Regime—Farmers’
N ONE of the most hotly contested
primaries that Wisconsin ever has
had, the conservative Republicans
dealt the La Follette dynasty a severe
blow. Philip La Fol-
lette, brother of the
senator, was a candi-
date for renomination
as governor, but was
soundly beaten by
Walter J. Kohler,
former governor,
whom La Follette de-
feted two years ago.
Many of the counties
Philip carried then
turned him down this
time, and he ran be
hind in both dagricul-
industrial sections of the
W. J. Kohler
tural and
state.
Emphasizing their change of heart,
the Republican electors also voted for
the retirement of United States Sen.
ator John J. Blaine, one of the
staunchest of the “pregressives” in
the upper house: He was beaten by
John B. Chapple, a young editor of
Ashland who made a flerce campaign.
Incomplete returns indicated the en-
tire conservative state ticket had been
carried to victory by Kohler and
Chapple.
Kohler, a wealthy manufacturer
whose home and large factories are
in a village that bears his name, nev-
er held public office until he was
elected governor In 1028. His sup-
porters this year were known as
“hatchet men" for their slogan was
“Cut Costs With Kohler,” and the
high cost of state government and
high taxes were the issues emphasized.
Kohler called for a $16,000,000 re-
duction in taxes, and set forth as his
doctrine that factories mean jobs, and
that to build up private incomes by
keeping the taxing system from chas-
ing industries out of the state Is more
fundamental than to increase income
taxes. These arguments proved espe
cially
in Milwau
industrial
This was
inty, Racine and other
regions,
the first time that a La
Foliette had bzen voted down
1892, when the late
Se or Robert M. La
Follette was beater
in a congressional
race An
kee cot
since
interesting
feature of this year’s
campaign was the
presence of Burton K
Wheeler, Democratic
senator from Mon
tana, who made
speeches try ing
persuade the Demo
ecrats of Wisconsin to
go into the Repub
lican primary and vote for Blaine and
La Follette, The Democratic
leaders hotly resented Wheeler's ae-
tion and evidently it had little If any
effect.
Kohler's majority was in the neigh-
borhood of 100,000. Chapple had a
smaller majority— 20.000-—for
the vote for Blaine was heavy In the
Industrial centers,
The Democrats at this writing ap-
pear to have nominated Mayor A. G.
Schmedeman of Madison for governor
over Leo P. Fox and William R. Ru-
bin. For senator F. Ryan Duffy of
Fond du Lac was unopposed.
J. B. Chapple
state
about
EPUBLICAN NATIONAL CHAIR.
man Everett Sanders announced
that President Hoover's first campaign
speech would be made In Des Moines,
Towa, on October 4. He will make no
addresses on the journey from Wash.
ington and back. In the beart of the
agricultural region, where the farm
ers .have been on strike against low
prices, Mr. Hoover intends to expatiate
on his program for relief of the farm.
er in reply to the recent address by
hig rival, Franklin D, Roosevelt. The
speech in Des Moines will be broad.
cust over at nationwide radio hookup.
HOSE farmers of the Middle West
have entered on a new phase of
their “holiday” strike which promises
to be more effective than the move
ment that almed to keep all farm pro-
duce from the cities and was marred
by frequent violent deeds. The plan
now evolved by their leaders contem-
plates the withholding from market of
all grain and other non-perishable
products, but the farmers are forbid
den to picket the highways or block
them In any way. Nearly two mil
lion farmers were asked to join in this
nonselling movement.
Agriculturists In Minnesota, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Nebraska and
Towa, the “strike” leaders sald, had
given assurances they would particl-
pate, They added that farmers In
Ohlo, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Kan.
sas and Illinois had “shown Interest™
in the movement,
EVERAL Important meetings were
held In Washington during the
week, among them being those of the
National Municipal league and the
national conference on government.
Addressing the former, Silas H.
