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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

Associated with them in opposition to the armed neutrality bill were the fol. lowing 1s representatives who voted against the House bill Thursday:
 Republicans: Benedict of California, Cary of Wisconsin, Cooper of Wisconsin Davis of Minnesota. Helgesen of North Dakota, Lndbergh of Minnesota, Nelson of Wilconsin, Stafford of Wisconsin, Will sen of Illinois.-9.
 Democrats: Decker of Missouri shackleford of Missouri, Sherwood of Ohio.-3.
 Socialist: London of New York.-l. SENATORS SUPPORT PRESIDENT festo were:
 Democrats: Ashurst, Bankhead, Beck ham, Broussand, Bryan, Chamberlain Chiffon, Fletcher, Hardwick, Hitchcock Hollis, Hughes, Husting, James, John son of South Dakota. Kern, Lea, Lee, Lewis, Martin of Virginia, Maritime of New Jersey, Myers, Newlands, Overman Owen, Phelan, Pittman, Pomerene, Rams dell, Reed, Robinson, Salisbury, Sha- froth, Sheppard, Shields. simmons
 
 Smith of Georgia Smith of Maryland Smith of South Carolina. Swanson. Thom- as, Thompson Tillman Underwood, Walsh and Williams
 Republicans Borah, Brady, Brandegee A Catron, Clark, Colt. Curtis, Dillingham;, Dupont Fall, Fernald, Herding, Jones Lodge, Mcumber, Mclean, Nelson, Oli- yer, Page, Poindexter, Sherman Smith of Michigan. Shoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend. Walsworth, Warren. Watson and Weeks.-30.
 Of the seven senators not recorded three, Gallinger and Golf, republicans, and Gore democrat. were absent on ac- count of sickness. Senators Lippitt, re- publican. and Johnson of Maine. and Smith of Arizona democrats. were absent from the city. Senator Culberson. demo- crat. did not reac.. t.ie Senate in time to be recorded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
TROOPS ADD wARLIKE TONE

review the marchers from a stand before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
WILSON TAKES OATH OF OFFICE AT THE CAPITOL
Woodrow Wilson Reaffirms With Uplifted Hand and Grave Features Promises to Uphold Con stitution-Will Be Formally Inaugurated
 Today-Inaugural Address Incomplete

flee his second today in his at the cap to will be formally inaugurated tomorrow with public ceremonies relectng great national expression of Ame canism
 Before desk piled with executive business laid before him in the closing hours of Congress and surrounded by members of his official family the President reaffirmed with upted hand and grave features his promise uphold the cons
 on in whatever crisis may confront the nation in the tous four years before it.
 After he had repeated soenn the oath taken first by Wash ngon century and quarter ago. he kissed the Bible at the passage reading:
 she Lord refuge; very present help in time of trouble.''
 to extend his congratulations Wrngng the Presidents hand the chief justice looked ferventy his moment and then said brokeny: s8#
 sMr. President am very, very happy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

immediate cause of the break was dis patch sent to the Chinese minister at Toxo, committing China to a rupture of relations with Germany and union with the entente powers under certain condi- tions. The President refused his approval because, he declared, Parliament must sanction all measures contemplating war
 President Li-Yuan- Hung justifies his position by article B of the provisional constitution, which reads as follows:
 ''The provisional President shall have power, with the concurrence of the na- tional council to declare war and con- cludc treaties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
Responsibility for Failure of Senate 10 Back President Is Fired Upon TWelDe Senators LdF0Uette
 Is PreDerted From Making
 Speech on the Subject

Washington 4-Twev
 
 President Wilson's nation the will someet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

Parliament is virtually unanimous in favor of the opinion of the cabinet. The leaders of all the political parties are adversely criticising the Presidents po- sition The vice president of the re- public supports the cabinet.
 An official statement issued from the Presidents office says that the break be- tween the President and the premier was \ due to personal differences rather than t, the foreign policy, President Li-ynan- Hung has sent representatives to lien tsin to induce the premier to return to Pekirs.
 According to the Presidents office, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05

