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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
CONTINUE PROBE OF
AIRPLANE PROGRAM
Investigation Being Held
Behind Closed Doors

Washington March 29-Secret in
quiry into airplane production was
continued by the senate military com
mittee today. Commander Briggs OF
the British flying corps was questioned
and later Major General s;quier of the
signal corps. conferred with Senator
Chamberlain Of Oregon, chairman of
the committee.
The investigation, according to va
rious attending senators has not re-
vealed much not already made public.
Statements by army officers show, they
say, that while training machines have
been going over and many fighting
planes have been made in France by
American mechanics from American
material, only about rs American mad
fighting airplanes will be delivered in
France by July ], instead Of about o.
900 AS proposed under the original pro-
gram. Two fighting planes have been
shipped to France, the witnesses told
the committee; IA more are ready and
about dozen others should be ready
for shipment shortly.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
Hotel Managers Ordered Not
to Use Any Wheat Until
Next Harvest.
RICH MUST COMPLY
Demand for More Products
From Allies Growing
Each Day.

Washington, March 29.--Wheat and
wheat products were wiped off the
menus Of several hundred of the coun-
try's leading hotels today in response
to request of the, food administration
that every independent and every
well to do person In the United States"
should pledge complete abstinence
from wheat until the next harvest in
order to supply the imperative needs
of the allies.
Hotel managers assembled here from
every state were told by Food Admin
istrator Hoover that the need of wheat
Is even greater now than when the
new regulations were promulgated, and
that d census revealed that the harvest
had been less than estimated. that
shipping difficulties made 1t impera-
tive to feed the allies from here instead
Of from the Argentine. 1t Is impos-
sible to ship corn. so that wheat must
b. Americas chief contribution to the
rations OF the allied peoples abroad.
Mr.. Hoover said the remuneration OF
luxurious foods must begin at the top
socially, to set an example, and be-
cause the industrial population Is de-
pendent largely on bakers bread
| which must have a considerable pro-
portion Of wheat to be durable. There
| fore. he asked the hotels which have
as patrons people of wealth to set ar
example by refusing to serve an.
| wheat whatever until the new croI
comes In, using other cereals and pota.
toes instead.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
Number Please
Yankees Now Hear Famil-
lar Query on Phone.

Paris, March 29.--Thirty- three
American telephone girls. who
speak English and French equally
well. have just arrived to operate
the switchboards in the various
army headquarters. They have
been divided between the principal
army centers. Paris, General
Pershing's headquarters i'm the
field and the headquarters lines of
communication.
American officers have been
pleasantly surprised in using the
telephone to hear the familiar
number please" or lines busy"
Although the French telephone
equipment Is not American. the
girls are fast becoming accustomed
to 1t and officers already notice
an Improvement in the service.
French colleagues of these girls are
surprised at the rapidity with
which they take down connections.
All the girls are provided with "a
regulation colored skirt and blouse
and a dark blue hat with the or
ange and white cords Of the signal
corps, to which they have been at
tached. A white bressard indicates
their rank. If the experiment with
girl operators proves successful, it
is understood that more will be
brought over from America.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
Service FLAG
Stars to Be Sewed Today
at High School.

Final work on Missoula county's
huge service flag will start today
in the domestic science rooms at
the county high school. All who
wish to help in completing the
banner for unwilling on the ami
versary of the declaration CT war.
are asked to report at the high
school building between the hours
of 9 a. m. and p. m.
The flag will be at the school
every day and evening next week,
in order that it may be finished on
time. Women interested in the
flag have been working day and
night, with the aid of relatives of
soldiers and other patriotic work.
ers.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
WOULD ENLIST POLES
FOR DUTY OVERSEAS
irish Corporal Plans Upon
Gathering Large Number.

New York.-Corporal Jack OBrien
of the foreign legion of the French
army, has come to America to assist
IN the raising of a force of the sons of
Poland to go abroad and fight as a
unit.
Corporal O'Brien Is attached to the
french Polish mission here. He joined
the first regiment of the foreign legion
t the outbreak Of the war In 1914.
That unit being an infantry organiza-
ion, he saw many tours Of duty In the
trenches. He was wounded three times,
lnce in the elbow, and for a long time
he feared that wound would prevent
his usefulness in battle.
The proposal of the French Polish
mission Is for mobilization at Platts-
burgh, N. ". this spring of a force of
nen to be trained for the front. 1t is
believed by officers that Il full division
# troops, consisting of more than 3d.
100 men, can be raised In the United
'tates among the natives of Poland.
Behind this reserve force can be
-aised and trained continually to keel
| he first unit up to full war strength
| Corporal O'Brien, who was born II
france of Irish parentage, wore on his
eft arm the insignia of the French
| Polish commission, "a white cock on
| crimson background.
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
L71pOSferS
Food Inventory Is Fake
Says Atkinson.

