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VOL. XXVII. NO. 72 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1925.
VOL. XII. NO. 283 OF THE EVENING NEW8
31
FLOYD COLLINS
BELIEVED TO
IE
Charges Are Made That
HEART E
Perpetrated and Military Authorities
Start a Probe in Effort to
Quiet the Rumors.
( AvocUted Prfet fceurt WIrt.l
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 7. The
haft being bored into Sand Cave
where Floyd Collina Ilea entombed
was 33 feet deep at 3 p. m. today.
Further testa with a sound ampli
fying apparatus and an electric
wire in the cave convinced the ob
serve that Collina was alive. The
test indicated, they said, his res
piration was about 26 timea a m'.n
ute. CAVE CITY, Feb. 9. Five elec
trical tests conducted with voice
amplifiers today have convinced
H. T. Carmlchael in charge of the
Floyd Collins rescue work at Sand
Cave that Collins is still alive af
ter 10 days of imprisonment.
H. G. Lane, Munfordvllle, oper
ating the lighting system which
supplies current for the bulb left
at tolling head, said Homer
Col -
lins, after listening twenty
min-
utes on the-wire was convinced he
had heard Floyd's heart beating at
the rate of 20 times a minute.
Lane said Floyd was breathing
and his heart beating 18 to 21
times a minute.
"While we were In the cave we
attempted to compare the breath
ing of Homer Collins with that of
his Imprisoned brother, but we
couldn't do this successfully be
cnuse Homer Cojllns was so ex
cited." Lane added.
The test was made on the wire
which had been placed around Col
lins' chest last week by rescuers.
"Many people outside would not
believe our test' proved Collins
was alive," Lane said, adding
that a statement would ' be given
out later "proving that Collins was
alive."
Mother Nature today had added
another obstacle to the efforts of
man to rescue Collins from the
grip of a boulder trap from the
depths of Sand Cave sending tor
rents of rain last night with a
promise of more today.
Despite precautions to keep wa-
ter out of the perpendicular shaft
aimeu at Collins prison, seepage
crept inlo the bottom of the shaft
and added heavily to the burden
of the volunteer diggers. They
Kept doggedly at it with some
slight increase in hourly progress j
as the tenth day of Collins' im
prisonment ended at 10 o'clock
this morning. The shaft then was
less than half way to Collins, 60
or 70 feet below the surface.
When rock slides blocked the
natural tunnel of Sand Cave Thurs
day, the use of pungen tbut harm
less gas was seized UDon as a
means of finding the back end of
Collins' latest cave, but the exper-1
Intent, tried last night with ban- i
ana oil, was unsuccessful. Des-1
p:te a strong down draft of air in
to Sand Cave, no trace of the odor
could be located in another near
by cave.
With most of the spectacular,
frenzied Btrlving to free Collins a
closed chapter and all efforts cen
tered on the monotonous toil of
digging and hoisting, rrew theories
began to develop about the situa
tion until they were almost as
thick as the outstanding Incidents
in the drama.
The principal groups of theories
fall into three classes Imprison
ment of Collins by a rock slide on
his leg is a publicity hoax; that
enemies finding him trapped caus
ed the walls of the cave to col
lapse so he could not get out alive
or possibly caused the slide which
trapped him: and the most gener-
ally accepted theory, Collins' own I
story In the early days' of the res-1
cue w ork, that he really was accl-1
dentally trapped after discovering
Sunday Accident Toll Is High
in California Where Nine Are
Killed and Eight Hurt in Wrecks
. (AMorlitd Prw. Iud Wlr.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.
Nine persons were killed and
eltlit Injured In Sunday automo
bile accidents In California.
Sidney Kahn. 35. and his 18
months old child, were killed and
Mrs. Kahn was fatally Injured
when the car which he was driv
ing near Los Angeles collided
with another machine. Mrs. Kahn
gave birth to an Infant son with
in an hour of the accident.
Homer Gardner is dead of In
juries received yesterday when
his machine overturned near Sau
git. North of Los Angeles.
