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The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
Bodies Badly Burned.

Binghamton, N. Y, July 23.-Thir-
teen bodies burned beyond recognition
were recovered from the ruins of the
overall factory of the Binghamton
Clothing company today. The first
was found near the center of debris
streWn cellar shortly before noon. Late
this afternoon II more were uncoy-
cred at a point where the stairway
led to the entrance of the building.
The thirteenth body was found to-
night. It was identified as that Of
John Schermerhorn, engineer, by a
pair of rubber heels he is known to
have worm
One of the charred bodies is be-
lieved to be that of Nellie Connor, the
foreWoman who sacrificed her life In
an effort to save those in her charge.
A diamond ring and earrings worn by
Miss Connor were found.
The body of Mrs. Mary Pryor, wife
of Thomas Pryor, was identified by
an insurance key bearing her name.
1t still Is impossible accurately to
estimate the number of dead. Fifty,
probably more, are believed to have
perished in the flames. At least III
persons are said to have been In the
building when the fire broke out.
The identified dead:
+ CASSIE NJ. FULLMER.
MARY e. SULLIVAN.
MRS. IDA PRENTISS.
MRS. ALVIN WHITE.
7 MRS. MARY PRYOR.
NELLIE CONNOR
JOHN scHERMERHoRN,
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CHINESE REBELLION
BRINGS SEVERE
FIGHTING
SOUTHERN REBELS ATTACK Ar.
sENAL, ENDANeER'Nc FOR.
], EicNERs, BUT ARE BEATEN.

Shanghai, July 24.-Southern rebels,
reported to number 10000 attacked
Kiang Nan arsenal at o'clock
Wednesday. morning.
The defenders, not exceeding 2IOOO,
were strongly entrenched and. as
sisted by the navy, repelled three sep
arate attacks. The fighting lasted un-
til 7:30 O'clock.
Another attack also was repulsed at
o'clock Thursday morning, the
southerners being unable to gain any
ground. Some reports say that only
5000 southerners were engaged in the
attack, but their casualty greatly ex-
ceeded the original estimates. Many
Of the killed were civilians The at
tacks were delivered simultaneously
from three sides. The thick vegeta-
tion and insufficiency OF men pre-
vented the garrison from attempting a
sortie and enabled the rebels to fall
back to their camps and reorganize
their forces.
Reports are current that Japanese
are Fighting in the southern ranks.
OEelSN volunteers were Called Out to
guard the settlement. A few shells
burst in the French concession and
several Chinese were injurd. but no
foreigners.
The latest estimates place the cas-
ualties at 1000. for the most part in
nocent peasants.
The flagship Haichu poured a dead
" fire upon the attacking forces.
It Is expected that a, foreign naval
brigade will be landed. Volunteers are
erecting barricades around the APP
proaches to the settlement.
Many shells from the arsenal fell
into the French concession, damaging
the houses and much damage was
done to the Chinese cities. Many OF
the Chinese fled to the French con-
cession.
It is reported that the French con-
sui will Intervene. owing to the dam
l age sustained in the French quarter
One French nun waso wounded. In
view Of the danger to the British set
tlement, the Shanghai Mercury de,
mands that the powers shall arrange
neutral zone.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24

Mrs Ida Prentiss, widow, died at
the hospital today The condition of
Mary Kenny, Ruth and Edna Crotty
and Mrs. May Layton is said to be
serious. Miss Esther Raskin, Mrs.
Margaret Quick, Mrs. Ida Houghtal-
ing and Charless Confess are expected
to- recover from their injuries.
Scores of laborers. many. of them
volunteers, worked throughout the
day and far into the night in search
for buried bodies, while crowd OF
relatives and friends of the missing
watched them silently.
The office safe. which is said to
contain a list of the employees of the
factory, was uncovered tonight, but 1t
was so hot that no attempt was made
to open it.
State and local authorities promise
thorough investigation into the cir
cumstances which made possible yes
terdays death toll. Coroner Seymour
Of Whitney Point announced today he
would begin an, inquest tomorrow aft
ernoon at the courthouse.
Representatives of the state labor
department. the state fire marshal and
IAHG SLdtG AdIlO1S 4A4cSllGdlIIS CuIll-
rnittee arrived here tonight prepared
to aid in probing the disaster.
Mayor Irving has appointed a cti-
zens' committee to receive and dis
burse to the sufferers funds that are
being contributed
A public funeral probably will be
held for the unidentified victims, in
which the clergy Of various denomina-
tions will participate, and it is
planned to erect a monument to re-
cord the names Of those who persisted
A meeting of the mayor and clergy
will be held tomorrow to arrange the
details
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
TAX COMMISSIONER
GIVES GOOD ADVICE

