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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1910)
iMmilMIPfPPI?PPWW1"Wif " 'im.j Gftmra ADS. NEWS ..v iu;slvi:ss is s GET IT WIIIIiE IT IS NEW BY HEADING THE COOS DAY TIMES. AI1I1 THE NEWS ALTj TUB TIME TEItSELY TOLD :: :: :: :: :: ISS SB. TH-W ,T PAVS 1S KV1" "Sn V SUCCESSFUL BUSI- Di?B .milSBS EVERYWHERE :: Sbso " - MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED TRESS Established In 1878 its The Coast Mall. xou sx"' MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1910 EVENING EDITION A consolidation of Times, Coast Mail and Coos Bay Advertiser. No. 198. 0au 2jJ4Jl i ME HUNDRED THOUGHT KILLED ON Disaster On Great Northern Near Everett Worse Than First Reported. THIRTY-FIVE BODIES ARE REPORTED FOUND Others Known Buried Underneath Ten Acres of a Snow and Land. (By Associated PresB.) WELLINGTON, Wash., March 3. Thirty-five bodies of the avalanche Tlctiras,have been recovered. Sixty are missing whoso names are known beside a number of laborers whose ,,inM have not been learned. Prob ably more than ono hundred per sons were killed. All aro In tno rains. Shortly before two o'clock Tues day morning when everyone on the two stalled trains were In bed, ten acres of mountain side towering above the trains became detached and taken with It were snow, trees, earth, rocks, as the avalanche plung ed down the canyon. i ' fV,J. The trains were picked up as i though mere trifles and the whole mass piled at the bottom of the ravine several hundred feet bolow. One glance at the ruins explains why so many persons are missing and gives no hope that any of those burled is alive. The few men who are working cannot accomplish much and it would take them months to dig out the cars, but as soon as the road opens( proper equipment will be brought to the scene and the bodies recovered. ST OF DEI Unable to Ascertain Names of All the Victims of Avalanche. JBy Associated Press.) EVERETT, Wash., March 2. Complete lists of the dead and In jured cannot be obtained until the rescuers have dug all the bodies out ol the mass of wreckage at the foot of the mountain. The lists available t present contain only the names of trainmen who were killed or in ured. A partial list of the dead wd Injured follows: Tlio Dead. A. L. BLACKBURN, trainmaster, Everett. A. E. LONGCOY, secretary to Superintendent O'Neill, Everett. LEWIS WALKER, cook on 0'.Velll's car, Everett. , Seriously Injured. J. D. KURDE, fireman, Everett. SliRhtly Injured. ENGINEERS OSBORNE, CARROLL JORGENSON, F- S. MARTIN, i D- E- TEGTMEIER, Everett. FIREMEN OILMAN, MR. BENNINGTON JINKS MEUZ, E- A. BATES, pRED. NELSON, Everett. BRAKEMAN ROSS. MAIL CLERK A. B. HENSELL. PORTERS SMITH and ANDER SON. Everett. Most of the dead and injured are 8n t ' be Dassensers on the wane Express, forty of whom re n the train at the time of the aaster. haJ"ldes 'hese thirty workmen who been engaged In the . battle hold? the dr,fts tnat have been Prlso Vhe tW I1Mated tra,ns ,m ruar 9 ln the mountalns s!nce Feb coach WCre 8leep,nB ,n the day THIS 61 SLIDE SECOND S IS REPORTED Avalanche at Wellington Last Night Did But Little Damage. (By Associated Press." EVERETT, Wash., March 3. A dispatch from Wellington says: "It Is expected that twenty-five more bodies will be taken out of the wreck soon. The number of passengers and trainmen who survlved-the ava lanche Is twenty-six. The names of the dead recovered with the excep tion of Conductor J. L. Pettlt have not been received." The avalanche that came down near Wellington last night was a small one, ISO feet wide and 50 feet deep. No one was Injured. An other train with workmen and sup plies went to the front at noon. Good progress In opening the track Is re ported. Another rotary snow plow has been sent up. ALL ARE DEAD. No Hopo Entertained of Recovering People Buried In Debris. (By Associated Press.) EVERETT, Wash., March 3. Fifteen bodies have been recovered from the snow heap of the avalan che which carried away two Great Northern trains Tuesday morning, and there Is no hope that any of the sixty-nine persons