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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-02

Buttes only woman saoonkccpcr got into a row
with a bartender of hers who wanted more pay. The
man was landed in Jail and later fined So
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-02

4 Kalispell woman has been Judged insane. FL
years she has been travelling the country with hi
small to evade imaginary pursuers. The be
has been sent to his father in Wyoming, who ha
been divorced from his wife. = #s
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-17
JUST HOW WE
 FREEZE TO DEATH

There is another reason besides cleanliness why civilized people do not sleep in the clothes they have worn during the day. It is because the extremes ot external temperature are much less bearable when We are asleep and consequently the man sleep ing in his clothes finds himself too cold ia winter and too hot in summer
 As recent scientific experiments have shown. the bodys capacity to regulate temperature is diminished thru sleep. This appears to apply both to heat and cold. \ healthy mans nervous and muscular activity is re daced 10 the natural minimum when he falls 10 sleep. and it is then that his temperature falls to it's lowest point
 Owls and other birds which are ac- tive at night show a rise Of tempera- ture during the hours Of darkness and a fall during the day This is a result of the well-known fact that muscular activity means an increased production Of heat.
 During the deep sleep which follows extreme fatigue the sensitiveness Of the nervous system is greatly reduced. and it becomes unable to perceive the Iowness Of temperature. The uncon- sciousness Of sleep gradually passes into the unconsciousness Of collapse. According to the popular belief such g man dies frozen to death but as 2 matter ot fact he was killed long be- fore his temperature fell to zero.
 What really killed him was the re duction of the activity of bis tissues, which always follows the loss of ner- Yous control As result there was less and less chemical change accom- panied by the production Of heat, and at an internal temperature Of about 6S degrees life ceased.
 That is why. as experience has often shown the weary traveller who gives way 10 the imperative desire to sleep or the line Of march is doomed 10 death when he has no adequate protection from the extreme cold.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-17

Bereavement and sorrow have given some souls the needed impulse to seize and solve the problems of life.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-17
WOMAN PLANNED
 HER OWN DEATH.
DiSappointments. Hardships and
 Sickness. She Could Not Bear
Cordoya Timesl

(Cordoya TimeSl
 The following additional details of .he death of a former Cordova wo- nan near Fairbanks will read with interest by her friends;
 ~Olaes. Alaska. Dec h. 1916.
 "I have run g long, long race, and .osg. Lie is no longer worth the struggle Only disappointment. hard ships and sickness
 T am bathed and dressed for burial. wish The Baptis, minister and his choir to o15ci1ts-
 I was born in Marshall. Michigan. zAirry-seven years ago. an American. what money I have is in MT Dorfners $ safe. Bury me nice-not expensive, ssra oil 10 my son Wire my son Clinton Phillips. Ennis. Montana, that died today. ard that 8 suit case will 1s expressed to him. And express my suitcase of personal effects. Mail rom Ca=8eva. forward to my son All 7.her burn Return the yictrola and records To R W Calderhead. Fair tanks.
 lam not insane. Ny spirit is brok- n with everybody. and everything azainz- me. Bct I am not guilty of he charge made against me God is mT witness
 TT. e. glad when the worst is over. as I've ben wronged. judged wrong and no one te take ny part God help my poor orphaned boy, but ny burdens are greater than ! can bear, Such Is 1s life e. lone woman. for many years trying 10 make an honest exist =aea for herself and boy.
 There is no law. protection or jus -ice- bcr. alas, The mills Of the gods grind slow. e1t exceedinIy fine.
 MRS. GEORGIA PHILLIPS.
 Make tests and be sure am dead P
 The foregoing letter addressed 10 no person -1 particular. but found in -he cabin Of Mrs Georgia Phillips. who vas found in a1 unconscious condition -a her cabin a. Oines on the morning 1t December II. and who afterwards died. talls the story Of the recent o. -=s suicide. as i-s victim wanted it old + tells -h= story Of q life of hardship aa9 struggle such as is com 1oniy me- with in lhe north but which rhs letter says. and subsequent events proved tLe statement to be true. the vicrin Of the suicide was unable 10 hear The letter was produced al the coEoH=Tz inquest into the death Of Ers- Phillips as proof conclusive that -ae woman fully intended to kill her self since which time it has bee in rla hands Of Commissioner and ex- OEcio Coroner Samuel E. Weiss. Of Cha-sniEs. who released it's contents
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-17

