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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19
Women Behind Guns Supply
War Material for Tommies
By Bertha Bennett Burleigh.

their faces looking like bright oranges.
But that does not worry them, for they
shave the satisfaction of knowing that
the task Is closely allied to the soldiers
and that any moment something might
happen which would prove fatal. They
take with them that same spirit which
pulled our men through at Mons--the
spirit of carry on, no matter what hap
pens; carry on, even if you die in the
attempt.
Women are employed extensively in
+ aenoplane factories. Their work there
usually consists in making the greater
part Of the aeroplane woodwork, fixing
and sewing the canvas to the frames,
testing and examining the fabric for
the wings, a tedious but all important
task. They cover with a somewhat
evil smelling stuff the wings. in order
to make them water and air tight. Be-
fore they get used to the dope" they
become i'll many a time because of the
fumes. Men formely Were employed
on this branch of the work. and the au-
I thorities. could not make out why some
OF them used to get drunk, till it was
found that they had been drinking this
alcoholic dope"
l saw women working in shipyards-
| in fact. just now I do not think there is
| place where they are not working.
| Win such an influx of women's labor
| on the market. special housing and ca
| tering arrangements have had to be
| made. And here the Y. w. c. A. and
| the Y. NJ. c. A. have done n vast
amount of good in providing wholesome
meals at practically cost price. Women
| offer SO many hours week away from
their homes 10 go and work in these
canteens, and so help their sisters who
are bearing the heavier burden. These
| ladies do the cooking and the washing
mp, and many have a proud record of
Il three years continuous hard work in
\ these canteens. No mean record.
| Where large numbers of women are
| working little villages have sprung of
! hltss built by various societies. Here
in the evening the women have recrea-
fstian. dancing, music or entertainments,
! and nearby they have special sleeping
I accommodations. One of the most ex-
tensive of these Is named the jean Of
| Are Hotel. which can house and feed
roughly 5000 to 5000 women.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19
Urges Guillotines for Disloyal

There is a steadily Increasing impa-
thence throughout the country at the
lack of severity on the part of our
government toward those who are here
as spies or traitors and who are schem-
ing and working in every way. chiefly
underhand, to harm orr soldiers and
our country. Almost every day we
read of incendiary fires, costing in dol
lars from a few hundred thousand to
u million or more. Yesterday II was
a shipyard, today it's warehouse
filled with food supplies: tomorrow 1t
will be an ammunition works; and the
enemy in our midst and at Berlin
laughs in devilish giee and the sound
of his mirth is like that of Nero. Some
are caught with discriminating docu-
ments; others in the act of sedition
and conspiracy.
\ public execution by the guillotine
is revolving, repulsive sight. but IL
nothing else will serve to stop the
work OF the treacherous thousands
with which this country il home
combed. we. might better set up e
cleaning blade. in our public placd =
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19
OUR OWN TROPICS"

Only at one place in the United
States is there real tropical vegetation.
says Popular Science Monthly. Flor
ida and California have what is called
"subtropiCal' vegetation. In the midst
of 4 desert in the extreme southern
part of California is a true oasis. The
oasis. Palm Springs, lies $50 feet be-
low the sea level. So hot is 1T there
that there is riot of vegetation all
the year round. Enormous fig trees
and mammoth grapefruit and oranges
are always to be had. The lemons that
grow there weigh two and a half
pounds apiece The responsibility for
all this may be laid to n beautiful little
stream which is fed by the Colorado
river and which flows through the
oasis only to disappear into the ground
at its end.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

An ounce of prevention is al
ways worth a pound Of cure, and
acting on that time tested old
saw, we must commend the coun-
ty commissioners for planning a
wire stockade for the quartering
of such disorderly elements as
may gather in Missoula during
the coming year. The recent
trouble in Idaho is sufficient
warning. Ii these !. w. w. rev.
olutionists arc so devoid Of intel
ligence as to think that the peo-
pie of Missoula county are to lie
down and permit the town to be
turned into q shambles, then
they must be undcceived by the
use of every stern measure. This
matter should be of interest to
the men in our community who
have families, and homes, and
they include good many radi-
Gals, who have in times gone by,
been too prone to regard the ]. w.
w. as anything else but victims
of unjust conditions. Their fam
lilies and homes would have no
more consideration from the /.
w. w. in the event of a riot, than
those of the others.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

