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Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-09

Aulahaugh conveys back to this
country represents hardship, suf-
fering, danger and adventure. One
OF the many narrow escapes he ex-
perieneed, was related by the mer-
chant has having taken place on a
recent journey through Manitoba in
binding snowstorm, when the
mercury registered As degrees be-
low zero.
% Miles Of Frozen Lake.
eve started out to make a post
2S miles across a frozen lake" he
said. "The weather was not partic-
ulariy severe at the outset. We had
been travelling at a good rate of
speed for several hours when it be-
gan to get very much colder. The
storm became binding in its fury.
We realized we would be compelled
to abandon our efforts until the
storm subsidized. When we attempt
ed to turn back to the bush trail we
discovered we were lost. For hours
we houndered at random in the hope
we would get our location and find
some woods in which to take shell
ter. Our hands were frozen and our
faces were frozen in spite of the
heavy clothing we were wearing.
The dogs rebelled when their feet
froze, and we were about to perish
when as last resort we dug out a
hole in the snow, made a lining and
covering of quilts and blankets and
sat down. 1t was a question in our
minds for hours whether we were
waiting for death or the raging biz
card to cease. When finally we were
able to crawl from our dugout we
were more dead than alive. And
to add to our burden our dogs, with
their frozen feet, still refused to
work Miles yet were in front Of
us, so we set to work to help our
dogs the best we could. Following
long hours of freezing and heart
breaking efforts with the brutes, we
succeeded in thawing the paws of
the suffering animals by holding the
frozen members in our hands.
One Dog Shot.
"Of course, the dogs suffered
agony when we resumed the jour
ney, and one of them was shot when
we reached our goal in order to put
him out Of his misery There was
nothing else to do except to perish
of cold and exposure"
Mr.. Aulabaugh said the dogs used
as beasts of burden were subjected
to many cruelties. This happens
only in the winter time, however,
because canoes are used for trans
portation when the streams and
lakes were not filled with ice. The
average life of a dog in the north |
is three years. They usually are
worked in lots of FIVE to the sled, |
and drivers force them to haul 500
pounds in a load. They are COM
PEELED to cover from five to seven
miles an hour. The dogs become |
vicious as result of the unkind
treatment accorded them by Indian
drivers, who have practically no |
consideration for the animals. Mr.
Aulabaugh declared one Indian with |
whom he traded, made it a practice
to knock down every dog in his
team before starting on trip, This |
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-09

was done with the idea that it was
necessary to impress the dogs with
the authority OF the master.
This Indian carried loaded
whip" he said, (which was an ia
strument of most severe torture.
When ready to start out invaribly
he would begin by dealing each dog
stunning blow on the head. The
animals fall in a semi-conscious con-
dition, and in a few minutes, crying
with pain and completely cowed,
they are eager to begin their ex-
hausting task. Every person in the
north knows it is dangerous to pass
dog team in the path. Given the
least opportunity, all of the mem
bers of a team will set upon a
traveller in the road and devour him,
if he does not pass out of reach"
After a great deal of effort Mr..
Aulabaugh says he succeeded in
convincing several Indian dog driv-
ers more could be accomplished
with the beasts by kind treatment.
This theory has been tested out on
the long hauls of heavy loads for
from 400 to 200 miles to the rail-
road.
Competition Now Effective.
Conditions have changed during
recent years in the fur trading coun-
try, Mr.. Aulabaugh said. While the
Indians have never learned to place
a proper valuation upon their wares,
competition and demand have had
their effect. When John Jacob AS
tor made millions of dollars on furs
in the Canadian country, one could
place an old army musket on the
ground and the traders would pile
their furs three feet above the
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-09

