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1ER FORECAST lighi : Fair and cooler. air :md cooler. ' 5 . NO. 237. _ Œt)e$utteBaüp$osfc =====^=======^^ BUTTE MONTANA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1917. WEATHER FORECAST MONTANA —Fair tonight and Thun day. cooler tonight w»*h 1 and rentrai po; tloii« und «ont portion Thursday. PRICE FIVE CENTS 'SHALL «VE IT ALL BACK TO THEM VERY SOON"_I I AUR SHALL BOMB GERMAHY WITH COMPOUHD INTEREST" LLUIII GEORGE Ml MM 1EH Till" LOHBON PEOPLt Makes Tour of Districts Damagsti by the Recent i German Raids. WO APPEA OFFICIAL DURING TRIP As He Shouts Reply Britain's War Leader is Wildly Cheered. London, Oct. .3.—A crowd of poor peoplf in the southwest dis tript of London yesterday appealed On Premier LlOyd George, says the Dnhy Mail, for reprisals against Gdrmnny for the air raids on Lon èremier shouted to the I« will give it all back I will give it to them bomb Germany interest." The 1 the promise of the The premier had > • tour of the area raids with Vis k, commander of the crowd IYERS IBS ON OF BADEN es Carried Out dus Water Drt. Continuing their re of Gorman airmen \ Wench av iators last the German Tthe war office an t follows: the bombardment of our aviators an the town of Oct. 1-2 and dur 2 our aviators ay station at Fri I Volkelgen and Hof stationa at Brie —y.—«ta-Woippy. Arna hldW-Metz. Th ion vlllo 111 the course of these tiles to the amount (15,400 pounds) the grand name. Is one of the beautiful watering known for its Is a town of some '■cut.) [. FEENEY, COUNTY LVEYOR, DIED TODAY Official Had I Weeks But by Friends to Had Served arles M. Feeney, ilch occurred this s' hospital. Butte most estimable to this city 16 arents from Vir ► entered the School the engineering in 1906 with being engaged in \ few years he was It democratic con I city for the office vas elected by kfter serving for 1 he made such a »if that he was ad term at the held und again At the election I more nominated |lty surveyor and elected, painstaking and Eleven.) PERFECT PUNS TO ADJOURN CONGRESS LITE ON SATURDAY All Important War Business 0 Will Have Been \ Concluded. Washington, Oct. 3. •—Ar rangements were made late to day hy the senate and house leaders for adjournment of the present extraordinary session of congress next Saturday at 5 p. m. An agreement to vote on the sailors' and soldiers' war risk insurance bill and amend ments not later than 5 p. m. to morrow was adopted today by the senate. STRANGLING THE NILITIHY POWER OF TRE TEUTONS British Embargo and That of U. S. Against Neutrals Effective. Washington, Oct. 3.—Great Britain's new embargo on shipments of prac tically everything to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands is re garded here as a most important move in tightening the cordon which slowly but surely is killing the military power of Germany. Coming close on the export embargo of the United States which is being administered to keep from the Eu ropean neutrals everything that might supply the central powers, Great Brit ain's action is regarded as one of the most important of the war. As the British embargo excludes everything except printed matter, about the only thing that will be per mitted to go to the German people by way of the neutrals will be expressions of world opinion that they should organize their Hystem of government to do away with the military au toc racy. In a figurative sens«*. Great Britain holds one end of the rope and the United States holds the other. Gradu ally but surely as it is being drawn taut the military power of Germany is being strangled because the embargo cuts off the supplies she has been re ceiving through the adjacent neutrals. DENIES ANY OVERTURES FOR SEPARATE PEACE Amsterdam. Oct. 3.