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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
TIRED OF HUN RULE
is TURK AND BULGAR
Says War Declaration by u.
S. Would Not Help.

Boston, Nov. a0.The Turks are
heartily tired Of German rule and a
declaration OF war by the United
States AGAINST Turkey now would be
playing into the hands of the Berlin
officials. in the opinion OF DR.. William
F. Strong, editorial secretary of the
American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions.
Why the United States shonld de-
clare war upon either Turkey or Bull
garia is incomprehensible to those who
know anything of the internal situa
ton Of those two countries said 4
statement issued by DIR. Strong to-
night. Both Of the countries are as
much under the control of Germany as
are Belgium and Poland.
II war should be declared on Tur-
Key and Bulgaria, what could the
United States do? II would be cruel
In the extreme to make an attack upon
q people who hate the alliance with
Germany with a perfect hatred, and
who would gladly break that alliance
II they had the power to do SO. A
declaration of war today on the part OF
the United States would lead to a new
attack under German directions upon
the non Moslem populations of Tur-
key, whose elimination from Asia
Minor is one of the manifest policies
OF Germany"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
Convict Asks Parole to
Work on Fathers Farm

sacramento, Cal.-O. L. Polite, serv-
Ing 80 months in San Quentin. for for
Sery. has written w. V. Cowan, secrc-
tary of the state council of defense,
asking him to recommend his parole
to the state prison board SO that he
can do his bit for Uncle Sam by farm
ing 100 acres Of land in Fresno county
owned by his aged parents.
Polite says that the land is idle be-
Cause his aged father is unable to work
It. The rule of the prison board is not
to consider parole until the man has
served two years. This would DELAY
the time for his parole until April
says Polite, and would be too late to
prepare the ground for crops.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
Vampire
Film Star and Her Family
Change Names to Bara

Explaining to Supreme Court Justice
Dnnnelly that the name Bara was III
fact part of her grandfathers name,
Theodosia Goodman, known to the film
and stage world as Theda Bara, re-
ceived judicial permission Friday to
take the name made famous by her
in the film world as her legal surname.
With the same touch of his judicial
pen, Justice Donnelly also changed
the names of her father, mother, sister
and brother.
Permission for the change of names
was made following the petition from
Edward j. McCabe, attorney for the
Goodman Tor now Bara) family The
petitioners all reside, according to the
application, at 500 West End avenue,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
eEoReE n. CONAN
HERE WEDNESDAY,
Famous Comedian to Appear
ii Film '.Sevei, Keys 10
Bald Pate
BIG NEWSPAPER STORY
Play Produced Under Per-
sOnal Direction of
American Star.
BIG NEWSPAPER STORY

MissOula theatergoers will recall the
visit Of George NJ. Conan to Missoula
several years ago and they will no
doubt recall with delight the rich hui
NOR that famous American comedian
produced. Now comes the announce
ment that he will appear in Missoula
again Wednesday and Thnrsday-not
in person-bnt in his photoplay, Seven
Keys to Baldpate.''
It was some time before the moving
picture producer could persuade Mr..
Conan to enter the movies. In fact,
he was one of the last prominent act
ors of the legitimate stage who finally
went into the film work.
Seven Keys to Bald Pate" is dram
affixed by Mr.. Conan and is taken from
the famous newspaper story by the
same name. From the first scene to
the very last it is alive with action
and rich with humor that only a man
like Conan can bring out
The play varies from the ordinary
moving picture as II brings out Il novel
plot Ringing on the experiences of
a newspaper reporter. 1t was espe-
cially adapted for the moving pictures
by Mr.. Cohan.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
CANARY SINGER DRAWS
FIRE BRITISH CANNON
Bird Silenced as 1t Trills
Warning to Germans.