Of miles from civilization, and
brings back to Omaha from the
very best fur country in the world
the very best specimen of skins and
pelts afforded, by any market.
The choice of his collections of
pelts are made into garments in his
Omaha and Lincoln establishments.
The others are disposed of to fur
riers in the east and many are
placed in cold storage in St. Louis,
and later sold at the annual auction
there, the offerings representing the
stock of hundreds of dealers and ag-
gregating millions of dollars each
year.
In Canada Now.
Mr.. Aulabaugh is in Canada now
combing the forests with his trap
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-09

pers. The furs he will ship back as
a result of the collection this winter.
will be placed on the market in
1920. Thousands of dollars in cash
were taken with him by the Omaha
merchant; which he will use to pay
the Indian trappers and traders for
the skins he will bring home with
him.
And here lies the first danger that
always confronts the man who goes
into the northern country. Thieves
are ready in waiting to rob the mer-
chants who trade in furs. They
know it is necessary for these men
to travel with large sums of cash
on their persons and they are ever
ready to pick a victim. Mr.. Aula-
baugh tells a story of how he and
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-09

his companion on one occasion were
forced to travel with two recognized
bad characters Of the woods" for
days hundreds of miles from civil
ization.
Has $1,000 With Him.
"And these fellows knew had a
large sum of money with me-" he
said. There was concealed on my
person some $4,000. Knowing the
reputation of these men, we natur-
ally felt uneasy. Night after night
my companion and / alternated in
taking our sleep. We realized that
for both of US to sleep at the time
ment we would be robbed, and very
likely killed by these men who were
said to have committed many foul
crimes in the woods.
I'VE had many miles to travel and
the rate at which we were going was
very slow. Our dogs were fatigued
and our sleds were loaded down
with provisions we were taking to
the post, The anxiety and suspense
began TO tell on us, so / devised a
scheme which / believe probably
saved our lives and the bank roll
too. Our dogs began to show that
task was more than they could bear
1t was necessary for US to rest our
teams, and made the proposition
TO the two men who had thrust
themselves on US, that probably
they would be willing to take some
of our load on their sled to the post,
and we would follow in few hours
after our dogs had been given their
much needed rest. Secluded in a
bundle of freight which we trans
ferred to their cargo was our $4,000.
II was afraid that if we kept the
money, the fellows would return and
steal it while we were sleeping, and
| believe yet they did return and
search unsuccessfully. When we ar
rived at the post we found our
freight intact and removed the
money from the center of a sack of
meal. The bad men never dream
ed they were so close to that much
money. They had gone on their
way when we arrived at the post"
Best Furs in World.
Mr.. Aulabaugh's operations are
almost entirely confined to Abitibi
and Circle river and the Temogami
lake countries in northeastern On
tario, west Ontario and Manitoba.
In this section are to be found the
best furs in the world. He main
tains posts throughout the wilds of
these territories, and a number of
employees are kept there during the
whole year. They are familiarizing
themselves during the off season
months with the locations and
habits Of the animals to be trapped
and otherwise captured in season,
which lasts from the latter part of
November to the first of February.
The animals sought mostly by
the trappers are the beaver, otter,
mink, lynx, red, cross and silver
fox, the sable and fisher. These fur
nish the most valuable furs.
A difficulty almost as serious as
the sly cunning of the animals
themselves with which the hunters
have to contend, is the popularity
Of the native Indian trapper The
animals have habits with which it
is necessary for the hunter TO be-
come familiar in his quest for their
fur. The Indians also have peculiar
traits OF character, which If not UNI
derstood, it is almost impossible TO
trade with them.
While the Indian is a shrewd trap
per, he is not a wise trader and has
little appreciation of the value of
the hides he disposes of to the white
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-09
G. N. AuIabaugh, Local Fur
rIer, at the Present Time in
the Northern Provinces of
Canada, Tells Experiences.
ByI. H, MOORE,

