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BUTTE MONTANA. FRIDAY. APRIL 27, 1917
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DP THE
Senate is Told the Volunteers
Havie Not Been Coming
in Fast Enough.
LONG DEBATE TO COME
TO AN END TOMORROW
ily Five-Minute Speeches to;
Be Made in House
Tonight.
Washington, April 27, General
debate pn tl>e army hill closed in
the bouse late today and members
began tjie final five minutes speech
making! on amendments expected
to continue far into the night or
until tejmorrow. The session was
-pened at noon to hear summing
p speeches by Chairman Dent ol
he military committee on behalf
i the volunteer system and by
Representative Kahn for the se
ective draft plan. House leaders
xpcct |to reach a vote tomorrow.
In the Henate th*» l»i 11 WfiM taken up
itli in n-ftm-nt to roach n final
»t« by tomorrow night. Sixteen sena -
ill won* to hi* heard
Experts Favor it.
i In th
Kennte
va» opened l>y
Jone«
republic
on of Wash
who
ui ported
tho soloctlve
man
vho rniist
conduct tho
comn
ander-ln
•hlef, urges It
0 an 1 1
• «-««ary
noasuro now,"
"The
military
authorities al
"lid he
oit without exception urge It. Th«
ommltteu that ha« fully exam
•ndi it TIm 1 *•« -
'•ns oflthla (?ra»at war point to It as m
** - Turn* Why should I not vote
r ItH
The WaahinMton senator said that
kueji meiV , hin constituents at«
po»H to the m. l. ctlv« draft, hut that
Ixsili e<1 thou« con at U nanti» expect
m to •veiKh a,.J consider things and
'torn hin vi jty
Questions of Exemption.
Bena'nr Ken ,n 8 ald he expected to
~Pl*>r»i the Ulli but wanted exemp
on« In favoi of men In employments
mllltjary vai n 'handed ho that tlio
«|*f enforcing such exemption«
ulil riot be in the hands of military
alfne He approved the La Fol
fContlii
<»n Page Ten.)
Oil CONGRESSMEN ON
hey Are Alleged to Have At
tempted to Secure Strikes
in Munition Plants.
Vork - April 27— Franz von
ji. al leg*-«j German "master spy."
1 M '*" ■'•"■■rl.-.n. accuaed of hav
lü 1 " ktltu <« »trikes In
ins iilanta wer« brought before
.„"T, C0urt f «r trial. The
ow„T ' ar8 1,av,<1 l-anutr,
" 11,8 *olf of Wall street; '
"■twiran H Robert Fow
j rank bu banan of Illinois;
«nn«i, A ,' ,rne >' General Frank 3.
u "î„„ f 01 * 10 - Henry B. Martin, a
"r* l0n , tobbytat. and Herman
- JaPob c - Taylor. They
|J ". bav * operated through the
ouncll f '• aW * National Peace
•° u « h '
h; * '■ oM h H 8 CUent WlU b« UI >
„ rîi" 4 «**" trial now a. ,h.
udge Ciikv! upon him *8 an enemy.
-;th n .„ U,f ; man overruled thl. ob
•r wend*, » l a,H ° a ploa by the
" tltlien. ' 1 " lhat a * "tor* 1 Amer
en tl) they should not be
* • , ' nd trial with an
Increased 688,000.
Operate attacks of
GERMANS FAIL TO GAIN
Ha l F ' 9h J mg the World
Retiimori' , Known Will Be
Pot , lf c , German Man
Gan Stand the Drain.
AR summary.
■m to * ffort * Of the
'4 height, '* " rltl *h from the
*l»»e lulled' °" the Arra » front.
I * r ** t «IghiiL ,! r foUr daya ° ( the
u I 1 "' 1 « the hin j hat th * wor| d haa
"ufc erlMo* y d * 5 '* of Verdun.
««he»»"."',* 1 ,ha a « acka
h," - ,n »Und ,K. th ® ° erman man
kX rH * ntl °n bv all a 'T ful dra '^ as
cr »*nlne < ? ener »l Hal* of the
a 'tno(jt Hr» 6 « p * a * n Douai
tain doom to the
n
U
HIÏÏIIIC THEIR
STRIDE IN Wl
Lloyd George Declares British
Haven't Lost a Gun Since
June, 1915.
