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The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-04-05

What all the the samples of poll
tca hevery and corruption the City Of Butte has known
the fight chair the hill Hundreds
witnesses of adats that the nomination
the Democratic ticket w. F. Dunn
agan than before employed the great
camp.
The city seething with rage and dmay and knots of people
gather here there eagerly discussing what to Men
and Of all walks of life ose each other effort to
the petitions which will be instrumental in nominating Dunn
again Independent ticket Satin gngha broadcoth and
overals side sd demanding that justice be done
the perpetrators Of this for the copper metropolis stirred to
very depths and the long ranking indignation against gangster
control the political machinery of the city has burst out vol
of passionate indignation The clerk at the telephone desk in
the headquarters but happy smile for
the answering demands know what assistance
be given in the coming struggle.
The gimness Of the citizens terribly significant of what lies
under c and asking each other what
next? peaceful watchers exercising their constitutional rights
follow counting ballots be assaulted bat
tered with the butts of revove while the eeconeern experts of
the Copper Company steal the vote at the election they
the primary what to be the of the peope
have these long suffering people Of Butte this red
tyranny unchecked The and looks
the indicate that it will be matter indeed
WILL expressed in the ballot box be again overdden They
tighten belts glance significantly the mnacng bulge Of
the wastne armpt which indicate holster deadly
shooting Such Butte today and unafrad terribly de-
termne that W. Dunn and those who the ticket with him
counted what follows will rest the shoulders Of
caous and utterly unscrpulou crowd There
the prawng hudde of cabins and
flung such unovey disorder together the
fractured rocks, by Silver Bow. Terrible danger
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-04-05

this particular precinct STALL
ed when counting the votes.
They must have had orders to
count slowly, as it is natural
to count fast and finish the
job-not only to get through
with the work, but satisfy
their own minds as to the re-
suits of the election. The pre-
cinct just north of them,
with about the same number
of votes, had finished the
counting at II o'clock. This
pecinct 4-B, finished at about
3o'clock.
At about / o clock a crowd
gathered at 4-B. Perhaps 10
of the rs present were Dunn
men. Those pesent were from
every walk of life-engineers,
truck drivers, wholesale men
II mention these because I
knew nearly all the people
present. The Dunn support
ers only asked how the count
was coming out and mingled
with the crowd. There was
fully six Cults men present to
each one of the Dunn crowd.
Everybody present seemed to
be of one mind. That the
count evidently was going
along very slowly. Every
body was nervous because
they seemed to realize that the
slow counting, was being done
50 as to give time to the Cults
crowd to figure just how
many votes they would have
to steal in order to win.
Enter Attorney Generals Dept
The Attorney Generals depart
ment represented by Mr.. Fore
himself was on the ground dur
ing the polling and as soon a
charges of fraud We're filed pro
ceeded to make an investigation
The copper crowd however, ar
dead to all law and the assistan
attorney general, Mr.. Choate de
tailed to conduct the probe wa
refused access to the polling book
and records by the city clerk OF
the excuse that an order from til,
court was necessary.
The Returns.
The issue was never for a mo
ment in doubt, and in spite of tn,
horrible brutality described abov'
the judges returns to the cit,
hall as the polls closed, give Dunn
a majority of 113. So certain
was this, that the we'll informed
Great Falls Tribune, a Democra
tic paper of some standing in tn,
state, declared in staring head
Continued on Page Two)
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-04-05
PRECINCT 4-B.

PRECINCT 4-B.
The returns were purpose
~ held back in Precinct 4-B,
80 that the Cults forces could
know how many votes they
had to steal in that precinct.
Tom Chope, A. g. M. labor
commissioner lives one
block from the polling place.
Besides Chope, Precinct
4-B was infested during the
count with Roy Alley, John
Berkin, Bill Oates, Harry
Gallwey, Ed Morrissey, chief
Of detectives; and numbers
Of other A. g. M. gunner.
Two rustling card office
employes-Hugh Ford and
Ben Leonard-acted as cleo
tion officials in this precinct.
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-04-05

