davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-03
COURT DECISION is
AGAINST ANACONDA

Hamilton, May 2.--(Spccial.) Judge
McCulloch has handed down a decision
sustaining the assessment of certain
timber owned by the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company. The company
paid the tax under protest. claiming
that Assessor Keys did not give proper
notice relative to the increased assess
ment The court, however. sustained
the assessor.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-03
At a Glance
Brief Bits Of News From
Western Montana
Communities.

vicToR-Four local bows. Wilburn
Martin. Jesse Craddock, James Wof-
ford and Victor Kreig went to Mis-
soula yesterday AMI satisfactorily
passed the examination for enlisting IL,
the United States army. They will
leave today for Spokane to await fur
ther orders.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-03
ALLEGED SEDITIOUS
WORDS BRING ARREST

Butte. May. IL. II. O'Rear was ar
rested by the police this morning and is
being held for the Unityd States mar
shall for alleged seditiOus words.
o'Rcar was accused Of speaking in an
offensive manner of soldiers and his
renarks were resented by passengers
on street car on which he was xsdtng.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-03
FOR "A FIGHTING DIET"

Atlantic y. j., May "a fighting
diet to make the merican fighting
man ashore and afloat. the most for
midahle soldier in the world was sug-
sested by Or. Allen Of the Rockefeller
institute. New York. in an address be-
fore the annual convention of the as
ISOLATION Of American physicians here
today
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-03
RECOMMENDED FOR CAPTAIN.

Helena, May Seth Maxwell
turc. has been recommended for ex-
animation as captain in the officers
training camp as San Francisco and
will leave for the Preside in Il few
DAYS
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-03

OARBY--Alrs. George Waldo has re.
turned from Gardner, where she has
been visiting her husband who is
working in the Yellowstone purk.
Mr.. Stevens returned today to Alta.
lie expects to move on a small ranch
which he has rented near Hamilton.
The Red Cross society of Darby,
which was organized Il couple of weeks
ago by Mrs. Marks of Missoula. has
been quite successful in its subscribe
ton to the relief fund. having received
about $50 or over thus far.
The play. The Poor Married Man."
given by the Darby high school nctted
about $40.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-03

CORVAlliS--Mrs. William ke,yes
and daughter, Mary. accompanied by
the Dunn children. arrived a few days
ago from Tennnwawa, Washington
where Miss kcayes has been teaching
school, They viii spend the summer at
their ranch Il half mile north of town
w. II. christofferson and G. f.
Magin. highest scoring shots in the To-
cal rifle club team have received Of
ficial targets from the government. and
will try for the national individual
championship insindoor rifle shooting.
Mallory Huls, who went to Spokane
two weeks ago to enlist in the aviation
corps. has been sent with 70 other re-
crnits to Fort Houston. Texas.
The first troup of scouts will be
organized Sunday at $3.50 p. m, at the
Federated church, with Ranger Young
as scoutmastcr. Mr. and Mrs. r. r.
Glass will assist with the organiza :
ton.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-03

STEVENSVllLE-A o.year.old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. ". f. Black OF Three
Mile who snmbittcd to a surgical oper-
alton at the local hospital last week
has recovered and returned home.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

for which Russia is struggling"
One phase of the labor situation in
Russia, Mr. Mayer believes, is not gem
orally understood in this country. That
is the tremendous influence of the
"artelS or unions, to which the better
and more skilled class of workers be-
long. Every sort of labor is or
ganized into these "artels" They hold
themselves responsible for the conduct
of their men. If baggageman steals
from trunk, for example, it is his own
artel that expels and prosecutes him.
This fact makes for a solidarity which,
in the present crisis, serves to hold the
more Intelligent classes of organized
labor strong behind the existing gov
ernment.
The revolution was b1ood1ess. COM
paratively, because Russia was pre-
pared for it, Mr.. Mayer believes. Ex-
pressions that a new government must
come, which would have been treason
able and fatal before the war. were
made openly by high city officials.
These officials, however. advised that no
steps be taken for the change until
after the war. when, they believed, they
could be accomplished by peaceful
political means.
But the revolution was precipitated by
the time-worn cause OF revolutions.
the cry in Petrograd, 1--WE want bread" )"
''Of what use are my Is roubles a
day If I cannot buy food with them?"
one workingman in Petrograd said to
Mr.. Mayer, just before the outbreak.
Men stood in line from and o'clock
in the morning until the factory whis-
ties blew, then went to work famished,
with the gnawing mental pain of hun
CRY wives and children.
The early days of the revolution
were marked by meetings and peaceful
demonstrations on the Nevski Prospect.
The Cossacks, dread Tartar troopers,
Evening star., 1917-05-20

