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TURKISH TROOPS
READY !. FOR WAR
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been learned. M. Stancin, the Bull.
garian diplomatic agent in Paris, did
not attempt to conceal the gravity Of
the news, but said that he could not
understand such q move, as he had
received a reassuring telegram in the
afternoon from Sofia, which stated that
Bulgaria, among other things, was
ready to negotiate the matter of the
Oriental railroad with the company.
In some quarters It Is believed that
the unfayorable impression produced
by the program outlined for the inter.
national conference was q large fac
tor in the porte's decision to take mat
tiers into his own hands. Others sus,
pect q scheme Of the re%actionaries to
crush the new regime in Turkey.
Troop Trains Ready.
"A special dispatch to the Temps
from Constantinople confirms the an.
nouncement Of the mobilization Of the
Turkish army and 1t adds that fifty 10
are now ready to transport
the troops. This order, the dispatch
says, applies only to troops In Anatn-
liza, those in Macedonia already being
partially modified.
IA war between Turkey and Bulga-
ria appears Imminent" the dispatch
concludes.
At midnight advices received from
Sofia were more r%eassuring, indicating
that Gar Ferdinand had succeeded in
persuading the cabinet and wal party
to adopt q more conciliatory attitude
and yield to Turkeys demands for di
rect negotiations with regard to the
Oriental railroad.
N. Pichon was greatly encouraged
by the latest dispatches from the
French minister at Sofia, and said that
the outlook was distinctly brighter.
At q late hour tonight the Turkish
ambassador, Naoum Pasha. issued q
denial that mobilization of the troops
had been ordered either in European
or Asiatic Turkey.
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BROWN DEFEATED.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.-In the
first big game Of the season. on Frank
lin field, the University Of Pennsyl-
vania football team outplayed and de.
feated the fast Brown eleven today BY
q o 70 IL Is 0. The Pennsylvania
team scored most of their touchdown1s
within the hrst ten minutes, play. Each
time thesred and blue got within the
25-yard line On Browns fumbles.
The Pennsylvania attack could not
be held and Maier went over onassboth
touchdowns. Pennsylvania played
without the services OF quarterback
Neinath and was consequently weak
on the forward pass
In the second half many substitutes
were sent In, but the red and blue had
no difficulty In throwing back the
Brown attack. The work Of the visi-
tors did not come up to expectations.
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WANTS TO KNOW NAMES
OF THOSE THREE EDITORS

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-vice Chair
mar Hudspeth Of the Democratic ma
tional committee said today referring
to the reported statement of H. H.
Kohlsaat of Chicago to the effect that
there are three Democratic editors in
the country who are supporting Bryan
in their papers, but do not wish to sec
him elected, and that one Of these is
a member of the Democratic executive
committee.
Il challenge Mr.. Kohlsaat to give
me the names Of these editors or to
name the member Of the executive
committee. MI. Kohlsaat has come
under the hypnotic influence Of the
White house. It is rather singular that
all these reports about dissatisfied
Democrats come out of Washington
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ROOSEVELT SAYS TAFT is THEIR
BEST FRIEND.
LETTER TO DoLAN
says THAT II Taft is Defeated the La.
boring Men Of the Country will be
the Greatest sufferers-Points to
work TAFT Performed for Labor.

CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-P. ]. Dolan,
general OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of the In
ternational Brotherhood Of Steam
Shovel and Dredge men, today made
public a letter from President Roose.
welt answering n sent by Mr.. Dean
in which Mr.. Dolan declared that his
organization was proud of Mr.. Taft's
honorary membership in the brother
hood. President Roosevelt's letter fol-
lows:
"The White House, Washington,
Oct. Is, 1908.
my Dear Mr.. Dolan:-I have your
letter Of the 18th instant and am much
pleased with the copy Of the article
from your journal which you en-
closed. Indeed, you may rest assured
that If 1 did not believe that Taft
would occupy just the position toward
organized labor that / have tried to oc-
cupy and in which you and I believe,
then, fond though l am of him l would
not back him. AS you know, I have
never for one moment hesitated to OPP
pose organized labor on any point
where I thought organized labor was
wrong; but just as little do I hesitate
to stand up for organized labor when
l think it is right. The administra-
ton can well AFFORD to stand on Its
record Of positive accomplishment for
organized labor, and as regards the
Isthmus Of Panama, where we have
most to do with organized labor, that
record is Taft's. You yourself know
we'll what the United States govern
ment has done as regards the working
man of the Isthmus. Thanks largely
to Mr.. Taft the record of the govern.
ment at Panama is that of a model
employer, both as regarding wages
and hours. and as regarding the hous-
ling and care Of the employees.
81 do not believe that the laboring
men Of this country have ever had In
ofice q stauncher. friend than Mr..
Taft. The attack upon him by Ger
tain self-constituted political leaders
Of organized labor, II successful,
would in the long run grayely dam
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HAMS BOYS INDICTED.

