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VESSEL'SCREW
NEAR DEATH AS
HELP ARRIVES
Spend Night on* Wave Swept
Decks of Derelict San
Buenaventura
Captain's Wife, With Babe in
Arms, Shows No Fear in
Trying Hours
_ . V
. \u25a0
>• sir r.lit.v. rShe stood by as brave as
:;nv <•>{ i.s. She wa.< jhe best man <>n
boani. \\> Imve sailed the sea many a
ye»v now* n»^<»U:er. .mi] if 1 \v»s going
•i"v*.]( ill it :il JriSl *hr K'OU)d( go, tOO.
Whenever v«- Uij». it must ibe to
t'liliT." ,
i'Tn I'j i lie. sturm. the vessel leake-1
s:. that men were k^pt at the pumps
day an«l ijijsrJ-.t. \>ui to nu avail. One
sailor. (iUf Mah*n«ia»-rs. went insane
with the p.iln of a spiinier driven int.»
his 1-ead und the luck «>f fresh water.
for all of tjiis hjid be«- n ruined l>y the
ocean- tvasiiiriir «tv»>r the small xrj^ej,
and it was not until he h«<l been on th«
I'airliaven for s**%erHl hours that hi*
regained bis reason.
Chris Erioksu?:. flrst mate, wai al
most killed by a crush of timber that
the waves swept against his side, and
immediately on arrival here he was
treated at the harbor emergency hos
pital for several broken ribs. J. Coes
oovey, another seaman, had his left
index finger torn off by a rope sawing
against the gfnwale. He. also, was
treated by the emergency surgeons.
Mainsail Carries Away
"We left Eureka Wednesday morn-
Jng k " Captain Rappmundt explained
yesterday evening before taking his
wife and family to his home at Six
teenth and Bryant streets. "All sails
were set, but by noon we were running
under close reefed fore and mainsail.
Then the mainsail an»3 main sheet car
ried away and the boom swung clear,
sweeping «\^rythlng before It.
"We struggled for hours to make the
boom fast and it_was during this time
that Cosscoyey lost his finger.
"At that time |re discovered that ;
there was three feet of water in the
hold and we got to the pumps. The
mate was crushed under some lumber
that the seas threw against him and he
couldn't do anything, so we were short
handed. We kept at the pumps «11
Wednesday night, but the schooner
opened up mere and more and the
water gained on us right along.
"All day Thursday we ran north be
fore the strom. helpless to do anything
else, with the water •gaining on us
continually. Wednesday midnight I
had ordered the deck lashings c-ut and j
the derkloa.d of lumber went by the i
board. This Hghteised us, but the water
kept coming."
Spend Night of Terror
Thursday night those on board the
Soomfd San Buenaventura spent hud
dled on ilie cabin steps, the mate sick
with the pain of his crushed side, and j
Cosseovey carrying the" raw stump of j
his finger wrapped in a cloth. i
Rappmundt held her 3 months' old child j
uiid sat all night with the water above i
her knee*.
"When we sighted the San Buena- j
vc-ntura," Second Mate Martin Silvert- •
prnt of the Fairhaven, who commanded j
\u25a0the boat that went to the rescue of the !
10 persons on the little craft, said last j
evening: "She was down so far that i
only her <-abin and either end of the ;
resselj w^th the two masts, showed !
above the "water. Captain Paulsen hove j
to arid I was sent out with four men in !
the lifeboat." .
The gale was still sweeping the sea j
\u25a0with undiminished strength, but Sil- j
v^rtsen and his men managed to row j
their boat alongside the San Buenaven- j
tura. The little craft was dashed j
against the schooner at one time, and
stove In, fortunately above the water
line, but still crew held her close j
to the windjammer. j
After being assured by her husband
that he would come with her, Mrs.
Rappmundt got into the boat, wearing
Feme of her husband's clothing, after
seeing that her baby, wrapped in a
flour sack, had been passed safely along
a rope to the lifeboat. The crew, one
after the other, swung over the side
pnd dropped into the boat as best they
could.
