SIXTY MEN IN
TOMB OF SNOW
ific—
Bodies Of Some Of The
Probably Swept Into The Canyon,
There To Lie Until Summer Sun
Melts The Frozen Mass — The
Great Avanlanche Carries Down |
Telegraph Poles and Wires—Re- |
lief Train Sent To Scene—May
Take Two Days To Clear Tracks.
Victims |
:
B. C. (Special), —S8ix-
ty-two men who were engaged in
elearing the Canadian Pacific track
in Rogers Pass at the summit of the
Selkirk Range were entombed by an!
avalanche and all are probably dead.
The men were working in clearing
away a small slide that had come
down early in the evening. They
were working a rotary engine over
it when an immense mass came down
and carried some of them to their
death in the canyon below.
AM passenger trains on the line
are safe, though it will probably be
a day or two before they are able
to pass the place when the slide oc-
curred
The accident occurred
snowshed one mile west
Yancouver,
near a
of Rogers
Pass and at the actual summit of the
Selkirks,
As soon as the nows reached Rev-
elstoke, a relief train conveying
physicians and nurses and over 200
railway men and other citizens start.
ed to Rogers Pass.
Calgary made an equally prompt
response. It also sent a special
jef train with 125 workmen, as well
as nurses and doctor.
Railway officials expect that at
least 48 hours will elapse before the
line can be cleared. The work fis
great danger, as an-
descend at any mo-
Tre-
may
ment.
Little hope is entertalned that any
of the men in the pathway of the
avalanche escaped alive. The bodies
of many of the victims were proba-
bly swept into the canyon and mav
not be recovered until summer suns
melts the snow. Bix hundred men
are now digging out the track from
under the snow and debris.
A report from the scene'of the
disaster says the bodies of only five
men have been recovered. The work
of recovering the dead and opening
the track is greatly impeded by a
blizzard now raging in the Pass,
Adoption Of An Amendment Forbid.
ding Investment In Two Per Cent, |
Bonds Gives Them Opportunity To!
Vote With Their Party—The House
Likely To Eliminate It—FProvis-
Went Through.
C. (Special)
bill
Washington, D.
The Postal Savings Bank
the by a
along
Every Democrat
single exception
of! Oregon,
measure
Every Republica
i.
The unana
ever, was ba
in the bill i:
“progressives”
thing which
presentation
Senator B 1
sive,”’ providis
is withdra
in sup
war
invested
shall
ment
than
The
an
Senate vote of
+
al “\ \
ailnos
or
am
mise amen
dent dem:
bill constit
the
THIRTY-FIVE BODIES
UG OUT OF WRECK
aims
ing Experiences.
Thirty-Five
eovered—Fifty.- Three Are Missing,
Whose Names Are Lee
sides A Number
All In Wreckage Are
Be Dead.
Known,
elieved To
Everett, Wash (8p
Brow almost that
toll in the
ial). It
the death
that carried
away the two Great Northern trains
and seven steam and electric loco-
motives at Wellington will total more
than 100,
Eighty-six names are now on the
Hist of dead or missing passengers,
raliroad and postal employes. State-
ments of the number of laborers
fighting the snow who were sleep
ing on the ill-fated trains vary from
40 to 30.
All the dead were residents of the
Northwest. Of the injured, only
Rev. Bishop Wingot, of Chicago, was
from the East,
Thirty-five bodies have been
covered. Fifty-three are
whose names are known, besides a
number of laborers. All in the
wreckage are believed to be dead.
The first news direct from
scene of the wroack was received
midnight, when Dr
Great Northern
en the fis
from Wellls
three of the
R M. Lavcile
Bates
©
certain
aval
inche
re-
missing.
relief train,
glon, accompanied
urvivors
and
by
Piremuan 8. A.
