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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22
RAILROADS SEEK
TO meet NEEDS
Of EAST COAST
Executives Issue Rush Or
ders for Coal Shipments
to Gas-Less Cities.
l. c. c., CO-OPERATES
BY DEMANDING CARS
Reports From Chicago of
Dangerous Situation De-
MED by Commission.

Washington, Feb. 2l-Drastic meas
urcs Of precaution were adopted today
by the chief railroads Of the east to
meet the varying emergency needs for
coal and foodstuffs from the Mississ
ippi river to Maine. due to the acute
shortage ana congestion of freight ears.
Chief Of these measures was the dis
patch OF rush orders to all roads con-
cerncd for the prompt transportation of
gas, coal and coke TO Is towns and
cities, including Chicago. Detroit. In.
dianapolis, Toledo and Springfield, ILL.,,
in the middle west where, it was an
nounccd, possible Interruptions" of
light. heat and power service would
result unless the shortage were re-
lievcd at once.
Commission Assisting.
The interstate commerce commission
Is working to meet the situation. in
cooperation with the railroad men. A
telegram from President Griffin of the
Chicago board of trade appealing for
relief and asserting that riots would
result unless an embargo were placed
on all products out OF Chicago except
fuel and foodstuffs, stirred up con-
siderable indignation at the commits
sion and drew a prompt reply.
. Commissioner McChord, replying to
portion of the telegram not made
public. which apparently charged that
he had ruled Chicago could not expect
relief from the commission and de-
clared tho telegram contained many
statements which arc not true"
That portion Of the dispatch refer
ring to possible food riots was not
specifically answered and officials de-
clined to comment on it.
Members of the commission are un-
derstood, however, to regard the sit
uation as depicted by Mr.. Griffin as
highly improbable.
Situation Improving.
Data complied by the American
Railway association was made public
showing appreciable diminution at New
York, Philadelphia, Boston and Balti-
more of the number of cars of export
freight on hand and the number of
bushels of wheat held in elevators and
cars awaiting ocean transportation. Of
ncials of the association declared that
the situation had improved perccptibly
within the last fortnight and that there
was little likelihood OF general food
stuff or fuel shortage In tho east,
In this connection it became known
that IA week ago virtually every town
and city in New England faced flour
famine and that livestock all through
New England was starving from the
lack of grain and feed. Prompt action
by the railroads in shipping feed, flour
and grain ahead of passenger trains
from Minneapolis has temporarily re-
licved the situation.
At that time. it was learned. the
commission ordered tho railroads to
strain every effort to extricate the
thousands Of empty cars, from their
congested yards and rush them west
for grain and flour to be brought east.
" One Of the roads protested that the
emptics were frozen to the rails and
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22
AMERICAS AUSTRIAN
NOTE MEANS RUPTURE

Amsterdam Feb. 21.-Via London
The Frankfurter Zeitung learns from
presented by Ambassador Penficld to
the Austro- Hungarian foreign minister
at Vienna leaves no doubt that a rupt-
ure Of relations will follow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22
@5,ooo TAX.

Pierre, $. D.. Feb. 2l.-The estate of
he late William Deering Of Chicago
'oday paid ss5.O00 inheritance tax to
South Dakota "on property owned by
Deering in this state. 1t is the largest
single inheritance tax payment ever
received by the state.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22
WOMAN may GET
CLEARER INSIGHT
BY JOINING CLUB
One Of Greatest Schools Is
Woman's Club, Says
Mrs. Briggs.
MlSSOULA PRESIDENT
URGES COOPERATION
Local Organization Needs
Support OF All Women
in Community.

