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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
AMERICAN CAMoUnLAGf
COMPANY ORGANIZING
First Of Kind in u. S. War
fare Being Formed at
Washington, D. c.
CHANCE FOR PAINTERS
Opportunity for Local Men
to Enlist in This Newest
Kind of Service.

\ camouflare company. the first OF
its kind in. the history of American
warfare. Is being organized in con-
junction with the 25th Construction
Engineer regiment. which is mobilizing
at Washington. D. C. This company
will be composed Of artists and scenery
constructors.
The announcement OF the install
lation OF this new branch of the mill
tary was received yesterday at the
Missoula recruiting office. According
to Recruiting Officers Siegrist and
Tompkins. men will be enlisted here
for service in this regiment and other
engineering units that are assembling
ut various cities in the east.
Chance for Skilled Men.
Never In the history of the United
States has the army offered such
splendid Inducements for skilled men,"
said Private Sieerist yesterday. 1.-THE
new engineering regiments require
trained men, who will follow their vo-
cations throughout the duration OF the
war.
There are 6S different trades in
Guided in the personnel of these regi-
ments, and recruits are given their
choice OF the various divisions. The
opportunity for advancement is ex-
cellent." continued the recruiting Of
ficer. IAN rockies will be promoted
according to their merits. and no lines
will he drawn.
Engineers Pay High.
1.-THE pay table in the engineering
regiments is also higher than in the
other corps of the army. The pay
ranges from $33 to 500 month, and
allowances, which include medical and
dental services"
Private Siegrist reports that these
regiments are fast attaining their re-
quired war strength, and uges artisans
and artists who desire to join the
colors to put in their applications i'm
mediately.
According to the communications
from Washington, transportation for
recruits will be furnished by the gov
eminent from the place of enlistment
to the assemblage point of the regi-
ment.
| Applicants for the goth Forestry
regiment that is assembling at Amer
lean university. Washington, D. c..
must present letters from the forestry
bureau before they can be accepted al
the recruiting office. according to or
ders received by Private Siegrist. Men
qualifing as woods bosses. sawyers
skidders. teamsters, mill bosses
edgers. saw filters. blacksmiths, axe
men, bumpers. machinists. kiln ten
ders, carriaeemen, trimmeru, engi.
neers. firemen, carpenters and cooks
are especially desired.
The 2lst regiment is n light railwa,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12

unit, being organised at Rockford. 1llf-
nois. and will include locomotive engi-
neers and firemen, brakemen. and
other railroad service employees. clerks
stenographers, surveyors, storekeepers
and cooks.
The 2Srd regiment is assembling at
Annapolis Junction. Maryland. for. the
purpose of highway construction. Re-
cruits who have had experience as
road construction foremen. tractor and
road roller operators, drill runners,
quarrymen, concrete workers, black
smiths, powdermen. teamsters. car
pcnters and cooks will be accepted.
The 25th regiment includes the
camouflage company, who will co.
operate with bridge carpenters. ma
sons. plumbers. electricians, concrete
foremen. pipe-fitters. tinsmiths ant
cooks.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
r. d. Casey Back From
Summer In California

Professor Ralph d. Casey. Instructor
OF journalism at the State University.
has returned from Berkeley, California,
where he was a member Of the sum-
mer session faculty at the University
Of California. He taught journalism
and reports an unusually large attend
ance.
1.-THE open air theater at Berkeley
is one of the features Of the institu-
tion." said the Journalism instructor
land many plays were given through
| out the summer by both student and
professional actors"
| While in California Professor Casey
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
Spirit Of Jollity Permeates
Streets of Missoula Dur
ing Spectacle.
GREAT FALLS IN 1918
A. M. Brandenburg, Sales
vile, Grand Chancellor,
Succeeding Fred Zeh.

