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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-17
STONE HITS NEWSPAPERS
Says There Is a Cabal Seek
ing to Force u. S. Into
European War.

Washington. Feb. l6.--Thc senate
turned its attention to the international
crisis again today. a debate on the
administration bill to curtail activity
OF foreign agents developing many ref
erences to the situation with Germany
and drawing from Chairman Stone OF
the foreign relations committee a bit :
ter denunciation of newspapers which
circulate statements in order to create
sentiment for war.
There Is no shadow of doubt in the
mind OF any fair thinking man." said
Senator Stone, that there is a caba]
OF great newspapers in this country
seeking to create sentiment and coercc
the government Of the United States
into an attitude Of hostility with one
OF the belligerent powers. l believe
anyone who makes such false state
ments is a public enemy and should
be punished" ..
Senator Cummins objected vigor-
ously to the section which would au-
thorize the president to use the army
and navy to seize or detain munitions
OF war or ships carrying them where
they are designed to be used to violate
American neutrality.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-17
HALL TRIAL is SET
FIRST IN NEW TERM

The trial of Frank Hall, former city
treasurer. against whom a charge Of
rape has been brought by a 14-year-
old girl. will be the first held in the
March term of the district court,
which opens March s. Judge A, l.,
Duncan. presiding in department No.
!, yesterday set Halls case for trial
March s. County Attorney Angevine
was given permission to add II names
to the list of his witnesses and to en-.
ter Charles II. Hall as associate coun.
sci for the state.
The clerk of the court was instruct
ed to draw IS jurymen to appear in
court March s.
In department No. 2 Judge Theodore
Lentz yesterday heard arguments of
counsel in the case OF b. J. Benedict
against the Northern Pacific railroad
on a motion for directed verdict. The
defense maintained that the plaintiff
had failed to substitute allegation
made in the complaint. The motion
was taken under advisement.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-17
ALEX" WANTS $4,000.

Philadelphia, Feb. l6.--Prcsidcnt w.
+. Baker OF the Philadelphia National
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Muscular and Forest Serv-
ice Teams Each Drop
Thaee Straight.
Standing Of the Clubs.

The Missoula Mercantile bowling
team regained first place in the city
bowling league last night by winning
three straight games from the Forest
Service. the last game by but one
point. Ashbrook and McCurdy rolled
high scores for the games.
Bonner advanced to third place by
defeating the Muscular team three
straight. winning the first and the
final games easily, and scratching out
the second game by single pin,
Swartz's run OF 2l' was the high mark
for this encounter. The Muscular.
the Forest Service and the Phoenix arc
now tied for sixth place.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-17


Gazette of Wednesday. February II,
1922
The Higgins building is being fitted
up with electric lights.
Not to be outdonc by other menu
gers of Missoulas baseball team,
Hughey Campbell has gone into train
ing and yesterday walked to Fort Mis-
soula and back with six ounce shot
bags on his feet.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r.. Beckwith and
Mrs. G. II. Mcleod left last night for
California,
n. =. Evans of Deer Lodge. Il broth
or Of Judge Evans and Mrs. j. W. Lis
ter. came over yesterday and will
return tomorrow.
Mrs. Gleim's trial yesterday after
noon on n charge Of assaulting A. Hol-
lenback with beer glass, resulted in
an acquittal. The trial was had be-
fore Judge Evans and a jury consist
ing of Pope Catlin. J. W. Albers. NJ.
L. Peppard. Benz. kron, T. Leighton
and J. J. Kennedy. The jury was out
~.
Glenn was as usual extremely abusive
and obscene and it seems Il pity that
merely because she is a woman the Or
binary means of preserving the dig
nifty and dcCorum of court are not Of
fcctivc The accident Of her sex ap-
pears to create in certain quarters
sympathy which is certainly not de-
served and the patience Of the court
Is far from being a virtue. The woman
hardly opened her mouth yesterday
without applying vile epithets to the
court the prosecuting attorney and
some OF the witnesses, and at one time
when this was resented by the prose
cutting attorney and Mrs. Glenn sQua red
herself off and dared him to do any
thing the affair looked more like an
incipient prizefight than a proceedings
before court. At one time she was
sentenced to twenty four hours in Jail
for contempt of court. but this was
RENTED upon the representations Of
her attorney that the thing would not
occur again. 1t did occur again and
a. fine of $50 was imposed.
When Hon. W. NJ. Bickford suggest
ed about Il year and a half ago that
matters were taking such shape as
might lead to the abandonment by the
government Of the military reservation
upon which Is located Fort Missoula.
he was laughtcd at as an ;ilarmist and
his proposition that some action should
be taken to prevent any such result fell
upon indifferent ears. Now. however.
In the light of the bill just introduced
In congress for the establishment Of
a regtmentai post at Helena. and the
action by Helena men in connection
with II, it seems that Mr.. Bickford's
fears were not unfounded. He Is going
to try again to do something In the
matter and Is having prepared a Pc
tltion to Congressman Dixon which will
be circulated for signatures. 1t will
ask. in effect. that in the establish
ment Of any large post the manifest
advantages of location which are en-
joyed by Missoula and with which Mr..
Dixon Is entirely familiar be consid-
cred and urged.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-17
Miss0u1u
rs Years
Ago Today

