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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
HOOVER ORDERED
BEFORE SENATE
Administrator Disregarded
COnanittee Yesterday by
Going to New York.

Washington, Dec 2S--Fooa Admin
lstrator Hoover now in New york. was
requested by telegraph tonight to ap-
pear next Wednesday before the SEN
ate committee investigating the sugar
situation. The telegram was sent by
Chairman Reed, after the committee
had considered in executive session,
whether. a subpoena should be issued
for the food administ rator. who had
been advised last Saturday that the
committee expected to hear him today.
Last week when Mr. Hoover made
several futile attempts to get a hear
ing before the committee, it was said.
he was delaying an Important trip to
New York. Since then his statement
on the sugar situation has. been made
public by the White House and when
the committee met this morning there
was a letter from council for the food
administration saying the administra-
tor had been called to New York and
would be there several days.
With no other sugar witness avail
able the committee again took up the
coal investigation with w. Il. Colver of
! the federal trade commission continu-
| ing as a witness. He disagreed with
/ the statement of Fuel Administrator
| Garfield that there is a shortage of
coal, saying there is plenty of ii and
the trouble is it cannot be transported.
! Senator Reed tried to develop from
the witness that miners We're making
such high wages that they could earn
enough in four days n week to supply
their needs and declined to work six.
| Mr.. Colver said he did not believe that
! to be generally the case and gave in
ability to get coal cars as the reason
for curtailed labor operations.
| l.. A. Snead. in charge of distribut-
ing coal for the fuel administration
said that one third of the coal diff
| Geological shortage" He said 1t opcr-
ated like a run on a bank. that there
would be enough money if withdrawn
gradually. but a shortage if every de-
positor wanted money on one day.
Evils growing out of too many pri-
ority orders for the movement of
freight. Mr.. Snead thought had been
lnitigated by the present plan of hav-
| ing the priority board pass on all re-
quests for priority.
Snead said coal was the last freight
/ generally moved now by the railroads
and gave transportation improvement
as the only solution of the problem.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK
BY AMERICAN STEAMSHIP

London, Dec. pa German
submarine was sunk, by the fire Of
guns Of an American passenger
steamer approaching the British
coast Thursday, according to re-
ports Of the passengers and gun.
ners aboard.
The ship was proceeding at full
speed at about noon in a very
smooth sea. A periscope was
sighted by the swatchman on the
bridge and the submarine was. seen
plainly by the passengers as It
came to tho surface at . distance
Of about 1,500 yards directly in the
wake of the ship.
The steamer was brought about
sharply and the two guns fired
with only an interval Of two sec
onds between the shots. The Sec
ond she'll exploded and debris from
the submarine was seen flying in
the air. Afterward no trace Of the
submarine was visible.
The convoy signalled to the liner:
"A direct hit!"
The watch on the bridge and
the gunners and passengers con-
firmed this verdict.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
EXPECT FURTHER PEACE
OFFERS FROM T[uTOns

London, Dec. 2S.--The Austro- Ger
man peace proposals to" Russia are
only the opening gun in an elaborate
peace campaign by the central powers
is the belief expressed here. 1t is
likely that the next step by Germany,
according to well informed London
opinion, will he a direct proposal to the
allies, either through the vatican or "A
neutral power.
Informal. but sufficiently definite re-
plies to Germany were made today in
London by Premier Lloyd George and
in Paris by Foreign Minister Pichon.
Both reject the German offer on the
ground that the great principles for
which the allies are fighting Swould be
utterly lost in the status quo peace
proposed by Germany.
Leon Trotzky. the Bolshevki for
eign minister according to a special
dispatch from Petrograd yesterday. in
formed the Workmen's and Soldiers
council that he would officially ask
the entente powers whether they in
tended to support the Russian or the
German peace proposals. or whether
they would propose some alternative
terms. If the entente allies refused
to join in the negotiations within ter
days. Russia would be forced to con.
clude a separate peace. Trotzk,
i added that Germany, having an
| nounced her readiness to free the oc
| cupied territories. the allies should no
| refuse to negotiate.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Tags
Will Be Tied to New York
City's Coal Shovels,

