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JTHER FORECAST
WEATHER FORECAST
.MONTANA Knir
5. NO. 276.
BUTTE MONTANA. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ENSKY, COMPLETELY DEFEA TED, IS D ESERTED BY TROOPS
,mier, Advised by His Officers to Surrender to Bolsheviki, Is Solitary Fugitive
A
OF THE At>: ' T 0CRACY
FF1CER THE BI..3HEVIKI
SOLDIERS IN THE BATTLE
Casualties Occur in the Fight
sarskoc-Selo, Which Is Taken by
Lenine's Followers.
at
sky, Before His Disappearance, Charges
Officers With Treachery—They Arranged
Conduct Him to the Revolutionary Commit
to Negotiate for a Settlement, When He
appeared -Chaos Throughout Russia.
dated Press.
"eated in battle by the Bolsheviki and deserted by
of his own officers and men. Premier Kerensky is^ in
and his whereabouts is unknown in Petrograd. The
of Russia's provisional government was about to sur
-.r to the Maximalists, under coercion, when he disap
Moscow the tide apparently has turned and the Bol
'ki are in control of the ancient Russian capital with
"orces of the provisional government besieged in the
lin. One report says heavy artillery is being used
ast the historic walls. Another declares a truce be
n government and Bolsheviki troops has been ai
ed Between 2,000 and 5,000 persons have been killed
oscow since the outbreak of the revolt. General Kale
's leader of the Cossacks, is reported approaching the
with relief for the Kerensky forces. A third armed
e supposed to be composed of released convicts, is
to be fighting both Bo lsheviki and government troops.
1 CHIEF TILLS
FINAL SCENE IN
wmmm
ograd. Nov. 16, noon—Deserted
ost of his officers and virtually,
to surrender to the Bolsheviki.,
ior Kerensky evaded the guards
him and has disappeared,
rat Dukhonin has resumed tern
rily the post of commander-in- ;
of the Kerensky forces recently
-ted at Tsarskoe-Selo.
I Krasnoff. former comman
under Kerensky and who was ar
with other members of the pre- j
staff, has been released, on the
nd that he was only obeying the!
of his superior. General Kras- ,
» report concerning the dtsap
ance of Kerensky confirms that ne
ne^KeVenaky. when told that
Ulcers were against him and that
i were on the point of desert
eed to come Io Petrograd. hut
punrd was being arranged he
ped out of sight.
Krasnoff s Account.
t 3 o'clock on the afternoon of
1 (old style; Nov. 14. new style),
lied at the quarters of the rom
- in - chief." ' said General
noff. "He appeared, nerv
und
oral,*
he. 'you have be
Cossacks say they
arrest me and give me up to the
Vs,' I answered, 'such a iliscus
is now going on. There appears
little sympathy for you ot
>o the officers feel the same *\a> .
sked.
[What shall I do? Will I have to
Imit suicide?*
r you are an honest man you will
» Petrograd under a white flag and
ar before the revolutionary com -
?e, where you will negotiate as
of the government.' "
rensky first agreed to this, hut
disappeared garbed as a sailor.
CE INCREASE EOR
ONE MINERS EFFECTIVE
ushington, Nov. 17. — Anthracite
tors and miners today agreed on
increases of approximately 20 per
conditioned on an increase in
s of coal at the mine to cover the
», and submitted their agreement
fuel Administrator Garfield. The
ators say they will not grant the
fuses unless the government raises
price.
to
SÜt FIGHTING IN
PETR0EHM CAUSED
some«™ losses
Petrograd, Wednesday. Nov. 14.—The
battle in which Premier Kerensky was
defeated began last Saturday and con
tinued until Monday night, according ■
to the commander-in-chief of the Bol- j
sheviki staff. Many of the Bolsheviki |
soldiers were wounded and a few were
killed, and Cossack losses were heavy.
The Maximalists now hold Tsarskoe
Selo.
The correspondent of the associated
press was surprised to find aristocratic i
officers commanding the Bolsheviki.,
One explained they were disappointed
with Kerensky, who had destroyed dis
cipline in the army.
