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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-03
FOSTER BRINGS
TRENCH TRUTHS
Reed College Head Coming
to MissOula This Week
to Lecture.
RED CROSS WORKER
Went to France as Member
of Relief Commission
Last Year.

with Our Allies on the Western
Front" and With the American Troops
IN France are the subjects announced
for the lecture of DR.. William r. f'os-
ter. member Of the American Red ross
mission to France and president o.
Reed College, who will be in Mssouia
at the end of the week DR. Foster
will speak on the first named subject
Friday night in the Missoula theater.
He will discuss his visit to the Amer
lean front In University Hall, the uni
versily campus, Saturday night.
DR.. Foster was able to see as much
Of tho fighting and the back the
battle line activity as any war cores
pondent because Of the privilege grant
ed to the Red Cross mission. In his in
vestigations he inspected the first aid
stations, the field hospitals, the army
Y NJ. c. A. and similar relief organ
izations He visited the base hospitals
and schools for the re-education OF
wounded soldiers. He followed several
thousand repatri1ted soldiers from be-
hind the German lines, through Swift
zerland to France.
The lectures in Missoula will be held
under the auspices of the State Uni
versity and the Missoula chapter Of
| tire Red Cross. Admission will he free.
The local committee In charge is COM
posed Of Kenneth Ross, President Sis
son. N j. Lenhes and Ralph ID. Galley.
| Since his return from abroad DR..
| Foster has lectured In Washington,
Chicago. Baltimore, Portland, Seattle,
! Spokane, San Francisco and other
cities He has lectured in more than
35 cities in all since his return. He is
now making a speaking tour of the
principal cities of Montana.
Three weeks ago DIR. Foster spoke to
5000 persons in Chicago AT Ann Ar
Dor. 1000 University of Michigan
| students heard the speaker.
Four Addresses in City.
| While the two principal lectures are
| on Friday and Saturday evenings, DIR
Foster win speak also to university
tudents and faculty Friday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock. He will address the
membership Of the Rotary club.
DIR. Foster was the Pacific coast rep
resentative of the Red Cross mission
which was composed of six leading meI
of this country.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-03
Division School District
Orderd by Commissioners

School district No. IS will be divided,
according to an order issued by the
county commissioners yesterday,
granting the appeal of T. j. Lott and
others for a division.
There have been several hearings on
the matter. the last one being con-
Quoted on January 20. The residents
Of the lower Moiese valley petitioned
to maintain school which they had
erected there and prevent the consoli-
dalton of the north and south districts.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-03
Decide Not to Call New
Guard Units Into Service

Washington. Feb. 2.--Thc policy of
the war department with respect to
the new national guard units unor-
organized since the president drafted
the old guard into the federal service,
will be to refrain from calling then,
into service even after they have at
tained the state of preparedness re-
auired by departmental regulations
and have been recognized by the
militia bureau.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-03

wheat than in the United States. Mix
ing this wheat flour to the extent Of
90 per cent with other cereals il COM
pulsory in Great Britain and as high
as so per cent Of other ingredients Is
permitted
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-03
Two More MissOulians
Serve as Army Nurses

To the list of Missoula young
women. who are now In service as Red
Cross nurses. should be added the
names of Miss Elizabeth Sterling and
Miss lola NJ. Clark, both stationed at
Letterman hospital in San Francisco
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-03
sRITisH FLOUR SAVING.

The British bread Is poorer In quail
ity than American. In milling II per
cent more flour In extracted from the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-03
GERMAN GENERAL ReriReo.

The Hague. Feb. IA dispatch from
Berlin today said that General Lowen-
field. of the Prussian Guard, has been
retired
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
TO MAKE
GIRL WORKERS
SUPERWOMEN
Miss Suzanna Cocroft. Of
Y. W. c. A.. Forming
Exercise Classes.

