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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
DIVER BOAT R .>DY
|T0LAUNCH TORPEDO
| AS SHELL HIT HER
Vessel Was Going at Full Speed. Officers
Watching Through Field Glasses Have
No Doubt Submarine Went to Bot
tom With All Hands

London April 25-Captain Rice of the American steam
hip Mongolia which has arrived at British port told
associated press today that the Mongolia had fired the
rs gun of the war for the United States and sunk
cerman submarine. The naval gunners board made
can hit at 1000 yards. The periscope was seen to be
battered on board. Even pertinent fact, as re-
rds the ultimate fate of the submarine, was that the
he captain stated that shell always rcOchets in the
ater and be again unless it finds the mark
III the water after the submarine disap-
cared The Mongolia was going at full speed and
Bas long distance away when the spray and foam
ubsided, but from the bridge the officers observed
SPOT through their glasses and they confident the
ubmafne was sunk
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
SHIPPERS WILL Be HEARD
IN RATE ADVANCE CASES
Commerce Commission Pre-
scribes Method of Proce-
dure in Hearing.

Washington. April 25.-Ths inter
state commerce commission today pre-
scrfbed the method Of procedure in the
is per cent rate advance cases BY per
mitting the railroads to file supple
mental tariffs covering the increase.
This Is in line with the commissions
announcement Of few days ago. The
new tariff will be subject 10 protest
suspension. complaint, investigation
and correction. the commission an
nounced. and their filing is only pre-
liminary to detailed consideration OF
the application and does not dispose OF
the cases.
Indications are that the commission
will soon set dates for hearings at
which the merits of these increases
viii be considered and shippers will be
given an opportunity to state their
views
The effective date of the order.
should il be finally approved. Is
changed from June TO July 1.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
WOULD FORCE PORTLAND
SPECTATORS TO SELL
Holding 10000 Sacks Of Pota-
toes in Cold Storage for
Higher Prices.

Portland. Ore. April 25.-Elghty
thousand sacks of potatoes are being
held in Oregon cold storage ware
houses by spectators waiting for
higher prices. declared Mayor H P
Albee in a letter he sent today 70
United states District Attorney Clsr-
encs Rsames. asking what steps can
be taken 70 force the potatoes onto
the market
Albee said he has started = probe
Of conditions in Portland warehouses
and branded spectators as unparti-
otto because they held the potz,0es
instead Of selling them at reasonable
profits fo- food and see1 purchases.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
USE Of LARGE
TRACT OFFERED
BY ANACONDA CO.
State Accepts Use of Land to
Raise Crop for Public
institutions.

Helena, April 25-The Anaconda
Copper Mining company has made the
state of Montana a gift or the use u
Z.poD acres or more og land FOR
the year upon which ~ raise AL the
garden and other crops needed By the
state prison. insane asylum and the
tubercuiosis ganltari8m. DR. n. C.
Gardiner OF Anaconda. head Of the
eomDany's dairy and experiment farm
In the Deer Lodge ralley offered the
land today 70 the state board of eI-
aminers and the offer gas accepted.
Warden Frank Conley of the state
prison will do the farming for the
state with conyicts and HiiI begin
Dlowing 1000 acres Of irrigated land
near Gaien at once. Between ! 900 and
1000 acres OF dry land vii, be planted
70 wheat
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
WILL NOT ASK AMERICA
TO ENTER INTO FORMAL
ALLIANCE WITH ENTENTE
French Delegation, Headed by
Joffre and Viviani, Arrives
Safely in Washington and is
Given an Enthusiastic Wei
come by Great Crowd.

