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The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-25

HELSINGFORS, April 25.-A council of army and navy delegates has been informed by the allied fleets that the Russian fleet and army is defending its base completely and ready to fight to the last in its defense the soldiers and sailors are in plete accord with the officers.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-25

WASHINGTON, April 25-Thc govern ment's policy is to make no announcement or comment on the destruction of submarine by the Mongolia. The American steamer carried a crew of navy gunners under the command of a lieutenant. The Mongolia was formerly a California Oriental liner
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-25

COPENHAGEN, April 25.-e-The movement for overthrow of Bethmann has been halted for a time by the adoption of a ruthless 'submarine warfare, which has been resumed by Germany. The agitation was encouraged by dissensions industrial re- forms possibly peace terms and food troubles Pan German conservative and National Liberal organs actively campaigning against the Socialist peace program and assai the chancellor for not dissassoci ating himself and the administration from Schde- mann and his propaganda.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-04-25

BERLIN, April 25.-The reichstag adjourned un- til May 2 after brief session. Schidemann the So cialist leader, expressed regret the quick ad- journment Ledebour, another Socialist, said that the expression of regret not enough and he de- manded that the reichstag discuss the food problem as thousands of workmen were being forced to aban- don their work owing to physical distress. Lede- bour's words caused an uproar and he was not per mtted to continue his speech.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
SEES NECESSITY FOR
UNIVERSAL TRAINING
Guard Officer Before Military
Committee Discusses Mil
itary Service.

Washington. Jan. 25.-In endorsing
universal and compulsory military
training before the senate l-ilitary
subcommittee today Robert r. Mccor-
mick of Chicago. major in the Illinois
national guard and a newspaper pub
Usher. said proper military legislation
would not be enacted until all mem
bers Of congress had actual military
experience or had relatives in the
army or navy. General public concep-
ton of military needs. he said. was a
condition precedent to adequate MILL
tary legislation.
Long training periods for all Amer
iean youths upon attaining IS years
were recommended by Major McCor-
mick. He assailed transportation IA
cilities during the border mobilization
and denied that prejudice exists
among regular forces against the state
troops.
Universal training, he said. would
not inculcate militaristic ideas Young
pacifists. he declared. were towards;
old pacifists theorists.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
STILL LEAVES BIG GAP.

News Of the proposal to extend cleo
trification Of the Milwaukee came as
a surprise to local officials of the road
today. I'VE have heard nothing Of the
project" an engineer employed in the
electrification department declared.
He explained. however, that the stretch
of road between Othello, Wash, and
the coast Is over the Cascades.
At present the Milwaukee is oper-
ating electric locomotives between
Iarlowton and Avery. Idaho. a
stretch of about 440 miles. Electrifi-
cation of this stretch was authorized
two or three years ago and the last
lap was completed last week.
Electrification from Othello to the
coast will still mean gap of about 227
miles between Avery and Othello
which win not be electrified and over
which steam propelled locomotives
will be used
While there has been announcement
Of no definite policy with respect to
electrification, 1t is significant thai
the first section electrified by the
Milwaukee was through mountainous
and semi mountainous country and
that the recently authorized stretch is
over a mountainous division.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
GIBBONS WANTS
PRESIDENT To
VETO THE BILL
Cardinal in Statement Opposes
Literary Test in Immigra-
tion Measure.

