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VOL. 5. NO. 79.
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BUTTE MONTANA. MONDAY. APRIL 2. 1917
WEATHER FORECAST
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1,1 y ruin or «now south wri'l *>*tre
vmI portion, Tuwsday K**n*<r^ Il y fair
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WITH HOUSE ORGANIZED PRESIDENT WILL READ HIS ADDRESS TONIGHT
Congressmen (Prepare Resolutions ProcF^ming Condition of War With Germany
Organization of the House Is Hurried
That President Wilson May Deliver
His Address Today.
So
Resolutions Providing tt* "Mate of War Be
tween Germany and Ibnited States Are Pre
pared by Chairman flood of House Foreign
Affairs Committee, aid Representative Gard
ner Has Resolution, (Jailing for Declaration of
War Upon German#, to Offer.
SINGLE BALLOT PROVES
SUFFICIENT TOf RE-ELECT
CHAMP CLARK AS SPEAKER
• i _ y ,_ **
Washington, April 2.—President Wilson will address a
joint session of congress It « o'clock this evening. The
president decided to spealt at H o clock, on the suggestion
of Majority Leader Kitclfin, who sent word to the white I
house that it was best to leeide on such an hour , although
the house might be organized earlier. Word was imme
diately sent to senate leaders and it was understood that j
when the senate meets again at 5 o'clock another recess ;
until 8 o'clock will be ta|ien. The senate met at 3 o'clock j
and at once recessed until 5 o'clock when it was learned
that the house was not yet organized.
At that time, in one of the longest addresses he has de
livered to congress, President Wilson will inform the na
tional lawmaking body, Vhieh alone has the warmaking
power, how the acts of Germany and the predatory vio
lence of German submarines have brought the United
States into a state of waiwith the imperial government— ;
not the German people. is expected on every hand that
the president will ask that congress declare that a btate of
war exists, and to that end Chairman Flood of the house
foreign affairs commitjfee has drawn a resolution.
While the president and his advisers are confident that
a great majority in congress, as well as the country, stand
behind him ana a state of war, the resolution is not ex
pected to be passed tonight ; its passage may be a matter
of one or two, or even more, days, but the temper of con
gress gives evidences that it will be passed by a large ma
jority.
Washington, April 2.—Speaker Champ Clark was re
elected today by a vote of 217 to 205 over his republican
opponent, Representative Mi *n, as the first step in the or
ganization of the house—the necessary preliminary to the
delivery of President Wilson's war address. With the
election of Speaker Clark it seemed certain that President
Wilson would deliver his address late this afternoon. It
is expected on every hand that he will ask congress to de
clare that a state of war exists between the United States
and Germany. This seemed so certain that Chairman
Flood of the house foreign affairs committee, the admin
istration spokesman there, prepared a resolution to de
dare a state of war and authorize the president to act.
The resolution follows:
For State of War.
"Whereas, The recent course of the
Imperial German government is, in
f»ct, nothing less than war against
the government and people of the
United States:
"Resolved by the senate and house
of the United States of America, In
congress assembled, That the state of
belligerency between the United
States and the imperial government
_________ ____________
Which had thus been thrust upon the
United States is hereby formally de
the president be and he Is
cl w*
^
MISS RANKIN RECEIVED IN
CONGRESS WITH AN OVATION !
House Members and Galleries
Cheer & First Congress
woman Takes Her Seat. The
Demonstration is Resumed
When She Answers Roil Call.
^ ashing* *>n, April 2.—Representa
tive Jeanr Rankin of Montana, first
woman member of congress, took her
•eet In the house today after an elab
orate prelude of ceremonies. In which
•uffragiata predominated.
The principal occasion was a break
fast for "the Honorable Jeannett«
ankln G f Montana/* under th« au
Pices of suffragists of all factions,
of 1 arr,e Cha P m *n Catt, president
e National Woman Suffrage as
"° l • 'n. sat at Miss Rankin's right
at her left was Miss Alice Paul.
eby authorized to take immediate ,
st• ps, not only to put the country in
th- rough state of defense, hut also to
ex*rt all of Its power and employ all
of .ts resources to carry on war
agilnst the Imperial German govern
ment and to bring the conflict to a
su< esaful termination."
For Declaration of War.
A resolution to declare war between
the German empire and the United
Hui-s a* prepared by Representative
Gardner of Massachusetts, republican,
sa s that "war be and the same Is
hereby declared be tween the German j
(Continued on Fags Three.)
National Women':
chairman of the
part>
"T w »a day of our deliverance
hand * was the keynote of Miss Catt'
speech to the notable gathering or
women which regards Miss Rankin's
election as a demonstration cf the pow
er of woman suffrage.
