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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-25
HEROIC TELEPHONE
GIRL SAVES LIVES

BY International News Service.
CONNELLSvILLE, Pa. July 2i.-Eifty
families are homeless and 100000 worth
OF property destroyed as the, result OF a
ternoon. That scores of lives were not
lost is due only to the heroic effots OF
Martha Feith, a telephone operator In
Dunbar. who stayed at her post whom
she knew a flood was rushing down upon
the village and warned one after another
Of tho residents. giving them time to save
their lives.
Three dams about hfty miles from Dun
bar burst about | o'clock and Harry
Duffy telephoned the warning to Miss
Feith. The information that a great vol,
ume of water was coming like a tidal
wave down the valley caused a reign OF
terror IN Dunbar and the residents fed
in every direction. Railroads were washed
out and dozens Of the smaller buildings
OF the town destroyed The food was the
caused by an enormous rise In Glst run
and Dunbar creek.
J. p. Kellys jeweIry store. the Dunbar
municipal building, which were carried
CESS jail. the jail the office OF Justice OF
the Peace William Holsing, the restau-
rant OF Samuel lobe and the Boersfeed
warehouse were among the buildings
wrecked.
Miss Florence McQuisgan and Miss Sa.-
Miss Veith. remained at their posts warn
Ing tho people below the town and they
were carried out of the telephone building
! in boats. Cashier KimbalI OF The First
he had all the money in the bank piled
| on tables and counters. II is feared much
damage has been done down the valley
below Dunbar. az the telephone wires
| went down and il was impossible to give
warning 10 many residents OF that sec
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BELMORE BROWNE
CABLES TO MOTHER

TACOMA, July 24.-The Parker
Browne exploring expedition which
went to Alaska to make the ascent of
Mount Mckinley has seemingly reached
the summit, according to cable mes.
cage received in this city today by the
mother of Relmore H. Browne. The
cahlegram, dated at Tolvina, Alaska
says:
Preached 10000 feet, Hurrying
home via Fort Gibbons
The estimaIeu altitude Of Mount Nc,
Kinley. given in standard authorities
is 10000 feet If the Parker Browne
expedition has reached this altitude
those attaining it are the first known
to have reached the summit of the high.
est peak IN North America, No further
word has been received other than the
cable message.
Browne was one of the party led by
DR.. Frederick Albert Cook a few years
ago. He is known in the northwest as
an explorer. author and artist. Herschel
Clifford Parker is professor Of physics
at Columbia university. New York,
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way OF this dam. which backs water VI
the Wisconsin river for five miles and
which stretched across the river for hall
a mile at the famous Little Grand Dad
rapids.
a power dam twenty miles north of
the city is reported to have gone out and
II this is true another flood may be eX-
pected tomorrow. In today's flood a large
part of the downtown district was hooded
and the city's railroad outlet is cut of
by the carrying out OF the union bridge
over which all railroads crossed to enter
the city.
Three bridges In this city have been
TALLY destroyed. The water is between
twelve and fourteen feet above normal
height.
The city is without electric lights, pow
er, gas or street car service. The water
has surrounded the waterworks plant and
tho supply Is cut off.
a volume of water was swept down the
river early Wednesday morning. The
streets of Wausau along the river front
are under water. The city hall Is sur
rounded and business Is paralyZed No
loss OF life has been reported. II Is stat
ed that several farm houses close to the
river bank were swept away but the re-
ports cannot be verified.
The country flooded Is unsettled except
near the city. The food Is attributed to
the heavy rains which haye fallen re-
Gently.
Piles of wreckage are floating down the
river carried along at swift pace by
the strong current. Scores Of manufac-
turing plants Will suffer as a result OF
the sudden rise In water
Not only Is Wausau partly under wa
ter but the village of Schoheld six miles
north, is flooded end the damage there
is said TO be great.
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THOUSANDS SEEK
SHELTER. IN HILLS

