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The Daily Missoulian., 1917-02-10

High prices are being paid in Montana for live
stock James Blair of Dillon has contracted to
sell to Portland firm, delivery to be made in
April. 100 head Of beef steers at . cents pound.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-02-10

The addition to the Dcaconcss hospital at
Great Falls has been completed at a cost of approxi-
mately 100000 for construction work and slO, 900
additional for furnishings. It will be ready for
occupancy before long
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-02-10

mo law shall be passed impairing the
freedom of speech; every person shall be
free to speak, write publish whatever he
will any subject, being responsible for
all abuse of that liberty; and that in all
suits prosecutions for libel. the truth
thereof may be given in evidence"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
ST. LOUIS RACE RIOTS
IN COMPLETE CONTROL
Only II of 1913 Persons Arrested
for Trouble Are Held.


East st. Louis. July 4.-With 400
Frank o. Lowden here in practical
charge Of the situation, the city was
again quiet today.
The known dead today in the rioting
was thirty negroes and four whites.
The death list may reach seventy-five.
A rigid grand jury investigation will
be made.
1t is estimated that at least 4,OOO
negroes have fled from the city. Gov.
Lowden said this will seriously inter-
fere with the workings Of the draft
act as about 200 negroes of eligible
conscription age. duly registered, have
been run out Of the town.
OF the 1873 persons arrested by mill
tary authorities only twelve were held
after a preliminary hearing before
Justice Z. E. Clark. Damage done by
the rioters has been estimated at
$4,000, in addition to the deaths, for
which 1t Is claimed the City is liable.
Ten negroes were ir rcd in the
negro cemetery yesterd. = ,sithout re-
ligious services, relatives being too
frightened to attend or to prevail upon
ministers of their race to be present.
Fifteen square blocks of smoking
ruins, punctuated with smouldering
bodies was the brutaliy picturesque
picture which greeted the celebrators
of Independence Day here.
The bullet riddled body of another
negro was found hanging by a rope
from a railroad trestle here today.
A second negro's body was found
burned to crisp amid the ruins of
his home.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
READY TO Wind UP
AIRCRAFT HEARINGS
Will Speed Up Committee Work To-
day on Huge Program.

House and Senate committees are
to get down to business this morning
in an effort to wind up their prelim-
mary hearings on the aircraft pro-
gram. The House Rules Committee
will hear testimony upon the proposal
of Representative Murray Hubert, of
New York, to establish a House Com
mittee on Aeronautics. Hearings are
to be begun in a day or two before a
Senate committee on a resolution by
Senator Sheppard for the creation of
a similar committee in the Senate.
Hearings probably will be concluded
today by the Senate subcommittee
on military affairs, considering the
Sheppard-Hulbert bill for the creation
of a separate department on aeronau-
tics. Much speculation existed last
night as to the attitude of the sub
committee of five Senators upon the
proposition. In some quarters the
prediction was made that the sub
committee would report the bill favor
ably to the full committee.
Before opposition was voiced to the
proposal by Secretary of War Baker
and Secretary of the Navy Daniels, a
majority of the subcommittee had
declared for a favorable report. SEN
timent has grown in the past few
days among members of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee for an in
dependent department to direct the
general aircraft program.
Congressional leaders last night
said there was a possibility that the
administration's aircraft bill, carrying
soOO,C0oO00, might be ready for trans
mission as early as Monday.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
CUBANS CHEER U.S..
IN Big Celebration
Unbounded Spirit of Patriotism
Marks July 4 Demonstration.

tBy International News Service.)
Havana, Cuba, July 4-Cuba's new
alliance with the United States In the
war against Germany was cemented
in notable fashion here tonight. In
the great Campoamor Theater notables
i'm Cuban official and commercial life
joined with members of the American
colony in a patriotic celebration for
the benefit of the American Red Cross.
which was attended by more than
2,CO0.
President Menocal, William z. Con
zales, the United States Minister, and
almost every Cuban and American
citizen of prominence In Havana were
in the throng.
In previous years the observance of
the Fourth of July in Cuba has been
| restricted almost exclusively to men,
bers of the American colony; but this
year, due to the entrance of Cuba into
the war on the side of the United
! States as friend and ally, and to the
wave Of popular patriotism which fol-
lowed the declaration of Cuban prin-
ciples by President Menocal and prom
inent officials of both the major DO
litical parties, the event partook of
unusual Importance.
Every seat in the theater was occu-
pied and throngs stood up inside or
surrounded the building, while elec-
trio lights blazed out the mingled
coats-of-arms of the United States and
the Cuban republic, and bombs and
fireworks lighted Up the scene,
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
Sarah RERNHARDT
inspires $4,000
Takes Part in Independence Day
Celebration in New York.