Jured was in a eritical
Most of them
hurt. When he left Wellington 16
were in the temporary hospital,
sons who were carried into the can-
the proposed postal savings bar
islation up to the United
Treasury in such a way as to forward
1k leg-
of issue. jut for the -
it would have b
thdraw the postal
3 in time of
> and invest them
worth Governn
bond now held
As it goes to the
authorizes tl
atofMi«
Borah amend
ment i ¢
wi
}
iy ar
of
©3
ry Te
nlow
fir ” v
sil sess 3 ’ hn
§ an %
4% * »
| car
econ
: atip
Paul
i a st
fay «
one the ining
in a ear In whic
women and
and
n ton
Forsyth, of Tr
wns
five
Three women
| passengers
were
two
syth sald that it seemed as if the
a
rolled down the embankment
of the injured.
raging.
and there was a spectacular electrical
display.
The first men to extricate them-
selves from the wreckage set to work
rescuing those less fortunate
most incessant.
| found
| ing initials, which
to believe that it
Katharine O'Neill, of Spokane.
er portions of bodies were
found.
Fireman 8. A.
under snow for six hours,
heard hig shouts and dug him out
before the first rescuers arrived.
A junior league of the Now York
State Association Oppose to Woman
Suffrage has been formed at Albany
with Mrs. N. H, Henry as president
The membership is said to have
reached already In the neighborhood
of 100 and to include young women
of every social grade in Albany.
New Plan To Elevate Drama,
Chicago (Special).—The Drama
pose the creation of an enlighten.
ed play-going sentiment throughout
the United States, will have its birth
fn the First Congregational Church
at Evanston, a suburb, Tuesday,
March 22. At the meeting, it is ex.
pected, delegates will assemble from
some 165 clubs and women's organ-
{zations throughout the Central West
to discuss the best way to under.
take the work
Coffee 30 Years O14.
New York (Special). Commander
Robert E. Peary wag the guest of
honor at the annual dinner of the
{Canadian Camp and Co-operatin
( Bportsmen’s Clubs of the Unit
{ States and Canada, given at the Ho-
itel Astor. About 450 guests were
| present. The menu consisted of bear
steak, hard tack from Peary's steam.
| er "Roosevelt" and coffee taken from
{the cache established by Lieutenant
| Greely at Fort Conger, In 1881.
Commander Peary was presented
with a bronze wreath
i
i
WANT COMMANDER
} PEARY'S PROOFS IN FULL
Otherwise Committee Will Pi
eonhole All Bills.
HIS RECORDS ARE NOT SUBMITED.
Sub-Committee Of House Will Not
Pass On Measures Rewarding Ex-
plorer Unless It Is Allowed To
Make Proofs Public—Peary Is Op.
posed To This Plan, But Is Will.
ing To Submit Them In Confidence.
Fr.
"
Washington, D. C. (Special). —
Proofs of Commander Peary's dis
covery of the North Pole
row in the subcommittee of the
House Committee on Naval Affairs.
Two members of the National Geo-
graphic Society appeared before the
committee with copies of Mr. Peary's
proofs to urge the granting of a
suitable reward by Congress to the
noted explorer, but the committee
declined to receive them in confidence
with the ultimate result that the
committee has made known tha
unless the Peary proofs are
coming to the full satisfaction of
the committee, every bill introduced
for the purpose of rewarding
North Pole discoverer will be pigeon-
holed
Three
were in
proofs without making
Representative Macon
and after declaring
stalked angrily from
“I am it any legislation
the dark.” Macon sharply told
the committee “Furthermore, {if
this committee favor of
ecting the full ree-
making them pu ¢. 1 will
expose the whole business on the
floor of the House or in a statement
to the press. If we reward Mr. Peary
ae #
a LO
caused a
it
the
members of the committee
them publie.
his position
the room
Jecides In
ow what we are rewarding
Kn
Proofs,
Would Not
Professor
Submit
Gannett, { ae
v
of the
Geodetic 8S y and one
mbers of
lety whi Peary's
¢ his ey
Proois nat a3
not let the con
proofs for public
he wanted them
newspaper and gaz !
