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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
ONE MORE CHANGE.

The plan of the food admins
tration to win the war by the es-
Establishment of one wheatless and
one meatless day week has
failed. That is evidenced by the
announcement of more stringent
regulations which now have been
sent. forth by the Hoover regime.
And back of the new rules is the
suggestion that if they are not
obcycd by Americans, they will
be enacted into law, violation of
which may entail fine Of $4,000
or six years in prison, or both.
The fact is, as the failure OF the
food administrations restrictions
individually shows, that many
Americans are willing to help win
the war, if it entails no personal
sacrifice upon them. This is true
as a class. There are few who
can see across their dining tables
to the pitiful figures of starving
mothers and children in Belgium.
These have followed the rules.
Americans, as a whole, have
not obeycd the regulations. Those
who have obeycd them are those
who have come to realization
of the prcdicament Of the nation,
or those who, having tried out
the restrictions and found their
health improved by reason of
less eating, have made the re-
strictions the rule of their house
hold.
As a general rule, the best class
of hotels and restaurants, and the
the dining service of railways,
have adhered to the restrictions
closely. And, as a result of this,
lit is estimated that 3O,OOO,O0O
pounds of meat and 2O,OOO,OOC
pounds of wheat were saved dur
ing the last two months of 1917
This amount means cargo for two
o,OOO-ton ships loaded with wheat
and three loaded with mcat--lit,
tie more than a drop in the
bucket.
1t is in the private nome thai
the food restriction has failed
Hence the prospective Lever bill
which is likely to be enacted, anc
(which, if enacted, surely viii
make the American glutton b,
good.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17

'Rankin's political enemies elect
ed the board that was to edit the
newspaper. We wonder how long
she would remain convinced Of
the effectiveness OF her plan. By
the same token, we wonder how
many people Of Missoula would
regard Miss Rankin's newspaper
as satisfactory. The shifting
popularity of such a newspaper
would depend entirely upon
whose OK was gOrcd.
We offer this as casual, Off
hand criticism. Other difficulties
in the management might arise,
such as selecting a board capable
Iof publishing a newspaper which
is an intricate and difficult bust
ness these days. More than one
thousand publishers failed last
year. Considering the difficulty
we have sometimes experienced
in getting a good school board, we
may reasonably infer that a board
to publish and edit satisfactory
municipal newspaper might
prove a problem.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
WhafMyParents
Wanted Me Be
BY JOHN BURROUGHS.

My father. Chauncey Burroughs,
born in 1903 received a fair schooling
for those times-the three R's-and
taught school one or two winters. His
reading was the Bible and hymn book,
his weekly secular paper, and month
ly religious paper.
He was a man of unimpeachable We
racity: bigoted and intolerant in his re-
ligious and political views, but a good
neighbor kind father, worthy citi-
zen, fond husband and a consistent
member of his church. He improved
his farm, paid his debts and kept his
faith. He had no sentiment about
things and was quite unconscious OF
the beauties of nature.
THE primrose by the rivers brim'
could not have been seen by him. This
Is true of most farmers. The plough
and the hoe and the scythe do not de-
velop their aesthetic sensibilities; then,
too, in the old religious view the beau
ties of this world were vain and foolish.
He did not like my tendency to books
he was afraid. as l learned later, that
/ would become a Methodist minister
his pet aversion. He never alluded to
my literary work: apparently left 1t out
of his estimate of me. My aims ana
aspirations were sealed book to him.
| Although father never spoke to me
Of my writings, my sister Abigail once
told me that when she showed him
a magazine with some articles Of mine
in it and accompanied by photo
graph of me- he looked at it long
time. He said nothing. but his eyes
filled with tears.
Mother went about all her duties
with cheerfulness and alacrity. She
was richly endowed with all the wom-
anly instincts and affections. She had
a decided preference for Abigail and
myself among her children-wanted
me to go to school and was always in
terceding with father to get books for
me.
stayed at home, working on the
farm In summer and going to school
in winter until l was seventeen.
From the time l was "A had had
a desire to so away to school. Many
Roxbury boys had made their first
start in the world by going to Ulster
county to teach country school. Late
in March. 1854. | set out by stage for
that county, where | began my school
work Monday morning. April II.
| What gave my mlnu start HI the
right direction for my life work would
not be easy to say. 1t is quite certain
that I got it through literature. When
began in my twenty fifth or twenty
sixth year to write about the birds
found that l had only to unpack the
memories of the farm boy to get at
the main things about the common va
rieties. No doubt my life as farm
boy has had much to do with my feel
ling of kinship with all rural things.
AS grow old my subsequent days
slough off or fade away more and
more, leaving only the days of my
iyouth. as a real and lasting posses
sion.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
Defends Frank Little.
Editor, The Missoulian.