fBy International News Service.)
New York. July 4.-For the first time
in her career. Mime. Sarah Bernhardt
today took part in an Independence
Day celebration in America. Nearly
5000 persons applauded the French
actress in Prospect Park this after
noon, as with the energy and enthu-
siasm of youth she cried, "yive
L'America, Vive L'France"
As the band struck up the national
anthem Nine. Bernhardt was the first
to rise in her car. Against the pro-
test Of her physicians she insisted on
standing until the last note had been
played. Again while the crowd stood
at attention as Miss Margaret George
sang the stirring ''Marseillaise, Mime.
Fernhardt stood in the car and cried,
Bravo, bravo"
Il thank you" said Mime. Bernhardt
in answer to the cries Of speech" :"
speech" ''for having allowed me to
come here on the day of your great
fete. As French woman I thank
America; she has shown the most
beautiful action of the war in placing
her flag in the midst Of those of the
allies. She had nothing to gain. but
she VIII win immortal glory in help
ing to secure Justice and liberty,
Viye L'America. vive fallies, vfve
L'France."
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
NEUTRALS MAY serve
ON AMERICAN ships
Law Restricting Differing of Yes
sels to Citizens Is Suspended.

The Department of Commerce as
serted yesterday that there will be
rlenty of officers available for the
new ships of the merchant marine.
Watch officers Of allied and neutral
nations who satisfy the department of
their friendIiness to the United States
will be permitted TO serve on our mer-
chant vessels. The schools which the
shipping board is maintaining will
turn out hundreds of others.
There are now available, according
to the department, many English and
Scandinavian officers anxious to enter
our merchant service. The shipping
law provides that the officers of all
ships of American registry engaged in
foreign commerce must be officered
by citizens of the United States The
Department of Commerce yesterday
made public an executive order by the
President suspending this law.
Under the terms of the Presidents s
order ''all citizens or subjects OF ma
tons which are or which hereafter
may be engaged in the present war
against the imperial German govern
ment or any of its allies, and all such
citizens or subjects of neutral nations
as shall satisfy the Secretary OF Com
merce that their attitude toward the
purposes Of the United States in the
war it is now waging Is not detrimen-
tai to the successful prosecution Of
the war, be permitted to act as watch
officers of vessels OF the United
States, registered for foreign trade, IL
otherwise qualified"
The order also provides that the
Secretary of Commerce may revoke
the license OF any allied or neutral
subject upon evidence that he has
done something inimical to the inter-
ests Of the United States.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
U. 5. employees
WILLEATL Less
Promise to Aid Food Ad-
ministration by Econo-
nomizing on Food.

Government employees In Washing
ton are the first large group to for
rnaIly adopt the food conservation
plans of the food administration.
Hundreds Of employees have already
signed pledge cards Restaurant pro-
prietors, interviewed yesterday, de-
clsred that they have already noticed
the difference. They are not ur-
pleased. 1t has resulted In q big
saving for them in expensive foods
on which their profits are no larger
than on the cheaper grades.
Market men say the same thing. and
believe that prices have already be-
gun to shade of in some commodi-
ties.
II In expected by the food admins
tration that before many days are
over the entire civil staff Of the gov
ernment in Washington, numbering
into the scores Of thousands, Will be
living on this volutary ration. Hun
dreds Of thousands Of households IN
the coupntry will shortly follow suit.
Many Americans have asked the
food administration in reply TO It's
requests for economy here, what the
allies themselves are doing to save
food. Graphic response to this query
came Yesterday in the statement OF
a distinguished American political
economist just back from England.
British .rightenin< Belt"
"I couldn't get enough to eat at
any meal In any hotel or restaurant,
this man sail today. II never left
the table sal fed. You may be per-
fectly sure that John Bull Is tighten
ing his belt"
Not only are the regulations for the
control Of food in public places dras-
tic. but they are drastically enforced
A piece of bread was found in an ASH
can by the police. The family TO
which the ash can belonged was nned
% shiIIings so. One hundred and
fifty pounds of stale cake thrown out
behind a restaurant cost the proprie-
tor S1oO fine.
Among the British food regulations
are these:
In public eating places no more than
five ounces of meat may be served at
a meal. This means meat as 1t comes
from the butcher. On the table II
means about two ounces. Bread must
be twelve hours old before served,
and is limited to two ounces per meal.
Sugar is limited to two-sevenths Of an
ounce per meal.
No light pastries. mullins. crumpets
or fancy tea cakes. currant or milk
bread may be made. No sugar may
be used in making bread. In addi-
tion the government carries on
strenuous campaign for voluntary
savings in the homes.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
JAPS Watching
China TROUBLE
Diplomats Believe She Will
Intervene to Crush
Revolution.