This article is the ninth of a Sc
rics of interviews with representa-
tive Missoula citizens on the needs
or the community. Tomorrow
morning an interview with DR.. T..
Z. Anderson, city health officer,
will be printed in this column.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22

president of the Nissoula Woman,s
c'ub. Despite the fact that the Mis-
soula club is one of the largest in the
STATE Mrs. Briggs feels that too few
women in the community participate
IN its work. This failure to reach COM
pete cooperation hurts not only the
cinb by restricting it's usefulness. but
also the women wto are not members
ny depTiving them of an opportunity
10 secure clear insight into civic prob
lcms and helpful contact with their
helShbors. Mrs. Briggs puts the case
OF the club as follows:
A Great School.
one Of the greatest schools that I
inow of today is found in the world of
women's clubs. If u woman comes to
the realization that much of her time
Is being frittercd away, all she has to
90 to brush up is to join a club.
every phase of almost every subject
under the sun Is touched upon in one
or another Of the women's clubs of
Missoula. Music is offered her and
art, literature and domestic science;
and those looking for knowledge of
politics, Or insight into the science of
social service find It,
The Womans club of Missoula is
one OF tho largest in the state, and
we want our citizens to become more
familiar with what we are doing. al.
though our greatest efficiency cannot
be reached until we have the support
and cooperation OF more women,
In Civic MATTERS.
Civic matters should be of general
interest to the community, and the
woman's club is helping to make II
so. Half of the wonderful progress in
Improving health, living and housing
conditions are due to the energies,
public spirit and organized sentiment
and influence of our women. .Missoula
needs SO many things to broaden our
minds and help us to grow, it is hard
to suggest the most needful. How
ever. we are working for better homes
and better schools, better legislation
FOR women and children, and a more
comprehensive point of view. We
stand ready to help our city council
and chamber of commerce in doing
everything that Is best to make our
city a healthier and happier place for
children to live In and our boys and
girls to grow UP In.
Unity Progress. Charity is our
motto: and Service the keynote of
our club"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22
New York Executive Asks
for Facts; Will Recommend
Million for Food.
RIOTING CONTINUES:
WOMEN DEMAND FOOD
Police Officers Manhandled !:
1--WE Arc Not Criminals"
Rioters Cry.

New York. Feb. 2l.--Mayor Mitchell
tonight instructed the police, health
and charities departments to make II
thorough investigation of food condi
tions throughout the greater city and
report to him Friday when he will
place before the board of estimates a
request Of East Side housewives that
A,0oO.oo0 be appropriated by tho city
TO buy food for distribution at reason .
able prices.
This action on the part OF the mayor
followed resumption OF rioting
among housewives In various parts Of
the city and Il visit to him Of u com.
mtttcc OF women who declared their
children were starving because Of tho
high cost Of food stuffs.
The situation was represented by
the housewives rs calling for imme.
date relief.
Rioting Extends.
Rioting today, while milder in form
than that of yesterday, extended to
terminal piers of railroads, where II
had been reported several hundred
carloads of vcgeta bles, chiefly potatoes
and onions, were being withhold from
the markets. In the Brownsville Sec
tions of Brooklyn a crowd Of angry
women stormed n market place. Sew
cral policemen were roughly handled
and had to call for reserves to rescun
them. u
1--WE are not criminals" the women
shouted when the reserves ATTEMPTED
to dispcrse them. "Wo want bread"
One Of tho largest hotels in the city
tonight announced that 1t had opened
for it's employees a store where gro
cciies and other articles OF food could
be purchased at cost.
Tho department of health began is
suing bulletins containing suggestions
to aid housewives in meeting the pres
cnt high prices.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22
ONIONS SELL FOR
$1O.25 A HUNDRED

Portland Ore, Feb. 21.--At $l0.25 a
hundred. the highest price ever paid in
Oregon. carload of onions was sold
today for shipment east,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22
IAN interview with MRS. GEORGE
6HlGGS, president Of the Mis-.
soula Woman's cluhl

Bctter schools, better homes, better
legislation for women and children and
. more comprehensive point of view
are the community needs which the
MISSOURI Woman's club is trying to
satisfy. The club must have, if it is
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22

to attain the
greatest possible
efficiency in it's
work, the support
and cooperation
Of all the women
of the community.
So says Mrs.
(,rOrrn Rrirrc
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-22

Continued on Page Scven)
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
THE PENALTY
 OF OVERWORK
Many Alaska People Are Beginning
 To Fell the Strain