Washington, D. Glow one little
canary caused CONSERVATION among AZ
entire division of British troops ape
brought down upon it's own head 3
blank shell fire is told by DIR. Robert
Davis, recently arrived in the United
States to lecture at the officers train
ing camps on the activities of the Red
Cross in Europe.
For more than "A month on a north
ern sector of the line the British had
been secretly mining beneath the Ger
man trenches. The work was almost
complete. During the operations sew
eral canary birds were kept in the ex-
cavations to warn the workers of the
presence of fire damp, which is fatal
to birds. One little songster escaped,
flew into the middle of mo mans
land" and, alighting on a bush, began
to sing.
CONSERVATION reigned in the British
lines. II the bird should be discovered
by the Germans the work of weeks
would go for naught, as the enemy
could easily interpret the meaning OF
its presence and prepare to combat the
sapping operations. The infantry was
Immediately ordered to >open fire on
the canary to destroy it. But it seemed
to bear a charmed life. Even the
sharp shooters failed to bring it down
as 1t hoped from twig to twig. Final
~ the artillery had to be called on.
A trench gun with we'll timed shell
blew the bird and the bush and the
song into nothingness.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
MARVELLOUS EAR
nEARS TREASON
New Device Records Re-
marks on monograph
Plates for Evidence.
CALIFORNIA PRODUCT
High School Man Inventor
of Machine to Detect
All Traitors.

Los sAnge1eR.--It Ia to be hoped that
the audience that heard Mont'raville
NJ. Wood at Manual Arts high school
was thoroughly loyal. II there were
any anti-Americans there, and they
made any anti-lAmerican remarks, they
are out of luck.
Scattered through the auditorium
We're several skilfuliy concealed
ears" as the scientist and inventor
terms a recent patriotic invention.
These cars. resembling to some en-
tent the human ears. hear and record
or phonoeraphic plates. sentiments Of
those about them. Several persons.
according to Professor Wood, have
been convicted Of scdition and pun
| ished for il through the operation Of
| the new mechanical device.
Carefully Camouflaged.
The ears usually are concealed in
the form OF decorations or are under
chairs.
Recently an anti American, Profess
| sor Wood says. attended Il lecture by
! him IN northern California city In
which the inventor said:
!. II ! had my way every American
automohilist would have to carry an
American flag on his car
The anti-American muttercd: IF I
had friend that put an American
flag over his machine ia tear II
down.
Overheard Anti. American.
The ear heard and recorded the re-
| mark. a police Judge before whom
the anti American was taken, ordered
| that he fly an American flag In front
OF his home and hoist il each day him
self. He did for IL few DAYS and
then quit. at the same time induleing
| In n blasphemous TRADE against the
| flag and nation. An ear which secret
| service men had concealed near Old
Glory overheard him and he is serving
! n Jail sentence.
Professor Wood Ia the inventor Of a
torpedo that follows its prey through
| the water. a gyroscope by which II Is
| possible to operate an airplanc without
| n human pilot. and numerous other
devices turned over to the United
| States government.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02

When gossip comes in at the d6br
wave sweet farewell to regulations
milwaukee News;
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
GIRLS PROVE GOOD
IN RAILROAD WORK
Companies Report Women to
Be Satisfactory.

San Francisco. Cal, Nov. 24.--Girls
are gaining on men at the school OF
railroading maintained by the South
ern Pacific at its Third and Townsend
station. Four months ago one girl and
40 men were learning to be station
agents there. Now there is class Of
so, and 60 are girls
Miss Maude l.. Ferguson, the one
girl of the first group, is now station
agent at Acampo, where she Is tele-
graph operator, checks baggage. sells
tickets and flags trains.
The girls are given training for po-
sitions as clerks, telegraph operators
and station agents. They work half the
day and study the other half and are
paid $40 while they are attending the
school. Miss Ferguson started work
at a salary Of 800 but the average for
beginners will be SIS
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
Firebugs Start BlaZes
in Maryland Preserves

Frederick, Md.---About l5O men UNI
der State Forester r. w. Besley Tough,
a stubborn mountain fire in the noun
tains near Thurmont that for a while
threatened widespread destruction. The
fire became so menacing that laborers
on the state road were loaned by Con-
tractor Waasche to fight the flames
Farmers also joined the fire fighters
and succeeded in checking the con-
flagration by building fire lines. The
flames stretched over front of two
miles and made their way to the ridges
west Of catoctin Furnace. About 1000
acres OF cumberland was burned over
The fire was of incendiary origin,
and an investigation will be made. 1t
Is said that the fire was started In
three places and that the damage al
ready done will amount to thousands
OF dollars. The fire zone is being
watched to prevent new outbreak.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
Rainy Seattle Is Called
the Best Umbrella Market