Girl workers IN Washington will
have two opportunities to hear Miss
suzanna Cocroft tell Of her plans to
transform the young women who are
running the clerical end OF the war
into superwomen at the local Y. w.
C. A. this week.
The Weeks Program.
Activities planned are as follows:
Monday. at 7:ao, the dramatic class
will meet at SO Fourteenth street;
the Delta Club at the Country Club.
s9o1 Wisconsin avenue, and the Bible
Students Club at the elizabeth
Somers."
Tuesday the Business women's
Council will meet at the Wesley
Chapel, Fifth and + streets. william
Martin Richardson, District song
leader OF the Y. NJ. c. A., will lead q
sing at 6:45 and Miss Suzanna Co
croft will speak at 7:3o. after which
she will organize q company for set
ting-up exercises and military drill.
At the Country Club the Goldenberg
Club will meet at o'clock and the
Georgia Society will hold o water
melon feast" jat .7:so.
Wednesday a mixed party OF men
and women will take automobile
rides, leaving the Liberty Cafeteria
and 619 Fourteenth street at o'clock,
arriving in time for open-air moving
pictures at the Country Club at 3
o'clock. At the Country Club Miss
Cocroft will speak at s o'clock and
the statistics division of the Adju-
tant Generals Office will have
group party.
Thursday the Mount Pleasant
Church Club will meet at the Country
Club.
Friday the Swimming Club Of the
Business Women's Council will meet
at the gates Of the municipal pool.
Seventeenth and B streets, at 5
o'clock. The Middle Western Club
will leave 61s Fourteenth street in au-
tnrnohiles for the Country Club at 6
o'clock.
Saturday lunch as well as supper
will be served at the Country Club.
The orchestra will begin playing for
group games at Sis. There will be
a speaker at o'clock whose name
will be announced later.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
MOUNT GUNS ON FROZEN
CLOUDS, NEW WAR IDEA

London. Aug. 4-Ideas of a startling
and novel nature are received by the
inventions department of the ministry
Of munitions every day from which a
comic paper could CLEAN laughs
enough to last until the war is over.
The following extraordinary sugges-
tions for dealing with German air.
planes have been received:
The clouds are to be frozen arti-
ncially and guns mounted on them
neavy guns are to be suspended from
captive balloons; the moon is to be
covered with a big black balloon
aeroplanes are to be armed with
scissors or scythes, or to trail bombs
behind them on long cord: heat rays
are to be projected for the purpose
OF setting Zeppelins on fire; electric
waves to paralyze the magnetos. .s
Shoe Backing for Rails.
One of the most popular sugges-
tions of all sis to attach a search
light to an anti-aircraft gun, get
the light on the object and shoot
along. the beam. To prevent the
polished rails of a railway showing
at night. the last carriage of the
last train, according to- another. cor
respondent, was to camoufiage them
by dribbling shoe blacking as II
went along.
Other proposals were:
A balloon carrying magnets hung
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
Farmers Blame Kaiser
For Crop-Eating Bugs
In Connecticut Fields

New Haven, Conn. Aug. 4.-Scores
or superstitious Connecticut people
are sincere in the belief that the
Kaiser has something to do with the
prevalence OF bugs and other destroy
erS OF vegetable crops in the State.
Hundreds Of potato fields which on
July were giving promise of a big
crop are now affected with a disas-
trous blight or the vines eaten with
pink and green lice which suck the
life out of the plants. The lice have
afhicted other vegetable plants and
spraying regularly has not apparent
~ protected vegetation as of yore.
A worm and bug have been bor-
ing into the cornstaIks in all parts
OF the State, threatening to destroy
the crop and the prevalence of cool,
wet weather has added to the troubles
OF the farmers and vegetable growers
to an unprecedented extent.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
THE TOWN CRIER.

Pfney Branch Community Center
will meet tonight at the West
School. There will be community
singing. solos by Mrs. Newton Ba-
ker and a short address by Mrs. Is
abelle Geddes Smith.
The Johnson-Powen Community
Center Association will meet in the
Powell School at s o'clock tonight
Earnest H. Daniel. government ex-
pert in the handling Of food pro-
ducts. will give a short talk on
Community Buying.
The Washington Zionist Circle
will meet tonight in the ballroom
Of the Y. NJ. H. A, Eleventh ana
Pennsylvania avenue. Walter Myer,
who left Palestine in June, will ad-
dress the meeting.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
FOOD VIOLATORS WILL
DONATE TO RED CROSS
Chicago Merchants Escape License
Revelations.

The Food Administration announced
yesterday that 1t had recently accept
ed the offers OF a number of Chicago
licensees to make substantial Red
Cross contributions in lieu of revoca-
tions of their licenses for violations
of the rules and regulations. These
contributions were accepted in place
Of more drastic action for the reason
that in each case the company showed
that Its. violations had not been will
full. and because of their complete
frankness and cooperation with Food
Administration officials during the in
vestigation into their business, and
their agreement to keep proper records
and comply with all requirements IN
the future. The following are among
the licenses affected with the con-
tributions:
John F. Lalla & Co., wholesale gro
GERS, $500 ,[
See & Co, wholesale grocers. $500.
A. E. Gilberg & Co., wholesale gro
GERS. $50; Junker & Co.. wholesale
grocerss 81 900; Podolsky Bros, whole
sale igrocers, $1,000.
Hirker. & Bletsch, bakers. supply
house. 5000
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
CHILD'S YEAR
TO BE HELPED
BY SPEAKERS
Campaign Committee Asks
Volunteers to Come
with Offers.