Persistent rumors that japan is
on the verge Of interfering in the
Chinese situation were finding Gre
dence in Official circles In Washing
ton yesterday. II is believed that un-
less the boy emperor's advisors sue
coed in bringing order out Of chaos
within a very short period, the addi-
tions TO the japanese legation guards
in Pekin viii be followed by further
military detachment and the an
nouncement that Japan believes the
time has come to assert herself in
maintaining the Monroe Doctrine Of
the Far East"
japanese and Chinese diploma Is
plead ignorance Of the trend of az
fairs at home, and Tokichi Tanalsa,
counselor OF the japanese Embassy,
when asked about one Of the most
recent reports of intervention, re-
piled:
Japan does not consider interven-
tion necessary at this time"
Mr.. Tanaka, in Voicing the views
Of his government. as understood by
JUS representatives mere declares
Japan has no intention of interfering
in Chinese affairs so long as there
appears a prospect OF the Chinese
settling their own difficulties and so
long as japanese interests are not
placed in jeopardy.
While in some quarters here II is
asserted that the rev monarchy is
destined TO solve all Of Chinas in
ternal problems. the majority Of diplo-
mats and officials in close touch with
the situation express the belief that
the new regime will last not more
than three weeks and will end in the
ousting OF Emperor Msun-Tung and
Gen. Chang-Hsun through a popular
uprising. 1t is this fear, il is de-
! clared. which makes the reports of
early Intervention by Japan sound
more plausible.
/ Reports Of the assassination OF
] President Ii Yuan-Hung caused con-
siderable comment here. but II was
denied at the Chinese Embassy that
I any messa ges tending 10 bear this
out had been received. Should this
report prove true, It is believed here
] the crisis in the affairs OF the boy
! emperor may be precipitated imme'
diately and result in one Of the
bloodiest revolutions in the history OF
the nation. with intervention by japan
: as the ultimate outcome.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
U-BOATS ATTACK
PROVISION SHIP
y. S. Transport Carrying Cargo
Of Foodstuff and Gold Success
fully Combat Submarines.

Two days after German submarines made their attack, on IN,
transports carrying the American epedOnary France an
attack made by uboas big navy transport carrying gold
the American troops and large cargo of provisions.
The transport escaped with the aid of American droyers
These facts became known cable dispatches received here Iss
night
The conflict occurred the French In the fight were
the transport American torpedo desoyers German sub
Marines The wahp held off the ubmersbes forcing them into
a position from which their fire without effect
The transport headed for shore going dangerously close to s
low water but the strategy employed enabled less free from
attack by the U-boau.
According the report the transport conveyed by two de-
stroyer sailing northeast along the French coast.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
U-Boat Warfare Toll
Again Shows Decrease

London, July l-The second
black period" Of unrestricted u
boat warfare appears TO be over.
Official figures issued today by the
admiralty for the week ended last
Sunday show a decided drop In the
submarine havoc. Last weeks
losses were:
over 1000 tons, Is.
Under LOO tons, s.
Total-Twenty.
The previous weeks figures were:
over Loco tons. q.
Under LOO tons, Z.
Total-Twenty-eig
The total In today's weekly re-
port is the third lowest in ten
weeks. The high water mark of
U-boat havoc was reached in the
week ended April %, when forty
large and fifteen smaller vessels
were sent to the bottom.
Eleven fishing vessels were sunk
during the last week, while none
were sunk in the preceding week.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
PLANES SHOT down
IN HARWICH ATTACK
Germans Lose Two Machines After
Killing Eight inhabitants.
international News Service. D

