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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

"Liks Cures Like" Y
IL Shell Shock Case.

The story OF a queer cure Of shell
shock is told by Lieutenant Philip
Bradley, formerly OF The Missoulian
staff and now an officer in the field
ARTILLERY
zone fellow in our battery at the
Preside had served in the Canadian
field artillery" Bradley writes. "ffe
was an American, but had volunteered
with Canadians and served with them
until, the United States entered the war.
He was then sent back to this county
to be trained as an officer.
"He suffered painfully. and we WON
dercd at it until one day he.told us that
shell shock had affected his speech. 1t
scanned that shell dropped into one
Of the Canadian dugouts one day. Sew
eral men were killed and the A,ncri-
kiumb by shell shock. His officers
I tried to- send him to the rear, but he
refused So much fun had been made
of the Americans for not getting into
the fight that the Yankee wanted to
prove his nerve.
He stuck at the front. though un-.
\ able to say a word, and for five days
communicated with his comrades in
signs.
Then one day a private dropped a
shell on the dumb Americans pc.
"'Bluh- bluh bluh ......,....
\ THE injured man tried hard to
Hswcar. Then the dam (and damn
broke:
...-.... e. -.,,.... .-........'
Ever after that he was able to talk,
though suffering when excited"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

must exercise patience while this,
process IS getting Under way.
There is no time to be lost, and
the people must be quickly gath
cred into vast organization, if
we arc to beat Germany before
she brushes our Weakened allies.
Our correspondent takes MS
mildly to task for urging the peo-
pie to keep the Christmas spirit
alive in the usual way. He thinks
We went too far in encouraging
the purchase Of holiday gifts. and
he advocates the cnrtailmcnt Of
picture shuws, amusement halls
land candy stores 50 that more
men and energy may he thrown
into the big Business in hand.
Our contention. tn which We
must still stick. is that there is
nothing more important than
that The people should maintain Il
sensible poisa, Eight hysteria and
strengthen their souls by leading
sane and Industrious lives. II was
with this in miAd that we have
constantly urged that nothing he
done TO turn business from its
| legitimate channels. whole round
/ tng HE country into fighting
form. Nothing could be worse
| for America al This time Than a
series uf swift changes that would
bring an industrial panic and
throw thousands Of people oul of
work. and nothing wsll bring that
about more quickly Than the
boarding of money aud The cNcr-
else OF fanatieal economy.
We have no doubt that our
lri"1d from The Bitter Root Will
agree That there i somewhere a
halfway road between cNtraNa-
lgance and miscrlineSs. and that II
IShOuld be our aim to tind That
Iroaa and to travel it Oh schedule
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

police to show pictures of persons
wanted for certain crimes.
a quickly operated portable electric
crane has been invented which en-
aDleS one man TO load and unload
800 pound barrels from wagons.
The spanish government has estab-
lished u course of free lectures on
Spanish art and history at Madrid for
the benefit of tourists.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29
Good for Billy Sunday Ou'

Good for Billy Sunday. out
weighed by fifty pounds, he was
attacked by a pro-German on an
Atlanta platform. but went back
strong and the German. after he
was through With the diversion,
must have thought that he had
been through a tanning machine.
Mr.. Sunday again proves the
truth of the old saying that IA
lighting Christian Is The best
fighter.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

Director-Gencral McAdoo will
tell The railroad managers where
to change stations. and they will
change. whether they like the
schedule or not.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

Our best birthday wishes to
President Wilson. who has
reached the siNty-fir>t milestone.
If his grip on a golf stick IS as
good a. that on the nation, he will
have the laugh on Col, Bogey for
another year.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

The water wagon will be
around on Tuesday. BY enlist
ing NON, Nou can AVOID conscrip-
ton next year.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

We Missoullans are in danger
Of getting our heads swclled over
our winter. Palm Beach has
nothing ON lis this Year.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

Don't misjudge the girls. Half tho
time when you think they are admir-
ing their appearance in the glass they
are merely wondering what ns-eartai
to do about it1Columbia $50 Staic.l
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