Munitions are all important, in some
cases more than food, for munitions
mean food for guns. aviation and ships,
You can always ration food but never
munitions of war. ~.
I was privileged while in England to
visit n large number of factories, turn
ing out shells, guns, ships or aero
planes. Everywhere I went by far the
greater number OF people working in
these factories were. women. Some
times the ratio was as much as ten
and twenty to one; In others no men
were to be seen. 1t was the spirit of
these women that struck me the most.
Each one realized that the more they
turned out the better Were the men
able to stand up against the Germans.
Another thing that strikes visitor
is the cheeriness of these women under
all conditions. Many a laugh and joke
is exchanged as they bend their aching
backs over the heavy machines. They
know that a good hearty laugh is half
the battle of life. 1t Is at these times
that the character of our British wonIss
en- shows itself. have been in a fac-i
tory when the raiding alarm was given.
The place is plunged into darkness,
some stand silent and quiet beside their
machines. others have to seek shelter
elsewhere. as the part of the building
they were in was made largely of glass.
Everything is carried out in an orderly
and soldierly manner.
There are more than a million wom-
en- employed in war industries alone
women of all classes. from the artists
studio or the quiet domestic hearth,
from shop counters or the stage. All
go to work undaunted and undismayef
by the difficulties of the task or it's
hardships. For it means working day
and night. a l2-hour day is consid1
come across women who think nothing
of doing IA or 16 hours a day.
Those that go into skilled work usu-
ally take short courses of varying
lengths. They receive this training
free.
1t Is one of the grandest sights in the
world to so into n munition factory eN-
tending over acres of ground. To he:n-
the roar and the grind is terrifying at
after n few headaches. The women
lift the enormous pieces OF metal with
an ease and n knack that is astound
ing. Trucks of shells go bowling along
as If pushed by men, not women. They
are here, there and everywhere. 1t
has been said that you could never or
ganize women to work in masses-an
absolute fallacy. as proved by the huge
numbers of women working together
in England.
They usually wear blue overalls and
caps, and where the work demands n
certain amount of action or where
| there is considerable danger attached
they wear fairly tight fitting trousers
t. prevent themselves knocking against
or catching in anything.
| In certain factories, particularly in
| the T. n. T. factories. they aave tc
dress in wool. work only fortnight at
. a time, and under no circumstances
whatever are they allowed to have the
! tiniest scrap of metal about the n,--not
even q hairpin. Consequently many
| Of them have bohbed their haic. At
the end of a fortnight they have a
week or ten days off to rec, pera1p
from the effects o. the poison. Ind r.
all times they have to take toploJ
draughts of milk. =
have seen KiEaD walking abuft WIG
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and, having set it up. put it to use.
While our young men are heroically
offering to make, and already daily
are making. the supreme sacrifice. ve
permit the work Of spies whose whole
effort is to bring disaster and death 10
our men.
The German is in deadly fear Of the
bayonet thrust in battle: OF the diRui.
fled. solemn, irresistible guillotine he
would have even greater horror. Per-
haps a few public examples might be
sufficient; it would at least greatly re-
duce the number Of those most openly
offensive. The very sight Of q chastity
guillotine by day and night. would
impress its latent possibilities upon
even the most hardened Hun. Nor WIN
there be those wanting to pull the cord
when once the proof OF guilt has been
established But desperate diseases
require unusual treatment, and the
firing squad or even the haugman's
knot are too good for some people Who
will vok our streets today and smile
AZ our 9edulity while they sneer at
our nerve.-H. H. Windsor In April
inE6uuAunsr2s
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19
True Preparedness
Minna irvina, in leslie's.

