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VOL. 5. NO. 164.
BUTTE MONTANA. TUESDAY. JULY 10. 1917
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
EACE WITHOUT ANNEXATION IS UNACCEPTABLE SfS 35 Ä 2 S
We Cal. it Declare Terms ol Peace. We Musi Fight lo Conquer," He Adds
0 BIG MEN xj BERLIN
CABINET ARE SAID TO BE
SLATED FOR DISMISSAL
nimerman, Who Caused the Final Rupture
With America, and Helfferich, the Vice
Chancellor, May Retire
ports of the Crisis Say That Leaders in the
Hollweg Chancellory Are Standing Firm for
the Continuance of the Submarine Campaign.
Letter from Field Marshal Hindenburg Advo
cating Increased Efficiency for Submarines Is
Read to Reichstag.
Herne, Switzerland, July 10.—According to Berlin newspapers the
rman Chancellor Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg said to members of
Reichstag: ."I repeat that the formula of peace without annexa
is is unacceptable to us. We cannot declare our terms of peace,
must fight and conquer." The chancellor made a strong attack
Mathias Erzberger, leader of the Catholic Center, who assailed
pan-German plan in his address before the main committee last
k and advocated peace without annexations or indemnities. Dr.
Bethmann-Hollweg said Herr Erzberger's attitude was unpatriotic.
According to the summary of chancellor's speech before the main
mittee published in the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin, he said: "We
I continue the war with our whole energy. I do not deny we have
-t difficulties to overcome, but so have our enemies. We shall
if Iheir difficulties or ours are greater. I am sure we can win if
hold out. Nothing was further from my intention than to cling
y post, but now it is a question of protecting the Fatherland from
rv and for this reason I consider it necessary' to retain my position."
London, July 10.—It is reported in Amsterdam, says the corres
dent of the Exchange Telegraph company, that the resignations
r. Karl Helfferich, vice chancellor of secretary of the interior, and
Alfred Zimmermann, the German secretary of foreign affairs, have
decided upon by Emperor William.
Stockholm, July 10.—Theadore Wolff of the Berliner Tageblatt
bts whether Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg will fall and
her anything beyond the usual compromise will emerge from the
"nt political crisis in Germany. Reports on the crisis are that
ign Secretary Zimmermann agreed with Admiral Von Capelle, who
-eded Von Turpitz, that the submarine campaign must be main
- with increasing efficiency. A letter from Field Marshal Von
enherg was read in the reichstag. The marshal declared that the
arine campaign was necessary in the present war and must not
lupplanted. The reichstag adjourned until Thursday morning.
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cesses Menace Lemberg,
nee Before Held by Pet
rograd Troops.
THE WAR SUMMARY. ^
eral villages captured and more
1.000 atfoitional prisoners and
field guns taken, attest the suc
of the second day's attack by
ral Korslloff in eastern Galicia,
dy the activity of this branch of
an army has resulted In the Ger
being driven back beyond ex
ilons.
e continuance of Russian pres
l'oints to the probable speedy fall
liez, opening up the way to Lem
along two first class railway
A dangerous salient was also
ed around Halicez.
rograd's official statement, be
announcing a retreat of the Ger
from the Lomnica river and re
ff the penetrating of enemy lines
depth of six and two-thirds miles
o days' fighting in the Stanlslau
ffives indications that the of
v ® further north in Galicia is soon
resumed.
Un admits the Austro-German
men * in the Stanlslau sector be
Lomnica.
In France.
day now witnesses a new at
by the German crown prince
the Aisne front in northern
e, suggesting an attempt to sus
the offensive. The French guns
roving too much for the attacking
of the Teutons, however. Last
s attack was unsuccessful for the
They were not even able to
ar the French entanglements In
(Continued on Pag« Seven.)
SECRETARY M'ADDO
WRITES 1LEHER
DF APPRECIATION
Addressed to Charles J. Kelly,
Chairman of the Liberty
Loan Committee.
Throughout the country reference
has been made In the press and else
where to Montana's very notable part
In the success of the Liberty loan.
This state s record in respect to bond
subscriptions was far and away better
than that of any other state In the
union; Indeed, no other state ap
proached Montana In the per cent of
the loan subscribed to the sum appor
tioned. Montana's subscription was
more than 10« per cent In excess of Its
allotment. Butte was credited with
more than 18.000,000 of the bonds,
which was greater than 700 per cent
more than was expected of It, popula
tion considered.
Recognition of the notable part that
Montana took In the Liberty loan Is
contained officially In a letter received
In this city from W. G. McAdoo, sec
retary of the treasury. The letter was
addressed to Charles J. Kelly, chair
man of the committee, president of the
Daly Bank and Trust company, who
had a leading part In the bond cam
paign in this state.
The letter signed by Secretary Mc
Adoo follows:
•'Dear Mr. Kelly: Permit me to
extend to you. and through you to
each member of your Liberty loan
committee, my warm thanks and deep
appreciation of the .patriotic service
you rendered your country In connec
tion with the Liberty loan of 1S17.
