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Show ! POSTMASTER BROWNING KILLED I 8 AUTO PLUNGES INTO J A CANAL AND TWO 8 MEN ARE DROWNED 8 1 George Daniels of Denver. Postoffice Inspector, 8 Meets Death With W, W. Browning - Post- 8 mistress Gesf ord of Huntsville and Two Others Were in the Accident, But Escaped Without ! Injury Heavy Storm Causes Slippery Roads J And Car Skids Onto a Weak Bridge, Breaks S f Through and Drops Into Water. a Caurht within their closed nutomo-S nutomo-S hip as Hi'-1 I-'1"'1 tll(J backward on a I rnic and crashed through a pole '1 Hdce across the Hyruni canal at S iron eighteen nul -ou,h of,I,?lLaa" I Jiunastvr V. W Browning of Ogden L . -nd inspect. -r-in- hi-i - Hani-Is 9 I l penvrr. vere downed when the P rrant end of 'he automobile plunged l ,oUlo canal, swollen with torrential Si lain The orrideat occurred shortly Lf0re 6 oclock yesterday afternoon. J I w G Haas, postoftice Inspector of Salt Lake; H W Blake, postoffice In-IP In-IP vector of novo ;tnd Mrs A. t'arroll LB Gesford postmistress of Hunt-Mile, I I vera also occupants of the car The I tiock of the machine crashing through I the bridge fractured the left arm of I inspector Haas, caused abrasions and I bruises to Inspector Blake and also 1 fcnjlsed Mis. Gesford II Rains on the mountain roads bed " I nude toe highway almost impossible II (or travel 2 Word from locan fs to the effect f ibat Postmaster Drowning had just passed "ut a p"'-' m the road where fj two roads are at rinht angles v. ith one k ' another and where two bridges, in l t!oie proximo with each oiher. spa" I I the Hymm canal. The machine in ? 1 vhich 'the pari'. va ;rr in; had I nssf'jlb ptssi I I ' one bridge, it is kfifiwi, but in attempting u steep I grade, could gel no traction on the 1 1 auddy. slippery roads, skidded and H I went through the second bridge. The I bridge gave way in such a manner that 1 lie machine was precipitated front I ; foremost into the rain-swollen waters oftbe canal, the ocupants oi the fronl I I f': being submerged The force of j ; lie collision dazed ihose in thi rear t at. Mrs. Ge?fmd bun; Hie first :o H recover her senses. She perceived that I, rostoffic" Inspector Wake had fallen I forwe.rd and was partly under water, I tad pulled him back, probably saving I his life. Mr Haas and Mrs Gesford I then attempted to rescue those in the J front seat, but were unable to extrl-f extrl-f I cite Um from ih- ir positions r LOGAN. Sept. 2. Soon after the I annual convention of the Utah Post- masters' association had closed in the liternoon, W W Drowning, retiring r f presldr-m of the a-sorianon and post- master at ugden. and George Daniel I ol Demer, inspector in ehiet' of the postoffh r- d r p 1 1 r 1 1 , n for Ihe I ol Colorado, W ".ming. Utah and New' I r Mexico, were killod in an automobile I accident near Avon, eighteen miles )1 south of this rit The accident occurred oc-curred just before C o'clock and was J caused by the plunging of the ma- I I chine drhen by Mr Browning, I lorouth a bridge into the Hj rum I canal, in tb ma Inn.- v. . re W (.i. Haas, postoffic inspector of Salt I Uke. who su:'t-red a fracture of the left arm. H W Blake, postoffice in- ; fpector of Provo, who was brul ed i I nd dazed, and Mrs. A. Carroll Ges-fwrt. Ges-fwrt. postmistress "t Hunts ilh . v ho I affered considerably Irom Imrk. The j hrst report ol the fatal accident was ; Wephonf-d to I'o.Mraasjti r T. m. Blair II ; hs ': ! i. : . .. I aaaawho haH icjma.i i . j j hM d injured In.ui H e aut.eii.d-.il- , tewminute.s later Mr Olson also telephoned tele-phoned word of ih. ac id( at to Sher-' Sher-' f H-Barker in the meantime the plies of Postmaster Browning and I Wpector Daniel bad been taken from '6 wrecked c-ar and removed to H j I him from which place they were i owught to this city by Undertaker I Alonzo Llndqulst. : "hen the automobile left Logan for, ! JSn bv way of IIuntsvl,C about 6 Clock Monday afternoon it was evl 'nt that a rainstorm was brewing J Postmaster Drowning, who . a TV ,hf; tar- laughingly remarked y lflcnrJ 'hat he believed he could t the storm to Ogd. n tw Car SIP6- eiore the car had reached Avon, i dCHnVrKa heavy raln bf,,J fallen- ren " te"ng 'e rfds in an anusuallv slip Jry and almost Impassable condi I JilJ point whcro the accident oc-"l oc-"l I rS. tW0 roads cross eafh other at eaVh ,u 8 and lwo bridges very near The -r RPan lh Hvrum canal, and , Was nrocrjr'ding up an incline iocrrenng lD, Avou canyon, bav-Moni8Ser bav-Moni8Ser De br'dge.wheu an ex. . p-wal; p-wal; 6llf'D,?ry Place on the grade encountered. and trCanal nc'" boan o slip back The hr . rovrnlQP applied th. brak and ,ates Ued to work, however, ricketv ar 8hot backward onto a canal Wt brld(' which spancd the ' Dan a.P0lIU n, at- the bridg.