Baltimore, Jan. 25.-In a statement
given out today Cardinal Gibbons ex-
presses the hope that President Wilson
will veto the immigration bill. The
cardinals statement follows:
1T is disappointing to many
thoughtful citizens that the immigra-
ton bill has passed both houses of
congress. BY this measure illiterates
will. in the future, be excluded from
entrance into this country. 1t is to
be hoped that Mr.. Wilson will act with
the same good judgment as he has
done on a former like occasion and
veto the bill. Similar bills have been
vetoed by preceding presidents. who
have been cognizant of the harmful
effect this test of Iiteracy would have
upon desirable immigration.
'Illiteracy should not be COMPOUNDED
with ignorance There Is an old AK
iom which reads: intellectual attain
ments are not the test of virtue Many
of the most dangerous members of the
community are men Of keen and
trained intellect but of depraved NOR
ais. The normal sturdy illiterate has
a receptive mind, capable of early de-
velopment. Had the United States re-
fused such illiterates from the begin
ming of our government, our country
would have lost the benefit of their
virtue, thrift. industry and enterpris-
ing spirit. And the descendants of
such forbears. are an honor to their
fathers. and a credit and an asset to
our country. for they have been rap
idly Incorporated and identified with
the native population by the assimi-
lating process of education and the
common use Of the English tongue In
consequence of this. it would be hard
to dinerentiate the children OF foreign
immigrants from those Of native
American parents"
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
ASKS SENATE To
REAFF|RM WORDS
Of WISDOM FROM
FIRST PRESIDENT
Borah Has Resolution to Re-
vlve Caution Against EN-
tangling Alliances"
1T GOES ON TABLE WITH
THE CUMMINS OFFERING
No Effort Today to Start Dis
cusSion on Address of
President.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator
Borah, republican of Idaho, pre-
sented a resolution to have the
senate reaffirm the word Of wis.,
dom Of Presidents Washington and
Jefferson" in advising the United
States against entangling foreign
alliances and providing that it con-
form 1t acts with time honored"
doctrines announced by those chief
executives. The resolution also
declares that any departure from
the precedent Of the doctrine of
Washington and Jefferson with re-
gard to entangling alliances or
from the Monroe doctrine would
be fraught with danger to the
nation.
Senator Borah ed that the reso-
luton lie on the table There was no
debate on It, He viii call 1t up for
discussion later
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
FORTUNE AWAITS HIM BUT
HE'S HELD IN QUARANTINE

than that a fortune. which has been
in the Raine family for a long time.
has passed to some heirs of whom
the Butte man is one. according to his
friends He was for time a member
of the Canadian volunteers but was
not called to the European front
That he has been sought for some
time by his relatives. who evidently
lost track of him while he was win
ming his own way in America. is
shown in the brief message which ar
rived in Butte today with its an
nouncement of important news.
While his friends have been anxious
to hurry to him with the news from
his old home they have all hesitated at
entering his room in downtown block
As he is without telephone his ia
cilities for communicating with the
outside world are meager.
In the meantime his friends are hop
ing for his quarantine to be lifted and
for him to be in a position to discover
the extent of the good luck which tb@y
all wish him
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
ATTEMPT Is MADE ON
LIFE OF STATESMAN

Toxic. Jan. 25.-An attempt was
made to assassinate Ukio Ozaki, for
mer minister of Justice and leader of
the constitutional party. while he was
addressing a mass meeting called to
demand the resignation of the cabinet.
While NJ. Ozaki was speaking two
men armed with short swords sprang
on the platform and tried to stab him.
They were overpowered and arrested.
Two other men then tried to assault
the former minister and were severely
beaten by the audience. NJ. Ozaki de-
manded that Premier Terauchi resign
on the ground that his administration
was unconstitutional
Ckio Ozaki was formerly mayor OF
Toxic. He visited the United States
in 1910 and dinner was given in his
honor at Washington by President
Taft. He became minister of Justice
in the Okuma cabinet in 1914
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
REJECTED SU|T0R
So DISAPPOINTED
He KILLS HIMSELF
Howard Porter Takes Over
dose of Morphine When
Girl Says "No."

'T should say not" said Howard
Porters inamorata when he asked her
to marry him. Then Porter. who was
colored waiter employed In the din
ing car service of a transcontinental
road, told her he would destroy him
self, and he proceeded to make good
his threat. This afternoon his body
lies on a slab in a local undertakers
establishment, for he succumbed at
the city emergency hospital four hours
after his rejection from an overdose
of morphine taken with suicidal in
tent.
Porter was found at noon by the po-
lice in room on East Galena street
after he had been summoned by a man
known only as Checkers" and told
that the colored man was in the throes
of death He was rushed to the
emergency hospital, emetics were ap
piled and every effort was made TO
save him.
According TO the story told to the
authorities. Porter called on a dusky
belle with whom he was inamored
some time during the morning and
proposed marriage. w lln apparent
scorn the girl rejected him.
"I'll kill myself" he IS reported as
saying to her.
Go as far as you like she replied
The colored man then secured some
morphine In some manner which is
still a mystery TO his friends. and CO.
ing to his room he swallowed a large
quantity of the drug. He was discov-
cred by Checkers and the latter
hastened to call the police.
When the girl was told of her suit
or's rash act and that he was at
deaths door. her only comment was.
II should worry"
Porter worked for several years as
a waiter on dining cars and it is said
had saved his money with view of
getting married.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25

