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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-21
WRITES OF LIFE
WITH ENGINEERS
Clarence STREET. Miss0ula
Boy, Finds Diversion
From His Work.
BOSSlNG JOBS NOW
PolygOt Crowd of Europeans,
and Others. Performing
Mental Tasks.
BOSSING JOBS NOW

Working on railroad construction in
the heart of France, In contact with
the fighting front and the supporting
country at the same time. Clarence
STREET. of Missonla is getting an inter-
esting and uncomnonly wide view of
affairs over there In a letter
written to j. T. Grove, formerly
elassmate at the State University and
now in an officers training camp,
STREET tells what he can OF the exciting
things he has seen. Grove forwarded
the letter to the university campus.
STREET writes:
Our construction job Is coming along
we'll. IT'S a busy place here. No
longer are we doing much of the pick
and shovel work-no, we're supcrvisis-
ing while marines, cavalry. American
negroes. Firms, Swcdes. Norwegians.
Danes. Spania rds. German and AUS
trian prisoners and Chinese do the
work. oh, it's 4 polycot crowd i'll
these parts, Get every other Sunday
off-drill an hour then. Wish | could
tell YOU something about the job, but
why send good white paper into the
ccnSor's wa stebaSket9
Christmas packages began to arrive
the day before Thanksgiving. Got one
marked DO not open until Christmas"
but when | saw through a hole already
torn. "A pair Of wool socks | wasted no
time in opening il up. Seeks We're re-
inforced with some PA and Il cake.
We are kept fairly wei! supplied with
tobacco, now from friends. Diyyle u
Bit can we buy or do We get through
these much written about tobacco
funds for the a. II. +. That sack of
Bull l mentioned in my other letter re-
mains u lonely memory.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-21

said that they had been sacrificed. As
an instance of French courage he told
of one soldier in his sector who had
captured IS German soldiers at one
time. The German officers, he said.
do not lead their men over the top as
the French and English do. but fol-
low in the rear. If they came at all.
The lieutenant praised the way the
French negroes fought, but called them
APPS cirilise" and "betes." He said
they We're mighty handy with the knife.
pointing to his throat but weren't
much with the hayonet
TN another occasion met il one
time ''poilu" the was smooth shaven
when ! saw HIM using crutches in
place of Il missing right leg. He wore
the croix dc guerre and the medaille
militarie. | finally worined out of
him that he had lost his leg when his
machine fell while he was fighting
single handed three German planes.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-21
Sec Several Grand Operas.

Since my last letter have taken in
several grand operas-carmen. Las
Huguenots and La Tosca. They We're
all very good, that is. from a musical
point of view. As drama | can not
give them very much. but then, who
goes 20 an opera for the play. The
orchestra was fine and most of the
singers excellent. Each had II ballet
dance as a advertisement between
the acts. The dancers in Les tineae-
nots were about the prettiest group Of
girls I've seen here. The costumes
on the French stage are invariably
magnificent. The scenery Is mediocre
Grand opera seems to be a fayorite
with the French, for the theatcr WAS
crowded at each of the three operas
attended. A first class seat costs
from a dollar TO dollar sixty.
| also visited an interesting old
castle, built in the 18th century. 1t
is an ivy covered ruins now. given
over to Hazards and bees. In spite of
the menacing Sits in the walls for
tho cross bowmen and the outer bat
Elements SCARED with the grape shot
of the Huguenot wars the old fortress
Is the most peaceful spot / have seen
in this war worn country.
Meets Two French Officers.
Twice while eating dinner. In a cafe
| have BECOME acquainted with sous
lieutentnt tseeond lieutenanD in the
French army. Both as democratic as
one could wish. One had risen from
the ranks. the other was graduate Of
st. Cyr the French West Point. The
latter was the son Of a French general
and had an uncle In the French cham
Der of deputies IA SOCIALISM, He was
going to the Italian front in a few days.
Both had been at the front since the
beginning of the war and their view of
the war was very interesting to me. az
I have talked mostly with the English,
Canadians and Australians. 1t helps.
| all rgiht, TO be able to parier frnncais,
The st. Cyr man praised the fight
Ing of the Canadians very highly but
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-21

tNore Tomorrow
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
GOOD NIGHT. SIR KNIGHT