\ tip to MisSouIa. In Chicago
they are giving thrift stamps as
tips to walters.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

One difference between a gun barrel
and a rum barrel is that one kills with
a bang and the other with a hung-
Chicago News.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

Find Daniel Willard. please,
Mr.. McAdoo waits q new office
boy.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-29

Ever after that he was able to talk,
though suffering when excited"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-31

Montreal Greets BaffOur,

Montreal, May sd.---A public holiday
was proclaimed by the Mayor of Mon
treal for the arrival here today OF Ar
thor James Balfour. British fnreign
minister, and his fellow commissioners
civic reception committee greeted
them at the railroad station The
streets were lined with great throngs
who cheered the visitors enthusi
astically, Their automobiles were pre-
ceded by guard Of honor, and a regi-
mental brass band playing martial airs
Among those accompanying Mr.. Bal.
four arc Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British
ambassador TO the United States, and
Mrs. Spring Rice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-31
AS TO THE TIDEWATER AND WESTERN.

lEa- have been watching with ruu-
aidersble interest the developments TN
the matter OF the Tidewater and
Western Railroad companys effort TO
dissolve and dispose, by process of
gTsckage, OF It's line and equipment
II is a very natural and not an i'm.
Anoper desire for investors 10 desire
" part with Improbable holdings.
The security holders OF the Tidewater
md Western have opportunity it il
! saad, te sell their material to a very
fAtr advantage
However. such disposition OF a
alFpad serving a considerable field
s5aAa cumming through the state for a
xM4ndred miles would be retrngrade
s1l,overnent. which should be avoided
suss method may he found TO
soid It
s Asss 1he owners of the road are not la ck :
IA public spirit, but are tired Of
sryytEg an unproduetive load
II has occurred to as that an ex-
SSN6epn OF the line TO Richmond might
found eventually profitable and
-aid In the development or the
ssry served by il
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-31
THE TRUTH ABOUT GERMAN AUTocRAcY

! quently entitled to twenty members. It
still has but the six originally appor-
toned.
/ We are told that this situation pre-
walls in all the cities of the old North
/ German confederation.
| The powers that be, fearful of the
result OF giving their just proportion
of representation to the great centers
of population, still hold them to the
antiquated apportionment of Ave de-
cades ago.
But the method Prussia has adopted
TO keep In power the rich, while
keeping the hoi polioi under, is of
especial interest to Americans. In
that great center Of kultur the cleo
storate Is divided into three classes. ar-
cording 10 The amount OF taxes, paid.
In each electoral district the total
amount of taxes paid Is divided into
three parts. Those citizens of larger
means, whose combined taxes eoua,
one-third of the taxes paid In the
district, name onc-third of the cleo
tors: those of lesser means, whose
combined wealth make UP the second
i ~ fn yaT
/ of the electors; while the remaining
! third, constituting the mass Of small
taxpayers elect the remaining third
AS result OF this plan, in one of
the electoral districts in Berlin three
citizens name one-third OF the cleo
| tors. eight name the second third and
2e4 the remaining thrd--the three of
the first class having the same weight
| as the 2a4 of the third--a splendid
j illustration of valuins man, not by
what he 10, but by what he has. Think
Of such nation freeing Poland!
An interesting demonstration of
how this plan works out is shown by
reference TO the results Of elections.
In 1908 the Social Democrats first en-
tered the field with candidates for
1.-the prussian lower house. Thev ca at
! 3l4.14s votes, while the Conservatives
I cast s24, The Social Democrats
did not elect man, while their OPP
ponents, elected t4a. In the last slec-
ton before the war the Social Demo
Gratis polled ~ per cent of all the
votes cast-~and landed seven out OF
a membership of 42o.
With unimportant modification.
similar suffrage regulations are gen
eral In all the German states save the
Mecklenburgs. where the vox popuiI
lis not heard at ALI in elected bodies
the darkness of medieval times still
Fen-hroudtnE them in SO far as voice IN
making their laws is concerned.
The king OF Prussia claims to rule
his particular kingdom by divine
right" He Is, however, constitu-
tfonal kaiser--and rules all Germany
by the potent hand of the wire.
puller.' and by entrenched power In
the national bund
| Tt IL impossible that the dcmoc-
lracies Of the world shan be willing to
I have their safety menaced hy the per-
petuation Of system OF government
which at best is but a survival OF
| the feudal system
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-31