London, July 1.-TWO OF the four
German machines which shelled Har-
wich were brought down by British
craft and a third badly damaged. an
official report says. The British air
men who engaged the German craft
returned safely. The engagement oc-
CURED some distance from the Bel
gian coast. The British air scuadron
taking part was from Dunldrk. Be-
sides the three machines hit several
others were attacked but with inde-
cisive results.
Acting on its official threat Of July
l. that ''the hammer will fall mer-
cilessly and shatter places where
England is forging weapons against
U.S." the German admiralty early to-
day sent over a strong squadron OF
airplanes on a raid over the seaport
OF Harwich. a manufacturing town In
Essex. Up to late this evening the
casualties were eight killed and twen-
ty-two injured.
The Germans appeared of the ESSEX
coast shortly after a. m. They were
engaged by British anti-aircraft guns
and British ayiators. but concealed
themselves behind loy-lying clouds
while dropping bombs. They then fed
seaward without attempting to pene,
trate inland.
On Monday night and Tuesday
morning British naval sviators sue
cessfully raided German military es-
tablishments at Bruges and Letter
velde, Belgium, dropping many tons
of explosives All the British ma
chimes returned safely. II was official
lx
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
DRYS NOW AIM
At MEDICINES
Proposed Amendment to
Food Bill Bans Certain
Patent Concoctions.

Hundreds OF patent medicines may
be barred from manufacture if a pro-
posed amendment to the food control
bill Is successful This amendment
would prohibit the making of patent
medicines containing more than 10 or
II per cent alcohol.
1t was recently shown in the House
Of Representatives that there are 745
patent medicines listed in the Depart
ment of Internal Revenue as contain
ing alcohol; scores contain from Is to
so per cent. There are fourteen which
contain from so to 81 per cent. and
one. Jamaica ginger, made in Penn
sylvania. contains $3.50 per cent.
The intent of Congress, at present.
Is clearly to abolish distilled spirits
and let beer and wine alone. Ameri-
can whisky bottled in bond contains
about 50 per cent alcohol. Scotch
whisky. 45, and absinthe. So. Wines
contain 10 to II per cent, champa gnes.
up to 10 and IA. and beers up to about
s per cent.
'I don't see how any informed man
could continue to abolish beers and
light wines, and legislate in favor of
patent medicines. when one OF the lat
ter has % per cent alcohol, twenty
times as much as beer" said Meeker,
of Missouri. in the House.
1t was Meeker who called the atten-
tion of Congress to the patent medi-
cines. His expose has stimulated pro-
hibitionists to consider an amendment
which may be offered during the last
part of this week.
Pay No Tax.
Here is a business that IL capital
lied at coo while the distilling
! business is capitalized at sS1 600. 900. -
/ said Meeker. In twenty years time
these men have come within 0,O00, 600
of the distillers, and yet they pay no
tax on their products-only on the
alcohol hat goes into them.
"One Bone Liniment' manufactured
in Michigan contains 81 per cent afco-
hol. On the bottle are instructions as
to how much a mother should put into
milk for her baby. You will not Won
! der where alcoholism is coming from
I in this country"
Prohibitionists who wish to abolish
beer and wine propose to concentrate
now on the war-fevenue bill. They
have about decided to abandon their
| fight in connection with the food con-
! troll bill. 1t is very certain that in
! this bill, the distilled spirits will be
killed. and beer and wine let strictly
| alone.
But prohibitiOnists argue that as the
war revenue bill carries a prohibitory
, tax against the ingredients of dis
/ titled spirits, 1t may as well carry SIM
| iliar taxes against malt for beer and
| grapes for wine. A movement is on
| food to put in such an amendment
i when the war revenue bill reaches the
! Senate floor for discussion.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
ORGANIZER HELD
AS ALLEGED HUN SPY
Charged with lnciting Riots in Penn
sylyania Coal Fields.