Mi as Rankin, in reply, made the
icnge*t speech she has delivered since
she arrived in the capital
Miss Rankin's entraice to the house
was signalized by uproarious cheers
and applause. Every member on
floor and everybody in the crowded
galleries stood as. accompanied by
Repr«tentative Evans of Montana, she
walktt to a seat In the rear center of
the hall
A second outbn. if of applause
greei d Miss Rank n when her n tm«
was 'Slled upon the roll end »he im
plied "present." Wu«hL*g fn-'ously The
ovation continued u"ti
her seat and bowed.
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LODGE PUNCHES
1 llar
:hestor,
MilHMJ.' llUMOttf
a art of Dorcti
ho Venator V
down, occurred
,,r n„,
/Xu'h. ,
;i nd m ml othei Atm and
I
room ind aakad him to vota ifaliwt
X T'rZl
j dent Wilson asked for such a déclara
; !L or
Row Follows When Senator
Tells Crowd He'll Sup
port Wilson.
SENATOR DECLARES HE
WAS ATTACKED BY CROWD
His Secretaries and Other Sefi
ators Come to the Rescue.
Pacifist Arrested.
Wanhiimton, April 2.-—A personal
encounter between Henator Lodge of
d Alexander Hann
Ler, Muh», In which
•eked hl» opponent
•day In the corridor»
"National degeneracy In worn* than
cowardice," replied the Mahsachusett*
senator.
"You nr ft a coward," «aid Mann wart.
' You are a liar," retorted Her.ator
Lodge.
Hann wart advanced and struck the
senator, who then, despite hi» GO-odd
year», launched a blow that »ent
upon the hard
were taken In charge by the capitol
j the group
Hannwart sprawling
; ral of hi . frlend .
by Senator Lodge. A plea of pea*
| "InïVL*?,
Bannwart » Story.
Hannwart told the capitc! police he
wax not the aggreaaor and contended
that Hen&tor Lodge »truck the first
blow In other respect» ht» »tory did
not differ greatly from that told by em
ploye» In the senator's office.
After Senator Lodge finished with
the pacifist, David B Herman of thia
city stepped In and, according to spec
tators. pommeled Bann wart, cutting
several gashes in his fori head and
spreading blood over his face. Bann
wart was taken to a police station with
directions that a charge of assault on
fienator Lodge he preferred against
him. The others in the group with
him were allowed to go.
Senator Lodge appeared on the floor
when the senate met and apparently
was no worse for his encounter. Scores
of senators went over to the Massachu
setts senator's desk and shook his
hand.
Pacifist Statement.
Pacifist headquarters gave out a
statement about the affair, which in
part was as follows:
"A group of Massac husetts delegate*
to the peace gathering were received
, Ai eXÄn <J er
Am# » r i ran ,
_____ _
L , ates
j
Bannwart of Boston, ar
sld to be of Swiss descent
the senator suddenly called, 'You are
a damned liar.'
"The Massachusetts man replied: '1
must call you one,' or words to that
effect.
"On this Senator Lodge struck
Bapnwart In the face. The Boston
man struck back, knocking the senator
down. Thereupon a group of young
men rame out of the senator's offio
and began to beat Bannwart, striking
also a young lady among the dele
erslon of the affair at the
capitol was that tt was Bannw-art who
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MIN
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dry Floor.
the city hospital today, but
stronger than yesterday.
Seattle, April 2.—George McLaren,
a«*J 1». »ho wa* .hot by Chin.,-3,
laundrymen at B* v enth . ,
Pike street Sunday morning while tnc,
Chinese were in a state of fright be
cause they expected to be attacked by
tong men !» in a critical condition at
little
lodged in his lung. The laundry men.
members of the Bow Leong tong, were J
awaiting attack from members of the
Hip Sing tong. McLaren and two (
other bo* ' were passing, and the boy»
rattled t n box on the lauudry floor
A fusillade of bullets through the
w ooden door . flow ed immediately. i
sp y aErofthe house and
»ISREPUBLICAN OPPONENT
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.jam er
mau rt
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[>po*i«'d for th
All the derm
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C. l-AKH
Speaker (.hamp (.lark of M
on the firt.t ballot by a vote of 217 to
by Republican Leader Jstne» It Man
and four of the no railed Independent
Uran vole*» were »raftered.
CAPITAL IN TURMOIL AS
. PACIFISTS AND THE WAR
ADVOCATES FILL THE CITY
Great Crowds, Massed About the Capitol, Bring Out Police Re
serves. Pacifists Visit Many Congressmen and Senators.
One Group is Told That Its Members Are the Best Allies of
the Kaiser. Effort is Made to Break Through Cordon of Po
lice Drawn Up Before the Capitol Steps.