E. W. Barron. 26. formerly of
I Fayette, Ca., was killed last
night In a collision southeast of
Los Angeles near Irvine.
James Moore, 65. Napa pioneer,
died yesterday of injuries recelv-
GAVE PRISONER
BE STILL
E;
Big Publicity Hoax Is Being
a cavern more beautiful than any
yet found in the region.
One of the active rumors of Sun
day night was that Circuit Judge
Basil Richardson of Glasgow,
would call a grand Jury to investi
gate the probability of a publicity
hoax. Judge Richardson said he
had never thought of such a thing
and didn't believe It was a boax.
County attorney J. Lewis Williams
however, said he would present
the Collins case to the grand Jury,
but had no affidavits or sworn In
formation of any kind which would
indicate a crime.
Lieutenant Robert A. Burdon of
the Louisville' fire department,
and William Burke (Skeets) Mil
ler, the little red headed reporter
on the Louisville Courier-Journal
who were almost the only outsid
ers to talk to Collins In his rock
! walled prison, scoffed at the pub-
iiicity hoax, especially at the varia
tion which has Collins climbing in
to position when rescuers ap
proached, and crawling back to his
secret cache of food and water
when no one Is near. Burdon Is
out spoken in his belief of a "mur
der" theory. Miller is admitted
ly the only person who has actu
ally seen the boulder lying across
Collins' leg, and he failed last
Tuesday to raise It with a Jack.
Once the rock heaved a little, but
the jack slipped and none of the
other attempts accomplished any
thing. Professor A. D. Funkhouser of
the University of Kentucky, geo
logic department: Lieutenant
Governor H. H. Oenhardt, Id pres.
ent charge of the rescue work; M.
B. S. Posey, executive secretary of
the state highway department, and
others Bent , here by Governor
Fields, refuse to listen to the the
orists. Their minds are concen?
trated on the shaft through which
they hope to reach Floyd Collins
late Thursday. None of the of
ficials will comment on the radio
tests repeated Sunday, which the
i experimenters claimed were indie-
ative of motion by Collins, as (he
electric light bulb hanging around
his neck is turned off and on.
H. G. Lane of Munfordvllle
was'convinced he had proved Col-
llns was still alive, and that hope
still pervades the diggers in the
shaft.
The diamond pointed drill which
has preceded the shaft work, has
not been used since Saturday
night, when it penetrated to 60
feet but was not yet into Collins'
cavern.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 9. On
a busy corner of Lincoln Square, a
Sand Cave bulletin display and
chart operated by the Louisville1
Herald-Poftt attracted many per
sons today. A cross, section dia
gram eight feet high has a huge
red pointer following the progress
of the rescue shaft, which early
today had passed twenty Beven
feet, with more than 40 yet to go.
CAVE CITY, Feb. 9 The- shaft
through which rescuers hope to
reach Floyd Collins in Sand Cave
was approximately 30 feet deep at
9 a. m. ,today, four days after it
was started. At the present rate
the level where Collins Is is
thought to be will not be reached
before Thursday or Friday.
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 9. Cir
i cumstances surrounding the trap
'plng of Floyd Collins in Sand
! Cave, and the effortB of volunteer
rescuers to release him will be
made the subject of a military
court of Inquiry, Brigadier General
(Coot I mi en on page 6.'
ed when he was struck 1y a car
driven by Mrs, Antone Maronuc-
cl near Napa.
Camllle lie Soto, 17. was killed
'near Antloch, when the machine
i In which she was riding skidded
, off the highway.
Julius Davis, CO, was killed
when struck down on a San Fran
! Cisco street.
I J. L. Donning and Ada Adams
of Grimes. California, and Frank
! Garcia and Mr. and' Mrs. Paul
Carrlllo of Napa, Cal., were in
jured in a collision between two
i machines on the highway two
I miles north of Vallejo.
Two brothers were injured by
a hit and run autolst In San Fran
cisco. ! Joe Swan was killed near San-
ford when his auto collided with
another machine.