Carnival spirit reigned supreme on
the streets of Missoula last night when
the annual convention Of the grand
lodge of the Knights of Pythias con-
cluded with a parade under the aus
pices Of the members Of the Dramatic
Order of the Knights of khorassan.
Led by a band, the knights OF
khorassan paraded in masked cos
TUNES The rear of the parade was
brought up by the bugle and drum
corps of the Missoula Mercantile COM
pany.
After parading through the busi-
ness sections of the city the knights
marched to the h. Of p. hall. where
a large number of neophytcs were in
itiated into the order by the Al Hooy-
san temple of Butte.
Great Falls Next Year.
Great Falls was chosen as the con-
vention city for the 1918 convention
Of the grand lodge yesterday after
noon. The electric city was only Sc
lected after spirited contest by the
representatives from Bozeman, Hell
ena and Dixon. who We're petitioning
for the convention next year.
Saiesvilie Man Elected.
Election Of officers of the grand
lodge resulted in the choosing of A
NJ. Brandenbnrg Of Saiesville, grand
chancellor succeeding Fred w. Zeh OF
Missoula. j. f. Rees of Big Timber
was elected grand vice-chancellor
having formerly acted as master-at-
arms. Other elections follow:
Grand prelate-W. A. Pennington
Butte.
Grand keeper of records and seal
Lee Dennis, Great Falls. reelected.
Grand master of exchequer-Arthul
Perham, Butte, reelected.
Grand master at arms-E. J. Bloom
quist, Belt.
Grand inner guard--Lewis Terwilli
ger. Livingston.
Grand outer guard-H. II. Spauld
ing, Hamilton.
Supreme representative Ernes
Baxter, Two Dot.
Alternate supreme representative
Will Cave. Missoula.
Memorial Session.
The morning session was given owe
to the memorial services for the lat
DR.. c. S. Whitney Of Miles City. D.
J. S. Hammond Of Butte presided q
the meeting and the principal ad
dresses were given by ]. G. Evans an
George Palmer. both of Butte.
Election of officers was the prin
cipal business taken up by the Pythia
Sisters at their last session yesterda
in the Elks' temple. In the mornin
they met with the knights for II
memorial services and in the evenin
the Clara temple of Missoula enter
tanned with a musicale for the visit
ing delegates.
The following officers were electe
for the ensuing year:
Grand chief, Hannah Woolcocls I
Butte; grand senior, Orilla Griffint
grand junior, Nettie kerwin; gran
manager, Susan James of Alissoula
grand mistress of records and CORE
spondence, Lois Robertson; grar
mistress Of finance, Harriet Whitney
grand protector, Ida Butler: gran
guard. Ada Burns: past grand chic
Jeanette Browning; supreme repre-
sentative, Mary Terwilliger of Lily
ingston.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
Soldiers Honor Guests
of Presbyterian Church

More than so soldiers, most of them
from company c, We're the guests Of
the young people of the Presbyterian
church last night at an entertainment
consisting of musical program and
concluding with a light luncheon.
Following the serving of refresh
nents the soldiers entertained with
several musical numbers and the pro-
gram closed with the singing of ma
tional anthems. More than 200 per.
sons were present.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
Bonner Schools Open With
Over 900 Pupils Enrolled

The Bonner public schools have
opened with more than 800 pupils en-
rolled in the various departments.
Mrs. Pearl T. Marshall, former SUI
perintendent of the Missoula county
schools. Is the principal. Her assist
ants are Gertrude Martin, Mary L.
Marshall, Lydia Martin, Leliah G.
Ebere, Grace Dutton, Edith Conway
and Linn Ambrose.
The school has excellent manual
training and domestic science equip
ment, numerous playground devices,
its own water plant with sanitary
fountains, and a modern heating and
yentiating plant.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
Day Produce Company and
RYAN Concern Consolidate

The Day Produce company of Mis-
soula has been consolidated with the
Ryan Fruit company. a large packing
company of the northwest. The change
came into effect on September 1. No
changes in the present Missoula force
have been made, and A. d. Simerson
will continue as the local manager
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
DR.. and Mrs. Crouch Given
Welcome by Congregation

Rev. and Mrs. Charles D. Crouch
were the guests of honor at recep-
ton given Monday night at the First
Methodist church parlor by more than
$50 members Of the church. The at
fair was In the nature Of n welcome
TO- Rev.. Crouch on his return to n
fifth year with the local church.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
WOULD BE CITIZEN.

Richard X. Barry. a native of Cam
ada, filed his declaration of intended
citizenship yesterday. Barry is IS
years of age. and crossed over the
border from Lyleton, Canada, in 1907.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
Orchardists Will Sell
Produce to Consumers

Owners of apple orchards in the
Orchard Homes district, near Nlissou-
Ia have agreed to adopt and carry out
the farmer to- farmer plan of crop
sale. thus disposing Of the midlothian.
Otto Benson was elected business man.
ager of the organization.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12

visited John Htowe. r1ees Townsend.
Jimmie Adamson and other former
State University students. who were
then stationed at the. Presidio, San
Francisco.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
INDIANS UNDER ARREST.

