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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-19
axe the Governments AdviceBuy the Partial Payment Par

take his share and plans that will
States Government.
Follow the example of successful all walks of life by
using credit backed by the most gedged of all gedged
securities.
This opportunity dscoss the thrift and indie
multiplying the investing of cash in hand
by wisely borrowing against future earnings This the road
wealth travelled by business leaders every community
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-19

There is still another way to use
your credit to buy Liberty Bonds, by
making use of whatever amount of cash
you can spare from your business or
personal requirements as the first pay
ment and then borrow the balance re-
quired on terms and time to suit your
convenience. With your first install
ment ready your credit is good any
where to buy Liberty Bonds.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-19

Every banking institution in Anne
Arundel County has joined in plan
to help finance some easy payment
plan. Some banks have adopted the
weekly payment method; while others
will take care of those who desire to
make special arrangements to borrow
their requirements. But all the bank
ing institutions have endorsed the plan
for the judicious use of credit to buy
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-19
$1,000
BONDS:
$4,000 a Week
$50
BONDS
$1.OO a Week
500
BONDS
$500 a Week
$500
BONDS:
$1,000 a Week

YOU CAN ALSO ARRANGE TO MAKE NsTAMENT MONTHLY
For Liberty Above
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-19

Liberty Loan Bonds and will help you
to finance your share in the way to
suit you best.
Never before was such Endorsement
given to the purchase of any security,
as never before was there ever offered
to the public a security like the Lib
erto Bonds, that anyone can safely buy
with their eyes shut
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06
SET IN
LONDON BY AIR
RAIDER FLEET
Six Of 25 Planes Psldlng Eng
land Reach Capitai-Segen
Persons Killed.

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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06
GEORGE w. SPROULE DEAD
END COMES AT OAKLAND

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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06
IS ARE TORN APART AND
HT CARS ARE HURLED FROM
ACkS BY FORCE OF THE BLAST

Dec. G.-scores people killed. hundreds
d and portion Of Halifax
Mission Of American ammunition another
nccording to telephone received this
ps terrific that It destroyed the installation telegraph
fces for 80 miles around Halifax, while
oistant II s reported that the American
from her pier and rammed broadsde
was explosion destroyed ships
Jews The conclusion resulting caused the rla
tree collapse. while all waterfront
half damaged The premises affected places
force Of the great
p tracks along stretch of nearly two miles
CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.
g for fire engines re-ghting apparatug
ksuppies. received By a number
cured At Truro Windsor here
1t s understood that
roads Of food be dispatched damage
ephone likely
hern section Halifax wreckage
Queens hotel Hollis Sackyile marx
De southern limit the is
MILES OF DESTRUCTION.
esrucon miles The Canadian
he Canadian Pacific railway, described entirely
big government repair plant Willow in the north
q the city. is wrecked
ded after 80 this morning and presumed that
b hit in the stokehoid Instantly
TIC appeared be ma'sng effort the fire
g werk when the explosion occurred
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06
SAVING TO THE
CONSUMER IS
50 To 75 CENTS
A TON ON SALES
OF 2-TON LOTS
De3iers Are Notified That heW
Prices 60 Into Effect
Monday.
ACTION Or LOCAL BOARD
AFFIRMED BI OFFICIALS
heH Figures Reached After sn
Exhaustive investigation
" Costs.

ho ayefage REDUCTION ~ -
cents ss, fpu m cozi u bought
IN Due'o1 nfs, Sa9 . ssyjnZ ~
Is eer'> per i9l ~ the consumer
II purchased m lots ~ $50 ions
Df mare pefe assured tGgsY sEea
'as silver irp cpgnty iEel corn
nittSe sitef an exhaustive inYes~
'igaiIDn inD ffe cDsi sifgsnea.
issued ~ oftef ~ ne N feszit
dealers lowering ne price ~ coal.
The new D;fer. pflich bslDueN Fl.
ielnYe HYDcsg hse he approval
~ State FBe, A9minis,rz'Df GSin-
9iehgrsf. National Fuel A9miniS-
frafof Gs,beie ard Dzy1G =. 2-nei-
zef su3 " T. DscS. ie1efsi 'rs9e
2guuisssg1 Examiners The two
examiners psn' l1er fre trtces
8ifa ihe lDezj committee a. : cq1-
ference ye>fef9zy afternoon All
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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06
Silver Bow County Fuel Committee Orders General
q Reduction in the Retail Prices of Coal For Butte
NEW COAL PRICES FOR
BUTTE As DETERMINED
by COUNTY FUEL BOARD