The heavy tax of oTerwork - the extra strain upon the back so neces- sary to many trades and occupa- tions is hard on the kidneys. The kidneys begain to fail in their work and the poisonous matter collects in the system. If your work seems hard for you, if you seem tired and listless, if you notice sediment in the urine, unnatural color or irregu lar passages and seem to be running down without apparent cause, be- gin at once with Doan's Kidney Pills, the remedy that has proven so beneficial to SO many residents o this vicinity. It has brought strength to the backs of thousands of working men and women.
 Mrs. Margaret A. Nesary, 1513 Tweuty-first Ave, S., Seattle, Wash. says: 'I' worked too ,harl had dull, sickening pains across my Joins and hips. My whole system was affected and made me feel poor ly in every way. Spells of dizzi- ness came on and had a glimmering before my eyes at times. My kid neys were irregular in action and the passages were distressing. Doaa's Kidney Pills greatly benefited me. In spite of my advanced age, T am active and do all my own housework."
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for g kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-ths same that Mrt Nemsary had. Foster7Mil- burn q: Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
FIFTH AVENUE THE JOYOUS.
Sparkle and Vivacity of New York's
 Eamous Thorooahfare.

Perhaps the chief impression which the metropolis makes Is of the vivacity of its life. It Is the completest expres- sion of our national joic de vivre. And 1t is pleasant to record that for the most characteristic moment of this quality you would not cite Broadway at night, but Fifth avenue by day. The sparkle of this famous street Is per haps largely due to the New York ch- mate.
 Climates are never perfect but among the worlds great cities the American metropolis is slngularly for tunate. It is flooded with sunlight, and on its best days the mir has crisp and tsnic quality. By tacit understanding Ill dressed and sad people keep off Fifth avenue. On bright morning there is no resisting the streets gay intoxication. The most expensive shops In the world are close at hand, the best restaurants near by. Brave men lounge at the windows of exclusive clubs, and fair women cut coupons at fashionable banks. Life seems indeed worth liv- ing. The whole town is gay. Even children and nursemaids in the park seem more nngagingly clean and nno- cent and spirited than elsewhere, as 1T they. too, felt the call of happiness.
 It Is worth while noting the clear ness of much of New York's air, doing Justice to the clean and simple iveh- ness of much of its enjoyment, be- cause its prominence as one of the worlds chief centers of dissipation and pleasure seeking has done Its reputa- ton bad service with many people of virtue and good taste.-Harper's Mag azine.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
kfrlca's Gold Coast.

The Gold Coast is a British colony on the west coast of Africa. Its eli mate Is notoriously unhealthy, the heat and moisture being excessive. The coast is lined with unhealthy swamps and shallow lakes, while the peculiar rock of the country is said to give of, under the influence of the air and moisture, large quantities of hydrogen gas. The native towns are crowded and dirty. intermittent feyers and oth- CT diseases being always present. These are peculiarly fatal to Euro peans, though the natives do not suf- fer so much. The whole region Is more or less a gold producing country, but at present the value of the territory is chiefly due to the profusion of vegeta- ble products supplied by the rich soil.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
EDITORIAL
THE PUBLIC AND ADVERTISING

The following editorial reprinted from the Gainsyille, (Fla.) Suns Is taken from the Douglas Island News, and as it has q good moral, we take the liberty of passing it on tC cur readers:-
 Among the objections to advertis- inS entertained by certain merchant me following was encountered the other day. One man said her had 10 question that advertising was read. He though that even If the most attractive bargains are an uouuced by q home merchant his own townspeople would not credit it. Distant things looked 30 much more attractive that they would hun " eff to some other city or send long distances to a mail order house, although they fared no bet ter for their time and trouble.
 Thls point of view struck us as rather unusual, and indicated a good deal of pessimism about hum nature. Are people quite so foolish as that? . $
 T. seems incredible, in these days oE high prices, that people can for any length Of time be cajoled or fooled into negIecting their real in tcrests. If a home store really ha tEe goods, at right prices, and will tell the public about them, 1t should get plenty of business. Peo- rIe are not anxious to pay express charges or railroad fare and walk Ic9g distances for nothing.
 The trouble is that the local mer- chan. too often thinks that the pub lie knows all about what he has without being told. But if people get out of that habi' of trading at a certain place, they really know very little Of what a merchant has.
 He may be a very good buyer, he may be an excellent judge of values, able to land goods in his home town and place them on his count ters at rates way below the biz city store which has heavy over had charges to pay. But the public is from Missouri. It wants to be shown" If it is not "shown," it goes to some quarter where there is a disposition to get after business and give infor- nation about stock - Gainesville (Fia.) Sun.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
COUNTING HEADS.
The First Census Was Taken by MOoss
 In the Wilderness.

