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Œtje JButte ÿost.
Published eyery even!** ex
cept Sunday oyjh^ R'^ti ihrtly
P®t* WSipany, M West Granite
Street, Butte, Montand.
Entered as second-class mat
ter Jan. 29, 1913, at the post
office at Butte, Montana, under
the act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription Rates
Daily, one month........S .50
Daily, one year, in advance 5.00
Semi-weekly, 12 months.. 2.00
Branch Offices
Anaconda.....203 Main Street
Dillon.....13 So. Idaho Street
Deer Lodge. .Deer Lodge Hotel
J. P. McKinney, Special Agency
Sole Eastern Advt. Agent, 334
Fifth Avenue........New York
122 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago
Telephones
Business Office ...........428
Editorial Rooms .....1015
Anaconda
Business Office ............65
Change of Address
la ordering paper changed to nav td
Srmm, mention old address also to insors
mare p rom p t daUrary. Patrons trill oblige
the company bf reporting faulty delivery
oi the paper. Make checks end money
orders payable to the Butte Daily Post
Company. _
Offioial Paper «f tho City of Butt«
THe Post is ■ Member of the
Audit Bureau of Circulation».
WEDNESDAY. APRIL £5, 1017,
THE WAR BONDS
Now that the government hns <le
cided that the first American loan to
the allied nations will go to Great
Britain, we may expect the five billion
dollar bond issue recently authorized
by congress to be offered to the pub
lic soon. Out of the proceeds of this
issue, three billion dollars will be
loaned to the allies. Herein lies the
opportunity to serve on the part of
many thousands who cannot join the
army or navy. Each must do his
share. Patriotism means both loyalty
and sacrifice, and the one may be
measured by the other.
The Guarantee Trust company of
New York, in an address issued to the
public, says that the history of the
Vnited States proves abundantly that
our people do not hesitate when the
life, the integrity, or the dignity of the
itio
at
stal;
Tin
$ "»00,000,000 bond issue of 1SC2
conspicuous example of the rea
of the citizens of this country
port their government. It w
to
in currency. During the war
Spain, the mobilization of money
accomplished with astonishing i.
ity. A government bond issue
$200,000,000 at 8 per cent was of
at par and was nearly eight
over-subscribed. So popular was this
loan thut it went to a premium of 6
per cent within three months, and rose,
in the following year, to 110\. There
were only 320,000 subscribers to this
loan.
That the people are ready now to
subscribe liberally for the war bonds is
indicated by the demand for the treas
ury certificates. Subscriptions for these
certificates were opened on Thursday
through the reserve banks. Yester
day morning, four days after the
books were opened, the federal reserve
board telegraphed instructions to ceuse
taking subscriptions for the first of
fering of $200.000.000 of certificates.
The offering, the first of any securities
made under the war finance law, was
over-subscribed 100 per cent or more.
The people will take the war bonds, all
right.
storic
is a
lines«
sup
pur
par,
with
was
apid
for
ffered
times
RUSSIA WILL STICK
Washington officials generally re
gard the receipt by the state depart
ment of definite assurances from
David R. Francis, the ambassador of
the United States to Russia, that the
German empire Ims failed in its effort
to persuade the new Russian govern
ment to withdraw from the war as the
best piece of news that has crossed the
Atlantic since the United States de
clared that a state of war exists be
tween this country and Germany. The
assurances conveyed in the mes
sage from Ambassador Francis are
strengthened by information that has
come within the last 24 hours from
other European capitals.
The Russian-German situation has
been giving the cabinet officials much
concern recently. Nearly two weeks
ago Information reached this govern
ment to the effect that Germany was
bending all her diplomatic energies to
ward inducing Russia to make a sep
arate peace. The activity of the so
ctalists In both Germany and Russia in
that direction added to the seriousness
of the situation.
Just what steps the governments of
Great Britain, France, Italy and the
United States may have taken within
recent days to counteract the efforts
of the German foreign office to obtain
a separate peace with Russia may never
be known. It Is certain, however, that
these great governments have not neg
lected to impress on the new Russia
the importance of staying in this war
until liberty throughout the world, now
recognized as the one great principle
at stake, is firmly established. The
expectation is that cîermany will con
tinue to work on Russia, using the
power of the socialists in this way,
but unless Ambassador Francis has
been misled and unlesH other United
States ambassadors in Europe are mis
informed, the efforts to eliminate Rus
sia from the war will get nowhere.