Minna irving, in leslie's.
Not only in mighty fleet
OF giant battleships.
Not only, in n battery
That roars and rends and rips.
Nor in fortress that defies
4 siege's storm and stress,
Nor in well.stored armory
Is true preparedness. 80
For these are not enough without
A brave intelligence
To wake their dread machinery
To national defense.
II is the eye behind the gun.
The hand upon the wheel.
Behold. that makes impresnable
Our armored walls of steel.
Then sons of freedom, by the love
Within Your hearts enshrined
Fer flag and home and liberty,
1se glorious three combined.
Safe the splendid heritage
neathed by Bunker HIM.
10y pDosnent ron c4p -
011ts1 ana arm 666 dxtla Ssss
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

A wise order is that of the war
department to exemption boards
to permit men engaged in plant
ing or cultivating crops to con-
tinue their work until it is fin
ished, regardless as to whether
their draft numbers have been
reached. We need not go away
from home to realize the impor-
lance of this work. Our govern
ment will not be deficient in man
power, but it may require tho
last ounce of strength to gather
the food necessary to send to our
allies. The worker in the fields
is no less a soldier for his coun-
try than as if he We're in the
trenches. Even though these en-
|cmptions be made, it will be nee
essary to mobilize a great army
of farm workers later for har-
vesting. Our government cannot
lplan too soon for that job.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19
Methods Of the Imperial
Secret Police in Bohemia

In dealing with the Czecho- SlovalS
populace the imperial secret police
have perfected u wholesale method UNI
surpassed in the annals Of tyranny.
A girl of Brunn, aged 20, who had
served ASIA nurse since the opening
months offth war, received from one
OF her patients in the hospital Il
wounded Croatian gunner IA COPY
of the Russian revolutionary procla-
nation ttort the dominated Austrian ma
tionalities. She inclosed 1t in a let
ter to her uncle, for which highly
reasonable act she was arrested and
sentenced to death. The uncle had
copied the proclamation into his note
book. and later he read it to friend,
for which he, too, was sentenced to
death, This friend to whom he had
confided IL had been permitted to make
himself a copy after promising to dis
tribute 1t. no further. But breaking
this promise, he proceeded to make
three copies. For passing them on he
was convicted of high treason and
executed like the others.
His copies reached three friends. one
a school director of Brunn and an ar
dent bohemian Nationalist. When
arrested and searched. his copy was
found and brought him a death sem
tence. The two other friends were
given prison sentences Of four and sew
en- years, respectively. The industry of
the police persisted until the young
nurses copy and its copies had Melted
their 80 convictions out of AZ accused
These convictions included six death
sentences unCommuted one commute
ed. and a further total Of 81 years OF
imprisonment.-Rich Wilmer Row
an in the Worlds Work for March.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

A new German war loan Of
$4,000, 100000 marks will be issued
soon says a Copenhagen dispatch.
The German war debt now amounts
to 109, 900, 100000 mark.-News Item.
A German mark is worth near
IN "a cents in, American money,
which means that the debt OF the
Huns, as the result of the war
which they started in 1914, is now
more than twenty-six billions OF
dollars.
And what, we ask, are the de-
ludcd subjects Of the Kaiser get
ting for their money? They are
getting a number of things which
they are likely to keep as long as
lives the human race.
They have bought with this
money the curses of Belgian peas
ants, who have seen the Huns
tear away their wives and daugh-
ters to ravish them.
They have bought the hatred
OF lovers Of the ancient and ar
tistic throughout the world for
their wanton despoilation OF mag
mficent buildings and statnary
throughout Belgium and north
ern France.
They have bought the COM
bined enmity of almost every civ
ilized nation on earth.
They have bought the distrust
of forward looking people every.
where, by their naughty attitude
toward treaty obligations.
They have bought the assur-
ance that when they are defeated
at arms the defeat will be made
complete in the economic and
business world.
They have bought the belief
which will persist through the
years that German diplomacy is
tissue of deceit, intrigue and
disregard Of the rights of peoples
everywhere.
They have bought the death
of autocracy and militarism on
earth. They have bought their
own destruction.
Surely the withered-arm
! Kaiser and his semi-imbecile son
have brought back to their sub
jects something for the vast
sum expended.
Will the German people con-
time to think the bargain a good
one?
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