TAKING TEN PRISONERS
TO ONE FOR GERMANS
,J e Says, Has Driven
Submarine
•aid
elKhb.
ntlal
London, April 27.^ »portant
spoech at the Guildhall i. / Premier
Lloyd Gsorgs discussed the military
situation, the Iriah queationa ant
other of the major problem« with
which the government is now engaged
The premier's apeeoh was an scknowl
odgment of the conferring on him o1
the freedom of the city of
Roferring to Ireland, the pren
"We must convert Ireland
suspicious, hui ly, darigorous
to a cheerful, loyal coinrad»
merit uf the Iriah qiiestion I«
for the peace of tho world und eaaeri
tlal to a speedy' victory In the war.
appeal to the patriotism of ull man i
«Ink everything for the one purpoa
of getting (hlM question out of the
way."
After Alluding to the organization of
the ministry of munitions, the premier
Huld :
War Tide Has Changed.
"Sow, thank <lod, our men have a
real chance 1n this fight. The story
now Is very different from what It win
In the early Mages of the war. Be
fore June, 1915. wo lost 84 guns an« 1 »
• onsidernhle number of pris«jners
Hlnoe that date we have not lost a
«Ingle gun. while we have <aptured 400.
ItcKardlng prisoners, we have taken at
least ten to «me. The thle has n«>w
turned. Victory Is • «lining Increasing
ly nearer
"During «he first 18 d ays of the
t _ (Pontlnug.l on Page'Ten.) "
GERMAN VESSELS
SHELLS HH
One Hundred Shots Fired Into
Ramsgate by German
Destroyers.
Ix)ndon, April 27 -Herman «lestroy
ers attacked Ftamsgate last night, the
war office announces today. A largo
number of shells wore fired, but the
destroyers were driven off by land
batteries.
The official statement follows:
"The damag» an«] casualties oc
casioned by the enemy during the
bombardment of the eaat Kentish
<:<jasL last night are: Killed, one man
and one woman; Injured, one man
and two w«jinen.
''Damage was done 21 dwelling
houses and tw'o stables. One horse
was killed."
Although the bombardment was the
heaviest Itarn «gate has experienced In
varloub ' attacks during the war, the
damage was relatively small, says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch. More
thgn 100 shells fell In the town, but
only 10 houses were seriously dam
aged.
The night w'as dark, but the town
was Illumine«! by the shell fire.
USE IN THE FOOD
IMPORTS OF BRITAIN
I^ondon, April 27.—British board of
trade figures show that March Im
ports decreased 5,100,000 pounds, while
exports Increased 0,511,000 pounds.
The imports of raw material de
creased nearly 8,000,000 pounds, chief
ly in cotton and wool The Imports
of foodstuffs Increased 688,000.
Wotan Una, the last protecting bar
rier between Deuai and Cambrai
In the lull of the great battle the
murmur of the rising currents of dis
content which are sweeping through
Europe can be heard more plainly.
The Berlin papers are showing In
creasing alarm over the threatened
general strike on May 1.
WHAT THE ALLIES GAINED
IN HARD-FOUGHT BATTLES
Paris, April 27.—Under the caption
"Why We Attacked," a writer in the
Matin points out that before the pres
ent forward movement began, the Ger
^Continued on Page Three.)
SI ÎJ^ l .T j^ jHOOL STUDENTS WHO WILL ;
CONIhSI FOR HONORS IN DECLAMATION '
««sr *
I
m
*
N
*
à
j
For the puat aevi
at the Hutte hitfh si
elimination content!
trude Li
FINALISTS FOR THL I. SIMON DM LA MAI ION GOLD MZDAL8 .
uhI yearn I Simon of the city haa donat d gold incdaln to the winners of the dec
hool. There are *ix («intentant» In the event tonight. Three hoy» and three girls
'Those in the picture are: Inset, I. Simon, the donor «if the medals, and from I
site, Monona Hughes, Ora Greer, Kanton Hotliwell. Dnn Hr«>ekwey und Marvin Hla
Announcement hint evening by th»*
authorities of the i:nl\«*ralty of Mon
tana at MiKttoulu that the Inter
acholaatic meet ut Mlaaoula next
month had been « uncelled, becaune of
the war, rant a damper on the Butte
high Mohool. 'Jhe ann«ial declamation
oonteat wan to have Wen h**l«l thl* eve
ning to »elect the atudent who wool«!