New York. Dec. 2S.-Announce
mcnt of q tag your shovel day"
an December 80, designed to aid in
the conservation of coal, was made
today by the New York conServa-
ton committee. Tags contain
ing the following suggestions are
to be tied to as many of tho city's
coal shovels as possible;
rCover furnace and pipes with
asbestos or other installations; also
weather strip your windows or
stuff cracks with cotton"
n<eep your rooms At 6S degrees,
best for health"
Heat only the rooms you use
all the time
Test your ashes by sitting; IL
YOU find much good coal, there is
something wrong with your
heater"
Write to the maker Of your
furnace or stove for suggestions.
Save gas and electric Hight as
much as possible.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Unfair Methods of Combines
Revealed Before Trade
Commission.
RETAILERS FORCED
OUT OF BUSINESS
Counsel Declares Concerns
Control Entire COuntry's
Meat Supply.

Boston. Dec. 2S.-Squeezing of small
dealers out OF competition by the al
legged grasp Of the big packers upon
meat. rendering, soap and fertilizer
industries of the country was depicted
Dy witnesses today before the federal
trade commission, which has trans
fcrred Its hearings into the meat in
dustry and it's relation to the high
cost of living temporarily to this city.
Francis J. Heney. special counsel for
the commission, said the packers con-
trolled the rendering business from it's
collection of butchers waste to the
manufacture OF, valuable by-products
by their methods of gaining control
OF meat scraps, fat and bones, he
added, the commission sought to show
that the man who bought steak or
roast paid an unnecessarily high
Price for his dinner.
Witnesses Show Evidence.
Witnesses engaged in the rendering
business asserted that the packers
stifled competition for the collection
OF waste products by bidding up prices
beyond the reach of the independent
dealer. by resorting to the scheme of
giving short weight for refuse. by
giving bonuses tn retailers to break
contracts with competing rendering
firms. by fomepting agitations against
the erection Of new competing render
ing plants and by dividing territory
among themselves by gentlemen's
agreement in which the trade of a man
opening new butcher shop was sold
to the highest bidder. transactions in
which the butcher had nothing to say
In New England, 1t was testified rem
dertng companies. which were trust
controlled. maintained fund to pay
bonuses for the trade of retailers at
points where independent rendering
companies tried to compete.
Packers Control All.
Not only the rendering business but
even the corner store trade in meats
was sought by the packers, witnesses
declared. large markets were estab-
lished in strategic positions in various
large cities where packers named the
price at which meats could be sold at
retail. according to testimony These
prices were said to be below that at
NAS COulu sell. AS
a result it was said the neighhorhood
butchers We're closing up their shops
in ever increasing numbers because
customers were drawn to the larger
stores. Witnesses named the Mohican
company which has a chain of stores
throughout New England, as specific
instance of this kind
Thus Mr.. Heney pointed out, the
packers controlled the entire field of
the cOuntry's meat business. At Wash
ington hearing it was brought out he
said that they controlled the stock
yards and the extensive terminal facil-
tiles in Chicago
Now it was shown. he continued
that they also controlled the valuable
by products from butcher wastes and
We're making business nearly unbear-
able for the small butcher
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Mp. CLERKS GET BIC
INCREASE IN WAGES

st. Paul, Dec. 2s,--A 10 per cent in =
crease III wages, effective January /,
was granted by the Northern Pacific
railroad today 10 $500. station clerks
and employees over the entire system.
The Increase was the result of u con-
ference, begun early this month, be
tween representatives of the clerks
organization and General Manager ].
NJ. Rapeije.
Under the new agreement, overtime
will be granted To clerks working more
than eight hours and to warehouse
men working more than 10 hours.
Present wages range from $f5 to S125
Il month and the increase will add
approximately $850.00O to annual Iay-
roll of the railroad
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Halifax Still in Need
of Assistance From u, s,

Boston, Mass Dec, 2S.-Halifax still
by the explosion. according to a tele-
gram 10 Governor Mccall from the
chairman of III" Halifax relief commit =
tee today. The telegram says:
Nv" are receiving inquiries daily
from Massachusetts cities and towns
stating II is reported Halifax needs,
no further help, financial or otherwise.
and asking II this is true May we
presume further on YOUR kindness and
ask you to please make 1t known that
while we have sufficient supplies OF
materials and food at present our II
nancial needs are far from met"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Four German Submarines
Captured by Destroyers