Helena, July 2a.-(special.) John
McGill, state tax commissioner of
Wyoming, who called at the capitol
building today to Investigate Mon
tana's method of taxation. asserts that
If this state assessed property on the
sape basis as does his state it would
have valuation of more than $1,0o0,-
100000 instead Of s346,000, 900. Wyo-
ming assesses on a full cash value,
while Montana assesses on q one third
value. he says. Main lines OF railway
in Wyoming are assessed at $4,000 a
mile and In Montana at $19.925. The
Burlington line Is assessed in Wyo-
ming at ;27,5o0 and in Montana the
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same line at $4,000 Mr.. McGill says,
however. that, proportionately. yalu
ations are higher i'll Montana than his
state. Full cash basis in Montana
would bring the main lines to 100000.
Mr., McGfH believes Montana's system
should be overhauled. particularly that
phase of it by which every county as
sesses the same classes of property on
a different valuation. Range stock, In
Wyoming Is in two classes, yearlings
at SIS head, and all over yearlings
at $50 a head. Farm lands in Wyo-
ming are assessed by the county as
SCISSORS. hut valuations are much
higher than in this state.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
BITTER ROOT BlNGS
DISTRIBUTED
4s y
WIDELY

Florence, July 23.--tSpecial.)-
From the Florence postoffice today
We're sent by parcel post 563 three
pound boxes Of Bing cherries. This
is the first shipment made by the
Bitter Root Valley Irrigation COM
pany as a result of widespread ad-
vertising of a special offer to send
prepaid to any part of the United
States or Canada one three pound
box of cherries for 81. Thousands
OF orders have been received and
the parcel post mail sacks will be
cherry heavy during the next week
or So This bargain output will be
a splendid advertisement for Mon
tana fruit.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
STORMS AND HEAT
CAUSE TROUBLE
GALORE
UTAH SUFFERS FROM CLOUD
BURSTS AND WALLA WALLA
IS VERY WARM.

Bingham, Utah. July Eleven
dwelling buildings were destroyed ana
many people had narrow escapes
from drowning late today when d
cloudburst descended from the head
Of Rattlesnake gnlch. leading into
lower Bingham canyon. The damage
is estimated at about $4,000
A high earth and rock fill or the
Bingham & Garfield railroad across
the mouth or the gulch was washed
out, leaving two cars suspended high
In the air on the unsupported rails.
Mud completely covered half mile
Of the Denver Il Rio Grande railroad
and Bingham tonight was without rail
communication.
While the flood swept down Rattle
snake gulch, torrents of rain fell in
Bingham canyon, sending small ava
lanches of mud and sand down the
steep slopes. The residence of Rev.
Henry w. Driver was engulfed by a
mud slide and he and his family
barely escaped. The other houses
were swept away by the flood. The
roar of the wall of water descending
the canyon gave the residents suf-
ficient warning to escape.
For the last 10, days the Bingham
mining district has suffered from
heavy rains. A powerhouse and board
ing house We're destroyed at Tooele,
near here, last night.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
HOWARD ELLIOTT GOES
At 0PPORTUNE MOMENT

New York July 2s.-The decision of
the special committee appointed by
the directors of the New Haven rail-
road TO choose a successor to Presi-
dent Mellen will be made public after
special meeting of the executive
committee of the road Friday after
noon. The arrival here today of
Howard Elliott, president of tn
Northern Pacific railroad, added
strength to report that he would be
Mr.. Mellen's successor.
j. p. Morgan would not deny this,
but said:
THE committee has reached no de-
ctsion and no decision will be made
until Friday"
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
Trains Delayed

Ogden, Utah. July 3,-cloudbursts
today on the Union Pacific, Southern
Pacific and Western Pacific railroads
caused passenger and freight traffic
delays.
The storm Is the third serious one
for the Union Pacific in the last week
Reports that the tracks at Henifer,
where n storm swept last night, had
been repaired had Just been received
when the railroad officials were in
formed Of "A cloudburst Mt Castle
Rock, where considerable damage was
done, delaying traffic. eight hours
Western Pacific trains were de-
toured by the Southern Pacific and
Oregon Short Line because OF a
cloudburst doing serious damage to
tracks and roadted at Deeth Nev.
Through traffic on the Southern Pa
cific also was retarded by a cloudbnrst
at .Galconda. New, this morning, pas
senger trains being eight hours late.
Streams Of water five feet In depth
are reported to have swept down the
mountainside at Castle Rock.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
BRIDGE WRECKED.

