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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27

'fentlemen of the congress-:
Il have again asked the privilege of
| addressing you because we are moving
through critical times during which it
seems to me to be my duty to keep in
close touch with the houses of congress
so that neither counsel nor action shall
run at cross purposes between us.
"On the third of February, | officially
informed you of the sudden and unex-
pected action of the imperial German
government in declaring its intention
to disregard the promises 1t had made
to this government in April last and
undertake immediate submarine opera
tions against all commerce whether of
bclligerents or of neutrals, that should
seek to approach Great Britain and
ireland. the Atlantic coasts of Europe
| or the harbors of the eastern Mcditcr-
rancan and to conduct those operations
without regard to any considerations of
humanity which might Interfere with
their object That policy was forth
with put into practice. 1t has now been
in active execution for nearly four
weeks.
Results Not Fully Disclosed.
Its practical results are not fully
disclosed. The commerce of other neu-
trail nations Is suffering severely but
not, perhaps very much more severely
than it was already suffering before
the first Of February when the new
policy Of the imperial government was
put into operation. We have asked the
co. operation Of the other neutral gov
lernmcnts to prevent these depreda-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27

Flathead Money
Passes Senate

Washington, Feb. 26.-(Srecial.)
The senate tonight adopted the
conference report on the Indian ap-
preparation bill. thus ensuring the
passage of the bill, which carries
over a s1.ooo.oQo for Montana In
dians, of which $75O.O0O is for the
Flathead irrigation project.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27

first that I am
just a plain,
everyday work :
ingman. I do not
assume to be
skilled in the art
and science of
b u S ! n G SIS and
trade or politics
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27
WILSON SEEKS
RIGHT TO USE
FORCE ON SEA
DEVELOPMENTS Of DAY
IN U-b0AT CRISIS
WITH GERMANY

President Wilson asks
congress for right to arm
merchantmen and use any
instrumentalities or meth
ods that may be neces-
sary and adequate to pro-
tect our ships and our peo-
pie in their legitimate and
peaceful pursuits on the
seas.
Congress prepares to
consider bills giving pres
ident desired authority;
Republicans and pacifist
Democrats consider means
of keeping congress in ses-
sion.
!; X Il
Cunard steamer Laco-
MIA sunk by a submarine.
Twenty-seven Americans
on board, of whom two
Mrs. Mary E. Hoy and
Miss Elizabeth Hoy-arc
believed to have been
drowned.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27

or civics. but the average workingman
shas his ideas on such things, usually
gathered in the school Of hard expo
Iience. I trust no one will take Of
Tense at anything I may say. / may
be blunt in expression, but what l say
! assure you will be said in all sin
ceriety of purpose, and not with any
idea of casting slurs at any one or
any organization or class of people.
l have read with great interest the
articles given in your columns on tn
subject, and it appears to me that very
few. IL any, of those articles are re-
sponsive to the expressed purpose of
the proposition as foreshadowed in
your article published Sunday morn
ing, February II, and the morning of
February -.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27
(6y LLOYD A. HAGUE, President
North Side Progressive leauue.l

In response to your letter asking for
opinions of citizens on What Does
MISSOURI Need"' ! shall attempt to
give you few suggestions from a
workingman's viewpoint. / will state
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27
CUBS START.

Pasadena, Cal, Feb. 26.-Spring
raining Of the Chicago Nationals be.
gan today with forenoon workout at
Tournament park field here,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27

Official report from Germany
says that since the beginning Of
the war 4,99S.50O tons of shipping
belonging to the entente allies and
neutral nations has been DESTROYED
or condemned as prizes.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27
Frankness Needed.

