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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
ITALIAN ARMIES
BATTLING THEIR
WAY TO TR|EsT
Their Guns Now Hammering
at Last Great Austrian
Barrier.
VIENNA CLAIMS THE
ATTACKS REPULSED
The Austrian Statement Tells
of Thousands of Prison.
erS Taken.
THE WAR SUMMARY.

The Italians have fought their way
forward to within two miles of Duino,
tho most formidable barrier between
them and Triest. Tho great battle
now enters it's eighteenth day without
any sign of an abatement. Vienna re-
fuses to concede tho Italian victories
but the map tells the story Of General
cadorna's steady advance.
Duino, at the gates of which the
Italian guns are now hammering.
marks a point at which the Carso
plateau almost touches the sea. Pro-
tected by the ocean on the one side.
1t is powerfully defended to the north
by Mount Querceto. a height of con-
siderable magnitude which dominates
the country for many miles around.
At the foot Of Mount Querceto, fac
ing west. lies the little town of Me-
deazza. and the Italians have smashed
their way to within a few hundred
yards Of the village. 1t Is possible
that a lull will occur before they at
tempt the formidable ask of stormins
Mount Querceto.
Persistent attempts are being con-
De- lv,A \
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
Col. Fred Hunt, Stricken With
Paralysis in Theater, Taken
to Hospital Unconscious. To-
day He's Smoking and De-
claring ''You Can't Kill an
Old Timer"

Col. Fred A. Hunt. civil war veteran,
newspaper correspondent and maga-
zine writer. prominent Mason and a
man who fought the Indians under
Gen. Nelson A. Miles in the late '70s
from Indian Territory. now Oklahoma,
to Montana. won out in a battle with
death in Butte today. Stricken with
paralysis while attending a perform
ance at Pantages theater. rushed to
Murray's hospital in critical condi-
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
FORTY FOR ARMY
TWENTY FOR NAVY
Recruiting Officers in Butte
Kept on Jump Receiving
Applicants.

Forty men enlisted in the regular
army. 20 in the navy and in the Sec
ond regiment. National guard of the
United States. in Butte today. Re-
cruiting officers were kept on the jump
all day receiving applications and ex-
amining recruits.
George Tony. a husky Greek, and
John Emigh enlisted for service with
the Second Montana and the follow
ing enlisted in the navy: l.. Williams,
hospital apprentice: ID. Macdonald,
hospital apprentice: V. Deniston, hos
pitai apprentice; j. Murphy, third
class fireman: ]. r. Jenkins. machin-
lists mate. second class; W. McFar-
land. fireman, third class; w. SoIberg,
fireman, third class: T. Mccarthy,
landsman electrician: ]. Crowley, third
class fireman; p. McGrath. apprentice
seaman: Walter E. Dowling. fireman.
third class: s. Porach. fireman, third
class; e. V. Cronnelly. fireman, third
class; T. F. Lee, hospital apprentice,
second class: II. Barron, landsman
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
MILLION DOLLARS
FOR LIBERTY LOAN
IS BUTTE GOAL.
Local Bankers Start Energetic
Campaign for Bond
Subscriptions.
N0N-TAXABLE FEATURE
MAKES THEM ATTRACTIVE
New Government Issue Equiv
alent to 81 Per Cent
Industrial Bond.

At least a million for the Liberty
Loan from Butte.
This is the goal of local bankers
who started an energetic campaign
today to interest patrons and de-
positors in the many advantages
Of the new bonds, subscriptions
for which are now being received
not only at the banks, but at the
Butte postoffice as we'll.
The Liberty loan allotments sug-
gested for the various federal reserve
hank districts show that 800, 200, 900
worth Of the bonds have been allotted
to the ninth district, which should sub
scribe for from eight to ten million
dollars worth of the bonds This
| brings Butte's allotment up to more
| than million.
Shows Spirit of Nation.
Every American who loves Amer
ica's honor should subscribe" say the
bankers. and they point out that the
real success of the loan is to be more
determined by the number of Ameri-
| cans participating In 1t than the
| amount subscribed. The spirit of the
nation. they declare, is going to be
| judged abroad. especially by our ene-
mics, more by the number of men and
women who support the bond issue
than by the mere amount of money
| subscribed.
"The 50, 900, 900. 900 bond issue of this
year is named The Liberty Loan OF
1917 because II is to be a loan from a
free people to be used in freeing the
world" said prominent Butte banker
today in discussing the issue. at is
the loan of a llberty-loving people to
be devoted to the establishment of
liberty in Europe and on the high seas.
Every American who subscribes to the
belief that an American should stand
by his or her country should subscribe
to the bond issue"
AS to Security.
Bankers point out that Butte has far
more postal savings depositors in pro-
Continued on Page Sixteen)
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
QUICK RECOVERY OF G. AR.
VETERAN BELIEVED DYING

