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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-02-27

duced his fuel bill 35 per cent. Are
you burning too much coal? When
you need any repairs have some one
do IL who will find the cause of the
trouble and remedy it.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-02-27

Miss Gladys Christensen has been
appointed as special advisor of the
girls, and series of meetings will
be held, in which topics of particular
interest to girls will be taken up.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-02-27
HUMIDITY IN THE AIR.

The most important part of heat
ing is the Humidity. A heating
system that does not give the proper
amount of humidity should be avoid
ed. A house heated to 85 degrees
with the humidity ut 40 degrees in
the air appears rs warm and is as
comfortable to sit i'm rs one heated
to 20 degrees with humidity at 25
degrees. Why?
In the state of Wyoming where
the thermometer registers 40 de.
grees below zero it seems no colder
there than II does here where the
registers 10 degrees be-
low. Why? 1t is the humidity in
the air. Instead of having a Their
i'm the house to show the
temperature we should have an in
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-02-27

Tho high ash pit prevents the bur-
ming ont of CRATES. Crates burn ont
only when the ashes. are left to nc
C1smninte in the ash pit. Should
yca forget 10 empty them the high
ash pit comes in good.
Also shows provision In feed bowl
for water coil to heat the tank for
domestic purposes.
Yhe Mueller Pipeless furnaces, I'm
orr opinion, il the best pipeless fur
mace an the market. IL is all cast
sron and is constructed with n one
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-02-27
FRESH AIR HEAT MEANS
HEALTH.

Avoid close, stufry home. Get
healthful, warm air heat and plenty
of IL.
Thousands upon thousands of no.
mes from palatial residences to mo-
dest cottages are comfortably, hea-
ithfully and inexpensively heated
with warm air heating and ventila-
ting systems.
Their many advantages may be
briefly summed up as follows: Low
installation. operation and upkeep
cost, distinct saving of fuel, labor
and trouble, entirely free from cont
plicated or troublesome parts, prac-
tically indestructible. Guaranteed
to give entire satisfaction IL installed
by us. We are members of the Nm.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23

only into families where the cancer
rate is low.
Anyone from a family with a high
cancer rate should not follow an occu-
patton causing excessive or continued
irritation of any particular part OF the
body.
There is but one real cure for cam
Ger. That Is take it out. Cancer never
gets well of its own accord.
Modern surgical operation for early
cancer Is very safe. II can usually be
made practically or entirely painless
and produces only n small regular
scar whereas caustic application or
'pasles" usually cause excr,iciating
pain. produce a very irregular scar and
are by no means certain.
Even surgical operation is Of little
value If the disease Is In the late
stages.
Cancers usually result where there
has been n br,lise or a continued IL
ritatlon as from a corset stay on q
breast a pipe stem on the lips. a. pinch
of snuff or a chew of tobacco on the
cheeks, or Ill fitting spectacles on the
nose
Mrs. w. w. asks: should young
children be given plenty OF food that
requires chewing or should the dict be
composed largely Of soft foods Which
seem TO be easily diCeStedo"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
Continued Prom Yesterday
Brent Suspicious.

Molly had never heard Of the con-
fiience trick and would not have
smiled il she had.
20 well. suppose We have a game OF
tennis" she said, suggesting what was
to her the normal panacea for any
strain that developed during the con-
servation.
I'm fiightfully sorry. Molly. but
cant ,ast now. There are one or two
things ! must sec to before lunch"
Yer. we'll" said Molly, going TO-
ward the house. Perhaps" she flung
back over her shoulder. Mrs. Lee
might help you with them if you
asked her. / dare say she will even ii
you don't
Brent stood looking after her and
swore softly but Enthusiastically, then
he. too went into the house, by way
of the Sandersons' sitting room.
The sitting room was empty. even
fraulein having taken herself ard her
knitting elsewhere. Brent glanced
at his wrist watch and stroiled up
and down whistlins softly, with rather
q gloomy look on his face. Then he
drew his inevitable pipe frorl his
pocket and struck 4 light. At this
moment Fritz, a blonde and ehorubie
looking individual came abruptly in :
to the room.
Excuse me, sair,'' said Fritz, catch
ing sight of Brent. but do you know
where Mr.. Pollock is? They demand
him on the telephone"
his pipe. II don't know. He was
playing golf; perhaps he's come in and
is changing"
Brent finished lighting his pipe and
flung the match in the CRATE. where
II lay Pickering on the neatly laid
arrangement of wood and coal. He
was startled by a sudden exclamation
from Eritz, who rushed past him. al
most knocking into him, and snatch
ing the match put ii out
What the devil are you doingo'
asked Trent.
Fritz stood breathing heavily, his
florid face actually pale.
"Ac'3" he calculated, that was a
narrow sqyeak!"
Fritz. pull yourself togethcr. Vol
vos narrow sqveak?"
Jhe fire. sair." exclaimed Fritz
"S"u nearly lighted him"
but what If did? It's nothing IL
write home about
Toto write home abont?' asked
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
TEXAS SUFFERS IN DROUGHT.