Washington, April 25.-The
French commission headed by
General Joffre and former Premier
Viyiani landed safely at the Wash
ington navy yard today soon after
noon from the presidents yacht
Mayflower.
The reception Of the French mission
transcribed the usual diplomatic
courtesies Rousing cheers and hand
clapplng greeted the Frenchmen.
Marshal Joffre, hero Of the Marne,
was the center of interest. although
Rene Viyiani. head Of the commission.
was warmly received. As Marshal
Joffre stepped from the Mayflower a
young French officer. already ashore.
kissed his hands.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL TOO
EXPENSIVE, MALONEY SAYS

o handed OF the contract basis a. one
OF the local hospitals. according 70 Atr.
Stzloney's plan
The city has been the goat lo1z
enough with the emergency hosvt,al-
said Mr.. Saloney this morning When
II vas started the county agreed 70
pay its share Everyons knows the
county has fallen down on the agree
Dent and viii pay nothing The city
hasn't the money TO keep il going Ths
cheaper plan VIII be % make a con-
tract with one Of the local hospitals
for the treatment Of emergency cases.
Later on it may be possible for the
city to build a sure enough hospital
that will handle all cases. instead Of
selecting the patients-
Mr.. Naloney stated this morning
tcontinaed on Page Esghtl
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
STORMY SCENE IN THE
GERMAN RE|CHsTAG
Body is SummariIy Adjourned
Until May 2 Soon After
Its Opening.

London, April e5.-Adiournment Of
the reichstag until May after a brief
session yesterday is reported in a Gen.
trail News dispatch from Amsterdam.
Philip Scheidemann, socialist leader.
expressed regret that the reichstag
should be convoked and then ad-
journed almost Immediately. George
Ledebour leader Of the socialist dem
ocrats. demanded that reichstas should
meet today for discussion of the food
problem.
Thousands Of workmen.' he said.
have been forced to abandon work
owing to their distress"
Herr Ledebours words caused an
uproar. Permission to continue his
speech was refused.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
REACT|ONAR|ES
AFTER SCALP Of
H0LLWEG AGAIN
Chancellor is Accused of Sym
pathy With Socialist
Peace Plans.

Copenhagen. April rs tvia London).
The movement for the overthrow Of
Chancellor Won Bethmann- II Hollweg.
halted for a time by the adoption Of
ruthless submarine warfare. Is again
becoming evident In Germany. The
agitation is attended by internal diff
ficulties. talk Of possible peace terms
and food troubles.
The German. conservative and
national liberal organs are today
sharply campaigning against the So
cialist peace program and take the
chancellor severely to task for not dis
associating himself and administra-
tion from Schiedemann and his propa-
ganda.
The conservative Deutsche Tages
Zeitung demands a strong hand at the
helm, which alone. 1t says, can save
CONTINUED on Page Eighth
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
300 v|LL|STAS KILLED
IN BATTLE 1T CARMEN
Outlaws Principal Force De-
feated and Its Com
mander Slain.

Juarez. Mex, April rs. - Carranza
forces in command of General Eduardo
Hernandez met and defeated the prin-
cipal command of Francisco Villa al
Carmen. between San Buenoventura
and Moctezuma, yesterday morning
according to the official report of the
battle received here today from Gen
Francisco Murguia, commander In
chief of the division of the northeast
Gen. Manuel Ochoa. one of Villas
commanders. was killed in the fighting
at Carmen. His body was found
Three hundred Villa troops were killed
and wounded. the official report said
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
HANKS COURT AND JURY
AS HE'S SENT TO PRISON

address in which he asked the court
to exercise leniency. He said that
neither he nor his client had a word
Of criticism to offer as to the verdict
Of the jury or the manner in which the
trial was conducted. Mr.. Furman said
that the jury had recommended
leniency and the defendant had de-
cided in view of that fact to throw
himself on the mercy of the court.
There would be no appeal and Thomp-
son was willing to take whatever
punishment the court saw fit to pro-
nounce and was anxious to commence
serving the term of his Imprisonment
without delay. Attorney Furman said
that he thought that the court must
have been impressed with the standing
OF the men who took the witness stand
(Continued on Page Sixteen.)
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
Mayor-eIect Plans to Close the
Institution and Take Care of
Emergency Cases by Con-
tract With One of the Local
Hospitals for the Present.

