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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
DIXON WILL BE HOME
OF NEW PUBLICATION
The Dixonian' Will Make
Appearance May /.

Dixon, April 2.Specal.--The bust
ness men os Dixon have organized n
publishing company for the purpose OF
publishing an independent paper The
paper will be called the DiXonian and
John w. Wray will be the editor and
manager
The plant, which has been shipped,
IL a new up-to- date outfit and viii be
!, credit to the town.
The machinery will be installed as
soon as IT arrives and the first edition
OF the new paper will be published on
CT about May |.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
EASTER At POISON.

Poison, April 3.-Special.--All the
churches observed Faster with special
services. In the morning especially
fine music was sung at the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches. which also
united for service in the evening at
the Methodist church where an ex-
ceptionally fine musical program was
given with short addresses by both
pastors,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Gillian Is Chosen Mayor
Of Poison; % Majority

Poison, April Especial The city
election Monday was quite exciting and
much electioneering was done, but In
spite of the strenuous efforts of the
friends of the candidates, "a compare
lively light vote was polled. The re
suit was as follows:
For mayor--R. II. Gillian, log; j. w.
Clark, Sd.
For commissioner. q. Smell, 81.
Nate Hart, 109.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Better Weather in Eastern Montana.

Billings, April 3.-Rising tempera-
lures and a shifting of the wind TO
the southwest tonight indicate that the
cold spell. which has held eastern
Montana in its grip for the past three
days il broken. Today's minimum tenn
perature was 20 degrees above zero
and the maximum 80.
Snowfall, which attended the cold
spell has had a beneficial effect on
winter wheat and has not interfered
appreciably with farming operations.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Farmers Near Plains
Go After Gophers.

The farmers about Plains are very
active now in putting in their seed and
fighting the gophers,' said Il. M. Ross,
prominent resident of the Sanders
county town. who is at the Florence.
Weather conditions have been very
favorable there except for the last few
days when 1t has been somewhat
Chilly, but not as cold as 1t Is here,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Senate Passes Loan Bill.

Washington, April 3.-ln record
breaking time the senate late today
passed the new Liberty loan bin au-
thorizing s4,500,OO, 900 more war bonds
additional loans of $1,000, 100000 &c
the allies, an increase of treasury in
debtedness certificates from 1900, 900,
900 to $1,000, 900. 900.
The measure already has been passed
by the house, and slight differences
now will be adjusted In conference.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
For Bilious Troubles.

To promote a healthy action of the
liver and correct the disorders caused
by biliousness. chamberlain's Tablets
are excellent. Try them and see how
quickly they give YOU a relish for your
food and Danish that dun and stupid
feeling.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Do You Sleep WclI.

To be at his best man must have
sound, refreshing sleep. When wake
full and restless at night he is i'm no
condition for work or business during
the day. Wakefulness Is often caused
by indigestion and constipation. and is
quickly relieved by Chamberlain's Tab
let's. Try dose of these tablets and
see how much better you feel with a
clear head and good digestion.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04

MILITARY MUSIC PROGRAM.

Poison, April 3.--.special.-Th Uka-
lele girls of the high school, under the
direction of Miss June Whiting of
Missoula gave n military music pro-
gram at the Liberty theater on Satur-
day evening. The house was filled to
its capacity, even standing room all
being filled.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
NEW WAR SAVINGS RECORD.

Washington. April 3.-The war saw
ings campaign made a new record to-
day with $4,l20.932 recorded at the
treasury for the days receipts from
stamp sales. The previous high REG
ord was $3.049.000. The total receipts
are $l36. 0O0, 900
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
Corvallis Rifle Club
Keeps Up Good Record

Corvallis, April 3.--Special.-T
Corvallis Rifle club team holds seventh
place in the national indoor tourna-
ment, according to the latest official
reports.
At the last match, the sixth. the team
scored 994 as follows: Wayland, 200;
Magni and Simmons. each 1879; Dale
and Young, each 1913.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
ENEMY ALIEN NA6BEO,

Helena. April 3.-Nat Schmidt. n
German alien enemy, was brought here
today by a United States deputy
marshal from Dillon. He Is being held
on presidential warrant for alleged
failure to register under the alien
enemy act
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-04
MCDONALD NAMED rREAsuRER

