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VOL. XXXVII. NO. 24. MISSOULA, MONTANA, SATiURI)AY 1ORNiNG, JANUARYII 14, 1911 PRICE FI'VE CENTS

LEGISLATRVE ASSEMBLYMARKED BY LITTLE LIFE

BALLOTING FOR SENATOR RE-

SULTS IN BUT SLIGHT

CHANGE-CARTER LEADS.

MISFFY CONTEST DROPPEDiResolutions Offered in House on Death

of Late Charles M. Crutch-

field-Vaughan of Sanders Gives No-

tice of Bill to Redistrict State-Law

Department for University.

Helena, Jan. 13.-(Special.)--Thesenatorial colte'st was lifeless today.The people in the. galleries looked asif they were attending a funeral, and:legislators answered'to their names in:an indefinite sort of way.

'the result' of the ballot follows:Carter 34, Walsh 31, Conrad 18, andscattering 17.

The presence of one or two favoritesons changdd the votes a little. Bellof Yellowstone gave Frank J. Arkins,edttpr if the Billings Gazette, a com-plinntary vote, and the presiding of-f1 " and the clerk spoiled the happytdss by inquiry several times, "Who?EBpll hiss name!" Arkins smiledthrough it all. Judge E. K. Cheadle ofLewistown got four votes and JudgeL. L. Callaway of Virginia City two.There was no feature to the voting.Binnard of Silver Bow, the Brummelof the house, did cause a round ofapplause by saying, when his namewas called: "I vote for Thomas J.Walsh-our next senator." Here theWalsh:supporters showed signs of life.

,Free hEmployment Offices.

The senate adopted the majority re-port on senate bill No. 25, providingfor the establishment of free employ-ment offices in towns. The minorityreport favored the creation of suchoffices upon the petition of 100 ormnore people. fSenator Donlan spokefor the bill, saying that such officescould be conducted by city clerks ortreasurers without additional expense.The primary bill introduced byEverett will be printed. A motion tothis effect passed the senate.

Senator Everett introduced a billfor a constitutional amendment re-lating to the taxation of mines andmining claims.

The senate' committee on privilegesand elections submitted a resolution,wrhich was adopted, authorizing it tosummon witnesses and take testimonyin connection with the contest cases.

With the senate in committee of thewhole, McCarthy presiding, senate billNo. 14, Donlan, relating to the ex-amination of and commitment of in-sane persons, was favorably reported,as Was S. B. No. 15, providing for anadditional deputy boiler idnpector.

Taxation of Mortgages.S. B. No. 10, relating to the taxation

of mortgages, provoked quite a dis-cussion, the first debate of the ses-sion. Duncan doubted the constitu-tionality of it, Edwards vouched frthat, George favored it, and Myer andEverett preferred the present law. Thebill was recommended for passage.

The house killed Johnson's anti-cigarette bill, and the bill providingtraveling and living expenses forjudges when attending court in cioun-ties, other than those in which 'theyreside. The l•tter bill, it is argued,is unconstitutional.

- Duffy Contest Dismissed.The committee on Iprivileges and

elections, disnmissed the contest caseagainst Duffy of Granite,

Speaker McDowell appointed a com-mittee composed of Gillis of SilverBow, Word of Lewis aind Clark, andStorey of Gallatin. to act tlth a likecommittee from the senate to considerthe advisability 'of purchasing thein ane asylum at Warm Springs.

Johnson of Ravalll, Woody of Mis-soula and Whaley of Broadwater, of-fered resolutions to the meimory of thelate Charles M. Crutchfield.

Musselshell County.The senate committee on countie

and towns favorably reported the billfor Musselshell county, at the expenseof "Meagher, Fergus and Yellowstone.

li the 'house notice was given of thefollowing bills:

By Vaughan, Sanders-Providing forthe redistricting of the state, the ap-pointment 6f .four additional stateveterinary surgeons and for the test-ing .of, bovine animals, their quaran-tine, destruction and disposition, underthe general' supervision of the live-stock board.

By Vaughan-To regulate commoncarriers, and provide for certain ap-pliances conferring certain powers' onthe railroad commission.

By Grubb-Providing for the ac-

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A PLEA ,FOR THE FORESTSMADE BY PRESIDENT TAFT

Washington, ,Jan. 13.-Everything inthe way of forest preservation mustnot be expected from the federal gov-ernment, in the opinion of PresidentTaft, who tonight ?addressed the an-nual banquet of the American For-estry association. -He said he did notlike "to lecure the states" on theirbusiness because he had enough todo :In attending to the affairs of thecentral government, but he expressedthe belie~ that some states were notdoing their duty to the foreets.

