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WEATHER FORECAST
BUTTE: —Tonight—Not quite as «
Tomorrow —Fair and warmer.
OL. 5. NO. 129.
$Sutte Batlp iPost.
WEATHER FORECAST
MONTANA—Rain tonight, possibly snow
southwest, somewhat colder. Wednesday,
probably fair with rising temperature.
BUTTE MONTANA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 30. 1917
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
xnencaOnce ^lore Has Opportunity to Show World
he^iVas Bo>; u to Serve TVlank md, Says President Wllsoni
l BUT ENVIES
THE MEN OF '81
! dent Speaks at Memorial
Service in Arlington
Cemetery.
AMERICA RESPONDS
THE CALL OF LIBERTY
ans Accomplished Their
ork —We Are Being
Put to the Test.
hington, May 30—Presi
Vi'ilson, speaking today at
rial exercises in Arlington
ery, declared the time had
i for action by this nation and
lie had no fear of the part
'ca would play in the great
war.
the province of God," he
"America once more has an
îtunity to show the world
he was born to serve man
president declared that
no such day as this could be
t sorrow, he looked rather
nvy on those who had served
ountry in the Civil war, be
their work of liberty is ac
shed.
program has conferred nn un
dlgnity upon the remarks I
g to make by calling them an
because I am not here to de
address," the president said,
here merely to show ln my «of
Epaclty the sympathy of this
vernment with the object of
asion, also to speak just a word
sentiment that is in my own
Work Unfinished.
Memorial Hay of this sort Is.
e, a day touched with sorrow
i»ry, and vet I don't seo how
nflnued on Page Fourteen.)
CH WAR BILL AIMED
SOCIALIST MEETING
e Citizens May Not Con
e Any Convention With
En emy Subjec ts.
May 30.—A bill which has ref
the decision of the French
ts to take part in the interna
cl&list convention at Stock
H introduced in the chamber
titles today by Paul Pugliesi
■ It provides that "Whoever con
! or attempts to conclude any
tion or negotiations of political,
*1°* military, economic or so
"racter, aside from the constl
nvernmental authorities, either
bjects of an enemy power or
assemblage embracing a for
cmy, shall be punished with
rs imprisonment and a fine of
to 50,000 francs/'
HOLM CONFERENCE
IS AGAIN POSTPONED
erdam, May 30 (via London).—
nt » r to news from the Dutch del
at Stockholm the socialist con
has been postponed until July
osslbly later. Everything de
the date of the arrival of
nch and Italian delegations.
ERTY LOAN OFFERS BIG
P0RTUNITY.SAY BANKERS
nd Women Drawing Sal
s Will Be Given Oppor
ity to Buy, Paying Dur
Ensuing Year on Install
t Plan.
'ly apart from the patriotic
of suseriblng to the Liberty
utte bankers are pointing out
oriority of these bonds as an
ont in connection with their
n to bring Butte's subscrip
P to a minimum of $1,000,000.
urging upon patrons the at
ness of an Investment which
H per cent semi-annually and
from taxes of all kinds with
ed possibility of increased ln
n event future bond issues fix
rate.
the banks are interesting pa
the loan, arrangements are
orward foi* Liberty loan week
mmË
OEM), 1ETTEB
Enlightening Resolutions Are
Passed by the Delegates
From the Front.
QUICK CONCLUSION OF
WAR IS INDISP ENSABLE
Unprotected Russians Forced
to Face the Heaviest
Artillery.
Petrograd (via London), May 30.—
The congress of delegates from the
front, after a debate on the war, has
unanimously voted the following res
olution:
"First, The army in the trenches
declares, it is indispensable to take
every measure to put an end as quickly
as possible to the International car
nage and conclude peace without an
nexations or indemnities, on the basis
of the right of alT nations to dispose
of themselves, proclaiming at the same
time the watchword, 'Whoever wishes
for peace must prepare for war/
"Second, The army, pointing out
that the Russian soldiers have been
fighting hitherto under conditions in
finitely worse than those of the other
allies, that the Russian soldier has to
march almost unprotected against the
enemy's bullets and break with bare
arms the barbed wire entanglements
whlrh the other allies and enemy pass
freely after artillery preparation, de
clares that, the Russian front must be
provided with munitions and every
thing necessary to maintain the prin
ciple, 'The more metal the less gun
fodder.' "
In conclusion, the congress declares
that the army appeals to all to whom
fiee Russia is dear to rally around the
Council or Soldiers' and Workmen's
delegate« and that of the provisional
government and not to permit "ad
venturers to make the army become
manure for foreign fields."
