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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
Will Arm Ships.

Washington, March 9.-President
Wilson has decided to arm American
merchant ships under his constitu-
tional authority and also has called
special session of congress for April 16.
The proclamation for the extra ses-
sion was issued at the White House
this afternoon. The president said
he was calling congress because so
much necessary legislation was press
ing for consid Grafton.
The president in a formal statement
announced that he is free to exercise
merchant ships
The extra session is called for April
16.
The Proclamation.
The presidents proclamation calling
the extra session of congress follows:
Whereas, public interests require
th~t the congress of the United States
should be convened in extra session at
II o'clock noon on the 18th day of
April, 1917, to receive such communi-
cations as may be made by the execu-
tive.
Now. therefore. I. Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States do here
by proclaim and declare that an ex-
traordinary occasion requires the con-
STeSS OF the OnlIeQ states 70 convene
in extra session at the capitol in the
city Of Washington on the 10th day of
April. 1917, at II o'clock noon. of
which all persons who shall al that
time be entitled to act as members
thereof are hereby requi1 ed to take
notice"
1t was learned definitely that some
American merchant ships sailing for
the submarine zone viii be armed by
the government at once Preliminary
arrangements have been completed
and it is expected that vessels will be
ready to sail in the near future
The names of the ships which will
be armed will not be made public by
the government and are not expected
to be published in the newspapers
Issues Official Statement
The following statement was issued 4:
Secretary Tumulty stated in con-
nectiSn with the presidents call for
an extra session of congress that the
president is convinced that he had the
power to arm American merchant
ships and is free to exercise at once
but so much necessary legislation is,
pressing for consideration that he is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
CHASING TURKS, TOO
Russian Troops Make Important Adj
vances In Persia.

Petrograd. March 9.7The Russians
in Persia have made further important
progress in their pursuit of the Turks
from Hamadan, the war office an
nounced today. After their capture of
he Asadabad summit, they continued
their progress southwark, and on Nom
day occupied the town of Hangover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
1900. 900 Bushels oats for ARMY.

San Antonio, March 9.-Contracts
were let here today by Col. Harry L.
Rogers, chief quartermaster of the
southern department for more than
two million bushels of oats Altho
the price was not announced, it is un-
derstood that contracts were on the
basis of about 20 cents per bushel,
representing an outly by the govern
ment in excess of S1,4O0,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
RAIDER In ATLANTIC
Is Disguised as Merchantmen =
Friendship Saves American Ship.

New York, March 9.-The presence
of a vessel suspected of being Ger
man raider in the sea lane Travelled
by ships between New York and
Mediterranean ports was. reported by
Captain D. NJ. Nicoll of the American
steamer Suruga which arrived here
today from Havre and Azores. Cap
tain Nicoll said that when the Suruga
was north of the Azores February 90
in the direct track of the New York
Mediterranean trade he sighted a
strange vessel bearing down upon
him The vessel steamed completely
around the Suruga, stopped and then
bore off in a new direction. The
stranger was of the cargo type, a
large vessel with two masts. armed
with a stern gun and other pieces.
painted gray and carried funnel
which did not parallel the masts. She
did not signal the Suruga, Captain
Nicoll said and he did not learn her
identity.
Declines to Sink American Vessel.
While at Havre, Captain Nicoll met
the master of the American ship City
of Memphis. New York to Havre,
with cotton who told him of an ex-
perience with a submarine off the
Scilly islands on January 80. The
U-boat sent a shot across the Ameri-
can deck as signal to stop and the
American after obeying sent a mate
aboard the submarine with the mer-
chantman's papers The U-boat cap
tain was quoted as telling the City of
Memphis mate
You've got a contraband cargo.
ought to sink your ship but on ac-
count of friendly relations between
the United States and Germany, I'm
going to let you go"
Another American vessel besides
the Suruga which passed safely thru
the German submarine zone and ar
rived here today. was the Virginian
which left Marseilles February FL.
Both ships sailed in ballast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
Announces Also He Will Arm
Merchant Ships at Once.
Uses Constitutional Authority
for Protection of Rights.
ANNOUNCE DECISION THIS P. M.
Much Important Legislation To
Be Enacted.
VIII Not Wait for Congress to
Authorize Armament.

