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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

+. cnart OF the interior OF Brazil OF lot Of
/ other rarely visited parts OF the earth.
/ The manufacturer OF maps does the best he
can to nil in the blank spots. and IS al
ways gathering data from hunters, eX-
plorers and missionaries. \ missionary in
Africa lately sent some useful information
about the interior to a New York publisher.
The missionaries are not only good con-
tributorS Of data. but they are good buyers
Of maps. \ convenient sized book, in
structing travellers in the field work Of
mapping. is issued by the Royal GeosTaph-
zeal Society, and IS sent out by some New
York publishers to their correspondents in
remote sections.
Among foreign government maps. the
Swiss are highly artistic and the English
most extensive and complete. The Eng
llsh ordnance survey has been at work for
= century.
The entire world is mapped. from the
commercial standpoint. in an English VOL
time Of handy size. called Philips's Cham
! her OF Commerce Atlas. There are a hun
dIed or so colcred charts which convey in
Vulnerable facts in a way that would
| fascinate a child as well as instruct
| business man. For example the worlds
distribution Of livestock IS shown By vari-
Gus sized pictures Of cattle and pigs, sugar
production by comparative cubes rice and
coffee production in bags, wine in casks
tobacco in pouches and pipes. coal In
T. eiSht cars, oil in oil dcrricks, shipping in
ships, money I'm stacks of coin, all graded
! in size To correspond with the accompany
! irg figures. The armies Of the WCrd are
headed by a big green CoSsack and the
| lesser figures are i'm appropriate uniform
down to the small blue United States rep
resentative. A quaint chart shows the
| home and colonial populations OF the
worlds empires. with figures of the white
races. and beside them their brown. yell
low CT black dependents The Engshman
is seen overshadowed by a giant Hindu.
Y lille the Frenchlnan and his black are OF
equal height, and the brown brother, OF the
american reaches halfway above his knee
All the worlds chief railways, steamship
Ines, cables, teegrapks. distances ana
times of routes detailed imports and ex-
ports, are shown on various maps or in ac-
companying diagrams. The locations of
Industrial products I'm each country are
given in red or purple type. At glance
| one sees the districts where France pro-
duces cheese. snails and mathematical in
struments; Bulgaria, altar OF roses, goats
and salt; Afghanistan, swords Persia,
opium; Arabia, frankincense; Asia Minor
rugs, meerschaum and turquoises: the Cas-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

!. AcronautiCa maps arc twentieth CEN
Jury novelty. What would the ancient
photographers have said II they had seen
one OF them? Here is a map Of the Aero
club of France published under the pat
ronage and with the consent OF the Min
lister Of Public Works" 1t shows portion
Of French territory, as seen by n man
flying through the air. There Is an elab-
crate key, and besides many conventional
signs or symbols there are. accurate little
pictures OF notable landmarks, as cathe-
drals and towers. The principal roads are
I'm rel, the common roads in white, and the
lesser used thoroughfares in black. Rail-
roads and electric car lines are given
Among the many other features are in
habited localities. industrial works, high
rocks. chapels, chateaus towers. ruins,
furnaces, gas tanks, windmills. statues.
Qualifications. woods. waters, vineyards and
farms There are symbols locating stations
Of the Aeronautical Society, hydrogen
depots. aerodromes, landing fields and
hangers. The signs for balloon hangers
and aeroplane hangers are both in red. but
are differentiated in drawing. One. OF the
maps shows a full cut of Rheims Cathedral
and of other notable objects.
The commercial map. used by business
men TO keep track of special information
has n thousand forms. SILK covered tacks
in eighty different tints. and likewise mar
row colored ribbons. are shifted on maps
OF the United States 10 inform Wall Street
speculators OF weather and crop conditions,
TO tell railroad men OF the movement Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

