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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-05-13
Home Employment

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-05-13
eve Picked Up Seven Large Dead Rats
First Morning Using Rat-Snap"

So writes Mr.. B. E. Carpenter, Wood
bridge, N. j. "We lost 10 small chicks
one night, killed by rats. Bought some
RAT-SNAP and picked up large dead
rats next morning and in 2 weeks didn't
see single rat RAT-SNAP is good and
sure" Comes in cake ready for use.
Three sizes, Csc, soc. St.OO Sold and
guaranteed by A. A. Howes & Co, Hall
Ellis Hardware Co., and City Drug Store.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-05-13
Il 3yS Blame Hens When Eg IS ARE

Scarce.
.'' may be getting them S. Gov
.'.'. bu.Ietins prove they know how
s9 iVA Break a cake of RAT
' .A.o small pieces and place where
Iiset If there, SNAP will
positively. Three sizes, Csc,
Qy Sold and guaranteed by A.
'',"ss D. Co., Hall-Ellls Hardware
'al City Drug Store.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
School Expenditures in Butte in
Last Year Amount to Near Million,

92O.97; the state apportionment to
the Butte district was $3O7,SS4.41,
while the high school apportionment
amounted to $103,053. Other re-
ceipts were: Recreation center,
1922; Americanization tuition. $66;
care of juvenile delinquents, $1,000,
and interest and penalty of $32S.04,
bringing the total for the year to
$762,S17.63.
The largest single item of expense
was for instruction, which amounted
to $59S,771.54. Other expenses
were: Administration, S35, ,139.47; !;
compulsory education, S24,034.98;
operation, s12S,966.92; maintenance
$4G,3S2.21; auxiliary agencies, $10,-
4953S; miscellaneous, S23,564.51; /;
Americanization school. $6,180.37;
continuation school, $2,725.09 and
evening industrial school. S606.86
| Under miscellaneous expense, charges
were made for operation of recreation
center. depreciation, matured inter
est on floating debt.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
Berlin Reports Millerand Government
Ready to Throw Armies Through
Bavaria just Like Germany Did
Through Belgium, in Effort to Save
Wreckage of Reactionary Regim
of Polish Militarists.
By CARL GROAT,
United Press Staff Corresponds

United Press Statf correspondent
Berlin, Aug. 5.--French troops being massed
along the Rhine river ready to proceed through Bav
ria to the assistance Of Poland according to reports
from Bavaran cities
The French are censoring messages from the occu-
pied territory along the Rhine but despite the
Ship reports from that district indicate that troops
the move.
It is feared the allies will Austria's neu-
traity by bringing Hungarian pressure to bear on that
country, with the result that movements of entente
troops through Vienna will be allowed.
Austrian Chancellor Renner already has informed
the entente that his country desires to remain neutral
in event the allies 60 to with Russia but Hungary
and Rumana reported to be actively preparing to
fight Russia in which they probably would be able
to coerce Austria, it is believed here.
Twenty five thousand communists and independent
socialists held meeting at the Lustgaren yesterday
protesting against disarmament provided in a new
law. Many of them armed and the speakers were
extremely pro Bolshevik.
One Speaker said 'The Russian advance into Poland
is the morning sun Of our movement in Germany"
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
Longshore Unions See Threat of
Open Shop in Shipping Board Act

compatible with equality of oppor-
tunity for employment, which must
be preserved in the public service
cit is unfortunate" said Benjamin
M. Squircs, secretary of the national
adjustment commission, that the
shipping board has seen fit to abol-
ish the commission. 1t was set at a
considerable cost of time and effort.
1t was difficult problem to get the
two parties together at all.
t'It seems to me that we need more
adjustment machinery rather than
less. The policy Of the administra-
ton has always been to provide the
means of arbitration.
''Thc employers and the long
shorcmen may continue some form
of negotiation, but the attitude of the
shipping board would remain an im-
portant factor. The shipping board
; controls 60 per cent of the dead
weight American tonnage. II the
board should refuse to accept the
rates agreed upon by the shipping
interests and the employees Il strike
would undoubtedly result"
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05

iustncnt commission in its present
form.
The change in the attitude Of the
shipping board toward the problem of
labor negotiations has como about
since the appointment OF Admiral
Benson to the Craftsmanship OF the
board. His personal policy is, un-
doubtedly, one formed by his nearly
80 years in the nayy-hc is opposed
to a closed union shop and is in favor
OF making all contracts with labor
through an employer.
Within the last three weeks he has
definitely stated his position on the
question OF the open or closed shop
in the following terms:
''Fhc attitude of the shipping board
on labor is that there should be equal
opportunity for all. This policy will
be backed by the shipping board Sc
long as l am in it. The shipping
board must insist that proper long.
shorcmcn be given an opportunity
to work on it's vessels regardless OF
affiliation with any particular or.
ganization. No other position is
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
(By the Federated Prcss.)