missing are alive. Ono hundred and fifty men, mostly volunteers, are working to uncover the dead but they can accomplish lit tle owing to the huge mass of debris which buries the cars. When the track is opened the railroad com pany will send machinery and an army of men to the scene. The rail road with big snow plows, wrecking trains and hundreds of men is work ing on both sides of the Cascade mountains to open the track. There Is a growing belief that the number of dead will go higher than eighty-four. It is said that there were number of laborers on the train whoso their names are not Included In the list of missing. The Injured are at the Wellington bunk house which has been converted into a hospital. They have physicians, nurses, food and all comforts. All supplies are packed up the steep trail from Scenic on men's backs. Among tho most seriously injured is Mrs. William Starret of Chemai nus, B. C, who is severely bruised. She was returning from . Spokane where her husband was killed in a railroad accident two months ago. With her were her three children, her father and mother. Two of the children and her father, William May, were killed in the avalanche. PLAN WORK OP RELIEF. Wrecking Crews and Workmen Hur ried to tho Scene. (By Associated Prose.) EVERETT, Wash., March 2. A train left for the blockaded section on the Great Northern today with seventy additional workmen and supplies. The relief train with the Injured, if they can be removed from Welling ton, will arrive at Everett at 6:30 tonight. Wrecking crews are working on the east side of tho Cascades in an effort to reach Wellington. If they get the track open before the west side is cleared the bodies of the dead will be taken to Spokane. Superintendent O'Nell of tho Great Northern, who is at Scenic Hot Springs sent word before noon that be had heard nothing from Welllng- mo Bimnoses that messengers 'from the rescue party are walking through snow to Scenic hoi prjue. Y KILLED IN Magazine Explosion In Shaft Near Juneau, Alaska, Claims Many Victims. (By Amo1&m4 Tr., JUNEAU, Alaska, March 2. A SAYS COURTS L Mayor Reyburn Wants Coun cil to Keep Hands Off Street Car Strike. (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 3. Mayor Reyburn will recommend to tho city council this afternoon that no action be taken In the trolley strike and will call attention to an old law that will permit the courts to handle the situation. LOSE LIVES Only One of Those On Train Hit By Avalanche Escapes Alive. (Bv Associated Press.) SPOKANE, Wash., March 3. Def inite advices received by the postal authorities here leave no doubt of the death of all but one mall clerk on the fast mall burled by the ava lanche in the Cascades Tuesday morning. Alfred B. Hensell of Spok ane, was the only man in the car to escape death. He suffered a frac tured collar bone and a broken arm. Following are the Spokane postal clerks listed as dead: R. C. BOGART, unmarried. GEORGE HOEFER, married. J. C. TUCKER, married. LEE J. AHERN, unmarried. CHAS. S. DAHUE. HIRAM LOWESLY. JOHN D. FOX of Seattle. FRED. BOHN, Seattle. The distance Is three miles ln a straight line and eight miles by the winding course of the railroad track. There is no wire communication be tween Wellington and Scenic. WILL FURNISH RELIEF. Wallace People ffuko Care of Vic tims of Avalanche. (From Tuesday's Dallv.i SPOKANE, Wash., March 2. Two relief committees were organiz ed at Wallace, Ida., today to look n tvin fninrpri jiml destitute caus ed by the several avalanches In the Burke valley. The first Is to look after the families In need and the second to collect money. No moro bodies were found up to noon today. About 1S8 men are still at work at Burke removing the debris from the rntirnnrt frank. Peonle along the valley continue to move from the danger scene. A number of funerals are being held. All the injured are well cared for. AVRECK NEAR SPOKANE. Great Northern's Oricntnl Limited Is Ditched. (Bv Associated Press.l SPOKANE, Wash., Macrh 2. The Oriental Limited, the ' Great Northern's finest passenger train, east bound, struck a rock at