davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04

TALLY vbecausc of opinions already
formed. Tha, the question Of the right
10 conduct strikes during the war will
form an important part of the defense
was Indicated by George +. Wander
yeer, chief counsel for the l. ". w In
Questioning vcniremn.
would 1t take less evidence for you
to return a. verdict Of guilty because
the country Is at war" he asked onc
yenIreman. 'Do you feel that all
strikes should be suspended during the
war"
Among other things the men arc
charged with encouraging strikes TO
hamper the manufacture Of war ma
teriais
Expect to Have Jury Soon.
Opinions already formed an TO the
character Of members OF the l. ". ".
seemed the greatest stumbling block
In selection Of "A jury, but with more
than 100 yenireman available who
have not presented reasons for excuse
from seryice. both sides tonight we're
confident that the I2 men would be
agreed upon and the taking OF evil
dence started before the end Of the
week.
Prejudicsd Against l. W. W.
Edward McCready of Elgin, Ill, for
merry a manufacturer, said while he
WAS not opposed 10 organized labor he
favored an open shop because he
| thought IL 'ffsest for society,"
would you be willing to be tried by
~ men who feel toward you as you
! feel toward the l. ". W." Mr.. Van
Gsrgeer asked.
NO" Mccreads replied, and was ex-
eiised.
William Mansan. weighmaster at
stockyards, also admitted that he was
Iprejudiced against the organization.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Harry b. Sewell Comes to
Aid Authorities in Search
for Slayer.
SAYS HE SAW MARK
OF DRAGGED CORPSE
After Disappearance Banks
of River Showed Work
of Thugs.

Determined to give every assistance
IN the finding Of the slayer of Dee X
Cox, whose body was found floating in
the Missoula river last week near Su-
perior, Harry Il. Sewell n prominent
lawyer of Libby and a brother in law
of the murdered man. arrived In Mis-
souia yesterday.
Mr.. Scwcll made a careful inycstiga =
tion into the details of Cox's Iisap-
pearance and went over the evidence
already collected by the county off =
cials After an all l-aay study OF tn.
case he announced last night that he
believed that there were strong clues
that would probably lead to the arrest
of parties connected with the killing of
Coz.
Saw Where Body Was Dragged.
ppearance in January, Mr.. Sewoll
came to Missoula and carefully ex-
amined the ground over which Cox is
believed to have walked on the fatal
night. Yesterday Mr.. Sewell said
that at the time of this investigate
he discovered tracks in the snow that
indicated that body had been dragged
considerable distance across a vacant
lot. This lot is traversed by "A path
leading from the Slaughter home on
Vine street TO the Van Buren, street
bridge. 1t Is believed that Cox took
this short route on his way home the
night he visited his children.
"Premcditated," He Thinks.
Other discoveries made by Mr.. Sewcll
in his examination of the path were
not disclosed yesterday. but he an
nounced that they were of considera BILE
Importance and the investigators In
the case said yesterday that they
offered Il number of good clues upon
which to work.
l. have no doubt that my brother in :
law was murdered by someone who
planned the killing to the minntest dc :
tail" said Mr. Sewcll last night. lie
had a great number Of enemies in Mis- :
soula and som" Of them hated hin,
bitterly. and | feel that they planned
Continued on Page B1sA.,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04

Charlie Mitchell WAS born in Eir.
mingham. England. November "a. 1861.
Although he fought many ring battles
against big men like Sullivan, Corbctt,
Cardiff. Mccaffery, Kilrain and Burke,
Mitchell was middle weight pugiIist,
never turning the scales at more than
154 pounds when in perfect condition.
Ills remarkably fast footwork and skill
full boxing offset this disadvantage in
weight and he proved to be equally ef-
fectiye as a punisher when fighting
either ssith or without padded gloves
Mitcheirs first ring battle was with
bare knuckies when az the age OF Is
he knocked out Bob Cunningham at
Birmingham. the bout lasting almost
ono hour. He scored several other
victories during the two following
years in bouts in England and on the
continent.
After winning the middle weight and
heavyweight championships Of Eng
land. in 1852 Mitchell came TO Amer
lea in 1883 with the intention of chai-
longing John l.. Sullivan. The stature
OF the "Brummagen lad" as he was
then called. did not impress the Amer
lean followers of pugiIism, but when
Mitchell met and defeated Mike Cleary,
n New York heavyweight. In three
rounds. he was quickly accepted as an
OF ponent for Sullivan. These two met
st the Madison Sausf 20 Garden in a
four round glove fight under Marquis
o Queensbary rules, On May IA. iss5
The British boxer surprised the L..
| eoa spectators by meeting Suiiivan'i
lContinued on Page Eighty
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Speech Peace Offensive.