Washintflon, April l. —Ct-rman spieh were thick in Washinict'>n when
the war congress opened today. Men suspected of bein« -*e<Tet agents ,
of the lui er were fotmtr-av«* dropping wherever congressmen met
groupe to converse. Some were unusually bold. They are under
surveillance of government agents.
Washington. April 2.—Pacifist and anti-pacifist pilgrims came to
official Washington Uxiay in an eleventh-hour effort to influence con
gress to approve of their views on the war. Street parades were
denied fx>th by jxilice orders, but the program of each called for
unorganized sidewalk processions to the capitol, where senators and.
representatives might be canvassed for their peace or war ideas.
Simultaneously thousands of telegrams from all parts of the country
poured in upon the capitol and white house, either praying for peace
or urging drastic action to uphold American rights and honor.
a
'1
Flags Arj Everywhere.
Flags floated from nearly every w.n
dow In downtown Washington, from
houses In the residential sections and
all automobiles carried red. white and
blue banners. Men and women wore
.'lags on their coats and children car
ried them to school. The day was
marked by a show of patriotic feeling
seldom equalled in Washington
Most pacifists came here from New
York and oth*r cities under the direc
tion of the Emergency Peace Federa
tlon They arranged a meeting
id I
afternoon to act on resolution#
petitions and a mass meeting for to
night. The anti-pacifists, calling
themselves 'pligrims of patriotism,
ame from a number of eastern cities
marshaled by & New York citizen*
committee, to neutralize the effort ofj
the anti-war forces.
iative rer resen tat: vea and urging the m
OESTROY MUNITION SHIPS
Plans of Pacifists. !
The delegation» of pactfUt»
bled at headquarter» of to« Enierifenc)'
Peace Federation and a.r. furnished
with white arm band» beartn* in large
black letter* the inscription. "Keep out
of war."
They were supplied also with card
to admit them to the business ami
mass meetings and the city addresses
of their senator* and represent*-, ea
The deleeatca »ere instructed to »peni
the morning calling upon their leg.»
.
(Continu*?
Pane Three )
SIX CONVICTED HF PLOT TO
New York, April 2.—Six Germans
were convicted by a jury in the fed- j
eral d.strict court here today of con
^ bteam4h , t , eaITy .
, mf foo d and munition, from thus
, ______ _____ «_
«THREATENED PRESIDENT
amden. N. J., April 2.—Adolph
for the entente allies by means of in
endlary tomba
HHBB
S mers of Woodbine, X. 'i.. *nid to
J be a German, was held today une#.
|2 rt hail for a further hearing on :
( Wednesday on a charge of threaten n ;
the life of President M F son Acting |
on instructions from Washington.
eral agents refused to make
i any details of the case. »
thlspOUf
T
VOTED FOR CLARK
FOR SPEAKERSHIP
I
r ' ,' arr< *'
Republican Votes Were
Scattered and Two Voted
Present.
J
I
-
Washing*
re of Min
London, socialist of New York,
land RanialJ, prohibitionist A '.'ai.fzr
r.ia, voted for r T!ark.
April 2— Représenta - 1
lark of Missouri was re- j
elected speaker of the house of repre
sentatives today by a vote of 217
! to 205
, A11
'^ ur th * s a ^ ' ,
" ar,n - kforre«,!-e-fr - '■ ,r.i»t
LonUiana. 8chaL, progrea»
Republican Vote Scatters,
Two r#ï ^v ; a r« Garde»? and FV
... ;, jT n*p
, rMUUv , Ler.rcot of W:.»
R.^reser. ta rives Dalllnger of Ma>aa
chnsetts and Gray of New Jer- ▼ tod
for Represenrativ* Gillet*.* oi - -sa
chusetts, and Representatives James o?j
Ntw TarK
The speaker •»aa gfwrtsd to the
'hair by a comxn.ttee of wfa: a Rep*
reaentativ* Mann »a 5 the chalnzian
He was greeted v*th loud applause a*
he spoke in tart as follows:
Clark's Speech.
'T fully appreciate the fact that it
will be exceedingly difficult to dis
charge the dutl«« ef the speakership
in this house. It will be s'most lm
. possible to do so without to* hearty
co-operation of the members without
regard to tarty affiliations. I aJ'.i
us« my utmost endeavors to be ab
solutely fair and I Invoke the aid of
j
al j m eir;>er» In doing
. It ^ absolutely unne^essar:.* and
superfluous to lecture the membership
: cn patriotism. We are all patriots
4 re the people who elected ua We
are a jj Americans, whether natives or
foreign bom, as are our constituents.
public----
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FIRST BftTTALION
WRY TO CAPITAL
Four Companies, Recruited Up
to War Strength, Ready
for Service.
WILL BE MUSTERED IN
LATTER PART OF WEEK
Machine Gun, Supply and Head
quarters Companies Now at
Fort Harrison.