When the Missoulian came out with
Hand" was going to let the Left
Hand" know what it was doing, in
other words, was going to let the
Left Hand" in behind the scenes and
in on the ground floor, it looked to
me as If it were II call for Il frank.
open statement of conditions in Mis-
sonla and that u real. genuine confess
sional was to be established where the
faults could be confessed and promises
of better things" in the future could
be made. Perhaps l have got the
wrong idea. If so you will please eX-
cuse me for my lack of penetration. I
have heard 1t said that if one is
afflicted with any disease or ailment
and goes to a doctor for treatment,
that it is the part of wisdom to make
"clean breast" of everything and
tell your doctor all about it. even if
some of the facts should humilate you
to 4 certain degree. If you conceal
anything the doctor may get off
wrong and dope you with medicine
that would do more harm than good.
Well, what l want to get at Is this.
Before yon can rightly judge what
Missoula needs and what sort of thing
is best for the community at large,
you must first find out what is hurt
ing Missoula, what is holding it back
and retarding its progress or develop
ment. If you don't uncover the cause
or get at the root of the evil you will
be working blind and perhaps at cross
purposes and much effort will be
wasted or prove unavailing.
"orsanized Creed"
To be real plain q am speaking now
just as common workingman) it ap-
pears to me that Missoula is suffer-
ing from a bad case of Organize,
greed" | might be more specific but
to do SO might be too personal II
looks as if there were too much sell
fishness. lack of public spirit among
those who are financially in position
to be public spirited, ,oo little of tho
spirit of reciprocity. and there seem
to be tendency to grab all you can
and keep all you get" We are all to
prone to call the fellow who honestly
tells us of our faults. 'knocker,"
''sorehead" and to suggest to him that
IF he don't like Missoula to get out"
Most of the answers to your inquiry
have simply told over the material
- ---
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27
AMERICAN WOMEN
REPORTED DROWNED
ON SUNK STEAMER
Official Confirmation Lack
ing But London Dailies
Affirm Rumors.
LACONIA TORPEDOING
THE MOST SERIOUS YET
Liner Carried 26 Americans
Out of New York-Had
No Explosives.

London. Feb. EFT has been defi-
nitely ascertained that two Americans
were lost ON the Laconia, according to
the Daily Chronicles Queenstown COR
respondent.
According to a Central News dis
patch from Queenstown. Mrs. Foy and
daughter. who We're aboard the La
conia. are missing and are supposed
to have been drowned
Tho dispatch says that many sur
rivors suffered severely from expos
ure. All hospitals and hotels in
queenstown were prepared for the re-
ception of the survivors and plenty of
warm food. clothing and beds were
available when they arrived.
1t is probable that Mrs. Mary Il.
Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Toy of Chi
cago are the passengers referred to.
They were in the first cabin.
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(Continued on Page Twol
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27
War S,l,,,,,,ary1
Bitish re-capture Ku.-el- Amara
in Mesopotamia from the Turks.

London claims British advance
to depth of two miles over ll.mile
front in France, enveloping Ba-
paume, German stronghold.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30

also included whether the cracks
near the windows were there for
fresh air and how they could be
regulated. The vault was said by
some to be inadequate for holding
more than a couple of cords of four
foot wood aside from the records
The fire escape is said not to be To-
Gated in the proper place and should
the building be struck by lightning
the government would order a probe
over the waste of perfectly good fuel.
The oldest inhabitant has given
his opinion on the merits of the case
and SO has everyone who even looked
at the structure. Then the grand
Jury took squint and said in their
opinion the court house failed to do
justice to Clearwater county, as the
county's capitol, and ought to be
photographed for the benefit of fu-
ture generations and a new structure
rise in its stead.
And from the viewpoint of those
"up tree that grand jury is cor
rect. What Clearwater county needs
is a suitable court house. The pres
ent one is disgrace to that good
county and its intelligent and pro-
gressive citizenship and a new struc-
ture should rise upon its present site
in Bagley.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
PLEASURE BOATS MUST
BEAR TAX; OWNERS
SHOULD REPORT NOW