UTS HEARD
BY RADIO
TOWARD NORTHWEST
(Amclated Prm Uud Win.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9.
A southwest nurricane,
barring rain, is driving to-
ward Washington, Oregon
and California coast, accord-
ing to a message from the
motorship AorangI, which is
bound from Vancouver, B. C.
The weather bureau has or-
dered storm 'warnings posted
from Point Reves, Cal., to
the Canadian line. Saturday
night the Federal Telegraph
company's station picked up
a message from the Aorahgi
stating that a huge wave had
damaged her bridge, flooded
the promenade deck and Jn-
jured two passengers.
F. B. Hamlin well known here,
and a former resident, spent the
week end in this city visiting with
his mother, who has been quite ill,
but is now much better. Mr. Hamlin
returned to Springfield Sunday. He
is now the postmaster at that place.
E
E
OF
General Military Staff
Makes Report Rebuking
Major Gjedsted.
CLAIMS WERE FALSE
Affidavit of " Maj'or Was
' Inspired by Spirit of Re
venge Because of
His Discharge.
(AMoHat! PrM Leated WlM.)
STATEHOUSE, Salem, Oregon,
Feb. 9. A general military staff
after investlgatliur charges made
by Major Charles Gjedsted, for
mer employe of the state military
department, that there were ir
regularities in the accounts of
Adjutant-General Geo. A. White.
has rebuked Gjedsted and urged
that Gjedsted be tried by court
martial. The investigation, cou
pled with a report of Arch .1.
Tourtellotte accountant, gives
White a clean bill of health.
Gjedsted charged that four
years ago White included claims
for upkeep and repairs for his
private automobile in vouchers
presented to the secretary of
state.
GJested. In an affidavit filed
with Governor Pierce, also claim-
ed that small mileage vouchers
dating back to 1921 were lrregu-
lar. This assertion Is also found
without basis fcy the Investigators.
it is our opinion,' says the
report of the military staff, 'from
an Inquiry into all the facts, that
Major GJedsted's affidavit was
inspired by a spirit of revenge for
his discharge from the office.
Further, that the affidavit and
the ertorts of Major Gjedsted to
obtain publicity as a result of his
WHIT
ANT
CHARGES
action snowea mm 10 De unde- i wuuruuonB mane, a sumcient sum. half-rommerrfal enterprise orKan
pendable and that he hag by his probably $25,0(a, will be set aside lzed by sourdoughs or pioueers of
condurt outraged all principles to furnish the structure, which Is i the north.
of soldierly conduct, trustworthy expected to leave about $115,000.' "Everything looks fine." agreed
ness ana otner manly qualities."
Ihe general staff making the ;
report was composed of Lieutenant-Colonel
Eugene Moshherger
of Woodburn, Lieutenant-Colonel
E. C. LIbby of Portland, Major
Joel C. Dooth of Lebanon, Major
Fred M. West of Portland and
Captain J. E. Shearer of Tilla
mook. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 9.
Rewards totalling $2.r,00 were
spurring police officers and pri
vate detectives In their hunt for
the three bandits who Saturday
rilled Harry H. Schmidt, an em
ploye of the National lank of
Taeoma. The bandits obtained
several thousand dollars and fled
in arr automobile.
It was announced by the hank
that Its agencies In the c'ty would
be closed at once owing to the i
danger to employes from bandits
Saturday' killing accured In front
of the agencies, and a few weeks
ago employes of another agency
were held up and at that time
tbe bandit fired several shots.
WESTROSEBURG
SITE FOR
L
Bellows Tract Approved by
Vote of 630 to 497 at ,
Special Election.
LANDj'
WILL SURVEY
Board to Immediately Take
Steps to Lay Out and
Purchase 12 Acres
Wanted for School. , '
By a vote of 630 to 497 the resi
dents of School District No. 4 last
Saturday selected the West Rose
burg location for the proposed new
high school building, which is to be
constructed during the coming
months. The election was one of
the most heated in recent years,
and the total number of votes pol
led came near the record. . ;
By the time the polls were open
ed there were over 100 people I
waiting to cast their ballots. It was j
decided to appoint two election j
boards, and this was done, so that;
In spite of the great number of
votes received there was little con
fusion and delay.