, tersecting each other or running I'm par
alel rivalry across a dozen states are
wildly depicted There may be small labels
on top of the tacks to convey special in
formation. The facts on the movable map
are transferred daily To a smaller map, on
which colored gummed labels are used for
permanent records of data The small
chart is dated and filed i'm an index cabinet.
1t constitutes valuable record of the
business which may be referred to at any
time
Insurance companies use the tack chart
TO keep tab on accident and death claims.
1t is much employed by the city DEPART
ments, as was seen especially In the budget
exhibit, TO illustrate all sorts OF projects
and to convey statistical information. The
Police Department uses ii. II is said some
private detective agencies plot the activi-
ties Of their employees and the doings OF
the underworld on movable maps. Such
events as safe blowings and train robberes
can be handily indicated by the tack sys-
TEN. Tho alleged robbery of delegates and
other political information was shown on Il
map recently ordered by Roosevelt com
mittee from a New York manufacturer.
Prohlbtionsts liquor men, suffragettes
and single takers have charts made to order
The industrial labor bureau OF an Ameri-
can corporation which uses foreign laborers
by the thousands has ordered made a spe-
cial map, showing the language divisions
OF southeastern Europe, especially Austria
Hungary. 1t is not to satisfy idle curiosity
or a pathological penchant that this chart is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