Listen, ladies. Do you know there
is gripping story connected with
each Of those furs you wearF
Do you know the history Of that
soft beaver muff which warns your
hands, and of that beautiful silver
fox skin which protects your throat
against the cold on the streets,
when the mecury is towering around
the zero mark, deals with narra-
tive intensely appealing and COM
handing in its interest?
If you purchased your furs from
Mr. G. N, Aulabaugh, 1926 Farnam
street, no doubt there are circum-
stances back of them upon which
that courteous gentleman can base
story replete with comedy and
tragedy, the like of which you never
dreamed existed in the frozen north.
Mr. Aulabaugh knows all about the
land of the aurora borealis and the
eternal SHOWS, because for years he
has been studying conditions and
animal life in that section of the
world. He spends from six weeks
to three months of each year among
the Indian trappers and traders in
the wilds of Canada, and he knows
thoroughly the history of each of
the thousands of furs he brings back
to civilization in winter for sale at
hisl stores in Omaha and Lincoln,
and for distribution all over the
United States.
Of For Far North.
CARRIED like you see him in the
picture on this page, Mr., Aulabaugh
leaves the warmth and comfort of
his Omaha business headquarters,
and goes up into the Canadian
country, some OF it scarcely ex-
olored, braves the dangers which
Turk in the lonely forests hundreds
Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-09

The Chinese looked with disfavor
upon the early automobiles, fearing
that their introduction into the land
of tea would displace the porters,
who were very numerous, from their
iobs-Chevrolet Review.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
All Trials Postponed.

INDIANAPOLIS. Dee. Clearing
of the charges of contempt of court
filed against 81 general and district
officials of the United Mine Workers
Of America was postponed until next
Tuesday morning on motion of
G. b. Ames for the government
when the ease was called in the federal
court here today. The postponement
was taken pending the outcome of the
meeting of miners officials here this
afternoon to act on the plan of Presi.
dent Wilson for ending the strike
United States District Attorney
Slack moved the postponement of the
empaneling of the federal grand jury
summoned by Judge Anderson to in
vestigate alleged violations of the Lev
er and antitrust laws by operators
miners and coal dealers and the courr
fixed Wednesday, Dee. II, as the date
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
IMPROVEMENT ON
WEST RIVER BRANCH
Shippers Report Service Much Better
Than Formerly Cars Supplied
and Goods Moved Promptly.

A decided Improvement has, been noted
recently in the service on the West River
branch OF the Central Vermont Railway
Cos lines, both in the passenger and
freight traffic departments. Statements
to this effect have been received by the
board of trade from several shippers.
Shippers are able to secure cars more
promptly and shipments are being made
more nearly on schedule time. Way
freight is being handled in a way more
satisfactory to small shippers. The rail-
road has shown a disposition to assist III
moving goods even when there was not
sufficient tonnage to warrant 1t. This was
noticeable in the case of the movement OF
household goods of which the total amount
was too small to warrant hauling the car
but the railroad moved the shipment
promptly, realizing some one was in need
of them. A small shipment OF material
needed for construction work, and which
had to be moved promptly in order to
be used this fall, also was moved promptly
when the matter was called TO the road !
attention.
Derailments have been less frequent and
there has been little interference with the
schedule of the passenger service.
With the special lumber and freight
train it has been possible to move great
er quantity of lumber than usual and will
the coal strike in progress shippers art
advised to take the warning to move
their lumber as rapidly as possible
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
PERSONAL.

Miss Grace VanGumster, nurse, was
called last night to Charlestown, \. H.,
on professional work.
Herbert c. Shaw went to Rutland to-
day on business for the New England
Telephone & Telegraph company.
Rollin s. Childs returned last night
from business trip of several days to
Wells River, Ryegate and other places
in the state.
Miss Cilva Priest spent the weekend
at her home in Belmont. Her mother,
Mrs. S. j. Priest, returned to Brattleboro
with her to spend the winter.
Mrs. William Mckinley Osborne of
London, England, is a guest of Charles
f. Glidden at his farm in Guilford. Mrs.
Osborne is widow of the late Consul
General Osborne of London. who was a
cousin of President Mckinley.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09