l
and he was represented as mon
strous enemy of the common
wealth and a man of astounding
ferocity, whose sole aim was to
overturn the government and re-
ducc the national structure to
chaos.
| The Kept Press.
The Butte Miner and the Hell
ena Independent were particular
ly indicative, never missing a
chance to distort the activities of
Dunn and to paint him in false
light to the people Of this state.
Dunn as one of the editors Of the
Butte Bulletin questioned the au-
thority Of the state council of de-
fense when an effort was being
made, by interested parties to sup
press the union paper, for this he
was brought to trial for sedition,
and during the whole Of the pres
ent campaign, every associated
press dispatch, every newspaper
item, and every editorial, sent out
against him, stated that he was
"convicted of sedition,'' despite
the fact that the case is still pend
ing in the supreme court, and per-
haps it may be said that no man
in the state of Montana has been
so persistently prosecuted for his
political opinions and for his au-
dacity in challenging the politi-
cal control of copper, than w. F..
Dunn, and the end is not yet.
The Net Result.
The logical result of this per-
secution was that the demand rose
louded and louder for Dunn as
mayor of Butte and as the city
elections were fast, approaching,
the Nonpartisan Club organized
it's forces and placed on nomina-
tion the name of W. F. Dunn for
mayor, j. Mccarthy for city
treasurer and Mike Allen for mag
istrate and full ticket of alder
men.
Opposition Tactics.
1t soon became apparent that
the Dunn forces would sweep the
field, and the position of the cop
/ per crowd became desperate. All
attempts to discredit Dunn and
his associates ecoiled upon their
own heads, did they mention his
conviction on sedition charge ;
people sneered, did the claim he
was disloyal; folks laughed, did
they yell about the short time he
had been in the city, the citizens
of Butte winked it was all "com-
pany talk anyway" and the cop
per press is so well known that
people expect to reserve all it says
and so arrive at the truth in any
case.
The Unions.
So powerful is the union move
ment in Butte that the copper
crowd had perforce to search the
ranks of labor for a candidate
against Dunn and they found two
only who won favor in their eyes.
One had been a union man at some
remote date and is now wearing
! the uniform of the U. S. army,
having served in the Spruce di-
vision for some time. The other,
an engineer at the mines was also
persuaded to try his luck in split
ting the union vote, in the interest
of copper.
The union were not fooled how
ever, and voted to a man to ell
dorse Dunn, in fact they were the
great factor in his nomination for
mayor. A manifestation Of solid
organization which the Helena In
dependent reviled so bitterly.
Election Day.
The day of nomination saw al!
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-04-05

At 2 o'clock in the morning
ing the fun began. Every
thing was in peace and quiet
ness when the gunner; detec-
tives and the A. G M. officials
began to arrive on the scene.
They came in 10 different ma
chimes from all directions. In
10 minutes the following men,
we'll known to all arrived:
Harry Galwey, Jack Roach,
Tom Chope, Roy Alley, John
Riley (the fixer of the First
ward), John Berkin, gunman;
Taylor, of Taylor collection
agency, who is of the type of
succor gunman; Jim Ford
gunman; ellis, gunman, the
man who killed a man in cold
blood a few months ago. Of
course, Ray Rhule was suck
ing around - Somebody
should slap him on the wrist
and send home to his babies.
There was that poor, starving
attorney, Dan Mallory, trying
to give a hand. Following up
the rear was Emery Rheim,
the clerk of the school board,
The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-04-05

sides highly organized although
the Dunn forces were not allowed
any judges and as towards the
end Of the day after good deal
Of heart rending work on both
sides, the count began. 1t soon
became apparent that jobbery
was in the air. A correspondent
to the Butte Bulletin describes
what happened at one booth and
it i* said, this description covers
of the rest and is moderate
in hs phrasto1ogy. He says in
mart.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
LOWER FOOD PRICES PROPOSED.
Kearney and Thompson Hold Long
Conference on Southern
Situation.

A movement is on foot in New Or
leans to reduce the high cost of liv-
ing, according to reports in circula-
tion Wednesday. 1t is understood
that Warren Kearney, president of
the New Orleans Board Of Trade, had
long conference Tuesday with Geo.
p. Thompson president of the Whole
sale Grocers' Association, in regard
to this matter.
The conference. it was said, was
held with view of having wholesale
grocers, brokers, produce merchants
and other dealers cooperate in the
movement to reduce the cost of food
stuffs here.
Mr.. Thompson was emphatic in his
statement that there was no pro-
Altering on the part Oh the grocers
and expressed a willingness to Join
with the Board of Trade in an effort
to relieve conditions in New Orleans,
which were said to be better than in
many cities.
WOULD FORBID SUGAR EXPORTS.
Washingt0ns-Ex of SUI
gar would be prohibited for two years
under a bill introduced today by
Representative Elliot, Republican, OF
Indiana He said wholesalers were
giving as reason for falling to fill
orders from sugar retailers the necs-
sity of supplying export demand.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
SAVE $4,000 ON ARMY FOOD.
Birmingham Consumers Get Bacon at
22-Cent Cut by Purchase
From Government.