The Profes had with him a copy
of the proofs, but he declined to sub-
it them
he hi
that
would
the
ause
put
for
have
be
article
JU
ret Washi:
ObRCTYE
nin
ment records such
make at the
be told
knowledged
a8 8 mar
pole These
from the genuine
CONFESSES WIFE MURDER.
Mobile Police Catch New Yorker
Wanted For Tenement Crime.
Mobile, Ala { Special) - Julius
Venner, alina Alexander Klein. allas
was positi
as August
hunted on
vely identified
Petersen, who has
the charge of mur-
here
Ninety-eighth
in
Street tene
New York February
floor of the place
The identification was made by a
brother of the murdered woman. who
arrived here, accompanied by Po
Sergeant Van Waganoer, the New
York Police Department Johansen,
of
PREFERS TO STAY IN PRISON.
The President's Pardon,
Washington, D. C.
Declining
(Special)
Thomas Taylor, sentenced in
i
i
!
§
i
Penitentiary for the murder of his
wife, will remain as one of the
“trusties”’ of the institution. Dur.
ing his lon incarceration Taylor
studied pharmacy and was assigned
to the custody of the prison phar-
macy. He will remain In that eapac.
ity.
They Want Farming Taught.
Indianapolis (Epecial). —Primari-
ly to procure the passage of the Do'-
liver bill now before Congress, and
secondarily to ‘obtain agricultural
departments In State normal schools
throughout the United States. edy-
cators from 16 Middle West States
appointed a committee to work In
connection with the National Eduea-
tion Association. The Dolliver bill
appropriates $1,000,000 to pay sa'-
aries of instructors In such normal
school departments,
$130,000 IN GOLD INVOLVED
Head of a Mexican Bank in
a Tangle,
Accused Of Borrowing Sum From
Canadian Bank A Few Days Be
fore His Own Bank Closed—Also
Charged With Breach Of Trust
Over Disappearance Of Shares Of
Mining Stocks,
Mexico City (Special).—Abuse of
confidence In the handling of 1,500,
000 pesos ($750,000 gold) was form-
ally charged against George I. Ham,
president of the suspended United
States Banking Company, by Man-
ager 8B. C, Baunders, of the Bank of
Montreal, before Judge Miramon.
At the same time negotiations for
a settlement out of court of a claim
of Harwood A. Simpson, a mineown-
er, who had also charged Ham with
breach of trust in connection with
the disappearance of certain mining |
shares, were halted 1 the cour
yy
As a consequence these negotl
{ tions Ham was ordered again
{ incommunicado for 10 days
{ Simpson and Ham and
| torneys were in court Ham's
neys were prepared to hand over the
| money in full settlement of
| Simpson clalm when the trans
| was called to the attention
court. Judge Miramon declared that
such settlement would permit the
arrest of Simpson for compounding
a perjury. It developed that Simp-
son had once given Ham a
of attorney which contained sta
ment ntradicting testimony recent
|1¥ given in the presen
court ed to permit
drawal of Simpson's charge
dered Ham ret ed to
communicado
| The
Saunders
sorting to m
obtained from
tion a loan of 1,5
the U
its doors
Ol
their
attor-|
the
of the
n
*
RCO
tL case
dec! the
nen
urn
i
brought by Mar
hat
charge y
alleged Ham
isrepresents
the Canadian
100 DEBOE
ited States
The 1
was devoted
advanced
10
days before
closed
harged,
those
loan.
«
poses than
i ing for the
GIRL A FIRE HERO,
Father And Sister, Then
Falls Uuconscious.
Rescues
. outs i C3 y
New York yociad )
were
CONVICTED BANKER FIGHTS.
Objects To 8504
To
Taking Estate
Defalca
O00
{
ner ons
he
woeaknone
action
of the
Ww ho,
» he 100k
“ADD” MARRIAGES BINDING.
| Court Decides That They Are As
| legel As Any Others,
| Washington, D. CC.