Sir: VIII you be kind enough to
allow this letter space in your valu-
able paper, or correct an error that
you made I'm your editorial columns of
both Monday. February II, and Friday.
February Is. 1918. in which you state
that. the late Frank Little of the In
dustrial Workers of the World, now
deceased, made the statement, or rather
alluded to the United States soldiers
as Uncle Sans Scabs?' Frank Little
made no such statement. Frank Little
was talking on the strike situation of
Colorado during the Ludlow outrage,
| and what he did say was that "scabs
donned the uniform of the u. s. soldier
| and went to the mines to work, and
| after arriving at the mines took off the
| uniform. and put on their working
clothes. and after coming off shift at
tired in the uniform again. thus max
ing the striking miners believe that
they were soldiers" this was the state
ment of Frank Little. but the press
which was eager to obtain public sym
| patty was quick to misuuote him. and
Frank Little gave his life through the
error of the press.
The writer of this letter has known
| Frank Little and all of his family in
| GLIDING his mother, father, sister and
| two brothers, since childhood having
| leen raised in the same community
| and of the same blood, that of the
| American Indian. Frank Little was a
, true American, one-quarter Indian
| therefore he was much more American
| than some of those who howled loudest
| for his life.
The object of this missive is not to
| enlosize my friend and countrsman,
| Little. But to right n wrong. And l
| think that the least that any of us can
| do is to be fair with the dead. Little
| as l knew him, was a lover of the
| truth and fearless, as his ancestors
| were, and he had adapted the verse of
| the poet Markham as a motto of his.
which reads:
HE drew a circle which shut me out.
Hereto rebel. n thing to fiout
But. love, and had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in"
l hope that You will be fair enough
TO publish this letter. as I shall not
| tire YOU any more with my writings.
| and besides, you owe il, if for no other
| reason than that you and your kind
have forever pushed the American In
dian farther and farther in to poverty,
want and misery.
| Thanking YOU in advance for your
courtesy. I am.
| FRANK PEPPER, (Char. l.. 1910
Member Red Cross
Editorial note: Mr.. Pepper is in
error. Little in a public address in
Butte last July. referred to United
States soldiers as Uncle Sans scabs
in uniform"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17

Courtship is merely the preliminary
sk'rmish before the regular battle,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17

tria fly, instead of birds, imprecations
and Calumnies. Every Czech vasaboud,
every Austrian ass, abuses Hungary.
Now some Austrian owl has discovered
that very few Hungarian soldiers have
fallen in the war, but that very many
have been taken prisoners. If this were
scr we could rejoice, for the healthy
and honorable Magyar blood is much
more necessary for the world than Aus
trian, but the Hungarian losses have
been disproportionately great, not only
through the treachery of the CZechs.
but also thanks to Austrian leadership
All this enforces the necessity of or
ganizing an independent Hungarian
army. led by Hungarian high officers,
and not by our Austrian foes. Our peo-
pie must be taught that we can no
longer live in community with Aus
tria, which would only lead to our
defeat and ruin"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
In France
Sidelight on the Untiring
Work of Y. M. G.. A.

