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The Ordway new era., 1919-02-21
Couldn't Do Without That.

Attached to the office of the attend
ing surgeon, headquarters, s. O. s.. Is
u French doctor who treats the French
civilian employees. One of his patients
has been suffering from severe abb
scess on her leg, and the other day he
had one of the army dmbulances take
her to the hospital.
The next day he called again, gave
the same name and address, and said
he wanted the patient taken to the
hospital.
"But," he was told. 1--WE took that
woman to the hospital last evening"
"I KNOW" he said, "but she forgot
to take her bread ticket and had to
walk back home and get It."
The Ordway new era., 1919-02-21
An Advance Copy.

While Morton T. Hidden was MEM
ber of the staff of a recent Hoosier
governor, he made friends with one of
the porters of train that runs into
indianapolis. The other day he was
on the train and was recognized by
the porter. "Hain't you in EuropeT
he asked. 81 done would think they
would took you on that peace party"
Mr. Hidden smiled. Not me-" he re-
turned. I'm Republican"
The porter sighed and then looked
disappointedly at Mr.. Hidden. you
would have made such handsome edi-'
hon," he Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Ordway new era., 1919-02-21

Necessary for Friendship.
There are two elements that go to
the composition of friendship; Truth
and Tenderness.-Emers
The Ordway new era., 1919-02-21

through the CLERKS room ana into the
anteroom. Hartley was standing be-
side the window. He looked up sheep
ishly as Mark entered.
"Well2" asked Mark crisply.
Hartley grinned. II didn't take the
cups or the picture. Captain Wallace"
he said.
"well. what about it? What can 1
do for your" -
"Why. II wanted to tell you as
much, Captain Wallace. I've sunk low.
but not to theft. Only didn't feel
could stay"
Good Lord. man, is that all you
have come to tell me?"
"WeIl, you see-there was something
else, but" stammered Hartley.
"Out with 1t. thenv"
II wanted to thank you for what
you did for me. and"
The man seemed to be trying to spin
out the interview for some indefinite
purpose. Mark turned on his heel.
His temper was not of the best Just
then, and Hartley was the last man
In the world whom he wanted to see.
-An' right" he answered. "Steer
casa1 Of that woman-of Mrs. Henson,
Hartley. It's evident that she doesn't
redprocate your feelings. or whatever
they are. and she seems to have some
dangerous friends about her"
He relented suddenly. and. going
forward. clapped the man on the shoul-
der.
II guess you've had your troubles.
Hartley" he sa1d. "But pull yourself
together. man"
The sheepish. unmanly mask
dropped from Hartley's face. He
caught Marks hand impulsively.
"rm a cur, Captain wallacer" he
cried. ILL
THAT'S all right Hartley. But, by
the way, who told you my name7"
Captain Wallace, don't ask me that
Go back! Never mind me! Go back
Into your Office at once!" cried Hart
ley.
He broke past Mark with sudden,
spasmodic movement, gained the door,
and ran down the corridor. Mark
looked after him In stupetaction. Hart,
ley had not been drunk. and his pres
ence there had seemed purposeless
Suddenly. with an intuition of danger
he hurried through the clerks office
unlocked his door. and entered.
The room was filed with a furious
gust Of wind. The mobilization papers
were whirling on his desk in front OF
the open window.
The circular fan, which Ind been
distributing gentle breeze Impair
TALLY from side to side. now poured
Its current of air Immediately upon
Marks desk. The rotary movement
had been stopped. and 1t had been sci
to maximum speed.
And this was not the small fan Gus
tomarily In use in the little office, but
q large one from the clerks room.
When Mark had left to interview
Hartley, he had seen Kellerman al
work through the glass door that con
nected their two Offices. Now Keller
mans desk was vacant.
Mark slammed down the window
there were two locks, and Mark ant
Kelerman had each key. Nobody
could have entered.
But Mark was positive that Keller
man had set the fan. 1t stood on 9
shelf against the partition. Looking
up, Mark saw that there was q tiny
hole Immediately behind 1t, large
enough to permit an inserted wire tt
push back the lever that controlled the
rotary apparatus. Yet this might hav,
. been nothing but wormhole in the
wood framework of the door.
With gasp of rage Mark hastil,
stopped the fan and ran back to hi,
J desk. He began collecting the papers
They had blown hither and thither
, some had fallen behind the desk, som,
on the radiator. The floor was littere,
with them.
The Ordway new era., 1919-02-21
Too old to Eat.