The selection of the West Rose
burg site affords ample room for
future expansion of the high
school, and gives a large campus
and athletic field adjoining the
building.
The board will Immediately take
steps to select the ground needed,
having the privilege of taking as
many acres as they desire any
place in the tract It Is expected ;
that the district will purchase 12.
acres of land, which was the :
statement. Mr. Bellows In his offer
put a price of 1750 per acre upon
his land, and the school board may
designate where the boundaries
shall run. A surveyor will go over
the tract this week, and the board
will definitely decide upon the'
piece of property which they want.
Roughly, it is planned to take a
strip about 300 feet wide, extend
ing from Harvard avenue to the
river, but the exact location has
not yet been decided upon, and
some other choice may be made.
The board expects to lose no
time in getting consruction under
way. The architectural firm of
Hundzlker and Gerow, of Eugene,
has already been employed to do
the architectural work, and the
plans will be secured as soon as
HP
CROO
CHOSEN
poss.oie. mr tiunuzmer is a well The hurden of each journey is
known architect In the state, having anti-toxin for diphtheria of which
resided at Eugene for a number of 81x pfirong nave die(1 )n Nome In
yeara. Mr. Gerow Is a recent ar- Bn epidemic reported January 27,
rival In Oregon, coming from Kan-,n whl(.h :t0 persons were report
sas, where he specialized in the e(j suffering
planning and construction of school ti, f., i,... i..
buildings, having bult more than 70;
, schools in that state.
Arrangements will probably be
' made at once to dispose of the
I bonds. The district will Issue
bonds in the sum of 1165,000 bear
ing interest at the rate of G perlment
cent. At tne present time the bond
market Is in good condition, and 6
per cent school bonds are bringing
a fair premium.
It is estimated that there will be
between J110.000 and $115,000
available for acutal construction.
After the grounds have been pur-
chased, street paved, and the sewer
e arcnueciurai ree will probably
e in tne neighborhood of $7,500.
ine com or improving the ath
letic field and campus will be paid
(Continued on page 2 )
.1
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 9 Thorn- i terday.
as W. Lawson, spectacular flnan Thomas W. Lawson, financier,
cier, author and gentleman farmer, lauthor and sportsman, opened the
will be burled tomorrow besliii way to his spectacular career by
his wife on a amall portion of hfs 'running away from school tn Cam
magnlfcent country eBtate that bridge, Mass , tn work In a flnan
was saved from the wreck of hlfjclal house In Itoston as an office
fortune several years ago. I boy. Ills employers found him so
When Mrs. Lawson died In I90; promising lhat they persuaded
after 9 years of Invalidism, her his. mother to let him stay. Thla"
husband gave orders that nothlneiwas In 1M;9.
should be disturbed In the room I Five years later at Ihe age of
she occupied at "The Nest" s -
simple cottage In the mansion of;
ireamwoiu," at Eevnt. Mi
Mrs. Lawson was buried near "The
Nest." Tom Lawson will be Isnl
beside ber after funeral services
In "The Nest."
Mr. Lawson died suddenly yes
'S LIFE IS
(AnocUtwl Pi. Uaml Wlr.)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9.
Out of the wreckage of a
family, two members of
which are dead, and one is
dying as a resun of an auln-
mobile collision, surgeons at
hospitals here today saved
the life of a seven pound ba-
by boy by performing a
caesariau operation on Its
mother, pronounced fatally
Injured In the crash.
Sydney Kahn, 35. and his
18 months old child, were in-
stantly killed when the auto-
mobile In which they and
Mrs. Kahn were, rldiug collld-
ed with another machine and 4
the woman sustained a skull
fracture and other injuries
which surgeons said would
prove fatal. In view of her
apparently certain death It
was decided to operate lm- 4
mediately. The infant was
born within an hour after
the accident. 4
PLANE TO RAGE
E
Anti-Toxin for Diphtheria
Rushed to Northern
City for Relief.