Would Stay With Ship
SHU Rappmundt stayed, and not until
hi« wife had threatened to jump into
the nea with her baby did he leave his
command. .
"The San Buenaventura would not
have stayed upv through the night,
though she was floating on the lum
ber In her hold," Second Mate Sllvert
sen of the Falrhaven said yesterday.
"To stay on her would have meant
denth to Rappmundt."
The Fairhaven was bound from Port '
Oamble to this port with a cargo of
.lumber when she sighted the San
Buenaventura.
Captain Rappmundt was on ills first
voyage Jn the old «chooner, which he
had purchased with a number of others.
Rappmundt had an eighth interest In
the schooner. He was taking 170,000
fftet of pine and redwood lumber to j
Altata and then the craft was to be |
used in trade along the Mexican and
Central American coast for the next
two years or more. She was of 170
#ons burden. i«..
The crew of the schooner are: Mate,
Chris Erickson; F\ W* Beecher. J. An
derson, J. Cosscovey, Gus Malendaers
and A. Tomlssen.
Feared Only for Baby
Mrs. Paul Rappmundt, when seen on
board the Faiijhaven, was In a cheerful
frame of mind and expressed herself as
being glad to be home again after her
fearful experience. She said:
"I was not afraid except for my little i
boy. For myself I had no fear at all,'
and I did not cry once, not even Thurs- ]
day night, when we were compelled to !
Bit on the cabin steps all night, waist !
deep In water, although I did fear for \
baby. His clothing .was wet through!
and after the water lowered so that we
could go Into the cabin he had to sleep
In a wet bunk.
"Just look at the little fellow now;
he 1* wrapped up in a flour sack which
the cook on this. boat dried out for me
so that I might tak<e off his wet clothes.^
He, of course, does not realize what he'
has passed through* and most of the
time he was as happy as a lark. Dur
ing all the time that he was wearing
wet clothes he cried, very little — not
more than the average baby under or
dinary conditions."
"We did not save a thing from the
wreck except the clothes we are wear-v
Laura McDonald Tries, to
End Hen Life WirivMsoh
Laura McDonald, who made a second attempt to commit suicide
• I yesterday. . > . \
Ing, and I came'off the boat in a suit
of my husband's clothes and a slicker.
I am wearing" hisQsuit now, and will
have to until I get home, as there are
no women^board. V/ \
"I believer almost broke down when
the boat of the Fairhaven came along
side and everybody got into it except
Captain Rappmundt. He wanted to stay
with his ship, and I had to threaten
three different times to jump overboard
with baby before he could be Induced
to come with us." -
Will Sail With Husband
On being asked whether or not she
intended to make another trip with her
husband Mrs." Rappmundt replied:
"Why, of course, I wilf. Just as soon
as he gets read j' for. another voyage
Paul, baby and myself will be ready to
go along. This experience, although it
was very terrible, has not frightened
me so that I will^ stay on shore alto
gether. Besides, I^expect my boy Paul
to follow his, father's calling and be a
seafaring man,' and I want to.be along
with him until he gets to be a few
years older."
Captain Hans Paulsen of the Fair
haven said:
"When we first sighted the derelict
it was getting dusk, and those aboard
would never have seen the light of
another daj* if we hadn't happened
along wlien -w,e did. I sent mate
Sivertsen with 'a crew of four men in
the life boat and they took off the
entire outfit. Sivertsen tells me that
Captain Rappmundt wanted to stick" by
his boat. That would have been
foolish, as there was •no chance of
doing anything with her. The rails had
been swept away, as had the rigging.
All that was standing above the water
was the poop, and the seas were wash
ing over her at such a rate that It
was hard work for thje crew in the
life boat to get alongside." .•
. Paul Rappmundt Jr., the 16 year old
son of the captain of the ill fated ves
sel, on being asked whether he was
afraid said: • . \u25a0
"I didn't have any time to be» afraid.
I was too busy helping papa. You
know there was only one man and
papa and I to' do what work could be
done, and then mamma and baby had
to be looked after. I did all I could
for them, besides helping with the
boat."