The result could not have been ac
complished without the effective aid
of such patriotic citizens as yourself
and the members of your committee.
Loyallv and unselfishly you gave the
government your best efforts and you
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Three Days Out o{ Prison, He Buys Auto and
Hotel and Gets Hundreds With Bogus Checks
FORGER. Klim
A NERVY FINANCIER
This City Easy Pickings for J.
C. Madden and His
Facile Pen.
POSES AS WEALTHY
CATTLEMAN'S SON
Butte, Dewey and Divide Busi
ness Men Pay for Suavity
and Conversation.
Three days out of the Montana stato
j prison on parole, garbed in the con
i ventional suit given him at the pen
j and with but the $10 furnished each
| paroled or discharged convict by the
| state in his pocket, J. C. Madden came
I to Butte last Friday, posed as a rich
i Custer county cattleman's son, bought
a $1,500 automobile, a hotel at Dewey
j and cashed worthless checks aggregat
ing several thousand dollars. He is
; still at large. His checks have been re*
j turned by the Mjles City bank on
which they were drawn, the automo*
bile was brought back to the local
dealer by the chauffeur whom Madden
hired and paid with a bogus check, and
now several Butte, Dewey and Divide
business men are figuring out juat how
much Madden's suave manner and con
vincing conversation cost them.
All this developed yesterday after
noon when a complaint was issued by
County Attorney Joe Jackson charging
Madden with grand larceny, the spe
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
ILL SOON BE A
THING OF PAST
Dictator Said to Be Seeking
Guarantee of Personal
Safety.
Washington, July 10.— Loyal troops
of the republicans surround the city
and capital and the Manchu dynasty
is considered a thing of but a short
time.
Washington, July 10.— Gen. Chang
Hsun, leader of the attempt to en
throne the Manchu dynasty in China,
was reported by Minister Reinsch to
day to have withdrawn his troops into
the Imperial City and Temple of
Heaven, the two most historical and
beautiful sections of Peking.
Chang Hsun's choice of the Imperial
City and the Temple of Heaven as hia
places of refuge after his desperate
action had been swamped by a wavs
of opposition. Is confirmation of the
belief here he cannot hold the mon
archy together. The Temple of Heav
en, a large enclosure dotted with blue
domed temples, was the scene of
sacred worshipping under the old Im
perial regime, while the Imperial City
is filled with irreplaceables of Old
China.
To Banish Emperor.
Another dispatch to the department
said the republican government at
Nankin had, in accordance with the
constitution, announced the retirement
of Gen. Feng Kwo Chang as presi
dent and Tuan Chi Jui, the premier.
According to this Information, a de
(Continued on Paire Fourteen.)
GREAT GERMAN PUNT IS
CRIPPLED BÏ 1 RAIDERS
Amsterdam, July 10.— Les Nouvelles
of Maesrlcht, Holland, reported that
Dutch workmen who were laid off at
the Krupp works on account of destruc
tion of buildings In the recent French
air raid, asaert that a quarter of the
Essen plant was destroyed. The ma
terial damage la placed at millions of
francs and It is beyond repair. One
and posalbly two French airplanes
dropped bombs on these worke last
Friday.
PEACE TERMS
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WHEN GERMANY HAS A WINNING STREAK.
SOCIAL STS
mo eNMexerioKl
IHDEWXNITILS
WHEN GERMANY HAS A LOSING STREAK.
SUDDENLY LEAVE
CAMP AT JEROME
Organized Drive Against Agi
tators Made by Miners
and Others.
Jeroni'\ Ariz., July 10.—Hundreds of
miners and citizens, some with rifles
and others with pick handles, started
at sunrise today to "clean" the town
of agitators, whom they considered
undesirable. No violence had been re
ported at a late hour.
Most of the I. W. W.'s apparently
learned of the proposed organized
drive and left town during the night.
Those who remained offered r.o re
sistance. They were ordered out of
town, leaving soon after the armed
forces arrived.
Sixty-seven Sent Out.
Sixty-seven I. W. W.'s finally were
herded together by the citizens and
miners. They were searched and
loaded into cattle cars, guarded l>y 50
armed men. The train then was start
ed for Jerome Junction, 27 miles away,
where it was Intended to unload the
prisoners.
Jerome Junction is on the main line
(Continued on Page Seven.)
SILVER SELLS AT 79*
CENTS AN OUNCE TODAY
New York, July 10.—Bar silver
sold at 79 Zt cents an ounce in local
market today, the highest price
since the beginning of war. The
advance was almost wholly attrib
uted to the increaeed foreign de
mand for the metal, silvar having
bean substitutad far gold coin by
moat of the European countries.
SALOON MAN FIRES TO
FRIGHTEN HOLDUPS AND
KILLS DRUNKEN PATRON
Pat Liggan Kills Patrick Hugh Sullivan as Latter Lies Upon the
Ground in Rear of Woolman Street Saloon Recovering From
Effects of Spree. Liquor Dealer Says He Shot Into Ground
to Give Warning of Robbery and Did Not Know Sullivan Was
in Line of Fire. Holdup Suspect in Jail.