The city emergency hospital. insti-
tuted durips Former Mayor Charles p.
Neyin's adrninis;ration. will be elimi-
mated as too expensive by Mayor elect
W. H. Maloney. according to the state
ments he made today. big city hos
pitaL with free wards for all people.
including a maternity department may
take the place OF the hospital now be-
ing operated by the municipality.
Emergency cases for the present viii
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
afI st thompson, Found Guilty
si T,' Tm,'anSlaughter, Gets Term
psni.soo.t!o iMo 10 Five Years in the

lth IL. ,rnompson. colored. charged
70 colOrea murder of Frank Compton.
apghter Ia, and found guilty of man
saSers,,o.la last evening after shnr,
= this morni. nj ehe part of the jury,
'an V. DU,,ns Dnins sentenced by Judge
sars nor ser no to not less than two
Ate Prison re !. than five years in the
'ed J. Furmsnn OF sentence. Attorney
Ufney A n, who. along with At
thompson a, Nerheyen. represented
The trial, made a short
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
Tribute to Gunners.

''ptdih Rlce paid a high tribute to
Be gunners and to the manner In
h''h they were handled by their Of
., ilFe DAYS and nights" he said,
nduh ! mad my clothes off and we
~ pis force of lookouts on duty
'ne Time It was $50 o'clock in the
'eihoon Of the nineteenth that we
"ep lhe submarine. The officer
r'uai,uihs the gunners was with me
"o p'iuse' where. in fact. we had
81 most OF the time throughout the
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
Highly Honored.

Headed BY Secretary Lansing. the
American officials paid the visiting
Frenchmen every honor.
As the Mayflower came 10 her
wharf marines and sailors kept back
all but those directly connected with
the reception ceremonies. Attaches Of
the French embassy and Of the state
department waited. carrying French
and American flags.
Marshal Joffrs. Minister yigiani
and the other members Of the party
lined the rail OF the HayfloRer. with
them were Ambassador Jussersnd.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, Assist
Continued on PaRr Eight
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Germany's Ingratitude.

"All these prove that German inten-
tions neither aim at acknowledging our
rights nor take into account. az they
should. the requests of a country whose
friendship until today was unabated
and whose neutrality was preserved
without WayerinR
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
was sunk.

The submarine, captain Rice said.
Fas about To attack the great liner
British waters Oh April 10. He de-
ared there was absolutely no doubt
flt the U-boat vas hit and that
here vas every reason to believe Vt
Has destrorad
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
Many to Speak.

Advocates of selectiye conscription
without the volunteer amendment
claim a majority Of 60 or 70 in the
house. House leaders hoped to reach
a vote by Friday. but this appeared
by no means certain. since more than
so members still were to be heard.
In the senate similar situation ex-
listed. Many senators wanted to ex-
press their views on the bill before
consenting to a vote and leaders dis
like to resort to the new rule under
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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
Sighted Dead Ahead.

The perlscnpe was sighted dead
head on the last afternoon of the
Dage The captain gave the order
y iull speed ahead with the inten-
on ol famming the submarine. The
disappeared and a few min
Us later reappeared on the ships
roadside The gunners fired. hitting
r perlseope squarely and throwing
fountain Of Eater
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
Sight the U-Boat.

%e , was haze owe, the sea at
II we had just taken a sound
.'r we We're getting near shallow
k,d an. anu we were looking at the
Whsn the first mate cried: :
aTs submarine off the port bow
o.. !. submarine was close to us, too
nj u lact for her purposes, and she
Ssrsnn. sihs again in order to
49, IN better position for tor
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
Ground Covered With Dead.

The ground around Non ~ a. far as
the eye -sn rss-h = covered Eith the
dead, the German attackers hsFtnS
employed Their O!t tactics Of attack
ing in mass formation Letters tzEsn
In the last tao dass from German
prisoners, zrl..en IN front o. Nonchy.
say they regard .hs si;za,ior az Eoyss
than {, 1as on The sor-n1s ThIis n.
cesuzItiss are rno-nttuz 1D as al Tsr-
dun In one q the letters the opsasoa
f. expressed that shat has made The
fighting difficult has ben the fz-et
that the opposing forces have not &C.
cup3sd fixed lines. but a.. s-zrts-e1
In half built trenches On this pz.r q
the front
700 Caught il Death Trap.
During one German counter attack
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
Must Defend Spain.

IF the imperial government persists
in declaring that II adheres TO it's de-
termination In order to defend Itself,
it must not be astonlshed If Spain. for
the same reason, must emphasize her
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
No Ordinary Struggle.