Purchased at a saving of $4,000
by the citizens OF Birmingham, 40,-
600 pounds of bacon were shipped
Wednesday morning to that city
from the New Orleans Army Supply
base. 1t is estimated that the pur-
chase win enable the citizens Of Bir-
mingham toibuy bacon at an average
Of % cents a pound below the pres
ent retail price.
Huge stores Of surplus army sup
plies in the New Orleans supply base
have been advertised for sale, and
Tuesday, D. Mckinley. purchasing a.
gent for Birmingham, came to New
Orleans to inspect the goods offered.
Canned meats aggregating 1000. 900
pounds are for sale at cost price, and
Mr.. Mckinley Immediately placed an
order for 10000 pounds of bacon in
twelve pound cans, and 10000 in
crates. The nrst lot was bought at
thirty-six cents pound, and the
Grated bacon at thirty-four cents. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Mckinley. the sup :
plies are in excellent condition.
Besides the bacon bought at the
supply depot here, Birmingham has
purchased several thousand pounds
of canned vegetables in Atlanta, Ca,
at a price that will enable the citi-
zens of that city to buy these pro-
ducts at prices much lower than
those paid in New Orleans.
Mayor Behrman said Wednesday
that he would probably hold a con
ference with Commissioner A.. G..
Kicks Thursday morning, to decide
whether it is possible for New Or
leans to buy any of the government
supplies. If New Orleans purchases
any of the supplies stored here. 1t
will save the cost Of transportation,
which Birmingham and other cities
must pay.-Times-P -Picayune.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
THE PROBLEM OF THE RACE.

Chicago race riots resulted In 80
people being killed, Of whom IS were
negroes. The causes of the riots are
being investigated. 1900 special po-
licemen are on duty while negroes
are reported in dire need of food and
without funds.
Returning soldiers report that up
on arrival in France, negro soldiers
were received as Americans. on the
same basis as white men. When
control was sought separating the ne
gro men from white women the ne
gro was heard to remark in sub
stance 1--WE will see about that when
we get home" i.
We may add that the foreigner
uninitiated, was unable to under
stand how a Democracy" for. which
America was seeking ''to make the
world safe," could be sustained with
an inferior race as part of it.
Christian America has a task un-
equalled by any nation on earth in
its race problem.
God has gone mad" said the suf-
fering Armenians in the grip of the
torturing Turk. God forbid that we
come to such desperation and out
rage.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
Son Of Platform Lecturer viii
Marry in Fall.

Blue Mountain, Miss.-Dr. Law
renee E. Lowrey, son of Booth Low
rey, the distinguished platform ia
vorite, is to be married early in Sep
tember to Miss Elizabeth We've
Cockroft, of Memphis.
The bride-elect is the daughter OF
General and Mrs. S. 1. Cockroft, Of
Memphis. She is widely known in
both Mississippi and Tennessee. hav-
ing taught for some time in both Blue
Mountain College and Mississippi
Woman's College, Hattiesburg.
The groom-to-be is now on the
History faculty of the University of
Southern California at Los Angeles.
He resigned a place on the faculty
of Smith College, Northampton,
Mass, to go to his present place.
Prior to his three years of study in
Columbia University, New York City,
where he received the degree of Doc
tor of Philosophy, he was vice-presi-
dent of Hillman College, Clinton. He
is therefore widely known and ap-
preciated in Mississippi.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
KIDNAPPED YEARS
AGO, FINDS MOTHER
Boy Now Nineteen Years Old,
Was Taken by Father
When Infant.

Portland, Ore.-Ralph Stewart, nine
teen years old Of this city, kidnapped
by his father when one month old, and
who had lost all trace Of his mother
since that time, has been restored to
his mothers arms after years of
searching.
Young Stewart was taken from his
cradle shortly after he was born and
placed in a public home by his father.
His mother was Ill at the time, and
when she recovered she could find no
trace Of her baby. As the boy grew
older he learned the story of his early
childhood. and started a search for his
mother.
The search was conducted from the
office of the Juvenile court here under
the direction Of William Spencer.
Stewart brought his story to Spencer
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
Grocer Up Against 1t.

