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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Hold Trains One Week.

OGDEN, Utah, March yesterday
the Southern Pacific officials looked for
ward TO the opening OF the road west of
Ogden within twcntyfour hours: today
they admit that the floods in tho Hum :
boldt valley, Nevada, are so ovcrwhelm- =
ing and widespread in their destructive
ness that il will be a week before any
scmblance OF n restoration of traffic will
be attainable. Three large bridges arc
ont in Palsade canyon, 900 miles west
Of Ogden. and between Harney and
Cluro. In Ten Mile canyon. the Humboldt
river has changed its course and Is
now sweeping I'm an Irresistible flood
where the railroad track ran.
To add to the alarming condition,
warnings were issued at Elko. New, this
morning that the crest of an unprece-
dented flood is at Decth and is OF such
proportions 10 submeTgc all that dis
trict near Elko as II passes down the
Humboldt valley. The people OF Elko
have been advised to desert the busl-
ness district. which Is in the path OF the
flood. Trains which were started west
from Ogden yesterday are returning, 10
he held here indefinitely.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03

ment Of the plan to route overland trains
over the Shasta line via Portland, Or.
Assistant General Manager w. Il, Scott
maintains that the Nevada line viii be
cleared In such a short time that re-
routing OF trains will be unnecessary.
Should such step prove advisable. how
ever. the Shasta route VIII continue to
he available. as there is little or no
snow along that line.
The last two trains that can arrivo
over the Southern Pacific overland route
until repairs are made came In this aft
ernoon. twcntYfour hours late. with the
eastern malls and passengers. These
trains barely escaped the worst wash
outs and were able 10 work slowly
through The Southern Pacific officials
here confess they do not know how many
passenger trains are tied up between
Reno and Ogden.
Telegraphic communication by this
route was lost today and wires east are
now routed via Los Angeles and the
Santa Fc, There werc eight passenger
trains stalled at WDnemucca. New, yes
terday. half a dozen at INLAY, and as
many more at Golconda These are
small stations on the desert and the pas
scngcrs arc amusing themselves with
lmpromptu dances and other pastimes.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Special TO The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune
OGDEN, March Six trains on the
Southern Pacific. consolidated into three
trains, left for San Francisco by way Of
Portland, Or, over the Oregon Short
Line. owing 10 the disastrous washouts
in the Humboldt valley district New.
Both trains No. . OF Monday and Tues
day left at midnight as one train over
this roundabout route, At 12.l5 this
morning. Monday and Tuesday Overland
Limited trains. consolidated into one
train, went north over the same route.
Fifteen minutes afterward the special
train bearing the members OF the Chi
cago White Sox baseball aggregation.
which has been held up here for two
days. combined with an extra mail train
carrying a large quantity of mail which
has been tied up in Ogden since last
Saturday pulled out for the coast
An extra transfer train from Cob-e.
New. which was made up at the east
end uf the flooded district. with 100 ma
rooncd passengers who were due in Og
den Monday morning, arrived here at
o'clock tonight
Thus far no trains have been sent
through the flooded district. which en-
braces about 400 miles in The Humboldt
valley. The worst damage TO the South
crn Pacific tracks covers a fifty-mile
stretch between Battle Mountain and
Winnemucca. Ncv Railroad officials
here say that This damage Will not be
repaired for week.
Passengers leaving Ogden tonight for
Goldneld. New. and other points In that
state registered considerable objection To
paying full fare over the route by Port
land and San Francisco. The railroad
companies refused To carry them for less
than the regular fare this way, claiming
that IL would be a violation OF the inter
state commerce law.
Other trains over the Southern Pacific
until thc damage is repaired will he sent
over the same route as the six trains
dispatched this morning
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
"WHY BE so THIN?"
Thinness Is Embarrassing, Unhealthy
and Not Natural-Formula Now Used
Which Adds From One to Three
Pounds Week.

