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The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
Sunday Closing Bill.

Phe opinion is general that there
4 be no extra session, but that the
pate and house in one grand and
Preeedented rush In the closing
gs will dispose of a large part of
more important bills now pending.
ne senate considered several bills
Statewide Importance today. One
these was Fl. B. 204, the Sunday
eing act, which was killed by vote
~ to 10 This bill was introduced
Johnston of Ravalli. 1t provided
the closing of all saloons on Sun
n The measure had passed the
se after a sharp debate. It had
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
CAMPAIGN
FOR NAVY IN PROGRESS
Twenty Days of Active Re-
cruiting Add lab Men
to the Service.

Washington. Feb. IA net gain of
Lab new recruits have been added to
the navy in the last 20 days compared
with total net gain for the whole OF
January OF approximately the same
number. The fun enlisted strength
has now reached a total Of 5s 300 APP
propriatiOns are available for a
strength Of 1850. but the Increase 50
far made has been possible only by
vigorous recruiting campaign
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
MANY OPPOSE PROBE
THAT COSTS s400,OO0

Washington. Feb. 22-The house be-
gan lining up today for the fight over
President Wilson's request for a t40o.
900 appropriation bill for the federal
trade commission investigation into
the high cost OF living.
Chairman Fitztgeraid announced he
would fight the expenditure on the
ground that nothing would be accom-
plished- Five republicans and five
democrats Joined in a letter to all
other members urging them TO support
the appropriation.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
y y, Drunk Tries to Escape
dll oy Saying He Voted for
y FIRST President. Fails to
0llow His Example and is
Errested for Lying.

I -iheoln's birthday, when a
proved to Jailer Barney La
.a' ne voted and fought for Lin
ae was sent home in a taxicab.
4 .haa.ses being betrayed by the
n a''ed Jailer. Another drunk
ms meVer. went too far in his
nh, ne took in too much terri
W. ne told the jailer he voted
Io.s .'eiy won't put me in I'll. :"
soh-that was his name. 4
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
FRENCH HGOVERNMENT TAKES
PART IN THE CELEBRATION

tier laid one at the foot Of the statue
for General Liautey. the French min
lister Of war. and H Cleveland Coxs
placed one for the Empire state society
OF the Sons Of the American Revolu-
tion- One OF the most beautiful
wreaths was that Of the municipal
council Of Paris
Albert Thomas. minister OF ruunf-
tions, represented the French govern
ment- Standing upon the base Of the
monument he recalled that the first
and only alliance made by the Amer
ican republic was with France. and
traced the anaiogies of the two peoples
and nations
The Principles of France.
One Of the best evidences Of thu
-
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
Minister of Munitions Makes
Address at Foot of WASH
ington's Statue in Paris. The
American Ambassador Also
a Speaker.

Paris. Feb. 22.-An the great depart
ments OF the French government-the
war office. the foreign Office and the
navy-and the municipality of Paris
were represented today in the cere-
monies at the foot Of the statue of
Washington In the Place d'Iena The
statue was erected In 1900 by the
women OF America. Many hundreds OF
Parisians and Americans watched the
placing Of the wreaths. General Save
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
MAINE LEGISLATURE
PASSES SUFFRAGE BILL

Augusta, Me. Feb. 22.-By unani-
nous vote the senate today adopted a
resolution providing for woman suf-
frage by constitutional amendment.
The measure which the house adopted
yesterday. li3 to IS. now goes to Gov
ernor Miiliken for approval and will
be submitted to the voters at the Sep
tember election. Governor Milliken in
his inaugural address advocated a
referendum on the suffrage ISSUE
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
PARIS REPORTS TWO
LARGE SHIPS LOST

Paris. Feb. 22.-Ofricial announce
ment was made today of the sinking
on February 21 of the Dutch steam
ship Ambon, 3.5ss tons gross, and OF
a British trawler.
The sinking of the Norwegian
steamship Alice. 70s tons. and Of the
Russian steamer Sigrid Of 2.1s4 tons
also was announced.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
NEUTRALITY ENFORCEMENT
MEASURE MAY FAIL

