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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-27
YOU ARE SUPERMAN IF YOU CAN
TELL MEANING OF IS OF THESE
Such a Score Means Thai
You Have a Vocabulary
Of 1880 Words.

You are a superman? "a. -z
It's easy enough to find out. The
Journal or Heredity. organ Of the
American Genetic association, whose
business it is to tell the world how to
the test. ..-.s ,-,.
1t was worked out by IL. TermAu Of
the department OF education Of Staa-
ford university. in his new book. "The
Measurement OF Intelligence"
Professor Terman has found that
what he calls the vocabulary test"
| will measure with 80 per cent ACCURACY
the intelligence of any individual.
The one hundred words printod
herewith contain the key to your brain
power. They are derived, Gays the
professor by selecting the last word
| Of every sixth column in q dictionary
containing approximately 1900 words
The test is based on the assumption
that 100 words selected according TO
some arbitrary rule will be q large
enough ssmpiing to afford fairly re-
liable index OF a subjects entire vo-
cabuiary."
! Extensive tests with various inAiviA.
uals have shown that this assumpkjoa
Is justified. the variation between 10
two tests being more than five per
cent.
1t may seem remarkable tAAt %
small a sampiing OF words should re-
veal the extent Of q persons entire vo-
e.hu.sry, but it is a purely mathemat-
icai problem. similar In all respects to
predicting the result Of an election
when only small! portion Of the en-
tire vote il known.
\ In 1914. for instance, about l,0oe. 0ot
votes were cast for governor OF Call
fornia, and when only 10000 votes bad
been counted. or hundreAth Of al. 4
was announced and conceded that Qov-
eruor johnson had been rs.sloeted d
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about 10000 plurality. Tho error was
less than 10 per cent Of tho VOTE" says
Professor Terman.
cabulary. and therefore how intolijgent
you are. have some ono read over 70
YOU tho 100 words, while you give the
dcfInition OF them. Tho words are ar
ranged approximately In the order Of
their difficulty.
IL In by no means necessary that 4
perfect definition be given.
When 1t IL evident that one has .
fairly correct meaning for 4 word. full
credit should BIZ given. II the word
has several meanings It il only neces.
sary TO know one. ... us ..,,.
Nor need the definition be OF high
grade. Here are some. which are mostly
low grade. But quite acceptable:
!. orsnos-'Aa grange 10 70 est"
1T 10 ysI1sw and srssNs On . tree"
2. 0onfies-.feu burn Il outdsoes.' y
'reS burn some 'savss Or things" "its
. big fire ..ss.. ga
>. Rear-"A lion rsar.." "vov hel.
Ter loud" s .. ...
majority Of average adults can
give C5 words. but only one-third OF
them can give rs vords--the test of
the superior adult-the superman.
Ability to pass the test" says Pro-
lessor Terrnan. rs relatively indepen-
dent Of the number Of years the sub
ject has attended school. our business
men showing even q higher percentage
than high school puplis.'
After the whole table of words has
been read. multiply the number OF
words known by 10. II Johnny defines
20 words correctly. he has a vocabulary
! Of s9xis0-3.S00 words. Fifty correct
definitions mean a vocabulary Of 5000
words. and 50 on.
Here are standards for different ages
as determined by the yocabuIariea
reached by 80 TO S. per cent OF the sub
Jects Of various tests:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-27
IF DREAMS
| CAME TRUE
Missoula's New Flags Are
the Kind That Don't
Fade Garden City Is
Proud of Her Adorn-
n1ent.
~ !. NADIA hUNcH.

