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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
FOOD CONTROL NEAR.

The passage OF the administration
food control bin by the house last
night clears the way for quick fin
ish to the extortion Of food kings
and coal kings and other pirates Of
their kind.
Under this bill the president will be
given very wide authority over the
distribution and price Of food and fuel
during the war.
The most striking feature OF the
measure was the adoption on a fairly
close vote of the amendment forbid
ding the use of any foodstuffs during
the war for making intoxicants and
giving the president authority to take
over at his discretion all stocks OF
distilled liquors. Radical changes will
follow in the life of the country il that
feature Of the bill becomes law. We
venture the prophecy that this pro-
less of other changes that will be
made before the bill becomes law.
There can be no doubt of the neces-
sity for immediate and drastic action
on the food situation.
In the United States where flour
comes from the price is $3.50 a bar
rel. while in England, where it goes,
it sells for $500 or a little less than
one-half our price. Mr.. Hoover says
that the flour spectators have robbed
the people of more than $50O0O,00O
4 month for the past five months.
There is a situation that needs first
attention from the authorities ut
Washington.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
WHY THE SOCIALISTS ARE
LOSING.

The socialists who are patriotic and
earnest in their efforts to save democ-
racy should welcome any dissension
that leads to break with traitors to
their cause.
The hallmark of treachery to social
ism is plain. 1t Is only necessary to
learn from the so-called socialist
whether he favors the preliminary
Stockholm plans. The delegates at
ism. suggest peace plans that are more
than satisfactory to Germany. Under
this scheme Germany would keep AL
SAGE Lorraine and would recover her
colonies now in possession of Great
Britain. She would control Poland
and Finland and give no indemnity for
the fearful suffering and loss that
Belgium has endured.
That sort OF peace is good enough
for the kaiser at any time. Just now
he would jump at 1t.
Is it too much to say that the three
American delegates, who would assist
in enforcing any such program should
be tried for treason to this country?
The Stockholm plan is. as every
body knows, an obvious frame up by
German conspirators. 1t must have
u IN 40 1;ef
leaders in this country who did what
they could to promote 1t.
No socialist with an atom of intelli-
gence could regard German victory
with anything but dread and alarm
Certainly all that is worthy of social
ism can be more easily welded into
the lives of the American people I'M
der democratic form of government
than under such a system Of govern
ment as prevails in Germany. That
is plain to the dullest mind. All that
is necessary to bring about socialism
in the United States Is to convince
majority of voters that it is right
and should prevail. In Germany that
would be impossible under the laws,
because the right of franchise is SO
abridged as to make the rule of the
majority impossible. Nothing but a
revolution could bring about liberty
and democracy such as they are known
in this country
The socialist organization in the
United States is badly smashed, but
1t is better that that should happen
! than the party should be held under
the control of the German leaders.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

The suffragettes who are disgracing
themselves by acting as sentinels
around the White House might take
a lesson from the attitude of Miss
Christabel Pankhurst. Nobody will
deny that she has militant qualities
and yet she is giving all her energies
to winning the war for Great Britain.
Recently Miss Pankhurst stated to an
interrupter at public meeting after
she returned from France, Il suppose
YOU are a conscientious objector.
have longed TO meet a conscientious
objector; In France there are none, so
! have had to come to England to see
one" There is plenty of real war
work in this country for women pos
sessed of Miss Pankhursts sense of
loyalty.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

An unimportant but interesting
change in England is that of abolish
ing the German titles held by the Eng
lash royal family. For instance, the
title OF Prince Louis OF Battenbcrg
has been dropped and henceforth he
will be known as marquis. Also the
titles of the Duke Of Tcck and Prince
Alexander of Teck have been thrown
to the discard and one becomes a mar
ouis and the other an earl The royal
family. as is well known, from the time
of George the First has been of Ger
man origin. The blood of the present
generation cannot be changed. bNt il is
very certain that there will be no fur
Their admixture of German with Eng
lish blood I'M the royal house.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
FREE ADVERTISING.

