The Butte Miner from Butte, Montana • 1

The Only Morning Newspaper Published In Butte-lt Covers the Entire Northwest THE; UTTE MIME Weather Tomorrow Cooler Friday night and VOL. LIII. NO. 300. 14 Pages BUTTE, MONTANA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1916 14 Par- ESTABLISHED 187H Weather Today Fair.

AMERICAN SOLDIERS SEARCH MEXICAN QUARTERS FOR MUNITIONS xvrsgwy wwfMwC BRITISH. FRENCH AND RUSSIANS ARE GOINC AREAD EVER-READY REVOLVER South Butte Constable, Already the Shooting of Patrolman A Facing Charges of Assault for If Henderson Some Months Ago, Attacks Newly Appointed Officer Who Approaches Him as itmrn (Wf r4fe4i Mk-'U V- VXVI I He Beats Peanut Vendor at Infection Is All That Is to be One of the most unprovoked assaults recorded in the annals of Butte's police history, if the stories of bystanders are true, was committed at Front and Utah streets at 9:20 o'clock last night, 'when William Little, constable of the South Butte township, shot and probably fatally wounded Patrolman Batt McCarthy. From the accounts given by witnesses of the shooting, Little was pounding George Gojcpir, a peanut vender, whose stand is at the corner of Utah avenue and Front street, on the head with the butt of his .45 caliber Colt's automatic revolver. McCarthy was just approaching, according to their story, when Little fired one shot. It penetrated McCarthy's body at the waist line and coursed straight through, puncturing a large hole in the stomach, and two smaller ones in the small intestines.

McCarthy was rushed to the city emergency hospital, and, after a careful examination, was removed to St. James' hospital, where he was operated on by Dr. E. F. Maginn.

The punctured organs were mended, and at an early hour -this morning, after McCarthy had recovered from the effects of anesthetics administered prior to the operation, it was reported that despite the serious nature of his wounds, infection was all that could prevent his recovery. This picture was taken "Somewhere in Mexico" and shows Lieut. Jim Kend rick and Serg. E. M.

Watts searching Mexican quarters for guns and ammunition. They are officers of Company Second infantry of Texas. RESENTFUL F. KELLEY OF BELIEF THAT Vice-President of the Anaconda Company Returns From the East Confident Fight Against the Provision Will Succeed. SENATORS SHOWN HOW Mr.

Kelley and John D. Ryan Appeared Before the Solons and Supplied Them With Facts Concerning Metal. The raw copper tax in the munitions revenue measure is almost certain of defeat in the belief of Con F. Kelley, vice-president of the Anaconda Copper Mining company, who last night returned to Butte from the east, where, with John D. Ryan, president of the Anaconda company, he has been busy the past two weeks combatting the proposed discriminatory tax on the red metal.

Appeared Before Senate Committee. Messrs. Ryan and Kelley appeared before 'the senate finance subcommittee in opposition to the proposed tax and there was a pronounced sentiment against the retention of the objection' able provision in the munitions revenue measure when Mr. Kelley left the national capital, A number of confer ences also were held by those gentlemen with, the Montana delegation in connection with the fight being made against the tax Confident. In to his friends last evening, Mr.

Kelley expressed his confidence that the copper clause would be dropped out of the revenue bill. Interests everywhere. Mr. Kelley stated, realize that the measure is an unjust one. inasmuch as- the percentage of copper mined that goes into war munitions is slight.

The prosperity of communities where copper is mined and milled has led to the fallacious belief that the war is entirely responsible. This attftude was reflected In the measure as it was passed, after considerable opposition, by the house of representatives. Careless Assumption. This careless assumption, thinks Mr'. Kelley, is being remedied by the west-, ern senators who are appearing before the subcommittee in an effort to show the members that the proposed tax would kill the industrial boom of the west at the present time, besides forcing a hardship upon one class of industry which should be forced to bear it no more than any other.