accept the basis of settlement proposed
by the President. l have been associ-
ated with him for more than six years
and l know every fibre of his strong ma
ture has been devoted toward securing
fair play for everybody and particular
ly the under dog in a fight. Every
blow he has had to bear, and he has
had to bear many of them, has been
brought about by his intense earnest
ness in that direction. You can rely
thoroughly upon every promise that he
makes. But aside from that as re
suit of the stoppage of work in the
mines we are facing the most difficult
industrial situation that ever confront
ed the country. It threatens the very
starvation of our social life. In this
emergency the President has pointed a
way out with honor TO the government
and honor to yourselves. If my iudg-
ment and experience are of any value
TO you, let me use them in advising you
for the welfare of yourselves and the
country as whole to accept the way
out that IS proposed by the President.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
May Be Months Before the
Country Is Rid of Alexan-
der Berkman and Emma
Goldman = Lawyer Will
Take Their Case to SUI
preme Court - Federal
Authorities Keeping the
Plans for Deportation Sc
cret = Will Send Out a
Bunch Within Two Weeks

NEW YORK, Dee 9.-Radical agita-
tion in this country with its resultant
social unrest is not due to economic
conditions, but to an organized, artifi-
inspiration of the Russian soviet gov
eminent, This opinion will be submit
ted TO the New York legislature in an
exhaustive report by the joint legisla-
tive committee which has been investi
eating radical activities here since its
organization last May, it was learned
to-day.
In the six months of the committee s
active investigation it has ferreted out
practically every nook and Granny in
greater New York where radicalsm
extending to all sections of the eoun-
try, had its nests, the report Will state.
Hundreds of arrests have been made
on information furnished by the com
mittee Scores of indictments for Grim
inal anarchy have been returned on
data made available by it.
In its recommendations to the legis
lature the committee will approach tn
subject of corrective measures for tn
radical menace in two ways.
First it will recommend repressiv
| legislation, not trying TO limit free
speech, but pointing out that free
speech is abused when overthrow oi
the government by violence and illega
methods is advocated.
Second, along constructive lines i
will recommend increasing the presen
educational facilities for adult aliens
better training of teachers, etc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
Suffering With Cold.

CHICAGO, Dec 9-Hope for a final
settlement of the bituminous coal min
ers' strike today turned to indianapolis
as an extension of stringent fuel ad-
rationing orders reduce
the nation S industries virtually TO one
half time basis. The most severe
weather of winter with below zero tenn
rerature and further depletions of the
diminished coal reserves gripped nearly
all of the country west of the Missis-
sippi with a spread southwark and east
ward forecast for tomorrow and Thurs
day.
Districts where the fuel reserve al
ready virtually was exhausted were
the chief sufferers today from the low
temperatures. At Butte, Mont, where
it is 80 degrees below, hundreds were
reported in distress suffering from hun
ger and cold.
Driving snow accompanied the fall
ing temperatures in some places and in
Montana a train stalled Sunday at
Sheridan still was fast in a six-foot
| drift. At Lander, Wyoming, it was 81
degrees below zero, 26 below at Liv-
ingston, Mont, with % below reported
from various places in eastern Oregon
| Great Falls, Mont, was believed to be
the coldest place in the country, how
ever, with a thermometer reading al
33 degrees below zero.
Pastures in the western country were
reported buried under ice and much suf
fering by range cattle and other ex
posed animals was feared
AT the coal mines throughout tn,
country the past "a hours recorded vir
tually no change in the general situa
tion In addition to the drastic meas
ures put into effect by the fuel admin
istration to conserve the bituminou
4 coal supply of the nation, the railroa.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
Keeping Deportation Secret.

NEW YORK, Dee 9.-Plans for de
porting anarchists from Ellis Island
are being kept secret by the federal
authorities Asked today in regard to
his announcement in court that the gov
ernment was ready to send Alexander
Berkman, Emma Goldman and other
aliens out of the country within two
weeks United States Attorney Caffey
said that a group of radicals would be
deported at the same time, but that
he did not intend they should learn in
advance just when, where and how they
would be sent.
A delay of months, before Berkman
and Miss Goldman are deported, if at
all, was predicted by their counsel.
Granted a stay of deportation until
next Thursday by Federal Judge Mayer
who dismissed their writs of habeas
corpus he intended to apply to the
| United States supreme court for a wril
of error and a further stay. The cast
must await its turn for argument il
the supreme court and then some tim,
will elapse before decision is given
Meanwhile Berkman and Miss Gold
man will remain in custody of immi
grafton authorities at Ellis Island un
less released on bail.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
OPPOSES WAR ON MEXICO.
Methodist Foreign Mission Board Sees
No Cause to Intervene

