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Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-02-10

Tacoma Walkout Emds--Seattle Strike Is Col@psimg
Sixty-five Women
Arrested for Burning
Wilson in Effigy

Washington, Feb. 9.-Sixty five mem
bers of the National Woman's party
were arrested tonight by civil and mill
tary police after they had burned Presi-
dent Wilson in effigy in front of the
White House as protest against the
threatened defeat Of the equal suffrage
resolution il the senate tomorrow.
Several thousand persons watched the
demonstration but there was little dis
order.
When taken to the police station, the
women, who represented is states. re-
fused to furnish bonds for their release
and they were placed in the house of de-
tention to await trial tomorrow.
The effigy of the president was about
three feet in height and was made of
paper. 1t was carried from the party
headquarters to the place Of burning by
Misses Sue White Of Nashville, Tenn,
and Gabriel Harris, of Columbia. s. C.,
who marched in the procession Of nearly
100 women, most Of whom carried suf-
frage banners
A fire was lighted in a caldron on the
sidewalk and as the two women held the
effigy over the blaze others made speech
es to the crowd. The police then inter
yened and the wholesale arrests followed.
Most Of the women protested and con-
tinned 70 harangue the spectators until
they were forced into patrol wagons.
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whatever the phrase, the thought was IL
stant and everywhere
"bariously expressed, You heard it in
the crowds about the bulletin boards,
from the man in the street and the man
on the railroads, from the farmer in the
fields, the women in the shops. in the
factories, and in the homes The pull
pit found in his life te,t for sermons.
The judge on the bench. the child at
school, alike paused for a moment, con-
seious Of Il loss. The cry Of sorrow came
from men and women Of all conditions,
high and low, rich and poor, from the
learned and the ignorant. from the multi
tude who had loved and followed him.
and from those who had opposed and re-
sisted him. The newspapers pushed
aside the absorbing reports of the events
of these fateful days and gave pages to
the man who had died.
World Wide Response.
FLASHED beneath the ocean and thru
the air went the announce ment Of Theo
dore Rooseyelt's death, and back came
Continued on Page Three.l
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BUTTE: MAYOR FIRES
ALL CITY EMPLOYEES
IN LATEST ORDER
Only Department Heads to Be
Retained-Even Garbage
Crew Dismissed.

Butte, Feb. a.--Mayor W. III. Maoney
issued statement tonight declaring that
for reasons Of economy all city employees
except heads of departments would be
suspended, effective tomorrow. The or
der of the council merely discharged the
firemcn and policemen, but in the later
order the mayor includes clerical en-
ployes, street aud alley departments and
the crew which collected garbage.
1t had been understood that the coun-
cil's order. adopted at a special meeting.
simply authorized Mayor Maloney to dis
charge firemen and policemen. but May
or Maloney tonight stated that the order
authorized him 70 reduce the city pay
roll as he might deem necessary to cut
expenses SO that city salary warrants
will be salahle.
The firemens union announced a call
for meeting tp have been held hast
night but this meeting was postponed
without date owing, ii was said. to a
provision in the union constitution that
a hours advance notice must be given
before the eeuvening of n special ses-
sion.
With the city administration appar-
entity firm in its determination to dis
miss the city employees, indications are
that tomorrow Butte will be city with
out policemen. firemen, or departmental
employers aside form officials of the va
rious departments.
After the announcement by the mayor
tonight, Major \. NJ. Jones who is in
charge of the troops stationed here i'll
connection with the existing strike, plac-
ed soldier patrols in the business section
of the city
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WORK IN BUTTE MINES STILL
At STANDSTILL; ORGANIZATION
OF SOLDIERS ENDORSES STRIKE