A colonel of the famous Pet rug t ml
guard is now commaifder of the Bolsh
eviki staff and direc ts the operation
.»f ids army from a house on hilltop
two miles beyond Pulkova.
Charge of the Cossacks.
' The battle begun Saturday and con
tinued until Monday night." lu* said.
"Kerensky had only 5,000 Cossacks,
several hundred military cadets, a con
siderable quantity of light and he;*' *
artillery and one armorer
forces, including four of
Petrograd guard regim«
with several battalions of sailors and ..
large number of the rod guaid. vnci«
under a continuous shell lire and many
were wounded. Only a few were lulled.
A squadron of Kerensky's Cossacks at
tempted a charge ne;
They evidentl
train,
the famous
ts together
Tsarskoe-Selo
did not know that of
n regiments
the'Maximalist* and to their ™rpn, ;
they were met by organized * '
A severe volley, toppling
ith
any of their
[[
•
1
Germans Flee After an
gagement Off Helgo
land Base.
17. — Brit;
light
light
British ail
rritish
' !
London. Sov
forces today engaged (.erman
cruisers off Helgoland, the Bnti
Ilty has announced The r.ernv
warships retired and the
forces are now ehasinn them.
The announcement folio»»
■•British licht forces .-i eraune
LÄJÄ'Sn«. The j
on™ information we have
thus far is that our vessels na'Ç
gaged enemy IW-t Jha* the
latter have «-tired at high speed and
that our vessels are in pursuit.
MEATLESS, WHEATLE&, AND SWEETLESS DAYS
[ Copyright: 191'
WAR
HOU ls
*01* «
, Ev «y Tuesday
SMALi S€ a
meatiess day !
eVERf Wf DNCSOAY
WHAll If A
WUEATLCM DAY
Two UMwPS £
COP ° f ******
a
ill/
Heatless days would be worse.
The decalogue will be revised on Wednesdays
i I STOSS TMESES i
I NO OB JBCTlON TO MY
PICKING OUT TWO
LARGE LUMPS )
NO
Sugar
Mr. Hoover doesn't specify the size of the l\
■
j
Thank goodness,
TmF government I!
j 60NO To MAKE M£
i STOP EATinG S'NEf'
( PP:,
|
j
!
In dry towns war is what Sherman said it 'vzj
and the Germans made it.
T
The brighter side of ./ar.
/C/f(rtf'*
No more banquets on Tuesdays.
More Teutons Cross the Piave, But Many
Are Captured, Others Are Driven Back
III wins
tie ON HOST
DRIFT UNCELLED
New Draft Regulations Will
Embrace All Regis
tered Men.
NY
Washington, Nov
tions under which the remaining
aides of the nine billion me
for military- duty will he
service with the cok ........
today by Provost
Crowder. The ne
coincident with the
bles into five class'
tion of the offu
which have been di
announcements.
The new regulations, as lias
announced before, repeal all l
ing regulations,
and discharges
gula
drafieTtorlatic
S were announced
Marshal General
résiliations are
of etisi
I visions
and the circula
I questionnaires,
issfd in previous
dependent:
„„
nti-.l Iiml. r th- old
sv.tem and restore every reftisten-.l
to his original status. He will
hereafter be required to undergo alt
examinations anew and present his'
f or exemption again
Men With Dependents.
lassifications make more
As the new
liberal provisions for leaving m**n witn
in the classes to be called
last It is practical!.' certain that every
man who had a legitimate exemption
! on the ground of dependency under
ihe old regulations " ill s'«'t the same
in 1er the new ones. The first class.
which embraces men wholly without
j ^'^miim,,; m»""The question
are he, n B circulated amon*
he registrants at the rate ol
^ of ^ lo( . al registration
is expected
,er
, h
tContinued on Rage Fr
BUCK THE FOE I
WITH BID LOSS
seventy Square Miles of Ter
ritory Inundated at the
River's Mouth.
THE W AR SI MMARV.
F rom *-ake Garda to the Adri
sea. over the Asiago plateau.
! and down the Piave valley, the ltal-.
