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Show DARING ATTEMPT TO DITCH TRAIN Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 17. Llko a chapter in a sensational novel is the latest daring train holdup attempt close to Vancouver. On Sunday night a gang of men attempted to derail ' the Imperial limited a quarter of a H mile from Whonnock, B. C, on tbo Ca- ; IH nadlan Pacific railway. Tho facts IH became known today. j H Half an hour before the train ap- j H proached a heavy piece of rail Was , H thrown across the track above an an- gle Iron which was firmly clamped H down so as to send the wheels off ! the track and tho train plunging down H a 15-foot embankment. H There Is little doubt but that rob- ' H bery was the motive. Those who dis- , H covered the obstruction had seen half H an hour before fivo or six men sneak- i H ing Into the buah nearby. H |