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BORROWING INCREASES
Police Court Reveals Startling Con.
dltions Among Women OF
>EnpIand. ...st,t0

LONDON. June 9.--The police courts
reveal startling increase in tho mum.
Der of women money borrowers since
the war began. The worst sufferers.
II is said. are the wives OF soldiers az
the front. Small loans are most COM
mon, and those who have investigated
the matter say that a rate Of interest,
has been charged which works out az
nearly o.0Go per cent.
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HORSES FOR FOOD
Mnny Valuable AnimaIn Arc stolen In
England and Later Turn In
Among Butchers.

LONDON. June 9.-Stolcn horses arc
being eaten as food In London Ac-
cording TO evidence given at trial
in Old Bailey Court. many valuable
horses mat have recently disappea red
were stolen and slaughtered and their
hesh SOLD mainly to BelEians chief
Inspector Neil. of Scotland Yard. said
mat gang exists which makes a prac-
ticc OF stealing horses and selling the
carcasses TO Belgian butchers. This
gang. said the inspector general. makes
from $500 to 500 week
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TOBACCO FOR SOLDIERS
Reports show That There Has Been
No Shortage Among Germans
In Field.

BERLIN. June "a statistical re-
port just published shows that the
German tobacco manufacturers and
wholesale dealers from April |. 1916.
to March ~ 1917. furnished 2.767.-
$4,000 cigars. @.7i0.TTS.00D cigarettes
and over 5000 tons of smoking and
chewing tobacco and snuff to the Ger
man armies in the field. To this must
he added hundreds of millions of
cigars and cigarettes and many tons
of smoking tobacco sent the soldiers
by their relatives and friends.
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woman Gets rrorc..or.hip.

BERLIN. June 9.-Miss Anna Maria
Curtius. a granddaughter of the ia
nous Greek scholar, Ernst Curtius.
has hccn appointed extraordinary pro-
fessor for the French language and
literature at the University OF Leipzig.
She is the first woman to receive a
professorship in German university.
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GREATER SERBIA
ONE RESULT OF WAR
1t Will Be Joined With Monte
negro to Form Vast
Slav Kingdom.
PROGRAM is FORMULATED
1t Will Be Politically Indepen-
dent Under Scepter of
Prince Alexander.
ny CAMILLE CIASFAnRA.

ROME. June 9.-In tho last two
months numerous conferences have
been held here to discuss offsetting
the Austrian mancuvcr regarding Ser
bia and Montenegro. and scttle. pos
sibly i'm conformity with President
Wilson's views. the Serbian question.
including that country's access to tho
sea.
II can he stated as certain that
Montenegro will cease to exist as an
independent nation. and will form
part. with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
and probably Northern Albania. Of "A
now Adriatic kingdom known as
Greater serbia.
This plan resembles that formulated
by Austria some time ago. under which
ii great Siav state. endowed with
political autonomy. like Hungary
would be created and would form part
Of the dual monarchy
The great difference between the
TWO projects is that the kingdom that
OF Italy and Russia will be politically
Independent and under the sccpter
Of Prince Alexander Of Serbia whose
devotion to the allied cause and brill
liant conduct during the tragic re-
treat Of the Serbian army in DeceIn-
Der. 1915. have excited general adj
miration.
What the status of the royal family
OF Montenegro Will be has not been
disclosed
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Eels Mny Feed Nation.

LONDON. June 9.-The government
is Investigating the stocks Of fresh
water fish in the United Kingdom,
especially cells. 1t Is commended by
fishing experts that there are cells
enough in the streams OF Great Britain
to feed the nation"
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LIFE ON SUBMARINE
IS MIND WRECK|NG
Dirty Game at Best, but It Re-
quires Good Men to
Play 1t.
PAY FOR THEIR SUCCESSES
British Naval Officer Writes
Graphic Account of I'm
dersea Warfare.
PAY FOR THEIR SUCCESSES

