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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03
Prison Picture
Stirring Piece
of Propaganda

The possibilities of the motion pic
were never better illustrated than by
The Honor system" tremendous
drama OF prison life which Yesterday
opened a three day engagement at the
Empress thcater
\ gripping story is built about the
evils Of contract prison labor and the
medieval theory % punishment. The
picture is one OF the most effective
arguments for prison reform ever put
before the public, vet its dramatic
value is not lessened one whit by the
lesson" il teaches
MI Of the ghastiliness Of q state
penitentiary devoted to brutal pun
ishment" and exploited by unscrupu-
Ions politicians tor the profits in con
tract labor is shown. In contrast is
presented the pontentiaty as reformed
by the governor of the state after a
i9ilbreak which permits a wrongly
convicted prisoner to appeal for an in
vcstigation.
The iailbreak y "A tremendously cf-
fcctive hit Of screen craft showing 4
a fight which later occurs between the
hero and a thug on top of a speeding
freight train contains enough thrills
! for the most cxacting picture fan.
Apparently the Arizona state pcni-
! Tertiary was used in filming the pic
turo. The payment for the privilcg,
is obvious. Tho groa t-heortcd COY
ernor Hunter" of the film is verS
| frankly n friendly decentralization OF tho
| real Governor Hunt of Arizona. anC
| the reform of the prison is only q
! thinlH disguised version of In,
| changes effected in Arizona's terri
.tofial penitentiarN by the first state
| government.
/ The Honor SYSTEM is a splondlt
! picture, considered as - drama. but i
! sets a frightening political precedent
suppose We should see "Govcrno
Samuel V. stuart" of Montana drama
, tized as The IToilcr of the |. w. W.
Or Senator Robert Ial'all" as "Th'
! Friend Of Labor" What then:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03
U. S. ENTERS PROTEST
AGAINST ARMISTICE

petrograd, Wednesday, Nov. U.s.
Major kcrth. American military at
aache, has been instructed by Ambas-
sRlor Francis to make protest on
! liz. part of the United States, similar
no that entered by the heads of the en-
tVnte embassies here to the negota-
liaAk Cor an armisticc between Russia
&kEfEt;ernany The omission to join
tfasfefotest entered hy the Other. allied
ministers was due to the fact that il
wxs~s based on the London agreement
against separate peace. to which
America is not a sisnatory.
Ambassador Francis. however. be-
iieyed himself justified in the absence
al instructions from the state depart :
ament at Washington 10 enter 4 pro-
}test against the independent action OF
tRussia in the matter Of IN armistice.
The Technology OF the protest en-
tered by Major kcrth WAS unknown AT
the embassy tonight, but it is believed
to follow the lines of the entente pro-
test.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03
Nebraska Student in Lead
in Judging of Livestock

Chicago. Dec. University of Ne
hraska students scored heavily in the
livestock judging contests at the in
ternatlOnal livestock exposition here
today. Nebraska landed first places
lii the grading teams. in Judging all
classes Of livestock. with Il mark OF
3,91-, inst ia judging horses. with
9oh; first in Judging sheep, with $50
and first in swine. with 1899. only
IN judging cattle did the state fan fin
ishing eighth in that class.
Miss Edith NJ. Curtiss Of the Iowa
state college, Amcs. Iowa. Won til
for fifth place in Judging all classes
The cattle Judging contest was won J.,
Iowa state with l.092 points.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03
GRANDMOTHER KNEW
There Was Nothing So Good
for Congestion and Colds
as Mustard

But the old.fashioned mustard. plaster
burned and blistered while it acted. Get
the relief and help that mustard
plasters gave, without the plaster and
without the blister.
Musterole does it. 1t is clean, white
ointment, made with oil of mustard. 1t is
scientifically prepared, SO that it works
wonders. and yet does not blister the
tenderest skin.
Just massage Musterole in with the fin
ger.tips gently. See how quickly it brings
relief-how speedily the pain disappears.
Use Musterole for sore throat, bron.
chitis, tonsilitis. Group. stiff neck, asthma.
neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy.
rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of
the back or joints, sprains. sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet. colds of
the chest lit often prevents pneumonial
SOC and Coo jars; hospital size $3.50.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03
EMPRESS THEATER
TO AID RED CROSS
Gross Receipts Oh Friday Go
to Organization.

