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Smyrna times., 1917-08-22
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR WIVES
Unfortunately, However, This Club
Has Produced No Weddings in
Five Years Life.

To fit themselves to be wives for
men whom they have not yet found,
the members of the Josephine club
are preparing to take courses in self
control, in first aid to the injured, in
literature and gymnastic work.
The organization is composed of
large number of girls, all of a mar
riageable age, who are in the business
world. Every member is unmarried
with the exception of Mrs. Josephine
COhn. the founder and presiding Off
Ger of the club.
The club is five years old, and dur
ing the period there have been no
marriages of its members. The aims
Of the club are formally expressed
thus: ''The social, moral and physi-
cal advancement is to be accom-
plished by means of gymnasium work
to be undertaken, shortly. First-aid
work is already being taught by DR..
Amelia A. Dranga. The self-control
is being inculcated into the mem
bers, when necessary, in devious ways.
1--WE do not want to take a course
In cOurting until we have made our
selves efficiently acceptable to a hus-
band" one member explained. She
added that If zone of the girls" gets
married she will not be put out Of the
Club.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-22
Who Are the sane7

II the definition Of insanity was
followed to the letter, were experts
appointed 10 examine all men. few
would escape the brand Of insanity,
but who could qualify as an expert
since we may become insane upon the
subject of insanity All have their
predictions and prejudices. symp'
toms of a mild form Of mental bias,
passing under the ambiguous name
Of eccentricities and some there are.
so erratic that we should call them
insane did they not possess sufficient
sanity to dissemble their weakness
From the Medical Fortnightly.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-22
"BUFFING" HURTS OLD PLATE
Modern Method of Cleaning Destroys
Color and Removes Distinguishing
Marks, 1t Is Claimed.

The value of old plate is seriously dl.
miniShed by methods of cleaning at
present in common use. The removal
of the surface by the process known as
"buffing" not only destroys the beauti-
full blue color which alone comes from
age and hand-cleaning, but in great
measure alsO-the makers marks and
owners initials, which signify its pro-
venance and guarantee it's commercial
value. A certain lot of old family sill
ver in good condition was by i'll luck
given lately to be cleaned. 1t is now
unrecOgnizable, and although having
a perfect 'shine," the makers marks
of the seventeenth century are almost
undecipherable. Were these pieces ex-
hibited beside some of the beautiful
old silver now shown at the museum,
the extent of the havoc wrought on
them would be a surprise. Both for
the looks Of old plate and out of regard
for its worth In money, owners should
beware of modern "bufing."
If silver is badly tarnished. one or
two applications of a metal polish used
for brass and copper will, with little
patience, remove the worst of the tar
nish, when silver polish should be
used. CamphOr placed with silver
when packed will prevent tarnish.-
Boston Fine Arts Bulletin.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-22
Sensations Of Starvation.

Experiments in prolonged starVa-
ton showed that after the first three
or four days of starvation. the sensa-
ton Of hunger was no longer felt. In
a five-day starvation experiment on
men there was no decrease in the hun
ger contractions. An increase in the
Intensity Of the hunger contractions
was evidenced by the appearance OF
the incomplete hunger tetanus on the
fourth and fifth days Of starvation. On
the fifth day the continuous hunger
sensation was tinged with a peculiar
"burning" sensation, probably caused
by acid stimulation of nerve-endings
In the stomach. Instead Of eagerness
for food there was an almost total In
difference to 1t.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-22
Eeats of Memory.

MichelangelO had on his lips the
greater part Of the poetry of Dante
and Petrarch and GalileO could repeat
most of Ariosto, Petrarch and Berai.
Justus Lipsius knew Tacitus by heart
and could repeat any passage called
for. Locke states that Pascal knew
the whole Of the Bible by heart. Leib-
nitz, even in old age, could repeat
nearly all the poetry Of Virgil, word
for word. SaundersOn knew by heart
HOrace's odes, Cicero's "Ofices" and
q large part Of Juvenal and Persius.
POrson, the great English scholar, de-
Clared that he could repeat Frederick
Random" from beginning to end.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-22
WOMEN TO HOLD VOTE POWER
When They Are Enfranehised They
Will Outnumber Men in the
United Kingdom.

