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The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-25
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ducyd n bill that. In effect, seems to he
an effort To make light summer read
ing of the Congressional Record and
TO place II among the list of six best
sellers" He proposes that subscrip-
tions for Il be taken at all postaffices
at the normal price Of one dollar per
year second bill Of his wants pub
lie lands crdcd 10 certain states and
then sold. with certain provlsos. In
order that the proceeds from them may
be uti'i2od in improving aud construct
ing public roads
| Representative william T. Rorand.
of Missouri, is also interested In the
subject of good roads. for lie asks that
national ocean ocean highway
over the old pioneer trails he con-
structed, thus making continuous
macadnm road from Washington to
Gardner. Kansas, by way Of st. Louis,
Mo- From that point T, Is to branch
out. according Ia the measure one fork
running through Nebraska 10 the state
/ OF Washington ana the other through
New Mexico up to San Francisco. Ca.
Tho bill asks that Uncle Sam take n
hand In constructing and repairing this
system which n to be known as the
National Od-Trais Road.
Several members have offered bills
forbidding improper use OF the Amcri-
can flag. Both Representative Louis
u. Hanna, Of North Dakota. and Rep
resontntive Joseph w. Bvrncs. OF Ten
nesscc. ask In their measures that
punishment be mctod out 10 anyone
placing any sort Of printing on the flag
or using II for advertising purposes.
a number of radical changes I'm
constitutional and legal customs are
urged IN bills now before congress.
4 Representative Henry. Of Texas. asks
4 that the date Of the presidential inau-
gtratlon be changed 10 more sonson-
abb" period OF the year and thnt the
! presidential term be made six instead
OF four years. recollection Of an incum-
bent being forbidden. That the verdict
Of Jury bc changed from a full to n
three -fourths decision Il the substance
Of bill offered by Representative
! Clayton. OF Alabama.
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TRAIL TO SUNSET"
VIA M|SS0ULA
WESTGARD FILES HIS REPORT
AND NATIONAL SOCIETY
NOTIFIES MONTANA.

A. l.. Westgard. pathfinder for the
American Automobile association, who
passed through Missoula some days
ago on his way west. has completed
his journey to Seattle and has filed d
report Of his travels and the route he
has selected with his association. Ac-
cordlng to this report Missoula will
be on the route selected although
specific mention is not made of the
route chosen west of this city to Spo-
kane. After receiving Mr.. Westgard' 4
report the society sent the following
letter to Martin Martin OF Anaconda
secretary of the Montana Automobile
association.
THE first complete road route be-
tween New York city and the Pacific
northwest has been completed by the
arrival In Seattle of A. l.. Westgard
official A, A. A. representative. who
left the, metropolis on July II for tbs
purpose of charting a complete trans
continental route via Buffalo, Chi
cago, Milwaukee. st. Paul Minneapo
lis. Bismarck, n. d.; Miles City, Bill
ings. Livingston, Butte, Anaconda
Missoula. Mont, and Spokane. Wash
Between New York and North Dako
| tn the schedule laid out In advance
was easily kept, but owing to cloud
burst and heavy rain there was q de
hay Of more than week along tn
Yellowstone river in Montana, Whicl
made it impossible for the expedition
to reach the Anaconda good roads con
ycntion. However, some OF the stretch
es that were covered with difficult,
have already been slated for i'm
provement. and good roads interes
has been aroused throughout Montana
"One excellent result OF this trir
which appropriately was made with
pathfinder car, will be a complete log
with odometer distances, all landmark
and other necessary informatlo
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-25
WOman'S Titanic Memorial
By Frederic J. Haskin

navy will have their opportunity to
help the movement along
1t Is intended that in the various big
cities of the country banquets and
benefits will be given which are ex-
pected to yield good returns. In Illi-
nois there was carried on not long
ago, campaign for hospital fund,
and 1t netted 100000. The women of
the Titanic memorial believe they can
get valuable returns from series of
banquets. benefit performances and
the like. Some of the leading theatri-
cal managers have promised to CO.