LONDON. June ?.-The life OF a sub
marine sailor IS one OF nerve-shatter-
ing. mind wrecking agony a British
naval officer. writing In newspaper
horrors endured by the German under
sea sailors. summing up with few
tragic words the end of -" L GA,
which had he"ome cntangled in the
netting under a mine field.
The account follows:
we hear great deal of the sue
cess of the German submarine It's
failures arc cloakcd in an impcnetra-
BILE secrecy. 1t requires an effort to
visualize all the sweating agony OF
fear. all the minutes that are CEN
tur1es in passing when dcathly dis
astcr is half fa,hom away. all tn.
nerve racking intensity Of mental con.
ccntration that never eases while the
submarine is at sea Perhaps only the
man with submarine experience can
even guess at the price of such war.
fare.
GERMANS PAY HEAVILY
FOR THEIR SUCCESSES
The Germans pay for whatever sue
cesSes they have offer them no sym
patty on that score. 4, is a dirty
game. anyway. bu, it takes full grown
men TO play it.
Have you ever thought what il
means for n German submarine to get
out into tho Atlantic 1t has 20 dodge
mines In the BiEh, OF Heligoiand.
has to crawl in !, half submerged con-
dition. readE 20 plunge AT any ~"
menu. across me Hor'h sea TO cer'"ih
uroeo waters ''sS'ns !" NE "''',
'hat arc 'he "hiN posNi"'" ""''e'' An"
n-'.'s. t,..,
80 -, -,
'Au''ches' ~" w ""' 81
rfEths su"A' an '"' -
vice known 10 man 'hat w h''' '"'
submarine.
Worse remains hchind S'hudse
OF smoke on the horizon ana down the
submarine goes mt" darkness the
thudding OF the Diesel SfiS.nea T. re-
placed by III" Soit purT ~ ,hN cteStF''
motors. Then a"r"ss IN" she"'e 'horc
breaks s"''. SLOW er'hc'hs ho!Se'
The co'nnanh'AS "'!IcHf looks Az ms
coNs"ain D! ms sicc. IN 'he NJ.
OF both is IN" one ihca 'ra"icr anu
trawlers carry graphing hooks 'h"'
VIII pierce inc 'h'h a"th VI suo
marine IN score 81 places az VIC!
arc towcd hiohS az 'e'sH'''! Pa'e'
Ihen inc note OF th' Ter pro-
peHeTs is mixed WIN sh'rPe' t'e"re''
faster "h!rr peStro- eES' me o-p""'
Is IN an unhca!thE corner
ne commander n'Nes io"'l an"
swerHes toward the coast ihcFe Is
oh'S one thihS 10 oo-to resi- man!
iathoms down on inc SANDY oo''on'
''il IL IL DARK
MAY BE TREtCIIEROUS
ROCKS AT SEAS BOIToM
THAT is what hnupcns under the
manifest circumstances There are
others. There NAV be no sandy bed.
ONLY treacherous rocks. with a lumpy
sea running that means banging and
batterinE the frail hull till IL leaks
Then the U-boa, must crawl on under
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work for E.pcrantists.

LONDON. June 9.-Several experts in
Esperanto have been added to the
British staff OF censors to read letters
written In that language.
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KING NICHOLAS KNOWS
HI; WILL RULE. no MORE

