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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-24
REMARKABLE INVENTION PRESENTS
UNUSUAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.
ne Bungame Typewriter Telegraph Asonshes the Bust
ness and Scientific Worlds and Is Demonstrated to Be
complete Practical SuccessThe Stock of the Manufac
turing Company May Be Obtained Now

Anything that depends on human
ehdeaSor or effort is subject to occa
sional mistakes. ITO err is human -
The Burlingame telegraphfng type
writer, being entirely mechanical at
the receiving end and practically so
at the sending end. will make no mis-
takes.
Because of its simplicity and accu-
racy, requiring no expert to send a
message and no one at all to receive
II, several of the foremost electrical
engineers, government signal service
officers, expert telegraphers and other
men prominent in governmental circles
state emphatically that the Burling-
anne invention should shortly supplant
the Morse system everywhere
Different individuals from various
departments of the United States gov
eminent who have examined the Bur
hngame instrument have indicated its
many uses. 1t would take the place
OF the instruments now being used
IN connection with Notifications,
where, during target practice, mes
sages are required to be sent every
Is seconds changing the range of can
mons. 1t would replace the government
Morse instruments now in use. The
Buriingame instruments send. receive
and record all in one machine. There
Is practically no limit to the govern
ment uses for this device where
record of messages and secrecy is de-
desired.
In city government the Burlingame
instruments could be used in connec-
ton with fire and burglar alarms and
police patrol.
They could also be used In all OF
the public buildings, such as court
houses. jafls, asylums and other pub
lie institutions: they could connect all
departments of the city on one wire If
necessary, or one lire in each build
ing could connect all of the typewrit-
ers on one circuit: or in case of alarm
or public notice, etc, every office of
the city government could receive the
same message simultaneously
Every policeman on his beat could
receive printed instructions from head
quarters, and could send in de-
tailed report from his beat Should
anything sensational happen it could
be recorded in every police box In the
city. giving every policeman de-
tailed printed description of the event,
whatever it might be
Should the Burlingame machine not
be used for regular telegraph purposes
at all and its uses confined to the
United States government. the coast
artillery, the signal service, the navy
including its uses on board ship. and
navy yards. etc, and for municipal
: government in connection with police
alarms and other alarm systems, IL Is
estimated that these uses alone would
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-24
.OLD WOMAN SECURES
HALF OF BIG ESTATE

Pittsburg. Pa, Sept 23-Because in
January. 1s41. she declined to promise
to obey" Mary T.. Torrance. nee
Powers. was deserted at the altar
after the marriage ceremony had been
performed making her the wife of
James Torrance. After almost 6s
years Mrs. Laura Speer of Elizabeth
township proved to the satisfaction of
the orphans court at Pittsburg yes
terday that she is the child that was
born of this strange marriage. and the
court awarded her half of the estate
of her father. James Torrance, who
died wroth 100000 many years ago.
1t was not until Mrs. Speer produced
lockets which had been exchanged be-
tween her mother and father almost
10 years ago that the court was con-
WINGED and ordered that half the es-
tate be given TO Mrs. Speer who is
now gray-haired and tottering.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-24