Applicants for free advertising are
always at hand. every newspaper edi-
tor throws into the waste basket each
day great quantities of reading mat
ter intended to inform a hungry pub
lie upon the merits Of this or that kind
of automobile. or boosting certain
brand of baking powder. or relating
the exploits of a moving picture act
ress. or mentioning the governmental
abilities OF ambitious politicians. or
giving other information from the cir
culation OF which somebody hopes to
CLEAN a financial or. other gain.
Often these press" notices contain
a yelled offer to the publisher OF an
advertising contract some time in the
future. Sometimes it Is a test to see
how much the newspaper Is read and
favorable results will convince the In
visible and somewhat mysterious "ad-
vertiser" with probable result Of
great quantities Of advertising.
The attitude Of those who distribute
such stuff to the various newspaper
offices In the country. and hundreds Of
tons OF 1t go through the mail every
week. IL beyond the comprehension of
an intelligent person.. They appear to
think that the newspaper IL an insti-
tuition OF charity and that its columns
are intended to be exploited for their
|, own advantage and without remunera.
tiou.-Carbou County Journal.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
Spirit of the "
Montana Press
JUST MoNTANA'S WAY,

Montana was the fifth state to fur
nish it's quota OF regular army enlist
ments and at the present time we have
exceeded our number by 30 per cent.
Montana registered more than rs per
cent more eligibles under the con-
scription act than was estimated for
the state by the war department and
this In the face of the fact that more
than 40 of the states fell below the es-
Inmates. Montana over subscribed her
proportion of Liberty bonds by more
than 100 per cent, whereas the total
over subscription by the country as a
whole was less than SO per cent. Mon
tana is now engaged In raising her
share of Red Cross funds and we ven-
ture the prediction that she will once
more show her heels to all her sister
states In the matter of over subscrip.
tion.-lewistown Democrat News.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
MAMMOTH CAVE LIGHTED ~
ELECTRICITY.

Electric illumination OF important
parts of the Mammoth Cave. Kentucky.
Is now an accomplished fact, light
ing plant having been recently in
stalled at the edge of the Rotunda
which Is the first main chamber of the
cave. This chamber is at the end OF
a passageway. about 500 feet long.
leading in from the entrance, the pass
age being lighted by electric lamps
strung along the wallis. The Rotunda
itself. which 10 200 or ESQ feet across
with dome roof. from 60 to IS feet
above the floor, is lighted by batteries
of electric lamps set in shallow re-
Electors, placed on poles so that the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

lamps themselves are unseen. From
the recesses of the vast cave. hitherto
lighted only by dim. smoky oil lamps
and the torches of guides. In one "
these avenues Is what Is known az tlse
Banquet Hall, containing a wooden In
closure with tables and equipment for
serving the banquet customary when
a large convention visits the cave In
a body. This hall is now lighted with
2.135 electric lamps. It Is; a distance
of $50 yards from the entrance through
the Rotunda to the far end of the Ban
quet Hall. and this is the only portion
lighted at present by the electric plant.
while there are in all about Is miles
of passageway in the caves-From the
July Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

The fund for the Red Cross is not
growing In Missoula quite so rapidly
as we should like to observe. While
the people OF this city have been called
upon for numerous contributions of
late, they should remember that the
Red Cross is war organization. de-
signed, among other things. to bring
an honorable peace at the earliest hour.
be more effective than bullets. AS the
fund grows. SO comes the end with
greater speed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
Bread Upo,, the Waters
(ls05-1S94.)