m Ene WHHeTnSSS.
 There Is a record of a census in China as far back as the year 2O42 B. 0. and of one in Japan in the last century be- fore Christ. Under the constitution of Solon the citizens of Athens were d. yided and registered in four classes, according to the amount of their tax able property or income. The Roman census was burlened with more statis- tics than any of these, however, It had its origin under Servius Tuliius, sixth king of Rome, and was an affair of much solemnity. Every citizen had to appear upon the Campus Martius and declare upon oath Els name and dwell ing and the value of his property under the penalty of having his goods confs- cated. ..- ur..5r.. .syr g.usa. smrag sl
 The most ancient statistical record of "a census is found in the Bible The census was taken by Moses in the will derness, and, as shown by the first chapter of Numbers, the enumeration must have been very simple. 'Take ye," said this account, the sum of all the congregations of the. children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their. fathers, with the num- Der of their names, every male by their polls; from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel; thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies" This census was an affair that must have been soon over, lasting no longer than a day, being merely 0 counting of the heads of the fighting men. The women and children and cripples. and the old men were not included; neither were the Levites numbered among them" Those who did stand up to be num- bered totaled 6O3,550.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08

However, we believe that the mer chant, to a certain extent was right, and it is sometime true that a mc~hauts advertisement is not be- Iiaved by the buying public, but that public should net take snap juLgmeut on the merchant, and if it is from Missouri" the public should satisfy itself that the goods are not as advertised by making a personal inspection, comparing the goods with the mail o.der catalogue goods, and also compare the price. If the people would visit the stores once in a while and inspect the goods, compare prices, and then realize that when they get the gooC4 home which they bot in their home town. and find that they do not fit, ncr harnonize. they may at once he returned for a perfect fit, or a color that will harmonize, and there is no freight or express charges for such an exchange.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
Shrub Perfume.

The perfume of commerce known as cassie" manufactured for. the most part in France, is found in abundance in the Philippine islands in the Acacia farnesiana, a shrub which grows on hundreds of acres of land near Manila and throughout the dry parts of the en- tire islands. This shrub has small spiny leaves and produces a short black pod. The flower from which the essence is obtained is golden yellow.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
ORDER AND NOTICE OF SPEC IAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
 ON TUESDAY, MARCH 9th,


 IAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
 ON TUESDAY, MARCH 9th,
 1917.
 h the Town of skagway, Alaska, First Judicial Division, pursuant to an order for an election to fill vacancy in the office of mem Der of the House of Representa- tiYes from the First Judicial D1- vision of Alaska, made and issued on the 31st day of January 1917, by the Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov eruor Of the Territory Of Alaska, under and by virtue of the authori- ty conferred on him by section 4, Of the Organic Act, approved March 24, 1912 and in conformity there with:
 Notice Is hereby given that %n election will be held on Tuesday, March $, 1917, between the hours of eight o'clock a. n. and seven o'clock ?. m. of said date.
 The Common Council of Skag- way, Alaska, having heretofore by resolution duly designated the Tot- ing precinct of said town and the poliG~ place therein the electors re- siding within the boundary of the said Town of Skagway, Alaska, gb.cn are as follows:
 All of the plated townsite of the Town of Skagway, Alaska, will vote a. the Town Hall building which is located on Lot Three (3) Block Eight (S) situated on Fifth Avenue between State and Main streets the same being the duly designated polling place in and for the voting precinct of the Town of Skagway.
 Dated at skagway, Alaska, Feb ruaTy Sth, 1917
 (Signed) The Common Council of
 the Town of Skagway, Territory
 of Alaska.
 (seaD D. MCKAY, Acting Clerk.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08