require several hundred thousand Bur
lingame Instruments. ~ ..ss.s
We will say that the artillery for the
coast defenses would use 100000 ma
chimes, which is a very conservative
estimate: that the United States army
in connection with the signal service
would use 100000 machines: and that
the navy, in connection with the ships
and navy yards, would use another
100000. A large city like New York
city alone would require perhaps So
600 machines for municipal purposes.
Many hundred thousand machines for
other municipalities would be re-
quired.
suppose in order to be on the safe
side, we underestimate the total num-
Der that would be needed and figure
that the national government and the
principal large cities would use only
100000 machines. and that the Bur
lingame would be used for no other
purpose. From this source alone the
Buriingame company would have a
gross rental income lat IS a month";
of s1.0oo,000 per month, equal to s12.-
100000 per year. We will estimate
that 1t worad even then show an
amount sufficient to pay 40 per cent on
the par value of the capital stock of
the Burlingame Teiegraphing Type
writer company.
Now. for the cautious investors. or
for the man who did not buy Bell Tel
ephone, and for the man who failed
to buy Linotype stock at a few dol
lars per shade. which is now selling
for over 5000 per share. and for the
man who failed to buy Western Union.
Sewing Machine Edison. Westinghouse
Air Brake and stock I'm like inventions,
we will say for this mans benefit and
to answer his arguments, that we will
wipe out. eliminate the prospective
earnings of 20 per cent from the teie-
graph service, of 40 per cent from the
government service as above outlined
and we win now undertake to show
the profitable side of the Burlingame
invention as it could be used in con-
nection with corporations.
Uses of the Machine.
Every corporation Is interested in
anything that will facilitate or econo-
mize in time and expense on their
present business systems.
The banks were not slow in adopting
the adding machine. The banks today
rse every device known to assist them
in their daily transactions. AS an i'm
mense amount of business must be
crowded into few hours, Ii must be
done accurately and quickly. The
business world today wants something
that will leave a record at both ends
of the line instead of the present I'M
ccrtain methods employed.
For the transmission of messages to-
day large corporations use the tele-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-24
GENERAL REYES PLANS
TO PULL Up STAKES

Monterey. Mex. Sept. 23.--It IN ru-
mored here that General Bernardo
Reyes. governor Of this state. is about
10 leave Mexico. and has offered his
residence for sale for 10000. and has
resigned the presidency of the loesS
casino. the highest social position 10
the state. Ii Is not believed, however,
that he will leave the state until after
the elections, as he is said 10 seek the
election of a lieutenant as governor.
IL is believed that he will 60 To Eu-
rope.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-24
PREVENTS A SUICIDE.

Special 10 The Daily Muscular.
Wallace. Sept. 23.-Harry Fritch, IA
waiter. under. arrest for crime al
legged to have been committed in Mis-
soula. this morning prevented Mike
Roach from hanging himself in his
cell. Roach tied a piece of leather
about beam in the cell and then
around his. neck and was strangling
himself. when Friteh saw him and res
cued him. kritch was taken back to
Missoula tonight. Roach is alleged to
be insane. zas
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-24
.FAR-EASTERM' CHIEF
IS GIVEN OVATION

Toxic. Sept. chelmsford s Miller.
Jr.. newly appointed chief of the re-
Gently created division of far-eastern
affairs Of the state department of the
United States. was given an informal.
but warm. farewell when he left this
city for Korea today. The affair was
spontaneous evidence of the popularity
of foreigners among the japanese.
Miller's services as Japanese secretary
and interpreter for the American EN-
bassy here has given him Ii wide ac-
auaintanee among people of all classes
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-24
CATHOLICS MEET.

Quebec Sept. 23-The first p4enary
council ever held in Canada by the
Roman Catholic church and the masa
important conference of prelateS Of
that denomination ever called To
gether in this country. is in session
here this Meek. The sessions are being
presided over by Mgr. Sbarettf. the
rapal legate. and the deliberations in
clu5e subjects AZ great interest L. the
church II large
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-24
R00MtR IS KILLED
WHEN HOTEL BURNS

Twin Falls. Idaho, Sept. 23,-The
Eureka hotel, two-stary frame build
ing burned at Twin Falls at 5 O'Clock
this morning. Andrew kaltner, a
roomer. &c years old. formerly Of st
Joseph. Mo. was instantly killed by
falling walls while trying to re-enter
the building to Recover some money he
had overlooked. II Is believed that the
fire was caused by Il gasoline explo-
sion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21
CHAPTER XII.
Into An Unknown Land.

