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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-03
Both Sides Predict Victory.

MANY senators say tnat until the
prohibition issue Is settled the neces.
sary two-thirds vote for cloture can
not be secured. Others point out
however, that the vote on shutting off
debate at least will show up or
record those got in favor of expedit-
ing the bill as desired by the presi-
dent.
The movement for the use of the
adopted the section by a vote of AZ
to ID, extending government control
in addition to food and fuels, to iron
and steel, copper, cotton, wool, hides
and skins, lead. aluminium, fertilizers,
farm implements, hemp and other
binding twine materials and their
products
skirmish on prohibition occurred
just before the senate recessed to-
night to meet an hour earlier than
usual tomorrow. The "wets'' and
"drys" clashed when Senator Penrose,
opposing any attempt at cloture, sug-
gested that prohibitions friends had
been delaying action. Senator Jones
of Washington vehemently denied the
charge and asserted that the delay
has been caused by prohibitions op-
ponents.
Prohibition Fight Opened Anew.
Senator Sheppard asked unanimous
consent for vote tomorrow on the
liquor question, but Senator Penrose
objected.
The dispute over prohibition was
opened anew when the agriculture
committee approved an amendment
by Senator Gore proposing that manu-
facture of distilled spirits shall be
prohibited and the president given
power to suspend the making of beer
and wines.
The committee rejected. to 4, the
so-called administration compro-
mise" plan of Senator Chamberlain
prohibition to distilled bev-
erages without any action regarding
malt and vinous intoxicating liquors
Leaders of both wet" and "dry"
factions tonight were predicting VIC
tory in the prospective open, clean
cut fight in the senate over empow-
ering the president to deal with light
beverages. The prohibition fight is
not scheduled to reach the senate
floor until late this week.
The cloture motion, If presented
tomorrow, will, under the rules, lie
over until Thursday and then be sub
ject to vote without debate.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-03
Revolutionary Army Seizes VIII
Iage of KoniuChy and Pushes
Beyond Place, Fortified Po-
sitionS Fall,
ARTILLERY REAWAKENS;
PLAYS IMPORTANT PART
Rain of Steel ProjectiIes Pour
ed Into German Positions for
Two Days. No Marked Ac-
tivity in West,


Prisoners exceeding 10000 and the
capture of the village OF Koniuchy
and strongly fortified positions south
west of Brzezany are the first fruits
Of the new offensive movement of tho
Russian forces in eastern Galicia;
north of Koniuchy the Russians have
attacked and fresh battles are in
progress
The Russian artillery, long inactive
from lack of shells, played an i'm
portant part of the defeat of the
Austro-Germans at Koniychy For
two days a rain of iron was thrown
into the German positions and Berlin
says officially that they were turned
into a crater field The Russians not
only carried three lines of German
trenches and Konuchy, which was
strongly fortified, but also advanced
to the Koniuchy stream south of the
village, which is on the Zlota Lipa
river.
Fighting Exceedingly Bitter.
Around Brzezany the fighting was
most bitter and Berlin claims that
sixteen Russian divisions were thrown
forward. The Russians carried the
fortified Teuton positions at several
points in the face of a desperate re-
sistance by Austrian, German and
Turkish troops.
Minister of War Kerensky person
ally led the Russian revolutionary
army in its forward movement and in
message to Premier LRoff says that
the offensive proved to Russia and
the entire world it's fidelity to the
revolution and its love for liberty AMI
country" The premier has authoriz-
ed Minister Kerensky to give the reg
iments which participated in the
fighting of July l red revolutionary
flags and the name Regiments July
First"
On the western front there has been
little marked activity. Both the Brit
ish and Germans have carried out
raids in the area around Lens and
noithward. On the Aisne between
Cerny and Allies the French have re-
gained a line of trenches from the
Germans after spirited fighting.
Austrian Attack Checked.
In the Trentino south of Riva the
Austrians have attacked Italian posi-
tions between Lake Garda and the
Ledro valley. Rome reports that all
the Austrian efforts were checked
with loss.
President Wilson has promulgated
the regulations to govern exemption;
from service in the new national army
of the United States. This marks an .
other step in the preparation for the
of the new army and will
permit the local and special exemp-
ton boards to organize for their i'm
portant work.
The Greek destroyer Doxa, manned
10y a French crew, has been destroyed
in the Mediterranean sea by an ex-
plosion. Twenty-nine members of
the crew, including all the officers,
were lost
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-07-03
Senator Chamberlain Will Of
fer Motion Today Invoking
CIoture Rule; Sixteen Men,
berS Sign Motion.
PREDICT FAILURE UNTIL
PROHIBITION FIGHT ENDS
Many Say That Two-thirds
Vote Necessary to Enforce
ment of Rule Can Not Be
Obtained Until Then,