tion, his life despaired of by the ply
sicians at O'Clock this morning. the
grizzied war veteran was sitting up
in bed four hours later smoking a
cigar. This afternoon Colonel Hunt
predicted that he win leave the hos
pital in time to assist in the decoration
of graves and the Memorial day serv-
ices Wednesday.
colonel Hunt. who has been in Nom
tana for the past three months writ
ing a history of the states Indian
fighters, had been stopping at the
Montana Soldiers home in Columbia
Falls. He came to Butte to attend the
q. A. K. encampment. Last night he
attended the theater performance with
g. l. Reiche. retiring commander OF
the department of Montana. Toward
the close of the performance the old
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
RANKIN IN
HER FIRST SPEECH

kshlngton, May 2S.-Represent-
Rankin of Montana made q
kh on the floor Of the house today
Incidentally won her initial fight.
succeeded in amending by a
5mous vote in the committee Of
Shole the food bill so as to pro-
That in making the proposed food
~ the services Of women shall be
[insofar as practicable.
|omen must take an intelligent
Responsible share In the worlds
II we are to see that all the
are fed all the time" declared
Rankin.
mendous applause greeted Miss
h when she arose to speak and
she concluded. Members poured
the cloak rooms and lobbies to
the maiden speech Of the first
esswoman and she had the
n audience that has attended any
b on the food bill.
& work, such as gathering in
Zion sn9 preventing waste, in
activities that we have been
Eomed to seeing women engaged
|aid Miss Rankin. And when
activities are so closely related
m as is the food question, wom-
especially well fitted by their
hg and experience to do this
1t Is self evident that women
ping to fill many positions that
been filled by men in the past
his is one of the places where
can be used effectively"
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
URGE SPAIN To BREAK
WITH TEUT0N|C NATIONS

Madrid. May 2s (via Paris) .-Reso-
lutions adopted at the great mass
meeting in Madrid yesterday in favor
of the entente allies were presented to
the Spanish minister of the interior
today. The resolutions were to the
effect that Spain should break dip
lomatic relations with Germany and
should accept all the consequences
from the action which she is COM
PEELED to adopt for the defense of her
dignity"
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
ENTREAT|ES To
RUSSIAN ARMY
TO BATTLE ON
Fighting Commanders Urge
Their Men to Prepare
for the Attack.
ALL CLASSES IN THE
EMPIRE NOW UNITED
Nation Awaits Decision of the
Army as to Future
of Russia.

Petrograd, May 27 (via London.
May S).-Virtually all of the diver
gent political factions, all class or
ganizations. councils and even the So
cialist leaders, with the exception of
the Extreme Letters, today re-echo
the appeal of Minister of War Keren-
sky to the troops and applaud the new
order of the day. "Advance." 1t re-
mains to be seen how the army itself
will receive this final exhortation 20
patriotism and the defense of Russia s
newly won freedom.
Constant efforts have been made
curing the past two months by repre-
sentatives not only of the government
but OF the soldiers to bring home to
the army that the abandonment of
active warfare would not only mean
treachery to the allies but the newt
able loss of all that has been gaine.i
In the revolution. II Is confidently
believed that this last call, supported
as It is by almost every element of
society. will move the army to n re-
alizatfon Of the situation. All the
commanders have added their an
peals to the order of Minister Keren-
sky. They all emphasize the neces-
sity of not only defending the country
against the enemy but of an immedi-
ate advance to relieve the pressure
upon the allies which Germany has
been able to exert by transferring the
bulk of her troops from the easter,
to the western front
What Leaders Say.
General Alexieff says: Advance to
attack the enemy"
General Brussiloff says: 1T is nec-
essary to conserve and consolidate
freedom. The soldiers must over
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
IAN ENJOYS TELL
| Of COUNTRY's NEEDS

