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OPERATIONS OF AGENCYT0' W THE WAR SHOWN

liP Y FORMER EMPLOYE(Special United Press Wire.)

New York, Nov. 17.-William Morton, former investi-gating agent of the United States shipping board,testified before the Walsh congressional committee thatships were equipped with electrical steering apparatuswhich resulted in their, eing declared a menace tonavigation. Vessels were constructed of unseasonedwood, without sufficient framework and lost theirshape through warping, he said.

"Shipping board inspector who refused to pass poorwork on repair jobs were intimidated by agents of re-pair companies or expelled by officials. The ships weresold toprivate concerns which made enough throughtheir operation to cover the purchase price before theinitial payment was made. The Lloyds agency inspect-ed and passed unworthy ships built for the ,shippingboard in private yards in Seattle," he declared.

MIorton said that after J)eing w*ith

t~ic shiplping boairtl for over two'

yes.hithe res•gnet ttad obt tained ,etl

Iplovy-nlet :ilih. a Nwc York shippingconceri('It, because so many oflll his ill-

ets igat'ions wrel stoppetd as hie walsin the nili41st of t1hem. He told ofthe sale of five ships to the NationalOil comlantly, through C. O. Yoakutt,

in charge of 1tc l'aciffic coastl divis-ion of sullpply sales. The average

pr'ice paid for hulls" was $-0,000:and for mnachiney $85,000t). Mor-ton Stiated that the lmach•illery alolnecost $200,001 in each Vessel.

Although :.t was the custom to re-quire anl inulneilLat payIlilynlnt of atleast, Iwo liand I half peel, cent of par-chase price, no in)itial payment witsnllale undt"er I is contrlact for siximonths. Daring that time, Mortontest.ified, the companlly lmade enoughthrough ipera':ting some of the shipsto pay for' their entire rost.

FEDERIAL IAW ATTACKED.(Special United Press Wire.)

Washington, Nov. 17.-The gov-ernnent moved to advance the ap-peal of United States Senator New-berry, from conviction, Michiganfederal court, charging corrupt prac-tices in his election. Newberry's at-torneys concurred in the motion. l'heaIDleal attackls thI constitutionalityof the federal cborupt practices act.

STOJiIS HIURT T ltiJ [4'IC.

(Special LUnited Iross Wire.)Cleveland, Nov. 17.-Railroad,

electric railway traffic. telephoneand telegraph service suffered inOhio, due to the heavy fall of snow.

TS`E WEATHEROccasionhal rain.

FIVE MINERS ARESUFFOCATED IN

MINE FIREEarlingtoan, Ky., Nov. 17.-

Five of the sixteen men, who weretrapped by fire in the Arnoldmine, were taken out dead. Theywere suffocated. The other 11men were rescued and are ill aserioua condition.

Million Workers Thrown Out ofJobsl in United States in Plan

of Employers to "Break" UnionsBy M ARY SENIOI,

Staff Ce:r'resljndent Federated Press.

New York, Nov. 17.---There artcone million persons out of workthroughout the country today.

Prices are being ripped. wagesslashed, men thrfown out of factoriesin thoiisarids. And to pinion and-make fast the plight of the workers

:,o|attle eonl rttr c country-wide "open-orp. - an in history is being

What this means for the workersis not merely a winter of usemblay-ment withl its attendant poverty,homlesuess and breadliuesa but the

JUDGE BENJAMIINLA TO HEAR

CONTESTDuggan-Carlson Controver-

sy to Be Tried BeforeBozeman Jurist Monday;Jackson Is Disqualified.

District Judge Benjamin Law ofDofeman will preside at the contestproceedings instituted by AttorneysWilliam Meyer and J. A. Poore onbehalf of George W. Carlsen, de-feated republican candidate for sher-iff, against Larry Duggan, demo-cratic sheriff-elect.

When the case was called beforeDistrict Judge Joseph R. Jackson thismorning, the judge disqualified him-self and announced that since the so-lection of Judge Law appeared ac-ceptable to the opposing parties, hewould designate that judge as theone to act, in his stead. Next Mon-day morning, Nov. 22, was fixed asthe time for the contest proceedingsto begin.

