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By BENJAMIN DE cAssEREs.

THE lid Is lifting. Not the alcoholic
l. lid, but the literary lid. Mars has
pried the top off. Beneath, Continental
literature is taking a squirt at America,
and we, on the other hand, are beginning
to display healthy curiosity about the
great writers of the continent that pro-
duced man sized literature. Russia,
France, Italy, Spain and Belgium are no
longer only the picnic grounds of the Chi
cago tourist Their lives have heretofore
been rounded in Baedeker.
To the left, the famous Steppes, ladies
and gentlemen; to the right, Paris, home
Of Louis the Fourteenth; to the south you
will perceive Italy, janitor of the Coli
scum and Pompeii, which you have all
heard about; that is Spain, where the
Alhambra-and 80 forth.
This is passed. The Continental mas
tiers are being translated and eaten
PAmerieaine-all in lump, en- casserole,
scrambled. But though we get indiges-
ton of the wit and develop a cerebral
corporation, the thing is good. 1t sounds
the knel Of the Great British Literary
Superstition. 1t will result in a second
declaration Of Independence time
against the literary oligarchs of Oxford
and Cambridge. james Huneker and Ed
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D. Aurevilly the Diabolist

gar Saltus were right-there are men in
Continental Europe who can write as
well as Emerson and little better than
Maeaulayl
There was Barley D'Aurevilly, for in
stance. Among Americans he is probably
the least known Of the great French wri-
tiers of the last century. The Louis Ii
brary, which is doing such splendid work
in translating great prose masterpieces
from the French, has just published
D'Aurevilly's The Story Without Name,
translated and introduced by Edgar Sal
tus.
A beautiful literary combination
D'Aurevilly and Saltus. 1t IS Ritz-Cari-
ton fare served in plates Of jade by nuns
in red. 1t is like reading the Book Of
Job with an introduction by Thomas d
Kempis. or Don Quixote, with foreword
by Hamlet. I believe that Saltus could
have done all that Barley did; but that
Barley could not have done what Sal
Jus did. Saltus's sense Of humor is so
catastrophe that it swallows up hell;
Barbey's sense of hell was so acute that it
swallowed up Barley. Saltus can kid
the Furies, josh Parabrahma, and loop
the-loop with the Eternal Return; but
Bar5ey-supremeiy great artist that he
was-is always doing the fee-f-fo-fum
stuff with priests and sleep walkers, GRIM
son curtains and human hearts in one of
his stories in Les Diaboliques husband
and wife play parlor baseball with a
child's heart).
As George Moore is a Frank Harris
who can write, so Barley DAurevilly
played Boswell to Satan. He was the
observed of all on the Boulevards. He al
ways appeared, in his curious Beau Nash
get-up, between the o'clock aDsinthe and
the overture to "The Bohemian Girl
lis there one7 Maybe it is ERA Diavolo"
7 was thinking of. He wrote tremendous
thrilers in garnet for StendhaPs limited
edition of human beings-the Appereep-
tive Eight, scattered throughout the world
in all time, who spend their years on psy-
ohical Battery benches scanning the ar
rival of a Leviathanful Of ahead-of-tl.e
times geniuses.
D'Aurevilly's Les DiabOhqaeS are starky
horrible. They dish up the depths. After
reading them you are hell proof. If Poe,
Oar e. Hoffman, and Baudelaire ever
meet n the eenacle of the tomb, they will
probably elect Barley D'Aurevilly, if not
president of their club, then chief angel
bouncer He lad monstrous ideas and
mirifc words in which to embed them.
He took the serpents from the heads of
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"a Padreein France"
By GEORGE GORDON.

