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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
THE DOGS OF WAR.

The part of the dog in this
great war has been told to us IN
scattered fragments. We knew
vaguely that dogs We're used, but
until the recent report Of the
Blue Cross society we were not
aware of their heroic and ulclul
work on the battlcfields Of
France.
We learn that the dogs 60
forth with the ambulance corps
and into the thickest of the t'aii
where they seek out the Wollul-
ed. On reaching IA wounded VA
the dog picks up the mans hat
or mitten, gnaws off button,
and taking some means Of iden-
tiilcatlon hurrie> 10 the stretchrr
bearers whom he conducts to
the wounded. They have been
known to shield wounded men
With their own bodies and lose
their lives. All Of them carry
about their necks a flask or a
package of rough dressings for
first aid, and often while dying
Of wounds themselves they stand
by gasplng soldier to give q
last drink of water
Marvellous tales are told Of the
intelligence Of trained dogs on
the fields. lnstinctively they
/ know when they are slightly
wounded or mortally wounded
and the slight wound receives no
I attention from them. They dc
not leave the battlefield no mat
ter how severe tbs pain may be
/ as long as they can render serv-
ice.
; CAUTIOUSLY enough the mongrel
dog has proved most Valuable, II
is said that they have energy
strength and what the Mexican
calls "sabc" which the finely
bred pcdigreed dogs lack. FoN
terriers are used in the trenche.
for killing rats, and also they are
cheerful companions for the Sol
diers. Small machine guns are
drawn by sheep dogs. The digni,
fled and sturdy St. Bernard. VIII,
comes to us from heroic anccS.
tors is a most valuable war dog
Mastiffs, Alaskan dogs and col
les are all used for various pur
poses. They undergo months q
severe training whence they e.
forth to act as dispatch carriers
sentlnels, prison and munitloI
guards, as conveys of small We
hicleS and for work with d SAM
tary corps in the Red Gross.
There is IA wonderful hospita
exclusively for dogs and n
sooner have they recovered frol
wounds than they 60 forth agai
10 battle, for the war dog is n
Stacker. The animals recei,
every attention when they al
Thought in suffering from gas {
liquid fire or nervous disease
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
olscouRAGiNG APPRECIATION.

The mayor of the town had been
asked to assist in the annual enter
talnment given at Christmas to the in
mates of the parish workhouse. He
consented with great complaisance,
and went made up as Father Christ
mas. For a time his antics and
FRANKS were the delight OF the COM
pany.
scrap of conversation he CHANGED
to hear. however, put a stlamper on his
enjoyment.
sAin't he enjoyin' hisself?' remarked
one old man to another. 'Wut a treat
it Is for the likes Of he. But VIII,
| can't they let all the loonies out on
i night like this::'''
/ Well" replied Nhe other, ."mebb
they amt all SO harmless as this'n."-
Y0fkSflfrn p0Nt-.---sass esssg,.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
REGULAR WoRDWRloHTs!

Teacher-Now. boys. | want to see
If any of you can make a complete SEN
tence out of two words, both having
the same sound to the ear.
= First Boy can. Miss Smith.
Teacher-Very well. Robert. Let us
hear your sentence.
First Boy--iWrite right.
Teacher-Very good. ze@c
Second Boy-Miss Smith. l. can heat
that. I can make three words of it.
Wright, write right.
Third Boy (excitedlyl-HearA this !:
Write. WRITE rtte -.......
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
NOT SURPRISED.

Mr.. Wayupp-'I just received a let
ter from our old butler. Jacques. who
went to the front az an aviator. He
says In, one day he dropped a ton of
ammunition behind the German lines"
Mrs. Wayupp-'I'm not SURPRISED.
He never could carry anything with
OUT ApyMxxM~-JGdge. s-- - -. 800 -
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
Military Spirit High
in Our Fair City.

The tonsorial field is better equipped
however. with one Barber. one Sheers
and three Combs for the one Beafti..-
Two Virtues are credited TO Missou-
Ia What they are one is unable to
guess after learning that in the city
there is only one Working. Perhaps
this Is because there Is only one Field
for the four Farmers. yet two Ranches
are available. And the idleness cannot
be attributed to a "get-rich. quick"
spirit in the city. for there is only one
Boomer for the two Marks.
No. 1t must be the war. There are
three Troops in the city. it appears.
though they are strangely differed.
having two Majors and ten Marshalls.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
MAKING Us TIRED.

