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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
McClung Charged With
Assault with Intent to
Commit Murder
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Witnesses Reported to be Ready to
Testify that Shooting Was Done
Without Warming

Homer B. MoClung is charged with
assault with intent to commit mur-
DER in the criminal complaint filed
against him today by Frank L. Moore,
prosecuting attorney. On the strength
of this complaint Judge Adrian Nelson
issued a warrant for. arrest under
which McClung is held in the county
jail. The time for the preliminary
hearing has not been set.
Word received from Hamlet H.
Choat, the injured man, was not so
reassuring today. He was reported to
be in a critical condition from the
shock. Seven balls of shot entered his
head, face, neck and shoulder. He is
under the care of Pa1ouse physicians.
Bert Crooks, George Ullery and Bert
Howell three neighbors were with
Choat when the shooting took place.
1t is asserted that these will testify
that McClung shot from behind under
bush and that he gave no warning.
Ullery was in Moscow today but re-
fused to talk of the shooting.
The ground in dispute amounts to
six acres, most of it fit only for pas
ture. All the men seem to have been
on the disputed strip when the shooting
took place.
Glen Grice the coroner, and Frank
L. Moore, the prosecuting attorney, re-
turned to Moscow Friday night after
visiting the scene of the trouble and
after interviewing Choat According
to the story he told them Choat did not
see McClung at all and did not know
who shot him.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
FRENCH CAPTURE
10000 GERMANS
TROOPS OF THE ALLIES CON-
TINUE TO HAMMER ENEMY'S
LINES A.,

LONDON - Field Marshal Haig
smashed another blow at Cambria this
morning and advanced over mile in
the direction of the coveted strong
hold. The capture of Gonnelieu is an
nounced The artillery firing con-
tinues heavy. German attacks were
repulsed everywhere and many Ger
mans were made prisoners.
The French have taken 10000 pris-
oners and 100 large guns, not count
ing machine guns, since they launch
ed their offensive. They are still
crashing forward having entered the
German second line in the Argonne
forest.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Loyal Temperance LegiOn

Friday at A o'clock at the High
school more than 100 children met
with Mrs. G. w. Kitchen to organize
a Loyal Temperance Legion. Mrs.
Kitchen explained the work of the
organization and about so signified
their intention Of joining. The follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Marion MCGOWAN; vice president,
Grover Wilson; ecretary-treasurer,
Marybelle Smith The next meeting
will be held Friday afternoon, May
d in the High school building.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Big STRIKE
IN BERLIN
Great Labor Troubles Re-
ported in Many Cities
in Germany
RIOTS MAY CAUSE REVOLT
Leaders in the Uprising Make Strong
Demands Of the Government in
the Way Of Reforms
RIOTS MAY CAUSE REVOLT

AMSTERDAM - Twenty thousand
Berlin and Spandau munitions factory
workers are striking as a protest
against the reduction of the bread ra-
tions, according to the latest informa-
ton received here.
There are scores of conflicting rum
ors including those of reported great
violence in the riots that came today.
Great forces of strikers are said to
have revolted in Madgeburg and tried
to burn the public buildings.
Dusseldorf reports declare the
strike delegates in Berlin demanded
that the government renounce its in
teation Of annexation, abolish compul-
sorry service and institute Immediately
equal franchise.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
FILIBUSTER
ALIVE STILL
Busy in the Senate to De-
feat the Army Con-
sCriptiOn Bill
STRONG OPPOSITION TO IT
House Will Undertake Compromise
Measure-Draft Riots Predicted
Under COnScriptiOn
STRONG OPPOSITION TO IT

WASHINGTON = Opponents to the
conscription bill started a filibuster
this afternoon to delay action on the
measure. Senator Thompson demand
ed the regular ORDER consideration
of the spy bill at the close of the
morning business.
Anti-conscriptionists predicted draft
riots if the conscription bill passes.
The house military committee voted
12 to eight in favor of the general
staff army bill with an amendment au-
the president to call for vol
unteers if he wishes before the Sc
lective draft is tried
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Endless Chain Swamps
New York Infif1nary
with Cash
APPEALS COME TO MOSCOW
Business Man of This City Exposes
IlI-AdVised Scheme to Raise
Hospital Funds


