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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
pleXion sallow? Liver needs waking
up. Doan's Regulets cure bilious at
lacks. rs cents at any drug store
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN

Wheat prices advanced slightly to-
day on increased demand. Wheat, re-
celpts, 1873 cars, compared with 252 a
year ago.
Nheat-July, opened $2.1S; high.
S2lS; low, $212; close, $2.17.
Scptember-Opened $1.71h; high,
Sl72; low, $l.6SH: close, Sill
No. l hard. $2.51M2.62; No. / north
ern. S2.52M 2.51; No. > northern. $2.S7M
2.47; No. 3 wheat $2e2m2a7: No. ,
durum, s2.l2m2.22: No. hard Montana.
$242m247
Corn-No. 8 yellow. S1.6Ola 1.62lh.
oats-No. white. 64la 6t65H.
FlaN-$3.07m312
Flour-Fancy patents. 5 cents low
er: quoted at $1375: firsts clears, SO
cents lower quoted at 81. Other
grades unchanged. Shipments, 1852
barrels.
Rarlcy-$l.01
Ryc-$2. 3SM24o.
Bran-$21m2S
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21
MONEY AND METALS

New York, June 2O.-Mercantile pa =
per, j: bar silver, T77s; Mexican dol
lars, GOES: government bonds, steady;
railroad bonds, heavy.
Time loans. strong, 60 and 90 days
51aM6; six months, 5M5h.
Call money, strong: high, 61A: low
6; ruling rate, 6: last loan, 6: CLOSING
bid 5la: offered at 6.
Copper firm; electrolytic spot and
nearby. $3am34: nominal; third quar-,
ter. S29.5OM32: lead, duh: spot, IFS q,
l2A; spelter dull; spot, East st. Loui.
delivery, 9k0f9&
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21
OMAHA LIVESTOCK

Ho&s-lsoceipts. 1920: market, 5 to
- higher. Heavy. $15.30m15.4O: mixed,
$l5.l'm 1923; light $15.l5MI5.40: pigs,
l2.1om so; bulk, $15.15ml5.4O.
'attie-R"ccipts. $500 steady Ma
NV" steers, Slon l".1a: cows and heif-
trS, $S.'5m ll.5o; western steers, $3.50
l2.2'; Texas steers. $9m 1850: cows
ana h"itcrs. $S.5oM1o: Gamers. $3.50
$50; stockers and feeders, $7m11:
Calves $lnm l4.50; bulls. $7ml1.
Receipts, 1900; market. 25 to
80 higher. Yearlngs, $l2ml25O:
Wtthcrs, Sl0m l1.50: ewes, $S.25Ml0.25:
lambs, $l6.25m1S.50.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21
AMERICAN TARS STAGE
BALL GAME IN ENGLAND
Affords Diversion From On
erous Task Of Manning
Uncle Sans Ships.
TO HOLD FIELD DAY
Generosity of American
Business Men Gives Place
for Athletic Events.
TO HOLD FIELD DAY

Base Of the American Flotilla In
British Waters. June 2O.-(By Associ.
ated Press.)-"All work and no play
makes Jackie Il dun boy" is a truism
that is being kept in mind by the Of
ficers of the American torpedo boat
destroyers, who are doing everything
possible to encourage athletics amons
the men.
The most pretentious program YET
planned for the American jackies is q
big field day at which there will be
running races. walking contests, base
ball games and many other sports. II
will be held in an athletic park. which
Is in course Of construction. with
funds provided by generous American
business men in New York and Lon
don
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21
Wheat.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

TTogs-Receipts, 27,O00. Tomorrow
$4,000. strong. mostly 10 above yes
terdays average. Bulk, $3.50 a 1910;
light, $1495m16.O5; mixed. $4,000
1916 heavy, $l520m16.17R; rough,
$15.o0m15.4O: pigs, $l1ml4.S5.
Cattle-Receipts. 5000. Tomorrow
5000. Firm. Native beef cattle, $S.75
a so, a new high price record: stock
ers and feeders. $7.1Om 1885; cows and
heifers, $5.75m1l.7O: calves, $11.5OM
1885; another high record.
Sheep-Receipts 5000. Tomorrow
5000. strong. Wcthers, $9.1om go;
ewes, sS.1O0rl0.5O; lambs, $1o.1oM 1850 F.;
springs, SLABS {, 1915.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21
MINNESOTA MAY PASS
"BONE DRY" MEASURE