Washington, March 9.-President
Wilson today decided to call an extra
session Of congress in April and also
decided that he had power to arm
American merchantmen against Ger
man submarines operating in violation
of international law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
QUITS BY REQUEST
John PellegrinO, State Mine
Inspector, Is Out.
Socialists Active i'm Campaign
Against Him.


Pittsburg, Kan, March John
Pellegrino, state mine inspector and
assistant labor commissioner of Kan
sas. announced today that he had re-
signed. his resignation to take effect
April 1.
The resignation was requested by
p. j. Mcbride, state labor commission
er, who said he acted on request of
Governor Cappcr. Socialists have
been active in a campaign against
Pellegrino and have demanded that
the inspector be named by a referen-
dunn vote of the coal miners, a ma
jority of whom are socialists.
Threats of a strike in the event
Pellegrino was not ousted have been
made. Pellegrino is a Republican.
Politics Behind 1t.
Politics and mining troubles are
concerned with the Pellegrino remov-
al The state mine inspector was
recently asked to resign, or was adj
vised by Paul Mcbride, state labor
commissioner, that his resignation was
desired. Mcbride acted on suggestions
directly or indirectly from the office
of Governor Capper.
Socialist politics is in a considerable
degree concerned in the removal of
the mine inspector. According to the
Socialists, PellegTino has been too ac
tive in political affairs in the mining
district. They warted the man ousted
from office. They also wanted a man
from their own ranks appointed.
"Pellegrino wasn't exactly asked to
resign" said Mcbride We three, the
governor, Pellegrino and myself talked
it over and he understood that his res
ignation would be accepted. The So
cialists have caused trouble in the
mining district and they want to name
PellegrinO's successor. There has also
been complaint concerning the num-
Der of deaths among miners this win
ter. 1t was claimed that Pellegrino
as state inspector, had not kept the
mines in proper condition"
1t is pToba Bile that Pellegrinos sue
cessor will be named in a few days
His term of office would have ex-
pired May /. His resignation is effect
i've April /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09

The president is expected to exercise
this authority to arm American mer-
chantmen forthwith
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09
IT'S GARDEN WEATHER
No Rain Within 500 Miles of Kansas
for "a Hours.

Hourly temperature readings for the
day, reported by the local office of the
United States weather bureau:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Partly cloudy today and tomor-
row; warmer tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-09

GOODBYE, Kansas legislators. Hope
we see you at the big free fair in
Topeka in September-if not before.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
MAY WITHDRAW
FROM BELGIAN
RELIEF WORK
United States May Also Recall
Minister Whitlock From
Brussels.

Washington. March 13. - Probable
early withdrawal OF all American par
ticipation in Belgian relief, including
the withdrawal OF Brand Whitlock,
American minister, from Brussels as a
result of the pressure of the German
submarine campaign was forecast to-
day at the state department. The
official report on the summarizing OF
the relief ship Storstad intensified the
situation. Consul Frost at Queens
town reported as follows:
Norwegian steamship Storstad.
Buenos Aires. bound Rotterdam. 5000
tons maize, Belgian relief, under Eng
lish charter. sunk by German subma-
rine 10 miles west Skelligs. 11:30 a. m.
March g. Submarine first shelled ship
from three miles 15 minutes. during
which Storstad stopped and hoisted
abundant unmistakable signs Belgian
relief errand. After Is minutes in
terval submarine torpedoed Storstad
without warning from 400 yards. Bel
glan relief signals being visible. Ship
carried neither gun nor wireless. No
shelling during abandonment. SUBJ
marine interviewed captains boat for
all particulars. refusing request for
towage, then fired additional shell and
torpedoed sinking vessel. no attempt
escape or resist Weather heavy, sea
strong, east wind, dull. showery skies.
Three boats became separated. Cap
tain's boat rescued BY patrol near
Skelligs $50 p. m March O. After
severe battle with sea. fourth engineer
died from exposure and shock. Sole
American aboard. John Roy Christian,
12l Mercer street. Seattle. saved. AZ
fidavit taken. Other two boats landed
at capirciyeen on evening OF 10th
Have telegraphed consul at Liverpool
to take affidavits OF officers. Total
deaths three. This report also to am
bassador. consul general"
Arrangements have been made for
some time for the replacement OF
Americans by a Joint Dutch Spanish
commission, but as there are prae-
tieally no Spanish in Belgium. It is
possible that the Swiss will share in
the work. Germany's unwillingness to
guarantee safety of relief ships leads
officials here to the belief that she IS
trying to break up the relief work.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
BRITISH TAKE
MAILS FROM AN
AMERICAN SHIP
Tanker John D. ArChboId, Nor
way to N. T.. Searched
at Halifax.

