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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-07
CONF FESSES To
TREACHERY IN
HIS DEALINGS
Youthful Witness Startles
Committee Investigating
Colorado Strike by Tell
ing of Explosions.

DENVER, March 6-Arthur Lang.
owski, q. swore before the federal
strike investigating committee late to-
day that he received So day from
the coal operators while exploding dy-
Mantle for the United Mine Workers
OF America.
The youth, sharply questioned by
The committee, stoutly denied tha1 nc
was a spy in the ranks of the unions
although he admitted that he was
watching both sides,' and receiving
ray from each party to tho labor
war
Langowski testified that he was sec
retary and treasurer OF the Sopris To-
cal Of The United Mine Workers.
''They consulted me about every
thing they planned to do 20 added.
~ tried to prevent them doing things
that would have caused loss Of life.
They tried to get me TO help blow up
bridges with dynamite, but L said,
What's the use Of trying to dynamite
bridges where there are guardsi You IL
Just he found dead the next morning
with the dynamite on you.
Explosions Every Night.
$50 we decided to explode the dyna-
mite out in the prairie to scare the
guards There were explosions in the
neighborhood every night for SIX
weeks before the soldiers came. l
helped pull off seven of these explo-
sions and was paid two OF three dol
lars each time for my work.
E'One time we put four sticks of
dynamite in a keg. 1t made n big
noise, but did not do any damage or
bring the guards down where we could
shoot them
"Did you have guns with youf"
asked Mr. Sutherland.
''Of course we had replied the
witness.
The youth said he heard all the
plots of the strikers and revealed them
TO Montgomery Mesingale, town mar
shal of Sopris,
''Hc paid me s3 a day." he added,
'Where did the money come from2'
~ suppose the company furnished
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10 come to Denver with him and sit IN
the senate chamber during his testi.
monv. "because / don't want to get
shot right here in this room,
ftWho are YOU afraid of!' demand
ed Z. p. Costigap for the miners. DO
you think John Lawson, president
would shoot you''
''No, but he might get some other
guy to do it.
Later a member of the committee
asked him if he thought when the
strike was called that all the men who
refused to quit the mines would get
shot.
eyes. 1 thought they would get shot;
or half shot. - he replied, and explained
that by the latter term he mennt that
the men would be beaten by the strik-
ers.
Lanpowski said he went on strike
last September, but now expected to 90
back TO work in the Sopris mine of the
Colorado Fuel 6 Iron company. ne
admitted that he was introduced to T..
N. Weitzel, manager of the fuel depart
ment Of the company, on train COM
ing to Denver.
Militiaman's Story.
The operators then called Montgom'
ery Mesingale. now militiaman,
He said that Arthur Laugowski one
day came to him and said he wanted to
anit the union and 90 back to work.
'sI told him." he continued, that
| thought he could do more good by
STAYING in the union trying to prevent
crimes and telling me of the plans OF
the strikers.
s'I told him that if he would do thus
I would try to secure him q job when
the strike was over and would pay him
SO day for his services In giving me
information.
He had furnished the money to Lang
owski as well as their fares to Denver
to testify. 9.
He supposed the Colorado fnel y
Iron COMPANY would reimburse him,
Mesingale testified that he had hired
upion men to secure information IN
1910 and 1911 and that he had been re,
imbursed by W. II. Reno, special agent
for the Colorado Fuel & Iron company
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-07

GARMENT SPECIAL-A fine Light weight
summer garment. Special price, 65c.
Ladies' low neck and sleeve, also low
neck and short sleeve vest. Regular price, zoe.
Special price, 10c-
Ladies extra fine sleeveless summer vests.
a regular 35c value. Special price, 2oc.
Children's black knitted pants, knee
length, summer weight. Special price, Csc
Ladies Union Suits, extra fine summer
weight. Special price, SOC,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-07
OWNER OF B|[TMORE
DIES IN WASHINGTON
George w. Vanderbilt Sue
cumbs to Heart Failure
Following Operation.