The patriotic women of Washing
ton will be urged to volunteer for
service with the Children's Year
Campaign workers by the corps of
child's welfare speakers who will
inaugurate a public speaking drive
about August 9. -.....
Mr.. Bulkley requests those who
are willing to give some of their
time to communicate with Mrs.
Whitman Cross. chairman OF the
executive committee. or Miss Har-
riet Hunt, secretary. at headquar-
ters,. 1888 G street northwest
Public speaking will be inaugu-
rated at the Knickerbocker Theater,
the orator on opening night former
District Commissioner Henry B. F.
Macfarland. The list of speakers
comprises Mr.. Macfarland. Judge
William H. De Lacy. Barry Bulkley.
DR.. Elnora c. Folkmar. Charles W.
Darr. DIR. Samuel S. Adams. Lorenzo
A. Bailey. DIR. George N. Acker,
Capt. Jere A. Costello. Mrs. Max
West. Capt. ]. Walter Mitchell. Miss
Harriet Hunt, G. e. Rausch, DR.. w.
c. Fowler, District health officer:
Rev. E. P. Tupper. Capt. Sheridan
Ferree. and Henry c. Porter, Of
Mount Rainier.
The speakers will call attention
to the statement OF President will
son in a letter to the Secretary of
Labor in which he says he regards
the conservation of child life in
America as next in Importance to
the heroic work of our army and
navy.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
Frisco Police Prevent
Sale Of Young Chinese
Girl to Elderly Suitor

San Francisco, Aug. ITO prevent
the sale of Lay Rah Ho. 13-year-old
Chinese girl. to Lum Chung Che. a
merchant, for 500, Superior Judge
Graham appointed Miss Donaldina
Cameron, of the Presbyterian mission
here. to act as guardian OF the girl.
When the appointment was made
Che said he loved the girl and was
willing to wait until she is a suitable
age and marry her according to
American customs. 1t was then
agreed that a suitable age for
Chinese girl to get married would be
Is years, so the girl will remain with
Miss Cameron until she is that age.
Linn Shee. a Chinese woman who
had had charge of the girl since the
death of her parents, and who is to
return to China next month, was to
have received the money from the
sale OF, the girl.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05

on strings to attract the rifles out
of mems hands.
A shell to contain fieas or other
Vermin inoculated with disease.
A shell with a man inside it to
steer 1t at the target. .-
Ine squirting of cement over
soldiers SO as to petrify them.
The sending Of snakes into enemy
trenches by. pneumatic propulsion.
The throwing of live-wire cables
carrying a high voltage among ad-
vancing bodies of infantry by means
of rockets.
One correspondent sent a number
OF original methods Of repelling at
tacks, including large. caliper-shaped
devices which could be closed on any
ione intruding between the legs; a
series of nets spread in front of. our
lines. which could be drawn so as to
enmesh the Germans. and a machine
OF the nature Ola slawn-mower as
larSe as a tank to make mincemeat
Of them. -.ll'-- -
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
GALLANTRY COSTLY;
PRICE THIS TIME Sl95
Corbett Has Pockets Picked While
Helping Distressed Female.

Stepping into a house on Seventh
street northwest between NJ and n
streets in answer to a signal from a
woman for help. William Corbett, of
227 w street northwest, was robbed
of his wallet containing S195 and
q pass to the navy yard.
The robbery occurred, Corbett
told the police, on Saturday night
when he was out walking. It was
not until early yesterday morning
that the matter was reported and
the detectives. went to work to re-
cover the money.
Corbett describes the woman as
dark skinned, rs to 80 years OF age.
wearing a black dress and q black
hat. He is sure he can identify her.
The exact details of how he lost his
money and wallet were not given.
and although Corbett says there is
a possibility that he lost il, he is
reasonably sure that the woman
picked his pocket while he was in
Quiring what she wanted.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
PURELY PERSONAL.

