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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
CRANE WILL CONSULT
WITH SECRETARY KNOX

Washington, Oct. 5.-Tho departure
of Charles X. Crane. recently ap-
pointed minister to China. for his new
post has been delayed. il is believed
at the state department. in order that
Secretary Knox may consult with him
in regard To the recent developments
in the Hankow railroad case and pos
sibly some questions involved In the
Manchurian railroad controversy be-
tween China and Japan.
The secretary is expected i'm Wash
inston this week and Mr. Crane will
probably arrive here from San Fran
cisco soon afterWard.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
FEDERATION OF LABOR
WILL FIGHT |. v. v

Cheyenne. Wyu,. Oct 5.-A movement
To counteract the activities of the In
dustrial Workers of the World and. at
the same time, Ia WELD great po-
Iitical power is believed Ia be the i'm
peiling motive nf the Wyoming State
Federation of Labor. which has been
organized and will establish head
quarters here At once. James Buckley
of Cumberland is president The or
gauization includes the labor bodies Of
the state. including the United Mine
Workers. with I00a0 members. The
organization has been perfected 50
quietly that but few know Of il.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FIGHT BECOMES
TRIANGULAR
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS NoMi-
NATE GEORGE GORDON BAT
TILE, A TAMMANY MAN.

New York. Oct 1.-The fight for the
office Of district attorney of New
York county became triangular today
when the democratic county conven-
tion nominated George Gordon Battle.
an organization Tammany man and
former assistant district attorney. for
the place. William Travers Jerome
Is running independently for re-elec~
tion. while the republican nomination
fell to Charles 5. Whiteman.
The resolution said in part: ANY
opposition which our representatives
have at any time offered to laws
dealing with the registration or suf-
frage of the voter has been specifical-
ly based upon the fact that in all
such attempted legislation New York
City has been singled from among
the thousands of political divisions
within the state and subjected to
special laws evidently intended To
harass. browbeat. annoy and if pns-
sible, intimidate cur citizens in their
nndouhted right of exercising the cleo
Tive franchise.
No law can be made too rigid to
receive our support provided that in
Its application it be made general
throughout the same and all its po-
litieal subdivisions and not applied
alone 10 the great democratic city of
New Yrok.''
After considerable dc'a~ and some
friction, the fusionist forces today
formally indorsed the rel31'i-an can
didaey OF otto 7. Barnard fur mayor.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
HAD SIX HUSBANDS
ALL At ONE TIME

Kansas City. Mo, Oct. o.-Grace l..
Chapman pleaded guilty to charge
of bigamy in Justice Miller's court at
her preliminary trial here today. ad-
mitting that she had married six men
without having secured divorce
from any of them.
Yes. I'm guilty" she testified. I've
had six husbands and I'm sick of mat
rimony Most of the men / married
were farmers. Id live with them until
| got tried of them and then I'd
leave. They We're 50 tiresame"
Were you ever disorced?'
Not that | know Of" Mrs. Chap
man replied.
Mrs. Chapman was unable To fur
nish a bond OF $1,000 and was re-
manded 10 Jail to await trial.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
He ORDERS RAzORS
FOR THE PRISONERS

Spokane. Oct. 5.-Deciaring the
methods used in dealing with city
prisoners are disgraceful. Police Com
missioner George A. Armstrong has
marked his first day IN office by
ordering hot water. soap. towels and
safety raz0rs for all the men in jail.
and declaring that in the future any
prisoner before being released shall
be entitled 10 "A full stomach. a bath.
clean clothing and shave la make him
feel like man
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
FENCES ARE BURNED
AND BUFFALO ESCAPE

Calgary. Alberta, Oct. 5.-Word Was
brought today that the Canadian huf-
falo park ut Wainwright. Alberta
had been destroyed by the prairie fire
which has been burning in that seq
tlun for a week.
As the fire burned the fences sur
rounding the park the herds of buf-
falo. estimated ta number 500 animals.
and large herd of elk escaped.
The fire in this section has caused
a financial loss that will run into the
millions.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
SHEDS BURN.

Al H. 50 this Wednesday, morning
the fire department was called To the
residence nj Conductor Wilde, on the
corner ri Hazel and Mccormick streets.
where two sheds ~ere abiaze. The
principal damage vas to the Sunday
clothes ~ Chief May, Who was called
from tho boosters banq Iet I" tile fire.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
CONFERENCE HELD.