- which 1 road A v!1 ,UPt rroRsod on Hie other bridtp ,v blR machine stnjek the 'font p!T tttnjctur collap-ed and the PDd of the car in which Mr Browning and Mr. Daniel were scfated was plunged into the water. The crash of the automobile fractured frac-tured Mr. Haas' left arm. bruised and dazed Postoffice Inspector Dlake, and so severely shocked Mrs Gesford, who were on the rear scat that they , were unable for a few momenta to even attempt assistance to the men on the front seat. Saved by Woman. Mrs. Gesford quickly recovered, however, and noting that Mr. Dlako i had fallen forward and was partly un der water, pulled him back and probably prob-ably saved his life. Shortly alter. Mr. Haas and Mrs.1 Gesford attempted to rescue MrJ Drowning and Mr. Daniel, but were unable to do so by reason of the pitch of the car. A half hour later Ole Olson, a resident resi-dent of Avon, near whose home the! accident occurred, discovered the' 'wrecked automobile and with the aid jof L. C. Mathews of Dogan, H. W. I Mortensen, Glen Jorgensen, A. O. Jackson, Sr.. and A. 0 .lackson, Jr.. j , of Avon, whom he summoned trom a1 threshing outfit near by righted the car and removed the dead and injur- led. Dy this time Sheriff Barker had arrived in his automobile and took the bodies of Mr. Drowning and Mr. Daniel Dan-iel to Hyruni from which point they i were Inter transferred to Dogan. It is presumed by the authorities I here, as well as Mr. Haas. Mr. Dlake' and Mrs Gestord, that Mr. Browning death was caused by drowning, but this fact has not been definitely set-j tied As to Mr. Daniel there is a question, but it is believed that internal in-ternal injuries were the cause of! death. The body of Mr. Browning will be coeyed to his home in Ogden and that of Mr. Daniel will be sent to! Denver. Y. H. Haas, Salt Lake inspector, who suffered a fractured arm, is in charge of nine of the largest toun-; ties in Utah, and H. V. Blake, inspector in-spector at Provo, is in charge of the remaining nineteen counties. George W. Daniel was born iu Ar- : kansas fifty-five years ago in a com-1 munity near Lafayette. He went to' Colorado from Marshall, Ark., in 1S87, ' and Julv I, 1890, became a letter carrier car-rier attache to the Denver postoffice1 which position be held for seeral' yc?rs. In 1S9S he was called east and assigned as-signed to the United Stales Sea Post I service, with headquarters in New! York While ihus engaged he crossed the Atlantic 1 so titus. acting as guard of the transoceanic malls After eight years in that depart ment he was transferred to St. Louis as chief postoffice inspector, and later to New York where he was employed until the government sent him west in August, as inspector of the Denver district. He is survived by hlfl widow and two daughters. Ethel, an artist, and Uncos, an actress. (Continued on Page 6 ) i roads engaged in interstate commerce should be forbidd- n ' Senator Bobinsons address was in analysis and commendation of the bill by Senator Cummins, Republican of Iowa, drafted by the senate interstate commerce sub committee proposing a 'permanent railroad policy of private I ownership and operation of railroadb under strict government supervision (and with a committee on wages and working conditions composed equally i i of employes and employers whose rec- I I ommendations would be ubject to fi-I fi-I nal decision of the intcrcrslate commerce com-merce commission. Rights of Employes Protected. The Cummins' bill, according to I Senator Robinson who was a member of the drafting sub-committee, amply protects the rights of employes, employers em-ployers and the public. ' While the right of the laborers to quit empiovnient for any reason Is rec- l i ognized and preserved (in the bill), ; ' said Senator Robinson, "combinations "combina-tions or agreements to hinder, restrain re-strain or prevent the movement of commodities or persons in interstate! commerce or agreements which havoj that effel are likewi-e p, n.ilized. "It is desirable if possible to do- j vise a plan that will meet with the ;.pproal of the laborers and at the same time fairly safeguard the public interests. But it might as well be un - J dei. Mood in the beginning that the question is one which the public in- terest is equal to that of the railroads, and the laborers, if not controlling, and that under our system of government govern-ment while no man should be compelled compel-led to perform involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime and , while the full freedom and right of ! employes as individuals to quit work at will must be preserved, the dan ger of a general strike or lockout.1 which would suspend commerce are so far reaching that disputes likely tO result in strikes, or lockouts on rail ! roads must be determined in an orderly or-derly manner." POSTMASTER BROWNING KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT W. W. BROWNING. f Continued From Page l) Th body, accompanied hy Bishop Geo K. Browning and J E Browning, will j armc in Ogden this afternoon, shortly i after 1 o'clock, on the Utah-Idaho Cen-trnl Cen-trnl railroad. From the depot, the bodv win i- removed to the Undquiat mortu- ary, and uft'r remaining there for shori time, will bo taken to th home, 274? Adams avenue. io arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. It is expected, however, that 5crvices will be held in the Taber nacle. Biographical Sketch. W. W. Browning was born in Ogden. February 28, 1862, the son of Jonathan and Ann E. Browning. He was 57 years old at the time of his death His father died about forty years aco and his mother a little over a year ago last April. When a youth, Mr. Browning engaged en-gaged In the printing business, and had a position setting type on the Ogden Junction, one of the pioneer papers in this city. He advanced through the trade, becoming a printer and contin ued this work on several of the papers In the state, including the Ogden I Standard and the Salt Lake Herald About thirly-five years ago he set up an establishment for job printing on Twenty-fifth street. Later he moved to a location on Washington avenue and several years ago again enlarged his establishment under the name of W. W. Browning & Co., located on the top floor of the Parry building, at Twenty-third street and Washington avenue. When nameii as Postmaster by President Pres-ident Wilson, six years ago, Mr. Browning Brown-ing took the place of L. W. Shurtliff. He was reappointed again two years ago for his second term, having completed com-pleted two years of the second term when he met his death. Upon receiving receiv-ing the appointment as postmaster. Mr. Browning placed a manager in charge of his printing establishment and devoted his entire time to the post-office post-office work. During the later years of his life. Postmaster Browning developed a passion pas-sion for thoroughbred poultry and was very much interested in the raising of full-blooded chickens. So much of an expert on this subject did he become, i t Vl -, I Y r x"J c irnntvn omrincr n."in 1 1 T- VTn a t-i of the west as "Judge" Browning, be-j be-j cause of the large number of poultry I shows that he had attended in the ca-jpacity ca-jpacity of Judge. ,It is said that he was official Judge of poultry in the entire I territory west of Denver. Postmaster Browning was selected ; as president of the Utah Postmaster's association three years ago. During the war no conventions were held by the organization, President Browning and other officers of the association carrying through the activities during this period. Until the close of the con ventlon held at Logan, Postmaster Brownlng retained his presidency. Fostmaster Browning was married three limes. His widow, Mrs. Nora Browning, survives him, together with the following children: Dr. W. J. Browning of Pleasant Grove; Dr A. A Browning and Dr. E. W. Browning of Ogden; Mrs. Josie Wilson. Mrs. Margie Wilson, Mrs. Ar dell Beltz all of Ogden, and Mrs. Lulu Basket t of Salt Lake. Several grandchildren grand-children also survive. His brothers, J. EdwaTd and George E. Browning, left on the U. I. C. this morning at 6 o'clock for Logan and they will accompany the body home this afternoon. This is the first death in the second generation of the Browning family. Five brothers and four sisters survive. The brothers are Mayor T. Samuel I Browning, J. Edward Browning, George E Browning. John M Browning and M. S. Browning. The sisters are Mrs Olive Wallace. Mrs. Malinda Middle-ton. Middle-ton. Mrs. Martha Middleton and Mrs. Malvina Garner. Due to a ruling of the federal department, de-partment, to the effect that no flag shall be placed at half-mast on a fed-,eral fed-,eral building without the consent of the treasury department, the postoffice flag was not set at half mast this! morning. Telegraphic communications requesting permission to half-mast the flag wen- forwarded to Washington, however, and the national emblem will probably hang at half mast this evening eve-ning i While the body is expected to arrive in Ogjen this afternoon, no arrange-mfifp arrange-mfifp fr th funeral have hofn marlo The body will be taken to the Lind quist & Sons mortuary. 00 |
