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WEATHER FORECAST iButteHaib ;Poät. WEATHER FORECAST MONTA N A—Generally fair tonight ai Tuesday; warmer tonight and south po tion Tuesday. OL. 5. NO. 259. BUTTE MONTANA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 29 . 1917 . PRICE FIVE CENTS SS APPEAL THAT WILL APPEAR ON EVERY MENU iHhhMnhR' ^ «itaKjRiRR JJLEASt\ ' not ; Tr order m % if you do some so ' • 5 boy at the front has * %^ go without just that •*' much—and he might ** be your boy too. 1* «fta ** Ml M Ke »a fci *» *1 Ma », V ITÀIN AND FRANCE TO GIVE PROMPT AID TO THE SHATTERED ITALIAN ARMY ith Tremendous Losses in Men, Munitions and Territory Italian Forces Are Now in a Difficult Position. ole Isonzo Line of Defense in Greatest Peril 1 Only Highest Strategy Will Prevent the Enemy from Overrunning the Venetian Plains of Northern Italy—Germans Again Defeated on the Ypres Front and Even Teuton Critics Now Believe a Retreat in the North Imminent. ondon, Oct. 29.— Steps already have been taken for udering the fullest possible assistance to the Italians. I'aris, Oct. 29.— Before the meeting of the cabinet last u ning to determine upon co-operation of the allies on the lalian front Premier Painleve conferred with general plain, the commander-in-chief, and General Foeh. chief f staff of the war ministry. The war committee met sain this morning. Italy's soldiers yiave failed to check the onrush of the ustro-Germans and the entire line of the Isonzo is threat ert with annihilation. Sweeping down f the moun into the plains of Friuli, the invaders have captured ividale and Gorizia, 100,000 prisoners and1700»gun., tv at Britain and France are reportedl totaking steps t u p shattered Italian army prompt and tun sup r What form his aid will take has not been disclosed. JÄSet last night to decide upon the man art on the Italian front. i .f co-operation T fall of Gorizia is a serious men- . the Italian troops holding the I line southward to the head or ' •lriatlc, hut General Cadorna still , i i, e üble to offer stout resistance . line running through Tolmez/.o. . nt. Udine. Buttrio and Gradisca. Threaten Venetian Plains. •apture of Gradisca by the Teu- | • however, would make a retreat ! h the Carso inevitable and also »new hat of a difficulty. The line of TagUamento river. 18 miles from ne, it appears, would give the lians the better natural position | m which to hold the Germans from Venetian plains and the overrun ig of northern Italy. The German Plan. A' the whole Isonzo line is in 1 e danger, there is also a serious in the Teuton drive to the I > line in the Garnie Alps and in I '»lomites. north of Bclluno. Ap • uly Field Marshal von Mackensen bavoring to drive a wedge be the armies on the Carso front i'ontinued on Page Five.) ATR10T1C PIGS CAUSE OF HUBBUB IN NEIGHBORHOOD !"9. Her Bit by Keepingj Pigs to Fight the Ger-i mans," in Trouble With tait. ai • a n Ä Ha 1 oman, Who Claims to Be Do-| Health Office. I While "doing her bit" to defeat the ernians, Mrs. Richardson of Gaylord reut got into trouble with the city' ealih department Saturday and she •al«*d her case to Mayor W. H. 'U on,. y i n an attempt to save the 20 ' Pigs she is raising in her back 1 "I'm doing a patriotic service to country/' she said. "Every one of lft tittle pigs means the life of a ''Bunn.* Mrs. Richardson forgot to let her tiffhbors in on the scheme to defeat Germans and complaints from the kborhood of the young porkers - been many. T|e pigs all have | ! | Kill in ira m I mint rant Baron Dc Broqueville Meets Emissary Who Brought the Terms. London. Oct. 29 .-L* Metjop°le. a Belgian newspaper published h r , I vs i German attempt to separate the 'has been defeated by Baron De Drouu^me. DelKiun foreign minister. ^According to .his paper, tlonnany recently made a peace offer to Bel Metropole says the hearer of the Page Five.)__ uVmtinued on l*age_ eneral ■aident clalmthat is " u .î ma,*-«.«- »».*. *]&*?*£&!* ^ makes a request that all tells us to plant high sounumg names such as ivrsh . nK (icneni i Mims, i of the Wilson do something. ne quit doing potatoes in the back re going to make ■"when the mayor heard the woman-» complaint he promised to take ho matter under advisement. There is city ordinance, however Mid ' h * ma £ or that prevents the keeping o I I In the backyards of Hutte homes The ordinance, he said, made m. ion for "patriotic pigs. vn ' eU ?' r '„ not an exception will be made in the one case remains a question. VOLUNTARY EFFORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL ASSURE ALLIES VICTORY SO DECLftRElwO STATESMEN NOW VISITING IN 0. S. Northcliffe and De Cartier See Great Achievement in the Food Campaign. CANVASSERS START TO VISIT 22.000.000 HOMES America to Increase Meat, Fats, Wheat and Sugar Exports to Allies. Washington, Oct. week got actively with a half million ca out the country sec» 29.