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CCXXVIII.-YOUR MONEY BACK.

This is not case of refund because Of dssatisfac-
ton; it is merely an incident which almost took the
breath away from man who had dropped sum OF
money and which demonstrated to him the value OF
The Mssoulan class ad as we'll the fact that there
are honest men in Mssoua. Here's the story:
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other Mems Votes.

The votes of other men, Senator Lor-
liner explained by saying they were
unalterably opposed TO Hopkins. We're
anxious to break the deadlock and
get home, had received favorable rec
ommendaton OF Lorimer from con-
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Here's an
Instance

A FEW weeks ago printer from St. Paul
u came to The Missouan office looking
4 for work He is fine job printer. The
office wanted to give him position but there was
not work enough. The printer said: The shop
where have been working in ST, Paul is doing
great lot Of Montana work Much OF it comes
from Missoula and the Bitter Root towns How
does it get away from you?" II gets away from
US because there are many merchants in Mssoula
and the Bitter Root who do not play fair, The
Missoulan boosts their game all the time. When
they want printing they forget The Missoulians
service and they send east for their work. That
ST. Paul printer went, back to the Curtis company
shop in ST. Paul. He is working now on Mon
tana printing. He does il, there for $40 week
Missoua printers get half more than that He
couldn't get Montana printing to do in Missoula.
He gets it in ST. Paul because the local merchants
send it there instead Of having it done at home.
That printer might be spending his wages in Mis-
soula stores instead Of those in St. Paul.
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STEEL Trust EXAMINATION DE.
vELoPs SOME THINGS RATHER
EMBARRASSING.
.HAD OPPOSED M'KlNtEY
Fact Is Proven That the lronmonser
Had offered to Give $4,000 to Do.
feat Nomination Of Mckinley, Be-.
cause Of the Lattcr's Policy of I'm
perialism-Stock- Jobbing Scored.

Washington. Jan. 12.-Andrew Car
negie concluded his testimony today
before the house steel trust" investi-
gating committee. He admitted that
in 1900 he contributed $4,000 to OPP
pose the policy of Imperialism and
the annexation of the Philippines, that
he assailcd Wall street and branded
stock jobbers' as parasites" urged
the Roosevelt trust policy In prefer
ence to that of President Taft and
asked congress to consider carefully
that problem.
After a day of examination on many
subjects, Mr.. Carnegie was subjected
to fire of questions which put him
on his metal Chairman Stanley
elected from him an attack on stock
jobbing which would probably influ-
ence legislation to be proposed by the
committee and Representative McGil-
l.cuddy Of, Maine told the ironmaster
over some unexpected political jumps.
"Mr. Carnegie" asked Chairman
Stanley, "in the organization of the
Carnegie Steel company of New Jer-
sep, why did you divide your stock
into $1,000 shares?"
ITO keep them off the stock ex-
change" was Mr.. Carnegie's quick re-
ply.
why did you want to keep them
off the stock exchange?'
Not SpecuIator.
Because did not believe in stock
jobbing Because | did not wish to
have my partners In business tempted
to speculation. l never in my life
bought or sold a share of stock on the
speculative market. l was reared diff
ferently. / had a grandfather ruined
In Scotland by stock speculation;
resolved that 1t was ruinous when q
young man. Throughout my business
career, | never bought long nor sold
/ short"
| Chairman Stanley, producing an old
document, read from statement
made by Mr.. Carnegie many years age
in which the ironmaster said:
stock gamblers are parasites feed
ing on values and creating none"
Are you still Of that opinion?" Stan
ley asked.
"Mr. Stanley, the other day you re-
ferred to something | said about com
petition. and you said you would like
to have 1t engraved on memoria
tablet Mr.. Carnegie answered. .,
wish you would take the quotation yoi
have just read engrave 1t on table
and put 1t In the stock exchange"
"Do you believe that corporation
should by law be given the right u
sell and buy its own stock on the stool
exchange"
"That is new question: Mr.. Car
negje answered, hesitatingly. Nv
never heard it raised before, ] shoul'
like to think that over and write yo
a note of my views"
"Do you believe 1t safe policy Il
the interest Of shareholderg who d
not gamble and do not believe ~ i
J for 1t to be possible that any corpora
, ton might gamble in its stocks"
II am against all stock gambling
"If there has to be gambllnt
wouldn't 1t be better for men to gam
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AvALANcHEs AT WALLACE AND
AT Big CREEK BRING DEATH
TO FOUR MEN.
MACE PEOPLE ALARMED
Residents of Town Which Met Disaster
Two Years Ago Flee to Wallace to
Make Their Temporary Homes
"Sky" Lewis Is Killed in Slide at
Sophia Creek, Near Perma.