Religious movements, which count Christ as mere abnormally good Jewish peasant. are curiously infertile
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-17

Some men who believe in the diyis- 5ol of labor let their wives do all the york and they do the rest
 l. is folly f0 mary grass widow for the purpose Of having your grave aep. green
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-17
for publication.

tor puOItANUN-
 Interviewed regarding the contents of the letter when he was in Fair banks on Sunday. Judge Weiss said that the charge" referred to in the letter was but a matter Of common gossip at olnes and Chatanika. He also stated that the money in Mir. Dorfner's safe" consisted Of sixty dol lars. which the woman had evidently saved from her earnings.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-01-17
Advertised Letter List

For the week ending January 13. 1917 Auriol. Samuel, Berg, Pete. Fultze. Roy HcDorald, Lawrence.
 When calling for the above, say "Ad- vertised" Parties claiming letters from the above 1ist must pay fee of one cent for each letter claimed.
 All letters unclaimed by Jan. q, 1917 will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Washington, U. c. - H E. SWINE FORD. Postmaster
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
MEN, ON ALL FRONTS tj -
VIRTUALLY INACTIVE
Only in Northern Italy Does Strife
Continue in Force-Great Chan.
ges Seen From Last Christ
mas. r

Christmastide of 1917 finds the
armies on all the maor battle fronts
virtually inactive except where the
Teutonic allies are endeavoring to
overwhelm the Italians and force a
passage through the hill country of
Northern Italy on the plains of We
netia. As viewed from the war
maps the battle lines today are
markedly changed from those of
the yesterday-year. The Russian
front from the Baltic to the Black
Sea is virtually non-existent; the
Italians under the intensive drive Of.
the : eutonic allies today are stand
ing miles from where they were a
year ago along the Isonzo front;
from Belgium to the region around
5serdun great salients have been
4iven into the German lines by
both the British and French armies
and in Asiatic Turkey the British
have made notable gains both in
Mesopotamia and Palestine.
Northward through the latter re-
gion General Allenby's forces have
made great progress against the Of
tomans and Christmas of 1917 finds
the Christmas once more in control
of Bethlehem, the birthplace of
Christ, and of Jerusalem and the
holy sepulcher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
GREECE BIDS SONS
To JOIN j. 5. ARMY
Athens Government to
Support the: Ameri-
can Arms
TEXT CT OFFICIAL
COMMUNICATION
Greeks Serving in American Army
Considered as Serving in the
Greek Army.

Washington, Dec. 26.-Greece
wants her citizens in the United
States to enlist in the American
army. Not only will she suspend
punishments which ordinarily would
follow enlistments of Greeks with
a foreign power, but she will re-
ward them for supporting the Am
erican arms. This is the substance
of a note from the Greek Govern
ment delivered today at the State
Department.
An official communication from
the Greek legation here to Greeks
in the United States '.ollows:
'The royal legation of Greece
brings to the knowledge of Greeks
residing in the United States that,
according to a decision of the Greek
Government a collective and previ-
Gus authorization has been granted
to all the Greeks wishing to enlist
in the American army.
'No legal consequences therefore
would be applied in scuh cases, the
Greek Government considering any
Greek enlisted in the American
army as serving in the Greek army.
Furthermore, any Greek serv-
ing in the American army and who
would be mentioned for gallantry
being considered as fighting in the
Greek army, will be rewarded by
the Greek Government.
"This collective authorization is
extended to the Creeks who have
already enlisted in the American
army without previously applying
for the authorization by the Greek
laws"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
SOLDIERS SHOULD
BE TRAINED | YEAR
Gen. Organ Tells Sen
ate His Opinions Just
Formed.

Washington, Dec. 26.-Its first
direct information regarding equip
ment of Americas fighting men in
France and American training
camps was received here today by
the senate military committee in re-
suming it's inquiry into army oper-
ations, and the committee proceeded
independently to remedy winter
clothing shortages in the latter.
From Major General Organ, COM
mander at Camp Wadsworth, Spar
tanburg, S. c., and former head of
the New York National Guard, who
recently returned from inspecting
the American operations abroad,
the committee heard of general con-
ditions both among General PERISH
ing's men and cantonments in this
country.
BEFORE examining General O'Ry-
an for three hours behind closed
doors and an hour in public, the
committee unanimously adopted a
resolution by Senator McKellar, of
Tennessee, requesting Secretary
Baker to act at once to furnish win
ter clothes at camps where short
ages exist, and to set aside depart
mental routine" to get clothing if
necessary. The resolution was ap-
proved after Senator McKellar pre-
sented information he secured by
telegraphing all cantonment COM
manders.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
MILITARY ACTIVITIES
CONFINED TO ITALY.
COUNCIL OF WAR
WILL BE ACTIVE
Other Officers to Be Added as Nee
essity Arises Says Secretary
of War.

