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_ _ _ FF FR _ IS POLICY ADOPTED BY GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND ITALY TELEPHONES WE PREACH THE CLASS ~RUGGLE IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKERS AS A CLASS SUBSCRITiON Business Office..........52 Editorial Rooms -... 292 ý e oth $10 Subscribers Will Confer a F- Three Moths.......2. or by Calling 52a when Paper p•Six Months...... .. Is Not Delivered, O ear-- - Og.50 VOL. 2.-No. 101. 1"I'[TTEll. T-' :\. MONT.NA. T1K 1 :1. n ;. !!1. Fair and warmer. PRICE FIVE CENTS ALA BUTTE \I~E MAY ~EOPE COAL STRIKE BEING ENDED, REASON FOR SHUTDOWN OF COPPER MINES ELIMINATED With thel arrival of 26( cars of coal ill Butt yesterday, th1( situation was ouly temporarily relineved, due to the fa.ct that only six of the cars contained domestic coal. rp1The other 20 ears contained Diamonville miine-run coal a1d w(ere consigned to the Alaconda Copper Minig corn Due to an agreement reached between the local fuel alliniistration and officials of the mining company, it was decided that tih contents of the 20 cars would not be drawn upon only in emer gency cases, as the opening of the minets was considered of first im portance to Butte. The small shipment of six cars of domestic coal was very welcome as it developed late yesterday that !here was very little coal in the hands of the dealers. The crisis has in no sense passed, according to those in a. position to know, as it \ill be inmpossible for regular ship lments of coal to begin to arrive in B!utte for the next several days. Four more calrs are expected to arrive in the city some time during ithe week froml the great laks coun t ry. It is also expected that the )ianmondvilie mines, which are own 1d by the Anaconda Mining com ipany, will begin shipping domestic coal into Butte within a short time. It i rumnored that with the coin pany coal mnines once again in oper alion, all of the copper mines in tlhis community will resume oper alion shortly, inl accordance with the aInenouncetlent of the conlpany of ficials that the shutdown was dlu to 1he coal strike. The Union Pacife and other rail roads find it no longer necessary to weise coal destined for domestic use. due to the fact that the mines which s;lpply the railroads are again work ing practically normal. IlESTm I('TI('ONiS lREMOVEI). W.aslingion, Dec. 16.--11. B. Nor ris, one of the engineers of the fuel (d(ministration, was summloned by the senatorial committee investigat ing the strike setllenment offered by the p)residlent over tile opplosition of Fuel Director Garfield. Norris will be quoc;tioned as to the method used by IDr. Garfield in arriving at 1 ho concilusion that 14 per cent in erease for the miners, with no in crease in prices to consiumers, was the proper rate of wage increase. After a long executive session yesterday. Chairman Frelinghuysen (Continued on Page Six.) D'ANNUNZIO GIVES UP FIUME PORT TO ITALY i Slpecial United Press Wire.) Paris, Dec. 16.-One of the most daring laind romantic epi sodes in history ended with the wii!uthiraal of Gabriel I)'lAnnun Zio t'rolm iFlume and the occupa tion of that city by Italian regu it'rs, iit omell dispatch stattld. 'The witldrawal followed ian agree :ent ieached by hiil with l'lllrmier N itti, it is repor'tled in the dislpatches. Stock Gamblers Get Advance Dope on Court's Decisions WRashington, DIec. 1 .--Invetiga tion of ;rlegations that "inside and advance information" as to forth coming decisions of the United States supreme court was being se cured by a certain group who used the informaltion to so manipulate their deals on the stock market as to win fortunes through speculation, are being investigated by the bureau uf inves;tigation of the department of justice. In a st:ateinent issued late yester day by Captain Burke, chief of the investigation bureau of the depart ment of justice, the following facts TROOPS ARE LEAVING STATE "Tin Hats," Called by Stew art Without Reason, Be lieved to Be Going. Min ers Returning to Work. Iloundup, Dec. 16.--The detach - ineni of troops which had been sta tioned here has been withdrawn, in dicating, it is believed, the early withdrawal of all of the 400 regular troops brought to the state from Camp Lewis on request of Governor Sam Stewart. The men here, al though resentful of the action of thei governor in calling for troops when there had been no disturbances in any of the camps, practically all re turned to work Monday and are pro ducing about 5,000 tons of coal a day, it is estimated. Late last week a number of the striking miners volunteered to work sufficiently to produce coal to supply the urgent needs of the families of TounIldup. This magnanimous action by the union men relieved the situ ation here. It was announced that the Klein nmine owned by the Milwaukee rail road, will furnish some of its output for commercial purposes until the shortage is relieved. IIILLINGS GETS ('OAL. Billings, Dec. 16.