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The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-07-07
SCORES SECRET
GOVERNMENT
DURING WAR
Chairman Graham of War
Expe n Sc Investigators
Brings to Light Secret
Acts Of Defense Council.
Especial United Press Wire,

Washington, July 1.-THE United
States had a 1secret government"
during the war, which functioned in
disregard of the law, Chairman
Graham of the special house COM
mittee on war department expendi-
lures charged in a statement he is
sued. He characterized as a "secret
government the advisory commits
sion of the council of national de-
fense. He charged the president
disregarded the intent of congress to
make the commission of purely ad-
visory character and made the. MEM
bers real executives"
Chairman Graham declared the
commission allowed interested par
ties to fix the prices on war supplies
and violated the trust laws. He de-
clared the press censorship was
planned by the commission at the
suggestion of Philip Patchen of the
state department.
Such unprecedented, illimitable
powers We're assumed by the com.
mission he said, .that cabinet
members protested He declared the
work of the commission was such
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MINERS. WITH. MOONEY.

Burnett, WASH, July 1.-THE fol-
lowing resolution, passed at the last
regular meeting of Local No. 1913,
United, Mine Workers Of America is
self-explanatory:
Whereas, We have supported
Thomas Mooney in every way con-
ceiyable by financial, assistance, and
also by sending a delegate to the
Chicago conference; and,
Whereas, We backed up. the ac-
tion of the. conference by taking a
vote on May 20 which favored a
strike, IL to I; and,
Whereas, Owing to the pressure
brought to bear on us by the inter-
national and district officers we were
placed in the position of either re-
scinding our former action or Sc
ceding from the organization, we do
not think that seeding would be to
the best interest of the movement at
this time owing to the division of the
local unions. We are eager to go
any length to secure justice for
Mooney providing we can get united
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the scene of the explosion ont Of
curiosity and while. standing on
Quartz street were aecostad by the
gunner who made some remark
anent the blast. One Of the two vic
TINS is. alleged to have replied that
it made. good headlines for the
company papers,. It was then the
gunmen. commenced their assault.
With the assistance of. the notori-
Gus Ed Morrissey, Psonles and, Dug
gan :. were hailed before deputy
County Attorney Rotering, who re-
dynamiting the company pay, office.
Charges of disturbance were sub
stituted and the men Werc released
under bonds of $3.50 each.
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State Metal Trades
Council in Session

The annual convention of the
State Metal Trades council opened
this morning in regular session at
X of P. hall, with President
O'Brien in the chair. The meeting
was called at 10 o'clock, with dele
gates from Anaconda, Great Falls
and Butte present.
The following committees We're ap-
pointed: Credentials--Collier, Shep-
pard and Kuchenmeister. Audit
Murphy, Senot and DWyer. Rules
Marble, Mahoney and Howarth. Re-
cess was taken until p. m to get
reports from the committees.
The following committees were
appointed:
Credentials-G. F. Kuchenmiester.
A. w. Collier, James. Shepard.
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just such another one as others which
have occurred in Butte in past years,
all of which We're later shown to have
been engineered by company ..stool
pigeons" and gunmen for the purpose
of bringing in troops to assist the
company in forcing the workers to
continue under intolerable working
and living conditions. =
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STEPS BEING TAKEN FOR
ExTRADITI0N OF KAISER
(Special United Press Wire.

Especial United Press Wire.)
London, July Z. - Andrew
Bonar Law, government spokes-
man, announced in the house Of
commons today that mo formal
representations had yet been
made to Holland with regard to
the extradition of the former
kaiser. He added, however, steps
were being taken i'll that direction.
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DELEGATES FROM ALL
INDUSTRIAL CENTERS \
AT OPENING SESSION

With about SO delegates present from all the industrial
Of the the o. IT, convention opened its first
session 1o South Idaho street, in the hall of the Metal Mine
Workers. union, at 10 O'Clock a. V*#1s
Called devise plan bringing the workers of Montana
afiaton the first session largely devoted to
a discussion Of organization. tYs....5
Knight, Of the executive board of the o. e U
Canada, in powerful speech craned full Of Information
concernnu the the underlying causes
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FARMERS OUT Al BAKER.