BROW NNSNILLE. Pa. July G4.-Horsc-
men dashing frantically down the Red
stone valley today often with water up
to tho saddle grths. made a Journey Of
nine miles In time to save the lives OF
hundreds Of persons AT Smock mining
village. Aside from the great quantity
OF water due TO the cloudburst, 1t was
feared n huge reservoir was about TO
let go.
ITO the hills, to the hills! tho reservoir
is breaking"
The cry caused terror among the min
ers and within few moments one thou
sand families wero wading through the
muddy waters 10 the hlllsides. Soon the
water rushed into the mining village,
causing heavy damage.
Tonight tho miners and their families
are camped in a pouring rain on the
hilsides under makeshift shelters OF
blankets. quilts, boards and straw
An uncontrmed rumor Is that from six
to ten miners were drowned before they
could reach safety. When the alarm was
spread more than 500 men were at work
in the mines. According to mine officials
all were saved,
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PARKER UNABLE TO
SCALE Mt. 'k|NLEY
Columbia University Pro.
fessor Returns to Fairbanks
and Reports Failure.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 24.-Pro-
fessor Herschel Parker Of Columbia
university and Belmore Browne of Ia
coma arrived at Tolvina on the Tanaua a
river late last night and reported that
they failed to reach the summit OF Mt.
Mckinley. Two attempts were made,
one on the north and the other on the
south peak An altitude of 10000 feet
was reached on the south peak and 49,.
600 on the north peak.
Mount Mckinley terminates in twin
peaks, each approximately 20,5O0 feet
high. Severe billiards about the sum-
init prevented the scaling Of these
peaks.
Professor Parker said n severe earth
quake was felt while the party was on
the mountain. Excellent photographs
were taken during the month the eX-
pedition spent on the mountain.
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FOUR ARE KILLED
IN WEST VIRGINIA
International News Service.