operate to the full exten. of their
power. 1t is planned to hold a big
benefit performance In each of the big
cities OF the country, and those be-
hind the movement say that every act
or and actress Of ability In the thea
trical business will join I'm the big
benefit performances. In each city
this performance will have cast made
up of all the famous stars within
reach. Henry B. Harris. who went
down on the Titanic. was one of those
who bade his wife good bye rather
than crowd out even humble wom-
an of the steerage. The theatrical
people of America are among the
worlds most liberal contributors to
worthy causes, and the memory OF
Harris the manager. and FutreIle the
playwright. gives them a special in
terest In the project.
There are those In the moving pic.
ture world who also hope to help the
movement along. Someone has pro-
posed that every moving picture show
IN the country, on given night, set
aside a certain percentage Of their re-
ceipts for the benefit of the memor-
lal 1t Is pointed out that II the
benefit performance We're advertised
II would pay Its way. since thousands
In every city would attend, who other
wise would seek an evenings enter
talnment elsewhere.
The women OF Bolivia. the little In
land republic of South America, have
contributed brick of silver. The
women of other countries do not mean
to be outdone by those OF Bolivia, and
1t Is expected that the movement will
be started In number OF countries
IN the hope Of making this q worlds
Women's memorial to the chivalry ol
men. There = almost no part of the
world where contributions. wholly un.
solicited. have not come from. From
China, from Australia, from South
Africa. from Persia, from Egypt. from
Samoa. from everywhere have come
letters containing money to bespeal
the doner's appreciation of the heroisn
OF the men who so bravely died thai
women might live.
The women leading the movemen,
are firm in the conviction that with
pull all together they can get thu
half million dollars which they fe,
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priation of sixty thousand dollars with
which To establish, under the depart
ment of agriculture. Il bureau of do
mestic science Appliances and meth
DDS Of preparing food shall be inves-
4 tigated, he contends. and Information
on household matters shall be secured
4 and printed In pamphlet form. espec-
/ tally from colleges and schools that
1 have domestic science courses.
In much the same spirit. Represen-
tative Edwin y webb of North Caro-
lima. seeks To ogranize bureau of
markets In the department of COM
merce and labor. Another member.
Robert G. Wickliff. OF Louisiana. ad-
vocated a similar bureau but In the de-
partment of agriculture Both bills are
virtually alike in substance. They ask
that director be appointed. at n sal
airy of $4,000 per year, TO make dill
gent investigation of the methods of
marketing farm products" with es-
pccial attention to the problem of
bringing the products more directly
from the producer 10 the consumer
The findings of the bureau regarding
the best methods and markets are to
be given 10 the public from time 10
time. IL the bill becomes law.
quite the most radical of all the
unusual bills is that of Victor Berger
which makes the startling request that
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long been an important factor In the
rapid transit situation Of these cities.
There are one million children under
the age of sixteen years employed I'm
Industries In the United States, In ad-
djtion to another million In agriculture.
only part of whom are working on
the farm to help their parents.
The telephone girls of Springfield,
Mass, have organized union with $50
members. They will affiliate with the
American Federation of Labor. Of
ficials of the telephone company say
they are not opposed to the move, but
VIII treat union and non-union opera
tors alike.
Germany Great Britain, Austria, Italy
and France have for some time reeog-
niZed the importance of making thor
ough study of Industrial diseases. The
result has been that by system of the
most careful inspection and by the elm
ination OF defective methods and dam
gerous machinery general efficiency has
been materially increased and the per-
centage of industrial diseases reduced.
In this country California, Connecticut,
Illinois, New York, Michigan and Wis
,onsin have already passed laws requir-
ing physicians to make reports OH cer-
tam specitied occupational diseases.