Wallace, Jan, Ia (Special) Caught
between the bunkhouse used Jointly by
the Idora. Parrot and Tuscumbia mines
and the tunnel of the Parrot, as they
were on the way to work at o'clock
this morning, Joe Spelgatti and Tony
BisiSk, miners, We're swept over a
bluff and buried deep By an avalanche
that came without even warning
sound,
Assistance from the nearest mines
and from Wallace was summoned i'm
mediately and soon IL hundred men on
snowshoes were digging In the mass
OF snow, ice and trees. At at late
hour this evening their efforts had not
been rewarded, although several blood
stained spots in the snow are almost
assurance that both are probably dead
and their bodies manged
Many slides occurred throughout the
district Great alarm Is felt in Mace,
where the awful slide occurred two
years ago, In which Is were killed
conditions tonight being similar to
those that prevailed then. i large
number of families are moving out,
coming to Wallace for temporary resi-
dence. This afternoon committee
OF old time residents of Mace called at
the schoohouse and compelled the
superintendent to dismiss school and
send all children to their homes i'm
mediately.
William Pearson. blacksmith. and
Oscar Lindquist, miner, were instantly
killed Mt 1880 O'clock tonight when
their cabin at the Big Creek mine was
caught in snowslide and crushed.
Lindquist's body has been recovered
but that of Pearson has not yet been
located.
Reports received from Murray say
that slides occurred at the Beartop and
Paragon Consolidated mines. destroy
ing much property but injuing no one
Plains Man Killed.
! Plains, Jan. 12.-(Special) ii. s
Lewis. better known as Sky" Lewis
an old time resident and sawmill mar
of Plains. was killed yesterday by O
snowslde at Sophia creek, seven miles
from Perma News of the accident
and finding of the body reached Plains
today. Lewis, with Charles Bailey ant
Earl Ess, had been working for sew
eral months on mining claim a
Sophia creek. Yesterday Bailey wal
taken sick and Ess remained at thei
cabin to take care of him, Lewis start
ing alone to work at the claim.
When he did not return at nigh
they became anxious and Ess started
out to search for him, but on accoun
of darkness had to return to the cabin
In the morning he resumed the searcl
and soon discovered that big snoWslid
had come down the mountain. an
after digging around. found the body o
his companion buried under severa
feet OF snow. Acting Coroner B. I
Bowman left this afternoon for tn
scene of the accident and will brin
the body to Plains.
The deceased, had resided In Plain
for over Is years, and leaves two mar
ried daughters, who reside In Mime
sofa. His wife died years ago.
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FOUND.

FOUND---A SUM OF MONEY, OWN
er can have same by describing
amount, kind and denominations and
paying for this notice. r. M. Cob
Nban
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

are thousands of returned smigrants
from America Very many Of these
men have been working In machine
shops n have gained an insight into
the uses OF tools and machinery that
stands them in mighty good stead
when 1t comes to handling the levers
and wheels Of complicated artillery or
repairing wffsn need arose the mech
nnism Of modern rifles.
I'VE do not know how to use our
guns" said a n intelligent Turkish SOL
der to an English war correspondent,
"and they are useless In our hands.
We are brave. and we will fight for our
land and our religion, but how can We
fight when they give us weapons we
do not understand? We can fight the
Christians with the bayonet, but they
kill us with guns that shoot miles. and
we cannot reply to them"
An interesting question that has
arisen with the smoke clouds of tho
war is that of the comparative value
Of French and German artillery. The
allies have used Schneider-Creusot and
Schneider-Canot guns. made according
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