Mrs. A. W. Keyes and her son,
Lieut.. Warren Keyes. have returned
to Washington from New York.
Oscar H. Robey has returned to the
city after spending the weekend at
Piney Point.
Mrs. John L. Newbold. of the Cor
dova apartments, will leave for New
York tonight to speak at a meeting OF
the National Y. w. c. A.
Mrs. Mason Blunt has returned to
her apartment at the Toronto after
a month in Leesburg. Va
Mrs. Samuel ]. Graham, of 1863
Columbia road, has now completely
recovered from a broken leg from
which she has been suffering for
several months.
Miss Beasley, lunch room director
of the Y. W. c. A. cafeteria at 6l9
Fourteenth street. has resigned her
position, and left yesterday to do
similar work at Lancaster, Pa
Miss Florence Brown. general sec
retary of the Y. w. C. A, has just
returned to the city from a two
weeks Chautauqua tour through
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Miss
Brown was the only woman on the
circuit which Is now featuring
Lieut.. Pat O'Brien.
H S. Bishop, OF 1884 Morse street
northeast. is leaving the city for a
two weeks trip.
J. II. Piefer, Of 22ss Decator place.
hes left town. and will spend the
month Of August in Williamsport, Pa.
Pa.
John o. Cole, OF 1928 North Capt.
tol street. is leaving town until the
first of September.
Bliss Bertha Eversol. of sol Fourth
street northwest, has gone on a
visit to Martinsburg, W. Va.
John r. Goldman. Of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey, Is in Brooklyn, ".
Y, on government business.
Louis N. Frazier has received an
appointment as stenographer in the
War Department
Mr.. and Mrs. william Gordon, of
50 Seaton place northwest, are spend
ing a few days at Atlantic City, N. ].
Francis T. Murphy and wife have
returned from a two weeks stay at
Cape May. N. ].
Charles s. Riehl, of the navy yard.
has resigned to take up employment
at Chester, Pa.
Joseph A. Nelson. of the Interior
Department, left town yesterday aft
ernoon for short stay in Boston,
Mass.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
POTENTATES' DECORATIONS
SPURNED BY AMERICANS

years gone by. and even include a
few dozen or more of German medals
and decorations.
Under the recent law passed By
Cor gress whereby military and naval
men are allowed to receive decorations
from our allies. many OF the medals
could have been claimd by present
military leaders. but few have been.
the State Department says. Civilian
appoibtees Of the government are al
lowed TO take possession Of the deco
rations rendered them only on their
retirement from the service. Many
OF them, judging by the number Of
trinkets still In the safe, haven't cared
enough upon retirement TO file claim.
For many years the strong bo1 held
a gold cigaret case, studded with
diamonds and with a ruby clasp.
which was given the American COM
maBder OF a revenue cutter by the
former Gar OF Russia for saving me
liyese of several Russian sailors. he
was not allowed to receive the case
until he left the government service.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
'TEUFEL HUNDE' CORPS
GETS S,152 In JULY
Marines EnEstments Bring Total
Strength to 59,083.

Marine Corps recruiting reached Its
highest point during the month of
July. The total number OF meh en-
listed was S,152, with the addition Of
iS enrolled in the Marine Corps Re
serve, making a total of s,5s4. Con-
sidering the fact that seIective serv-
ice men in Glass 1 were not avail
able during the latter part of the
month and that the extension of the
maximum age from 36 to 40 years did
not become effective until July 81,
this is an excellent showing.
The total enlisted strength of the
Marine Corps on July 81 was 52,7l2.
The Marine Corps Reserve had a to-
tai on that date of 631. The total
enlisted strength was 59.OS3.
The largest showing for July was
made by the Eastern recruiting d.
vision, with a total of 3.l6l men en-
listed and 221 enrolled. The Central
division came second, with 2,SS5 men
enlisted and 12S enrolled. The largest
district showing was made by New
York, where 1000 men were enlisted
and ninety enrolled.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
SEVEN 'BOOBS'' GET LETTER
FROM BOB" TRACY IN PARIS
Man Finds French Maidens
Chic, Interesting and Entertaining
and Pretty, Too. -'.a

ran into this red-headed Ludetta.
She fairly danced she was so excited.
1t seems that she had filed a prior
claim for me with the girls on the
fifth floor. Since then I have had q
ten or fifteen-minute French lesson
daily. The experience Of having some
one interested in you Is novel, but
1t gets kinda wearisome.
Then There's Alice. -..
Second, we have Alice, the best
looking one of the lot and the one
who seems to know the least. She's
very dark and mighty pretty; talks
a little English. and is willing to
make dates on Sunday afternoons.
Third. Marcelle. She is the girl
Of the tennis club. and a nice kid
Didju ever kiss a lady's hand?. Boy,
it's some experience.
The other dav 1 was trotting out
to the tennis club. bag In hand,
when ran into two girls who start
ed to giggle. / stopped and de-
manded for why? (All this was in
French). 1t seemed that the combi-
nation OF a bag. funny specs and a
red rose were too much for them.
1hSh VIC hdu some luftner CONVEX
sation. the nature Of which is i'm
material. and I went on my way.
Yes. everybody in Paris is very kind
to the stranger within the gates I;
too darned kind. sometimes, for the
strangers good.
Your letters arrive with regular
fty and are greatly appreciated and
enjoyed. 1 hope soon to be able to
send you a couple of pictures taken
here, to show that 1 am thinner and
balder. I fear that while here I
must purchase a wig or something
akin thereto to act as camel-flags
for my bean. Despite the call for
re-enforcements. the battle of the
skull is leaning towards the enemy
and 1 fear-dear. dear. Age creeps
on apace. I must stop lest burst
into tears"
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05

