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The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-06-30
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Especial United Press Wire.)
Jaris, June 30.-With President
Wilson en- route home and Lloyd
George in England, the allied peace
commissioners expected to consider
today the completion of the Austrian
peace treaty. The agreement on the
principal of reparations reached last
week is believed to have paved the
way for the speedy assembling of the
remainder of the document. The al
lies will present the financial and
economic clauses to the AuStrians
this week, it was learned.
Although there was little ceremony
attending Wilson's leave taking at
Brest, he was given a sendoff in Par
is on Saturday night equalling in en-
thusiasm his original greeting.
Wilson left France justly salts
fled with his accomplishments" said
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Washington, June 80. - The ma
tion's capital received the word that
Germany had signed the treaty, prac-
tlcally without murmur or ripple.
Saturday the crowds on the streets,
II anything were smaller than usual.
There was dense atmosphere at
the state department as the officials
awaited word of the treaty being
signed. Two minutes elapsed be-
tween the flash that the Germans
had signed and that Wilson had af-
fixed his signature; the strain then
seemed broken. At 11:20 the de-
partment received cable saying that
all the plenipotentiaries had signed
and that Clemenceau had declared
the session closed. AS China had
refused to, participate, there were
only 26 allied nations represented at
the historic conference.
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No Demonstration When
Capital Receives Neus

Following are the nations that
signed: Serbia, Japan, United!
States, Liberia, Haiti, The Herjas,
France, Portugal, Panama, Brazil,
Honduras, Peru, Belgium, Italy,
Cuba, Guatemala, Bolivia, GLAND,
Great Britain, Greece, Siam, Mica
ragua, Ecuador, Rumania, Czech
Slovakia, Uruguay and Russia. The
other allies had negotiated peace
with Germany in March, 1918.
Senator Hitchcock, who received a
copy of the presidents proclamation,
read it to the senate. Though the
reading was tantamount of the Of
ficial notification to congress that
the war was over, there was no dem
onstration.
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Washington, June 3O.--Saloon-
keepers and others who violate the
wartime prohibition act will be az
rested and prosecuted, Assistant At
torney General Frierson stated today.
This is in answer to reports that
liquor dealers in many cities would
ignore the law. The wartime prohi-
bition law provides a fine of not to
exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not
to exceed one year, or both.
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CHICAGO ON "STEW."

Especial United Press Wire)
Chicago, June 30.-This city IS
for the greatest stew" in
its history. Reports indicate nearly
the entire male adult population will
attend the wake of John Barlcycorn
Every cafe reports capacity reserva-
tions and many tables are going at
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shrine of John Barleycorn. Saloon
keepers declared they would not
close tomorrow but would sell every
thing on hand in an effort to get a
ruling on the validity of the war
time prohibition act.
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CUNMAN ACCUSED OF
BRUTALITY PLACED ON
TRIAL THIS MORNING

Edward Morrsey chief of detectives of the city Of Butte
the chief gunmen in the employ Of the Anaconda Copper
company against whom allegations of responsibility for the
pendna in district court was this mornnq placed on trial
fore the board of police commissioners to numerous
charges of brutality toward prisoners and others and OF
charges drunkenness conduct unbecomng
gentleman indications the morning session of
hearinQ would several days
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j. s. AND FRENCH
MARINES MIX IT
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Especial United Press Wire)
Brest, June 30.-As a result of
a brawl between American and
French marines, in which several
marines were wounded, the
streets of Brest have been placed
under military control. French
civilians joined in the fight, ston-
ing and hitting many Americans.
Hotels inhabited by Americans
were besieged, Military police
fired their revolvers into the air,
as means of clearing the streets.
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ATTACKS FAIL.
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Especial United Press Wire.)
Budapest, June 30.-Leon Trot-
zky, war minister of the Russian So
Wet government, said in wireless
interview received here that two al
lied attacks against Petrograd had
been definitely beaten off.
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STILL ON JOB.