Austrian Marine Interests Suf
fer Heavy Reverses as the
Result of War.
London, May 30.—A Vienna dispatch
forwarded from Amsterdam by the
Exchange Telegraph says that at the
annual meeting yesterday of the Aus
trian shipping companies it was said
the companies' losses in 1916 were
more than 3.00Q.000 kronen. This
figure already has been exceeded In
the present year. The directors be
lieve the companies' ships interned in
America must be considered lost. A
plan of amalgamation with the leading
German lines has been attempted, but
without success thus far.
FEOEl AUTHORITIES TO
ATTEND THIS CONFEHENCE
New York, May 30.—Federal au
thorities, it was announced, will have
representatives at Madison Square
Garden today and tomorrow while the
members of the first American con
ference for democracy and terms of
peace, a pacifist organization, are
holding their meetings to consider war
problems. The conference will hold
six sessions and will listen to ad
dresses by Morris Hillquit, Dr. Judah
L. Magnes, Job Harriman of Los An
geles and Victor L. Rerger.
in Butte, which starts Saturday. Dr.
Newell Dwight Hillis, the successor of
Henry Ward Beecher as pastor of
Plymouth church, Brooklyn, and an
orator of national fame, and Law
rence Chamberlain, hanker and bond
expert, started on their tour of the
west in San Francisco today in behalf
of the Liberty bonds. They will ar
rive in Butte on Monday afternoon
and will address a mass meeting to
be held at the Rlaltö theater at 2:30
o'clock under the auspices of the
Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Hillis will
devote his address to the patriotic
features of the loan, while Mr. Cham
berlain will discuss it from an invest
ment standpoint. A special commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce con
sisting of Eugene Carroll, A. J. Davis
and John'Gillie will meet the speakers
upon their arrival in Butte.
Should Increase in Value.
Discussing investment features of
(Continued on Page Five.)
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r
The Old Bow
bv O
Ion fira ley
Tim« was Ch«y m«xhtd with
With heads «rtc t. «nd th«
Swintf lilt,
hats otilts
In the strength and wie ölow of^ootb,
n each man «houlderad hiv pack and ^
when
A»>d fought» the floht that, haç mad«
A nation In Tact* and* truGh*
Today thalr gait* a trtfl« rlow
And thair rankt ara thin, but thair* old eyet blow
With • light that 1/ clear and brave-.
Ac they trudge along on t*h«ir tirad feet*.
And lift thair* face« again to graat*
*Tha flag that th ay h-Ipad to rav«
V —
And now tha taat of- OUR j-oulr har coma
A« tha roldLanr march ta tha fi fa and drum
Tb Join in tha thick of war*.
And tha young boj*r fight ar tha old boyx fought
Willing ta hold thair liver ar naught
In a causa worth dying for*
WJ
And wa jomahow know that In war'r rad
Thase lads will battle Sr nobly well
Ac tha Grand Old.fîoyx we chaer
Who faltar by ta a martial strain ,
Or those who under th« sod have lain
For many a «|ui mt /..rl
T
Jo wa lift* our eyas ta tha fl» g that Flf
With ity rad and it» white and blue
And we cheer again for the kind of me
a» Who have alwaya Seen us through
a- Who have alwaya Seen us through.
For the stalwart bread that meets our need
For the Old Doya • and tha Naw !
r
G.A.R.VETERANS POSTPONE
SERVICES AT CEMETERIES
BECAUS E OF BAD WEATHER
Memorial Day Services at the Graves of the Departed Com
rades Will Be Carried Out at 10 o'Clock Sunday Morning.
Other Features of the Memorial Day Program Are Carried
Out According to Schedule. Spanish-American War Veterans
Hold Their Services Despite the Elements.