The contest was first brought be-'fore Judge Edwin AM. Lamb. On lastSaturday afternoon, however, affi-davits disqualifying Judge Lambwere filed by attorneys for Duggan,the affidavits setting forth that thedefendant believed he would not ob-tain a fair and impartial hearing be-fore the judge in question. On Mon-day Judge Lamb arbitrarily desig-nated Judge Jackson to preside atthe contest proceedings, althoughthe opposing attorneys had alreadyagreed on Judge Law.

WILSON IS THANKED.(Special United Press Wire.)

Washington, Nov. 17.-Wilsoft ispreparipg a message to the' leagueof nations assembly replying to theone he received from M: Paul Hy-mans, assembly president, thankingWilson for his services in the estab-lishment of the league, is the anSnouncement given out from the

iWhite House.

loss of standards toilsomely wonduriing lthe war..What it means for the capitalists'

is this: Having wrung the utmostfrom their prolonged season of profi-teering and wild speculation, havingraised prices to the point where thepurchaser has gone on strike, theyhave now reyersed the crank of theirmachine and are preparing foi theirnext harvest by artificially cutting,off the supply. With half tile wor•-ers turned out of the factories, theremainder are terrorized into ac-

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Northern Pacific Seeks to "Steal"Valuable Timber Tracts in MontanaNorris Joins Senator Borah

in Plea for Trade:WithRussBLy Ii• ]i, HENCE TOI)i.

(Special Federated Press Wire.)Washington, Nov. 17. - Senator

Norris of Nebraska has endorsedSenator Borath's statement that"there has been no more stupen-dous folly exhibited in large affairsthan the blockade of Russia and therefusal of other nations to opentrade relations with that country."

"Russia has many things that thebalance of the world needs," saidNorris. "She needs all kinds ofmachinery, printing presses, agri-cultural implements and, indeed,everything we manufacture, and of-fers a ready market if our govern-ment would permit American citi-zens to trade with Russia. Our gov-

Want United States to Send Armyto Save British fGrabs in TurkeyiI AVL WARFARE.TO BE MIIRE

TERRIBLEBritish Scientist Refuses to

Aid in the Making ofMore Brutal War Instru-ments.

(By the Federated Press.)L.ondon, Nov. 17.-Grim revela-

tion' of a new war in the making wasmade here in the exposure of thegigantic plans by the British waroffice to develop deadly gases. -

InI explaining this move, admittedto be( counter to the resolution ofthe league of nations against theuse of poison gas, a war office of-ficial declared that it was necessarybecause the United States is experi-menting with, shells filled with avery deadly gas.

Hesitation by Dr. Frederick Soddy,a well-known professor of chemistryat Oxford university, to accept thegovernment's offer to become anassociate member of a committeenow being constituted as part of anew peace organization of chemicalwarfare research and experiment,brought this plan to light.

"The function of the committee,"I

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FORCE AMERICAN WOMENTO MAKE ROOM FOR JAPSo (By the Federated Press.)

Seattle, Nov. 17.-The CosmopolisBox Factory, at Cosmopolis, Wash.,is discharging women workers, whowere employed during the war, and.filling their places With JApaneseand white boys. according to J:' C.Brown, who recently returled' toSeattle. Work is so arranged thatworkers toil two hours overtime atregular rates of pay. Wages paidare as low as 30 'cents an hoar.

PAPER FUND DRIVEThe donations to the P*per Fund to date ares

Previously Collected ...... .... •.... .......... .. 10,9,11

D onations ............ ................ ........................................................ . 1 25

Totail _....,..• ......... . ................. 1...,.. •1 2.308,.-,s--.',, - •pmq•-• -•,,-.-,-- ---•--- -- -" ....... •,,., *• .......... .... .

ernllent stlands in the way bceauseit does nQt like the form of gov-ernment that exists in Russia. Itis not only foolish and silly, butfundamentally wrong.

"We have no more right to sendour soldiels into Russia than wehave to send them into Canada to-morrow. N'o American was deprivedof his rights by government thatexisted and still exists in Russia.We have been grossly misinformedas to conditions in Russia for sev-eral years!'

Herbert Hoover said today indus-trial depression would continuethrough this winter because ourforeign market failed, owing to ina-bility of purchaslers to pay for goods.

(HIy PAUL H.ANNA.)(Federated Press Correstpondeltlll.)Washington, Nov. 17.--French F

and !ritish fat lhas fallen into thefire of Asia Minor, and Uncle Samis asked to send an aIrnmy of Amerl-can boys to pull it out.

