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VOL. 8.
NO. 107
AVIATOR SANDT
DROPS INTO LAKE
Had Crossed to the Canadian Side
and Was Returning
Home
Erie, Pa., Feb. 21.—Earl Surnll
Jell from his llying machine in
4o the lake yesterday and suffer
ed injuries which may prove fa
4a I.
Sandt had crossed the lake to
!».he Canadian side and was llying
•back when something went wrong
•with the motor and the machine
•collapsed. His flight was wit
nessed by thousands cm both sides
the lake.
BLIZZARD RAGES
OVER KANSAS
Snow is Driven by Qale of Forty
one Miles Per
Hour
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 21.—A
•-tale with a velocity of il miles
per hour and accompanied by
heavy snow is raging over this
•state.
liusiiii'ss lias been suspended
•and train schedules have been
paralyzed. No trains are being
dispatched in the patli of Hie bliz
zard. as il is feared they would
be stalled.
70 INVESTIGATE
SMELTER TRUST
Congressman Martin, of Colorado,
Wants the Smelter Trust
Probed
Washington, Feb. 21 Con
gressman John Martin, of Colora
do, has asked congress to appoint
a commit tee to investigate the
•onelter trust.
Martin says the trust has a
•'omplett' control of many of the
loading mining sections of Amer
ica and have been oppressive in
its charges for the treatment of
• ires from independent mines. I
There will he another bowling
•natch between the Fort Liscum
-uid Valdez bowlers at I he Big
Hare next Sunday afternoon.
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TORNADO SWEEPS ACROSS LOUISIANA
LEAVING DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE
Communication With Devastated Sections Has Been Cut Off |
But Many Fatalities Have Been Reported—Railroads
Moving Relief Trains In Stricken Disirict.
Shrevesport, La., Feb. 2I.--A
tornado swept through a section
of this state this forenoon leaving
a trail of death and wreckage in
its wake. The telegraph and tel
ephone wires are down in all di
rections and it is impossible to
},rain news of tin* extent of the
damage clone by the hurricane. A
number of deaths have been re
ported and it is feared/that when
comunication is again establish
ed and the devastated sections
heard from that the list of dead
and injured will be long.
The railroads of the state have
boon paralyzed and only relief
trains which are being sent to
the assistance of the sufferers are
moving. The loss of property Is
reported In be enormous and will
total up in the millions of dol
lars, the railroad companies be
ing heavy losers.
There are several small towns
in the path of the whirlwind and
it is feared that they have been
destroyed. The tornado was fol
lowed by heavy electric storms
and a deluge of rain.
HI (ILL WINS IN PRIMARY BY 27,000 VOTES
Seattle, Feb. 21.—A count of
tin* lolal number of votes casl
shows I Hal Hi Cill received over
27,000 more than Cotterill ami
Parish together.
Seattle, Feb. 21.—The munici
l»al primaries held here yesterday
proved a surprise in many ways, j
The contest was fought, with all |
QEORGE COTTERILL IS NEXT I N LINE AND PARISH IS DIS
QUALIFIED AFTER HARD FIGHT WITH SOCIALIST CAN
DIDATE FOR THIRD PLACE—ELECTIONS MARCH 5
Iih- ••ariH'sfrrss <>f an Heel ion.
Hi (iill lead all Ihe others in
I Ik* mayoralty contest and polled
8,000 voles llian (Jeorge Colterill,
who is second in the race.
Thomas Parish losl in llie pri
maries, WVIIs, I he Socialist ran-|
riiriale, giviiur him a hard race for I
Iliii*«i place. The vole east. fori
Parish was a surprise, as il was |
believed lli«* real oonlesl would
bo between (iill and Parish.
.James Bradford, who is (lie
candidate Tor corporalion coun
sel has Kdwin Booth, a Socialist,
as his opponent, for the election
on March 5. Bradford was form
erly a deputy under Scott C.al
houii and was appointed |o the
position hy the city council to'
till the unexnired Inrm <
THOUSANDS MADE HOMELESS BY HOUSTON HOE
Houston. 'IVx.. Jm'Ii. -I.—This
cily is threatened with destrnc
I ion frimi lire ami is at I In* mercy
of the winds.