songs of Capt. Joffre.
Only his patriotic barcarolle has been
republished in full, beginning:
"J'ai pour reve despoir ct vision
damour
L'eclair de nos fusils en- marche sur
Strasbourg"
There are also known LIE son dune
voix douce ct tendre (the sound of 4
voice sweet and tender)," and "Aimons,
rions, Get us laugh and love), but 1T
is not certain that both the words and
music of both are Joffres. In any case,
the grand career which was to come
makes all that happy dangling at Mon
pellier seem like a long eclipse. ASK
them at Montpelier, and they will tell
you: Capt. Joffre lacked gravity, lit
tie. He loved to sing the chansonette.
All ends, Capua or Montpelier: The
charm broke. Suddenly, almost without
warning, Capt. Joffre, the man without
ambition, lost his beloved young wife
(nee Marie Amelie Pourcheiroux). after
two years of marriage. and Admiral
Courbet, at Formosa, asked the war
Office In Paris for an engineer, "a real
one"
1t was the beginning of Joffre's grand
career.
Admiral Courbet, when he undertook
the China campaign, had only his ma
rine artillery officers to improvise for
tificatfons. "Send me an engineer" he
cabled Paris. "a real one" Paris, for
some reason. suddenly remembered
he had done on the Italian frontier.
The admiral. who knew men. discerned
his value. Joffre never stopped rising
after that. The campaign with Courbet
ended, he remained at Hanoi, to organ
ize the Notifications of Upper Tonkin.
tistic exposition.
In 1888 he was in Paris, attached to
Evening star., 1917-05-20

the street altogether and bombarding
the second story of a house across the
street. Jewelry shops display thou
sands of dollars worth of gems in
their windows. No one rifles them.
Food shops, containing the food the
people revolted to obtain, are left in
tact. Stores of sugar are not touched.
though the governments sugar cards.
by which each family was allotted its
along with other government records.
: This. indeed, is a new sort Of revo1u-
ton, the like of which the world has
never known. The birth of the Russian
young American narrator thinks, not
only for its tremendous effects, but for
its unique functioning.
The young man who tells the story is
jured in Russia's revolution. and the
first American, but one, to return to
this country, after seeing the historic
overthrow of the czar. He is clean
cut young American, graduate OF the
University of Kansas in 1913. who had
been in Russia to study the language
and social conditions. For six months
he had been feeling the pulse of the
Russian people, studying their ways of
thinking and of doing things. He
brings this cheering message:
1T Is incomprehensible to me that
Russia should negotiate separate
peace. What may develop from the
vast multitude. 15o,ooo.ooo people. who
quantity. But the S0.o00.ooo people.
who live in cities. who read the papers
and who are represented by the papers,
want to continue the war against Ger
many. In Petrograd. all except the
anarchistic element is for war. The
teachers, the owners Of small estates,
the officers in the army, the great
Evening star., 1917-05-20

that he worked On in obscurity while
others entered into his harvest. Great
generals, they, too: and they had a
right to their chance. Joffre had chos-
en- them, picked them, proved them,
placed them. All for the great good.
And Joffre continued working in the
shadow.
So. the people see in Joffre q Cincin-
natus, who did not return to the plow
when he gave up tho active command.
They think that he just relinquished
the glory, not the labor. What made
Joffre's victory Of the Marne in 1914?
Memory. knowledge, decision. capacity
for infinite detail, overlooking moth
ing, to swing the French armies fac
ing east (whence the Germans were
expeoted), to face north (where they
came, treaty breaking), and to make
the swing in full retreat. without dis
location or panic.
II was work of infinite railroad
schedules. cars, trains, dates, maps,
food, munitions, cannons. automobiles.
bridges. highroads, telephones. And
then, the invaders chased to their
trenches. It was the same thing again.
create heavy cannon, permit the Eng
sfsh to form armies and accumulate
munitions for the grand offensives in
which others. later, were SO justly to
reap glory.
a yRcation.
He disappeared from the spotlight,
yes; fbut nobody had Joffre's memory,
his knowledge of the war, OF secret
German weaknesses, of latent French
stre4gth, Of the routine needs Of the
Evening star., 1917-05-20