Boston, Dee. 2S.-Four German sub
marines were captured recently by /.
American destroyers. according TO an
american seaman. who reached his
home 6ere from French port tonight.
Tn" seaman, a former Boston news
paper man, was aboard a troop ship
at the French port, recently, he said
when the destroyers all flying the
stars and stripes, steamed in with
their prizes. The submersibles were
lying upon the surface of the ocean.
with their coming towers open, dur
ing the process of recharging their
batteries, when the American DESTROY
crs swept down upon them and took
them prisoner without a fight.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Army Balloon Lost With
Six Aviation Students

San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 2S.-Offi-
cials of the army balloon school here
We're making efforts by telegraph and
wireless tonight to locate an army bal
loon commanded by Captain McCul-
Tough and carrying six student avia-
tors which left here at midnight last
night. Another balloon leaving at the
same time commanded by Captain
Cole and also carrying six students
landed eighty miles from Fort McIn-
tosh late this afternoon. The missing
balloon, officials believe may have
been forced to land in Mexico.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Troops Capture Almost
~ All of Mexican Bandits

Maria, Texas, Dec. 2s.-Mexican
federal cavalry which took up the
chase yesterday after the remaining
Mexican bandits who looted the Brite
and Fitzgerald ranches Christmas day,
were riding them down in the Sierra
de la Centana range somewhere south
Of the Mexican border late today. II
is not believed that more than five OF
the bandits remain alive or unwounded
and these are expected to be, over
taken or killed before the pursuit is
abandoned.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Roosevelt Would Speed
War Preparation Work

oyster Bay. \. Y, Dec. 2S.-Within
the next month or six weeks, ii be-
came known today, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt will &, on to Washington
for Il visit Il hc home oI his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. 1t will
be purely private visit. He will
attend no public functions and will
make no speech or statement of any
kind. Colonel Roosevelt, it is under
stood, desires to consult with certain
members of the senate and house
about speeding up the war and doing
everything possible to make this coun-
try's work war more efficient.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Says Drafted Men Gained
!, Five to Ten Pounds Each

Minneapolis, Dec. 2S.-Major John r
Murlin, head Of the food division of the
surgeon generals office at Washington
speaking at the annual meeting of the
Federation of American Societies foi
Experiment Biology at the University
Of Minnesota here today, declared thai
men IN the United States army camps
have gained from five to ten pounds
each since they entered the military
service. This condition Major Murlir
said. 10 due to the governments sci,
entific study of diet and rationing.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Man Fires Shots Into
Wife Then Shoots Self

Freeman g6 years old, is dead and
her husband was dying In a hospital
tonight after a shooting late today in
their apartment on Main street in the
downtown town seelo" Y which five shots %
were fired, three Of which entered Mrs
Freman's heart and two of which
lodged in f'recman's brain. The police
said that Freeman, by whose side was
found an automatic revolver with fiyl
discharged shells, had shot his wife
and then fired two shots Into ns
brain.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Affects Many Missoulians.

Nearly 100 men on the Rocky Noun
tain division, many of them stationed
at Missoula, will be affected by the
wage increase. Interest here in the
controversy has been high. not only
for the reason that wages Of local
railroad clerks were involved. but be
cause III. II. Montgomery Of this city
is chairman OF the committee which
represented the brothcrhoods at the
st, Paul meeting.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Expect Arrest of More
Thefts Of Army Stores

New York, Dec. 2s.-With the ar
raignment of Louis Davidson. proprie-
tor of a sponging establishment here,
today on the charge Of stealing 125
bolts of army khaki cloth valued at
$4,000, federal authorities declared
that many more arrests for the same
offense Will follow throughout the
country.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
DEFRAUDER ARRESTED.

New Orleans. Dec. 2S.-Jamcs b.
Cotton. of Galesburg, H.. arrested here
by postoffice inspectors and charged
with using the mails to defraud in an
alleged horse race tipping scheme
today was held under 1000 bonds for
trial in federal court.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Report Rumanian King
Has Abdicated Throne

Petrograd, Friday. Dec. 2s.-There
are persistent rumors here that King
Ferdinand Of Rumania has abdicated
in favor Of Gown. Prince Charles.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

Forecast - Unsettled weather
Saturday and Sunday. with prob.
able snow Saturday; slowly ris-
ing Temperature.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
Precipitation, .19 inch.