-With the ar rival of four cars of coal yesterday and last night from Bear Creek. where a force of volunteer workers has been digging coal, and the stead ily rising temperature, suffering from the coal shortage in Billings has diminished. District Secretary Robert Condon. in charge of district headquarters in the absence of District President Henry Drennen, who is visiting the individual locals, has issued requests to miners to return to work irre spective of whether troops have been withdrawn fromnt the camps or not. LEHIGH MINEiRS OUT. Great Falls, Dec. 16.--It is esti mated that approximately '9010 1men returned to work in the Carcad coal mines this morning as the re sult of action taken. The miners at Lehigh still are out .anUd, according to reports, may re main out indefinitely, the men de clining to accept the terms of tl, president's proposal as a satisfac tory settlement of the miners' de miantds. :ere related with reference to lthe "leaks:" "On Nov. 23, Martin Pew, man ager .of the International News service of New York, came to Wash ington and consulted Chief Justice Whit" of the supreme court, in re gard to recent alleged leaks in the supreme court's decision on the Southern Pacific oil land cases. Chief Justice White then asked Judge Ames to investigate a report by Mr. Pew that a friend had told him that he had been approached (Continued on Page Two.) The last issue, June 13, 1919, of the A. E. F., official organ of the American Expeditionary Forces contained the following editorial. In thcse days when the militarists' trumpets are blaring, it is encouraging to read what follows: "Nobody under God's great tranquil skies c.n tell of the rottenness of war but the men who suffered through it. "LUpon'them rests a solemn duty. They must go home and choke the coward jingo who masks himself behind his false and blatant patrictism, and the merchant politician, not content with stuffing his home coffers till they burst, but anxious to barter the blood of his country's young manhood fcr new places in the sun.'" City Fuel Admini strator of Great Falls Stabilises Prices That those who were in dire need of coal in Great Falls during the recent coal strike were not relieved is not the fault either of the coal miners of Tracy or Sand Coulee or the Cascade Trades and Labor assembly is apparent from the matter printed below, setting forth the plans made by the miners and the union men of Great Falls to furnish free coal to the poor, and how those plans were thwarted by Dr. Longeway, city fuel administrator. It would apcar..tli.t he fuel administrator of Great Falls feared the distribution" of free coal would "disrupt the work of the fuel administrator." The misunderstanding, or failure to reach an agreement which would have greatly relieved suffering in Great Fills, was due to the misconception, on the part of the miners and union men of Great Falls, as to the duties of the fuel administrator. The miners of Tracy and Sand Coulee produced coal, v ithout any charge for their labor, and the union men of Great Falls were ready to stand all the expense of transportation and delivery, in order that the poor might be taken care of, but the city fuel administrator prevented the consummation of their plans, thus affording proof, according to the statement of the negotiations printed below, that the first consideration of a city fue administrator is not the prevention of suffering, but the stabilizing of coal prices. The suspicion, already amounting to conviction in mary cases, that "fair-price" (Continued on Paige Two.) Predictions of World's End on Tomorrow Bunk, Say Scientists |lecause of Ihi' fail. Ithat inll Ihle, .a st'elsewhere, iearI-astlrollolllers, Nse·is. fo.rlua ' tellers unilll olhers'l have bee(' predIl tint (lOig that s.m(e unusual ('onvuIlsioin of ni atiu'(', laIhih;ig lfroi severI e St o lrs ito . ar': :ii.utuakes, eve(n to des'tru' tion of. the worhl, will ccrli t.olow't, w1 heni a ii intiher of the planets i tie ti ll.e into ojujl()(llil it ir near'ly so, mk:any of tihe aior(e tiiiid or sape'stition people of the city have ne.n phl.ngedl into a state of inear-panic. 