were called out to clear the streets.
They did so. but not with the violence
that was expected.
81 was caught one day on the Neyski
Prospect, wcdged between a group OF
workingmen. unable to get into door
way, with platoon of Cossaeks de-
II looked for chance of escape
There was none, SO I stood where I
was, and the Cossacks parted as they
rode past. They rode into the crowd,
but, instead Of trampling them down,
they chased them away, and saw one
rider pick n young boy from the st1eet
and carry him on his horse, to arrest
him.
nature of the revolution was the fact
that the soldiers in Petrograd early
started fraternizing with the citizens.
Most of the soldiers were muziks. or
peasants, and they had only been i'll
the service for q few months. Most
of them were won over at once.
The first blood was shed when pc
lice official ordered the Cossacks to
fire on citizens seen on the streets.
They refused and crushed the officials
skull. A few other persons were hurt
with bricks. Mr.. Mayer was in the
midst of the biggest fight. which took
place before the Officers Club. at the
corner of Kirchnaya street and Letania
Prospect. 1t lasted about an hour and
q half. About 100 were killed, and
when the loyal regfment Of soldiers
saw Iney We're DeaEcn tHeS Went over
to the revolutioniStS.
In all only about 1000 persons Were
killed in Petrograd out of the 100000
in the city at the time. About seventy
five were killed in Helsingfors. in Fin
land; about fifty at Sevastopol and
only three at Moscow. These few
deaths ushered in one Of the most com
plete and radical transformations in
government in history.
History shows. however, that the
Oypyfhrnw
usually does not put an end to car
mage and disorder. Revolution is apt
to continue. with added horrors. until
some form of authority is evolved from
the chaos that follows.
ITO understand why this was not the
case lin Russia. one must know the
Russian people," Mr. Mayer said. '"fhey
are docile, good-natured, without much
ambition, and bound to the observance
of law. even when it's enforcement is
removed by centuries of severe disci-
pline.
Thus Petrograd went about its busi-
ness, much as If nothing had happened,
and the principal evidence of revolu-
tion, aside, from the occasional skir-
mishes, was the continuous crowd on
the streets.
There was almost no looting, ex-
cept the breaking open of the gun
shops, and the results of this were
more humorous than dangerous. The
new soldiers armed themselves with
all sorts of weapons, and scores of
them went about the streets with belts
of machine gun ammunition thrown
across their shoulders. They forced
these guns on everybody, Americans
as well as other foreigners. and had
one. Since there are four different
types Of Russian guns, many of them
were useless, because the ammunition
in hand did not At the gun.
After the raids on the gun shops it
Evening star., 1917-05-20

EllAKE all the revolution you have
read about, with the French
upheava1 in the foreground.
q perhaps. and you conjure up a
composite mental picture something
like this:
Streets running with blood. terrorism
and vandalism, no regard for property
rights and little more respect for hu-
man life, women dishonored and little
children ruthlcssly slaughtered.
Then compare it with the story
brought to Washington of the blood
less revolution in Russia. the first
word picture painted by an American
returning to this country, who saw,
felt and took part in the tremendous
cataclysnl OF that vast. unknown do
main of the czar. hitherto regarded as
peopled by semi-be rbarians, held in
leash by the iron rule of a tyran-
nical dynasty.
1t Is; Monday, February 81 March 12
by our calendar). The duma has pro-
claimed n new government Not yet
is there shred OF organized authority
TO control the situation. There is no
government The perfect freedom, dire
dream OF illiterate anarchists, actually
prevails.
Here, indeed. is a chance for chaos.
Evening star., 1917-05-20