BY International NEWS SerNlcN-
WHEELING, W Va. July 9t-With
telegraph and telephone wires down
throughout the state. II Is impossible to
rain and Windstorm which swept over
this section late this afternoon. -Four per-
sons are known To have been killed III
West Virginia as q result Of lightning
and janoslIdes. while traffic on the Bal
tinlore & Ohio railroad and the coke and
trolley lines In this city and many OF
the other cities throughout the state are
tied ND and there lie much suffering man
Tested among the poorer class whose
homes were flooded, The Baltimore &
New York express IS held UP sixteen miles
east of this city. For three miles the
tracks are torn by the storm and the pas
spngers tonlght are marooned.
Ioseph Howard, trackman; who wa S
at work repairing the track was caught
by n landslide and buried alive. He was
dead when dug out.
On the Ohio division or the Baltimore
G. Ohio three bridges between this city
The Cincinnati Pittsburg flyer Is
caught ct point near New Martlnsville
with over 200 passengers aboard. No. %
the Grafton Wheeling train on the same
road, Is held UP below MouDdsvllle, where
her bridge has been washed out
H. j.. King and wife and child neal
Redwood were killed when a bolt oil
lightning struck their home. They were
sitting In the dining room and all wer,
instantly killed
At MoundsrlIe $50 miners employed at
the Mound Coal company mine had mar,
row escape from being drowned Hike rats
In a trap. The w9ter started pouring IL
the mine when one of the officials Of thu
! mine entered the shaft and spread th'
| alarm All were rescued,
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time in five years coal has been sent
south from this harbor during that
month. Shipments Of 100000 bushels
have broken all records.
At McKeesport rain fell continuous
ly for twelve hours. Several small
bridges were swept down, only to md
lodgment against a stronger one. The
avenue and flooding many business
houses. Two hundred houses are
partly submerged,
The flood swept away score or
buildings at Conncllsville, damaged
many others. made fifty families home
less and caused over 100000 damage.
The most severe rainstorm in twenty
years caused widespread damage
throughout Washington county today.
All streams are out of their banks,
many houses flooded and crops dam
aged greatly.
At Millsborough Seventyfive miners
| had a narrow escape from death when
the Besco mine Of the Bessemer Coke
company was flooded.
When the flood water began, call
for help was sounded and thirty men
formed a rescue party. After valiant
work enlbanl5m ents were erected about
the mouth of the mines and the miners
escaped.
A cloudburst flooded miles of terri
tory between Jnnettc and Greensburg.
The lowlands were quickly inundated
and hundreds of persons were compelled
to flee Residences and business places
were almost completely submerged IN
some district while the Manor valley
and Turtle creek railroads together with
trolley service were put out OF com
, mission.
More than 1000 persons were ma
rooned on the hills of Oalford Park,
where the annual outing of the en-
ployees OF the Union Supply company
| from Westmoreland and Fayettc coun-
tics was held today. Two creeks i'll the
/ vicinity OVERLOADED their banks and
| before the pleasure seekers could help
themselves, had surrounded the hill.
| Tonight after wading knee deep IN
water the 1000 picnickcrs marooued by
| the flood waters at Oakford park sue
! ceedea in reaching a railroad and were
taken to their homes.
4 devastating flood rushing down
| the mountainslde spread ruin through
out Dunbar. A cloudhurst transformed
small streams into torrents. mum
Der Of buildings were completely
wrecked and hundreds Of others dam
agod The town is almost entirely un-
| der water tonight.
Up TO late tonight no fatalities had
been reported.
A score of families wero caught in
their homes in tho lower section of the
town 70 rescue marooned people II
was necessary fer the rescuers to swim
to the house,
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mountain for Father Escalante, give the
names OF the rest OF his band and their
patron saints to rivers and mountains and
valleys; accord to the names OF pioneers
a like treatment and you VIII add 10 this
state a mystic charm that will live forever
In poetry, In painting and In song"
Mr.: Jensen then said in part
This splendld gathering OF young and
old evidences the esteem and yeperation
In which the founders OF Utah arc held by
the people of this community. II is in
spring to look into these upturned faces
aglow with the light from the fire that
women who risked, toiled and sacrificed To
make possible all that We enjoy today,
History contains no roll OF names more
deserving OF honor than the Utah pio-
on this day turn our attention from busi-
ness cares and for a season think about.
sing about and talk about the deeds OF
self sacrifice and heroism incident TO the
founding OF this splendid Inland empire.
utah is the child OF religion rs
colonization was undertaken in the name
OF a religion. Her pioneers claim that
God led them here. When We think oi
our present prosperous surroundings, the
fertility OF our soil, our crystal mountain
streams, and our air as clear as light we
are Inclined TO believe that this is the
place to which God would have led a
chosen people.
we. OF this day. are the benefciaries
OF the Mormon pioneers All OF US may
not agree with the motives and senti-
ments that led to the colonization OF this
state. but we all agree that the founder
oi Utah was prompted by superior wls-
dom when he looked out OF the window
on his carriage at tho mouth OF Emfgra
ton IL ta canyon July "a, 1s47. and said, This
Baseball: field sports and all the forms
OF entertainment tho great park arfords
served 70 while away the afternoon hours
The children OF the Fairgrounds ns tbey
went through their games. were the OBJ
Jects OF thousands of admirlng spectators
throughout the day
From O'Clock until s o'clock the Mol
lerup~ Klenke band gave g band conoert In
the music stand 80
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STOCK BROKERS SEEK
TO RECOVER BIG SUM
BY international News Service

BY international News Service
NEW YORK, July 24.-Edwin NJ. Post
and Grove e. Warner, member OF the
stock brokerage Arm of Post &; Co. to-
day filed a suit to recover s1sS.sS4 from
Edward r. Thomas and Linda Lee
Thomas. Thomas. a former New Yori
banker, now living In Paris. was recent
u divorced from his wife
Post and Warner allege that in April
1908. Thomas borrowed over SI60,o0o. CIV.
Ing stock Of the Keokull & Des Moines
Railroad company part security. Sub
seQuently Thomas failed In business and
the brokers started a suit TO recover theil
loan. They sllege that after the sui
was begun, Thomas transferred TO hi,
wife securities, Including 500 shares o
Bowling Green Trust company. 1854. .00
worth OF bonds OF the LonGacse Theate
company and 100000 OF stock in III,
Morning Telegraph company,
The plaintiffs want Mrs. Thomas re
strained from dlsposlng OF any OF thest
securities until after the litigation il
settled.
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d to Cannibalisrn.