1.-THE food administration has no
representative out taking inyen-
tory of food in homes and any
such are imposters and should be
dealt with TO the limit of the law.
1t is just plain stealing and We
hope your authorities get the Of
tenders.
"A. Atkinson, food administra-
tor"
The above curt telegram came to
the chamber of commerce yester-
day afternoon and Missoula resi-
dents who have questioned the
authority of the agents operating
in their homes have the answer
from the state food administrator.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
Relations With Capital to
Be Governed by u. s.
During War.
PLAN ON MEDIATION
Will Not Restrict Further
Organization Of Unions
of Country.

Washington March 29.-An agree
ment governing the relations of CAPT.
tnl and labor for the duration of the
war. which will be made the basis of
q national labor policy was reached
here today by the labor planning board
after sessions lasting more than
month.
Terms of the agreement will not be
made public until approved by Secre-
tary of Labor Wilson, charged by
President Wilson with the formulation
Of labor administration, but it was
learned today that the main purpose
Of the conference.-the adoption of a
plan to prevent strikes-had been
achieved
Labor representatives. 1t was said
pledged the members Of unions engaged
In war work not to strike until after
the government investigation of diff
ferences between the workers and their
employers.
Mediation Boards.
This was taken to mean that all dis
putes would be put in the hands OF me-
diation boards for settlement. an ar
rangement long sought by government
officials, who have to do with produc-
tion Of war materials.
Two important points on which a
full agreement Is understood to have
been reached. are the question of the
open or closed shop and that of re-
strictton Of output. Both sides. 1t was
said. agreed that there should be nc
discrimination either against union OF
non-union labor and that the so -callet
closed shop should remain closed and
the open shop remain oren until 1t be.
came impossible to fill shops Will
workers without putting unorganizet
workeSs In union shops or union mer
In open shops to make up deficiencies
The unions, according to the term.
OF the agreement, will be permitted t,
pr0selytize and will not be restricted
In organizing labor.
In return for assurance on the par
OF labor that no restriction will b.
put on the output of union men. cap
ital has agreed, 1t Is understood, tina
wages paid for piecework shall not b.
reduced during the war; Thfs arrar ge
ment was hailed by government Off
Gals as q long step forward as a grea
amount of complaint has arisen be
cause OF restrictions unions have pu
on the amount Of work that a ma
may do.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
BREWER TO CAMP LEWIS.

Bozeman. March CIV. Il. Brewer,
for more than Is years professor of
English at the Montana State College
of Agriculture and mechanic arts leaves
tomorrow for Camp Lewis. where nc
has been rendered a position as in
structor In the educational activities Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. Professor Brewer has
been granted an indefinite leave of alb
sence from the college staff
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
SENATE REcEssEs.

Washington, March 29.-Taking ad-
of the Easter holiday season,
the senate today recessed until Mon
day, when the Overman bill, giving the
president wide powers TO reorganize
departments for war work,
has the right Of way.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
CANADIAN CASUALTIES.

ottawa, Ont. March 29.--The Ca
madam casualty list issued tonight in
cludes the following names of Ameri-
cans:
Wounded-F. Hoppa, Cayuga, n. d.
Gassed--W. l.. Finnerty, San Diego,
Cal: L. Williams, Des Moines, Iowa.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
Miller High Man With Total
of 694 Pins in Whole
Engagement.
Standing Of the Clubs.