Lets have a randylcSS Christ
mas" says the Anaconda Stan
dard.
What's that? Cut out candy at
Christmas for the boy scouts q,
the land who sold $4,000, O(N
worth of Liberty bonds? No
candy for the dear girls who are
knitting sweaters and Wristlct-
for our boys in the trenches
And none for the babes that have
been born into this world of trou-
bic through no fault Of theirs!
And none for the swccthearts!
Well Well.
What's the matter With YOU
anyway? II the world is goine
crazy, lets go the route and max,
lit Il ChriStmasless Christmas
Lets cut the day OF ChriSt's brit
out Of the calendar to save paper
and ink and then LET'S move Ana.
conda to Warm Springs.
oh, no, Lets do nothing O
the sort. Lets keep our head,
on our. shoulders. Lets Use oul
brains for thinking sane thought>
Lets keep out of the panic ION,
and mot harh at rillnur and Fl,
lat a breath. Let's mind IIerl
Hoover and keep or poiSe an,
our merry" and not Jump when tho
whistle blows. The kaiser i ;
long way from Hellgaic canyon
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
Page Mr.. Hoover!
We Need Him.


Commendable as the military spirit
is. Missoula needs Hooverizing, appar:
Emily. Consider this directory menu:
Pickell Lemmons
Salmon Herring
Turtle
Hamm and Cabbage
Hash and Egge
Mulligan
Pease Bean Rice
Rolls
Coffee Beers
Hoover wouldn't like that. Neither
would a dyspeptic. One hates to sug-
gest it, but the nature Of this menu
may have been responsible for the fore
sight which caused two Graves to he.
though only one Coffin was In sight.
An interesting book. indeed, but 1t
needs censoring. Ones appreciation
ceases when this bald, Improper and
undoubtedly erroneous statement: is
encountered: 7
Motifs Christ died April 10, rs,
- .
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25

Governor Keith Neville of Ne
braska has thrown mp his Job
to become colonel of Il national
guard regiment for active war
service. This * a fine example
to some other governors and sev-
eral | mtcd States senators wh,
would he of vastly more service
to the country in the army, even
though they were prlNate>. We
have no d. uht that the good pco-
pie OF Nebraska will have The 100
open Tor their governor after his
return, and viii keep him in ~crv-
zee Tor many years afterwards.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
RALLY.

Il hate SO to serve on a jury"
so. do /. It puts one in such a
trying position" American.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
Love Interest High
in Exciting Book.

1t Is interesting to note. too. that
there is but one Bridegroom. though
the directory mentions three Loves.
Two were foiled. apparently, but
strangely enough there is only one
Loser. Perhaps the presence of the
one Washer may explain that fact.
Another surprising discovery il that
MissOula contains only one Goodfel-
low. Yet to take care of the presume
ably bad majority of the population
only one Constable and two Dicks
have been provided. Perhaps the four
Judges, the one Councilman and the
one Alderman do police duty also.
a similar condition seems to pre-
vail in other directions. Only one
Guard Is provided, though the direc.
tory lists one Bugee. one Dippo. one
Mooney and one Freek. a big assign
ment for a lone custodian.
Birdie Powts," says the directory,
without Offering any explanation. One
may guess. however. that the frowns
were provoked by the single Chestnut
in the book. though there are two
Quirks over which an optinist would
have forgotten chagrin.
There may be something scandalous
In the fact that the city's one kyd has
ten Pappas in addition to its Mumma.
Certainly it is distressing to learn that
the four Christians have no church.
though 1ninistered to by six Bishops
and three P0pes.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
Talk Of the To,c,,,'

prsvln6 That shskssssar;s
iAAd Ai0ht tuneh. II ri
whats in a name! TAat which "
~ call rose $50
BY any other name would smell a
sweet. - Shakespeare. $685.
william was right.
What's in a name indeed. In q city
where BARRIERS are grocers, Carpenters
engineers and Cravens nurses?
Shakespeare must have foreeeen the
Missonla of 1917 in which Is Mixers
follow every trade (from tendlng bar
to making boilers and troninx) save
that of making flour.
But If names are not. accurate de.
scriptions they are at least exciting
literature They save the city airec.
tory from the criticism 90 often an.
piled to the electromagnetic plot u
lacking. -
Plot? Why. Afissoula's directory
has more thrills In L. than q dime nov,
Ell. It grips you, a. thu, book ads say,
from the moment Of Nick Aaros' en-
trance, upon the scene until the pass.
ing Of. John Quinn rinsi. down the final
curtain. $500 Il. WI -.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-25
seandiravians Win
City ChAmpionehip:


