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already employed some girl messengers /:
the London and Northwestern Railway
il trying the experiment of women
clerks In some of it's booking offices. and
even the territory OF the newsboy has
been invaded. The Great Central Rail-
way Company has lost more than 10
per cent OF its entire stan by enlist
ments and every week sees more men
leaving The company has therefore
employed women car cleaners AT sew
eral Of its large depots.
The question of employing women as
tram conductors H. being considered In
glasgow and Edinburgh. When this
suggestion WAS hrs, made it was dropped
because Of the opposition ~ male en-
ployc cs I;ut the problem OF filling the
places OF men who have enlisted has
now become So acute that the proposal
has been revived.
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HISTORIC HOME FOR SALE.

I.oNpoN, March Gone ~ me most
beautiful houses In England, M"ntacute
House. Somerset, IL IN the market II
was built by Sir Edward Phelps, who
was successively Queens Serge ant, Mas
ter OF the Robes and Speaker Of tho
House OF Commons. II Is sad 10 have
taken twenty years 10 build. II was
commenced IN 1850,
The loo.nH u.,' ~" rrir"ln1' ror' NJ
Of the house runs: Through this wide
opening gate none come TOO early, none
return too late.
In the civil war Montacute was held
for King Charles and sacked by Crom-
wells mon. The gardens and grounds
are among the most beautiful In the
world
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Ready Response Made.

In second appeal the board made
more definite statement. saying, Women
ars wanted AZ once / work IN the fol
loving, arou- other occupations, farm
work, dairy work. leather stitching.
brush making. clothing machining, light
machining Tor armament The appeal
proceeded Even IL sou have no spe-
'H. experience of any OF this w.rk sou
should REGISTER 1t may be possible to
tram YOU. II is certain that as more
men join the forces more women will
10" wanted to work while they are
away"
'n March IS the registration of
women at the various labor exchanges
irpu-huu, the country br-du. The re-
Sr"u>' Mas immediate. How many nave
already applied for registration forms
j, ., impossible TO say, but "a the first
dty Vt is known that a. various centres
t''ud.uS London. 1900 women re-iS-
,''"d. OF thi, number 800 registered
' London alone, 1000 ~ them either
personally or 10y p.st At the central
no. oiil.e OF ia" Board Of Trade. In
ne majority of cases whore r, gistration
NtS made ~ person the women mad no
reed 'p work, 1t was noticed that in
' 81 ~ these cases the women had rea-
ives far the front or in training
blill- the first few days very con
siderable lumber of women belonSiug
70 the wealthy and lc.surod class re-is-
tered Many OF them came in their own
motor cars and professed expert knowl-
'ige as chauffeurs and volunteered to
Work a., tax! drivers or van drivers.
me National Motor cab Company has
therefore decided 10 employ women driy-
CPS 10 u can get them. one OF the first
""'neh 10 be employed in this way was
Ms. Gladys de Hailand. who once
l'n'e ar alone from Lands End to
"'tn 10 Groats In four days. Shc Will
N''Fo a laundry delivery van about l.on-
d"h Vt several stations on the UNDER
ground railways in London girl, are
ting as clerks in the bookstals ".
~ smith & Sons, the news agents, tried
me experiment II replacing young men
W girls two months ago and found It
an lmned ate success
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BIG LOSS ON TELEGRAMS.
british National system shows
Dchcit for 1914.