According to Mr. Kelley, the Montana representatives who have appeared before the committee, which is listening to the appeals of those Interested in" the defeat of the measure, are havrhg wonderful success because of the soundness and earnestness of their Figures Presented. Mr. Kelley, in appearing before the committee in his official capacity, presented figures which showed what a burden Montana would have to bear, merely to save the flourishing industries of the east from sharing a load that is justly theirs. He pointed out' that by far the greater part of the copper in this section is devoted to domestic uses and but a very small part of it is used for war munitions.

Be cause of this, he showed copper should be singled out no more than cotton, wheat or iron. But Mr. Kelley was most optimistic in his assertions to friends regarding the action which he believes the senate fContlnned on Page Three Col. Six.) ashes COPPER TAX ILL LOSE Soldiers of France Capture Three Thousand Prisoners and Considerable Stretch of Trenches From the Foe. FOR ONE THOUSAND YARDS Muscovite Offensive Is Beginning to Worry Berlin Second Stage of Battle for Kovel Is Now in Progress.

London, July 20. (11:20 p. While a strong, but unsuccessful German counter offensive is still being fought out on the British front, the Teutonic armies find themselves again the object of the attack on both eastern and western fronts. The recent successful advance having brought the British into line with the French at Hardecourt, the French offensive, which has been for some time in preparation, has been renewed energetically on both sides of the Somme on a front of about five miles thus far successfully. British and French Advance.

Official dispatches from the British and French headquarters tonight show a further advance by armies. The British pushed forward their line about 1,000 yards north of the Br'azen- tin-Longueval sector and are still fighting fiercely with the Germans in the outskirts of Langueval and in the offensive, captured a considerable stretch of German trenches in the neighborhood Estrees and in engagements on both sides of the river have taken nearly 3,000 additional prisoners. Violent Rasa Offensive. At the same time, according to Rome reports, the tiolent Russian offensive has been resumed In the Carpathians, at Kovel, Vladimir-Volynski and in the Riga seetor. Unofficial dispatches from Petrograd say that the second stage of the battle for the possession of Kovel is continuing with extreme violence.

General Eruslloff has brought up crushing, forces from the Stokhod to the Lipa to attack the Aus-tro-Germans and anxiety as to their ability to withstand a continuance of the pressure is beginning to be reflected in the Berlin comments on the situation. PREPAREDNESS PARADE ENCOUNTERS OPPOSITION San Francisco, July 20. Rudolph Spreckels, president of the First National bank of San Francisco, presided at a mass meeting tonight attended by several thousand in a protest against the "rising tide of militarism and preparedness." San Francisco's preparedness parade is to be held Saturday. Nearly every labor organization in the city, was represented at tonight's peace meeting, which was arranged by a committee of union men. The meeting was a definite protest against the preparedness parade Saturday.

MISSED SHOT FATAL TO CALIFORNIA MINERS Nevada City, July 20. A forgotten charge of "missed shot" powder in the Plumbago mine at Allegheny exploded today and killed Timothy Herrington and Charles Frannser, two miners, when they drove their drill into it unawares. '1 BILL FIGHT BYLAFOLLETTE IS IN VAIN Wisconsin Senator Only Sue ceeds in Delaying Vote Which Will Ships for the U. S. Navy.

Washington, July 20. Senator La Follette again delayed the passage of the naval bill today, continuing until a few minutes before adjournment the attack he began yesterday 'against the measure. As soon as he concluded, the senate defeated, 44 to his amendment to prohibit use of the navy to collect private debts or enforce claims of American' citizens or corporations. A substitute by Senator Norris to prevent such employment of naval vessels until court procedures had been exhausted was also defeated. Senator La Follette declared he had been informed on good authority that General Carranza was negotiating an agreement with Latin-American countries and later would ask the United States to enter Into it.