New York, Aug. 5.-Withdrawal
Of the United States shipping board
from the national adjustment COM
mission is likely to inflame the "opcn
shop issue, in the opinion of labor
circles here. The shipping boards
withdrawal will leave the longshorc
industry without arbitration ma
chinery at the exact time when pres
cnt agreements expire and relations
are most inflammablc. The possi-
bilities Of IL general strike in New
York, where the coastwisc situation
and the activities of the Merchants
association have stirred up the long
shorcmen, are exceedingly good.
The national adjustment commits
sion, however, in its North Atlantic
deep sea award, gave the Intcrna-
tional Longshorcmcn's association i,
preferential union shop. This ac.
tion is especially significant, in view
of the fact that the shipping board
was instrumental i'll bringing about
the establishment of the national ad.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05


The cost of administration of
schools in the Butte district for the
year ending June 80, amounted to
$S65,567.33 or this amount, $722,-
73S.46 was used for actual instruc-
tion and operation costs, according
to the report of j. Emory Rheim,
clerk of the school board. School dis
trict receipts for the period were
62,S17.63
The average daily attendance of
the schools in the district was 3,S
pupils. The total number of teach
ers employed was 314.
The financial condition of the dis
trict is as follows: Cash on hand,
$1,024.13; cash in library fund
S4,425.2O; cash in sinking fund, ST.
OOS97, and cash in industrial fund,
- cents. The overdraft on the gen
eral fund on June 80 amounted to
s34,27429. Prepaid insurance totals
$1S,591.14.
A special tax leyy resulted in re-
ceipts to the school treasury of IS Al, ).
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
IRATE HUBBY PUTS
BRAND ON LOVER
OF SPOUSE

Especial United Press Wire.)
Washougal, Wash, Aug. ..
charged with branding DR..
Walter Groth, veterinarian with
II rcd-hot branding iron and
lashing him with IL whip, AL
vim Stcgerwald, a prominent
dairyman and member of the
town council, and Homer
Maulding will have Il hearing
before Justice j. =. Thomas
here today.
The trouble between Stegcr-
valid and Grother started when
Mrs. Stcgcrwald complained to
her husband that the doctor
had ATTEMPTED to assault her.
Stegerwald, it is alleged, load
ell shotgun, went to the
Groth home, but was dissuaded
from shooting the doctor by
his wife and IL nurse on the
promise that Groth should
meet Stcgerwald in the latter's
barn the following morning.
Groth kept the appointment
and alleges Stegerwald, with
the help of Maulding, an cm-
ploye, branded him with a
figure 8 iron and lashed him
with whip.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
AMERICA SUPPLIES
HUSBANDS FOR
EUROPEANS

Especial United Press Wirc.l
Washington, Aug. 5.-Amrr-
ica, the only nation III which
men outHumher women, is now
supplying husbands for women
in Europe, where thcr" are not
enough males to go around, the
report to til" immigration bu-
rcau indicates.
approximately i3t,OOo per
SONS, mostly mon, sailed from
the United States in tho year
ending with June. Large NUNS
'1crs Of men LETT to get nlar-
ried." said Immigration Com
missioner General Galninctti.
Further more, single European
women, and women widowed by
the war, avc rushing to the
United States in The hopc Of Sc
curing husbands, the reports in
dicatc. The majority of the
immigrants TO the United States
arc women, taminc!ti said.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05