The United States stepped in at the
psychological moment. In the very
nature of things whatever appeal went
from this government to now Russia
to stand fast for the principle of lib
erty throughout the world made a
deeper impression than anything that
could possibly have been said by Great
Britain. France or Italy.
If it is true, as now seems certain,
that Russia is not to withdraw from
the war the end may be much nearer
than the average man imagines it to
be. The expert opinion in Washing
ton is that the great forward drive of
Great Britain and France on the west
front, together with Germany's failure
to persuade Russia to make a separate
peace, will, when considered in con
nection with the ultimate results of the
entrance of the United States into the
war, convince the central powers of
the futility of ever winning the war
and, within a reasonable period, will
induce them to propose terms of peace
that can, possibly, be accepted by the
entente allies, including the United
States.
FROM ROME
About all that may be said of that
story from Rome about the kaiser ab
dicating is that it is important if
true. The dispatch frankly adds that
little importance is attached to the
yarn in Italian political circles. No
more can be said of it on this side of
the Atlantic. It will not stop militai y
preparations by Newton D. Baker et
al. and it is not Liobal le that the in
ternational conference at Washington
will break up because of it.
While it Is conceivable that Emperor
William may be com]died to abdicate,
it is not within the probabilities that
the suggestion for that action will
come from a member of his household
it
wou
Id tal
e greater
jourage than
anj
one
in t
he royal fa
milv has
to
make the ru
gestion.
T
ndc
ubted!
y the kaise
will pur
sue
his
course to
the end. i
he gives
up
liis
th
rone,
it will be
because
the
am
lies
of F
ranee and
England
nd
Ru
sia
comp
•1 him to oi
because
his
pe
ople I'€
quire it. In
any event
he
is
not
golnq to antic!
pate such
a
thing.
Just
the same.
he tale fi
urn
Ro
makes
an interest
ing story
for
the newspapers. It occupied first
pages of newspapers in nil parts of the
orld yesterday.
1
STARTING OUT RIGHT
offering free water to lo
gardeners this season the Butte 'Water .
company is giving evidence of patrl- |
otism of a substantial kind. The
company proposes to encourage the
growing of vegetables and if the people
of the community co-operate as they
ought the result should be altogether
gratifying. If the foo'* problem is the
big problem that confronts the coun
try, it becomes the duty of the house
holder to produce more and waste
less. Local campaigns like the one
promoted bj' the Butte Water company
will help. We can grow vegetables in
this city and, if there Is general re- j
sponse to the appeal for effort in this
direction, the local campaign will be
worth while.
The supply of food for the world as
compared with the demand is less
than it has been for more than half a
century, and food prices in this coun
try are higher than they have been
since the civil war. The waste of
three years of war and the decreased
production attributable to the great
European struggle are responsible for
present conditions. Europe is on the
verge of famine and the United States
must help. Because we have entered
into the war, many hundreds of thou
sands of men will be drawn into the
army and navy and hundreds of thou
sands more will be employed in muni
tion plants and in other industries di
rectly connected with military prepa
ration. But from our fields and or
chards and gardens we must feed and
clothe our population of more than
one hundred million, supply our ar
mies and feed a large part of Europe,
where the draft from the farms has
been much larger and the need is far
greater than here.
In calling attention to the food
situation the federal bureau of educa
tlon has expressed the hope that the
school children of the country will be
directed into useful gardening this
year. Too much importance should
not be given the part the children can
play in the present emergency, but it
is rointed out that, with proper train
ing and right direction, the children
of the country can produce food that
in the aggregate will help the situa
tion.
In this community gardening should
not be left to the school children. The
work is important enough to engage
the serious attention of the fathers
and mothers who are urged by the gov
ernment and by loyal people every
wherc to add their mite to the produc
tion of food. County and city govern
ments might enter the campuign with
profit. We need good roads, but for
once the roads might be neglected and
the money spent on them could be em
ployed to advantage in the raising of
vegetables.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
APRIL 25.
