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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12

'.Fourscore and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this continent
IL new nation, conceived in liberty and
dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal. Now we are
engaged In a great civil war; testing
whether that nation, or any nation so
conceived and so dedicated, can long
endure. We are met on a great dat
tlefield of that war we have come to
dedicate a portion of that field as the
final resting place for those who here
gave their lives that that nation might
live. 1t is altogether fitting and
proper that VIC should do this,
But in % larger sense we can not
dedicate1.-wc can not conservative
can not haliow-this ground. The
brave men, living and dead, who strug-
gled here, have consecratcd II far above
our poor power to add or detract The
world will little note, nor long romcm-
Der. what we say here, but ii can never
forget what they did here. 1t is for
us, the living, rather to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work which
they who have fought here have thus
far so nobly advanced.
1t is rather for us to be here dedi-
Gated TO the great task remaining he
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12

at the head of our affairs today
there would still be the spirit that
he so beautifully expressed near
the end Of his second inaugural
address:
"Yet, if God wills that 1t con-
tinue until all the wealth piled by
the bondman's two hundred and
fifty years Of unrequltcd toll shall
be sunk, and until every drop of
blood drawn with the lash shall
be paid by another drawn with
the sword. as was said three thou
sand years ago, so still IT must
be said. The judgments of the
lord are true and righteous al
together"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
The DAILY MlSSOULlAN
esTAelisAEp 1873
TuEsoAy, FEBRUARY IL, 1918.
AT LAST.

The misled and misguided fol-
lowers of A. C. Townley and 9TH
ers who have more sense, should
be interested in our first-page
news columns this morning.
At Lakefield, Mimi, yesterday
warrants were issued charging
Townley with conspiracy to dis
courage enlistments in the mill
tary and naval forces Of the Unit
ed States and accusing the secre-
tary Of the Non-Partisan league
with similar crimes and, also,
with violation Of the Minnesota
statute covering disloyalty.
This is the same Townlcy who
was so vigorously applaudcd al a
sO-called co-operators' conven-
ton at Great Falls last week.
Good luck and all power to the
men charged with the prosecu-
ton of this viper of disloyalty.
We presume they will be called
agents Of "the interests" by the
same men who wove martyrs
halo for Frank Little at Great
Falls.
Fortunately, Mr. Townley will
not be prosecuted by Burton h
Wheeler or tried in the court OF
George NJ. Bourquin.
The mothers of the seven Mon
tana boys who have not been re-
ported in the list of Tuscania's
survivors will be interested III the
fate of Townley.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
WHEN LINCOLN GOT ANGRY

The time may come soon when a.
certain passage from that masterpiece
of imaginative biography. Ida NJ, Tar
bells Tie Knew Lincoln" will deserve
careful rereading by many Americans:
The country was just pctered out
with the cverlastin' taxes an fightin'
an dyjn'. IT want human nature to
be patient any longer and they just
spit 1t out on Mr.. Lincoln, and then
right on top of all the grumblin' and
abusin', he up and made another draft.
Course he was right. but tell you no.
body but Il brave man would a'donc
such a thing at that minute; but he
did it, Ell
II was hard on us out here. l tell
YOU there wasn't many houses in this,
country where there want mournin'
goin' on. 1t didn't seem as If we could
stand any more hloodlettiu'. Some OF
the boys round the state went, down to
see him about it, They came back
looktn' pretty shoepish.
Joe Mediil, UP to Chicago, told me
about 1t onct. lie said: I'VE just told
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12

Mr.. Lincoln We couldn't stand another
draft. We was through sendin' men
down to Petersburg to be killed in
trenches. lie didn't say nothin'; just
stood still. lookin. down till we'd all
talked ourselves out: and then, after
a while, he lifted up his head and
Hooked around at us, slow like: and
tell YOU, Billy, l never knew till that
minute that Abraham Lincoln could get
mad clean through. lie was just white,
he was that mad.
{" Boys he said, you ought to be
ashamed of yourselves. You're actin
like n lot of towards. You've helped
make this war, and you've got to help
fight II. You go homo and raise them
men, and don't you dare come down
here again blubberin' about what
tell YOU to do. I won't stan it
I'VE was SO scared we never said a
word. We Just took our hats and went
nut Just like n lot of school boys Talk
about Abraham Lincoln bein' easy.
When it didn't matter mebbe he was
easy, but when it did you couldn't stL
him any more'n YOU could a mountain"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
Did You Knolu.-