That King Nicholas knows he is no
longer destined to rule-thcre is no
doubt. local diplomats say. Whether
the peace conference approves Italy's
plan. one thing remains beyond dis
'ussion. Montenegro and Serbia VIII
be united under a common ruler. The
fusion movement in Montenegro dates
back many years, and is based on
what the leading statesmen of the
little kingdom consider the best in
tcrcsts Of the Two countries already
united by ties OF blood language and
religion. and having the same economic
interests. only reasons of Il purely
dynastic nature prevented union IN
the past.
According to the same diplomat.
even King Nicholas has nov been con-
vcrtcd TO the necessity OF uniting the
two countries. In fact, in August
1915, the Cabinet that surrounds him
at Neuilly. France. submitted To him
concrete plan for the fusion. Under
this plan the honor OF the rctrovitch
Family was 10 be saved by tho Spun-
tane"us abdication Of King Nicholas
IN favor of his son-in law, King Peter
Of Serbia. who in turn would abdiCatc
IN favor Of Crown Prince Alexander
The King approved the plan. but the
debate over the details of the an
ne%ation continued till January last
when all OF sudden the King decided
TO postpone everything till after the
war The Cabinet resigned. but the
crisis passed almost unobscrved
The intervention of the United States
IN the conflict and President Wilson's
program concerning the life and ac-
cess TO the sea of small nations
prompted Italy TO rush study Of tn.
Serbian question and its settlement in
a way that would prove acceptable to
every interested party. Signor Son
nino. Count de tiiers. Russian ambas-
sador. and Serbian Minister Ristich
after a, series of conferences. have
notified the French and English am
bassadors that the existence of free
ana greater Serbia with an outlet to
the Adriatic has been assured
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Women Are Policemen,

LIVERPOOL. ENGLAND. June 81
Women are taking tho places OF
policemen in Birkenhead.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
SENATE APPROVES
WAR TAX MEASURES

Washington, Aug. l6.-Many i'm
portant provisions of the revised war
tax bill, including the liquor section.
were tentatively approved by the
senate late today. Provisions approved
today virtually without debate in
cude:
sections levying s140,00O.000 ad-
ditional taxes on distilled and recti-
fled spirits. and including clauses. ef-
fective during the war. prohibiting
their Importation and providing a
tprohibitory tax of so per 100 pounds
upon their further manufacture from
fOodstuffs.
Increase of revenues from beer and
other malt %and fermented liquors OF
SAG. .OO0, 900.
Virtually all OF the stamp taxes pro-
posed, accept that of bank checks and
parcel post packages.
The amusement section, estimated
to raise s23.0O0,OOO.
Elimination of the house general
tariff levy of 10 per cent ad valorem
and OF the house taxes in jewelry. rnu-
steal Instruments and moving picture
films.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
nine men IN Ten TAX
! DODGERS SAYS H|lCER
State Officials Bitterly Crit
icized by Montana
Banker.
CALLS, METHOD JOKE
Present System Unfair Is
Charge Brought Before
Governor.
CALLS ! METHOD JOKE

Helena, Aug. 16.-''If you penalize
every man In Montana who has lodged
on his taxes. you will have 80 per cent
OF the people Of this state in hock."
This was the assertion made by
David Hilger. a member OF the state
tax commission at the adjourned meet
ing today of the meeting of the state
board of equalization with the as
SCISSORS. The bankers had their say on
Wednesday and departed, and then the
state and county officials settled down
to q talk fest on the best and most
equitable methods OF assessing prop
erty.
Assessor C. H. Martien Of Lewis and
Clark county declared it was up to the
state board to define rules and regu-
lations. and classificatiOns for the as
SCISSORS to follow there would be 43
different ideas Of land and property
values appear in final figures.
Governor Stewart utorted there
were A3 different conditions to be met
and that assessors were better able to
judge these than the state board. 1t
was finally agreed. however. that it
would be advisable for the state board
to lay down broad general rules for the
guidance of the assessors.
Governor Stewart advocated a
change in the method Of making the
assessments. He said that the federal
system should be adopted and instead
Of the assessor going to the taxpayer,
that the taxpayer should be required
to go to the courthouse. tell the as
SCISSOR what property he has and swear
it under OATH Then there would be less
dodging of taxes and more property
would be placed on the tax rolls. All
the assessors agreed this method
would be effective.
eTo Revise Laws.
With the selection of John Edgerton
of Hotter, as secretary, the state tax
commission today made arrangements
to begin the work of revising Montana
tax laws the report to be submitted to
the next legislature.
c. ]. Leonard, chairman of the COM
mission will leave for ST. Paul shortly
where he will spend two weeks with
the Minnesota tax commission. In the
meantime the other two commission
ers. William Lindsay of Glendive and
David Hilger of Lewistown. will as
semble other data.
The commission will have an office
at the capital building the middle Of
September
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
Two Sides Express Attitude
Toward I.W.W. Prosecutions
Proposed by Federal Chiefs