Especial United Press WiTe.(
Baker City, Ore, July 7.-Lum.
berjacks, miners and agricultural
workers, practically all Of whom are
members Of the I. w. w, are out
here in sympathy with the Mooney
strike. 1t was reported the entire
membership of those divisions of the
I. w. w. were out.
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ANOTHER COMPANY EXPLOSION
In Palpabe Effort Discred Labor and Secure Troops
A. c. NJ. Tools Believed to Have Used Powder Pay
Office---No One Hurt, Usual Gunmen Beat Up Two
Young Men Sunday Because They Expressed the Pre-
vaiing Opinion That the Blast Was Perpetrated by
Company propaganda Agents

Plain statements by various labor
leaders and citizens generally 1ndl-
cate the prevailing sentiment is that
Yesterdays explosion was merely an
other move on the part of the Ana
cOnda and other companies Operat-
ing in the camp to throw discredit on
the workers who are at present on
strike in protest against the continu-
ed Imprisonment of Thomas Mooney
and other class war prisoners. The
fact that the time picked for the ex-
plosion was the day on which the
delegates were assembling for the
One Big Union convention, too, is
pointed to as indicating that the COM
pany engineered the plot with the aid
of some of its huge corps of gunmen
and dynamiters.
Do Not Advocate Violence.
''Despite propaganda printed in
the company's newspapers to the con-
trary,' sad one union official, "the
unions of Butte do not now nor have
they ever advocated violence in any
form.
"The mere fact that the explosion
occurred at a time when the peace
full Mooney protest is on and when
delegates from various sections of
d.
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B0lSHEvlk ARMY CAPTURE
TURKESTAN CAPITAL (:

Especial United Press Wire.)
Paris, July IA Constanti-
nople dispatch reported bolshevik
forces have captured Tashkent,
capital Of Russian Turkestan, exc
cutting 5000 Inhabitants. A
brother Of Alexander Kerensly,
former Russian premier, is among
those executed, the dispatch says.
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REPORTS SHOW MANY
UNIONS Join STRIKE in
Behalf OF MOONEY
(Special to The Bulletin.)

Chicago, July The Mooney general strike committee,
equalng 100000, pledged sody to strike, reports
unions joining daily Rena Mooney is speaking before
three and four times daily.
Encouraging reports being received from all parts Of the
country the 100 CENT copper miners Of
Montana iron miners range Of
Washington Idaho all reported for fair trial for
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The Chicago strike committee is
urging all strike organizations to
hold themselves intact for compact
mass action beginning September 1,
unless Mooney and Billings are freed
before that time. They are also call
ing for a council Of the central strike
committees in two weeks. -
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IDAHO STRIKERS DETERMINED.

Especial United Press Wirc.)
Mullan, Ida, July miners and
loggers throughout the state are de-
termined to stay off their jobs until
July 9, according to reports received
here from various sections where
members of these unions arc out on
strike as a protest against the im-
prisonment of, class-War prisoners.
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LOGGERS TAKE HOLIDAY.
Especial United Press Wire.

TSpECIaI -O11ILEu TTESS1 W ITC,J
seattle,@s July .77.ss,=-shipyard 77.ss,= and
construction workers. and. all mem
bers of the T.. W. W. throughout the
northwest Pacific coast region are
out solidly on the five-day Mooney
strike, local leaders reported.
1t was stated the Lumberjacks
union had added another six day S
to the strike and will not return TO
work until July a.
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DEN0UNCE BLAST
:. As COMP ANY
PL0T
Speaker at Mooney Strike
Mass Meeting Recalls At
termath of Parrot Explos.
ion in 1914.

