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15 KILLED, SCORE HURT WHEN TRAINS Coludf A Trip Through The Mountains— In Mid-Atlantic! URGES UNIFICATION 15 KILLED, SCORE H U R T OF ELECTRIC LINES WHEN TRAINS COLUDf - t h Federal Board Report Re- TINKHAM ATTACKS r m V* 1 w • J I Detroit to Toronto Express sohs of Its SofYey on LABOR SECRETARY L i s t o f D c C ld f IflJI X T B d | fears Into Eicnrsioa Power and Light b the — In Ccnadicin Accident TramOnaStding — rnre Midwest Bay State Congressman Says Women and Some Children Hamilton, Ont, Dec. 28— (A P )—< W. M. Murray of Montreal, frac- She Pat U. S. b Leagne of ture of both legs. Washington. Dec. 26.— (A P )— A The list of Identified dead .md In- Cecil McBrldge of Toronto, lacera- Among the Victims. far-reaching proposal for Federal jured In the train collision at Dunas tions, condition good. mtrol o f the transmission o f the Nations. follows; Mra. L. R. Down of Toronto, cuts itentire electricity supply o f America The dead: on face and leg. Hamilton, Ont., Dec. 26.-^(A P)— A. M. Smith of London, Ont., was urged on Vresident Roosevelt R. F. Sise, Toronto. The splintered wreckage of a Washington. Dec. 26.— (A P )— Mary F. Parker. 16. Toronto. lacerations to face and scalp. Christmas excursion train was today in a report by his Mississippi The long-standing controversy over M. K. Shaver of Toronto, lacera- Fred Green, Negro porter, Lon- searched today for additional vie* valley committee. tions. the League of Nationj came to the don. Ont. Urns as officials Of the Canadian The group of scientists and techni- fore again today with a declaration Walter Rice of Toronto, lacera- O. H. Erloch, Toronto. cians, whom the President directed by Representative Tinkham (R„ Dr. G. H. McGuffln, Cooksvllle, tions on head. National Railways opened an ifives- to study ways of developing re- Moss.), that the United States had, Ont. Guy Troy of Montreal, lacerations. tigatlon of a collision last night sources In the great valley urged in effect, entered the League by the Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bayes, Toron- which took at least 15 lives. P. E. Smith, Negro porter, Toron- unification of all electric lines as a back door. to, shock and back Injuries. More than a score of persons to. means of creating a giant pool of Attacking Secretary Perkins for Harold Pryce, Toronto. Mrs. Florence McConvey of Toron- were Injured, some critically, when the Detroit to Toronto express tore cheap power and of promoting sta- supporting a measure which he The Injured; to; sprained shoulder and shock. bility. said effected American union with into the rear of the stationary ex- Mrs. E. M. CMlver o f 'I'oronto, Ruth Stevenson of Toronto, abra- It also suggested a billion dollar, the League, Tinkham said it was cursion train on a siding a' Dundas, bruises, condition good. sions and fracture of the leg. 20-year p ro g^ m o f public works In seven miles from Hamilton. the first of a series o: moves aimed Mary Sesord, Brantford, abrasions Mrs. Hilda Parker of Toronto, the valley and recommended that all at full and open entry into the In- Five women were among the and lacerations. contusions. dams built to aid navigation or flood ternational agency. Alice Baker of Toronto, con- mangled victims of the disaster control be used to generate power Using such words as "intrigue" Miss Dorothy Doddlngton, of whose bodies have been recovered Toronto, laceration of forehead and tusions and cuts. but as yet are. unidentified. as well. Even the remotest hydro- and "gross fraud’’ he accused the Daisy Copeman of Toronto, frac- electric developments would be tied labor secretary of employing "con- back o f scalp, condition fair. Officials of the railway said the ^ temptible trickery” In the passage Bert Ckmdon of Toronto, multiple tured ribs. cause of the accident apparently Into the common, nation-wide sys- C. Horne of Toronto, crushed left tem under the plan. of a resolution at the last se.-!sion of abrasions of forehead, condition wra an open switch and promised INiblic Ownership. (ingress which made the United good. foot. an Intensive Inquiry. Harry Brennan, Toronto, locera- Headed by Morris L. Cook, Phila- States a member of the Internation- Mrs. George McCrauiken, Chatham, Mostly Canadians delphia consulting engineer, the com- al tabor organization. lacerations, condition fair. Uons of face and ankle. Laden with merry holiday travel- mittee em phaaiz^ the plan does not Resolotloii Passed The mountainous waves plied up by North Atlantic storms a menace the lives of thousands of seamen L. R. Down, Toronto, sprained George Reed of Toronto, lacera- ers, the excursion train was bound Involve the question of public or pri- He said Congress was 'Induced' and travellers are vividly brought home by this photograph taken