blue lines. which are dated. Dimensions
are given within fractions Of an inch. The
Oldest used map goes back TO about 1898.
while there Is an ancient volume Of DlS85
lying around The indeXing system enables
one To md any parcel OF property in Few
moments. one of the jobs of the city sur
veyor is to act as arbitrator. when it Is
discovered by a new survey that a certain
block contains six inches too much or TOO
little compared with owners deeds Some
times he divides the six inches equitably
among all the owners. In the downtown
New York district, where property is worth
800 a square foot. a couple of inches front
age amounts TO quite a few dollars. The
County Clerks or Register Office, where
all deeds and mortgages are filed, has maps
of the city only by blocks, and piece Of
real estate is geographically recorded
merely as being within the boundaries OF
certain block. In the Tax Department each
lot and its owner or occupant is indicated.
The courts have held that the city's costly
and detailed maps do not establish owner
ship II your title is contested. you can
not rely on the official tax or other city
maps as in Australasia but YOU must 90
into court and fight out the case with a bale
Of ancient deeds and records This is why
the title guarantee companies do a flourish
ing business. They have their own maps
ana deliberately indexed information bear
ing on ownership. a--
How fire insurance maps. which locate
every house and building in the United
States and tell its construction, came To be
made was told 10 the writer by Mr. Blu
Chanan, of the Sanford Map Company.
Eack In 1866 the idea occurred to d. ~ sam
born, who was then a surveyor In the .Etna
Office at Cincinnati. He thought at first OF
mapping only the great cities from the in
surance point of view. lie approached well
known fire underwriters in New York ana
Hartford and received little encouragement
Nevertheless, he had surveys made or
several important cities. of this state ana
showed the finished work TO officers of IN
surance companies. A number of them de-
Cided to make use of the plans. The nrss
maps were hand drawn, then the lltho- r
graphic process was employed. The idea
was taken up abroad. for Mr. Sanborn was
a pioneer.
To-day there are insurance maps OF the
United States Canada, n large part OF
Great Britain and few places on the Con-
tinent All buildings in territory arc
shown on scale of fifty feet to an inch
Brick buildings are red, wooden are yellow
Continued on seventh page
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esque monsters of the dragon and sea ser
pent order To-day We have a notion that
there is no more unknown territory. Do
not Amundsen in reaching the South Pole
touch the last unexplored spot on the sur
face Of the globe? The explorers occupa-
ton is thought 10 be gone.
Nevertheless the world is far from being
completely and accurately mapped, even in
its civilized parts. There are continental
areas from Brazil to China which are only
s,lperfcially charted The United States
itself is about two-thlrds unmapped, al
though the Geological Survey has been try
ing hard TO map it since 1882 or course
we know already our general outlines. The
government surveyors, working With the
state officials. are getting out wonder
fully detailed picture Of the land. 1t Is
done on three scales, the largest one mile
to the inch. applying 10 the thickly settled
or industrialy important parts Of the coun-
try. The smaller scales are two and four
miles tc the inch. On the largest map
there is about everything you can imagine,
even teh little red schoolhouse and each
Individual farmhouse or crossroad. There
are black dots for houses and symbols Tor
other features, such as salt and fresh water
marshes, oil wells, cliffs, quarries. canals
aoueducts, tunnels, trails mine dumps,
lightships, glaciers. There are contour
lines and elevation figures. Each Of the
large scale maps is about II by 10 inches,
which means that it covers a territory
about II by &c miles in area. The Geolog-
zeal Survey has now done most of New
England three-fourths of New York, all OF
New Jersey and Maryland and tine rest of
the country scattering. Some Of the states
are celebrating the government work, not
ably New Jersey, which is having the
sheets done on a larger scale, with such
added details as the names Of all streets
and highways.
These remarkable maps are sold by the
government in lots of one hundred at three
cents apiece and singly at five cents. II
you buy Of a private dealer they cost 10
cents. You can send cash or money order
to the director, United States Geological
Survey, Washington. Uncle Sam is sure
the biggest and best mapmaker in the coun-
try. His maps are the basis for all private
ly published maps of this land, and If he
was a little more erterprising in distribut-
ing his goods he could -nonopolize the bust
ress. Besides the typographical line, the
Coast and Geodetic Survey charts all
American coasts and waters, while the
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Il L. toner.
Lets see" The map man scratcheu Ills
chin. Which particular?
mo. just a few Of the general sorts
We'll. we nave typographical, CONNER
cial. political. automobile, aerial marine
geological. meteorological astronomical
geological and theological maps. Would you
like to see a map of the delegates Colonel
Roosevelt thought he was going TO get?
Yes. we made one like that Here is map
of New York from the standpoint OF the
laundryman and another in the interests OF
the baker. If you want to do some cruising
in the waters of the Malay Archipelago
get this chart Of the British photographic
Office If you are thinking Of flying in
France this summer. here is the latest map
Of the country as seen from aeroplane with
all landmarks and hangers located. Maybe
you would like 10 know whether a certain
dwelling house In Rhyolte. New. Is made
of wood or brick For that information l
would refer YOU to a special insurance map
OF course a regular government map shows
all the houses in the United States, as far
as the territory has been covered, barring
towns and cities. If you plan hunting trip
20 Central Asia I can supply you with an
Official British map which l have just had
corrected on information furnished by my
missionary correspondents. And here's the
whole story Of the worl1 from the business
standpoint in a Chamber of Commerce
atlas"
II was really dazing and disconcerting the
way C. S. Hammond, the map man. handed
out facts about his speciality. The inquirer
had naIvely thought that maps were maps,
chiefly found in Biographies" railroad
time tables and motor guides. 1t seems
that almost everything is mapped to-day.
Useful knowledge Of all sorts is put on a
chart with a suitable key in several col
ors. The breakfast food manufacturer no
longer pores over figures TO keep track of
his business. At a glance he sees on map
what part of the American population is
eating breakfast food (green), how much
of his own food is sold Cred), and how much
of his rivals product yellow. The states
man fighting for a Presidential nomination
lbeholds on a map of the United States his
lcinched delegates in blue. his rivals In
hazzled buff, while the candidates who may
Be switched are in appropriate green or
gold Financier5, detective agencies and
Theatrical managers use maps to picture
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

8 freight cars, and manufacturers or jobDeEs
l'au about their current business. The tacks
are changed daily according to the Weather
Bureau reports or other information re-
ceived. weather map Of the United
States, IS inches long and mounted on
compo board. costs S. The tacks are 80
cents a hundred.
\ movable business chart may have a
red tack at Chicago and a white tack at
Oshkosh. This means that the firms trav-
cling salesman is at Chicago and there Is
an inquiry from a customer at Oshkosh.
\ stenographcr writes or wires the in
formation 10 the representative at the
Windy city Purple tacks show complaints
To he referred 10 the field manager; gold
tacks indicate sales. Every salesman has
his color. and his progress through the
country is shown from day TO day. Col
ored silk cord may be used 10 outline ter
ritory assigned. being tackled In place. and
also 10 mark travellers routes. The fam
boyant paths Of an army Of statesmen, in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

