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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
INSANITY AND THE WAR.

For the first time In the history of
warfare there have been established at
the battle fronts asylums for the sol
d ers who become raving maniacs. In
the worst cases. alienists tell us, the per-
centage OF men becoming thus insane
is forty to Il 900 in an
army of a million men. Reports have
come back to us. meager enough but
Illuminating in their terse phrascology
of how men go mad.
Strong, brave men become suddenly
like fantastic jumping jacks fearing
twitching. shaking"
The unknown terror that walks in
front Of the curtain of fire seizes upon
men who have no fear of DEATH"
Such are the declarations of men,
bers of the Alienists and Neurologists
of America at their recent Chicago
convention. One of the most prolific
causes of insanity. they said, is shell
shock.
One OF the causes" said one alien
list, sis the explosion of a high powered
shell within 100 feet of the victim. He
Is shocked into insensibility, but not
wounded. When he becomes conscious
he is shaking. \ comrade speaks to
him and he begins to weep. The othe,
development of insanity is more mys-
FERROUS. Men who have grinned al
death lie joking in the trenches await
Ing the enemy about to charge. Sud
denly they become terror stricken.
They remain whimpering while thei,
comrades charge. The cure takes a
year or two"
Has not mankind in this modern
warfare. thus raised up a monster
Frankenstein which if not ended will
annihilate his reason? They tell us OF
the nervous strain of modern bushes.
and of the breakdowns which result
from economic success. Here is some
thing which seems the more deadly be
cause of its sudden coming.
Both in war and in peace, We liv
| our lives abnormally. Let us get bacl
TO sanity In our existence.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
Noted Failures
Who Came Back
BY Albert Psyson Terhune
1917 by the Press Co. rhe New York Evening WORLDLY
William Shakespeare the Failure Who Became Immortal


father had been farmer and Had tried to living as petty
children did not
make either
William children He sent
promise
a urc patel the
Shakespeare threw his early chances
Older himself He said been bued and coerc
into this unucky union
had
goodly share his tiny
Shakespeare at this time
a
AN UNsAvoRY
of Thomas local
the thief Shakespeare
hurrybaely In to dodge prison.
without prospects, he picked
at the Of Lon
two
wasan exile and
thorough specimen of around Failure
promoted to be
corresponding with the present day Job
OK y
managed
a a a night
his
of
house
Ii US were acted
a
In 1902 when
the living there in quiet luxury until his
later
, trionaI
yUrsonN
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY
ByH J.. Barrett.
Proper Store Arrangement Facilitates
Service.

Service.
1T Is mistake to assume that the
application OF efficiency principles is
practicable only for great industrial
plants or large depa rtment stores
remarked an expert. although it Is
in this field that the remarkable show
ings are made, the smallest retailer
should give thought to this subject.
"Take the case of shop or store ar
rangement. for exampte. The latest
practice In plant planning IL not to
construct building and then to fit
the machinery into it, but rather to
lay out the machinery In accord with
the straight-line principle Of produce
ton and then to plan a building to
envelop it. That explains the odd con-
formation OF so. many modern fac
tories.
IN building a great store, however.
so many predetermined factors. such
as size and shape of the lot. influences
the shape of the building that here it
is more a case OF fitting the fixtures
to the floor plan. But department
store arrangement is a very complex
problem to which high priced brains
devote weeks and months of study.
Store arrangement for the little
retailer is no less important. In even
the smallest stores there are rush Pc
RODS in which sales and perhaps pat
ronage may be lost through a short
age Of clerks. No man can afford to
keep enough salespeoplc on hand to
insure quick service for all the busy
periods But ne can lay out his store
so that the clerks can fill orders with
out lost motion. Take the grocer with
whom I deal, for example.
I'm front of his cashiers window
square in the center Of a narrow aisle
is a post. Like an island in a stream
it slows up the current OF trade. low
ers his clerks efficiency and is an an
noyance to customers. That post has
stood there for years, daily taking it,
toll OF profits. A little study would
evolve a plan whereby it could be re-
moved. or. If this were impossible. a
Encouragement Of fixtures would rem
der 1t innocuous.
TN this same store, the bread Is
kept in a case. which is set on the
floor, with perpendicular sliding glass
doors. It IL most inaccessible. The
contortions through which the clerks
have to go to secure a loaf OF bread
are amusing. And bread. of course. is
an article for which calls are fire.
quent case should be devised which
is level with persons chest, thus
avoiding the necessity of bending
nearly double.
!; Generally speaking. those articles
which are in greatest demand should
be assigned the most accessible To-
cations. But few small retailers de-
vote any thought to n scientific lay
out Of their stores. To do so means
quicker service. fewer clerks. and
more patronage"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
WHAT IS DOING IN GERMANY?