A a Alarming View. The proposed naval program, Senator La Follette declared, meant the inauguration of a policy to build a navy as great or greater than Great Britain's within the next 10 years. "But when we have done that, what then?" he continued. "Whei you build, England and Germany will build more. You will drive them to it, and after you have spent your $315,000,000 you will Just find yourselves in a new place to start." After adjournment tonight Senator Swanson, in charge of the bill, said he knew of no other attacks to be made against it, and expected its passage tomorrow.

Following the vote Senator Chamberlain will ask that the army appropriation bill be taken up. AmeNC3nS Ask Lansing for Papers and Will Get Them Under One Condition. San Francisco, July 10. Twelve mining men who applied by telegraph today to Secretary of State Lansing for passports to Mexico, received the following reply: "Passports will be issued if you do 'not hold the United States responsible for your safety." The men came out of Mexico June 21 on orders from Lansing and will accept passports on the stipulated condition. TWO BRITISH STEAMERS ARE SUNK BY GERMANS' London, July 21.

(1:63 a. The British steamer Virginia, which was days ago.ftwaG8erfTrastn sheiwth" marine in a half-hour chase, according1 to Reuter's Malta correspondent. The! Virginia was finally compelled to halt rnrkCetheUeng.nhearoom andTtoSa untenable. save'd ZnTll In6 therSwat Tor 'seany an hour. I Little In Jail.

City Detectives Jack- Gerry and James Larkln rushed to the scene of the shooting In response to a telephone call received at police headquarters ifrom the D. J. Charles saloon on Front street. They placed Little under arrest and relieved him of his gun. The constable, who already faces In the district court as a result his shooting Patrolman Alfred Henderson several months ago, was taken to the city jail and later transferred to the county prison, where he is charged with assault, the degree of which will be determined by McCarthy's condition.

Little admitted the shooting to the arresting officials and again when interviewed at the county bastile. He offered various explanations for the act. A New Patrolman. McCarthy was appointed a member of the police department by Mayor Charles H. Lane three months ago.

Though comparatively new in office, he is considered one of the best on the force by his superiors. He is recognized for his daring and for his con-sclentuous interpretation of the law. He is 30 years of age, a giant in stature and handsome. He was born In Ireland, but has lived in Butte for many years, having been employed at the local mines before joining the police force. He has one brother, John, In Butte and with whom he lives at 14 East Copper street.

Several Saw Shooting. Several persons who chanced to be nearby when the shooting took place, toM police officials that they were positive Little was the man that had shot McCarthy. It happened so quickly I that all were not positive whether the patrolman had been shot in the back Utah Avenue and Front Street. Feared. or in front, "but all agreed that only one shot had been fired.

E. J. Burby, 117 South Arizona street, said last night that he saw Officer McCarthy approaching Little and was uear the men when the shooting took place. He said that McCarthy nnd made no effort to fight the constable and appeared ignorant of the cause of Little's attack on (Jojoplr. Similar testimony was given by Miss Gladys Betzlar, 1030 Nevada avenue, and a young woman companion.

In Limelight Before. -i Little has been in the limelight before, and in police circles has been known as a would-be "hard guy." He is said td have boasted freqnently of his ability as a gunman and to have claimed that the man who fought him. had to "taste lead." His sudden coming before the police was several years ngo, when he was employed as a watchman at the Socialist printing plant on South Main street. A trail of blood was found leading from the place one morning and Little told the au-horities that a man had peeked In at the window dnring the night and that he had shot at him to scare him away. The story was never corroborated.

Several months ago Little was arrested after he had shot Patrolman Henderson four times. The shooting took place at Idaho and Park streets, and after being arrested, Little secured his liberty by furnishing a 13,000 bond, supplied by Sehase tian Sitson, H. O. Gerror, former city sanitary inspector, and a relative of Mr. Gerror's.