District Attorney Wants Them Tried
November 10.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Indictments
charging Captain Peter G.. Hams, Jr.,
and 7. Jenkins Hams with murder
in the first degree were handed up
by the Queens county grand jury at
Mushing, u. T., today. The indict-
ments were based upon the killing
Of William q. Annis at the Bayside
yacht club in August last.
Although T. Jenkins Hams has been
held as an accomplice to the murder,
the indictment charges him as well as
his brother, with being a principal.
The district attorney notified the court
tnat he would arraign the Hams broth.
ers next Tuesday and would ask that
their trial be set for November 10.
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vlRolNlANs WON.

PRINCETON, N. j., Oct. IT,
Princeton was %outplayed in the first
half OF today's football game with Vir-
ginia Polytechnic institute, the score
being four to nothing in favor of the
V~irginians, but in the second half the
home eleven showed a complete re-
versal Of form, winning by the score
of 10 to 4. Hodges long punts kept
Princeton continually on the defen-
sive in the first half and his goal
from placement from the 25 yards line
surprised the home players for 1t was
the first this year. In the second pc
Rod Princeton. within two minutes aft
er play started and after q succession
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Mr.. BRYAN WOULD
NOT DEFEND COAST

Mr.. Taft is an earnest and vigor-
GUS exponent OF the policy of enlarg-
ing the navy and maintaining in Pa
cific waters a feet that will be strong
enough to defend our western coast
from invasion.
The Spokesman-Review believes
that Mr.. Bryan is patriotic, but there
are two sorts of patriotism-the pat
riotism that is associated with fore
sight and sound Judgement and the
patriotism that is linked with wrong
judgement. Washington's patriotism
was of the first sort and was we'll ex-
pressed in his immortal axiom: I'm
time Of peace prepare Tor war"
Mr.. Bryan is q man Of noble ideals,
but in many ways he is not practical.
He is idealistic in his doctrine that II
we will set the example Of peace, all
other nations will respect it and never
declare war against us. 1t is a ibeauti-
full theory, but it is not a fact.
|I4a EfE5EFH 'RI EE&HSNEN T go E#T0a& L
All great nations were made great by
conquest. The spirit of conquest is
now in the Japanese people. They
have taken Korea by conquest. They
aim at the conquest Of China. II the
American people had no army or navy
and no fighting spirit there would be
a constant and growing temptation to
take not only the Philippines and the
Hawaiian islands, but ito take by con-
quest the Pacific coast of the United
States.
Our present defenseless coast line
invites invasion, and it would be in
vaded if at any time we were drawn
into war with Japan. A few guns
mounted at the entrance to the Column
bia and at strategic points on Puget
sound could not prevent the landing
OF an invading army. If we had no de-
Tending army or navy, Japan could as
readily land an army upon the coast of
Washington as 1t landed its invading
army upon the coast Of Manchuria in
the war with Russia. Japan, in that
invasion did not seek out mined har-
bors, but leisurely conveyed It's soldiers
on transports to the Manchurian coast
and landed them ON. the ocean beach.
Russia. having no opposing navy, was
powerless to prevent It. /.
This coast will never he sar from
invasion until~w have in the Pacific
ocean a modern war feet large enough
to intimidate the invaders. Mr.. Taft
is earnestly in favor OF building that
fleet. Mr.. Bryan is vigorously oppos-
ed to that policy.-Spokane Spokes-
man-Review.
EA4
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various points as the feet wendell its
way along the harbor.