Washington. April 3.-Angns u. Nc
Donald OF New York, vice president
ard controller Of the Southern Pacific
railroad, has been appointed treasurer
Of the railroad administration by Will
lam q. McAdoo.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
British Riveters
Start Race With
Workers in u. S.
Gang in London Sets Rec
ord at 4, ,267 i'm Nine
Hours

WASHINGTON, May 8.-An inter-
national contest in rivet driving has
been started between American and
British shipyards. News to-day from
London that rivet gang there had
driven 4,267 rlvets in nine hours re-
vealed that Lord Northcliffe recently
cabled the Shipping Board asking for
the records of American rivet gangs
and details of their work to stimulate
rivalry.
Officials of the Shipping Board were
amazed to-day at the English figures.
The American record of 2,720, which
the British set out to beat in making
their record, has been surpassed twice
in the last two weeks Edward Gibson
and his gang, at the plant of the Fed
eral Shipbuilding Company in Kearny,
N. j., drove 1913 three-quarter inch
button-head rivets in a ships floor in
eight hours, and John Corrigan, assisted
by three men, drove 3,415 three-quar-
ter inch rivets in plate floor on skids
in nine hours at the plant of the De-
troit Shipbuilding Company in Wyan-
dotte, Mich. Corrigan's record so far
is the best ever made in an American
ward
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Says I ammanyLeaders
Best Social Workers

The best and more versatile social
worker of them all is the Tammany
Hall district leader, according to
Charles A. Beard, director of Municipal
Research, who spoke at the ninth an
nual conference of Charities and Cor
rections at the Russell Sage Founda-
tion Building on public Administra-
tion and Social Work"
"ln order to be effective in his COM
munity, the social worker must know
the government of the community, it's
personnel and it's functions" said Pro-
fessor Beard. "He must know the
courts, particularly the juvenile, do
mestic relations and petty criminal
courts" He said the Tammany district
leaders had this knowledge.
Frederick ID. Greene, general secre-
tary Of the United Hospital Fund; Miss
Mary E. Paddon; William Gual, Char
ity Commissioner of Yonkers, and Ar
thur w. Towne, secretary of the Brook
lyn Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Children, agreed with Professor
Boards views.
John p. Gavit, of Harper e. Bros,
spoke on publicity methods in social
Committee on Publicity and Administra-
tive Methods, recommended the aboli-
tion OF charity solicitors working on
commission and suggested the annual
publication by charitable organizations
of their financial statements.
At the night session, held in the Sur
rogates' Court in Brooklyn, probation
and parole were discussed. The con-
ference will close with sessions to-day
at the Leake and Watts Orphan House,
463 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09

for the trial Of such persons as may
be brought before it" 1t is assumed
the case thht necessitated the creation
of the court is that of Brigadier Cen
eral Arthur B. Donnelly, of the Mis-
souri, National Guard, charged with
conduct unbecoming an officer.
General Donnelly has been detained
at Governors Island following the fill
ing of charges that he participated in a
card game with junior officers in which
money was passed and that he had
knowledge Of the presence Of liquor on
the person of soldiers in his command.
The court is headed by Major Cen
eral J. Franklin Bell, and, with the ex
ception Of General Bell and Brigadier
General William A. Mann, commanding
the Eastern Department, is composed
of retired officers. They are N jor
Generals William H. Carter and Hugh
L. Scott, Brigadier Generals Theodore
A. Bingham, Montgomery M. Macomb,
James Parker and William T. Rossell
Major Dudley V. Sutphin is appointed
Judge advocate of the court and Major
Jackson A. Dykman assistant to the
Judge advocate.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09