WASHINGTON. March 6.-Cieorge
W. Vanderbilt, multimilionaire phi
anthropist and sportsman of lnterna'
tioual renown. died here at l
O clock this afternoon from heart fail
ure, following an operation for appen-
dicitis last Tuesday. His death came
suddenly, caused indirectly through the
development of pulmonary embolism
which affected the heart, preventing
blood circulation. He was 81 years
old.
Although seriously i'll for some time,
Mr. Vanderbilt had sustained the oper-
alton and continued TO show signs OF
improvement until the complications
unexpectedly arose. Previous to their
appearance no alarm had been felt for
his recovery and physicians SAID his
condition was improving. Mrs. van
derbilt, who was formerly Miss Edith
Dresser Of New York, had been CON
tinuously in attendance at the bedside,
bands death. AT the palatial resi-.
deDce which Mr.. Vanderbilt occupied
here as his winter residence, 1T was
said tonight no announc ement would
be made until the wishes of Mr.. Van
derbilt's relatives had been ascer-
tanned. 1t was understood, however,
that the funeral arrangements would
be announced tomorrow, when Freder-
ick Vanderbilt, a brother, will reach
Washington.
NEW YORK, March George
Washington Vanderbilt was the young.
est and probably the least known of
the sons of the late William IA. Van
derbilt. He never took an active part
in the business and financial world
where other members of the family
gained wealth and distinction. He was
II student and traveller, and his chief
interest was III his magnificent estate
at Biltmore, near Asbeville, n. G.,
whore he spent the greater part of his
time.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was born in the old
Vanderbilt home at New Dorp, Staten
Island, November ID, 1862. In 1885 he
became interested in the wild noun
tain region Of western North Carolina,
mulated an estate Of 100000 acres on
the French Broad river, and laid out
there vast park and erected build
ings on a scale which has seldom been
cqualed in this country, Mr.. Wander
bilt devoted most Of his time to the
personal supervision of this estate. In
the valley he built model town, and
called it Biltmore. His farms were
filled with blooded stock and he de-
voted thousands of dollars to the sci
entific conservation of the forests
which covered the greater part of his
property
George Vanderbilt's 8 fortune was
never a factor In Wall street. He was
supposed. however, to he one of Ameri-
cas- wealthiest men. He had number
of charities and he spent money with
out stint on the development Of his
mountain estate He seldom came to
New York, but spent part of his sum-
mers at Bar Harbor, Me-, where he
had handsome home
In 1898 Mr.. Vanderbilt married
Miss Edith Stuyvesant Dresser, Mrs.
Vanderbilt and one child, daughter,
survive him.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-07
The Forty Year Test.

An article must have exceptional
merit to survive for a period Of forty
years. Chamberlain Congh Remedy
was fret Offered TO the public in 1879.
From small beginning it has grown
in favor and popularity until It has
will find nothing better for a cough or
cold. Try it and you will understand
why it is a favorite after a period of
more than forty years. IT not only gives
relief-it cures. For sale by all deal
ers. advertisement J
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-07
Proposed Street Viewed.

Members OF the city commission and the
city engineer made a trip to the Sugar
house district yesterday 10 look into the
proposal 10 open new street between
a line with Yale avenue. Residents OF
the district want Yale avenue extended
as far as the city canal They have
offered to buy half the properly that
must BIO condemned IN order to open The
street, IL tho city will buy the other half
and dedicate II all for street purposes
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-07
"Holv Rollers Fined.

MURPHYsBoRo,. ~; March s;-Three
members of the holy Roller" sect
Hickman-were fined $50 each here today
on charge of assaultIng Noah Hick
man, an epileptic. They said his disease
was the work of the devil and they at
tempted TO beat the devil out of him.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-07
Took Strike Benefit.

