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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
FIERCE BATTLE FOUGHT
FOR POSSESSION OF A
STAG HEAP AT LENS

British Front in France and Bel
gium, Aug. 24-(By the associated
press.) - Heavy fighting proceeded
throughout the night In the southwest
edge of Lens for possession of the
great Stag heap known as the Green
Crassier, from the crest of which the
Canadians broke through late yester-
day after having a footing on 1t all
day.
The British this morning We're con-
tinuing the battle from positions which
they had seized Immediately northwest
of the Crassier and the Germans were
making strenuous efforts to re-estab-
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
ANOTHER s100,000,000
IS LOANED To RUSSIA
Plan to Rush Supplies in Be-
fore Ice Closes the
Harb0r.

Washington, Aug. 24.-Another credit
of 800 900, 900 to Russia was made to-
day by the American government.
This brings the total of credits ex-
tended to the Russian government to
$275,0O0, 900.
Ambassador Bakhmeteff. in confer
ences with Secretary McAdoo, pointed
out the necessity of rendering aid
speedily so that needed supplies might
be sent to Russia before the closing Of
her ports by ice.
Some of the money probably will be
used to purchase railway supplies and
equipment in this country.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
WORK OF CITY BOARD TO
BE COMPLETED MONDAY

member this morning. Not a few
exemption Claims have been denied
because or evidence given by the
detectives and secret service men. We
nave found attempts to obtain ex-
emption by means of exaggerated or
incorrect statements. There Is little
doubt that arrests will grow out Of
ene evidence that has been collected
for u.s."
one exemption claim has been de-
nied, the board hearing that the ap-
pncant was married "a hours after he
hao nled claim for exemption on the
sround OF dependent wife. The
woman who offered to ''act" as his
wife became frightened and mar
rlaee was contaminated to evade
continued on Page Eighty
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
On British Line.

On the British front the bitter fight
for possession of Lens was continued
during the night. The official British
statement announces that the British
now hold German trenches Immediate
ly northwest of the green crassier to
the south of Lens and that especially
heavy losses have been inflicted on
the Germans. Portuguese troops,
which are holding a sector in north
west France, repulsed German raids in
the vicinity of La Basse. Heavy ar
tillery fighting continues around
Ypres. where the British have i'm
proved their positions and success
fully withstood counter attacks.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
REICHSTAG PARTIES
TO HOLD CONFERENCE

London, Aug. 24.-A Berlin dispatch
received via Copenhagen says II is un-
derstood Dr. Michaelis, the German
imeprial chancellor, and other parties
in the reichstag are negotiating with
view to summoning their leading
representatives to a conference for the
consideration of important questions.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
Secret Service Men Aid Ex-
emption Examiners by Run
ming Down Much Evidence.
One Hundred Fail to File
Their AffidavitS.

Work of the city exemption board on
the hearing of exemption claims is
finished with the exception of 100
cases that are being investigated by
government secret service men and
city detectives. The exemption claims
win have been completely passed upon
by next Monday night, it is expected.
The work OF the secret service men
is distinct aid to u.s." said one board
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
Is Persons Killed When Negro Regulars
at Houston Start Shooting Up the Town
DEAD IN RACE RIOT
OF NEGRO SOLDIERS

Houston, Texas, Aug. 24.-The
death list resulting from rioting of
negro soldiers of the Twenty fourth
infantry last night reached II this
afternoon when II. A. Thompson of
Hampstead, Texas, succumbed to
bullet wounds he received when the
negroes fired into his automobile.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
The Third Rainbow Division of
Guardsmen to Be Trained
in Europe.
MAY SEE SALT WATER
BEFORE SEPTEMBER IS
Militiamen Among Best Trained
of National Guard
Troops.
The Posts Washington Bureau.


Washington, Aug. PA third
rainbow" division of northwest
ern guardsmen from Idaho, Mon
tana, Washington. Oregon and
Wyoming will be rushed to France
as soon as possible.
Members Of the Second Mon
tana infantry, assigned to two diff
ferent training camps within the
last week, now are practically as
sured of service in France with
little, if any, preliminary training
in this country.
At first assigned to train at Paio
Alto. Cal. they were ordered yester-
day to accept Chaplotte N. c., as
their training center. Today's orders
are taken by army men to mean that
final training of Montana guardsmen
will be done in France
A rainbow" division is raised by
drawing troops from states included
! within certain curved area. The
last rainbow" division was made up
of troops of New England men on the
east and Kansas men on the west
the two states representing the limits
of the rainbow curve. The northwest
ern division may include troops from
half dozen or more western states
and some of the middlewest.
The term 'as soon as possible"
means that the troops will leave
| American soil possibly before the mid
die of September, according to local
| guardsmen. The Second Montana In
| fantry is rated as one of the best
trained of guardsmen regiments and
will need but little training to put it
into shape for the trenches in Europe.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
Field on Which Thousands of
Men Have Died Restored
to Republic.
ALL VEROUN POSITIONS
HAVE BEEN RECOVERED
Portuguese Troops Fighting
With British on Flan-
derS Line.
THE WAR SUMMARY.