New York, March 13.-Mail carried
on an American ship. the Standard Oil
tanker John d. Archtold. was removed
by the British authorities at Halifax,
according to the officers of the vessel.
which arrived here today from Bergen.
Norway. This Is said TO be the first
time that a ship flying the American
flag on the Atlantic has been denied
the privilege of carrying mail from Il
foreign country either neutral or bel
ligerent.
The John d. Archbold took out of
Bergen 80 sacks of mail from Norway,
Denmark and Sweden. The vessel
followed the custom OF other neutral
ships by putting in at Halifax instead
of Kirkwall There she was detained
three days. according TO the officers.
and all the mail taken off for exam
ination. The tanker resumed her voy-
age without II.
Since the German submarine block
ade began no mails have reached here
on Scandinavian or Dutch ships. The
Bergensfjord and Kristianiafjord, the
only two Scandinavian passenger liners
to risk the voyage since Feb. l. sailed
without passengers. careoes and mails
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
CAPT. BOY-ED
CAME BACK To
UNITED STATES
German Naval Attache, Sent
Home, Returned Secretly
to This Country.
THAT IS TtE BELIEF OF
PH'lAY4RH!A sLEu7Hs
Theory is R Came on Subma-
rine to Promote Plots
in America.

Philadelphia, March t3.-Capt. Karl
Boy-Ed, former naval attache Of the
German embassy at Washington, was
in this city ss recently as a week ago,
il was admitted late today by Frank
Garbarino, head of the Philadelphia
bureau Of Investigation Of the SNUG
Cling plot involving the two interned
German commerce raiders of the Phil
adelphia navy yards for which five
Philadelphians, including three promi-
nent German Americans, arc under
arrest.
Captain Boy-Ed. with Captain Won
Papen, was dismissed from the country
by President Wilson in December.
1915. for alleged conspiracy. Boy Ed
Is believed to have returned to the
United States on the German subma-
rine merchantmen Deutschland or the
C-53 or a German submarine having
It's base on the Mexican coast. He is
suspected of being the brains of the
smuggling plot under investigation
here.
Captain Boy Eds name Is coupled
with that of Adelbert X. Fischer. said
to be relative of the emperor
through a morganatic marriage. a re-
serve officer of the German navy and
president Of the Schultz Koerting
company. manufacturing machinists OF
this city. This concern has at differ
ent times been a successful bidder on
American waqship contracts.
Nothing cat be learned of Boy Ed'i
present Whereabouts. Government
agents are slid to be searching un'
successfully Tor him. He Is said II
have been in disguise when last here
and one theory advanced is that he Il
| now on his way to Mexico
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
PLAN A SERIES
OF PROGRESSIVE
RAILWAY STRIKES
RaiIroaders to Call Out Group
of Men Saturday if Con-
ference Fails.

New York, March 13.-Information
received by the national conference
committee, composed OF managers of
the great railway systems and made
public today. indicates that the four
employees brotherhoods have COM
pleted arrangements for a progressive
series Of strikes to begin at o'clock
eastern time, on Saturday night. II the
conference on the eight hour question
held here Thursday fails to reach a
settlement
The proposed strike program, ac-
cording to this information. Is as fol-
lows:
Saturday, 6 p. m. call out all train
men In freight service on the New
York Central Baltimore and Ohio
Erie. Atlantic Coast Line, Southern
Railway, Louisville and Nashville and
Seaboard Air Line Such an order
would involve 10000 men.
Monday, March 10. p. m. call Out
the freight trainmen on the Lehigh
Valley, Lackawanna, Jersey Central
Pennsylvania. Long Island. Maine Gen.
tral, Delaware and Hudson, Reading
and all other roads in the southeast
ern territory or extending to New
York.
Tuesday. March 90. p. m, call out
all the freight trainmen in the north
western group. including the Hill roads
and all those centering at Chicago.
Wednesday, March 2l, s p. m, IL tbs
railroads still refuse to grant tbs
mems terms. extend the strike to al
other freight trainmen and call out tbs
passenger trainmen on every road II
the country"
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
OTHERS TESTIFY
TO C0RR0BORATE
THE BRIDE STORY
Three Witnesses Affirm Details
as to Deal Involving Sc
attic Mayor.
EFFORT TO CINCH STORY
OF THE ARCH BRIBER
BiIlingsley Said He Was &C.,
ing to See the Old Man."
Declares Bookkeeper.