1Ï75 —Baltimore, hearing of the Bat
tle of Lexington, seized the British
provincial arsenal; Philadelphia held n
mass meeting for the cause of liberty.
1849—Parliament house and library
of the British pros lnces at Montreal
burned by mob.
1854 — Tlic slaves of Venezuela be
came freemen by virtue of emancipa
tion act previously passed.
1S62—Forts of New Orleans fall be
fore Farraguts fleet, and evacuation
of the city by the Confederate forces
Is begun.
1898 — Congress declares war on
Spain, making the declaration date
back to April 21 to legalize (in the
war sense) the war steps already tak
en; Dewey's fleet sailed from Hong
Kong for the Philippines.
1910 — Charles Evans Hughes was
appointed justice of the United States
supreme court by President Taft.
1912— Th« anthracite coal strikers
in Pennsylvania won their cause, with
a 10 per cent Increase in wages.
1914—Offer of Argentine, Brazil and
Chile to mediate between the United
States and Mexico accepted by Pres
ident Wilson.
1914 — Law passed investing the
president of the United States to ap
point all army and navy officers, sub
ject to confirmation by the senate.
1916—Henry Morgenthau resigned ns
ambassador to Turkey.
THE ANNIVERSARY IN
THE EUROPEAN WAR
APRIL 25.
1915 — Turks make desperate re
sistance against landing of allied
troops at Dardanelles.
1916 In connection with the Sinn
Fein revolt in Dublin, a German bat
tle cruiser squadron with submarines
and Zeppelins as support attacked
Lowestoft and Yarmouth, northeast of
London.
Rebels in Dublin extend their hold
ings and sniping spreads to all quar
ters of the city; large bodies of Brit
ish troops are sent to Dublin to sup
press the revolt.
Second contingent of Russians lands
at Marseilles, amidst great enthusiasm
of the French populace.
HERE AND THERE.
•rince Carl, the kaiser's cousin, is
1 no longer n mystery. British have him
in cold storage "somewhere in
France." —Portland < Yregonlan.
Von Hindenhurg got the boys out of
the trenches with one yank when he
got ready, if Henry Ford cares to
notice.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
A woman may be able to defend
herself with simple jiu-jitsu tricks, but
. doubtless most of them will continue
| to rely upon the rolling pin.—St. Paul
j
Pre
There is no doubt of the fact that
the French and English have helped
the Germans considerably in making
that strategic retreat.— Florida Times
Union.
The suicide of a painter at Che
halis by electrocution was as novel as
it was effective. A man who short
circuits himself has no chance to back
out.—Portland Oregonian.
CURRENT ATTRACTIONS
AT BUTTE THEATERS
ORPHEUM
Moving pictures: Today and to
morrow, Gertrude McCoy in "The
Lash of Destiny."
PEOPLES
Vaudeville and moving pictures:
Today, Georgo Beban in "The Bond
Between." Tomorrow, Fannio Ward
in "Tho School for Husbands."
LIBERTY
Moving pictures: Starting today,
"The Ne'er Do Well."
BROADWAY
Pantages vaudeville: Today, last
of the show. Tomorrow, "Robin
Hood."
EMPRESS
Hippodrome vaudeville: Today
and tomorrow, Masiroff's Russian
Gypsies and five other acts.
ANSONIA
Vaudeville and moving pictures:
Today, Gladys Brockwell in "Her
Temptation." Tomorrow, Ethel Clay
ton in "Man'» Woman."
AMERICAN
Moving pictures: Today, Lois
Glaum In "Sweethearts of the
Doomed." Tomorrow, Robert Her
ron in "An Old-Fashioned Young
Men."
ODD EVENTS IN
TODAY'S NEWS
BOY "HOLDUP" SPANKED.
Danville, 111.—A youthful highway
man who undertook to hold up Theo
dore Swindall, a resident of the south
side, was taken across the knee of the
intended victim the other night and
spanked. The boy was about 13 or
14 years of age and confronted Swind
all as he was on his way homo.