Heights. or Gettysburg--all OF which
l. witnessed. y y,
One bright, beautiful Sunday morn.
Ing. after inspection was over. which
was usually the first thing done on
Sunday, when In camp, feeling un-
usually calm and longing for some
quiet, retired place, where / might
tpour out my soul in prayer and praise.
| I came out OF my tent and looked
around. Just to the North and across
| the railroad / saw wooded hill.
/ Thither / determined to 60.
I well remember as I went along
the path winding of the hill. how the
hot tears trickled down my checks,
as i talked with my Lord In words
of confession and Thanksgiving. But
when I reached the opening at the
! top of the hill, behold what a scene
greeted me. ] was startled but not
alarmed. ] was appalled, but not dis
mayed ! seemed to be In the grave
yard of the world. Here on either
hand were the half-filled graves, the
unburied dead, the hursted collins, the
stencil of decayed bodies, and the
swarms of flies. At first ] saw no
living man. Soon an ambulance ap-
pears. No gentle pallbearers con.
vey the dead soldier to his grave
The driver slides out his precious
freight on n plank. and off he hurries
on like mission.
As stood and walked around I
said. this may soon be my lot or my
body may be lying on some battle
field. serving as food for vultures. bus
trusting in God I'll go forward ana
do my duty, whatever comes to pass
Our soldiers were dying so fast from
wounds and disease that the govern
ment could not bury them It was
lakewood cemetery. Go there today
and you find a monument to the men,
Dry of sixteen thousand Confederates.
in a body, most of whose graves are
marked Unknown"
I have read the inscriptions on
many Confederate monuments, but
have seen one that exactly suited my
taste.
It is said the Spartans reared
monument at Thermopylae to the
memory of Leonidas and his three
hundred braves, who persisted there.
with This inscription Go stranger,
and tell the world Sparta's sons
obeyed her laws and persisted here"
/ wish we could have had similar
inscription on the Lee monument
about to be dedicated at Gettysburg
Or at least that the one In lakewood
ito the 5000 and others might read:
Go. stranger. and tell the world
Southern soldiers oheyed the call Of
their sovereign states, and lie here
sacrifice for their rights
Nav our Southern bows in the ures-
ent war, perpetuate the heroism and
valor Of their ancestors!
Prominent Men pr,sc,,,
noVeinol iie.ls u stuart anu
mayor oeofs" Aihsie, ,oselher WIN
| wei. ,hho"h veterans ana daughters
of the Confederacy of this city, oc-
cupied the speakers stand and the
81. Ceceila chorus rendered music ne-
nt'lng the occasion. Al the conclusion
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-31
we trust that way viii be founJ

we trust that a way viii be found
whereby the citizens OF the several
counties served by the road may ac-
quire ownership OF It,
While we don't know much about
operating railroad, 1t would appear
that this enterprise may be revived
and made to blossom if the people
served by 1t will take a lively interest
therein.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-31