Vancouver, B. c., July 2s.-The Trent
river bridge, large frame structure
between Union and Cumberland, on
Vancouver island, was dynamited The
night and put out of commission. The
bridge Is on the railway line which
the Canadian colleries maintains for
hauling its coal trains from the mines
to the wharf at Union. No one was
hurt. A strike has been in progress
At the colleries for many months,
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24

SEEING BILLINGS.

Billings, July 23,-4Fourteen officers
Of the Chamber of Commerce Of the
United States of America were the
guests of tho Billings Chamber or
Commerce today. The visitors spent
seven hours here and were enter
tained at luncheon and shown the val
ley. Eleven memberships were re-
celyed here from adjoining towns of
the Midland empire.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
TAMMANY is BLAMED
FOR AWFULDISAST

Albany, N. Y, July Ex-Governor
Sulzer, after characterizing the Bing-
hamton fire as a terrible catastro-
phy," declared in a statement today
that the people of the state will hold
Mr.. Murphy of Tammany hall re-
sponsible.
1T Is a sad commentary on the
present condition of the state labor
department, which is tied up SO that
it cannot execute the laws of the
statute books to prevent these trage-
dies" says the statement. "The fact is
that Mr.. Murphy will not permit his
senate to confirm the nomination OF
John Mitchell or James NJ. Lynch for
state labor commissioner, not that he
can say anything against these men,
who are qualified to do the work. but
because ha cannot make me name his
man for the position
In formal statement issued tonight
State Fire Marshall Ahern declared
that If the windows and fire escapes
of the factory had been protected IN
conformity with directions OF Inspector
kerrigan of his department. who made
a recent inspection of the building
the catastrophe might have beer
avoided. The statement follows:
Inspector Kerrigan of this depart
ment had been in Binghamton fol-
some time making inspections and had
observed that the fire escapes were
not made use of during drilling and
had made complaint about 1T. He was
at the fire yesterday and reports thai
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24

the mills. The English-spealSing en-
ployes, numbering 500 remained at
work at first but subsequently many
of them quit work.
After the fatal riot Leaders Her.
mann and Fingree were arrested,
charged with melting a riot. In his
cell Pingree said that the disturbance
was a frameup by the police to Justify
the keeping of a large number of Of
ficers on hand. The mills have been
under police guard
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24

Boston. July 23.-Ninety-f more
mill families at Ipswich have been
evicted and an extra Gordon of police
had to be drafted to preserve order.
The men who control the mills also
own the tenements in which the strik-
ers and their families dwell and de-
clare the strikers either must go to
work or get out Of the houses.
IN order to take care of the evicted
people q. plan is on foot to erect tents
in which the roofless families are to
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24

be sheltered. At present they cook
and eat their meals in the open and
sleep in the open. some in their beds
and others curled up in rugs or car
pets or in chairs.
The strike began In May, when the
men demanded a 20 per cent increase
In their wages. There has been con-
siderable, violence, a woman being
killed and eight men injured in one
disturbance
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
POSTPONED.

Washington, July 23.-1ndefinitc ex-
tension OF the troublous consideration
OF tie administration currency reform
bill by the democrats OF the house
banking and currency committee was
forecasted today,
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
sHEEPsHEARERs MEET.

Gregson Springs, Mont. July 49,.
The National Orders of Sheepshearers
Of North America is holding It's annual
convention at Gregson Springs. There
are delegates from every state In the
Union and from Canada. Mexico, Ar
gentina and two from Australia.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24

The strike was originally called by
the Industrial workers of the World.
After minor outbreaks the men re-
turned without having made any set
tleemnt At the same time they re-
pudiated the Industrial Workers and
trampled the flag Of that organization
under their feet.
little later an organizer came to
town to take charge of the situation
and 500 Italians and Greeks again left
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
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COTTON BREAKS.