Dismasted in Gale j
[Strciai Diipatch to The Call] j % -
ASTORIA, Jan. 16.— A wireless mes
sage was received at 5 o'clock this
morning from the .steamer City of Pu
ebla stating that It was 12 miles off
Tillamook head and standing by the
disabled American ship W. H. -Smith,
lumber laden, from .Chemalnus, B. C,
for Port Natal, South Africa. The ship's
mainmast and fore and | mlzzen top
gallant masts had been carried away
Thursday during a heavy "gale. It re
fused assistance from the . Puebla,
whereupon the latter sent' ,a ! wireless
message here and. proceeded 'on its way
to San Francisco.
The tug Wallula and the revenue
cutter Manning were notified and both
left here at an early hour this morn
ing, but when they arrived at the scene
the Union oil company's steamer. Wash
tenaw, bound from Puget sound tor
California, had gotten a line aboard the
Smith and started for the /Columbia
river. » , ,
The Wallula "returned to port im
mediately, but- the/". Manning. Is follow
ing up the tow and will remain with
it until the ship is safe In the harbor.
It will be Impossible to bring the«tow
In this evening^ on account of -the "lour
stage of the tide." but it will be brought
In early Monday morning. There was
no one injured by the falling masts and
all is reported well.
Xew York. ranks first "and lowa sec
ond-in the value bf its dairy products
each year.* . : . ..
A rapid decrease In the' use of rye
flour for bread In recent yeaf^- is noted
In Germany. '
Because the enormous rat! of .Uganda
are so voracious missionaries are using
books bound , in tin.
The flrst grain; elevator in Russian
Asia soon willj be built at Tchalablnsk,
along the- Siberian; railroad:
Shaj>tr Water
for health. ».
THE-^SAN VFK^NGiSCQ VOALL. MONDAY^ JAN UA^, 1910.
JACK LONDON GETS
'ROAST' IN SERMON
Pastor Declares Novelist Is a
Man With iNo Future Be
yond the Cemetery
OAKLAND, Jan. 16.— Jack London,
the novelist, sat tonight In a pew of
the First Congregational church and
listened to the , minister, Rev. C. R.
Brown, discussing his last publication,
n,"Martln Eden." ,
The author heard the child of his
fancy called the autobiography of a
materialist disappointed with success,
of a determinist whose hopes reached
not beyond the cemetery — the final ut
terance of a dreamer.
Prefacing his sermon with -an expla
nation that he knew the novelist well,
liev. Mr. Brown infprmed his congre
gation that "Martin Eden" was auto
biographical, even to" the frontispiece
j of a youtu-and maiden dreaming in the
hills. The man, said the minister, was
the picture of London. "^s>
Reaching the dismal finale, wKerein
Eden, the famed writer, drowns him
self, the clergyman exclaimed: "Is this
Jack London's-, last word in his . last
book?" \ i
"It looks like a flag in distress and
sounds. like the sob of a lost souL What
Is the matter? The best text I can- of
fer to this man is "Except ye become as
a little child, ye can not enter. In - — —."\u25a0
The biblical quotation the^ pastor did
not .complete, characterized
London:
ff Jack London does not ' believe in
God; he is. a raaterialfst with no ; faith
In the soul — a determinist in morals
with no hope in. the hereafter — a man
with no. future beyond the cemetery.
"\u25a0"ln^attaining all' tip wanted he has
not: been happy, for he has fame. -He
is loved by two wives, both living, for
his temperament is "not conducive to
the sanctity of a home."
London's presence was: not known to
the' minister until'he had concluded his
sermon. Then Alexander Stewart, the
Choirmaster, tapped Rev. Mr. Brown on
the shoulder and pointed to. the face of
Ijack London in' the audience. : .