AT 33 MOTHER OF 12.
Oklahoma, Ark. — Twin boys have
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Aleck
Murkerson of Doby ville, making the
third pair of twins in the family with
less than two and a half years be -1
tween the ages of the two younger !
sets. The new arrivals bring the num -1
her of Murkerson children to 12. The
mother is but 33.
WAR ON DIGGER SQUIRRELS
Dufur, Ore.—War on digger squir
rels has been declared by County Ag
riculturist Chase, and, with the assist
ance of R. A. Ward. United States
biological assistant, and ?i specialist in
the wholesale extermination of de
structive animals, he is organizing
clubs all over Wasco county to under
take the systematic light on diggers.
INDIAN THUMB PRINT WILL.
Tacoma, Wash.—"Burnt" Charley, a
100-yeaV-old Indian of the reserva
tion, signed a petition for the probate
of the will of Mary "Burnt" Charley,
his wife, which was filed in the super
ior court the other day, by stamping
his inked thumb on the document. The
aged squaw who is described as "over
18 years of age, to-wit, of the age of
100 years," left two acres of land
valued at $1,000.
CAN TELL WIFE BY TATTOO :
Wichita, Kan.—Through the letter js
"G" tattooed on her leg, James N.||
Smith, a farmer near Augusta, Kan..!:
hopes to find his wife, who luis dis- :
appeared. The letter is for her given ■
name, Gertrude. Smith wrote to the ■
police here, asking that his wife be i :
located, describing the tattoo mark anc : :
its position and saying he believes she!:
is in Wichita. Mrs. Smith took herj:
two children with her when she lert*;
home.
HEARS WIFE PREACH. j
Chicago, 111.—Most married men |
hear sermons and are glad they are I
delivered in private. But the Rev. O.
Fairlee Jordan, pastor of the Evan
ston Christian church, probably is one
of the few men who ever sat back in j
peace and comfort, listening to a pub- )
lie preachment by their wives. Mr.
Jordan fared the task of a "double
header" alter a week of nightly ser- !
moiling. He was a-weary. His wife
sympathized. "I'll take your place in
the pulpit this evening," she offered.
She did it not only to friend hus
band's satisfaction, but to the pleasure
of an overflow epitgrogatlon.
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
Copyright, 1916. Cincinnati Enquirer
A girl sometimes gets so tired of
waiting for the boob to propose to her
that she puts the words into his
mouth.
It may be different with the Friend
ship of your Friends, but you can al
ways rely on the Enmity of your
Enemies.
Any man who chases another man's
wife doesn't deserve any sympathy
when he gets her. He hunted for his
trouble.
What has become of the old-fash
ioned tough kid who wore no under
clothes all the year round?
When a clerk comes back to his
home town for a visit he is always a
General Manager.
Praise a woman for qualities she
knows she doesn't possess and she
will never get done telling what a
keen observer you are.
A single man ran be foolish and no?
know it. But it is different with a
married man.
It has just about gotten so that if
you want jour son to be a Somebody
in the Sporting World, you have to
name him Percy or Clarence.
Sometimes a woman is smart enough
to get what she wants by insisting
that she doesn't want it.
A wise man isn't so much wiser
than you are. He is merely a man
who is a trifle less foolish than the
majority.
The older you grow the more you
become convinced that you are your
one best friend.
Most married women are more
afraid of what the Neighbors
think about it than they are about
what their Husbands will think about
it.
A scrawny woman is mighty care
! ful not to got her waist cut too low in
front.
The man who can't think of any
thing to say is better off than the
man who talks too much.
This is a great country. Working
men and business men are working
shorter hours and accomplishing more.
When some couples get married the
man loses his mannish ways and the
woman adopt* them.
The trouble with Elocution Js that
it merely teaches us how to speak and
not when.
A man who can't sleep at night
often wonder« what the IIek a rooster
can find to crow about at 3 a. m.
Names is Names.
Ona Breeze lives in Wapakoneta, O.
A. D. Seaver lives in Dayton, Ky.
Things to Worry About.
Including the various movements of
the earth, a person travels 85,255
miles when taking a three-mile walk.
Our Daily Special.