We walk down to the central Square3
gaunt ruins are all that is left Of what
were once magnificent old public build
ings. A machinegun emplacement
commands the square, and barbed-wire
entanglements are in evidence for use
in case the Germans should attack. We
walk past the cathedral; 1t is now a
ruin with tremendous walls and naked
arches standing out stark against the
sky, what was once Its nave now u
huge pile of fallen masonry. We pass
on and turn a corner: on the wall OF
what was formerly a French home OF
the we'll to do class we see painted u
large red triangle. AS we reach the
door, several Y. NJ. G.. A. secretaries
welcome us and take US inside. Here
they have lived through all the furious
Smelling of the preceding months. serv-
ing hot coffee and caring for the needs
of thousands of soldiers: and, strange
ly enough, this house. the ground floor
rooms of which have been crowded
with troops nights after night. is the
only one in the vicinity which has not
been partially wrecked by German
shells. The upper stories, SCARED with
shrapnel and flying shell fragments, are
not in use; the secretaries are sleeping
underground in what was once wine
cellar, with the floor above them
sandbagged and bomb PROCEED. They
tell us, to our surprise, that the SEEM
ingly deserted city is filled with troops:
we learn that under the city is a vast
t network of labyrinthine cellars and
connecting passages, and in these I'M
derground mazes. with the rats and
d vermin the soldiers are living. No
! wonder that the little friendly Y. NJ.
| c. a. building is thronged with troops
| night after night, We hear that in
some way, l know not how, the secre
taries managed to secure last week l5.-
900 fresh eggs which they supplied to
the troops going UP to the trenches.
they are giving out 30 gallons of hot
coffee every night. We ask what chance
| for rest they have, and are told that
a few days before one of them spent
his time unloading boxes Of supplies
| from in the afternoon until 3 the next
morning, and turned in at last, only
to be called out few moments later
by the arrival of fresh troops, whom
he spent the rest of the morning serv-
ing. As We watch them at their work
We begin 10 understand that q cup of
hot coffee and a bit of CHEEKY atmos-
lphere, may sometimes preach the most
eloquent of sermons.-Frances B. Sayre
in Harper's Magazine for February.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
4 POLICE COMMISSIONER.

We must soon give serious
thought to the choice of "A police
commissioner for Mlssoula. The
primary election is not far away
and several candidates are al
ready in the field, appealing for
support.
We need not go further at this
time than to say that the ncccs-
SHY of choosing the most capable
candidate for this office is of
much more than ordinary con-
|Cern. Under usual conditions the
maintenance OF law and order in
MiSsoula is not difficult. This
has never been a crimc-riddcn
community. The few profession
al criminals who occasionally
visit us are easily cared for.
The war has given a somewhat
different phase to the situation
thi, year. We anticipate that the
legislature, i'll session at Helena,
will adopt laws with regard to
scditious speech ana sabotage.
The police commissioner, as well
as The sheriff, will be charged
with the duty of enforcing these
laws. If we have the right kind
of a police commissioner, the
'SnccrS and insults to our prcsi-
'dcnt and our government, and the
expression of the hope of Ger
many victory, will not be so
common in the future as in the
past.
We say, therefore, that we must
have a commissioner with I'M
questioned courage, patriotism. a
good name, and one who will
lstand with an unflinching hand
to the performance of his duty.
regardless of any friendship or
favor for any particular class of
people.
| We say frankly that it is not
easy to find a man with these
Qualities who will stand straight
the year around. Let us begin
now to look for him.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
MISS RANkIN'S NEWSPAPER

Oar readers need not be told
that Miss Rankin pouts at the
newspapers. They will recall
perhaps, the pleasing picture she
drew of Montana editors wearing
copper chains and marching
lock-step to the hoarse call of a
Simon Legree. located somewhere
in Butte office building.
Since substitutes have been
developed for most everything
during the war, we have been
nursing the hope that Miss
Rankin might suggest substi-
tutc for newspapers, and we have
not been disappointed.
Miss Rankin, in a recent speech
III the house Of representatives
favored the end of private own
ership of newspapers. She would
have newspapers published by
municipalities, and edited by
boards, elected by The people aft
~ viz lllulilIII vi StIlool bcuIuS
perhaps.
That was as far as our repre-
sentative got, on a project which
we think, requires some thought
before launching.
We have no doubt that in Mis-
soula are very many people who
think themselves competent to
edit and publish a newspaper. We
gather that view from daily grisl
Of advice and criticism. and we
are quite tempted to favor Miss
Rankin's experiment for the sat.
isfactiOn Of disillusioning some
people. !, -e-a d
But suppose the plan was tried
The purpose, presumably, is I,
secure what our representativ,
thinks would be an absolutel,
fair and independent newspaper
one that would serve all peopl
alike.
70 continue, suppose that Mis-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
OLD EN- E m | e S
IN FARLEY
Hungarians Look Askance
at Austrian Ideas of War.