that death will come to the mail EAR
rier As AZ crosses some frozen lax or
river and his body will lie on the sur-
face until tho spring thaw softens the
Ice and lets 1t drop to the bottom of
the water. there to remain until all
things shall be brought to light.
Not alone On the Canadian side of
the border does the tale OF heroism
pass current. In Uncle Sans domain
a. we'll As in the land OF Our Lady Of
the Snsws" has the mail carrier earn
ed = well deserved reputation for brav-
cry n endurance. Like his profess
sional brother in the dominion north
west. the American mall carrier starts
on his route with his dog team early In
the winter and remains ION tho Job"
throughout the cold and dark months.
In each cass the man who bears the
precious burden Of the mails. with Its
messages from and to the folks back
home" faces hardship and death in his
e%ndeavors to get the mail through"
Whether his charge bears the profile
head Of King George or the portrait Of
Washington. his character Il the same
brave. sturdy. willing and ncom-
planning. With 1t he combines skill in
handling his unruly dogs. woodcraft In
the highest degree. knowledge Of the
country which he traversss and q su-
p~erlativs ability to take care Of him.
self In emergencies. Considering the
dimcultiss and perils which he IN
counters. 1t il ne wonder that he elton
pays his life A. . forfeit for Drawing
he dangers of the great woods and
lakes and immense solitudes.
1T IL strange that men can be found
to undertake q task SO full of such ex-
tr%aordinary and terrible risks" say
one account Of the life OF these mall
carriers in the frozen northwest.
"There IL never any difficulty In ind
ing men however. The adventurous
life appeals to men Of grit and spirit
Leaving all danger and adventure
cut OF consideration. 1t IL still q rough.
hard life. Do not imagine the carrier
reclining Mt his ease. covered with
warm robes. while the dogs lops along
over . smooth surface. He has to
guide the sled from one side Of the
river to the other to miss the heaped
up leo. soft places and the snowbanks.
Where the trail 10 good he grasps the
long handles at the rear and at q con-
tinuous Jog trot guides the sled along.
In fairly smooth places he jumps on .
narrow board, resting a good part Of
his weight on the handle bars.
In \ temperature OF SO degrees be-
low Zero. which is common, he has to
keep warm, and yet he must not per-
spire or the moisture will Immediately
freeze.
"Only men Of iron frame can stand
the hardsh,ps Of such n life. The 9TH /
ozs are 'weeded OUT after two or three
trips" ARTHUR J. BRINTON, ]
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

to French patterns and similar to the
artillery used by the French army.
The Turks have had Krupp guns. such
AZ those manipulated by the kaiser's
soldiers. The former in the hands OF
the allies have proved immeasurely
superior in offect to those Of the Otto
mans. Timelnnd again the xunners Of
the allies. placYlsg their shots with the
most marvellous precision, have si-
fenced the Turkish batteries.
"The Krupp guns can IRE neither SO
fast nor with anything resembling tho
accuracy OF these deadly Creusots,"
rays the London Daily News, quoting
a German artillery officer who stood
with 4 Turkish battery during the bat
tie of Lule Burgas. 1t IN admitted that
the Turkish artillery was badly served.
To drag In = well worn phrase, the
Turkish man behind the gun" Is not
Is good ~ his Christian antagonist.
Germany has found comfort in that
fact. 1t cannot DO denied that demon.
strAtsd superiority OF French guns
over Krupps would be q very serious
blow to German military prestige.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

struction. One man, DR.. Jules Con-
%stantin. operating an aeroplane for the
Bulgarians. was hit by rifle shots when
guide his machine to earth before
succumbing. Another Bulgarian mill
tary aviator was killed making =
landing.
1t was reported at one time that NJ.
Popoff, q Bulgarian. had met death
from tho enemy's shots. but this re-
port was d~iscredited later, and then
the correspondents maintained on tho
subject q silence that may have been
discreet or inspired by the censor. Po-
pof, however, seems to have been q
pretty capable air man. and some Of
the most daring aerial feats Of the al
lies followed the report Of his death.
Toward the end OF November came q
story to the effect that Adrianople had
been set on IRE by %pyroxylin bombs
dropped from aeroplaneA
Dropped HandbiiIs From Above.
1t was ut Adrianopls that one Of the
most interesting of the military uses
of the aeroplane was tested. The Bull
CARS sent aloft some Of their aviators
armed with nothing moro dangerous
than handbills printed in Turkish.
These were dropped in great quantities
on he heads of the Adrianopolitans.
When the circulars were picked up the
city's inhabitants read thereon = sum-
mons to surrender.
The American government realized
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