Strawn, former chairman of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, declared
that taxes must be reduced bécause
the nation has reached the end of its
oe
financial rope. In the sixteen years
from 1918 to 1920, he said, the cost
of all government increased by 400
per cent, while at the same time the
national income had Increased by only
148 per cent. In 1930, he sald, in-
come taxes amounted to $2,411,000,000 ;
in 1831 they dropped to $1,860,000,000;
and In 1032 they hit a new low of $1,
057,000,000,
Commenting on the “soak the rich”
policy noted In congress at the last
session Mr. Strawn declared it “hope-
lessly fallacious” and that there are
few rich left to “soak” and because
those who still retain a part of their
fortunes will Invest In tax exempt
securities thereby defeating the very
purpose of tax legislation aimed at the
wealthy class,
To the conference on government
Gordon L, Hostetter, director of the
Chicago Employers’ association, sald
that the racket, originally thought of
as a temporary form of graft or extor-
tion, has grown through alliances of
business groups, union heads, politi
cians, and criminals until it annually
costs the nation an “Inealeulable sum.”
In Chicago alone, sald Mr. Hostetter,
racketeering costs more than $145,000.
000 a year. Add to this the amount
spent by the city to deal with rack:
eteering, he sald, and the total cost
of Chicago's rackets equals the annual
cost of the municipal government.
the disarmament
V HEN
'¥ ence resumed Its sittings Ip
Geneva the Germans were not in offi-
cial attendance because their demand
for equality of arma-
ment had been reject
ed by France, jut
they found they were
facing also the united
opposit fon of Great
Britain and the United
States, If not other
of the great powers,
The British foreign
office memorandum
sald the German de
mand was at least un-
timely, since “atten
tion and energy should
be directed to economic rehabilitation
of the world,” and that anyhow Ger.
many was not entitled to abrogate the
part of the treaty of Versailles that
sr armament even If the other
ns should fall to disarm or re
uce their armaments.
This view of the question apparent.
was pleasing to the United States
ent, ar id Ambassador Walter
itor David A. Reed
ania, at a loncheon given
I in Paris, told the pre
mier that was the view of the Ameri
can people. Their government, they
said, stands for progressive disarma
nent and the sanctity of treaties,
M. Herriot ald before the foreign
affairs commission of the chamber of
deputies a full statement of his pol-
icy In this matter and defended it
earnestly. He gave the commission
certain details which had come Into
his possession regarding the alleged
illicit manufacture of arms ln Germany,
The German press insisted that
their government must not weaken, as
serting that Great Britain had de.
ceived Germany and that the British
note treated Germany in Intolerable
fashion. Some papers declared Ger
many must withdraw from the League
of Nations,
confer.
M. Herriot
8g he
governn
Edge
and
N AHATMA GANDHI, after a
i hearty meal of fruit and milk,
began his protest fast, which he sald
he would keep up until he died of
starvation unless the
iritish government
altered the terms of
its settlement of the
communal elections
problem. The mahat-
ma was still In Yer
avda jall at Poona.
The government said
he was free to leave
the prison, but he re
fused to go out of his
cell unless he were
forcibly removed,
So many friends
and well wishers called at the jail
that’ the aged leader was made ill
from excitement, and thereafter visi
tors were excluded for the present,
He received hundreds of telegrams
and letters begging him not to under-
take the death fast. To correspond.
ents the mahatma sald he counted his
life as of no consequence, adding :
“Like the prophet of Islam and like
Jesus, 1, on a humbler scale, have un:
dertaken a tussle for justice, as my
fast continues my human ery will rise
to the heavens of God Almighty.
“My fast is not for sympathy. Aft
er the first few days the desire for
food will vanish and I shall begin to
brood. All my Interest will be with.
drawn from externals, and I shall be
come one with ‘the cause.’