As the war progresses the relations
between the Magyars and their Ger
incorporating partners in Austria be-
come more and more strained. The
Ausgleich--the agreement under which
Hungary and Austria conduct their
army. diplomatic and other services IN
common-passed by majority of only
% in the Austrian parliament. while
what the Hungarians think can be seen
from this gentle editorial in the Buda-
pest AZ Est:
begun open and systematic warfare
against us. In the air of Vienna, filled
with the stencil Of decomposing Aus
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
A WAkENER

Did your new alarm clock help TO
start the day earlier"
Yes replied Mrs. Crosslots. 1t
didn't make much difference in getting
my husband up. But what he said the
first time he heard it had everybody
else in the house wide awake and
jumping .s-Wsshington Evening Star.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
FROM THE
MISS0ULIAN FAMILY

Tho Muscular invites letters
from its readers on all topics of
interest. Tho signatures and ad.
dresses Of correspondents should
be sent a. evidence Of good faith,
though anonymous signatures may
be sent for the letters a. printed,
II desired. All communications
should be limited to 200 words and
addressed to tho editor.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY II, 1918.
COME THROUGH, PLEASE.

The farmers of Montana are OPP
posed to sedition. There isn't a
farmer in Montana but who is in
favor Of crushing reasonable ut
terances against our country with
all the vigor that a man uses in
crushing viper's head.
But doesn't the same flag that
waves over Montana, wave over
Missouri, Illinois, Pennsylvania and
California--amd forty-three other
states?
Isn't there Just as much oppor-
tunity for sedition to be spread in
each OF our forty-seven sister
states as in Montana?
There surely island if the laws
Of the United States cannot cope
with sedition in the United States
our federal government is weak
thing, indeed! - Montana Equity
News.
Let us turn to the court rec
Ords for facts.
Yes Hall, a citizen Of Rosebud
county, was arrested for viola
ton of the espionage act. The
charge in the indictment reads
divers times and in the presence
Of sundry persons, some of whom
were registered for the draft, the
defendant declared that he would
flee to avoid going to war; that
Germany would whip the United
States and he hoped SO; that the
president was Wall street tool,
using the United States forces in
the war because he was a British
tool, and that the president was
the crookedest (using a vile cpl
thet) that ever was president Of
the United States, and that he was
the richest man in the United
States; that the president brought
us into war by British dictation:
that Germany had the right to sink
ships and kill Americans without
warning and that the United
States was only fighting for Wall
street millionaires and to protect
Morgan's interests in England"
Hall was released from custody
by United States Judge Bourquin
not because he did not utter the
statements as quoted in the in
dictment, but because such utter
ances i'm the courts judgment, die
not alone constitute a violation OF
the espionage act. Since there is
no state law under which Hall
can be punished, he may, if he
chooses, repeat these utterances
all the way from Glendive to
Paradise and go unrestrained, sc
far as the law is concerned.
The question for The Montana
Equity News to decide, for itself
is whether men like Hall shoulC
be permitted to go about, giving
utterance to such foul, disloyai
land outrageous statements as he
made in Rosebud county.
Since the Equity News sustain>
the action of the Non-Parlisal
league in disappearing tn {
governors demand for a law |,
cover such offences as that o
Hall. we must conclude that it,
view Of reasonable and seditiOu:
utterancc needs much rcadjust
ment.
The question then, is reduced
to this: Was Yes Hall right o.
wrong? If he was wrong, VIII,
not make law to punish him
II he was right, why not pull
down the American flag and turf
the country over to the kaiser?
Where does the Equity New
stand on the case of Hall?
This is poor year for the fifty
fifty American to dodge Il show
down
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-17
MEASURE OF SUCCESS.