CIGNING himself G. A. Birmingham,
~ Canon Hannay hasat various times
amused and delighted world Of readers
with tales of Spanish Gold, The Majors
Niece and various Irish types. Now,
having given his time for the past two
or three years as a chaplain in conva-
descent and concentration camps behind
the lines, he recounts his experiences, 4
Padre IN France The book holds moth
ing new or never said before and is inter
esting primarily for what it tells of
Canon Hannay-not at all a plain
spoken person, rather the charming and
always trying to be helpful vicar Of
Meredithian novels.
They say" he says, ''that a lawyer
sees the worst side of human nature. A
parson probably sees the best Of it; but
though l have been q parson for many
years and seen many good men and fine
deeds, | have seen nothing more splen-
did, l cannot imagine anything more
brotherly love of our soldiers"
Yet in his book the soldiers serve
rather to fill the background; they do not
dominate the scene. This has been a war
of superlatives. And Canon Hannay,
who rushes to no extreme, who is al
ways accomplishing, doing his little best,
unemolionally going about his duties,
good natured, seems a little faint in his
praise. Hard things" he tells US, "have
been said about r. A. NJ. C. orderlies and
nurses. Perhaps they have been deserved
occasionally. saw their work at close
quarters and for many days in one place,
nowhere else and not again there; but
what l saw was good" This seems lit
tie enough by way of thanks to men and
women who through long months, night
and day, with scant equipment, accom-
phshed the impossible. Tho wounded
themselves are not so chary of words.
Then, too, the ease with which his con-
science accommodates itself to keep silent
before the massed brutalities of war. 1
expected something as valiant, as anxious
to keep straight the way, as hopeful for
the dawn, as young Donald Hankey's A
Student in Arms. / find the padre re-
marking that 'the best battle story I
ever heard from the lips of soldier .
was a rich mixture of blasphemy and OBJ
scenity." And again of the bishops,
deans, priests, who visited the camp with
other distinguished persons: HEcclesias-
tics were dull. They evidently consid-
cred it bad form to allude to religion in
any way and they did not know much
about anything else"
There is very little about religion in
Canon Hannay's book L looked for
something concerning the thought of the
man about to go up into the battle area,
of the man returned from the front des-
perately wounded. Not a word. A de-
scription, witty and easy to read, Of
Channel voyages, of Madame with whom
he was billeted at his second camp; Of
NJ, a neighboring chaplain, of '1eave"
and soldiers delight in holidays, of the
daily round, the mud, the inconvenience,
the desperate efforts of every one to be
of service. A pleasant tale.
A PADRE IN FRANCE. By G. A. BIRM-
IEoHAM. George Il. Doran Company.
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WRITE TO Me FOR ANY BOOK YOU WANT.
and will get it for you. Temple SCOTS Literary
Bureau. Mall Order Dept. i01 Park Avenue,
New York.
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A PADRE IN FRANCE. By G. A. BRM-
IEeHAM. George Il. DOran Company.
$l.50.
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A SMILE A MINUTE. BY Fl. C. WrTwER-
Small, Maynard & Co. $1.50.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18
R. R. PLUTES
TURNED | ! D
DOWN
Owners Attempt to Put One
Over on Public by Having
Government Set Future
and Higher Rates.

Duluth Mimi, Oct. 1S.--ln II
statement made public last night,
Walter d. Hines. director general Of
railroads. denied the petition of the
railroad owners for an increase in
rates through action of the rail-
road administration.
"The suggestion Of the railroad
executives said Mr.. Hines, that
the railroad administration make in
creases in rates can only mean one
thing and that is that the railroad
administration make these increases
during federal control for the sole
and exclusive benefit of the rail
roads under private management
after the end Of federal control.
"The resolution of the railroad
executives, in effect, takes the posi-
ton that they are not willing to TO,
sort to the permanent statutory pro
visions to protect their own interest
but instead, they want the president
to use his emergency power SO as
to provide for their compensation
after federal control, in addition tC
having guaranteed them their re-
turn during federal control"
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18
''|NFL anne the P0PULACEr'
Steel Company Sheriff Accuses Government
Department Investigators of Being Anarchists

the wound in the back, which appar-
emily caused her death. was plainly
seen. The bullet apparently had
lodged in the lungs. The lungs,
however. had been removed at the
coronrr's postmortem eXamina ton
and the bullet could not be pro-
duceu.
A report of the findings of the
witnesses who eXhumed the body
was made to Senator Kenyon ana
was supported By countless affi-
davits. The report called forth the
reply from Sheriff Haddock III which
he alleged the back wound had been
inflicted after the coroner's inquest
and charges federal agents of the de-
partmnt of justice and the depart
ment OF labor who had been investi-
eating the matter, with Outrageous
conduct toward the local officials +"
He alleged that they leave behind
them trail of anarchistc speeches
and newspaper publicity with which
to inflame the populace."
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18
AMENDMENTS
OF FALL
DEAD
Senate Kills the Measures
Which Would Keep U. S.
Out Of Reparation SQUAD
bles Abroad.

