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POUti APPEALS FOR STATUARY In Letter to Missoula Girl Wounded Soldier Tells of Shortage. FAITH IN WAR'S END Says "With God's Help and America's" France Wilt Defeat Foes. Writing paper and envelopes an sorely needed by wounded poilus in Fr» rub hospitals, says a young sol dier of France in a letter written to Mias Helen McLeod, 324 Hast Front street. Early last fall Miss McLeod sent some comfort kits to France through the Missoula Patriotic asttoeiatioh. The other day an answ* r eanie from L. Saint Pierre, a wound««! soldier, giving thanks for the gift. The li tier taid: « Will Win Terrible Fight. "Our little hospital has received your kind gift. It was very welcome. Per sonally I thank yon witli all my heart. It 1 h pleasing to know that over there, across the sea, a kind young lady Is thinking of the French soldiers. "The fight In which we are engaged is terrible, but. < Jod and our friends of America aiding us, we will come out conquerors. Gift* Late for Christmas. "The nice things which you sent, tnademolstdle, did not arrive for Christ mas. It Is a long way from Missoula to the center of France, and the Ger man submarine's keep tbelr sinister eyes open over the sea. "God bless you, mademoiselle, and give you health and happiness. This, the wish of a poor, wounded French soldier, will carry you good fortune. "Your friend, sincerely and respect fully, "LEOPOLD SAINT-PIERRE, "Marvejols, France." Papor and Envelopes Lacking. ••p. s,—i am writing you in French. I hope that you will be able to read it. As for myself, 1 understand a little America, but 1 cannot write il. That which we lack most here is writing paper and envelopes. At home they arc very expensive and very rare. "if you wish to be real kind, made moiselle, ask for a lit tie for us at your patriotic work rooms. We will be in this hospital for more than six months, as we are very Seriously wounded, and will have plenty of lime to receive it. You can address It to me personally and 1 will distribute it among my com panions." An attempt will be made at once In answer the request of the wounded sol dier. Contributions of paper or cash may be left tit the work rooms of the Patriotic association on Higgins ave nue, in the First National bank build ing. Colonel Roosevelt Goes to Home at Oyster Bay Oyster Hày, N. Y., March 7.—Col onel Roosevelt returned to bis home on Sagamore Hill here this after noon, after having heen for several weeks in New York City, where he underwent operations for car trouble. Mrs. Roosevelt accompanied him home. The trip from New York to Oyster Hay was made in an automobile und Colonel Roosevelt declared that In- felt fine. Colonel Roosevelt said he expected lo regain his strength In a short time. He intends to rest during the next three weeks and then to be in condi tion to make some speeches which were cancelled by his Illness. Very few visitors will be permitted to see Colonel Roosevelt during the period of convalescence, Moat of his time will be spent In reading and walking about his estate. TO OUST TEUTON I. O. O. F. Denver. Colo.—A demand that Ger man members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows be expelled from that organization will be made at the an nual grand lodge meeting In St. Louis next September, according to Grand Sire Krank C. Ooudy of thi» city. HUSBAND SAVES WIFE From Suffering by Getting Her Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Pittsburgh, Pa.— " For many months I was not able to do my work owing to a weakness which caused backache and headaches. A friend called m y attention to one of your newspaper advertisements and immediately my husband bought three bottlea of Lydia E. Pinkham's V egetable Com pound for me. After taking two bottlea I felt fine and my troubles caused by that weak ness are a thing of the past AUwromen who suffer as I did shoald try Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound. - Mrs. Jas. Robrberg, 620 Knapp St, N. Sy Pittsburgh, Pa. Women who suffer from any form of weakness.as indicated by displa c e me nts, inflammation, operation, irregularities, backache, headaches, nervousness or "the blues," should accept Mrs. Rohr berg's suggestion and give Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound a thorough trial. For over forty years it bas been correcting such ailments. If you have mysterious complications write for aoîîce ta Lydia E- pinkham Median« Co , kjrnn, Mass. Million Like These in Russia at Present a:-m » The Russian moujik, shown above, is the •'Croat Question" in a land of great questions. There are millions of him. The peasant population forms the great, hulk of the Russian people. Most of the moujiks are illiterate, but they take huge interest in governmental affaira and any gov ernment that doesn't suit them cannot succeed. Whatever may be said of nome fac tions In northern Russia there are no pro-Germans or betrayers among the peasant people of the great fertile south Russia where nine-tenths of the Russian wheat Is grown. RAIL BILL READY TO BECOME LAW Senate and House Finally Reach Agreement After Lengthy Debate. Washington, March 7.