: Donner party. proce eIing west by
Qfh end OF the lake. and after END
rlalB upon the desert, were over
IN the Sierras By early SHOWS. The
~ their 5ufferlngs Is most hs rroT~
Fhen their food had been exhaust ed
fere reduced to ealing the flesh OF
0wn companions who had died Of
ZION and in some cases, il is said.
ven drew lots To see which should
LED TO furnish food Tor the survi.
The rescue Of the remnant Of this
pAnd lis one OF the heroic features
history OF California.
next year, iStI, came Brigham
and his hardy band Of pioneers
paving reached this point. my n. RI
} STORY Is told
q contemplation ot ihc early history
3 state suggests that many changes
b6 made III the nomenclature Of nt,r
aims, our rivers. our canyOns and
our towns, with the thought OF prc.
q III our history the names and In,
& OF the brave Catholic fathers
uventures of the trappcrs and iba
,crs and the trials and trlumphs @,
loneers.
,th such world OF romance I'm On,
". we should not have given to thaI
ificent gorge Of the Wasatch so com,
lace a name as Big Cottonwood can.
City creek. Big ard Little Cotton
and Mil Creek canyons. Twin peal,.
Zone peak are all mlsnamed, Ther,
<thousand cottonwood canyons In In.
m United States. and as many NOR
lreek canyons, Let us give to thes
Their great works of nature name
Mil mean something In the history q
ate. and that wlll carry With th.r
pmantic' charm of the days OF In
olnzers.
A us give back 10 Utah lake Il
u Indian name OF TlmpanoGos
onc OF the great canyons or a uoll
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FAVOR COINAGE OF
THREE-CENT PIECES

WASHINGTON, July oi.-Mayor Baker
OF Cleveland has found many prominent
advocates Of the blu introduced by Rep
resentatiye Bulkley OF Ohio providing for
the coinage OF a three-cent piece. Mr..
Bulkley gave the letters to the senate
committee on finance today when he urged
the passage OF the law.
Among them is one by Andrew Car
negie indorsing the idea IL the "coin vis
not too small Mayor Gaynor OF New
York objects to calling the new money a
coin" and prefers token He says
the "5-cont token" has done nestimable
good for the country and established a
small price for a number or necessities
such aa street car fares
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Pioneer Day In Ephrailn

Special 10 Tho Tribune
EPFRAIH July @-Tliis years annual sn,,-
talnment OF tho old folks was the occasion NJ
an eIcelleTt programme The automobile ou-nrrg
senorouEly offered tho use Of their nnohin., IN
convey the old folks Ia the ncadcmy grounds
where they wero entertained. The programme
was follows:
Gatharin5 on the grounds. with music and hand
Hh,Iing from 10 n NJ. until II a M
congregational singing. Come, Come lc Saints''
Prayer OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Pa,or p.,cEor
song ..s.',..s....,,Mrs Tilhy and chor,s
oPoceh OF Soren Psinrson
ScSponsc' '....,.,.s......,-.I. Anderson ar
soog .---... Dorins und chorus
Talk on Pioneer Days" .......,...A e Nielsen
Al LAO diuuer s-rvcd aflor which tho pro
syarnme recompenced.
Congregational singing ...................
Utah rho Queen OF the West
Why HS Was Born Boy ana Why He wsE
The First Boy Born In Utah" ....r, c. Peterson
Why He Was Born BOY and Why the
First RoE Born In Ephraim" ...J. r Peterson
eoos. Silver Threads Among the Cold
Talk ou Hin Acquaintance vIrh Joseph
- e"'th .--.',.--s....,,.-..-. Charles Wbitlock
stump speech .,............ 'Knud Jcneeu''
Talk on Tho Pioneer Leader. Brigham
. to"ns '''-s.. .,.,,...-. George Taylor
Sons. ...,..''Hsrd Times Como Again No More
Talk. ,......,........,...... Nnus N,esop
| Talk. ... ...,..,...... Nic,s No,tons.p
Song observation-disclosures. Jnm,a GIcrp
Early Conditions iu Ephruim' ,Andropr Thompson
Song ,..,............,..U P. Peterson md chorus
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THIRTEEN MEV MEET
QUICK DEATH IN MINE
Continued from Page One. J