TOXIC, Jan. Zb.-The emperor has
dissolved the house of representatives.
a political crisis developed at the
opening of the diet on Tuesday. The
chief reason was the appointment Of
Field Marshal Count Terauchi as pre-
mier by the emperor last October
This appointment was surprise both
In and out of Japan and was criticised
unfavorably by Japanese political lead
ers. who contended the premier did not
command public support. He is re-
garded as a representative of the rad
ical militarist faction In Japan. al
though in an interview with the as
ISOLATED press shortly after his ap
pointment he disavowed any policies
of aggression. Japanese newspapers
said the premier did not command a
majority In parliament and predicted
that the outcome would be dissolution
Of the house and a new election.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
MILWAUKEE WILL
ELECTR|FY ROAD
OVER CASCADES
Stretch Of 200 Miles Between
0theIlo, WASH, and Coast
Is to Be Wired.
GAP OF 227 MILES IN
ELECTRIFIED SECTIONS
lfailroad Directors Consider a
$25, 100000 Refunding
Bond Issue.

Now York, Jan. 25.-Direetors of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul rail-
way, IN session here today, authorized
the classification Of some 200 miles
Of the Puget Sound division Of the
road from Othello, in the state Of
Washington, to the Pacific coast.
II was reported that the directors OF
the road had under consideration a
plan to issue s25. .0Oo. 900 additional gen.
eral and refunding mortgage bonds
bearing ~ per cent interest. Details
OF this proposed tissue have not yet
been determined but 1t is thought that
some announcement OF new financing
will soon be made.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
Butte Man, Isolated Because
of Exposure to Smallpox, is
Wanted by Relatives in Eng
land for Division of Estate.

"A request has reached this office
for the present address of sydney H.
Raine. a Canadian cartoonist- Impor-
tant news is awaiting him IL he will
communicate with his sister. Mrs.
Laura Scales. St. Mary's Avenue.
Crook. County Durham. England
Cartoons
sydney II. Raine. married. a WELL
known resident of Butte. and a drafts
man in the hill office of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company. is the man
sought by his relatives in England.
Just now Mr.. Raine is unable to take
much interest in affairs of the OUT
door world. as he is auarantined be-
cause he was exposed to smallpox.
The important news is nothing less
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
EXPECT COMPROMISE ON
RAILWAY LABOR BILL
Brotherhood Leaders Submit
Their Investigation Board
Plan to Wilson.

Washington, Jan. 25.-The railroad
brotherhood leaders today laid before
President Wilson in writing their pro-
posals for a compromise on his rail-
way legislation program and he began
considering them. The labor leaders
propose instead of law to prevent a
strike or lockout pending an investi-
cation. that provision be made for in
vestigation by a mixed board of en-
ployes and employers. This, they say,
would settle every dispute.
The action of the senate interstate
commerce committee yesterday In
voting down the presidents plan a
second time was taken by some Of
ficials as the forerunner of some sort
of compromise.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
DANISH ISLES TO Be
RULED BY MILITARY
U. S. to Maintain Present Sys-
tenn, With U. S. Officer Re-
placing Governor.