' j ans are holding the Austro-Ger
1 mans j n check. Nowhere has the
j tal j an Une been penetrated for im
i..... - , , ÄM , mt
j portant gains, although the enuii>
; pressure is very strong. Teutonic
_
attacks have been repulsed with j
heavv losses everywhere in the
* ' . . >
r,mountainous regiontexcept »round
; Cismon, in the Sugana valley.
1 nor theast of Asiago. {
; Th e intense artillcrj duel continues
akms the Piave. The invaders have ;
,„ m hle to make further crossings
■ ,,r thf* river. At the river's mouih the
, i(
I ltil j| an action in opening the flood
J Rates of the Piave and Sile rivers, re
sU itir^ in the inundation of TO square
m | les ,,f terrain. Attempts to cross
the river further north have been de
featet | by the Italians. The Teutonic
; force which crossed at Zenson
on t p e river bank by the Italians,
j Fl an d ers .
! >«
held
evening in the
the British car
riod out a successful operation, taxing
h ! more of the valuable ground
the
^Continued on Cage Five.)
"
T
Bit)
Mine Will Resume—New
High Record in Men
and Tonnage.
Announc«*
conda t'opp
agement tod
would resun
, lay an<!
a t this
since <
snt was made by the Ana
Mining company man
that the Tramway mine
work Monday. Doth a
JinrouKn me
the ^^utd. w-i
jing on in its <
night shift will be employed
line, which had been down
. 3. rp to that time the
had been hoisting ore
through the Pennsylvania shaft. Since
pairs have been go
shaft, which will nuw
he used in operations that twgin Mon
___
A n**w I i h record m respect to tons
ployed .. U»t June w..» made y.-s
terday bjr the Anaconda company. The
mines of that compani yesterday re
ported 9.2*0 men employed, which is
about SS per cent of the normal force.
A total of 13...2 tons of ore were
days a gain of 169 miners whs reported
by the company.
POLICE BREAK UP
PEACE DEMONSTRATION
IN
A SWISS CITY
-
Zurich, Switzerland. Nov 17 -The
police were obliged to use their sabres
to break up a pacifist manifestation
here lf|.t evening. Several persona;
were wounded. Numerous arrests were
made.
LILY ACTION
IN SECTOR HELD
8YU.S. TROOPS
Bombardment Causes Infantry
and Artillery Cas
ualties. i
HIGH PRAISE FOR THE •
AMERICANS IN ORDERS
French Commander Cites Fit
teen Officers and Men
for Bravery.
With the American Army in France
: riday, Nov. 16.— (By the associated '
press.)—The artillery fighting in the
sector held by American troops has
become even more lively and there
have been further casualties, shrapnel
wounding some men in the trenches. !
An enemy shell hit an American gun J
today and caused casualties. Some of j
the men wounded in the last two days
ave died.
The Arn
First Aorial Encounter.
The American troops witn*
eir first aerial encounter t. 1
day.
«• my
rpki
f them except
fled on the approach of five Fre
machines. One of the French c
maneuvered this German and got
his tail." The German aviator t
bolted The rattle of machine guns
finally died away as the two airplanes
disappeared to the west.
The French general commanding
the sector has m -ntfoned in the dis
patches 15 American officers and .sol
diers, Including three who were killed,
for excellent military qualities and
for bravery displayed in the recent
trench raid of Nov. 2. A note a« •< om
panying the citations says that be
tween 8,000 and 10,000 shells were
used in the attack which had been in
preparation for three months, down
to th*» finest details. The results ob
tained by the enemy were very small,
he having been unable to penetrate
more than the first line trenches lie
cause of the resistance of the Ameri
LUES FOR 16 OSDS
ON S ROCS II SES
Each Tide Submerges Indian's
Refuge—Two Companions
Are Drowned.
Fluj»ert. B. C'.,
m three weeks
fishing launch t
n-a of Dundas is!,
, Stephen Ryan,
the ledge 16 days after
two companions. P*-t*»r 1
Robinson, off thr- b dge t«»
Indian
s open :
Nov. 17 —
.go wrecked
n a ledge in
,nd and held
[»risoner on
washing his
nd Richard
n**ir deaths.