| months under command Of Captain W.
Is. wilson According to Major Jones,
any attempt to use force to persuade
men from going TO work tomorrow morn
ing will be effectively stopped by the
military
Officials of the Butte metal mine work
ers union (independentl claimed today
that the entire force of miners in the
Butte district had walked out. Until
the time has expired for al shifts to have
reported tomorrow morning just what
percentage of men are olt will not be
known, it was said by company officials.
coming from company officials early to-
night
Fred G. Clough, secretary of the Metal
Mine Workers union Gndependentl. said
today that his organization had formu-
lated demands for IA daily wage of $6
and b-hour working day. He said that
todays meeting was principally for the
purpose of placing pickets tomorrow No
trouble was anticipated, h. declared and
the plekets had been instructed to use
only oral methods in their efforts to per
suade men to keep away from the mines
Thomas Campbell, who was prominent
during the strike of June. 1917 is chair
man of the executive committee of this
latter organization.
This organization has formed work
ers council, which is slid to include
representatives from ID labor unions and
other societies and discharged soldiers
and sailors. socialists, Industrial Work
crs of the World, and members of the
Pearse-Gonnolly club. patriotic Irish
society. 1t is this workers council
which IS conducting the strike, according
to Clough-
The me citing of the Butte Army and
Navy association was perhaps one of
the most fervent of day filled with
suspense turnout the city. Toward what
was thot was the end Of the meeting,
Continued on Paga Two)
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-02-10

GOVERNMENT
OF SIBERIA is
DETERMINED TO
FIGHT TO LAST
London Times Cable Service Copyright
1919, by Public Ledger Company.

London Times Cable Service. Copyright
1919. by Public Ledger Company.
Omsk, Siberia. Feb. 9.-The allied
declaration Of january 233, the invitation
to the various Russian governments to
attend conference with the allies on
Princes island. has produced deplorable
effect here.
The government has made an official
announcement that the allied declara-
ton cannot affect its decision to con
tinue the struggle against the bolsheyiki
II an order to his troops, General kolt
chak characterized as false a rumor that
the government has the intention of en-
terilg into negotiations with the bolshe-
visits. The socialist newspaper declares
the Russian people will never enter into
brotherly relations with the holsheviki,
who are declared to be murderers and
criminals.
An imposing ceremony took place here
today. when the senate, whose sittings in
Petrograd have been suspended since the
advent Of the holsheyiki. was formally
opened by General koltchak. Senator
Trakoff presided and General koltchak
took an oath to obey the law All the
ministers and senior members Of the de-
partment followed in swearing ale
glance to the rev government.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-02-10

Butte. Fcb. o.. Work in Bntte's mines
was at u standstill today
The fact that today was change day,
when the men on night shift change to
the tay shift, thus gaining a day off, is
thot to have had considerable to do with
the fact that virtually no ore was
hoisted to the surface. Curtailment OF
Sunday work also had an effect
Three meetings were held during the
day. Closely following the Adjournment
Of a meeting of the Butte Metal NINE
Workers union tindependent). pody
Of approximately 60 Of the participants
marched ID the Leonard mine In what
was said a. be an effort To persuade en-
eineers and firemen to refrain from go
inc to work. Posses of sheriffs deputies
dispersed the men.
Another meeting was held at Finnish
hall Inv members of the Industrial Work
ers of the Worlds Mine Workers union.
At this meeting. from which everyone
without an /. W. w. membership card
was excluded. picket companies were or
ganized. it Is understood
pickets from both union organizations,
it was said tonight, would attempt to
persuade miners from going to work to-
morrow morning.
The third meeting was that or the
Butte Army and Navy association. 1t
was held in the county court yard and
after much speaking the strike of the
miners was indorsed because of the re
duction last Friday of 81 day IN
wages.
Major A. NJ. Jones, in charge Of G
company. 44th United States infantry
(reguIars) arrived in Butte from Spo
kane today and Major Jones Immediately
took command of the situation from a
military standpoint He has under his
command, besides the soldiers which he
brought to Butte today. a detachment
from + Company of the 44th infantry,
which has been on duty here for several
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Lloyd George Grapples
With Labor Troubles

