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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
FROM GERARD'S SPEECH

During the last three years il has
been my business to try to keep
three things-the peace, silence and
my temper.
wish the man who brought this
war upon the earth could be made
to walk to Calvary along a line of
bodies of the war victims, scourqed
and whipped for every inch of the
way
When these men from Montana
go to fight in the battIefieIds of
Europe, many of them to give up
their lives, you do your share at
home and do not let the snaky head
Of treason lift itself in Butte or
Montana.
Those who are reasonable, who
make the plague spots on the face
OF America and who are proIono-
ing this war, can be divided into
three classes = Prussian German.
ian-lrish and Prussian Amer
leans. The last masquerade as
pscifists.
Won ttrpitz came out in a letter
saying that Germany must keen
the coast of F!snders in order 70
make war upon England and Amer.
'ea. He also said that with their
submarine warfare they would
make England surrender. would
take the British fleet and, combin-
ing It with their own, would sal,
for America and collect from YOU
tne entire cost of the war.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05

Not less than 10000 persons were
crowded into the stands at the gar
dens ball park and in the diamond
area when former Senator w. A. Clark,
chairman of the meeting, rose to ex-
plain the purpose of the gathering ami
to introduce the distinguished visitor.
Senator Clark was well received. His
interesting talk, that OF loyal citizen
of Montana. proud of her achievements
and confident that in this supreme
need of the nation she will acquit her.
self with highest honor, evoked much
enthusiastic applause.
When Mr.. Gerard began his address
there was tense feeling in the throng.
for every man knew that what then
was to be said was the result of first
hand information. Mr.. Gerard was
not giving his views, was not handing
out theories. He was giving the facts
to his fellow countrymen. When
Gerard told the crowd that at one
time German foreign minister said
10 him: Your country does not dare
DO anything against Germany because
we have in America 100000 trained re-
serNists, who will rise in arms against
your government if your government
dares move against Germany" every
man in the audience last night knew.
ana knew without a doubt, that Amer
lea had been threatened by the Ger
man autocrats. Gerard's answer was
characteristically American. 1t was
dramatic moment. The American
reply was, I'VE have sol 900 lamp
posts in America"
Mr.. Gerard put the present situa
ton squarely up to every man and
woman in Butte. There can be no
middle course. Those who do not
support the government must be con-
sidered treacherous to it. .T tell YOU
the time is coming when every man
must decide whether he is a traitor or
an American" were the ambassadors
ringing words that brought a great
eheer from his auditors.
Last nights meeting was a demon
stration OF loyalty In Butte. There
was not discordant note. The
speakers words were sincere and con-
vincins. 1ne impressfon he mads vii,
DC LASTING. HI has given Butte 40
Understanding a ~ internasicnaI sit
J.. = - (ContfntDan -. p~sr> .xss-ax a =
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tg on orders from Washington, federal authorities
E, assisted by the police, raded |. w. w. headquar
Silver Bow county this afternoon, together with a
of other places suspected of harboring traitors
to be active in spreading seditious propaganda in
immunity Up to a late hour this afternoon no ar
Id been reported. The known fact is however, that
number of l. W. W. members are being detained
. hall on North Wyoming street while the officers
<amining records, literature and correspondence
when they took possession of the place. Among
Ice the story is current that the authorities had
believe they might be able to connect the |. w. W.
[es in Butte with certain German agents suspected
hg money to the leaders of that organization with
[to+hamperng the United States government in its
.th Germany. On that ground none of tie officers
ID in the force making the raid today would speak
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
Final Orders Received by City
Board for Sending the Con-
scripts to American Lake.
Crary in Charge of Butte
Contingent.