31G JUDGMENTENTERED

Butte, Jan. 13.-(Special.)-JudgeitcClernan today gave judgment bydefault against the Basin Reduc-tion company and in favor of theState Savings bank for $158,920. Itwas on a note for $145,000, givenMarch 1, 1907, for money borrowed,and to bear interest at 8 per cent.The interest was paid to November1, 1909, but not since. An at-torney's fee of $2,500 was allowed.

1QMUIRDEROFSON

M•RS. EDITH MELBER, PRETTY

YOUNG WIDOW, GAVE BOY

POISON TO DRINK.

Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 13.-Mrs.Edith Melber 'of Schnectady, a widow,who says she is 23 years old, con-fessed tonight, according to theRochester police, that in a swampnear Albany last Friday afternoon shegave her 5-year-old son, George, car-bolic acid, from the effects of whichhe died.

She was arrested in the New YorkCentral rail.way ,station here and waslocked up on a charge of murder inthe first degree. She will be taken toAlbany in the morning.

In explaining her crime, the policesay Mrs'. Melber says she has beena widow four years during which shehas had a struggle to care for her-self and child, and that this battle foran existence drove her to take the

boy's life.She is an unusually attractive wom-

an and at the end of her examinationwas unnerved and, weeping hysterical-ly.

The police were able to make thearrest this afternoon by keeping watchin the station over a trunk that hadbeen checked from Schenectady, andwas believed to be the property ofMrs'. Melber. When the woman calledto get it soon after 5 o'clock, she wasarrested.

(When she made her confession, ac-cording to the police, she said she gavethe chiu acid when he asked for adrink.

Mrs. Melber says that she leftSchenectady yesterday afternoon andcame to Rochester to look for work.She stayed in the rooms' of the YoungWomen's Christian association lastnight and -says she was looking forwork today. In the woman's trunkwere her own clothing and that ofthe little boy.

Body Identified.'Albany, N. Y., Jan. l:,i-The body

of the boy found dead in the woodsnear here a few days ago was identi-fied today as George Melber. Theidentification was made by GeorgeMelber, a Schenectady blacksmith, theboy's" grandfather, and Charles' S.Smith of Schenectady, an uncle. Onthe strength of their story the policeof Albany and Schenectady are search-ing for Mrs. Edith Melber, a pre-possessing young woman of 27, the

,boy's widowed mother.Mr. Smith said that there h•.'

much friction between Mrs. Melberand the husband's family regardingthe care of the charge, and that inSeptember, 1909, his mother placedhim in the Schenectady Children'sHome.. She took a place as a domesticwith a Schenectady family.

Unable to Pay Child's Board.

Recently the institution ordered Mrs.Melber to pay the arrears of thechild's board or take .him away.

Last Thursday Mrs. Melber took theboy to the house where she was work-ing. They spent Thursday nightthere. She left Schenectady withGeorge last Friday afternoon forAlbany. She returned to the placeWhere she worked in the evening andremained there until last Wednesday.On Wednesday, when the story of thefinding of a body appeared in thenewspapers, Mrs. Melber told her em-ployer she had been called to Syracuse.At the station there she bought aticket to Rochester.SRelatives had suspected for some

time that MTs. Melber intended tomarry and move ,to California. Theauthlrities are 'trying to get the de-

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The president added that it was dis-couraging to think of the great ex-tent of land that shoild be forestsand, that at present the governmenthas under its forestry system only 25per cent of the forests owned by pri-vate persons, indfcating the amountof work to be done both by the statesand the central government.

The president argued for patience inthe work of forest preservatlon and in"restprlpg that which we have ex-travag~atly waest&"

FIRST BREATH OF SCANDALIN LAURA SCHENK'S TRIAL

GIVEN BY PIANO DEALERMan Friend Testifies to Hav-i

ing Taken Automobile RidesWith the Accused Woman

Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 13.-Thetedium 'of hypothetical questions andtechnical testimony was suddenlyended in the Schenk case when thestate, through a witness, brought intothe court records the first intimationof scandal, in its prosecution of Mrs.Laura Farnsworth SEchenk, chargedwith administering poison to her hus-band, John O. Schenk.