A Damage Suit Is Always Made
l^rge Enough To Allow For Borne
Bhrlnkage.
Advertise a* Much as Your Compet
itor and You Won't Have to Abuse
Him.
.........................................................................................m,.
IT'S
EASY TO
PAY THE
LANDER WAY
$3 Down
$3 Month
Buys $25 worth of
Goods.
$5 Down
$5 Month
Buys $50 Worth of
Goods.
It's Precisely Like the Il
lustration
Close-fold collapsible style, upholster
ed in royal leather with large hood
and rubber-tired steel wheels. An
niversary sale price is only
$8.95
WE
TOR LE
and
SELL FOR LESS |
$7.50 Down I
$7.50 per month, %
buys $75 worth of |
goods.
$10 Down
$10 per month,
buys $100 worth
of goods.
$41.35
FOR A ROYAL
LEATHER SlIf.Kv \—
Children's sidewalk sulky, never tip-over style, long handle
japanned frame, steel wheels with rubber tires. Sale ____ $4.35
soaMi"
Best Make Reed*Body Garriafa
With Large Hood Only $17.1
Seat of this baby carriage is upholstered in Roval leather. Body
of carnage is made of good quality reed, and fitted Ö* 1 rr or
with large hood. Sale price......................Jp | * .ÖÜ
Everything in the Lander Store Reduced in Price.
During This Anniversary Sale.
$3.00 as First Payment Purchases $25.00 Worth of
Goods. $3.00 a Month Pays for the Goods.
$12.45
$12.45
for a
Solid Oak
Library
Table Like
Illustra
tion
Fumed finish
with a top
measuring 26
x42 inches;
lower shelf 8x33 inches. Four square-shaped
legs and large upper drawer with oxidized brass
pull. Anniversary sale price °f ti?"1 O /j f
this solid oak library table is only 1:0
MAIL ORDERS
FILLED
f $19.85 for a
Quarter
Sawed Oak
Library Ta
ble Like
Picture
Lower shelf 27
inches long and
7 inches wide.
Top of table
measures 40x26 inches. Good-sized upper
er. Made of quarter-sawed oak. golden
and a big bargain at anniversary |j A
.sale price of only..............t| *.£.*/«
$19.85
draw
finish
AND WE PAY
THE FREIGHT
WOMEN OF THE WEEK
A year ago this week Mrs. F. Sheehy
3keffington, the brilliant Irishwoman
ivho has been in America several
veeks lecturing on the Irish rebellion,
Ives made a widow when the British
shot her husband, an Irish editor und
agitator, for his connection with the
Dublin uprising. Mrs. Bkeffington
'smuggled" herself and her seven-year
old «on past tho British censors to
come to America to lecture on the
events of the tragic week of April 24
Ma.v 1 before Irish sympathizers in
this country for the purpose of paying
education of the orphaned boy who
accompanied her.
Mrs. Harriet Smith of Mount Pleas
ant, Iowa, last fall completed her
teacher's training course and received
her advanced diploma from the Inter
national Sunday School Association of
North America, and thereby hangs a
most inspiring tale. She is almost 83
years of age, wan born a slave, anl
could neither read nor write when site
was freed at the ago of 33. Through
the Sunday school she then obtained
a ropy of the New Testament and with
that as a primer learned to read. For
almost 30 years she has been superin
tendent of the African Baptist Sunday
school in Mount Pleasant. Some years
ago in a country Sunday school con*
ventlon she saw a class of graduates
receive their diplomas and she set to
work immediately to win one herself.
After several years of the most faith
ful study she passed her examinations
successfully Inst fall, receiving her di
ploma with the handsome average of
90 per cent at the age of 82.
Miss Ethel M. Smith, recently a
member of the staff of the bureau of
labor statistics in Washington, has
been appointed executive secretary
for the Washington headquarters of
tho National Woman Suffrage associa
tion. Miss Smith was once connected
with the bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce at Washington as an
editor.