Too Old to Eat
'DO you know that an oyster isn't
At to eat until 1t Is four years old?"
remarked the laxative waiter as he
placed dozen on the half shell be-
fore the Crouch.
"You can take these back" growled
the Crouch, as he shifted at the bi-
valves before him. "You have evident
ly forgotten that an oyster isn't fit to
eat after 1t is 400 years old"
The Ordway new era., 1919-02-21

The war has made table linen very
valuable. The use of Red Cross Bag
Blue will add to its wearing qualities.
Use 1t and see. All grocers, &c.
The Ordway new era., 1919-02-21
WALLACE FINDS HIMSELF THE VICTIM OF SOME UNSEEN
AND SINISTER FORCE.

synopsIs-Lieut wounded at the battle
Santiago the jungle he comes across
outside Of which little girl Is playing Wnn ne Is
he his intention
adopting commanding officer Major Howard tells him thas
sold department secrets
himself
Kelerman Howard pleads to be allowed
to that shall
Several later Wallace visits Eleanor
She pleasant shock
eighteen she intends marry him More
West At outbreak
Wallace Washing
haunted Eeanors footsteps
following night Wallace the
Wallace him takes
apartment night the
az Hartley disappears
The Ordway new era., 1919-02-21
Wallace receives q strange Of
fer, which he Indignantly re-
Jects, and then-darkness. What
happened to him Is revealed In
the next instaiIment. Don't
miss Il.
(To BE coNTINUED.)
Foul Play.

Foul Play.
Lady (who has given a tramp
plate Of scraps): "You must feel the
humiliation of begging for food"
Tramp: 'It's not that so much mum.
What hurts me is that I'm depriving
the pore innercent fowls of feed"
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17

cerned, were good" said one of the
executive committee Of the league,
his every action proves the con-
trary. We do not propose to let
anybody, Mayor Stodden Or anyone
else, wreck our market, and in the
appointment of this man Truscott
that apparently is what the mayor
proposes to do.
''If the mayor insists OH appoint
ing one of his countrymen to the
position of market master" she con-
tinued. lit seems highly probable
that among the Cornishmen in the
city there must be at least one who
! is fitted to better perform the duties
| of the market master than Mr.. Trus-
colt. But perhaps, the mayor has
exhausted the list in the matter OF
appointments for various city jobs. Z.
AT any rate the Consumers
league will not stand for the appoint
ment Of such a man as Mr.. Truscott
and we propose to show his honor
and the members of the council to-
night that we will not. In the mat
ter Of filling positions on the street
department, or in passing out Jobs
to his friends in other departments.
the women Of the city are willing to
stand aside and let Mr.. Stodden do
as he pleases so long as the usual
decencies are observed. But in the
matter of our market we want to see
that The market master is a man
whose sympathies are with us-the
hr,
tainly is not in sympathy with any
movement to cut down living costs.
Mr.. Truscott is aligned with the
Employers association in the mer-
chants division of that notorious or
ganization. He is a merchant him
self and it does not stand to reason
that he can be in sympathy with any
movement which tends to cut down
his own profits. even when, as in
the case of the market master, he
draws $500 per month from the city.
ut is stated that Mr.. Truscott has
confided to his friends that he can
devoting an hour or so day to the
market and spending the remainder
of the time on his other business at
fairs, operating his grocery store
among them. This would seem to
put the wage scale question on new
basis in Butte.
If Mayor Stodden will not accede
to the request of the housewives and
reconsider his appointment of this
man Truscott and il he will not show
us that his actions with reference to
the market are in its favor, we will
start a market of our own. where we
know we will be given square
deal"
1t is anticipated that a large dele
cation from the Consumers league
will be present at tonight's council
meeting.
The following communication rela-
tive to the city market and the man.
ager thereof was sent to the Silver
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
SHERMAN MAKES
REPLY To THE.
PRESIDENT
Says that "Wilson Is the
Crowned Monarch Of All
Quitters Without a Rival
in Western Hemisphere. :"