When Lincoln as a boy was asked
What will you be when you grow
up?' his reply invariably was "I'll be
president"
Lincoln was for equal suffrage. In
1886 he wrote: II go for admitting all
whites to the right of suffrage who
pay taxes or bear arms (by nc means
excluding females)."
| Cost of living in 1913. The year
after Lincoln married Mary Todd the
couple lived at the Globe tavern, in
| Springfield, ILL., ut is very well kept"
Lincoln wrote to a friend. Board and
room for the two cost only four dol
| lars a week.
But money was hard to get. When
he was a railsplitter it is recorded
| that when he wanted a pair of brown
LEANS he had to split 400 rails for every
yard of cloth necessary in making
ktrousers.
Lincoln's father could neither read
nor write.
J Lincoln wanted n Temperance revo-
4 luton" freeing the nation from drink
by it." he said, mo orphans starving,
no widows weeping"
Lincoln famous letter TO q Boston
mother Is said by scholars to be a
model of pure and exquisite diction
that never has been excelled. 1t fol-
lows:
4 To Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass.
A Dear Madam: / have been shown
in the files OF the war department q
statement of the adjutant general of
Massachusetts that you are the mother
of five sons who have died gloriously
on the field of battle. l feel how weak
and fruitless must be any word of
mine which should attempt to beguile
you from the grief of a loss so over
whelming. But I cannot refrain from
rendering yon the consolation that may
be found in the thanks of the republic
they died to save. l pray that our
Heavenly Father may assuage the
anguish of your bereavement, and
leave you only the cherished memory
of the loved ana lost, and the solemn
!. pride that must be yours to have laid
so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of
freedom.
I Yours very sincerely and respect
fully,
! A. LINCOLN.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
Lincoln in the Kitchen

In the new and growing city II was
sometimes difficult to get and keep @
maid. At such times Mr.. Lincoln
would help freely in the kitchen. On
coming from his office he would take
off his coat, put on a large blue
apron, and do whatever was needed
At such times the family used some-
times to eat in the kitchen. Happen
ing in. my mother was once invited to
share a kitchen luncheon, and wildly
remembers Mr.. Lincoin't large figure
against the kitchen wall. To him the
matter of food was always one OF CON-
parative Indifference. When called to
meals he came when he was ready, and
seemed never just ready to come. Mr..
Lincoln was not a. garden man, and
my mother does not recall ever seeing
a hoe or a tool in his hand. except once
when he was saving wood in the back
Lincoln as a Neighbour
by Philip W. Ayres, in the American
Review of Reviews for February, 1918.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
THE FIRST STEAMBOAT.

John Fitch, inventor of one of the
first steamboats,, was born in East
windsor. Conn, and founded the first
steamship company in i7SS. He was
an armorer during the American
Revolution.
In 1886 he constructed a steamboat,
and later built another, which was
propelled by six paddles an each side.
Fitch convinced several Philadelphia
capitalists that his boat could be made
commercially profitable, and COM
pany was formed to run the steam
packet on the Delaware river. For a
short time Fitch's steam craft made
regular trips between Philadelphia
and Trenton, but the venture was car
ried on at a loss, and the first steam
transportation proved a failure. Fitch
later went to France to start a similar
project. but there, too, he met only with
1t remained for
William Symington in Scotland and
Robert Fulton in America to demon
stfate the praeticability of steam navi-
cation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
Important Facts in Life of
Lincoln

IsoinF ebruary Kentucky!
o county, Indiana 1916
Worked Lin
a young man
AN a hand
In a Salem
of the eHptan
fighting
Was rig of he
Springfield
o
to
Wing ticket
In
giant" on the stion Of
Douglas winning the election
the Republican
November elected. :
with the
On %
1854 November
elected.
inaugural address, his
Wilkes Booth while Fors
theater Washington. dying the next morning
Springfield Ill, May 4. 1866
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
ABE ATE POTATOES
AND NOTHING ELSE