Every one ought to have some extra
flesh ON the bony structure of the body
both for the sake OF health and self
esteem.
Most thin people are sensitive to the
harsh. uufeeiing criticisms which are
constantly being hurled at them by
the more fortunate well-Ggured per-
sons
Every one pities thin, bony horse,
but horses don Z know it-while thin
people are both pitied and .ridicrled.
II ought mol To be so, but it is,
4 well rounded figure, be 1T man or
woman, cXcites admiration; not only
for the figure but for the bright eyes,
pink checks, red lips, and vigorous car
riage which accompany well'nour-
ished body,
Strength, health, beauty and sound
flesh abound, if the blood and nerves
get enough nourishment out of the food
eaten.
This prescription aids nature; helps
absorption. digestion and assimilation;
helps distribute the blood aud nerve
elements which make sound flesh. Get
tho ingredients and make il at home,
and see how very fast you gain in
weight
In half pint bottle, obtain three
ounces OF essence of pepsin, three
ounces syrup of rhubarb. Then add
one ounce compound essence cardiol.
shake and let stand two hours; then
add one ounce tincture cadomenc com
pound. (not cardamom) Shake well
and take teaspoonful before meals
and ono after meals. Also drink plenty
of water between meals and when re-
firing Weigh yourself before begin
ming
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
WESTERN PACIFIC TO
HAVE FINE SERVICE
Vice President Schumacher
Says Passenger Trains VIII
Start June |.
Special to The Tribune.

Special To The Tribune.
DENVER. Colo, March THAT the
Western Pacific viii have the finest lin
tied trains in service I'm this country was
announced by r. NJ. Schumacher. vice
president. here today.
He said I'VE expect 10 inauguratc
passenger service about June /. and VIII
put on the finest trains between Denver
and the coast operated by any road IN
the country We have been delayed in
starting the passenger service on account
Of the time required 10 build the new
equipment. which is to be composed en-
wreck proof as any equipment manufac-
rured.
"-Thc formal opening OF the new trans
continental route will bc witnessed 10y
George Gould and leading railroad Off
cias OF the country, who VIII come out
as his guests
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
CONDITIONS AT TOLEDO
EXCEEDINGLY SERIOUS

TOLEDO. O., March 1.-Two hundred
houses in Fremont are partly submerged
by the swollen waters, and many of the
occupants have been compelled to leave
their homes.
The tracks Of the Wheeling 6 Lake
Erie railroad are flooded for more than
mile, and the Lake Shore electric
road is also under water, compelling the
transfer of passengers.
At Defiance great gorge of ice half
a mile long and fifteen feet high swept
down the Auglaize river and carried
away the Francis street bridge, two
span steel structure $50 feet long. In
Toledo the ice is still holding, but it
may break any hour.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Conditions Better at Glenns Ferry.
to The Tribune

special 10 Inc Tribune
GLENNS FERRY. Ida. March .
Prospects for leaving here for tho west
at noon tomorrow are much more favor.
able. General Superintendent j. NJ. Da-
Wis. Division Superintendent a. B. Srcv-
enson, Assistant Superintendent I. II
Rickard. Division Engineer W. +. Har-
rer Roadmaster Pat Feeney and Bridge
Foreman Mike Whalen are at the big
washout. seven miles west OF here.
These men have 200 workmcn and a
large quantity OF rock piling and ties at
the big gap, and are working three
shifts as hard as they can. There are
forty passenger cars and approximately
300 restless passengers here tonight.
bound west.
Trains Nos, and II are leaving here
for the east on time. maintaining regular
service between here and Salt Lake and
east and north of Pocatello.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Still Bad at Glenns Ferry.

BOISE, Ida, March "A special to the
Statesman from Glenns Ferry. where 300
westbound passengers are still held. says
there Is no indication there that traffic
will be resumed within the next twenty
four hours.
a man reaching there from Mountain
Home. walking. said the work at the
worst points along the line had not pro-
eressed far enough To admit the passage
of trains tonight. At one point what
was four-Coot culvert must be sup
planted by a fiftyfoot span.
The passengers al Glenns Ferry receive
the assurance of immediate resumption
with considerable allowance. in view OF
the unofficial reports reaching them
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Wires Are Down

SAN FRANCISCO March 2-Informa-
ton received by the local offices OF the
Southern Pacific late today indicate that
the tie-up of overland trains in Nevada
will not be as protractcd as earlier re-
ports presagtd Vice President and Cen
eral Manager II. T.. Calvin OF the South
ern Pacific. on his way home from New
York. was on one OF the trains tied up
at Elllo. New. and has assumed personal
direction of the forces which are clear
ing the way.
Word from Mr.. Calvin received here
this afternoon has led 10 the abandon
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
MINER FALLS DOWN
CHUTE AND is KILLED
Special to The Tribune.