from the bridge of the 8. S. Europa, back, condition good. tions of face and leg. from London. Ont.. to Toronto. vate ownership of either "generation to pass the resolution in the confu- which assisted in the rescue o f the crew of the foundering Ststo. The height of the waves Is revealed by W. J. Mc(3aulay o f Toronto, abra- W. A. Macdonald. Toronto, frac- Most of the victim 3. all of whom o f distribution." sion Just before adjournment and the fact that, while the Europa’s bridge is far more than 100 feet above the waterline. It Is barely possible sions and lacerations, condition good. tured nose. apparently were Canadians, were Government control of transmis- declared:. to see over the crest of the onrushing water. Miss Marion Garfunckel, Toronto, Miss Margaret Anderson of Toron- residents o f those two cities. The wooden cars at the rear o f sion "however," It said "is funda- “The United States x x x thereby fractured ribs. to, bruises. the excursion train, which had been mental; this goal does not involve has finally accepted a part o f the W. Muir, Toronto, lacerations and C. F. Fisher. Toronto, shock. necesssjrlly any great Increase In the 'Treaty of Versailles, a treaty which Mrs Grace Watson, shock. switched onto a siding because of cuts, condition good. a “ hot box,” were crushed and number o f publicly owned lines, es- has been repeated-. ■ repudiated by George A. Wilkie, Toronto, frac- An unidenUfled woman In critical the people of the United States. JOHN ANDRUS DEAD, many passengers, screamlnF pecially If the private companies ture of both legs. i condition. "B y .rlckery and fraud o^ the sec- PRESIDENT IS WORKING agony, were pLined for hours be- cooperate In effecting unification. " Meanwhile, there were two other retaiy of labor, the United States neath the wreckage. developments In the utilities field. has entered the League of Nations." RICH STRAPHANGER The alertness and quick thinking From the Public Works Adminis- He added: o f Engineer B. Burrell o f the epeed- ON CONGRESS MESSAGE Ing train from Detroit, No. 16, was • tration figures were garnered show- "The audacious Intrigue to have ing that allotments totaling $47,- the United States enter the League WOULD CHANGE METHOD credited by railway officials wrlUl 000,000 have been made for munici- of Nations by way of one of the or- Worth Millions He Rode to having averted an even greater pal power plants and nearly $200,- gans o f the League is to be follow- tragedy. _ , ^ Engtaeer*e A ct 000,000 fo r federal power works. ed by an attempt to have the Unit- Expected He Wdl DeKra It RISKY TRAVEING ed States enter another of its or- OF CHOOSING PRESIDENT Seeing no hope of prevenUng the P W A officials made plain they would and from Work in New continue to assist cities where mu- gana, the Permanent Court of In- m locomotive from plllnr Into the rear Person— Rnmors of nicipal projects face legal battles. ternational Justice, Uria subsequent ON STATE’S ROADS 1 of the special train, Burrell ordered "Greatest Importooee.- ly to be followed by a proposal of York Subway. l^. cut loose from the coaches behind The annual report of the Federal full membership, in the League of Inflation Are Heard on Democratic Conpessman To^PANEL FOR UNDY and preventing them from telescop- Trade Commission contained a let- Nations. ing. ter from President Roosevelt in "Thus the Independence o f the Yonkers. N. Y., Dec. 28— (A P) — In contrast to the terrific crash United States will' be destroyed.'the Capitol HiR Thousands of Tons of Sand when the giant engine struck the which be granted the commission John E. Andrus, "Millionaire Strap- PrexedtBiDto AHerElec- TRIAL IS DRAWN mors time to complete Its long in- will of the American people thwart- wooden coaches, there was only a hanger," died a t his home at 8 a. vestigation of utilities. The letter ed and the United States inevitably slight Jar when the express cars Involved in the next European con- Spread on Highways — toral College Plan — His | ---- said completion of the work was "of Washington, Dec. 26.— (AP) — m., today. He was In his 94th year roUed up to the wreckage. filet.” Hailed as a hero of the disaster the greatest Importance.” President Roosevelt approaching and had been 111 three days. was W . C. Rice of Toronto. A l- The vast, long range program ad- the moment when decisions o f tre- Colder Weather Ahead. Andrus, who made a fortune esti- Reasons for Change. 48 Names in Special List B it vanced by the Mississippi commit- though badly Injured, Rice, a paa- mendous import are to be made mated at one time at $200,000,000 tee hicluded' a proposal to spend senger removed six passengers public, worked today on a program in ore, timber, medicine, banking $100,000,000 for rural electrification.
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