Washington, July 2.-Controversy
in the senate over the food control
and its prohibition feature reached
such an acute stage today that for
NAL steps were taken by administraA
ton leaders to limit debate and force
a final vote this week by invoking, for
the first time, the senate's new cloture
rule.
Within half an hour many more
than the necessary sixteen senator's
signatures to a cloture motion were
secured. Senator Chamberlain, in
charge of the bill, announced to the
senate later that he would offer the
motion tomorrow and ask for vote
upon it Thursday. Its adoption would
require a two-thrds vote and there
after would limit each senator's time
upon the bill and al, amendments to
one hour.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
HOUSE VOTES DOWN T. RS PI.AN
POOL HALL LOAFERS
MUST GO-STEWART
Governor Offers |'Slackers''
Two Alternatives.

Helena, April Ex-Governor Sam V.
Stewart, commenting today on a re-
port by Labor Commissioner w. J.
Swindlehurst, suggested that if loafers
around saloons and pool halls in the
state cannot be induced by motives of
manhood and patriotism to enlist, eth
err in the military branch of the gov
eminent, which protects them, or the
domestic branch devoted to producing
foodstuffs to feed the soldiers and
sailors and the allies, then police Of
ficers have a remedy to draft them
into service by convicting them as
Migrants.
The governor was caustic in his de-
nunciaton of 1.-The slackers, the chronic
chairwarmcrs and the puny parasites
whose souls aspire to nothing higher
than the companionship of the saloon
and the pool hall and whose CONVEX
sation reaches no greater height than
is attained by the dirty anccdote and
the circulation Of gossip"
There is no shortage of labor in
the industrial centers of Montana
said Nj. NJ. Donoghue, president of the
Montana Federation of Labor. There
are more men than there are jobs in
Butte. Anaconda, Great Falls and
other Cities
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
FIRE IN COLORADO
MINE CATCHES 120;
ALL THOUGHT DEAD
Rescuing Parties Can't Reach
Men $500 Feet Into
Mountain.
FIRST BODIES FOUND
1000 FEET DOWNWARD
Bomb Plot Theory of Disas-
ter Near Ludlow Sc0ffed
at by Officers.

Trinidad. Colo, April 27.--Therc is
no escape for the 40 or more MEN
caught behind the fire in the Hastings
mine of the Victor American Fuel
company. near Ludlow. and it is ex-
pected that all have persisted. Rescue
crews reported tonight that they can
not reach the entombed men because
of the wreckage, the explosion having
torn cealings and walls of the main
stope.
Superintendent Cameron tonight
said b. had little hope of saving any
Of the men who were in the mine when
the explosion occurred. IF the men
still are alive behind the fire it will be
a miracle he said.
The exact number of men caught in
the mine still is undetermined. The
company has compiled a list of SO
names Of men known to be in the
mine. but it is asserted that the list is
not complete.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
LA TOILETTE KEEPS
SENATE IN SESSION

Washington, April 2S.-Near mid
night. when the senate was about to
adjourn, Senator IaFollettc took the
floor and announced his intention of
speaking. He has pending amend
ments to strike out the draft provision
and to submit the question Of raising
an army to referendum.
Senator IaFollctte concluded his
speech on the army bill at l:55 this
morning. after having spoken two and a
half hours. and the senate recessed
until 10 a. m. when debate on the
measure will continue.
Mr.. IaFollette made a final plea that
the United States should exert its great
influence to bring the war to an eafy
conclusion, but said that it should not
be drawn into an agreement with the
allies that would prevent it from max
ing a separate peace with Germany.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
Wants Methods CHANGED.