Fearing that the inclement weather would endanger the health of
the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic it was decided to
day to postpone the decoration of the graves of the departed members
until next Sunday morning. The luncheon given the old timers by the
Woman's Relief Corps was held on schedule time at the courthouse
this afternoon. Between 350 and 400 attended, among them the Span
ish War Veterans and the Sons of Veterans. The memorial services at
the City Auditorium tonight will conclude the day's ceremonies. Snow,
however, held no terror for the Spanish-American War Veterans. "
.Led by Post Department Com-1 In 1898, after holding services around
mander Jensen and Ed Morrissey, the capstan in the courthouse, made
state department commander, the boys up of relics of the ill-fated battleship
who successfully fought against Spain' «Continu«?' o n Hau«
LEADERS IN
ERS IN THE FLYING SQUADRON THAT IS CANVASSING BUTTE
TO RAISE $100,000 FOR THE CONTEMPLATED DEACONESS HOSPITAL
...... . , . REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIVE TEAMS CAMPAIGNING FOR DEACONESS HOSPITAL Fli\D
With six days left for the work of the hospital fund canvassers it is expected that Butte will cnnirituit* „„„„t,. *00000 . • . '
hospital plant In this city, plans of which have already been published Ylnder the management of I H uii b *° 'usure the construction of the elaborate
workers are making a whirlwind eamp.ign to raise the necessary and insure TuUe a^eöuaU nld ^ fl T. ,Cial 5 ^T cUry , of the '»"A »he
are: Front row. left to right, C. S. Jackman, colonel of-team Ni. sTilre C. J N7»«r c.nU^ 0n .„^-. ^ W . ori L*" ,hown 'h* Picture
S. Rear row, William Lutey, colonel of team No. 5; C. S. Bonner, captain on team No S- FlovH Ham III «.«'i auI j* r5 ' team, Mrs. T. A. Grigg, colonel of team No.
buildings; C. W. Thom.,,' Ä on 'te'.m No. Vs C^ÄolÄ ,Ä T"""" * Dd *~ hileCt ° f ' h * »"spitS
MEMORIAL DAY
IS CELEBRATED
ON GIANT SCALE
Nearly 175,000 March in Four
Big Parades in Greater
New York.
New York, May 30. — With a new
significance due to the war and given
added color by the participation of
thousands of men in uniform, Memo
rial Day was celebrated in New York
today on a far greater scale than at
any time since 1898.
The main parade, that of the Grand
Army of the Republic and the soldiers
of the nation, state and city, marched
up Riverside Drive. It was reviewed
by MaJ. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, U. S. A.,
and Governor Whitman, at the sol
diers' and sailors' monument. It ^
(Continued
COAAPLETE PAUSE
IN OPERATIONS
OE AAAJOR SCOPE
Fighting in France Dwindles
to Merely Local En
counters.
GERMANS EXPECT
GREATER ONSLAUGHT
Only on Italian Front is Fight
ing of Sustained
Character.
THE WAR SUMMARY.
There has come such a pronounced
pause in the major activities of the
great war as to give the impression
that preparation for a new phase in
the development of the conflict may
be In progress. Only on the Austro
Italian front, where General Cadorna
j$ determinedly pushing his campaign
for Trlest, is any sustained offensive
movement going on. The great battles
which developed last month on the
front in northern France have come
to a halt.
Even counter-attacks by the Ger
mans have virtually ceased along the
British front, while on the French
front they have lessened in number
and violence. The recent pronounced
aerial activity also has subsided.
The Next Blow.
When the next blow is to be de
livered can only he surmised. Indica
tions are multiplying that the Germans
are looking for some new development.
They have mentioned the Russo-Ru
manlan front as the place of the ex
pected attacks. The trend of the
nc'ws from the entente side of that
front, however, has not beerF such as
to lead to the belief that an effective
stroke could he delivered on the Teu
tonic lines there at present.
Kaiser's Appeal.
Emperor William, in addressing his
troops on the front I nF northern France
recently, exhorted them to stand fast
in the decisive time he pictured "neaV
at hand." Apparently, thus, a renewal
of the Franco-Brltlsh attack, possibly
on a larger scale than ever. Is antic
ipated.