Tho German censorship has recent
~ permitted certain news 10 come
Through relative to possible electoral
reforms in Germany, the evident pur-
pose being to make America believe
thMt there was some real foundation
I0r the belief that the great mass of
III German people were 10 he given
efnment.
We think the time opportune for
Americans everywhere TO he thorough
~ advised Of the wolf OF atsolutism
watch In Germany would robe itself
II ths shcepskin of reformation
Al the outset It. would be well for
~ 10 refer to the constitution OF the
German empire. our own consttu-
ton quotes as the source Of IT'S power
We. the people of the United States"
Hut the preamble of the German doc
nmAnt. showing the very genius OF its
cr3AnixAtion, reeites that His maJes-
~, the king of Prussia. in the name
Ut the North German hund. ritz nm
JNety. the king of Bavaria land other
contracting sovereigns of the petty
states. do conclude an everlasting
bund.''
The empire, hence, is not consti-
tuted of 5000 900 German people,
hut rather of twenty-five states and
three free cities, each one with its
king or ducal ruler.
Nominaily legislative power lis vest
ed IN the hundesrath. an upper house,
whore members are appointed by the
rulers OF the several states and vote
- unit as such rulers dictate. and
the popular branch, known as the
refcfsstag. elected under a plan giving
\ the rich the power to name the mem
beranip
The hundesrath. named by the rul-
Ing sovereigns. controls the German
empire. All taxing bills originate in
This body While as Il matter of con-
Etitutional right the reichstag may
Initiate legislation, az matter ei
practical fact the upper chamber
initiates all legislation. s
A still more firm grip on legislation
ii insured by the constitutional power
OF this royalty-na and royalty
{ ruled upper house to veto all meas
ures passed by the lower house.
10 show how the Prussian hand
rules the empire. a constitutional
amendmsnt may he defeated by four
teen adverse votes in the hundesrath
The kaiser, as king OF Prussia. con
frnls- xwenty votes, net only aeH.inat-
ing thereby the hundesrath. but the
entire legislative machinery of the EN-
pire.
The ruling powers, fearful Of the
growing liberal political views OF the
Anrger cities, have persistertly refused
this cities a fair apportionment OF
sfo1chstag membership.
49, ~ m illustration. Theoretically, each
S1 "a. 400 Of population Is entitled TO a
Nn0mber OF the lower house In 1864
4 DoFafn, with a population Of 400. 900,
> population Of 100000. and conse-
AS TO THE TIDEWA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-31

Philadelphia. Pa. May 36-Senator
B"ies Penrose. OF Pennsylvania, adj
dressed the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans today, declared he would urge the
United states senate TO aid In giving
Ireland independence,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-31

!
met.
So has force welded all the states
together, as one campact, indivisble
whole.
So much for the cause that brought
"A about the civil war.
Personal Experiences.
! wish now to give you some of
my personal experiences in and around
Richmond, the chief city Of the South
land the capital OF the Confederacy.
My first real service as a soldier
was in the PRESBYTERIAN church, at
Nottoway Courthouse, where my COM
pany spent the first night snoring and
snoozfrig on THE sacred but hard pews
of Gods house. But we soon encoun-
tered worse beds than those. Some
of you old boys, as well as myself.
know what 1t was to sleep between
two rails, and even wake up with the
water running under you, or your
blanket covered with snow. The next
night found US occupying the cattle
stalls OF the old Richmond Fair
grounds, now celebrated part OF
this prosperous city. can never for
get the long hours OF guard duty
that ] spent pacing back and forth,
a cold April night, at Rockets. watch
ing for some imaginary Pawnee or
guarding some insignificant craft.
Now remember that marching and
fighting bullets do not constitute all
the hardships of a soldiers life.
To Manassas and Back.
The next move found u at Manas-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-01-12
MIDAS REPLY TO CLARENCE
TRUE WILSON

Clarence True Wilson, General
Secretary of the Board of Temper
ance of the M. f. church, addressed
a letter to Midas Criterion of the
wine and liquor interests asking the
cooperation of that Journal in shut
ting off publications of liquor adver-
Using Whether Mr.. Wilson did this
as joke or whether form letter in
advertently found its way to the
editors desk of the Criterion we do
not know, but Midas reply makes
funny reading. Here is part of it
well, now, you see, Clarence, it's
like this: If we didn't publish liquor
ads, Observation-Disclosures WOULD we
publish' We may be hard-boiled
eggs, Clarence, but we really don't
like the idea of giving up our liquor
ads. Every time an advertiser tried
to produce results such as you sug-
gest, it fuses us up fearfullyp
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-01-12
A Wet Fallacy Exploded