Washington. Feb. 22.-The senate
judiciary committee today failed TO
agree to the bill proposed by the de-
partment of justice to authorize the
president to use the armed forces of
the United States to enforce Its neu-
trality obligations. and 1t was declared
by several senators that 1t probably
would not be passed.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
GERARD AND PARTY
ARRIVE IN MADRID

Madrid. Feb % tvia Londont.-
James W Gerard. former American
ambassador at Btrlin, and his party
arrived here this morning on their
way to the United States.
The Americans were met at ths
station by representatives Of the for
eign office and BY James Willard. the
American ambassador, and his staff
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SWEDISH STEAMER WITH
FIVE AMERICANS ABOARD
SUNK OFF SPANISH COAST
Crew is Given Ten Minutes to Leave the Ship and All Reach
Shore in Safety Report is Forwarded to Washron by the
American Consul at Barcelona Submarines Claim Many
Ships in the Mediterranean

Washington, Feb 22-Sinkng by German submarine of the
Swedish Skogand which had five Americans aboard
the had been given minutes take their boats
ported by Consul General Hurst Barcelona Spain
day the department No injured
safely Tarragona SPAIN The Skogand 1897
sailed from Norfolk IAN 26 for Bagnol Italy.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
Got 200 Cars a Day.

Two representatives Of the Chicago
Board OF Trade appeared before the
commission on car service on Monday
and Tuesday the statement reads
They said they had been getting at
Chicago 200 cars a day for east
bound grain and that they considered
that fair distribution of cars consid-
ering the general shortage. They said
they only wanted assurances that they
would continue to get 200 cars a day
after the new car service rules Of the
American Railway association went
into effect on Feb. Il.
THE representatives OF the board Of
trade stated that IL they did not get
200 cars a day the grain merchants Of
Chicago would lose more money; that
1t would discriminate against them In
favor of Kansas City Omaha and 9TH
er grain eenters.
For Export Grain.
The commission on car service told
the Chicago men that they would have
(Contlnued on Pr ge Saveu1
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
TWO BRITISH VESSELS
SENT TO THE BOTTOM

London. Feb. 22.-The British steam
ers Perseus and Corso have been sunk.
Lloyds shipping agency announced to-
day Four men Of the Perseus crew
are missing.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22

OVER PRICE Of
FOOD CONTINUE
me New York Police Suppress
Many 0utbursts in
the City.
BEGIN
PROBE OF CONDITIONS
Statistics Fail to Show Suffer-
ing as Result of High
Prices.

New York, Feb. 22.-Housewives
continued their denominations against
tho high cost Of living here today.
Police reserves suppressed outbreaks
IN various parts Of the city. Dozens
OF pushcarts were overturned, the con-
tents destroyed and the owners at
tackled. Two women were arrested
charged with assault and later re-
leased. Hundreds Of women, some
with babies in arms, acted as pickets
before provision stores in an effort to
establish boycott. Most of the dis
orders occurred when a would be pur-
chaser dsfied the piekets.
A police court magistrate in sus-
pending sentence on one offender gave
warning that hereafter he would send
disturbers to jail.
II have had a number of you women
before me-" he said. "and not one of
you has impressed me as though you
were starving"
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
Investigation in Progress.

Heads Of city departments asserted
today that a superficial examination
OF municipal statistics failed to show
results that might be attributed to
lack Of sufficient nourishment caused
by the high price of food. In obedience
to instructions from Mayor Mitchell
they began, however. an investigation
to learn IL there was any basis for
complaints voiced at the mass meet
ings in the poorer districts this week
and by committees that have called on
the mayor
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-02-22
Death Rate Lower.

At the offices of the board of health
1t was said that the death rate con-
tinued to be lower this year than
last and that statistics of illness ap-
parently did not show that lack of
nourishinent had been an Increasing
cause of disease.
Public charities officials said that
Ilesu 4
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The Corso was vessel of 3,242 tons.
She was last reported as having passed
through the Red sea eastbound on
January 4.
Two British steamers Perseus are
listed. The larger is a vessel OF 6.T2s
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Continued on Page six.)
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WEATHER FORECAST

MONTANA-Probaby snow tonight
and Thursday continued cold.
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CONTINUED on Page six-)
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
WE1ISKEY MILLS OF UNITED
STATES ARE NOW SILENT
Were Closed Saturday Night by Order of Government
Supply for Two Years Is on Hand