Washington. Sept 17.-Senator
Sherman. republican, Illinois, at
tacking the league Of nations il the
senate declared if the league Gov
enant were ratified as drafted
" American mothers will but cradle
their sons to fill the muster rolls of
armies to give their lives i'll foreign
wars
Replying to attacks by President
Wilson on senators opposing the
league, the Illinois senator asserted
'the president himself is the
crowned monarch of quitters without
a rival in the western hemisphere"
and that his silence and speed when
escaping from his lmperishable prin-
cipies of yesterday is as abysmal
and swift as primal chaos
We have now reached that
crisis said Senator Sherman,
where we must choose between cx-
haustng ourselves to make the old
world safe for some of its nations
and making the United States safe
tor the American people,
when we decline to ruin our
selves he continued 'by mad
crusade around the world as the
GRANT Of oppressed humanity. we
are denounced as uuitters and polt-
rooms by the senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Hitchcock) and our executive,
who avows he thinks more of the
league than his oath to protect the
government.
Suggesting that President Wilson
is inclined to seek third term, Sem
ator Sherman declared:
The presidents second hegira
from the capital is the threshold of
that candidacy. He has announced
the league and treaty are greater
than our government He is ready
lCnntiuled pnua Q,,u1,
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
FACING A DEFICIT
FOR FISCAL
YEAR
Chairman Good Declares
Federal Treasury Is Con-
fronted With an Alarming
Condition.
Special United Press Wire. J

Especial United Press Wire.)
Washington, Sept. lS.-The fed
eral treasury already faces deficit
of 1881, 1,273,345 for the present
fiscal year, Chairman Good of the
house Representatives committee de-
clared in a speech in the house. He
sounded a warning that .'the actual
condition now confronting the treas
ury was so alarming that we may
well pause and calmly consider obli-
cations already existing, that must he
met before entering upon the en-
larged programs which call for addi-
tional expenditures
The demands on the treasury dur
ing the present fiscal year are stag
gering, Good said. The average
peace time expenditure is slightly
more than billion dollars. Total
government requirements, outside of
the present urgent deficiency bill
and appropriations that will be asked
for by June so, 1920, will be slO,-
S31.201. The revenue for the fiscal
year will be s7,239,92s, said Good
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
Woman Charged With Bigan1y
to Be Taken Back to OREGON

her considerable of his wealth Last
week an attempt was made by
George e. De Smell. an architect of
Butte. who claims to have married
Estelle 26 years ago and who has
always been regarded as her hus-
band. to have the lady declared in
sane. But after a hearing before
the insanity board in Judge Lynch S
court, she was declared mot insane
at this time"
At this hearing, Mrs. De Smell de-
clared emphatically that De Smell is
not her husband. "He thinks he is,''
she said, "but he amt. He never
was and he never will be-"
Mr.. De Smell acknowledged that
he has permitted Estelle to travel
about the country alone for years.
although he had read of some of her
outside matrimonial adventures
while away from home.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
CONTINUED from Page Two.)

Mrs. Estelle De Smell was willing
to return to Portland. Ore, to stand
trial on charges of bigamy and lar
ceny, says Deputy Sheriff Mrs. Rob-
bins from that city, and the attempt
to defeat reQuisition was carried on
by someone else. Mrs. Edna r. Rob-
bins returned from Helena last night
with the necessary papers, the gov
ernor. after a hearing lasting a great
part Of the day. having sustained the
Oregon authorities in their effort to
get Mrs. De Smell back under their
Jurisdiction.
Mrs. De Smell, who acknowledges
to 54 years, is alleged to have mar
ried IN Italian, Anthony Dolecki, on
March 4 in Portland after a matri-
monial-agency-c correspondence court
ship. and to have deserted the man
the day after the bridal, taking with
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
Chief Deputy O'Connor Asks
Commissioners to Reconsider

The sheriffs office is trying hard
to get back its decapitated person
mel. The five men whose heads
dropped in the basket yesterday as
the result of the alleged retrench-
ment policy of the county commits
sioners are necessary employees, al
leges Chief Deputy David O'Connor.
Sheriff John K. O'Rourke is
away after an automobile thief in
the east, the rank and file deputies
are scattered over the suburbs of
Butte. attending to their various
duties and keeping watch over the
bootleggers and gamblers, says
Davy. Four are acting as jailers-
besides the matron, who is, OF
course, deputy.
Mr.. O'Connor says he was alone
in the office yesterday and had no.
body TO relieve him when he went to
lunch, and, consequently, was
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
AGED MAN
BURNS TO
DEATH
Michael O'Neil, an Old Time
Butte Chef, Found in Cab
in by Members Of Fire
Department.