LoSroS. March EFT IL announced
that the telephone and telegraphtc sys-
TENS OF Great R"!ta!n. worked by tho
General POST Office. resulted In loss Of
70 per cent I'm 1914. A revenue OF over
ten millions might be expected 20 give .
margin 81 profit instead 81 showing
heavy deficit. but Americans who have
had any experience OF the English te,e-
phone system viii not be surprised at
the result
II 1t were not that the postman cams
what the Telegraph boy loses the Post
Ori'e would cease 20 Dee revenue
department l'tnEe Ter
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IoNpoN. March os--A literary In
tcrost attaches 20 the appointment pub
lishrd In "A recent gazette of Cecil
Ashley Froude To- he a lieutenant in
the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
Mr.. Fruunde il tho only son Of James
Anthony Froude. tho historian and
biographer OF Carlyle.
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another field n which II is believed
f''t' ul'nber Of women win replace men
ne grocery trade. and indeed IN the
""'k Of shop assistants generally. shop
"',.-'Hnts have UP to now enlisted 10
no extent OF is per cent, John Turner
N" general secretary Of the National
Naal.amated Union OF SHop Assistants.
" af"nogsoUen and Clerks, said that "Of
.h" $4,000 members of the union 1000
male members are enlisted" Twenty
TWO thousand members already are
$50" 81 and Mr., Turner thinks that their
Number viii nave 10 be increased to the
eN''Et ~ the enlisted men.
reports from Industrial districts show
W. large numbers OF women who for
nelly worked In factories hut ceased
10 '' 50 after marriage, are now anxious
y return to work and are registering
- 'Hrrr numbers one OF the most
popular occupations seems to be that
81 armament. The .dea OF helping 70
mas" tho cartridges which are destined
" hIl the enemy seems 10 appeal very
strongly, especially to numerous women
without special training who have rel
h'N~s AT the front, In London, ac-
p'sS-s, chorus girls, dressmakers, dane
IT teachers and concert singers have
l" 70 particula rly hard hit.
She District Messenger Company has
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Princes Tutors In Naval Reserve.

LONDON, March 2S,--The Prince of
Wales's old tutor, factotum and mem
tor, Henry T. Iiansel, has Joined the
Royal Naval Reserve and H. now train
ing at the Crystal Palace, Mr. Vernon,
who was tutor for some time to tho
Princes Henry and George. has also
Joined.
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JAPANESE IMPORT
ELECTION METHODS
Candidates Have monograph
Records Of Speeches Sent
Over Country.
VOTE GETTERS HUSTLERS

TOXIC. March 10.--A Japanese gen.
tleman told me yesterday that he was
going TO the seaside for n week until
the election was over. He does not
want to vote and only by flight can he
escape the hordes Of canvassers who sit
on his doorstep from dawn till eve de-
termined that he ahal vote for some
body.
The vote canvasser IL the malign deus
ex machina. which the Japanese par
liamentary machine has created 10 its
own injury. The electorate Is smal,-so
small that each mans vote II a personal
matter between himself and the candi-
date. The canvasser began by being "a
solicitor as he Is In other countries.
He soon evolved beyond that and now
he is enthroned as sort OF broker In
votes. on the broad shoulders of the
canvaseer Is laid the blame for the
open buying of votes which goes on
all over the country. He can well bear
IL. He makes his living as . canvas.
ser and gets moro out Of Il than the
people whom he elects.
The Okuma Ministry has done n
great deal to diminish the evil. and
most Of the witnesses agree that the
present election Is cleaner than Its re-
cent predecessors In the contest OF
1912 5.sss persons passed through the
hands OF the police on charges or
corruptIon. The number TO date IL
ONLY SIS. and the police are interpret
ins the law more strictly than before
still more important IL the example
seq by Minister'S They have gone
on the stump throughout the country
in support OF their candidates and have
attracted great audiences
Count Okuma has followed the best
Western examples By delivering
speeches out on railroad trains, and he
has also enlisted modern science by
having his speeches recorded on the
eramophone and sent broadcast over
japan. Thus voters hear the argu-
ments and the appeals TO their patriot
ism and are taught that the giving
OF a vote is not mere personal mat
ter into which Ave yen bill may ap-
propriately enter,
\ curious illustration OF Oriental
thinking is TO be found In the belief
that the largeness OF the electorate
is responsible for the custom OF brib-
cry Competition II keen In a large
constituency. so runs the argument. and
therefore the temptation to bribery and
other abuses IL great. To western
mind the smallness OF the electorate and
tho consequent feasibility OF buying up
sutfcien, votes explains the corrup-
,ion.
There never was an election without
humor, and the Japanese contest Is no
execution, although much OF the hui
nnr is OF the unconscious variety. one
furny candidate has been discovered in
IN. country His programme IL first
10 exterminate the warmongers In Eu-
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Demand for Farm Hands.