Seattle, Wash.--"Seattle is the best
umbrella market in the country" re-
marked Owen Hall. representative OF
a Lancaster. Pa, manufacturer Of UNI
breliAs. I'VE have heard OF the re-
markabie rainfall OF Honolulu, wEit h
would seem to indicate Hawaii as hav-
ing the greatest demand for umhrel-
las. but it is not SO. They probably
shelter themselves under the palms
during showers. Seattle is the place
where everybody carries his own UNI
brella, where the average person also
affords an umbrella of fine quality.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
Lack of Labor Holds Tn
Work on Virginia Roads

Morgantown. w. Va.-West Virginia
has more than $1O.O0O.0 900 available
for work on public roads. and all that
Is now awaited is the labor and ma ;
terial. both OF which are scarce. 1t is
not possible to secure material be-
cause OF railroad congestion. A. Dem
mis- Williams, president of the state
roads bureau, says the. state has for
class A roads $1.s21, 900 from the coun-
ty class A levies. To this can be ad-
ded $450,0O0 federal and state aid,
making total of $e,27l. 900. There re-
main in addition to this unexpended
authorized bond issues approximating
S1,75O,OO0.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02

Ih0 man who can smile at his
troubles hasn't any. Bingham
ton Press.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
At THE TAEATERS.
Sunday.

Sunday.
Empress-"Honor SYSTEM
lsis--E.lla Hall in ''Society's Drift
wood"
.;ijou-Hippodrom vaudeville.
Alcazar-Pauline Shay in For
hidden Fruit
Monday.
Empress--"Honor system
Isis-"John Tom Little Rear
O'Henry story
Alcazar"His Cannibal Wife"
Tuesday.
Empress Honor system"
Isis-"His Old Fashioned Dad"
AlcaZar--"His Cannibal Wife"
Wednesday.
Missonla-Max Figman in Moth
ing hut the Truth"
Empress-"George NJ. Conan in
Seven Keys to Bald Pate"
lsis--Robert Warwick in Family
Honor"
Mixed program.
Thursday.
MISUNDERSTANDING vaudeville.
Empress-George NJ. Cohan in
Seven Keys to Raldpate.'
lsis-Universal program.
Mixed program.
Friday.
Missonla--"Fair and Warmer"
Empress Come Through
lsis-"The Gray Ghost
Observation-Disclosures
Saturday.
Empress-"Come Through"
Bijou-"Hippodrom vaudeville.
lsis--Franklyn Farnum in ANY
thing Once"
-sDriftWood.'
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
Forty Bales of Cotton
From Forty.Acre Field

Frederick, Okla.--Louis Smith, IA
young farmer residing southwest of
Frederick, In Tillman county, raised
forty bales Of cotton on 4 forty acre
tract Of land. So far as IL learned, this
IL the banner yield Of cotton IN Till
man county this year Smith has
bought an upland farm OF eighty acres
and will pay for it with his forty acre
cotton crop.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
Mine Mule ElectrOcuted
by Wire Of Trolley Line

Ashland, Pa.-Ralking and kicking
vieiously while attached to triple
mine car. mule was electrocuted
when it kicked the spreader over n
trolley line here. Irving Strohecker.
the driver, was shocked unconscious,
but was saved by first aid treatment.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-02
BELGIAN HORSE BRINGS ,47,soo

Waterloo. lowa.-Farceur. Belgian
horse champion. belonging to the
Crownover stud at Cedar Falls. Iowa,
was sold at auction for $4,000, the
worlds record price for horses of his
class. The purchaser was c. G. Good
Of Ogden, Iowa.
Cheyenne record., 1917-11-22
Publication List Delinquent Taxes
For the Year 1916
l4oUNTY OF CHEYENNE, |
/, STATE OF COLORADO, \
y TREASURER'S OFFICE.