STILL ON JOB.
Spokane, Wash, June 30.-No in
timation was made by officials of the
Electrical Workers union as to
whether or not the union workmen
would be called out. No action has
been taken and all men are at work,
said reports from the Pacific Tele-
phone and Telegraph company.
AS the telephone operators are not
organized here, it is not believed
there will be any attempt to strike.
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WASHINGTON DESERTED.

VoUtCIdI UHIIeU ITESS w WTTB.J
Washington, June 30.-The popu
lation of Washington suddenly de-
creased while thousands flocked to
wet spots for one last headache. 1t
is estimated 900 are leaving tho
already "dry" capital for the wake.
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NATIONAL GUARDsMEN
WANT PAY FOR DRILLING
Especial United Press Wire.

Malta, Mont, June 3O.-The state
convention of World War Veterans
opened here today. One of the i'm
portant matters booked for consider
alton is the proposal to have the
state pay national guardsmen for
time spent in drilling.
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ED M0RRlSSEY Hailed BEFORE POLICE BOARD
jury FINDS R. B. Smith.
GUILTY; JUDGE TO PASS
SENTENCE TUESDAY

the fact that the state represented by County
Attorney Lobe Clark county failed abo
Iuey present any evidence showing that 3. Smith of the
Bulletin had any knowledge Of the editorial of Aug 49, 1918
which both Smith w. r charged with sedi-
tion and despite the further fact that no evidence was pre-
could be sedtious the jury in the Smith case
heard last week Helena Saturday returned verdict Of
1,;I&,
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BOSTON BARKEEps BUSY.

ISU6ClaI UHILEU PTeSS Wlre.
Boston, Mass, June 30.-Several
saloonkeepers here plan to open their
saloons tomorrow to test the war
time prohibition law.
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STRIKE OF TELEPHONE. OPERATORS
CRIPPLES PACIFIC COAST SERVICE

operators organization, said she ex-
pected all affiliated unions in Ore
gon and Washington to go out in re-
sponse to orders issued here by l.. C.
Grasser, international vice president
of the International Brotherhood OF
Electrical Workers.
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Prejudice Admitted.

Published reports in the kept press
to the contrary, the verdict OF the
Lewis and Clark jury, many of whose
members admitted prejudice against
the Bulletin, Smith and organized
labor during their examination at the
beginning of the trial, did not leave
the punishment entirely to the dis
cretion of Judge r. Lee Word, the
presiding official. The jury's verdict
specified the punishment should be
a fine instead of Imprisonment ana
left the amount of the fine to the
judge, also recommending clemency.
Will Pass Sentence July J..
Tuesday morning, July 1, was set
by the judge as the date on which
sentence will be passed.
From statements of the jurors
after the verdict it was ascertained
that one man held out for acquittal
for considerable time, later agree
ing to vote for a verdict of guilty"
if the punishment was fixed at the
minimum fine of 5000. On another
ballot eight of the jurors voted for
a fine of $500, while four voted for
a fine of $1,000. Finally, after more
than two hours deliberation all jurors
unanimously agreed upon the COM
promise verdict of guilty with d
fine specified as the punishment, the
amount to be left to the judge and
clemency recommended.
From the beginning Of the trail
until the close the defense made it's
fight in an atmosphere of hostility
toward Smith, the Bulletin and Or
ganiZed labor. The fact that the
trial was brought in Lewis and Clark
county, where hostility toward the
Bulletin, it's staff and organized la
Dor of Silver Bow county had been
engendered in the. minds of people,
generally through vicious editorial
attacks in w. A. Campbell's Anacon.
da Copper company-owned Helena
Independent, instead of in Silver
Bow county where people generally
are aware of the circumstances sur
rounding the Bulletins fight against
the corporation attitude toward it's
workers, was brought to the atten-
tion of the jury both through wit
nesses and in the arguments of At
torneys Donovan and Wheeler for
the defense. 1t is this fact, it is be.
lieved, that caused the jury to return
the verdict it did instead of more
severe one, in the light Of their ad-
mitted attitude at the opening of the
trial.
Jury Fears Attacks.
The practice of Campbell's copper
owned sheet in editorially attacking
jurors who vote for acquital in
criminal cases in which Campbell is
interested personally is also believed
to have had the effect of preventing
the jury, from fear of such attacks
and the proba bility of losing their
jobs, from voting unanimously for a
(Ga,,4sxl
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS
HOMEWARD BOUND
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Coblenz. June 29.-(Delayed) -
AS the first step toward their return
homeward the Fourth and Fifth di-
visions of the American army was
ordered to the service of supply.
The Fifth division is scheduled to
leave Tuesday and the Fourth,
July 6.
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operators employed in Seattle ex-
changes, S55 walked out. Miss Mabel
Leslie, organizer for the union, said.
One hundred twenty-five electrical
workers Joined with the striking
telephone operators who walked out
Sunday
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JOHN bARL LEYC0RN To MAKE
HARD STRUGGLE FOR LIFE