| f. w. Polieys, of the Polleys Lum-
ber company. said that he was graft
fled at the step that the government
contemplntes taking IN regard to the
/ l. w. w strikes. "These men are the
worst enemies the government has
said Mr.. Polleys, land they must be
dealth with firmly. The best way in
which to handle them would be for tho
government, through the war depart
ment. to gather up all of their lead
ers and try them on charges OF con-
splracy. for they have certainly been
hampering the government in every
way since the labor troubles first be-
gan. If something isn't done pretty
soon, the !. w. w. will have every
thing in the country torn to pieces and
anarchy will rule"
Kenneth Ross, manager of the Ana
conda Copper Mining cQmpany's mills
in western Montana, was out of town
yesterday and could not be interviewed
hut Mr.. Ross has already expressed
the opinion that German money is be-
hind the activities of the l. w. w in
this country, which have hindered the
production Of the mills here. as it is
avowedly of supreme interest to Ger
marry to tie UP lumber and mining
production in the United States.
You can lead n horse to water, but
you can't make him drink" Arthur
Smith, secretary of the Missoula I. w.
W. local. summed up the situation
from the viewpoint of the working
man in the above sentence when told
that the government intended to insti-
tute proceedings against strike lead
ers. THE government can close up
our halls and lock the men up in jails.
but when We fold our arms and say
that we won't go back to work until
the employers are willing to meet us
ha fway, the governments power
ceases.
'''The I. w. w are more patriotic
than the Anaconda Copper Mining
company or Weyerhauser, for we are
willing to tender our services to the
government. if It takes over the mines
and lumber industries. The Anaconda
Copper Mining company, in spite of
it's talk about patriotism, has refused
to sell copper to the government at !:
reasonable price or even at the price
set by the federal authorities.
"This strike can be settled in a
mighty short time, If the companies
will only meet us halfway, and grant
an eight-hour working day, sanitary
living conditions and the authorities
release the men now in Jail. II there
We're a few more Jeannette Rankins
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
COL. WHITE STILL eoosT,No.

Col. A. A. White Of st. Paul, who
two years ago purchased from the
government Wild Horse island and a
large number OF villa sites on Flat.
head lake. was in Butte yesterday.
The colonel believes there is no more
beautiful country lying out OF doors
than that found along the shores Of
Montana's greatest lake and he has
backed this sentiment by investing q
large sum OF money there In real es-
tate. With the opening of the new
branch OF the Northern Pacific rum
ming from Dixon to Poison. 1t is prob
able that more cities OF this state
will become familiar with this most
charming section Of Montana. Il Is
certainly an ideal region for the To-
cation Of summer homes and anyone
who visits this region at once will ap.
preciate this fact. The colonel al
most single handed is doing a great
deal to advertise the F1athead country
In the east and he Is entitled to the
hearty support Of the people of thi.
commonwealth In these efforts.-Adv
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17

and a few more Silcoxes in this coun-
try there never would be q strike.
Miss Rankin is the only one that Is
brave enough to stand mp and fight for
right, while Silcox is a white man. al
ways on the square in all his dealings
with the workingman. And If you
think that we are unpatriotic look at
the thousands OF men who have gone
out as fire fighters during the last
couple of months. And If Il couple
to Germany we would soon have old
Bill in the discard.
'As for our retarding the production
in industries deemed essential to the
prosecution of the war, the ones who
are doing the retarding are the COM
panies who control the mining and
numbering industries. We are not re-
voting against the government, but
are simply using our constitutional
right to quit when working conditions
have become impossible. If anybody
can show me where a single act Of
violence has been committed by an l..
w. WI in this city. l will quit right
here. AS for arresting our leaders. in
plain words, 1T cant be done for we
have no leaders. We. are all equal and
il they take one they have to take all.
Every workingman thrown in Jail will
bring new members to Unr organiza-
ton. The murder Of frank Little
brought 10000 new members tor the
order.
The Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany. the Weyerhausers, and the rest
OF them must think they are fighting
Go or 10 men. Right now you can go
through the northwest and find that
nine out of every ten unskilled work
ingmen are members of the 10 w. W.,
while four out of every ten railroad
men are also /. w. W."
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17