NEW YORK, Dee "a resolution
declaring that there is no adequate rea.
son for armed intervention in Mexico
md calling on the state department to
,lace before the public all the facts in
he case before severing diplomatic re-
'ations with that country was unani-
nously adopted by the Board of For
eign Missions of the Methodist Episco-
pal church at its annual meeting held
Yesterday at the Hotel Pennsylvonia.
cit is our conviction" reads the res
olution, "'that if the United States de-
cides that diplomatic relations should
be severed with Mexico, the state de-
partment should first place before the
people of the United States all the
grounds for such a step-including all
the correspondence on all the cases
which seem to make severance of re-
lationship necessary, together with any
documents which may show what influ-
ence, if any, regard for foreign in
vestments i'll Mexico has had in shap-
ing the decision.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
COLLEGE GIRL SHOT HERSELF
Sophomore at Middlebury Hit Herself
Twice in the Head.

MIDDLEBURY, Dee. 0. Miss
Grace Elizabeth Monty of Hudson
Falls, ". Y, sophomore at Middle
bury college, shot herself twice in the
head about 430 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon while in her room in Pearsons
hall
Medical aid was at once summoned,
Drs. s: S. Eddy and J. j. Ross respond
ing. At late hour last night the
young woman was alive and conscious.
There is as yet no definite knowledge
of just how the shooting occurred. but
1T was stated at the office of the pres
ident of the college that Miss Monty
had been handling a revolver that be-
longed to one of the young men of the
college. No explanation was given to
account for the fact that the young
woman had inflicted two wounds upon
herself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
Head of American Wooden
Company Gives Warning
to Business Men
WILL OPEN STORE
IF NECESSARY
Will Be Operated for Benefit of Com
pany Employees No Use to Raise
Wages and Have Higher Prices De-
stroy It's Effect.

LAWRENCE, Mass, Dec. 9-Wil-
liam N. Wood, president of the Amer
lean Woolen company, today served no.
tice upon retail business men of this
city that unless prices of commodities
essential to living Were marked down
sharply and with a short time he would
proceed Immediately to set up n retail
store here for the benfit of employees of
the company.
Referring to the discomfort prevail
ing over existing prices Mr.. Wood said
that it was useless to raise wages and
find the effect lost in an increasing cost
of living. 81 am acting from a Chris
tian point of view he said, and ex-
planned that having no wish to drive
local merchants out of business, he
would give them a reasonable time to
readjust their prices.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

A large evergreen tree 10 be used as
the municipal Christmas tree has been
unloaded on the plaza near the railroad
station. AS soon as it has been put in
position the electrical wiring will be
done and the tree will be illuminated
as usual from then until New Year s
time.
A subscription dance was given last
evening in the Unitarian parish house
by the Woman's alliance of the Uni
tartan church, and it was well attended.
Music for dancing, from s to II, was
furnished by Gunzinger, johnson and
Williamson. The hall was decorated ef-
fectively with Christmas greens and red,
under the direction of Mrs. S. f. Lawton.
Mrs Julius f. Warren, Mrs. Harry G
Freeman, Mrs. J. f. Rogers, Mrs. s. f,
Lawton and Miss Ethel Osgood were the
committee in charge.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
Red Mems S Hall

a regular meeting of ST. Michaers
Court, No, 574, c. o. f., viii be held
tonight at o'clock a large attendance re-
quested Initiation T. A. Austin, II. :.
Wednesday, Dec l0.-The S. +. Of A.
will hold regular business meeting at s
o'clock. Every member is urged to be
present as there will be an election Of of.
iicers Refreshments will be SERVED.
Thursday Dec. IL, p. m--Reg,lai
meeting of Pocahontas Council, D. of p
adoption, nomination Of officers. Corn and
vension. a good attendance is desired
Dance Saturday night.