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Newspaper Page TextTTEATUETl Maximum yesterday, 97; minimum today, '49. FORECAST Tonight and tomorrow, fair; continued warm. edford Mail Tribune 1 tv.HPventh Year, n-llv Twelfth Yenr. Frank Little, Member of Executive .4 Globe, Ariz., Strike, Is Victim 1MEFIBED AT BUTTE promise of 111 HALTS MMM SIX MASKED MEN SEIZE AGITATOR 101 DENIES VICTORY BY NO MAN'S LAND ALLIES CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS FROM BED IN LODGING HODSE CHARGES MADE EMPEROR SCENE OF GREAT WON IN YESTERDAY'S FIGHTING . AND HANG Hi FROM TRFSTI F RY MIRHAFI IS WFI SH VICTORY AND REPULSE COUNTER ATTACKS diers "Uncle Sam's Scabs in Uniform" and Spoke Slurringly of Gov ernment and Decried War Warning Is Found Pinned to Body Local I. W. W. Telegraph for Aid. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 1. Frank I.it tlo, member ot tho executive- board of the Industrial Workers ot tbo World and prominent in labor troubles in Arizona, who recently referred in a speech here to United Stales soldiers as "Uncle Sam's scabs In uniform" was taken from a lodging Iioufo at 3:30 o'clock this niorniiiK by masked men and hanged to a railroad trestle on the outskirts of the city. Ills body was Identified by Chief of Police .lorry Murphy, who cut it down at 8 o'clock this morning. Leader of Globe Kirike. Since his arrival in Bulto recently from Globo, Arizona, Utile had made a number of speeches to strikers in all of which ho had attacked Ihn govern ment and urged the men to shut down tjp mines of tho Hutte district. In tvfj addresses ho referred to United States soldiers as "Undo Sam's scabs In uniform" and ho was bitter in his denunciation of tho government. His record was under investigation here by the federal authorities whose at tention had been called to his activi ties. On tho other hand, tbo report was current that Little was in the em ploy of a prominent detective agency and ono theory is that ho was tbo vic tim of the radical element of whom he appeared to bo a member. Llttlo-took a very prominent part In recent labor troubles in Arizona, lie addressed a letter to Governor Cainp- hell of Arizona, protesting against the deportation of I. W. W. members j from Bisboot. Tills letter was writ-1 ten from Salt Lake. Governor Camn- ! bell replied telling Little ho resented his interference and Ills threats. Lit tle was understood to have the confi dence of William I'. Haywood, secre tary ot the I. W. W. national organ ization and, was regarded hero as ono of Haywood's chief lieutenants. Little was a cripple, but very active and a iAlccful speaker. AVnruliitf of Vigilantes. On Little's body was a card bearing these words: "First and last warning. Others take notice. Vigilantes." Lltllo was taken out of the Steel Mock by a partv of masked men who took him away in an automobile. He. was not given time to dress. The Steel block is near tbo Finn hall, which is headquarters for tho new , ten in red. Tho warnings were usual Metal Mine wnrkoru union, which re- iv numbered as "first warning," "soc- cently called a strike of miners and. which was frequently addressed by Little. Tbo raid on Little's room bad been well planned. Six masked men drove 'P to tho front of the hotel at five minutes after three. One stood upon the sidewalk in front of the rooming houso. The others entered the bouse. Not a word wa spoken nor a com mand given. Kverythlng worked by seeming pre-arrange incut. Auoko landlady. Tho men even seemed to have se lected tho room in which Litlle was supposed to sleep. Without a word of Instruction to cacti other, they quick ly broko into room No. 3 on tbo found floor. A flashlight was thrown Into tho room. Tbo men seemed sur prised to find tho room unoccupied. f 10 IMPEACH AUSTIN". Tex.. Aiif. 1- Cha I lies de-i-ned to form I he ha- is nf im- I'eai'liment prneenlin'.'s ir;ain-l fnnr James '.. Fcre'im were filed the house of representatives by s!eaker Fuller Ibis nflcrnonti. im mediately after the cotnenin'.' of lf' h-.