New Orleans, July 23.-The price of
old crop cotton suffered another se-
we're break today, after selling out of
holders of long contracts. Before noon
July dropped 30 points and August lost
25. This made the break In July about
Is points, nearly 81 a bale. New crops
now comparatively steady.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
RAILROADS PROTEST.

Washington, July Represents
tives Of railroads today formally pro-
tested to the interstate commerce COM
mission against the increase of size of
parcel post packages as proposed In
the extension of the service by Post
master General Burleson. on the
ground that it would cost the railroads
$20o0o000 of revenue they now receive
from express companies,
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
DIVORCED.

Goldfield, New, July 23.-Jesse Root
Grant, youngest son of former Presi-
dent v. $. Grant, filed suit for divorce
today from Elizabeth Chapman Grant
Desertion Is the only allegation. They
nave two grown children. Grant has
made Goldfield his home for the last
six months.
The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-24
Hot otsWeathcr,

Walla Walla, Wash, July 23,--Hov-
ering around the 100 mark for the
past four days. reaching los degrees
Sunday, a6 on Monday 90 Tuesday
and 1oi degrees today, heat records
for the two years have been broken
In this valley and the crops have suf-
fered to some extent.
Harvest Is we'll Under way. but the
intense heat Is said to have cooked
some of the grain while the fruit is
ripening so fast that 1t can scarcely
be picked In time. Indications tonight
point To a change.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-23
THE PROPER CAPER.

Colonel Moriarity Of the eth infan-
try. Illinois National Guard. threatens
TO prosecute employers who nave dis
charged certain Of their employees who
are enlisted in the national guard and
who were absent from their positions
so long because of the food service az
Cairo.
s These men who went to the front in
the very unpleasant food campo .sn /;
left clean and comfortable oCcupa-
tons: left their homes and neglected
their domestic and business duties at
homo in response % the call for help
from the women and children Of the
flood-stricken districts should be pro
tected.
Any employer who discharges a man
for such service deserves 10 he con
demned and pillOried
Strength 10 Colonel Moriariiy's good
right arm, and II We mistake not his
name. he is some fighter
This thing OF penalizinC patriotic
service and Furnishing men for hero
Ism mus, be stopped
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-23
The Field of Literature

Scribner's Magazine. - The May
number OF Scribners magazine,
with its continuation of John
Love Life Of a Man., Mrs Whartons
The Custom OF the Country" and its
short stories, is notably strong in
its fiction. Mr.. Galsworthy's story
has a universal appeal. and it gives
early promise OF being the most popU.
lar story he has ever written. Mrs
Wharton's presentation of certain
aspects OF American social life in its
verify of type and analysis of charac-
ter IS enc Of her most remarkab1s
stories. Another installment from the
Letters from Journals of Charles
Eliot Norton" describing English
friends, is particularly interesting for
.ong letter giving his impressions
Of a visit 10 the home OF Ruskin, and
of Ruskin's character, which was 50
little understood by many OF his con-
temporaries. The author of Modern
Painters presented 2 very attractive
personality 10 his friends. There IS
another letter about Carlyle, one OF
the authors warmest friends, whose
kindness and delightful sense Of hui
NOR, as revealed in these letters, make
the reader see him in a new and gen
Ial light.
Captain Bill Nichols, commander OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-23

he arrived in Washington. In short
while the rural organization service
will take its place as one of the most
important factors in national life,
DR.. Houston's plan has the hearty
support of President Wilson.
The primary purpose of Sthe new
service is TO attack the high cost OF
living. And il will attack it funda.
mentally. 1t will go TO the farm
where the necessities of life are pro-
duced For one of the chief factors
in the high cost of living is the fact
that production has not kept pace
with demand.
The aim of the new service is tC
make the farm more attractive, and
in this statement is included the
scores of reforms which economists
have been urging for rural life.
1t includes better schools, better
roads, wider distribution of agricul
tural technical education, more PEG
pie on farms, more intelligent farm
ing, better marketing conditions, clos
er relations between producers anC
consumers-in short, all Of the activi
ties for rural betterment now scat
tered through a score of official anC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-23
CAPITAL COMMENT