Washington, Dec. '25.-Newly
created council of high officers lin
the war department will become one
of the most important war agencies
of the government if Secretary Ba-
ker's plans are carried out. This
military cabinet, it was learned, will
guide the secretary in the decision
he must make on questions vital to
the welfare of the army and the
prosecution of the war.
Organization of the war council
has not been. completed. The five
general officers now constituting its
membership are meeting every day
however, to go over with Mr.. Baker
the large problems pressing for So
luton.
No statement has been issued
covering any point so far taken up
by the officers of the council. In his
announcement of the formation OF
the new body however, Mr.. Baker
laid stress on the fact that addition
al officers would be added as nee
essary and there are indications
that more appointments are to come
within the next few days.
There are many questions of sup
ply and equipment which the secre-
tary. must decide and heretofore he
has had only the individual often
conflicting views of the staff or bu-
reau chiefs to guide him. The counE
Gil provides a means for coordinat-
ing these opinions and for the
threshing out of any conflict Of
views.
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Control of All Lines to
Be Assured at Noon
Today
STEP NOW NECESSARY
DECLARES PRESIDENT
McAdoo, Named as Director Gener-
al, Expected to Direct Uni6cation
and Operation Of Roads Through
Their Present Management.

Washington;> Dec: 26.-Govern-
ment possession and operation of
the nations railroads for the war
was proclaimed by President Will
son tonight, to become effective at
noon Friday, December %. William
G. McAdoo, retaining his place in
the Cabinet as Secretary of the
Treasury, is placed in charge as di-
rector general of railroads.
Every railroad engaged in gener-
al transportation, with appurtenan-
ees, including steamship lines, is ta-
ken over and all systems will be op-
Grated as one under the director
general.
In a statement accompanying the
proclamation the President stated
that as soon as Congress reassem-
bles he would recommend legisla-
ton guaranteeing pre-war earnings
and maintenance of railroad pro-
perties in good repair. Government
backing will be given to new issues
Of railroad securities that ready
market maybe found.
The Presidents move, although
forecast for weeks, came at this
time sa great surprise to nearly
everybody in Washington, including
railroad officials. 1t had been gen.
orally believed he would await the
reassembling of Congress before
taking any step. He acted through
Secretary of War Baker under au-
thority conferred in the Army APP
preparation Act.
Direct management of the rail-
roads will remain in the hands of
railroad officials and the railroad
board, comprised of five railroad
heads. will continue to direct actual
operation under Secretary McAdoos
general supervision.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
COMMISSIONS BY WAY
OF THE RANKS

It will be good news to the rank
and file of the Army of the United
States in training at home that new
and broader plans for promotion
have been adopted for Gen. Perish
ing's expeditionary force in France
and will presumably be extended to
the forces preparing to 60. Tempo
rary or trial appointments to higher
grades will be open to lower-grade
commissioned officers in accordance
with demonstrated fitness, and so on
down to non-commissioned officers
and privates, with a training school
especial for "non-coms."
This is along the lines adopted by
Secretary Daniels in recruiting mid
shipmen from warrant officers and
tn elatter from the enlisted per-
sonnel of the navy. West Point no
more than Annapolis will be the
sole road to commissions in the Reg
ular Army in these times when mer-
it lacks no opportunity to prove it.
self in the experience or action of
the United States outside of the
regulars old National Guard
and the new National Army-we
may fairly presume that the three
months graduates from officers
training schools without any prior
experience in practical soldiery will
not necessarily side-track those who
can prvoe their merit from long
training in the ranks.
What made the armies of the
French Revolution the greatest
fighting force than ever known was
the knowledge, as Napoleon said,
that every soldier carried a Mar
shal's baton in his knapsack. An
application of the same principle to
the armies of the American demo-
cracy on a more intensive scale
than has hitherto been possible will
be applauded without as well as
within the ranks.-New York World
Miss Willie Ables and two bro
theirs, Thos. and Henry from the
Santuc section, were in the city last
Saturday. She gave us most beau
tiful bunch of holly with the red
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH

Mrs. ]. L. Whitman and her six
children were burned to death when
their home was destroyed by fire on
Christmas Eve, near Greenwood.
The father and one son who were
in Greenwood at the time are the
only survivors of the family. 1t is
not known how the fire started. All
the remains that could be found
were put in one casket and taken to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
Only Bombardments
and Raids on Snow
Covered Front j
FIGHTING CONTINUES ga&a
WEST OF THE BRENTA.
Teutonic Forces Recover Gains IN
Some Instances After Defenders 4
Had Thrown Invaders Back and
\ Seized Positions. !

Except on the Northern Italian
front the military operations con-
tinue far below normal. In France,
where snow has fallen along the en-
tire front, only bombardments and
small raiding operations are taking
place. .. ..r S
West of the Brenta river in the;
Italian highlands the Italians Christ
mas Day continued their counter-at3
tacks upon the ,Austro- German fore
es, which previously had succeeded
in making gains on Col. Del Rosso
and Monte De Valbella.. The battle!
waged throughout the morning with
great violence, and the Italians
wrested several of their former po-4
sitions from the enemy, but, owing
to renewed onslaughts by the Teu-.
tonic allied froces, they were COM
PEELED to give ground. ;.s &
The Berlin war office admits the I
Italians threw heavy counter-at-
tacks against the invaders on TIE !.
Col. Del Rosso and neighboring sec
tors but asserts that all of :. them he n
broke down. IT ~
Russian Situation. q
The situation surrounding the
peace pagleys between the Austro-
Germans and the Russians is still be-;
clouded, owing to lack of details
being permitted to come through.
At last accounts the Germans had Z
not only failed to return an answer
to the demands made by the Bolshe-
wiki delegates, but had requested
that the negotiations be extended
for virtually another month. "a
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
DEATH OF MRS. SIMMONS.

Mrs. Matte Simmons, wife of W.
F. Simmons, died at her home in
Calhoun Falls Christmas Day. She
has been in bad health for sometime
and death was not unexpected. She
was a member of the church and
lead a Christian life. She is sur
vived by three sons and one daugh-
ter, and several grandchildren.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
THEIR PERSUASIVE ELooUENCE

An energetic '4rive has been made
in the city and over the county in
the past week in the interest of
the Red Cross, getting members for
1918. Speeches have ben made at
many of the negro churches and
the response to the appeal has been
excellent.
Mayor Gambrell and Mr.. C. D.
Brown visited the Fire Band Bap-
tist church last Monday and tried
their persuasive eloeuence on the
congregation. 1t was effective for
our cook told US that DR.. Gambrell
"talked to pitiful about nothing to
eat and nothing to wear that even
them old widow women got up and
said, 4 be down in the morning,
Doctor I'd give him a dollar my
self if I'd had one," which is proof
that Mr.. Brown and the Mayor
reached the very heighth of elo-
quence.
At one of the churches Mr.. Brown
was so eloquent that he had nine
cnversions and one man Joined
the church.
Mr.. Joel Morse and Lieut.. Albert
Morse and DR.. Gambrell went out
to Shady Grove Sunday and fifty
members were secured, Lieut..
Morse's handsome uniform doing
much to impress the crowd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
CALLING 1T 'POSSUM.

Mr.. E. A. Thompson, Mr.. Bradley
Reese, Prof. D. H. Henry and Mr..
J. C. King went down to Dyson's
this week to take dinner with their
friend, Jim Mcmillan. They made
the trip in a car and had a large
and fourish1ng time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
MISS WINTON PARKS

Miss Winton Parks is expected in
Abbeville on Sunday. She will be
the guest of DR.. and Mrs. G. G..
Gambrell. Miss Parks is greatly
beloved by the people of Abbeville
and her friends are always glad to
have her come back
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
S11 FOR HANDKERCHIEFS

A young gentleman went into
L. w. Whites Dry Goods Store last
Saturday and bought $11.OO worth
of crepe de chine handkerchiefs. He
got A handkerchiefs for that
amount of money and he divided
them among his cousins for Christ
mas presents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
MISS MARGARET WILSON.