early he potential value OF the Turko-
Balkan wal for the teaching Of lessons
to Uncle Sans aviator soldiers. Lieu
tenant Sherman Miles. military attachs
OF the American legation in Ssrvia.
Bulgaria and Roumanis, was ordered
to keep IN y on anything that might
benefit the American army and to OBJ
serve especially the uses made OF the
a~eroplans.
OF course the value Of the flying ma
chine. for scouting and reconnaissance
had been demonstrated before the out
break of this war. When the American
army was mobilixed o. the Mexican
border recently military aviators made
flights nearly every day and were able
to report to the American commanding
onicer concerning occurrences on tho
other side OF the Rio Grande. In Tri-
poll also the Italians had flying ma
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

chimes and men to use them. and the
reports from above were very valuable
to the Italian generals.
When all Is said, however, the value
OF scientific apparatus in warfare and
elsewhere depends upon tho caliber OF
the man who uses 1t. I'VE will win
surely" said a boastful Bulgarian in
the carly days of the war. because
we have In eur ranks thirty thousand
university graduates" The number
wal grossly exaggerated, but the I'M
DERIVING fact. that the soldier OF the
allies is an intelligent man, while his
Turkish opponent-spsaking general
ly. OF COURSES the reverse, helps to
account for Bulgarian successes.
Gained knowledge In America.
Much stress has bee laid on the fact
that among the soldiers Of the allies
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

saddle that might be fitted to the back
of a horse or a sure footed mule. Not
even Yankee ingenuity can beat that.
The burden is a heavy one for the
animal, but it lightens the burdens of
a commanding general to have at his
heels constantly so handy an apparatus
whereby he can transmit his orders
and obtain intelligence of what is GO
ing on. ling, zing, zing. snapped and
cracked the wireless amid the zip of
the rifle bullets and the snarl of the
shrapnel. and the prophecies of the
pessImists. that all modern inventions
would be turned first to purposes Of
slaughter, were fulfilled.
The horse or mule wireless
outfit is not the only one hat Is in use
where Turks and Bulgars have been
battling. The portable wireless appa-
ratus is also carried in wagons such rs
that pictured in the illustration.
The wireless has not been monopo-
lized by the allies, but they have turn
ed 1t to better account than the Turks
have. as Is the case. in fact. with all
Of the modern inventions pressed into
war service. Soon after the outbreak
of the war 1t was announced from Ber-
lin that the Greek. Turkish and Bull
garian armies then fighting in Turkey
were well supplied with wireless ap-
paratus. Fourteen complete equip
ments were acquired in Germany
shortly before the outbreak of hostili-
ties by Greece, Ave by Turkey and two
by Bulgaria Two days before this an
nouncement word came from Turkey
that fixed railway material and roll
Ing stock and material for tslegraphs.
radio ~tele:raphs and telephones. bal
oons and flying machines and their
unasxembled distinctive parts. as also
their accessories,'' with q long list of
other things, would be considered con-
traband OF var during the struggle and
would be subject to seizure II found on
neutral vessels.
TIVE A%viators Killed.
In the use OF ~aeroplanes the allies
have had an immense advantage over
the Turks. There were aviators among
tho Balkan people before the outbreak
of the present war and among the
Turks, but there Is little or no record
of Turkish activity above the earth.
But since the wal began there have
been numerous accounts Of daring
feats by the aviators Of the allies. with
narrow escapes from death and de-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