Z .--A z
4 have been up against 1t for
the past three years suffering
from pain in my stomach and
side until / was considering Civ,
ing up my grocery business.
Doctors and medicine did not
help me. I heard of Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy through a
friend in Buffalo. The first dose
gave me more benefit than all
the medicine / had taken before
and am now feeling as weIl as
ever in my life"
1t ID q simple harmless prep
that removes the catar-
rhal mucous from the intestinal
tract and allays the lnaamma-
ton which causes practically all
stomach, liver and intestinal
ailments, including appendicitis.
One dose win convince or mon
ey refunded. C. E. Grafton
Drug Co.. druggists, Brookhay-
en- Miss, and everywhere.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
Notice to Creditors.

Upon June 26th, 1919, Letters
Testamentary were issued to the un-
dersigned upon the estate OF BLUCH-
Err MONTGOMERY, Deceased, by
the Chancery Court Of Lincoln Coun-
ty, Mississippi. Notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims
against the said estate that they are
required to have the same probated
and registered by the Clerk of the
Court granting the Letters, to-wit:
the Clerk Of the Chancery Court
of Lincoln County aforesaid, within
one year; a failure to probate and
register for one year will bar the
claim.
This July 10th, A. D. 1919.
Brady G. Dean, Alexander Sinclair,
Solicitors. Executor.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
THIS WILL ASTONIsH
BROOKHAVEN PEOPLE

The quick action Of simple witch
hazel, hydrastis. camphor, ETC., as
mixed In Lavoptik eye wash, will
surprise Brookhayen people. One
girl with weak, strained eyes was
helped by a single application. Her
mother could hardly sew or read be-
cause OF eye pains. In one week she
too was benefited. We guarantee q
small bottle Of Lavoptik to help ANY
CASE weak. strained or infiamed
eyes. aluminium eye cup FREE.
Blooms Drug Store,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
The Men Who VIII Have Charge of
Tickets and Boxes at Primar-
les Anp. s and 2R.
les Aug. 5 and 20.

Beat 1. Old Court House-O. H.
Hartman, Jno. c. Falvey, L. L. Ty-
ler; ]. A. Decell, Bailiff. New
Court House. Proby Galbreath, Der
rell Smith, Robert L. Jones; Jno.
Mcbride, Bailiff.
Beat 2. Montgomery-Man
Lambright, James Case, Prentiss
Covington; r. L. Womaek, Bailin.
Goodwater-Wm. Smith, ]. M. White
w. N. May; ]. c. Furr. Bailiff. Fair
Rivera. d. Lotion. Albert Rawlins.
w. c. Dickerson; Joe King, Bailif.
Beat 3. Ritchie-Riley Town
send. R. E. Lee, Lewis Smith; ]. M.
Smith, Bailiff. Sweetwater-S. d.
Jordon, ]. w. Kyzar, s. M. Hodges;
A. c. Greer, Bailiff. Pine Grove
]. Andy Kyz,r, A. Buie, t. B. Price;
Joe A. Price, Bailiff. McClendon--
Andy Greer, B. A. Williams, JAwis
Arthur; T. E. Greer, Bailin. Ruth
II. L. Bacot. t. C. Clark, w. c.
Price; ]. B. Greer. Dailifr. John
ston-Hollis Reeves, Wilmot Reeves.
Jim Brown; ". A. Brown. Balm
Arlington-Sam Denman, Richard
Ooker. Walter Byrd; Bailey Parsons,
Bailiff,
Beat {. Norneld-T. L. Clark,
W. s. selicks, w. J. Reeves; Frank
Selitz, Bailiff. Gum Grove-E. C.
Keen, @. H. C. Smith, T. X. Dixon;
j. 5. Terrell, Bailiff. Bogue Chitto
IT. E. Newby, t. j. Gill, Dave Bo-
liam; VIII Gill, Bailifr.
Beat S. Caseyville-L. c. Magee,
Tox Saxton. d. L. GodboId; Geo. Gas
kins, Bailif. Red STAR. 1. Min
ton, Bartlett Calcote, Marion Walk
er; Eddie Case, Bailiff. Vaughn
M. L. Smith, Isaac Loftin, Albert
Newton; s. P. eagle, Bailin.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
Y. M. c. A Report Shows
Balance of $27, ,465,854