'hat, iht l'(ecordint, to llc(t i(ril.tltc c:iseralions of real scientists, Ihitere lhave (eenll illaly timells in ith(e past wh(enI tl2ie griavitatliontal "ull" ol''f oii+v' ll orilds hlasbe ie lilllui Strolngeri' tha will lbe the "puill" of the lphllIets Venus, Marls, .uilpit('rl, ~; itill'l, Neiptlnl:(i ' and il r'lilra s oi Friday. tllit thait ih tth'ese oc siollns Ihave passed.' witlhoult unllisial o(' (llicurasl , is ileclarid by me1 whio know ilvereoIf ihy s.ieak. Ieatuse of thle sIat.e of itrelidalion iln which manyi Butte. people have been pilunag through tine iedlic'tios of var-ions fakias, Ithie Illowinlg allhoritative article, by aI scielltist oif ilute'ntioaial renlown, will hb of itere st DRASTIC CO NTOL OF SUGAR IS REOUIRED Congressmen Find That Profiteers Seek to Place "Sky High" Prices On Commodity. Wa'shington, Dle. I 6.--Charges that profiteers were planning on reaping a harves;t of "sky high price;" in sugar and advocacy ofi com:plete governmental control of prices and distribution of augur for the protection of family consumers from such profiteers were brought out at the hearing held yesterday before the house comlnmittee on agri cultural affairs during a hearing on the MeNary bill. Addvocates of broad governlment control, sollle of whom want the goverlnment to purchase tile entire Cuban crop, told the comlmittee that the mitre purchase of the Cuban crop without drastic laws emnpowert ing the government to control prices and distribution would be "merely playing into the hands of the prof (Continued on Page Two.) lB PJO)l'. ti. Vi. ('AMI'III,L, (D)irector. I uk Obo-u'evauiou'y', (Wriliiteufo tht etOIc(e I'ii s5.) Scores of CoMIooouoji tIicll s (Conotin itd on I'age Six.) ALLEGED STEEL PROFITEERS FALL OUT \e~\\ York, De~cc. M~.-A.s tile' '(c.tult ott a ,il fiitd lhere yes ( terdl ay the 4 IIctaiil: of aI translriac tiof iin sttcl theI si-ni bit which ff(rthlliu" L. I'ei Uu se, for-il tOaet (0111ith ~ii 110 Of t he high (ou~t -of a=idcioittatio in iii -~Ig nephew or ), luate Lord Kiteji ever, unid Vol. I-enry Ii. Pope, senior I iiic-!u usjideoj of the C te;itert Stu I (utotlittty, were( lo profiit tlt'totgi a satle ofl met·al to 11:,' British gUcrec'll itlent, tie4" l\i'(tpt t o huti i caledl 1'eai.c i4.,t entiered suit against iian I n it n 'd Pop.e, l leging- thlat Iito I htee werte pattrt 11et's in the ste (10l ndLl Were to sharei ttuatlly in tile $300, 000 alleged pro'tits. Palut-se al leges that II h as letft out in the diviio Iboft tit spoils. LOOTEY SEL LS SUGAR TO "STILL" Shortweight Prince Does Big Business in Precious Granulated. Moonshiner's Place Was Raided. "Wilh tlereturn of more motle' ii We tier he cam';tlpaign against Ihe manuli;Ict iurers of nIoonshine t oo o. ! ri',e n'wed vigor" yesterday e'hlen ;pecial Officer Jack Melia a.i heis ssi.statll Jolhn Duggan, nttltd u vtwo stills. .\ 1835 Dlewey bouleoard one .till, four Ialrrls of raisins fer !leniltig iindl seven 25-p)OlTund boxes of raishins intact, were confiscated. The housel was vacant. )ne still. 4t) pounds of sugar and molarses fermentation, one sack sugar, two botllies moonshine. and 10)0 lpunds of granulated sugar, bought of "Shortweight" Lootey within the last few days, were ealp tured and taken to the basement of the courtlhouse, to repdos1 alongside of nuflerous other captures until (Continued on Page Five.) PRESSURE OF LABOR FORCES CHANGE OF RUSSIAN POLICY ON "BIG THREE" CONFERENCE London, Dec. 1,(i.--- Peare will he ow(nluded by Christ imus, n(eording to the optimistic foreeast of officials of i lle Britis.h foreign offfice. The special commission of (iemlnu1 techlli(,lll eperts lppoinited to discuss with the allied rIl'resentacli i Vs in Pal'is thlle matter of reparation for the sinking of the inlterned German fleet at Scapa Flow, is 1prepared to offer some of the docks and dredges LIQUOR MEN LOSE ALL HOPE Defeat of Wartime Prohibi tion Repeal by House Com mittee Puts the Kibosh on Booze. (Special I'lited Press Wire.) Washingtonl, Dec. 16.--- .All hope of congress coliing to the aid. of the liquor intelrests before conlstitulltiolnal prohibition becomes effective, van ithled when the hose agri 'iltural l collli ttee vo ted 1i t o 3 againsll-t thel (repeal of 1war-in prohlio ibiltionl . Tehis tion wat s talken on .lRpresenllttl ivej 1 iGallivall's bill andlll inlan the lie;ls- l 111re will be prrmlanenl ly pigSeollholed i by the conilnitio.ll BItI KS1 It111(' IIIEDENT,. Was.ington, Dec. 16.-Deviating ifromn( usual customI of tlihe court yesI terday. ,Justice Irandlois did not I keep'l tihe large crowd in the courlt chamlber il sllpellns u ill ifter tIhe' readingll olf the lengtlhy dec ision, Ie fore tannollnOllng thiat wair-time pri o-I hibition had Ibel I h ld constitutlionall Justice Brande. (li ilsnl)n tcd hin l .ll - 01 diately that colllilt \was cllonvened thatl : rIhe "'docisio. l f lthie Ioulisville Icourt is reve'sed, itIaI of the Now York court. affir'llel' t"te F'our icontent;ions of .the liqlluor ii terests that t1ht court swelt lside a nlot having legal foulndation were: "That war-ltiio prohibitioil d pr'ivcd .