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the United states senate be abolished
amendment to fhe constitution and
urges the lodging of sovereign power
In n single chamber elected by the
people. In plain language II tells the
senate that IL is IAN obstructive and
useless body" and then lost there be
any doubt whatever of the matter II
asserts that the senate Is "a menace
To the liberties of the people, an oh
stacle 10 social growth and "a body
(which. by reason of the corruption OF
ten attending the election of its mem
bers. has furnished the greatest public
scandals In the history of the nation
AZ finishing touch 1t proposes that
al legislative powers shall be vested
| in the house of representatives and
that its enactments. with certain ex-
ceptions. shall be supreme. the presl-
dent having no power To veto them
nor any court the power to invalidate
them.
Coming as he does from the vicinity
OF wall Street" Representative Will
liam Sulzer found that he had Ia stand
for good deal of chatting when he
introduced measure offering bounty
for the killing of wolves. Some Of his
friends suggested that perhaps he
meant the wolves" In lambs attire
that are popularly supposed 10 prowl
up and down wall street seeking whom
they may devour. Others wanted to
know why the bears" and the bulls"
were let alone to wander about at
their own sweet Will
But Mr. Sulzer explained that he re-
ferrcd 10 real wolves that roam the
forests up IN Alaska and kill off the
reindeer The Indians there. he add
ed. are dependent upon the reindeer
4 for food and clothing, and If the
wholesale slaughter OF the deer by the
wolves IL allowed To continue Uncle
Sam viii eventually have to support
the Indians. The measure puts n
bounty of ten dollars each on every
wolf killed
Representative Edward r. Taylor. Of
/ Colorado, may or may not be of a
literary turn of mind. but he intro
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-25
LABOR NOTES

Philadelphia has S5 factories, en-
ploying G,ill persons. Fifteen hundred
ana eighty-three of these. or practically
twenty-five per cent, are children under
10 years.
2 The total number of men employed In
the coal mines OF the United States In
1911 was 722,322, of which 172,585 work :
ed IN the mines Of the anthracite region
OF the state Of Pennsylvania.
The Master Builders association OF
New York declares that while women
viii be admitted to It's trade school,
soon to be opened they Will attend only
to learn the business side of building
work
There Is to be opened I'm Cincinnati
cooperative club for working girls
They are to be given rooms at the cost
OF 81 week, while their meals will
cost 35 cents day. 1t is to be a real
home and no profits.
new profession has been taken up
by women In the South American cit :
les. On the trolley cars, even In the
busier streets, the female conductor has
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-25

a standing army and further prepara-
tons for war; and ''favors IA direct
vote of the people (women included)
In electing all officers"
The resolution was introduced, Mr..
Pepper explained. at the request OF
the Christian party, religious sect Of
the middle west, with whose doctrines
he Is unfamiliar.
Woman--her ballot and her needs
seems to have interested number
of members to the extent of their In
Producing bI Is anent the matter. OF
several resolutions favoring woman
suffrage, that of Victor Berger the
Socialist member, IL particularly Wig
orous. That the right of citizens of
the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by any state on
account of sex IL the contention of
Representative Frank y Mondell, OF
Wyoming.
Recognizing. no doubt, that woman
has household problems as vital to her
as mans are to him. Hon. Charles II.
Sloan. of Nebraska, states in n bill
that sewing machines and all the vari-
Gus parts of them should be on the
free list when imported into the coun-
try. But Representative William w.
Wilson of Illinois carries legislative In
terest In affairs OF the sex feminine
even further. He requests an appro-
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Will be required for "a fitting memoir
ial. The impersona work has ayalled
much, subscriptions ranging from
$1,000 down to $lOO having come in.
Many wealthy people have given
largely and many poor ones have con-
tributed their mites. And now that
the personal canvass Is To begin,
great results are expected. although
the fact still remains that only the
hardest sort OF work will suffice to
bring the fund up to the desired
point.
There Is much discussion as to the
form the memorial shall take. Some
say that II ought to be. hospital
Mrs. John Hays Hammond, one of the
moving spirits of the memorial, de-
clares that hospital is out of the
question. She points out that 1t has
been agreed everywhere that the me-
mortal ought to be in Washington. and
that Washington now has more hos
pitals than are adequately supported.