one difficult question is the employ
ment OF women in agricultural labor,
where the shortage is very great The
chief difficulties are the heavy work and
the difficulty of housing the women.
Two women have registered for wire
less work; both were OF Independent
means and had taken up the study OF
wireless biography as "A hobby. They
knew their subjects thoroughly. both
theoretically and practically and were
both eNpert ielegraphers.
Tho first thing an applicant has 10
do * to MI up form stating her name,
address. age and whether married.
single or widow. She also states
whether She has ever done any paid
work and II so what-Giving the date
when she WAS employed and the name
of her employer. The next question Is
whether she IL free to work whole time.
part time. ard TO leave her home for
work. II pay il sufficient. and housing
satisfactory. The other questions are ::
is there any other work which you
are willing and able to do? II you
have ever done any paid work. what
kinds OF work are YOU best suited for
Are YOU prepared TO be trained for
work which YOU have not previously
done" Special questions are asked OF
persons willing TO do agricultural work.
Don't let your enthusiasm run away
with you and persuade you to try
something beyond your powers. my
dear" said one of the women regis
trars this afternoon to an applicant
who thought she could do any kind OF
agricultural work. She was obviously
not strong enough for this class OF
labor; ami the registrar pointed out how
long the hours were and how arduous
the work Isn't there some other sort
# work that you think you would like
70 do and that would suit you better"
asked the registrar, and then went on
to talk tho matter over.
1t Is quite evident from watching the
registrars at work, that the object in
view is not merely to register "A huge
number OF names simply for the sake
Of making a show. hut to have "A solid
registration that will stand the test
when employers come and say that they
want so many women for definite
kind OF work.
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Canyasaers Work IA Hours.