Daniel Phillips, a plano salesman,whose name has been guarded frompublicity, told of Jong automnobile rideswith the accused, at her invitation,for more, than 18 months previous toher arrest. In the last year he said IMrs. Schenk had talked to him aboutplans to secure a divorce and latertalked almost constantly of the stronglprobabilities of her husband's death. I

Phillips admitted that Mrs. Schenk ion various occasion had given him'lcostly presents.

The state attempted several timesto establish intimacy between the wit- iness and the defendant, but to allquestions, Phillips, refused an answer,on the ground that he would in-criminate himself.

Phillips told of many automobilerides in which he was alone with Mrs.Schenk.

The witness admittefl that imme-diately after Mrs. Schenk's arrest hehad called up Prosecuting Attorney

TO QUARANTINE[GREAT WALL

Pekin, Jan. 13.-Owing to thespread of bubonic plague in Man-churia there was a conference to-day of physicians of the foreignlegations and missions and severalChinese, who decided to recom-mend a five-days quarant•'e offirst-class passengers at the greatwall until observation camps canbe established at Harbin, Mukdenand Shanhikwan.

SUSPEND BUSINESSDURING FUNERAL

PEOPLE OF COLORADO DO HONOR

TO MEMORY OF SENATOR

CHARLES J. HUGHES.

Denver, Jan. 13.-Tonight all that i.smortal of United States SenatorCharles J. Hughes, Jr., rests in thechapel at Fairmount cemetery, await-ing the construction of a mausolbum.Following the lying in state for two*hours at the state capitol, the casketcontaining the body of SenatorHughes was carried to the home of thelate senator, where a private funeralwas held. Then the last cortegeformed and the body was taken totFairmount.

Both at the home and the cemeterythe utmost simplicity prevailed in theceremonies. From 2 to 3 o'clock, pur-suant to a proclamation by GovernorShafroth, business throughout thestate practically was suspended, thisbeing the hour of the private funeralceremonies. All state, county and cityoffices were closed during the day asa mark of respect. The legislaturewas in session only long enough toadopt joint resolutions of sorrow overthe death of Senator Hughes.

DRASTIC ANTI-TRUST LAW.

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 13.-Senator Mac-Beth, the minorit* floor leader, todayintroduced in the Idaho legislature amost drastic anti-trust bill. It iscopied from Kansas' law, that madethe issue for Governor Stubbs. Itprovides a'fine of $100 for every day'sviolation and makes the guilt personaland not necessarily corporate.

"RUSSIAN LION" LOSES.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-George Hacken-schmidt lost a. handicap wrestlingmatch to Charles Cutler here tonight,when he failed to throw Cutler withinan hour.

PROGESSE CLAUSESBOOSIED BY SENATORS

Globe, Ariz., Jan. 13.--PresidentHiunt of the recent .constitutional con-

vention gave out today a telegram hereceived last night from Washington.signed by United States Senators LaFollette, Bristow, Clapp, Cummlns,

- Dixon and Brown, saying they would-jdin Senator Bourne in the struggle tos obtain approval for the Arizona con-

t stitutlon. The telegrram reads:5 ' "The undersigned wish to assure you

- that the popular government featurestof the Arizona constitution, partlcu-

a larly the initiative, referendum and re-call, will receive our ,hearty support.a (Sigged) La Follette, Wisconsin;a Cummins, Iowa: Bristow, Kansas;

- Clapp,. Minnesota; Dixon, Montana,an• Browal; Nebtashkta."

Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk, whois being tried for giving poison to herHusband, .ohn O. Schenk, and the

courthouse in which the trial is beingheld.

Handlan and offered to make a cleanbreast of the affair.

Dr. J. T. Thornton, ene of the chiefwitnesses for the state, was recalled:to the stand. He conducted blood andother tests in effect to secure a cor-rect diagnosis of the case. In answerto a hypothetical question by Prose-cutor Handlan he said then symptomsalleged to have been shown by Schenkmight have been due to lead poisonand arsenic ,poison. On cross-ex-amination he admitted that the samesymptoms might be due to seriousdisorders of the stomach.

EXPLOSION KILLSPASSENGER ON

FERRY BOATJOHN NOR-BON, WELL-KNOWN

MINING ENGINEER, MEETS

INSTANT DEATH.