BINGHAM. March flames O'Really.
about % years old. fen down the chute
OF an ore bin at the Frisco mine here
yesterday and was killed. his skull being
fractured.
O'Really had been employed at the
mine about three months. Just how he
came 10 fall down the chute is unknown.
He was discovered with his feet protrud-
Ing from the chute and life extinct Tic
distance of III" iall was about forty feet
OReally came here from Silvertnn
Colo. but beyond this practically nothing
IS known of him. The body was taken
to ODonnells branch undertaking par
lOrS '
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
ELKO HAD BAD SCARE,
BUT IS NOT IN DANGER

: Special TO The Tribune
: ELkO. New, March G0.5J n.
: m. .).-Great alarm existed i'm Elko
: this morning. Sheriff Clark tele-
: phoDed that Deeth WAS under five
: feet OF water and F.lko was In great
: danger as soon as the ice broke
: Fire bells were rung To awaken the
: people. Messengers were dispatched
! TO alarm residents along the river.
: aud a committee was appointed to
: handle the situation.
: Latest reports show the river very
: high. but with no immediate dan
: ger. The steel bridge mile above
: town is in danger OF being washed
: out The streets have been Hooded
+ Tor the last three days by snow
: water from the hills. All culVerts
: are washed out and the railroad
: tracks arc partly submerged Bad
i washouts exist east and west of
7 here. with no trains FOR several
: DAYS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
CONFIRMS THE NEWS FIRST
PUBLISHED IN THE TRIBUNE

Los ANGELES, March 1T: was an
nounced at the office Of the San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad that
tho line would he repaired for transcon-
tinental traffic by June. The company
Will build Il temporary track through
Meadow Valley in Nevada, where ninety
miles of roadbed was washed out two
months ago \ permanent roadbed Will
be hullt later nver The same route.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
MAKES DARING ESCAPE
FROM DOZEN OFFICERS

MUSKOGEE. Okla. March Ray
Waddell when arraigned today on the
charge OF completely in robbiug a bank
at Ford. Kan. made a sensational es-
eluded his guards. ran into a lavatory
and leaped from n high window to the
ground, dozen deputies We're guard
ing him. expecting an attempt at rescue.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Above the Danger Line.

WILkESBARRE, Pa. March 9-The
Susquchanna river at this point con-
tinues 10 rise. Al II o'clock II was above
the danger line. All the lowands he
tween Pitrston and Nanticoke are over
flowed. Trolley car traffic between this
city and the west side OF the river has
been suspended The people living at
Westmoore. East Wilkesbarre. are COM
PEELED to use boats 10 get in and out of
their homes,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Boise Sends Good News,

BOISE. March 2.-Trains are moving
over the Oregon Short Line tonight after
a tie-up OF nearly forty eight hours
Superintendent Stephenson OF the Idaho
division wired Industrial Agent Priest
from Mountain Home this evening that
eastbound trains should begin to arrive
at Nampa about 10 p. m. and westbound
trains about 1880 p m.
Tho wcstbound trains have been stalled
at Glenns Ferry. The first train out
of Boise for two days that had prospects
OF making connections with through
trains east and to the coast left at .
O clock tonight
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
NO MORE TROUBLE FROM DYSPEPSIA

Indigestion Sick Headaches Bousness
tc or Heartburn will only the friendly aid Of
stomach e Take dose before each meal for few days and
notice The Improvement general health
u people have written that the results
cne have been marvellous often giving all else had
laed we believe that such will
1eer who Will fair trial Be persuaded effort
and start today Tor delay only
cure so much harder Hostettcrs Stomach by
substantial record Stomach Liver Kidney and Rol
disorders and also effective Chi Colds Crime
and Malaria, Fever and Ague. All Druggists
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Heavy Fall in Colorado.