One hundred years ago today Abra-
ham Lincoln ate potatoes.
For breakfast, dinner and supper he
had nothing but potatoes.
1t was wheatless. bcefless, porkless.
candyless. sugarless, coalless. lardlcss,
BUTTERFLIES. eggless day for him.
Abe was nine years old that day.
His father had brought the family into
southern Indiana the year before and
rot much of a crop had been harvested
that summer. But there We're plenty
of potatoes. Once in while the father
brought home some wild game. When
he didn't Abe and the rest ate po.a-
toes.
Potatoes, morning, noon and night.
Meals began and ended with potatoes,
and often with nothing else on the bill
of fare.
Not only We're they (potatoes) all
the Lincolns had for dinner sometimes,
but" says Ida M. Tarben in her Life
cf Lincoln" raw pototaes, pared and
washed were passed around instead OF
apples or other fruit when neghbors
called evenings"
Never, then nor afterward, did Abra-
ham Lincoln complain because he
didn't have wheat bread, beef steak.
pork chops, and plenty of sugar in
his coffee in those early days of his
life.
His trousers We're made of roughly
tanned deer skin. The skin of wild
animals were made into coverings for
his head and his feet by his mother.
The family made its own soap and
candles out of the grease of wild ant
mails.
The Lineolns didn't complain because
the corner grocer didn't have cora
meal. There wasn't any grocery 10
complain about. Abe rubbed the ears
of corn grown in the summer of 1878
on Il gritter, producing q rough meal
II ON which bread was baked. The grit
ter was IA piece of old tin with nail
hCles all over it.
Tho first few months of 1878 were
tough ones for the Lincoln family
After the summers crop was In and
getting ripe the daily menu began
getting less manotonous. Then they
began having corn bread at least once
u day. and on Sundays had wheat
l bread
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
Did Lincoln Hooverize? You
Bet He Did
AREN'T THEY SORRY
FOR THEMSELVES?

Most persons observe meatless and
wheatless days without complaining.
They realize that our boys "over
there fighting the Huns make sacri-
fees UNNECESSARILY greater than doing
without wheat bread or beefsteak u
day or a meal.
But there are many others who do
complain. Mainly they are pampered
and self-petted folk who dwell in COM
Portable homes and never before had
to place the slightest restraint upon
their appetites.
These persons deluge themselves
with self-pity and burden others with
their narrowing walls about how awful
1t is for Hoover to deprive them of
wheat, meat and sweets even for a
meal.
Just think of the almost unbearabe
suffering forced upon them by the
food regulations! No pork chops or
ham on Saturday! No wheat bread
or cakes on Monday or Wednesday!
No beefsteak or bacon, veal outlets or
lamb chops on Tuesday. And one
meal every day without meat and
wheat!
That's why they are sorry for them
selves.
They growl and grumble and make
a great fuss about it.
or course, they haven't anything else
10 eat--nothing but dozen different
vegetables, fruits of all kinds oat and
corn products, milk. cheese, eggs, pouI-
try fish, game, nuts, honey, syrups,
butter
OF course they should feel sorry for
themselves But what would they do
and say if they had to live as Abraham
| Lincoln did 100 years ago?
Turn over to the next column and
take look at Abe's daily menu at a
TING when there Were seven wheatless
days in the Lincoln home every week:
seven porkless and seven beefiess: no
pies, cakes, ice cream, butter, lard,
sugar.
Before You waste any sympathy on
the person who complains because
there are IA few wheatless and meatIess
meals a week compare their horrible
dcplorable,--lot with that of Abraham
Lineoln's d century ago.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
THE PRESIDENTS APPEAL.