In a brilliant attack this morning on
the Verdun front the French carried
Hill 3o4, one of the most bitterly dis
puted positions of the war, in the
struggle for which thousands of men
have lost their lives. The French ad
vaneed to an average depth of one
quarter mile over the sector between
Avocourt wood and Dead Man Hill,
Paris announces officially, and in ad-
dtion to Hill 304 stormed the fortified
court.
The French are now masters of all
the important points on the Nerdun
front which they held before the be-
ginning of the great German attack
last year
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
Soldiers Incensed by Alleged
Mistreatment at Hands of
Police Arm Themselves, Fire
on Their Officers and Kill
and Wound Many Persons in
the City.

Houston, Tex, Aug. 24.-More
than 100 negro soldiers of the two
companies of the Twenty-Fourth
infantry which engaged in a riot
last night and caused the death of
I6 and the wOunding of more than
a score of persons are being sought
today by strong patrols of regulars
and Illinois national guardsmen
under the command of General
John A. Hulen, governor of the
city, now under martial law.
Three companies of coast artillery
regulars from Fort Crockett rein
forced the 1000 or more Illinois
guardsmen today and order which was
restored early this morning is being
maintained. Roll call this morning by
Major Snow in command of the bat
TALON of negroes showed 125 men were
absent. Eighteen Of these surrendered
and others are being rounded up by the
military patrols as the search of the
negro districts progresses.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24

Xtte mines are without faciii-
[storing ore, and with the
but of business mining has to
ID. In addition to the mines
haconda company the proper
3 Tuolumne and of other con-
ID ship ore to Anaconda are
bwn. Included among those
bt are thus affected will be
of the Elm Orlu, a Clark
! that produces copper. The,
D Superior will work as long
De. 1t does not ship to Ana
Great Falls.
ID 900 men in Butte and Ana
1l be directly affected by the
n In addition 1000 men at
(lls will soon be out of work
bf the shutdown, together with
Force of railroad men and
hose employment depends di-
on the activities of the mines.
miners will be affected and
bermen will also feel the eff
|the strike at once.
B Developments are the direct
of the activities of Tom
]. Joe Shannon and other
bf the Metal Mine Workers
Butte, which. several weeks
|ertook to involve the smelter
bnda. When the proposition
was put before the Interna-
|nion of Mill and Smelter
at Anaconda a few more than
Ity of them favored a walk
hder the rules of the union a
ns vote is required to declare
Many of the members of the
d not vote. and of those who
Dst half voted against a
In the meantime, the Ana
nion failed to ratify the new
fered by the company. The
Ills smeltermen did accept the
d on their last pay day their
based on n scale of $3.50
Although there was dissat-
among the mill and smelt-
b Anaconda because the local
zion had not accepted the new
I thus made the higher wages
tely available, it was apparent
Pc was no general disposition
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
Official Reports.

Official reports on the troop rioting
at Houston began arriving at the war
department early today and were hur-
ried to Secretary Baker as fast as they
came in. They were coming from the
commanding general of the southern
department whose investigation pos
sibly may be supplemented by a spe-
cial inquiry by the inspector general
of the army as the affair is regarded
as most serious. particularly in view of
the fact that the negro troops con-
cerned were regulars and not national
guardsmen or drafted troops new to
regular army discipline.
The similarity of the occurrence to
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
ION PRECA ,'yATED BY
ILL and SMELTERMEN
lat THE WASHOE WORKS
Drawn and Furnaces Tapped By Small
Force That Reported For Work
This Morning

|ne of Labor Troubles Brought ON by l. w.
|Agitators Who Became Active in June.
bpbell and Associates Lose Out in Butte,
Accomplish Object Through Anaconda
and Snaeltermen- Shutdown Cuts Off the
|ernment's Supply of Copper.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
|eaders Are Adroit.