New York.-First detailed ac-
counts of the receipts and expendi-
tures of the Young Mems Christian
Association, made public today by
the organizations National War
Work Council finance committee,
show that $125,2S2,859 was received
by it between April 26, 1917 and
March 81, 1919. Total expenditures
aggregated $s7,s17.0O5 in the pc
riod named, it is stated, leaving a
balance of $27,465,S54, sum esti-
mated to be sufficient to carry on
the work here and abroad until next
December.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
A TRAVELLING MANS EX-
pEpIENNE

You may learn something from the
following by w. H. Ireland, a travel
ing salesman of Louisville, Ky. "In
the summer of 1888 had a severe
attack of cholera morbus. l gave
the hotel porter nifty cents and told
him to buy me bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy
and to take no substitute. l took
double dose of it according to di-
rections and went to sleep. At five
o'clock the next morning l was call
ed by my order and took a train for
my next stopping place, we'll man."
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
Kidnapped by His Father.

several years ago and at that time a
picture Of the boy and his story were
published In Portland paper. This
brought the first clue to the long-lost
parent.
e. @. Carson of Seattle, who read
the story, remembered the facts and
communicated with Portland, and
through his friends, who had been acI
quainted with the boys mother years
before, the woman was traced to the
little town Of Rockport, Wash.
The mothers name Is now Mrs. #.
J. Melville.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
IAN OLD FAULT FINDER.

An irritable and fault finding dis
position is often caused by indiges-
tion. A man with good digestion and
bowels that act regularly is usually
good natured. When troubled with
indigestion or constipation take
Chamberlain Tablets, T h e y
the stomach and enable II
to perform its functions naturally.
They also cause gentle movement
of the bowels.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02

Atty. Gen. Palmer said that while
economic conditions we're the funda-
mental cause OF high prices. viola
tions Of laws designed to prevent
concerted raising Of prices also might
be partly responsible. There Ia no
doubt that the majority of the peo-
pie are more prosperous than ever
before, farmers and wage-earners es-
pecially," Mr.. Palmer said. sThe
man who has suffered from high
prices has been the salaried man, the
clerk. ! wish we could do something
to help him. I'm open TO sugeeg.
Hons"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
GET READY.

Now is the time that your
hens will moult or shed feathers.
This process is rather slow and
Nature should be assisted. B. A.
Thomas Poultry Remedy will
help your hens to moult caus-
ing them to shed earlier and be
ready to lay when eggs are
highest in the winter. If this
remedy does not make good, we
WILT. c. Barge, Brookhaven,
Miss. .-
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02

In every home where there is a
baby there should also be bottle of
McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR. It may
be needed at any time to correct sour
stomach, wind collie, diarrhoea or
summer complaint. 1t is a whole
some remedy contains no opium, NOR
phine or injurious drug Of any kind.
Sold by King Drug Co.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02

Sergeant Alvin Yorke. greatest
hero Of the world war, has decided
to devote his life to furthering the
education of young men and women
of the rural and mountain sections
of Tennessee. For this purpose 1t is
proposed to establish the "Yorke
University" To obtain funds for
this work Sergeant Yorke will make
a tour, of the principal cities of the
country, delivering lecture on his
life and his part in the war.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02
THE BEST PHYsIc.

When you want a pleasant physic
try Chamberlain's Tablets. They are
easy to take and mild and gentle in
effect. They are highly priced by
people who have become acquainted
with their good qualities. They only
cost a quarter.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02

Railroads are built for the heaviest
traffic possible. Looks like good
roads, will have to be built the same
way. De terioration and the main
tenance Of roads are to be consider.
ed. Look at Lincoln county's.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02

Samuel IT. Stone. formerly Sec
ond lieutenant Of the 101st Infantry
regiment, has been sent to TT. Lea
venworth prison for ten years for de-
serting his soldiers whom be led IN
to the Ore Of the enemy. stone Is
from Heaton.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02

The Governor Of chihuahua has
offered reward Of $4,000 for the
capture. dead or alive, Of Francisco
villa. II is stated the offer appeared
in an advertisement in a Chihuahua
paper.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02

Th:. nrst death from heat this
season in New Orleans occurred We'd
nesday. A wagon driver aged AZ
fell from his vehicle and expired in
four hours.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02

The Montana state Senate ratified
the federal amendment to the consti-
tuition by vote Of thirty-eight to
one. The House unanimously rati-
ned the amendment.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-08-02

In the oratorical contest at the
Crystal Springs Chautauqua last
Monday evening, j.. P. Ulmer, of Mis-
sissippi College. won over s. F. Har-
key, Of MiIlsaps.