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VIEW
DOUGLAS COUNTY
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An Indeptndant Newspaper, Published for tha Bast Intarait of tha People.
ROSEBURQ, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1923.
VOL. XL, NO. 273, OF THE EVENING NEWS.
STARK, r SUTHEMN POSTMASTER,
SUIGID
ORTAGE OF POSTAGE
BELIEVED TO HAVE
OF
UND5
BEEN
CAUSE
ACTION
IcTOFFICE INSPECTOR ARRIVED IN SUTHERLIN
YESTERDAY IV iWVEOiisaic t juuivinut.
OF ABOUT $Z,UW oiir, ntu oiu nt
WOULD MAKE GOOD THAT AMOUNT
harlw A. Stark, Sutehrlln post-
r anil prominent cmieu ui i-
mined suicide early tills
ainu. presumably by taking poi-
,nd his lioay was iui.u
i( mie east of that city at about
'3 o'clock by Tom Rldgeway. one
. .rtiin? oartv.
shortage of approximately $2.-
in the post otlire unus ana ni
iliit to make rood this amount
'ieved reson?ible for Mr. Stark
bU life.' G. E. Vougen. federal
nffif InsDector, of Medford. ar-
i in Sutherlin yesterday and war
ire spent yesterday ana toaay
.lining the books. . Realizing that
shortase would be found and an
untiig asked for. Mr. Stark evi
:'. decided to end it all by sui-
Is survived liy a wife and three
Iren. Chester, aged about 12
rsj Virginia, 7 years, and Doug
!0 years. The erlef-stricken lam
are beins cared for at the home
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. St. John in
terltn. ....
iml 4avi aim l!r. Stark re-
i a controller's statement from
government asking him to remit
rnlns of aoont 11500 which he
'I to do. Upon the arrival of
Vougen, post office Inspector,
nUr, who had already been in-
ed of the shortape, Mr. Stark
ws;ed the matter with him and
J that he could make good that
int. According to Jlr. Vougen,
Stark appeared In the be3t of
'1 and no aign of worry over the
age was apparent. ,
informed Mr. Voucon that he
td meet him at the office this
mug and assist him in the in-
wn or the post office records,
'fording to his fanillv and Inti-
" friends he wai also normal In
actions about his home last night.
"irany wuii his wife and D. V.
Iter, Sutherlin jitney driver, they
e to Roaeliurg last night to cn-
movie show. Murine the show.
Stark excused himself and was
ot for a short lime, lie explaln-
18 absence to his wife, statin
ne had to meet Mr. F.lbert Her
1 at the train, when he rc
'ed he said tha he had talked
' Jlr. Herman about some oil
' Sutherlin. He was jolly-and
ersed with several of his friends
- M mrht. All who talked with
declare that tie wis perfectly
at that time.
" at his 11:luai hour thIs
r. htark left the house
"iked towards tho post office.
-i'.v!,1Jr. ,0. work- he mpt John
janitor of the Sutherlin
'"L. ?1,claslT ald that he
PParently In good spirits then.
; was ,t si,011, 6 0-(,look
it hi."., S'- Jo!ln lpft his home
ul c."e nA "Is wire states
te rU fa""d l,"'lr nme on
telephone and asked for Mr. St.
Win that he wished to Bee
n inr "n,t '"""'""A Mrs. St.
l l la ,n- . unew una tola
'"' to locate him iw ,.
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morning.
a
His
Mr. ll.n
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. nine wa', not unnat-
' ' aj later n'
fays.
the depot that the morning pouch of
mall had not been brought down for
the northbound train. A searching
party was organized Immediately.
Several men, beaded by Tom Ktdge
way, found the dead body along a
little ranch road.
The body was on Its back with the
arms across the breast as though he
had passed away peacefully. He had
frothed at the mouth as a result of
the poison. No signs of a struggle
were apparent and It Is thought that
Mr. Stark bad taken a capsule con
taining a deadly poison and died In
stantly. No bottle or box was found.
At his rlRht aide, with the handle
towards him, was found a Savage .32
automatic revolver, with eight shells
in it. The gun had never been fired,
but was evidently placed there by Mr.
Stark in the event the poison did not
take effect or that- his suffering
would be Intense and 'he would be
able to grab it and end his life soon
er. His glasses were in place and
his hair was not disheveled.