-islaturo in called se-sion. lioll ""'I in the homo was answer, d by members, 17 in ex. e-s of a I'lonuu. - " - - V I I I W 111 ItatolW Committee of I. W. W. and Leader of of Butte Vigilantes Had Called Sol Mrs. Xora liyruo, landlady of the Stceio block, was awake whon the door to room No. 30 was broken in. She slept in an adjoining room, at tho front of tho building. "Wo Are Officers." "Where Is Frank Little?" "lie is in room No. 32," answered Mrs. Byrne. The men quickly ran down the hall, tried to open the door to 32 and then gave it a kick that broke the lock off the door. They entered the room. Mrs. Byrno said she believed that police officers had arrestod Lit tle. To Hold Autopsy. She heard the men coming from Little's room, saw them half lead and half carry him across tho sidewalk and push him into the waiting motor car. The six men jumped Into the car besido the driver, and went south on Wyoming street. The body was found hanging on the north side of the trestle. The ties on the trestle are about 14 feet above tho roadway. LfUlo'j foer were about five feet from the ground. On the back of his bead wa3 a bloody mark. Lato this morning iho coroner l.d not determined whether tho mark was a gunshot wound or an abrasion from a blow or an old sore. An au topsy will be held this afternoon. Little had only his uuderclo:hes on when taken from ills room in the Steele block. He is not known to have mado any outcry or demanded any explanation, it Is prcsumod that towel from his room was tied across I his ninuth one nf the towels left there by the landlady being missing. I'pon the part of the underclothing covering tho man's right thigh was a pasteboard placard, about six by ten inches, bearing in red crayon let ters tho Inscription: Warning Is I'linlod. "Others take notice. I'irst and last warning. 3-7-77. L.D.C.S.S.W. TV' A circlo was about tho letter ' The. letters at the bottom of the card Iwere Inscribed with a lead pencil. The figures "3-7-77" are the old sign of the Vigilantes in Montana The custom of tho Vigilantes was to 'send two warnings to a marked mall ' the, third and last warning being writ- mid warning," and "last warning." Little began to make speeches on the dav of his arrival in Hut to three weeks ago. In all of them he attacked tbo government and In somo of them bitterly criticised tho administration Before a massnieeting oi miners ai tho baseball park. Little referred to tho United States soldiers as Undo Sam's scabs In uniform. In the same sneech ho said: "If tho mines are (Continued on Page Throe.) l.oXlioX. Air.'. 1 -The American sl,.;,n,-liii Mnlolio. of 7 HI Ion rnss. was sunk by a Teuton siibma f, i .lulv Twenty-two ur vivors have been landed. Tin. Molonn sailed frnin York lulv " lor (. n-lown. Ireland. The .. was in coinmniid of Captain I Straltoii iiml carried a crew o f tliirl v-t'"iir men. 'of whom ..,iiir,l Vmeriean citicnhi lit teen when i'Mted nn her he tin Unilei Sj.ite- conimi--iner "f The Molonn was Inlill ill Xewea-tle. F.iiglaiul. Am, .in. the Americans i sh i p i n ST INK) at ill Hie crew mate, Hay vlMs Arthur II, lali-mi. ( i nter, W i,h. AMERICAN SHIP M0T0N0T0RPED0ED AfEDEORD. OftKflON. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1. 19 7 Story of Secret Treaty Between France and Russia Pronounced False Chancellor's Version Con tains "Gross Inaccuracies and Ab solute Lies," Declares Premier. PARIS, Aug. 1. Premier Riliot replied in the chamber yesterday to the declaration made Saturday by Dr. Michnelis. the German chancel lor, that there was a secret treaty between France nntl liussia having view plans of conquest. Premier liibot, alter guying he was convinced that Kpuin would imply the decree in terning the German submarine which anchored in the harbor of Corunnn .Monday evening, said: "I wish to reply to the singular speech which Dr. Michnelis thought fit to invito tho lierlin journalists to hear. The German cliuneellor pub licly commissioned tho French gov ernment to declare whether in u se cret session June 1 the French gov ernment hud not made known to the clinmlicr of deputies the terms of a secret treaty made before tile lius siun revolution whereby tho emperor bound himself to support French pre tensions to Germun territory on the left bank of the Hhinc. Full of Absolute Lies. "Tlie chancellor's version contains irross inaccuracies and nbsolulo lies, notably regarding the role lie attrib utes to tie president of tho republic m giving nn order lo sign a treaty unknown to Premier liriand. The handlers know how things passed. jr. Doimierguo (ex-premier and for eign minister), alter n conversation with the eniM'ror, demanded and ob tained Jf. ISrinnd's aiitliorizalion to take nolo of the emperor's promise to support our eiuim to Alsnce-Lor- ruine'and lo leave us tree lo seek guarantees against fresh aggression, not by annexing territories on the left bank of the Rhine, but making all autonomous slate of llieso terri- ories which would protect us and also Helgium against invasion. We li ii vi? never llmuglit lo do what iiismarck did in 1H71." II FACES SHE OF SAX FHAXCIKCO, Aug. 1. F.ight Ihoiisund five hundred Iruin- nien employed on the Pacific, divis ion of Hie SouHiern Pueiiio company have voted to go on a strike next Saturday night unless grievance bums