PLEADS GUILTY BUT SAYS
HE WAS DOPED AND KNEW
NOTHING OF THE CRIME
Reuben Edstrum, One of Four Men Who Held Up Greyhound
Saloon, Makes Sensational Statement to Judge Dwyer in
Court. Albert Haubrich, Fourth of Holdup Men, Also Ac
knowledges Guilt. Two Others of the Quartet Were Found
Guilty After Trials. Judge to Sentence the Two Who Pleaded
Guilty on May 5.
When Albert Haubrich and Reuben Edstrum today changed their
pleas of not guilty on charges of robbery to guilty, the cases of four
men charged with the holdup of the Greyhound saloon on the night
of March 26 last were disposed of. Two of the defendants, Verne
Yeager and Charles Reese, already have been tried and found guilty
and Haubrich and Edstrum will be sentenced on .May 5. Haubrich
today by his plea made an acknowledgment of Ins part in the crime,
but Edstrum informed Judge Dwyer that he had been drugged, that
he knew nothing of what transpired, and that he did not even know
that he had been wounded during the holdup
When the rase of Haubrich was
called this morning Attorney Kr«mer
Tu«jhy state«! that hts client desired to
change his plea to guilty. The c«>urt
mads an order allowing Haubrich to
change his plea, after which Attor
ney M. F. Canning, who alao appeared
In behalf of the defendant, asked that
the passing of sentence be deferre«! for
a few days In order that a showing
might be made to certain circum
stances In connection with the case
The court fixed Saturday, May 5. as
the time for passing sentence.
The case of Reuben Edstrum was
called. Attorney L P Donovan, who'
represented the defendant, said that
it was only a few minutes before that
he was adware that the caae was set
down for hearing today and he there
fore asked for a continuance of the
trial, which Is set for Mon«iay. and In
which he was also engaged. The at
torney said that if his client were
forced to go to trial today he would
be absolutely unable to present proper
defense.
County Attorney Jackson did not
wish to have the case vacated, espe
cially In view of the fact that the set
ting had been made a week ago.
Continuance Ordered.
After further argument Judge Dwyer
decided to order a continuance until 2
o'clock tliis afternoon. Immediately
following this ft der Attorney Donovan
and Edstrum had a conference and it
was decided to send for the brother
and sister of Edstrum The attorney
advised that the better course for Ed
strum to take was to enter a plea of
guilty, as the evidence against him
would certainly mean a conviction
Shortly before noon court was recon
vened and Attorney Donovan informed
the j^lge that Edstrum wished to
withdraw his former plea and enter a
(Continued on Page Eight.)
' ity.
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In the
the comp
are three
eon teat. Tin
jo! 1
th
0 st
ite con
ere
are
me
dais for
by
K
rn«»r
of this
^ltlo
ill
he held
$«:»
and
th
-e girls
d thr
re l>
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wore s«*
4Ht|«J
II CO
/it*-Mt h«l«i a
thr«
« U
r9s
were se
Lest
ot
the
at x vas
kw,
the
Butte high
NUMBER OF RECRUITS
j Washington. April 27. — Illinois re
gained first p!a e In army recruiting
' yesterday, with a total of 182 men on
April 25 against 142 for New York
(131 for Pennsylvania. ,
j Nevada, first to complete ita quota.
I continued to increase It» surplus above •
the 162 men ft
- ■ —
ai i llinip
|| | ||\||||^|
hould supply, havlag
now enrolled 186 men «lace April 1. I
The total number uf recruits fori
April 26 was 1.175. a slump fr«>m the J
«ïaily average of 2.090 for the last 10
days.
MORE THAN $3 PAID
FOR NO. 2 RED WHEAT
IN THE CASH TRADING
Chicago. April 27.—Wild fluctu
ations occurred at the opening of
th« market today, May wheat ris
ing 15 3-4c to 92.70. This was fol
lowsd immsdiatsly by a tumble to
$2^8'/». Tho volumo of trad# was
small.
July advanced 9c to $225 and
Septsmber 7 3-4c to $1.96. July
and 8eptemb«r hold most of the
gain, while May was declining.
A ear of No. 2 red wheat was
sold in tho samplo department of
tho board of trade teday at |3JH
and at St. Louis a car ef tho same
grado brought $3. KL T h eas prices
far outstrip all previous records.