II one knew the precise condition OF
affairs In Germany it might be possible
| to forecast Approximately a date for
the end of the war. 1t is certain from
the seepage OF news through Sweden
and Denmark that there is pro-
nounced upheaval of popular opinion
in Germany. This may be due to a
variety Of causes. but We suspect that
the greatest is hunger. 1t Is possible
for humans to exist a long time on
scanty rations. but there is nothing
more conducive to lowering the fight
ing spirit of a man than constant
gnawing hunger.
The resignation of the chancellor
Won Hollweg. apparently
confirmed. may have several meanings.
As in the case Of Asquith and Grey and
Delcasse it may simply mean that the
Germans are dissatisfied with the man.
agement of the war and demand a
change. Certainly. the war is not
progressing to the advantage of Ger
many. Another and, we think. a more
probable inference is that there has
arisen in Germany "a powerful party
that demands a statement OF peace
terms and a way opened" to a settle.
mcnt that will not be humiliating. The
Germans must be tired Of the war, es-
pecially IL they are convinced that Ger
many cannot win.
Many things have happened to bring
all Germans to serious thinking. Off
hand. one would say the most convinc-
ing of these is the return of Russia to
the fighting line. Perhaps even greater
than that is the embargo order of
President Wilson on supplies of food
and munitions to neutral countries. 1t
has been known for a long time that
with all precautions on the Part of
the allies. Germany is receiving a vast
supply of food from Sweden, Norway,
Denmark and Holland. Millionaires
have grown overnight in these coun-
tries, because of their ability to sell
their own food to Germany and import
enough for their own use from the
United States. All that will cease and
the neutrals will have choice of get
ting in the war or suffering the lack
| of such things as they have been get
| ting from our country.
| Other probable causes are the failure
| OF the submarine campaign and the
inability of Hindenberg to advance his
| army on the western line.
All together it seems as though the
prospect for immediate peace is more
favorable than at any time since the
| battle Of Marne.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

tai makeup which is the easier to in
terpret. the initials or the full title.
The Manchester Guardian tells an in
teresting story in this connection. 1t
happened during the South African
war. A certain adjutant who had con-
graduated himself on acquiring for his
quarters n perfect mansion had not
long been installed there before he re-
reived from the general traffic mana
ger the message: 1.-THE G. T. NJ. wants
the house." II this was laconic. the
reply was more so. 1t ran: "The O..
r. NJ. can G. r. H." But when the
adjutant appeared at G. II. @. to an
swer for this rrofane rebuff he blandly
pleaded not guilty. There was much
speculation as to how he would ex-
plain his message and he interpreted
1t with the sweetest Of emphasis as
follows: 1.-THE general traffic mana
ger can get the house."
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
10 BE SURE

Words a re at best only half reveal
ing. said 'cennyson. What he would
have said regarding initials might
have been Interesting. The various de-
partments. offices and and sub-offices
in England ave designated by initials
and one cans,pt read Of any war or
ganization with out coming upon them.
Here, for instn.nce. is an example of
what he who run may read. He would.
OF course. stop running immediately
4. d. l. NJ. ID. 3. r. r. ID. b. a. F. What
does It meaa? Why. Assistant Direc-
tor. implements and Machinery De-
partment Section, Food Production
nepsrtment. Board OF Agriculture and
Fishesles. 1919
It depends entirely npon your mem
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

Col. Roosevelt Is the lad to talk to
them. The mayor OF Elizabeth. N. J.,
German. OF course, refused to accept
an American flag for the city because
the giver in a presentation speech said
mean things about the Germans. Col
Roosevelt was unable to attend an in,
dignation meeting. but he wrote a.
follows:
No American vino at this time
defends the kaiser and Germany
IL a good American. He is an en-
envy Of the United States exactly
as the man who. in 1876. defended
King George and Great Britain
was an enemy Of the United States.
There Is no room here for men
who are half American and half
German aud they should go back
to Germany. On the other hand.
The American Of German blood.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

1t is probable that there is no class
more DESTROYS of quick peace than the
distillers. if we except the much larger
class afflicted with the reprehensible
habit of drinking whiskey. Whatever
may happen to the food control bill i,
is very certain that drastic methods
will stop the manufacture of hard liq-
uors. The best sign Of what is coming
is found in the decision of two large
and famous wholesale liquor houses in
Chicago to retire II the anti-whiskey
amendment of the food bill becomes q
law. One Of these concerns does ar
annual business of 100000 and wa.
established fifty years ago.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
VESSELS PAYING WELL.