The first part of the men drafted
IN Butte and Silver Bow county will
leave next Saturday for the training
camp at American Lake. Washington.
FHty eight men will go from the city
and county on Saturday. the Is from
the county leaving at 1885 o'clock in
the morning and the 40 from the city
leaving at 7:s5 in the evening. These
nonrs OF sentrainment are final. orders
having been received by the county
board last night Einal orders were
received by the city board lAst Satur-
asys ,Ihe cityJ and .cpunty. naeA' Who
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
FIRST SECTION OF DRAFTED
MEN WILL LEAVE SATURDAY

are TO leave Saturday are ordered to
report to their boards at 4 o'clock Fri
day afternoon.
With Silver Bow county's IS men
will go the first men from Powell
county. Granite county, Ravaln county
and Missoula county. These men are
to travel in a separate coach from
Butte to Missouia and the rest of the
Journey to American Lake in a tour
,st car which will be picked up at
Missouia. They will arrive In Ia
coma at $50 o'clock Sunday morn;nv
ana at the training camp two hours
,ater. They will arrive in the camp
~ hours ahead of the Butte city men.
who go in enc coach separate from
a.vsas vu from other parts OF the state.
70 pass throush Butte on their vsv
* x, american: Lake win be those from
1.een .en4. askS Sfshssd county, fSr-
'sssfss ocoesanSS4 q tk5s Ni5s.5 49,.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
= MORHL AND MHTERXHL POWER OF
labor TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT.

fapoiis' Sept. Samuel Comp
esident of the American FEEDER
Labor and chairman of the
an Alliance for Labor and De-
Pa which opened its national
nee here today. outlined the
of the organization as the as
q for the support of the gov
of "All the moral and ma
power of the working class of
Hon"
pan be our task,' he said, ito
t Americas democratic spirit
rpose in this conflict. to our
workers, especially those of
birth and to combat every
propaganda no matter by
Z may be carried on, which
weaken the loyalty and de-
q the masses. and their will
to strive and sacrifice FOR the
rnd its high purpose"
ompiete declaration Of princi-
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05

That is Declaration of Princi-
piles of Alliance for Labor
and Democracy, Headed by
Samuel Gompers.

Piles as announced by Mr.. Gompers is
as follows:
"As believers in the great and
splendid vision of democracy and in
terna ationalism, the fraternalism and
so;idsrit:' of all peoples. we assert at
this time our unqualified loyalty to
the republic of the United States Of
America and our determination to do
all that lies in our power to win the
war in which II q engaged.
Loyalty to the ideals OF freedom.
democracy and iriteruationslism re-
Quires loyalty to America. 5000
b s"DisioFa'ty to Anne rica In this crisis
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NEW SECRETS Of
INTRIGUE IN THE
PETROGRAD TRIAL
According to Alleged Testi-
mony, Soukhomlinoff is
the Criminal.
CAR DECIDED FOR PEACE
AND HIS MINISTER FOR WAR
That is Allegation of MichaeIis
as Result of Court-MartiaI
Testimony.

Amsterdam, Sept. SIN an inter
view with a representative of the
press, the German chancellor, DR..
George MichaeIis, has made a state
mont in regard to the disclosures at
the trial in Petrograd for high trea-
son of General SoukhomIinoff, former
minister Of war. (Great prominence
has been given in the German press
recently to testimony said to have
been taken at the SoukhomIinoff trial
tending to show Russia's responsibility
for the beginning of the war. Ac-
counts Of the trial reaching this coun-
try have not contained such testi-
mony).
Chancellor Michaelis said:
The statements of the former Rus
sian war minister and the former
chief of the general staff General
Januschkevitch) are of the greatest
Importance. They are calculated com
pletely to destroy the legend of Ger
many's guilt in starting the war and
they will force European opinion, if
the reports are allowed to be published
abroad, to revive its judgment on
Germany.
Relation to American Note.
THE moment at which these dis
closures were made is the more favor
able as we have just had knowledge
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05

James w. Gerard former ambassador from the United States
Germany brought the kaiser warning America direct
night when before multitude Columbia Gardens
the menacng words of the Teutonc lord uttered him
savage moment of German victory America had
after this shall stand from America after the war;
Repeating these threats and others from the lips
assistants the former ambassador
three keep silence and able
bring home the absolute knowledge that this
the United States joining the military combination against
the central empires Europe fighting
ev
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
SUGAR REF|NER|Es co
UNDER j. S. CONTROL
They Voluntarily Place Their
Business Under Govern
ment Supervision.