—Germany has made no proposals whatever for a separate peace either with France or Great Britain. Dr. von Kuehlmann, the German foreign secretary, makes this announcement, according to ad vices from Berlin, in answering the speech made by General Verkhovsky, the Russian minister at war, before the democratic congress in Petrograd j m THE LATE CHARLES M. FEENEY Surveyer of Silver Éow County, Whose death occurred this morning. PLAN SOME ACTION IN CASE OF SENATOR LA FOLLETTE three SAM m miiBUKTTE 1 Dll lllltlll Butts's enlisted men are making good In the army and navy. Dally letters are being received by friends In praise of the service, und fas one of the boys, Kranci* A. Ryan, says, "If fel lows only knew of the pleasure and satisfaction of being in the navy, none would have to he drafted." The pictures shown are three of the boys who volunteered from I his city. Ryun is the well known Y. M. A. wrestler. He Is stationed on a Records Go by Board in Construction of L^n^FlotiUa oi Navy Destroyers^ MAYOR WILL NOT ISSUE ORDER TO CLOSE SALOONS Maloney Puts Matter Up to the Governor—Saloon Men to Meet. That the saloons will not be • dosed by official orders in Hutte on next Sunday was the statement of Mayor W. H. Maloney this morning when he heard of the resolution for closing of saloons passed by the exemption board in Helena On Sunday drafted men will leave for the training camp. Butte j was subjected to much criticism when the last contingent left becaase of in toxication among the drafted men and others. "I have no authority to order the saloons to close," said Mayor Maloney this morning, "and I don't intend to issue any such order. "I understand that the exemption board in Helena passed resolutions to close saloons on the day the drafted men leave. This order, as I under stand it, is to apply to all saloons in the county seats. Whether or not such an order will stand is up to the governor. I don't intend to take action whatever." A pieeting of saloon men will be held tomorrow and it is possible that saloons will be closed by the action of the owners. RESOLUTION OF THE EXEMPTION B0AKD Helena Oct. 3.—The district ex emption board adjourned last night, subject to cal! of Chairman A. J. Galen, after passing on thousands of draft appeals. The board passed a resolu tion prohibiting saloons in county seats from operating on the days when draft contingents leave. RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH CANADA O N DRAFT Americans There to Be Brought Under Draft Law and Vice Versa. Ottawa. Ont.. Oct. 3.—Negotiations are under way. it is understood, be tween Ottawa and Washington, with a view to bringing Americans of mlli-j tnry age resident in Canada within the scope of the Canadian draft laws.! Canadian residents tn the United Skates would similarly t>e affected un der the American law. Eugene* YT, WALffH United Htales training ship at Mare Island. He in a graduate of the Mon tana £tate college und enlisted on April % in ths navy. He was a prominent figure at local amuteur tournaments. Another of the boys is Hill Burke, son of Mr. and Mrs M. Burke of 1087 Placer street. He ei.listed last May and is aboard the (\ H. S. Yorktown. i S. WILL LEAD WORLD IN THIS CLASS OF SKIPS INASHORTTIME Deliveries Come Far Ahead of the Time They Were Con tracted for. AMERICA WILL BE THE CHI EF U-B OAT CHASER New Vessels Are of Highest Type—Show Amazing Performance. uc h wa# Washington, .Oct. 3.—Such remark able progress has been made in the quick building of the immense flotilla of American destroyers to cope with the submarine campaign that the navy department is now assured of quicker delivery of the ships tt«i contemplated at the last estimate. which, in itself, was far ahead of the' original time. Progress on the ships now bu Iding and arrangements for others tc follow, it was said today at the navy department, are such that the the navy department, are such that the American navy will lead the world with its destroyers within 18 months. It is r. w certain that all destroyers now bui ding will be delivered ready for duty in European waters early îObntinued Page Five.) LITTLE SAILING SHIP DEFEATS SUBMARINE Survivors Among Crew Are Honored by the French Government. Pans. ' *ct. 3.—The minister of ma fought :he ship after the captain of the Kleber was kilted, ha a b ee n deco rated w th the Legion of Honor while the 12 men of the crew, several of j whom were wounded, have been given I war cr<»aaea. line has commended in navy orders the French sailing vessel Kleber. 277 tons, which on Sept. 7 stood up to a big German submarine off the coast south f Brittany and plied a single gun so well that her opponent re treated discomfited, after three hours iiurke Is u musician as well as a sailor. In his letters, he expresses his delight with the service and ».