G. L. Butterfield of this city re-
ceived communication the other day
from E. G. Atwater of Spokane urging
him to contribute "a cents to the New
York Eye & Ear Infirmary to pur-
chase chloroform to be used in the
hospitals of the allies in Europe. A
special plea was made for the mitiga-
tion of suffering and the saving of hu-
man life.
Don't Break the Chain
This made a powerful appeal to Mr..
Butterfield, but when he was asked to
send copies of the appeal to four
friends, when he was told to number
his. letter 146 and when he read the
admonition-"Do not fail or the chain
will be broken,"-he pulled out his
little stub pencil and did little stunt
in figures.
Here is what he discovereda If Is
of these CHAIN letters-not 146 but
15-worked out it would mean just
$257, 7,521.76 for the New York infirm-
ary. What LAG of them would mean
no man living will ever know.
How Start Was Made
Then learning that Moscow phys1c-
ian had received another of these
s'chain" appeals through a round
about channel, Mr. Butterfield, togeth-
er with the doctor, started little in
yestigation. The result was letter
from a prominent medical man in New
York telling them that the "chaln"
was started some time ago in good
faith by some society women of New
York; that it grew at once out OF all
bounds and that the institution is now
swamped with letters. One man was
so foolish as to send 500 appealing
letters to friends.
The New York infirmary is now try
ing in vain to stop the avalanche.
Other Idaho Victims
In the lists sent to Mr.. Butterfield
were included the following other well
known Idaho men, Stanley A. Easton
of Kellogg, A. J. Heger of Wallace, E.
L. Hale of Wallace, Harry l.. Day OF
Wallace and H. M. Strathern of Post
Falls.
If any reader of the Star-Mirror
should be curious to pursue this mat
ter on his own account let him raise
"a cents to it's 146th power and see
where he lands in the realm of figures.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Made to Kiss the Flag

VA NCOUVER, Wash.-A shingle
applied is one of the best
aids to patriotism, believes Marshall
J. Clapp, teacher at Skamaria, Clapp
heard one of his pupils refer to the
flag profanely Clappl whipped the
boy in the best old-fashioned way,
then made him kiss the flag, cheer for
Uncle Sam and, surrounded by pupils,
kiss the flag again and say, GOD
bless it."
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Death of G.. w. Graves

Word has come to friends here of
the death at Long Beach, California,
of G. W. Graves who for three years
was instructor in soils at the Universi-
ty of Idaho and who resigned last
year to gosto the sea level because of
heart trouble. After leaving the uni
versity Mr.. Graves was in the en-
ploy of the federal government. He
leaves a wife and one child.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
LOCAL INVESTORS
GET THEIR "BIT'
HAVE CHANCE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR
TREASURY CERTIFICATES
AT HOME

Moscow investors are to have an op-
portunity to subscribe for part of the
S200,000,000 treasury certificates to be
issued in Washington to meet current
war expenses until the proceeds from
the $7,000,0O0,0O0 bond issue are avail
able.
The following telegram from the
federal reserve bank of San Francis
co has been received by the First Ma
tional bank of Moscow:
Secretary of treasury offers
offers $200,000,000 treasury certif-
ates payable July list bearing in
terest at three per cent. Should
payment for government war
bonds be called prior to that date
these certificates plus accrued in
terest can be used in that way.
You are authorized to receive sub
scriptions in your district. Please
wire promptly amount of such sub
scriptions by and through your
bank on receipt of which will wire
instructions regarding payment TO
be made Tuesday or Wednesday"
Local bankers said today that they
would be ready to take proper care of
all subscriptions for treasury certif-
icates or for the regular bonds. The
banks themselves may invest some of
their surplus funds in the certificates,
either directly or through their cor
respondent banks in the larger cities.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
A Barefoot Brigade

ALBANY-Aiming to conserve ma
terials during the war and to reduce
the high cost of living, the civic re-
lief committee and the Associated
Charities here today are organizing
a campaign to induce all the. children
to go barefooted during the summer
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Club MmhberS Help

PENDLETON-As patriotic step
toward foodpreparedness, the Pendle-
ton Commercial club has on hand to-
day $100 fund with which poor peo-
pie will be aided in securing seed to
plant gardens.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
NOW THREE FLAGS
ARE SIDE BY SIDE

,WASHINGTON-For the first time
flags of foreign nations will fly from
Washington public buildings. Flag
poles were erected today over the en-
trance to the state, war and navy
buildings for English and French flags.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Found: Valuable Potato!