against the railroad company are settled, it became known here to day. Although officials of the var ious trainmen's organizations refused In discuss Hie prospect of a strike, Southern Pucil'io heads admitted that the Irainmen had served an ulti matum on them. No intimation was given on what course the company promised to take. Six weeks ago the trainmen took n strike vote based on Hie alleged fail ure of Hie Southern Pacific company lo settle about U.'ill grievance claims, The Irainmen affeclcd arc the en gineers, firemen, conductors nnd brukemcn employed on the Southern Pacific lines from F.I Paso. Tex., tn Portland, Ore., and on the Central Pacific line from Sun Francisco to Ogdcti, I'luh. Third Death in American Camp A.MKKICAN TRAINING CAMP IN FUAXCK, Aug. 1. Major-Oeneral .lohn .1. Pershing arrived today at the American training ramp and Inspected tho troops. The third death In camp occurred last night when ono soldier kicked another in the stomach In a quarrel over a (tame of cards. The victim died later nnd bis assailant was arretted. , OREGON, WEDNESDAY, In Address to Army and Navy Ger man Emperor Again Declares Him- , self a Winner Victorious on All Fronts War Still Forced Upon Germany "The Lord God Will Be With Us" Is Assurance Given the Fatherland. HF.ltI.IX, via Copenhagen lo lain doll, Aug. 1. Emperor William ha issued a proclamation to the Germun nroiy and navy and Gennan colonial forces. It reads: "Tho third year of the war has come to nn end. Tho number of our adversaries has increased, but their prospects of victory have not in proved. You crushed It minima In year. The Hussian empire once more trembles under your strokes. Hoth countries sacrificed themselves for the interests of others and arc now bleeding- to death. In Macedonia you forcibly withstood tho enemies' as- saulls. In mighty buttles on the western front you remain the mas ters of the situation, lour lines arc firm, .protecting" your beloved homes against the terrors and devastations of war. "The nnvy has achieved good re sults. It lias threatened the enemy's command of the sen and his very ex istence. Fur from home, n lillle Ger mun group is defending a Germun colony ngninst forces many times superior. "Victory in the coming your will again be on our side, mid on that of our nllies. Ours will bo the final victory. y . - "God Mit l's Hllll." "With a deeply .moved heart 1 (hunk you in my own iiunie and in Hint of the fatherland for what you have achieved ill this last year of I he war. Willi veneration we remem ber Hie fallen who guve up their lives for the greatness and safety of the fallierlund. "The war goes on. It is still forc ed upon ns. We sliull fight for our existence in the future with firm res olution mid unfailing courage. As our problems multiply so does our strength increase. We are invinc ible. We shall lie victorious. The Lord God will be with us. "WILLIAM, I I. 1!. "In the field. August. 1 SENATE ADOPTS WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. A resolu Hon for submission to the states of a prohibition amendment to tho federal constitution was adopted lato today by tho senate. The vote was 65 to 20, eight more than the necessary two thirds. As adopted the resolution contains a provision that the states must be asked to ratify the amendment within six years. The house still must art on tho resolution. Senator Keiiyou of Iowa, support ing Hie resolution, said: "Why do we prohibit the boys in the nnny and navy from having boo.o mill insist that those who re niiiin at home shall have it T When they are willing lo die for us should we not be w illing to go dry for Hieinf Are we willing lo sacrifice evcrv thing in the countr-- to will the war except becrF Whv waslc labor needed o will Hie war to liinke beer I" Senators Mvers and Cummins hoth spoke in support of the resolution Senator Curtis said he favored the Harding amendment to limit the time in which Hie amendment could be submitted to the stales to six vcars. The Ilanluick amendment was re .jecled by a vote of fi'J to 4, Senators Hroussard, Ilardwick, Harding mid Heed supiNirling it. The Ilardwick amendment was to prohibit the pur cbnsc and use of liquor ns well ns its manufacture and sule. AUGUST Allied Forces Fought Over Most Dif ficult Portion of Entire Front Covered With Marshes arid Mor asses Country Saucer-Shaped, With Enemy Holding Rim. HHITINII FUOXT IX FUAXCK AXD HF.LGIl'M, Aug. 1 (by the As soi'iated Press). Welsh troops yes- tcrduy added a new star to their crown, for it fell lo one of their regi ments to administer a crushing de feat in General Ilaig's grout offens ive, on the third battalion of iufuii- try