"A new prodigy has broken the shell
Of obscurity and Ia casting his radianc,
upon the nation.
ln remote section II southwes,
Missouri. down In the foothills Of the
osaEk~ where nothing grows but zia,
mines and a few cacti. a youth was
raised who has contributed his bit fot
the beneficence Of the race.
| There was nothing In his environ
ment to contribute to the awakening o
Il dormant soul-nOthinc in his hercdity
to heset other than the slow ploddiny
| e. 4 Missouri miner. Yet the spark Of
! genius was there. II required on,y
The urgency Of necessity to fan the
dormant embcr into life.
What did he do? Listen.
| Even such thing as patriotism
swept into that forsaken section Of the
oxarks. Lacking two years Of eligi-
ha'sy for the selective draft, this youth
felt the cali 10 perform a duty for his
country. lie could not do other things
that were shortcuts to the heroic
stuff.
In January, for the first time In the
10 years Of his existence. he set foot
outside the barren wastes Of his home
county. Maybe II was chancc--pcr-
haps Providence. that guided him to
Missoula.
Anyway he came. he saw and he re-
solved
Two months later he produced flag.
the Stars and Stripes. done In eolors
that would not fade In any kind OF
weather; made Of material that would
not tear, no matter how fierce the gale
that blew.
SIX months exposure amid the fumes
and smoke OF Missouri smelters failed
to dim the red. white and the blue: half
IA years storms OF wind. rain, ice and
snow could not rend that emblem OF
liberty and democracy.
The news spread. even TO Montana.
The had of the Ozarks wns buried be-
meath flood Of orders. Missoula con-
tributed her share. Then what hap
pened?
DO you recall the flags Of other doys
that chung In a. life and death struggle
to the flag poles of the Garden city?
Rags that at one time had been the
pride and Joy of patriotic hearts,
They are gone. The revolution il
complete. And with the cleaner look
ing symbols of rule by the masses''
has come a compan ion. n cleaner and
more elf-respecting brand OF patriot
ism.
Pinch yourself.
Are YOU awake?
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the industrial work women of Enela nd
are performing, Miss Fraser said:
IT is much easier to list the few
kinds Of industrial work our women
are not doing than to tell what they are
doing. Women are serving in every
position on the railroads, except as
engineers and firemen. Women are
guards on the underground, faretakers
on the buses. operators on the eleva-
tors. walters in those most sacredly
guarded haunts of men, the sma 1T
London clubs. Except for very few
old men. all the employees OF the no.
tells and shops are women and girls.
They are in the uuerries. OF course,
they arc In offices and factories. Since
the beginning of the war the govern
ment has taken $4,000 additional wom-
EN- into it's civil service. Nor are these
women all clerks and stenogra pliers;
many hold positions Of grave executive
ability.
women are on all important COM
mittees. Two women are working with
Lord Rhondda in national food con-
servation. | should think you could
very we'll use women In that work here.
They think and work instinctiyely for
the interests of the housewife and
mother. The authority Of our food COM
mittees is very strong and we use II.
My advice to the women of Amer
lea, Miss Fraser concluded. emphati-
caliy, lis TO train. train. train, The only
really brilliant thing accomplished by
our women was that they trained them
selves for work long before they were
needed, and so were ready when the
need came
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Train for
Industrial
War Work.
Leader il England Urge.
Organization ~. lad.
Branch to Red Cross
In AInerica.

II We are to win the war
American women must maintain
the productivity and exports Of
Amssiss;
American ~emsn must pu.h 10
the farthest psesibis j,mjts our
snanufaeturs o. mvnitiens.
American wemsn must keep u
the morale Of American mon.
Just at the moment American women
are aroused to the highest pitch Of
patriotism and have launched with en-.
thusiasm their great knitting cam
paign AZ part Of their contribution to
the success Of the United states In the
war. they are pulled back in their
traces and are told that they are not
doing the thing which will accomplish
the greatest good.
Take 70 Knitting.
Women OF Missoula, In collaboration
with their sisters throughout the length
and breadth OF the land, have taken to
their needles like the proverbial duck
TO water. They have done this be-
cause they felt 1t their duty 70 do that
thing NOW which they could do best.
But now comes the advice from Miss
Helen Fraser. official of the British
treasury and leader OF women war
workers In England. who at present is
In the United States arousing the wom-
en- OF America to greater war activity.
to.
Leave the knitting to the in
valids and TO women who must
stay at homo. Prepare yourselves
"A AA
Ine", when the men 90, you can
step forward and say, Here we
are!'"
Fresh. from her splendid years OF
practical. helpful patriotic service, Miss
Fraser has come to tell American
women what their part in winning the
war really is.
What can you do?" she asked in
answer to query. You women can
do as much as men. There Is tremen-
dous service for women to perform
For example. think at least 1000. 900
fresh women must enter American in
dustry.
In England today 1,250,000 are d.
rectly replacing men In industry. About
100000 women are making munitions.
Two hundred and fifty eight thousand
three hundred women are tilling the
soil. There are 10000 recruits a month
for the Women's Army Auxiliary corps.
There are 5000 women trained
nurses and at least 10000 Y. A. DIS.
What v. A. D.'s Are.
What are the v. A. D.'se The full
name is the Voluntary Aid Detach-
ment Of the Red Cross, and under
stand you have nothing like them In
this country. They are women who
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-27
Warfare Is Different Today.
ATTACKED BY BEAR.

