Buried Towns and a Toll of Avalanche Echoes
Terrifying avalanches struck the Idaho towns of Mace and Burke, burying homes and people under 75 feet of snow and debris. Rescuers labored by lantern light, saving one woman by a protruding finger and another by being buried under a bed frame. The grim scene left the canyon dark, with officials closing saloons and mourning the loss as rescue crews persisted through biting cold.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mace
Burke
Custer Mountain
R. H. Pascoe
Mrs. Pascoe
George Gibron
Woman Claims Mars 185 Inhabited By Mrs Todd
Boston March 1 Professor Low had claimed Mars 185 is inhabited and today Mrs Mabel Lewis Todd wife of Professor Todd supported the claim She says she has seen Mars canals through a telescope and that they are artificial in origin She notes vegetation along the canals rather than watercourses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Low
Mara
Mabel Lewis Todd
Todd
Mars
Roosevelt's Name Wildly Cheered at Kellogg Address
Frank B. Kellogg praised Roosevelt for laws barring railroad rebates as Minneapolis merchants applaud. Kellogg urged government rate control and opposed railroad consolidations and steamship line ownership, stressing Panama Canal must foster competition. His Roosevelt reference drew loud cheers from about 300 prominent business leaders.
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Minneapolis
Mar
Roosevelt
Frank B. Kellogg
Kellogg
Panama Canal
Adams Named Northern Express Agent in Portland
Walter Adams, local agent for the Northern Pacific railroad, is appointed agent for Northern Express company as well. LL G Frasier, previously handling duties, will shift to Frasier & Nelson Co, recently incorporated. The office moves tomorrow from the Frasier bookstore to the Northern Pacific office in East Oregonian building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Adaine
Northern Poncific Railroad Company
Northern Express Company
LL. G. Frasier
Frasier & Nelson Company
Adams
C. F. Heywood
Portland
Frazier
Northern Pacific Company
East Oregonian
Bank helper returns from Ellensburg after family illness
Ralph Howland assistant book keeper at First National Bank arrived back this morning from Ellensburg Washington where he had been called by the serious illness of his sister Miss Hage Howland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Howland
First National Bank
Ellensburg
Washington
Hage Howland
Traction crew surveys road alignment in city
A team of 11 engineers from the Washington-Oregon traction company arrived today to survey and mark the alignment for a new road. Directed by D. FitzGerald with Goodwin as foreman, the party works on a hill south of the city and will stay until the alignment is worked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TAS
Washington-Oregon Traction Company
Eity
D. FitzGerald
Traction Company
Goodwin
FitzGerald
Taft Escapes Grim Grilling as Pinchot Testifies
Washington March 1 congressional probe into Taft and Pinchot on conservation policy adjourns Taft from witness duty Pinchot testifies about Glavis Spokane meeting and a Taft letter urging him not to pursue the Glavis fight Pinchot recounts warning to Glavis and describes president’s doubts about the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Pinchot
Gravis
Tim
Glayis
Washington
Balinger
Congressional Investigation Committee
Glavis
Spokane
Pastor Preaches On Prevents Fire Panic In Jersey City
Dr Eimil Meury pastor of Second Reformed Church and his sister in law Miss Minnia Huber prevented panic when a fire broke out in the basement during the morning service. Firefighters investigated from the rear and left after seeing no blaze. Miss Huber alerted the pastor who calmed the congregation by continuing the service and the blaze was soon extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eimil Meury
Second Reformed Church
Jersey City
Minnia Huber
Witted
Return of Embezzler Ged Des Averts Denver Extradition
Will Return of free Wil. Victorian, B. C., Mar. 1. A. 8. Ged des, who was arrested here Saturday night on a charge of embezzling $6,000 from a Denver firm, has agreed to return to Denver without waiting for extradition proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victorian
B. C
Geddes
Denver
Railway Guards Give In At Feodosia Pilgrimage Scene
In Feodosia Crimea a clash occurred as Mahometan pilgrims returning from Mecca resisted railway rules. Large boxes of holy water were demanded to stay in the luggage van but the crowd lay on the rails in a cry to keep the containers with them. Authorities finally permitted the boxes to be carried in the passenger carriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Fedosia
Crimean
Mecca
Business trip of Athena wheat farmer at county seat
Mr. F. A. Berlin of Athena arrives at the county seat this morning to transact business. He is noted as a well known wheat farmer in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Berlin
Athena
Harlem Boy Murphy Wins Bloodless Lightweight Bout
In San Francisco on March 1, a 20 round bout ended with Harlem Tommy Murphy of New York defeating Owen Moran of England after referee Eddie Smith ruled Murphy the winner. The crowd jeered the decision as Moran protested, both fighters sustaining facial cuts and sustained punishment through the lengthy match. Moran led early, Moran favored a rapid right hook to the kidneys, while Murphy answered with straight lefts to Moran's jaw. Neither contender appeared a worthy challenge for Wolgast in a long bout, according to fight followers.
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San Francisco
Eddie Smith
Harlem
Tommy” Murphy
New York
Owen Moran
England
Moran
Murphy
Moray
Smith
Chinese in Frisco to Boycott American Goods
San Francisco March 1 The Chinese city prepares to enforce a boycott on American goods along the Pacific coast and in China over the federal refusal to remove detention sheds from Angel Island San Francisco. The inaccessibility of the island is cited as the cause of the complaints.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
China
Angel Teland
Japanese Immigration Declines in United States Arrivals
San Francisco reports from the consulate general show a steady drop in Japanese arrivals to the United States. Last year saw about two thousand fewer immigrants than the year before, signaling a continuing decline in Japanese immigration to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Japan
United States
Leaning Tower of Pisa May Be Condemned
Rome report says government engineers believe the famous leaning tower is unstable and likely to fall. Recent motions aided the general integration of the masonry and the structure may be condemned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisa
Rome
Lifeboat Drifts Ashore Near Carmahan Lighthouse
A war vessel lifeboat of elm with oak planking and mahogany gunwhales drifted two miles west of Carmahan Lighthouse and was found by a beach patrol. It contained one oar and an emergency box with brass fittings. No identifying marks were found. An Indian in the district found the stern of another boat and two oars.