The mother saw that change in fash
OF time.
Was this tall. cropping figure. with
the black bandages across his eyes. her
son? And. oh God! what was It he was
holding out toward her? What was
he trying to embrace her with? His
arms? They were there. But why
could her eyes only see healed scars
where his hands should have been?
Would that expensive doctor come too
late to bring him back to health and
happiness?
The boy heard her gasp: he must
have heard her shudder. He dropped
his arms hopelessly, the white stumps
dangling from his coat sleeves. His
laugh was fiercely bitter. II thought
they'd told you. thought you must
have known. Bits Of shell blinded me.
But the doctor said they could have
saved my hands II they'd gotten to me
sooner. l lay in the hot sun. and
smelt the wounds Of other men: lay
in the chill night. and I heard an eter-
nal dripping and seeping Of blood into
the earth. don't know: sometime
later they found me. Gangrene had set
in. They haven't the equipment to
take care Of all of us. Someone has to
pay. l begged them to let me die. But
they did the best they could for me.
, and I've come home to you without my
hands,"
The boys face flushed with q Just
anger at the memory OF the unneces-
sary pain and anguish that the men in
the trenches had suffered. His eoice
was accusing.
Mother. 1t isn't fair. The people
. here at home have not supported the
men In the fight as they should have.
They might have given us at least an
even chance to come back whole. It
isn't the dying that's so terrible to US.
It's the unnecessary manning we have
to stand for. And it's only because the
/ Red Cross has not been sufficiently
backed to give us the proper attention
quickly enough. I'm useless. Because
someone here at home has been q
tight wad-that's why"
Someone elses son needs quick med :
ical attention at the front. VIII yours ?
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

The return of former Senator W. A..
Clark to his home at Butte will be
welcomed by his old friends through
out Montana. That he has so far re-
covered from his injury of last winter
as to need only a cane for assistance
will be good news to the citizens Of
the state Of which Senator Clark has
er. The wish for years of life and
health for him is very general.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
l776! 1912! 1861!

There Is an editorial in the July
Woman's Home Companion which
says:
TT would be- good thing to read
some of Washington's letters on July
Fourth. and see the way his great
heart was made to bleed by the utter
failure Of support either from the
army or from the people for which he
fought.
ITO be sure. $4,000 men enlisted
for service in the American Kevolu-
ton at one time or another. to fight an
English force that was never more
than one third as large.
but they fought for q few weeks,
and became tired and went home. They
were i'll clothed. i'll fed, i'll supplied
with ammunition.
And Of that $4,000 Washington was
almost never able to muster more than
10000 for effective service at one time |;
and the capture of Trenton was made
with only 1000.
Time after time he prepared for
operations which might have won de :
cisive victories and shortened the war.
And he could not carry them out. be-
cause the people who ought to have
stood behind him did not prepare for
a hard-fought, long continued war, and
could not give him support.
Few chapters in all history are
more depressing than the story Of the
war of 1872. Not one single important
battle was won by the American forces
on land. &,
AT Bladensburg the American mill
tia. behind breastworks. fled at the
first volley from a little force of Brit :
ish regulars. not one-th their num-
Der. And the British marched across
the bridge and burned the capitol.
"'We are coming, Father Abraham
sang the men Of 1861: but I.incoin,
waiting day after day In Washington.
cried out In agony of heart. My God.
will they never Gomez
And when they did come, it was to
march to ignominious defeat at Bull
Run.
They We're unframed boys. who had
enlisted for ninety days. The war was
to be quickly over: on one thought Il
would be long war. And because NO
one thought 1t would last long. Il
dragged itself out for four years, when
1t ought to have been fought through
In two" ---,'ss. ,r7s-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

During the Civil war President Lin
coin often wrote personal letters to the
wives. mothers and sweethearts of the
soldiers Years later these manu-
scripts were very useful In giving us n
fine perspective of the personal aud
human side OF the great war president.
II IL likely that President Wilson's
letters VIII he likewise regarded and
with this In mind We are interested in
a letter that he recently wrote 10 a
woms n In West Virginia in reply 10
one informing him that she already
had given two sons to th: army and
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

For the benefit Of those who doubt
whether Montana is progressive state
we mention the departure of a delega-
ton of Grow Indians to demand local
self government from the Great White
Father at Washington.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
GERMAN SPIES CAUGHT.