Paris. April 27.--Rear Admiral de
Gouy, retired, today advocated a
change of methods in dealing with the
submarine menace in view of the tor
pedoing within one week Of 40 vessels
of more than 1900 tons, according to
figures given out in London.
1T is Indispensable to prevent the
greatest possible number of subma-
rines from beginning operations" the
admiral said. ITO pursue and destroy.
when possible, submarines in operation
is very well and it is evidently ad-
visable to continue in this direction
but that is insufficient The only de-
cisive means of preventing the Ger
mans from disturbing the allies is to
fight with him in his home waofs.
THE British admiralty did we'll las,
February when it cndeavored to ba,
out of the North sea Il maritime en-
trenched camp whose supporting posi-
tons were Borkum, Helgoland and Syli
Ca line drawn through these positions
bars Germany's principal means OF ag-
entrances to the Weser and Elbe riv-
ers.) This effort was not carried on
with sufficient vigor and results wer.
not what was expected. In brief The
anti submarine war is still in pass
i've STAGE
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
Jeanette FaVOrS
Allowing Colonel
to Go to Trenches
House to Vote on Selective Draft Today and
Senate to Vote Finally on War Army
Measure Sunday---Victory for
Draft Certain.

Washington, April o7.-Both houses
of congress sat until late tonight to
clear the way for passage tomorrow of
the war army bill under which mil
lions of men are to be raised and
trained. Apparently enactment Of the
administrations selective draft by
large majorities is assured. although
the volunteer advocates will fight until
the roll call.
Champions in the house Of an
amendment designed to permit Colo
mel Roosevelt to recruit a volunteer
force for immediate service in France
lost their fight late today on the first
vote taken after the close of general
debate. The amendment offered by
Representative Austin of Tennessee
and vigorously supported by Repre-
sentative Gardner of Massachusetts
and others was defeated, 10 to LOG.
Among those who voted for It was
Miss Rankin of Missoula, who tear
fully opposed the war resolution.
House on Consumption.
The house leaders agreed to have n
vote Immediately after converting to-
morrow on an amendment which
would restore the measure to the form
in which it came from the war depart
ment. eliminating the volunteer sec
ton substituted by the military com
mittee. General debate was closed
| early in the afternoon with final state
| ments by Chairman Dent of the mill
| tary committee for the volunteer soc,
| ton and Representative Kahn OF Cali.
fornia, the Republican member lead
| ing the administration fight for tn,
general staff plan.
Scores of members spoke tonight
| under the rule permitting five minut,
| speeches on amendments. one of tn,
first was Representative Mann. tn,
Republican floor leader. who broke tn,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
ia ARMY OFFICERS
FIRED IN RUSSIA

Pctrograd. Via London. April 27.--
AS result of the visit of War Min
lister Guchkoff of the southwestern
front, % generals, including some gen.
erals of divisions. have been replaced.
On all fronts, not fewer than ia Of
ficers holding headquarters commands
have been removed
Workmen in munition factories, who
were sent to the front under orders
issued by the Romanoff regime for
participation in strikes, are being re-
called. The ministry Of finance has
enlisted the service Of GoVky and Reef
and other writer's for propaganda
work.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28

on a date to be set. every citizen at
fectcd by the act will be required on
pain of heavy penalty to present him
self at the nearest registration place,
where machinery will be provided for
classifying the recruits and elminat-
will be referred to higher authority.
Who Goes First.
| with the rolls of those liable for
service complete, the task Of selecting
the men to go in the first increment
OF 900 will begin. It has been sug-
gested that this be done by means of
the county jury system The first
man whose name Is drawn would go,
under that plan. with the first 500, 900
men to be called out for training with
in a few months. The second drawn
would 20 with the second increment,
to be called six months later: the third
with the third increment, with duty a
year Off; the fourth with the first in
crcment. and 50 on
Meanwhile the work Of building the
cantonments will go forward. Regu-
lar troops and national guardsmen will
be assigned to them with each arm OF
the service. 50 represented as to pro-
vide the framework of comulete
army division at each point. The
guardsmen Will be selected from the
territory covered by the training dis
trict 50 far rs practicable. Police
duty at the cantonments will become
part of the responsibility of each dis
trict commandant. Meantime both
the regulars and guardsrnen will con
tinuc recruiting to war strength.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
JEANNETTTE TO VOTE
AGAINST DRAFT
AMENDMENT

