DIFFICULTIES
OF SIBERIAN
RAILROADING
IRKUTSK, Siberia, April 5 (Corres
pondence of the Associated Press).—
American railroad engineers who will
doubtless come to, Siberia in large
numbers in connection with the re
organization of the Trans-Siberian
railway will have much to do with
the region of the famous Lake Baikal
which Is skirted on the south and
south-east by the great Russian rail
road. It is possible in the winter
months to cross the lake on sleds,
thus varying the monotony of the
long journey, and in. summer by em
balming on a steamer. But the build
ers of the railroad found It desirable
to have a safe all-rail passage toVladi
vostpk, so the way was hewed through
ranges of hills. The tunnels are now
guarded by Japanese troops.
Baikal, which is one of the largest
fresh water lakes in the world, is
called “The Holy Sea” by the Rus
sians who live in its vicinity. It is
only exceeded in size by the Ameri
can lakes Superior, Michigan and
Huron and by Lake Nyanza in Africa.
In contour it resembles the human
heart. It attains at certain points the
great depth of 3185 feet.
A number of islands may be seen
as one crosses the water in the nav
igable season. The Buriats, descend
ants of the Mongolians, who are found
numerously in the Baikal region, have
a superstitious reverence for the
island of Olkhon as being the resi
dence of the infernal divinity, Beg
dozy, who is supposed to have under
his care the souls of the damned. The
scientist, Gheorghii, who visited the
island in 1772, declared that at no
place in the then known world were
so many sacrifices made as on this
island. According to another Mongol
ian tradition, Olkhon was the domain
and home of the ancient hero,
Genghis-Khan.
Americans who have seen the rocky
human profile in the White Mountains
of New Hampshire would be inter
ested in the spectacle on the eastern
shore of the lake, to the north of Cape
Holy, where the summit of a perpen
dicular column of jagged rook re
sembles the colossal head of a man,
with a long nose, and with the eyes
represented by profound and sombre
cavities. In the crevasse which makes
the mouth flocks of cormorants build
their nests.
The idolatrous Bruiat priests and
the Lama priests regard the sub
marine rock situated near the point
where the mighty Angara river finds
its source in Lake Baikal as being es
pecially sacred. They hold it to be
the refuge of the “Invincible White
God,” and offer up many sacrifices.
The water is pure and transparent.
The climate is rigorous. The summer
is short and the nights for the most
part are cold. In winter the tempera
ture falls to 40 degrees below zero,
Fahrenheit. Violent winds driving
from the Arctic region produce short,
perpendicular waves . which, during
storms, reach a height of seven feet.
Fish are abundant and a welcome
food to the people.
NO RESPECT IS SHOWN
PRESS IN TOBASCO
MEXICO CITY, April 10 (Corres
pondence of Associated Press).—Ad
vices from the state of Tabasco say
that Marcos Torres Collado, director
of the newspaper, Tabasco Nuevo of
Villahermosa, has been shot, and sev
eral other well known newspapermen
imprisoned by the dominant political
military faction of that state known
as the “reds.” The Association of
Mexican Journalists of this city held
a meeting and paraded through the
streets of the capital as a protest
against the treatment of newspaper
men in Tabasco.
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VALDEZ BOAT
IS WRECKED
AT YAKUTAT
A report was circulated about the
city yesterday that the launch being
brought to Valdez from Seattle by
E. C. Keesler, George Strixner and
C. C. Rudolph, has gotten into the
breakers at Dry bay, below Yakutat,
ar.d was a total wreck. Manager John
Emil of the Valdez Packing Company
stated that Captain Hanson told him
that the Yankee II. was lying on a
bar at the entrance to the bay badly
hogged, and that the party was at
Yakutat and had applied to him for
permission to come to Valdez on the
Admiral Sebree, but as they were in
no danger and comfortably housed he
was forced to refuse on account of
having no license to carry passengers.
The captain stated that the boat was
in plain sight of the Seebree, and that
it was the Yankee II.
Dry bay is an uninhabited section
of the coast about half way between
Cape Spencer and Yakutat. A heavy
sea rolls into tho mouth of the bay
it all times, making it dangerous for
small boats unless one is familiar
with the channels.
It is on the mainland between
Lituya bay and Yakutat bay, and is a
shallow lagoon where the waters from
melting glaciers contend with the
ceaseless surges of the Pacific. There
a.-e three large outlets to the bay,
forming three large basins, filled with
bars and small islands and each
emptying into the sea through a nar
row channel. The surf is very heavy
here at times and it is believed the
boat became unmanageable and
struck one of the numerous bars at
the entrance to the basin.
Captain Hanson told Mr. Emil he
wan talking with the members of the
party and that they were Messrs.
Strixner, Keesler and Rudolph, and
that the boat was a total loss. Captain
Sam Knudson also reported that the
captain of the vessel told him of the
wreck.
The Keesler party left Ketchikan a
week ago Thursday and have had
plenty of time to get here, as the
weather according to Captain Hanson
has been good and the gulf very
smooth.—Valdez Miner.
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