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS. May 3, 1917.
0 SAW an ovation to Marshal Joffre
just before he left Paris.
1t was in the Place of the Made
about $50 pm. Two automobiles
waited at a famous restaurant. a
crowd collected miraculously, but at
respectful distance. A reverent buzz
of whispering. Through the glass of
the second automobile appeared mas
sive profile, grizzled mustache.
IT'S Joffre. murmured the crowd
Women spoke low. Well dressed, mid
dle-aged business men whispered fra
ternally with beggars of the Madeline.
The remainder Of q luncheon party
emerged. The autos disappeared in
the Rue Royale.
'It's Joffre" the people stood a mo-
n1ent and still whispered.
do it. His face is recognized instantly
By ALL In his presence they speak in
whispers. They cheer other generals.
Joffre they worship. in emotion too
deep for words. This is the people.
The people of France have one certain
ty-it was Joffre who saved Paris, who
stopped the German invasion.
80
It has never been printed; no news
paper has told 1t, entire or piecemeal;
it is never subject of conversation. yet
the people Of France think that they
know Gas surely as they know their
names) that Joffre, the generalissimo
stepped out of the spotlight just as
grand successes were maturing, and
Evening star., 1917-05-20

schools, to impress upon the students
constructive social welfare and to de-
velop their minds toward right think
ing.
Another valuable piece of work.
explained Mrs. Wood, planned by this
committee is the establishment of q
municipal exchange, which some have
termed a. 'rummage plant by means OF
which, through sectional stations. util-
ity materials could be gathered, classi-
fled and redistributed to the sectional
stations according to the needs Of each
locality. and there be sold at nominal
cost to struggling parents who might
be able to better the conditions under
which their families are being reared.
This idea of connecting q certain sup
ply and demand bids fair to utilize the
Evening star., 1917-05-20

armies, of the personal capacities Of
thousands of French officers from gen.
erals down to captains:
This is what the people are quite sure
of: Joffre just went on working at the
same old crushing task Of detail. In
the shadow. Unperceived. in silence
They erect the marshalship again for
him (the one marshal of France). In
honor of his victory of the Marne
Joffre smiles in his white mustache. He
is adviser. And one word OF mild ad-
vice becomes a policy, triumph.
~
There is one word for all this. The
name of it is abnegation. The French
people do not say the word, because 1t
is tri1e highbrow, but the thing is
written in their hearts-in an emotion.
This is why they whisper when Joffre
passes.
The active command is no longer his.
Yet he ranks above all the generals of
France. He has none of the glory OF
these offensives, yet the common people
say: Somebody had to do the work,
and Joffre believes in his luck He
calls it his luck for France to win.
Surely. now. he can take a vacation.
Doubtless. in his vacation to America,
his luck will continue.
Yet never a man waited for his luck
SO long as Joffre did. His patience and
his confidence come out in the follow
ing short story Of his younger days.
When you hurrah for Joffre, face to
face, in America, remember that the
grand old general who was to save
France and civilization by his Fabian
thirteen best years of his life. unrecog-
nized, unpromoted, in the low grade OF
captain.
Had anybody in Montpelier, around
Evening star., 1917-05-20
Tells of Russia's "Bl00e1less' Revolution

SO far back. for purposes OF conceal
nent, that they could not sweep tho
streets below and their fire was ex-
pended on the fronts of the buildings
so that in many cases scores were
killed who could not find safety, not
knowing the direction in which the
fusillade came.
The FIRST proclamation of the new
government, constituted of the existing
duma. was followed by others. which
called upon various sections of the CITY.
and especially the apartment houses
and Red Cross units to form temporary
local government units. This was done,
and it accounted partly for the excel
lent order Of the early days of the
dumas rule. Apartments had watch
men, recruited from their own tenants,
sections engaged policemen, and Lead
ers in these communities took q part in
prevention of what little lawlessness
threatened.
There was p scramble for the procla-
nations on nearly every corner as they
were distributed. and persons who could
read would jump to n vehicle or a
doorstep and three or four persons
would try to read aloud at once.
How deeply ingrained the hope for
general feeling of happiness, Air. Mayer
said. that displayed itself on all sides.
AS the proclamations We're read and
as the groups of citizens went about
''sfobodia," or. freedom"
The better class of workinSnen
showed every Willingness to 80 back
to work. But it soon was realized tina ar
they would have TO be represented III
the government. The anarchists went
about proclaiminC that the old govern
ment had fallen and urging that no
government at all be organized to re-
place it. The socialists demanded II
much more radical reconstruction than
the duna favored. SO the soldiers and
workingmen. two terms that We're
largely Synonymous. SO far as class dis
tinction goes, and The socialist element
We're invited to appoint Representatives
to cooperate with the duma. The wors-
insmen and soldiers responded and tie
present deputy committee OF these
groups was the result. The socialists
refused.
But one of the socialist leaders, the
minister of justice now, Kerensky. is a
powerful factor in the existing govern
ment," said Mr.. Mayer. He is cool
headed, Of the upper socialist group and
not Of the anarchistic type-and he has
a tremendous influence said Mr..
Mayer. Il talked with him just before
/ left and he expressed the confident
belief that the war would be prosecut-
ed. was surprised when 1 reached
home to find that he now seems less
optimistic.
"It is not generally realized here that
the committee Of soldiers and working
men does not represent these classes IN
Russia. but principally the anarchistic
and more radical element in Petrograd
only. Moscow sent a delegation to pro-
test against some features Of their ac-
tivfties, and demanded that working
men return to their places of employ
ment. Within three weeks after the
first proclamation Of the new govern
ment two-thfrds Of them had done SO"
Evening star., 1917-05-20