semi-ofhcial organizations will be con-
centrated in this one bureau.
The task will be a tremendous one.
The work is big enough to enlist the
attention of a whole federal depart
ment. While the stated purpose of
the service is abstract in actual work
the bureau will get down to cases"
1t will teach better rural life by &C
tual demonstrations
While no specific plans have yet
been made. it is expected that the
service will conduct actual model
schools in different sections of the
country. It may construct model
country roads for demonstration pur-
poses. By actual demonstration it
become the farm neighborhood cen
ter where the country population can
go for entertainment, instruction and
social intercourse.
Marketing associations will be
studied, and the service may organize
cooperative marketing associations OF
farmers along model lines. The whole
/
late the movement from the cities
back to the farms and to check the
opposite movement.
/ Success in this work would be tC
increase farm production and thus
! bring down the cost of living.
I'VE are not predicting that this
work will result in a reduced cost OF
| living" said Secretary Houston. THE
cost of living is the result of such
diverse and intricate causes that it is
/ impossible to predict the result o.
changing any one of them. We only
hope to do some good. We might bt
/ getting real results and then othel
circumstances might Offset all w
could do. The price of gold nigh
continue to decrease, for instance
! We see certain needed reforms anC
we are going TO try and make them.
Because of the niggardliness of thu
! government toward salaries of scient
lists it is next to impossible for tn,
departments to hire men of note il
the scientific world, or to keep mel
after they become eminent while il
the government service. Only occa
sionaliy dc such men as DR.. Harve.
W Wiley, for instance, consent t.
serve the people on a government
salary, and then only through shee
p 'triotic love of their work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-23

to-date implements, while mines that
were carelessly worked have been sys-
tematically developed. and manufac-
lures have grown steadily.
1t may be that the loss of most Oh
their possessions in Europe will have
the same effect on the Turks. There
are men of brains among the Turks, as
among all peoples, and they may be
able TO induce their countrymen TO
turn their attention now TO the devel
opment of their Asiatic possessions.
Addressing a meeting before the En-
pire club in Toronto a few days ago,
Taufik Musarrij. who described him.
self as an American in education and
ideas, although a native Of Turkey,
said that his countrymen now had a
grand chance TO profit by the lesson
! that had been taught, and that if they
devoted all their energies 10 the work
/ they could make of Asiatic Turkey q
! garden spot of the earth
The hold Of the Moslem priests OF
the Turks has been sitting for cen
turtles, but there were evidences during
the Balkan war that it is now loosen
ing. Mr.. Musarrij says that the lacI
Of education among his countrymer
has been due to the priests and he be
ieves that the Turks will not mucf
longer be. content to remain in ignor
aDce.
There is no doubt that the power O.
Mohamm edanism has been greatly
weakened by the reverses the Turk.
have sustained, and there ought to be
in, the course of a few years, a gooc
field for Christian missionaries il
Asiatic Turkey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-23
THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS.

The progressives have an opportu-
nifty 10 show their sincerity by fol
lowing the leadership of President
Wilson. This. they may rest assured,
the bourbons will not do. The agents
of privilege" will oppose President
Wilson because he is genuinely pro
gressive. Az the Chicago Public sug-
Eests:
ut is the duty Of progressives of
every party 70 support every pro-
gressive action or policy Of President
Wilson. This is Senator LaFollette's
declaration, and II discloses a politi-
cal vision without a flaw. So long as
President Wilson holds as true TO the
progressive course as 'he has so far
shown his purpose of doing. the po-
litical sheep will be distinguished
from the goats, not by party labels.
but by the help they give him or the
hindrance they offer"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-23
CHarper's Weekly)

President Wilson will need to con-
tinue to exercise q great deal of tact
if he is to secure the legislation he
desires and keep his hold over the
party. Being on the ground and with
in sigh. Of the players where every
move can be seen. Washington will
watch With absorbing interest whether
the breach between the party leaders
is healed or widens as time goes on.
The relations between Secretary
Bryan and Speaker Clark and between
Secretary Bryan and Mr. Underwood
are we'll known. and i. is perhaps the
first time in American history az the
opening of an administration that the
first member of the cabinet was not
on speaking terms with the speaker of
the house of representatives or the
official leader OF his party in that
body. and il took a great deal of
courage on the part of the president
knowing the circumstances as they
are, to risk the experiment. There
need not be much official intercourse
between the secretary OF state aRd
either Speaker Clark or Mr.. Under
wood. bur they viii constantly be
thrown in contact, and either theiI
differences will be harmonized or the
bitterness will be. greatly increased
They are men of positive character
strong convictions, firm in their likes
and disukes. and with large and de
voted followings.