Hr ho«
I at M!«»(iiila. Now l
an«!
he boat girl Hill I-«
rrn-da
hy Mr. Himon. Th»
the
evening haa alre&di
noun
:ed In tin- I'net Ml
Ityan
1» the tea- her of th
li
In the declamation r
y»..r
Ml»» Helen Talion.
-la««
of the Hutte high »ch
state
honor».
he beat boy
awarded «
program tor
hea/i an
Gertrude
Laut
f the]
Crowd Drives Audience Out of
SEMEE PEACE
SPEAKER MOBBED
IR RUSS CAPITAL
Hall—Socialists Want
General Peace.
'J 'j
„tr«<t »,
i<l. April 27 i.u I Mn <Uj
riot wan precipitated
vrnment fear«
make hlrn a
KtlAl
Uta who «lettre the er.d of the war He
in living .r. tbt piiftc» of the «îafic*-r.
Knhenhlnska, a f«>r mer fa «>ftte of the
emperor, from the balconie« of which
he daily and nightly harangue» hin f»>l
lowera It in generally annumed that
he la in the pay of Germany.
New Freedom of Speech
With the new f re e do m f spee» h in
the prena and an«embly there In a del
uge of new dafllen and p*-r;odicaIn and
numerous conferences of people» of ail
trades, profession» and «-allingn. The
and*i*eparate peace element a i>ears to oe
, concentrated on the group
^ r>rr
quite g<________
• an( j f ^ of the
.-iai.at J.* nine
tent against
hortatlons for a separate pea« «;
a «c„ r » of r!«ii!n«Vr'#M»w •*» -
t,lrn, '' f
hi/ irrest »-,ui
..»i;« thro-.xi, n-tnu.lv. tw,
J_ h t ' ^ a ^* r "* Ih,r u ,i "" " f th, '
and his
rumen t
rr.ed from
I
J
under
lnatlon The.r view« are
lly repudiated by the rank ;
xriatists and working
lasses and e-er by the so<»ai.st pea e
(Uonttnued on Page Three.)
GHEÂTEST EXPENDITURE OF
I WORLD
That is the Report of British
Officers Regarding the
Battle of Arras.
Kor don, Apt il 27.—The ministry >
munitions announced today that the
British expenditure of »beiis of the
cailbre of six Inches and upward! dur-,
ing th© first w *-ek of the offensixe that
opened on April 9 was nearly twice
that of the first week of the Somme
offensit© last year, while the expendi
ture of such shells
•ring the second
*« k »»» »'* »na «ne-half time» Uriel
of the MCünd week on the Somme
The expenditure of gun ammunfti<>r.
during the »e- ond week of the Arra»
battle waa the greatest In the hi«tor> |
of the world, it is stated.
10(1 pnil
"UHL
TRIPPED BÏ FIRE
INE
A,te . r -£ )u » Hour8 RoscueWork
Little Hope is Held Out
for Safety.
FE cvlK SSED THAT
EXPLOSION KILLED MANY
Helmet Crews Make No Re
port of Work—Smoke
Pours From Shaft.
idad, Colo., April 77.—Fir«
V.ctor
A
'•nerican Fuel
npany nine
No. 2
at
Hastings, near
1er e, 1« be
lievod
to
ie/e trapped
120
coal miner,
F.re
as first noti
h d
coming out ;
of the
me
uth of th« m
ni
hortly after
9:30
thi
morning.
He
met crews
which
er
tered had
nade
no report
this
ft«
moon ae to
Wh«
her or not
they
ISC
reached the
entombed men.
The
C»
j«e of the fire is
unknown.
lieu
■itooh.. WHJi p
««in 1
ig from tho
mine
il
.10 oV|f>. k a
id If
w»iM f«*:i r«««J
i here
WH
little t|OJi*
of
«•Hcuing the 1
men
Rushing Ri-scucrs in.
IWI bad .1.
In g fr«mi th*
rrled lnt«,
i k this .1
id«*«l to Mi
*h<
it»
Gr
iro
1erl«k are
» to aid In
LOIRS 10 EBIRCEj
AND ITILÏ HE BE
MODE IR FEW OHS
Allies Will Need From $400,
000.000 to S500.000.000
a Month From U. S.
8400.004,09'.
probably vi
nation« in
ill
Tr ,
prellmh
McAdoo
Htat«ii
retary
«lay.
Great Britain needs
12*0,009,000 » month.