from SIS to $40 per head for seat
reservations.
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FLOCK TO SHRINE.

Especial United Press Wlre.)
st. Louis, June So. Crusaders
from the desert pilsramed to St.
Louis for the last time before the
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Especial United Press Wire)
Portland, Ore, June so. - Five
hundred telephone operators struck
here this morning for increased pay
and better working conditions. The
leaders claim that all of the opera
tors will be out by tonight. The
company is maintaining slow serv-
ice. Officials of the electrical
workers say at their meeting tonight,
they will vote to strike in the morn
ing.
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SEATTLE GIRLS OUT.

Seattle, Wash, June 30.-Tele-
phone service was maintained in Sc
attic today with reduced operating
forces. Most of the operators walked
out at o'clock Sunday morning to
enforce wage demands. OF the 900
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Tacoma, June 80. = Telephone
workers remain on the job here
They will decide at a meeting to-
night whether they will strike or not.
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San Francisco, June 30.-Condi-
tions are unchanged in the strike in
California and Nevada OF operators
and electrical workers of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company.
Nellie johnson of Portland, Ore, in
vice president OF the
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Continued on Page Three.)
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-08-14
PLAY IN YOUR
OWN BACKYARD.

1t is handy to be able to get
a thing as soon as you need IT.
1t is preferable to be able to DO
this-better, at least, ttan tc
wait week or two, while a
letter travels from you to a
mail order house, goes through
various offices and factory de-
partments. and finally starts a
movement from the stockroom
to the shipping department, re-
sulting in your ultimate at
tainment of what you wanted
If it is really what you asked
for.
1t is more convenient to be
able to go around the square,
pick it up in your hand, and
say "how much?" to the clerk.
"Yes," you admit. 1T would
be more convenient-if he had
it in stock. But has he?"
Well; that part of it is large
ly up to you. If a local store
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of organization was needed to
eliminate a number of the
ieakages, ADD to get the pro-
duet moved to the consume by
more direct route-in short,
to remove some of the middle
men.
1t is still more necessary now.
This newspaper is not ready
with the solution. II it was.
the editor of this paper would
set up today as the creates,
economic genius of all tine.
He would write the name of our
beloved town on the map of the
world in letters big enough 10
be read from the planet Mars.
Getting down to the root OF
things, it seems logical thaI if
a man grows a vegetable in
Alabama, and a man in Michi-
gan eats it, that at least four
people should be paid some
thing-the man who grew it,
the man who transported it, the
commission man who distribut-
ed it, and the retailer who sold
it to the consumer. There il
no excuse for other middlemen,
and this limited number of
handlers is not sufficient to ex-
plain the greatest disparity be-
tween the price received by
the grower and that paid by
the consumer.
1t is evident that too many
people who don't grow, or
transport, or even retail food
stuffs have voice in arguing
what the price is to be-and
get paid part of that price for
arguing about it.
This sort of thing is unwar-
ranted and needs changing,
folks. But how are We going
to do it?
Will some local citizen come
to the front with the logical
solution, and make himself
famous and the benefactor of
mankind?
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A GREAT LIGHT DAWNS.

