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T1IK WEATHER.
Medford Mail Tribune
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Gl. low 3C, range 44.
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FOURTH YEAR
MEDFORD OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1910.
No. 294.
AVALANCHE
WEEP
500 TO
DEATH
UTILE TOWNS
AND BURKE THOUGHT TO
BE BURIED DEEP IN SNOW
Wires Over Northwest Are Down and Late Reports Regarding Second
Slide Cannot Be Confirmed Mace Buried Beneath Tons of Snow,
Dirt, and Debris Every Abale Bodied Man in Wallace, Armed With
Picks and Shovels Are Rushed to Scene of Disaster to Assist In
Rescue Work.
WALLACE, Malm, Fob. 28. Willi the towns of Mine and .Ilurke bur
led devp under a double avnlanrlie of snow, Ice and debris and SO dead Imd
ies already recovered, hundreds of rescuers are working dosiierntcly this
afternoon in the Iiojh; of saving the lives of scores imprisoned beneath
their collapsed houses who still may Ihj nllve.
The heroic work Is liolng carried on against tremendous odds nnd tho
men who are struggling nguinst the great weight of snow are In constant
danger of being entombed by a third slide.
After the first axalancbe hud smothered the town of Mace and crushed
the slight frame structures of the little mining camp as If they had Ik-oii
made of pasteboard, scores of jtersons from the adjoining towns In'gan
the work of rescue, continuing their
At daylight a great mass of snow-
of Ilurke gave way and with grinding, road rush, swept down the moun
tainside, burying the camp under tons of rocks, trees, earth and stone.
The men who were attempting to rescue the imprisoned victims of the
first slide fled in terror, as the mas imiH-uding over Ilurke began to
move.
Most of the 111(11 of Ilurke had rcsjionded to the call for volunteers
when Mace was burled and these beheld the destruction of their homes
nnd tho prolmble deatli of the wives and children of those who were married.
WALLACE, Idaho, Teh. UH. At least .100 M'isons are thought to have
been swept to death by an avalanche, which after threatening the little
town of Mare for two days, last evening tore itself loose and with a deaf
ening road hurled Itself upon the town. Hundreds were swept to death.
A nunilter escaped death, having been warned that the avalanche was
apt to descend at any time.
Later today the destruction of Ilurke, a mining town adjacent to Mace,
was rcHrted. A second nvalanche Is said to have burled It. Rurke Is
simply a continuance to Mace, and It is feared that the second avalanche
retorted may have endangered sonic of the Mace resellers.
Weather conditions throughout the northwest have resulted In a pros
tration of wires and the second snowslldc cannot he jKisltlvely verified
tills morning.
Every nble lKdled man in Wallaco is at tho scene tills morning help
ing to rescue those buried leneath the snow. Hardware stores today open
ed their doors and gave out picks an shovels and two relief trains were
immediately dispatched to the scene,
AVanihig had Ik-cii Issued to tho little towns that an avalanche was to
be feared, but little attention was paid to the reort.
Tho little town of Mace Hog bo
twoen two precipices, a straggling
lino of buildings in the creek bot
tom, with scarce a dividing lino be
tween tho towns of Dlack Boar, Com,
Maco and Burke, form a long string
of houses for aMlatanco of ilx miles
along the valley. Mace has a popula
tion, oi louu, inumiy miners.
Three box cars, containing BO
Northern Pacific section mon. were
standing on the sidetrack when the
slide came. All of those are sup
posed to havo been killed.
At the Mace boarding house tho
snow Is 30 feet deep and all tho flats
from tho boarding house to the east
end of tho town are burled beneath
the slid.
Rescue trains began arriving here
from adjacent towns to answer tho
frantlco appeals from tho scene of
the disaster. As fast as It was pos
sible to handle the crewds with the
poor equipment of the little ore car
railroad line to Mace the men were
rushed to the entombed camp.
Largo quantities of dynamite were
taken to tho scent, as the enormous
masses of frozen earth and rock
could nt once be removed by the use
of explosives.
The rescuers, however, were afraid
to resort to blasting, for fear that
persons still alive under the debris
would be killed by the concussion.
,Word reached here that IS bodies
bad been recovered at Mace and that
13 persons were killed on the out
skirts of Burke by a second slide.
The known victims from the Burke
slfce were not burled and were easi
ly recovered
It,J feared here this afternoon that
the final report of the disaster when
the details become known will show
that at least 100 lives baTe been lost.
It Is Impossible, however, to make
Of MACE
labors through the night.
and Ice that had overhung the town
a positive or authoritative estimate
of the loss of lives.
No one can tell the oxact number
of perFons who wore In tho two
towns.