Alex Cullooyah and Micheal Red
Crow. two Indians, were brought to
Missoula from Arlee yesterday by
Deputy Federal Marshal Ramsey. The
men are charged with .'bottlegsing.'
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12

The guy who tells you what he
would do if he were in your place
would probably begin BY getting out
Of your place.--Binghamton Press.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-12
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

A marriage license was issued yes
terday 70, c. B. Panchot Of Butte and
Resale WITT OF Missoula.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11

Following is the text of the official statement is
sued on the battle
"The navy received report from Paris which
states that the steamer Westwego reported that
while cruising with several other Ships attacked
by massed force of six submarines off the coast Of
France the fifth of September the result of this
attack being that two of the steamers attacked
sunk and probably one of the submarines was lost"
The Westwego is an American merchant steamer
The navy department deduced from the report that
Germany has adopted the definite policy Of massing
her Uboats for attack apparently having learned Of
the recent that the American ships are
going in groups under convoy.
The steamers attacked were bound for Europe un-
der convoy of American warships
According to the navy reports not yet complete no
loss of life is shown Further particulars are expect
ed hourly by the navy department.
The character of the ships attacked by the subma-
rines whether transports supply ships-was not
revealed by the official statement
remarkable fact in the Westwego fight was that
apparently no lives were lost.
It is assumed that the other vessels with the West
wego were merchantmen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11

sued formal statement explain
ing that in 1915, on request of
the British government, the office
had discontinued transmission of
kilograms between Germany and
North America.
1t was not held this was a bar
to continued transmission to and
from other neutrals.
Regardless of German repre-
sentations." the foreign office
continued, Sweden has taken
measures to prevent a repetition
of the Argentine incident.
1.-THE government must first
confirm whether the contents of
the kilograms are as represented
and then get Germany's explana-
tion, If 1t is found that misuse
occurred.
1.-THE government has not yet
received any official account of
the transmission of the kilograms
mentioned. and is, therefore, un-
able to assume any position.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
JAP WORKER
ELECTROCUTED

Touching with his foot stray
wire on the roof of the Griffin
Wheel Co.'s foundry, South Ia
coma, that had become crossed
with high-tension line, X. Okla
moto, a Japanese laborer, was
electrocuted at 1880 Tuesday
morning.
The wire was lying on the roof,
and had been used to hold a WIN
dow of the foundry open. Winds
had blown 1t across the high-ten-
sion wires, and charged 1t.
Okamoto had been sent to the
roof to do some repairs. Nearly
an hour later, when he did not
return, a superintendent started
q search. The Japanese, his body
badly burned by electricity, was
found lying PROSTATE on the flat
roof.
Police Officers Rivard and
Zeigenfuss worked over Okamoto
for SO minutes with the police
pulmotor.
Deputy Coroner Buckley inves-
Hgated. -->-''e
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
Police Find Picture
of Stoddard as Con-

She had previously accused the
engineer, and he was the only
mine employee answering that de-
scription whom she knew.
And with that the child closed
her bruised eye and sank back
upon the pillows. She is suffer
ing intense pain, and altho her re-
covery is almost certain. it will be
many months before she is well
again.
Her hips and thighs are terri
bly, burned" explained the nurse.
ut will mean that skin-grafting
must take place before she can
recover"
Parole officer Gave Tip.
The prison record of Stoddart
was discovered Tuesday after a
parole officer from sWalla Walla
notified the authorities that he
believed the ex-convict was the
Carbonate fugitive.
Identification is made more
certain by the fact that the prison
record shows Stoddart with three
fingers of his left hand amputat-
ed. This was part of the de-
scription of Stoddart furnished by
fellow workers at the mines.
Stoddart was sent to Walla
Walla in June, 1915, from Stew
ems county. to serve 2 to Is
year term for burglary. He was
later paroled, with instructions to
report regularly. A letter was
received from him by prison Off
cials last week saying that he had
steady job at the Carbonate
mines.
Deputy Sheriff John Hopkins
is publishing thousands OF circu-
lars Tuesday, containing Stod-
darts photograph and description
and is sending them to every po-
lice, sheriff's and marshal's office
in the country.
Sheriff Longmire returned to
Tacoma from the mining district
Tuesday morning. Every avenue
of escape in the hill country IL
guarded. and all clues have beer
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11