PORTLAND.-Who lost a potato
Patrolman Post found spud on the
sidewalk at Third and Yamhill. He
took it to the police headquarters and
today it is safely put away in the room
devoted to lost valuable property.
Posts report shows that he recon-
mended that the detective bureau be
put to work to find the owner.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Relief Ship Sinks; Crew is all Safe

YEUIDEN, Holland-Nineteen Am
orleans and Is of other nationalities,
composing the crew of the Norwegian
windjammer, Kongsli, a Belgian relief
ship, were landed here. The crew re-
ported that the ship was submarined
or hit mine.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Seven TO Eight

COLUMBUS-Sev guardsmen and
eight unknown men engaged in
pitched battle last night at the state
fair grounds after two loiters had been
found in a cavalry barn, the militia Of
ficers admitted today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Girls, Honor Guard

ASTORIA-That highly priced jewel
the 1917 potato-will be grown in
Astoria aplenty this spring. The Girls
Honor Guard, recently organized, will
work a large tract of ground donated
by a railroad company. The girls say
that they will mind the potato field
themselves next summer.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
ONLY Blasting Rock

BOSTON-The firing heard off the
coast few days ago was blasting at
Scituate, Mass. A man named Emer-
son reported to Captain Robertson,
chief of staff, today that he did much
blasting there.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
TWO GERMAN SHIPS
GO DOWN AT DOVER

LONDON-Two German destroyers
were sunk and the third was possibly
destroyed when the enemy vessels at
tempted raid on Dover, the admiralty
announced today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Raised with His Own Petard

PITTSBURG-Nick Fellis, Hungar-
ian, was instantly killed and three
others were fatally injured when a
dynamite bomb exploded at Russelton.
The police are investigating the report
that Fellis was making a bomb.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Special War Courses

EUGENE-Six new courses, intend
ed to prepare the students of the Uni
yersity of Oregon for active service
in the war against Germany ,are being
organized here today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
RraziI with Uncle Sam

RIO JANEIRO-Brazill today for
mally announced her intention to CO.
operate with the United States in the
matter of shipping supplies and mum
itions to the allies in Europe.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
RaIfOur on the Ground

WASHINGTON-Art Balfour, the
British foreign minister, landed safe
ly the state department announced
this afternoon.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
For Russian Job

WASHINGTON-Eli Root, Profess
sor Harper of the University of Chi
cago, Colonel Roosevelt and Charles
Crane are among those considered for
the Russian commission.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Will ScOur the Town

BAKER Everybody in Baker will
leave the stores, mills, homes and Of
fees April "a and give the town its
annual, securing.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Qnapa in Port

PARASITIC armed merchantmen,
Omega, has arrived safely in a French
port.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
REVOLT IN HUNGARY
MAY BE UNDER WAY

ROME-RevOlutiOn is imminent
in Hungary, the Vatican is ad-
vised. Resulting from. disturb
ances in Budapest and 25 other
towns they have been declared in
a state Of seige.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
!. MUST ANSWER NOW OR
!. GET READY TO FIGHT

: BUEN0S AIRES - Argentine
. has formally demanded satisfac-
! ton from Germany for the sub
. marining of the Monte PrOtegidO,
. the Argentine steamer. The La
Nacion, Argentine's leading news
; paper, declares that if Germany's
reply is not satisfactory Presi-
dent IrigOyen will declare war.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
LOSE LITTLE TIME
IN GETTING THERE

!. PORTLAND, Ore, April 21.-
Mayor Gibson received the fol-
. lowing telegram today: .
'LOuie Schulz, Hylas Stewart and .
John Lieuallen, three splendid
. young men from Moscow, have :
. Just enlisted in the navy at this .
station.
"LIEUT. COM. BLACKBURN" .
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Hunch for Hidden Food

Apparently realizing that the in
equitable distribution of food is the
cause of the strikes the government is
conducting a searching investigation
for hidden stores of food.
Berlin dispatches disclose a house
toulouse canvass revealing already an
amazing quantity of food.
Summarizing the rumors, reports and
known facts it is evident the strike is
still spreading. In Berlin several
hundred thousand are still out. There
arbitration has been attempted.
At Madgeburg there is grave rioting
with 10000 strikers demanding viol
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-04-21
Krupp Workers Join

At Essen it is reported that the
workers in the Krupps plant have join
ed the strike.
At Leipzig several thousand strikers
are out, but the munitions plants are
believed to be Unaffected.
Berlin officially denies rioting. 1t is
also reported that German influence
in Austria is weakening.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-20
OLD PIONEER DIES
AT FLORENCE HOME
Mrs. Katherine Mills of
Revolutionary Stock.