Mrs. Baeon-"So your daughter made
her debut as singer last night
Mrs. Egbert-"Yes. she did"
And was she successful"
'+oh, my. YES. She got six bouquets.
--Yonhers Statesman.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-03-14
MAGIC MESSAGE SENT
BY RED CROSS WORKER
BRINGS SOLDIER CHEER

A striking example Of the mingled
pathos and service of the American
Red Cross for soldiers in the camps is
related in a letter from T. T. Flagler.
field director of the Southern Divi-
sion. Atlanta, Ca, to Henry s. Thomp-
son, director Of the Bureau Of Camp
Service, Washington.
An extract from Flagler's letter fol.
lows:
II was alone in the office one after.
noon, trying to burn anthracite coal
in a wood stove. when there was a
knock on the door and out of the rain.
sleet and snow came one of the best
looking types of American manhood l
have seen in some time. He was of
striking appearance and a bad cough
which he had and the paleness Of his
face showed that he was convalescent.
He brought a note from his command.
ing officer stating that the bearer was
a motorcycle rider and was just get
ting over the grip and was very much
in need Of knitted articles.
! IOOh tAo lldu uOWu u Lu0 WAE6-
house, and on the way down he men.
toned that several sweaters he had
cen had cards on them giving the
name Of the woman who had knitted
them, and asked me if | couldn't get
him a sweater with such a card on It..
as he wanted to write a letter of
thanks.
ION entering the warehouse it
CHANGED that the first sweater l
picked up had stitched to it a little
black-bordered card bearing the name
and address of the woman and in a
little. thin, shaky hand the following
words:
+"I am II years old, and God bless
you, boy
when the soldier saw the little
card he gathered up his helmet, wrist
lets. muffler and sweater. and his
eyes were actually filled with tears
a. he turned to me and said, Isn't
that splendid That Is just what l
wanted?'"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-03-14
Red Cross 10 BACKING italy,

That the American Red Cross War
Council will assist in re-eQuipping
field hospitals in Italy. many Of which
were lost or damaged in the retreat
Of the Italian army, is the information
contained in 4 telegram to the head.
quarters Of the Southwestern Divi.
sion. American Red Cross, at st.
Louis. from Henry P. Dawson, chair
man of the Red Cross Council
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-03-14
Shopping Personally condues.sL

OVTVW0SSO8s
The American soldier In, France n
. good fighting man. But whom he
faces the French shopkseper-that
auick-tongued. sharpeyed little won.
an who keeps the till a, full as shs
can while her husband fights, he Ia
glad enough to have An American
woman beside him. So the Red Cross
women at the INSTRUMENTATION
osntsens have a new Job. They take
the boys out shoppinE,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-03-14

$3.50 j. ! j. + j. + j. !. i 1.
= Thrift Stamps are sound eco. +
+ nomics. finance and education. =
80 + 80 +
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-03-14
WHAT THE
RED CROSS
IS DOING
AND WHAT YOU CAN DO
cANTEEN SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

VIE DEkAkx M EN i.
led Cross has organized to date 104 active
lilway lines in the Southwestern Division,
, Kansas. Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
aid to our soldiers in the way Of
J, fruits. and in case of severe illness, giving
touch cannot be over estimated. Nothing
n reception they get from a Canteen Com
and tired, and they leave the town with
roud Of them and will stand back Of them.
how Of yourself and your associates in 60
wing ing out on those cold nights to distrib-
will ute among my men your welcome sup
! no plies.
t to Extract from Richmond (Va) re.
lake port:
oun- II might add, for your Information,
that the canteen committee waited Oh
n to a train coming from Texas on the 30th
8 of ult. and took charge of a sick soldier
now i'll with pneumonia and took him in al
tied ambulance to the Memorial Hospital.
ross Yesterday we cared for another sol.
Q Of der at the Memorial Hospital. who
and, was coming from the West on a troop
q OF train from Louisville"
por. A canteen is organized in a Red
can Cross chapter by the appointment of
that a chairman and a committee Of from
ONE 10 to 20 who are ready to report for
work when a call comes. Arrange
wed ments are made beforehand for the
ring preparation of hot coffee and sand
IONS wiches in large quantities on short
The notice, and for Its transportation to
eys. the station. The women all over the
let. country have entered enthusiastically
our into this work and are willing to serve
NV. at all times of dav or night. Thew are
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-03-14

q 01srwoe V1derwooaW I -WIKA0E
The workers of the Red ross cantenJs service are always on tej When soldiers are pass
through town. They prepare mounds Of delicious sandwiches huge wedges of pie and to top
gallon If ping hot oHee for the soldier boys This photograph shows a tpcal scene
a station somewhere in the Southwestern Division of teR Red Cross when troop train mad bn
Censored and passed by the Committee on Public nhmmuon)