Burned to a crisp and giving evil
dences Of the struggle for life, while
il a semi-conscious condition. the
body OF Michael O'Neil 13, ali old
time chef in Butte's restaurants, was
found lying at the side of his bed in
a cabin at 226 South Ohio street at
500 O'Clock last night BY members
OF the fire department who had been
summoned to extinguish fire in the
shack.
When the firemen burst into the
cabin, through the haze of smoke
which had emanated from burning
bedding, the charred body OF O'Neil
was seen.
O'Neil, who was we'll known in
Butte. had not been employed for
several weeks and was rooming at
the cabin on South Ohio street rent
ed by Patrick Mullins. The two men
were old friends.
According to the police, Mr., MuE-
Inns was the last person who saw the
unfortunate UNeil alive. The two
were down town together yesterday
afternoon, when, late in the day Mr.
O'Neil declared to his friend that he
was tired and intended to go home
and .etire. Mr., Mullins was later
notified of the death OF his friend.
II is presumed by the authorities
that Mr.. ONeil. who was an inveter-
ate smoker. had laid down on his
bed with a lighted cigar in his lips
and that he tell asleep while snlok-
ing. The cigar. it is supposed, fell
onto the bedding and started the
fire.
O'Neil must have been slowly suf-
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
MANY HEAR
JOHNSON
SPEAK
Audience Remains Standing
While They Listen to
Some Real Facts Regard
ing League Of Nations.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Sept. II. - A
large and enthusiastic audience
greeted Senator Hiram johnson of
California last night. Speaking from
the same platform from which Pres
ident Wilson urged the adoption of
the league of nations covenant sew
eral days ago, the senator charged
that Wilson seeks to establish a new
government for the United States, by
the provisions of the league OF ma
tions' covenant
1t was found necessary to remove
the chairs from the main floor of the
hall to accommodate the crowd. all
OF whom remained standing through
out the senator's speech.
What I want TO point out to you
is that we are making a fundament-
al choice of government. You may
adopt government in which Ger
many is pictured as a perfect flower
or you must have new system,
said Senator Johnson ''This is
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
HITCHCOCK AMI
LODGE HAVE:
TILT
Republican Leader Tells Ne
braska Senator He Will
Garry Out His Promise in
His Own Way.

Washington. Sept. 1.-THE form
al reading of the German peace treaty
for amendment was begun yesterday
III the senate after a sharp parlia-
mentary Wrangle and demand by
democrats for an avowal from Re-
publican Leader Lodge that the pact
be kept continuously before the body,
1t had not been the intention OF
treaty opponents to take it up this
week as was indicated by a motion
Of Senator Smoot, republican. Utah
to consider other legislation after a
four-hour discussion. Senator Hitch.
cock of Nebraska, leader of the ad-
mlnlstration forces, insisting the
treaty was emergency business and
pointing out not one line of the doeu-
ment had been read, drew fire from
Senator Lodge by asking II, in all
good faith. it was his purpose to ex-
pedite consideration.
My good faith and what [ intend
to do is my business Senator Lodge
replied.
Senator Hitchcock thereupon again
asked Senator Lodge if he intended
to carry out his promise and keep the
treaty before the senate.
Senator Lodge, who had been
walking back and forth in the cham
ber, halted quickly when the ques-
ton was asked
y certainly do, and in my own
| way. without advice from the senator
from Nebraska he declared
The democrats asked for the ayes
and nays on the Smoot motion to
take up other business. and Senator
Smoot withdrew his motion. The
reading of the treaty was then begun.
The reading clerk had read
through Article III. of the league
covenant when he reached the
amendment by Senator johnson, re-
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
DAMAGING
EVIDENCE
GIVEN
Two Men Say Emile Meres-
sa Confessed to Them
That He Killed a Man in
Butte.