The witness explained that at the
same time he was receiving So week
strike benefit from the union, in addi-
tion to the bonuses he declared he was
paid for dynamiting.
fAt q recent union meeting l heard
President Lahune of our local say
that as soon as this investigating COM
mittee had gone away and the militia
had been Withdrawn, strikers would
start things again.
The boy declared he had played his
sell. proclaimed dual role until q few
days ago, when "the union men said
/ was a spy and threatened to hang
me-
He added: ST decided / would give
them something to hang me for
He came to Denver, he said, to tes-
tify before the committee, He declared
there were two other men in the Sopris
local union who were dealing with the
operators or the officers Of the law.
The witness said he got a militiaman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
The Lure of the Mountain Pass

HERE are few features of na- ture that appeal more strongly to the romance and
 sentiment that dwell in tho
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Climbing one of the grades

when the train started unexpectedly at Casapalea and l had to run to get on. was panting for five minutes before l recovered. Just now my ears are humping and the top of my head feels as though it was being pried up with crowbar.
 In the cars behind me there are men and women holding smelling bottles to their noses to revive their faint hearts, and there is one Peruvian who has bot tie to his nose and gun in his bag. Be- fore I came out of the train he told me he had two cures for the soroche. Said he; One is this smelling hottle,,' and he thereupon asked me 10 try 1t. But will this do the business?" sad I. 'I don't know" he replied, but if not, have a sure cure here and he thereupon open- ed his bag and showed me the revolver.
 This last. 1 an told, is about the only safe cure for soroche. The doctors can do nothing to help you and every one is sure to get 1t if he stays long on the tops of the Andes One may have 1t again ard again and any indiscretion nay bring on an attack. I doubt not l shall be more afflicted as l go on with this journey, but I shatl keep out in tile fresh air and 1 hope to get through.
 I despair of making you see all the wonders of our trip up the mountains. The long chain of the Andes walls the whole side of this continent. It begins at Cape Horn and the fords of the Strait of Magellan and goes north, crawling close tC the coast in gl eat winding rampant for a distance of 4500 miles, when 1t drops down into our cut Of Crebra on the Isthmus of Panama. Throuehout the whole Iengtn, except at the top and the bottom, this chain has peaks which are three or four miles in
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miles through the gorges it has at tained an altitude which is still a mile lower than the highest rail on the Central. The Transandean road which crosses from Buenos Aires to Chile is not more than two miles in height and the Uganda road, which, beginning at Mombasa on the east coast of Africa, goes over the divide to Lake Victoria, is several thousand feet lower
 The other high railways require days for their climb. The Central takes you from sea level to a point higher than the top of any mountain in Europe or the United States proper between breakfast and dinner, and if your heart can stand the strain and you can keep fort all the way up.
 The soroche is the great thorn in the rose of this wonderful journey. It Is the mountain sickness that affliets all most all when they take the nightly leap of three miles straight up into the air Ii brings on faintness. terri ble headaches. and often bleeding at the eyes and nose. It Is worse than seasickness, for the vomiting is ac- complained by diarrhoea and terrible retchings Some have the disease in a less degree and some cannot stand it at all