FARMERS' UNION TO
MEET IN WALLA WALLA
. •\u25a0 •;. \u25a0 — v : ,--\
One Thousand • Delegates Will
Attend Sess ipns
WALLA. WALLA, Jan. 16.— Incoming
trains today brought .the .advance
guard ot the one thousand delegates
who will attend' the, tristate convention
of the farmers 'education and co-opera
tive union, r which convenes in;this-clty.
tomorrow;. morning a "three/ daysV
.session. . By.' Monday- Cnlght 'it :is ex
pectedall will have" arrived. :/ ; ;.' V. :'.'. •- ;. j
'Among" the*, questions'fof interest ,!to
the wheat producing section of- the in"-,
land : <%ipire 'which 'will;; be;: discussed
during/ the sessions,"will y be "whether
the .Washington union? shall
the; entire output: of grain ; hags 'from
the state and distribute ; ; them . among
the I local>unions or allow '.the differ
ent locals -to. do "their (own Abuying.VftV
i Success of -/co-operative Vgrain^ ware-,
houses^theipastiseasonimakes'.it .prob
able; that action v will be' takfin to build
more. this; f spring', for '..handling '''this
season's fcrop.'^v/.ri'/S.^f.^v \': r [,' : .P- ; /'J~:
favoring the parcels? post
and ;oppo?inig:President sTaft'S:5 Taft'S: proposal
to raise': the rates on" magazines will be.
introduced. ; ; ~ .
WANTS TO ESCAPE
INSANITY AND DIE
Young Woman Who Killed Her
Baby Makes Another At
tempt at Suicide
Her Condition Leads Physicians
to Fear that Recovery
Is Impossible
:'\u25a0 Continued From I'ngf .1
escaped, ever since the moment
wherKshe awoke from her delirium; to
realize that, she had mur\lered her baby,
she has been calling for him. and last
night the heart burdened with grief
could stand the^agony no longer.
The note, re veals a new friend that
the girl had in Mrs. George Nixon,
wife of Senator Nixon of Nevada. The
note reads as follows:
"To Miss Maude Younger — -Dear
Friend, l hope that no one will think
me neglectful for all the kindness that
has been shown to me. I have long
had a desire to follow; my baby. The
'call of my. baby is irresistible. I have
tried to overcome this desire. I can
not call boy tome but I can go to
him.
Money to Pay Debts
"L don't feel that 1 am doing any
thing wrong. All my friends would'
rather have me go this way than .die'
in^an insane asylum, as I feel posi
tive I would do eventually. Please
give all my money to Miss Younger
wi\h the exception of $50. This sum I
owe to Mrs. John Wilson of lS'-'o Ellis
street. I also want the funeral ex
penses paid with my money. I hope
that Miss Younger and Mrs. Wilson
will, not look upon this as gifts, as
they are debts that I owe.
"Have everything white, at my fu
neral. Do not bury me in my old'black
clothes. No .one has been unkind to me
and no one has made me unhappy. The
world will be- better^ off ' without me. i
I am simply good for nothing. '. I
"I want to thank Mrs. George Nixon,
with of Senator Nixon of Nevada, who
has been a very great friend to me. I
am saying goodbye to all my frfends.
"May fate "use you more kindly than
it has me. "LAURA McDONALD."
HEIRESS ADMITS SHE
LOVED PALMIST NIBLO
Now Revealed as -Rogue, Says
Miss Gazzam
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
' -NEW yORK. Jan. 16.— Miss Antoi r
nette Elizabeth Gazzam, the $3,000,000
heiress, who lives alone in a castle on
the top of Storm King mountain, near
Cornwall-on-the Hudson, in a remark
able interview today defended herself
against the criticism resulting from her
escapade with Marshall Clark, the Chi
cago and Los Angeles mystic, who Is
known among psychics as Niblo the
Palmist. She said:
"I defended my love for Marshall
Clark, who is now revealed to me as
a designing rogue, .because I believed I
had a right to his affections.
"The alienation suit brought by his
wife was settled at my requestfor $25,
000. I was squelched at every turn by
thos.fi who handle my legal matters.