Eugene Fisk director of the Life Extension Institute
New of which exPresiden Taft president the author
scholarly articles the Atlantic Monthly the eff
feet alcohol the human body In the last entitled Aco
ho and Physiology Dr. Fisk completely expodes the theory
only who have fundamental weakness receive injury
from the use of alcohol. He says:
"The assumption that alcohol impa only the unda-
mentally unfit will bear analysis and the development of such
hypothesis such theories those of Archda Reid who holds
that alcohol by wedding the unfit beneficial evolution
influence easily be carried reducto ad absurdum
Such apply with equal force plague yellow fever con
SUMPTION pneumonia other communicable diseases is
that those of low resistance usually succumb such
Let then allow them full swing order eliminate
The problem of the survival of the unfit
other consistent with modern science and atism
and through the aid OF the corner saloon"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-01-12

Judge Lands

Judge becoming of the famous of the
country the Rockford Star with He continues
Of He hit abuse harder and
quicker the ordinary because he sits where
practice simpler obtained without much quib
bling The striking thing Lands the he takes
public which ordinarily might be construed outside
the province of the court St Louis he tried great many
which of ofense He called the
officers whose duty enforce laws and told them what
He also asked advise the head of big brewery
conditions The of that speech that
East St Louis WILL enforce the state law regarding
Sunday saloons Judge Lands after the loan sharks and
He
loan shark than done The other day
crooked and the depuab practice
which few lived Judge Lands going be
and useful day May he live long and
in good work-Aurora BeaconNews
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-01-12
RAT HOLE POLITICS"
In CITY OF PEORIA

Under the above caption the Peori
Transcript hands the following wal
OPP to the city and county officials:
Peoria operates under the same
laws which apply to Chicago, but
in Chicago there is some official
reaction to public sentiment; in
Peoria there is none.
1t is not so in Peoria. While
other cities are preparing to reg
ulate carousals and drunken de-
bauches New Years morn, Peoria
is preparing to break the Sunday
closing law all day and night and
to go home or be taken home
Monday morning after the last
dog is hung.
How do we do it? Easy. Say
nothing, do nothing, stand pat.
The Mayor, States Attorney,
Sheriff, and Board of County SUI
pervisors which selects grand
juries, are committed to the
status quo. Everything that might
be disposed to enforce the law in
Peoria is hand-picked, o. KID and
air-tight. The Sunday saloon says
to law respecting citizens of
Peoria, as the New Bedford
whaling captain said to his mate,
"All l want of you is silence and
damned little of that" The i'm
passe to law and order in this
town is complete.
Peoria stands on the burning
deck after all other cities of the
state have taken to the life-boats.
Our position is not one of crafty,
,hifty evasion of the law, but one
of sullen, silent defiance. Our
officials, charged with RESPONSE
bility for the enforcement of state
law and city ordinances, don't
fight the statutes-they merely
overlap them. If Sunday "souses"
result in crime, the only thing
that concerns them is the head
lines in the Monday morning pa
per. Tuesday, they figure, will
be another day, and Wednesday
may develop an Iroquois fire, a
Lusitania disaster or San Fran
cisco earthquake which will throw
the public off the scent of the
Sunday saloon. Peoria is the
Starved Rock" of municipalities.
The late Governor Altgeld
called this procedure "rat hole"
politics. Peoria is suffering from
rat hole politics." and its first
resolution for the New Year
should be solemn determination
to scotch it in April.
With an influential paper like I'll
Transcript thus speaking out bold
for the right, there is some hope f
Peoria.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-01-12
Neu Years Eve in the Underworld

At the Bunam Inn to the southwark the Chicago Ex-
speaking of New Years the suburban was
gathered the madds hong be found anywhere The
highest the oudest shouts the funniest
from group the where few weeks Dandy Joe
Hogar noted character of Chcagos underworld fell before
gang of gunner with IS bullet holes in his body"
That these things should happen the underworld not at all
surprising amazing people who call themselves
respectable should ripping mad the Mayor Chicago because
wild and awe orgies.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-01-12

An inquiry as to the effect of Pro-
hibition, directed to every banker in
West Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Ala
bama, brought to the Manufactur-
er's Record of Baltimore nearly 300
replies. Ninety per cent favored Pro-
hibition. Mr.. Edmunds, editor of the
Record, asserts that, from the bust
ness standpoint there is nothing that
can be said in favor of the license
system.