 As I came here today l could feel the air growing rarer, and my machinery moving with more and more friction. At 10000 feet my voice was so weak l could not have whist1ed a dog ana much of my dictatior at 15000 has been done in d whisper. After we passed the two mile level 1 found myself weigh ing each sentence to see whether il was worthy the breath to utter it. At the stations I walked very slowly, and
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height It's average elevation is more than 12,000 feet or almost the height of F'ujiyama, Japan. Mount Aconeaqua, in Chile, Is about 23. 900; Mount Misti, in southern Peru, is over 20,000 and there is a peak, within sight of my eyes, that is A,ooo and more. North of here. in Ecuador, are many volcanoes, including Chimborazo. more than four miles in height; and south of me, In Bolivia, is a plateau which nas an average altitude of 13,000 feet, with no drainage to either the Atlantic or tho Pacific.
 Right here in Peru are some of the highest elevations, and I shall have to cross Lake Titicaca, which. itself, is almost two and one-half miles above the sea.
 These striking attitudes are the more impressive on account of the steepness of the range whie1 runs along the coast It begins right It the sea, only a narrow strip of sand separating 1t from the ocean, and it jumps, as it were, into the clouds. l rode this morning through Lima. city of perhaps l5o,o0o. It is ,ituated on the banks of the Fimac. close to the gorge into which we started as we came up the mountains.
 During the first part of our journey we passed through an irrigated valley. There are fields of alfalfa, sugar cane and other green crops on both sides of the railroad, but the mountains over the val ley were as arid as the Sahara. I re- member I thought of the difference be- tween the two sides of the Andes, and that If l could bore hole right through the desert wall I might come out into the region of the Amazon, where the waters swarm with turtles and alligators and where the vegetation is a dense jungle
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contortions by which 1t climbs up this widest part of the world it Is only 160 miles. All of this Is accomplished ed without the rack or pinion or cog systems used on other high roads, and that with grade of only about 4 per cent. There is not one inch of down grade from the sea to the top and the heavy cars must climb all the way up
 The route for the road is the val ley of the Rimac river rushing stream of snow water which bursts forth from the glaciers of the high Andes and rolls over rocks, through gorges, a mass of white foam all the way to the sea. In places the road is high above the river, clinging to the sides of the hills. again it is on the river level; and at one point where the space was not wide enough for both road and river the engineers made a tunnel through the mountains and turned the stream out of its course to use its bed for the track.
 through tunnel after tunnel and over bridges of steel, which span mighty gorges. There are altogether 65 tun nels and e bridges in .this 100 mile trip; and there are 16 switchbacks To- cated on the sides of the mountains where the road could climb in no other way.
 The great wonder of the construction is that the steepness of the mountains has been conquered by this 1 per cent grade. The Denver and Rio Grando narrow gauge In Colorado reaches its 10,S00-foot level at Marshall Pass. but in doing so it starts at mile above the sea at the foothills of the Rockies and when it has gone for hundreds oi
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By c. F. MARKELL