The red-haired man was fighting.
 He had always been fighting. But tonight he must wield weapons where of he had no experiences; unskilled, must meet delft opponents on their own ground. The thought thrilled him. with the joy of the born fighter.
 The hour for the Standish dinner was seven; that the meal might be well over before the musicale guests should begin to arrive. Caleb rang the Stand ish bell at twenty minutes before sew en. The manservant who admitted him managed to convey from behind something amiss with the arrival Glancing into the drawing room as he followed a maid to the mems dressing room upstairs. Caleb saw it quite de- void of guests. In fact, a servant was lighting the lamps there. The dress ing room. too. was deserted.
 Conover was vaguely puzzled. Sure ly the invitation had fixed the hour for minutes ahead of time. At functions such as he was wont to attend. people always began to drop in nearly half an hour before hand. So fearful had he been tonight of breaking some un- known social rule. that he had allowed a full twenty minutes leeway. Yet he was very palpably the first to arrive. This perpleXed and shamed him. It caught himself hoping that none of the Standishes knew he was there. The man who had with cool derision. faced hostile legislatures. investigation com mittees and actually physical danger. felt his nerve turning into nerves
 A tray of cigarettes lay on the chif- fonier. Caleb had never smoked cigarette. He wondered if etiquette commanded that he should do so now. He weighed the matter judicially as he took off his coat and gloves; then decided that the cigarettes had indis- putedly been put there to be smoked. Gingerly. he lighted one. The aromatic mild flavor of the smoke disgusted him. He had always despised men who chose cigarettes in preference to cigars, Now he regarded such smokers as idiotic rather than decadent. Yet he puffed dutifully at the abhorred paper cube and pondered on the probability of his being called upon to repeat the performance. later. in the dining room. He had heard of people smoking cigar cites with dinner Or. rather. hadn't he seen pictures of such a scene? Yes Surely A picture on a calendar in the general passenger agents office. But the smokers. in the picture. were ysip2ep. And one of them had her feet
 ble. Caleb mentally apolo-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21

'' said Conover, re- went on suspicious
 me! Tell me what's
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-21

<To be Contin usd.S
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15
WOMAN'S UNIONS
ARE GROWING
GROWTH HAS INCREASE WAGES
IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Impetus Has Been Given 10 Spread
of Labor Observation-Disclosures
Overcome.
ACCOMPLISH GOOD RESULTS

Washington. Nov. 15.-An article
on the "Women's Trades Union Move
ment in Great Britain" by Katherine
Graves Busbey. Is published in bulle-
tin No. SO of the bureau Of labor, de-
partmenL of commerce and labor.
The writer gives a-history of the
movement and discusses its growth ,
the obstacles 10 organization of
women, the attitude of male trades
unionists, the results of organization
and the relation or women's trade
unions to low wages and the sweat
ing system.
From the beginning of the move
ment, in 1874, what IS known as the
Women's Trade Union League has
been the most important develop
.ment of unionlsm among women in
Great Britain.
As regards the comparative growth
of male and female membership in
trades unions in recent years. 1t is
shown that in 1896, which is the first
year for which comparative figures of
female trades union membership are
available, 149 unions included women
and girls as members out of a total
Iof 1902 trades unions, the female
membership at that time being Ill.,
.030, or rs per cent of the member
ship of all unions.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15
Track Records Broken,

New York, Nov. 15.-All Ameri-
can track records from ten and a half
to twenty miles were smashed at Gel
tic park in the twenty-mile run, at
the annual games of the Shamrock
Athletic club. James Clark, of Xavier
A. A., won in 1888: % 3-5. The old
record was 2:07:11, made by James
Crowley, of the Irlsh-American Ath-
letic club. last January. Crowley in
yesterdays run led up to the seven
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15
RBELFOOT CASES
CALLED TODAY
SECOND TRIALS FOR MURDER OF
CAPT. QUENTIN RANKIN.
Story of Crime in Which Young
Man Was BrutalIy Assassinated
i'm Tennessee.
LAKE CAUSED ny EARTHQUAKE

Union City Tenn, Nov 1.-THE
cases OF the ReclfoOt night riders
were recalled this morning for the
second trials.
Six men. under sentence TO be
banged. were carrying shotguns over
their shoulders a little over a year
ago.
They were night riders. and rs
they walked to their lair at Reelfooi
hike. near here they were hidden by
long black robes. Ghostly black
masks. drawn tightly over theli
faces. topped on this disguise OF
death.
The lynching OF Capt Quentin Ran
kin, and the wonderful escape from
n similar fate by Col. r. Il. Taylor
that followed. were the thrilling
events OF that night.
These six men are praying now. So
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15