San Francisco, Jan. 13.--A bottle of

a chemilcal compound dropped by or

crushed in the pocket of John Norbon,a well-known mining engineer, is be-

lieved to have caused an explosion

late today on the Southern Pacificferryboat Berkeley, plying betweenthis city and Oakland, which broughtinstant death to Norbon, seriously in-jured two other men, and created apanic among the 2,000 passengerscrowding the vessel's decks. The ex-plosion occurred in the lavatory, Inwhich were four others besides Nor-bon.' Norbon's body was blown intobits.

Roy L. Sampson and lddwin Hoff-schneider were badly hurt, the latterperhaps fatally. A. C. Miller andLouis Saure were cut and briused inthe wreck of the lavatory, butescaped. serious injury. All the in-jured reside fin Oakland.

Norbon was identified at the Oak-land morgue by a letter in his pocketand a notebook which contained a listof explosive chemicals and which ar'thought to have been carried in acompound on Norbon's person.

The stunning report, which jarredthe vessel from sterh to stern, wasfollowed by a stampede on both lowerand upper decks. There was a rushto the side of the boat opposite towhich the explosion occurred and sev-eral excited persons raised a cry thatthe boat was sinking.

It was thought at first that the ex-plosion had occurred In the engineroom.

'Captain W. J. Jones. with his of-ficers and men, managed with hardefforts to pacify the frightened pas-sengers, and after a 10-minute delay,the boat proceeded to the Oaklandmole.

Sampson and Hoffschneider wereboth taken to the southern Pacificemergency hospital, and the remainsof the victim were sent to the morgue.

ITRAFFIC IN WOMENIS ALLE[ED

FEDERAL OFFICERS ARREST

MAN AND WIFE OF BURKE

ON SERIOUS CHARGE.

Wallace, Jan. 13.-(Special.)-UnitedStates Marshal Green of Moscow,Idaho, accompanied by all immigra-tion inspector from Seattle, today ar-rested Nels Paulsen and wife oft Burke on a charge of interstate traf-

ficking in "white slaves," It is al-leged that ,Mrs. Paulsen procuredthree girls in Seattle and, paid their'fares to Burke so they dbuld enterthe Owl saloon dance hall. Informna-I tion was first given the authorities

by the husband of one of the three-women who had refused- to give fur-ther financial aid to his wife. In-v1 estigations made in Burke by thes marshal are said to have developed

confirmation of the chare that Mrs.- Paulsen purchased tickets for the. girls and promised them good wages.The mprisoners were taken to St.lariies for examination before the

, United htates oommisslonsr. the Wal-lace cothmmtssioner being out of town.

BOYCOTT OPPOSEDBY-MERCHANTS

Cheyenne, Wyo.. Jan. 13.-Amassmeeting of business men was heldhere tonight to ,protest against theboycott of Cheyenne merchants by3,000 soldiers quartered at FortD. A. Russell. The merchants hadrefused to join with the soldiersin boycotting the street railwaycompany, in an effort to securelower fares to Fort Russell.

SLOVENLY SYSIEMIN BUTTE

RECORDS IN OFFICE OF STREET

DEPARTMENT FOR TWO

YEARS ARE GONE.

Butte, Jan. 13.-(Special.)-Experts

wlorkilg on the book's of the city of

Butte have found what may mean

nothing but careless bookkeeping or

record keeping. For the tci m during

which Pat Mullins was mayor ofButte, from 1903 to 1905, not a singlerecord of the accounts of the streetdepartment can be found in that of-flee, except a sheet of paper. All the

rest seems to have disappeared oi' tohave been destroyed. The one piece of

paper left is a sheet of a big pad, and

it Jooks as if the records were kept

on spch a pad, and that all but theone piece, which convoys no Infrma-tion, had been destroyed.

Mayor Mullins's son, John Mulllns,was street commissioner at the time.It is not claimed by the experts thatanything was wrong, in fact, they are

unable to claim anything, as there is

no means of checking up.

GIVEN AN OVATION.

Buffalo, Jan. 13.-When the eightteams in the six-day bicycle race

passed the 1,000 mark shortly after9 o'clock tonight, they were given anovation at the Broadway arsenal. At11:30 o'clock tonight the score stood:Lawson-Root, Hehir-Goulette, Clarks-Pye. 1,052.8; Wiley-Mitten. 1,052.7; Hill-Fogler., Galvin-West, Lawrence-Dro-bach, Krebs-Thomas, 1,052.6.

FIGHT DATE CHANGED.