4 candidate was describing 20 me the
enthusiasm with which his appearance
in the field had been received. Il have
Twenty-Five Young men" he said, who
go out of their homes every morning AZ
s O'Clock They take a lunch with them
and do not come back till midnight.
An this time they are arguing with
voters and they will stay whole day
with "A man to convince him" If | had
asked IL he was not afraid 20 expose
those young men to the danger OF homi-
eide he would not have understood, and
4, would have been cruel to say mat
they were numbering his chances OF be-
ing elected, day or two later, how
ever. he told me he had Just completed
a deal for a block OF 22b votes AS
there are only 800 voters IN the con-
s,ituency and nine candidates 90 divide
them among, II II possible that my
friend may survive the assistance OF his
earnest young men.
In japan YOU can't damn with faint
praise" Count Okuma devoted one OF
his two minute speeches from the car
rage window to supporting rich
Young candidate. THAT big street" he
founded by Mr.. KS father. II Is to
the credit OF the citizens that they
should have nominated man who en-
lows perfect soundness Of health and
spirits for a city which needs further de-
velopment"
on the whole the distinguishing mark
of the election IL Its seriousness There
Is none OF the lackadaisical tired OF the
new toy feeling which has been seen
when Eastern civilizations took over the
institutions Of the West. The Japa-
nese are in earnest about all this i'm
ported political machinery OF theirs and
are determined 70 make II work
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The opinions OF many well known
women leaders are on the whole favora-
BILE to the scheme Mrs. Fawcett pres
iIent os the National Union OF Women's
Suffrage Societies, says: The Govern
ment Is obviously taking step in the
right direction. We shall offer all the
encouragement in our power and we
trust that the demand which is now
springing up for women workers Will
have the effect OF raising the standard
for women ir regard to both work and
wages. All the experience OF this war
emphasizes the Importance of training.
Mrs Dacre-FoN Of the Women's So
c'al and Political Union, says;
THE proposals are admirable; they
provide the first practical opportunity
by the state to help women. To the
enormous number Of women who In nor
mai times have to support themselves
This war s going to add many thou
sands more, through the loss or FAITH
ers, brothers and husbands How the
vast and growing army of women Is to
he made self-supportinE IN undoubtedly
one OF the great problems OF the war !;
ana II Will become even more lnsistent'
Miss Sylvia Paukhurst views the new
departure AZ II form OF industrial CON
scriptun and presumes that the women
who register VIII be called up to work
lust as recruits who sign the Parlia-
mentary Recruiting Committees form
are called up to fight, She wants a
| national conference OF women summoned
" discuss the subject,
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ROME. March ia special CORE
spondent OF the Corrtcre delIa Serd oc-
c~s.onslly sends interesting letters from
Sery!a which dsArrve SUNNI ,AaDg!ng.
There are more than 10000 Austrian
war prisoners IN Servia, both officers ana
men. and 10000 Of them are at N.sh.
Despite the scarcity OF food the Aus
trian prisoners are we'll fed. The OIL
GERS are eNcellertly fed, In fact while
the men get the same rations as tN-
Servian soldiers. namely, a loaf OF bread
wsh a piece OF lard or cheese every day
and occasionally some beans OF course
IL takes time for the Austrians TO get
used 10 this spare diet but on the other
hand Il cannot hA expected that the
prisoners should fare better than their
oaptors.
The sanitary condition Of the prison
ers' camps Is far from ideal. and the
mortality among the men Is great. This
is due partly TO the fact that many OF
the prisoners are still wearing the sum
mer uniforms they had last August,
while others have worn their clothes 10
tatters and have no boots, There are
no doctors. no medicines and no hos
ritAls, and Il Is almost inevitable that
when "A man falls sick he must die The
men are lodged IN stables. outbuildings
and sheds and those who cannot work
spend their days In idleness until re-
leved by death. Typhoid, smallpox and
dysentery reap many victims, and n
wagon drawn by bullocks goes the
rounds OF the camps every evening pre-
coded by soldier carrying cross. and
from ten TO twenty bodies are taken to
the cemetery. Until some days ago the
Government provided collins, but wood
Is now scarce,
The officers are confined IN large
barracks AT Nish with wide central
courtyard whore they can exercise
There are $50 OF them. besides Atty
army surgeons who were released on
parole at once and are now working day
and night IN the hospitals along with
Servlas 600 doctors, the fftv doctors
sent by Greece and the others OF the
American, British and Russian Red
Cross expeditions. Unfortunately TWEEN
ty-nine doctors died OF smallpox IN a
month They caught Il from their pa
TENTS.
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About 300 Austrian officers were
wounded when captured, hut they have
all recovered now and are leading a
calm. uneventful life, and allowed even
- 90 FOR walk through the city pro-
r.d,d they are accompanied by sol
G.er with a fixed hayouet, The officers
IRE divided into groups according to
thcir nationality: l5o Iiungarians, l45
Austr!ans, 1875 BohemiIns g. crUl-
ulns. Rumanians, ~ Poles Is Slavo-
mans, 40 SerNians and Italians, They
are paid so cents a day which they
.pend on their food, They have or
rauizcd a mess, which is run by a head
cook of the kran'z Restaurant at
Vienna, who happened 10 be n prisoner
of war. with 30 under cooks, who cater
10 the different nationalitlcs,
Nearly AL get money from home.
Some have received even new uniforms
and furs for winter, and the officer IN
charge Of the barracks, Col, popoyic,
who lost hand IN the second Balkan
war and hence belongs to the reserve,
says that he never imagined that prs-
oners should he reconciled to their rate
as these are
Belgrade is still occasionally hom-
barded by tho Austrians, despite the
fact that many quarters OF the city are
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-21
POSTMASTER HAS
DROPPED OUT
EXISTENCE

Postmaster Melvin Dempsey, of
Paxson, has been missing since Aug.
ust "a, when he started from Parsons
for Slate Creek, and it is feared that
he has met with an accident.
Arthur McNeir, the mining operator
and contractor, expected to meet
Dempsey at Slate Creek, and failing in
that came on over to Parsons, but did
not meet him enroute nor has he since
been found. He reported the facts to
Lieut.. Dougherty, of the Signal Corps
at Valdez, who Immediately took such
steps as were in his power to aid in
finding the missing prospector, and the
operator is now with McNair hunting
for Dempsey.
Dempsey is the original finder of
the Chisna mining camp, and the rush
to his find resulted in the location of
Slate creek. He is a full blooded
Cherokee Indian, and has spent the
last II years in this section.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-21
ARCTIC EXPL0R
STEFANSON IS
NOT LOST