are their mothers wives and children.
Already armed mountaineers and
the cracker" farmers and fishermen
who live near here are coming TO
Union City for the retrial of the
murder case next week.
Retriai l. Granted.
This retrial was granted by the
court OF appeals on a petition for a
writ of error.
The men are Garrett Johnson,
Samuel Applewaite, Boyd Ransom,
It'd Burton, Arthur Cloar, Fred Pin
con.
Capt. Rankin was chief attorney
for the West Tennessee Land com
pany which owned the lake. With
Col. Taylor he was here arranging
leases OF farm land and fishing
grounds. which the jewellers in the
vicinity resisted.
Then came the lynchlng and Tay-
lor's flight amid a rain of buchshot.
At the trial It was shown that the
fishermen and farmers affected most
by the company's rules had little to
do with the lynching as a class.
There were a few OF them con-
cerned IN IL, but most Of the party
was made up OF shlftless young fell
lows Of the countryside. Finally It'd
Burton confessed.
Given No Mercy.
He had hoped to save his life. but
was sentenced to be hanged He told
how the riders had heard that Ran
kin and Taylor were to be at the
hotel. and how the gang was formed;
OF the night ride through the woods
and how Col Taylor begged for the
life OF Capt Rankin when ropes
were about their necks under the
trees.
He told how after Taylor had run
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15
Two Men Killed by Freight Train,

Cairo, H., Nov. 15.-JOhn Bargur
and Harry Gear, both prominent
farmers, were killed near Thebes.
ILL.,. by an Iron Mountain freight
train. Their bodies were terribly
mangled. The men were walking on
the track.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15

teenth mile. smashing all records
from ten and half miles TO the
seventeenth. Then he stopped almost
TO walk and Clark took the lead.
making new marks at every mile.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15
Boston University. according 10 /,

Boston University. according TO its
new year book. has an attendance of
LOLA in all its departments or
these, s62 are men and 552 are wo-
men. The chief increases are in the
College of Liberal Arts. the courses
for teachers and the school of The
ology.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15
REQUISlION
PAPERS SOUGHT FOR VAN Redo,
FUGITIVE.
Negro Who Broke Jail Here July 10
l. Under Arrest at Evansville.

Requis'tion papers have been APP
piled for In order to bring Van lRedd,
colored, back to Paducah. Redd was
one of the negroes to escape from the
county jail July 10 and was caught
last week in Evansville. He refused
to come to Kentucky without the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15

American capitalists are trying TO
form merger Of every acre of tim
Der producing land In Nova Scotia,
investing $500 600.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15
Women Organizations Grow.

From 1896 to 1904 the male mem
bershlp increased from 1.4SG.70S to
.1,7GS,7G7, or 27.G per cent, while the
female membership rose from H.
900 to 12G,2S5, or 10 per cent
Since 1904 the percentage Of gains
among male and female members has
been largely reversed. In 1903 the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15

and Rankin was dead the order had
been given tina every man must dis
robe and burn his garb.
But even then the spirit of the
place was upon them, and they were
frightened.
Many Of the men tore the hldeous
night rider masks from their bodies
and threw them upon the ground.
There they were found next morning.
Tells OF Oath.
Then came Frank Fehrlnger, who
also turned states evidence and gave
as many details as Burton did.
He went further, however, and told
of the terrible oath taken by the night
rider clan-how they knelt while the
chief Of the order made them swear
on the blood of themselves and their
families to answer when the call Of
the clan came.
Fehringer is now in Jail at Nash
Vile, awaiting the pleasure of the
court
Reelfoot lake is one result of the
great earthquake in 1911. When the
territory now occupied by this big
sheet of water was low. fiat land.
When the tremors ceased there
was big lake which is only a few
miles from the Mississippi river.
Covers Wide Area.
Reelfoot lake is from fifteen to
eighteen miles long, varies in width
from half a mile to five miles, and Is
from d few inches TO twelve feet in
depth II covers an area of about
$4,000 acres. II - said to have TAX
en- Its name from an Indian who
hunted its banks early. and who had
a foot OF the shape known as 'reeled.'
The fight for ownership of the lake
Is still on. but the courts will have to
decide II. Men still fish there unmo-
Tested.
On the fate OF the six sentenced TO
hang and two others. their accomp-
Ices, depends the livelihood of many
families, who. II the fishing rights
are taken from them, will have no
way TO make n living.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15