Denouncing the explosion at the
A. G. M. pay office yesterday morning
as palpable attempt on the part OF
the mine owners to discredit labor
and declaring that the explosion was
engineered by company "gunmen' at
the behest of their employers at this
time in order that the blame might
be laid on delegates to the One Big
Union convention and on those who
are striking as protest against the
continued imprisonment Of Thomas
Mooney, r. B. Smith, general man
ager of the Bulletin, and other speak
ers, addressed a crowd of more than
1000 strikers at a mass meeting
held at the ball park last night,
Display Indignation.
General indignation on the part Of
the strikers present at the obvious
attempts of the gunner to discredit
their peaceable means of gaining
their lawful ends by staging an eX-
plosion. at, this time was displayed
by the crowd, who unanimously de-
cided that peaceable picketing of the
mines on the hill during the Mooney
strike and the expected continued
strike for new wage scales and better
working conditions should ac used
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of the Winnipeg strike, heidsst1esa[--
tention of the delegates for an hO1ift
He told how the Canadian workers
had discovered their helplessnHss
while split up into dozens Of orgad-
izations when confronted with the
solid front of an organized capitalist
class; he told how the shop slsWard
movemeat had spread and Aa the
the job witho,iit. 11if Il.
tional officers who knew nothing or
the workers daily problems; he de-
scribed how the @. 3. U. OF Canada
was using the exist machinery OF Ihe
trade unions in SO far as it was pos
sible; he spoke of the necessity .ot
the workers understanding their true
position and mission in modern sOti-
ETY. and described the work that thb
0. B. U. was doing in this direction.
Embree Speaks.
A. S. Embree of the Industrial
Workers of the World then spoke to.
the delegates after explaining that
the Industrial Workers had not sent
delegates but that they had sent q
committee to place the position OF
the organization before the conyen-
ton, Embree outlined the principles
of the |. w. W, told of the. Iss.--or1s
for the formation OF the organization,
gave brief history of their struggles,
told of the persecution that they had
encountered and stated that the In.
dustrial Workers was the union of
the working class, organized indus
trially, taking as members only bona
fide wage earners with the purpose
of building up, industrial unions or
the workers with the aim in view
of finally managing and operating
industry for the benefit of society,
to abolish the wage system in its en-
tirety.
Takes Issue With Knight.
A. S. Embre was followed by T.
W. Sellers, also of the Industrial
Workers; he took issue with several
statements made by J. Il. Knight and
denied in particular that the I. WV.
was a theoretical' organi7atio
calling attention to the bitter mani
ner in which the organization and
its members were being fought by
the capitalist class He. told Of the
great work Of. organization and edu-
cation carried on by the Industrial
Workers of the World among the .un-
skilled workers whom the A. r. OF L.
had never reached and Of the growth
of the industrial form OF organiza-
tion in the mining camps and lumber
woods of the west. .S5s,5.. 'sz.5 s.
He said that. he saw mo necessity
for any new organization in the same
field now covered by. the Industrial
Workers of World and extended an
invitation to the delegates To- loih
with the l. w. w. for the en;ancppa
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evidence 1ghtn New Orleans that Omans first
against the who framed to ga was black perjury
Donaldson has turned up in New Or The public familiar with that
Oxmans written and wide began SAYING
Mooney he and Rigal had seen another
notaryThen 81
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you to come to San Francisco to be
an expert witness in an important
case. You will only have to- answer
three or four questions and | will
post you on them"
This letter convicted Oxman in the
public mind. Nobody, not even the
lCa,n4inuo on pn 90 gTMn !
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Auditing-E. w Seenob, Dan
Dwyer, M. A. Murphy.
Rules and Order. P. Mahoney,
Dan Marble, A. E. Howarth.
Lava. Heimback, j. E. Cutler,
e. f. Kuchenmiester.
rganization-Jed R. Powell, J.
c. Smith, II. E. Thornton.
Adjustment George Kidder.
James Monahan, J. p. Mahoney
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READY TO BEGIN,

Zurich, July THE German gov
ernment has notified Clemenceau,
that it is ready to execute the repara-
tion provisions of the peace treaty,
and is sending commission of ex-
perts to Versailles for details. accord
ing to a Berlin dispatch.
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Display Indignation.

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The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15

ToDAY's TEMPERATURES.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15
u. S. is PREP AIRED PITTSBURGH Walk
Three Thousand Carmen Strike
Reject q. s. Boards Award.
City in Grip of Car Strike Sec
Ond Time in Four Months.