Mrs. Katherine T.. Mills, one of Mon
tanas old pioneers passed away at
Florence yesterday. She was so years
old and was the last of u family of
seven. Her six brothers all lived to b,:
past 20.
Mrs. Mills came from pioneer
family of Revolutionary stock. many
of her ancestors having participated
in the War of Independence. Mrs.
Mills family emigrated from Virginia
to Missouri in 1888, where she was
born on August s. three years later
In 1856 she married James II. Mills
and the couple moved to Montana In
1885. Mrs. Mills had nine children, -four
of whom are living. They are DIR. w
+. Mills, of Missouri, John Mills OF
FLORENCE, Mrs. Carte Land, of Okla
homa, and Mrs. Cliff Rittenour OF
Plains, Montana.
The funeral will be held tomorrow al
Florence from the home of j. L. Mills
The body will be inferred in the Mis-
SO,la cemetery.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-20
FRITZ" CHANGING
HIS TRENCH PLANS
Isolated Groups Replace
Connected Lines.

British Front in France and Bel
ehm. Aug. l9.-Ity the Associated
Press.-The beginning of the fourth
year of the war finds the Germans
rapidly making a radical change in
their methods of defense along the
British battle front in northern France
and Belgium. The continuous lines of
wonderfully constructed forward
trenches, with their deep dngouts. in
which lived and fought great numbers
OF men, are fast passing into the dis
card.
The enemy Is adopting the system OF
scattering his advance forces over a
great depth. cunningly constructed
strongholds among the shell holes
along the front now conceal innumer-
able small and more or less isolated
garrisons of men.
This alteration has been brought
about by the ever increasing prepon
derancc of British artillery. which ha.
buried the German front line trenche!
under an. avalanche of shells and ha
left the defenses nothing but heapes
burrows of earth and has made tn
| famous dugouts veritable man ira p
| in which countless thousands have los
! their lives without chance of fight
J ing back.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-20
LIGHTNING STARTS
FRESH WOOD FIRES
Forest Situation No Better
Say Service Heads.

To add to the havoc which the winds
of Saturday played on the forests
where the flames are raging. lightning
started n number OF new fires yestcr-
day. although the rains which accom-
panied in some cases aided in putting
out some of the fires already started.
Reports came in from the st. Joe
district to the effect that lightning
had started two more fires to increase
the seriousness of the situation there.
A blaze was started on Nine Nil.
ridge. in the vicinity Of Salmon lake,
but the seriousness of this new out =
break could not be determined as the
report had just been received last
night. W. W. White brought the re.
port to Missoula from Salmon lake of
IA fire. the result of lightning, on Lost
creek, just this side of the lake.
report was also received from
Evaro of a fire near there. started by
lightning.
AS few reports had come In late
last night, nothing having been heard
from the Sel"ay and little further IN
regard to the Deer creek fire. it wa.
taken by local forestry officials as an
indication that there was little change
in the already serious situation that
promises to rival that of 1910 unles,
some relief is afforded by the weather
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-20
Great Venetian
School Bombed;
Wonder of Art
st. Marks Attacked by Aus.
trian Planes; Hospital
Patients Hurt.

Rome. Aug. la.-Austrian airpanes
which bombarded Venice last Tuesday
dropped explosives on tn" civil hos.
pitai which forms n part of the Ia
nous school of St Mark. This school
and the celebrated church of Saint
John and Paul. containing monnmen
tai tomhs OF the Dogcs. are considered
one of the greatest wonders Of tn
world.
The chief ward in St Marks school
with it's magnificent fifteenth century
coffered ceiling, was struck by Il bomb
One third of the ceiling was destroyed
the falling fragments causing victims
among the patients underneath
Fortunately no artistic damage was
done either the hall below or to tn,
facade. The latter Is decorated viii
nnreplaceable sculptures and bas.
rcliefs. All the fragments of the cell.
ing were carefully assembled and vii
be preserved for reconstruction later
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-20
New Union Thought by
Sheriff to Be Red Card
Organization.
ASK HIGHER WAGES
AND CHEAPER FOOD
Manganese Companies to
Reply to Demands of
Men Today, It Is Said.