em0luments TO his friendly hand
He has fallen in the ides Of No
vember, only to arise in the full
and strong confidence of his fol-
lowers.
Colonel Bryan is of the age OF
General Pershing, who is at the
head OF our armies in France. He
bnfjb4rs with good health, sane
optimism and love of life. His
friends are in number and 10y
atty like those Of Caesars legions.
He isaa'patriot Of the highest
worthTand is for fighting this war
clear through to a cleanup vic
tOry.sa 4
There may be a sad awakening
in the group at Washington, en-
gagged in the rather hazardous
enterprise Of creating from the
new and enlarged power of the
administration a political ma
chine TO keep the presidency in
the family.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19
Sammess Kid French
About Male kissAa

clarence X. STREET., formerly OF The
Muscular editorial staff and now in
France with the Eighteenth Enejneers.
railway. has sent over an interesting
bundle OF French newspapers. among
the lie Poilu." a journal OF tho
trenches" which has been published
by the French soldiers since November.
1914. 1t appears when It can and
where 1t cam and gives an outlet to
the literary expressions Of the men In
the trenches. Only q small proportion
OF the stories and bits Of verse in the
paper deal with the war; And OF these
only one mentions the Sammees The
one Is a satirical article upon the GUS
tom OF French men to kiss one another
upon occasion. The author says. In
part:
DO you know what has most
startled the eyes Of our young allies,
the Americans. on their arrival in
France? J.
you think perhaps 1t Is the charm
OF the French woman. the slowness OF
our telephone service. the red tame
which involves all the. bureaus and
which our illustriapa nreuier, has tried
IN vain to rid us of. Not at all. You
, have not hit upon 1t.
but seeing. as they say, the men
pecking each other they cannot be.
lieve their eyes.
| Remember that in America IL would
not occur to a father, whose affection
| Tor his son is as deep as among us
Latins. to embrace his son on the
street or before his college mates.
lie petit gamin. the little kid
would be deeply vexed. or would not
| even understand.
Grown up in the convention OF
shake hand the first Americans ar
irving here have written home TINT
the embrace between men here. in the
stations, in the street. at home. Is a
common custom. and 1t is an American
woman OF culture and high intelligence
VINO in letter Of fine irony laughs,
! though with fine discretion, at what
we still' consider a tradition worth
maintaining. lllustrious men are in
TACT the originators OF the custom.
Plato in his Banquet speaks OF the
Kiss of friendship between men.
Let us pass over the kiss Of Judas.
The Catholic church preserves and
ritua!izes' the kiss: has made Il a
ilturgica' act, for instance the kiss Of
peace which the priest gives to the
deacon toward the end Of mass.
Even in modern times, in the
eighteenth century. all our masters Of
the pen or Of thought. in their letters.
embraced each other. voltaire and
Renan followed the tradition, Our
great F1anbert embraced Goncourt and
Tourgenev. -.
"All this. madame. represents to us
lAatins centuries Of a tradition OF fine
courtesy. 1t is perhaps an atavistic
custom. We are the slaves Of our ira
ditonal habits. But since you invite
me to do so. wish to recommend and
extend among men the convention OF
shake hand 1t Is more virile. swear.
more male. more aseptic,
For new times. new usaees.
I propose The League Against tho
Kiss Between Men,"
1t doesn't matter who started tht,
war. Uncle Sam will finish it.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19
COL. BRYAN At FIFTY-EIGHT