The gross proceeds from The Friday
matinee will be turned over to the
American Red Cross by the Empress
theater. Manager Gil Heyfron an
nounced Yesterday.
Friday, December !, has been dcsig
mated as "Theatrical day by. the Red
Cross. ON that day every thcatcr in
the country will be asked to donate its
receipts to the organization. Actors
everywhere and musicians have prom
Used to give not only their time but
their salaries for the day {
Come Through" one Of the biggest
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03

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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03

Experience has shown" DR.. Fisk
POINTED out to me, that the man or
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03
TIE. eeFone .3ostsy
Two Former Presidents, Taft
and Roosevelt, Our Most
Distinguished Heav "
weights, Are Getting Rid of
Their Share of the National
Burden by Sane Dieting
and Exercise.
BY MARGUERITE MOOERS
MARSHALL.

Former President Roosevelt has Just
followed the example OF former Prcsl-
dent Taft and has entered upon 4
strenuous campaign 10 reduce his
weight at the health farm Of Jack
Cooper. Stamford. Conn.
According to the last published rec
ords. former President Taft has re
duced himself TO 240 pounds a hundred
pounds less than he weighed when he
left the presidential chair,
What is the perfect figure" for
which the two most distinguished
heavyweights in America are striving?
What should they weigh What should
he their chest circumference What
should be their waist measure?
know of one place in New York
where | might be sure of obtaining an
swers to these most interesting ques-
lions That place is the headquarters
of the Life Extension institute For
rcr President -'faft' himself r. the
chairman of the institutes board Of
trustees and is thoroughly in sympathy
with the intelligent instructions which
it gives to thousands of Americans to
enable them to keep their figures. their
health and their lives
Through DR.. Eugene Lyman Fisk.
medical director of the institute and
co-anthor with Professor Irving Fish
CT Of Yale of How 10 Live" | was
furnished with tables from which it is
easy to compute the ideal weight chest
measure and waist measure Of Colonel
Taft.
Colonel Roosevelt is five feet Gia
inches in height. The average weight
for man of that height at the age of
- is 10 pounds. ii Colonel Roose-
NeH's age, 50, the average weight prob
ally is a few pounds heavier. But the
ideal weight is 15s pounds
Former President Taft is six feet tail
and Go years old. The average weight
for man of his height aud age is Just
over lS4 pounds. The ideal weight is
IL pounds.
The way to figure the chest and
waist measurements. roughly speak
ing. i}r. Fisk toli ME. is to take AT
least half the hei4ht IL tine desirable
chest measure, ard ~ least one inch
less than that Al ht. waist measure
According to This IS stem, the chest
measure If formrr President Tat
should h" &c inchr= 81 more il uu-
donb'edy is much nef- and of colo.
nel Roosevelt shuGti hr a42i inches o,
more. Anyone who ha= Soon him know,
that he is far over the minimum ches
circumference. ~ fe- in stfn shane
physically, the waist Ill. assure vt caci
OF these men should j.. - a., yrI,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03

woman who wants to keep healthy ana
live long should keep as nearly as pos
sibIe TO the weight attained at 80 That
means that he or she should BE under
the average weight for persons over 30
an average made too high by the large
number % ovcrWoiGhts IN middle lifc.
/ myself. for example, keep my weight
ii is pounds II pounds under weight
for 4 man Of my age and height ]
watch The scales, and as soon as | find
/ have gone up to l3o omit some of
my favoritc desserts.
Il have watched former President
Taft eat" continued DR. Fisk, and he
has told me about his method Of re-
iucing. With him il is largely a matter
Of diet He plays golf Of course, but
that is not especially violent exercise.
] have heard him say. and his prac-
tice bears out his theory. 7 can make
a large mc&l of spinach. lettuce and
other green foods and feel satisfied ana
/ know that | am not putting on
weight"
From his last published weight ot
| 40 pounds. our pluuilt.sts former prcsi
/ dent still has some way to 20 if h. Is
10 reach his scheduled ideal of l72
rounds, but Dr. Fisk SAYS that a man
Of his large frame may he allowed to
carry more pounds than men with
smaller bones.
The reduction methods employed by
former President TAFT" Dr Fisk con =
tinucd illustrate admirably tho most
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03
Scottish Rite Masons
Will Gather at Helena