The presidents address before
congress yesterday was wise
and timely effort and will have
the general approval of his coun-
trymcn. |
No great penetration is needed
TO understand and appreciate the
purpose. The president hopes to
make clear to the people of Aus
ia-Hungary his desire to meet
Count Czernin more than half
way in a friendly discussion of
differences. He points to the dif-
ference between the attitude of
the Hungarian premier and that
of Won Hertling and brings
sharply into view Czernln's clear
understanding Of The lunda-
mental elements ut peace.
OF the principles that the presl-
dent wishes to he applied, we
especially like that in which he
declares that peoples and prov
inceS must not be bartered about
like chattels to establish a bal
ance of power"
That principle is just and hui
name and must prevail. The
smaller nations like Servia or Ru-
mania or the new province of Po-
land are not to be traded TO this
government or that against the
will of their peoples.
This view should carry strong
appeal to the people of Hungary
who remember the valor of thai
great champion of human free.
dom, Louis Kossuth.
| The effect of the president
Address upon the people of Aus
Itria-Hungary will be very salu
Itary, we think, and will draw tn
/ hour of peace much closer.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
Wives, Please
Take Note

We hold these facts to be proved,
says the Irish World.
That no husband ever wants his wife
to call on him at his office during
business hours except upon his invi-
tation.
That no wife can possibly know how.
she upsets his routine, disorders his
mental processes that so on during
those hours and subjects herself to the
gossip of his office mates.
That there is no easy way to make
Il wife see this.
We proceed from these truisms TO 4
few observations.
A lovely creature breezes into her
husbands office just because she hap
pens to be passing.
= She says, Now. don't let me dis
turb you a minute know you are
busy. Dearie, what good does that
desk light do you at that angle? Don't
YOU know you will ruin your eyes?
What mess your desk is in, Look
at Mr.. officemate's, how neat it is.
Well, just let me stick this little pack
age in your lower drawer and you
. bring 1t home with you when YOU
come. 90, dearie. just opened that
drawer to slip this package in it and !
couldn't help seeing that bill from
Smith's-and you told me it was paid
i
Lick War Savings Stamps and helE
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
4 DECISION WANTED.

Whcelcr's whine that The big
interests" are after him is a poor
excuse for his failure to p',
his duty as federal prosecutor.
Wheelcr's measure was fuzzy
taken when he appeared before
the Great Falls gathering in as
ISOLATION with and support for the
j. w. w. Of Butte and the Town
ley Socialists. Neither the big
interests, nor any other interests
can get the scalp Of any federal
office holder who does his duty
and stands stcrnly opposed to
law-breakers. If Wheeler's rec
ord in office is unassailable, he
ought not to hesitate in submit
ting to The people his list of con-
Ivictions, as compared with those
of other federal prosecutors in
the country. il his record will
stand up, he has nothing to fear.
The people will understand and
decide.
The shocking feature of this
situation, the one that should
strike straight to every loyal
Montana citizen who has home
and a family, is that sworn Of
ficer of the United States gov
,ernment should come out in open
alliance with the very forces that
are seeking to defeat Governor
Stewards effort to afford further
and necessary protection to the
people and the property OF his
Estate.
Mr.. Wheeler should have been
at his office, using all efforts to
punish the authors OF treason and
sedition Of which there are far
too many in Montana. He is not
cmployed by the government to
direct or TO engage in political
movements Of the kind that seek
a union between the |. w. w. and
lTownley's Socialists.
| There is a current rumor that
Senatcr Walsh's illness may be
more serious than has been sup
posed, and that Mr.. Wheeler is
starting a campaign Of his own
for the scnatorship. The report
if true, would explain a grea1
deal.
We are not eager at this time
to add to the burdens of Senator
Walsh. He is carrying a heav,
load of personal sorrow III tn,
loss of a devoted wife and tru'
, helpmate and is suffering the ef
fecls of many months Of over
J work that, we fear, has not me
! with adequate appreciation at tn
I White House. We have high nd
miration for The senator's quail
g ties of intellect. We think tha
! his duty to the people of Mon
G tana is his uppermost thought
: We know that he has courage.
= the events of last week ut Grca
$ Falls have failed to convince hin
Of the urgent necessity of IA nev
a federal prosecutor for this State
Iour estimate of his character an
I understanding of the people o
: Montana has been grossly Il
, Terror.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
LincOln's Mother