1t contains news Of current interest,
too. Did you know that the nomen-
clatural champions Of tile English.
speaking world had been defeated in
Mtssoula? Well. they have. Smith,
Brown and Robinson! The names
are SO common that they have become
an idiom, like. Tom. Dick and Harry.
Yet these three veterans have been
vanquished In Missoula by the Scan
dinavian champions-Anderso Peter.
son and johnson. Score: EOS to ia.
Some distinction is still held by the
ousted trio, however. In. Missoula
there are 81 Smiths. whereas the John
sons. leaders in the new group, num-
Der only 50. But the Browns and Rob.
insons have fallen to 20 and/four. re-
spectively. while there are so Ander-
sons and 43 Petersons. :.
But commences is not desired by
some exclusive. undemocratic names.
distinguished by their very rarity.
In all Missoula, for instance, there
Is but one Gilgosh. And Veronica Is
the only Gishwiller in the book.
, 1917-09-27
] MUST SHY'SHE WAS R ATTRACTIVE. BUT
MORE IN MANNER THAN IN BEAUTY.

and insurance companies, and when
the "a was shown me / guessed that
its end had been used to lift the screw
In the car floor so at to give the
schemer an opportunity to stumble
over something. When l ran down
this alleged William Goldsmith and
had a look at him, l recognized him
as an old-timer long off the local
books, but now apparently returned
to his former harvest fields. He had
come back, 1t seemed, with a new
repertoire. His former prize dodge
was the lost eye"
The lost eye?" / Queried in amaze
ment.
Yes. 1t is a trivial element in the
great aggregate, but to explain briefly
William Goldsmith, alias Tod Fer
ret, originator of quite a clever
scheme for raising the wind when in
need of funds. He would approach a
fruit stand and make some slight pur-
chase. Suddenly he would put his
handkerchief up to his eye and ap-
peal greatly distressed, while pulling
over the stock in a frantic search. He
WYNN thO ptopiiSlOl VI Tue
stand hat he had lost his glass eye,
and after a search would tell him to
make a closer look and he would call
again and gladly give twenty-five dol
lars if he found the eye. In about an
hour an accomplice would appear,
also make a purchase, pretend to find
the eye, disclose it, and the stand man
having in mind the reward offered
for it would bargain for it at ten OF
fifteen dollars"
And this Ferret?"
This glass eye specialist" pursued
Marvel" is also the owner of that
cane. He is the man who stole the
$4,000 from the satchel young Ran
some and the Dank officer carried on
the suburban train"
oh, you know that?"
And considerably more"
Il can realize that, for you
waste time on preliminaries that have
not a final important focus. l pre-.
sumo this Ferret has retired from his
professional duties to enjoy life as a
man Of wealth and Ieisure?"
, 1917-09-27

of the Ransome incident. I 8 the
singular, for the substituted sub-treas-
ury package and the rifed bank
plot, schemed out by one master
mind, with more to come"
Il am interested" 1 said, and pre-
pared to listen.
Marvel opened the broad drawer Of
the table to take out a long, thin artl-
Gle. 1t was a cane, slight In looks,
but I found later on handling 1t,
strong and rigid as a steel bar.
THE cane you found in the car
where the satchel was ripped Open"
1 began.
NO" he dissented; zone something
like 1t, but this is quite another cane.
Naturally, losing one. the original
owner supplied his equipment with
another"
Equipment" / repeated.
Kit is better" added Marvel. "See
here"
He held 1t SO that the lower end
waspdirectly towards me. He manipu-
lated some clutch or screw in the
handle. There protruded then from
the hollow bottom of the cane q slop-
ing piece of metal about half an inch
square.
ut looks like a screwdriver point"
I remarked.
YES" nodded my friend, this cane
is a masked screwdriver. About three
months since a man, later giving the
name Of William Goldsmith, started
to leave a street car. In doing SO his
foot met an obstruction. He plunged
forward, struck the floor and was lift
ed out to the street to await the am
bulance. having suffered q d~islocated
shoulder. The company was glad to
settle with him for fifteen hundred
dollars. Investigation showed that a
screw holding a metal plate to the
bottom of the car had come loose and
worked up nearly its length. The
charge of negligence against the rail-
way company, therefore. vas patent.
/ heard of the case quite incidentally,
but when l did two points suggested
Immediately interested me. / had on
my list an ambulance-chaser worker
who had beer an acrobat, and who
had the power of throwing his Shout
der or hips out of joint to order. His
graft was to work accident, street car
, 1917-09-27
Wanted Her for Himself.