St. Paul, June 20.-Warning to
liquor manufacturers ana dealers that
repeated violations of the state laws
might result in the calling of an ex-
ira session of the Legislature for the
purpose of passing a bone dry law
Immediately effective, was issued by
the Minnesota Public Safety COM
mission today. The warning followed
reports from various points in the
state that numerous blind pigs were
operating.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21

funds provided by generous American
business men in New York and Lon
don.
Baseball Game Staged.
Meanwhile baseball is the only sport
possible. A great game was played
yesterday in honor of the arrival OF
the American newspaper correspond
ents. A large crowd of spectators was
present. composed mostly Of sailors in
blue and soldiers in khaki The game
was between picked teams and all the
players wore regulation uniforms
which had been brought from the
United States.
It was strange to see the sailors
emerge from the ships club like big
league players and stranger still when
they marched through the streets, to
watch the villagers drop whatever
they were doing and stare in amaze
ment at the players. as il their pro-
cession was something akin to circus
parade
Had Curious Audience.
The game was played on beauti-
full green on the cliffs back of the
town. From the diamond could be
seen the American ships at anchor.
There was no grandstand. but the
American and British naval officers,
as well as many khaki uniformed ones
and the curious village throng found
the green grass a comfortable vantage
point from which to view the game. A
goodly sprinkling of girls from the
village was present. They already
have acquired Il certain amount of
American baseball slang and during
the game frequently made use of it.
Coast Pitcher Unhittable.
The use of the names of the men or
the ships from which they came is inn
possible. but it can be said that the
Greys defeated the Blues. Is to .. The
Greys had Il pitcher of some repute
from the Pacific Coast league, whose
curves the Blues simply could not
solve. They would have been shut out
but for the fact that the pitcher passed
a couple of men which, combined with
poor support, gave the Blues their
only two runs. But the game was re-
markedly fast and was thoroughly en-
joyed by tars and spectators alike.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our many friends
and especially the brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen and l.. A. to b. r. T.
for their kindness and flowers extend
cd during our recent bereavement in
the death of our. daughter and niece,
La Verne Costigan.
MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE CosTIGAN,
MIR. AND MRS. G. +. WILKINSON.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-21
ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK

Hogs-Receipts, $500 Steady. Range
$14.7a6I 1860: bulk, $l5M l5.2a.
Cattle-Receipts, 2,20O. Killers, weak
Is to 50 lower for week. Steers. SEA
1850; cows and heifers. $7.5Om so;
calves, IS higher. $6m14; stockers ana
feeders, slow to weak, $5m95o.
Sheep-Receipts, 25. steady. Lambs
$7ml2.5O; wethers, SOLO; ewes, $am
$50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-24

also completed for mothers meetings
in Hamilton Fish Park, Madison and
Union squares to-day.
Will Walk, Not March
So many women desired to march IN
the Starvation parade that was 70
have preceded the two latter gather
ings that it was found impossible 70
allow the procession. Instead, the
mothers will gather at meeting places
in their own districts and walk, not
march, to the two squares. Socialist
and I. W. W. speakers will address
them there, from . p. m. on.
The meeting at Hamilton Fish PARK
will be held in the morning under the
direction of the Socialist Party of New
York. Speeches will begin at IL o'clock.
Leaders in the fight against the high
cost of living addressed gatherings OF
women at lO3d Street and Park Avenue
practically all yesterday. The listeners
were advised to boycott potatoes and
other articles of food whose prices have
recently advanced to marked extent
A large force of policemen were scat
tered through the audience, but there
was no disorder.
Sweet Marie" GAM, /. ". ". agl-
tator, in Rutgers Square at noon yes
terday addressed a thousand women,
most of whom held babies in their
arms. Reserves from the Fifth street
station were on hand, but there was no
disturbance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-24
Inquiry to Reveal
How Much Food Is
Available in State
Agriculture Chief Hopes to Show
Whether Quantities Are Being
Held for Higher Prices