Milan this afternoon and went Into a ditch. The wreck caughtf Are and it Is be lieved the entire train will be con sumed. Two are known to be dead. They are the engineer and' a hobo. A wrecking train was started from Spokane, GOOD FLOUR $1,150 at HAINES. DANCE at SUSINEr. March 5. I GO M TREADWELL Mil magazlno explosion In tho 1,100-foot level of the Mexican shaft of tho Trod well gold mine today, caused n large loss of life. Twenty-three bo dies have been recovered. Other reports say sixty men were killed and many injured 0. Would Incorporate to Dispose of Great "Fortune to Benefit Mankind. (Prom Wednesday's Daily.) WASHINGTON, D. C, March 3. The Rockefeller Foundation is In corporated by a bill Introduced ln the Senate today. It is understood that the purpose is to iprovide a method for John D. Rockefeller to dispose of his enormous wealth in a manner beneficial to mankind. - LAST NIGHT Dan Shannon Shoots Heavy Shot Into the Ranks of Sin Men Tremble. (By Rev. G. LeRoy Hall.) SHANNON'S BELL BUOY. '"The Devil Is waiting for the boys of Marshfield." "Some men are llko cork- screws, their drawing power de- pends on their crookedness." "Some people are like a blond wig Fair but false." "People who live for them- selves alone are little, no mat- ter how pig they feel." ' "Sin is like the bee, honey In Its mouth and sting in its tail." "The man who fights a work to make men better is a little potato and rotten at that." "Some school teachers fight Christianity. If it was not for the Gospel they would have no schools to teach ln; If It were not for Christ they might be howling dervishes or canni- bais.; "Failure always barks at the heels of success." "Conservatism is a cowardly investigator and a wrong ad- visor." "Christianity Is 'service not 'services.' "Prejudice is as stubborn as a mulo and not half so useful." ' Tonight 100 people are com- ing from North Bend. "Tho chickens come home to roost." Men's meeting next Sunday aft- ernoon. Children's meeting next Friday afternoon. The sermon In tho big tabernacle last night by Rev. Dan Shannon made every one feel dissatisfied with his home city. Altogether It waB a meeting of deep feeling. No Invita tion was given at either last nlght'a meeting or the previous meeting, yet deep conviction rested dn all. After the people had started home, two young men camo back Into tho taber nacle and surrendered themselves to the Lord. It was a manly thing to do. These fellows mean business. There were many moro who wont home with the Shannon arrows hang ing out of them, There ar6 men in Marshfield who are so under the con viction of sin that they are afraid to come to tho meetings. Some people began to realize last night for the first time in their lives that God's (Continued on page 4,) Iff WEALTH Ill ESTEPN STATES BY MOST DEST DAMAGE GREAT Practically Every Valley In State Suffers Railroads Are Tied Uu. (By Associated Press.) BOISE, Ida., March 2. The val leys of Idaho from the head waters of tho Snake river to tho Oregon lino and from Owyhee to the stricken Coour D'Alene are being swept to day by the most disastrous floods in tho history of tho state. All tribu taries of the Snake river aro torrents and the river is higher than over be fore. Fear is expressed for the safety of tho large Irrigation dams at Minidoka and Mllner. All rail road trafllc is at a standstill and passengers on six trains aro maroon ed at various, points along the Ore gon Short Line. Large sections of ! the track aro washed out and it may he several days before trains can be moved. Meanwhile Boise and other cities In Western Idaho will be de prived of mall service. The situa tion at Caldwell and Nampa today is much Improved. The waters of In dian Creek havo receded. Tho grea'test damage this morning was at the Idaho Irrigation works, espe cially those under construction. BETTER AT WALLA WALLA. (By Associated Press.l WALLA WALLA,xWash., .March 2. Tho danger from floods in the Walla Walla valley is believed to be over. Tho streams have been receding since midnight and the weather conditions are improving. TO 5INKEH EAST Employes