The Silver EpW cnnnt1 fuel
committee a. its meeting last
night hsc6 the retail prices ~
coal in Butte The basis ~ The
price filing action is made On
tw0-fon lots. IN one ION lots
the prices shall be rs cents per
ton higher fhan the price per
Ton in two-fon lots, and bsif
ton deliveries strait not eIcesd
r. cents more Tran half ~ ine
ne.ton pfIce The f0cra ~
tY6 ron deliveries ~ iopie 8iil
aVefsge ~ cents less 'hsu ihe
prices n9V charged The ueV
prices ~ INTO effect N9nasY
f,.aFHf,gH
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06
STREET AND COPPER
INTERESTS TO MEET
WITH WAR COUNCIL

shin9ton. Dec. 8. Copper
prices will he reviewed BY repre-
.entatives of the steel and copper
industrie. and the war industries
and "a. Al the time the agreement
now prevailing was nsde Il was
Understood that the price deter
mined upon would be subject 10
possible revision at the expiration
Of four months.
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4 Clerk of the United States
District Court in Montana
He Was vev Well Known.
Prominent as a Mason. lonQ
a Resident Of the State.

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ago for a rest The telegram srsev,,..-
irK his Se4fh zax received ia Estte
tnis iiiDsnst.s ~ Harry w'ssker. deputy
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06
MUNITION SHIP WAS
VESSEL IN COLLISION

y b., Dec. 6.--As result Of the explosion Of
md Of the city of Halifax has been destroyed,
LIS raging, the dead are lying thick in the
he hospitals are filled 10 overflowing and
are compelled to walk about untreated.
the disaster had reached these proportions
here this afternoon when communication
was established by the Canadian Telegraph
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06

four miles Ni1e, With 10 Aaaafs miles
III safe anchorage. iiaiifsz ~ Tbs
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fishing IN wiiipb many DDfis ~ tps
United Btnf@s are dlfscuI lntsnpeied.
The hsrbOr fs large epopgh ~ fIDa,
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The Official Version,

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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06

Ifalifnx, the o0pitni ~ the prov
inos ~ Hpyh HnDlln. baE population
of abpul 50.9O0. The Interesting oiiy
WnA founded IN l7I7 and IL uas
named In honor ~ an Engiish earl.
The famous harbDr ~ Ih,ifas ia ons
~ the finest IN the uord, ~ Is abonf
10 mites long win an hvsrngs With
~ one mile. u terminates Ia Red
ford basin. "a beautiful SHEET ~ yn,er
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06

Concord NJ c. Dec 8Tes,yng in his defense today
Ms3dc A. King g. Means
told story Of his activities German and declared
reported government
Hucrts dictatorship Mexico bring
United States and
peace propaganda This information Means
gathered while working private detective sgencys eli
express stipulation re would report any
forma Of yalu 10 the United government
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06
War Resolution Will Be Passed
In House By Tomorrow Night
CHARGED WITH MURDER HE
TELLS TALE OF ACTIVITY
ON TRAIL OF WAR PLOTS

CASTOR g. Means Alleged to Have Slain the Wealthy Woman
Whose Fortune He Had uandered, Tells on the Witness
Stand That He Was First to Inform Government Of Ger
manys Intrigue in Mexico. Says He Baked the Plans Of
the Notorious German Military Representative, Boyd.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06
ESSELSC0LLIDt>
RB0R;; TERRIBLE
tier IS RESULT
ks Buildings Miles Away. Streets
\ ked City Are Uttered With Dead.
Survivors Unable to Care for Hundreds
fIInjurcd. Vessels ObIitcrated.