Washington, April 3.--American goy.
ernmont officials and the entento EN-.
hassiea saw another Teutonic peacc of-f
fensivc today In the reported speech
of Count czernin, the Austro. HungAr-
ian foreign minister. declaring that fcj
Gently negotiations were near betWeou
the Austrian and the allied govern.
ments. s
The move. evidently coircelye6 ~
Germany. they said, was Sssado 3upt ~
|lt became certain that tho 0ef1nnns
drive In the west had failed of ~ pur-
pose and was intened to bring diecOf6
among the allied powers and 70 cause
discontent among their populaSjons
Plan 20 Disrupt Allies.
The foreign minister's statement that
Premier clemcnceau of France had nd
panccd il suggestion Of peace discuss
sions and his reference to Alsaco-lsOr.
rnIne az a stumbling block, II was do
eared here, were designed 10 create
the belief that the allies desire to re-
cover Alsace-L Lorraine for France u
the only thing that stands IN the way
Of peace.
Officials and members OF tho 6tpI6.
matte corps were unanimous In their
declarations that czcrnin's statenentn
had no basis of fact and further tl1nt
no peace suggestions coming from tho
Teutonc powers would be given sc0fts
sideration at this time. There was 10
disagreement In the convtction thae
Germany must he defeated by force u
arms before the question Of peace y
taken up in any way. ~
Some believe that CzerIiin,0 speoch
is n forerunner of some declaration BY
the German government.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
CONFEREES UNABLE
TO FIX GRAIN PRICE

Washington. April 3.-Senate and
house eonferees today began work
: on the agricultural appropriation
bill with little prospect Of an agree
nent TO the senate amendment in
creasing the government guarantee
on wheat from 50 to ss.sf 81 busheI.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
The Weather
Forecast: Fair Thursday and
probably Friday: Warmer Thurs
day in east and central portions.
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
Maximum .-......d6 Minimum ....
At 6 a. m. .....22 At G p. M. ...,

sun and clouds fought through all
the saved daylight of yesterday to "A
draw. disappointing those who had
hoped TO see Kid Spring score n knock
out against George W. Winter, who is
surely too old to hold the title longer.
The result was a gray day, marked by
bursts of sunshine which were more
showy than warm.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Bis Battle Soon to Come.

Although the fighting activity along
the entire front of the new Somme Of
fensiye remains slight there still pre-
walls the feeling that soon again bat
ties Oh Il large scale viii begin. with
the allied troops, after the respite of
several days, strongly arrayed in battle
formation and eager To test their
strength against that Of tho foe.
From the Sammc 10 the Disc river.
along that portion of tho. battle line
which bulges ont toward Arfiiens, ALLIES
and Rretuil. the big guns of the oppos-
ing sides have opened in dnels of great
proportions and it apparently is not
unreasonable to assume that either side
at any moment may take the offensive
with their infantry III resumption Of a
battle which ranks among the greatest
The world has eyer seen
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
"CzERNIN lied"
SAYS PREMIER;
''BLUFF!'--U.&
Il
Clemenceau Denies Assertion
That France Sought
Peace Terms.
WASHINGTON SEES
SUBTLE STRATEGY
Enemy Seeking to Corrupt
Allies With Vain Words
to End War.

Paris, April 3.-"Czernin lied" ThfD
is all Premier Clcmcnccau had 70 say
when told today Of the statenent oe
Count czcrnin that hs had ipaulsad
through an Intermediary whether Aus
tria- Hungary was ready to uegoliate,
and II so, on what basis.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
FRANCE SOUGHT
PEACE --CZERNIN
Austro- Hungarian Statesman Explains
Central Powers Attitude.