Photographic Office issues charts of foreign
waters. The latter are chiefly reproduc-
tons Of official foreign charts
The government typographical maps, ex-
celent as they are, do not cater to motor
lists by showing the exact qualities OF
roads. The private map publisher gets his
innings largely on automobile maps, which
sell for 81 to 81 apiece. These show the
best roads in solid red. fair roads in broken
red and common roads In black. with other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

heir national and international operations
Jay by day
1T first sight IT seems that map making
ias reached it's limit. Look at the charts
pf the ancients, which were based on the
heory of the fairness OF the world and
hat there was nothing beyond the Roman
Empire. In the Middle Ages artistic and
beautiful maps were done in color on
selium; they included big spaces Of terra
ncognita." Invariably occupied with p!ctur-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30
I'll informed
40 American Ge23Iaaahcal SOCIETY,"

line, which is your route. unwinds in exact
proportion to the speed OF your car; 1t
matches every twist and turn OF the ROAD,
and continuously gives the distances from
the starting point, which coincide with the
odometre record. The map is "set" at the
start Of trip. 1t is possible by this means
to motor on the darkest night or in day
time through absolutely unknown terri
tory without looking at a 'signpost or a
LANDMARK.
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An Exact Relief Model er the Poi
orNgarH O. Milo to thG> inch &.

usual features, the scale being from one to-
three miles to the inch one publisher said
that automobile maps were the only ones
on which he did original work. He sends
out scouts in machines TO ascertain the
conditions Of the various roads, so that
these may be properly recorded on the
map. The more expensive automobile maps
are printed on cloth. others are "dissected"
to fold up in handy squares for consuta-
tion while travelling.
A special kind Of motor map has photo
graphic inserts OF landmarks on each
route, snapshots OF churches, houses and
barns at crucial turns. The most perfect
thing Of this sort is the mechanical map
which operates like the roll Of a piano.
player. paper roll, printed with red
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

Ow many kinds Of maps do you
bave?" asked the curious Gus
tnp,rr
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Continued on seventh page
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-06

That religion is not a dead issue has been shown by the Denver News. which recently devoted a special page to the discussion of the second Coming of Christ, which is awakening a tremendous in terest The News has printed the opinions of dozens Of priests and cIergymeu on the application and meaning of the text. From a peru sal of the various views each indi- viduaI will be influenced by his previous mental bias, and the result will be as many differences of Opin- ion as there always have been.
 The real religious part of the dis cussiou comes from the fact that clergymeu now charitably discuss the opinions of others without that hatred and raucor which character ized the controversies of a few years agO-that charity itself shows to us the Second Coming of Christ, which is with us even now.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-06
EDITORIAL P A AGE

Be 1t known, that on the 9th day of December. in the Year of Our Lord. nineteen hundred and twelve the editor of the Skagway Daily AL askan worked all the afternoon in his office. in his shirt sleeves, with no fire in the stove. This was not of necessity, because plenty of wood had been brought in on subscrip- ton. but because the weather was not cold enough to require it. All Of this happened in Alaska, a non contiguous possession of the United States of America, notwithstanding the fact that the postmaster at san Francisco refused a few days prior Co accept mail for transmission to said Alaska because he believed the season had closed and the country was frozen in. This is the truth, the whole truth and noth- ing but the truth.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-06