nation defed the will of overwhelming maority Cong and denied the President law authorizing him the German submarine menace
 Unyedng throughout 26 hours of continuous session to ap pea that their defiance the President would be humatng to the country uncompromsng crisis described to them as the most serious to the nation since the civil and his small group of supporters refused majority of their colleagues opportunity vote the armed neutrality bill and it died with the Sixty fourth Congress To fix responsibility before the country 76 senator's 30 pubcans and 46 democrats signed manifesto proclaimng the world that they favored passage of the The text of the manifesto follows
 The majority of United States favored pass of the Senate bill authorizing the President of the States to American merchant vessels similar bill having already passed the House by of 403 13 Under rules of the Senate allowing unlimited debate appears be impossible to obtain vote previous noon March 917 when this session of Congress expires We statement entered the record to establish the fact Senate ia vored the legislation and would pass it if vote could be o taned
 Thirteen hm Senator republican the bill had opportunity afforded him. The the Is the authority he asked from Congress n the crisis
 
 
 
 Nssouri. Vardaman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
CABINET OF CHINA
 ADVOCA TIES BREAK: PRESIDENT OB|yECTS

Peking March 1.-The cabinet today drided that China should join the United States breaking off relations with Germany This decision submitted dthe President who refused approve the cabinets acon power ed entirely with him. Premier Yuan ChilJu immediately signed and left for 1enTsn accompaHd y several other members of the cabinet. &
 The resignation of the entire cahnetfs expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-05
SOUTHERN STATES
 THREATENED WITH
 DISASTROUS FLOOD
Overflows Cover Wider Area Than Any Floods In Recent Years-Bad In
 Tennessee
CAHABA RIVER IS
 ON RAMPAGE ALSO

l Five southern states Tennessee, Alabama, Geor-
 gia, North Carolina and Vir-
 ginia-are threatened with
 disastrous floods.
 Rivers already are over their banks in eastern Tennessee, southern Geor- 1 gia and eastern Alabama, with con
 siderable property damage and hun dreds homeless in Tennessee. So far
 no loss of life has been reported. Chattanooga and Knoxville, in Tennes ] see, and Mont gomery and Tuscaloosa, il
 Alabama, are the cities most directly
 threatened. Lowlands around the two Tennessee towns already have been flood ed and in Chattanooga many residents have been driven from their homes Sub
 urbs of Knoxville are cut off by flood waters.
 1 Besides the Tennessee river, the Cum 1 berland in that state, is expected tc
 reach flood stage tomorrow, whil fur.
 ther east Little Pigeon river has over. l flowed it's banks.
 ] Rivers at flood stage in Alabama are i the Alabama, Black Warrior, Tombgbee
 and Chattahoochee. In Georgia the Geo ! nee, Ocmulgee and Chattahoochee are te
 be at flood stage Monday. In Nortt 1 Carolina the Roanoke and Neuse rivers
 are rising rapidly and may overflow, and
 the Upper James in Virginia is threaten | ing to go out of it's banks 1 The floods are the result of heavy rains
 for the past several days throughout the south Flood stages in the 10 rivers are predicted on the present rainfall. Gen 1 orally rain or snow is forecast for to- morrow in the five states affected, bu fair weather is promised for Tuesday. i The threatened floods apparently covel
 a wider area than any floods recorded l in the south in recent years and ind
 cations are that in some places, particu arly in the eastern Tennessee, they vii ! be the most disastrous in many years. Cahaba Is Rising | Montgomery March 4.-Water in thre, rivers in central Alabama tonight arc out of their banks. and still rising rap l ry. The Coosa and Tallapoosa, which | join and form the Alabama river, witt
 the last named, are overfiowing theil banks at all low places, and the Cahaba l farther to the west. also is on a ram page. Warnings have been sent out tha
 a stage within two to three feet of tn,
 maximum during the disastrous Jul, l floods of last year will be reached by 1 Tuesday night.
 !, Central Alabama has just experienced
 a record breaking rain and all stream. i fed from the central watersheds are over, 1 flowing.
 | At Union Springs, Ala, a wash-out or
 the Central of Georgia railroad caused | trains to be delayed for several hours The Ocmulgee here is within few
 inches of flood stage and the weather bureau predicted that it would reach ol pass flood tomorrow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
SUIT FOR DAMAGES
FROM CITY FAILS