Miss Margaret Wilson has re-
turned to her home in Iva after
spending a while at the home of
Mr.. w. D. Wilson. She was one of
the attractive young ladies that SER
we'd refreshments at the Link-Ev-
erett wedding reception.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
FROM CAMP JACKSON.

Lieut.. James Carlisle Fair came
up from Camp Jackson last Satur-
day and spent a part of the holidays
with friends. The handsome Lieut.
enant made a pleasant impression
on all who met him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28

berries. We prize it very much for
it was the only piece that we had.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28
GOVERNMENT TO
OPERATE RAILROADS
A GLANCE OVER !
THE COUNTRY
News in a Condensed
Form to Be Read By
the Busy Reader.

Five thousand quarts of Kentucky
whiskey was seized just before 1t
started on it's Journey into Bone
Dry States. The valuation accord
ing to ruling rcices is about Son.
600. Some of it had been packed
in barrels with top and bottom lay
ers of fruits to conceal it while
others had been put up in lard fir
kins.
Gen. P. NJ. E. Sarrail will be sue
ceeded by Gen. Guillaumat as head
of the allied armies at Saloniki. He
arrived at that place Saturday. He
was one of the heroes at Verdun.
Seven Sailors of a Swedish ship
were executed for aiding Germans.
1t was said the ship was planting
mines off the South African coast
when captured. The. members were
taken prisoners and the seven who
were found to be in the German
pay were executed.
Gen. Allenby's troops are still
advancing on the plain of Sharon
north of Jaffa, and have occupied
four more towns.
The General Assembly of South
Carolina will convene on January
9th.
David R. Coker of Hartsville, has
resigned as food administrator of
South Carolina and William Elliot,
an attorney. of Columbia, has been
recommended as Mr.. Coker's sue
cessor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28

Miss Kathleen Patterson is in
Anderson this week visiting friends.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-12-28

The General Assembly of South
Carolina will convene on January
9Th.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-04-06

Mr.. James Quick was a Forest
CITY visitor, Saturday.
Francis Fitzmaurice visited owe,
Sunday with Fred Cason.
Mrs. Il. l.. Cason spent Saturday
with relatives in Mound City.
Mrs. A. c. Herman and Mrs.
Austin Ball were visitors in Benton,
MONDAY.
Miss Leila Williams has closed
a very successful term of school in
Monticello.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Derr attend.
sd the funeral Of James Gelvin in
Oregon Sunday.
hen Terhune and family, If
Mound City, were visitors in this
community, Sunday.
John Fries and family. Of Mound
City. spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. James Collins.
Miss Marian Dillon and brother
Paul. Of Mound City. were business
visitors in this vicinity, Monday.
Miss Gladys Ball and Agnes
Williams spent Friday. visiting Miss
Leila Williams school at Monticello.
Mrs. e. l.. Richardson, of For
est city, visited Saturday with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Swopc.
-Mcsdames Person and Hedge
cock. who have been very sick nj the
hone of their son and nephew are
very much improved at this writing.
o. X.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-04-06

The following Is the program for
the Easter Song Service 10 be rem.
dered at the Presbyterian church,
sunday evening, : p. M:
Prelude, Nictrola.
Song, Congregation.
Scripsure Reading.
Invocation.
Anthem, Christ Our Passover
Choir.
Duet, Misses Grace Mcdonald and
Ethel Greene.
Vocal solo, Victrola.
Reading, Miss Burnett.
Solo, Supplication, Mr.. Hanson
Murray.
Anthem, ~ Am the Resurrection, :"
Choir.
Solo, Miss Eleanor Kunkel.
Talk on the Resurrection, Rev. c..
+. Hand.
Duet, Miss Marshall and Mrs. Leh-
mer.
Anthem, when Survey fhe
Wondrous Cross" Choir.
OHertory. Victrola.
Song, Congregation.
Benediction.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-04-06


and will go on to Fairfax, No., whcr,
he will attend the Prayer and Spe
cial Training Of the Workers." ant
will return home Saturday. April :.
Rev. T.. +. Cooley received let
ter from his sister-in.law, Mrs. julia
HAL, OF Sacramento, California, stat
ing that the cause Of his daughters
death, Mrs. Ray Vernon, was not du,
to- an operation for appendicitis, bu,
rom an operation Tor tumors and