The Muscular won four straight
games from the Dentists last night in
the only match played by city bowling
league teams. Their victory gives the
newspapermen tie with the Highland
ers for fourth place and chance to
finish in the first division
Miller was high man for the evening
bowling 694 in the four games. The
scores:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30

Doing all humanity possible"--but
the war calls for super human effort.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
Muscular:

Every one hopes to catch a garden
ing expert in the confidential mood
some day and make him confess tina.
he never raised tomato like the one
on the seed package. Pittsburgh
Gazette Times.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-30
'teel Ships Launched
at Two Pacific Ports

Pacific Port, March 29.--Christened
Western Queen, an S,S00-ton steel ship,
the thirteenth vessel to be launched
from local shipyards this year took the
water here late today. She is the elev-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04

we..-.n Newspapsr Unaon News Service.
London, Oct. 3.-Now that the Ger
man alliance has started to crumble.
there were fresh indications Wednes-
day that il would go fast.
A dispatch from Geneva to the
Daily Express said that Turkey had
sent an ultimatum to Berlin demand
ing Germany keep the Black sea open.
grant new financial loans and send re-
serves to Palestine and Mesopotamta.
or otherwise Turkey would follow Bull
garia out of the war.
The correspondent Of the Exchange
Telegraph reports serious uprisings in
Rumania and that a more rigid stats
of siege had been proclaimed on 70
count of the growing hostility to the
German invaders.
The collapse of Bulgaria has had a
tremendous moral effect in both Ger
many and Austria and was q vital fac
tor in bringing about the downfall OF
the German ministry.
All accounts from Switzerland en-
phasixe the growing desire for peace
on the part of Austria-Hungaria. In
addition to the political effect the
breaking down OF Bulgaria opens the
way for direct invasion of Austro-Hun-
gary At the present time NO part OF
the dual empire is occupied by hostile
troops.
Bulgaria has already started fulfill
ment Of the conditions under which
she was granted an armistice. 1t was
learned from authoritative sources
that the Bulgarian army is being dis
banded. Arms and munitions are be-
ing handed over to the allies. Entente
troops are taking charge Of the rail
ways.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04
New Mexico.

The new double drum electric hoist
on the Socorro plant at Mogollon Is
now in operation and has an operating
depth of 2,100 feet.
A four-inch pipe line has been put
in between the Little Fannie mine and
Mogollon Mines mill to provide mill
ing water during tho present dry per-,
iod.
A mining corporation with a million
dollars stock Of which $1,000 Is paid
in filed papers with the State Corpor
alton Commission. 1t Is known sw the
Hardshell Mining Company.
Slopes are being opened in the Cen
trail Group by the Oaks Company OF
Mogollon. Regular production will be
increased both from Central shaft and
Deep Down tunnel, through which ore
from Eberle mine will be taken.
A carload Of silver-copper-lead ore
is being shipped each week by Janney
& Cox. owners Of tho old Ivanhoe
mine near Silver City. II IL a contact
property. the metals lying between
porphyry and limestone. The mine is
one of the oldest and best known in
that section.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04
ST. QUENTIN CAPTURED
Whole German Line 10 Broken and
Enemy 10 Fleeing from France
and Belgium.

Paris, Oct. 3.-The French troops
now have passed beyond st. Quentin
northeast, east and southeast Of
the town. According to the Havas
agency they hold a line running along
the Somme from Tronquoy to Row
roy and then along the st. Quentin
La Fere road to the River Disc at
Vandhuil. The capture of st. Quen-
tin means that the cornerstone OF the
Hindenburg system has fallen.
The city of Lille is being evacuated.
The towns of Menin and Roulers,
railway functions in Flanders. were
set on fire by the Germans in the
face of the advancing Belgian, British
and French troops French guns now
control the railway line running from
Ostend, thru Thourout and Roulers.
to Courtra.
Damascus, the capital of Syria. was
occupied by General Allenby's forces
on Tuesday morning, according to an
official statement by the British war
office.
. Damascus is the Turkish base in
Syria and Palestine and its fall prob
ably means the end of all Turkish re-
sistance to General Allenby In Pales-
tine and Syria.
Three French armies won important
successes Wednesday. While Cen
eral Debeney's forces were passing
thru ST. Quentin to Rouvroy across
the Somme. General Berthelot's army
made big gain on the st. Thierry
massif, northwest Of Rheims. Far
ther east General Gouraud's army ad-
vanced still farther north toward vital
German positions.
Wide gaps have been torn In the
German lines between st. Quentin
and LIE Catelet by Field Marshal
Haig's forces. The British command
er reported the breaking of the Ger
man line on the Fonsommes- Beaure-
voir front.
South of Cambria British and Scot
list troops, together with New Zea-
landers, have occupied Creevecoeur
and Rumilly.
French and Belgian troops have
made fresh progress in the direction
of Hooglede and Roulers and the
British have seized Ledeghem on the
Roulers-Menin railway, according to
the Belgian official statement A Brit
ish detachment, the statement says,
has crossed the Lys between Wervicq
and Confines.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04