Kansas City, Jan. 13.-The date ofthe Frankie Conley-Tommy Dixon 10-round fight here was changed todayfrom January 23 to January 18,

WHITE MEN OPPOSEJAPS' EMPLOYMENT

( Ogden, Utah, Jan. 13.-In anticipa-tion of trouble at their local icehousesin this city, where they have 75 cars

I of ice put up, the Denver & Rior Grande Railroad company brought six

detectives to this city tonight to pro-

tect 300 Japanese against the white Ia-borers who, are protesting against therailroad's action in giving them em-

ployment ahead of the white man.

Today about 25 laborers sought em-ployment at the icehouses, but were in-

formed that the 300 Japanese broughte into this city late this afternoon would

do the •ovrk. The white men imme-

diately held a meeting and addrsaeda a petition to the Business Men's clubasking its aid to bring about a settle-b. ment of the case.

WORST STORM IN YEARSIN ROCKIES AND SIERRAS

EARTHQUAKE KILLSHUNDREDS

St. Petersburg. Jan. 13-A dis-patch received today from Vylrn,.capital of the territory of Setliry-etchenek, Asiatic Russia, says tha'.a violent earthquake ocullrred lastnight in Kebery," in the Plshpekdistrict of the territory, and thatthe bodies of 204 Kirghiz havebeen taken from the ruins of fallenbuildings.

SENATE MUST FACEDIRECT VOTE

QUESTIONSENATOR BORAH IS ACTIVE IN

PRE8SINIG FOR IMMEDIATE

CONSIDERATION.

Washington, Jan. 13.-That the sen-ate at this session must face thequestion whether the constitution shallIbe amended so as to require the elec-tion of senators by direct vote of thepeople was made apparent today. Avote, which many senators considereda test of sentiment, resulted largelyin favor of the proposition.

The matter came up in the senatein connection with the joint resolutionfor the amendment of the constitu-tion recently from the committee onJudiciary.

When that resolution was reachedon the calendar Mr. Keen was readywith an, objection which prevented im-mediate consideration under the orderof .business.

Mr. Gallinger appealed to Mr. Keanto withdrawn his objection. He con-sented, and the senate election reso-lution was launched upon its legisla-tive voyage.

tThe situation was such as to arousethe immediate interest of the sena-tors. Mr. Sutherland was prompt inobtaining the attention of the chair.He wanted to amend the resolution soas to strike out the provision givingthe state legislatures supervision ofelections, and making other changes.Mr, Rayner,a staurich advocate of the

committee resolution, suggested thatas the amendment went' to the heartof the question there should be timefor consideration.

Mr. Rayner did not press his point,but his plea was taken up by Sena-tor Hale of Maine, whose position onthe merits of the measure is diamet-rically opposite. He was sure that theresolution could be acted upon with-out protracted delbate. He urged de-liberate movement and precipitatelymoved an adjournment. The first votewas viva voce.

"The ayes appear to have it," an-nounced the chair.

"Never," exclaimed a half dozbnsenators. "Let us have the ayes andnays."

Accordingly a roll call was ordered,with the result that 43 out of E0 sena-tors present voted against adjurnment.Of the 43 negative votes 23 were cast'by republicans.

Borah Is Vigorous.

Encouraged .by this, Senator Borahprepared to'press consideration vigor-ously. He did not desire to prevent de-bate, he said, and added he would notdo so if he could obtain the consentt of the senate to name a day for a

vote on the resolution and all amend-ments. He sugested Tuesday, Jant-I ary 24.

t For probably 10 minutes the mem-

bers of the senate discussed the de-tails of the proposition. Even Senator-Hale appeared to fall in with the re--quest. Mr. Borah's colleague, SenatorHeyburn, had not said a word up tothis time, but when the chair put therequest for unanimous consent, hesgaid "No," and spoiled the entire

f plan.Mr. Borah seemed displeased and

y proceedd to discuss the situation, say-ing the Sutherland amendment hadbeen offered in committee and wasperfectly understood, as was the gen-eral proposition.

Mr. Carter did not agree. He wantedtime for consideration and for the di-gestion of the Sutherland and otheramendments, which by this time had

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COLONEL ROOSEVELT WANTSEVOLUTION IN INDUSTRIES

New York, Jan. 13.-Nine out of10 strikes are due to employers' as-sistants, not to any question of themoney involved, is the .Ainion of An-drew Carnegie, who today addressedthe delegates to the National Civicfederation.