various points aa the fleet wendell its
way along the harbor.
When the fleet rounded Honmou
point and came into full view of the
city of Yokohama, the sixteen assem-
bled japanese warships began firing
a salute to the rear admiral In COM
mand, OF the American feet. The roar
Of the guns, the bursting fireworks,
bombs, the shrek OF the steam sirens,
with the accompaniment Of the drone
Of the deep notes Of the liners, filed
the air with overwhelming sounds.
ASHORE, bed1am broke loose and words
fail to describe the enthusiasm of the
assembled thousands. When the Ameri-
can fleet finally came to anchor It pre-
scented an imposing sight. Thirty-two
great warships occupied four long
columns of eight each, the Americans
taking the place Of honor in the fore
front, the Japanese Immediately be-
hind them and heading due north.
Az soon as the feet came to anchor
a reception committee from the Jap
anese government, representing every.
department, and attaches Of the var
ious foreign embassies and legations,
and The mayor Of Yokohama, put on
from shore for the flagship Conneti-
cut.
American Ambassador o'Brien olo
mot come down from Toxic. because
under naval etiqutte, he could not be
present until the admiral commanding
the feet had paid an Official call upon
him. The ambassadors wife, how
ever, was present, together with ladies
OF the embassy as well as Consul Cen
eral sammons at Seoul and Mrs. Sam
mons, and Secretary Jay Of the Ameri-
can embassy, all In an unonlcial cara
city, as guests Of the Japanese navy.
Francis B. Looands, head Of the
American commission 10 the Japanese
International exposition, together with
Secretary O'Laughlin and the entire
business mons delegation from bhe
Pacific coast, now on q visit to Japan,
were also present, arriving on a spe-
cial train from Toxic early in the
morning.
Every vernacular newspaper In Yok-
ohama and Toxic prints special flu
strated editions this morning, contain
ing enthusiastic articles with refer
ence to The coming Of the American
feet.
The entire circulation Of these news
papers will probably reach one mill
lion.
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age the cause OF organized labor, for
these men are, trying to persuade the
people of this country that organized
labor has interests apart from and
hostile to the interests OF the great
mass of the American people; and
such an attitude If persisted in, would
inevitably in the end result disas.
trously to organized labor itself.
believe they will fail in their efforts
to misguide their followers and to do
wrong to the American people; and 1t
is above all things for the interests
Of organized labor that they should
fail. If Mr.. Taft were not elected,
the chief sufferers from the chaotic
business condition that would follow
would be the working raen, all of our
citizens would benefit by Mr.. Taft's
election but the workingman most Of
all"
THEODORE RoosEyELT.p
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COLORADO COLLEGE WINS.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Oct. IL
The University of Utah suffered the
second defeat Of its Colorado trip to-
day when, IN Washburn field, before
one of the largest football crowds in
the history OF Colorado Springs, 1t was
outplayed by the Colorado College II
gers by the score Of is to 4. Thirteen
Of the points scored by the Colorado
college were made by Murphy, fresh
man guard, who made two goals from
a free kick, was successful in one of
six attempts at a Princeton and scored
the goal from touchdowns.
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KANSAS CANNOT COMPARE WITH
BILLINGS SECTION.
RETURNS. TO STATE
Kansas Is . Fine Place, But There IL
No Point in the Country to Compare
with the Treasure state, Asserts
Former Billings Man.

IEN. N.. la =Mt6F T@gg "-gpE -1g
TIE. Edwards. for some years with
Yegen Brothers company and later
cashier Of the Yegen bank, has re-
turned from Oswego. Kansas, where
he has been located for the past year
and is again in the Yegen office.
Montana, for me, all the time," said
Mr.. Edwards yesterday. Kansas is
a good state and things are in fine
shape down there, but some way or
other 1t Is not home and / longed
to get back here and grasp q real, red
blooded western mans hand. The peo.
pie are more prosperous now than for
years and they are all happy. ] liked
that state in many ways and did
well, but Montana makes every other
state look like q crack in q boarding
house plate when their virtues are
compared.
s'The way Billings has grown since !
have been gone Is marvellous. can
see signs of advancement on every
side and the town looks fine since so
many splendid buildings have been
erected. Out in the residence dis
tricts, too, q great change has taken
place, the new houses that have gone
up and the improvements that have
been made on the older ones.
This indeed is q great town and VIC
live in a wonderful state SO we should
never complain but instead boost.
boost, boost from early morn until
night"
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WORK BRINGS LockJAw