lareazolo for New Mexico Governor.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Oct. 3.-Senator
Albert B. Fall for United States SEN
ator and o. A. Larraxolo Of Las Vegas
for governor, were the nominations
made by the Republican state conven-
ton before taking a recess at mid
night until 10 o'clock today. Senator
Fall was renominated by acclamation
and after Mr.. Larrazolo had received
e62.votes to lis for Gov. W. Il. LinA-
osy. the governor moved that the
Aomination be made BY acclamatioa.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04
Wyoming.

States oil wells to yield so per cent
rore in 1918
Fifteen miles Of pipe line to Pilo
Butte field completed.
Crude oil production In state gains
80 per cent over last year.
Glenrock OH Company now has 25
producing wells in Pilot Butte field.
Midwest Oil Company has declared
its regular quarterly dividend of 2
re- cent on preferred. payable Oct. 20
to stock If record Oct l.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04
Montana.

Anaconda Copper Company declared
its regular quarterly dividend Of 81
a share.
The demand for uranium is now
greater than at any time since the
outbreak Of the European war de-
prived the producers of their foreign
markets. This present demand Is due
primarily to the luminosity Of the
paint derived from radium.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04
TURKS THREATEN .
TO QUIT THE HUNS
OTTOMAN NATION DEMANDS
Black SEA De KEPT OPEN on
IT WILL FOLLOW BULGARIA
AUSTRIA MAY FOLLOW
EVIDENCE SEEN ON ALL SIDES
THAT GERMAN ALLIANCE 10
cRUMOliMc.

w.s,-,n Newspaper CATO. Nsv. Service.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04

600 from the Mutual Life Insurance
Company Of New York, thru Its Den
yer and Pueblo offices.
Building in Denver during the month
of September showed a decrease of
S49s.560 over the amount authorized
for the same period last year, with .
decrease Of Tut twenty in the number
Of permits issued.
W. H. Rathvon has been elected to
the board Of directors Of the Chris
tian Science church. He formerly
lived in Denver and was one of the
founders Of the Christian Science
movement
Spanish influenza claimed another
victim at Camp Dix when Private Ed
gar Durnell of the 109th ammunition
train died from its effects. Mr. Dur.
nell was 25 years old and was reared
IN Denver.
Eden B. Jenkins. SON Of Myron N.
Jenkins Of Boulder and fireman on
the battleship Missouri, died In the
naval hospital at Philadelphia Of
pneumonia brought on by an attack of
Spanish influenza His father re-
ceivsd . telegram announcing that
the body had been sent to Boulder.
Creditors Of the Boulder Milling Z
Mining Company Of Boulder allege
that the concern 10 involvent, and BY
petition filed with the clerk Of the
United States District Court ask that
the company Be declared bankrupt
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04
Colorado.

ore body at present but lack Of labor
is seriously preventing the explora-
ton.
The drafting of men 4B years old y
going to cause the shutting down OF
several leasing propositions In Ouray
district
In the Silverton district the Hamlet
Mining and Milling Company. with
properties in Middleton. has been
among the steady working companies
Of the district the past year.
The Gold King Extension Mines
Company near Silverton has started
active operations On its property in
the Gladstone mining district, part Of
which is the famous Gold King mine.
The ore shipments from the Tel
luride district for the month of August
show a slight decrease from the ship
ments for the same month last year.
The August, 1918, shipments totaled
102 cars, while those in August, 1917,
totaled 123 cars.
With the output at present limited
to about $50 tons a month. the nuor-
spar deposits Of the Barstow mine are
going to be worked ON a much larger
scale from now on. The War Depart
mont calls for increased production, il
It is at all possible to secure the labor
to do 1t.
The Gold Bond Exploration COM
pany is steadily developing the old
Tom Horn group ON Mt. Guyot. near
Georgia pass. At 800 feet the No. l
tunnel is said to show a pay streak
eighteen inches wide of silver gold ore
that is expected to return from SIS to
800 per ton In carlots.
One of the largest gold strikes In
the history Of Colorado mining was
made at Victor recently by the Modoc
timing Company, which merged a
short time ago with the Last Dollar
mine. adjoining its holdings. The vein
is estimated to be 260 feet long and re-
veals gold and silver ore Of enormous
tonnage and average value. Streaks
of the ore are said to run from 100 to
25O ounces Of gold to the ton. The ore
SO carries a rich vein Of silver com
pound. which show 300 ounces per ton.
In assay tests.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04
Ad1ona.