There were no others to whom I could
turn." :
DOORS OF PALESTINE
OPENED TO HEBREWS
Prosperous Jewish Colonies on
Plain of Esdraelon
'{Special Cable to ThejCalll
'LONDON, Jan. 16.— Letters from Jeru
salem say that the proclamation of tho
constitution Jn Turkey has thrown open
the doors of Palestine to the incoming
of Jews from all parts of the world. In
Jerusalem alone four-fifths of the pop
ulation.are Jews.
< Almost the whole plain, of Esdraelon
has been bought, up by them. Their
prosperous colonies spread from Dan to
Beersheba. The valley of the Jordan is
being sought after by Jewish
capitalists and Zionists. The Holy City
is essentially a Jewish town. •
More than 100 Jewish schools already
exist in Jerusalem alone,^'and, syna
gogues are going/up everywhere. The
value of land has risen fourfold.
VENERABLE PRELATE
SCORNS UNDUE HONOR
Bishop of Lincoln Busy Man,
but Not Early Riser . <^
The venerable bishop of Lincoln has
lately had an exceptionally busy time
and despite his 80 years he is- con
stantly visiting various parts of his
diocese. "A few days ago he opened -.a
new parish hall in connection with.St:
Andrew's parish, Grimsby, andfor the
occasion was the guest of the vicar, the
Rev. C. H.-'Lenton; At. the opening
ceremony the. vicar held up" the bishop
as "an : example 'to sluggards,* for 'that;
morning he- was up" an hour.: before he'
need have? been. The bjshop 'InterV
posed,; however, and "amid.laughter'ex
plained, says the' Church Family News
paper, that there! .was | 'no moral value
attached to^the fact, as "I discovered
afterward that my watch had played
me false." .' . '.. • - r. •' \u25a0
EAGLE OWL ATTACKS - V
; AND WOUNDS A: MAN
Immense Bird yi.ctor. in Fight
in: Swedish; Wood v:i •
-The Field relates some instances of
the pugnacity ; of the * eagle '"owl.'*;;; On
his i way. home .'one evening ;last ; October
f rom 'x Karbenning j railway/ station, ;in
central"; Sweden, a youngCman^ when
passing^through a /small wood was^vig.
orously attacked by an eagle owl." ': v .
;; Alighting onihis shoulder the;bird.in
flicted, some severe wounds'; with% its
powerful .beak and claws,.; and when
beaten 'off -\u25a0 it -carried off his cap. in
token, of -victory.: -^
- .-.;> Some: years ..ago* several ; similar .at-^
tacks by; eagle owls -.occurred » during
the summer,' months"; in ' the! province ?Jpf
Vester Gotland;* in?one;of which an un-^
fortunate]old'manjlost an eye.:' "
Piles, Cared In 6. t0 14 Vaym
'-- J^azo'Olritmeht guaranteed to'cure any
case of atchinj?.? Blind,' Bleedins orjPro
truolngr,Plies< oi-;indneyj refunded. ;-sQc*
LIBERAL PARTY
LIKELY TO WIN
Election Returns Seem to Indi
t cate | Return of Cabinet With
Good Majority
Lloyd-George Says England Is
Against : Government by
.Peers and Beer
LONDON, -Jan. lS.^r-Sunilay has given
a -welcome respite from the strenuous
"work at ; the.: election stations, and nn
opportunity for calm reflection over the
prospects of both ' parties striviiTg for
control of the government/. The great
est animation prevailed today at the
clubs and other* rendezvous of' poli
ticians, and Saturday's results were dia*.
cussed from every possible viewpoint.
Although both sides preserve a san
guine air of confidence.' it was evident
today that the conservatives have
abandoned hope that their party will
form the next- government: The ut
most they dare to expect- is that : the
liberal majority will" by so reduced in
the next parliament as to place ; the
liberals at the 1 mercy of' the national
ists. . -
UMO.MSTS AUA.MIOV IIOI'E
It must be remembered that Arthur
Balfour, leader of 'the* opposition in the
house of commons, in a speech some
days ago said that the great political
issues now in question would not be
settled bygone general election, and per
haps not by two. Clearly the former
premier .; measured the situation accu
rately, and the ( hopes of the tariff re
formers i njust how be centered* upon
some -future^ general election.