special aide IL Herbert G. Hoover, who
has lust returned from investigating
the drought stricken district Of Texas.
said it had been SO severe that all cot
ton seed cake and forage in the state
had been Communicated He said the
losses already had reached 100000. 900
and that unless relief on huge scale
was rushed Immediately 100000 cattle
would die. The greatest damage has
been done in the western part Of Texas,
In New Mexico and Colorado. according
to Mr.. Mccarthy. who says that the
drought, which has lasted seven
months. has devastated an area rs
large as Germany.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
MRS. SOLOMON
By Helen Rowland

Now, my daughter, there dwelt in
Sodom woman who yearned to meet |
Interesting people" and to walk in
the paths of pleasant companionship.
And 10. she wandered down into
Greenwich village, seeking comfort and
light. and set up her tents in the midst
of the elect.
But when they had sized her up, they
shrugged their shoulders and turned
away their faces. whispering privily.
saying:
Horrors. And, likewise. horn of a
purple COW, What an old-fashioned
person
Yea, She is -ANTEDlLUNlAS.
For verify, verify, she still believ
eth in the Anticipated institution of
marriage, and the obsolete emotion Of
love, and the quaint old custom of dim
| ing with her own husband at o'clock
She hath prostituted art before
| Mammon, and writeth poetry for
money. and permitteth her husband to
support her!
Moreover. she scorneth free Verse.
free speech, free love, free board and
freud.
Yea, she Is n Back Number"
| And, with soft "ha has" they turned
their backs upon her and would none
of her.
And when she perceived that she was
out of the picture, the woman depart
ed sorrowfully and sought a dwelling
in llatbush, far from the madding
temperamentalists.
But 10, when the neighbors had
looked her over they closed their doors
and lifted up their hands. crying:
Take her away For she that hath
Icome among us as an ADVANCED
woman.
/ Go to. She hath theories on fem
inism, and economic equality, and d.
lvorce, and eusenics and New Thought
Moreover, her skirts are exceedingly
short and her complexion is NOT con-
lvincing.
| Verify, verify. she is too racy and
radical for Us.
| And, again, the Woman folded hor
tents and departed for Broadway ana
the Land of Caharets in search of con-
genial companionship.
| But when she had come among them
the foxtrottcrs and the merry max
ers regarded her coldly and with m,lca
MANAGEMENT. murmuring:
| Dear, dear! How did SHE get in ?
For she careth not for dancing, and
shuddereth at a jazz band, and she
knoweth not one vintage from another
| Behold, how Puritanical are her
ways. and how Victorian her clothes!
10, she chattereth Of Emerson and
of SUPERINTENDENT which of these
is a shoe and which is IA sausage?
| Verify, verify, she is too DEEP for
u.s."
Then the Woman in her desperation,
| fled from them and sought comfort
| amid a little group of serious thinkers
and earnest highbrows.
But they smiled YEARLY at her ap-
| proach and yawned when she spoke,
saying:
Tut, tut! what lightweight.
For she can talk of nothing but II.
( G.. Wells and the war aud the new
| fall hats! Nay, she hath not even a
primary knowledge of Bahaism. or
Maeterlink, or Ellen Key, or Assyrian
| Art.
Go to! She is too frivolous for
U.s."
But when the woman came unto me
weeping and complaining that nobody
| loved her. and the world was cold. L
only Knocked her. saying:
Get thee to a museum my daueh-
| ter! For thou art the only specimen
of thy kind still left. Yea, thou
| shouldst be under glass, with the rest
of the curiosities.
| For, alas, thou art only a NORMAL
WOMAN.
And. verify, verify. thou art obso-
iete III world and an age like this."
Selah.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23