THE Louisville Courler-Journal has changed hands
and Marse Henry Watterson, perhaps the most
forceful, certainly the most picturesque editor of the
times has practically retired from active service in the
Fourth Estate. Like a brook the career Of Watterson
has been in turn troubled tortuous cascading swift
deepening into pools Of beautiful philosophy sparkling
in ranbows Of wit and humor gurgling with laughter
trickling with tears. but it babbled nor sued
It's environs with muck. And now with its journey
nearing completion it debouches silently into the cool
pure placid lake of profound contemplation whence we
may hope to see emerging and again some pretty
swirl OF reminscence bubble Of the old Watterson
ian merrlment
The period Of Colonel Henry wattersons activities in
the held Of journalism covers distinct era in the his
tory OF the United States. and he seeks retirement at
time when this country is on the threshold OF a new
epoch. Waerson was born in 1910. His first newspaper
employment the Washington States a Democratic
paper is5s-6i He a casual volunteer stan officer
IN the Confederate service and in 1867 he purchased the
Louisville Journal with which he merged the Louisville
Courier He was temporary chairman Of the Democratic
national convention of 1876 in the Foryfour
Congress, and a delegate to various Democratic
conventions. He among the FIRST to acknowledge the
error OF Southern secessonss and since the surrender
at AppomatOx has been a more loyal American
than he
While watterson has always been an opponent Of the
the protective principle he has been a bitter assalant
OF the autocracy into which this country has been
drifting since 1913 In 1912 when Colonel George Harvey
discovered Mr. Wilson dragged him his coster and
made him President he first sought the aid Of Watterson
In apoheoslzns the Princeton academican and with
many misgvings Watterson promised his support Both
Of them were cut dead by the present occupant of the
White House soon after he took olce and both Of them
have been unsparins in their criticism of presidential
Imperialism
Watterson is Of very few real Democrats re-
naming The principles upon which that party was
bed
The Democratic party such has TO exist and
In its place We have horde Of men who apparently
cannot think for themselves whose individuality is nil
and who have become fawning courtiers The states
men OF the controlling majority could be counted on the
nnsers OF one hand The sycophants legion May the
Lord spare Waterson for years yet He stin has
the ability TO do good work in the service Of popular
government.
Evening journal., 1918-08-14

product about 35 cents pound As food cereal II is
Of the most valuable grown. and substitute for
wheat IT'S has been earnestly advocated
by the Food Administration
Just why this most valuable food cereal should be
denied entry the United States a time when foods
OF all kinds not only sky-rocketng in price but
in instances unobtanable because OF scarcity is
impossible to imagine unless the War Trade Board is
lending its autocratic power foreign trade TO
boost prices TO the Southern rice planters That
potentially possible for the board to do this was
mened by certain newspapers at the time the board
was organized and II pointed out then how this
control commerce, IL unscrupuously welded,
might aid the interests Of section TO the derment
Of other sections Of the country the War Trade
Board supplied instance? Just before the ruling OF
the board made public the Louisiana Planter" in
It's review Of the New Orleans market said lowing 10
the scarcity of cereals it be hardly otherwise than
that the prices Of rice will be maintained and perhaps
higher than ever but business done any
tent until the crop supplies begin to arrive" and
the market report Of the New York Journal Of Commerce.
for July 25 he day before the board ruled against rice
Import said: with next to stocks TO upon the
trade is forced to walt for crop which is still several
weeks or" pretty tlme forsoothl 90 prohibit rice
imports, with domestic stocks exhausted, and rice
cereal particularly adapted to hot weather consumption
Imagine what the price of rice will be when the planters
of North and South Carolina Georgia. Louisiana and
Texas come TO harvest their rice crops
Have not the Southern planters reaped profits enough
from their cotton which pays tax, and denes
pricexng2 Does the chairman of the War Trade Board
who is also chairman of the Democratic National Com
mttee, Vance Mccormick not know that this action Of
his board will be followed by proheerng in rice the
price Of which has not yet been fixed? VIII not the
Northern and Western farmers. who denied $40
wheat by Presidential veto. because they said TO
be too patriotic TO require decent profit be justified in
raising the cry Of sectlonaism? Has the mpora-
tion Of practically every other food product been
couraged?
No is given for the ban rice Importation and
is difficult to how the plea for cargo space con-
seryation be shown TO be adequate reason. In
times such these the value Of rice food far
weighs the relatively small amount of space
served Unless this order rescnded may expect to
the price Of rice to unprecedented heights and
the rice join with the cotton growers their
extortionate demands.
Evening journal., 1918-08-14