Seattle, March f3.--The government
this morning placed witnesses on the
stand in the ocaled whiskey graft
trial to eorroborate the testimony Of
Logan Billinssley, confessed liquor
seller and principal witness against
Mayor Hiram c. Gill. The mayor,
Chief of Police Rockingham, Former
Sheriff Robert T. Hodge and City
Detectives Peyser, Poolman, Doom
and McLennan are charged with con-
spiraey to violate the federal laws by
importation Of liquor into the state
of Washington.
III. G. Allen, formerly night clerk at
the apartment house where Logan
BillingsIey lives. testified that Logan
Billingsley called the residence of
Mayor Gill at o'clock last Christ
mas morning and Mrs. GIL answered
the telephone. Biilingsley asked for
the mayor Witness did not listen to
the conversation. This testimony was
corroborative OF Billingsley's state
ment that on his return from San
Francisco he called the mayor by
telephone and the mayor refused TO
talk with him
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
Charles Wilson Succumbs to
Heart Trouble After Hasten
ina to Catch His Car to Go
to Work in MeadervilIe. Was
Member of G. A. R.

Charles Wilson. aged 50 years. pio
neer mining man Of Butte, died at s
O'Clock this morning in a Meaderville
street car from heart trouble. after
unduly exertins himself In order to be
at work on time. Mr. Wilson Is widely
known in Butte and in Helena. where
he was a resident during the early days
of Last Chance guieh. Mr.. Wilson
was on the $40 o'clock car for Mead
erville, which had just started from
Main and Park, when he discovered
that he had left his spectacles behind.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
TO
(RDs Eo1!R SHIPS
hRE CON- >''.I[D
will Be Kept Secret,
)e Issued Only When
Vessels Leave.
eING REVISES
THE NAVAL ORDERS
Il Will Be No Conflict Be-
keen Ship Captain and
/ Gun Crews.

Ellington, March 10. - Complete
efinite instructions to the "armed
!" to be placed aboard American
liant craft bound through the
IN submarine zones have been
1sted by the navy department and
kved by Secretary Lansing. They
be forwarded by the navy per-
board to the merchant craft
ever the ships, which are to be
y, are ready to sail.
= nature of the instructions will
De made public. They were care
4 prepared by navy officials and
1 Submitted to Secretary Lansing.
hose suggestion some amendment
made.
KEEP ORDERS SECRET
4 Is planned not to broadcast the
u generally through the naval
)ce but to furnish the officer In
hand of the armed guard on each
with a copy when his vessel is
\ to sail.
navy uepdi tlheiit Is ifiuhins tN =
Pffort to suppress all information
tding armed ships, such as sailing
:, the equipment put aboard by the
I the personnel supplied to handle
guns or anything that might be of
1ightest value to an enemy 1t was
Officially. however, that no con-
of jurisdiction between the ship
Ter and the gun crews would arise.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
S LOCAL PRODUCE MEN
SEE HIGH COST OF LIVING

than are the Butte consumers. accord
ing to the statement of some OF the
local commission men. Some OF the
produce men of the city We're inter-
viewed today and their remarks are
embodied in the following quotations
from their statements:
1--WE have noticed from the daily
press of late said one. the consiaer-
able comment on the high cost OF nv
ing. particularly on fruits and veget-
ables. Most of the information that
the public has received from this
source is not correct
TT would be wide of the truth to say
that the potato market is not on.
while dealers are maintaining prices II
is on stock that was bought on the
1caatt.ued m Page Ten.1
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
MONTANA PIONEER DIES
IN SEAT ON STREET CAR

lie got or the car and returned hur-
riedly 10 his rooms in the Broadway
theater apartments TO get them. His
wife told him not to hurry TO catch
the next car. which he succeeded in
getting. The exertion was evidently
too much for him and his heart stopped
a few minutes after he had gained q
seat In the car. Other passengers
noticed his condition but he died be-
fore efforts to resuscitate him could
be carried out. The body was removed
from the car In front of the Sacred
Heart church on East Park street to
Richards parlors. Coroner Lane In
vestigated the case and decided that
an inquest will be unnecessary. The
funeral services will be held at
o'clock Thursday afternoon IN Rich
ards parlors under the auspices Of the
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
5 DEAD, 7 ARE MISSING,
IN A MINE ACCIDENT