Many aro bolleved to be alive In
their housos. While excavations so
far mado show that the houses crum
bled like paper, there Is no doubt
that tho walls of many of the strong
er structures nt least partially with
stood tho weight of the slldo.
Therefore tho miners hero predict
that the rescue work will show that
many persons are-Imprisoned In their
burled housos nnd aro still alive un
der from 20 to 30 feet of snow and
debris,
Tho fact that the majority of the
S00 Inhabitants of Burko wore not
caught In tho second slldo was the
result of the warning given by the
old time miners after the first slide.
Scores of porsons fled from the town
during the night and camped out on
the higher ground, while most of the
mon went to the Bcone of tho first
slide to alJ In the work of excavating.
Burke, another little canyon min
ing camp, reported under vnow, was
almost wiped out by a landslide on
February 1. 1890. Never since has
a eoeur d'Alene town been so strick
en as Maco.
Warnings were Issued to the can
yon towns that conditions were favor
able for another bad slide, but no
one seems to have paid any attention.
In the little canyon between the
Coeur d'Alene mountains Just below
Burke the mining camp of Maee li
Isolated from the outside world ex
cept for the railroad that winds IU
way up the steep mountain trade to
Wallace.
Burke Is thi end of trie s,ur which
fTortinrie'' ir Pnpf 4
NESMITH FAVORS SECESSION ALSO
i .-IS-
Jp r? - - " -
Tho residents of the proposed
nrc making n great effort to win their
nbovo cartoon represents tho reasons
WIAYOR.FINDS A
Returns With Report That "Grani
toid" is Superior to Bitulithic But
Still More Expensive Is Said to
Be Moro Durable.
Mayor Canon and Councilman Mor
rlck have returned from a trip to
Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma rind Port
land, where they Inspected pnvomonts
In various cities and Inntorestod pav
ing companies to bid on the nine
mllos of pavement to be let next week.
Said Mayor Canon:
"We found n new pavement, called
Granitoid,' manufactured by tho B.
S. Blome company, superior oven to
bitulithic, but still moro oxponslvo.
It Is composed of n flvo-lnch concreto
base and an Inch and a half surface
of crushed rock and cement. It la
said to be the most durable of any
pavement laid, and U guaranteed for
five year by the contractors.
"We expect bids for paving will be
made by the Barbar Asphalt company,
by the Warren construction company,
by Falrchlld, Gllmoro & Wilton com
pany of Los Angeles for asphalt pav
ing aiid by the oil macadam con
tractors, and as well as for Gnanlt
old l tU- r.iome company."
BUSINESS BLOCK
Property at the Corner of Fourth
Street and Central Avenue Sold for
$12,000 Building to Go Up.
T. E. Pottengor has sold his prop
erty on Central avenue at the corner
of Fourth street to Eugene D. Sum
my of Seattle for $12,006.
The property fronts 200 feot on
Central avenue and runs west 100
feet on Fourth,
Mr. Sumray has not announced his
full Intention as to the disposition of
the property, but gives the Impree-i
slon that a business building will go;
up on the corner this season, j
As It is only a little over a block
from the site of the new passenger j
depot, the location Is a flnit-elasi ,
one for a business building.
Tbe home maker's thoughts are
greatly centered, these days, on fur-!
n it u re on the thin that are needed
!for the periodical "renewing" of the'
home So that the furniture ads nrc
e.pi . li,, "hp reading matter" .n-f
'.W
PAVEMENT
h1
new county of Nesmith lo lie carved
fight. Neglect of their section led
why they would secede from the old
COMMITTEE 101
IN LINEFOR TAFT
Only Four Members Favor President's
Plan lii Connection With Interstate
Commerce Court May Yield to
Taft. ,
WASHINGTON', D. C, Feb. 128. -Chairman
Mnnn of tho houso enm
rnittco on interstate commerce de
clared today that only four members
of his committee nro in favor of the
interstate commerce court advocated
by Prosident Tnft nnd included in
tho interstate commerce bill that
forms nn importnnt itom nnd tho ad
ministration's oxecutivo program.
Mann was positive in his declara
tion thnt only members of tho commit-
teo nro strongly in favor of tho court.
His statement mado it plain Hint tho
bill is destined to meet with sorious
opposition in coimnittoo. lie quali
fied his declaration, however, by inti
mating that tliuro is n possibility that
those recalcitrant membors may be
brought to n different frame of mind.
Dospite Mnnn's views and his ns
scrtions, n smitimont has developed
that tho members of 'he committee
will yield to wlint thev know nro the
prexidont's wishe. ami report tb'
bill intact.