agreement expressly made binding even
IN case Of such war sayors somewhat
Of the common sense OF Franklin, the
broad democracy Of Jefferson and the
practical sagacity Of Jorn Adams. In
the mind OF which Of these three foun-
ders OF the western republic the idea
was originally conceived, who can now
say2 IL was adopted by all OF them !;
and IL was accepted in the same spirit
and signed at The Hague by the pleni-
potentiary Of the greatest OF the
Prussan miLtarists, the predecessor
of the Kaiser who has sent to the fish
ing banks these undersea assassins to
sink and to kill.
The treaty agreement for the immu-
nifty of non-cOmbatant fisherman in
case Of war between Prussia and the
United States expired by its own time
limit in 1896; but IL was revived In pre-
cisely the same words a new treaty
concluded at Berlin in 1899, by John
Quincy Adams and three Ministers OF
the Prussian King; and again in 1928
the Treaty Of Commerce and Navigation
negotiated at Washington. by Henry
Clay and Ludwig Niederstetter kept 1t
alive and guaranteed its continuing va
lidlty even as against any pretence that
war dissolves all treaties. IL is to this
very day binding on the German Gov
ernment-as binding as any scrap of
paper can be where Prussian faith is
concerned.
The nine fishing craft wantonly and
needlessly sunk last week by a Ger
man submarine east of Nantucket and
southeast of Cape Race are nine addi-
tional witnesses TO the wOrthlessness
OF the Prussian's treaty word. They
illustrate once more the value Of
Prussian pledge Of sacred observance
specially rendered and defined with ref
erence to the conditions now existing.
They prove that there Is no such thing
in the HOhenzollern code as the recog-
milton Of any binding article "in the
law of nature and nations" They show
the folly Of expecting anything but
contemptuous perfldy with regard to
any further treaty engagements that
may depend for fulnllment, when peace
has come to the world, upon the moral
responsibility Of these same tearers up
of scraps Of paper And the time is
getting near every day when the re-
peated warning becomes more impor-
tant to civilizations future.
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
nCifeFs of Passion
(From The New York Trlbune.)

Eagerly the Hearst newspapers seize
upon the violent and innammatory at
tack Of the Federalt Trade Commission
on the meat packers for their own evil
ends. Here is the New York American
gloatlng and gluttinOus over this treas
ure trove:
Few more damning indictments have
ever been drawn against great indus
trial institutions in the United States
than the report Of the Industrial Trade
Commission" ((Sic.)
Agreed. But see with what stealthy
cunning this "damnlng indictment" is
used TO nourish the fungus of BOlshe-
vism:
The facts justify the suspicion that
the high prices RI meat products un-
der which our people have been groan-
ing for the last two years have been
caused mainly, If not wholly, by the
greed OF the packers for greater pro-
flts"
Not one clear fact or citation in the
entire "damning indictment" to Justify
this accusation. Nothing but accusa-
ton. The facts are that there is no
evidence In this report" or elsewhere
TO show that the packers have in the
whole Of their dealings raised the price
Of meat to the public by so much as
one cent a pound. Their entire profit
does not average one cent for each
pound Of meat bought and sold.
But the letter OF this extraordinary
Trade Commission Is made the pre-
text for such accusations In the Hearst
newspapers as this:
ha
tionate prices which they (the pack
ers) have put on their products.
1t is alleged, therefore, that these
companies are taking advantage Of war
time to gouge the people, make higher
the cost Of living, which already has
reached the point which makes it al
most impossible for the ordinary sal
arled man to live in comfort.
Those who have friends or relatives
in the army will wonder to what ex-
tent the Chicago patriots are feeding
our boys upon low-grade meats and fish
butter"
Consider only this fact: Since No
vember, 1917, under the law passed by
Congress, the entire packing industry
has been under the direct control OF
the President and OF Mr.. Hoover's
splendid food administration Under
the regulations OF this administration
It's profits have been limited TO 2h per
cent. upon sales. and the five largest
concerns especially assailed by this
Trade Commission are forbidden 10
make over 9 per cent. upon invested
capital in their meat business. The
Hearst newspapers no longer dare 10
assail the President directly. They can
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
The Nine Fishermen and fhe Treaty of 1928
From the New York Sum-