A Hit broke mil in tin1 residen
tial portion of the cily and lifty
residences have already hcen de
stroyed. The firemen are nnahle
(o cheek the. tlames, which are
now heinjr driven by a liiKh wind
into the most populous section of
the city. Assistance is coining
LOSS OF PROPERTY IS PLACE D AT $5,000,000 BY INSURANCE
COMPANIES—THOUSANDS ARE BEING SHELTERED IN
PARKS BUT THE OUTS IDE AID NOT ASKED
| from olhrr rilii-s by sporjal trains
I ami il is hoped to cIh-cI; (In* (lames
[ln-forr reaching I In* business ser
II ion.
Houston, Feb. 21.—The fire at
this plan* has liffii pollen umlrrj
control. hut IIii» properly Toss is
enormous. II is ponscrval ively
estimated hy insurance rompan-j
ies that tlx* loss will total nuiri!
than *.r>,<>()0,00().
Several Ihoiisainl |M*n|i|i* are j
homeless, as IIi«> lire swrpl llii'i
most populous portion of tlii* res- j
iili-nl in! sections of the city. Tliei
parks an'janiiiH'il with temporary I
shelters which were hi'infr huill !
hy llu* cily aulliorilii*s while fli«*
firo was slill raping. Tin* an I li - .
• u'ilii's announce that out.dde aid'
will mil Im» asked as Ihe cily can.
carc for its homeless.
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BELIEVED BENDER CA8E
WILL BE DI8MI88ED
l.os Angeles, Feb. 21.—It is al
most sure that the case against
Bender, one of the men charged
with conspiracy to dynamite the
Hall of Records, will he dismissed.
Maples, said to have been his con
federate, was discharged yester
day.
MANDOT 18 GIVEN
DECI8ION OVER MOORE
New Orleans, Feb. 21.--Joe
Mnndot was given a newspaper
decision over Paul Moore at the
■■'iid of their ten-ronnd tight last
mifhl. The referee refused to
make a decision and left it to I lie
reporters present to declare the
\\ inner.
JUNEAU DEMOCRATS ENDORSE
JENNINGS FOR CANDIDATE
ELECTED TEN DELEQATE8 TO CONVENTION IN VALDEZ AND
WILL WORK FOR ABOLI8HMF.NT OF CONSERVATION A8
APPLIED IN ALA8KA—HARMONY PREVAILED
Juneau, l«Vli. 21.—T«*n delegates
■wore elected n( a Democratic cmi
«mih Inxi nfghl f)» attend the con
vention In bo hold at Valdez. The
Ylolegat<»H wore Instructed to vote
for Robert W. Jennings to bo the
Democratic enndidnlr f«»r delegate
If) congress.
They wore also instrucled In
work for a plank In (ho pint form
l«» nholinh conservation an now
applied in Alaska. The meeting
won entirely harrnonion* and Ili«'
delegate* will go to tho conven
tion prepared to support Jenning*
11 vrninnt all other*.
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CHINA ELECTS
A VICE-PRESIDENT
He Favors Holding National As
sembly at the Provisional
Capital
Nanking, China. Feb. 2I.—(Jen
II I»iyueu hoiiK was elected vice
president «»f t!)«• republic of r.binn
yesterday. Ho was a loader of the
victorious rebel army ami is op
posed In having (lie national as
sembly ineel al Peking, as sug
gested by President Yuanshikai.
SOCIETY HAS 80METHINQ
TO TALK ABOUT NOW
Newporl, Feb.2 I.— II is an-I
• in'ilioed that I lie slork will visit
lb»* palace of .fitliii Jacob Aslor
next July. Mrs. Aslor was form- |
•'I'ly Madeline Force and society i
caniiol belie\e (lie news.
A30VE ZERO AT ALL
POINT8 ALONG LINE
Cloudy am? cami are Ibe pre
vailing weather conditions al Ibe j
telegraph stations aloiiK Ibe line!
In the interior today. Al lleaver!
Dam the mercury is 20 above ze- \
ro, Tonsina 12, Copper Center 25,;
Culkaua 25. llogan's 25, Paxson's :
IH. The depth of snow al Wort-j
man's i* reported to be 55 inches, j
Wilson's freighting outfit left
Fairbanks for Valdez today. i
KNOX INSTRUCTED
BY CABINET
Cabinet meeting Held on Eve of
His Departure for Co
lombia
Washinglon, Feb. 21.— Prcsi
I Taft mill rnbinrl discussed
I In* Colombia republic I'ehulT In
SecreI ary Knox's proposed vjsil In
(In* ('enIiaI Ameriran republics
■Uisl night.