When Mr.' Kldgeway 'approached
the body he saw Stark's airedale dog
sealed beside the body. The animal
sprang to Its feet and snarled at the
men who tried to approach. The dog
was finally beaten off and the body
covered with a sheet.
In addition to the shortages at the
post office It was learned that Mr.
Stark had been heavily involved at
Si therlin and the debt burden had
evidently been too great a strain for
him. Ills resources were very lim
ited and realizing that bis family
would suffer a disgrace over his of
fice rhortages, he undoubtedly took
what he thought would be the easier
way out.
: The note addressed to Mr. St. John
was scribbled in pencil on some
rough paper. It read:
"Dear Saint: The Pacific Mutual
may foreclose but do what you can
to slave it off until the oil devel
opment and Joe (his wife) will do
what Is right to remember you for nil
jour trouble. Goodbye. Charley."
It was gnld that Mr. Stark was
heavily Indebted to the Pacific Mut
ual concern.
Mr. Charles Stark was about !2
years of age and had resided In Suth
erlin for about 10 years. He was
employed with the J. F. Luse Land
company for about three years and
was later employed by Mr. St. John,
having worked in the real estate
about four years.
On March 15. 1922. he was ap
pointed postmaster at Sutherlin, suc
ceeding William Hayner. Since that
time he has proved to be very effi
cient in the office and no intimation
was ever made of his shortages.
Mr. Stark was a member of the Ma
sonic and Odd Fellows lodges and
was also a Shrlner.
For several years he held the of
fice of deputy sheriff at Sutherlin.
He Is well known In Roseburg and,
visited here frequently.
Mr. Vougen. the Inspector. Is mak
ing a thorough examination of the
records of the Sutherlin post office
today and will probably be able to
determine late this afternoon the ex
act amount of the shortage. It Is
known that $1520 Is missing but it Is
expected other sums will ( also be
found.
Coroner Rltter was on a trip to
Glendale and the body was nol mo
lested, awaiting word from him. It
the orchard land east of ler is fam'fllar with the office and
will probably be Kept mere m nod
dle the work. .
According to a message from sum-
-"!M,.'ra"'- h he had-'
1 ,ucIiIh wa. fnj ....
locnd"'.""" c,IMer. his oldest I'rUn late this afternoon the inspector
r-tr "J o Mm. The tc and therefore he in unable to lve
GREECE SALUTES
(tly Vnlted Preaa.)
ATHENS, Sept. 19. A naval salute
of 21 guns, constituting Greece's form
al apology to Italy for the assassina
tion of the Italian boundary commis
sioners near Janina, was given the
Italian flag by two Greek cruisers In
Pbaleron bay today. The Italian
cruiser steamed past the Greek ships
and received the salute.. The British
and French ships followed and they
were also saluted. Simultaneously the
Greek officers paid honor to the dead
at a memorial service.
CITY: F NANCES
AOE DISCUSSED
Budget Committee and City
Council Hold Meeting ,
Last Evening
ARE IN A
Relief for City's Financial
Condition for Com- .
ing Year
DABNEY ' I1DER
MAY
BE A FAKE
Portland Police Think Former
Roseburg Jitneur Staged
Disappearance
NO TRACE. OF BODY
In Spite of Protracted Search
Officers Have Been Unable
to Find Any Trace of Body
of Supposed Victim
I
ny t'nltefl Pros.)
SAN DlKdO. Sept. 19. The San
Diego Sun printed an Interview with
Captain Kdward H. Watson, com
mander of the destroyer squadron
wrecked on Point Arguello, quoting
him as taking the responsibility for
tho wreck.
'The responsibility for the course of
the destroyer squadron was mine," he
was quoted as saying. He said he be
lieved the location received from the
land radio stations was Incorrect He
ordered the change in course.
PORTLAND. Sept. 19. That R. B.
Dabney staged a clever disappearance
act, was the theory announced today
by Deputy Sheriffs Chrigtoperson and
Schlrmer, after learning from Mrs.
Dabney that ber husband had disap
peared once before, that he was deeply
In debt, and that be recently took out
a 13,000 life Insurance policy. She said
1 that three years ago he abandoned an
1 automobile near Albany and was miss-
OUANDRY i 'ng for 8'x 1,1011,08 before he returned.