Washington. Jan. 25.-The form of
government for the Danish West In
dies was discussed at conference to-
day between Secretary Lansing and
Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign
relations committee.
Senator Stone recommended and
said afterwards that Secretary I.ans-
ing agreed that the present form of
government should be continued as
nearly as possible under the direction
of either an army or naval officer as
deemed best by President Wilson
The present form of government
centers largely about a general coun-
Gil chosen on limited suffrage. An
American customs official also will be
appointed
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
WOMEN INVADE CHURCH
TO TALK TO PREACHER
|DenizenS of Underworld Want
to Know What is Provision
Made for Them.

San Francisco, Jan. 25.-Forty wom-
en- invaded the church Of Rev. Paul
smith here today to find out what he
proposes to do about women Of the
underworld in carrying out a vice cru
sade he has been leading. They took
.ne position that they were directly in
| terested.
Motion picture men were on hand
and took pictures of them as they
s"armed up the steps of Rev. Mr..
smiths church. the Central Metho-
u'st Episcopal, located downtown.
Inc women were under the leader
sup OF Mrs. r. M. Gamble. said by the
poNce TO conduct a disorderly house.
as news of the affair spread other
women joined in.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
No DESIRE To OFFER
PEACE PROPOSALS NOW
British Labor Party Rejects
Resolution Favoring Peace
Negotiations.

Manchester, England, Jan. 25.-The
labor conference this afternoon re-
jected by a vote of more than three
to one a resolution favoring the i'm
mediate offer of peace proposals.
The conference defeated motion
proposing an international congress of
socialists to be held simultaneously
with the peace conference. Some of
the delegates said it would be impos-
sible for socialists from the entente
nations to meet Germans In this way.
An amendment proposing a socialist
and trade unionist organization, to be
confined to the allied powers. was
adopted.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
NO EFFORT TO DISCUSS
CUMMINS RESOLUTION

Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Cum
minis did not press his right today to
set aside time in the senate for special
discussion of President Wilson'S peace
address, and the senate got to work
early on appropriation legislation.
President Wilson in his conference
with Senator Stone and other demo-
cratic senators at the white house last
night discussed hit address in a gem
erai way. There was discussion also
of plans to prevent any concerted e.
fort to sidetrack important legislation
with a long peace debate at this time,
but the main purpose of the confer
enee. it was said today. was Ia clear
the way for harmonious legislative ac-
tion between now and March 4. The
improbability of getting through his
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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25

Kelley president of the Anaconda Copper Mining
pany informal address today of the ogana
meeting of the Butte Rotary club the
mining industry Montana proposed by the egsa
assembly Clearly and forciby Mr. Kelley traced the taxation
of the of Montana
particular the mining industry the speculative
mining and the which mining has played in the de-
veopment orcble of facts and
figures connection with mining operations showed the injustice
proposed license mining Mr. Kelley was given great
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
SCHOOL PROPERTY INSURED
IN SINGLE BLANKET POLICY

who perfected the blanket policy which
had been proposed and suggested for
the past few years. The new system
is more economical, saves time for the
clerks Office, assures the district
against loss through lapse OF policies
and provides for more thorough ana
arrangement.
The Butte school district is now IN
sured for the sum of sl,o6S.soo. while
the previous amount Of the insurance
carried on the district was ssio'Szo'
Each of the So insurance companies
carries a percentage OF the ehtire
amount of the blanket policy IN pro-
portion to the amount OF msurahee
which It held on separate puius
under the old system. In tne even -
! Are in any one building and the DE-
s,ruct,on !, Of some portion of the build
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
by New Method District Gets
Sl,O63,30O Insurance With
o3 Companies at Less Ex-
penSe Than Under the Old
System.

ihe cost Of insurance of the build
sas ss ana other property of the Butte
suooi district for the next three years
ss peen kept within the total figures
t,,, .o'iner Years, while at the same
he ,he total insurance carried has
m N increased by more than $4,000.
hla hlsh os the instrumentaiity of
Ae, trio. policy covering the entire dis
anos ana participated in by 5s insur-
49, companies. This was learned
|Clasi' On completion of figures by
Vi the District f. NJ. Sylvester.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
OEMAND CONsCR|PT|ON Of
ACCUMULATED WEALTH