For two and half years" Mr.. Bal
four continued people here In this
country have watched the great and
blood -gtained drama abroad and with
each passing month the conviction has
grown that this was no ordinary
struggle involving a few miles of ter
ritory or some small national ambition.
but nothing short OF the whole welfare
OF mankind"
Such a cause. Mr.. Balfour said,
could not fail TO affect the United
States.
Need America Full Effort.
And now. when after all these
months you feel impelled to enter the
struggle. / am certain you will throw
CONTINUED on Page Eightl
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Sun Trained on Sub.

ks sv,'s, "a" 'he reriscope go down and
)ered ~. VI the water. quickly or
! sem .hsm an at the wheel to pull IL
y Tho ard Ia and we swung the nose
kbn.r,"p toward the spot where the
bin. :, e mad been seen. We were
-ll speed ahead and two
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-04-25
Wave Upon Wave Came For
ward, Wavered and Was
Torn hsunder.
SLAUGHTER EVEN GREATER
THAN IN VERDUN ATTACKS
Hurricane Of Fire Meets Body
OF 1000 Germans Rush.
ing to Attack.
THE WAR SUMMARY.

In pushing the British offensive
today General Sir Douglas Haig
directed an attack along the three
mile front between the Coejeul
and Scarpe rivers where further
gains have been scored
South Of the Arrss battlefront
General Haig IS eating bit BY Bit
into the German lines between
Cambria and ST. Quentin. More
than 5000 prisoners have been
taken.
British Front in France. April ~
From 4 STAFF correspondent II III.
associated prsssi. The tggya y'
Aonchy le PrsDE which Ieg a1ol, ns.
miles east u Arras gili stand out IN
history ss one o. the olo0dlest sp1,s
OF me world Ear The fighting r9r;a.
east and south of this little Artoi.
Village. psrched upon a high knoll has
exceeded in intensity any of the in
diyi1uai struggles Of the sornne. e.
forts 0f the Germans 70 retzke the
FllAze apparently have subside1 On
account % the sheer exhaustion %
their available forces and the British
advance eastward of Gonchy continue.
si0Ely j. but surely.
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WEATHER FORECAST

ONTANA-Unsettled weather tonight
and ThurFday probably rain slightly
warmer tonight
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Need Americas Full Effort.

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WEATHER FORECAST

Bt'TTE - Tonight: Unsettled. rain
warmeI
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tContinued on Page Eghtl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-27

after being long with handsome profits but
the market got away from him and he has
been covering all week. Trading for the
big interest has been thru a number of
private wire houses. At the same time
they have been unloading some of the
largest of the local longs have been getting
out The big shorts covered Friday and
the heavy selling Saturday took the snap
from the market and forced prices down
A majority of corn and oats traders were
bearish Saturday night owing TO the heavy
break in prices and the immense unloading
by leading longs. With no frosty weather
corn traders were inclined to look for
lower prices on the cry that shorts win
increase their loads which may not be
easily digested.
Sentiment in oats was mixed. Local
professionals were said to have increased
their lines. Some shorts in corn and oats
took profits at the last
Commercial National bank of Chicago
crop report: Food production in the
United States this year is % per cent larger
than that of 1916
- OF all grains it is 5,652 million bushels
an increase of $50 million or u per cent
above last year and only 200 million or 4
per cent short of the record yield of I9l5
The total crop is SIS million or Is per cent
over ten-year average.
Winter wheat 400 million. Spring. go
million. Total. $50 million. Corn, Z, 200 mil
lion. Oats, 1,527 million. Barley. 2OS mil
lion. Rye, 81 million. Total, 1852 million
Potatoes, 49S million. Hay, tons, s. mill
lion. Cotton, bales. IL million.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-27
BACK TO THE ARCTIC.
Macmillan, After 4 Years, Hopes to
Return-Saw Crockerland Mirage.