CARNEGIE DENOUNCES
PUGILISTS AND FIGHTS
SANTA BARBARA. Pal., Feb. 28.
"San Francisco is hurt seriously by
Its reputation for such things ns prize
fights, and tho sooner her butter peo
plo realize this and act upon tho real
ization tho sooner the will assume
her rightful place among Amerlcnn
cltlos," waB tho arraignment of San
Francisco's citizens of fltiann voiced
by Andrew Carnegie, who Is In this
city today.
"I,os Angolos permits 10-round
boxing matchoH, I understand," the
steel king continued "That Is vary
well. Manly sport Is manly sport, but
when people aro permitted to enter a
ring and batter each other for the
greater part of an afternoon, while i
thousands of others howl their ap
proval the time hai' arr'vtwl when rad-;
teal measures are necessary." j
While Carnegie made no ipeolflo
reference to the encounter between ,
Battling Kelson and Ad Wolgast on .
Washington's birthday, hlsjnferonee
was unmistakable. 1
He declared that people have
"grown away" from sueb things, and,
that they should be stopped when the
first principles of humanity showed
that interference was necessary. ' I
i,
e l
out of Douglas and Lnuo counties,
thorn to ndvocato a now county. The
counties.
PRESIDENT MAY
BE AWITNESS
His Private Utterances on Conserva
tion May Be Introduced as Evi
dence in Ballinflcr-Plnchot Contro
versy. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S. Shall
Preeldont Taft's prlvato utterances on
tho conservation of natlonnl resources
In tho Bnlllngor-Plnchot controversy
bo Introduced as ovldonco?
Attorney Vortrees representing
Secretary Balllnger of the Interior
department raised this question when
ho objected to Gilford Plnchot's In
troducing a convorsntlon ho had with
Prosident Taft on Aprnl 20, 1909. Tho
commltteo today aro pondering on
tho now phaso of tho case. When
tho Investigating commltteo ronssom
bles It Is freely nssortod that tho com
mltteo will open the subject. It is
hold that Taft already rondored him
solf liable to summons boforo the
committee by engaging In tho con
troversy. Your 'odnvV s'oro ml. should find
i lot of new friends for your store
people b Imw'n'i heretofore), hail
any 'p'oii.l Conviction .hat your
- lore i miiM verv e lliein
BUY HALF INTEREST
IN NOTED ORCHARD
Elmer Shanks Takes Two Partners In
His Fruit Farm Down Rogue River
Valley.
CHANTS PASS, Kali. 28. 'Hie fa
mous Klmor Shank orchard, formerly
known as tlu Kisuianu property, one
of thu best orchards in the lower
Rogue river valley, has attracted the
attention of two gentlemen of meant,
and business ability of Orass Vallev,
this state. They ate Samuel II. Rak
er and Charlei A. Buckley. The for
mer is the cashier of the Citizens'
bank anil the other vie. president of
the same institution at that place.
They have purchased from Mr.
Shank a half interest in the property
which consists of &5 acres, 35 acre,
of hiek is in bearing and 20 acre
wore which will be in hearing the
cowing season; thus making oft sore
of choice apples. The old orchard
the past oeuMiu produced a $12,000
prop nnd it ws the wort year in the
In'torv ft f'Mit growi' g ;r tin- Mi!
'-s "fh pr re p'u for Hip half o
U r; " f n
SATURDAY IS
J0ALK-OUT
DAY
Labor Leaders Hold Meeting and
Formulate Plans for General Strike
In Philadelphia to Effect 125,000
Union Men.
BUSINESS MEN PLEAD
WITH COUNCIL FOR AID
Thought Now That Nothing Can
Avert General Strike Few of the
Leaders Oppose Plan.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Feb. 28.
Developments in the street car strike
today Indicated thnt tho hreatened
walkout of 125,000 union Inbor mon
of this city nctunlly will tnko place
next Saturday.
Tho underlying current of political
maneuvering shown thnt tho city
council, to whom tho people of this
city hnve nppenled for a ccssntlon
of hostilities, Is bound to tho Inter
ests of those favoring n continuation
of tho street enr strike.
Tho council Is dominated, It Is de
clared, by Stato Senator James P.
McNIchol, who, It Is assorted, could
forco tho council to arbltrato nnd end
tho strike.
McNIchol, howovor, Is a polltlcnl
ro-workor of Stato Sonntor Claronco
Wolfe, vice-president of tho Phllndol
phla Rapid Transit company.
Tho Rtrlkers declaro that Wolfo Is
responsible for tho dlschnrgo of f00
union men. theroby forcing n strike.
Labor londors held a meeting this
nftornoon nt which plans wero for
mulated for the gonnrnl strike. Thoso
will bo put Into execution ns soon ns
hope of n comprnmlsn Is nbandoned.