Albany. Feb. 23.-Figures and guam
titles of leading food products avail
able in the state are to be gathered by
the Department of Agriculture under
the direction Of Charles S. Wilson,
Commissioner of Agriculture, he an
nounced tonight. Agents and repre-
sentatives of the department in every
part of the state, he said, would be
directed TO assist in carrying out the
plan to determine the resources of New
York in the main staples.
Every effort will be made to get the
information on the amount of food
available and its location as soon as
possible" explained Commissioner Will
son. at has been suggested that large
quantities of products are being held
for an increase in price. The report
we hope to obtain will show whether
this is generally true. The result will
show approximately the number OF
bushels OF potatoes, apples, onions,
wheat, the cabbage supply, the supply
OF meat and some other products avail
able"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-24
Food i'm London Now
Cheaper than Here,
Publisher Reports
All Members of Families Work.
ing, Robert Mcbride Says
Calls England Well Supplied

people are more prosperous indl-
vidually in London to-day than they
were before the war. And food, though
the number of courses to meal IS
limited. is cheaper than il is in Amer.
ica," said Robert Mcbride, publisher OF
Travel" 81 East Seventeenth Street.
yesterday. 49,,
Mr.. Mcbride returned on the Phila-
delphia on Thursday after three weeks
in London He explained the prosper
ity by the fact that instead OF being
supported by one man, the head OF
family, virtually all members of a fam
ily now work while the father is at the
front
"A baked potato in a restaurant here
costs 10 cents. II can be had In Lon
don for from 4 to cents. Luncheon is
limited to two courses and dinner to
three, but one may have as many help
ings as one desires. There is plenty of
food in London, and tobacco enough TO
last the island three years. Sugar IS
the one thing that seems difficult to OBJ
tain.
wages are much higher. Women.
taking the places of men, are making in
munitions factories as much as SIS a
day. Stenographers are getting $40 and
s12 week, where they once received
IS. People who have not had money
before are making it now. Curiously,
the commodity most in demand is
pianos"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-24
Finds East Side Lives
On Tea, Bread and Soup

Bread and tea for breakfast ana
"bones and water" for dinner-that IS
the daily food of many families on the
East Side now, according 10 the report
of Miss Helen Todd, chairman Of the
bureau of investigation of the Ma
tional Child Welfare League.
81 have lived in the slums for months
at time" said Miss Todd yesterday
"and it was always cheerful before.
The women were poor, but they had
enough to eat. Now they sit around
with their hands folded, and the mouse
is clean and still, as If ready Tor
funeral. In one house there were
three children playing about, and When
one cried its mother gave 1t piece OF
hard rubber to chew.
1.-The children are hungry ! said. II
is their lunch time. We will go now
The woman's eyes filled with tears.
ooh, there is no luncheon for the
children, she said. we have only two
meals a day now. In the morning we
have bread and tea and at night soup.
"She showed me the SOUP continued
Miss Todd. "and it was nothing but
bones and water. with no seasoning.
That is the tragedy of the high price
of onions and beans. These women nave
been awfully clever and awfully plucky.
They didn't make any fuss when the
price of eggs and meat went up, but
they set to work and made soup, such
as their mothers made in Russia, out
of beans and lentils, and favored, OF
course, with onions.
"'Now. however, they have raised the
price of these things the women make
soup Of, and there is nothing left but
chuck meat"
Miss Todd's investigation covered
about fifty families in the Rivington
Street district and in Brownsville. 1t
started a month ago, when she became
interested in the birth control clinic
started by Mrs. Margaret Sanger.
Miss Todd is going to be present
when the women have their meeting in
the clinic this afternoon. Tomorrow
morning she will deliver their message
at the home of DR.. Frederick Petersen,
535 Park Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-24
Few Families in Actual Need,
Kingsbury's Inquiry Indicates

ried by the working classes, ana even
by the poor. A brief statement from
each Of these agencies Is contained III
this preliminary report. ..,-.I
'It indicates. however, notWlthstahu-
ing the leaping cost Of living. the mas mas
az the population of New fork Clty
l. in better economic condition TO-DAY
than Il has been for years. The rellei
eocieties have fewer cases IN charge'
tbc Provident Loan Society IS making
fewer loans, the Metropolitan Llte IN
sursnco Company is doing better
bnsiness and finding collections easier
snd 1anses fewer than at any previous
.i,ne in jts history. Notwithstanding
.bis fact the testimony from these eN-
,er,s vaa unanimous that many ram
lies throughout the city were feelihg
,bo burden Of the mounting cost OF Nv
ing. ,..ua
Power chilaren have been commit
,ed % charitable institutions during the
las. Eve months than in any other pre-
vious five months for some years. Inc
census Of the Municipal Lodging House
a. lower than It has been In many
vsay, There are fewer public patients
in private hospitals and IN the nospiLAls
Of the department than we have pee"
obliged 10 treat for some years.
among the various barorneters OF
prosperity available are the savings
bsnts. the loan associations, the insur-
snce companies and the private char1ta-
bic organizations.
aThe records Of the savings banks pa
,ronized BIZ the people Of those sections
~ ne city from which the cry Of desti-
tu,ion has been loudest seem TO ipdi ,,
catc that in spite Of the rising cost o.
living there - more money aVaiihoie
Tor savings to-day than a year ago.
"Tbe savings deposits in the Bowery
s.vings Bank, at l2s Bowery we're $Ss.-
cto oo0 In January. 1917. as sgains'
"a 10000 In January, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-24
FOOD BOARD BUYS
BIG RICE SUPPLY
100000 Pounds on Its
Way East-Perkins Asks
About 5000, 900 More