Auckland. New Zealand.-News Of
the arrest OF four German spies at
Apia. Samoa. while in the act of sig
mailing to sea from 4 lighthouse. has
been received here. Three of them
were sent to an internment camp and
the other was ordered to trial by
cOurtmartial.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

The German editors made another
bad guess three months ago when they
predicted that the kaiser would write
Italy's epitaph before July l. An army
of some size would be had if all the
false prophets Of Germany were
rounded up.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

The American commissioners to
Russia may not be possessed of occult
clouds over Russia are waiting away
with their arrival
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24

The present condition of the Social
list party reminds us of Ben Franklins
saying that ut Is hard for an empty
bag to stand upright"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
was ready to give a third. The presi-
dent wrote a. follows:

"Your feeling about your sons 10
the feeling which I should think
every mother in whom the true
spirit OF motherhood and OF Amer
icanism dwells would have. and I
would like to believe that It IL true
that the country Is full Of moth.
ers of the same heroic and SELF
sacrificing sort. 1t qMickens my
pulse and strengthens my belief in
the splendid capacity Of this coun.
cry to meet every crisis Of this sort
to receive such a message as you
have been gracious and kind
enough to send me and I shall
treasure 1t in my heart as a typ
ical expression of devoted Ameri-
can womanhood."
Incidentally. the schoolhoys q
America who are ambitious to exec
in direct. simple and condensed style
of expression can do no better than tt
study the letters and documents of our
president.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
A JOB FOR THE CENSOR.

Censorship of diplomatic mail
pouches is more important than cen.
sorship Of the American press Why
not do the more Important thing first !?
Brooklyn Eagle. },
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
coLoREo GENT DISCOVERED.

Belgium was the fourth exporter in
the world before the war. Evidently.
there is a deliberate German policy
to wipe Belgium out as q competitor.
Skilled workmen are largely dead
not altogether on the battlefield. but
in German detention camps, as well.
Machinery has been carted to Ger
many. factories demolished. As Ger.
man trade rival. Belgium will be off
the map for many long years.
Fancy our fate, II the Huns VIM
Helena Independent.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
Few will 10 to battle. but those at
home may serve il they viii conserve.

As a motto for the dining room wall
we suggest: A clean plate Is next
to Godliness.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
KEEP THEE COLLEGES GOING,

President Wilson and the national
war council have agreed that the
American universities and colleges
should recruit as large an attendance
AZ possible for the next academic year.
which begins In September. Support
Ing this opinion. the Montana war
board. headed by Governor Stewart.
has urged that the states institutions
for higher education make every ef-
fort to maintain their attendance next
fall
Here is an opportunity for Montan-
ans to render their state effective
service. There Is hardly a community
In the state which IL not sending some
Of Its young women and young men
to college this fall. In every one OF
these communities there should be a
strong effort made to direct this at
tendance to Montana Institutions
Livingston Enterprise.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-24
ORATORS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

busy wMb given apesvs
Day
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The affairs which
from time
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD.
February
After Williams college
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
Who's Who In World Series

been able to pound his way into the
charmed circle Of consistent 800 hit
tiers this season, and his dangerous
bat has been responsible for many OF
the victories chalked up by Clarence
Rowland's team in their race for the
pennant-
Remembering such famous flivvers
as Lena Blackburn and Larry Chap
nellie. White Sox fans were not in
clined to give Felsch the benefit OF
the doubt when he first Joined Com
islzeys' team. But, though he failed
to reach the $50 mark in batting in
his first year with the SoX, he came
back in 1915 with final batting
average Of .301 and he is hitting bet
ter than that now
Felsch has established himself as a
natural hitter without spending the
usual number Of years in the minor
leagues, and when he graduated from
the Milwaukee City league TO the ron
du Lac club Of the wisconsin, llnols
league IN 1913. he was destined to re-
main there less than one season Be
fore the 1913 season closed at Fon du
Lac Felsch was sold to Milwaukee,
wrere he finished the season.
lie had been hitting better than
800 vita Fon du Lac, but in &c
games with the Brewers he hit
only .1S3. The following year,
however, the young sluEEer came
into his own with the bat, hitting
.3O4 in Isl games with the Mil
vruukee club, and in August, 1914.
he was sold to the White SOx for
$1,000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
iris SPEAKER
CUTS DOWN LEAD
Cleveland Outfielder Is
Gaining on Georgia Peach,
According to Dope.