Public notice hereby given that WILL according law, Of
public SALE at the office of the Treasurer of the County Of
heyenne and State of Colorado the
Tenth Day Of December, A. D. 1917.
and succeeding hour of 10 o'clock A. NJ
said day. the following described real estate
County which year 1916
paid shall be the herenbelow down.
interest and penalties, to-w
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
FOR PROPS
IN LIEU OF SALARY
BOOSTS SAY REGENTS

"My dear man, VIC simply can't
raise your wages, but here's q nice
little garden-nOw 60 to it and soak
the high cost of living in the solar
plcXuS." ''
This is the advice which the state
board of regents is peddling to pro-
fessors and faculty men Of the states
higher educational institutions. All
of the institutions idle lands are be.
ing turned over to the instructors and
other employees for gardening.
"At every institution where it is
possible to do So" said President
Lewis II. Crawford today, I'VE arc
encouraging the faculty mcn and en-
ployes to take advantage of this OPP
portunity. The board finds itself un-
able to grant increases in salary that
seem necessary to meet the greatly
increased living cost. The appropri'
atoms are limited, and the cost in
creases all along the line have Sc
riously affected the board in the
handling of the school problem, for
everything that enters into the main
tenance OF the institutions costs more
than when u appropriations were
made by the legislature. It was in
view of this fact that the board de.
termined to aid in reducing living
costs through free garden Spaces
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
FARGO NURSE
PRESIDENT Of
STATE SOCIETY

Devils Lake, N. D., April 20.-(Spe
cia1, "A the final session OF their
ANNUAL meetings held here yesterday
the North Dakota Nurses association
elected the following officers:
Miss Ethel Stamford, Fargo, presi.
dent.
Miss Leila Halvorson, Grand Forks,
first vice president.
Miss Aida Langly,. jamestown, sec
ond vice president.
Miss Francis Biorday, Devils Lake,
sccretary-treasurer.
Miss Minnie Traynor, Grand Forks,
corresponding secretary.
Miss Jennie Mahoney, Marie Y.
Hansen and Agnes Patterson, Grand
Forks, and Clara Rue Of Minot, mem.
bers at large.
II was decided that the 1918 con.
ventiOn Of the association should be
held at Fargo.
Miss Mildred Clark of Devils Lake
and Mrs. Angela Boleyn Of Fargo
were named as delegates to attend
the national convention to be held at
Philadelphia this summer.
Minnie Traynor of Grand Forks.
Emma Schroeder Of Bismarck and
Osa Oppedahl were named as the
three members from which Governor
Frazier is to he requested to name
Il member of the state board for the
threc.ycar term which becomes va
cant on July |.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20

The first harbingers of the baseball
season in Bismarck have arrived in
the persons of J. C.. Christianson,
Frankenhoff and Dolly" Elders. 9th
ers are expected to arrive as 500 as
they become hitched to good positions
in the city.
Christianson, who is one OF the best
bowlers Of the northwest and who
can make a Reach do almost any
thing, has been managing the bowl
ing alleys of the Blackstone billiard
room at jamestown during the win.
ter. He arrived the first OF the week
and will enter the employ Of the
Finch lumber yards.
"Dol'y" Ready to Report.
And then there is Dolly" Elders,
who beat out the Stacker" game last
year and took a bride in the person
of 4 jamestown girl. They have been
spending the winter months in Iowa.
Elders has been coming into Bis
marck off and on of late and has in
formed Commissioner Kirk that he is
ready to report for practice any time.
Mrs. Elders is at jamestown.
"IuIIhcIllIO HIS ldhCN Il pOSlIlOll
with the Marshall Oil company, and
will be a candidate for first base hon
Ors against Dahms from Eureka, S.
d., who is ready to leave his post in
the South Dakota city and report for
practice. Collins has written Kirk to
wire him a week in advance wIlen he
is to report. Collins has been doing
contracting work at Lacrosse, Wis,
during the winter.
Goodrich Headed This Way.
Goodrich, II of last seasons tWirl.
ers, has been trying out with the Den
YER team of the Western league, and
is about ready to leave Denver for
Bismarck. Meade, an outtielder from
Redtie!d, S. d., will probably report
the latter part Of next week. Other
men are awaiting word from positions
for which they have applied.
Manager Kirk announced this after
noon that he will call a meeting of
tle fans and the finance committee
to be held some time next week. Just
what work the committee OH finance
has done could not be learned this
morning. I. c. Wattam, chairman of
that committee, lett early in the week
for Linton, where Judge Nuessle is
holding a brief term Of court.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
SEEDING NOT =:
FAR ADVANCED
NEAR MKENz|E
s~' -
Other Parts of Burleigh County
Report Half of the Crop
Has Been Sown