Under the plans now contemplated
for the increase in suffrage in England,
Scotland and Wales the number of per-
sons enjoying suffrage will be in
creased from 7,656,173 to 22,S48,9O1.
About 100000 more men would be
enfranchised and the remainder would
be women. Even at the present fig
ures, women would hold the bal
ance of power, for there would be
12,O44,567 of them voting against 1O,-
1894 men. Ireland is not included
in these figures. The new plans for
increased enfranchisement provide for
the granting of suffrage to virtually
every person of a majority age in Eng
land, Scotland and Wales.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-22
Processing on Friday.

She (superstitious)-I should never
propose on a Friday; it's unlucky.
He (cynIcal)-Not always. I once
knew q fellow who ala, and the giri re-
fused him. -. 49,.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-07
American Vessels Passing.
Safely Through War Zone

New York. Feb. 6.-Thc American
linh announced tonight that the
steamship st. Louis, detained here
since last Saturday because of the
International situation, would not sail
for Liverpool before noon rThursda W
Persons who had booked passage on
the liner had been previously notified
that the st. Louis would not depart
before noon tomorrow The officers
of the company tonight asserted they
still were awaiting word from the
state department at Washington.
The tension in shipping circles
caused by the calling from Liverpool
ON January 81 of the kroonland and
on February of the New York, now
said to be the only American passen-
ger ships at sea, was lessened today
by the announcement that both were
clear Of tho European war zone.
f. While anxiety felt by the American
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-07

snip owners pending Il more definite
turn of affairs resulted in the Stand.
ard Oil company ordering all of it's
ships cngaped in transatlantic service
held In port, British owners apparent
~ we're not worried. The White Star
liner. Crctic, with l02 passengers, six
OF whom were Americana. sailed for
Mediterranean ports today on sched-
ulc. She carried u large cargo and on
her stern was mounted IA thrcc-inc
gun.
The only change announced by u
foreign steamship company as re-
suit Of Gernany's unrestricted sub
marine warfare, was tho decision of
the Cunard line today to discontinue
the practice Of making public lists Of
persons engaging passage on its ves-
sels.S No explanation for this action
was Forthcoming from officials OF the
company.
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Light Company's Offer of
Cheaper Rate Forgotten
by Officials for Entire
Year.

Mr.. W. A. Clark didn't want II, and
said so, but the city of Missoula calm
" gave him an Unnecessary thousand
dollars last year.
A forgotten bid for street illumina- ;
ion caused the leak In the city's
treasury.
a year ago the. Missoula Light Il
Water company offered to reduce It's
charges for half time" lights on the
downtown streets. Tho city commis-
,ion--at that hmc composed of Mayor
Andrew Gctchel and Commissioners
Dale Hodson and John Brechbill--re-
erred the bid to a committee, II never
ame back, but the monthly bills based
IN the former schedule. kept coming
n and Were paid. After the spring
,hange In the administration the
present officials continued paying them
until yesterday.
Yesterday, Mayor II. r. Wilkinson
old the council that the city had no
contract with the Missoula Light 4
Water company for supplying the
lighting districts as the brightly H.
animated downtown streets are called.
rho council decided to advertise for
bids.
Tho schedule of light rates on which
he downtown charges arc based was
established in a contract which ex-
bred last February. 1t provides that
lights burning all night shall cost Sc
\ month. Lights burning until mid
hight cost s.. Last February the com :
,any. in response to IL call for bids,
,ffered all-night lights at So and half
ime lights at S3.75. There are between
100 and 14O lights in the districts In :
'olved. Half Of them burn all night
The city's loss, therefore. is about
$1,000.
Councilman Tom Kemp, OK officlo
lead OF the police department, advised
he council to adopt sliding scale OF
salary increases for the police force
He opposed n flat increase as unfair
to. veterans. The advice wns included
IN the cOuncilmaA's report on q peti-
ton for higher pay recently presented
by members of the force. A scale vii
De worked out for the councils con.
sidcratiop at its next, meeting.
Detective =. J. Mcdonald was made
assistant chief OF. police by the coun,
ell after Councilman Kemp had rec.
ommendcd' the promotion. Mcdonald
will be In charge of the force at night
The civil service" board reported I,
the council that two applicants fo
police force places took an examifato,
last month and failed. Elzs-
The Mount Jumbo Civic league sug
gestcd that the council seek donations
for the proposed south side park. FRA
ternal orders. church societies an,
civic organizations were nominated /,
supply labor for Improvement of tn
park. Trees, the league thinks, shoul,
be given by the chamber of commerce
fountain by the local merchants an,
water for irrigation by the Missoul,
blight & Water company.
The leagues communication was re
ferred to the committee = previousl
placed in charge of the. park.
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BRAzM TO reply TODAY
Answer to Germany Will De-
fend Principles Of In
ternational Law.