NOME, Sept. 1.-THE schooner
Ruby arrived here today from the
mouth of the Mackenzie river carry
ing long dispatches from Explorer
Stefannson, who has been given up as
lost, and for within relief expeditions
have been vainly sent out. The dis
patches are addressed to the Canadian
government and their contents cannot
therefore be known until made public
by the authorities In Ottawa. Stef-
fanson left Martin Point on March
% of last year with dogs and supplies.
intending to go over the ice In search
of the polar continent. He took with
him two men, Ole Anderson and sea-
man named Sorkerson. The plans of
the party contemplated. il no land was
found, to turn to the east and 60 to
Banks land. and 1t is believed that he
arrived there.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-21
WANTS
Be GOVERNOR
Of alaska

FAIRBANKS, SEPT. 16-Delegate
James Wickersham will be a candi.
date for governor of the territory If
the republican party wins at the next
election and Dan Sutherland is slated
to take the place of Wckersham as
candidate for congress. This is
known on the very best authority to
be the plan of the present delegate.
Senator Sutherland has been the right
hand man of the present delegate
from the first time Wickersham be.
came a candidate and has stood faith.
fully by him ever since. On sevcral
occasions Wickersham has offered to
withdraw from the race il Sutherland
would consent to run in his stead but
the latter has hitherto declined until
a supposed prospect of the election OF
a republican president presents the
possibility of promotion for the pres
ent delegate. Sutherland is mining
in the Ruby country at present and is
very popular. The feeling here is that
he would carry Alaska, particularly
with the aid of Wickersham against
any combination.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-21
LIVE MOUNTAIN SHEEP
CAPTURED IN CH|sANA

Thomas c. Moves, the Chisana mine
operator, who came to Cordova a few
days ago and left for Valdez as a wit
ness before the court, brought out
from the interior young mountain
sheep which he captured last spring
and the animal is possibly the only
one of it's kind in captivity. The lamb
is beauty and will be taken to an is
land in Southeastern Alaska, near
Ketchikan, where Mr.. Noyes has a
home. 1t is said that the Smithsonian
Institute has standing offer for live
animal but as the wild sheep live in
the high mountains it is almost i'm
possible to transport them by ocean.
Mrs. Moves is also an enthusiastic
hunter as well as her husband, and
has several moose. caribou, sheep and
goats to her credit as hunter.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-21
ALASKAN PL A N I
BE SH|PPED
ANCHORAGE

The plant of the Cordova Daily
Alaskan, which suspended publication
on June 1 last, is today being packed
and will be shipped to Anchorage on
the Mariposa next week. L. F. Shaw
editor of the Cook Inlet Pioneer, ar.
rived in town last evening and shortly
afterwards closed a deal for the Mer
ganthaler, cylinder press and other
material used in issuing the Alaskan
which he will take back with him to
Anchorage, where he will at once be-
gin the publication of a daily news
paper. Il.
Associated with Mr.. Shaw in this
new enterprise is T. B. Needam, while
our former townsman, c. P. Packard is
also employed on the Inlet. u. X.
Grant, an old-aime Alaskan will op'
crate the linotype machine.
The Chitina leader., 1915-09-21
POWDER HOUSE
GRANITE MINE
bLOWN-UP

VALDEZ, Sept. 1S-The powder
house of the Granite mine at Hobo
Bay in the Port Wells district was
destroyed by an explosion early today
which rocked the country for miles
around, and created all the sensations
of an earthquake. The house con.
tanned a ton and one-half of powder
when the explosion occurred. The ex.
plosion could not have been an acct
dent, and it is felt that it was DELHI.
erately accomplished by discharged
employee out of pique. Supt. Millard
had discharged an employee named
Domemsie early yesterday morning.
The man had taken his discharge
badly, protesting bitterly to Mr.. Mil.
lard, and finally threatening to dam.
age the property in revenge for his dis
missal. He had been drinking heavily,
and when the explosion occurred, sus.
picion was at once directed to him,
and he was arrested, arriving at Val.
dez this morning. The mill building
was slightly damaged by the explosion,
but there were no casualties among
the force of about forty men who are
employed at the mine.