Story Varies. Little was not' sure of his statements when interviewed at the old county jail, where he was taken after being placed under arrest by Detectives Gerry and Larkin. "That's the truth and what I will say first, last (Continneri on race Thrrr Col. Six.) practically the unanimous vote of the so-called independents. Praises Montana Delegation.

"As to the copper tax, I want to say that no praise can be too great for the Montana delegation to the United States senate. They have and are working continuously for the defeat of this unjust measure. "I have found, in the capital, that the raw copper tax clause was inserted in the bill before congress without deliberation and without much thought. The men who drafted the measure, probably reasoned that copper was one of the metals most used in the production of munitions, and for this reason the tax was inserted in the revenue bill. Confident of Copper Tax Defeat.

"I do not believe that the clause will ever be incorporated in the bill that is finally approved by the two housts. I think this way because through actual experience I find that the men who are interested in the measure, but who have not thought of it a great deal, will readily agree with the western standpoint if the unreasonable and unjust side of the question is presented to them. I know this because I found it within my power to point out the truth of the matter to many." Walsh a leader, According to Mr. Kremer. Senator T.

J. Walsh Is considered by all big men of the east to be one of the leaders of the United States senate. Whenever there are gatherings at which discussions of the relative merits of the different men of this body are (Continued on Page fourteen Cel. Thrrt.) BRUCE KREMER AMERICAN FIRMS WILL TRY TO REMOVE BAN PLACED ON THEM New York, July 20. Members of New York firms whose names appear on the British blacklist, together with representatives of concerns in other cities similarly affected, will hold a secret meeting here, probably some time tomorrow, to determine what action can be taken to have the boycott lifted, it was said tonight.

Persons who have arranged the meeting declined to state where or when It will be held. CANDIDATE FDR PRESIDENT JAIL Arthur E. Reimer, Who Is the Choice of Socialist Labor Party for Highest Office in Land, Is Locked Up. Butte's city jail was graced last evening by the presence of a presidential candidate. Arthur E.

Reimer, candidate for the socialist labor party for president, attempted to speak at the corner of Park and Idaho streets at 8:00 o'clock last evening and was arrested for violating a city ordinance which forbids all street speaking. Reimer said he did not have enough money of his own to offer the necessary bond and rather than use the party funds for such a purpose he slept in the city jail. He will answer to the charge this morning. He hopes to leave immediately afterwards for Missoula. Having been informed that the city authorities did not permit street speaking, Reimer went to Chief of Police J.

Murphy yesterday and asked permission to speak last evening. He was refused. He then went, to Mayor Lane, according to his statement, and was at first refused, but upon presenting his card the mayor said he would see about it. When informed, during a visit to the vimer umce iasi evening, mat tnere I was a city ordinance which prohibited all street speaking, Reimer seemed to think that Mayor Lane would tak; some action wnicn wouia enace mm to make an uninterrupted talk. "I do not know whether It was the politics shown by the card or something else, but the attitude of tbe mayor appeared to change after he found out who I was," the candidate said.

FLEETS MAY BE FIGHTING London, July 21. (3:15 a.m.) Heavy cannonading has been heard off the west coast of Jutland and In the Baltic sea between Landsort and the Gottska sands by vesselmen arriving in Banish port3, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Copenhagen. It is believed the German fleet had an engagement with the Russians. ONE TOllPEDOED. Washington, July 20.

Consul-Gen-eral Skinner at London cabled the state department today that the British steamer Moerls, reported sunk July 3. was torpedoed off Cape Sidero and that three members of her crew were lost, He gave no details, i OVER DELAY IN BILL Serious Situation Has Arisen Over Failure to Make Public the Text of the Home Rule Measure for Ireland. London, July 20 (10:07 p. John Redmond, the nationalist leader, made public today a memorandum which he sent to Premier Asquith and David Lloyd-George, the secretary of war, on Tuesday, in which he declared that the delay in making public the text of the Irish bill and the irritation caused by Lord Lansdowne's recent speech had Treated a very serious situation in Ire land. He adds: "In my opinion any further delay whatever in producing and proceeding with the bill will make a settlement on the lines laid down in the terms submitted by Mr.