"The more capital does for labor,the more profit the employer makes,"said .Mr. Carnegie. "I have not hadany strikes in 26 years. I have not letanyone have anything to say aboutlabobr tut mlu•fl,"

THREE OF GREAT NORTHERN'S

TRAINS ARE STALLED INNORTHERN MONTANA.

PASSENGERS ARE SAFETraffic Is Tied Up on Western and

Southern Pacific Roads in Cali-fornia, Nevada and Utah-Over Six

Feat of Snow Has Fallen in Nevada

and More Is Falling.

Whitefish, Jan. 13.-(Special.)-Thestorm which has been raging in theRockies since last Sunday has sub-sided, and it is hoped that within thenext 24 hours the trains which havebeeh imprfsoned along the line of' theGreat Northern between Midvale andSummit will be able to proceed. No.28, carrying baggage and express; No.27, fast mail, and No. 3, west-boundpassenger, are the ill-fated trains thathave been caught in snowslidee anddrifts and have laid there since Mon-day, No. 3 carried the dining car andit is believed that it is supplied, withample food and fuel so that none ofthe passengers or crew has suffetied.Nothing definite has been learned asto the condition of No. 27, as railroadmen and those in authority are Veryreticent about the matter. However, itis claimed that No. 28 was carryinga car of fish and in case of emergencycrews could exist on that diet for anindefinite time. It is said to be verycold, with the mercury hoveringaround, 25 and 30 degrees below,, butunless the wind rises the rescue crewwill soon release them. Some of thelaborers in snow-shoveling gangs havehad their faces, hands and feet badlyfrost, bitten, and Dr. H. E. HoustonWas sent from here to give all possiblemedical attention.

General Manager Guber arrived onthe scene this, morning with a rptaryfrom the Minot division, and will work -In a westerly direction, and Mr. Brown,general manager of the Western di-vision, appeared at the west end ofthe blockade with a rotary from theCascade anta-Pet_ t lines, and` -*it•f'Superintendent W. R. Sinith, aceo0m-panied by a large force of men irqdsnow-fighting equipments, it is be-lieved that, the blockade will be re-lieved unless the elements get busyand undo the efforts of the rescuers.

Engines CoGlfde.Kallspell, Jan. 13.-(Special.)-With

eight engines and three rotaries deadbetween Essex and the suinmit of themountains, ,the Great Northern wastoday nearly hand-tied in the face ofthe snow blockade which has closedthe road east since Monday riornlng.

Live equipment was called fromLeavenworth, Wash., and Minot, N. D,and was on its way early today, butthe wrecking of engine No. 1012, onthe Kooteniat river this : afternoon.,which was bringing equipment, willdelay the work from this side. Thewind subsided enough today so thatprogress could be made against thedrifts, and it was thought that a trainmight be put through some tirnt to-morrow, though this was doubtful.Supplies are said to be holding outand no hardships attacking, the pas-sengers. A slight collision at Essexthis afternoon hurt'four men and dam-aged a live engine and a "dozer," butit is believed not seriously.

Worst in 20 Years.Salt Lake City, Jan. 13.-Reports re-

ceived at the railroad offices here in-spire the declaration that the 48 hoursending at noon today witnessed theworst snowstorm known in 20 yearsin the Sierra Nevada range. It tiedlup traffic on the Western Pacific andthe Southern Pacific. On the first,four passenger trains, and on ,the lat-ter, 10 trains have been at a stand-still.

All Wires Down.Sacramento, Cal., Jan, 13.-With all

telegraph and telephone wires into theSierras down, the Southern Pacific andWestern Pacific offices here can, ob-tain but meager reports of the ex-tent of the snowstorm that is ragingin the mountains. All overland traf-fic has been tied up, while both com-panies have hundreds of men and sev-eral snow plows and rotaries removing

,the blockade.Westbound Western Pacific trains

are held at Pnrtola and the eastboundI overland at Belden. The eastboundi Southern Pacific overlands, which lefthere last night, are stalled at Colfax.Sand Emigrant Gap, Cal., while those

MAr. Carnegie thought the working-

nut's colnteinsation act vwas a step iilthe right direction.

"I want to see this movement take, 1'

the fo rm of evolution rather than .revolution," said Mr. Roosevelt. refer-ring to the purpose Of. the federation.-I wish to see shor legislation al-

ways enacted after conli ence betweenwise leaders of labor and those ua~ nwho are interested in IaWr ' <th, -.beat , terests of the country,"