STANCE
920 MILES
i
... , , .
! Airplane Is an Old Une and
Pilot Says He Will Make
It Intense Cold
Freezes Hand.
(AmocUi-xI rrfM Lcufd Wtr.)
FAIKHANKS, Alaska, Feb. 9.
A race between an airplane and
relays of dog teams to Nome,
Alaska, was starting today. The
dogs left Nctmna, fifty miles west
of here yesterday. The plane was
aU ready to take off early this
niorning.
on the route the dogs and plane
are to follow was put at about
920 miles.
"Everything looks fine," was
the final word last night of Koy
S. Darling, agent of the depart-
of justice here and navy
Aviator in the world war. pilot
for the trip to Nome. lie and
Ralph P. Mackle, an employe of
the Alaska railroad at Anchorage,
mechanician for the trip to Nome
had spent the whole day tuning
up their machine. This machine
is tin r.1,1 nno hrntitrht tn Aluulrn
thren vrn ado in r hatf-Hiortin
. Markie, "although the tempera
ture of 35 decreet below zero has
made things very difficult. I froze
one of my hands this afternoon
(Continued on page 4.t
17. Tom Lawson was worlh fio,
000 made from a pool he had or-
DOG
TEAMS
AD
IT ONI
ganlxed (lie year before to buy Income lax bill prepared, announc- j
railroad slock. Of this sum ho P today that he would not Intro
promptly lost 1'9.M1 In another , dure it. He said he felt It would
stock deal. Reduced lo llf,, he
gave a dinner to friends at i
(Coutinurd on page 4.)
Ilos-
GOVERNOR
ES
H I UFTfl flll ll WaUjohnson has Vi
III il I L I U U 11 nany ni,e ot
TEXT BOOK BILL
Says Measure Is in Interest
of Publishers and Sees .
a Hint of Graft
PLAN IS OPPOSED
Bill ' Provides ' . Contracts
With Companies Can
Be Renewed Until
Changes Made.
(AMnctited Ptm 1bk Wlr.)
STATEHOUSE, Salem, Ore..
Feb. 9 Holding the house bill
No. 91 introduced by the com
mittee of education is In the In
terest of the school book pub
lishers, Governor Pierce today ve
toed the measure. It is a meas
ure providing for renewal of con
tracts between the state and the
companies.
"This amendment to section
5.140, Oregon laws, proposes to
remedy a situation arising over
the renewal of text book contracts
which will expire in June 1926,"
says the veto message.
."The present law provides that
the state text book commission
shall "adopt one-third of the text
books at each biennial meeting.
As former.adoptions were made
every six years, it follows that
when the contracts expire next
June, there will be two third of
the text hooka unadopted. The
law provided for this in statin?,
'all contracts wlfri publishers for
books not changed shall remain
in force until the re-adoption, re
placement or fnibstltutlons of said
text books' This means that the
text book company which has al
ready enjoyed a lucrative con
tract for years will have Its con
tract extended for two years. The
state of Oregon Btands ready to
comply with this provision of the
law, but I am Informed by the
state superintendent of public in
struction that 'the publishers re
fuse to re-controct ot the prices
for which their frnnks wero con
tracted for In 19f!!'
"Your house bill No. 91 pro
poses to remedy this situation by
conferring power upon the board
of education to enter into a re
newal contract with the publish
ers at the 'bent possible price',
since there is to be no competi
tion, this means It will be a one
sided bargain, the state being
forced to accept the terms of the
publishers.
"Since the publishers, whose
contracts expire In June, 1925,
refuse to renew at th-t same
prices, although under the pre
sent law such contracts would re
main In force under their present
terms did the publishers not ob
ject. It follows that the state In
not bound as the others party to
the contract, but Is free under
such an emergency to consider
competitive offerings from other
concerns.