Washington, Sept. 5.-Control of the
sugar industry in the United States
was placed voluntarily in the hands
of the food administration today by
refiners' representatives who agreed to
import all raw sugar through a COM
mittee to be named by Herbert
Hoover.
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ION HERE IS PAR
| NATIONWIDE SEARCH
RDERED BY GOVERNMENT
Service Officers, Marshal Asbridge,
|ded by City Authorities, Seek Eyi-
dence of Treason

Places in Hands of Police and Will Be In
(ed Into Said That Officers Hope to Find
Hence Connecting l. w. w. With German
knts Who Are Seeking to Hamper the Gov
ment Soldiers Nearby but Are Not Need
b Preserve Order.
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German Chancellor Lays Blame for War on
Russians Who Thwarted the Gar Orders
GERARD BRINGS HOME THE
REAL MENACE OF GERMANY
AGAINST UNITED STATES

thousand People Gather at Columbia Gardens TO Listen to
Frank Talk by Former Ambassador Who Tells the Facts at
Frst-Hand knowledge of the Kaser's Threats and Plans
Against America He Says Every Citizen of America Either
Traitor Firm Supporter of the Government
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
Prospect of Peace.

In supporting the tax bill as drafted,
Senator Lewis of Illinois Said he saw
4 prospect of peace and thought dras-
tic taxes therefore might not be neees-
sary.
To me there appears the prospect
of a peace and the end of the hos
tilities, if Germany so Wills it," he
said. Germany will soon put herself
in the hands of the United States as
the arbiter of the peace terms and
will accept any conditions that we
would prescribe rather than continue
struggle where the cordons of the
nations of the world are so frightened
about her as would surely bring her
to where she would have to take any
terms the avenging allies would force
upon her.
"The German people know that
within the spirit of our institutions
and under the motive that led us into
this war she need not fear vindictive
exclusion of her people from the
worlds highways of trade.
Woodrow Wilson has given Ger
many her great shock. She will not
lose her opportunity"
Senator Lewis said the tax bill issue
Continued on Page Five)
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Austrians Retreat, Leaving Al
most IncalcuIabIe Booty to
General Cadorna.
GERMANS PREPARE FOR
NEW RETREAT IN NORTH
1t is Expected Teutons Will
Flood LoWIands to Stop
the Allies.
THE WAR SUMMARY.

itaiy's long years of preparation and
General cadorna's strategy and abiI-
ity as commander continue to bear
fruit in the great offensive the Italian
armies are now wasins for Trieste.
Although official announcement is
lacking, there seems little reason to
question dispatches from various
sources that Monte San Gabrielle, the
last OF the Austrian stronsholds in the
Gorizia district, has been taken by the
Italians.
Now that his troops have taken this
peak, the way seems cleared for Gem
eral Cadorna to complete his domi-
nation of the Bainsizza plateau and
push on into the Chiapavono valley.
driving wedge in between the Aus
trian northern and southern armies
on the Isonzo front.
Prepare for Retreat.
On the Franco British front the
British hail of shells being dropped
upon the German lines in Flanders is
causing the Germans to contemplate
abandoning a wide expanse of terri
tory there now being swept by Gem
eral Haig's big guns and those of the
(CoDtinIed ON Dapa Eix,aN
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
To Preserve Freedom.