—Food Pledge jnder way today nvassers through ring pledges from 22.000,000 homes for the observance of the food administration's directions and advice in food economy, which President Wilson has endorsed. With effective enrollment of families to save food throughout the war, the United States will be able to export all the meat, wheat, fats and sugar its •lilies in Europe sorely need to enable them to maintain their fighting strength. Lord Northcliffe. head of the British war mission in the United States, epitomized the situation in these hell -The greatest food ej sides of ilie Atlantic sa n world shortage of fro who are enduring the tr«n« hes for our sake cannot hold out unless well fed. The situation which we have to face righl now in this food pledge work is obvious. Either the stay-at-homes must save, that the sol diers must get their vital needs, or the soldiers must go short so that the stay at-homes may fatten. You cannot have it both ways and must make your choice." Success or Failure. Belgian Minister De Cartier said to day that the effort in which every na tion allied against Germany is stretch ing every nerve and expending every last ounce of strength will succeed will fail according t<» whether the pe pies and thi-ir armies hgvo the fo< i.f the greatest republic that .hall he supplied i,y the voi needed to maintain their strength and their spirit. "America must supply by far the greatest portion c >r this food." said Minister Do Cart le r. "It is a grand conception worthy of the ideals and traditions this food lintary effort of the individual citizens. We nations of Europe, relying on the Ing the week you have set enroll 'ourselves as individua the the i'.uQ PRESENT UK ment Summarizing War Developments. ON EVERY FRONT BATTLE IS VIGOROUSLY PRESSED Italy May Yet Turn Apparent Defeat Into a Victory. , Secretary Baker Issues State ..... i j Washington Oct. 29.— Important de- ; wasn g , • area t vslopments are .mpmd "» war, Secretary 'ndmaU. " °iÔnà on r * V .ÏÏ W fr.nU, which conclude, with the brief statement that certain units of the American forces in France have taken their pieces on the battle front to complete their training. This is the war department's first mention of the fact that General Pershing - ! men are on the firing line. It is the wave of activity during the week on nearly every front, however, that caught the secretary's attention. Significant operations are in progress. ] be says, both east and west, on the Italian fronts, in Macedonia. Rumania. Mesopotamia and even In East Africa, tin the western front, he said, a new strategic retreat of the German forces appears to he the next move expected and they must move back under crit ical circumstances from between the two wedges, those of Flanders and the Aisne, which have been driven relent lessly into their line by the British ami the French. Italy's Difficult Moment Italy is passing through difficult (Continued on KlahtA President s Appeal to the N ation to Aid in Food Economy Campaign The chief part of the burden of finding food supplies for the peoples associated with u-; in war falls for the present upon the American people, and the drain upon supplies on such a scale necessarily affects the prices of our necessaries of life. ABUNDANCE OF FOODSTUFFS Our country, however, is blessed with an abundance of foodstuffs, and, if our people will economize in their use of food, providently confining themselves to the quantities required for the maintenance of health and strength, if they will eliminate waste, and if they will make use of those commodities of which we have a surplus and thus free for export a larger proportion of those required by the world now dependent upon us, we shall not only he able to accomplish our obli gation to them, hut we shall obtain and estimate reasonable prices at home. FIRST AND FOREMOST OBLIGATION To provide an adequate supply of food both for our own soldiers on the other side of the seas, and for the civil populations and the armies of the allies, is one of our first and foremost obligations; for if we are to maintain their constancy in this struggle for the independ ence of all nations, we must first maintain their health and strength. EVERY PERSON MAY SERVE THE CAUSE the great voluntary effort in this direction, which has been initiated and organized by (he food administration under my direction, offers an opportunity of service in the war which is opened to every indi vidual, and by which every individual may serve both his own people and the peoples of the world. A SACRIFICE WHICH ALL SHOULD MAKE We cannot.accomplish our objects in this great war without sacrifice and devotion, and in no direction can that sacrifice and devotion be shown more than bv each home and public eating place in the country pledging its support to the food