Seven "boobs" of Washington are
made happy once month by a
round robin letter from a former
Washingtonian, Bob" Tracy.
Boo" otherwise known as Robert
C. Tracy. formerly of the Department
Of Justice in Washington, is now in
the office of the auditor of the War
Department in Paris.
Mr.. Tracy was prominent in the
Foundry NJ. z. Church at Sixteenth
and p streets northwest. and was in
terested in the Business Night School
Alumni Association.
He was also interested in girls and
dancing, according to his friends, and
was most popular with the tickle sex.
That his popularity in that quarter
has in nowise abated among the
maidens. although they speak a for
eign tongue, Is seen In his latest
letter.
This letter was addressed to C. c.
Weidman. Arthur Stevens, BENJAMIN
Harlan and four other Washing
tonians. The letter is as follows:
Misguided Boobs.
Circular letter No. to the mis-
guided boobs over the sea who
read 1t:
Since writing you last / have
formed three rather pleasant ac-
quaintances. First is Ludetta. She is
red-headed, prone to get excited and
speaks no English. She's only a lit
tie nutty in the bean about having
real live American to talk to. 1
met her this way: One fine day, at
noon, some thirty of us, gathered in
our office (the building is in the form
OF a triangle and we are on the in
side or the base) and decided to do a
little singing. / acted as choirmaster
and we finished off by all hollering
what we knew of the 'MarseiIIaise.
About five minutes later a bunch OF
white roses came down from the
fourth floor-a large one for m'sieu
with the lunettes (hoot-owl specsD.
So I put on the rose and. later on.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
ARTILLERY TRAINING
CENTER FOR KENTUCKY

Work has just begun by the con-
struction division Of the army on
the new Field Artillery training CEN
ter at West Point. KY, near Louis
willie. The estimated cost for the
land and the buildings, including a
5o0-bed hospital and a 5oO-horse vet
erinary hospital, is sS.72l.0oe
The tract Of land is approximately
5000 acres and was purchased for
$4,000.
Work will be pushed go as to make
the camp available as soon as pos
sible.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
LOCAL MENTION.

Perfect Blend tea, eec, Gunpow-
der tea. 69c; lard. soc; compound.
26c; butter. SOC: seeded raisins. 10c:
large cans Cal. sardines, 15c; Star
cocoa. Csc; Blue Label coffee, 2kc:
navy beans, 15c; lima beans. Ice;
Babbitts soap, Csc; pink salmon.
zoe; fish roe, 15c and zoe. 3S3S NJ
St n. w. and all the ]. 7. D. Pyles
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
ONE BATH IN THREE MONTHS,

Los Angeles-Alleging that her
husband frequently had gone : 'un-
6athed for three months, Mrs.
EtneHe Christensen is seeking a d.
Vorce here from Neils Christensen.
=. How often do you bathe?' Judge
Avery asked Christensen. =,
oh. about as aften as most
people" was the reply.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
AVIATOR DUKE
APRISONER IN
GERMAN CAMP
Local Lieutenant Is in Ras.
TAFT, Red Cross Cables
Mother.

A Washington aviator. Lieut.. James
Edward Duke. is q prisoner in Ger
many according to q cable from the
Swiss border received by his family
here.
Saturday at noon his mother, Mrs.
Mary L Duke. of 1723 Corcoran street
nerthwest, received q. notice from the
War Department stating that her son
was missing in action In the eve
ming her suspense was relieved, to q
certain extent. when she received the
cablegram from the Red Cross in
Switzerland stating that her SON was
held prisoner in Camp Freidrichs-
feste, Rastatt. Germany.
Cited for Bravery.
The young aviator was cited for
bravery by Gen. Pershing a short
time ago. He was flying with an
other aviator at an altitude of 1000
feet when a wirestay at the end Of
one Of the planes broke. This meant
that the machine would probably lose
one wing and finally fall unless the
stay could be repaired at once. Duke
climbed out. hanging by a wire. grasp
ed the end Of the wing and the stay,
and held them together until they
were able to land.
Lieut. Duke was q student at Prince
ton when he was commissioned about
eight months ago. He attended the
Force School here and Business High
School. He was employed by the
Wells Fargo Express Co. and Lough-
ran q Co.