The peculiar significance Of the at.
tack by Prussian undersea assassins
on the American fisherman engaged
in taking swordfish off the Georges
Banks Will appear more clearly when
this provision OF an existing treaty
has been considered:
III war should arise between the two
contracting parties all women and
children, scholars Of every faculty,
oultivators Of the earth, artisans. manu-
facturers and fisherman, unarmed and
inhabiting unfortifled towns, villages
or places, and in general all others
whose occupations are for the common
subsistence and benefit OF mankind.
shall be allowed TO continue their re-
spective employments and shall not be
molested in their persons, nor shall
their homes or goods be burnt or other
wise destroyed And IL is declared
that neither the pretence that war dis
solves all treaties, nor any other what
ever, shall be considered as annulling
or suspending this and the next pre-
oeding article; but, on the contrary,
that the state of war is precisely that
for which they are provided, and dur
ing which they are to be as sacredly
observed al the most acknowledged ar
ticles in the law OF nature or nations" ="
The two contracting parties in this
case were the King OF Prussia and the
United States Of America. The con-
tract obligation Of the King Of Prus-
sia now rests with the Imperial Ger
man Government.
This humane, civilized and care
fully safeguarded provision for the
protection of Prusslan or American
fisherman who might be pursuing
their respective Governments were at
war, has an interesting story Il was
drawn one hundred and thirty-three
years ago by three Of the most illus
trious Americans Of that day, namely,
Benjamin Franklin. Thomas jefferson
and John Adams, representing the
newly established republic Of the wes-
tern hemisphere: and on the other
side by Baron Frederick William De
Thulmeier. Privy Counsellor of En-
bassy Of Frederick the Great. and that
monaroh's personal representative at
The Hague near their High Mightiness-
cS the States-General OF the United
Netherlands. The novel attempt 90 fore
stall events and mitigate the horrors Of
a possible but improbable war by an
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
RICE IMPORTS BANNED.

VIZ HY has the importation Of rice been banned by
w the War Trade Board? Is It TO conserve ocean
tonnagef But over 30 cent Of total imports Of
rice come from Asia, and China furnishes so Per cent
OF the amount supplied by that Grand Division We
have no troops to supply with food and war munitions
In that quarter of the globe there are no large troop
movements between North America and Asia Nor has
there been decided action taken toward prohibiting
mportatlons Of japanese manufactures or Of raw silk
luxury for the Of conserving tonnage though
our importaons from that country today three times
what they before the war.
Is it because of its high price which throws It into
the luxury class? During the fiscal year ended June 80
last, we imported in the neighborhood Of 425OOOOOo
pounds of rice of which 5 per was the cleaned
product and -FOUR meal broken rice and paddy the re-
mainder The import price on the whole amount
was shade under three cents pound and Of the cleaned
Evening journal., 1918-08-14

Advertising rates or application.
No attention paid TO unsigned communications.
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
1T DESERVES PRAISE"
SAYS BUSINESS NAN

IhomaS Holland PaiSt, secretary
treasurer Of the Karboid Sales Company.
t022 Arch St.. who resides at $40 G
street, Cheltenham. near Philadelphia,
joins the thousands Of local men and
women who have endorsed Tanlac. He
said:
"A medicine that will convert a per-
son into a strong, healthy man after
he has suffered constantly from nerN.
ous-indigeston for five years, is deserv-
ing Of much praise. That is exactly
what Tanlac did for me and words
can't express my gratitude.
MY whole ihs' des at times seemed
to be ompletely upset ] would belch
gas and feel bloated and loggy for
hours after eating. Tanlac restored
my appetite, banished all signs. Of in
digestion and gave genuine pep and
energy in place Of that tired. draggy
feeling"
The genuine Tanlac, which is being
introduced at all leading drug stores
bears the name ]. l. Gore Co.. on out
side carton Of each bottle. Look for il.
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Conservatism, in its place. is good and so is gravta-
ton But II there were upspringing and renovating
force where would be the growth OF the flowers and
iruitsY Centripetal forces well balanced by CEN
tusab ana only thus are the planets kept to their
.--:-.
In all the affairs Of De let II be your -eat care not
70 hurt your mind, or offend your judmtit And this
RUE observed carefully in all your department will
De mighty security to you in your Undertaking.
Epicteus
:--:-:
Be cautious with whom associate and never give
your company or your confidence to those of whose
good principles you are not sure-Bp. Coleridge
:--:
IL is good discretion not to make too much OF any
man az the frst because one cannot hold out in that
prOportion.-BacoD.
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
With The ParaqrapheFs