1 No trace of the body was found yes-
' terday, altboucb a careful search was
Occupation Tax Offered as m,ad!l of near. wh.ich the
Today's investigations revealed that
Dabney was deeply in debt and that
only a few weeks aia he took out a
$3,000 insurance policy In Roseburg,
payable to his wife. The mall clerk at
Safem maintains that Dabney called
at the general dri'very window on
Monday for his mall.
These were the overnight develop
ments that caused investigators to
conclude that Dabney had planned to
simulate murder and then flee from
the country. They aay he himself
made the supposed bullet bole in the
windshield of tho machine, killed his
dog and smeared blood on the automo-
FOREST FIRES
T
UNDER
C
ERNOR WAGESICOUNTY TO HAVE
A BITTER FIGHT A FINE EXHIBIT
Oklahoma Executive Remains
in Mansion Behind Cor
dons of Soldiers
IMPEACHMENT STARTED
Members of Legislature Have
Issued a Call to Meet and
Will Start Proceedings for
Impeachment Soon
Few Fires Burning at Present
Time, But Woods Are ,
Very Dry
The city council , and the recently
appointed budget committee met last
evening at the council chambers for
the purpose of delving into the finan
cial affairs of the municipality and
arrange a budget for next year, lle
Ing unable to conclude the work the
committee adjourned at a late hour
and will meet again tomorrow eve
ning to carry out their duties
EXTREME CARE URGED
Hunters and Campers Are
Warned to Be Careful to
Avoid Starting Fires
' Might Prove Destructive
State Fair Display Expected
, to Be One of the Best
This Year
CO-OPERATION IS GIVEN
Farmers and Fruit Growers of
County Give Great Help
in Arranging for Exhibit
Will Show Poultry
Mayor Rice addressed the members: bi, gcaUered dothlng about and then
briefly and explained the necessity of fledi 1n,ending. it is believed to escape
Uirerl wntvin. Ms doss hie that a post mortem exam-
no- w TilXi "a,t of Sutherlin Hei,na"0' he made 10 determine the
- tmii'U l h"rrledly and at his kind of poison used.
d b-irt, alr-dalo dog His I Inspector Vougen plsced Mr. II-
o.lncV f01""1 "hortly after!1'8 Hayner. former postmaster, in I
s ,yM " the 'nt of one of the I charge of t.,e office today. Mr. Hay-1
0 "i moth.. carried an exact statement
of the amount
nn morhb varnea exact siHieiunii -
" ' 'he ' vlnit- "I wonder missing. He stated that the amount
'k r,H 'th Daddr?" Mr. i known at nresent Is $1565.
l . n.e nnto j ' . -t "
" to th. V. j ,Innieniate y
nu ih Bh;?"m to search
to. i-VT' ""d n addressed
V? M Un,l "A' r" fn. her
on ... " '"veral men r R. fr.- h. n..i week, left this
ad been 71 ,h,"l morning via automobile for San Dl
0 "reived from j ego, Cal., where they will reside.
tinewts lxve
Mrs. David Leldahl ard daughter.
Lorraine, of Glendlve, Montana, who
have been guosts of Mr. ana Mrs. n.
curtailing expenditures to the lowest
possible margin, but be also stated
that if the city is to maintain its
present degree of progress and con
tinue to build, prosper and cope with
the improvements that necessarily
come to a live community, certain de
partments of the city government
would have to be strengthened in a
financial way over and above pre
vious appropriations.
1 It was fully determined at last
evening's meeting that the city coun
cil has no small man's job In hand
ling the public affairs of Roseburg.
and It also can be truthfully stated
that each individual member of the
council is Jiint as oareful and consci
entious of his duty, as a public offi
cial as he would be of his own pri
vate business affairs
But how to run a city successfully
and make needed Improvements from
time to time, building a greater and
better Roseburg on a bndget that is
entirely Inadequate Is beyond human
power. And It looks like this Is go
ing to be the condition that will con
front our city fathers, unless some
master mind of the financial arena
invokes a method whereby a huge
chunk of the filthy lucre can be
brought out of the dark clouds now
embellishing the horizon.