—Final agree ment on the administration bill to gov ern federal control of the railroads, was reached today by the sénat» and house conferees. Leaders hoped tonight to have the measure ready for th< i president'*! signature 1<> Kulurduy. With the exception of limiting fed eral control to 21 months afier peace and providing for the taking over of short line railroads, the hill is virtu ally in the senate form Toe principle dispute between the conferees, was oq rate-fixing and the conferees adopted a compromise agree ment under which the. president is authorized io initiate rates subject to review by the Interstate t'ommerce commission. The commission I« re quired, in adjusting rates, to consider unified operating control, and that re adjustments iu rates are to obtain ad ditional revenues. The house provision bringing under federal control all short lines, which either connect or compete with ronds already taken over, was accepted by the conferees, who dlso inserted into the bill a provision limiting the ratio of taxation of railroad property in the various states to a rate not higher than that for the year previous to taking over the roads. j t I Dance Halls in Capital Used by War Department Washington, 1>. C.—The horror« of war have been brought homo to the young people of Washington by Ute action of the government in taking over the Arcade, the last and largest dance hall in the city. Two other halls, the Coliseum and Convention hall, were taken over some weeks ago and con verted Into headquarters fof govern ment departments. By the latest de cree the Arcade and Its 150,000 feet of floor space will be turned over to the war department for the use of the signal corps. Saloons and Roadhouses Forced to Close by Order Vallejo. Cal., March 7—Nine restau rant«, four social clubs, two hotels, fiair wholesale liquor houses and four famliy liquor stores In Vallejo and possibly six roadhouses outside the-city limits will he fin ceil to close under the five-mile dry zone ordered established about the Mare Island navy yard, it was said here tonight. Build Special Submarine Chaser for Son in Navy Balm Reach. Fla.. March 7.—Mr. and Mrs. Kdwurd T. rtUitesbury of Phila delphia, announced here tonight that they had presented the navy depart ment with a submarine, chaser special ly built for their son. who is an en sign in the navy. FORM COMMUNITY COUNCILS. Washington. March 7.—To eliminate lost motion throughout the country and to bring the war home to the peo ple through personal contact, the Found! of National Def- nae lias worked out plans for organizing community council« m every hamlet in the United Stated. TEACHING BEST OF PROFESSIONS jPresident Sisson Points Out Opportunity of Schools in New World. VOCATIONAL CONGRESS . . ......... ; ^ ; f' Rural Inspector Asks for Better Support of Work in Country. "Teaching is lie most poorly paid i but the most ricitly is warded profes- ! sion that exists today." This extract J from the address of President F. O. Sts - j son of tile St..t ■ I'nlverally, given lust night at the university in conneetlon j with the W oman's Vocational congress, ! s'l'ies as the text of his talk. Hr. Sis- j sou poii.i.d mu H»- responsibility oft the teaching profession as a factor in the building of this eomur.. and how the coining «.r war lias increased ihat respoiisiidlitj . Teaching, lie said, is undergoing changes, corresponding with changes in the life of the nation. There is need among the teachers of America of a greater education in the sciences than would have been tunica tar.v several years ago. Dr. Hjituon spoke in the stead of Chancellor K. C. Elliott, who was to have addressed last night's meeting Dr. Elliott will arrive In Missoula today. Rural School Important. Adelaide Ayer, stale rural school in spector, spoke briefly concerning the rural School in Montana. Sho snhV "It is the business of everyone