administration and complying with its requests. » (Signed) WOODROW WILSON. The Capitol, October 2 8, 1917, __ FOOD PLEDGE CAMPAIGN WILL REACH ITS HIGH IN «TITTE ON WE DNESDAY Chairman Dan Kelly Expects to Have the Signature of Every Housewife in the County Agreeing to Co-operate With the Federal Government in the Conservation of Supplies, That America's Allies May Be Properly Provisioned This Winter. While a few scattered workers began the campaign this morning, the food pledge drive in Butte and Silver Bow county will not start Q ff lcla ]| v un til Wednesday, which day has been designated by Gov . - . i »» i » ' ernor Stewart as rood Administration day. In order to call the of all persons to the necessity of food conservation. Chair I nian Dan M. Kelly, in charge of the drive in this city and county, has I requested that whistles be blown by every mine and factory for two minutes at the noon hour Wednesday. Following a meeting of the workers night at which they were fiual Instructions, Chair spent today in sending Js, kitchen cards and win io the 68 precinct chairmen. These fn turn will give the cards to he iyo ' t.rkers enrolled, w ho will then •egin their drive Wednesday morning. Expects Signatures From All. Under the instructions issued by Chairman Kelly, the workers must ■iimplde their drive by Friday nitrht Saturda. pledge jiv that time Chairman Kelly expects the signatures of the n.ooo housewives in the City and count) pledging themselves lo accept mem bership in the United States food ad ministration a nd carry out the direc lion and advice of the food adminis trator in the home in so far as circum stances There are no fees or dues to be paid. Particular instructions have been given to the workers to secure the signatures of those who actually handle food in the homes. Home Instruction Cards. Those "bo sign Eire then given a, home instruction card telling how to • onserve food and eliminate w;«te. /„T membership card, which is to lh0 wln dow of .he home. showing that food conservation is be-I ing pr o The . that household, casser» ha*ve been further in on H»w i&itht » I. S. SAILING VESSEL CAPTURED BV U-BOAT I.ondo ing Oct. 29.—The American sail ;hip Fannie Prescott. 404 tons ___ _____ has been attacked by a subma rine She was taken in tow by the after being abandoned by ' the crew. - New York, Met. 29.—The Fannie Prescott, attacked by a submarine, is a three-masted schooner built at-Ston ington. Conn., in 1906 for the Atlantic shipping company of that place. She sailed from Liverpool on Oct. $ for a destination not known here, and or il man I y was manned by a crew of a, . WHAT BUTTE CAN SAVE UNDER ECONOMY PLAN OF THE GOVERNMENT Chairman Dan M. Kelly, in charge of the Food Pledge work in Silver Bow county, estimated today that if every housewife in the county saved one-third of an ounce of fat, wasted daily, a quantity equivalent to one of the butter balls or pats served at a meal, it would amount to 291 pounds daily: 2,037 pounds weekly: 61,110 pounds monthly, and 733,320 pounds annually. If these same housewives save a pound of flour per week- it will mean 14,000 pounds per week; 56.C00 pounds per month, and 672.000 pounds per year. An ounce of sugar saved daily by the housewives in the county, will mean 875 pounds per day; 6,125 pounds per week; 24.500 pounds per month, and 294,000 pounds per year. ASK SEC. WILSON TO SETTLE THE PHONE TROUBLE j ! I I I : Coast Unions Have Postponed Their Threatened Walkout. San 1-ranvisco, Oct. 29.—Secretary of Labor Wilson was asked today to come to San Francisco from Clifton. Arix., immediately to seek to avert a threat ! ened strike of organised electrical workers and operators of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company, i scheduled for Oct. 31, by Attorney cîavin McNab and United States Sen 1--------- I (Continued on Page Three.) PLEDGE WHICH THE BUTTE W0MEN ARE T0 SUPP0RT PLEDGE CARD FOR UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION IP YOC HAYE AI.HEADY SIGNED, PASS THIS ON TO A I IUEND TO THE FOOD ADMINISTRATOR: I am glad lo join you in the service of food conservation for our nation and 1 hereby accept membership in the United States Food Administration, pledging myself to carry out the directions and advice of the Food Administrator in my home, insofar as my cir cumstances permit. no fees or tines to be paid. The Fond Admin I be is all of those actually handling food in th may have tlu- Home Card of Instruction, hut entitled to Membership Window Cards, whirl of the signed pledge IS TOTRL OP LOCAL Butte and Silver Bow County Achieve a Remarkable Record. STATE TOTALS WILL REACH $21.000.000 Reports From Washington Are Nation Has Raised Five Billions. Off« figures received today by tary of the Lib- ; show that Butte by Charles Austin, secretary of the Lib erty loan committee, and Silver Bow county have sub scribed $4.329,950 to the second Lib erty loan which closed Saturday. This is an oversubscription of $1,929,000. Figures received by Secretary Aus tin show that tiie rejn>rt made by the local banka to Arthur R. Rogers of Milwaukee, chairman of the Liberty loan committee for the ninth federal reserve district, are as follows; The Figures. !