There are some good stories Of An
glo-lndian life in Lady Login's newly
published volume of Recollections.
One particularly amusing one hinges
upon the marriage of her brother, Gen.
Charles Campbell, to a Miss Wemyss
at CawnpOre.
The bridegroom writes Lady Login)
appeared to take a very languid inter
est in the ceremony, being very slack
IN answering the responses.
The Eurasian clerk thereupon took
upon himself to prompt him in his
part; but when it came to the ques-
ton wilt thou take this woman to
be thy welded wife?" and the jealous
Official replied for him in a loud nasal
chant, II WILL" General Campbell
electrified the congregation by turning
round in a towering passion, and
shouting at him:
III be hanged If you do, sirI"
The effect, to put 1t mildly, was de
cidedly disconcerting to everybody
but, anyway, it put more life into
Campbells participation in the rest Of
the service.
, 1917-09-27

the folly of eve knowing a Tod Fer
ret, or seeking as an intermediary a
female bank looter, or having any use
for a bank disappointment like Alison
Ransome.
But Marvel knew-he always knew.
There was a TEST in collaborating with
that great man, for in the end there
was a gratifying blaze of discovery
and fruition SO far out of the ordinary
that it was worth effort and was an
enjoyable event to participate in.
1t was not difficult to follow out my
friends advice as to c%ultivating Pur-
vols. He had an eye to business, and
a specious professional call from my
self, the secretary of his clearing
bank, led to a cigar, then to lunch. l
made a pretense of wanting his opin-
ion as to some Russo-Siberian bonds.
1t was natural that Purvois should be
familiar with these, for he had orig
inally come, / understood, from a part
of the cars dominions where such as
he had been baited and driven from
pillar to post for generations. At the
end Of a week, in a cordial way, he in
vited me to a small social function at
his home.
There was my wedge. Behold me,
one evening, in the reception room of
a gaudy apartment floor. Everything
suggested the ephemeral, just as his
banking quarters had-a Punishment
easily convertible into cash, readily re-
moved, of light compass and light
value, but glaring int impressive in
a popular n There were some
twenty guests present. One was a
leading scrap-iron nabob of his class.
Another borrowed at the bank on bills
receivable discounts. A third was an
insurance adjuster for the assured
all men OF some means at the tip.top
OF what was best in the commercial
Queer street.
I had a care only, however, for the
persons Marvel had named. l did not
meet Ferret at all. At the table |
sat next to young Ransome. He
flushed at the first. Then l fancied /
detected n sort of appealing eagerness
to be friendly. AT his right sat the
, 1917-09-27

mot at all. He acted for others,
and others, or rather n other. re-
ceived the bulk proceeds of the clever
satchel robbery. This same person
received also the $4,000 from the sub
treasury package. The work was
done by another of his efficient aids
Miss Vera Tichenor."
1.-THE man who holds the strings in
this double looting of the Unity Ma
tional," continued Marvel, lis Malachi
Purvois, banker.
1.-THE head and front Of the combi-
nation is Purvois," he re-asserted.
fThis is for private use only, of
course, as we want no premature ex-
plosion. Now, then, a social end comes
into this affair. You know how far
l am away from that phase of activity.
I have sent for you as an empirical
c%o-eficient. You will cultivate Pur-
vols, you will be invited to some So
cial function, you will meet Miss
Tichenor, possibly Ferret, in a new
guise, certainly Alison Ransome."
when you have visited the inner
social circle of the tribe Purvois," pro-
ceeded Marvel tersely, report to me.
1 especially expect a close study and
analysis of this Miss Tichenor's eyes.
Particularly note how far this foolish.
but ingenious young Ransome is in
fatuated with her. This is all new to
you. 1t will be very old to you in a
week, after the mine is exploded"
I left Marvel, feeling somewhat
thoughtful. l knew I left him just as
he would wish. He had given me a
mission to perform, with explanations.
If necessary, to come later. / knew
his methods so well that ] accepted
directions and prepared to follow
them out.
Now as to Malachi Purvois.. this
much was interesting to me: he
cleared his small private bank through
ou Institution. He was a newcomer
in the local financial community, but
80 precise, prompt and reliable in all
his dealings that he had won consid-
cradle notice as a coming scalper on
the outside Of the legitimate banks.
Some of his dealings had been large.
His balances were not bad, he collat-
eraled everything securely and
seemed to have ample capital. So
far as l could surmise he was too
shrewd and going a man to commit
, 1917-09-27
Good Humor AppreoIated.