Without the lhelp of ao Amelricanarmy the Trraty of Sevres, by which!Turkey was divided between Eng-land, France and Italy, cannot beenlforced.

Edward Naville and Auguste DoMorsier, officers of the Philarmenianleague, are used by the British andFrench to convey the above messageand appeal to America.

Pointing to the way in whichTurkish and Russian forces havemarched through Armenia andjoined hands to resist the allies, thePhilarmc leni league says in a cablemessage received at the state depart-ment:

"The sole remedy is to send im-mediately arlmy and naval forces -torepel the invason of Armenia-n terri-tory. We' urge the use of all avail-able forces at once. We realize the

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STORMS REAP BIGHARVEST ON

COASTS.(Special United Press vvir-.)ISan I'Francisco, Nov. 17.'-The

steanmr Atlas, together with thetug Storm king, are battling" a(i0-mile gale blowing off llhesouthern Oregon coast, in anJeffort to save tihe steatker .Joanof Arc. [canwhlwil, the City ofTopeka is reported fighting itsway north to land the crew ofthe .Joan of Arc at Portland.

The crew was finally picktedup duril'g the night, afte'r theJoan of Are had been aban-doned.

SAitl:ti AT SEA'S MEII('Y.(Special United Press Wire.)

1'tnrctOlo\ n, atas'., Nov. 17.-Five sailors •'it'sialoat on it navyoil barge, somewlhere Caple Raceiand ('ape Ales. The navy tug

t Penacok on arrival here, re-ported that tug broke away itIm heatr sttotn,

(By Iit'RENCE, TODD.)(F'ederated Press Correspondent.)Washington, Nov. 17.-Three hun-

dred million dollars worth of publiclands, claimed by the Northern Pa-1c.l•e railroad under thlu land grantwhich went with its chalter, are theprizes turning upon a decision whichthe supreme court of the UnitedStates will soon laklle, in a case in-volving the patent of 5,000 acres ofheavily-timbered land;s in Montana.This Montana tract is part of a na-tional forest, withdrawn from entryby executive order. The compalnyclaims it. If the company wins, tilenational forests in the northwest willbe "shot to pieces" by the cuttingout of lands comprising the odd-numbered sections on each side ofthe railroad.

Sav.ng the nationa.l forests fromruin at the hands of lumber com-panies is a duty of the forest service,and of the department of justice.

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KtLLS HIS FIANCEEAND SWi LLOWSPOISON

Thomas Marron, FormerButte Man, Murders MaeDee and Suicides in Ana-conda Home Last Night.

I Special to The Bulletin.)Anaconda, Nov. 17.,-Aroused by

the screams of her daughter, MaeDee, 25, a teacher in the fifth gradeat the Lincoln school here, llrs.Joseph Dee rushed .into the livingroom at ller home here shortly after8 o'clock last evening in time to FeeThomas Marron, her daughtcr'sifiancee, fire two shots into the girl'sbodly and then suicide by swallowingthe contents of vial of prussic acid.

I Both shots took effect in Miss Dee'slheart and she died almost imme-

I diately. Marron succumbed to thepoison a few minutes afterward.

The cause of the tragedy, whichhas stirred Anacondans, will everremain a miysitery. It is believed,however, that Marron, who once wastried for alleged insanity and de-clared sane, murdered his sweet-heart and took his own life while in

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,WOMEN REFUSE TOBEAICIHILDEN FOR SLlUGHTEllE

(By the Federated Press.)Milwaukee. Nov. 17. - "Women

will refuse to 'lear children to be

sla•'ughtered by tanks and odorless

!gases "made by men," said JessieHardy McKaye, elected chairman ofthe Milwaukee branch, Women'sPeace society, at its organizationmeeting. More than 50 joined theoriginal organizers, bringing the in-itial membership to over 100.

WOULD SEND TROOPS T1SUPPRESS CONSTANTIIEBUT FEAR BIG OUTBAk

(Special United Press Wire.)Paris, Nov. 17.--While the newspapers are publiely

proclaiming that the allies would never perait nConstantine to return to the Greek throne, it was pri-vately admitted that it was extremely unlikely thatBritain or France would be able to block such a mow.The people of Britain and France would not lQok withfavor on a military enterprise to prevent the Greeksfrom putting Constantine back into power. It is con-sidered possible that France, in an extreme case, mightsend such an expedition to Greece.