! will have to die as there is no help for
me. She got me one of your little
books and my husband said I should try
one bottle. ! stopped the doctors
medicine and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. It soon made
change in me and now am strong and
do oil my work Mrs. AUGUSTUS
BAUcHMAN, Box Sc, Enhaut, Pa.
Why will women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out sickly,
half-hearted existence. missing three
fourths Of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
Il you would like free confidential sd-
vice address Lydia E. Piakhsm Medicine
Co.. Lynn. Mass.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
Syndicate Given Damages
Against Mine Workers

Fort Smith. Ark, Nov. 2e.-The Jury
in the suit of the Rache- Denman syn
dictate against the United Mine Work.
ers and others this afternoon returned
a verdict in the federal court, award
ing plaintiffs damages in the sum Of
100000. Under the sherman act, the
plaintiffs are entitled tn three times
this amount, or 5000 900.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
The White Feather
SYNOPSIS.


The story opens in ths West
Crest private hotel in an English
sea coast town when England has
been 1t war one month. Mrs.
Ssndsrson, tho proprietress; her
con, Charles, serving in the Eng.
i;sh admiralty; Mr.. Pollock, the
justice Of the peace; his daughter,
Molly, 10; Christopher Brent, Mol
ly's f;ancs; Mrs. Miriam Lee, >
widow Of IS. the latest arrival At
the hotel; Miss Myrtle. = spinstsr;
Fraute;n Schroeder, a color)ess lit.
lie German woman, claiming 20
years Of English naturalization;
Pennieuik, young English soldier,
and Fritz. servant in the house,
are the entire occupants Of the
hotel. Christopher Brent 10 looked
upon BY all the other hotel occu-
pants, excepting Molly and Mrs.
Lee, as an irresponsible idiot, due
to acts and conversation he affects,
especially when war talk, which 10
uppermost in al conversations, IL
conducted in his presence. A
young English girl, an hyster'cai
enthusiast, breaks IN on the hotel
party one morning carrying a has.
ket Of white feathers, one Of which
she is going to present to every
man she meets who has not en-
listed. In the presence Of almost
the entire hotel patronage, she asks
Brent IL ne 10 going to enlist, and
why not. Ne says he Is not, but his
reasons are evasivs. Molly eringes
under the disfavor Brent thus
brings down upon himself BY what
her father calls cowardice. Brent
tries to gain Molly's absolute faith
in him without disclosing the ma.
turc Of his real business. Molly
crinqes under the disfavor Brent
thus brings down upon himself by
what her father calls cowardice.
Brent tries to gain Moiiy's abso-
lutte faith in him without descIos-
ing the nature Of his real business.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
Health Questions Answered.

Young children require a certain
amount of hard foods" in order that
jaws and teeth may get the required
amount of exercise needed for their
proper development. Toast, crusts,
hard crackers. certain fruits. like APP
pies, salad, vegetables and meats
should be included in the general diet.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 2o.-Three
Minneapolis brothers are fighting Ger
mans in three different allied armies
Capt. r. j. w. Brooke Is assigned to
the medical corps OF the British re-
cruiting station, Ted" Brooke is with a
Minnesota unit somewhere In France"
and Lieutenant Grover Brooke has
been in the trenches for more than a
year as a member OF the Third Cana
dian contingent
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
Gtsats Britain Wants u. s.
Silver for Use in India

London, Nov. 2o-Discussions are In
progress with the United States gov
eminent with the object of the ac-
quisition by 1t of the silver produced
in the United States. a portion of
which would be placed at the disposal
Of the government of India, largely ia
pay for Indian produce required in
America, II was announced in the
house OF commons today.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
Goes 10 ihioher Courts.