i, Amsterdam, April 3.--Count Czernin,
the Austro hungarian foreign minis
ter, addressing II delegation from the
Nienla city council, which waited on
hitn Tuesday ~ connection with what
TN" blrgomastel termed 'thc aegravat :
/ ed distress of the populations" which
IL closely connected with the general
political situation, said,
with tho conclusion If ppac. with
Ruinania, thc war IN III. east ended.
Before, however, turning to indiyidu-
| al peace treaties, and discussing them
in detail ! would like to revert to the
declaration Of the president of the
United States in which hc replied to
the speech delivered by me on January
III
Tn many parts Of the world i'resl-
dent Wilson'S speech was Interpreted
as an attempt To drive a wedge hetween
Vienna and Berlin. ! do not believe
that because | have too high an opin-
ion OF the president of the United
States and his outlook as n statesman
to believe him capbale of such II way OF
thinking. President Wilson Is no more
able to ascribc dishonorablc action to
us than We 10 him. ....--. .s
Thinks Austria More Reliable?
president Wilson does not desire to
separate Vienna from Berlin and he
knows, too, that that would be impos-
sibie Perhaps President Wilson says
70 himself. however, that Vienna IL
more favorable soil for sowing the seed
for n general peace Perhaps he says
n himself hat he lIIiY IA ,,t,,
monarchy has the good fortune to pos
sess ruler who sincerely and hon
estly desires a general peace, but who
viii never commit breach of faith OF
| conclude a dislaanorable peace, and
that behind the superior king there ar,
So, 600. 900 people.
president Wilson says also, perhaps
10 himself that this united mass repre-
! estimated and that this honesty and
strong desire for peace which binds
the monarch governments and peoples
Of both states Is capable of being the
bearer of that great idea IN the sery
ice Of which he has placed himself
zone section missineb.
Wilson's Basis Of Peace Good.
II can only say that esteem IT high
" that the German chancellor in his
excellent speech of February % took
the words Out Of my mouth by deolar-
ing that the four principles developed
in President Wilson's speech of fsebru =
AIRY j formed the basis upon which Il
general peace could be discussed,
am la entire agreement with this.
"The four points laid down by the
president are "A suitable basis on which
to begin the discussion for IA general
peace. Whether, however. the pfesi-
dent will succeed in his cnd"aVnra to
rally his allies on this basis or not is
a question.
God is my witness that we have
tried everything possible to avoid
fresh offensive, but the entente
would not have il thus"
"Sone time before the western
offensive began M. Cien,snceau ad.
dressed to me an inquiry whether
and upon what basis | wac pre-
pared to negotiate. In agreement
with Berlin, | Immediately replied
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04

Americans 5 Greed
Baltimore Announces Best
Statement of Faith.

WASHINGTON, April 2.~-"Thc Amer
leans Creed" ior which the city of
baltimore offered n pfiz" "f $1,000,
WIS made public ncre today, Its
selection was the result of u ma
lional citizens creed contest" APP
proved by President Wilson. The
author of the creed Is William Tyler
Page. OF Friendship Heights, Mary
lnna near Washington.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
THE AME RiCAN'S CREED.

's'@ sN"'~"'~~'S v S0GGO
believe IN the United States
Of America, as government OF
the people. by the people, for
tho people, whose Just powers
are derived from the consent Of
the governed; democracy in
republic: sovereign nation Of
many sovereign states; a perfect
union, one and ,nseparable; cs-
tablishsd upon those principles
of freedom, equality. justice and
humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives
and fortunes.
thersfore believe il is my
duty to my country to love IL; to
support it's constitution; 10 obey
its laws; to respect lis flag;
and 10 defenG Il against all
enemies
William Tyler Page, tho commit :
tee on awards announced. Is de-
scendant OF n president of the
United States, John Tyler, and a
signer Of the American Declaration
of Independence. Carter Braxton
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
MITCHELL, GREATEST
ENGLISH BOXER, DIES
Middleweight Who Battlcd
Sullivan to Draw.

Hove, Eng, April 3.--Charlc Mitchell,
one time middle weight champion Of
England, died here today Of locomotor
ataxia.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Candidates Address Voters :


wi Missouian today.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Few Changes in New Lines.

Since the beginning of the present
week, there has been no marked change
in the alignment of the opposing sides
from arras southwark TO Chauny. The
fighting has lacked the sanguinary
character OF the previous days, owing
in part, no doubt. to the extremely bad
weather conditions.
In the vicinity Of Lens, artillery ducis
of intensity have been revived on some
sectors and III Belgium at various
points reciprocal sheliins continues. In
both these regions. however, the infan-
try has kept TO the trenches, except for
patrols and accommodating purposes.
An American sector has been heavily
attacked with gas.
Expect Offensive in Italy.
In the Italian theator there still Is
no indication OF when the expected big
battle between the Italians and the
Teutonic allies will burst, but daily
there is increasing activity all along
the front.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
.LENR0OT WINS sEAT;
ACCUSED BY RIVALS
Democrats Say He Courted
Disloyal Votes.