London Feb o-Prenier Lloyd
George, who returned from Paris hast
night. was engaged early this morning
in discussing the labor troubles in the
United Kingdom with the cabinet minis
ters and board of trade officials Many
meetings of railway workers were in
progress during the day for the discus
sion Of labor questions from the national
standpoint.
Immediately after the return of Ar
thur Henderson from the continent a
joint meeting will be held Of the labor
party and trades union parliamentary
committee and other interested bodies to
discuss the entire situation.
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Admits Being Present
at Chinese Murders

Washington, Feb. 9.--At late hour
tonight Iang Sun Wan confessed to the
police authorities that he had been pres
ent at the murder of DIR. Theodore T..
Wong, SHE and Ben Sen W. officials
Of the Chinese educational mission to
the United States While freely admit
ting that he was at the mission house
when the men were murdered, the pris-
oner would not saw who committed the
crimes, nor admit that he partieinnted in
the killings According to the police
Wan described the murders in detail.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-02-10
Several of Tender
Crew Are Drowned

Bellingham, Wash, Feb. From SIX
to Il persons were washed overheard
and drowned from the cannery tender
Jwanta Of the Pacific American Fish
cries company, 10 miles south Of here
as the boat was making its ways from
the company's plant on Eliza island 1t
will be impossible to determine the exact
number lost until an elaborate cheek is
made as the tender was carrying about
% persons, nearly all from the Eliza
island plant.
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Preference for Meeting
at Paris Instead Of
In Marmora.
WILMA IS EVACUATED
BY BOLsHEV|k| TROOPS s
Lithuanians, Firms and
Esthonians Force
Retirement.

Paris, Feb. 9-The Ukrainian soviet
government has announced that it is
willing TO accept the invitation Of the
allies to the proposed Marmora confer
enco of all Russian factions, according
t. the Temps, but it considers the date
fixed, Feb. 10. too near at hand. The
government also expresses a preference
for holding the conference at Paris in
stead of on the Princess islands,
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WILSON ATTENDS CHURCH

Paris, Feb. 9.-CBy The Associated
Press President Wilson spent q quiet
Sunday after a strenuous week He went
to church with Mrs. Wilson in the morn
ing. After luncheon he took long au-
tomobile ride in the clear frosty air
and later received William G. Sharp,
the American ambassador. who has just
returned to Paris from the United
States.
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BOLsHEviKI LEAVE WILMA.

Basel. Switzerland. Feb. O. fHaras}
-Advices received here from Kovno as
sert that a. a result Of the success Of
tine Lithuanian troops and an advance
by Finnish and Esthonian troops the
b0IsheyIkl have cKacuated Wilma
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-02-10

Seattle Feb. 9.-Decison to remain
out on strike was reached about mid
night tonight BY the executive board Of
approximately 1000 Iongshoremen and
truckers. The Waterfront Employers
association will resume work at docks
and warehouses tomorrow with whatever
help they can obtain.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-02-10

San Francisco. Feb. 9.-Word was re-
,eived here tonight by Michael Casey,
vice president of the Brotherhood OF
teamsters of America that the Seattle
union teamsters had held a conference
today with their employers and decided
TO return to work tomorrow morning.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-02-10

Seattle, Feb. Am attempt was TO
be made at a meeting called for late to-
night to induce the street car men to
rejoin the general strike here, according
TO officials of the Puget Sound Traction,
Light G. Power company. The company
said 1900 men had returned to work
and that the 400 still out were endeavor-
ing to stampede the others into recon
siderng their vote to resume work
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-04-17