Bennett Stoddart, alias
Fred Bennett, an ex-convict
from Walla Walla, was posi-
lively identified by nine
year-old Mamie TorkkO
Tuesday morning as the man
who brutally assaulted her
last Wednesday and then
built a bonfire about her
body.
Identification was made by
means of a prison photo
graph furnished by the pO-
lice.
Her head swatched in band
ages, and face purple and swollen
from vicious beatings, the child
opened one eye as Sher-
iff Longmire approached her bed
side at St.-Joseph's hospital. Her
other eye was still swollen shut.
Can you see all right, dears'
asked the nurse.
"Uh-huh," ,groaned the pros
trate baby.
Can you see this?" asked
Sheriff Longmire, as he held the
prison photograph in front of her.
No Hesitancy.
''Uh-huh."
who is it," the sheriff asked.
Engineer man. the 'child
unhesitatingly.
Are you sure 1t is her, the
sheriff persisted.
Yes"
(Which engineer mani"
That's engineer man at new
mine"
Recovery Likely.
Are you sure now that 1t isn't
else?" asked the sheriff,
determined to make the identifi-
cation as certain as possible.
"Uh-huh. He works on new
air shaft In new mine"
Not wishing to revive memories
IN the child's mind of the attack
last week, Sheriff Longmire dill
aot ask directly whether the "en-
gineer man" in the picture was
the man who attacked her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
REVENUE LAW
Is AGREED ON
Omitted Press Leased Wire,

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. IL.
The great revenue bill will be-
come law practically as it passed
the senate.
Its chief previous opponent,
Majority Leader Kitchin of the
house. announced today that he
would support it in all but one
particular.
Kitchin will insist, that a diff
ferent basis of figuring war prof
its be agreed to in the present
measure.
Under the senate provision"
Kitchin said today, "the man who
was making only small profits be-
fore. the war is taxed more heav-
lily than the man who was max
ing big profits. Yet the latter is
better able to pay than the for
mer."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
run down without avail.
May Have Escaped.

run down without avail.
May Have Escaped. -
"Stoddart is either hiding in
the mountains and starring there,
or he escaped within 80 minutes
after the alarm was sounded FRI
day" said Longmire.
II am inclined to believe he
escaped. There was a lonely
path beside a high tension electric
line that he could easily have
taken. II led to Meeker June
ton, near Puyallup. 1t was long
walk, but man fleeing from such
a crime would think nothing OF il.
There is not a doubt that
Stoddart will be lynched IL the
miners catch him. They are
worked up to fenzy. II Stod-
dart has left the country, we are
sure to get him. He can't dis
guise himself sufficiently to evade
detectives.
His crime is worse than muir
der. l never wanted to catch q
man so badly in my hfe."
Longraire returned to the min
ing district Tuesday afternoon to
resume the search.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
PAGE EV TRUE


ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. H.
The present which Guy Wright,
manager OF the Wright building,
gave to F. E. Wainwright, super
intendent of the building, was
just too sweet for anything.
1t was 500 in pennies, 10000
of them, all in a five-gallon
bucket of molasses.
Wainwright declared that he
and his bride, who was Miss Ethel
Kayser Of Semple avenue. would
surely find some way to sift the
coppers out of the sorghum.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
SWEDEN ADMITS 1T!
UNITED Press Lensed Wire.)

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
STOCKHOLM, Sept. H.
Sweden admitted today she
had acted as intermediary
between Germany and Argen-
tue, but justified her posi-
ton on the ground that she
adopted the same course
with regard to communica-
tions between Germany and
other neutrals and did not
know the contents of Count
Luxburg's messages.
The Swedish foreign office /.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
Tacoma Must at Once Suppress Its
PROFIT HOGS
Or It Will Suffer a Grave Setback

Saturday night. In addition to awful prices
for dinner, they wanted to charge us 80 cents
just to get into the dining room.
eve turned around and left, at both places.
IT paid a dollar for two sandwiches at a
hotel the other day. A friend of mine paid Is
cents for shine.
Il heard somebody say the other day that
one store in Tacoma was giving 10 per cent
discount to soldiers. GUESS THEY MUST
HAVE HAD TO BREAK SOME SORT OF
RULE TO DO IT."
AT present, the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce is maintaining representative at Camp
Lewis With officers and men "peeved at Ia
coma thru Tacoma's own greed, the repre-
sentative has no trouble in getting a hearing
for Seattle S invitations.
number of the newly arrived drafted men
from other cities and states used their first
leave Sunday to visit-not Tacoma but Seat
tie They told The Times reporter So
Every day the interurban carries a bigger
number of army men.
There is still time to remedy this situation,
il Tacoma cares enough about it to act quickly.
But the idea must be grasped and grasped
at once, that the remedy is not In fussng
around with directions to address mail to
"Camp Lewis, Tacoma" nor yet in banquets
land publicity campaigns, good tho both of
these ideas may be.
THE ONLY REMEDY (AND 1T Is ONE
THAT PATRIOTISM SHOULD PROMPT
IF SELF INTEREST DID NOT) IS TO
SHOW OFFICERS AND MEN THAT WE
WANT TO MAKE 1T TO THEIR ADJ
VANTAGE TO SPEND THEIR MONEY
AND THEIR LEISURE IN TACOMA, IN
STEAD OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THEM WHEN THEY DO 1T.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
FORMER HEAD OF
GRAND ARMY DEAD