Continued from Page one)
tation facilities. while incstlmable
damage has resulted in dozen small
towns.
Early tonight Turtle creek, near
here, was rising u inches an hour.
Families living in the lowlands OF
Turtle creek Braddock, East Pitts
burg and Wilmerdpe were cudeavor-
ing to get household goods 20 safety,
while merchants have moved perish
able goods TO second and third floors.
AT Hayesborough the rising water
from Four-Mile run drove many fami-
lies TO the upper portion OF their
homes,
The storm WAS especially severe
throughout the territory along the
NonongaheIa river. The river and its
tributaries are rising rapidly, causing
serious loss.
Unrrccedented rainfall has marked
the month Of July, and for the first
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-25
TRAMP GIRL UNDER
ARREST IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO. July ai-A,tIrcd in bcys
clothing. Ethel Reese. II years old. was
arrested today wiLh Albert Weathers: 20
years old, after they had beaten their
way from Jackson. Mich, by riding
on the ton OF freight cars. The girl said
she ran awny from the home Of her step
father J. c. Roberts. in Jackson, Mich.
and was on her way to her fathers ranch
near Siston, Wash. fhs girl said WeH.h-
nrs yyas n boardcr at the home of lcr
stepfather and she asked bin 10 ae-
company her on her journey. She WIN oe
held awaiting word frcM her parents,
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AMATEUR AVIATOR
is NEARLY KILLED
Bv international News Service.

NEW YORK. July 2i.-Flyine at the
rate OF one hundred miles an hour in en-
three years work and $4,000 in money
Edison F, Gallaudet. after fight of less
than two minutes. crushed from a height
OF 400 feet To the new field near West
bury L. l., today. The aeroplanc was
utterly demolished. Gallaudet was pain
fully but not fatally injured.
Colleudct Is n wealthy young engineer
from Norwich Conn. His vile Is the
daughter OF former Senator Cockreu OF
Missouri. The Gallaudets are we'll known
In society in New York and Washington
Three years ago Mr.. Gallaudct and his
brother began work on the craft which
was smashed today.
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DEMOCRATS DECIDE
AGAINST THE NAVY
CONTINUED from Page One.)

Democrats calling for q new caucus and
pledging its signers to the two battle
ship programme
Il think II is evident from the vote in
the Democratic caucus tonight" said Sir.
C,urley. that a majority OF the Demo
Gratis OF the house are In favor OF the
enlarged navy programme. know that
Il will interfere somewhat With tho econ
ony plans OF the Democratic leaders. but
! do net think this interference sufficient
| to stand In the way Of the plain demand
of tho people Thcl want the battle
ships and .he greater resistance there Is
by the house 10 this demand the more
trouble the Democratic party makes sor
itself"
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WISCONSIN TOWNS
DAMAGED BY FLOOD
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By international News Service.
WAUSAU. WIS, July 2i-Damage to
tho extent of sl.io0.000 To the industries
Of Wausau was done today by the civ"
Ing way OF enormous power dams north
Of This city. Worse than the financial loss
directly due 10 the breaking dams. how
ever Is the problem OF the great paper
mills near the city which are operated
~ power from the ruined dams.
with orders ahead for paper for news
papers in many parts of the country
which depend on wausaw for tholr daily
eupply, the Wausau paper mills, which
own great plant. the largest west OF
Massachusetts. Is crippled by the giving
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-10-08
SUCCESSFUL FAIR Of
HALE COUNTY CLOSES

SPECIAL fo Daily N-ss
PlainFieW. Tex. Ocf The Hale
County Fair and race meet A. the
fair grounds has closed a very sue
cessful three days session The Dur-
ses IN the races amounted 20 more
than $4,000. and many fast horses
from Oklahoma and other distant
points participated The attendance
1as fair. notNithstandIng that the
local farmers are very busy With har-
yes'ing a heavy feed crop 8 fine er-
hihit o. dry farmed and irrigated
crops vas on display a. the neR
exhibit hall. and the live stock and
"0man's departments attracted much
attention Among the notable truck
exhibits sere cabbages weighing %
pounds "a sweet potato weighing 10
hounds pumpkins more than feet
.n circumference stool OF kafir
and sorghum. containing o. heads.
AMI had sprung from a single seed
W Rf.rh Hers sorghum heads aud
ka'i- 8 large exhibit will boz
sent t0 'tr Dallas Fair. and lt R
hoped 'o beat Hale r0uuty's record
.a-' year when she carried away
blue and 9 red ribbons. og' of a 20
'a' of % entries