000,000 t«> 1125,000.000
II00.900,000 i
150,000.000
tl' e. but H
t«i reduce
hands indicated to
$200.900,909 to
France $100.
Rusftia not
nd Italy ab»^ut
anxious
«le finite
nd soon
The*, figures *
cretary McAdoo »
lem speedily to ;
basis ho that he may rerom n
to President Wilson a program for Is
suing the nec#.*sar> securities
Inaris by the United fttate* to
France and Italy po*»ib?y within a
week were indicated today
The amounts of th*- loan« have T
been definitely settled but indications
are »hat France will get approximately
$109.000,999 and Italy a »mal *-r s-jm
The money mould com« fr< rn a further
laaje of treasury certificates of In
debtedness
.Secretary McAdoo probably
make the first formal arm , in»
of the terms of the forth oming
within the next few dayi
definitely not to offer th
** ntlr * $6 009.999.909 in one i*s«je The
- rät offering prot>abl> w;JJ I»e $2 >99,.
000.099 and the proceeds will be ava.I
able not later than J«uly l
w:ii
™*r t
® ond
IN BANKS, DRAWS
MONEY ; THIEF GETS IT ALL
Says in Future He
Will Keep Savings in Bank.
War or No War. Gus Aho
and Wife Arrested. Matta
Says 5360 is Missing.
* -
Yesterday rooming Emil Matta an
ms Alfe who lire In the K of P build
.-.g talked things over and dr- ded. on -
mg to the war between the United
States and Germany, that their sav
ings were not .«*e ure in a local bar,
They decided to draw $369 and place
the earn« in« ». k jnde-r the oaiueb
at home. At Î » tha morning Matta
loid Mi» trouble* to tho police He um»
minua the *;«0 and act u»ed Gua Aho
»nd ht» wife of robbery The t air
I
w ere arrested
GAMER STORE IS
BE LORE OMIT
C. Gamer Faces Robber Alone
j n Store Just After
6 o'Clock.
PROPRIETOR is bound
and LAID IN BASEMENT
Bandit Entfjred During Busi
ness Hours and Hid in
the Cellar.
With one of the proprietors tied
Eland and foot and rolled over on
his stomach, a lone bandit robbed
the Garner shoe store on North
Main street of $403 25 on the aft
ernoon of April I!), according to
the information made public for
the first time today. The robber
entered the store dur inj» the after
noon and hid himself behind shoe
boxes in the basement until the
front doors were closed and
Charles Garner was left alone to
count the day's receipts just after
«1 o'clock
'lie haul »"bletiil" boon In • dr-.
a hea«1 of hi
:
♦. of th<
In tiro
U-BOAT BLOCKADE
CDEAT MENACE
W,.H njt.B, April 27 ia u ll«ti«.;_
R,ppr(, th* G.rim»p libirir.r,
block»-!« • MMi-.irj m«-, «ni i,,r,
efficient eier« 3• -e- it- oje Bttent on
«» toda/'e oa-. net meet r 8 »nd r»o«t of
the dieoueelon nee directed toward
lupply ng qu.oHjr ae iran, ok pi a«
are needed for zt"/.ng i u ppi ee to tk«
entente.
MINT REPORTED KILLED
apu; t
- per*
reported
earthquake in Tuncany and Umbria
ThG'sday aceordlr g t a Rome 7 s
patch te the Ex hsi.f« TcLegrsph com
pnny
T v *
! r <? * Umbria Is directly
♦he pronne# f \ *>n.x*A> U r-»
► 2 4.293 jersor were kj!*-j hy
«juake Jan It. 191$
my
seal
"I was sfra.d that I migl
money on account of the
Matta I laike^i the matter o.er ■* ith
my w:f© and we drew out ©or nes-i/ags
Last night 1 had the money in my
p<-.ket and wet.♦ out with Mr and
Mrs. Abo We drank a '»ttle teo m« I»
ar.d I hired a taxr at). I felt the money
©'•r* I got nto the tab. When ae
sot to our room the money' was miss
plumber '
early
■Brien, «on
"O'Brien the
v. as held up and rubbed
morning on Jackson street.
between Park and Broadway by a
l-ne tneekej * n Jit e. ho got »• ;»
John Smith «ho«rod fight »hen a
bandit aaked him to tarn over h a
monev on South M»;r. «treet The
< andlt ran and Sm.th «Kmyed mith hi*
life and mosey.