PT0CtpttatIon, ~ IncU.
Missoulians will only need to COM
pare the temperature below with that
of the Garden city to realize how for
tunate the city is this year in the way
of avoiding cold weather.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04

The s1x-masted barkenttne y. 4
Sterling Is due any time with cargl
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PASSENGERS DEPARTED
Per Matson liner wilhelmina, steal

Per Matson liner Wilhelmina, steam
ed for San Francisco st 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon: Miss M. II. Arm.
strong, Mrs. N. c. Aldrich, Mrs. C. j.
Austin, Miss A. NJ Bradstreet, F. B.
Bickerton, Mr. and Mrs. w A. Bryan,
Miss Marie Byrns, Miss c. Burris, Mrs.
]. II. Buscher and infant, c. A. Bruins,
Mrs. r M. Bolton, Mrs. B. A. Bos-
worth, Miss A. Bosworth, Miss F. Bos-
worth, Miss Edna Curtis, Miss M. NJ.
Cooke, Mrs. F. A. Cumming, Mrs. l..
Cushingham, r. T: Carson, James Don
aldscn, Miss II. Donovan, Miss Hazel
Davis, w. A. Dorper, Mrs! Emma
Dreier, Mr.. and MIs. Howard Ellis, ].
Fernandez, l. Fredricks, Mr. and Mrs.
l. N. F1shel, Mrs. Powell Fountleroy,
Mrs. William r. FOSTER, H. r. Foster,
Arthur Gay, Harry NJ. Gessner, Mrs.
James Guild, Miss D. Guild, II. s.
Hayward, Miss r. Hooking, Miss H.
Hoxie, G. H. Hartman, Mrs. W. W.
Harper. Miss Jane Kende, Norman
King, Miss Ann Logan, Mrs. Alexander
Lindsay and two children, Mr. and
Mrs. c. Arthur Macintosh, Francis
Marx, Miss Anna Moore, Mrs. NJ. T.
Miner, Master Sydney Miner, Mrs. J.
Milton. Mr.. and Mrs. p. Messchaert,
Master p. Messchaert, Master ]. Mess.
chaert Master F. Messchaert, Lieut..
and Mrs. II. Mcclure, Mrs. G. NJ. Mes.
bitt, c. c. .Pittam, Mrs. Frank Poor,
Miss Eleanor Poor, Miss NJ. Pate, ]. H.
Pratt, George Satink, E. F. Shaner,
Mr.. and Mrs. George C. Ship, Miss
T. Shelton, Mrs. =. Shelton, Miss [,
Shelton. Mr.. and Mrs. l. W. sham
baugh. Miss NJ. Tanaka, Mrs. Royal
B. Trent Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Urice and
infant Miss Eleanor Vogel, Miss Flor.
ence Wood, Miss Isabel Wilson, Mrs.
Maud Wells, Miss harriet Young.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
National League
At Chicago-Cincinnati 3, Chicago /
At Pittsburs - Fittsburg s, st
Louis &.
American League
At Detroit-Chicag.; 5, Detroit 1.
At Boston-Philadelphia 8, Boston
0; Boston 8, Philadelphia /.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04

At the request Of the British gov.
eminent IN officer has been given per
mission to examine the fragments Of
the bombs which were dropped recent
ly on Zierikzee Dutch FTandersl BY
an aeroplane Of unknown nationality.
The officer arrived ct The Hague.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04
TYRUS R. DRAWS
away in SCRAP
FORBAT HONORS
Georgian Leads Iris Speaker
BY Is Points; Cruise Leads
National League Batters