“Be assured, however, that 1 shall
make a superhuman effort to retain
my grip on life. I am anxious as any.
body to continue to live. There In
nothing like water for prolonging life
and I shall partake of it whenever 1
require It, and hope to carry on until
the Hindu conscience awakens.”
ry
Gandhi
UST as Bolivia and Paraguay are
squabbling over the Gran Chaco,
so Colombia and Peru are on the
verge of war over the possession of
the Amazon river port of Leticia and
some surrounding territory ceded by
Colombia to Peru in 1922, The Bo-
gota government has refused to acs
cept a Peruvian proposal for settle
ment of the controversy, and the peo-
ple of both nations are seemingly
eager for war and are raising big
funds for the purchase of armaments,
Both Bolivia and Paraguay have
been making offers to cease hostill-
ties pending negotiations, but appar-
ently neither feels it can trust the
other to act In good faith. Meanwhile
the fighting between thelr border
forces, especially at Fort Boqueron,
was continued, the Paraguayans claim-
ing the advantage,
ENATOR JAMES J. DAVIS of
Pennsylvania went on trial in New
York on two federal indictments charg-
ing conspiracy, the prosecution alleg-
ing he was responsi.
ble for two lotteries
totaling $3,000,000 con-
ducted by the Loyal
Order of Moose, of
which the senator Is
the director general,
It was charged that
Davis personally prof.
ited from these lotter-
ies, which were osten-
sibly for charitable
purposes. Assistant
United States Attor-
ney Treadwell told
the jury that checks totaling $172.
800 from the proceeds of the drives
went to pay off a note which was Mr,
Davis’ personal obligation, to his per.
sonal checking account, to a corpora
tion controlled by him,
Sen. Davis
of the organization department of
Moose.
In 1931 the lottery was more dis-
creetly handled, Mr. Treadwell con-
tinued, and the drawing took place on
the steamship Priscilla,
twelve mile Hmit, after which all rec-
ords were thrown overboard.
for the defense contended
saections were Innocent.
outside
Counsel
all the tras
government witnesses In-
als of Moo ie
the domination of
Davis in the order and the claim that
he was cognizant of everything that
wns with its
finances,
HREE California ecltizens have un-
T lertnken to bioe k the loan of $40,
000.000 by the Reconstruction Finance
corpaoratio ir the construction of an
n Dam to Los
has been author
but the sult
of Columbia Sa-
Early
cluded various offic the
called prove
connection
t fr
aone ih
Boulder
Angeles, The loan
ized by the corporation,
filed In District
preme court seeks to enjoin it, attack.
lity of the decigion by
to pur.
# of the $220.
000.000 worth of water district bonds,
The core ition also heard opposl-
tion thie ww Angeles application for
Lon o
¥ ¢ £h ram
~ JHE} ix) for th onsirue.
the
the corporation proposes
chase two 20.0000 ot
a loan of £3:
ider
from Bou
proposed
and to the
#8 power line
am to the coast,
loan of $10,000,000 for a bridge across
that
federal
Chesapeake bay on
this would mean
the ground
the use of
a project
ely owned ferry lines,
funds to finance
with going privat
MERICA
nent
Dr, Frank Billings of Chicago at the
age of seventy eight years,
lost one of its most emi-
in this country and he had headed
nearly every prominent organization
of his profession. He was responsi.
ble for the founding of numerous hos
pital clinics and research
and trained many great doctors, and
himself was rated as one of the best
diagnosticians and physicians in the
world.
Speaker John N, Garner, Democrat-
ie candidate for the Vice Presidency,
was called to his home in Detroit, Tex.
as, by the illness of his aged mother,
Mrs,
and was born and spent her entire life
in northeastern Texas,
EVERAL thousand feeble old men,
remnants of the Grand Army of
the Republic, gathered for their sixty-
sixth annual encampment in Spring-
field, 111, the city in which the organ-
ization was born, They had their
usual business sessions; but much of
their time was spent In visiting the
tomb of Lincoln, their adored war com-
mander, and other places connected
with the life of the martyred Presi.
dent, and in attending services in the
old prison Camp Butler, now a nation.
al cemetery.
ROGRESSIVE Miners of America,
the new organization that is fight.
ing the wage settlement in linois ef.
fected with the old union, was not
having much success In keeping the
workers from returning to the pits
In Taylorville the insurgents were
blamed for two bombings, one of which
partly wrecked a newspaper plant.