Here's the whole thing in a nut
shell: After the budget committee had
taken np item by Item on the budget
and placed what they thought a very
conservative estimate of the amount
of money that should be allotted to
each particular department, the
grand total ran to approximately
$51,657.94. From this amount may
be deducted sums of money that will
come to the city from other sources
than a direct tax, and which will
probably run around $12,000.
But even with this amount deduc
ted from tne original estimate the In
crease necessary to supply sufficient
funds for the city government to
properly function exceeds the six per
cent limitation allowed bv law over
last year's amount raised by direct
taxstion. therefore the budget com
mittee will be called upon to do the
Impossible unless funds from other
snurrns are derived. The city can
not levy more than ten mills. It's
charter provides that this sum la the
limit. And It cannot exceed last
year's total amount of money raised
by way of taxation more than six per
cent of the total amount of tax mon
ey coming Into the city's control.
Occupation T I'roposed
Councilman Shambrook and H.
Wollcnberg. the latter a member of
the budget committee, were strong
sponsors for an occupation tax, prop
erly graded that the measure would
fitall lit"" of business In Roseburg,
as the only relief for the present and
future financial condition of the city.
Several members present did not
(Continued from pa;e four.)
responsibility of his debts and enable
his wife to collect bis insurance. .
That Dabney is trying to stage a
disappearance act. patterned in a
measure) after the famous Brumfield
case, is the belief of many experta
after a careful search In the vicinity
of Elk Hock where the abandoned
blood stained truck was found yester
day. Portland police officers spent ai
Jay yesterday In a careful search of
the territory but failed to find any ma
terial evidence other than that found
around1 the truck itself.
At the end of a 300 foot rope De
puty Sheriff ChrlHtofferson dangled
over the face of the cliff and made n
minute search of the projections
where a body would bave struck, had
it been buried from the top of the
precipice. Tim search was fruillow
and nothing cculd be foum! to indi
cate that a body had been dropped
over the edge of the rock as was first,
supposed. 1
That the blood on the car was
smeared on ruther than spla'.'cred on
the macllifl ', was or of th facts de
termined bv the officers, Home of
whom believed that Dabney killed his
dog by a blow ovei the tw-ad and used
ita blood 'n nn iffort to lead Ihe pt-lice
to believe that a murder had been
committed. An autopsy of tin- tile's
body, proved that it's h?ad tad bivn
crushed by a blow.
There still la some svlileu3e, how
ever, pointing to the murder theory,
and, ti'.rortl ng to messages from I'.nt
land some experts still retain the be
lief that Dabney w as murdered and !
robbed.
Dabney was known to be heavily In
debt. When he leli Roseburg he had
bills here amounting to around $200
which were not paid, and the Douglas
Credltor'a Associntlon was preparints
to bring suit against him for a large
sum. It Is believed by some that he
has planned a disappearance act to
throw creditors off his trail and has
escaped with the profits of one of hir
numerous horse tiatfr-s.
Wifa Makes Statement.
8ALKM, Sept. 18. K. Ii. Dabney,
who Is believed either to have com
mitted suicide or have been murder
ed near Oswego last Saturday night,
lived with his wife and 14-year-old
daughter for some time prior to three
years ago. aid started the Highland
bua line In this my. The family la
ter moved to Roseburg, where they
n-slded until last week when Mrs.
Dabney and her daughter returned to
Salem to make their future home.
According to Mrs. Dabney, her hus
band did not accompany her to Sa
lem, but remained in Roseburg
where be disposed of a t-ara of horses
and some other personal property.
iaat Friday, Mrs. Hanney said, li r
(Contluued oa page eight,)
I The forest fire situation In Doug-
Ins county Is very satisfactory at the
present time, although the danger for
an outbreak of serious fires is very
great, according to both tho Forest
Service officials and officers of the
Douglas County Fire Patrol. Strong
northeast winds during the past few
days, have driven all moisture out of
the forests and they, are extremely
dry and ready to be ignited at a flash.
Every precaution 1s being taken to
prevent the fires from gaining a start
and fire fighters all over the county
are In immediate readiness to respond
to any call.
Central Dispatcher O. C. Houser.i
who is located at the Glide station,
and who is in touch with the situation
ail over the Umpqua forest, reports
'hat there are four fires burning at
tthe present time. These are small
fires, ranging from 10 to 35 acres. The
largest is In the lllahee district where
approximately 30 acres have been
burned over. There Is another fire of
about 20 acres In extent on the South
Umpqua slope. These fires have all
been broue.ht under control and are be
ing patrolled to prevent a spread.