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Worship's
Victoria
BH. C
Carmahan
Attorneys Visit Athena for Justice Court Case
Attorneys Will M. Peterson and Robert J. Slater traveled to Athena this morning where they attended a case in the local justice court. Proceeding details remain undisclosed as the session continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will M. Peterson
Robert J. Slater
Athena
Justice Court
Gleason Misses Meeting Over Jeffries Johnson Fight
Rickard and Nelson waited three hours at their hotel in San Francisco for Jack Gleason, partner of Rickard, who promised to meet and finalize Utah fight plans. Gleason did not appear nor send word. Rickard lamented the wasted time and lack of satisfaction from those awaiting arrangements.
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Rickard
Nelson
San Francisco
Mar
Tex Rickard
Joe Nelson
Saltair Beach Company
Salt Lake City
Jeffries- Johnson
Utah
Jack Gleason
Gleason
Train Wreck Plot Nipped by Switchman
Greenwich Conn March 1 Five boys of foreign parentage confess plans to wreck a New York New Haven and Hartford passenger train and plunder bodies. The oldest 17 youngest 10, the scheme halted when a switchman saw a skeleton key used to open a switch. The train carried a club car with William G Rockefeller and E C Benedict among wealthy riders to country estates in Stanford and Greenwich.
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Greenwich
Conn
Mar
New York
New Haven
Hartford
William G. Rockefeller
E. C. Benedict
Stanford
Teddy Roosevelt Freedom of London in a Gold Box
London March 1 The corporation of London will hold a special meeting next Thursday to consider a request signed by influential members to present Theodore Roosevelt with the honorary freedom of the city in a gold box and to entertain him at a Guildhall reception and luncheon. The distinction has been accorded before to Garibaldi General Grant George Peabody and Count De Lessepe.
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London
Corporation of London
Theodore Roosevelt
Guildhall
Garibaldi
General Grant
George Peabody
Count de Lessepe
Powerful influences seek to have strike arbitrated
Philadelphia March 1 Powerful influences are working to avert a general strike. The situation remains unchanged with both sides maintaining a firm attitude of non reces sion. The treee car company still refuses to arbitrate. All newspapers of the city are urging both sides to make concessions.
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Philadelphia
Treee Car Company
Traffic 15 Still In Bad Condition Across Washington
Traffic from east to west remains forced to follow the Columbia River as flood conditions disrupt rail service. The O R N is out of commission on multiple segments and passengers are diverted to the Northern Pacific. No flood in Pendleton yet, river still rising muddy but unlikely to reach high stage.
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Wallia Wallan
Wallula
Umatilla
Walla Walla
Northern Pacific
Paseo
Pendleton
Washington
Pen Meton
Ferris offers staging bid for Jeffries Johnson fight
Los Angeles report says promoter Dick Ferris offers Rickard and Gleason a 150000 dollar guarantee to stage the Jeffries Johnson bout. He says a circle of wealthy Californians will back the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Dick Ferris
Rickard and Gleason
Jeffries-Johnson
Ferris
Secretary of War Opposed to Pacific Mail Contract
Secretary of War Dickinson told the Senate interstate canals committee he faces coercive pressure from Pacific Mail and Harriman steamers to accept an exclusive contract for war department mail carriage. He warned the grant would be illegal and beyond cabinet authority, outlining options to charter steamships or seek other means to avoid forced terms. The inquiry ties to transcontinental rail and Panama Canal considerations and the coast to isthmus routes.
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Panama
Pacific Mail
Harriman Steamers
Washington
Dickinson
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
War Department
Senate Committee of Interscehnic Canals
Panama Canal
Honduran Troops Reinforce Madriz Front Near Managua
New Orleans dispatches report five hundred Honduran soldiers reinforcing Madriz forces at Managua. The Hondurans are believed to be under Gen. Lara with Salvadoran fighters aiding Madriz in the conflict surrounding Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Nicaragua
Madrix
Managua
Lara
Madriz
London judge sides with double standard of morals
Sir John Bingham of the divorce court told the Royal Divorce commission that a wise wife should overlook many things and that a man’s indiscretion is less significant than a woman’s. He stated these views as his personal stance, noting they may not be shared by all. He added that closing saloons would threaten divorce court doors.
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London
Sir John Bingham
Divorce Court
Royal Divorce Commission
United Kingsdom
John
Sir John
Indians Abandon Delegation on Yakima Irrigation Claim
Word from Fort Simcoe reports the Yakama Nation has canceled plans to send a delegation to Washington to present irrigation claims. Instead they seek an Inspector to hear issues, asserting rights to half the Yakima river water and all reservation creek water under Governor Stevens treaty terms. They oppose white interference with reservation creeks and press for irrigation water without payment if they relinquish these rights.
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Trip
North Yakima
Wash
Fort Simcoe
Washington
Yakima
Stevens
Rumored French President Fallieres Might Resign
Paris reports persistently that President Fallieres will resign. He is said to suffer from a sleeping sickness, frequently dozing in cabinet meetings. Despite denials, friends fear his poor health may force a complete repose.
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Paris
Fallieres
France
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