what reason? Because their views
of the Bible honestly and sincerely
expressed do not conform to those
of some others. These men are true
patriots. Without money and with
out price they have devoted their
lives to the welfare of their fellow
men. Their Imprisonment Is unjust,
un-American, unrighteous. The very
rights for which the fathers of this
republic fought are denied these men.
Even if their religion had interfered
with the war (Which is scarcely con
ceivable) the war has ended.
Why should they suffer further?
Is 1t the desire to make martyrs of
them in order to satisfy the grasp
ing, intolerant spirit of Romanism
and her allies? Liberty loving peo-
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Protestant clergy. were attempting
to get control of American institu-
tions.
The case came on for trial In June,
1918, when excitement was at Its
highest point concerning the war
Many fair minded persons who heard
the testimony declared conviction
impossible. Before the defendants
could be found guilty 1t must be
proven beyond reasonable doubt
that they had entered into con-
spirAcy to cause INSTRUMENTATION,
disloyalty and refusal of duty in the
military forces of the United States,
and to accomplish this purpose had
published The Finished Mystery, and
had written letters with the intent
to cause characterization, disloyalty
and refusal of duty. No such evil
dence was produced. Therefore the
Court left it to the jury to infer such
conspiracy from the mere fact of the
publishing of The Finished Mystery
and the writing of few letters
answering questions concerning the
draft. On the other hand the evil
dence was undisputed that The Fins
ished Mystery was published as the
result of the arrangement of the AS
sociation made thirty years before
the war, that the sole intent in pub
fishing it was to explain the Bible,
and that there was no thought in the
minds of the defendants to interfere
with the war. But the jury returned
verdict of guilty; and the defend
ants were sentenced to 20 years i'm
prisonment.
Has 1t come to the point in America
that noble minded, peaceable Chris
tian gentlemen can be railroaded into
prison and denied bail pending their
appeal because they dared to tell the
truth? win America tolerate reli-
gious persecution such as Rome prac-
ticed during the period of the wicked
inquisltlOn?
Since the trial of these men there
has been a studied effort on the part
of certain officials to keep the facts
out of the papers. Even The Watch
Tower, the official organ of the !. u.
s. A., was warned by secret service
men that nothing favorable to the
defendants must be published. The
purpose seems to be to bury them IN
prison, deny them their constitutional
rights and keep the public in igno-
rance of the facts. In no sense OF
the word are these men criminals.
Yet they were compelled to associate
daily with criminals of the vilest
kind. They were taken away from
the Christian work to which they
have given their hives, and shut up
in prison, there to die slowly. For
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ADVERTISEMENT
More About the Finished Mystery

ing this religious association (which
may be called Its creed) consists OF
the Bible ms Interpreted by Pastor
Russell In his writings.
From 1879 until his death in 1916
Pastor Russell edited and published
The Watch Tower, semImonthly
journal devoted exclusively TO Bible
teachings. In 1856 he published Vol
ume | OF his Bible Commentaries, In
The preface OF which he announced
that there would be seven volumes.
He wrote much of the matter for
Volume Z, but died without having
published It. ]. Il. Rutherford was
elected by the Shareholders TO succeed
Pastor Russell as president OF this
religious society; and during the FIRST
year of his administration Volume Z
The Finished Mystery was published
A few Isolated pages in this book
formed the basis for the prosecution
OF Rutherford and his associates, re-
sulting In their incarceration in The
federal penitentiary. CThese pages
247 to 253, are largely excerpts from
the writings OF @. Il. Jefferson and
published by the American Associa-
tlon for International Cancellation,
having for its endorsement the A.
directors who are amongst the most
prominent American citizens; and
the Rev. John Haynes Holmes
Church Of the Messiah, ParA Avenue
n. Y. City. The liberties Of neither
these men or Association have In the
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pie should demand the immediate re-
be sent to prison, then the principles
of religious liberty have ceased to
exist in America. Let every liberty
loving American demand that these
Christian gentlemen be permitted to
freely serve the hundreds Of thou
sands of Christian people who de-
sire and need their aid and comfort.
ASSOCIATED BIBLE STUDENTS
OF ABILENE,
NAOMI Il. ENGLE,
Local Glass Secretary.
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WHY THE BIBLE STUDENTS
WERE IMPRISONED.