Minneapolis boasts of three women
barbers, operating shops of their own,
and one of them so successful that she
has opened a second shop. They are
Miss Mary Stone, Mrs. Mamie Craw
ford and Mrs. Mary Dahl. The last
named says she makes $100 weekly by
her trade, and when asked how she
came to take up her trade said she
"simply got tired starving to death
teaching sc hool.'' She has "practiced"
In Alaska before coming to Minneap
olis. and was once one of the few bar
bers in Juneau. This town lat«r be
coming overrun with all kinds of
trades, she came to the Minnesotan
metropolis. Miss Stone makes a spe
cialty of hotel barberlng and has had
RIPPLING RHYMES
By Walt Mason.
hand
VX* A K I N G UP
1 see my neighbors buying flags, and waving them on every
they stand around and make their brags about Columbia, happy W;
"We don't want war," I hear them say, "we do not lust for woun J*
scar, but if a foe should come our way, there is no sacrifice ve
Breathes there a man with soul so dead he would not for lu> l0U ';
scrap? If such there be, we'll punch his head, and from his s ! s .
knock the sap." Bill Kickshaw sprung a musty gag, the ot er .
down by the jail, reflecting on our starry flag, which makes a J '
flags look pale. At other times his idle speech would not hate si
us up to ire; but now we rose with wrathful screech, and mtu -
like a house afire. We've all grown soft in times of peace, t.e ^
while things we have disdained; we've.lolled and basked
grease, and cash is all for which we've strained. So, when out c
strikes a snag, it's good to see, throughout the town our neig
bless the dear old flag, and mob the man who'd pull it '*•
nation is not gone to seed; still throbs the so'al of Bunker
battle, at the country's need—it always has, it always ""h
shaving stand« in several of the big
hotels of the middle west. She also
makes money, and would much better
barber and run her own business, she
snvs, than "do the underpaid things
most women do and pray for some
man to come along."
EDUCATION NOTES
Dr. John D. Prince, who has been
named recently as head ot* the reor
ganized civil service commission of
New Jersey, is another "scholar in
politics," being the head of the Sla
vonic department of Columbia uni
versity. It was because of his protest
as a department head that Count
Tolstoy, son of the famous author-re
former, was debarred from lecturing at
Columbia a few weeks ago. Pro
fessor Prince resides in.New Jersey,
and for some years has been active
in local and state politics, serving in
the legislature for several years, at
one time speaker of the house, later
president of the senate, and, in 1912,
acting governor for a time. He is a
learned philologist, with achievements
to his credit in Hemltics as well as In
Slavonics. For seven yearn he was
dean of the graduate school of Colum
bia university.
Registrars of the leading universi
ties and colleges of the country' will
assemble tomorrow at the University
of Kentucky, Lexington, to attend the
eighth annual meeting of the American
association of Collegiate Registrars,
held from April 2S to April 27. The
•Ion is F
president of the
A. Dickey, re.dst.ur ...
versity. The s.il.J.'. ts under
»ion will he marking *5""**'
sion and tuition b*es. res — mL
permanent recorde,
Barker of the I'nlvei».., - ^
will address the meeting.
Registrars HeConn of '? nivenW
of Illinois. 1'ay ne of the |((1 ,
Chicago, Hoy of £
Lehigh, March of - N r ,, of th , C
stand of Wisconsin, Julian ,
versity of South Dakota. . ve u
University of Minnewu.
Syracuse. Tarbell of . Cl
tute of Technology. » c9 n
college. Snavolv of AIM»*«
Alexander of Stvarthmore ,
AIUAHIIUCI .( ja«;
Marsh of Berea colles Ml»
of Oberlln and others.
Th?
sort
the
conference is to ac J* e '* '° a guid*
admlnUtratlve stam ini|nlstrs ,
university and col.eg
In the many '"îporta
brought many of * ^ . h >r e 1
creased cost of liviriK countr >.
erlng the colleges o* -
Bid Coufh?
ingredients heal th ., ]roa t, U» »"
b ranee. soothe the »' gern *"
tiseptlc qualities k lleve A
your cold IS -or «I
King's New " ein %y for <*
been »h* standard hoiP«*
and cold, m thousands it hand).
a bottle today and M c0UgM , »
royr medicine ches t bronchi» 1
croup, grippe »"J * giet , 50c.
fectlons. At your drugs*