Although Abraham Lincoln's mother
was unable To read or write she was a
woman possessing qualities OF intellect
ana character above the average. She
died when her son was nine years old,
but left an indelible impression upon
tho boys mind. He later said of her.
"Ali that ! am and all that / hope to
DC, | owe to my angel mother"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
One Year in School

Abraham Lincoln had. all told, q
wears schooling. His teachers were
men who never went beyond '.readin',
writin', and cipherin' to the rule of
three" But Lincoln was possessed of
Il tremendous passion for learning, and
he studied throughout his life. read
ing when and where he could. He be-
came man of unusual mental powers,
with a talent for clear seif-expressien
hardly equalled in English literature
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
Lincoln in Debate

y contemporary once described tho
Lincoln of the Douglas debates as fol-
lows: AT rest, his features. though
those of "a man of mark, are not such
as belong to a handsome man. His
head sits well on his shoulders, but
beyond that it defies description. It
is very large and, phrenoiosically. well
proportioned, betokenipg power in ali
its developments. \ slightly Roman
nose, a wide-cut mouth, and a dark
complexion complete the description"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
LINCOLN.

VLO 1lullalS w oiA iAihS 49,
ago today, in a hunters shack
with q clay floor and on bed
made from stakes driven into the
clay, there was born Abraham
Lincoln. On April "A, 1865, he
died from an assassin's bullet as
the sixteenth president OF the
United States.
If we may except Jackson, Lin
coin was the first great American
leader to be raised from the
masses and to represent in the
highest degree, the spirit and
purposes Of the plain people Of
this country. His sympathics, his
desires, his discipline Of mind, his
lofty patriotism, We're grounded
into his soul and character by
struggle with poverty and assoc
eAiation and.tlifs with the paaPle
Of all branches Of society. He was
thus superbly fitted, when The
great task fell to him Of saving
divided nation.
With the growth Of time and
the swift coming Of the new and
trying problems of humanity, the
place and fame of Lincoln loom
larger. Especially is this true to-
day when we find our nation once
more in the tolls of a war that is
to determine whether we arc to
remain as free people or to sur
render our liberties to nation
! that seeks to cnslave The world
to its theories and practices OF
autocratic government.
We need not enlarge upon the
career of Lincoln. Every school
child should know that. His fame
is enshrined forever as the great
est teacher and leader of true de-
mocracy and freedom. He stands
apart from the plumed and con
quering warriors who are known
by their hated deeds, and long
after Napoleon and the kaiser
with the withered arm, have be-
come myths in history, Lincoln's
] name will shine.
At this time we are moved to
recall some differences suggested
by parallels that have been re-
Gently drawn between the posi-
ton of Lincoln and his cabinet
and the present administration.
Mr.. Lincoln, after his first cleo
ton, did not choose a cabinet be-
cause OF political allegiance or al
lance. Although he was a Re-
publican there were four former
Wings and four Democrats among
his counscllors. He even chose
as secretary Of state, William H.
Seward, who had been his strong
est opponent for the nomination.
His first secretary of war was ST.
mon Cameron, who proved SO i'll
capable for the task that he was
dismissed within year and in his
place was appointed Edwin NJ
Stanton, a strong partisan Demo
crat. Mr.. Lincoln was great
enough to know that to win the
war he must surround himself
with the wisest and ablest men
After two of his generals failed to
reach Richmond, he chose Hook,
or, although Hooker had beer
openly critical of him and was
suspected OF an effort to max,
himself dictator.
OF the infinite patience, wisdom
and single-minded purpose of Thu
great man we may find endless
evidence. Strong and most APP
pealing were those qualitie
J which so many really great me-
lock, pure unselfishness and
kiAkjncss Of heart that reached t
the little things of life. We d
not know. OF course, with wha
nn0thOd he would handle some {
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-12
Address at Gettysburg
Delivered at National Cemetery, November 10, 1863.

fore us--that from these honored dead
we take increased devotion to the
measure of devotion--that we here
that this nation under God shall have
u new birth of freedom--and that the
government of the people. by the peo-
pie, for the people. shall not perish
from the carth.''