All whisky and gin distilleries in
the United States quit business Sat
urday night, Sept. 8, so far as the
making of drinks is concerned, the
government having ordered that the
annual consumption of corn, rye and
molasses, amounting to 3,500,00O,-
600 pounds, be turned from distillery
use to the maintaining of the nation
and its army in "fuel value" This
amount of grain, it is estimated,
would maintain an army of 5000, 900
men for more than a year.
The last published report of the
commissioner of internal revenue
shows that there was sent into the
drink trade in the United States in
the fiscal year of 1916, more than
133,000,000 gallons Of distilled in
toxicants. The nations whisky bill
for last year was probably some
where between $1,8O0,000,O00 and
$2,000,000,000. This takes no ac-
count of the vast sums paid out for
wine and beer. The internal revenue
taxes paid the federal government on
distilled spirits and their incidentals
were for the year $165,000,00O.
Whisky manufacturers have been
manufacturing liquor in immense
quantities since the war measure be-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
COLOR Line is IGNORED In
ASSIGNMENT OF TROOPS

Washington Ignores Protests From
The South and Will Put Negro
Regiments at All Cantonments.
WASHINGTON, D. Glow color
lines have been ignored in the as
signment of negro troops in the
drafted section of the national army
is revealed in general orders issued
today, showing the war departments
intention to apportion the negro
troops evenly, where possible, in all
environments.
The order provides that in every
cantonment there shall be one negro
infantry regiment, where sufficient
personnel is available.
Protests have been made against
quartering negro troops in certain
parts of the South, but no modifica-
ton has been made.
The order is taken as an indication
of what the war department will do
in disposing of similar regiments in
national guard camps.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11

.ne system on which the
f. Wnen he openly uses the
!. wireless to transmit in
, w a coworker in Euorpe.
! samples given above are
EIio Usually the code is much
FDSJ ia making it so much
Io uglect. The number of
F'seters, sometimes carries
s 5ss%5uffEntly the message is
a VI. - the code information
n, VI French, or Spanish. or
way w to destroy code mes
h II cablegrams such as
lsnoCara nspose words, rear
EEsnces' or even rewrite the
If5s ,t retaining the sense
Ou' clothing it in other
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
WHISKY AND TOBACCO
GAIN IN CONSUMPTION
ALL RECORDS BROKEN REPORT
OF INTERNAL REVENUE COM
MISSIONER SHOWS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-All previ-
Gus American records for consump-
ton of whisky, cigars, cigarettes and
tobacco apparently went by the board
during the last fiscal year. The pre-
liminary report of the commissioner
of internal revenue, Osborne, cover
ing the twelve months ended July 80,
made public today, shows record tax
collections on these and other arti-
cles. Here are the grand totals of
production, on which taxes were paid:
Distilled spirits from every source,
rye, corn, wheat, apples, peaches,
pears, pineapples, oranges, apricots,
berries, prunes, figs and cherries
164, 1852 gallons, an increase of
26,000,0O0 gallons over the previous
year, yielding tax return of $780,
563,055.
Cigars of all descriptions and
weight, 9,216,901,113, approximate
ly ninety per capita, as compared
with 1887, 720,530 the previous year.
Cigarettes, 80, 529, 1884, 38, as com
pared with 21,087,757,07S, an in
crease of more than 40 per cent. Of
ficials see in this a tremendous in
crease in the number of women
smokers.
Tobacco, chewing and smoking,
445, 763,206 pounds, an increase of
28,500,000 pounds.
Even snuff went to apparent new
high levels of production, with 49,
377,751 pounds, an increase of g.
100000 pounds in the year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11