-11s of the many Impromptu concerts st iged hy the amateur musicians on the vessel. The third man is Eugene W. Walsh of GO West Daly street. Walkersille Mr. Walsh, who enlisted June 23. is serving with Battalion B. Tenth field artillery, at Gamp Harry Jones. Doug las, Ariz. He was born in St John, Newfoundland, and was reared in Waikerv ille. where his family lives THIRD INCREMENT OF THE NEW ARMY IS NOW LN ROUTE; Attention is Called to Work of Railways in Moving the Troops. Washington, Oct. 3 -About 200,000 men. representing the third increment to the national army, today are on their way to IS cantonments, where already half the 687,000 called to the colors by the president are mobilized. Although today's quota should be 40 per cent, local conditions in the vari ous states have reduced the general average of the increment to 20 or 25 per cent. The railroads war board issued a statement today in < onnection with the part which the railroads have played in handling the biggest troop move ment ever attempted in this country. "Including the national guard, the regular army and the new national army, the railroads to date have moved approximately 726,040 soldiers j from their homes to training camps or ' embarkation points,' says the state ' ment. 'The great bulk ol " I n * -î r rat bulk <»f this army ''J u,,vd train service, involving ' th * U3 * ** 13 *0° passenger cars tn eluding 1.50«) Pullman and tourist 2.000 baggage cars and 1 300 freight cars. "The longes; haul made in the new national army movement to date was f^pm Yuma, Arts., to Fort Riley. Kan. 1.514 miles. "Of the national guard moi the longest one was made by a bat talion of San Francisco engineers from San Francisco. Cal., to a pbint on the Atlantic coast.' .■merits ; UTHLjAHIANS WILL APPEAL TO AMERICA holm and requested Ira Nelson Mor j ris. the American minister here, to j transmit to President Wilson a me i raorial setting forth the national pro gram of these p *oples and begging him 1 to support it. They demand complete independence. Stockholm, Oct. 3—Dr John Xml upas. who hat. b**n in consultation with; Llthuanians and Letts in various parts at Russia, arrived yesterday in Stock the right to establish their own gov ernment and representation in the eventual peace conference. Their ter ritorial program includes the re-estab lishment of a greater part of Che ter ritory lost in 1795. which sfroold take in a population of 12.606.900 Lithuanians, Letts and other race«. HEP1RT »F ME TB BE KEPT SECRET Affair of Butte Dra f tefl Men Exaggeratecf. Says Cap tain Welty. NE GR ° PORTER WAS AGGRESSOR IN FIGHT Intoxicated Condition of Men B.amed to''Generous, Mis guided Friends." Camp L ew>t, Tacoma, Oct. 3.—The report of the army com mis* on ap pointed to investigate the Wild ride of the B utte men in their ipeci al tram to Cs up Lew«*, now a m atter of hi»* t* ry, Wilt not be made public • t was annou need by Capt. M D We ty. aide de ca mp to Ma j. Gen. H A. Greene. cemm ander of the camp. In a general way the report says, iccordmg to Capta n Welty, that the affa r m ita mI()m entirety was greatly exaggerated. The negro porter "Texas" Harris, was intoxicated, according to the testi mony. and was the aggressor in the fight. He w.ks not killed, but r»< eived only minor Injuries to the face. Many of the men were intoxicated when they arrived. The blame for ths* affair Ls fixed on "generous mis guided friends, who thought they were giving the boys a fine sendoff. THE MEN HE SUSPECTS But His Effort to Deliver Speech is Choked Off in the House. The •itm Washington. ( wrangle over charges by Representa tive Heflin of Alabama that certain member« of congress have acted sus piciously'' in the present war flared up again in the house today when Rep resentative Mason of Illinois made a spec* h contending that Heflin had in - ferentlaUy < harged him (Mason) with treason and link.