All the mines in the Philipsburg dis
trict are closed and more than 400
miners are unemployed as a result of
the walkout yesterday morning of the
members of the Metal Mine Workers
of Philipsburg, an organization formed
by the miners Friday evening after
more than a week of special meetings
OF the men.
Tho town last night, according to
Sheriff i. C. Burks, was filled with
strikers and all the saloons We're or
dered closed. Sheriff Burks declared
that the situation was critical and
that more trouble was expected by the
authorities.
Sheriff Burks said last night that he
believed that the strike was the re-
suit of outside instigators who arr
connected with the I. w. w who have
been agitating in the town for the
past few weeks. He declared that the
walkout is reported to be connected
with the l. w. w. strike called fol-
today.
The miners demand $3.50 day as
wages and ask for a $40 cut in theil
board bills for the month. Besides
this they ask that the new union which
was formed Friday by the mine work
ers( be recognized.
Manganese iron mines are affected
by the walkout. These have recently
been opened following the great de,
mand for manganese iron. The City
has been booming for the past fe"
months as a result of the opening o.
the mines.
The companies that have been forced
to close down on account of the strk.
are Phlipsburg Manganese company
the Bi-Metalic Mining company, TIL,
Montana Manganese company ano
several smaller concerns.
Company officials announced las
night that they would give an answe
TO the striking miners this morning
There is some speculation as It
whether the company will grant al
the demands made by the strikers
especially in regard to the recognition
OF the new union.
Although we have had no troubl,
yet" said Sheriff Burks, Il expec
something to happen before it is Owe
with. We have ordered the closing o
the saloons in an effort to take pre-
cautions against any trouble arisin:
from the drinking of liquor
During the past week the miner
have been holding frequent meeting
and Friday the union was formed
Nearly all the miners joined the nev
union and on Saturday morning tk
men walked out in all the mines.
Years ago Philipsburg was one O
the mining centers in the state, bu
for a number of years the mines hav
not been worked. When the war be
gan the demand for manganese iro
revived the district. Miners We're i'm
ported to work and large quantities O
ore was shipped out every day.
l. w. w. leaders here said last nigh
that they did not know whether or nc
the new union was affiliated with tn
industrials. "Muckey' Mcdonald, no
1orious because of his part in tn
Butte difficulties of 1915, organize
the union. they said.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-20
Lafayette Squadron Leads
Bombing attack Behind
German Lines.
NEW LINES TAKEN
BY BRITISH DRIVE
German Attacks Repulsetl
by French, Official
Report Declares.

Paris. .Aug. la.-rhe IaEayctte
squadron. composed of American avia-
tors. played lis part in the French air
raids reported in the official COM
munication on Saturday, when IL was
announced that $4,000 pounds Of
bombs and explosives had been
dropped on German military cstah-
lshmcnts, railroad stations and en-
campments Corporal Harold Willis
Of Boston. Il member OF the squadron,
has not returned from the raid, which
resulted in Il number of aerial fights
with the Germans. Two groups of
chascrs were chosen from the ranks
of the Lafayette squadron, command :
ed respectively by Lieutenant Raoul
Lufhcry Of Wa|ingford. Conn. and
Adjutant Ddier ,Masson of San Fran
cisco, which travelled protectingly to
the right and left of IA bombing ma :
chine as II entered enemy territory.
The l.uXbnry command obtained
most of the action and Aviator Dudley
Hin of peckskill, n, Y. had Il narrow
ESCAPE when two Germans attacked
him with inccndiarv bullets lie
escaped. however, with one bullet hole
through lower plane, and by out =
maneuvering his opponents, is be.
lieved to have brought down one Ger
man.
Adjntant Masson's command was
attacked by IA patrol of three planes
which was easily repulsed.
Corporal Willis was missing when
his group returned to its base after
the bombing raid. but it is hoped he
will turn up.