to be interested In the rural school, because the rural school problem ts one of tin biggest that confronts the people of the western states today " Miss Ayer pointed out the Impor tance of the country school in this state, an Importance which la not usually attributed to It Site told how It serves to educate a much larger percentage of the children of the coun try thun is popularly thought- She showed bow it Is a factor in the build ing up of the nation by bringing to a stand shifting population. Other'points slip emphasized to show the importance of the |mrt which tin- institution p to*« In tile life of America. The Woman's Glee club of the iini rsity gave several numbers. Congress Program Today. This morning at X:4 o'clock Dr. Anna Y. Iteed w ill si» ak ill the high school. In the afternoon at 1:30 she will ltd dress the pupils of the seventh and eighth grades In Vnion hall. At 2» 3b in the same place, she will speftflNfo the women of the university and teach er the public schools. She. wilt ad dress the employes of the Missoula Mercantile company at fi o'clock In the afternoon. Dr. Kei ii told of further fields open to tin young women at tin meeting held at thi rnlviisity hall yesterday morning. She said that women might embark on tin* business ventures that wen* formerly just for men. A conference dealing with the course in pharmacy and a meeting of the busi ness 11 dm In 1st ration bends wen* held yesterday afternoon. Holland Fishermen Now Catch Submarine Wrecks San Francisco. March 7. Not only', fish, hut parts of destroyed Oertimn submarines now frequently Constitute the catch of Dutch fishermen why» they haul up their nets off th» eon# of Holland, accoiding to H. Veeps! a dairy expert of Alkmnar. Holla who arrived here today en route & Canada. "Floating parts of U-boats, qrc raising havoc with the net« of our fish ermen," Mr. Vee.nstra «nid. ''In martt cases Flotsam and Jetsam ha# IsV ij submitted to coast guardsmen and of ficers of the Dutch navy, and tg«f** identified as belonging to gubcqarl that probably had been destroyed depth charges." FUR8 ARE VALUABLE. ,. ; Seattle. Wash., March 7.—One hun dred and fifty fox fur«. vaiuaA/>( 170,000, arrived here recently fnlm Alaskan fox farms. The shlphMit, said to be one of the most vnfttnfd« ever received here, consisted of IWJ stD vor and pure-black fox furs and lOgypf various other grades. A «perlai guäd was detailed to keep watch on tW* fur«, which were sent to New York. An electric machine has been vented for surgeon« to use In cutting away plaster casts without discomfort to patients. THE EASIEST WAY Famous play by Eugene Walters. Played by Mrs. Gilbert Allis Starring and exceptional local talent. SAT MISSOULA SAT MCH At T ur, TrD MCH 16 THEATER i6 For the Bene lit of the Red Cross. Tickets, $1.50, $1.10, 85c, 60c, 35c Include^ >^ar Tax. At Red Cross Rooms Any Red Cross Member. German? Not Much, Says Missoula Man From Alsace out What is the l iti .ensliip m a man l orn in .Usai • France, lu l X è *7 who left Ins hon while it was still French, hates the Uaist r and is strong for the rutted S!sitesv T.. M. Robertson, chief depot! clerk of the district court. has written to the d. partniettl of labor, asking for a ruling in such a can . \ Missoula intmty man in those t iveumstam i*s ht» asked for riti zi nshlp papers. Ile is a Freneh mnn, lag sa>s, ut Ids home has been ruled by ibrmnny since 1X71. If he is a Hdnmijt he cannot now become'a citizen If In is French, he can. Well, I'm not Herman, whatever they say," the Patriot declares. ut to j |la : i ■ ; of . WOMEN TO SEW STARS ON FLAG Relatives of Men in Service Have First Chance at I*rivilegc. Work upon Mi loulri nmnty'u huge service flag will bn resinned tomorrow morning In the county high school building by nhUhos of Un* boys who are at the front or In training for Service. The flag itself has been finished, but the «tars have not yet been uttaibed. Tills privilege hits been reset vial hv tin Missoula Women's Council of Defense for the famille» of the men. a record I« to be kept of the soldier*! and the women who sow on tin* stars This will be kept with tin* flag m. u county war record. It is important lb.it those who wish to sew on «tara loi their Own soldier« or sailor« should report at tin* high school today after s a. in and befon ■ • p. rn„ or make written application to Mrs. R W. Rpotiswood or Mrs. M J •Hütchen« for reservation of a star. 