Washington, Oct. Is. The Fall
amendments to the peace treaty de-
signed to curtail the powers of the
American representatives on the in
ternational reparations commission
were defeated by the senate late yes
terday. No roll call was taken, the
adherents of the amendments conced-
ing defeat.
Only two of the committee amend.
ments OF the peace treaty now remain
for deliberatiOn before the senate
Both refer to equalization of the vot
ing strength of America with Other
nations in the league of nations. Il
is expected that the senate will take
these amendments up for action earl.
next week.
Senator Walsh of Montana intro
duced resolution expressing it al
the sense of the senate that once thu
league of nations is formed the Unit
ed States should bring before tina
body under article IL, Ireland
claim to self-determination.
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Determined to extend every as
sistance to Attorney General Palmer
in his expressed desire for aid from
the women of the country in his eff
forts to combat profiteering. the
members of the Butte Consumers
league this morning wired MI. Pal
mer an offer of their active cooper
alton. The league telegram calls at.
tention to the inactivity of United
States District Attorney E. c. Day in
the matter of combating profiteers
and refers to the unrest in Montana
due to exorbitant prices for necessl-
ties. The text of the leagues tele-
gram is as follows:
..The Butte Consumers League
Inc, consisting of women, cordially
offers you active assistance in youl
efforts to reduce the cost of food
clothing, coal and other necessities
in other words obliterate the profi'
teering pirates. The league has con
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U. S. TROOPS
ARE SENT
ABROAD
Senate Debate Brings Out
Fact Five Thousand Sol
diers Being Shipped to ST.
lesia Without Authority.

Washington, Oct. 1S.-Heated de-
bate over the authority under which
the war department.. with the ap-
prevail of President Wilson, is plan
ming to send 5000 American troops
to Silesia, was precipitated by Sena-
tor Brandegee in the senate yester-
day afternoon.
The dispatch Of American troops
to Silesia and the authority of the
department to send them was seri-
ously questioned by Senator Brande-
gee. Chairman Wadsworth of the
military assailed the war department
authorities for their refusal or di-
latoriness in furnishing the senate
with information Of such troops
movements.
Nobody seems to know under
what authority these troops are be-
ing sent" said Brandegee, to which
Wadsworth replied that so far as he
had been able to ascertain, the dis
patch of the force was due to some
arrangement made by President Will
son at the peace conference in Paris
1t is generally understood the
troops will be used to police Silesis
during the taking of the plebiscite.
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the striking steel workers had de-
liberately inflicted the wound in the
dead wonlan's back for the pur-
poses Of revolutionary propaganda. !"
AS the result Of dissatisfaction
with the coroner's verdict, an investi-
CATION of the body was ordered by
the department. OF justice at Wash
ington. Charges had been filed
with the federal authorities that the
findings of the coroner's jury that
Mrs. sellins had been killed while
melting riot, was not in accord with
the evidence obtained through an
examination Of the body, which
showed three bullet wounds. two OF
which had been shot into her body
from the rear
AT the time of the eXhumation OF
the body on Oct 8, a number Q.
lerso IS, including several Of The
county officials, newspaper report
ers, physicians and others, We're
present The clothing was removed
from the body at the grayeside and
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Especial to The Bulletin.)

Pittsburgh. Pa, Oct. 1S.-Follow-
ing publication Of charges made BY
Sheriff w. S. Haddock Of Allegheny
county, in letter to Senator Ken
yon, chairman of the senate COM
mittee investigating the steel strike,
that the wound discovered in the
back of Mrs. Fanny Sellins, steel
strike organizer, who was killed on
Aug. a6, had been inflicted after
exhumation of the body, officials OF
organized labor here expressed them
selves as astounded at the sheriff s
efforts to discredit labor and de-
manded that full and further in
vestigation of the circumstances be
made by federal officials.
Haddock charged that after the
Official inquest and after the bouy
of Mrs. Sellins had been eNhumed
from the Union cemetery at New
kensington, persons connected with
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ARMY FLYER KILLED IN
ACCIDENT TO A|RPLANE