F ou
Montan»
i to full
j » pro
noth
of th
,f th
giment.
Fork
// I!
♦ o b
enry
rr»u»t«5r#*j into go/
• M */p«ct»ri th*t th*/
Htlem tomorrow or next
following ■ ph /»•'.» I e/
the h»nde of Lieutenan
the regular army, they
tered into government
Mudgett, go zero
r „
—
cer and earn
part of the
rnparrie*, wh:
r,p;.r.y A of Bwma
F" apt. '*b»rl*H I. Hh'
orr.party V of MHe* < ity.
•mpany K of
end of rapt <
CALLED BY WAD
T
Infantry and Artillery Com
mands Summoned for
Guard Duty.
L
partment too a/ '-ailed
service the following
organizations for poll
He'ond Went VI
Fourth Virginia In'
ry D. field ar?.;>ry.
ie war departmer.
federal servir*« ?b
companies of
th* Virginia g -and.
added to the for'*-»
or poll
pro
HALT RECRUITING FOR
MILITIA AT CHICAGO
2.—On orders from j
eral Barr*/, onmuri
ing the central department. U. S A
today ir*str, ted that a temp rary r a *
* a ed in recr*. g for t.'.e -attora
g Aard reg jnerta.
Among national z -trd offl ers
at fi aid that inabiF* to p tte
re- r^its as fast as they er._rt .tad -ecr.
cited. Captain Fitch, aide to Gérera!
Barry, said that the Int^rrwptVyr.
dooMlesi **ou'd ■ r*.»f
r*hl ago
Washtngt/j
NAVY DEPARTMENT ISSUES
CAll "OR300 MONTANA MEN
lo Compose Armed Guartte for
Ships Sailing in War Zone. *
Naval Recruiting Officer to
Arrive Tonight to Open
fices in Butte.
Of
Montana was called upon today for
Sö*> rr.en to assist the LTratad States
navy :n comp^-sir-g anw*l guards for
every ship which sails for th« war
zone. A naval recruiting officer w.il
arrive in the city tn:a evening ar.d
his office will be opened at once. The
appeal for men was received by Eu
gene Carroll, state chairman of the
Montana bnanth of U» Navy
of th* Unit«! State*, in a caK from
Cape E. Guthrie. C. 8 N. of Salt
L^ae. In hia MnrUo app««l for
men for active duty in the war aooe
taftair, G .thrie »aid:
**N«\-y department issues call Eight
hundred men wanted from this d*s- |
UTILE INTEREST
LOCAL ELECTION
Less Than 12 Per Cent of the
Registered Vote Cast
at 1 o'Clock.
REPUBLICANS CERTAIN
0 FTHREE ALDERMEN
Mines Down for Day, Saloons
'-»-d
lion
Closed and Good Order
Everywhere.
ml'T^U I» L'-in:' rnani
i Bull»* today in th< v
I a mayor, trrasurnr, po
juris/«- and /isdit ald-rm'-n
lia*. L'-'-n .town at any may
te nt
oraity rJertion
Littlr more than 12 \*-t rent of
th" r'-jmteprJ vote had \r'-n ca*t
at ! r/f \<p4 |c, although the jyilU
had Izer-n offen five hours and hut
four hours more remained for
voting feri of the utv's \(> pre
.mets show
d
registration of
me 10 p retint ti
ote of 1.204 of
10,070 for th"
Minn Closed
order, however.
I lui* difficulty
were r\ ,**d do
MANY MEXICANS ARE
COMING INTO STATES
Investigation Afoot to D sco.er
Whether They Are Sent by
German Agents.
j
la;.« than r«t *: ti+
cording to officia, r
roTtfWMtt agenu
'
whom w»*e tren. t
- - »
were fc-.'rg sent to
border f; a the ta*'
German
Ph«o and *-e
- >f M*x>» Of
trlct- Mortaj
quota U* Ar
* and American blue >a sets
" Mer;r J
son«
•ay emergency.
l. La f>a
A merl -
can fciue w n bear brunt of
the fighting Desire te en. is* y 0 * 3 r
servie*# a:id thcae of the Na y !«a* *
at one« to . -s ha this '.tally :rt
tortaat work. S» r. Lr.g man to opes
!ng offlca Coin ng today "
Mr Carroll and other members f
tfc^ Nary leag*!« have already tax»n
active steps for a big meeting to be
held here this week and in other Mon
tana cities not only to aro*: «e patri
otism. but also to eni^t the aid of
American women in Rod Cl -** work
and , n prepartns mMita ck*h~„ for
whu . b u „ot to tb. a. r
„ y,.!.,,—,
Th , ( ramm detartm^t win ha «
^ ntrml head,oertera where women
wmy eather and aaeiat in the prepam
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