DENVER. March 2.-One of the heavi-
est snowstorms of the season has ragged
today along the South Park division OF
the Colorado & Southern railroad. There
In the mountain region, although the
weather has been pleasant in Denver.
\ snowstorm also prevailed along the
Moffat road today.
On account OF the tie-up prevailing on
the Southern Pacific. most of the big
colonist travel 10 the coast from the cast
is now being diverted southwest TO the
two transcontinental lines in operation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Hard to Get in Relief.

The railroad company is making
strenuous efforts to reach Wellington
from both sides Of the mountain range,
Relief trains have been dispatched from
here with supplies and wrecking crew
and efforts arc being made TO clear the
line. The road is blocked in several
places by smaller slides and the high
temperature leads to the fear that more
may occur to impede the relief work.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Slides at Vancouver.

VANCOUVER. Wash. March 2.-RaiI-
road officials have received information
that n small landslide was caused by re-
cent rains late yesterday at a blind sid =
Ing few miles north OF Ccntralia
WASH. and that traffic on the Portland
Seattle route of the Northern Pacific rail-
way is tied ND
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Union Pacific All Right.

OMAHA. Neb. March 9.-Union Pa
clliC officials here today declared an in
Justice mad been done their road In dis
patches sent from Ogden giving the Inn
preston that only the Denver & Rio
Grsnde railroad is running trains into
that place regularly. Traffic on the
Union Pacific has not been impeded dur
ing the present season OF floods and ava
lanches. they say.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Ice Gorge Threatens.

WARREN, o. March with a reser-
voir of waller six miles long and three
miles wide held In check by an ice gorge
five miles above here I'm the Mahoning
river. this city Is considered to he In
great peril. Already a portion OF the
town Is under water and Ice is piled thick
in the streets.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
STORM SITUATION
SOMEWHAT BETTER
Wires Are Down. Offices Are
Without Definite lnfOrma-
tiOn, Water is Rising.
REPORTS MEAGER AND
OFTEN CONTRADICTORY
Three Trains Have Left Ogden
for San Francisco Via
Portland.

i"
!. Three trains will leave OEden
!" some time Wednesday night for san
: Francisco, Via Portland, Ore, over
! solid mall trails. another a solid pas
:. sencer train and the third is the
: White SuX special" said Assistant
: General Passenger Agent Spencer.
= 'rhesc trains VIII he nurscd
/ through II possible. as tho mail Is :
: insistent and the passengers are
: mostly for San Francisco. where .
: they hope TO catch certain ships.
: and must. If possible. arrive before
: sailing dates" .
: Tho trains mentioned pulled out of .
: Ogden 1T midnight,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Hearing Indefinitely Postponed

Special Examiner Brown is caught in
the Hoods somewhere between Boise and
Salt Lake. 80 there was no hearing on
interstate commerce matters In Salt Lake
Wednesday. When the hearing will be
held is not known
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
SAYS CANADA HAS
NO NEED FOR NAVY

OTTAWA. Ont, March l.
Canada has no more need for
a navy than man in hadcs
has for buffalo overcoat.n
said {. Magrath. member of par.
Lament. for Medicine Hat, Al
berta, in the commons in
speech on the naval bill.
lie regarded tho proposition
TO build n Canadian navy as a
yelled step towards the ulti.
mate independence of Canada
as Il nation, separate from The
mother land, against which he
was opposed.
Separation Of Canada from
the mother land, he declared,
mea2, absorption by the United
States,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Woman's Hand Found.