guards, which was Fniperor Wil liam's crack body of troops. The terrain in this new battle zone pre sented tremendous difficulty for the attacking troops. lietwceu Dixuiude mid the point where the .Ypres-Coiuiues canal crosses the lines on the lower part of the Ypres salient, tho two great forces had been imbedded for three years, and this portion of the tine hud come to be looked upon us impreg nable for cither side. In No Man's Land. The present battle field liotwVcn Inxmmlc unit Li.crne was "no mans land," within whose borders luy marshes nnd morusses which in win ter months lire impassable. This formidable unlurul barrier was ren dered Rtill si linger by tho inunda tion of lnrge areas by the release of waters from tho ennuis. The Ger m ii ll Si and nllies -alike seeking bits of dry land for a footing, swung so far a part in some places thai the dis tance between Iho lines wits nearly eo miles. Itclow this section op posing lines followed cither bank of Hie Yscr cuiuil mid then went on Hie Ypres salient, I'uee lo face, but with the Germans holding the domiiiuling high Innil nhoul. (lie salient. The Dixuiude-Li.erne section of the front is a wilderness of portly inundated mill descried farms dolled wilb pools of brakish water and cut into strange shapes by drainage ditches. There are but few remaining civilian liabl lations in this "no man's hind." Crumbling collage, walls and an oc casional roofless church roc above Hie flats. A Xnsly Problem. Neither side feared a surprise it I lack or a trench raid. Since Duke Albreeht's Wiirtlenibcrg Iroops were swiillowcil up in Hie flood let loose by opening up Hie sluice gales ill Oc tober, 11)1 I, Hie enemy had not tried lo cross the. marshes nor had Hiey tried to get over Hie Yscr since Hie itelgians in Hie spring of WLk after sanguinary lighting, Hung llicm back across Hie bridgehead at Li zerne. The Ypres salient furnished a nasly n problem as could be prcseul- ed lo an iiltaekiug army, I he coun try here is saucer-shaped and the Germans had held the lip of this sau cer. All Hie lower Iviug laud within this dish hail been doiuiiiuled by Hie eiiemv, win, could send a slream ol shell nnd iiiachine gun fire into tin (roups mid supply columns advancing across Hie sulicnl. LA FOLLETTE JOINS PEACE PROPAGANDA INKW YORK, Auk. !.- HrMinlor Itoliert M. LaKollrtto of WhronKln and Senator A, .1, Crnnna of North Dakota have fornmlly nllmiod them Helves with tho pacifist movement, nr rorflhiK to tHrummR from thorn Klvon nut horo by tho pnoplu'n council, which 1h conduct ini a nut Ion-wide propaganda. Senator LhKoMcUo wan quoted aH having wired the, council "not to ho intimidated hy tho threats of war tradern,'' tint to hcln at once to work for tho election of members to con gresH who would utaiid for the "repeal of obnoxlouH law.i." Henator Oronna, tho council an nounced, had wired that the "conntl tutton baa not been repealed or sua ponded." Thirty-five Hundred Prisoners Taken and Territory Averaging From Two to Three Miles in Length Over Twenty-Mile Front Captured Heavy Storm Checks Battle, Forcing Lull Artillery Active Throughout the Downpour, But Airships Unable to Fly Captured Ground One of the Most Difficult Sections on War Front. LONDON", Aug. 1. Telegraphing froil tho British army hoadquartcrs In France and Belgium this afternoon, the correspondent of Hauler's Limited says: "Tho rain has almost ceased. The sky has grown perceptibly lighter and the guns aro beginning to bark again In greater volume" Heavy Itnlii Fulls. BRITISH FRONT IN FRANC! AND BELGIUM, Aug. 1. Iloavy rain i which continued In an unceasing i downpour since last night, transform ing tho battlo grounds In Flanders Into a sea of mud, bad forced a com parative lull In tho operations this mornings nt most points within tho zone ot tho entente alliod offensive beguns yesterday. Gonornliy speaking, tho situation early today was unchanged along the British front. Several German coun- tor-attacks wcro repulsed during the night and the honvy artillery duel continued but the movement of big guns has been rendered most difficult by the rain. Tho Gorman artillery todny actively shelled tbo tronches which wore wrested from thorn yesterday tn No Man's Land about tho salient and the Dritlsii guns continued to pour a steady strenm of shrapnel and high explosives into the positions to which tho oireniy had retired.. Tho air squadrons on both sides were rendered helpless by tho storm to assist in tho dirocllo uof artillery firo. To IjhkI MoiiIIih. PAMS, Aur. 1. The millle of Flanders, which Itcan with the I'Yciwh nnd Hrilish advance yester day, it is believed, will be I lie ln'i; ckI, o Hie war and may last lor weeks or months. The results al ready achieved lead military observ ers to sav thai it is not too much tn hope that the (iermans may soon lie lea red out of r reach and HclLtinn Flanders. l.OXDON, Aiilt. 