Marri brought about as a result
of advertisement are binding in the
eyes the law in the opinion of
Justice Van Orsdel, of the Court of
| Appeals of the District of Columbia
He held that Clyde I. Williamson,
who won his wife by correspondence
begun through a matrimonial bureau
| and who married her within two
| hous of their first meeting, must
| retain her, there being nothing ‘that
would in law vitiate the marriage
contract.”
(Special).
Ages
¢
Oi
8
Have 834.87 In Your Pocket
Washington, D. C. (8pecial)
Have you $34.87 in your pocket or
in the bank? If you have not, then
you are shy on the per capita ecir-
culation of money in the
| States as shown by the books of the
| Treasury Department. The depart
{ ment, in reaching
: eutin
ted States at 889.883.000,
{ nounces the amount of money in eir-
{ enlation on March 1 as $3,134,093.-
| 260, which, if equally divided, would
| give every man, woman and child in
the country $34.87. There is in eir-
culation today $49,315,244 more
than there was a Year ago,
Three Dead In Wreck In Fog.
| Decatur, Ill. (Special). — Three
| men were killed, one fatally hurt
| and seven others severely injured on
the Illinois Central Railroad, one
mile routh of Oconee, when two
freight trains collided in a heavy fog.
Cs PAN
Wright Machine Falls.
San Antonio (Special). .— After
three successful fights Lieut. B. D.
Foulols in a Wright aeroplane made
a fourth attempt that resulted dis
astrously. The rudder of the ma-
chine was wrecked and Lieutenant
Foulois had a narrow escape from
injury. The machine had just turned
the southern end of the parade fleld
at Fort 8am Houston when the en-
gine stopped. The aeroplane fell
a0 fest
Endowment of Many Millions
Likely to Be Made.
Bill Introduced In Congress For The
Of A
The Well-Being
Incorporation
To Promote
And Its Possessions In Foreign
Lands—Rivalry Between The Iron
ting Rid Their Swollen
tunes,
Of
CROESUBES
Carnegle’'s endowments, $162
O00 G00
’ ‘
+
ckefeller's endowments, $131,
i { 's
000, 01,
fortune (estimated),
$400,000,000,
Rockefeller's fortune
estimate), $200,000,000
Carnegie's
{his own
ns
ep
¥
ROCKEFELL LATEST
Gl
endowment a foundation
promoting the welfare of
ped of the United States
S8i0ONs,
An for
for
the
and
were” taken
of Columbia
8G WAS
r nd was referred
Judiciary
fest y f 134
nirocu
“a
other
yo ie
Orig
NOoney
the
amaonnt
amount Lt
THE RIVAL CROESUSES,
And Rockefeller
lid Of Great Sums.
{ Special) Star J
one of the incorporators
the Gallinger bill to
Rockefeller foundation.
iid not
the foundatic
New York
Murphy,
named in
tablish the
sajd that he
endowment
have
Enow
Ln
yet
would
The bill intr
ton,” sald Mr. Murphy,
ed to broaden the scope
Rockefeller’'s philanthroples
almost identical in with
of Congress in 1803 under
the Rockefeller Educational Fund
wag authorized The new bill makes
it possible for Mr. Rockefeller to
Washing.
intend
of Mr
and
the
oduced at
“ia
OP IY
orm
De Abaldia, 1, Stricken
By Heart Disase.
Obaldia Did Good Work For The
Panama Canal — While Senator
He Made An Almost Single-handed
Fight For Approval Of The Treaty
For The Construction Of The
Canal—One Of The Richest Mew
In Panama——Owned Big Planta
tions,
Dominge
ranama,
at 2.04
pick ow
Panama J ise
ge Obaldia,
lied
¥
of
from
P
clock hewn
elected oF
belore
during the
Amador, He
io the United
4 years age
President
his
he
WEST ID”
under
Wh
a Gots
HBG
i executive
of Pi A
former)
He
4 Bou
Of ol
Dlates, Was born ©
reer
During
presides 1
and was
imbency
hoon #
od
lwanys
timc hiv
hee TECEIY-
liberal as
partisans
Columbian
ardent advo-
treaty for
Panama Ca
aC in almost lage
fight r its approval liy the
Bogots i rned the
the COn-
the treaty
nye wae
of Pans
1§ the defest of the
organized an
government President
Benor Obaldia
fi of Pana
eld until
1 her in.