London The twelve German
steamers which were seized in the
ports Of India at the beginning of the
war have since earned lo0,339 pounds.
sterling under the management of the
India office. In addition to commercial
voyages. some OF the vessels have been
used to carry mules from Ruenos
I Ayres for the Indian government and
others have been In the service Of the
, British admiralty. One was tornedoed
by German submarine in February,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
BOYS FIND DYNAMITE.

Keswick. Cal.-Some boys playing on
the hills west Of town. off the road to
Shasta, found a large quantity Of dy-
Mantle in an abandoned cabin. Fuse
and caps were also ready at hand.
Lying. on a box OF dynamite was a
note addressed 20 Sheriff A. +. Ross.
saying: Hello. Sheriff Ross: You
have not caught us vet. You never
will. but If you do We'll blow up the
whole town." "
No one can conjecture who stole the
dynamite and hid it away in the cabin.
or can divine the purpose. 1t was not
very far from this cabin that the Gates
Brothers lived in another Out-of-t the
way cabin while they were preparing
for the Copley train robbery.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

Among the sad results of war in
England is the forced sale Of many OF
its art treasures, Libraries and heir
looms. The Ellesmere library. for in
stance, was recently sold to Mr.
Smith of America. This name may be
n nom de plume or there may really
afford that purchase. In either case
the library will be here for the benefit
of all Englishmen who can spare time
TO pick up their reading after the war.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
rs Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892.
(From the Missoula Gazette Of fria
day, July Is, 1922


Reports from Wallace say that fire.
quent explosions have been heard there
and that the Bunker Hill mine has
been blown up. Scattering strikers
had fight with soldiers near Cataldo
and General Carlin, in command Of
the regulars. has asked for reinforce
ments. General Miles has passed Hell
ena on his way to Wallace. it Is re-
ported.
All preliminary arrangements for the
annual railroad picnic have been made.
It Is dated for Saturday, August 6. The
place chosen is Lothrop, about 80
miles west of here on the Occur
d'Alene branch. A dancing pavilion
will be built and the music will be by
the fort band. In addition to the dam
cling there will be sports and athletic
contests. The train will leave at $3.50
and start back to Missoula at s o'clock
in the evening.
The lacrosse team has been picked
out and it goes to play match game
in Anaconda on Sunday next. The
team has also received q challenge
from Spokane. The composition of the
the team Is as follows: Goal. George
Beckwith: point. Ernest Monroe; cover
point, w. a. Bower; first defense. H.
Il. Sturdee; second defense. Jack
Hardness: third defense, George Nc
| Leod: center. Bob Stewart: third
home. William Edwards: second home.
w. NJ. Whitley; first home. ].
Knowles: outside home. Charles Beck
with: inside home. Charles Suffer:
field captain. A. r. Tibbets.
Hiram smith. a well known resident
Of Stevensville, has just received $500
for ditch work and is going to Seattle
for the purpose Of getting $500 he
| has buried there. Mr.. Smith once was
swindled out of his savings. 80 several
years ago be began putting his money
where he could always find it. He
buried 1t in the vicinity Of Seattle. Had
his money been out at interest for the
II years it has been buried It would
now amount to over $4,000.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
LIEUTENANT SUICIDES.

Lieutenant Koji Kakida, formerly Of
the cruiser Tsukuba which was de-
stroyed by explosion at Yokosuka last
January. has committed suicide by
drowning himself in a pond in his
native town. At the time Of the ex.
plosion Lieutenant Kakida was super
vising the test of small guns. The
roar of the concussion so startled him
that ne jumped into the sea.
For this act he was sentenced to two
months imprisonment with one years
postponement of execution Of the
penalty His suicide was in expiatson Of
his conduct, judged cowardly BY his
superiors. q
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

who stands straight by the United
States. Is just exactly as good an
American as anyone else and to
discriminate against him or permit
him to be Disseminated against
now Is as great an outrage as ii,
in 1875, there had been discrimina-
ton against Washington or Put.
nam because they were Of English
blood.
Col. Roosevelt will be of vastly more
use in bringing the slackers into line
than in any military office that might
have been offered to him.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

II is 4 pleasing touch Of fate that the
ships that transported General PERISH
inp's army were the German steamers
seized by our government at the be-
ginning of the war. Perhaps that is
why they were not sunk by the sub
marines.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
ENGLAND GETTING SETTER.