The great congregation showed Just about as much
interest as II he had been turning hand organ backward
ray ne got aiter the Kaiser and recalled the old
calls assertion that by Christmas he would take dinner in
Paris In the language OF Billy Sunday he be damned
lucky 10 take dinner anywhere that good day the
evangelist exclaimed Then the audience broke into cheers
ana had fine old time. When the meeting was over
everybody shook hands and agreed that Il was the
est sermon Of the series.-Parts Appeal
Kaiser Wilhelm has the Spanish Influenza Il would be
an act In the return courtesy OF royalty for King
Alphonso to contract case OF German measles As
Kaiser Karl said: we kings must stick together-Mil-
waukee Sentinel
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
POLICE BOARD ROUTINE

The weekly session Of the Board Of
Police Commissioners yesterday lasted
hut a short time, only routine business
being transacted. Chief of Police Blacks
weekly report showed that 1872 arrests
were made and Of this number SO were
charged with drunkenness. The fines
collected in City Court amounted to
S426fS
Evening journal., 1918-08-14

no longer traduce Mr.. Hoover and the
food administration. They can no long
er endeavor to poison American minds
against our Allies. But they can take
this "damning Indictment" this pre-
posterous report Of the Trade Commits
sion. as an excuse to spew out their
subterranean malace. That is safe
eminently safe. The Federal Trade
Commission has made it safe.
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
HUNS FORBID USE OF
BELGIAN SPIN WHEELS

By Newspaper Enterprise Association.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. i4.-The use OF
ancient and modern spinning wheels
in occupied Belgium to remedy the
great clothing shortage has been for
bidden by the Germans under penalty
OF $1,000 fine or a years Imprisonment.
Evening journal., 1918-08-14
RUSSIAN PEASANTS
BURYING THEIR CORN

BY Newspaper Enterprise Association.
BERNE, Aug. ii.-Pessants In occus
pied districts Of Russia are resisting
German armed graln-seekers and are
burylng their corn in forests rather
than let II fall into the hands OF Huns.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
HENDERSON GETS
 WORD BROTHER IS
 WOUNDED IN FRANCE

Commissioner of Education for the Territory of Alaska l.. D. Hen derson has received word from his brother, Ernest l.. Henderson who has been serving in France in the Fifth Regiment of Marines that he had received a major injury which caused the amputation of his right leg just above the knee.
 MT. Henderson had learned pre- yiously that his brother was in jured but the nature of the injury and it's severity was not discovered until MT. Henderson recently heard that it was caused by machine gun bullets which entered the right knee. broke the knee cap and se' serely injured the joint. N- Hen derson's brother was with his reg iment when it was fighting at Cha teau Thierry.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
COPIES OF TzLEGRAM5

WASHINGTON, Dee. 10. = The Government has cop.e3 of telegrams signed by Hearst regarding the pol icy of his newspapers during the war which were read into the rec ords at the hearing.
 A year ago February, Hearst said he bel.eved majority of Americans were opposed to America entering nto the war. He outlined instruc ions to be cabled to William Bayard Hale, his correspondent at Berlin who was also in the pay of Germany at the same time, though without the personal knowledge of Hearst.
 A note signed Doctor" addressed to the New York American, said the Zimmerman note, proposing Ger man alliance with Mexico, was forged by the Attorney General.
 The message said the object of the forgery was to frighten Congress in to giving the President the powers he demanded, perhaps also in pass ing the Espionage Act.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-10
PUBLIC WORKS
 TO BE CARRIED ON
 IN LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.-Public Improvements consisting of 125 sep. arate projects and involving expendi- lures totaling $11 ,000,0 900 will be be gun in the near future in Los An geles when peace completed the lift ing of the ban placed on these i'm. provements by the Capital Issues Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank.
 Some of these proposed improve ments have been hanging fire for two years. but the majority were out lined during the past six months and have been held in abeyance in ac cordance with the request of tho Capital Issues Committee that bona issues be not floated during the per iod of the war.