An estimate made today by a well
informed'unionist, based on Saturday's
pollings, -gives the liberals and laboritea
a clear majority of-90 or 100 over all
parties, which would provide the liberal
government with a good working ma
jority. .Many unionists, however, are
less despondent. They do m?t believe
that the liberals .will finish the elec
tion with"" as good a record. '
RESULTS lI.EASE LIBERALS
At the> National liberal club great
satisfaction is expressed over the re
sults .so far. Further losses are ex
pected at Glasgow, and a reduced vote
in the- Knglish counties where the
farmers would be likely to benefit from
tariff reform ~s.nd where the Janded
Interests have great influence.
The pollings tomorrow, which Include
31 London constituencies. and 57 provin
cial boroughs, will provide a better in
dex as to h^v the country is going.
Should the liberals retain the hold on
the metropolis which they gained in
1906 their prospects will be regarded us
much rosier t^han they appear now.
At present, to sum up, nothing could
be predicted with absolute certainty
but only a great increase in- the union
ist gains over Saturday," when they
gained only half the number of seats
they had counted on, will glv€ them
victory.
LLOYD-GEOR«E IS CO.VFII>E>'T
.If the unionists, continue to gain at
the same ratio the liberals still will re
tain a majority of about 90. Chancellor
Lloyd -George #"aid tonigltf:
"We are. winning. Engmnd'is declar
ing emphatically against government
by the peters and beer. The north Is
overwhelmingly with us."
John Burns, president of the local ;
government board, said:
• "All things considered ip the fight
between those who have too much and
those who have too little, yesterday's
results are exceedingly good. London;
has done much better than I expected
In my judgment it has done supremely
well. To win the seats that have been
lost would have required almostj super
human efforts."
LABOR LEADER WELCOMED
Will Crooks, well known labor leader,
. who was in Australia when the* budget
crisis began and has been racing
against time to reach London so that
he might-take part in the elections, ar-_
rived tonight. He represents Woolwich"
in the house of commons ar*i was re
ceived by his constituency with re
markable demonstrations.
• 'Among the interesting members elect
ed yesterday werQ the Rev. C. Silvester
Home, Congregational minister, who
won on the liberal \u25a0 ticket at Ipswich,
and Almeric Hugh Paget, unionist can- \
didate for Cambridge, whose wife U a
daughter of the late William C. Whit
ney. -
CHURCHILL PREDICTS VICTORY
\ "The -battle. la \u25a0 well maintained at
every "point," saVd . Winston Spencer
Churchill tonight. "Great victories can I
not be won wthout some slaughter.
Manchester is magnificent; London Is
steadfast and the tories are on a lee
shore and every tack or change of
weather will bring them nearer the
reef."
-''As ' forecasted, the \u25a0 tremendous ab
sorption of ; th^ country in. the election
struggle brought an unprecedented
number of electors to the polls. An
average of , 84 : per cent ".of. registered
electors recorded their votes.
In London the 12 seats contested gave
an aggregate increase of 12.845 in the
unionist vote and a slight decrease to
the , liberals, .while the. provinces in
creased the unionist vote 45,942 and the
liberal vote 0n1y,4,513.
J This increase is a source of the great
est satisfaction \to the unionist press,
as showing the rapid. growth in favor
of tariff reform.-Editorials in the morn
ing papers; take up an attitude of tem
pered.enthusiasm on both sides "regard
ing Saturday's results as "a good begin
ning," 'which should serve to provoke
the, adherents of the respective parties
to renewed energy. - :,
A "representative example., on" the
tory side is . the Daily f Telegraph,
which; says that results on. Saturday
were a good day's work, alike in what
was v actually and in Its
encouragement and stimulus to further
erhisrgy ; on ; the part , of those "fighting
for the cause of liberty, justice and
prosperity' \ the : iniquitous on
slaughts of a grasping j.ndf rapacious
junta of revolutionists."