Helena, Dec. 2.-Sereral hundred
members Of the Scottish Rite bodies
from all sections of the state are
gathering here for ceremonies which
will begin TOMORROW and Conclude ON
Thursday night, Degrees from the
fourth TO lhe thirty second. inclusive.
are to be administered to large classes.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03

picture features shown in Missoula re-
Gently, will be on the screen Al the En-
press for the benefit matinee, and big
crowds are expected to turn out to
swell the war chest of the Red CrosA.
i The money will not go to the Mis-
soula chapter, but will be turned over
to the national organization.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03
Massachusetts Saves Much
Food Through Conservation

~ Washington. Dec. Massachu-
sets hotels and restaurants by OBJ
serving the conservation directions of
the food administration saved III Oc-
tober 4,6o0 barrels of flour and $40
tons of meat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
Next President of the Commission

m HE municipal campaign Birmingham which closed
 last night has characterized by unpleasant fea
 lures Personalities nulged in and unfortunately religious prejudice appealed to by who seized any at desperate attempt to slave oil deeat
 But the citizens Birmingham who have viewed campaign of vtuperaton and abuse with dfavor will have oppor tuny tomorrow eecng the presidency of the city com mission man who proved himself worthy of that office his past record private citizen and as public official but also by the dgned which he met the bitter recrimnations of his opponents
 The of Birmingham to be congratulated for gv np their support to Dr. Barrett whose election assured They will have for president of the city commission who has made no entangng alliances who has nothing to hide and is capable directing the city affairs in businesske manner.
 That Dr. Barrett will make good commissioner goes with saving The have compared him to Mr. Ward and Mr. Barber during the past weeks when charges flying thick and the absurd adduced in attempt to Dr. Barrets untness for ofcesuch sons for instance the fact that he resident of suburb that he might make good Sunday school superintendent
 president of medical society Nothing brought out that could in any way reflect Dr. Barrett his record
 The people of Birmingham not to be misled by loud nose matter from what it emanate There must be in the sound they will not listen Neither they be hoodwinked into believing that Dr. Barrett is op posed the Catholics and the Jews The question for the voters to decide the fitness of the candidates The reg ou issue and most of the other ssues haped with such zeal and such display of bad judgment by Dr. Barres op ponents nothing than campaign thunder used to distract attention from the real issues before the people,
 When Dr. Barrett his duties at the city hall there will be equal opportunity for every citizen of Br mingham, whether he Catholic Jew Protestant Dr. Barrett will give square deal a will cherish ani mostly against those who have woefuy msrepresented him during this campaign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
Democracy In the Family

 pausng moment with the family democracy said wild things counted almost 100 the family in the from what husbands wife Christ the Therefore their husbands everything Ing in the first with the following Husbands the fly have the Bible dmeless all of deverance which in their Our principle of distributed wife both the individual perfect The husband indeed rule natural therefore actions of the protected tire family obedience exgenc the insde therefore the principle laid another foolish life auocracy They with heart they shall chase thousand peace winged
 
 they  | beyond the the night
 
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 government many because their
  Ishortcu the right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
LuAE M,LuKE SAYS