Delegate James Wickersham sail ed from Valdez on the 24th for Se- attle and left there immediately for the east. During his stay in Cor dova he gave an interview to the Alaskan, part of which we re- print:
 "The election is past, and it is time now for all to work together without regard to party or partisan politics for the future success Of the new legislature and for Alaska. I was for that great American, Theodore Roosevelt, but now that 1t is over am for Woodrow Wilson. He is my president now as he is yours, and I intend to go to him and try to get help for Alaska.
 "The many defects of the Alas ka code should be remedied by the frs territorial legislature. There have been practically no amend meuts to the Alaska code since adopted twelve to thirteen years ago. and the laws are greatly in need of changes in many cases. The lawyers of the territory have a duty to perform. and it is their duty to assist the legislature in drafting the needed amendments so that these can be put through at the first ses- sion. It is the duty of every man in Alaska 10 lay aside his personal scraps and help the legislature in the passage of needed laws. '
 For his part the representative of the territory states that he will work for a government railroad for better transportation. He does not care where the railroad has it's starting point, but it must extend from the coast to Panama and to Fairbanks.
 The delegate declares the tele- graph system of the territory to bel the most expensive in the world, and instead of transferring its con- trol to the postoffice department, as favored by the secretary of war, thought it should be turned over to the signal corps to run on a busi- ness basis and not be hampered by the restrictions and red tape of the war department and army regula- tious. He is not in favor of having the soldiers do police duty, but thought instead that if the marshals of the territory were given author ity to perform other duties than mere serving of process, the peace of the country would be properly safeguarded. EEi.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-06
William Britt THE DRUG GIS T

The best meals in whItehorse at the White Pass Cafe" only white help employed. Mrs. Orloff King proprietress. tf
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-06

None better and purer than Gib- Rye, Rainier and Olympia Beer Orders by phone promptly delivered
 The Mascot
The daily Alaskan., 1912-12-06

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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-01
Expect Early Intervention.

NOGALES, Ariz., May 1.-Anticipa-
ing early Intervention by the Wash
lngton government, refugees from
Sinaloa and Sonora continue to arrive
here. Most of those now leaving
Mexico had intended to remain there
throughout the trouble.
Mines and stores operated by Amer
leans in northwestern Mexico are being
closed in haste and ranchers are ex-
porting their cattle to the United
States as rapidly as possible
Today's business at the American
customs house included the entry of
more than 5000 head of cattle of the
value of $4,000 on which duties ag-
gregating $4,000 wer collected
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-01
Won't Concede Defeat.

BOSTON, May Although unoffic.
ial returns early today indicated thai
President Taft would have a plurality
of 5000 over Colonel Roosevelt in the
primary, the Roosevelt men will not
concede his defeat, asserting that the
official figures will show that Rocse-
velt carried the state.
At 10 o'clock this morning the IN
official returns from 1040 out of 1880
election districts in the state gave Taft
S4,94S, Roosevelt 1854, La Toilette
1880, Clark 32,972, and Wilson 1880.
The same precincts pave the Roosevelt
delegates -at-large headed by Baxter
82,267 votes and Taft delegates-at-
large headed by Senator Crane, IA
$50.
Present indications are that Roose-
Welt carried five state districts which
with the delegates es-at-large give him Is
delegates in the national convention.
Taft probably has carried the re-
manning nine districts which will give
him IS delegates also.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-01
ITALY HAS DONE GREAT WORK FOR
CIVILIZATION IN TRIP0LI ALREADY

NEW YORK, May 1.-When Italy, on
September 30, began the occupation of
Tripoli, she justified this action in a
note to the European powers, by de-
claring it the only way in which
modern civilization could be carried to
the people of Tripoli and the coun-
try developed both morally can ma
terially. Turkey, Italy declared, had
forced Tripoli to lag far behind the
surrounding countries in progress to-
wards civilization.
On March 29, therefore, just six
months after Italy began the forci-
BILE occupation of Tripoli, Roy w. Ho-
ward, general news manager of The
United Press associations requested of
Premier Giolitti a statement of just
what Italy had done in that time to-
wards redeeming it's promise to civilize
and develop Tripoli. The following
statement, based on information secur-
ed expressly for The United Press by
orders of Premier Giolitti was today
for publication:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-05-01
U. S. Transport IncOmmunicadO.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 1.-The
transport Buford enroute to the west
coast of Mexico to bring away Ameri-
cans who desire to leave the country.
came into the harbor at o'clock to-
night.
Captain Frank d. Ely, T. S. A., the
officer commanding the Buford, de-
clined to permit any newspaper men
on board. He was courteous, but
neither while he was on the ship nor
when he came ashore would he give
any information. He declined to say
how long the vessel will remain and
to query as to whether Claude f.
Guyant, the Official due to embark
here, was on board, Captain Ely re-
piled:
Who is Mr. Guyant?"