Indianapolis. Nov 2s.-The United
Mine Workers of America will begin
immediate preparation for taking to
the higher courts the case decided at
Fort Smith. Ark, in the federal court
there awarding 100000 damages to
the Bache-Denman syndicate. it was
said at the mine workers headquarters
here today.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
Exquisite Silk
Undergarments-
That Fit Perfectly

Every woman exclaims
at the perfect fit of our
Italian Silk Underwear.
These garments come in
full sizes; a 50 measures
SO inches across the bust,
a 4O-4O inches, etc.
There is no skimping in
length or width.
All kayser Italian Silk
Garments are specially
shaped over the bust and
hips, preventing them
from riding up and
wrinking.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
BROTHERS IN THREE ARMIES.

Continued on This Page Tomorrow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23

In some fam
tiles, however, can
Ger is more easily
produced than in
others and per-
sons from families
where n fourth or
fifth OF the adult
deaths are from
cancer should he
careful to marry
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
UMBRELLA PRICES FIXED.

fIavre, Nov. 22.The price of UNI
brellas In occupied Belgium has been
fixed at Is francs each by German au
thorities.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-23
Cancer
Not Hereditary Despite
Belief to the Contrary.

Cancer is not Neutrality-suspicious.
opinion to the contrary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-16
WIRELESS STATIONS
MUST COME DOWN

Washington, April l6--All wireless
telegraph stations not operated BY
the government were ordered disman
tied during the war today by direction
OF the secretary OF the navy. Failure
OF owners to comply with this order
will result in confiscation OF equip
ment.
The action was taken under the ex
ecutiye order recently issued by Presi
dent Wilson directing that the navy
department take over all radio sta
tions. The departments statement
says:
"All licenses for radio stations on
shore are suspended for the duration
OF the war The secretary Of the navy
has directed that during the war ali
radio sending and receiving stations
other than those operated by the Unit
ed States government be closed.
station Is considered closed only when
It's antonna Is lowered, coiled and
sealed ground connection broken and
the apparatus dismantled and packed
away"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-16
PATRIOTISM MARKS
NOTABLE EVENT
OF WAR TIME
Daughters Of American Revolution
Begin Sessions Of Twenty-sixth
Annual Conuress.

Washington, April Patriotic ad
dresses and exercises marked the
opening sessions today of the twenty,
sixth annual congress of the Daugh.
ters of American Revolution. On
Wednesday will be held the election
OF new officers, including a president
general to succeed Mrs. VIM. Cumming
Story. A number OF social events have
been arranged for the $500 delegates.
a large part of todays meeting was
devoted to organization. After that,
the program called for addresses by
Mrs. Story, j. j. Jusserand, the French
ambassador, Lieut. Gen. S. b. NJ.
Young, U. S. A., retired, and others.
The candidates for the presidency.
general are Mrs. j. Hamilton Lewis.
wife OF the senator from Illinois, Mrs.
Geo. Thatcher Gurnsey OF Independ.
ence, Kansas; Mrs John Miller Hor.
ton of Buffalo, and Mrs. Geo. c.
Squires of St. Paul.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-16
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
ON INTERNMENT
OF u. S. GUNBOAT
Turks Objected to Ship Going Into the
Black Sea and Departure Through
Dardanclles lmpracticable.

London, April l6.-An official state.
ment issued by the Turkish war office
says that the American gunboat Scor.
pion has been intemed.
The inIornment OF the Scorpion has
been expected here some time and
Is perfectly In accord with the rule
necessitating such action for bellg
erent war vessel not leaving port with.
In a prescribed time.
About Two weeks ago, the navy de-
partment, through the state depart.
ment, cabled Ambassador Elkus sug.
gesting that the Scorpion leave Turk.
ish waters for the Black Sea. but
Turkey objected to this on the ground
that that sea was practically domi
mated by Russia, an enemy Of Turkeys
ally. Germany. Departure through the
Dardanelles was thought impos sible,
and as a result part of the crew
went through Austria into Switzerland
before the break with the former coun.
try.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-16
SHREVEPORT RATES
HEARING is BEGUN