 fool man imagines that he is a great detective just because he can tell that the woman in the next flat Is cooking cabbage for supper.
 Some men have such old-fashioned ideas that if their wives had twin beds m their bedrooms one of the beds would never be used.
 A princess never forgets to put on her society dog when she is eating in 9 cabaret with young man. But she doesn't mind licking her fingers when she Is ealins ln the kitchen at home. The wicked who flee when no man pursueth often act as members of the purity squad when they discover that they are not being chased. So many girls have knock knees that it is a good thing nature didn't fix mat ters so that the dear things would have to wear them on the outside whore they would show.
 It Is a good bet that if . man could live his life over and go back to his boyhood's happily days down on the | farm he would make an awful hcller about the lack of modern conveniences. A woman will admit that she has bad hver bad kidneys and bad heart But she'll never admit that she has bad 1 teeth.
 l One morning father got mad because mother forgot to send his collars to the laundry. So father wrapped up the col 1 lars and announced that he would take l them himself. And father dropped into a kaif to indignate about the forgetfulness of wives and left the bundle on tho bar when he went out. The collars are still ] in the kaif.
 1 Divorce may have its evils. But 1t is blame sight better than prolonging the battle by making marriage permanent. married man has to be a brilliant liar to keep peace in the family. One of them talked about Mary in his sleep all night recently, and his wife's name Is 1 Sarah. And there was heltupAy next morning until he had an idea and ex- plained that he went to see Mary Pick ford in movie drama the night before and he dreamed about the show all night. And he got away with it, too When a girl has shapety legs 1t Is 3 sign that long skirts made her hot and I are very unhealthful.
 You often hear of suff going on a hunger strike But you never heard o1 one going on talk strike.
 About the. only difference between the chorus girl of 10 years ago and the chorus girl of today is that the chorus girl of to. day uses safety razor.
 Some folks long for the good old days l when knighthood was in flower. But we can't see how there could be much fur In having to go to g hardware store when you wanted to get some gents furnish, ings.
 A corn fed girl should never buy blue serge skirt. It will be shiny in the real
 when the front is as good as new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

out intermipsion. and the busses begin to run in tho streets as soon as there is Hull in the firing. Except for . small harvest. doubtless pleasing to the Elm peror, of women and children. little ac- tual damage has been sustained by the city. The value of the raids to Ger many lies in two things-thsir effect on keeping in England large number of airplanes and aUiators and their in fluence on German civilian morale when the returning sportsmen boast of the huge destruction they have accom- plished. One remembers Arthur Elm pey'p captured soldier who regretted in 2 manly way the military necessity which had led to the burning of all the London public buildingA
 Meanwhile. however. who can blame the Englishmen who cry for reprisal the papers which publish maps of German cities within bombing distance" or tho citizenry who. gazing on placid Diana ap she sails her silvsr boat aloft. pray for raini
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

Earl CAddock, who claims the worlds s wrestling championship, has been drafted for the national army. Marse Henry watterson has offered Kentucky thor oughbred for a button off the Kaiser's service uniform. What will he give for a stranxle hold on the imperial neck? There was nothing to prevent MT. Hef- lin and MT. Norton from settling their differences in some retired spot. but they failed to do so Perhaps these two war riors can't fight without the spotlight American soldiers abroad are stiil pro- testing against being called "sammies" They should address their complainst to telegraph editors, who helped. to make the name popular.
 With its divorce courts separating about l5 couples . day, Houston seems to be making bid for out-of-town visitors who are willing to soJourn there TOT SIX months or a year.
 A British soldier, accused of bigamy, says shell shock made him forget he was married. If fellow were badly hen pecked at home he might invite shell shock
 z
 A municipal campaign in New York would seem strange, indeed, without the geological aspect imparted to 1t by the Tammany tiger
 |
 After this war is over the German crown prince Is going to have precious few trophies to gloat over in his leisure moments.
 '
 Congress should be able to ret its sec ond wind by December.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Farmers Are Prosperous

Neyer in history has the farmer been as prosperous as he Is at present" said " '. Adams, sales manager of the Ala paina Iron and Fuel company, who has Just returned from a trip through south ern Georgia. The crops are bringing the highest prces, they are easier dis posed of, and are larger than ever be- lore. The farmers are living in a gold iaden atmosphere. Farmers who hereto lore have been more than contented to own a horse and buggy--or even mule are now buying cars, and not cheap ones, either; most of them being Bucks and oidsmobiles. The Oidsmobile dealer there has what he terms an 'Oldsmoblle colony, having sold, in town of 1500 lS cars since the 1st of September, and there were at least three times as many new Buicks.- Prosperity is in the ground but It took this war to give the farmer the benefit Of if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