- X cart against automobile!
"A n That is how the war in the
q NJ Balkans might be summed
<asS up The OK cart represents
the unprogressive Turks. The auto
mobile stands for the Balkan powers,
quick to move, with power enough to
get there" The OK cart on which the
Turkish refugees have been fleeing to
C~onstantinople was long ago loft far
behind in The vehicular procession. 1t
can never come back. Neither can the
misrule OF the Ottomans in the prov
inces which have been purged of their
presence by fire and sword.
In a literal sense the bullock wagon
b represents the Turks. while the gaso-
line ear Is the symbol of the allies,
which have been carrying the war into
; the enemy's country. Nearly every re-
port of the use of modern inventions
in warfare asCribes them to the Bull
CARS and their friends. The automo-
bile, the aeroplane, wireless telegraphy,
modern high power explosives-these
have been the weapons of the Chris
tians, not of their Moslem foes.
? While the Turks of Europe, getting
ready to fly before the advance of the
Serbs, the Bulgars, the Greeks and the
Montenegrins, were packing their
goods in carts that might have seen
duty when the Israelites withdrew
from Egypt, Gar Ferdinand Of Bull
,earia. In a high powered auto. WAS in
speeting the battlefields of his vic
~torious troops. While the Turkish SOL
uiars4ffofn Anatolia and other parts of
Asia Minor were confessing to war
correspondents their pitiable Ignorance
of the mechanism of their rifles and
dying because they did not know the
breach lever from the hammer. the
Eulgarians we're displaying the most
deadly knowledge of trajectory In
dropping explosive shells among their
enemies. 1t Was war, certainly, u IL
was the war of the man Of science and
knowledge against the man of ignor-
ance. The inevitable followed.
Allies Have Woosd Dame Science.
Not only have thu allied troops been
better armed and better equipped in
every way, but they have seized on
some of the very latest inventions to
aid them in their warfare on the Turk.
For example, see the accompanying
picture of a wireless telegraphy outfit
mounted for quick transportation on a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

"A RURAL mall carrier with n dog
"a team will loon leave Edmond
"A ton. Alberta, owe a route
a "A which Is probably the longest
In the world. He viii journey many
hundreds Of miles within tbs arctic
circle and win not return to Edmond
ton until after the spring thaw. His
mail will be made up Of letters sxclu-
Eively. ne newspapers or parcels being
accepted"
So run a recent report. In n few
lines 1t hints Of 4 tale of hardship and
heroism unsurpassed elsewhere. "Hs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

will not return to Edmondton until
after the spring thaw." it reads. Per-
hsps it Is easily within the bounds Of
possibility that he will not return to
Edmonton after the spring thaw. or
after the next spring thaw. or ever. 1t
may be that far within the arctic cir
cles trappers and hunters will wait In
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20

vain for their precious letters from
homo. while mink or lynx or wolf
Enaws at the bones of the mail carrier.
KILLED in the performance of duty"
while his mail bag rots In the thawing
snow with Its contents. or tho letters
are scattered to tho far wilds by the
roaring spring winds. Or 1t may be
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20
Photos by American Press Association.

Photos " American Press Association.
field kitchen used in IN Turko- Balkan war;. 2-Ths old among
among the new Turks travelling from var territory in o. carts). Scar
Ferdinand TOURING bathefeIds n automobile 4-Bulgarisns watching
war aeropIane. 5 and 7-WireIess tslegraPhy apparatus IN the field. g.
Wireless Iesraphy apparatus mounted on q saddle, 8-Mshap o 4
BULGARIAN war acceptance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-20
BY CHARLES NJ. LURE.

~ X cart against automobllel
n q That is how the war in the
q NJ Balkans might be summed
@sas% up The OK cart represents
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so few" he responded soberly. his
hat still retained in his hand so few
that we could only scatter them in
other commands. But you have not
yet fully recovered your strength
You must not remain longer standing
here. Major Holmes. will you kindly
conduct Captain Wayne to my head.
quarters, and see that he is furnished
with a uniform suitable to his rank
For the present he will serve as extra
aide upon my personal staff"
| turned away, the Major leading me
as If | had been a child | walked as
a man stunned by some sudden, unxe
pected blow. When I finally joined
the mess upon the following day, clad
now in fit uniform, ! had regained no
small measure of self-restraint. and
with 1t came likewise renewal of the
military spirit. My welcome proved
extremely cordial. and the converse.
tion of the others present soon placed
i'm my possession whatever of incident
had occurred since that disastrous day
of battle in the valley. No attempt
was made to conceal our weakness,
nor to disguise the fact that we were
making a last desperate stand. It was
evident to all that nothing now re
mained but to fold our tattered battle.
flags with honor.
Directly opposite me. at the long
and rather scantily furnished mess.
table, was seated a captain of infan.
try, quite foreign in appearance-a
tall, slender man, wearing light-col
ored moustache and goatee. His
name, as | gathered from the conver
sation, was Carlson. and | was con.
siderably surprised at the fixedness
with which his eyes were fastened
upon me during the earlier part of the
meal. Thinking We might have met