Furthermore. hospital needs some
thing more than building. and an
endowment sufficient to maintain such
hospital as would constitute n fit
ting memorial. would be beyond the
hopes OF those upon whom would fall
the burden OF raising IT,
The concensus OF opinion. however,
seems to favor memorial arch. 1t
Is suggested that every state and or
gahzation In America be invited to
contribute stone to 1t. after tile man.
ner OF those contributed by various
states and organizations to the Wash
lngton monument. In such way the
memorial could be given added inter-
est!
The question of a site for the me-
moral Is one upon which there is a
VIDE difference OF opinion Some want
II built as an arch spanning Pensyl-
vaih avenue. carryig out tho idea OF
some OF the great triumphal arches
OF the Appian way and other great
highways In and around Rome. There
Is another contingent which urges that
II ought to be on what Is known AS
Meridian hill. which overlooks Wash
lngton and Is on the meridian of the
capital city. An advantage of this
site would be that 1t would practical
Iy be at one end of Sixteenth street
with the White house at the other end
each visible to the other. Still Others
favor site on the Mall, where the
monuments to Washington, Lincoln
| Grant and Sherman have their sites
II 1s probable that the Mall site meets
with the widest favor.
AS soon as congress meets next De
cember. bills looking to the choice o
a site ana Its donation by congres!
Will be introduced There the figh
between the rival ideas as to the me
mortal location win be fought out. l
Is believed that there will be no diff
Guilty encountered In getting congress
to donate the site. once an agreemen
Is reached as to where the memoria
shall be located.
a large number Of sculptors and ar
! lists have offered to design the me
mortal as their contribution. Frances
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through the Yellowstone National
park The transeontlncntal route
passes through Livingston. Mont, but
upon his arrival there Mr.. Westgard
went down to Gardiner, the northern
entrance To the park. In order To get
complete details. Similarly, on arrival
at Kalispell he made northward de-
tour to Glacier National park. taking
equally complete notes and. of course.
this also makes a complete route con-
Meeting Yellowstone and Glacier ma
iional parks.
Though the route lay over some
rough country. good time was made
through northern Idaho 10 Spokane,
and from Spokane to Seattle. running
through Snoqualmie pass on the direct
route. II Is not expected. however,
that travel generally will go through
Snoqualmie pass, except during mid
summer. and a safer way Is now be-
ing figured out to connect from Spo-
kane to the Columbia river and Port
land. where one branch Will be con
nectcd north to Tacoma, Seattle. Van
cOuyer and another extended south to
San Francisco.
after a short rest at Seattle, the
expedition started south TO take com
plete directions and landmarks for a
strip map over the Pacific highway
through Portland. Salem. Albany and
Medford. ore: Yreka. Hedding.
Marysville. Sacramento and Stockton.
Cal, to Oakland and San Francisco
While the Pacific highway has been
Travelled by number of ears up 10
this time, fun data over the route has
not been available.
Upon arrival at San Francisco Mr.
Westgard win start east on the sec
ond leg of his triple transcontinental
tour running through Reno. ogden or
Salt Lake city, Laramie and Chdy-
enne 70 Omaha; thence over the upper
route Through Iowa to Chicago. From
Chicago he win retrace that part ol
the going trip as far AS Buffalo and
Geneva; thence down through thu
lake region of central New York Il
Binghampton, the Catskill mountains
and the Hudson river IT Is expected
that the transcontinental pathfinder
| will be able to start west on the thir,
leg of the triple tour about the thirc
week In September,
ASIDE from compiling complete da
Ia for the guidance of large numbe
of tourists who will travel one o.
more of these routes, this expedition
Is notable for the good roads enthu
siasm aroused In many quarters. F'o
much of his route west of the Missis
sppi river pilots were supplied by tn
A. A. A. clubs. good roads associa
tlons. boards of trade and public spir
tied citizens, who have been interest
ed In seeing the best route selecte
and brought out. as the three ne,
ones will be on the line OF the Ira,
to Sunset published by the A. A. A
In the fall OF 1911"
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of warships and the use of explosives
dropped from airships. or applied In
any other way may supply a means of
destroying icebergs."