On the first of January 1920,
a law goes into effect by which
the finance committee of the
senate and the ways and means
committee of the house are to
form a joint committee to fix
fix what expenditures are to be
undertaken for the financial
year. And when the figures
have been reached, nothing can
be added TO them except by in
Prevention of the president, or
by q two-thirds vote of the
committee.
This is better than allowing
twenty different committees to
authorize expenditures when
ever they feel like it. 1t is eX-
tremely difficult to keep track
of accounts in which the items
total in billions. II is difficult
to do these things. even when
the outgoings are all recorded
in one book. But when a whole
library of ledgers is kept. re-
cord:ng the financial iazz-con-
certs of twenty committees, the
agglcmeration is simply a kali
eidoscope.
No wonder that this has been
the most extensively run coun-
try in the world. No wonder
there have been taxes on every
thing, from medicine to chill
dren's toys. The recently pass
ed measure marks the begin
ming Of a better day. When
accounts are kept in such a way
that we can really tell what we
are spending, we will probably
spend less, and need less.
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WE RESPECTFULLY BEG TO
REMIND-SOME OF
YOU

"The last bill that ever gets
Paid is the tailor's."
This used to De a familiar
proverb; but is less familiar
now. For one thing, cash
tailors are rather numerous
these days. You get your suit
if you pay for it.
But in many lines of bust
ness il is usual to complain that
collections in that line are slow
er than in any other. Every
one who has collections to
make thinks he is the hardest
hit.
The editor Of the Record
does not make that complaint.
There are probably people in
Lancaster who have more diff
ficulty in collecting than the
management of this righteous
periodical. But we have some
very slow accounts among our
subscribers. We don't say
that they are the slowest in
Lancaster, but they are very
slow. So, if there are others in
Lancaster that have the same
difficulty, we trust that we
SHALL not be universally mis-
understood in our attitude. 1t
is not reproach; it is a re-
quest for consideration.
The newspaper is not a par
asite. II is part of the daily
life of a community, and de-
serves the same support as
other local industries. The
editor performs, or, at least,
tries his utmost to perform a
certain public service, and asks
the Public to aid him in per-
forming it more effici My.
The less attention he needs 10
give to his bookkeeping, the
more attention he can devote
to The efficient performance of
the service he tries to render.
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THE FARMER
AND THE SPUDS.

A few years ago an Alabama
farmer had 1900 bushels of
sweet potatoes to sell, and a
southern commission house Of
fered him half a cent a pound
for them. This was the equiv
alent of the price offered per
bushel. At the time this offer
was made sweet potatoes of an
inferior grade were selling in
the stores in northern states at
five and six cents a pound.
Investigation showed that
there was not one person or one
firm that was making an IN
conscious profit out of the diff
ference between the consum-
er's and the producers prices.
But there were altogether too
many people getting some pro-
fit out of each potato. There
were too many middlemen.
The cost of transportation was,
naturally, part of the leakage.
Railroads were privately own
ed then and freight rates We .
lower than they are now, but
this was not enough to bring
the cost of the consumer down
to the proper figure. Some kind
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and labor disturbances.