(Takcn from the files of the Missoula
Gazette of Wednesday,. February H.,
1897
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-17
HANDLE GRAIN IN BULK.

Spokane, Feb. 16.-Resolutions ia :
roring the handling of grain in bulk
instead of in sacks were adopted to-
day at the annual meeting of the In
land Empire Grain Growers associa :
ton. A resolution Endorsed bill
pending in the Washington legislature
authorizing the construction and oper-
alton OF bulk grain elevators and bel,
line railroads.
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M issou .!1@.

league club and Grover G. Alexander,
star pitcher of the team. met today and
discussed terms for the coming sea-
son. No agreement was reported and
they will confer again Tuesday. Alex
andcr wants II three year contract ut
$4,000 a year. The club has offered
him $1,000 a year with a bonus of 81, 900
for winning % games.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-17

companies to report delayed trains
by appropriation committee, deficiency
claim account public printing; by ap-
preparation committee, deficiency
claim account district judges: by
Prosser, assessment on property and
stock of itinerant vendors; by Nor
row, defining boundary line between
Musselshell and Rosebud counties; by
Dodds. relating to the placing of
homeless and dependent children.
OF the foregoing bills which were
favorably recommended for passage in
were passed on third reading just
prior to adiournment:
S. =. 81, S. B. 1873. S. b. 1879, S, B.
lO2. S. b. 106, II. B. 3s. H. B. 1871,
which was recommended for passage
was segregated and re-refcrrcd to
general orders. 's
Passes Bills.
The house on third reading con-
CURED in senate bills relating to the
recording of instruments by county
clerks and recorders. to the coopering
of box cars.
House bills passed on third reading.
follows:
Belden. appropriating $4,000 to
preserve records of 1889 constitutional
convention; Eaton, asking congress to
provide for the loaning of postal saw
ings funds to school districts; KEN
mis-, appropriating money for liquor
license refunds in Richland county;
Eaton, relating to the computing of
mileage: Charles Anderson. providing
for thresherman's lien on grain: Hus-
ser, relating to redemption of prop
erty sold under foreclosure: Stimpert.
.. ia, Higgins, appropriating $4,000
to pay railroad fare of students at
tending state institutions of higher
education; II. Il. 256. Spain. regulating
sale of tuberculin; Bernard. providing
for teacher training in high schools;
McMahon relating to policing Of yell
lowstonc park; Lanstrum. relating to
revision of statutes appropriation
committee approprating money for
bounty claims against state: Deibel,
relating to payment of salaries to Of
ficcrs: Husser relating to analysis Of
water; H. b. 1893, Higgins. relating to
electrical workers and regulating cleo
trical construction: senate amend
ments to II. B. 12s. Demel and Scott,
prohibiting livestock from running at
large in incorporated cities or towns;
kehoe, providing for commission
manager form of government; Ber-
nard, relating to railroad commission
and providing for home rule by cities
Of public utilities: by Stimpert. pro-
vidng for terminal grain elevator at
Great Falls and by Hurd, fixing the
price to be paid for county printing.
House bills killed by reports Of
standing committees follows:
Crowley. relating to burial associa =
tons; White. relating to mileage paid
sheriffs: White. relating to transpor-
tation companies: White, relating to
coal licenses: Middleton. relating to
dlsquaii1ying district judges in GRIM
inal actions: Middleton, relating to
taking of dispositions: Grimes, re-
latins to salary Of secretary OF state:
Middleton. relating to documents in
civil actions; Stimpert. relating to
judges and clerks Of election: abolish
ing offices of deputy game wardens:
McQuarrie. appropriating money to
persons for sheep killed by defective
dipping process: Mcmillan. creating
the county Of River