Anmdor ap
nieter 10 the
new repablic
went to Rio
to the Pan
in the same
firel vice
nded
ite at
mbian governme:
jucnces threaten
rejected, but wrong
garded and the
resenting
Y, reve
pendent
Pe
ted
- syd a Yirtsrst sed
oquin appointed
artmer
{ the rieh-
hie plan-
the re
ne o
and
in
of Panama will
Three vice
in 180K,
A. Aran-
ndows Was
president and
and will be
fee president 1
WM ¢
we
{Epecial)
iz of the
wnt the fol
Senor Dona
his widow:
extend to YOU
in your great
on uf
hegen 8
conthnoed
and
learnis
genthaman
ehamacier
rming companion
ond. May ¢he
liaise you in
hj ¢
eT
sessed
BY TELEGRAPH
i
» charges made by former Spec.
ent Thomas R. Dawley against
sioner Labor Neill were
to be without foundation.
onferen was held by oficiais
department to wark out »
f action against the Beef Trust
orice letlerg were rescaed Nam
rubbish ia an attie im te
£2 of Representatives %
How severe a punishments Con
has provided for ralirosds vio.
the so-called ""Twesty-eight
Law” by unlawful confinement
ive stock in transportation pas
argued. before the Supreme Court
Ths House members of the Joint
-
of
of
r
it
¢
Of
iating
Hour
of
ed amend their defonesc
Gallinger Mall Pay Bil, tw
mail steamship lines between
leave to
The
provid
first
The fact that
both instances
world, whereas the
was specifically limited
the Incorporatorsz in
are almost identical simply means
that Mr tockefeller believes their
experiences will be of benefif in fu
ture work.”
ROCKEFELLER'S COMMENT.
Augusta, Ga. (Special). John D
Rockefeller, who returned to the eity
from New York at 3 o'clock, was
shown the dispatch regarding the bil
introduced by Senator Gallinger. He
smiled and sald:
“Just at this time | do not eare
to have anything to say I''' wait
until I see what they are going to
do up there, However, you may
reat assured it Is not anything that'y
do harm to anybody.”
Carriers Lost By One Vote.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
By the narrow margin of 63% to 64
the House voted down an amendment
to the Postoflice Appropriation bill
offered by Representative Goebel, of
Ohio, providing for the promotion of
all letters carriers In large cities to
the $1,200 grade. ’
Falliores Receives Fairbanks, |
Paris, President Fallieres re-
ceived Charles W. Fairbanks at the
Elysee Palace. The American Am-
bassador, Mr. Bacon, presented the
}
former Viee-Presidoent
¥
China and
favembly
Philippines.
Australia, was ordered
reported the Benatg
Senator Cumming and Clapp sub-
mitted the minority report of Lhe
Senate Interstate Commerse Oom-
mittee on the administration raliroad
bill, deciaring that it woul utterly
fail to accomplish its object
The Legislative, Excecstive and
Judicial Appropriation bill, casrying
$33,885,765, was reported 0 fhe
House
Under the
entomologist
paign ja to
housefly.
The President has commated je
five yoars the sentence of seven yours
imposed upon Anton Wintr, at Bal.
falo, in 1907, who was charged with
photographing two dollar silver coe
tiflcates
President Taft haz accepied am fu-
vitation to address the Presbymartian
General Assembly.
The Senate passed a bill authogis-
ing the expenditure of $10,000,000
for the purchase of land south of
Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington,
as sites for public bulldings,
Secretary BallingeY withdrew trom
entry 44,532 acre of land in .
Idaho and Utah, thought to contais
power possibilities.
The Senate passed the bil
ising }20.000 000 worth of
cates o ebtedness to complete
tating irrigation projects. oe
Japan
to
direction o! the ahief
a country-wide ofm-
be waged against the
-