Il. B. Roth, a farmer living near
Mckenzie and Il visitor at the office
of the county auditor this week, made
the statement that there is Little seed
ing to date ih his section of the
county. There was considerable plow-
ing to be done in that vicinity which
was not completed last laI4.
From other parts of 3urleigh coun-
ty, according TO word reaching OH
Gals of tho county treasurer's office,
one half Of the wheat seeding in the
county is completed and that by the
end Of next week with the present
weather continuing all the wheat will
be planted.
According to the government report
issued this morning for the corn and
wheat region, temperature conditions
are becoming generally more favor.
able. Rainfall was heavy in Nebras-
ka, Iowa, southeastern South Dakota
and southwestern Minnesota yester-
day, amounting to more than an inch
at several points.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
COURT AGAIN
UPH0LDS LANGER'S ACT
IN SEEING LIQUORS

In sustaining a demurrer to the
complaint in the case of Blumehart
versus Macdonald, the supreme court
this afternoon, again0lpleld Attorney
General LANCER ihl The famous Glen
Ullin wine cases. which LANCER start
ed when as states attorney of Nor
ton he directed the seizure of ninety
barrels of wine at Glen Ullin. The
court on the rehearing this afternoon
held that Sheriff Macdonald held the
wine on a valid order from a justice
court and that the plaintiff had shown
no good reason why Macdonald
should give up the d%l1nkabies. The
action was brought by Blumehart and
other owners to recover possession of
their wine, on the grounds that the
sheriff had no legal authority to O n
tiscatc it. The courts first ruling was
for Macdonald, and this decision is
reiterated in passing on the rehear-
ing,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-20
TO KRUGER
WOULD LEAVE PEN
TO FOLLOW FLAG
Commander Of Boer
Province in Transvaal Offers
Services to Governor
STIMULUS
OF MEETING NOTICED

A commander of Boer forces under
President Paul Kruger, military gov.
errlor OF Griqualand province under
the great Dom Paul, a veteran of the
Matabelc and the Swazie wars of
1893, and one of the Beers who stop
ped Jameson in his mad career i'll
1896, and now serving an eighteen
months sentence for a minor offense
in the North Dakota state peniten.
tiary, offers Ills services to Uncle Sam
in a letter received by Governor Fra.
zier yesterday.
The communication is written in a
hand that reveals an expert in pen
manship, and the wording is that OF
a man of education and culture. The
prisoner advises the governor that he
speaks and writes English, Dutch and
German, and that while he is willing
to serve in any capacity which may
be assigned to him, ne believes he
could be especially valuable In the
secret service,
The Boer veteran is One Of three
convicts who yesterday volunteered
to serve under the Stars and Stripes
if their release can be procured. An.
other of the volunteers is a veteran
Of the United States marine corps,
in which he enlisted in 1903, serving
on the U. IS. S. Brooklyn until after
the San Francisco earthquake, when
he was discharged.
The governor can do nothing with
these applications at present, but he
is filing them away where they will
be available SHOULD congress take
some action which will release patri-
otto prisoners who desire to serve
their country. Letters are now com.
ing in daily from the prison, and all
indicate not so much a desire for lib
erty as a patriotic desire to serve
their country.
Meeting Having Effect.
Results Of yesterdays patriotic
demonstration already are becoming
evidently The local navy recruiting
station this morning received appll-
cation for enlistment from George
Hagerott of Bismarck and J. F. Bell,
late Of New York city. Lieutenant
Ketterer is in Valley City, wAere two
recruits are awaiting examination,
and 'Turret Captain Reiman left last
night for Dickinson, where another
enlistment for the navy is reported.
A number Of high school boys are
contemplating entering the service,
and interest is apparently much more
general than it was a week ago.
Another Boer War Vet.
Through a rather odd coincidence,
while the veteran Of one army en-.
gagged in the Boer val was offering
his services to his adopted country,
q veteran Of the opposing British
forces, William McGlone, was being
enlisted by the army recruiting sta
ton at the 500. McGlone, too, halls
from the npenitentiary, but his posi-
ton there. has been that of guard
rather than Of the guarded. He has
been engaged as turnkey, but with an
opportunity for real action, he is anx.
ious once more to find a place on
the firing line.