The case of the state against q.
r. Ward and wife, charged with
assault on Lewis Smith, a local at
torney, was dismissed in Judge Buck
lev,s court this morning, on advice
from the county attorneys office.
Charges of assault i'll the second de-
gree will be filed direct in the dis
trict court, it was announced.
The case grew out OF controVer-
sey which Mrs. Ward is alleged to
have had concerning the rent of the
Vineyard apartments while her hus-
band was in the Canadian army,
serving in the cause of democracy.
Mrs Ward stated that she had
rented the apartments, and that
when the owners had failed to repair
the plumbing as they had agreed to,
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
Case of Assault on Layyer Goes
Directly Before District Court

she refused to pay the rent. The
case, she said, went to Judge
Mitchell's court and she was given
the verdict and $75 damages and
costs. Then, according to her. state
ment, Smith, who was attorney for
the apartments, induced the Judge to
set aside the verdict and erase the
records All this she stated, hap
pened while her husband was sery-
ing in the Canadian army and she
was endeavoring to support the
family.
When her husband returned home.
he and his wife visited Smith, on
which occasion the assault is alleged
to have taken place. Mrs. Wards
brother was in the American army
at the time.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
LONDON SITUATION TENSE.
Special United Press Wire. J

lSpeclal Unlleu PTeSS WlTe.) AZ
London, Aug. 5.-Russian cavalry
is unofficially reported to have
actually invaded the corridor"
through East Prussia, connecting
Poland with Danzig and the sea.
One dispatch said the Reds were
only 20 miles from Warsaw and that
their operations apparently are be-
ing unopposed.
The atmosphere in London is be-
coming increasingly tense. There is
much discussion of the chances OF
Great Britain becoming involved In
war. All sorts of rlImors are being
circulated. One was that the gov
crnment was ready to mobilize sew
eraI divisions and send them to the
front Another was that Earl Cur
Zon's note to the Soviet was n yir-
tuaI llItimatun threatening war.
The Times said it learned the
Germans and Russians had ncgOti-
ated Il secret treaty before the be-
ginning of the Soviet offensive.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05

pOI uOA NY UA1O ooc1ouoo1o'
The Western Union company's APP
plication for permission to land the
cable is before the state department,
but has been held up pending salts
factory replies to government i'll
uuil'ics concerning the terms of tho
contract between the Western Union
and the British cable interests con-
trolling the BarladOcs-BraZilp portion
Of the cable.
The question is purely Il domestic
dispute between the government and
the Western Union. The chartcrins
by the Telegraph company of Il
British ship by the Western Union
for the work is only Il coincidence,
say the officials, and has no inter.
nationa! significance.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05

followed a weak and listlcss ''prosc-
cution" at the hands of Attorney
General Webb, TIL" same attorney
general who appointed Ray Ben-
,amin, lodgcmate of the now dis
.raccd District .ittorney Fickert, to
,..prosecutc" ONman, the honcst-look-
ing liar whose testimony convicted
Tom Mooney.
McDonough. underworld saloon
kecper and bail bond broker, grown
rich off vice and crime, was the
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
DESTR0yERS TO STOP CABLE LANDING
Mesopotamia in Revolt Against
Britain; Troops Sent to Scene
Especial United Press Wire. }

tSUCClil SIllCSl EtSS w lEc. ~
London, Aug. 5.-BritSh reinforce
ments have been ordered rushed to
Mcsopotamia to restore order among
the tribesmcn and irrcgulars who are
in revolt.
A fresh division was ordered to
proceed from India to Mcsopotamia
Following disaster to 4 British column
r,cnr the ruins Of Babylon, in which
800 were killed and wounded.
The British garrison at Kufah,
Lower Euphrates, is holding out
against the attacks OF tribesncn and
bandits, according to Il dispatch re-
ccivcd.
The Arabs i'll repeated attacks, set
fire to the town, which WAS partially
destroyed. The British repeatedly re-
pulsed them. The Arabs left 13O
dead behind.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
WILSON D ORDERS / NAVY TO
FIRE ON BRITISH SHIP
AT miami If NECESSARY
Especial United Press Wire.)

Washington Aug 5.-United States destroyers
tinue patrong the harbor of Miami Fla, to prevent
British ship making cable landing there, in response
to orders from President Wilson to the destroyer
manders to prevent by force, if necessary the landing
of the cable.
Officials here said that President Wilson's order to
the navy department ordering prevention by force, if
it should be necessary of the landing Of the cable from
the Barbados Islands, British possession, is fully
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
(By the Federated Press.