and labor disturbances.
II is time to enforce laws
that will curb the unruly ele.
ment that is constantly stirring
up strife between the races.
1t is time to make America
safe for Americans.
These periodical spasms
about America saving the
world" undoubtedly fit in nice
ly with the schemes of the in
ternational bankers who want
to finance the reconstruction of
Europe to the detriment of our
own country, thereby piling up
fresh billions in profits for them
selves, but they do not appeal
very strongly to the man who
believes in saving his own coun-
try first.
The government has taken a
sudden and determined stand
in the fight to force prices
down to normal and keep them
there. May it meet with un-
bounded success in this land
able undertaking-and it will
if the interests of the great
mass of he people are consid-
tered.
Then. when America is saw
cd and is on a sane and stable
basis of economic conditions, il
will be time enough to talk OF
Saving Europe and the world
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keeper finds that you will como
TO him first, and give him a
chance of showing whether he
can deliver, he has a motive for
getting a microscope and
studying the peculiar needs
and tastes of Lancaster people.
But nothing is more dishearten-
ing to dealer than to do all
the microscopic work in vain
and to find out, after he has
stocked up to the best Of his
judgment with what he thinks
we need, that we have decided
to depend on the metropolis
and the mails.
Folks of Lancaster, we don't
want to be an imitation New
York, an imitation Chicago. an
imitation New Orleans, Pitts
burg. Cleveland, st. Louis. He
who always quotes is never
quoted. He who always imi-
tates is never initiated.
Let's grow, folks of Lancas-
ter. Let's be self-dependent,
self-sufficient, self-supporting I;
and some day We'll be big
enough 10 have others imita.
ting u.
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Castineau.

On Saturday August 2nd. John
Roscoe, the little infant Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover Gastineau, took it. little
flight to live with Jesus.
The little one had been with thrm
only short while. but long enough
to be the pride Of the home
He was only ten months OH an
had been sick since April Nobody
knew is suffering, but everything
that could be done by loving hand
and physician. was done. but all IVES
in vain.
Its parents waited and hoped in
c0y"rness for their baby TO recover.
i is nature III hard to ri., oa,
lttie ones from our arms, for their
ahs,nce are so sad But the wisdom
Of our Advise God IS best. II ", can
think so. and lie allne. can coEtfoi
IN &C. troubles
We extend 20 the Borrowing par.
ents, and all who are rrieved on.
deepest prayers and sympathy in
their sad hour OF sorrow. The little
one was laid in the Lancaster Ceuc-
terry Sunday afternoon where peace
fully sleeping he lies.
May we meet our darling baby,
And see his smiles again.
To soothe his tender forehead.
Where no more farewells are said. "
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The Cancels swiftness.

Everyone has heard Of the swifiness
~ the dromedary, that on his native
sands he can travel faster than an
Arab horse. There Is picturesque
Eastern proverb which declares ;
"When thou shalt meet camel and
say TO the rider, good morning. before
no shall have answered. he will be far
OF and out Of sight, for the camels
witness Is like the wind"
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OURSELVES. OR OTHERS ?

Every few days some promi-
nent man comes to the front
with a harrangue to the effect
that America must save the
world" And when traced
down, these statements invar-
iably find their origin in the in
ternational bankers of Wall
street.
The United States has al
ready contributed its blood
and treasure in snatching vic
tory from defeat for the allies.
1t threw the might of its weight
into the balance when the
scales were fitting in favor of
the Teutons. II has done
enough for the present. 1t is
time to do something for our
selves. 1t is time to Jail the
profiteers and make living con-
ditions in this country such that
a poor man and his family may
eat three meals day.
1t is time to stabilize econ
omic conditions to such an ex-
tent that we will have an end
to these interminable strikes
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Left Out, Somehow.

Margaret likes Cecil's puppies and
always refers to them as her father
does. as a Glitter Of puppies" A day
or two ago another playmate called
her In TO see twin baby sisters. Mar
garet was thoughtful for moment ut
the dinner table that day, and then,
turning reproachfully to her mother,
said: ave never have litter Of any
thing NJ our house."
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Wanted His Privilege.

Robert did not want to have his
hohhed hair cut on. He made great
fpss. lie consented after his mother
told him that with short hair he would
,oot like big boy. At the usual bed
time his mother told him to go to bed.
and he sadly said; II wish I didn't
have my hair cut. What Is the use Of
looking like big boy II I have to 20
to bed the same time us the baby
boysT'
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Full Duty Not Belno Done.

Much has been done for the child.
uuch Is now heing done. but the best
Is not being done. II Is toward the
best that MI social ,ndcayar should
aim, and short Of the best neither the
state nor the individual should rest
satishcd-W. Clarl. Hall.