>nl> Bank and Trust. Co. Clark Bros............. First National Bank..... Silver Bow National Bank Miners Savings Hank..... Yegen Bros............... Postoffice ................ .$ 2.19 804.700 789.750 100,000 79.600 42.900 17.250 Total .................$4.829,95 For the State. Late indications are that Montana' total Liberty loan subscription ma reach $21,000,000. The allotment f" the state was $15,(HM>.000. Chairman Norman B. Holter of tli state Liberty loan committee has re Page Three INSANE MAN TURNS SANA ROBBER; GEIS S20D Eugene, Ore.. Oct. 29. A lone mil lier held up the officers of the First National bank of Springfield shortly j jifter the institution opened for busi-j ness this morning and securing about 1200 in bills escaped on a bicycle The officers in the bank at the time of the robbery were C. L. Scott, presi dent; I). S. Heals, cashier; L. K. Page, ! director, and two bookkeepers. The man appeared at the paying teller's window, covering the men in the cage with two guns und demand ing money. I President Scott invited the robber b come inside and help himself. Th robber entered the cage, picked up I small hundtul of bills and left a large! I amount of gold and silver and other : currency on the counter Mr. Scott stated that the man, who was about ; 25 years of age and unmasked, was ■ "■parent!» insane. _ MOST SNOW AND LOWEST I TEMPERATURE ON RECORD All October Figures Since Rec-i ords Have Been Kept on Lo cal Weather Conditions Are Surpassed. ^ AcoOrdiDK tu official fiRun-s there ' fell during the past four days 15 ' inches of snow. This is by far more , than the snowfall for the entire month ! of October for any year in the history j of Silver Bow county. The mini mum temperature last night, 4 above, is the lowest minimum ever known in the history of the county during the month of October. Therefore, two new weather records have been established here this month. The new records are the more re markable in view of the fact this coun- ] ty and the state in general have been treated to the driest, warmest and longest summer in the history of the northwest. The next lowest temper (Continued on Page Five.) MEAT ERTERS OF BUTTE WILL ALL BE VEGETARIANS No Meat Will Be Served in Any Public Dining Room Tomorrow. PLEDGES GIVEN BY THE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS Food Economy Campaign Will Be Obeyed Throughout the State. Please do not order meat. If ; , , .. , , you ao,#Bomc soldier boy at the Iront has to go without just that ninth—and he might be your boy." This will be the appeal at tached to the menu card that will be read by every person eating in hotel or restaurant in Silver Bow county and Montana tomorrow— the occasion of the first meatless day. Advices received today by William £ F. Love, manager of lhe Thornton hotel and state chairman of the divis ion of Hotels and Restaurants for Montana in the food conservation c am paign. indicate that the appeal will be obeyed to the letter throughout the en tire state. Awaken to Necessity. "f'iiizens of the state have at last awakened to th** necessity of conserv ing foods for our allies," enthusi astically declared Chairman Love this morning. "Managers of hotels and owners of restaurants are alive to the gravity «if the food situation ami they have promised their co-operation to a They realize that if they ignore •quest the f'>od tdmi rtpelled ratioi orde altogclhe ' j ! ( j j j j Amsterdam. Oct. 29. Tim Zeitung ! Ain Mittag of Berlin says the German I chancellorship has been offered to the Bavarian premier. Count .von Hert ! ing, who has asked for time to consider 1 the matter II h< jrbidding tain days. "To show the spirit with which appeal has been met." added Mr. Love, L need only say that l have in my pos session pledge cards signed by every hotel cafe and restaurant in Anaconda. In Butte and other cities nearly every hotel and restaurant has signed. I am 'Continued on Page Three.» BAVARIAN AAAI BECOME GERMAN CHANCELLOR ' ' , ! j ] SOME TEMPERATURES IN NEARBY CITIES Following are temperatures in different parts of the state, as re l»orted through the courtesy of the Montana Power company. The tem peratures were taken at 7 o'clock this morning; Billings .......................Zero Livingston .................... 10 Hebgen I him Madison .... Big Hole .....................Zero Canyon Ferry ................ 12 Hauser Lake ................. 12 Black Eagle ............ 20 Rainbow .... Great Falla IN l^ewiatown . - - Dillon ....... Helena ......