E0sIea, Oct. "A conteFene he
tween John Hobln. secretary of the
Eew Bedford Textile council. repre-
senting the cotton mill operatives If
that city. and the members of the
state board of eoueiSiattan and arhi-
tratioa Nas held to-day IN regard IT,
the wage situation in New Bedford
The union representatives state that
a striae of all the cottoa mill orer-
atiKes il threatened unless a speedy
agreement Is reached
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
PLEADS NOT GUILTY.

New York. Oct. 5.-The American
Ice company. through its counsel. To-
day entered pleas of not guilty to four
indictments charging il with operating
as monopoly in restraint Of trade
The arraignment was before Judge
Wheeler Of the state supreme court
The case Was then adjourned until
"Wednesday.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
MANY INJURED IN WRECK

Bloomington, III, Oct. Sin n c0i-
ftsion between two Illinois Central
passenger trains al Parneu. three miles
from here, at 10 o'clock tonight. /. tn
Is passengers were Killed and % ar
more injured.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
The Old Way.

II il not intended that the central
bank should support the credit nf the
nation. If the national government
needs funds: If II spends more money
than il collects by taxation. 1t must
continue in the old way 10 borrow
money from the world at large by the
sale Of bonds The single purpose of
this projected bank would be to safe
guard the business interests of the
people in their private relations. II
there were need for more money Tor
business purposes. the bank would
supply il by notes. and If there were Il
plethora, in duh times, these notes
would be withdrawn rapidly. Govern
mental assistance 10 the institution
would he limited 10 the deposit with
the central bank of all government
funds now in the national banks. There
would be no interference with the
most profitable feature Of the banking
business. for the central institution
would not receive deposits from lndl-
viduals-
The question a. to how the business
man Is To benefit by central bank
is sought 10 be ansM cred by the state
ment that the project included a pro-
Vision for the acceptance Of good
commercial paper as basis for the
issue OF money. Such paper would
represent actual transactions between
solvent concerns-all short time cred
its-and sure tn he redeemed when
ever the transaction-the sale
and delivery Was concluded
nj course, there could be Il reasonable
coin reseve to maintain equilibrium,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06

Congress must meet this situation.
for the legislation that was enacted n
little over "A year ago was temporary,
This realization of the need for action
by the national legislature has served
10 direct attention To various programs
that have been advanced AS proper So
lutions of the problem. and first and
foremost among them stands the
proposed national central bank. II Is
the common belief that the scheme
win form the basis of the curative
legislation To be recommended by the
monetary commission, and President
Taft has signified his own favorable
disposition toward the project.
Mr.. Reynolds, in his Chicago speech.
sought To outline this important prof.
ect. Here. he pointed out. was 10 be
a bank of the people and for the
people. The people were 10 be the
stockholders for anyone would be- priv
ileged to buy the bank stock, just as
he might buy government bonds. A
small interest on such an investment
would be guaranteed by the govern
ment; any earnings more than sutfl-
cient To pay the guaranteed interest
would be shared by the government
and by the stockholders. Political
control of the great bank would he
made at least extremely difficult. by
the life appointment Of the officers.
Integrity of operation would be as
sured by board OF supervisors. ap~
pointed by the president. the secretary
af the treasury ana the comptroller of
the currency tsnhjeet To the approval
of the senatel. for alternate terms OF
at least eight years tn bridge over
nulItfcal mutations.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
EXPLOSION IN MINE AT kANAIMo
ENTOMBS MORE THAN
FIFTY WoRkMEN.
EIGHT BODIES RECOVERED
Fire Spreads Through Slopes After tine
Aociuest and Rescuers Are Working
in an Effort to Recover Remains Be
fore They are Consumed by the
Rapidly Growing Flames.