BELvDERE, N. J., Oct. 16.-Mrs.
Arthur Walters, rs years old, died Of
lockjaw. Saturday she had II teeth
pulled. The next day she became i'll
and 1t was thought this condition was
due to the a~naesthetic ahe took when
the dentist operated upon her. Yes
terday signs of tetanus developed. The
disease advanced rapidly and death
came this morning.
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SIXTEEN THOUSAND ACRES OF
LAND CHANGES HANDS.
WISCONSIN MEN INVEST
Waite, Elliott and Peck Ranch OF III
900 Acres viii Be subdivlded and
Sold ia 70 and 90 Acre Traets-Bio
Deal Near straw.

Two enormous land transfers took
place in Lewistown early the present
week, according to information, which
reached Billings yesterday and they
involved q total acreage Of 10000.
acres. In the Judith Basin. which coun-
try will be tributary to Billings with
me completion and beginning Of
operations Of the Billings and North
.srn railroad.
The biggest Of these two deals was
the sale Of the Waite, Elliot and Peck
ranch In the Deerfield country, to
Wisconsin investors. The Wisconsin
purchasers will cooperate with the
Cook-Reynolds company in settling the
big tract. it being the intention Of the
new owners to sub-divide the hold
ings and sell to actual ~homeseekers
In tracts Of from 80 to 800 acres.
The second deal involves the trans
fer OF 5000 ere Of choice land sur
rounding the town Of straw. The en-
tire holdings Of w. o. Straw have
been purchased by the Cookery
nolds company. In neither transac-
ton is the price made public, but Il Is
estimated to be In the neighborhood
of a quarter Of a million dollars.
The Straw ranch will also be sub
divided into small tracts and sold to
individual Farmers. The edition Of
these two large holdings to the lands
already owned or controlled by this
progressive realty firm gives the Cook
Reynolds company about $4,000 acres
Of land. which they contemplate locat-
ing homebuilders on next year. The
holdings now include the Waite, Elliot
& Peck, Straw, Shea, Smith, Lewis and
the two Shipman ranches.
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5breakWater, encircled by low purple
hills. Already Yokohama was awake
and the streets were crowded with
excited people steaming from the sur
rounding country afoot, in carriages
making their way to their water front
and 10 the hills overlooking the bay,
to get their first glimpse Of the great
fleet. From thousands of flagstafs
and buildings and every point IN the
big city fioated the stars and stripes
and the entire lengths Of miles Of
streets were almost walled with inter
mined American and Japanese en-
blems. The bay itself was fairly aflame
with bunting. where tugs and steamers
gaily decorated with streamers and.
remnants. lined the iwharves awaiting
thousands of exc~ursionists who were
going out to meet the fleet.
Incoming trains throughout the
night we're crowded and by morning
already practically every vantage point
commanding q view Of the apprsach
of the sixteen big ships rounding Hon
mou point, was occupied by tens of
thousands early awaiting the coming
Of the naval pageant. AS the hours
passed and daylight dawned. it reveal
ed an inspiring sight afloat and ashore.
Even the early made it apparent that
all expectations Of great crowds and
an enthusiastic welcome to the Ameri-
Gan feet would be exceeded and that
all records OF the outpouring of popu-
lar sentiment would be surpassed. The
enthusiasm Of the people was evident
.$ly sincere, though mixed with the ma
turh curiosity to see the big lighting
ships from America.
Foreigners were in the minority in
the crowds. but wherever they appear
ed they were treated with even ex-
ceptionalS courtesy, because today to
the Japanese all foreigners must be
Americans, many Of the Japanese be
ing unable to discriminate between
Americans and those from other coun-
tries.
AS the 16 battleships rounded Hon
moi point and came through The en-
trance % the bay, they were accom-
panied Nv the Japanese cruisers soya,
MAgamiss and Tatsuta, commanded by
ReaT A6ndira gMfurakamf. Passing nm
the coast on 'Yokosuka, the first note
q re9i welcome was sounded when q
anrs A9,pprksi salute vas fred BY the
Americans friends Association" COM
posed IL japanese. who had assembled
'at Kurihana on the site Of Perrys
monuEnent.
~ came closer in, the feet
vss 6y 3sven ~ OCEAN liners
a. ~ prsIeeture q Kan
oarFylag 1000 parsons, includ-
olrSnsf air was
up from
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SCHOOL OF MINES LOSES.

