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Show Raced With Death; Baner is Winner Caldwell,, Idaho, Nov. 3. Walter R. Scbrco, a well known banker of this place has Just won a "race agalnBt" death." Ho was summoned to Los Angeles by a dispatch that his son was seriously ill with pneumonia. Ily using a special train n portion of the way ho and Mrs. Sobree made the Journoy from Caldwell to Los Angeles In record re-cord tlmo. Toy left hero nt 1 o'clock Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon and arrived In Los Angeles at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, morn-ing, a forty-three hour Journey of 1,209 miles. Mr. Scbreo lecelved tho message at 9 o'clock In tho morning. Tho cast-I cast-I bound mall train No. 10 due to pass thiough Caldwell at noon, was an hour late. It docs not'ordlnarlly enrry passengers, pas-sengers, hut permission wns secured for tho anxious parents to board it and go through southern Idaho nt 10 miles an hour. Including stops. The tialn arrived at Pocntello at 3:10 p. m. Here a special train consisting of an engine and two cars, was awaiting await-ing them, and they left at once for the south. Tho train made tho Journey ot 170 miles from Pocntellp to Salt Lake In three hours and forty minutes arriving there In tlmo for Its passengers passen-gers to board tho ll:fi0 p. m. Salt Lake route train for Los Angeles. They arrived nt tholr destination thirty hours later to find their son still alive and In ti fair way to recovery |