Nanaim0, Il. G, oct. 5.-~Thirty lives
were lost in an explosion that en-
tombed more than 30 men in the rE.x-
tension mine of the Wellington Col
liery company here this morning.
Twenty-Five of the imprisoned men
were rescued. but the rapidly spread
ing fire prevented the rescuers from
completing their work. Eight bodies
have been recovered and the workers
are bending every effort tn force fur
ther entrance into the two levels ai-
fected by the explosion in an effort To
save any who may be living and to
recover the bodies of the dead before
they are consumed.
The Known Dead.
THOMAS o'CoNNELL.
ROERT WHITE.
JAMES MOLINErX.
ID. IRVING.
INQUIRE.
The accident occurred at . o'clock
this morning. The force of the ex-
plosion was terrific. blowing out
stopings and unhinging doors. The
first effects were confined to the
slope in which it occurred. but later
the fire spread and is now burning
in two levels.
Rescue Work.
Rescuers hurried tn the mine from
the neighboring towns of Nan3imo
and Ladysmith. While hundreds of
men are available for rescue work.
conditions in the mine are such that
not more than 50 men can thus be
employed. the others being compelled
To stand idly by and watch the at
tempts of their fellows to force an
entrance into the slopes where the
miners are entombed.
The fire is constantly gaining
headway and while 1t continues there
Is little hope of the rescuers being
able to reach the imprisoned men.
Should the flames die down the
rescuers may be able TO force an en-
trance late tonight. All the men res
cued SO far are badly injured.
Are Enelishmen.
The men employed in the collieries
on Vancouver island are of the bet
ter class Of British miners and all are
we'll paid and have comfortable homes.
The Wellington Colfiery company.
which owns the Extension mine, is
controlled by British Columbia cap
italists. Lieutenant Governor james
Dunsmuir being the head Of the cor
poration.
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Outline of Plan.

Such. In brief. Is bare outline nj
the plan which with manifold de-
tails. probably will he laid before
congress. The mere suggestion Of a
central bank already has sufftced to
asitate deeply the great banking in
tereSts- Many OF the bank officers re-
gard the project with deep suspicion.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06
THE WEATHER

TOClay-Gerar1liy fair.
TnTn0rrow-Fair.
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-06

Is october IS to %. Prepar.
for 1t right now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-21

s.. treas Then the darkness that at seemed .acsf,, and hushed grows terrlble-ike live thinE s,ru1plne in the meshes captive from some night that passed through the forest long ago.
 ."rhe traveller hastens with thirsthg for the light that lies ahead like a precious dssertpool where the trees at length give way Here chatterng weaver h,rda fin bright pumage scarlet and black and tiny .nbrds of beautiful lowering round blos- som tree in the sunlight wonderful as dream-and in A few steps swallowed again in the night of the trees.'
 There is no doubt Miss Mansfield will meet strange and interesting tribes One of the most curious will be the Bakuba nation of blacks which antedated the empires of Babylon. Greece and Rome.
 There beside hills of Mushenge. in the interios Congo region King Lukengo rules a race which brides itself on its descendance from These people call themselves sons the thunder and lightning They tell story battle. when they finally arrayed themselves against the and conquered Probably the king of tribe will make humble apologies to the traveller he has few wtves-only So-and de- clare that he acquire more when he becomes mors
 Miss Mansfield will doubtless also the pygmies. who are protected by These tiny people she intends to study. It has long been question as 10 whether or not they the missing link
 Shooting which Miss Mansfield enjoys, there will pc in abundance. she-depends upon her sk Tor most or the meat during her trip nnermost Africa. among nnumerabe game. she will find the okap the meat of which deectable Antelopes there will be. oo and wild pigs, Miss Mansfield expects to return witn many trophies of horns and skins
 Miss Mansfield declared she would take all precan- lions against contracting Her entire outfit was desianed for the emergencies of such journey.
 My clothing will chiefly consist. when get to the rauhead and have start my 600 or more mileT tramp on foot khaki skirt and jacket. thornproof and mosquito boots made in the hshermans shape so as to come high the leg. The skirts will be short
 "Mosquto bites going to fight by means of cocoanut o which shall rub all over me- That IS the hest preventive due to insect bites No mosquito will attempt sting through the thin covering or oil. Nv food stores carrersof whom shall have thirty .cb carrying hfy'to six pounds-wi from Nairobi
 I do the journey but look forward 70 " WisA &een delight. It will be something worth while
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farer-or of a native igloo.