MIssOULA, Oct. 17.-In a game that
was a fight from the sound of the
referees whistle until the last minute
Of play, the University Of Montana
eleven defeated the State School of
Mines team by a score OF s to 5. Mon
tana gave away weight to its oppon-
ents, but had the greater share of foot
ball luck, which played a prominent
part in the result.
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of line plays, scored a touchdown. Cum
ningham followed it up later with q
goal from the field. The visitors had
2 heavy team and Princeton gained
very little through their line until tho
latter part OF the second half, when
the Virgtnians weakened. It was hot
football weather and only Is minute
halves were played.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 17.-1n one Of
the hardest games played on Northrup
field since the Observation-Disclosures bat
tie of 1908 Minnesota and Nebraska
this afternoon fought to nothing to
nothing tie. Although the Minnesota
players were outweighed by several
pounds, several times the ball was
pushed within striking distance Of Ne.
braska's goal line.
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MACK IN BUFFALO,.

BUFFALO. Oct. 17.-National Chair
man Mack reached here today from
the east and will remain until tompr.
row night when he will depart for New
York.
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ADEFEATED.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Oct. u.
The Freshman Rugby fifteen OF the
University OF California today defeat
ed the Stanford Freshmen n to s in
q snappy exhibition.
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WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
Report That Goes After
Hisher-ups to BE Filed with the
Prosecuting Officers Of the United
States Government.

g3G4T%ta 8f&NG E&33%&. aEg A@&E6G"% 3E4HS4@
BUFFALO. N. y, Oct. 1.-THE
statement that a report in course OF
preparation to be submitted to the
United States government will reveal
tremendous vested interests which
deal with the white slave traffic. was
made at the afternoon session Of the
National Woman Suffrage
association today by the Rev. Anna
Garlin Spencer Of New York.
There are persons nign In the gov
eminent of the several countries" de-
clared Mrs. Spencer, who have had
shady transactions in the traffic Of
which I speak"
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lNTERloR oF CHAMBER Of COM
MERGE HOME.
De- DECORATIONS ARE IRE: FINE
win ss,Sw ~ Excsllsnt Display o. the
Grains ~ the Billings vicinity--At-
taralcts Attention From ~ Tra ".
slsrs.

The work 81 decorating the new
Chamber Of Commerce binding near
the Northern Pacific passenger sta
tioa Is going ahead rapidly under the
direction Of Secretary Jean !. Decker.
"A choice collection Of grains. grasses,
fruits and vegetables has been gotten
together and these will be arranged
attfactively on the walls and on
shelves. 1t Is doubtful II finer spec.
linens OF the vegetable kingdom could
be found In any part Of the world.
The wheat, oats and barley stalks.
have long, full hesds with we'll matured
kernels. The alfalfa Is very high
class but not more so than thousands
Of acres Of the grass grown in the
eastern part Of Montana. The grain.
and alfalfa were selected at random
from fields In different sections Of
Yellowstone county. The walls will
be covered and the displays also put
II the show windows whore they ga.
be plainly seen ~ travellers from the
train and when they get on at the
station.
lnterior Decoration.
The rooms will also be made at
tractive with large pictures OF points
Ia the country where development
has been made in any line. The
place where power Is generated from
water, great fields Of crops and man
u~facturing establishments will be
shown In this display. Every com
fort will be AFFORDED to those who
wish to spend some time in the
building and look over the exhibits
TIlhes walls are tinted q deep blue and
the grains are arranged on a back
ground Of black which brings them
out In bias relief.
Il is doubtful IL there will be
state which will be as handsome as
those OF the local chamber Of com
merce building. The interior decora-
ton is artistic and will prove 4
pleasant sight for the travellers and
other visitors to the Sugar City.
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WINS The
FOOTBALL GAME

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field also gave Harvard many chances.
Harvard played q line plunging game
most of the time! An entirely new
crimson team was played in the sec
ond half.
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Man wants job as dairyman, first
class. Address Box No. 81, Huntley.
Montana.
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DR.. Riesland, the optical specialist.
will be at Hotel Northern October 26
to 20. All glasses ground here.
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FLEET ARRIVES
IN I. TOXIC BAY

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