(the citizeni of their propelrtyl without juist compensIation ill viola tion of thei fifth lnendnlent; that it;' lobecamet void throught tlhe rcsation of hostilities; that it was irepelaled by tlhe iprovisioni of the colnslitutional amendliiiel allowing the liquor ill terests a year in which to dispose of their stocks; that it expired with the termninat.ion of demobilization. Ti., refusal of .the court to agree to Illy ofL tllthese conllltions Inalkes , the dcision the most sweeping. Tho !iluorn' interests, it is believed, have nio way of knocking out the law. The arinsitice and the signing of thel peace Ireaty ait V'rsi illes tihel court definitely deoclared did not con stitute llthe "collclusion of the war." liThe decision of tlhe court \was uanll-ll-; mtous. BUYS IFILOtUIt .1T $10.29. \ew York, Dec. 16. -The I nited States Gra;ill corporlatioln announces that it ipurclased this week about 6,001)0 blarrels of straight flour ut all average price of $10.29. 1 Cossacks Frame Bomb Plots To "Get" Steel Mill Strikers (Si ,' 1i to Ile Bulletin.) Pittsburgh. D)ec. 16.---The news I papers blazolned forth with big head lines a story about an explosion in Donort. P-a.. and the arrest of 100 "reds." Following is a report by one of the strike leaders at Donora who was in the midst of the affair thiroughoutl : "At 5 a. in., December 5, 1919, an explosion damaged the porch of Mr. lBurkhart's home. We have our opiinion as to who are responsible for lth.e explosions which do little or no damage. The burgess of Donora, Ilarry Cox, is a llill official in the and ot her marine materials de manded by the allies, it is reported. In event the first offer is not suit able the commissioners are author izl to negotiate further. 'The dehcision of the "unofficial e'ave conferonee" to adopt a "hands-off" policy toward the Rus sian situation is being claimed by the laborites as the first great vic tory for organized labor in foreign affairsi. They attributed the decision to the insista. presstue-f .:labox.in Greitt Britain, 'i'n.,cc and Italy. HOSTIITIESIE AVERTED. (Splcinal I'nited Press Wire.) Paris, Dec. 16.---The danger of a riossibhl re sumption of hostilities as a result of ierllltany's attitude to the protocol of lthe treaty is finally avert ed. The supremo council decided that the German reply to the allied note. demanding acceptance of the .proto col, was most conciliatory and that a reply be dispatched to Berlin as "soon as plossiblC.' The sulpreme council further or dered a point session this afternoon of I1le allied and German naval ex perts to form tlhe compensation they will take for the siuking of the in terned German fleet at Scapa Flow. In addition to the protocol note, the coullncil took up the question of as sistance for Austria. A decision was reached that Amer ican aid was absolutely necessary if Austria was to he saved from famine. The council declared that it was nec essary for the United States to open credits to Austria to maintain Aus t:'ia's. territorial integrity. POLI(CY 'ONFIRMED. London. Dec. 16.---The "unofficial ieao ronferelnce" will be resumed at ain early date. Premier Lloyd (Ge.orge announclled in the house of collllllllns yeslerday afternoon. He said the Turkish and Adriatic ques tions will be disposed of next. Regarding the Russian situation he said the confeience's decisions were in accord with a statement nl-de previously by him in the com mons indicating the withdrawal of csupplort from General Denikine and Admiral Kolchak. OFFER $300,000 FOR WORLD'S CHAMPION CONTEST Special United Press Wire.) Ponca City, Okla., Dec. 16. 31iller I.rothers, owners of the 1lot .ranch, annouinced today they woulllt offer $3.'00,000 for the ('alrpenti(er-l)enmlsey fight. The Millersl said they would make every possible effort to stage the world's championship bout in Oklaihomlla. If larger bids were offered they wOuld raise the ante, thiey said. American Steel & WirB Co. "About 9 a. in. the deputies and cossacks came to the A. F. of L.. la bor hall and arrested all who were in the hall. The deputies and 'cos sacks were armed to the teeth and were looking for trouble, but the strikers were too well.drilled for that and marched quietly out to the street. Brother Hedge (the local secretary) was also arrested. This made a total of 102 arrested. The charge was 'conspiracy.' "A striker went-to the Jail witlh., (Continued' oq Page Two.. ' -.5;