since the Klondike rush.
 ras just arrived here on his
 Y outside for look around and ..n opportunity to spend some of his Summit" gold, that being the name of his claim, which is so re- markable that it has been given special mention in the geological survey report of the territory.
 The discoFerer of the claim de spatred of working 1t because of the altitude, it being on bench high above the creek and near the sum nit of s ridge.
 Walsh remembered the snow fences in the Rocky mountain sec tions. There the fences were built to keep snow from drifting off the mountains and into the railroad cut He decided thaG something similar couie be used to keep the snow from drifting away from a given area thus insuring a water supply when it melted in summer. The scheme worked, and each year ne has water for sixty days of sluicing during June and July.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
OFFICIAL CIT L. s. KELLER,

Admitted 'as seconN matter July s. 1898, way P, O. \
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
Quick Change.

Here, you! What do you mean by telling that red nosed old bachelor friend of yours that marriage Is all a lotteryF" ....
 q was just about to assure him, m'dear, that I won a prize. ."-Eouis- vile Courier-Journal.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08

thus insuring a umer, To ac- built several .mpound snow, Suld be swept winds.
 timer in the
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
No HeIp Needed.

Johnny Ia small brother)-MOther, quick. Send for the doctor! Mother (anxiously) - Why-w why-what's the matter? Who is i'll? JOhnny-Mr AlgernOn Is going to die-he said he would if sister would not marry him, and sister says she won't.-LondOn Tel egraph.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
II REMAINS FOR ALASKA MIN ER TO CONSERVE A SNOW
 BANK

Many obstacles are overcome by the placer miners of Alaska in their search for gold, but it remains for "Barney' walsh. of Willow Creek in the Idttarod district to establish a ''co1d storage reservoir" on a noun
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08

By q loan to the government of SlG,- O0O,OOO at 8 per cent, secured on taxes the Bank of England started operations in 1894. .-....--
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-08
Flowers In Tibet,

The highest point at which fowerin. plants have been found Is in Tibet {? 19.2OO feet above the level of the gCa,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-08-11
FOR
{. CHICAGO
WORKERS

John A. Lapp Indianapolis, was in
conference last night with those inter-
ested in the Boys Working Reserve or
ganization for East Chicago The con-
ference took place at the office of Supt.
Canine. Mckinley building and was at
tended by a number of the enrolment
solicitors who were assigned various
portions of the city.
1t was discovered that the situation
in this city Is unique and unusual
compared to the cities in other parts
Of the state. AS a matter of fact. the
industrial agent of the public schools.
Fred T. Buse, reported that there were
very few slackers among the boys and
young men in East Chicago in so far as
working was concerned; that practical
ly every boy in the city had job and
was working at it: that the mills and
factories were using all of the young
men and young women that were avail
able;- and that this region instead of
having boys to spare for farm work
needed more boys for work in plants
where the product was sure to be a
large factor IN the development of war
material.
Mr.. Canine said that il seemed TO him
that the big problem here was TO see
that the boys and girls had work that
used their full man power and work to
which they were peculiarly adapted and
best fitted.
1t was decided after a spirited dis
cussion 10 go ahead with the enrolment
and registration of boys and young men
and TO open registration stations and
give the movement a publicity that
would secure voluntary enrollments.
Some plans are being carried out to-
day and an effort made TO locate rooms
or building where ground floor stations
can be opened up. especially for even
ings.
Mr.. Lapp impressed upon those pres
ent the absolute necessity that was
sure to arise next spring for a general
mobilization of workers in order that
the enlistments for war might not seri-
ously handicap and hamper the maxi
mum of productive work in the mills.
factories and on the farms.
It is not expected that the organiza-
ton will be able to accomplish much
more this fall than to get thoroughly
organized for effective work later.