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killed when the house refused to ac-
cept the report of the committee on
new counties recommending it's pass
age.
Representative Middleton made a
successful fight to have his bill Great
ing Treasure county placed on general
orders and managed to overcome the
opposition offered by Representatives
Harmon and Burnworth.
Industrial School.
II. b. 374. introduced by Mrs. In
CALLS, representative from Flathead
county, providing for the establishing
of state vocational school for girls,
came out from the judiciary commit
tee with Il favorable report. but was
re- referred to the committee on ap-
preparations in view of the fact that
it carried an appropriation. The Gus
ter county delegation fought against
the changing of the location of the
institution from Miles City as they
claimed it would be much cheaper and
easier to divide the girls and boys
now in the state institution there.
Substitute II. =. 1893 by Higgins
was cersurcd by some of the repre-
sentatives as not having been eX-
planned fully and that it was being
railroadod through the assembly. The
bill relates 10 the conditions under
which electrical construction and
maintenance work shall be done. Hig-
gins explained that the bill had been
agreed upon by both employers and
employees and the bill carried with but
few opposing votes.
Committee Of Whole.
The house today fairly raced
through it's work in committee of the
whole and passed on "a bills during
it's afternoon session. Following are
the measures favorably considered by
the committee. Senate bills:
Gallwcy, relating to the manufac-
turing and storing of explosives by
joint stock committee. relating to live
stock sanitary board: by joint live
stock committee, fixing the bountics
on pT'daioTN antnlalS, ny W llllalllS,
allowing time Tor convicts working on
roads and other public works: by Ste
vens, making appropriation far state
grain laboratory and charging it's
scope. Also the following house bills:
By Mason. requiring publication in
county papers of lists of misbrandcd
foods reported by board of health: by
judiciary committee, regarding prac-
tice Of law; by Husser relating to
sanitary inspection; by appropriation
committee, deficiency claim account
acquisitions; by Clark, regarding the
plating of state lands adjacent to
cities: by Ironside, concerning de-
livery of express matter: by Blake.
regulating hanging Of wallpaper and
prescribing sanitary conditions for
same: by Shaw, requiring inspection
of horses when transported from one
county to another: by appropriation
committee. deficiency claim for trans
porting prisoners to Deer Lodge; by
Jones, senate amendments to this bill
shortening the time provided in orig
inal measure which requires railroad
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-17
FERGUS HIGH WINS.

LeWistown, Feb. 16-Thc Fergus
high school team defeated the Billings
high school team at basketball here
tonight by a score of "a to %
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28
wind or MT enugh, which may
ruin the best planned crop.
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission has announced
an examination for the County
of Redwood, Minnesota, to be
held at Tracy and Redwood
Falls, on March "a, 1917, to fill
the position of rural carrier at
Walnut Grove, and vacancies
that may later occur on rural
routes from other post Offices
in the aforementioned county.
The examination will be open
only to male citizens who are
actually domiciled in the terri
tory of a post office in the coun-
ty and who meet the other re-
quirements set forth III Form
No. 1877. This form and ap-
plication blanks may be obtained
from the offices mentioned above
or from the United States Civil
Service Commission at Washing
ton, D. C. Applications should
be forwarded to the Commission
at Washington at the earliest
practicable date.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28
Rotation For Spring Wheat