Chicago, Ill. Sept. speaker is
cutting down Ty Cobb's batting lead
in the American league. Unofficial
averages released today show only Il
points separating them as compared
with 21 a week ago. Cobb is batting
.373 and Speaker, the 1916 champion.
.359. The averages include games Of
Wednesday.
Bush the Detroit shortstop. con-
tinues TO draw away from Cobb IN
scoring. He has 103 runs TO his
credit, a lead Of over the Georgian
Bobby Roth, Of Cleveland. added three
more stolen bases to his total bring
ing it up to IS. Pipp. Of New York,
took the lead in home run hitting
with nine.
Leading batters who have played
in half Of their clubs games- Cobb.
Detroit. .373; Speaker. Cleveland, $50;
Sisler. St. Louis, .347; Felsch, Chicago.
80; Veach. Detroit, .306; Rice, WASH
ington, 500; Harris, Cleveland, -5O4;
NcInnis, Philadelphia, .301; Jackson,
Chicago, .299i Chapman, Cleveland
.298.
Leading pitchers participating IN
30 or more games rated according 10
me 10 ma a 70
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22

USINESS OF renewing the scrap
for the pennant OF the Pass city
IL league viii be continued Sunday
afternoon at Rio Grande park, when
the Norton Books and Feldman teams
are billed to meet in the second game
II the first affair the Feldman and
weston teams viii scrap It out for
the second position, with Fisher rep
resenting the Livingston crowd on
the mound. and either Hancock or
Cunningham on the rubber Tor lne
1unchroCm team Fisher returned
from Hurley, " II, several days ago
and is in grand trim and anxious Tor
a trial
incidentally those games sunday
afternoon viii make the third to the
last appearance Of Pass City league
teams this season, as the schedIle
officially winds up on October s. me
FeIduan team. according 10 DOPE
complied by scorer L Il Coyne' sun
has three games TO play with me
Purity nine, however, as result or
a protested game, and this VIII give
the photographers a chance TO break
even
1t is considered very unlikely
that anything Of this order VIII
take place. however, as the Lev
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22

SIDE from being one OF the
a hardest working men in FL
L n Paso. in his efforts to keep
youngsters I'm physical trim, director
A. 7. Holm Of the Y. II. C. A. IS con-
siderable Of an organizer. and the
opening OF the basketball season at
the gymnasium in the near future
viii see a number OF new teams in
the field. The classes at the associa-
ton are constantly growing, many
business and professional men avail
ing themselves Of the opportunity 10
keep in shape by attending the night
and evening classes. Speaking Of
the equipment OF the gymnasium di-
rector Holm says:
THE physical department Of the
Y. II. c. A. is scientifically equipped
to meet the needs Of young men. The
gymnasium is modern with all OF the
light and heavy apparatus necessary
20 do efficient work. A small auSil-
larry gym" in connection with the
locker room furnishes an opportunity
10 exercise for those who haven't the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22
PHYSICAL DIRECTOR HOLM PLANS
4 BUSY FALL SEASON 1T GYM

time for work upstairs in the biS
gym
Boxing, wrestling and fencing
classes also use the auxiliary
room. The swimming pool + -
By 20, white tile lined, varying in
depth from three to eight feet,
and Is fitted with sprinEbOard
and high bar. Hot and cold
showers are In adjoining rooms
The class for business men meets
on Monday. Wednesday and Friday
afternoons from 10 &, with the fol
lowing schedules TO SIS. hand
ball 5.45 to 8. calisthenic workout;
6 10 Z. volley ball The young bust
ress men also play hand5au on Tues
day. Thursday and Saturday from D
10 6. and volley ball from 10 l.
The regulars or young men VINO
prefer night gym work meet on Mon
dav and Thursday nights with the
following schedules: 80 TO >. free
play and handball or basketball prac-
tice: s to $50. marching, calisthenics
and bell and club drills; $50 20 3.
graded athletic and gymnastlc Work
8 10 9 So basketball games for ALI
on Tuesday night at SIS those VINO
are particularly interested in heavy
gymnastics, or work on the high bar.
parallels, horse, rings. and mats VIII
be given a vigorous session FOR an
hour. This workout viii be followed
by volley ball or indoor baseball