Emile Meressa confided to his
two friends, Geino Perso and Sam
Marieno, that he had killed a man
in Butte. This at least was the
testimony in Judge Lynch's court
this morning of the two men, when
placed on the stand at Meressa' s
trial
1t was in Anaconda that Meressa
confessed to the two men shortly
after the shooting in Butte of Watch
man David w. Thomas of the Tram
way mine. Meressa had been
stopping in Anaconda, and had left
there and come to Butte, looking for
work This was before the murder,
which occurred on the night OF
March Is, last.
Very soon after March IS, Geino
Perso met his friend, Meressa. again
in Anaconda, according to his testi-
mony this morning.
you getta da job?' asked Perso.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17

obliged to close the sheriff's office
for the first time in years. Some of
the courthouse people have suggested
that O'Connor should bring a nose
bag down to work with him like
the great mass of the workers.
Chief deputy addressed an appeal
for aid yesterday to the economical
commissioners. 1t was as follows:
Pursuant to your recent order
that this office dispense with the
services of five deputies, beg to state
that same has been complied with.
'Will state further that as a re-
suit of said action We will be unable
to give the public and the taxpayers
of Silver Bow county and the state
Of Montana the service they are en-
titled to and should have. We have
at present two juries and three
(Continued from papa Twnl
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17

dals here yesterday after
noon, by Lieut.. III. Il. Kerri-
gan. a former member of the
army's intelligence corps. Kerri-
gans testimony indicated that in ad-
di1ion to John D. Ryan, former Gov
ernor Oswald West of Oregon and
numerous other prominent men OF
the northwest had participated in
the alleged graft.
kerrigan, who was a member of
the army's secret service during the
war, gave sensational testimony IN
which he declared that he believed
to the best of his knowledge that
there ';had been graft. inefficiency
and deliberate hindrance in the
spruce logging program" and tha,
he was cognizant of the details OF
the alleged graft and inefficiency
(COntiuued on Page Saven \
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
DEATH LIST GROWS in STRICKEN DISTRICT
PROPERTY DAMAGES WILL
MOUNT TO MANY MILL IONS

Corpus Christi. Tex. Sept l7.Fory victims Of the
tropical hurricane which swept Corpus Christi and this section
eary M Sunday morning. had been brought to Temporary morgne
this city So reported dead il the vicinity Portland
across Nueccs bay from Corpus Christi.
With the death list mounting BY
placed u the neighbor'ood o 900 the people Of Cor
ns Christi seemingly Just coming to full realization
The catastrophe through which they passed
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
METAL TRADES
Are MARKING
Time
Reports Reaching Strike
Headquarters, Indicate
That the Machinery Is in
Dire Need of Repair.

The strike committee of the metal
trades transacted little but routine
business at the meeting this morn
ing.
No change is reported in any of
the three cities affected.
Reports of machinery in dire need
of repair are increasing and state
ments made by committees securing
Information on these matters indi-
cate a bad condition Of the apparatus
of the operating companies.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
CHICAGO PACKERS
AGAIN UNDER
FIRE
(Special United Press Wire

Chicago. Sept. 1.-THE govern
ment has begun its second effort to
bring the five big Chicago packers
to trial for alleged violations of the
antitrust laws Isador kresel,
special assistant Of the attorney gem
eral, went before the federal grand
jury TO present evidence, tending to
show the packers had defied the gov
ernment laws, prohibiting formation
of monopolies for controlling food
supplies.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
REFUSE TO STAND FOR A
.PR0FITEER BEING ON Job

Housewives o the city, and especially those who
bers Of the Consumers league the appoint
men by Mayor soden Of G. Tusco to the position Of city
market master Following the mayors Of his
appoinec, the members Of executive committee Of the
league got busy With the result that large delegation pate
housewives will visit the city council chamber tonight
to formally and vigorously protest
While The mayor has Repeatedly stated through the
papers that his intention far the city market con-
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
BETTER BEGIN TO
LOOK FOR A
LOCATION
Especial United Press Wire. J

Especial United Press Wire.)
New York, Sept. f1.--At least
circulation will suspend publica-
tion in New York and move to
other cities to avoid the demands
Of the union printers here, accord
ing to Secretary Thayer Of the
New York Publishers association.
He said there were from $50 to
200 other periodicals were ready
to suspend if the wage increases
and other demands of the printers
were insisted upon.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1919-09-17
WILL DEMAND THE
RELEASE OF
WORKERS
Especial United Press Wire

Especial United Press Wire.)
Los Angeles, Sept 11.--The la
Dor delegations who are seeking
an audience with President Will
son when he arrives here, will
concentrate on a demand for the
release of all .o-caIled political
prisoners, including Eugene V.
Debs, former socialist candidate
for president of the United States,
it WAS announced here. Upton
Sinclair, the author, is the leader
OF the movement.