Scranton, Pa, July 4-Charged with
being an agent for the German gov
ernment, Joseph Graber, %, organizer
for the Industrial Workers of the
World, was arrested today.
1t was revealed that the numerous
strikes and sgitations Of the l. w. w.
in this and Luzerne Counties were
stirred up in whole or in part by
Graber and other agents of Germany,
who were said to have been plenti-
fully supplied with money in the hope
Of lessening the coal production.
U. S. District Attorney McCourt In
discussing the arrest, said:
"our information proves that Ger
man money has been poured into
the anthracite field in an effort to
cause strikes
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
Food Pledge Signed
By Federal Employees

The pledge being signed by gov
ernment employees is:
Wishing to aid my country dur
ing the war. / promise:
4. To eat one wheatless meal a
day.
"2. To eat beef. mutton or pork
not more than once a day.
-. To .economize in the use OF
butter.
-. To cut my daily allowance Of
sugar in tea and coffee and in
other ways.
a5. To eat more vegetables. fruit
and fish.
''s. To urge in my own home. or
the restaurants which 1 frequent,
the necessity OF economy"
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
|0UIET FOURTH
OBSERVED HERE
Burden Of War Brings Seri.
GUS Note Into Various
Patriotic Celebrations.

July 4. 1917, will go down in history
al the simplest and quietest Washing
ton has ever experienced.
Firecrackers were stilled and speech
es were few and far between because
America Is in no festive mood while
facing the greatest crisis in its his
tory.
Instead. a spirit of earnest, resolute
patriotism prevaded all the little cell
ebrations and gatherings through the
city yesterday-a spirit suggesting
what July Fourth must have been 1il
years ago.
To celebrate the day. the ambassa-
dor from Great Britain, and the am
bassador of France Joined with Amer
leans in patriotic services yesterday
morning at the foot Of the Washing
ton Monuments remarkable occasion
in American history. Never before
had a diplomatic representative OF
the British government participated
in an Independence Day celebration In
this country.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice. the British
Ambassador. sat beside Secrtary OF
the Navy Josephus Daniels. officers
of the army and navy and members
OF Congress, and heard Speaker Clark
of the House declare that he predicted
that in 80 years there would not be
a crowned head in Europe.
Speaker CIark's Address.
"Our case in the fewest words pos
sible," said Speaker Clark, lis this:
No nation will long endure or deserve
to endure that does not protect all of
its citizens wherever they may be on
land and sea-
"In this supreme crisis of affairs
not ours alone. but the whole world S
affairs-it is the duty of every Ameri-
can, male or female. native or natur-
allied, to support. aid, and sustain the
government in every manner possible
mentally. morally, physically, finan-
cially. That is the plain imperative
duty we owe to our ancestors, to our
selves, and above all, to our poster
ity.
II beg to suggest that patriotism
does not consist entirely in public
speeches. braying bands, fiag-bedeck-
ed parades, and vociferous assevera-
tions Of love of country, but genuine
CoNrrNIrrn on pAGF TWO
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
HUMBLE PEANUT
JUMPS INTO GLORY
Announcement Is Made that 1t Is
Doing Its Bit.

On its own day, the Fourth OF
July, the humble peanut leaped into
glory. No longer the toy of the
circusgoer. the litterer of parks. or
the pet of the dietetic crank, the
hubble goober is appearing as a
great staple in the worlds diet.
In the United States the acreage
Of peanuts in 1916 was a million
and a quarter. In 1917 IL is over
two million acres, it was announced
yesterday.
The reason is that the peanut has
been found to possess an oil as
valuable as the most nutritious
animal fats. It has become a great
cattle feed and million of bags have
been exported. From 1t are de-
rived cooking fats and even table
buffers that are rapidly growing
into popularity.
BY next Fourth of July II is
quit. possible that no orator will
be disturbed by the cry of Fresh
roasted. double jointedI" 1t looks
as II far more valuable uses were
being devised for the peanut
The Washington herald., 1917-07-05
CIVIL WAR BATTLE
in CHINA REPORTED
Gable Adyices Say Revolutionary
Forces Have First Clash

San Francisco, Cal, July 4.-The
first battle in the civil war of China
continues today in Pelkin, with the
forces Of the south. fighting for re-
public. gaining steadily, according to
cable 'advices received here today by
the Chinese Nationalist League.
The leagues advices state that
President Ii Yuan Hung is safe in
Pekin and that Vice President Fung
Kuck Jung Is directing troop move
ments at Nanking.