive. The turn has come. The infants are giants tak ing the trade of the world away Massey-Harris COMBINED To save the grain, it must first be threshed out of the head. The New Massey-Harris Cylinder has no teeth. 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Yet the Republicans of today in sist on continuing the policy just the McKenzie machine insisted coddling the railiroads after the pioneer period was over. as on The old timers were responsible for the prohibition law of North Dakota and for barring out the Louisiana lottery. Yet at their Kindergarten club in Bismarck they relaxed broadly with Green Mountain whisky and poker. They were not hypocriates. They did good and evil boldly, the one without publicity the other with out apology. They met defeat victory with the same immobil* face. McCumber may be movtij from his office in Washington but neither the look in his eye nor t line of his face will betray hh thought. He wouIU not bow his heald to the IVA in 1922 at James, town when his choice was that or defeat, fotr his was the pride of the old guard that dies hut never surrenders. Let those who will call him a "lame duck." . Heraem bering his cold, deadly courage his prWe of intellect and his loy alty his name should bo "the last of the stalwarts.