George ". Perkins, chairman OF
Mayor Mitchel's Food Supply Commit
tee, has purchased 100000 pounds Of
rice and a carload Of smelts, which Will
be rushed from Tacoma, Wash, to New
York to Offset the food shortage here.
Mr.. Perkins sent a telegram last
night to the Yolo (Cal) Board Of
Trade, asking terms for Immediate
shipment to New York of 100000
pounds of Yolo rice. The telegram WAS
in response TO message from the
Board of Trade calling attention to the
fact that mucrsCalifornia rice was
available for shipment East.
No plans have yet been made for
marketing the smelts. The rice VIII
probably be held in reserve in case
dealers here show tendency to sd
vance the price on the article. THIS
action, the committee has feared, might
result from the distribution of circu-
lars. which have been prepared, de-
scribing cheap, wholesome dishes.
These circulars will be given out to
all school children beginning Monday
morning. Rice is one Of the chief IN
gradients Of the recipes they describe.
Two years ago, when the committee
advised the poverty stricken to eat fish,
dealers Immediately boosted the prices.
This time Mr.. Perkins has seen to 1t
that the body is prepared.
Other circulars describing appetizing
ways of preparing other cheap articles
of diet will appear later.
"By arrangement with President
Wilcox Of the Board of Education the
committees report states, "a copy OF
our circular will be placed in the hands
of every child in the public schools
next Monday, with the request that II
be taken home. This should cause a
decrease in the consumption Of other
articles which are now high"
The body is now investigating other
foodstuffs which are wholesome, nu-
tritious and cheap.
To help the housewife cut expenses,
the Department of Health yesterday is
sued its third food bulletin, advising
the use of cornmeal as an article Of
diet. Cornmeal is now selling at
cents pound, and a pound contains
1880 food units.
The bulletin calls attention to the
fact hst cornmesl is cheaper and more
nutritious than either rice or potatoes.
Housewives are advised 10 use corn
meal mush as a breakfast dish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-24

Commissioner Kingsbury's report,
vale admittedly partial and prelimi-
ssry," IL based on a house 20 house
canvass OF two city blocks in each OF
ne three districts of the city. from
saieh complaints we're received that
s,aryation was prevalent-the lower
Ass; Side % Manhattan, and the con-
rested districts OF Williamsburg ana
Drevnsville. Societies and agencies IN
Naeh with the condition Of the poor
sete also interviewed.
lhs results Of the inquiry indicate
'se report says:
There is no condition Of real star
'sron existing in these poorer as
tess. The Investigators Of the depart
tsn, called on 1876 families on WASH
tr,on's Birthday and interviewed l'4'z'
Pew Families In Need
While th.re are a few families
twenty-five out Of i.I72) who are SUI
.ss,nz from privation and are IN I'M
s-sosste need. the proportion OF Snen
,sss1llss u no greater than - found III
ely in normal timer.
large majority Of the poor q y5S4
OF lAfZl ~ beginning 20 teeI inc
set Of high prices, which appear 70
nsing oct Of proportion 20 wage or
'>sry inersases.
Vnly small number Of the families
ssrty-ssyen out Of i,472) In these
ssslens Of the city By skilful manage
..sa' are able 20 cope with the high
~ OF living without any deprivation
sny undue inconvenience.
10 The direct question addressed 70
- family. Are 5ou in wAntT only
.<nry-ssyen made IN Affirmative re-
psrsonsliy. interviewed the ezecu-
- hsads Of the leading relief soeie-
- ~ NE city and eognats agencies,
s,ss sgsnts made weekly visits
s,exnogt The entire city for purposes
= s<ase.4sns u = sresll insurance car
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-24
Trail Said to Lead to
Head of a Mothers
Organization
u. S. PROBERS TOLD
OF TEUTON AGENT
Anti-High Price Chief Got
$500 of Central Powers
Money, Offley Hears