road, Commandant Joffre was SENT
with 1000 men Of the supply column
which followed the expedition of Bon
nier de Ia Chapelle, brilliant officer, but
imprudent, as his end proved.
Bonnier's objective was Timbustoo
the mysterious. One night as the ex-
pedition was peacefully encamped the
Touaregs fell on them While they
slept and maSsacred them to the last
man.
When the news of the disaster
reached France the effect was immense,
and nobody doubted that similar fate
awaited the supply column which was
following.
But Commandant Joffre continued to
advance, imperturbable and cautious.
establishing his camp each night "ac-
cording to the rules" disposed for
combat. So, one night, when the
Touaregs, deeming the moment pro-
pitious to renew their exploit. fell on
the remainder of the expedition, it
was different. This time the alarm
sounded and solid fire SO moved
down the Touaregs that few escaped
and none re-attacked. Shortly after
the Joffre column reached the spot
where the main body had perished.
He rendered them the honors, collected
the documents and sent back to France
the mutilated corpse of BONNER de la
Chapelle. Then, continuing the ex-
pedition on his own resources, Jofre
calmly penetrated to the mysterious
city of the heart of Africa and immedi-
ately began fortifying Timbuctoo and
surveying for the railroad.
Now for the luck.
The whole column depended on Joffre.
AS you probably noticed when You
saw him, Joffre has something strange
and abnormal in his glance, like veil
over the left eye. Its origin was a
poisonous fly bite, in the midst of this
expedition. The doctor of the column.
fearing Joffre would surely lose his
sight. ordered a bandage, but Jofrre
answered.: 81 cannot exercise my COM
mand with the eyes banded"
'"Then," said the doctor, protect
yourself, at least with blue glasses
But how procure blue glasses in the
desert? There were none. So. the eyes
his command-and blindness just ahead
The day after they had Cleaned
out" the attacking Touaregs, couriers
from Algiers arrived with letters and
DIVERS small packages destined to Of
flcers and men, among others a little
box sent by Gen. Loyre to his nephew.
The nephew being retained in the rear
by sickness, Joffre's old intimacy with
Loyre permitted him to open the box.
because there might be something USE
full to the column in 1t.
By an Uncomfortable hazard" 1t con-
tained-what do you think?-a pair
of blue goggles!
Those blue goggles saved Joffre's
sight.
They saved. probably, the battle Of
the Marne, and France, and the worlds
liberty. STERLING HEILIG.
Evening star., 1917-05-20
SUGAR-SELIING
A

was found that many of the district
police houses were well stocked with
foods. The soldiers and citizens broke
into these, and the soldiers divided the
food, with the consent of the citizens,
who realized that their barracks sup
ply was exhausted. Not even there was
any looting done, but official papers
were burned. No one was permitted
to carry any away.
"Along with other papers, the sugar
cards were thrown into the flames.
But just the same. the people lined
up in front of the stations the next
day. waiting for their cards to get
sugar, though they had helped burn the
cards themselves! Though they de-
stroyed the cards. they drew the line
at helping themselves to sugar. There
were many cases like this, showing the
childlike simplicity of the Russian
people.
Five days after the duma had pro-
claimed the new government heavy