A great week is ahead of us in Bir- mingham.
 Tomorrow will end the municipal cam paign and the indications are that good, substantial. conservative business men will preside over the affairs of this city for the next four years. A good business man is in charge of the state fair which opens tomorrow, and which promises to be attended by more people than have ever visited Bir- mingham in any one week in it's his tory.
 The remnants of the Confederate Vet erans of the state likewise hold their annual state reunion here, and regard. less of the fact that the railroads have
 withdrawn their chap rates for fair week and for Veterans Day, there prom ises to be full 100000 visitors in Bir- mingham during the week. N Of the state fair. am told by Colonel Robert A. Brown, it's president, that 1t will have more attractions than any fair ever held in the state. There arc to be aviators, horse racing, automobile races between two of the greatest ! drivers in the world, and out-of-door sports and attractions equalins the Bar
 nun & Bailey circus. Fortunately, Birmingham now has ho- tel facilities to accommodate as many as the railroads can bring. | am told, since the coal miners strike in Tennessee has been settled, and | since tho Alabama mines have gone back to 8 normal production, that the
 railroads are relieved of their coal short
 age, and that the Southern will prob
 ably put on a train between Birming-
 ham and Anniston to bring the soldier
 boys over here at least three times a | week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
TINED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE EVENTS q SCHEDULED FOR BIRMINGHAM THIS WEEK

6HHE feeling in Birmingham during
 the municipal campaign, which
 practically closed last night, re- minds me very much of the old story of the Englishman who visited his Irish friend in the beautiful lake district of Ireland.
 They had been travelling for an hour The Englishman had taken several nips from his pocket flask
 Suddenly the Irishman turned to him and said: Friend, what do you think Of our beautiful Emerald Isle?"
 The Englishman shiversd bit and with a sour expression on his face, re- marked Tt is cold and damp and full of Catholics"
 and replied: well, then, why don't you go to Hell. It Is hot, and dry and full of Protestants."
 The efforts of some of the candidates in Birmingham seem to have been to arouse a spirit of this character here
 But would venture the assertion that after Monday, these issues will be forgotten. more or less. At least they will certainly bs dormant for long time.
 Birmingham is full of busy men. Everyone here who wants it, has busi- ness Everyone who will work, has work. And every man in this community who has not gone to the front in the army to serve his country, Is doing his best to serve it here, and Is endeavoring to do the work of his son, or his brother, or his relative who has donned the uni form of his country. This work will keep us all busy, and 1t will show the merits of the men, The fanatic, the spellbinder and the man of i'll hurnor will have no place in Birmingham for long time to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

crops, but upon tho kind of man the country turns out"
 
 believe that today it Is just as true as 1t was in tho days of the Old Testament, that thewords falling from the lips of the inspired prophet that righteousness exaiteth 2 nation. and sin is q reproach to any people, ought to be taken as our political shibboleth in putting the right kind of men to rule over us.
 There is a saying that tho Ten Com- mandments are suspended east of tho Euez canal, and know that for years 1t has been the custom to practically sus- pend them when election day comes around owing to the propaganda of the politicians that 1t doesn't make any diff ference what candidates private char acter may be- just so he will be publicly decent This kind of political dope has been swallowed by church men until 1t is looked on as kind of joke to expect ing for office seekers whose lives arc clean.
 } Isn't 1t about time that we all took a course in civio righteousness and pre- serve to the world a breed of men who fought for religious and political liberty? It was said to be true of some of our forebears that they set their consciences by the will of God as countrymen set their clocks by the sun" It is tho order of the day in some political camps to laugh at the early New Englanders. but take off my hat to the men who helped to make us free. and am willing to do my bit to help the President fin safeguard ing democracy for the world" and in preserving 1t at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

Why is LaFollette?' asks a patriotic citizen Won Bernstorfr could proba bly answer that question If he wanted to. The new taxes hit "even the thousan nd : dollar man." However, most of the country's school teachers will escape.
 | "Hooveritis' may not bs as intoxicat- Ing as love. but nine times in ten. it's a darned sight more practical.
 ' It will certainly be . relief to have the stars of the State Fair supplant wind-jamming politicians.
  Can you blame Mss Katharine Stinson for flying to Birmingham when she got within striking distance?
 < A That new dance. the inner circle toddle. may not be quite as exclusive as it sounds.