Through France's influence over the National Bankof Grepce, which contains all the nation's finances, theallies could virtually cut off the funds from Constan-tine, but they would have to reckon with the possi-ble uprising of the Greek people, enraged at foreign in-terference with the choice o a monarch.

IS ROUTED BYSOVIETS

Imperialist Protege of Al-lies Decisively Defeatedby Bolshevists and TroopsFlee in Disorder.

(Special United Press Wire.)

Peking, Nov. 1 G.-The anti-Bol-

shevist forces in Siberia were driven

across the Manchurian border, ac-cording to official Chinese reports.Harbin dispatches state that GeneralSemenoff, . anti-Bolshevist leader,has boen routed and that his troopshave fled in disorder. Japanese arerushing troops to Manchull to en-force order. Bolsheviki troops have

occupied Kiankahtu and seized allprivate property.

The first railway town inside theManchurian boundary in Siberia hasbeen the scene of desultory fightingfor many weeks. The resumption ofthe tlolsahviett movement there camejointly with the sweeping successesof the Red troops in Crimea and therenewal of the offensive againstUkraine.

FINN DEMOCRATS QUIT.

(Special Cable to the Federated Pressand Jewish Times) (Zeit).

Berlin. Nov. 11.-The FinnishSocial Democrats at their conventionbeing held here have decided to re-sign from the Second International.The reoslution passed states that theFinnish Social Democrats will help toorganize a now international.

BURN COIRN FOR FUEL.

(Special United Press Wire.)

Topeka, 1Kan., Nov. 17.--Manynorthwestern farmers are burningcorn as a substitute for coal, accord-ing to a message received by Gover-nor Allen. In some states theyfound it cheaper than fuel and Inothers they are doing it because theycannot buy coal.

Unions to Publish Names of ThoseWho Patronize Sy mor's; Assem6i

Urges Use of Ryan Hiome for ScheAAt the regular weekly neeting of

the Silver Bow Trades and Laborcouncil held last evening, discussionof the building trades boyeott bnSymon's store consumed the groat-ust part of the session. Delegatesfrom the building trades severelycriticized some of the unions fortheir failure to assist in. the boycott.It was finally decided~ that the tradescouncil urge upon tlie ~lbituintglradesto have all uniolo rten and womenwho work at Symo' i store with-drawn.The building trades delegates an-

nounced that after today the names

The Allies will not consent to Uhnreturn of Constantine to the Gi*ectanthrone, Le Mathl said. OfRtflaParis seems stupefied at the maex-pected result of the reoek plotioas,

RIOTERS. ARIE EaLERa,(Special United Press Wire.).

Athens, Nov. 17.-Rioting brokeout in front of the foroigt 'oficeoas a result of the nationals eleotiens.Many persons, including women and

a number of children, were. report-ed killed;, when the space' bef•re

l h e

office was swept with nuecs e anuSfire.

The adherents of Ring n oa•ustu'nline are blamed for the firing.

TO .LAST TILLSPRIING

Herbert Hoover Says Properity May Come WTh• 1U. S. Develops EIxpoTrade in Meanwhile.-(Special United Press Wlre.):,.

Washington, Nov: 17.--EconogiOdepression will continue thbroug~ouitthe winter, according to RntildtHoover, who came here to addUthe executive co.utcil' of the •s•fl-can Federation of Labor.

"By spring," said Ihooever, "!reprosperity should begine to dev.provided the Uit'ed' Stht6s 'ean• tits exports moving.

""' This wa: t

what Hoover told the labor I•who conferred with h tehi ndclosed doors for more

, than '%t _hours, according .to several o .thedelogates,

In inviting. .ilotvi,,: thd' :wcodlCmembers said thoy were, seekig :t-cral inforluatifo on t t d~cent8ib coidi-tions to assist themin ia framin ~ gin-oral policies.

('Splsciil TUntted Press: Wire.) .IHammonil, N. J.' -Nov. 171}-A

"hard-bolted" -deer t'ried to butt.anautomobile, traveling -90 miles rliehour. He is now venison.

of any persons patronizing thUaand known to the picketsDublished in tho Bulletin.of the unions annoluacOe that ,of $35 will be levied- againsttheir memnbw~s if they patronfGistore.

Federal Commissioaner oftion Claxton has 'issued a cthose interested in publYrto attend a con~v.t'lffrom Montaaa.tt .in thie'Uigh school ton Dec. 2.. Dtt2o

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