This is the fifty-eighth birth
day of our distinguished coun-
tryman, William Jennings Bry-
an, and will be remembered with
special interests by a large gath
ering Of friends at Lincoln, Neb.,
Colonel Bryan'S old home. He
will be among those present and
subject to many fluctuations and
congratulations. to which We
would add our mite.
II is a far cry to the Chicago
convention of 1896. One must
stretch ones memory to recall
the incidents of that historic
gathering when a young man OF
tlnrty-siX years, with the cameo
cut face of Roman senator, a
Od-given voice and inspired
presence stood in a forum of his
fellow men and routed the old
war horses Of the Democratic
party, as the keen wind of He'll
Gate canyon sweeps the fallen
leaves Of autumn.
Three times he has been can,
didate for president and the rec.
ord may not be finished. Glad,
stone made his greatest cam.
paign at seventy-two.
The dregs of defeat have no
embittered Colonel Bryan. Hi.
heart has not been chilled b.
lthe marble hearted ingratitude Q
Hose who owe high honors an
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19
OLD NEW WORKERS PATRIOTIC.

man was ready to aid in the public
defense. Four times a year the
Burgher companies We're paraded. and
in 1856 they We're organized as a regi-
ment of foot. under the command Of
Colonel Nicholas Bayard
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

The kaiser has resumed his
habit of thanking Gott for every
little thing that comes his way.
Discretion would seem to say that
he should restrain his enthu-
siasm until pershing and linden
burg have played a rubber or
two.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

The lion will have to go some,
if he takes this March from the
lambs embrace. Did you ever
see anything like it since John
Mullan blazed his trail?
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

La Follette's candidate for the
Wisconsin senatorship has been
branded by Won Hertling as good
enough for those pig Americans.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

II we may agree that Bill Sun
days devil can be converted be-
tween lunch and dinner, we may
believe the patriotic recantations
of Townley and his staff of So
cialist agitators.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

Perhaps Senator Walsh plans
to wait until Christmas, before
making us a present of New
United States District attorney.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

The bear is now practicing the
gooscstep and, after a while, will
walk like a nice little Hun, in
stead of man.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

The allies. are all in the same boat.
long way from shore and on limited
rations"-and Uncle Sam is running
the relief ship.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

Germany is getting a little
place3iil the sun, but it is a Rus
sian sun and may not shine al
WaNS
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19
Says Government Ought
to Save Wheat Flour.

The government or the states should
control the manufacture Of fldurs
made from wheat substitutes" de.
clared Charles Mullemer, one OF the
proprietors of the Palace hotel yester-
day. '"The substitutes should be made
into flour and sold to tho people in
that form from the mills. Wheat flour
should be taken off the market IL the
government needs 1t abroad. The pub.
lie knows what we hotel men are us.
ing. but the government does not know
how many housewives waste their
substitutes and use the wheat flour.
only ten per cent of the people eat In
hotels"
We mix our substitutes here. usinf.
barley and oat flours. On wheatless
days we use potato flour to make tho
pastries. The pound for-pound plan n
all right to cut down the consumption
OF wheat flour. but take the wheat
Hour off the market. the government
needs It," :.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

1t looks as though Doc Lam
strum would have to deliver his
senatorial boom with instru-
meats.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

Why must commissioner of
public safety first qualify as a
policeman? Search us.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

If you run your household on three
pounds of sugar month per person,
when fall comes the grocer won't have
to hang up the sign, NO Sugar"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

There are at least two Candi-
dates in Missoula who think that
republics are ungrateful.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

II the Russians are good, the
kaiser may leave them enough
ROOM to turn around
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

Tn blue bird is here TO tell us
that his is spring without the
camoeflaee.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

Be a real patriot and use that
extra hour of daylight in the wal
garden. ----.-- -
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SOUTH AMERICAS SWITZERLAND.

Hidden among the Andes of Pata-
gcnia Is a region which has been called
by some travellers South Americas
Switzerland. 1t is land as large AS
the latter and abounds In beautiful
lakes. forests and snow capped peaks.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-19

Conservation, concentration and con.
secration-for the sake of those at the
front.