Milwaukee, April 3.--CongronGbnan
irvine l.. Lenront, Republican oe. sur
pt rior, has been eiertea United States
senator 70 aucceed the late P1ul Q.
Iiueting, having defeated joseph 4.
lnVica, Democrat, iii yesterdays oiec.
tich, according to incomplete returns.
rs a majority estimated at moro than
10000. Victor T.. Berger, Socialist. run
mira, approximately 5000 behind
Davies from the figures at hand.
Similar returns Indicate the election
pf Marvin Il. Rosenberg. incumbent, AZ
Justice of the supreme court over
Charles FL. Crownhart, u La FNollette
Itader by more than 10000. ses s.:
One OF the most eonspieuous reaeonus
for the decrease in the Davies vote
was In the German countless where the
voters went to Berger and In some
cases to Lenroot. sss
The approximate vote, indicated ~
returns received up to tonight 9teo
Lenroot 10000; Davies, 49,, zoe an1k
Berger, $4,000. Complete returns my
=" ell each total considerably.
Socialist Mayor Re- Elected.
Mayor Daniel w. Hoan. Socialist
Mas reelected In milwaukee, by ahones
2.5o0 over Percy Branlan, non- partioAskt
However, the balance Of the city tjoso1.
went to the hon-partisan canflidoteofa
As present, the common counGil wta
remain politically as before. With ~
non-pa rtisans and ~ Socialists. ae~
4ording to available returns. -
ceSrted Pre-cermsns. eays ~
Washinston April s~-Rhe ~
cratic National committee. issuaof1 =
statement t6nieAt chaFeSnx atAAk e ~
making their. primary tight - &1t}S
issue. Mr.. fseniOot and his IN -
sought to soliiify the heavy -
majority in Wisconsin BY cour<l -
La Toilette and pro.0ssuan 49, }s
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Viii Not Sacrifice Germany.

Come what may we shall not sacr-
flee Germnny's interests any more than
she will leave t,s In the mrch We are
not fighting for imperialstic or annex
atiunist ends for ourselves or for Ger
many. but We shah 20 forward togcth.
or to the last for our defense. for our
existence AS a state and FOR our fu-
ture.
"The first breach ia the Will OF our
enemies for war has been made by
the peace negotiations with Russia 1t
was a break through of the peace idea,
II is evidence Of childish dilettantism
TO overlook the inner connection be-
tween the various conclusions OF peace,
| The fkrainian peace led TO peace
with Russia, and Rnmania, becoming
isolated, was Obliged 10 conclude peace.
| We had to begin With Ukraine both on
technical and material grounds. The
blockade had tn be broken, and the
fntme VIII show that the conclusion
of peace With Ukraine was blow nj
! the heart OF the rest OF our enemies
The peace concluded With Rnmanin.
! il IN calculated, viii be the starting
point OF friendly relations The aiight
| frontier reetificaiions which We re-
ceire are not annexations. Wholly un :
inhabited regions, they serve solely
FOR military protection To thpsr who
Insist that these rectifications fan un-
der the category Of anuexatons and
ihccuse me of Inconsistency, | reply that
] have publicly protested against hold
| ing out Il license to our enemies which
would assure them against the dam
gers of further adventures.
Rumania Waited Too Long.
| 7From Russia | did not demand a
single meter, but RuinanIa neglected
| the favorable moment, The protection
of mercantile shipping IN the lower
Danube guarding the iron gate IN guar
|antcod by tho extension Of the frontier
! to the heights Of Turnu- SEVERN, BY
| leasing for - years Il valuable wharf
| near this town, together with Il strip
along the river bank at AN annual rem
| tai Of u Thousand lei and finally by
| obtaining the leasing rights 10 the
islands Of 0strovp, Mareeorbu and
| siinenru, and the transfer OF the from
/ tier several kilometcrs southward Ia
! the rcgipn Of the fetroseaX coal mine
| which better safeguards our posses
Binns In the s;zurlok pass coal basin.
THE rectificatjon cast of GzernoHit
CONTINUED ON Page Five.)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
that was prepared to negotiate
and that as far as France was con.
eerred the only obstacle I could
see IN the way Of peace was the

iht reply IRON Paris Was that il
was Impossible To negotiate on this ba =
siS. fhrteupun there was no choice
left The colossal struggle IN the west
has hlr"daN broken out Austro- liun-
gariatn and German troups are fighting
shoulder to shoulder, as they fought
IN Russia, Serbia, Rnmania and italy
We al" lighting together for the de-
fehse of Austria hungary and Ger-
many The aspirations of France aud
Italy are Itopias, which VIII be ter
rihlS AVENGED. ,a.....
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04

Continued on Page Ffve.)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04

CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-22
Irish Wit at English Expense.