Altogether (his season there have
been about 100 fires on the Umpqua
forest, hut none of these have been
very large and the loss will be light.
in lact, the acreage burned over will
amount to less than 175 acres, It Is
believed.
Approximately 90 per cent of the
fires were started by lightening and
about 10 per cent were man caused, e
few of these latter fires being of an
incndlnry nature.
The lloucliis County fire patrol re
ports that it has about 5 fires burn
ing'nt present. One big fire abont 15'
acres is burning oa the Coast Range.
Twelve men are fighting this fire and
it is believed to be under control.
There Is a fire near Ten Mile, another
at Camas Valley, one near Glendale,
another near Glide. A slashing fire
scaped nenr Drain, but the man burn
ing the slashings employed fifteen
men to aid him In putting out the
blaze so that the patrol was not con
cerned In this matter.
It Is believed that the situation can
be handled very efficiently and that
there will be only a comparatively
small loss from forest fires this year.
It is reported from Scottsburg that
there Is a big fire burning near the
Burchard ranch here and that a nura-
ber of men are righting the blaze to
ke.p It awav from the ranch. This dis
trict, however. Is outside of the pa
trol's territory and the fire fighting
crew Is not being controlled from here.
Hunters In the woods are warned to
be extremely careful and to take all
precautions to avoid flr. Tha forests'
are very dry and the least bit of care
l. ssness Is apt lo prove very destruc
tive. The nights are becoming cooler
and this Is helping some, but It will
probably be a couple of weeks yet be
fore the situation Is such that the
danger will be lessened to any marked
ilegran.
TULSA, Okla.. Sept 19. (Associa
ted Press.) Five men. Indicted by
Governor Walton a Tulsa county mill
tary commission investigating mob
violence and hooded band activities
here since the middle of August, were
freed In a civil court today when ar
raigned. They were the first ot thirty
men Indicted by the military tribunal
to be released.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 19. (Unl
ted Press.) A call for a meeting of
the legislature for Saturday to start
impeachment proceedings against Gov
ernor "Jack" Walton was prepared by
use ot the military in the fight against
members who oppose the executive's
the Ku Klux Klan.
. The governor'a advisors were en
couraged In their fight against the
Klan when legal advisors said that the
"sky Is the limit" In expenditure under
martini law. The legislature must
honor the debts contracted by the en
rorcement of martial law, It was
agreed. Governor Walton, himself re
mained barricaded behind cordons of
soldiers In the executive mansion, see
ing but a few people.
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 19. (By U. P.)
Under conditions defined by Sheriff
Bob Sanford as one of "synthetic re
bellion," Tulsa county went to bed to
night perplexed aa to who rules the
roost the military or the civil au
thorities.
A district judge has ordered the
state adjutant general to appear In
a civil court tomorrow morning with
three military prisoners. The sum
mons, delivered to the civil sheriff.
Sanford, has been commandeered by
the military sheriff, Colonel E. L.
Head, who, It Is Indicated, may or may
not serve It upon his superior officer.
General Markham, The situation is
further complicated by a mystery sur
rounding the whereabouts of Adtutant
General Markham since Ills departure
for Oklahoma City Monday.
The flint skirmish was scheduled
for 9 o'clock today, in the court of
District Judge Albert C. Hunt, whore
the summons Is returnable.
Whether the right of habeas corpus
exists In Oklahoma under martial
law despite Governor J. C. Walton's
order suspending the right is the
question Involved.
Townsfolk All Mixed Up.
The townsfolk are all mixed up
but business is as usual: and aside
from the half dozen guardsmen on
duty on the mezzanine floor of the
city's leading hotel and two score of
their comrades quartered in an out
lying armory, there Is no evidence of
th; political furore which grips the
state.
There are no guards about the city,
no machine gun nests.
The 75 militiamen who constitute,
the force here behind the governor'a
proclamation are visible only at the
armory and at military headquarters,
and to the new arrival the city pre
sents In every aspect a scene ot
normal tranquility.