Mrs. Arletta X. Bryan lost a suit
against the city Of Missoula for $1,000
damages in the district court yester-
day The jury unanimously found for
the defendant.
Mrs. Bryan declared that the city
was responsible for injuries she ex-
perienced in January, 1915, when she
slipped on a iron door in the side
walk in front of the Odd Fellows
building. She alleged that the door
had .been made slippery by snow and
was dangerous for the reason that all
nobs on the surface had been worn
off.
City Attorney John Campbell argued
that the woman's fall was simply an
accident for which the city could not
be blamed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
AMERICA STANDS READY TO SEND TROOPS
The Weather
Montana-Partly cloudy Wednesday
and Thursday; somewhat warmer
Wednesday in south portion.
ADMIRALTY CHANGE
DEEMED EXPEDlENT

London, May 2.-Impsrtant reorgan-
izations of the staff and methods Of
the admiralty will shortly be put into
effect for the purpose of meeting the
submarine menace, according to the
Daily Mail. The changes are being
planned by Premier Lloyd George in
collaboration with Sir Edward Carson
and the war cabinet.
The premier has directed important
inquiries with a view to the intro
duction of new methods.
An examination of the administra-
ton machinery with which the adj
miralty has been fighting the sub
marines in the past Is said by the
Mail to have convinced the premier
that !, reorganization is desirable. The
paper specifies two directions in which
important changes are contemplated,
namely the admiralty inventions board
of which Lord Fisher is chairman, and
the department in control of sea traf-
fic has been inefficient owing TO a fail
ure to realize the great proportions of
the submarine menace.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
BOMBS ARE THROWN
IN RUSSIAN RIOTS

Petrograd, May There were street
disorders here yesterday, during which
bombs were thrown. Major General
kashtalinski was killed.
The executive committee of the
workmens and soldiers delegates to-
day placarded the city with the fol-
lowing proclamation:
Yesterday many regretable Incl
dents occurred in the capital, notably
an unknown man killed General
Kashtalinski. Shots were fired on a
group of political demonstrators and
bambs were thrown.
"Only mad men, or enemies of ma
tional liberty, are capable of such re-
voting acts, which might compromise
the Russian revolution. The executive
committee condemns these severely
and appeals to all citizens to prevent
a repetition of such acts as would
provoke anarchy and a disorganization
of the forces of the revolution.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
REVENUE BILL
TORN ASUNDER
IN COMMITTEE
Radical Increases in Tax
Rates Proposed on Incomes
Exceeding $4,000.

Washington, May 1.-The house
ways and means committee today be-
gan ripping apart and redrafting the
war revenue bill demanded by it's sub
Two brief sessions of the full COM
mittee resulted in overturning by a
vote Of II to the sub committee pro-
posal to reduce the amount to be
raised from 81, sOo,ooo,o 900. as suggested
by Secretary McAdoo to approximate
ly $1,400, 100000 and in a general up
ward revision of the income tax in
creases written into the bill.
Every rate affecting incomes above
$4,000. it is understood, was ten
tatively increased by the full COM
mittee. So sharp were advances, it Is
said, that about half of all incomes in
excess Of 100000 annually would &c
to the government.
Excess prOfits tax proposals will be
attacked by the committee tomorrow
with every indication that the sub
committee plan will be greatly altered
1t proposes doubling the present rate
OF 8 per cent on profits exceeding
$1,000. Many Republican members
declare they will never agree to such
a large increase.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
Problem Of Transportation an
Important COnsidera-
ton Just Now.
ALLIED COMMISSIONS
! URGENT IN REQUEST
Psychological Effect Upon
Germans Is Point Most
Emphasized.