Ellington. May 2s.-"Italy's urgent
peeds of railway equipment. coal.
ND steel were laid formally be-
american officials, today by the
commission.
{ernment officials indicated that
demands would be met as far
ssioie. but that they would have
considered in conjunction with
normous war needs Of America
and Of the other allies.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
|RST Of FOOD
| SUPPLY BILLS
PASSES HOUSE
Eies S14,770,000 for Sur
| vey of Food Situation
In Country.
ksURE GOES THROUGH
WITHOUT RECORD VOTE
8 Rankin, in First Speech,
Aas Interested Audience
of Congressman.

|ashington, May 2s.-The first
khe administration food bills
Wing appropriations Of ap-
kimately $l4,770,ooO for a
lev and stimulation Of the food
(ly passed the house today
|out record vote.
| similar bill is pending in the
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
END OF JITNEYs.

nsne' May 2S.-All five-cent fare
ooiies were ordered off the
0, Spokane today after word
.SeiVed from the secretary of
NAY the automobiles were op-
y without bonds.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
I'll EXPECTS BERLIN
WAR DECLARATION

Janerio. May 2s.-A Noticia
that in German circles 1t is as
that Germany will declare war
azll within two or three days.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
Thousands of Houses
Crops Devastated By
DEAD AND INJURED

Revised figures on dead and in.
jured in the storms of the last
three days in eight states show the
following dead and injured:
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
ESQ DEAD, 1000 INJURED in SERIES OF
T0RNAD0ES in MIDDLE WEST AND SOUTH
Wrecked and Immense Area of Growing
Storm That Takes Its Toll in Eight States

Disaster Wrought by the Elements Began on Fri
day in Kansas; Saturday Evening Central ILL
nois W. Storm Swept and City of Mattoon
Tornado Took Up Its Course in Southern Illi-
nois and Swept Through Three States Into
Alabama.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
1O3 PERISHED IN
FOUR SOUTHERN STATES

Memphis, Tenn, May 2S.-Reports
today from the devastated territory in
the four southern states swept by tor
nadoes yesterday and last night placed
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
MS, FIRST COMMANDER TO
! JET ACTION, is PROMOTED
Chief Commanding U. S.
llps in European Waters is
ede Vice Admiral. Nearly
p,OOO Americans Already
e Fighting in France.

Ellington, May 2S.-Rear Admiral
In charge Of American naval
Eions in European waters, was
Phy appointed today a vice ad-
by President Wilson.
Pdon. May 2S.-An official state
issued here today says that
rhs the Americans serving in the
~ and French armies and the
units ordered to France there
hortly be 100000 Americans in
statement adds that $500 air
VIII be constructed and 5000
s trained in the United States.
'her contingent of the American
y, corps arrived in England to-
me contingent comprised units
rhiladelphia and ST. Louis.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28

CONTINUED on Page Three.)
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What Leaders Saw.

tcontinuec on Page Three.)
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Continued on Page Fffteen)
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
WEATHER FORECAST

MONTANA-Unsettled weather tonight
and Tuesday. probably showers. warmer
extreme east portion tonight.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28

prrTTE-Tonight: Unsettled; shower
romorrow- cooler.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-28
AS to Security.