Manchester, Eng, Jan. 25.-Immedi-
ate conscription of accumulated wealth
to tighten the financial burdens of the
war is demanded in resolution adopt
ed unanimously today at the annual
meeting of the labor party. The res.
olution calls for taxations OF not less
than Is shilling on the pound OF un.
earned incomes. direct taxation OF land
and naturalization Of the banking
Systam
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
a indictments IN
ELECTION FRAUD CASES

Cincinnati. o.. Jan. 25.-Six sealed
indictments naming 80 individuals as
defendants were returned here today
bv the federal grand jury which has
been investigating the alleged election
frauds The names were given to the
United States marshal and ne VIII
bring them into court under capias
and as soon as they are apprehended-
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
EARTHQUAKE WORKS
HAVOC ON MALAY ISLE
Fifty Natives Killed Thou
sand Houses and Facto-
ries Destroyed.

London. Jan. 25-Fifty natives were
killed and two hundred others We're
injured in an earthquake on the Island
of Ball. in the Malay Archipelago. ac-
cording to a dispatch from Amster-
dam to the Central News agency. More
than a thousand houses and factories
and native temples were destroyed.
The governors palace was seriously
damaged.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
CT. KELLEY DISCUSSES
THE MINE LICENSE TAX
ISSUE AT ROTARY CLUB

Largest Gathering Ever Present at Club Meeting Listens to
Able Exposition of Theory of Taxation Applied to Mines
by Trainers of the Constitution and Draers the States
Early Tax Laws. Departure From Those Methods, Speaker
Says Will Menace the Life and Prosperity of the Entire In
dlIstry. He Favors Consolidation of City and County.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
| 0NG DEBATE ON
[1H[ DELINQUENCY
| OF A NEWsPA
The Helena Independent is Ex-
/ cIuded F. ~ he Floor
of the = ~.
--- 20,
kFNATE DECLARES 2
EMERGENCY E., : :
Nav Hire More Help-BiII Di-
viding State Into Dis
tricts Passed.
SENATE DECLARES
EMERGENCY {

special to the Post.
Helena, Jan. 25.-Based on es-
Inmates that are not official, 81
perkins and a crook n.his leg cost
he state Of Montana not less than
II 900 today. At least very large
BART of the twenty-flfth day of the
ession of the Fifteenth legislative
assembly was taken up in a dis
cussion Of the depravity of 81, who
5 a reporter on the Helena lnde-
pendent, morning newspaper print
ID In this city.
81 Perkins got into the lime light
ast evening at the republican caucus.
keld In the ballroom Of the Placer
otel. 81 wasn't there by invitation.
n fact he wasn't wanted. Anticipat-
Ing that his presence might not be
xelcome, 81, early in the evening. had
uecreted himself under the platform
md was busy taking down notes when
be was attacked by a crook In his leg.
Instinctively 81 stretched the afflicted
leg, and, in doing so. he made a
racket The alert lawmakers heard
the noise and soon dragged out the
Offending reporter. who confessed his
identity and pleaded with the solons
hot 10 lynch him on the spot.
Waits on Editor.
The caucus was indignant. 1t is
|true that 1t had not done very much.
|The subject of the proposed consolida-
tion of state offices had been dis
cussed, but no conclusion reached.
|The caucus had expected to talk about
mine taxation and primary legislation,
but did not reach those matters. 1t
sdjourned to meet next Tuesday
blight Following the discovery of 81
Perkins. a committee was named to
await on the Independent. There the
editor was interviewed. He didn't
apologize for the sins of his under
study ami didn't appear to have due
appreciation Of the enormity of the
young mans offense. That's why the
matter came up in both senate and
house today in the shape of reso-
tuition excluding the Independent and
Its representatives. from the floors OF
either house and denying the news
paper the privileges accorded other
Journals
Committee Named.
Belden introduced the resolution in
the house. and the resolution was
tabled by vote of 46 to As. Mcmahon
offered a substitute, that the matter be
referred to a nonpartisan committee
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-01-25
Taxation and Spoliation.

"The founders of our constitution"
said Mr.. Kelley, provided for uni
form principle of taxation and II Is
such uniformity Of the principles OF
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