Rio Janciro. Feb, G,-Thc Jornal do
Commerce will publish Brazirs note to
Germany tomorrow. Et- es
The Jornal says that the note will
defend with firmncss the principles Of
international law and tho interests o.
Brazil The paper adds that the Bra
lillian government will act with pru-
dcnce and with no intention of provoke
ing a conflict. Brazil concludes the
Jornal. "has never, entered and will
never enter such a struggle unless it is
forced into it by the actions of an.
other"
Referring further to the intcrna ton
al situation. tho Corrciro de Mania
says in an editorial article that the
moral solidarity between Brazil and
the United States Is absolute, but that
the choice OF methods for it's express
sion depends on circumstances.
"In our own casc." thr editorial as.
serts. "thc Brazilian foreign office has
avoided the peril attendant upon a
radical solution but not the expense
OF maintaining a silence incompatible
with our national dignity. In Any
event, the gravity Of the present situ
alton makes it necessary for us to b,
active in making Indispensable mill,
tary and naval preparations in ordcl
to prepare TO meet any eventuality."
| The D Paiz says:
The Argentine press shows us tha
there exists a neutral country which
has received with unexpected obstruc
/ tions the dignified course of Presidcn
Wilson, We refuse to believe that thi,
press reflects the sentiment Of th'
noble Argentine nation. We fail I.
believe that there can be III America
single country which refrains from
solidifying itself with the Unite,
States" F".
| o Imparcial says: .a....-
BRAZIL has resolved to act by itsel
in order to. avoid the delays which In
evitably would result from action II
/
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-07

Montana Deposits of. Salt
{. peter May Solve Serious.
National Problem.

A sample Of ffsaltpetcr from a Nlon-
tana deposit has been received by the
department OF geology at the state
University, and because the United
states ts now dependent upon Chile
for nitratcs needed in the mtnufacturc
Of explOsivcS. members Of the univcr-
sity faculty are very much Interested
in the discovery OF a Montana field.
Tho extent and location of the de-
pOsit are unknown, but rofcssor j. n.
Rowe. head of the department of ge-
ology. told Miss Ruth McHaffie in an
interview printed in the Montana Kali
min that the high quality of tho nitcr
surprised him. Miss McHaffie inter-
viewed, Professor r. II. Jesse of the
department of chemistry about the
lack OF nitratcs.
Country in Danger.
The United States would be In an
ugly position In time of war on ac.
count of thenla OF explosive nitratcs
II this country should bc shut off from
Chile, which furnishes the United
u
THE only Immediately practical meth
cd Of making nitrogen in the United
States is by obtaining ammonia. This
method has it's drawbacks in a present
emergency since there is not the op-
portunity to obtain machinery with
which to distiil the ammonia"
Nitratss Necessary.
Saltpctcr, or potassi nitrate, is
necessary to the manufacture of am
munitfon. Tho United States now gets
it's supplies froM Chilean deposits of
sodium nitrates which reacts with po-
tassium chloride to form potassium
nitrate. Should this source be cut off
the station would be dangerous unless
sources now unknown or neglected
are developed. The Montana deposit
may be the nations salvation. If not,
other means OF securing nitrates must
be found. or possible ways Of getting
nitratcs. DR.. Jesse said to Miss Nc
Haffic:
Ammonia 1sat Source.
THE best opportunity for securing
nitrates In the United States at present
Is In ammonia, which may be obtained
from coke and converted into nitrates;
but the lack of machinery is handi-
cap. The packing houses, Armour and
Swift especially. distin ammonia from
the hoofs and horns Of cattle. which
otherwise would be waste. Sewage and
garbage may be- converted into am
monia also. but this is not taken ad-
vantage of to any extent in this
country. Nitrogen is one of the most
free of substances, If there were ma
chinery to obtain it. .ss
Congress passed Il bill for $4,000
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Fear Is Expressed Germany
/ Deliberately Precipitated
Break Here.
TO,KEEP MUNITIONS
FROM. GOING ABROAD
Diplomats Surprised, at En-
ergy Displayed. by Amer
lean Government.

