The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-02-17
Late Telegraph

VALDEZ, Feb. 19.-The most
disastrous snowslide in the history
of this section took place yesterday
afternoon at o'clock in which M.
and Mrs. Bergland and their son lost
their lives, and several others had
narrow escapes. The snowslide
took place at the northern end of
Keystone canyon.
The Berglunds were caught near
the center of the snowslide and
We're buried under a mountain of
snow. Corporal Simmons, with a
party of Signal Corps men, were
also caught near the edge of the
slide and had very narrow escape.
They lost a horse and their outfit
but succeeded in rescuing one man
in very serious condition.
The news of the disaster was
telephoned in from Wortman's and
Lieut.. Dougherty, Signal Corps, in
charge of the First section, immedi-
ately left for the scene with a re-
lief expedition and surgeon. Fifty
men, working with lanterns, have
spent the night shoveling snow and
have succeeded in digging out one
body but the other two have not
been located. Three horses were
carried down by the slide and lost.
The rescue work is attended with
danger as the mild weather has
caused the heavy fall of snow to
loosen and slides are echoeing from
the mountains in all directions. The
tragedy has cast a gloom over the
entire community.
SEATTLE. Feb. 19.-The defend
ants in the Munday-Shiels coal
cases. werd acquitted by the jury
late yesterday afternoon. The case
has occupied wide attention and
has cost the government thousands
of dollars. During the trial it has
been shown that the absurd restric-
lions placed on the Alaska coal
lands by the agents of the forestry
service under Clifford Pinchot, has
retarded the country and ruined
many men who had placed their con-
fidence in the fairness of the gov
eminent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 10
Senator Bristow, in a speech on the
floor of the Senate today charged
that 1.-The greed of railroads and the
suspicious claims of Great Britain
seem far more potent with our presi-
dent than any appeal from the
womanhood of the nation.
Ell PASO, Feb. 19.-Castillo,
leader of the bandits who were re-
sponsible for the Cumbre tunnel
tragedy, whereby Al Mexicans and
nine Americans lost their lives, has
been captured with six of his fol-
lowers by American troops near
Hachita, New Mexico. The prisoners
will be brought to this place for
trial.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19.-The
entire country is flooded as a re-
suit of eight inches of rainfall dur
| ing the past 80 hours. Business in
Ave counties surrounding this city
has been demoraliZed by the inter-
ruption of traffic. The loss of prop
erty in this city is estimated to run
into the millions of dollars. Prac-
tically every basement in the down
town business district was filed.
The water, In the streets was knee
deep. No fatalities have been re-
ported but many railroad bridges
have been washed out or undermined
and left unsafe.
SANTA BARBARA. CAL. Feb. 10.
Mrs, Robert Louis Stevenson.
widow of the famous American
author, died at her home here
this. morning.
SEATTLE. Feb. 1S.-John Tug,
government engineer of the Alaska
Road Commission in the Fairbanks
district, was run down by an I'M
known autoist last night and is in Z
hospital. It is believed he has sus-
tanned fatal injuries. Tug was hit
while crossing the street, but the
car disappeared without pausing
to learn the result of its victims
injuries. He was recognized by
official papers on his person.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 49,
President Wilson gave a state din
ner last night at the White House
in honor of Champ Clark, speaker
Of the House.