Lloyd-George quite impossible. When these terms were originally submitted to us we were strongly urged to use possible dispatch In consulting our supporters In Ireland. It was pressed upon us that the matter was one of extreme urgency, that from all points of view It was vitally important that the settlement should be pushed through quickly, and we were told that not only Irish but great imperial interests were at stake. "It is now more than three weeks since we did our part and obtained the assent of our friends in Ireland in the face of very great difficulty, as the proposed terms were far from popular. Since then little or no progress has been made and for some mysterious reason the matter, which five weeks ago was so urgent, now hangs fire." A meeting of the Irish party has been summoned for Saturday, when the situation will be taken under consideration.

IVES MAKE Mexican and American Ambas sadors Are Framing Scheme for Negotiations. Washington, July 20. Further con ferences between Acting Secretary Polk and Mr. Arredondo will be resumed as soon as the latter is informed that General Carranza has approved tentative plans for negotiations telegraphed to him last night. Mr.

Polk, on his part, has com municated the results of his conversations to President Wilson, and Secretary Lansing is under m.ood to be ready now to proceed with arrangements for a meeting of commissioners represent ing the two governments to work out a settlement of differences. It was stated oh good authority to night that if the commissioners were appointed they would be empowered to discuss all questions related to the protection of the American border. Including the gradual withdrawal of United States troops from Mexico if the de facto government demonstrated Its ability to prevent bandit raids. FLOOD Ashevllle, N. C.

July 20. The situation throughout the flood-swept states of the middle Atlantic seaboard is rapidly improving and In many of the afflicted sections conditions are almost normal. PRESIDENT WILSON WILLBERE-ELEGTED BY SUCH OVERWHELMING MAJORITY THAT G. 0. P.

WILL BEASTOUNDED-J. Last Wire FI PLANS FOR SETTLEMENT Mexico City July 20. The details of Mexico's proposals for peace solution of difficulties existing with the United States was made public tonight. The note suggests the naming of three commissioners by each government, the commissioners to meet at some neutral point to discuss the question of withdrawal of American troops now in Mexico, and the drawing up of an agreement providing terms for A continuance of the democratic ad-: ministration and no abatement of the most unusual and beneficial era of Industry and commerce which this country has ever known is the pro-: phecy which J. Bruce Kremer, national democratic committeeman, brought back to Butte with him last night after a trip which took him to New Tork and Washington.

For Wilson's Re-EIeotion. Mr. Kremer was undecided as to which was the more important, though he stated that a multitude of people In the eastern section of the country, i many of them unconnected with the democratic party, were certain that a re-election of Woodrow Wilson would mean another impetus to the lndus-tralism which is making Americi the market place of the world. All at Work. "The democratic national committee Is making such rapid progress in out-; lining the campaign work, that today they are farther advanced than they were at the end of August four years ago," said Mr.

Kremer. "All of the officials of the committee are at work, McCormick, Glass, Marsh, Morganthau and the rest of them, and things are 1 running much more smoothly than anyone has dured hope for. Will Astound V. O. I'.

"Wilson will be elected, I dare to say, by such a majority that all republican leaders will be astounded and many of the democrats will find it hard to believe. I am willing to assert that progressive party leaders from every section of the country will push the democratic ticket and Wilson will secure the reciprocal crossing of the frontier by the troops of either nation, and the investigation of the origin of the parties who iiave raided American border towns for the purpose of fixing responsi- bility for them. It has been learned from unofficial sources that the conferences probablv be held in Niagara Falls. The names of the Mexican 4 4t delegates have not yet been made public, out it is known tney all be civilians and that the chairman of the commission will De a member of General Carranza 's cabinet, well known in financial circles in the United States. It is believed that the conference will early in August..