Disked corn ground has given
consistently high yield of
spring wheat. Majny rotati ms
have been advocated for Mar
quis wheat. Each man rss his
own idea of rotation although
a greet many still &c not pra-
tice rotation as they should.
In a four year plan there should
be one cultivated crop and one
legume like clover or alfalfa
and two grain crops.
The season has a great dea,
to do with the crop. Some sea-
sons nothing seems to make any
difference and inferior seed will
produce wonderful results. Yet
in nearly every year there are
some climatic conditions, either
lack of rain or too much Of it,
too hot or too cold, too much
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28
How Fred Hartman ''Hung On"


man is the hero of this, the most
notable test of endurance in
which either men or animals
ever engaged. His name will
live long after that of the win
ner has been forgotten, for his
exhibition of indomitable pluck
and grit made his performance
more marvellous than the mere
completion of the 509-mile drive.
Albert Campbell, half-breed
Cree Indian, finished first, his
elapsed time on the road being
24O hours and 80 seconds. Will
liam Grayson, a native Canadian,
won second honors, his time be-
ing 24O hours, seven minutes and
80 seconds. Joe Metcalf, for
merly of Amigo, Wis, and for
four years a prospector in the
Hudson Bay gold fields, was
third, time, 240 hours, II min
utes, 81 seconds, and Gabriel
Campbell, Albert's 19-year-old
brother, was fourth, time, 240
hours, II minutes, 80 seconds.
They started in Winnipeg at
noon Wednesday,, January "a.
Hartman crossed the finish
line with four dispirited dogs
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

Two weeks ago Fred Hart
man was an unknown, penniless
youngster, seeking out an exist
ence among the fur traders,
trappers and prospectors of the
Hudson Bay district, where he
had been an assayer since his
graduation from the Massach-
usetts Institute of Technology
at Boston. Today his name is
known wherever newspapers are
read; his fame is as great as
that of Steffansson or Peary ;
he has accumulated $4,000 or
$4,000 within couple of weeks
and can garner several thou
sands more if he accepts the
vaudeville offers awaiting him
he IS the pet of one of Ameri-
cas- richest men and the idol of
the entire Northwest.
And all because he has set an
example for his generation and
several generations to come, an
example of courage, bravery, de-
termination and endurance.
Finishing at $50 P. M. Sat
urday, February 3rd, a hopeless
fifth and last in the Red River
st. Paul Carnival Derby, Hart
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28
LUCAN NEWS ITEMS
(Too late for last week)

(Too late for last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Larson
left for Sleepy Eye last Thurs
day for a visit with friends.
Joseph Vat left for Marshall
last Thursday for a visit with
relatives.
Gustav Schlick left for San
born last Monday for a visit
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. VIM. Haag and son Don
aid, visited at the Frank Fried
ly home near Wabasso from
Wednesday, until Saturday of
last week.
Gust Byssa returned home
last Thursday after several days
visit with relatives and friends
in Marshall.
DIR. Remington, of Montana,
arrived last Monday for a visit
with his father, DR.. C. D. Rem
ington. He left the next day
for Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Haag
spent Sunday evening at the
Erie Jefferson home.
Raymond Jefferson arrived
from Sleepy Eye last Wednes-
day and returned back to Sleepy
Eye Saturday accompanied by
hisSneice, Arlowene Jefferson.
Mrs. Albert Hanson and Will
lie Hanson were Wabasso callers
one day last week to have dent
al work done.
+ A baby boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Schaffran last
Thursday evening.
Miss Nelson spent Friday
evening at the Sever Benson
home.
Lou Fridley and Miss Ella
Kormann left the first of the
week for the Frank Friedley
home near Wabasso for a visit.
The Misses Nelson and Ford
were entertained at supper Sun
day evening at the H. c. Ditt-
benner home. During the after
noon they were entertained by
Miss Frye at the Catholic par
sonage.
Joe Zeug and Alfonze Mar
tinka were Sunday visitors at
the H. Bruins home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Kline and
Blanche Avery Of near Mllfoy
were Lucan visitors last week.
The Misses Elvera and AlgOna
Dittbenner spent Sunday after
noon at the R. A. Norcutt home.
Miss Adeline Steffen left for
Fargo, N. D. Monday. Miss lzet-
ia Norcutt accompanied her to
Marshall.
Mrs. Geo. Bauer met with
the misfortune of breaking her
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

limb slightly above her ankle
last Monday. Mrs. Bauer was
going from the barn to the
house and had to pass over a
snow bank and in doing so she
slipped and fell which caused
her accident.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