Secrciary Knox will sail loda.v
for Panama and will then vlsil
Colombia, although bis visit is ex
pecled lo cause a break in diplo
matic relations «»f I lie I wo repub
lics. II is recognized thai Secre
tary Knox will liave an oppor
tunity of displaying bis greatest
diplomacy by averting au open
rupi lire.
SPLENDID PI0TURE8
AT BIQ PLACE TODAY
Tbe American Press service
pictures shown at I be Mig Place
today are except tonally line, one
of the pictures shows Paris while
it was inundated by Ihe recent
Hood. It is entitled: "Paris, the
city of Wine, lias troubles with
Water," "A Millionaire for a
l>av," "Ralph Hose, (he famous
athlete, putting the Shot" and a
ski-ing parly in Switzerland, en
lillcd "Here's where you brush
up againsl Royally."
MORSE AND PARTY
NOW IN GERMANY
Berlin, Feb. 21.—Charles \V.
Morse, the American banker, ac
companied by his wife and phy
sician, are here en roule Bad
Nauheiiu lo take the eure. The
banker's health is hul sliphily im
proved.
CARLOAD OF ORE FROM
COBALT WORTH $90,000
to
A ear has just been sent out
by (he TemiskaminR mine al Co
balt Ilial bids fair l'> rival in rich
ness any of I he ears thai have
heen shipped from the camp in
some years. The car contained !
.11 Ions, and Ih«* average assay of
lli»' ore was over 0,000 ozs. lo the
Ion. The iiianaRcmeiit Oku re*
thai the value of the car is $00.
ooo.
HEAVY STORM
OVER TEXAS
Hurricane and Snow Storm Causes
Great Loss to Cat
tlemen
Dallas, Ti'x., Feb. 21 A high
wind which attained the velocity
of a hurricane, passed over this
section last night causing great
loss of properly.
Cattlemen report that the loss
to live stock will be enormous,
as the wind was attended by a
sleet. A number of buildings wer«
blown down but no fatalities are
reported.
ARE ARRESTED^
FOR RERATING
Chicago Grand Jury Indicts Nine
Railroad and Theatri
cal Men
C.iiii-a^i*. l-'rb. "J I .--Tin' prand
jury here lias imlirt"d 11in«* rail
road and theatrical men for
^rantin^r and receiving rebates on
passenger lirkeis.
Tin* art ion of I In* praud jury is
I 1m* milrome of a bitter light, be
tween I heal riral managers who
ha\e acciijii'd eaeli oilier of hav
ing received special rates for t!i«»
Iraiis|Mtrhil ion of all rari imi- <>\_
• •r their circuits.
WILL FIGHT AT
'FRISCO JULY 4
Palzer and Sailor Wills Will Fight
Twenty Rounds Before
Club
San Francisco, Feb. l'I.—Al.
Palzer and Bombardier Wells have
been matched for a 20-round go
here on July I next.
The men have posted a forfeit
of $500 each to appear in the ring
and have agreed not to appear in
any public routes! before that
date.
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS
SOLID FOR CHAMP CLARK
Joplin. Mo., Feb. I.—Champ
('lark was unanimously endorsed
by the Democrats of iliis state for
the president iol nomination.
There was no opposition.
ROOSEVELT ENDORSES THE
PLATFORM OF PROGRESSIVES
IN A SPEECH IN OHIO LAST NIQHT HE SAID HE FAVORED DI
RECT NOMINATIONS, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM AND
DECLARED FOR RECALL AS PROGRESSIVE MEASURE
Coliiluhus, II., Kelt. 21.—Theo
dore HoohcvHI in ft spcech here
Inst niKhl came out boldly in the
announcement. that ho wax with
I hi* progressives Hd said they
stood for progress and should re
ceive the support of all fair-mind
imI people who had I hi' advance
ment of their country at heart.
Ilon.st'vHi ?»nill I Ik* prnfd'CHnivP
believed in direct nomination* In
nil off fee* nrnl I Mr initiative and
referendum. lie said thf> ques
tion of applying the recall to the
judiciary or in nny shape was to
make progress in the right direc
tion. • lie did no! refer to his pos
sible candidacy in any way.