Bankers point out that Butte has far
more postal savings depositors in pro-
Continued on Page Sixteen.l
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

Boston, Aug. 16-Play in the ma
tional mems doubles tournament at
the Longwood Cricket Club courts
here yesterday was brought down to
the semi-f1nal round in matches that
provided the best tennis that has been
displayed in the tourney.
Featuring the days play was hard
fought and brilliant five set match in
which Harry c. johnson and Irving
Wright "a Boston team, after losing
the first two sets, made a strong fin
ish and defeated s. Howard Voshell
and Frederick c. Baggs "a Greater
New York combination, at IS. 10,
Ga, GO, 60. Practically the en-
tire afternoon was taken up in tho
playing Of this match. and. while It
large gallery forgot that any other
contests were being decided.
So evenly were these teams matched
that hardly a point was won or lost
until after long, hard rally, in which
all four of the men took a hand. AS
a result of the bitter fight, when the
match was concluded the players we're
at the point of exhaustion and were
just about able to walk to the club
house. Wright was scheduled to
play in a mixed doubles with Miss
Molla Bjurstedt against Mrs. Robert
H Williams and Theodore R. Pell
upon the completion of the doubles
match, but he had had enough ten
mis- for the day and the committee
postponed the mixed doubles until to-
morrow.
During the first three sets all four
of the men worked at top speed con-
tinually. The teamwork on both sides
of the net was remarkably good, and
the play was literally sprinkled with
brilliant strokes. During these three
sets voshell stood out above all the
other contestants. 1t was mainly cue
to his wonderful play. especially in
fore court, that his team was able
to take the first two sets.
BY the time the third set was fin
ished all of the men began to show
signs of the terrific strain, and it be-
came evident that the first team to
crack would be the pair that would
lose.
VosheI and Baggs did the cracking,
but not in the manner expected. In
stead of slowing up to any apprecia-
BILE degree, a thing that might have
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FIRST NO HIT GAME

Ionia, Mich, was put on the map
Al years ago today when the first no.
hit game in the history Of baseball
was played in it's busy midst. That
momentous contest was staged on
Aug. 16. 1876, and Jim Garvin was
the twirler who did the unprecedent-
ed stunt. The contending. teams that
day were the st. Louis Reds and the
Cass club of Detroit, and Garvin was
in the box for the Mound City team.
Just why the big city clubs picked
Ionia as the scene of that game is a.
bit of Information that has vanished
in the. mists of antiquity. Garvin's
feat was all the more wonderful be-
cause in those days-it was the year
of the organization of the National
League-basebaH was just beginning
to develop players of skill and
science. and big scores were still the
rule. Such scores as LOG to FL. 113
to 26, and similar figures that no one
ever sees in ball score nowadays
were by no means uncommon then.
The year 1875 was remarkable for
other developments in baseball, be-
sides the playing of the first no-hit
game and the inaugural of the Ma
tiona1 League. 1t was during that
year that Arthur Cummings original
ed the curve, delivery that had been
called impossible by many high
brows. Cummings pitched for the
Brooklyn Stars. and used the UNDER
hand delivery that was universal at
this period Of the game. The honor
Of originating the bender has been
claimed for Terry Larkin and Bobby
Mathews, but Cummings isA generally
acknowledged as the pioneer.
The first drop ball was probably
pitched by Eddie Kent. of the Hud-
son, N. Y. club in 1873, but that de-
livery was perfected by Tim Keefe
of New York, who played with the
Boston club. The latter, by the way,
was the first great southpaw in the
history Of the game, and it was his
puzzling drop ball which was largely
responsible for Boston's pennant race
of 1883
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16
Today In Pugilistic Annals.

1S9s=Frank Mcconnell knocked
out and killed Jim Franey in the
4th round at San Francisco. It was
John Barleycorn, however, who was
really responsible for the fatality.
Franey, an Irishman, whose home
was in st. Louis, was a fairly good
fighter, and he did not believe he
needed to train for the bout with
Mcconnell. He tried to get away
with all the boose in San Francisco
before the fight, and was not entirely
sober when he entered the ring. Nc
Connel side-stepped and lodged the
fuddled Franey until the latter was
exhausted, and then put over a stiff
one to the jaw. Franey got up sew
eral times only to be knocked sprawl
ing each time. The final blow caused
Franey to fall heavily, injuring his
head so that he died within a few
hours. Mcconnell was tried and ac-
quilted
1911 - Grover Hayes defeated
Billy Lauder in eight rounds at Win
nepeg.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16
HAUGHTON MAY GIVE
SERVICE TO HARVARD