Washington. May 1.-The United
H''t'S stands ready to send an army
e." Europe whenever the allies deem it
se to divert the necessary SHINING
iio'a transporting food to transports
ing men
1t became known definitely todav
mat the government has offered tho
allies troops but has suggested that
'he alarming shortage of world ship
ping may make it impractical to send
them at once. In spite OF objections OF
the general staff to putting American
forces on the firing lines before the
great war army has been raised and
trained, the administration has de-
termncd that the small contingent
earnestly desired by France for moral
effect shall be sent as soon as possi-
bie. Whether the force shall be made
up OF regulars or national guardsmen,
or both. has not been decided
Discouragement for Germans.
! state department officials have con-
tinuously urged the sending of an army
solely for it's psychological effect, ii
not only in encouraging the allied
troops. but in diseouraging the Ger
mans. They have felt that such a. step
would consccrate the United States az.
! a full member of the alliance entitled
to most honorable seat at the peace
| conference.
Some who have vigorously opposed
|
fering with the training of a larger
army have modified their views as II
result of the arguments advanced by
| the military experts with the French
commission here that training can be
much better carried out in France
within the sound of the guns. Never
thcless. the opposition of the staff has
not wavered.
The tonnage required for trans
porting the regular American unit OF
$4,000 men would be nearly half a
million tons.
1t remains for the allies to determine
If they can afford to divert that
amount Of shipping.
Viii Gladly Make Sacrifice.
| llt.ie doubt exists that the French
will gladly make any sacrifice neces-
sary to have American troops in
France, as that has been the great
plea OF their mission. They have point
cd out that this is needed to con-
vince the Germans beyond doubt that
all Americas resources have been
thrown into the battle.
The British also are known to be
anxious to have American troops in
: France as n final earnest manifestation
: of American participation. nut there is
| reason to believe that they have taken
, a somewhat more detached view than
the French Overcome by the whole :
heartedness of American cooperation
! In the war, they believe that the one
| essential point Is to marshal the com :
y mon resources to the greatest ad /
!, vantage.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
TOOL SHORTAGE
Is NEW MENACE
20 BIG CROPS
Only Is Per Cent of Output
Is Promised by Implement
Manufacturers.

Chicago, May l.--Members of the
special committee, recently appointed
by the National Implement and Vehicle
association to cooperate with the fed
eral government to increase thus
country's food production, met here to-
day and issued a statement calling at
tention to the fact that the success OF
the campaign will be seriously jeopar-
died because of the shortage of farm
implements due to the inability of inn
plement manufacturers to obtain more
than rs per cent of the sheet steel
needed to supply the normal demand
of the farmers this year.
With a largely increased demand for
farm implements to meet war neces-
stiles OF this country and Europe, the
manufacturers find themselves unable
in some lines of implements 10 supply
more than - per cent of the normal
trade this year, because of a reduction
| in the allotment of raw material.
They further declare tfht they have
made every possible effort to contract
| for the steel necessary to meet the ex-
! traordinary demand, but have been I'M
successful. They were compelled to ap-
peal to the federal government recent
" in order to obtain Is per cent of
their normal annual supply.
| The committee issued IA statement,
which reads in part:
Reports from all parts of the coun-
try show that "A great shortage in farm
implements prevails right now. All
factories making tractor plows are un-
able to meet the requirements of their
trade. The corn acreage has been de-
creased by the shortage of listers, the
tool necessary to plant corn in fal
wheat fields. A shortage of regular
corn planters is also imminent. All this
is occasioned by inability to secure raw
material. particularly iron and stee
products.
The production of implements ha
l CONTINUED on Page Six.)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
HOGS BRING $3.50
AT WOODSIDE SALE

Western Montana porltors are COM
mandng higher prices than the rec
ord price from Montana of SD a hun
dred" reported from Great Falls yes
terday. 0n April %, at an auction at
Woodside by the IAman tulberson
company, 1o5 fat hogs Were sold to
an Idaho buyer for $3.50 a hundred.
aissoula provision men said yestor
day that $3.50 was not the prevailing
price here. but said that several sales
Of western Montana hogs for more
than SIS have been made.
"The Woodside price is the highest
! ever heard of in Montana said John
Il. Daily yesterday.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
LOANS WILL BE
MADE RUSSIANS
AND SERBIANS
Amount of First Loans to
France and Italy Will BE
$10O,0O0,OOO.

Washington. May 1.-The amount of
the first loan to France and Italy.
Secretary McAdoo announced tonight,
will be slo0,oo0,0o0 each. The first
installment, about $25.0eo.0oo, of the
Italian loan probably will be made to-
morrow.
A loan to Russia also will be made.
Mr. McAdoo stated and the loan to
Belgium Is under consideration.
Announcement of the first Offering
of bonds under the war finance law.
Mr. McAdoo said. has been delayed
because the needs Of the allied gov
ernments have not yet been sufficient :
ly developed to form a final program.
Discussions nave reached q staRa.
however. where the size and other
terms Of the first offering OF bonh
virtually have been decided upon 49,
Continued on Page Ten.N
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
COnfereeS of House and Sem
ate Meet Today to Clear
Atmosphere.
MEASURE AGAIN IS
PASSED BY SENATE
Action Is Taken to Eradicate
Last Week 5 Parliament
tary Tangles.