'The work of attaching tlie stars in so slow that next week other groups ut women and children will I»* allowed to share the privilege which now belongs exclusively to tile families of nn n In service. School children especially are anx ious to help. To then* is to In* a Hot I ml the task of sewing stars on the reverse of the flag, and it Is probable that each child will be riven some pnrtlcu 'lar soldier. A charge of fir. cents I« made for each star sewed on tin flag, to cover part or Up. u»..t <i ,thi enormous ban ni *r F*rove That St. Louis Certainly No Hun Citv Ht. I -on Ih March 7. -Tin- chamber of commerce, with a view of disproving statement« that "St. Louis is a Germun uity," today forwarded lo authorities Washington tin result of an Inves tigation, which it had made of the per centages of foreign-born persons in <-;ch of till Si-vital large eitles of tile ■United Htatcs. These figures show 'Ft. Louis has ix per cent foreign boni and Is seventh In tile list of those cltioH having th< largest poj illation horn in Germany. k men can Patrol Lost but Finally Gets Back With the Agnerh nri Troop« In France, Wednesday. March fi.—Hy the Associ nt'*d Brass.—An American patrol.com urlslng one officer and eight men, Which imri heen missing since last night In the sector horthwest of Toad, suddenly emerged from a shell hold close to the German linos today and made a dash across No Man's land, without a Bhot being fired at Ilium. It was noon when the patrol carried out Its rush to tho American line. The men's comrades, looking on. ex pected every second to sis* them wiped WHEN WEAK OR RUN DOWN by rhronln or a- ns thrust ami lung trouai*» » lit r. i.fua d*.-ci ». -MI itlii. m:y and m.uses ill > ltutdf, try ECKMAN'S ALTERATIVE Tills is a Calcium ereesratlon nmew* râ of nuii-fcml tnsi- valu» In addition to it« r«in*silal quaint«» Ccnialn« it , Si cctiol. Naruotla or iiaoit-r oiuiloc Dru*. $2 tin, Mw fl-50 $1 tin, mw Me. Fries lottud«a war tax. All dru«sWts — JekmsflJJboriitorj^BhiLdrl^diU^* out and thetr safe return was an agree able surprise. They explained that they had lost their way in the dark MONTANA MAN RELIEVED. San Francisco, Mardi 7 The bil lowing order was issued b\ the west ein department of tin* uns hero to day: faplain John T Grimes. quarter master reserve corps. Is relieved as ut urtermaster at Port William Henry Harrison, Montana, and. will pria ■cod to Fort Winftetd Scott. Hal.. Vordutv ' WOULD AGREE WITH SPAIN. Washington, March 7. Negotiations |la tween Spa Ip une. the railed Sat- . looking lo an economic agn-eiuent I" tween tin- two countries, still a r- in otog toss and in the nioantinn the war trade hoard is dealing with tin cm. of each Spanish snip to sail from this . - unity on its merits. You may be famous for your cooking, or just a "beginner" In Either Case KC Baking Powder will help you. Its goodness recommends Not All the Fighting Is "Over There" War Saving Stamps -FOR SALE HERE □ q. \ N < 35 ? With the housewife it is one continuous war against dirt and dust in her home. She is always on the alert, the tiring line, engaging the enemy all the time. And her one great aid and defense is the Vacuum Cleaner It fairly revolutionizes housekeeping. The woman who has never used one in her own home does not, cannot, know this. She can read about it, hear about it, talk about it, but she will never know until she has one in her home. You intend to decide this question for yourself some day. Well —let us deliver an Electric Vacuum Cleaner to your home without obligation to buy or any charge for the trial. The decision to rest entirely with you necessary. A post card or a 'phone call is all that is Missoula Light and Water Co* HOOVER 4X T X T OTTTVr , li , C! k STRICTER PROGRAM R i Ait T- , evokes All Exceptions TO Using Substitutes. t. March 7 All ex food ailministi at ion t equal L-h pur known and ha i d for breadstuff' 'from.the allies were announced Era! days ago. when the food admin itd ration abolished the meatless meal land porklesK Saturday, as the con ! sumption of wheat is closely related to the consumption of meat and It lu ;(1(Pmt ,i more imperative to save thp. eniin * ___ ______■n.' , B lames Lack of Market for Coal Mine Shutdown ll! iona. March 7. -Ill reply to A re • -t from tin* Hear Creek local of the baited Mine Workers for the causes thnt resulted in miners working only el. Yen and a half days last, montlf, Stale Fuel Administrator \V. -T. Sprln db hurst ri piti'd the causes were no dein. uul in the state and no out of the ■ nail'Mi -matai, due to high freight rate.-*, hlch in a - at the mines and pour qttal ■ it*