proper papers, which will be secured,
and Redo will he brought back TO the
Jail he LETT several months ago.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-15

organized women numbered 201,S09,
a gain OF 59.7 per cent over 1904,
while the increase in male member
ship, although amounting to 43G,270
new members, represented a relative
increase Of only 24.T per cent.
Among the chief obstacles to the
organization o. women workers in
Great Britain have been the tempo
rary nature of their occupations, low
wages ard low standard of living,
class distinctions and apathy. Male
trade unionists in the printing trades
have offered opposition on account Of
inferior workmanship and the gen.
eral lower rate of wages paid to
women.
1t is stated, however, "that in Man
chester the men trade union leaders
are enthusiastic over the work ac-
complisheG by the women's unions
throughout Lancashire. 1t is diff
cult to determine Just what the opln-
ion of the male trade unionist of the
present day is in regard to the adj
vantages or necessity of unionlsm
among Industrial women"
Brought Wage Increases.
As to the results accomplished the
writer concludes that the women's
trade union movement has in some
instances been directly responsible
for increase of wages, has added sue
cessful pressure to the initiation and
furtherance of protective legislation
and through the Women's Trade
Union league has accomplished much
toward the conservation of health
and the promotion of safety among
local workers where little or no local
organization can yet be effected.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-27

LoST-ln front of gym, gold edge
back comb. Return to Hit and
Hudson. Reward. Mrs. McNab Miller
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-27

saved from $4,000 to $4,000. As it
is we have not received money enough
from these lands in the last two years
to pay the taxes"
This seems dark picture to Mr..
Quinn, who said in conclusion:
Pretty tough isn't it? We are COM
PEELED to levee if we have to sell halt
of the lands to pay for it. That is
what call being up against it good
and hard"
The county courts have been asked to
appoint delegates to the river conven-
ton.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-27
A SEISMOGRAPH IN MISSOURI.
st. Louis University Has the First tc
Be Installed in the State

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 26-The ST. Louis
University has just received from Ger
many "A splendid Weichert's seismo.
graph. the most modern and sensitive
of instruments for the study of earth
quakeS and seismographic phenomena
generally. Prof. John Bernard Goesse
S. j., will have charge of the instru-
n'ent and is having lit installed at
present in an underground vault. where
the rumbling and jolting of vehicles on
the streets will not affect its delicate
mechanism. There is no other such
instrument in the state.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-27
OVER THE CROWD
To THE PENNANT
Continued from First Page.)

night. Being good Splinter, he was
one of the first boys to reach the pole
As he started to climb for the flag
some sophomores caught him by the
feet and pulled him away. Gould fell
on his face, and before he could rise
was trampled into Inconsistencies. He
was taken to the Parker Memorial hos
pital, where he was given emergency
treatment. He later recovered enough
to walk home unaided and at present
a stiff neck is the only remaining
mark of the conflict.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-27

\ ashlight picture was taken of the
crowd around the pole, but the plate
WAS spoiled.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-27
Notes of the Rush.

Having its name used as password
by which members of the freshman
class would know their own brethren
during the progress of the class rush
on the campus Friday night, the city
of Joplin, located in Southwest Mis-,
souri, in the heart of the zinc and lead
mining district, received considerable
advertisement. While the heavy fight
ing around the pole was at its height
he word Joplin" came from dozen
lips. sophomore, knowing not of
the prosperous city in the southwest
and the connivance of the freshmen
blurtcd forth: For goodness sakes
who is that fellow Joplin, anyway
The naming of the password was the
work of Elmer Burgess, q young Jour
nalist from Joplin, who led the fresh.
men in their victorious battle
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-09-27
YALE MAN NAMED TREASURER,
College Financial Head Will Succeed
Charles H. Treat.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. - Lee Me
Chung, the treasurer of Yale university
has been selected as treasurer of the
United States, to succeed Charles II
Treat. The change will take place
November l.
Before going to New Haven McClune
lived in Knoxville. Tenn. and he still
calls that town his residence. He was
formerly connected with the Southern
Railway.