Do you own a motor boat or a
sailing yacht?
If so, you had better get busy in
reporting this fact to the govern
ment. There are a number of peo-
pie in this section who have pleasure
boats of various kinds, who should
know that unless they report their
ownership for the purpose of paying
the excise tax they will lay them
selves liable to fine.
Sec. 603, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, levies
an excise tax on yachts, sailing
boats and motor boats with fixed
engines, not used exclusively for
trade or national defense.
This tax is now due, and, while
the blanks for collecting it are not
yet available, q penalty of so per
cent of the tax attaches 80 days af-
ter the passage of the act, or on Nov.
2.
Owners of such boats may avoid
this penalty by reporting the size
and kind of boat owned, and for
what purpose used, providing such
report is received not later than Nov.
2, by Collector of Internal Revenue,
St. Paul, or by G. A. Aubol, deputy
collector, Crookston, Mimi.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
$25,000 BONDS ARE
VOTED FOR BRIDGE:
only 1870 BALLOTS
CAST IN ELECTION
Vote Stands 116 In Favor and IA
Against; Only Ten Vote In
Fourth Ward, -
THIRD REPORTS NONE AGAINST
BONDS AND ONLY 18 FOR
First Precinct Casts Heaviest Ballot
So; Fifth Votes Right on the :
Bond Question.

The vote cast in yesterdays bond
election for the issuance of $4,000
in bonds with which to pay for the
new concrete bridge, was extremely
light, only 130 ballots being cast
throughout the entire city. The
vote stood 116 for and IA against.
The heaviest vote was cast in the
First ward where 50 ballots were
cast and the lightest ballot was in
the Fourth, where only 10 voted.
The First ward also cast the most
negative ballots, seven being chalk
ed down on the tally sheet, while
in the Third, 18 votes in favor of
the bond issue and none against.
Vote By Precincts.
The different precincts voted as
follows:
First-45 for, 7 against.
Second-22 for, 2 against.
Thirds for, none against.
Fourth-9 for, 1 against.
Fifth-22 for, 4 against.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
Clearwater Co. Grand Jury
FaVOrS New Court House

@ And now the grand jury of Clear
water county comes along and in a
resolution asserts that the vaults in
i the court house are unsafe for the
county records and that the build
] ing is Inadequate for it's purpose and
that what Clearwater county really
needs is a suitable court house with
regular sure 'nuff offices, adequate
for all purposes. Martin Quern was
the foreman of the jury.
And thus has another chapter
.Jeen added to the subject which has
been agitating Clearwater county
and all the inhabitants thereof, and
caused a great deal of conversation.
1t seems that the court house, for
it's size, cuts considerable ice in
Clearwater county annals. 1t has
caused twice as much talk as the
war in Europe and its luster was
only dimmed when the Liberty Loan
loomed over the horizon.
The question is broad, very broad.
1T involved in the court whether the
iSck in the floor of the vault let
too much of the winter atmos-
/phere which penetrated the woolen
hosiery and neckties of the officials
or was it the fault of the janitor
who didn't get around to build the
fire in the stove as he should. 1t
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
WADENA WILL PLAY.
TO EVEN THE SCORE

The coming Fridays football game
bids fair to be the severest lest the
local high school team has had this
season. The heavy Wadena team,
coached by ]. w. Smith, former star
center of the Carroll college, Wis
consin, team, is coming with prac-
tically the same lineup which was
able to hold the Bemidji team of
last year to IA to 0 score. The
men from Wadena are out to wipe
out the defeat of last year and a
hard, fast game is assured.
Every effort will he made to have
the field in first class condition so
the pony backs of the locals will
be able to use their speed and get
away. Many of the regulars are
bruised and many minor injuries
we're reported after last Saturdays
game. But with several days rest
the squad will be in first class con-
dition.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
LOAN Result WILL
Be KNOWN THURSDAY

Washington, Oct. 3O.-Further
figures showing Liberty Loan sub
scription totals, the treasury depart
ment has announced, will not be
made here until Nov. 1. This deci-
sion was reached when it became ap-
parent that the Federal reserve
banks would be unable to make more
than approximate returns before
that time.
Treasury officials, on the basis of
returns at hand, were unable to say
whetehr subscriptions to the loan
had passed the $5,O0O,O00,00O mark,
although they were agreed the chan
ces are that the figures approximate
this amount.
Reserve bank officials and local
loan committees have until Thurs
day to make final reports.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
VINEGAR ENLlSTS IN
The COAST ARTILLERY