London.-England continues to grow
more temperate and more law-abiding
according to the criminal 50 tistics for
the year just issued. An compared
with the year before the war in the
upper courts, the number of persons
tried has decreased from $4,000 to
5000: In the lower courts the decrease
Is from 100000 to $4,000. Tho num-
Der Of persons charged with drunken
ness has dropped from 100000 to 49,.
900.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15
NoAh's ARK FOR MEXICO.

Mexico City.-A project submitted to
Raiaei Nieto. under secretary of fl
nance. proposes that the government
either give to each agricultural FAM
lily Or aid each family to buy two piss
rooster q duck and a drake and nairs
two goats. two rabbits. a hen and n
Of other farmyard au,ma,s.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

The dearth of news from Spain JUS
titles the presumption that anything
may have happened there. Alfonso
may be king or president or he may
be an alderman from the nineteenth
ward OF Madrid.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

Reform has progressed to the point
where Tamnany is out in favor of mu-
nicipal ownership of public utilities.
We would be more confident of a
change of heart if we did not suspect
that Tammany had planned n method
to own the utilities.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

Nick Romanoff timidly inquiries
whether the new Russian government
intends to support his family. Until
the indictment by the grand jury is
dismissed a more pertinent inquiry
would be what the government intends
to do with Nicks head.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

Emma Goldman in the federal PEN
itentiary at Fort IIeavenworth is quietly
engaged in the making of overalls, an
occupation that will be restful to her
treason matching brain and at the same
time be productive of patriotic results.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

1T is inspiring to see n full house.
says a church note in a Kansas news
paper. 1t is more than that though
we did not know that they held them
in Kansas churches.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

Alleging that her husband Is too pro-
German to live with, New York wom-
an has brought suit for divorce. 1t is
hoped that our secret service people
will be kept SO busy that this cause
for divorce will not become common.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

Now that they have found a muffler
for the mule will the inventive geniuses
10 a step further and find something
to fit the l. w. w. agitator?
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

We would like to see a hand dealt
to General Pershing before the war
game is called.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-15

The Russian republic will soon be
off a milk diet.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-07
CUBAN SUGAR CROP
rs SOON AVAILABLE

NEW YORK, N. Y.--The bulk of
the new Cuban sugar crop will soon
become available in the New York
market, under an agreement reached
today at q conference Of the Cuban
sugar commission and the interna-
uonal sugar commission fixing the
base price at $4.90 per 100 pounds.
This price represents $3.50 per
hundred-weight, free on board at
Cuban ports, plus an estimated 80
cent freight rate to New York. The
actual price of the sugar at New
York cannot be determined until the
United States shipping bureau has
fixed the freight rate, which 1t is
expected to do with few days. The
$3.50 to be paid in Cuba is the base
on which it had been hoped an
agreement could be made.
The Cuban sugar commission was
appointed by President Menocal to
confer with the international sugar
committee, headed by George M.
Rolph. head of the sugar division of
the national food administration.
The Cuban conferees reported that a
number of central production plants
already have begun grinding the
cane and the raw sugar should be
ready for shipment within a few
days.
1t was reported to the interna-
tional sugar committee that Ameri-
can beet sugar is moving steadily
and satisfactorily. Ohio refineries
are said to be receiving about 10000
tons daily This will helm relieve the
situation materially.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-07
THE VILLAGE TAILOR
CAN NOW SEE SERVICE

Men from forty-five trades have
opportunity to enlist in the army
of skilled workmen being formed to
go to into France with the American
fliers, and are promised experience
as near the fighting lines as air
drOmes can be built.
Cobblers and tailors can leave
their benches to make, stretch, and
repair wings; BARRIERS are wanted to
ply their trade near no mans land;
cabinet makers and boat makers are
needed for woodwork; copper
smiths will see that there are no
leaky gasoline tanks. Instrument
repairmen, vulcaniZers, gas-works
employees, rope riggers, cordage
workers, automobile mechanicians,
and men from other trades are want
ed for general work. Application for
information regarding enlistment
may be made to Maj. Steever, 119
D street, NV, Washington, D. c.
The motor section, carriage di-
vision of the office Of the chief of
ordnance, will also need several
thousand skilled men for it's work.
The section is intrusted with secur-
ing for the war department such We
hicles as four-wheel-drive trucks,
tractors, armored cars
and tanks, and for maintenance and
repair of this as we'll as artillery
Men with experience as mechanics,
blacksmiths and storage
battery experts are wanted. There
are four ordnance training camps
where many Of these men are sent
to fit them for the grades of first
class sergeant and ordnance SER
geant. Many will later be placed
In charge of enlisted men.
Anyone wishing to enlist should
address Chief of Ordnance, motor
section, carriage division, 1903 New
York avenue, Washington, D. c.