CHICAGO, Ill.,. June 23.-Ty Cobb
Is drawing away from iris Speaker
In the race for batting honors in the
American League. Unofficial aver.
ages, released today, show the De-
troiter leading with 1866 points
ahead Of Speaker. A week ago three
points separated them. The average
include games Of Wednesday.
Weaver Of Chicago has scored more
runs than any player In either major
league, having crossed the plate 40
times. Chicago has nosed out Boston
for team hitting with .242.
Leading batters: Cobb, Detroit,
1868; Speaker, Cleveland, .343; Nc
Innis, Philadelphia, .315; Chapman,
Cleveland. $40; Sisler, st. Louis, $40;
Wambsganss, Cleveland, 300; Rice,
Washington, .2s7; Jacobson, st. LOUIS,
.297.
Leading pitchers participating in
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04
4GerIllaR' Butcher
On Maui Gets Job
On BecoIningcitizen

Reports were circulated around the
waterfront today that Germans who
were discharged from Matson steam
ers here when war was declared
April 6, have been reinstated. and are
working on the boatG again.
Officers Of the Matson liner Maui,
now in port disc1arging cargo at Pier
10, said the only persons Of German
birth or descent now employed on the
liner, are naturaliZed American citi'
zens, with full citizenship papers.
One member Of the Mauis crew, the
butcher, who now has bis second pa
pers and is a full nedged naturalized
citizen, experienced trouble when the
war broke out, because when he ap-
piled for his first papers he stated
that he was Of German birth, whereas
he was a native Of Alsace-LorTaine
and by descent a Frenchmal.
The butcher was taken Oft the Maui
when she arrived at San Francisco
and was told he could not keep his
job until he got his second papers. He
had had his first papers for Elk yeare
and was a member Of the Alsatfan
Club, a French organization Of SAP
Francisco. The club took up his case
and was able to get the man his sec
ond papers.
There are a few sailors Of German
birth on the Luriine and Manoa at
present, according to the Maui's Of
ficers, but they all have their second
papers and permits from federal off,
cials In San Francisco to serve on
American ships.
OF the eight or nine German sailors
taken off the Matson liner Manoa here
when war was declared, ana paid of,
nearly all are knocking around IN San
Francisco today, according to mem.
bers Of the Maui's crew. They were
carried to the coast aboard the Maui.
There was a report heard late yes
terday on the front" that U. s. immi-
grafton officials here took q number
Of sailors Of German parentage off Q
Matson boat and wired to Washington
for further instructions, and that the
reply was to put them back on board
as no American sailors, could be oh.
tanned to take their places. This could
not be verified today as the local
Matson agency. Castle & Cooke, and
the local Immigration station were
both closed. *. q = -. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04

Cruise OF st. Louis shot into the
lead among the National League bat
tiers with an averages Of $50. Cruise
made IL hits IN seven, games.
/. There was q general shakeup
among leaders In other departments.
Robertson Of New York deposed Eel
der Of Chicago as the leading base
stealer, with II; Stengel Of Brooklyn
took the lead In sacrifice hitting with
IL, and Hornsby Of st. Louis tied Ora
yath Of Philadelphia for home run hon
ors, each, having six: Heinie Groh OF
Cincinnati dethroned Burns of New
York as the leader In runs scored,
with SO. r
Leading batters-Cruise, St. Louis,
$3.50, Roush, Cincinnati, BAL; Jack
Smith, st. Louis, .338; Fischer, Pitts
burg, Bat; Burns; New York, 1875;
Griffith, Cincinnati, .322; Hornsby, st.
Louis, .314; Zimmerman, New York,
.313; Whitted, Philadelphia, .306;
Kauff, New York, .3o4; Groh, Cincin'
natl, .302; Wheat. Brooklyn, .301;
Rawlings, Boston, 300.
Leading pitchers in 10 or more
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04
S PO II t s
FIELDING AVERAGES
IN JUNIOR LEAGUE

Jansen Of st. Louis leads the Homo
lulu Junior League in the fielding
averages which have been compiled BY
William T. Raposo, scorer. He played
games at first without making an
error. The players Of the st. Louis
team, who won the championship, have
been presented with watch fobs by the
Draper.Maynard Company. whose ball
was used, through Wall, Nichols
Company. local agents. The fielding
averages of those who played In less
than four games are not given below:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-04

Earl Smith Of Omaha continues to
top the batters Of the Western League
averages including games Of Tuesday
showing him hitting $50. He drove
out IA hits. two Of them home runs, IN
five games.