(By the Federated Press.)
San Francisco, Aug. 5.-The same
dark forces which sent Tom Mooney
and Warren X. Billings to prison
for life because they fought against
the exploitation of labor, have seen
10 it that Pete McDonouGh, notori.
oEs manipulation of juries, was ar
Quilted OF perjury charges in con-
nection with the recent expose of
iury-fiXing here.
This whitcwashing of McDonough
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
TO EXTEND STRIKE.
(Bv the Federated Press.

Pawtucket, r. L., Aug. 5,-~Fifteen
hundred workers i'll the American
Machine company here have voted to
extend their strike, now i'll it's fifth
week, until their company consents
to deal with the union. Offers of
wage increases up to Is per cent
have been made to strikers who will
deal with the management in
dividually, but they have been re-
fused
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
Same Crooked Crowd Which Plotted
Against Tom Mooney Still Active

head of the framc-up ring during
Charlie Fickcrt's ninc-ycar reign as
district attorney. McDonough was
the man accused BY Fremont Older.
local editor, of handling the grand
Jury that kalsomincd OXsnan's char
actc,,
Ficlsclt and McDonough were
closer than mlish and milk. Pco-
pie say that Fickcrt used to carry Il
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
WILL BAR ARCHBISHOP.
(Special United Press Wire J

Especial United Press Wire.D
London, Aug. 5.-Archbishop
Mannix,s will be permitted to land
in Liverpool upon his arrival from
New York, it was learned officially.
If he seeks to visit Ireland, how
ever, s~lle will ! be halted.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
RAILROADS PREPARE TO
UNLOAD WATER ON PUBLIC
Special United Press Wire

Washington, Aug. Railroads
will offer approximately $500, ,0oo,-
600 worth of securities to the pub
lie in the next three or four months,
it was learned unless present prices
arc upset.
The proceeds will be applied on
the purchase of new equipment, of
which more than $500, 900, 600 Worth
will be needed for next year.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
MOVE
ON WARSAW
BEGUN
Bolsheviki Forces Develop
Last Phase in Campaign
for Capture Of the Polish
Capital.
Especial United Press Wire J

Especial United Press Wire)
London, Aug. 5.-The pincers
movement against Warsaw is develop
ing, according to advices from the
front.
The Bolsheviki are reported near
ing the Vistula river on the north,
crossing the Bug river on the east
and converging on the Polish capi-
tai.
Under the direction of allied Off
GERS the remnants of the beaten Pol
ish armies are being reorganized and
massed for a big battle in defense
of Warsaw
What is left of the Polish armies
on the northern front have been
withdrawn inside the ring of fortifi-
cations which have been thrown uE
around Warsaw Soviet cavalrymen
are reported less than 80 miles from
the Warsaw Notifications.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05

RCTTE DEALERS ARE DEAF.
Especial United Press Wire.)
Portland, Aug. 5.-The price OF
sugar dropped $1.75 per hundred
pounds. dealers here have been ad-
vised by California refiners.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05
TAKE TsEICHANOvIETZ.

Especial United Press Wire.)
London, Aug. 5.-A Moscow COM
munique stated after fierce fighting
the Soviet troops had occupied the
town of Tseichanovietz, 65 miles
northeast of Warsaw.
The message said the Polish re,
sistance was broken after exceed,
ingly fierce" fighting.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05

Continued on Page Three.o h
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05

CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-08-05

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-16
AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE
Kill LED BY bOLSH|V|K| |
ON RUSS BATTLE FRONT

Warsaw, July 15.--One American
has been killed and another is miss
ing In the battle between the Poles
and Russian bolshevili in the region
Of Minsk, according to reports from
the front. Alexander Ucziwek, Of Chi
cago, Illinois, an American Y. NJ. c.
A. worker with the Polish army, was
shot and instantly killed by a boil
sheviki attired in u Polish uniform.
While Captain Merton Cooper. OF
Jacksonville, Fla, has been missing
for several days since starting an air
plane reconnaissance.
Captain Cooper, a member Of the
kosciusko squadron, was recently
mentioned as the successor of Maj.
Cedric Fawtleroy, as commander OF
that famous family of aviators. II
~ believed Captain Cooper Is safe, as
his flights over the southern Polish
front. have been above open coun.
try for the most part ana he NAV
have been forced to lano within the
Polish lines.
Miss Alphea Patterson, of Clncin.
natl, Ohio, is with women soldiers
in the region Of Wilma, having charge
OF Y. NJ. C. A. supplies. She came
to Poland last fall, with her brother
driving an automobile across Germany
frcm France
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-16
|LOS A \ GEL ES RO CK Ed
BY EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
DURING THE NJ ORN N c