Two companies of state troops were
sent there and restored order. In
yield to the demands of the new union
for pay higher than the adopted scale,
HICAGO is jubilant, for the Cubs
are now the champion team of the
National lengue. The opening of the
world's series with the New York
Yankees, who won the Ameriean
league pennant, was set for Septem
ber 28 in New York; the games In
Chicago will begin the following Sas
urday.
©. 1932 Western Newspaper Unlon,
8 IF college-going daughters and
those of high and grammur-school
age were the only ones who must face
the “eternal-feminine” question of
What about the
myriads of youngsters In kindergarten
or In first-grade classes? Well, it's
wother who must solve this problem.
To be “practical” in
clothes
frequent
childhoods
must yield kindly to
ngs. From this point
that corduroy
tubbi
of the now-so-papular
meshes for wee folks’
hundred per cs
¥
ws
Sot only de
durene
frocks serve a
nt perfect.
cotton
looks and the
EDe nk
the fact that the mod.
weave is so much more su
y the good
washable qu ies of corduroy
in its favor but
ern pple
hter
material in
seamsiress to
mothers who know
uroy =
weight, makes this
easier for the
And so,
have come to
mediom-ideal for the maki
schiooi and playtime apparel
handle.
congider cord
ng of chil
corduroy
which little Miss lock: 1s ®o
proudly wearing in the pleture might
wisely be Included In the wardrobe of
any lttle girl who must go back and
forth to kindergarten during crisp au
tomn days. Much to the delight of {ts
wearer it has a cunning white
qued on
coat-and hat “set”
Curly
bunny
pocket. A self
scar! ties fashion close up
around the throat In latest adult fash
fon. The neckline is, however, ad
justable in that the coat can be thrown
open, forming lapels at the front
each
in cravat
WILL BE POPULAR
Velvet is verging on one of the big.
Until recently worn mainly by the
There are many new varieties, the
heavily woven velvet and the soft light
ones, the chiffon.ring variety and ve
ns well as an ex
tremely fine and silky sort made at
Dresses, coats, hats and even shoes
made of velvel.
“Little Convict” Is New
Hat Popular in London
A new hat is taking London by
storm. It is less eccentric and “diffi
cuit” than the boater or pillbox, which
bad a brief but devastating popularity,
and is called the “little convict.” Like
the beret, it is a type of skullcap, but
Is more formal than that charming
but abused piece of millinery.
It consists of three strips or trian
gles, sewed to fit closely to the head,
but with a peak coming dower on the
forehead, taking off the bare look that
the just-gone fashions have had, and
is seen In almost every material
It can be adorned very successfully
with a feather or spray of flowers, or
a jeweled clasp--which, by the way,
doesn’t really clasp angthing-—and
just as successfully left quite plain,
Shirred Prints
Printed sheer costumes are shirred
80 that the print is most charmingly
blurred. Sometimes the whole frock
is shirred and the jacket is left un.
shirred--so0 that there is a pleasant
contrast of design between the (wo.
Crochet Hats
Brimmed hats of Irish and simple
thread crochet mesh are replacing the
brimless crochet caps that everyone
was wearing earlier in the season.
.
Rough Cottons
Not only are these new tweedy
looking cottons especially smart for
suits and matching top coats but they
make simply grand beach coats
Mothers seeking materials for little
girls’ school dresses are making new
discoveries in the realm of cotton fab-
rics which are proving genuinely heip-
ful to them. They are finding smart
durene cottons so artfully woven as
to have an expensive woolly appear-
ance reality they are un-
believedly low-priced, Diagonals, ribbed
effects, basket herringbone
stripes and all soris of fascinating
novelties ao
whereas in
weaves,
of delectable
to the very lat
navies and browns,
The old child In the plet
gowned In
of durene cott
altractive dress
yoke wi
that It
There Us bolero
her hand and cord tle
which is an effective trimming touch is
easily mad yw yan The jaunty
» mesh r mnt is an
: ’ v tah » a ¥ ® - %
interpretatio 3 I : nile
litle d
fashion Th hole itfit swashes
beautifully—comes out looking like
new from ench tubbing
yatfies and in charming color combina-
These make a great point
interesting stitcl Tects,
Newspaper Union.