|scouraged by the situation in
p, the l. w. w. leaders in
pntinued to work with a view
piping a sentiment against the
On Wednesday night Camp
hnnon and others from Butte
control of a meeting of
pen in Anaconda. Some of the
tlves were elected and at once
cais in possession of the hall
k to form a new union. At
Eote was taken on the strike
Pon and it was reported to have
A strike was thereupon an
rect car men in kAaconda be-
the Mill and Smeltermen's
no some of the operatives
ne call to strike issued by the
and yesterday the service in
was crippled. Yesterday
the smelter had rs per cent
crew. For the afternoon shift
yer had less than 20 per cent
crew and last night for the
'hunued on Page Eighty
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24

tween the white police and the mill
tary. the latest preceding the riot re-
sulting in the arrest of the two negro
soldiers for interfering when a white
police officer arrested a negro woman.
How it Began.
The trouble is said to have been be-
gun late yesterday after some of the
negro soldiers had complained OF treat
ment accorded them by members of
the Houston police force. About 8
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
May Pay Death Penalty.

Under military law. it is stated.
soldiers may be shot for having mu-
tinted and fired on their officers
The rioting. according to best ac-
counts available, was caused by ILL
feeling bred among the negroes
through the treatment accorded
some of them by city police officials
AS military police. the negroes pa
trolled the environs of the city when
members of the battalion were released
from the camp on pass.
Several minor clashes occurred be-
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
UNCLE SAM TO
BUILD 1870
MERCHANT
Tonnage to Aggregate Nearly
8,000,0 ,000-Need a Bill
lion Dollars.

Washington. Aug. 24.-The govern
ment's shipbuilding program calls for
a total OF 1,270 ships of 7.969.O00 tom
mage. it was revealed today in esti-
mates the shipping board has sent to
Secretary -McAdoo on which to base a
request for a new billion dollar appro-
priation.
This is in addition to nearly 2.000.000
tons of shipping now building in the
American yards which has been COM
mandeered by the emergency fleet
corporation. A large part of the gov
ernment fleet and of commandeered
fleet will have been completed by the
end of the fiscal year. June 80, 1918.
Building. Communicating and pur-
chases of vessels will total about
$4,000, 900. 900. Estimates of the entire
cost of construction are given as fol-
lows:
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
The Cost.

Contracts already let. 433 ships Of
10000 tons, 1886, 200. 900; contracts
ready to let, 425 ships of 2,96s,0o0 tons,
$455, SOC, 900; under negotiation, 327
ships of 1.2s1,00O tons, $4,000, 900;
$50 miscellaneous vessels of 1.S00. 900
tons. 5000, 900 900: construction of gov
ernment owned fabricating yards, $685.
100000.
Communicating will cost s515.00o. 600
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-08-24
WEATHER FORECAST

MONTANA--Generally fair tonight and
Saturday; warmer tonight east portion;
somewhat cooler Saturday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-18
NEW MODES ARE SHOWN
AT ROBERTSON OPENING

Marked by most attractive window
displays, the Robertson Bros. store
held its annual fall opening Mon
day when large mum bers of feminine
shoppers visited the store. American
Flags and huge bowls of fall roses in
varied shades formed an effective
background for the showing Of
fashions latest dictates
In the center window some of the
stunning hat models were shown.
These were all in the new Burgundy
shade. The other windows display
ed suits. hats and dresses and some
Of the new stylish dress accessories.
One suit Of particular note was Of
black pann-velvet having a plain
skirt and blOused coat. A wide
crushed belt of velvet fastened az
the back The coat boosted Of two
collars. one of velvet edged with
fur. and the other a white satin with
satin buttons. With this costume
the model wore a black hat trimmed
with saucy looking Coque feathers;
white kid gloves and natty white
spats
Another suit of decided military
lines attracted much attention. The
coat and skirt were extremely plain
and trimmed only with dark brown
buttons a long flowing military
cape thrown back revealed a rich
lining of peacock blue satin. a
mannish brown velour hat was
shown with this costume.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-18
WILL AID CAMPAIGN
TO "EDUCATE" COUNTY
COUNCILS OF DEFENSE