• hing here
according t-.
day.
Ryan, who was given up for dead by i
his fellow members of th** Metl iktla J
tribe, was rescued and told ho a he w as ^
nearly submerged at ery high tide
and when not almost drowned by
combers was soaked by constant rains. .
He said he mad*' a raft from th**
U unch and put to sea. but it upset and
he swam back t* » the rock. At nights,
he said, he tied himself to th< ledge
Hi:
only food
ith rope
iw potatoes rescued from th** launch
MANY LOCAL COAL DEALERS
FAIL TO SEND IN REPORTS
County Fuel Committee Will
1 — .....—
Extend the Time Until Tues
day. When an Investigation
of Retail Coal Prices Will
Begin.
Hutte and Silver ilow county
dealers and industrial plants H
have their statistical report on the
amount of call handled and consumed,
in the hands of ihe Silver Bow county
1 fuel committee by Tuesday If the re
porta are not returned by that time
the county fuel committee
j investigation into coal prices.
A determination to have the
■rill start an
^ _____ ____ ». ____
j A determination to have the coal
( dealer* and industrial plants answer!
\ the questions regarding coal by Tues
II. 5. CONGRESSMEN
UNDER EIRE FROM
GERMAN TRENCHES
Party Exposes Itself to View
in Belgian Front Line
Trench.
MO ONE IS HURT IN
THE RAIN OF BULLETS
Former Representative Stout
of Montana Among the
Reckless Ones.
8r;ti»h Front in Belgium, Friday,
Nov. 16.— (By the associated press.)
—Five members of the party of Amer
xan congressmen and private citizens
who spent yesterday and part of to
da>
a r
thi<
in
gu»
ting the Belgian war zone had
arrow escape from death or injury
morning when they were caught
I sudden burst of German machine
fire while inspecting the front
trenches near D>xmude.
he Amerirai..- in danger were Con
isman r r. full of Spokane,
Mi r-ingressman Charles IJ. Tim
ake of Colorado, Congressman
n r Miller of Seattle. Wash.;
igressman Albert Johnson of 8po
e und former lit presentatlve Stout
Montana Nobody was hit. but it
• one of '} '.r I . uliar fre.ilts of
nine which soldiers call luck, be
A Second Party.
The other seven members of the
party were in another s*»<-tion of the
trench and were not disturbed by the
fire. letter, however, when all the
Americana w<re together, the Ger
man* dropped a big shell some ten
yards away, -eriously endangering
everyone. < »ne member, in describing
the in* ident to the correspondent later,
said he and his companions heard the
shell coming. It sounded like the
roar of an airplane," he said.
Again fortune favored them and no
inju
Kaution* were fraught
anyone who is moving
»d on 1 'age Five. ) *
IS
EXECUTED IN FRANCE
Found Guilty by Coui t-Martial
of Outrage and Murder of
French Woman.
17.
bv
has been e.x
etails of thi
imposed
in Kurope. ;
war departm
An Ameri
I'enshing*»
urt martial
1er of a French
uted by a firing
s, the first death
>;nce the troops
re l>eing withheld
!L TO RUDE IRE
AIGRI OF Win IS PEIN
-
W.tshinglon, Nov. 17. — Following *jf
ficial announcement today that the
priority shipment board would curtail
shipments of non-esseenliaia only on
rc«»mmendation of the fuel administra -
tion, it became apparent that Fuel
Administrator Garfield would prepare
ch reco
estimated at
on -
cern-4 had failed to make reports
within the time previously fixed by the
committee. The committee, consist
ing of Chairman A. Von Doc hen
hausen. 1 F. Loren* and G. G. Slack,
was present.
t'hairman Von Dachenhausen re
ported that there are 28 retail coal
H
dealers and 33 industrial plants using
coal in wholesale quantities in the
county. Blanks furnished by the fed
eral fuel administration were mailed
to the 60 dealers and plants, but to
•late only 17 have seen fit to answer
the questions and return the filled in
! blanks.
Fearing that the dealers and owners
,
tContinued on Page Niae.J

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