10000 acres the scheme be carried
through on a much larger scale.
Mr.. Campbell was willing to under
take the greater task, but to create a
wheat field of 100000 acres required q
heavy investment in buildings, tractors
and other modern agricultural equip
ment designed to produce the maxi
mum result with the minimum Of la,
Dor. Accordingly, the plans were laid
before New York bankers, who now
have under consideration the question
Of supplying the necessary capital.
They are, it is understood, looking at
the matter solely from the viewpoint
of national interest, rather than as an
ordinary business transaction, and
little doubt is entertained that all the
capital needed will be forthcoming if
other details of the transaction are
worked out satisfactorily.
Will Use Indian Labor
One Of the most serious problems to
be solved is that of procuring an ade-
quate supply of labor, but as one way
Of meeting this arrangements have
been made, or are under consideration,
to utilize the services of the Indians
on the reservations. The operation
great manufacturing business, and
every possible labor-saving device and
all Economies inherent in large scale
production will be availed Of
The lands to be farmed are among
the richest in the West and 1t is ex-
pected an average yield of at least
fifteen bushels an acre will be OBJ
tanned the first year. That would
mean production of 100000 bushels.
Full details of the project are not yet
available. but it is said that, in con-
sideration of the development Of the
land, the government will agree to per-
nit it's use for term of years free
from taxation. Cultivation would, Of
course, add to the value of the land, so
the government would thus reap an in
direct profit in addition to stimulating
the production of wheat.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Over Half of This Amount
Goes to Building of
Ships Alone
New Docks Needed
Newark's Cost Plus Contracts
Changed to Flat Price to
Speed Up Output

WASHINGTON, Mqy S.-Estimates
submitted to Congress to-day by the
Shipping Board call for an appropria-
tion of $2,223, $4,000.
For the cost of construction of ships
authorized by the urgent deficiency bill
of 1917 the board has requested an ap-
preparation of ,38s,1oo,ooo, and for
the purchasing and requisitioning of
plants and material $652, 100000.
Other estimates include:
For acquisition or establishment of
plants for shipbuilding, $5,OOO,OOO.
For scquisiton of lands and build
ings, $5O,000,00O
For the operation Of all ships pro-
posed in the estimates, $500,000,000.
s35,0O0,OOO for Concrete
For acquisition Of lands and build
struction of concrete ships and for con-
struction of concrete ships, $35 ,000 900.
For recruiting and nstructing officers
for American vessels, $10,250,O00.
For the cost of development Of port
facilities, $25,000000.
For construction or completing of
ships in shipyards and foreign coun-
tries, $55,000,000.
Chairman Hurley of the Shipping
Board, told the committee $4,000, 900
or $30,000,000 is needed for drydocks
on the Atlantic coast. Two are neces-
sary at Weehawken, N. j., and others
are needed at New York and Boston,
he said, Mr.. Hurley suggested that a
proposed appropriation for deepening
channel in Los Angeles harbor be in
creased from 100000 to $2O4,000.
Change of Newark Contract
The cost-plus contracts of the Sub
marine Boat Company, at Newark, N.
j.. for construction Of 100 steel ships
Of 5000 tons each, have been cancelled,
Charles M. Schwab, production direc-
tor of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton. to-day told the Senate Commerce
Committee in sn investigation of the
company's work. New contracts were
substituted on a fiat basis of 100000
for each ship.
Cost-plus contracts at the Hog ISL
and and Bristol, Penn, government
yards were continued, Mr.. Schwab
said. The substitution for the Newark
Bay yard was designed to speed up
construction, which, it was said, is far
behind schedule.
Another reason for changing the
contracts, Mr.. Schwab said, was that
it had. been reported that officers of the
Submarine Company were interested in
profits obtained by other companies
selling material to the Fleet Corpora
tion. Mr.. Schwab explained that he
had not confirmed these reports.
By annulling the contracts, Mr..
Schwab said, the government would
definitely limit costs and also place
upon the contracting corporation the
risks of construction.
In fixing $960,000 as the price of the
ships, Mr.. Schwab said the corporation
allowed for various increases over the
original estimates of cost. The old
contracts placed material at $35O,OOO,
which the new one increases by $4,000;
the labor cost originally estimated at
100000 was increased 40 per cent to
S2S0,000, and the overhead expense,
originally 100000, was increased to
S23O,O00. The fee of $4,000 makes the
total of 100000.
Mr.. Schwab gave It as his opinion
that the new contract means that the
ships actually will cost less than under
the cost plus contract and that con-
struction would be speeded up.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
u. S. Makes New Plans
For Financing Allies

WASHINGTON, May 8.-A report on
the future financial needs of the Allies
was presented to The Treasury to-day
by Oscar T. Crosby, president and
American member Of the Inter-Allied
Council on Finance and Purchases, ON
his return from Europe, where he has
been since last September.
Mr.. Crosby who is still Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury, will assist
in working out plan of extending
greater credits direct to France, italy
and other -belligerents, instead of
through Great Britain. This will re-
lieve Great Britain Of borrowing from
the United States approximately the
sums required for British loans to the
Allies
The financial branch of the council
was organized in Paris about five
months ago, and consists of represen-
tatives Of the principal allied govern
ments. 1t has acted as a board OF
priority for American loans.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Code
ToDirect Sabotage
InU.S. Deciphered
Papers Seized on Schmidt
Turned Over to the
Government