"WARNING! Anyone trespassing In
this garden will be shot at sunrise. If
not up. will be shot in bed"
That's the magic sign that protects
Indianapolis war garden de luxe, in
the heart OF the fashionable residence
district.
Lettuce, onions. peas. potatoes. cab
bage and even the lowly bean-all ara
safe from marauders, ana flourish.
The garden is composed of four city
lots-each 35 by So feet. The men
plowed it-.-and now the women till il.
What men? Bankers, brokers, doc
tors, lawyers! They stop off on their
way home In their limousines. Per-
haps. ii not too tired from the days
'sgruellins grind" they condescend to
give the garden its evening drink.
But the wedding and hn,ing-the
city's blue book furnishes a roster of
the women gardeners who. for this
forget party decollette and come out In
Bingham and sunbonnets,
In the blue book they appear as Mr.
and Mrs. ]. N. Fatout, DIR. and Mrs
\. +. Hess, Mr.. and AIRS. c. II. Hess
and Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Roberts.
But now. by day. Niesdames Hess
Fatout ct nj are out in the sun pick
ing potato bugs. spraying. wedding OF
hoeing-accumulatin the tan they
were wont in other summers to have
applied at seashore or mountain re-
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN

Wheat showed some weakness. Corn
closed cents up. Wheat receipts, 1877
cars, compared with 176 a year ago.
Wheat-September. opened. $2.03;
high. 500: low, $2.O3: closed, $2O4.
No. l northern. $2.AO@2.45; No. 2
northern. $2,35m2.40; No. northern,
$2.l562.3O: No. northern. $2.05M
2.20; No. 2 hard Montana, $220@2.3O;
No. 2 durum. $1.9OM2.
Corn-No. 3 yellow. $17S11.s0.
Oats-No. 3 white, 57@5S.
Flax-$340M346.
FlOur-Fancy patents and first
clears declined so cents today; quoted
at $l3 and s11 respectively. Other
grades unchanged. Shipments, 3s,252
barrels.
Rye-$1.75M1.77.
Barley-$1.10ml.33.
Bran-$33M3 M35.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
MONEY AND METALS

New York, Aug. 16.-Mercantile pa
per. Az as per cent Bar silver S6A
Mexican dollars, 67A. Government
bonds weak. Railroad bonds Irregular.
Time loans firm; 60 days, 4AG4h;
90 days. 4hm4A; six months, Az as.
Call money steady: high, az: low.
~; ruling rate, az; closing bid, g.;
offered at ga; last loan, 3H.
Copper dull; electrolytic, spot and
nearby nominal; September and fourth
quarter, $25.50m27. Lead easier; spot,
l0s all. Spelter easier: spot, East st.
Louis delivery. So mSE.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
HOWEVER, 1T APPEARS
''KRAUT" SHOULD GO

Cedar Point, Ohio, Aug. 16.--The Ma
tional Kraut association in annual
convention here today voted to use
every effort to increase cabbage acre
age and add to the worlds food sup
ply with an enormous production of
sauerkrant. The packers accepted q
resolution to the effect that "sauer-
kraut will no longer be a hyphen deli
cacy. but will be advertised nationally
as a great American dish"
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
MAhff s1fL HEAVY;
TALK Of PEACE CAUSE
Lethargy Result of Pope,'s
Proposals and Home
Difficulties.
METALS GAIN IN DAY
Shippings and Coppers Sole
Exceptions to Rule of
Decline.
METALS GAIN IN DAY