No national selfishness impelIed
this republic to enter this war. The
impelling motive was the consuming
idealism born with the establishment
OF this republic itself. to preserve free
dom not only for itself, but for all
nations. great and small. and the body
OF international law which all the
free democratic nations OF the world
respect and observe and only the bru
tal autocracies seek to dishonor and
destroy. In such a conflict real stand
and bearers of democracy and true
mternationalists can have mo lles.ta
tion IN supporting our republi.. which
mas made its own the cause ana in
terests OF all free peoples It 10 there
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
NATIONWIDE RAID
UNDER ORDERS Of
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Documentary Evidence of the
w. w. is Seized
Everywhere.
HAYWOOD, THE |. w. W.
LEADER, is ARRESTED
Raids Conducted by U. S. Mar
shalS, Aided by Local
Authorities.

Washington, Sept. 5.-N alton wide
seizure of documentary evidence of the
!. w. w. was conducted today under
direction of Attorney General Greg
ory
This action was taken under the
direction of the attorney general" !"
says a statement issued at the depart
ment Of justice, land in connection
with grand jury investigation which
is in progress in the United States
court in the northern district of IlIi-
nois."
Chicago, Sept. 5.-Federai agents
and city police this afternoon raided
headquarters Of the socialist party
and of the :. w. w., as a part of a CO.
ordinated plan stretching across the
county. William o. Haywood, national
secretary of the I. w. W., and former
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
Gather Outside.

p an hour after the federal Of
nd detectives entered Finlander
riking miners and l. w. w.
sathering outside. Before 8
the street was packed for the
each side of the hall, but the
nad made no attempt to dis
Men. however. gathered in
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
Warned to Submit.

Zen were warned to make no
20 escape. They stood around
Ps in the hall while the officers
themselves in looking over the
Papers were seized and ex-
and that work was still under
late hour this afternoon. On
IS of the hall were banners
that the place was the head
for the propaganda league of
W. for Butte. A large amount
ture was stored in one of the
pms and it is presumed that
Eh the other belongings of the
ntion will be carted away by
Red States marshal.
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is disloya!t, to the cause of freedom.
democracy and internationalism.
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Tternoon's raid was made un-
Eirection OF Edward w. Byrn,
of the United States secret
York in this city. MIR. Byrn,
lied by a number of his
by United States Marshal
and by Chief of Po-
Murphy, eight city detectives
b patrolmen, descended upon
y. the headquarters of the I.
Is well as the home of the
Nine Workers union. at l
his afternoon. Officers were
\ both the front and rear en-
md no one inside the building
pnitted to leave. on the other
me but officers were permitted
the building. The officers
u inside found nearly 100 men.
|ly all of whom were wearing
ke button of the Metal Mine
union. Many of these men
the red card denoting mem
Nm the / w w
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continued on Page Twelve.)
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FINAL VOTE ON
WAR PROFIT TAX
COMES TONIGHT
Efforts of the Higher Tax Ad-
vocates Are Sure
to Fail.
SENATOR LEWIS SEES
EARLY END OF WAR
Believes German People Will
Embrace the Opportunity
America Gives Them.

Washington, Sept. 5.-The sem
ate's closing contest over con-
scription of wealth to pay the ex-
penses of the war today took a
new turn when high tax advocates
sought increases in the war tax
bills profits rates. The final vote
on the war profits section, by
agreement, is to be taken before
night. The effort today was the
result of the failure again yester-
day of the high takers to SUBJ
stitute flat rate for the graduated
system. They suffered over
whelming defeat.
Among the proposals for increases
in the bills graduated scale to be
disposed of before the final vote were
those by Senators Hollis. Kenyon and
Johnson of California. 1t is expected,
however that the finance committees
provision for a levy of about one-
third on war profits, or an increase of
81 ,060 100000 over the present revenues
of S226.OO0,0 900. will be retained
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Continued on Page Five.)
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Prepare for Retreat.

Continued on Page Five.)
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WEATHER FORECAST

+ MONTANA-Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday warmer tonight. aL4e.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-09-05
Relation to American Note.