Lem ]. Dare has been requested
TO aid in the statewide campaign
among the various county councils
Of defense on Sept. %. Four days
will be spent on the campaign.
According to a communication re-
ceived by Mr. Dare from the State
Council of Defense, the county cOun-
ellis in many places are not doing
what they should. a fact which, 10
a great extent, is due TO the fact that
they do not thoroughly understand
their duties. In order that they
may become better acquainted with
the scope of their work a commit
tee of IS men from various parts of
the state has been organized and re-
quested TO meet at Indianapolis on
Sept 20, for the purpose of being
instructed as to the national coun-
ellis orders as set forth in a recent
communication to the various state
councils. Two members of the COM
mittee will be assigned 10 each Of
the % sections of four counties, into
which the state has been divided.
They will devote day to each cOun-
tvs council. in instructing its mem
bers as 10 the requirements, etc, of
the work and aid them as much as
possible in furthering the organiza-
ton of their individual organiza-
tions.
The members of the committee
are asked 10 do the work as a pa
triotic duty, which will practically
assure the state board that Indiana
will be able to carry its portion OF
the burden Of the war
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-18
Daily Talks on Heart Topics
Laura Jean Libbey

with briefest hours for wooing
When white arms round him
cling
with no thought Of loves undo
ing
n love should hut take wing "
II Is the nature Of men 10 rove
and TO crave TO SEQ new faces. and
new scenes Where there Is I'D
hand u hold them lack and no tie
that binds why shouldn't a man
indulge IN his fancy wherever it
NAV lead him.
Jt fair women attract him. ought
lac not TO sun himself in their
presence, until newer attractions
lure him elsewhere There are
cold hearts, and vlrm hearts
There are passive and ardent ma
lures. BY some unexplainable at
traction, The positive and negative
natures are drawn together The
man who always boosted that be
wouldn't mary the best woman On
earth. is suddenly confronted ~
tie knowledge that 4, takes "a wife
and "a home, 10 make life worth
living fer a man after he hos pass
ed forty. The trouble with the
man Of that ago is. as he arrives al:
this conclusion, that it is -eneral-
" the girl of twenty or so for
whom he has lost his heart He
sets out with tactics he has been
used 10 EMPLOYING Trying TO COM
pete with youths. be finds himself
out OF running. If lef; tC their
own inclinations. there is not one
woman in a thousand, so sCrdid of
heart, that she would films away
q young mans love for a middle
aged man and his money When
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-18

lumbus, returned with Miss Lucl,ey
and viii remain about a week.
The Misses Edna Masters and
Nellie Rogers of Parnassua, Pa.
are the guests of +. r. Giles. SOS
Osborne st.
AIr. and Mrs J.. Williams. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Gerard, and Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Peters of Clinton
St. motored 10 Argos. Ind. Tncy
We're guests Of Mr. and Mrs Elmer
Readman.
Miss Ida Beach and Miss Cora
Beach, 1912 Glover St, left Tuesday
for Today visit with relatives in
Pittsburgh
Hiss Mayme Knoerzer of Ham
mond is the guest OF Miss Helen
Lower, Lincoln way w.
Miss Helen Lent. 1O7 North Shore
DIR. left Tuesday for Wellesley col
lege at Wellesley. Mass She Will
stop off at Gettysburg. Pa, where
Lieut.. Glen Slick is stationed.
The Misses Clara, Katherine and
Della Schafer, SIS Forest av.. have
returned from a weekend visit at
Castle Rest" at Niles. Mich.
Joseph Levy has been called TO
his home in Boston on account Of
the death Of his father
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-18
The Housewives Economy Calendar
BY Frances Marshall

The salad should always be tempt
ing if il is 10 be the last course
of dinner. And very often it may
be a sweet salad. For instance,
dates. with pits removed. stuffed
with cream cheese, served on let
tuce with French dressing. are very
good. Orange and grapefruit. with
mayonnaise. on lettuce or some
other salad green, are good. And
other sweet mbinations can occa-
Sionally be served. Tomato jelly
makes a good winter salad. Served
with mayonnaise dressing, and with
toasted waters and coffee, there
could be no better top-off 10 dinner.
A meat salad at dinner is out of
place, unless there is no other meat
course. And sometimes you can
plan a very good and economical
dinner consisting of a rich vege-
table soup, a meat salad. with rolls
and perhaps French fried potatoes,
and a dessert. Corned beef, mixed
with diced celery, green peppers
and mayonnaise. is a delicious salad.
quite hearty enough for the main
stay at dinner.
Copyright, 1910
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-18