Washington Fob. 5.---E,ntente diplo-
mats here frankly express, their hope
that the United States will not actu.
ally enter the war.
Several Of the allies representatives
let 1t be known today that they enter
tain n growing, fear that Germany de-
llbcrateIy rrecipitated break with
this country In order to hold American
munitions and supplies horc. thus cut
ting Oft imports to the entente prob
ably more effective than any single
step that the central powers could
take. ,
Immensely gratificd over the morai
condemnation the break implied, the
diplorhats have been surprised at the
energy which the American govern.
ment has shown in laying out its
plans for eventualities and. do not
conceal their fear that military pre-
caution may force the United States to
keep at home nt least a considera bic
part Of supplies now going abroad.
Such an outcome, they say. would
more than compensate for mere
break in relations from the German
viewpoint.
Even II the United States, in the
event Of war. should undertake to arm
and equip an army for operations in
Europe. it would require nearly a
year Of training, It. is declared before
It would be wise to send the force to
the front. Meantime tho entente
spokcsmen point out. all the effort and
eltelgy that this country might be
putting forth towards the military de-
feat Of Germany would SO into chan
nuls that could not lead to that end,
unlessf the war were prolonged beyond
alt belief.
The greatest military aid hoped from
this country in entente circlesrin case
of actual war is the safeguarding Of
American trade channels, including the
American end of the route to Europe
and the section down through the Car
ibbean, especially towards the Tam
pico oil fields. A great and unrestrict-
ed submarine campaign would make
this matter of first Importance and
provide heavy task for the Ameri-
can navel forces.
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Forgetting Bids for Lights
Cost City Thousand Dollars
JUDGES TO REVIEW
PLANS FOR PARK
THIS WEEK.

. Plans for the development of the
city park In south Missoula, SUBJ
mittcd by competitors for the 800
prize offered by the Missoula Cham
bcr of Commerce, viii be reviewed
this morning by Judges. Tho COM
mittcc which is to make the award
expects to spend several days over
the plans submitted. Mrs. Tylar II.
Thompson. Mayor IL. Il. Wilkin-
son. Councilman John Brechbill, T.,
A. SilcoX and J. NJ. Keith are the
judges.
The plans are for a park to be cs-
tablished on two acres of land in
Hammonds addition, south OF the
university. The land was given to
the city for park use by the South
Missoula Land Co.
About half the entries are bv local
people. Nans we're submitted nv
inany outsiders, however. Among
foreign competitors are tho Oregon
Nursery Co. the Capital city Nurs-
cry Co, of Salem, Oregon, the Jewel
Nursery Co, another coast con-
cern. There are "a competitors, by
many or more sets of plans, many
having submitted several designs.
Physically, the plans range from
sketches as small as a lcttcr-hcad
to bluc-prints eight feet by five.
one contestcnt sent with his plates
explanation covering 2S typewriter
pages and "A letter II pages long.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-07
Combination
Far Too Big
Temporarily Defeated, the
Farmers Are Beginning to
Look to Future.

: Helena, Feb. 6.--(Staff Correspond
cncc.,--The farmers today met their
worst defeat OF the session when they
came to grips with the combined forces
Of tho st0ckmen and the Representa-
tives Of the mining industry. This in
itself Is significant of tho future. Many
say that the mining tax Is now a thing
ofithe past. This, at least. is tho view
taken of the situation by some of the
leaders among tn farming element.
I'VE arc going to submarine them
from here on" said one of tho promi-
nent equity men after the vote on the
herd law. 1T means tho END OF the
mine tax and other legislation which
the farmer desired. 1t also means that
two years from. now there may be u
different story"
The farmers representative went on
TO discuss some of the features of tho
work which the equity will undertake
during tho next two years. but that is
of little interest right now. Tomorrow
morning tho tax committees are to re-
port in both house and senate. The
senate committee will Of course sub
NIT no legislative recommendations 1t
Is understood the ma jority Of the house
committee under the intcrpid leaders
ship OF M. S. Gould will make recon-
mcndation and that a minority report
iyzto come out at the same time. This
plan may be changed by the time the
COMMITTEES gets ON the floor of the
house. but 1t appears that some such
a. division viii result.
Tho income tax will be used TO be-
: cloud tho straight mine tax. It IL now
rnmored that in pinch the mines
will stand fora small tax Of maybe one
and q haH mills. The words will stand
for are used adviscdly. The continued
pCessure Of expert lobbyists and out
Side influences has undoubtedly made
itssae fSlt. Taking: advantage Of other
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-07