n6nI, Dec. 6. (Bulletin). The dead in
~ disaster are estimated at 200 by Of
1.-The telegraph companies, although il is
~ that the information upon which the
1 q based is unofficial.
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- Der. 6 (via Iavana).-Hundrcds Of persons
~ I and thousand others injured and half the
Tax In ruins AZ the result Of the explosion Of
IN 1hip In the harbOr today.
o1mated that the property loss will run into the
10y HE north end Of the city is in flames
- n. s.. Dec 6-Thrcc hundred dead and many
n injured was the estimate this afternoon Of the
~ rewriting when a large ammunition ship
~ ospooeenger liner it's pier at Halifax today.
siy1cGo fnrther stated that the ship which collide
1on vessel was a Red Cross liner.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-12-06

lnz Hith him snd that az sbe zas
Walking along In the so<,dz her fo>,l
caught IN rot and sns felt. aoc.-
dsntaiiy dlschArgins her ne. Ths
bullet entered the sonnan's train zn1
caused her death The s,zte efz rye
fC1rfIrDe1 T,r PAGE 7T.s--.
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His Defense.

Asanl' defense 70 the murder barge
II that Mrs. King var out target sfO1t-
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heaDe HiOry VIII cOgef his cOnnsc-
tionH leading up ~ the time he became
a man ~ business for dra. King.
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orn TO Pieces

y Page Twelve }
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lC1niI rlged on E,zk. Trsi..
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WEATHER FORECAST

HOHTAHA snow tonight snh pf"g4bv
F,tna1 e.iitag A9hifhf va epid Wa eAfi
pDitigB, agldg FndHt fGpin nm bln
The Washington times., 1917-12-31
TO EXHIBIT sKUNKs.

CHICAGO. Dec. 31.-The strongest
attraction at the Chicago poultry and
pet stock show next week will be an
l,ib,' ~ iJunks
The Washington times., 1917-12-31
YEAR FINDS
80 OF So NATIONS
AGAINST KAISER

Advent Of a new year at midnight
hndes nine-tenths Of the orld's pop
ulatiOn in arms.
Determined that civilization shall
triumph over "kultur." so per cent OF
the people Of the world have declared
war on Germany and her allies.
Thirty of the hfty-three countries
Of the world R.e arrayed against the
central powers, nineteen having taken
up arms and el,ven having broken
diplomatic relations. Russia, how
ever. is on the verge Of peace today.
Nineteen Maintain Neutrality.
Less than 8 per cent Of the total
Dpulation-nincteen small states
ave maintained their neutrality In
"" great struggle. The Germanic
''erS represent Slightly more than
per cent Of the worlds population.
The total population OF the allies
no have declared war Is 1.37O.225,-
iOO' while the peoples of the central
powers total 166.672, 900. The eleven
The Washington times., 1917-12-31
HIT CLOSE,
BUT He HAD AN
ENJOYABLE TIME

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Dec. 31.-Es-
Gaping death from German shells and
bullets in France, where he is serv-
ing with the British Expeditionary
Force, DR.. Richard +. Kiefrer, son OF
the Rev. DIR. J. SpRnEler Kieffer, of
Zion Reformed church, this city,
states that he would not have missed
the experience for anything"
Dr. Kicffer is a graduate OF Frank
lin and Marshall College and the Johns
Hopkins University medical school at
Baltimore He enlisted in the United
States Medical Corps ~n+ me
among the first to go
How he has escap' q the
front he tells in O. hi par
ents, as follows:
. while with battalion / had
some of the n.err west escapes I ever
expect to ha e, but my life has been
spared. l have had shells burst be
side me. killing the man in front and
covering me with mud. a shell land
ed at the. door of my dugout. killing
and wOundinE men within my sight.
but only giving me shaking up. /
could mention many such instances.
"AH that now seems like Il horrible
nightmare, but I would not have miss
cd ii for anything. l feel that have
had part in the war. and know what
the men have to endure. No pen-pic-
ture can give you an idea of what 1t
is like.
Peace seems far of, an believe
that l am here for a long while. But
we must finish the war in the right
way. no matter how long II takes.
This war will do America good"
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MANY KILLED
AS BUILDINGS
FALL; 125,OOO.
AREHOMELESS
CONTINUED from First Page.l