Miss Mansfield Is athletic young woman fully able. her friends declare. to take of herself Yet the undertaking is from which the bravest woman might shrink.
 So oppressive the jungles in places that na- lives travelling through the country keep together be- cause of the supersous fears which rise within them A perpetual twilight prevails Tn any dark tangle Of underbrush deadly creatures may urk-wld animals or nakes and insects nhct stngs resulting in agony and often death.
 At night young woman will nnd herseir m "oI'o M darkness of shadows exceeding another In dense- ness: a night made hideous by shrl cries of hungry beasts campfire will burn native may peat some
 tra instrument By day the long tramp will continue one who has penetrated the jungle of that part or Arca described 1t thus: ,
 .rhe long coils of creepers hang down from tne rees drlpping like dreadful watersnakes ana me as- white saplngs look like pale specters Tn the soo ol 0
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D EFORE she started on her perous trip Miss Mans H field said she hoped to make the journey from y Cape Town to Cairo in little four months
 The first stage of the way north will be by rah Cape Town to the present northern terminus Of the Cape to Cairo Railroad which is 20oo miles north or the Cape, in the vicinity of Lake Tanganyika.
 From that point she must make her way on foot through heart of the dark continent to where she descending the upper Nile. Just what the this journey will be she does not know as it depends upon drectness of the route she is able to take but expects that her tramp will from GO 900 miles She will be attended by thirty native guards and burden bearers.
 Through the of the wilderness. teeming with dangerous animals maladies Miss Mansfield will make her way-the first woman, known. ever to make such journey. her way she hopes to meet some of the py mics who were taken to England ana later returned Africa from them their ideas of modern civilization
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carried and a six months accumulation Is brought back.
 banks twice a week all this country Once week to places; twice month over yet more dim- cult trail once a month, in six months
 In summer the malls do not go by way of Valdez Fairbanks around through the interior out to the coast settlements but along the coast to Skagway, thence by White Horse Station. and are in the hands of the Canadian government from Dawson to Eagle Thence they go by packet by way of the Yukon and its tributaries i've trips month, through the interior the peninsula The roads and trails of the winter are no longer practicable The north western coast cities no longer reached through the Interior; they reached direct by steamer. To many of the Alaskan postofnces only hrst-class mail Is delivered A few years ago. when Mr. Cortel- you was postmaster general one of the big monthly
 protested on behalf of it's subscribers that the postal service of northern Alaska singuary unaccommodatin about delivering magazines. MT. Cortelyou's answer ran in part: Y Tt must be remembered that in the winter such malls rpust be carried sleds drawn almost clusively by dogs by reindeer in few instances. and that Ytoo. in climate where the mercury goes down to 50 degrees below zero, and lower.
 "The cost of such transportation Is consid- erabe. If we give consideration to the cost of carrying maf by railroad from New York city to Seattle, 32S5 miles, by steamer from Seattle to skagway. 1000 miles. or from Skagway to Eagle most of this across Canadian territory. about sso miles, on o na' ss ss na 'h miles nan all of which is covered by dogs with limit of
 s N'Gs esrs st i 5ss sla about Been changeda mai does to tess csoss Of @ @ o at M M so ha hs5s . n snsf sass sx Sssn Hns S ae sa% & sss that not he e2sr. I s s.sP Ssad asr o ss H1 from a s S to s pound according to the But even at that, ong who has not been in
 s' s pcs H n 0sSn wssa t o 5 hs at ts s
 those mails are deiivered-men to whom in their lone
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only one that any ventilation, or entrance From the outside world is merely a vestibule for many rooms heated with seal oil lamps, and animal heat from the bodies of human beings and of dogs The air is described empty of oxygen that coal oil stove will not burn in 1t. Here may, if ones stomach be strong. partake of native supper-a wooden full seal meat or, perhaps some small frozen fish. and can of seal oil .,
 or a night the trail is the more terrible experi- It is probably 6 choice or eviis-ano ehtireiy matter of taste. t.,....a <. sonfying the outside world, and all It's knowledge and civilization. The sick are brought to them for besieged with offers or curios or skins of fox and marten. of wonderfully wrought moecasins of skifuy fashioned of the !eathera and skins brds-al in trade for cupfui cf suEar as to frequently endanger the supplies s,r,,,. hs
 Travel means of horse sled IS often uimcuI pe- cause of snowstorms and heavy drifts Many A Iifa of man has been laid down alonk the dreary routes during the raging of o5ifSara tiS
 sometimes wheH s @ hnrsss tbe intrepid carrier takes the mailbag his back and plunges rssoussiy 9n. For humanity been superior to the entire brute creation when it comes to dogged. undefeata- ble endurance &,
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Iiness and isolation even bill is as welcome as n,r.t doux would be in another zone though, 10 DC sure the fact of 5000 4ooo miles intervening pe- twesn them and their creditors may have some bear ing on their enthusiasm
 Much of the route originally traversed by dog sled Ia now covered by sleghs drawn by horses and. or course capable of carrying greater weight Of mall 1. the circle widens the trail narrows horses are d,caraed and dogs still of necessity the motive u r They can carry only a limited weight and mart of this must be their drivers eauipment' tehts ,aa. etc as we'll as food for man and beast
 So voracio, are the dogs that On the Tar northern
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SERVICE IS IMPROVED