While the track laying crew was
recently engaged in laying rails on the
Alaska railway. near Mile 1875. a brown
bear attacked one Of the laborers, chas
ing him down the right of way One
OF the men shot the bear, which
weighed 500 pounds.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-27
OLDEST KNOWN WHITING.

Tho British museum contains the
Oldest known examples OF Chinese
writing In the form Of animals bones
inscribed with characters.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-27

the fort. The car was on wheels and
with levers we could move It, We were
stationed inside, but when night came
~e crawlcd out and lay down In tho
line. Very soon Johnny threw u
tnrpentinc ball OF fire. setting the cot
ton afire. We jumped into the tunnel
and began shooting Every time we
hit that cotton chunks of IL went up
INTO the air and over the fort, coming
down on the Johnnies. ana making
everything very bright.
Makes Skyroekets.
"Dn the third OF July wanted to got
even with The Johnnes. SO I made
some skyrockets out OF Joints Of cain.
putting wet and dry powder I'm tho
stalk. and connecting II with a short
fuse. This | put into my gun and,
aiming at an angle Of about t5 degrees,
shot them over the fort, where they
burst, darting here and thorc. some :
thlns Ike Niger chaser. The John
MES soon found out however. that they
were harmless and began to cheer and
shout.
About this time zaw an officer
tiers and fearing trouble. stopped and
hid. lie could not locate me. soon
nftnrward my captain came To me and
said. Here Ia an order for ammunition
and have the men make as many Of
those rockets = possible for the Fourth
Of July
Scared the Johnnies.
THE next day we let droves of the
cnasers loose. Their coming. with the
fresh attack Of Grants forces, seemed
to drive terror into the defending
forces and VIC captured yicksburg. But
my Job was gone"
Mr.. Sparkling say nearly three years
OF active service In the rebellion. lie
| enlisted on December 0. 1861, in the
Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He
was sent to Tennessee and engaged In
the campaign IN the western part Of
that state. down into Mississippi and
then In the famous campaign Of Gen
sraI Sherman before Atlanta, where on
July %, 1854, he was wounded In the
right forearm and was sent back to
Cincinnati.
Warfare Is Different To-day.
What do you think Of modern war
fare as compared with tho kind We had
in tho rebellion Mr.. Sparkling said
in answer 10 . question. 1T seems
strange 10 us old soldiers that a, man
has 10 be drilled nearly to death be-
fore he can fight, We went right into
battle and did not dig holes in the
ground for protection. We stood right
Hp and fought il out But there is this
difference: We did not have the long
range guns. or as destructive. AZ they
have today. What We would have done
we're the old weapons az destructive
| az the new, do not know"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-27
Can1oufage Shells in Chill
War Help Rout Johnnies
Jonn > Sparng Of Msso Recouns Interesting Incident
IN General Grants Capture Of Vicksburg--
Fourth Of July Celebration.

Gamouflagc in warfare is not entire
ly a modern art
fefhaDs fe" are aware that during
the civil war hand made akyrockcts.
fired across the Notifications Mt yicks-
burg. struck terror into the hearts OF
the defenders and helped In General
Grants last assault upon that besieged
city
And OF considerable greater interest
~ u fact that "A local veteran OF the
war Of the COS was the inventor Of
the missile that 80 frightened the John
MES,
John $. Sparkling OF Stevens avenue
tells the story AS follows.
Before vieksburs.
Arriving at the Big Black river we
saw they tthc rebeIs) were behind
stockades and cotton bales. Az II was
night VIC rested on our arms until
morning. Then In the early dawn we
charged over the works. capturing l, .
500 mon and Is cannon. But they
succeeded In burning the bridges over
the stream. BY the next morning,
however. we had them all REBUILT and
after the enemy We went, driving them
into the works at yicksburg
While we were lying down wait
ing. history says man by the name
OF Ross came up to General Grant and
said: Don't you know you are sur.
rounded by q superior force In your
front and General johnson 10 in your
rear, Isn't 1t possible for you to ef-
feet junction with General sherman
on your right and retreat by way Of
Yazoo"
First Hope Of Success.
This man was with authority from
Washington. Grant looked and lis
tened. Soon he heard the roar OF Sher.
mans cannon, the rattle of tnusketry
and the shouting OF Shernan's men
and he knew that Sherman had cap
tured Walnut hill. the place where he
fSheruan) had fought 80 hard and lost
30 many men early In the spring. Grant
turned to Ross. bH. the man was gone
He then mounted his horse and was
soon beside Sherman, who declared he
now had his first hope Of capturing
Vickgblirg.
I'VE commenced digging trenches
closer 10 the town and made a charge
but We could not take II, losing In
killed and wounded about 1000 men. Az
Johnson was getting closer we had to
do something. 10 We undermined the
forts. blew them up and charged again,
fighting hard. But there was no USE
Again We lost some 1000 men. How
ever. we had gained some ground
Again We began tunnciing under their
forts.
Celebrate Fourth.
About jane IS we received rein
forcements, making Grants army about
1900 men. These were dispatched to
check the advance Of Johnson. On the
first Of July We began to send more
shells into yicksburg.
The Fourth OF July was near end
naturally We wanted tn pull off sorue
sort Of celebration. My company was
detailed TO guard flatcar which had
cotton bales On two sides and end.
| next 10 the foot OF hill about 200
feet from the fort and lust in front nj
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11
SHERMAN LESTER
WOUNDED AGAIN