VIEWS OF PRESS ' \u25a0 ,
The Telegraph considers the progress
of ; - tar iff reform *in * the last - four years
positively astounding and .says that the
urgent business of the-unionists is to
press the advantage, and 'convert the
partial defeat of. the enemy into a com
plete routa ; < '.. ; .
The Chronicle, typical .-„ of liberal
opinion, says: . ; "The , election of 1906
was | a landslide. ; Nothing* • short -of \ a
corresponding, landslide; could have de
feated \\ the; liberals "-'.and.. Saturday's
pollin g '- shows -that .there As \u25a0 not,; going
to;,be suchalandsliderior anything "ap
proaching;it:L: There , is, 'indeed, la. cer
tain: swing : of :' the . pendulum ,• since ?19 06,
but' it; has^movedj.wit'hih such -narrow
limits :that,"*if • the \u25a0counties'rernain;fair
ly.Jconstant -tp~ the:' people's • cause, " the
government /will ; remain : In \u25a0 command
ing strength." *. " ' Vi ••\u25a0* : V. *\u25a0' \u25a0•
PREACHER j ELECTED :
: ;Rev.^C.VSilvester Home's- election to
parliament :f or." lpswich^establishes ; a
record.*- Under 'thelconstitution clergy
men are "; i ncapaci tated f or^ sittiri g InVthe
house'of.'comrhons/: but a.' nonconformist
minlsteriis<n6ti recognized ias. a clerg>-
man.* *! There? liavelbeenfseveral -former
clergymen .and "retired .dissenting di
vines, in 'the house, of ; commons. : . but
Rev.";.C. S. .Home -i s /the first -. acting
pastor/: to bejelected^tb^that'body."
RAILROAD MAY
ABANDON ROUTE
Washout on San Pedro, Los
Angeles and Salt Lake De
moralizes Line
Two Other Routes Under Con
; sideration to Avoid the
Meadow Valley
SALT LAKE CITY, I'tah. Jan. 16.—
That the Meadow valley line of the San
Pedro. Ln3 Angeles and Salt Lake route
will be abandoned Is generally under
stood here. J. Ross Clark, second vice j
president of the road, said surveys of
the washed" out section will be begun
at. once' and' that If these surveys show
that 'it is not feasible ,ta rebuild the I
line through the wash iiWt» former lo
cution one of two other routes will be
adopted. .
Never In the history of transporta
tion in the l?nited States has a great
railroad l>een stricken so sorely as ivus
the San I'eilro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake by tho midwinter thaw. In a.
twinklitig'the desert burn torrents tore
up a liundit*! miles ut rails and em
bankments, stf\> red the' steel bond be
tween mountains and sea and mv.de of
a busy avenue of connnerfci t%vo disor
ganizej branches whose ends arc lost
in the wilderness."
Millions of dollars of investment tem
porarily profitless and hundreds of cap
able railroadmen without employment
are two results of the disaster. As its
extent is better understood the day
when earnings will be restored and the
men recalled seems more and more re
mote. Before starting for Los Angeles
over, the Southern Pacitic today Clark
said:
• The weather conditions since the
washout in the Meadow valley wash
have been such that a thorough ex
amination of the present line has
not been possible, v but as soon as
the weatner will permit the matter
wjll be gone over carefully by
competent engineers to ' determine
the exact extent of the damage
done and Uie feasibility of recon
structing tie line through the can
yon of the Meadow valley wash in \u25a0
its former position or elsewhere.
In the meantime there will -be
reronnaisances on two other routes
with a view to ascertaining if a
satisfactory alternative is avail
able. If It is not found feasible to
rebuild the line' through 'the
Meadow valley wash on an abso
lutely safebasis, then it is possible
that one of the other lines being
considered will be adopted and the
road constructed on such route.
More than 250 salaried employes have
been laid oft in Utah alone since the
disaster. The better informed among
those men take a gloomy view of the
situation. The restoration of the
through- line, they believe, is a matter
of years rather than of months.
If the old line is abandoned there are
two alternative routes. One would leave
the present line near Modena. going to
ward St. George and getting back to
the established line near Moapa. The
other ranges north and west and
touches Pioche > coming on the present J
line 50 miles east of Las Vegas, skirt
ing the foothills. ' This would cause the
abandonment of at least 12 towns along
the old route, which eventually would
pass out of existence. .