Such a contingency appears to
be already provided for by sec
tion G:i4fi, Oregon lnws, which
emnowers the chairman of the
text book commission or the gov
ernor to call the text book com
mission Into special session when
for any cause" It becomes neces
sary to adopt any text book in
stead of or in addition to those
roquired, etc.
"The state contracts for all
of Its other supplies under open,
competitive bids. It would not
consider for a moment the renew
al of a flour contract, or a meat
contrnct for its institutions at
increased prices without competi
tion. Why should It be called
upon to renew book contracts at
advanced prices and with no rem
edy other than this proposal to.
empower the board of education
two members being In a major
ity to make such a contract?
why surrender to the hook trust?
"Since the publishers themsel
ves refuse to renew at the prices
j enjoyed by them for the past six
years, It seems to me that the
state should not deliberately de
prive Itself or the right to force
the book publishers Into open
competition for contracts. To eli
minate the right of the stnte to
act through its text book commis
sion In such a renewal Is In my
Judgment a mistaken remedy. It
could have hut one result; an In
crease In the cost of text books,
text book legislation should he In
tbe Interest of patrons of our
erhools rather than afford a
means of further exploitation on
an already overburdened public."
No Income Tax Hill.
RTATEIIOI'HE, Salem, Oregon.
Feb. 9. Senator Tooze. who an i
be futile to attempt to get the
measure through and that he will I
(Continued on page six)
WALTER JOHNSON
TO PITCH AGAIN
(Aawclated Prtm LmmsI Win.) .
9.
given up
Pa-
cific coast lcugue baseball
club and will pitch for the
Washington American league
team this season, he an-
nounced today. He will
join the team in Florida in
two weeks.
IS
(AMOctatai Ptm uwd Wlr. )
MEDKORD, Ore., Feb. 9. Mrs.
P, J. Kingery of thiB city was
doubly afflicted yesterday when
her father S. W. RaypholU died at
noon and her husband passed
away nine hours later. A double
funeral will be held tomorrow.
J. Q. Gouplns was a visitor tn
this city Saturday and spent the
day on business. Mr. Gouplns is
from Kico Hill, and returned Sun
day. NEW DIRT SLIDE
Pacific Highway Covered
With Dirt Between Myr
tle Creek and Dillard.
LIGHT CARS GET BY
Stages Forced to Transfer
Passengers Around Slide
Will Take Week
to Clear Road.
A new slide occurred on the Pa
cific highway last night Just north
of the old Dennis Russell cabin
and Is holding up all except light
cars today. Mud and rock slid
down from the steep bluffH, and
covered the pavemeut under about
eighteen Inches of debris. Light
cars were able to get through by
going over the litter, but stages
and trucks wero unable to pass,
and passengers from the former ve
hicles were transferred.
The men endeavoring to clear the
highway have experienced a great
deal of difficulty, as the dirt keeps
.IMIn. In aa taut o It fan ha ahnv.
eled away and there Is a constant
danger of further big slides.
It will probably take at least a
week to clear the highway between
Dillard and Myrtle , Creek unleBS
better equipment is Becured.
Just north of Myrtle Creek,
where the big slide occurred Fri
day, the highway In some spots is
burled forty feet deep. At that
ooint the hluffa tower hlirh nhove
the pavement, which borders the
river, iietween me pavement nnu
the river there is a wide shoulder,
and In some places the slldo filled
in straight across to the slope down
to the river.
Workmen have cleared out a pas
sage along the edge of the bank,
but have not yet worked back to
the pavement. The narrow passage
way Is dangerous and permits traf.
flo In only one way. Further slides
are feared as the dirt Is cleared
BLOCKING
ROAD
away. Unless a sleamshovel or situation. Dr. Strieker has been in
some other apparatus Is secured for formed,
handling the dirt and rocks. It Willi
require at least a week to get the I STATE HOUSE, Salem, Feb. 9.
highway open. Dirt covers the hlgh-j A representative from the flood
way to a depth of forty feet in I stricken t city of Vale, Malheur
some spots, and men working with county, and surrounding country
shovels, will have a long, hard Job will be In Salem tomorrow to con
in cleaning up the litters I Continued on page S.)