Glen Vinegar today enrolled as a
volunteer for Uncle Sam at the local
recruiting station in charge of Clar-
ence Foucault and left for Duluth
this noon. He has chosen to serve
In the coast artillery branch of the
service, in which all volunteers will
be kept for defense work only.
According to Officer Foucault,
there are still openings in this
branch and until he receives notice
to stop accepting men for coast ar
tillery work, young men in this
vicinity have splendid opportunity
to serve their country on their coun-
try's soil.
The Beltrami recruiting commit
tee is working out plans for a cam
paign to assist the local recruiting
office in securing men and educating
them with regard to the advantages
of a volunteer over a drafted man.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
CLUB
LUNCH TOMORROW

The menu for tomorrow's lunch
con at the Commercial club rooms
will be more in the nature of a pros
perity dinner than a wartime lunch
con. The domestic science depart
ment of the high school will prepare
the dessert. The Canadian recruit
ing officers stationed in our city
will be guests of the club.
A report will be made Of the or
ganization being perfected to fur
ther the work of the Y. M. C. A. in
establishing quarters at the different
army camps throughout the coun-
try.
An attempt will be made to launch
a membership campaign by the club.
The question of securing a rural
mail route that will reach the sum-
mer cottages around Lake Bemidji
will be brought up for consideration
by the club.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
night SCHOOL FOR
Foreigners STARTSAT
HIGH SCHOOL MONDAY

A night school for foreigners is
being organized at the high school,
to be conducted by Miss Martha
Kohl. The first session is called for
Monday evening, November 5, at
1880 o'clock. Studies in reading,
writing, arithmetic and civics will
be taught.
The plan is to devote three nights
a week to this work and all who de-
sire may enroll There will be no
charge in connection with this
branch Of the school work.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
COLD WAVE SWEEPS
LARGE COUNTRY AREA
(Ry United Press)

Chicago, Oct 3O-The lowest Oc-
tober temperature in history is re-
corded today from the Alleghenies
to Missouri, with snowfall as far
south as Ashville, N. c. Late crops
in the extreme southwest are heavily
damaged. The coolest temperature
is at Devils Lake, N. D., where it is
10 degrees below zero.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
PRESBYTERIAN LADIES
SEND CHRISTMAS CHEER

Under the direction of Mrs. J. Ess-
ler, twenty-one Christmas boxes were
sent out by the Presbyterian Sunday
school to the boys who are serving
their country and who were en-
rolled in the Sunday school. The
boxes contain home made candies,
cookies, cakes and jelly.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
Turning Point Soon.

washington, oct. $0.wThe turn
ing point in the Italian invasion will
come within a week, official Rome
cables today. 1t will take General
Cadorna six or seven days to with
draw to the Tagliamento and con-
solidate his forces there. BY that
time, heavy allied reinforcements
are expected. It is officially de-
clared political conditions have int
proved under the crisis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE
CLOSED: MARKET BREAKS
(By United Press)

Montreal, Oct. 3O.-The local stock
exchange is closed and a panic is
feared as result of the rapid de-
cline of the market. The exchange
was closed to give time for a dis
cussion. It is uncertain whether the
exchange will be opened soon.
The Toronto exchange was closed
a brief time as the result of the Mon
treal crisis, but reopened later.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
TAKE FOREIGN PATENTS
nv TInited Preas)

Washington, Oct. 3O.-Regula-
tions under which Americans we're
licensed to use patents owned by
enemy corntfies or their allies were
announced today. Twenty-eight In
'ventiops owned by Germans, Aus
trians, Bulgarians and Turks are af-
fected.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
SOCIALIST LEGISLATORS BALK
OVER GOVERNORS PLANS
(By United Press)

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 3O.-The
Socialist delegation in the Wisconsin
state legislature has registered pro-
test against Governor Phillip to OBJ
tain legislation empowering him to
appoint successor to the late sena-
tor Husting. The Socialists demand
a specid election for choosing the
man to fill Husting's place.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
All Italy is
Confident As
To Outcome
(By United Press)