cauonsburg. Pa. March I3-Thres
men are known 70 have been killed and
seven others are missing as result OF
two explosions ar the mine OF ths
Henderson Coal company at Hender-
sonville. five miles from here. early to-
day About 20 men were at work at
the time. but seven were rescued
after the blast occurred and three 9TH
ers were removed later. The cause of
the explosion has not been determined.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
IS CRUSHED To DEATH
BETWEEN CAR AND POST
Mike Rozic Meets Death While
Driving Mule Underground
in PittSm0nt.

Mike Rozie, muleskinner at the
Pittsmont. met his death In an acci-
dent underground at noon today when
he was caught between a tramcar and
a post and crushed to death.
Rozic was working on the f.2oo level
and was alone when the accident oc-
Cured Coroner Aeneas Lane was
called on the case and made an in
yestigation. Only meager details of
the accident are to be had until the
Investigation Is completed
Rozic lived in the vicinity of the
Pittsmont smelter. where he was well
known and had many friends.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
hW IS ADJUDGED
LUNAT|C BY COURT
Cannot Be Taken to New
York for Trial on Charge
of Assault.

March 13.-Harry X.
wv was today adjudged lunatic by
common pleas court of this city
\ under the law. cannot be taken to
n York on requisition to stand trial
charges of assaulting Frederick
mp, Jr., a high school student at
nsas City. Mo. Thaw will be kept
|St Mary's hospital here pending
removal to a Pennsylvania asylum.
ne courts action was based upon
report presented today by a lunacy
mission which yesterday took the
Eimony Of Thaw and his mother
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
COMMITTEE APPROVES
PAYMENT TO COLOMBIA

Washington. March l3.-The senate
foreign relations committee today ap-
proved in modified form the treaty
with Colombia by which the United
States will pay that republic $4,000
600 for the partition of Panama. II
will be pressed to vote in the pres
ent special senate session.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13

Washington March 3Ihe interstate commission has
placed before all railroads concerned proposals looking the per-
solution of the nemountan The plan provides
for the abolition Of preferential rates. for many years.
many articles Of wesbound anscontnena freight Pacific
ports Existing wide range of commodities from
cities Pacific ports found unreaonab low and
adjustment would be effected under the proposed plan by
through and prescribing proportional intermediate
points
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
BERNSTORFF IS
STILL STRIVING
To AVERT A WAR
Steps Have Been Taken to Sc
cure Alteration of U-Boat
Campaign.
FORMER AMBASSADOR
SECURES CONFERENCE
He May Also Make Statement
Regarding Zimmerman
Note to Mexico.

London, March 13.-The arrival
in Europe of Count Won Bernstorff,
former ambassador to the United
States, has caused renewed discussion
in Berlin of the submarine blockade,
between political. naval and dipio
matte Representatives, according to
the Norwegian Mercantile Shipping
Gazette, says Reuters Christiania
correspondent.
Some German naval attaches In
neutral countries have been called to
Berlin for a conference. continues
the dispatch. THE alteration but not
the raising Of the blockade Is prob
able"
These conferences II Is indicated by
the publication. arose out of develop
ments during Count Won Bernstorffs 5
stay In christiania- when indirect ef-
forts, 1t says. were made to prevent
the situation between Germany and
America developing into war.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13

Washington March 3The railroad brotherhoods on March
President Wilson. became known today formally mott
flying him of the conferences with the railroad sched
ued for March 5 In this letter the brotherhood leaders declared
they hopeful of making satisfactory adjustment of ques-
pending with the railroads The brotherhood representatives
also Informed President Wilson that if while they negotiating
with the railroads. the nation became involved they would
cooperate the fullest with the government
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-03-13
WAS SENT HOME ON
DECEMBER %, 1915

New York. March fs.-capt Karl
Boy Ed sailed for Europe on Dec %,
1915. on the Holland American liner
Rotterdam. Little has been heard OF
his activities in Germany since his de-
parture. He sailed under guarantees
of safe conduct from the allied gov
ernments.