Missoula Construction Com
pany Loses Heavily in
Spokane Accident.

Spokane; Feb. 6.-At least two were
killed. two are dying and nine were
seriously injured late today when the
new $50 foot concrete arch city bridge
over the Spokane river at Post stree,
collapsed. prccipitating 26 workmcn
into the turbulent stream just above
the Spokane falls. Several workmen
miracuio,asly escaped uninjured while
others. who were seriously hurt, were
rescued by firemen and policemen. who
riskcd their lives to descend bnto the
wreckagc piled up In the river.
Tho known dead.
CHARLES j. BRYAN, body recoy.
cred.
DAVID CULLEN. superintendent of
construction. body seen TO 70 over
falls.
Tho. dying:
FRANK I.AYBROOK
T. II. I.UCKENB1LI..
Superintendent Cullcn's body was
caught In the wreckagc and held fast
for two hours, when 1t broke loose
and fsoated down stream beyond the
reac', Of rescucrs and disappeared over
the falls.
The bridge collapsed without warn
ing and the workmen who were pour
ing concrete into the forms for the
huge arch were caught In the mass of
wreckage.
The wrcckagc formed sort Of. q
dam and manyof the men saved them.
selves by clfnging to pieces Of false
work until firemen and policemen, who
were summoned Immediately. rescued
them
The rescue work was hazardous for
100 yards below tho wreckage the
water pours over the, falls and loss Of
footing on the jumbled. mass Of tim
bers and concrete. which projected
above the surface Of the water, meant
almost certain death. as..y o
The work -ofarescuc was slow and II
was two hours after the accident be.
fore the last Of the injured had been
removed to hospitals.
While the injured were being re-
moved other firemcn standing on
ninsy RATS anchored to shore worked
with pike poles among the debris 60
ing over the falls in search for bodies,
which might be carried toward the
falls. ~
City Detective w. J. Boyal of Port
land, who was one of theSfirst to reach
the scene, said he saw one man go
over the falls just after the first squad
of rescuers arrived.
The cause Of the accident is un-
known. The 25O-foot arch was COM
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-07
LITTLE PROGRESS
IN LEAK INQUIRY

Washington Feb. 6.-Aciiyitics of
the congressional leak" inquiry com
mittec today consisted chiefly of ar
guinS In executive session about clos
ing the hearings and trying to extract
from Witnesses In public the true
story OF the circumstances surround :
ing tho sending Of a forecast on Prcsi-
dent Wilson's peace note from tho
washington brokerage house of f.. A.
Connolly a. Co. to r. +. Hutton. Il Co.
ut New York. Little progress was
made in either direction.
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Will CONTINUE | RELIEF
Germany Will, Not Interfere
With Feeding of Belgian
Civilians.

{ London, Feb. 6.-Categorical assur-
anccs from the German government
that it does not intend to interfere
with the feeding Of civilians in Bel
gium and northern France were re-
ceived today at the local office of the
Belgian relief commission. Under these
assurances. it. was stated. the Ameri-
can agents on tho commission may
remain in the occupied zones unless
war is declared and in that event they
would receive safe conduct.
It also was stated that in. event of
war between. the United States and
Germany. the organization would con :
tinue its existence, but would dis
continue the work of distributing sup
plies. limiting itself to unloading the
cargo and in Rotterdam. at which
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-07
HEADS MILK PRODUCERS.

Chicago. Feb. G-F. l.. Holt of
Pleasant Prairie. Wis.,, was elected
president of the Milk Producers as
ISOLATION of the Chicago dairy dis
trict At the eighth annual meeting Of
the organization today,