Ipulling his sled, almost five hours
after Albert Campbells huskies
had frisked past the Judges
stand. His time for the dis
tance from Winnipeg to St. Paul
was 244 hours, Sc minutes, 80
seconds.
But Hartman walked or ran
481 Of the 500 miles; his rivals
rode their toboggans from 60
to 80 per cent of the way. Their
dog teams were seasoned, ex-
perienced and strong and in
cluded five or six animals apiece.
Hartman started with five
green" dogs and lost his leader
at the first night stop, twenty
four miles from Winnipeg, where
his five dogs fought and one was
killed.
AS the race progressed Hart
man fell behind the others. Three
Ice-landers, fisherman from Lake
Winnipeg, took the lead and
held it through North Dakota
and into Minnesota. The Camp
bell brothers, Grayson and Met
calf followed them in group,
trailing from fifteen to eighteen
miles behind until they made a
squirt at Fargo, N. D. and caught
the leader.
| Hartman Jagged behind until
nearly 400 miles had been COW
cred. Only by plodding through
the bitter cod and floundering
through deep snow drifts for
nearly twenty hours out of each
twenty-four could he keep with
in thirty miles of the leading
trio, but his indomitable pluck
enabled him to overtake the en-
tire seven when they paused for
a long nights rest at Dalton,
Minn.
There he passed them, only
to wander out into the country
and become lost four miles from
town. It was 1::25 A. M. We'd
nesday, January 81, when he
passed Dalton, and when he
awakened a farmer at 6 A. M.
to inquire his whereabouts he
found he was miles from the
Derby course and had lost the
lead to his seven refreshed op-
ponents.
Determined despite his re-
peated misfortunes, which
seemed to multiply as he pro-
ceeded, Hartman fought through
the bleak winter days and nights
until he again passed his rivals.
Meanwhile the three fisherman
quit the race and Hartman's s
four fellow-townsmen from LIE
Pas, Manitoba, alone remained
between him and the goal.
Then Hartman became the
real pacemaker, although he was
ahead Of his rivals for only brief
intervals. When they wanted to
rest and sleep he insisted on
pushing ahead. They offered
truces, but he refused. They ut
tered yelled threats, but he
turned a deaf ear.
Their dogs were in much bet
ter condition than Hartman's,
and the men themselves were in
far better trim to undertake a
finish squirt than the exhausted
assayer. He knew he could not
defeat them and he realized he
was risking death by exposing
himself to the terrors of Min
nesota's coldest winter weather
L
The Redwood gazette., 1917-02-28

But he fought on bee ause he
had entered the race without
reservations or agreements with
his competitors. A mere 120
pounds in weight, he dwindled
to 100 pounds during the ten
terrible days of the race, but ev-
cry pound was a full sixteen
ounces of pure, unadultered
American grit and courage.
And so he came through to
the bitter end. He was one of
five to finish, out of the field of
eleven which had started from
Winnipeg. His dogs were the
poorest team in the race. He
had less experience as a driver
than any of his rivals.
He was a Boston-bred college
graduate; they were hardened
to the cold and privations Of an
outdoor life because they never
had known any other.
They travelled in groups; Hart
man played a lone hand. lie met
with difficulties at every turn,
and the entire nation watched
his painful progress through the
columns Of newspapers, sympa-
! thized with him and hoped for
his ultimate victory, even though
that would have been a miracle.
/ On one of the coldest, storm
/ lest days of the entire winter,
Hartman accompanied the 9TH
er drivers to the Auditorium in
st. Paul, twenty-four hours af-
ter the Derby finished, to appear
briefly before an audience that
wanted to pay him the homage
due a hero. The big theatre,
with a seating capacity Of near
ly 10000, was packed despite
the inclement weather. Hartman
was cheered to the echo, and the
enthusiasm that greeted him
overwhelmed the reception ac-
corded the men who had de-
feated him.
There will be other Derbies
in other years. The race will be
an annual international classic
as feature of St. PauPs Out
door Sports Carnival, but a de-
cade of Derbies cannot produce
another F. Hartman.
He has become a protege of
Louis w. Hill, promoter Of The
dogs Derby, President of the ST.
Paul Carnival Association and
one of Americas wealthiest men
Despite his fame, Hartman is
i. modest and he has said he will
enter next years Derby with a
team that cannot be defeated.