Sherman L. Lester, the young Fitz-
gerald boy who was seriously wound
ed while fighting on the French front
last March and who has been back
on the firing line only short while,
was reported as severely wounded in
the casualty list given out by the war
department. yesterday. That he is
doing his part in pushing the Boches
back of the Rhine is evidenced by the
fact that he has received his second
wound i'll the past six months.
Young Lester, who is only nineteen
years of age, enlisted in the regular
army Oct. 80, 1916, and was among
the first contingent of United States
soldiers to reach French soil, going
over on the second transport. Pre-
vious to his enlistment he had been
employed by number of local firms,
the last being the Chero-Cola Bot
thing works, and he has a number of
friends here who are hoping that his
wounds will not prove fatal. Sher-
mans parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Lester, moved to Brunswick some
time ago.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11
POWER OF N|uTAR|SM DEAD,
WAR ENDED At 6 THIS MORNING

under the calls and the cancella-
ton comes too late to affect their
status. They will be considered
as i'll the army until demobilized.
Men not yet entrained, whether
specially indicted or assembled
by general call, for whom the
day and hour of .se-vice has been
set by draft boards will be CON
sidered as honorably discharged,
and so paid.
Secretary Baker later announc-
ed that SO far as practical, all
men who have been called and
who have not yet completed their
training will be Immediately turn
ed back to civilian life.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11
German Army To Be
DemobiIized Soon

The greatest war il history
ended this morning at 6 o'clock,
Washington lime, after 1867
days of horror. during which viz
tually the whole civilized world
has been convulsed.
Announcement of the tremen-
dous event was made at the state
department at the capital at 2:45
o'clock this morning and in a few
seconds, was flashed throughout
the continent by The Associated
Press.
Details of the terms dictated by
Marshal Foch Friday forenoon to
the German arnistice delegates
have not yet been given out but
it is believed they are of such a
nature as to protect the world
from a resumption of the struggle
by the Germans.
1t is assumed the call for the
rehabilitation of Germany's
army, the surrender of part of her
feet and the disnantling of the
rest and the evacuation of occu-
pied portion of France and Bel
glEm and of Alsace-Lorraine.
1t is. probable also that Ger
luany has agreed to call home all
her troops now in Russia and Ru-
mania.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11
CREW OF SAETIA, SUNK
SATURDAY, PICKED UP

Washington, Nov. 10-Eighty five
members of the crew of the cargo
vessel Saetia, which sank off the
Maryland coast yesterday, presuma,
bly, after she had struck mine, have
been landed at Cape May, N. J., and
at Coast Guard Station l46, the Navy
Department announced this after
noon. This accounts for all the mem
bers of the crew.
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CROWDER CANCELS
NOVEMBER CALI
WASHINGTON, NOV. /

WASHINGTON, NOV. Ii
By order of President Wilson,
Provost Marshal General Crow
der today directed the cancella-
ton, of all outstanding draft calls,
stopping the movement during
the next five days of $4,000 men
and setting aside all November
calls for over 100000 men.
A small number of men in east
ern states commenced entraining
at 6 a. IN. today for environments
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11
JACOB H. CLARK