St Paul. Neb., Oct. 1S,-Lieut.
Cameron Wright, in charge of the
landing field for the transcontinent-
al army flyers, was instantly killed
here late yesterday. when a plane on
which he was riding with Miss Helen
Haggart of ST, Paul and Rex Randall
OF Gibbon. Neb., fell into tail spin
and dropped 200 feet. The lieuten-
ant and Miss Haggart were riding as
passengers with Randall, who owned
the plane. Miss Haggart was serl-
ously injured and Randall sustained
slight injuries.
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Consumers League Offers
Help to Attorney General

vincing evidence for you gathered by
the members during the past two
years.
gu S. District Attorney E. c. Day
seems to have fallen asleep at the
switch as he takes no action against
this clan of pirates in Montana. Great
unrest has resulted, even to suspen-
sion of industries caused by Initiation
of prices as wages were increased.
1.-The league has excellent speak
ers to assist you in arousing the peo-
ple to cooperate with you. Only
permanent relief can come through
your office and congress. Are you
equal to the crisis. We are with you
for drastic action against these pi-
rate profiteers who are the direct
cause of the great unrest and threat
ened industrial cataclysm IN this
country.
QUITE CONSUMERS LEAGUE,
(Inc.)" -..--, ,,,.--.-.
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METHOD|STS To JUMP
ALL OVER C|GARET TES

Cincinnati. Oct. 1S.-Alleging that
the people of the country have been
sold out by the White House band to
the tobacco trust" DR.. Clarence True
Wilson of Washington, secretary of
the temperance board of the Metho-
dist church, at convention OF Dis
ciples of Christ here declared the
Methodist church would next under
take to eliminate the cigarette. Will
son asserted the health of 1000, GOO
soldiers in France had been ruined
by gifts of cigarettes.
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Mine Workers and Thomas /. Brew
ster. chairman of the coal operators
Of the central competitive fields,
were present. Secretary Wilson is
sued an appeal to the opposing fac
tions to call joint conference OF
their scale committees to meet next
Tuesday, when another effort will
be made to bring about settle
ment.
In a statement issued to q group
Of newspaper men after the con-
ference, Acting President Lewis said
he had agreed to send the 50 MEM
bers Of the miners scale committee
to Washington to meet with the scale
committee Of the operators. lie de-
clared, however, that was useless
to rcconvene the joint scale confer
cnce until the operators abandoned
"their stonewall attitude" and indi-
Gated a willingness to frame another
agreement.
Brewster, rushed away from the
secretaly's conference and flatly re-
fused to talk to the representatives
Of the press. Two hours later he
notified Secretary Wilson that his
scale committee would attend the
Tuesday conference.
At the beginning of the conference
Secretary Wilson urged the repre-
Sentatives of the miners and the
operators to resume negotiations and
to reconvene their joint scale con-
ference He stated that he was max,
ing the request by direction OF the
presidents cabinet.
Acting President Lewis stated the
grounds on which the miners Woulc
be willing to reopen negotiations
but Brewster refused to make any
statement until after a recess hat
been called and he had had time
to confer with others of the oper
atOrS.
Following the recess Brewster re
turned with written statement out
lining the grounds upon which tht
operators would reopen negotiations
The operators insisted upon indica
tions of a willingness on the part o
the miners to continue under thu
terms of the existing contract. hold
ing that the country is still on wa
basis; the calling off of the strik
order and the continuation of tn
miners at work pending the result o
further negotiations, and an under
standing that the negotiations do no
contemplate any reduction in TIL
present standard of eight hours pc
day, six days week.
Brewster then read statemen
directly addressed to Secretary VII
son in which he bitterly attacked tn
.;trht Of on11notivn horCoininp
General opinion in administratio
circles was that the proposed settle
ment of the differences between tn
Eitumirous coal miners and the opel
ators was as far away as ever. Bu
little hope was held out that tn
resumption of the joint wage seal
conference on Tuesday would hav
any beneficial effect.
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(Special to The Bulletin.)

Spokane, Oct 1S.-The lumber
lacks of eastern Washington, Idaho
and Montana, who went on strike
nearly two weeks ago against an in
crease of % cents day in the price
of board and charge of 81 a week
for the use of blankets, are stand
ing firm, according to officers of the
l.. w. l. Z. No. 500. Latest reports
from all over the strike zone show
the situation we'll in hand and few
scabs working.
Picket camps have been established
in the different lumber centers, and
the strikers show determination &c
win. On the ST. Maries' branch log
ging operations are practically at
standstill. From Elk River to st
Maries there is scarcely camp work
ing except a few Typo" outfits ant
they are short-handed; most OF then
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18
DEBS DELIVERS
BR0ADSIDE
Especial United Press Wire.)