-d him up with Emma Goldman.' Representative Heflin requested - on sent of the house for time to reply to Mason's remarks an l to name the ra«*n he thought had "acted s ispiciously," but objection was made by Representa tive Garner of Texas and the row for the time being was brought to an end The house, evidently sick of the row, groaned when Heflin asked unanimous consent to reply to Mason, and ap plauded when Garner objected. Despite the fad that he has opposed the war. Mason declared he now sup ported It. He denied all in charges of German influen« e anc noun*ed the German military tocracy. nplu LAURIER WILL RETIRE FROM THE LEADERSHIP Ottawa, « »nt.. <)ct. 2.—Sir Wilfrid Laurier has announced to leading lib erals whom he summoned to Ottawa that he will retire from the leadership of the opposition and the liberal party, Sir Wilfrid taa'bcen h.a.i f the Oi nadian liberal party since 1447 and led the retend fight against conscription in Ctaartg LAYING PLANS FOR NEXT FAREWELLTODRAFTEDMEN Effort is Being Made to Have McAdOO Speak tO i t 'the Drafted Men on Sunday. .. . - ■ • I Take Step to Avoid COrnU" j sion. Men notified to appear for military service in the third contingent o* drafted men from Hutte and Silv et j I ■ 1 How county wit! answer to roll call before their boards on Saturday more - j ing of this week, the men of the oil'/ to report at 16 in the morning and the eounfv men an hour earlier. The city is to send 217 men Sunday night, the county 148. The county also will send t DISCUSSION 8F ' ' «CM sentiment Develops That Eiec tions Committee Should Take Action. PLAN IS NOT TO TABLE THE MANY RESOLUTIONS Republican Central Committee 0 f Wisconsin Condemns the Senator . V'ashington Oct. 3 Prelimi nary consideration of numerous petitions seeking expulsion from the senate of Senator La Follette and several other senators for their attitude toward the war was begun today by the senate privi leges and elections committee hut no action was taken and another meeting will be held tomorrow. Sentiment was said to tjave devel oped at today's meeting for action of some kind and against merely tabling the petitions. The ques tion of proper procedure was dis cussed without agreement. »t.,r L. f-olt*t!e •K an a.Mr aid to be < 8 before -ong to hw critic*. REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE HEARD FROM WaiMftO, Wig.. Ot. 2.--Senator Ia F ollette*» expulsion from the xenate f >r treasonable and seditious itter ancea and disloyalty to our govern ment,'* is asked In an appeal to the United rftat* s senate in telegrams sent last rtfferht by W B. Hennemann, chair man of the executive committee of the Wisconsin state republican central committee, to the president of the United State« senate and to Senator Romerene. chairman of the commit tee on privileges and elections. The telegram states that ail the members of the . ommittee concur ex cept two. who have enlisted and are in the service of their country, their present address*-» being unknown UN TRAIN HAD NO MONEY They Got the Best the Diner Had and it Was on W. R. Allen. Su Paul, Oct 2.—The conductor on a .northern Pacific east bound passen ger tram passing through Vorth I»a kota late yesterday noticed that a party of nine n-cruits of an engineer ing regiment had not eaten for many hours. What are you trying to do. reduce your weight - "* he a^ked. The leader of the recruits confessed ehe men were without money A pas senger seated nearby overhead the dis cussion. "Conductor." said the stranger, "these men are going to have the best dinner the diner affords and it's on me." and for two hours the soldiers ate to their heart s content. It developed that the generous stranger was William R. .Ulfen, former lieutenant governor .'f Montana. Later he arranged with the railroad to fur nish rhe soldiers with meals for the re mained of their trip. The recruits came from Seattle nn.l vicinity- _ t Ingen t. 4 ity ard - '-a. r» rived a !v;-..rt :r> m 1 *mr Lewis Showing that TI6 men . mai report! last week at the camp ns part of the Butte city quota, leat *ng ths contingent only one short. This ex tra man will be sent with the contin gent of 317 next Sunday night The city board has notified more [than *66 men to report for roll caH Ha tun la y morning The rmmty has all t imraoned about 175 men for roll the same day The hoards are prepar in« for the early n>U call as a mea* of providing against any shortage tContfaeiToa Page 8 «va.)