New CoEnelia Copper Company y
officially reported to be going on .
dividend basis early In 1919.
Calumet and Hecla August outpu1
OF copper was 10.71G.O00 pounds. com
pared with 11.113. 900 in July.
Phelps-Dodge Copper Corporation
declared an extra dividend Of $3.50 .
share in addition to its regular quar-
tsriy Of 12.60 = share.
Chino Copper Company produced in
August s.o66,s1s pounds Of copper.
compared with s,310.sse in July. Ray
Consolidated. 6,625.000 in August,
against 100000 in July. and Nevada
Consolidated 100000 in August
against 100000 in July.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-04
WESTERN
MINING AND OH.
NEWS
Denver Mstai prieel
s..r. Newspaper uais. Nsvs ssrvss&

BAR silver. s1.olA: copper. e3s.3sh:
lead, ts-oS; spelter. eS.3S: tunSst4A
eonoeatratso, unit, $500.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-02-08
JOHN / SULLIVAN,
PRlLEFIGnIEa DIES


-b.agton, Mas, February 3 h
/, Sullivan, former haav W GIT
champion Of the world dropp2I 4 adj
at his home here today. The big
I How" as he had Away been known
had been il only twenty-four hour.
He vas in Bcston BIT . few da. ago
sullivan had been living in Abing-
ton for sarera. years taking things
igAuy and enjoying h;msrf in his
ad ancing years.
John Lawrence Sullivan, wEo wa
the most popular champion pugi'ist
the world ever had known, was born
n Poston, October II, 1853.
The story Of fight on 4 barge with
John Fold is classic in tales Of the
ring. So, toe, is the story Of his two
fights with Charlie Mitchell. one in
Madison Square Garden, New York,
and the other N France.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-02-08
KIDNEY DISEASE IS FATAL

Kidneco Is a Wonderful Protection
When disease gets into the kidneys
it is just scertain to take a person
off as leprosy, unless, it ischccked be-
fore it goes too far. If people just
knew the danger that lurked in dis
Eases of these delicate organs they
would be as careful of them as they
are of their eyes. People who have
sound kidneys should know how to
protect and take care of them. Kid
neco is sure remedy for treating
kidney diseases because it removes
the poisons that collect in the blood
throug'' the inactive kidneys.
- % a-y dug sire am ct
rbort dozen Kidneco Tablets. They
'~e inexpensive end VIII relieve your
Kidney trouble quickly. Mailed by
tho Kidnsso Co., Boston, Mass.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-02-08
80 Hens LAY 37S
EGGS IN A MONTH


William 4. Hucbe'S pen Of Witt
O.pington hens won the Cape CT al
Ical championship FOR egg aying dur
iGg the mcnJn Of January. His thirty
hens prodUc d 376 eggs, or 3f'2 d,z-
III. Had he sold these eggs at tn
market price of 60 cents per dozen, ne
wouId nave received $3.50. As his
acns are thoroughbreds and poss S. a
family tree, he disposed Of some Of the
eggs at fancy prices.
Tie White 0rpiGgton are one of the
,argest type Of chickens. Il has form
crly been believed that large hens
,.ere not good layers, but the Huebc,
hens have not only established rec
ord for weight, but they have a'so
proved that they can lay as many
aggs as any Cape Girardeau hen.
Mr.. HUI bel has two incubators "sett-
ing" They are scheduled to begin
Matching next Sunday, or one weci,
from today. in fourteen weeks, they
will be large enough to fly.
HuebeI, unlike most chicken fan
GERS, does not have to buy eggs dur
ing the cod weather. His hens La
nearly IS many e~gs during the win
ter as they do in the spring months.
II rs, like / females, he says must be
made over. He feeds his chickens Just
what he knows they like to eat. K epr
th"m warm and gathers his eggs b.
the bushel basket full.
His pick OF thirty hens cost him
loss than four dollars for f ell during
y. month Of January, making hi~,
-" 1T Of more than s14.