1. fiennan coun ter-attacks yesterday al'lenuMin and laist nilit against the new Itrilisli posit inns at ha Itussce Ville and north of the Ypres-( miiries canal in Helmut were repulsed, the war ol'. t'ice aamntn I todav. A nid her derma n count cr-n Hack further noilh in the neiliborhond ol the Yprcs-lfoiilcrs railway was crushed bv the Hritisb art illery. envy rain 1ms been f'alliuir since early yesterday afternoon, and the weal her continues unfavorable for opel'al ions. ;Ki00 IYImhh'Ih Taken. With a wide stretch of tcrrilorv and more than II.Mll) prir-nncrs in Ihci hands as the result nf he fiiM day' fichlinir in their new offensive, th STARVED 10 DEATH I'AIGS, Au-. I.- I'Vtv thousand Greek- have been starved lo death in eastern Macedonia since the Bulgar ian oectip:ilion hr.fen, according lo authentic reports received hv tin Greek iroverninent, says a llavas dis patch I'm m Athens under Tuesday's date. "The Itulirariaiis," add-, the eorre spondent, "have canicd nn a system atic pcrvculinn 'f the Greek element in the population lookim; to its ex termination. They have inflicted all sorts of privations upon the Greeks, burdening I hem with military work nnd deport intf them to Bulgar ian localities.'' NO. 112 Hritisb mid French Iroops in Flan ders spent lust night consolidating their guilts and repulsing Hie inevit able Gcrmnn counler-nltacks. The new line, which along tho greater part, of ils slreleh is from two miles lo two and one-half miles in advance of Hie old, nnd includes ten captured towns within ils limits, has been firmly held iilong the entire front. The consolidation process is being curried out under n torrential rain, which is hampering further op era I ions. (.nln AM Objectives. The extent pf lhe permanent ad vantage gained by tho smashing of the (Jennan lines in this important section of the front will have to be judged by further developments. Definite objectives were nssitfied the various allied units Tor attain ment in (Ins first day's stroke, nnd these appear to have been gained almost in their entirety. Tho logical supposition, with the history of the Sommo and Arras op-' erations, particularly the Connor, in mind, is that the drive will bo renew ed as soon as the heavy pins nro 1 moved up, in pursuit of thejtlun of driving a. wede uilo lhe Uerinan lines by successive sirokos until ft point is reached when the falling back of the enemy on a wide front will be forced. Kndanucrs Coast JAtn The importance lo be attached to a drive into (iermau-held territory in this sector must be jjnu'd not only by the reclaimiiifr of Belgian soil from the invaders, which it makes possible, but the threat it offers to the Ger man submarine bases nloiitf the Hel- Kinti coast, a push niucii lurtlier (ward alonir the present lino of advance will be bound to shako tbo 11 lit y of the German coast line, riie desperation of the German re sistance, now manifest my; itself ill furious count cr-a I lacks, bears wit ness to the importance the Gennan hiph command attaches to retention of the present front. This front has been shown to be not the rijiid one lhe Teutonic claims have made it nut. Badly bent by yesterday's at tack, the immediate future is Jikely to show whether il can be strained to (he breaking point. Itattlo a l.onn One, Advices from the allied capitals point to the expectation of lhe bat- tie opened yesterday conlinuini; for weeks, if not months. Tho French (mops evidently were not brought up to the Belgian front, away from their former field of operations for any brief effort at arms. On Hie French front the Germans wenl 011 Ihis mornim; with an opera lion lliey bad been preparing in the Verdun region, laiinehini: nn assault between Avoeouil and Hill 'M), northwest of lhe citadel, in an effort to regain the positions they lost on .July 17. Only a few advanced ele ments 011 the French line, however, were reached , by the crown prince's, force-, the French fire stopping theiu short there. GLEAVES REPORTS ON U-BOAT A1TACK WASHINGTON. An-,'. 1. The da taller report of liear Admiral Gleaves re-peetinu the submarine at tack on the American transMirts of the fiis expedition to France Was -en I to the senate military affair committee today by Secretary Uatl iels. It probably will be made pub lie later. The report is understood lo tell bow Gcrmnn submarines were driven off after attacking the trans ports twice, one submarine, nnd probably others, being destroyed.