ALBANY, May 8.--The Won Bern
storff code, the means of communica-
tion employed by the German Foreign
Office to keep in touch with Count
Johann Won Bernstorff, former am
bassador to this country, while he was
activities in the United States, has
been deciphered, reconstructed and
turned over to the Federal government
by Attorney General Merton E. Lewis,
it was announced to-day.
This was the code which Hugo
Schmidt, the alleged paymaster in this
country of the German Foreign Office,
attempted to destroy by burning the
original copy in the furnace at a Ger
man club in New York City.
According to the code, it was stated
at the office of the Attorney General,
the words ga boy was born yesterday,
both WE'LL" meant ''the remittance of
German war loan bonds mentioned in
your wireless arrived safely"
Code Name Was "Sidney Pickford'
Hugo Schmidt's code name was
"Sidney Pickford" Bolo Pacha was
known as "St. Regis" Captain Boy
Ed as "Richard Houston" and Won
Papen as "Thomas Hoggson." The
German Foreign Office was coded as
civilian Foxley."
Copper and wool, large quantities
of which were obtained for shipment
into Germany through neutral coun-
tries, were coded as "Yadkin bonds"
and Southern Norfolk bonds," re-
spectively.
Fragmentary evidence of the code
which was discovered in the office
of Schmidt enabled Alfred L. Becker,
Deputy Attorney General, to recon-
struct the puzzling means of COM
munication devised by the crafty Ger
man Foreign Office. Thousands of
wireless messages in Schmidt's files
contained the body and key to this
code. From these papers, which had
not been destroyed, as duplicates were
in existence at the wireless stations
at Sayville and Tuckerton, the At
torney General largely built up and
deciphered the code.
When Schmidt became entangled in
the Attorney Generals investigation of
the activities Of Paul Bolo Pacha, who
was recently executed by the French
government for treason, he immedi-
ately went to a German club and is
said to have tossed the original papers
containing the code into the furnace.
Attorney General Lewis is said, how
ever, to have not only drawn this fact
from Schmidt, but also enough other
information about the code to facil-
itate it's reconstruction.
In addition to the code the Attorney
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Nine-Hour Riveting Record
Broken in London Plant,
Where 1t Is Put at 4.267

LONDON, May 8.-The record made
by Charles Schock, who at Baltimore
drove in 2,720 rivets in nine hours,
has been beaten in London. The work
men of Fraser & Fraser set out to
beat Schock's record. The effort was
made yesterday by selected squad of
riveters under Robert Farrant, aged
thirty-one. He is one of family of
eighteen, and his father, aged sixty
seven, is riveter in the same yard.
He hammered in 4,267 rivets in nine
hours, an average of slightly less than
ATS an hour, or one rivet every seven
and half seconds. This is claimed
to be a worlds record.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09

per cent completed and spring planting
COS per cent.
Forecast by States
Condition and forecast of production
of winter wheat by principal states
follow:
Ohio conditions-83; forecast, 49,
1872, 900 bushels.
Indiana-96 and 47,771 900.
Illinois--92 and 44,120000.
Missouri--95 and 45,963,00C.
Nebraska-S2 and 47,8s4,O00.
Kansas-84 and 96,104,000.
Oklahoma-78 and 29,531 900.
Large Acreage Abandoned
In a statement on winter wheat the
Department Of Agriculture said:
"The abandonment of acreage, 1877
per cent, is heavier than the average
(10.9 per cent for ten years) and
heavier than had been generally an
ticipated. although it followed logically
very low condition last December.
(5,778, ,000) 2,749,O00, or nearly one
half is debted to Kansas. The four
states of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas contribute nearly four
fiTths of the total acreage abandon
ment.
"ln percentage abandonment the
heaviest are 4o per cent in Texas and
Wisconsin, 35 in New Mexico, 20 in
Kansas, "a in Michigan, 20 in North
Dakota and Oklahoma and Is in New
York. Although winter killing is the
usual cause of abandonment, an i'm
portant cause this year is the unusual
dry weather last autumn and this
spring, which prevented growth after a
weak termination.
"The acreage remaining improved
and moist, condition favorable to
wheat. The condition on May / for the
United States. 1914 per cent, compares
with ten-year average of 85.7 per
cent. A month ago the condition Of
the plant was about 6 per cent below
the average. The higher condition fig
ure for the United States on May i is
due partly to the elimination of the
abandoned acreage this month in OBJ
tanning the average for the United
States"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Indian Lands to Be Turned
Into Vast Wheat Fields
New York Capitalists Will Finance Plan to Utilize
Reservations in Effort to Increase American
Production of Bread Cereal