New York. Aug. 16.-For no appar.
ent reason other than those involved
in the new peace negotiations and the
many domestic problems arising from
the war. today's stock market devel-
oped heavy tendencies. depreciation OF
quoted values being aided by pressure
from professional traders.
Heaviness extended to rails, that df.
vision becoming unsettled on the
weakness Of New Haven. Other rails
reacted sympathetically. Pacifics and
cOalers were disposed to improve, but
fell away later on the general decline.
Moderate buying Of representative
shares was observed at the lower
levels, but otherwise the list lacked
support.
Shippings and coppers were among
the few exceptions. the former again
leading as a group at slight gains and
metals holding for the most part on
reports Of an early settlement OF labor
difficulties.
Equipments and war shares yielded
easily, United States Steel making an
extreme decline OF IL. Bethlehem
Steel 3 and feathers. motors and q few
unclassified stocks to 3, with frac-
tional rallies at the heavy close. To-
tai sales, $4,000 shares.
BOnds were mainly lower with
lighter trading in the Liberty issue to
sS.sS to 1886. Total sales, par value,
$".l00.OO0. Panamn coupon SIS fell
points on call
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
BAD FOREST FIRES
THREATEN DAMAGE
Continued From Page One)

district had to be increased. The mass
OF pine. needles that lay thick on the
ground enables the fire to creep along
unobserved. Mr.. White said that 4I
men would be kept In the Rattle
snake until the danger from the blazs
had passed.
The hot weather Of the past few
days and the stiff breeze Is given as
the cause for the new outbreak in
forest fires. 1t was thought that the
greatest danger from forest fires this
year had passed. but officials said last
night that the new trouble yesterda,
looked as though there would be more
trouble now than at any other time
this year.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
COAL FAMINE THREATENED.

Alton, H., Aug. lG.-Sixteen factories
In Alton, employing $4,000 persons. are
on the verge of coal famine, as a
result of the strike in the central IL
linois coal fields. and unless relief Is
obtained all will be forced to close at
the end of this week.
The company that supplies water to
the homes and factories Of the city
has only enough coal to run a few
days.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
CARD OF THANKS.

We deeply appreciate the sympathy
and kindness shown during the illness
and death of Bert II. Mercer. To the
Sisters of st. Patrick's, hospital and
the members of the Missoula fire de-
partment we extend sincere thanks.
MRS. LILLIAN MERCER,
MRS. NJ. A. MERCER and
Family. ADV.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
COMING Of 1917 CORN
KNOCKS VALUES Down
Appearance of First Of Crop
Adds to Decline in
Cereal.
WHEAT IS UNDER s.
For First Time Recently
Grain Goes Below
Even Price.

Chicago, Aug. 16.-Announcement
that a beginning had been made in the
marketing Of the 1917 growth Of corn
gave fresh impetus to the downward
swing Of corn values today The close
was heavy, IL to rs cent net lower.
Wheat finished steady at So for Sep
tember. the same as yesterday: oats
were off 1A@1N to 2ls cents, and
provisions unchanged to 10 cents
higher.
For the first time since the recent
series Of price declines set in wheat
today went below 81 a bushel for
September delivery
Big threshing returns from all di-
rections formed Il weight on the oats
market. New top record quotations in
the hog market brought fresh strength
to provisions on bulge. though holders
evinced a plain disposition TO realize
profits.
Days range:
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-08-17
ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK

Hogs = Receipts. 1000. Steady.
Range. sl7@17.5o; bulk. $l6.5O9 1G.s so.
Cattle Receipts, $500. Killers
steady; steers, $5I12.75: cows and
hciters. $6@9.50: calves steady, $500
10; stockers and feeders. 25c to 4Oc
lower, $5M8.50.
Sheep-Receipts, 30. Lambs, csc
higher. Sheep steady lambs, $sMl5;
wethcrs, $7M9.5O; ewes, $5MS.5O.