Los Angeles, Cal, July IA
sharp earthquake shock was felt
at 1910 this morning.
The shock was more severe
than any OF a series felt here
except that of the night of June
81, when considerable damage was
done at Inglewood, a town a short
distance southwest OF Los An
geles, and chimneys were knocked
down and dishes broken in the
southwestern part of Los An
geles.
A quick survey showed no dam
age, but the survey was ham,
pered by apparent Generalization
of the telephone service. not
through material damage, but be-
cause the Telephone operators,
frightened, deserted their switch.
boards.
In the older parts OF the city
II was reported, mortar was shak
en- from the walls of brick build
ings until the sidewalks were
nearly white with 1t.
Throughout the city there was
n general emptying of buildings.
the frightened people not knowing
Just where to seek safety. Crowds
gathered in many places. search
ing walls of buildings for pos.
sible cracks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-16
HEAVY RAINFALL BREAKS
EX CESS|VE HEAT WAVE
OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY

Oklahoma City, July 16.-Relief from
the heat yesterday when temperatures
ranged around the 100 degree, varied
from scattered showers TO heavy
precipitation in the north central part
OF the state, the weather bureau
here reported today.
A maximum temperature of 81 DO,
grees was recorded here yesterday.
At 10 o'clock this morning the
rainfall was estimated at more than
an inch here.
A light rain began to fall in Okla
homa City about o'clock this morn,
ing but the storm did not break un
I'll about o'clock. 1t was aNcorl-
panied by severe electrical displly.
Telephone and telegraph companies
reported considerable interference with
their wires as result.
Among the larger precipitations r.
pcrted are the following:
Cherokee 227 inches; saltwater 1.70: (:
kingfisher 1856.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-16
NEWSPAP PERS PUBLISH
ERRONEOUS REPORT OF
RAIL WAY WA GE SCALE

Chicago, July 1S.-Announcement OF
the railway wage awards published in
Chicago today are incorrect, accord
ing to G. W. Hanger, a member or
the United States railway labor boara
"Official announcement of the wage
awards" said Mr.. Hanger, will un.
doubtedly be made next Tuesday be
tween IL and 12 O'Clock in the morn
ing, The reports published in today's
newspapers are substantially incor,
rect, unauthorized and will tend TO
do more harm than good.
Negotiations are still going on and
as deliberations are as yet incomplete
there will be nothing definite to an
nounce until Tuesday"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-16
GALVESTON QUIET But
UNDER N M|L|TARY RULE
v WH|LE CITIZENS TAKE
NO STEPS IN N A TER

Galveston, Texas, July 16.-There
were no disorders of importance dur
| ing the second night Of military COM
troll of the city's police powers, which
! resulted from the PRONUNCIATION OF
orders by Governor Hobby yesterday
afternoon, under which the enforce
ment Of penal laws was taken over
by the states military authorities
Less than half-dozen arrests were
made by the soldiers on duty in place
of the city's regular force, and al
of those made were of character
ordinarily occurring.
Today the military authorities have
their forces thoroughly organized for
carrying out the regular police dut-
les. There have been rumors to the
effect that members of the fire de-
partment would refuse to work as
result Of the action taken yester-
day. So far, however, there has been
no development which would indicate
that any action is really contemplated
by members of the fire department.
| AS vet there is no indication of
any concerted action on the part OF
citizens of Galveston in response to
the appeal Of General Wolters issued
yesterday afternoon, calling upon
them to cooperate in the restoration
Of conditions which would permit
Of the discrimination of martial law
in Galveston and guarantee the en-
forcement Of law, maintenance of or
der, and protection Of laborers work
ing on the docks
]. ]. Ryan. chief of the city's fire
department said this morning that
there is absolutely nothing to the
rumor that the firemen will quit their
posts because Of the suspension of
| the police force.
| Members of the department made
the same comment. Chief Ryan ex-
planned that the men are under bond
and while they Kiight, as individuals,
resign subject W permission, by the
commissioner, they could not quit
in body. adding that no such ao-
ton had been considered by the men.