Hundreds of thousands of acres of
to be made into wheat fields that will
add millions of bushels to next years
crop through a project now under ne
gotiation between the Department of
the Interior, large Western agricul-
tural interests and leading New York
banking institutions.
Immediately upon settlement of de-
tails of the transaction preliminary
work will be started on 100000 acres
in the Shoshone and other reserva-
tions. 1t is understood that the inten-
tion is to prepare the soil of this vast
tract for planting the coming fall with
winter wheat. As soon as possible
thereafter another hundred thousand
acres will be brought under cultiva-
tion, perhaps in time for planting to
spring wheat early in 1919. If the
project is carried through successfully
it probably will prove to be only the
beginning of gigantic development to
insure an adequate supply of the prin-
cipal bread grain.
New York Capital Interested.
The plan originated with Thomas D.
Campbell, of Los Angeles, one of the
most successful wheat growers in the
world, with many thousands of acres
under development in California,
North Dakota and other parts of the
West. Mr., Campbell, it is understood,
proposed to the Department of the In
terror that he be permitted to plant
10000 acres of Indian lands in the
Northwest to'wheat as a war measure.
The idea met with enthusiastic in
dorsement, but it was officially sug
gested that instead of contining it to
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
2,8O5 Riuets Is Record
At Fore River Plant

QUINCY, Mass, May S.-While anx-
ious to give Robert Farrant, British
riveter, full credit in breaking the
worlds record, officials of the Fore
River plant called attention to the
fact that Charles Mulham on April 80
took the American record from Charles
Schock, of Baltimore.
In a nine-hour stretch sehock drove
2,72O rivets. In the same period of
time Mulham drove 2,805, and he has
since stated that he expected to do
even better than that.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09

Generals office has furnished the
Federal government with complete
index of names and subjects involved
in the Investigation of the Hugo
Schmidt -Deutsche Bank negotiations,
summary Of the inquiry into the
activities of German agents relative to
the wool trade and special report on
remittances by the German Foreign
Office to South American countries to
defray the expense of German propa-
ganda,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09

50 Nassau Street.
755 Broadway, cor. 9Th st.
S47 Broadway, near 18th.
1852 Broadway, cor. Seth st.
1895 Broadway (Times SQ.)
X 9S4 Third Avenue.
x1452 Third Avenue.
k22O2 Third Av., cor. 12Oth st.
Stores n.orke
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Calumet River Riueter
Second in American Race

CHICAGO, May s.-In the interna-
tional contest among shipbuilders at
riveting the record of William HarAz.
who drove 3,055 rivets in nine hours
at the Calumet River plant OF lhe
Chicago Shipbuilding Company last
Monday, stands second in the United
States only to that of John Corrigan,
Of Detroit, who drove 3.415.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Court Martial Named
To Try Gen. Donnelly
Three Major Generals and
Five Brigadiers to Sit at
Governors Island

WASHINGTON, May s.-A general
court martial, composed Of three major
generals and five brgadier generals,
was named to-day to assemble at Gov
ernor's Island, New York, tomorrow,
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-07-17
Americans Rout Germans in Counter Attacks

FRENCH FRONT Tuesday July lns the brilliantly of the suited Veritllde of
  fusion to the uhes for time the Germans broke and m petcy hewdeed on whenever threatened of q The
 
 the defense
 
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  by the allied machine
Nome tri-weekly nugget., 1918-07-17

LONDON Wednesday he War nomcc l" the Germans practically Champagne lines although s struggling
 Tl cnomys advance yesterday ot1 penetration of u, German al. reached in
 The French and American to several points and to
 
 The have in ,ocnm than slightly thc allied lines an unh her attentions elsewhere