Reject Baltimore and Ohio's Proposition to Arbitrate. (By Associated Press.) BALTIMORE, Md March 3. Tho result of the vote of the conductors and trainmen on the Baltimore & Ohio railway on the acceptance of the counter proposition to their demands for wage adjustment, -was almost unanimously to reject tho offer. Tho trainmen's general committee will meet later today to determine whether the strike shall bo declared. Tho trainmen who overwhelmingly rejected the company's proposition to admit the differences to arbitration. Tho company has announced it will Invoke arbitration under tho Erd man act. INDICT IIEINZE AGAIN. Government Tries Again to Convict Hint of Crime. (By Associated Press.' NEW YORK, March 3. A new In dictment against F. Augustus Helnze for alleged violation of tho national banking laws was returned by tho federal grand jury here today. This Is tho government's fourth attempt to connect Heinzo -with certain phases of alleged misapplication of funds of tho Mercantile National Bank. PHYSICIAN IS CONVICTED. Dr. Geo. A. Illicit Found Guilty In Mlllnuin Cam). (By Associated Press.) DETROIT, Mich., March 3. Dr. Georgo A. Frltch was found guilty of manslaughter ln connection with tho death last summer of Maybell Mlllman of Ann Harbor whose dis membered body was found ln Echo Creek. MEN AR E SWEPT E FLOODS Utah, Idaho, Washington and Oregon Valleys Inundated. LOSS OF LIFE IS THOUGHT SMALL Railroad Traffic Demoralized In Many Sections As Result. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., March 3. Th.e Willamette river continues to rlso slowly In this city, but so far no dam age has been done and the Indica tions aro that tho waters will soon begin to recede. Reports from up river points are to the effect that the river is falling rapidly. Columbia river points report that the river Is still rising slowly but so far no dam ago of consequence has been done. FLOOD NEAR PORTLAND. Wlllnmetto and Columbia Rivers Very High. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., March 2. Tho Willamette at this point reached tho lower docks Tuesday, but unless It goes considerably higher there will be no damage. Reports from points along the Columbia aro that tho riv er Is rising steady but so far no seri ous damage has resulted. TRAINS ARE DELAYED. Southern Pacific Tied Up Between Salt Lake and San Francisco. (By Associated Press.) SALT LAKE, March 3. All In terruption on the Idaho division of the Short Lino has been overcomo and trains aro moving off schedule. Southern Pacific trains for San Fran cisco are being detoured to Portland and thence over tho Shasta route to San Francisco. MOVE FROM LOWLAND. Farmers Tn AVHlninetto Valley Near Salem Seek Safety. fBy Associated Press.) SALEM, Ore., March 2. Tho Wil lamette river at this point is rising two inches an hour. In anticipation of a flood, farmers on tho low lands are moving their families and house hold effects and stock to higher ground. The Santlam river Is re ported flooding. SNOW AND MUD SLIDES. Railroad TmJIlc Suffers Severely Near LuGrnnde. (By Associated Press.) LA GRANDE, Ore., March 2. Railroad trafllc In this vicinity is interrupted by snow and mud slides. Largo gangs aro at work and traf fic, It is oxpected will bo greatly Im proved before tomorrow. FLOOD AT PENDLETON. O. It. & N. Tracks Under Water and Lowlands Inundated. 'By Associated Press.) PENDLETON, Ore., March 2. Tho Umatilla river has roached tjie flood stago at this point, hut unless tho water rises considerably higher, llttlo or no damage will bo dona here. Tho lowlands aro flooded and tho tracks of itho O. R. & N. aro under water but so far thero has been no serious interruption traffic. STREAMS AIhTfILLING. Warm Weather Meltn Snow and Rain Adds to Mood. (By Associated Press.) SEATTLE, March 3. The weather conditions are warm In tha Pueot Sound country and the streams aro filling up rapidly as the snow ln tho mountains Is melting fast and rains are adding to the vol- .umo of water. Conditions' east over tho Northern racino aro improved today and several trains will be started over tho mountains.