same censor opened and read this
message from Sweden to New York !:
rs father dead or deceased?"
What information did that word
dead" convey? 1t certainly meant
more than appeared on the face of
1T; the answer is proof of that. Yet
the censor had no better reason for
changing it than dislike of the one
word.
Censor Can Spoil Code.
With treachery on every hand, the
censor must be on the alert every
hour of the day. Take the case of
the press dispatch given above. Sup
pose the censor should have mistrust-
ed it. With few strokes of his pen
Gil he could have made it read:
The Planet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Give immediate notice to en-
barge ruling of President Will
son. Situation so grave as to af-
feet international law. May ruin
many neutrals. Newspapers uni
flying country's unrest.
STRESSMAN.
The sense has not been changed in
the slightest, yet the first letter of
every word contains the unintelligi-
bic core statement that "Ginteropws-
sgatailmromnnuci."
A more subtle form of transmit
ting information is by a series of
from two to six cable or wireless
messages. To get the code message
it is necessary to read in sequence
the first word in each of the series
of messages, then the second, the
third, and so on. The one care that
the sender must exercise is that each
of the separate messages must be
an intlligent communication, other
wise a censor would realize that a
code was being used and either
throw away the entire message or
blue pencil it until the code would
resemble mass of Egyptian hier-
oglyphics.
Spies Make U-Boats Success.
1t is no secret that German agents,
working in England and the United
States, have been furnishing the Ger
man naval chiefs with news of arriv-
ais and departures of merchant ship
ping at ports in these countries. In
no other way could the submarine
campaign have been made so effect
i've. In fact, one German agent in
an Atlantic port was caught red
handed in the work. Among wireless
messages of a seemingly business ma
ture sent every day from near this
port to Madrid, Spain, there was al
ways one from this man each day a
ship sailed for a Mediterranean port.
These messages were innocent
enough in their faces, but when every
third letter of a message was read,
it spelled the name of the vessel sail
ing that day and the port to which
it was bound. The German agent
who received the message in Madrid
in turn communicated the informa-
ton to the U-boat base in the Medi-
terranean.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
SUMTER COUNTY'S TAX
RATE GIVEN A BIG BOOST

The commissioners of Sumter
county have raised the county tax
rate from ten to thirteen dollars a
thousand.
This will be the highest rate ever
paid in Sumter, the rate never having
been over ten dollars thousand at
any time in the past.
Some of the commissioners were
In favor of making the assessment
even higher, placing it at fifteen dol
Lars a thousand, and the rate finally
agreed upon was a compromise.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
RECORD SHIPMENT OF
CATTLE COMING TO GEORGIA

Camilla Men Buy Seven Thousand
Head For South Georgia.
Two hundred and forty-four car
loads, approximately seven Thousand
head, of cattle have been contracted
for by D. L. Wade and Dan Miller.
of Camilla, Ga, to be delivered at
the rate of two cars per day from
September 1 to December 81.
These cattle will be sold to South
Georgia farmers who are developing
the cattle raising industry as never
before in the history of the state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
WILL CUT HEAVILY THE
RATIONS FOR STRANGERS
A Plague of Summer Resorters Has
Stirred Copenhagen's Wrath.

COPENHAGEN Being stirred to
wrath by plague of summer re-
sorters who have unduly added to
mouths to be fed on scanty rations
and also bought stocks to smuggle
home two of the most prominent dis
tricts have decreed the expulsion of
all strangers who have resided four
weeks or more IN a district. The
cost of bread for guests has been
doubled and the milk and butter ra-
lions have been cut to a third of
that given the natives. Heavy re-
wards for the detention of food pur-
chasers are promised.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11

came certainty and have stored a
supply sufficient to last for two years.
The number of distilleries register
ed and operated during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1917, was
Grain distilleries registered, 1913;
operated, 278; molasses distilleries
registered, rs; operated, rs; fruit
distilleries registered, 337; operated,
301; total registered, 700; operated,
COS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11

h NGead' read one cable
I'd t HeW York to Sweden
don through the British CEN
/ 'c cer For some inexplicable
Ad.S' 'isor mistrusted the
|" TS So ne changed it to
inree days later the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
ms BAFFLE SPIES;
WIT BATTLE.