A fow of tho lenders h.ivo taken n
stand against tho proposed strlko on
tho ground thnt working agreements
with employers In other trndes would
bo violated In other trades.
A majority, however, look upon tho
present situation ns a crisis In tho
affairs of union labor horo. and nro
Insisting that tho question bo settled
for nil tlmo.
Two minor clashes wore reported
todav. i
Business men, mlnlstors and oth
ers of this city nro today calling upon I
tho mnynr nnd council to nrgo the!
prevention of a gonornl call-out of all
union men In this city, which ts
threatened unless tho street car com-1
pany gives In to tho demands of tho
striking employes for flat wagos of
2K cents nn hour and a recognition
of their union.
Tlio rioting continual Sunday and
resulted In tho fatally wounding of
two porsons nnd tho Injuring of 75
others.
The company today claims that
thoy havo 1000 cars In operation.
Tho men operating them are protect
ed by having pollee juards and aro
carrying but few passenger.
Plant Resumes Operations.
RHTHLRHBM. Pa.. Fob. 28 The
Bethlehem steel plant re u mod oper
ations today, guarded bv big squads
of troops and deputy sheriff, who
prevented Hi" strikers from approach
lag the nates.
Iv below the real value. The pur
chasers of this half interest are
friends of R. E William, who for
merly lived in Orass Valley, and it
was through him they enme on a visit
to this section. The sale was mudf
by J. Vv Laos, who has been asso
ciated with Mr. Shank in the real es
tate business since last summer. Mr.
Lucas is an energetic vom.g lnmln'-
fi.i" ,ir d ba- proved h rinlf a wipi
,h !! ' ' fir P I
rr
60 PERISH IN
CHANNEL
STORM
Terrific Gale Sweeps Over English
Channel Docs Huge Damage to
Shipping Two Steamers Last
Many In Danger.
SIXTY KNOWN TO BE
DEAD IN THE GALE
France Swept by Heavy Rains and
High Winds Thought Another
Flood Is Imminent.
LONDON, Feb. 28. Sixty lives aro
known to hnyo been lost In tho terrif
ic gnlo which swopt tho channel last,
ovonlng. Two Inrgo vessels aro lost
nnd It Is feared a scoro of amallor
onos hnvo sunk.
Tho storm enmo up suddonly and
before warnings could bo given.
Today tho shoro near Dovor ts lin
ed with wreckage Although tho
storin lias lost somo of Its fury, rain.
Is still falling.
PARIS, Franco, Feb. 28. A( hoavy
rain Is bolng oxporlonccd today ovor
southern Europe. Tho storm camo
up suddonly yestordny afternoon.
Unless tho storm abates soon a rep
etition of tho sovoro floods in this
city Is feared.
WILL OPPOSE SCHEME
FOR TWO NEW SHIPS
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 28.
Representative James A. Tawuoy of
Minnesota, chairman of tho houso ap
propriations eominittuo today quietly
commenced tho organization of oppo
sition to tho administration's naval
program ns outlined to thu commit
too by Suorotury of tho Navy Moyorv
Tawnoy forecasted tho attitude of
thu opposition last evening in a caus
tio stutuomiit arraigning the naval
program.
IIo forosnw "Bankruptcy for tho
government" if snob plans aro ad
hered to and oharod their agitation to
a "conspiraoy of tho ship-building
interests."
"I road of the government's tontu
tivo naval program with profound us
toiiixhiueiit," the rupruosnUtivo said.
"It involves an enormous additional
appropriation without furnishing n
worthy basis for the expenditure.
Neither is the wish for more naval
st length based upon deface necessi
ties. "If our naval policy is to be deter
mined by our ability to compete with
Uuroponn nrtions in tho mnttor of
construction nnd in numerical
strength strength, tlion it should it
should be enroid out wtihout refer
ence to our ncods."
ASQUITH'S EXPLANATION
FAILS TO EXPLAIN
LONDON, Fob. 28. Premier As
nuith's long nwnitod explanation of
the government's legislative program
failed to day to olnrify the politionl
situation.
Asquith outlined his program in tho
house of representatives this after
noon hut liis explanations proved
more of a piizile than of his nay for
mer notions.
The premier made no direct refor
saee to the budget an which depends
the routine life of th govramat, lut
asked the commons to authorize a
consideration at next week's sessions
of "borowing inesuresM to meet th
country's deficit.
1 HeferriiiL' t the et hill which
'In ii'o-t ilmi'.'' i "'i- n'le-tioti be'or
l 'i M. )( iu r-r pri ,!rw-ed