GOOD humor may be said to be one
of the very best articles of dress one
may wear in society."-ThackeraY.
The herald., 1917-09-20
WON'T LET HIM BE EXEMPTED
New York Woman Writes to Authori-
ties That She Is Not Dependent
on Husband.

Albany, y. Y.-NOt all women in
New York state want their bubbles
kept of the firing line. Mrs. Mildred |.
Mount. pOStmiStrcSS Of Olcott. Niagara
county. doesn't. for one.
The adjutant generals office has re-
ceiyed communication from Mrs.
Mount in which she takes issue with
her husband, Harry Bl0sser Mount. on
the matter of dependency. POstmis-
treSS Mount declares that her husband
registered on June and claimed ex-
emptiOn from military service on the
grounds that he was an assistant post
master In the service of his wife. This,
Mrs. Mount says, doesn't jibe with the
facts. Her husband, according To the
letter. has been employed on the Inter
national railway for about two months
prior TO registration and had in no way
assisted her in the office.
Il am perfectly capable of caring for
my two children and myself" the post
mistress wrote. and To clinch the case
added land am in no way dependent
upon him."
The herald., 1917-09-20

The frame of mind in which the
world of fashion finds itself just now
does not encourage the unusual or
conspicuous in styles, and new suits
and coats reflect this mood. There IS
no lack of variety, however, in suits.
Colors are quiet and rich, lines grace
full and designing leans toward SIM
plicity. In other words, styles are
conservative, and for that reason the
new suits presented for fall have
about reached the apex of excellence.
In colorS what are called the glove
shades are favored. They include
brown, taupc mouse, castor, gray and
tan. There is shade of brown with
hint of wine In it and a platinum
gray that are especially effective in
satin or other high-luSter goods. The
liveliest colOrs appear in shades OF
amethyst and dark wine color. There
Is n considerable range in amethyst
shades and they are most beautiful.
Dark blue. it goes without saying, is
The herald., 1917-09-20

The Red Cross Christmas seal stands
for one Of the greatest undertakings
Of our day. and Il work that everyone
can help along Miss Eoardmau says
In "Cnder the Red Cross Flag
"Thr charter of tn" American Rcd
Cross places the duty upon IT of mti-
gating the SuiTcringS caused by pcSti-
lcncc and the deviSing of measures 10
prevent the same. No more dangerous
and inSidiouS pestilcnCe exists than
that which is called the great whit"
plaguc-no country or nation is free
from its ravaGcS. II requires not only
the skill of the specialists to combat
II. but the earnest cooperation "f the
entire nation, rich md poor, Old and
Young"
During the past seven years over
$500, 900 have been raised by the sale
of the Christmas seal for active work
in COMBATING tuberculosis. Ninety per
cent of the profits on the sale of
seals belongs TO the community in
which they are sold. The remaining
ten per cent goes To the Red Cross and
IS used 10 defray the expenses of print
Ing seals, posters, and other advcrtis-
ing matter II any money remains
after these things are paid for it is
divided between the Red Cross and
the National Society for the Study and
The herald., 1917-09-20

June rs. which led to the discovery
of the mother by an agent of the Chill
drcn'S society.
The only information which the boy
could give when found on June II
was thar his name was Jimmy" and
that he is very. very good boy
Did You make any effort To find
this boy" Magistrate Doyle asked
the mother.
Il looked about the ncighborhood
where | LOST him" she said. 1t was
her story that She lost him in IL crowd
and did not abandon him.
"A dumb animal would have done
more than that" exclaimed the mag
iStrate. a dumb beast would have
looked everywhere for her lost. Here
i Il cripple that requires 4 mothers
care and love. and you made no eff
fort Ia go To Il police station or to
make inquiries for him"
II did all l could" Sobbed the
woman.
Upon testimony, however, that when
first shown the photograph of the
little boy she had denied being his
mother. the woman was held in bail
for trial.
The herald., 1917-09-20
throwing Heat AWAY

On all sea-gOing steamers the steam
is condensed by sea water pumped
through the surface condensers. This
circulating water is then discharged
overheard. In the process of condensa-
non the cooling water taken in at tenn
peratures varying from 80 degrees 70
81 degrees Fahrenheit, according to eli
matte and other conditions. Is roiseS
to temperatures varying from so 70
30 degrees and then discharged. This
great loss Of heat is practically m
avos1able. says the Popular Science
Monthly. Even on comparatively
small steamers hundreds of tons OF
heated water are pumped overheard
daily. This constitutes one of the
greatest heat losses in the operation of
steam machinery, although sometimes
a portion of the warm water is used
for scrubbing decks and for bath wa.
ter on passenger ships.