Dallas, Texas. April 16.-The re
hearing OF the so-called Shreveport
rate case here today brought several
hundred persons representing railroad
traffic, shipping and other interests
into the United States court room pre.
sided over by Attorney Examiner
Thurtell Of the interstate commerce
commission.
The Shreveport rate case was order.
ed reopened after about year OF ef
fort on the part Of the Texas shippers,
the Texas Industrial Traffic League.
1t is claimed that the decision Of the
interstate commerce commission,
equalizing the rates in the territory
touched by both Shreveport and Texas
points was unjust In view Of the lower
rates to Shreveport from the north and
east
Following organization, the railroads
began introducing testimony showing
the amounts paid out in damages on
livestock shipments, both interstate
and intrastate.
j. 5. Hirshey general freight agent
vi the santa Fe lines, said the percent.
age OF loss on earnings from paid
claims for livestock m 1916 was S.5
per cent of the company's earnings on
TINS class OF shipments. Loss on other
shipments. he said. was 1.3 per cent.
Attorney General Looney OF Texas
asserted there should be no introduc.
ton OF testimony or decision on intra.
state shipments, saying that the case
was to develop whether there had been
any discrimination in interstate ship.
ments.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-16
ORDERS VACUUM
PUMPS INSTALLED
IN OKMULGEE co.

Oklahoma City OKLA April i6.
Permission fer the installation oi
vacuum pumps on the property Of the
Gypsy and Oklahoma.penn oil Com.
panies, in Okmulgee county was given,
and the shooting Of wells IN the Heald
ton oil field was prohibited IN sepa
rate orders issued today by the state
corporation commission
The application OF the two com.
panios for use OF vacuum pumps eN
planned that their use would allow con-
seryation OF casinghead gas TO be used
In making gasoline
Shooting wells IN the Healdion field
was prohibited. the order states. on the
ground that the sand Is soft and Il
Is unnecessary 10 shoot wells there to
get maximum flow
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-16
BRYAN SAW PRESIDENT
AT THE WHITE HOUSE

Washington, April 1G.- President
Wilson received VIM Jennings Bryan
lat the White House this morning. They
conferred in the Presidents room be.
fore he went to his offices.
Mr. Bryan reiterated to the Presl.
dent his offer, recently made by tele.
graph, to be OF any service he could to
the government during the war
After leaving the president. Mr.
Bryan dictated a statement declaring
his intention to support the govern
ment in any war plans upon which It
might decide. He declined, however.
to discuss conscription specifically.
In his future speeches about the
country, pending a call from the gov
ernment for his services, Mr.. Bryan
said he would lay special stress on
the food situation. He is gathering
data along that line for use in his ad-
dresses.
81 called upon the President" Mr..
Bryan said 80 pay my respects and
confirm my telegram sent him the
day a state Of war was declared to
exist"
Mr. Bryan, further said:
Whatever the government does is
right and | shall support 1t to the ut,
termost take it for granted that
the people will unitedly support any
action taken by the government. In
war time, the president speaks for the
whole country and there should be no
division or dissension"
Mr. Bryan said he endorsed any
plan to prohibit the use of grain for
making liquor during the war Be
fore calling on the president, Mr.. Bry.
an conferred with Secretaries Baker
and Houston. Regarding his offer to
become a private in the army. Mr..
Bryan said he made it because he be.
lieyed that in that capacity he would
be with the largest body of citizens.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-16
War Summary

The. lighting on the western front has
assumed almost the proportions o.
general engagement along tn.
shore line from the North Sea to the
Swiss border
As yet the infantry has not been
heavily engaged much to the north
of Loos, in the Lens region or east
Of the scissors region, within which
confines the battle of Arras and the
struggle for St Quentin are being
Waged
The artillery duel, however. Is growing
in intensity in the region of Rheims.
in the Champagne, and down the line
TO Lorraine and Alsace
Increasing probability of the opening
of important operations between
Scissors and Rheims and In the
western Champagne is indicated by
the German official report that I'm
fantry fighting developed this morn.
ing over wide sectors after heavy
artillery firing and reconuoiteriug
drives.
The severity of the fighting accom-
panylng the Germans counter attack
yesterday on six mile front, on
both sides of the BapaumeChambrai
road, is emphasized by today's Ger
man headquarters statement 1t an
nounces the capture Of AS prison
ers and 10 machine guns from the
British and the destruction of %
British guns which had been cap
tured by the Germans but apparent
ly could not be taken with them
when they were driven off,
According to reports brought TO Am.
sterdam by travellers from Germany,
a general strike began IN Berlin this
morning accompanied by rioting.