Sydney. Aug. 27.LDonald B. Mac
MILAN, who arrived yesterday after
four years in the Arctic, is content
with his achievements.
IT have work yet to do" he said
today There are about $50 miles of
coast to explore and hope to go back
soon."
Speaking enthusiastically of the far
north he said:
at is the land of men up there"
Mr.. Macmillan, who with Jonathan
C. Small, his mechanic, and general
aide was brought here by the sealing
steamer Neptune, in command of
Capt. Robert Bartlett, will leave to-
morrow for his home in Freeport, Me-,
whence he will go to New York, to
give a full report of his exploration
to the American Museum of Natural
History.
The outstanding achievement was
the establishing of the fact that the
so-called Crockerland which Rear Ad-
miral Peary reported he had discov-
cred in the Arctic did. not exist. Mr.
Macmillan said he and his compan-
ions were deceived for several days by
the same mirage which misled Peary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-27
CATHOLICS PLEDGE LOYALTY.
Federation Has Million Members
Organizing Catholic Y. NJ. c. A.

Kansas City, Aug. 27.-Catholics of
America will support the cause of
their country with undertaking 10y
atty" thruout the war with the oen-
trail empires. That pledge was given
here today by John Whalen of New
York in his annual address as presi-
dent before the opening session of the
convention of the American Fedora
ton of Catholic societies. Mr.. Whalen
said there could be no question of the
patriotism of the men AMI women of
that religion.
I'VE rejoice at the earnest, wise,
fatherly efforts to bring about such a
peace by our great spiritual chief His
Holiness Pope Benedict XIV" he de-
clared. His efforts will not be in
vain.''
Anthony Matre of Chicago, the ma
tional secretary, reported to the con-
vention that the federation now had
membership of 100000, embracing
every state in the union and most of
the insular possessions. Thirty ma
tiona1 organizations are contained
within it, he said reading a letter
from Cardinal Gasparrie, papal secre-
tary of state, in which the pope COM
mended the federation's work. A cru
SADIE of large proportions has been
taken up against vice and immortality
and plans were under way for the
formation of a Catholic Young Mems
Christian association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-27
EXPLOSION NO ACCIDENT
Mare Island Inciden Was Plot, DAN
iels Reports.

Washington, Aug. 27.-The expIo-
sion at Mare Island navy yard in July,
killing five and injuring more than
thirty, is pronounced, in an official re-
port made public by Secretary
Daniels, to have been the deliberate
act of someone unkknowa and not an
accident
Secretary Daniels today made pub
lie a synopsis of the report made after
investigation by the bureaus of ord
nance and navigation an:: the judge
advocate general OF the navy. All
those branches of the service agreed
that there had been no ''hampering
instructions or restrivtive directions
of the methods of investigation" It
was the Mare Island explosion which
led to the recent bitter controversy be-
tween Secretary Daniels ard the Navy
league, which eliminated in Mr.. Dan
iels cutting all relations between the
naval establishment and tbs league.
In a statement recently, the ack-
nokiedged purpose of which was to
force publicity of the Investigation,
the league declared that ii had been
informed of evidence that a time fuse
had been found lea.iing e the black
powder magazine in whic-. the explo-
sion occurred, showing d criminal
conspiracy and that the investigation
was being hampered by powerful la
Dor influences.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-27
WANTS SON RELEASED
Farmer Says Nineteen Year Old Boy
Is Too Young for Army.

The war department of the United
States is right-but right only IN gen
eral, according to Farmer Foltz, who
has a son nearly g years old. The de-
partment is mistaken when it comes
to his sons enlisting.
1t is to object to just this that
Farmer Foltz appeared before Lieut.
Eli Dorcey, in charge of recruiting,
this morning and insisted that his son
should be released from military duty
because he was too young. In addi-
ton to being too young for military
service, the boy has a brother who is
sick. These are the two reasons for
dismissal from service that Foitz put
before the local recruiting officer.
The son came to the recruiting Of
flee Saturday evening, after office
hours, and insisted that he should be
taken into the army Immediately. Pa
pers were produced and enlistment
were finally secured, and Foltz was
assigned to Battery A, Kansas Nation
al Guards. This morning his enlist
ment took on a different aspect when
the father appeared before the Off
GERS and insisted that his son should
be discharged.
me matter was referred to the COM
handing officers of Battery A, but no
discharge had been granted the. bow
at noon today.