United Press Leased Wire.)
HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. H.
Thomas j. Stewart, adjutant gen.
eral of Pennsylvania since 1895
and commander-in-ch of the
Grand Army of the Republic in
1908, died at his home here to-
day on his seth birthday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
RUMOR KERENSKY
SLAIN BY ASSASSIN

UNITED Press Leased wire.)
STOCKHOLM. Sept. 1.-THE
newspaper Aftonbladet today
printed a rumor that Premier
Kerensky of Russia had been
killed on Saturday by Bolske-
Wiki assassin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
OPTIMISTIC
OF EARLY PEACE

ROME, Sept. 11.-Pope Bene-
dict is optimistic in the hope of
peace negotiations before Christ
mas with an ending of the war by
New Years, or early In the spring,
according to vatican reports to-
day
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
TO FRIEND HUSBAND

TO FRIEND HUSBAND
I've beamed when you hollered,
"Ah. Girlie!"
I've hoped when you beloved,
'Oh, say!" 49,
I've fallen for "Dearie" and
'Missus"
And everything else till today:
But there's one thing that's got
to be different:
: From now till the Great War
Is done
Unless you're prepared for q
riot
You've got to quit calling me
Hunt"
IN. X. H.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
1t is happening. +

1t is happening.
The thing that was bound to happen if the
shOrt-sighted and unpatriotic methods of few
Tacoma merchants and hotelmen were persist
ed mas they have been.
1t was put in plain English by young lieu
tenant at Camp Lewis to Times reporter to-
day.
"The boys certainly are peeved at Tacoma"
he said.
II personally know lot of fellows who are
clubbing together to buy in Seattle.
"Here are 1900 officers, with salaries of
$3.50 month and up, besides the enlisted men.
Our aggregate trade is a big thing but the in
dividual officer or man doesn't get as big a
salary as the civilian and cant pay such prices
as are being charged in Tacoma.
And besides that, we can't help noticing
the difference in the way we are treated here,
and the way they treated us in San Francisco
and are offering to treat us in Seattle.
Gin San Francisco THE STORES GAVE
DISCOUNTS TO OFFICERS AND SOL
DIERS. The Fairmont Hotel gave up an en-
tire floor for a sort of club for army men. 1t
made rate of SO cents a night for room and
bath for officers. The big hotels all gave
dances for u.s.
"In Seattle, some of the merchants are of
fering to pay the intelurban fare of soldiers
who buy there. The Washington Hotel has
fixed up its. basement with lights, tables and
every convenience, for the use of army and
navy men.
"But in Tacoma if we 60 into town in the
evening, everybody ignores us. There's no.
where to 60 but the movies.
81 and bunch of other officers tried to- go
to dances at the Tacoma and Olympus hotels
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
; UIb0ATS ATTACK j. s. FLEET
TWO STEAMERS and One
DIVER SUNK I'm BATTLE!

WASHINGTON Sept. I--(United Press) Aacked Sept.
by German submarines nased formation of
of American Uesses under destroyed and of the
submarines probably sunk off the of France the de-
partrnent announced this afternoon.
Earlier in the day the department had given
probably all the submarines but of
the coblegram proved this to be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
Some One Have
Remove His Wife
Especial to The Times.)

WASHINGTON. Sept. Ii.
Many queer letters have
been received by the British
war office explaining why
men away on furlough
have overstayed their leave,
but the most naive was
from an Egyptian interpre-
ter, according to "a war
office officials report to q
friend in Washington.
The Egyptian addressed
"The Manager of the Brit
ish Army. as follows:
my absence is impossi-
BILE. Someone have remove
my wife. BY God | am an
noyed."