Rome, Oct. 30.-All Italy Is con-
tident that the military situation will
clear satisfactorily in two or three
days, Italy has complete confidence
in General Cadorna's plans.
Austria has been induced tn prom
ise Trieste to Germany as the price
of help from German troops In the
drive into Italy, according to Swiss
reports.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
'TheoriZing'|s
!. Right, In Food
... ! .PriCe|.Contro|
s4RyAssunated-Press)

z .-l.zf BY United Preee
CnfcakD, oct 81 "A - ftef weeks Of
theorizing practice, II. AZ Wheeler,
Illinois food administrator, an
nounced today that he had devised a
practical system for cities through
out the country in regulating food
prices.
The program is to be tried out
first in larger cities and then ex-
tended to the smaller towns.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
SAMMIES EXCHANGE BLOW ,..
FOR BLOW WITH ENEMY
(By United Press }

/, With the American army, Oct 80.
II Under terrible weath conditions,
the American army is exchanging
blow for blow with the Boches, learn
ing my war contact. The Sammies
are shelling enemy emplacements
while the infantry in some places
stands knee deep in icy water.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
IIndine ia Cantured

Berlin, Oct. 30.-The capture Of
Undine principality in the Northern
Italian plains by the advancing
Austro- Germans is officially an
nounced today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
Italians FIGHT Valiantly.

London, Oct. 30.-The Italians are
fighting valiantly and are paralyzing
the enemies advance in groups, is
the report from the front. At Ar
detti furious Italians assaults wiped
out great bodies of the enemy. Heavy
storms mar operations to the north
in the mountains.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
ELECTRIC SIGNS CONSUME
LARGE AMOUNT OF COAL
(By United Press)

Washington. Oct. 30.-Glittering g
white ways are to be darkened by
order of the fuel administration, due
next week, to save coal by elimin-
ating unnecessary outdoor lighting.
1t is estimated 100000 tons of coal
are wasted annually in the opera
ton of electric signs.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
HERTLING HAS BEEN
NAMED AS CHANCELLOR
(By limited PreSs)

London, Oct. 3O.--Count Won Hert-
ling has been named German chan
cellor to succeed Michaelis and the
latter has been shifted to prime min
lister of the Prussia-Amsterdam wire
less
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
Rer1in Renort

Berlin, Oct 3O.-Our whole front
is pressing against the upper course
German announcement today. The
Germans have reached Venetian soil.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
GERMANS ATTACK RUSS
(Rv limited PraSsl

Petrograd, Oct. 80. - Teutonic
troops in the Jaunzerne sector on
the Russian front ted a sudden
attack and forced t." retirement of
the Russian force az, ording to an
official announcer : t)day
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
KAISER EXPECTED TO JOIN
EMPEROR KARL ON FRONT
(BY United Press J

Washington, Oct. 3O.-The kaiser
is expected to join Emperor Karl on
the Italian front to urge further
haste in the Italian drive. Dis
patches indicate that Germany is
playing the last trump card to force
the end of the war through Italy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
NOTED EDUCATOR DIES
(RY limited PreSSl

Sheboygan, Wis, Oct. 30.-Henry
Leverenz, age SIS years, prominent as
a public schools superintendent, died
today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30

BEMIDJI GIRL HONORED BY
COLLEGE LITERARY SOCIETY
Especial to PiOneer)

V0Q6CI0I 20 I IOuttI
Grinnell, Ia, Oct. 3O.-Miss Flor
ence Freese of Bemidji, Mimi, was
elected to the Aegis Literary society
at the last meeting held by that
body to determine upon the choos-
ing of new members. The Aegis So
ciety is one of the most popular of
Grinnell's several literary societies.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
WITHDRAWAL CONTINUES
(By limited Press J

(By united PTeSSJ
Rome, Oct. 3O.-Yesterday's with
drawal to new positions continued
today, says an official announce
ment.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-10-30
CABINET NOT FORMED

Madrid, Oct. 30.-Lack of success
in forming new cabinet is an
nounced today.