ons,
Western
BUTTONS UP BACK
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
This frock of black corded knit
wool buttons up the back, which is an
exceedingly modish thing for it to
do. It has other equally as outstand-
ing style features-——its sleeve, for in.
stance, which is very smartly designed
with its buttoned flap at the elbow,
Its white waffle angora detachable
front is another clever touch. Of con
siderable style importance also is the
fact that shiny accessories are worn
with this dull-finished knit outfit. The
buttons, the belt and the shoes, all
shine forth in effective contrast to
the somber black. Patent leather belts
with patent leather shoes are regarded
ae being In high style for fall. The
shoes this young woman Is wearing
are side-laced patent leather and suede
oxfords of the high-cut version,
“
“Lucile is the
* Happiest Girl’’
Bo many mothers
nowadays talk about
giving thelr children
fruit Juices, as if
this were a new dis-
covery. As a matter
of fact, for over fifty
years, mothers have
been accomplishing
results far surpassing ry you
can secure from home prepared fruit
Julees, by using pure, wholesome Cale
ifornla Fig Syrup, which is prepared
under the most exacting laboratory
supervision from ripe California
Figs, richest of all fruits in laxative
and nourishing properties.
It's marvelous to see how billous,
weak, feverish, sallow, constipated,
under-nourished children respond to
its gentle influence ; how thelr breath
clears up, color flames In thelr
cheeks, and they become sturdy,
playful, energetic again, A Western
mother, Mrs, H. J, Stoll, Valley P. O.,
Nebraska, says: “My little daughter,
Roma Luclle, was constipated from
babyhood. I became worried about
ber and decided to give her some
California Fig Syrup. It stopped her
constipation quick; and the way fit
improved her color and made her
pick up made me realize how run-
down she had been. She is so sturdy
and well now, and always in such
good humor that neighbors say she's
the happlest girl in the West.”
Like all good things, California Fig
Syrup is imitated, but you can al-
ways get the genuine by looking for
the “California” on the carton.
name
Radios in Russia
Hardly a corner of
cltles of J 6H i
Fes ker,
propagan
pasting
‘
thoritie
and
Then Harvey Swooned
a great |
Do you get vp in the morning with a
tired feeling ond drog yourself through
the doy? Nervous — jumpy irritcble?
It is the warning sign of constipation,
Neglect moy bring serious cilments. Toke
2 or more of Dr.Morse’s Indion Root Pills,
They cre a gentle, mild, and obsolutely
safe laxative. Made of noture’s pure
herbs ond roots. Ure them tonight ond
bring bock your pep ——of oll druggists
ia 5 DrMorses
1. RT PILLS
Mild & Gentle Laxative
Curious
“It says here the kick of a mule
restored a dumb man's speech.” said
be
“H'm.,” she sald, looking thought-
fully at “1 wonder if a mule
conld kick some sense into a
wan.” q
him,
dumb
—Cincinnati
Life i in Mexico
The Yerage tenure of
Mexico Is fifteen years.
life
Acr Quickuy!
Picking et nostrils. Gritting the
beet. Loss of sppetite. These are
ptoms of worms. Rid your
: ild's body of these ruinous pare
asites that sap health and strength,
Give Comstock's Dead Shot Worm
Pellets. Prepared like confections.
Children take them without sus
pecting treatment.
COMSTOCK'S
WORM (7%) PELLETS
gh, Ca AR
Disastrous Flood
The 1081 Yangtze river flood
drowned 150,000 persons in China
and did $2.000000000 worth of
property damage.
There are many more fishes in the
sen than were taken out of It,
Wh otf
Cuticura Soap used constantly
end Cuticura @luntmont occa
sionally will promote and maintain a
clear skin, free from pimples, black.
heads, redness, roughness and other
unsightly eruptions.
Soap 25¢. Ointment 25 and Soc,
Proprietors: Potter Drug & Chemical
Corp. Malden, Masa.
Ww. N. v. BALTIMORE, NO. 40-1932,
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