THE moment at which these dis
closures were made is the more favor
able as we have just had knowledge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20

plough, it is conceded may rightfully
exact price for its use. The same may
be said of the smelter Of the ore, and
of the miner But what excuse has the
owner of the land from which the ore
was mined? He did not make it; he
did not even discover it; yet he charges
toll from the man who discovered it,
and digs it from the earth.
Heretofore a land owner, as distin-
guished from a land user, has been con-
sidered the same morally as house
owner, or the owner of any other kind
of property. But this is now questioned
by many persons. There is disposi-
ton to draw distinction between land
values and labor values. Land values,
it is claimed, attach to land because of
the presence of population and the IN
dustry of society as whole; they attach
to unused land and to vacant lots the
same as to the improved land next to
it. Whereas labor values attach to
those things only upon which labor has
been expended in the making.
Granting the soundness of this de-
duction it follows that the two kinds
OF value require different economic
treatment. Since there is no society
without government. and since land
values are due to society and not to the
efforts of the individual owner of the
land, morality demands that these
values be taken to defray the cost of
government. In short, it is proposed by
the new economists that taxes be re-
moved from labor values and be con-
centrated upon land values, thus TAX
ing for the use of society the values
that society creates and leaving to the
individual the values that the individ-
ual creates.
But the shifting of taxes from labor
values to land values will do more than
simply adjust the rights of property
upon moral basis. 1t will cheaper raw
materials and lower the cost of produc-
ton. The land values that are created
hy society tend to increase with the
growth of the community. Lots in a
large city are worth more than in a
small town. Farms in thickly settled
community are worth more than on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20

the end in view, that of lettering the
lot of the laborer. But the second and
third factors give promise of good re-
suits. Raw materials mean, in the last
analysis, the natural elements supplied
bv nature. When iron ore has been
dug from the mine it is raw material to
the furnace man, but it is the finished
product of the miner. The same is true
of the brickmaker, who turns clay into
brick. The brick are raw material to
the builder, but they are the finished
product of the brickmaker. 1t is so OF
all processes of production.
To arbitrarily reduce the price of any
of the so-called raw materials, such as
iron or brick, is to aid the consumers OF
these products at the expense OF their
producers. But the mine owner, the
man who owns the ground from which
the ore or the clay is taken, what OF
him? Clearly, here is different rela-
tionship. To reduce the price OF BRICK
or iron below certain point will cause
men to stop making them. But to re-
duce the price of the clay bank or the
mineral land, though it would reduce
the income of the owner OF the land,
would not lessen the supply of clay or
ore.
This raises a moral question; and as
the economic problem is inseparable
from the moral problem, society Is con-
fronted with the question of whether
one man may rightfully exact tribute
from another man for the bare priv
iIege of living. The maker OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20

the vessel. For were even the cook to
be lost overheard it would be necessary
to assign another man to fill his place,
thereby increasing the burden upon the
remainder Of the crew.
1t is well to remember, therefore,
that production of one kind of wealth
means the production to that degree of
all kinds of wealth; and that whatever
hinders the production of any kind of
wealth handicaps the production Of all
wealth. Thus if the ploughmaker be
subjected to extra expense in the cost
Of material, heavy transportation
charges, or burdensome taxes, it will
appear in the price the farmer must
pay for his plough. And when it is
realized that the farmers whole crop,
save the little consumed by himself, is
exchanged for the products of other la
borers, it will be seen that he is as much
interested in what he buys as in what ne
sells; and he may be aided by lowering
prices on manufactured goods as we'll
as by raising the prices of farm prod
ucts-with this difference: the reduced
prices of. manufactured goods would aid
both the consumer of the farmers prod
ucts and the farmer himself.
1t follows, then, that to permanently
cheaper food products we must have re-
course to policy that will cheaper all
products. This may be done CD by low
ering wages, (2) by reducing the cost
of raw materials, or CD by lowering the
cost of production.
To lower wages would be to defeat