Pittsburgh, Aug. 15.-For the sec
ond time in less than four months.
Pittsburgh found itself in the grip
of a street car strike today Trolley
traffic ceased at midnight last night
when a strike of three thousand
motormen and conductors of the Pitts
burgh Railways company went into
effect. The entire system is paralyzed.
The car men declare they will re-
main idle until the receivers of the
company yield to their demands for a.
IL cent an hour increase in wages,
while the receivers aver that they will
ABIDE by the recent decision of the
war labor board granting the men an
increase OF slightly more than 5 cents
an hour.
One man was killed and five others
injured. one probably fatally, when a
motor truck carrying men to work on
Neville Island skidded and crashed
morning
The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15
ORDER COAL PROBE
Senate Committee VIII Investi-
gate Alleged PrOfiteering.
Postpone Until Tuesday Action
on H. G.. L. Laws.

Washington, Aug. 15.-The senate
today ordered an investigation into al
legged profiteering in coal and into
charges of conspiracy to keep up
prices.
The Frelinghuysen resolution,
adopted today without debate, directs
the senate interstate commerce COM
mittee to make the inquiry.
The senate agriculture committee
today postponed until Tuesday action
on proposed legislation aimed at prof
iteering in food and clothing.
The committee had under consider
alton amendments to the food control
bill proposed by Attorney General
Palmer.
The committee had decided on a
vote today but after protracted wrang-
ling, Chairman Gronna announced
Difference. of the vote. He said the
amendment would be defeated il a
vote were taken today. All members
except Senators Harrison. Mississippi.
and Capper, Kansas, concurred in
Gronna's suggestion.
Gronna proposed an amendment to
exempt farmers, gardeners, livestock
producers and cooperative associa-
tions from proposed penalties for
profiteering. He declared the farm
ers would oppose the Palmer amend
ments unless this safeguard Is in
serted
The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15
Tl0o Real Cabarets To
Be Opened in Topeka

Topeka's dance wild spirit has Gre
ated two reg'lar cabarets.
One opens tomorrow in the base
ment of the New England building.
1t is to have a real bar, lots of music.
'neverything.
The other will be opened in the old
Majestic theater on East Eighth be-
tween Kansas avenue and Quincy
street. 1t will have boxes. pipe or
gan, jazz orchestra and noon, after
noon and evening dancing. The Ma
jestic cabaret" will specialize in noon
dancing and lunches for Santa Fe Of
flee employees. Another dance and
lunch and refreshments in the after
noon and at night the big time for all.
The two features will attempt to
satisfy the most elaborate dance and
refreshment appetite-an appetite that
has made night life in Topeka the
liveliest since the days when a wink
and a nod brought the joy necessities
to the longing.
The Majestic hall will be remodeled
Immediately. A local stock company
will be formed to manage 1t. The
The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15

company, name. plans in detail and
date of opening will be announced
tomorrow.
In the New England building is
a big room all filled with palms.
with booths on one side. little private
dining rooms, music. and a real bar.
twenty-five feet with a brass rail and
a looking glass behind it.
H. E. .Rigby and Ray Moritz have
leased a part of the basement of the
New England building. There are
four private rooms for one or
two couples. There are half a doz-
en- booths. surrounded by palms and
numerous little tables in the center
of the room. Music will be furnished.
1t will be known as the Palm Gar
den," entrance on Fifth street. At the
bars they will specialize IN one
of the no-kick products, either bot
tied or draft. At noon they will
specialize on a MONDAY merchants
lunch and in the evenings will special
ize on after-theater or dancing parties.
The palm Garden" will remain open
until the young hours of the morning
The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15
Can Send Army Into Mexico at
Moments Notice, Indication.
Americas Latest Note to Neigh
Dor Holds Congress Interest.