THE following by the courtesy OF
the press, is an answer by the local
class of Associated Bible Students to
the scores OF inquiries concerning the
publication OF "The Finished Mys-
terry" and the Incarceration Of the
societys president and his seven as
nociates for eight months In the fed
eral prison at Atlanta, Ga. Associates
of the local class are In position Ia
impart further information regarding
this matter whenever desired-facts
which have been purposely withheld
from the public.)
The case OF the United Statcs vs.
J. #. Rutherford ct al. is the fruits OF
religious intolerance; and the excite
ment attending the recent world war
furnished opportunity for the perpe-
tratlon OF a great wrong. Public SEN
tIment against the defendants and
the association in general was work
ed up on the theory that they were
spreading German propaganda. Moth
ing could be more false.
About 1875 the late Pastor Russell
began to gather around him Chris
tian people of all denominations, both
Catholic and Protestant. This result
ed in the organization of the Inter
national Bible Students Association
which Is devoted exclusively to reli-
gious work. The principle govern
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least been interfered with IN their
utterances but politic.ecclesiatical
machine has succeeded in making a
scape.roat Of these international
Bible Students leaders.l The charge
IN the Indictment was conspiracy TO
cause Decentralization disloyalty and
mutiny IN the army and navy,
brought under the war measure
known as the Espionage Act The
character OF these men will bear upon
the question Of intent with which
any act or thing as charged was
done.
Joseph II. Rutherford, a prominent
lawyer, became interested In Pastor
Russel's writings and finally conse-
Grated himself TO the Lord. In 1907
he gave up lucrative practice ana
went on the lecture platform under
the auspices OF the |. Il. S. A. Being
man Of some financial means, he
gave his services free, supported him
self and family out Of his own private
funds. besides donating money to aid
In the work Of the society. He made
extended lecture tours through Great
Britain and continental Europe, Wis
tied the Holy Land and Egypt, ana
other places OF Biblical interest and
was heard by many thousands. He
spent eleven years exclusively In this
religious work. and at the time of his
arrest was diligently directing the AT
goirs Of this great religious. society
along the same lines which Pastor
Russell had pursued for years. He Is
doubtless the best known layman
Bible lecturer in the world.
q /. Woodwork and g. ii. Fisher.
Of Scranton, Pa, have been FOR many
wears active members of the !. u. >.
IA Both are men Of unusual ability
aside from their wide knowledge OF
the Bible. After Pastor Russelfs
death these gentlemen were assigned
the task Of preparing for publication
Volume of Scriptual Studies, known
os The Finished Mystery. Mr. FISH
or was also member of the board
If directors Of this religious society
and associate editor Of The Watch
Tower.
r. H. Robinson, associate editor OF
The Watch Tower, is lecturer OF
wide reputation. A. II. Macmillan
and r. 7. Martin are Bible lecturers
wen known throughout America. ME-,
Macmillan was member OF the
hoard Of directors, while Mr. Martin
was office manager of the society
which employs large number Oh
Christian men and women In It's
work G. DeCecca was engaged as
teacher and lecturer for Italian mem
hers of this religious organization.
All these men are fully consecrat-
cd to the Lord and his cause. All
have been exclusively engaged III
this work from ten to twenty years
each.
shortly before the Indictment the
l. B. S. A. issued another paper
Kingdom News No. 3, In which PROOF
was adduced that ambitious Roman
Catholics, supported by some among
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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-17
UNEMPLOYMENT LESS NOW
THAN ANY TIME IN YEAR.
(By United Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-Unem-
ployment now is less alarming than
at anytime since the armistice was
signed, W. H. Skinner, acting direc-
tor general of the United States en-
ployment service, announced today.
"There is 9 job for every man who
wants to work." said Skinner.
"rhere is some unemployment due
to the difficulty of connecting the
men with the vacant job. Aside
from the artificial unemployment
brought on through strikes and indus.
trial situation is good"
Skinner said these statements are
based on reports to the unemplov-
rlent service from % states. The
reports show that in Wisconsin and
Michigan there is shortage of help.
AS a result of closing of shipyards
on the Pacific coast, 5000 men are
reported joDless in Portland, Ore.