CONTINUED from First Page.l
information have been received by
Don Joaquin Mendez, Guatemala
minister here.
Railroads into Guatemala City
have been demolished and couriers
have been dispatched from San Jose
to obtain definite news of the dis
aSter.
Suffering Acute.
Guatemala City has a population
Of more than 10000 people, Senior
Mendez said, and if preliminary re-
ports are true the suffering among
the thousands made homeless must
be acute.
The Red Cross authority has been
appealed to and is prepared to take
charge OF relief work as quickly as
supplies can be rushed there from
neighboring republics and the United
States.
Mendez expressed his gratitude to
this country for ordering warships
70 San Jose to assist in relief work.
Efforts to establish wireless COM
munication with inland Guatemala
30 far have failed
The Washington times., 1917-12-31

small states that have sent the Teu-
tonic ministers home have a popula-
tior OF 2l.s7OOOO, while the total OF
the dwindling number OF neutrals IS
l43. .9Gl 900.
Nations Fighting KAISER.
Arrayed against the Kaiser, in or
der OF their declarations OF war, are
serbia, Russia, France. Belgium.
Great Britain. Montenegro, Japan.
Italy, San Marlno, Portugal. Rou-
mania, United States. Cuba. Panama.
Greece. Siam, Liberia, China, and
Brazil.
Those that have severed relations
are Bolivia, Guatemala. Honduras,
Nicaragua. Santo Domingo. Haiti.
Chile, Costa Rica. Peru, Uruguay, and
EcuadOr-all Of South America. and
evidence of how the republics Of the
south are standing behind the big
republic of the north.
Holland is a leading neutral. and
among the others are Spain and the
Scandinavian nations.
The Washington times., 1917-12-31
TODISCIPLINEM MEN
Who SENT FARC!CAL
RECRUITING ORDERS

A sharp dIsciplining is in store for
War Department officers who sent re-
cruits to Raritan. n. J., for work at
the "Raritan ordnance depot"-which
does not yet exist. Secretary Baker
has ordered an investigation OF the
farce.
GIs fact that the Ordnance Depart
ment did not know that the depot
had not been constructed and that 1t
would be located at AIetuchen-not
Raritan-is the subject OF Bakers in
quiry.
Men OF draft age who voluntarily
asked to be 'nducted into service
were ordered to The Ra-itan ordnance
depot Reaching Raritan they found
no depot
The Washington times., 1917-12-31
NAIIONAL PALACE, PRESIDENTS OFFICE
WHITE BREAD WILL
GIVE WAY TO WAR
BREAD AFTERIAN |

New Government milling regula-
tions necessitsted by the world wheat
shortage and poor crop prospects
mean war bread in every American
home. beginning early in 1918.
The last of our wheat surplus was
shipped to allied Europe more than 4
month ago. Recent official cables
show that her plight is still extreme.
America alone can relieve it by sacri-
flee.
There is no white bread in Europe
There hasn't been for a long time
Americas bread-boN must be robbed
to supply the allies bread ut to eat
No Bread-waStIng.
They're sending people to prison
for wasting bread in England
Frances government has taken over
her small wheat crop and will mill
II for all It is worth. regardless of
appearance or taste after baking
All exports of dietary breads to
American millionaiTes OF poor dige5-
tltu have been stopped.
Three and a half million people in
Finland are existing on a starvation
background birch bark and beech
buds. mixed with a smattering of
wheat. and only three or four sIicecs
n day Of that 1t tastes and smells
abominably.
Germany's vile war-bread has
caused appendicitis and Intestinal
epidemics among the people. A spe-
cial scientific commission tried to
better IL but gave IL up. Officials
followed that with the statement
that crop prospects promise no ro-
lief.
Americas great recourse will be
corn meal. There are thirty bushels
OF corn apiece for every person in the
land in the new crop. Ordinarily we
eat about a bushel apiece a year.
PrO-COrn Drive.
As soon as this big crop starts into
the market and prices drop. big pro-
corn drive will be inaugurated by the
Government.
Under the new milling regulations
-four will be flour. No special brands.
no choice grades VIII be obtainable.
UuiveTsally-known trade marks will
disappear from sacks and IN their
stead will appear merely the words:
"Mi'led in Accordance with the Resu-
lations of the United States Food Ad-
ministration."
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DEATHS