SONS OF UNCLE oAM
4 SECRET MESSAGES
,BLE AND WIRELESS.
INFORMATION GIVEN
lOCENT LOOKING WORDS
OmmunicatiOn Sent Under
or Through Air Closely
Lied, For 1t May Not Be
Ii Seems.
the recent curt announce
United States officials
snsor all outgoing wireless
messages is concealed one
ost drastic steps taken by
ban to make more difficult
of German spies in this
impossible to weed out the
mselves. They are far too
far too secretive in their
5, far too clever at covering
ks. The next best thing to
make it as difficult as posi-
eman secret agents to COM
to Berlin the information
procured, and it is to this
Uncle Sam is casting a
glance at all messages sent
h wireless or cable.
sound to Be Leaks.
ful and efficient censorship
oubtedly prevent considera-
rmatiOn of military value
Germany. But there are
be leaks. Sometimes the
Ire shrewder than the spies;
times the spies get the bet
IBIS battle of wits. Despite
mment's close supervision
and wireless stations, Ger
sent to Berlin exact infor-
] the sailing of Pershing's
France, the route of the
details Of the conveying
the port of debarkation in
And the speed with which
ame possessed of these Sc
ludes any other method of
alton than the wireless, or
the cable.
sSage undoubtedly was sent
I'm, the message itself being
lie on the face of it that the
uSplclOns were not aroused.
lot difficult matter, once
established between sender
Ver What is apparently a
communication or a press
70 some neutral country
tam military or naval in
Of the greatest value.
Coded Message Works.
H the Innocence" of the
dlspatch-purely fictitious,
from a newspaper CORE
d Washington TO his paper
iOlm, Sweden:
lnet, Stockholm, Sweden.
lngton, D. c., July l.
ltS e m b argo ruling
have immediate notice.
situation affecting inter
law, Statement fore
rum of many neutrals.
journals unifying nation
ement immensely.
STRESSMAN.
al @age, however, is not near
ocent as it appears to be.
iolllar with the code used
lrSt letter of every word
the startling information:
ng sailed from New York
another, purporting to be
message, which contains
same information:
FORK, July 1.--Apparent-
as protest is thorough
u IN and ignored. Is
~ nit. Blockade issue
pleteXt for embargo on
le@ ejecting suets and
pe oils, ARNAUT.
fsarlace it is merely a warn
urn !,, Of Swiss soapmakers
VIII be affected by the
81, embargo. But the state
!; ,Snlng sails from N. Y.
ri ! conveyed by the second
p'ten Very Complicated.
me system on which the
y ! When he openly uses the
y !. wireless to transmit in
10 a coworker in Euorpe.
. samples given above are
/, Usually the code is much
uSJated, making it so much
Io uetect. The number of
Fssyers, sometimes carries
a,eeg5uently the message is
@ VI. = the code information
an VT french, or Spanish, or
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
New Wash Fabrics For Fall

We want you to have good look at New Fall Wash
Goods We haven't felt eated purchase for long
while when the the beautiful range Of washable fabrics
that are atop the tables and bullying of the shelving
Sometimes attribute such purchases luck and then again
think must be good Judgment but on this occasion we
inclined give ourselves credit for considerable orehought
in buying cotton goods while the staple lowering
the "teens"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11
The New Suits of Decided Charm

They find many ways of being different that you NAV be
Of finding your individual type among them From de-
gnes all the world for artistic and conceptions in
modelling and drapng style which truthuy reflect
the handiwok Of such able peers Make you this
collection Of Suits
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-09-11

Lit Is the makers whom you and both know so we'll by
reputation that have contributed lines the beautiful
which we now showing for Fall visit Shoe de-
partent at this time will be revelation to those who admire
graceful and artistic lines and who appreciate the fne
careful work of craftsmen who have spent lifetime at the
bench Specimens now shown in windows.
The Keota news., 1917-01-26
What Boys and Girls are Doing

A prominent Chicago newspaper in
commenting upon the recent Interna-
tional Live Stock exposition, called
attention to the fact that the hero Of
the show was boy twelve years old.
Ralph Peak, Of Winchester, Illinois,
won the first annual interstate boys
and girls feeding contest. No one
could dispute the wisdom Of the judges
when the boy led forth the sleek baby
steer which was adorned with the blue
ribbons. The second place in the con-
test was taken by boy from Iowa; the
seventh place by girl from Iowa,
whose handled calf was . credit to
the care of his small mistress. The
youngest CONTESTANT was George Peak,
the tiny six-year-old brother Of the blue
ribbon winner. Twenty-eight boys and
two girls took part in the contest.
While such contest is. ut present,
somewhat unique, it il hoped by all
interested in stock raising that the
particular feature encouraging children
to participate is to remain permanent
one. Experts Of the stock show hail
with enthusiasm the new era Of child
competition in the industry of cattle
raising. Harriet Shipley, Colorado
Agricultural College, Fort Collins.
Colorado.