While lying on the ground in a drunken stupor, recovering from
the effects of a spree, Patrick Hugh Sullivan, 27, and married, was]
shot and instantly killed this morning shortly after midnight by Pat
Liggan, in the rear of the latter's saloon at 73 East Woolman street.
Liggan claims that the killing of Sullivan was accidentia! and that it,
occurred when he fired two shots to give warning of a holdup in
progress at the saloon. He declares that when he fired he did not know
Sullivan, whom he had ejected from the place some two hours before,
was lying on the ground in the line of fire. Sullivan's body was not
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discovered until 5.30 o clock this morning. Liggsn is detflined nt the
county jail pending an investigation, and George Goggin, a young
miner is held on a charge of robbing the Liggan saloon. Ligg an
positively identified Goggin this morning as one of the two men who|
held up his place.
Liggan's saloon has been the scene
of several holdups heretofore. Ac
cording to Liggans story, he and his
bartender, John Barry, ejected Sulli
van from the saloon about 10 o'clock
last night. They put the man out the
back door and he apparently laid down
to sleep on the back porch, a distance
of about six feet from the door itself.
The Holdup.
f,iggan said today that while he and
the bartender were counting the cash
shortly after closing the saloon at
midnight, a man rapped for entrance
at the front door. When the bartender
opened the door two holdup men en
tered. guns In hand. Liggan says that,
realizing that a holdup was in prog
ress. he fled through the back door to
his cabin, about 35 feet west of the
back door of the saloon. One of the
holdups, he declares, followed him out.
Upon reaching his cabin, Liggan says
that he seized a big .88 caliber revol
ver and, going to the door, he fired
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TWO EXEMPTION APPEAL
BOARDS FOR THIS STATE
Althouqh Law Says One Board
t r l c j ■ ■ ■**!
for Each Federal Judicial
District, Montana's Military
Importance Makes Two Ap
pellate Bodies Necessary.
The exemption appeal boards for
Montana will he appointed by Presi
dent Wilson in course of the next few
days, according to advices received by
the Post from Washington this morn
ing. Under the selective conscription
law, the president Is authorized to ap
point one board for each federal Judi
cial district to pass up#n agricultural
and Industrial exemptions and appeals
SENATE WILL
VOTE ON FOOD
RILL JOEY 21
But Senators Decide the Pro
hibition Clause Must Be
Redrafted.
NEW PROPOSALS TO LIMIT
_ OF MEASURE
Agricultural Committee Would
Eliminate Copper,
Steel. Etc.
STEERING COMMITTEE
IS UNABLE TO AGREE
Burleson. President's Repre
sentative, Joins in the
Discussion.
Washington, July 10.—Unani
mous consent to begin final voting
on the food control bill and all
amendments not later than 2:30
o'clock Saturday afternoon, July
21, was given in the senate late
today and the cloture motion filed
yesterday was withdrawn.
The agreement was nought by Sena
tor Chamberlain, in charge of the bill,
when it became apparent that the
storm of opposition to the prohibition
and other sections would make pas
sage of the 1)111 within the next few
da>s impossible.
Limit Speeches.
After Thursday, July 10. speech
es will be limited to five and ten min
utes. Plans were laid during the day
by spécial meeting of the agricultural
and democratic steering committees
for material revision of the bill to meet
objections. Senator Chamberlain an
nounced that he Intended keeping the
bill constantly before the senate until
the final vote.
Increased difficulty today besot the
food control bill with its drastic pro
hibition features.
Convinced that the bill is ''loaded
down" and that the liquor provision
for government pun hase of all distilled
spirits is unconstitutional and either
must be amended or stricken out, sen
ate leaders held conferences while tho
debate proceeded on the floor In an
effort to devise amendments to pave
(Continued on Page Fourte
GERMAN LEADED SEEKS
A BASIS EDR PEACE
Catholic Party Chief Urging
Abandonment of Subma
ri ne Campaig n,
rKqn^'here^'làst^ntKht^^rom^TteHi'n
makes the statement that the purpose
of Herr Erzberger. the Catholic cen
u . e of the reichstag on Saturday, was
>o secure an abandonment of the sub
"* arl " e can 2 1>aiK " as w< '" as the , p J' 0 "'
tarnation of a peace program without
annexation or indemnity. The major
jity of the reichstag had been prae
'ticaliyformedoiithebasisofthesede
allKn Am , rlra and Russla for pPac ,
and iM>werfully Influence France.
from local ex ™ , p ,ion hoard*. b..t hi.
decision to appoint two hoards in
Montana Is based upon the recom
mendation of Provost Marshal General
Crowder and is recognition of the mili
tary importance of the state.
There will he five members of each
board—which will mean that 10 indi
viduals will pass upon exemption
claims and appeals in Montana. It is
probable that one board will be ap
pointed for the western section of the
state and one for the eastern section.
It has not been determined as yet just
where the boards will have their sit
tings. They will be empowered to
travel from county to county and
judge by first-hand evidence the merits
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