ho sees her married % tho young
man with al his poverty. his de-
lusions set a Jol:. lie ma lie dis
appointed. Yet unlike a young
man. mis- hedlt will not break. Es
will try his luck again with the
next coOd-lOoKing woman W no ap
peals 10 him. Should his attempts
10 WOO and van her prove 10 be
rnisaJventure, ne is apt 10 re-
main a bachelor IL does not occur
20 him 10 look for an Older woman,
who would he more suitable life
partner
He who dotes on buds. looks
askance at the full blown rose. The
second disappointment in love-af-
fairs either settles a man down or
makes him reckless. He drifts into
paths wholly foreign 10 his former
inclinatiOns. he becomes cynical
lie believes that no one loves him,
or cares for him. There is no one
TO weep if sickness lays it's grssD
upon him. yet, realizing all this
IL ever ne is caught in loves drag
net, instead of wedding a good.
sensible middle-aged spinster, II
Il likely 10 he a widow who lands
him, for husband When a
widow makes up her mind 20 marry
him. he is done for. Somehow she
conUriVes 10 make him believe X
IS his last and only chance; that he
is certainly not a prize other wom-
en- would be apt 10 angle 2or.
she knows how to take the feath-
ers out Of his admiration and
estimation Cf himself. She has had
experience. The widow ends his
adventuring
tCopyrisht, 1910
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-18
NEWS OF INTEREST TO
POLISH CITIZENS
PERSONALS

PERSONALS.
DR. and Mrs. L. V. strantz, SIC
Cleveland av.. have gone 10 Petoskey.
Mich. on account OF DR.. Strantz' s
III health. They will remain there
until oct. 1.
:. J. Kozowicz returned 10 his
home in Toledo following a couple
Of days visit here.
Miss Stella Zierczyniewicz, Michi-
gan av., has gone 70 South Chicago
TO spend a week with relatives
Bert Zacharek, 1121 w. Division
ST. is seriously IN with typhoid
fever.
Joseph VI. Ciusiewicz returned 20
Michigan City following a business
visit here.
Theodore Mnirski of West Ham
mond arrived here for a couple OF
days visit.
Miss Angela Hudak returned
Monday afternoon TO her home in
Lasalle. H.. after a three weeks
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sal
ewski, Williams ST.
w. s. Gruzeski Of Laporte arrived
here for a few days visit with
friends
Thomas Judanski returned to Chi
cago following a few days visit with
friends here.
Chester Reich arrived here from
Detroit for visit with his sisters.
He is the guest of Mrs. Stanley
Drejer POI s. Chaplin ST.
John Kubaszewski left for his
home in Gary following a brief visit
here
William Szulinsk. Prairie av., has
gone to Lafayette, Ind, TO spend a
few days with friends.
Miss Agnes Janicki returned 20
South Chicago after a 10 days visit
with relatives here. She was the
guest Of Mrs. Magdalene Cwiklinski,
11O6 W. Division ST.
Clarence Kleszcz OF Elkhart is in
the city on business.
William Dombrzewski returned to
Chicago following a couple of days
visit here with friends.
Peter Edwards of South Chicago
is in the city on business.
Stanislaus Brzezny returned to mis-
home in Indiana Harbor following
couple of days visit here.
John Andrews of Dowagiac is in
the city on business.
Joseph Wojciechowski returned
TO Plymouth following a few days
visit here with relatives.
Anthony CwierzynsK of Fort
Wayne is spending a few days with
friends here.
Michael Henders of Hammond is
in the city visiting with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Mackowski re-
turned by auto 10 their home in
Bronson. after a couple of days
visit with relatives and friends.
George Wiselski of East Chicago
is spending a few days with friends
here
John Branikiewicz, Sample St, has
gone TO Chicago for a visit with
relatives.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-18
PERSONALS

Private Hal Bunch OF Fort Della
Ware. Del, is spending FIVE days
with his parents MI and Mrs. -.
SUnch, 81 r Broadway.
Mr.. J. Hagey. So Lincoln way
F.. Is in Nashville. Mich. attending
the funeral Of her uncle.
Mr.. and Mrs Milan Singrey and
family. 1872 Kline St. were called
to Bourbon, Ind. on accouu; of the
death Of Mrs Singrey's father
Charles Hawblitzei has returned
after several weeks spent IN Mar
ion. ~. d.
Miss Alice Irene Sadler o. Gates
vile. Tex. left Monday for ODER
lin. o. where she is a senior in the
conservatory OF Music al Oberlin
college she has been the guest OF
Mrs. Ceph Moomav, 73e Diamond
ax.. for a few DAYS
Miss Mary Luckey 12O s. Laurel
ST.. = home after spending a month
liz Columbus o.. and Detroit
Mich. Mr. and Mrs Thomas
Lucky and son, Thomas Of CO.