The three military prisoners order
ed to be brought before Judge Hunt
are Ben and Graver Kikes and Karl
Sack, all of Broken Arrow, who are
under sentence of two years In the
penitentiary each for confessed Im
plication In the flogging of Ben Wag
goner, a Waggoner county farmer,
several weeks ago.
Miss Kthel Squler of Sutherlin, who
hits h en visiting at Marsbfleld for a
few days, returned today and left
011 tha afternoon train for her home.
STREET LIGHTS ARRIVE
Contractor Now Waiting for Cable
Before Stirling Work of
Installing New Light
System
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n i.ai IUH14 ui iiiinriinm ,,,, .' -
street lighting system arrived last
niKIll ,nnu worK UI innwini'S. "W wrw
teni will be started soon, H. II. Hud-'
son who has the contract for doing the :
work, states. The cable has not yet ar-1
rived but Is due here at any time and 1
as soon as the cable is received ac-1
five work will be started. It will lake
.hftitt IhUlu in unniiiliiln thn in. I
alallHlion Mr. Hudson says.
0
Mrs. Moon of Sutherlin was a vis
itor In Roseburg for a short time this
forenoon.
Douglas county la going to make a
strong fight this year for the firat
prise at the state fair and through
the cooperation of the many growera.
of the county an exhibit baa been ar- 1
ranged which will be far better than
any the county has ever before shown
at Salem. The carload of specimens
will be loaded tomorrow and aent to
the fair grounds and tha exhibit will
be placed before the opening of the
fair on Monday morning.
C. O. Garrett and B. W. Cooney
have been working hard during the (
past few weeks gathering together
the various articles for the county
display. Glendal community re
sponded readily to the appeal and
Borne fine agricultural products have
been aecured from there. Camas
Valley Is muklng a fine showing of
shoat and threshed grain and the
grain exhibit will be far superior to
anything Douglas county has-ever
before placed before the patrons of
the state fair.
The fruit exhibit Is also good and
the quality la far better than last
year, Mr. Cooney says, and Douglas
county will have a showing of fruit
of which she can Justly be proud.
The exhibit this year will be gen
eral In scope and will show the wide
variety of products raised In Doug
las county. A special effort will be
made, however, to feature the com
mercial lines and give the public
true conception of the agricultural
activities of the county.
The first poultry exhibit to be
made by Douglas county In recent
years. Is being arranged. The poul
try Industry In this county is now
bringing In a half million yearly, and
it Is rapidly assuming a place ot
great Importance. This Is particu
larly true retarding capons, as this
Is one of the very few sections of the
state where capons are produced
commercially.
Mr. Cooney has several capons
weighing around 11 pounds which
will be dressed and exhibited In the
county booth. These are expected to
attract much attention as they are ot
a good size and are beautiful speci
mens of this type of bird.
Douglas county will have a better
opportunity his year than ever be
fore as all counties are to be kept to
the same amount of display space.
Heretofore some counties have had
large booths and others small ones,
and Inst year, Jackson county, tho
winner, had a booth almost three
times as larre as that occupied by
Douglas countv. This year, how
ever, the fair board has ruled that
each county shall have an equal
amount of floor and wall space.
which will give each an equal chance
In displaying their products.
Jackson county Is believed to be
the strongest competitor against
Douglas county. Jackson county Is
putting forth every effort to arrange
a wonderful exhibit and the county
court has appropriated $3,000 to car
ry on this work. Two men have been
working for sixty days In collecting
the best poiisible-exhlblts.
In Douglas county the court ap
propriated $750 and Vr. Garrett and
Mr. Cooney have been able to give
only a small portion of their time
the work, b'lt In spite of that fact.
It is believed that the Douglas coun
ty showing will rank among the first
and very probably will take first
place, as It will be hard to beat the
showing which Is to be made this
year.
AMPUTATION NECESSARY
Dr. Shoemaker, who has charge of
the case of C. M. Glrad, who was bad
ly burned by electricity a few days
ago when he came in contact with a
6,600 volt current, announced this
morn'rig thnt Glrad will probably re
cover from the accident, but that it
will he necessary to amputate the
right arm above the elbow. The elec
trician will probably be strong enough
the latter part of tho week for the
operation to be performed. The cir
culation has been destroyed below
the elbow, but It Is believed that a
portion ot the arm from a few Inches
above the elbow can be saved and an
effort will be made to do so.