Boston, Mass, Aug. 16-Harvard
may have the services of no less
brilliant a pair of football coaches
than Percy D. Haughton, President
of the Braves, and Leo H. Leary,
field coach, Both men are in favor
of the continuation of intercollegiate
athletics, and If sufficient interest is
shown in football at Harvard and If
their alma mater desires their SER
vices will undoubtedly serve without
remuneration.
Candidates for the freshmen foot
ball team will report on Soldiers
Field during the week of Sept. "a.
Games for the 1921 team have been
arranged with Andover, Exeter, -Wor-
cester, Academy and the Yale fresh
men.
With military training at Harvard
likely to call for only nine hours
study each week, the interest in var
sity sport, especially football, is likely
to be renewed. Candidates for the
varsity eleven will report to Pooch
Donovan soon after college reopens
Contests with other colleges will be
arranged providing the nucleus for a
team is available.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16
BENTON TIES WITH
TEAMMATE, SALLEE,
WINNING 9 In ROW

New York. Aug. 16-By beating
Wilbert Robinson's Dodgers yester-
day, RUDE Benton, of the Giants,
Joined the ranks of pitchers, who
have won nine consecutive games.
Since June 6, when Toney, Matty's
pitching ace, beat Benton, the Giants
left-hander has not lost a game, and
Is tied with "Slim'' Sallee at nine
wins each.
No major league twirler has an
nexed ten straight wins either last
season or this In the American lea
que Walter Johnson is the only
pitcher with a chance to break the
record, for when Griffs big gun
blanked the Yankees last Tuesday he
cashed in his seventh straight win.
Benton, while he was getting his
nine victories, beat every team in
his league. He defeated Chicago and
Pittsburgh twice, and his lone shut
out was slipped to the Pirates. The
most remarkable feature of Benton's
work was that~he issued but seven
bases on balls in 68 Ia innings. In
two games he allowed but four hits,
and also pitched a five-hit affair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

Two base hits, Corcoran, Dempsey.
Three base hits, Grimes. Stolen bases,
Lear, Bradley, Corcoran, W.. Martin,
Grimes Murray. Sacrifice hits.
Grimes, Lear 2, Egan, Ferguson, Muir
ray Double plays, Grimes (unassist-
ed); Murray to Bradley to Dempsey;
Burns to Murray to Bradley. Left on
bases, Bridgeport 6, Portland 10. First
base on errors, Bridgeport 2, Portland
l. Bases on balls. off House 8, Martin
8. Hits and earned runs, off House II
and in 6 2-3; Ferguson, 1 and 0 In
2 1-3; off Barron, 6 and (none out in
first; off Martin. and 5 in 9. Hit by
pitcher, by House cTamm, Rradley.)
Wild pitches, Ferguson. Passed balls,
Dempsey, Egan. Umpire, Kelley.
Time, 2:d5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16
AMERICANS DISPLAY.
SNAPPER BRAND OF
BALL, WINNING ONE

Bridgeport ana Portland baseball
clubs battled for 1S long innings in
Portland yesterday afternoon land had
but the result of one game to show
for all the energy expended. The
Americans took revenge for defeats
on the two preceding days by knock
ing off the first fracas 10 to 6. No
decision was rendered in the climax,
the boys quitting the job when the
count was knotted at one each in the
last of the ninth. 1t was then dark
enough to steal chickens and His
Honor, Umpire Kelly, thought it time
to go to roost.
The Americans earned five runs off
Barron in the first inning of the first
game befgore an out was made. Mar
tin, who relieved the much pestered
one, retired the side Immediately, and
was therefore unapproachable until
the eighth, when he reverted to the
disastrous tactics of his predecessor.
Bracket opened UP on Barron with
a single, and Priest got away with a
bunt Rafter beat out an attempted
sacrifice, crowding the cushions. Clean
singles by Corcoran and Lear and a
three sacker by Grimes cleared the
sacks, registered five runs and spelled
the demise of Barron.
In the last half of the seventh the
Paramounts tied the count. only to
see their guests rush far into the
lead in the following frame. Krichell
was banished by Umpire Kelly in the
seventh for talking too freely.
Pitt and Ferguson were opposed to
each other in the afternoons second
battle, and runs were fewer ana
farther between.
Slightly more encouraging: =
(First Cameo
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