After several years of suffering Ia
cob H. Clark passed away at his home
on East Oconee street Sunday after
noon. The remains were laid to rest
this afternoon i'll Evergreen cemetery
Few. L. A. Hill, of the Central M. Z
Church, officiating at the funeral
which was conducted from the Cen.
trail Methodist church.
Messrs. John Hogan, J. H. Green
l.. {. Parnin, Bert Hitchcock, William
Halle and Robert Reynolds acted as
pail bearers
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11
President Wilson
Issues Proclamation

WASHINGTON, Nov. IL
President Wilson issued formal
proclamation at 10 o'clock this
morning announcing that the
armistice with Germany had been
signed, The proclamation fol
lows:
My fellow countrymen:
The armistice was signed this
morning. Everything for which
America fought has been accom-
plished. 1t will now be our for
tunate duty to assist, by example,
by sober friendly counsel and by
material aid in the establishment
of a just democracy throughout
the world.
"Woodrow Wilson,
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NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

Until further notice | shall be un-
able to collect the State and County
Taxes for the year 1918, having been
enjoined from collecting the same
by an order of Judge d. A. r. Crun,,
upon application for restraining or
der by Sidney Clare The case is to
be heard on December 4th and the
public will be given due notice when
taxes may again be paid
F. NJ GRAHAM,
II County Tax Collector
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ADVOCATES

London, Nov. l0.-Emperor WIZ
liam signed letter of abdicaticm on
Saturday morning at the Gcrnzx
grand headquarters in the presence
of Crown Prince Frederick VilsSa Nc
and Field Marshal Hindenburg, &C.
cording to dispatch from Amsser-
dam toSthe Exchange Telegraph cuot-
pany.
Emperor Flees to Holland
London, Nov. l0.--The former Sex
man Emperors party, which is besuv--
ed to include Marshal Won HINDER
burg. arrived at Eysden, on the Dgtes
frontier at 7:30 o'clock Sunday .aorA-
ing, according to Daily Mail adviees.
Practically the whole German gen
eral staff accompanied the former
Emperor, and ten automobiles carried
the party The automobiles were
bristling with rifles and all the fmgt
tives were armed.
The ex-Kaiscr was in UNIFORM. He
alighted at the Eysden station ard
paced the platform, smoking a cry
arct
Eysden lies about midway Detwcex
Liege and Maastricht on the Isisseh
border
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CELEBRATION
TONIGHT, 7 O'CLOCK

The Oca Band has been engaged help Fitzgerald celebrate
the cessation Of hoses big bonfire parade and puhE
speaking will begin at p M in front Postoce and every
body not bedfast should be tonight honor
this occasion.
The boys lover there have noby far ahead Of
schedule time, and al
probation OF their wonderful achievement speakers be
present
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11

Everybody around here knew that
the war wouldn't last more than sixty
days after Ralph Waters landed "over
there" as he never held job longer
than two months. The time is up
Tuesday and Ralph is out of job
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11

Sgt. Leon Wimberly spent a few
days in the city visiting friends and
relatives. Sgt. Wimberly is stationed
at Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Ala.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11
Mrs. VIII Watkins.
Route 3.

Route 3.
Miss Mary Wilcox.
Miss Alice Russell.
Mrs. ]. A. Ragsdale.
Roanoke Drive, Route S.
Mrs. ]. T. Cass, 28o-J.
Mrs. c. A. Newcomer, 1912.
Mrs. M. F. Whitman, 1911.
Merrimac Drive
Mrs. c. c. Persons, 1851.
Mrs. Aspinwall, 40:.
Mrs. |. M. Hyde, 2lS.
Mrs. George Brannon, 2i8-2.
Mrs. Malcolm.
Route 6.
Mrs. ]. A. George, 1908.
Mrs. w. L. Watson, 1912.
Mrs. T. J. Hendricks, 457-2.
Mrs. Sidney Clare, 5001.
Downtown District
Mrs. George Kicker, 1874.
Mrs. ]. L. Dor.niney.
Mrs. J.. B. Wall.
Mrs. w. r. Bowen.
Mrs. 0. L. Bradshaw.
Mrs. Roush.
Miss Z. Sebrool.
Mrs. J. c. Bush.
Miss Mary Powers.
Mrs. ]. B. Seanor.
Mrs. w. c. Crenshaw
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11

London, Nov. 10-Herr Krupp has
been arrested by the Red Guards who
have control of Essen, where the ia
nous Krupp munition works are To-
Gated.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-11-11

Rev. ]. Ashby Jones will speak
at the First Baptist church Tues
day evening on the United War
Work campaign. A great speaker
in a great cause. Come and hear
him.