Elevated Trains Collide in N. Y.
. in Heavy Fog and Harbor Traffic
and Ferry Service Is Hampered
(Aaorlatnl PrrM m4 Wlr.)
NEW YORK -Feb. 9. Two
collsions of elevated trains occur
red today during one of the worst
fot;s In years and harbor traffic,
from ferry service to lili; shipping
was seriously hampered.
Severul persons were reported
killed and others Injured In an
elevator train collision in the
Bronx.
Several were Injured In a
Brooklyn elevated collision and a
womsn trampled when the rear
car of one of the trains caught
fire, according to one report.
Ten cosl barges, with several
women and children aboard were
reported adrift In the upper East
river.
Whllo ambulances were being
hurried to the scenes of the
PESTILENCE IS
FEARED IN IKE
OF VALE Fl
Nearly 4,000 Cattle and
Sheep Drowned May
Cause Disease.
RELIEF IS SOUGHT,
Legislature Will Be Asked
for $500,000 Health
Officer Gets Report
Bad Condition.
(AaocUted Prtm Lewd Win.)
PORTLAND. Ore., Fab. 9. SUto
health officials and the Red Cross
were co-operating today In arrang
ing to provide for the relief of
flood victims at Vale.
Or. Fred D. Strieker, secretary
of the stute board of health ' an.
nounced he would make a trip to
Salem to discus emergency step
for necessary sanitary measure.
The state board of health la with
out funds to carry on tha work, ha
said.
Among steps likely to be taken
are the erection of a Red Cross
tent city, with food fine. Dead
animals probnbly will be buned In
deep tranche to forestall an epi
demic, it wa said. It wa an
nounced that a representative of
the Red Cross already I In Vale
but ha not yt sent a report a to
the needa of the city.
VALE. Ore., Feb. 9. Pestilence
is feared here by city officials a
a result of the flood at Vale and
surrounding territory caused by
the bursting ot the Irrigation dam
on Buddy creek Thursday.
Caught in tbe flood from 2,000
to 4,000 head of cattle and sheep
were drowned in the lowlands
west of Vale and are lying dead In
that section. Every basement and
lower floor of Vale's residential
and business section Is filled with
mud and debris, and from this
standpoint the health situation Is
viewed with alarm.
Every precaution has been , of
ficially ordered which Includes the
boiling ot drinking water, as the
water system and wells In this lo
cality have been contaminated.
Mayor Roblnette and city health,
officials sent appeals for relief to
Dr. Frederick D. Strieker of Port
land, secretary of the state board
ot health. Relief will also be
sought of the Pacific division ot
the Red Cross at San FranclBco.
Loss to property swept by the
flood will reach (500,000, It was
estimateu. insitna ot iow,uuv,
as
was first reported.
A large number of ranch holders
In the path of the flood lost their
homes and livestock and virtually
everything they possessed. In
Vale not a property owner escaped
a loss of some nature. A number
of families who had their homes
swept away are without funds. . .
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9. Con
ditions at Vale as was shown in
several telegrams received by Dr.
j Frederick D. Strieker, secretary of
the state board of health, from lo
cal authorities there, are alarming.
Dr. Strieker, however, said
there Is no epidemic at Vale at
present. The disposition of be
tween 2.000 and 4.000 carcasses of
sheep, cattle and horses la the
paramount lBue and local funds at
Vale are insufficient to handle the
Bronx and Brooklyn collisions.
Police headquarter received a
report of an elevated collision la
Queens.
Police said that two persons
were known to have been killed
In the collision In the Bronx.
The dead were a motorman In
charge of one ot the train and
a passenger. A subway train
loaded to capacity with passen
gers had come to a stop at 219th
street when an elevated train
crashed Into It from the rear.
During the excitement a second
subway train crashed Into the
rear of the elevated train.
In the harbor liners kept to
their berths, or remained anchor
ed off quarantine. Ferry service
on all lines was delayed. Incom
ing railroad trains were late.
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