Washington. April 27.-(Special.)
Miss Rankin was spiritedly ap-
plauded today when she stood up
to be=counted with supporters Of the
amcndment-to the army bin author
izing Colonel Roosevelt to raise a
division of volunteers for service
in Europe. The applause was re-
newed as she passed between the
tcllers and was counted with VOL
unteer advocates.
Miss Rankin's vote today Is in
diCation that she will vote tomor-
row for volunteer system in pref
erenco to selective draft plan urged
by President Wilson and the war
department.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
PREMIER WANTS IRISH
QUESTION OUT OF WAY

London, April 27.--An appeal for all
parties to throw aside all differences
in getting the Irish question out Of
the way was made by Premier Lloyd
George in a speech in Guild hall today
in which he also discussed the military
situation and other problems of the
British government.
Ireland, he said, must be converted
to cheerful, loyal comrade. The
settlement of the Irish question is
essential for the peace of the world
and essential for a speedy victory in
the war. the tide of which, he said,
has turned. He reviewed the work of
the British troops now have a real
chance to fight. He predicted that the
end of the war was approaching.
The submarine. the PREMIER asserted,
is the worst problem the British ma
ton and the allies have to meet He
declared that it could be met and that
although he did not care to minimize
the gravity of the situation he was
perfectly satisfied that if the present
aggressive program against the sub
marine We're carried out that menace
would be defeated and with it the
central powers.
AS regards the food problem, Pre-
| mier Lloyd George said that the Brit
ich +.l
that every one must help. He said
| that 100000 fresh acres of land are
being put into cultivation and that
even without ton of food Being
brought from abroad, mo one can
| starve us He declared that steps
had been taken to increase greatly the
amount of shipping to be built.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
War Department Prepared
to Drill Ne1u Drafted Men

Washington. April 27.-With enact
ment of the selcctiye draft army bill
apparently assured, the war depart
ment Is preparing to set machinery in
motion without delay to produce un-
der the measure within two years u
trained army. of 100000 men.
Within ten days after the bill Is
try will be registering it's young men
for duty and work viii have begun on
the 16 training environments, or camps.
whore preparation of forces for war
will start in August or September.
Sites for the cantonments have been
selected tentatively and all arrange
ments made for the concentration of
the troops assigned to each.
Sheriffs to Register.
Decentralization of administrative
work will be sought by the depart
ment in every move 1t makes. 1t Is
known that registration will be car
ried on through sheriffs and Other
county officials aided by postmasters
or other federal agencies. where tina
seems advisable. Instructions an,
| forms already have been prepared an,
will be forwarded to the state ad.
jutants general for distribution among
county officials.
Wide publicity Is planned, so tina
| no man liable for registration will have
a good excuse for failing to respond
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
Finding Bodies.

Denver, Colo, April 27.-,The first
bodies of victims of the fire and ex-
plosion at Hastings, Colo. have been
found by the rescue squads, Charles
James Dalrymrle, chief inspector OF
the state mining bureau, tslephoned
Governor Gunter tonight. According
to the inspector, who is at the scene,
the rescue parties have penetrated
1000 feet into the workings.
"One hundred and eighteen men are
behind the fire and there is little
chance of reaching them" Dalrymple
reported.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28

silenc" on the subject OF con scription
for the first time with an emphatic
declaration in favor of the staff bill
Senate to Vote Finally.
on the senate side the debate con-
tinued throughout the day and night
with only occasional flares of interest
from the floor and galleries. The
leaders have agreed to take the final
vote before adjournment tomorrow
night.
Minor differences in the measure as
1t Will pass the two houses proba bly,
Will nccessitate n conference. but the
bill is expected to be ready for Presi-
dent Wilson's signature by the middle
OF next week. Then the plans of the
war department. already carefully laid.
Will be put into operation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
Herbert Samuel in England
Says Government Figures
Belittle Peril.
FRENCH ADMIRAL ASKS
CHANGE IN METHODS
President Wilson and Cabi-
net Made Graver by Re-
ports From Abroad.