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The Indian government's final fore
cast of the jute crop for the N1909-10N 1909-10
season gives the total acreage sown at'
2.732.709, which compares with 5.556.700
acres last year.
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There are three women among the
nominees for the next Norwegian par
liament. One was chosen by the lib
erals and two by the socialists.
— : •
London public schools taught more
than 3,200 children to swim last -year.'
FOR TWO WEEKS
Beginning January 1 7th
To Make Way for New Goods
FURNITU RE
CARPETS
> At Reductions Not Possible at
Great Opportunity for Purchasers
|W. & J. SLOANE
216-228 SOTTER STREET
Also New Yot\ and Washington, D. C.
/ ' -
S£g \u25a0 GOOD FOR. *
HH Make It *60 if Voo \VUh <$W
§It EILERS MUSIC COMPANY $ff
JeVkx s " 5 Market Street flffl
TRAINMEN KILLED
ON COLORADO ROAD
\ * ...
Four Employes of the Midland
Meet Death When Freight
Cars Jump Track ;
Woman Passenger Is Crushed
in Smashup on C, M. k St
Paul Road in lowa
Ton tinned From P*K* 1
been kilted. Word was sent to Read
Rjipitl-s and soon <i.^spe<-lal train.
I equipped with surgeons and supplies.
wa> sent from Marion. The injured
\vere. brought to the hospital here.
Tlie' westbound "overland limited, on
the St. Paul road and the eastbouml
[ fast train had'been ordered to pass at
Keystone. A freight train on the sldiris
prevented the »eastbound passenger
train from. pulling on to the switch.
The eastbound passenger had run
past the station and was ready to back,
on the siding when the overland limit
ed, going at the rate of 25 miles an
hour, crashed into it. Both engines
were reduced to scrap and the mall,
baggage and chair cars of the limited
were badly smashed. Th^ -engineer
escaped by jumping.
DEMAND FOR BASIC V
AND BESSEMER STEEL
Pennsylvania Mills and Manu
facturers Place Many Orders
NEW YORK, Jan. IS. — A fair volume
of business in pig iron was placed
last week in the eastern territory, in
cluding several contracts for founrdry
grades of a noncompetltive character
ranging from 2.000 to 3.000 tons each.
Agricultural Implements manufactur
ers and malleable founders, east and
west, have been negotiating: for 12.000
to 15,000 tons of malleable Bessemer.
Steel plants in eastern Pennsylvania
are in the market for 12,000 tons of
basic. 1 The same interests are in the
market for round tonnages of heavy
steel melting scrap for shipment over
the next six \o nine months, bidding $17
delivered. In all. 100,000 tons are pend
ing.
The United States steel corporation
produced 11.600,000 tons of pig Iron In
1909, breaking all previous yearly rec
ords. '\u25a0\u25a0* .; f ';
Business in finished steel products
has been quiet, without Important new
features, but there have been fair speci
fications on previous contracts. Rail
roads have placed few orders for equip
ment. Fabricated structural ateel or
ders aggregated 15,000 tons.*
The weather retards shipments and.;
some mills in need of steel are clos
ing temporarily.
ENGLISH THESPIANS
FARE POORLY IN PARIS
Famous* Names Are Hopelessly
Jumbled by French Press
Ever since the English actors went
to Paris for the opening of the memo
rial to Coquelln at the Comedie. says
fhe Bystander, their photographs have
been appearing under the weirdest pat
ronymics in the French papers. In a
characteristically Gallic manner nearly
all the names have been spelled wrong
or mispJaced. For Instance, under
Hare's portrait was "Mr. Norman
Forbes," and under Forbes himself "Mr.
Henry Neville" (who never went to
Paris), while Sir Squire Bancroft was
rechristened "Sir Bankrupt." and Mr.
Walkley, the brilliant dramatic critic of
the Times, made his bow as "Mr. VuN
e-arly."