This winter improved service for the more accessible points of three malls week. rom November 24 to April g. and one, perhaps two If con- ditions permit during and May For, strange to say this cosed season. in Alaska is the open season so the mails are concerned when everything tight. when rivers are solid ana the mercury goes down. down. 40. 60 even S0 "be- low" when the never comes above the horizon. when the blizzards rage and gray fogs enveiop the land when there are dangers to be braved death to ba faced now and again life to be lost-the mall CAN he delivered the mail MUST be delivered.
 It goes from Seattle to Valdez by steamer-to southern Alaska the steamers make their regular weekly trips all winter-and there Is practically
 limit to the weight be carried that far. From Valdez to Fairbanks about 300 miles. and from there on to all the interior of the great peninsula, by inland routes to all extreme northwestern coast cities which in winter may not be reached by water inc mail is carried sledges drawn by horses dogs mems backs according to cohoilions-and Not 8OO bounds addressed Fairbanks but 800 hounds from Valdez for Fairbanks and beyond; for s fac vast territory for which Fairbanks Is dis frbuting center for Eagle. nearly 1SO miles away, almost the Canadian border; for Panama 275 miles lett Rampant, Cold Foot, Council Candle Circle, Kot
 xebue and Point Barrow. ,. ~,
 Only 500 pounds three times a week for all this great territory which Fairbanks feeds and this 500
 Bounds smaller quantities at longer intervals to a Widening circle of more and more remote townsthree tents ard a saloon pretty near to considering an Alaskan town sometimes-untn finally farthest Iurth U. all skirtng Kotzebue sound and the Polar sea is the route Kotzebue to Point Barrow. over which twice year mail not to exceed l6O pounds is
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The grandest word English language is duty Robert B Lee
 VT WILL only when aeropianes are In genersi use ' as mail carriers the vast expanse VI .ae
 frozen peninsula the North that the mos. | ,,r,
 cult problem of the Alaskan mail serViee have been solved. ts1g . ,,sh ian
 This service of Uncle SAms practica4 ,,..,, tbropies It is the apotheosis of the rural free ,dea-rura1 free delivery with routes from Toy 'o ~ miles long delivery under impossible conaeiohs M impossible climate. delivery by way or non non Hs .s roads and by use of any motive power .ha' e W employed. . ,. ... rsache ed Alaska by such commonplaces as railway traiis s ~ steamers is dependent on a wide variety or carrieio -horses dogs river packets. native canoes fei N .nd Indian runners. It delivered anywhere iro's twice year at Point Barrow. on the outermos' .se of things to three times week at Naldez' U" ' southeastern coast , - .s. .os..,
 Point Barrow, the "farthest north or the possa. service we'll within the Arctic circle anu heati, IVY nas from the big cities the Atlantic coast IS the tarmnus of A 650-miIe route on which reinoeer are supnosed to be usedy This is spoken Of as tne ohiy reindeer route in the world" l
 At present Point Barrow has but two mails year. hut if has petitioned department for one more. Tha netition bears foufteen sets of hieroglyphlcs probably the signs manual of every mothers son m the patronage of the Point posofce capable Of nroducnr anything that even courtesy would recog- nize, as signature. The department is Investigating conditions. . =, ..
 Alaskan mail service Is still in Its tender youth. Ten years ago it was practically non-existent Neither the Eskimos nor the polar bears cared apout malt and the few missionaries and government ohcias scattered along the coast had to be content With sue mail the occasional vessel couo prins