Washington, Aug. 15.-The state
departments latest note to Mexico
warning President Carranza that if
murders and indignities of American
citizens continue the United States
may be forced to adopt a radical
change" in attitude toward that coun-
try, was the chief topic of interest
and discussion today in official and
diplomatic circles here. The note,
made public yesterday, along with a
reply from the Mexican government,
lacked only diplomatic technicalities
to make it an ultimatum and was
couched in probably the strongest
language used in any communications
between the two republics since the
exchanges just prior to the occupa-
ton of Vera Cruz by American armed
forces.
While no official statement was
made concerning the announcement at
this time of the change of policy it
generally was the opinion today that
pressure from foreign governments
and demand in congressional circles
for some protective action hastened
the announcement.
1t was pointed out that should some
drastic step become necessary. the
United States from military point of
view, now is in better shape TO act
than at any time in its history of long
drawn out controversy with the Mex
lean nation as to American rights and
privileges.
Plans of the war department for a
possible Mexican campaign are ready.
There are thousands of seasoned
troops on the border.
The note was presented to the Car
rama government at Mexico City by
Charge Summerlin of the American
embassy, acting in the absence of Mr..
ElpfNhar The renlV made .IlIlN
IS by Salvador Diego Fernandez, in
charge of the department of foreign
relations.
The senatorial investigation of Mex
lean affairs, ordered by the foreign re-
by the latest developments, Senator
Fall, New Mexico. declared. Fall to-
day was preparing to have the COM
mittee ask the senate for a larger
money grant.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15
HUNT FOR Bones
Officials Looking for More HUI
man Skeletons.
Maple Hill Mystery Creates I'm
usual Interest.

Maple Hill, Kan, Aug. 15.-Kansas
state officials today began a search
for the Rufe King murder farm. Resi-
dents of Maple Hill and officials of
Wabaunsee county say they are now
convinced that the liveryman had
somewhere established a private
burial ground for his victims. Grounds
surrounding the old livery barn will
be eXcavated and floors of the barn
removed in an effort to find more hu-
man skeletons.
Not since the finding OF the Kate
Bender murder farm in southern Kan
sas more than a quarter of a cen
tury ago. has a Kansas murder mys-
terry promised such gruesome develop
ments. Excitement was aroused to a
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SMUGGLING IS RIFE
Priceless Jewels, Once Property OF
Now Impoverished European
Mobiles, Strca ming Into New
York.

New York, Aug. 15.-Scores OF al
most priceless jewels which have been
worn in the courts of Europe for gem
erations are streaming daily into this
city and the staff of the collector of
the port of New York has been en-
larged to meet increased activities of
jewel smugglers, it was learned today.
Impoverished European mobiles have
sold heirlooms and jewels in great
quantities, it was said, and, altho the
legal imports of such articles recently
have been larger than at any time
since the war began, the customs serv-
ice has been keyed to it's utmost to
detect smuggling.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15
WHOLESALERS IN DENIAL
Say They Actually Took Losses" To
Keep Retailer in Sugar.

Chicago, Aug. 15.-WhoIesale rro-
GERS here today gave first official in
dication that they have felt criticisms
directed at them as possible faCtors
in high costs. A broad denial that
they have profiteered and a specific
showing on sugar prices were Included
in statement issued today by their
attorney, Robert Edelson.
Edelson said the wholesalers "ac-
tually took losses" in order to keen
the retailer in sugar. In order to do
this they bought from second hands
at from $11 to S13 per hundred
pounds and delivered to the retailer
at contract prices running much low
er. he said.
There is a sugar shortage, Edelson
claimed.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15
SHUT OFF SUPPLY
Z. S. Won't Permit Mexico To
Import Further Arms.
Is Preface to Radical Changes
of American Policy?

Washington. Aug. 15.-The Carran-
"a government will not be permitted
to import further arms and munitions
from the United States for the present,
at least. This became known today
following the publication of the ex-
change of notes between the United
States and Mexico in which the Amer
lean government threatened a change
of policy unless Americans in Mexico
were adequately protected.
Shipment of munitions into Mexico
has been prohibited since the United
States entered the war but before that
time Carranza had purchased large
supplies in this country and it had
been the policy to let these go thru in
comparatively small lots.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-08-15
MURDER AT DANCE
Cornell Student Charged With
Killing Girl, Is,
Said To Have Gone Out in
Canoe, Found Capsized.

ithaca, N. Y. Aug. 15.-Donald w.
Fether of Los Angeles. Cal, 21-
year-old sophomore at Cornell univer-
sity, is in Jail here today, charged with
the murder of 1S-year-o Hazel
Crance of this city. who was reported
drowned in Lake Cayuga on the night
of July 10. She and young Fether
were members of a Lakeside dance
party that night and were said to have
gone out on the lake in a canoe which
later was found capsized.
This is Fether's second arrest since
the night of the party. He was re-
leased on bail after charges of lille
gally purchasing whisky that evening
had been preferred against him.