one hundred thousand dollars was
the maximum appropriation requested
for this purpose. Certain naval author.
tiles laughed the idea to scorn, main
tanning that as quickly as the Ice In
sight was shot away more of the sub
merged mass would come to the suf-
face: moreover. they said, this would
have to continue until the entire mass
was blown to pieces, fragment by frag-
ment. since seven lights of an iceberg
IL be'ow the surface. This bill Is not
cited as an example of a freak one, but
one Of an unusual nature.
Representative Fred Il. Jackson, OF
Kansas, has "A bill that asks for n uni
versal alphabet His Is the last of a
long line of ancestors. for It, In slightly
varied form, has been introduced from
time to time ever since 1882. Mr. Jack
son introduced the measure at the re-
quest of an old friend. University pro-
fessor Of high scholastic attainments
unquestionably, many claim, the bill Of
fers many advantages and some day
will be passed. II asks that a phonetic
conference be held at Washington 0ext
October with delegates from every
nation on the globe. They are to dis
cuss the feasibility of recording all
elementary sounds OF the human voice
which have been. are. or may be used
In human speech: If possible. a graphic
sound notation. or alphabet. Is to be
formed, adapted to every language and
dialect. Many prominent educators are
strongly In favor OF the measure.
Representative Irwin s. Pepper OF
Iowa, has introduced. by request, "a
bill which reads. In part: "rhe Chris
tan party asks all law makers and
rulers to adopt and use the Decalogue
and the Go'den Rule formulated by
Christ as the standard for all our laws
and government" II goes on to in
dorse a ground and income tax and
IA enforcement of the government from
the liquor traffic. Furthermore. 1t
asks that the manufacture of alcoholic
beverages be stopped; disapproves Of
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With the coming of the September
days tho women who are behind the
Woman's Titanic memorial are pre-
pairing to substitute the personal for
the impersonal campaign In their ef-
forts to raise a half million dollars Tor
the construction of memorial To
commemorate the gallantry and chiv-
airy of the men who stepped back to
inevitable death in order that the
women on the Titanic might live.
Heretofore the campaign has been lit
tie more than u movement to let the
world know of the purpose to raise
the memorial. Now 1t Is to become
thoroughly organized. card-index
movement that is intended to reach
every woman in America.
The national organization Will create
number of districts. each of the lar
ger states constituting a district, and
a group OF the smaller ones making
IL district. over each of these dis
tricts Il leader will be placed, who will
direct the work. a further parcelng
of the territory for the systematic
canvass will be the assigning OF each
of the several thousand state sena-
torial districts to efficient workers.
These state senatorial districts will
represent the units of the organization
and the supervision of the work In
each of them will be close and care
ful.
To-day card index Is being prepared
of all the women in the United States
who are able, and might be willing
to give something to the memorial
There will be no duplication OF the
work for never has political party
planned "a more systematic campaign
than that which Will be Waged this
fall by the women behind the move
ment. There are $4,000 women's clubs
In the United States, and the active
workers in each of these clubs Will
carry out the directions OF the Lead
erss A contributors list will be kept,
and as soon as a woman has contrib
uted, her card will be taken from the
ito be seen" box and placed In has
been seen" box. In this way q care
full check win be kept OF the number
OF women who give and of those who
do not give
In addition to the regular organiza-
tlon of those looking after prospective
contributors. there will be special
classes of women who will be wait
ed upon by members OF their own cir
cles. For instance. Mrs. Wood. wife
OF General Leonard Wood, has under
taken to conduct the canvass among
the women OF the army. 1t Is her ex-
pectation that by the time she Is
through with her. work. every wife
daughter, mother or sweetheart OF an
army officer in the service OF the Unit
ed States will have been given an op-
portunity to contribute to the me-
mortal. Likewise, the women OF the