London, April o7.--lierbert l.. Sam
in London tonight on the gravity Of
the submarine menace, said that the
figures he had seen on the sinking of
vessels show that the situation is
worse than official reports have indi-
Gated.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
First American Problem.

Washington. April 27.-Evidence Of
growing success for the ruthless Ger
man~submarine blockade has forced
the problem of supplying the entente
quickly with food and other necessi-
ties sharply into the forefront of the
Aroused by information brought to
this country by the British and French
war missions. President Wilson and
his cabinet gravely set about today to
launch with its full force as speedily
as possible their campaign to break
down the blockade, planned by the ad'
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28

Trinidad, Colo, April 27.--One hum
dred and twenty-fiv men caught in
lean Fuel company by an explosion at
$50 this morning, still We're entombed
tonight while rescue squads were
slowly working their way through the
smoke filled stope to the main work
ings, 5000 feet under the mountain,
where the men We're believed to be
imprisoned.
Whether any of the men are alive
is unknown. At last reports the he'll
met squads, led by Superintendent
Cameron, who re-entered the mine
Continued on Page Ten.l
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
EMPLOYEES OF G. N.
GET BIG INCREASE

st. Paul. April 27.-Salary increases
of IS per cent, amounting to 100000
annually, will be granted May l to
several thousand employees of the
Great Northern railway. such as
clerical forces and others that have
not in the past received general ad-
vances," it was announced by Presi-
dent L. W. Hill here today.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
CAN'T FIND PATROLMAN.

Minneapolis, April 27.-The local po-
lice gave up hope of finding alive
Traffic Policeman George Connery,
who disappeared in a speeding auto
mobile early in the week, with the two
men he arrested.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-28
GERMANS FOR MOMENT
CHECK HAIG'S TROOPS
Teuton Counter Attacks,
However, Bloody Failures.
(By Associated Press.)

The cannon are booming from Lens
fantry of both opponents apparently
rests after the great battles of the
past three weeks along this great line.
The British artillery, which in the
second week Of the battle of .Arras
used up more shells than ever had
been used in one action in the history
OF modern warfare, continues its dead
~ and destructive work. The French
guns are also active while the Ger
man artillery answers from the va
rious points. Apparently this is the
lull before the next great clash in
northern France.
100000 Casualties.
While the Germans have checked
for the moment the latest effort of
Field Marshal lIaig's soldiers to cap
ture the strongly entrenched positions
commanded by Crown Prince Rup-
precht, their effort to rccapture po-
titions taken from them by the British
and French have met with saguinary
failure. South and northwest of st.
Quentin, that strong ana important
link in the German defense system,
British and French troops have hurled
back German counter attacks with
heavy losses. Efforts of the German
crown prince to break the French grip
northeast of scissors failed. Recent
German efforts to check the French,
however, a report from Paris says,
have resulted in the loss of 100000
men killed, wounded and captured.
In local operations along the Arras-
Cambria road and northward, the
British have gained some ground and
the French have advanced near Hurte-
biz on the Nauclerie plateau as well
gion of Moronvilliers.
Airplanes Active.
Over the battle line and behind the
German positions the wasp-like air.
planes have been aiding the artillery
in finding the targets. In numerous
fights, over, behind and in front of the
entertainments Anglo French aviators
have brought down 10 airmen and
| sent down IL others damaged. Berlin
claims the destruction of II allied ma =
| chimes.
| General Maude in his progress up
! the Tigris now is before the Jebel
Hamrin hills, between the Tigris and
the Diala, where the Turks have en-
| trenched after retreating from Sa-
mara. Russian forces are on the other
side of the hills and at the southern
| tip the town of Kill Rabat is occu-
pied jointly by the British and Russian
troops.
British artillery continues to bonn
bard Bulgarian positions southwest of
Lake Dorian, Macedonia, while no ac-
tivity of moment is reported form the
eastern and Austro- Italian front.