Washington, May 1.--Conferences on
the war army bill. passed for second
time by the senate today, probably
will not begin for several days Con-
ferees of the senate and house will
meet tomorrow, but they also have
the task of soothing away differences
over the annual army appropriation
bin and they viii take up that sub
ject first.
There are not any points of dis
and leaders hope to see both measures
completed in time to have President
Wilson attach his signature during the
present week.
Senate Passes Bill Again.
The senate passed the war army
bill again today to clear up parlia-
mentary tangles. without prolonged
discussion or serious effort to relieve
as opposed to the selective draft
feature, which consumed most of the
time in last weeks debate. Senator
LaFGOllette spoke in support of
substitute with referendum on rails
ing an army by draft to send to
Europe but was defeated, 6s to I.
Principal differences between the
houses include the so-called Roosevelt
volunteer amendment in the senate
bill the differences in the ages subject
to selectiye draft; the senate bill
specifying those between q and q and
the house, 81 and 40 and the senate
bills army appropriation section.
Compromise Expected.
A compromise. is expected on the age
limits. possibly fixing the minimum 21
and the ma aXimum 35. The house rep
resentatives probably never will ac-
cept the Roosevelt amendment, which
would permit the former president to
raise four infantry divisions for duty
on foreign SOIL
An amendment by Senator Gronna of
North Dakota to prohibit manufacture
during the war of agricultural prod
ucts into liquor for beverage purposes,
was rejected without record vote.
Senator McCumber's amendment to
strike out the provision exempting
from conscription those whose reli-
| gious beliefs conflict with military
service, was rejected, 54 to II.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
VACUUM SURVIVORS
REACH LIVERPOOL

Liverpool, May 1.-The IS survivors
of the steamer Vacuum, who arrived
here this afternoon, included three
American naval gunners, George Will
son, New York, Frank Lesher, Elgin
H., and John Nichola, Passaic. n. j.
They declared that Captain Harris.
commander of the steamer, Lieutenant
Thomasin charge of the gunners, the
chief engineer and several of the gun
ners perished.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
War Summary

Thursday the German imperial
chancellor will make another offer
for peace In an address to the
rcichstag This is probably due
to the demands of the socialists.
German officials deny that any
serious May day strikes were in
augurated but unofficial advices
declare munitions factories In the
Rhine provinces are tied up be
cause of labor trouble and that
communication mas been cut off.
Intensified submarine warfare Is
causing England considerable
WORRY. This is indicated in
proclamation expected to be is
sued shortly by King George
asking reduction of IS per cent in
food consumption.
The British steamer Ballarat,
with troops bound from Australia
to England, has been sunk. An
Irueusan ship. Gorizia, has also
been sent to the bottom.
Except for violent artillery
fighting in the Champagne sector
and the rerelllng by the French
of strong German counter attacks,
the situation in the western front
battle situations remains nn-
changed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
BLIZZARD HITS MICHIGAN.

Marquette Mich. May IA blizzard
OF mid-winter proportions swept the
completely tying up railroad traffic
and causing great damage to tele-
graph and telephone wires. Six inches
of snow fell.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
CRISIS IN GERMANY
BURDEN OF RUMoRS

Amsterdam. Via London. May L.
The Weser Zeitung of Bremen reports
that Berlin is filled with rumors of
crisis in high government quarters.
The newspaper says that demands are
being made that a strong man be
placed at the helm Of the state.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
N. p. WILL MAKE NO
SEX DISTINCTION

Seattle, May 1.-Provision for en-
ploying women in various branches OF
railroad work Is made in orders issued
today by J. J. Mccullough, superin-
tendent of the Puget Sound division OF
the Northern Pacific railroad. They
are to be placed on an equal working
bases as to salary and working condi-
tions as men.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-02
RECOVER THREE BODIES.

Hastings. Colo. May 1.-The bodies
OF three more of the 100 men who per-
ished in an explosion in the Hastings
mine of the Victor American Fuel COM
pany here Friday morning, We're re-
moved from the mine tonight. This
makes % bodies recovered.