This morning the severed hand OF a
woman was found. On n finger was a
ring bearing initials which lead the
workers TO believe il belonged to Miss
Katherine O'Neill of Spokane. who is
listed among the missing. Men return.
ing from the scene of the disaster hold
little hope That any of the missing will
total number of dead VIII reach eighty
four.
Fireman s. 4, Bates, one of the in
iured, was buried under snow six
hours. Other survivors heard his shouts
and dug him out before the first party
of rescuers arrived
Trainmaster a. r. Blackburn. who
was sleeping in Superintendent
O'Neill's private car, was taken out of
out for the others and then fell back
unconscious. Station Agent Flannery
Of Wellington dug Blackburn ont Of the
snow and started TO carry him TO a
place of safety. A small slide struck
them and Flanuery was knocked down
Blackburn S body slipped from his
grasp and was carried into a small
stream. where it disappeared
Latest reports Indicate that the
avalanche swept down the mountain
above Wellington at .I5 a m instead
of Mt $50. This is the statement of
the survivors and it is borne out by
the finding of watches stopped at that
hour.
The nearest telegraph station to the
scene IS at Scenic Hot Springs, three
miles below, down Il precipitous bluff
that is impossible, covered as it is with
a deep blanket of snow that may start
to move at any moment.
The telegraph operator at Yelling
ton arrived at the Springs today but
he was almost insane with terror at the
scenes he had witnessed and no informa.
tion as to the exact number OF dead
could be obtained from him. The in
iured will be taken TO Scenic Springs
tomorrow If it is found possible TO
move them
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
FLOODS IN THE EAST
CAUSE DEVASTATION
Continued From Page One,

New York Central trains are running on
the West Shore tracks.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
EIGHTY-FaUR Is TOTAL
OF DEAD AND MISSING
Continued From Page One,

Three women and two children escaped
but the others undoubtedly perished
In telling of the experience Forsyth
said that it seemed as if the car was
lirtcd bodily from the tracks and was
held poised in midair. Suddenly ii
toppled over the edge and rolled down
the steep embanlmcnt. Instantly the
air was filled with the shrieks of the
injured. \ fearful storm was raging.
A high wind was blowing and there was
spectacular electrical display.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03
Caught UnaWares.

OGDEN. Utah. March 3-Hundreds OF
passengers and sixty members of the
White SoX baseball party, who received
an announcement carly last night that
lihey would be marooned In Ogden for
several days, were caught unawaTcS a
few hours later when il was decided that
Southern Pacific passenger trains would
nc rcrouicd over the Oregon Short Line
via Portland.
Reports Indicating that the Southern
Pacific disaster is the most complete i'm
the history OF the road led the White
SoS 10 establish training quarters here.
They. with hundreds OF passengers from
cther trains. had scattered about the
city WHEN ii WAS announced that the
oregon Short Line was open for travel.
combination special. carrying delayed
mail and coaches. left for the west over
the northern route AT midnight. Ten
minutes later the White SoX special de-
parted. with President Charles a. Co
miskcy confident that he would be able
to open the schedule OF games at San
Francisco on Saturday. AT 12:20 this
morning the Overland Limited was sent
out.
officials could say nothing regarding
the condition of tracks in Idaho. although
they believed Hood damage on The Orc
con Short .ine would not prevent the
movement OF trains.
Southern Pacific trains were brought
back from Nevada TODAY and will be
rcrouted. Advlces received indicate that
damage in the Humboldt valley. where
the river has changed It's course. Will be
so severe that II VIII require at least n
week before traffic can be even partial
ly restored on tho Southern Pacific. The
Union Pacific continues to operate
trains.
II was reported that Elko. New. was in
danger OF severe floods. but a dispatch
received late last night from that place
says:
can ice gorge I'm Marys river broke
late yesterday afternoon and flooded
Deeth. forty miles east OF here. AZ mid
night. alarming messages were received
AT Eilio but later reports say there Is
no danger Of the town being severely
flooded. Everything tonight Is quiet. The
streets are covered with water"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-03

Uncertainty pcrvaded the Headquarters
Of tho Oregon Short Line in this city all
day "Wednesday concerning the flood sit
uation because of the lac. OF definite and
complete information. Some of the moei
important wires are down and others are
working badly. Practically everything
known To the local officials appears I'm
the dispatches OF the Associated Press
as II is the policy OF the Hartman man
agement not to suppress such news. but
10 hand IL to the newspapers nj the earll
est possible moment.
General Manager Bancroft OF the Short
Dino is on Tho PacIlc cnasi. Gcncrsl