Especial United Press Wire.)
New York, Oct. 18.-Eugenc
Debs, head of the socialist party
of America, now confined in fed
eral prison at Atlanta, is quoted
by the New York Call i'll an i'll
teryiew as follows:
..If | should get out of this
prison today would be in Gary
or Pittsburgh tomorrow. That's
exactly where / would go. Mr..
Palmer, Mr.. Wilson and the
capitalists know that perfectly
we'll and that is the reason they
keep me here.
~ am not being kept here for
the speech made at Canton in
June 1918 I'm being kept here
for the speech l would make at
Gary or Pittsburgh in 1919."
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18
SALTWATER TRAPPER|s
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER
{ Especial to The Bulletin. J

Columbus, Oct. 1S.-Charged with
the killing Of Jake Lyons, a neigh
boring rancher, during dispute over
a cattle fence, Elijah Bess, a rancher
and trapper of the upper Saltwater
river region. was yesterday after
noon adjudged guilty of murder in
the first degree and his penalty
fixed at life imprisonment.
1t was alleged that Bess killed his
neighbor on July 5. Lyons body
was found lying beside the fence be-
tween his ranch and that of Bess.
Bess admitted having had many
quarrels with Lyons over the fence,
but denied the killing.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18
CONGRESS \ MAY / "
ADJOURN ON
NOV. 10
Efforts Being Made to Speed
Up Deliberations of Peace
Treaty, So as to End spe-
cial Session.
Especial United Press Wire. J

Washington, Oct. 1S.-Adjourn-
ment of congress on November 10,
provided action on the peace treaty
can be speeded up, is being consid
cred by the house and senate lead
ers. Republican House Leader Mon
dell conferred with Senator Lodge in
an effort to obtain a prompt ending
of the special session.
The textual amendments to the
treaty will probably be disposed Of
within another week. Then the
fight over reservations will start.
The leaders decline to predict how
long it may take to reach an agree
ment.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18

secure the rights of free speech and
free assemblage, guaranteed them
under the constitution.
The hearing On the petition for the
injunction will be held next Thurs
day. according to the district Judge.
The strikers announced that 9TH
er suits of similar character would
be filed against the authorities and
municipal officials in a number of
other cities in the strike zone. Vari-
Gus damage suits directed against
the corporations and public officials
for alleged false arrests of strikers,
and for assaults and unlawful search
Of houses will also he filed within
the next few days, it was announced.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18
EXPECT Plan TO
END DISPUTES
MONDAY
Administration Behind New
Program of Principles for
Industrial Relations at
Conference.
Especial United Press Wire. !

Washington, Oct. 1S.-A comprc-
hensive program of principles to
cover all relations between employer
and employe will be placed before
the industrial conference Monday, if
present plans go through. The pro-
gram will bear label indicating
that it is favored by the government
BY this move the leaders hope to
bring a complete agreement between
the two groups representing capital
and labor The program will include
clauses dealing with collective bar
gaining, machinery for settling
strikes, the questions of women and
children in industry, and all Other
vital industrial issues on which the
workers and their employers are al
disagreement.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18
Striking Lun1beUiacks Say
But Few Scabs Working

have only half crews or less. On
Marble creek it is the same. On the
entire Coeur 'Alene river there arc
only Is men working. Reports from
Gle Elum and LeavenWorth, Wash,
state the tieup is practically COM
plete in those places. Picket camps
at Newport, Elmira, Ruby, Priest
River, Standpoint and Bonner's Ferry
report few scabs working and no men
going to the camps.
At Haugan and Deborgia, Mont,
the men are all out. At Tuscar
Mont, the employees of the Dover
Lumber company are on strike. Al
Arlee, Nine Mile and Evaro the strike
is effective. Sentiment for the strike
is good in Montana, and what few
camps are now working are expected
| to Join the strike within the next
| few days.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-10-18
RAlLRoADERS TO GET
new FREEDOM

Especial United Press Wirc.)
Washington, Oct. 18.-Thc SEN
ate interstate commerce commit
tee today completed consideration
of Il railroad reorganization bill.
Approval of all its provisions, in-
cluding a strong anti-strikc
clause. has been obtained from the
committeeman, it is said. A for
NAL vote on its approval will be
taken next week.