The Irish have always complained
that the English could not understand
them. To which the English might
have retorted that no Irishman under
stands the English. But the new
Irish leader in the commons is credited
with understanding the English thor
oughly and the proof that John Dillon
does so, lies in his confidence all along
that Britain would win the war. The
English are too stupid to be beaten by
so intellectual race as the German, is
his contention. Their stupidity is so
dense that it is hopeless to try to
make them understand they are
beaten, he argues.
i It is satire or TRUTH such as this that
delights US Americans. When a bril-
liant Irishman cuts loose, when he
swats the Saxon between the eyes and
puts it all over him in the matter Of
words, we Yankees cackle.
The Greek talked in the same style
of the Roman, and the Roman didn't
much mind, because he didn't see the
point. The wit went over his head, as
it does over the Englishman's. The
Roman continued doing business ia his
solid, stolid, effective style. Likewise
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-22

the Englishman .ss II
Roman annals record many defeats.
But Rome never accepted defeat.
Rome won the last battles. Somehow
she managed to ssi.' muddle through
And she set up her rule throughout
the earth and dispensed Justice to
races which themselves could not
achieve it.. Her subjects styled their
protectors stupid, and respected the
stupidity. n 4 81
What is it that the English have
that makes their work durable? Itisn't
intelligence as Dillon rates intelligence,
as the French rate it. When Dillon
says they are simply too stupid to be
whipped, he is being witty at their.
expense, but his wit would have no
point if it were not plausible. !,
England produces intellect Of the
first order. Merely to name Bacon,
Newton and Darwin is to prove the
point. But what England has won in
the world and what she holds is not
due to individuals, but to her people,
their character. Character--that is
the word descriptive Of the English.
1t is character, bulldog tenacity, pur-
suit of duty, devotion to justice, that
account for the British empire. The
English are not the pleasantest people
in the world, but they are good folks
to tie to. They believe in fair play,
and they hold fast. Minneapolis
Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-08-22
The Life-Savers in France.

Unheralded save by it's accomplish
ments, and unsung save by those
who have come to it MANNED or ill and
have been healed, the army medical
corps is adding every day to the fight
ing force in America which must ulti-
mately crush German, militarism.
From the field hospitals immediate
~ back Of the front lines, in the evac-
uation hospitals you will find army
medical corps and officers and men.
It was an army medical corps sur
geon, a major from New York, who
operated on Capt. Archie Roosevelt af-
ter the former Presidents son was
wounded. Captain Roosevelt's arm
was badly shattered. A piece of
shrapnel went through his knee. Ev-
eryone said the captain would have a
stiff knee the rest of his life.
But he won't.
Applying all his professional skill,
this surgeon, working in an operating
room as completely equipped as any in
a hospital at home, cut away the cut
and torn tissues in the captains arm
and leg. An operation on the knee is
always delicate.
Upon the success of this operation
depended Roosevelt's physical fitness
for the future. 1t was triumph for
this major, who must remain un-
named. A few minutes after it was
completed Captain Roosevelt looked up
into the eyes of a French general,
heard him tell Of the pride Of France
in having such an American fighting
with her sons and received the Croix
de Guerre. He is now on the road to
recovery.
The far advanced correspondent
saw this major surgeon shortly after
the operation was completed. He
stepped from the side, of a patient
whose wounds were being dressed I'M
der his supervision, smiling and afa-
BILE.
"The captains wounds are rather
serious" he said, "but not fatal. It is
too early to tell just what the outcome
will be-"
A few days later the majors smile
was even brighter. Captain Roosevelt
could not be doing better, he said.
Progress was fine. But it was not
until sometime later, through another
medical officer, that it was learned
that the major had performed sue
cessfully an operation that would
rouse the envy Of any surgeon work
ing under conditions of peace. q
To the major it was all in the days
work He merely was doing his duty.
Any other soldier brought to the hos
pital would receive the same expert
attention. The story of the wounding
of Captain Archie has been sent
around the world. This is the first
time the story Of the major who saved
him from being q cripple has been
told News Tribune.