Additional information was turned
over yesterday TO Captain William NJ.
Ofiey, of the Department Of Justice,
purporting to corroborate the report
that a fund of $4,000 was deposited
with a local bank by agents of the
Central Powers to be used in melting
food riots in this city.
The new information supplied names
and details that were missing in the
original report and gave new clews
for Captain 0ffley's men to work on.
The agents of the Department Of
Justice, who have been investigating
the reported bribery of several leaders
of the anti-high price movement, made
only slow progress yesterday. Their
inquiry will continue to-day.
Additions to the original story
dragged into the affair a member OF
the executive committee of one OF the
mothers organizations which has been
active in the campaign against high
prices. II is alleged that this member
was among the leaders paid to incite
trouble.
Leader Got Cash
According TO the circumstantisl &C
count of this persons activities, as
laid before Captain Offley, he called on
February II at 2 o'clock at the Office
of the banking firm which was men
toned in the original story as the de-
pository of the $4,000 riot fund. He
IN
the story goes, and gave his personal
receipt for the amount The payment
was debited 70 the personal account
of a member of the banking firm, it is
asserted.
The following day, it is alleged the
same man was seen in a saloon at
Second Avenue and East Houston Street
in conference with a Teuton agent.
These statements, it is believed,
would seem 10 bear out the original
story that the $4,000 fund was dis.
tributed to half a dozen men, headed
by an East Side dentist, TO be redis-
tributed among others who played
prominent parts in the rioting that
followed. The principal acts OF vlo-
lence occurred within a few days after
the man in question is reported to have
been paid the $500.
Police Seek Riot Plot
1t became known yesterday that the
city police had taken up the report Of
a $4,000 riot fund. II the police sue
coed in finding any definite proofs they
will be able to make arrests on charges
of melting TO riot.
Speaking on behalf of the Mothers
Anti High-Price League, of whose ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-24

The women of the East Side are be-
ing charged more for foodstuffs than
the women of any other tenement DIS
trict in greater New York.
There is a difference of only two or
three miles between lower Harlem and
the East Side, but canvass OF dozen
stores IN each section revealed tha''
article for article, the East Side is pay
ing much more for its food. Difer-
cnces in prices ranging from half
cent to as much as 10 cents were found
TO exist in the stores OF the East olue'
the West Side and Harlem.
While -four was selling at " GEMS
for three and half pounds IN gro
Gerry in East 10sth Street and a grocery
in West 1OSth Street was charging the
same price, another grocery, IN has'
Eighth Street, was asking ~ cents
The aour was of the same grade.
While a grocer on Pike Street was
demanding SO cents for three and
half pounds of graduated sugar, an
other, on Lexington Avenue, was eharg,
ING % cents for the same quantity ana
Chain Stores Lowest
Still lower than most of the prices
asked by the small grocers were those
quoted by the large chain stores IL
was found in nearly every instance tha'
the large stores, which purchase IN
considerable quantities. could under
sell their small competitors apprecia-
bly,.
"Our policy" said the representative
of one big store, always has been 10
troot our customers fairly. Never have
we taken advantage of the market 10
booet tho prices. Some products, or
course. which we have to purchase
sfter the prices go up we must charge
~ market rates. We are content Win
small profits because our sales are SO
great ~ .ho Fast
SD in Harlem and on the West Sloe
go chosen for the investigation. All
~ o-rocers admitted that wholesalers
,,o-a charging them practically inc
- come Drices. Yet the grocers IN
Harlem and the West Side uniformly
-oId below those visited on the baS'
Side. :: uar,ero have
J.. Iii lower than those on the Eas'
Sd" was the explanation offered oy
Mrs. Max Kressner, who runs sS obt
AZ 1899 Madison Avenue. we are - -
near the open air markets, where e o,s-
netition is keen. If we charge our Us IS
toners even half a cent more IoL az
syticle we are in danger OF losing tnein'
On the East Side, however, tne nouSe I.
wife has not the same eonvenienceS d.
further uptown.
Have Steady Trade
"our prices are like those offered !. IN
~. Jur } eTpIained West Side grocer
Harieh, 1 e have a steady trade. The
De- UeaI in the East Side fuctuates. We
trace =" aaord to take advantage OF
e' WfEiie their uptown competitors were