As for some time recently, the fight
ing on the western front yesterday and
last night was of a local character.
Washington, May 3«.— The Italian
mlssion visited Annapolis today and
later returned to Washington. Recent
military events in Italy are being fol-'
lowed with the most tense Interest
members of the mission, who say that,
the fail of Trlest now is inevitable.
Triest, however, is viewed as side
issue to the main offensive which is
now being directed toward opening up
the road to Leibach, which in turn
opens the road to Vienna. Sharp
mountains stand before the Italian ad-1
vnnee and it is estimated It will cost
600.000 men to pass them. General
Cadorna, it is thought, is seeking to
Page Three.)
TOTEST WILL BE MEN
Visitors to United States Fol
low Events at Home With
Intense Interest.
VILLA FORCES
AGAIN HOLD A
Carranza Garrison at Ojinaga
is Beaten in Surprise
Attack.
DEFENDERS FLEE ACROSS
RIO G RANDE I NTO TEXAS
The Bandit Leader Was Per
sonally in Charge of
the Attack.
Presidio, Tex., May 30.—A Villa
force attacked Ojinaga, opposite
here, early today, surprising the
Mexican government soldiers in
the garrison there and causing
them to flee to the American side,
leaving their arms in Mexico.
Captain Pedro Arnelas and two
soldiers of the Ojinaga garrison,
who were wounded during the
fighting, were brought to the
American side. All women and
children from Ojinaga escaped to
the American side when the attack
started.
Customs officials who arrived from
ojinaga said Villa led the attack in
person. Many Mexican government
troops surrendered to the Villa troops,
these officials said.
_ Ojinaga now is in possession of the
A ilia soldiers. The fighting occurred
in the plaza of the Mexican town.
The capture of Ojinaga gives Villa
a border port of entry to the United
States. Villa's main command is re
ported at Polvo, 20 miles east of
Presidio.
TO PROSECUTE ALL WHO
ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE
Department of Justice Will See
That All Within the Law
Are Registered.
Washington, May 30.—Despite anti
conscription agitation in manv cities,
which department of Justice official»
suspect as Herman propaganda, the
department expects virtually all men
between the ages of 21 and 30, in
clusive, to register for the war draft
next Tuesday. To insure this further
steps were taken today looking to th»
prosecution of persons seeking to
hinder registration plans and to the
detection of those who may avoid reg
istration. Similar action is likely to
be taken against slackers, and United
states marshals and attorneys have
instructions to watch closely for in
dlc "tions of anti-registration eonspir
ac,es a nd to assure the protection of
re glsUars.
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Brazilian Ltoyd SteamJhb?^ ° f th *
yesterday for th. P . COmf ' any
ering mea»^ to°i
ian shin-'-..... safeguard BraTli
With the organized forces wo
like Trojans, the various canva
for tlie Deaconess hospital fund e
to be able to announce some
subscriptions in the next (8 hours
Inclement weather of today greatl
terfered with the work, but If fi
able weather sets in tomorrow
workers expect to start their
drive and keep at it until next 1
day night, by which time they
to have raised the $100,000 necei
to finish the hospital.
Yesterday'» Accomplishmi
In the 24 hours preceding .vest«
at noon $2.135 was raised, brtngin
a of the Present campalgt
$15,099. Guy V. Ia-wls was ac«
the badge of honor, the division »
he heads raising 1620 in 24 hours
S Jackman's corps was second
$530 as the total.*
The total number of subscribe!
the present campaign .was 234
night. Subscriptions which tot
more than *50 were as follows
friend. $150; Hugh Johnston. $10
Friend. *100; Cora Jenkins, $100
Bruce. $100; J. T . Shimmfn. $50
R. Dufresne. $50; Angus McL«md,
Sain Shiner. $50; J. H. Carmichael
Twelve employes of Lutey Bro
contributed $12 each, adding a
of 1144 to the fund.
An innovation took place at to.
noon-day luncheon when an Arne
flag adorned the table of the dlv
leading In subscriptions.
No Reports Today.
No financial reports were ma<
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