drinking the water from the melted snow, but l am inclined to doubt it and at- tribute 1t to the custom Of carrying heavy loads upon the head. The disease is pe- ouliarly common to women and, in Swift zerland, women are the beasts of bur den. In truth in the summer one sees comparatively few men, for they have all gone to Germany to work in the har- vest fields or are away upon the uplands tending the cattle.
 Where the burdens are excessively large and heavy they are carried in a pannier fashioned in the form of an inverted pyr- amid, the apex of which falls far below the hips of the bearer, and through this apex passes a leather strap which pro- ceeds to the shoulders and assists In sup porting the weight of the pannier and its contents.
 In passing through the little towns and by the chalets which dot the road many women are to be seen engaged in laundry work after a most primitive fashion. They kneel upon broad stones or slabs at the side of tho stream in which the garments are washed and upon these slabs the garments are beaten as a rinser. Where the stone is absent a
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closer touch with the people and all that may come under his observation.
 AS the scenery grows wilder, more rug sed and more sublime, one forgets all about fatigue. Waterfalls are seen at every turn and often the seething cat aract shoots clear across the road, leaV- ing the pedestrian to pass under it's flood. In localities where landsldes and ava lanehes are likely to occur. tunnels have been cut in the rock for the passage of the vehicles and they are lighted with windows hewn in the stone. These tun- nels are of service only during the win ter season.
 In localities where the slopes are very steep one sees great numbers of long, stout wires running from the heights above to the road They are used by the wood choppers and harvesters for lowering their fuel wood and cattle pro- yender. The men are perched upon al- most inaccessible heights and with ap- palling velocity the faggots of wood and bundles of grass shoot down the wire. Most of the women that one passes en route are affected with the goitre It is claimed that this affection is due to
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with palms. rubber trees and all sorts of tropical fruits. On this side of the noun tains there is no rain and everything is dry. On the other side it rains all the time. The, Rimac river here Is not fed by the rains. It comes from the snows, which the winds from the east have left on the tops of the Andes.
 The vegetation of the arid Andes is re- markable. I sat on the rear platform of the car and dictated my notes as we wound our way up the cliffs. Near the ocean there was no green at all. The mighty rocks seemed perfectly bare and there was no soil or any green thing. By looking closely, however I found gray cacti clinging to the rocks and silver gray moss which in places covered the stones like mantle These plants were probably fed by the dews.
 It was not until we reached Tambor- aque, at an altitude of almost two miles, that we found our first sprinkling of green There the rocks seemed dusted with emeralds, and the green grew fresher
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broad wooden board with low sides is used, but it must indeed be a poverty stricken peasant who cannot afford d slab, for stone is so plentiful there that the grape arbors and even the telegraph and telephone poles are made of that material.
 The horses are changed twice during the ascent and meals are served for pas sengers at comfortable hostelries.
 During my first passage of the Smplon had rather peculiar experience. We came to a point where in the spring of 1901 a terrible slide had descended with laundering voice. killing two women anG many cattle and completely obilterating the road. The debris was partially cleared away and a new road built over the glacier which up to that time had been used as a thoroughfare. But great orevasses had appeared in the ice; rumb- ling sounds had made themselves mani fest and dangerous movements of the glacier had been noted. It was deemed unwse to attempt tlIs passage with weighted vehicles. subsequently, every passenger was required to abandon his vehicle and proceed across upon foot.
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lI |
 its sides soon become of an intense indigo hue tin they are lost in shadow and beneath may be heard the dee,,, uncanny roaring of the imprisoned streams which the glacier feeds. Fa- talities are frequent and just a little while prior to my first visit to the Mer de Glace tourist had slipped into one of these crevasses. The impetus of his fall had wedged him between the walls. Ropes were lot slsd t1 Jim but as his arms were pini0nad t9 Ai4 side he could not see thetn and ifss voice could be heard plea finr tnrt h@ be killed until he was frozen to aeafh.
 In most of the passes of ihe caura sut one is not brought into s41h eies= 4ast< tiguity to the snow and iee z in tht Alps. The snow is ever vlaiba eGssfhfv with more sublinnity than is 10 ha foun& anywhere else except in tLe 9i,aateqns but 1t is aways in the beso9d ard me beyond is ever fascinating. attli 1T, frz5 versing them one realiz thaf ne {. passing the threshold that leads yfom Ea4 rope to Asia, the port whicp conducts hfns from civilization to a strange sud un2 familiar world But 1t is rsuHn<sir na Sa and 1t enthrals.
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AM dictating this letter on an oil-burnning engine on the very
 top of the Andes. My secretary
 sits by my side in the cab and
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-08-28
REAL ESTATE CHANGES HANDS

The real estate market in the city
and county seems to be looking up
bit. A number of sales have been re-
Gently made at fairly good prices
Mr.. Ellis Baldwin, OF MlliersDurg,
purchased through the real estate
agency of Harris & Speakes, Monday,
at public auction, house and lot IN
Millersburg, belonging to Mr.. Peale
Collier. of this city, for $1,375.
Mrs. Anna Sagaser Lancaster
bought of Chas. J. Lancaster six
room cottage On the west side OF
Ferguson street, in Paris, at pri-
yate figure, and will move to 1t as
soon as possession can be given.
w. A. Penn, of Harrison county.
sold to Mrs. Edward P. Short, OF
Daviess county, the zimmerman farm,
located on the Cynthiana pike, near
Jacksonville, in this county, at some
thing over 500 per acre. The farm
adioins the lands of VIM. and CLAUDE
Cantril1.
The North Middletown Cemetery
Company (coloredD purchased from
Mr.. Chas. Meng, an acre OF land 10
Gated on the Prescott pike, near
North Middletown, for S11O.