BTRES-Dn Sunday. December 20, 1917.
DELLA BURNS. be'oved daughter OF the
late Charles and MaTy Buras-
EsqUiem mass at Sacred Hart Church.
a. N. "Wednesday, January 2. 81
DDYLE-DH Monday December n. 1917. at
his residence 1881 street northwest AL
LYS Z DOYLE. beloved son OF Clarence Z.
and Matte q DDyle
Notice Of funera hereafter. 1-3l
My. on Friday. Dccem-
Der - 1877. at a. IA. at Casualty Hospital,
KATHLEEN HULL. beloved wife Of WI
liam sheldon FlsirhcIl. aged twenty years.
Funeral from her late T"s'denC II. u
street northwest. Monday. December 81 Re
QUEEN mas At ST. Martins Church at 10
a m. Relatives and friends invited %
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WILL SWIM IN OCEAN
new YEAR DAWNS

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-The "snow
birds" at Brighton Beach and Coney
Island are going to celebrate the
coming OF the Now Year with a dip
in the surf. Promptly at l. O'Clock
tonight h number Of winter swim
mers will race to the beaches to be
among the first ocean bathers OF
1918.
The Washington times., 1917-12-31
FUMES FROM SOFT COAL
NEARLYK KILL THREE MEN

Unfamiiiarity with soft coal nearly
caused deaths early today Of three
men. at 1910 Sixth street northwest
The three, Louis and Abe Buchalter
and Harry Paul, were huddled over a
stove IN the front room OF the Sixth
street house and were overcome by
fumes from the heater. They were
nearly sufTocated when DR.. Conway
Of the Emergency Hospital arrived.
They were treated at the house.
The Washington times., 1917-12-31
SPECIAL NOTICES

ON ACCOUNT OF ineffIclency Of the telephone
sCrvice. have ordered disrOntiuuance Of same
on Jan. lst. LOUEASE NORTON LEHMAN
n D. Ell 18th St n. W, office hours. . %
90 $40 l-8l
CAPITAL WANTED 70 enlarge machIn.
shop. For particulars write Box lic Times
30
PURSUANT 10 Section /. Article VIII OF By-
Laws. notice : hereby given that the An
nuHi Meeting Of the StOckho'd ders Of TIE Can
ital Traction Company for thf election OF
Board Of Directors for the ensuing year and
the transaction Of such other business as nav
be brought before the meeting viii be held
at tho ofhcr of the Company. 2Cth and NJ
Etreets W. Washington d c. on wednes
day. January 3. 1878. az 1915 O'Clock A. NJ
The polls Will be open from II O'Clock A n
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The Washington times., 1917-12-31
FAMINE IN MOSCOW,
SAYS DANISH REPORT

COPENHAGEN. Dec. 31.-Famine
conditions prevail in Moscow. Ad-
vices received from Pctrograd today
said that part Of the railway lines
leading into Moscow from the south
had been cut and that no fOodstufTs
have arrived in the city for several
days
The Washington times., 1917-12-31

MoNTEvIDEO, Dec. 31.-The en-
tire city OF Guatemala has been
wiped out and many are dead as
a result of the latest earthquake, ac-
cOrding to reports today.
Early dispatches indicated that the
Colon Theater, filled with people COL
lApsed, and that the railroad depot,
sugar mills, postoffice, the American
and British legations, United States
consulate and all the churches in the
city have been leveled. Deer fissures
opened N the middle of the city.
1t is believed that more than 1OO,-
0oe persons are homeless.
The shocks occurred between 5:5T
a1d o'clock Saturday night.
Martial Law in Force.
Thursday it was reported that from
ten to forty persons had been killed
ln the disturbances Of the previous
night, while dispatches of Friday and
Saturday indicated that so per cent Of
Guatemala City had been demolished
and that thousands of persons were
homeless.
Martial law is in force and good
order is said to be prevailing.
Teiegraphic- communication with
Guatemala City is almost completely
broken.
No. word has been received OF the
fate Of Americans and other foreign
ers in the last Quakes. They had sur
Tived the previous tremors.